[Goanet] Caste and Creed

2008-04-26 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
  As per Mario's comments in his below e-mail: He agrees with Mr. Arjun Singh, and in fact, gives reasons why caste-based reservations in govtmt jobs and govtmt educational institutions must continue. So...no further comment. Regards From: M

[Goanet] Caste and Creed

2008-04-27 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario Goveia wrote: > Have either of you stopped to wonder WHY there are reserved categories for lower caste Indians, after millenia of blatant discrimination that continues against them today? > Only when we get to the point that most people judge others by the content of their character can you d

[Goanet] CASTE AND CREED

2008-04-28 Thread Antonio Menezes
On April,27 Mario Goveia wrote: oblivious both to the caste system and the harm it has caused'' Most of us Goan Catholics may not be oblivious to the caste system but we definitely are to the harm it ( caste system ) has caused. Caste system has done great harm to the physical well being of m

[Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-13 Thread Vasant Baliga
Dear Nascy, Greetings! I am in agreement about religious reform in India and in Hinduism- and it's impact on other religions and one hopes that it will come in time-but your attempt to blame Hinduism for all the faultlines in other religions in India does not wash and is not borne out by fact

[Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-16 Thread Vasant Baliga
Dear Nascy, I have gone through all your posts on Goanet.Your posts, responses and your continuing ad hominem attacks on Hinduism and your attempt to defame all Hindus and tar all of them with the same brush is evident and sadly reprehensible and betrays a very prejudiced,hateful and closed

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-14 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Dear Vasant, I have only pointed at Indian Hindus for the cste system prevailing in India and amongst Indians abroad too. U have gone on a tangent and using Sameer's words as my posting. That is where Sameer is trying to confuse. Neither have I spoken of vote banks politics here and only of the

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-16 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Dear Vasant, U remove the 'serious causes' that are making me point out the Bad things Indian, and I will have no reason to indulge in pointing them out. OK? I have said that U and Sameer have mixed up deliberately, freedom of religion issues etc, with Caste and Casteism practices. Why do U wa

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
Nascimento, Can you please explain to Vasant and Sameer why you believe Indian cuisine, Indian cooking and Indian attire, such as poodvem, lungi, angostor, saadi and kaapod are primitive, lowly, uncivilized and unenlightened? Cheers, Santosh --- On Mon, 8/16/10, Nascy Caldeira wrote: > > De

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-17 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Santosh, No need to respond to U here. U are gone off track, as usaual. The greatest Twister of facts on Goan cyber forums. Do U know how to do the "TWIST". If not please learn and do it; that way the forums will be rid of your faulty logic. Hah hah! I think U are finding that 'the truth hurts'!!

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
Nascimento, I know the truth. I think it hurts you, not me. Why are you afraid to tell Vasant and Sameer that truth about yourself? Can you please answer my question for them? Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 8/17/10, Nascy Caldeira wrote: > > Santosh, > No need to respond to U here. U are gone o

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-17 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Santosh, (the pretender Agnostic) Why should I tell anyone, anything. I have written to the Forum. Vasant has delared he does not believe in caste and or casteism, he is just born into it. He is a good man.. I accept that. But U Santosh the twister has made no such declaration. Why? because U

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed

2010-08-18 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 8/17/10, Nascy Caldeira wrote: > > Vasant has delared he does not believe in caste and or > casteism, he is just born into it. He is a good man.. I > accept that. > Nascimento, Are you a good man? Do Vasant and Sameer believe you are a good man? Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 8/17

[Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa

2010-08-11 Thread Vasant Baliga
Nascy wrote- I wonder, what caste, U G Barad, R Parrikar. M Parrikar, CM Kamat, and other saffron wallahs belong to. And Santosh Helekar, is he of mixed caste? Hindu India is laughable indeed! A BIG LOL. Giving all Indians a BAD Name. I think it is high time that the world community takes action

[Goanet] Caste and creed in Goa

2010-08-12 Thread Bernado Colaco
I think in Da mao there is no caste among the Catholics. I wonder why? Is there any study in this respect? I wonder why in Goa the Catholics are defensive?   BC       My reply is this: it is simple. All Indians are Hundu Hindu, Hindu Christian and even some are Hindu Muslims; as one Arab muslim

[Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa

2010-08-13 Thread Antonio Menezes
Cornel, you may not agree with me, but I think we should pay tribute to the colonial Catholic Church of Goa for making Catholic bamons of Goa a rather homogeneous group. Unlike Goan Hindu brahmins who claim themselves to be Gaud Saraswats, Prabhus, Daivadnyas, Karhades, Deshasthas, Chitpavans, et

[Goanet] Caste and creed in Goa

2010-08-13 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
*Caste and creed in Goa* *>* All Indians are Hundu Hindu, Hindu Christian and even some are Hindu Muslims; as one Arab muslim said to me once long ago in a Gulf state. Joao worries: I don't understand these contradictory terms. I thought that someone who believes in Krishna is a Hindu, someone wh

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa

2010-08-11 Thread Venantius J Pinto
ally. that they expect more from the Indian Christian. Again very admirable when done in egalitarian spirit and laudable (laudatio) venantius j pinto > From: Vasant Baliga > To: Goanet > Subject: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa > (del) > How can the caste syste

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa

2010-08-12 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Dear Vasant and all goanetters, My reply is this: it is simple. All Indians are Hundu Hindu, Hindu Christian and even some are Hindu Muslims; as one Arab muslim said to me once long ago in a Gulf state. When I said to him there are many muslims in India; he spokke of them as Hindu Muslim. That

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa

2010-08-12 Thread CORNEL DACOSTA
_ From: Venantius J Pinto To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, 11 August, 2010 22:35:59 Subject: Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa Dear Vasant, Christians must not practice caste. Period. THEY MUST NOT/SHOULD NOT in professed egalitarian spirit-have anything to do with caste. This is

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa

2010-08-12 Thread Ivo
From: "Vasant Baliga" vabal...@yahoo.com Nascy wrote- I wonder, what caste, U G Barad, R Parrikar. M Parrikar, CM Kamat, and other saffron wallahs belong to. And Santosh Helekar, is he of mixed caste? Hindu India is laughable indeed! A BIG LOL. Giving all Indians a BAD Name. I think it is hig

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Go

2010-08-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
ate 60s--those among us who are alive. I am strictly talking of my friends, relatives and family. venantius j pinto > From: CORNEL DACOSTA > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa > Mess

Re: [Goanet] Caste and Creed in Goa

2010-08-13 Thread Ivo
From: "Venantius J Pinto" To: << I respect your position and your concern with racism. That is a given. >>...Some of those ecclesiastics are in happy retirement now. Three others are in Rome for training, and life may change. I mean people become priests for various reasons, including mothers wa

[Goanet] Caste and Creed in the 12th Goa Assembly (Miguel Braganza, in cyberspace)

2012-03-09 Thread Goanet News
Caste and Creed in the 12th Goa Assembly By Miguel Braganza The people cast their votes -- a full 82% of the eligible voters exercised their franchise to elect a healthy government on 03 March, 2012 -- and the results have been declared on 06 March, 2012, with the BJP as the clear winner. Thanks