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 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

[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

2010-08-12 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

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 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 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

2010-08-11 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

[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