Re: [Goanet] The Lost Goan Identity

2010-10-03 Thread eric pinto
   I suggest we complement the 'culture' further, with new occidental touches : topless hostesses in our Portuguese tavernas.    eric. From: Oscar Lobo oscarlo...@optu The exact meaning of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was: He could not understand why Goa needed

[Goanet] The Lost Goan Identity

2010-10-03 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Oscar C. Lobo: His family should be ashamed of him and what he and Indira Gandhi did for Goa - Land to the Tillers etc. Response: Was it Indira Gandhi or Shashikala Kakodkar who was the architect of the 'Land to the Tillers' legislation? Will someone who knows kindly clarify? Regards, Marshall

Re: [Goanet] The Lost Goan Identity

2010-10-02 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Sat, 2 October, 2010 8:08:49 AM Subject: [Goanet] The Lost Goan Identity 'Goa ke log ajeb Hai' this is what India's First Prime Minister had said about Goans . Why he said it and in what context he said it is not known to me and not sure if any historian has good

Re: [Goanet] The Lost Goan Identity

2010-10-02 Thread Oscar Lobo
'Goa ke log ajeb Hai' (Oscar C. Lobo) The exact meaning of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was: He could not understand why Goa needed to be ruled by Goans. He did not appreciate our 451 years of Portuguese rule, culture, heritage, language etc. He thought we were people of Mumbai and Calcutta and saw