Perfect questions by Marshall. Very surprising that secular torch bearers are
quiet on Rajendra's claims of a communal polarisation. When we raised the same
fears some days earlier our concerns about religious discrimination and
persecution of minorities were considered primarily those of loud
*Rajendra Kakodkar:*
It was the Diocesan Society which mooted the idea of government grants
to English MoI. Their motivation came from the fact that the catholic
community was preferring private English schools in preference to
church run Konkani schools, a genuine reason. The PTAs of the
Foxy arguments below aren't they? Looks like the prowling fox is throwing
mining dust in our eyes and shedding innocent looking tears. Sorry, some of us
are not born today.
That the demand for English MoI came from a small section of coastal people
dominated by catholics and Church run
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:18:42 +0530 (IST)
From: rajendra kakodkar rskakod...@yahoo.co.in
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] WILL ENGLISH MOI CREATE A PARADIGM SHIFT IN GOAN POLITICS?
Dear Rajendra
Politicians not only in Goa but all over India
1. The hullabaloo that is ongoing with ENGLISH as the medium of instruction
is nothing but a massive effort to SAVE MARATHI in GOA.
2. The Marathiwadas had it going for them at the cost of Konkani, the GOA's
mother tongue, since time immemorial, even with the Portuguese blessing
Marathi over
Falacy No 1: Their motivation came from the fact that the catholic community
was preferring private English schools in preference to church run Konkani
schools, a genuine reason.
Falacy No: 2 But unfortunately it happened just a year before the scheduled
legislative
assembly elections. It
It was the Diocesan Society which mooted the idea of government grants to
English MoI. Their motivation came from the fact that the catholic community
was preferring private English schools in preference to church run Konkani
schools, a genuine reason. The PTAs of the church run schools toed
Dear Rajendra,
This is a clever argument! I read you saying: if you get your demands met,
you will face a communal backlash! Heads we win, and tails you lose.
Earlier too, around 1985-87, support was garnered for Konkani by suggesting
that Marathi would swallow the minorities... Now we can see
