Our CM's utterances of late give us the impression that 62 years after the Portuguese left Indian shores we are still fighting them, he went so far as to say that the time has come to 'wipe out' signs of the Portuguese (Mughals were the other culprits) and make a fresh start. At a recent function to honour Shivaji he trotted out familiar tropes of invaders razing Hindu temples to dust, he also mentioned that the Portuguese looted the state and neutered Goan culture / heritage which is nothing but obfuscation of truth. According to Sawant, the Portuguese destroyed 300 Hindu temples, the truth of which could not be established even by a government appointed committee. If you were to wipe out Goa's colonial legacy you would also have to do away with churches, chapels, schools, Asia's oldest medical college, fado, the first hospital and vibrant cultural institutions which were left behind. Since the CM is so Rambo-ishly gung ho about 'wiping out' things may I suggest that he trains his guns on unemployment, price rise, wealth inequity, inflation, hunger, malnutrition, crime, drug mafia, etc, from Goa.
