Showing posts with label Benjamin Franklin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjamin Franklin. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Colonial Pimple refused to burst

Learn why Goa remained a ‘colonial pimple’ on the face of India, to borrow Jawaharlal Nehru’s felicitous choice of words, long after India became independent and other colonial powers had followed Britain in booking a one-way ticket out of the subcontinent.

Though Benjamin Franklin was quick to pronounce, "Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days," the Portuguese strongman- Antonio Salazar, just would not take the hint

 Pic courtest: D Kirk