Goa Inquisition : Lest We Forget | Shefali Vaidya |  

"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it " Never forget your history , it will be a bigger crime than the inquisition .

Thank you Shefali for opening our eyes. I am a Christian and as a tribute to my ancestors, will be reverting back to Hinduism once I get back to India. Vande Mataram.

Nowadays, these same Christians teach us about Human Rights and equality.

My ansistors escaped and settled in Kerala. What a painful ride it must have been to leave everything and migrate to protect dharma. Next generation need to know to learn lessons from history. Thank you for the elaborate work and effort put in.

Very good talk by Ms. Vaidya. Thank you for putting the facts straight. My ancestors were from Goa. Having faced the brunt of atrocities committed by the portuguese church, they migrated down south to Karnataka for survival. Still in this day and age, we pay a visit to Goa ocaasionally and pay our respects and seek blessings of our Kuladevata. Memories can not be erased. Still awaiting for the church to offer apologies for their terrorist activities against humanity. World over, the church has committed similar atrocities in the name of religion.

I am from Goa and this video is what I was looking for. It really hurts when fellow Indians (some) misunderstand our Goan culture and see it in an unpleasant way.

I am a mangalorean konkani christristian, I wanna reconnect with my ancestors of Goa,. 99.9% of the Christian have no idea of their history.. sadly they are not interested either..

I am a konkani gsb from karkala, karnataka (udipi district). Kuldev is in zambaulim, goa and aryadurga, ankola. This story is 100%. The zambaulim temple was in madgaon ( present place where the holy Spirit church) and the ruins of the aryadurga temple is found in the anjadiv islands ( originally called aryadweep islands). Great work Shefali Ma'am.

Amazing talk! I am ashamed that I knew nothing about Goan history prior to this talk.

never forget.... hindus plzzz unite

Thank you Shefali Vaidya for this excellent talk, recounting history as experienced by Indians. This is a powerful reminder that whether it is the oppression by the Muslims or oppression by the Christians, there is no difference at all. In today's India, we have strong Muslim and Christian lobbies who have once again incentivised NOT being Hindu, and rewarded the convertees. Your talk should serve as a powerful jolt to those people still imagining some sort of secular utopia when India is dominated by these murderous cults.

I am in tears.....When there is lot of blood stains in their hands...Now they are preaching peace ....This is the current state of xtianity

Unfortunately, current situation seems to be kind of similar to what the portuguese managed to achieve in Goa. Being Hindu seems to be a reason for attracting attention and discrimination.. Ex : RTE act inherently targeting "non-minority" schools only, Interference in Temple management, taking away the offerings made to the deity and using it for all kinds of non-temple causes, Courts actively taking up PILs on matters related to Hindu traditions, festivals and encouraging reform but deferring similar movements in non-majority populations. Looks like we have not learnt from history. This talk should help all right thinking individuals to introspect and draw conclusions from the scary parallels that seem to be emerging. Thanks to Shefali Vaidya ji and Srijan foundation for organizing and sharing this.

Shefaliji.. I was made to feel inferior because I'm a hindu around the time of 1988. And i went to a convent school wich was the only school in d village. I'm a daughter of a respectable doctor in the village!!! That behaviour of the nuns still kept popping in my mind.. now I have an answer. Thankyou. Thankyou for making me more proud of my heritage.

Shefali Vaidya, thank you for sharing information. This is the first time I came across genuine account of atrocities done by foreign invaders in Bharat. My father once visited Goa and he heard about this from local people which he told me. Since then I was curious about it. Finally I got the actual account of their horrific destruction in Goa. It's chilling just by listening. We have lot of work ahead of us to repair the damage they have done.

I am proud to b a Goan Hindu thanks to my encestors, they never fell for their rice bags

Truth Liberates - absolutely Shefali. The way you have researched on this topic deserves a big applause. Come out with more such lectures .

Silent Hindu Genocide nobody talks about...the end remarks tells the application of the same age-old acts in today's scenario

I AM PROUD TO BE A HINDU. AND WILL ESPOUSE THE HINDU CAUSE AS LONG AS I LIVE AND TO MY LAST BREATH.. JAI HIND.

Islam carries a sword openly in its hands, The Church carries it hidden in his sleeve. Both want to overcome us.

As a Mangalorean, believer in Christ, it was truly shocking, chilling, unbearable and sickening to hear this undeniable truth of destruction, torture, humiliation and atrocities our ancestors faced for centuries all of it sadly in the name of Christ. No amount of apologies and compensation by the Pope of Rome, King or the countrymen of Portugal can ever help forget, forgive or wipe the slate clean.

thank you for this speech. specially the the goan folk song "i want to cross the river" made me cry.

Just do some Google search and see for yourself. Pope has been routinely apologizing for atrocities committed by church on indigenous people across globe. But they have never apologized to people of India

In today's India North East is a majority christian states...they don't allow Hindus to own land...in Nagaland one Hindu Bengali was shot dead when he stoop for Municipal poll election..Hindu temples, tribal customs ppl are discriminated and forced converted even today..

We the Gowd Saraswat Brahmins were major victims of this inquisition. We are now scattered all over the west coast of south India.

The situation in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the Portuguese Colonial rule from 1505 to 1640 was no different. So sad, indeed!

Sigh... What you went through to be able to speak about the Goa Inquisition is not fun at all. I had to go through this for my Cherokee Native American ancestors. It was really painful, because I did not get to know that part of my family, and my choice to live as my Cherokee ancestors did was taken away from me. I would have chosen to live this way rather than *this* white mess I've found myself in today. I am having a REALLY, REALLY difficult time getting myself back to reading the history of Christian and especially Islamic conquests of Bhāratavarṣa, because the saṃskāras from my ancestors are there (epigenetics). It is really hard! Look at the angry looks on the faces in the audience. I went through the same thing in the early part of life. Your people are still alive and moving forward. Mine are largely gone. Traditionalist Cherokees are reduced to maybe under 1-2%. Even then, their knowledge system was infiltrated with Jesus coming into the picture in 1955. Our fate was sealed, and we have become "museum-ized." Period... Which is why I want to move to Bhāratavarṣa. I commend you for taking this on and sharing this.

I won't believe in histories written by Goans out of fear that glorify the Portuguese but believe in histories written by Goans who left Goa and settled in distance land in North Konkan and south Konkan as Mangalore.

Never forget , never forgive .

Proud to be a Hindu. Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Mata ki Jai Vande Matram and Gau Mata ki Jai

Shefaliji, I had no idea about goan history. This is an incredible talk. Is this taught in any syllabus in any part of goa or India ?

Dear Shefaliji, An eye opener, heart shattering talk. I could see the pain you were going through as you delivered it. I admire your courage of conviction in bringing the shadowy era to light. We need to know the truth , even if inconvenient , if fact more so if inconvenient. Thanks.

We dont seek any vengeance against those atrocities but we hindus must be aware of these things.

Excellent lecture. Really enjoyed. Here In Brazil there was also an inquisition, between 1560 and 1775, but there were never any "autos de fé." The Church appropriated the property of converted Jews and settlers accused of practicing sodomy and witchcraft. It generated, however, a mentality that still exists today, of whistleblowing, of gossip, the idea that power can naturally be cruel to those who do not follow its rules. Many people complain about these characteristics of Brazilian culture, but they cannot relate them to the inheritance of the Inquisition. Your talk helped me to understand this relationship better.

Ms Vaidya has done an excellent job chronically exposing to those that care and have their heart in the right place - the atrocities committed by the Catholic Church and the missionaries - converting the Hindus my ancestors to the Christian faith. This period of the Inquisition has tarnished the name of the Jesuits - and leading the way to form the Inquisition and execute the atrocities - St Francisco Xavier. One Hindu remarked - why are there not more Christians - commenting on this page - the reason is simple - they have not heard the truth - and more they are not concerned about the situation in hand. A Cherokee has commented his tribe was treated the same way as Ms Vaidya explains to us - all. I lived in Goa and know a lot about what Ms Vaidya is talking about. Some Christians who have studied for their Masters and higher the History of Goa and the role of the Inquisition. The shame of this action is known to many Goan Catholics - however, after all these years - hundreds of years many of the so called converts have not be comfortable with their conversation. So many simple have abandoned the Church and more after learning about the atrocities. The ancient books recited by heart by the Brahmin priests and other commentaries written is Sanskrit - now translated reveal more - and in this digital world - as we see with the RU-vid presentation - many will now support a revolution - to stand tall and represent - more, with one's heart in the right place. A documentary must be made and distributed to all the libraries, colleges, universities, temples, discussion and forums held and light shed - where there is abject darkness. Near Ponda I met some Buddhist monks way back in 1968 and learned about these monks and how they travelled from Goa to Siri Lanka and beyond. Of interest in the make up of a Goan - in music, as teachers, as judges, as leaders, as stellar workers in Government - all over the world - they have accomplished a lot and are respected. When I lived in Goa - I gravitated to the " thali " and love to chicken xacuti prepared by the Hindus. I encouraged the Hindus to play field hockey, and cricket - noticed most loved football aka soccer - women and men. The Jesuits can be mandated to create an institution to showcase the Inquisition - let the truth be told. Of interest the DNA sample can be taken from the remains of St Francisco Xavier from Spain - a Basque - and reveal if the remain are his or that of a Buddhist monk. I would often visit the temples in Goa - the Brahmin priests would stick to the mundane - and not engage on topics - such as the forced conversation - and many were intimated that I was interested in such a topic. I have travelled all over the world - and Goans - be they from any denomination - are more united outside Goa than inside Goa. The Chief Minister of Goa the very first one - was my friend - and encouraged me to play cricket for his team. When Chief Minister Dyanda Bandodkar ( I may not have his name correctly spelled) most of Goa - was sad. His cremation took place at the Mir-a-Mar beach - a ritual that would never have happened if the Portuguese were ruling Goa. My family have a few revolutionaries who fought the Portuguese - some had to flee - and others stayed back until they passed away. I normally do not like to debate on such a topic as the Inquisition, forced conversion, torture, rape, stealing property and a host of other nefarious activities - conducted with intent by the Portuguese. Paradoxically - the President of Portugal today is a Goan - he even visited his village - and seems to be open. It is time to send him a brief - chronologically stating what Ms Vaidya has revealed - and set the record - straight. The United Nations, the Court in The Hague, many Foundations that have taken the cause of genocide up - around the world - must at least know the facts. I knew some of the facts - my parents were open to the Hindus - and we had many good Hindus friends. However, this history is one of pain, trauma, guilt, nightmares, trials nd tribulation - fleeing from one's ancestral home - to some temporary safe haven. Those that fled men and women - were willing to die - for their faith - and their culture - going back thousands of years. Today - we have educated people ready to listen and more to right the wrong. We must continue to have forums - to discuss the content - a documentary should set the standard - with vetted facts. Facts stated by Ms Vaidya. Brahmin priests, scholars, historians of repute - on the subject of Inquisition and Goa's dark history - all vetted by a team of experts. More HIndus and if an exception is made - consensus from the team of experts - taken into account for inclusion. I was told at least in Bardez - those Catholic Churches - built by the river - Moira, Aldona, Mapsa, Panjim, Margao and so on - once on those very sites stood temples. This history and a vetted curricula must be introduced in the schools - the truth told - light shed - where there is abject darkness.

Every hindu shld frget caste otherwise we will be exploaited...

Birendra K Jha : An emotional talk. I have great respect for the Saraswat Brahman. Every Hindu should listen this talk. Tears rolled down my cheeks. Thank you Shefali Vaidya. Excellent talk.

Awesome lecture, ma'm. I have been living in Goa for 15 years. I have been to Tambdi Surla many times. One of the most beautiful temples sites, right in the middle of the western ghats. I was always curious as to why most temples in Goa are in a small radius in and around Ponda. Also, the culture of Ponda is rich and Indic. Now, everything makes sense.

Conversion of Hindus are still going on mass level by the Christian Missionaries & Islamic Groups. The current condition of Kerala is alarming.

I am so proud of my ancestors, no matter what they didn't convert and faced all atrocities.

Excellent talk

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Reminds me of some lyrics of a song "Undo these chains, my friend I’ll show you the rage I’ve hidden Perish the Sacrament Swallow, but nothing’s forgiven You and I can’t decide Which of us was taken for granted Make amends Some of us are destined to be outlived"

This should be shown to every christian in the world.. specially to Indian Christians and the so called European christian (who thinks they were not as bad as Muslims)

For some reason goans seem to be under the impression that Portuguese never lifted a finger but the conversation was purely peaceful.

"Christian Brahmins"... This is strange...

My ancestors faced big trouble during the inquisition they lived in and around Pernem and had to flee. Those who reached Kolhapur and settled there remain Hindus. Some of them reached and settled in Bijapur became Muslims.

Now I'm ashamed for studying in a missionary school!!!

Jai Sri Ram My heart aches listening to this, I can't imagine even

Hi Shefali tai, even I'm Saraswat Brahmin.. Although my village is in Karnataka, our Kuldaivat is in Goa.. Never understood why.. Thanks for sharing 🙏

wow just superb speech.

I am from Goa and Shefali ji is 100% correct and all information here is true. Keep it up.

I wept throughout listening to this talk..

absolutely, we need to talk about this, my grandparents migrated to africa, then my mother came to the uk, and eventually had to bring my grandparents here too, all of my family are in lot's of different countries around the world, except goa. my family do not talk about the past, they never handed me a book about the inquisition, they are very strong in their catholic roots and i am the one asking these questions, buying the books and only at my age 45 am learning how ruthless the portuguese were to us and the jews. after all that was done to jesus, this is what the church did to convert? plus they hid their paedophile priests to face canon law, simply moving them from one country to another covering more crimes. there was a group in 2015 fighting for a public apology from the church for this inquisition, did this ever happen? i am so outraged, when i married, i wanted to keep my goan name because of my identity and goan culture as i married an irish and austrian person, but i cannot put my name to a religion that is responsible for mass torture or killing any more. i am already a vegan, actually, you can place blame on our current pope for that change, he was asked to go vegan for lent as he speaks up so much about climate change, a little girl asked him to do this and his response annoyed me so much, i thought ok let me go vegan if this man cannot do this for our creatures and climate change, it's now 2 years and i am still vegan, further to this a few things have led me to wanting to convert instead to jainism, i cannot pray to saints like francis xavier, having seen his letter to john iii, this is no small thing for me, my family are catholic fanatics who led me to believe the portuguese coming to goa was a good thing, for our education, our language etc..but how so? if all my family fled goa! i want to know who were we, what name did we have prior to taking a portuguese name, i will never find that out, we must encourage the truth about the portuguese catholics, doesn't matter it was long ago, just have to look at how many times the poor jewish people have been treated like this in almost every country they have tried to make a peaceful life in, it will continue unless we right the wrongs in these religious fanatics.

Hi Shefali. Thank you for your detailed talk. I speak for myself and am probably a converted Christian from the past, but I am so happy that I have embraced Christianity and believe in a God who loves and cares for me and who I can hope in!

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana

I had this burning desire to expose the atrocities of Missionaries in Goa , but you did it, I am really grateful

Mam can we have this in Marathi , Konkani or atleast in Hindi

Hindu India will rise again. The glorious Hindu Rashtra shall be our abode.

And we have schools & colleges in Francis Xavier's name. Such a shame.

Now we r proud of being product of "St. Xaviers School/College" 😂

I can see the pain writ large on her face when narrating those incidents

My maternal ancestors were Kadams (now Borade) of Kadamba.They had to migrate all the way to Pune. The village has a small section of Borades who are originally from Goa.

This is such an eye opener. Thank you Shefali Ji. Portuguese were ruthless. They have created the conditions for conversions. All Christians of Goa must revert back to their roots.

Sometimes in the late 60s or early 70s a movie was made depicting the Goan inquisition. It was a Black & White movie made in somewhat art movie style and I think it was in Tulu or Konkani Language. I also vaguely remember that the movie had won a national award or something like that. We need to revive such movies and make more such movies. Not just movies that depict the atrocities of the Christians, but also movies where they depict the absurdities in Xtianity as a religion. We need to show the truth and break the false "Perception" that Xitanity is the best religion and prove that it is worse than bull crap

Where are the Christian Goans in the comment column. Please come out of your denial stupor and feeling of superiority of having a few drops of Portuguese blood, for it is just inferiority masquerading in some one's faux victory.

Thank you for the talk.. incredible..!! why hasn't all this even been taught in our schools?? I didn't knew any of this. I come from Bihar and my mother tongue is Maithili, a dying language. When I tell my fellow mithilianchalis that Maithili isn't written like Hindi (Devanagari) even they get surprised, such has been the destruction and opression of our society over the centuries. All this has been continued by Lalu and his cateist followers even after independence.

Madam, thank you for the lecture. It is right time to make " The Goa Files"

Shefaliji, I watched your RU-vid video on Goa Inquisitions, while having lunch today. I was impressed how you could speak about it for 43 minutes without once breaking down. I wept unabashedly and left my lunch midway. Such a shockingly sad incident.

Ajit Vadakayil has a great blog on the Goan inquisition. I also urge you [everyone who reads this] to be familiar with his blog on a Mrs Teresa the patron saint of poverty in Calcutta. Also Christopher Hitchens on you tube. We need to get out of this mindset that only Christians practice charity.

all these abrahamic religions are all the same....Hinduisim the greatest

I m goan and agreee with her .... Wat she said was told to me by my grand mothrr....Who lived in Portuguese tim

My heart breaks after hearing real meaning and historical background behind the song 'he he he saiba poltodi vaita' !!! Shout out to Konkani culture, traditions and people !!!

thankfully never studied in a christian school or college and will make sure none of kids in my family goes to any St Stephen St Paul or any christian school/ college ever.

Very valuable addition to understanding of medival India.

It was painful for Hindu like me to hear this well researched account .I haven't heard this before but I believe it very close to the truth.She also mentions that many slaves of Hindus and Muslims adopted Christianity to liberate themselves from slavery.I feel ashamed to know that Hindus also had slaves .We Hindus are so divided that it should be our endeavour to bring them together and that is the only way to save our faith.Let us learn from the past and be alert and let these things not repeat again.

Our family should have been one of the few people who haven't wasted their time and energy in viewing the rotting corpse of Fake Xavier.

Dear Shefali- Thank you and glad to listen in . In so many years on Facebook since 2009/10, first time hearing your Voice- so far only in writings and FB post .Good wishes and Success ahead, kind Regards from TR Chennai

Thanks a lot. You have Done a dutiful task to all

2 Thumbs up to you for telling the story of survival of Hinduism in such nice manner.

Thank you for this talk a 🙏

You are a beautiful Goan woman. I am of Portuguese origin. I would like to apologize the affliction that Goa went through during Portuguese rule. Today, we have a growing Hindi community in Portugal. I am very proud and love all of you.

Part of the problem why Hindus were and are suffering is because they have not learned t o protect them selves and their way of life. I strongly feel that even today every one in India should have compulsory military service and should be ready to defend whenever a need arise. Remember the world has not changed much.

Shocking past but unfortunately similar prosecution of Hindu's is still happening and goes unchecked or unprotested because we don't know our correct history. Thanks Shefali Ji.

Shefali mam it sucks to know about the ruthless Invaders did to us same story across India time to give them back let's open the lid to public domain let the people know what they did to our Hindus.even the folk song had dark side of it.time for justice.

Road in Delhi named after Atrocious Aurangzeb has been named asr Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road Roads institutions named after xavier too need immediate change. Otherwise how about changing the name itself from Saint xavier to Satan xavier

#NeverForget

I am gsb residing in kundapura, Karnataka. Our forefathers escaped from Goa to escape from forceful conversion.

Kudos Shefali ji for bringing out the facts from the past this will take off the covers that the perpetrators so dilligently tried to put over, to cover their misdeeds and tried to project themselves as our saviours. In the end truth prevails most Goans have the same understanding of the past ,which you have highlighted.

jai sanaatan dharam. being hindu in the 21st century is a matter of great pride!!! we have survived so many attempts of other people to kill us. 1000 years of invasions. different invaders with different degrees of brutality, different tactics of persecution and proselytization. its really ONLY the power of our ancient rishis and their vaani which is resonating as a protective layer on us. i believe that we hindus need to practise our faith and create this protective layer for our children. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Damnn what da .... What the heck did we read part of Indian history... Who ever prescribed the idiot syllabus.... Thank you Shefali ji for a wonderful talk..

Shefali you brought to light so much of hidden history. Thks Srijan Foundation. Say how I can be supporting you .

Why is this never taught??? Excellent talk Ms.Shefali. I wish to do what you do in the future and bring awareness to the hindu masses

just a little correction 2:50, its portuguese not Britishers.

We Are Here 🇬🇾 Because They 🇬🇧 Were There 🇮🇳 🕉

Mandir wahin banayenge !

OMG! We were never told these horrific stories of forced conversion. And the churches talk about BJP. I wonder why the mainstream Media like ZEE News, Republic World and News Hour NEVER MENTIONS THESE STORIES about forced conversion and destruction of Hindu temples. I wonder. Please make this news available to all Hindu communities. Ghar Wapsi must be brought back with pride to allow the return of the forced and manipulated converted Hindus.The hell with foreign-funded NGOs.

O god we HV bn hearing the song but never thought is concept behind that, thank you Shefali it's eye opening

Ma'am didn't mention about the breast ripper.......another horror....I salute Hindu resilience. I will strive till my last breath to try and be a worthy descendant of the greats.

I salute your candidness and bravery ! JAY HIND !!