It is a historical fact that the Goa Inquisition targeted not Hindus but converted Christians. But the Manch admitted this only in Goa. Outside, it has preferred to portray the Inquisition as a period of atrocities on Hindus.
"In fact, initial revolts against the Portuguese were waged by Christians. Hindus came much later into the picture," says Sitaram Tengse, a veteran journalist and thinker.
Recalling the history of the Goan freedom struggle, he points to T B Cunha, who is known as the Father of Goan Nationalism for his relentless struggle against the designs of the Church and the Portuguese rulers to denationalise the community, especially the Christians.
