On 17 December 2016 at 01:55, Roland <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > But again like his previous recordings, he makes no effort to start out > with any structure or by enlightening listeners with a suitable > introduction. You are pretty much left to your own devices to understand > who's who in the presentation and their backgrounds, much less putting in > context their roles in whatever took place. This time there was a little > saving grace. Questioners and attendees were made to introduce themselves > at the fag end, helping to clear the smog a little. >
Sorry. But it takes quite some time to put this together itself. The day has only 25 hours for me. If I need to fit in into many other priorities, this is the best I can offer. For better quality, set in place a paid news service. We are not offering that. Also, this might seem like an excuse for mediocrity, but I do operate on the assumption that some recording is better than no recording. Francis or no Francis. Alternatively, those who carp can also lead by example. Share some community recordings, well introduced, setting the context, and sans any mumblers. Show us thus what is really possible. (On this score, I doff my non-existing hat to JoeGoaUk. This is not meant to be criticism for people like him.) > > To encapsulate, FN is so much in the thick of things that he takes for > granted that listeners are too, so no favours are done to them via the > normal courtesies. > It's also part of my subterranean goal to assign some homework to audiences following the recording. To make them wonder what's going on, To push them to work their way around a meeting they never attended. Maybe one which was held even half a world away. Otherwise, it might just be boring and spoon-feeding, innit (as BC might ask)? > Aside from that rant of mine, Skip's voice was loud, clear and > authoritative. That was a good thing since the rest of the people including > FN mostly mumbled while spitting out their thoughts, Goan style. Informal > though it was meant to be, arre baba, other people not present are > interested in what you are saying. > True. Nowhere does the recording come with the added text explaining that (i) time was short, and everyone was attempting to finish fast for a 101 reasons which might not be obvious in Toronto right now (ii) we mostly understand each other's mumbling quite coherently, here (iii) the audio recorder was actually sitting in Skip's pocket, and some of us had a kind of ... handicap. > > But I doubt that Goan history in East Africa will hold any memories for > future Goan generations. The ones who lived there had it good but they did > nothing remarkable to be remembered. > > In their own personal family histories, I hope their stay in East Africa > will be gratefully remembered for the fact it enabled them to immigrate to > countries that were advanced and which they could call their own. Other > than that, one day to Skip's own grandchildren, Pio Gama Pinto and Fritz De > Souza will probably be meaningless and alien names. Just a few counter-views: (i) History does not comprise only of things "remarkable to be remembered" (ii) At least some recognise the importance of recording the past, sometimes even going far further back, and even when those histories were not directly shaped by Goans. For instance, Luis Assis Correia has just released a book on the Portuguese and the Marathas. To fear that everyone will undergo a collective amnesia might be far-fetched (iii) Old Konkani saying, you may or may not agree with: "People Who Say It Cannot Be Done Should Not Interrupt Those Who Are Doing It." Borem magun, FN -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/