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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2009/8/1 Venantius Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com>: > Hello All, > Are there any individuals who have worked or are currently working at/with > the World Bank. or anyone who knows someone who would be willing to > talk/dialogue/engage with a friend of mine on Social Capital. If yes, then > do please email me.... Dear Venantius, I think this is a very crucial debate, and my delay in responding by no means suggests disinterest! As for the World Bank, there have been early Goanetters like Emmanuel da Silva who were part of the World Bank. (Marlon Menezes is, I think, in touch with him and he's on Facebook. If I recall right, he told me he had moved out of the World Bank since.) Of course, the World Bank has taken an age-old idea, given it a new gloss, and I don't think they're the only ones who have an interest in, or have built up, social capital. In Goa's case: * The kudds in Bombay are a sterling example of social capital. Without them, we would not have had a large diaspora population in Bombay and now, elsewhere in the globe. Of course, one can debate about the impact of having such a large diaspora population. But it cannot be denied that the best of Goa's Konkani songs came from the diaspora, as also some of the best Goan writing (in English, for sure). This needs to be explored further, but I'm just leaving it at this superficial level. * The schooling network, specially the English-medium schools, have been another social asset, which created skills that took Goans places. * The role of the Goan women, of all commmunities, is another 'social capital' building tool. Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes has written, if I recall right, of how the Goan woman has sacrificed to provide better education to her kids. * Social reform -- though not sufficient -- has also taken place in Goa. This has dramatically changed the situation for some. For instance, the Gomant Maratha (Devadasi) community has undertaken an amazing self-uplift movement in the 1920s, to ensure that they no longer face the indignities that their counterparts outside Goa face. * Other initiatives have also come up, like village clubs (though these sometimes have class and caste biases). The church and temple networks (mosques too) can also be seen as a form of 'social capital'. These have a significant social work component to them, though we might under-appreciate the same in secularised times. Looking forward to more inputs from others. FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/