Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho se...@goanet.org Does the name Delagoa Bay, an inlet off the coast of Mozambique have any connection to Goa? A link with possible explanations. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187349.html
The issue of migrants into Goa is gathering momentum. Soter asks a number of pertinent questions relating to migratory workers into Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187343.html In a related post, Jorge Dsouza writes about rural migration straining the infrastructural capacity of Mumbai. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187307.html Is there a sense of betrayal in Goa following liberation? That the dream never materialized but infact diminished with each passing year. Arwin Mesquita has compiled some letters to the editor which appeared in Goa papers on the anniversary of Goa's Liberation. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187340.html Enjoy the poster drawings of young children participating in a competition, the theme being 'Dialogue with nature' held on Liberation Day. Sent in by Shrikant Brave. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=208378&id=1049197980&ref=mf An excellent link to Tarun Tejpal's article, The Naked Years, was sent in by Venantius Pinto. Has India wasted away possibility and potential in the last sixty odd years after its independence? Did the hope and aspirations that lay in Nehru's heart for India die at the stroke of midnight? As we close on the first decade of the millennium, it is time to introspect. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187350.html Lino Dourado gives us his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Yeo-yeo Nari, Jev Goychi Fish-Curry http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187339.html JoeGoaUK provides us with a typical Goan cantar on video. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187329.html Dominic Fernandes tells us JIVEXIM MARUM NAIE http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187326.html Much ado has been made about tax payers' money being wasted on sponsoring young Goans from the Diaspora to come and experience Goa. In an incisive article by Jason Keith Fernandes, he re-examines this relationship and points out that it might not be just a wasted effort after all. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187288.html One of the first things a girl is taught is that she shouldn't make too much noise, says Accidental Activist Venita Coelho. In her column, she meets up with a number of women doing just that, making a lot of noise about the state of affairs. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187264.html Vidyadhar Gadgil, journalist and activist against communalism, warns us that the Goa CM's soft stance on right-wing groups is an ominous sign. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187255.html Are the Goa police like envelops without addresses on them? Freddy Fernandes wonders why? http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187254.html Frederick Noronha dwells on the implications of India's wealthiest 100 having some connection or the other to Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187233.html Selma Carvalho takes a look at Goans who build churches around the world. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187348.html Hartman DeSouza says "Goa has been raped not just once and not just by one man." A whole younger generation of Goans is growing up disillusioned and disenfranchised. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187380.html And finally in this festive season do enjoy this delightful video sent in by JoeGoaUK of the senior citizens of Porvorim and Velim singing mandos. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187353.html Subscribe to Goanet at: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org Join in the discussions by simply posting your views to goa...@goanet.org (please post in plain-text, and don't cross-post simultaneously to other addresses).