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A new book club focused entirely on writing about Goa
First meeting: November 18, 2010 @ 5pm @ Broadway, 18th June Road, Panaji
Details at: http://ttt-goa.notlong.com or SMS 9822122436
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Dear Oscar C Lobo,
Quote from William Arthur Ward:
“The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior
teacher demonstrates, the great teacher inspires”.
These words really mean a lot to me as a Goan and being a Goan living in
my lovely state, outside my state and country. There is a common saying
in Goa “patrao, tujee wodwick and patrad tujhea lagin dhowor” and it is
true for people to accept the fact and lower their high ended nose for
their eye can only see what they see and not see themselves.
Sorry to say these words. I read your high ended speech and it did not
even make the smallest change or the difference to what the political
situation or people in Goa are currently doing. It is just like the same
dessert with a different topping. The taste does not change but only the
looks of how it is served.
An action speaks mightier than words and this is what I believe. If I
read correctly 40 years of your life you are living out from Goa which
you are trying to bring together not knowing the actual situation way
back home. There is a saying “one only knows the value of sweet taste
only on tasting something which is bitter”. To really know the situation
and the growth of Goa, you need to live in Goa and be a Goan, understand
the different cultures, hardships, challenges etc etc.
Ghodhe ke pitche basuri bajayanghe tho faida khai? Die for your own self
and surrender everything in the name of God and you will find success.
Mother Theresa said “I live where my heart lives with the Lord” and this
is where she found success and the Lord is with her and the mission to
his glory.
God bless you Mr. Oscar Lobo and pray that we reason ourselves not from
the mind but from the heart where you will find peace and life. Romans 8:6
Hat zodhun magtha – makha bogos jorui thor mojhe utran khodsan assa
zalair. I am just a positive Goan critic because I love my Goa and will
do everything for my Goa. I am gifted by God to write for Goa.
With love and prayers to Goa and to all Goans
Tome de Souza
Dubai
