Dear Selma, Unless the interviewees themselves have placed an embargo on the publication date, I would urge you to publish the interviews in full. It is time that some of the more controversial aspects of our social life were debated in public, so that public and private awareness is raised. Very best personal regards, Victor
________________________________ From: Gabe Menezes <gabe.mene...@gmail.com> To: Carvalho <elisabeth_...@yahoo.com>; "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Interview with Mervyn Maciel On 25 March 2012 21:01, Carvalho <elisabeth_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Roland, > Thank you for your encouraging words. > > We have collected hours and hours of oral history covering every sort of > topic from discrimination at work to segregated living to caste in East > Africa. > > Unfortunately I will not be making any of that public right now. It will > come into the public domain when it is lodged with the British Library. The > reason being, as you may have noticed, our Goans are incapable of handling > the least amount of introspection of their historical past. It is an > unwritten rule almost that we must all believe our lives have been > fantastical, ethical and almost mythical and any threat to that notion of > ourselves comes under assault. So for now, only the most benign aspects of > the interview will be made public. > > Take care, > selma > RESPONSE: I don't quite get what you are trying to impart here. That I/some others have questioned the veracity of a story? If so your best, so far interviewee, was of the same opinion! Wings clipped by the handlers, maybe? No more tit bits to whet our appetite? if so this is draconian, don't you think so? When time comes, we shall be given the whole caboodle, many will not bother. P.S. Tullow Oil, has just discovered oil in Turkana land and Moi is going gaga! In 1963, did someone in the House of Lords, push for the Northern Half to be given away to Somalia...a link that I had posted here! P.S. Just back from Catalunya, brought the Sunshine back....hopefully song for a day will resume tom. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
