On 2 September 2012 22:25, Melvyn Fernandes <mel...@orange.net> wrote:
> Dear fellow goanet readers, > > Not so long ago, my best friend waved furiously goodbye to goanet with no > forwarding address, but I am pleased to see that she is still on planet > earth, appearing > calm, relaxed, sipping the sweet waters of tender coconut and enjoying the > refreshing breeze sweeping through the palms of our national tree. This has > made a > difference because in her new found "cool" she has written a five star > article in OHeraldo "Forgetting the Past Dishonours the Future" as shown on > a link in Goan > Voice dated 2 September. > > The first line of her article will be very topical for some of those who > have been interviewed for the Oral Histories of British East African Goans > project to ask > themselves "What good is a society that doesn't honour its past?" If > readers agree, it would have been good to see the project honouring our > past life in East > Africa, in the workplace, academically, socially, sporting and involvement > in religious activities which has been the fountain of all our education. > Instead, as seen > on video uploads, in the public domain, the project appears to be more > focused on "uncomfortable truths" with very little to honour or remember > the many historical > achievements of our community. The comfortable truth is that the majority > of us not only led a good life in East Africa, thankfully, we continue > living it to this day. > > Have those participants in this project portrayed a proper picture of our > time in East Africa (that will be a permanent e-record) or, using the words > in her article will > this project become "a bleak reminder that we are a society beset with > amensia"? > > > Rose Fernandes > Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom > 2 September 2012 > > COMMENT: Rose you have fantastic perception and you never fail to amaze with your irony! -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.