Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Those were the days, my friend! [Or, did we really live in Paradise?] (Cecilia Mascarenhas)

2018-09-16 Thread Edwin DeSouza
> Thanks Cecilia - absolutely wonderful and so appropriate for us, growing
> up in our 'Paradise'.
> We had much less but were still content.  Recall the monthly ritual of
> bairi - Castor Oil and then Epsom Salts as we grew older - maybe that was
> what kept us in good health
> Thank you again for telling it as it was in our days.
>
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> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:35 PM Goanet Reader 
> wrote:
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>> Those were the days, my friend!
>> [Or, did we really live in Paradise?]
>>
>> Cecilia Mascarenhas
>> cecili...@hotmail.co.uk
>>
>> Lots of controversies when one says we lived in paradise... if
>> only they knew that indeed it was!
>>
>> This is how we Asians grew up in Kenya, Uganda and
>> Tanzania.
>>
>> What a life it was. We were innocent, frank and straight with
>> people at home, at school and within the community and
>> society.
>>
>> Our childhood was like an adventure, exploration, expedition
>> and an unassigned project to accomplish without the present
>> time luxury, hi-fi tools, unbelievable facilities and with
>> not so much help provided.
>>
>> No school loans, grants, financial aid or scholarships.
>> Instead, it was filled with lots of fun, excitement,
>> enthusiasm, trust, expectation, commitment and
>> responsibility.
>>
>> Although not so very easy -- always and filled with some
>> hardship -- life was beautiful and excellent.
>>
>>   Our love and respect for our parents were second to
>>   none, and our respect for our teachers and elders
>>   in the community and society was in our genes. We
>>   gladly looked after our younger brothers and
>>   sisters without any selfish motive and fuss. We
>>   felt it was our prime and moral duty.
>>
>> We attended temples, gurudwaraas, churches, mosques, jamat
>> khannas and prayed regularly and respected all religions
>>
>> We integrated socially and culturally with people from all
>> religions, class or creed.  In essence, we enjoyed life.
>>
>> * To all the wonderful kids who were born in the wonderful
>>   East Africa and survived the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's.
>>
>> * We had mothers who did not check our or their blood
>>   pressure or the temperature every few minutes.
>>
>> * We never saw or wore the present time diapers, nappies and
>>   liners.
>>
>> * We bounced our selves without a bouncer and peacefully
>>   slept without a baby cot.
>>
>> * We sucked cow milk from a soda bottle without being
>>   sterilized or warmed in a bottle warmer.
>>
>> * We slept during our sleep times be it day or night without
>>   monitors or blippers.
>>
>> * There were no nurses or doctors to pamper the mums, babies
>>   and children all the time.
>>
>> * Our baby cribs and bassinets were covered with bright
>>   coloured lead-based paints.
>>
>> * We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or
>>   cabinets.
>>
>> * We rode our bikes without helmets, gloves and guards.
>>
>> * As children we would ride in cars which had no child safety
>>   door locks, seat belts or airbags. Sometimes we sat on each
>>   other's laps, for God's sake.
>>
>> We shared one soft drink with juugus in it, among four
>> friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from that.
>> We would share bhajias, mix, mogo chips and dips or a eat
>> chapatti and rice from someone else's plate of curry without
>> batting an eyelid.
>>
>> We ate jam sandwiches or pickle on bread and butter, raw
>> mangoes with salt that set our teeth on edge or a grilled
>> makaai and mogo and drank orange squash. We ate at roadside
>> stalls, drank madaffu water, ate everything that was bad for
>> us from karangaa, kachri, makaai, muhogo, channa batetaa,
>> bhel puri to maru bhajias and samosas. Yet we weren't
>> overweight and falling sick as we were always outside playing
>> freely and burning our calories, keeping fit, fine and happy.
>>
>> During holidays we would leave home in the morning and play
>> out all day, we were never ever "bored" and were allowed
>> freedom all day, as long as we were back home at a given
>> time. We would dare not be late!
>>
>>   We were innovative and creative making and building
>>   things from and out of scraps and junk of old pram
>>   wheels and bicycle rims, made kites using used news
>>   papers, playing traditional games called santa
>>   kukdi, pakda pakdi, nagel, khokho, hutuutu, thappo
>>   and rounders. Luxury and things related to it were
>>   far beyond our imagination, expectation and reach.
>>   We were taught and groomed to be content.
>>
>> We played, ran and walked barefoot without even being
>> concerned about it, if we got cut and bled we used tincture
>> of iodine or spirit on the wound and it was okay and fine
>> with us. We did not wash our hands ten times a day. And we
>> were okay as well.
>>
>> We did not have PlayStations, Nintendos, X-boxes, video
>> games, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no
>> surround so

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Konkani Wikipedia http://gom.wikipedia.org needs your help!

2016-02-04 Thread Edwin DeSouza
Passing this on should you be able to contribute something.  Mostly written
in the Indian script but I saw a sentence about 'British English' so I am
sure you can translate.  Been busy but will catch up with you soon; we are
back in Auckland.
Warm wishes
Ivy


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Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:42 AM
Subject: [Goanet-News] Konkani Wikipedia http://gom.wikipedia.org needs
your help!
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The Konkani Wikipedia (recently launched) needs your help! Go to
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