[Goanet] An interesting take on the prevalent "long-term tourist's depiction of Goa(CecilPinto)

2017-03-05 Thread Dom Martin
In the realm and Schelm of existence and coexistence, we are all humans first and ethnically diverse later. If we cannot coexist humanely, the latter becomes significantly irrelevant. Dom Martin

Re: [Goanet] An interesting take on the prevalent "long-term tourist's" depiction of Goa

2017-03-05 Thread Eugene Correia
I see thar non-Goans who are in the privileged positions as editors comment on Goenkarponn. Having lived in Goa for say, 13 by years, they consider themselves qualified to write on the subject. One claimed to have imbibed the. Carnival spirit and maybe other cultural things. In Konkani, these

Re: [Goanet] An interesting take on the prevalent "long-term tourist's" depiction of Goa

2017-03-05 Thread Amitav Ghosh
Thanks Cecil. Interesting pieces - will tweet. www.amitavghosh.com On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 1:27 AM, Cecil Pinto wrote: > http://chasingxine.blogspot.in/2017/01/modern-colonial-encounters.html > > Yes, Goa is very hospitable. So accommodating a place is this that if you

Re: [Goanet] An interesting take on the prevalent "long-term tourist's" depiction of Goa

2017-03-05 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Cecil Pinto sent: > My last essay > > hit a nerve with a Scottish reader, who argued that after living in Goa for > five years, he should be considered a Goan. This is despite the fact that >

[Goanet] An interesting take on the prevalent "long-term tourist's" depiction of Goa

2017-03-04 Thread Cecil Pinto
http://chasingxine.blogspot.in/2017/01/modern-colonial-encounters.html Yes, Goa is very hospitable. So accommodating a place is this that if you want to pretend the Goans don’t exist, you can do that with little protest. We know that Goa is regarded by many as a playground of sorts, but beyond