Re: [Goanet] Does Francisc Newton Souza qualify as a 'Great Goan?'

2006-12-05 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
I liked VM's essay on his meeting with Francis Newton Souza in the Jerry Pinto-edited (Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa). It's called 'The Man Who Swallowed Goa Whole'. A quote: Goans are savages, they have no idea about the meaning of high art. I used to talk to Goans about art but all they

Re: [Goanet] Does Francisc Newton Souza qualify as a 'Great Goan?'

2006-12-04 Thread Venantius Pinto
Chris. Is this a rhetorical question? Is this one of those must know answers that needs to be qualitatively analyzed; furthermore to be regurgitated at Goan or for that matter Desi parties. And would it make someone sleep better if it could be proved that FN was one heck of a Great Goan. Art