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Thanks, Peter Email: desouzap1...@gmail.com On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:38 PM <goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org> wrote: > Send Goanet mailing list submissions to > goanet@lists.goanet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > goanet-ow...@lists.goanet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Goanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Rabeca (Bernado Colaco) > 2. Many happy returns of the day to a fabulous Saligaokar > (Joy De Souza) > 3. Video: Steve Jobs Interview - 2/18/1981 (AF P) > 4. Re: Rabeca (Carlos Peres da Costa) > 5. Giving And Giving Differently in 2021 Christmas > (Joao Barros-Pereira) > 6. Happy Birthday Frederick! (Roland Francis) > 7. Karan Thapar interviews Pratap Bhanu Mehta (Marshall Mendonza) > 8. 1961: Viewed from the perspective of a Margao schoolboy > (Mariano Pereira) (Goanet Reader) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 11:07:16 +0000 (UTC) > From: Bernado Colaco <ole_...@yahoo.co.uk> > To: "goanet@lists.goanet.org" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Rabeca > Message-ID: <1984505913.2790505.1639825636...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > We also inherited the making of Caju feni and maddachem to go along with > Rabeca and Rebeca. Otherwise we would be grazing grass the whole day. > BC > > Thank you, Carlos. > This should add some light on some common trends in our societies, > inherited from our Portuguese colonizers of the past. > I will forward this to the group. > Happy Christmas, Happy Holidays to you! > Mel de Quadros > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 21:24:15 +1000 > From: "Joy De Souza" <j...@louisphotos.com.au> > To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Many happy returns of the day to a fabulous > Saligaokar > Message-ID: <000801d7f401$ca91dae0$5fb590a0$@louisphotos.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Happy 60th Ricky Aka Americo Noronha. > > > > What a milestone !! Wishing you all the best in life and happiness > Always!!. > > > > Your awesome work helping All Creatures Great and Small in Goa is noted by > us all in Oz and I still have memories of your helping me in my Animal > Clinic in Mapusa early 80's. Things were so different then but we did great > work. > > > > Good luck, God Bless. > > > > Dr Joy De Souza, Brisbane, Australia. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 06:16:18 -0500 > From: AF P <goaculturel...@gmail.com> > To: goanet <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Video: Steve Jobs Interview - 2/18/1981 > Message-ID: > < > cakszrm_w9zenfyo-uofqzeymfxurrosf1poh6nm1cksytga...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbfejwP1d3c > > An interview with Steve Jobs filmed on 2/18/1981 about the future of Apple, > Computers, the Home & Personal computer markets, video games, and more. > > Imagine the next forty years...wow! > > --- > Albert Peres > Goa Culture List > goaculturel...@gmail.com > > +1 416-660-0847 > www.goaculturelist.ca > Canada > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:20:06 -0300 > From: Carlos Peres da Costa <cperesdaco...@gmail.com> > To: Mel de Quadros <ymirconsult...@gmail.com> > Cc: Adolfo Mascarenhas <adca...@gmail.com>, Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Rabeca > Message-ID: > <CAD=dsqXODc= > n_qachk8x-opd21qfkrmx2wwvyavwjgyxded...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Same to you! > > Em sex., 17 de dez. de 2021 ?s 13:30, Mel de Quadros < > ymirconsult...@gmail.com> escreveu: > > > Thank you, Carlos. > > This should add some light on some common trends in our societies, > > inherited from our Portuguese colonizers of the past. > > I will forward this to the group. > > Happy Christmas, Happy Holidays to you! > > Mel de Quadros > > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 10:22 AM Carlos Peres da Costa < > > cperesdaco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Mel > >> In northeast Brazil where I live we have the Rabeca also. It is a > >> handcrafted type of violin, quite popular in the interior in the low > income > >> group. You can consult its origins here: > >> https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabeca > >> > >> Warm regards > >> > >> Carlos Peres da Costa > >> Recife. Brazil > >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 22:38:17 +0530 > From: Joao Barros-Pereira <joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> > To: goanet <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Giving And Giving Differently in 2021 Christmas > Message-ID: > <CAHg__J7HaimOSF_1X8CdwrF= > n3px7b999sjv7qvggz6jp_0...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > In Goa Saturday Night Fever lasts too short, and the whole month of > December is designated as December Fever. > > Event after event. In a few days from now the holies and more holies, > and holier-than-thou will start to sing how Christmas is about giving; > and how it is nice to be able to give to charity, and to receive the > blessings we will get - and all that! > > In a free society institutions take advantage of workers and the > economically weak, and once or twice a year pretend to show how they > care! > > I do not want to name names because this much awareness everyone has > and so I don?t want to waste your time. > > When I give it is a fine feeling because it is a good feeling, a feel > good feeling for my ego. > > I even feel close to God. Besides it being a good ego massage, some > people like to think of it as an after life investment, too. > > Believers and non-believers in God need to give differently this year. > > Let us try a simple spiritual experiment this year to be able to feel > indebted to the receiver for accepting our gifts! > > We should appreciate him or her for allowing us to feel great about > ourselves, and thanks for massaging our egos! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 13:12:04 -0500 > From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > To: goa...@goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] Happy Birthday Frederick! > Message-ID: <64b61127-36cd-4f71-b773-31b379d89...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Are you officially a Senior today according to Indian age markers? > > The good news: you will be called Uncle even by people older than you. > > The bad news: you will notice pretty women less and less and be able to > follow up even less. > > Roland. > Toronto. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 01:27:11 +0530 > From: Marshall Mendonza <mmendonz...@gmail.com> > To: goanet <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Karan Thapar interviews Pratap Bhanu Mehta > Message-ID: > < > camhuf+jwd-rbucqorknxtaab_ogtazjz-abn4xfakfxqlii...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > https://youtu.be/PcWYmM_7rw8 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 01:44:35 +0530 > From: Goanet Reader <goanetrea...@gmail.com> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] 1961: Viewed from the perspective of a Margao > schoolboy (Mariano Pereira) > Message-ID: > <CABcxCfEWV=Fp0=hQQE5qhBRYkt2vGgKCtRXryLBKpP9Ktk=_ > j...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Mariano Pereira > Frankfurt Germany > maraino.pere...@gmx.net > > In 1960 when I was in my teens, Goa was a laidback location, > a Portuguese colony known as the Estado da India Portuguesa > (Provincia Ultramarina). A serene and peaceful enclave on > the west coast of India free of crime vice and dire poverty > that existed elsewhere in the subcontinent. If at all people > were afraid of anything were the ghost appearances of the > dead after darkness. With a hundred rupees monthly income, > one could then sustain a family of four. > > Suddenly in December 1961 it felt like a change of wind was > looming in the horizon. That being the case, on the early > morning of 17 December 1961, just before the first cockcrow > (combeasadh) there were thunderous explosions. > > The windows of our boarding house in Margao began to rattle > in their frames. No one in the area seemed to have a clue > what caused the explosions. > > We were students of Escola Comercial (Tecnica) de Margao. As > a daily ritual, we bent down for the ora??o matinal recited > after our affable matron Dona Am?lia, had breakfast and > proceeded to classes. > > Dressed in khaki uniforms, as it was the day of > Mocidade Portuguesa. Under normal circumstances we > would march in file along the narrow two-lane Rua > Abade Faria led by the chefe-de-quina and > comandante de grupo sometimes deliberately blocking > the traffic in both directions. The commuters > waited patiently without a grumble until we passed. > No one dared to protest against the cadets in > national uniform. > > It was like a calm before a storm when we arrived at the > school premises. The Portuguese school director together > with Padre Camilo Xavier, professors Mario Nunes, Brito, > Olimpio Dias, Vieira Menezes etc., got us assembled at the > school grounds and gave us the news that Goa was under attack. > > We were informed that the early morning explosions that took > place was in fact shelling of the runaway of Bernardo Guedes > Dabolim Airport by the Indian Air Force to make it > inoperational for landings and takeoffs. > > Later, despite the damaged tarmac, the Portuguese pilots > somehow managed to take off overnight the only two aircrafts > parked at the airport, flying at low altitudes to evade radar > detection, and managed to reach to Karachi, Pakistan. > > As tensions mounted, concerns of an imminent threat of war > was a realistic possibility. We were asked by the school > authority to go home back to our families. > > All public transportation came to a grinding halt. Some of > us walked home long distances, with our belongings. All > European Portuguese residents were hidden in secluded > locations as a precautionary measure. Some of our school > staff volunteered to back up the Portuguese military. > > In the meantime, the Emissora de Goa was > broadcasting messages that did not help to allay > the fears of war. It continuously transmitted > the scary message: Goa ningu?m tomara, ela por si > acabar? (no one shall take Goa, it will itself come > to end). > > After going through two days of the frightening experience, > the people of Goa finally breathed a sigh of relief when, on > 19 December, Governador Manuel Antonio Vassalo e Silva made a > sensible decision. He opted to avoid confrontation and > surrendered to the Indian Forces against the directive by the > Portuguese prime minister Ant?nio de Oliveira Salazar to > fight until death. > > The governor understood it was "um sacrificio inutil" (a > useless sacrifice) to make a stand against the much superior > force. Fortunately, the occupation ended with few casualties, > with approximately 30 Portuguese and 20 Indian soldiers > losing their lives during the skirmishes. > > The scorched-earth policy followed by the Salazar regime > would have been dangerous for the people of Goa and > counterproductive for the Portuguese regime at any rate, with > only 3500 soldiers on the ground against the opponent's > numerical superiority of about 40,000. Salazar's motives > behind his conduct however, were to set a precedent to show > the world that he stood firm behind his policy of continuing > Portuguese rule elsewhere, principally in Angola and Mocambique. > > The following day, after the capitulation of Goa, the > Portuguese Prime Minister Salazar issued an emotional press > statement, saying "A perda the Goa significa um dos maiores > desastres na historia de Portugal e uma profunda golpe moral > na vida da na?ao/ The loss of Goa signifies one of the worst > disasters in the history of Portugal and a deep moral blow to > the life of the Nation." > > The year 1961 happened to be an 'Ano maldito' for the > Portuguese dictator. It set in motion the beginning of the > end of the Portuguese colonial empire. > > Governador Vassalo e Silva was subsequently disciplined for > disobeying orders, court-martialed stripped of his military > rank and exiled. > > He was compensated only after the Carnation Revolution that > took place on 25 April 1974, staged by the military officers > that included as one of its prominent leaders the Major Otelo > Saraiva Carvalho of Goan decent. > > In 1980, the former governor paid a goodwill visit to Goa and > was accorded a warm welcome by the people of Goa. He died in > Lisbon in 1985 at the age of 85. > > For us, students of the Portuguese educational > institutions, it was a very emotional period. The > future looked gloomy. Everything seemed to have > changed overnight. Many of our companions of the > school and professors specially, the mesticos or > decendentes, disappeared completely from the scene > without even bidding a farewell. The memories > though of that period remained fixed in one's mind. > > As the dust was settling as far as the Liberation of Goa was > concerned, the anxieties of the people for the future did not > disappear overnight either. This was not something many > Goans were looking forward to. After centuries-old > domination it was not easy to accept the change and come to > terms with what looked like an obscure reality for many. > > There were some unexpected developments as well. > > Padre Chico Monteiro was a celebrated personality in the > 1950s and the 1960s during the erstwhile regime. The Goan > cleric hailing from Candolim was the founder and director of > the legendary students residential home "Lar dos Estudantes" > and a professor of religion at the Liceu National Alfonso de > Albuquerque Panjim. He was highly respected for his social > and spiritual leadership and understood the difficulties of > poor or less fortunate Laristas unable to pay fees and provided > assistance. > > After the transition of power, the Indian Government passed > an order for all Portuguese passport holders to either > surrender their passports, or immigrate to Portugal or apply > for residential permits. Padre Chico Monteiro refused all > the three options. > > The Government of India filed a legal suit against him, > accusing him of defying the orders. He was convicted and > sent to a maximum security jail outside Goa. With the > intervention of the Holy See Padre Monteiro was released from > prison and was awaiting forced deportation to Portugal until > Salazar agreed to a quid pro quo exchange of Padre Monteiro > with Telo Mascarenhas, a Goan freedom fighter undergoing a > prison term in Portugal. Padre Chico Monteiro stood his > ground till the end of his life in 1990 by refusing to > surrender his nationality. > > Post Liberation, step by step, a multitude of changes were > taking place in Goa. The inflow of foreign consumer goods > and other imports that were a given earlier came to a complete > halt and the available stock was vanishing rapidly from the > stores. > > The familiar scene of Mercedes Benz taxis and other foreign > vehicles plying on Goan roads began disappearing at a speedy > rate. Gujarati merchants from Bombay descended upon Goa > hunting for foreign products and business opportunities. > > They at times offered lucrative offers for foreign > automobiles, with local owners selling these to the highest > bidder. It did not take much longer for the landscape of Goa > to be completely devoid of foreign products. > > When I left my home in 1967, Goa very much seemed to have > been returned to the Indian normality and integrated into the > national mainstream successfully after 451 years of > Portuguese occupation. > > ### > > > End of Goanet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 670 > *************************************** >