------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho se...@goanet.org It was a young Herman Caneiro and a team of disparate interested Goans (and expats) from across the world who first set up a fledging internet mailing list so as to, if rumour is anything to go by, meet young Goan women across the world. That was fifteen years ago, this week, as Goanet celebrates its 15th anniversary. Today, meeting women is from removed from being a motivating factor in joining what is possibly Goa's most prestigious mailing list, having amongst its members doctors, scientists, writers, historians, activists and politicians. It has become an invaluable tool for networking, keeping in touch with the Diasporic Goan community, bouncing off ideas and generating some noteworthy projects. It is the equivalent of the tinto in cyberspace. Dr. Herman Carneiro -- now with a string of degrees behind his name, MBBS MSc DLSHTM -- sends us a message on this occasion: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182257.html Phillip Thomas was one of those rare things -- civil on a public internet forum. Although, I never knew him in real life, he was as real to me as if I had. He was eloquent, intelligent and in a very genuine way progressive. Goa was his adopted home, although I doubt he ever thought of it as adopted. We didn't often see it on Goanet, as he was not given to boasting about himself, but he was part of a dedicated taskforce chosen to re-engineer Goa. Sadly he passed away this week. May his soul rest in peace. Frederick Noronha, gives us more details. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182391.html Nigel Britto gives us an intimate view of a night at the Opera. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182490.html Vivek Menezes gives us more on the same theme: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182378.html Lino Dourado writes his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Nanv-vostem Kalakarak Chorlem Teddnam... http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182486.html Dominic Fernandes, author of 2007 book "Dominic's Goa" that describes in print for posterity the stories of a Goa that existed five decades ago, tells us his views on the desecration of religious idols and places. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182463.html Antonio Menezes ponders on the metamorphosis of the Goan women within the last century. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182465.html A controversial post titled Swines and Swindon about the recent Goan emigrants that have settled in Swindon, UK, came in for a lot of flak. The original post by Xembub Moiderkar: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182427.html Jose Colaco: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182432.html Alfred Tavares: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182499.html Valmiki Faleiro continues in his series about Goan emigration: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182482.html One of the hot topics lately in the news is the matter of Church properties and who exactly has jurisdiction over them. Frederick Noronha plays devil's advocate to the topic. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182400.html Vivek Menezes wonders if we are at a cultural crossroads in Goa, and whether our destiny is being shaped by our own version of the Taliban. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/181635.html An excellent glimpse into the much forgotten Goan community in Karachi was provided in an essay by the Lt. Gen. Vas, an extract from his book. The General passed away last week. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/182134.html Jason Keith Fernandes, examines the impact of the Hindutva birthing project in Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/181905.html A long contentious debate in Goa has been whether primary education should be imparted in English. Nissar Dias writes about what he sees as the dangers of language chauvinism. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-August/181451.html