Re: [Goanet] The dark underbelly of Goan society in London

2012-01-29 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Resend with some corrections/addition. +++ Narratology is a wide area dealing with narratives and their structure -- modes of seeing-- thoughts, as our perception moulds them. To naturally mean that there are many ways to say something. Alice in Wonderland is one example. Poetry is another more

Re: [Goanet] The dark underbelly of Goan society in London

2012-01-28 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Narratology is a wide areas dealing with narratives and their structures -- modes of seeing-- thoughts as our perception moulds them. To naturally mean that there are many ways to say something. Alice in Wonderland is one example. Poetry is another but more inspired form: within which there are

[Goanet] The dark underbelly of Goan society in London

2012-01-27 Thread Carvalho
In response to this post of mine, I got some interesting private responses. I feel the need to address some of these. I had posed the question, is there a difference between East African Goans and Portuguese Passport Goans in the UK? If so why?   On the face of it, there is a vast difference.

[Goanet] The dark underbelly of Goan society in London

2012-01-18 Thread Carvalho
Everytime I take on a Konkani-English interpreting job, I am convinced nothing will surprise me. Over the course of the last three years, I have seen it all; child molestation, domestic violence, aggravated assault, drunk and disorderly conduct, stabbings, illness, extreme poverty, joblessness,