This is such devastating news with the only bright spot for me being the autographed book that he sent me to NY via Vivek. I will sorely miss him. After going through the book and realizing how important it is for Goans (including me) to know their history, none of which is/was taught in school, I had suggested to Valmiki that we find a young person who can summarize bits from his book and send them via Whatsapp the only medium via which most Goans seem to get their information from, unfortunately not always accurate.
I got this idea from historian Heather Cox Richardson's Letters From an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Cox_Richardson who during the terrible Trump days a started a small newsletter (most recent link) https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-2023 where she explained (with links) the various political swings we were going through, the court cases filed against his policies and how the constitution is relevant. She still continues this highly successful enterprise. Instead of a blog I suggested small pieces from the book, Chapter by Chapter, in simple English, with his name of course. His reply: *“ Your suggestion is excellent: but do we have a person to undertake serialisation in parts? Today's generation is forever in a hurry -- though few arrive on time :-)” * I had recently thought of someone who could do this and perhaps I will pursue it in his memory. As Vivek said just now 'May his memory be a blessing'. Helga On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 8:12 AM fredericknoronha <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news, one of our active members of this > group -- Valmiki Faleiro -- passed away suddenly this afternoon (Thursday, > Oct 5, 2023). This came about due to a heart attack this afternoon. The > news came as a shock here. > Valmiki was active in the world of journalism from the 1970s, and has been > an author since 2010. His third book *Goa, 1961* was published in New > Delhi recently and was getting widely noticed. Valmiki was about 70. Just > to share the initial news on this group. Funeral details are awaited. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/8c5d2349-8195-4ad4-84d5-1516a1b44147n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/8c5d2349-8195-4ad4-84d5-1516a1b44147n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Maria Helga do Rosario Gomes 609 West 114th Street NY 10025 USA http://helgagomes.com/ http://www.goachitra.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAJUuMJmx_Hv0%2Bs_DNY6m3banBk%2B2kay5YxTd6KfHowQfJ1jR9g%40mail.gmail.com.
