On a musical note, no punn intended, the neo-rich and aristocratic Goans did decide to compose lyrics for mandde and dulpods in Konkani in their efforts to develop this new music form, as a local answer to the Fado from distant Portugal. Since the former all had their education in Portuguese, they did ask their (home) 'servants' to help them translate Portuguese verses into Konkani... and nevertheless took all the credit for it. Some words could not be translated, so they stayed in original Portuguese... These 'servants' never got any real recognition for their contribution to the development of this new art form, the mando. (They were not even allowed into these ballroom dances where the high society did dance dressed up in all their posh regalia including evening suits and bassrotop and held at the large ballrooms-cum-living room of some of the majestic houses.) Some members of the Portuguese society did nickname Konkani with a rude and very derogatory term, which I am not going to mention here, as told to me by elders I spoke to. But that did not deter these 'servants' to speak Konani at home they worked and openly on the streets, despite Portuguese being mandatory.
________________________________ From: 'sushila mendes' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> Sent: 02 November 2023 18:21 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GRN] Census Records during Portuguese Rule in Goa I think that you know by now that,Konkani was called 'the servants language', for a major part of the colonial period,although there were some missionaries who wrote in this language books for the local population to understand the doctrines of Christianity . Your work needs to also study the role of the Siddhis of Janjira who still speak the Salcette dialect of the Konkani language today in Karnataka and who have local Christian names like Bostaio,Marie,etc. and do study the role of the kunbis of Goa.,who were denied admission to the primary schools as their labour was required to work in the fields and in the property of the bhatcars.(landlords). Best wishes, Prof.Sushila Sawant Mendes On Thursday, 2 November, 2023 at 03:53:44 pm IST, Roanna Gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Rochelle, Your project sounds really interesting. While I don't have the exact information you need via census documents, I'm working on servitude and slavery in the early 19th century in Goa, and India more broadly (for a work of historical fiction). If you would like, I am happy to send you the references that I found useful. My email is [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. All the best with your project. It's important work that you are doing. Best wishes, Roanna Roanna Gonsalves +61 (0) 450742201 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | http://roannagonsalves.com.au<http://roannagonsalves.com.au/> | @roannagonsalves On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 6:44 PM Rochelle Fernandes <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Good day My name is Rochelle Fernandes. I am a PhD student at BITS Pilani, Goa. I am working on servitude in Colonial Goa. Has anyone come across census records of servants during the Portuguese Rule in Goa? I wanted to know if servants were listed and how they were labelled. All inputs are highly appreciated. Thank you. Regards Rochelle -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAM%3DVnWgSTXjM-jTcu%3DdgDkp64O0xUgj26erDpeDt6Z4RNUVxbQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAM%3DVnWgSTXjM-jTcu%3DdgDkp64O0xUgj26erDpeDt6Z4RNUVxbQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CA%2B-pHLk4OJBJk0FETcFJY7jre2gCrEfaAUWwehyNJWcOU7g3xQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CA%2B-pHLk4OJBJk0FETcFJY7jre2gCrEfaAUWwehyNJWcOU7g3xQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1371946516.1490542.1698949296123%40mail.yahoo.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1371946516.1490542.1698949296123%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/GV2P195MB21612AB2885B7D2E3458B89C82A6A%40GV2P195MB2161.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
