Thanks Sandra. I was aware of him being a lawyer, as his play is a 'tragi-comedy'. Obviously, he was for Goa to be run by Goans. But, it was a long shot, and the reality of it was not very visible to those who fought for freedom. Portugal should have done like France did in Pondicherry, but with a twist. The colonial masters should have selected a bunch of eminent Goans, some of them in Parliament, and asked them to take over. A lost opportunity for Portugal to act honourably and bravely and earn the respect of the world. Goans would be happy, but the stakes were high in administrating Goa.
Eugene On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 3:51 AM sandra lobo <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruto da Costa was a lawyer, journalist and politician who defended the > right of Goan people to decide their own political future > > > > > Sandra Ataíde Lobo > > > Home (gieipc-ip.org) <https://www.gieipc-ip.org/> > https://praticasdahistoria.pt/ > > tmn. ++351 930690459 > > ------------------------------ > *De:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > em nome de Eugene Correia <[email protected]> > *Enviado:* 6 de dezembro de 2023 15:27 > *Para:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *Assunto:* Re: [GRN] Pamphlets > > I saw in my small collection, a tattered copy of Yesterday, Today and... > Tomorrow, A Tragicomedy in Three Acts and Twelve Scenes, by A.A Bruto da > Costa, and I suppose he was a Doctor, perhaps a medical doctor. It was > published in 1963. > However, I post here to know if anyone has a copy, for the first page of > mine is tattered and the cover-page and inside page is unreadable. If some > has the play, I wish to get a copy of the cover and inside pages. I read it > decades ago, and since the Goa Liberation anniversary is coming up, I wish > to quote from it. I am not very sure know if the play was an attempt at > India's takeover of Goa and what the future holds or was it predicting a > "tragicomedy", as Bruto da Costa envisaged Goa would become in later years. > I know he addressed a Letter to Nehru, but don't know where I could locate > it. Does anyone know if it's in the Goa University Library or elsewhere? > Also re-reading, Goan Struggle for Freedom by M.K. Gandhi, published by > Navajivan Publishing House. Recollecting Liberation and the glow of > freedom. Where has Goa gone? > > Eugene Correia > > > Eugene Correia > > > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 10:04 AM V M <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Frederick, > > Thank you very much for that German resource on Swahili - it turns out the > first known written literature in that language was found in Goa! Amazing > fact. I will examine closely for more places to look. > > About the avid embrace of English language education by Goans in Goa from > the first decades of the 19th century, yes it is true it happened first in > the Bardez villages where the majority of educated men went off to work in > British India (and later to Persia, Aden, East Africa and Singapore as > well). But by the 20th century, it was routine for all families of means to > send their children to study in boarding schools across the border in > Belgaum, Pune and much farther afield as well. > > It has always fascinated me how disproportionately the Goans were > represented from the beginning of college education "for natives" in Bombay > - the first class at Grant Medical College was half Goans! > > Warm regards, > > VM > > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2023, 02:06 fredericknoronha, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tuesday 5 December 2023 at 19:08:55 UTC+5:30 vmingoa wrote: > > Goans in Goa pursued English language education with much alacrity from > the second half of the 19th century. Few peoples anywhere - but especially > the subcontinent - have ever embraced English so enthusiastically as the > Goans. There's no question of imposition but merely access to opportunity, > and Portuguese lost out for very good reasons. > > > > *Would you see this as happening uniformly across Goa or in some pockets > (such as parts of Bardez, and among the daispora in the then English-ruled > regions)?* > > > > Elsewhere, of course, like all other Indians in their transnational > dispersal, Goans have adopted and mastered a wide range of languages.I have > been looking for Goan writing in Swahili. There must be some. 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