Well said,Well done On the Internet! Auspicio F.M.Rodrigues Simply Goan, Simple Goan ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "vivek araujo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:41 PM Subject: [Goanet]Goa day at Dar.
> There has been so much of awarness about the > celebrations of Goa day,and we all owe a big thanks to > Rene who has been keeping this awarness alive with so > many mails, and information and thanks to Goa net, > mainly because it is due to this net that gave me a > chance to celebrate with the rest of Goans. > > But the sad part, Most of the Goans have not > understood the meaning of this day, for most of them > it is wine, dine and fun,but attached to it is no > doubt the success and inclusion of our mother tongue > Konkani in the constitution but with it goes the > efforts put in by many goans, the lives of the young > people during the agitation Period for the struggle of > this language. > > I have to mention again that during the function at > Dar the architect of Goan Institute in Dar Mr. Almeida > was asked to say a few words about the background of > Goans and Mr. Almeida delivered a great speech , > unfortunately many of our goans showed less importance > for his speech , and in a sarcastic way starting > clapping not for his speech as appreciation but as a > mockery to get him off the mike. My request to all > such Goans mostly the youth is , learn from such > respectable people and this knowledge will help you > filter it to the other generation, learn to speak > konkani and write it not just Dev Borem Korum(in goa > the non goans speak better konkani than some goans) > Mr. Almeida's speech is a golden key for you all to > find out and learn about your roots which you all have > left in Goa, no matter wherever you are in this world, > let the goan spirit be alive always in you.Wine and > dine is just not enough to keep our mother tongue > alive but the language spoken,makes a big difference. > > Some of the great Goan leading lights in Dar whom I > have met and learnt during my short stay and my hats > off to them are, Mr. Almeida, Prof.Adolf Mascarenhas > and Mrs. Mascarenhas and Mr. Dourado. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. > Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
