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Victor wrote on Thu Nov 4 20:35:02 2004
< Dr. J. Colaco assumes that other Goan writers in Canada and elsewhere have not congratulated Ben Antao, because they have not posted messages to this effect on Goanet... By presuming to make that a requirement, a number of my peers have been unjustly maligned. Ben Antao knows who wrote to him and who didn't. Nobody else is owed an explanation.>
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I'll say this very simply. Please do not make any assumptions about me, and PLEASE be quite clearly informed that Dr. J. Colaco has assumed NOTHING with regards to the topic at hand.
I totally agree that the writer in question is the best person to know who wrote to him and who didn't. That does not necessarily mean that Dr. J. Colaco does not know. Trust me when I say that !
And yes, absolutely Nobody else is owed an explanation.
Having said that, I strongly recommend that we pay attention MORE to the message than to the Messenger. My message like that of the good Gabriel de Figueiredo's is : Goans let us support our Goan writers by buying and reading more of their books.
I would hasten to add : Goans, let us spend LESS time, energy and MONEY on Jamborees, Picnics, Dances, BBQs and Alcohol..... and more on helping Goan thought and writing to flourish.
Everything else, as far as I am concerned, is minutia.
Nada Mas to add on this topic. I have said all that I know about it.
jose
PS: A book I will recommend today is
AFTER MANY DAYS by Francisco Correia Afonso
Early next month - Ema and I hope to post snippets on TGF ( Thank you Lino Leitao for making the suggestion; Thanks too Tony and Marina Correia-Afonso for sending the book across)
good wishes
jc
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