From: godfrey gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
WITHOUT THESE TWO DEDICATED WEBSITES - much of the news which "miss"
seeing the print on Goan newspapers periodicals and magazines--- now see the
light of the day on your websites.
KEEP UP THE MISSION YOUR WEBSITES ARE ENGAGED IN
GODFREY J I GONSALVES
====
Dear Godfrey,
Thank You very much for your words of encouragment. You please keep up the
good work.
We at TGF http://www.colaco.net will continue to press on with our primary
objectives:
1. To learn from the past so that we can be better prepared for the past
2. To disassemble the spin which continues to be produced about the
Lusitanian influence in and on Goa. We know that our efforts emotionally
affect the spinners - we also know that we have had a tranquilizing effect
on the spinners.
3. To try find a special place of our Mother Tongue i.e. the Konkani we
speak at home - not the one which has been inflicted upon us by force
4. To promote the Goan-ness among Goan communities around the world
5. To publish anecdotes and memories of Goans who have been denied access to
the Press
6. To work firmly against ANY form of distinction between Goans : i.e. Hindu
v Catholic, Brahmin v whatever else, Sashticar v Bardezcar, Goans who are
Indian citizens v Goans who are citizens of Pakistan, Portugal, UK, Canada,
US, Australia etc
7. To continue recording the details of Goa's former civilian airport
DABOLIM. http://www.colaco.net/1/GdeFdabolim1.htm
On out lead page at http://www.colaco.net we have paid tribute to some of
the Goans who are working towards bring about cooperation among Goans.
I take this opportunity to Congratulate GoaNet for its 11th anniversary: And
while Herman always deserves the credit for providing the DNA for this idea,
I will add the names of the following who need special mention. No plant
prospers without the careful tending of the gardner and fertiliser. In the
case of GoaNet : The main gardners have been FRED, BOSCO & VIVIAN. There
have been & are many good fertilisers: among them James Almeida, Eugene
Correia, Santosh Helekar, Cornel da Costa and Cecil Pinto.
Keep up the good work ....and wish you a 100 more years of active debate et
al
One final note and for the record: While the TGF website is 5 years old, the
very small Goa-Goans discussion list from which TGF gets most of its
articles, is 6 years old. Besides GoenchimXapotam, Goa-Goans remains the
only uncensored Goan discussion list.
good wishes to all
jc
_________________________________________________________________
On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to
get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement
