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| Wishing all Goanetters |
| a Prosperous |
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| Happy New Year - 2006 |
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These days, anything to do with Sattari gets treated more seriously in
Goa. Is this everyone's way of admitting that here was an issue, right
under our nose, that we failed to even take cognisance of, until it
quite blew up in our face? Or, acknowledgment that there are still parts
and peoples of Goa which 'we' hardly understand.
Last week, Nandkumar Kamat introduced me to Sattari
lecturer Prakash Paryenkar, whose book
"Dovorne" (named after the traditional place where you
rested your buden if carrying a headload, it's a stone-
built structure of sorts still visible in parts of Goa)
is being released on Friday, January 6 at 5 pm at the
Institute Menezes Braganza.
This text is in Marathi, and it's being released at a function where
the chief guest will be Datta Damodar Nayak, and guest of honour
Mohandas Surlekar (vice-chairperson of the IMB). The president of the
function will be Pundalik Narayan Nayak, while Dr Nandkumar Kamat will
introduce the book.
Being in Marathi makes it accessible to one section of Goans. But one
needs to acknowledge that this has long been the language of choice for
the written word, for a significant section of Goans -- particularly
the Hindu population.
It would be nice to get reviews of this, and other books on Goa in
Marathi too. --FN
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Frederick 'FN' Noronha | http://del.icio.us/fredericknoronha
Saligao, Goa, India | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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