Hi Jose, Thanks for your post and the "publicity" you have given to our book about Goa. AGAIN, I thank you for reading our book and for your feedback. Since this is what you had written before, is this self-plagiarizing with copy-and-paste from your old post? Or do you have a terrific memory? :=))
Thanks for pointing out the half-a-dozen or so erratums in the book. Only a true Goan friend can be so helpful. Yet as you point out, I have good company with you. I feel so honored that you would allow me to share the platform with you. As I have written BEFORE to you, I plead guilty as charged about the presence of a some errors in the book. I thank you for your suggestions about how to go about rectifying them. To the best of my knowledge, you have not written a book. So much of your recommendations will be taken "under-advisement", and for what it is. You advice me to move on (see below). Yet, you keep bringing up the topic.:=)) As an FYI, I belong to our local writers' book club. At club meetings, the seasoned American book writers tell us-novices that, ONLY half-a-dozen errors (factual, typographical, spelling, grammar etc.) in a book is really a great accomplishment. There is never a literary work that is ever complete and perfect. Even Shakespear would likely make a few changes in his writing-works, had he been alive. The same applies to other artists - painters, musicians etc.. We writers (including you) make errors, despite our best efforts to avoid them. After-all we are merely human ani tea bhair surplem Goenkars. So cheer-up .... and move on!:=)) Readers have a responsibility to due to their own due-diligence. One cannot rely on a single source of information, especially if that fact is central to a discussion or a decision. Or we end up with the "Inquisition in Goa" saga on Goanet, which you know well. Thanks for your 'behind the scene' encouragement on this topic. In fact I am still waiting to know where the other-side got their material. Was it 'petoita murree' or was it 'plagiarized' wrong sources of information? :=)) Your website TGF, which is geared for general readers, is also a great resource for basic-knowledge on Goa. You too have obviously felt the need for this general knowledge and which led you to put in great effort. I compliment you and your family for those efforts and contributions - time, energy, patience, effort, money to mention a few. As writers and speakers know, one has to first judge the audience one is targeting. To reach all levels of expertise in one format will produce a presentation, that both in style and substance, will really appeal to no group. Also readers basically know what are "reference-sources" and which are "general-knowledge" reading material. Unless one is merely being critical, or as Goans say, "being a crab", one does not expect an in-depth presentation (dissertation with references) of say - the First Golden Age of Goa - the Kadamba period (937-1367) by reading your TGF web-site or our book. There are manuscripts solely devoted to this period. Yet such manuscripts are something only a history buff would be interested. And even though I am a history buff, I have yet to read them. I hope I have responded to your concerns in the post, though likely you may have more. If you are not satisfied with my response, perhaps you may have some 'Welsh blood' (I learnt the phrase yesterday). These individuals have the attitude, "It is THIS way, MY way and the RIGHT way".:=)) I hope you will sleep well at night without our book keeping you awake.:=)) As your post was last on this topic (good decision), this reply will also be the last post on this side-bar. And I hate to repeat the same thoughts. Regards, GL ------------- Jose Colaco wrote: First of all let me thank Santoshbab for correcting me. Cornell University is in Ithaca, NY while Gilbert is from Utica, NY. There are some gross errors which could have been avoided I submit that IF this book was meant to be used as a basis for teaching anybody anything about Goa, attention should have been paid to minute detail....and the appropriate errata issued We all make errors. I know I make them all the time. It is but prudent for us to accept our errors, correct them and move on.
