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CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD
Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at:
http://www.goacom.org/casa-de-goa/noticias.html
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--- Vidyadhar Gadgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
GT editorial:
> Those who believe that Goa will continue to remain
> an oasis of communal
> harmony are living in a fool's paradise.
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We've lived in a fool's paradise for so many years. I
come from a village not far from Margao. In my youth,
the village was like a postcard, an excerpt from a
fairytale book, an oasis of peace and tranquility.
The evenings were lightly scented with jasmine and the
smell of squishy, pulpy mangoes pervading the air.
>From across the fields one could hear the foxes cry.
It was customary for my grandmother to sit in her
voltaire while the rest of the family would sit around
her in the balcony. There with the sky lit only by
stars, the elders would talk late into the evening
about the crops, the neighbours, tidbits of
information heard here and there about the rest of the
world. They didn't know much about the world then,
they were simple people. We thought, and as Shastikars
still do think of ourselves as living in an oasis of
harmony.
Progress should have brought us more peace instead it
has given birth to a maggot of hate that keeps feeding
on fear and ignorance.
Selma
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