Colin, do not be fooled. History and facts are important and matter. World Goa Day was initiated and started by Goa Sudharop. The idea was proposed by Filomena Giese, co-Founder of Goa Sudharop. Goa Sudharop paid for the initial set-up (website design, logo, domain, etc,) as one of Goa Sudharop's projects. I had initially suggested Jan 1 as the date - a new year, a new beginning for Goans. The late Jorge Noronha (Portugal) suggested August 20 to coincide with Konkani being made the official language of Goa (1992). Goa Sudharop heavily promoted the idea of WGD. Rene was a Goa Sudharop advisor at that time but with a failure of character Rene brought the publicity to himself and has never acknowledged or corrected the record and promoted WGD as his own, never contributing a single penny (I hear this is still the case). I personally drafted many of the publicity emails Rene sent out, including articles for WGD. For the record, Goa Sudharop did the initial work to launch WGD and I personally spent a lot more time than Rene to get WGD off the ground.
So why has no credit has been given to Goa Sudharop? This is typical of some Goans who talk a good game about co-operation, unity but take all the credit. Then they ask why Goans are backward compared to other communities and Goans cannot move forward in unity, On Sunday, August 9, 2020, 07:45:38 AM PDT, colin d'cruz <colinbass...@hotmail.com> wrote: Jazz Goa has produced a two hour scheduled video broadcast on the 15th of August 2020 to co-celebrate Independence Day and the 20th anniversary of 'World Goa Day' initiated by Mr. Rene Baretto. This broadcast is a compilation of Goa's popular Konkani and Portuguese songs featuring some of Goa's most accomplished singers like Zezinho Fernandes, Seby Fernandes, Veeam Braganza, Donna Noronha, Queenie Fernandes and Verphina Dias to name a few. This broadcast features back to back songs carefully compiled into a seamless, entertaining show flow. Log on to Jazz Goa's YouTube Channel on the 15th of August at 8pm for an entertaining glimpse of Goa!
