To Goanet - Joining the Indian Union in 1961 without any safeguards in place was the kiss of death for Goa and Goans. The chickens are coming home to roost now after 40 years. With nothing to impede the ingress of India's infinite supply of sewage, Goa is doomed.
Presented here is a slew of remarkable photographs shot c. 1900 by Guerra Souza of "Souza & Paul." I hear that Guerra is interred at the Panjim Church cemetery (can anyone confirm?). The photos are currently stored in the archives of the Central Library in Panjim. They are in need of urgent work using the latest techniques in document preservation. The negatives, I understand, were sold not too long ago by the Souza nincompoops to a bhailo for a song. I decided to take photographs of these photographs as a backup insurance in case of further mishaps. I plan to make a gallery soon. Meanwhile, here are a few samplers. Note that the copyright rests with Souza & Paul and the material provided here is strictly for non-commercial purposes. View of Panjim looking towards Reis Magos, Verem and Betim. Those hills have now been laid to waste. What the Portuguese couldn't achieve in 450 years, the Indian barbarians did in less than 10 - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-panjimview-1.jpg View of Panjim looking towards Ribandar. The Ponte de Linhares causeway is seen as is the hill in Ribandar, now deflowered by Milroc - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-panjimview-2.jpg >From the Mandovi river looking towards Panjim - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-panjimview-3.jpg Avenida Republica (today's Dayanand Bandodkar Marg, the river promenade on which is a favourite stomping ground of ghatis) - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-avenidarepublica.jpg Monumento de Afonso de Albuquerque at today's Azad Maidan - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-azadmaidan.jpg Palacio Idalcao (old Secretariat) - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-palacio.jpg The Palacio and Fazenda buildings - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-fazenda.jpg The Ponte de Linhares causeway that connects Panjim and Ribandar, built c. 1632 - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-pontedelinhares.jpg Rua de Ourem creek - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-ruadeourem.jpg The Reis Magos church and fort - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-reismagos.jpg Aguada - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-aguada.jpg The next 4 photographs are in the form of old postcards, collected and published in the following book - "Postais Antigos do Estado da Índia" by João Loureiro - a copy of which has been deposited in the Rare Books section of the Central Library. The book was published in 1998 but it is not available on Amazon.com etc. I tried contacting the publishers (Fundacao Macau) via telephone and over email but haven't had any luck. Is there any Goanettor based in Macau? See this link - http://www1.macaudata.com/BooksSearch/datashow.idc?BookID=252 Dona Paula - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-donapaula.jpg Reis Magos - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-reismagos-1.jpg Mapusa - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-mapusa.jpg Margao - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/old/old-margao.jpg Warm regards, r ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
