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The star post this week comes from Tony Fernandes who reminisces about the Goan bullock cart, in an essay titled “Days of the Bullock cart in Goa.” http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175569.html According to a UNESCO report, India tops the list of countries with endangered languages. Tomazinho Cardozo shares his concerns about the precarious position Konkani finds itself in. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175556.html Claude Alvares illustrates an exercise undertaken by the village of Parra with respect to the RP2021 and how they came up with viable solutions. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175544.html Venantius Pinto comments on a media report, titled “Nuns treated like servants by priests.” Pinto says, nuns have always been treated shabbily, this is no state secret. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175537.html Seby Rodrigues keeps us informed about Goa police activities in the mining village of Colomb. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175483.html Cecil Pinto takes a humourous look at the Cidade the Goa ordinance, a Goan medley of Jim Reeves songs. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175459.html Goanet Reader brought us Saibinn, a short story by Jose Lourenco. Saibinn is the tradition of bring into your home the encased statuette of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and venerating her with song and worship. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175400.html An excellent article this week was by Jason Keith Fernandes commenting on issues of caste which still plague Goan society to this day. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175392.html Selma Carvalho introduced us to a Goan General Manoel Antonia de Sousa who was a force to be reckoned in with in Africa, during the late 1800s. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175366.html Mervyn Lobo gave us more shocking historical details about the man. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175394.html Venita Coelha, the Accidental Activist, gives us the Common man’s guide to the Ordinance. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175374.html JoeGoaUK brings us an unusual picture of Lord Ganesha riding a peacock. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175356.html Speaking from experiences of Goans in the Gulf, while Selma Carvalho feels the achievement of Gulf Arabs have been unparallel in recent history: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175336.html Mario Goveia rebuts contending that Arabs are successful only when “liberated” by America. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175347.html In a post titled, “Trinidad-Goa same same” Hartman de Sousa ponders on whether Goa is going by way of Trinidad in terms of environmental degradation. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175329.html -- "The information is not the problem. The problem is with the design." - Edward Tufte
