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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Konkani scholar and former acting vice chancellor of the Goa University Dr Olivinho Gomes passed away, and it was sad to get this news from Valmiki Faleiro in Margao. When talking to my classmate Dr Rafael Fernandes at the Goa University, he also mentioned the passing away of this scholar. Dr Gomes was a prolific author and a deep supporter of the Konkani language. Writers like Valmiki have narrated to me how his understanding and love for the language had influenced them decades ago. Olivinho, as everyone referred to him, was a senior Customs official, before he decided to make the shift to academe. I first encountered him as a contributor to the Herald with his articles, mostly on Konkani and related themes, in the 1980s. Me being curious to understand Goa, and him always having some story to narrate, we would have longish chats when we met up at conferences, or chatted away while some seminar was in progress. Dr Gomes also wrote a rather detailed book on Chandor, his village (if I am not mistaken, or was it his in-law's?) called Village Goa. It is sad to lose a scholar so early, specially since Dr Gomes was very active in writing and would invariable have a new book he had publshed whenever one met him after a three or six month gap! The funeral is tomorrow (Friday, July 31, 2009) at 4.30 pm at the Taleigao church. Here's a reference to his work from the openlibrary.org (I guess the list is incomplete, since this is a volunteer-crafted listing): Add Photo Olivinho Gomes [edit] 1943 - Books by this Author Old Konkani language and literature by Olivinho Gomes Konkani Sorospot Prakashan, 1999 Koṅkaṇī saraspatico itihāsa by Olivinho Gomes Koṅkaṇī Saraspata Prakāśana, 1989 Village Goa by Olivinho Gomes S. Chand, 1987 Ḍô. Phrā. Lu. Gomiś by Olivinho Gomes Koṅkaṇī Saraspata Prakāśana, 1984 Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes, jivit ani vavr by Olivinho Gomes Konknni Sorospot Prokaxon, 1968 Mana voḍaṭāvoḍanā by Olivinho Gomes Koṅkaṇī Sāhitya Prakāśana, 1981 Goa by Olivinho Gomes National Book Trust, India, 2004 Village Goa by Olivinho Gomes Chand (S.) & Co Ltd ,India, October 1996 Hardcover Eka Goenkarachi bhaili bhonvddi = by Olivinho Gomes Konknnni Sorospot Prakashan, 2007 -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." - Henry Ford
