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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A terrible loss. I referred a lot to his books for my work Sympathy and prayers for his family Wendell Rodricks 2009/7/30 Frederick "FN" Noronha <[email protected]> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > * G * O * A * N * E * T **** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. > > Sangath is looking to build a centre for services, training and research > and is looking to buy land of approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs > betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas > > If you have land to sell, please contact: > > [email protected] or [email protected] or phone +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 > -- cell: +91-9422443029 Office hours: +91-832-2420604 Office email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]> www.wendellrodricks.com
