Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho In recent weeks there has been a backlash against activists in Goa. Here Venita Coelho espouses their cause. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183550.html
Are Christians with Hindu-names cowards? Jorge Dias, came in for strident opposition when he aired his views that those who hold onto their Hindu names are afraid to live up to the sacrifices called upon by Christianity. Much as I disagree with Jorge, there is something to be said about Goans who retained their Hindu names and took on Portuguese surnames. While the working class happily took on names of Portuguese trees, foxes, flowers and whatever else the Portuguese were throwing at us, it was the Brahmins who retained their duality thereby holding onto their caste links. Relinquishing their religion was one thing, relinquishing their caste was quite another. It meant relinquishing their power-hold and that proved more difficult to do than to renounce God. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183512.html A response to this assertion from Naguesh Bhatcar. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183540.html Tony D'Sa wonders about the future of Goanet itself as a tool for creating social capital. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183530.html Did former CM of Goa and now slated to lead the BJP at the national level really call the Prime-Minister-in-awaiting, L K Advani a rancid, ageing pickle? Vinay Natekar tells us why Parrikar may be right. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183527.html The tourist-state of Goa has longed been plagued by garbage problems. One young environmentalist who has long taken up this cause is Clinton Vaz. He was collecting samples from the River Sal, when men his age only dream of getting a Honda motorbike. Here he talks about his dreams of a 'zero-waste' Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183522.html Was being a tiatrist a Catholic Goan artistic profession? JoeGoaUK busts this myth by presenting us with a non-Catholic tiartrist. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183509.html JoeGoaUK brings us a touch of Goan nostalgia with this classic Konkani black and white movie song, Svettor kor. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183459.html Selma Carvalho looks at Goan traditions being preserved in cyberspace, this time that of the good old balcão fight. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183451.html Dominic Fernandes continues to fascinate us with the minutia of Goa life in a bygone era, here with Part 4 of the Forgotten Tribe, Mhar. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183422.html Turning his attention away from out-migration, Valmiki Faleiro now gives us a historical preview of in-migration in his series, G'bye Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183414.html Pandu Lampiao tells us why behind those benign smiles, Goans may actually be quite racist. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183389.html Goa, FA Secretary, Savio Messias pays a touching tribute to his close friend Noel da Mima Leitao, in 'Noel we will miss you.' http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183312.html GaspersWorld brings us an interview with a rising Goan star, Katty de Navelin. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183269.html An in-depth analysis of the Denationalization of Goans, a phrase first made popular by T.B Cunha by Nishtha Desai. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183245.html And finally JoeGoaUK continues his photo-documentary of Goa by bringing us breathtaking pictures of its rich Baroque architecture. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-September/183270.html SEND IN your comments on these and any other issues to goa...@goanet.org Visit the Goanet website at http://www.goanet.org Tonnes of Goanet archives at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/