Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho [email protected] One of the interesting topics on Goanet this week was the immorality of "fasting unto death" as an act to force a certain outcome. Suicide in Christian dogma is a sin against humanity but what is the position taken by other religions? Finally in a well argued post by Augusto Pinto, we see why "fasting unto death" could indeed be the ultimate act of courage.
Bennet Paes: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187027.html Santosh Helekar: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187051.html Frederick Noronha: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187079.html Augusto Pinto: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187179.html The Goanetters meet has been scheduled for December 28, 2009 at 4pm at Foodland, Miramar. Goanetters welcome. Rui Lobo will perform Konkani music on the classical guitar. Authors of Goa-related books will offer signed copies for sale. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187183.html One of my favourite upcoming Goan authors has to be the young Roselyn D'Mello. Doubtless this girl will take the literary world by storm. Here is a snippet of her prose melded with poetry style of writing. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186603.html Father Ivo D'Souza gives us a rare and fascinating insight into the life of Goa's most revered saint, St. Francis Xavier. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186627.html Goanet Reader brought us an essay in Konkani by Vincy Quadros on St. Francis Xavier. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186605.html One would think that virgin coconut oil would hardly be the sort of topic to elicit endless discussion but apparently that is not the case. Virgin coconut oil it seems was quite the lubricant that kept Goanet's wheels turning this past week. Here are some of the highlights of that discussion: Floriano Lobo: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186625.html Santosh Helekar: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186662.html In a somewhat related topic veteran writer Nandkumar Kamat writes a touching foreword about the role of the coconut and how it epitomizes the Goan identity, in a recently released book by Vijaydatta Lotlikar titled the "Coconut: The Art of Coconut Craft". http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186756.html Selma Carvalho's column this week takes a look at the friction that exists between the Asian and the African. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187095.html Dominic Fernandes is the true master of the oral tradition and here he gives us a wonderful account of the lives of Goans in Bombay. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187092.html A topic which always rips Goanet into two distinct groups is that of migration into Goa. Is the influx of people into Goa something that adds value to the Goan way of life or does it erode into what we perceive to be our Goan identity and down-grade our quality of life? Both sides have been well argued: Frederick Noronha: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186904.html Arwin Mesquita: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186918.html Rajan Parrikar: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186931.html Mario Goveia: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186973.html Tony Fernandes is the dynamic Goan behind the revolution in the Asian skies. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/186566.html Tanya Mendonsa will be releasing her book of poems, The Dreaming House, at Literati Bookshop, Calangute on December 17/09. Here is a review of the book by VM http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187173.html And finally does anyone remember Shalini Mardolkar? She was female lead in the Konkani movie, Nirmonn. JoeGoaUK meets Shalini and gives us undated photographs on the actress. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187143.html Subscribe to Goanet at: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org http://www.goanet.org - Where Goans connect
