I am truly delighted to know that my very good friend and debating opponent (during college days in Goa) Michael Pinto has embarked on this project from the very cold climes of Winnipeg, Canada.
For those who may wish to know, Michael (aka Mingloo) was my mentor in the field of debating. Those days, the debating field had some very strong contenders including Michael Pinto, Pandurang Ginde, Yadunath Joshi and Santosh Lad. And then there were the impostors e.g. Wilfred Mesquita and Jawaharlal Henriques. No prizes for guessing that Michael and yours truly, wiped out the opposition. The impostors, as we had predicted, joined (successfully or otherwise) the field of politics. BTW: If anyone has any contact with Pandurang Ginde, would you please advise? It would be nice for Michael and me to renew contact. Michael and I have been talking about this project for some time. The initial plan was to get it videotaped in Goa ...but it was kind of difficult to organise. So, it appears that the "Canadian" production will go. At least, there will be none of this divisive nonsense of What is Konkani, Devanagri/Antruzi/Romi etc etc. It is best to leave that nonsense to the weirdos. That brings me to this point which I read a couple of minutes ago: Sebastian Borges <[email protected]> wrote: "it would be a fallacy to say that Ladainha which is familiar to Goan Catholics was brought by the Portuguese. They could not have brought it because it was not available anywhere; it is entirely home-cooked using ingredients that were at hand!" Trust the following might be useful. It is posted without comment or verification. Sincerely jc Amanha = Time to refocus on other matters. Enough of zuzz on GN for March . The Origin of the Ladainha (Origem das ladainhas) http://www.npdbrasil.com.br/religiao/rel_meditar_012.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtp7oldyDpU&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM4VwjTOp5E&feature=related
