Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho [email protected] When the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton undertook his famous expedition into the interior of Africa to find the source of the Nile, he had with him two Goans servants. Selma Carvalho follows in their tracks in this two part weekly column. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192218.html http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192411.html
A Gram Sabha is a representation of the people at the village level. At the moment, this tends to be a consultative representation but panchayat bodies in Goa are lobbying to give more power and leverage to gram sabhas. Freddy Fernandes says Goans can only celebrate when power is restored to Gram Sabhas in Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192445.html Toronto Goans have embarked on an ambitious project to archive online as much as possible the history of Goans. Mervyn Lobo gives us an account of the progress made on this project. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192432.html You don't really care, do you? Asks activist Carmen Miranda in her bid to get 1,000 signatures on the mining petition. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192326.html Pandu Lampiao gives his own twist on the woes besieging Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192368.html Lionel Messias looks into shady land deals in Goa. Land is the most effective currency for corruption in Goa at the moment. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192321.html Freddy Fernandes examines why even good politicians like Shashi Tharoor become suspect in India, in an essay titled Tweeting gone sour http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192319.html Lino Dourado gives us his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Gharwali Sovai Baharwali Marog http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192406.html Valmiki Faleiro pays homage to brave Goans in the sky in a three part series. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192208.html http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192403.html Are Goans rent with political in-fighting. Goan organizations in Qatar seek to patch up their differences. Armstrong Vaz sends us a report. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192369.html When The Curtain Rises, is the name of a much awaited book on Goan tiatre, tracing its history and evolution as a Goan art form. This link gives details about the book. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192143.html Arwin Mesquita makes an impassioned speech to cut evil at its roots by ousting out corrupt politicians. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192305.html Venantius Pinto forwards an article on the life and times of poet Bakibab Borkar. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192375.html Dominic Fernandes that wonderful orator of all things Goan, writes about ballkaponn and matharponn (infancy and old age). http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192448.html JoeGoaUK continues on his photo documentation of Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192409.html Enjoy some delicious photographs from the camera of Frederick Noronha, titled Fruits of Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192380.html And on a lighter note, enjoy some Konkani songs sent in by Jane Alphonso. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/191844.html Subscribe to Goanet at:http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
