Prince Jacob mhunta "ZAIAT ZAGE" (wake up). Bhailo lok goem eta ani mhuntat 'AMKAM ZAGE ZAIE (We want land). Amche Goemkar bhau aplezage pordexi lokank vikun zag korinastana ugich bosleat. Atam Goeant je zage (lands) assat te builder-ani adim fuddench gheun dovorleat ani fuddem building-am korun bhaileank viktele. Ani je Goemkar zage (awake) assat te dusreank zagrut korunk tozvit kortat, zantlo ek zaun asa Prince Jacob. Punn Goemcho serkar zago zait gai?Thoddeach vorsamni amchea niz goemkaranchem Goemkarponn nopoit zatelem tedna aiz zoso Maharashtracho Raj Thackray Moratti manoos (munis) ani Moratti bhaxe passot zhuzta toxench Goent amkam zhuzche poddtelem. Punn churchure tedna chodd tard zatolo. Dekun Goemkar bhavam-bhoinnino Prince Jacob-achem sangnnem aikat ani "zaiat zage" Mog assundhi. Michael.
* * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, "It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment"? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
