In answer to my question Damodar Mauzo wrote to say: Dear Augusto, Soter is a dedicated activist and writer who has contributed substantially to Gulab. He was a close friend of Felicio Cardozo and Fr Freddy D'Costa. He writes well. Your version of the poem is very good. I liked it very much. Bhai
What "Sebastian Borges" [email protected] s_m_borges wrote to say is quite correct: "Dear friends, Augusto's post makes it obvious that, despite belonging to the Goan Catholic community, he does not read Konkani in the Roman script; and he is certainly not an exception! Given this fact, his question in the subject line is not surprising, because Soter Barreto is one of those many veterans who have been ignored entirely in the “Brief History of Konkani in Roman script” which, in stead, exaggerates and eulogises even the minuscule contribution of self-propagandists who are in the good books of Dalgado Konknni Akademy. This lacuna is being remedied to some extent by the Konkani monthly GULAB. The English version of the same appears in the Konkani-English bimonthly THE GOAN REVIEW, as well as on GoaNet. Soter Barreto lives in Margao, behind Metropole Cinema. Information about him appeared in the current (December, 2010) issue of GULAB. Born in 1944, Soter Barreto began writing in Konkani in 1962 and has been at it continuously and consistently since then. He writes in both Roman and Devanagari scripts. He is a regular contributor to GULAB and THE GOAN REVIEW; as also other periodicals in Roman script. His Devanagari articles and poems appear in JAAG, SUNAPARANT, BIMB, KONKAN TIMES etc. He has been awarded by GULAB and Konkani Bhasha Mandal (twice). He is also a past Secretary of Konkani Bhasha Mandal." I wonder whether Prof. Borges could repost for us, or at least me ;-) "The English version of the same ...that ...appears in the Konkani-English bimonthly THE GOAN REVIEW, as well as on GoaNet." -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E [email protected] or [email protected] P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
