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Book Release: Goanetter Valmiki Faleiro's "Patriotism in Action"
Dec 18, 2010 (Sat) at 5.30 pm at Goa Chitra, Benaulim, Goa
Copies available at: Hotel Mandovi or Broadway (Panjim), OIB (Mapusa),
Sainik Co-Op (Porvorim), Literati (Calangute), David & Co, Confidante
(Margao) David & Co Mumbai, Mumbai Catholic Gymkhana; Manney's and
Popular (Pune), Narayan (Bangalore), Ritana Books (Delhi).
Online: http://goa1556.notlong.com (DefenceColony Flyover Market)
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My dear Valmiki,
Once again, I commend you for your effort. Goans have achieved much
for many nations all over the world. Considering, as you correctly
note, the tininess of our little Goa, that is, indeed, a remarkable
achievement.
I am glad that you have placed your research on the record. In an
indirect way, it might also help some others to note that, despite the
floated media-myth, Goans are not really, only about Football, Feni,
Falleam ani Fatorda.
Ole Xac might have a point that there is a fine line between gallantry
and treachery. I suppose, it all depends on how one looks at issues
and on which side of the fence one is standing at a particular time.
So now, it is Ole Xac's opportunity to script a book on exceptional
Portuguese Goans and describe their ' acts of gallantry, leadership
and administrative skills'.
At the end of it all, we will surely have one common thread upon which
we all can celebrate i.e. Goans are a gallant set with remarkable
leadership and administrative skills.
Over to you, BC
jc
Valmiki Faleiro <[email protected]> wrote:
Doutor-bab,
Thank you for the kind words. As regards our good ole Ole Xac, a.k.a.
Bernado Colaco, I shall answer his posers only if he raises them AFTER
he has read the book.
I am not on the politics of 1961. I am on the exceptional acts of
gallantry, leadership and administrative skills, and the sheer
numbers our tiny community provided to the defence establishment of India
