Very touching indeed, Senor Faleiro. During the Goa convention held at the Kala Academy (sometime in the 90s), during what appeared to be an open mike session, there is a Goan man who returned to Goa for the first time ever (from Karnataka) and was relating his story, a very interesting and heart-warming story of returning to his mother-land. The audience was silent taking in this simple story of having longed to returned home but having no ties, was rather difficult.
Guess what? A rude 'politician' (not you Senor Faleiro) asked him to finish up and snatched the mike away. What an IDIOT this so called 'politician' from Vascu? How could such a person run a Goa Convention when these conventions are about going away and coming back to ones roots, about roots that bind? Everyone talks of Goichis going away to the far corners of the world and how they have settled (even learnt how to play golf, how empty is that!!) in some developed country...stories of people who moved away to neighbouring states for cultural and religious reasons indeed need to be told....and how they keep these bonds active after many years is indeed touching. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Eduardo Faleiro <[email protected]> wrote: > STATEMENT OF SHRI EDUARDO FALEIRO AT HIS PRESS BRIEFING > (May 22, 2012) > > > Over the last two months, I along with Adv.Bernard d’Souza visited several > villages and towns in the districts of Kolhapur and Belgaum to meet the > people of Goan origin settled in those areas. > > In the 16th and 17th centuries thousands of Goans, both Hindus and > Christians, left Goa to escape religious and cultural persecution, epidemics > and continuous wars and settled in the neighbouring areas of North Karnataka > and South Maharashtra. They speak Marathi or Kannada and also Konkani and > visit regularly their temples and churches in Goa. > > Most of the people who migrated to the neighbouring areas of Maharashtra are > called ‘ Bardezkars’ since their ancestors migrated mostly from Bardez. > Their surnames in school records and revenue registers appear as ‘ > Bardezkar’. The descendants of those settled in Karnataka are called ‘ > Konkanes’ because they speak Konkani at home along with Kannada. >
