1: FN is right 2: Braz is also right 3: It is heartwarming to see positive developments and enterprises being acknowledged and applauded 4: In the midst of all the other #£%# it is good to see and read about this 5: Well done FN and ALL who are working to make Goa 1556 what it is. 6: Here's to even further progress.
Best jc On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Frederick FN Noronha wrote: > Dear Braz, > > Thank you for your kindness! > > At another level, there is however a mistake here ... the award is not for > me, but for Goa,1556. And I am not Goa,1556 -- rather, it comprises > everyone who helps take this effort forward. By writing, reading, > reviewing, editing, designing, proofreading any of its many pages. > > There is obviously a need in any society to make its voice, views, > sentiments, concerns and opinions heard. What we are doing is to just > trying and make it viable and sustainable. That some appreciate our work > reflects on the clear need for this to be done, rather than our ability to > do it. > > At the end of the day, an initiative like Goa,1556 would succeed if we made > ourselves redundant by convincing, psyching or influencing many others of > the need to capture memories on paper (or cyberspace, video, audio, > whatever). This could help us all collectively understand our own societies > and our past, so as to be able to more effectively shape and cope with our > future. > > So many people -- including you -- have helped us along the way. You may > consider yourself one of our lucky writers for whom things worked out > somewhat pleasantly... frankly, we have not be able to be fair to all! > > Others have helped in ways they might have not even realised. Without > Goanet, there would surely be no possibility for a Goa,1556! Much of our > work has got around because of the friends and networks created by > initiatives like Goanet over nearly the past two decades. > > A big thanks to Dom Martin and team for betting on this horse. We hope we > can live up to it. Awards are embarassing, and one can never confidently > claim to deserve the same; but the good side is that it reminds us of the > added responsibility. Thanks Braz and to each one in the earlier set who > sent across their good wishes, which I very ungraciously didn't respond to > (partly out of embarassment, and partly because we were -- truly! -- > completing two books last month). > > FN > > PS: If you can make it to Benaulim on Monday evening please do come! > -- > FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 [email protected] > Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books > Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings > > > On 1 November 2012 14:52, B MENEZES <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I want to add my congratulations to Frederick a.k.a. Rico, Fred, etc on a >> well-earned and deserved 2012 >> VINCENT XAVIER VERODIANO AWARD for his baby 'Goa 1556'. I met Frederick >> for the first time only 10 moths ago,coming into the book business very >> recently. Since then of course I have become increasingly aware to some >> extent of the breath and depth of his initiatives, and even so I know it is >> only an impressionist view. It is still ambitious and mind-boggling, and we >> and future generations in Goa will forever be grateful for his efforts. So >> Dear Frederick, Congratulations and Thank you. >> >> Braz Menezes >> //www.matatabooks.com >>
