I agree! Patsy
________________________________ From: Christopher Desouza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 7:41:21 PM Subject: [SALIGAONET] Re: Cantare.... cantaram & H1N1 Hey Rico, I sure do and the cows & the buffaloes. Saligao sure has changed since our youth! Regards Chris D --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न <[email protected]> >Subject: [SALIGAONET] Re: Cantare.... cantaram & H1N1 >To: [email protected] >Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 11:14 AM > > > >Maybe I'm wrong, but there seems to have been a substantial decrease >in the pig population in many Goan villages over the recent decades. >Specially in Saligao! > >> From: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> Its not only that there is a subtantial swine population in the villages but >> many enterprising Goans have moved into piggery farms with financial >> subsidies from the Department of Animal husbandary and are doing pretty good >> by way of annual returns since there is a huge demand for farm pork in the >> hotel industry. > >Likewise, where are the goats and cattle that once grazed our hills? A >few cattle exist, but the poorer section of villagers say they're >difficult to maintain... grazing lands have been taken over for >factories and other purposes, thanks to a man called Suresh Parulekar >and his "vision". > >One generation ago, I recall villagers pooled their efforts to graze >the goats on the hill, one day in the week each. At around 6 pm, all >the goats came home collectively. It was quite a site, seeing owners >matching their own goats, to be taken home. > >Does anyone else recall this? I'm sure others would... Specially >Albert and others of my generation. FN >-- >FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 >Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ >Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/ > > > > __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
