Frederick FN Noronha : Once again, we're veering round to
things-were-better-as-long-as-I-was-there perspectives. Anyone wanting to
convince themselves that they did the right to quit the Goa they"so love"
should not do so merely by offering criticism for the sake of criticism. If you
feel so s
994!"
>Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012 3:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [Goanet] Gonzaga Coutinho - Rajan and Prema
>
>I would submit that the "elegant Goan era" is, at best, a myth of our
>collective (or individual) imagination. It is as "real" as the Golden A
Frederick FN Noronha wrote:
Episodic evidence (experiences with the GMC, for instance) are hardly what we
can base our arguments on.
For instance, I almost died of DIPHTHERIA in the Goa Medical College (shortly
after its Escola Medica) days in the mid-1960s. My kid had his tongue neatly
heal
> FN: Is there something as a "gentler Goan era"? If so, when did that
> commence,and when did it end?
jc Comment: I believe that Gabriel has written most eloquently about the
'gentler era'. Like others, I too do not know when it commenced. IF Frederick
claims (feigns) that he does not know wh
I would submit that the "elegant Goan era" is, at best, a myth of our
collective (or individual) imagination. It is as "real" as the Golden Age
that we love to hark back to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age] or a
kind of cycle of yugas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age#Hindu]
which li
FN:
>>>Is there something as a "gentler Goan era"? If so, when did that
commence,
and when did it end?
I'd say that Gonzaga's dialect is closer to our own, hence the PLU (people
like us) syndrome. If we don't accept the diversity of dialect and script
within Konkani, then we're just the other sid
t.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha
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Subject: Re: [Goanet] Gonzaga Coutinho - Rajan and Prema
Is there something as a "gentler Goan era"? If so, when did that commence,
>From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
>
>To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
>Sent: Monday, 12 November 2012 6:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [Goanet] Gonzaga Coutinho - Rajan and Prema
>
>Is there something as a "gentler Goan era"? If so, when did that commence,
>and when did it end?
>
>
Is there something as a "gentler Goan era"? If so, when did that commence,
and when did it end?
I'd say that Gonzaga's dialect is closer to our own, hence the PLU (people
like us) syndrome. If we don't accept the diversity of dialect and script
within Konkani, then we're just the other side of the
I agree with JC that the Konkani he sings is of a gentler Goan era.
Absolutely fantastic. Reminds me of the evenings in Goa villages lulled by
waves and swishing coconut trees.
I enjoyed this one sung by a young Portuguese woman and Gonzaga.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMC8bWoYXWM&feature=relmf
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