[Goanet] Dietary Preferences and the minoritized groups

On the issue of banning beef, see http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2015/03/dietary-preferences-and-minoritized.html www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com == @DaleLuisMenezes

[Goanet] The Migration Myth and the Konkani Activist

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2015/01/the-migration-myth-and-konkani-activist.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com == @DaleLuisMenezes

[Goanet] A Tale of Two (and More) 'Churches

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/12/a-tale-of-two-and-more-churches.html ~Secular-liberals in India have never given any serious thought to how churches and mosques (and even dargahs) could pose an effective challenge to the power of Hindutva.~

[Goanet] Reading Reginald: Edgar Wallace and Jesuit Savants

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/12/reading-reginald-edgar-wallace-and.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com == @DaleLuisMenezes

[Goanet] Football and all that trash

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/11/football-and-all-that-trash.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com == @DaleLuisMenezes

[Goanet] Goan Heritage and Museums of Innocence

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/10/goan-heritage-and-museums-of-innocence.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com == @DaleLuisMenezes

[Goanet] KONKANI, MoI, AND COLONIAL LEGACY

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/09/konkani-moi-and-colonial-legacy.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com -- To leave error unrefuted is to encourage intellectual immorality Karl Marx

[Goanet] WHEN ISLAMOPHOBIA SUDDENLY STRIKES: REFLECTIONS OF A GOAN CATHOLIC

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/09/when-islamophobia-suddenly-strikes.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com -- To leave error unrefuted is to encourage intellectual immorality Karl Marx

[Goanet] TIATR AND THE GOAN PUBLIC SPHERE

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/09/tiatr-and-goan-public-sphere.html Dale

[Goanet] THE ‘DOUBLE BIND’ OF MINORITY IDENTITY

Linking the predicament of Muslims in India to that of the Catholics in Goa may seem like a long shot to some. However, I would like to suggest that by juxtaposing the problems of the Muslims and Catholics with each other, one can broaden one’s understanding of how minority identity and the

[Goanet] READING REGINALD: MAGIC, LOVE, AND DIGNIDAD

~ The act of Reading Reginald cannot just be confined to reading his romanses. Indeed, we have to decode the very thought and intellectual influences on novelists like Fernandes. What, for instance, did Fernandes read? Dignidad is perhaps, one of the several concepts and ways in which to

[Goanet] SUPREME COURT, MoI, AND ‘MOTHER TONGUE’: GOOD NEWS FOR GOA?

~Though the Supreme Court ruling pertains to Karnataka, it has, as mentioned, some relevance to the issues raised by aggrieved parents in Goa. To briefly sum up, the Supreme Court has ordered that “mother tongue” cannot be imposed by the government, and that parents or guardians have a right

[Goanet] FILOMENA'S JOURNEYS: Maria Aurora Couto

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2014/02/of-privilege-and-loss.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com -- To leave error unrefuted is to encourage intellectual immorality Karl Marx

[Goanet] Dorzo Na?: Dilip Borkar Khoim ani Kiteak Chukta

Dilip Borkarachea hea lekhant khupuch guspagonddoll asa. Ho lekh tannem Konknnichea hitak lagon boroilolo na, punn bamonnvadachim totvam Romi ani Konknni mogianchea golleant ghalunk boroila. Romi lipient ani bhov korun tiatrank ani tiatristank lagon Konknni jivi urlea. Konknni bhaxecho pormoll

[Goanet] ROMI ANI NAGRI: MENDDREAM MODEM LANDDGEANK KOXE PORIM PARKHUN GHEVCHE

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2013/11/romi-ani-nagri-menddream-modem.html Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- To leave error unrefuted is to encourage intellectual immorality Karl Marx ---

[Goanet] The Battle of the Konkanis: Separating Wolves from the Lambs

In response to Prabhakar Timble's article in NT: http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_contentamp;view=articleamp;id=7008%3Athe-battle-of-the-konkanis-separating-wolves-from-the-lambsamp;catid=129amp;Itemid=195 Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com ---

[Goanet] Shillong Xarant Romi Konknnichi Khobor

http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2013/10/shillong-xarant-romi-konknnichi-khobor.html D www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- To leave error unrefuted is to encourage intellectual immorality Karl Marx ---

[Goanet] KA and script row

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Konkani-back-in-script-row/articleshow/22955814.cms?intenttarget=no Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Push thought to extremes -Louis Althusser ---

[Goanet] Common Sense and Hindu Nationalism: Why Catholics in Goa are not Hindus

http://kafila.org/2013/09/16/common-sense-and-hindu-nationalism-why-the-catholics-in-goa-are-not-hindu-albertina-almeida-others/ Dale Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Push thought to extremes -Louis Althusser ---

[Goanet] Toddzodd: Konkani Review

~ Zatichem ani protinidhitvachem rajkaronn (politics of representation) koddek dovorlem zalear, Pandharinath Lotlikar ho Konknnintlo ek boreantlo boro borovpi oxem amcheamni mhunnonk zata. Tachi bhas sundor ani rosall. He kadom’borint bore hansovpache khinn amkam vachunk melltat. Dekik,

[Goanet] The Goan in Goa: A Response to Arvind Adiga

~For the Goan in Goa and for the marginalised elsewhere in the country, it is not useful to simply be squeezed into a preset notion of Indianness, but for that very category to be critiqued at every turn for its lack of inclusiveness by design.~ http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?287735

[Goanet] THE ACADEMIC, ECONOMIC, AND EMOTIONAL POLITICS OF KONKANI: A RESPONSE TO ARTI DAS

of the Konkani language, and especially the presence of the Roman script, and non-Antruzi dialects. Jason Keith Fernandes, Taleigāo – Goa Dale Luis Menezes, JNU Delhi/ Quepem – Goa R. Benedito Ferrão, Porvorim – Goa A version of this letter was first published in the Navhind Times, in the My Take section

[Goanet] Arso review in Konkani

~Kaim nattkuleancho hangasor hanv ul’lekh korunk sodtam. Maim hea nattkuleant, Alroy-ak sirvis mellunk ek lak farik korunk zai asta. Punn te itle duddu taka mellttole zalear tannem poilim Saibinn mãycheo murteo moddunk zai asta ani Saibinnicher bhavarth dovorpant kaim boreponn ani faido nam

[Goanet] A Matter of Time: Review

~There is, I would claim, a lament for the loss of bhatkarponn or landlord-ness in demolition of a big, palatial house. I would suggest that the demolition of the palatial house is symbolic not of a changing Goa that affects us all, in the sense that all diverse people are included but only a

[Goanet] brazinho soares: Konkani Munis

to represent and take the culture of Goa forward on the road of progress.~ Read more @ http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2013/08/brazinho-soares-konkani-munis.html Dale Luis Menezes Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Push thought to extremes

[Goanet] dances of goa: review

://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2013/07/dancing-to-same-old-tune.html Dale Luis Menezes Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Push thought to extremes -Louis Althusser ---

[Goanet] Kotrin review

For a review of Willy Goes' KOTRIN in romi see http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2013/07/goychi-mukti-ani-mog.html Dale Luis Menezes Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Push thought to extremes -Louis Althusser ---

[Goanet] Operation Vijay: review

BETWEEN NATIONALISMS: OPERATION VIJAY AS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION By DALE LUIS MENEZES A few weeks ago, while reviewing Suresh Kanekar’s autobiography (a large part of which dealt with the author’s experience during Goa’s freedom struggle) I had claimed that accounts and histories regarding Goa’s

[Goanet] Being a Goan Christian: Review

COLONIALISM AND OTHER CROSSES By DALE LUIS MENEZES • “I call for a theological appropriation of the history of Goa.” (p.73) The history of conversion is the alter ego of the history of Christianity in India despite Christianity predating Portuguese and British colonialism. Any reflection

[Goanet] Goa's Liberation and Thereafter: review

FREEDOM-FIGHTERS, ACADEMICS AND GOA’S DECOLONIZATION By DALE LUIS MENEZES If 15 August, 1947 is considered as a momentous day in the history of the Indian nation, 19 December, 1961 can be considered to be the Goan equivalent of the ‘Indian Independence’ whereby it is largely agreed upon

[Goanet] Handbag: review

FOUR WOMEN AND A NOVEL OF SUBSTANCE By DALE LUIS MENEZES We may have heard a lot of stories about the seafarers. These men, generally from a Goan Catholic extraction, work for nine months of the year and spend the next three months on leave. While the representation, it can be claimed, has so

[Goanet] My Journey Through Wonderlands: Review

GOAN GAZE, WONDERLANDS AND WANDERLUST By DALE LUIS MENEZES Once upon a time, travelling for pleasure was a privilege that was reserved only for the wealthy. And hence such kind of travel was always viewed as being exotic. With the turning of the tides and time, the opportunity to travel became

[Goanet] Sopon: book review

MIDDLE-CLASS ETHOS AND GOAN DREAMS By DALE LUIS MENEZES Even after a very brief and cursory browsing of the new literature that is emerging in Konknni in the Roman script, one realizes that the authors or writers are deeply concerned with issues like the Goan identity or Goanness, the loss

[Goanet] Cozinha de Goa: Review

TABLE FOR TWO: HISTORY AND TRADITION OF GOAN FOOD By DALE LUIS MENEZES If one were to browse through the cookery section of any reputed bookshop, one would definitely find a book (or many books) about Goan cuisine and gastronomy amidst several books dealing with diverse cuisines. What we eat

[Goanet] A Spoke in the Wheel: review

IN SEARCH OF DHAMMA By DALE LUIS MENEZES • If change could be brought by a king, why did the Buddha become a beggar? (p. 382) • The Buddha preached his Way, they went theirs (p. 334) Before Hinduism, in Ancient South Asia, Buddhism was a major religion. What the common man as well

[Goanet] Budd'tti: book review

DELUGE AND DAMNATION By DALE LUIS MENEZES Writing a debut novel can be a tough task. Inexperience can be a major hindrance. The plot may digress and may not be able to hold the attention of the reader. If such manuscripts do not go through a process of critical surveying, followed

[Goanet] Fr. Victor Ferrao on Romi Literature

POWER, POLITICS AND TRAUMA: THE CASE OF ROMI LITERATURE By DALE LUIS MENEZES The close interrelations of power, hegemony and history in the politics that surround a language and/or script were brought to the fore by Dr. Fr. Victor Ferrao, Dean of Philosophy and Professor of Rachol Seminary

[Goanet] Toddzodd: Book review

CASTE AND COMPROMISE By DALE LUIS MENEZES Love triumphs all, is a theme that is not new to any of us. We have experienced this theme in movies, TV soaps and literature: the lovers go against all odds to assert their love for each other and to gain acceptance in a wider society

[Goanet] EM AND THE BIG HOOM: Review

MOTHER AND MADNESS By DALE LUIS MENEZES Em and The Big Hoom is the debut novel of the Bombay-based journalist and litterateur Jerry Pinto, who has his roots in the village of Moira. A well-known figure in the journalistic circles, it came as no surprise when the imminent publication of his

[Goanet] Book Review: Arso

26 ONE-ACT SERMONS By DALE LUIS MENEZES Theater in Konknni is a form of art that is very popular in Goa. Of late, it is heartening to note that many manuscripts are being published and a decent corpus of tiatrs and plays are now available for the general reader. Of the many tiatrs

[Goanet] Book review: Goa's Foremost Nationalist

‘ENFANT TERRIBLE’ OR GOA’S FOREMOST NATIONALIST By DALE LUIS MENEZES If there is one Goan, writing in Portuguese, who has enjoyed a decent literary corpus of translation into English and a steady stream of media and academic attention, it has to be José Inácio Candido de Loyola, more

[Goanet] Book review: Land of the Sal Tree

IDEALIZED PASTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SALIGÃO By DALE LUIS MENEZES Fr. Nascimento J. Mascarenhas is a very well known priest in Goa. Apart from being a priest for many decades, he has also authored several books on the clergy of Goa and is also intimately associated with the Archdiocesan

[Goanet] KOTRIN: book review

LOVE IN TIMES OF DECOLONIZATION By DALE LUIS MENEZES “Gõyank suttka mellunk thoddinch vorsam urlolim. Doxim vattamnim suttke zhuzari chollvolli choloytale. He chollvollintlo ek zhuzari aslo, Zuzart. To bhiyenastanam Purtugezam add zhogoddlo. Sogllo lok tachi toknnay kortale. Tachi toknnay

[Goanet] Report of National Seminar on Scripts and Languages in Modern India

For a report on the papers presented and the discussion that followed at the National Seminar on Scripts and Languages in Modern India, with Special Reference to Konkani see: http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2012/03/scripting-new-future-towards-inclusive.html Dale Luis Menezes Find my

[Goanet] The General is Up: Review

CONTRADICTIONS AND DILEMMAS OF THE POST-COLONIAL WORLD By DALE LUIS MENEZES Peter Nazareth, the African writer of Goan origin is well known as a novelist and a literary critic. He has written several essays and book reviews in leading international journals and has also edited a few

[Goanet] Interview of Bernadette D'Souza

-new.html Dale Luis Menezes Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http

[Goanet] Book Review: Jesuit Heritage in Goa

WHITEWASH, RED STONE AND THE JESUIT HERITAGE By DALE LUIS MENEZES The Society of Jesus has come a long way from the time the first Jesuit missionary had landed on the shores of Goa. Taking an initiative into scholarly work, the Jesuits, right from the start have actively compiled dictionaries

[Goanet] Book review: Let me tell you about Quinta

: http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.com/2011/12/from-attic-to-mansion.html Dale Luis Menezes Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support

[Goanet] Book review - Medieval Goa

COLONIAL HISTORY, POST-COLONIAL INTERPRETATIONS By DALE LUIS MENEZES Teotonio R. de Souza is an authority on Indo-Portuguese history. The doctoral dissertation he had submitted to the University of Poona was published in 1979 as Medieval Goa: A Socio-Economic History. Thirty years later

[Goanet] A tribute to Tony Gomes @ the Quepem Film Festival

Check the video to find a tribute to the late Tony Gomes, a famous musician from Quepem, Goa at the Quepem Film Festival by Walter Menezes. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwF6uwBQQAk Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com

[Goanet] Book Review: Snapshots of Indo-Potuguese History: Pangim - I

HISTORY OF 'PANGIM' IN SNAPSHOTS By DALE LUIS MENEZES Panjim, the capital of Goa, has very few rivals as far as beauty and architecture in the whole of India. Its wide roads with huge shady trees lining them and the many Indo-Portuguese houses give one a feeling of great joy. I particularly

[Goanet] The making of the matolli

://daleluismenezes.blogspot.com/2011/09/making-of-matolli.html Dale Luis Menezes. Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com

[Goanet] whitewash, red stone book review

THE ‘GOANESS’ OF GOAN CHURCHES By DALE LUIS MENEZES The lush Goan landscape is dotted with many spectacular and magnificent churches. The whitewashed façades of the churches makes it impossible for any of us to pass by and not notice them. However, many will not know the history

[Goanet] Tales from the Attic book review

A NOVEL FROM THE ATTIC By DALE LUIS MENEZES In 2007, Dr. Savia Viegas, a Senior Fulbright scholar, published her debut novel Tales from the Attic, a story set in the village of Carmona around the time when the last vestiges of the Portuguese colonialism in South Asia were about to come

[Goanet] inside/out book review

WORLD CLASS ‘INSIDE/OUT’ By DALE LUIS MENEZES Inside/Out: New Writings from Goa, edited by Helene Derkin Menezes and José Lourenço, when released a few months back, did grab a lot of headlines. Much of the publicity was due to the inclusion of an essay by the noted novelist and partly Goa

[Goanet] Another Coin Goes for a Toss: Photo feature

exceeds its actual value and hence was no longer feasible to mint I share some of the coins with you that have ceased to be legal tenders @ http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-coin-goes-for-toss.html Comments or your memories are welcome on the blog. Dale Luis Menezes Find my

[Goanet] reflected in water - book review

REFLECTING IMAGES OF GOA By DALE LUIS MENEZES I had read Reflected on Water: Writings on Goa about a year ago and had completely forgotten about it. A few months back, Jerry Pinto, the Bombay-based journalist who has edited this book, came down to Goa for the Goa Book Club meet

[Goanet] Skin - book review

THE DNA OF SLAVERY By DALE LUIS MENEZES There are only a handful of novels in English that have been written by Goans or persons of Goan origin/ancestry. Margaret Mascarenhas’ Skin is one of them. This novel was first published around 10 years ago by Penguin. For the last few years I have

[Goanet] Special Olympian - Jesus Rebello

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[Goanet] Article on Rivona church

“WE HAVE NOT ABANDONED THE OLD CHURCH” By DALE LUIS MENEZES For many of us, the steep climb to the spring at Rivona and later the frolic at the spring itself has always been a memorable experience, prompting everyone to ‘chill-out’ time and again. But every time we may have made a trip

[Goanet] What is history? - a book review

HISTORY AND THE FISHMONGER’S SLAB A review of E. H. Carr’s acclaimed reflections on the theory of history and the role of the historian By DALE LUIS MENEZES In a recent episode of the hit animation series The Simpsons, the doting Marge is shown as a college student (with her hair gracefully

[Goanet] Rock-carvings, Pansaimol: Photo Feature

Dears, Find a photo feature at the following link on the rock-carvings at Pansaimol, ahead to Rivona. Feedback/comments welcome on the blog: http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.com/2011/06/pre-historic-rock-carvings-at.html Dale Luis Menezes. Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com

[Goanet] Kokoy: Konknnicho Khambo

KOKOY: KONKNNICHO KHAMBO By DALE LUIS MENEZES The death of John Gomes, who was affectionately known as Kokoy, on May 24, 2011 has left the tiatr community in particular and the Konknni community in general in deep sorrow. He had written tirelessly on tiatrs and its personalities for many

[Goanet] S-S-S-noring Business

Dears, Check my blog for a photo feature of vendors making snoring business in Panjim. Dale Luis Menezes. Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com

[Goanet] New Lease of Life for Carambolim Church

Dear Sir, Kindly publish my article on Goanet. Thanking you, Dale Luis Menezes. A NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR CARAMBOLIM CHURCH By DALE LUIS MENEZES Goa is dotted with churches that are lofty, beautiful and are many centuries old. Many are well preserved while others are less fortunate and find

[Goanet] Free From School

Dear Sir, Please publish the following book review. Dale Luis Menezes. FREEDOM AT 17 By DALE LUIS MENEZES When we are in a classroom, particularly that of a school, the world outside seems so much fun. One can’t wait for the last bell to ring and dash out of the classroom with howling

[Goanet] Khell tiatr competirion, Quepem

Sir, Kindly publish the following article. Thank you, Dale Luis Menezes. IMPROVING AND ENCOURAGING TALENT IN TRADITIONAL KHELLS By DALE LUIS MENEZES Despite the onslaught of cable and other more glittering forms of entertainment, the traditional khells have survived all odds. The khells

[Goanet] DALGADO DIS CELEBRATIONS

Sir, Please find the link to my article BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR ROMI KONKNNI ON THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF MSGR. DALGADO @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com. Comments/feedback welcome on the blog. Dale Luis Menezes. Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com

[Goanet] Konknni Cinema Dis

For the kind favour of publication. REMEMBERING THE FATHER OF KONKNNI CINEMA BY DALE LUIS MENEZES Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) in association with Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) observed Konknni Cinema Dis (Day) on April 24, 2011. It was on this day, in the year 1950 that the first Konknni cinema

[Goanet] Trikal -- movie review

Kindly publish this article on Goanet. GOA THROUGH THE EYES OF SHYAM BENEGAL This article is written on the eve of the release of Dum Maaro Dum, a movie mired in controversy for the alleged callous misrepresentation of Goa and its people. To be very honest, I always found the portrayal of Goa

[Goanet] kind favour of publication

CANADA’S 55+ PUT PEN TO PAPER By DALE LUIS MENEZES In the recent years it seems that the Goan diaspora is speaking out. This is evident from the fact that a number of books have been published which deal with the history of Goan migration, the causes of such a migration and the experience(s