Re: [Goanet] Death: Dr Olivinho Gomes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html In the death of Proif. Olivinho Gomes Konkani has received another blow. He was staunch supporter of the language and did his best to promote it. Now that Fr. Mathew Almeida and Prof. Gomes are no more, I am not sure if there are anyone remaining of their stature. I first met him when he came to Toronto in 1988 for the first Goan International Convention. He read a paper on the Konkani language's evolution. Prof. Gomes quoted from Prof. Jose Pereira's book, Konkani: A Language, at length. After the talk, both I and Prof. Pereira went and congratulated Prof. Gomes on his fine talk. He suddenly asked me why I was smiling. I said it was because of a remark that Prof. Jose Pereira, who was seated next to me, made to me. Behind me sat the noted tiatrist Cyriaco Dias, who had come for the convention from the Middle East. Perhaps he was watching Prof. Pereira closely. After the convention, Prof. Gomes got into a tiff with the organisers. If I remember correctly, he was not happy that he was charged for the gala dinner. He thought he was a guest of the organisers and, hence, should have been given a free ticket. However, he did not pay for the ticket but a well-wisher. But he carried the hurt and in his review he called the key organiser a combi. One day someone called me and said that he has a book for me from Goa. I went and picked it up. It was Prof. Gomes's book on the Old Konkani Since the book was in devnagiri Konkani (at least most of it, if I remember correctly) I could not read it throuhly. However, I have read his Village Goa, his thesis for his doctorate. It has lot of information on Goa's traditions, customs and cultural history. IT is a recommended book for those trying to understand Goa's past and reconcile it with the present. He followed with another book on Goa that touched on all aspects of Goa's political, social and cultural fields. Titled just Goa, it serves as a useful companion to his Village Goa. A comprehensive run through Goa's history, the book is valuable for those interested in taking in an all-round view of Goa. His travel writing in Goa Today showed his other side that was far from being academic. Travel writing perhaps gave him freedom to express himself outside the confines of scholarly writing. Sad that such writers and scholars are leaving us one by one. His work will remain long. Eugene __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Re: [Goanet] Death: Dr Olivinho Gomes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html Hello Frederick Thank you for all news, some little sad of the death of Prof Olivinho Gomes. I Think that he is from my village St. Estevam. But the most important that he is a good man, a good teacher. I remember how the people spoke about him. My deep sympathy to his family and friends! I had also opportunity to go to your wordpress and I enjoed it. Thanks for all Silvia
[Goanet] Death: Dr Olivinho Gomes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html Konkani scholar and former acting vice chancellor of the Goa University Dr Olivinho Gomes passed away, and it was sad to get this news from Valmiki Faleiro in Margao. When talking to my classmate Dr Rafael Fernandes at the Goa University, he also mentioned the passing away of this scholar. Dr Gomes was a prolific author and a deep supporter of the Konkani language. Writers like Valmiki have narrated to me how his understanding and love for the language had influenced them decades ago. Olivinho, as everyone referred to him, was a senior Customs official, before he decided to make the shift to academe. I first encountered him as a contributor to the Herald with his articles, mostly on Konkani and related themes, in the 1980s. Me being curious to understand Goa, and him always having some story to narrate, we would have longish chats when we met up at conferences, or chatted away while some seminar was in progress. Dr Gomes also wrote a rather detailed book on Chandor, his village (if I am not mistaken, or was it his in-law's?) called Village Goa. It is sad to lose a scholar so early, specially since Dr Gomes was very active in writing and would invariable have a new book he had publshed whenever one met him after a three or six month gap! The funeral is tomorrow (Friday, July 31, 2009) at 4.30 pm at the Taleigao church. Here's a reference to his work from the openlibrary.org (I guess the list is incomplete, since this is a volunteer-crafted listing): Add Photo Olivinho Gomes [edit] 1943 - Books by this Author Old Konkani language and literature by Olivinho Gomes Konkani Sorospot Prakashan, 1999 Koṅkaṇī saraspatico itihāsa by Olivinho Gomes Koṅkaṇī Saraspata Prakāśana, 1989 Village Goa by Olivinho Gomes S. Chand, 1987 Ḍô. Phrā. Lu. Gomiś by Olivinho Gomes Koṅkaṇī Saraspata Prakāśana, 1984 Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes, jivit ani vavr by Olivinho Gomes Konknni Sorospot Prokaxon, 1968 Mana voḍaṭāvoḍanā by Olivinho Gomes Koṅkaṇī Sāhitya Prakāśana, 1981 Goa by Olivinho Gomes National Book Trust, India, 2004 Village Goa by Olivinho Gomes Chand (S.) Co Ltd ,India, October 1996 Hardcover Eka Goenkarachi bhaili bhonvddi = by Olivinho Gomes Konknnni Sorospot Prakashan, 2007 -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. - Henry Ford
Re: [Goanet] Death: Dr Olivinho Gomes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html A terrible loss. I referred a lot to his books for my work Sympathy and prayers for his family Wendell Rodricks
Re: [Goanet] Death: Dr Olivinho Gomes
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html Hi Rico Sad to know that Goa's noted scholar and author has passed away. Olivinho Gomes has contributed immensely to the development of the Konkani language. I met him a number of times, and he was really a humble and polite person. He was born in Santo Estevam and his wife is from Chandor. He is the brother of Dr. Arthur Gomes, an acclaimed academician. - joseph marques --- Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ ---
