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Aug 3 Note on Internment without trial: Guantanamo
Bay and UK, and a Petit - dfernandes
Hi - This is a message from Des Fernandes. Further
to my earlier posting highli
Aug 3 Note on Internment without trial: Guantanamo
Bay and UK, and a Petit - dfernandes
Hi - This is a message from Des Fernandes. Further
to my earlier posting highli
Aug 3 An interesting Article (Editorial from The
Goan Herald) on 'Migrant - dfernandes
Hi - I'm including here a rather interesting
editorial by the Herald that some
Aug 2 Re: Criminalisation of diaspora communities in
the UK - Eddie D'Sa
Desmond's post on the UK-US Extradition Treaty has
alerted us to yet another se
Aug 2 UK Immigrants before the controls - Eddie D'Sa
UK: Immigration & Race (before controls were
imposed) Keywords: Indian MP,
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GWS ELECTS NEW COMMITTEE (Kuwait)
Following the elections held at the Annual General
Body Meeting on 18th July 2003, a new Managing
Committee has been elected by the members of the Goan
Welfare Society (GWS) Kuwait for the term 2003-2004:
President - Rabindra Pimenta
Vice President - Julio Cardozo
General Secretary - Gaspar Almeida
Joint Secretary - Philomena Rebelo
Treasurer - Sydney Furtado
Joint Treasurer - Menino F.X. Duarte (Cisco)
Auditor - Joseph F.X. D'Souza
Head of Cultural Cell - Cajetan S. Pereira
Head of Education Cell - Muriel Alphonso
Head of Sports & Public Relations Cell - Alex Wilson
Coelho
Members: Cajetan Pinheiro, Mario Rebello, Tome L.
Gracias, Sharon L. de Sousa, and Patsy Menezes.
The new committee will take over charge with effect
from 30th July 2003.
GWS has lined up a number of events starting with the
Goa Day (October 10), Annual Thanksgiving Mass
(December 5), GWS Christmas Tree (December 12), GWS
Educational Awards to Goan students, Drawing, Konkani
Songs singing and Essay competitions.
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Dear CM, Manest Manohar Parrikar,
Nomoskar!
I like the opening statement of this Indian reporter,
although I am not in favour of the wordings....."The
Governments of India and Goa...."... it does remind me
of the Portuguese regime....
Estrada de Goa!
Gaspar de Almeida
www.goa-world.com
India to invest $50m in international film festival
location
Bhuvan Lall in New Delhi
www.screendaily.com
The Governments of India and Goa, and the
Confederation of Indian Industries are clubbing
together to invest $50m into a project to turn the
coastal tourist paradise of Goa into the permanent
location for India’s travelling International Film
festival.
The 35th edition of the International Film Festival of
India in October 2004 will be held in the former
Portuguese colony, and will include an annual film and
television market.
Festival events will be held within a one kilometre
radius that will see the construction of a new
convention centre and up to seven new multiplexes.
Six hundred kilometres south of Mumbai, Goa already
has a hotel room capacity of 4,500 and an
international airport. In addition to the film
festival, Goa intends to keep the venue busy by
hosting regional festivals, art and culture and
fashion shows.
A delegation headed by Suresh K. Amonkar, the Minister
for Tourism in the Goa government and accompanied by
Information Secretary Ms. Jayashree Raghuraman and
Information Director Rajesh Singh, attended Cannes
this year to examine the workings of the international
film festival.
- Forwarded by Gaspar Almeida of www.goa-world.com
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Portuguese official on Goa visit
NT Staff Reporter www.navhindtimes.com
Panaji July 8: The Secretary of State for Portuguese
Communities, ministry of external affairs, government
of Portugal, Dr Jose de Almeida Cesario is presently
on a visit to Goa.
A member of the national council of Social Democratic
Party, Portugal, Dr Cesario will be inaugurating an
exhibition of photographs by Portuguese photographer,
Antonio Pedro Ferreira, entitled ‘Contemporary
Portugal’ on July 9, at Fundacao Oriente Art Gallery.
Meanwhile, a special function was organised in honour
of the visiting dignitory by the delegation of
Fundacao Cidade de Lisboa in India, on July 8.
- Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
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Postage stamps were first used in Portugal on July 1, 1853. Up to then the
postal charge was paid by the addressee, upon delivery of a letter. The
royal decree which created postage stamps was intended not only to
regularise on a stable manner the postal services but also to introduce a
change in the prevailing custom, as it stipulated that, while the stamp if
paid by the sender was of 25 "reis", if paid at the addressee's end it would
be of 40 "reis" ("reis" is the plural of "real").
The first stamps were of 5, 25, 50 and 100 "reis". 25 "reis" was the
base-charge for an ordinary letter within the country and all bore the
effigy of the then reigning queen Dona Maria II (the same who, ten years
earlier, by her decree of March 22, 1843, raised Panjim to the status of
city and made it the capital of the "Estado da India" - a position which was
until that date held, though only officially and in theory, by what is now
Old Goa. The practice of printing the royal effigy on the postage stamps was
to continue until the end of the monarchical regime and the proclamation of
the republic on October 5, 1910.
Old habits, however, die hard and so, out of the more than 3,000 letters
despatched from Lisbon on that 1st of July of 1853, the 25 "reis" stamp was
affixed on only a meagre 12; regarding all the others, their addressees had
to pay 40 "reis" while receiving them.
Today, besides a special sesquicentennial commemorative issue of postal
stamps, the Postal Services of Portugal start an itinerant exposition which
will travel through the cities of Viseu, Faro and Oporto up to the end of
this year. And last sunday, June 29, the book "World Heritages with
Portuguese stamps in four continents" (Patrimonios Mundiais com selos
portugueses em quatro continentes) was launched.
Jorge
com prazer envio-vos esta minha Crónica regular na “SuperGoa.com” sobre « ARQUIVO HISTORICO DE GOA » As vossas opiniões pessoais sobre ela devem ser enviadas pela àrea marcada no fim da Crónica ("Adicionar comentario"). Quaisquer outros comentários pessoais vossos, façam favor de enviar para o meu e-mail com “cc” para o Sr. Constantino Xavier (constantinox @hotmail.com).
Se desejarem ler esta e as anteriores Cronicas, cliquem para a lista completa em:
Fr. Ambrose and Mr. John Carvalho sitting with a class
of his students. - Monte De Guirim School
http://www.goa-world.com/classic-photos/frAmbrose.htm
Fr. Ambrose and Mr. John Carvalho sitting with a class
of his students - Undated
This Foto sent in by Ethel Carvalho -
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Sent in by Ethel Carvalho in Goa
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Dr. Eurico Menezes: was he Eurico Bulhoes Menezes de Cansaulim, Goa,
probably did his medical around 1963 or thereabouts? IF so, he passed
away a few years ago. Faraone could keep in touch with me, as I do know
the family very well
berardo
Faraone wrote:
> Gostaria de saber se o senhor é parente ou
> conhecido ou amigo do Dr. Eurico Menezes; um médico formado em Lisboa, meu
> contemporâneo, e de gratíssimas recordações! Se puder me informar como
> entrar em contacto com ele muito lhe agradeceria! Grato.
> Cordialmente,
> Faraone.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ulysses Menezes - GOA-WORLD" <uly334@...>
> To: <ulyssesm@...>
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:36 AM
> Subject: [Goa-Portuguese] Classic Photo 1955
>
>
>
> http://www.goa-world.com/classic-photos/StAnthonysHigh.htm
>
> St. Anthony's High School
>
> Monte Guirim
>
> Staff 1955 to 1956
>
>
>
> Seated from left to right:
> Rev. Fr. Ireneu ; Mr. I. S.T. Rocha ;Rev. Fr. Colomban
> ; Rev. Fr. Patrick ; Mr. A. Velloz Fr. Ambrose (Head
> Master); Rev. Fr. Ignatius ( Principal) ;Fr. Ephrem ;
> Mr. Domnic Pereira ; Fr. Chrisostomo ; Fr. Furtunate ;
> Mr. N. D'Souza ;Rev. Frater Frederick.
>
> Standing : Rev Br. Vitalis ; Mr. Francis Queterio ;
> Mr. John Carvalho ; Mr. John D'Souza ; Mr. Steven
> Mascharenhas ; Mr. Anthony J. Menezes ; Mr. J. J.
> Saldanha ; Rev. Br. Peter ; Mr. V.S. Palienkar ; Mr.
> Juliao Rodrigues ; Mr. Anthony Coreira ; Mr. P. A.
> Ferrao ; Mr. A. Maimmattan ; Mr. Luis Rodrigues ; Rev.
> Br. Policarp.
>
> Submitted by Ethel Carvalho - ethel_carvalho@...
>
>
> http://www.goa-world.com/classic-photos/StAnthonysHigh.htm
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Gostaria de saber se o senhor é parente ou
conhecido ou amigo do Dr. Eurico Menezes; um médico formado em Lisboa, meu
contemporâneo, e de gratíssimas recordações! Se puder me informar como
entrar em contacto com ele muito lhe agradeceria! Grato.
Cordialmente,
Faraone.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulysses Menezes - GOA-WORLD" <uly334@...>
To: <ulyssesm@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:36 AM
Subject: [Goa-Portuguese] Classic Photo 1955
http://www.goa-world.com/classic-photos/StAnthonysHigh.htm
St. Anthony's High School
Monte Guirim
Staff 1955 to 1956
Seated from left to right:
Rev. Fr. Ireneu ; Mr. I. S.T. Rocha ;Rev. Fr. Colomban
; Rev. Fr. Patrick ; Mr. A. Velloz Fr. Ambrose (Head
Master); Rev. Fr. Ignatius ( Principal) ;Fr. Ephrem ;
Mr. Domnic Pereira ; Fr. Chrisostomo ; Fr. Furtunate ;
Mr. N. D'Souza ;Rev. Frater Frederick.
Standing : Rev Br. Vitalis ; Mr. Francis Queterio ;
Mr. John Carvalho ; Mr. John D'Souza ; Mr. Steven
Mascharenhas ; Mr. Anthony J. Menezes ; Mr. J. J.
Saldanha ; Rev. Br. Peter ; Mr. V.S. Palienkar ; Mr.
Juliao Rodrigues ; Mr. Anthony Coreira ; Mr. P. A.
Ferrao ; Mr. A. Maimmattan ; Mr. Luis Rodrigues ; Rev.
Br. Policarp.
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St. Anthony's High School
Monte Guirim
Staff 1955 to 1956
Seated from left to right:
Rev. Fr. Ireneu ; Mr. I. S.T. Rocha ;Rev. Fr. Colomban
; Rev. Fr. Patrick ; Mr. A. Velloz Fr. Ambrose (Head
Master); Rev. Fr. Ignatius ( Principal) ;Fr. Ephrem ;
Mr. Domnic Pereira ; Fr. Chrisostomo ; Fr. Furtunate ;
Mr. N. D’Souza ;Rev. Frater Frederick.
Standing : Rev Br. Vitalis ; Mr. Francis Queterio ;
Mr. John Carvalho ; Mr. John D’Souza ; Mr. Steven
Mascharenhas ; Mr. Anthony J. Menezes ; Mr. J. J.
Saldanha ; Rev. Br. Peter ; Mr. V.S. Palienkar ; Mr.
Juliao Rodrigues ; Mr. Anthony Coreira ; Mr. P. A.
Ferrao ; Mr. A. Maimmattan ; Mr. Luis Rodrigues ; Rev.
Br. Policarp.
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Prabens! Dr. Alfredo Bruto de Costa. It certainly makes us Goans proud to
see anybody excel in their professional path and being of Goan origin.
Likewise congratulation to Dr. Adelino Rodrigues da Costa, as head of
cabinet.
Noss Goeses sempre adiante!
Melhores cumprimentos e abraços.
George Fernandes.
Hello there,
Congrats, to Mr. Alfredo Bruto De Costa for being selected to head the
Portugal's economic social council
I think the people worldwide should know what is special of being a Goan
what makes them proud of of their Goan Identity.
Congrats once again,
V. Araujo
>>
>Goan to head Portugal’s economic, social council
>PANJIM, JUNE 11 — HERALD NEWS DESK
>
>— Alfredo Bruto da Costa, 64, has recently been
>elected by the Portuguese Parliament as the new
>chairman of the Conselho Economic e Social (CES) -
>Economic and Social Council of Portugal. This organ of
>the Parliament is responsible for consultation and
>social dialogue in the field of economic and social
>policies and participates in the design of economic
>and social development plans in coordination with
>other European Union countries.
>CES has 64 members and its composition, as defined by
>law, includes representatives of the government, the
>organisations representing labour, the organisations
>representing economic activities, autonomous regions,
>local governments and others.
>This election, got by a large majority of the
>parliamentary votes, demonstrates the high confidence,
>prestige and independence of Prof Bruto da Costa,
>whose position is in the category of Minister in the
>Portuguese official protocol.
>Alfredo Bruto da Costa was born in Margao, studied in
>Goa, Mumbai and Lisbon and got a PhD in London. He is
>a recognised specialist in Europe.
>Some years ago Professor Bruto da Costa was a member
>of the Portuguese government as the Minister of Social
>Affairs and currently is a teacher at the University
>of Lisbon, a specialised consultant of the European
>Commission and the President of Casa de Goa.
>Professor Bruto da Costa has selected Dr Adelino
>Rodrigues da Costa, the previus Delegate of Fundacao
>Oriente in India, as the head of his cabinet.
>*********
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The question that Jorge Noronha asks is absolutely correct,specially , for Goan Catholics.We dont dedicate to our mother tongue as the non-Christians do.But this is in Goa and in the diaspora also.I have seen it in Portugal-the Goan Catholics hardly speak concani amongst themselves,not even in the Casa de Goa.While in two tours of Canada- and Ben Antao can say if I am wrong as he is there,as I presume- when one crosses with Sardarjis, gujeratis,chinese, Portuguese,etc,etc.one hears them speaking in their mother tongues. But not Goan Catholics!! It is unfortunate but it is true.Now we will celebrate the Goa Day.precesely to pay hommage to konkani for being recognised by our Parliament as one of the official languages of India.I really wonder how many of these celebrations to be held around the world will be held in konkani.
Fernando Do Rego
Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha <joli.goa@...> wrote:
From: Ben Antao <ben.antao@...> Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:40 PM > > > This morning after reading the piece 'Luis de Camoes Day' on TGF, I thought > I would share something interesting that I found in his book. > > > However, on the pedestal of that statue was an inscription: Patria pelo > mundo em pedacos repartida (quoted in the book, page 111.) > > > Veiga Coutinho comments on this quotation, which means "The homeland is > scattered in pieces all over the world." (My translation). > > > Although Camoens was referring to the imperial Portugal of his time, I feel > that quotation could equally apply to Goans today, who are spread out all > over the globe in a diaspora. > > > Indeed, I might stretch it and say that the idea of what makes a
Goan might > be better understood in the context of Goan diaspora rather than in Goa > itself. > > > Thought I would post this for your Zazen and comment! > >
The quotation could also apply to the Portuguese diaspora throughout the world.
And it reminds me of the following words of the writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935): "A minha patria e a lingua portuguesa" (My motherland is the Portuguese language). Can we Goans not speak similarly with reference to our own Konkani kanguage?
Jorge
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GOA
by Mario Cabral e Sá
Goa is lucky. It is still young and birthdays are
always beautiful. In the sixteenth birthdays she had
so far, no matter whether plum or sponge, the icing
has always been beautiful, full of many dreams, sweet
dreams. And this year Panaji, the capital city, is
getting dressed to kill; gorgeous lingerie, brilliant
maquillage.
The gutters have been cleaned, the roads resurfaced to
velvet smoothness, the pathways redone, the public
buildings, at long last, spruced up. We are even going
to have a new market with the exteriors painted by a
world renowned artist. It will be a pleasure to shop,
no matter the price.
The great Bakibab Borkar had written in 1946, when Goa
desired no more than the restoration of civil
liberties:
Trivaar Mangalvaar
Aazala Trivaar Mangalvaar
Swatranchi Sinhagarzanar
Aatan Ilhen Uthanar
(An eternally auspicious day
Today is an eternally auspicious day
For the roar of freedom
Now resounds in this land)
Translation: courtesy Prof. Dr.Pratima Kamat, Goa
Redefining Horizons,
Pages 7 and 15.
Were Bakibab still with us, which, alas, he is not,
what might he have written on this, yet another,
statehood day? Would he, perchance, rewrite his poem
to Yama? The last time, he had begged Yama, the God of
Death, to not make it his turn that day. “Not today,
God/there is fish curry tonight”. Would he now beg
again Yama for some more time till he could afford the
fish for his curry?
The internationally respected economist, Dr.A. Pai
Panandikar is on record that by the year 2061, a
century since freedom, “Goa could well attain a per
capita income of over US Dollars 25,000, as against
(the present) USD 700 – 800”. Many of us, certainly
not I, will be around to savour the truth of
Visu-bab’s prophecy. But the thought thrills. At USD
25000, roughly, at the current rate of exchange,
Rs.11.25 crore, my three granddaughters will be able
to feast themselves, at today’s rates of course, on
1,875 kgs of tiger prawns during their annual Goa
holiday. The only likely problem would be that tiger
prawns, or any other consumable, might not remain at
today’s parity.
Happen what may to the dollar or the king prawn, to
Goa Goans will come back, happy as any Goan always has
been to re-discover one’s roots. But so much is
happening in Goa that she looks, every passing day,
less Goan than she was the previous year. Let us not
go into ifs and buts, whys and hows, because, if we
do, we will have to own the guilt. The demographer
says that nearly 40% of Goa’s nearly 1.4 million
population is made up of citizens that have immigrated
into Goa. They are not Martians, I know. Like you and
I they are the product of many Indian incarnations.
Ethnologist Pandurang R. Phaldesai tells us in his
recent doctoral thesis, the product of decades of
love’s labour, that the adivasis of Goa still account
for 30% of the population, but regrets that we are not
doing for them all that we might. What he did not tell
us is that what is happening unto us, not long ago
happened unto them – not really a sort of biblical
tit-for-tat, but the ever repetitive phenomenon of old
order yielding place to new.
However, a large number of Goans seem to be suddenly
waking up to the reality of the impending
degoanization of Goa. And a fairly demonstrative
section of the youth has taken it upon itself to vent
the resentment. They rattled so harshly the targets of
their ire that, at least one of them, and ironically
one who has done much for Goa’s culture, has vowed to
not remain here a day longer than absolutely
necessary. Will Goa revive itself through this kind of
shock therapy? A good question!
But I fear that it might not. Sheer regional
patriotism won’t plug the gaping holes in our social
network. For one, Goans abhor hard work and, sadly,
nature abhors vacuum. There are stones to quarry, and
bricks to lay, houses, bridges and roads to build,
garbage to scavenge. Somebody has to do it. And many
are willing. To make it worse, Goans seem to have
decided that real estate is more attractive than
agriculture. If once we brought potatoes from Holland
and beef from Argentina, we have since discovered that
Hubli and Belgaum are closer at hand. The petty but
shrewd traders of those commodities, on the other
hand, have not been slow in discovering that Goans are
better buyers than sellers. And their tribe is
multiplying.
We revel in suffixing our God-given names with the
abbreviations of all manner of diplomas, degrees and
doctorates, many, if not most, not worth the paper
they are printed on. At the same time, Goa is fast
industrializing itself, much of it state-of-the-art—
but to our horror neither do we have enough of our own
muscular lads willing to stack up crates popping off
from the assembly lines, nor enough egg-heads to
conceptualize sophisticated products. As long as the
situation remains stagnant – and it has for much
longer than is good for our health – the on-going
process of de-Goanization will only get worse.
How do we revert the precipitous slide? Were do we
begin? The brilliant educationist Fr.Romualdo de Sousa
has pointed the way in his writings and in his
interventions at various educational and cultural
interfaces he has participated in, so far, it seems to
no avail. To begin with, “we must learn to unlearn”,
that is discard outdated notions and formats. As he
put it, “If education is an enabling factor for
economic growth, we and our government need to address
some basic questions:-
- is our educational system, at all levels, designed
to prepare the students to productively pursue a
higher standard of life for themselves and for all our
people?
- does it equip its graduates to compete in a
globalized ‘knowledge economy’ in which speed is of
vital importance?”
And he continues, “The answer to these questions will
highlight the necessity of an extremely close
cooperation between government, business and education
for bringing about the changes required to meet the
needs of students, educators, and employers under the
entirely new conditions created by the ‘new economy’
”. If not, our traditional way of life – call it
Asmtai, call it Culture, call it Heritage or what you
will – will be no guide to what the future requires of
us.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has time and again hit
the nail on the head, when pointing out that most of
our shortcomings can be placed at the door of our
educational system. That it needs a radical change. We
shall await it with bated breath.
But let us not loose the sense of perspective. No
doubt much remains to be done, largely because what
had been done was done shoddily. We seem to have
collectively lost sight of the fact that it is always
easier to do it well the first time. To add to our
woes, the two political transitions in the recent
history of Goa took their toll. Wile the integration
of Goa, in 1961, stands out for its careful military
planning, the planning of the other components — the
civil administration — was an un qualified disaster.
The predecessor administration, colonial as it
certainly was, in comparison was far better structured
than the successor administration. It was too suddenly
enforced and was largely patterned on the British
colonial scheme which was — and in many ways remains –
at least two centuries outdated. The second
transition, from a Union Territory to a full-fledged
state of the Union, like the proverbial curate’s egg,
had its flaws. The luxury of parasitism, with a
cent-per-cent subsidized budget, was suddenly replaced
by the need to mobilize resources. For a while, either
because the state was bereft of ideas or, then of
funds, development came to standstill.
On the plus side, Goa ceased to be New Delhi’s
fiefdom, True, Goa had a legislature and a government,
but the legislature could be over-ruled by the Lt.
Governor and government bullied by the personna within
the Lt. Governor’s personna – the Administrator, on
whom vested the ultimate financial powers. He was
represented in the cabinet meetings by his secretary
who sometimes succumbed to the temptation of throwing
his weight around and dominated cabinet discussions
and tailored its decisions — all this by a career
bureaucrat who back home, in Delhi, might have ranked
no higher than an undersecretary. The near colonial
existence was rectified and the people of Goa’s
dignity restored with the achievement of Statehood.
Then, and more anguishingly, statehood and its twin,
the campaign for the state’s official language,
generated dispensible acrimony and badly bruised the
social fabric. It also was to soon generate an
unbridled greed for power. The measure of it is that
Goa had thirteen chief ministers in ten years; in one
particularly bleak year, four of them!
It is therefore, no small consolation that now there
is political stability, a semblance of governance, a
hierarchy that, to all appearances, is undaunted by
political blackmail or the immediate need of appeasing
potential back-stabbers. Of course, the government of
the day may have a philosophy that is neither yours
nor mine. But as long as it is principled and not
predatory, it is well within its rights and the rules
of the game. All its opponents can now do is to hope
that the, next time round, they won’t be let down by
their Messiah.
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Hello there,
Congrats, to Mr. Alfredo Bruto De Costa for being selected to head the
Portugal's economic social council
I think the people worldwide should know what is special of being a Goan
what makes them proud of of their Goan Identity.
Congrats once again,
V. Araujo
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>Goan to head Portugal’s economic, social council
>PANJIM, JUNE 11 — HERALD NEWS DESK
>
>— Alfredo Bruto da Costa, 64, has recently been
>elected by the Portuguese Parliament as the new
>chairman of the Conselho Economic e Social (CES) -
>Economic and Social Council of Portugal. This organ of
>the Parliament is responsible for consultation and
>social dialogue in the field of economic and social
>policies and participates in the design of economic
>and social development plans in coordination with
>other European Union countries.
>CES has 64 members and its composition, as defined by
>law, includes representatives of the government, the
>organisations representing labour, the organisations
>representing economic activities, autonomous regions,
>local governments and others.
>This election, got by a large majority of the
>parliamentary votes, demonstrates the high confidence,
>prestige and independence of Prof Bruto da Costa,
>whose position is in the category of Minister in the
>Portuguese official protocol.
>Alfredo Bruto da Costa was born in Margao, studied in
>Goa, Mumbai and Lisbon and got a PhD in London. He is
>a recognised specialist in Europe.
>Some years ago Professor Bruto da Costa was a member
>of the Portuguese government as the Minister of Social
>Affairs and currently is a teacher at the University
>of Lisbon, a specialised consultant of the European
>Commission and the President of Casa de Goa.
>Professor Bruto da Costa has selected Dr Adelino
>Rodrigues da Costa, the previus Delegate of Fundacao
>Oriente in India, as the head of his cabinet.
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From: Ben Antao <ben.antao@...>
Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:40 PM
>
>
> This morning after reading the piece 'Luis de Camoes Day' on TGF, I
thought
> I would share something interesting that I found in his book.
>
>
> However, on the pedestal of that statue was an inscription: Patria pelo
> mundo em pedacos repartida (quoted in the book, page 111.)
>
>
> Veiga Coutinho comments on this quotation, which means "The homeland is
> scattered in pieces all over the world." (My translation).
>
>
> Although Camoens was referring to the imperial Portugal of his time, I
feel
> that quotation could equally apply to Goans today, who are spread out all
> over the globe in a diaspora.
>
>
> Indeed, I might stretch it and say that the idea of what makes a Goan
might
> be better understood in the context of Goan diaspora rather than in Goa
> itself.
>
>
> Thought I would post this for your Zazen and comment!
>
>
The quotation could also apply to the Portuguese diaspora throughout the
world.
And it reminds me of the following words of the writer Fernando Pessoa
(1888-1935): "A minha patria e a lingua portuguesa" (My motherland is the
Portuguese language). Can we Goans not speak similarly with reference to our
own Konkani kanguage?
Jorge
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Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:29 AM
>
> June 10 'Luis de Camoes Day'
>
> On June 10, most Portuguese descendants gather and toast each other. It's
a day to celebrate Portugal and the Portuguese community. It is a day to
celebrate Portuguese struggles and successes worldwide.
> This date is labeled Day of Portugal, of Camoes and of the Portuguese
communities - a much cherished Portuguese event.
>
It is wrong to say "most Portuguese descendants". The correct expression
would be "most Portugese nationals".
>
> What is unusual about this National Day celebration is that unlike other
countries which observe the day of Independence as their National Day, the
Portuguese celebrate Camoes Day, in honour of a celebrated Portuguese poet,
Luis de Camoes, who in 1572 published Os Lusiadas, meaning "The sons of
Lusus", the mythical founder of Portugal, which poetically means "the
Portuguese". Echoing classical models, the poem chronicled the voyages of
Vasco de Gama, before a panorama of strangely mixed Christian and pagan
images.
>
Portugal also celebrates (with public holiday and some ceremonies) December
1st as the Day of Restoration of its independence (in 1640) from sixty years
of Spanish yoke.
>
> Os Lusiadas has been hailed throughout Europe, sometimes to the detriment
of Portugal's other literature, as Portugal's one masterpiece. Under Antonio
Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal in the 1930s, Os Lusiadas became an icon
of Portuguese nationalism, and is said to be rightfully renowned as a
classic of world literature.
>
Under Antonio Salazar (and Marcelo Caetano who succeeded him in the prime
ministership) June 10th was called "Dia da Raça" (Day of the Race), though
it was never explained what was meant by the word "Race" - trying to convey
to the world that there was a "Portuguese Race" which included whites,
blacks and Asians without discrimination? - Salazar "ruled" up to 1968 and
Caetano from there upto the revolution of April 25, 1974 which ended the
one-party dictatorship and introduced democracy in the country, paving the
way for the recognition of the independence of Guinea-Bissau unilaterally
proclaimed in the previous year, the recognition of India's sovereignty over
Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar-Haveli, and the granting of independence in
1975 to Cape Verde, S. Tome e Principe, Mozambique and Angola, as well as
for the handing over of Macau to China in December 1999 and fighting in the
international fora for (and winning) the self-determination and independence
of East Timor which had suffered terribly for almost a quarter of a century
under the Indonesians.
>
> However, de Camoes did not live long enough to reap the celebrity of his
poetry. He began and ended life poor, though it is said he did find romance
and adventure in between. An affair with one of the queen's
ladies-in-waiting caused his banishment to North Africa, where he lost an
eye in military service.
>
He wrote a beautiful sonet to his beloved, calling her "Natercia" (jumbling
the letters of "Caterina" - as "Catarina" was written and pronounced in his
days).
> Returning to Lisbon, Camoes was involved in a skirmish that wounded a
magistrate, ended up in prison, and was banished again to Goa in India in
1553. In 1570 he returned to Lisbon, and published Os Lusiadas in 1572. The
poem's worth was immediately recognized and as a reward he received a small
royal pension. His final illness, however, was spent in a public hospital
and when he died in 1580, he was buried in a common grave.
>
> Links:
>
> http://amediavoz.com/camoes.htm
>
> www.goa-world.com/about_goa/
>
>
Goan to head Portugal’s economic, social council
PANJIM, JUNE 11 — HERALD NEWS DESK
— Alfredo Bruto da Costa, 64, has recently been
elected by the Portuguese Parliament as the new
chairman of the Conselho Economic e Social (CES) -
Economic and Social Council of Portugal. This organ of
the Parliament is responsible for consultation and
social dialogue in the field of economic and social
policies and participates in the design of economic
and social development plans in coordination with
other European Union countries.
CES has 64 members and its composition, as defined by
law, includes representatives of the government, the
organisations representing labour, the organisations
representing economic activities, autonomous regions,
local governments and others.
This election, got by a large majority of the
parliamentary votes, demonstrates the high confidence,
prestige and independence of Prof Bruto da Costa,
whose position is in the category of Minister in the
Portuguese official protocol.
Alfredo Bruto da Costa was born in Margao, studied in
Goa, Mumbai and Lisbon and got a PhD in London. He is
a recognised specialist in Europe.
Some years ago Professor Bruto da Costa was a member
of the Portuguese government as the Minister of Social
Affairs and currently is a teacher at the University
of Lisbon, a specialised consultant of the European
Commission and the President of Casa de Goa.
Professor Bruto da Costa has selected Dr Adelino
Rodrigues da Costa, the previus Delegate of Fundacao
Oriente in India, as the head of his cabinet.
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Panaji, June 10: The Portugal ambassador to India, Dr Joaquim Ferreira Marques said that Portugal could become a link for India connecting it to the rest of the Europe and Brazil as well, and said a tripartite treaty between India, Portugal and Brazil could be inked in.
Speaking to The Navhind Times, Dr Marques said: “A possible tripartite treaty between India, Portugal and Brazil in this respect could also help all these countries in making optimum use of their tourism potential.”
He observed that tourism was one sector in which Portugal and India, especially Goa, could have fruitful interaction. “Although both countries can carry on mutual exchange in other spheres like economy and trade, tourism remains a lucrative area which can generate business for us,” he mentioned.
“The population of Portugal is 10 million, while around 14 million tourists visited the country this season. I see that Goa today has the same potential in tourism, which was witnessed by Portugal during the initial years of its tourist trade,” he added and expressed admiration for Goa’s beaches and ancient monuments.
Dr Marques said the Portuguese tourists, who usually visited Cuba or Dominican Republic, could be herded to Goa with little efforts. “After all, the Portuguese citizens carry warm and affectionate feelings about Goa in their hearts. They have great respect for this land,” the Portuguese ambassador to India remarked.
Speaking about the import and export of food products between India and Portugal, he said that certain restrictions on the import of wines by India, including high duties, would not make it a viable proposition. “A wine bottle costing around 5 Euros in Portugal may cost 50 Euros — of course after the currency conversion — after the bottle is imported by India,” he opined.
He said nationals of Portugal, especially Goans and those from Gujarati community residing in Lisbon in large numbers, loved Indian food and its export to Portugal would be beneficial for India.
Earlier in the day, the Portuguese ambassador was the chief guest at celebrations commemorating the National Day of Portugal organised by the Portuguese Consulate in Goa.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Marques said the links between Portugal and Goa were not only confined to culture and monuments existing in the state, but also people-to-people ties between Portugal and Goa.
“Portugal was a financially weak country, but its association with the European Union has improved the situation, with Portugal undergoing huge socio-economic transformation,” he mentioned, pointing out that the present Portugal belonged to the rising Europe.
The Consul General of Portugal in Goa, Dr Miguel de Calheiros Velozo, in his speech, said that India and Portugal had corresponding values including democracy. He also stressed on the need to have more cultural and social projects between the two countries.
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On June 10, most Portuguese descendants gather and toast each other. It's a day to celebrate Portugal and the Portuguese community. It is a day to celebrate Portuguese struggles and successes worldwide.
This date is labeled Day of Portugal, of Camoes and of the Portuguese communities - a much cherished Portuguese event.
What is unusual about this National Day celebration is that unlike other countries which observe the day of Independence as their National Day, the Portuguese celebrate Camoes Day, in honour of a celebrated Portuguese poet, Luis de Camoes, who in 1572 published Os Lusiadas, meaning "The sons of Lusus", the mythical founder of Portugal, which poetically means "the Portuguese". Echoing classical models, the poem chronicled the voyages of Vasco de Gama, before a panorama of strangely mixed Christian and pagan images.
Os Lusiadas has been hailed throughout Europe, sometimes to the detriment of Portugal's other literature, as Portugal's one masterpiece. Under Antonio Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal in the 1930s, Os Lusiadas became an icon of Portuguese nationalism, and is said to be rightfully renowned as a classic of world literature.
However, de Camoes did not live long enough to reap the celebrity of his poetry. He began and ended life poor, though it is said he did find romance and adventure in between. An affair with one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting caused his banishment to North Africa, where he lost an eye in military service.
Returning to Lisbon, Camoes was involved in a skirmish that wounded a magistrate, ended up in prison, and was banished again to Goa in India in 1553. In 1570 he returned to Lisbon, and published Os Lusiadas in 1572. The poem's worth was immediately recognized and as a reward he received a small royal pension. His final illness, however, was spent in a public hospital and when he died in 1580, he was buried in a common grave.
I belong to the Goan diaspora with a Mumbai mind-set and upbringing. Though the British were around in Mumbai for over 150 years, I’d never heard anyone - young or old - start a conversation in Mumbai with “When the British were in India....” This sentence was an introduction for a History exam paper, but, that’s where it ended! Yet, as I grew up in Mumbai, my Mom (a die-hard Goan in Maharashtra) would reminisce, “Portuguez tempar(during the Portuguese times), we used to get lovely scented powder. Your Pond’s talc is nothing!” As Mom sat at her Singer machine sewing a Christmas dress for me, she’d go nostalgic again, “Portuguez tempar, dress materials came from Macaw and was smooth as a feather and soft as a whisper.” Mom was always in colonial times though she lived in democratic Bombay. She reasoned, “What’s the use of a government of, for or by the people, if one is not satisfied with the material goods and social conditions?” She’d also drool over the wonderful chicolade or bolash of Portuguez tempar. I was, at that time, intrigued about these ‘wonder’ rulers who would keep their subjects happy with ‘wonder’ sweetmeats. “What can be tastier than a Cadbury bar,” I’d think. It was the ultimate chocolate for me then. “What’s wrong with Bombay Dyeing or Gwalior materials?” I’d question. But Mom had worn better stuff and eaten more melting-in-the-mouth chicolade in the Portuguez tempar, I guess. Later, destiny brought me to Goa via marriage. And my ma-in-law continued where Mom had left off. She’d say, “Portuguez tempar, there were no robberies or murders - everyone was honest and hard-working. We slept with our doors and windows open. Now, we fix grills everywhere and still the thieves murder you in your sleep.” “Portuguez tempar, we had so much fish that we’d use the extra fish as manure in the paddy fields. Today the hotels and tourists grab the best seafood. Where are the lobsters gone? Gone forever, that’s what. My grandchildren, poor pets, haven’t eaten what I’ve eaten. There was so much turtle and wild boar meat. Joao, (pa-in-law) would often bring home a deer - and the whole village celebrated in excitement. Today hunting is banned ‘cos the animals are getting extinct, they say. No one will admit that they cut down forests and destroy the animals too. God created forests and animals for man to utilise and not destroy and ban, I tell you!” “Portuguez tempar, our children were innocent and dressed decently. Today, the TVs and movies have spoilt our tornates . Did anyone hear of abortions, rapes, AIDs and SARS in Portuguez tempar? Saiba! What’s the world coming to? Thank God my days are getting over. Who wants to live in this kind of world anyway,” she’d mumble along. Pa-in-law often commented with delight, “Portuguez tempar, the whisky had great punch - just one peg would give you a good night’s sleep. Those were the days my friend...”
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