Goanet Highlights (Dec 22, 2009)

Goanet Highlights (Dec 22, 2009)
By Selma Carvalho


Does the name Delagoa Bay, an inlet off the coast of Mozambique have any connection to Goa? Frederick Noronha provides a link with possible explanations. Read more...

The issue of migrants into Goa is gathering momentum. Soter asks a number of pertinent questions relating to migratory workers into Goa. Read more...

In a related post, Jorge Dsouza writes about rural migration straining the infrastructural capacity of Mumbai. Read more...

Is there a sense of betrayal in Goa following liberation? That the dream never materialized but infact diminished with each passing year. Arwin Mesquita has compiled some letters to the editor which appeared in Goa papers on the anniversary of Goa’s Liberation. Read more...

Enjoy the poster drawings of young children participating in a competition, the theme being “Dialogue with nature” held on Liberation Day. Sent in by Shrikant Brave. Read more...

An excellent link to Tarun Tejpal’s article, The Naked Years, was sent in by Venantius Pinto. Has India wasted away possibility and potential in the last sixty odd years after its independence? Did the hope and aspirations that lay in Nehru’s heart for India die at the stroke of midnight? As we close on the first decade of the millennium, it is time to introspect. Read more...

Lino Dourado gives us his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Yeo-yeo Nari, Jev Goychi Fish-Curry. Read more...

JoeGoaUK provides us with a typical Goan cantar on video. Read more...

Domnic Fernandes tells us JIVEXIM MARUM NAIE. Read more...

Much ado has been made about tax payers’ money being wasted on sponsoring young Goans from the Diaspora to come and experience Goa. In an incisive article by Jason Keith Fernandes, he re-examines this relationship and points out that it might not be just a wasted effort after all. Read more...

One of the first things a girl is taught is that she shouldn’t make too much noise, says Accidental Activist Venita Coelho. In her column, she meets up with a number of women doing just that, making a lot of noise about the state of affairs. Read more...

Vidyadhar Gadgil, journalist and activist against communalism, warns us that the Goa CM’s soft stance on right-wing groups is an ominous sign. Read more...

Are the Goa police like envelops without addresses on them? Freddy Fernandes wonders why? Read more...

Frederick Noronha’s dwells on the implications of India’s wealthiest 100 having some connection or the other to Goa. Read more...

Selma Carvalho takes a look at Goans who build churches around the world. Read more...

Hartman D’Souza says “Goa has been raped not just once and not just by one man.” A whole younger generation of Goans is growing up disillusioned and disenfranchised. Read more...

And finally in this festive season do enjoy this delightful video sent in by JoeGoaUK of the senior citizens of Porvorim and Velim singing mandos. Read more...


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