Lucio Rodrigues introduces us to tales and legends that take us back to a simpler Goa of another era. To a world of sons-in-law and lawyers, Brahmins and old women, villages like Moira or Guirim and Sangolda, and more. Professor Rodrigues has been recognised as one of the literary geniuses that Goa has produced. Long after he taught at the Dhempe College, his legacy of literature lives on through his writing and his students. An authority on Goan folklore, Prof Rodrigues was visiting...
Topics: goa, folk tales, lucio rodrigues, moira, konkani, goan folk tales, 1960s, konkani tales in english,...
LUCIO RODRIGUES (1916-73) was one of the few outstanding Konkani essayists. An authority on Goan folklore, he contributed several articles in English and Konkani to various periodicals and broadcast many talks. Besides serving as Professor of English in colleges in Bombay and Goa, he was Visiting Professor of Folklore at Indian University in 1969. Rodrigues' essays in English and the English translations of his Konkani essays were posthumously published under the titles *Of Soil and Soul* and...
Topics: goa, portuguese tradition, folk music, mando, dulpod, talk-cum-programme
This book has been written by a 90-years-old now living in Canada . Shared here with permission via Alan Machado, Bangalore.
Topics: konkani, language, mangalore, west coast, india
An eBook version of Colonialism, Migration and the International Catholic Goan Community .
Topics: catholic, goan, migration, dr stella mascarenhas-keyes
A scan of late Elsie Antonette Maciel's Goan Cookery Book, published and reprinted in 1983, scanned and uploaded with permission of her husband, Mervyn Maciel.
Topics: goan, cookery, food, elsie maciel, goan cooking, goan food
This is a Konkani Basic Word List (PDF) attached... and would like to experiment if this could make language learning easier. Konkani is a language spoken on the west coast of India.
Topics: konkani, wordlist, goa, india, language learning
An e-book about the tiatr, a popular form of theatre from the Konkani stage in Goa (India) and elsewhere. When the curtains rise... Understanding Goa's vibrant Konkani theatre André Rafael Fernandes, Ph.D Published with financial support from the Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) ISBN 978-93-80739-01-4 Price: Rs. 195 in India. Hardbound. ABOUT THE BOOK Called one of the most vibrant forms of modern Indian theatre, the tiatr strikes a deep chord with its audiences. What are its origins? How did it get...
Topics: tiatr, konkani, stage, goa, india, western india, regional theatre
Hymns from Goa. Rendered by Victor da Costa of Curtorim based on the book Songs of Praise (Goa,1556: 2016) by Pe. Antonio Da Costa of Curtorim/Tempe-Arizona. Credits: Victor Da Costa: music arrangement, organ and violin Jane Mendes da Costa: violin Lenoy Gomendes, Lensaudio: recordist [Numbers at the end of the song title refer to the numbers in the book, available via mail order from goa1556@gmail.com ]
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On the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of the scholar, writer, artist, musicologist and linguist Dr Jos é Pereira from Goa, a bouquet of words and memories to remember a great personality. Compiled and edited by Frederick Noronha and published by Goa,1556 [http://goa1556.in]. To download this book, click on the PDF link to the right.
Topics: josé pereira, scholar, goa, writer, artist, musicologist, linguist, fordham
Miguel Braganza (then Michael) was one of the batch of prominent youngster in the Scouting movement in the 1970s. In this, he talks about movement he knew, camps in Saligao, and more...
Topics: goa, scouting, scout movement, camping, salmona, saligao, miguel braganza
Bwana Karani . By Mervyn Maciel. Born in Kenya in the late twenties, Mervyn Maciel has spent many years in East Africa. His love of the African bush and a particular fascination for the tribes – especially those from the Northern Frontier Province (N.F.D. as the Kenyan region was then known), together with his desire to live out in the wilderness close to Nature, prompted him to move to some of the most outlying and isolated areas of Kenya at a very young age. He has served in many areas...
Topics: kenya, british, goa, bwana karani
LUCIO RODGRIGUES was one of the few outstanding Konknni essayists. An authority on Goan folklore he contributed frequently to various periodicals like The Goan Tribune, The Navhind Times, The Illustrated Weekly, The Times of India and Goa Today. He also featured on All India Radio and Radio Goa. He won international acclaim as a student of folklore and was a visiting professor of Folklore at Indiana University, USA in 1969. His essays in English and the English Translation of his Konknni work...
Topics: lucio rodrigues, goa, goan personalities, author, writer, konkani, linguist, professor of english,...
A (partial, starts late) audio recording of Damodar Bhai Mauzo's online interaction with students of Calcutta University on 'Konkani language and literature'. Recorded off a Zoom talk.
Topics: goa, konkani, writer, damodar mauzo, calcutta university
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Pro Musica organised this performance in early January 2012 (Jan 4) at the Kala Academy. Hear the voices of sopraonos Patricia Rozario, Joanne D'Mello (both with Goa links and roots) and Susanna Hurrell along with Mark Troop on the piano. This performance was staged in aid of Child's Play India Foundation. See http://www.childsplayindia.org and support generously. The programme included Handel (Alessandro) - Brilla nell'Alma - Susanna Hurell. Gluck (Orfeo ed Euridice) - Che fiero momento -...
Topics: goa, music, western, sopranos, patricia rozario, joanne d'mello, susanna hurrell, mark troop
Portuguese journalist-author Leonora Figueiredo has authored an intriguing book on a surprising Goan personality, the revolutionary student Sita Valles. As a 26-year-old doctor, she was shot dead in an execution by the post-colonial Angolan regime, for allegedly attempting to oust that ruling combine. D.A. Smith, who translated the book into English, discusses its theme with historian Dr Sushila Sawant Mendes and FN.
Topics: angola, goan, diaspora, sita valles, revolutionary, post-1974 portugal
Konkani Hymns of Goa Revisited. Sung by the Aradhon Choir, conducted by Omar de Loiola Pereira. Presented by Funda ç ã o Oriente Museu. A live recording at the Monte Music Festival 2018, at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount, Old Goa, Goa, India. The programme for this concert lays emphasis on Konkani Christian music in Goa. A few hymns in other languages were also added in order to celebrate Goa's linguistic diversity. Konkani Christian music in Goa is incredibly rich, not only in its...
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Topics: goa, konkani, hymns, revisited, aradhon choir, monte music festival, omar de loiola pereira,...
Review Goa, as the travellers saw her across centuries Much of Goa's identity comes from the perception of the people that have visited this beautiful land. The book, 'Goa Through the Traveller's Lens', comprises papers of fourteen researchers who have studied travel narratives dealing with Goa from the 16th and 17th centuries to the present times. Café takes a look at their observations Goa has been closely connected with the outside world for centuries now, but how do travellers to this...
Topics: goa, travellers, recent, colonial, portugal, asia, luso-goa, europe-asia encounte
Robert S Newman is a Marblehead (Mass.)-based anthropologist who has studied Goa over a 40-year period. Frederick Noronha, who has been following his work since circa 1985-86, undertakes a long and detailed discussion on his Goa-related work of this anthropologist who really knows how to tell a story. A part of the CCR TV Literally Goa series. This is the audio-only version.
Topics: goa, anthropology, robert s newman, temples, deities, konkani, umbrellas, goddesses, dreams,...
Dr Madhavi Sardessai of the Goa University's Konkani Department releases her book *Manthan*, a collection of her selected writings, in Devanagari Konkani. This is an audio recording of the entire programme (in Konkani). The book is published by Zaag Publications, Goa, India. The book contains 13 essays. Many are talks delivered at various conferences or events, or responses to certain developments. The first six or so focus on various personalities and related issues. For instance, Kakasaheb...
Topics: goa, Konkani, devanagari, dr madhavi sardessai, writings in konkani, zaag publications, manthan,...
Goa-based IIT-educated engineer Rui Lobo prefers to keep aside his prestigious engineering degree and create music. Or teach it to the young. Rui is the moving spirit behind the Guitar Guild Goa. Below are some of his creations.
Topics: guitar, goa, rui lobo, guitar guild goa, music, luso-influenced music, asia, western music in asia,...
The Goa-based Xavier Centre of Historical Research and the Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr organised a national seminar 'Goa 2011, reviewing and recovering 50 years' at Alto Porvorim in end-September 2011. This seminar, intended as the first of a series of multi-disciplinary seminars on Goan themes and issues, is being convened to begin a process of self-education and knowledge-creation to comprehend how the people of this state have shaped and directed their post-colonial history and how...
Topics: goa, xchr, seminar, 2011, end of portuguese rule, alto porvorim, xavier centre of historical...
An interview with a former Times of India journalist who served in Goa, apart from other places.
Topics: ashley, dmello, times of india, journalist, goa, goa in the 1990s, india, journalism, journalist
In an impromptu introduction to audio recordings, students of Goa University's Women's Studies Department talk about their course and their class. Delightfully multilingual. Recorded by Dr Shaila de Souza. Music (at start and end) is by Scott Holmes via the http://freemusicarchive.org
Topics: goa, goa university, women's studies, shaila de souza, 2018 recordings, gu, taleigao, goa, india
Octogenarian Jazz legend from Goa gets celebrated in home state Many of Goa's best musicians have been neglected for decades. But in mid-June 2019, a citizens' initiative from Goa paid tribute to a prominent Goan Jazz saxophonist -- Braz Gonsalves -- an octogenarian who is said to have started his journey playing the sax in a circus. Film-maker Nalini Elvino de Sousa ( nalini.sousa@lotusfilmsgoa.com ), and a team of supporters, have announced plans in Goa to make ...
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Topics: jazz, goa, tribute, braz gonsalves, nalini sousa, lotus films
Ronnie Monserrate, music director, musician, the man who brought Lorna back to the stage, and Goan musician in Bombay. We met, we spoke.... [Photo of Ronnie Monserrate fcourtesy http://konkanifilms.com ]
Topics: goa, bombay, goans musicians in bombay, music director, goan diaspora, goan musical talent
Goa still has a total of seven pipe organs in various churches here (Rachol, Old Goa, Margao, Curtorim, etc). But maintaining them is an uphill task, as Romeo Monteiro, a priest at the Rachol Seminary, off Margao, Salcete, in the former Portuguese colony, explains.
Topics: pipe organ, 1888, Rachol Seminary, church music, fr romeo monteiro, 2012 recordings, salcete,...
Goa-based cartoonist, Alexyz (Alex Raphael Fernandez) talks about his career in cartooning in Goa, and the influences that shaped him in his youth. He covers his early life in Bombay, the shift down (as idealistic youth) to Goa, the initiatives undertaken here, his work in freelancing, the media in Goa in the 1980s, the books he authored, and more....
Topics: goa, cartoonist, alexyz, alex raphael fernandes, goan, bombay, dadar, st xavier's college bombay,...
Film: Juze (2017) Written, Produced & Directed by: Miransha Naik Run-Time: 94 mins Borimol, a village in Goa with a large immigrant population, is ruled by an abusive, thuggish bully, Juze, known as the ‘Slum Landlord’. His appetite for violent intimidation keeps his immigrant workforce submissive, even when his roving eye extends to their women. Santosh, a 16-year old boy, is not intimidated. His determination to continue with his classes remains constant in spite of...
Topics: goa, film, quepem, borimol, miransha naik
Konkani devotional songs.
Topics: konkani, devotional, songs, mandd sobhann
Willy Goes's book of short stories Cobo's Sofa and other short stories from Goa was released on June 25, 2013 at 5.30 pm at Caculo Mall Broadway Book Center, Panjim, Goa, India. The book was released by writers Damodar Mauzo and Tomazinho Cardozo. Pravin Sabnis spoke on the book and Prof. Soma Battacharya compered the function.
Topics: goa, india, short stories, books, willy goes, books from goa
A programme held in Goa, on February 22, 2016 (Monday) just after 6 pm. By the Portuguese music group Senza, held at the Multipurpose Hall, Goa State Central Library, Patto, Panjim. Organized by Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG) About the group: Senza, a Portuguese group, comprehends a message of deep musical and cultural union. It's a music project created by Catarina Duarte and Nuno Caldeira, both from Portugal, after a three-month trip in Asia. In their music, it is possible to identify...
Topics: goa, portuguese, music, senza, portugal, nuno caldeira, catarina duarte, Portuguese-speaking,...
Ramu Ramanathan is editor of PrintWeek India. He helped launch the magazine in May 2008. Ramanathan has been a driving force in reshaping coverage of the Indian print market through Industry Specials, Awards and Survey Reports. Under his leadership, PrintWeek has grown into one of the largest teams covering print in India. He is also a playwright and director. The book 3, Sakina Manzil and Other Plays (Orient Blackswan & EFLU), is a collection of eight of his plays in English. He has...
Topics: print, india, printweek, ramu ramanathan, industry, technology, printing in india
Each month, the Tiatr Academy of Goa [ http://www.tiatracademygoa.com ] remembers the Konkani tiatrists (stage actors) of another era, and pays tributes to them via radio on the last Saturday of each month currently (2017). This is a monthly programme broadcast on AIR FM Rainbow from Panjim, Goa. Those remembered in this particularly (recorded) programme are Bai Rosaria Rodrigues (b. 1968), Seby Coutinho (b. 1929), Prem Kumar (d. 2007), Filomena Braz, Peter D'Costa of Colva, Star of...
Topics: theatre, goa, tiatrists, konkani, konkani stage, remembering, tributes, remy colaco, prem kumar,...
Dispelling misconceptions of the Holy Church Lisa Monteiro, TNN | Apr 15, 2015, 02.00AM IST In a bid to satiate the appetite of history lovers, Valmiki Faleiro, journalist, former municipal president of Margao and keen history student has written 'Soaring Spirit -- 450 years of Margao's Espirito Santo Church (1565-2015)' with its focus on one of the grandest churches in Salcete. The first church in Salcete, he writes, wasn't built in Verna where the first mass of the taluka was celebrated in...
Topics: goa, margao, holy spirit church, valmiki faleiro, maravilhas de margao
The Stuti Choral Ensemble, live, at the Kala Academy, Goa, India.
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Topics: goa, india, stuti, choral music, sanskrit, latin, english, konkani, chamber music, violin concerto,...
Imprompu playing at 784, Saligao.
Topics: goa, music, guitar, benny faria
Gregory Stachowiak, with the Goa University's Department of French (2017), shares some views, information, backgrounds and experiences while here with student-interviewer Brinsley Almeida (MA-English, Part II).
Topics: goa university, french, Gregory Stachowiak, panjim, goa, india, french teaching
To promote music, the Saligao Institute organised an Open Mic event on Feb 9, 2021, an initiative by Melina and team. Check out the performers here.
Topics: music, konkani, goa, saligao, saligao institute, musicians, local music, open mic
Damodar Mauzo, Konkani author, novelist and short story writer from Goa, talks about his 1979 novel Karmelin, on its 40th anniversary. This is a recording from the Out of Context Book Club meeting of June 22, 2019 at the Alliance Francaise Panjim office in Goa.
Topics: konkani, novelist, goa, panjim, damodar mauzo, damodar, mauzo, karmelin, karmelin the novel, out of...
ARTE DA LINGOA CANARIM: A seventeenth century Konkani grammar by Fr Thomas Stephens SJ and others,was relaunched in a new edition on 19th May 2012 at 4 pm at the Dr Francisco Luis Gomes District Library, Navelim, Salcete, Goa by CinnamonTeal Publishing, in association with Dr Francisco Luis Gomes District Library, Navelim. In this audio recording of the event, Dr Madhavi Sardessai, Reader and Associate Professor, Department of Konkani, Goa University, delivers the keynote address. Also listen...
Topics: konkani, jesuit, scholars, grammar, early grammers, goa, india, portuguese, jesuit scholars, arte...
Goa University student Kimberly Gomes interviews Inacio Fernandes of http://novella.co.in, during a visit to Verna.
Topics: goa, short story, novella.co.in, verna
An audio-book read by the author, artist-musician-writer Willy Goes. This novelette is a story set amidst the contemporary Goan clash of changing values, visions and views. The traditional and the "modern". Located in a Catholic setting in village Goa, it focuses on issues of faith and a lack of it. The book is narrated by the author himself, in a simple but expressive language. This labour of love for the author can also be useful as a language-practice and language...
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Topics: konkani, novel, willy goes, khand, fiction, goa, western india, modern indian writing
Live recording, at the invite of Omar Loiola Pereira. Omar (guitar and vocals) performs with Selwyn Menezes (violin) at Harmonique, the Latin American Night. Part of the Friday Garage Sessions of July 12, 2019 at the Royal Enfield Garage Cafe, Baga Creek Road, Arpora. Contact and feedback to Omar on +91-8308847174.
Topics: latin american music, omar loiola pereira, selwyn menezes, guitar, vocals, violin, goa, goan...
DECIPHERING LAYERS - NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE VICEROYS' PORTRAITS AT OLD GOA. A talk held on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 6 pm at the FUNDAÇÃO ORIENTE, in Panjim, Goa. Under the umbrella of the Old Goa Revelations Project, a multidisciplinary team of experts have been decoding layers of paint and history present in the Viceroys' portraits which are on display at Old Goa. For the first time in four centuries, we are starting to unravel some of its many mysteries, joining the pieces of the...
Topic: old goa, viceroys' gallery, portraits, old goa revelations project, experts, 16th century, 17th...
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of organizations that was founded in 1990 to provide communication infrastructure, including Internet-based applications, to groups and individuals who work for peace, human rights, protection of the environment, and sustainability. Here, the Knowledge Sharing & Network Development Coordinator Karel Novotný shares insights into the organisation, its history and its work.
Topics: apc, Karel Novotný, association for progressive communications, internet, alternate, campaigns,...
A brief discussion on possibilities to publish, and what this meant to authors then.
Topics: goa, publishing, 20th century
100+ Recipes from Goa and Beyond for Various Celebrations was released on December 26, 2020 (Saturday) at 12 noon at the Central Library Multipurpose Hall, Pato, Panjim. Authored by Rena D'Souza. Chief guest Fr Eusebio Gomes sfx. Guest of honour Fr Zeferino D'Souza. Published by Goa,1556. 9822122436. In these pages, Rena D'Souza introduces us to a wide range of taste that tickles the tongue and creates lasting memories. From starters (such as fish ball, ham rolls, sausages 'n cheese) to...
Topics: food, goa, cuisine, cookbook, rena d'souza, goan food
Kimberly Gomes, a student, talks about her entry into the world of theatre, and what it means to her. Contact: gomeskimberly22 at gmail.com
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Topics: theatre, student, goa, india, mustard seed art company, isabel vas, kimberly gomes, 30th...
*Masterclass Lecture – Goa Business School, Goa University* *Topic: Trusteeship and Philanthropy By Professor Peter Ronald deSouza* 30 July 2020 at 11AM on Google Meet The increasing ‘inequality’ in every country of the world has resulted in a growing consternation about the appropriate policy and intellectual responses required to address its cumulative consequences. While conventional responses have been on the instruments of taxation that are available, two additional ideas that have...
Topics: trusteeship, philanthropy, goa university, talks, prof peter ronald desouza
In 1964, after more than 30 years of writing short stories in Marathi, Laxmanrao Sardessai did something that, on the face of it, was quite unexpected. The 60-year-old Goan writer and teacher, imprisoned twice by the Portuguese colonial authorities for his efforts to end colonial rule—achieved in December 1961 when the Indian army swept into Goa and evicted its long-standing Lusitanian rulers—started publishing poems in Portuguese. An analysis of these poems by D.A. Smith and comments by Dr...
Topics: goa, portuguese, poetry, liberation, 1961, end of portuguese rule, zalach pahije, laxmanrao...
Bwana Karani . By Mervyn Maciel. Born in Kenya in the late twenties, Mervyn Maciel has spent many years in East Africa. His love of the African bush and a particular fascination for the tribes – especially those from the Northern Frontier Province (N.F.D. as the Kenyan region was then known), together with his desire to live out in the wilderness close to Nature, prompted him to move to some of the most outlying and isolated areas of Kenya at a very young age. He has served in many areas...
Topics: kenya, goan, bwana karani, goa, east africa
A book that celebrates the Goan village of Saligao, and its achivers (as of the early 1970s). First edition: May 6, 1973. The first edition was printed and published by F.D. Dantas at the Printwell Press, Luis de Menezes Road, Panjim. Just now available in an ebook (PDF/epub) format: 11 August 2019. The permission of the family of the late author for reproducing this book is gratefully acknowledged. Released to mark the 90th anniversary of the Saligão Institute. This edition is devoted to Fr...
Topics: goa, villages, saligao, portuguese, india, c hubert de souza
Goa Chitra Museum organised World Museum Day on May 18, 2019. It said: "Heritage belongs to the people but very few Individuals commit to protecting our rich History. Join us for 'Custodians of Heritage', a panel discussion where four such amazing individuals will share their celebrated work and talk about key issues in Heritage Conservation." Vinay Kumar is the Co-founder of ‘Inscription Stones of Bangalore’, a crowd-sourced, civic activism project that raised awareness for the...
Topics: world museum day, india, goa, benaulim, goa chitra museum, inscription stones, local publishing,...
Various voices on the media from Goa, India
Topics: goa, media, interviews, print, newspapers, reminiscences
Raw recordings....
Topics: publishing, india, tutorials, talks, national book trust
A book of short stories (in various languages -- Konkani, Marathi, Portuguese) all translated into English is launched at the Fundacao Oriente in Panjim, Goa. Early Dec 2018.
Topics: short stories, fundacao, competition, under the mango tree
[IN ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE] This is a live recording of much of the II International Symposium “Goa: Literatures, Languages and Cultures” held in Pangim-Panjim-Panaji-Ponnje, Goa between January 16-18, January 2017. The event aims at opening up new opportunities for discussion and research based on, Goa by researchers from India and abroad. Goa is a meeting point of historical and cultural repute that has in a relatively short period of time, seen the emergence of a literature in the...
Topics: goa, literature, pensando goa, university of sao paolo, brazil, researchers, helder garmes,,...
Celsa Pinto Rediscovers Colonial Panjim (Nandkumar Kamat, Navhind Times) Nandkumar M Kamat nandkamat@gmail.com On April 26th two immensely important, extremely well researched and lucidly written books by local resident and Indo-Portuguese historian Celsa Pinto on Panaji will be released by local BJP MLA and chairman of EDC Siddharth Kunkolienkar. The beautiful, picturesque and romantic capital of Goa, Panjim or Panaji, entered the 175th year of its official recognition as a...
Topics: goa, panjim, panaji, pangim, ponjje, capital, portuguese, estado da india, colonial capital, dr...
Octogenarian Isa Vaz, one of the Goans whose family (and husband's family as well) grew up in Burma in the early part of the 20th century, talkes about life in Burma and also in the village of Saligao (Bardez, Goa) as she knew it. Including in times when it was a Portuguese colony.
Topics: goa, burma, village, saligao, reminiscences, isa vaz
The Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa, organised a panel discussion In the Shade of the ‘Calpataru’ on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at the Gallery Gitanjali, Panjim, Goa. In the panel, Jonathan Gil Harris, Aneesh Pradhan, and Ranjit Hoskote spoke of the cultural expressions — literary and musical — that were nourished by Goa's polygot (Portuguese-Konkani-English-Marathi) ethos. This programme was part of the ‘Itinerant Institute: Metro City Outreach Programme’ organized...
Topics: goa, polyglot, india, world, exhibits
Biodiversity Register of Panaji City, Prepared by the Botanical Society of Goa, Panaji-Goa in association with the Don Bosco College of Agriculture, Sulcorna, Goa and funded by M/s Syngenta, Corlim Goa for the Corporation of the CIty of Panaji, Panaji-Goa, March 2016.
Topics: biodiversity, panaji, goa, panjim, tree survey
Film: Saxtticho Koddo (2017) Director & Cinematography: Vince Costa Run-Time: 38 mins An ethnographic film that journeys through Curtorim's agrarian roots, in an effort to go beyond rice as a staple, and explore how it is interwoven so intricately into the Goan identity.
Topics: rice, curtorim, salcete, saxtticho koddo, goan film, documentary, granary of salcete, goan heritage
Recorded on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Tristao Braganca Cunha Hall, during the monthly (last Saturday) session of Ugtem Molob (Open Skies), a multilingual poets' meet in Panjim. Featured here are the readings of Ramesh Ghadi (in Konkani on the manipulations of politicians in current elections), Shakuntala Bharne (on love and politics), Lakshman Pitre (Marathi, ghazals, etc), Karan Khandeparkar, Bharat Naik (whose poems are also published in Sunaparant), Sheetal Salgaonkar (five tiny...
Topics: goa, konkani, marathi, poets, english, ugtem molob
While Goa often talks about its diasporic communities, it forgets what could be termed its first major and probably most important diaspora. Thus argues Alan Machado, the author of three books on the Mangaloreans -- Saraswati's Children (history), Shades within Shadows (fiction) and Slaves of Sultans (history). Here he talks about his work, and the Mangaloreans, in an interview with Frederick Noronha (FN)
Topics: mangaloreans, mangalore, alan machado, bangalore, goa, diaspora, goans, expats, goan diasporas
Octogenarian Prof. Antonio Pelegrino da Costa is the former Professor of Linguistics and Music Education, at the State University of Maring á (Portuguese: Universidade Estadual de Maring á, UEM). This is a public university whose main campus is in Paran á, which lies in the south of Brazil, bordered on the north by Sao Paulo. Currently, he is also the honorary local representative of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM-London, UK) and lives at House No 157, near...
Topics: goa, brazil, diaspora, professor of linguistics, music education, campal, portuguese-influenced...
"Inspired by the rhythms of the monsoon", Stuti Choral Ensemble and the Goa String Orchestra presented a concert under the baton of Parvesh Java. The programme includes instrumental and choral music by Handel, Rachmaninoff and Goan composers. The highlight of the show will be Franz Schubert’s Mass in G. Schubert's Mass in G: The Mass No. 2 in G major by Franz Schubert, D 167, was composed in 1815. This is the best known of the three "shorter" mass compositions which...
Topics: stuti choral ensemble, saligao, Mãe de Deus Church, parvesh java, handel, rachmaninoff, goan...
In a session on the 'Creators of the Commons', Prof Matthew Rimmer, professor of intellectual property and innovation law at the Queensland University of Technology, Martin Schneider of the Open Press Project, and Frederick Noronha, an independent proponent of CC from Goa, India, speak. A recording, CC Summit 2019 at Lisboa.
Topics: creators of the commons, prof matthew rimmer, martin schneider, open press project, fn
The bilingual journal of the Case de Goa, Lisboa.
Topics: case de goa, lisboa, revista, september, 2021
Portuguese scholar Susana Sardo (Univ of Aveiro) talks about her encounter with the ethnomusicology of Goa.
Topics: susana sardo, goa, mando, ethnomusicology
In the 1970s and thereabouts, Tanzanian-born [Peter] Donald Sequeira was an inspiring Math teacher at St Britto (Mapusa), known as much for his sense of humour and his popularity with students. Subsequently, he moved to Qatar and the US, teaching in North Carolina. In the first of a series of talks by invited denizens of Saligao -- the goal being both to spread knowledge locally and highlight our own achievers -- Donald will share his experiences with teaching in India as...
Topics: math, education, goa, united states, north carolina, peter donald sequeira, britto, mapusa, goa,...
Some points made by Menin Rodrigues.
Topics: goans, karachi
Film: Caazu (2015) Directed by: Ronak Kamat Run-Time: 8 mins Told through the perspectives of three local cashew liquor distillers, 'Caazu' is a film about the struggles of the traditional alcohol industry and the role played by major liquor companies in their plight.
Topics: cashew, goa, liquor, feni, distillers, caazu, ronak kamat, ashley fernandes (music), traditional...
Olav Albuquerque ... Goa in the 1960s... journalism in Bombay... contracts... Goan journos... journalism and law AUDIO VERSION OF VIDEO INTERVIEWS .... Olav Albuquerque : growing up in the Goa of the 1960s (including times at the Don Bosco's Panjim of those days) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osm9593Is7g&t=10s On journalism in the Bombay of the 1970s and 1980s... and what constitutes sub-judice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GhtIeF7NLw On the contract system for journalists... and...
Topics: bombay, journalism, goa, goan, journalist, law, high court, times of india
Writer, poet and journalist Sanjiv Verenkar released two of his books in April 2018. Below is a recording of the launch function. In Konkani.
Topics: goa, books, sanjiv verenkar, konkani, media, media in goa, critique of the media in goa
Argentinean scholar Dr Cielo Griselda Festino is from the Universidade Paulista [UNIP, a private Brazilian university, based in São Paulo, with campuses, spread all over that state and in Goiás, Amazonas and the Federal District, with more than 350,000 students -- if I understood right -- on 27 campuses]. She works in the fields of English Literature, World Literatures and Literary Theory. See https://vimeo.com/27919469 When she visited Goa, India, in January 2018, we took this opportunity to...
Topics: cielo g. festino, latin american literature, Argentinian academic, scholars, Brazil, Goa...
