308 research outputs found
A Queda de Goa: Causas e Consequências - Uma Síntese
No full textThe author summarizes what happened to Goa and in Goa in the last almost fourteen years of its life under the Portuguese flag, that is, from the time Britain granted independence to its Asian colony in August 1947 until the invasion of the Portuguese State of India in December 1961.
In order to do this, as well as drawing on much published material, which is abundantly quoted, unpublished documents are used, such as the telegrams that the Portuguese Embassy in Karachi sent to Lisbon with the information given by foreign journalists who arrived in the Pakistani capital from Goa after Christmas, and which were the first reliable information received. Until then, the government knew nothing concrete, as the Indian Union only authorized telegrams to be sent by a journalist from the Reuter news agency.
Also unpublished, among others, is the report of the visit of a Brazilian diplomat to the Portuguese prisoners in Goa, the final report of General Vassalo e Silva, the considerations of that report, the appeals to the courts of some of the military punished, the Memoirs of the diplomat Bonifácio de Miranda and two pieces of information from another diplomat, Luís Gaspar da Silva, who was stationed in Pakistan and claims to have been contacted by the Moroccan Ambassador in Karachi who, at the request of his Chinese colleague, informed him that China was prepared to put military pressure on the Indian Union in exchange for recognizing the regime. Also according to the same diplomat, the head of the Pakistani secret services had told him, weeks before, the exact date on which the Indian Union would attack Goa.PublishedO autor faz uma síntese do que se passou com Goa e em Goa nos últimos quase catorze anos da sua vida sob a bandeira portuguesa, ou seja, desde que a Grã-Bretanha deu a independência à sua colónia asiática, em Agosto de 1947, até à invasão do Estado Português da Índia, em Dezembro de 1961.
Para isso, além de recorrer ao muito material publicado, e que é abundantemente citado, são utilizados documentos inéditos, como os telegramas que a Embaixada de Portugal em Karachi enviou para Lisboa com as informações dadas pelos jornalistas estrangeiros chegados de Goa à capital paquistanesa depois do Natal, e que foram as primeiras informações fidedignas recebidas. Até então, o Governo nada sabia de concreto, pois a União Indiana só autorizava o envio de telegramas por um jornalista da agência noticiosa Reuter.
Inéditos também, entre outros, o relatório da visita de um diplomata brasileiro aos prisioneiros portugueses em Goa, o relatório final do General Vassalo e Silva, as considerações a esse relatório, os recursos aos tribunais de alguns dos militares punidos, as Memórias do diplomata Bonifácio de Miranda e duas informações de outro diplomata, Luís Gaspar da Silva, que se encontrava em posto no Paquistão e que afirma ter sido contactado pelo Embaixador de Marrocos em Karachi que, a pedido do seu colega chinês, informava que a China estava disposta a pressionar militarmente a União Indiana, em troca do reconhecimento do regime. Também segundo o mesmo diplomata, o chefe dos serviços secretos paquistaneses comunicou-lhe, semanas antes, a data exacta em que a União Indiana atacaria Goa, informação remetida para Lisboa e que terá desaparecido
Manual on Protection and Control of Coastal Erosion in India
No full textI. Introduction I. I General review on causes of beach erosion I·2 Rise of sea level 1·3 Heavy storms, storm surges, wave action and its seasonal effects 1.4 Littoral drift barriers, natural and man-made conditions in India 2· Beach Surveys 2.1 Bathymetric surveys 2.2 Sand sampling and analysis 2,2.1 Sand sampling 2.2.2 Sample analysis 2·2.3 Beach fill models 2.3 Wave surveys 2.3.1 General 2.3.2 Wave measurements 2.3.3 Relationship between the visual and the Instrumental data 2.4 Current and tide surveys 2.4.1 General 2.4.2 Current measurements 2.4·3 long term analysls of current data 2.4·4 Tide surveys 2.5 Littoral drift surveys 3. Coastal Protection 3. I Basic aspects 3· I . I Material balance 3·1·2 Beach and bottom profiles 3· 1·3 Wave machanics aspects 3·2 Review of coastal protective measures 3.2·1 Natural and man-made coastal protection 3. 2.2 Pre-requisites for coastal protection 3· 2·3 types of coastal protection 3·2·4 Choice of protective measures Design details 3 ·3·I Seawalls and revetments 3·3·2 Dunes and dykes - overflow protection 3·3.3 Groins 3·3.4 Offshore breakwaters 3·3·5 Nourishment of beaches 3.3·6 Bypassing of material at tidal inletsKWP-collectio
Um estranho em Goa
No full textIn the scope of the Intercultural Studies curricular unit, we were asked to choose a free theme, or from a book or a film, which could be the object of an intercultural analysis, that is, which contained a confrontation with at least two cultures, thus allowing us to make a case study and put into practice the theoretical concepts learned. Therefore, I chose the book "A Stranger in Goa" by José Eduardo Agualusa, not because I knew the author or his work, but because I am fascinated by India. Since Goa was a former Portuguese colony, I felt interested in analysing the work in question.No âmbito da unidade curricular de Estudos Interculturais foi solicitado que escolhêssemos um tema livre, ou a partir de um livro ou filme, que pudesse ser alvo de uma análise intercultural, ou seja, que contivesse um confronto com pelo menos duas culturas, permitindo assim fazer um estudo de caso e pôr em prática os conceitos teóricos aprendidos. Assim sendo, escolhi o livro “Um Estranho em Goa” de José Eduardo Agualusa, não porque conhecesse o autor ou a sua obra, mas porque sou fascinada pela Índia. Uma vez que Goa foi uma antiga colónia portuguesa, senti interesse em analisar a obra em questão
Goa: The Transformation of an Indian Region
No full textThis article presents a general picture of Goa as seen by the author in the early 1980s, which reflected the great changes that had occurred in the territory in the twenty years previously. Though Goa has changed since the composition of this piece, much of what I wrote holds true today or forms the socio-economic background for further shifts. This article explores the genesis of the environmental concerns that have become a major focus in Goa today, as well as the explosion of the mining and tourist industries, which have stretched the territory’s once pristine natural beauty to its utmost. As well as developing industrially, Goa has seen great cultural and demographic changes since the end of Portuguese rule, which have added new layers to its essentially Indian nature and challenged communal harmony.Este artigo apresenta uma visão geral de Goa tal como vista pelo autor no início dos anos de 1980, que reflete as grandes mudanças ocorridas no território nos vinte anos anteriores. Embora Goa tenha mudado desde a escrita deste texto, muito do que escrevi ainda é válido ou forma o pano de fundo socioeconômico das demais mudanças. Este artigo explora o princípio das preocupacções ambientalistas que se tornaram um assunto muito importante na Goa de hoje, assim como o crescimento vertiginoso das indústrias turística e mineira, que têm se estendido pelo território até então de grande beleza natural até o limite. À medida que cresceu industrialmente, Goa também passou por muitas mudanças culturais e demográficas desde o fim do colonialismo português, que têm acrescentado novas camadas à sua natureza essencialmente indiana e desafiado a harmonia entre grupos religiosos
Psychedelic White : Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race
No full text"Psychedelic White is one of the most innovative, refreshingly different analyses of race I have read in the last decade." —Elizabeth Grosz, author of The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution and the Untimely The village of Anjuna, located in the coastal Indian state of Goa, has been one of the premier destinations on the global rave scene for nearly two decades. The birthplace of Goa trance, the most psychedelic variety of electronic dance music, Anjuna first attracted adventurous Westerners in the 1970s who were drawn there by its tropical beaches, tolerant locals, and readily available drugs. Today, rave tourists travel to Goa to take part in round-the-clock dance parties and lose themselves in the crowds, the music, and the drugs. But do they really escape where they come from and who they are? A rich and theoretically sophisticated ethnography, Psychedelic White explains how race plays out in Goa’s white counterculture and grapples with how to make sense of racism when it is not supposed to be there. Goa is a site of particularly revealing forms of interracial collision, and contrary to author Arun Saldanha’s expectations that the nature of rave would create an inclusive atmosphere, he repeatedly witnessed stark segregation between white and Indian tourists. He came to understand race in its creative dimension as a shifting and fuzzy assemblage of practices, environments, sounds, and substances—dance skills, sunlight, conversation, cannabis, and tea. In doing so, his work shows how the rave scene in Goa harbors conflicting tendencies regarding race. The complicated intersection of cultures and phenotypes, Saldanha asserts, helps to consolidate whiteness. Race emerges not through rigid boundaries but rather through what he terms viscosity, the degree to which bodies gather together for pleasure and self-transformation. Challenging the prevailing conception of racial difference as a purely social construction and offering building on the works of Gilles Deleuze and Flix Guattari, Psychedelic White presents nothing less than a new materialist approach to race
Evaluating the relation between spatial healthcare access and mortality during the COVID pandemic: Case Study from GOA State, India
No full textIn India the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a nationwide lockdown from March 25, 2020 till the end of May 2020. During this time public and private transportation activities were limited, economic activities came to a standstill and healthcare resources were redistributed. India’s healthcare system faced problems prior to the COVID-19 pandemic such as insufficient availability, suboptimal healthcare services and high out-of-pocket expenditures. The exponential rise in patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing problems in the Indian healthcare system while introducing new ones. Realizing optimal care during the health crisis became more challenging as the focus was on mitigating the spread of the virus. The absent of public transportation and the pressure on healthcare resources impacted the healthcare accessibility of different demographic groups. During this study we assessed how access to healthcare was influenced due to the policy interventions that were meant to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The hypothesis is that healthcare access for different demographic groups was negatively impacted by the policies meant to curb the spread. In order to analyse the impact, we performed a case study in the state of Goa using the Network-based Health Accessibility Index Method (NHAIM). This gravitational model allows us to study the spatial distribution of healthcare resources in the state of Goa. Based on our findings we can conclude that healthcare access is unevenly distributed in the state of Goa. Furthermore, we concluded that there is no significant correlation between healthcare availability and the urban and rural mortality rate for the state of Goa. However, there is a significantly strong positive correlation between geographical healthcare access and the urban and rural mortality for the state of Goa.Engineering and Policy Analysi
Hospitais e sociedade colonial. Esplendor, ruína, memória e mudança em Goa
No full textThis article examines some of the institutions and health care in Goa to discuss the dynamics of power in colonial society. If at first the sumptuous Royal Hospital appears as an operator of segregation, soon becomes an arena for power games involving local groups, religious orders, hierarchies of the state. In early nineteenth century the military hospital is mentioned in official sources as a place of chaos and self-government, but can also be seen as an area in which it develops the influence of some local groups medical institutions, that, in considering the author, will help create a medical school and hospital when they move to the capital Panaji/Goa
On the eve of the end : views about the future of Goa
No full textOrientador: Omar Ribeiro ThomazDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências HumanasResumo: Esta pesquisa aborda os últimos anos da Índia Portuguesa, antes de sua incorporação à União Indiana em dezembro de 1961. Em 1948, o goês Telo de Mascarenhas retorna de Portugal para a Índia, onde publica, na década de 1950, um periódico nacionalista: o Ressurge, Gôa!. A viagem de Gilberto Freyre à Goa em 1951-1952 foi abordada por este periódico, e será aqui também problematizada. Acreditando em futuros distintos para Goa ¿ Gilberto Freyre acreditava que Goa seria para sempre luso-indiana, enquanto Telo de Mascarenhas defendia que seria inevitavelmente indiana ¿ é o geógrafo português Orlando Ribeiro que descreve, com mais pormenores, a indecisão em relação ao que considerou ser um futuro de incertezas. A leitura destes três autores problematiza o lugar da narrativa nacional em suas respectivas obrasAbstract: This research approaches the last few years of Portuguese India, before its incorporation into the Indian Union, in December 1961. In 1948, the goan intellectual Telo de Mascarenhas returns from Portugal to India, where he published, during the 1950s, a nationalistic journal: the Ressurge, Gôa!. Gilberto Freyre¿s travel to Goa in 1951-1952 was addressed by this journal, and will be also discussed here. Believing in different futures to Goa ¿ Gilberto Freyre believed that Goa would be, forever, luso-indian, while Telo de Mascarenhas argued that it would be inevitably Indian ¿ is the portuguese geographer Orlando Ribeiro who described, with more details, the indecision regarding to what he considered a future of uncertainties. The reading of these three author aims to discuss the place of national discourse in their respective worksMestradoAntropologia SocialMestre em Antropologia Social2013/24451-1FAPESPCNP
Is the increase in oil pollution a possibility of the presence of diverse microorganisms? An experimental dataset on oil prevalent areas of Goa, India
No full textAbstractSurvey data and wet lab reports presented in this paper were collected from Western coastlines of India from Goan beaches. Oil polluted areas were captured on camera as evidence for oil and tar pollution. Several microorganisms showing diverse characteristics such as pigment producers, salt tolerant and hydrocarbon resistance were isolated and cultured in the laboratory. The dataset presented in this paper supports “A case study on effects of oil spills and tar-ball pollution on beaches of Goa (India)” (Rekadwad and Khobragade, 2015) [1] and “Microbial diversity of oil spills and tar resistant bacteria isolated from beaches of Goa (India)” (Rekadwad and Khobragade, 2016) [2]
Um estranho em goa, de José Eduardo Agualusa: um olhar transatlântico da identidade goense
No full textUm Estranho em Goa («A Stranger in Goa»), by José
Eduardo Agualusa (2000), is a novel that takes us
to the Indian territory of Goa in search of the Other
to restructure identity. It unfolds as a journey on
the discovery of individuality. The author beco-
mes the narrator and main character who presents
a transatlantic view of the Goan population, also
in the process of building its own cultural identi-
ty. He questions and rewrites the dialogue of the
«symbolic space of Lusophony» (Lourenço, 2001).
This novel discloses hybridity and acculturation as
characteristic conflicts of a post-colonial space and
portrays a people still yearning for a spiritual ho-
meland. Belonging to the genre of travel literature,
the novel questions the alterity of a traveler who in-
tertwines India and Africa with Portugal and Brazil.Um Estranho em Goa (2000), de José Eduardo
Agualusa, é um romance que nos transporta ao
território indiano de Goa em busca de um Outro
em reestruturação identitária vindo a revelar-se
uma viagem da descoberta da individualidade.
Este autor que se faz narrador/personagem apre-
senta um olhar transatlântico sobre a população
Goesa que ao se encontrar em processo de cons-
trução da própria identidade cultural, questiona
e reescreve o diálogo do «espaço simbólico da
lusofonia» (Lourenço, 2001). Esta obra concreti-
za os hibridismos, aculturações, conflitos próprios
de um espaço pós-colonial e a edificação de um
povo que todavia anseia pela pátria espiritual. Per-
tencente ao género de literatura de viagens, o ro-
mance questiona a alteridade de um viajante que
entrelaça a Índia e a África com Portugal e o Brasil
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