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WORLD WIDE GOANS' CONVENTION
2001 WWG's main activity has been to organise an Annual International Goan Convention held on the last Saturday of the year during the Christmas/New Year Season in Panjim. It is a one-day event attended by delegates from Goa and abroad and addressed by prominent personalities in various fields. Problems of interest to Goans are discussed, decisions taken and resolutions adopted.
This
year the third Convention will he held on Saturday, 29th December
2001 at the Kala Academy, Panjim, from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. The
theme chosen is "Goan Cultural Heritage" and papers will be
presented on this theme. There will be an Art Exhibition in the Art
Gallery of the Kala Academy during the convention. The afternoon
session will be devoted to discussions on various problems faced by
Goans of the diaspora. Two books "Churches of Goa" by Dr Jose Pereira published by Oxford University Press and "India & Portugal" edited by Dr Jose Pereira and published by Marg Publications, are to be released at the Convention. The entrance to the Convention is free and it is open to all Goans and those interested in Goa. Tony
Correia-Afonso |
WORLD Wide Goans is a loose-knit organisation of Goans
around the world aimed at promoting inter-action and better
understanding between Goans at home and abroad, for the betterment
of their homeland.
The
first convention was held in December 1999 and the second on 27th
December 2000 at the Institute Menezes Braganca, which was attended
by over 500 delegates. One of the main demands, raised by Goans from
abroad at this convention, was for setting up an N.R.I. Cell in Goa,
on the lines of existing cells in other States, and a resolution was
adopted to this effect. The Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, who
was a Guest of Honour at the convention, agreed to give favourable
consideration to the demand. It is gratifying to note that Mr
Parrikar has since announced publicly the setting up of such an
N.R.I. Cell under the Home Department.