Goanet Digest, Vol 21, Issue 79

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Today's Topics:

   1. IN GOA LAST WEEK: Global Trade in the Indian Ocean World:
      Merchant Networks, Imperial Development and Institutional
      Transformation (Frederick Noronha)
   2. The best tribute to the dead is gratitude, not grief
      (Nelson Lopes)
   3. Listen to: Sanjay Hedge, Supreme Court lawyer - "Home
      Ministry Order on Vande Mataram is ?Constitutional Vandalism .?.
      It?s Executive Overreach" (Vivek Pinto)


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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:14:38 +0530
From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]>
To: goa-research-net-/[email protected]
Subject: [Goanet] IN GOA LAST WEEK: Global Trade in the Indian Ocean
	World: Merchant Networks, Imperial Development and Institutional
	Transformation
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This seminar was organised at the Fundacao Oriente on Feb 11-12, 2026.
Among the speakers were:

   - Business Brahmins of Goa, 1450-1750 (Nagendra Rao, Goa Univ.)
   - Jesuit Agency in a Global Trading System: Procurators and their
   Networks in the Indian Ocean World, 1600-1650 (Diogo Pereira, CHAM)
   - The House of Mercy and the Portuguese Administration (Mariana
   Boscariot, Manchester Univ)
   - Early Modern Capitalism in the Coromandel: The Case of Madras c
   1680-1820 (Rohit Prabu)
   - Imperial Connoisseurship and Diplomatic Exchange: Reconstructing the
   Merchant-Envoy in Mughal-Safavid Correspondence (Shounak Ghosh, Univ of
   Manchester)
   - Inheritance in Flux: Transition of Armenian Wills in the Mayor's Court
   of Madras in the EIghteenth Century (Santanu Sengupta)
   - Commercial Lives and the Bounds of Imperial Institutions, c 1500-1550
   (Edmond Smith, Manchester Univ)
   - Horsing Around: Equestrian Trade and the Making of the Mughal Empire
   (Pratyay Nath, Ashoka Univ)
   - The Ganga River and Mughal India: Economy, Environment and Empire, c.
   1500-1800 (Murari Jha, Ahmedabad Univ)
   - Estuaries of Exchange: Bharuch and the Hidden Cargoes of the Indian
   Ocean (Keynote, Samira Sheikh, Vanderbilt Univ)
   - The 'Region' in its Myriad Avatars: International Trade, Imperial
   Politics and Local Capital in Mughal India (Keynote, Prof Lakshmi
   Subramanian)
   - Far from a 'Shadow': Rethinking Empire through Portuguese Bengal,
   c.1500-1640 (Radhika Chadha)
   - A Siege on the Indian Ocean: Mughals, Portuguese, and Arakanase in
   Chittagong, 1666 (Bidisha Sengupta)
   - The Mughal on Water: Mughal Subahdars through the Dutch Archives in
   Seventeenth-Century Bengal (Byapti Sur)
   - A 'Hybrid' Merchant Fleet/ Portuguese Shipping in Asia as Seen through
   the Portuguese Prizes of the Dutch East India Company (Seventeenth Century)
   (Andre Murteira)
   - Of Bahr-o-Bar: Reflections on Sovereign Claims Over the Sea in the
   Western Indian Ocean Region (Aasim Khwaja)
   - Pardesi Jews of Malabar in the Early Modern Global Trade (1450-1750):
   Continuity and Changes (Lija Joseph)
   - Structure and Agency in the Commercial Networks on the Coromandel
   Coast in the Seventeenth Century (Radhika Seshan)
   - Edmond Smith (closing comments)

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:23:10 +0530
From: Nelson Lopes <[email protected]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
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Subject: [Goanet] The best tribute to the dead is gratitude, not grief
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The Best Tribute to the Dead Is Gratitude, Not Grief

Death is an earthquake that shakes the very foundation of our love. It is
never expected, yet it is an inevitable reality. It is akin to the eruption
of a volcano that releases a torrent of emotions and sentiments, revealing
our unimaginable sense of loss and the severing of physical and mental
bonds. At best, we console ourselves with the belief that the one we love
is in heaven. We cling to cherished memories as balm to soothe our pain and
aching hearts.

Memories alone remain permanent; they cannot be wished away. Heartaches
take long to heal, yet no force can steal the love we have known. The real
and unimaginable loss occurs only when we forget them while we are still
alive. Love and affection are not meant to be limited by age or by death.
Let us cling to eternal love rather than to death itself.

We often believe that death is the opposite of life. Yet observe the
profusion of tributes, the mountains of flowers, and the countless visits
when a loved one passes away. It sometimes appears that the dead are easier
to love than the living.

Grieving and mourning are spontaneous expressions of loss. They are part of
life, socially accepted, and not demonstrations of hypocrisy. The depth and
duration of grief reflect the depth of love and relationship shared. Faith
empowers us to cope with death. We carry both grief and love for as long as
we live. When grief is transformed into reflection and meaning, it loses
its sting and no longer injures the psyche.

The sudden departure of a loved one?be it husband, wife, son, daughter,
grandchild, close relative, or affectionate friend?shatters the mind like
glass into smithereens. Tears may flow like fountains and cascading
torrents of  water falls, offering temporary relief, but in moments of
silence despair can feel boundless. Immediately, attention shifts to
organizing a grand funeral, observing religious rites, and fulfilling
social obligations. Relatives and friends travel miles to be present. Yet a
greater purpose would be served if such gestures of love were shown while
the person was alive.

Among Catholics, to comfort the living and commend the departed to God,
prayer services are held at the residence for a week. The traditional black
attire worn for a year as a sign of mourning is gradually fading. The
emphasis today is often on the first three years. Masses are offered on the
seventh day, the month?s mind, the first and second anniversaries, and
culminate in the third-year Eucharistic celebration. Thereafter, the
intensity of observances declines, and the formal religious chapter
gradually closes.

Funeral orations, condolence messages, and obituaries often extol the
departed to the highest degree; nothing adverse is mentioned. Personalities
and character are sometimes exaggerated beyond the bounds of simplicity and
decorum. Some families publish memorial notices year after year in the hope
of remembrance. Burial niches too can become expensive tributes that
sometimes fuel pride. Faith does not recommend the worship of remains;
occasional ceremonial visits by close relatives suffice. Photographs and
albums serve as gentle reminders of those who have gone before us.

A more meaningful tribute is to help others in memory of our loved
ones?especially the needy and deserving. Some choose remarriage to ease the
fangs of grief; others immerse themselves fully in social service.
Perpetual brooding over loss until one?s own grave is not a sign of
profound love, but often a misdirection of it.

The dead are immune to our sentiments, guilt, self-persecution, or
emotional displays. They are not affected by our outward acts; such
gestures serve primarily to relieve our own hearts of guilt complex and
fulfill our sense of gratitude. What truly matters is how we live out their
memory.

To keep our departed loved ones alive in daily consciousness is a noble
path: praying the Rosary, participating in and offering Eucharistic
celebrations, saying personal night prayers rather than relying only on
hired intentions, celebrating family birthdays, wedding anniversaries,
special occasions dear to them, and marking death anniversaries together as
a family. We can continue the causes they cherished and the acts of
kindness they valued. A photograph placed lovingly can rekindle joyful
memories rather than sorrow.

When our loved ones remain part of our active daily consciousness, the dead
live within us and are never forgotten.

Nelson Lopes
Chinchinim





Nelson Lopes
Chinchinim
https://lopesnelsonnat.wordpress.com


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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:13:41 +0900
From: Vivek Pinto <[email protected]>
To: Goanet <[email protected]>
Subject: [Goanet] Listen to: Sanjay Hedge, Supreme Court lawyer -
	"Home Ministry Order on Vande Mataram is ?Constitutional Vandalism .?.
	It?s Executive Overreach"
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By: Karan Thapar
Published in: *The Wire*
Date: February 16, 2026
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwKNeMFtAAY

"In an interview to discuss the recent Home Ministry order directing all
six stanzas of Vande Mataram to be played at official functions and that
schools start the day with community singing of the song, one of India?s
most highly regarded Supreme Court lawyers, Sanjay Hegde, has called
this 'constitutional
vandalism dressed up in national pride'. Mr. Hegde points out that there is
no law that requires any Indian citizen to compulsorily sing any song and
that the order regarding Vande Mataram is 'executive overreach'.

Mr. Hegde also points out that if challenged in court and if the court goes
by the 1986 Bijoe Emmanuel judgement (which specified that there is no
compulsion to sing the national anthem provided you respectfully stand
whilst its played) then he fully expects the Home Ministry order regarding
Vande Mataram to be struck down. I will stop there. I will let Mr. Hegde
speak for himself in this brief 15-minute interview."


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