Attn Saligao Institute members....

[Frederick Noronha]

Dear all:

This year, the Saligao Institute completes 90 years of its fruitful existence. This 1929-founded institution has played a crucial role in building the social and intellectual life of the village. This is  specially true in the Arrarim area where it is located, even though all with a Saligao connect are welcome to join. Because this is a membership-driven organisation, some of the SI's events are for members-only, and others are open to the public or guests of members.

A WhatsApp group keeps you informed about activities in the 'club' as we call it.

It also has a Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1465431333707249/

A new committee under the the presidentship of Dean D'Cruz, a reputed architect who has been building his awesome reputation here since the early 1980s (when he chose to shift down from Bombay to Goa, at a time when quite a few were shifting out) has just taken over. With some insider information, I know that there could be some interesting plans coming up soon.

This is a call to all members: if you'd want to stay in touch, just send me your WhatsApp contacts via 91-9822122436 and I'll add you to the group.

Your help is particularly sought to build new initiatives, suggest new ideas, and generally take things forwards. This is a community and village asset, let's take it forward as did generations past whom we might not even know..... (as I often say, if it had not been for the reading table at the SI of the 1970s, I would have probably never ever become a journalist myself!)

Warm regards,

FN

[Werner Beck]

How do I get to be a member? we have a home in Don Vaddo.

Thanks Rico

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[Frederick Noronha]

Thanks for your interest, Margarida.

You can pick up a form from Tina Cordeiro [9850144178] who lives very close to the Saligao Institute. Get two current members to propose you (quite a few members are from Donvaddo too), and submit it to the committee.

The current Life Membership fee is Rs 5000. Which is great value for money provided we and the upcoming generations keep the SI institution active, useful and a place through which to build social capital for the village and beyond. Ideally minus the bitterness and infighting which sometimes does creep into good initiatives too, given that human nature is what it is.

I cut on a couple of hours of sleep and went last Sunday morning to the Club, out of curiosity, for the annual meeting. Though I might get something to report on for Saligao-Net. Before I realised it, I got caught up on the committee! Later, as we were leaving, Dayanita Singh, the ace photographer who's based in D'Mello Vaddo when not travelling, had a good laugh over how quickly and surprisingly everything turned out!

But I have simply  too many memories of the vibrant, active Saligao Institute of the 1970s and 1980s, when the simple, round, wooden reading table acted as our window to the outside world in those disconnected times. Even though it got just one newspaper each from Panjim and Bombay, and a monthly magazine from Delhi, and the occasional TIME magazine.

I was useless at sports, but there was a lot of that happening too for those who wanted it -- carom, badminton, table-tennis, Bridge, whist-drives, tombola, even the simple-but-fun village game called lobbiani (seven tiles). The Saligaokars in Bombay had donated what must have been the best village library for many scores of miles around, and it was open every Saturday evening. We ran there during the narrow window of two hours we got, but it was a great place to get one's ideas from. I remember the drawing contents, the debates and quizzes. Even adults took part in these to a full house (remember the debate on 'Prohibition is the Solution to all our Ills' in the Morarji Dessai times? ... no prizes for guessing which side won!).

Of course, much depends on how active we all could keep this institution. I for one (it's my personal opinion) do not believe that it is only for the managing committee to conceive, undertake and implement all its activities. Suggestions should come from members, specially those willing to implement initiatives on their own, without any problems or losses to the institution, while leaving behind some benefit for the place.

When we prepare the balance sheets of not-for-profit institutions, we also need to calculate the people we build up, the skills generated, the lasting social and intellectual capital that each action and activity creates. If you are one of the villagers willing to support such activities, your ideas and initiatives would be most welcome. FN

[Werner Beck]

Thanks Rico for the information. We all appreciate your efforts in keeping institutions alive and in keeping us informed of happenings in Saligao, together with Clarice Vaz and Ramesh Ghadi..... specially when we are far away.

 

Will connect with Tina Cordeiro when we return and I look forward to supporting the Saligao Institute.  

I identify with you where the radio, books, newspapers, magazines, debates opened up our world. Its true what you say, the intrinsic value of an Institution goes way beyond its monetary value.

Best wishes always

Margarida

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