Panjim Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/tag/panjim/ I am Goan, and nothing human is alien to me… Sun, 11 May 2025 14:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Panjim Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/tag/panjim/ 32 32 From Carnaval to Carnival https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2025/03/02/from-carnaval-to-carnival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-carnaval-to-carnival https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2025/03/02/from-carnaval-to-carnival/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:39:20 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=84138

Of the old-style festival, only the slogan remained: ‘Viva Carnaval!’; its soul had vanished into thin air.

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The centenarian Alfredo Lobato de Faria speaks about his family origins, his writings, his art, his schooling and professional years in Panjim.

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The Inquisition is a much maligned institution that is in need of proper contextualization.

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Early this month the social media was abuzz, in anticipation of the twenty-twenties; as for me, I was on a […]

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Who in Goa hasn’t seen that striking bronze figure of a tall man in a flowing robe, with a lady […]

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The "Raga Rock" concert brought senior and junior musicians on stage, paying tribute to a Goa-born jazzman Braz Gonsalves who made a name for himself internationally.

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The Good Friday service at the Panjim church comprises a poignant Crucifixion tableau and a procession that wends its way through the city streets, culminating with a learned sermon from a public pulpit at the premises of the said church.

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As I walked down Panjim’s sunset boulevard, I noticed green placards hanging low on cheerless lampposts, screaming: ‘17/03/17!’ (Saturated with […]

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]]> https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2017/04/01/of-st-patricks-day-and-other-misappropriations/feed/ 0 Lent, an irresistible balm for the soul https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2017/03/01/lent-an-irresistible-balm-for-the-soul/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lent-an-irresistible-balm-for-the-soul https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2017/03/01/lent-an-irresistible-balm-for-the-soul/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2017 07:03:04 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=79857

Haven’t we felt listless, not to say ill at ease, about Lent, sometime in our life? As a child, I […]

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]]> https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2017/03/01/lent-an-irresistible-balm-for-the-soul/feed/ 2 Naval Band enthrals https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2016/04/02/naval-band-enthrals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=naval-band-enthrals https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2016/04/02/naval-band-enthrals/#respond Sat, 02 Apr 2016 08:14:31 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=80148 The concert showcased music and the social propriety in the Navy.

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