Indo-Portugese Treaty, 1974
“Bearing in mind the desires of the peoples of India and Portugal to usher in a new era of friendship”
BHAGAVAD GITA
Of forsaking the fruits of action for obtaining eternal Salvation
“The respective duties of the tribes are determined by the qualities which are in their constitutions. The natural duty is peace, zeal, and princely conduct.”
Article 30 of The Constitution of India
Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.
(1) All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
Article 73 of Constituição da República Portuguesa
Todos têm direito à educação e à cultura.
O Estado promove a democratização da cultura, incentivando e assegurando o acesso de todos os cidadãos à fruição e criação cultural, em colaboração com os meios de comunicação social, as associações culturais e as fundações de criação cultural.
Goa is the home of the Portuguese people of India — the first Indo-European state of Bharatvarsha and is the 25th state of the Republic of India. It is why we have the oldest state library in India and the Figueiredo mansion (1590) of Goa that is older than the Taj Mahal (1631).
Knowing the difference, makes all of the difference.
Celestial Sphere
Order and Progress
Life is an unfathomable calculation.
Armillary Sphere
Science and Progress
The quest for the wisdom of the Soul.
Ocean-Snow Compass
Science and Spirituality
God that is Soul is proof of life.
Ashoka Chakra
Law and Righteousness
Order is the symmetry of Virtue.
"Vale a pena? Tudo vale a pena se a alma não é pequena."
Fernando Pessoa
"राजनीति और धर्म पुराने हो चुके हैं। अब विज्ञान और अध्यात्म का समय आ गया है।"
Jawaharlal Nehru
Article 29 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his or her personality is possible.
31st December 1974, New Delhi
Treaty between the Government of India and the Government of the Republic of Portugal on recognition of India's sovereignty over Goa.
Treaty Of Recognition, 1974
“Bearing in mind the desires of the peoples of
India and Portugal to usher in a new era of friendship”
A Cultural Agreement between India and Portugal will be concluded as soon as possible. The Contracting Parties agree to take steps to develop contacts in the cultural field and in particular in the promotion of the Portuguese language and culture and the presentation of historical and religious monuments in Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Article 51 of The Constitution of India
Promotion of international peace and security
The State shall endeavour to promote international peace and security; whilst maintaining just and honourable relations between nations; to foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another; and encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration.
Constitutional Amendment Act 56, 1987
Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
Carta De Lisgoa
Carta De Lisgoa is the civil promise of a Lisgoan duty that is born from the Articles of the Constitution of India and the Treaty Of Recognition, 1974.
Duty 1: Our culture is our soul
Every Lisgoan has the right and duty to protect, celebrate, and advance our cultural heritage. We will preserve our history, embrace innovation, and ensure our legacy thrives across generations.
Lisgoa is the soul name of Goa.
When a life is conceived in the womb, it is made in the image of God. However, by the time a life is
born, they are revealed in the image of their parents. As we have understood so far, self-consistency
is the technical term for the natural identity of life that is soul—which is between, anything and
something anywhere and everywhere, all at once~God.
When a name is given to a newborn, it is an inheritance of the identity, experiences and preference of
the parents. It is why it is called a given name, such as Goa. However, as with all independence
stories, when a child learns to walk on its own two feet in the world, the conscious soul which
seamlessly operates the body to understand its place and duty in life, eventually wonders; what would
I have called myself at birth if I had to choose my name now that I know who I am, where I have been,
and how I see me? This moment, this question, is universal to all conscious. As with Gandhi, he was
given a name for his walk in our life—Mahatma, meaning great soul. However, it was not his given name
at birth. We are inevitably renewed and distinguished by the process of soul name. Across Indian
faiths, this is known as spiritual maturity or the beginning of the second life, before the next. More
importantly, without this process of symbiosis between soul and life lived, we are never prepared
enough to pick up the task of destiny that is also known as a person’s ‘soul call’ — also known as
Article 29 of Human Rights.
In South Africa, Algoa Bay was the navigational swing point for the Portuguese to reach Goa. Although
history debates the name of our state between the Portuguese revision and what it was called by the
living inhabitants before the western settlers, today we can be certain that the soul name Lisgoa
historically involves both Indo-European parents for the geographical body of land, whose borders
remain ambiguous without the involvement of Lisboa within India.
Extracts from Mr. Francisco C Sardinha writings on Goa.
“Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence
is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation....If
this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,
aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept
the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for
the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.”
Martin Luther King’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in
Oslo, 10 December 1964.
With the First Century approaching since our Independence, the second life for Niz Goenkar’s is due,
dawning and calling. Without a soul name, we remain claimed by the perception of names given by draws
of historical debates, instead of what we are ought to be. For our 56th amendment Act destiny we are
ought to be a mahatma, collectively and individually.
To be at peace, is to refine old things to a sharper resolution. In a foreign tongue we call ourselves
Goan, without realising that this is not specific to a culture of people within Goa. Broadly calling
oneself Goan, is not perfect peace either.
As always, through soul searching the question of identity is revealed without resistance. If the soul
name of Goa: hugs you, carries you in its womb, helps you relate to others who call themselves
Lisgoans, makes you feel both Indian and Portuguese regardless of history, then the king, lord god,
has called you (Niz Goenkar) by your name—Lisgoan. Isaiah 43:1.
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