On 5 April 2014 20:51, Melvyn Fernandes <mel...@orange.net> wrote: > Dear fellow readers > > I was astonished to read in the first line of Rahul Laud's glossified > article in Asian Lite Digital dated 31 March 2014 (courtesy Goan Voice UK) > titled "London Gears Up for the Goan Fest" he writes "There is excitement > in the air". Let me assure all our readers worldwide that the only thing > in the air in London, England right now is high levels of pollution and > dust blown in from the Sahara giving us a foggy atmosphere so that one > cannot see the wood from the trees, maybe this atmosphere is causing all > this excitement, who knows? > > Rahul Laud follows on to say "Ravi Vaz - President of the Goan Association > (UK) and Chairman of the UK Goan Festival Organising Committee in exclusive > interview to Asian Lite informed that the Goan event will be much larger > than before, "We have grown ...................." he boasts with pride. We > are expecting over 10,000 people this year from UK and abroad." > > If I can remind everyone of the following video interview Ravi Vaz had > with Menino de Valpoi of Niz Goenkar outside broadcast unit after the 2013 > Goan festival > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8sUgQnJujA] > > At minute 38.44 of 48.45 readers will observe a smiley face Ravi Vaz > telling us all that last year's Goan Festival at Cranford attracted a crowd > of 10-15,000 and he was expecting a crowd of 20,000 for this year. One > can only summise that he has somehow been gifted a broken Chinese Bead > Counter last Christmas that works backwards with some of the noughts > missing as the beads fall off. Or else 10,000 of our fellow Goykars did a > high jump to the aeroplanes flying above and gone elsewhere. > > Then Rahul Laud continues to quote his interview with Ravi Vaz who tells > him "The ground presence is very large and the monies generated are donated > to UK based charities.....". > > With the impression given by Ravi Vaz that vast numbers attend the > Cranford Goan Festival UK and that monies generated are donated to UK based > charities, I beg to differ and would like to draw the attention of everyone > to the current appeal running on the Goan Association UK website titled "An > appeal to help a fellow Goan". > > http://www.goauk.com/blog/ > ........ > > Melvyn Fernandes > Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom > > 5 April 2014 >
COMMENT: There are various collections being made by our Community for various causes; I guess that the fund raisers are not aware - here are the requirements for information:- -- https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/cc20.aspx DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
