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Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) unveils his book,
The Greatest Konkani Song Hits. Launch dates: Goa (Kala
Academy) on 9 Aug. 4 pm. U.K. (Staines) on 15 Aug. Canada on
20 Aug and US on 30 Aug. Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com/
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Dear Marshall and others,
Thanks for showing the courage of your convictions. I was especially touched by
the fact that a mother of a 10 year-old girl wrote to me privately to tell me
that her daughter wants to join her parents on the paid vacation to Aguada to
reaffirm her desire to live in a free country where ordinary citizens have more
power than their government and elected officials.
I am appending below an updated letter to Herald with names of your fellow
inmates at Aguada. About 20 or so have signed up so far to share the daily
rations with Samir Kelekar and Peter Fernandes. I thank Vivian for offering to
supplement our rations. The names of inmates below are in alphabetical order.
It is indeed fitting that Alfredchacha leads the pack.
Cheers,
Santosh
LETTER
Dear Sir,
I agree with Samir Kelekar that the Goa Vidhan Sabha is a comedy show. The
threat of imprisonment issued from its chair and benches against him and Peter
Fernandes, two private citizens, for speaking their mind in public, just proved
this fact.
I am willing to spend time in prison with Samir and Peter to defend my right to
freely express this opinion of mine in this free democratic country of ours. I
ask all Goans to sign on with us in this symbolic stand to affirm the principle
that in a free democracy ordinary citizens, individually and collectively, are
more powerful than any branch of their government or any elected representative
that serves at their pleasure.
Sincerely,
Alfred de Tavares, Denmark
Anand Virgincar, U.K.
Augusto Pinto, India
Blasio Fernandes, U.A.E.
Cecil Pinto, India
Cornel Da Costa, U.K.
Eddie Fernandes, U.K.
George Pinto, U.S.A.
Gabriel de Figueiredo, Australia
Ignatius Fernandes, U.K.
Kevin Fernandes, U.A.E.
Louise Fernandes, U.A.E.
Marlon Menezes, U.S.A.
Marshall Mendonza, India
Mervyn Lobo, Canada
Sandeep Heble, India
Santosh Helekar, U.S.A.
Selma Carvalho, U.K.
Shrikant Barve, India
Wendell Rodricks, India
--- On Thu, 8/6/09, Marshall Mendonza <mmendonz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Santosh,
> Please add my name to the petition.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marshall
>
