----------------------------------------------------------------- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com
----------------------------------------------------------------- Folks, I have now received emails from 25 people in total to include their names on the comedy show petition letter. Appended below is the final draft of the letter that will hopefully appear in Herald. There was a suggestion to include our professions. But I could not do it because I did not know the profession of most people on the list, and I did not want to do a half-baked job. 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, Sweden Anand Virgincar, U.K. Augusto Pinto, India Blasio Fernandes, U.A.E. Cecil Pinto, India Cornel Da Costa, U.K. Diana Pinto, India Eddie Fernandes, U.K. Gabe Menezes, U.K. Gabriel de Figueiredo, Australia George Pinto, U.S.A. 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 Uday Barad, India Venantius Pinto, U.S.A. Vinay Natekar, Kuwait Wendell Rodricks, India