[Goanet] Being Ambidextrous

[Roland Francis]

India's one and only ambidextrous school.

Students of Veena Vadini School, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh have this 
ambidextrous skill of using both hands with equal power for writing.

This is India's one and only 'ambidextrous' school, which has more than 150 
students who write using both hands together at the same time. These students 
have a high speed of writing with both hands and most of them can write in six 
different languages like Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit, Arabic and Roman.

Because of their ability to write with both hands simultaneously, these 
students can finish a three-hour long exam in one or one and half hours.

Whenever a new child comes in, he or she holds the pen with one hand, and they 
are taught to use their other hand after a month. After that, the students are 
taught to use both the hands together. In 45 minutes of class, every student 
practices writing with both hands for 15 minutes. 

Only one per cent of the total world population is ambidextrous, according to 
an article published in Reader's Digest.

The school is the brainchild of Mr. B.P. Sharma, an ex-army man who was 
inspired by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. Dr. Rajendra 
Prasad, Leonardo da Vinci, Ben Franklin and Albert Einstein are some of 
history's most famous personalities who share the same skill as that of these 
students in India.

(Credit to Venugopal Ramanathan using sources India Today and Madhya Pradesh 
education websites).

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Bible verse for the Day

[Devak Argham]

Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel



Luke 1: 46-55
===


46  And Mary said:  “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;

47 my spirit rejoices in God my savior.

48 For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on
will all ages call me blessed.

49 The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

50 His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him.

51 He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and
heart.

52 He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.

53 The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away
empty.

54 He has helped Israel his servant, remembering his mercy,

55 according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his
descendants forever.”

[Goanet] GOA NEEDS TO BLACKLIST HYDERABAD BASED MVR CONSTRUCTIONS

[Aires Rodrigues]

That a 45metre stretch of the under construction highway at Pernem caved in
comes as no surprise while the only saving grace is that there were no
causalities. The very shoddy works of this Hyderabad based MVR
Constructions is on display across Goa. On account of proximity with a
senior Andhra BJP leader, this company is awarded all the major contracts
despite its very substandard works.  Infact it is high time such gory
contractors are blacklisted, financially penalized and criminally
prosecuted for not ensuring quality control in their works.

To ensure that every government project is properly and meticulously
executed, Goa desperately needs a full- fledged Quality Control department
that is well equipped to technically and administratively monitor and
ensure strict compliance of  all established standards. A
successful project is the one which can achieve a balance between cost,
time, quality and meets the agreed goals of the project. This success can
only be achieved with transparency, accountability and Zero tolerance to
corruption.

It is also imperative that citizens be vigilant about public projects
coming up in their neighborhood as ensuring quality, sustainable
infrastructure with respect for the environment, is everyone's
responsibility. Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of
high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful
execution. There should be no room or excuse for any substandard
construction and a criminal waste of taxpayers’ money.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

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[Goanet] options for Pilot

[Nelson Lopes]

Pilot states that he does not want to join BJP having fought against and won.  
Conspiration  theory does  not seem plausible explanation. High  Command wants  
Pilot  to return  as doors are open and sort out issues   from within and would 
not like to lose him,  Party wants to save Congress as many states have fallen 
to game plans of BJP .Gelhot  has tasted blood and going for kill
Ghelot wants  to finish Pilot by disqualification and sacking for  anti party 
activities , as  notices sent out for skipping meetings .He has been  sacked as 
deputy CM and as Party chief in the state .Two of his supporters are divested 
as  Ministers These moves are clear signals   of strong action to decimate and 
humiliate him and make it an  impossible an  honourable, dignified  home coming
 Gelhot states he has proof of hobnobbing with BJP.  He is clear that Pilot 
cannot work anymore and he did not adjust for so long .There were  constant  
irritation in their functioning as deputy CM. called as differences of opinion
Pilot may form his own  outfit to salvage his pride and honour. Could  be  he 
shifted to centre and them shifted after Gelhot tennure is over. Gelhot is 
having his say at the moment and Party may not be able to force Pilot on the 
the CM.
If Pilot is pushed to the wall
Pilot still can do damage to stability of Govt.  can be under a cloud in times 
to come .Hence long term view of High  Command is to take a realistic view. BJP 
is maintaining ring side view and  opportune moment to strike 
nelson lopes chinchinim

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[Goanet] Schedule for Thursday 16th July 2020

[CCR TV]

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You can also watch CCR TV live on your smart phone via the CCR TV App
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Schedule for Thursday 16th July 2020

12:00 AM
Rosary - Luminous Mysteries

12:24 AM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 1

12:30 AM
What's Cooking? Episode 4

12:55 AM
1342 Hymn - Vakhann'nni Tuka - Stanley Severes

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani fro Wednesday

1:40 AM
Sessions 7 - Pastoral Letter 2020-21

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Uzvaddache Mister

2:25 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 2 - Kallem Mazor - Fr Pratap Naik sj

2:40 AM
Fuddarache Dive- Meena Gomes interviewed by Michael Gracias

3:30 AM
Abundant Life - Parenting - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

4:19 AM
Gonvllik Citticher 2020-21 Boska 7

4:40 AM
Hymn -Soglle Tuje Okman - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

4:44 AM
Divine Mercy Chaplet (E)

4:53 AM
Music - Duloba Kallza Moriechea - Victor Da Costa

4:55 AM
Tell me a story - Noah

5:20 AM
Born to Inspire and Aspire - Talk by Sr Saral

5:33 AM
Hymns - St Theresa of Jesus H.S. - Chaudi

5:40 AM
A Call to Grow in Commitment - Talk by Savio Mascarenhas

6:49 AM
Hymn - Ankvar Maie Mhoje - Fr Ubaldo  Fernandes

6:57 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem

7:00 AM
Mass in Konkani from Cortalim followed by Jivitacho Prokas

7:40 AM
Bhajans 2

8:12 AM
Morning Prayer  -  Thursday Wk 1 & 3

8:15 AM
Our Father - German

8:22 AM
Music - Fatorda Youth followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

8:54 AM
Sat Sovnskar - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

9:25 AM
Holy Spirit - Aditi Silveira

9:50 AM
Poem - Jivea Udkachi Zhor by Sandhya Fernandes

9:52 AM
Hymn - Jezu-xim ietat- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

9:54 AM
Pope's Message to Seafarers (Konkani)

9:57 AM
Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem

10:00 AM
Tell me a story - Jesus Heals a Leper

10:25 AM
Abundant Life - Depression - Causes - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

10:50 AM
Literally Goa - Vatsala Mendonca interviewed by Frederick Noronha

11:18 AM
Intercessions (English)

11:30 AM
Mass in English followed by Daily Flash

12:10 PM
Testimony - Rupa Colaco

12:55 PM
What's Cooking - Episode 13

1:30 PM
Lockdown Song  - Pauline

1:35 PM
I am the Good Shepherd - Talk by Lavinia Gonsalves

1:56 PM
Hymn - I Believe

2:00 PM
Gonvllik Citticher 2020-21 Boska 7

2:22 PM
Couples Prayer - English

2:25 PM
Catechism for Children - 2  - DCC

2:46 PM
My Music Videos - Render Mama

2:50 PM
In Conversation With : Kennedy D'Silva interviewed by Alfwold Silveira

3:15 PM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 5

3:18 PM
Music - Goddvaiechea Kallza - Victor Da Costa

3:22 PM
Hymn - Bapa mhojea mogalla- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

3:25 PM
My Music Videos - Ixtt Mhozo - Fr Mariano SIlveira

3:30 PM
Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:38
Hymn - Povite Atmomhojer denvla- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

3:40 PM
Sessions 6 - Pastoral Letter 2020-21

4:00 PM
Rosary - Luminous Mysteries

4:24 PM
Reflection on the Gospel - Dominicans

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 3

5:00 PM
Praise and Worship - Francis Fernandes followed by Daily Prayer to the Holy
Spirit

5:26 PM
Holy Spirit - Our Teacher - Talk by Colin Calmiano

6:01 PM
Angelus - English

6:03 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  98 Potong  - Fr Pratap Naik sj

6:10 PM
Hymn - Deva Mhojea Deva - Fr Ronaldo Fernandes

6:16 PM
Kovita - Mog - Manisha Pereira

6:18 PM
Intercessions (Konkani)

6:30 PM
Mass in Konkani from Mapuca followed by Jivitacho Prokas

7:25 PM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 16

7:30 PM
Special Programme from Lourdes

9:30 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:45 PM
Apologetics - Peter - Talk by Steve Ray

11:15 PM
Konkani Music Concert - Part 1 - Melbourne 2019

11:55 PM
Song - Dubhav - Jerson Fernandes

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Re: [Goanet] Goa's musicians and bands... remember not to forget them

[Frederick Noronha]

A friend, Helene Derkin (now Derkin-Menezes), charmingly narrates her
experience of falling in love with the windsurfing champ Derek Menezes in
Goa, how she encountered the Goan band, and what a dance at Colva was like
in the 1990s. ("From the Outside In," in Inside-Out, Goa,1556 and
GoaWriters 2010). Point of the story: it can be hard work to get cover
versions right too!

QUOTE Then out of the blue, I hear Western music blaring out nearby and
frown in annoyance - don’t want to be reminded of home. I recognise the
song, it’s in the top ten back in the UK. Derrick says the dance must have
started and Fi and I exchange glances – we are sure we’re in for some very
staid and dreary music as we drive up to the venue, but, by the sheer
volume of what’s being played, that is obviously not the case. The dance is
called ‘Noite de Fama’ traditionally held on the day of the Colva church
feast. I walk inside the cloth barrier vowing not to be so judgemental.
What I thought was recorded music is actually a live band called Lynx, we
are astonished – how can a bunch of Goan guys sound exactly like Take That
one minute and Big Mountain the next!

The crowd is throbbing, these Goans are certainly not shy about dancing and
not the foot-shuffling-arms-flinging stuff we know – this is the real deal.
Around us in the most diverse fashion statements, in a rainbow of hues from
saris to puff sleeve ensembles (not the designer labels and street fashion
we were used to seeing), people dance. Partners dance ballroom style, and
dance well – neither of us has ever witnessed anything like this before.
All this is happening under a blanket of a million stars. Back home you
feel like a lottery winner if you can go out in the summer without a coat
on and here we are in the middle of the night revelling in the balmy
weather in our sundresses. It’s a beautiful night, great music, good food,
fine company - great conversation and lots of laughing. We all dance under
those stars.

The sun is just waking up as we get back to Joets. We go back to our room
though I am on too much of a high to sleep, my mind is on the tall dark
handsome man who has swept me off my feet... ‘Oo Baby I Love Your Way’
reverberates in my head as I relive our slow dance together.ENDQUOTE
-- 
FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436
AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556


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Re: [Goanet] Goa's musicians and bands... remember not to forget them

[Linken Fernandes]

Hi Fred. Don't beat yourself up over nothing, something that isn't even an
error. So, fuhgeddaboudit, as our gun-slinging Italian-American friends
might have put it in their heyday!
What  we should, perhaps, be more exercised about is the embarrassment of
bands that have appeared and disappeared from the Goan English music scene
without leaving the slightest record (!) of their existence in the form of
memorable, original tunes, Remo and Carm (as we now discover) excepting. In
other words, you were inadvertently spot on in suggesting that we should
actually be forgetting them, though not why! Perhaps for their lack of
imagination and creativity?  Hehe!
Jokes aside, let's hope the rang-tangists now assembling on Whatsapp keep
the need for some original music at the top of their chit-chat. The way I
see it is, if each band resolves to contribute at least one original song a
year, we should have a decent album to gift each other every year-end. And
these needn't be only in English. Anything in Konkani or English-Konkani
that comes to the level, say, in quality, of the Ketchup Song, or
Despacito, would be welcome, what say?

Re: [Goanet] Goa's musicians and bands... remember not to forget them

[Frederick Noronha]

Hi Linken,

As someone who enjoys music, I'm one of those who doesn't believe that
covers versions are in any way inferior to "original" music. By some
coincidence, just today, my friend Simon returned to me a copy of the book
"Theft! A History of Music" (James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins, 2017). See
https://web.law.duke.edu/musiccomic/ You can read it here.Released under
the Creative Commons.

A self-description: "This comic lays out 2000 years of musical history. A
neglected part of musical history. Again and again there have been attempts
to police music; to restrict borrowing and cultural cross-fertilization.
But music builds on itself. To those who think that mash-ups and sampling
started with YouTube or the DJ’s turntables, it might be shocking to find
that musicians have been borrowingcextensively borrowing --- from each
other since music began. Then why try to stop that process? The reasons
varied. Philosophy, religion, politics, race === again and again, race ---
and law. And because music affects us so deeply, those struggles were
passionate ones. They still are."

We might be shocked to learn how what we take to be original music was
actually a copy of something less well known. At least those creating
covers are honest in what they do and put in their best into it.

FN
(Ethical spammer and a creative cut-and-paste artiste)

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 19:25, Linken Fernandes 
wrote:

> Hi Fred. Don't beat yourself up over nothing, something that isn't even an
> error. So, fuhgeddaboudit, as our gun-slinging Italian-American friends
> might have put it in their heyday!
> What  we should, perhaps, be more exercised about is the embarrassment of
> bands that have appeared and disappeared from the Goan English music scene
> without leaving the slightest record (!) of their existence in the form of
> memorable, original tunes, Remo and Carm (as we now discover) excepting. In
> other words, you were inadvertently spot on in suggesting that we should
> actually be forgetting them, though not why! Perhaps for their lack of
> imagination and creativity?  Hehe!
> Jokes aside, let's hope the rang-tangists now assembling on Whatsapp keep
> the need for some original music at the top of their chit-chat. The way I
> see it is, if each band resolves to contribute at least one original song a
> year, we should have a decent album to gift each other every year-end. And
> these needn't be only in English. Anything in Konkani or English-Konkani
> that comes to the level, say, in quality, of the Ketchup Song, or
> Despacito, would be welcome, what say?
>
-- 
FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436
AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556

[Goanet] Lets blow the trumpet for a young Goan violinst!

[Bernado Colaco]

 It a first time in the history of Goan music that a young violinist Anthea 
Dias won her way for a Carnegie Hall performance next July 2021. Kudos to the 
teacher Mr. Winston Collaco and the proud parents. Anthea has her origins in 
the tiny village of Orlim which is sandwiched between Varca, Carmona and 
Chinchinim.
If there is a will there is way. Lasoih fugoteo. kator khombi khor xacuti.
BC

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 490

[Bernado Colaco]

 In the late sixties there was a band by the name of Devils Disciples I 
remember them playing at the Mary Immaculate Fest in Pangim. There is also the 
everlasting band Cascades led by Darryl Figuereido.
BC

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          The Forefront * Blue Orange * Imagination *
          Symphony * Jazz Junction * Sparks * Foremost *
          Bondo * Remo * Beat Four * Les Vandals * Top Ranks
          (Kuwait) * Blue Turtle * Silver Lining * Jazz
          Quarter * Indiana's Abel * Muzik Mann * Sky *
          Artwork * Syndicate * Brood of Vipers * William
          Drums * Pirates * Moderates * Sonia & Fausta *
          Johnson & His Jolly Boys * The Merry Makers
          (Saligao) * Luis and His Melodians * Ebony * Sky *
          Jazz Quartet with Victor Shreves at the Taj
          Sinquerim * The Yamaha Music Invasion (RP Stadium)
          * The Great Music Revival (KA) * Top Ranks (Kuwait)
          * The Sting (led by August Braganza) *
          Remo-Bondo-Abel-Lala * The Jazz Swingers (Dar es
          Salaam) * Braz Gonsalves * Simla Beat Contest *
          Royal's Hotel Calangute * Bing * Lucia Afonso
          (accordion) * 

For a lighter version of the same, check out the *Bands in
Goa: A Timeline* Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/286605529063663/

**
  

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 490

[Bernado Colaco]

 

          The Forefront * Blue Orange * Imagination *
          Symphony * Jazz Junction * Sparks * Foremost *
          Bondo * Remo * Beat Four * Les Vandals * Top Ranks
          (Kuwait) * Blue Turtle * Silver Lining * Jazz
          Quarter * Indiana's Abel * Muzik Mann * Sky *
          Artwork * Syndicate * Brood of Vipers * William
          Drums * Pirates * Moderates * Sonia & Fausta *
          Johnson & His Jolly Boys * The Merry Makers
          (Saligao) * Luis and His Melodians * Ebony * Sky *
          Jazz Quartet with Victor Shreves at the Taj
          Sinquerim * The Yamaha Music Invasion (RP Stadium)
          * The Great Music Revival (KA) * Top Ranks (Kuwait)
          * The Sting (led by August Braganza) *
          Remo-Bondo-Abel-Lala * The Jazz Swingers (Dar es
          Salaam) * Braz Gonsalves * Simla Beat Contest *
          Royal's Hotel Calangute * Bing * Lucia Afonso
          (accordion) * Poison Ivy and Casual Encounters
          (all-girl bands) * Fame (from Bombay, with Kim
          Cardozo and a drum machine) * Radio Serenaders *
          Luis and His Melodians * Valadares Sisters * Carmen
          and Arlita * Silver Lining * Black Slades * Silver
          Strings * Genesis * Gerard Machado Network from
          Bangalore * Big City Band * Lynx (old ad new) *
          sCascades * India * Limits * The Band * Climax *
          Strangers * Chocolate Highway * Rolling Beats *
          Rocking Beats * Links * Emiliano D'Cruz and The Gay
          Caballeros * Billy Rangers (Tuninho Nogar, Lucia
          Afonso, D Tony Godinho, Remo Fernandes, Alex
          Rosario in 1959) * Billy n De Kids * The Music
          Company * Nandinho Lobato de Faria * Fatima Lobato
          de Faria * Arlem Festival * Caetano Abreu *
          Alexandre * Dilip Chico * Nite of the Fortnight (FM
          Rainbow) * Valerio Jorge * Sameer Kapadi * Silk
          Route * Emmanuel Antao * Seby Forefront * Hugo's
          Hungry Hill * Forefront Unplugged * The Bassman's
          Band featuring Stella Pinto * Piqueno (late Victor
          Alvares from Loutolim) * Victor Alvares (bass
          player, Loutolim) * Triad (Herman Abreu, William
          D'Souza, late Victor Alvares, amazing
          keyboard-trombone player Ramon from Blore) *
          Alexandre * Chris Perry * The Walking Grunt
          (rapper) * Cloud Burst (with Neville D'Souza from
          Curtorim) * Magnum Opus (with Black Michael) * The
          Coffee Cats * Alexandro Rosario from Ponda * Oscar
          * Fr Archie on the Sax ...  and many, many more.

Do these names (in no order of importance) spell music to your ears?
Have you danced to these Goan bands? Do you recall their music wistfully?

If so, now is the time to pay tribute to those heroes (and
heroines) who crafted music for Goa ove the years.

Calling on all who were part of Goa's bands to join the WhatsApp
 group called *Bands in Goa* (send in your request via +91-9822122436,
WhatsApp). Please note, this is currently a rather heavy
volume WhatsApp group, with about a hundred messages buzzing
around each day.

For a lighter version of the same, check out the *Bands in
Goa: A Timeline* Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/286605529063663/

FN
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FN* ?  * ???  +91-9822122436
AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556



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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:04:34 +0530
From: Aires Rodrigues 
To: goanet 
Subject: [Goanet] HUMAN RIGHTS
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*GHRC seeks status report on assurance that FDA officer IVA Fernandes?s
powers would be restored*

https://goanewshub.com/ghrc-seeks-status-report-on-assurance-that-fda-officer-iva-fernandess-powers-would-be-restored/


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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:40:50 +0530
From: Linken Fernandes 
To: goanet 
Subject: [Goanet] Goa's musicians and bands... remember not to forget
    them
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We are sure you meant... remember to NOT forget them!!


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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:23:17 +0530
From: CCR TV 
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] Schedule for Wednesday 15th July 2020
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CCR TV GOA
Channel of God's love?

You can also watch CCR TV live on your smart phone via the CCR TV App
Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform.
Click the link below.
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Schedule for Wednesday 15th July 2020

12:00 AM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

12:24 AM
Called to Be a Saint - Talk by Alfwold Silveira

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani fro Tuesday

1:40 AM
Building Confidence - A talk by Ankitta do Rego

1:50 AM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 3

1:55 AM
Bible Project - Exile

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - 

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the Age
of
Corona Virus

after
the
incessant
all night
rainfall

a
symphony
of
natural music

silence

dare i

open
my mouth

and
shatter

the sound
of silence?

What does Joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] Goa's musicians and bands... remember not to forget them

[Frederick Noronha]

Hi Linken, "Having to write fast" might be a good alibi and excuse, but for
me it's often a matter of a lack of knowledge :-) Can't cure that... LOL. FN
PS: For some reason, English and History were not my favourite subjects in
school... though I came to depend on both a lot in my work life. Kitem
korunk?

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 12:21, Linken Fernandes 
wrote:

> The fact of the matter is, "remember not to do something" is a common
> expression and one we use regularly in one context or the other. It is
> when a word like 'forget' gets appended to it that the intended message
> takes on an ambiguity that raises a question in our minds or even means
> something opposed to the message intended!  Hehe!  Good ole Google throws
> up the following book titles: Remember Not to Forget: A Memory of the
> Holocaust, Stuff I Gotta Remember Not to Forget, Does My Dog Remember Not
> to Forget Me When I'm Gone ...
> The site, as may be expected, also has pages galore on the grammatical
> technicalities of the appropriate use of  "not to" or "to not", for anyone
> interested in exploring the matter further.
> In any case, I know from personal experience that having to write fast
> does not make for exactitude in expression. In one recent post here I
> described a woman as a 'fellow-tenant', where, actually, 'co-tenant' would
> have been more correct.
>
> --
FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436
AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556

Re: [Goanet] Goa's musicians and bands... remember not to forget them

[Linken Fernandes]

The fact of the matter is, "remember not to do something" is a common
expression and one we use regularly in one context or the other. It is when
a word like 'forget' gets appended to it that the intended message takes on
an ambiguity that raises a question in our minds or even means something
opposed to the message intended!  Hehe!  Good ole Google throws up the
following book titles: Remember Not to Forget: A Memory of the Holocaust,
Stuff I Gotta Remember Not to Forget, Does My Dog Remember Not to Forget Me
When I'm Gone ...
The site, as may be expected, also has pages galore on the grammatical
technicalities of the appropriate use of  "not to" or "to not", for anyone
interested in exploring the matter further.
In any case, I know from personal experience that having to write fast does
not make for exactitude in expression. In one recent post here I described
a woman as a 'fellow-tenant', where, actually, 'co-tenant' would have been
more correct.

[Goanet] JOB SCAM

[Aires Rodrigues]

*Aires demands vigilance probe into Awal Karkun recruitment*

https://goanewshub.com/aires-demands-vigilance-probe-into-awal-karkun-recruitment/

[Goanet] Straight Outta Kalahandi (15/7/2020, Scroll.in)

[V M]

Excited to share the first in a weekly series of columns of
criticism/reviews for Scroll.in. From now on, every Wednesday is Judgement
Day!

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https://scroll.in/article/967480/straight-outta-kalahandi-with-raw-rhymes-a-rapper-brings-breaking-views-from-odisha-to-the-world

On July 8, the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) – established by P.
Sainath in 2013 as “living journal and archive” - posted an unusual short
video from Odisha on social media.

Under two minutes, it introduced Dule Rocker, a young man with intense
kohl-lined eyes, in an obviously ramshackle rural setting. He gathers
himself as a spare, catchy backing track kicks in. Then, mind-bendingly
shocking, he explodes into controlled fury, rapping in full flow with
tremendous assurance, “*Sarkar, jabab de, jabab de*” (subtitled as
“Government, answer this. Oh government, answer this”).

It was an electrifying debut. The next day, singer/composer Vishal Dadlani,
who judged Indian Idol from 2013-19, tweeted “This is incredible!
@DuleRocker, if you need help producing/recording/releasing your music, get
in touch. I’ll do what I can. I’m sure we all will…check this fire out!”

I follow PARI on Twitter, and viewed Dule Rocker’s video soon after it was
posted. It hooked me immediately (a week later, the refrain still plays in
my head) but also triggered insistent flashbacks to the 1980s, and my
teenage years playing basketball on public courts in New York City, which
constantly reverberated with the birth of the rap genre (also known as
hip-hop).

Back then, when mainstream media in the USA was still largely segregated,
Chuck D of the all-time-great rappers Public Enemy famously called the new
music form “Black CNN.” This came rushing back to me when I tracked down
more Dule Rocker videos as realization set in that my initial instincts
were justified. The fates have conspired to deliver India a genuinely great
rapper of the old school, urgently communicating breaking news from parts
of the country so little known they could be on another continent.

“Poverty is my companion,” 27-year-old Duleshwar Tandi told me when I
manged to call him at home in the village of Borda, in the Kalahandi
district of western Odisha, “but at least I am lucky to have my mobile
phone. It makes some things possible. But everything else in my life is
just another reminder that I am poor.”

The unlikely happenstance of Dule Rocker becomes truly dramatic when you
zoom out to understand its context. His home district is amongst the
poorest in India, literally synonymous with destitution. “Kalahandi
Syndrome” says Wikipedia “[is] associated with backwardness and
starvation.” There are no jobs. Tandi is fluent in four languages (he spoke
to me in easy English, peppered with “bro” and “man”), and earned a BSc,
but before lockdown he was cleaning tables for Rs. 3000 per month in
Raipur, across the border in Chhattisgarh.

Purusottam Thakur, the PARI Fellow who first noticed Dule Rocker and
brought him to national attention, grew up 20 kilometres from Borda. He
told me “I have witnessed drought, starvation, child sale, deaths from
hunger, and constant waves of migration.” Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi,
Narasimha Rao and Deve Gowda have all visited “when the situation was
worst.” Today social security alleviates some desperation, but “migration
is continuing.”






*Oh government! Answer this!Answer this!Why is the pregnant woman
returning,Walking thousands of kilometresStep by step, barefootWith a baby
in her womb?*

Immediately after prime minister Narendra Modi announced “the world’s
strictest lockdown” on March 24, it became clear his administration had
failed to consider its implications for millions of migrant workers
(estimates range up to 130 million), especially the 85% of the labour force
employed in the informal sector. Accurately surmising things would only get
worse, huge numbers of these citizens – the backbone of India’s growth
story - took to their feet in the absence of conveyance, and streamed on
the highways to try and reach home.

We have seen an extraordinary barrage of images reminiscent of Partition in
1947. The little boy passed out on a suitcase being dragged by his mother.
The teenaged girl cycling 1200 kilometres with her injured father on the
pillion. These have been gruelling months of helplessness, frustration and
tears, and now here’s Dule Rocker to voice the refrain that fits perfectly
on everyone’s lips. Sarkar, jabab de, jabab de, yes indeed.

There are so many singular aspects to the young rapper’s emergence, that it
beggars the imagination. For instance, he raps in Kalahandia, one variant
of Kosali. I’d never even heard of the language, but it turns out to have
20 million speakers, and a strong case to be included in the 8th Schedule
of the Constitution as an official language of India. One of its leading
authors and activists, Saket Sreebhushan Sahu told me, “Kosali is the
dominant means of communication in western 

[Goanet] THE PRIORITY NOW IS A COVID HOSPITAL AND NOT AN IIT AT SATTARI

[Aires Rodrigues]

With Goa witnessing a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases and an increasing
number of deaths, the government’s one and only priority must be to deal
with the raging pandemic. After all, the most basic duty of any Government
is to protect the lives of its citizens.

Given the worsening health and economic situation, it is imperative that
all pending and proposed projects must be put on hold and the unending
greed of the ruling politicians must end too. The Health of our citizens
must be uppermost and the only priority for the Government. This means that
all non-essential projects even the needless Manohar Parrikar’s memorial at
Miramar should be consigned to the racks.  This is a critical time for us
to tighten our economic belt and use all our limited resources to focus on
fighting the virus, saving lives and helping the vulnerable instead of
irresponsibly wasting taxpayers’ money on vanity projects for the benefit
of a few instead of the many.

Health Minister Vishwajit Rane should get his act together and get the
priorities right. A COVID hospital in Sattari and not an IIT is the need of
the hour. It would also facilitate the hordes of the Health Minister’s
flock that have to currently travel from Sattari all the way to the Goa
Medical College at Bambolim for their gainful employment.

With the COVID crisis in the State aggravating by the day, the government
must get its very slack act together and gear up for the long haul. We are
today paying a heavy price for the wrong decisions, misplaced priorities,
lack of leadership and planning by this visionless government.

Over the last crucial few months Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health
Minister Vishwajit Rane have miserably abdicated in their duty by their
flip flops in dealing with the deadly virus. For this Goa and Goans will
not forgive their sheer incompetence in these crucial times.

The battle against COVID-19 cannot and should never have been allowed to be
a BJP political affair. A national crisis of this magnitude should have
seen a concerted and determined cross-party effort following the science
and advice from experts and involving every Goan to contain and combat the
virus with transparency and genuine leadership and planning.

Any government who fails to carry out its most basic duty to defend the
lives of its citizens is unworthy to lead. Thomas Jefferson, the third
President of the United States wisely observed; “The care of human live and
happiness and not their destruction, is the first and only object of any
good Government”.

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