Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet (on Facebook) is 9000 members strong

[Patrice Riemens]

On 2017-06-25 19:51, Frederick FN Noronha *  फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * 
فريدريك نورونيا wrote:

If you're on Facebook, please join us there
https://www.facebook.com/groups/goanet/

The discussions are Goa-centric, but different from those which take 
place

on the Goanet mailing list (via email):
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/



This is good news and bad news.

It is good news in so far as it shows a lively Goa presence on the net, 
on one of its most popular platform.


The bad news is about that most popular of online platforms: it is a 
proprietary venture which appropriates and monetizes big time the free 
contributions of its users.


The whole question is whether the users should be happy with this state 
of affairs, feeling they get something in return: that is, the platform 
itself and what it facilitates for them.


There is no simple answer to this - but I think it is worth thinking 
about.


Cheers from Oslo,
p?2D!

not on FaceBook, but that's a personal choice, and, alas, it comes at a 
price: networked life is much easier, smoother, with (and on ;-) FB

[Goanet] India: Lister engine - brilliant

[Fidibus]

*see attachment !*

*Lister engine - **turn sound up**

*remember the iconic Lister engine every farmer had in his possession 
sins 1920.

that one of a kind noise.
well, they are still using them in India !



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[Goanet] India Bans Cash, Now It’s Targeting Gold

[Fidibus]

http://www.activistpost.com/2017/06/first-india-bans-cash-now-begins-regulating-new-gold-tax.html

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[Goanet] Easy listening selection.......That's the way I like it........KC and the sunshine band.

[Con Menezes]

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[Goanet] Remembering Charles Correa.

[Con Menezes]

https://m.rediff.com/business/column/column-remembering-charles-correa-and-his-breathing-buildings/20150627.htm

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Re: [Goanet] Empowering Goans - Radio Mango Award 2017

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

On 25 June 2017 at 21:06, Silviano Barbosa  wrote:

> The Radio Mango 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award was  presented to
> Silviano Barbosa for extraordinary vision, exceptional accomplishments and
> exemplary dedication towards keeping Konkani language and culture alive in
> Canada on June 23, 2017!
> Radio Mango. The first ever Konkani program across all media in the
> northern and western Hemispheres
> In a market saturated with Bollywood, Punjabi and Hindi programs, comes a
> program so niche, so unique, you wonder why it took so long!
>

Congrats, Silviano! Keep on keeping on...

One personal request: it would be great if you or someone else could start
a learn-Konkani-via-Skype/YouTube network. Even if it is only to practise
and tune in to spoken Konkani. Many expats have been asking for this. FN


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[Goanet] Goanet (on Facebook) is 9000 members strong

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

If you're on Facebook, please join us there
https://www.facebook.com/groups/goanet/

The discussions are Goa-centric, but different from those which take place
on the Goanet mailing list (via email):
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[Goanet] Goan players continue to impress at U-13 Nat Chess tourney

[carol]

Sir,
Greetings of the day!  Below, kindly find the press release for  31st 
U-13 National Open and Girls Chess Championship


Goan players continue to impress at U-13 Nat Chess tourney

Om Barde wins back to back matches to lead with 5 and half points

PUNJAB, JUNE 24: Goa’s young chess players continued their dominance as 
Om Barde and Gunjal Chopdekar took their points tally to five after the 
seventh round of the 31st U-13 national open and girls chess 
championship 2017, in Jalhander, Punjab, on Sunday.
Om Barde defeated Chattisgarh’s Banerjee Ashutosh while Gunjal Chopdekar 
managed to hold Maharastra’s Bhagyashree Patil.
Earlier in the sixth round, mastermind Om clinched a victory over 
Uttarakhand’s Saksham Rautela while Gunjal Chopdekar pulled out a draw 
against Odisa’s Routray Priyanka.
In the other boys matches, Ayush Shirodkar and Ishan Pagi suffered 
narrow defeats at the hands of Assam’s Rishubh Singh and Chandigarh’s 
Goel Pratyaksh respectively.
Tanvi Hadkonkar was shocked by Telangana’s Sahithya G. in the seventh 
round after she brilliantly defeated Karnataka’s Deepthi Lakshami K in 
the sixth round.
After seventh round, Om Barde is on five and half points while Gunjal is 
on five ponts. Tanvi has four and half points while Ayush and Ishan are 
rooted on 2 and half points.


Regards,
Carol Mascarenhas

[Goanet] Empowering Goans - Radio Mango Award 2017

[Silviano Barbosa]

The Radio Mango 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award was  presented to Silviano 
Barbosa for extraordinary vision, exceptional accomplishments and exemplary 
dedication towards keeping Konkani language and culture alive in Canada on June 
23, 2017!
Radio Mango. The first ever Konkani program across all media in the northern 
and western Hemispheres
In a market saturated with Bollywood, Punjabi and Hindi programs, comes a 
program so niche, so unique, you wonder why it took so long!

RADIO MANGO is one of a kind. It’s the first ever Konkani program to hit 
Canadian airwaves. Targeting the South Asian Diaspora from the Konkan coast, 
the program talks to a unique and niche audience. It caters to a target 
audience, which, because of the Mediterranean influence, is unique in its own 
right. The average Konkani speaking South Asian has excellent education and has 
a high purchasing power!

What makes it even more unique is that Radio Mango reaches a segment of the 
population that has been here for a very long time, but have never been spoken 
to in their own language.

Their  Mission is to  bring together the Konkani speaking communities of Goa 
and Mangalore through the medium of radio. To help the community identify with 
it roots and cultural heritage through a common touch point: The Konkani 
language.

RADIO MANGO’S final destination is to be THE VOICE of the Konkani speaking 
people, and THE platform for this community.

Check their website:

http://empoweringgoans.com/2017/06/25/a-goan-silviano-custodio-barbosa-receives-the-prestigious-radio-mango-award/

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A GOAN SILVIANO CUSTÓDIO BARBOSA RECEIVES THE PRESTIGIOUS RADIO MANGO AWARD 

empoweringgoans.com
The Radio Mango 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to SIlviano 
Barbosa for extraordinary vision, exceptional accomplishments and exemplary 
dedication towards keeping Konkani lan…

[Goanet] Two links, three people: Edgar Vales, Jose Maria Mueller e Sousa, Ganesh Daivajna

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

Edgar Vales (President of Casa de Goa) and Jose Maria Mueller e Sousa
A talk by Edgar Vales, president of the Casa de Goa, and Jose Maria Mueller
e Sousa, young Goan-Portuguese searching for his roots. diasvalles at
gmail.com jmulleresousa at gmail.com
https://archive.org/details/edgarvales-josemariamullersousa

Ganesh Daivajna's book launch
Margao (Goa)-based chartered accountant Ganesh Daivajna, an octogenarian,
looks back on his life and times in the South Goa capital, an ever changing
place in the 1960s till the current times. The story of the challenges of
his life, his encounter with a changing Goa and the chartered accountancy
profession (besides Lions and educational activity). daivajna at gmail.com
https://archive.org/details/daivajna
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[Goanet-News] Two links, three people: Edgar Vales, Jose Maria Mueller e Sousa, Ganesh Daivajna

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

Edgar Vales (President of Casa de Goa) and Jose Maria Mueller e Sousa
A talk by Edgar Vales, president of the Casa de Goa, and Jose Maria Mueller
e Sousa, young Goan-Portuguese searching for his roots. diasvalles at
gmail.com jmulleresousa at gmail.com
https://archive.org/details/edgarvales-josemariamullersousa

Ganesh Daivajna's book launch
Margao (Goa)-based chartered accountant Ganesh Daivajna, an octogenarian,
looks back on his life and times in the South Goa capital, an ever changing
place in the 1960s till the current times. The story of the challenges of
his life, his encounter with a changing Goa and the chartered accountancy
profession (besides Lions and educational activity). daivajna at gmail.com
https://archive.org/details/daivajna
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[Goanet] Eng Filipe Nery Award 2017

[Nelson Lopes]

Eng Filipe Nery Rodrigues award

First student in A. V. Chinchinim at SSC March 2017 .Ms Shalom Ferrao, Ms
Shruti S Lotlikar, Ms Rydelle G E Rodrigues ,  all students of St Mary`s of
the  Angel H. School Chinchinim  scoring of 89.83% share , each gets Rs
 2000=  Instituted in 2006 in his honour by Admirers & Friends of erstwhile
Velim ,Constituency, the  longest serving and present MLA. It is bagged by
SMA 9 times, Regina Martyrum 2, St Rocks and St Xaviers one each. It was
distributed by Hon MLA in the presence of their parents and P.C. Trustees

Nelson Lopes

Chairman

[Goanet] What does 'D' mean to you?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

D, the letter, is the first letter of several of my favorite  words in
English: disgraceful, dumb, dangerous, divine, destruction,
disastrous, among others. Readers can introspect and decide if they
are good or bad or both and compare it to your own.

Disgraceful: The greatest Indian who ever lived once advised his
students to follow the Middle Path, no extremism. Unfortunately, after
his enlightenment he ceased to be an Indian, no longer had an Indian
passport (nor Portuguese or any other) nor an Indian identity. He
became known as the Enlightened One and was embraced by a large part
of the world except India. The same happened to Jesus. It is said no
prophet is recognized in his own country!

What do you think Buddha, the Awakened One who lived more than 2500
years ago would think of what is going on in India today?

Dumb and dangerous: With so-called debates raging like wild fires in
India over cow slaughter, what does it mean to follow a Middle Path
for us in India today?  Do owners of TV channels pay people who appear
on their shows to shout, and shout the loudest? Often the anchor man
or woman is the Star Shouter! Some foreigners who live in Goa
seriously doubt our claim to being a spiritual country anymore (we are
nowhere in the race for the title of The Spiritual Country in the
World). Bad news, indeed. And, as we know, democracy was not invented
by the British or Greeks. Nehru observed rightly  how democracy is a
system of consensus. Yes, it has existed in India in one form or
another. The West emphasized the political aspect, Indian sages the
spiritual. Today, the sage is the one who can shout the loudest. And,
he or she is always right!

Divine: God is One! That has been the philosophical perspective of the
people of this country for millennia. Atheists or theists, people of
various opinions or religions, makes no difference! God is beyond mind
or (as Buddhists would say) no-mind - it is only a different way of
stating ultimate reality. So, what's all the fighting for?

Destruction: Our India, our Goa is undergoing unprecedented
destruction with our rivers no longer safe for swimming. Experts tell
us it is a danger to our health and we should not enter the water. If
so, is it safe to eat the fish? Who has destroyed our rivers? The
culprits are mostly 5-star hotels, casinos and governments which allow
illegalities! The hotels and casinos have been depositing their 5-star
feces into the banks and rivers. We can allow boats and barges to
pollute the rivers further or start a cleaning up project to make the
rivers safe within the normal health parameters once again. Is
cleaning up the rivers against Goan identity and Goemkarponn?

The rivers are a greater threat, far greater health risk than plastic.
Chief Minister Parrikar has made a good start but cleaning up the
rivers is much more important than getting rid of plastic. Are the
hotels and  casinos going to get away with it? This project of
cleaning up the rivers is no picnic; it is a hot political potato. If
we can't clean up the rivers we urgently need to bring back the pig if
we want good health. Declare the pig as our state animal. After all,
if we can liken the cow to our mother then why can't we liken the pig
to our father?

Disastrous: If our rivers are extremely polluted and a big danger to
our health as scientists claim, then it is the duty of the Tourism
Minister to ban swimming and other activities in the polluted rivers.
He  has to protect Goans, Indians and international tourists. We need
effective disaster management immediately.  He has to ban swimming and
water sports. People's health cannot be put in danger. But there is
good news. With nationalization of rivers the Central government can
begin to clean up the rivers, They will receive the support and
gratitude of the people of Goa. If they add to the pollution they can
expect the wrath of Goans. We have now  to act now before it becomes
big, global news after some disastrous episode. We cannot allow our
polluted rivers to drown the goose who lays the golden eggs.

Re: [Goanet] NOW RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN TO ALSO BE A BJP DEN

[BT Yahoo Mail]

 
Aires, you are absolutely right. The BJP/RSS halfwits & bigots seem determined 
to appoint assorted mediocrities, peasants, sadhus & the like to high office. 
They have made some yogi fellow the CM of UP and now it's another joker for 
President. Ideally, a President should be a philosopher-statesman, an 
intellectual of standing, one who can formulate an integral vision. [Think of 
Lee Kwan Yu of Singapore or Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam.]
There have never been such leaders in India. Nehru did have some distinction. 
Why? Because the British were gracious enough to educate him in England. But 
sadly most Indian senior politicians come out as tired old men, intellectual 
lightweights,  with poor  communication or negotiating skills and little 
diplomatic flair. 
 They lack the poise, style, vitality, wit or sparkle; facial features seem 
glacial; expression wooden or vacuous, manner charmless; diction poor, delivery 
humourless, content banal. They have little original to say; they just 
regurgitate stock material. And there is little commitment to ethics or high 
principle.And before western leaders, they are deferential and 
self-deprecating.The current leader, Modi, has been dying to meet his hero 
Trump and will be offered a dinner at the White House. 
The price? The purchase of some $2 billion of US military equipment. 
Modi is also due meet the Israeli leader Netanyahu shortly and will be duly 
dined. The price? An arms deal worth about $2 billion. 

The fact is that unless India makes these costly purchases, both US & Israeli 
leaders will ignore him. Mode feels at home with them because, like him, both 
hate Muslims.
Eddie
===On Saturday, 24 June 2017, 18:28, 
Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
 

 The BJP has once again displayed its sheer political bankruptcy by
selecting a very mediocre lackluster and partisan Ram Nath Kovind as its
candidate for the very august post of President of India.


Instead of rising above party politics and choosing an inspiring, bright
and a visionary for the coveted post, Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was
scouting for a Yes-man rubber stamp President found Ram Nath Kovind who
shares the ideology of the RSS and the Sangh Parivar.


After converting all Raj Bhavans across India into BJP dens, now the
Rashtrapati Bhavan will be another BJP super saffron den on par with the
Nagpur one.


Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court



Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

   

[Goanet] Easy listening selection......I love Paris......Cole Porter composition.

[Con Menezes]

   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hU_X6Vr1MY

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