[Goanet] Is everything really better in Canada?

[Con Menezes]

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2017/05/canada-170526103137890.html

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[Goanet] The Not So Invisible Man!

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

The success of catching the culprit who desecrated Christian graves
and crosses as well as Hindu nandi and ghumti has produced a lot of
stories with some people donning doubting Thomas masks and asking: Did
he act alone?

As desecrations involve both Christian and Hindu religious symbols it
is indeed confusing and a challenge for us as we cannot claim to have
a living and breathing Sherlock Holmes who is a Goan! I've heard
several theories, though. The only theory I've not heard so far is
that he is sometimes invisible. Thank you H. G. Wells. I stand
grateful and in debt to you.

That the accused is a nut does not mean this case is an easy nut to
crack as so far there are a hundred and thirteen desecrations executed
by him from 2003-2017. Is he a one-man army? A Goan Rambo with a loose
screw or two? Some think he is, others think not. All kinds of
theories are making the rounds not only in bars but in churches and
temples too.

The police claim they found a hammer and a coito. And a report
mentioned the perpetrator of the crime is a taxi driver. The taxi
drivers union immediately rejected his claim as it is not true, and
reflects badly on the good reputation of taxi drivers in Goa. Further,
an empirical enquiry has shown possession of a driver's license does
not make someone a taxi driver!

Unlike the taxi drivers - although they found a hammer - not a word of
protests has been heard from the carpenters union. And, while the taxi
drivers guard their reputation zealously, the carpenters appear not to
care at all because their reputation could not get any worse? Perhaps,
there is no carpenters union in Goa. I don't know.

Aunty Alice says the case is getting curiouser and curiouser. She
should know. What I cannot understand is why the pedekars have
remained more silent than a graveyard when the coito is making a
straight and deep cut at the roots of goemkarponn.

I've shredded my brains on this one and give up! If he is acting alone
we are lucky. No more desecrations of Christian churches and Hindu
temples. End of story. If he is not, the desecrations will also end as
it is too dangerous to continue to do this kind of evil act in future.
Lucky again.

Look at the bright side. We have been given a reprieve, a break. The
unlucky Lucky 7 casino is now forced to take a break on a sand bank of
River Mandovi, and with nowhere to go! Small mercies.

[Goanet] Reasons for taking a nap.

[Con Menezes]

  
https://sleepjunkies.com/features/science-of-napping/

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[Goanet] Just saw this on Twitter: Eunice de Souza

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

My mom's cousin and one of the most talented writers I've had the pleasure
of knowing and meeting, Eunice de Souza passed away today. Joanna Lobo
@thatdoggonelady

[Goanet] Arundhati Roy: On rising Hindu Right in India.

[Con Menezes]

  
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/6/26/arundhati_roy_on_the_rising_hindu

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[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: AS A SENIOR PLAYER, I HAVE TO TAKE UP EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY: KAMALA DEVI

[AIFF Media]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find below the report regarding Kamala Devi's interview from Kuala
Lumpur.



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*AS A SENIOR PLAYER, I HAVE TO TAKE UP EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY: KAMALA DEVI*



*KUALA LUMPUR: *You sit on the other side of the table and realise the very
first minute itself that you are actually on the wrong side. Soft spoken as
she is, it is quite a task to hear what Kamala Devi speaks. You pull a
chair nearby, but nothing much changes.



*READ MORE:* https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8334



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[Goanet] Ms Kate honoured by Sir D Cruz

[Nelson Lopes]

Ms Kate honoured by Sir D`Cruz

At the PTA meet on 29-July 2017 of Guardian Angel H School –Curchorem, Sir
J D Cruz presented for the first time cash award of Rs3000= and citation To
Ms Kate Jamila Fernandes for scoring 98 marks in Science at the SSC of
April 2017

The award in his honour is founded by past students and friends of Sir
D`Cruz under P.C.Trust Next year it will increased to Rs 5000= Sir D Cruz
served the school as the teacher Asst HM, Headmaster for 35 years. He has
written books of Phys Chem, General Science, Std X, Phys of Std VIII
Geography std IX Std X ICSC board After retirement he served in states of
Harayana and Punjab. He was much loved, respected and admired teacher
devoted to his profession. At 88 years he is still alert and healthy

Nelson Lopes

Chairman P.C.Trust

Re: [Goanet] Goa’s chance to meet Succorine bai

[Frederick Noronha]

Is it a Bomoicar's sneer at Goan accents and attitudes? FN

On Jul 26, 2017 11:06 AM, "Eugene Correia"  wrote:

> The lady seems to have a good folllowing on YouTube. She seems to be like
> the Indo-Canadian UTube sensation Littly Singh. Keep it up, and I love her
> Konglish!!
>
> Eugene
>
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Gabe Menezes 
> wrote:
>
> > http://www.navhindtimes.in/goas-chance-to-meet-succorine-bai/
> > --
> > DEV BOREM KORUM
> >
> > Gabe Menezes.
> >
>

[Goanet] National Woman Challenger Champion Bhakti Kulkarni (Photo)

[Bhakti Kulkarni]

Dear sir,

This is the photo of prize distribution function.

I lost my first round to unknown TN girl Rindhiya but managed to defeat
everybody to score 9.5 points out of remaining 10 to win the Challengers
Trophy for the second time in my career.

I am taking night flight to Germany to play in an International
Championship.

Thanking you, yours faithfully,


*Ms. Bhakti Kulkarni,*
*Asian Woman Champion 2016-17,*

*Goodwill Ambassador for GCL,*
*International Woman Grand Master,*
*Goa,India.*

[Goanet] More Photo from Bhakti

[Bhakti Kulkarni]

*Ms. Bhakti Kulkarni,*
*Asian Woman Champion 2016-17,*

*Goodwill Ambassador for GCL,*
*International Woman Grand Master,*
*Goa,India.*

Re: [Goanet] More Photo from Bhakti

[Bhakti Kulkarni]

Dear sir,

My photos with 2nd Runners u Soumya Swaminathan (On my right) and first
Runners up Mary Ann Gomes - both former National Woman Champions.

Thanks...BHAKTI

*Ms. Bhakti Kulkarni,*
*Asian Woman Champion 2016-17,*

*Goodwill Ambassador for GCL,*
*International Woman Grand Master,*
*Goa,India.*

On 29 July 2017 at 19:13, Bhakti Kulkarni  wrote:

>
> *Ms. Bhakti Kulkarni,*
> *Asian Woman Champion 2016-17,*
>
> *Goodwill Ambassador for GCL,*
> *International Woman Grand Master,*
> *Goa,India.*
>

[Goanet] 'The Permanent Resident': A Review

[Iris gomes]

'The Permanent Resident': A Review

(Read the entire review at http://www.pruthagoa.com/the-permanent-resident-a
 )


Roanna Gonsalves’ book of short stories 'The Permanent Resident', published
by Goa, 1556, skilfully explores the lives of Indians residing in Australia.
"As much as you may try and leave behind the culture you have been born
into, it follows you no matter where you go. In 'Full Face' the façade of
adopting the Aussie way wears thin as the main protagonist learns more
about the life of her..."


Iris C F Gomes
Editor of Prutha (www.pruthagoa.com)

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 and the Xavier Centre of Historical
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[Goanet] Remembering Eunice De Souza (Five poems from the 1983 anthology edited by Peter Nazareth)

[Goanet Reader]

You Left Mid-Sentence: Eunice De Souza, 1940-2017 (TheWire.in Shefali
Balsari Shah)
https://thewire.in/162839/poet-writer-eunice-de-souza-passes-away-obituary/

Eunice de Souza was a legend who notoriously “terrorised (successfully) the
bank manager” as well as her contemporaries, colleagues and generations of
students (even college principals have been known to quake before her). Her
weapons: an acerbic tongue and devastating wit bolstered by impeccable
logic. She was a true savant whose departure leaves a gaping hole in our
intellectual sphere.

Eunice has been widely acclaimed as a poet, novelist and anthologist of
19th and 20th century Indian writing. She was also a critic, columnist and
writer for children. Her first book of poetry Fix (1979) was hailed as “…a
practically perfect book, and one of the most brilliant first books I have
encountered” (K.D. Katrak, The Sunday Observer). Most of the poems seem at
first to be caricatures of the Goan community, but are in fact
minutely-observed revelations, occasionally indulgent but more often
critical. There are also several wrenching poems about the poet’s own
fraught and unresolved relationships. Her mix of trenchant observation and
the confessional with more than a touch of self-deprecation and black
humour became her distinctive style, reappearing in later collections,
Women in Dutch Painting (1988), Ways of Belonging (1990), Selected and New
Poems (1994), and A Necklace of Skulls (2009), unabashed even in her last
volume Learn from the Almond Leaf (2016)

Noted poet Eunice De Souza passes away: The Hindu (Kenneth Rosario)
http://www.thehindu.com/books/noted-poet-eunice-de-souza-passes-away/article19385390.ece

Eunice de Souza (1940-2017): Poet and inspirational teacher who lived with
enjoyment and defiance (Scroll.in Rochelle Pinto)
https://scroll.in/article/845438/eunice-de-souza-1940-2017-poet-and-inspirational-teacher-who-lived-with-enjoyment-and-defiance

Noted poet Eunice de Souza passes away: Indian Express
http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/noted-poet-eunice-de-souza-passes-away-in-mumbai-4772767/

Eunice de Souza, poet and professor of literature, passes away in Mumbai
(FirstPost.com)
http://www.firstpost.com/living/eunice-de-souza-poet-and-professor-of-literature-passes-away-in-mumbai-3870175.html

Eunice de Souza speaks about her edited anthology of Indian poetry
(Scroll.in)
https://video.scroll.in/845412/watch-eunice-de-souza-1940-2017-speaks-about-her-edited-anthology-of-indian-poetry

Mumbai: Eunice de Souza, poet and literature professor, passes away (FPJ)
http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-eunice-de-souza-poet-and-literature-professor-passes-away/1112425

Renowned poet Eucine de Souza passes away (AsianAge)
http://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/300717/renowned-poet-eunice-de-souza-passes-away.html

Five Poems: Eunice De Souza

ONE MAN’S POETRY

Irony as an attitude to life
is passé! you said
So be it, friend.
Let me be passé and survive.
Leave me the cutting edge of words
to clear a world for
my ego.
The rage is almost done.
My soul’s almost my own.
Chances are
my father himself
didn’t wish to die.
My mother watched by his bedside
and never forgave herself
for being asleep
the night he died.
He left a desk, a chair,
a typewriter, and a notebook.
At family gatherings
my mother smiled
in her best faded chiffon
and travelled third
with her in-laws travelling first
in the same train.
As I grew up
I longed only
to laugh easily,
all that emerged
was a nervous whinny.
My limbs began to scatter
my face dissolve
my love would hold me close
for hours when I could
neither speak nor weep,
bring me food and feed me.
>From him I am learning to love.

HE SPEAKS

Well, now tell me
what would you do to a
woman who wrote to you
saying: You haven’t written
for three weeks. You’re the
meanest man alive. Not even
an exclamation mark at the end
and she sends telegrams and
express letters saying it was
a joke, love, it was a joke.
I did what any self-respecting
man would. I ignored her for
a week. Her pleadings wore
me down. She was an affectionate
creature and tried hard, poor dear,
but never quite made the grade.
She would walk too close to me
and then protest naively: How
should lovers walk? Show me:
Ridiculous, too, her unseemly
mirth when I said confidently:
I have such an hypnotic effect
on women. Everywhere I go
they fall into my arms.
Jamie Bond! she cried
My man is India’s answer to
Jamie Bond!
After that pathological display
I decided there was only one
thing to do: fix her.
The next time we were making love
I said quite casually:
I hope you realize I do this
with other women.

FOR A
CATHOLIC
FRIEND

You madden me
with your enthusiasm
for everybody and everything.
One day it’s peace meetings
in Cyprus that will save the world
another day it’s Pentecostal feats
in Ohio the banging of cymbals
and oh-but-it’s true
the Holy Spirit appears.
I cut in, dyspeptic.
You stop, startled into tears.
I’m chastened. You’re not Catholics
I re