[Goanet] Persecution of Christians & Sikhs in India

[Mervyn Maciel]

An item in GVUK today(Wednesday) read:


5 Mar: Hindustan Times. Britain will raise the issue of alleged persecution
of Christians and Sikhs in India during the April meeting of the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London and Windsor,
following demands by MPs to take it up with Prime Minster Narendra Modi…
Martin Docherty-Hughes (Scottish National Party) and Fabian Hamilton
(Labour) raised the issue of alleged persecution of Christians; the former
recalled the ancient roots of Christianity in India, but mentioned reports
alleging that India was one of the most dangerous countries to practise
Christianity… Modi is scheduled to attend the CHOGM from April 16 to 20…
684 words. click here


For the transcript of the UK Parliament debate about the persecution of
Christians in India, click here"




I take issue with the word "alleged". There are ample cases of *ACTUAL
persecution
of Christians in *
parts of India. A Report "Persecuted & Forgotten" by the Catholic
Charity(Aid to the Church in Need)
 I've been working for as a volunteer for over 25 years, has ample evidence
of this.


Mervyn Maciel

[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: We’re Focusing On ‘Match’, Not ‘Title’, Says Mohun Bagan Coach + History Beckons For Minerva Before Their Last Throw Of Dice

[I-League Media]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find the preview of Gokulam Kerala FC v Mohun Bagan & Minerva Punjab
FC v Churchill Brothers FC Goa on February 8, 2018.

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*We’re Focusing On ‘Match’, Not ‘Title’, Says Mohun Bagan Coach*

*KOZHIKODE:* Mohun Bagan have a chance to win the Hero I-League title on
the final matchday of a stunning season of football but they will be up
against giant-killers Gokulam Kerala at the EMS Stadium on Thursday (March
8, 2018).

*READ MORE:*
http://i-league.org/i-league/were-focusing-on-match-not-title-says-mohun-bagan-coach/

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*History Beckons For Minerva Before Their Last Throw Of Dice*

*CHANDIGARH:* As the Hero I-League 2017-18 is heading towards the final
showdown where 4 teams will fight for the ultimate glory, Minerva Punjab FC
are gearing up to host relegation-threatened Churchill Brothers FC Goa at
the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panch Kula tomorrow (March 8, 2018).

*READ MORE:*
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[Goanet] Photo from Stephen (E. Dias)

[Stephen Dias]

Health Minister is  supposed to look after the health of public in Goa.
Look at this picture some bad elements put fire near his bungalow at Dona
Paula just at the side of his compound wall. Probably he may not be  or may
be aware of what is going on at his neighbourhood and this is not the first
time the fire in put .The flames were so high that people down the Bay View
could smell the fumes today on 7th March at 11 am. ( see the photo).
Environmentalists are also keeping mum because nothing works in Goa. We
have already witnessed  several cases of cancer and the Manipal Hospital
receives number of cancer cases whether it is due to cell towers erected
around whole of Dona Paula or due to the fumes. Especially nowadays we are
more worried about the cancer cases which are on the rise. I suppose the
Health Minister VISWAJIT Rane will safeguard at least  his residential area
. He must take  immediate remedial  steps with the concerned department of
Health or CCP to stop people dumping garbage and  putting fire?

Stephen Dias
Resident of Dona Paula
9422443110
7th March 2018

Sent from my Samsung device

[Goanet] Rick Stein.......a cooks tour. INDIA

[Con Menezes]

 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11sabn

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[Goanet] FIRE FOR GARBAGE DUMPED NEAR HEALTH MINISTER HOUSE AT DONA PAULA

[Stephen Dias]

 WILL THE PRESS BRING THIS TO THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC?

Health Minister is supposed to look after the health of the public in Goa.
Look at this attached picture that some bad elements have put fire for the
garbage dumped near his bungalow at Dona Paula just at the side of his
compound wall. Probably he may not be or may be aware of what is going on
in his neighbourhood and this is not the first time the fire is put. It
does not bother him. It has become a routine job. The flames were so high
this time that people at Sagar Society, NIO colony and NIO Institute and
down the Bay View where I reside could smell the fumes today on 7th March
at around  11 am for one hour. ( see another photo). Environmentalists are
also keeping mum because nothing works in Goa. We have already witnessed
several cases of cancer and the Manipal Hospital receives a number of
cancer cases whether it is due to cell towers erected around the whole of
Dona Paula or due to the fumes or maybe both. Especially nowadays we are
more worried about the cancer cases which are on the rise. I suppose the
Health Minister Viswajit Rane will safeguard at least his residential area
because he lives there. He should take immediate remedial steps with the
concerned department of Health or CCP to stop people dumping garbage all
over Dona Paula and putting fire.

Stephen Dias
Resident of Dona Paula
9422443110
7th March 2018

[Goanet] Easy listening selection....Lemon Tree....Trini Lopez.

[Con Menezes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek2NucwOOvs

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[Goanet] Looking for love/companionship SCAMS.

[Con Menezes]

  
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/dating-romance

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Re: [Goanet] Brick by brick: Decoding the suicide of Suraj Parmar

[Patrice Riemens]

Aloha,

"However, the ministry of housing and urban development’s plan to put in 
place a single window time-bound clearance system for layout approvals 
and building permissions by the beginning of next year, is hailed as an 
effective antidote to corruption."


Maybe something for the Blockchain?

(just joking)

Cheerio, p+7D!

[Goanet] Grandmotherly Home Rule

[Roland Francis]

Tell me all this drama-comedy surrounding the CM’s serious medical condition 
doesn’t remind you of a strict grandmother in the kitchen struck by a serious 
illness but still wanting to maintain complete control on what goes on there.

The daughter-in-law places one spice tin out of it’s usual place and there goes 
the booming voice of grandma from the bed: “Didn’t I tell you that only the  
bawarchi (cook) can touch those spice boxes?”

Poor Deputy Chief Minister. His post should mean that he takes over if the CM 
is unable to discharge his functions. Imagine his chagrin on being told that he 
is one of three who can take decisions and if there is an emergency a fourth 
will be appointed superseding the other three, from the room of an American 
hospital.

Francis D’Souza, his self-respect already in tatters with all these confidence 
destroying decisions, should do the only decent thing available to him: RESIGN.

https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa-News/CM-In-case-of-emergency-minister-appointed-by-me-will-chair-cabinet-meeting-/127830.html?utm_source=Email%2Bnewsletter&utm_medium=email

Roland Francis
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] For Anyone Mathematically Inclined.

[E DeSousa]

 Roland Francis 
Asks:
Are these real figures or just Mickey Mouse? Has the BSE really have control of 
that much wealth?
Comment:

Coming in at #11 BSE


http://www.visualcapitalist.com/20-largest-stock-exchanges-world/

[Goanet] The Legacy

[Roland Francis]

Perhaps it’s too early to talk of legacies but if one has to be written of 
Manohar Parrikar, it will have to be of broken promises, shattered dreams, 
opportunities missed, principles thrown in the wind of expedience and of a 
promising son of Goa dragging the state’s good name further in the mud after 
all the disreputable CMs it already had.

All his simplicity, his hard work, his education and his strong will have had 
to bow before the altar of keeping his party’s interests ahead of his state’s.

Those who years ago read of Goanetter Rajan Parrikar’s frustrations and 
disappointments with one-time friend Manohar Parrikar would have had an inkling 
of what was to come.

It is very disappointing that someone who could make a great Chief Minister and 
set the bar for good governance for a small state that deserved it, has 
shattered the expectations of a simple, honest, trusting and hospitable 
population, leaving it no choice but to take the undesirable path of the rest 
of the country. 

Sorry Manohar Parrikar, you let your unstinted devotion and obligation to a 
political party hinder a greater cause - the good of your own people.

Roland Francis
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Eugene Correia]

Will other Goa newspapers follow suit? Do Goa has many online newsreaders?
I believe many prefer to read hard copies instead of digital ones.
That brings me to the question: Are there any newspapers in India who have
erected a paywall? Newspapers in North America are struggling and many like
the Washinton Post, New York Times, Toronto Star, etc are working hard to
gain online subscribers. The Guardian hasn't done yet but requests its
readers to subscribe. Even The Atlantic, a good mag, is going or gone
subscriber-based. Some newspapers off 5 to 7 articles Free per week to read.


Eugene

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:58 AM, Menino de Valpoi  wrote:

> You deserve applause for this one single sentence Claude.  You have hit
> the nail on the right spot.
>
>
>
> From: Claude Alvares [mailto:goafoundat...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 05 January 2018 01:32
> To: Derek Almeida 
> Cc: Stephen Dias ; goa...@goanet.org; Goa's
> premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! ;
> fredericknoro...@gmail.com ; Menino de
> Valpoi ; Sujay Gupta ;
> editor ; editor ; navhind <
> navh...@navhindtimes.com>; gteditor ; lpost <
> lp...@navhindtimes.com>; shashwat gupta ray ; Times
> of India ; edi...@nizgoenkar.org; Joel Afonso <
> goanevery...@gmail.com>; joel.afo...@thegoan.net; navin jha <
> navinjha242...@gmail.com>; Basuri Desai ;
> Vithaldas Hegde ; vinayaknai...@gmail.com; dainik
> herald ; Dainik Gomantak <
> newsd...@dainikgomantak.com>; donraulfernandes ;
> Devika Sequeira ; Antonio Mascarenhas <
> amascarenha...@gmail.com>; Dr.Nandkumar Kamat ; Aam
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> Cedric Prakash ; docoscar67 <
> docosca...@rediffmail.com>; Kalidas Sawkar ;
> Digamber Kamat ; Vijai Sardesai <
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> Faleiro ; Elvis ; ELVIDIO
> MIRANDA ; AAP Panaji ; Judith
> Almeida ; Edwin/Diana Pinto <
> eddipi...@gmail.com>; Claude Alvares 
> Subject: Re: GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID
>
>
>
> About time everyone pays for paid news
>
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2018 12:48 AM, "Derek Almeida"  derek0...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>
> It's time everyone starts paying for news.
>
>
>
> On 03-Jan-2018 11:06 AM, "Stephen Dias"  steve.dia...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>
> Dear Readers of Herald
>
>
>
> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
> 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
> and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
> onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
> payment procedure.
>
> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
> early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
> the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
> in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
>
> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
> to come.
>
> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is
> so bad?
>
> Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
> YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
> Herald early in the morning on LINE.
>
> What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some
> benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their
> bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers
> and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual
> columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been
> benefitted and not others. Will that trend of p