[Goanet] (no subject)

[Aires Rodrigues]

https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/communal-hatred-being-spread-since-last-4-years-ex-bombay-high-court-judge/1465792

[Goanet] The Red Road and Saligao Blues (Mint, 22/2/2019)

[V M]

The Red Road and Saligao Blues

By Vivek Menezes for Mint

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/indulge/the-saligao-blues-goa-s-global-village-1550777523403.html

In 2008, my family left our home in Goa to spend the summer vacation in
London, where we came across a poster advertising Sotheby’s annual sale of
Indian art. That’s how I wound up in the front row at the auction house in
Bond Street, when they announced ‘The Red Road’ and white-gloved liverymen
carried out the massive, magnificent oils-on-canvas by Francis Newton
Souza. I found myself breathless, pierced to the core as recognition
flooded my brain, “Saligao!” Here was a straightforward rendition of the
landscape of the North Goa village where the artist was born. Barely able
to contain myself, I watched in mute agony as it sold for just over a
million dollars, then swiftly disappeared back out of sight forever.

When you think of Indian villages, you don’t generally associate them with
record-setting modern art sold in London. That’s because when you think of
an Indian village, much of what comes to mind doesn’t apply to Goa. To be
sure, there’s unlimited pastoral beauty here, complete with gleaming paddy
fields leading up to hillside cashew plantations. But right alongside is an
astounding history of migration dating back over three centuries. Much is
made of the native ‘Susegad’ or devotion to leisurely contentment that
characterizes the Goan world view, but that attitude has been hard won by
generations of hard strivers all over the world. This is the story of
Souza’s village, and also the singularity of India’s smallest state.

Precisely this distinction struck Graham Greene, when he visited
immediately after decolonization. His 1964 essay in the Sunday Times
entitled ‘Goa the Unique’ points out, “The houses in the Goan village were
built with piety to last. There are few extremes of poverty and affluence:
most houses, however small, are constructed of laterite blocks with brown
tiles of great beauty. They were built by Goans, not by Portuguese…often by
Goans in exile, in Aden or in Africa, who hoped to return one day, for the
far-ranging Goan has loyalty to his village you seldom find elsewhere.”
Inevitably, “on the first Indian village outside Goa on the road to Bombay
you are back to the mud huts and broken thatch.”

What explains these fundamental differences between Goan villages and those
across the state border? One reason is the age-old Gaunkari(later
Communidade) tradition of collective land ownership with distributed
dividends, called by the polymathic scholar DD Kosambi, “this remarkable
form of profit sharing, which is not known in so clear-cut and recognizable
form elsewhere in India.” Albeit still riddled with inequalities, the
economic relationships derived from this ancient system are less feudal
than other parts of the subcontinent.

However, it is above all the prolific experience of waves of migration that
defines the contemporary cultural history of Goa’s villages. Then and now,
the unshakable bedrock of Goan identity remains the international passport.
Most people here are born with the right to at least two: Portuguese (thus
EU) and Indian. Official statistics reveal Souza’s village now has less
than 10,000 residents, but there are undoubtedly at least twice as many
Saligaokars scattered in diaspora.

**

The history of the western coastline of India is written in confluence. Dig
as far back into recorded time as the written word allows, and you find the
name of Goa already inscribed, as open for business.

But it was unexpected events in Europe that set Saligao and its neighbours
permanently on the road. The initial trigger was the rise of Napoleon, his
ambitions reverberating panic throughout Europe. Fearing (accurately) the
French would target their precious Raj by collaborating with Tipu Sultan,
the British sailed into Portuguese Goa to pre-empt use of its port against
their fleets. In the end, their garrisons remained put from 1799 to 1813.

That lengthy stay provoked epiphany. The British were delighted to discover
skilled cooks without taboos about handling meat, adept clerks who had
already mastered the Latin alphabet, proficient musicians in the western
tradition, experienced tailors who knew all about gowns and coat-lengths.
Even better, this hard-working bonanza came without the usual Indian
proscriptions about travelling abroad. In his quirky 1962 monograph ‘Goan
Emigration’, the Saligao writer JB Pinto exults “Goan cooks, butlers,
pantry boys, dhobis, bakers, tailors, shoe-makers, musicians, clerks,
ayahs, were given exclusive monopolies throughout the length and breadth of
then undivided India.”

The Goan 19th century following this fortuitous alignment of supply and
demand belongs in the foremost annals of globalization. 20% of the
population territory steamed out with alacrity. From the point of view of
Saligao, the great breakthrough was Charles Napier’s deft conquest of
Sindh, followed by the British 

[Goanet] Reg. opposition to the cutting of 200 year old trees

[Gerard Delaney]

Colvale, a beautiful, quiet village in north Goa has been my homefor 
over two decades now. At the entrance to Colvale is a group of mango 
trees that form an archway of sorts. This wonderful welcoming canopy of 
200-year-old trees is what greets visitors to the village.


Now, these heritage trees are under threat and will be axed as part of a 
highway expansion project.


Join my campaign and say no to the highway cutting through Colvale. 



In 
fact, the Public Works Department (PWD) has listed over 3,500 trees that 
will be hacked for the highway expansion work being carried out from 
Patradevi to Karaswada.^1 And if this is not infuriating enough, a 
century-old chapel will also be demolished as part of the project.^2 St 
Anthony’s Chapel is a prominent place of worship for us Colvalkars and 
we also hold Novenas there.


We must come together to ensure we protect the heritage of our beautiful 
village, and not allow such violations in the name of “development.” 



Back in the 90s, a similar highway project was announced for which these 
mango trees were to be felled. My father and I fought tooth-and-nail and 
managed to convince the authorities to get the highway to go around the 
trees.Now, the fate of our village rests in the PWD and state 
Government’s hands. From a chapel to the trees, we have been left in the 
dark. Doesn’t the Forest Department care for old trees?


Gerard, I need the help of citizens like you in ensuring that our 
precious trees are preserved. If thousands of us sign this petition, we 
can save our heritage -- that truly makes Goa our sunshine state. 



With 
hope,


Wendell Rodricks

Sources
1. 3577 trees to come under axe for Patradevi to Bambolim highway 
expansion 
 
- The Times of India
2. Century-old chapel under threat at Colvale 
 
- Herald Goa

[Goanet] From filcorde...@gmail.com: Re Sad news: Dr Teotonio R de Souza is no more...

[Goanet Reformat]

Thanks Frederick.
I saw his post on Facebook just the previous day, stating he was in
hospital with a cardiac ailment. He was taken too soon. A great
academic, with the rigour and dedication to his work that is rarely seen
these days. Personally he contributed a lot to my academic horizon when
he came as a teacher in class 10 when I was in St Britto's Mapusa. He
was a young Phd student, and a Jesuit seminarian. His enthusiasm and
knowledge was a revelation to a young teenager.

If there's any memorial service for Teotonio in Goa, please do let us know.

Filipe Cordeiro

On 20/02/2019 23:18, Frederick Noronha wrote:
> Dear all, I'm sorry to be the bearer of sad news. Dr Teotonio R de Souza
> (b.1947), the prominent Indo-Portuguese historian, author of many books
and
> scores of academic papers, earlier director of the XCHR, professor and
> guide of PhD students in Lisbon and Goa, and Moderator of the Goa Research
> Net for many years, passed away at Lisbon this morning at around 8 am
> (Wednesday, February 20, 2019). His family confirmed via friends in Goa
and
> Lisbon that his funeral is to be held in Lisbon on this Saturday (Feb 23,
> 2019). Details are awaited.
>
> We pay tribute to the man and his work. Feel free to share your
> reminiscences here.
>
> Frederick Noronha
> +91-9822122436

[Goanet] Peter Tork - RIP

[Roland Francis]

Keyboard player and bassist of the Monkees, dies at age 77.

Their big hit was ‘I’m A Believer’.

https://youtu.be/wB9YIsKIEbA

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Teo's death

[Eugene Correia]

I saw a brief news of Teo's death on OHeraldo front page but failed to see news 
of his death on other dailies. Did I miss them?
I expected bigger soace for Teo in OHeraldo where he wrote a column. He also 
wrote for The Goan. I wish newspapers devote st least half-page to photos and 
tributes at his funeral.

Eugene
Sent from my iPad

[Goanet] Avoi Ghe Mai - Full Tiatr

[Roland Francis]

Here is the link to the tiatr described in the Goanet Reader post - all one 
hour twenty-six minutes of it.

https://youtu.be/HzOfeT4tx7c

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] India’s New Super Rich

[Roland Francis]

A documentary.

https://youtu.be/9aUbSHbSi-k

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet-News] Avoi Ghe Mai! -- Konkani Tiatr made in Texas (Cynthia Gomes James)

[Goanet Reader]

Avoi Ghe Mai! -- Konkani Tiatr made in Texas

By Cynthia Gomes James
jadoo...@hotmail.com

Horses, cowboys, barbecue, and sizzling summers -- that's
what Texas is known for. But Konkani tiatr? Well, that's
exactly what the G.E.M.s of Texas, a vibrant organisation of
Goans, East-Indians, and Mangaloreans living in the Dallas
metroplex have added to the Texan landscape.

Their first original Konkani production Alfred, Alston, ani
Anthony was staged in 2008 for their 10th anniversary, and
more recently *Avoi Ghe Mai*, their second tiatr, was staged
on October 27th in Garland, Texas for their 20th anniversary.
Both plays were written and directed by the author of this
article, a Bomoicar whose ancestral roots are in Chinchinim,
and both productions were performed by an all-local amateur
cast and crew.

  Avoi Ghe Mai -- a musical comedy about a Goan girl
  Goretti and a Mangalorean boy Manuel, who are
  courting despite objections from their mothers --
  had a cast of over twenty talented local Texans of
  Goan, East-Indian, and Mangalorean origin. Goretti
  was played by Jelsy Fernandes from Margao, and
  Manuel by Nolan Serrao, a Mangalorean from Urwa.
  Thomas and Lysette Goes from Colva and Mangaloreans
  Marita D'Sa (from Bangalore) and Percy Pinto played
  the parents. Percy Pinto's entry in a lungi was an
  instant hit with the audience.

True to form, the tiatr had comedians and jokes galore. Budd
'Rogot' Decosta of Chinchinim and Rosy Carrasco Kintzinger of
Mapusa pumped up their flair for comedy as Sacru the
sacristaon, and Filsu the compounder. Osler Kamath of Bolar
and his wife Maria, a Mangalorean from Pune, kept the
audience in splits as Cristo Pereira and his Mexican-American
wife J-Lo from Texas. J-Lo's character infused enough English
into the play to help non-Konkani speakers in the audience
from other parts of America and India get a good idea of the
shenanigans on stage.

  The probability of spotting an American in a tiatr
  in America may be almost nil, but this one did star
  a true blue American -- Paul James in a cameo role
  as a Russian. The talented cast also included Glen
  Cardozo from Margao and Stanlin D'Cruz, a Mapusa
  Bomoicar.

The script of the one-and-a-half hour-play flowed seamlessly
between Mangalorean Konkani, Goan Konkani, and English.
Momentum was maintained with short, funny scenes punctuated
by thoroughly entertaining songs. The musical compositions by
this writer included a mix of original songs and adaptations
of old favourites. Noel Da Costa, a Goan from Bangalore,
accompanied the singers brilliantly on the keyboard, and this
writer's sixteen-year-old Rohan joined in on trumpet for a
couple of songs.

The tiatr's opening song featuring the lead players set the
context nicely for the audience. Gracian Serrao, Eustace and
Patricia Fernandes, Anil Pinto (GMC alumnus), and Cheryl Lobo
were other singers who graced the stage with catchy songs and
polished performances. The writer and director herself
serenaded the audience with original compositions and the
foot-tapping title song 'Avoi Ghe Mai' set to the tune of
'Mamma Mia'.

  The high voltage finale, 'Kazaar Ami Zaunya', an
  adaptation of Bruno Mars' song 'Marry You',
  performed by "amcho Bruno Vaz" Daniel D'Souza with
  the flair of a rockstar brought the house down.
  Not surprisingly, the song made Daniel, a
  Mangalorean who grew up in Bombay, an Internet
  sensation.

The cast performed to a full house of around 250 excited fans
from Dallas and beyond. A busload of Goencars from Houston
had happily embarked on a four-hour road trip to enjoy the
tiatr, thanks to Bob and Dimple Lopes from Vasco. The Houston
Goans revved up the atmosphere with their enthusiastic
appreciation and the Dallas crowd followed suit. All through
the show, the hall resounded with the sounds of applause,
whistling, and cheering, and the ambiance harked back to
tiatr halls in Bombay and Goa.

The contemporary feel and the plot line culminating with
Bruno Vaz's concert kept the youngsters in the audience
hooked. The tiatr being a 'one night only' performance, the
cast and crew gave it all they had, playing their roles to
the hilt in fluent Konkani, despite having settled down
thousands of miles away from Goa and Mangalore.

  By way of background, the Konkani theatre form now
  called Tiatr had made its debut in 1892 with
  Italian Bhurgo, the art form having evolved
  incrementally while adhering to the tried and true
  format for decades. [See an free-to-download ebook here
  http://www.tiatracademygoa.com/rafael-final-apr3-noon.pdf ]
  The play in Texas used the traditional tiatr format
  -- an opening theme song, pordhes, cantos, and
  cantaars -- but the writer also 

[Goanet] Avoi Ghe Mai! -- Konkani Tiatr made in Texas (Cynthia Gomes James)

[Goanet Reader]

Avoi Ghe Mai! -- Konkani Tiatr made in Texas

By Cynthia Gomes James
jadoo...@hotmail.com

Horses, cowboys, barbecue, and sizzling summers -- that's
what Texas is known for. But Konkani tiatr? Well, that's
exactly what the G.E.M.s of Texas, a vibrant organisation of
Goans, East-Indians, and Mangaloreans living in the Dallas
metroplex have added to the Texan landscape.

Their first original Konkani production Alfred, Alston, ani
Anthony was staged in 2008 for their 10th anniversary, and
more recently *Avoi Ghe Mai*, their second tiatr, was staged
on October 27th in Garland, Texas for their 20th anniversary.
Both plays were written and directed by the author of this
article, a Bomoicar whose ancestral roots are in Chinchinim,
and both productions were performed by an all-local amateur
cast and crew.

  Avoi Ghe Mai -- a musical comedy about a Goan girl
  Goretti and a Mangalorean boy Manuel, who are
  courting despite objections from their mothers --
  had a cast of over twenty talented local Texans of
  Goan, East-Indian, and Mangalorean origin. Goretti
  was played by Jelsy Fernandes from Margao, and
  Manuel by Nolan Serrao, a Mangalorean from Urwa.
  Thomas and Lysette Goes from Colva and Mangaloreans
  Marita D'Sa (from Bangalore) and Percy Pinto played
  the parents. Percy Pinto's entry in a lungi was an
  instant hit with the audience.

True to form, the tiatr had comedians and jokes galore. Budd
'Rogot' Decosta of Chinchinim and Rosy Carrasco Kintzinger of
Mapusa pumped up their flair for comedy as Sacru the
sacristaon, and Filsu the compounder. Osler Kamath of Bolar
and his wife Maria, a Mangalorean from Pune, kept the
audience in splits as Cristo Pereira and his Mexican-American
wife J-Lo from Texas. J-Lo's character infused enough English
into the play to help non-Konkani speakers in the audience
from other parts of America and India get a good idea of the
shenanigans on stage.

  The probability of spotting an American in a tiatr
  in America may be almost nil, but this one did star
  a true blue American -- Paul James in a cameo role
  as a Russian. The talented cast also included Glen
  Cardozo from Margao and Stanlin D'Cruz, a Mapusa
  Bomoicar.

The script of the one-and-a-half hour-play flowed seamlessly
between Mangalorean Konkani, Goan Konkani, and English.
Momentum was maintained with short, funny scenes punctuated
by thoroughly entertaining songs. The musical compositions by
this writer included a mix of original songs and adaptations
of old favourites. Noel Da Costa, a Goan from Bangalore,
accompanied the singers brilliantly on the keyboard, and this
writer's sixteen-year-old Rohan joined in on trumpet for a
couple of songs.

The tiatr's opening song featuring the lead players set the
context nicely for the audience. Gracian Serrao, Eustace and
Patricia Fernandes, Anil Pinto (GMC alumnus), and Cheryl Lobo
were other singers who graced the stage with catchy songs and
polished performances. The writer and director herself
serenaded the audience with original compositions and the
foot-tapping title song 'Avoi Ghe Mai' set to the tune of
'Mamma Mia'.

  The high voltage finale, 'Kazaar Ami Zaunya', an
  adaptation of Bruno Mars' song 'Marry You',
  performed by "amcho Bruno Vaz" Daniel D'Souza with
  the flair of a rockstar brought the house down.
  Not surprisingly, the song made Daniel, a
  Mangalorean who grew up in Bombay, an Internet
  sensation.

The cast performed to a full house of around 250 excited fans
from Dallas and beyond. A busload of Goencars from Houston
had happily embarked on a four-hour road trip to enjoy the
tiatr, thanks to Bob and Dimple Lopes from Vasco. The Houston
Goans revved up the atmosphere with their enthusiastic
appreciation and the Dallas crowd followed suit. All through
the show, the hall resounded with the sounds of applause,
whistling, and cheering, and the ambiance harked back to
tiatr halls in Bombay and Goa.

The contemporary feel and the plot line culminating with
Bruno Vaz's concert kept the youngsters in the audience
hooked. The tiatr being a 'one night only' performance, the
cast and crew gave it all they had, playing their roles to
the hilt in fluent Konkani, despite having settled down
thousands of miles away from Goa and Mangalore.

  By way of background, the Konkani theatre form now
  called Tiatr had made its debut in 1892 with
  Italian Bhurgo, the art form having evolved
  incrementally while adhering to the tried and true
  format for decades. [See an free-to-download ebook here
  http://www.tiatracademygoa.com/rafael-final-apr3-noon.pdf ]
  The play in Texas used the traditional tiatr format
  -- an opening theme song, pordhes, cantos, and
  cantaars -- but the writer also 

[Goanet] Goa to Me, to me. (In Memoriam Dr. Teotonio de Souza)

[V M]

Each one of Dr. Teotonio de Souza's books fell into my hands with a
kind of thunderclap of significance. They were deeply desired,
desperately sought, pored over carefully and greatly cherished.

I was growing up at what felt like the far end of the diaspora, in the
numbing cold of near-total isolation, in half-comprehension of who I
was and where I came from. So each book came as a kind of life-raft.
They added up to a trail that could be followed, a train of thought
and scholarship that slowly, meticulously, identified the building
blocks that I would need in order to achieve coherent perspective.

It's necessary to recall the period of time we're talking about,
distant in substance but actually not so very long ago. There was no
Internet, the scattered Goan community was even more fractured and
dissipated than we find in the new millennium. Those of us growing up
in the west in our teens and twenties were still collectively
scrambling to find our feet, to identify our bearings. At that time
complete immersion was (and to some large extent remains) the
preferred Goan method of assimilation – our cousins in England became
totally British to the exclusion of all else, those in Montreal and
Toronto went through similarly one-way enculturation.

It was often difficult to find similar ground even within families,
and when it was achieved it often centered on the future, rarely on
what bound us from the past. The migrant who identified himself as
Goan – more often than not from East Africa, because there weren't
very many directly from Goa at that time – often clung to farcically
impoverished, stunted and out-of-date ideas of identity and community.
To grow up Goan in the diaspora then seemed to mean very little beyond
an affinity for certain foods, for drinking and dancing. Meagre fabric
indeed, the central thread of which was little more than "not Indian."

Another complication was the abysmal lack of critical writing
regarding Goa, Goans, Goan history. Even assiduous, persistent seekers
found pretty much zero. We had worthless hagiographies of "great
Goans", written with visible biases. We had religious claptrap. And
there was the prevailing, provably false, perpective from the colonial
era that aimed to draw lines between Goa and the rest of the
subcontinent, which cast European misadventures in glorious light.

So you can image the effect that Dr. de Souza's books had on my life –
suddenly I had access to clarity, to a reasonable, deeply informed
voice. Suddenly there was a small body of work that could be relied
upon, that sought a rigorous approach. There was post-colonial
self-confidence, a sense of worth and very, very, welcome real pride
that resonated deeply in diaspora breasts. There was the authority of
scholarship, the magisterial approach – meticulous, multilingual,
sensitive to all sides and unfair to none.

'Goa to me' exemplifies all of this, more than the other books. It
remains the single book that I recommend to every young Goan who seeks
to grasp his origins. For those who have grown up – like I did, like
most of us do – with truncated, deeply skewed information about our
culture, the book incisively highlights a whole range of related
subjects that completely explodes horizons. The Xenndi Tax? The
Oratorians? Sir Rogerio de Faria? We'd never heard of any of it.

Best of all is Dr. de Souza's long introduction – full of confidence
leavened by genuine humility. It portrays a questing life, an
indomitable spirit, a refusal to settle for received wisdom. A blurb
provides the essence – "the author sees his work as a genuine
reflection of his search for self-identity. He sees his self-identity
as inseparable from the history of the people to whom he belongs."

He takes us on a journey, in this seminal book, but also the other
writings, including many graceful, humour-filled interventions onto
Goanet (the Goa centered Internet discussion group with 6000
subscribers). It is vital work, and essential service rendered with
characteristic indefatigability and rigor. The Goan ship may skim the
cultural oceans, but it now always has recourse to anchor. That
mooring has been forged first of all by Dr. Teotonio de Souza. I take
this occasion to offer sincere gratitude.

[Note: this tribute was written for 'Metahistory', a 2007 festschrift
published in Dr. Teotonio de Souza's honour]

[Goanet] Exhibition

[S Y]

CARTOONISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF GOA 2019

‘Cartoonists and Illustrators of Goa 2019’ from Feb 22 to 24, an art
exhibition,
At Kala Academy today by Wendell Rodericks was its high profile inauguration

Twelve cartoonists and illustrators from Goa have come together to share
their stories & experiences,
Their best cartoons and illustrations displayed alongwith the sale of their
self-made merchandises

The artists include Alexyz, Sanket Lawande, Rohit Chari, Malcolm Rebello,
Swapnil Behere, Billy Fernandes,
And Govit Morajkar, Manuela Gomes, Cornelia Sequeira, Nadia De Souza,
Melanie Pereira & Fabian Gonsalves

The exhibition also introduces Sumit Naik and Samuel Rodrigues,
Two new talents who are self-taught illustrators and cartoonists

>From newspapers to graffiti to beautifully designed websites,
Illustrators and cartoonists make our life delightful with their doodling
insights

Drawings, paintings are sketched with the intent of pun,
Truly depicting that life is nothing without fun

So go out there and feast your eyes on the collection,
At this paradise of artists' imagination and reflection


SALONI & SURI

February 21, 2019

[Goanet] cricket war after Pulwama massacre

[Nelson Lopes]

Cricket war after Pulwama massacre

  The massacre at Pulwama has raised the pitch of emotions and  serious
concerns amongst Indians. How to retaliate and express our anger and
solidarity is the issue. Hence cricket war is  used to settle the scores
rightly or wrongly.  India  may demand International Cricket body to ban
Pakistan. This may not happen as other Nations may not be supportive. of
importing politics into sports; India can boycott  world cup, as second
best   option to register our strong reactions of displeasure and which is
certainly in our ambit. Absence at one world cup will resgister a serious
protest and put the Nation, soldiers, first above rankings and world
standings. Majority of Cricket stars and citizens favour boycott at this
stage. No action whatsoever will mean no appropriate response and engaging
with Pakistan in any manner at this juncture s against prevailing National
sentiment. The game with India and Pakistan is revenue generating .much
awaited event. Absence of India will deprive the game of its glitter. It
may be recalled that in 1999 India played Pakistan close to Kargil war,
where 500 plus soldiers lost their lives . It does not mean we should
repeat playing under similar grave provocations. The Vajpayee was P.M then
 and now with  another BJP  P.M Modi, a comparison after 20 years may not
 be suitable reasoning. Though boycott of world cup by India may not be
equivalent retaliation, but a response will focus  a larger ramifications
of patriotism and Indians are united

The Govt has not directly encouraged such a movement, but largely supports
the will of its citizens and cannot take a contrary stand

Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] The Vatican Summit

[Roland Francis]

A historic summit to deal with the Catholic Church's clergy abuse scandal 
starts today in Rome. Pope Francis called for the four-day summit, which for 
the first time in Catholic history brings together nearly 200 church leaders to 
address the crisis. "We must look this monster in the face without fear if we 
really want to conquer it," a Vatican spokesman said. The summit comes as the 
Catholic Church is confronting scandals on several fronts, from the sexual 
abuse of nuns by clergy to a salacious new book to be published today that 
calls the Vatican "one of the biggest gay communities in the world."

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] TRAI TELEVISION USER CHOICE POLICY

[John Eric Gomes]

UNDER THE GUISE OF BENEVOLENT CHOICE
The government had not much of a hand in getting us our first television 
connection. It was all private enterprise. When it became a lucrative business, 
they stepped in to tax and control. We were getting plenty of channels we do 
not want , but also alot of the ones we do with a wide choice at a reasonable 
rate! Now TRAI under the guise of consumer choice, has ensured with a 
compulsary basic package and pay channels for which we have to add GST, that we 
will not be able to view even half the channels of our choice at reasonable 
cost we were viewing and having wide options of choice too!The government gains 
at the cost of all users and suppliers by doing nothing but taxing and issuing 
ordersl. That is what most of whom I talked to feel. It is over a week and 
switch means no proper reception till stabilized.  If there was transparency 
and accountability, we would know how and who exactly, ignoring the consumer, 
benefits or loses and as to why and what extent. No doubt it is a step in the 
right direction. I understand the matter is being adjudicated by the courts.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 14, Issue (ELECTRICITY bILL)

[John Eric Gomes]

NEW SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION CAUSING HAVOC

I was paying by cheque at designated bank. Suddenly bank is told not to 
accept. So I go to the sub station office. The clerk will only take cash. 
For cheque I have to stand in long so called queue at the payment window. 
(No discipline, so rush/push and to hell with senior citizen or any 
courtesy/politeness!) The cheque in any case will have to go to my bank for 
realization, where I was indeed  paying so far? The way this government 
works is first give orders, no checking about infrastructure or 
implementation problems. Customers are to be treated with disdain and 
punished if orders by our bosses are not complied wth. I keep hearing angry 
people. Do we have to go to courts to get the government to see the light ? 
The government is there for the people not the other way around? The PM is a 
good performer, not reformer. It is high time for real administrative, 
police, electoral and judicial reforms!.The people must not be harassed and 
be helped first, before bureaucrats own comfort and ease. Let not the people 
boil with more rage and discomfort due government policy/procedures? 

Re: [Goanet] Coconut Water Good For Your Daughter!

[W.F.]

 absolutely NO to 45 rs. .. 
On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 4:57:36 PM GMT+4, Bernice Pereira 
 wrote:  
 
 Excellent idea - promoting coconut water. But not at Rs.45 a coconut please. 
My elders must be rolling in their graves.

Bernice Pereira 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 20-Feb-2019, at 9:58 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> Coconut Water Good For Your Daughter!
> 
> While a young lad growing up in Bangalore I would often hear this
> refrain: Coconut water is good for your daughter, Nilgiri buns good
> for you sons!
> 
> The sons of south India today are more into computers than buns, as
> Bangalore and other parts in the south are firmly in the 21st century,
> and the girls, too,  are not particularly interested in coconuts -
> tender or otherwise.
> 
> Muthalik is of the opinion Bangalore girls would rather have a
> cocktail than anything else; and, of course, he does not approve of
> this kind of behavior. But how about a coconut fenny cocktail?
> 
> Goans have given the coconut tree a special place in our hearts  - a
> resurrection from a no-tree status by a few misguided people. Anyway,
> why not make the coconut cocktail the official cocktail of Goa? Life,
> they say, goes on and things change, and maybe it is time to drink to
> that!
> 
> Our Agriculture Minister Vijay Sardesai has announced the promotion of
> tender coconuts in a big way for Goa. In some countries, there are
> soft drinks available which contain vitamins, especially vitamins c,
> fiber, and other goodies. We can promote the coconut tree, especially
> the tender coconut water everywhere in Goa. A nice touch in the land
> of Goenkarponn. An antidote to combat aerated drinks which we all know
> does not promote good health, only diabetes. Let's raise a glass to
> our Agriculture Minister for his positive and creative thinking, a
> quality always in short supply in Goa.
> 
> Coconut Corner can become a place of honor in every village market in
> Goa where coconuts - tender and ripe - can be sold along with sweets
> and other coconut delicacies, including coconut artifacts, anything
> related to the tree and fruit. No way should increased FAR be given to
> builders if they grow coconut trees. Why single out the builders for
> special privileges, the logic of which escapes every bona fide Goenkar
> except a bondo. Somehow every politician in Goa wants to bring in the
> builder through the backdoor. Beware! Next our IT Parks soon will have
> more coconut trees than a coconut grove.
> 
> Goa's coconut culture is in the limelight, and fast forward. It looks
> like the Goa Forward Party is on the right foot and taking our state
> in the right direction - on this issue.
> 
> On other issues, I reserve my opinion. A step forward is good; please,
> however, don't take two steps backward after this!  

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Tambdi Bhaji

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Tambdi Bhaji'

Goodness in red.

The Goan love of fish is well known. Not so well known is our fondness
for tambdi bhaji (lit. red vegetable).

Fish curry, rice, and tambdi bhaji completes the trifecta of the ideal
Goan meal. Capped by a relaxing siesta, it is the recipe for a good,
healthy, and productive life. In Goan homes, [...]

You may view the latest post at

https://blog.parrikar.com/2019/02/21/tambdi-bhaji/


Warm regards,

Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Did you know? A priest who has fathered a child can look after the child

[Eddie]

The Pope , it seems, can make up rules or exceptions to the rules, as he 
thinks fit. After all, he is Vicar of Christ & Supreme Pontiff !
The Vatican has admitted it has an internal set of guidelines which urge the 
clergy to “voluntarily” leave the priesthood in case they ever father a 
child in violation of their vows of celibacy. Apparently, the priest is not 
punished, merely asked to change his occupation.
The “internal document” is focused on child protection. It annuls the 
offender's priestly status and turns him into a parent by devoting himself 
exclusively to the child.
The existence of the secret document was kept secret and only recently 
divulged to the New York Times (sadly, not to the Times of India or GoaNet).


Eddie

[Goanet] India Catholic Cardinal Oswald Gracias ‘failed abuse victims’ - BBC News

[Roland Francis]

India’s Catholic Church did not remain far behind.

Five years ago I was constantly asking myself “are there Indian floodgates that 
will open”, hoping somehow that there was something special about the simple 
faith there which would have arrested the disease that was insidiously creeping 
into all other Catholic societies. That happens mainly in the West I told 
myself. What I didn’t know was that the simpler the faith of the victims, the 
more cruel the suffering to them and their families, in the Domino Effect.

Could there really be a god allowing all this to happen to society’s most 
vulnerable, inflicted by those ordained in his own service.

And then skeleton after skeleton tumbled out of the Desi cupboards beginning 
with the nuns. I suspect there’s a lot more that will come out before we see 
the end of the sordid chapter. The story of innocent altar boys and orphaned 
children I suspect, has not yet been told.

There aren’t enough stones to cast, Devak Argham.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47302447

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Sunny Leone tops Bihar Jr Engineer recruitment list.

[Roland Francis]

Canadian porn star, stunning beauty and Bollywood actress is tops on the list 
for a Bihar Junior Engineer’s job. 

If she decides to join, she will get a salary of Rs 16,548 per month equal to 
all of C$ 307. Probably buy her one of those fancy thongs she is always 
removing.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/sunny-leone-tops-phed-bihar-junior-engineer-exam-scores-98-5-points-check-merit-list-here/story-v1z4FUYPycd3Nzg7hlUkmL.html

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Panel Discussion on HIV/AIDS and Discrimination | Zero Discrimination Day by UNAIDS on Friday, 1 March 2019

[Iris gomes]

Human Touch Foundation has organized a thematic *Panel Discussion on
HIV/AIDS and Discrimination* in collaboration with Goa State AIDS Control
Society to mark Zero Discrimination Day by UNAIDS on *Friday, 1 March 2019
| Nalanda Hall, 5th Floor, EDC House, Panjim, 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm*



The panel discussion challenges people to inform themselves about
discrimination. We can all challenge discrimination and spread the
knowledge. Ending discrimination is the right thing to do. It is good for
our communities, good for the economy and good for the future.



This panel discussion will provide a platform for affected populations,
experts and leaders on HIV and discrimination rights to: (i) discuss and
bring to light the experiences of individuals and communities living and
affected by HIV and AIDS; and (ii) offer concrete proposals to transform
the future local HIV response by addressing deep seated forms of stigma and
discrimination and challenges to comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment,
care and support.



*The opening statement* will be given by Dr. Jose D’Sa, Project Director,
Goa State AIDS Control Society and the discussion will be moderated by
Peter F. Borges, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Human Touch Foundation



The panellists include Dr. (Fr.) Allan Tavares on HIV Stigma,
Discrimination and Faith; Diana Dias on the many faces of transgender
discrimination; Dr. Shradha Mulgaonkar Patil on Towards Zero Discrimination
in health-care settings; Adv. Albertina Almeida on Legal framework against
HIV discrimination; Dr. Aldina Braganza on Towards Zero discrimination in
educational settings and Ms. Celina on Lived Experiences of Stigma and
Discrimination



The registration could be done at by 25th February 2019 via
https://goo.gl/forms/hBiDYK15ArTjTt4I3  For queries, contact Richard @ +91
81975 49909, Basavaraj @ +91 99608 18587 | Michael @ +91 82752 59185


 Iris C F Gomes

Editor of Prutha (www.pruthagoa.com)



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[Goanet] Coming To A Bank Near You.

[Roland Francis]

In my ancestral village.

FELLY GOMES VIDEO ON ROBBERY AT CENTRAL BANK ASSAGAO GOA

https://youtu.be/k88Lb2OVx0c

Roland.
Toronto.