[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In

the Age

of

Corona Virus


India’s

millions

of

poverty stricken

manual workers


are

showing

Indians

something

we have

never seen

before


No

thank you

to labour offers

for

a miserly wage


we’d

rather die

than risk

our lives


we want

to go home!

they say


in scenes

reminiscent

of

Partition Days

1947


What does Joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] The Threat of CANCER .in Goa & Tanzania

[augusto pinto]

Dear Adolfo,
You're much more knowledgeable than me on the issue and are probably quite
right.

I had heard about this theory of cancer being caused by mobile and
microwave towers and wanted to lnow what others think as I couldn't find
enough information about it.
Best wishes,
Augusto

On Wed, 20 May, 2020, 10:24 PM Adolfo Mascarenhas, 
wrote:

>
>
> Message: 1   Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 16:24:31 +0530
> From: augusto pinto 
>
> To: augusto pinto 
>
> Subject: [Goanet] GOVERNMENT MUST ACT AGAINST ADULTERATED FOODSTUFF
>
>
>
>
> Dear Augusto
>
> ID cabzmd-uyhcc1jqgpbnyuujy9vwtymfiyv_22yhglmgabxjb...@mail.gmail.com>
>
>
> I read your mail few minutes ago:
>
>
>
> FIRST , I am sorry to hear that so many deaths have occurred in your
> family and friends. It is true that India is among the countries with a
> very high rate of Cancer.
>
>
>
> But there are many surprise ……the worst country in Europe is Denmark,
> Netherlands, France and Ireland.  The USA is the fourth worst County for
> Cancer and Alaska is also bad.
>
> Three of the countries with the lowest rate are in Africa: Banako, Gambia,
> Cape Verde and in Asia it is Bhutan
>
>
>
> SECOND Let me be personal. My brother in 2008 complained that he was
> having pains in the chest . I asked him to have it x-rayed. By the time we
> got to Dar we got the news a nearly 900 grams lump near his lungs.  There
> were no smokers in our house …He was kept in Manipal Hospital, close to Goa
> University.  The Chemotherephy made him like a zombie..The Atttitude of the
> doctor was incredible, she asked me not to waste my money he was going to
> die ! Two days later I paid the bill and and ambulance fro NUSI took him
> there. Meanwhile I had ordered for the Johnson Patch through the
> Government. It could only be handled by an Oncologist !
>
>
>
> My Brother when he was in Tanzania worked in the Government Chemist. The
> ceiling was made of ASBESTOS.  His coworker died from the same.
>
>
>
> THIRD** How many Goans are exposed to ASBESTOS?
>
> The answer is many. As you know Boilers in the ship have asbestos coating
> to keep the temperature down.
>
>
>
> THIRD B: Last weekend a couple called me to their place for a barbecue …as
> we were sitting out I noticed something suspicious over a garage like
> structure. I went to look at it. Yes it was ASBESTOS !!
>
>
>
> FOURTH :
>
> Why must unscrupulous people use FORMALIN to preserve fish.  In
>
> the mortuary it is used to preserve the body until it is buried. One fine
> day the body “ explodes”””, Others use chemical  to  ripen fruit etc
>
>
>
> FIFTH
>
> In many cases Cancer is linked to our DIETS …..reduction in fruits,
> vegetables etc and an increase in alcohol consumption etc smoking
>
>
>
> SIX
>
> UVR…Ultra Violet rays ….that is why jets have opaque windows ...that is
> why Cancer is so high in Sunny Australia. There is a flip side
>
>
>
> SEVEN
>
> Environmental Factors ….A shocked Major General Msuya asked me how did I
> know this. See my contribution at the IDRC Conference in Davos with Dr.
> Anthony Pais, himself an oncologist. Yes Volcanic Dust some fatal really
> fatal they kill in Minutes
>
>
> Get in touch with me if you think I can help 
>
>
>
> Adolfo Mascarenhas
> In Quepem ..Goa
>

[Goanet] HOME QUARANTINE

[Stephen Dias]

HOME QUARANTINE

Stephen Dias, Dona Paula

Quarantine is an effective method of stopping spread of disease by stopping
contact with others. Home quarantine SHOULD allow you to avoid contact with
others from the comfort of your own phone. But we fools are taking it too
lightly.

There are a bunch of people  staying in two flats of Vasant Vihar who have
come from out of state earlier this week  and they keep on changing the
group with their families I believe.
 I presume they are supposed to be under home quarantine. Now I know for a
fact they have Goan maids coming in to cook and clean for them everyday.
These people are not wearing masks inside the house. Their maids spend
hours there every day and then head out to other jobs and then home to
their families, often with children and old people.

I'm sure this must be the case all over Goa as more and more people flooded
our poor little 'green-zone' state.

Pooja Bedi and her 'Goan' fiancé are now under home quarantine. Are they
doing their own dishes and sweeping and swabbing the floor themselves? Who
will go and check on all these home quarantine places? The only other
option is to quarantine their maids with all these spoilt brats!

Stephen Dias
Dona Paula
9422443110
21.5.2020

[Goanet] Mining

[armstrong augusto vaz]

Goan tribal federation file petition in High Court over resumption of mining

Dust and Queue of mining truck haunt Goa residents

Gakuved Federation has filed a PIL in the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay
at Goa bench citing various violations of laws and rules in ongoing
mining transportation.

Gakuved in its petition has also mentioned about the plight of the
poor tribal villagers living in the mining affected villages like
Caurem, of South Goa. Gakuved Federation has made Chief Secretary,
Directorate Mines & Geology, Goa Pollution Control Board, District
Collector South Goa, SP South as parties along with two mining
companies that are presently handling mining transportation in Caurem
area. The petition was filed yesterday 20.05.2020 and have requested
for urgent hearing on 22.05.2020.

During lockdown when mining transport started people suspected about
the legality of ore transported, but no one questioned as people
wanted truck operators to earn some income for survival during
lockdown period, but if you look at the present situation on road, it
looks like that there is a some strategy is being planned by some
politicians to sell whole of Goa's iron ore deposit during this
lockdown period.

Yes, a definite plan is on the cards to sell Goa mining resources at
break neck speed during the lockdown period throwing all Covid-19
restrictions in the state to the wind.

The ore transported from various parts of the state, for its onward
export is the one which was extracted prior to March 15, 2018 as
Supreme Court has banned mining and put a ban on renewing any lease
agreements in the state.

On January 30, 2020, the Supreme Court allowed mining firms to
transport iron ore that was validly mined from mines in Goa, on the
condition that, they had paid royalty to the government authorities.
This has given a push to the economy in the mining belt, which had
come to standstill after the Supreme Court order.

However, in a bid to finish transportation within six months as per
the Apex court directive, deadline of which ends on June 30, the
mining companies and transporters seem to be violating the law and DMG
regulations.

The unchecked violations, as such, have been threatening the lives and
health of the locals, mostly at Sanvordem-Curchorem  and Quepem who
have opposed the movement of trucks but their pleas have fallen on
deaf ears.

“Instead of extending lease period and giving benefit to only select
people who have benefited from Portuguese regime, go for fresh auction
of all mining lease immediately to start mining, this will definitely
benefit all the stakeholders of Goa,” twitted Sanjay Dessai, Principal
at CES College Cuncolim,Goa, learner & Researcher in the area of
Corporate governance & finance, working for social awareness.

Sanjay Dessai feels for the people of the living in mining affected
areas of Goa, as he was born and brought up in the mining areas. He
feels for the everyday sufferings of the people living in the area.
The turmoil for the common man on account of mining is not a recent
story but has been going for decades.

Here are a few Snajy Dessai’s mining related tweets.

“Happy to know that Goa Govt has permitted to export Rs 4,500,000
(Rs. 4,500 crore) worth of iron ore to revive Goan economy. I just
wanted to know how much direct revenue  Goa Govt will get from  Rs
4,500 crore sale, experts please guide.

Figure of Rs 4,500 crore is arrived as follows. Total ore to be
exported is 75,0  tonnes, Present rate of iron ore per tonne is  $
80 per tonne and exchange rate is Rs 75 per US dollar,  80 x 75 = 6000
per tonne . 75,0 X 6000 = 4,500,000).”

“From where are they getting the valuation of $80 per tonne?
International metal prices are at it's all time low. Even a giant like
Vedanta is reeling & is borrowing at double digits interest from the
market,” wrote another one in response to Sanjay Dessai’s tweet.

"People who have committed illegal mining cannot manage our family
gold. Clearly anyone found to have committed illegal mining should not
be allowed to manage our family gold. Our Supreme Court found the
entire Goan mining industry was mining illegally for nearly five
years. Only auctions or mining through a government company can
achieve zero loss. But the deeper question is why are we selling our
family gold, calling the sale proceeds “revenue” and spending it? This
is fundamentally immoral. The capital must be saved in a future
generation fund, and the fund income distributed as a zonn, a dividend
to all," says Rahul Basu of Goa Foundation.

The Supreme Court in January, this year had permitted 9.5 million
tonne ore lying at jetties and plots, which has to be transported
within six months.

The South Collector has also issued a Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP) according to which only 25 to 30 trucks could ply per hour from
the mines.

However, the reality seems to be something different.

Locals said that the unregulated transportation choke the road in the
morning (up 

[Goanet] MIning

[armstrong augusto vaz]

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/goan-tribal-federation-file-petition-high-court-over-resumption-vas/?trackingId=U0ujHxBnA%2Bigaamhb%2F1D6g%3D%3D

Re: [Goanet] FW: [Goanet-News] WANTED: Links... to Goan expatriate associations and groups

[Abel Do Rosario]

Dear all,

GOA NSW Inc. is a more than 40 year old association incorporated in Sydney
NSW , Australia.
It has been a very vibrant associations for all the years it has been in
operation up until COVID-19 pandemic and  lock-down has forced us to
temporarily suspended all activities.

Kindly use the below link to the associations website which has been up to
date.
This will give you all the information you have requested for and other
links to facebook etc.

http://www.goansw.org/

Trust it helps your needs.
If your require any other details feel free.

Kind regards
Abel Do Rosario
Treasurer - GOA NSW Inc.



On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 6:20 PM Maria  wrote:

> Hi Abel,
>
>
>
> Trust you and your family are all well, here and in India.
>
>
>
> Just received this email from my sister who lives in Goa.  Not sure is the
> GOA can help. Just passing on.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Maria
>
>
>
> *From: *Fred and Audry 
> *Reply to: *"pinto...@yahoo.co.in" 
> *Date: *Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 2:24 pm
> *To: *"m_soa...@bigpond.com" 
> *Subject: *Re: [Goanet-News] WANTED: Links... to Goan expatriate
> associations and groups
>
>
>
> Send it by email to him, Maria.
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> 
>
>
>
> On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 13:27, Maria Soares
>
>  wrote:
>
> Auds, this dues not hv a link to their website-
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
> On 12 May 2020, at 5:42 am, Fred and Audry  wrote:
>
> 
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> 
>
>
>
> - Forwarded message -
>
> *From:* "Frederick Noronha" 
>
> *To:* "Goanet" 
>
> *Cc:*
>
> *Sent:* Mon, 11 May 2020 at 22:53
>
> *Subject:* [Goanet-News] WANTED: Links... to Goan expatriate associations
> and groups
>
> Dear all: I would be very grateful for any help you could offer by pointing
>
> to the contact details of Goan overseas (expatriate) associations in any
>
> part of the world, including within the rest of India.
>
> This is in connection with my attempts at building a listing of the same.
>
> Once compiled, I will acknowledge the help of everyone who makes this
>
> listing possible. You can send the details to me directly (
>
> fredericknoron...@gmail.com) with a cc to goa...@goanet.org (for wider
>
> public awareness).
>
> What I'm looking for is basically any ex-pat Goan association with an
>
> online presence, or even without. If you could offer a link to their
>
> website or Facebook page, or links to their committee members, with a small
>
> description of how active this group is, what kind of activities they focus
>
> on, and since when, it would be most helpful.
>
> Thank you very much! FN/Frederick Noronha, Goa. WhatsApp: +91-9822122436
>
>
>
> --
>
> FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436
>
>

[Goanet] Real Singing, Real Music.

[Roland Francis]

Veinte Años is a habanera (Cuban dance in slow time) type of song written by 
Maria Teresa Vera in 1935 and is very popular in the Spanish speaking world, 
with versions performed by almost every notable singer. 

Silvia Perez Cruz is a 37 year old Spanish singer whose both parents were 
singers and sang together. She went to the Catalonia College of Music in 
Barcelona where she received classical training and a degree in vocal jazz.

Silvia Perez Cruz - Veinte Amos & Temps Perdut
https://youtu.be/GLAMgIIjE9Y

Roland.
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] Books on Goan Houses

[augusto pinto]

The second book on Goan architecture which I borrowed from Leroy is
'Hidden Hands: Masterbuilders of Goa' which is also authored by Heta
Pandit. This book published in 2003 by Heta Pandit and the Heritage Network
is also out of print.

This book is also a coffee table book which is sumptuously produced with
lots of photographs, pictures and illustrations. The photographs are by
Dina Vakil and the dedigner is Harshvardhan Bhatkuly.

It's focus is a bit different from the from the Houses of Goa book as
although it does deal with both secular and religious architecture of both
Hindus and Catholics, it takes as its subject the builders of the houses,
taken to be understood in a liberal way.

It starts with an introduction which deals with 3 phases: the
pre-Portuguese phase, the early phase after the Portuguese ruled Goa till
1750 and the later phase till 1950.

However a further look at the table of contents gives one an idea of the
direction of the book. Not only does it speak of the owners who
commissioned the houses and those who planned the houses, a but also the
masons, the hydro ecosystems, the agricultural ecosystem, stone craft,
building craft, wood craft, clay craft, metal work, applied art, decorative
art, and garden craft.

Thus it does not stop with only the structures of the houses, but
everything else that was used to make the house like the tools used for
building; and make the house a living space like the furniture and the pots
and pans and the cutlery and crockery and so on.

Actually from the point of view of understanding the evolution of the Goan
house this is arguably a more comprehensive book.

It has profiles of 10 house owners and a mini-directory of various builders
and crafts people. It also has a useful bibliography.

I'll describe the book in more detail in a subsequent post.
Augusto


On Sat, 16 May, 2020, 6:17 PM augusto pinto,  wrote:

> I wanted to read up on Goan architecture.
>
> Unfortunately when they were in print I didn't buy books about Goan houses
> as at the time they were a bit expensive and I didn't have enough money at
> the time.
>
> However fortunately for me my neighbour from Moira Leroy Veloso who
> collects books about Goa did buy some important ones so I borrowed a few
> from him. I'll write about the books I borrowed before delving into what I
> own myself.
>
> One of the more authoritative ones was Houses of Goa. It was first
> published by the architect Gerard da Cunha and Architects Anonymous in
> 1999. The book went into a second edition in 2000 and a third edition in
> 2006.
>
> Its text was written by Hera Pandit and Annabel Mascarenhas and the
> photographs are done by Ashok Koshy. The book has a foreword by Gerard da
> Cunha.
>
> Wtiting about Goan houses inevitably forces the writer to delve into
> history, for houses are the product of one's times.
>
> This is something which Houses of Goa richlh acknowledges as it explains
> how and why Goans built houses in the way they did over the ages.
>
> For instance the authors throw up the concept of the 'inward looking'
> traditional Hindu houses as compared with the post conversion 'outward
> looking' Christian houses.
>
> The old Hindu houses were ones where the women were to be shielded away
> from the eyes of outsiders. Hence while they had a lot of space indoors in
> the form of an inner courtyard called a raz-angounn the outside of the
> house was one which blocked the view to outsiders as to what way happening
> indoors.
>
> After many Goans got converted to Christianity the houses changed
> dramatically. The houses, especially those of the rich, began to be
> designed to display the class of the owners. They were meant to be like
> works of art, something that someone could marvel at from outside. On the
> inside furniture became important where in Hindu architecture there was
> little furniture.
>
> At the same time there were features of of embellishment borrowed from
> church architectural features like striking windows and gates.
>
> This post is getting overlong so I'll stop here.
>
> But the work of Heta Pandit et al is something well worth reading and
> pondering about if one wants to understand Goa.
>
> Augusto
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Goanet] Vicky Leandros

[Roland Francis]

Pretty-as-a-picture Vassiliki Papathanasiou popularly known as Vicky Leandros 
is a Greek singer living in Germany. In 1967 she achieved worldwide fame by 
gaining fourth place at the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg with L’Amor 
Est Bleu.

She further established her career by winning the same contest in 1972 with her 
internationally acclaimed hit Après Toi, known in its English version of Come 
What May. She sings in English, Greek, French and German. She and Demis Roussos 
would often sing together driving audiences mad.

Medley on Dutch Television 
(Translated from the French and German):
*Come What May
*The Bouzouki Rang Out (through the summer night)
*I Have Given Love
*Theo
*We’re Going To Lodz 
https://youtu.be/t6ulPsBnlRs

The Love In Your Eyes
https://youtu.be/joQ5ofW2cSY

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] The Strongman Follies (Dhaka Tribune, 21/5/2020)

[V M]

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/05/21/the-strongman-follies

The great calamity of our times is the global coronavirus emergency
coincided with authoritarian governance in crucial countries. For
example, earlier this week, Brazil recorded almost 20,000 new cases in
24 hours, as well as 888 deaths. It’s the third-worst-hit country,
just behind Russia, with the USA way ahead. These three markedly
different nations on three separate continents share only one common
factor: a bullying president who has serially denied, obfuscated and
mismanaged the health crisis.

Less than five months into the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s glaringly
obvious some places have done much better than others in handling the
complex challenges facing all of us. In India, the southern state of
Kerala comfortably outperforms every other part of the country. Across
the ocean, Taiwan and Australia have identically sized populations,
and the same advantage of being island nations with strong border
controls. But the former has less than 400 cases, while the latter has
recorded over 5000.

Many coronavirus successes are ascribed to female leadership. But
while it’s true that Germany (under Angela Merkel), New Zealand
(Jacinta Ardern), Finland (Sanna Marin) and indeed Taiwan (Tsai
Ing-wen) have scripted remarkable stories of competence paired with
compassion, the highest mortality rate of any country in the world
(number of deaths relative to population size) is Belgium, led by
Sophie Wilmès.

Yet, if a woman president or prime minister is no guarantee of
enlightened leadership, the reign of of populist strongmen does
reliably indicate that things will go very badly in the Covid-19 era.

Thus, there can no surprise that the four worst affected countries by
total number of Covid-19 cases - the UK is just behind Brazil – each
have macho-men leaders who have publically dithered over mask use,
mostly because they didn’t want to appear vulnerable in photographs
(some anti-Asian racism is also at work here).

Earlier this month The Lancet wrote about Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro what
also applies with great precision to the other three as well, “[He]
continues to sow confusion by openly flouting and discouraging the
sensible measures of physical distancing and lockdown…Such disarray at
the heart of the administration is a deadly distraction in the middle
of a public health emergency and is also a stark sign that [the
country’s] leadership has lost its moral compass.”

In its 2018 cover story tracking the emerging phenomenon, Time
magazine said, “In every region of the world, changing times have
boosted public demand for more muscular, assertive leadership. These
tough-talking populists promise to protect “us” from “them.” Depending
on who’s talking, “them” can mean the corrupt elite or the grasping
poor; foreigners or members of racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
Or disloyal politicians, bureaucrats, bankers or judges. Or lying
reporters. Out of this divide, a new archetype of leader has emerged.
We’re now in the strongman era.”

But all the posturing and swagger in the world makes no difference at
all to Covid-19. You can’t trash talk or humiliate a virus, and those
kinds of clownish antics only increase the chance of infection.

What does work is homework, as well as humility, empathy, and
established trust across your constituency. The leaders who have been
most open and honest with their people have all done much better than
others who promised that the problem would soon go away. Denial – no
matter how ferociously enforced by the courts, police, and state
apparatus – has proven deadly, again and again and again.

This is what happened in India, where the prime minister Narendra Modi
leveraged his genuinely extraordinary reserves of social and political
capital to shut down the country with just four hours notice in March,
declaring “The war in Mahabharat continued for 18 days, we have win
this war in 21 days. The entire country has come together to fight
against the threat of Coronavirus and we will definitely win this
war.”

But those three weeks passed, and the virus crisis only multiplied.
Two months after Modi’s stirring call to arms, India eclipsed China’s
official (albeit most likely manipulated) tally of total coronavirus
cases. There are worrying signs Mumbai is shaping up like New York, a
pandemic epicentre with exponential spread. Meanwhile, millions of
migrant workers headed out from the cities to the rural heartland,
taking the contagion with them.

With bombast exposed as sham, the actual heroes of our times look like
66-year-old KK Shailaja, the Communist Party of India health minister
of Kerala.

Universally known by the affectionate honorific “Teacher” (she was a
school science teacher before entering politics) this diminutive icon
never stops repeating that teamwork and transparency are the reasons
for her state’s success. She says, “Fighting an epidemic like corona
requires scientific temper, humanism and a spiri

[Goanet] Fruit Salad (Desgarrada)

[Roland Francis]

For Wilson Coelho of Curtorim and Sonia Gomes of Verna. While we enjoy the 
music, they will also enjoy the repartee with their Goan Portuguese education.

Desgarrada is a popular song in which singers improvise, challenge and respond 
to each other, usually to the sound of the concertina.

It’s also an interpretation of ‘fado’ in this case accompanied by viola and 
Portuguese guitar with renowned performers like Augusto Canário.

This genre is akin to the Urdu Shayari which although mainly poetry, is also 
sung and is popular across both India and Pakistan, Hindus and Muslims.

Saladas de Frutas - Augusto Canário and Friends
https://youtu.be/LTlRvRUhPJk

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Schedule for Friday 22nd May 2020

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Schedule for Friday 22nd May 2020

12:00 AM
Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries

12:24 AM
My Music Videos - Golden Sunset - Kevin Mendes

12:30 AM
Alcoholics Anonymous - Testimony  of Faustina D'Cruz

12:56 AM
Ask Dr Sweezel - Which side is preferabe to sleep?

01:00 AM
Mass for Thursday followed by Daily Flash

01:35 AM
Conversion of St Paul - Talk by Dr Brenda Nazareth Menezes

02:00 AM
Tersachem Magnnem

02:32 AM
Fuddarache Dive -  Joyson Faleiro interviewed by Michael Gracias

03:00 AM
Abundant Life - Parenting - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

03:50 AM
Nokhetram - Michael Gracias chats with  Norman Cardozo and Selvyn J.C.
Braganca

04:24 AM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 1

04:30 AM
Kakuticho Ters - Talk by Br Malvino Alfonso OCD

04:45 AM
Career Guidance - Goa College of Pharmacy

05:15 AM
Ami Kiteak Bhogsunk zai? - Cassino D'Costa

05:53 AM
Hymn -Soglle Tuje Okman - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

05:55 AM
Catholic Quiz - St.Francis Xavier conducted by Mysticka Deniz

06:10 AM
Concert - Vem Cantar  (2019) 8 to 11 yrs

06:45 AM
Consecrated Life - Sr Clare Ukken DSP

06:53 AM
Konkani Short film - Hanv Rakhnno Vatharacho

07:00 AM
Feast Mass at Maina followed by Jivitach Prokas

07:45 AM
Bhajans 2

08:17 AM
Hymn - No man can live as an island -  Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

08:20 AM
Music - Fatorda Youth followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

08:50 AM
Vakhann'ni ani Bozonn  - 3

09:20 AM
Our Father - Odiya

09:25 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  90 - Vozram Punzavpi - Fr Pratap Naik sj

09:33 AM
Prayer of children for their parents

09:35 AM
Way of the Cross - English - Juvenal and Esther

10:25 AM
Kuttumbancher Xikvonn - Fr Jorge Fernandes

10:40 AM
Mon Bodlop - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

11:07 AM
Konkani Short Film on Self Empowerment - Payar Ubo

11:15 AM
Intercessions (English)

11:30 AM
Mass in English followed by Daily Flash

12:05 PM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi  - Premanand Lotlikar interviewed by Daniel de
Souza

12:45 PM
Fuddarache Dive -  Joyson Faleiro interviewed by Michael Gracias

01:12 PM
Talk: Voch ani Tum-vui Tuxench Kor -  Manisha Pereira

01:16 PM
Lockdown Song  - Pauline

01:20 PM
Spiritual Freedom - A Talk by Alfwold Silveira

01:48 PM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 11

01:50 PM
Soimbachi ani Povitr Atmeachi ek Kudd - Talk by Mathew Fernandes

02:06 PM
Music - Bavarth - Fr Eusico Pereira

02:10 PM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 9

02:16 PM
God's Gift to Mankind - Poem by Daniel F. de Souza

02:20 PM
On the Third Day - Eps 1 - Pesticides - Nelson Figueiredo talks to Joaqiuim
D'Souza

02:45 PM
Psalm 95 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

02:50 PM
Hymn - Rochnar Otmea denvun ie - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

02:52 PM
Abundant Life - Marriage - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

03:25 PM
Hymn - I Believe

03:30 PM
Divine Mercy - English 4

03:50 PM
Bible Project - Acts Part 1

03:58 PM
Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem

04:00 PM
Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries

04:24 PM
Reflection on the Gospel - Dominicans

04:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 8

04:57 PM
Hymn - Sonvsarachi Ranni- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

05:00 PM
Youthopia - Chadel Nash Fernandes - Footballer interviewed by Sammy
Coelho

05:17 PM
Konkani Bhas - Bhag 7 - Fr Pratap Naik sj

05:28 PM
Music - Jesus Bendito - Victor Da Costa

05:30 PM
Career Guidance  - Goa Art College

05:58 PM
Pope's Video - May 2020

06:00 PM
Regina Caeli (English)

06:01 PM
Literally Goa- Fr Clifford  Castelino interviewed by Frederick Noronha

06:28 PM
Regina Caeli - Konkani

06:30 PM
Mass in Konkani followed by Jivitaccho Prokas

07:10 PM
Povitr Atmeachem Noven - Poilo Dis

07:24 PM
Tersachem Magnnem (Sukrar) - Dukhiche  Gutt.

08:03 PM
Prayer before Bessed Sacrament - Ursulines Siolim

08:44 PM
Kakuticho Ters - Talk by Br Malvino Alfonso OCD

08:58 PM
Magnificat (English)

09:00 PM
Intercessions (Konkani)

09:13 PM
Magnificat (Konkani)

09:15 PM
Ratchem Magnem

09:30 PM
Novena to the Holy Spirit - Day 1

09:45 PM
Katholik Bhavarth - Talk by Adv. F.E. Noronha

10:40 PM
Health Matters - ENT - Dr Jorson Fernandes

11:11 PM
CCR TV Concert - Highlights 3 - Jugglers

11:25 PM
My Music Videos - Hanv Missionar

11:30 PM
Love as a Challenge - Fr Subhash Anand

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[Goanet] Charles Correa's dream: Using Goa's waterways for mobility of its people (CCF)

[Bernado Colaco]

 Call the Chinese they will fulfill your dreams. In exchange export the red 
mud.No debt trap economy.

BC


The Bahmani Sultanate consolidated their control over Goa in
the late 14th century, and under the Adil Shahi dynasty of
Bijapur, they fortified the city of Ella and created a
navigable canal through the wetlands between the Mandovi and
Zuari basin.  Adil Shah built two palaces in Ilhas.  One
still stands today -- located in the capital city of Panaji
[or Panjim].

The Portuguese also arrived in Goa via the water.  Despite
the development of many modern transport systems and roads,
the rivers acted as borders between districts of Goa -- this
phenomenon is evidenced by the cultural shift that occurred
"across the river".

  

[Goanet] Cleaver on India lawlessness

[eric pinto]

  David is also placing himself at risk. We would join him in his quest and 
it would help if took us into his confidence with a some bio on self and his 
location. I imagine he coordinates from Britain. You are a brave guy, Dave, 
good luck. ——-  that is illegally, without the
> specific orders of the court.

[Goanet] Thoughts on turning fifty: Goan Overseas Association (Toronto) [Armand Rodrigues]

[Goanet Reader]

Thoughts on turning fifty: Goan Overseas Association (Toronto)

By Armand Rodrigues
acrod...@bell.net

G.O.A. (Toronto) turns 50 on April 23, 2020.

Fifty years as a vibrant social and sporting club is a
significant milestone in the life of the G.O.A.(Toronto).
Its Golden Jubilee came up on April 23, 2020. A historical
perspective of this iconic club follows.

Whether in the humble 'khudds' (village clubs) of Bombay or
sophisticated institutes and gymkhanas elsewhere, the Goan
has always been a gregarious creature with an inborn need for
camaraderie.  This characteristic has endowed him/her with
the propensity to form clubs for social, sporting and
literary purposes wherever they go, after coming to terms
with the basic necessities of life -- food, clothing and shelter.

Back-pedalling now, prior to 1970 there were only a few
amorphous Goan groups in Toronto and their interests were
either religious, social and sporting, but only marginally,
as they were loosely-knit and accountable to no one.

FIELD HOCKEY BRINGS SEVERAL GOANS TOGETHER

In the broader sports arena, field hockey was the common
factor that brought several Goans together, though they
played for different teams.  At house parties or gatherings,
lip service was paid to the need to form a proper Goan club
to foster a sense of belonging, with no evidence of any
initiative to form one.

  In 1969, it occurred to most of the Goan hockey
  players that if they played together as a team they
  could easily be the best in Ontario and in Canada.
  Roque Barreto was the driving force behind this
  initiative, with Aloysius Vaz and Willy Monteiro as
  his lieutenants.

To this end, a preliminary and exploratory meeting of all
known players and well-wishers was called in December.  It
could be because of winter, the lack of proper
transportation, or simply inertia, that attendance was dismal
and the meeting proved to be a failure.

Undaunted by the setback, and winter notwithstanding, another
meeting was called for, in January 1970. Of the thirty
people notified, only six roughed it out. They were: Roque
Barreto, Aloysius Vaz, Willy Monteiro, Tony Fernandes,
Anthony D'Souza (Jnr) and Armand Rodrigues.

  Decisive action was taken to (a) form an interim
  committee, (b) enter a Goan team for the
  forthcoming Canadian Field Hockey tournament, and
  (c) explore the allied issue of a coherent body
  under whose banner to play.  Spearheaded by the
  six, word of mouth brought 24 people together for a
  general meeting, on April 5, 1970.  The idea of a
  club under whose auspices a consolidated Goan
  hockey team could play, was unanimously endorsed,
  and morphed into the Goan Overseas Association
  (Toronto) on April 23, 1970.

The rest is history.

Before long, membership started escalating rapidly and the
club gained momentum in the realm of sports and socials.  It
was a force to reckon with when it came to field hockey,
cricket and soccer. Tennis and badminton had a fair list of
adherents.

When the Uganda Goan refugees swelled our ranks in 1972, they
came with enviable credentials and gave our teams a welcome
fillip.

TROPHIES GARNERED

The club garnered trophies in many an open tournament.  Egged
on by its success, it floated the Norbert Menezes Memorial
Gold Cup field hockey tournament for a number of years.  This
tournament became pre-eminent on the continent and attracted
teams from as far away as India, England, the Caribbean and
the States. And, the ladies were not forgotten.  They
competed for the Savio & Joyce Barros trophy. Many members
also donated floating trophies for other tournaments at
parochial level.

Dances were always a sell-out, to the extent the Lions' Club
in Etobicoke could cope with a capacity crowd.  The dinners
were beyond compare and the band was the best our means would
allow.  Needless to say, the camaraderie was exceptional.

As would be expected, members formed the Goan Theatrical
Group and kept lagging cultural traits and language skills
alive with regular offerings of Konkani plays ('tiatr') and
lively songs.  Annual Track & Field meets brought
sister-clubs together in healthy competition.

The hugely successful International Goan Convention in 1988
(under the aegis of the club) was the brainchild of Zulema
D'Souza, our first female president. It put the club firmly
on the map and remains unmatched to date. The International
Goan Youth Convention held in Goa in 1990, was a spin-off
from the Toronto Convention.

Embracing all facets of Goan life, 'Viva Goa' festivities
serve to showcase the community to all and sundry.  And, not
forgotten are the disadvantaged people in our community.  The
Goan Charitable Organization -- a registered charity -- comes
to their aid.

  In the early heady days the vibrancy of the club
  was palpable.  It was the largest Goan club on the
 

[Goanet] Bible verse for the Day

[Devak Argham]

Prophecy : His hands and feet would be pierced
--


Psalm 22:17
===

17 Dogs surround me;
a pack of evildoers closes in on me.
They have pierced my hands and my feet

&

Zachariah 12:10
===

10  I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of
Jerusalem a spirit of mercy and supplication, so that when they look on him
whom they have thrust through, they will mourn for him as one mourns for an
only child, and they will grieve for him as one grieves over a firstborn.


Prophecy fulfilled :
--


Mark 15:24
==

24  Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for
them to see what each should take.

[Goanet] GRAMSABHA ZAGRUT ZA says GOACAN, observe the International Day for Biological Diversity in Goa

[GOACAN RESOURCE CENTRE]

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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CITIZENS to be better informed.

-
GOACAN calls for the observation of the
International Day for Biological Diversity
-

As part of its on going mobilisation drive
GRAMSABHA ZAGRUT ZA  to get maximum
involvement of consumers as voters, GOACAN
has called for the observation of the International Day
for Biological Diversity in the villages of Goa.

The theme for the mobilisation drive which will end
on 18th June Goa Revolution Day is "THINK LOCAL,
ACT LOCAL, THINK LOCAL, BE VOCAL", seeks to
get consumers who are members of the Gram Sabha
to be pro-active as voters in their respective villages.

The first part of the drive will focus on the International
Day for Biological Diversity 22nd May which has the
global theme "Our Solutions are in Nature" and will be
observed with a local theme "Good Governance is a
solution for problems caused to Nature in Goa".

The drive will involve the identification and visit to
various "biodiversity hot spots" in the respective
villages and the photo documentation of the
present problems.

The week long exercise will carry on till 30th May
Goa Statehood Day with the drafting of petitions,
preparing of dossiers, mobilising villagers through
phone calls, emails, whatsapp messages etc. with
the focus on what needs to be done at the
forthcoming Gram Sabha meeting.

Systematic damage to sluice gates, unchecked
hill cutting, rampant fires in cashew plantations
& forested areas, illegal bore wells, dumping of
toxic & plastic waste, destruction of mangroves
are some of the issues that will be highlighted.

The first part of the drive will conclude on 5th June
World Environment Day with the submitting of petitions,
photo documentation dossiers, Gram Sabha proposals
and recommendations on Good Governance to the
Convenor Village Development Committee (VDC),
the Village Panchayat Secretary and the Member
Secretary Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB).

GOACAN calls on members of various Biodiversity
Management Committees (BMC), social activists,
consumer forum volunteers and nature lovers to
actively participate in the drive.

Volunteers & activists are advised to take care and
not violate Section 144, follow the lock down conditions
of wearing face masks and maintain social distancing during
the observation of International Day for Biological Diversity.

Copies of the Gram Sabha proposals and recommendations
on Good Governance may be sent on email to
greenconsumerin...@gmail.com
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