[Goanet] Bible verse for the Day

[Devak Argham]

B.I.B.L.E - Behold I Bring Life Eternal
---


Acts 1:11
=


11 They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the
sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in
the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”

[Goanet-News] BOOKS: A novel that gives a fine description of the Goa we knew (by late Engr. Agnelo Gomes)

[Goanet Reader]

Recently, Engineer Agnelo
Gomes, a long time and active
Goanetter in its early days,
passed away.  He was based in
New Jersey, USA.  In
remembrance, Goanet shares a
review which Gomes wrote of a novel
which came out some time back,
and authored by another
Goanetter.

Reviewed by Agnelo Gomes P.E.
---
Novel: The Sixth Night
Author: Silviano C. Barbosa
Review by: Agnelo Gomes P.E. Engineer, Founder, Goan Causes
---

'Sotve Ratri', or the Sixth Night, is a lovely and
well-written novel written by Senhor Silviano Barbosa from
Canada.  It is his excellent portrayal of the Goan Catholic
culture and traditions during the Portuguese regime in rural
Goa.  It depicts the village of Cuncolim as an example.
Basically, in Goa, if you grew up in one village it is almost
as if you have grown up in all villages, with so many common
traditions shared among them.

A fine description of village life is brought to life in this
novel.  It is reminiscent of childhood happenings of those
Goans who were born and bred in Goa, and for those brought up
[amidst Goan communities] in other parts of India like Bombay
or abroad, in East Africa or Portuguese Africa of at Beira,
in Moçambique or in Portugal, UK, Australia, North America
USA, Canada.

The author has touched lot of places.  In Bombay, he tells us
how tarvottis (the Goan seafarers) lived in the kudds
(temporary club-house boarding homes for Goans in Bombay) and
how people lived in kottris.  Barbosa has connected all towns
in Bombay or Goa with a sequence of stories, wherever Linda's
-- the protagonist's -- family had to go to make ends meet.

  For those Goans who grew up outside Goa: While you
  read this novel, all the childhood growing up that
  you might have missed in Goa, will appear item by
  item.  As you turn the pages of The Sixth
  Night/Sottieche Rati, you'll come across all the
  four seasons and events unfolding during each
  season in Goa.  You name it -- festa, batismo,
  weddings, the kind of food prepared, sorpottel,
  vindallo, renchado pomfrett or bangde, and how it's
  prepared using all hand-made tools like the rogdoe,
  atore, adorre (granite stones).

All types of fruits that you get during each season in Goa,
you will find here too.  You will read about famous places
and restaurants connected with the story-line.  You'll read
about carnival, about cocottes, etc.  Do you know the link
between Dona Paula and the Gaspar Dias love story?  In which
Dona Paula, a rich lady jumped off a rocky cliff and
committed suicide, because she was not allowed to marry
Gaspar Dias?  Read this novel the way these stories are
narrated by Silviano.  He will take your breath away, what a
beautiful romance between an unsophisticated country girl and
a Portuguese paclo (White), Carlos Soares, a diplomat for
Portuguese missions in various embassies all over the world.

It's all about Sottieche Ratri story.  After a child is born,
going by the old Goan tradition, popular belief of both
Hindus and Catholics in Goa, holds that the sixth night is
very important.  It is held that the goddess of the Sixth
Night approaches the child and writes his or her destiny by
night, on the infant's forehead, in a way that no one can
change the fate of the child, whether good or bad.  The child
will follow that path until its soul departs.

This Sotve Ratri is so important that the household welcomes
the goddess in the hope that she will shower good blessings
on the child.  Good food is prepared to entertain the goddess
of the night on which she is believed to arrive.

The Hindus bring some special flower, fullam of sottieche
ratichem, special zollo buds which are white with reddish
pigmentation mostly grown by the banks of Rio de Sal (Sal
river in Salcete).  This zollo blossoms that nigh with
special aroma.  The xitdhi -- sweet rice boiled with godd
(jaggery) -- is served to all people in the neighborhood.

* * *

SILVANO BARBOSA'S STORY is about a child named Linda Cardoso,
born in Cuncolim to a tarvotti family of a 'lower' caste
called Sudra, the brown-skinned people.  The 'upper' caste in
Cuncolim is made up of Chardo, the light-skin people who have
a dominance over this 'lower' caste.  The author describes,
something I learned for the first time reading this novel,
that the Sudras were the original inhabitants (gaunkar).  And
that the so-called gaunkar who exist now are not from Goa;
but they are instead Aryans from Central Asia, a violent and
bossy people, whereas Sudras believed in equality among their
people.  Once you finish reading this book, you may not like
those high-caste rednecks, for the way they treated Linda's
family, as she too obviously didn't like them either.

  One thing this girl knew very well was that the
  only way she could climb up the ladder was through

[Goanet] (no subject)

[Aires Rodrigues]

My dear friends,

As I turn 60 today a new milestone has been reached in my busy blessed
life. This is an opportune time to reflect and thank you all immensely for
your prayers over the years and to humbly seek your continued blessings as
I embark life as a young Senior Citizen. Time and tide wait for no man.
Some say time flies when one is having fun.

My greatest Birthday wish is that the current pandemic, the worst crisis in
my lifetime comes to a speedy end and people throughout the world can
recover medically, economically, mentally and emotionally.

A lot has changed since my last major milestone ten years ago when I
reached 50. But may I assure you that as always, as Goa’s humble soldier,
the task of serving the people is a commitment, which I will carry on
till my very last breath.

As I thread that path into a new year and new decade with God’s protection,
renewed hope and even greater resolve,may those great words
of Rabindranath Tagore guide and inspire me at all times:











*Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge
is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow
domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless
striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of
reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where
the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into
that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.*

*I look forward to the future for the best things are yet to come!*



Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] BOOKS: A novel that gives a fine description of the Goa we knew (by late Engr. Agnelo Gomes)

[Goanet Reader]

Recently, Engineer Agnelo
Gomes, a long time and active
Goanetter in its early days,
passed away.  He was based in
New Jersey, USA.  In
remembrance, Goanet shares a
review which Gomes wrote of a novel
which came out some time back,
and authored by another
Goanetter.

Reviewed by Agnelo Gomes P.E.
---
Novel: The Sixth Night
Author: Silviano C. Barbosa
Review by: Agnelo Gomes P.E. Engineer, Founder, Goan Causes
---

'Sotve Ratri', or the Sixth Night, is a lovely and
well-written novel written by Senhor Silviano Barbosa from
Canada.  It is his excellent portrayal of the Goan Catholic
culture and traditions during the Portuguese regime in rural
Goa.  It depicts the village of Cuncolim as an example.
Basically, in Goa, if you grew up in one village it is almost
as if you have grown up in all villages, with so many common
traditions shared among them.

A fine description of village life is brought to life in this
novel.  It is reminiscent of childhood happenings of those
Goans who were born and bred in Goa, and for those brought up
[amidst Goan communities] in other parts of India like Bombay
or abroad, in East Africa or Portuguese Africa of at Beira,
in Moçambique or in Portugal, UK, Australia, North America
USA, Canada.

The author has touched lot of places.  In Bombay, he tells us
how tarvottis (the Goan seafarers) lived in the kudds
(temporary club-house boarding homes for Goans in Bombay) and
how people lived in kottris.  Barbosa has connected all towns
in Bombay or Goa with a sequence of stories, wherever Linda's
-- the protagonist's -- family had to go to make ends meet.

  For those Goans who grew up outside Goa: While you
  read this novel, all the childhood growing up that
  you might have missed in Goa, will appear item by
  item.  As you turn the pages of The Sixth
  Night/Sottieche Rati, you'll come across all the
  four seasons and events unfolding during each
  season in Goa.  You name it -- festa, batismo,
  weddings, the kind of food prepared, sorpottel,
  vindallo, renchado pomfrett or bangde, and how it's
  prepared using all hand-made tools like the rogdoe,
  atore, adorre (granite stones).

All types of fruits that you get during each season in Goa,
you will find here too.  You will read about famous places
and restaurants connected with the story-line.  You'll read
about carnival, about cocottes, etc.  Do you know the link
between Dona Paula and the Gaspar Dias love story?  In which
Dona Paula, a rich lady jumped off a rocky cliff and
committed suicide, because she was not allowed to marry
Gaspar Dias?  Read this novel the way these stories are
narrated by Silviano.  He will take your breath away, what a
beautiful romance between an unsophisticated country girl and
a Portuguese paclo (White), Carlos Soares, a diplomat for
Portuguese missions in various embassies all over the world.

It's all about Sottieche Ratri story.  After a child is born,
going by the old Goan tradition, popular belief of both
Hindus and Catholics in Goa, holds that the sixth night is
very important.  It is held that the goddess of the Sixth
Night approaches the child and writes his or her destiny by
night, on the infant's forehead, in a way that no one can
change the fate of the child, whether good or bad.  The child
will follow that path until its soul departs.

This Sotve Ratri is so important that the household welcomes
the goddess in the hope that she will shower good blessings
on the child.  Good food is prepared to entertain the goddess
of the night on which she is believed to arrive.

The Hindus bring some special flower, fullam of sottieche
ratichem, special zollo buds which are white with reddish
pigmentation mostly grown by the banks of Rio de Sal (Sal
river in Salcete).  This zollo blossoms that nigh with
special aroma.  The xitdhi -- sweet rice boiled with godd
(jaggery) -- is served to all people in the neighborhood.

* * *

SILVANO BARBOSA'S STORY is about a child named Linda Cardoso,
born in Cuncolim to a tarvotti family of a 'lower' caste
called Sudra, the brown-skinned people.  The 'upper' caste in
Cuncolim is made up of Chardo, the light-skin people who have
a dominance over this 'lower' caste.  The author describes,
something I learned for the first time reading this novel,
that the Sudras were the original inhabitants (gaunkar).  And
that the so-called gaunkar who exist now are not from Goa;
but they are instead Aryans from Central Asia, a violent and
bossy people, whereas Sudras believed in equality among their
people.  Once you finish reading this book, you may not like
those high-caste rednecks, for the way they treated Linda's
family, as she too obviously didn't like them either.

  One thing this girl knew very well was that the
  only way she could climb up the ladder was through

[Goanet] Mervyn Lobo

[E DeSousa]

Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 23:35:20 + (UTC)
From: Mervyn Lobo 
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
    
Subject: Re: [Goanet] "Nom de Plume" copacetic on Goanet?
Message-ID: <1117858840.868189.1590190520...@mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

 On Monday, May 18, 2020, 01:16:06 p.m. CDT, E DeSousa  wrote:
 I guess the question is how many choose to post under pseudonyms...?

IMHO some of these are quite elegant, but they seem to have the advantage over 
those who use their given names.
Google research: "But one of the most common reasons authors write under 
aliases is because their earlier works bombed".

-
Mervyn Lobo  asks:

"E. DeSouza,
So how many of your earlier works bombed?Mervyn"
Mervin:
I post under my real name.
I was given at birth four names which I thought was rather excessive so I have 
used one initial and the last name most of the time whenever feasible. 

You can check my professional profile at LinkedIn.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/egas-desousa-9158859?trk=people-guest_people_search-card
To answer your question directly, none of my works "bombed".

If you happen to come to Michigan, bring your golf clubs, stop by, we can play 
nine holes and I will buy you a beer.


Cheers,
E. DeSousa.

[Goanet-News] A former Goa journalist, now Down Under, and Konkani news

[Frederick Noronha]

FRANKEY FERNANDES  writes in to share news about
Konkani reaching out to the airwaves via distant southern hemisphere.
Tune in to Susegad Danpaar (The Relaxed Afternoon). Frankey says: "This
week we speak to Advocate Radharao Gracias on the arrests of social
activists who often raise their voice against the government. We also
speak to Fr. Eusico Pereira on community farming and later to the General
Secretary of the Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott, Olencio Simoes,  on his
concerns over bull trawling and LED light fishing carried off the Goa
coast. Please enjoy, subscribe (its free) and forward to your family and
friends."   https://youtu.be/aDESVsey1Nk
Contacts for Frankey: Frankey Gerard Fernandes. Melbourne, Victoria. +61
432 594 959.
-- 
Circulated via: FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436

[Goanet] A former Goa journalist, now Down Under, and Konkani news

[Frederick Noronha]

FRANKEY FERNANDES  writes in to share news about
Konkani reaching out to the airwaves via distant southern hemisphere.
Tune in to Susegad Danpaar (The Relaxed Afternoon). Frankey says: "This
week we speak to Advocate Radharao Gracias on the arrests of social
activists who often raise their voice against the government. We also
speak to Fr. Eusico Pereira on community farming and later to the General
Secretary of the Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott, Olencio Simoes,  on his
concerns over bull trawling and LED light fishing carried off the Goa
coast. Please enjoy, subscribe (its free) and forward to your family and
friends."   https://youtu.be/aDESVsey1Nk
Contacts for Frankey: Frankey Gerard Fernandes. Melbourne, Victoria. +61
432 594 959.
-- 
Circulated via: FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436

Re: [Goanet] The Lockdown Alphabet by Goa Writers (Scroll.in, 23/5/2020)

[Venantius J Pinto]

Never a dull moment.

Venantius J Pinto


On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 11:06 AM V M  wrote:

> *Duxkallant teravo mhoino* said our elders in Konkani, “a thirteenth month
> in times of famine.” That earthy pragmatism girds the Goa Writers group’s
> response to the coronavirus emergency. We redoubled communication amongst
> ourselves, with its unbouded mutual support and encouragement, then created
> The Lockdown Journals (https://thelockdownjournals.wordpress.com), where
> the full range of our members from twenty-something neophytes to the
> 94-year-old novelist Victor Rangel-Ribeiro have all their voices to the
> mix.
>
> Founded in 2006, Goa Writers is a vibrant creative community of just over
> 50 members with strong connections to India’s smallest state, including
> several in Australia, UK, USA and Canada. We published the bestselling 2011
> anthology *Inside/Out: New Writing from Goa*, and since 2009 have co-hosted
> the acclaimed Goa Arts + Literature Festival, along with International
> Centre Goa.
>
> This lockdown alphabet – written exclusively for Scroll.in – reflects the
> remarkable diversity of our group, as well as the uncommon universality of
> the lockdown experience.
>
>
> https://scroll.in/article/962688/a-is-for-arrey-b-is-for-bafflement-a-lockdown-alphabet-by-26-goa-writers-from-around-the-world
>

[Goanet] Eres Tú (Are You The One) Medley - Dana Winner

[Roland Francis]

Sorry, I omitted the link in my previous post.

https://youtu.be/0wlzp1GMgcQ

Eres Tú is a popular Spanish song written in 1973 by Juan Carlos Calderón and 
performed by the Spanish band Moçidades. It was Spain’s entry in the 1973 
Eurovision. Later released in English as ‘Touch The Wind’.

Dana Winner is the stage name of Chantal Vanlee, a Belgian singer famous at 
home, in the Netherlands and South Africa.

A Song Festival medley of old favourites:
* Eres Tú
* Après Toi
* Ein Bißchen Frieden
* Puppet on a String

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Ambeachem Tor (Raw Mango)

[Roland Francis]

Ambeachem Tor, a Goan Konkani Folk Song with Chris Perry’s music and lyrics and 
vocals by Sarita. Risqué animation included.

https://youtu.be/KBYZnTiU30Y

Roland.
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] PROFESSIONAL ADVICE REQUIRED FROM RELIABLE ADVOCATE ON PROPERTY MATTERS AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES (CONTACT NO.)

[gipsport]

Hi Send me your contact details, I can recommend a good lawyer I have used 
before. RegardsBe SafeSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
 Original message From: celes fernandes  
Date: 23/05/2020  09:00  (GMT+00:00) To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] 
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE REQUIRED FROM RELIABLE ADVOCATE ON PROPERTY MATTERS AND 
OTHER RELATED ISSUES (CONTACT NO.) Sir,We are looking out for an Advocate who 
can guide us and give advice to us on reasonable fees which meet our budget.  
We hope someone can help us choose a reliable Advocate.Looking forward if any 
for your response.Celes Fernandes

[Goanet] Schedule for Sunday 24th May 2020

[CCR TV]

CCR TV GOA 
Channel of God's love✝

You can also watch ✨ CCR TV live on your smart phone via the CCR TV App✨
Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform.
Click the link below.
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Email ID:  ccrgoame...@gmail.com

Schedule for Sunday 24th May  2020

12:00 AM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

12:25 AM
Psalms  107 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

12:30 AM
Discerning God's Will - Talk by Dr Silvia Noronha

12:55 AM
Song - With Jesus I rock - Avalon Lobo

01:00 AM
Mass in Konkani of Saturday

01:35 AM
Thomas Aquinas teaching on Sloth - Sr Joeyanna D'Souza fsp

02:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

02:25 AM
We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song - Talk by Savio Mascarenhas

03:00 AM
Tell me a story - Good Samaritan

03:21 AM
Hymn - I Believe

03:25 AM
Bhavarth - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas

03:52 AM
What's Cooking? Episode 2

04:10 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  90 - Vozram Punzavpi - Fr Pratap Naik sj

04:18 AM
Hymn - Fear not I am wih you- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

04:20 AM
Youthopia - Priyanka Sawant - Special Needs Educator interviewed by Elisha
Fernandes

04:38 AM
Hymn - You are my all in all - Flute cover - Fr Seville Antao - OFM(Cap)

04:40 AM
Homily on Feast of Our Lady of Fatima - Fr Joseph SIlva

04:52 AM
Secular Institutes - Fr Subhash Anand

05:25 AM
Healing - Talk by Fr Thamburaj sj

05:50 AM
Eucharist - Talk by Gaurish Naik

06:22 AM
Prayer for Laity - Giorgio Mazzola

06:40 AM
Health Matters - Dental - Dr Ida Ataide

07:00 AM
Mass in Konkani celebrated by Archbishop

08:15 AM
Our Father - Ho

08:20 AM
Bhajans 4

08:43 AM
Music - Carmu Saibinnim - Victor Da Costa

08:45 AM
Hymn -I will sing - Choir Praise Adonai

08:50 AM
Psalm 91 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

08:55 AM
Couples Prayer (Konkani)

09:00 AM
Live Mass from Panjim Church

10:10 AM
Commitment to Holiness through Prayer - Fr Fernando da Costa

10:52 AM
Alcoholism - Eddie Fernandes interviews Socorro Coutinho - Testimony

11:19 AM
Intercessions (English)

11:30 AM
Mass in English followed by Daily Flash

12:30 PM
World Communications Day

01:00 PM
Nokhetram - Michael Gracias chats with  Norman Cardozo and Selvyn J.C.
Braganca

01:35 PM
Magnificat (English)

01:37 PM
Kalliz Jezuche - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

02:04 PM
Media Track - Episode 40

02:34 PM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi  - Br Malvino Alfonso OCD interviewed by Daniel F.
de Souza

03:02 PM
Fuddarache Dive -  Joyson Faleiro interviewed by Michael Gracias

03:29 PM
Pope's Video - May 2020

03:30 PM
Divine Mercy - English 3

03:50 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  90 - Vozram Punzavpi - Fr Pratap Naik sj

03:58 PM
Bhurgeanchem magnnem aplea avoi-bapaik

04:00 PM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

04:24 PM
Reflection on the Gospel - Dominicans

04:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 9

04:58 PM
Hymn -Soglle Tuje Okman - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

05:30 PM
Career Guidance - Forensic Science

06:00 PM
Regina Caeli (English)

06:01 PM
I am the Resurrection and the Life - Talk by Sheela Alvares

06:28 PM
Regina Caeli - Konkani

06:30 PM
Mass in Konkani celebrated by Archbishop

07:45 PM
Tersachem Maggnnem (Brestar) Uzvaddache Gutt

08:17 PM
Povitr Atmeachem Noven -Tisro Dis

08:33 PM
Hymn - Zoi Pritimog Vosta - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

08:35 PM
Ascension - Talk by Fr Justus Paul op

08:57 PM
Hymn - Papia tum re Nirbhagia - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

09:00 PM
Intercessions (Konkani)

09:13 PM
Magnificat (Konkani)

09:15 PM
Ratchem Magnem

09:30 PM
Novena to the Holy Spirit - Day 3

09:45 PM
Mass in Marathi

10:45 PM
Pentecost -Talk by Fr Victor Sequeira

11:18 PM
Konkani Music Concert - Part 1 - Melbourne 2019

11:57 PM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 1

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[Goanet] Eres Tú (Are You The One) Medley - Dana Winner

[Roland Francis]

Eres Tú is a popular Spanish song written in 1973 by Juan Carlos Calderón and 
performed by the Spanish band Moçidades. It was Spain’s entry in the 1973 
Eurovision. Later released in English as ‘Touch The Wind’.

Dana Winner is the stage name of Chantal Vanlee, a Belgian singer famous at 
home, in the Netherlands and South Africa.

A Song Festival medley of old favourites:
* Eres Tú
* Après Toi
* Ein Bißchen Frieden
* Puppet on a String

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Pai (Eu Te Agradeço) - Dad, I Thank You

[Roland Francis]

A simple but beautiful song in praise of her father by Mokika, a Dutch singer 
in Portugal.

Pai, Eu Te Agredeço
https://youtu.be/XkX5TVfFYLg

Roland.
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goa's Migrant Workers Tried To Hold On, But Are Now Desperate To Go Home (Pamela D'Mello, Huffingtonpost.in)

[percyferrao]

 
Don t return On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 01:47:03 AM GMT+1, Goanet Reader 
 wrote:  
 
 As the state’s tourism industry
counts its losses, anxious
workers are thronging railway
stations and even walking home
to north Indian states.

By Pamela D'Mello

PHOTO: Migrant workers from
Madhya Pradesh outside a
government shelter in South Goa.

On Wednesday morning, 25-year-old Santanu Samanta was camped
outside the Calangute office of local MLA and BJP minister
Michael Lobo, completing his third round of paperwork in the
hope of getting a ticket for a train ride back home to East
Midnapore in West Bengal.

Over the past few weeks, Samanta had submitted papers to the
panchayat authorities of Calangute -- the beach village
normally teeming with tourists who frequented the area's
now-shuttered hotels, restaurants and shacks -- and done the
rounds of the mamlatdar offices in nearby Mapusa town.

"The hotel I work in has been closed since March 20.  There's
no work anymore and we are desperate to get back.  Earlier,
Goa was safer and in the green zone, but now the virus has
come to Goa, so we need to get out of here before the
situation gets worse," he said.

At the beginning of May, Goa had been declared a green zone
by the central government after not reporting any cases for
21 days.  While chief minister Pramod Sawant had warned at
the time that the fight was not over, the news was
undoubtedly a relief after an ill-planned state lockdown left
people struggling to access basic necessities.

          However, the state has now lost its 'Covid-free
          zone' status as it has reported 45 active cases
          after the restarting of train services.

As the tourism industry counts its losses, Samanta, who had
been working at Neelam's The Grand hotel near Calangute beach
since 2018, along with 20 others from his district, now just
wants to be back home with his parents.

But even if he manages to get a ticket finally, the
devastation from Cyclone Amphan in his home state may delay
his plans again.

Many of these workers tried to stay back for as long as they
could, but are now looking for any mode of transport back
home, even attempting to walk thousands of kilometres to
north Indian states.  They are desperate due to lack of
money, have lost trust in the administration and fear they
will be forced to stay back under pressure from the
construction and industrial lobby.

No money for food

The workers milling around the minister's office didn't want
to dwell too much on their unpaid or underpaid wages.  Some
have not received any money in the past month, but most said
they were allowed to stay on in the accommodation provided by
hotels for outstation staff.

Lobo and the local village panchayat had overseen provision
of food twice a day during the first phase of the lockdown,
which ended on 14 April, but the hardship during that time
and since has made the workers anxious.

          49-year-old Syed Khan, who used to be a cook at a
          now-shut local restaurant since 2014, had fatigue
          writ large on his face.  Anxious to get back to his
          family in Lucknow, he was waiting outside Lobo's
          house with his friend Rangilal Kaulik (55),
          formerly employed as a dishwasher.  Both had no
          idea that two Shramik Special trains had departed
          on Wednesday from Goa to Lucknow and Rae Bareli.

          "Don't even ask how we managed these last two
          months.  Some days we've eaten, some days we've
          not.  We’ve run out of money now.  We've been
          waiting two months to return home," said a
          despondent Khan.

          A day earlier, police lathi-charged the crowds of
          workers milling outside the minister's office, too
          anxious about the interminable wait for a
          home-bound train to consider social distancing.

Waiting for trains and buses

Ever since restrictions eased on train travel, daily crowds
of anxious migrants have gathered outside the collector's
offices in Panjim and other centres in the state.

On Tuesday, Nurjahan Mulla (27), Jannat Bi (20) and Mabukbi
Jakati (45) travelled by bus from the suburban Chimbel
village, where they worked as domestic helps before the
lockdown.  Now, all they want is to go home.

"There was a bus that was to take us to our hometown Hubballi
(in Karnataka), but that's been cancelled.  We are here to
find out when the buses will start," said Nurjahan.  Both
Jannatbi and Nurjahan have worked in Goa for the past six
years, but lost their jobs during the lockdown.  Mabukbi who
has worked in Goa for 20 years, also prefers to return to
Hubballi.

"It's not possible to survive here without work," she said.

Migrant workers from Karnataka were the first to try to
return home in early May, some by hiring buses on their own
with support from contractors.  But many were turned away at
the Karnataka border because they didn't possess an exit and
entry pass or a vehicle to take them 

[Goanet] "Nom de Plume" copacetic on Goanet?

[Gilbert Lawrence]

GL responds: 
In our town the only people legally permitted to go under an assumed name are 
public offenders (criminals), including sex offenders, who are trying to start 
a new life.
Of course these individuals are being closely monitored by the police. To me 
alias-users are individuals trying to pull a fast one on others and want to 
hide their identity. 
Regards, GL
---From: Mervyn Lobo 

IMHO some of these are quite elegant, but they seem to have the advantage over 
those who use their given names.
Google research: "But one of the most common reasons authors write under 
aliases is because their earlier works bombed".

E DeSousa  wrote:
 I guess the question is how many choose to post under pseudonyms...?

So how many of your earlier works bombed?Mervyn


  

[Goanet] PROFESSIONAL ADVICE REQUIRED FROM RELIABLE ADVOCATE ON PROPERTY MATTERS AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES (CONTACT NO.)

[celes fernandes]

Sir,
We are looking out for an Advocate who can guide us and give advice to us on 
reasonable fees which meet our budget.  We hope someone can help us choose a 
reliable Advocate.
Looking forward if any for your response.
Celes Fernandes

[Goanet] The Lockdown Alphabet by Goa Writers (Scroll.in, 23/5/2020)

[V M]

*Duxkallant teravo mhoino* said our elders in Konkani, “a thirteenth month
in times of famine.” That earthy pragmatism girds the Goa Writers group’s
response to the coronavirus emergency. We redoubled communication amongst
ourselves, with its unbouded mutual support and encouragement, then created
The Lockdown Journals (https://thelockdownjournals.wordpress.com), where
the full range of our members from twenty-something neophytes to the
94-year-old novelist Victor Rangel-Ribeiro have all their voices to the mix.

Founded in 2006, Goa Writers is a vibrant creative community of just over
50 members with strong connections to India’s smallest state, including
several in Australia, UK, USA and Canada. We published the bestselling 2011
anthology *Inside/Out: New Writing from Goa*, and since 2009 have co-hosted
the acclaimed Goa Arts + Literature Festival, along with International
Centre Goa.

This lockdown alphabet – written exclusively for Scroll.in – reflects the
remarkable diversity of our group, as well as the uncommon universality of
the lockdown experience.

https://scroll.in/article/962688/a-is-for-arrey-b-is-for-bafflement-a-lockdown-alphabet-by-26-goa-writers-from-around-the-world

[Goanet] Konkani Goa News

[Frankey Fernandes]

Welcome once again to Susegad Danpaar.

This week we speak to Advocate Radharao Gracias on the arrests of social
activists who often raise their voice against the government. We also speak
to Fr. Eusico Pereira on community farming and later to Gen. Sec. of
Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott Olencio Simoes  on his concerns on bull
trawling and LED light fishing carried off the Goa coast.

Please enjoy, subscribe (its free) and forward to your family and friends.

 https://youtu.be/aDESVsey1Nk



-- 
*Frankey Gerard Fernandes.*
*Melbourne, Victoria.*
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Re: [Goanet] More on Goans of Mainland Tanzania

[Frederick Noronha]

Just to share with you... in case you haven't seen this link by a Goa-based
journalist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikXkj-9eeHU

FN

On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 23:22, Adolfo Mascarenhas  wrote:

>
> Let me add a bit more about the Goans in Mainland Tanzania in Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 16:00:17 +0530
>
>
> If the Smithsonian can have an exhibition of Goan Photographers in
> Zanzibar in the 1870, and the Germans have a display of John Da Silva the
> Artist .Perhaps its Time that Goa also acknowledged them.
> In the list I sent you there are individual Goans who have some
> connections with Rwanda, at least two fellows operate security firms, at
> least one who has been to Mozambique recently following the very bad damage
> from the cyclone etc.
>
>  A few may have got their History wrong .but this is where we can
> help.  Rene Baretto was in school with me What made him a Proud Goan .
>
>  THIRDLY/
> 12 Years ago I gave a talk at the XCHR  which was arranged through your
> courtesy .the first person to congratulate me was Hartman. I feel its
> time I gave another talk.  This confinement in Quepem has opened my eyes to
> the Environment/Mining . and biodiversity ... Corruption and Democracy
>
> Who knows..there might be a young Goan who will find the vaccine for
> the NOVEL VIRus 19
>
> Adolfo Mascarenhas
> Quepem ...
> Even the dogs have ceased to bark, and the noisy motor cyclist are not
> showing off.
>
>

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[Goanet] Hi Frederico

[Sonia Gomes]

Hi Frederico,

Hope you are fine. Frederico is it possible for you to give me the details
of the Konkani Magazine Gulab? The address as well as contact numbers?

Thank you very much

Love

Sonia

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In

the Age

of

Corona Virus


Today

23 May


on

my birthday!


students

have to sit


for

SSC exams


recalling

my time

of

childhood


the

most

difficult

question

was


Who’s

afraid

of the

Headmaster?


for

SSC students

today

it is


Who

is not

afraid

of

Corona Virus?


What does Joao want to say?

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