Re: [Goanet] Britons in Dubai sell possessions and return home as coronavirus ends expat dream

[Jules Fausto Mendonca de Sa]

Dear Roland

Lovely of you to send this article which is so relevant and has been happening 
for decades. Interesting that it is being highlighted more openly.

Regards

Fausto



Sent from Outlook


From: Goanet  on behalf of Roland Francis 

Sent: 27 June 2020 17:18
To: goa...@goanet.org 
Subject: [Goanet] Britons in Dubai sell possessions and return home as 
coronavirus ends expat dream

Sorry this UK Telegraph article requires a subscription but you can get the 
gist in the first few lines

No tears will be shed by the South Asians expatriates in Dubai who gnash their 
teeth at the largely lesser qualified white Brits who are recruited at 
astronomical salaries.

This is a typical situation:
The Arab owner or senior executive is prejudiced in favour of the Brits their 
former masters. He brings in a plumber from the building trades and makes him a 
Vice President of his construction company. Then he recruits Indian or 
Pakistani or Sri Lankan engineers at a quarter of that salary and construction 
workers at a tenth of that quarter who do all the real work.
Naturally the London tube-taking plumber now becomes the resident of a 
sumptuous ‘villa’ and drives a Range Rover or a BMW SUV.

So when they are losing their virtually tax free jobs, no tears are shed by the 
children of a lesser god.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/20/britons-dubai-sell-possessions-return-home-coronavirus-ends/

Roland.
Toronto

[Goanet] Fr Anthony' Fernandes Tribute to Goan Sailors

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

Dear Fr. Anthony Fernandes (SFX)

Your Message on the Subject  [Goanet] Toil and tears on the salty seas... a
tribute to the   Goan seafarer  sent on Sat, 27 Jun 2020 05:01:23 +0530  as
part of Goanet Reader

ID: 



It had many aspects which very few Goans ponder to think

 I am a very fast reader and slowly it dawned to me that here there were
realities that were worth reacting so here goes



First

The lyrics, attributed to the courtesy MangaloreMuzik,



Lyrics :DOL MOJEA BAI
Dol moje bai, nind moje bai, pipit adtolo pai,
# Rock /swing my baby, sleep mum baby, father will bring sweets (father
works on the ship, who come back after about a year)



Kavlo roddon, gharacher ghai, vinchari kitem zai, # A crow was crowing over
the house asking what (the baby)  wanted



That little detail about the crow crowing

::: Two  the Loneliness of the brides or wife they left behind If she
was pregnant that child in the womb know when the mother is happy or sad
 I am also thinking of the number of seamen lost during the warious
World Wars :::



 Three 'seafarers' is a collective term they could  containers, bulk
carriers, tankers, passenger ships, etc. Oh yes we forget that Seafarers
are vital to international trade and economy as 90% of the goods that we
use in our lives are transported by sea..   Some may be cooks, some with
education and skills actually deputizing for the Captain. I visited a
relative in Quepem who lost her husband in London last year.  Oh yes he was
getting a Pension and treatment in UK …he was high enough for him to take
his wife on the long voyages 


FOUR We failed to be sensitive and understand the anguish of the
seafarers and their families<<<

Re: [Goanet] Britons in Dubai sell possessions and return home as coronavirus ends expat dream

[Jules Fausto Mendonca de Sa]

Sent from Outlook


From: Goanet  on behalf of Roland Francis 

Sent: 27 June 2020 17:18
To: goa...@goanet.org 
Subject: [Goanet] Britons in Dubai sell possessions and return home as 
coronavirus ends expat dream

Sorry this UK Telegraph article requires a subscription but you can get the 
gist in the first few lines

No tears will be shed by the South Asians expatriates in Dubai who gnash their 
teeth at the largely lesser qualified white Brits who are recruited at 
astronomical salaries.

This is a typical situation:
The Arab owner or senior executive is prejudiced in favour of the Brits their 
former masters. He brings in a plumber from the building trades and makes him a 
Vice President of his construction company. Then he recruits Indian or 
Pakistani or Sri Lankan engineers at a quarter of that salary and construction 
workers at a tenth of that quarter who do all the real work.
Naturally the London tube-taking plumber now becomes the resident of a 
sumptuous ‘villa’ and drives a Range Rover or a BMW SUV.

So when they are losing their virtually tax free jobs, no tears are shed by the 
children of a lesser god.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/20/britons-dubai-sell-possessions-return-home-coronavirus-ends/

Roland.
Toronto

[Goanet] Fwd: Fw: How to satisfy two women at the same time . . .+ Great Music

[Aloysius D'Souza]

Thanks Michael
Always thought that Jews were only into making money  --  this aspect of
music making is a real eye opener.

We Goans are making music all over the world and have now found a way to
get singers and musicians from different parts of the world to sing
together.  We should put together a programme like this.

Trust you are keeping well  --  Cheers

Aloysius



-- Forwarded message -
From: michael desouza 
Date: Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 11:23 PM
Subject: Fw: How to satisfy two women at the same time . . .+ Great Music
To: Marc Correa , andrea pereira ,
David de Souza , Aloysius D'Souza 




--
*From:* ronnie 
*Sent:* June 27, 2020 10:47 AM
*Subject:* Fw: How to satisfy two women at the same time . . .+ Great Music


*nt:* Saturday, June 27, 2020, 07:18:28 a.m. EDT
*Subject:* Fwd: Fw: How to satisfy two women at the same time . . .+ Great
Music






Subject: Fw: How to satisfy two women at the same time . . .+ Great Music


*1) How to satisfy two women at the same time . . .(2MB)*




AND

2) You will love this discovery of Jewish music, and even more, Jewish
musicians and singers you know so well . . . A great show!

*https://drive.google.com/file/d/10lzFDfIkIc7oXCs94JJef49Q7BVFkfsr/view
 *

[Goanet] INFORMATION DELAYED IS INFORMATION DENIED

[Aires Rodrigues]

Many Public Information Officers are on the misconception and very wrong
premise that they can delay for 30 days furnishing of information sought
under the Right to Information Act.

Section 7 of the RTI Act mandates that the Public Information Officer on
receipt of a request shall, as expeditiously as possible, and in any case
within thirty days of the receipt of the request shall provide the
information.

So the intent of the law was to furnish information available
expeditiously. That outer limit of 30 days is if information has to be
sourced from other departments or if it is voluminous and has to be
collated.



So every Public Information Officer trying to drag on till the 30th day to
comply with the mandatory duty is acting in breach of  law and the very
intent of the RTI Act which was enacted to ensure transparency and
accountability in the functioning of any department.

The RTI Act has been hailed as the hallmark of our democracy. The Act aims
at making the government transparent and more accountable. The effective
use of it would, in the long run, curbs corruption. It has become a
powerful tool in exposing corruption at top places in the government.

The basic object of the Act is to empower the citizens, promote
transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, to
contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in a real
sense.  It goes without saying that an informed citizen is better equipped
to deal with issues and play a role in the affairs of the state and
country.

The 37th President of the United States of America Mr. Richard Nixon had in
1972 very rightly said “When information which properly belongs to the
public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become
ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful of those who manage them, and -
eventually - incapable of determining their own destinies."

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] Bible verse for the Day

[Devak Argham]

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


Matthew 10:39-40,42
===


39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my
sake will find it.


40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the
one who sent me.

42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones
to drink because he is a disciple — amen, I say to you, he will surely not
lose his reward.”

[Goanet] 퐏퐡퐚퐬퐞 ퟒ 퐕퐚퐧퐝퐞퐁퐡퐚퐫퐚퐭 퐀퐢퐫 퐈퐧퐝퐢퐚 퐃퐚퐭퐞 14 July LHR-BOM=GOA

[MELVYN FERNANDES]

퐏퐡퐚퐬퐞 ퟒ 퐕퐚퐧퐝퐞퐁퐡퐚퐫퐚퐭 퐀퐢퐫 퐈퐧퐝퐢퐚 퐃퐚퐭퐞퐬

One direct flight 홐홆 - 혽홤홢 -홂홤홖 has been authorised on 14th of July.

Hopefully the booking will start from Monday.

Please share with all those who are planning an emergency trip to India.

Conditions apply

Melvyn Fernandes

Thornton Heath Surrey

27 June 2020

[Goanet] Back to School 2020 revision on Observations of Goan Welfare Society (GWS) UK

[MELVYN FERNANDES]

Back to School 2020 revision on Observations of Goan Welfare Society (GWS) UK

recent quotes
From: Joseph Rebello
New Horizons interactive Group mailing list.

“The Only Thing that is necessary for the Triumph of Evil to succeed is for 
Good Goenkars do sit in Silence and do nothing about this constant Appeals by 
the Goan Welfare Society without Let or Hindrance despite having enough funds 
to have 35 New Year's Eve Balls.”

Anon

The Trustees of Goan Welfare Society have spent “GBP 104,627 of donated money 
in the last five years the question we should all ask is how much money have 
the post holders (Trustees) contributed themselves out of their own private 
funds?The current registered balance is GBP360,422.00 + yet appeals 
continue on a fairly regular basis at every opportunity.

A post holder of a Charity is called a Trustee.

The Goan Welfare Society charity no 280542 has zero staff and zero volunteers 
since1983 hence the money you contribute is held in Trust by the trustees and 
disbursed at their discretion, you have no say in the matter and the Dead in UK 
are worth more than alive they cannot speak. So  the gullible are encouraged to 
continue to put their hands in deep pockets and donate to appeals like the one  
which appeared on Goan Voice UK on 2 June 2020 by unelected Trustees on which I 
can only describe as people on the  take, take any which way they can this time 
under cover of Covid 19.On the flip side The G.O.A UK Limited is also 
running free food distribution programme under cover of covid 19 for details 
visit website goauk.com. It will be nice to  know how many tons of free food 
aid has been delivered to needy Goans in the United Kingdom supplementing the 
welfare state and benefits to date and totting up  the costings for this is 
billed to G.O.A & GWS your money after all.

A Post holder of a Limited company is known as Director can be either Executive 
or a Sleeping. Director

Recess click below for a pocket full of rice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26yFO5lnkgU

If you agree, there is no right or wrong answer.  GWS and G.O.A. UK are both 
sides of the same coin same people different hats who I have observed over a 
decade have engaged in the unchecked hijacking dismantling and thrashing of the 
Goan Association UK ever since our Clubhouse at Ravensbourne, Kent was burnt to 
cinders in the fire on 21 September 1998. The post holders are constantly 
seeking additional income streams and as can be seen by everyone, our community 
is still homeless detrimental to our youth and society that do not know whether 
they are coming or going as even the highly educated in our community have 
better things to do rather than striving to do things better for the benefit of 
all.

At a Goan Village Feast a couple of years ago, the Trustees Report of the Goan 
Welfare Society was scattered on tables so I picked one up.  This was for the 
Financial Year ended 31 December 2016 and was drawn up for their Annual General 
Meeting 2017.   This report did not indicate date, venue or how many members 
attended.   The report stated “I would like to highlight the generous legacy 
left to GWS by Antoinette De Souza and this source of income has brought us a 
total of £212,500.00 in 2016”.   I have also heard on the Goan grapevine that 
other sizable donations from deceased Goans from their estate have been made.   
Goan Welfare Society also raises money from its annual fundraising New Year’s 
dance every year in premium price ticket sales, revenue from the bar and 
catering, raffles, sales of party hats, etc. where our community part money in 
good faith, in addition to sobbing letters with crocodile tears to the bereaved,

The distributing of the Goan Welfare Society Trustees Annual General Meeting 
2017 at Goan village feast socials, is I wonder another  fund raising method  
to capture the feel good factor at festas mood setting  to instruct their 
respective Annual General Meetings held on feast days to donate bos festas? It 
is said when the beer goes in the brains go out.

With a balance of GBP £260,000.000 plus it should be of concern to all of us 
that a further two appeals  for donations have been made, one in the June 2020 
edition of “Contact” magazine of the Goan Chaplaincy and two in Goan Voice UK 
dated 2 June 2020 under cover of Covid 19 by the  Goan Welfare Society UK.   In 
these appeals it states that “as required by the Charity Commission, the 
Charity has to operate as an autonomous body with its own membership and 
raising its own funds” I was indeed delighted to see the audited accounts with 
a healthy balance sheet for the year ending 2018.

Readers may be interested to click on the link below to see the latest 
financial summary:

Cut and paste on your browser if link does not open

https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=280542=0 
https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=280542=0

Financial Year End (FYE)

Income

[Goanet] Britons in Dubai sell possessions and return home as coronavirus ends expat dream

[Roland Francis]

Sorry this UK Telegraph article requires a subscription but you can get the 
gist in the first few lines

No tears will be shed by the South Asians expatriates in Dubai who gnash their 
teeth at the largely lesser qualified white Brits who are recruited at 
astronomical salaries.

This is a typical situation:
The Arab owner or senior executive is prejudiced in favour of the Brits their 
former masters. He brings in a plumber from the building trades and makes him a 
Vice President of his construction company. Then he recruits Indian or 
Pakistani or Sri Lankan engineers at a quarter of that salary and construction 
workers at a tenth of that quarter who do all the real work.
Naturally the London tube-taking plumber now becomes the resident of a 
sumptuous ‘villa’ and drives a Range Rover or a BMW SUV.

So when they are losing their virtually tax free jobs, no tears are shed by the 
children of a lesser god.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/20/britons-dubai-sell-possessions-return-home-coronavirus-ends/

Roland.
Toronto

[Goanet] Viva Sao Pedro | Pernem | Goa

[Roland Francis]

Goa village groups are getting music and media savvy. Here is Pernem 
celebrating the upcoming feasts of Saints Peter and Paul on Monday June 29. 

Can Quepem be far behind?

https://youtu.be/Fk_0q_Bci8E

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Kashmir's demography debate

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/kashmir-muslims-fear-demographic-shift-thousands-residency-200627103940283.html


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Re: [Goanet] Meet the Ghosts of Matharpacady Past.... - Matharpacady Village

[Roland Francis]

The creator of the web page Stanislaus Baptista it seems was more intent on the 
East Indian heritage of Matharpacady rather than the heritage of Matharpacady 
itself.

A pity, considering there was a Goan contribution to it like you told us. 

Roland.


> On Jun 27, 2020, at 6:37 AM, Linken Fernandes  
> wrote:
> 
> An important omission, to my mind, in the ghosts of Matharpacady web page are 
> a mention of the eight or so Goan residential clubs and the Goan families 
> (mine being one) in the lane that I like to call Club Lane. 

Re: [Goanet] The Cost of Everything

[E DeSousa]

 Roland Francis 

writes:
Sometimes we know the cost of everything and the value of nothing... 

As a financial advisor I see that happening all the time but I am not writing 
this about financial matters, just about ethnic food.

Living in Toronto, we are extremely fortunate to get good ethnic restaurant and 
take-out food (Goan, Indian-Pakistani, Chinese,  Sri Lankan, Afghani, 
Ethiopian, Arabic) at decent prices but people moan all the time about the 
rising costs. 



Roland you are so right. Toronto is a wonderful city. Food options are as you 
say, great.
https://souzagoanfoodproducts.wordpress.com/category/souza-goan-suasages-advt/
There was or still is- not sure, this little company "Souza Goan Food Products" 
in Toronto that would ship me Goan sausage at $25 a Kg.The product was 
excellent even without hing in the recipe.
Joe D'Souza the owner, a native of Navelim in Salsete and a world class 
violinist,  had a deal with a Polish sausage factory in upper New York to make 
Goan sausage. Batch size was about 250 Kg and he would tell me that  it was 
very difficult for him to make good money. His wife Joy made shrimp Balchao and 
other Goan pickles that were so good.
Best Regards,
E. DeSousa

Re: [Goanet] The Cost of Everything

[Mervyn Lobo]

 On Friday, June 26, 2020, 07:33:59 p.m. EDT, Roland Francis 
 wrote:
 Do we expect Indian food to be cheaper because we know what it costs in India 
or because of the lack of hygiene and presentation. If the presentation and 
service is as high quality as that in an Italian restaurant, would be be 
willing to pay Italian restaurant prices?

These are arguments I like to put to friends when they moan and complain about 
the Goan or Indian food. They give me funny looks because of this.

I look forward to your thoughts.

Roland.
-
Roland,
My immediate thought is that you have a great assumption. 
Just for the record, I would never give you funny looks. 
Well, maybe not.
Mervyn
  

[Goanet] Meet the Ghosts of Matharpacady Past.... - Matharpacady Village

[Linken Fernandes]

An important omission, to my mind, in the ghosts of Matharpacady web page
are a mention of the eight or so Goan residential clubs and the Goan
families (mine being one) in the lane that I like to call Club Lane. It is
these residences which staged those little candle-lit processions which
took a round of the village's two main lanes to hymns sung loudly in
Konkani whenever Our Lady visited. I don't know about now, but as recently
as twenty years ago there were no less than ten clubs in and around
Matharpacady. Some clubs staged tiatrs in the lane adjacent to Cross lane
and there were occasional dances and feast celebrations too. Christmas
gained that special silver-golden glow from the parade of paper stars the
clubs hung jutting out into the lane.
As for music, the loudest noise, apart from Joe Perry's bongos perhaps, may
have come from Carmo Mascarenhas in  the Arossim Club, up a flight of
stairs opposite our house. (That is, much before he took off for Canada and
his tragic death later -- about which I would appreciate some detail from
people here who may know more). Carmo may have been the first to get an
electric guitar into the village (thanks to his seafarer Dad, of course)
and rock the wooden beams and rafters in the houses in and around Club
lane. As Olinda, a fellow-tenant in 31 Matharpacady, would laugh and say,
"Carmon start kelem, rang-tang korunk!" I, of course, all ten-years-old of
me, would have already bounded up those wooden stairs to watch at close
quarters, as Carmo, with his Elvis Presley puff, strummed the strings and
crooned in an impossible-sounding, Westernised falsetto, which impressed me
no end!!


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[Goanet] My mother , my hero

[Nelson Lopes]

Birthday Remebrance
Afra Adelina Alemao Lopes
28/6/1924.  8/11/2005

MY MOTHER , MY HERO

Mrs. Afra Adelina Alemao  d/o Mr. Nepomoceano  Pascoal Alemao & Mrs  .Remetina 
Da Slva was born on 28-6-1924,  and passed away on 8-11-2005. Her Godfather 
Mr.Mauricio Fugencio Lopes e Mrs.Candelina Lopes .Married to Mr,Inacio 
Francisco Lopes s/o Mrs, Santana Lopes, e Mrs Idalina Fernandes  on 23/ 
February 1943. He was born on 26-3-1906 and breathed his last 01-02-1984

Mother was the third daughter among other three. They had a comfortable life, 
unfortunately her mother was alcoholic and her death disrupted the family life. 
The girls had to abandon school to take responsibility of the house. My mother 
was intelligent lady but could not complete her formal education however much 
she desired .All the girls were settled in life and it is noteworthy that none 
of them were ever addicted to alcohol in life .They had learnt their lessons

Mother was a smart, shrewd and determined soul. She was well calculated and 
steered the house well. She agreed to look after, care for my Uncle, who was 
partially paralyzed, He was a great source of comfort and encouragement and 
guided her. She had to fight constant, fierce battles, both overt and covert 
with the neighbors possibly due to jealousy, as I do not remember, to date a 
conceivable reason The hypocritical neighbor pretended to console and her 
sisters never came to her rescue. She was alone, single handedly taking on the 
offensive with courage. I used to watch helplessly as a young child, physical 
and verbal attacks , with burning fire and which bitter memories still persist 
.Mother used to advise not to harbor enmity, get involve led or  nurse ill 
feelings, but to maintain friendly ties. The ancestral house was orally gifted 
to her in marriage. She spend considerable amount in repairs, which was paid on 
demand later,. As they wanted to get married her youngest sister, they tried to 
force her to leave or buy the house and this issue must have likely aggravated 
the harassment She was in position to buy outright, as she had the means, But 
since she was sandwiched between hostile neighbors, she decided otherwise also 
under the sane advise of my uncle, Uncle forcibly gifted his share of property 
by official will. Dad left all decisions to her wisdom. None of her sisters 
showed any sympathy or considerations, though she was generous towards all and 
had no ill will towards any one of them.  To the end of her life, she embraced 
all of them and their families with the affection of love, generosity, never 
ever raking out the past bitterness. I recount the unpleasant, uncharitable 
incidents inflicted on her  , which she related to  me about treacherous acts 
of her siblings, which shall not open the wounds of pain afresh I too have 
moved on without the  past baggage. Of hurt feelings She informed them of her 
leaving the place, but needed time .She meticulously planned for a new habitat 
and never claimed any share as a matter of rights One day, much; after as I 
broached up the issue, she said I wanted you away from this hell .She was right 
as I see it day

It was not an easy decision with dad and his job She collected and saved form 
her farm lab our, sale of extra paddy, and income from livestock  She also used 
to cultivate chilies ,vegetables, onions, water melons, She travelled distances 
to collect foliage,  rice cuttings, cow dung cakes etc Cooking was not her 
favourite pastime, but festive occasions were fun . Our  education  expenses 
had to be configured too. She took loans on ornaments and some relatives with 
interests. In spite of regular payment and also gifts in kinds, the torture for 
regular payments was excruciating tensions. When we finally moved in there was 
much to be done and lived only in part of the back house , The pressure of 
debts badly impinged  on her mental health, but she was determined to tide over 
for the benefit of the family and she did admirably She has no help from dad`s 
side, in fact denied any financial balance in deposit and safety, Dad was 
shocked beyond words as he had sincerely trusted in the honesty of his near 
one, Mother gradually provided all  the amenities needed or the house She had 
great wish for my educational advancement She shifted me to St Anthonys Duler, 
and then to Guardian Angel Savored and then to Bombay at St Xaviers College I 
did excel in studies and she was proud when I graduated. Her vision for my 
development  then was truly admirable. I owe my present status to her goals. It 
was enormous sacrifice as half of Dad `s income was spent on my studies in 
Bombay. She never discouraged my sisters from acquiring education, but they did 
not have that burning desire. God averted a tragedy in the family when the loft 
with firewood came crashing down. It was a divine miracle that saved her , 
otherwise our family would have  been totally  ruined, as  dad at best was only 
provider of 

[Goanet] The Price of Everything

[Mervyn Maciel]

Hi Roland,

By comparison, I find your Toronto prices much lower than
ours in London.
  While I've sometimes felt that some of the Indian dishes are
over-priced, it all depends on which restaurant you go to.
The up-market London restaurants are pricey but well worth it,
while the run-of -the- mill ones not all up to standard.
  With vegetarianism becoming very popular in recent years,
I find that restaurants serving vegetarian meals or vegan for
that matter, are gaining popularity.
  All said and done though - there's nothing to beat home cooking!!


Mervyn Maciel

Re: [Goanet] AWAL KARKUN

[Aloysius D'Souza]

Thanks Aires

What exactly is "Awal Karkun"?

Aloysius

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 5:05 AM Aires Rodrigues 
wrote:

> *Beleaguered Goa Deputy Speaker Isidore Fernandes suffers another jolt*
>
>
> https://goanewshub.com/beleaguered-goa-deputy-speaker-isidore-fernandes-suffers-another-jolt/
>

[Goanet] Show Time

[Roland Francis]

A new Jazz Goa compilation video of previously launched Konkani songs.

https://youtu.be/9QQGimmm3RE

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Fwd: Goa new in Konkani from Melbourne, Australia.

[Frankey Fernandes]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Frankey Fernandes 
Date: Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 2:18 PM
Subject: Goa new in Konkani from Melbourne, Australia.
To: Frankey , Blaise Fernandes <
fernandes.bla...@gmail.com>



Good day once again,

Half the year has come to an end, 2020 surely is the year one would hope to
forget soon. This week we continue to discuss about Coronavirus and why is
the Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant hesitating to enforce lockdown when
nos of coronavirus cases are rising rapidly in the State and already two
deaths reported, next we speak to Pele Fernandes who continues with
rescuing sea life including Olive Ridley Turtles in Goa and finally the
Global Goans Virtual Choir that has gone viral.

Enjoy and subscribe to our YouTube. Its simple.. on the right side below
the video find the bell button, just click on to it.


 https://youtu.be/VXq1_h6ETs8
-- 
*Frankey Gerard Fernandes.*
*Melbourne, Victoria.*
*+61 432 594 959.*



-- 
*Frankey Gerard Fernandes.*
*Melbourne, Victoria.*
*+61 432 594 959.*

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Toil and tears on the salty seas... a tribute to the Goan seafarer (Fr Anthony Fernandes)

[V M]

Empathetic + excellent. Thanks, Fr. Anthony!

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 5:03 AM Goanet Reader 
wrote:

> Fr Anthony Fernandes
> pas...@gmail.com
>
> Seeing photos in the media of the 'Celebrity Infinity' cruise
> ship docked at the Mormugao Port, Goa, on June 19, 2020, made
> my eyes go moist.  It brought back nostalgic memories of a
> twelve-year-old rendezvous with it.
>
>   It was the evening of May 27, 2007, when I boarded
>   the Celebrity Infinity at Vancouver, Canada, for
>   its Alaskan Cruise.  It was my first official
>   assignment as a 'Cruise Ship Priest' or 'Catholic
>   Chaplain' for the cruise as a member of the
>   Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of
>   America (AOS-USA).
>
> AOS-USA is a professional association of Catholic maritime
> ministers that offers ministry to the people of the sea.  It
> operates the Cruise Ship Priest Program for pastoral care
> -- the sacramental, spiritual, counseling needs -- of cruise
> ship passengers and crew.  I had the blessing of being a
> member of this association when I was in the US and had been
> eagerly waiting for my first assignment till then.
>
> Coincidentally, this, my first assignment, was on the cruise
> ship that had my own brother as one of its crew members.  I
> was also accompanied as my guest by another Goan priest, Fr
> Peter Fernandes sfx, who was serving as a pastor in Chicago
> at that time.
>
> This ministry to the seafarers was an experience that got
> etched in my memory.  I come from a seafarer family myself,
> as both my father and grandfather were seafarers.  So I owe
> what I am today in a large measure to this sector.  One often
> recalls the supreme sacrifices of my seafarer father that
> contributed to the relatively contented standard of living
> and the opportunity of quality education for me and my
> siblings.
>
> One always wanted to give back to this sector what it gave to
> me and my family.  So when the opportunity came knocking, to
> be an AOS-USA member, through a priest colleague in the
> parish I was serving in the USA, I welcomed it with both hands.
>
> Moreover, this ministry served as an opportunity for an
> inside view of the 'seafarer industry' itself. It might be an
> apt time to look back even as we have just celebrated the
> International Day of the Seafarer.
>
> Some caveats before we proceed.  By 'seafarers' we mean all
> those working on any types of ships -- containers, bulk
> carriers, tankers, passenger ships, etc.  Seafarers are vital
> to international trade and economy as 90% of the goods that
> we use in our lives are transported by sea.
>
> It is estimated that India has more than 200,000 seafarers
> directly employed in this sector.  While the working
> environment, professional challenges, personal struggles and
> experiences of all types of seamen or seafarers (used
> synonymously here though there is a nuance) are generally the
> same, here I will restrict myself primarily to those working
> on passenger ships, the cruise industry, in particular.
>
> THE GOAN SMILE
>
>   Whenever a captain, the management or cruise
>   passengers spoke of our Goan seafarers, they
>   highlighted their commitment, hard work, skill,
>   competence, affability, honesty or integrity.  I
>   too found them always warm, friendly and smiling as
>   they went about their daily chores.  It is another
>   matter that their smiling faces hid their nearly 14
>   hours of hard work, sacrifices, professional and
>   personal headaches.
>
> While counseling some of them, it was heart-rending to hear
> about their personal stories of their struggles and pains,
> both personal and professional.  It needs to be mentioned
> here that AOS-USA also works with the companies and maritime
> organizations such as the International Maritime Organisation
> et al to alleviate their lot and advocate for their welfare
> and for just and humane working conditions.
>
> HOPE, AND THE PAIN
>
> This Cruise Ship Ministry gave me an opportunity to minister,
> counsel and talk to many Goan seafarers and understand their
> pains and struggles especially the pain of separation from
> their kids and families and their yearning to return to them
> at the earliest.
>
> This pain was accentuated by the nature of their work,
> environment restricted by the haunting vast expanse of the
> oceans and the seas with its fears and risks, cramped up in
> their small claustrophobic cabins, the lack of time for any
> meaningful camaraderie, and demands of excellence in their
> service, among other aspects.
>
> My first assignment on the Infinity was particularly
> nostalgic as it transported me back in time.  Having
> experienced a little of the life and struggles of the
> seafarers gave me a renewed appreciation of the sacrifices of
> my dad, grandfather and my brother right now.
>
> It transported me to my childhood, 

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] From Hubli to Hubballi, from the Portuguese Club to the PGI (Rocque Fernandez)

[Frederick Noronha]

Thanks for that, Praba. Adds to our information. FN
PS: Kindly trim the earlier message when responding to a post

On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 21:37, Praba Mahajan  wrote:

> Re-sending.
>
> A CORRECTION.
>
> The report in T.O.I. is dated* 21st Dec. 2010.*
>
> *(Apologies for the error in the date in previous email)*
>
> Hi!
>
> This might be of interest.
> :
> A related report
> by Vincent D'Souza in* The Times of India* ( *dt. 21st Dec. 2010*)
>
> "*Jingle Bells Go Silent at Goan Club*".
>
> *LINK to Vincent D'Souza's article in TOI, given below.*
>
> best wishes,
>
> Praba Mahajan
> Researcher-Writer
> Mumbai.
>
>
>
> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/Jingle-bells-go-silent-at-Goan-Club/articleshow/7141097.cms
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 8:31 AM Praba Mahajan 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > This might be of interest.
> > :
> > A related report
> > by Vincent D'Souza in* The Times of India* ( dt. 1st Dec. 2010)
> >
> > "*Jingle Bells Go Silent at Goan Club*".
> >
> > *LINK to Vincent D'Souza's article in TOI, given below.*
> >
> > best wishes,
> >
> > Praba Mahajan
> > Researcher-Writer
> > Mumbai.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/Jingle-bells-go-silent-at-Goan-Club/articleshow/7141097.cms
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 4:48 AM Goanet Reader 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> ROCQUE FERNANDEZ
> >> rocquefernan...@yahoo.co.in
> >>
> >> It used to be Hubli, today it is Hubballi.  What was Diamond
> >> Valley, Chocolate Street, is now a different place.  Its
> >> current address reads as Keshwapur.  Yet, from 1901, almost a
> >> hundred and twenty years ago, this has been home to a tiny
> >> pocket of Goa.
>


-- 
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Re: [Goanet] Toil and tears on the salty seas... a tribute to the Goan seafarer (Fr Anthony Fernandes)

[Roland Francis]

Fr Anthony Fernandes, I started reading your essay with great anticipation.

Here was a priest I said who actually worked in a maritime ministry on board a 
ship that had many Goan crew. Here was a man I said, who comes from a family of 
humble seafarers, specially privileged to have an insight into that part of the 
Goan employees-at-large. Here was a shepherd I said, in the depths of pastoral 
work, tending to a flock in continental USA and privy to all their good and 
some of their stupidity.

You can’t blame me for licking my chops at an opportunity to learn something 
new. So I gamely went through every bit of your narration expecting all the 
while to come across some insight, some revelation of the vulnerability of our 
Goan seamen having not had the chance of ever reading anything of the life of 
even one such toiler. 

But I was disappointed. I got a lot of air, none of it laden with any carat of 
usefulness. This essay was in the most general terms. Anyone not privileged to 
be in your special vantage points could have written on more specifics than you 
dared to do. 

I was a heathen waiting to be converted and you led a religious procession that 
just passed me by, not invited me in.

Hope you do a better job with your pulpit than with your pen or the ‘Believers’ 
are waiting for the low-lying fruit of the Catholic tree.

I cannot let your disappointment in Goa’s intelligentsia ignoring the 
seafarers’ welfare pass by. You Father are a member of that group and have had 
the ability with your concerned fellow-priests to light a firecracker under 
your Bishop’s feet to make him do something positive for their suffering.

With no malice towards you Father. I do understand we don’t want to rock the 
boat.

Roland.
Toronto.


> On Jun 26, 2020, at 7:31 PM, Goanet Reader  wrote:
> 
> Fr Anthony Fernandes
> pas...@gmail.com
> 
> Seeing photos in the media of the 'Celebrity Infinity' cruise
> ship docked at the Mormugao Port, Goa, on June 19, 2020, made
> my eyes go moist.  It brought back nostalgic memories of a
> twelve-year-old rendezvous with it.
> 
> It was the evening of May 27, 2007, when I boarded
> the Celebrity Infinity at Vancouver, Canada, for
> its Alaskan Cruise.  It was my first official
> assignment as a 'Cruise Ship Priest' or 'Catholic
> Chaplain' for the cruise as a member of the
> Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of
> America (AOS-USA).
> 
> AOS-USA is a professional association of Catholic maritime
> ministers that offers ministry to the people of the sea.  It
> operates the Cruise Ship Priest Program for pastoral care
> -- the sacramental, spiritual, counseling needs -- of cruise
> ship passengers and crew.  I had the blessing of being a
> member of this association when I was in the US and had been
> eagerly waiting for my first assignment till then.
> 
> Coincidentally, this, my first assignment, was on the cruise
> ship that had my own brother as one of its crew members.  I
> was also accompanied as my guest by another Goan priest, Fr
> Peter Fernandes sfx, who was serving as a pastor in Chicago
> at that time.
> 
> This ministry to the seafarers was an experience that got
> etched in my memory.  I come from a seafarer family myself,
> as both my father and grandfather were seafarers.  So I owe
> what I am today in a large measure to this sector.  One often
> recalls the supreme sacrifices of my seafarer father that
> contributed to the relatively contented standard of living
> and the opportunity of quality education for me and my
> siblings.
> 
> One always wanted to give back to this sector what it gave to
> me and my family.  So when the opportunity came knocking, to
> be an AOS-USA member, through a priest colleague in the
> parish I was serving in the USA, I welcomed it with both hands.
> 
> Moreover, this ministry served as an opportunity for an
> inside view of the 'seafarer industry' itself. It might be an
> apt time to look back even as we have just celebrated the
> International Day of the Seafarer.
> 
> Some caveats before we proceed.  By 'seafarers' we mean all
> those working on any types of ships -- containers, bulk
> carriers, tankers, passenger ships, etc.  Seafarers are vital
> to international trade and economy as 90% of the goods that
> we use in our lives are transported by sea.
> 
> It is estimated that India has more than 200,000 seafarers
> directly employed in this sector.  While the working
> environment, professional challenges, personal struggles and
> experiences of all types of seamen or seafarers (used
> synonymously here though there is a nuance) are generally the
> same, here I will restrict myself primarily to those working
> on passenger ships, the cruise industry, in particular.
> 
> THE GOAN SMILE
> 
> Whenever a captain, the management or cruise
> passengers spoke of our Goan seafarers, they
> highlighted their commitment, hard work, skill,
>