[Goanet] He Came He Spoke He Conquered?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Mr Rahul Gandhi’s whirlwind tour has swept the Goan public off their feet.

When I was a 9-year-old school boy Rahul’s grandmother Indira Gandhi
came to our school in Bangalore and gave a talk. She was young,
beautiful and spoke in a relaxed and refined way. And, she was also
eloquent. A class  act, I thought at the time, and still do.

Has Rahul taken after his grandmother. On his short trip in Goa he
spoke coherently and with perfect manners. He brought back memories
when Indians agreed to disagree politely.

Nowadays, unfortunately, screaming is in fashion. He who can scream at
the height of his voice is the winner in an interaction or debate. I
was thrilled to witness something different and so were a lot of
people.

He appeared relaxed in Goa as he is no stranger to Western culture and
ideas. Yet he is as Indian as any other in this country!

His friendly ways and charm  has warmed the hearts of a lot of people.
He is well educated and courteous and good looking, too.

Will Rahul Gandhi get all the women votes?

[Goanet] Fwd: The Global Goan, November 2021

[Frankey Fernandes]

-- Forwarded message -
From: The Global Goan 
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021, 10:28 pm
Subject: The Global Goan, November 2021
To: The Global Goan 


Our October issue of The Global Goan did very well, thanks to our voracious
readers who could not wait to click on the link and read the magazine.
Guess what?  As of writing this message, we had 321,619 readers who enjoyed
the magazine in the last 30 days!!!



My personal thanks go out to each of our fantastic authors who took pains
to work on their articles – surely some must have burnt their midnight oil
too, to ensure that their work reached us on time for publication.  My
thanks also go to each of those 321+K readers who clicked on the link and
not just read the magazine, but also shared the link over and over and over
again to all their contacts.



And now, we have the pleasure of announcing the release of our November
2021 issue of The Global Goan to you.  Another bumper issue of almost a
hundred pages, again!!

Enjoy the read, and do pass the link on to all your contacts, be they
friend or foe, family or not, Goan or whatever!!!  Let us make it viral
once again.



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Thank you once again.

Enjoy!!







THE GLOBAL GOAN





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[Goanet] The priest with green fingers

[Pratapananda Naik, SJ]

The following article of Mr. Frederick Noronha, Saligão, Goa, was written
on 26 March 2007.

THE PRIEST WITH GREEN FINGERS... PRESERVING GOA'S GENETIC WEALTH

Frederick Noronha
Saligao

You could call him the priest with green fingers. Jesuit priest Pratap Naik
has put together a collection of over 328 trees and plants, all in the yard
of a research institution studying the local Konknni language that he heads.

Naik (56) believes that the culture of a place is reflected "not only" in
its language, but also in its flora  apart from its fauna, architecture,
food habits and dress.

He wants to grow one of every fruit-bearing tree that grows in this former
Portuguese colony that happens to be, not coincidentally, rich in plant
diversity. This richness is thanks in significant part to plant exchanges
by the former rulers who centuries back controlled international seaways
and had an empire straddling the continents.

Many months of hard work has seen Naik piece together a well-maintained and
neatly labelled botanical garden. You can read the local names in Konknni,
the botanical names, their English names. Elsewhere, he keeps a list of the
original native countries of these Goa-adopted plants.

In one corner you can find the 'ainno madd' (the Fan Palm in English, or
'Livistona rotundifolia' as it's known by its botanical name). It comes
from tropical America.

There's the 'ambaddo', dismissively perhaps called the hog-plum (Spondias
pinnata) that traces its origins to India itself. The 'ambor' (mulberry, or
Morus alba) has Chinese origins. Kalljirem (black cumin, Nigella sativa) is
again of Indian origin.

Kiraitem (canscora in English, or Canscora decussata) is from India, but
the 'zaifoll' (nutmeg, Mystica fragans) comes from the Moluccas, the
so-called Spice Islands of past centuries, in the Far East. Gazgo (the
'fever nut' or Caesalpinia bonduc) is, again, of Indian origin.

By now, Naik has already found the names of 325 species from among the 329
he planted. "Some don't have names in Konknni (the local language)," says
he, obliviously because of their exotic origins.

Naik cites the advice given by Alain Richert, a self-made French botanist,
who advised him to give names to plants, which don't have local ones. He
told me, 'Don't break your head over botanical terms. These keep on
changing. Your field is anyway not that.' I want to preserve the flora
existing in this complex, and keep a sample," says Naik.

So giving names to plants is not too difficult for this linguist. It should
fit a couple of criteria. Firstly, the sound should be like that of a
Konknni word. Secondly, it should fit into the grammar pattern of the local
lingo, one of the smallest among India's list of officially recognized
'national languages'.

For instance, he points to a particular hibiscus, which rotates with the
movement of the sun. It also changes its colour from crystal white to dark
pink, at different times of the day. "We call it the 'girgitti dosonn' (or
unsteady dosonn, the latter being the local word for hibiscus)," he
explains.

His collection doesn't include wild plants. But he bought and planted
"almost any Goan edible fruit". Most were purchased from Mapusa, a nearby
bazaar that has a colourful weekly market day each Friday.

"One vendor, Manerkar, who lives very close to Bicholim, manages to bring
me plants from almost any part of Goa," says he.  "It started off as a
hobby, but has now become a way of life," explains the priest. "When you
get up in the morning, the whole compound is filled with music (of birds
both reared
and wild ones attracted by the plants). It starts from 4 am onwards," says
he.

This oasis of green, amidst a growing concrete jungle, is a refuge from a
whole lot of local and migratory birds. "I don't allow anyone to touch
their nests, kill a single bird, or reptile. Everyone is welcome to look
and observe them, but not to disturb them."

There are still a few trees that he's looking out for  with local names
like 'xiranttam' and 'bhuim chamfo'.

Then there's the 'adao', a tasty fruit that you got easily in the 'sixties
and 'seventies but now sees to have all but disappeared.

"People don't want such big trees to plant. They don't have the space to do
it. Our traditional land (which was customary around local homes once) has
vanished. Our whole culture has turned upside down," laments Naik.

Naik feels that over the years, Goans have shifted from living in
picturesque bungalows to flats, meaning that "our mind has become flat".
There simply is no space to grow, even if one wishes for it. But Naik is
not alone. In South Goa, another Jesuit priest, Savio Rodrigues, has put
together a wide range of plants himself at the Aruppe Institute located in
the village of Raia just outside Margao, the South Goa headquarters town.

"Goa could be such a beautiful place. It could be a model," says he, and
calls his own green patch a "kind of shock absorber" in a centre of
urbanization.

"Many people come in just 

[Goanet] A young lady Chriscenia Dias based in London shares her life through her Vlog!

[Sonia Gomes]

My post on my Blog, talks about the immigrants from my village of Verna to
London
@ https://zorotmorotgoesmyvillage.blogspot.com/.../to...
,

My interview with Frederico Noronha talks a bit more about life in London
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djj2KJtziic&t=1152s

All that of course is hearsay, but here we have a young lady Chriscenia
Dias who has a fantastic Vlog that talks about her adventures in London. I
was particularly taken up by a post, ‘The Package from Home’
You will notice the sadness of missing your parents and the delight at
receiving all those things which make your life in Goa and which we here in
Goa take for granted.
Chriscenia Dias gives dance lessons too and has her hands full. But she and
her friend Elton work very hard and enjoy life in this amazing city. Please
subscribe to her Vlog, it’s a tough life out there and we need to support
our young people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6p0sB2HBIw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdr2aqxIa5Q

Thank you! Much appreciated!

[Goanet] Schedule for Monday 1st November 2021

[CCR TV]

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Schedule for  Monday 1st November 2021

12:00 AM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

12:23 AM
Senior Shepherds  - Fr A.P. Vas sfx interviewed by Colin Pereira

12:50 AM
Season of Creation -  Session 2

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Sunday

2:10 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

2:36 AM
Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 12 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

2:43 AM
Music - Spiritual Music 3  followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

3:14 AM
Prayer for India 5

3:17 AM
The Law and You  - Right to Information

3:43 AM
Hymns - Santa Cruz H.S.  Santa Cruz

3:46 AM
Youthopia - Chadel Nash Fernandes - Footballer interviewed by Sammy Coelho

4:04 AM
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth - Vocation Promotion

4:09 AM
Bhajan - Svargim Devapanim Astam - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

4:21 AM
Differ to be Different - Talk by Sr Saral

4:34 AM
53rd Mando Festival - Goychim Lharam, Carmona - Original

4:47 AM
Tell me a Story - Episode  8 - Noah's Ark and the storm

4:56 AM
Wisdom Reflections -8 - Rachol Professors

5:19 AM
Our Father - Santhali

5:23 AM
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life - Talk by Maria Ana Da Costa

5:47 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  101 Kavlle  - Fr Pratap Naik sj

5:53 AM
Talk on Envy  - Dr Silvia Noronha

6:11 AM
Poem - Love of Christ by Sandhya Fernandes

6:14 AM
Obedience, Submission and Accountability - Talk by Savio Mascarenhas

6:50 AM
Song - Nhespak Man - Josephine Dias

6:57 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem  -  Bhagevont

7:00 AM
Praise and Worship - Blazel Pinto

7:29 AM
Morning Prayer  -  Men and Women Saints

7:32 AM
Music - Abide in Me  followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

8:04 AM
Love, Marriage, Sex - Talk by Colin Calmiano

9:09 AM
Prayer - Alone with none but Thee, my God

9:11 AM
Inner Freedom - Talk by Sr Shilpa

9:28 AM
Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem

9:30 AM
Jesus, Mary and Inner Healing - Fr Fernando da Costa

10:17 AM
Prayer while travelling  -  St Joseph Vaz

10:19 AM
LSS - Spiritual Growth - Savio Mascarenhas

11:01 AM
Seby Wings -Gazzlo

11:04 AM
Prayer to St Joseph By Pope Francis (Konkani)

11:06 AM
Assumption of Mary into Glory - Fr Nigel Alphonso sj

11:26 AM
Prayer for the Synod 2023

11:28 AM
Angelus - English

11:30 AM
Mass in English from Panjim Church by Daily Flash

12:17 PM
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Pilar - Vocation Promotion

12:27 PM
Abundant Life - Peer Pressure - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

1:18 PM
Hymn - Amcheo Tin Avoio - Song by Usgaon Youth

1:24 PM
Beatitudes 7 and 8 - Sheela Alvares

2:04 PM
Bhajan - Teena Zanachea Ekach Tatva - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

2:07 PM
A time to listen to the Voiceless - Sr Flavia Gomes

2:43 PM
Prayer for India 4

2:46 PM
Internet Addiction - Talk by Sr Joeyanna D'Souza fsp

3:15 PM
Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 13 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

3:21 PM
Poem - Love of Christ by Sandhya Fernandes

3:24 PM
Hymns - St Mary's High School, Varca

3:30 PM
Deivik Kaklutichi Magnneam

3:47 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  101 Kavlle  - Fr Pratap Naik sj

3:53 PM
Hymns - St Mary's High School, Varca

4:00 PM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

4:23 PM
Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 13 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 16

4:56 PM
Gaddie-Vahonan Vechea Vellar Bhagevont Zuze Vazache Mozotin Magnnem

5:00 PM
Praise and Worship -  Youth United for Christ (YU4C)

5:28 PM
Pekovnni - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

5:55 PM
Prayer for the Synod 2023 - Konkani

5:57 PM
Aimorechen Magnnem

6:00 PM
Live Mass from Panjim

7:00 PM
Our Father - in Punjabi

7:03 PM
Bhajans 3

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

7:56 PM
Magnificat (Konkani)

8:00 PM
Holiness in the Pauline Family - Canon Francesco Chiesa

8:19 PM
The Church - The Body of Christ - Dr Sarita Nazareth

8:49 PM
Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 14 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

9:00 PM
Adoration - DCLA 2

9:30 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:47 PM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi  - Alfonso Bond Braganza interviewed by Daniel F.
de Souza

10:18 PM
Psalm 51 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

10:23 PM
Alcoholic Anonymous - What Causes Alcoholism? - Fr Clifford Castelino

10:42 PM
Our Song of Hope

10:47 PM
Health Matters -Plastic Surgery - Dr Yuri Dias Amborcar

11:15 PM
Hymns - St Mary's High School, Varca

11:20 PM
Am I a Generous Giver? - Talk by Severina Fernandes

11:47 PM
53rd Mando Festival - Goychim Lharam, Carmona - Original

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[Goanet] Revolution OS... is 20

[Frederick Noronha]

Revolution OS (2001) is twenty-year-old now. What went right? What went
wrong? Has there been a Counter-Revolution OS? https://youtu.be/vjMZssWMweA

[Goanet] FOR THE BJP THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL

[Aires Rodrigues]

With Goa gearing up for the ensuing Assembly elections nothing can save the
current ruling BJP from a resounding defeat.

Smelling a rout, it should come as no surprise if the saffron brigade
replaces Pramod Sawant with a more sober, truthful and sensible leader.

But that will be of no avail, so also the replacing of sitting MLAs with
new faces will also not help as this ruthless and corrupt government has
hurt and antagonized every possible section of the Goan populace.

As a political gimmick every last minute trick will be played to
desperately eyewash the voters. But Goans will not forgive or forget the
pain and anguish they have had to endure over the last five years.

Rampant corruption and bad governance galore has been the order of the day
while the public have had even in the raging pandemic to demonstrate and
agitate against a stream of anti-people measures adopted by the BJP.

Even those two outstation side engines hired by the saffron brigade, well
funded and fuelled to mischievously split anti-BJP votes will come a
cropper.

Regardless of all the politriks and abuse of power that the BJP will
indulge in to retain power, the writing is on the wall as those who
betrayed the people’s trust and defected for the lust of power and money
will have to bear the brunt of people’s verdict where the Courts failed to
timely adjudicate on the rank defection of those who chose to merrily be
political prostitutes.

Adv. Aires Rodrigues

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com



You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires

www.airesrodrigues.in

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 582

[Sonia Gomes]

Thank you Frederico. Very kind of you!

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 22:29,  wrote:

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>1. IS HERD IMMUNITY CURBING SPREAD OF COVID-19? (ELVIDIO MIRANDA)
>2. He Came He Spoke He Conquered? (Joao Barros-Pereira)
>3. Fwd: The Global Goan, November 2021 (Frankey Fernandes)
>4. The priest with green fingers (Pratapananda Naik, SJ)
>5. A young lady Chriscenia Dias based in London shares her life
>   through her Vlog! (Sonia Gomes)
>6. Schedule for Monday 1st November 2021 (CCR TV)
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:08:26 + (UTC)
> From: ELVIDIO MIRANDA 
> To: Goanet 
> Subject: [Goanet] IS HERD IMMUNITY CURBING SPREAD OF COVID-19?
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> IS HERD IMMUNITY CURBING?SPREAD OF COVID-19?
> Elvidio Miranda
> Vaccine manufacturers and scientists as well as researchers were of the
> firm view earlier that herd immunity would lead to a quantum jump in
> decreasing new infections and curbing fatalities due to Covid-19. However,
> if going by the number of new cases and fatalities that are now occurring
> in Russia and UK where vaccination has reached the level wherein herd
> immunity should have automatically set in, it is evident that the theory of
> heard immunity curbing spread of new cases and fatalities have actually not
> completely materialized. Both Russia and UK have at least fully vaccinated
> 70% of the population and thus what is being observed now is not in sync
> with the theory of herd immunity which was predicted earlier. Take the case
> of China. Out of the population of 1.4 billion, 2.2 billion doses of
> vaccines have been administered, but still herd immunity has not set in
> completely with though few cases, still the spread of virus has not stopped
> completely. So what is the alternative remedy
>   to stop the spread of Covid-19? Learning from the occurrences in these
> three countries, it would be advisable in India that as the festival season
> is nearing, Covid-19 protocols and SOPs such as wearing masks, maintaining
> social distancing, avoiding crowding and sanitizing hands, be still
> followed strictly everywhere to prevent an upsurge in new infections and
> fatalities. This would be the best way forward and in the interests of all
> in India.
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:05:27 +0530
> From: Joao Barros-Pereira 
> To: goanet 
> Subject: [Goanet] He Came He Spoke He Conquered?
> Message-ID:
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> Mr Rahul Gandhi?s whirlwind tour has swept the Goan public off their feet.
>
> When I was a 9-year-old school boy Rahul?s grandmother Indira Gandhi
> came to our school in Bangalore and gave a talk. She was young,
> beautiful and spoke in a relaxed and refined way. And, she was also
> eloquent. A class  act, I thought at the time, and still do.
>
> Has Rahul taken after his grandmother. On his short trip in Goa he
> spoke coherently and with perfect manners. He brought back memories
> when Indians agreed to disagree politely.
>
> Nowadays, unfortunately, screaming is in fashion. He who can scream at
> the height of his voice is the winner in an interaction or debate. I
> was thrilled to witness something different and so were a lot of
> people.
>
> He appeared relaxed in Goa as he is no stranger to Western culture and
> ideas. Yet he is as Indian as any other in this country!
>
> His friendly ways and charm  has warmed the hearts of a lot of people.
> He is well educated and courteous and good looking, too.
>
> Will Rahul Gandhi get all the women votes?
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:18:31 +1100
> From: Frankey Fernandes 
> To: Goanet 
> Subject: [Goanet] Fwd: The Global Goan, November 2021
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> -- Forwarded message -
> From: The Global Goan 
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021, 10:28 pm
> Subject: The Global Goan, November 2021
> To: The Global Goan 
>
>
> Our October issue of The Global Goan did very well, thanks to our voracious
> readers who could not wait to click on the link and read the magazine.
> Gue

[Goanet] Ten alcohol brands you can bring back from Goa (Jahnavi Bhatt)

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.cntraveller.in/story/10-alcohol-brands-goa-gin-rum-feni/
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