[Goanet] GOVERNOR PILLAI MUST WALK HIS TALK

[Aires Rodrigues]

In yet another skewed decision the Goa Government is needlessly
constructing a new Raj Bhavan Annexe. The present Raj Bhavan is a palace of
great dimensions and architectural significance. It boasts the most unique
and exquisitely carved furniture and ornate precious chandeliers and
porcelain. Its scenic beauty and solitude hold panoramic views over the
Mandovi and Zuari Rivers besides the Arabian Sea. It is a Palace fit for a
king let alone a Governor!

Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai should not have agreed to the proposal
which was rightly rejected by the former Governor Satya Pal Malik. The
Governor should search his conscience and ask himself and the Government
this question, ‘If it was good enough for successive Governors and
dignitaries who visited and stayed in this magnificent Palace and a
replacement having been roundly rejected by his predecessor why is it not
good enough for him?’

The Goa Government which is unable to even pay the poor their benefits of
social welfare schemes has been squandering tax payers’ money on all and
sundry.

Governor Pillai instead of carrying on the good work initiated by his
predecessor Satya Pal Malik has been letting the State down by not
exercising his powers judiciously. It is expected that the Governor will
assert himself firmly against any misconceived plans of the Government. It
is no point just talking, he must crack the whip and protect the interests
of Goa and Goans at all times. That is the least that is expected from the
Governor of the day who should never act as a rubber stamp by signing on
the dotted line without asking any questions.

The Governor and Government should take heed of the warning by the late
Roger Wrights, an American politician who said ‘The greatest danger facing
our nation isn’t terrorism, global warming or the energy crisis. It is
out-of-control, unbridled Government spending’. The late President Calvin
Coolidge of the USA famously said ‘We must have no carelessness in our
dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a
condition is characteristic of an undeveloped people or of a decadent
civilization’.
Adv. Aires Rodrigues

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[Goanet] 41. Two more acts of Portuguese Resistance (Valmiki Faleiro)

[Goanet Reader]

By Valmiki Faleiro

A few minutes past 8 am of 18 December 1961, or about one
hour after the bombing of the radio centre at Bambolim and
the airport at Dabolim, the Portuguese Governor General /
C-in-C left the capital city and headed for the last redoubt
of Mormugao.

(Of the many cock-and-bull stories floating at the time, one
story said that he went to Mormugao because he wanted to flee
from Goa by air.  If that was so, he would have easily
travelled aboard any of the two civilian aircraft that
escaped from Dabolim -- with his permission -- later that
night, as seen last week.)

(Another fantastic story was that Air Vice Marshal Erhlich
Pinto came snooping into Goa some days before the ops.  Only
the thoroughly unlettered could produce such stories.  Air
Vice Mshl Pinto was India's AOC-in-C Operational Command,
Indian Air Force -- and the most likely next Air Chief but
for an unfortunate helicopter accident in J&K on 22 November
1963 that killed him together with some top Indian Army
officers like Lt Gen Daulat Singh GOC-in-C Western Command,
Lt Gen Bikram Singh GOC XV Corps, Maj Gen NKD Nanavati GOC 25
Division, Brig RM Uberoi commander 93 Brigade and the chopper
pilot Flt Lt SS Sodhi.  Air Vice Mshl Pinto was way too big
to be a snooper!)

  The Governor General/C-in-C issued no fresh orders
  now that the assault had begun.  This meant that
  the defence plan, Plano Sentinela would remain in
  force -- delay the enemy at the borders with
  conventional or guerilla tactics, fall back to the
  riverfronts when no longer possible to halt the
  enemy advance and explode the bridges, hold back
  the enemy on the other bank of the river for as
  long as possible, and when that too was difficult,
  gradually fall back to the last redoubt, Mormugao,
  and defend it at any cost -- until UN intervention
  arrived.

By 10:30 am, 18 December 1961, Captain (later General) Carlos
de Azeredo, appointed as the Coordinating Officer of the
security forces in Goa only days before, took command of
around 500 troops retreating from other positions, to form
the second line of defence -- from St. Jacinto Island to
Issorcim, across the isthmus of the Mormugao peninsula.

He had trenches dug rapidly, fortified with coconut trunks to
fend off enemy artillery ...  and for weapons, an equally
ridiculous duo of Lewis light machine guns and ancient
rifles. Recall that Capt Azeredo believed the Plano
Sentinela was "totally unrealistic and unachievable".

  Yet, one could say foolhardily, Portuguese
  defenders staged three acts of resistance in Goa.
  The first as seen was at the Anjediva Island, where
  they held Indian naval forces at bay for some 30
  hours, with a comparatively high loss of lives.
  There were two other notable acts of resistance in
  Goa proper.

One was a skirmish at Verna staged by Portuguese troops
retreating from Margao to the last redoubt at Mormugao. The
other was the resistance put up by the lone naval destroyer
in Goa against three Indian frigates at Mormugao.

Oddly, both incidents heralding the Portuguese exit evoked
history of their entry into Goa 451 years before -- and the
name of the man who had conquered Goa in 1510!

Let us consider only the Verna incident of 19 December 1961
today, and the naval battle at Mormugao that occurred a day
earlier on 18 December 1961 (together with the historical
significance of the two events) next week.

The skirmish in Verna: 2 Bihar Battalion of the 63 Infantry
Brigade was pressing from Margao towards Vasco da Gama.  When
it reached Verna at around 2.00 pm, it was told of the
presence of 450+ Portuguese soldiers of the Agrupamento
Afonso de Albuquerque, an undersized battalion retreating
from the military camp at Rawanfond, Aquem Baixo, near
Margao.  They were in a fallback to the last redoubt at
Mormugao and had halted at Verna.

'C' Company of 2 Bihar under Captain NK Bhandari was ordered
on the left flank to cut off the road behind the enemy
position. 'B' Company under Major MM Bose charged from the
right flank.  The Portuguese opened up with small arms fire.

The brief but fierce encounter accounted for the largest
number of casualties on both sides in Goa.  On the Portuguese
side, 27 officers, 23 sergeants and 398 soldiers surrendered
(448 in all, the rest perished), and 14 armoured cars, 21
jeeps and a large quantity of arms and equipment were seized.

"There were about 450 prisoners [Portuguese POWs at Verna],"
recalls freedom fighter Dr. Suresh Kanekar, who, together
with Purushottam Kakodkar and Ronald Coutinho of Margao, was
proceeding to Vasco da Gama in Coutinho's car.  Kanekar says
he "naturally thought of the number matching closely the
years of Portuguese colonial rule imposed on Goa" (Kanekar,
2011, Pages 146-147).

As the encounter progressed, 4 Sikh LI reached Verna and, as
seen before, was ord

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12:00 AM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

12:27 AM
Magnneachem Jivit - Talk by Gaurish Naik

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Saturday

1:45 AM
Bhagiancher Niyall VIII - Br Malvino Alfonso  ocd

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

2:26 AM
Devachem Utor - Fuddari - Avesvor 11 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

2:40 AM
Hymns - Our Lady of Snow HS Raia

2:44 AM
Goal Post Ep 6 - Levino, Cosme and Shallum interviewed by Jovito Lopes

3:18 AM
Creative Strokes - Yolanda De Souza

3:46 AM
Gaionancho Jhelo - Jezu amchi Xanti - Monica Fernandes

3:49 AM
Literally Goa - Carlos Gracias interviewed by Frederick Noronha

4:15 AM
Abundant Life - Depression - Symptoms - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

4:40 AM
Xhanti - Fr Anthony Lopez CSsR

5:09 AM
Prayer while travelling  -  St Joseph Vaz

5:11 AM
Tithing - Talk by Alfwold Silveira

5:36 AM
Apologetics - Catholic Church Pt  1 - Adv. F.E. Noronha

6:06 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  87 - Chayevalo  - Fr Pratap Naik sj

6:14 AM
Fr Bolmax and Capt Viriato interviewed by Jovito Lopes

6:49 AM
Our Father - Mundari

6:55 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem  -  Eastertide

7:00 AM
Praise and Worship -   Magno Menezes - Heaven - SJVRC

7:27 AM
Morning Prayer  - Eastertide

7:30 AM
Dr Andre Rafael Fernandes interviewed by Dr Frederick Noronha

8:01 AM
Forgive one another - Fr Fernando da Costa

8:55 AM
My Music Video - Mosaic City - Daneca Da Cruz

9:01 AM
Fr Bolmax and Capt Viriato interviewed by Jovito Lopes

9:36 AM
Our Father - Sadri

9:40 AM
Through Mary to Jesus - Eps 6 - Fr Anderson Fernandes S.J,

10:02 AM
Talk - If my people - Alfwold Silveira

10:31 AM
Povitr Atmo - Orlando D'Souza

11:03 AM
Devachem Utor - Fuddari - Avesvor 11 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

11:17 AM
Pope's intention in English

11:20 AM
Intercessions in English

11:27 AM
Regina Caeli (English)

11:30 AM
Mass in English followed by Daily Flash

12:30 PM
Novena to the Holy Spirit - Day 3

12:45 PM
Bible Stories - Eps 64 -  God Motivates Gideon

12:52 PM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 1

1:00 PM
Opening of Christian Art Museum

2:10 PM
Talk on Joy - Eliot Gonsalves

2:48 PM
Bhajan - Tu Sakshat Parmeshvaru - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

2:59 AM
Song - Rup Mhojem Polloi - Fr Eusico Pereira

3:05 PM
Song - With Jesus I rock - Avalon Lobo

3:12 PM
Bible Project - Acts of the Apostle - Ch 1-7

3:18 PM
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3:22 PM
Understand your faith - Did Biblical people live so long? - Rev Melito
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3:26 PM
Prayer over Children - St Jospeh Vaz

3:30 PM
Deivik Kaklutichi Magnneam

3:47 PM
Bhajan - Tu Sakshat Parmeshvaru - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

3:56 PM
Magnificat (Konkani)

4:00 PM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

4:27 PM
Prayer : Benedictus

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 16

4:56 PM
Prayer for the Synod 2023

5:00 PM
Agnel Inst of Food, Crafts and Culinary Sciences, Verna

5:22 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  195  - Philip Gracias - Fr Pratap Naik sj

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Train Yourself to be Holy - Dr Brenda Nazareth Menezes

6:00 PM
Mass in Konkani followed by Jivitacho Prokas

7:00 PM
Povitr Atmeachem Noven -Tisro Dis

7:16 PM
Poetic Short Film - Ek Kavita Don Kavinchi

7:30 PM
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7:56 PM
Hymn - Open my eyes, Lord -  Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

8:00 PM
Literally Goa - Tino de Sa IAS (Retd) interviewed by Frederick Noronha

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Thomas Aquinas teaching on Sloth - Sr Joeyanna D'Souza fsp

8:52 PM
Devachem Utor - Fuddari - Avesvor 12 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

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Mass in Marathi

10:00 PM
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10:36 PM
Ratchem Magnem

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[Goanet] Goan women have played major roles in literature, sciences, music and many fields, says new book

[Goanet Reader]

PANJIM, May 29: Beyond the "boundaries of their homes", Goan women have
attained a host of achievements in fields as diverse as literature,
history, the sciences, medicine, art, music, the stage, painting and
sculpture, and even for their work related to the United Nations.

But, the story of Goan women has taken its time to be told, according to
Fátima da Silva Gracias, the historian-author of a new book, just back from
the printers.

The 352-page hardbound book is called 'Trailblazers: Some Goan Women
Achievers' and contains word-sketches of the achievements of some 119 women
from Goa.  Some go back to the late 19th century, while others are still
active and working in the field, with more decades to contribute.

There are those from the world of writing and art.  But nearly two dozen
entries are also related to Goan women in medicine and other sciences.
Among these are Emelina da Cunha Costa (1973-1972), who was one of the
first three Indians women to graduate from the Grant Medical School in
Bombay.  She specialised in Bacteriology and was also an opera singer.

Other prominent names from this field which Goa might have all but
forgotten include the Kenya doctor Mary Matilda Pereira de Souza
(1890-1953), and other prominent doctors like Myrtle de Noronha (Bombay),
Escolastica Gracias e Peres, Anita de Souza, the Hawaii-based Maria
Cristina Snyder, prominent psychiatrist Adelia Peres e Costa (1928-2019),
Karachi's Sylvia de Sa, Ratan Counto-Naik, and even Dr Reita Faria Powell
of Tivim (better known as Miss World 1966).

Beyond medicine, Goan women have earned their name and fame in botany,
cancer therapy, evolutionary biology, research, and even travelling to
Antarctica for scientific research (Helga do Rosario Gomes).

In her introduction, the historian Silva Gracias, says she began work on
this book soon after the outbreak of the 2020 Covid pandemic, amidst
challenging times, lockdowns, archives and libraries in Goa being shut.

She comments: "The need to write these profiles of Goan women was felt for
a long time.  Women are contributors to, and bearers of, culture.  Goan
women living in Goa, other parts of India and overseas have made
outstanding contributions to a vast range of activities covering education,
writing, science, sports, art, political and cultural activities.

"They have participated in and won international beauty contests. Goan
women have made their presence felt at world bodies such as the United
Nations.  Yet not much has been written about them, until recent times."

In her book, almost all the women listed have been "born in Goa to Goan
parents, born to Goan parents outside Goa, and women whose one parent has
been of Goan origin." Obviously, the diaspora too has played a huge role in
making its contribution.

For the work, the author collated profiles as narrated by the person
profiled, or with the help of information from their families, and even
from "my research on Goan women for over thirty years from libraries,
archives and private collections in Goa, Bombay and Lisbon."

Silva Gracias notes that women in Goa received no formal education until
the 19th century.  The first primary school for girls was set up at "Nova
Goa" in 1846.  She traces the growth of education among Goan and diasporic
women, including how daughters of those who migrated to British Indian
cities like Karachi or Poona studied medicine in Bombay.

Yet, in times when the only space "permitted to women" was their homes,
some became educationists, prolific writers and eloquent speakers
(Propercia Correia Afonso).  Others went on to write the history of
villages they were part of, such as Chandor.  Some became travel writers
and contributed to distant newspapers.

One of the women featured (Leonor de Loyola Furtado Fernandes, 1909-2005)
even studied in a seminary.  Short story writers, pharmacists, multilingual
translators, professors, theatre people, authors, playwrights, curators,
journalists, lawyers, that's not all...  and even a member of the censor
board.  Women from Goa have fitted in to all these roles.

The languages they've worked in is impressive too -- Spanish, Catalan,
Esperanto, French, apart from more commonly encountered English, Konkani,
Portuguese, and Marathi or other Indian languages.

Music, expectedly, brings in great talent and variety.  From Hindustani
(Anjanibai Malpekar, Kesarbai Kerkar, Mogubai Kurdikar, Kishori Amonkar,
Lata Amonkar, Asha Bhosle, Ashalata Wabgaonkar, Varsha Usgaonkar Sharma) to
Opera, Jazz, piano and violin.

Art -- painting, sculpture, curating and film-making -- shows another set
of talent.  But in the United Nations, Goa has a current Assistant General
Secretary (Ligia Noronha), a member of the Portuguese Permanent Mission
(Maria Virginia Braz Gomes), a former principal of the United Nations
International School at NY (Lea Vaz Rangel-Ribeiro), among others.

The book will be featured at a curtain-raiser on Saturday morning, May 29,
2022 at 10 am at the Maquinez

[Goanet] The Problem

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

small talent
big ego

make
small problem

no
no no

make
big problem

artist
go mad

what does joao want to say?

Re: [Goanet] ... and you thought Konkani didn't have a rich agri-vocabulary?

[Rajan Parrikar]

Who is the "you" here, FN? Well, you have a point. Most Goans will be the
"you."

There is an extensive Konkani vocabulary for matters agri and otherwise,
much of it not yet online. Plants, fruit, and produce have long been
associated with our temple rituals. A small sample here -

http://www.crdeepjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Vol-5-1-5-IJES.pdf

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