Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] I am Goan (Radharao Gracias)
Would you like to add on to this list of 'the great Goans?' Thought you might!! Quite hilarious!! Mum > On 10-Aug-2018, at 4:18 AM, Goanet Reader wrote: > > I AM GOAN > > [Editors's note: In the past > few hours, this write-up has > been going viral among Goan > circles in cyberspace. To know > more about the controversy, see > http://bit.ly/RaneToiletRow] > > From the Facebook page of Radharao Gracias, ex-legislator and lawyer > Feedback to graciasradha...@gmail.com > > I am Goan. You find me here, there, everywhere. In > London or Swindon. In Lisbon or Melbourne. In > Mississauga or Mississippi. No borders confine me. > No occupation confounds me. I am called by many names. > > Consider: > > I am the Prime Minister of Portugal. I am the son of > celebrated writer Orlando da Costa. The Prime Minister of > India, Narendra Modi, hugged me when I visited India. My name > is Antonio da Costa from Margao, I am Goan! > > I have been Member of the House of Commons, UK, since 1987. > My sister Valerie Vaz, and Suela Fernandes too are members of > the 'Mother of Parliaments' My name is Keith Vas. We are Goan! > > I was the Commander in Chief of the Indian Army. And with me > the GOC Commanding Southern Command was Lt.General F.T.Dias. > My name: Sunith Rodrigues, from Curtorim. We are Goan! > > I was Police Commissioner of Bombay and was known as the > Supercop. And when Punjab was in turmoil, during the > Khalistan movement, I was posted there to restore order. My > name: Julio Ribeiro, from Porvorim. I am Goan! > > I am considered as a major figure in contemporary > architecture around the world. I was awarded the Padma Shree > in 1972 and the Royal Gold Medal in 1984 by the Royal > Institute of British Architects. Buildings designed by me dot > the world. My name is Charles Correia, from Porvorim. I am Goan! > > I am the CEO of Diageo, the world's largest liquor company. I > am the son of Manuel Menezes, the former chairman of the > Indian Railway Board. My brother Victor Meneses is the former > chairman and CEO of Citibank. My name Ivan Menezes, from > Pomburpa/Divar. I am Goan! > > I am the CEO and Vice President of Cognizant. My father, > Placido D’Souza IFS, was High Commissioner to Trinidad, > Hongkong and Kenya. My name, Francisco D'Souza, from Anjuna. > I am Goan! > > I am the CEO of Air Asia. I am the majority owner of Queen's > Park Rangers. I figure on the Forbes list of the rich in > Malaysia. I studied at Epsom College and the London School of > Economics. I am the son of Dr.Steven Fernandes. My name: Tony > Fernandes, from Velim. I am Goan! > > I have figured in the Forbes list of Indian billionaires. I > am the CEO of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, founded by my late > father Gracias Saldanha, today one of the largest > pharmaceutical companies in India. When Goan politicians fall > sick, they use our medicines to get cured. My name Glen > Saldanha from Saligao. I am Goan! > > My family lived in Karachi and later migrated to Canada. I > resigned from my job and set up a company in the basement of > my house called SOTI. My company is now valued at a billion > dollars. My name Karl Rodrigues, from Curtorim. I am Goan! > > I was a student at Grant Medical College, Bombay when I was > crowned Miss World 1966. I completed my medical studies and > now live in Ireland. My name is Reita Faria, from > Mapusa/Tivim. I am Goan! > > I came to the USA as a Fulbright Scholar. I am the author of > several New York Times Best Selling Books. I released my film > Obama's America, in 2016, which is the second highest > grossing political documentary styled film produced in the > USA. My name, Dinesh D'Souza, from Assagao. I am Goan! > > I was a journalist, politician and Freedom Fighter. > I was elected Member of the Kenya Parliament and I > had two other Goans with me, F.W.D'Souza the Deputy > Speaker from Cujira and Anthony Joseph Zuzarte from > Guirim, Vice President of Kenya. And I was > assassinated. My name is Pio Gama Pinto, from > Saligao. We are Goan! > > I was a physicist, journalist, diplomat and a social > scientist at the Eduardo Mondlane University. I fought for > the freedom of Mozambique. I was the principal adviser to Samora > Machel, the President. I died with him in a plane crash. My > name, Aquino de Braganca, from Mapusa. I am Goan! > > I won a bronze medal in tennis 1996 Olympics. I have won > twelve Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles and > several gold medals at the Asian games. And my father Vece > Paes has won a bronze in hockey playing for India in 1972. My > father is a doctor and so was my grandfather. My name, > Leander Paes, from Assolna. I am Goan! > > India failed to qualify in hockey for the Beijing Olympics > 2008 but I was there playing for Canada. My name, Kenneth > Pereira. I am
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] TOMORROW-June14: TechOverTea, Cafe Prakash, Panjim 5 pm ...
Thank you Frederick for your invitation. Sadly, we are unable to travel these days but wish to thank you for thinking of us. Regards, Betsy and Richard > YOU ARE WELCOME to another volunteer-driven community-led > event of TechOverTea, being organised at Cafe Prakash, Near > Azad Maidan, Panjim at Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Feel free to > bring in anyone else who might be interested. Open to all: > > GNU/LINUX FOR THE ARTIST, a talk by Venkatesh > Prabhu nothingsmine at gmail.com : An informal talk > on the different softwares used by DTP people and > artists on the Windows platform, alternatives on > the GNU/Linux platform and the roadmap of moving > from Windows to Linux. > > SUGAR ON ANDROID, by Dr Anil Seth seth.anil at gmail.com. > Sugar is a free and open source computer desktop environment > designed for interactive learning by children. Developed as > part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project, Sugar was > the default interface on OLPC XO-1 laptop computers. The OLPC > XO-1.5 and later provided the option of either the Gnome or > Sugar interfaces. Sugar is available as a Live CD, as Live > USB, a package installable through several GNU/Linux > distributions. It can run in a GNU/Linux virtual machine > under Windows and Mac OS. Unlike most other desktop > environments, Sugar does not use the "desktop", "folder" and > "window" metaphors. Instead, Sugar's default full-screen > activities require users to focus on only one program at a > time. Sugar implements a journal which automatically saves > the user's running program session and allows them to later > use an interface to pull up their past works by date, > activity used, or file type. > > CHANGING THE I.T. LANDSCAPE by Werner Egipsy +91 > 7769964642 hephail at gmail.com > > ANY OTHER BRIEF (5-10 minute) talks, subject to the audience > being interested in the topic. > > Join the Free Software User Group-Goa and the > India Linux Users' Group (Goa): > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/fsug-goa/info > https://www.facebook.com/groups/fsug.goa/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/ > -- > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ Frederick Noronha * Independent Journalist > _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 91-9822122436 > _/ Twtr @fn Fbk: fredericknoronha > _/ Audio: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 > _/ Goa,1556 books from Goa: http://goa1556.in > _/ More links, info: http://about.me/noronhafrederick > _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
[Goanet] Happy Anniversary, Goanet
Wishing GOANET Many, Many returns of its Anniversary Dear Herman, *Femnet* takes this opportunity to send its good wishes on the occasion of Goanet's 21st Anniversary. Oh wow, 21 years since you gave our Goans around the world an opportunity to link up and to exchange news and views! *Femnet* is grateful to you too for taking it under your wing and giving it space to share and to post inspiring and thought provoking articles. We wish you continued success. Viva Goanet. Betsy Pinto-Nunes Founder, Goanet.Femnet
[Goanet] Deccan Heritage Foundation and Plans for Reis Magos International Festival of Music
*Mary Anne Cordeiro was awarded an Open Scholarship to Worcester College Oxford and* *graduated with an M.A. honours degree in Chemistry having successfully completed a* *dissertation in Quantum Pharmacology. Since then she worked in the City with Investment* *Banks including Goldman Sachs, before becoming a Venture Capitalist with a passion for* *Healthcare Technology. Mary Anne is Chair of BalletBoyz, member of the Oxford* *Chemistry Development Board and has interests at the Royal Academy of Arts and Asia* *House. She has a love for India, inculcated in her by her parents. She is Co-founding Chair* *of the Board of the Deccan Heritage Foundation (DHF).* DHF unveiled plans for the Reis Magos International Festival of Music (RIFM) at a high profile reception showcasing the historical Deccan region of India, at the Indian High Commission in London on 21 May 2014. The event was generously hosted by His Excellency Ranjan Mathai, High Commissioner of India to the UK, who invited leading members of the Indian business community. After an introduction by the High Commisasioner, George Mitchell, Founding Trustee of DHF and an archaeologist specialising in the Deccan region, gave a fascinating slide show presentation highlighting some of the wonderful historical treasures of the Deccan region. This was followed by Mary Anne who outlined the charity's principal aims and how the launch of the RIFM is in line with DHF's strategy. The first festival will be held at the newly restored 16th century Reis Magos Fort in Panjim, Goa from 12 December to 14 December, 2014. Heritage is of extraordinary importance to the Deccan region and Goa in particular owing to its unique historical background. DHF is a charitable organisation whose goal is to preserve, restore and promote the heritage as well as the plethora of places of cultural importance in the Deccan region of India through conservation, cultural and educational projects. One of its key objectives is to pass on this rich heritage to the ever-modernising next generation of Indians as well as enlightened foreign visitors to the region. RIFM will generally follow a theme that will reflect the rich heritage of Goa and in 2014 the theme will be the Sea. RIFM will revive a magnificent cultural space in Goa for the benefit of the local populace and visitors alike. A musical extravaganza will be put on to celebrate both traditional Goan music including fado, dekhni and Mando in addition to western classical music performed by world acclaimed musicians including the soprano singer, Patricia Rozario OBE, a native Goan herself. This reflects the burgeoning interest in western classical music in vogue all over India. DHF is working in partnership with the Giving Voice Society and INTACH with financial support from the Dempo Group as Principal Sponsor and the Helen Hamlyn Trust as Education Sponsor. The partners will engage around 1000 local school children in workshops from around 20 schools around Goa in advance of the festival. Mary Anne stated: We feel that alongside a high level music festival, the restoration of Reis Magos opens the possibility of showcasing educational work on Indian heritage themes together with relevant arts and artefacts. In particular we are interested in the overall educational possibilities that a high level event of this nature will foster in Goa...The festival will also serve as a focal point for work in schools through the organisation of a competition, the finale of which will take place in the reconstructed jewel that is Reis Magos itself.
[Goanet] Elections 2012 - Salcette
The 'squealing pigs' have voted! Richard N Nunes --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
