[Goanet] Bible verse for the Day

2020-05-07 Thread Devak Argham
John 14:6 == 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

[Goanet] Frightening The Fish And Quoting a A Daily Nation Reporter

2020-05-07 Thread Adolfo Mascarenhas
First of all you frighten the fish and those who sell fish by carring a fishing line.If this is not enough, to add insult to injuryyou quote a reporter who one thought that before the white man arrived in North Africa, there were No Native Indians...Poor fellow he thought that the Union

[Goanet] What Would Aliens Think? (Dhaka Tribune, 8/5/2020)

2020-05-07 Thread V M
https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/05/07/what-would-aliens-think Distracted as we are by the global coronavirus emergency, relatively few people paid any attention on April 27, when the Pentagon declassified and shared its spectacular video footage of unidentified flying objects

[Goanet] Mary Hopkin

2020-05-07 Thread Roland Francis
The Welsh singer was introduced by British model Twiggy to Paul McCartney of the Beatles after she won an MTV award and at age 18, she signed on to the Beatles’s Apple Records, giving her a string of successes with Paul McCartney producing her songs. Sandi Shaw competed, with her simultaneous

[Goanet] If You Leave Me Now

2020-05-07 Thread Roland Francis
The hit ballad was written and sung by Peter Cetera the bassist of the American rock band Chicago released as a single from their album Chicago X in 1976. This cover is by a gifted You Tube talent, pretty Alyona Yarushina who sings the original numbers to their true musical form. If You Leave

Re: [Goanet] migrant labour

2020-05-07 Thread Venantius J Pinto
GOANS simply must learn basic skills and learn to work for themselves to the extent possible. No one walks into the house of through it. Period. Deals must to be clear cut. Get your Christianity in order. Ball sandlo!!! Attan chedvam sandunk toyar assay. No one dare say I’m being xenophobic! Be

[Goanet] Mahabharot (Adi Porv)

2020-05-07 Thread augusto pinto
This lockdown is as good a time as any to check on the books that I possess but haven't read. I'll tell you about a book that I set out to read but actually didn't. As the subject line says it's name is Mahabharot (Adi Porv which means first part) and if I remember correctly it was given to me by

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 248

2020-05-07 Thread Roland Francis
Dear Joan, I did indeed receive your letter but chose not to reply after due consideration. While I personally believed your claim that your late husband George originated the song, you go on to say in your note that he also wrote the Madam I’m Adam columns in the Eves weekly. Having lived in

Re: [Goanet] Arrê Posorkaraghello Cheddó padri zat murhê...Saibá Bhoghosh...

2020-05-07 Thread Roland Francis
Sonia, your short stories may be interesting in themselves but I didn’t get the chance to appreciate it to the end as it became laborious to go through each bit. For me the sentence to sentence translation from Konkani and Portuguese detracts from the telling of it. Rather it would be more

[Goanet] Schedule for Friday 8th May 2020

2020-05-07 Thread 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. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 Email ID: ccrgoame...@gmail.com Schedule for Friday 8th

[Goanet] migrant labour

2020-05-07 Thread Nelson Lopes
Migrant labour It has suddenly dawned on the administrations in the states, Centre the magnitude of migrant work force. Soon awareness will be realized as to how dependent we can be on migrant workers. The labour day pays verbal tribute to their contributions in moving the wheels of progress

[Goanet] Literature Festivals in the Age of Contagion (Hindustan Times, 7/5/2020)

2020-05-07 Thread V M
https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/literature-festivals-in-the-age-of-contagion/story-iea74Cv5uwTLqE433bWTZM.html Proximity was always the point. Just over a decade ago, when the eminent Konkani writer Damodar “Bhai” Mauzo and I originated the idea of our vibrant Goa Writers group hosting an

[Goanet] BBC News: Coronavirus: How India's lockdown sparked a debate over maids

2020-05-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Coronavirus: How India's lockdown sparked a debate over maids - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52529922 * Disclaimer * The BBC is not responsible for the content of this email, and anything written in this email does not

[Goanet] KUDOS TO SAMMY, MAHESH, SERAFIN AND LAWRENCE

2020-05-07 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Every Goan should be so very proud and ever elated that four of our Dy. SP Goenkars Sammy Tavares, Mahesh Gaonkar, Serafin Dias and Lawrence D’ Souza have been promoted as SPs in our little State. All the four have been our very dear friends for the last many decades. But what matters the most

[Goanet] When the shopkeeper's son becomes a priest... (Sonia Gomes)

2020-05-07 Thread Goanet Reader
ARRÊ POSORKARAGHELLO CHEDDÓ PADRI ZAT MURHÊ...SAIBÁ BHOGHOSH... Sonia Gomes rgso...@gmail.com 'Sr. Lucas, Sr. Lucas, o Senhor tem uma garrafa de Genebra?' (Mr. Lucas, Mr. Lucas do you happen to have a bottle of Gin) 'Genebra, D. Teresa? Sim tenho, Clotild, arrê Clotild, uma garrafa de Genebra

[Goanet-News] When the shopkeeper's son becomes a priest... (Sonia Gomes)

2020-05-07 Thread Goanet Reader
ARRÊ POSORKARAGHELLO CHEDDÓ PADRI ZAT MURHÊ...SAIBÁ BHOGHOSH... Sonia Gomes rgso...@gmail.com 'Sr. Lucas, Sr. Lucas, o Senhor tem uma garrafa de Genebra?' (Mr. Lucas, Mr. Lucas do you happen to have a bottle of Gin) 'Genebra, D. Teresa? Sim tenho, Clotild, arrê Clotild, uma garrafa de Genebra

[Goanet] KUDOS TO SAMMY, MAHESH, SERAFIN AND LAWRENCE

2020-05-07 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Every Goan should be so very proud and ever elated that four of our Dy. SP Goenkars Sammy Tavares, Mahesh Gaonkar, Serafin Dias and Lawrence D’ Souza have been promoted as SPs in our little State. All the four have been our very dear friends for the last many decades. But what matters the most

[Goanet] Arrê Posorkaraghello Cheddó padri zat murhê...Saibá Bhoghosh...

2020-05-07 Thread Sonia Gomes
There are times when a village turns against you, is extremely harsh because in all probability you have not adhered to some unspoken code of conduct which the village believes in. Continuing my series of Priests and their influence on their Family and on Society @

[Goanet] IT’S GAME OVER FOR ATMARAM NADKARNI

2020-05-07 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Amidst the COVID-19 gloom and doom there is something to cheer about. In what comes as a very huge relief to India’s Judiciary, the name of the awfully tainted and dishonorable Atmaram Nadkarni will not be considered for elevation as a Supreme Court Judge. The nation has been saved from what would

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 248

2020-05-07 Thread joan tellis
Attention. Frederick Noronha Your assistance is greatly needed! Regarding article by Roland Francis about I married a Female Wrestler. I replied and after sending ...the letters disappeared and I cannot find them and dont know if he received them. I am writing again and would appreciate if you

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

2020-05-07 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
In the Age of Corona Virus The Goan informs us At the New Collectorate security guards arm themselves with sanitiser bottles No one is allowed to enter! At the Old Collectorate no thermal screening walk in or waltz in or out freely the govt knows the corona virus loves new and

[Goanet] Amchem Cantar

2020-05-07 Thread Roland Francis
A narrative of the Goan yearning (Saudade) and its expression in the Mando through a documentary by Ruth Lobo. https://youtu.be/wp6mij23wtQ Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] Did Goan Coolies built the Railways in Kenya?

2020-05-07 Thread Voznadik Vojem
It was early morn, and I was distraught as no shevtto (Goan national fish) was taking my bait. Begrudgingly, packed up my fishing rod and made a long trek to the local fish market. I stopped in my tracks. The headlines blared. " Goan coolies in Kenya". It was an article written by Aggrey