, WIK IHF. Doors open at 6pm.
Event starts at 6:45pm.
All best wishes,Selma Carvalho
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Yes the book is available in the Kindle version at amazon.inWhat a great Goan!
My family was priviledged to know him. I think it was in 1960 that we were on
the SS Karanja from Mombasa to Bombay. He won a teddy bear at the ship's
tombola, which landed with my sister.In the mid 1990s I spotted
of this unchecked menace.
Let us appreciate the work of the local bodies and let us work hand in hand
for the solution of the problem of Garbage. Let us prevent the
Mapusa-Siolim road from becoming another Sonsddo and keep Goa clean and
green.
Frankey Carvalho
the surrender of Aguada Fort after the Portuguese
had raised a white flag, and were killed at almost point blank range.
Pio, his brother Rosario, Peter Carvalho and I were invited to take part in the
victory celebrations. Pio met many old veterans of the campaign - whom he had
not seen si
Melville De Mellowwas a premier broadcaster of India. I myself first heard him
on AIR in the nineteensixties. I don’t whether he was an Anglo Indian or a Goan
or East Indian orMangalorean. He sounded quite like an Englishman to me!
An articleconcerning his widow recently caught my eye.
http://berightindia.com/anthony-demello/
Home History Anthony Demello: TheForgotten Hero
- History
AnthonyDemello: The Forgotten Hero
By
Mr. Right India
0
India is credited to have hosted thefirst-ever Asian Games way back in 1951 and
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PrimeMinister
This is the title of an interesting article on the first Asian Games to be
held in India.
http://berightindia.com/anthony-demello/
Received this message on Whatsapp:
The Goa Green Brigade supports the chemical-free ORGANIC BROWN RICE grown by
the community efforts of St. Estevan farmers led by Nestor Rangel and recently
harvested now available at only Rs.1,000/- per bag of 25 Kgs. Please don't ask
for smaller quantities at
Thank you one and all for supporting and being a part of the RiseNationArmy!
Together we are bigger, Together we are stronger and Together we will build the
future!Have a super celebration and a super year ahead!Let's Rise into a brand
new year,Let's Rise As One!May the force always be with
The Rankin-Bass version of “The Little Drummer Boy” came out 50 years ago this
Christmas season, on December 19th 1968. The climactic last five minutes are
shown above complete with the song of the same name. Rankin-Bass is best known
for “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1964).
The song
I received this post on Whatsapp and I am sharing it on this forum as received:
I am sending this message I got from Capt Viriato which I request to read and
please attend. Also pass on the message to all other friends:
URGENT APPEAL
My dear people of Aldona, by now you must be aware that a
During the 1994 Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier an
excellent brochure was brought out by a company called Corporate Communications
of Margao, and edited by Diana Pinto. During that Exposition, two terracotta
busts of St Francis Xavier, one of about 8 inches and the other of
I'd be inclined to believe Eric Pinto's Anthony at this link, concerning the
famous Goan cricket personality of Mumbai.
Pitch perfect: Goan cricketer Tony de Mello was the soul andspirit behind the
construction of Brabourne Stadium
I'm sure that there are others on this list who enjoyed the songs of the Delhi
born British singer Peter Sarsdedt. He was well known in the sixties through to
the eighties, more so for his hit "Where do you go to my lovely" in 1969.
Another one of his classic hits was "Beirut" in 1978 . He
In the preface of the book "Conversational Hindi" by Narayan Prasad Jain (Jaico
Publishing House, Mumbai), the first edition being in 1959, with subsequent
reprints, the author states among other things: "My acknowledgments are due to
the authors of the books I have consulted, and the friends
Got this on my Whatsapp:
Cholai re Cholai,,,♀♂♀
@GOANFESTIVAL@FOOD & DANCE菱
03 Stalls selling a Variety of Goan Specialities索讀丹肋
Date : Sunday, 07th October 2018..
Time : 6.30 pm to10 pm
Venue : The Goan Institute, Dabul, Mumbai 43.
Entry : FREE*An initiative to
It is too late for the meeting but for those who may have an interest in this
matter and are as yet unaware; better late than never
Please pass on this very urgent message:
Parishioners of St.Inez and Panjim and specially those who
have purchased graves/niches in the
ot necessary. Goa was liberated by the Indian army. The cowardly Portuguese
just fled. Hardly a shot was fired. The only Indian casualties were two
officers who went to accept the surrender of Aguada Fort after the Portuguese
had raised a white flag, and were killed at almost point blank range.
P
Frederick
9822122436
On 26 January 2018 at 13:20, Regina Célia de Carvalho Pereira da Silva
<rpereiradasi...@hotmail.it<mailto:rpereiradasi...@hotmail.it>> wrote:
Hi
I find a reference to a Corvari village ...3 days walkingfar from Goa.
Someone knows this name? It is Colvali or Curtori
Hi
I find a reference to a Corvari village ...3 days walkingfar from Goa.
Someone knows this name? It is Colvali or Curtorim?
Thank you for your help.
Regina
Great job. Congrats to you Herman, Frederick and Bosco!
Aleixo Carvalho
New Jersey, USA
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 26, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Herman Carneiro her...@goanet.org wrote:
Dear Goanetters,
Goanet hits another milestone today. It's Goanet's 21st anniversary.
This is a short note
have an axe to
grind.
That a short and fragile memory is also a Goan thing, is sad.
As my mother always reminds me - today is a sad day, don't worry my darling,
something better will happen tomorrow.
Best,
selma carvalho
,
selma carvalho
Gabe,
Has it ever occured to you that the reason no one responds to your questions is
because nobody really gives a hoot. People on Goanet think they are somehow
important. The fact of the matter is, we are all pointless dots on the planet
sucking up air and filling up space. Some are sucking
As usual, I read Rajiv Desai's article with relish. He is one of the finest
political commentators of our times.
Best wishes,
Selma
Dear Roland,
You had me in splits with your column this week. Good to see you in top form.
take care,
selma
Hi Roland,
Thanks for your kind words. Just to put things into perspective, we didn't have
a budget for a documentary at all but because we collected so much video
footage and a kind lady from Nairobi, donated video footage to the project (a
tremendous donation) as well as the donation of so
The Histories of British-Goans project invites you to a viewing of The
Documentary at 3pm on 22 Jul, Cranford Community College Hall. Melvyn, Rose and
everyone else do come along and bring your friends. I'm quite sure you will
enjoy it. It's taken up one year to collect the material and put all
Two points I wanted to make:
a) In my personal experience which may indeed be limited. I have seen adopted
children in Goan families in the 21st century. They are treated with tremendous
amount of love. No one will ever guess that these children are adopted. There
are two in my own extended
Following Rose Fernandes's charge that while writing on social networking
sites, there should be no misinformation about our community, I went back to
check what exactly Roland Francis had written on the subject which would
warrant such a grave charge.
This is what Roland Francis wrote:
Source: GoanVoice UK http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/
By: Roland Francis -Sunday columnist
The Adopted Ones - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
Keeping poskos and poskems has always been an enigma in Goan society
On the one hand the intention was usually good. Whether the child of a
destitute
Dear Tony,
I was most impressed by your letter re instruction and learning. In your
opinion and experience in these matters, which school would you recommend in
Goa? I am looking for a school which emphasises learning with a liberal bent.
Take care,
selma
From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au
To: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com; Goa's premiere mailing list, estb.
1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Lord Stow's Bakery Macao - YouTube
Don't know what's got into you, Selma
Dear Dr Santosh Helekar,
I used to worry too about such things. I used to fret and fume all day long.
But a curious thing has happened to me over the past two months. I've been
hanging out at Goa speaks, and the young voices there are incredible. There are
some superb young, Hindu liberals
BC, maybe they don't make pasteis de nata in Goa but why don't you start
specialising in them in Macau? You can even export them to Goa then, what with
air transporation being so frequent these days.
Who cares about pasteis de nata. I'm sure they don't even make them in
Portugal any more. We
Well, I had hoped against hope that it would be different this time. That
somehow Parrikar would be reformed. That he would lead us greater glory. Such
is the tenuous nature of hope that it clings desperately to any ray of sunlight
that beams through the bleak landscape of despair. And despair
Dear Gabriel,
This is a very interesting essay but I do disagree with the author's premise
that moral has to be grounded in a set of immutable values, which is an
impossibility. How morality itself mutates in society is very difficult to
define but that it does, and invariably for the better is
I had no idea who the CSF was until the recent controversry. True, I would
receive their newsletter but my computer is quite smart and routinely files
this under junk mail.
Today, I visited their website which is very disturbing indeed. It is a slap in
the face of all progressive Christians.
- Forwarded Message -
From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com
To: csfp...@gmail.com csfp...@gmail.com; cec...@vsnl.net
cec...@vsnl.net
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:38 PM
Subject: An Open Letter to the CSF
Dear Christian Secular Forum,
cec...@vsnl.net
csfp...@gmail.com
I am calling
Dear Roland,
A wonderful post. Speaking to a person involved with Nehru at the time of
invasion, I understand Nehru really didn't want to invade Goa. He did all he
could to push the topic away until it became impossible to do so. Apparently he
died of a broken heart because of a Goa as well. He
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/05/15/religion-journal-christ-statue-in-mumbai-prompts-blasphemy-spat/
Dear members,
The above story is of concern.
According to the newstory:
Sanal Edamaruku is accused by Catholic groups in Mumbai of breaking the Indian
Penal Code, which outlaws
Frederick wrote:
What is the problem is not the law itself, but the misuse of the law.
Free Speech doesn't mean irresponsible speech, or even deliberately
provocative speech! But when we call it a blasphemy law, then that
casts a different light on it. FN
Response:
I'm afraid I disagree with
What is being reported in some quarters is not factual. Bishop
Agnelo Gracias has called for an apology; if you think he is out of order,
kindly intimate this to your good friend and benefactor the President of
the G.O.A. (U.K.) Ltd who is the brother of the Godly man.
Marshall, what if his name wasn't Edamaruku? What if it was Victor, Paul,
Sebataio or Lorsu? Would this have been an issue then? Does this mean no one
has the right to question Christianity?
What we are effectively saying is that we have the liberty to believe in the
most outrageous things
Dear Venita,
It is my experience that those who do something in our community are much
maligned by by-standers. Please take no heed of such people. I decided a long
time ago, that I have to be like a horse. Put on a good pair of blinders and
carry on. It is easy for people to malign others. It
In the eighties when I was growing up, there was a song, Video killed the Radio
star. New technology replaces old ones. Facebook has replaced mailing lists and
nothing is going to resuscitate it. So this post is also an elegy to Goanet.
You served us well, for so many years and we loved you
Rose Fernandes wrote:
Uploaded on U-tube on 22 October 2009 is Remo Fernandes on HCN/Part II. The
upload is 7.17 minutes long and starting from minute 1.46 Remo talks
about a farmer committing suicide out of starvation.
In a video recording of his song India, I Cry which Remo Fernandes has
I find the post appended below and written by Mervyn Lobo deeply disturbing. I
understand Mervyn works in the financial sector and as such one would have
hoped is conversant with current economic trends and problems.
Firstly, a little knowledge of Goan ownership of land would have helped. As
://www.britishgoanproject.com/
Best,
selma carvalho
.
Now coming to Melvyn Fernandes of UK. Here is a list of things he has accused
other people of:
- Silvano Barbarosa did not respond to his emails about the book Sixth Night
when he was trying to market it.
- Eddie Fernandes did not publish his review on the book Sixth Night
- Selma Carvalho
Dear George,
One thing I am now firmly convinced of. Goa is not going to RIP. For the past
few days, I have become hooked to the Facebook page Goa speaks. The writers
here are young Goans of all colours and creed. I am extremely impressed with
how sophisticated their viewpoints are. They are
As my grand-mother would say, avois mujea saibab!!!
There are strict rules I follow when in Goa.
1. Never have a meal just before leaving the house.
2. Never have a meal outside a 20 minute car-drive radius.
3. Always carry enough money to buy coffee in a five-star hotel so I may also
use
Fitz you may access the wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_Remedios_Santana_de_Souza
Best,
Selma Carvalho
Mervyn Lobo wrote:
Since Dom Martin has identified you as the person who may know
where to get the string for that exclusive whiny Goan instrument,
I will leave you in peace so that you can contemplate on that comment.
RESPONSE: Mervyn, at the very least fight your own battles and don't try to
Mervyn Lobo wrote:
Your views on the caste system are well known. The above quotes of yours
also give the reader some indication on how much thought and research you
take into consideration before making your fantasy statements.
I really look forward to reading the results of your er, unbiased
Mervyn Lobo wrote:
The strength of any research lies in the unbiased observations of the
researcher.
A researcher with a bias (conscious or sub-conscious) will usually produce
results that reflect.his/her beliefs.
I see this in business reports that I have to read on a daily basis.
RESPONSE:
Welcome back Senor Dom Martin. We have all missed you terribly. You were gone
too long.
Warm regards,
selma
Dear Vivian,
I am happy to report that I have learnt a lot about Assolna in the last few
days. Thanks also to the efforts of members of the goaresearch team, we were
also able to trace the man I was looking for. He ran a school in Assolna
between 1892-1914.
Warm regards,
selma
of the day, here is a two minute video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwth3p6-pskfeature=youtu.be
Best,
Selma Carvalho
Mervyn Lobo wrote:
Lastly, if you need to know what prompted Goans to migrate to E. Africa and
other places, why don`t you directly ask the people you are interviewing. I
would love to hear this question i.e. What is your caste and why did it make
you migrate from Goa.
Response:
In other
Doc J Colaco wrote :
This nonsense aka the Caste System is an Apartheid discriminatory
relic from the pre-conversion days.
Why all the angst Doc? Sadly, if only it were true that it is a relic of
pre-conversion days. It's a reality
Dear members,
I was wondering if anyone would be able to comment on this. In Salcete large
areas do not have bamons. Would Assolna of Salcete have had bamons. What would
be the possibility of a man who set up a school in Assolna being bamon?
Any comments and speculation would be appreciated.
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Caste and Assolna
On 12 April 2012 14:15, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote:
Dear members,
I was wondering if anyone would be able to comment on this. In Salcete
Dear Victor and Pandu,
Thank you for your emails. Will respond in detail at some time. I have not been
keeping well for sometime now but plodding along.
Take care,
selma
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Hi Roland,
Thank you for your encouraging words.
We have collected hours and hours of oral history covering every sort of topic
from discrimination at work to segregated living to caste in East Africa.
Unfortunately I will not be making any of that public right now. It will come
into the
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To view other videos you may have missed visit:
http://www.britishgoanproject.com/
Create audiences for our community project by sharing this link.
Best wishes,
selma carvalho
tuned folks, this is one you don't
want to miss.
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Dear all,
We are grateful to the large pool of British-Goans registered with us to be
interviewed. So far we have interviewed 20 people, although we are just 8
months into the project. They reflect a cross-section of society; tailors,
clerks, teachers, train-drivers, cooks, doctors, etc. We
of hits from
this forum.
Best,
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But Goanet is king of forum
Ok, just a bit of weekend humour.
Take care guys,
selma
From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:55 PM
Subject: Amchem noxib -Jerome
Hey
to the NRI cell.
We wish you the very best in your future plans.
Warm regards,
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Dear all,
Thank you for the wonderful information you have provided so far.
I am wondering if any of you would have an opinion or knowledge of what sort of
relationships tiatrist would have had with their female co-stars. Were there
off-stage liasons, were there back-stage encounters? Surely,
Watching this film has been sheer bliss. Not that I want to be seen as not
recognising my own uncle but the film is quite blurry (and shot before I was
even born) and I wanted to confirm for sure that M. Boyer is playing the role
of Robert here. The young Boyer brings back so many memories. He
Hey Bosco or anyone else, do you know if Jerome Mendes is from a show biz
family? I literally live 10 mins from Leonaras in Goa. I'll go and visit him if
he is.
Also once he has posted the film on Youtube, it is fine to provide a link to
it.
take care,
selma
Thank you Roland for this link and your wonderful article on tiatrists.
Can anyone identity Anthony Mendes in the film. I am assuming he is the main
comedic star with the small charlie chaplain moustache.
This film is pure comedic genius. The delivery and timing is so spot on.
Best,
selma
Dear Tony,
My heart goes out to you because every bit of what you write is true and you
have no hesitation in calling a spade a spade. You're an honest to goodness
Goan, the sort of chap that works all his life and expects nothing more from
the world than a quiet, clean, civil country to live
Dear esteemed members and bombaimkars,
Can anyone tell me a little bit about the theatres mentioned above in Bombay
and particularly in relation to our tiatrists playing at these theatres in the
1950s; the sort of audiences that would have patronised them and also the
surrounding areas of
,
selma
From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:39 AM
Subject: Bhagavathi, Birla, Ragbhavan and St. Mary's theatres in Bombay
Dear esteemed members and bombaimkars,
Can anyone
,
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With all the raised expectations by Goans, here is a realistic list of what
Manohar Parrikar won't be able to do and what he might be able to achieve if he
has the political spine to do it. This is my list (so please don't ask me to
back it up with logic, statistics and other unnecessary
FN's breakdown of the ballot was indeed an eye-opener. In almost every case the
Catholic Goan was responsible for Congress' bloodbath today. (Don't waste your
time introspection Diggu dearest..it is very simple).
1) In Catholic dominated Congress strongholds, the Catholic voter split the
vote
Eugene Monteiro wrote
The defeat of the Alemaos is partly because of the BJP wave and partly
because of the angst against Joaquim and Churchill’s arrogant defence
of the “family raj” politics and their arm-twisting tactics that led
to Congress giving ticket to Valanka.
RESPONSE:
There is no
.
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Fair enough Doc, I accept what you are saying. What is in the public domain is
open to being quoted. It is no different from me finding something in an
archive and quoting.
The problem with Eugene is he is perpetually trying to show other people and
other writers in a poor light, under the
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/goa-expats-want-total-change-of-political-blood/235165-37-170.html
Note to Eugene:
This is the right way to do it. Ask people for quotes or ask people permission
to quote. Not take quotes from what they have said on public forums and write
them in your article.
Frederick wrote
A couple of questions: (i) If we had a similar situation in Goa,
involving migrant workers (non-Goan, in our case), what would be our
stand? (ii) Could we expect any section in Goa to speak out for the
underdogs? FN
Frederick, it
Hi FN,
Here is a rough translation of the song. Of course I may have lost much in
translation. Would love to see other translations.
Take care,
selma
Chorus
You can look at my body, but not touch
You can look at my lips, but not kiss
You can look at my body, but not touch
You can look at my
Congress has promised us a Gooa Dourado in five years and I believe they will
deliver.
Best,
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There should be an investigation into the road-worthiness of the unfortunate
bus. But how many investigations and charges have there actually been in Goa?
There should have been an investigation into the fire that occurred in Vasco in
August. A terrible tragedy that again claimed the lives of
For once Soter and I have ended up asking the same questions. Questions which
sane journalists and reporters in Goa should be asking in their editorials.
Where will BJP get the funds to finance what they have promised in their
manifesto. It is only Parrikonomics which can promise something from
Selma Carvalho
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Jose Colaco wrote:
The key players in this prevalent hate are the politicians and their
lackeys. They will say anything, write anything and do anything, . to
have their 'corrupt' or 'communally corrupt' political friends in power.
You guys see any other purpose for this on-going deviousness,
I have not been able to function or even eat my food the whole day. This is a
very sad day for us Goans and as a parent I mourn with every other parent
today. If there is a God above, deliver us all from this cloud of grief that
has surely made its way to you. Why could you not have spared
Pandu lampioa wrote:
The 'greening' of Goa has reached a point of no return and what you
said in your post is right there for all to see. Nothing against any
community but a mass influx is unhealthy.
Dear Pandu,
If it comes as a
Sandesh Anvekar wrote:
They cant tolerate a word of criticism...I 'd rather expected that someone
would give some sane advise to mr floriano
over his unbridled criticism of hindu gods which was totally unasked for
here...(that only reflects poorly on him I could have answered him in
his own
I reproduce an extract by that notable writer George Menezes, about Christians
in India. Let us celebrate what each community has brought to the table in
India rather than wallow in Freud's narcissism of minor differences.
-
Look
Sandesh Anvekar wrote:
in the end the motive of the Church is always to convert (as always)...
Response:
First of all, I find Sandesh Anvekar's remark absolutely loathsome. No doubt,
some Goans are waiting with bated breath for the return of the BJP-ram raj so
that we can look forward to 5
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