[Goanet] Vatican decree on refusing to bless same-sex unions is shameful, hypocritical | The Star

2021-03-16 Thread Roland Francis
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[Goanet] NOTA (None of the above)

2021-03-16 Thread Roland Francis
he NOTA voter there is no worthwhile alternative candidate or party to turn to. The 'no vote' is also about participating in the electoral process instead of just sitting out of it. That your voting helps cut down bogus voting is also a bonus. Roland Francis 416-453-3371

[Goanet] Billy Preston - My Sweet Lord (Live)

2021-03-15 Thread Roland Francis
Soul and gospel singer Billy Preston does ultimate justice to George Harrison’s masterpiece. Thank you George, thank you Billy, wherever you’ll are. https://youtu.be/1EORbL8N-R8 Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] Don’t Take The Vaccine!

2021-03-15 Thread Roland Francis
There’s so much of bull crap going around it’s not funny anymore. I don’t know whether it is Trump’s enduring international legacy or whether the Covid confinement is getting to people’s brains and upsetting all the discerning parts of it. Essentially it consists of: 1. Covid 19 is a farce. It’

[Goanet] The Last Responders

2021-03-15 Thread Roland Francis
I always love it when I come across a new turn of phrase that makes much sense, unlike most corporatese these days, that just string some fancy words and phrases for adequately perfect existing descriptions. ‘Last Responders’ - now that’s a new and descriptive modern reference to the people ne

Re: [Goanet] Late Luis de Assis Correia ... on the Portuguese-Mughal relations, and stories from Goa of the past

2021-03-14 Thread Roland Francis
FN with all sincerity I suggest that subtitles be put on your interview videos. One has to really strain to follow the proceedings. This is not one of those suggestions that should trigger in you “why don’t you do it yourself” but rather be treated as something that will make your videos bette

Re: [Goanet] Panjim Drain

2021-03-14 Thread Roland Francis
The 1878 treaty was revoked in 1892. Is there a hope that the 1961 cession will one day be also revoked? Roland > On Mar 14, 2021, at 12:50 PM, Frederick Noronha > wrote: > > Do you mean 1878? > > On Sun 14 Mar, 2021, 10:13 PM Roland Francis, > wrote: > >> Tr

[Goanet] Eastern Time

2021-03-14 Thread Roland Francis
For those with friends, family and other contacts in the Eastern Time Zone, note that at 2am on Sunday most people in the Zone advanced their clocks by one hour. That means the difference between IST and EST becomes 9.5 hours instead of 10.5. Roland. Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] Panjim Drain

2021-03-14 Thread Roland Francis
Truthfully said, real Goans were sunk on 19th December 1961. And if you want the definition of ‘real Goans’ refer to Manohar Parab of the Revolutionary Goans group. > On Mar 13, 2021, at 7:08 PM, Stephen Dias wrote: > > PANJIM DRAINS > > BY Stephen Dias, Dona Paula > Retd Scientist- A1 Instru

[Goanet] Gouramma To Meghan Markus

2021-03-13 Thread Roland Francis
An interesting parallel in Britain’s royal family. From Gouramma to Duleep Singh, the tragic lives of Queen Victoria’s many colonial godchildren | Research News,The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/research/from-gouramma-to-duleep-singh-the-tragic-lives-of-queen-victorias-many-co

Re: [Goanet] Al Jazeera article on Portugal's Attempt to Hide Under The Carpet..Slavery

2021-03-11 Thread Roland Francis
AM, If you have not already posted it on Goanet, I would be glad to read your review of the Sita Valles article once again. An item in the Al Jazeera article sparked a theory in my mind about the toilets of long ago Goa. The article mentioned that Portugal mostly sent their poor and rural peopl

[Goanet] Decolonizing Portugal’s History

2021-03-10 Thread Roland Francis
An insightful Al Jazeera article today. How Portugal silenced ‘centuries of violence and trauma’ | Arts and Culture News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/3/10/how-portugal-silenced-centuries-of-violence-and-trauma Roland. Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] Meet some of my friends from Mapusa...

2021-03-08 Thread Roland Francis
accessible -- not necessarily a good thing, as it kind of window-dresses > the actual operations :-) > > As for myself, have nothing to complain about. Wouldn't call these guys > "backward", but just ... er, being themselves. > > FN > > On Mon,

Re: [Goanet] Meet some of my friends from Mapusa...

2021-03-08 Thread Roland Francis
Real backward crowd although simple and honest in manner. Anywhere else they would have been giving full attention, here they seem to be doing FN a favour almost like dealing with a pesky and annoying break in their tempo. Conclusion: no media awareness seemingly because they have more than eno

Re: [Goanet] FINALLY OUR NEW HIGH COURT PREMISES TO BE A REALITY

2021-03-07 Thread Roland Francis
This is where everyone top to bottom illegally grabs taxpayers money: Aires Rodrigues writes: The foundation stone for this new High Court building was laid on 19th December 2013 and we were assured that the construction would be complete in 18th months. After various extended deadlines our High C

Re: [Goanet] FINALLY OUR NEW HIGH COURT PREMISES TO BE A REALITY

2021-03-07 Thread Roland Francis
Roland Francis 416-453-3371 > On Mar 7, 2021, at 2:25 PM, Aires Rodrigues wrote: > >

Re: [Goanet] Assolna - oslem na

2021-03-06 Thread Roland Francis
Bennet, no attachments are possible with posts to Goanet. Roland. > On Mar 6, 2021, at 1:22 AM, PAES wrote: > > Please find my post attached. > > Bennet Paes

Re: [Goanet] India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship with new OCI notification

2021-03-06 Thread Roland Francis
I don’t think their heart was in it from the start of the OCI nonsense. It’s right to call it a mere “experiment”. There was nothing like it anywhere in the world. The rest of the world made it clear-cut. You were a dual citizen or you were not. The whole purpose to start it was with the hope t

[Goanet] Sedition Misuse - A Supreme Court Justice Speaks

2021-03-04 Thread Roland Francis
Except for putting words in his interviewee’s mouth like FN often does (some like this judge just brush it off), Karan Thapar does good interviews. This discussion is quite topical. https://youtu.be/lVvhAtc57qM Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] Gerald Pereira by Lara Pereira-Naik

2021-03-04 Thread Roland Francis
What a lovely post by Gerald Pereira’s daughter. Living in Byculla in the 60s, a few buildings away from Gerald and his family, I closely relate to everything Lara writes. My father naturally knew Gerald and his friends of whom Raymond Dantas and Victor D’Mello were also friends of my family.

[Goanet] Paving The Way

2021-03-04 Thread Roland Francis
More than 10 years ago I had posted a newspaper article on Goanet that mentioned a Kerala professor patenting the mixture of waste plastic with bitumen to pave roads and he was loudly announcing he would give the patent free to the Govt to use. I wondered why there were no takers to his offer w

[Goanet] A Privileged Indian Muslim Experience

2021-03-03 Thread Roland Francis
What Does It Mean to Be Muslim in India? Ghazala Wahab in Conversation with Karan Thapar of The Wire. You’ll find this interesting! https://youtu.be/bCCYJDxuE8s Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] Sanctions Don’t Work

2021-03-03 Thread Roland Francis
Angered at the harassment of non-Goan-led Satyagrahis (freedom fighters) by the Portuguese in Goa in 1954, Nehru imposed an economic blockage in Goa. It didn’t work. Led by a madman, the US imposed economic sanctions (the same as a blockade) on Iran again after withdrawing from the nuclear pact

[Goanet] A Mining Engineer Speaks

2021-03-03 Thread Roland Francis
https://youtu.be/drElfzK-iuY Roland Toronto.

[Goanet] C-O-N-S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L-I-T-Y

2021-03-03 Thread Roland Francis
That’s a new word coined for what religious (spiritual) people are spouting conspiracy theories a lot these days. For example the vaccine from Oxford-Astra-Zenica. A couple of bishops are advising their flock not to take this particular shot on the basis that one of the ingredients was taken f

[Goanet] Families Living With Rare Diseases

2021-03-03 Thread Roland Francis
A mental Royal Salute to all those mothers and fathers looking after children with rare diseases. In western countries one has to really battle the system for the expensive medical care that accompanies such diseases. This runs often to a million dollars or more a year. Because there are not to

[Goanet] Gay Conversion Therapy

2021-03-03 Thread Roland Francis
Conversion therapy is a Christian Fundamentalist or Evangelical Church tool meant for “curing” gay people into making them straight. It consists of causing severe mental trauma considered a sort of shock therapy that will remove the “madness” sometimes involving a physical beating to remove the

[Goanet] India Only “Partly Free” Now

2021-03-02 Thread Roland Francis
From the latest Washington Post: Perhaps the most eye-catching decision was Freedom House’s downgrading of India — the world’s largest democracy — from “Free” to “Partly Free.” The report highlighted the steady erosion of Indian democracy under the watch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose r

Re: [Goanet] Subject: Shashi Tharoor and Jesuit Educatio

2021-03-02 Thread Roland Francis
Personally speaking they are grateful for the Christian education they received and will privately acknowledge it. In public they have to sing a different tune for their constituents, one the latter want to hear. In this they are no different from politicians worldwide. Now you know why Trump i

Re: [Goanet] Goan Foods

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
Dear Egas, 1. Are you trying to belittle the message by shooting the messenger? 2. Wiki has nothing about him intending to denigrate cultures through his food videos. That may be an opinion of some sections or even one of his employers The Travel Channel. 3. Is anybody’s alcohol and drugs add

Re: [Goanet] Goan Foods

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
The tag of bizarre was given by the Video Creator, a very famous food critic and commentator, not by me. Perhaps he wants attention with his series of “Bizarre Foods”. This is just one of that series. Having said that, to an outsider certain Goan foods are certainly bizarre. I don’t know about

Re: [Goanet] Goencho Avaaz forms political party

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
e-powerful Americans. > But Goans are not Chinese. Not as numerous too. FN > PS: Before someone points to the Parsis... that's not power flowing out of > the voting numerical logics. > > On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 00:53, Roland Francis > wrote: > >> There is a healthy G

Re: [Goanet] Goencho Avaaz forms political party

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
throwing up such a great personality that even politicians have to heed him. Even a Claude and Norma Alvares won’t do. > On Mar 1, 2021, at 2:06 PM, Frederick Noronha > wrote: > > And there is something called a permanent government too FN > > On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 00:

Re: [Goanet] Goencho Avaaz forms political party

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
But politics is where the power to change lies. Roland > On Mar 1, 2021, at 1:30 PM, Frederick Noronha > wrote: > > You're > probably better off focussing on non-electoral politics, and not getting > taken in by the myth of fairness of electoral politics. > > >>

Re: [Goanet] Goencho Avaaz forms political party

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
If you hold true to what you are saying, you have our support. Roland. Toronto. > On Feb 28, 2021, at 8:33 PM, Edwin/Diana Pinto wrote: > > Goa is going through its darkest days ever since attaining Liberation. > Three years ago, a group of citizens, all connected by a deep love for Goa, > cam

[Goanet] Shashi Tharoor and Jesuit Education

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
I remember the time Bal Thackeray ‘s grandchildren were all going to The Scottish School (formerly Scottish Orphanage) run by the Indian Anglican Christians while he was railing against English education and Christian schools. At least Shashi Tharoor is grateful. I remember too, an occasional p

[Goanet] Bizarre Goa Foods

2021-03-01 Thread Roland Francis
For Foodies. https://youtu.be/fnwbSoQDB1Q Roland. Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] casino

2021-02-27 Thread Roland Francis
From an anecdotal (not survey result) point of view, employees are mainly from the North East with Goans accounting for less than 5 per cent. The reason for that is they can be offered whatever the Casino company wants to pay them (unemployment is high in their hometowns) and with provision of h

[Goanet] Don’t Insult Your Ex

2021-02-25 Thread Roland Francis
A Capitol rioter texted his ex during the insurrection to call her a ‘moron,’ feds say. She turned him in. Richard Michetti called his former partner a "moron" in a text message during the insurrection, federal agents said, and she quickly turned him in. By Timothy Bella https://www.washingtonpo

[Goanet] Trump’s Taxes Finally In

2021-02-25 Thread Roland Francis
Trump’s tax returns have been turned over to Manhattan district attorney District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. is leading a criminal investigation into the former president and his business activities. By Shayna Jacobs https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-tax-returns-manhattan-di

[Goanet] A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Pop

2021-02-23 Thread Roland Francis
Taylor Swift's re-recording of "Love Story" is now a success story. "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" debuted at No. 1 on this week's Hot Country Songs chart, according to Billboard. The song is shockingly Swift's first No. 1 debut on that chart. It is also her 8th career No. 1 on the Hot Country

[Goanet] Nuns Too, Not Just Me Too

2021-02-21 Thread Roland Francis
As shocking as Child Abuse. Abused nuns reveal stories of rape, forced abortions https://youtu.be/QJfAorE860M Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] Cardinal George Pell's sentencing in full

2021-02-21 Thread Roland Francis
This is an hour-plus long video by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the full sentencing speech of the reigning judge on the Cardinal Pell sexual crimes. Despite the video length it will be interesting to those readers who would like to know of how a common law jurisdiction sentencing

Re: [Goanet] Bear hiding in outhouse bites woman's bottom

2021-02-21 Thread Roland Francis
Here is the link in case it didn’t show in my post. Bear hiding in outhouse bites woman's bottom https://www.theweathernetwork.com/videos/gallery/bear-hiding-in-outhouse-bites-womans-bottom/sharevideo/6233994166001 Roland > On Feb 21, 2021, at 5:09 PM, Roland Francis wrote: >

[Goanet] Bear hiding in outhouse bites woman's bottom

2021-02-21 Thread Roland Francis
An almost exact Canadian parallel to the situation in Bardez, Goa outhouses more than 50 years ago, except the bear was a pig and pigs being more intelligent animals, rarely bit the bum that feeds it even where such outhouse wooden commodes were built so low that a snout was quite capable of act

Re: [Goanet] POLITICIANS SHOULD DELIVER ON PROMISES OR QUIT

2021-02-21 Thread Roland Francis
You take the word of criminals and hoodlums and live on their promises for however short a time? Roland. Toronto. > On Feb 21, 2021, at 2:17 PM, Aires Rodrigues > wrote: > > In what has now become a ritual, it’s another six months extension for > those Casinos which, with political patronage

[Goanet] Canadian Student Suicide

2021-02-19 Thread Roland Francis
To my generation the understanding of suicide by school students does not come easy. Yet this is not an uncommon occurrence, nor is it new. And nobody is untouched. Not the Goan community, not anybody. I have myself witnessed Goan families grieving for a lost son or daughter often brilliant and

[Goanet] The Dubai Police Band

2021-02-18 Thread Roland Francis
They rock, long white thobes (ankle-length outer robes) and all. First the UAE national anthem and then the Indian one. https://youtu.be/rOEKgrnfrQk Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] The Indian Court’s Language

2021-02-16 Thread Roland Francis
From Radhakrishnan Nair an ex Goanetter:” A masterpiece from the Himachal Pradesh High Court: "2. Since alternate to the institution of the extant writ petition, before this Court, the writ petitioner is leveraged, with a right to recourse, a, statutory remedy of constituting, an appeal thereaga

[Goanet] Slavery And Sexism - The Indian Home

2021-02-15 Thread Roland Francis
An eye opener for all Indian husbands in a patriarchal home. Cooking and sex on demand from an overworked housewife, through a Malayalam movie that has given food for thought for all Indian males. This may not be the typical situation in Indian urban homes where a double income household is mor

[Goanet] Kohima - The Forgotten War

2021-02-14 Thread Roland Francis
Today’s BBC News tells a tale of Indian (and Pakistani and Bangladeshi) military courage. 1500 British Indian Army soldiers against a Japanese division of 15,000 soldiers. The larger force was driven into retreat but if they had overcome the Indians, it would have meant a route open to the Japan

[Goanet] A Toronto Goan Community Stalwart Speaks

2021-02-14 Thread Roland Francis
Thanks to Roy Pacheco who sent me this. I had not seen it before. Roque (commonly known as Rocky) Barreto embodies the East African Goan community who immigrated here in the later mid 20th century. Sports, community bonding, family and hard work exemplified the traits of these early Goans who c

[Goanet] A Brief History of Portugal

2021-02-14 Thread Roland Francis
An excellent oral 20 minute overview of the history of Portugal starting from the defeat of the Moors by Afonso later to become a king in the new kingdom of Portugal to the start of the political life of Antonio Salazar. This is the first episode of a 6 part series giving context to the times of

[Goanet] An IPS Officer Speaks

2021-02-13 Thread Roland Francis
K. Annamalai is a 35 year old IIM MBA former IPS Officer who after 9 years of policing has joined the BJP very recently. This is an individual who is an honest, intelligent well spoken leader of men who I am sure has far to go. Discounting the heavy southern accent, this is the best interview

Re: [Goanet] Mock interview Sanjita Mohapatra (Rank -10, UPSC CSE -2019)

2021-02-13 Thread Roland Francis
Absolutely disgusting, the level of the candidate being interviewed because she comes to the table not knowing her mind or at the very least not being able to show it. I have watched these Drishti UPSC interviews before and another thing that saddens me is the level of sycophancy called for an

[Goanet] The Sikh Story

2021-02-12 Thread Roland Francis
The BBC is among a handful of documentary creators, counting Russian RT, German DW and Qatari Al Jazeera, who go to the heart of a subject. But with modern technology, the ‘martial class’ British Raj concept used in army recruitment should no longer have a role. Unfortunately according to inter

Re: [Goanet] Goa Muslims: a peep into the little paradise’s past

2021-02-12 Thread Roland Francis
Those readers enjoying a history of the interaction between the Portuguese colonizers and their Muslim opponents both in Europe and Goa will probably enjoy this Oxford University doc on the Short History Of The Moors. https://youtu.be/RnKVdN2NNYc Roland. Toronto. > On Feb 12, 2021, at 9:47 A

[Goanet] Fireworks Factory Hazards

2021-02-12 Thread Roland Francis
It will pain anyone to read of deaths in explosions at factories where poor workers - men, women and children squat all day in the poor and unsafe conditions of Tamil Nadu firecracker factories to turn out dangerous products. The main ingredients of firecrackers are all flammable and explosive s

Re: [Goanet] Fw: Fw: A tweet by a celebrity and the aftermath

2021-02-11 Thread Roland Francis
If India’s democracy rests on the pillar of a free and independent press, then it rests on shoulders of like those of Ramchandra Guha. Roland. Toronto. > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 00:27, Nandini Sardesai > mailto:ninasarde...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > excellent anal

Re: [Goanet] GOA WILL FACE A MAN MADE CATASTROPHIC ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER

2021-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
What do you expect from Bhojecars? Bhojes of course. And Goans provide the oil and potatoes. Roland. Toronto. > On Feb 10, 2021, at 2:40 PM, Aires Rodrigues > wrote: > > The Uttarakhand Glacier tragedy has been at the cost of climate change and > lack of proper development. For years environ

[Goanet] The gangster, the general and the prime minister of Bangladesh | Corruption News

2021-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
A few personal observations: 1. Al Jazeera does a great and often risky job on whatever they investigate. This Bangladesh investigation is international award winning quality. 2. Substitute General for high police official or top ruling party functionary and you have this situation being replicat

[Goanet] What Does the Title 'Esquire' Mean, Anyway?

2021-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
An in-depth and well-written article as one typically finds in Atlas Obscura, this one about about the title Esquire. In the few decades following British rule in India it was common to use the title Esquire after a gentleman’s name as in Thomas Fernandes Esq. in letter and envelope addresses.

[Goanet] Mary Wilson: Where Did Our Love Go (1964)

2021-02-09 Thread Roland Francis
Mary Wilson of The Supremes, whose lead singer was Diana Ross, died at 76. Here was their first hit: Where Did Our Love Go https://youtu.be/qTBmgAOO0Nw Roland. Toronto

[Goanet] Badshah of the Bombay Ballroom.

2021-02-09 Thread Roland Francis
A 2010 paen of praise in Rolling Stone India, for the late Mickey Correia whose life took him from Mombasa to Karachi to finally Bombay. One of the old Goan music legends. https://rollingstoneindia.com/badshah-of-the-bombay-ballroom/ Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] The Last Resort

2021-02-08 Thread Roland Francis
This may be the start of a huge trend. Gentle women, caring culture, poor country matched with financially comfortable seniors, care falling short due to understaffing (expensive labour) in the west, changing demographics, increasing costs. Shelter from the western perfect storm in a far-easte

[Goanet] Firebrand Mahua Moitra

2021-02-08 Thread Roland Francis
She’s lucid, she’s fiery and she’s popular and it’s always fascinating to pay attention to her. TMC MP Mahua Moitra Dynamic Speech At Parliament | AITC Lok Sabha 2021 |... https://youtu.be/npH4SrZ11zY Roland. Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] A Tribute To A Lady

2021-02-06 Thread Roland Francis
The song was a Kenny Rogers 2009 release called Goodbye. Roland > On Feb 6, 2021, at 3:15 PM, Roland Francis wrote: > > A sad and tearful song by 84 year old Englebert Humperdinck (Gerry Dorsey) in > memory of his wife former actress Patricia Healey Dorsey whom he married in &g

[Goanet] A Tribute To A Lady

2021-02-06 Thread Roland Francis
A sad and tearful song by 84 year old Englebert Humperdinck (Gerry Dorsey) in memory of his wife former actress Patricia Healey Dorsey whom he married in 1964 and who died of Covid-19 on Feb 4, 2021. They had 4 children together. She was suffering from Alzheimer’s for the last 13 years. Covid-19

Re: [Goanet] An Old Story

2021-02-06 Thread Roland Francis
ntact to her for this purpose. Roland Francis 416-453-3371 > On Feb 6, 2021, at 6:33 AM, Linken Fernandes > wrote: > > "I hope this finds you well. I encountered your writing while researching a > story on Bombay's indecently little-known Aunty bars and it has been so &

[Goanet] Gymkhanas Of Bombay.

2021-02-05 Thread Roland Francis
Citing various sources, Shanti Mhatre in her post on the Old Bombay group on FB gives us some interesting information. Gymkhanas in India are a British legacy. Derived from the Persion word "Jamatkhana" meaning a place of assembly, "Gymkhana" is an Anglo-Indian expression, its meaning altered

[Goanet] Meghna Das' Story

2021-02-05 Thread Roland Francis
Singer in the ‘Perfect’ song with Carlton Braganza in my previous post. A classical Indian dancer with an overwhelming academic pedigree, hers is an amazing and interesting story for one so young pursing her dream. https://youtu.be/sIKEg8ZhqqE Roland. Toronto

[Goanet] Perfect

2021-02-05 Thread Roland Francis
Perfect - An Ed Sheeran (English singer-songwriter-musician) and Andrea Bocelli cover sung by Meghna Das and Carlton Braganza. Carlton Braganza can certainly pick good female voice talent but he never introduces them. https://youtu.be/3JjkJJIJ9FQ Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] India’s Coronavirus Puzzle

2021-02-04 Thread Roland Francis
nment released on Thursday indicated that more than 1 in 5 Indians — about 270 million people — had been exposed to the virus as of early January. — Joanna Slater and Niha Masih Roland Francis 416-453-3371

[Goanet] An Old Story

2021-02-04 Thread Roland Francis
FN must be receiving stuff like this all the time, but to anyone else it can be quite uplifting to receive such a note from a young writer. I have received similar requests from a few other Indian journalists over the years, but not in the manner Nikita is asking. > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 2:33

[Goanet] There’s More Coming, Unfortunately.

2021-02-04 Thread Roland Francis
Coronavirus More than 530,000 people in the US could die of Covid-19 by the end of this month, a new CDC projection claims. That would be about one death for every minute of the pandemic. The CDC has also expressed concern that emerging data may show the UK variant making its way around the wor

[Goanet] World Cancer Day

2021-02-04 Thread Roland Francis
Today Feb 4 is marked as World Cancer Day to raise awareness of and take action for cancer. In 2019, out of a population of 35 million, over 220,000 Canadians were diagnosed with cancer and 82,000 died from it. During their lifetime, nearly 1 in 2 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer, and 1

[Goanet] What Religious Belief Sometimes Does.

2021-02-04 Thread Roland Francis
In a horrifying incident, a mother bludgeoned her two daughters in their 20s, allegedly at the advice of a tantric priest, while their father watched the grisly act in silence. A mother killed her two daughters using dumbells on the night of Sunday, Jan. 24th in Andhra Pradesh, India. When p

[Goanet] The Indian Constitution

2021-02-03 Thread Roland Francis
John de Sa slags the Indian mind and it’s inability to conceptualize the ideas around liberty, democracy and the finer elements of the social contract which the western world gave birth to and nourished. The democratic system which is the focus of these ideas, today no longer seems valid or us

Re: [Goanet] Goan Clubs in Bombay

2021-02-03 Thread Roland Francis
Interesting but sad video to see the ending of a rite of passage at one period of time for several Goan villagers, who used their Bombay clubs as transit to await calls for their ship jobs or to use as residence while in city employment. This purposes no longer arise. Communications to join ship

[Goanet] How India is the hub of all those scam calls - TOI

2021-02-02 Thread Roland Francis
A very detailed investigation by an Indian IT expat in the US along with a Calcutta reporter. Only after seeing the stupidity of Trump’s myriad rural supporters do I realize these Indian scammers had known of this stupidity way before Trump came on the scene and unknowingly exposed it. https:/

Re: [Goanet] Mrs. D'Souza...

2021-02-02 Thread Roland Francis
D’Souza the studious nerd from Mahim, Bombay has turned out to be a pick-and-choose Catholic apologist hypocrite. Turns out both he and his wife are divorcées, she coming from an Evangelical Protestant background. Nobody cares about that, but when you tout your religion on public media, one w

[Goanet] The Opinion Poll

2021-02-01 Thread Roland Francis
While I have no different opinion from Antonio Menezes on Alvaro Loyola Furtado, I sometimes ask myself with benefit of hindsight whether Goa would not have been better off as a district of Maharastra if the Opinion Poll had gone the other way. Here are several reasons: a) On the corruption sca

[Goanet] Jolene

2021-02-01 Thread Roland Francis
You’ll smile at the South African Ndvolu Youth Choir performance of Dolly Parton’s Classic hit. https://youtu.be/JOtm3tjPuNw Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] 31st January Road

2021-01-31 Thread Roland Francis
Today is the thirty-first of January and Joe Pereira an old poster of Goanet now transcended to an FB Goanet poster and moderator, quizzes: Where is 31st Jan Road.? I was familiar with the road and it’s name but because I didn’t know the background of it, Joe’s poser set me searching. Located

[Goanet] Gracias Saldanha

2021-01-31 Thread Roland Francis
Perhaps Marshal Mendonca who recently retired as Company Secretary of Glenmark Pharma can give us an insight into the nature, life and times of the recently deceased Gracias Saldanha the founder of one of India’s biggest companies started from proceeds of his pension if one is to believe the vir

Re: [Goanet] Blue Skies... cover by Brynell Moraes

2021-01-31 Thread Roland Francis
She is pretty good in her jazz rendition of Blue Skies. Her father Constance who is (or was) with Khaleej Times in Dubai seems to do some good singing too. More of their music on Goanet might lead to better appreciation of their singing talent. Roland. Toronto. > On Jan 31, 2021, at 1:24 PM

Re: [Goanet] DR ALVARO LOYOLA FURTADO

2021-01-31 Thread Roland Francis
Nelson if you haven’t already, please give us a bio of Alvaro Loyola-Furtado of Chinchinim. I am sure it will be interesting. Roland. Toronto. > On Jan 31, 2021, at 7:49 AM, Nelson Lopes wrote: > > Dr Alvaro Loyola Furtado , memorial award for medicine >

Re: [Goanet] Anthony de Mello

2021-01-30 Thread Roland Francis
:23 PM, Frederick Noronha > > Is this from Floreat Saligao? FN > >> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 21:12, Roland Francis >> wrote: >> A wealth of information from Saligonense C. Hubert D’Souza about Anthony de >> Mello that will be interesting to anyone proud of the illustrious sons of >> Goa. >>

Re: [Goanet] Anthony de Mello

2021-01-30 Thread Roland Francis
India. To quote Shakespeare, it could be said of Tony, “Take him all in all I shall not look upon his like again.” Roland Francis 416-453-3371 > On Jan 29, 2021, at 6:40 PM, Jules Fausto Mendonca de Sa > wrote: > > Dear Roland/Dr Fred, > > I totally agree with your sentiment

Re: [Goanet] Goans in cricket (worldwide)

2021-01-29 Thread Roland Francis
I feel for Namdev. He will aways go through life second guessing. If he had taken up professional cricket, his lifetime earnings at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi would have paled in comparison. Roland. Toronto. > On Jan 29, 2021, at 2:20 PM, Naguesh Bhatcar wrote: > > Namdev Phadte was one

[Goanet] An Incurable Malaise

2021-01-28 Thread Roland Francis
Something has happened to America from the day Trump stepped in the White House and the legacy of it seems almost impossible for Biden to unravel. You and the rest of the world must have got the same feeling from reading daily about the events that occur there. When one of two only political par

[Goanet] Fwd: The GameStop saga isn’t what it appears

2021-01-28 Thread Roland Francis
A good description of the game of GameStop played by Robin Hood, Reddit and the Hedge Funds. The victims always of course the ordinary investors. Roland Francis 416-453-3371 Begin forwarded message: > From: The Atlantic > Date: January 28, 2021 at 7:59:13 PM EST > To: ro

[Goanet] Linda Ronstadt Sings in 2019

2021-01-27 Thread Roland Francis
She’s 74, in an advanced state of Parkinsons, still looks a beauty and manages a shade of her once beautiful voice. https://youtu.be/mNnvyh544V8 But when in happier times, her looks and her voice could rival those of angels. Winner of 11 Grammys, and a slew of Golden Globes, Country Music and L

[Goanet] The Indian Jerusalema

2021-01-27 Thread Roland Francis
Not bad at all. The Indian dance moves to the tune of the 2019 South African gospel inspired song by South African DJ Master KG https://youtu.be/33mzUT_AeBQ Roland. Toronto.

[Goanet] You’re Still On My Mind

2021-01-27 Thread Roland Francis
Richard Pereira leads the Mutiara Band (Mutiara means Pearls in Malay), rendering this Jeff Daniels 1959 number in a Spanish hotel. They are an Indonesian-Dutch band with Pusar Sujany as the lead vocalist, popular not only in Holland’s Asian circles but also with English song lovers in South-E

[Goanet] Quizás,Quizás,Quizás - Andrea Bocelli - Jennifer Lopez

2021-01-27 Thread Roland Francis
Nothing - not the song nor the singers need any introduction. It’s just beautiful. https://youtu.be/bjVX5gCSaus Roland. Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] Congratulations Dr. Frederico Noronha!

2021-01-27 Thread Roland Francis
I would be as fascinated with your thesis as I am with your doctorate and how you found the time for it. Who was your guide. Congratulations o doutor Noronha and relive the old days in Saligão where you would be walking on village streets with a carved ebony cane, white cotton suit and a sola h

Re: [Goanet] Money, earning, jobs, gender and relationships....

2021-01-26 Thread Roland Francis
Excellent interview to gain insights. Russian women are beautiful, no question (though not so much in this video). I have worked with some and they are hard working, goal-oriented and intelligent too. But they’ll sweep out all obstacles in their way like a bulldozer without batting an eyelid. I

[Goanet] Mississipi

2021-01-26 Thread Roland Francis
Dutch vocalist Toni Willié (also with the incisor gap) sang this wonderful song in 1976 when she was just 23. She’s 68 now but this song was rendered in 2010 when she was 58 and on a tour of Fiji. Some singers would kill to have the same voice 45 years later. May it never change. https://yout

[Goanet] Moliendo Cafe

2021-01-26 Thread Roland Francis
Natasha Abreu of The Cascades and Double R bands does justice although in plain vanilla, to this very popular Venezuelan number that translates to “Grinding Coffee”. She is on Vagator beach in Anjuna with Colin D’Cruz’s Jazz Goa. https://youtu.be/NYxhEaKnRo4 You may also like the more spiced up

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