Re: [Goanet] Don't Abide with Me, Follow Modis Logic

[Bernice Pereira]

Very funny but true!  Unfortunately, it is because sensible people like you 
have left our land that uneducated hooligans have got the upper hand. 

Bernice

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> On 26-Jan-2022, at 4:34 PM, Adolfo Mascarenhas  wrote:
> 
> I think Modi, India's coarse PM, was right to say that "Its lyrics are
> understood by a limited few". Hip Hip Hooray not many people in the world
> understand Einstein .therefore throw all Science through the window.
> 
> Throw the baby with the bath water ..I am not being emotional  I am
> laughing with sheer mirth .
> 
> I think I do not want to go to that place called  India .the din of the
> drums as they retreat towards the DARK AGES
> 
> 
> Grandolfo
> 
> In Peaceful Makongo Juu

Re: [Goanet] Dr Gaitonde

[Bernice Pereira]

Dr. Gaitonde also treated my grandmother who had cancer in the early ‘50s - so 
I hear from my mom. Of course, she also succumbed as most cancer patients did 
at that time. My mom had great regard for Dr Gaitonde.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 04-Jan-2022, at 5:38 PM, Frederick Noronha  
> wrote:
> 
> That's true. Please see
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Gaitonde
> ᐧ
> 
>> On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 01:27, delima francis 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Frederick,
>> 
>> Please are you able to tell me whether "Dr Pundalik D. Gaitonde, the Goan
>> surgeon who studied medicine
>> and surgery in Goa and Bombay," is the same Dr Gaitonde who ran/worked at
>> The Mapusa Clinic in the early 197os.
>> 
>> The reason I ask is because my dear Mum was operated on for cancer in
>> December 1973 by a Dr Gaitonde at The Mapusa Clinic. Very sadly for our
>> family, our Mummy died on 1st February 1974.
>> 
>> We remain deeply grateful to Dr Gaitonde for his efficient and caring
>> treatment of my mother.
>> 
>> I would very much appreciate a reply, at your convenience. Thank you.
>> 
>> Francis de Lima
>> 

Re: [Goanet] Ghar vapsi

[Bernice Pereira]

Another factor which is not considered is that it takes 2-3 years for an 
individual to go through the process of conversion to the Catholic faith (I 
know this for sure). During this period the incumbent has to go through a  
rigorous process as the church wants to make very sure that he/she is doing so 
of his/ her own volition or is coerced by external forces. I am  only speaking 
here as far as the Catholic faith is concerned. About other 
Christian/Protestant denominations, I have no idea.  So all this junk they are 
talking about Mother Theresa MC’s conversion program is utter hogwash only to 
discredit and spoil the name of this institution.  

Bernice Pereira

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> On 29-Dec-2021, at 9:02 PM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:
> 
> Ghar vapsi
> 
> The  central Govt  and state Govt have enacted stringent anti conversion
> laws  to stop so called bogey of conversions
> Where are the statistics of people being  converted either to Muslim or
> Christian faith The complaint of any allurements coercion must be lodged by
> person being converted if one is not a minor. Provide the figures region
> wise to support basis for legislation
> There might be some aberrations here and there and that does not indicate a
> so called mass conversions ,reducing Hindus to minority as a result Does
> statistics and population survey support such a presumptive  hypothetical
> assumption. AT least Christiana now under attack have not shown increase in
> their population on the contrary are declining  in numbers.The bogey of
> rare examples of so called love jihad is to publicly demonize Muslims
> Then will Govt ban by law interreligious marriages which are more prevalent
> then conversions of the day? .The couples are free to retain  their own
> faith and live peacefully in the union even though they may  adhere to
> individual marriage  customs and religious  rituals
> Does the constitution of India give freedom to individuals to exercise
> their right as to their choice of freedom of religion or not?
> After all  religion is  a personal  matter for the individual to decide,
> not state to legislate and enforce
> How do we all belong to a particular religion by design or Choice?
> We all belong to a particular religious faith by the virtue of being born
> in the family of that  religion and not by choice or by conscious
> decision.There are individuals  born in a particular faith, as adults are
> atheist,  and do not practice any tennets  or live their religious faith
> and belief. THEY may not follow customs and traditions either
> Will then the Govt enact a law that every individual will practice their
> religion of birth by forceful dictates of law?
> Is it Divine if people of other faiths embrace Hinduism.Many renowned Hindu
> organisations are attracting foreigners into their holds by holding such
> centres in various parts of the world and located in India.Does it enrich
> Hinduisn  or pollute the spirit and essence of Hinduism.In which part of
> Christian world are Hindus banned to entice people to their faith?
> There are conditions like notice to  Dist collector months in advance and
> cooling period before embracing  it
> Incentives like inducements, alurements,force, coercion , threats are
> listed as reasons
> Why do same rules not apply to Ghar vapsi equally and desirable
> Once the person is baptized by the ceremony in no way he can be recoverted
> if one does not  follow rituals and religious customs
> The rules for reconversions or Ghar Vapsi should be the same. IT is noticed
> that force coercion,  abuse  threats ate reused for Ghar Vapsi, which is
> deplorable too.The same rules be applied in reverse in fairness and justice
> 
> Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

Re: [Goanet] Goa at 60: Still "The Unique" (Outlook, 19/12/2021)

[Bernice Pereira]

Very sad state of affairs for Goans unfortunately. 

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> On 19-Dec-2021, at 11:13 PM, V M  wrote:
> 
> https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-still-the-unique-goa-at-60/405790
> 
> Just two years after the swift decapitation and annexation of the
> 451-year-old Estado da India by Jawaharlal Nehru’s troops in 1961, the
> novelist and writer Graham Greene visited the former Portuguese colony.
> 
> In the epic *Sunday Times *cover story that followed, he marveled about
> “the uniqueness of Goa” while warning that its destruction was predestined
> because “you cannot hang a skull at the entrance [of what was then a Union
> Territory] as you can on a mango tree to avert the envious eye.”
> 
> Greene predicted other Indians would pour into the republic’s newest
> possession in overwhelming numbers because, back then, “outside Goa one is
> aware all the time of the interminable repetition of the ramshackle, the
> enormous pressure of poverty, flowing, branching, extending like
> floodwater. This is not a question of religion. The Goan Hindu village can
> be distinguished as easily from the Hindu village of India as the
> Christian, and there is little need to drive the point home at the boundary
> with placards. The houses in the Goan village were built with piety to
> last.”
> 
> Skip forward intervening decades – today is the 60th anniversary of the
> first ceremonial raising of the *tiranga* in my hometown of Panjim – and
> there can be no doubt the British author was right in substantial measure.
> 
> India’s smallest state has indeed come under pressure from destabilizing
> numbers of would-be migrants from other parts of the country. These
> influxes – which only accelerated after Covid-19 - have shifted the
> demographic balance decisively to non-natives, who now comprise the
> majority (even if official statistics do not always confirm what is clear
> on the ground).
> 
> Yet, there is no doubt Greene important things totally wrong, as did others
> at the time, including Nehru. They made the mistake of assuming Goa’s
> polity would fall in line with national trends. Instead, at their first
> opportunity these new Indians voted overwhelmingly against the Congress,
> and for newly minted regional forces in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
> and United Goans Party.
> 
> Goa University history professor Parag Parobo writes in his excellent *India’s
> First Democratic Revolution: Dayanand Bandodkar and the Rise of Bahujan in
> Goa* that, against the 1961 backdrop, “Goa’s Liberation saw the idea of the
> Bahujan Samaj being reinvented. There was a shift from the attitude of
> appealing to the government to bring about economic transformation [to]
> political mobilization for a collective identity which would acquire
> political resources for itself, and a focus on attacking the stranglehold
> of the upper castes.”
> 
> Thus, “at a time when the entire country was driven by Nehru’s vision of
> investments in industries and higher education as an apparatus of
> development, Goa, through [the first chief minister] Dayanand Bandodkar’s
> governance, prioritized human developments through schooling and health.”
> 
> This prescient approach, which persisted right until statehood in 1987, is
> barely understood and even less acknowledged in the rest of India.
> Nonetheless, it laid the foundation for the state’s contemporary successes
> in human development, which underline its vaunted quality of life.
> 
> Things changed rapidly after 2000. The famously idyllic coastline
> unexpectedly became one of the most highly sought New Year’s destinations
> in the world. Goa’s tourism brand soared to global renown, then crashed
> once again when the state started becoming paralyzed beyond capacity during
> high season. From 2010, when the total number of visitors spiked past 2
> million, it has been a madhouse: 3 million in 2013, 4 in 2015, 5 in 2016,
> and both 2018 and 2019 crossed an eye-watering 8 million.
> 
> Those are scary numbers, way past sustainability. Their impact has
> devastated the once pristine landscape, with uncontrolled garbage and
> polluted water. Another symptom of India’s insatiable appetite for Goa is
> its real estate industry gone rogue, with innumerable illegalities along
> the coastline, and monstrously oversized apartment complexes on the
> plateaus. Meanwhile, in an extension of an India-wide phenomenon, the
> state’s urban areas are collapsing under mismanagement.
> 
> Here, as with much of what has happened in Goa over the past 20 years, an
> outsized share of the responsibility for the state’s precipitous decline is
> due to the late chief minister Manohar Parrikar. In many ways, it is
> impossible to disentangle the story of what happened in Goa in that time
> from the outsized personality, capacities, whims and vagaries of the man
> who was treated as a talismanic good luck charm by Narendra Modi himself.
> 
> Just as the first decade of the new 

Re: [Goanet] Taking sides

[Bernice Pereira]

Wow! What a story

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> On 14-Dec-2021, at 2:18 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> An interesting first person story of Ernest Flanagan (the poet in Nelson 
> Lopes’ post), a Bombay musician once connected to the famous saxophonist Braz 
> Gonsalves whose wife Yvonne is Aldona’s Chick Chocolate’s daughter.
> 
> “I finished school in ’74, after failing twice, once in the 9th std and once 
> in 11th std. I did not want to go to college. I wanted to work and had had 
> enough of studying.
> 
> I used to play piano as a kid, did the first three exams, passed with 98%, 
> 97%, 95 %. In those days, the examiners would come down from the UK. This was 
> before the 5th std.
> 
> My teachers were my grandmother Mrs Mary Flanagan, Mrs Leach from Colaba and 
> Arnold Saldanha from Dhobitalao. My grandmothers lessons were free of course 
> but I never learned with her. She could not stop me running all over the 
> house. Mrs Leach on the other hand had a big thick wooden ruler and was not 
> shy to use it. I got quite a few good whacks on my knuckles. Arnold Saldanha 
> was also a no nonsense guy.
> 
> 6th std, I was sent off from St Xaviers, Dhobitalao, to St Mary’s Mount Abu, 
> Rajasthan. German music teacher, don’t remember his name, insisted that I 
> play Clarinet. I excelled at it. I remember playing ‘black is black’ which 
> made him very angry. Incidentally, the other clarinet player in the band was 
> Micky Correa’s son Mark. We used to stand up and play our solos at school 
> functions and I remember Micky was chief guest at one of our functions and he 
> came up to me and asked who my father was. He assumed my father was a 
> professional musician in Bombay. But even though my dad was a good pianist, 
> he never played professionally.
> 
> I got thrown out from Abu in the 7th std by Brother Judge, Principal and very 
> strict disciplinarian and that was the end of my clarinet playing. I met 
> Micky very often in Mumbai later but I never saw his son Mark again.
> 
> 8th std, I was put in St Mary’s Mazgaon, ISC section. I entered a singing 
> competition…….. I sang ‘Hey Jude’ and even though I felt I sang very well, I 
> was sent straight back to class, unselected and disappointed. Everyone else 
> sang “Precious Lord” ! What did I know? Std 9, changed schools again. I 
> went off to Barnes School Deolali. I did play a bit of piano but boxing, 
> swimming, football, hockey, cricket and girls were more important. (it is a 
> Co-ed school) so music took a back seat. So, here I am in 1974 with my 2nd 
> class Cambridge certificate in my hand, facing the world with no skills 
> whatsoever.
> 
> All the older boys in my colony in Cavel, Chira Bazaar, played guitar, 
> dropped Mandrax tablets, smoked Charas and I learned two or three chords and 
> sang CCR, Rolling stones, Beatles, all that cool stuff that I still love to 
> this day.
> 
> We formed a band called “Good Neighbours” we must have sounded terrible but 
> we played a few gigs/weddings.
> 
> I remember playing the wedding march on my small accordion followed by the 
> grand march, keeping it down, strapping on my guitar and doing the rest the 
> gig singing and playing rhythm guitar. I must have learned another two or 
> three more chords by then.
> 
> While moonlighting as a musician, I also tried other jobs. I worked for 
> Ericson Richards in Ballard Pier, Cambata Aviation at Juhu airport and my 
> final job before I became a full time musician was a Trainee Assistant 
> Steward/barman at Oberoi Hotel, Nariman point. My salary at Oberoi was Rs 
> 175/ per month  and my mum used to ask me why I needed money to “go” to 
> work when it should be the other way around !!!
> 
> October 1976 I was still tending bar in the Oberoi when a bandleader “Victor 
> Martins” who lived down my street, asked me and my band “ Good Neighbours” to 
> play for his wedding………..free of charge of course. Somehow he was impressed 
> with me and asked me if I wanted to come with his band to Mysore. He offered 
> me Rs 750/ per month, which to me was an astronomical amount compared to the 
> Rs 175/ I was earning at Oberoi. I did not think twice. I picked up my 
> guitar, my little Ahuja amp and speaker and without telling my parents, 
> boarded the train to Mysore.
> 
> Wrote a couple of letters to my parents of course telling them not to worry. 
> Now I was playing lead guitar and I sucked !!! Victor cut my salary down to 
> Rs 500/ but I could not complain, not after running away from home!!! I 
> learnt some more chords. The big song then was “Band on the Run” and I could 
> play the lead parts exactly!!
> 
> I came back 7 months later from Mysore with long hair and smoking hash which 
> I learned to do from “Ervin Vaz” our drummer and my great friend. Mom of 
> course wouldn’t let me in the house till I had cut my hair. I remember 
> playing ‘off’ days with the Victor Martins band at Holiday Inn where the 
> great Mike Fay band was in residence. 

Re: [Goanet] Australian Asylum Policy

[Bernice Pereira]

Perhaps we need to get educated Hindus in foreign countries to cooperate with 
us.

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> On 08-Dec-2021, at 6:53 AM, Venantius J Pinto  
> wrote:
> 
> Clarity on tap. TY.
> -vjp
> 
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 5:18 PM Roland Francis 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Here is the link Frederick meant to send.
>> 
>> 
>> https://theconversation.com/australias-asylum-policy-has-been-a-disaster-its-deeply-disturbing-the-uk-wants-to-adopt-it-172141
>> 
>> The UK is an Islamist-ruined landscape and the Guardian wants to criticize
>> Australian refugee policy?
>> 
>> Why didn’t they hold up Japan as a beacon instead.
>> 
>> Roland.
>> Toronto.
>> 
>> 

Re: [Goanet] A Bombay Story

[Bernice Pereira]

What a sweet story.

Bernice 

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> On 06-Dec-2021, at 4:32 PM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Charudutt Acharya on the Old Bombay group.
> 
> ‘LALICE'
> --
> “Baba say my name?”
> “Lalice”
> “O le…kiti goad (Cho chweet). Say na Alice. Aael-liss?”
> “Lalice”
> “OK next time say OK?. Here! Take extra tadgola (ice apple) for you”
> The year was 2003. 
> This was a weekly Sunday morning conversation between my three- year-old 
> older boy and 18 -year -old Alice who sold the freshest gourds, leafy 
> veggies, ice apples, bananas and coconuts her family grew. 
> They lived in Madh island and had small patches and groves. They sold 
> seasonal produce outside the fish market in my neighborhood.
> Alice was East Indian Catholic. She spoke fluent Marathi, broken English , 
> and terrible Hindi. 
> She wore floral printed frocks, flowers in her hair, gold hoops on her ears, 
> gold bangles on her wrists and chewed gum. 
> Dusky and slender, she had the most transparent honey brown eyes in the whole 
> of Madh Island.
> She had seen my boy when he was inside his mother’s tummy. 
> She had held him when I first took him to the market. And they had been at 
> this ‘Lalice Alice’ thing for a year now. 
> The boy was baba for her. I was dada. (Elder brother). She would tell me what 
> to take from her stuff. The freshest. And she always greeted me with a 
> handshake and the boy with a hug and a cheek squeeze.
> In winters, she would occasionally supply me with fresh toddy her fiancé’s 
> father tapped. 
> Her fiancé Andre aka Andrya, didn’t tap toddy as he couldn’t. He was born 
> with just one arm. But boy! What an arm it was. The strapping 21-year-old 
> grew vegetables and fruits.
> At the stall he was her handyman and he sliced coconuts and ice apples with 
> one hand. All the hard work had ripped him like no gym could. He never wore a 
> shirt. He never smiled. And they fought like snake and mongoose.
> There would be days when, while entering the market, I’d see her shower the 
> choosiest of East Indian Marathi abuses hyphenated with an English ‘bloody’ 
> or a Hindi ‘saala’. 
> And after buying fish, on the way out, when I went to buy veggies from her, 
> Andrya would be affectionately planting bright red hibiscus flower on to her 
> bun, squinting and his tongue sticking out. When ever he made her laugh with 
> poker faced, under the breathe one liners, she would slap his arm, his 
> chest.. what ever came in range.
> He always sat behind her, amidst his coconuts and ice apples, continuously 
> spinning his ‘koyta’ (machete) by the handle. He was like a bodyguard nobody 
> should ever mess with.
> He always nodded at me and made a funny face at the boy. 
> But he took the toddy seriously. When he would hand me over the 2 liter 
> Sprite bottle, his entire being would beam with pride.
> It was amazingly brilliant palm toddy. Fermented just right, it would give 
> you a mild lazy high and went well with fresh mackerel curry and rice. 
> Two liters was a lot. I’d share half with a Goan neighbor John uncle who 
> would never fail to get me ginger infused Feni from his village.
> And the Sunday siesta that would follow, would be bliss.
> Then one Sunday Alice blushed a bit when she told me she her stall would be 
> closed the next Sunday. She and Andre were getting married. I had shaken 
> hands with both and wished them well. She had happily hugged the boy. ” Baba 
> your Lalice getting marry  re!”.
> Two weeks later, they were back. 
> Suddenly from a girl, she looked like a woman, with her mangalsutra , more 
> jewelry and a more conservative frock.
> Andrya was in a a formal half sleeve shirt over his shorts.
> And a month or two later, my boy managed to say ‘Alice’. 
> She had teared up a bit and asked him to call her Lalice only.
> Over the next few years, they changed. 
> They almost never fought. But they didn’t laugh much either.
> They worked much, much harder. 
> She had stopped chewing gum. He grew a mustache and started wearing trousers 
> too.
> Then I lost touch with them for a good ten years.
> I was out of the city for a year and half, and in my absence the missus began 
> buying the fish and veggies. 
> The boy and boy No.2 grew up and stopped going to the market with her. 
> They had games to play on Sunday morning. When I returned, I never really 
> returned to the market. A new routine had been set. Then in 2013 or so, I 
> once went to the market because the missus told me they were breaking it down.
> It was emotional going back. 
> I met Sangeeta, our regular Kolin (fisher woman). I met Kandakaka , the 
> regular white onion, Kokum and garlic seller. But there was no Alice.
> I asked another girl Violet (her cousin) where was Alice. Her face fell. She 
> said, “Alice doesn’t sit here anymore’. I asked her what happened. She just 
> went silent. I was intrigued. I asked her again and she muttered, “Try Orlem 
> market.”
> Orlem market was not too far. I just had to 

Re: [Goanet] Sly Like The Fox

[Bernice Pereira]

Very well explained

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> On 28-Nov-2021, at 9:18 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> good
> 
>> On 11/28/21, Roland Francis  wrote:
>> This is what Radharao Gracias writes on Goanet FB;
>> 
>> “We have to be extremely cautious about the so called revocation order being
>> issued by the TCP in respect of the illegal construction at Old Goa. It is
>> not unlikely  that an intentionally defective order (without following
>> prescribed procedure) or with other defects may be issued so that the doors
>> are left open, to the owner to move the Court and get it quashed. The govt
>> may then wash its hands off claiming that  that plans have been cleared by
>> the Courts”.
>> 
>> My comments:
>> So here’s what all that is about:
>> 1. A BJP minion’s husband buys land that encroaches on a Cathedral heritage
>> property. All the registrants take bribes to clear the sale.
>> 
>> 2. He builds illegally on this heritage designated property. The CM winks,
>> the ministers and bureaucrats orally nod to the construction and the minion
>> from another state shows his arse to the Goan people.
>> 
>> 3. With all this, the minion’s minions get all the clearances from this and
>> that puppet authorities who all take bribes again though with a little
>> reverence to the big farts who have already okayed what needed to be
>> okayed.
>> 
>> 4. The Goan people wake up from slumber and protest the illegality. The
>> protest movement gets un-ignorable so the Party Family devises a plan that
>> Radharao has outlined.
>> 
>> 5. If that plan doesn’t work since Radharao and others has cottoned on to
>> it, they go to plan B which may consist of some poor farmer’s land
>> “acquired” by the Govt for a number of dubious causes: Double Tracking, the
>> writ of the MPT over all rivers and riverine lands or the CM’s outdoor
>> shithouse.
>> 
>> 6. If that plan totters, then on to plan C which may make use of the
>> Bhumiputra provisions which will state that N C Shaina’s Keralite
>> grandfather was actually a Goan who had to flee because of Tipu Sultan. His
>> lands were confiscated by the Portuguese and given to another Goan who did
>> not flee and who has now agreed to return part of it to N C Shaina’s husband
>> to build.
>> 
>> Who is this N C Shaina you will say. She is a BJP mannequin posing as a
>> party spokesperson who can only answer questions for which she was prepped,
>> kinda like Google’s Alexa. Other questions she just bounces off with a
>> stupid blank look accompanied by rapid blinking.
>> 
>> Roland.
>> Toronto.
>> 
>> 

Re: [Goanet] Mohua Moitra: TMC party is ready to project a capable woman as Chief Minister candidate!

[Bernice Pereira]

Mohua is very well qualified, really outspoken, bold and without caring which 
party she belongs to, is a very capable politician. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 18-Nov-2021, at 7:53 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> who has been fighting her own govt on the 3 linear projects and double
> tracking? all the other people of other parties including the BJP (men
> and women) have been making squeaky sounds
> 
>> On 11/18/21, Roland Francis  wrote:
>> I totally agree with you that women make better politicians because they
>> are:
>> 1. Caring
>> 2. Corruption is not a concern
>> 3. Are less shameful than men
>> 4. World harder and with more focus.
>> 
>> However, with regard to your support for Alina Saldanha, what exactly has
>> she done while a minister in Parrikar’s cabinet. She seemed overwhelmed, a
>> Parrikar Bhakti and showed none of the spine with regard to what mattered.
>> 
>> Definitely another woman needed.
>> 
>> Roland.
>> Toronto.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 17, 2021, at 4:43 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mohua Moitra: TMC party is ready to project a capable woman as Chief
>>> Minister candidate!
>>> 
>>> Now this is bad news for the Goan male whose attitude to women in
>>> politics is pathetic to say the least. There are only two MLAs in the
>>> Goa Legislature. Not a pretty picture!
>>> 
>>> Goan men have a liberal attitude towards women in the dance hall but
>>> not the Assembly hall.
>>> 
>>> Why are Goan men rabidly against honest and capable women?
>>> 
>>> My theory is simple: the majority of Goan men are soaked to their
>>> socks in corruption and an honest woman politician makes them snarl
>>> and howl as in an Edgar Allen Poe story.
>>> 
>>> But life goes on and the time for honest and capable women is now!
>>> 
>>> After the disaster of inviting the iconic crook Luzinho Falero now is
>>> an opportunity for the TMC party to do a balancing act. But whom?
>>> 
>>> The choice is obvious!
>>> 
>>> The late Manohar Parrikar said to her: You are capable, Alina.
>>> 
>>> She is the wife of the great Goan activist who fought against the
>>> attack on our environment and endless illegalities in Goa.
>>> 
>>> A building has been named after him in recognition of his sterling worth.
>>> 
>>> Alina Saldana MLA is a woman of character and is well educated. She is
>>> a good model for Goan women. Don’t waste this moment in history. Seize
>>> the day!
>> 

Re: [Goanet] Please publish

[Bernice Pereira]

I get regular calls from a north india number about purchasing my car, which I 
have no intention of selling.   Of late I stopped accepting these calls n
Just delete them. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 10-Sep-2021, at 9:19 PM, Stephen Dias  wrote:
> 
> *CARS 24 RACKET IN GOA?*
> 
> I had an unknown missed call on 6th Sept 21 from a organization called
> CARSEL (as per Trucaller) Mob. no 9319977102.
> I called back and as per true caller the call originated from Delhi. I
> called twice and there was no answer.
> 
> On the next day I received another call, this time from a Pune registration
> number, (+91-2048563199) saying they are calling from CARS24 company. The
> caller asked if I was in interested to sell a car and I was asked to take
> the car for assessment to Porvorim where their company CARS24 operates in a
> small apartment. There is a Goan who inspects the vehicles and submit his
> report. Apart from him, there are 9 non Goans from this same company
> working in this apartment and one person  took details from my Aadhar and
> Pan Card and both the details were submitted to their main office in Pune.
> They told me to wait for half an hour an said an OTP type code will be
> received. The next day I took my FORD FIESTA 1.6 Litres for inspection.
> The Goan inspector said except for a few scratches on the front head light
> glasses and the body and steering requiring greasing, the car was in very
> good condition.
> After reaching home I received a call from Pune and furnishing the OTP code
> I was informed  they were offering to buy my vehicle for Rs. 75,000
> (reduced to about 73000 after deduction of their charges).
> 
> I said I was not interested as just 2 years back I was offered Rs.4 lakhs
> by Chowgules and I did not accept.
> 
> Today 8th Sept again I received a call from the  person who inspected the
> vehicle and he said they have increased for another two thousand that comes
> to Rs. 77000 .
> This time I fired the boy who inspected the vehicle and told him to tell
> the company person to contact me and told him Goans are not beggars to get
> fooled by these guys who are operating from Delhi and Pune. Another call
> received today 8th September at 12.40 from Punjab as per Trucaller (+91
> 9311409937) and they kept trying to get me to suggest a low price.
> It appears the whole game of buying cars from Goa through this Porvorim
> shop  is a racket to buy good vehicles cheap and then sell them on for high
> prices.
> 
> Goans must be careful with Cars24 company and avoid selling vehicles with
> them.

Re: [Goanet] Schedule for Sunday 5th September 2021

[Bernice Pereira]

CCR TV please unsubscribe me from your mailing list. Thanks

Bernice Pereira

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> 
> 12:27 AM
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> 
> 12:49 AM
> The Butterfly Song - Rihana Diniz
> 
> 12:53 AM
> Our Father - Khasi
> 
> 12:57 PM
> Poem - True Development - Larissa Rodrigues
> 
> 1:00 AM
> Mass in Konkani for Saturday
> 
> 2:00 AM
> Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister
> 
> 2:26 AM
> Devachem Utor  - Dhormdutancho Itihas - Avesvor 27 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza
> 
> 2:40 AM
> Prayer for Preparation of Feast of Nativity - Eps 4
> 
> 2:55 AM
> Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 52 - Nosay - Fr Pratap Naik sj
> 
> 3:03 AM
> Hymn  - Jezu Jezu - Stanley Severes
> 
> 3:07 AM
> Adoration - St Jose de Areal - Lindinha D'Cunha
> 
> 3:38 AM
> Mandos - Goychim Lharam led by Flossy Gracias- 3rd Annniv
> 
> 3:55 AM
> Health Matters - Blood Donation - Dr Ravin Rego
> 
> 4:28 AM
> My Music Videos - Martyrinchi Rani - Ivor Dcunha
> 
> 4:34 AM
> Magnnem - Talk by Orlando D'Souza
> 
> 5:17 AM
> Song - We are the World - Cover
> 
> 5:25 AM
> The Church - One, Holy, Catholic,  Apostolic -  Dr Sarita Nazareth
> 
> 5:49 AM
> Song - Nhespak Man - Josephine Dias
> 
> 5:54 AM
> Called to Excel - Talk by Savio Mascarenhas
> 
> 6:50 AM
> Hymns -  Rosary H.S. Navelim
> 
> 6:54 AM
> Psalms  23 - Read by Alfwold Silveira
> 
> 6:57 AM
> Sokalchem Magnnem  -  Bhagevont
> 
> 7:00 AM
> Novena Mass 7 Colva Church
> 
> 8:00 AM
> Novena 3 - Chinchinim
> 
> 9:00 AM
> Morning Prayer  -  Men and Women Saints
> 
> 9:05 AM
> Khuim thanv hanv ailam? - Talk by Orlando D'Souza
> 
> 9:33 AM
> Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  157  - Itzak Perlman - Fr Pratap Naik sj
> 
> 9:43 AM
> Tell Me a Story  - Eps 38 - Moses and the Burning Bush
> 
> 9:49 AM
> Devacha Utor - Hebrevank - Avesvor 12 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza
> 
> 10:02 AM
> Senior Shepherds  - Fr A.P. Vas sfx interviewed by Colin Pereira
> 
> 10:28 AM
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> 
> 10:33 AM
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> 
> 10:38 AM
> Consecrated Life - Sr Joeyanna D'Souza DSP
> 
> 10:48 AM
> Jezuchea Adharan Sosnikaen Jieum-ia -- Fr Mario Noronha
> 
> 11:15 AM
> Mass from Basilica Old Goa
> 
> 12:15 PM
> Intercessions - English
> 
> 12:27 PM
> Angelus - English
> 
> 12:30 PM
> Mass in English from Jesuit Houe
> 
> 1:20 PM
> Pray for Goa -2
> 
> 1:20 PM
> Pastoral Letter 2021-22- Talk in English - Fr Jorge Fernandes
> 
> 1:37 PM
> Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 4
> 
> 1:45 PM
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> 
> 2:02 PM
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> 
> 2:20 PM
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> 2:22 PM
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> 2:59 PM
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> 3:30 PM
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> 
> 3:40 PM
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> 4:00 PM
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> 4:27 PM
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> 4:30 PM
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> 4:54 PM
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> 6:19 PM
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> 7:56 PM
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> 10:17 PM
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> 11:02 PM
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Re: [Goanet] No deaths in India due to oxygen shortages

[Bernice Pereira]

How sound are these testing facilities, and what is the basis of the reports we 
see. I see “no deaths” or “2 deaths”.  Something strange going on. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 22-Jul-2021, at 11:51 AM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:
> 
> Oxygen related deaths
> There was panic all over India over scarcity of liquid oxygen.The donors
> around the world including Concerned Indians Shipped Concentrators and even
> oxygen plants THE custom duty was also  waived  The supply outstretched
> demand and hospitals all over India were helpless to help  needy patients
> to breathe.Many died waiting outside hospitals on stretchers, ambulances.
> Including many  admitted in hospitals. It  was a pathetic affair none had
> foreseen or planned.India  unmindfully exported oxygen stocks.
> It was centres responsibility for supplies  and state responsibility to
> distribute judiously The blame game is being continously shifted
> Now another bloomer adding salt to the wounds.No deaths reported
> officially  to centre due to oxygen  deficiency. It is the case with  18
> BJP ruled states also  though Delhi alone is  selectively being flogged  to
> divert attention  It is finally concluded that the  ICRM form for reporting
> deaths does not have provisions for oxygen deficiency  mortality.The centre
> on mere technicality  released the statistics without applying its mind or
> bothering to verify the  known real truth
> Can the states now be requested  to resubmit corrected deaths due to oxygen
> deficiency, so that India has exact numbers and can better be prepared in
> supplies to state and augument production on scale needed  to meet any
> future eventuality
> For the centre to sp read such lies does  not suit well in the  public well
> recorded  proofs.The countless poor who were suffocated at homes unable to
> get medical help are not even factored.The deaths due to covid in India are
> grossly underestimated due to varioys reasons and may not be concluded as
> deliberate to hide the facts
> 
> Nelson Lopes  Chinchinim

Re: [Goanet] Remembering Alfred Tavares

[Bernice Pereira]

This description of Alfie is so apt. He was a very dear friend of mine. 

Bernice Pereira


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> On 28-Jun-2021, at 2:18 PM, Linken Fernandes  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronald,
> 
> That's a warm and generous summing up of someone who, I conjecture, may
> have been a cherished friend.
> 
> A "rebel against tradition -- a lovable rascal and rogue -- with a
> refreshing sense of humour -- someone who cocked a snook at authority, be
> it colonial or Indian -- who treated "low caste" people with the same
> regard as the bhatcars in his native village."
> 
> Sounds to me like this could be a pitch to a publisher for a biography of a
> Goan (with a slight Bombay touch) typical of the 1960s and '70s. It could
> also be a writer's jotting for a flamboyant character in a novel set amidst
> the retreat of the Portuguese and the arrival of other Indians into an
> innocent, happy-go-lucky, tropical paradise.
> 
> I would lean towards a biography first, and think one could perhaps be
> knocked off in a few months by (hint) a friend with as facile a pen as has
> been seen over the years in the pages here. I, of course, would selfishly
> consider the meat and bones of the bio for a protagonist rendered even more
> larger than life in a work of fiction.
> 
> There is, of course, a third option. A bunch of Alfred's pals and auld
> acquaintance dispersed over the planet keep their tipple of choice at hand
> as they type or dictate reminiscences and anecdotes for an informal
> festschrift. (On second thought, the tipple may come only after the day's
> labour is done, like in the tavernas of yore). This should give him
> something to chuckle about as he regales good friend Lucifer with roasts of
> all the church-going Goans ("Pad Vigar, tum inga?!") streaming in through
> the fiery gates. And Lucifer wondering how a place so tiny can throw up
> such a bountiful harvest of rebels against Authority, who head straight for
> the bar no sooner they cross (!) the threshold. Little does he know that
> they prefer his place to the other one because, as the hymn in the pub
> goes, "In heaven there's no beer..."

Re: [Goanet] Stigmatising covid patients

[Bernice Pereira]

Yes. Very true

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> On 28-Jun-2021, at 9:09 PM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:
> 
> In the past leprosy was considered as curse.It was presumed to be
> hereditary, punishment for sins.Even though it is caused by germs
> ,curable leprosy patients are  still segrated, unemployed  and have  to
> fend for  themselves.   Baba Ampte and his family worked all his life to
> ameliorate their lives. The stigma was so strong, they were abandoned to
> die in the wilderness, had to wear special clothes   ,walk on designated
> paths and shout ringing the bells about their scourge  as warning to others
> Christ touched them and cured
> Now are we seeing of repeat of this phenomenon with those afflicted with
> covid,recovered   ,doctorsnurses  reverentially labelled as the angels
> People are loath  to accept death due to covid or even openly admit death
> as consequence. While in leprosy progression was slow with deformation  of
> parts of body  and known to  be contagious
> COVID19 is both contagious and infectious a due to mutating virus and hence
> people out of fear avoid  such patients. Covid infected people recover
> and  it is  neither a punishment or curse.Even visits to covid infected
> persons  and attendance at funeral rites,  condolence visits are very
> restricted by so called  SOP.Every death is suspiciously looked upon as
> covid case and is uttered in hush tones
> While precautions are natural and normal
> stigmatising them is most unwarranted.Similarly stigma  is attached to
> hijaras,  unfortunately the greatest numbers are in India  .All such
> persons  need to be treated with respect,  dignity and as humans
> Nelson Lopes
> Chinchinim

Re: [Goanet] Free distribution of Ivermectin

[Bernice Pereira]

Ivermectin has been used efficiently in some South American countries and also 
in Peru. It perhaps  makes sense therefore to the authorities to  recommend its 
usage prophylactically in India till vaccines come out in full force. 

Here is a clip which may be of interest

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/plan-eradicate-sars-cov-2-from-belgium-emergency-trial-marc-wathelet

 Bernice

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> On 14-May-2021, at 12:42 PM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:
> 
> FREE DISTRIBUTION OF IVERMECTIN
> 
> Is there any merit in aggressively pushing Ivermectin as a drug of unproven
> credentials against Covid19., except that is available free .The
> manufacturers  made no such audacious claims anywhere, just like initial
> euphoria of Chloroquin .No nation is known to advocate Ivermectin.  Then
> Why Goa Govt is pushing it?
> 
> It is called wonder drug from Japanese microorganism in 1970 in
> collaboration with Merck and only source of Invermectin . It  is effective
> derivative from Avermectin. It was highly effective, veterinary drug for
> internal and external parasites It treated mites, lice, ticks in live
> stocks , pets. It is  a  effective broad spectrum drug  with low toxicity
> and resistance free over 2o years in use
> 
> In 1988, Ivermectin used in human health .Onchocerciasis  was ravaging,
> predominantly Africa and some other countries. The bite of infected black
> river fly that led to blindness due to invasion of microfilariae in the eye
> besides other serious skin lesions. It is marketed under brand name of
> Mectizen and effective against round worms,, lung worms, , anti parasitic
> drug of choice against internal external nematodes, arthropods. A single
> dose of 150 u/Kg, orally  , wipes out the disease and repeat dose ensures
> complete relief. The  only other effective  drugs like DEC, Surinam are
> highly toxic and aerially sprayed to kill the larvae. Ivermectin is safe,
> versatile, and beneficial with least side effects , quick elimination and
> long term suppression over 2 years. Invermectin is effective against
> lymphatic Filariasis or Elephant disease
> 
> Hence it’s a potent anthelmintic drug of choice with no known side effects
> of over two decades in use
> 
> Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
> 
> 9850926276

Re: [Goanet] #Goa's Rane takes #Covid19 blame game to another level with interview with Becky of #CNN

[Bernice Pereira]

Big cover up for party’s flaws.

Bernice

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> On 08-May-2021, at 12:26 PM, armstrong augusto vaz  
> wrote:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYHI_iCTIkc_channel=GoaMazabeachwala

Re: [Goanet] Sorrowing lies Goa, a land called paradise

[Bernice Pereira]

This is what happens when they throw caution to the winds. Don’t know about 
South Goa, but in North Goa rave parties right into the morning hours and chaos 
was seen from November till April. All authorities were silent spectators. What 
do u expect?

Bernice

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> On 07-May-2021, at 9:43 PM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:
> 
> Sorrowing lies Goa  a land called paradise
> 
> 
> 
> Sorrowing lies  Goa,a land called paradise
> 
> H.C comes  to  Goans rescue
> Govt blundering without  a clue,
> Goans are dying  daily  like flies
> Govt   sheds  crocodile tears  ,spread lies
> 
> Covid centres are full and crowded,
> Lack of arrangements in secrecy shrowed,
> Patients dying waiting  for  oxygen and bed
> Countless  more will similarly be dead.
> 
> Casinos are Govt.milk cows
> No lockdown Govt  repeatedly vows,
> Goa' s boarders are free and open
> No test,no quarantine no pass or coupon.
> 
> The surge has now  in villages spread.
> Life and living people  worried about  bread,
> Local bodies decide to close and shut
> People wisely  accept without if or but.
> 
> The much needed vaccine is  in short supply
> No walkin for  doses must  first apply,
> Shortages of oxygen, beds, drugs  Govt. d
> 
> oes not reply
> Cotizens forced to  stay at home and comply
> 
> 
> 
> Young and children are the target now
> Stop visitors, tourists somehow,
> Functions religious ,social are close
> Elections  ,melas continue no lockdow  why we pose
> 
> Politicians rush to private hospitals to get fit
> Govt centres are grave yards  they opine with clean chit
> 
> Funds on ventilators , monumental  scam ,a loot
> Quality that matters reply , care two foot
> 
> 
> Goa  richest state has enough of natural wealth
> Spend wisely on people's health
> Bridges, roads, monuments are not  priorities top
> Tax burden on citizens,  financial planing a flop
> 
> We  cant  breathe  citizens  sigh,
> Simple as oxygen not avaiable why,
> Scarcity of  bed for sick no space
> Govt preparedness  and priority a disgrace
> 
> 
> Local bodies  lockdown a measure bold
> Illegal,  no power  to enforce Govt hold
> Villagers accept ,no rallies or protest
> Govt feel encroachment  of rights and detest
> 
> 
> Surge and death cause alarm and fear
> Helpless  powerless  to save near and dear
> Even the final rites ,no better choice
> Goa a jewel in the crown of states we rejoice
> 
> Patients have no bed a pilow to rest
> Caught napping Govt  put to acid test
> Politicians make hay ,feather their own nest
> Carnival ,sigmo, elections,  casino are causes of pest
> Nelson Lopes
> Chinchinim 9850926276

Re: [Goanet] Mahua Moitra, A Bengal Tigress!

[Bernice Pereira]

She’s our future.

Bernice

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> On 07-May-2021, at 11:21 PM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> She walks on roads that others fear to tread.
> 
> https://youtu.be/XIDciGF6DNc
> 
> Roland.
> Toronto.
> 

Re: [Goanet] Goa's lockdown

[Bernice Pereira]

Very well described

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> On 30-Apr-2021, at 3:01 PM, Rajan Parrikar  wrote:
> 
> George Pinto wrote:
> "How can Goa have a lockdown when the rest of India comes to Goa to get
> away from their infested areas and flaunt all rules in Goa with impunity.
> Goans welcome COVID infested Indians with open arms, they come and thrash
> Goa and in some cases, rob Goan land. Fortunately some Indians leave but
> the ones who stay treat Goans as second-class and third-class citizens in
> their own land.  Goans are not very bright, responsible for their own fate.
> Right?"
> 
> +1000.
> Truly disgusting, Goa's leadership. But not to worry. A chicken plate and a
> little sorro a day or two before the next election and you'll get our vote
> once again.
> 
> 
> r

Re: [Goanet] The Hypersensitive Indian Is the Bane of India

[Bernice Pereira]

Very interesting and true.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 27-Apr-2021, at 7:05 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> 
> https://thewire.in/diplomacy/the-hypersensitive-indian-is-the-bane-of-india

Re: [Goanet] Article: Shrinking tourism necessitates Goa to look for alternative economic sources

[Bernice Pereira]

These are excuses just to bolster the cause of Adani. Goa’s shrinking tourism 
is a temporary situation due to Covid. 

Bernice

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> On 21-Apr-2021, at 1:13 PM, AF P  wrote:
> 
> https://www.deccanherald.com/brandspot/pr-spot/shrinking-tourism-necessitates-goa-to-look-for-alternative-economic-sources-976404.html
> 
> Shrinking tourism necessitates Goa to look for alternative economic sources
> 
> Apr 20 2021, 09:23 istupdated: Apr 20 2021, 09:23
> 
> Vedanta, JSW and Adani Group-backed MPT Goa plays a crucial role in
> the import and export of coal and other minerals. Thus, strengthening
> ports infrastructure is important in uplifting the state’s economy.
> 
> Goa’s shrinking tourism sector suffered another jolt as the state
> recorded almost 400 new covid-19 cases in a day on April 6. According
> to a KPMG report, Goa's tourism industry suffered Rs 2000 Cr to Rs
> 7000 Cr loss during the nationwide lockdown last year. With fears of
> the pandemic wave resurfacing, the state that thrives on tourism needs
> other industries for its economic and social upkeep.
> 
> Since Goa is bordered by the Arabian Sea, strengthening ports
> infrastructure and sea connectivity can potentially help in uplifting
> the state's economy. The Adani Group's project in Goa – of loading and
> unloading coal that is imported through Mormugao Port Terminal, is one
> such promising example. Operated by the central government and backed
> by private companies like JSW, Vedanta and Adani Group, MPT Goa
> employs over 2,600 people and has more than 4000 pensioners.
> 
> While only one out of the ten berths at the terminal makes up for
> Adani Group’s Project, the rest are operated by JSW and Vedanta.
> Nevertheless, such projects that are run through private-public
> partnership enhance the scope of the growth of any infrastructure
> including ports. The success story of MPT signals strong opportunities
> for developing ports in and around Goa which has the potential of
> impacting the lives of the locals directly.
> 
> Secondly, Goa’s fishing industry is perhaps underleveraged. With
> almost 10 per cent of the population working directly or indirectly in
> the fish trade, the sector plays a crucial role in uplifting the
> state’s economy. In its bid to make the coastal state a fisheries hub,
> the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying recently
> announced an investment of over Rs 400 Cr. The plan includes the
> creation of about 30 fish landing jetties and fostering safe marine
> cultivation. However, like many other economic activities, the need to
> integrate sustainability is paramount to curb the environmental
> impact.
> 
> Other sectors that the state can tap into, include R and
> knowledge-based industries considering the high literacy rate of Goa
> that stands at almost 90 per cent and the fact that most of the
> population comprises of young workforce.
> 
> --- end --
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ---
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> goaculturel...@gmail.com
> 
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Re: [Goanet] MR CM, IT IS TIME TO NOW SAY ’BHIVPACHI GARAZ ASA’

[Bernice Pereira]

Absolutely with the Corona figures reaching dangerous levels, if people like 
the so called CM cannot be role models, they should be responsible and step 
down from their position of power. 

Bernice pereira



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> On 18-Apr-2021, at 2:27 AM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> With Goa witnessing a very huge spike in COVID – 19 cases we are now
> engulfed in the danger zone. Amidst this precarious scenario the Government
> has miserably failed and has grossly abdicated in its bounden
> responsibility to take concrete and radical steps towards preventing the
> spread of this vicious virus.
> 
> While Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at least officially wants a halt of
> public gatherings, in a clear double speak he is working overtime in
> preparing to celebrate his birthday on April 24th with much fanfare.
> 
> Infact the political events as they have unfolded in his local municipal
> Council sadly took politics to yet another very low, with the Chief
> Minister having frantically tried every attempt possible to
> undemocratically maintain a hold over the Sakhali Municipal Council in his
> own home turf at least till his birthday. But it was not to be.
> 
> It is high time the government sincerely realizes that these critical
> pandemic times requires that politics be kept in the back burner and the
> entire community toils unitedly and relentlessly to combat the virus which
> has infiltrated all over.
> 
> In the current scenario it is incumbent on the Government to act prudently
> and amongst other steps postpone those Municipal elections scheduled on
> April 23rd so also the 10th and 12th Std exams.
> 
> Let us hope that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant leads by example and also
> cancels all his public functions planned for the occasion of his birthday
> on April 24th. May sanity and sincerity prevail in these very crucial
> times. It can no longer be ‘Bhivpachi garaz na’ while the pandemic is
> raging all over and the virus inching to our doorstep.
> Aires Rodrigues
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> 
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Re: [Goanet] The Global Goan - Frankey Fernandes

[Bernice Pereira]

You mean some of them actually have Portuguese blood. I do recall when I was in 
college we had some Goan classmates who were very fair with blonde hair and 
light eyes. Of course even some Saraswat Brahmins look like that, so it can’t 
be attributed to Portuguese blood. 

Bernice Perrira

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> On 02-Apr-2021, at 2:55 PM, Antonio Menezes  wrote:
> 
> The Global Goan, April '21 issue edited by Frankey Fernandes
> contains a very interesting article ''Luso Indians'' by
> Philomena and Gilbert Lawrence.
> It is a beautifully well written article  about the contribution of the
> Goan community to the British economy whether in India,
> East Africa or Gulf from 1870 onwards. All Goans should read
> this article  and feel proud of their contribution  to the British
> economic wealth.
> I am of the opinion that all Goans should not have been
> described as  ''Luso Indians '' The word Luso implies that
> all Goans  have some Portuguese blood in them  which is not
> true. I shall speak only of Salcete. Besides a small number of
> families  in Margao, Benaulim, Guirdolim, Macazana,
> Curtorim, Raia, Rachol, Loutulim and Verna , the great
> majority of families in Salcete are of pure Indic blood
> who have nothing of Luso in them

Re: [Goanet] A Tribute To All Goan Cooks

[Bernice Pereira]

They really instilled a very important ingredient which is sadly missing in 
most of today’s cooking - that is pure love. No ingredient in the world can 
compensate for that.

Bernice Pereira



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> On 24-Mar-2021, at 3:48 PM, Mervyn Maciel  
> wrote:
> 
> Well said, Roland - and I go along with all that you've said.
> When I look back on my childhood days,especially our
> summer holidays in Goa, I can't forget the mouth-watering
> meals our grandmothers would turn out for us with the minimum
> of fuss or bother  Nothing was too much trouble for them;
> in fact, they loved cooking all the dishes, pickles and Goan sweets and
> snacks that we so loved and enjoyed.
>  God bless them all.
>   It is a shame that we took so much for granted and
> didn't appreciate all their hard work done with love and
> ungrudgingly.  It is also a shame that we never gave cooks
> the credit they deserved -always looking down on their
> profession which, in my book, is a form of art which deserves
> praise and recognition.
>   I salute all those cooks of yore - grandmas and others
> who made sure that our inner man was always well
> cared for.
> 
> 
> Mervyn Maciel

[Goanet] The humble bhajjia

[Bernice Pereira]

I remember those days when as a young schoolgirl,  mum would take me to Vagator 
beach. As we came down the slope and made our way to the rocky area leading to 
the beach, there used to be a small hut with a man selling delicious crisp 
bhajjias and hot fragrant chai. The clean smell of the sea and the fresh breeze 
accentuated the taste of the bhajjias. This simple fare costing a few annas, 
was a mind boggling experience which decades later is unforgettable. 

Recently I went looking out for bhajjias right from Vagator to Anjuna. They 
were nowhere to be found.  They are replaced by the North Indian stuff. Very 
sadly, I retraced my way home. Why have we allowed our Goa to be taken over 
lock stock and barrel by people from other states. Is there an answer???

Bernice Pereira

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Re: [Goanet] WHEN WILL GOA BE TRULY ODF?

[Bernice Pereira]

Decent tourist closet themselves in 5 Star hotels. We see very few of the 
really  decent  lot around. As for foreigners, they are few and far between due 
to the pandemic.

Bernice Pereira



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> On 26-Mar-2021, at 4:08 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Is this the Goa decent tourists like to visit?
> 
> Roland
> 
> 
>> On Mar 25, 2021, at 3:58 PM, Aires Rodrigues  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> The Goa Government had the rank audacity to so deceitfully declare Goa as
>> Open Defecation Free (ODF) from 31st August 2019.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It will soon be two years down the road and the very sordid ground reality
>> is there for all to see with people urinating and even defecating out in
>> the open everywhere. In the hills, the fields and along the riverside
>> across Goa we see it all. Along Goa’s riverside it all gets released in the
>> waters where we catch fish from. With no sewage line in place, many are
>> releasing their raw sewage through pipes into the public drains. It is an
>> unacceptable situation. The onus is on the government to ensure that it is
>> mandatory for every house to have a septic tank. This is required to ensure
>> that a health menace is avoided.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 

Re: [Goanet] Love On The Rocks

[Bernice Pereira]

This well created story is making its rounds since yesterday. In fact some 
people are giving credence to it. 

Bernice Pereira 

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> On 25-Mar-2021, at 2:58 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Sheela Lobo (name changed) in a 5 star hotel near the Bombay

[Goanet] Download The Times Of India App

[Bernice Pereira]

Goa becoming increasingly water stressed: Experts - 
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goa-becoming-increasingly-water-stressed-experts/articleshow/81621491.cms


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Re: [Goanet] HAS RIBANDAR TAUGHT BABUSH MONSERRATE A HARD POLITICAL LESSON?

[Bernice Pereira]

As long as voters take the goodies n not vote for him.  Bernice Pereira







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> On 21-Mar-2021, at 1:54 PM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> The votes for the Corporation of the City of Panaji elections were cast
> yesterday and we will have to wait till tomorrow morning to know the
> results.
> 
> A big chunk of Ward No 28 besides Ward 29 and 30 comprises of Ribandar. As
> there are no exit polls for this election, one can only speculate by
> assessing the ground reality.
> 
> Babush Monserrate for the last four days had stationed his three very
> prominent Taleigao henchmen at Ribandar to try and do what he does best,
> purchase every vote possible.
> 
> Over the last two days it was an unending flow of money with each voter
> given between Rs 5000 to Rs 7000. For households having a cluster of 8 to
> 10 votes it was a lump sum of 2 to 3 lakhs per household that was paid. The
> irony is that some government officials, a few spouses of government
> servants and a few otherwise respectable citizens were involved in this
> unlawful and criminal exercise while seen distributing money house to house
> through the election eve night.
> 
> Besides money a lot of houses were given fridges, galvanized, sand, cement
> bags and truck loads of laterite stones. Babush Monserrate is estimated to
> have drained over three crores on these three Ribandar wards alone. People
> have made the best of it as they all know that Babush Monserrate surfaces
> and shows his face only once every five years at election time. Even Santa
> Claus appears once a year!
> 
> Observers however feel that despite having splashed such huge money, Babush
> Monserrate will be unable to win any of these three Ribandar wards. His
> only distant hope is success at Ward No 30 and that too by a very slender
> margin.
> 
> So, did Babush Monserrate squander three crores and still lose three wards?
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
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Re: [Goanet] Panjim Drains

[Bernice Pereira]

Mr Dias As a lay person, I’m putting forward a simple question. Are those huge 
Casinos also not responsible in some way  for the drainage system to be 
effected in Panjim? In the past, we never witnessed such major flooding in 
Panjim.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 14-Mar-2021, at 11:58 AM, Stephen Dias  wrote:
> 
> PANJIM DRAINS
> 
> BY Stephen Dias, Dona Paula
> Retd Scientist- A1 Instrumentation and Social Activist
> 12TH MARCH 2021
> 
> 
> The CCP always claims that they have done all required pre monsoon work on
> all the drains and that avoiding flooding and water logging in Panjim takes
> top priority. However year after year they are proved wrong when the water
> accumulating on roads and overflowing storm gutters are visible proof of
> either lack of action or incompetence.
> Of course pedestrians are the most affected. Forget floods, even a light
> rain is a disaster for them. Vehicles, especially buses, while travelling
> on water-logged Miramar and Campal roads, splash pedestrians and two
> wheeler drivers without mercy. Two wheelers face bigger problem - we find
> them zig zagging to avoid water splashing, often resulting in accidents and
> even sometimes casualties.
> 
> The colossal environmental degradation in goa has been witnessing over the
> years by way of rampant destruction of hills, fragmentation of pristine
> landscapes through ruthless chopping of trees and by not even sparing the
> lower lying fields by pouring concrete in them, shows the impact of
> criminal interference in Goa's age old natural ecosystem. Of course do not
> forget the Casinos which have obstructed the natural movement of the river
> and sand and are causing major displacement of water and flow. Nature's
> fury cannot be averted as the rain usually plays havoc with the
> administration's poor attempts to prepare.
> 
> This time also the city MLA Babush Monserratte has given solemn assurances
> to the citizens of Panjim assuring them that this time panjim will not face
> water logging as he has taken a drive to clean all the gutters specially in
> Campal and Miramar. Unfortunately this is easier said than done.
> 
> The traditional drainage system, water ways, and outlets for natural flow
> of rainwater are choked all over with no functional drainage system
> well-maintained by the authorities of the corporation of the city of Panjim.
> 
> We residents of Panjim have witnessed how the capacitance Goan communities
> built over centuries with time-tested strategies designed to prevent
> flooding, is now getting deteriorated every year. I remember the planning
> of drainage outlets during my younger days because of which we had no major
> flooding in the streets of Panjim. Of course credit is also due to the
> efficient maintenance by the Portugese authorities. I remember where some
> major storm drain inlets were located. One was near Umesh Keni Petrol pump
> in Portais, another was at Ninho Infantil, Fontainhas, Custom house,
> Miramar, near Panjim market, Campal, Aivao market and others.These storm
> water drains were periodically cleaned and there was no blockage at all
> which made for safe travelling on roads. But now, all these drains are not
> only blocked but the documentation existing in the CCP and PWD has gone for
> a toss and nobody knows if the records are available or not.
> 
> This year the deterioration has reached a new peak since the roads are full
> of potholes and chambers that are not well aligned, not even level, by the
> PWD. The tender does not specify such aspects for the contractor to execute
> the work and mostly supervision is not adequate or missing. The drain
> covers/slabs are also not well designed and all over Panjim we see a number
> of different types of covers of different sizes and thicknesses. They are
> not uniform. The CCP and PWD workers cannot lift these drain enclosures as
> they are heavy and no lifting vehicles/gadgets have been given to them.
> Their backbones can be injured if they continue to accept such heavy loads.
> A new concept should be introduced - uniform design for efficiency in terms
> of replacement and cost, strong enough to last, less weight and less
> thickness to be easily handled. I recently saw a close-to-ideal design in
> use by the CCP. See photo attached. Some improvement in terms of weight and
> thickness would be preferable. One benefit is that tourists or other
> anti-social elements cannot put bottles and other garbage into the drains
> with such covers.
> 
> The CCP carries out pre-monsoon work by trial and error method and is
> hampered partially also because of the construction that has come up all
> over the city. Taking this into consideration the drains needed to be
> cleared much before the monsoo

Re: [Goanet] casino

[Bernice Pereira]

There u are! Answers all our questions. These gambling dens are only for non 
Goans. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 01-Mar-2021, at 9:06 PM, Tony de Sa  wrote:
> 
>  From: Paul p 
> To: Bernice Pereira , goanet@lists.goanet.org,
> Stephen Dias 
> Quote: How many Goans actually visit those Casinos? Unquote
> FYI Goans, by legislation enacted in the Goa State Assembly are banned from
> entering casinos as visitors/ gamblers.
> Only those who work there are legally allowed.
> 
> Tony de Sa
> 
> Conquer yourself rather than the world
> 
> Rene Descartes

Re: [Goanet] Shashi Tharoor and Jesuit Education

[Bernice Pereira]

However is Piyush Goyal walking the talk?

Bernice Pereira

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> On 03-Mar-2021, at 10:24 PM, Tony de Sa  wrote:
> 
> Mervyn Maciel commented about this.
> 
> I would urge Mervyn Maciel and other readers to watch the video below to
> see what Piyush Goyal, Hon Railway Minister has to say about education in
> Don Bosco Schools in general and Don Bosco's, Matunga in particular.
> 
> https://youtu.be/T-GbvEAJMw8
> 
> Very interesting. Watch to the end.

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : CASINO POISON IN GOA

[Bernice Pereira]

Thank you Mr Stephen Dias. Unfortunately I was not able to complete my message 
that day.

Those ugly casinos have, for sure, changed the
beautiful landscape of our gentle Mandovi to a bizarre satanic serpentine river 
where heads of serpents under those horrendous names like Daddy etc etc raise 
their ugly heads. Those garish ugly lights in the evenings do not add to the 
allure, instead retract everything that was beautiful and peaceful about our 
river which we were proud of.  One must make a survey to figure out how many 
Goans are actually working there. I lived at the Institute de Nossa Senhora de 
Piedade many years ago. This was located two blocks away from the Mandovi hotel 
(incidentally the only tall building in Panjim for several years).  After 
dinner our hostel warden would take us for a walk up to Campal (it was so safe) 
and except for the gentle street lights, we could only see the twinkling lights 
from Betim across the river. 

There was a time when visitors from all over the world came to Goa for peace 
but today the very core of peace has been destroyed in every way possible 
in the villages of north Goa deep in the night loud honking of vehicles,  
zooming bikes at top speed stripped of silencers, loud music. Not only has 
peace been destroyed, the very core of  our  culture is being fragmented. Only 
God can help Goa now from the stranglehold of these monsters.

Bernice Pereira



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> On 27-Feb-2021, at 3:47 AM, sallesfons...@sapo.pt wrote:
> 
> O jogo é negócio «especial» mas com que os políticos pactuam por causa dos 
> impostos gerados. A sublimação do caracter vicioso dessa actrividade pode ser 
> feita não apenas pela via fiscal mas também por imposições de caracter social 
> associadas às respectivas concessões.
> 
> Aqui fica a sugestão.
> 
> Cumprimentos,
> 
> Henrique Salles da Fonseca
> 
> - Mensagem de Stephen Dias  -
> 
> Data: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:29:46 +0530
> 
> De: Stephen Dias 
> 
> Assunto: GOANET : CASINO POISON IN GOA
> 
> Para: Goanet , "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
> , "fredericknoronhagmail.com" 
> 
> 
>> Both Benice Pereira and Rajan Parrikar expresses their own experience on 
>> Casino activities in Goa and feels that it is a poison which has come in 
>> Goa. TRUE
>> 
>> Let me share my experience also towards Casinos :
>> 
>> I was told by a Professor having knowledge in Environment etc that he says 
>> that Casino has come to stay forever. Just he gave me an example what he has 
>> gathered from his scientists colleagues. In this CCP elections a group has 
>> already been formed by Atanasio Monserrate Panjim MLA and everybody rest in 
>> Panjim decided to counter his plan and form an another group called We 
>> Ponjekars.. This earlier group what I called it a Safron group has received 
>> now a jitter as new group is opposing their ideology. 
>> 
>> Few of Catholics in Babush group started contacting prominent citizens in 
>> Panjim  to support them probably on advice of their leader. This secret was 
>> leaked out and Congress leader was also contacted to field a weak candidate 
>> so that the safron group candidates gets comfortable majority. Now this 
>> newly formed group feels that the poison already started flowing within 
>> their group in order to destabilize them which has already been noticed and 
>> we peaceful senior citizens feels that this achievement could be by poring 
>> with heavy money weight supplied by Big Daddy. 
>> 
>> The CASINO vessels will never be shifted from Mandovi river as it is been 
>> felt by our original residents of Panjim. 
>> 
>> As it is rightly said by Rajan Parrikar that he felt vehicles moving in the 
>> night at 2 am when he was walking with his wife for safe and clean walk  he 
>> saw vehicles zooming at that time possibly with casino guests and female 
>> employees working on Casinos who are coming from Nepal and other northern 
>> states are continously moving out in the night. There are new constructions 
>> coming up especially in Caranzalem and Dona Paula above 8th floor building 
>> is for the casino staff business. The CCP, Chief Secretary, Traffic Cell 
>> Tourism dept  and other govt department are keen to authorize and approve 
>> these constructions so that lots of Tourism activities are mush mooring in 
>> our state where this poison will surely spreading thus creating an Impact to 
>> transform this state of Goa into a Hell. Several pimps are seen in Miramar 
>> and close to hotels offering cards  pamphlets and even a permission to enter 
>> into CASINOS parked in the River Mandovi. The gardens made are especially 
>>

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

[Bernice Pereira]

How many Goans actually visit those Casinos?Moreover since they are using 
the casinos as an excuse for employment of Goans,   a survey needs to be made 
as to how many Goans are actually employed there. 

Bernice Pereira




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> On 22-Feb-2021, at 2:22 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> 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 are well established and
>> rooted in the River Mandovi. In May 2019 during that Panaji by-election
>> Babush Monserrate had solemnly promised that if elected he would move the
>> Casinos out of the River Mandovi within 100 days. In an expected U-turn the
>> Panaji MLA now says that he has studied the Casino issue and that the
>> Casinos are here to stay. So did Babush Monserrate make that promise
>> without any application of mind? Why should anyone trust any other promise
>> that he makes. It was also very unfair on his part to blame the Traffic
>> Police for the mayhem the Casino vehicles create in the city. The CCP which
>> is controlled by him is responsible for the organized chaos that Goa’s
>> capital city finds itself enveloped in.
>> 
>> If Vishwajit Rane could move that proposed mega IIT project out of Melauli,
>> so could Babush Monserrate if he was truly committed to send the Casinos
>> for a sixer in 100 days. But that assurance of his was to fool the voters
>> of Panaji and fetch votes while he never ever intended to fulfill that
>> promise.
>> 
>> It was announced recently that one Casino was being moved to the other side
>> of the River and that the Casino offices in the city would all be relocated
>> to the Santa Monica Jetty. All this too is a fairy tale that will hoodwink
>> no one.  Panaji’s entire D.B.Bandodkar Marg is a no parking zone, except
>> for the privileged Casino vehicles.
>> 
>> When he was the Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar had consistently
>> and vehemently opposed Casinos while branding them as a ‘social evil’ and
>> had vowed to throw them out if he came to power. Manohar Parrikar had
>> branded Casinos as "dens of vice” and had even led an agitation to demand
>> their closure.
>> 
>> But after coming to Power the BJP has since fallen in love with the Casino
>> brigade which is now getting the government’s total patronage and profuse
>> support. While the BJP is feasting and making merry with the abundant funds
>> flowing from the Casinos, Goa has sadly become the country’s gambling hub
>> with the allied vices of prostitution and narcotics trade also flourishing
>> by the day while the crime graph is also moving upwards.
>> 
>> On paper, a Gaming Commissioner has been appointed but without the gaming
>> rules in place he is powerless and helpless. The Casino trade in Panaji is
>> a social menace to the city which the government could have curbed by
>> making all transactions cashless as the Casinos are known to be a vehicle
>> for money laundering.
>> 
>> When people elect politicians they so in good faith, in the belief that
>> those elected will serve them with integrity and deliver on the promises
>> they make pre-election and while in office. What they do not expect is a
>> breakdown in Trust and rightly demand No Excuses, No Lies and No Broken
>> Promises.  Politicians who break promises must realize that false promises
>> are worse than lies. Cause they make others hope, hope for something you’re
>> not sure you can give or have no intention of delivering. Delivery should
>> not be dependent on the roll of a dice.
>> 
>> If Prime Minister Narendra Modi has any concern for Goa he should liberate
>> our State from the evil of Casinos.  We have heard enough of 'Mann ki
>> Baat', and we would now be content with some of his ‘Sachi Baat’on Casinos.
>> Are you listening Mr. Prime Minister?
>> 
>> Our politicians would do well to follow Mahatma Gandhi whose commitment was
>> to Truth not consistency of endless broken promises and U-Turns!
>> 
>> Aires Rodrigues
>> 
>> Advocate High Court
>> 
>> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
>> 
>> Ribandar Retreat,
>> 
>> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
>> 
>> Mobile No: 9822684372
>> 
>> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
>> 
>> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
>> 
>>Or
>> 
>>  airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
>> 
>> You can also reach me on
>> 
>> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
>> 
>> Twitter@rodrigues_aires
>> 
>> 
>> www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] OUR NATION NEEDS SOME DRASTIC ELECTORAL REFORMS

[Bernice Pereira]

If these principles were followed we would have been a shining example of 
democracy. But alas! 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 26-Feb-2021, at 3:15 AM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> Our India may be known as the world’s largest democracy but we need to have
> urgent and radical electoral reforms to bring the system in line with the
> changing times.
> 
> As Politics is no longer a mission but has become a profession, it must
> have a retirement age mandated by law just like other professions. Persons
> should also be restricted from holding office to the same elected position
> for a maximum of two terms. This would enable fresh faces to be infused
> into the system. The law must also prescribe a mandatory educational
> qualification for every elected position, may it be a MP, MLA, Corporator
> or Panchayat member.
> 
> We need to amend the law to ensure that political morality prevails. The
> Anti-defection law came into force in 1985 to deter the endemic of
> political defections by legislators who are motivated by the lure of office
> and monetary gains. The intent of the law was to prevent corruption by way
> of horse-trading and to debar defecting MPs and MLAs from holding public
> office for five years and from contesting the next election if they defect.
> 
> Goa may be India’s smallest State but has become a laboratory for every
> possible political experiment and has shown the nation the ways and means
> to circumvent the Anti- Defection law, with political prostitution and
> party turncoats at its very hilt. So there is a need to legally plug those
> loopholes in this now defective law.
> 
> Ethics should always be an integral part of politics. Citizens demand
> ethical behaviour from the political leadership. They trust their leaders
> to make moral judgments of process and policy where transparency and zero
> tolerance to corruption and nepotism should be paramount.
> 
> Lawmakers have a fundamental and moral duty to lead by example and must
> never be law breakers or abuse the trust that people have vested in them.
> Authentic Leadership can only be practiced through ethical Governance.
> 
> Not to defeat the very intent of the law, there is a need to ensure that
> election petitions and more particularly those relating to the Anti-
> Defection law should be decided very expeditiously in a time bound manner
> by an independent authority possibly the Courts and not by the Speaker of
> the Lok Sabha or Legislative Assemblies who instead of being fair and
> independent have proven to be acting as partisan tools of the ruling
> party.  We need to ensure that by law those elected are made accountable
> for their deeds and misdeeds.
> 
> The late American President, John F Kennedy declared ‘the basis of
> effective Government is public confidence and that confidence is endangered
> when ethical standards falter or appear to falter’. These wise words have
> proved to be prophetically true of our nation currently lacking in
> authentic leadership and good, effective Governance.
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
> 
> Twitter@rodrigues_aires
> 
> 
> www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] The Casino Poison in Goa

[Bernice Pereira]

Those ugly casinos with horrendous names have, for sure, changed the beautiful 
landscape of our gentle Mandovi to a bizarre satanic 

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> On 23-Feb-2021, at 10:53 AM, Rajan Parrikar  wrote:
> 
> To Goanet -
> 
> Goa just can’t seem to catch a break. Construction activity is in
> overdrive, all of it for the benefit of outsiders. If that isn’t bad enough
> you have an even greater evil in our midst - the casinos.
> 
> Some weeks ago, my wife and I, jet lagged, decided to take a walk along the
> Campal promenade at 2 am. It was a week day, and we were expecting a quiet,
> peaceful morning. We were shocked to find a constant, unending stream of
> motor traffic at that unearthly hour. We quickly realized it was all from
> the casinos, transporting their guests to and fro. (If this is the state
> during an ongoing pandemic, imagine what it would be in normal times.) What
> is going on right now in Goa is society-altering. Is this how Goans want to
> live?
> 
> The justification to keep the casinos going is by now familiar. After
> injecting this poison into our bloodstream, they now claim that thousands
> of jobs are at stake (for non-Goans), that it is good business for the
> local hotels, and so on. But at what cost?
> 
> Manohar Parrikar did not bring the casino poison into Goa but he could most
> certainly have cleansed Goa of it. Instead he decided to play the pimp to
> the casino don and give the farm away. A lying, corrupt, and shallow man.
> An “extraordinary life,” indeed.
> 
> 
> r

Re: [Goanet] MERIT AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD NOW BE THE WAY FORWARD

[Bernice Pereira]

Your right of course! This is why our intelligent, educated students leave the 
country through frustration. How many Students passing out of the portals of 
IIT actually remain here? 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 24-Feb-2021, at 2:59 AM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> Amidst globalization in this very aggressive and competitive age for our
> India to stride ahead, it is time to do away with the skewed policy of
> reservations for jobs and in electoral politics as well. Admissions to all
> professional colleges have to be also strictly on merit.
> 
> The Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental Right to Equality,
> without discrimination on the grounds of sex, caste, creed or religion. The
> very concept of reservations is all about vote bank politics.
> 
> It is appalling at how plagued we have become by a sheer sense of
> illogicality. The government can very generously give financial help to the
> economically backward in pursuit of further education so that they compete
> with the mainstream.
> 
> On one hand the law provides for equality and on the other hand there is a
> policy of reservation, which by its very genesis is a favour and a
> contradiction in terms. People should be judged on their abilities, their
> work and results, not on superficial qualities. An ideal society should be
> governed by meritocracy which many citizens dream of. It is very important
> in all fields of human endeavour, especially in employment, education and
> governance.
> 
> Equality doesn’t brook favours. We will soon be celebrating 75 years of
> Independence. It is high time that the golden rule now has to be to aim to
> get the best qualified person for every position irrespective of sex,
> caste, creed or religion. Failure to treat people on merit will lead to a
> brain drain as the most talented, industrious and entrepreneurial people
> who want to work hard and reap the rewards of their labour will feel
> marginalized and move to greener pastures.
> 
> May those great words of Rabindranath Tagore guide us:
> 
> “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
> Where knowledge is free;Where the world has not been broken up into
> fragments by narrow domestic walls;Where words come out from the depth of
> truth;Where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection;Where
> the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand
> of dead habit;Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening
> thought and action -Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country
> awake.”
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
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> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
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> 
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> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
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> 
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> 
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Re: [Goanet] Why do so Many People Drown in Calangute Beach Goa India?

[Bernice Pereira]

Hi Carlos,

Calangute beach is unsafe. There are spots where there are deep dips and 
currents. 

Hope all’s well with you and your wife.  I’m in Mumbai for another week. Wanted 
to get an opinion on my spinal problem. Am under treatment now.

Best regards,
Bernice

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> On 22-Feb-2021, at 2:22 AM, Carlos Peres da Costa  
> wrote:
> 
> Regarding  posting of this topic in Goanet today.  Some of the reasons are:
> 
> 1. Tourists visiting Goa from hinterland India do not know to swim and some
> take a dip under the influence of Alchool.
> 2. There are very strong water currents which wash the shore, especially
> during
> the months of August to January.
> 3. The ALERT  system present today is not enough.
>This is my point of view
>Carlos P. da Costa

Re: [Goanet] They prefer to come here, why ?

[Bernice Pereira]

That’s part of their culture.  They don’t know anything better.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 13-Feb-2021, at 11:28 PM, Mervyn Maciel  
> wrote:
> 
> No one objects to domestic tourists coming to Goa to
> savour its natural beauty,  its hitherto unspoilt beaches
> and cheap beer - but I so wish they would respect the
> place and the locals, clean up after they've eaten and drunk and not
> litter the place with their trash.
> 
> 
> Mervyn Maciel

Re: [Goanet] They prefer to come here, why ?

[Bernice Pereira]

I wonder if increasing the price of beer will shoo them off or do Goans enjoy 
the company of these beer bellied, beach pissing, bottle breaking characters on 
their shores. I actually saw all this on Vagator beach last week. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 13-Feb-2021, at 1:18 PM, Antonio Menezes  wrote:
> 
> The Indian sub-continent is surrounded by miles and miles
> of coastline  and yet it is a few miles long stretch from
> Mobor to Vagator  that attracts thousands upon thousands
> of domestic tourists.
> There are seashores, beaches, coastlines, sand patches ,
> waterfronts  in plenty in India and yet they prefer to come to
> to the Goa coastline.
> Perhaps it is a glass of less alcoholic liquid called beer
> that is available in plenty and somewhat cheaper too.
> And combine this with the breathing of salubrious
> coastal air, perhaps makes most of them feel less
> constipated.

Re: [Goanet] Goans, please move out of Goa

[Bernice Pereira]

Utterly shameful! What is the church coming to?

Bernice Pereira



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> On 09-Feb-2021, at 11:42 PM, Rajan Parrikar  wrote:
> 
> This

Re: [Goanet] MARTIN LUTHER KING & JOHN F.KENNEDY‘S FAMOUS QUOTES – RELEVANT THEN AND EVEN MORE RELEVANT NOW IN THETURBULENT TIMES OUR INDIA INCLUDING GOA IS FACING!

[Bernice Pereira]

Unfortunately today it is only money that counts - more so in Goa.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 09-Feb-2021, at 3:49 AM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> *Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 and assassinated on
> April 4, 1968 at the age of just 39. As an activist he became the most
> visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. These are two
> of his quotes.*
> 
> 
> 
> “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted
> with the fierce urgency of NOW! In this unfolding conundrum of life,
> history, economics and health, there is such a thing as being too late.
> This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and
> positive action”
> 
> 
> 
> “There is an urgent need for courageous intelligent and dedicated
> leadership and Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with
> publicity but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money but in
> love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the
> greatness of the cause that they were elected for”
> 
> 
> 
> *John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States who was born
> on **May 29, 1917 and assassinated on November 22, 1963 at the age of **46.
> These are two of his quotes.*
> 
> 
> 
> “No responsibility of Government is more fundamental than the
> responsibility of maintaining the highest standards of ethical behaviour
> for those who conduct the public business”
> 
> 
> 
> “The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its
> irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the
> public rather than off the public. The state is the servant of the citizen
> and not his master”
> 
> 
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
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Re: [Goanet] ITI murre!

[Bernice Pereira]

Agree absolutely. 
Bernice

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> On 04-Feb-2021, at 6:34 PM, Mervyn Maciel  
> wrote:
> 
> Good post.
> I feel it is to our utter shame that we look down
> on those working with their hands.
>  If anything, we should be grateful that we have
> such individuals around- else, where would we be
> without our builders, plumbers,carpenters, potters
> and others?  I think they should be accorded the
> same respect as other professions and encouraged.
> Here, in the West, such individuals are high earners
> and much respected.
>   Let's not forget the words of Alexander Pope -
> 
> *'Honour and shame from no condition rise, *
> *Act well thy part - there all the honour lies'*
> 
> 
> Mervyn Maciel

Re: [Goanet] Adão

[Bernice Pereira]

Hi Carlos,

I have an Adao tree which mainly feeds the birds and the squirrels. We hardly 
get any fruit for ourselves unfortunately.

Hope all’s well with both of you.

Best regards
Bernice

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> On 14-Jan-2021, at 11:00 AM, Carlos Peres da Costa  
> wrote:
> 
> Regarding Frederick Noronha´s posting in Vol 16 Issue 23
>  About 20 years ago I visited Indonesia and  was surprised to find
> Adão fruit trees in Indonesia   (Bali, Surabaya). These trees were mostly
> in around
> palatial buildings of kings. The locals told me it was a favourite fruit of
> the kings and sultans. The variety I had a chance to taste there was more
> light orange coloured when compared to the variety in Goa is more dark
> brown (mahogany colour).
> Caqui  in Brazil is the word for * Diospyrus **Kaki* a completely
> different fruit, and should not be confused with* Manikara kauki *a
> sapotaceae.
>   It could be that the Adão was first introduced in Goa by someone
> coming from Oceania .
>Warm regards
> Carlos Peres da Costa

Re: [Goanet] FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE

[Bernice Pereira]

What a splendid poem. Do we even think of them or say a small prayer for
their safety? These  who stake their all for our safety.

Bernice Pereira

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 2:17 PM Aires Rodrigues 
wrote:

> A CHRISTMAS POEM
> IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
> HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
> IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE,
> MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.
>
> I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY,
> WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
> AND TO SEE JUST WHO,
> IN THIS HOME, DID LIVE.
> I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
> A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
> NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
> NOT EVEN A TREE.
> NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
> JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
> ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES,
> OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
> WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
> AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
> A SOBER THOUGHT,
> CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
> FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
> IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
> I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
> ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
> THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
> SILENT, ALONE,
> CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR,
> IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
> THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
> THE ROOM IN DISORDER,
> NOT HOW I PICTURED,
> A TRUE SOLDIER.
> WAS THIS THE HERO,
> OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
> CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
> THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
> I REALISED THE FAMILIES,
> THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
> OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS,
> WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
> SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
> THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
> AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE,
> A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
> THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM,
> EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
> BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
> LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
> I COULDN'T HELP WONDER,
> HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
> ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE,
> IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
> THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT,
> A TEAR TO MY EYE,
> I DROPPED TO MY KNEES,
> AND STARTED TO CRY.
> THE SOLDIER AWAKENED,
> AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
> "SANTA DON'T CRY,
> THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
> I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
> I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
> MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
> MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.."
> THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
> AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
> I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
> I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
> I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
> SO SILENT AND STILL,
> AND WE BOTH SHIVERED,
> FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.
> I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE,
> ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
> THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR,
> SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
> THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
> WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
> WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,
> IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
> ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
> AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
> "MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,
> AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."
> This poem was written by a Peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas. Please
> share with your family and friends
>
> Aires Rodrigues
>
> Advocate High Court
>
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
>
> Ribandar Retreat,
>
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
>
> Mobile No: 9822684372
>
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
>
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
>
>  Or
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
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>


-- 
Bernice

Re: [Goanet] Ignorance In Rome

[Bernice Pereira]

Dumbos! They only knew the name of their President of the last 4 years. 

Bernice

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> On 15-Dec-2020, at 3:16 PM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> You live in a bustling modern metropolis or in the remotest parts of Asia or 
> Africa, have an outstandingly outperforming child and you are wealthy. What 
> do you do after their secondary education?
> 
> The answer is simple. You send them to study in America. If luck is on your 
> side, admission is offered in an Ivy League college. You kid is set for life.
> 
> But a few people know this too. Only, it doesn’t shock anymore.
> 
> From today’s CNN:
> Quote
> Back in 2016, a poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University 
> of Pennsylvania showed that only 1 in 4 Americans could name all three 
> branches of government. More depressing? Almost 1 in 3 couldn't name a single 
> branch of government. By the 2019 Annenberg poll, almost 4 in 10 Americans 
> could name all three branches of government, the highest that number had been 
> in the last 5 years. And just 1 in 5 couldn't name a single branch of 
> government.
> End of Quote
> 
> Roland.
> 

Re: [Goanet] Not Just A Pretty Face

[Bernice Pereira]

Entering the Political arena in Goa is like swimming in filthy, murky, 
crocodile infested waters.  We are against stubborn, aggressive crooks. Don’t 
know who can help us now.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 16-Dec-2020, at 2:31 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> I wish Aisha Sequeira had, after her stellar achievements in the financial 
> industry in New York and Bombay, gone to politics in Goa.
> 
> Yes, I know it’s a muddy, corrupt, dirty and lying scene but people like 
> Aisha could have started the much needed cleanup. She had what it would have 
> taken and more  - the ancestry, the intelligence and to put it succinctly, 
> the chops.
> 
> But alas, we were not to have our own courageous and feisty Mahua Moitra of 
> West Bengal and for that Goa is the poorer.
> 
> Perhaps a Cecille Rodrigues to fill the role?
> 
> Roland.
> Toronto.
> 

Re: [Goanet] American Impotence - Stray Thoughts

[Bernice Pereira]

Same as India.

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> On 14-Dec-2020, at 1:11 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Can’t help thinking how when foreign terrorists struck on American soil 
> killing 3 thousand people, puffed up American rage filled with false bravado, 
> destroyed a swath of countries to satisfy their damaged ego.
> 
> Fast forward to the pandemic where America like a helpless and dependent 
> toddler, stares with disinterest as already 300 thousand of their most 
> vulnerable - the old, the poor, the blacks and the latinos mostly, die like 
> helpless poisoned flies leaving behind millions of grieving and heartbroken 
> family and friends.
> 
> Oh America, you have let an evil and idiotic man ride roughshod over you for 
> 4 years, destroying your cherished values and principles which the world once 
> strove to emulate.
> 
> Now your die is cast and even with a thousand Bidens, a hundred Obamas and 
> tens of Clintons, you will never return to your glory days again.
> 
> Roland.
> Toronto.
> 

Re: [Goanet] POINTLESS ELECTIONS AND THAT TOO IN A PANDEMIC

[Bernice Pereira]

In addition to what you say a Question i would pose is “Is the voice of the 
panchayat heard, or better does the Panchayat voice an opinion at all in the  
large scale destruction of Goa?”. Comunidade land and fields  are grabbed. 
Roads are created anywhere and everywhere and strong arm tactics used against 
villagers who protest. Behind their masks the panchayat mouths are sealed with 
of course exchange of goodies. Panchayats are hardly the voice or warriors  of 
the village  people anymore. Overnight these guys have become filthy rich and 
where is the money coming from.  The role of the Zilla parishad and panchayat 
should be properly laid down before this farcical election is held. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 10-Dec-2020, at 1:52 PM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> On December 12th Goa will hold the needless and inconsequential Zilla
> Panchayat elections. In the midst of this worrisome pandemic with an
> average of 150 COVD -19 cases being detected daily, the government is
> endangering the lives of the polling staff and public in general. The over
> stretched police force which is bracing for next week’s visit by the
> President of India will be also overburdened with these farcical elections
> which are ironically being held while Section 144 is invoked in the State.
> 
> 
> The Government infact ought to have in public interest scrapped this
> unnecessary idling extra layer of governance and instead vested more powers
> to the Panchayats. A very small State like Goa does not need these
> powerless Zilla Panchayats which since its inception having been thirsting
> for powers.
> 
> The cash strapped Goa Government which is borrowing galore to tide up its
> expenditure, needs to ensure that every paisa from the State exchequer is
> very judiciously spent. It is particularly appalling when expenses are
> recklessly incurred on non-priority areas. It is an irony that the State
> cries over lack of funds while at the same time we see very glaring
> unjustified expenditure. Fiscal accountability and responsibility has to be
> an ongoing sustained process. It is the bounden duty and responsibility of
> the authorities to work towards restoring Goa back on the road to economic
> recovery.
> 
> For rationalization in government spending, strong and
> honest austerity measures need to be taken at all levels with criminal
> waste of public funds on superfluous expenditure strictly prohibited.
> Scrapping of the Zilla Panchayats would have been a step in the right
> direction.
> 
> 
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
> 
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> 
> 
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Re: [Goanet] THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS ULTIMATE

[Bernice Pereira]

Primarily let’s ask ourselves how this government came into power. It was 
against the will of the people. They forced and forged their way in. This 
itself was a well- planned move with malafide intentions. Now they are doing 
everything to carry out their plan and exploit Goa and fill the pockets of 
their masters who will in turn churn in enough money for elections, so that 
they stay in power.  This is the end of Goa, unless this lot is overthrown. 

Bernice Pereira

 Bernice Pereira

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> On 08-Dec-2020, at 1:41 PM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> People across Goa are so very rightly up in arms against projects that are
> against the interests of the State and detrimental to the environment.
> Every decision taken by the government should be after an in-depth analysis
> and proper application of mind.
> 
> On issues that concern the society, the government should bow to the wishes
> and aspirations of the people by taking sensible corrective decisions
> instead of forcing the public to agitate on the streets. The will of the
> people must always reign supreme. The brave actions of the concerned and
> agitated citizens is now widespread. In a democracy the people should never
> be afraid of their Government, instead the Government should be afraid of
> the people.
> 
> While an already saturated Goa does not need any more such controversial
> projects, it should be the thrust of the government to first ensure as a
> top priority that Goa’s basic infrastructure is first put in place. The
> Government cannot ignore the fact that we are part of the largest democracy
> in the world and as such the wishes of the people are paramount and must
> never be ignored. All these fancy projects that the Government is imposing
> are not in the best interests of the people.
> 
> The government should instead on a priority deal with the serious issues
> plaguing the state. Very urgent action is warranted on potholed roads,
> drainage and sewage, effective garbage management, stray animal menace,
> enhanced healthcare services, better infrastructure and proper traffic
> management. The Casinos besides the plague of drugs and prostitution
> rackets is destroying the lives of many and corroding the state’s fabric.
> Concrete action on all this is far more urgent and important for the people
> than these new contentious and needless projects. May better sense prevail
> on those in Power.
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
> 
> Twitter@rodrigues_aires
> 
> 
> www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] Remembering Piyush drink in Goa

[Bernice Pereira]

I’m not sure if that place still exists, because Goa has undergone a 
transformation (more of an upheaval) since you left. 

About Orchata, some people still make it. 

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> On 03-Dec-2020, at 8:03 PM, Carlos Peres da Costa  
> wrote:
> Frederick Noronha´´s posting on Piyush drinking in Goa reminds me of my
> adolescence in Mapusa. Every evening  I would go for a walk with a group of
> friends from the Bus Stand to  Guirim. Near the bifurcation to Parrá there
> was a Refreshment Stall by name of Hanuman  Refreshment ?? run by Mr.
> Tucaram
> where on a return trip  on a warm summer evening we used to stop in and ask
> the proprietor for a glass of Limbu Soda or a glass of Piyush. In a table
> in front of
> the service desk was a big jar of Piyush from which he used to remove some
> and transfer to a tumbler with crushed ice and serve to clients. That was a
> great cooler.   Wonder if the store still exists and persons in Goa still
> consume Piyush on a hot summer day !
>Some months back there were some postings in Goanet on Orchata. Any
> feedback on how to make Piyush the Goan way ? Will turmeric substitute for
> saffron  as an alternative?.
>   Carlos Peres da Costa
>Recife.Brazil
> 
> 
> Livre
> de vírus. www.avast.com
> .
> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

Re: [Goanet] Trump EXPLODES On Reporter: "Don't Ever Talk to the President That Way"

[Bernice Pereira]

More than that he earns contempt and condemnation for the way he has treated 
the pandemic and been responsible for the death of so many people 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 28-Nov-2020, at 7:29 PM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Unless you are the mafia, one never demands respect, one earns it.
> 
> This man Trump, a serial liar and narcissist, earns nothing but scorn, 
> ridicule and contempt from any decent person. 
> 
> Roland. 
> 
> 
> Roland Francis
> 416-453-3371
> 
> 
>> On Nov 28, 2020, at 1:32 AM, Frederick Dsouza  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> https://youtu.be/U28NNnto_ME
>> -- 
>> Frederick Dsouza

[Goanet] The Bhagavathi Gita

[Bernice Pereira]

https://www.facebook.com/radhanathswami/videos/353244312558706/?vh=e=t8RJ8a2K8YfjPzhH=n


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[Goanet] Save Goa

[Bernice Pereira]

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Re: [Goanet] MEDICAL CURES

[Bernice Pereira]

Anything except Patanjali.

Bernice

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> On 25-Jun-2020, at 7:15 PM, John Eric Gomes  wrote:
> 
> ALTERNATE MEDECINE CLAIMING COVID CURE
> There are many alternative systems to Allopathic scientific discipline like 
> Chinese/Oriental systems which people have great faith in and also in our own 
> Siddha, Aryuvedic and Homeopathic medecine widely practised. We also have in 
> Goa"bone setters" and local doctors curing hopeless cases with local herbs 
> and poultices/concotions that are secret. In the south the unexplained live 
> fish swallowing cure is one of them. So when the state of Tamilnadu is 
> sponsoring Sidda cure for Covid-19 with many satisfied patients claiming 
> complete cure, and Swami Ramdev jumping the gun and claiming 100% cure when 
> the whole world is battling for a reliable proven treatment leave alone cure, 
> the reaction from the scientific community and medical specialists is 
> understandible. However call it boosting the immune system cure, the option o 
> avail of it must be left to the patient. In fact I believe that the excessive 
> sterile atmosphere and chemical pills taken for various illnesses due need to 
> sustain our modern lifestyle, are the root cause of our immune system being 
> weak and overcome by various bacteria and viruses. The Ayush Ministry must 
> not ban their use whilst further investigation and proof  of many cured cases 
> is progressed. Yes the claim for 100% cure must be prohibited, but the use of 
> the medicines as a immunity system booster allowed as this route to cure is 
> better than vaccines and chemical drugs? If this treatment is not supressed 
> maybe this route may even become a reliable miracle cure for Corona!

Re: [Goanet] Is this the end of Goa’s Tourism?

[Bernice Pereira]

Absolutely well described.
Bernice Pereira

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> On 21-Feb-2020, at 10:41 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> Goa’s tourism is already in the doldrums and appears to be heading
> towards a final exit.
> 
> The latest proposal of the government is to create ‘drinking zones’ on
> the beaches when an already unmanageable problem exists of unruly
> tourists drinking on the beaches, getting drunk and refusing to listen
> to the cautionary advice of the lifeguards who are understaffed and,
> as a result, unable to save lives.
> 
> Why add fuel to fire?
> 
> As tourism is down even by our government’s own admission, the shack
> owners are struggling to make ends meet as they have to pay a hefty
> fee for rental of their shacks in addition to an excise tax.
> 
> Will they smile and applaud the government’s plan to have ‘drinking
> zones’ not too far from the shacks where tourists, eat, drink and make
> merry?
> 
> A lot of beaches also have 5-star tourist tanning themselves on the
> beaches and who want peace and quiet, a dream holiday and getaway from
> the hectic pace of life in their home countries.
> 
> Will they welcome the noisy Indian holiday makers from other states
> shrieking on the beaches high on alcohol? Is this good for the 5-star
> hotel business?
> 
> With no toilets for workers of beach shacks, noisy and drunk tourists
> screaming and dancing in the ‘drinking zones’ what is the message of
> the government?
> 
> Is this a way to end tourism in Goa? I hope not.

Re: [Goanet] IN DEATH OUR WENDELL WAS DISRESPECTED BY THE GOA GOVERNMENT

[Bernice Pereira]

Yes very sad. Wendell was a man of class. How do you expect goons to appreciate 
his talent and the grace which he displayed in everything he did. In fact,  he 
vociferously fought to retain those two mango trees on the middle of the road 
in Colvale. Our CM promised that they will not be cut. Wendell messaged  about 
this promise.  He went on a cruise and no sooner had he left the shores of Goa 
the choppers came and cut down the trees. He was so upset.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 20-Feb-2020, at 7:28 AM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> Our very celebrated late Wendell Rodricks was a proud recipient of the
> Padmashri Award in 2014.  It is the fourth highest Civilian award in our
> country and yet the Goa Government chose not to Honour our very
> accomplished Goan with a State funeral.  In a rank breach of protocol, it
> was very sad and so unfortunate that our departed great Goan was not
> honoured in a manner befitting a man of rare talent whose talents touched
> the lives and hearts of many the world over.
> 
> The Government has displayed complete disregard to the great works and
> deeds of Wendell despite him having been recognized for his achievements in
> life and bestowed with the award as Padmashri.  Chief Minister Pramod
> Sawant owes an apology to late Wendell’s family and the people of Goa for
> the sheer disrespect shown to late Wendell for not even deputing an
> official high level government representative to attend the final journey
> of our very own internationally acclaimed fashion designer.
> 
> Not being accorded a State funeral did not diminish Wendell’s contribution
> to the State and country in anyway but has only exposed the insensitivity
> and moral incompetence of the Goa Government. When will the Goa Government
> realise that people like Wendell whose rare talents, contribution and
> legacy earned him a Padmashri award in life should also have been honoured
> in death.  After all the iconic role model Wendell touched the lives of
> many in the state, in the country and globally in a variety of interests
> and causes from fashion design to Bollywood and from the environment to
> arts and cuisine. The restoration and conversion to a museum of his house
> with over 800 rare exhibits will no doubt benefit generations of people to
> come.
> 
> As the representatives of those very people, the Government had a duty to
> honour Wendell in the way that people would expect them to with love,
> respect and gratitude. Other peoples’ lives do matter in life and in death
> not just the lives of politicians!
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
> 
> Twitter@rodrigues_aires
> 
> 
> www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] WENDELL’S SUDDEN FINAL JOURNEY HAS LEFT US ALL DISTRAUGHT

[Bernice Pereira]

You are absolutely right Mr. Rodrigues, the void which Wendell has left can 
never be filled. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 14-Feb-2020, at 11:09 AM, Aires Rodrigues  
> wrote:
> 
> In the so sudden and shocking death of Goa’s Padma Shri and our
> internationally acclaimed noted designer Wendell Rodricks the fashion world
> and our State in particular has lost yet another true Goenkar.I have
> personally lost a resourceful friend of many years. We were both born in
> May 1960 just four days apart.
> 
> His many talents included acting, appearing in films and a television play.
> Wendell was a prolific writer, releasing several books and contributing to
> journals on travel, art and food especially Goan cuisine.  He wrote regular
> columns raising issues of social concern and the environment.
> 
> The very affable and extremely outspoken Wendell was very environmental
> conscious and cared to see that the existing greenery in Goa was maintained
> all around. He was very candid in his views on social issues and never
> hesitated to call a spade a spade. An inherent Social activist he always
> was. He was an advocate for eco- friendly fashion.
> 
> Wendell was always so very concerned on the flora and fauna more
> particularly in his native village of Colvale and wanted its scenic and
> tranquil identity maintained. He meticulously attempted to restore and
> convert a 450 year old house that he lived in to to be a museum of Fashion
> with over 800 exhibits items that he researched and collected over many
> years.
> 
> His very premature departure has left a deep void which may never be
> filled. There will not be another Wendell but the memories he lives behind
> of iconic creativity, hard work, and passion for the environment and the
> arts will live in our hearts and minds forever.
> 
> Adieus and Au Revoir Mon Ami Wendell till we meet again.
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
> 
> Twitter@rodrigues_aires
> 
> 
> www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] GROUND REALITUES

[Bernice Pereira]

Absolutely true!
Bernice

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> On 05-Feb-2020, at 5:39 AM, John Eric Gomes  wrote:
> 
> DOES THIS MAKE SENSE ?
> The worlds greatest democracies are crumbling to right wing ideology of 
> revenge? hate? conflict of big egos? What is it? In America Trump has his 
> vote bank and majority no matter what he does and the Democrats who want to 
> defeat him are fighting among themselves. The media,fake news and 
> divisiveness effect everyone even in close families, individuals differing in 
> opinion. In India the Sang Parrivar is riding high. Modi and BJP have their 
> loyal cadre similar to Trump. The Delhi elections reflect the same! Shaheen 
> Baugh Hindu Muslim Pakistan bogey. At least Trump has the economy and jobs 
> scene doing well. If the aim is to dislodge the BJP, does it make sense for 
> the Opposition to fight among themselves, big egos to the fore, divide the 
> vote making it easy for the BJP to walk in?Does it make sense for Saheen 
> Baugh dharna to continue even after the point has been made and residents 
> counter dharna due long inconvenience patiently suffered so far?Why not 
> graciously bow down to fellow citizens anguish, shift to another non 
> controversial venue/ say we still vehemently oppose CAA but lift blocade in 
> public interest? Does it not make sense to put aside the egos, but get 
> together to achieve the common aim? All this neglecting basic law and order 
> and governance for unity and welfare of all citizens! It is a shame Supreme 
> Court having to issue notice once again to Centre and States on children 
> falling/dying in open bore wells, government quoting thali economics to prove 
> that food inflation is coming down, telephone call and internet/ 
> infrastructure failures not attended to whilst forging forward with figures 
> that belie the actual ground realities. Explain to the common man/ house wife 
> and harassed vehicle driver in daily traffic jams, accidents/deaths and 
> rising prices about the long ago promised acche din!

Re: [Goanet] Farming land For Sale or Is it Farmers For Sale

[Bernice Pereira]

I agree with your views 100%. Specially in north Goa huge tracts of land have 
been converted to non Agri with full connivance of government bodies. This must 
be stopped at once. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 05-Feb-2020, at 5:39 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF GOA
> 
> Farming land For Sale or Is it
> Farmers For Sale?
> 
> A growing voice of some of our tricky turncoat politicians to protect
> our farm land by enacting a law which will allow farm land to be sold
> only to farmers might be good news for public consumption. Is there a
> dark side to this story - and a hidden agenda?
> 
> I say a word of caution is necessary as the public has been taken for
> a royal ride more often than not, and as with the Goa Carnival, people
> will dress up
> and masquerade as various personalities including wolves in sheep clothing.
> 
> Do you remember the formalin in fish problem? Is the problem solved?
> How safe is our fish today?
> 
> The fish eating Goan is becoming more and more suspicious of the fish
> on his plate. He does not buy fish in the big markets and chooses
> small markets on the roadside where safe fish is sold to the public by
> our ramponkars.
> 
> The people who own restaurants buy fish in bulk for tourists who eat
> their fish, drink their beer and go back to their state or country
> unaware of the hazardous health problem.
> 
> Now, this is the situation of fish in Goa, a coastal state with a fish
> eating culture. Is our government protecting the Goan public or the
> fish mafia?
> 
> Ramponkars are yet to see designated places of sale  of their safe
> fish. Unlikely it will happen but never too early to start prying,
> though.
> 
> Will a similar disaster happen in the agricultural sector?
> While it is a good idea to prevent the sale of farm land to
> non-farmers and bring contract farming for land which is not
> cultivated - as the farmers are not doing their job - and are no
> longer farmers, there is more to the story.
> 
> Farm land must not be allowed to be converted to another zone as has
> been done under 16B of TCP Act. The Goa government has to take a call
> or be seen as a collaborator in corruption.
> 
> Is the government pro-farmer or anti-farmer?
> 
> The Agriculture Minister at the time wanted to “help” some farmers to
> change their zoning which is not in the interest of farmers or farming
> in Goa.
> 
> Strange behavior for an Agriculture Minister whose job is to protect
> the farmers and increase farm production. Can anyone explain this to
> me?
> 
> We need all the farm land there is if the Goa government's ambitious
> goal to achieve organic self sufficiency in fruit and vegetables is to
> be a reality.
> 
> In fact these greedy non-performing farmers want to be rewarded for
> not farming!
> 
> And, no doubt, the price of the converted land will take off and start
> to resemble the rocket industry. The public is dumb but not this much!
> As for the former  Agriculture minister his compassion for
> non-performing farmers makes me want to cry.
> 
> All agricultural land which has been converted to non-agricultural
> land has to be reverted back to agricultural land. Otherwise, the
> public will smell rat and there will be trouble.
> 
> The government is going gung-ho to develop organic farming and their
> effort is not appreciated enough.
> 
> Farmers are not doing badly but need an additional side income from
> other sources besides farming to have a decent standard of living.
> Some members of the families have to contribute to the support of the
> farmers family if the family wants to own their land in future.
> Government support which goes a long way is sadly not enough.
> 
> Agri-farming is the need of the hour. Farmers should be allowed to own
> small houses in their fields along with small restaurants depending on
> the size of the farm. Organic farms, small farmers houses and
> restaurants in their fields is a win-win situation.
> 
> Does the Goa government have the political will to implement this
> policy? How much courage does this government have?
> 
> Did I hear the government say it wants to double the farmers income by 2022?

Re: [Goanet] GOANET: CM Sawant blames Nehru for not liberating Goa years earlier.

[Bernice Pereira]

Why didn’t he do it?

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> On 19-Jan-2020, at 11:45 PM, Stephen Dias  wrote:
> 
> This article has reference to Veronica Fernandes's 8 article appeared in
> section of press.
> Those who have seen Portuguese era in Goa will definitely understand what i
> am seeing. If Goa was not invaded in 19th December 1961 we would have been
> until now happiest people than any other state of India.
> I have lived in Goa all my childhood as i have turned in this August 2019,
> 75 years of age. Goans those who lived during Portuguese regime would know
> the difference between Indians and Portuguese.
> We used to sleep with doors and windows open without even thinking that our
> houses would rob by thieves because those days we did not have thieves
> compared to now. People were sincere and happy go lucky. Surely Goans never
> taught we would be liberated but some few selfish elements as they are
> called Sathyagra who were instigated to conquer Goa and hence invasion took
> place which Goans were never expected.  Article by Veronica is enclosed
> here for the readers to read. It was published in some of the section of
> press.
> Had India tried to invade Goa earlier and had Salazar been a bit
> magnanimous and rational to the freedom struggle of Goans in Portugal we
> would have been a separate nation like Timor.
> Present CM Pramod Sawant does not know of Goan history and culture as his
> ancestors were from Maharashtra.
> 
> Stephen Dias
> Goa
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, 18 Jan 2020, 12:40 A. Veronica Fernandes, 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> *Referring  to the news item in the local media on 15th of this month
>> where CM Pramodh Sawant who like a real "kalcho Poircho Pot'to" in his
>> kiddy statement accused the then Premier of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,
>> saying “Nehru delayed Goa’s liberation by 14 years”.  Let me confess
>> saying "Let the Heaven and Stars bear the testimony to the truth that I am
>> writing now". As a genuine Goan my love for Goa is not of the one whose
>> roots are outside Goa and I feel by delaying 14 years to annex Goa, Nehru
>> government has saved us Goans from experiencing another 14 years of corrupt
>> rule and disgraceful administration under the corrupt Bharati system. At
>> least our elders escaped from another 14 years of misrule, another 14 years
>> of sleepless nights out of fear for the robbers, during those 14 years they
>> lived a fearless life from the murderers as these murderers were kept well
>> checked of their nasty movements by the strict Portuguese laws, in other
>> words 14 years of peaceful life.  Our CM who was a kid then should know
>> that Goa was not liberated by Nehru but Goa was conquered by the Congress
>> Government headed  by Nehru.  At least some of our elders were lucky to
>> enjoy better life and better administration under the Salazarist regime of
>> Portugal for 14 more years even though I dislike Salazar’s dictatorship and
>> hate colonialism over my Goa from any one, either from local or foreign
>> governments.*
>> 
>> 
>> *We suffered less from the Portuguese regime but now under the Bharati
>> regime we are suffering more.  At least under dictatorial Portugal when
>> promises were given to fulfill our requests they were immediately fulfilled
>> but in the so called democracy of Bharat where the democratically elected
>> Premier Modi during his election campaign at Merces roundabout promised us
>> the Special Status and immediately after his victory shamelessly refused to
>> honour his promise. Who is better, dictator Salazar or democratic Modi?  I
>> think “it is better to be a master in the Hell than a slave in Heaven”.
>> Portuguese should have been evicted from Goa but definitely not to replace
>> by the local Portuguese – to quote Mahatma Gandhi.*
>> 
>> 
>> *Sawant further said because of these 14 years Goa lacked in the field of
>> Military knowledge.  No doubt Goa missed 14 years of its involvement in
>> Military but surely even then Goa acquired laurels in the appointments of
>> so many Generals and even the  Chief of Indan Army.*
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> * A.Veronica Fernandes.*
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 

Re: [Goanet] Goodbye Manohar-bab. And goodbye Goa.

[Bernice Pereira]

The state of affairs in Goa could not be described better. This is exactly how 
things stand.

Adieus beautiful land!!!

Bernice Pereira

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> On 01-Jan-2020, at 1:23 AM, Rajan Parrikar  wrote:
> 
> The Decade Goa Died
> 
> 
> The final day of the decade is upon us, a decade that witnessed the end of
> Goa as we have known it. After the period of the initial Portuguese
> takeover and savagery, it was the most transformative decade in Goa’s
> history for the sweeping assault on its land and its culture.
> 
> 
> And in the past two decades the most consequential man in Goa was Manohar
> Parrikar. Goa’s uniqueness was that it was “NOT-India.” Visually and
> culturally we were different from the rest of the country. Under
> Manohar-bab, Goa merged into the Indian sewer. He fashioned it into a
> concrete swamp - a dirty, noisy urban hovel with garbage and trash the
> defining visual constants. No builder went away unrewarded under
> Manohar-bab.
> 
> 
> Under Manohar-bab’s watch, migrants from India, rich and poor, flooded into
> Goa in record numbers and overpowered us Goans demographically and
> culturally. The gentle Goan way of life gave way to the Punjabified,
> Bhaiyya-fied crudeness of Delhi and surrounds. Slums expanded their
> footprint far and wide as did Drugs and Prostitution. Our rivers were
> soiled and polluted, our air quality was degraded.
> 
> 
> A tiny section of Goan cronies reaped enormous benefits while the quality
> of life worsened for the rest even as their incomes marginally increased.
> Mine owners, Casino owners, and Builders made off like bandits. Corruption
> scaled new frontiers and heights. Law and order went to the dogs; concerns
> about personal safety and safety on roads are today a fact of life.
> 
> 
> These are INCONTROVERTIBLE facts, not opinions. You don’t have to take my
> word for it. Trust your eyes and your nose (which you have to hold as you
> walk around Goan cities and towns these days).
> 
> 
> This is the corrupt LEGACY of Manohar Parrikar which we are told we should
> celebrate at a cost of 13 crores of rupees. It would require mass delusion
> and suspension of reality to pull this off but I have no doubt that Goans
> are capable of it. Just listen to the bamons extolling the Great Leader
> even as they privately complain about the state of affairs.
> 
> 
> In my opinion, Manohar Parrikar will be seen by history as the man who
> dealt the decisive, fatal blow to Goa. In 2012, through what seemed like a
> divine intervention, he was swept back into power. He had the force of
> virtually every Goan behind his back and the political capital to reverse
> course and do good for Goa and Goans. Instead he pissed it all away.
> 
> 
> Let me end on a personal note.
> 
> 
> In 2013 when Manohar-bab got word that my 92 year old father was at the
> GMC, he immediately called the hospital administration. I didn’t seek or
> ask special favours. Moments before my father was to be wheeled into the
> operation theatre, Manohar-bab called me asking to speak to my father. I
> handed the phone to my father. After their brief conversation ended, my
> father and I smiled, unable to express anything verbally, as I saw him
> disappear behind the door of the OT. He never came out of the operation
> alive. Manohar-bab was the last person he spoke to. That despite a public
> falling out Manohar-bab set aside our mutual animus showed his warm and
> caring side. He was a wonderful man in many respects.
> 
> 
> I mourn Manohar-bab’s passing for I know too well the chasm between what
> was possible for Goa and the current state of reality. My friend Dr. Anil
> Desai and I were truer friends to him than all the chamchas and yes-men he
> surrounded himself with. For we held him to HIS OWN professed beliefs and
> standards of public service.
> 
> 
> Goodbye Manohar-bab. And goodbye Goa.
> 
> 
> 
> Rajan Parrikar
> 
> Dec 31, 2019
> 
> Panjim, Goa

Re: [Goanet] South Goa police step up tenant verification

[Bernice Pereira]

Why not north Goa also. They’ll find more of what they are looking for.

Bernice

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> On 03-Oct-2019, at 4:47 PM, Gabe Menezes  wrote:
> 
>   Read more at:
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/71414078.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest_medium=text_campaign=cppst
> -- 
> DEV BOREM KORUM
> 
> Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] sweet and sour mother-in-law

[Bernice Pereira]

Nelson this really made me laugh. My 2 d/ls would be the luckiest on earth. I’m 
sure they know it too. I never interfere in their lives. When I visit them, I 
respect that the homes are theirs and I have no right to criticise or control 
them. Mutual respect and love for my sons is paramount. Their happiness should 
never be compromised.

Regards
Bernice

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> On 03-Oct-2019, at 11:10 AM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:
> 
> Sweet and sour mother-in-law
> 
> Usually most maligned, accused   as  trigger
> 
> The daughter in law is the culprit, most figure,
> 
> The antagonism between two starts with her entry,
> 
> Mother- in- law , blamed  for acting as the sentry.
> 
> 
> 
> Living in the   in laws house   adds to the fuel,
> 
> Son is referee between wife and mother duel.
> 
> Daughter  living with parents,  cause of dissent,
> 
> Parents offer daughter  their   rightful consent’
> 
> 
> 
> Mother fears the loss of control on son
> 
> Daughter- in -law, brooks interference from none
> 
> A separate home. Identity  from start is herquest
> 
> Families must support it, as option best
> 
> 
> 
> Treat her as own daughter, not a stranger.
> 
> Trust her as member, not risk or danger
> 
> Sacrificed her home, parents, career, even her surname
> 
> It is not a game to seek nor  position and fame.
> 
> 
> 
> Dominant role in new home causes strain
> 
> Exploiting age and helplessness leads to pain,
> 
> Experience and wisdom  of  in laws can share
> 
> , Adjustment to new persons and place do care
> 
> 
> 
> Daughter in law always  desires   her own plan
> 
> Support, understanding  crucial from her man,
> 
> Joint family provides a lot of needed support,
> 
> Only  when  daughter in-law builds rapport
> 
> 
> 
> Daughter in law tortured, harassed for dowry,
> 
> Birth of female   child, is a   serious worry,
> 
> Many killed or forced to commit suicide
> 
> Who will in favour of daughter- in -law decide
> 
> 
> 
> .
> 
> Working daughter -In  -law is wise to be   kind,
> 
> Realizes,  love ,respect is then  easy to find.
> 
> Husband is the happiest one,  never  does  mind,
> 
> Easy to handle routine and daily grind
> 
> 
> 
> In laws are both an advantage and liability.
> 
> The  good relationship  a reality of  unlimited facility,
> 
> Adjustment to each other makes for happy life
> 
> Husband is not  torn  between mother and wife.
> 
> 
> 
> Mother  and  daughter in law  seek attention, love to share,
> 
> Accusation. of deserting  parents  beware,
> 
> Accepting reality of this relationship is a boon
> 
> Mother and daughter in law must  realize it soon.
> 
> 
> 
> It is an irony, that son –in- law   ,treated over and above.
> 
> Adored,  welcomed ,attended, cared ,  recipient of boundless love,
> 
> A hero in the family, showered , honour  and praise
> 
> A   prominent celebrity, whose toast they proudly raise
> 
> 
> 
> Nelson Lopes
> 
> Chinchinim

Re: [Goanet] Air India to start London-Goa direct flight to get charter tourists

[Bernice Pereira]

Might help the sagging airline though Goa itself is probably a problem with bad 
infrastructure, high prices of hotels, garbage issues,  transport etc etc

Bernice

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> On 28-Sep-2019, at 7:29 PM, Gabe Menezes  wrote:
> 
> https://www.hotelierindia.com/business/8439-air-india-to-start-london-goa-direct-flight-to-get-charter-tourists
> -- 
> DEV BOREM KORUM
> 
> Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] GOA IS MILES AWAY FROM ATTAINING ODF STATUS

[Bernice Pereira]

We must write to the PM.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 02-Sep-2019, at 6:41 AM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> It is absolutely outrageous that the Goa Government has had the rank
> audacity to so deceitfully declare Goa as Open Defecation Free (ODF). The
> very sordid ground reality is there for all to see with people urinating
> and even defecating out in the open everywhere. In the hills, the fields
> and along the riverside across Goa we see it all. Even not spared is the
> Porvorim slope just below the Government Secretariat which is used by
> hordes of laborers to publicly ease themselves. It is also not uncommon
> seeing tourists on arrival urinating around the bus terminals due to lack
> of proper toilets. Same is the sorry state of affairs even at most
> government offices.
> 
> Having miserably failed to deliver on any of its promises from effective
> garbage management to safe and smooth roads and adequate medical facilities
> to name but a few, the incompetent Goa Government must hang its head in
> shame. Nothing more needs to be said on this Government’s failed solemn
> promise to the long suffering people of Goa that all the roads would be
> free of potholes before this Ganesh Chaturthi. The bottom line is that for
> Goa to be Open Defecation Free we would have to first free ourselves from
> the rampant corruption that our State is engulfed in. The astute people of
> Goa are no fools to be hoodwinked by false facts and figures deviously
> released by the Government.
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
> 
> Twitter@rodrigues_aires
> 
> 
> www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] Queen's curse leaves youths from a Chandor ward without brides

[Bernice Pereira]

There was a similar curse in Anjuna on houses which were higher than one floor 
and, as a kid, my family members gave several examples of how that curse had 
effected families. But that myth seems to be busted by today’s ruthless 
builders. 

Bernice Pereira 

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> On 01-Sep-2019, at 1:27 PM, Gabe Menezes  wrote:
> 
> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/queens-curse-leaves-youths-from-a-chandor-ward-without-brides/articleshow/70930805.cms
> -- 
> DEV BOREM KORUM
> 
> Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] David Cleaver - your "insight" at the drug problem in goa

[Bernice Pereira]

Agree with you David. The big dealers or big fish don’t come out in the open to 
sell. It’s all passed on to the smaller fish - the Lamanis as you mention. They 
serve the master.

Bernice

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> On 25-Jul-2019, at 8:49 PM, David Cleaver  wrote:
> 
> I am fully aware of all your arguments and agree with them all.
> 
> Yes, Roy Naik is a high-level drug dealer. I know that.
> 
> Yes, Cannabis is not a "drug", it is a powerful medicinal plant. I know
> that.
> 
> None of that detracts from the fact that what I have stated is factually
> correct. The Lamanis in Goa are nothing but  nuisance and contribute very
> little to society  unless you want to include prostitution services.
> 
> In my opinion, based on me spending more than a third of my life there
> observing the situation, Goa would be a better place without them.
> 
> And it seems others agree with me  even a few Goans!
> 
> David
> 
>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, 12:39 p.m. Fidibus,  wrote:
>> 
>> hi David,
>> 
>> 18 years in goa and you think you are competent to have insight in goa's
>> drug trade. the lamanis are the ones to push drugs so you claim. dear David
>> why you come up with such arguments? never heard of an ex home minister and
>> he's son? the police sized drug eaten by termites or atala's deals with the
>> cops?
>> 
>> no, you dont have a clue of the way the drug business happen in goa and
>> India. to me you sound as an tuareg explaining ice skating to a canadian.
>> 
>> then, talking of drugs its essential to distinguish between hard and soft
>> drugs otherwise youngster will not take any attempt serious.
>> 
>> comparing the drug use and trafficking now and in the 80ies shows a
>> drastic reduction of hard drugs. natural substances like of hemp are the
>> the most used recreational "drugs" our days and this not only in goa.
>> 
>> wonder why you proclaim "bottem-up" intervention, is it to be in consensus
>> with the drug mafia? talking drug business is talking of crore rupees
>> lamanis hardly will afford.
>> 
>> war on drug will never succeed, only legalization will eliminate the money
>> junkies.
>> 
>> friendly regards  fidibus
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Rebellion against the norms is Love for the Creation
>> 
>> skype:fidibee
>> 
>> homepage: www.fidibus.info
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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>> 

Re: [Goanet] Need to remove the lower ranks of drug supply

[Bernice Pereira]

Absolutely true. Where there is a will, there is a way. Important to find out 
how serious they are about the drug menace

Bernice P

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> On 24-Jul-2019, at 1:51 PM, David Cleaver  wrote:
> 
> FAO:* Dr. Pramod Sawant (Chief Minister of Goa)*
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Sir,
> 
> Your recent efforts to tackle drug use in the state of Goa are appreciated
>  if you are indeed serious about doing so.
> 
> Having lived in Goa for about 18 years, I have a very good understanding of
> how the "system" works there. In my opinion, instead of trying to tackle
> the problem in a "top-down" approach, which involves the difficult task of
> trying to locate the king-pins, you need to address this issue in a
> "bottom-up" manner.
> 
> *I know for an absolute FACT that drugs in Goa are often distributed in and
> around beach areas by the Lamani community. Good examples of such
> activities can be found in the Anjuna / Vagator areas and the Morjim to
> Arambol stretch. Anyone in Goa looking for drugs know that these two areas
> in particular are prime drugs locations. In fact, it has been said in the
> past that Anjuna is one of the main drugs hubs of the whole of India, not
> just of Goa*
> 
> Furthermore, I know for another FACT the Lamanis are in cahoots with the
> local police, to whom they have to pay a daily subscription to the local
> "collector". So right there is your "nexus" that everyone has been
> speculating about. In addition, the Lamanis often rent properties from
> local Goans who are themselves involved in the supply chain. The Goan
> dealers use the Lamanis as "pushers", for exactly the reason that they
> themselves have no need to get involved in the dirty-work. Also, in the
> unlikely event that a Lamani "pusher" is caught with drugs by the cops, the
> Goan "wholesaler" does not come into the picture at all.
> 
> *The excuse given by the Lamanis that they are in Goa to sell clothes to
> tourists is BULLSHIT! They do not make any money selling clothes  they
> make most of their money selling drugs! My simple suggestion is that the
> menace of Lamani "beach sellers" is once and for all eradicated. If you do
> this, you will soon see a decline in the supply of drugs.*
> 
> So, with all that in mind, let's see just how serious you are about
> tackling this problem.
> 
> *Send all the Lamani's back home  and watch many of Goa's problems
> simply disappear!*
> 
> Best of luck.
> 
> David N. Cleaver
> (UK)
> 
> *(P.S. If you are indeed serious about tackling the drugs menace in your
> Goa, then why do you not push for the use of drugs sniffer dogs in your
> state? Drugs dogs do not tell lies  and they do not take bribes!!) *

Re: [Goanet] Flatowner Shocked At Quality of Her Purchase.

[Bernice Pereira]

Lodha sends me advertisements almost everyday, despite me abusing them and 
showing total displeasure. They are really hard-up. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 03-Jul-2019, at 10:13 PM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Another proud Lodha enterprise.
> 
> https://youtu.be/FoQzAf6PG_M
> 
> Roland
> Toronto
> 

Re: [Goanet] Meet Roy de Souza, the tech entrepreneur who turned a personal crisis into a war against cancer (Viswanath Pilla, MoneyControl.com)

[Bernice Pereira]

Amazing breakthrough.
Bernice Pereira

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> On 22-Jun-2019, at 11:56 PM, Goanet Reader  wrote:
> 
> Meet Roy de Souza, the tech entrepreneur who turned a personal crisis into
> a war against cancer
> 
> The engineer from University of
> Oxford started evaluating the
> possibility of building a
> company that provides
> end-to-end platform bringing
> data scientists, immunologists
> and immunotherapists, under a
> single roof and give them
> necessary tools to build
> vaccines to treat advanced
> stages of colon cancer.
> 
> Viswanath Pilla
> @viswanath_pilla
> MoneyControl.com
> 
> For 48-year-old Roy de Souza, life was fantastic on both
> professional and personal fronts.  Coming from a Goan family
> of doctors that prized education, de Souza didn't disappoint.
> 
>  He attained a master's degree in Engineering from
>  the University of Oxford and an MBA from Kellogg
>  Business School.  In 1999, he plunged into the
>  world of startups and founded ZEDO, a digital
>  advertising technology company in Silicon Valley.
> 
> ZEDO, which manages and runs digital ad campaigns for
> advertisers and helps publishers monetise their assets, has
> emerged as one of the world's largest internet advertising
> technology firms.
> 
> Meanwhile, on the personal front, de Souza built a cosy home
> in Mumbai and lives with his wife and three children, and
> everything was smooth sailing until calamity struck.
> 
> One late evening in April 2017, while the couple were
> partying at a friend's home in South Mumbai, his wife
> complained of severe stomach ache and was taken to the
> hospital. The doctor suspected kidney stones and ordered a
> CT scan.
> 
> "I spotted a shadow-like thing on the liver, but when I asked
> them, 'what is this?' They wouldn't tell me," de Souza told
> Moneycontrol.
> 
>  De Souza's worst fears came true and his wife, who
>  was in her 40s at the time, and felt perfectly
>  healthy until a few days before the incident, was
>  diagnosed with what is scientifically termed as
>  metastatic colon cancer.  In its advanced stage and
>  aggressively spreading beyond the liver, the
>  disease has a survival rate below 15 percent.
> 
> Fight against cancer
> 
> On the advice of a doctor friend, the de Souzas immediately
> flew to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New
> York to consult Dr Nancy E Kemeny, a medical oncologist who
> specialises in metastatic colon cancer that has spread to the
> liver.
> 
> Dr Kemeny is famous for pioneering the hepatic arterial
> infusion (HAI) pump -- a way to pump high strength chemo
> directly into the liver and it has fantastic results.
> 
> Founded in 1884, the center is consistently ranked among the
> world's best cancer hospital.
> 
> An appointment with Kemeny is not easy and the slots are
> filled months in advance.  Add to that the fact that she only
> treats patients that fall within her specialisation of colon
> cancer which has spread to the liver.
> 
> Despite the challenges, de Souza's wife remained strong and
> composed.  The perseverance paid-off and after days of
> effort, he was assured of an appointment with Dr Kemeny.
> 
> Keeping her word, Dr Kemeny began chemotherapy immediately
> and thankfully the patient responded well.  For perspective,
> only 50 percent of patients with metastatic colon cancer
> respond to treatment.
> 
> But Roy didn't remain the same since then.
> 
>  "You look at it, there is a big possibility that
>  she is not going to be around.  I am going to be
>  here with the kids on my own.  And she is good with
>  the children.  I'm not so good.  Children like to
>  be with their mother, there is a bond and I don't
>  think I can replace that," de Souza said with
>  almost tears in his eyes.
> 
>  Chemotherapy can prolong a patient's life by
>  killing harmful cancer cells with a cocktail of
>  toxic drugs, but it doesn’t cure cancer.  De Souza
>  thus made up his mind and decided to do whatever it
>  takes to save his wife.  That meant dedicating the
>  rest of his life to find a cure for metastatic
>  colon cancer.
> 
> He started with reading textbooks and research material on
> cancer.  "I started thinking, well why can't we kill (this
> cancer), we have the technology, we have drugs, these are
> living cells, we got to get something to go in there and kill
> the cells.  And after about six months, I learnt that there
> was nothing availabl

Re: [Goanet] Modi Must Be Sweating

[Bernice Pereira]

Yes for sure! How are they going to deal with a water crisis which is looking 
at us straight in the eye. No crores worth of statues or bullet trains will 
save us from a crisis of this magnitude. The trigger happy or “axe happy” 
Johnies are responsible for denuding acres and acres of trees and forests with 
scant attention to the ecology and environment, thereby leading to rain 
scarcity.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 22-Jun-2019, at 3:08 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> The real test of governance is now upon Modi and his gang.
> 
> No longer non-issues like banning beef, harassing Christians and Muslims in 
> isolated pockets, ignoring farmer suicides, weakening a strong economy that 
> the private sector will heal - now comes the heavy stuff that will affect 
> everybody - water.
> 
> Climate change, erosion, randomly destroying the gift of green canopy and bad 
> policy have all contributed to scarce water and late monsoons.
> 
> What if in the near future a series of monsoons are delayed or God forbid a 
> few not arriving altogether? Then let us see the emphasis of Hindutva solve 
> the massive problem that requires the least divisiveness and the most of 
> working together.
> 
> With a population that that of India, the Cape Town Experience will be a mere 
> Boy Scout’s party.
> 
> Woe to a man like a Modi who thinks governance is putting one group against 
> another. Calamity will have to be redefined if a water shortage like the one 
> hitting Madras city envelopes larger parts of a thirsty country.
> 
> Roland Francis
> 416-453-3371
> 

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] How two sisters homed in an opportunity that combines houses and tourism in Goa

[Bernice Pereira]

The real issue is none of these construction are in keeping with the natural 
topography of Goa because very few non Goans understand it. Of course, I see 
some splendid homes even in Anjuna built by non Goans. These are highly 
commendable, but mostly they are ugly urban eyesores.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 13-Jun-2019, at 3:09 PM, Ricky Noronha (Alt Email) 
>  wrote:
> 
> /Selling Goa to the highest bidder? Whew...! One more set of folks doing it. 
> Can't say I'm happy.
> 
> /
> 
> /Ricky/
> 
> /
> /
> 
>> On 10-06-2019 PM 02:18, Frederick Noronha wrote:
>> https://yourstory.com/2019/06/startup-kasu-assets-real-estate-goa/amp
>> 
>> Sounds like a great business opportunity, but how do projects like these
>> skew the accommodation and housing market in Goa?

Re: [Goanet] YOGIS ON THE BEACH!

[Bernice Pereira]

Gabe Menezes those morons will only spoil our fair name.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 13-Jun-2019, at 7:56 PM, Gabe Menezes  wrote:
> 
> Yes and we have all these quacks who can cure cancer with Gaumutra as well,
> Goa would do roaring biz.
> 
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 09:02, Bernice Pereira 
> wrote:
> 
>> In fact there are excellent natural therapeutic doctors in Goa. A
>> consortium of such doctors would be an excellent attraction for health
>> tourism. People from all over the world travel to India for natural herbs
>> and medicines and spend a lot of money. Goa could be an ideal and perfect
>> base for this concept.
>> 
>> Bernice Pereira
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 13-Jun-2019, at 2:23 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira <
>> joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Looking Back: International Yoga Festival Day!
>>> 
>>> With the fifth International Day of Yoga the popularity of the art and
>>> science of Yoga has gone beyond our wildest imagination in a few
>>> years.
>>> 
>>> Now we have a great opportunity for locals and tourists to promote yoga
>> in Goa.
>>> 
>>> After every rainy season - once a month - on a full moon night in a
>>> mega yoga session on beaches in south and north Goa.
>>> 
>>> We celebrate the festival of Yogis On the Beach.
>>> 
>>> Imagine: On every full moon night Goa's beautiful beaches are changed
>>> into a festival site of good health.
>>> 
>>> Rather than a place to party all night with loud music and drugs, and
>>> even a death or two.
>>> 
>>> Let's enlarge the menu.
>>> 
>>> Siddartha Gautama, they say, attained enlightenment on a full moon night.
>>> 
>>> A buddha metamorphosed into Buddha!
>>> 
>>> Locals and tourists who are interested in good physical and mental
>>> health can participate in a festival of yoga and
>>> meditation.
>>> 
>>> As the sun goes down over the beach the festival begins. .
>>> 
>>> I'll leave the details to the Minister in charge of yoga, and yoga
>>> instructors, and owners of shacks.
>>> 
>>> It might be a good idea to abstain from meat and eat a vegetarian-only
>>> dinner on this day.
>>> 
>>> All people have to do is show up on the beach on a full moon night
>>> prior to sunset.
>>> 
>>> Sit down on the beach with or without a mat and close your eyes.
>>> 
>>> The movie of your mind will begin which wasn't on the screen in the
>>> last movie festival in Goa.
>>> 
>>> Use any meditation technique you like or with which you are comfortable.
>>> 
>>> Imagine thousands of desi and foreign buddhas sitting on the beaches.
>>> 
>>> From Baga to Candolin, Velsao to Cavelossim on every full moon night in
>> Goa.
>>> 
>>> What an incredible energy field.
>>> 
>>> We Goans would like the government to upgrade our health facilities.
>>> 
>>> But let us not forget prevention is always better than a
>>> cure.
>>> 
>>> Once a month let's have a yoga full moon festival which goes beyond Goa.
>>> 
>>> Beyond borders, countries, cultures, races, religions and beliefs.
>>> 
>>> On every full moon let us all get drunk on life, on the magic of
>>> existence and the sacredness of everything.
>>> 
>>> Yoga is one way among others - good medicine for the soul.
>>> 
>>> Here's an international invitation to a party with a difference!
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> DEV BOREM KORUM
> 
> Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] YOGIS ON THE BEACH!

[Bernice Pereira]

In fact there are excellent natural therapeutic doctors in Goa. A consortium of 
such doctors would be an excellent attraction for health tourism. People from 
all over the world travel to India for natural herbs and medicines and spend a 
lot of money. Goa could be an ideal and perfect base for this concept.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 13-Jun-2019, at 2:23 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> Looking Back: International Yoga Festival Day!
> 
> With the fifth International Day of Yoga the popularity of the art and
> science of Yoga has gone beyond our wildest imagination in a few
> years.
> 
> Now we have a great opportunity for locals and tourists to promote yoga in 
> Goa.
> 
> After every rainy season - once a month - on a full moon night in a
> mega yoga session on beaches in south and north Goa.
> 
> We celebrate the festival of Yogis On the Beach.
> 
> Imagine: On every full moon night Goa's beautiful beaches are changed
> into a festival site of good health.
> 
> Rather than a place to party all night with loud music and drugs, and
> even a death or two.
> 
> Let's enlarge the menu.
> 
> Siddartha Gautama, they say, attained enlightenment on a full moon night.
> 
> A buddha metamorphosed into Buddha!
> 
> Locals and tourists who are interested in good physical and mental
> health can participate in a festival of yoga and
> meditation.
> 
> As the sun goes down over the beach the festival begins. .
> 
> I'll leave the details to the Minister in charge of yoga, and yoga
> instructors, and owners of shacks.
> 
> It might be a good idea to abstain from meat and eat a vegetarian-only
> dinner on this day.
> 
> All people have to do is show up on the beach on a full moon night
> prior to sunset.
> 
> Sit down on the beach with or without a mat and close your eyes.
> 
> The movie of your mind will begin which wasn't on the screen in the
> last movie festival in Goa.
> 
> Use any meditation technique you like or with which you are comfortable.
> 
> Imagine thousands of desi and foreign buddhas sitting on the beaches.
> 
> From Baga to Candolin, Velsao to Cavelossim on every full moon night in Goa.
> 
> What an incredible energy field.
> 
> We Goans would like the government to upgrade our health facilities.
> 
> But let us not forget prevention is always better than a
> cure.
> 
> Once a month let's have a yoga full moon festival which goes beyond Goa.
> 
> Beyond borders, countries, cultures, races, religions and beliefs.
> 
> On every full moon let us all get drunk on life, on the magic of
> existence and the sacredness of everything.
> 
> Yoga is one way among others - good medicine for the soul.
> 
> Here's an international invitation to a party with a difference!

Re: [Goanet] Organic Farming - A Great Idea for Goa!

[Bernice Pereira]

I’m sure everyone will applaud this move. But simultaneously it is important 
also that there should be a ban on filling the fields and converting them into 
concrete jungles. This is happening all over in north Goa, - Anjuna, Siolim, 
Parra, Arpora  to name a few.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 11-Jun-2019, at 12:07 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira 
>  wrote:
> 
> If Agriculture Minister Vijay Sardesai is able to implement his
> policy of organic farming for the whole of Goa he will go down in the
> history of Goa as the most eminent Agriculture Minister.
> 
> Few Ministers have done anything which have actually shaped the future
> of Goa for the better (for worse there is probably a catalogue of
> listings).
> 
> He will be known as our finest Agriculture Minister but the man who
> could well be de facto Health Minister.
> 
> If prevention is better than a cure and we are what we eat more power
> to the minister.
> 
> Goans unfortunately continue to eat suspicious imported fish during
> the fishing ban in Goa.
> 
> Sadly, there is not much which can to done to protect the consumer
> from his or her suicidal tendencies.
> 
> No sign of the promised hi-tech testing lab, either.
> 
> If the Agriculture Minister encourages restaurants in fields the
> farmers can look forward to an increased income.
> 
> The eating of a lot of vegetables can become a positive habit, and
> exclusive organic veggie restaurants in fields can become a reality.
> 
> A big boost for tourism and a brand for Goa.
> 
> We, the public, need to support the minister in this great endeavor
> which he is undertaking and which is for the good for everyone.

Re: [Goanet] Coffee in Goa

[Bernice Pereira]

We had 2 excellent coffee trees in our yard in Anjuna during my grandpa’s time. 
He would pick up the beans sun dry them and roast them. After that he would 
grind them in an old fashioned coffee grinder. The coffee was heady and 
fragrant. Don’t know what happened to those lovely trees.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 08-Jun-2019, at 11:36 PM, Eric Pinto  wrote:
> 
> Perhaps mine was the only one in Goa , until it died. We never saw a
> bean: birds ate the pretty white blossoms at sunrise.
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 8:30 PM Gabe Menezes  wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 12:37, Patrice Riemens  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Feed the pests on coffee beans & recuperate the droppings - worth a
>>> fortune!
>>> 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak
>>> 
>>> Cheers!
>>> p+7D!
>>> 
>> 
>> It has to be ripened coffee fruit! Unfortunately to be best of my
>> knowledge, Goa does not grow neither Tea nor Coffee! Apparently the
>> costliest Coffee emanates from Panamaaccording to Quest on CNN!
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> DEV BOREM KORUM
>> 
>> Gabe Menezes.
>> 

Re: [Goanet] MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE THE WAY AHEAD

[Bernice Pereira]

Instead of reservations, a better idea would be compulsory education for all 
children and free education for economically backward students upto secondary 
level. 

I have seen in Goa children of labourers are charged the same amount as other 
children in schools and these poor people struggle to pay their fees. It’s just 
not fair.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 02-Jun-2019, at 9:50 AM, Aires Rodrigues  wrote:
> 
> In this competitive age for India to stride ahead, it is time to do away
> with the skewed policy of reservations for jobs and in electoral politics
> as well. Admissions to all professional colleges have to be also strictly
> on merit.
> 
> The Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental Right to Equality,
> without discrimination on the grounds of sex, caste, creed or religion. The
> very concept of reservations is all about vote bank politics.
> 
> It is appalling at how plagued we have become by a sheer sense of
> illogicality.  The government can financially help the economically
> backward in pursuit of further education so that they compete with the
> mainstream. On one hand the law provides for equality and on the other hand
> there is a policy of reservation, which by its very genesis is a favour.
> Equality doesn’t brook favours.
> 
> After 72 years of Independence the golden rule has to be to aim to get the
> best qualified person for every position – irrespective of sex, caste,
> creed or religion.
> 
> May those great words of Rabindranath Tagore guide us:
> 
> *Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high*
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> * Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into
> fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of
> truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where
> the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand
> of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening
> thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country
> awake.*
> 
> 
> 
> Aires Rodrigues
> 
> Advocate High Court
> 
> C/G-2, Shopping Complex
> 
> Ribandar Retreat,
> 
> Ribandar – Goa – 403006
> 
> Mobile No: 9822684372
> 
> Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012
> 
> Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
> 
> Or
> 
>   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com
> 
> You can also reach me on
> 
> Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues
> 
> Twitter@rodrigues_aires
> 
> 
> www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] The Redevelopment Of Bombay’s Bhendi Bazar

[Bernice Pereira]

It is so heartening to know this.
Bernice

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> On 29-May-2019, at 4:00 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Led by a Bohra religious foundation.
> 
> https://youtu.be/TYDTAWgGxOM
> 
> Roland.
> Toronto.
> 

Re: [Goanet] Goa fights to clean the ocean free of plastic

[Bernice Pereira]

I am truly heartened to read this. I belong to Anjuna and spend long periods of 
time there. Vagator has always been my favourite beach. 

In April this year when I visited the beach  I was crestfallen to see the beach 
filthy, the once white sand was black and the litter was unimaginable. .  I 
took pictures and sent them immediately to Drishti. Within 48 hours those guys 
did a thorough clean up job and the beach was cleared of garbage.

What I noticed along Vagator was there were no public manned toilets and no 
garbage bins. These factors are imperative if one has to maintain hygiene and 
cleanliness. Cattle was freely moving along the beach, posing a danger to 
people around. Besides this,  constant vigilance is required. One cannot 
depends on persons like us to make complaints. We are not regular visitors. 

Bernice Pereira





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> On 28-May-2019, at 9:35 PM, armstrong augusto vaz  
> wrote:
> 
> Goa fights to clean the ocean free of plastic
> 
> 28 May. 2019 11:46
> 
> 
> Armstrong Vaz
> 
> Author
> 
> + FOLLOW
> 
> Midway through the month of April a social activist posted a video of
> Kharevaddo Beach from the port city of Vasco littered as it was with
> garbage and plastic and a host of things which are an eyesore to the
> viewers. That was not the only thing, sewerage and water from the
> toilets was opening flowing into the Arabian Sea as the pig-style
> toilets have not been connected to any sewerage connection worthy of
> its name.
> 
> No wonder, Suni Loran, a member of the Jaycee organization, who have
> been doing bits and pieces work of cleaning some places in Vasco said
> it a huge ask which requires a long term solution and cannot be a
> one-off thing.
> 
> “We are preparing a plan since the problem is huge it cannot be a
> onetime cleaning exercise. Will appreciate feedback on the issue from
> people. It’s our dream to revive the beach,” said Loran.
> 
> We are approaching the end of May and the Kharevaddo beach continues
> to be full of garbage and plastic waste. In a few days time, the South
> West monsoon will set in Goa and with its arrival effectively all the
> plastic waste will be flowing in the Arabian Sea.
> 
> If Loran and his band of Jaycees or for that matter any people who are
> concerned about saving the oceans from this plastic disaster have to
> act fast, it now.
> 
> And they cannot be looking far for advice and logistic inputs to tide
> over the problem, least of them a temporary one before embarking on
> the long term beach cleaning project.
> 
> Goa’s coastal villages from Armabol in North Goa to Palolem and Agonda
> is full of buzz with long time foreign nationals and locals alike
> joining in beach cleaning exercise.
> 
> Certainly Lohan and his team can look for inspiration and inputs from
> these teams based in various parts of Goa and who are into beach
> cleaning exercise for the last couple of months.
> 
> “We are the family of Arambol who love and care for our land. We
> believe that this land belongs to our children and doing our best
> keeping it clean for them. We believe in education and doing our best
> to teach, inspire and motivate each other. We are here to take care of
> our home and ocean that are source of our life, and the temple of our
> spirits,” says Jade Minjung Kim of Clean Arambol Team
> 
> On Sunday May 26, Clean Arambol Team were at Sweet Water Lake
> continuing their project of cleaning Arambol which kicked off in the
> month of March.
> 
> “Dear Clean Arambol Family from all over the world. Arambol is ready
> to transform to clean Arambol, and we are looking for any suggestion
> that will help Arambol to be waste free, pollution free village with
> cleanest beach in India. I want to gather all the available resources
> in the world to make this happen. Together, we can make Arambol clean
> again,” adds Kim, a Korean born Australian citizen and an yoga
> practionier based in Armabol, one of the founder member of the
> movement for Clean Arambol.
> 
> “Our coastline near Sweetlake urgently need your help before rain
> takes all the garbage into our ocean. Come and join our Clean Arambol
> team and be a part of this clean India movement. As part of
> preparation for cleaning sweetlake before the monsoon, we are looking
> for used rice bags and used cement bags to remove all the beer bottles
> from Sweetlake. Together, we can make Sweetlake waste free again.”
> 
> In Anjuna, yet another coastal village of Goa, Earthday Everyday, is
> one such group of concerned citizens and local stakeholders that have
> come forward to help tackle the garbage menace to society.
> 
> The seed was planted one day in early April this year when Swapnil
> Naik of Gurubar and Ryan Vola

Re: [Goanet] Prenuptial agreement, the Goa way....

[Bernice Pereira]

Actually the Common Civil Code is very good. Instead of a messy divorce and the 
mud slinging involved, it allows for a clean break by mutual consent. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 23-Apr-2019, at 9:14 PM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> I have no doubts that the Civil Code in Goa originating from Portuguese rule 
> provided for Prenuptial Agreements.
> 
> However, in my experience of married Goans, I have never come across an 
> implementation of the Prenup on marriage breakdown.
> 
> Could it be that the liberal concept of the Prenup was completely smothered 
> by conservative Catholicism in the territory where no marriage breakdown was 
> socially accepted and wherefore no Prenup was exercised.
> 
> Somewhat like fencing the ducks in the lake leading them never to come on dry 
> land.
> 
> Roland.
> Toronto.
> 
> 
>> On Apr 23, 2019, at 9:46 AM, Frederick Noronha  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Prenuptial agreement in India, the GOA way!
>> 
>> Before marriage, partners can enter into a prenuptial or separation of
>> assets agreement, drawing up a list of possessions that belong to each
>> other. “This agreement is irrevocable but has no bearing on the children
>> who have equal rights to both parents’ assets,” Shocked! But the Civil code
>> in Goa provides for a prenuptial agreement.
>> 
>> https://blog.ipleaders.in/pre-nuptial-agreement-in-india-all-you-need-to-know/

Re: [Goanet] The Beauty Of Dudhsagar... and why we must act now

[Bernice Pereira]

What is wrong with us Indians? Can’t we keep anything clean and unpolluted. If 
the holy Ganges is kept so filthy, what hope is there?

Bernice Pereira 

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> On 11-Apr-2019, at 12:06 PM, clive diniz  wrote:
> 
> Dudhsagar waterfalls... the name itself will tell you that these waters are
> as white as milk, and yes indeed it is. Those who have not visited the
> falls can google and check and will realise why it is named so.
> 
> 
> The Dudhsagar waterfall is one of the most spectacular waterfalls of India
> and is a treasure of Goa. Tourists from all over the world come to see and
> bathe in this amazing waterfall. Thanks to the Bollywood movie Chennai
> Express, which shared  spectacular views of the Dudhsagar falls, it has
> become one of the top searched-for waterfalls of India on google.
> 
> 
> 
> There has been a tremendous increase in the number of tourists who visit
> this waterfalls. But, as always, the garbage poorly disposed off by the
> tourists has been an issue for quite some time. To make it worst, the
> tourists even dispose the garbage in the water itself. This has affected
> the villager from Collem as they use the water from the river for purposes
> of drinking. There have been various efforts taken by the villagers to
> prevent this garbage menace. There are home guards to check on this garbage
> littering and other waste disposing activities. The Village Panchayat  of
> Collem has imposed a ban on bathing and other activities in the river.
> 
> 
> 
> It is a high time that we realise the importance of keeping the Dudhasagar
> as pure white it has long been and save the jewel of Goa. It is our duty
> and responsibility to safeguard our heritage. If we don't  prevent this
> garbage issue now, then one day no one will come to see Dudhsagar and this
> will also effect the livelihood of the local villagers, who earn their
> daily livelihood through local businesses linked to the waterfalls.
> 
> 
> Let us work together to keep this ocean of milk serene as it is.
> 
> 
> 
> Clive Diniz
> 
> Collem, Goa.

Re: [Goanet] Garbage! Garbage! Garbage!

[Bernice Pereira]

Could not agree with you more. Not only the Mapusa Siolim road but the Siolim 
Anjuna Road too..and holy cows are eating the plastic along with the 
garbage. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 11-Apr-2019, at 10:35 AM, Frankey Carvalho  
> wrote:
> 
> I heard someone saying a couple of days ago that a few days earlier the
> garbage along the Mapusa-Siolim road had been cleared. But on visiting the
> place yesterday, to my surprise there was garbage very much visible there
> yet again.
> Now the question that arises is, who is responsible for all this? We don't
> need masterminds to answer this question. It is WE who are responsible for
> the accumulation of the garbage. Left-overs from our homes, gaddas, hotels
> etc. are just dumped along the roads, thus turning into food for cows and
> stray dogs thereby creating a nuisance along the road. There are garbage
> bins placed at various places but we are too lazy to get down from our
> bikes and cars and to place our left-overs in these bins. Rather, we find
> pleasure in playing the throw ball game. I mean to say that what we do is
> to just toss away bags of garbage. Later, we are not bothered whether these
> bags of garbage end up in the right place or not.
> The Municipalities and the local Panchayats are doing a wonderful job of
> collecting garbage. But we are not seen co-operating with the local bodies.
> Garbage has been a common issue and there are thousands of locals who are
> suffering because 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

Re: [Goanet] The Great Indian Stretchable Time

[Bernice Pereira]

What about the government authorities wasting our time. You make an appointment 
and you wait for hours for their royal highness to meet you.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 11-Apr-2019, at 10:18 AM, Melito Dcosta  wrote:
> 
> The Great Indian Stretchable Time
> 
> I need to make a conscious effort to remember the last time when I boarded
> the bus on time or a train departed from the station at the scheduled time.
> The sad part of the narrative is that we, the people of Goa and India, are
> so accustomed to the delays that we are totally at ease when the local bus
> is delayed by 30 minutes to an hour! Consequently when it actually arrives
> the bus conductor has not a bit remorse of the delay. Similarly, when the
> train by the Konkan railway route is delayed by three hours the only
> consolation a passenger receives is the mechanized voice saying, *“Dear
> Passengers* *the inconvenience is deeply regretted!” *
> 
> I strongly believe that it is very important for us to be responsible and
> value time. When we personally value time and respect our daily engagements
> only then the local machineries like the bus and train services will be
> coerced to respect our planned schedules.
> 
> Let us Respect Time and demand the authorities to respect our time as Miles
> Davis said, *‘Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.’*
> 
> -- By Melito D Costa, Varca.

Re: [Goanet] Miramar beach is no place for another *samadhi* (Devika Sequeira, Herald)

[Bernice Pereira]

The sentiments of the CM and some others may not be in keeping with the 
sentiments of people in Goa. In keeping with Parrikar’s memory,  a thorough 
clean up of Miramar beach and all the beaches and areas which are filthy like 
Mapusa, Panjim would be welcome to the people at large.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 09-Apr-2019, at 12:16 PM, Goanet Reader  wrote:
> 
> Miramar beach is no place for another samadhi
> 
> The urban beach falls in the no
> development zone. A far better
> tribute to Parrikar would be to
> restore the entire stretch of
> beach to its former pristine glory
> 
> Devika Sequeira
> devikaseque...@gmail.com
> 
> A memorial for the late chief minister Manohar Parrikar is
> proposed on Miramar beach, adjacent to the Dayanand Bandodkar
> samadhi. The decision was the very first announcement made by
> the new Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. No public feedback was
> sought, nor was an opinion expressed by other members of the
> current ruling co-operative -- among them Goa Forward and
> independents -- though such a construction would be in
> violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone laws.
> 
> Already a large section of the beach at the site where the
> late BJP leader was cremated has been sectioned off from
> public view by a high wall of metal sheets.
> 
>Parrikar is only the second chief minister after
>Bandodkar to die in office. Unlike the BJP leader
>who spent months battling cancer, Bandodkar's
>life was cut short at the peak of his political
>orbit by a sudden heart attack. Strangely, both
>passed away at similar ages: Bandodkar at 62,
>Parrikar at little over 63 years. There was an
>outpouring of people from the remotest villages
>in Goa for the Bandodkar funeral in August of
>1973. Just three years later, the Bandodkar
>family would be struck by another personal
>tragedy when the MGP leader's son Siddarth died
>from a gunshot injury. His cremation which also
>attracted huge crowds took place at the family's
>property at Dona Paula.
> 
> Closer to the sea at Miramar, a small marble memorial was
> built more than half a century ago in memory of Mulk Raj
> Sachdev who died when he was lieutenant governor here in
> 1964.
> 
> A monument to Parrikar at Miramar might seem but a natural
> postscript to his cremation there. The existence of another
> samadhi also makes for a reasonable argument of precedent,
> except that the structure dedicated to Bandodkar came up 45
> years ago, long before the Coastal Regulation Zone law came
> to be conceived. In fact as recently as 2015 a move by the
> city's municipal corporation to restore the decrepit
> children's park on the beach was turned down because of the
> prevailing CRZ rules.
> 
>  Miramar comes under CRZ III and the beach is a no
>  development zone. Those conversant with environment
>  regulations confirm this. "Structures are permitted
>  on the landward side of the road, but nothing on
>  the beach side," an environmentalist affirms. A
>  relevant clause permitting memorials is found only
>  in areas marked CRZ IV -- that is in the water.
>  That too, "in exceptional cases", the rules say,
>  "with adequate environmental safeguards".
> 
> This clause is believed to have been tweaked by the union
> environment ministry to specifically accommodate the
> extravagant Rs 2,500 crore Shivaji statue which is to come up
> in the sea off the coast of Mumbai near Nariman Point. Pegged
> as the world's tallest statue, the project has already run
> into a storm over major technical flaws and safety issues.
> 
> Let me go back to 2001, when Manohar Parrikar was confronted
> with one of his first big challenges as chief minister in his
> first term. His move to set up a Miramar beach management
> plan, seen as an attempt to privatize the urban beach, came
> up against strong resistance from the city's residents. After
> a lot of back and forth, the government appointed a one-man
> committee to conduct a public hearing and weigh the plan
> against citizens' objections. Though Parrikar was personally
> keen on the project he graciously accepted the recommendation
> of the Nandkumar M Kamat committee to reject the plan.
> 
> "Miramar beach cannot be equated with any other beach in
> Goa... People unequivocally consider Miramar beach as a
> special case, a unique beach, so far left intact as a
> valuable public asset, public commons unlike other beaches in
> Goa which are already cong

Re: [Goanet] Colours of Þeistareykir

[Bernice Pereira]

Oh wow! This is like an abstract painting. 

Bernice Pereira 

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> On 08-Apr-2019, at 2:22 AM, Rajan Parrikar  wrote:
> 
> Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Colours of
> Þeistareykir'
> 
> Earth cooked.
> 
> The patterns and hues of the Þeistareykir geothermal field in North
> Iceland are best appreciated from a drone's perspective. A short video
> follows the images.
> 
> 
> You may view the latest post at
> 
> https://blog.parrikar.com/2019/04/07/colours-of-theistareykir/
> 
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Rajan Parrikar
> parri...@yahoo.com

Re: [Goanet] Anyone from Anjuna...need info on village

[Bernice Pereira]

What information would you like to have? I’m from Anjuna.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 07-Apr-2019, at 1:54 PM, Jules Fausto Mendonca de Sa 
>  wrote:
> 
> Dr Philippa Janjua's late father Dr Hermenegildo Gomes Drago was from Anjuna 
> and a well known family at that. She might have contacts.
> 
> Sent from Outlook
> 
> From: Goanet  on behalf of Michael Ali 
> 
> Sent: 06 April 2019 15:37:28
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] Anyone from Anjuna...need info on village
> 
> Is there anyone from Anjuna on this list? I need some info on the village for 
> an article. Please contact me at mikealli9@aol.comThanks,Mike

[Goanet] Impending destruction of Anjuna hill

[Bernice Pereira]

Residents of Anjuna village are concerned about the 1,51,369.9 sq.m. of area 
which has been  converted  from non-development slope, grazing land/natural 
forest into settlement zone. This area with its rich bio-diversity is graced 
with all sorts of trees, medicinal plants  and  has been the natural habitat of 
wild fauna like monkeys, foxes, peacocks, pythons, porcupines etc. which has 
been preserved and protected by the local community for generations. By 
changing the zoning status, we are forcing them out of their natural habitat 
into the residential areas where they will be a nuisance and so cause the 
people to either kill them or take other remedial action.  This is going to be 
detrimental for us, as it will adversely effect the total ecology, pollute  our 
ground water, reduce the tree cover and thereby create grave  damage to our 
beautiful village.  Already large tracts Of field areas in Anjuna have been 
landfilled and transformed into ugly tenements,  shabby restaurants (even 
though these fields were always set aside to be cultivated),and it is beginning 
to look like a slum . We are subjected to frequent power cuts (at times for 2 
days at a stretch) and inadequate water supply, inspite of all the tall 
promises by the concerned ministers. As the infrastructure for water and 
electricity is already grossly inadequate,  adding more consumers to this poor 
infrastructure and urbanising it will compound our woes and  spell doom for our 
villagers. 

Bernice Pereira
Anjuna
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Re: [Goanet] Destruction of Panjim Jetty on Mandovi river by Capt of Ports

[Bernice Pereira]

All these maniacs are capable of is only destruction

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> On 27-Mar-2019, at 3:01 PM, Stephen Dias  wrote:
> 
> In addition to my earlier mail the following may please be noted:
> 
> The work is presently going on for almost 24 hrs continuously throughout
> the week which is disturbing the residents with loud noise which is against
> the SC direction and hence contempt of court.
> One of the resident I was told he had already filed  a police complaint
> yesterday and those contract persons and their group leader  have been
> interrogated.
> 
> Stephen Dias
> DONA PAULA
> 27.3.2019
> 
> 
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Stephen Dias 
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019, 12:51
> Subject: Destruction of Jett y on Mandovi river by Capt of Ports
> To: Joel Afonso , Alexandre Moniz Barbosa <
> amonizbarb...@gmail.com>, Times of India , navhind
> times 
> 
> 
> TERMINAL BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED BY GSIDC AT THE PANJIM JETTY
> PHOTOS JUST CLICKED TODAY
> THE STEEL STRUCTURE HAVING 50 CMS  DIA. AND THE LENGTH IS APPROX 50 METRES
> IF THIS  BUILDING IS ALLOWED TO COME UP AT THE JETTY THAN OTHER COLUMNS
> ORIGINALLY FIXED DURING PORTUGUESE TIMES WILL GET CRACKS AND COLLAPSE. THEY
> MAY DISAPEAR WITHOUT ANYBODY KNOWLEDGE.
> 
> STEPHEN DIAS
> DONA PAULA
> 27.3.2019
> 
> Sent from my Samsung device

Re: [Goanet] GOANET: IS IT DEMOCRACY OR MOCKERY IN GOA

[Bernice Pereira]

Those responsible for the environmental and ecological ruination of Goa must be 
definitely damned. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 25-Mar-2019, at 5:25 PM, Stephen Dias  wrote:
> 
> This has reference to Gabe Menezes letter to Goanet.
> 
> IT is true that Goa Government cannot supersede the SC dictats on mining
> issue. Since this matter is sub judice, the BJP government whether central
> or state they cannot interfere. Our ex.CM late Manohar Parrikar has tried
> his level best to help these mining dependents but could not succeed. How
> this present CM Dr. Pramod Sawant could give assurances that he needs to
> study. He appears playing tactics just to please them as the election is
> round the corner.
> Earlier just after taking over as Chief Minister's post he uttered  the
> word in one of the TV channel that people should not say VIVA PORTUGAL and
> warned by the word " KOBORDAR" in konkani meaning "BE CAREFUL".
> I doubt he will catch up to the expectation of Manohar Parrikar but will
> be impossible since not only he is young  in age and immature in politics.
> Whatever he has been saying it could be to get sympathy votes from people
> of Goa and especially the mining dependents in this forthcoming election.
> If he fails his governance with the allies and Independents then it will be
> a disaster . Intention of these allies that all of us know is probably just
> to amass its wealth on their given portfolios of their choice.
> 
> STEPHEN DIAS
> DONA PAULA
> 25.3.2019

Re: [Goanet] Viral letter supposedly penned by Parrikar

[Bernice Pereira]

I’ll freak out if I see this message again. This message was written by Steve 
Jobs when he was suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer. This is utter 
plagiarism. 

Bernice

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> On 23-Mar-2019, at 2:00 AM, Frederick Noronha  
> wrote:
> 
> Bangalore Mirror
> 
> @BangaloreMirror
> 
> 
> A viral letter supposed to have been penned by an ailing #ManoharParrikar
>  during his
> treatment in the US has gone viral once again in the wake of his demise.
> https://t.co/8c8SlqkZDp
> 
> [PS: Strangely enough, even apparent BJP supporters are circulating this
> fake!]

Re: [Goanet] At home in the remote snow forests of Russia – in pictures

[Bernice Pereira]

Very beautiful. Dev Borem korum 

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> On 20-Mar-2019, at 1:08 PM, Gabe Menezes  wrote:
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/mar/19/home-in-remote-snow-forests-russia-in-pictures#img-1
> -- 
> DEV BOREM KORUM
> 
> Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Woman Makes Bomb Hoax Call to Take Revenge From Waiter Who Interfered in Her Fight, Held

[Bernice Pereira]

Such people should be debarred from getting a job. How can she manage an office 
with so much of venom in her.

Bernice

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> On 06-Mar-2019, at 4:55 PM, Gabe Menezes  wrote:
> 
> An MBA aspirant, how daft can one be?
> 
> https://www.latestly.com/india/news/mumbai-woman-makes-bomb-hoax-call-to-take-revenge-from-waiter-who-interfered-in-her-fight-held-678317.html
> 
> -- 
> DEV BOREM KORUM
> 
> Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Mobile Tower radiation hazards for Students, Teacher, Parents and Public

[Bernice Pereira]

About time mobile towers and hazards thereof are highlighted.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 01-Mar-2019, at 3:34 PM, Sebastian  wrote:
> 
> 
> http://bharatmukti.blogspot.com/2019/03/mobile-tower-radiation-hazards-for.html
> 
> Date: 1st March 2019
> 
> To,
> Chief Secretary, and Chairman of State Level Telecom Committee (STC),
> Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
> 
> To,
> Secretary (Urban Development),
> Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
> 
> 
> 
> To,
> Secretary (Education)
> Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
> 
> To,
> Secretary (Health)
> Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
> 
> To,
> Principal Secretary (Environment)
> Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa
> 
> 
> Subject: Mobile Tower radiation hazards for Students, Teacher, Parents and 
> Public
> 
> 
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> 
> 
> We wish to draw your attention to the indisputable evidence of radiation 
> hazards from mobile towers presented in Bio initiative 2007 that got upgraded 
> in 2012 and 2017. All the three editions are available online with simple 
> google search is prepared by 29 scientists from 10 countries in the world 
> including 02 of them from India. The report that contains over 1500 pages is 
> not sponsored by any electrical or telecom company and is outspoken on 
> radiation hazards faced by human beings and need for the applicability of 
> Precautionary Principle to face the radiation emitting from towers, mobile 
> phones etc.
> 
> We write this letter to you after our tryst with Goa Government to request 
> for the monitoring of mobile tower radiation in Goa. From our correspondence 
> with Goa State Pollution Control Board it has been revealed that Goa 
> Government does not have facility for monitoring of mobile tower radiation 
> and people who are raising this issue are directed towards term centre in 
> Nagpur, Pune etc. This has been the experience for past three years.
> 
> Now we have come across Bio imitative Reports and realized that mobile phone 
> and mobile tower radiation is one of the cause of several diverse sicknesses 
> such as breast cancer, rising infertility, high hearing frequency loss, 
> fatigue, Partial memory loss, Dizziness, Sleeping Disorders, Skin infections, 
> Hearing impairments, Cardiac Problems,  Cancer, depression, insomnia, ovarian 
> cancer, vision loss in school children from smart phones, brain tumors, 
> migraine, joint pains, memory loss, effects on gene and protein exposure, 
> damage to immune system, Effects on neurology, childhood concerns, 
> Alzheimer’s diseases, Autism,  etc.
> 
> In view of the above dangerous scenario created by mobile phone technology 
> you are requested to take up following urgent steps:
> 
> 1.   Review the guidelines for installation of Mobile Base Stations 
> Towers, Goa State in the light of evidence of radiation hazard contained in 
> Bio-initiative 2012 and its upgraded version of 2017. We will be happy to 
> share the soft copies of these reports on request.
> 2.   Examine the enforcement of the guidelines for installation of Mobile 
> Base Stations Towers, Goa State. There are over 50 complaints received at 
> GSPCB office and many are hanging in limbo as no radiation monitoring is done 
> for four years either from Nagpur or from Pune. Induct efficient radiation 
> testing capacity for the State of Goa.
> 3.   Initiate mobile tower audit for all the Educational and residential 
> localities in Goa. Installations, it is observed, are carried on in violation 
> of the guidelines mentioned. Barely 10 meters away from the residential house 
> of Mr. Placid D’Souza there is mobile tower in Mapusa with 17 antennae. 
> Barely 20 meters from Holy Cross High School, Siolim, there is mobile Tower 
> with nearly 20 antennae. Mobile Tower is being installed in residential areas 
> in Curduwada, Khandola, Ponda and opposed by villagers. And so is the case in 
> Merces, Tiswadi. Mobile Towers set up in residential areas in Bambolim-Nauxim 
> villages in spite of public opposition. All these are without any monitoring 
> facility of radiation.
> 4.   Initiate discussions and awareness on radiation hazard in schools, 
> colleges and public forums like media, Panchayats. Goa boasts of being most 
> literate state. Its time Goa also becomes most radiation literate rather than 
> surrender our destiny to vested interests and telecom bullies who does not 
> like questioning of mobile tower radiation.
> 
> All these measures are necessary otherwise Goa will face accumulated impact 
> of low intensity radiation over the next few years, and we request you to 
> oblige and take action.
> Thanking you,
> Yours sincerely,
>Sd/-
> Maggie Silveira
> President, Goa Unit

Re: [Goanet] Not With Me Anymore

[Bernice Pereira]

This will happen for as long as priests are celibate. The celibacy status has 
to change.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 23-Feb-2019, at 11:53 PM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> Writes 34 year old former nun Doris Wagner in her book on her experiences of 
> being raped by a German member of the Church’s Vatican hierarchy.
> 
> There are indications of abuse of nuns that indicate fully one-third have 
> been sexually exploited, raped, aborted and lives shattered.
> 
> While we have been told about the sexual exploitation of children by priests 
> and bishops, the story of women in the service of the church is just now 
> unravelling.
> 
> While the full extent of this exploitation was not known so far, now thanks 
> to the determination of the Kerala nuns and the long overdue admission of 
> Pope Francis running co-incidentally with the current Vatican conference on 
> sex abuse within the Catholic Church, at last the dams of repression are 
> bursting. 
> 
> Nuns abused by clergy feel overlooked at Vatican summit
> 
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nuns-at-vatican-summit-1.5030531
> 
> 
> -- next part --
> 
> 
> Roland
> Toronto
> 
> 

Re: [Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Farmers

[Bernice Pereira]

Yes I do remember as a little girl, my grand aunt and grandfather not eating 
sweets from villagers of the lower caste. For kids caste and religion has no 
bar and I would happily eat the goodies set aside. Deplorable on the part of 
our elders. 

Bernice

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> On 23-Feb-2019, at 4:33 AM, Roland Francis  wrote:
> 
> It’s funny you say that Rajan-bab (Goans owe their nourishment to the labours 
> of this hardy stock), because I do not recall the landowners in my village or 
> elsewhere ever giving even an iota of respect to these farmers.
> 
> Not to say they insulted them or ill treated them but there was this  
> condescending attitude that I see the white settlers in western countries 
> accord to their indigenous people.
> 
> Goan people of the higher classes known for their warmth and hospitality were 
> never seen to invite these Gaudas over for a religious feast in the house or 
> to a family wedding.
> 
> On the other hand I remember the gaudas warmly inviting us for their weddings 
> with genuine and sincere caring. The invitations were always hypocritically 
> accepted but the weddings never attended until I as a 20 year old in the 
> Bombay Welcome-All spirit decided to break with the family tradition and 
> attend the wedding by myself not only out of a desire to see what such an 
> event would look like but also out a a sense of fairness.
> 
> It was an evening that I remember to this day. They welcomed my presence to 
> the extent that I was embarrassed with their kind concerns, they expecting 
> surely that no one from “the House” true to tradition, would attend.
> 
> The music was earthy, the decorations rustic and the venue al fresco on a 
> flattened field. The food and country liquor as aromatic and kick-in-the-butt 
> as it could get. I was quite tickled at the way the young men picked up their 
> ladies for a dance. No polite asking and receiving; just a pull of the arm 
> and yank to the floor with the words “Ye Gho” (come on girl). The lasses 
> expected nothing better.
> 
> In the spirit of the Brotherhood of Man, our people should have treated their 
> people much, much better than they did. Given a reversal of circumstances as 
> one sees in Goa today, most of them harbour no grievance.
> 
> Roland.
> Toronto.
> 
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2019, at 5:24 PM, Rajan Parrikar  wrote:
>> 
>> Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'The Farmers'
>> 
>> Children of Goa's soil.
>> 
>> The men and women who break sweat in the fields of Goa belong largely
>> to the Gauda tribe, among the original settlers of the land. Farming
>> has been their calling for thousands of years, and generations of
>> Goans owe their nourishments to the labours of this hardy stock. Now
>> with the relentless [...]
>> 
>> You may view the latest post at
>> 
>> https://blog.parrikar.com/2019/02/22/the-farmers/
>> 
>> Warm regards,
>> 
>> Rajan Parrikar
>> parri...@yahoo.com

Re: [Goanet] Coconut Water Good For Your Daughter!

[Bernice Pereira]

Excellent idea - promoting coconut water. But not at Rs.45 a coconut please. My 
elders must be rolling in their graves.

Bernice Pereira 

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> On 20-Feb-2019, at 9:58 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> Coconut Water Good For Your Daughter!
> 
> While a young lad growing up in Bangalore I would often hear this
> refrain: Coconut water is good for your daughter, Nilgiri buns good
> for you sons!
> 
> The sons of south India today are more into computers than buns, as
> Bangalore and other parts in the south are firmly in the 21st century,
> and the girls, too,  are not particularly interested in coconuts -
> tender or otherwise.
> 
> Muthalik is of the opinion Bangalore girls would rather have a
> cocktail than anything else; and, of course, he does not approve of
> this kind of behavior. But how about a coconut fenny cocktail?
> 
> Goans have given the coconut tree a special place in our hearts  - a
> resurrection from a no-tree status by a few misguided people. Anyway,
> why not make the coconut cocktail the official cocktail of Goa? Life,
> they say, goes on and things change, and maybe it is time to drink to
> that!
> 
> Our Agriculture Minister Vijay Sardesai has announced the promotion of
> tender coconuts in a big way for Goa. In some countries, there are
> soft drinks available which contain vitamins, especially vitamins c,
> fiber, and other goodies. We can promote the coconut tree, especially
> the tender coconut water everywhere in Goa. A nice touch in the land
> of Goenkarponn. An antidote to combat aerated drinks which we all know
> does not promote good health, only diabetes. Let's raise a glass to
> our Agriculture Minister for his positive and creative thinking, a
> quality always in short supply in Goa.
> 
> Coconut Corner can become a place of honor in every village market in
> Goa where coconuts - tender and ripe - can be sold along with sweets
> and other coconut delicacies, including coconut artifacts, anything
> related to the tree and fruit. No way should increased FAR be given to
> builders if they grow coconut trees. Why single out the builders for
> special privileges, the logic of which escapes every bona fide Goenkar
> except a bondo. Somehow every politician in Goa wants to bring in the
> builder through the backdoor. Beware! Next our IT Parks soon will have
> more coconut trees than a coconut grove.
> 
> Goa's coconut culture is in the limelight, and fast forward. It looks
> like the Goa Forward Party is on the right foot and taking our state
> in the right direction - on this issue.
> 
> On other issues, I reserve my opinion. A step forward is good; please,
> however, don't take two steps backward after this!

Re: [Goanet] Bridges and barriers: a village eye view (Nazar da Silva)

[Bernice Pereira]

Those days gone by so beautifully elicited by Mr. da Silva.

The younger generation has unfortunately, moved on to foreign shores. Goa is, 
for them, a place to visit once a year or perhaps once in 2 or 3 years. Most of 
those who are here just want to exploit and concretise the land for material 
benefits.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 11-Feb-2019, at 4:08 AM, Goanet Reader  wrote:
> 
> Bridges and barriers: a village eye view
> 
> Nazar da Silva
> nazardasi...@gmail.com
> 
> In the tidal waters that embrace the beautiful village of
> Moira, a number of little islands dot the stunning panorama.
> 
> Like the banks of the rivers, the little isles too have been
> manually shored up with hunks of laterite rock. Truly, that
> was a marvellous feat of engineering undertaken by our
> ancestors not very long after the wheel was invented!
> 
>  In this idyllic serenity, marine life, even now,
>  continues to abound peacefully. The plop of a
>  playful prawn vaulting joyously on the surface of
>  the water, the plaintive cry of a bird in the
>  mangroves, the ever-present screech of crickets in
>  the background and the sound of distant traffic,
>  all are singing: "It is well with my soul".
>  Perhaps, with a little bit of imagination, you can
>  hear the deep velvet voice of Whitney Phipps as it
>  rises to a heart-rending crescendo when he sings in
>  Carnegie Hall: "It is well. It is well, - - - with
>  my soul".
> 
> Flipping through the many photographs taken of Theen Manos,
> (the popular triple sluice-gate), one can see an island in
> the background. At one time, our family cultivated rice in
> those paddy-fields of happy memories.
> 
> The process, after the harvest, was to par-boil the paddy in
> great copper vessels, sun-dry and store the un-husked paddy
> in a very large 'khondoh' (a bottomless basket) made of woven
> bamboo matting. Both ends of this huge container -- that was
> erected in our 'dark' room -- were sealed with dry straw.
> 
> Usually that 'khondoh' was used to store a year's supply of
> un-husked rice: rice was a staple for breakfast, lunch and
> dinner. Small portions of the grain were periodically husked
> in a shallow punning hole carved out of a solid rock that was
> buried in the kitchen floor.
> 
> The husking tools ('musar') were simple shafts of smooth,
> highly polished wood, about 4 ft. long and 2 inch diameter,
> each tipped with a sharp metal ring at one end. The 'musar'
> was effectively used with a pounding action. Usually two
> women with 'a ear for music' were employed to do the husking
> together. Like a two-stroke engine, each of the women
> equipped with her own 'musar', had to strike alternately at
> the same target in split-second succession and with a sure
> aim. It was fascinating to watch them work: once they got
> into their rhythm, they sang like canaries, and work
> progressed in perfect unison and harmony with an occasional
> verbal prod from 'avo' (our Grandma)!
> 
> I would not be digressing if at this point I injected my own
> story as the accredited captain of a ship: Well-l-l-l: My
> 'ship' was nothing to write home about. It had neither keel
> nor outrigger. It was a simple canoe made from the hollowed
> out trunk of a tree. The wood was treated with the resin
> exuded from roasting raw cashew-nuts.
> 
> The boat was hired out by the day for little or nothing. We
> used it to ferry the field workers to the island fields and
> back. I won my laurels to man the boat almost a century ago
> when I was still just pushing my teens.
> 
>  The trick was to keep everyone calmly seated on the
>  deck -- without deck chairs! If anyone moved, it
>  shifted the centre of gravity and the result could
>  be hilarious. I witnessed such a scene and still
>  get a laugh out of it. Passengers and crew, all
>  dripping wet, not with sweat, but with salt water.
>  It was a scene that Mario Miranda (God bless his
>  soul) would have revelled in, had he been there.
> 
> My stint 'on the boat' was short-lived but memorable: in my
> youth, an old salt taught me how to manoeuvre a dug-out
> canoe. His instructions for keeping course were simple: use
> the paddle on both sides of the boat. According to him, if
> you use the paddle only on one side, you'd be going round in
> circles. So everyone I knew paddled three strokes on one side
> and then switched sides to paddle three strokes on the other
> side to maintain course.
> 
> Like a true Moidecar, I discovered there was a better way of
> paddling. Seated on the stern, I

Re: [Goanet] Oldies Are Goldies!

[Bernice Pereira]

Yes you are right by saying greed has permeated to the lowest level of society. 
Not only greed but to take whatever they can from the haves by unfair and 
crooked means.

Bernice Pereira

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> On 13-Feb-2019, at 2:53 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira  
> wrote:
> 
> As old age gets to us, we cannot help but notice the silent and sly
> shadow of death approaching, not necessarily when the clock strikes
> midnight. It is a fact with which we have to live around the clock.
> When we hear a young man or woman has gone away we feel lucky!
> 
> Great scientific research has been done recently on the level of
> greed, and the latest research charts give us Goans a lead in history,
> much ahead of the Egyptians.
> 
> While history teaches us how the ancient Egyptians refused to part
> with their great beloved - wealth - it is necessary for me to make a
> salient point: the historians were telling us about the pharaohs and
> queens, not the ordinary guys and dolls. All the ordinary people were
> guilty of was building of the pyramids and the safe deposit box from
> which no one, and no one, indeed, could meddle with it except the
> royals. And, of course, from there it was to go to a secret place in
> the cosmos. Unfortunately, they failed to take their wealth with them.
> 
> While in Egypt the level of greed was extreme among the royals unlike
> in Goa it has permeated to the lowest level of society: you know, the
> trickle down effect. If the Egyptians failed, no need to rush to the
> conclusion we Goans are going to fail. Everyone knows we Goans are
> great and smart and can do anything if we set our minds to it. So,
> never underestimate a Goenkar. After all, we have to protect
> Goemkarponn.
> 
> A secret team is working on the project, and if it is not possible to
> hide Goan wealth far away in the cosmos, then there are other more
> modern ways and means. Of course, there is the problem of how to enjoy
> the wealth after death. As after life is eternal, the more you can
> take away with you the better! And, we Goans don't waste a minute.
> 
> The other day, a foreigner asked me my age. As I wanted to  dodge the
> ball even though I don't play soccer, I told him I was young at heart.
> He then asked me to guess his age, and to be polite  I said:
> Sixty-five. He surprised me as he really didn't look a day older then
> seventy. He was ninety-one! Yes, some oldies are goldies.
> 
> In south Goa unlike north Goa you often come across oldies who are
> goldies. The north is for young people who love EDMs (and drugs)
> although the government informs us stubbornly with a straight, moral
> and holy face how mistaken the critics are as there are no drugs.
> Unfortunately, the media and police supply us with the bad news of
> drug arrests from time to time. But, then, the government is always
> right.
> 
> The oldies are goldies and live in the south, mostly along the beach
> belt from Cansaulim to Benaulim which if you are unaware is the
> unofficial capital of the oldies are goldies. They are the lifeblood
> of the local Benaulim economy. Everybody loves them, especially the
> local vendors who sell fruit and vegetables.
> 
> As they are, by far, pensioners they are conspicuous in the market
> place, super markets and the famous German Bakery which has a
> signboard which proudly informs everyone: Smoking is an offense here.
> Love is blind I'm told, and so the board is invisible to the people
> who run the bakery, including the tourists and locals. Aside, from
> this small infringement of the law - the fine is two hundred rupees -
> oldies are goldies. Majorda is number two on the list of the beach
> belt.
> 
> Oldies are goldies for another reason: they are rich not in foreign
> exchange but in wisdom. They seem to like Goans who are likable, and
> can be seen interacting with them.
> 
> The Germans, however, tend to keep to themselves, as do the believers
> in Brexit who speak the Queen's English and who are all related to
> Prnce Charles and the royal family. I'm uncomfortable with this, as I
> can't recall a British colonial experience in Goa.
> 
> Anyway, oldies are goldies.

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Pls share with all press nationwide and Goa press

[Bernice Pereira]

They dare not demolish a mosque for fear of the repercussions. They know 
Christians are a very meek community. 

Bernice Pereira

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> On 08-Feb-2019, at 1:55 PM, Aloysius D'Souza  wrote:
> 
> Wendell Rodricks 
> Thanks Wendell
> 
> Why does this chapel have to be shifted?
> 
> The mosque on the road from Marine Lines railway station to the Metro
> Cinema sits in the middle of the road for years (maybe centuries) and no
> one has shifted it for road expansion or anything else.
> 
> The chapel on the Calangute Candolim road is also in the middle of the road
> and is now being expanded.  The roads around it have been broadened but the
> chapel has not been touched.
> 
> There must be hundreds of other such examples.
> 
> We have to make a BIG NOISE.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Aloysius
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:56 AM Retreat N Style 
> wrote:
> 
>> -- Forwarded message -
>> From: Wendell Rodricks 
>> Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 6:08 PM
>> Subject: Pls share with all press nationwide and Goa press
>> To: Retreat 'N' Style 
>> 
>> 
>> Four weeks after misleading and telling lies to the media and Colvale
>> villagers that the St Anthony Chapel would not be demolished for the new
>> highway extensions, a representative of the PWD informs Colvalkars this
>> morning that the chapel and many houses will be demolished. How can they do
>> this? Against Supreme Court Orders that no religious structures over 100
>> years can be demolished? A disgrace, a scam and a public violation. STOP
>> THE DESTRUCTION OF GOA
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad Pro
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>>