hen agreed.
However, it met with local restrictions. It's fate is hanging fire. The
mobile tower, belonging to one of the mobile providers, brings in some
money and also the rent. But it's a "white elephant", to say the least.
Eugene
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Eugene Correia <e
Thanks for reminding me of Reita, my mom's flower-girl along with her
sister Philomena. I met her at the Gokuldas Hospital in Bombay where she
was interning and her father Roger was lying sick in hospital. She hadn't
won the Miss India title then and it was later she entered the pageant and
won
my column in today's OHeraldo.
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Pessimism rules the state
Eugene Correia
I t seems pessimism has taken root among Goans.Since the Bharatiya Janata
Party ( BJP) came to power by dislodging the Congress in the last
elections, the morale and the trust of the people in the government
ted Ladhoo). The
shopowner
Eugene Correia
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Shamika Andrade <shamikaandr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Fellow Goenkars,
>
>
>
> Last Sunday, Mum was still in Dubai, on her month long visit, to be with
> her grandkids, daughter and son in law. (Poo
Racism happens everywhere. The Nigerians beating highlighted the issue in
Goa. Minority rights, as well as many other "rights" form part of the
debate over the JNU crisis. It's a potent cocktail, and India is spinning
like a top.
Canada has racism, and CBC showed how it happens in some areas.
Many shades of nationalism
By Eugene Correia | 29 Feb, 2016, 05:51AM IST
India is among the few nations that often makes news in global media for
events that are either based on communalism, caste, regionalism and
political chauvinism. Once in a way, the issue of nationalism crops up and
haunt
nt to
come out with a clear decision over this Portuguese Passport issue.
Eugene
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Didn't the Goa says that the MOIA deem that mere registering their births
> in Portugal doesn'tmean the person is a Po
He was brother of Baptist D'Souza, who rose to be chief executive, of Mahindra.
He as also a former Bombay hockey president
Eugene
Sent from my Samsung device
Original message
From: Joseph Rebello
Date: 21/02/2016 5:32 AM (GMT-05:00)
To:
http://indianculturalforum.in/index.php/2016/02/15/romila-thapar-the-protests-by-jnu-students-and-teachers-have-been-remarkable/
Romila Thapar talks of the JNU issue. I think The Wrie carried it too.
Eugene
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:08 AM, reena martins
wrote:
>
Went out to church well dressed to combat the cold. However, got myself into
bed and with Ipad typing this message while watching news. waiting for the all
star basketball game. Yesterday, didn't get out of house. Funny. Next week
weather climbs up.
With "frozen" love to all on Valentine Day.
Great to hear that GA will celebrate 50 years. What's lined up? Just a
Dance? Souvenir? International conference?
Eugene
ion before patience runs out.
Eugene Correia
It surprisiging but not perhaps not without having occured in the past. The
curious case of Colva panch Calvert Gonsalves has turned in a media battle
between the two lawyers over Portuguese citizenship or Portuguese
Passports. The allegations are flying from each across the other.
Aires's
is on a downward slide.
( Eugene Correia is a senior journalist.)
The Modi walkout is old stuff, and much was talked and discussed about it
in the media websites.
Nothing surprising about Modi. One can assume or rather see him upset at
some of the questions.
Eugene
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 4:21 AM, Gabe Menezes
wrote:
> On 15 January
Dear Jim,
The man on the 21st floor was Busybee's invisible friend. It was just a
character he created. He also created a dog, Bolshoi the Boxer.
Eugene
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Jim Fernandes wrote:
> Duh - you may be wondering what the subject line really means.
>
OHeraldo — Jan 4, 2016
Course correction vital for Goa’s economic recovery
by Eugene Correia
Reflecting on the year that just passed by, I couldn’t help recollecting
the term annus horribilis , the Latin phrase that the Queen brought to bear
when describing the year 1992 in a speech
, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Haven't Tully got an Indian citizenship? This year, the Padma Vibhusan was
> given to Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)- Trade and Industry-
> France/UK; Padma Bhusan for Bill and Belinda Gates (owners of Mic
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Annual Goanetters Meet
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Annual Goanetters Meet - December 28, 2015 - 11:00 am
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Annual Goanetters Meet
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Annual Goanetters Meet - December 28, 2015 - 11:00 am
Well, we must see the issue in proper perspective. Right now, we must
believe the girl, for she has no reason to state what she said. No doubt
it's for the court to decide but that a priest is now involved in helping
the girl gives legitimacy to her cause. Marybe, Remo lost his cool. What
would
uld listen to his own heart and do the right thing. C'mon Remo, you
can do it.
Eugene Correia
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Noted pop singer Remo Fernandes in his songs may be passionately preaching
> about care and compassion
http://www.thequint.com/videos/2015/12/17/hear-how-lata-mangeshkar-helped-liberate-goa-in-her-own-voice
questions for which
many of us would not find answers in our lifetime. RIP.
Eugene Correia
back to Goa, true to my father’s saying, her birthday was greeted
with bombs and fireworks in Goa. Our celebration was greatly enhanced by
the event in Goa.
Eugene Correia
e cannot bring the issue of Liberation to
relate to current condition of Goa. Goans themselves are responsible for it.
Eugene Correia
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 4:47 AM, Florian Lobo <goasura...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *GOA LIBERATION DAY ALERT*
>
> Goa Su-Raj Party's candidate for Panjim
Ajeeb hain yeh Goa ke log? Thisquote is attributed to Nehru and have been
used by many, including noted journalists and some not-so-wide read
historians. Perhaps it came from Nehru's speech at Goa in 1962 and also his
sayings earlier that he would work to keep Goa as a seperate entity because
of
Don't understand the significance of a question mark. The state of Goa
today doesn't need to be seen through a keyhole. It should be an assertion
that Goa's Liberation has become sour for many Goans. It isn't that all
Goans have benefitted from Liberation.
Just as there are the "spoils of war",
My sympathies to the group, and to his family. I think I met him, along
with Godfrey, at the first Gomant Conference in Panaji many years ago.
Just want to know if he's related to Wilson Mazarello (Milmix), who is also
from Velim.
Eugene
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:31 AM, godfrey gonsalves <
The last few paras of my column did't appear, perhaps not copied properly
while posting. Can be checked on today's online OHeralod.
Here is the attached pdf.
eugene
The shaming of Goa
BY EUGENE CORREIA
Goa’s soul is highly tormented today, though some would believe that the
soul had begun its torturous journey the day Goa was jettisoned from its
Portuguese mooring in December 1961. No doubt some events over the course
of its post- Liberation history has
It isn't shocking to me that Claude has been targeted. :Long time ago, when
I was in Goa and was invited to the St. Xavier's picnic in Calangute or
Baga, I asked him if he was ever threatened or if he feared for his life
because of his fight against the hotels along the coastal belt.
He said that
Read in Gomantak Times that Calvert has withdrawn his bail application in a
separate case involving Francis Fernandes.
I need to have a text file, as I can't find to get it. GT doesn't allow to
read it in text file. I believe Aires is lawyer fighting for the client
against Calvert.
Calvert is also
http://www.firstpost.com/living/my-ex-husband-ravi-shankar-legendary-musician-petty-manipulative-husband-561778.html
The article will inform that Shankar's first wife was a better sitarist
that the her husband. But he kept her in the background in fear that she
will overshadow him. Thanks to the
. Sports may have
taken a back seat in Goa.
Eugene Correia
There's one Goan contesting in the Canadian federal elections, to be held
on Oct. 19. She is Tanya de Melo and she's is running in Etobicoke Centre.
Etobicoke was the a stronghold of Goans in the mid-70s to late 90s,
especially after the African exodus. In the last elections, this riding
made
My review of Braz Menezes' two books in the Matata trilogy. The review
appears in the current issue of Goan Review, published from Mumbai.
Unfortunately, some typos escaped my attention.
Eugene
ly given "spiked shoes" because the turf was wet from
previous day's rains. The final was postponed because of the rains on that
day and playedn the next day, which happened to be the last day, Aug. 15,
of the Games. I wonder if there were "spikes" on the tennis or canvas shoes
which Dyan then discarded.
Eugene Correia
Saw the film, and found it very interesting. It captures the life of
Sebastiao Salgado and takes the viewer into his world of photography. His
son's ardous task is very done and it presents a good picture of his father.
Worth watching.
Eugene
is a forerunner to the coming of the battle of the
ballot.
It doesn’t matter which party wins, Goa is the ultimate loser. It’s too
high a price to pay for the battering Goa’s image is taking across the
nation and the world.
( Eugene Correia is a senior journalist)
--
eugene
Of late, I have often found time to visit GoanVoice. Today (Aug 6) I
visited it in the evening, but was shocked to read about Vasco Rodrigues.
He was related to me and took over as president of the Colva a year or two
after I was.
He was the son of Felix Valois Rodrigues, a Goan freedom fighter
NEW YORK — A Pennsylvania man who helped coordinate a fraud in which
India-based callers preyed on financially vulnerable Americans by
pretending to be U.S. government agents was sentenced to 14-1/2 years in
prison on Wednesday.
Sahil Patel, 36, pleaded guilty in January to four charges,
Jose, the wife and children of diplomats possess diplomatic passports.
Under this passport, one cannot apply for immigration. Hence, he issued
ordinary passport which came to the notice of the High Commissioner.
The applies and oranges are that some diplomats abuse their posts.
Remember, the issue
http://www.justicefordeepan.org/background/chronolongy/
The case seems to be going on and on.
I think since the Canadian govt. erred in giving him a passport, he should
be considered a special case and re-issued Canadian passport. I remember
how a Indian diplomat issued non-diplomatic passports
will get even a minor
ministerial post.
The other two Goans, Rabi Martins and Wisdom da Costa, failed to garner
enough votes.
Congrats to the winners, while good luck to the both Rabi and Wisdom in the
future.
Eugene Correia
Suella wins Fareham by big margin.
Suella Fernandes
30,689
56.1%
Malcolm Jones
8,427
15.4%
Stuart Rose
7,800
14.3%
Matt Winnington
4,814
8.8%
Miles Grindey
2,129
3.9%
Nick Gregory
705
1.3%
Harvey Hines
136
0.3%
=
eugene
Moniz's artocle in today's OHeraldo says Suella is from Uccasaim but in her
profile she said that her parents are from Assagoa. She has politics in her
blood, as her mother, Uma Fernandes, was a councillor
Suella lost to Keith Vaz in the last election from Leicester East, but not
she's contesting
The five Goan candidates and their constituencies. Wishing them best today.
Eugene
Moniz's artoc;e says Suella is from Uccasaim but in her profile she said
that her parents are from Assagoa. She has politics in her blood, as her
mother, Uma Fernandes, was a councillor
Suella lost to Keith Vaz in the last election from Leicester East, but not
she's contesting from Farehem,
I read on one of the Goa papers that Mickky would surrender on May 11. If
that is so, we have to wait for it. Or, perhaps the SC must inform the
media what the next step is if Mickky doen't do.
Secondly, is Mickky still trying to get his appeal to be heard in court/
eugene
The spirti are falling down, so it seems over Valmiki's book,about the
Margao church. Reading Dr. Colaco, it seems the book has raised the dead
spirits of the area. If a book reflects so much bitterness as Dr. Colaco
has written, it's time to really valuate by someone who is independent.
I
Spectrum.
Check the http://www.hotdocs.ca/ and download the programme.
Eugene Correia
.
Interested people write to me at eugene.corr...@gmail.com.
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me (Eugene Correia change)
10:19 AM (less than a minute ago)
I have a Olympus WS-331M Digital Voice Recorder for sale.
It also serves as a WMA/MP3 music player.
* Over 555 hous recording time
* Windows and Mac Compatible
* Comes
MP is invited, as one of the ministers who mean business, at India Today
conclave. He is joined by Nitin Gadkari, and another Goan-origin minister
Suresh Prabhu.
Go fly high, MP.
Eugene
The story of Cincinnatus town and St. Lawrence’s parish is the obvious
story of Oswin's book. Howevder, the whole story of Goan migration to
Pakistan isn't covered. I believe his book mentions Jerome D'Silva who,
with his partner, Hussein, built Fthe Hussain-D’Silva Town in North
Nazimabad. Jerome
Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/travel/in-south-india-a-low-key-and-cheap-alternative-to-goa.html
eugene
If RTI has revealed such a wanton waste of public money, it's indeed a
serious matter. One does wonder if all that publicity of modesty and
simple-living really amounts to the way public money was thrown about to
close friends and associates when Parrikar was CM.
The more one wants to believe in
Editor in Mumbai arrested for reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoo
MUMBAI: The editor of an Urdu newspaper was arrested and later released on
bail on Wednesday for reportedly reprinting a controversial caricature
originally carried by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
eugene
Surprised that the press release said Dr. Pereira, is an artist and
writer. For many of us, he was a scholar.
I hope the talks are recorded and uploaded to u-tube, with a link sent to
goanet.
Thanks,
Eugene
in my lifetime.
--
Eugene Correia
These write-ups appeared in Goa-Research-Net, and Goa Book Club, and many
FB group pages.
Suprised that GT today has no editorial page. Will it scrap the page for
future issues?
Eugene
but no person can depict him though we know
who and how he looks through his postcard photos and images in Sikh homes
and gurdwaras.
Free Speech is a double-edged sword. Those who use it must be aware that it
can cut both ways.
Eugene Correia
hats, including one
belonging to CBC. Is there any more room on Fred's head :-)
Keep it up, Fred. I doff my hat to your work.
Eugene Correia
Four churches have been vandalised, and so far Modi is silent. I think
Francis D'Souza should feel proud that India is becoming a Hindu nation.
Eugene
Dr. Colaco'S question whether Lorna has forgiven herself is rather
far-fetched. Is Lorna to be blamed for the affair? Is Chris too to be
blamed equally?
Didn't Chris promised to marry Lorna? Lorna lived on hope and was probably
devasted? One doen't know why Chris didn't marry Lorna. Maybe, he
I bought Francis de Tuem cassettes, No Illu Bananwing, and playing today he
was given it to Parrikar and the BJP for many of the promises it hasn't
kept. His second son was in praise of Fr. Jose Vaz.
I somehow like his singing because of their political undertones. As I
write this, I am still
Waiting for Congress rep in Canada. Will Luizinho choose his friend Cellie
Consalves, who is also involed in the International Goan Organization. What
are these cells going to do?
As for NRI issues, the common one is property. But to get this issue solved
one has to go to court. A single window
arlier, he had recounted to this reporter the instance which had inspired
OA. A few years before his demise, I bought a charcoal sketch by Souza –
which bore a striking resemblance to my uncle – for only Rs 55,000. A few
days later when my uncle came over, he wanted to see the sketch I had put
up
A female teacher in Utah has been arrested again for having sex with a
17-year-old boy. She was on bail on a similar charge of sex with a another
minor student/
How unlucky we were in our student days :-)
eugene
Two unidentified men were caught on camera vandalising a church in west
Delhi early on Wednesday, a little over a month after a Catholic church in
an east Delhi neighbourhood was destroyed in a suspected case of arson,
officials said.
--
eugene
http://www.thegulfindian.com/TGI/index.html#8
eugene
There are mistakes (don’t know if they are mine as I wrote the piece just a
few hours before my departure to Goa) in what appeared in OHeraldo. I have
found some an d the missing words have been put in brackets.
*E*ugene
Strange interpretations about Nehru’s quote
Eugene Correia
In a week
Dale seems to be surprised at his discovery. Those who knew Reginald well,
including me, knew this fact. In fact, Fausto da Costa, editor of Goan
Review, and Gulab, posted on his Gulab FB post, following the thread on
Reginald, how the late M. Boyer poked fun at Reginald when the writer
walked
In a lighter vein, I must say that Selma missed a good opportunity to start
a journalism institute in my name, as she had promised following my
long-distance reports and then a thread on goanet regarding the Goan
convention in London. It was the first time we were present at an event
together.
At
The photos of Murumbi, and Nazareth are switch in the review article in
today's OHeraldo. The one looking sideways is Nazareth.
Eugene
heraldgoa.inhttp://
www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Mapping-Goan-presence-in-East-Africa/81626.html
Mapping Goan presence in East Africa
Book review by Eugene Correia
Look no further than to India itself. At major junctions small communities
of Goans and Anglo-Indians sprung up. As such the lives
the photo.
Now that Eusebio has passed away, I think Love and Samsara need to be
republished as a ebook or book-on-demand.
RiP,. Prof. Eusebio.
Eugene Correia
and crime cropping up closely to smudge Goa’s name. Goa
doesn’t need these qualifiers to spoil its fair name, earned over time as
one of the best State to live and work.
( Eugene Correia is a senior journalist who worked for The Hindu and The
Free Press Journal)
is on.
( Eugene Correia is a senior journalist.)
It's not surprising that the talks have failed, as before. This renewed
attempt at this marriage had inbuilt issues. These issues had come before
and couldn't find solution to the satisfaction of both parties.
In another few years, the issue of merger will come out. Till now, let's
rest.
eugene
Public Editor can enhance Oheraldo’s reputation
By Eugene Correia
It's a tenet of democracy that the Press is considered as the Fourth
Estate. In the struggle for Independence, the Press played an important
role in pushing forward the agenda of the nationalists. In fact, more often
the Press
India took the shoot-out route to clinch the gold medal in the Asian Games
over traditional rivals, Pakistan. It was an interesting match and reminded
of the clashes the two had in the past, though both team met in the league
stage with Pakistan putting across a determined India, 2-1.
In the
I am posting below the reply I gave on the ANG facebook page, which had the
same letters that Floriano Lobo has posted on this forum. I add that no
time or opportunity is wasted in bringing the same issue ofr
Liberation/Annextion by those who cannot sleep soundly over it. It's not
the last time we
Roland writes:
Remember Nehru's Ajeeb hai yeh Goawale?
--
Different writers have twisted the words. I haven't read the context in
which the words were said. Much as I tried to find reference to those words
I haven't managed to locate it. Perhaps some historians or the writer
himself provide us
want to be sure what I read and understood is correct.
Eugene Correia
The fact that Jose Vaz is a Brahmin is a fact. In fact, many, many years I
think I wrote somewhere that the case of Vaz preceeded at a much faster
rate than that of Fr. Agnelo.
Those in the foiefront of the Vaz movement belong to the same caste. The Fr
Agmelo was allegedly not promoted with the
*Cyber Crime: *
Cyber Crime Police Station, today arrested a 22 year, old girl from
Cuncolim area in connection with creation of 08 fake profiles with fake
name and photographs on Social media site Facebook and further using the
fake ID to post sexually message against innocent girls with their
JC is right, and it pleases me to know that he knows Nehru birth date.
However, he missed catching the other error. It's his 125th anniversary. I
have right said so on Goanet FB page.
The question now is: will JC and his cohorts in the pro-Portuguese league
join in the celebrations? After all, JC
I think Goa should get set to celebrated Nehru's 125 birth anniversary. on
November 16. Notwithstanding what Nehru- and India-haters say, Nehru had
special place in his heart for Goa. He Liberated Goa, though in the process
it damaged his peace-loving, non-violent image. The Goa government must do
Marshall is right. I did mix up Dr. Owen Pinrto with Lavy Pinto. I have
never met Lavy and neither have seen him run. As a contemporary of Mary
D'Souza, Lavy was a big name in athletics in the 50s.
Dominic has given a good write-up. I recently got an emal from Mary's
daughter how to go about
Time to remember Anthony D'Mello, a Karachi-born Goan, who is called the
Father of Asian Games, as the Incheon Asian Games began today. The first
Games were held in New Delhi in 1951.
D'Mello is also the first president of the Control of Cricket in India.
Eugene
Those clamouring for referendum in Goa must join separatist groups of
Catalans, South Broleans, Corsicans, bretons, Frisians and Finland Swedes
to Scotland to see the referendum in action. Bavaria too is sending a
delegation.
Those in favour of Goa separating from India, particularly the
Paes asks:
And what did the so-called Freedom Fighters do, anyway?
--
It India took over Goa in 1947, would there be any need for freedom-fighters?
Ask yourself this question first. History is ifs and buts. What
happed and what Parrikar
hoped are two different things.
Live and let live.
The article also has named many other Goan musicians. Read at
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/columns/columns/When-September-swings/articleshow/42589654.cms
?
Eugene
Goans in UK, especially in Swindon, must express about their concerns and
problems at the NRI conference in London on Oct 16 and 18. There's enough
time to get a petition ready, listing all they would like the Indian
government to help in liason with the UK government, the municipality and
other
He later became a doctor of medicine. Though met him couple of times, i
didn't hear than the usual stuff on him in wiki, etc.
I think in there's a brief profile on him in the book on eminent Goans.
Eugene
It was also suggest that the last mircles for beatification and
canonization be waived aside for Pe. Angelo. Would be happen, since the
Pope wants more Asian saints?
Eugene
Here's a news iteam of one Pramod Kale;
Theatre scholar Pramod Keshav Kale passed away on Sunday after battling a
brief illness in Pune.
Incidentally Kale, whose father was the renowned director K Narayan Kale of
Prabhat Film Company, was a Sanskrit scholar who studied at Yale University
and had
. Modi's ongoing march
towards progress must included Goa's demand.
( Eugene Correia worked for the Free Press Journal and The Hindu) and
together
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I t sort of rained on the Modi government's 100
Below is part of a story in Times of India on Lambert Mascarenhas who will
be 100 years on Sept 17. My quote seems to agree with Ameeta, Lambert's
daughter.
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But beneath that funny, affectionate and friendly disposition, Eugene
Correia, a journalist who divides his time between Canada
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