The Malls - They Are A Hurtin’
Covid has shattered the traditional role of the malls in North American
society recreation. They used to be public places where people gathered as
an opportunity to get out of the house specially in winter.
There was diverse shopping, food courts, bistros and
Are you thinking that:
India is the next China?
India is on the way to superpower status?
India’s economy rises while all others’ drops?
India’s infrastructure development is envious?
The standard of living is continuously rising?
If your answer is yes, you are a victim of a false story created
https://www.thegoan.net/global-goenkar/greta-dias-toronto-goan-seniors%E2%80%99-sunshine/110687.html
Roland
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are very simple and straightforward.
Most important you will be saving a life. Please register immediately and
also forward to your contacts/friends/family/social media.
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Toronto.
https://youtu.be/V35Vw29tay0?si=GP-RkCcbwDu626e0
Modi has far from solved the problem.
He touches on problems, never solves them.
Roland, Toronto.
I was not aware of this Church burning. Indigenous youth are taking a long
delayed revenge against the Catholic Church for the history of the
Residential Schools. Perhaps some of that anger is directed because in long
negotiations years ago, the Church agreed on a compensation amount but has
not
Let’s say you are willing to give a free pass to this attempt to bring Goan
Overseas Associations together.
Let’s say you are willing to give the organizers, specially the Convenor a
free hand despite his reputation in Qatar.
But I know that when Chief Minister a man of dubious distinction
Northern US and Canada will be under a chilly spell this weekend and for
the coming week. That means upto minus 20 C for Toronto. Our pleasant
weather is now at an end and winter is telling us “Hey guys I missed you,
but I’m back. That means crack open the Feni bottles for those who have
them
https://youtu.be/EOWJ_E8wDUE?si=62S5lSqxgf15izFy
Click on Settings to get English subtitles.
Roland
Toronto.
Written by a friend and Goanet member who wishes anonymity.
Coronary heart disease.
We have not recovered yet from the news of the passing of a much admired Margao
resident member of our forum.
Summer heat can stress the heart, a phenomenon that now engulfs
the rest of the year, thanks to
FN should be happy.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/print-books-thrive-despite-e-readers-1.7056731
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unlimited funds to
Israel and Ukraine.
The times they are a changing. Moody’s now rates the credit outlook for the US
for the first time as negative, mentioning it can no longer rely on their
Sovereign Currency strength to finance their bottomless expense pit.
Roland.
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What her troubles mean is that if you are not in the ruling party like that
charlatan Smiti Irani, you have to be a shy, head covering Indian bahu keeping
your eyes down and being no more than a shadow in the presence of powerful
louts like some UP BJP minister or heaven forbid, the Prime
Never believed Israel anyway.
These are guys who supply friendly third world governments like India with spy
software like Pegasus to snoop on their citizens so why would we believe what
the Master Spies themselves say.
Roland Francis
Toronto.
> On Oct 18, 2023, at 1:33 PM, Eddie D
Air travel is becoming more and more
un-hygienic as flights are filled with people who are unfit to travel either
due to medical reasons or due to their personal unsanitary habits.
Add to that airlines’ cost cutting cabin cleaning measures and you will
discover that every space or item that
V M goes into the depth of whatever subject he pursues, which is why I have
been forever and unfailingly reading his posts on Goanet and elsewhere.
However on this one I was so disgusted on reading the first few paragraphs that
I was tempted to just stop reading. Only because it was V M
A real gentleman. Used to be pleased that I bought each of his books as soon as
they were published and was equally pleased with my reviews of them. My reviews
were simply an appreciation of his research, his background knowledge and his
style. His book on the Holy Spirit Church and on Margao
From a respected India TV news anchor, not given to exaggeration like most of
them.
https://youtu.be/RV9hpNEilP0?si=Y7T7vJWtgMnnPa9o
Roland, Toronto.
An article in The Goan by Aldona’s Melvyn Misquita.
https://www.thegoan.net/goa-news/goans-in-canada-on-edge-hopeful-of-quick-solution/104014.html
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/columnists/douglas-todd-why-sikhs-are-so-powerful-in-canadian-politics
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A brand new gripping but chilling account at close quarters of the South Tower
incident as best done as only National Geographic can do it.
https://youtu.be/wmweNhFtHQY?si=O10eJlFJ5iU1Sv1D
Roland
Toronto.
A very interesting YT video on the intrigues and circumstances involved in the
Portuguese conquest of Malacca.
Very interesting to Goans who have fleetingly come across the Malacca Straits
name in Portuguese history, St Francis Xavier’s travels and the string of
jewels that decorated the
do well to have been with him.
>
> Rest easy Louis, our hearts are heavy but your job is done. You leave behind
> children in a life you would have wished them to have and a wife with happy
> and pleasant memories to carry.
>
> https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/thornhill-on/louis-ramos-11416733
>
> Roland Francis
> Toronto.
, commissions are spread
from the bottom all the way to the very top and every level in between. So you
would indeed have been telling the truth!
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Closely related to Nelson Lopes’ post on the “Wonders Of Appreciation”,
I just read this on how it is best to respond to being appreciated.
https://www.insidehalton.com/opinion-story/10954097-appreciation-is-a-gift-respond-accordingly/
Roland
Toronto
A little background to the tale.
In Ontario, unlike in most states in the US and some provinces in Canada as
well, the distribution of liquor is solely by the government.
The agency is called The Liquor Control Board of Ontario and its retail stores
are called LCBO outlets.
The LCBO is a
The Great Resignation is the phrase created to describe many phenomena in the
workforce. It came into being while Covid was seeing the end of its damaging
spell and continues to this day in a big city like Toronto.
Toronto as I see it, has two big problems as far as the office workforce is
Interesting Question, Interesting Answer From Al Jazeera
So could India’s population and potential labour force make it the next big
economic story — one capable of capitalizing on China’s economic struggles? Or
does the world’s largest democracy have an Achilles heel that could derail
those
Very good assessment by Chatbot except for omission of the overwhelming role
played by religion.
Never mind, in the coming years CB will get better though some of us are vainly
hoping it will never reach the level of human intelligence.
Roland
Toronto.
Done stray thoughts:
As you get older, as your siblings die or forget, those close to you depend on
you for important family dates. When your extended family cannot be expected to
know more about your immediate family than you do, you realize that the memory
buck stops with you.
On a quiet
Good poem Frederick, written by AI.
Please don’t use the Chatbot to write posts on Goanet when submissions get a
bit thin!
Roland
Toronto.
A great video of how Hasidic Jews live in New York City if you wanted to know
about this little known community. How they live, what they eat, their pretty
liberal outlook given their religious conservatism.
Here they are part of the city’s ethos. In Israel people dislike them because
they
One of the biggest mistakes we can make in life is to ignore or reject the
possibility that we might be dead wrong about something that is very important
to us.
Don't do this!
Question everything. Embrace doubt. Revisit and second guess your conclusions.
Remember that humility is a pillar of
Delicious food certainly.
Love - Depends on what kind.
https://www.goya.in/blog/mumbai-meri-jaan-finding-love-food-in-bombay
Roland
Toronto
An absolutely brilliant and balanced discussion of the problem by an
Indian-origin prof of NYU.
The experienced interviewer brings out the best facets of this topic and allows
Prof Damodaran to wander not only into the most interesting nooks and crannies
of the cave but also to shine a light
No criticism of Nelson Lopes. Heard he is an extremely nice individual, but
something must be done to the system to prevent the body of a long message
creeping into the the title.
The result is a sorry look for the Goanet Archive Index.
Roland.
Toronto.
Given India’s location in proximity to drug source countries like Afghanistan,
Nepal and Pakistan and the country’s chronic high youth unemployment, it’s not
a surprise that this phenomenon is taking place there. Rather that it has
happened so much later than it could. On balance though, it is
The results of the 2021 census were released by the Office for National
Statistics (ONS), revealing a historically sharp decline in the number of
people identifying as Christian in England and Wales (other regions of the
United Kingdom, such as Northern Ireland and Scotland report their census
A happy birthday to tireless Frederick, godfather of Goan cyberspace.
Roland.
Toronto.
How Gautam Adani's coal empire made him one of the world's richest men - The
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/09/india-coal-gautam-adani-godda/
Roland.
Toronto.
An interesting conversation showing overt racism by a British Royal Householder
when taking to a born-in-Britain black woman (as reported by the BBC).
If you think it compares to a teeth pulling dental session, you wouldn’t be
wrong.
Here is the full conversation, as recounted by Ms Fulani:
He deserves the best of even the simple.
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Nov 25, 2022, at 8:59 AM, eric pinto wrote:
>
>
> Lira and Ed are visiting Goa. We have thrived on his postings over the years.
> A little fish curry will be in order. And a peg. Or two.
> He is at 77 4409 4961.Eric.
Read the following on Nelson Lopes’ post:
Eng.ShriKrishna Balaji Muthu Pillai scored 90.73% and stood First in B.E
(E) Dept, at GEC , Farmagudi ,Ponda Past student of GAHS Curchorem and
Chandrabhaga H Sec.
He receives Eng Francis Bomdin Lopes memorial founded award of Rs
10.000=and citation
Denmark had the highest notification rate of chlamydia in 2019 with 614 cases
per 100,000 population, followed by Norway with a notification rate of
approximately 533.
Apart from Greenland, Iceland has the highest incidence rate, and the rate has
increased significantly in later years.
What is it that causes the Come To Jesus moments?
In hardened criminals serving serious jail time in the US Bible Belt region, it
is either 1) A persuasive prison chaplain bringing true contrition or 2) An act
designed to touch the heartstrings of an upcoming parole board.
But what is it in
This guy makes eminent sense.
https://youtu.be/cmpdzXolLmw
Roland.
Toronto.
The original is by Pink Martini an American band worth listening.
Burçin is a Turkish street singer and performer who sings in several languages.
Her Italian is flawless.
A Saturday Soother.
Una Notta di Napoli
https://youtu.be/PcV2g-kW-xo
Roland.
Toronto.
Today when i celebrate my wedding anniversary, years too many to count, what
better way to remember than hear a pretty young Filipina do a beautiful
rendition of an oldie, a Glen Campbell number.
https://youtu.be/JRNe9jyL6E8
Roland.
Toronto.
In a land of utter corruption, CBI says there is not not a single corruption
complaint, either by the press or the people. But there must be the other side
to the story. Surely legal activists like Aires Rodrigues of Ribandar who are
constantly railing against and providing almost daily
Young and lovely Emma is of Goan heritage on her mother’s side.
This link also gives a brief self-description preceding her interview with
student Gillian Gracias. Next, Mervyn Maciel.
https://yesterdayscurry.substack.com/p/the-goan-diaspora-1-gillian-gracias
Roland.
Toronto.
On Thursday, Shell and TotalEnergies both doubled their quarterly profits to
about $10bn. Oil and gas giants have enjoyed soaring profits as post-Covid
demand jumps and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The sector is expected to
amass $4tn in 2022, strengthening calls for heavy windfall taxes
India ranks a pathetic 77 out of 140 in the World Justice Project’s latest
index.
https://worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index/global
Roland.
Toronto.
Indeed!
Roland.
> On Oct 16, 2022, at 2:01 AM, eric pinto wrote:
>
>
> Reduced to a masthead for the wacky church TV broadcaster, Roland has
> probably been antagonized,
> and now someone conjures up a label of 'implicit destination' to describe a
> message.
Welcome back to the Board, JBP.
Don’t know why you’re surprised that the Congress is considering welcoming a
political traitor to its fold.
Perhaps in the excitement of the common anger against the BJP and all its
misdeeds, you have forgotten the era of massive corruption and stink of
This AP article well describes the relationship of Arab potentiates with the
late Queen.
To those of us who have lived for years in Arab countries, we have seen that
relationship goes much deeper than history or a long gone colonial reign.
British rule in the Persian Gulf countries has a huge
Can’t close out the Sunday without this warm but racy rendition with the famous
bebop saxophonist Sonny Stitt in the lead. Sonny played with the greats.
https://youtu.be/s8UEGmAvWfM
Roland
Toronto.
Eddie try sending your Goanet emails to goanet@goanet .com
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> On Sep 11, 2022, at 11:36 AM, Roland Francis wrote:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Eddie D'Sa
>> Date: September 11, 2022 at 8:40:53 AM EDT
>> To: airesrodrigu..
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Eddie D'Sa
> Date: September 11, 2022 at 8:40:53 AM EDT
> To: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
>
> Subject: Re: UNACCEPTABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS
>
> Dear Aires,
> You forget this is Modi's India where anything goes.
>
> The BJP Hindus must be busy minding their cows
Are there any plans to sustain the idea of Goanet after it collapses, a
possibility that looks likely.
Goanet served an excellent purpose - to use FN’s phrase: Creating Social
Capital - but now as Gabe Menezes says “It is going kaput”.
I have greatly benefited from Goanet. I made contacts
We are privileged to have him post on this site. Most of you probably don’t
know who he is or who his father was, so here’s some Wiki information.
Dilip D'Souza was born to Neela, a former Indian Administrative Service officer
and Maharashtra Chief Secretary and activist J.B. D'Souza.[3][4][5]
It is praiseworthy but not enough for Aires Rodrigues to point out the
shameful state of Goa public facilities and monumental government
administrative lapses and intentional abuses.
It would help to name and thus shame the derelict officials and politicians
involved who are responsible for
An excellent piece of writing and remembrance by Stephen Bates in The Guardian.
Of all the news reporting and articles on her death, this one excels not only
because the language is facile yet perfect, but also because it is a time
machine. You sit in it and see her birth and you continue
It is praiseworthy but not enough for Aires Rodrigues to point out the
shameful state of Goa public facilities and monumental government
administrative lapses and intentional abuses.
It would help to name and thus shame the derelict officials and politicians
involved who are responsible for
Every annual World Goa Day would be enhanced with an award and recognition for
an outstanding person from the Diaspora not for their personal achievements but
for their service to the World Goan Community.
To avoid unnecessary criticism for which we Goans are noted, there could be a
panel of
It is praiseworthy but not enough for Aires Rodrigues to point out the shameful
state of Goa public facilities and monumental government administrative lapses
and intentional abuses.
It would help to name and thus shame the derelict officials and politicians
involved who are responsible for
Most drivers in Goa are both stubborn and ignorant of the safety provided by
both front and rear seat belt use, even for the shortest distances (where
statistically most accidents occur).
There could be more than one reason for it.
1. Laissez faire susegad attitude.
2. Ignorance of the issue
The Oakland, California Homeless Problem is Beyond Belief
https://youtu.be/yRWmKh13b50
Roland.
Toronto.
Most Chilling Details from Sonali Phogat's Murder
https://youtu.be/FJcE0hR3Otw
Roland.
Toronto.
Came out of nowhere.
10th richest man in the world.
Richest man in Asia.
One of only two non-Americans in the Centibillionaire Club, other being a
Frenchman.
Many thanks for his financial status are due to Narendra Modi.
India's Gautam Adani joins Elon Musk and Warren Buffett in the
A brilliant IAS officer (and that tribe is decreasing, says Raghunandan), is
interviewed about the Indian Civil Service. He makes excellent points worth
pondering about.
The interviewer is low key, no frills Sanya Dhingra who asks the right
questions without interrupting Raghu’s train of
MustWatch! Fiery speech by this lady on migrants!
https://youtu.be/oaFha_HRvek
Roland.
Toronto.
Interesting interview.
https://youtu.be/GNapL0APNUY
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Note the last paragraph. Cardinal Ouellet is the head of an advisory body that
recommends to the Pope on appointing bishops.
From a BBC news item.
The Vatican has said it will not probe accusations of sexual misconduct against
one of its top cardinals due to insufficient evidence.
Canadian
Pretty Diane Therrien is the mayor of Peterborough. The picturesque commercial
and tourist town of 82 thousand souls is situated in the Kawartha lakes region
of south central Ontario, a couple of hours drive from Toronto.
Among the Goans of Toronto, the town is known for being the home of The
Pretty as a picture Palki Sharma-Upadhyay of Gravitas, explains George Pinto’s
famous dictum “Follow The Money” as it refers to the Russia-Ukraine war and
America’s supply of expensive armaments to Ukraine.
1. Only 30% of weapons sent to Ukraine reach Ukraine.
2. For the US, war is profitable
Now that the hoop-la of India’s 75th Anniversary of Independence is over,
those in power will forget all the promises they made, which were without any
sincerity in the first place.
There was even a hint of working on the problem of corruption. Nothing direct
of course, just hints that ED,
An explanatory video by a hospice doctor on what this phrase means and the
disengagement process that occurs when the end of life approaches for a loved
one.
Much to learn from this interview and wish I knew about what it teaches, 15
years ago when my mother was dying in a nun managed Catholic
There seems to be more than the usual quota of unintended humour in the news
these days.
I am referring to Donald Trump being raided at his Mar-a-Lago residential
estate by the FBI who found 27 boxes of various classes of classified documents
in the storage rooms. This is in contravention of
We tend to praise long dead political notables not because they did anything
good but for the sole merit that they were succeeded by politicians worse than
them.
Aires Viegas’ post glorifying Bandodkar is one such.
Bandodcar would have wiped Goa off the Indian map if the Opinion Poll, Goa’s
It’s my personal opinion that the kosher and halal practices belong to at least
fourteen centuries before the one in which we live.
An item such as this, reinforces that opinion.
Recently, many smartphone stores in Israel have been attacked by the Israeli
ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the
I’ll let these requests that appeared on my FB feed one next to the other,
speak for themselves. Both are from the same affluent Bombay suburb.
“Is there anyone who could help a poor family. With medical and some food.
They are 3 sisters. Out of which one passed away today.. other 2 sisters
Ah, the world is no longer a simple place.
For example ‘salgado’ the minor gratification that was used for officials
during the Portuguese era in Goa, often consisting of some fresh river catch or
a bottle of Port perhaps, has completely morphed into something else.
By the way, Salgado means
A lovely little essay in the New York Times by Naomi Jackson about how the
vulnerabilities of women can sometimes be protected by a little cash at hand.
Not all women might think this necessary. Such women are either overly
dependent on the men in their lives or have never been exposed to fend
No matter what other branches of the State fell from grace, the people of India
knew that the judiciary was their last safe and steady resort. Justice in India
was anything but timely but in the end it was there. British fairness in law
ingrained in the Indian practice of it after independence,
Begin forwarded message:
> From: George Pinto
> Date: August 9, 2022 at 9:33:53 PM EDT
> To: Roland Francis
> Subject: Re: Not Totally Corrupt
> Reply-To: George Pinto
>
> Roland: please post my comments to your email.
>
> 1. There are no women in the current C
Sorry the previous video link seems to be defective.
Here is the full speech but what is relevant is 20:00 to 28:00.
https://youtu.be/Q6Gce5wEue0
Roland.
Part of the PM of Singapore’s speech in his Parliament that has relevance to
corrupt politicians everywhere.
What he warned that corruption does, has already been happening in India.
https://youtube.com/shorts/69C3Qj5_W2g?feature=share
Roland.
Toronto.
It’s a growing problem all over the world but everybody’s turning a blind eye
to it.
Count Goa as part of the problem.
Without a doubt Covid-19 has contributed to poverty around the globe and
changed the way the world works, like 9/11 also did.
From Deutsche Welle:
If you have been following the political events in Maharashtra State over the
past few weeks, it’s inevitable that you would have had more than a few laughs.
The state legislators not just crossed the floor (as in Goa and elsewhere),
they hijacked an entire political party.
There’s one more
As the once shining bulletin board continues to deteriorate with delivery of
posts, note that you can still go to the Goanet Archives and get the latest
postings just as soon as they are moderated and sometimes even before (when set
to automatic in the absence of moderators).
But there seems
Singer and entertainer to more than one generation passed away from a
third-time breast cancer episode after beating it two previous times.
https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/olivia-newton-john-dead-dies/
Have You Never Been Mellow
https://youtu.be/4IFQZyxxyyM
If Not For You
This ABC news item reads like an absorbing thriller story except that it
involves an investigation of two young Saudi girls found dead in a Sydney,
Australia rented apartment.
From time to time news of young Saudi girls found missing or dead appear all
over the world. Governments involved seem
Old Music can transport you back in time to the sights, smells, sounds and
events of the years in your life that you cherish to this day. Mostly carefree,
happy times when you did things and make friends like you could never do today.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes podcasts and
What began as an Aires Rodrigues exposé published by the Herald newspaper in
Panjim, has blown up into a nation wide scandal thanks to the national media
and has exploded in the embarrassed face of the BJP whose high profile minister
is the main actor (she was also once an actual actor in
We knew there was a changed reality occurring in the world after the Russian
invasion of Ukraine.
The US has indicated after long last that it is no longer donning the mantle of
the World’s Policeman.
There was a To and Fro in the US about Nancy Pelosi making the trip to Taiwan.
Feisty
Recognized Norwegian country singer Heidi Hauge does this Willie Nelson and Ray
Charles number with great audience appreciation.
https://youtu.be/FNMkeMRCaKE
Roland.
Toronto.
Many Goanet readers may have heard of the horrific accident on early Thursday
morning that resulted in the deaths of four occupants in a speeding SUV at the
site of the Cortalim-Agaçaim Zuari Bridge that plunged 100 feet into the river
after losing control and smashing through the guard rail.
A solo cover by Naudo, one of the world’s best classical guitar pluckers.
https://youtu.be/R04QEnRr1XM
This song has been recorded in 300 different versions but Elvis Presley and
Willie Nelson have always topped the charts.
Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic.
https://youtu.be/n1YKv_Pl8PU
A new ruling from Canada’s Supreme Court that says when you don’t use a condom
after being requested by your sexual partner to do so, it is Sexual Assault.
Badly required in the well documented circumstances of prostitutes in India who
have their requests completely ignored by Indian johns who
From today’s TOI newsletter.
Goa. The state became the first in India to stop providing subsidies to
electric vehicles (EV) with effect from July 31. Spread over an area of 3,702
sq km, the state was home to the country’s first printing press — which was
established in September, 1556 by
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