Dear Adolfo, Are you here in Quepem, in lockdown Goa? I hope to meet you after this chaos subsides (Inshallah).
Thank you for your thoughtful email. Warm regards, VM On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:44 PM Adolfo Mascarenhas <[email protected]> wrote: > VM: > I am learning a lot from your sensitive articles . I cannot find the > article where you wrote that the population of the City of Old Goa was > double that of London and Paris put together. Then Old Goa collapsed !!! > Was it an outbreak of Malaria. There are many cases of pandemics in > history they have been resolved by taking sensible steps not irrational > decision. > > *FIRST You have traveled widely but also met the people, famous . *In > your piece on Chef D Cruz ,who died of the Corono 19 > > Your Message-ID: <CAN1wPW7am+c+pASzy4tNjQt4JO1= > [email protected]> > > > https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/cardoz-was-irrepressibly-enthusiastic-about-his-culinary-heritage/articleshow/74847849.cms > > The first time I set eyes on Floyd Cardoz, he was carrying an entire deer > carcass. It > > wintertime in New York City, at the 1996 ?Sustainable Cuisine Dinner? in > the stunning Delegate?s Dining Room at the United Nations, *featuring > environmentally sensitive dishes from the best American chefs: Michael > Romano, Rick Bayless, Patrick Clark. > > > > Chef Floyd?s food was grounded in his Goan background, filtered by French > Cardoz > was irrepressibly enthusiastic about his culinary heritage. In our last > telephone conversation he told me, ?everything the world talks about as > fashionable The world is waiting for us!? Should Chef Floyd...have hidden > in NEW YORK because he did not know about the Pandemics.. > > > *THIRD Your Piece on What the Leadership is doing in **KERALA & > MAHARASHTRA * > > Message: 2 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:34:07 +0530 > From: V M <[email protected]> To: V M <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] Coronavirus Competence: The Kerala Model (Dhaka > Tribune, 27/3/2020) > Message-ID: <CAN1wPW7qVFZLWKZxN=byhfR3+RbDq-t7yr_tUB9= > [email protected]> > > > > > https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/2020/03/26/can-the-kerala-model-help-us-fight-covid-19 > > > You come straight to the point "All this week in South Asia, amidst > immense human suffering caused by nearly two billion people retreating from > the streets in panicked flight from the coronavirus emergency, two Indian > leaders stood out by radiating confidence and empathetic humanity. > > > > The more surprising statesman is Uddhav Thackeray, chief minister of > Maharashtra, who radiates personal calm, and has managed to keep his state > in the same condition of being. But the standout is Pinarayi Vijayan, > chief minister of Kerala, whose leadership easily ranks amongst the > foremost feats of governance of our times. > > > > We are used to envying the administrative competence of super-rich > countries like Singapore and Taiwan (both are coping supremely well with > Covid-19) but here?s an example that is home-grown in the subcontinent. We all > much to learn, and gain from Kerala. > > > > In fact, that has been true for decades, because experts have long > extolled the state?s remarkable record of maintaining high human > development (on par with the developed countries) despite remaining > relatively poor. In his 1992 *Earth in the Balance*, Al Gore wrote > admiringly of ?the Kerala model? the rest of the world should adopt: land > reforms, women?s empowerment, universal health care and education, and > rigorously democratic political awareness. To that list, we must now add > disaster management. > > > > The difference between what Vijayan has done, and almost everywhere else, > is astonishing. After its first virus cases were registered in February, > Kerala implemented contact tracing with route maps and patients etc > > > > Vijayan began to meet the press daily, to meticulously share all available > information. He increased Internet connectivity, ramped up state production > of sanitizer and face masks, and began home-delivering meals. > > I am yet to see any panic buying. In supermarkets, where only five > shoppers are > allowed at a time, people wait patiently for their turn, and those who are > inside the store do their shopping quickly so that others don?t have to > wait for long.? > > > Can that heightened political consciousness be replicated elsewhere? I > > asked the brilliant young historian Manu Pillai, who said, ?I think it can. > But it cannot be done through shortcuts or quick fixes, etc etc. > > > Some fellow asked me whether I knew anything about lock down....I know a > bit about saving the situation when I was working for WHO/UNICEF. There > was a terrible outbreak of Cholera in Syria...the team went there. I went > to Dar es Salaam where there was an outbreak Cholera. > > > I am learning, there is a place for Goanet..... to help the vulnerable by > sharing knowledge not panic. > > > I am confident we will ride this storm. The Great Goan Saint...Joseph Vaz > ....also left us with numerous examples of CARING > > > > Paul p <[email protected]> > 12:19 PM (11 hours ago) > to goanet, E, me, goanet > Who is this Adolfo? Does he not understand lockdown? Does he not know > that is a COVID-19 pandemic raging? Does he not know there are online > newspapers? Prisoner in Quepem? Stay at home - you will stay alive to > maybe read a newspaper next month. > > -- #2, Second Floor, Navelkar Trade Centre, Panjim, Goa Cellphone 9326140754
