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Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in
London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm
Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com
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Folks,
I have now received emails from 25 people in total to include their names on
the comedy show petition letter. Appended below is the final draft of the
letter that will hopefully appear in Herald. There was a suggestion to include
our professions. But I could not do it because I did not know the profession of
most people on the list, and I did not want to do a half-baked job.
Cheers,
Santosh
LETTER
Dear Sir,
I agree with Samir Kelekar that the Goa Vidhan Sabha is a comedy show. The
threat of imprisonment issued from its chair and benches against him and Peter
Fernandes, two private citizens, for speaking their mind in public, just proved
this fact.
I am willing to spend time in prison with Samir and Peter to defend my right to
freely express this opinion of mine in this free democratic country of ours. I
ask all Goans to sign on with us in this symbolic stand to affirm the principle
that in a free democracy ordinary citizens, individually and collectively, are
more powerful than any branch of their government or any elected representative
that serves at their pleasure.
Sincerely,
Alfred de Tavares, Sweden
Anand Virgincar, U.K.
Augusto Pinto, India
Blasio Fernandes, U.A.E.
Cecil Pinto, India
Cornel Da Costa, U.K.
Diana Pinto, India
Eddie Fernandes, U.K.
Gabe Menezes, U.K.
Gabriel de Figueiredo, Australia
George Pinto, U.S.A.
Ignatius Fernandes, U.K.
Kevin Fernandes, U.A.E.
Louise Fernandes, U.A.E.
Marlon Menezes, U.S.A.
Marshall Mendonza, India
Mervyn Lobo, Canada
Sandeep Heble, India
Santosh Helekar, U.S.A.
Selma Carvalho, U.K.
Shrikant Barve, India
Uday Barad, India
Venantius Pinto, U.S.A.
Vinay Natekar, Kuwait
Wendell Rodricks, India
