[Goanet] Popular Irani cafes in Mumbai 'dying'

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36651982

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[Goanet] Easy listening selection.....Catch a falling star......Laurence Welk Show.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVUQ8QUDOEI

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[Goanet] Interview by an Australian Journalist with Syrian president.

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  video.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/06/29/exclusive-syrian-president-assad-says-western-countries-secretly-deal-his

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[Goanet] Bangladeshi's New Reality.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/07/bangladesh-reality-160702175150490.html

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Re: [Goanet] Milestone

[Venantius J Pinto]

Dear Valmiki—
Thank you for the correction.

I had read about “the six foot plus director of CBI and IB yanked out
Kantilal and took him to safety in his arms.”

Much appreciated.

—Venantius


On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Valmiki Faleiro  wrote:

> From: Venantius J Pinto 
> Date: Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 10:29 AM
>
> John Lobo (Siolim) carried out Kantilal Desai who was injured in the
> impact. Kantilal, was not wearing a seatbelt! IMAGINE.
>
>
>
> Dear vjp,
>
> Not true. Kantilal was wearing the seatbelt, which in fact got jammed with
> the impact (and also fractured Kantilal’s leg). John Lobo first carried the
> Prime Minister in his arms, waded through the slush of the paddies, and
> deposited Morarji Desai a very safe distance away from a possible explosion
> of the aircraft. Returning, the six foot plus director of CBI and IB yanked
> out Kantilal and took him to safety in his arms. The rest of what you say
> is absolutely true. Also, the crash did not occur at Gauhati as Marshall
> Mendonza said in an earlier post, but at Jorhat-Rowriah. This story is told
> in a book published by ‘Goa,1556’ in 2010 called ‘Patriotism in Action’,
> Pages xl to xlii and Pages 190-191 (Wg Cdr Clarence Joseph D”Lima, VM). The
> book is out of print but if anyone here is interested and mails me, I will
> copy-paste the relevant text.
>
> Best, v

[Goanet] ANNOUNCING SUDDEN DEMISE OF OUR EX-CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR , FRANCIS JUSTINO FERNADES –SALIGAO-BARDEZ, GULF GOANS HOTELS CO., LTD (HOTEL GOAN HERITAGE – CALANGUTE – GOA

[Wilson Coelho]

Kind favor of publication - Thanks

This is to inform the Shareholders, well wishers of Gulf Goans Hotels Co., Ltd 
(Hotel Goan Heritage an Unit of GGHC  a project of dedicated Goans from Kuwait) 
the sad and sudden demise of our beloved CMD who served the organization with 
love, dedication with all his honesty and sincerity for over 2 decades. He was 
invited to the Board of Gulf Goans to follow the footsteps of his predecessor, 
late Flavio Pimenta who pioneered the project from the formative stage.  He was 
instrumental in paying handsome dividends to the Shareholders during his tenure 
besides saving a lot to the GGHC without any selfish interest.  He had to step 
down in Sept 2015 due to his age.  He served The Commercial Bank of Kuwait for 
over 4 decades and retired after serving as Manager of Foreign Exchange and 
International Settlements, one of the leading Goans in the Bank.  He was 
invited to share his Managerial experience and protect the interest of the 
Shareholders at all times. He was a dedicated Member of Goan Welfare Society – 
Kuwait involved to protect the interest of Goans in Kuwait specially the 
destitute.  He was one of the few who had the pleasure to celebrate his Golden 
Jubilee.   May the Departed Soul Rest in Peace and May Good Lord give the 
courage to his beloved wife, children and grandchildren.  Funeral announcement 
to follow.
WILSON COELHO



Sent from Outlook

Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

[Mervyn Lobo]

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 2:38 AM, Mervyn Maciel wrote:

> To reinforce my earlier comments, here are extracts from letters in
> today's(Saturday) Daily Telegraph:
>
> 1."Small wonder that the British public have an inherent mistrust of
> Westminster politicians. The devious shenanigans of Michael Gove and
> his cohort make Messrs Blair and Brown appear almost honourable"
>
> 2."Everyone may end a relationship when it is no longer right for them. To
> do the decent thing and inform the soon-to-be-ex-partner face to face,
> before
> informing the world, requires courage, integrity and respect for the
> dignity of a fellow man. Mr. Gove has shown a severe deficit of all three"
>
> and last but not least:
>
> "Have British politicians ever been so universally despised? "
>
> and yet another in good humour:
>
> "For Boris Johnson, how about a stab at the American Presidency?
> Having been born there, he is qualified and could run rings round the
> current candidates."!!
>
> Mervyn Maciel
>
>

My namesake,
I do not think British politicians are the dragons to be slayed in this
issue.

The real problem is the millions of Beelzebubs who voted to exit. These
voters seem to be scared that people who do not look like them are taking
away their jobs and changing the landscape. The sad part is that they are
in the majority of those who voted.

Brexit is only chapter one of a saga and it is not yet completed. The fun
has started with chapter two though, this time set in the US. Just like
chapter one, it now seems that there are more sane voters than the
opposite.


Your namesake.
PS Admittedly, chapter two does seem to have an insane dragon whose intends
to slay himself :-)

Re: [Goanet] Milestone

[Valmiki Faleiro]

From: Venantius J Pinto 
Date: Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 10:29 AM

John Lobo (Siolim) carried out Kantilal Desai who was injured in the
impact. Kantilal, was not wearing a seatbelt! IMAGINE.



Dear vjp,

Not true. Kantilal was wearing the seatbelt, which in fact got jammed with the 
impact (and also fractured Kantilal’s leg). John Lobo first carried the Prime 
Minister in his arms, waded through the slush of the paddies, and deposited 
Morarji Desai a very safe distance away from a possible explosion of the 
aircraft. Returning, the six foot plus director of CBI and IB yanked out 
Kantilal and took him to safety in his arms. The rest of what you say is 
absolutely true. Also, the crash did not occur at Gauhati as Marshall Mendonza 
said in an earlier post, but at Jorhat-Rowriah. This story is told in a book 
published by ‘Goa,1556’ in 2010 called ‘Patriotism in Action’, Pages xl to xlii 
and Pages 190-191 (Wg Cdr Clarence Joseph D”Lima, VM). The book is out of print 
but if anyone here is interested and mails me, I will copy-paste the relevant 
text.

Best, v

[Goanet-News] India’s big experiment with referendum: When Goa did not go with Bombay (Economic Times)

[Goanet Reader]

By ET Bureau | Jul 03, 2016, 08.00 AM IST

With Goa voting against the merger, either the barber became
too morose to be violent or the regular rhythm of village
life returned. "When the final result was announced today
they went to him with unshaven faces and overgrown hair," ToI
wrote. "The bitter feelings of the past few days had been
wiped out."

On January 20, 1967, the Times of India (ToI) reported on how
in the village of Loutolim in central Goa, most men had worn
a rather fuzzy look for the past few days. In a referendum,
which had concluded some days before, on whether Goa should
merge with Maharashtra, most villagers were strongly against
the merger, but the local barber was strongly for it.

And when such a fundamental issue of identity was being
decided, the villagers evidently felt it best to steer clear
of a man with a razor

With Goa voting against the merger, either the barber became
too morose to be violent or the regular rhythm of village
life returned. "When the final result was announced today
they went to him with unshaven faces and overgrown hair," ToI
wrote. "The bitter feelings of the past few days had been
wiped out."

Easy availability of safety razors means men in the United
Kingdom (UK) probably didn't face this problem in the Brexit
referendum. But they must be hoping for a similar quick
return to normality. As Goa discovered in 1967, and the UK
has now, a referendum can be a convulsing and divisive event,
with results that spill beyond the actual vote.

  Goa's Opinion Poll, as the referendum was called,
  was not the only one held in India, but as
  journalist Shoaib Daniyal noted in a post-Brexit
  survey, it stands out as the only one without "what
  one could call managed outcomes". Since all other
  cases involved deciding on India's territorial
  integrity, the Indian government seems to have been
  careful to avoid surprises -- whether the results
  were to join (Junagadh in 1948, Pondicherry in
  1954, Sikkim in 1975) or leave (Sylhet and
  North-West Frontier Province in 1947).

The Question of '67 Goa in 1967 was more an internal matter,
though it did stem from the takeover of the Portuguese colony
in 1961. Perhaps conscious of the negative publicity this
received in the West, in 1962, prime minister Nehru declared,
"We want Goa to maintain its separate identity, separate
individuality We have no intention of changing or
suppressing that identity."

The problem was that this identity was not as clearly defined
as it might have been assumed. As ToI noted in January 14,
1967, Goa consisted of "old and new conquests", with the
former areas, along the coast, having a 400-year history and
a strong Portuguese colonial identity, and speaking Konkani.
But the latter, more interior areas had a history of less
than 200 years and were more Hindu and Marathi-speaking.

Parag Porobo, a historian at Goa University, notes that since
the 1950s, when it was becoming clear that Portugal could not
keep Goa indefinitely, the question of merger with
Maharashtra was being discussed: "People were afraid Goa
might become independent, and merger was seen as the answer."

The first election in Goa as part of India, in 1963, seemed
to confirm this possibility. The Marathi speakers were both
numerous and eager to grab power long denied to them by the
old Goa elites. They voted the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
(MGP) to office, headed by Dayanand Bandodkar,a wealthy
mine-owner and champion of the backward classes, who would
become the face of the movement for merger.

PHOTO: Indira Backs the Poll

  Parobo, who has written a book on Bandodkar,
  cautions that this image might be faulty.
  "Bandodkar may not have been that keen on merger,
  and tried putting it off during his first term. But
  others in the MGP were much more insistent and
  forced the issue." Such sentiments were stoked by
  Maharashtra's politicians, eager to absorb both Goa
  and Belgaum from Mysore (now Karnataka) state. They
  supported the idea of a referendum, even though it
  came from a political opponent, Dr Jack Sequeira of
  the United Goans Party.

Sequeira was a flamboyant character, lavishly bearded and
with an exuberant personality. "Once I used to play tennis.
Now I am playing politics... I like it better," he declared
to a ToI interviewer (who writes that at one point he had to
remind Sequeira that it was a one-on-one interview, not a
public meeting). He once floated the idea of a Konkan state,
from mid-Maharashtra to Mangalore, with Goa at its heart.

Sequeira decided to challenge the merger movement by pushing
for a direct face-off. He insisted this had to be a
single-issue referendum since in a general election it would
get lost among other issues. That this was a gamble can be
seen in the horrified reaction of Dr Alvaro Loyola de

[Goanet] India’s big experiment with referendum: When Goa did not go with Bombay (Economic Times)

[Goanet Reader]

By ET Bureau | Jul 03, 2016, 08.00 AM IST

With Goa voting against the merger, either the barber became
too morose to be violent or the regular rhythm of village
life returned. "When the final result was announced today
they went to him with unshaven faces and overgrown hair," ToI
wrote. "The bitter feelings of the past few days had been
wiped out."

On January 20, 1967, the Times of India (ToI) reported on how
in the village of Loutolim in central Goa, most men had worn
a rather fuzzy look for the past few days. In a referendum,
which had concluded some days before, on whether Goa should
merge with Maharashtra, most villagers were strongly against
the merger, but the local barber was strongly for it.

And when such a fundamental issue of identity was being
decided, the villagers evidently felt it best to steer clear
of a man with a razor

With Goa voting against the merger, either the barber became
too morose to be violent or the regular rhythm of village
life returned. "When the final result was announced today
they went to him with unshaven faces and overgrown hair," ToI
wrote. "The bitter feelings of the past few days had been
wiped out."

Easy availability of safety razors means men in the United
Kingdom (UK) probably didn't face this problem in the Brexit
referendum. But they must be hoping for a similar quick
return to normality. As Goa discovered in 1967, and the UK
has now, a referendum can be a convulsing and divisive event,
with results that spill beyond the actual vote.

  Goa's Opinion Poll, as the referendum was called,
  was not the only one held in India, but as
  journalist Shoaib Daniyal noted in a post-Brexit
  survey, it stands out as the only one without "what
  one could call managed outcomes". Since all other
  cases involved deciding on India's territorial
  integrity, the Indian government seems to have been
  careful to avoid surprises -- whether the results
  were to join (Junagadh in 1948, Pondicherry in
  1954, Sikkim in 1975) or leave (Sylhet and
  North-West Frontier Province in 1947).

The Question of '67 Goa in 1967 was more an internal matter,
though it did stem from the takeover of the Portuguese colony
in 1961. Perhaps conscious of the negative publicity this
received in the West, in 1962, prime minister Nehru declared,
"We want Goa to maintain its separate identity, separate
individuality We have no intention of changing or
suppressing that identity."

The problem was that this identity was not as clearly defined
as it might have been assumed. As ToI noted in January 14,
1967, Goa consisted of "old and new conquests", with the
former areas, along the coast, having a 400-year history and
a strong Portuguese colonial identity, and speaking Konkani.
But the latter, more interior areas had a history of less
than 200 years and were more Hindu and Marathi-speaking.

Parag Porobo, a historian at Goa University, notes that since
the 1950s, when it was becoming clear that Portugal could not
keep Goa indefinitely, the question of merger with
Maharashtra was being discussed: "People were afraid Goa
might become independent, and merger was seen as the answer."

The first election in Goa as part of India, in 1963, seemed
to confirm this possibility. The Marathi speakers were both
numerous and eager to grab power long denied to them by the
old Goa elites. They voted the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
(MGP) to office, headed by Dayanand Bandodkar,a wealthy
mine-owner and champion of the backward classes, who would
become the face of the movement for merger.

PHOTO: Indira Backs the Poll

  Parobo, who has written a book on Bandodkar,
  cautions that this image might be faulty.
  "Bandodkar may not have been that keen on merger,
  and tried putting it off during his first term. But
  others in the MGP were much more insistent and
  forced the issue." Such sentiments were stoked by
  Maharashtra's politicians, eager to absorb both Goa
  and Belgaum from Mysore (now Karnataka) state. They
  supported the idea of a referendum, even though it
  came from a political opponent, Dr Jack Sequeira of
  the United Goans Party.

Sequeira was a flamboyant character, lavishly bearded and
with an exuberant personality. "Once I used to play tennis.
Now I am playing politics... I like it better," he declared
to a ToI interviewer (who writes that at one point he had to
remind Sequeira that it was a one-on-one interview, not a
public meeting). He once floated the idea of a Konkan state,
from mid-Maharashtra to Mangalore, with Goa at its heart.

Sequeira decided to challenge the merger movement by pushing
for a direct face-off. He insisted this had to be a
single-issue referendum since in a general election it would
get lost among other issues. That this was a gamble can be
seen in the horrified reaction of Dr Alvaro Loyola de

Re: [Goanet] Roots... finding your family trees in Goa

[Vivian A. DSouza]

Frederick,
In what language are the records in the Communidade and Church/Parish written 
?When I tried to get my father's birth Certificate, I was told that at the time 
of his birthin 1904, there were no birth certificates.  the only reliable birth 
information was theBaptism certificate.  This too had to be obtained from the 
Archives Department nearRua Ourem in Panjim.  I was able to track it down and 
get a copy.  The Baptismcertificate was a lengthy narrative written in 
Portuguese in beautiful handwriting.  I had to find a certified Portuguese 
translator to understand what it said.  Quite an eye-opener in my case.  It was 
a chronology of my Dad's birth in Saligao, where his mother hailed from, and 
her return to our ancestral village of Socorro.
Thank you for enlightening Goans in their search for their ancestry !  One 
cannot wait too long, as these old ledgers recording births in the village are 
slowly turning to dust.

  From: Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا 

 To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"  
 Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2016 2:00 AM
 Subject: [Goanet] Roots... finding your family trees in Goa
   
Tips to find your family tree if your background is Catholic and from Goa:

1. Get all names of people and places (as many as you can) relevant to your
ancestors, from others who might know in your family.

2. What is specially important is the 'vaddos' (localities) in villages you
are connected to. Try to be certain about these geographies before you get
started.
 be.
 Lastly, if you wish, do take a look at an article I'd written long back
on this subject:
http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-old-family-tree-shade/216523
It is written from a journalistic perspective.

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[Goanet] http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=402398

[Gabe Menezes]

Some smart alic said that Uk doesn't matter now all of a sudden it does
matter?

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=402398
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] The Faces of Brexit.

[Con Menezes]

  Eleven slides. 
http://time.com/4389255/the-faces-of-brexit/?xid=newsletter-photos-weekly

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[Goanet] Understanding Addiction.

[Con Menezes]

  
http://www.helpguide.org/harvard/how-addiction-hijacks-the-brain.htm

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Re: [Goanet] Milestone

[Venantius J Pinto]

John Lobo (Siolim) carried out Kantilal Desai who was injured in the
impact. Kantilal, was not wearing a seatbelt! IMAGINE.

A Prime Minister saved, but heroes remain unsaung
http://twocircles.net/2007nov05/prime_minister_saved_heroes_remain_unsung.html#.V3iYjjkrL-Y
"Just before the plane crash-landed, the crew had asked the trainee
engineer Balakrishnan, who was in the cockpit to move to the rear - a clear
proof that the crew nose landed the plane fully knowing the consequence.
Balakrishnan survived. Had they landed the plane on its belly, the aircraft
would have exploded and the story would have been very different," said
Babu Cyriac (brother of Squadron Leader Mathew Cyriac).
And then this headline: No memorial for errant pilots
IMAGINE!— thee was no errancy, but it is seen as such!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/No-memorial-for-errant-pilots/articleshow/42005351.cms
—vjp

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Marshall Mendonza 
wrote:

> Incidentally John Lobo was in the aircraft accompanying Morarji Desai, then
> PM which crash landed in Gauhati. It was piloted by Wing Comdr Clarence
> D'Lima another goan from Poona who died in the aircrash.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marshall
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *John Lobo an IPS officer, director of the CBI from 1977-79 and a Goan,
> turned 95 early June.He is remembered to this day for his tenure of being
> fearless, upright, successfully resisting political pressure and taking the
> institution to great heights.All the more remarkable when one considers the
> slippery slope the CBI has taken to reach its miserable state today.Roland
> FrancisToronto.*
>

[Goanet] BJP REWARDS ITS CAGED PARROT CHIEF SECRETARY R.K.SRIVASTAVA WITH A THREE MONTH EXTENSION

[Aires Rodrigues]

While the Government Employees Association has been vehemently opposing any
extension in service, the Goa Government has now secured an unwarranted
three month extension for its Chief Secretary R.K.Srivastava who was due to
retire on June 30th. With the Assembly elections due soon the BJP has
chosen to continue with the very pliable Yes-man R.K.Srivastava to enable
it bulldoze through without any hindrance all illegal moves it has up the
sleeve.


The bureaucrats should have been independent and impartial but sadly in Goa
they have totally surrendered to the political rot. The Chief Secretary who
heads the bureaucracy should have led by example and kept the
administration free from political interference, but the current lackluster
incumbent has been shamelessly bending and bowing all over, while signing
on the dotted line at the dictates of the political bosses.

Government cannot be using bureaucrats as pawns in their political games.
We need to stem this interdependent chronic relationship that exists
between Ministers and Civil servants. For Good Governance and Rule of law
to prevail, the political neutrality and impartiality of the civil servants
is very vital.  With bureaucrats acting as colluding caged parrots, the
government has been able to carry on with the further destruction and
degradation of Goa. Once the Pearl of the Orient, it has now been reduced
to a Corruption embedded gambling, prostitution, narcotics and crime hub.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

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