[Goanet] Ease of Living: Panjim slips to 90th

[Sandeep Heble]

 Panjim has been one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the
World. It has a unique and distinct charm which sets it apart from many
other Indian cities. Many cities can boast of having their own special
charesteristics but Panjim has that added flavour which can give you that
something extra. The river mandovi along with a beautiful promenade, in
house beaches like Miramar, Dona Paola and Campal, Portuguese styled
architecture, fascinating monuments, statues and structures, pleasant
hotels and eateries in and around, a rich heritage topped by friendly
people makes it a relaxed and yet spectacular wonder. But sad to see the
once beautiful city slipping to 90th on the "Ease of Living" index charts.
If we are at the bottom of the list of 111 cities which have been
evaluated, it is because the systems have let us down and no leadership has
tried to change that. Neither Congress. Nor BJP. Nor Parrikar. Several
consultants including top end foreign ones have come and drawn up some of
the most fascinating plans. But it is the execution part which has held the
city back. Everything is freezed on paper which moves ever so slowly from
one cabin to another, one Government office to another. As a result,
several central funds earmarked for the capital city have lapsed. Mr.
Parrikar, who is our CM as well as Panaji City MLA, needs to take stock of
the recent report and act swiftly, no longer casually. Some good management
and an extra dedicated touch are required which has been missing of late.
Whether it is a good public mobility plan, a state-of-the-art Football
stadium, St.Inez creek, Mala Lake, a garbage plant or a good parking plan,
projects designed on paper must not be allowed to be dragged indefinitely.
A lot of time bound promises have been made which need to see the light of
the day. Where is the IAS officer who was supposed to do the turn around in
a year? People are restless and want to see some good on - the - ground
action. Delegation of works, special supervisory committees, fast track
execution agencies, and realistic deadlines must be considered by Mr.
Parrikar and his lieutenants to bring Panjim back on track. Panjim is a
charming city and needs a special golden touch which is missing at present.
Time to reflect and ponder. Happy Independence Day to all.

warm regards,
Sandeep Heble

Re: [Goanet] MACAU: surging ahead

[Eddie]

Roland,
Not surprised that Macau will end up as Qatar of the East.
It seems that whatever the Chinese touch turn to gold. The Portuguese must
be hiding their heads in shame.
Here is some more info on Macau:
[pity that Goanet disallows images.]

Casinos in this former Portuguese colony, which returned to China in 1999,
now earn eight times more than they do in Las Vegas. Casino jobs, which pay
30-40 percent higher than in other sectors, approach a quarter of the labor
force. Add in casino-related positions like retailing and hospitality, and
about half the working population in this city of 600,000 is connected to
the gaming industry. The result is an enviable unemployment rate of 1.8
percent.

Macau’s  gaming economy is creating a generation of workers steeped in the
monotonous work of baccarat dealing and spinning roulette wheels, but with
few of the transferable skills needed in today’s globalized knowledge
economy. The gamblers are mainly from the mainland, a situation that may
suit Beijing just fine.

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Let's also outline other wonders achieved by China generally:
- has built a second aircraft carrier [while India keeps begging Russia
for renovated old carriers
- has built its own passenger jet
- its bullet train seems to the Japanese version [preferred by Modi]
- has built a hydrogen-powered tram   [pollution free]
- China's supercomputer is the world's fastest
- has built am 50 km bridge to Macau
- is building a gravity waves simulator
- on par with the US in scientific research. India is miles behind [relying
on godmen perhaps??]
- FOREX exceeds $3 trillion

Read more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqWDf-B-oBU

Eddie 

Re: [Goanet] Can non-resident Indians please shut up?

[Venantius J Pinto]

Hi Tensing!

Your post brought some thought to mind. I live abroad and have no
objections to your thought. But would like to offer a general suggestion.
One can only hope our fellows avoid making any blanket statements,
providing some material, a topic, or point out the erroneous suggestion,
etc. I am not prone to taking umbrage, and do not include myself in this
congeries of "people of Indian origin not living in India;" still, I do
appreciate clarity. Thinking cogently until it becomes the norm in any
being takes time. Writing is a whole other matter.

Many in the West, including me (this is one way to be real by looking
closer at oneself) are not doing well. "Ensconced cushiness?!" Temerity?!
Well. those who fall into that sense of privileges (or, lets simply say
they work hard, as do their old families in Goa) do not say much. On Goanet
there are a few who express on a variety of issues. Most of the alphas have
gone way. Other probably are succumbing to illnesses. I can say these
things. Then there are others who are simply living their good lives,
helping some and going about their business. The same who helped in
whatever way to help jumpstart endeavors, buying bibiks, sharing knowledge,
etc.

Speaking for self, rather than go Bhasma, found it better to develop a
thicker skin. In my case, it had to do with protecting myself from some in
the Desh. Note I did not say all.

Venantius J Pinto

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Tensing Rodrigues  wrote:

> Can the people of Indian origin not living in India please shut up? They
> seem to have an opinion about everything and anything that is happening in
> and to Mother India. Sitting in the comfort of their Dollar and Pound and
> Euro ensconced cushiness, they have the temerity to tell Indians in India
> about what is right and what is wrong.
>
> https://www.dailyo.in/politics/nris-intolerance-aamir-khan-narendra-modi-
> rajnath-singh-people-of-indian-origin-ocis-pseudo-
> nationalism/story/1/7685.html
>

Re: [Goanet] enter Imran Khan

[Eddie]

Nelson, are you sure that Imran Khan was sworn in today as PM?
According to the reliable paper DAWN, he will be sworn in as PM on Sat, 18th
August.
So what has happened today?

DAWN had this to say:
"The day began with a 31-gun salute in the capital, followed by 21-gun
salutes in all four provincial capitals.
The main ceremony was hosted at Islamabad's Jinnah Convention Centre, where
President Mamnoon Hussain hoisted the national flag. The ceremony was also
attended by caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, the three chiefs of the
armed forces and other notable personalities and foreign dignitaries.
Flag hoisting ceremonies were held in the provincial capitals as well as
district headquarters.
Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq and Senate chairman
Sadiq Sanjrani attend the independence day ceremony. "

Eddie
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-Original Message- 
From: Nelson Lopes

Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 3:53 PM
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! ; GOA THOMSON ; Dr. Armando Da
Silva
Subject: [Goanet] enter imran Khan

ENTER IMRAM KHAN

New P.M of Pakistan has been sworn in . Whether it bodes well for India
time alone will tell, notwithstanding the invitation to  India. May be
cricket diplomacy like pink pong earlier may be attempted. His role as a
captain, bowler, batsman may provide the spark if resumed, Cricket is like
a emotional, passionate war of sorts between the neighbours ,substitute for
physical engagement  In the past too attempts have been made by all sides
for rapprochement without much  success

[Goanet] Kingfisher, beer, Mallya

[Frederick Noronha]

Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka on Twitter:

Seeing the several Kingfisher beer bottles in my fridge, my friend asked:
"What is this for?"
I replied: "I'm doing what the banks and the Government could not do...
freezing the properties of Vijay Mallya.
After freezing, I will also liquidate these assets."

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[Goanet] Sashtikar cursing Rane in Konkani...

[Frederick Noronha]

...in a London train gets 23k views, 854 likes (and 39 dislikes):

https://youtu.be/HGReubbgRTM

[Goanet] TARIQ ALI on VS NAIPAUL

[Eddie]

Tariq Ali  is a respected intellectual & writer living in UK.
He studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford and 
elected President of the Oxford Union in 1965. He was an activist in the 
Vietnam War & engaged in debates against the war with the likes of Henry 
Kissinger and Michael Stewart. He has long been associated with the New Left 
Review; his partner Susan Watkins is Editor.


Naipaul and C.L.R. James were educated at the same colonial school. The high 
quality of teaching in classics and English literature left its mark on both 
men. Both of them came to England. James moved to Marxism and became a great 
historian in that tradition. Naipaul cultivated a cultural conservatism that 
later became his hallmark both politically and socially. The classical 
heritage of the European bourgeoisie had completely bewitched him. He saw it 
as the dominant pillar of Western civilisation and this led him to 
underplay, ignore and sometimes to justify its barbaric sides both at home 
and abroad.
He lived his life through a circle of friends that he had carefully 
selected. Most, if not all, were figures on the right.


Whatever his politics, the novels were very good, especially the earlier 
ones. The autobiographical 'A House for Mr Biswas' remains a comic 
masterpiece. And it would have made an excellent TV series. Would he ever 
agree? It wasn’t a secret that Naipaul had long opposed his work being 
transferred to small or big screen. Twenty-odd years ago I rang him up and 
was invited to lunch. His US agent had once forced him to fly out to 
‘discuss filming A Bend in the River ‘ with Francis Coppola.


Against his own instincts, Naipaul arrived on the West Coast. At the 
hacienda, Coppola informed him that the only other guest apart from family 
would be George Lucas. During supper Coppola handed Naipaul a script that he 
had commissioned. He wanted Naipaul to have a quick read of the adaptation 
and see what he thought. He turned down the proposal.


His second wife, Nadira, whom he married in 1996, persuaded him to calm down 
and let Ismail Merchant commission Caryl Phillips to write a script of The 
Mystic Masseur. Naipaul was filled with foreboding that it might turn out to 
be awful. ‘It did.’ This was not a promising start. He asked why I liked A 
House for Mr Biswas. ‘It’s pure,’ I replied, ‘and very funny.’ He agreed we 
should have a go. Farrukh Dhondy, he agreed, knew the book well and Channel 
Four commissioned the scripts. Peter Ansorge was a stern invigilator and 
made sure that most of the dialogue from the novel was retained. Naipaul and 
Nadira and Gillon Aitken (his agent) were pleased with the final product. 
But Channel Four wanted white actors and the project was dropped.


Read more in 
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/08/13/tariq-ali/mr-fords-hacienda/


-
Eddie 

[Goanet] Can non-resident Indians please shut up?

[Tensing Rodrigues]

Can the people of Indian origin not living in India please shut up? They
seem to have an opinion about everything and anything that is happening in
and to Mother India. Sitting in the comfort of their Dollar and Pound and
Euro ensconced cushiness, they have the temerity to tell Indians in India
about what is right and what is wrong.

https://www.dailyo.in/politics/nris-intolerance-aamir-khan-narendra-modi-rajnath-singh-people-of-indian-origin-ocis-pseudo-nationalism/story/1/7685.html

[Goanet] MACAU: surging ahead

[Eddie]

Roland,
Not surprised that Macau will end up as Qatar of the East.
It seems that whatever the Chinese touch turn to gold. The Portuguese must 
be hiding their heads in shame.

Here is some more info on Macau:
[pity that Goanet disallows images.]

Casinos in this former Portuguese colony, which returned to China in 1999, 
now earn eight times more than they do in Las Vegas. Casino jobs, which pay 
30-40 percent higher than in other sectors, approach a quarter of the labor 
force. Add in casino-related positions like retailing and hospitality, and 
about half the working population in this city of 600,000 is connected to 
the gaming industry. The result is an enviable unemployment rate of 1.8 
percent.


Macau’s  gaming economy is creating a generation of workers steeped in the 
monotonous work of baccarat dealing and spinning roulette wheels, but with 
few of the transferable skills needed in today’s globalized knowledge 
economy. The gamblers are mainly from the mainland, a situation that may 
suit Beijing just fine.


===
Let's also outline other wonders achieved by China generally:
- has built a second aircraft carrier [while India keeps begging Russia 
to renovated old carriers

- has built its own passenger jet
- its bullet train seems to the Japanese version which is being bought by 
Modi.

- has built a hydrogen-powered tram   [pollution free]
- China's supercomputer is the world's fastest
- has built am 50 km bridge to Macau
- is building a gravity waves simulator
- on par with the US in scientific research. India is miles behind [relying 
on godmen perhaps??]

- FOREX exceeds $3 trillion

Read more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqWDf-B-oBU

Eddie

Re: [Goanet] enter Imran Khan

[Eddie]

Nelson, are you sure that Imran Khan was sworn in today as PM?
According to the reliable paper DAWN, he will be sworn in as PM on Sat, 18th 
August.

So what has happened today?

DAWN had this to say:
"The day began with a 31-gun salute in the capital, followed by 21-gun 
salutes in all four provincial capitals.
The main ceremony was hosted at Islamabad's Jinnah Convention Centre, where 
President Mamnoon Hussain hoisted the national flag. The ceremony was also 
attended by caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, the three chiefs of the 
armed forces and other notable personalities and foreign dignitaries.
Flag hoisting ceremonies were held in the provincial capitals as well as 
district headquarters.
Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq and Senate chairman 
Sadiq Sanjrani attend the independence day ceremony. "


Eddie
=

-Original Message- 
From: Nelson Lopes

Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 3:53 PM
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! ; GOA THOMSON ; Dr. Armando Da 
Silva

Subject: [Goanet] enter imran Khan

ENTER IMRAM KHAN

New P.M of Pakistan has been sworn in . Whether it bodes well for India
time alone will tell, notwithstanding the invitation to  India. May be
cricket diplomacy like pink pong earlier may be attempted. His role as a
captain, bowler, batsman may provide the spark if resumed, Cricket is like
a emotional, passionate war of sorts between the neighbours ,substitute for
physical engagement  In the past too attempts have been made by all sides
for rapprochement without much  success

[Goanet] What’s Goan?

[Roland Francis]

Probable answers from well known entities to Bennet Paes’ question ‘What’s 
Goan’:

Parrikar: One whom you can feed anything.

Parsekar: One from whom you can take anything.

Rane: One who will clean anything.

Sardessai: One who can be easily betrayed.

Churchill: One who will pay anything.

Pacheco: One against whom you can threaten anything.

Monserrate: One to whom you can lend anything (with collateral).

Kamat: One from whose land you can strip anything.

Alemao: One with whom you can trade public works for private money.

Drug Dealer: One to whom you can sell anything (potent of course).

Haryanvi: One from whom you can buy anything (preferably land and home).

Seafood Trader: One whose fish you can lace with anything.

FDA and Coroner: One for whom you can write any report you feel like and change 
anytime you feel like.

Journalists: One who will believe anything.


Bennet Paes wrote:
WHAT’S GOAN?
I used to tell my daughter: “Always remember, you are a Goan”. I did not say “a 
Goan first” because I could not invent an order of priorities. Her older son’s 
British school asked him to wear his national dress at a school function. So 
his father bought him an Indian outfit for the occasion. The little fellow 
asked his father: “Is that Goan?” The father told him: “Ask your grandfather.” 
I remain nonplussed; can anyone tell what’s 'Goan?


Roland.

[Goanet] enter imran Khan

[Nelson Lopes]

ENTER IMRAM KHAN

New P.M of Pakistan has been sworn in . Whether it bodes well for India
time alone will tell, notwithstanding the invitation to  India. May be
cricket diplomacy like pink pong earlier may be attempted. His role as a
captain, bowler, batsman may provide the spark if resumed, Cricket is like
a emotional, passionate war of sorts between the neighbours ,substitute for
physical engagement  In the past too attempts have been made by all sides
for rapprochement without much  success

The people of Pakistan invest in democracy with a hope, expectations and
aspiration for change of order for better. The civilian Govts have suffered
the same disease of maneuvering by military establishment from behind. Ms
Bhuto blowing hot and cold was eliminated by design not by accident as it
appears to be. Musharaf too made news wearing a mask of peace and waging
the infamous Kargil war .The actions of Sharif alienated the establishment,
who tried to put a spork in is wheel of developing cordial relations The
war cries and bugles is favourite diet of military to keep in them in the
reckoning .No one dares to rub them on the wrong sides. Musharaf is in
exile with all his patriotic flavor having the taste of his own medicine he
administered to his predecessor Since the military establishment cannot
dislodge the democratic Govt by a coup, they embroil their unamenable
leaders in the cauldron of soup of economic offences Military coup will
lead to crippling economic sanctions that will not be to the advantage of
military bosses and that is why they thread a beaten path. Already winds of
allegations of corruption are blowing against the new incumbent, meant to
send a subtle warning. The civilian Govt is always check mated for trying
to pursue a liberal approach towards India and must receive tacit approval
of military establishment, hence the democratic Govt in Pakistan is
constantly under a strain to please the military. The military is pursuing
a low intensity war of terrorism bleeding India with non-state actors,
jihadi groups and terrorist training camps on its soil   with denial mode
as its strategy

The one solution that could reign in peace is the suggestion that LOC be
converted into International border. Both sides give up their hardened
stand to re occupy the positions held as present. Improvement of trade,
exchange of visitors person to person contact, stopping export of cross
border terrorism with military support and reigning in the jihadi groups
can at least bring about thaw in hostile relations The threat of nuclear
war is a bogey that will have consequences for warring groups with economic
disaster for already a ruined economy of Pakistan, The cold war bitterness
between Russia, China, USA for strategic foothold in the region is no more
the avowed purpose and Pakistan no more holds its cards The Afghanistan
issue is no more the bone of contention to give Pakistan  aid, which has
been misused

Imran Khan as the new P.M carries the weight on his shoulders .He has to
please the military establishment , not alienate the powerful Jihadi groups
nurtured and cultivated by military and fulfill the aspiration of people
who have put him in the saddle to deliver growth, prosperity in a peaceful
environment The people of Pakistan by and large want friendly relations
with India. It s their hope that Imram Khan will meet their aspirations
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] Bebinca Hits Macau

[Roland Francis]

No deaths, no problem.
Money will solve a lot of other smaller problems.

Just read that Macau would overtake Qatar in GDP and per capita income.

If Goa Portuguesa was a nation than Ole Xac would be its Macau-resident China 
ambassador.

Roland.

Re: [Goanet] DENIED FOOTPATH FOR PEDESTRIANS?

[Paul p]

I agree with you.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:16 PM Stephen Dias  wrote:

>
> Look at both of these attached photos in the heart of city opposite Don
> Bosco Panaji. Pedestrians are made to walk on the roadside by blocking the
> footpath built by M/s EDCON BUILDERS and partners. This footpath is seen in
> front of CLUCK TALES and it is built with the beautiful tiling work and at
> two places a obstacle of a quite a big size is placed a tree for reasons
> best known to the builders/owners. Some watchmen are on continuous duty to
> see that no rush of pedestrians can walk but in the contrary their 2 and 4
> wheelers are seen everyday parked in that area which is meant for public to
> walk. Also what is interesting is a rope is tied all around and pedestrians
> made to walk outside this zone on the road with well guarded security
> personnel.
> Will the CCP OR THE RULING GOVERNMENT TAKE NOTE OF THIS ILLEGALITY AND
> DEMOLISH THINGS WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO USE THIS
> FOOTPATH?
>
> Stephen Dias
> Panjimite and affected citizen of this city of Panaji.
> 14.8.2018
> Sent from my Samsung device
>

[Goanet] GOANET OBITS: Dr. Theresa K Kalatheeveethil (by Tony DeSa)

[Frederick Noronha]

In the distant past, the early 70's, in fact, I joined the Nirmala
Institute of Education, Altinho, Panjim, - one of Goa's premier Educational
Institutions - to pursue studies for the B. Ed degree. It was then that I
ecountered a personality, I cannot and will not forget , Dr. Theresa K
Kalatheeveethil.

Dr. Kalatheeveethil was a nun of the order of the Daughters of the Heart of
Mary, the order which was tasked by the Bishop of Goa to run a teachers
training college, a much felt need then.

Dr. Kalatheeveethil was extremely qualified for the job she was entrusted,
having pursued studies in India and the USA.

She was an exacting taskmistress and would tolerate no sloppiness on the
part of the Staff and  students. As an administrator, she had no equal.

Yet, I certainly admire her for her humane side. She was very understanding
of student problems and difficulties. I personally was a beneficiary of her
kindness and above all understanding.

Under her stewardship, hundreds of teachers have passed through the portals
of Nirmala Institute and most of them will certainly agree that their lives
have been touched by Dr. T K K.

I have just heard that Dr. Passed away yesterday at 3.30 pm in Kerala. May
her soul rest in Peace.

Goa owes her a debt of gratitude and she should be honoured by putting her
in a Goan Hall of Fame.

tonyd...@gmail.com
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[Goanet] The Isabel Santa Rita Vaz interview

[Frederick Noronha]

https://youtu.be/EXGKCMeC7eg





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[Goanet] AIFF MEDIA ADVISORY: MEDIA ACCREDITATION FORM FOR SAFF SUZUKI CUP 2018

[Shoubhik Mukhopadhyay]

 Dear Colleagues,

Please find the media accreditation form for SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018 attached
herewith.

Please act accordingly and send in your request to the email ids mentioned
in the application form itself.

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[Goanet] DENIED FOOTPATH FOR PEDESTRIANS?

[Stephen Dias]

Look at both of these attached photos in the heart of city opposite Don
Bosco Panaji. Pedestrians are made to walk on the roadside by blocking the
footpath built by M/s EDCON BUILDERS and partners. This footpath is seen in
front of CLUCK TALES and it is built with the beautiful tiling work and at
two places a obstacle of a quite a big size is placed a tree for reasons
best known to the builders/owners. Some watchmen are on continuous duty to
see that no rush of pedestrians can walk but in the contrary their 2 and 4
wheelers are seen everyday parked in that area which is meant for public to
walk. Also what is interesting is a rope is tied all around and pedestrians
made to walk outside this zone on the road with well guarded security
personnel.
Will the CCP OR THE RULING GOVERNMENT TAKE NOTE OF THIS ILLEGALITY AND
DEMOLISH THINGS WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO USE THIS
FOOTPATH?

Stephen Dias
Panjimite and affected citizen of this city of Panaji.
14.8.2018
Sent from my Samsung device

[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: NIKHIL POOJARY DETERMINED TO ‘MAKE IT COUNT’

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Dear Colleagues,



Please find the interview with Nikhil Poojary.



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*NEW DELHI:* Promising youngster Nikhil Poojary wholeheartedly thanked All
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days before making a comeback in the ongoing National Team camp in New
Delhi.



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[Goanet] Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Jude Botelho]

14-Aug-2018
Dear Friend,
It is said we become what we eat and we know that what we eat becomes part of 
ourselves. We become especially conscious of this after a serious illness, when 
we feel weak and we feel the need to eat to strengthen our bodies through the 
food we take in. We want to have not only chicken soup but something more 
solid, in fact anything that will give us the energy we need to carry on. Jesus 
drew energy and life from His Father. "My food is to do the will of my Father." 
Where does energy come from? Have a ‘God energized’ weekend! -Fr. Jude
Sunday Refl. 20th Sunday “Everyone who eats this bread will live forever!” 
19-Aug-2018Proverbs 9: 1-6;          Eph. 5: 15-20;           John 6: 51-58;
Today’s reading is a small portion of the Book of Proverbs which tries to give 
us words of God’s wisdom to live by. The reading imagines Wisdom as a woman who 
has provided a plentiful table of meat and wine. All who lack wisdom are 
invited to come to the banquet where something wonderful awaits them. The point 
the reading is making is that we have a choice to make: living according to the 
wisdom of God or living out our own foolish ways. It surprises us that God 
offers us his wisdom free of cost, we only have to come to him and it is ours 
for the asking. Will we live our life in partnership with God or manage on our 
own?
Just in CaseLiving as we did in a congested and bustling city, my mother 
arranged with a teenage girl who lived next door to walk me home at the end of 
the day. For this arduous responsibility, the girl was paid five cents a day, 
or a grand total of a quarter a week. In the second grade I became irritated 
that our poor family was giving this neighbor girl so much money, and I offered 
a deal to mom. "Look", I said, "I’ll walk myself to school and if you give me a 
nickel a week, I will be extra careful. You can keep the other twenty cents and 
we’ll all be better off." For the next two years I walked to and from school 
all by myself. Years later when we were enjoying a family party, I bragged 
about my characteristic independence and, in a grandiose fashion, reminded my 
family of how I had been able to take care of myself, even as a small boy. It 
was then that my mother laughed and told me the whole story. "Did you really 
think that you were alone?" she asked. "Every morning when you left for school, 
I left with you. I walked behind you all the way. When you got out of school at 
3.30 in the afternoon, I was there. I always kept myself hidden, but I was 
there and followed you all the way home. I just wanted to be there for you in 
case you needed me. Mom was always there for me…Tony Campolo from ‘What My 
Parents Did Right’
In today’s Gospel Jesus proclaims that He is more important than anything else. 
"I am the living bread from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever; 
and the bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." Here 
unlike the Israelites who ate manna, the food prepared and provided by God; 
here we do not have food provided by God, but God himself becomes the food that 
sustains us. Unlike food that becomes part of us when we eat, we are invited to 
become part of God by receiving His son in the Eucharist. The people refused to 
accept the invitation of Jesus saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to 
eat?" We, too, in so many ways have the same reaction. I think I can manage 
most of the time; I only need him in emergencies. I have enough resources of my 
own to get along.
“Why bring God in the picture?"Upon the mountain top lived a kind and gentle 
God and in the village far below, lived his people. They were a very busy 
people, with books to read, games to play and many meetings to attend to. They 
seldom thought about the kind and gentle God, so far away did he seem. No one 
had seen his face and some doubted he was even there at all. One day, God 
looked on his own and wanted very much that they should be friends. ‘I must do 
some small things’ he thought, ‘to show them that I care.’ And each day he sent 
a messenger to the village, a pack upon his back and in the pack was a gift for 
everyone in the village. Each day the gifts arrived and each day the people ran 
with open arms to gather them. Soon, however, they got used to being gifted. 
Some began to grab the gifts from the pack, some took more than they were meant 
to have, and some complained of the gifts that were too small. Far up on the 
mountain sat God. Day after lonely day he waited for a word of thanks, for a 
friendly word, or just recognition that he was there. But no word came. ‘If 
only I can’t tell them that I am’, God thought, ‘how can I tell them I am a 
friend, and that I want to give them friendship most of all?’ And then his eyes 
lit up. ‘I know’, he said, ‘I’ll give a party for my friends below. I’ll give a 
party and invite them all. Surely if they spend some time with me, and learn to 
know how much I care, then of course they wil

[Goanet] Goan Literature in Portuguese

[John de Figueiredo]

This comment does not mention the most important series of volumes on Goan 
literature:
Dicionário de Literatura Goesa by Aleixo Manuel da Costa
This monumental work was published by Instituto Cultural de Macau, Fundação 
Oriente.
John M. de Figueiredo 


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[Goanet] Comment on O Heraldo editorial "When Government fails... this is what happens"

[Floriano Lobo]

‘When Government fails, this is what happens’
 Editorial - O Heraldo – 14 Aug. 2018

http://epaper.heraldgoa.in//imageview_5457_148201841243223_4_71_14-08-2018_6_i_1_sf.html


Comments

To start with, we would like to correct the above caption to ‘ WHEN
GOVERNMENTS FAIL, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS’.  As rightly mentioned in the above
editorial, successive governments have failed Goa and Goans since 1963.

GSRP came into being  in the year 2000 through 11 , all Goa deliberations
and debates, starting at the International Centre – Dona Paula, and ending
at Caritas- Goa, Panjim.  The motivating factor was  “to what extent
*‘self-sacrifice’* must be the necessary ingredient in any political reform
centered around bringing  a drastic change the way Goa is governed”.

The result was a draft constitution of a probable political party that
contained  three, most rare and feet-cutting provisions that would
ordinarily spell the doom of this exercise, [and after 18 years, this has
come to pass]  namely *Art. 34* [Only 5 member Cabinet including the CM], *Art.
38* [No office of profit to the elected people’s representatives], i.e.
chairmenships of govt. corporations and institutions and *Art. 40* [Recall
] where the constituents could pass a no-confidence motion on its MLA and
have him/her recalled].  To cap it up, *Art 41* was provided where there
could be no amendments to the above trio whatsoever along with a slew of
other provisions vital to the body of the constitution, as long as the
named entity remained afloat.

Subsequent to the year 2000, in 2005, GSRP published its ROAD MAP FOR GOA,
a document of a lifetime, which sought to correct the major mistakes in
Goa’s governance and provide a way for a probable flawless administration,
backed by the people of Goa, which would remove the anxiety of the people
of Goa as to how the elected representatives would bring in the change in
Governance.  All that was necessary was to have a handful of Goans who
would stand for it and promote it.

It is sad to admit that, in spite of the people of Goa looking up for a
dispensation that would govern Goa to the standard of governance that Goa
was governed prior to the ‘ so called’  liberation in 1961,  there were no
takers.  After 18  years of remaining afloat, GSRP has to take a back seat,
because it is apparent that MONEY,  loads of it, is required to promote
such a gospel to the level of acceptance, which concept GSRP stubbornly
refused and refuse,  paving the way for it to be called having the
mentality of the HINDUTVA. In other words, it was expected that GSRP will
take U-Turns after U-Turns in order to promote itself.  If GSRP has to be
classified as having the mentality of HINDUTVA, so be it. But it will
remain what it was built for and die as such. If people require ‘money’ to
cast their ‘vote’ to bring about a change in their own favour, then let it
be for the Congress, the BJP and the umpteen number of dispensations that
are struggling to race-up to the top. But it will not be GSRP.

The editor of O Heraldo, Mr. Sujay Gupta had taken an onerous initiative to
coin up a dispensation that would be projected in front of the people of
Goa on a massive scale for the  2017 electoral race. And at its first
deliberation which was participated by most of the politically conscious
elite of Goa,  dreaming of a fruitful change, Oscar Rebello had made a
statement  QUOTE GSRP has a beautiful Road Map for Goa. But it needs to be
taken forward UNQUOTE. It is , in deed, perplexing to come to the
understanding as to ‘who’ or ‘how’ the GSRP’s Road Map for Goa will be
taken forward when Goans  want to stand on borrowed legs. Needless to say
that Mr. Sujay Gupta’s initiative came up with the roadblock after the very
first session.

If Goa’s politics does not incorporate heavy but really heavy
‘self-sacrifices’ on the part of Goa’s political promoters,  all this
social activism, agitations and court cases will never end, nor will help
to change the governance for  the better, because,  there is not an iota of
‘unity in selflessness’ in what is happening. And the end result is going
to be the grand burial of the GOA that we Goans dreamt of as the Pearl of
the East.



 In finality, Goans have just one choice. To read and to sign  the online
Change.org Free Goa Petition to the United Nations  in numbers, so that the
powers that be  may deem it fit to look at it favourably, to correct the
injustices that have been allowed to happen towards Goa during its
deliberations in 1961 and which injustices are allowed to be perpetrated to
this day.

SIGN THE PETITION AT :
https://www.change.org/p/goans-frustrated-with-india-s-refusal-to-grant-special-status-un-general-assembly-is-petitioned-to-re-instate-goa-s-status-as-non-self-governing-territory-per-un-res-1542-xv-of-15-dec-60




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