[Goanet] The Great Indian Stretchable Time

[Melito Dcosta]

The Great Indian Stretchable Time

I need to make a conscious effort to remember the last time when I boarded
the bus on time or a train departed from the station at the scheduled time.
The sad part of the narrative is that we, the people of Goa and India, are
so accustomed to the delays that we are totally at ease when the local bus
is delayed by 30 minutes to an hour! Consequently when it actually arrives
the bus conductor has not a bit remorse of the delay. Similarly, when the
train by the Konkan railway route is delayed by three hours the only
consolation a passenger receives is the mechanized voice saying, *“Dear
Passengers* *the inconvenience is deeply regretted!” *

I strongly believe that it is very important for us to be responsible and
value time. When we personally value time and respect our daily engagements
only then the local machineries like the bus and train services will be
coerced to respect our planned schedules.

Let us Respect Time and demand the authorities to respect our time as Miles
Davis said, *‘Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.’*

-- By Melito D Costa, Varca.

[Goanet] The changing face of Moira

[elroy da gama]

When anyone hears the name of the village of Moira, the first thought that
comes to mind is that of the famous Moira bananas.  Moira in fact was a
typical village until recently with large tracks of fertile agricultural
fields.  It is in these fields that our ancestors connected with nature and
produced bountiful gifts of the land through which they earned their bread
and butter.

Apart from the bananas, the Moiddecars grew tenddli, chilies, vegetables.
The plateau called Gavar located somewhat in the centre of the village was
the land where they cultivated kattaconggies (a rustic crop) and nachne
(millet) during he monsoons.

I myself, now in my twenties, had the opportunity to witness my
grandparents working very hard manually in our fields.  Most of the
cultivation was done manually -- drawing of water with the latt (a
traditional instrument to draw water) was both an amusement and a tiresome
task.

People now have unfortunately abandoned their agricultural lands. This
means that the village loses its charm and the people, their food.
Increasingly, Moira is becoming a suburban area, and is no longer a
productive village. Encroachments in the field are noticeable. Something
should be done to improve the situation.

Elroy da Gama.

[Goanet] Garbage! Garbage! Garbage!

[Frankey Carvalho]

I heard someone saying a couple of days ago that a few days earlier the
garbage along the Mapusa-Siolim road had been cleared. But on visiting the
place yesterday, to my surprise there was garbage very much visible there
yet again.
Now the question that arises is, who is responsible for all this? We don't
need masterminds to answer this question. It is WE who are responsible for
the accumulation of the garbage. Left-overs from our homes, gaddas, hotels
etc. are just dumped along the roads, thus turning into food for cows and
stray dogs thereby creating a nuisance along the road. There are garbage
bins placed at various places but we are too lazy to get down from our
bikes and cars and to place our left-overs in these bins. Rather, we find
pleasure in playing the throw ball game. I mean to say that what we do is
to just toss away bags of garbage. Later, we are not bothered whether these
bags of garbage end up in the right place or not.
The Municipalities and the local Panchayats are doing a wonderful job of
collecting garbage. But we are not seen co-operating with the local bodies.
Garbage has been a common issue and there are thousands of locals who are
suffering because of this unchecked menace.
Let us appreciate the work of the local bodies and let us work hand in hand
for the solution of the problem of Garbage. Let us prevent the
Mapusa-Siolim road from becoming another Sonsddo and keep Goa clean and
green.

Frankey Carvalho

[Goanet] Baina Bridge

[Tyson dcosta]

The very name Baina once and still has a stereotyped understanding ofits ugly 
truth of prostitution, and it has been known across as the state’s redlight area

 

My own experience has taught me various lessons. During my school days,on  
being asked, "Where do youlive?" I would hesitantly reply, saying Baina. The 
simple reason being youwould be a target of much mockery simply because of the 
stereotypedunderstanding of the locality in Goa’s port town. Today that the 
place isnearly free and clean from such a racket, most of us were happy to say 
to oneanother that Baina would now get a new vision. 

 

But this new vision has brought confusion into the minds of the locals.Bridges? 
Seriously? Who asked for one? The work all began silently. Goemkarsalways have 
a tendency to stand and watch the show without raising anyquestions. But alas! 
Once it is almost half ready it becomes too late to sayanything about it. These 
bridges seem as big as the ones built around rest ofthe state of Goa. Does 
Baina really have a voice? So many of its locals havemigrated abroad for better 
prospects. Baina today has almost lost its identityof what it truly is. One can 
see too many immigrant settlers residing there.Will they ever raise their 
voices? Surely not. They will not only not stand andwatch but will deny the 
fact that they are even implicitly being affected inany way by these bridges. 

 

Right now it is just the dust in the air. Tomorrow it will be the noiseof the 
heavy vehicles travelling on these bridges day and night. Surely everyperson in 
Baina has accepted the fact that they cannot do anything about theprogress of 
the bridge in Baina even if it means that their will has notconsented to it. 
Yet there is a cry for a stop!

 

Baina has been undergoing various changes. Changes that could bedeforming and 
not reforming. It is easy to get your way when there is no unityamong the 
citizens, and the locals who have a long-term stake in theissue.   If the Goans 
don’t raise the issue, can weexpect the settler population to do so?

 

It seems like too much to expect, but this could be the only way out.





Tyson Da CostaBaina

[Goanet] new nationalism

[Eugene Correia]

March/April 2019 Issue 
What’s Inside

Nationalism drove some of the greatest crimes in history. Now it's back
with a vengeance.
By Gideon Rose 






The nation-state is so dominant today that it seems natural. But no
political arrangements are natural, and any concept with a hyphen has a
fault line running through it by definition. States are sovereign political
structures. Nations are unified social groups. What does each owe the other?

The claims of the state are obvious: it has a host of practical
responsibilities and legions of technocrats working to satisfy them. But
the claims of the nation are less clear, and they come with ugly echoes.
The advocacy of those claims—nationalism—drove some of the greatest crimes
in history. And so the concept became taboo in polite society, in hopes
that it might become taboo in practice, as well. Yet now it has come back
with a vengeance. Here, a dazzling collection of writers explain what’s
happening and why.

Jill Lepore opens with a bravura survey

of
two and a half centuries of American national consciousness. Today’s
challenge, she argues, is not to resist nationalism but to reappropriate it.

Kwame Anthony Appiah tackles the supposed incompatibility
of
nationalism and cosmopolitanism, which he claims is based on a
misunderstanding, since cosmopolitans believe in the possibility of
multiple nested identities.

Andreas Wimmer notes that distinguishing good, civic nationalism from bad,
ethnic nationalism is largely unhelpful,
 since
the two share so many assumptions. For him as well, the contemporary battle
is not to fight nationalism but to promote inclusive versions of it.

Jan-Werner Müller argues that the true challenge comes not from nationalism
per se but from a particular populist variant
. The best response is
to avoid getting distracted and focus on delivering practical results.

Robert Sapolsky offers a depressing take on nationalism’s cognitive enablers
. When it
comes to group belonging, humans don’t seem too far from chimpanzees:
people are comfortable with the familiar and bristle at the unfamiliar.
Taming our aggressive tendencies requires swimming upstream.

Yael Tamir suggests that the main problem
today
is a clash between nationalism and neoliberal globalism
.
Nationalists want states to intervene in the market to defend their
citizens; their opponents favor freer trade and freer movement of people.
Jack Snyder concurs, suggesting that the proper response is to allow
governments greater freedom to manage capitalism
. And
Lars-Erik Cederman shows that rising ethnic nationalism has usually been
followed by violent upheavals,
 so keeping things
peaceful down the road will be difficult.

Nationalism’s largely unpredicted resurgence is sobering. But these essays
left me hopeful, because they show a way out. Underneath all the theory and
history and science, everything boils down to politics. Leaders and
governments need to produce real solutions to real problems. If they don’t,
their disaffected publics will look for answers elsewhere. It’s as simple
as that.

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Re: [Goanet] The dynamics of Goan electronic media, taxi and rickshaw drivers is changing

[Roland Francis]

Another sign of many, of lawlessness in Goa as seen from the complaints of 
public transport workers in Margao.

There are a thousand departments and authorities but they are fit only to:
Pass the buck.
Fill their pockets.

That’s the sad story of government in India.

Just finished reading about a Bombay resident making derogatory comments on 
Facebook about Raj Thackeray a political leader of a local party called MNS.

His supporters went to the house of that man, beat him up, made him do push-ups 
and apologize for his actions on video. They took him to the local police 
station where he was charge-sheeted even though he was the victim of the 
assault. The MNS thugs went scot free.

Roland.
Toronto.


> On Apr 10, 2019, at 10:23 AM, armstrong augusto vaz  
> wrote:
> 
> https://youtu.be/IDLvQkvkYZE
> 
> The dynamics of Goan electronic media, taxi and rickshaw drivers is changing

[Goanet] The dynamics of Goan electronic media, taxi and rickshaw drivers is changing

[armstrong augusto vaz]

https://youtu.be/IDLvQkvkYZE

The dynamics of Goan electronic media, taxi and rickshaw drivers is changing

[Goanet] CCR TV Schedule for 11th April 2019

[CCR TV]

CCR TV GOA
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Kindly pass around the word to your friends and relatives in any part of
the globe that they can keep track of all the CCR TV output (including our
archives) via the simple-to-use,
free-to download CCR TV app from the Google Playstore.
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Schedule for Thursday 11th April  2019

12:00 Midnight
Rosary - Luminous Mysteries

12:30 AM
Career Guidance - Goa Art College

01:00 AM
Health Matters- Dental Issues- Dr.Ida  Ataide interviewed by Runa Tavora
Aggarwal

01:30 AM
Music- Vakhann'nni 2- followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

02:00 AM
Praise and Worship - Fatorda 2 followed by Daily Prayer to the Holy Spirit

02:30 AM
Bhajans 5

03:00 AM
Tum Jezucho Mog Kortai?- Fr. Joseph da Silva

03:30 AM
Novem Jivit- a Talk by Victor Macarenhas

04:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai- Uzvaddache Mister

04:30 AM
Prayer for Laity- Talk by Giorgio Mazzola

05:00 AM
Youthopia - Mysticka interviews Anthea (violinist)

05:30 AM
Museums of Goa- San Thome Museum- Back in time - Part 2

06:00 AM
Celebrate the Love of Christ- Cherubs of Holy Family

07:00 AM
Bhajans 5

07:30 AM
Music- Vakhann'nni 2- followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

08:00 AM
Praise and Worship - Fatorda 2 followed by Daily Prayer to the Holy Spirit

08:20 AM Avoi- a poem by Ana Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues

08:30 AM
Haanv Konn?-  a talk by Mathew Fernandes

08:55 AM
Bhokti Lharam- Bhag  4

09:00 AM
Announcements

09:02 AM
Prayer for Couples in Konkani

09:05 AM
Our Father / Amchea Bapa- Mundari

09:10 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 27 - Makddancho Upas - Fr. Pratap Naik sj

09:20 AM
Vocation- A Prophetic Call- a talk by Sr. Sirisha Kota CSJ

09:30 AM
Talk on Growing in Jesus by Dr Silvia Noronha

10:05 AM
Tum Jezucho Mog Kortai?- Fr. Joseph da Silva

10:30 AM
Literally Goa- Fr. Visitacao B. Monterio interviewed by Frederick Noronha

11:00 AM
Kalliz Jezuchem- Orlando D'Souza

11:30 AM
Mass in Konkani followed by  Jivitacho Prokas and Saint of the Day

12:00 Noon
Stations of the Cross- Konkani - Ulisses and Suzy Menezes

12:47 PM
Spiritual Growth by Savio Mascarenhas

01:20 PM
Konknni Bhas Eps 02- Fr Pratap Naik SJ

01:50 PM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borvopi- Manuel Fernandes interviewed by Daniel F. de Souza

02:30 PM
Why did Jesus become incarnate, crucified, resurrected? Talk by Dr. Sarita
Nazareth

03:00 PM
Divine Mercy English 3

03:20 PM
Differ to be Different- Sr. Saral

03:30 PM
Internet Addiction and the Church's response- Talk by Sr. Joeyanna D'Souza

04:00 PM
Rosary - Luminous Mysteries

04:25 PM
Reflection on the Gospel- Dominican Media Mission

04:30 PM
Exercises for Sr Citizens- 4

05:00 PM
Tell me a story- Good Samaritans

05:20 PM
Bhavart- Poem by  Sandhya Fernandes

05:25 PM
Jezu Novean Ietolo- a song by Fr. Eusico Pereira

05:30 PM
Career Guidance- MBA- Goa University

06:00 PM
Angelus

06:02 PM
St Luke's Guild - Dr Enid Miranda and Dr Gladstone D'Costa interviewed  by
Basil D'Cunha

06 30 PM
Mass in English followed by Daily Flash

07:00 PM
Aimorechem Magnnem followed by Prayer for India  3

07:05 PM
A lesson from Bartimeaus- Leela Moraes

07:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai- Uzvaddache Mister

08:00 PM
A Lenten Sacred Musical Concert - Motets - by Fabiola Lopes e Fernandes -
Divar

09:00 PM
Announcements

09:05 PM
Prayer for Couples in English

09:10 PM
Ratchem Magnnem

09:30 PM
Youthopia- Alina (Boxer) Interviewed by Mystica

09:45 PM
The Abundant Life- Depression Symptoms- Prof. Nicholas D'Souza

10:10 PM
Talk on Charisms by Mary Healy

10:50 PM
Psalm 91-  Read by Alfwold Silveira

11:00 PM
Mass in Konkani followed by  Jivitacho Prokas and Saint of the Day

11:30 PM
Restaurant - Fisherman's Wharf

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[Goanet] Hero Super Cup Report: Clinical Chennaiyin outplay ATK to book final encounter against Goa

[AIFF Media]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below the match report for ATK vs CFC.

*Clinical Chennaiyin outplay ATK to book final encounter against Goa*

Chennaiyin FC beat arch-rivals ATK 2-0 in the second Hero Super Cup 2019
semi-final at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday to progress
to the final of the knockout tournament. John Gregory’s men will face FC
Goa for the title on April 13.

*Read more: *
http://www.supercup.in/news/clinical-chennaiyin-outplay-atk-to-book-final-encounter-against-goa

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[Goanet] GOA GOVERNMENT HAS LIED EVEN TO THE HIGH COURT

[Aires Rodrigues]

Yesterday the Advocate General of Goa Dattaprasad Lawande submitted to the
Honourable High Court an affidavit sworn by the Director of Panchayats that
all the garbage ‘black spots’ in Chimbel had been cleared.

Countering that I produced to the Honourable High Court photographs clicked
the earlier evening showing that in Chimbel piles of garbage were seen
still strewn all over.

So the Honourable High Court to ascertain the facts asked me to immediately
accompany the government officers and show them all those ‘black spots’ in
Chimbel which I duly did.

It would now have to be seen what action the Honourable High Court
initiates against those Goa Government officers who attempted to take our
Honourable High Court for a jolly good ride.

This BJP government may be deaf, dumb and blind but the people of Goa
aren’t. Jai ho.



Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

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Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] SUPER CUP REPORT: THE BOY WHO HEADED CHENNAI CITY FC TO GLORY

[AIFF Media]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find the report below.



--
*THE BOY WHO HEADED CHENNAI CITY FC TO GLORY*


*BHUBANESWAR: *The Hero I-League has turned into a breeding ground for
budding young Indian players over the years. This season, another youngster
has come to the fore, sweeping away the league title, and the Emerging
Player of the Year award.



*READ MORE:*
http://www.supercup.in/news/the-boy-who-headed-chennai-city-fc-to-glory



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[Goanet] AIFF REPORT_TEAM DISPLAYED FOOTBALL MATURITY MORE THAN THEIR AGE: MAYMOL

[AIFF Media]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below a report from the women's national team.

*TEAM DISPLAYED FOOTBALL MATURITY MORE THAN THEIR AGE: MAYMOL*

After the Indian Senior Women’s National team’s heart-breaking exit in the
Olympic Qualifiers Round 2, Head Coach Maymol Rocky was at a loss of words
to explain how proud she was of the bunch of girls most of whom are in
their late teens, and early twenties.

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Re: [Goanet] Any idea how Goa would fit in on this list?

[Gabe Menezes]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 09:13, Albert Peres  wrote:

> Great...now is that Australian, Canadian, Hong Kong, Jamaican, Liberian,
> Namibian, New Zealand, Singaporean, Taiwanese, or US Dollars.  And how
> would you define 'decent' wine and 'good' restaurant...
>
>
>
>
> You can check the Ontario prices in CDN at www.lcbo.com  (the site may
> be down for maintenance)
>
> --
> Albert Peres
>
> afpe...@3129.ca
> 416.660.0847 cell
>

COMMENT: I thought the samehow to compare...perhaps the McDonalds
burger...cost in each country would be more appropriate! What some
economists use:-

https://www.statista.com/statistics/274326/big-mac-index-global-prices-for-a-big-mac/

I used to drink red wine...good for you? Teeth started getting
discoloured...so I switched to white and especially Proseco, Cava and the
occasional Champagne. Teeth started eroding. So I had to stop! I had to
give up beer a long time ago and only drink a little. Now I am a whisky
man! Even that will come to an end. Gave up some and more for lent!

Depends on the Restaurant here and many top restaurants charge more for a
bottle of good wine than for the food! There was a case of some Financial
traders who had a posh nosh costing thousands. They weren't charged for the
food the Bottle of wine cost them £3K

Cheers.






-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Miramar beach is no place for another *samadhi* (Devika Sequeira, Herald)

[Bernice Pereira]

The sentiments of the CM and some others may not be in keeping with the 
sentiments of people in Goa. In keeping with Parrikar’s memory,  a thorough 
clean up of Miramar beach and all the beaches and areas which are filthy like 
Mapusa, Panjim would be welcome to the people at large.

Bernice Pereira

Sent from my iPhone

> On 09-Apr-2019, at 12:16 PM, Goanet Reader  wrote:
> 
> Miramar beach is no place for another samadhi
> 
> The urban beach falls in the no
> development zone. A far better
> tribute to Parrikar would be to
> restore the entire stretch of
> beach to its former pristine glory
> 
> Devika Sequeira
> devikaseque...@gmail.com
> 
> A memorial for the late chief minister Manohar Parrikar is
> proposed on Miramar beach, adjacent to the Dayanand Bandodkar
> samadhi. The decision was the very first announcement made by
> the new Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. No public feedback was
> sought, nor was an opinion expressed by other members of the
> current ruling co-operative -- among them Goa Forward and
> independents -- though such a construction would be in
> violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone laws.
> 
> Already a large section of the beach at the site where the
> late BJP leader was cremated has been sectioned off from
> public view by a high wall of metal sheets.
> 
>Parrikar is only the second chief minister after
>Bandodkar to die in office. Unlike the BJP leader
>who spent months battling cancer, Bandodkar's
>life was cut short at the peak of his political
>orbit by a sudden heart attack. Strangely, both
>passed away at similar ages: Bandodkar at 62,
>Parrikar at little over 63 years. There was an
>outpouring of people from the remotest villages
>in Goa for the Bandodkar funeral in August of
>1973. Just three years later, the Bandodkar
>family would be struck by another personal
>tragedy when the MGP leader's son Siddarth died
>from a gunshot injury. His cremation which also
>attracted huge crowds took place at the family's
>property at Dona Paula.
> 
> Closer to the sea at Miramar, a small marble memorial was
> built more than half a century ago in memory of Mulk Raj
> Sachdev who died when he was lieutenant governor here in
> 1964.
> 
> A monument to Parrikar at Miramar might seem but a natural
> postscript to his cremation there. The existence of another
> samadhi also makes for a reasonable argument of precedent,
> except that the structure dedicated to Bandodkar came up 45
> years ago, long before the Coastal Regulation Zone law came
> to be conceived. In fact as recently as 2015 a move by the
> city's municipal corporation to restore the decrepit
> children's park on the beach was turned down because of the
> prevailing CRZ rules.
> 
>  Miramar comes under CRZ III and the beach is a no
>  development zone. Those conversant with environment
>  regulations confirm this. "Structures are permitted
>  on the landward side of the road, but nothing on
>  the beach side," an environmentalist affirms. A
>  relevant clause permitting memorials is found only
>  in areas marked CRZ IV -- that is in the water.
>  That too, "in exceptional cases", the rules say,
>  "with adequate environmental safeguards".
> 
> This clause is believed to have been tweaked by the union
> environment ministry to specifically accommodate the
> extravagant Rs 2,500 crore Shivaji statue which is to come up
> in the sea off the coast of Mumbai near Nariman Point. Pegged
> as the world's tallest statue, the project has already run
> into a storm over major technical flaws and safety issues.
> 
> Let me go back to 2001, when Manohar Parrikar was confronted
> with one of his first big challenges as chief minister in his
> first term. His move to set up a Miramar beach management
> plan, seen as an attempt to privatize the urban beach, came
> up against strong resistance from the city's residents. After
> a lot of back and forth, the government appointed a one-man
> committee to conduct a public hearing and weigh the plan
> against citizens' objections. Though Parrikar was personally
> keen on the project he graciously accepted the recommendation
> of the Nandkumar M Kamat committee to reject the plan.
> 
> "Miramar beach cannot be equated with any other beach in
> Goa... People unequivocally consider Miramar beach as a
> special case, a unique beach, so far left intact as a
> valuable public asset, public commons unlike other beaches in
> Goa which are already congested and commercialized. People
> are vehemently opposed to any regulation or restriction on
> access to the beach but welcome notified free access points
> so as not to disturb the dune flora," the report said, adding
> that "People would not support any constructions on the beach
> side or landscaping on 

[Goanet] THE BJP & AAP NEXUS WILL NOT FOOL GOANS

[Aires Rodrigues]

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has rightly stated that the BJP does not need
to invoke ‘Mission Salcette’ which was pursued by Manohar Parrikar.

A lackluster RSS indoctrinated Pramod Sawant fearing the public wrath on
account of his utter lack of communication skills in English, has deviously
chosen to outsource ‘Mission Salcette’ to the lowest bidder of this
political season the ‘Aam Aadmi Party’now headed by former senior Goa
Government officer Elvis Gomes. Who can also forget how Pramod Sawant
incurred the wrath of people all over Goa last year, with an unprovoked
meaningless attack, insulting their intelligence and warning the people to
‘Beware of saying Viva Portugal, Goa is Not under Portuguese Rule’!

But the voters of Goa and in particular those in Salcette are wise enough
to read between the lines and will not fall for the bait dangled by a
politically desperate Elvis Gomes.

This month’s crucial elections both to the Lok Sabha and the three Goa
Assembly seats will be a straight fight between the Congress and the BJP
except in Shiroda where many feel that the MGP’s Deepak Dhavalikar has a
clear edge.

I rightly lost all that respect I had for Elvis Gomes when as those results
of the Goa Assembly elections were being declared on 6th  March 2012, the
then very senior Government officer Elvis Gomes was seen at the BJP
headquarters in Panaji celebrating and flirting with Chief Minister
designate Manohar Parrikar. It was a most unbecoming conduct by Elvis
Gomes,  as he then was a senior bureaucrat and every government servant is
by law constitutionally duty bound to be politically very neutral at all
times. So what Swaraj is Elvis today lecturing about?

There is also documented evidence that Elvis Gomes as a Senior officer
allowed himself to be misused by Manohar Parrikar and the BJP as their
conduit in many of their illegal acts. That Manohar Parrikar later
blackmailed Elvis is another issue.

And if Elvis Gomes was truly keen to serve Goa, he could have done a lot
more for the State through those plum government posts he then held, rather
than venturing in 2017 into electoral politics.

As at the Goa Assembly elections in 2017, the now corroded and disfigured
AAP intend to once again act as political fodder of the BJP and the RSS.
But the very astute Goa and Goans are no fools and will not be taken for a
ride again by the now very disgruntled AAP which may have given up those
‘Topis’ but want to naively split Goa’s votes to the benefit of the BJP
while destroying Goa’s secular fabric.

We all know that every vote for the AAP and other fringe parties including
the independents will only allow the BJP to deceitfully slip in through the
backdoor or by default to the detriment of our Goa. No Goan will dare waste
their precious vote on AAP whose political chicanery will never be allowed.
Posterity will never forgive us if we blindly waste our precious vote and
let in the BJP by default who seem hell-bent on carrying on their
discredited and corrupt legacy with broken promises and endless U-Turns!.
So at these ensuing very crucial elections, voting for the Congress is the
only way Forward.



Aires Rodrigues

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Re: [Goanet] Any idea how Goa would fit in on this list?

[Albert Peres]

Great...now is that Australian, Canadian, Hong Kong, Jamaican, Liberian, 
Namibian, New Zealand, Singaporean, Taiwanese, or US Dollars.  And how 
would you define 'decent' wine and 'good' restaurant...


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In Ontario, Canada, award winning local wines are about 18.00 to 22.00 
CDN, basic imports are 12.00 to 20.00. They can go as 25.00 to 30.00. 
The more mature and select picks are 25.00 to 50.00. And you can go up 
from there to thw 100.00 200.00 range for the stuff that was aged, 
cellared, before release...


We get amazing local wines, and a good selection of wines from all 
around the world...


Most Canadians drink young wines and keep 5-6 bottle on hand for, roast 
night, guest, the hockey game, or as gifts when invited to a party... 
Bring you own bottle (BYOB) and sharing at a party is huge here. It 
happens in college dorms thru to seniors events.


The wine market is 1/3 of alcohol sales and is growing. Beer is still 
popular at about 40% of sales.. And when to comes to wine, Canada 
imports much of what it consumes...


http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/canadian-agri-food-sector-intelligence/processed-food-and-beverages/profiles-of-processed-food-and-beverages-industries/canada-s-wine-industry/?id=1449859691976

http://www.canadianvintners.com/industry-statistics/

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/180510/dq180510a-eng.htm

http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/international-agri-food-market-intelligence/reports/?id=1522931721523

You can check the Ontario prices in CDN at www.lcbo.com  (the site may 
be down for maintenance)


--
Albert Peres

afpe...@3129.ca
416.660.0847 cell


[Goanet] Any idea how Goa would fit in on this list?
Bernice Pereira bernicepereira at gmail.com
Tue Apr 9 06:28:52 PDT 2019

About $25 to 30 for a decent table wine at a good restaurant.

Bernice

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> On 09-Apr-2019, at 6:01 PM, Frederick Noronha gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Mar 29 
> Price of a bottle of table wine Bucharest: $5.0 Lagos: $6.8 Paris: $11.9
> Oslo: $13.7 New Delhi: $19.0 Sydney: $20.5 Seoul: $27.0 Tel Aviv: $28.8
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