[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

God is
a fiction

are
ancestors
not

they lived
in houses
we live in
today

sat
on chairs
we sit in
today

ate
breakfast
lunch dinner

all three
maybe

on
the same table
we eat today

slept in beds
we sleep in
today

and
walked in
rooms
we walk in
today

we need
to respect
them
and honor
them

or they
might
get back
to us

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] END OF THE TUNNEL FOR ATMARAM NADKARNI

[Aires Rodrigues]

We need to commend the Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for having
taken the very right decision in dropping Atmaram Nadkarni as the
Additional Solicitor General of India. This was long overdue.

Atmaram Nadkarni who was known to be a side-kick of Manohar Parrikar moved
to Delhi after Parrikar’s appointment as Defence Minister with an eye on
becoming a Supreme Court Judge. Through Parrikar’s clout he managed to be
appointed as Additional Solicitor General and was also representing Goa in
the Supreme Court. But in July last year the Pramod Sawant government
sacked Atmaram Nadkarni from representing the State in the Supreme Court,
National Green Tribunal and Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal. The bankrupt
Goa Government even had the rank audacity of affording Atmaram Nadkarni an
unlimited State credit Card. What an economical shame and distress it was
for our already impoverished State.

Atmaram Nadkarni did everything possible to lobby an elevation to a Supreme
Court Judge but stands bumped out. I had earlier this year written to the
Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde and all the other 32 Supreme
Court Judges drawing their attention to Atmaram Nadkarni’s blatant acts of
omission and commission over the years as Advocate General of Goa and later
as Additional Solicitor General of India while giving them detailed reasons
as to why the name of the very awfully stained Atmaram Nadkarni should not
be considered for the coveted post as Supreme Court Judge.

The Supreme Court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts and
hears cases of the greatest public and constitutional importance affecting
the whole population. It is for this reason that every officer of the court
must ensure that the integrity and sanctity of the Court is preserved at
all costs and be judicial in its proceedings without fear or favour and
without interference. To act otherwise, would be a catastrophic blunder and
an erosion of faith of the people who see the Supreme Court as their final
hope of justice.

If a person like Atmaram Nadkarni was allowed to occupy the August Chair as
Judge of India’s highest temple of Justice, the Supreme Court would have
been reduced to a den for fixing matters – and become a trader’s paradise.

When Jesus Christ drove away the traders and money changers from the temple
with a whip of cords, he said “my house shall be a house of prayer but you
have turned it into a den of thieves”.



Likewise, we cannot allow that Temple of Justice, the highest Court in the
land to be the evil den instead of dispensing prudent justice through the
appointment of Judges who are fair, impartial and not tainted in any
way. After all a leopard is not likely to change its spots. The Judiciary
must knock off tainted persons from the list of probables and avoid getting
its hands in dirt and muck.



Francis Bacon wisely observed: Judges ought to be more learned than witty,
more reverend than plausible and more advised than confident.  But above
all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.



Integrity is a life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your
words and actions. If you don’t have integrity you have nothing. You can’t
buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral
and ethical person, you really have nothing.



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

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] Bible verse for the Day

[Devak Argham]

B.I.B.L.E. - Behold I Bring Life Eternal


Jeremiah 29:11-13
=


11 For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the LORD, plans
for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a future full of hope.

12 When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you.

13 When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all
your heart,

[Goanet] Mr Peter Sinai

[eric pinto]

Shining gem of the Indian Foreign Service who stood first in the Public Service 
Commission exams
> 
> The Indian Foreign Service (IFS), formed post the nations independence, 
> needed to have talented individuals who would pave new paths for the country 
> through diplomatic missions. One such brilliant diplomat was Peter Lynn Sinai.
> 
> He was born in Bombay in 1933. His father was a senior executive in Bombay 
> Port Trust and his mother was a prominent figure in social and educational 
> activities within the Catholic community of Bombay. Thus he was born in an 
> intellectually stimulating environment.
> 
> Peter was a brilliant student. He passed his Matriculation from St. Xaviers 
> High School with a first class. He then joined Elphinstone College and had a 
> stellar academic record, securing First Class First ranks in most exams 
> including his BA with Honours in Mathematics in 1953. His father, a native of 
> Goa, instructed him to move to Delhi for further studies. The objective was 
> to make him learn Hindi, to better equip himself for a career in the newly 
> independent India. However, on his first day at St. Stephen’s, Peter 
> discovered that the conversation at the dining table was conducted in (as he 
> put it) a ‘very haw-haw English’.
> 
> However he completed his MA in Economics with flying colors. He was the 
> college athletics champion, he represented the college in hockey and tennis, 
> in dramatics and debating. He was the Editor of the Elphinstone Wallpaper. He 
> was in the National Cadet and was selected the Best Trained Cadet. Such 
> glowing all round achievements led to him being chosen as a Rhodes Scholar 
> for India. He obtained his MA in Jurisprudence from Christ Church College, 
> Oxford in 1956-57. He stood first in all India Service list for the Public 
> Service Commission Exams and was admitted to the Indian Foreign Services (IFS)
> 
> He had a distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service. His most 
> memorable stint was in the formation of the Bangladesh Division in the 
> Ministry of External Affairs. He successfully opened the Indian mission in 
> Kuwait. He held various positions in Indian mission in Germany and Sri Lanka. 
> He was Ambassador to Iraq and Deputy Chief of Mission in Moscow (Russia) and 
> Washington D.C (USA). He had various Directorial and Joint Secretary, 
> Secretary and Special Secretary stints within the Ministry of Extrenal 
> Affairs. Peter ended his career as the Indian Ambassador and Permanent Rep in 
> United Nations in Vienna. He was proficient in English, Hindi, Arabic and 
> German. As Chief of Protocol  he was the one who
> greeted the US President Jimmy Carter and the First Lady (along with US 
> Ambassador Robert F Goheen) during their visit to India on January 1, 1978.
> 
> He passed away in 2014.
> 
> 
> 

[Goanet] Dear Brown People

[Roland Francis]

An article by Shree Paradkar, a columnist of Indian heritage at the Toronto 
Star.

Dear brown people: I’m about to wash some dirty linen in public. Consider this 
an overdue act of tough love.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2020/06/28/dear-brown-people-im-about-to-wash-some-dirty-linen-in-public-consider-this-an-overdue-act-of-tough-love.html

Roland.
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] Comparative History

[augusto pinto]

“Divide and rule, the politician cries;
Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gedichte


“Divide and rule, weaken and conquer, love and enslave, these are three
tenets of politics”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom


Congratulations Gilbert!

I too, like Roland, feel that you've coined a "new-to-me, beautiful and
funny British" quote.

I tried googling for - who wrote "your quote" - and the best answers I got
are of Goethe and that Habyarimana chap. I think you should keep pushing
this quote on more forums: if the quotation sites pick it up it might be
your real claim to eternal fame.

Best,
Augusto

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 7:31 PM Roland Francis 
wrote:

> That was a new-to-me, beautiful and funny Brctish riposte:
>
> “You cannot divide and rule if the ruled are already divided.”
>
> That will turn a lot of Indian history-book contentions on their heads. So
> will history in other contexts. I have heard the Palestinian Arabs, the
> Cypriots and other former British subjects say the same too. Imagine their
> surprise when I start quoting to them what your British author said.
>
> Roland.
> Toronto.
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2020, at 8:35 AM, Gilbert Lawrence 
> wrote:
>
> Goan historians would benefit from the knowledge of Comparative History;
> especially when discussing colonial atrocities in Goa.  From today's BBC
> News.
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53232105
>
> Colonial countries committed atrocities without resorting to religion; and
> so did the Portuguese in Goa and elsewhere.  Unfortunately, Goan historians
> and some European authors (fictional and nonfictional) tend to drag the two
> (colonialism and religion) together in Goa.  Unfortunately then, the right
> wing religious fanatics play the story to sow discord and hate. As noted
> previously by a British author, "one cannot divide and rule if the ruled
> are not already divided."
>
> Another major culprit of colonial brutality was the Dutch in South East
> Asia and Ceylon. The statues and paintings of these offenders still adorn
> the central parks and museums in their respective home countries.
> Portugal's worst colonial offense was slave trade.
>
> Regards, GL
>
>
>

[Goanet] Just A Theory Why GoanWomen Do Not Contribute to Goanrt

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

 A Goanet reader was upset. so he comes straight to the point:  He writes

 Rico bab,

One reader *FAILS * you for not providing “adequate proof (5.9 % Proof Boors
Beer & not sold to minors below 76 years of age)  What really caused mirth
was what followed:and the prescription offered :



Rico Bab you should make attempts to WOO >>>so I pictured you with your
electrical guitar begging the damsel to write just  a two word sentence to
Goanet. But then came the word * BEGUILE:*:: Pardon me my Ingleise is
not so  goodBut when I recovered I was thouroughly shocked with all the *6
obvious* nuances that this word <<>>:

*1)  PERSUADE* (by plucking nails from the opposable thumb)

*2) ENTICE *with  Orgeat

*3) CHARM* with a flute, so that the live cobra would not strike you.FN
don't forget the Turban

 *4) CAPTIVATE *with tales of Inquisition graphically describing how the
hook was inserted into men with iodine deficiency,

*5) FASCINATE *Canadian Francis has full details about the single sung by
Nat King Cole (confirm that the song was written by an Italian in 1905,

* 6) HYPNOTIZE *hypnotize by calling the services of the father and son
team of a Goan called (Abbe Faria) apparenetly you will have to inform the
Archbishops Office in Paingrim that all you are interested in  the opposite
sex is that the right clear stuff 

Rico Bab People make too many demands ….



You are welcome to a retreat in Quepem 

 Adolfo

In Peaceful Kapem

[Goanet] Schedule for Wednesday 1st July 2020

[CCR TV]

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Schedule for Wednesday 1st July 2020

12:00 AM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

12:25 AM
Pope's Message to Seafarers

12:28 AM
7 steps of Washing Hands -Dr Jorson Fernandes

12:33 AM
Inner Freedom - Talk by Sr Shilpa

12:50 AM
Our Father - Malayalam

12:55 AM
My Music Video - Bore Khobreche Dut Zaum-ia -  Cielda Pereira

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Tuesday

1:35 AM
Dusreacho khobro vo chaddio kori nakat - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas

1:57 AM
Music - Goddvaiechea Kallza - Victor Da Costa

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

2:25 AM
Sessions 2 - Pastoral Letter 2020-21 - Fr Kenneth Teles

2:45 AM
Divine Mercy Chaplet - Marathi

2:57 AM
Pope's Message to Seafarers

3:00 AM
Music - Spiritual Music 1  followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

3:30 AM
Gonvllik Citticher 2020-21 Boska 2  - Fr Kenneth Teles

3:55 AM
Youthopia - Rizma D'Souza - Athletics - interviewed by  Mysticka Deniz

4:10 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 83 -  Tornnatto - Fr Pratap Naik sj

4:20 AM
Nattkulem - Amcho Fuddar - Fr Milagres Dias

4:38 AM
Pope Francis' Prayer to Mary - COVID 19

4:40 AM
Hymns - Fr Agnel H.S. Pilar

4:43 AM
The Power of the Holy Rosary - Dr Sarita Nazareth

5:20 AM
Sontosache Mister - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

6:15 AM
Hail, Hail St Paul - Pauline Sisters

6:21 AM
Song - Rup Mhojem Polloi - Fr Eusico Pereira

6:27 AM
Twins in the Bible - Talk by Maria Ana Da Costa

6:53 AM
Music - Maria Maria - Ivy Ferrao

6:57 AM
Morning Prayer  -  Wednesday Wk 1 & 3

7:00 AM
Mass in Konkani  followed by Jivitacho Prokas

7:40 AM
Bhajans 2

8:13 AM 8:43 AM 1775
Music - Vakhann'nni 1 followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

8:45 AM
Our Father - Garo

8:50 AM
Holy Spirit - Talk by Godfrey Pereira

9:15 AM
Spiritual Freedom - A Talk by Alfwold Silveira

9:45 AM
1366 In Conversation with : PI Filomeno L. Costa interviewed  by Prof.
Nicholas D'Souza

10:20 AM
Health Matters - Oral Health - Dr Michelle Pereira

10:43 AM
Hymn - Rochnar Otmea denvun ie - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

10:45 AM
Song - My Hero - Jerson Fernandes

10:53 AM
Mother Mary - Talk by Fr Eremito Rebelo

11:05 AM
Born to Inspire and Aspire - Talk by Sr Saral

11:18 AM
Intercessions (Engllish)

11:30 AM
Mass in English followed by Daily Flash

12:15 PM
Koxtt, Dogd - Piddapidd - Talk by Mathew Fernandes

12:35 PM
Building faith on the rock of God's Word - Edmund Antao

1:05 PM
Literally Goa  - Miguel Braganza interviewed by Frederick Noronha

1:35 PM
53rd Mando Festival - Curtorcares, Curtorim - Original

1:50 PM
Bhagiancher Niyall VII - Br Malvino Alfonso  ocd

2:00 PM
Psalms  23 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

2:03 PM
Hymn - Sorginchem Raj By Fr. John A Fernandes

2:07 PM
Pope's Message to Seafarers

2:10 PM
Hymn - Ankvar Maie Mhoje - Fr Ubaldo  Fernandes

2:20 PM
Magnificat (Konkani)

2:22 PM
Hymn - Povite Atmomhojer denvla- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

2:25 PM
Kalliz Jezuche - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

2:53 PM
Magnificat (English)

2:55 PM
Tell me a story - Blind leading blind

3:18 PM
Hymn - All  over the world, the Spirit is moving -  Fr Seville Antao
OFM(Cap)

3:20 PM
Divine Mercy - English 3

3:40 PM 4:00 PM 1554
Parish of the Week - Verna 4

4:00 PM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

4:24 PM
Reflection on the Gospel - Dominicans

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 14

4:54 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  95 Amchem Jivit  - Fr Pratap Naik sj

5:00 PM
Praise and Worship -  St Jose de Areal  - Ivy Ferrao

5:29 PM
Song - Rup Mhojem Polloi - Fr Eusico Pereira

5:35 PM
Jezu doyall,  ami - I doyall zaum -ya -- Fr Joseph Silva

5:53 PM
Couples Prayer (Konkani)

6:00 PM
Sessions 3 - Pastoral Letter 2020-21 - Fr Mariano D'Costa

6:19 PM
Intercessions (Konkani)

6:30 PM
Mass in Konkani followd by Jivitacho Prokas

7:10 PM
Nattkulem - Amcho Fuddar - Fr Milagres Dias

7:28 PM
Angelus - English

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

7:54 PM
My Music Videos - Ixtt Mhozo - Fr Mariano SIlveira

8:00 PM
Gonvllik Citticher 2020-21 Boska 2  - Fr Mariano D'Costa

8:24 PM
Prayer for Healing from Cancer

8:29 PM
How we got the Bible- Talk by Dr Sarita Nazareth

9:00 PM
Adoration 10 - St Anthony Church, Siolim

9:30 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:45 PM
Career Guidance  - Goa Art College

10:13 PM
Concert - Vem Cantar(2019) 12 to 15 yrs

11:01 PM
Learning Konkani - 1 - Fr Pratap Naik sj

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[Goanet] Uncle, Are You With Us?

[Roland Francis]

Faye D'Souza a senior radio and video journalist and anchor gives political 
thoughts to dwell upon:

https://youtu.be/o4u8uyCp7zA

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Just A Theory Why Goan Women Do Not Contribute to Goanet

[Bernado Colaco]

 Call out for Shrimati Selma Cardoso alias Leah David, the writer and 
researcher of many East African Goan stories.
BC

Maybe not too many (no?) attractive men around?

The eligible bachelors were quickly snatched... Where's Sharon and James
Almeida? :-)

FN


  

[Goanet] Orchata

[Bernado Colaco]

 Besides this famous Orchata now produced by Da. Eunice Sá, I remember along 
the Rua de Ourem (after Farmácia Menezes) there was a family who used to bake 
Suspiros and Bolos de Coco. 
BC

[Goanet] Watch "RICH TEMPLES & THE PM'S SPEECH | YOU STARTED IT (A PODCAST BY DANIEL FERNANDES) - S03 EP11" on YouTube

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

https://youtu.be/yFWnziDtQAs
https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha

[Goanet] Red Light, Red Alert

[Roland Francis]

All the bible thumpers must be praising the glory of god and the downfall of 
all the Jezebels, Salomés and Magdalenes.

I hope they will help them “find opportunities to gain new skills in lower risk 
jobs” as recommended by the study.

If India's red-light districts reopen, there could be a staggering 400,000 
infections and 12,000 Covid-19 deathsin a yearamong sex workers and people 
living in those neighbourhoods in India, per projections by experts at Harvard 
Medical School and Yale School of Medicine. The study made projections for 21 
red-light areas, spanning across Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, 
Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. And the experts have urged the government to 
keep the areas shut as they could emerge as India's biggest hotspots.
Maharashtra would be one of the worst-affected states with 9,956 cases 
projected — in Pune's Budhwar Peth, 4,795 cumulative cases, 688 
hospitalisations, and 162 deaths. In Mumbai's Red-Light Area of Kamathipura, 
Grant Road, and Faulkland Road, 3,494 cases, 486 hospitalisations, and 114 
deaths. The GB Road area in the national Capital could experience 2,774 cases, 
386 hospitalisations and 91 deaths in such a scenario.
"The combined features of a high volume of visitors, high contact rates, 
potentially higher infectivity of sex workers, and long-distance travel of 
clients across India may make the reopening of red-light areas a significant 
risk... Moreover, visitors to red-light areas include many truck drivers and 
migrant workers, who not only live locally but travel long-distances and can 
potentially spread the virus more broadly," stated the website of Code Red 
Coalition (CRC), where the key findings of the study were published. (CRC is a 
global group of doctors and researchers that is advising governments on how to 
prevent Covid-19 spread.)
Dr Sahayakan, a CRC member, added: "None of the protection measures like 
distancing, masks, or sanitising can effectively stop Covid-19 transmission 
during sex work. Sex work cannot be safely practiced in red light areas in 
India given their nature."
The study also recommended that sex workers need opportunities to gain skills 
that provide employment in lower-risk jobs.

Roland Francis
416-453-3371

[Goanet] Watch "Mix – "Rum and Coca-Cola" Pete Jacobs Wartime Radio Revue" on YouTube

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDNhyunNsNikE=share=1

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Afternoon in Mývatn

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Afternoon in Mývatn'

A spotlight event.

Hlíðarfjall and the farms at Reykjahlið illuminated on the north shore of
Mývatn, Iceland.

You may view the latest post at

https://blog.parrikar.com/2020/06/30/afternoon-in-myvatn/


Warm regards,

Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Press Release - Vedanta’s Sesa Football Academy continues to foster skill development in sports across the country

[carol]

Dear all,

Greetings of peace!

I know you receive a tons of emails everyday, so thought I should send a 
quick follow up for my email below in case it got overlooked.


Below, please find the Press Release - Vedanta’s Sesa Football Academy 
continues to foster skill development in sports across the country and 
kindly publish the same in your esteemed daily.


Best,
Carol Mascarenhas

Please Note: The English press note are attached herewith, the 
vernacular translation is attached below.


++

PRESS RELEASE

Vedanta's SESA Football Academy continues to foster skill development in
sports across the country

• SFA felicitates 27 graduates of 2020 batch at the convocation
ceremony through a virtual platform.
• Vedanta continues its commitment towards supportingbudding
footballing talents through grassroots training programs, despite
turbulent & difficult business situation.

Panaji, 29 June 2020: SESA Football Academy (SFA), a flagship CSR
program of Vedanta which aims to identify, nurture and groom young
footballing talents in the country, felicitated young graduates during
Convocation Ceremony 2020 through virtual platforms. 27 boys who
completed their football training at SFA were felicitated and awarded
with E-certificates in the distinguished presence of Mr. Annanya Agarwal
(President- Sesa Football Academy), Mr. Sauvick Mazumdar (CEO- Vedanta
Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business), Mr. Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (former Captain
of Indian football team and Arjuna Awardee), Mr. Denzil Franco (Former
Indian team player, ISL player and an SFA alumnus) and Ms. Leena
Verenkar (Head- Group CSR , Vedanta Limited).

The event witnessed an active impressive line-up of core team members of
SESA Football Academy and young sports enthusiasts cheering for the
graduating students and wishing them for their future endeavors.

Sesa Football Academy was established in the year 1999 with an aim to
identify, nurture, create platforms and build talent for Indian
football. Till date, around 200 footballers have graduated from the
academy. Apart from this, football initiatives undertaken by SFA have
also positively impacted over 500 young players belonging to Goa and
other cities of the country through various grassroot training programs.
The residential academies provide systematic and robust football
training through its team of national and international football
experts,along with formal education of the trainees during the training
period.

While congratulating the graduating batch, Mr. Annanya Agarwal,
President, Sesa Football Academy said, “I am extremely happy and
equally proud to see that we could produce another talented pool of 27
footballers, who will be next generation football icons of the nation.
In line with our vision to contribute towards development of Indian
football through robust grassroots training programs, we at SFA are
taking significant steps in providing world class training to budding
footballers to nurture their talent and groom them as professional
footballers. I wish all our graduating players great success and a
bright future.”

The SFA alumni have very good track records, making their mark in
premier national football platforms including Indian national team, ISL
teams and other prestigious football clubs across the country.

Mr Sauvick Mazumdar, CEO of Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business said,
“At Vedanta, community engagement is at the core of our business
philosophy. Sesa Football Academy,developed on reclaimed Sanquelim mine
with an aim to provide a training platform for Goan youths, has
immensely contributed to Goan football & nation at large. Despite
difficult business situations for past several years, Vedanta has
continued with our flagship CSR initiatives, especially SFA, to ensure
uninterrupted contribution towards development of Indian football. I
congratulate all our graduating students and wish them a very bright &
successful footballing career.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Brahmanand Sankhwalkar,former Captain of
Indian football team and Arjuna Awardeesaid, “SFA has been doing
praiseworthy work for the football community in Goa and country at
large. The academy is producing good football talent by grooming them
through grassroot training programs. I am happy to see these young
players get such amazing training opportunity at SFA which is helping
them pursue their career in football”.

Former Indian Football team player and SESA Football Academy alumnus,
Mr. Denzil Franco congratulated all players and said, “I take pride in
being a part of SFA. Contribution of SFA towards honing skills of young
and talented footballers of Goa is immensely commendable. I am confident
that the students graduating today from SFA will achieve greater heights
and bring laurels for the academy boosting its legacy further."

SESA Football Academy also aims to raise the standard of women’s
football in the country through Vedanta Women's League, which is helping
in development of women footballersby 

[Goanet] Love in the time of Orchata!

[Francis Rodrigues]

Last night I dreamt I traipsed down to Fontainhas again
that beautiful Latin corner of Panjim, that is still old Portugal,
complete with faint strains of the fado emanating from the
pretty yellow houses, lining the quaint, narrow streets.

A light staccato Portuguese chatter in the air accompanies
a piano or two from the upstairs Academia da Musica. What
is it now - five decades, yet it lives in my river of dreams?

My best friend had a crush on Eunice Lima Fernandes. She was
very pretty, gorgeous lips, and he was besotted. He lived not too
far from her in Fontainhas, but as far as I was aware, worshipped
from afar. We had all joined Dhempe College in Miramar that year
of the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971. We had both begun Science.

Eunice was in the same year. Her brother Angelo was our hero's
good friend, though I doubt he knew lover boy was smitten. Just
me - and Ivo Guia-Furtado who played superb violin next to the San
Sebastian Chapel,  naughty Carlos Albert opposite, 'Piqun' Armand
Aquino next door, and 'Baba' Servulo, the young guitarist enmeshed
daily in the pangs of his own unrequited love, even as nightly his
'Vandals' beat group tripped the light fantastic.

Fontainhas has changed since I dined there a few years ago. The
Academia moved to Campal, as the Kala Akademy. Hordes of
tourists trudge the narrow streets. The pretty young 'mistis' girl
pharmacist Jesuina is gone - I lost count of the number of razor
blades and toothpaste tubes we infatuated lads wastefully bought,
just to catch a flash of her eyes, and a hint of her dimpled smile. Of
course the rustic little bridge still straddles the creek like it does in
Alfama, Lisbon. And you can still hear the faint whisper of Portuguese.

Five decades have come and gone. The beautiful young damsel now
produces an original 'orchata', smooth as a summer breeze. How have
the years treated her? Memory illuminates beauty like an Old Master's
painting. The poet Robert Frost had a crush on a pretty thing called
Sabra, which went nowhere. He married his high school sweetheart.
Many decades later in a strange twist his secretary came across the
poet's letters, and found Sabra. I leave you to find out what happened
next. Who is lucky enough to marry their childhood crush? I did - that's
another story! What about our own hero? Well, he married another!

A dozen years ago, we met up abroad after almost four decades.
Of course, he remembered Eunice! But between us the mists of time
had drawn up an invisible curtain. From best friends, we carried on
a sporadic relationship, which stumbled on a petty disagreement one
cold winter evening, and we have not seen each other since. We
are just too different now. Still our carefree days in lilting Fontainhas
come alive again in my dreams. Elegant belles sip Eunice's creamy
orchata on the roofed gallery steps as gentle Ivo Guia-Furtado (it was
he who introduced me to Remo) still plys a haunting fiddle, the notes
dancing in the moonlight, "Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you!"

Francis
.
> and Spain." Below is the story of the recent revival of the
> drink in Goa itself
>
> By Eunice Lima Fernandes De Sa
>
> For me, it was not the great nutritional value of almonds
> (omega 3 fatty acids, proteins, fibres, Vit E) or its health
> benefits, like being antioxidant, lowering blood sugars,
> cholesterol, pressure or helping in skin tone, that attracted
> me to this almond drink called Orchata.  It has always been
> the taste.
>
> I have loved it as my summer cooler, winter warmer, as a
> teenager, nursing mother, and now as a senior

Re: [Goanet] Just A Theory Why Goan Women Do Not Contribute to Goanrt

[Tony de Sa]

Rico bab,

It's not a Theory. You are merely postulating something without adequate
proof.

Have you made attempts to woo or beguile the members of the opposite sex
into writing to Goanet :/ ?
-- 

Regards,

Tony de Sa

[Goanet] Orgeat/Orchata

[Patrice Riemens]

Hi Francis,

Correct (yr post on Goanet), Orgeat syrup is actually widely available 
in Italy & in France too. In NL it is popular with the Surinam community 
- like them you should try it mixed with milk, not water!


From Monin, an expensive but very good brand:
https://www.monin.com/emea/sirop-orgeat-70-cl.html

Ciao Ciao, p*7D!

Re: [Goanet] Will Jayaraj and Beniks get Justice? (Anish Esteves)

[Anish Esteves]

4) Will Jayaraj and Beniks ever get Justice? (Anish Esteves)

The custodial deaths of Jayaraj and his son Beniks have caused nationwide
outrage. It has been condemned by people of all hues. The question is
whether Jayaraj and Beniks will ever get Justice? A complacent police
system, clogged courts and politics will be obstacles in the victims' path
to justice. I think there is a need for police reforms. Also, custodial
malpractices should be dealt with very strictly.

Anish Esteves
www.anishesteves.home.blog
https://twitter.com/AEthejourno
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>2. Re: [Goa Research Net] On the track to re-discover Orchata, a
>   health drink from Goa (Eunice Lima Fernandes De Sa)
>   (Jules Fausto Mendonca de Sa)
>3. Re: [Goa Research Net] On the track to re-discover Orchata, a
>   health drink from Goa (Eunice Lima Fernandes De Sa)
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> Hi,i really remember Orchata. My father used to buy it from Coelhos ,it was
> somwhere near longuinhos ,it was in a simple bottle with a green label on
> it
> Really enjoyed it
> Cheers!!!
>
> Lewis Sequeira Vaz
>
> On Mon, 29 Jun, 2020, 9:24 PM Goanet Reader, 
> wrote:
>
> > A discussion on Orchata started off on the Goa-Research-Net
> > (Yahoogroups) recently, after Dr Leopoldo da Rocha commented:
> > "This reminds me of another soft drink that was served only in
> > solemn occasions, such as weddings etc., normally in landed
> > gentry houses. Its name is orchata.  After decolonization, it
> > ceased to exist in Goa, at least during my time. Here in
> > Portugal I asked many people. Nobody knew a drink by the
> > name of orchata. Curiously, many years ago while on holidays
> > in Benidorm (Spain), I saw the drink called 'horchata'.  It
> > tasted exactly as the one of my childhood.  The monumental
> > Dictionary of the Portuguese Language by the Bazilian author
> > Houaiss, of Lebanese stock, does register the term 'orchata'.
> > It is a soft drink made of ground almonds. Etymologically it
> > is a Spanish word introduced in 1734. I presume only in Goa
> > and Spain." Below is the story of the recent revival of the
> > drink in Goa itself
> >
> > By Eunice Lima Fernandes De Sa
> >
> > For me, it was not the great nutritional value of almonds
> > (omega 3 fatty acids, proteins, fibres, Vit E) or its health
> > benefits, like being antioxidant, lowering blood sugars,
> > cholesterol, pressure or helping in skin tone, that attracted
> > me to this almond drink called Orchata.  It has always been
> > the taste.
> >
> > I have loved it as my summer cooler, winter warmer, as a
> > teenager, nursing mother, and now as a senior.
> >
> >   Being in the field of education, I always felt the
> >   need to encourage in my students the love for
> >   home-made foods and beverages.  Having discouraged
> >   in them the consumption of fizzy and aerated
> >   drinks, I had no other choice but to experiment
> >   with yummy and healthy beverage solutions...what
> >   a better way than to introduce them to that which we
> >   enjoyed as kids?  At home, I was always ensured
> >   that milk went smoothly down the throat when
> >   accompanied by Orchata.
> >
> > It was easily available in some of the outlets of the
> > yesteryears -- Capuccina and Loja Agni in Panjim.  A
> > production of the Family of Coelhos, along with Xarope de
> > Brindao, it used to be very popular.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it went out of market in the late 1990s.
> >
> > Longing for it, I had no option but venture to make it.  My
> > first guinea-pig was my mother, and she couldn't tell what it
> > was.  But later it passed a sibling test and I began gifting
> > it to family and friends.
> >
> > Having no 

[Goanet] Re. Carmo Mascarenhas - The Lone Viscount

[Linken Fernandes]

This music website (
https://johnkatsmc5.blogspot.com/2016/06/carm-mascarenhas-someday-soon-1975.html)
describes Carm Mascarenhas' Someday Soon album as "an ultra rare Private
Canadian Psych Cosmic Folk masterpiece".
Further, "...Dreamy cosmic feel with great lyrics and musicianship. A true
keeper!
- Folk and folkrock with acoustic and electric backing and powerful
vocals.. ...~
Rare Canadian-only private press folk-psych w/heavy vibes and terrific
musicianship/performance. Reminiscent of Van Morrison’s more cosmic work in
places or even a hippie Ron Baumber. Underated and highly recommended……"

There's more in the same vein, of course. It appears that Carm may have
found the musical niche, folk rock, he was happiest in. I listened to In
The Sun, again, at this website (
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3h1dau?playlist=x47gor) where the sound
reproduction is rather quite good and Carm's vocals may be more clearly and
distinctly heard. The claim about the whole album  having "a dreamy cosmic
feel" also seems to be borne out, somewhat, in this track. There's a
photograph of the lyrics, from the "mini LP CD"'s inlay card presumably,
but the print is too tiny to decipher and reproduce here. But some friends
are in touch with people in Winnipeg who knew Carm and this deficiency
should be remedied soon, hopefully. Till then, do check out the site and
let's hear what you feel about the music.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 452

[John Eric Gomes]

ORCHATA AND OTHER HEALTHY DRINKS
This almond drink was my favourite, widely available during the portuguese
days. It is still made in some homes and I drink the diluted drink
offered(almonds are expensive) and think of the real mcoy I had the good
fortune to enjoy when we used to come yearly to Goa on holiday. Even the
grandmother's cooking on slow fire (leaves/wood) and ingredients
uncontaminated and high quality, the taste of which no one can provide
today! I congratulate Eunice for her effort and I hope all those healthy
drinks will be available in popular stores and malls. Those who cannot avail
at today's prices (which Govt/some sponsor may help lower), may save and
savour them at least sometimes!.

[Goanet] What does Joao want to say?

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

In
the
Age
of
Corona
Virus

don’t throw
Chinese TV
from
fourth floor

TV go
BOOM!

economic war
begins

TV price
go up
mobile phone
price
go up

lot
of price
go up

in the time
of corona virus

when
Indian man
and
Indian woman
money go down

What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] GOACAN to mobilise Consumers to prepare for the forthcoming Session of the Goa Legislative Assembly.

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Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.
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GOACAN to mobilise consumers to prepare for the
forthcoming Session of the Goa Legislative Assembly


On the occasion of the International Day of Parliamentarism
30th June, GOACAN has launched a drive to mobilise consumers
to prepare for the forthcoming Twelfth Session, 2020 of the
Seventh Legislative Assembly and take up their consumer
related issues with their respective MLA's in the context of
the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of its 'Making Democracy Work' campaign, GOACAN
will undertake a month long drive to make consumers aware
of the functioning of the Goa Legislative Assembly and the
opportunities provided to its members to deliberate on issues
faced by the people, ask Starred and Unstarred Questions
(LAQs), pass resolutions, move amendments, introduce
legislation and decide on policies.

The focus of the GOACAN drive is to get consumers to
familiarise themselves with the functioning of the Legislative
Assembly prior to the start of the session on 27th July, the
proceedings of the session and the final outcomes by getting
them to keep track of the bulletins issued by the Secretary
Legislature from the Assembly Complex at Porvorim.
https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/bulletin_part2/65_bulletin_SUMM12THSESS2020.pdf


The International Day of Parliamentarism observed by the
United Nations is an opportunity for consumers in Goa to
remind themselves of the importance of democracy, the role
of the Legislative Assembly of Goa and Parliament of India.

"Strong parliaments are a cornerstone of democracy. They
represent the voice of the people, pass laws, allocate funds
to implement laws and policies, and hold Governments to
account. They work to make sure that policies benefit all
people, especially the most vulnerable.

In COVID-19 times, Parliaments and other government
institutions are subject to the same social distancing
measures as other public and private organisations.
Yet, in a time of crisis, the role of Parliament is more vital
than ever to pass emergency laws, allocate resources and
scrutinize government action."
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