[Goanet-News] TODAY: Landscaping for a beautiful neighbourhood. "Mr. Farmer". 6.30 pm Goa Time

[Frederick Noronha]

Listen to "Mr Farmer" Rozendo Mendonsa (Guirim) talk this evening online
live, from 6.30 to 8 pm (June 28, 2021). Focus on the types of garden soil
and manure that could make a difference to your home, the selection of
plants, proper drainage, and water for irrigation.

This is a part of the four-lecture series on environment-related themes
being organised from Sunday till Wednesday (June 27-30, 2021) at the
Collaborative Learning Cafe, an initiative to promote open and informal
education meant to promote job-training, lifelong learning, and also hobby
courses. If you would like to volunteer to organise a training or talk in
these categories, do get in touch via collaborativelearningcafe.org

Free and open to all

Check out prominent Indian environmental campaigner Medha Patkar's
impactful talk: https://youtu.be/JCBlr_0sML4
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Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goan, Goes, Goanese?

[Francis Rodrigues]

"The Golden Rendezvous" by Alistair Maclean.
pg. 7:

..Velvet footed goanese waiters moved soundlessly on the dark grey pile of
the persian carpet; food appeared and vanished as if in a dream;


On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 at 10:15, lizio  wrote:

> Hello Frederick, the link's not working. Please check.
> Also, the first time I saw the word Goanese many years ago was in a
> Alistair MacLean novel. Don't remember the name of the novel. There's a
> scene aboard a cruise ship wherein they refer to "Goanese" waiters in a
> restaurant.
> regards
> Lizio Fernandes 9604449142
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 12:57 AM Frederick Noronha <
> fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why _Goanese_ is sometimes used to describe Goans:

[Goanet] TODAY: Landscaping for a beautiful neighbourhood. "Mr. Farmer". 6.30 pm Goa Time

[Frederick Noronha]

Listen to "Mr Farmer" Rozendo Mendonsa (Guirim) talk this evening online
live, from 6.30 to 8 pm (June 28, 2021). Focus on the types of garden soil
and manure that could make a difference to your home, the selection of
plants, proper drainage, and water for irrigation.

This is a part of the four-lecture series on environment-related themes
being organised from Sunday till Wednesday (June 27-30, 2021) at the
Collaborative Learning Cafe, an initiative to promote open and informal
education meant to promote job-training, lifelong learning, and also hobby
courses. If you would like to volunteer to organise a training or talk in
these categories, do get in touch via collaborativelearningcafe.org

Free and open to all

Check out prominent Indian environmental campaigner Medha Patkar's
impactful talk: https://youtu.be/JCBlr_0sML4
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[Goanet-News] DEATH: Lambert Mascarenhas, 106, founder-editor, Goa Today

[Frederick Noronha]

LAMBERT MASCARENHAS 17.09.1914-27.06.2021. Son of the late Dr Hipolito
Mascarenhas and the late Amelia Messias Mascarenhas. Husband of Dr Jolly
Mascarenhas. Father/father-in-law of Nayantara/the late Noel de Lima Leitao,
Ameeta, Jude, Anjali/Stefan Maus, Grandfather of Alisha/Naveen, Chantal,
Nicole/JJ, Tara/Nolan, Nicholas, Divya/Daniel, Akash & Mark.
Great-grandfather of Zara.

Funeral rites will be held on Monday, the 28th of June, 2021 at the Taleigao
cemetery, in the presence of close family only due to Pandemic restrictions.

We are grateful to all of you for your prayers and wishes. Please understand
that due to the prevailing situation we can accept your condolences only
online.

Family and friends, please accept this as the only intimation.

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Re: [Goanet] St. Michael’s Church Mahim, Bombay.

[Frederick Noronha]

Sorry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Before_the_British:_the_Indo-portuguese_layer
.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 03:06, Frederick Noronha 
wrote:

> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Before_the_British
>
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 02:55, Roland Francis 
> wrote:
>
>> I cannot vouch for this narration of a slice of Bombay Catholic history,
>> but it is so interesting, it’s certainly worthwhile repeating with due
>> credit to the writer
>>
>> ST. MICHAEL CHURCH, MAHIM --
>> A LEAF FROM HISTORY.
>>
>> Once upon a time the city of Mumbai was made up of seven lush, green
>> islands. Mahikavati or  Mahim was one of them. Over time, Mahim was
>> inhabited by Hindus and Muslims. In the year 1534 the Portuguese arrived
>> and took a great fancy for the island. With them came the first
>> missionaries...The Franciscans. They were the first to build two churches
>> in the area. The first being our very own San Miguel Church  now St.
>> Micheal’s  Church of Upper Mahim or St. Michael’s in 1585 and second was
>> Our Lady of Salvation in  1595 in, Lower Mahim, now renamed Dadar. There
>> are conflicting dates regarding the actual year the foundation of our
>> church was laid. 1512, 1534, 1540, 1585. From this one fact becomes clear.
>> The church was indeed built in the   16th Century by the Portuguese and  it
>> is the first one built in Mumbai .
>>
>> This is an early description of our church by the Gazetteer of Bombay
>> City and Island, "The San Miguel Church of Upper Mahim, was built probably
>> in I540”, built at the northern extremity of the island, very near the
>> creek that separated Mahim from Bandra.  And a certain Mr. Burnell, a
>> visitor to Mahim, wrote in 1710 describing the island and the Church as
>> follows: “On the northwest point of the island is Mahim seated, being a
>> pretty large town and hath an indifferent Buzar, the buildings being brick
>> and covered with pautile".
>>
>> According to Fr Meersman, the Franciscan historian (I957:6I), "The church
>> of St Michael appears in 1585 as a fully functioning mission station.From
>> circumstantial evidence it can be concluded that Mahim was the most
>> important and the most advanced area among the islands of Bombay. The
>> Portuguese commercial and missionary activities must have started in Mahim
>> even before 1534 and there must have been a mission station in Mahim from
>> the beginning of the sixteenth century.
>>
>> An English man who came to Mumbai on behalf of Charles the 11 or England
>> wrote,“Mahim is the best part of the Islands and the Portuguese think it
>> too good for our King's Majesty”. However the British managed to take over
>> the Island city, with the advent of the East India Company in 1663. St
>> Micheals must have been then progressed with  the English.
>>
>> Mahim however, came into serious difficulties during the Sidi War in
>> Bombay in I687. They Sidis originally hailing from Abyssinia had settled
>> down in Janjiraas. Aurangazeb encouraged the Sidis to attack Bombay. They
>> landed at Sewri and marched towards Mazagaon. Emboldened by the weak
>> resistance of the English army, the Sidis planned plunder and rapine on a
>> large scale, landed in Mahim and destroyed and burned the houses on the
>> Mahim Island and St Michael's church as well.
>>
>> But, the Franciscans soon renovated the church as only the roof and the
>> doors were burnt down.This is a description of  the church  I7I0 by one of
>> the visitors, “by the riverside fronting the Mandove stands a large and
>> beautiful church being a Convent of the Franciscans, with a large verandah
>> before the portal and at a small distance on the road a large wooden cross
>> set in a brickwork pedestal".
>>
>> The Franciscans remained in charge of the parish of St Michael till
>> 1720,when they were expelled from Bombay by the British for tampering with
>> the loyalty of the Roman Catholics of Bombay.
>>
>> With the approval of the Holy See in 1720, the Apostolic Vicar General of
>> the Grand Moghul, who was an Italian bishop, took charge of the spiritual
>> welfare of the Catholics of Bombay and its dependencies, after a pledge to
>> obedience and loyalty to His Britannic Majesty.
>>
>> In 1794, the four Bombay parishes were divided. St Michael's Church at
>> Mahim was the second church chosen by the Vicar-Apostolic, the first being
>> that of Esperance at Boribunder (1570) which was later shifted and named
>> The Holy Name Cathedral. As such, St Michael's Church at Mahim was under
>> the jurisdiction of the Vicars Apostolic for 59 years. Thereafter St
>> Michael's Church and Parish came under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop
>> of Goa (Padroado) until 1928 when the double jurisdiction came to a happy
>> end.
>>
>> There were eight vicars between 1857 and 1903. At the turn of the century
>> Fr Sequeira, who was in charge of St. Michael’s  extended the sanctuary and
>> erected the main altar and the two side altars. Fr Domingo Bernadino Vieira
>> demarcated the 

[Goanet] DEATH: Lambert Mascarenhas, 106, founder-editor, Goa Today

[Frederick Noronha]

LAMBERT MASCARENHAS 17.09.1914-27.06.2021. Son of the late Dr Hipolito
Mascarenhas and the late Amelia Messias Mascarenhas. Husband of Dr Jolly
Mascarenhas. Father/father-in-law of Nayantara/the late Noel de Lima Leitao,
Ameeta, Jude, Anjali/Stefan Maus, Grandfather of Alisha/Naveen, Chantal,
Nicole/JJ, Tara/Nolan, Nicholas, Divya/Daniel, Akash & Mark.
Great-grandfather of Zara.

Funeral rites will be held on Monday, the 28th of June, 2021 at the Taleigao
cemetery, in the presence of close family only due to Pandemic restrictions.

We are grateful to all of you for your prayers and wishes. Please understand
that due to the prevailing situation we can accept your condolences only
online.

Family and friends, please accept this as the only intimation.

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[Goanet] St. Michael’s Church Mahim, Bombay.

[Roland Francis]

I cannot vouch for this narration of a slice of Bombay Catholic history, but it 
is so interesting, it’s certainly worthwhile repeating with due credit to the 
writer

ST. MICHAEL CHURCH, MAHIM --
A LEAF FROM HISTORY.

Once upon a time the city of Mumbai was made up of seven lush, green islands. 
Mahikavati or  Mahim was one of them. Over time, Mahim was inhabited by Hindus 
and Muslims. In the year 1534 the Portuguese arrived and took a great fancy for 
the island. With them came the first missionaries...The Franciscans. They were 
the first to build two churches in the area. The first being our very own San 
Miguel Church  now St. Micheal’s  Church of Upper Mahim or St. Michael’s in 
1585 and second was  Our Lady of Salvation in  1595 in, Lower Mahim, now 
renamed Dadar. There are conflicting dates regarding the actual year the 
foundation of our church was laid. 1512, 1534, 1540, 1585. From this one fact 
becomes clear. The church was indeed built in the   16th Century by the 
Portuguese and  it is the first one built in Mumbai .

This is an early description of our church by the Gazetteer of Bombay City and 
Island, "The San Miguel Church of Upper Mahim, was built probably in I540”, 
built at the northern extremity of the island, very near the creek that 
separated Mahim from Bandra.  And a certain Mr. Burnell, a visitor to Mahim, 
wrote in 1710 describing the island and the Church as follows: “On the 
northwest point of the island is Mahim seated, being a pretty large town and 
hath an indifferent Buzar, the buildings being brick and covered with pautile".

According to Fr Meersman, the Franciscan historian (I957:6I), "The church of St 
Michael appears in 1585 as a fully functioning mission station.From 
circumstantial evidence it can be concluded that Mahim was the most important 
and the most advanced area among the islands of Bombay. The Portuguese 
commercial and missionary activities must have started in Mahim even before 
1534 and there must have been a mission station in Mahim from the beginning of 
the sixteenth century.

An English man who came to Mumbai on behalf of Charles the 11 or England 
wrote,“Mahim is the best part of the Islands and the Portuguese think it too 
good for our King's Majesty”. However the British managed to take over the 
Island city, with the advent of the East India Company in 1663. St Micheals 
must have been then progressed with  the English.

Mahim however, came into serious difficulties during the Sidi War in Bombay in 
I687. They Sidis originally hailing from Abyssinia had settled down in 
Janjiraas. Aurangazeb encouraged the Sidis to attack Bombay. They landed at 
Sewri and marched towards Mazagaon. Emboldened by the weak resistance of the 
English army, the Sidis planned plunder and rapine on a large scale, landed in 
Mahim and destroyed and burned the houses on the Mahim Island and St Michael's 
church as well.

But, the Franciscans soon renovated the church as only the roof and the doors 
were burnt down.This is a description of  the church  I7I0 by one of the 
visitors, “by the riverside fronting the Mandove stands a large and beautiful 
church being a Convent of the Franciscans, with a large verandah before the 
portal and at a small distance on the road a large wooden cross set in a 
brickwork pedestal".

The Franciscans remained in charge of the parish of St Michael till 1720,when 
they were expelled from Bombay by the British for tampering with the loyalty of 
the Roman Catholics of Bombay.

With the approval of the Holy See in 1720, the Apostolic Vicar General of the 
Grand Moghul, who was an Italian bishop, took charge of the spiritual welfare 
of the Catholics of Bombay and its dependencies, after a pledge to obedience 
and loyalty to His Britannic Majesty.

In 1794, the four Bombay parishes were divided. St Michael's Church at Mahim 
was the second church chosen by the Vicar-Apostolic, the first being that of 
Esperance at Boribunder (1570) which was later shifted and named The Holy Name 
Cathedral. As such, St Michael's Church at Mahim was under the jurisdiction of 
the Vicars Apostolic for 59 years. Thereafter St Michael's Church and Parish 
came under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Goa (Padroado) until 1928 when 
the double jurisdiction came to a happy end.

There were eight vicars between 1857 and 1903. At the turn of the century Fr 
Sequeira, who was in charge of St. Michael’s  extended the sanctuary and 
erected the main altar and the two side altars. Fr Domingo Bernadino Vieira 
demarcated the vast landed properties of the church and built boundary walls to 
prevent trespass or misappropriation. Fr Bernardo  Francisco Mendonca developed 
the school and started the High School. Fr B F D’Silva built the new school 
building on the side of the main road. He brought the land adjoining the church 
property and built houses for parishioners on a reasonable rental basis, known 
as St Michael's Colony. An oratory was built near this colony on 

[Goanet] WE NEED TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTH

[Aires Rodrigues]

The Goa Government as a matter of rule should ensure that there is a total
ban on any extensions in service and contract appointments to the retired.
Every extension in service or contract appointment given beyond the
retirement age is a cruel and grave injustice to the Youth. It is also a
severe prejudice to those unemployed aspiring to join the government
service and to the young officers awaiting promotion.

No one is indispensable and steps should be taken well in advance to
replace those retiring. There are however some officers who just will not
retire as they cannot live without feasting on government perks and
freebies. All good things need to come to an end. And there is something
known as “retired life” which many government officers unfortunately cannot
come to terms with.

We need to invest in our youth and give them a chance. The power,
diversity, and potential of our youth could energize the bureaucracy into a
vibrant engine to tow Goa out of the current woods.

The great American writer Robert Heinlein had said “Age is not an
accomplishment, and youth is not a sin”.

Adv. Aires Rodrigues

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com



You can also reach me on

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Twitter@rodrigues_aires

www.airesrodrigues.in

[Goanet] Schedule for Monday 28th June 2021

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Schedule for Monday 28th June 2021

12:00 AM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

12:23 AM
Wisdom Reflections -14 - Rachol Professors

12:49 AM
Bhajan - Tu Sakshat Parmeshvaru - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

12:58 AM
Song - Stay Safe - Sisters of Auxilium Convent, Shillong

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Sunday

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

2:26 AM
Devachem Utor  - 1 Korintkarank - Avesvor 14 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

2:40 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 26 - Isaac - Fr Pratap Naik sj

2:49 AM
Music - Fatorda Youth followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

3:19 AM
Youthopia - Sanger Serrao - Saxaphone - interviewed by Richa Carneiro

3:37 AM
Perpetual Succour Convent H.S., Navelim

3:42 AM
The Examen - Talk by Syona Fernandes

3:54 AM
Psalms  143 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

4:01 AM
Thomas Aquinas teaching on Sloth - Sr Joeyanna D'Souza fsp

4:27 AM
Poem - Are we free? Really? - Larissa Rodrigues

4:31 AM
Divinity of Jesus Christ - Talk by Sheela Alvares

4:53 AM
Our Father - Hindi

4:58 AM
Healing the Hidden Self - Talk by Dr Sarita Nazareth

5:29 AM
Song - Let's Care for Our Common Home - Fr Tomas Lobo

5:35 AM
Hanv Konn? - Talk by Mathew Fernandes

5:57 AM
Song - We are the World - Cover

6:05 AM
Literally Goa - Vasco Pinho interviewed by Frederick Noronha

6:35 AM
Lessons from Bartimaeous - Leela Moraes

6:52 AM
Music - Jezu Portun Ietolo - Fr Eusico Pereira

6:57 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem  -  Rogtsakxi

7:00 AM
Konkani Mass from Archbishop's House followed by Jivitacho Prokas

7:45 AM
Morning Prayer  -  Martyrs

7:49 AM
Bhajans 3

8:16 AM
The Chosen - Introduction

8:20 AM
Talk on Holiness Adv. F.E. Noronha

8:44 AM
Gaddie-Vahonan Vechea Vellar Bhagevont Zuze Vazache Mozotin Magnnem

8:46 AM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 11

8:50 AM
Through Mary to Jesus - Eps 1 - Fr Mervin D'Souza S.J.

9:10 AM
Song - Let's Care for Our Common Home - Fr Tomas Lobo

9:16 AM
St. Joseph Vaz

9:43 AM
Commitment to Holiness through Prayer - Fr Fernando da Costa

10:25 AM
Devachem Utor  - 1 Korintkarank - Avesvor 14 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

10:40 AM
Songs - Sonia Shirsat - 3rd Anniv

10:56 AM
Talk on St Monica - Dr Sarita Nazareth

11:12 AM
Hymn - Pavitra Hai Prabhu - Savina & Leon Gonsalves

11:19 AM
Intercessions (English)

11:30 AM
Mass in English from SJVRC followed by Daily Flash

12:15 PM
Retreat for Families - SJVRC - Talk by Fr Xavier Braganza

12:52 PM
Our Father - Bengali

12:56 PM
Youthopia -  Chriselle Fernandes interviewed by Lucius De Almeida

1:26 PM
Song - Corona Duvens - Brijesh Vaz

1:32 PM
Nokhetram - Michael Gracias chats with  Team Benddkar

2:03 PM
Poem - Khuris Zoitivont Kortam - Tancia Pires

2:07 PM
Dev Amkam Kiteak Pekhoita - Dominic Rodrigues

2:36 PM
Hymn - St Joseph's H.S. Calangute

2:40 PM
Entrepreneurship - Devine Computers - Ashley Delaney interviewed by Basil
D'Cunha

3:06 PM
Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem

3:08 PM
Session 7 - Pastoral Letter 2020-21

3:26 PM
Prayer while travelling  -  St Joseph Vaz

3:28 PM
Music - Carmu Saibinnim - Victor Da Costa

3:30 PM
Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:40 PM
Tell me a story - Eps 29 -  Joseph in Prison

3:47 PM
Santam-Bhoktanchim Ladainh

3:56 PM
Magnificat (Konkani)

4:00 PM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

4:23 PM
The Chosen - Introduction

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 3

5:00 PM
Vakhann'ni ani Bozonn  - 2

5:30 PM
Zaanvai - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

6:02 PM
Angelus - English

6:04 PM
Vaittovea Ani Vaitta Add Zhuzunk Dev Amkam Adar Dita - Fr Edson Fernandes

6:19 PM
Intercessions (Konkani)

6:30 PM
Konkani Mass from Archbishop's House followed by Jivitacho Prokas

7:15 PM
53rd Mando Festival - Curtocares - Dance

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

7:56 PM
Hymn - Noman, Noman Marie- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)

8:00 PM
St. Paul Aliv Today - Daughters of St Paul

8:28 PM
Magnneachem Jivit - Talk by Gaurish Naik

9:00 PM
Devachem Utor  - 1 Korintkarank - Avesvor 15 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

9:18 PM
Role of Mary in the life of a Christian - Fr Raju OP

9:44 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:59 PM
The Chosen - Introduction

10:03 PM
Tiatr Academy Kantaram Competition - Part 1

10:50 PM
Health Matters  - Organ Donation and Transplants -  Dr Amol Mahaldar

11:38 PM
The Law and You - Three law students speak about integrity

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[Goanet] Missing posters

[Bernado Colaco]

 Glad to hear that our revered Doutor Helecar is around. Time for rounds of 
fond discussions!
BC


Hi Eric,

Thanks for remembering me. Have been very busy for the last 6 years or
so with more responsibilities. Cannot keep up with Goan forums any
more. WhatsApp groups have also taken over.

Cheers,

Santosh

*
  

[Goanet] NYTimes: The Bishops Are Wrong About Biden — and Abortion

[Gabe Menezes]

The Bishops Are Wrong About Biden — and Abortion https://nyti.ms/2TdTECT

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Lambert & Goa Today

[Mervyn Maciel]

A Great Goan has left us, but his legacy lives on.
I still remember when he and Jolly visited us at our Sutton
homestead and again when I was  entertained by the couple at
their Dona Paula mansion many years ago during my trip to
Goa.
   He will be remembered not just as a Freedom Fighter, journalist,
author and Founder Editor of the prestigious GOA TODAY magazine, but as
a great son of Goa.
   I hope the country and Goans the world over will do this
great Goan proud.
   My deepest sympathy to Jolly and all the family - please know
that you are all in my thoughts and prayers.


Mervyn Maciel



On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 at 13:21, Valmiki Faleiro  wrote:

> Eugene,
> Salgaocars closed Goa Today last month.
> Lambert Mascarenhas passed away today, aged 106.
> Best, v
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Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goan, Goes, Goanese?

[Frederick Noronha]

Works fine here:
http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/
Or please try: https://tinyurl.com/6ebwln
FN

On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 at 10:15, lizio  wrote:

> Hello Frederick, the link's not working. Please check.
> Also, the first time I saw the word Goanese many years ago was in a
> Alistair MacLean novel. Don't remember the name of the novel. There's a
> scene aboard a cruise ship wherein they refer to "Goanese" waiters in a
> restaurant.
> regards
> Lizio Fernandes 9604449142
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 12:57 AM Frederick Noronha <
> fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why _Goanese_ is sometimes used to describe Goans:
>> http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/
>> Send your comments to goa...@goanet.org
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>>
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[Goanet] A tribute to Felix Barretto

[Nelson Lopes]

  Tolleaband ,Chinchinim
He passed away last night as he was  shifted from private hospital   to
GMC  Bambolim after a brief illness
He made footbal  as a career and succeeded  well.He was proud of his
football profession. His position as a player was centre back.He received
much praise and admiration for his very dependable  performance  It would
not  be exaggeration
to stress his role in the games.He definitely was known as one of the  best
at that time
He doned the colours for Shantilal  and finally gravitated towards Dhempe
Sports Club and served them extremely well during his hay days.His
favourite jersy no 5  revived glorious moments in his career and preserved
it  as a momento to cherish for life  He was the coach of now defunct
Salcette  Club
His passion for the game of soccer continued through out his life,till the
last breath. HE was the coach for budding CRCC  players.He conducted many a
successful summer camps for the CRCC
FOOTBALL ground  was his favourite past time in fact his address to meet
.He was unassuming  , sincere, dedicated soldier of CRCC lending his hand
at all times,in the organising tournaments , and leading teams at various
level of competition
His admiration and passion for soccer  can gauzed by the fact that his
sons  are named after renowned  soccer players


He  always acknowledged with gratitude the role of late Cyril Ferrao in
promoting  him and his career.
He was instrumental in  instituting an award in the memory of Cyril
Ferrao.about a year back  and suggested friends and clubs that could be
approached.His inputs were used to finalise a resume ,the only one avaiable
on this great professional coach player  commentator and reporter. The road
sign in  existence in memory of Cyril was not even known to many  .Together
we cleaned ,painted and inscribed his name,though later reluctant some
support  came from family .He calmly  advised me   about returning  it even
though I insisted








It was in this connection  i came  in close  contact with him
It was  very hard for him when he lost his dear spouse but  made her life
comfortable
and happy during her illness
A very devout person attended daily mass very regularly.In the market he
did his purchases quickly  and did not hang out and idle
The soccer enthusiast and football lovers of Chinchinim Village  salute
him  in reverence  for the contribution towards the game and his
involvelment  with CRCC and activities. He is role model  to  budding
players of simplicity,honest ,sincerity and consistency. HIS MEMORY will be
etched in the hearts and minds of sports lovers  specially soccer
enthusiast

Nelson Lopes
Chinchinim

[Goanet] JOBS FOR VOTES?

[John Eric Gomes]

BJP PROMISED LESS GOVERNMENT MORE GOVERNANCE
Covid 19 has turned our lives inside out and is not going anywhere soon. Jobs 
will be increasingly digitized and working more and more from home is becoming 
the norm. The pay comission had recommended reducing staff and Goa is already 
overstaffed with 60,000 employees compared to our population! Therefore common 
sense dictates staff has to be reduced drastically and skills upgraded? Jobs 
are to be created where required! Departments were supposed to do a work study 
survey and report to government, but no one knows what happened or if that 
study was ever done. Now the CM has promised to create10,000 jobs in 6 months 
in government! With financial condition and borrowings deeply in red and 
expenses increasing, this recruitment drive in politicians hands seems 
obviously for own benefit and votes. It is reported that the government is 
already Rs20,000 crores in debt and is taking loans every month to pay present 
employees! Will educated youth forget the harshness of governments rule and 
wrong priorities rammed down against people's will which many of them have been 
fighting against, for these jobs? This ploy will definately be a drain on the 
exchequer and a millstone around financially overburdened people's necks (more 
taxes, higher prices)now and in the future! Imagine resulting more delays/no 
lean and mean administration to hasten solving common people's woes! Are these 
creation of jobs in Goa's and public interest and whither the promise of less 
government?

[Goanet] posters

[Paul p]

Santosh,
So very nice to hear from you after a long hiatus.
missing  your  sensible and disciplinary  postings
Paul

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Sumarnætur: Summer Nights in Iceland – 9

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Sumarnætur: Summer
Nights in Iceland – 9'

Moon over the meadow.

A quiet night in Reykjanes a few days ago. The Buttercups - Brennisóley in
Icelandic - in the foreground are a telltale sign of summer on the island.

You may view the latest post at

https://blog.parrikar.com/2021/06/27/sumarnaetur-summer-nights-in-iceland-9/


Warm regards,

Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

Re: [Goanet] Lockdown extended in Goa.

[Frederick Noronha]

Meanwhile: everyone is forgetting to keep tabs on the figures of new cases,
daily deaths, etc.
It has already been banished from the front pages.
If and when (God forbid) the third wave comes, we possibly won't even see
it coming. Just a thought.
FN

On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 at 04:06, Roland Francis 
wrote:

> But surely the expected third wave will not be ‘only in name’.
>
> No lessons learnt?
>
> Roland.
>
>
> > On Jun 26, 2021, at 6:13 PM, Frederick Noronha <
> fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Lockdown? Curfew? Only in name
> >
> >> On Sat 26 Jun, 2021, 10:15 PM Gabe Menezes, 
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://www.livemint.com/news/india/goa-extends-covid-curfew-by-one-more-week-till-5th-july-11624713183820.html
> >>
>


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[Goanet] 751 Graves in Residential Schools

[Roland Francis]

Eddie,
Although you have not qualified the word genocide with “cultural” it is 
important to call it what it is “cultural genocide” or else one might get the 
impression the whole race of indigenous children of the First Nations were 
slaughtered or killed.

The sins of the white priests and nuns running these schools might have been 
horror-provoking but the graves being found were not of children that were 
killed by those in authority whatever else might have been the indignities 
heaped on them.

Those graves contain the bodies of children that died of loneliness or 
insufficient care or tortuous discipline, even of disease but they were not 
directly killed. 

That is the narrative that is known to us so far, unless the Church agrees to 
open its records and we know otherwise.

Autopsies on bones are not possible because in the Indigenous culture, burial 
mounds (graves) are sacred, worthy of worship and no one will be allowed to 
work on them. Analyses of remains might have told us the story of those buried.

While the Catholic Church does not apologize for the treatment of these wards 
in their schools, the government on several occasions has expressed public 
remorse. The Church might be afraid of the legal ramifications, the Government 
has no such fears.

Roland.

Eddie D’Sa wrote:

751 unmarked graves believed to include the burial sites of Native children 
from a Catholic residential school have been found in Canada, in Saskatchewan 
province. The graves were found in a cemetery at the former Marieval Indian 
Residential School in Saskatchewan province, which borders the US to the south. 
The Catholic institution operated for almost a century from 1899 to 1997, as 
part of a Canadian school system created to europeanise native children by 
forcibly taking the children from their parents and destroying their culture. 
This seems to be the white man's way.Last month, the remains of 215 children, 
some as young as three years of age, were discovered at a similar burial site 
near former school grounds in the province of British Columbia. Pope Francis 
said the findings pained but he would not apologise. Looks like the white-led 
Church only apologises for white victims. The Federation of Sovereign 
Indigenous First Nations (FSIN) said that ground-penetrating radar had been 
used to locate unmarked graves. At a news conference on Thursday, Cowessess 
Chief Cadmus Delorme said research teams had registered 751 “recorded hits” in 
their scans of the site, but that each grave could contain more than one set of 
remains, and further technical examinations would be carried out. There are 
oral stories that there are adults in this gravesite, as well,”Earlier, local 
political leaders called on the Catholic Church to release its records relating 
to the schools and its students. “We need to work alongside the communities 
that continue to search the residential school sites and make sure we find all 
of these unmarked graves,” politician Ryan Meili said in a CBC interview. The 
indigenous school system was funded by the Canadian government and run by the 
Catholic Church, and operated until the late 1990s. There were nearly 140 such 
institutions around the country, with an enrolment of some 150,000 Native 
children who had been forcibly taken from their families to be taught a new 
language, culture, and religion.
Canada has accused Beijing of genocide, but ignores its own genocide. Eddie

[Goanet] RIBANDAR’S BABA RAMDEV HAS LET US DOWN BY HIJACKING OUR OLD HOSPITAL PREMISES

[Aires Rodrigues]

After having survived from the jaws of death due to the expert allopathic
treatment received at Goa Medical College, it is reprehensible on the part
of Ayush Minister Shripad Naik, despite being from Ribandar to oppose the
much needed medical facilities from being restored by the Goa Government at
our famed Old Ribandar Hospital. Shripad Naik for reasons best known to him
has been insisting on setting up a needless Ayush center there.

Despite being a Member of Parliament for over two decades and a Union
Minister for so many years, Shripad Naik has no phenomenal achievement to
his credit.

The one achievement to the credit of Shripad Naik is that he has risen from
rags to riches and made sure of securing the careers of his three sons
despite them lacking merit while showing no concern whatsoever for the
welfare of the voters.

Shripad Naik has launched his eldest son Siddesh into politics which is
today the most lucrative business and wanting to contest from Cumbarjua
constituency at the ensuing assembly elections. For Shripad Naik having
sabotaged our Health center the people should ensure that his son Siddesh
is politically thrashed at the polls. Ironically the Health Care facilities
at the Old Ribandar Hospital would have catered also to the Health needs of
people of Old Goa, Corlim, Carambolim and the Divar Island which is all
part of the Cumbarjua Constituency. The defeat of his son will send a very
clear message to Shripad Naik that he cannot act against the wishes, best
interests and welfare of the people.

Shripad Naik managed to manipulate and push his second son Saiesh to be an
Awal Karkun who has swiftly now become a Joint Mamlatdar and will soon be a
Deputy Collector. The third son Yogesh has been immersed into the world of
business. Couldn’t Shripad Naik have looked beyond his Parivar and ensured
that our well qualified youth with merit were instead rightly given career
avenues?

Shripad Naik has been a shrewd and sly operator and the Ayush Ministry is a
windfall with that very huge budget and manufacturers and suppliers making
a beeline in Goa for an audience with the Ayush Minister while the son
seals the deals.

By opposing health care facilities at the Old Ribandar Hospital Shripad
Naik has done great injustice to the patients especially the less
privileged who depend on only government medical care. And for that the
Ayush Minister will have to bear the brunt of the Almighty.

Even in his twilight years, Shripad Naik would benefit from learning that
every Government has three responsibilities towards its citizens. Every
Government should protect, provide for and invest in its people. The raging
pandemic vividly, cruelly and tragically exposed the medical shortcomings
of the Government in Goa and nationally. It defined and determined beyond
reasonable doubt that the peoples’ demand and number one priority is for
better and more state of the art medical facilities easily accessible to
all the people. This is exactly what the restoration of state of the art
medical facilities at the Old Ribandar Hospital would have provided as a
great relief to all.

Shripad Naik may look humble and simple but as far as he is concerned
though he displays that he is SABKE SATH but selfishly always been only for
HUMARA VIKAS.

Adv. Aires Rodrigues

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com



You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires

www.airesrodrigues.in

[Goanet] Learning From The Pandemic that Decimated The Population of Goa Five Centuries Ago

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

*Learning From The Pandemic that Decimated The Population of Goa Five
Centuries Ago*

A couple of hours ago I picked a book that has been on my mini bedside for
several years. It was a Godsend.  The picture on the cover reminded me of
something …Yes….of Old Goa.

During the second World War 1939.1945/46 all leave, for Civil Servants,
 granted every three years were frozen.  We were in Goa when the War broke
out, my Dad managed to get to  Tanganyika before the Japanese Attacked
Pearl  Harbour. My Mother and my Brother followed. The ship was in total
darkness for fears that it would be struck by enemy submarines.  To make
matters worse it was a rough passage. We landed in Dar.  So after the war
my dad was entitled for 9 months of leave .

 I was about 11 years old, we went to Old Goa I was intrigued with the
ruins. Suddenly there was a shout in Portuguese, I put up my head, it was
an African soldier.  My Father put his hand on my shoulders and turned me
round, I looked back, the soldiers was ushering us out.  A couple of days
later, after the incident,  I was feeling sick, I was taken to a Portuguese
Doctor who was in the military . It could be the Portuguese connections. My
Uncle Antonio, was married to a white lady.   The Doctor gave me a shot,
some tablets.I cannot exactly remember whether it was a couple of days,
definitely not more than a week . I was fit as a fiddle

 The book that brought a torrent of memories and more was by :

The Book I had picked up is Authored by Fr. John D’Silva and is called *A
Brief Historical Sketch of Santana Talaulim * * A Peep Into SANTANA
Anjoy, Saligoa  *83 pp, Illustrated, Bibliography >>>

For me it was more than a peep.  I was mercerised. I went back to the
>>>Preface Fr. Mousinho De Ataide.   Fr. Ataide tells us that while many of
the books on Goa are general, they miss out details. I, completely as an
outsider (a Quepemkar) can vouch  for this statement. In this time of the
Great Pandemic 19 in the 21st. Century.

 Past plagues were equally devastating.  , The Black Plague killed over 25
 million.  According to the *National Geographic*

 Arguably the most infamous plague outbreak was the so-called Black Death
, a multi-century pandemic that
swept through Asia and Europe. It was believed to start in China in
1334, spreading
along trade routes  and
reaching Europe via Sicilian ports in the late 1340s. The plague killed an
estimated 25 million people, almost a third of the continent’s population.
The Black Death lingered on for centuries, particularly in cities.
Outbreaks included the  Great Plague of London

 (1665-66), in which 70,000 residents died.

 *Back To The Book and Goa*

What struck me, when I picked up the book. By Fr. John D’Silva written in.
(2016) was it took me back to my encounter with the African soldier who had
broken my trance about ruins. In this age of Pandemic 19 which is
devastating many countries. Several things strike me about the past plagues
in Goa  and on their impact on culture, beliefs etc

 *1.*  *The Plague That Destroyed Old Goa*

We are told (page 48) that a  dreaded plague broke out in the Parish of The
Most Holy Trinity, in Old Goa, in the vicinity of the Miraculous Holy Cross
Church. The plague was caused by an elephant falling into a well and
drowning.  The population of the town was  sharply reduced. Out of  a
population of 12,000 only 34 survived

 The Black Death of Europe killed people in the prosperous urban areas,
London, Milan and an earlier one even Constantinople in Turkey.  Old Goa
was prosperous, the <<< Rome of the East >>>The hub of trade India,
Malaysia all the way to China and Japan.

 *1b   Was it The Curse or the Plague That Destroyed SANTANA TALAULIM*

*The *St Ana Chapel which subsequently became the * Parish of Santana
Talaulim in sleepy Saligao  is only *a league away  from Old Goa. Indeed
the road, meant for carriages passed from the ruins of St. Augustine  to
Santana where one finds a Church, the a replica of St Augustine but named
Santa ANA

 *2b   The Plague At Santana Talaulim Was A Curse*

In 1783 the Plague hit Santana. Was it a curse. We are  told that

 <<<“Apart from the outbursts of the epidemics, the chief reason could be
moral degregation sis) degradation  and pollution and and sanitation
problems.>>>

 The oral tradition is that during Lent, the Procession of Stations of the
Cross were carried outside the church around the settlement. A fidalgo
family whose members felt privileged were not ready and asked the bearers
to stop. When the worshippers continued, a fidalgo rushed out pulled the
image of Christ and offended it.  The presiding priest begged pardon for
the offense and uttered <<<  What punishment should befall the parish  

So many died that there are mass graves ….Many people fled never to 

Re: [Goanet] Remembering Alfred Tavares

[Roland Francis]

Hi Linken,
My tribute to Alfredo when I heard of his death in August 2014.

>>> From: Roland Francis 
>>> Date: August 31, 2014 at 5:12:03 PM EDT
>>> To: "goa...@goanet.org" 
>>> Subject: Alfredo Tavares - Goan of Distinction
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It's a Sunday's rude awakening to read that Alfredo has left for his happy 
>>> hunting grounds.
>>> 
>>> A unique personality, a rascal and a rogue in a most lovable way. He was a 
>>> rebel against every tradition, preconceived notion, and hidebound cultural 
>>> restriction. The low castes in his village were as dear to him as the 
>>> bhatcars who frowned on the company he kept.
>>> 
>>> He had a refreshing sense of humor to which FN referred, but above that he 
>>> was courageous and almost fearless in his challenges to authority both 
>>> Portuguese and Indian in the defence of his Goan rights. If Alfredo was not 
>>> a journalist, he could, if life had taken a different turn, be a 
>>> bash-on-regardless type of army general.
>>> 
>>> Alfredo was not atypical of his generation in the matter of his love of 
>>> being a Goan. Achievements came naturally to him and he as smoothly seemed 
>>> to brush them off as his ability to make an impression on people no matter 
>>> what their station.
>>> 
>>> A product of the mold of daring and adventurous young men and women who 
>>> were in their late teens and early twenties when Goa's political landscape 
>>> changed forever, Alfredo never lost his love for fellow Goans and the joy 
>>> of a good escapade. He was indeed Goa's ambassador in Sweden, a natural 
>>> one-man welcoming committee who never tired of being a warm host to an 
>>> Indian visitor, no matter how numerous or from what station in life. Your 
>>> importance or inconsequence meant little to him. It was your camaraderie he 
>>> most sought.
>>> 
>>> A tip of the hat and a swig from the glass to you Afredo. May your spirit 
>>> never depart from us.
>>> 
>>> Roland.
>> 

Roland Francis
416-453-3371


> On Jun 26, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Linken Fernandes  
> wrote:
> 
> Both the PC and laptop are out of commission and I am none too savvy
> writing on mobile, except to shoot off inane posts to the family Whatsapp
> group. So this will be brief.
> 
> A nicely written note that, Frederick, on Alfred Tavares, though much too
> brief. But your anecdotal account of his maverick ways whets one's appetite
> for more. Care to consider a more extended treatment of your friend's
> exploits some time in the near future, Fred?
> 
> I did not know Alfred Tavares at all, except through the reminiscences of
> friend Hugo from Raia (sadly no more too). I was quite impressed when he
> mentioned Alfred's attempt to register an association of fools with the
> collector. The mind boggles at the possible aims, objectives and activities
> of such a group!
> 
> On another occasion, Hugo told me  about another friend, Walfrido Antao, a
> big fan of existentialism, who had actually met Jean-Paul Sartre when
> visiting Paris in the 1970s. Turned out that it had actually been Alfred
> (at least from his own telling in a post here,  if I am not  mistaken). It
> seems he informed the bartender at the pub near Sartre's residence to tell
> the philosopher that he had come from Goa and could they meet? Sartre duly
> stopped by. I wonder what their palaver was about, something that Alfred
> may have been sure to make a note of somewhere, and which the Lotlekar's
> biographer may please discover and let us know.
> 
> On a more personal note,  it is possible that Alfred may have attempted to
> prank me following my post about the meeting with Sartre. I got an email
> from him which turned out to be infected with a, fortunately, mild variant
> of some unknown virus. It may not have been deliberately done, of course.
> Anyway I promptly deleted the email but not before inquiring with some
> several names he had copied it to whether they had received the infected
> email. Someone from Australia replied that, yes, he had! I didn't know what
> to make of this, but hearing that Alfred wasn't keeping too well, I let the
> matter rest. Just as well. He passed, a few weeks later. Perhaps way too
> soon.