[Goanet] Tony De Sa
He left us a little better world. Godspeed Tony. Read on FB that Tony passed away. Roland. Toronto.
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Tony de Sa...
That is truly troubling news. Am praying his situation changes for the better.Mog asundi,Victor -Original Message- From: Frederick Noronha To: Goanet Sent: Mon, Sep 27, 2021 11:49 am Subject: [Goanet-News] Tony de Sa... Tony de Sa's daughter Anna Marie de Sa responded to say: "My dad Tony de Sa is critical. Very, very sick." This is really sad. Please keep Tony in your thoughts and prayers. Tony is our Goanet moderator, especially on Goanet @ Facebook. He is a retired principal of Sacred Heart, Parra and a kind and helpful person. He taught himself programming after retiring, and has been a long-term member of our India Linux Users' Group-Goa as well as the Free Software Users' Group-Goa. He hails from Moira. FN :: 27SEP2021 ᐧ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Join a discussion on Goa-related issues by posting your comments on this or other issues via email to goa...@goanet.org See archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
[Goanet] Tony de Sa
I was very sorry to hear that Tony is seriously ill and send my prayers and best wishes for his recovery. I echo what Roland has had to say-that Tony is indeed a lovely guy. Get well soon Tony Mervyn Maciel
Re: [Goanet] [*Newsletter*] Re: Tony de Sa...
We will pray for his quick recovery. RaulSent from my Galaxy Original message From: Roland Francis Date: 27/09/2021 16:56 (GMT+00:00) To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Subject: [*Newsletter*] Re: [Goanet] Tony de Sa... My wishes for a smooth and quick recovery.Tony is a lovely guy!Roland.Toronto.> On Sep 27, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Frederick Noronha wrote:> > Tony de Sa's daughter Anna Marie de Sa responded to say: "My dad Tony de Sa> is critical. Very, very sick."> > This is really sad. Please keep Tony in your thoughts and prayers.> > Tony is our Goanet moderator, especially on Goanet @ Facebook. He is a> retired principal of Sacred Heart, Parra and a kind and helpful person. He> taught himself programming after retiring, and has been a long-term member> of our India Linux Users' Group-Goa as well as the Free Software Users'> Group-Goa. He hails from Moira.> > FN :: 27SEP2021> ᐧ
[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} Breathe in the air, the higher you fly
September 27 2021 Some months ago, I wrote about a tiny helicopter's first flight ... on Mars. It's called Ingenuity, and the reason it was by no means certain it would lift off and fly on Mars is that the atmosphere on Mars is very thin. But it did fly. Still, I wondered idly at the time, what if Ingenuity found itself in a spot on Mars where the air was even thinner? Would it still be able to fly? Well, that question became relevant some days ago, but not because the helicopter found its way to top of some massive Martian mountain. The air is subject to "seasonal" variations, and about now, it's getting measurably thinner. So yes, would Ingenuity be able to fly? That was the prompt for my last Mint column (Friday Sep 24), though when I started writing on it, I found myself exploring what humans, not just a helicopter, would be faced with in the Martian atmosphere. No more. Take a look: Breathe in the air, the higher you fly, https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/breathe-in-the-air-the-higher-you-fly-11632419745508.html cheers, dilip PS: Tell me if you catch the musical reference. --- Breathe in the air, the higher you fly It's a good bet you haven't paid a lot of attention to the density of air. At sea level, it's about 1.2 kg/cubic metre, meaning a cubic metre of air weighs about 1.2kg. You've probably seen references to how air gets "thinner", or less dense, at altitudes. This is why travellers to Ladakh, for example, are advised to take a day or two to "acclimatize" there. The thinner the air, the harder it is to take in enough oxygen to function normally. Of course, this is even more of a factor for climbers trying to summit Mt Everest. For at the peak of that mountain, a cubic metre of air weighs only about 400 grams - about a third of the sea-level figure. Not only must climbers take the time to acclimatize as they get ever higher up the mountain, they often carry oxygen along, to help them breathe at those heights. To understand all this, start with how much air you take in as you breathe: about eight litres a minute. At sea level, that much air weighs about 10 grams. 20% of that is oxygen, or about two grams. So just normal everyday functioning needs 2gm of oxygen per minute of normal breathing. At the top of Everest, you'll need three minutes, or much deeper breathing, to get that much oxygen into you. Hard work. No wonder most climbers carry tanks of oxygen as they near the top. Imagine, then, reaching a place where the air around you is so thin that a cubic metre weighs just 18 grams. Not over a kilogram, not 400gm, but a measly 18gm. If you're still on Earth, the eight litres you take in each minute will weigh just 0.15gm, of which 0.03gm is oxygen. How hard will you have to work to get your regular 2gm/minute dose of oxygen? No amount of acclimatization will help you survive in air that thin, even if the air was pure oxygen. You'd have to carry and breathe from oxygen tanks all the time. There is actually a place where the air density is this low, though it's nowhere on Earth. This is Mars, and in case the thinness of its air wasn't obstacle enough, there's an added complication. 20% of the Earth's air is oxygen, but only 0.16% of the air on Mars is. So for each minute of breathing on Mars, you will inhale only 0.00024gm - 0.24 microgram - of oxygen. The truth is that you'll be inhaling almost pure carbon dioxide, because that's what makes up 95% of Martian air. The real truth is that you'll quickly be dead. Unless you strap on those oxygen tanks you've lugged from Earth. Then again, there's an instrument called MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) that travelled to Mars with NASA's Perseverance Rover that landed there earlier this year. The team that designed this toaster-sized device describe it as an "electrical tree", which is pretty accurate. Trees on earth absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, and that is exactly what MOXIE is designed to do. Remember that carbon dioxide is made up of carbon and oxygen (CO2). MOXIE "breathes in" carbon dioxide and breaks the molecules into those components, thus producing oxygen. But if that's just the theory, last April MOXIE went to work and actually produced about 10gm of oxygen in an hour. Just five minutes worth for your average human, sure, but real breathable oxygen all the same. And in doing so, it showed that future humans on Mars won't need to carry huge amounts of oxygen from Earth. That would be a nearly impossible job anyway. MOXIE, or really a MOXIE on a larger scale, can produce oxygen for them. Still, the main reason to produce oxygen there, at least with the first several arrivals on Mars and to allow any long-term human presence on the planet, is not so much because human visitors need to breathe. Even with 100 women and men on Mars, you'd need less than 300kg of oxygen per day for all their breathing needs. In contrast, to lift a rocket off Mars and carry some of those humans back to E
[Goanet] St Pio Feast was Celebrated in Style in DSM...a Goan from Saligao and a Goan Priest from Charao led the way
More than a decade ago, in Margao I bought a picket sized picture of St Pio. It was really worn down because I carried it every where especially when travelling. Yesterday, Sunday 24 this Sunday September 24th; the now tiny Goan Community in this 3 rd largest city in Africa could only send a 6 strong contingent to Celebrate the feast of St. Pio. The celebrations at Mzimbazi Catholic Centre. was something special as his feast was two days earlier. Mary Carneiro, yes from Saligao was a tower of strength. Fr. Mario Dias, along wit at least 6 other Tanzanian and Capuchins from Philippines etc were there. I was pleasantly surprised at the island of greenery and the Cemetery where Capuchin have been buried for over a 100 years. Each grave had iron wrought cross painted silver. Then Mary drove past the cemetery and then there was a new world yes I could not believe it A Shrine, had been started 3 years ago ...it was almost complete Apart from the main altar there were 6 side alters Glass stained windows all over capturing and reflecting the sun the cloud ///it was peaceful The Choir Members from Msimbazi sung, ululated, clapped accompanied by drums and the Choir led by a young master...Oh yes the few nuns swayed and clapped ...Oh the nuns had a rhythm, just like the tiny children ...they were happy. Then came the feast organized by Mary there was enough to eat and to drink more than 200 people .and food to spare...I suspect there was also a miracle. At the last moment the same picture of St Pio which I had purchased in Margao was distributed ...I took about 8 ..The prayers behind were not in English and Konkoni but English and Kiswahili. It was fairly late. Fr. Mario tried to call an Uber but they had funny excuses, as usual. A Bolt arrived he was Catholic, took me right to Makongo Juu I gave him his fare and the Holy Picture.He told me he was apprehensive coming to this lonely place. This morning the Holy Picture came in handy, most surprising was a call from a graduate from UK...she called me at late noon to tell me she was sick and depressed, actually terribly depressed about her bosses in the Legal and Human, about her younger sister who suddenly appeared at her bed sitter..Since I was in the vicinity of several eateries could I get something for her. I saw her week and depressed gave her the packet and on impulse gave her the Hold Picture of St Pio. She is a Lutheran ..but who says St Pio only helps Catholic Goans ! I gave her a Holy Picture and Let St. Pio do his work St Pio must have Goan genes Grandolfo In Nor so Lonley Makongo Juu
[Goanet] COURTS MUST BE PROACTIVE ON PUBLIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES
With so much injustice all over and with even the government itself breaching the law, the Courts are the last ray of hope. It would however be nice to see our Courts being more proactive and taking prompt suo motu cognizance of issues on public interest and the welfare of the people. This would, in a way, help ensure a PIL does not end up as a Private Interest Litigation, Political Interest Litigation, Publicity Interest Litigation or worse still, a Paisa Interest Litigation. While expressing its deep anguish over the incompetence of Public Prosecutors appearing in some cases, the Kerala High Court has recently suo motu initiated proceedings on the issue. The court has opined that though the appointment of public prosecutors was the prerogative of the government, that it cannot exercise absolute freedom on such appointments. While observing that the appointments must be done in consultation with the Sessions judge and can be made only from a panel of lawyers prepared by the District Magistrate the High Court has very rightly stated that the District Magistrate cannot cherry pick the advocates to be appointed as Prosecutors at the instance of and based on political affiliations. 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] ST PIO Will Help Anna Marie de Sa !
Yesterday at the Msimbazi Catholic Centre, in the outskirts of Dar es Salaam we celebrated the Feast of Saint Pio. The Saint, suffered from painful stigmata while he was alive .Today, I said a small prayers while reading Anna’s appeal To Anna Marie de Sa let me add that Fr Pio performed miracles while he was alive. Now St PIO is even more powerful now He had a sense of humour but he tamed a couple of diehard communist. He told those who came to see him with myriad problems that we should Trust in God. I hope your apprehension will dissipate .Thrust in God Grandolfo Makongo Juu
[Goanet] Quote Of The Day
“Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!” —Prime Minister Golda Meir of Israel, at a state dinner honoring Chancellor Willy Brandt of West Germany (June 10, 1973). Nearer to home: The “freedom fighters” led to the Indian Army putting an end to 450 years of Portuguese rule. They also helped to ensure that we now become subject to bribery, corruption and bad governance for another 450. Roland. Toronto.
Re: [Goanet] Sights Sounds and voices of Goa - The legendary Emiliano Dacruz Oct 2009
Emiliano was a gentle human being. He never stopped having a Portuguese-era Goan personality with the charming accent that went along with it, despite living in Bombay for 15 years and meeting all kinds of people - from the laloo-pandoos to the urbane and sophisticated. The only people who didn’t like him were his immediate neighbours for whom his cattle barn and his piggery was a source of great stink. For all others he provided great pleasure with his unique style of music. I met him a few times and he reminded me of the grace and charm of Goans born in Goa during the Portuguese era, embodying a Catholic background menu occasionally stirred with a side of country risqué. Roland. Toronto. > On Sep 27, 2021, at 6:15 AM, Frederick Noronha > wrote: > > https://youtu.be/5jsvlnhU8m8 > ᐧ
Re: [Goanet] Tony de Sa...
My wishes for a smooth and quick recovery. Tony is a lovely guy! Roland. Toronto. > On Sep 27, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Frederick Noronha > wrote: > > Tony de Sa's daughter Anna Marie de Sa responded to say: "My dad Tony de Sa > is critical. Very, very sick." > > This is really sad. Please keep Tony in your thoughts and prayers. > > Tony is our Goanet moderator, especially on Goanet @ Facebook. He is a > retired principal of Sacred Heart, Parra and a kind and helpful person. He > taught himself programming after retiring, and has been a long-term member > of our India Linux Users' Group-Goa as well as the Free Software Users' > Group-Goa. He hails from Moira. > > FN :: 27SEP2021 > ᐧ
[Goanet] Schedule for Tuesday 28th September 2021
CCR TV GOA Channel of God's love✝ You can also watch CCR TV live on your smartphone via the CCR TV App Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform. Click the link below. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 Email ID: ccrgoame...@gmail.com Schedule for Tuesday 28th September 2021 12:00 AM Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries 12:27 AM Abundant Life - Can we pray with Whatsapp? - Prof Nicholas D'Souza 12:50 AM Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 71 - Thirasonn - Fr Pratap Naik sj 1:00 AM Mass in Konkani for Monday 1:45 AM Katholik Quiz - Sant Francis Xavier conducted by Shenaya Pereira 2:00 AM Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister 2:26 AM Devacha Utor - Judas - Avesvor 1 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza 2:38 AM Career Guidance -ITI - Montfort College 3:18 AM Laity Day 2 4:20 AM Couples Prayer (Konkani) 4:25 AM Documentary - Scanner 4:41 AM Witnessing the Resurrection - Talk by Alfwold Silveira 5:07 AM Prayer for India 4 5:10 AM Fransican Sisters of St. Mary of the Angels - Vocation Promotion 5:20 AM Our Father - Give us today our daily bread - Fr Ronnie D'Souza sj 5:35 AM Hymn - Zoi Jezu amchea Raia - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap) 5:37 AM Bible Project - The Law 5:43 AM Homily on Feast of Our Lady of Fatima - Fr Joseph SIlva 5:55 AM Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 11 6:03 AM Sons and Daughters of God - Savio Mascarenhas 6:45 AM My Music Video - Mother Earth - Alfwold Silveira 6:50 AM Hymn - Pavitra Hai Prabhu - Savina & Leon Gonsalves 6:57 AM Sokalchem Magnnem - Munglar Wk 2 & 4 7:00 AM Konkani Mass at Archbishops House followed by Jivitacho Prokas 7:45 AM Morning Prayer - Tuesday Wk 2 & 4 7:50 AM Music - Spiritual Music 2 followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem 8:22 AM Devacha Utor - Juanvak Prokasovnni - Avesvor 1 - Vachpi Tancia Pires 8:30 AM Bhajans 3 9:00 AM Leadership in the CCR - Talk by Mae Britto 9:52 AM Bible Project : Settings in Biblical Narrative 9:58 AM Magnificat (English) 10:00 AM Literally Goa - Stacy Rodrigues interviewed by Frederick Noronha 10:28 AM Intercession - Talk by Bertha Rocha 10:36 AM Entrepreneurship - Vincent Toscano 11:22 AM My Music Video - Soirik'kar - Matchmaker - Mil-Mel-Nel 11:28 AM Angelus - English 11:30 AM Mass in English from Panjim Church followed by Daily Flash 12:15 PM Biblical Hidden Heroes - Eps 6 - DCBA 12:22 PM Goal Post Ep 4 - Savio Medeira interviewed by Jovito Lopes 12:49 PM Hymns - Rosary H.S. Navelim 12:55 PM A time to listen to the Voiceless - Sr Flavia Gomes 1:30 PM Our Father - Telegu 1:36 PM On the Third Day - Vegetable Cultivation - Nelson Figueiredo 2:05 PM Prayer of Grandparents - English 2:07 PM Gardening - Mr Farmer Eps 1 2:39 PM Hymn - Mhojea nanvan ekthaim zalleam- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap) 2:41 PM Environment - Protecting our Oceans - Nandini Velho interviews Aaron Savio Lobo 3:10 PM Talk on Magnificat in Konkani by Br Malvino Afonso OCD 3:30 PM Divine Mercy - English 4 3:50 PM Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 160 - Zannti Ostur - Fr Pratap Naik sj 4:00 PM Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries 4:27 PM Prayer to St. Joseph by Pope Francis 4:30 PM Senior Citizens Exercises - 1 5:00 PM Kirton ani bozonn - Lindinha D'Cunha 5:30 PM Talk on 2 Itihas 7: 14 by Fr Eusico Pereira 5:57 PM Hymn - Povitr Atmo mhojer denvla- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap) 6:00 PM Aimorechen Magnnem 6:03 PM Obedience to God - Talk by Severina Fernandes 6:24 PM Hymn - Theme of Pastoral Year - Fr. Tomas Lobo 6:30 PM Konkani Mass at Archbishops House followed by Jivitacho Prokas 7:15 PM Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Pilar - Vocation Promotion 7:25 PM Prayer over Childless Couples - St Joseph Vaz 7:27 PM Novena Prayer to St Joseph Vaz 7:30 PM Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister 7:56 PM Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 5 8:00 PM Pastoral Letter 2021-22 - Talk in Konkani- Fr Leo Fernandes 8:20 PM Prayer - Litany of the Saints 8:30 PM Laity week - Day 3 9:30 PM Devacha Utor - Juanvak Prokasovnni - Avesvor 2 - Vachpi Tancia Pires 9:42 PM Ratchem Magnem 9:56 PM Museum - Sant Thome Varca 3/3 10:31 PM Short Film - Kurpa Mog - Fr Freddy Lobo 10:35 PM Documentary on DCLA 11:04 PM Parish of the Week - Aldona 1 Donations may be made to: Beneficiary name : CCR GOA MEDIA. Name of Bank : ICICI Bank Branch Name: Panaji Branch RTGS/NEFT Code : ICIC015 Savings Bank Account No : 262401000183
[Goanet] Tony de Sa...
Tony de Sa's daughter Anna Marie de Sa responded to say: "My dad Tony de Sa is critical. Very, very sick." This is really sad. Please keep Tony in your thoughts and prayers. Tony is our Goanet moderator, especially on Goanet @ Facebook. He is a retired principal of Sacred Heart, Parra and a kind and helpful person. He taught himself programming after retiring, and has been a long-term member of our India Linux Users' Group-Goa as well as the Free Software Users' Group-Goa. He hails from Moira. FN :: 27SEP2021 ᐧ
[Goanet] Oscar Da Costa P.Ed teacher
Oscar Antonio Caetano da Costa P.E. Viscount de Pernem. ,St Anthony's HS Assolna Some are near,dear others leave memories behind , Honest , sincere friends are rare to find, By nature he was warm and kind , Oscar will find a niche in our mind. TRUST Sports magazine made several a call, Never once imagined, he was about to fall, , Connie his wife my good student above all, , As the sports enthusiast stood tall. Oscar has left his imprint on sports field Enthusiasm ,sporting spirit, respect did wield, Obstacles , daunting task never did yield , Sirlim sports club his energies he willed. Extended helping handy to deserving and needy, Circumstances in life never made him greedy ,l Connie with her support stood like a rock , Proudly embraced his sons in the flock . Gone away but never lost , Memories will survive at all cost , Simple and humble never did boast, To his eternal memory I raise the toast . Remember a family problem ,9he was upset Thankfully it was resolved without test,. He opined it was one of life's little storm , Faith in Divine shouldered obstacles in any form As sincere PED teacher did his best Post retirement active never did rest Sirlim sports club his passion, reward Club in his memory founded sports award Nelson Lopes
[Goanet] Prof Constance Da Costa remenebered
Constance Da Costa everlasting memories He sure lived just once, His relationships ,left nothing to chance , Honest, sincere ,in all his dealings, Never did hurt anyone's feelings. Denpendable ,responsible friend indeed , Lived not by words but acts and deeds, Endeared warmly to one and all , No jealousies, envies I can recall. Over the years a worthy friend lost, Memories are worthy of praise at any cost , Never to complain or to criticise In life , humble oderly calculated but precise Felt happy about his family and proud , He spoke not silently but loud , He lived happily and contended with life Breathed his last supported by his dear wife. A reliable friend worth his weight in gold , In times of trial never to abandon in cold Friendship matured , blossomed as we grew old His qualities of heart and mind are manifold Wolton ,Constance and me a trio i recall Endeared,bonded faithfully above all As a teacher ,Coach social worker stood tall Thankful to God , as he answered His call. Family and niece founded teacher award, To his eternal memory a fitting reward , A trained teacher , prospered in Accountancy career Ambitions , aspirations ,no limit or barrier Nelson Lopes
Re: [Goanet] TRIBUTE: BENNY MASCARENHAS, leader of The Shiftars, in East Africa
That's right, thanks Gabe. FN On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 16:55, Gabe Menezes wrote: > Should read "Saligao Association" > > On Sun, 26 Sep 2021, 23:35 Frederick Noronha, > > wrote: > > > Benny Mascarenhas, husband of Cecelia (Celia) > > Mascarenhas. Son of Joaquim/Maggi Mascarenhas of > > Saligao. Passed away on September 24, 2021 in the > > UK. He was a former president of the Saligao > > Union. > ᐧ
Re: [Goanet] TRIBUTE: BENNY MASCARENHAS, leader of The Shiftars, in East Africa
Should read "Saligao Association" On Sun, 26 Sep 2021, 23:35 Frederick Noronha, wrote: > Benny Mascarenhas, husband of Cecelia (Celia) > Mascarenhas. Son of Joaquim/Maggi Mascarenhas of > Saligao. Passed away on September 24, 2021 in the > UK. He was a former president of the Saligao > Union. > > Benny was a band leader with the Shiftars. His > elder brother Philip played the trumpet with Edmund > Silvera and his trio. Incidentally, the Shiftars > has the extra R in it in to reflect with "guitars". > > In an interview with Mombasa's "emperor > of music" Edmund Silveira, published in > Cyprian Fernandes "Stars Next Door" book > on Goan music and sport in East Africa, > Silveira recalls the days around 1957 > when the Shiftars "who played covers of > The Shadows and were led by Benny > Mascarenhas (guitar), Philip’s brother. > They were a big hit with a younger > audience." > > His wife Celia has mentioned Benny also played with > Conny when in Mombasa. Conny Teles from Mombasa > was a good musician -- of "Conny Kit & the Pirates" > fame. He then went on to Italy forming the Bushmen > with Leslie Peters (cousin of Joey) Lamartin > D'Souza. Connie passed away in December 2016. > > Celia wrote in June 2018: "I am working on Benny > for the story on The Shiftars as well as Conny > Kitt.. but he is still poorly... the story will > come out as I am determined to do it." > > Condolences cecili...@hotmail.co.uk Send > corrections, additions if any to goa...@goanet.org > ᐧ >
[Goanet] Benny Mascarenhas
Thanks for your post Fred. I was very sorry to learn of Benny's passing away and send my sincere condolences to Cecilia. I remember Benny well since in addition to his other musical engagements, he also played along with my cousin(Denzyl Sequeira). Once again - my deepest sympathies to Cecilia and all the family. Mervyn Maciel
[Goanet] Sights Sounds and voices of Goa - The legendary Emiliano Dacruz Oct 2009
https://youtu.be/5jsvlnhU8m8 ᐧ
[Goanet] CHINDABARAM FAILED HIS MISSION
[27/09, 09:15] Stephen Dias (E. Dias): Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:09:43 +0530 From: Aires Rodrigues To: goanet Subject: [Goanet] MEETING WITH MR. P. CHIDAMBARAM Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" It was enlightening to meet this morning the former Union Finance Minister and Senior Advocate Mr. P. Chidambaram. Was happy to share with him some of my humble thoughts on rescuing Goa and saving what remains of it. The very knowledgeable and articulate Mr. Chidambaram clearly stands for Discipline and Total commitment. 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 [27/09, 09:25] Stephen Dias (E. Dias): What Aires says that Chidambaram is a discipline man with total commitment.. It is pity his trips to Goa to convince these corrupt identities in the Goa Congress has totally failed until the TMC realised that they should step in and help the Goans to fight against BJP cadre before Goa is in the hands of Maharashtra Vadis.. There is no point for Chindabaram to waste his energy since our old Congress stalwads already finished them and filled their pockets which I feel Incometax must take their accounts. Who are remaining in the Congress is also seen shaky and who knows Congress will remain tall until the election. Other parties are gearing up and all together if they are united may see the safron colour is vanished. Stephen Dias
[Goanet] The Bombay Itinerants
You THE LOST SERVICE PROVIDERS OF BOMBAY The way we live and work undergoes significant change over time. Occupations that once flourished are now mostly forgotten as they do not contribute to the livelihood of most people anymore. Here are 4 such trades that once employed many in Bombay but are no longer relevant today. All those who have visited the General Post Office before the proliferation of mobile phones would have noticed men perched on a stool on a pavement nearby, with some postal stationery, a pen, bottle of glue, stapler and seals. These men helped connect millions of migrants with their families back home through India’s vast postal network. Even locals unable to pen letters themselves used the services of these Professional Letter Writers. For a small fee, these writers would write letters in Hindi, Urdu, English and other native languages informing family, relatives and friends of happy occasions, sad news, promotions, ill health, money matters or on any issue their customers wanted to pour their heart out. In the absence of telephones in most parts of rural India, letters were the only means of communication for many poor people. The writers also doubled up as letter readers since an incoming letter had to be read should the receiver not be able to do so. And often, a reply to be given. Besides writing letters, they also helped customers send money orders, telegrams and invest in postal savings. Truly, they were the only link between many a lonely migrant and his family back home. With the arrival of the mobile phone, its easy availability and affordability, almost everyone was soon connected. Thus the need to write letters to connect and communicate became redundant. As a result, the business of professional letter writers suffered. With the telegram and the postal money order discontinued, most of them have moved away from this profession, whilst others continue to eke out a living by stitching and sealing parcels, and writing that odd letter. A visit to the kitchen today would reveal that steel and aluminium have replaced copper and brass vessels. Whilst elders waxed about the health benefits of cooking and having meals in copper and brass vessels, these vessels required regular maintenance. Once every few months, they had to be given a coating of tin to prevent the oxidization which occurred due to moisture. Besides, brass and copper also react to souring agents in the food. This is where the Kalaiwala or the Kalaigar came in. A travelling service provider, often accompanied by an assistant, he would move in different parts of the city advertising his services with a loud, elongated shout, Kalaaai. The process of tinning required a strip of tin, caustic soda and aluminium chloride. The vessel was first cleaned with caustic soda and water, then heated on coals fired up with air pumped from bellows. Once the vessel was hot aluminium chloride powder was sprinkled on the inside of the vessel and polished with a strip of tin using cotton cloth. The tin would melt leaving behind a fine film that would shine like silver. And the vessel was good to use for a few more months. Steel or aluminium vessels on the other hand do not require tinning and are easy to clean. Besides, with people staying in high rises and the lady of the house often out at work, the option of using copper or brass vessels which require regular tinning is not practical anymore. Today, when we want to spice up our food all we have to do is to open a packet of ground, powdered spices. But, not so a few decades ago when whole spices were purchased, dried and then ground at home, either by a member of the family or by professional spice grinders, usually women who would move from house to house with a wooden mortar and pestle. They would operate in groups of 2 or 3 and would pound the spice all at the same time but in turn. And the pounding sound would have a rhythmic beat to it. The whole spices would first be piled into the high walled mortar and then each lady would pound it with a long wooden pestle alternately until the spice was finely ground. This work was not only tiring but also detrimental to health. The ladies would cover their faces to avoid breathing in the finely powdered, but often pungent, spices. Whilst this service may still be available in rural areas, these ladies known as Masala Pisnewali Bais are no longer to be seen in Mumbai. Easy availability of a variety of powdered spices, both plain as well as blended, means that we do not need to stock up on whole spices and then grind them. And for those who want to do so, the electric mixer-grinder is always on hand. Here is one profession that is still around but dying a slow death. The cotton carder or the Pinjari was the most visible of the four. In some places Pinjaris were also referred to as Dhuniyas and Bahnas. And they ensured that one had a good night's sleep on a soft cotton mattres
