[Goanet] PROF DR JOE D'SOUZA IS NO MORE

[Aires Rodrigues]

Our very dear friend Dr. Joe D’Souza, retired Prof of Goa University passed
away this morning. He was a great and reputed environmental scientist who
was always so very disturbed and concerned on the environmental degradation
of Goa. A fearless and outspoken warrior for social causes he was. A great
loss for Goa. May his departed Soul rest in eternal Peace.


Adv. Aires Rodrigues

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Ribandar Retreat

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

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[Goanet] Goa In Disrepute Again

[Roland Francis]

Most Chilling Details from Sonali Phogat's Murder 
https://youtu.be/FJcE0hR3Otw

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Schedule for Saturday 27th Aug 2022

[CCR TV]

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.

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Schedule for Saturday 27th Aug 2022


12:00 AM

Rosary - Joyful Mysteries


12:23 AM

Abundant Life - Marriage - Prof Nicholas D'Souza


12:56 AM

Hymn - Spread the News that Jesus is Risen - Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)


1:00 AM

Mass in Konkani for Friday


1:45 AM

Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 14 - Rag - Fr Pratap Naik sj


1:53 AM

Song - Nhespak Man - Josephine Dias


2:00 AM

Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister


2:26 AM

Devachem Utor - 1 Raza- Avesvor 20- Vachpi Orlando D'Souza


2:42 AM

Senior Citizens Exercises - 6


3:08 AM

Hymns - Assumpta Convent H.S. Sarzora


3:11 AM

Concert - Fall of Grace YU4C


3:39 AM

Anondbhorit Za- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)


3:42 AM

Abundant Life - Depression - Treatment - Prof Nicholas D'Souza


4:08 AM

Caritas Christi - Vocation Promotion


4:18 AM

Jealousy - Talk by Fr Abraham S.J.


4:39 AM

Short Film - Kurpa Mog - Fr Freddy Lobo


4:43 AM

Prayer - A lifeline to God - Fr Fernando da Costa


5:44 AM

Jezu Mozo Sodvonnar


5:49 AM

Anchea Jivitacho Hetu - Talk by Royle Fernandes


6:16 AM

Povitr Pustokant Devachi Khoxi - Rev Melito D'Costa


6:22 AM

Jezu - Bhakitant ani Itihasant - Talk by Adv. F.E. Noronha


6:49 AM

Our Father - Mundari


6:55 AM

Sokalchem Magnnem - Bhagevont


7:00 AM

Praise and Worship - Magno Menezes - SJVRC


7:30 AM

Morning Prayer - Men and Women Saints


7:36 AM

Devachem Utor - 1 Raza- Avesvor 21- Vachpi Orlando D'Souza


7:46 AM

Tell me a story - Wedding Feast at Cana


8:09 AM

Bhajan - Je Tuje Satya Maniti - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx


8:15 AM

A time to listen to the Voiceless - Sr Flavia Gomes


8:52 AM

Adoration - DCLA 3


9:25 AM

Bhav-bhoinnam sovem - Fr Henry Falcao


10:18 AM

Prayer to St Joseph By Pope Francis (Konkani)


10:20 AM

Poem -Ankvar Marie - Amchi Teacher by Sandhya Fernandes


10:25 AM

Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi - Brazinho Soares interviewed by Daniel de Souza


10:57 AM

Rosary of St Joseph Vaz


11:20 AM

Intercessions in English


11:27 AM

Angelus - English


11:30 AM

Mass in English followed by Daily Flash


12:15 PM

On the Third Day - Eps 4 - Bio Insecticides for Pest Management - Nelson
Figueiredo


12:49 PM

Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 11


12:51 PM

Consecrated Women in the World - Vocation Promotion


1:03 PM

53rd Mando Festival - Vascochim Abolim - Traditional


1:18 PM

I am the Resurrection and the Life - Talk by Sheela Alvares


1:48 PM

Prayer for the Synod 2023 - Konkani


1:50 PM

Hymns - Mae de Deus H.S. Corjeum


2:00 PM

Fratelli Tutti - A talk by Fr Roger Godinho OP


2:23 PM

You Too Can Be Saint - St. Monica


2:30 PM

Pope's Intentions - Konkani


2:33 PM

Kuznantlim Zogddim Eps 11 - Kodi (Curry) - Meena Goes and Julius Mesquita


2:57 PM

Bhagevont Zuze Vazache mozotin Bhurgeancher Magnnem


3:00 PM

Hymn - Yes, I Shall Arise- Fr Seville Antao OFM(Cap)


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[Goanet] GOA DAY...

[Gabe Menezes]

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[Gabe Menezes]

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[Goanet] SUDHAROP

[Gabe Menezes]

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[Goanet] LAW AND ORDER

[John Eric Gomes]

*EQUITABLE LAW AND ORDER*
The police must be non partisan to dispense justice as per the law be you
so high or low! They have to be able to stand up and do their sacred sworn
duty against communal lawless gangs and against those under state
patronage! The police in Delhi have cancelled a scheduled stand Up comedy
show on threat from the VHP which is unfair on three counts. The show is
condemned without knowing the contents and  the ariiste and eager audience
deprived enjoyment, comedian of his job and the police scared of doing
theirs to maintain law and order! In Goa the unfortunate death of Sonali
Phogat,  the police initially suspected no foul play and only on the
vehement protest and naming of suspects by her family, the culprits were
arrested and confession obtained. The IGP has since done a commendable job
and it seems to be leading to deeper ramifications. They have to be able to
increasingly protect the public with a prevention better than cure attitude
and have the spine to render equitable justice to all, so the public can go
to them confidently and both can help each other to better enforce law and
order!

[Goanet] Radharao Gracias: Roundtrip to Majorda (O Heraldo, 27/8/2022)

[V M]

https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Roundtrip-to-Majorda/193349

In his handwritten manuscript for the classic 1942 novella *L'Étranger*
(which is usually translated into English as *The Stranger*), Albert Camus
penned a most penetrating insight, “fiction is the lie through which we
tell the truth.” The great French philosopher-author, who won the 1957
Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of just 44, oftentimes wove together
existential explorations with real life including absurdist twists, to
produce some of the most acclaimed books of the 20th century. I could not
help recalling his maxim upon encountering *A Shortcut to Tipperary (From
Goa)*, the spirited debut novel by Radharao Gracias, which is being
launched this evening at Ravindra Bhavan in Margao.

There are many things to love about this lively effort to tell the truth
via the prism of fiction, starting with its author description that is all
fact but reads like pure legend: “Radharao Gracias is known for his vast
knowledge, contrarian views, and a dogged determination to stand up to the
high and mighty. He is one of those rare breeds who never cares about being
politically correct, which lands him in regular controversies and hias
consequently suffered assaults, engineered by those who differ with him,
but the survivor that he is, has ultimately lived to tell the tale.”

There is more detail here, which bears retelling to understand the
background of this unexpected novelist, who previously earned his
reputation “over decades as lawyer, legislator, activist, columnist,
debater and orator with an abiding interest in birds and wildlife.” He “was
in the forefront of the agitations to get recognition of Konkani as
Official Language and the rights of parents to choose the medium of
instruction for their children. He suffered serious injuries in police
baton charge and spent days in hospital leading the agitation for
re-alignment of the Konkan Railway route. He defended hundreds of persons
who were arrested and prosecuted in the course of these struggles, all pro
bono. He is one of the few in this land of shifting political loyalties,
who has stuck to his party the UGDP through weather, fair or foul.”

All this is the blood and sweat of democracy as pursued pell-mell, on the
streets and in the law courts, so one could well have expected Gracias to
scorch his readers with more of the same in *A Shortcut to Tipperary (From
Goa)*. But that is not the case at all, as the writer-translator Xavier
Cota notes in his judicious Foreword: [This book] is a meticulously
crafted, delightful, morality play that heralds the arrival of an extremely
talented, insightful writer on the English fiction scene and has readers
anticipating a speedy sequel.”

Cota – who is described by Gracias as “my neighbour down the road” – has
rendered yeoman service to Goan writing over many years by translating a
considerable portion of Damodar Mauzo’s fiction into English from Konkani.
That highly acclaimed ouevre, which most recently won the richly deserved
Jnanpith Award 2022 is also often rooted in Majorda – where Gracias and
Mauzo are “co-villagers” – and as Cota notes, “Radharao weaves a
compelling, sometimes improbable, but always captivating tale that holds us
in thrall as we meet the staples of Goan village life- Church, School,
Beach, Fishermen, Farmers and the ubiquitous Taverna. Some of the places
and characters that people the novel are taken from real life – names and
all!”

In these ways, *A Shortcut to Tipperary (From Goa)* fits into an
established genre: the nostalgia for Goa of bygone simpler times, when an
intact village community still maintained its traditions. This is ground
explored by numerous memoirists, the great artist/illustrator Mario de
Miranda, and novelists like Victor Rangel-Ribeiro (who is still writing
excellent fiction at the age of 96).

In his turn, Gracias writes with great feeling about “this little village
of Calata” (a neighborhood in Majorda) in which “I have learnt the simple
joys of living and giving. People are poor but not depraved. A place where
poverty itself enriches you.” He writes, “if there is no food in the pot
just take a walk. Fruits and wild berries abound. Or take a machete; you
might find a beehive. Just cut into the tree and scoop it up. Or climb a
coconut tree and pluck tender coconuts. Only take care the landlord is not
within sight! Or dig into the drying muck of a pond and pick up the tasty
and nutritious bulbs of the pond lily or lotus. You may eat them raw. And
in season you freely get cashews in plenty. And you do not have to look out
for the landlord! No one cares; you may take as many as you can eat. Only
leave the nuts behind. And mangoes and jackfruits too…Little demands easily
fulfilled. Poor land where no one dies of hunger.”

Sections of *A Shortcut to Tipperary (From Goa)* leave no doubt the author
is writing fiction for the first time. Nonetheless, for the most part, I
was struck by his vivid prose, and unique 

[Goanet] THE STRAYING CONGRESS MLAS IN GOA MUST UNITE OR WILL BE VANQUISHED

[Aires Rodrigues]

The long prevailing political flux within Goa’s Congress Legislative wing
has been dragging on for too long. One way or the other, the air needs to
be cleared.

At the Assembly elections held earlier this year, the Congress managed to
get 11 MLAs who over the last five months have possibly never met as a
group nor spoken in one voice. This does not augur well for Goa as the
Congress is officially the main Opposition Party in the Legislative
Assembly. Many of them may be officially in the Congress but their loyalty
is all over.

The eleven Congress MLAs can be likened to the Stray cattle that we see all
across Goa. They move on to the streets in one group just after sunrise and
then disperse in pairs all over, only to assemble again in the evenings and
back home late, only seen squatting at various political avenues. This is
the sad state of the Congress party in Goa.

Those who want to leave the Congress must be allowed to just go, as the
voters at the by-election which will follow will put such unworthy MLAs to
eternal political pasture. Divided parties do not win elections or the
loyalty and respect of those that support them. Democracy thrives when the
opposition is strong. In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated
but must be maintained because it is indispensable. The fact that the main
opposition is coming mainly from the other parties with one or two MLAs
should be an urgent wakeup call and a timely reminder to the Congress party
of the pitfalls that lie ahead!

Instead of constantly shooting themselves in the foot, the Congress party
would do well to heed the wise words of the late Henry Ford, an
industrialist who said ‘Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is
progress, working together is success!
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



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