I second that heartily!
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Dec 14, 2021, at 11:58 AM, Linken Fernandes
> wrote:
>
> May I suggest Goanet start the practice of nominating Goa's Human of the
> Year at the end of the year, and pick Ms. Ida de Mello as our choice for
> 2021, please?
>
> (Kudos to Nelson
A worrying picture not only from a journalist who knows what he talks about but
also from his subject who has, on a whim and mere capriciousness, done very
hurtful things to his country.
Modi is Reckless and Impetuous & Unconcerned About Consequences—Aakar Patel
https://youtu.be/QN2yiTRh49k
To the Catholic community in Bombay in the sixties, J B D’Souza was a towering
figure because of his positions in the city’s public transport world and in the
powerful Municipal Corporation.
Had it not been for these positions, he would have only been the usual low
profile high-ranking
Thanks to all, including Hollander Patrice Riemens and Texan Mervyn Lobo for
the “ground” wishes.
Patrice says I should not be too high above the ground. Ha!
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Dec 11, 2021, at 9:34 PM, Mervyn Lobo wrote:
>
> Roland,Here's wishing you a very merry Xmas.
> Above ground,
You think you are in Hawaii.
My Land My Pride NorthEast Indian Song | Aliu Kalungbo Ram | Liangmai Lu...
https://youtu.be/jhIDmHWE9nQ
Roland.
Toronto.
A common profile of highly successful conmen in India.
1. Very intelligent but usually just about or never completes high school.
2. Come from middle class families, never poor, never rich.
3. Focused on becoming a millionaire many times over and works single-mindedly
towards it.
4. Can
An interesting first person story of Ernest Flanagan (the poet in Nelson Lopes’
post), a Bombay musician once connected to the famous saxophonist Braz
Gonsalves whose wife Yvonne is Aldona’s Chick Chocolate’s daughter.
“I finished school in ’74, after failing twice, once in the 9th std and once
The American Baptist missionaries have done a good job of choir training.
These kids are from the hills people (Khasi tribals) of Nagaland. 90% of the
state is Christian and 98% of the Khasis identify as Christian.
Thanks to Stanley Pinto of Bangalore.
The Aroha Junior Choir featuring the
Thank you Frederick.
No problem, you can wish me anytime.
Using a Robert Gerus quote, “Any day above the ground is a good day.”
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Dec 11, 2021, at 4:29 PM, Frederick Noronha
> wrote:
>
> Not your birthday?
> Oops, no problem.
> Money back... :-)
> ᐧ
>
>
>>
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Dec 11, 2021, at 3:35 PM, Frederick Noronha
> wrote:
>
> How does it feel to be 27?
> ᐧ
Right you are Patrice.
This subservience seen in Indian officialdom is downright disgusting.
If anyone has doubts about what I mean, just visit the Bombay Police
Commissionerate in Crawford Market and see the bowing and scraping of police
personnel when the brass walks past. Its just short of
Who would have thought that the original idea of a panchayat being a place
where ideas of benefit to the village would be calmly discussed would turn into
a Los Angeles riot of shouting, pushing and screaming.
And that too in once-peaceful Goa. If Goans behave like this what really is the
s point remains important: Global democracy
is under assault. And on more days than not, it seems that the autocrats and
extremists who want to kill it off are winning.
Roland Francis
416-453-3371
Religion is a fake?
A man after my own heart.
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Dec 9, 2021, at 4:16 PM, Frederick Noronha
> wrote:
>
> https://archive.org/details/dr-bhicaji-ghanekar
> ᐧ
All the higher echelon uniformed and civilian nuts in the Indian private and
public firmament like the late Lt General Rawat were unfailingly educated in
Christian run public (exclusive) or diocesan schools and colleges and yet the
brainless BJP push their illiterate elements to attack
Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife along with 11 others were killed in a helicopter
crash near Kurnool in the Nilgiris Hills of south India.
For various silly reasons, the true reasons of crashes like this are never
revealed and therefore lessons are never learnt, says the Hindu an old and
leading
Sorry previous link didn’t work.
https://youtu.be/LyX24moq-_0
Roland.
> On Dec 8, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Roland Francis wrote:
>
> How to react: Ice covered roads, 401 crash serves as reminder
>
> Click here to watch video
>
>
> Roland.
> Toronto.
>
How to react: Ice covered roads, 401 crash serves as reminder
Click here to watch video
Roland.
Toronto.
A condensed and well-reported (by India Today magazine) summary of the Nagaland
problem that resulted in the latest killing of 14 Naga civilians and one Indian
soldier in a case of faulty army intelligence.
The real problem to me seems to be this.
The elected government consists of Nagas.
As more and more employees leave for greener pastures in the current hot
employment climate, the Exit interview may give way to the Stay interview.
Basically “we need you more than your new company does”.
Exit interview, meet 'stay interview'
Updated 10 hours ago
Scores of people are leaving
This is what Americans do best - lend their helping hand.
Roland.
Toronto
> On Dec 7, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Anibel Ferus-Comelo wrote:
>
> In commemoration of International Humans Rights Day and International
> Migrants Day, Gabriela Oakland, ASATA, and the Filipino Community Centre
> are
First it was the UK and the US. Scholarships were plenty, admission processes
were liberal and there was a plethora of opportunities to overstay and get
eventually regularized.
Then Australia entered the game. This time it was to make money for the
educational institutions which needed funds
And we wonder how Islamist terrorists became brave as well as foolish enough to
take their own lives as well as those of their victims.
After all, there were many practitioners of this deadly art that went before
them:
The Japanese samurai warriors and kamikaze pilots who did it for their
Here is the link Frederick meant to send.
https://theconversation.com/australias-asylum-policy-has-been-a-disaster-its-deeply-disturbing-the-uk-wants-to-adopt-it-172141
The UK is an Islamist-ruined landscape and the Guardian wants to criticize
Australian refugee policy?
Why didn’t they hold up
In the politically charged communal environment that the Catholics in India
find themselves where:
1. Bogus charges of ‘conversion’ are freely bandied.
2 The whole state apparatus including local police turn their heads the other
way from events of violence.
3. The cat seems to have got the PMs
Spike In Cases Of Violence Against Christians | Reality Check
https://youtu.be/h04n4iRsVx8
Roland.
Toronto.
Charudutt Acharya on the Old Bombay group.
‘LALICE'
--
“Baba say my name?”
“Lalice”
“O le…kiti goad (Cho chweet). Say na Alice. Aael-liss?”
“Lalice”
“OK next time say OK?. Here! Take extra tadgola (ice apple) for you”
The year was 2003.
This was a weekly Sunday morning conversation
An interesting thread of March 2008.
https://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg26289.html
Roland.
Toronto.
As those on Goanet in 2008 know, Casimiro Monteiro’s son John Monteiro by a
Goan mother did mention in a long and interesting thread of posts that she was
abused by Casimiro, the father of her children. John btw was a Goanet poster
for some time.
He also mentioned that Casimiro had returned to
To go along with Valmiki’s story, here are pictures and an article sent by
Patrice Riemens found in my archives which I reproduced on Goanet in 2008.
Handsome devil he was indeed. Thus able to charm the idle wives of Margao
business men as Valmiki writes:
> Some wealthy businessmen enjoyed
>
There was treachery on both sides except for Nehru who seemed to be the only
sincere person in the whole mess. On the Portuguese side, it was more
stubbornness than actual treachery.
Only a tiny minority in Goa actually wanted Indian rule. Except for the
boisterous element of “freedom
Modi only knows how to express his own opinion.
The average Hindu is secular. It is Modi who is turning him into a bigot.
> On Dec 3, 2021, at 6:34 PM, Frederick Noronha
> wrote:
>
> Not Swede! French.
> As much as Modi "is accurately expressing the opinion of the common"
> Indian, I guess.
An excellent 33 minute interview by two intelligent people who break down their
discussion to understandable issues, making it easily digestible.
Aakar Patel the author has detached himself from any bias in his views as well
he should and Mitali Mukherjee does likewise. It’s people like these
My opinion differs.
Eric Zemmour is accurately expressing the opinion of the common Swede and he is
expressing it well.
That interview by the way was worth listening to. Sayers asked the right
questions and Zemmour answered them clearly and coherently: no dodging, no
vitriol, no
to go into the office on a part-time
basis – or not at all.
However difficult the law may be to implement, it does have one big advantage –
it’s designed to accommodate a future that many workers want.
— Catarina Fernandes Martins, reporting from Lisbon
Roland Francis
416-453-3371
> On De
A new labour law has been passed in Ontario that prohibits employers from
contacting their employees after working hours by email or phone, in the
interest of work-life balance.
Here is what it looks like.
Ontario’s ‘right to disconnect’ law has just been passed — so do you actually
have the
Since the feast day of the Saint is celebrated on that very day, perhaps the
Saint was looking for company.
So much for the legend of protecting Goans.
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Dec 2, 2021, at 6:32 AM, Rajan Parrikar wrote:
>
> *Remembering a Goan tragedy.*
>
>
Fry the pickles!
Roland
> On Dec 1, 2021, at 11:49 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira
> wrote:
>
> goans
> are
>
> pickled
> in lies
>
> pickle
> goes rancid
>
> bottle
> ballistic
>
> what does joao want to say?
And this from a country whose Prime Minister just visited the Vatican and spoke
respectfully to the pope and then desists from reining in his minions who
attack the pope’s people and India’s most loyal citizens a month after said
visit.
He has a track record of convenient silence. He allows Fr
Please tell me what you make of this statement from the Goa CM, because I can’t
figure it out.
“On Sunburn, Sawant reiterated that the electronic dance music (EDM) festival
will not be held in Goa this year, “but if somebody is organising the same
party in the name of Sunburn, then it is their
To those of you who are more adventurous and not backward to enter the kitchen,
here is - not your usual Goan rice kanji but the Rajasthani Kanji Vada.
https://www.goya.in/blog/a-family-recipe-kanji-vada-this-diwali
Roland.
Toronto.
St Francis Xavier is in no position to intercede for anything but your RTI
militancy certainly will.
In fact if you spearhead a strong movement for this, you will have brought more
rascals to book than St Francis Xavier converted.
Roland.
> On Nov 29, 2021, at 4:23 PM, Aires Rodrigues
>
The developed nations had cornered all the world’s vaccines, giving booster
shots when poorer countries didn’t have stock to give their first shot. So
serves you right, the thinking goes, globalization has caused the new problem
to appear on your doorstep.
Well, not really so says Canada’s
Main causes:
1. Tracks laid in densely populated areas.
2. Indiscipline of resident and migrant populations consisting of: a)
indiscriminate walking on tracks b) no respect for unmanned crossings.
3. Poor railway safety engineering design and practices when building
infrastructure.
4. High Goa
Return the presents.
Roland.
> On Nov 29, 2021, at 11:28 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira
> wrote:
>
> oh
> the wedding
> was
>
> a smashing
> success!
>
> the
> marriage failed
>
> what does joao want to say?
This is what Radharao Gracias writes on Goanet FB;
“We have to be extremely cautious about the so called revocation order being
issued by the TCP in respect of the illegal construction at Old Goa. It is not
unlikely that an intentionally defective order (without following prescribed
Thanks to the powerful (with Modi’s blessings) and well funded (probably with
‘PM Cares’ money), the BJP propaganda machine aka IT Cell has made India into
the fake news and pictures capital of the World.
However their efficiency is on a very low scale. Their Covid news management
had so
What puzzles me about corruption in India is about how people get away with it.
George Pinto’s sound byte “Follow The Money” should have been enough to bring
these rascals to boot.
I repeat again: it’s a corrupt country.
Roland.
Toronto.
> On Nov 27, 2021, at 3:49 AM, Paul p wrote:
>
>
Something’s wrong with the Goanet site mechanism.
I opened my Junk Mail and discovered several posts of Adolfo, Eric and a couple
of other posters within the past few days that have not appeared on the
Bulletin Board archive. I was wondering why Eric did not take up the Tata
question and saw
Yes he is a soldier - for his own unbridled greed.
Roland
> On Nov 25, 2021, at 9:55 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira
> wrote:
>
> Among the Roman Catholic community in Goa MLA Michael Lobo has taken
> the lead to fight the government for giving fraudulent permissions for
> a mega mansion owned by a
While it may not be significant in the scheme of things in Toronto, it’s always
a sad thing when an old eating and drinking establishment closes.
The bar and restaurant business in the city can be a high profit margin
undertaking, but it has to be highly tuned to survive. You have to get all
If you have heard about India’s Tatas but knew little about where they came
from and how they made their journey, then this content is for you.
There are Indian conglomerates that have come up to and exceeded the wealth of
the Tata Companies but none have touched the almost holy ground in India
It is interesting to see the names of the latest 3 generations of Goans.
Examples:
Generation 1 (Pure Saints)
Jose, Flavia, Francis, Felicia, Terezinha, Luis, Sebastian, Serafina.
Generation 2 (Getting Diluted)
Lester, Lysha, Valane, Norman, Zita, Pramila.
Generation 3 ( Saints out, American
Nothing like a 1958 funky Venezuelan Spanish song to perk up your Tuesday.
https://youtu.be/DD97YL3wZ-w
Roland
Toronto.
It is where the RSS the ideological arm of the BJP excels:
1. The saffronization of Indian public institutions and now destroying secular
education.
2. Pushing fake news of Modi’s leadership and working on damage control of
buffoonery of illiterate party leaders through a well funded and
followed by an after dinner piping hot Swiss hot
chocolate drink.
Roland Francis
416-453-3371
Sometimes good music is made in the simplicity of a Goan home with talent and
instruments that are natural.
Grandolfo our Goanet Quepemcar will no doubt give a standing ovation to a
fellow Quepemkarn Wilma Lopes who sings this song.
Hanv Tujem Tum Mhozo
https://youtu.be/B-U4903pro8
Roland
It’s no secret than in many places throughout the country, morgue temperatures
are much higher than what it should be. This happens for a variety of reasons -
electrical current fluctuation, black outs for non payment of bills or cooling
systems breakdown, insufficient budget in the hospital’s
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 at 03:50, Roland Francis
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Most interviewers either avoid asking the hard (and interesting) questions
>> or are prevented from doing so. Only Al Jazeera and the western media
>> channels take on this kind of task head on.
>
Going by the experience of the Bombay Police, discipline in the force can only
be maintained by the will of its top officers.
In Goa this means the DGP and his ADGP, the IGP along with the Superintendents
and Station House Officers. If the Collectors co-operate, so much the better.
Such an
Sorry, when you have the BBC app, it always plays tricks if you try to forward.
A very interesting slice of contemporary Bombay history.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59174930
Roland.
Toronto.
A very interesting slice of contemporary Bombay history.
I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it:
Viewpoint: When Hindus and Muslims joined hands to riot
What can 100-year-old riots, where Hindus and Muslims fought on the same side,
teach us?
Disclaimer: The BBC is not
My interest was piqued by the title of the podcast in the context of an equally
intriguing series aptly called “Go Beyond...”
Also of interest was the interviewee. Here was a man of faith whose profession
it was to believe in God while being a cosmologist. So it’s science on one side
and faith
There is a long and strong tradition in India of homeopathy and you will not
have any difficulty in coming across people who will swear by it. But the fact
is homeopathy is woo-woo, and definitely not science.
Hidden camera reveals some pharmacists recommend homeopathic products to treat
kids'
Compare this report with the Portuguese soldiers’ shooting of satyagrahis on
Goa borders.
Salazar’s actions seem puny because Portugal had no more than 3,000 soldiers
and paramilitary at the peak of the Goa disturbances. Kashmir on the other hand
plays host to half of the Indian’s armed
Worth repeating
From Darshan Mondkar.
So, Modi has declared that the Govt will be taking back all the 3 Farm Laws in
the upcoming session of the Parliament.
He says he has arrived at this decision because he was unable to convince some
of the farmers of the benefits of the Farm Laws.
The fact
Well sung by an unknown amateur Michael Sacoma as a tribute to Glen Frey the
founder, co-lead singer, songwriter and composer of most of the rock band The
Eagles’ material.
Pay heed to the lyrics.
Very touching.
https://youtu.be/r8ADyLZk4B4
Roland.
Toronto.
I totally agree with you that women make better politicians because they are:
1. Caring
2. Corruption is not a concern
3. Are less shameful than men
4. World harder and with more focus.
However, with regard to your support for Alina Saldanha, what exactly has she
done while a minister in
All success and best wishes to him and his cause.
Roland
Toronto.
> On Nov 17, 2021, at 2:39 PM, Frederick Noronha
> wrote:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqo90s9PRXg
> ᐧ
Everywhere you look today, the landscape and skyline of Toronto is changing.
When I first came to settle in the city some 30 years ago, I chose to settle in
Scarborough mainly because it was nearest to a special school I needed to send
my children. At that time Mississauga was just being
I read the article with interest as I always do with Valmiki’s writings,
essays, books and all.
I am perplexed with the idea of ordinary, probably illiterate men and women
from the poverty stricken parts of India, particularly from the rural areas
coming to fight (and die) for Goa’s freedom
You probably suspected this, but now it’s out in the open.
Question is - What will the law abiding world do about it.
One of those places is the United Arab Emirates. The Pandora Papers provides an
unprecedented look at how Dubai’s rise as one the world’s financial capitals
coincided with the
A great idea!
If you are in the mood to face your prejudices, you can choose to step into a
library and borrow a previously booked human person - gay, criminal, Muslim,
racist, atheist. The list goes on.
I fear beautiful women with aggressive personalities, so you know what I’ll be
booking
An interesting anatomy of a car theft in Toronto from beginning to end with all
sorts of interesting data related to this crime.
Kevin Donovan’s car was stolen from his driveway in Toronto. It was tracked to
a Halifax port, bound for the Middle East | The Star
The link doesn’t work.
Roland.
> On Nov 13, 2021, at 7:02 PM, Frederick Noronha
> wrote:
>
> Radio Mango Nov 13th 2021 by #RadioMango on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud..
> goo.gl/o1LmErVfZoWy9Kts7
> ᐧ
It’s not just your brain that makes you smart according to Annie Murphy Paul in
this interesting podcast. She suggests also thinking outside the brain.
“Intelligence is the domain of the mind, that much is obvious. What isn't
obvious is what makes up the mind. Most people will say the brain,
A bright and hopeful song to end Covid-19.
An Original Duet Version by Melanie Duggal and Alan de Menezes
https://youtu.be/MjHr6xk-6NE
Roland.
Toronto.
Generally speaking, the average Indian is a greedy bugger.
It’s very difficult to explain why, except in terms of genetic make up and that
too perhaps.
One can conclude that with India being a thoroughly corrupt country (with
apology to the many individual Indians who are honest and sincere
For feeling and fullness that is best reflected in a Konkani hymn song, Cuca
Roseta accompanied on keyboards by Gonzaga Coutinho plumb the depth of devotion.
https://youtu.be/HFYMsbr79vc
Roland.
Toronto.
Fados are usually sung with a mournfully slow tempo and beat for after all they
describe ‘saudade’, a yearning for love.
Cuca Roseta however takes the fado and turns it on its head.
Roda da Saia
https://youtu.be/NVJJ3Jm6-vQ
Marcha de Esperanca
https://youtu.be/AoWW0-YsW1E
Roland.
Toronto.
Singing the old Konkani favourite “Adeus Korcha Velaru’.
Maria Isabel Rebelo Couto da Cruz Roseta, known profesionally as Cuca Roseta,
is a Portuguese fado singer, composer, and model. Roseta is considered one of
the most important fado representatives of her generation, appearing early in
her
When I come across sexual abuse reporting I cannot help but think:
1. The Catholic Church is not the only organization that shelters its offenders.
2. Small and big corporations are equally big culprits.
3. The world is awakening and victims are demanding action whether it be racial
The Full Circle of Idi Amin
By Vasanthi Makwana
Vasanti Makwana was born in Uganda, East Africa to an Indian family. Blessed
with an early education in British schools in Uganda, she relocated to the UK
during her teens, and again to Canada in her twenties, where she now resides
with her
A report of a photo exhibition of police brutality in Kenya.
The slogan rebounds everywhere gangsters, police or even governments intimidate
regular people living their normal lives.
Whether it is Goa or Kenya, Delhi or Nairobi, the slogan has relevance
everywhere:
When we lose our fear, they
My mum was one of ten siblings. Five brothers and five sisters. All of them but
one have since died. The youngest a sister will celebrate her 95th birthday
tomorrow.
My maternal grandfather who is from Loutulim in Salcette, died before I was
born. He was a rich landowner I am told, but gambled
When sports fans are arrested in Uttar Pradesh for cheering a Pakistan win in a
cricket match against India, then one must seriously wonder what confidence the
nation has in its minorities and in its self esteem.
A 4-year old DW documentary that explains the effects of a deluge of money in
the world. How the gamblers get away with the most daring risks and the poor
suckers with savings in the bank get poorer by the day.
The events of the 4 years since the documentary was created bear the truth of
the
Everything must change, I know.
But this. Commercial sex in residential housing complexes. What next?
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/GOA-TURNING-INTO-A-SEX-HUB/180197
Roland.
Toronto.
If you read of mankind’s efforts to deal with the looming disaster of climate
change, you will see the amazing likeness to more than one one of Shakespeare’s
tragi-comedy-farce plays. It’s a tragedy. We are dealing with it in farcical
ways and the whole thing is one bloody comedy.
Take for
Some posts ago Dhobitalao Goan and US illegal alien Fred D’Souza explained to
Goanet simply and from-the-heart his hard life and myriad woes as a medallion
cab driver in New York City.
In this NY Times article, Jessica Loudis of Al Jazeera English (AJE) elaborates.
For the past two weeks,
A neat and terse UNDP climate change wake up call.
https://youtu.be/L9eFABJqGTM
Roland.
Toronto.
In response to an application the Modi government made three months ago, the
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the China-based Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) are currently processing a $2 billion loan for India to
purchase 667 million doses of only WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines.
It has big plans according to Barrons. Call an Uber, get a ride in a Tesla.
Envisioning the future of driving usually zeroes in on names like Uber, Tesla,
and Alphabet's Waymo. Now add Hertz Global Holdings to the list of prospective
automotive revolutionaries.
That's saying something quite
From a young Ukrainian girl of 8 playing the violin on the streets of Santa
Monica in California for pocket money, this classically trained prodigy now a
teen, has captured the hearts of You Tube viewers all over the world not only
with her music but also with her happy swirls, bringing a smile
Words of wisdom Nelson.
Say thank you, sorry, give them a hearty meal and a fine drink. Help them,
stand by them, celebrate with them.
After they go, your words, your flowers your wishes, are too late.
Today while reading Tony Vaz’s month’s mind notice, I am glad I let him know.
Roland.
> On
Amcho Ganv, Amchem Daiz"- St. Alex Parish Youth, Curtorim
https://youtu.be/BMdhA64z2RI
Roland.
Toronto.
The nightingale from Bandra flaps her wings with this romantic 1944 Scotty
Wiseman song in the musical film ‘Sing Neighbour Sing’.
The original release on record was of Gene Autry (remember his cowboy comics
when you were young) later made famous by several others including Elvis
Presley,
All the names mentioned below are definitely of Sinhala, not Tamil origin.
Therefore they would be Luso Sinhalese, not Luso Tamilians. If the author you
are referring to called them as such, his credibility is in doubt.
Antonio Menezes wrote:
One of the Luso - Tamilian descendent is one General
In any other country the Government would have to resign en masse.
In India it’s a recruitment video for more crooks to enter politics.
There was corruption in everything that Goa govt did: Explosive statement by ex
Goa Governor.
https://youtu.be/tSAI85r8Ihw
Roland.
Toronto.
There are aspirations and there are realities. In Goa, never the ‘twain shall
meet.
Aires Rodrigues aspiration: to be Panjim’s MLA and clear the city of everything
undesirable.
Reality: if history is anything to go by, he will lose his deposit let alone
lose.
Pramod Sawant aspiration: Goa is
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