Ref : Grandolfo : Idi Amin Dada did the Asians of Uganda a big favor Adolfo et al ! Idi Amin Dada sure did all the Asians of Uganda a great favor. From the timehe usurped power on January 25, 1971 until he was "pushed" to Sudan in late1978 to the land of his fellow tribemates- the Kakwa - by gallant Tanzanian troops, how many Asian women were raped or how many Asian men were murdered. We will never know. May be. But we do not know; We will also never know the true number of people that he killedduring his eight despotic year rule as most of them were thrown into the River Nile and eaten by crocodiles. These were mainly members of the Langi tribe (the tribe of Milton Obote whom he overthrew)and the Acholi tribe- his main enemies and others against his regime. (like Obama's father's tribe-the Luos of Kenya and the Ibos of Nigeria, most of their last names (surnames) begin with the letter O). One has to remember in Idi Amin's Uganda, if you got a tap on your back from one of hishenchmen sporting colorful floral (carnival) shirts with mercury plated sunglasses, you arehistory. (the mercury plated glasses were worn to conceal their identity).
Like Equatorial Guinea's President Nguema, Idi Amin took great care of his henchmen.He had weekly chartered d cargo flights to London's Stanstead airport- ferrying coffee- Uganda's main export and returning with booze , cigarettes, perfumes for the wives andmistresses and all the askings of the guys who played to his tune. (remember Uganda was landlocked and hence was at mercy of Kenya as all its goods were transported thru its main port-Mombasa). (London's main airports are Heathrow and Gatwick). Nguema did not trust his own people and hence hired Moroccan bodyguards.The sameapplied to Amin who very selectively chose his closest advisers and bodyguards-definitelyno Acholis and Langis. On a wider spectrum, their deportation was a blessing in disguise for many of them- who wereunskilled -would have never been able to get admission to the First World. In hindsight, that ishow I perceive the whole episode. We can look at similarities with the 1956 Hungarian events where 6,000 refugees were absorbed by Canada and the 1968 invasion ofthen Czechoslovakia where 10,000 refugees were taken by the North American nation. Were all of them skilled. No questions were asked. But they all made it- may be out of choice. . That's my take. Look forward to your opinions and criticisms. Cheers. Tony Barros. P.S. The author was a wanted person in Uganda for his 1972 article in Tanzania's main Englishnewspaper- The "Standard " on Idi Amin stealing Tanzania's diamonds on their way to Antwerp,Belgium for "cleaning". The irony of it all is that I never knew about it and hence was twice atransit passenger at Entebbe's international airport. I feel that from my looks- being an Indian- they did not suspect me at the transit stop as they must have felt that a Barros was a white man.(The weekly flight by Belgium's then national airline- Sabena used to make stops at Entebbe, Bujumbura and Kigali- capitals of its former colonies of Burundi and Rwanda before landing atBrussels- Belgium's capital). On Monday, May 25, 2020, 10:58:26 AM EDT, <goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org> wrote: Send Goanet mailing list submissions to goanet@lists.goanet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org You can reach the person managing the list at goanet-ow...@lists.goanet.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Goanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Humanity & The Hidden Enemy (Adolfo Mascarenhas) 2. THANK YOU SO MUCH (Aires Rodrigues) 3. What does Joao want to say? (Joao Barros-Pereira) 4. Maybe a new day beckons (Herald) (Frederick Noronha) 5. Goan associations in Portugal? (Frederick Noronha) 6. Lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho's new book to release in April (Frederick Noronha) 7. Violin, Cello and Cs?rd?s (Roland Francis) 8. "Contigo Aprendi" (I Learned With You) Tr?o de Mar (Roland Francis) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 09:34:27 +0530 From: Adolfo Mascarenhas <adca...@gmail.com> To: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com>, goa...@goanet.org, Roland Travas <rolandtra...@gmail.com>, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> Subject: [Goanet] Humanity & The Hidden Enemy Message-ID: <caaxgbspw69ccmh9srdueydm2vqk7sq3m3uejhvguqvwb0ph...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Roland Thank You for your Message-ID: < 2c57c620-ded6-41ff-b144-c8f9f076c...@gmail.com> I was listener 444. Have the words on the screen enabled me to focus on what they were saying. The Message was all about Humanity.....and the tough choices we all have to make. And one will be surprised how many good caring human beings there are around us. Yes, as I was answering a friend dropped by...do you need money to attend the funeral, (there is a Lock down of Banks in Quepem) ....Augustine the taxi driver...tells me he knows the place, will take me there. I am not much of a musician but when 1000 viewers see it ....I will comment using a different hat Grandolfo In Quepem PS: I have a soft spot for People from Uganda.....iDDI AMIN did Asians a favour. There were many Africans who actually helped Asians ....I am aware that some soldiers also helped themselves to valuables Message: 5 Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 14:02:26 -0400 From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Music On You Tube Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 You Tube has the ability to reproduce music in stereo but you can avail of it only if you have headphones or earbuds (most of which are stereo). This increases listening pleasure exponentially. Also YT has ?closed captioning? which must be turned on by clicking the dots in the top right hand corner. When on, this allows the lyrics to be displayed on screen. Apologies if you knew this already. Roland. Toronto. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 06:10:17 +0530 From: Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com> To: goanet <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] THANK YOU SO MUCH Message-ID: <cahriwmjc6vgw5onarwhoa99giu0yr-vn4u8o3t2ajzdl2rh...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" My dear friends, A heartfelt message to express my very special thanks to each and every one of you for your very kind wishes and prayers on my 60th birthday. Your support and blessings have given me new impetus and encouragement as a senior citizen, to enjoy the years ahead and to look forward to the next milestone, my 75th birthday, followed by that dream century in just four decades with even greater resolve. Looking forward to your continued love, affection, friendship and guidance in the years to come as we continue this journey of life together. Yours very indebted Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar ? Goa ? 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 07:36:53 +0530 From: Joao Barros-Pereira <joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> To: goanet <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] What does Joao want to say? Message-ID: <CAHg__J4+ZUKj5myLe39nXiK=4dmzeo2v0c-whzd0xe0m4gy...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" In the Age of Corona Virus where will the next war take place among Christians and Muslims? Both claim they have the truth exclusively Now it?s not cricket their stories don?t match Is God a big liar? What does Joao want to say? ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 13:00:00 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> To: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com, Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Maybe a new day beckons (Herald) Message-ID: <camcr53+gki__cywyryt3ta-pb_qm9dpx35hibnwq3i8taj3...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 21 May 2020 | 05:26am ISTMaybe a new day beckonsThe day is not far perhaps when an author will present his latest work online and where fans can purchase it by paying a fee. It has already happened with a new Hindi film to be premiered on a live streaming platform. Cafe spoke to authors and publishers to learn what they felt about this. [image: Maybe a new day beckons] It is the obvious thing to state that these are strange times. It can be confidently said that there may not be people around you who may have been alive when the world went through something similar. Like the Spanish flu in 1918. The corona virus is now spreading death and destruction around the world. Everything as we know it has changed. One of the pleasures of spending time at home was reading a book. Fiction, non fiction or perhaps even reading and gaining knowledge that could perhaps benefit you in your career. But even that could change. Khaleel Ahmed the man behind Broadway Book Store smiled when asked how business was. He said over a period of time business had improved considerably. Given that the lockdown was not as strict as it was earlier people he said were now visiting his store. Khaleel said ? They are not coming like before but yes I get around 15 people coming in every day. And they all buy something. No one comes to just look around and check the collection. No one brings their children?. He however said business had to get better and he was serioulsy contemplating the idea of going on line. He said ? It will help me reach an even bigger audience. I have over one lakh titles in the store in various subjects and it will take me a month or two to complete all the work requred before one goes online?. Khaleel said he understood that the world in which we all lived had changed and his business would have to learn to adjust to the changing times. Frederick Noronha of Goa 1556 an alternate publishing house was of the opinion that people in India and more so in Goa were not into reading ebooks. Perhaps, he said a small percentage in the younger generation. he went on to say they were generally not used to paying for online content, so while creating paper books was increasingly becoming costly, ebooks were not filling the void. he said ? We recently tried to share some out of print books online, gratis and at no charge. The response was so-so, despite these being fairly good, Goa books. I think the problem lies elsewhere we as a society don?t read enough.Till quite recently, books were doing fairly well in Goa. But less-than-helpful support to new writers and publishers from government authorities, added to our poor reading of Goa?s very own stories, ?re squeezing the field, and I feel we?re going to see the impact of that?. That may be the opinion of publishers but then what do the writers feel about all this.The doyen of Goan literature Damodar Mauzo said he was presently involved in the printing of a collection of short stories. When asked if he would consider going online to present his work, he said it was an idea whose time had come. he said ? I may like a good old book in my hands bu the world out there goes online a lot. It would help me tap a larger audience. I have just completed a novel and I have to find ways to launch it so that I can reach out to a large audience. The process is being worked out?. Another author Ramesh Ghadi said he intended to also look at the digital world seriously but it would need a great deal of thinking before he decided to do so. He said ? I dont know how to go about presenting my work online but it is a possibility I will have to seriously consider in the future?. A publisher who retails books on line since 2016 is Leonard Fernandes co-founder of The Dogears Bookshop. Business, he said was pretty much close to normal. Leonard said ? People are coming at almost the same rate as they did before the virus. Our sale on line is moving along smoothly but there has been no increase in sales online due to the virus. We get orders for books from people living in the rest of the country and outside?. Speaking about writers presenting their work online, he said the modalities involved were way too may and that was why publishers were present. he said ? There is a lot of meta data that has to be uploaded, and if and when orders come, they have to be fulfilled. Fulfilling it requires meeting various standards. All this cannot be done by the writer?. Publishing as we know may change and perhaps some software will be launched that will help writers meet their target audience directly. Earlier movies would be screened in theatres where people would sit , eat popcorn and be entertained for a couple of hours. Now a movie featuring Amitabh Bachchan has gone directly to a streaming service, sidelining the theatre. Perhaps the author will do that next, sideling the publisher. https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Maybe-a-new-day-beckons/160844 -- FN* ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????? +91-9822122436 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 15:41:06 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> To: Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Goan associations in Portugal? Message-ID: <camcr53k75xmj419kgo11tytfnueb_ggxneutn0aqcngr+kl...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Are there any other Goan associations in Portugal apart from the Casa de Goa? If so, would you know their online presence, if any? Many thanks in advance; all information will be duly sourced. FN -- FN* ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????? +91-9822122436 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 16:51:00 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> To: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com, Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho's new book to release in April Message-ID: <CAMCR53JfDUDT43UYTn2yyyVX_4K5j4dTP4TjyCWzK_JZX=y...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho's new book to release in April By - IANS Created: Mar 17, 2020, 17:40 IST facebooktwitterincom [image: (Photo: Penguin India)] (Photo: Penguin India) In the olden days, people ate early because there was hardly any light after sunset. Their next meal would only be after sunrise. This practice spread to all religions as a discipline due to its health and spiritual benefits. Today, it is called the Dry Fasting Diet -- the most superior form of fasting and cleansing. Replicating it requires abstinence from all food and water for 12 or more hours. 'The Dry Fasting Miracle: From Deprive to Thrive' is written by author and lifestyle coach, Luke Coutinho and noted environmentalist Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Ali Bin Rashed Al Nuami. "I advocate dry fasting and intermittent fasting for the body's natural healing and regeneration and always will, because not only have I experienced its benefits myself, I have also seen my patients, clients and people all over the world experiencing its miracles. The new, revised and updated version of (the book) is backed by more research and evidence and we are hoping that the book changes the health of every person who reads it," says Luke Coutinho. The book teaches you how dry fasting can stimulate the body, help find the right balance between the "elimination phase" and the "building phase", aid weight loss and avoid a number of diseases. It is a comprehensive guide on beauty and general well-being and helps you discover the route to a new you. Published by Penguin Random House India, the book is set to release in April 2020. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/lifestyle-coach-luke-coutinhos-new-book-to-release-in-april/articleshow/74674950.cms -- FN* ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????? +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 <https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha> TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp - *"The best user experiences are enchanting. They help the user enter an alternate reality, whether it?s the world of making music, writing, sharing photos, coding, or managing a project.? ? Kathy Sierra* undefined ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 10:46:54 -0400 From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Violin, Cello and Cs?rd?s Message-ID: <51e1ff0d-7359-42aa-9c02-fd88d7fc2...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cs?rd?s is a traditional Hungarian folk dance with a slow introduction and a fast, wild finish. The name derived from cs?rda - an old Hungarian term for roadside tavern and restaurant or inn. Franz Liszt was renowned for his three Cs?rd?s composed in 1881 to 1884 as solo piano pieces. Caroline Campbell is an American violinist who learned the Suzuki method preschool class at age 3. At 8 she performed solo with the Reno Philharmonic and as a senior in high school she was a Presidential Scholar, performing at the Kennedy Center. At the Cleveland Institute of Music she studied with David Cerone and then transferred to Stanford in 2000 where she studied computer science, logic, linguistics and psychology, while working with Gennady Kleyman. Stjepan Hauser is a 33 year old Croatian cellist born in a musical family and studied in Zagreb, London and in the US under Bernard Grenhouse. He has performed in more than 40 countries and is laureate for UK?s music competitions and awards and prizewinner of international cello competitions. He has performed with the world?s most revered cellists. Campbell and Hauser perform Cs?rd?s with unique passion alternating between fiery emotion and instrumental lovemaking as the visuals on the video amply demonstrate. As one comment puts it ?we listeners become almost peeping toms?. Cs?rd?s https://youtu.be/Sk2yoOY8CTU Roland. Toronto. ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 10:47:26 -0400 From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] "Contigo Aprendi" (I Learned With You) Tr?o de Mar Message-ID: <e8f8ff62-5557-4db1-a9ea-2fc2bea6c...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Contigo Aprendi is a Jos? Feliciano 2003 love song. Trio de Mar is an amateur band-for-hire from Guadalajara Mexico with enormous talent and a wide repertoire that includes Pop, Bolero, Rumba, Trova, Ballad, Jazz and Ranchero Latin. Vocalist Maria Grever has a great voice and an effortless but spirited singing style. Contigo Aprendi https://youtu.be/2vEPBpJcWTA Roland. Toronto. End of Goanet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 350 ***************************************