[Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan (Rose Fernandes)

2013-05-13 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Dear goanet readers, Over the last few weeks, I have to admit not reading Roland Francis's stray thoughts. His articles tend to tax my grey cells like Sudoku and these days I am all for a quiet life in front of the fire. Yes, fire in the United Kingdom we may once have had four seasons

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-13 Thread Jose Colaco
Re this from Eugene Correia, here are some points I invite us to Ponder upon: 1: Can an article of the constitution be 'tweaked' in favour of Goa in violation of another section of the very same Article 2: Assuming that tweaking is equivalent to 'Amending' the Constitution, WHO will do it and

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan (Rose Fernandes)

2013-05-13 Thread Jose Colaco
My dear Rose, My apologies for not having renamed the thread as you now have. It would have separated the threads appropriately. When I tried in the past, my posts have been rejected by Hon. moderator ( often nameless ). So, I did not rename the thread (albeit partially), but used the

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan (Eugene Correia)

2013-05-13 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 13 May 2013 06:48, Eugene Correia eugene.corr...@gmail.com wrote: 1: JC's questioning mind never stops, 2: though one cannot answer his rhetorical question with certainity. 3: In the context of Special Status, it would be pertinent to read Ramakant Khalap's piece He mentions Jammu and

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-12 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter, 12 May 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Until 1937 Aden was governed by the British as a part of India, but realizing its future strategic importance both from a point of view of trade as well as war, they decided to make it a separate

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 12 May 2013 16:01, Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote: If there is one 'take-away' from all this, it is that someone up there has always taken care of the well-being of Goans. The Portuguese didn't do it and the Indians are certainly far from doing it as well. Could it just

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-12 Thread J. Colaco jc
Frederick Noronha wrote: Could it just be that self-interest, the constant search for migration opportunity (however much we deride the in-migrant), and fortuitous circumstances also played its role? COMMENT: 1: 'Man' is always in search for better opportunities. 2: That explains some but NOT

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
The doc doth protest too much, methinks. FN -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org f...@goa-india.org On 12 May 2013 18:57, Jose Colaco cola...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Frederick Noronha wrote: Could it just be that self-interest, the constant search for

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-12 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 12 May 2013 10:00, Frederick FN Noronha wrote: The doc doth protest too much, methinks. COMMENT: 1: FN may be right. 2: FN may not be right. Until he discusses the body of the message by using clichés a la politicians, we would not know for true ..would we? 3: one question you may ask

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-12 Thread Eugene Correia
It is primarily because of the constant pouring of migrants into Goa that the NGOs, one old but revived and the other new, are pushing for Special Status. With all 40 members of the Assembly having approved the government's proposal, there is a at least a chance of making the centre hear Goa's