[Goanet] Fr JADa Costa leaves a legacy to cherish

[Nelson Lopes]

Threatened, resorts  to defamation game
To sully reputation,records ,popularity and his name
Acts of deceit of receipts weighed on mind
Ambitions of promotions, an axe to grind.

English mass , stopped loss to parish
A boon to surrounding villages to cherish,
Self ,business interest ,prominence at stake
Defamation strategy  , no dent did make.

Focussed  energies on the building   to raise
Monumental efforts  to get funds deserve praise
Obstruction to science stream, never did yield
 accomplished a   dream with influence he does wield

Approach  and surroundings  to college vital need
Stage on the ground, lighting,a  shelter at cemetry praiseworthy indeed
High mast  , vandalism of assets to check
A freak accident rolled progress back

The Cemetry  renovated  beautified  a lift and face,
Extension ended encroachment  ensured space
 Ground outside  ,raised .,levelled a place to park
Cemetry painted , graves built mothing to bark

Mother Theresa  chapel prevented from ruins and fall
Aesthetic tribute  to St Vaz stands tall
College painted and  a well conceived hall
A boon to Parishioners a facility for all.

Double fans ,Chandeliers enhance comfort and grace
Retreats , spritual activities occupied equal space
A hearse van ,  a morgue feel the void and need
A niche to st Anthony , renovation of Monument  on cards indeed

Soccer lover  conducted  st Vaz  tournament of football
Promoted music school  took imitative and call
Wrote lyrics produced CD amazed all
In life high and mighty  with illness do fall

Accomplishments
. galore leaves legacy behind
Trust institutes awards in his honour to remind
A sports magazine salutes him  raises the  toast
A writer,  playwright,  preacher ,soccer  lover,steeped  in sprituality
rightly can
 boast

Fr JA da Costa is entombed, etched in the  minds and hearts
Leaves a legacy of monumental  achievements as he departs
Parishioners   wish him long life,  good health
 To passionately  work for the  glory  of good and humanity  till last
breath



Nelson Lopes  Chinchinim

[Goanet] Such Negativism and Helplessness Fiddling like Nero Fiddles

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

Must be the Monday Morning Blue .(maybe one tot too Much of FENI)..Fiddling
While Goa  Goes Up In Smoke...what metaphors  So why id Grandolfo hot under
the collar in Cool Makongo Juu



In Goanet on On Sunday, August 29, 2021, 09:07:27 AM PDT, Roland Francis <
roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote:



I totally agree.

Instead of a single Nero fiddling while Rome burns, all Goans except for a
few earnest citizens who can see what?s happening, fiddle while Goa decays
like* a rotten fruit.*

Rotting fruit is the first step  to making Feni  ..then he goes on


<<

Goodness gracious me some fellows want to bring back Dictator
SALAZAR'S   RegimeYes you were not allowed to have Wedding, Birthdays
Party Invitations without the approval of Salazar's representative called
Governor

Who suffers? Not George in Berkeley, Roland in Toronto and Salus in
Melbourne.  Wake Up you slothful, lazy buggers. Your sussegad has stopped
being a virtue after 1961.
The next item ( No 3 )George writes;
There is no ceiling to the level of corruption in Goa. The govt at all
levels - village, panchayat, sarpanch, state govt., state govt.
departments, etc. actively work against the interests of Goans, in
collusion with the building and mining mafia, many of them
non-Goans.‍

NERO FIDDLING WHILE GOA BURNS
THIS IS A LIE FROM BEGINNING TO THE END:
There were ABSOLUTELY NO FIDDLES in NERO;s Time ,,,
The popular myth that "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" is not true—even in
the first century CE, Rome was filled with poorly constructed slums that
easily caught fire.

THe facts are >

Please educate yourself and go to the site

*https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/jul18/great-fire-rome/
*

You still  do not want to believe . .   In the late Republic the Latin word
fides, meaning string, is used by Cicero to designate some stringed
instrument. Cicero uses the diminutive form fidicula.

Grandolfo says its much more complex, His sources from South Carolina state
>

<  The *cithara* was derived from the ancient *Assyrian kethara*,*9*

and
was called by Homer kytheris.*10*

It
was a heavy, strongly built instrument with a wooden body, soundboard, and
arms. It was the instrument of the professional musician. The *lyre* was
often made of tortoise shell, a skin soundboard, and arms of animal
horns.both instruments are shown with a varying number of strings,
ranging from four to seven.>


DISPORA GOANS Enlighten Yourselves ...read
*Mary Francis Gyles0
*

*https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/CJ/42/4/Nero_Fiddled*.html
*

Next Post from Grandolfo : STRATEGY  To PRESERVE IDYLLIC GOA

Be sage, wear a Mask, a shield or even a diving suit with Oxygen supply

[Goanet] QUO VADIS ATAL SETU?

[Aires Rodrigues]

The Atal Setu across the River Mandovi which was amidst great fanfare
projected to be Goa’s wonder is so soon headed for a disaster.

The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) which has been
alleged to be a den for rampant corruption has to be made answerable for
this nightmare.

The huge potholes on this bridge and other recurring defects is a matter of
concern. The problems may now be perennial. An independent probe and audit
of the bridge is required to fix responsibility.  The contractor must be
brought to book and the GSIDC officials must be also fastened to the
nearest lamppost if they colluded in this colossal loss to the state
exchequer.

After two years of its inauguration the work of the bridge is not yet
completed in all respects and the debris lying all over. More importantly
the work on one arm of the bridge which was supposed to be for entering the
city has been abandoned and there is no explanation whatsoever.

The government must also ensure that the existing traffic bottlenecks from
Guirim to Porvorim are cleared, without which the traveling time from North
to South Goa will not be curtailed which was one of the tall objectives of
Atal Setu.

Adv. Aires Rodrigues

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

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[Goanet] Casta... where does the word come from?

[Frederick Noronha]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casta

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[Goanet] TWO VIDEOS: Rediscover Crochet... digitising manuscripts in Goa

[Frederick Noronha]

Rediscover the Art of Crochet | By Various Artists | 29th August 2021
https://youtu.be/MNogZUiiL1w

On digitising old manuscripts in Goa (recorded around 6-7 years ago)
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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Janmashtami

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Janmashtami'

Birth of Krishna.

Today is Janmashtami. On this occasion I present an old post from 2013
prefaced with a fresh verse in Sanskrit.

Verse and translation provided by Dr. V.N. Muthukumar:

The verse is attributed to Sri Madhusudana Sarasvati (ca. 15th century CE),
the celebrated author of advaitasiddhi.


ध्यानाभ्यासवशीकृतेन मनसा
तन्निर्गुणं निष्क्रियं
ज्योतिः किञ्चन योगिनो यदि
परं पश्यन्ति पश्यन्तु ते [...]

You may view the latest post at

https://blog.parrikar.com/2021/08/30/janmashtami/


Warm regards,

Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Schedule for Tuesday 31st August 2021

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Schedule for  Tuesday 31st  August 2021

12:00 AM
Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries

12:27 AM
Senior Shepherds  - Fr A.P. Vas sfx interviewed by Colin Pereira

12:53 AM
Magnificat (English)

12:55 AM
Prayer to St Joseph By Pope Francis (Konkani)

12:57 AM
Poem - Deva, Ekuch Dorxon  Di by Vincy Quadros

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Monday

1:45 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 48 - Bhokti - Fr Pratap Naik sj

1:53 AM
Psalm 118 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister

2:26 AM
Jezuchea Adharan Sosnikaen Jieum-ia -- Fr Mario Noronha

2:50 AM
Tell Me a Story  - Eps 38 - Moses and the Burning Bush

2:57 AM
Devachem Utor  - Dhormdutancho Itihas - Avesvor 22 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

3:08 AM
Youthopia -  Chriselle Fernandes interviewed by Lucius De Almeida

3:38 AM
Bhajan - Tu Sakshat Parmeshvaru - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

3:48 AM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 17

4:14 AM
What's Cooking ? - Episode 15 - Hosted by Meena Goes

4:43 AM
Music - Jesus Bendito - Victor Da Costa

4:45 AM
Koxtta Vorvim Devach Hazeri Bhogop - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas

5:13 AM
Hymn - Holy Cross HS, Bastora

5:17 AM
I am the Resurrection and the Life - Talk by Sheela Alvares

5:45 AM
Our Father - Santhali

5:50 AM
Song - Ek Katha - Anthem of Unity - Samuel Afonso

5:55 AM
Devache Dhonniponn amchea Jivitant - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

6:19 AM
Hanv Konn? - Talk by Mathew Fernandes

6:41 AM
Talk: Voch ani Tum-vui Tuxench Kor -  Manisha Pereira

6:45 AM
Make the Mass more meaningful  - Talk by Joy Joseph

6:57 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem  -  Tuesday Wk 2 & 4

7:00 AM
Novena Mass 2 Colva Church

8:00 AM
Morning Prayer  - Tuesday Wk 2 & 4

8:05 AM
Music - Glory to You  followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

8:35 AM
Devacha Utor - Hebrevank - Avesvor 7 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

8:45 AM
Bhogsonnem - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas

9:08 AM
Talk on The Holy Spirit - Kenneth D'Sa

9:37 AM
Magnificat (Konkani)

9:39 AM
Prayer to St. Joseph by Pope Francis

9:41 AM
Prayer for India 5

9:46 AM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi  - Fr Jose Dias interviewed by Daniel F. de Souza

10:16 AM
Senior Shepherds  - Fr A.P. Vas sfx interviewed by Colin Pereira

10:42 AM
Documentary - Mission of Daman - DCLA

10:54 AM
53rd Mando Festival - Amchem Diaz, Assolna - Dance

11:07 AM
DRAG - Avelino De Sa

11:17 AM
Intercessions - English

11:30 AM
Mass in English from Panjim Church followed by Daily Flash

12:15 PM
Angelus - English

12:19 PM
Song - Bangaracho Danth  - By Normansez

12:25 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  156  - Irena Sendler - Fr Pratap Naik sj

12:34 PM
Gift of Tongues - Talk by Sr Elsis Mathew MSMI

1:00 PM
Tell Me a Story  - Eps 38 - Moses and the Burning Bush

1:08 PM
Divinity of Jesus Christ - Talk by Sheela Alvares

1:30 PM
Bible Project - Bible Characters in Biblical Narratives

1:35 PM
Hymn - Shepherd of my Soul - Assenca Fernandes

1:40 PM
Consecration of women living in the world - Dr Sarita Nazarth

2:06 PM
Bhajan - Je Tuje Satya Maniti - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

2:12 PM
Psalm 95 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

2:16 PM
On the Third Day - Eps 3 - Wealth out of Waste

2:41 PM
Prayer to the Holy Trinity - Prof. Nicholas D'Souza

2:43 PM
Novena Prayer to St Joseph Vaz

2:45 PM
Konkani Bhas - Bhag 5 - Fr Pratap Naik sj

3:00 PM
Poem - Avoi by Ana Rodrigues

3:02 PM
Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem

3:05 PM
Talk  on Faith - Fr Henry Falcao - SJVRC

3:30 PM
Divine Mercy Chaplet (E)

3:40 PM
Bhagiancher Niyall III - Br Malvino Alfonso  ocd

3:51 PM
Our Father - Odiya

4:00 PM
Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries

4:27 PM
Prayer over Childless Couples - St Joseph Vaz

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 10

5:00 PM
Vakhann'ni ani Bozonn  - 3

5:30 PM
Povitr Atmo - Orlando D'Souza

6:02 PM
Aimorechen Magnnem

6:05 PM
Make the Mass more meaningful  - Talk by Joy Joseph

6:17 PM
Intercessions - Konkani

6:30 PM
Novena Mass 2 Colva Church

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister

7:56 PM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 12

8:00 PM
Pastoral Letter 2021-22 - Talk in Konkani- Fr Jorge Fernandes

8:15 PM
Jezuchea Adharan Sosnikaen Jieum-ia -- Fr Mario Noronha

8:40 PM
Prayer on Preparation of Feast of Nativity

8:56 PM
Pray for Goa - 2

9:00 PM
Adoration - led by Fr. Oscar Nazareth op

9:24 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:40 PM
Devacha Utor - Hebrevank - Avesvor 8 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

9:46 PM
Skit - Voch Ani Tuvuim Toxench Kor - Tomazinho Cardozo -3rd Anniv

10:10 PM
Abundant Life - Depression - Causes - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

10:35 PM
What's Cooking - Episode 5

10:59 PM
Falling in Love - Relationships in a Digital Era - Hosted by Judie D'Cunha

11:32 PM
The Earth - Our Home - Sand Mining

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Re: [Goanet] Corruption in Goa

[George Pinto]

Leon Trotsky once wrote "You may not be interested in war, but war is 
interested in you". Many Goans have been clueless and indifferent to the land 
war being waged against them till it hits their doorstep and then they wake up. 
There is a global land war being waged against ordinary citizens by their own 
governments - everywhere, even is so-called democracies. An attack on rights, 
income, primarily with the end goal of usurping land and its related resources. 
In the last 20 years, the land wars have come to Goa and ethnic Goans are badly 
losing the war. Not only is the government lined up against them but powerful 
outside forces collude with Goa's own building and mining mafia. And let's not 
forget many "journalists" are either the front for the land mafia or clueless 
as to what is going on, either way does not reflect well on "journalism".  Only 
a few are not timid or compromised.

Look in any direction in Goa and there is a land scam in progress. And Goans 
have been complicit along with the legal profession which helps with the 
"paperwork regularisation" (land scams cannot happen without lawyers). Even 
diaspora Goans refuse to assist their own family in Goa and would rather sell 
ancestral land to a non-Goan rather their own family (who by the way may not 
always be angels). Or the other stupidity happens - donate land to the 
church/temple which in turn engages with the land scammers.


You reap what you sow.


On Sunday, August 29, 2021, 09:07:27 AM PDT, Roland Francis 
 wrote: 

I totally agree.

Instead of a single Nero fiddling while Rome burns, all Goans except for a few 
earnest citizens who can see what’s happening, fiddle while Goa decays like a 
rotten fruit.

Elsewhere, there would be anger and disruption with people chasing away vote 
seeking candidates and totally boycotting the election, but in Goa, the people  
continue to accept crumbs thrown at them like penniless beggars, flock liquor 
stores, celebrate birthdays and weddings and put even Nero to shame.

Who suffers? Not George in Berkeley, Roland in Toronto and Salus in Melbourne. 

Wake Up you slothful, lazy buggers. Your sussegad has stopped being a virtue 
after 1961.

George writes;
There is no ceiling to the level of corruption in Goa. The govt at all levels - 
village, panchayat, sarpanch, state govt., state govt. departments, etc. 
actively work against the interests of Goans, in collusion with the building 
and mining mafia, many of them non-Goans.
See  
https://www.facebook.com/InGoa24x7/videos/watch-how-tcp-is-being-misusedand-goa-is-being-sold/965282850702074/?__so__=permalink&__rv__=related_videos
 With Goa in dire straits and sinking into the grave, compare the fluff about 
fun, feni, fish posted in Goan forums and Goan magazines/publications, and the 
never ending nostalgia of a Goa that once was while Goa is headed off the cliff 
while Goans frolic. Ethnic and cultural suicide is not a pretty scene. Goa, RIP 
George.

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] GOVERNANCE BY ELECTIONS

[John Eric Gomes]

HASTE MAKES BIG ERRORS IN GOVERNANCE!
Ever since  2013, there have been good ideas but a rush to implement 
dismantling all the checks and balances that would have delayed the matter but 
avoided the unseen bitter consequences that unprivileged people would have to 
suffer, also trampling on human rights in some cases and creating monopolies, 
crony capitalism and imbalance in nature and a democratic nation. A lot of 
hype, slogans and acche din promised! The Covid pandemic has created more 
Indian crorepattis but rampant poverty, unhapiness and deprIvation for others. 
The High Court has quashed the Centre's notification on blue flag certification 
for Miramar beach since the central government was not justified in dispensing 
with public notice and so on! In UP a Muslim shop having a Hindu perceived name 
is forced by goons to change it. No action by police since no complaint! In MP 
another Muslim is bullied and told to chant "Jai Shri Ram" or else! Video going 
viral, police forced to act. Nether the PM or Mohan Bhagwat will order stop; 
this is wrong. Christians in northern Indian villages are also having to 
tolerate religious bullying. The BJP is encouraged to think they own India, 
ignore democratic values and rule in a civilised nation with some Taliban ideas 
held by their netas unchecked until there is violent objection and backlash? 
Like the Delhi riots, college orders girls cannot go out after 6PM without male 
escort, rape happens and cannot be stopped/is due to being out alone at night, 
love jihad, adults cannot choose mate of another religion/caste,enforced 
sometimes brutally by vigillantes with State patronage etc. Are we working 
towards a Hindu Pakistan?
Bad undebated laws passed , great emphasis on elections to the utter 
comparative neglect of daily bread and butter issues are taking a heavy toll on 
the citizens of this country especially the labor, poor, elderly and the great 
digital and economic divide being created. The massive government election 
recruitment rush when already overstaffed and new economy requiring work from 
home and paperless offices is creating a millstone around people's necks which 
they will have to carry into the future paying high salaries,perks and pension 
to VRS staff?

[Goanet] Review of the Twilight of the Exiles

[Cyprian Fernandes]

https://www.headlinesofmylife.today/2021/08/twilight-review-by-shirley-gonsalves.html

I am sure they will appreciate the talent of the writer of this review!

Appreciate it would kindly share this on Goanet!

Many thanks Cyprian

Sent from Mail for Windows

Re: [Goanet] GITP PRESS RELEASE (English and Marathi): IT

[Frederick Noronha]

Agree with your viewpoint, Tony.
We need more diversity in school-based computer education.
One-size-fits-all may not work for everyone. FN
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 at 14:05, Tony de Sa  wrote:

> The computers supplied to schools under the Computer Literacy Scheme are
> loaded with pirated Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
>
> It is high time that GITP prevails upon Government to introduce Free and
> Open Source Software (FOSS) in schools.
>
> While it is good to introduce robotics, does the Government intend to make
> every student in Goa a robotics engineer?
>
> Well that's just sceptical me. I am also trying to figure out where the
> money angle is.
>
> Tony de Sa
>


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[Goanet] Let us mingle together and its Konknni adaptions

[Pratapananda Naik]

Let Us Mingle Together
As a researcher, my mission and passion are to constantly search for
authentic sources for information. It is a tedious, tiring, at times
frustrating experience, and ongoing process. Yesterday in my WhatsApp
groups, I shared a brief note about the most popular Konknni hymn “Søkkødd
Sangata Mellyam” sung during the novenas and feast day of Mônti Fest,
namely, the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady in Coastal Karnataka and
elsewhere too. Then in the evening, I started my quest to find more
information about the origin of this hymn. These are my findings so far.
1.   “Søkkødd Sangata Mellyam” is partly a translation and partly an
adaptation done by an unidentified (to me till date) diocesan priest or a
layperson of Mangaluru Diocese (earlier undivided Mangalore Diocese) who
knew Konknni well and was a creative poet in early 20th century and not in
the late 19th century as I mentioned in my WhatsApp note yesterday (29th
September 2021). I say this based on the fact that the first Konknni hymnal
in Konknni in Kannada script was called “A Hundred Konkani Hymns --- Xembor
Konknni Køn'tigo'' (henceforth XKK). It was printed by the Jesuit priest
Fr. Luigi Doneda sj, in 1890 at the Codialboil Press, Mangaluru. This press
was started in 1882 by the Italian Jesuits after their arrival to Mangaluru
in 1878. Fr Doneda was the manager of this press for 43 years. In 1924 this
printing press was handed over to the Diocese of Mangalore. Now this press
is run by the Diocese of Mangalore at Mary Hill, Konchady, Mangaluru in its
new building since 1965. In the XKK hymnal there are 100 old Konknni hymns.
A good number of them were taken by the Catholic Konknnis from Goa when
they migrated to Coastal Karnataka. In it there are 13 hymns exclusively
for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady and 35 other hymns of Our Lady.
But in this list “Søkkødd Sangata Mellyam” is not to be found. This means
the said hymn was not found in Konknni when XKK was printed. In 2016, the
21st edition of XKK was printed. In this edition the hymn is included. I do
not know in which edition of XKK this hymn was first included. If we get
this information, then more or less we know the year of its composition.
2.  So far, I could not find out who composed the lyrics, music and the
year of composition of the English hymn “Let Us Mingle Together”. It is
found in the hymnal called “The Sodalist’s Hymnal” (pages 250-253)
containing a collection of Catholic Hymns set to original and selected
harmonized melodies. It was prepared and edited by Edwin F. MacGonigle in
1887 with the copyright of the book in Philadelphia, USA. From the style
and theme of the hymn, it must have been composed by a priest or nun to be
sung in the month of May dedicated to Our Lady. I have attached here the
cover page and the lyrics with music notation. In this hymn there are 6
verses and one refrain (chorus).
3.  The unknown lyricist who adapted “Søkkødd Sangata Mellyam” from the
English hymn “Let Us Mingle Together” retained 6 verses and one refrain
(chorus). He must have got this English hymn from the Jesuits. He must have
done the adaptation only in the early 20th century.
4.  Since “Let Us Mingle Together” hymn contains reference to “Bring
choicest of flowers search the woodland and grove, wreath a crown for Our
Lady as a pledge of our love”, an anonymous priest of Mangaluru Diocese in
mid-20th century associated the Konknni version of it with the novenas and
the feast of Mônti Fest, which they were celebrating much earlier. Since
the theme was connected with flowers and Our Lady and the melody was quite
simple and melodious, it must have spread to other parts of the diocese and
to Coastal Karnataka.
5.  Coastal Karnataka Catholic Konknnis went to Mumbai (earlier Bombay)
for job opportunities in late 19th century and early 20th century. Since
the majority were from the Mangalore Diocese, they were wrongly labelled as
“Mangaloreans” to distinguish the Catholic Konknnis of Goa, who called
themselves as “Goans”. Karnataka Catholic Konknnis at Mumbai saw the
Catholic Konknnis of Goa do celebrate Mônti Fest with flowers (minus
blessing of new corn in the church and having vegetarian meals). Since the
Konknni dialects of these communities vary in vocabulary, at Mumbai,
“Søkkødd Sangata Mellyam” hymn of Kannada script got a new title “Sogott
Sangata Mell’ia” in Roman script changing a few words with the colloquial
Bardes Konknni of Goa including faulty spelling and grammar! It too had 6
verses and one refrain. This hymn is found in the hymnal “Hosanna ---
Sogllea Vorsac Upkarchim Concanim ani Latin Bhaxechim Gaianam”. The First
Edition was printed on 31st October 1926 at Karachi, Pakistan. The Silver
Jubilee Edition was printed on 28th October 1951 at Mumbai. Since I do not
have the first edition of this hymnal, I cannot say whether “Sogott Sangata
Mell'ia '' hymn is found in it or not. But it definitely is there in the
1951 edition. This hymn, 

Re: [Goanet] GITP PRESS RELEASE (English and Marathi): IT

[Tony de Sa]

The computers supplied to schools under the Computer Literacy Scheme are
loaded with pirated Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

It is high time that GITP prevails upon Government to introduce Free and
Open Source Software (FOSS) in schools.

While it is good to introduce robotics, does the Government intend to make
every student in Goa a robotics engineer?

Well that's just sceptical me. I am also trying to figure out where the
money angle is.

Tony de Sa

[Goanet] Fr. Benny

[Mervyn Maciel]

I was saddened to hear of Fr. Benny's death and send me
condolences to his family.
I knew Fr. Benny well and met him on several occasions during
his trip to London. He was even kind enough to review my first book
in his popular paper.
   I loved reading his editorials in the paper(The Examiner) he
steered so well.
  May his soul rest in peace.


Mervyn Maciel