Gabe,
Let me try to take the devil out of the misunderstanding:
There is an old man (the clubhouse) whose death (sale) will result in a
financial bonanza for the relatives (members).
While the old man lives, money is required for his sicknesses and his upkeep
while his relatives continue to
Well and superbly written Selma.
The idea of 21st century fusion of cultures across boundaries of 20th century
nations in describing the cross-section of Goans in Britain was a brilliant
thought no matter whether your own or the result of a seed planted in your mind
from those fancy
Hi Rose, I promise not to tell Melvyn that especially the hopfully part.
Good to see you have a sense of humor.
Roland.
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Made by the Sri Lankans, Dodol is available in east end Toronto in Tamil stores.
As good as it's Goan cousin, it's called by another name and may be akin to its
Malaysian version since Tamils are a big minority segment of the Malaysian
population.
All these Dodols may have a common Portuguese
Having already faulted a Goannetter for not introducing his wife to him at a
wedding, the next will be faulting someone else for not introducing his gay
partner to him thus causing his hasty reading.
His words not mine, when caught destorting facts.
Roland.
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Don't know when it started but remember attending it in 1969. Peter Nazare whom
I met at the BMX (Britto's, Mary's and Xavier's - all of Goa) picnic in Toronto
the other day was playing for the Tuna Sparks who were on the stage that day.
Roland.
Toronto.
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I have been reading Goanet posts of 10 years ago and Selma was right in saying
the writing was much more eye-popping then.
There were quite a few non Goans, Goan Muslims and many Goan Hindus. You too
Joel were in form. Have you taken your talents elsewhere. Alfred Tavares among
others was
How can we forget Carmo D'Silva PhD of Velim and the Uni of Florida who made
such a passionate case for the kashti while unintentionally keeping us all in
stitches in the best 'Banallcar' tradition.
The most vivid and compelling picture he ever painted as a case for that
garment was him
Does Braz Gonsalves not work wonders with his sax anymore?
Roland.
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Subject: [Goanet] Elvis Lobo with Jazz Junction!
From: Jazz Goa jazz...@yahoo.com
To: zz goa...@goanet.org
CC:
If there is one musician in Goa who has established himself globally it has
A vertical line-up of 7 ipads and sleight-of-electronics, sure this can be done
in Goa.
The following 7 concepts will have to be presented to attract tourists:
1. Beauty of the landscape from mining.
2. Hi-tech dumping of casino boat waste into the Mandovi.
3. The Mapusa market on a Friday.
4.
And what's wrong with conservatism in the right situations.
Roland.
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Subject: Re: [Goanet] As Hai hai
From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
fredericknoro...@gmail.com
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!
Commercial or not, the real question to ask is whether there is truth in it.
Roland.E DeSousa ejd...@att.net wrote:
R. Francis writes:
Sent to me by Roy Pacheco, short and well worth seeing.
People must notice that this three minute thing is a commercial promotion for
an upcoming HBO
Excellent pics of a young Seraphino and of another generation
Roland.
TorontoFernandes, Edward edward.fernan...@ucl.ac.uk wrote:To mark the First
anniversary of the death of Seraphino Antao, his family has released the first
batch of his collection of photographs, many bearing his captions. The
Thank you for that input JC.
I had heard of the Miraj Hospital but mainly from Gulf Arabs with kidney
ailments who bypassed Bombay in favor of the treatment there. Didn't know it
was called Wanles after a Canadian.
Would appreciate other input also as many Goanet folk would be knowledgable
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Subject: [Goanet] MOCKING THE LAW
From: Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com
To: goanet goa...@goanet.org
CC:
The decision by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar that Nuvem MLA Micky
Pacheco head the House Committee to probe the drug cartel in Goa is a
Oh Wise One from Loutulim !
Tell us more of Copito Caetano. The name rings many bells and his car for hire
was called for many times but I know little about the legends.
Regale us with some of them although they will be much overshadowed by your own.
Roland.Alfred de Tavares
Don't quite understand your comment about perceptions and reality in the
context of Curtorim and the so-called Kashti Bamons.
In your reckoning does being a KB preclude oneself from turning one's village
into a granary or a cradle of music and culture? Do you feel that putting on a
kashti and
Best wishes on your latest book Domnic and may it enjoy the readership of your
Domnics Goa.
Looking forward to a few teasers on Goanet as you did for that book.
Roland.
Domnic Fernandes jyoval...@gmail.com wrote:Dear Goanetters,
After a long break (for a number of reasons), I thought I'd
I note and so will other Goanetters the difference in the reaction to August's
rather base post and the calculated (as opposed to genuine or spontaneous) and
abusive replies Selma would get in the same circumstance.
A prime example is our dear pediatrician in the currently Sandy battered
Congratulations Frederick.
I suspect awards mean little to you but your spirit, initiative and enterprise
are known and appreciated by many.
Roland
Toronto.Nelson Lopes nellope...@gmail.com wrote:dear Fredrick
Congratulations to you for receiving Vincent Xavier Verodiano award. for
this year.
Thanks and cheers too Joel.
roland.joe...@gmail.com wrote:Hi Roland,
Great joke. Very significant too. Nothing like I have heard before.
Cheers. Viva!
Joel.
Thanks for the lyrics Edward.
I shall encourage Toronto bands like the Goa Amigos to include this in their
Konkani music repertoire.
What a pleasure to sing or dance to it.
Roland.Edward Verdes eddiever...@hotmail.com wrote:I think this is a new
dulpod as I too have not heard it before,
As you
Dear Bennet and Manuel (Tavares),
The first revolt in Goa against the Portuguese was not the Cuncolim Revolt of
1583 but the conspiracy and major revolt led by Fr and later Bishop Mateus de
Castro as I mentioned in my Goan Voice UK Sunday column, in 1563.
He ruled from Bicholim at that time
Kudos to Bardroy Barretto director, Michael Arakkal assistant director and
Angelo Braganza producer for attempting to create in film a vital slice of
Bombay Goan history through Konkani music.
Brickbats to Lorna Cordeiro famous Konkani singer and one-time mistress of
Chris Perry for her petty
When the roll call of the turn-of-the-century philantrophic Goans is one day
compiled, Eddie Fernandes of Kenya and UK will surely find a place.
Philanthrophy in its truest sense does not mean only the giving away of large
amounts of money or large estates. That is easy to give when one has
FN, look at it this way. She has the right to non-cooperation with the film
makers and I have the right to hurl a verbal brickbat at her for it.
What would you have done in her place? Let the film-maker tell the story the
best way he sees it or fully cooperate and get it done with your input?
Dear Cecil,
Aside from me giving overseas Goans a bad name by hurling brickbats at Lorna
for non-cooperation in a film about the 60s and 70s Goan music scene and Goan
musicians, I take it you endorse her signing an agreement with the film-makers
and reneging on it one week later.
Cheers
August, you have made another erroneous assumption by subscribing to the
uncorrected but age old and widespread myth that some Goans anglicized their
surnames upon relocating to India for pecuniary gain in the British India
services and administration. Even Valmiki glossed over this factual
This euphemism is a phrase widely used by the Bombay (Maharastra) Police to
describe extra-judicial police-sanctioned assassinations of notorious gangland
killers.
Reputed to be the original brainchild of ex Police Commissioner Julius Ribeiro
as a means to decimate Bombay's once powerful
She left Toronto in July to celebrate her sister's golden wedding in Bombay.
Unbeknownst to her, in her baggage was a box of point 22 German made rifle
bullets. How it was placed there and by whom is still a mystery.
Returning to Toronto, with the contraband still in the bag, she was stopped
Vivian, Valmiki, Udaybab, any other generous soul resident in Goa, please
invite Ana Maria for a good seafood lunch which will perhaps lessen her tirades
on doctors and Catholic priests on Goanet.
No chance of the Bishop doing it since he is usually accused of taking her
hard-earned money.
If
Our good friend must be lonely in Macao for feeling the urge to serenade AM far
away in amchem Goem.
Perhaps he's had enough of all that Chinese influence, Argentinian beef and
British luxury cars notwithstanding.
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From: Gabe
He was immensely popular on the Goan stage in Bombay during the fifties and
sixties, until he died. A tiatr at Bangwadi or St Mary's school hall would be
full house if he was on the cast.
As comedic on the screen as he was on stage, he would evoke roars of laughter
without uttering a word, as
New York Jews including the Orthodox and Ultra Orthodox are the most
politically organized community in the United States. And since we are talking
of the US, that is saying something.
Knowing this, every one wanting political office in the New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut area, must get
Is this really the case in democratic India, Nelson?
If you confirm it is, then the last bastion - the courts - has fallen.
It is one thing to change the law in order to better reflect the will and well
being of the people. It is quite another to bring in amendments to destroy the
spirit of
Thanks to Californian Rajan-bab for reminding us isolated Goans about Diwali on
the second. Wish all Goencars a happy feast day and another happy year.
The next day is fepi zolom dis (have I got that right?) for tiatr writer,
novelist and Torontonian Silviano Barbosa who carries on the Dev
Two scandals are rocking us right now. One in Toronto on the municipal stage
concerning the mayor and one in the Upper House in Ottawa that involves a
senator and the prime minister.
As scandals go, this is rich fodder for the media but it has none of the
taxpayer taken for stratospheric rides
Merv is a good man Eric, but only outside designated areas. A pub however, is
one of these.
Rolly.
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From: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com
Date: 01-11-2013 10:33 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Mervyn Lobo
Blame it on the metallurgy grad, who is also the home minister but he blames it
on the lack of numbers in the police force. Didn't seem from all the videos
that there was any lack of police strength.
Tackling the Nigerians wouldn't make much business sense to the beat cops for
the next day
Thank you Cecil and Augusto for the other side of the story.
Sounds credible, they have been made pansies of the narco-politicians who have
drug money and power at their command.
Roland
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From: augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com
Date:
With the abduction and death of two French journalists in Mali, the number of
media workers killed all over the world in 2013 totals 42.
It takes a special kind of courage and professionalism to venture into hot
spots with bullets flying and mayhem around you, or to interview scary leaders
who
Setting aside the matters of:
Effects of the drug menace;
Incompetence of the police;
Cowering of brass before politicos;
The CM at a complete loss;
No faith in law and order for Aam Admi;
One bright ray of light has shone through:
No loss of life of the innocent or otherwise occured after the
Hurrah Gilbert.
It couldn't have been put any better.
Roland.
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From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com
Date: 03-11-2013 8:55 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org,goa...@goanet.org
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goans in Toronto
Fascinating is understating it.
Sunset and Al Jazeera have done a great job in producing it.
Necessary viewing for putting all world events in context.
Is the fast melting Arctic the next natural resources battleground? Russia and
America are flexing their muscles, Canada can only p*ss
The Siege - 68 hours at the Taj Mahal Bombay, a definitive account by New
Yorkers David Levy and Cathy Scott who specialise in writing in-depth of
catastrophic events years after they happen so that they get interviews,
analyses and information not available to reporters or novelists writing
Two separate rings actually. The PM and the Toronto mayor were not battering
each other.
The mayor agrees to recent cocaine use but refuses to resign. His teflon
coating has quickly melted.
The PM lasts only if his chief of staff whom he first praised but later threw
to the wolves keeps his
A cursory opening of the Mid-day Times shows a horrendous number if incidents
of violence against women. Rapes, abduction, blackmail sexting, murders and
acid throwing sometimes by close kin is too common.
Granted that Bombay is a city of 20 million people, but the numbers and the
types of
A Bombay icon, founder owner and teacher of the J J Rodriguez school of Dance
passed away at 88.
No social or other Bombayite could plead ignorance of the existence of this
dance studio located at a prominent and bustling, once exclusive shopping and
residential area of Colaba.
Though most
When do you think the Nigerian's murderer(s) will be brought to book? Would
'never' be a fair answer going by Goa Police's track record of murder arrests
being close to nought despite expected External Affairs ministry pressure on
this one.
Today's French revelations brings confirmation that
A couple of errors in names.
One of the authors is Adrian Levy (not Adrian Scott).
Then PC was Hassan Ghafoor not Abdul Ghafoor
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From: Roland Francis roland.fran...@ymail.com
Date: 08-11-2013 1:35 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: estb. 1994!
Received from a friend:
Missing somebody ... call
Wanna meet up ... invite
Wanna be understood ... explain
Have questions ... ask
Don't like something ... say it
Like something ... state it
Want something ... ask for it
Love someone ...
Marshall,
No dispute with the fact that political interference is responsible for the
sorry state of the police in India today. This was established decades ago.
No dispute also that Hasan Ghafoor was a clean and upright IPS officer. That
does not make him a competent one especially in a
First it was the sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf. They brought cheap labor for
their booming infrastructure-building from India and Pakistan. Then they found
it even cheaper to bring from Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Thailand and
whichever struggling poor nations that would allow their
A notoriously inaccurate astrologer-swamy on Goanet who fancies himself not
only as a gold expert projecting its meteoric rise but also a foreteller of a
US economy crash and who shoots his mouth from the hip (I like to see into the
future, I am not intetested in the present), should note that
Eric was hoping for a re-telling of the facts as he (meaning you) sees them,
but instead, we got some childish reply about bitterness and bad trades.
Duck the bullet, hoping it brings down someone else.
Roland.
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From: Mervyn Lobo
If an article about Goans is headlined off topic by its author, then what
would he term on-topic?
The shoot first think later syndrome in full bloom I think.
Roland.
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From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca
Date: 15-11-2013 10:38 PM
It would be polite and courteous when making such a request to explain your
reason for it.
Also good contacts of Goans in Canada is far too vague.
Roland.
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From: vivek araujo vivek_araujo2...@yahoo.com
Date: 17-11-2013 6:38 AM
Sometimes the easiest solution is also the most difficult.
The people of Goa should forget about dissipating their energy in all
directions like the drugs problem, the corruption problem, the traffic problem,
the outsider problem, the mining problem, the beaches problem, the political
First it was widespread pedophilia among Catholic clergy throughout the world
and the even more scandalous suppression of it by the hierarchy of bishops
reaching up to a previous pope.
In India's Catholic world too, similar scandals were not unknown. Though
pedopholia was probably rampant like
Floriano, this is unbeleivable although I know you wouldn't be lying about it.
Akbar Al-Baker who as civil aviation minister founded and nutured the airline
and has been CEO from the start is a total fanatic about customer service. I
know him well and became an acquaintance from the days he
Memories awaken at Floriano's grouse against the shabby treatment meted to his
wife by a Qatar Airways Vienna flight stewardess.
Our dotor J.C.'s brother-in-law (sister's husband) was while he lived, a very
powerful man at Doha Airport. Nominally the airport head of Darwish Travels, in
reality
In a case unprecedented not only in Canada but probably also in North America
and Europe, a Toronto anesthesiologist was convicted of 21 counts of sexual
assault on women aged 25 to 75 while on the operating table of a large mid
Toronto general hospital.
He was a popular medical professional
Both Jim Fernandes and Gabe Menezes are right on this issue. Let us see why.
Airlines sectors that are filled with Indian passengers lack in service because
simply put, Indians can't behave themselves. Gabe's example of the sandwich
tray is an example.
The laborers who would have been guilty
If you ever worked for a boss who did things without checking the facts or
thinking it through, you will like this;
Arcelor Mittal wanting to shake things up and trim the company into ship-shape
after merging with some bloated subsidiaries appointed a new CEO.
Eager to show his no nonsense
Jim, in addition to the three reasons for writing your email, here is one
overriding sentiment for all travellers to Goa.
Dumb down your general expectations and you may be pleasantly surprised.
Ramp up your hopes to be treated as in your Diaspora residence and you're
setting yourself up
With the Indian Union Home Ministry issuing a directive that anyone registering
their birth in Lisbon is considered a foreign citizen and not allowed to hold
Govt or public office, there could be untold implications in Goa.
I have a few questions that some Goanetters would be able to answer.
I agree that important all-India and international festivals cannot wait for
the completion of much needed development and infrastructure and Goa being
fortunate to get them must not be foolish enough to turn them down.
Inconvenience to local residents must be borne stoically. The benefits are
First the Director General (the highest state police position) announces that
Goa Police have seen the CCTV footage from the Hyatt Bambolim hotel elevator,
scene of the alleged crime and were going to arrest Tejpal on that basis and a
couple of days later his Deputy Inspector General calls a
Dear Michael,
I have no connections to Karachi but I enjoyed the visual feast created by your
procession description.
Pity that India let go of Pakistan and with it all the Hindu and Christian
culture and traditions.
Perhaps not as bad as Afonso de Albuqueque putting to the sword in 1510,
The sentence was for High Treason in the Middle Ages.
Hung meant hung till almost dead.
Drawn meant disembowelling (removal of organs, viscera etc while still alive)
Quartered meant chopping the body if still alive or corpse if dead, into four
parts and dispaying it in different parts of
If Goa Police fought crime and Goa Firefighters fought fires, what did Goa
Freedom Fighters fight?
Roland.
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A woman of many dimensions no doubt.
We first thought from her posts that she was dirt poor and struggling with the
demands of a large family and limited income. For this, we empathized with her
railings against the church for building monuments and edifices in Goa while
the flock met the
The word retro is usually taken to mean aspects of current life or style that
are consciously imitative of a previous age.
The English language as used in India referring especially to bureaucracy or
government could have been bodily lifted from days of the British Raj. And that
is the pity of
I think the whole case is being overdone.
Look at the facts:
You could charge Tejpal with sexual molestation and also sexual interference.
But rape? That is quite a stretch. If the law has been stupidly drafted so what
Tejpal has done can be termed rape, you are undermining the real cases of
A well written report Mayabhushan but no elements of a scoop or new information.
Great reading for someone who is just being introduced to this news event but
just rehash for those who are keeping abreast of developments.
Push yourself MBN. Get us stuff we don't know. Report rather than
Tsk, tsk, tsk, Uday Barad.
Roland.
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From: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com
Date: 04-12-2013 2:33 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!
goanet@lists.goanet.org,goa...@goanet.org
Subject: Re: [Goanet] DR UG
Jose Fernandes a 52 year old Portuguese citizen came to Canada as a young boy
along with his family in the 1970s. Thrown out of the house at age 15, being
rebellious, he was put in a training school (probably as a ward of the state).
While his parents and siblings applied for and became
It's always interesting to see the pendulum swing from one side to another. In
the case of a grandfather clock, the swing is quite extreme just like in real
life.
Was a time when women were completely sidelined. No decision could be taken by
the wife that steered the course of the family. No,
With temperatures dipping to minus 40%C in Calgary, the following information
from CBC (Canada's equivalent to BBC) would be very helpful to Canada Goans.
Not that Calgary routinely sees such temperatures, but the city does get its
Chinooks, (swirling winds at high speeds) which drive the
This poster possesses more than one uncanny resemblance to the widely written
about and aired antics of Toronto's disgraceful but unashamed mayor Rob Ford.
Ford has been reported on media
1. Admitting to drunken stupors. Once being photographed dead drunk at his
office, the other when asked
The Indian urban citizen is an extremely intelligent and shrewd animal, aware
of everything going around him but powerless to change the unchangeable viz
corruption.
Pick up any Indian media website that allows readers comments and the
seriousness disguised as hilariousness will enthrall you.
To an outsider looking in like me, there is very little difference between the
Congress and BJP or for that matter any other Indian political party or
politician.
They are either personally corrupt or allow unbridled corruption to flourish
around them. If they are not inefficient in their
All miracles George are wrought by God and not by saints. By praying to saints
one takes away attention that is due to God alone.
I know you feel strongly about the canonization of a brown and especially a
Goan saint being necessary to redress the imbalance of mostly white halos and I
Buddha man experience, not JEG's fault!
Roland.
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From: roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com
Date: 14-12-2013 9:34 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tweedle dum
He is 58, South Korean, friendly and always smiling. Unfailingly he brightens
up my day.
I don't know why, but he attached himself to me. Perhaps it is because he knows
little English and others misunderstand him or poke a little harmless Canadian
humor at him which he takes in good stride. I
)
To: roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com,Goa's premiere mailing list,
estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tweedle dum and Tweedle dee (Narendra Modi (excepted)
Modi has dumped the BJP Ram Mandir agenda for the time beibg and is now gung ho
about Sardar Vallabhai statue
It's a pity that the Supreme Court has passed a ruling that is extremely
regressive putting the onus on Parliament to change the law.
Wonder how Goa Police are going to act on it. If they are a responsible force
they will avoid implementation unless the law is openly flouted in public view
or
Goans in Canada from Bombay or Goa must be supressing a smile at reading that
temperatures in Goa have dipped to 16C, the coldest in 5 years which must seem
to us balmy short sleeves or bush shirt weather.
Ontario, Toronto included, is experiencing right now about minus 20 with
shin-deep snow
Dead at 81, O'Toole's name in a film that was currently showing would bring us
teens rushing with our dates to Metro, Regal or New Empire in Bombay's
downtown. Too young for hotels and too old for Irani restaurant family rooms
these theatres were our romantic haunts.
His Lawrence of Arabia,
While during the last decade or two, there has been much acceptance of gays and
lesbians in urban and rural areas in India, acceptance that has come not from
within but from global trends, the bisexual and transgender communities still
have stigma attached to them.
Though transgenders have
I know the criteria for sainthood George, what I am not convinced about is:
Praying to them and
The veracity of the miracles attributed to them for qualifying.
As for the F+ in catechism you have only your late uncle my one time Jesuit
principal to blame :-) peace be upon him.
Roland.
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Canada may be one of the coldest countries on earth, but people certainly rise
to the occasion when requested.
Whether it is donating to food banks or blood banks or for contributing for new
toys for poor children at Christmas time, or at times of sudden crises,
Canadians have large hearts.
Readers must be aware of the current Devyani Khobragade imbroglio (I wrote
about it when it was first known).
In brief she is the Indian consul general in New York City and is alleged to
have cheated on the stated salary of her Indian housemaid. She is charged with
falsifying documents and
Canada Border Protection Agency are very strict about bringing in ANY animal or
plant products (no exceptions) into Canada in any form including cured, cooked,
vacuum packed or even canned.
If you answer 'yes' to the disembarking card question, they will confiscate it.
If you declare as not
95% myth or no effect, 2.5% dubious effect, 2.5% actual effect.
Roland.
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From: Ana Maria Fernandes amferns_n...@hotmail.com
Date: 20-12-2013 12:28 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] God's given gifts
This is true and I am in total accord.
Once provisions are put in place to prevent sex-trafficing, induction of
minors, undue influence of people living off the avails, over the sex workers,
I see no reason why women should not have the choice of what to do with their
bodies.
Now, it is a
This is for Gabe who has been continuously sending us a song a day for a long
time now.
Vanny (Vanessa) Bourne typifies the Anglo from Bangalore even though she
emigrated to Australia in 1987 when she was only 10.
Goa in my day had Vanny Bournes too - naive, innocent and pretty as eye candy
It was going to come like in 1998, from Texas, to hit Toronto and surrounding
areas in Southern Canada and last night it did.
20 to 30 mm of rain falls and hits the cold ground and turns to ice. Tree
branches sag with the weight, crack and break and take power lines down with
them. 250,000
The worst of the aftermath of the ice storm in Toronto is over. Some 52,000
homes (18% of those affected) still don't have power but these remaining,
require home by home restoration rather than grid by grid.
The east end of the city was hardest hit. Most of those of us living there got
back
Not to put too fine a point on it at Christmas season but as usual we are
subjected to a brainless, pointless message by the author.
What does he want to say?
That Goans needing help are ungrateful and that we should not help them.
That newly arriving Goans are scammers in the fashion of some
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