Re: [Goanet] Odds In Favour Of Indian-Origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak As Pressure Mounts On British Prime Minister Boris Johnson To Resign

2022-01-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Hello Anita, I was prompted by the subject line of the post to forward news about the impending elections in Portugal and hope we can all join hands to pray for Antonio Costa’s success. Would you not agree? Cheers Eddie Fernandes On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 21:04, Anita Dias wrote

Re: [Goanet] Odds In Favour Of Indian-Origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak As Pressure Mounts On British Prime Minister Boris Johnson To Resign

2022-01-14 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Yes, we are proud of Rishi Sunak, but what about Antonio Costa? “Donkey Babush” António Costa, seeks re-election as Prime Minister of Portugal 13 Jan: SIC Notícias (Portugal). Aged 60, a socialist since he was 12, António Costa seeks to be re-elected prime minister, a position he has held since

[Goanet] Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 18 Sep 2021 – Headlines

2021-09-18 Thread Eddie Fernandes
1: Great British Bake Off. More secrets about the contestants including Crystelle Pereira 2: India withdraws e-visa facility for Canada, UK nationals 3: £399pp – 5-star Goan hotel in Madeira, 5 day escape w/flights, meals & transfers 4: Indians among top nations getting Portuguese visas 5: Video:

Re: [Goanet] Happy Birthday Goan Voice UK

2021-07-16 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Thank you for the kind words Roland. The journey would not have been possible without the support of GoaNet Cheers Eddie On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 05:32, Roland Francis wrote: > Congratulations to Eddie Fernandes on the 23rd anniversary of his digital > publication. > > Day in

Re: [Goanet] Radio Broadcasting in Portuguese Goa

2017-09-12 Thread Eddie Fernandes
le to win independence. She tells of the "intoxicating" feeling of winning freedom at last… 4m. 11s http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/magazine-30297213/goa-s-fight-for-independence-from-portugal Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes On 12 September 2017 at 14:00, Naguesh Bhatcar <sgbhat...@hotmail.com> w

[Goanet] UK: Terry Falcao, GoaNet subscriber, becomes Teignmouth's first ethnic minority mayor

2016-06-06 Thread Eddie Fernandes
17 May: A well-known Exeter lawyer has become the first ethnic minority mayor of Teignmouth . Employment lawyer Terry Falcao, 56, a former Metropolitan Police officer, was unanimously appointed mayor of the seaside town. The former chairman of the Devon Racial Equality Council said his appointment

[Goanet] The Saudi Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO). Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2016-01-09 Thread Eddie Fernandes
going to be sold. How the Goans working there will be affected, no one knows. The good days for them, as they say, are drawing to an end. Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] Portuguese Passports. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan - By Roland Francis

2016-01-03 Thread Eddie Fernandes
he of all people would need to opt for being a Portuguese citizen. But, the law must triumph even in a country that has little respect for it. Wish all readers a happy and healthy New Year. Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] The Indian Railways and Memories of Moira

2015-12-06 Thread Eddie Fernandes
oncu Mauxi was in command of the kitchen preparing the delicacies of Cabidel, Sorpatel, Sanna, Odde, "arroz refugado" and so on." Happy memories. Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] We Can Be Less Racist. By Roland Francis

2015-11-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
passed are blithely ignored by vested sections. Hope all this goes away. More of it and we will lose the gifts handed down to us by the founding visionaries of those organizations. Let better sense prevail. Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan: Let The Music Play One

2015-11-22 Thread Eddie Fernandes
, are and always will be good at. Me, I am happy with just the music. For the Roland Francis Linkedin profile, see https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-francis-9769a97 Comments can be sent to roland.fran...@gmail.com Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] John Distilleries to launch Goa made Paul John whisky in US

2015-02-03 Thread Eddie Fernandes
11 Dec: Just Drinks. John Distilleries, the Indian spirits producer, is gearing up to enter the US market in 2015 with its Paul John single malt whisky brand. It first launched the premium Indian whisky brand in the UK in 2012 and is available in six other European markets, including Denmark,

[Goanet] Goa looks like paradise, but under the surface there is a hell

2015-02-03 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Felix Dahl Death: Goa looks like paradise, but under the surface there is a hell 3 Feb: Dagens Nyheter (Sweden). Felix Dahl, 22, was found dead on a dirt road on 28 Jan. in Patnem, Canacona, Goa. His parents suspect he has been murdered, but are afraid the police will dismiss the case as a pure

Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-03 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Marshall has drawn our attention to two guidelines – one of 1 July 2013 and the other of 2 June 2012. As far as I am aware all the cases before the Enforcement Directorate were handed to them BEFORE Marshall’s earliest date! Eddie Fernandes == -Original

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-01-31 Thread Eddie Fernandes
-Original Message- From: Eddie Fernandes [mailto:eddie.fernan...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 February 2015 01:33 To: eddie.fernan...@gmail.com Subject: Zimbabwe By The Sea 1 Feb: Herald. The horror stories of British expats who have invested in property in Goa has earned Goa a new name

[Goanet] Watch Online Live: UK Parliamentary Debate on Corruption in Goa

2015-01-27 Thread Eddie Fernandes
/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=17057 If you miss watching it live, you will find it in the archive. Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] UK Parliament reveals Goa's land grabbers surpass Zimbabwe's: Report + Video

2015-01-27 Thread Eddie Fernandes
with the links? Check out www.goanvoice.org.uk newsletter of 28 Jan 2015 Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] UK Parliament to debate corruption amongst Goa's government officials

2015-01-24 Thread Eddie Fernandes
property in Goa. [158764] . For the answer go to Column 354W at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130612/text/130 612w0002.htm Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] Lambert Mascarenhas to feature on radio - Live stream 6pm IST today

2014-09-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
/channel/goa-india-fm-rainbow-radio Eddie Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] No Goan Canecos in British East Africa (Response by Rose Fernandes to Eddie Fernandes)

2014-06-01 Thread Eddie Fernandes
of getting your new best friend to write on your behalf, can we have the answer from the horse’s mouth? Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] Request from Selma Carvalho

2014-06-01 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Gabe and Rose, The whole of May and now evidently going into fair June, I have watched the two of you try to tear down the new book 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa.' In the process you have taken sniper shots at me and my friends and anyone who so much as dares to speak a

Re: [Goanet] District Commissioners of Marsabit in 1950 (Response to Eddie Fernandes from Rose Fernandes)

2014-06-01 Thread Eddie Fernandes
am amazed that you should have chosen Melvyn to write to me about the importance of dates since he wrote on 26 April 2013 that “18 May this year will be the 100 Anniversary of World War One”. But you were prescient enough to call his contribution an idiots guide Best wishes, Eddie Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] No Goan Canecos in British East Africa (Response by Rose Fernandes)

2014-05-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
… Read the full review at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2013-June/536904.html Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] No Goan Canecos in British East Africa

2014-05-27 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Herald (Goa), 27 May 2014. By: Prof Teotonio R. de Souza Excerpts: Selma Carvalho's A Railway Runs Through (2014) is a praiseworthy collection of oral traditions and memories of Goans who have moved out from British East Africa to England, Canada and elsewhere … If it is generally

Re: [Goanet] Today's Goa's Herald Review

2014-05-13 Thread Eddie Fernandes
stuff [evidently the stuff was 92% proof] ... If that does not satisfy you, repeat the search at http://scholar.google.co.uk/ Eddie Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] Today's Goa's Herald Review

2014-05-12 Thread Eddie Fernandes
. Eddie Fernandes = -Original Message- From: Goanet [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of Melvyn Fernandes ... If Selma Carvalho's book mentions that there was German whisky it may have been possible or she may have been given the wrong

[Goanet] Video: Book Launch 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980'

2014-05-05 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Video by Raymond Carvalho. 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980, was released by Lib Dem Councillor, Rabi Martins at HSBC Club in Beckenham. The occasion also marks the end of the three-year Oral Histories of British-Goans Project, undertaken by the Goan

[Goanet] Roland Francis: G.O.A. Toronto and Canorient Merger : Part 3 - The Backdrop. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2014-04-20 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 20 April 2014 at www.goanvoice.org.uk It was the late 1980s. A group of senior executives of the two associations who were personal and social friends and kept in contact with each other for the sake of the community's affairs, floated the

[Goanet] Book Launch of of 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980'

2014-03-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
will be selling Goa-related books such as Peter Nazareth’s ‘The General is Up’ and Braz Menezes’ Just Matata. Do come along for a great family day out. Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] Lusofonia: Watch online: Battle of the fastest today

2014-01-23 Thread Eddie Fernandes
23 Jan: Herald. Come at the Athletic Stadium, Bambolim, on Thursday and you will witness non- stop action as 3rd Lusofonia Games' main event, athletics gets underway at 5 p. m. The men's 100m heats start from 6.30 p. m. with the finals slated for 7.25 p. m. which will be followed by the women's

Re: [Goanet] Stay out of trouble abroad (from FCO)

2014-01-17 Thread Eddie Fernandes
More appropriate is the UK Travel Advisory to India update of 16 Jan. 2014 issued by FCO: UK revises India travel advisory Hindustan Times January 17, 2014 Last Updated: 08:17 IST(17/1/2014). Excerpts: The advisory says: Women should use caution when travelling in India. Reported cases of

[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Adrift in an alien land - Portuguese passport-holding Goans arrivals in the UK

2013-12-22 Thread Eddie Fernandes
for new Portuguese passport-holding Goans contemplating a move to England. Full text, 891 words, + photos at http://bit.ly/1bYZlV6 Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] QUO VADIS GOA? By Aires Rodrigues - The Goan Voice Sunday Column

2013-11-10 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 10 Nov. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk FULL TEXT: We were promised a grand Clean-up in Goa. But over the last 19 months of the vicious misrule by this government, democracy stands totally subverted and buried. The current government is a Hindu right wing (RSS)

[Goanet] Catholic Goans Don't Look Like Their Names. By Savio Carvalho

2013-10-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 20 Oct. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk A few years ago, when I had just taken over as the Country Director for Oxfam GB in Uganda, I had gone to pay a courtesy call to a Minister in the Ugandan government. On arrival, the ministers Personal Assistant (PA) asked

[Goanet] Sunday Column: What happened to the Goan Community who served in East Africa? By Mervyn Maciel

2013-10-13 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Voice UK), ably edited by Eddie Fernandes, while social networking continues via goanet. All in all, the GOAN DREAM has turned out to be a success story, and we continue to play our part as law-abiding citizens in our adopted homeland. Mervyn Maciel traces his paternal roots to the village

[Goanet] Goan Voice Sunday Column: Neighbours, but foes on and off the field. By Norman Da Costa

2013-10-05 Thread Eddie Fernandes
now plays golf once or twice a week and still finds breaking a 100 a monumental task, but enjoys the hoisting a few beers at the 19th hole. Comments to normandaco...@hotmail.com From Eddie Fernandes: This Sunday column solicits contributions from our readers on an ad hoc basis. Please submit

Re: [Goanet] Keith Vaz hits the right notes at Labour's party conference

2013-09-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Poll-names-Keith-Vaz-impressive-parlia mentarian/story-19806359-detail/story.html Eddie Fernandes == -Original Message- From: Gabe Menezes Sent: 30 September 2013 09:39 THE surprise hit of Labour conference was Keith Vaz. *http://tinyurl.com/npw67bg*

[Goanet] Sunday Column: The Goan Problem: Who Am I? A young perspective by Richard de Souza

2013-09-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
of this unique opportunity and consequently Eddie Fernandes took a group photo (http://bit.ly/16TzmcU ) and led a discussion so those present could ask the questions that the exhibition had evoked. The exhibition, preserving the story of East African Goans who settled in Britain, raised questions

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Taking A Bow - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-09-22 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: www.goanvoice.org.uk Daily Newsletter of 22 Sep. 2013 It's been more than a year since I made an offer to Eddie Fernandes to write a Sunday column for the Goan Voice which he graciously accepted. It's been a fulfilling period for me. I got a wide audience with which to express my thoughts

[Goanet] Roland Francis: The Bucket List and Other Things - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-09-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis: The Bucket List and Other Things - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 15 Sep 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk For Indian standards, the trial, conviction and sentencing to death of the men who raped, severely beat up and killed an innocent young

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Going To Church - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-09-08 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis. Source www.goanvoice.org.uk Daily Newsletter, 8 Sep. 2013. Growing up as a Goan Catholic in the usual rigid mould that was cast for a boy or girl of that time, a notable part of my childhood and early teens was devoted to religious based activities. There was the Sunday mass

Re: [Goanet] NEIL RANGEL: ALTERNATIVE VIEW[Goanet-News] Rarely has the Goan Diaspora challenged the biased views of the mainstream media. (Dr Eddie D'Sa)

2013-09-02 Thread Eddie Fernandes
to http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/printerfile.php?link=2013-05-13 And congratulations to Bene and Jason for the judicious response. Eddie Fernandes www.goanvoice.org.uk

[Goanet] Roland Francis: From One Second To The Next - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-09-01 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 1 Sep 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk The plight of women in India was highlighted again with the gang rape of a young photojournalist in Bombay, a city that was once considered the safest the country for women. A similar incident took

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

2013-08-25 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis. Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 25 Aug 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Made famous by Barrack Obama in his first campaign for President, the meaning of the word which is almost self evident, is described by Wikipedia as the collective effort of individuals who network and

[Goanet] Roland Francis: A Lifetime of Bondage - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-08-18 Thread Eddie Fernandes
A Lifetime of Bondage. By Roland Francis. Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 18 Aug 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk One of the reasons that facilitated movement to the Diaspora was the long established system of the house servant in Goa. Most often this was a woman from a poor family with more

[Goanet] T.J. Lobo: A Lasting Legacy

2013-08-18 Thread Eddie Fernandes
18 Aug: Herald. In 2011, Selma Carvalho sat with Thomas Joaquim Lobo, then 102 years old and listened to him talk about his life. Thomas was born in 1909 in the small village of Parra. Nothing auspicious marked his birth which foretold of the incredible journey which lay ahead. As the 20th

[Goanet] Roland Francis: The Street Bands of Calcutta - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-08-11 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 11 Aug 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk In the 50s and 60s of the last century, until a dour Communist Government took over the state of West Bengal and drove all the fun out of its capital Calcutta, that city was considered the soul of India

[Goanet] Death: Melinda Coutinho Powell

2013-08-08 Thread Eddie Fernandes
8 Aug: Ooty, India. MELINDA COUTINHO POWELL. (Ex Air India; was an active Goa Netter). Wife of David Powell. Mother of Elizabeth and Rebecca Powell. Daughter of (the late) Martin/ Flossy Coutinho. Daughter in law of (the late) John/Ida Powell, Sister/sister in law of Ricky/Heidi Coutinho

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Beholden to the White Man - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-08-04 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Beholden to the White Man. By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 4 Aug 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full Text: As any school kid who has had the opportunity to study Indian history knows, a very long time ago, going back four and five thousand years BC in what is known as the

[Goanet] UK Goan Festival 28 Jul. 2013: reports

2013-07-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
UK: Crowds throng the Oral History Exhibition !! From Selma Carvalho, Project Manager: Past Lives: The Exhibition, presented by the Oral Histories of British Goans Project (Goan Association UK), funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, UK, was mounted for a one-day showing at the Cranford College

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

2013-07-28 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 28 July 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk It was 1963 and under the mistaken assumption that I needed some coaching in my high school studies (the problem actually was that I spent less time on my books than I should have), my father got a 23

[Goanet] Goa: sunsets mystics. By Frederick Noronha

2013-07-25 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Machine translation from the Spanish: 25 Jul: ABC (Spain). Lured by its idyllic beaches, hypnotic sunsets and relaxed life, the hippies of the 70s descended on the former Portuguese enclave of Goa as an oasis of fun amidst the misery that plagued India. Wrapped by a mystical halo, Goa is

Re: [Goanet] Goa: sunsets mystics. By Frederick Noronha

2013-07-25 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Folks, Given the prominence to the Frederick Noronha's name in the article I assumed that he was the author and attributed the unusual sentiments expressed to mis-translations. I now understand that FN only supplied the photograph. Eddie Fernandes -Original Message- From: Eddie

[Goanet] Roland Francis: The Bombay Tiatr - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-07-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter, 21 Jul. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full Text: It was around ten that humid morning and much of the perspiring Goan population of Byculla was streaming into the wide gates of the magnificent Gloria Church for the Sunday high mass. Ladies were in their Sunday

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Curse or Consequence? Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-07-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice UK 14 July 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Curse or Consequence? Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan. By Roland Francis The patriarch of this Salcette family was a feared man even among his wife and children. Imposing in stature, well educated, influential in the administrative

[Goanet] Roland Francis: It's A New World - Stray Thoughts of A Toronto Goan

2013-07-07 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice UK Newsletter of 7 Jul. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk By Roland Francis. Every time I visit our neighbour down south, I am amazed at the changes that are continuously taking place in that country. Not so much the changes in the immovable assets of buildings and infrastructure

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Random Observations and Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-06-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
throughout the world as recorded in Eddie Fernandes' Goan Voice. With a magical sweep of the world's press, he brings to our table news of industry moguls, famous chefs, airline czars, software geniuses, crusty generals and everything in-between - as long as they are Goan or Goan connected. We even

[Goanet] Bombay City. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan by Roland Francis.

2013-06-23 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Bombay city grew on you, while you lived in it. By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 23 June 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Many readers have written of their curiosity about period India since they were born and raised overseas and have little knowledge of it described from

[Goanet] Are We Indians? Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan by Roland Francis.

2013-06-16 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 16 June 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk To those who know we are Indians, my question seems quite innocuous, foolish even. But to those who disagree, the thinking is: 451 years of foreign occupation and conversion from Hindu to Christian must surely have

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-12 Thread Eddie Fernandes
[mailto:fredericknoron...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ? *??? ??? Sent: 11 June 2013 23:54 To: Eddie Fernandes; Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives On 12 June 2013 02:44

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-12 Thread Eddie Fernandes
...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ? *??? ??? Sent: 12 June 2013 10:39 To: Eddie Fernandes; Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives On 12 June 2013 12:31, Eddie Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-11 Thread Eddie Fernandes
started preparing for the launch of that ... Eddie Fernandes - Vivian A. DSouza Tue Jun 11 04:23:56 PDT 2013 Kudos to Selma Carvalho who undertook this mammoth task and for the support rendered to her by Eddie Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] London..Journeys of migratory Goans through Visual Narratives

2013-06-11 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Frederick, Selma must have anticipated your comments when she wrote for tomorrow's TOI: It is my sincere hope, that this exhibition is the beginning of a long dialogue London: Blast from the past 12 June 2013: Times of India. By Alexandre Moniz Barbosa. The Goan East African safari of the past

[Goanet] Why Not Politics - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan - Roland Francis

2013-06-09 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter of 9 June 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Is there something in our past that has prevented, nay paralysed, the Diaspora Goan from actively engaging in politics in the West? Is it the legacy of our Portuguese colonialists that has emasculated our talent in

[Goanet] Death: Angelo de Souza

2013-06-09 Thread Eddie Fernandes
4 Jun: Harrow, London, UK. MARCAL ANGELO DE SOUZA (Aged 64; ex- Mwanza, Tanzania). Son of the late Manuel de Souza (discoverer of the Tanzanite) and Bernadette Woodruff. Brother to Catherine Olsson, Cosma de Souza and Maryanne de Souza-Jensen. He will be greatly missed by his wife Rosa (nee

[Goanet] London - Launch of Past Lives: The Exhibition

2013-06-06 Thread Eddie Fernandes
It is despairingly lonely to look into the mirrors of history and never find reflections of yourself, said Selma Carvalho, Project Manager and Curator of Past Lives: The Exhibition, presented by the Oral Histories of British-Goans Project, the first exhibition of its kind in the Goan worldwide

[Goanet] Roland Francis - Why We Can't Talk To Our Children - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-06-02 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 2 June 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: There are not too many things we Goans can't do besides not being able to throw up good community leaders and then following them loyally through thick and thin. But one of those things must surely be our

Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year

2013-06-01 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: radharao gracias Kill the Jew is part of the historical anti Jewish tirade of Christianity. The practice was observed in Goa on 23rd of June, i.e. on the eve of the Feast of St. John the Baptist. Response: Headline: India cancels 'antisemitic' festival Source: The Jerusalem Post. 12 July

[Goanet] Roland Francis - Tumultuous Toronto Troubles - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-26 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter, 26 May 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk As they say, this was the week that was. No, I am not talking about Goa where such events would have been nothing out of the ordinary, but about 'Toronto the Good' as the city was once called. The mayor, rambunctious

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

2013-05-19 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Roland Francis: Gulf Goans (The Conclusion) - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter, 19 May 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk The entry into Bahrain seems to have been the proverbial opening of the floodgates for Goans in India to work and eventually settle abroad

[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] Death Notice

2013-05-05 Thread Eddie Fernandes
of this. In this instance the name of the person who authorised the funeral is being withheld. I find that unacceptable. Would you have acted differently? Eddie Fernandes === -Original Message- Sent: 04 May 2013 22:29 *Stephen Gomes: Status uncertain* 9

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Goans and the Indian Army - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-05-05 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Roland Francis: Goans and the Indian Army - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source: Goan Voice UK , Daily Newsletter 5 May 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk The recent passing away of Major General Eustace D'Souza PVSM of Velsao Goan heritage, Lahore (undivided India) and Bandra Bombay, at age 91,

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Life Notes - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-04-28 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Roland Francis: Life Notes - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source: Goan Voice daily newsletter, 28 Apr. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Some things take getting used to and other things, you never get used to at all. Such experiences are common with Goans settled in this part of the world

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Regrets and April Showers - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-04-14 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: 14 April 2013 Newsletter at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full Text: Here are a few thoughts, a few observations and a few subjective opinions (all my work). As long as the current deep-seated culture of corruption in government and the 'live and let live' and 'it doesn't

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Atrocities against Women - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-04-07 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: Atrocities against Women - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 7 April 2013 Full Text: Nothing is more nauseating than picking up any Goan or Indian newspaper and reading the various items either on the front page or tucked away

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

2013-03-31 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: The Goans of Poona - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily newsletter of 31 March 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Poona, about 173kms from Bombay, was once the capital of the Peshwas, the prime minister and governor class of the powerful Bhonsales of

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Heaven Knows Your Future, Mr. Fernandes - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-03-24 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: Heaven Knows Your Future, Mr. Fernandes By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 24 March 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk When the majority of Goan families had little in the way of affluence, they had each other. Mother and father raised their brood usually along with an

[Goanet] Roland Francis: An Accident in Goa - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-03-17 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: An Accident in Goa – Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 17 Mar. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: Goan villages can be great places for rest and relaxation but you cannot for a moment visualize the trauma and misery you can be

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

2013-02-24 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Goans at Sea. By Roland Francis I have always liked travelling by sea. When any opportunity arose, there I was climbing the gangplank, suitcase in hand, a silly but happy grin on the face. My first short voyages were between Bombay and Goa. Fairly large ships like the Saraswati, and the Sabarmati

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Man of the Cloth from La Motte

2013-02-17 Thread Eddie Fernandes
68 years ago in the tiny village of La Motte, 600 kms from Montreal, a future Pope of the Catholic Church may have been born. His father with 7 other children was a farmer like most of the men in that remotely rural area although later with self-education he became a school trustee and

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Whither Diaspora: Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-02-03 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter, 3 Feb. 2013, at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: One would have thought that middle class people in India in general and Goa in particular would be a happy lot. They have reaped the benefits of the rising economy and salaries that have gone through the

[Goanet] The Loneliness of Aging: Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-01-20 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis: Source: Goan Voice UK Newsletter of 20 Jan. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk In times past, it was easy being old. In fact 'old' in those days meant anyone merely above 50. So a man retired at 55 lived for a year or two and then died while still in his own home. There was no

[Goanet] Roland Francis: A Little Bit of Heaven - Stray Thoughts of a Canadian Goan

2012-12-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice UK: Daily Newsletter, 30 Dec 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk You've lived your life like the meek of the earth. Earned your living for as long as you could or needed to, raised a family to love and respect the world around them and in between you have done what you could for

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Goan Cooking Is Falling From Grace

2012-12-02 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan - Goan Cooking Is Falling From Grace By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 2 Dec 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: I wonder if anyone else has noticed the worldwide decline in Goan cooking standards. In the best case this could

[Goanet] Roland Francis: Of God and God-Men. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2012-11-18 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 18 Nov. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: They were once a small but core part of the community. Dressed in white and flowing cassocks as they were required to do, they inspired respect, attention, obedience and sometimes awe. Very few milestones

[Goanet] Lest We Forget - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan. By Roland Francis

2012-11-11 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: Lest We Forget By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter, 11 Nov. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: If you look at the moral decay in Goa today, it is tempting to secretly wish that the Portuguese had not left or at the very least that the high moral and civic values

[Goanet] Colonial East Africa from Goan Eyes. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2012-11-04 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 4 Nov. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk FULL TEXT If you want to read Diaspora history and relate to it, there is nothing better than to get it from the perspective of someone who lived through it, has a talent for vivid memories and

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

2012-10-28 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Roland Francis: The Goans of Pakistan - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 28 Oct 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: They are a vibrant and active part of the Canadian Goan community, in most cases having immigrated to Canada much before other Goans.

[Goanet] Roland Francis: For The Love of God - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2012-10-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis. Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter of 21 Oct. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: There has always been a very cherished but formal and unreal bond between the Goan and his God. In the days when it was taught that God was a generally unreachable Being, high above and

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

2012-10-14 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Title: October Weekend Musings By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter of 14 Oct. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Some casual observations in Toronto and elsewhere, in the first cold Autumn weekend of the year, a la the late Bombay Busybee (Behram Contractor) tradition. All

[Goanet] Keeping What Matters - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2012-10-07 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK, Daily Newsletter, 7 Oct. 2012, at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: In no time at all the Goan, as the world knew him or her, will soon disappear. Already in Goa, for better or for worse, there is a speedy assimilation of the Goan with his Indian

[Goanet] Have We Lost It? - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2012-09-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter of 30 Sep. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk It seemed eras ago that Goans all over the world made a really big difference wherever they lived. I am not talking about faithfully working for the British, Portuguese, Indian or Pakistan

[Goanet] Alfred D'Cruz honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism

2012-09-29 Thread Eddie Fernandes
+ photos. http://goanvoiceuk.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/scribe-honoured-with-lifetime-ac hievement-award-in-journalism-oman-daily-observer-29-sep-2012-page26/ If the link does not work, go to www.goanvoice.org.uk Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] UK Goan Festival 2012: Worldwide TV feature on 28 Sep

2012-09-27 Thread Eddie Fernandes
'. This is a Free view programme so you do not need to pay to view it. For the Sony TV Asia website go to http://www.setasia.tv/ and select your country. Please ask your contacts to alert their friends about it. Eddie Fernandes www.goanvoice.org.uk

[Goanet] Madness in Mumbai - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2012-09-23 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Title: Madness in Mumbai - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 23 Sep. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk There is an old saying in the financial industry that is true of any other. What goes up must come down. If that is true, there is a lot of

Re: [Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes against Selma Carvalho (Response to Eddie Fernandes by Rose Fernandes)

2012-09-17 Thread Eddie Fernandes
of the documentary released last week. Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Rites of Passage (M.Boyer)

2012-09-16 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Summary: 16 Sep. 2012: Herald (Review). Selma Carvalho visits here great-grand-father's abandoned house at the top of Marcaim hill in Goa, the span of two or three impoverished rooms, held together by a thin wash of cement. It is also the ancestral house of tiatrist M. BoyerThe intrepid

[Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes against Selma Carvalho

2012-09-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Goans show our gratitude Please ask your friends to forward this message to their contacts. Best wishes, Eddie Fernandes www.goanvoice.org.uk

[Goanet] Goan Nurses in Bombay's Medical Professions - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2012-09-09 Thread Eddie Fernandes
By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK. 9 Sep. 2012 at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full text: Although the first practical and modern nurses in India were trained by a group of medical missionaries sent from Britain after the 1857 'sepoy' mutiny which was the first major pang of an Indian independence

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