Office at Porvorim if all agree. The other issues our people face in
other parts of the world will be too long to fit in this note and perhaps could
be compiled by organisers of World Goa Day events.
Best regards.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
xcellence so that comparisons can
be drawn with other host countries where the NRI Global Goan
Convention has been held?
Melvyn Fernandes
Surrey, United Kingdom
31 August 2011 - official last day of summer in the UK
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
other day.?
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
2 September 2011
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Dear fellow readers
Together with Melvyn, I would like to say how happy we are Eugene Correia is
back on goanet and join others wishing him well. Laughter is the
best medicine and a simple matter of an esteemed authoress calling us all
"lower than cows" shouldn't hinder his full recovery progre
lable for sale, come early and have a great day
out. Please book your tickets in advance.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
3 September 2911
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
ees
1 frog, kiss kiss
and a handmaiden performing katti fugdi - the coconut dance
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
12 September 2011
Response to Message 9, Goanet Digest Vol 6, 869
Con Menezes wrote "... it was a discovery of a beautiful unspoilt
village, where I could easily settle and lead a peaceful existence."
Rose Fernandes's Response:
This island is also a perfect place for you to walk around it "barefoot",
l
Dear fellow readers
This response is to Message 3 of Goanet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 874 written by
Carmen Miranda.
Carmen Miranda wrote:
"Many of these people employed by mining are not Goans but this is besides the
point."
Melvyn Fernandes responds:
We are not an insular people, w
part of the article or other articles she has
written are credible in this world of misinformation?
Please note that I have no grievance with or a black list on anyone but neither
will I be "gagged".
Melvyn Fernandes (non graduate)
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
1
Dear goanet reader,
Did our esteemed authoress go across to this enchanting island by "ferry" or
was she taken by a "fairy" to sprinkle "magical dust" over it. She gave
us all an enjoyable and wonderful description of paradise and the fact that she
misquoted what her honourable host's job was s
ly identify what a "monkey" is from your nursery
book you are also able to read and write.
Have a nice night till sunrise.
Very honourable goanet reader (not joking)
Melvyn Fernandes (famous non graduate - not intending to come of age ever)
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
15 September 2011
nts will be
available so do come early say 1pm meet and greet friends and family and have a
great day out. Tell Everyone Pre reserve your seat for ticketsTel Cornelius
Monteiro 0208 681 8716 Nina Pinto 0208 767 0663 Pilar Fathers 0208 648 2101
Melvyn Fernandes 07970 668879
Dear fellow goanet readers
It is indeed an excellent and noble gesture for any author or authoress to
donate unsold copies of his/her books to libraries or charities around the
world. In the case of
our esteemed authoress she would not have to suffer the pain of waiting, hoping
and praying for
Dear goanet reader
Since her trip to an enchanted island, no-one can blame our esteemed authoress
from wanting to live in a by-gone age. Our community has moved on from
'Claudious'
to 'Claudia' and from a 'lion's den' to a 'tiger reserve'.
While watching a tigress teach her cub to research we
Roland writes (message 5, Vol 6, Issue 920)::
''What I would like to know is how Wendell Rodrigues got into a mining
discussion with Digamber Kamat on a public forum. Did Claude Alvares or Carmen
Miranda
decline?
Or in Goa is iron ore mining somehow equated with female fashion design.''
Rose F
to pass on to these children. Also check with Heraldo
and Navhind Times who may be able to assist you in this matter.
Maybe our people living in other countries can enlighten us of the work they
are also doing.
With Goa's increasing wealth, no one needs to starving there! No more sob
stories p
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earlier
reference to Sorpotel see Goanet Digest Vol 6, Issue 823, Message 10 or email
me melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
10 Nov
is recruiting 12 astronauts, Russian speakers will have an advantage.
Opportunities for frequent travel.
Those of our people interested need to check out the NASA urgently.
Regards.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
16 November 2011
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1.30 p.m.
prompt.
Everyone is welcome to participate, meet and greet in the church hall after
mass. This mass is organised by Friends of Fr Agnelo working for the cause of
the
Beatification.
Regards.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
17 November
home (POSH in
short) was the preferred way of travel in cabin accommodation. There is no need
for any of us to get concerned. With four weeks to go to Christmas, you will
find POSH will make a come back when one is holding a feni chaser with
Kingfisher at the tavernas in Goa and at our festive
keeps us Goa-ing.
Melvyn Fernandes
London
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
24 July 2011
Dear Selma
Reply to Message 3, Vol 6, Issue 703
Your Speech to the Global Goan Convention 2011- Preserving culture through the
arts
Thank you for sharing your uploaded speech at the Global Goan Convention 2001
at the Indian Gymkhana with us.
In your speech you said “How badly we treat our a
ingdom, we also have a mission from the Pilar Fathers with branches in France
and Germany. There may be others in Europe. Religion is an integral part of our
culture, did modern day festival organisers leave them out? Perhaps the public
relations officer for the festival may wish to comment.
Melvyn
Dear Selma
Re: Global Goan Convention, London – “Congrats to Goans in London)
Response to message 9, volume 6, issue 704
I spend a lot of time reading your articles as they provide me with such
amusement that I haven’t got round to reading your book yet!
In your response to Armstrong re “Cong
I enjoyed reading the article written by Jason Keith Fernandes on "Sneezing at
the Brahmanical Polemics at the Global Goan Convention.
In a letter I had published in the Goan Chaplaincy Contact magazine in London I
had written "Caste", "class" or whatever other name you wish to use, may be
ba
monetary writing competition
of not more than three thousand words could be launched. I will be happy
to look at and co-ordinate ideas with those interested. Please send me
your ideas not later than 15 August 2011 by e-mail to
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com. This will be my bit for World Goa Day
Melvyn Fernandes
Surrey
United Kingdom
29 May 2011
ackyard in Goa??
With bestest regards.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath
Surrey
31 July 2011
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
ation
since 1974 I did not renew my membership in 2007 in disgust as I did not feel I
was belonging to a community organisation any more.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey
England
7 August 2011
melvynfernan...@virgnmedia.com
In a book written on Francis Newton Souza, Geeta Kapur referred to the time
period when Newton returned to Bombay from
Goa to live with his mother, Lily Mary, after his recovery from small pox:
Quote: .. he returned to live in Bombay with his mother who had by now
set herself up as a d
In an article by Jenna Benson in 2005 she writes:
Quote: A small band of WAC(I) meet annually for a reunion lunch in the Victory
Services club in London, but numbers
decrease each year. Unquote
Melvyn attends the annual general meeting of the Royal Signals Association at
the above club near Ma
r
to spend their time on the latest computer
gadgets on the market.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
27 November 2011
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Dear fellow goanet readers
In the summer, seeing photographs of our NRI officials arriving for the Global
Goan Convention and Goan Festival in
London, United Kingdom with huge trunks on trolleys took me back to the days
when I was a child and travelled with my
family from Mombasa, Kenya to Goa
Dear fellow goanet readers
A well known actor/comedian in the United Kingdom recently described London as
"no longer English". On my way home
from work, as I travel by bus, observing fellow passengers around me, he was
quite right of course. However this bus
journey also brought home some inte
around the world.
May I request the technical people at goanet to attach a St Francis Xavier's
hymn on the 3 December as Hymn for the Day
to be shared by all.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
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und a formula to cure it? Or
has this been found and killed off by cold
water moments before being activated.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
30 November 2011
I note your posting only addressed the point I made about 'Sixth Night' and not
about the Goan Short Stories Competition
organised by the Goan Book Club for our young ones. Are you intimating that
there are lies in this part of my post as
well? Please let us all know.
Melvyn Ferna
Dear JC
Thank you for your note on goanet with regard to the above. Goanet is a Goan
internet newsletter. As a community we
have our turnip heads and potato heads. As such we are not vegetables in a
grocery shop to be called Goans in our own
newsletter and I hope our contributors will note thi
Dear JC
Thank you for your note on goanet with regard to the above. Goanet is a Goan
internet newsletter. As a community we
have our turnip heads and potato heads. As such we are not vegetables in a
grocery shop to be called Goans in our own
newsletter and I hope our contributors will note t
and culture or no
culture on the other side.
I know living is expensive but it is still very popular and wish you well.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
3 December 2011
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book from the store
room as a gift idea for a great read during Christmas and the Happy Holiday
period. For those interested this book is
available now on Amazon.
I trust discussion on this matter can now be concluded.
Best wishes.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingd
JC
Is JR the Ewing from Dallas? Because my witness is X.
Having watched Dum Mara Dum, required viewing for every Goan family in Goa, the
current episode as above may be of
interest to Bollywood in time for the 2012 IFFI festival in Goa.
Best regards.
MF
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t
has an appeal to all ages.
Thanks to the formation of Goa Book Club I am now proudly aware of so many
unheard of authors and look forward to
reading some of these books in the future.
The challenge is not so much about lighting a flame for Goa products, more
about ensuring that once lit it
perform as expected within the usual
application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a
new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher .
Best Regards (without prejudice)
Name withheld (Privacy Act).
Unquote
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
me
, German, Portuguese, English, French and would like to
share these with you but do not have the
technical ability or video footage to upload these. Can I request, if possible,
our people upload the version of Happy Birthday
in the countries we live in globally and share these with us.
Melvyn
MATION e-mail you will receive,
otherwise your name will not register.
Please follow carefully the instructions to sign . Please do check if your name
appears on the list If your name does not
appear on the list after following all instructions- CONTACT THE PETITION TEAM.)
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton He
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off and what age group.
In the United Kingdom we have a saying that when the population is healthy the
economy of the country follows likewise.
The civil authorities in Candolim must have made arrangements with the clear up
bill to the organisers or did they?
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath
Bosco wrote: Absurd commentary and comes across as insensitive to Calangutekars
!! Especially from those that do not
reside in Calangute, for example. Seems to justify scoring a brownie point is
more important than the affected people at
Ground Zero!!
By all means, bring a million tourists to
Thanks to Frederick for a wonderful snapshot of the event and also to the
postings from other goanet readers who
attended.
Dan Driscoll's posting:
"Poor overworked staff couldn't get my food order straight; I would have been
starving if not for fact that Tony Correia
Afonso got through to the
success to the petition team for this project.
Many hands make light work.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
6 January 2012
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Dear goanet readers
I am not sure how many of you will be aware that in early February last year in
the United Kingdom, a soup was brought out
by Convent Garden called Goa Carnival soup. This soup was in a colourful neat
tetra-pack, and on one side the story of
the Carnival in Goa was printed
Dear JC
Thank you for your posting which, as always, I enjoy. Given below are my
comments.
JC1: So, I have decided to pay my bribe to whoever will get my work done. I
will pay whatever i takes for me to open a
'Vada-pao' shop in Benalim. If necessary, I might also supply some G-chai to
encour
Dear goanet reader,
Frederick wrote: I'd rather celebrate the achievements of the handful of Goans
who worshipped at the altar of social
justice, and took the huge risk kof supported the underdog... and the Black
African cause... when the wind was blowing in
the other direction.
Rose's respon
Dear goanet reader,
Here are my comments on Frederick's posting:
FN1: Rose, are you sure it's all that simple? Corrupt politicians versus the
guys who are supposedly going to lead us to a
Paradise on earth?
RF1: Watch U-Tube 30 minutes - Goa at Fifty. In it Remo says "The Goan, I
think, is an
Dear goanet reader,
As soon as Melvyn said "Going to Goa need not be a ceremony" I knew exactly
what he meant. We would soon be in the
throws of a ceremony to top all ceremonies?
Was I right! Our lounge is like a scene from Cadbury's Chocolate Town,
Christmas treats on one side and Easter tre
Dear Roland
Thanks for your post and acknowledging my spousal devotion which is to such an
extent that I volunteered to stay at home
to look after our pets.
On the subject of wifely duties, I am not sure if you have seen this book "The
proper care and feeding of husbands" by Dr
Laura Schless
Dear goanet readers
Following my article a while back on goanet on Konkani amchi bhas, I am pleased
to hear more and more of it being spoken
over the last few weeks. Contact, the magazine of the Goan Chaplaincy in the
United Kingdom, published my article and
during the social, after Konkani ma
Dear Muriel & Mario
I was delighted to hear through goanet of the operation plastic-free Saligao
taking place on 26 January. Hopefully, it was
an outstanding success bringing oxygen to the soil of the village. It will be
interesting to know how all this plastic/litter was
disposed off or recyc
Dear Frederick,
I agree with you on this one. Outward migrants still continue to leave Goa
("brain" drain) thus creating a vacuum filled in by
inward migrants not only to provide manpower in the rising tourist trade but in
other areas of work. These inward migrants
need to be housed and with l
Dear goanet reader
My responses to Selma Carvalho's post:
SC1: The bulk of NRI Goans live in the Gulf. Many of them work for years and
generations away from Goa, and as a result
cannot show 25 years or even 5 years of continuous residency in Goa. During
their long tenure away, they squirrel aw
Dear Eddie
When I read point 2. in your posting "As far as I am aware, no state in India
or country in the world has such a law" I googled
non-occupancy tax and saw the following article by David Lev dated 11 October
2011: "Absentee owner tax could slash
Jerusalem rent prices". Not sure if it
beyond point 1, I am now in a "State" of Goan
confusion.
Rose Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
31 January 2012
Message Received: Jan 30 2012, 11:13 PM
From: "Eddie Fernandes"
To: "'Melvyn Fernandes'
Dear Desmond,
When I read your article "those who made Goa the laid back place it was have
vanished or are a dying breed", my mind was
taken back to my trip to Hawaii many years ago.
In Hawaii they have an island almost sorely inhabited by their native people,
it is referred to as the "Forbid
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out the case, the committee had no involvement in this matter
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you as individuals and to work out methods of how to achieve the objective.
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) can look at
ways and means to structure donations from our worldwide family and
accountability in GOA to identify and assist Good Causes.
Melvyn Fernandes
65 Windsor Road
Thornton Heath
Surrey England CR7 8HJ.
. Sr Lynette Dias
and her team run this home and school for mentally disabled children and
with your contribution ensure that they have the basic necessities of life.
Do visit when you are next in Goa
Tel 2464870
Regards
Melvyn Fernandes
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caused and can be prevented.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey
14 April 2021
UK: Sunday 2 May Welcome Cortalim Union Feast Mass (1.00pm)and Social
(Virtual) Free Webinar 2:15 pm via Zoom.
Holy Mass
Sunday 2 May Cortalim Union (UK) invite you your family and friends to join us
in Celebrating our feast St. Philip & St James with Holy mass at 1pm St
Boniface Church Tooti
administrative acumen
will increase in all hospitals and treatment centres in Goa allowing people to
come home sooner. Please take care and get vaccinated. The party can
wait.Hope to join you as soon as we are all unlocked
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey
15 May 2021
melvynfernan
GOA Public Information from Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
There is a message going round that the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman is seeking
funds for the recently established COVID Care Centre at Old Goa. We have not
made any appeal to anyone, including to the Government, for any funds at this
poi
thriller tournament to follow.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath , Surrey
14 August 2021
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Enjoy
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey
18 August 202
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65 Windsor Road
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Sunday 3rd October 2021
To Mr President Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Co Shri Kumar Samresh
Public Relation Officer
Hi All
With regerence ti my note of 3 October I am pleased to share this splendid news
with you as published in Goan Voice 8 October 2021
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath
Surrey England
8 October 2021
[Goanet] COVID -19 Nationality Discrimination Republic of India / United
Kingdom Tit for
The inaugural opening ceremony of the Goa Toronto community centre I am sure
was watched by many Goans around the world and brought a tear or two of joy to
see such a great achievement in flying the flag for Goa in Canada.
Congratulations to all those involved in making this 50 year old dream
O Hsraldo article Sunday 4th August ,Courtesy of Goan Voice UK
“They will dance to the tunes of Lorna in UK, but they need to have a greater
voice in Goa”
Reply from Melvyn Fernandes, Lawndon – UK for people not on Facebook
Dear Esteemed Readers of O Heraldo,
Allow me to table a correction
njoy.
Sorry for the short notice.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey England
Friday 9 August 2019
UK: Sunday 11 August Goan Chaplaincy Eucharistic Celebration 13:00 –Lanfranc
Academy.
You are cordially invited to Goan Chaplaincy Mitcham Mass Centre Annual
Eucharistic Celebration at 13:00 Followed by Social with Live Band “Big Dreams”
Adult Tickets GBP 12.00 inc Meal and Snacks
Archbish
Special Tribute to Lorna reply to Eddie Verdes by Melvyn Fernandes
Eddie thank you for your correction on Lorna Surname should be Cordeiro I hope
no harm was done as not many people know. She is just known as Lorna. Thank you
also to Lui Godinho, Mario (Babit) Fernandes. Joseph Rebello
00pm and Sun 15 Sep @ 4.00pmt Wyvern Theatre Swindon
Fri 20 Sept 6.30 Sudbury Primary School WATFORD Road Wembley
Sat 21 Sept 2.30pm and 6.30 pm Villers High School Southall
Sun 22 Sept 3.00pm 124 Rue Bagnolet Paris 75020
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey
18 August 2019
know who you are?”
Your views on the above are welcomed.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey
25 August 2019
melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
to witness the successful and
meaningful tiatr.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey
Sunday 22 September 2019
Restored to its former Glory and Represent us all.
I am sending a copy of this note to the The Secretary, Goan Association
(UK),Office 75-37 Ludgate Hill
Lndon EC4M 7JNFor their records and any continued action.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey England
6 October 2019
McAleenan (Auxiliary
Bishop of Westminster & in charge of Ethnic Chaplaincies) at St Mary’s Catholic
Church, 70 Wellesley Road, Croydon CR0 2AR, followed by a get-together in the
Church Hall.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath Surrey
6 October 2019
consideration, we are heading for a faceless society
before the second decade of the millennium.
The views expressed above are personal and should not be used as any authority.
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Thornton
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Thornton Heath Surrey
9th December 2019
Gems of Goa – 1. Panjim Inn Goa
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In 2020 when in North Goa visit this vegetarian friendly establishment that
this year will be celebrating 129 years in the same family their spring rolls
are prop
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