Can you please provide me with contact information (email) of editor of the Herald & Navind Times. Thanks, Dr. ANTHONY Gomes
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2018, at 5:37 PM, "goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org" > <goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org> wrote: > > Send Goanet mailing list submissions to > goanet@lists.goanet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.goanet.org_listinfo.cgi_goanet-2Dgoanet.org&d=DwICAg&c=shNJtf5dKgNcPZ6Yh64b-A&r=8knU-1Lde0pTcbODDU9sBfPXUqdGh8u21IiOnjBZgzU&m=9vgiFAhgDsF4MBNkOzj_GuaL_1he-2SaydJtqUO_QIM&s=rwfThCQGbmztJGb11cdnqQxLHTqj40N_C7M4a7cE97A&e= > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > goanet-ow...@lists.goanet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Goanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Who are the bigger rogues? (Sandeep Heble) > 2. Goa Nights (Bernado Colaco) > 3. Fifth Sunday of Lent (Jude Botelho) > 4. Dairy farmer's meet remain inconclusive (samir umarye) > 5. Emergency Numbers Are Busy (Roland Francis) > 6. Another good Goan goes book out-of-print (with this DVD) > (Frederick Noronha) > 7. Mopa Airport pyramid invitation for suggestions and > expressions of interest (MELVYN FERNANDES) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:41:14 +0530 > From: Sandeep Heble <sandeephe...@gmail.com> > To: goa...@goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] Who are the bigger rogues? > Message-ID: > <CACB95ne6ARTmzkdprhGY=dgx4sb-k_s+nqyoc6zgveuow6s...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Who are the bigger rogues? > > Today, everyone is making fun of Mickey. Fine, he deserves it. He had no > business to drive his vehicle on the beach. But no matter how crude, > uncouth and rough Micky might be in his behaviour, but still he's far > better than some of the present day ministers who are far worse > extortionists. Just to give one illustration one such Minister was not even > willing to spare the founding father of his own party and demanded money in > lakhs for otherwise routine Power (Load) approval. Corruption is a cancer > that eats away a citizen's faith in a democracy. Today, people are losing > faith in institutions and in the Government itself because of the rampant > prevailing corruption that is happening, under the instructions of such > Ministers. When you accept such mercenaries in the party to swell your > numbers, then there's no option but to ignore such things as part of > political compulsion. That is the nature of politics today. BJP's tallest > leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee once said, " there can be no compromise > regarding corruption". But today, Goa's politics is proving him wrong. Mickey > can be taken care of but who will tame such Ministers? > > warm regards, > > Sandeep Heble > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:06:39 +0000 (UTC) > From: Bernado Colaco <ole_...@yahoo.co.uk> > To: goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org, "Estb. 1994! Goa's Premiere > Mailing List" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Goa Nights > Message-ID: <420173530.95296.1520913999...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Goa Nights is a new bar and eats place in Macau run by bharatis to > commemorate the journey of Vasco da Gama to Goa in the 15th century. This is > an interesting use of brand name Goa.? > BC > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 05:12:28 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jude Botelho <judesundayreflecti...@yahoo.co.in> > To: Jude Yahoo! Groups <judesundayreflecti...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [Goanet] Fifth Sunday of Lent > Message-ID: <343994622.196957.1520917948...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > 13-Mar-2018 > Dear Friend, > We live in uncertain times and we are never sure of what is going to happen > to the world and to ourselves. While most soldiers and their leaders are > never certain of whether they would come back triumphant, alive or dead, from > the battles they face, Jesus, as he prepared to face his passion and death, > was certain of His Father?s love and the ultimate victory that the Father > promised him. We too can be certain that the Father?s love will never fail > us! Have an affirming weekend! -Fr. Jude > Sun. Refl. 5th Sunday of Lent ?God?s love is eternal. His death renews life! > ? 18-Mar-2018Jer: 31: 31-34;? ? ? ? ? Heb. 5: 7-9;? ? ? ? ? John 12: 20-33; > > Today?s passage from Jeremiah provides comfort to the people in the midst of > his gloomy predictions. The comforting part was the fact that Yahweh was > going to make a New Covenant in the new and final age of salvation. This New > Covenant would be God-centered and like the Old it would involve the people > of God in the response shown to God?s law. But the New Covenant would last > forever and it would not be written on stone tablets or in books but on men?s > hearts, as God would intervene directly. All this ?newness? would be made > possible because God would create ?a new heart? for his people and give them > ?a new spirit.? ?I will be their God and they shall be my people.? > > How I would love to know you!Once there was a salt doll that lived so far > inland that she had never seen the sea. Consumed with a desire to see the sea > she walked hundreds of miles towards the ocean. At last she arrived and she > stood by the seashore; enraptured by the wonder of what she saw she cried > out, ?O Sea, how I would love to know you!? To her surprise and delight the > sea responded to her, ?To know me you must touch me.? So the little salt doll > walked towards the sea and as she advanced into the oncoming tide she saw to > her horror that her toes began to disappear. Then as her feet began to > disappear she cried out, ?O Sea, what are you doing to me?? The sea replied, > ?If you desire to know me fully you must be prepared to give something of > yourself.? As the doll advanced further into the water her limbs and then her > body began to disappear and as she became totally dissolved she cried out, > ?Now at last, I know the sea!?James A Feeban from ?Story Power? > In the Gospel we see Jesus speaking of his forthcoming passion and death not > with fear, but with hope and promise. We are told that a small group of > Greeks came to John and expressed their desire to meet Jesus. ?They wanted to > see Jesus?. Andrew knew that no one who desired to meet Jesus would be a > bother and so they approached him. Jesus begins by stating ?Now the hour has > come for the Son of Man to be glorified.? Jesus? message here is that the way > to glory for Jesus and for all of us is death to self. Jesus challenges a > worldly way of living. Spelling out his form of discipleship, he points out > that it is not enough to be Jesus? fans.? We become his followers when we try > to live like him and for him. Jesus interrupts his trend of thought with the > confession of his own fear. It is human to feel fear in the face of great > trials and suffering. Courage is not the denial of fear but rather knowing > enough of what is to come and yet doing what you have to do. Once we begin to > love we ope > n ourselves to pain as well as to joy. When Jesus says; ?Father glorify your > name!? what Jesus is saying is ?Father use me as you will! What God did for > Jesus, he will do for everybody. In times of crisis God is glorifying us, and > we should be ready to say, ?Use me as you will!? For Jesus the hour of being > lifted up on the cross was also the hour of being lifted up in glory. All who > share in being lifted up on their crosses will also be lifted up in glory in > Him. > Facing one?s fearOne of his biographers tells us that Dr. Martin Luther King > knew many low moments. One night, for instance, his house was bombed. This > literally plunged him into the deepest pit of despair ?he hit rock bottom. In > a state of utter exhaustion and desperate dejection he fell down on his knees > and figuratively threw himself into the arms of God. This is how he prayed: > ?Lord I have taken a stand for what I believe is right. But now I?m afraid. > The people are looking to me for leadership. If I stand before them without > strength and courage, they too will falter. But I?m at the end of my powers. > I have nothing left. I can?t face it any longer.? In other words, that was > Martin Luther King?s Gethsemane. But, like Jesus, he went on to add, ?I > experienced the presence of God in a way like I had never experienced before. > And that was the only factor that enabled me to carry on regardless of the > outcome.?J. Valladares in ?Your Words are Spirit and they are Life? > Unless a grain diesSeveral years ago Catherine Marshall wrote an article > called ?When We Dare to Trust God.? It told how she had been bed-bound for > six months with a serious lung infection. No amount of medication or prayer > helped. She was terribly depressed. One day someone gave her a pamphlet about > a woman missionary who had contracted a strange disease. The missionary had > been sick for eight years and couldn?t understand why God let this tragedy > happen to her. Daily she prayed for health to resume her work. But her > prayers were unanswered. One day, in desperation, she cried out to God: ?All > right I give up. If you want me to be an invalid, that?s your business.? > Within two weeks that missionary was fully recovered. Catherine Marshall was > puzzled by that strange story. It didn?t make sense. ?Yet? she said, ?I > couldn?t forget that story.? Then one morning Catherine cried out to God: > ?God I?m tired of asking you for health. You decide if you want me sick or > healthy.? At that moment, > Catherine said later, her health began to return. The story of that > missionary woman and the story of Catherine Marshall illustrate what Jesus is > talking about in today?s gospel. ?Unless a grain of wheat dies, it cannot > bear fruit.? Or to put it another way, unless we die to our own will, we > cannot bear fruit for God.Mark Link in ?Sunday Homilies? > Death to LifeIn the movie The Poseidon Adventure, a ship is turned upside > down by a tidal wave. Under the leadership of a priest, played by Gene > Hackman, a small group of passengers make an incredible struggle for > survival. Several members of this group die during this adventure, including > the priest himself. However, it was his heroism that inspired the passengers > who did survive to persevere. His death became the source of their escape to > life. Death leading to life is one of the themes of today?s gospel. Jesus > says: ?Unless a grain of wheat falls and dies, it remains just a grain of > wheat. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.?Albert Cylwicki in ?His Word > Resounds? > Dying for anotherMaximilian Kolbe was a Franciscan priest in Poland, and he > was in a concentration camp during the Second World War. Some prisoners had > escaped and the authorities were determined that this should not happen > again. For every prisoner that escaped they picked a prisoner in the group, > and that prisoner was condemned to die. After one young man was picked up, > someone who had a wife and young family back home, Maximilian stepped forward > and offered to take his place. The soldiers were shocked at this, but they > took him up on his offer, and the young man returned to the group. Maximilian > died in a horrible fashion, as they were all locked in cages and left there > to starve to death. All during that time he encouraged others, and inspired > them with his prayers. He was canonized some years ago and the prisoner whose > place Maximilian took, wept through the entire ceremony. I like to think that > he understood what real love is, and that death would no longer have any fear > for hi > m.Jack McArdle in ?And that?s the Gospel truth? > The Grain of wheat must dieIn New Zealand there are more flightless birds > than anywhere on earth. Among them are the kiwi and the penguin. Scientists > tell us that these birds had wings but lost them. They had no use for them. > They had no natural predators on those beautiful islands, and food was > plentiful. Since there was no reason to fly they didn?t. Through neglect they > lost their wings. Compare them to the eaglet that somehow ended up in a > chicken barnyard. The eaglet was raised with the chickens, pecking at corn, > and strutting around the chicken coop. One day a mountain man, passing by, > recognized the bird, now a fully grown eagle, and asked the farmer if he > could work to rehabilitate it. The farmer said, ?Go ahead, but it?s useless. > All that the eagle knows is pecking corn like a chicken.? The mountaineer > began weeks of rigorous training with the eagle, forcing it to run after him > so that it had to use its wings. Many times the eagle fell out of the limbs > of trees onto its head. > One day, finally, the mountaineer took the eagle to the top of a mountain > and held it above his head on his wrist. Giving an upward thrust to his arm, > he sent the eagle into the sky with a ?Fly!? The eagle circled and wheeled > upwards, straining, till it soon took off in a majestic sweep and looked > directly into the sun. It was gone. It had regained its nature. It was an > eagle once more.Gerard Fuller in ?Stories for All Seasons? > The Gain in Grain?Hope for the Flowers? is a well-known parable written by > Trina Paulus. It tells of two caterpillars, Stripe and Yellow, who are > crawling in a caterpillar queue (rat-race) to reach the top. They see another > caterpillar hanging upside down waiting to become a butterfly, who explains: > ?It looks like that you will die, but, you will really live. Life is being > changed!? Convinced, Yellow surrenders and becomes a butterfly; Stripe > continues crawling. Am I ready to surrender and fly rather than crawl to > yield a hundredfold harvests rather than survive selfishly?Francis Gonsalves > in ?Sunday Seeds for Daily Deeds? > May we be ready to surrender, knowing that we are safe in His love! > Fr. Jude Botelho > botelhoj...@gmail.com > PS. The stories, incidents and anecdotes used in the reflections have been > collected over the years from books as well as from sources over the net and > from e-mails received. Every effort is made to acknowledge authors whenever > possible. If you send in stories or illustrations I would be grateful if you > could quote the source as well so that they can be acknowledged if used in > these reflections.These reflections are also available on my Web site > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.NetForLife.net-3FThank&d=DwICAg&c=shNJtf5dKgNcPZ6Yh64b-A&r=8knU-1Lde0pTcbODDU9sBfPXUqdGh8u21IiOnjBZgzU&m=9vgiFAhgDsF4MBNkOzj_GuaL_1he-2SaydJtqUO_QIM&s=9l6Lblg8u3zkSMw4ImlSXUzOrL4jOzOJ8-n2D2nt_qk&e= > you. > > > | > | > | | > Net For Life > > > | > > | > > | > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:52:01 -0700 > From: samir umarye <samir.uma...@gmail.com> > To: bicho...@googlegroups.com, Rajesh Chodankar > <rajeshchodankar....@rediffmail.com>, Goa Net <goa...@goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Dairy farmer's meet remain inconclusive > Message-ID: > <CAJ9+Tx=zVnaoxbYjuFfP5cBsJ7U5WinnQd+O=opb3vvpt5p...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > -- > Samir Umarye > > BICHOLIM: Even as the dairy farmers strongly demanded that Goa dairy should > increase their prices of milk the annual meeting of the Bicholim dairy > farmers remained inconclusive with the authorities failing to give any such > assurance to the farmers. > > It may be stated that today an annual meeting of the dairy farmers was held > at the government primary school building at Bicholim. About 50 farmers > were present for the meeting. Some of the farmers raised concern over the > fact that most of the farmers have stopped supply of milk to Goa Dairy and > have diverted to another private dairy originally from Gujarat.The farmers > demanded that Goa Dairy should look into this fact and raise the price > given to farmers. > > The Managing Director of Goa Dairy, Dr Sawant was also present for the > meeting. As per the sources the private dairy has started two outlets in > Bicholim which has severely affected the supply of milk to Goa Dairy in > Bicholim. "Goa Dairy is giving us very less price for the milk while the > other dairy are giving us almost double the price as compared to Goa dairy > so many of them have stopped giving milk to Goa Dairy" Rohidas Gad stated. > > Some of the farmers supply milk to both the dairies and what has angered > the farmers is the fact that Goa Dairy has also stopped fodder given to > them on concessional rate. "On one side Goa Dairy is giving us low rate at > the same time they have now stopped the fodder supplied to the farmers > stating that we are supplying our milk to another dairy. If we are getting > better rate at some other place why shouldn't we take the benefit?" > questioned a farmer. > > When contacted the Goa Dairy MD, Dr Sawant claimed that there is no effect > of some other dairy on them. "Today it was a very good meeting and several > of the farmers raised their demands with us. I would put forth their > grievances before the board of directors and we would take the right > decision" Dr Sawant told. > > "There is no effect of entry of some other dairy in Goa. We are in profit > and last year we had collected 68000 litre per day while this year we are > collecting 79000 litres of milk every day" Dr Sawant told "I request all > those who have gone to some other dairy to come back to Goa dairy and we > welcome them." > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:26:01 -0400 > From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > To: goa...@goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] Emergency Numbers Are Busy > Message-ID: <4607c04e-27d1-42a8-9125-61b9c63a6...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Quote > Narayan said the auto lost control and toppled right before his eyes. The > elderly driver, Rajkumar Palekar (54), and his passenger, Surekha Shivekar > (32), were thrown out. "The airbags in my car popped out. My immediate > reaction was to check on the auto driver and passenger. She was conscious and > moaning in pain but he, being much older, had lost consciousness immediately. > I dialled the police emergency number '100' but it was busy. Around 50 people > gathered after the accident but nobody offered to help," said Narayan. > Unquote. > > This is an excerpt from a newspaper article about Indian actor Aditya Narayan > ramming his Mercedes Benz into an auto rickshaw in Bombay. > > ?The emergency number 100 was busy?. This is quite the norm from various > reports. What good is an emergency number if it is busy. Once there were > standard excuses for this kind of poor showing. India is poor or India has a > huge population. > > Now it is more transparent why actually such things happen. Skewed priorities > or low value for life. > > Roland Francis > Toronto. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:06:40 +0530 > From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> > To: Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Another good Goan goes book out-of-print (with this > DVD) > Message-ID: > <CAMCR53LQT=AYV=vw6yheqerxtp4yy+d38-bk4fq4v6lktux...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Molbailo Dou > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DBHtdqmIskF8&d=DwICAg&c=shNJtf5dKgNcPZ6Yh64b-A&r=8knU-1Lde0pTcbODDU9sBfPXUqdGh8u21IiOnjBZgzU&m=9vgiFAhgDsF4MBNkOzj_GuaL_1he-2SaydJtqUO_QIM&s=BeUC3h54c4I3vExEaQ7ue13-nrZOneXVoGf1HQcEfe4&e= > > Claudia > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3D20GX2Xhh9U0&d=DwICAg&c=shNJtf5dKgNcPZ6Yh64b-A&r=8knU-1Lde0pTcbODDU9sBfPXUqdGh8u21IiOnjBZgzU&m=9vgiFAhgDsF4MBNkOzj_GuaL_1he-2SaydJtqUO_QIM&s=Vz-ZRI4xXqNrF13oojjIFTWGu4JgPxcYtqqKlRxSvrs&e= > > Tambdde Roza > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DHuyUeHs2w-5FU&d=DwICAg&c=shNJtf5dKgNcPZ6Yh64b-A&r=8knU-1Lde0pTcbODDU9sBfPXUqdGh8u21IiOnjBZgzU&m=9vgiFAhgDsF4MBNkOzj_GuaL_1he-2SaydJtqUO_QIM&s=InRdb8x688YjgTO4olJPul_q4xTXL-ZhVxpmc-6zlfE&e= > > Mog tuzo kitlo axelo > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3Dw1FKxv7ljBE&d=DwICAg&c=shNJtf5dKgNcPZ6Yh64b-A&r=8knU-1Lde0pTcbODDU9sBfPXUqdGh8u21IiOnjBZgzU&m=9vgiFAhgDsF4MBNkOzj_GuaL_1he-2SaydJtqUO_QIM&s=eHHCAYGUzQ6fn4gMP-uiQE8_RUgUiGiLkFeSDv92780&e= > > Uploaded by fcarod (Francis Rodriguez), long-time Goanetter, ex-East Africa > and Vasco, now in Canada and the US. > > -- > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ FN* ????????? ???????? * ??????? ???????? +91-9822122436 > _/ RADIO GOANA: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.org_details_-40fredericknoronha&d=DwICAg&c=shNJtf5dKgNcPZ6Yh64b-A&r=8knU-1Lde0pTcbODDU9sBfPXUqdGh8u21IiOnjBZgzU&m=9vgiFAhgDsF4MBNkOzj_GuaL_1he-2SaydJtqUO_QIM&s=L9PbIO9AwPfRFbMEqrWyeGOh9M2S1wJz7P0A8TJ2Amw&e= > _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > > > > > > > - *"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability." - Edsger W. 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In his song > ?Proud to be Goan? written specially for World Goa Day, Basilio Magno, former > Editor of Goan Echo, while in Russelsheim Germany described Goa as a small > dot on the map. This was more than thirty years ago when Jorge and Livia De > Abreu proposed World Goa Day, seconded by a lady in Maryland California. Lest > we forget this special event called ?World Goa Day (WGD)? was instituted to > mark the anniversary of that momentous day ? 20th of August 1992 ? when the > Indian Parliament included Konkani in the 8th Schedule of the Indian > Constitution. That was the long awaited day when Konkani got due recognition > as an official language in India, Konkani ? ?Amchi Bas? ? Our Mother tongue, > finally recognized as Indian. What a wonderful reason to celebrate. For ten > years nothing happened until the strenuous efforts of Rene Baretto in London > got the occasion up and running and created an interest in different parts of > the wor > ld. This is now celebrated at in various countries at different times of the > year. If the date of Christmas day could be changed by the Goan it would have > been by now. The Logo of World Goa Day shows a family leaving the Golden > Sands of Goa crossing the sea, with them, they carried our culture, music, > food and heritage. > > Rewinding, as a former editor of the Goan Association (UK) Newsletter with no > internet access and one finger typing on a slow Remington manual typewriter > going tap tap tap into the night waking the neighbours I had asked for a list > of outstanding jobs to be done in Goa and invited our people with skills > living abroad to assist local people and projects funded by Surplus income > from celebrations eating and dancing in several countries that could create > employment opportunities. May I ask again perhaps the NRI office can > coordinate? Our people are so clever Google not needed. You may recall > President Banda of Malawi expelled a whole Goan population from Malawi > because there were dancing at the club while his speech was on the Radio. > > World Goa Day in 2018 is more important than it has ever been. Today it > highlights our people who are neither here nor there some even having > abandoned Goan family names one would think we have an artificial half cast > generation CHOTARA with names like Mckenzie, Johnson, Washington, Shelton, > Rodney and Fawn. These are not Goan or Portuguese or Indian names as new > arrivals from Goa land in Breadline Britain in search of a better life and > employment opportunities. These names could be associated with Kapris from > the West Indies along with the local natives. > > There is a saying you are worth more dead than alive. In England the > Registered Charity Goan Welfare Society based in Cranford can and has > arranged for a one or four bedroom coffins to be airfreighted to Goa > depending on Price. To remind you this new business appears to have no > transparent audit trail and, in its absence, could be easily viewed as a hand > in pocket thrill recently being mimicked by others begging for money on the > internet with no payment safeguard for donations and their donors thus > leaving their individual bank account open to fraudsters. Those who qualified > so far have been Portuguese Nationals of Goan Origin claiming to have no > money. Goan Welfare Society has enough funds for the next hundred coffins or > Ashes facility for 200. With unknown additional income from the overcrowded > 700 capacity fundraiser New Year?s Ball 2017 at Wands worth Town Hall and > income streams from Raffles, Bar, Paper hats, catering Life membership > revenue with no receipts or welcome pack crea > ting a feel good factor. Although I have enquired, no one has told me the > amount raised and my feeling is nobody cares as they dance the night away. No > more begging please. Every other day there are announcements of people > dying in UK followed by requiem mass and burial in GOA. Is it the latest > craze to come to UK before you die? For free shipment back to Mother Goa > for burial? > > In my note of 5th May I asked as to what happens to bodies chemically treated > abroad to prevent decay brought to mother Goa for burial. Just like mining > and coal, this business with allegations of Hand in Pocket has no > consideration for the environment as in Goa graves are recycled every three > years as bodies decompose. There used to be talk of human bones distributed > across the state by foxes is this still the Case. > > The Pyramid will be a memento of our present civilization. The building could > have a cremation facility to process the newly arrived bodies, the ashes > including gold from tooth fillings and accessories could be passed on to > loved ones. The coffins that were zinc or lead lined could be stripped of > precious metals that could be recycled. > > To further protect the environment every person in Goa should now lobby their > representatives to ban the burial of chemically treated bodies They must be > cremated on arrival with the ashes handed to family and loved ones. To be > enshrined in law by the legislative assembly. > > 21,000 trees have been felled. The MOPA Airport project has been stopped > while the search for local workers to be employed resumes. > > To get the Pyramid project up and running you will need a committee headed by > a President, on second thoughts scrub this as no one follows any rules. > > The days of crab mentality played a vital role in the survival of our people > yester year when our hardy ancestors left the shores of Goa without Travel > insurance to plant the flag for Europeans inland on the dark Continent. Crab > Mentality prevented deaths by stopping people going into disease infested > land and wild animals a place where the Europeans sent you first never to > return. > > The views expressed in this article are personal and should not be used as > any authority. > > Melvyn Fernandes > > Thornton Heath Surrey England > > 13 March 2018 > > End of Goanet Digest, Vol 13, Issue 134 > ***************************************
