Seen in the picture above are (first) View of the Guest House and (second) Mr. Abraham Skaria.
Seen in the picture below are two more photos of the Village Inn Garden.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
April 23, 2010
VILLAGE IN GARDEN - GUEST HOUSE.
VILLAGE INN Restaurant in Kuwait City is very popular for Goans and other Indian communities. Currently it is run by our two Goans, Francisco Vaz and Bosco Coelho but it is owned by a Malyali Abraham Skaria who is very much known to Goans. Mr. Skaria is also having his Guest House in Kerala, Chengannur known as "VILLAGE INN GARDEN". This Guest House consists of Rooms and Villa. Besides renting of rooms, other facilities are also provided such as Boating and Ayurvedic Massage. Since Skaria is a good friend of Goans, he would like to offer special discount to Goans willing to stay in his Guest House during their visit to this place. If any Goan is interested to utilise "Village Inn Garden" services at Chengannur, Kerala, he/she can contact the management on Tel. No. 9947345466. Or on email:abrihamz@yahoo.com.in
Seen in the picture above are (first) View of the Guest House and (second) Mr. Abraham Skaria.
Seen in the picture below are two more photos of the Village Inn Garden.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Seen in the picture above are (first) View of the Guest House and (second) Mr. Abraham Skaria.
Seen in the picture below are two more photos of the Village Inn Garden.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
April 22, 2010
TWEETING GONE SOUR.
Tweeting Gone Sour
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, gave up his job at the UN and jumped into the sleazy jamboree called Indian politics, without knowing what he was getting into. As soon as his name was released by the Congress Party as their candidate, a lot of us became optimistic about the future of Indian politics, here was a gentleman worthy of the top-notch job in Indian politics, well educated, well bred, intelligent, carried himself with grace and poise, most of all a person with a clean chit and without any blemish, a sight for sore eyes compared to the, illiterate, egoistic, bulging out of shape, dumb with no ethics, corrupt politicians that we have been used to seeing around.
Tharoor became an over night celebrity, the poster boy of the elite Indian fraternity, his accented English and his dexterity with words and a perfect body language, made him stand out by a good distance from the teeming millions, a diamond in the muck or the coal mines of Indian politics, if I may say so, but oh boy ! Were we wrong ? Mr. Shashi Tharoor, had contested for the top UN job but lost and all his experience at the UN did not do him any good in Indian politics, although highly regarded at the UN, was made only a secondary minister in the Indian cabinet.
Ever since his advent into Indian politics, call it over confidence or lack of experience in the brutal Indian politics, he often suffered from the “foot in the mouth disease” and was becoming more of an embarrassment rather than an asset to the ruling Congress Party on a regular basis, now to top it all, he got himself tangled in the IPL imbroglio. A pretty face or a damsel has not only been the cause of the fall of many empires and governments but has brought down powerful men to their knees as well, history has been a witness to all these ever so callous intricacies.
Today, yet again we have seen the fall of an affluent because of the “Sundara Sunanda effect”, it’s not just cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing that is injurious to health, I am sure Tharoor and Modi by now know, just how dangerous, if not altogether lethal or fatal tweeting is, as the two emperors have fallen form grace, victims of their own “tweeting”.
The resignation of Shashi Tharoor is just an act of relatively poor symbolism, is Tharoor the only politician in the Parliament with a cross-connection ? His entry into Indian politics has been a baptism by fire. In the Indian Parliament more than 40% of our politicians have criminal records and all the Parties are harboring criminals, so asking tweeter Tharoor to resign doesn’t help the cause in any way, inorder to clean our Parliament of the undesirables, it has to be fully fumigated and sterilized and the infected quarantined permanently in cells.
Mr. Lalit Modi on the other hand has been articulate and arrogant, in his quest for supremacy in the bureaucracy of Indian cricket, there is absolutely no doubt he is the man behind the successful vertical graph of fortune, of the BCCI, on this path he has been ruthless, crushed many ambitions and aspirations not to mention egos and made a success for himself and for Indian Cricket. IPL his own creation and brain child has already had three successful seasons and is become the most sought after entertainment.
The whole world is reeling in recession but IPL is booming, values have gone up more than fourfold, but as it is said, a shining object always draws attention, so too the IPL. At the moment who is right and who is wrong, is not the most important issue, what is important is our National Security, why did the investigative authorities stay dormant for three years, even after knowing the amount of money that was being channeled into the IPL ? Or is it just because some feathers have been ruffled in the ruling Congress Party, that this all out war against IPL and it’s agencies is being carried out ? If infact wrong organizations were involved in financial aspects of IPL, aren’t we three years too late ?
How many more lessons do we have to learn before we tighten our belts and set filters to all the possible conduits open for aggression ?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Dubai - UAE.
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, gave up his job at the UN and jumped into the sleazy jamboree called Indian politics, without knowing what he was getting into. As soon as his name was released by the Congress Party as their candidate, a lot of us became optimistic about the future of Indian politics, here was a gentleman worthy of the top-notch job in Indian politics, well educated, well bred, intelligent, carried himself with grace and poise, most of all a person with a clean chit and without any blemish, a sight for sore eyes compared to the, illiterate, egoistic, bulging out of shape, dumb with no ethics, corrupt politicians that we have been used to seeing around.
Tharoor became an over night celebrity, the poster boy of the elite Indian fraternity, his accented English and his dexterity with words and a perfect body language, made him stand out by a good distance from the teeming millions, a diamond in the muck or the coal mines of Indian politics, if I may say so, but oh boy ! Were we wrong ? Mr. Shashi Tharoor, had contested for the top UN job but lost and all his experience at the UN did not do him any good in Indian politics, although highly regarded at the UN, was made only a secondary minister in the Indian cabinet.
Ever since his advent into Indian politics, call it over confidence or lack of experience in the brutal Indian politics, he often suffered from the “foot in the mouth disease” and was becoming more of an embarrassment rather than an asset to the ruling Congress Party on a regular basis, now to top it all, he got himself tangled in the IPL imbroglio. A pretty face or a damsel has not only been the cause of the fall of many empires and governments but has brought down powerful men to their knees as well, history has been a witness to all these ever so callous intricacies.
Today, yet again we have seen the fall of an affluent because of the “Sundara Sunanda effect”, it’s not just cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing that is injurious to health, I am sure Tharoor and Modi by now know, just how dangerous, if not altogether lethal or fatal tweeting is, as the two emperors have fallen form grace, victims of their own “tweeting”.
The resignation of Shashi Tharoor is just an act of relatively poor symbolism, is Tharoor the only politician in the Parliament with a cross-connection ? His entry into Indian politics has been a baptism by fire. In the Indian Parliament more than 40% of our politicians have criminal records and all the Parties are harboring criminals, so asking tweeter Tharoor to resign doesn’t help the cause in any way, inorder to clean our Parliament of the undesirables, it has to be fully fumigated and sterilized and the infected quarantined permanently in cells.
Mr. Lalit Modi on the other hand has been articulate and arrogant, in his quest for supremacy in the bureaucracy of Indian cricket, there is absolutely no doubt he is the man behind the successful vertical graph of fortune, of the BCCI, on this path he has been ruthless, crushed many ambitions and aspirations not to mention egos and made a success for himself and for Indian Cricket. IPL his own creation and brain child has already had three successful seasons and is become the most sought after entertainment.
The whole world is reeling in recession but IPL is booming, values have gone up more than fourfold, but as it is said, a shining object always draws attention, so too the IPL. At the moment who is right and who is wrong, is not the most important issue, what is important is our National Security, why did the investigative authorities stay dormant for three years, even after knowing the amount of money that was being channeled into the IPL ? Or is it just because some feathers have been ruffled in the ruling Congress Party, that this all out war against IPL and it’s agencies is being carried out ? If infact wrong organizations were involved in financial aspects of IPL, aren’t we three years too late ?
How many more lessons do we have to learn before we tighten our belts and set filters to all the possible conduits open for aggression ?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Dubai - UAE.
April 21, 2010
Navelim play with black armbands; Maroons bow out: NYC Trophy
Report by Gasper Crasto for www.goa-world.
Kuwait: Hosts Navelim Youth Centre (NYC) played with black armbands while a minute's silence was observed in each of the matches played in the ongoing 21st Edition of the NYC Trophy as a mark of respect to Peter Colaco, founder member and ex-footballer of NYC, who died on 13th April onboard a Kuwait Airways flight whilst returning back from India.
In a statement to the media NYC President Agnello A.S. Fernandes said, "Peter Colaco's loss is colossal to the club. A founder member, Peter was one of those for whom discipline meant everything. An excellent footballer, he was one the favorites on Soor Grounds during his prime playing days. To his family, Peter was a caring father and a loving husband. To us, Peter was a very kind person, always ready to help. He always had a solution to any problem and had a way of making things simple. In him, we have lost a stalwart supporter of NYC. The abyss created by him will be felt for a long time to come."
Navelim advanced to the semifinals beating CRC Chinchinim 2-1 while strong contenders and tournament favorites GOA Maroons bowed out of the tournament with a tie-breaker defeat.
The tournament played at Sabah Hospital Grounds under the auspices of Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF) is sponsored by international corporate houses Gulf Custody Company, Axis Bank and My Money Mart.
Navelim took the lead through captain Americo Fernandes only to see goalkeeper Britto Pereira, one of the most popular players in Kuwait, commit a silly mistake in advancing out of his den unnecessarily to allow Chinchinim's Sedwin Gomes to level the scores.
Navelim's playmaker Duarte Ferrao combined superbly with medio Bernard Pires to scramble the match winner late into the match. Chinchinim goalkeeper Anthony Fernandes and striker Sony Gomes were outstanding throughout the match while stopper back John Furtado, Kelwin Rodrigues, Simon, Bernard and Christi Pires excelled for NYC.
Navelim meet United Goans (UG) Strikers in the first semi-finals on 23rd April 2010.
:::Mighty Maroons bow out:::
Goa Maroons dominated most of the first session against United Friends Club (UFC), hitting the post more than once but could not get the much needed goal. Jaime Figuera, Carlos D'Sa, Ian D'Souza, Gabriel Fernandes, Joseph and Steven Correia played well for Maroons. United Friends Club, watched by their club President Cajetan Pereira played a defensive game almost intentionally holding the much superior Maroons to go in for the tie-breaker. Anthony Fernandes, Alino Silvano Mendes and Godwin were on target for UFC.
It may be noted that despite winning the game, some senior players of UFC were seen screaming abuse in a language perhaps not understood by the officiating referee P.A. Tony, one of the best referees in Kuwait. Many of the spectators raised questions whether clubs or officials do anything to curb this kind of 'uneducated' behavior from players playing in the Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF) tournaments where much importance is emphasized on discipline and fair-play.
In another match, Curtocares United beat Santos Football Club 2-0 to reach the last four stage. Zico Fernandes and Minguel Mouro scored for the winners. Curtorcares will face United Friends Club in the semi-final clash.
In an earlier match, United Goans beat Rising Stars in the tie-breaker for a semi-final berth. Francisco Fernandes, Edward Britto, Alwyn Pontes, Frederick D'Souza, Ravi Narvekar and Anthony Silveira took the spot kicks for United Goans.
Semi-final line-up (23/04/2010):
Navelim Youth Centre v/s United Goans at 6.45 am
Curtorcares United v/s United Friends Club at 8.15 am
:::The above news report appeared in Kuwait's Arab Times dated 21 April 2010. The news is also featured on http://mangalorean.com/ , http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/, http://www.indianfootball.com/ and Goanet.
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