goanet-digest Sunday, May 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3957
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[Goanet] Goa elections : Clear choices
[Goanet] Ugdas Mai-cho (Kovita)-Happy Mothers Day
[Goanet] UK Xacutti and other snippets...Survey!
[Goanet] PEOPLE OF GOA UNITE, TEACH DEFECTORS A LESSON
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Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 16:20:36 +0400
From: "Sunila Muzawar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Goa elections : Clear choices
So it's clear now. We have Luizinho Faleiro, Mauvin Godinho, Dayand
Narvekar, Somnath Zuarkar, Ramakant Khalap, Ravi Naik, Sardinha with the
Congress on one side and the likes of Manohar Parrikar, Digambar Kamat and I
don't know the names of the other BJP MLAs on the other.
The choices :
The totally corrupt vs. the non or less corrupt
The pseudo-secularists vs. the non-secularists
The rotten vs. the able
The covertly communal and casteist vs. the openly communal
The poor in governance vs. the reasonably good in governance
The divisive vs. the maybe non-divisive
Birds of a feather flock together !!! ;-)
Any further ideas on nomenclature for the two main groups ? Also, any
debates on who the people should choose ?
Cheers,
Sunila
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Congress' Goa list full of defectors
Sandesh Prabhudesai in Panaji
The Congress on Saturday announced its list of candidates for the Goa
assembly elections.
The list consisted of at least 14 defectors and three alleged scamsters.
The party, however, has left four seats unannounced -- Saligao, Siolim,
Tivim and Mapusa -- as it intends to leave it to the Nationalist Congress
Party if the ongoing talks for alliance succeed.
The list consists of five former chief ministers, three former deputy chief
ministers and 12 former ministers. Most of them had come to power by joining
hands with the opposition.
Topping the list is Ravi Naik, who was the deputy chief minister in the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government till he resigned on Friday morning.
With him are four others -- including former Union law minister Ramakant
Khalap -- who left the Congress and later staged a homecoming.
Ex-BJP ministers Sanjay Bandekar, who had quit the Congress in October 2000
to join the saffron brigade, has been welcomed back. Bandu Desai, who left
much earlier to join the BJP, has also got a ticket.
The only defector who has not got a ticket is Jose Philip D'Souza, the first
one to quit the BJP government soon after the dissolution of the House on
February 27.
Dayanand Narvekar, Somnath Zuwarkar and Mauvin Godinho -- chargesheeted in
the bogus cricket ticket scam, co-operative bank scam and the power rebate
scam respectively -- have also been considered 'fit' to contest the assembly
elections.
Francisco Sardinha Subhash Shirodkar, Alexio Sequeira, Victoria Fernandes
and Francis Silveira, who had split to topple the Congress government in
November 1999, were also taken back into party fold
Among the former Congress legislators, only four had not defected during the
game of musical chairs that began in 1990. Pratapsingh Rane, Nirmala Sawant,
Luizinho Faleiro and Jitendra Deshprabhu. They have all been retained.
The party, however, has also awarded tickets to old defectors Churchill
Alemao and Luis Alex Cardoz as well as Isidore Fernandes, who won as an
independent after being denied a Congress ticket during the last elections.
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Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 05:54:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: JoaquimAlmeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Ugdas Mai-cho (Kovita)-Happy Mothers Day
Moji Maim vho thi tuji Maim
Zaun assa ek sukachi bhaim
Nou muine khusveant sambaulea aplea thaim
Mai-che khoxtt ani dukh kednach farik korunk zaunche
naim
Mojea ixt'ta hem ked'nach visronakaim
Mojea sukha khatir sodanch vavurthali ani vavurtha
Pun bailechem aikon soro pivon tuka boroch bodoita
Tum bolkavant boson sopiar pejechea nisac volvolta
Pun baile sangatak hanv chicken motton khatta
Maim tuven maka lhan aslolo vhod kelo
Mojo boro cuidad korunk tujea jivar zaitoch bhar
ghetlo
Hanv lhan astanam Pai mojo somplolo
Pun tuka dhir ani adhar haven kednach nam dilo
Hanv atam kazari ani tum atam matari
Tujo cuidad korunk maka chod kotint
Dhiun tujea hatant ek manichi dandi
Azilant tuka dadtam nidh nidhonk sasnachi
Moji Maim vho thi tuji Maim
Zaun assa ek sukachi bhaim
Nou muine khusveant sambaulea aplea thaim
Mai-che khoxtt ani dukh kednach farik korunk zaunche
naim
Mojea ixt'ta hem ked'nach visronakaim
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Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 13:23:18 +0100
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Subject: [Goanet] UK Xacutti and other snippets...Survey!
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The Observer 12 May 2002 at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4409283,00.html
Headline: It's curry, but not as we know it. By: Geraldine Bedell. 4201
words. Excerpts:
.In the last half-century, curry has become more traditionally English than
English breakfast. Robin Cook believes that chicken tikka masala is now our
national dish. It was entirely fitting that David Beckham celebrated scoring
the goal that qualified England for the World Cup at Manchester's Shimla
Pinks, with what we are told is 'his favourite' chicken korma.
.Waitrose has been selling a Goan dish called Xacutti for about three years.
You might have found this in one of the very few restaurants specialising in
Goan food (such as Cyrus Todiwala's Cafe Spice Namaste at Aldgate East and
Battersea) but never in your local curry house.
[Note: Waitrose is a UK Supermarket chain, part of the John Lewis Department
Stores group. Xacutti has been on sale at the delicatessen counter in a few
of their stores for about five years now.]
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San Francisco Chronicle 12 May.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/05/12/IN.DTL
Excerpt:
.During the Gulf War a decade ago, Iraq might have found it easier to have
won acceptance for its view of the invasion of Kuwait as a post-colonial
vindication, analogous to India's capture of Goa.
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Khaleej Times (Dubai) 7 May. Headline: Goa beckons Arab tourists with
monsoon packages. 597 words. Full text at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.co.ae/ktarchive/070502/uae.htm#story6
Excerpts:
Goa is making a big presence at this year's Arabian Travel Market (ATM) as
part of its aggressive campaign to woo tourists from the Middle East.the
Goan delegation of tourism officials, hoteliers and travel trade
professionals will be offering information and conducting networking with
the regional players. Nearly 20,000 Arabs, including UAE nationals, visited
Goa last year .Goa is not a place, but a way of life. Goa has opened its
doors to NRIs for investments as well. A Canada-based NRI has recently
approached us to set up a Sentosa Island-style facility in Goa.
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THE Hindu 11 May. Electronic libraries in 10 states.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/02111807.htm
New Delhi, May 11. (PTI): The Centre will soon set up electronic libraries,
Minister for Culture and Tourism Jagmohan said today.
The pilot project of the Rs 200 crore proposal to establish 18950 Electronic
Doorway Libraries (EDL) all over the country will be started in the "10
states which have a Library Act and will be funded by the Centre.Library
facilities in the 10 states - Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, West Bengal, Manipur, Kerala, Haryana, Mizoram and Goa - are
inadequate, Developing Library Network (DELNET) Director H K Kaul said.The
country has only one library for every 16,000 people when the International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions prescribe one for every
3,000.
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Deccan Herald. 12 May.
Headline: Behind the sun & sand: Goa is much more than sea, sand and
spirits. The place has an identity of its own, jealously guarded by its
people, writes Viswas D Paul Karra.
943 words. Full text at:
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may12/sh6.htm
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Times of India 11 May. Headline: Goa in the throes of major water crisis.
947 words.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_Id=9499144
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8 May Agência Lusa (Portuguese). Headline:
Goa - Igreja católica apela para rejeição de candidatos fundamentalistas
hindus. 302 words
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Canadian NewsWire May 10. Headline: Teen Science Projects Show Promise.
1011 words. http://www.newswire.ca/releases/May2002/10/c4263.html
Excerpts:
Crystal Pinto, an OAC student at Francis Libermann Catholic High School in
Toronto, has won the $5,000 first prize in this year's Aventis Biotech
Challenge (ABC).the ABC Intermediate competition for Grade 9 and 10 students
was won by Kory Benvenuto-Whitman, Rohit Barreto, Sara Dolcetti and
Priscilla Mendonca of St. Elizabeth Catholic High School for their project
on reducing micro-organisms commonly found in hamburger meat.
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Gulf News (Dubai) 12 May at
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=50761
Excerpt: UAE Xchange (Chinchinim) won their match against Kerala Boys in
the ongoing Panasonic Gold Cup Expatriate football tournament. The match was
closely fought as both teams had international players from Goa and Kerala
in their respective sides.
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Gulf News (Dubai) 12 May at
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=50763
Excerpt: .Lenin Xavier Sequeira staved off a stiff challenge from Mohit
Butaney 15-3, 13-15, 15-6 in the boys' singles (under-18) of the India Club
UAE Open badminton tournament 2002.
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Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:45:38 +0530
From: "Nash & Carol Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] PEOPLE OF GOA UNITE, TEACH DEFECTORS A LESSON
By Brig (Retd) IAN DA COSTA (Navhind Times 12/02/5/02) front page.
Hats off to The Navhind Times for the series concerned with citizens'
choices for the next assembly elections. I would like to add one more
voice of reason, as this is definitely a crossroad where we must decide
to gamble or use reason to decide how to vote.
Each one of us must vote if we are to save Goa. Most Goans have made it
their favourite pastime to sit on the balcao and talk about the
corruption in politics. The same topic is discussed during chance
meetings with friends in the market or at the bus stand.
Two decades ago, we enjoyed a boom in the tourism industry and though
many issues like the language agitation divided the population, politics
was relatively clean and corruption-free. Then we saw the bad years. Our
politicians became greedy and self-centered. They began to manipulate
their vote-banks by using muscle and money power.
We citizens succumbed to their threats and by giving bribes further
institutionalised corruption. Our people forgot their manners and
friendly approach and that did not go down well with the tourists that
came to enjoy our sun, sand and wonderful happy-go-lucky simple people.
Today, Kerala in the South and Maharashtra and Rajasthan in the North
have become preferred destinations. Tourists get a better deal for their
money and are treated like VIPs. I am a personal witness to this.
We all blame the politicians for this mess! But are we not equally to
blame? Have we not elected these greedy and corrupt MLAs who rely on
money and muscle power to coerce voters to vote for them?
Let us make Goa relatively more corruption-free, for I know that
achieving perfection will take many steps and time. This time let us
take the first step in the right direction. Every election, there is
about 40 per cent of the electorate that does not vote. The general
excuse is that, "what is the use of voting, as all are corrupt?" It is
people with this attitude who enable corrupt politicians to manipulate
the remaining 50 to 60 per cent of the population who vote. We all need
to study the candidate's profile and vote for the least corrupt or at
least the best of the bad lot.
The Supreme Court ruling to the Election Commission, that all candidates
must declare their assets and that of their spouse and also declare if
they were ever convicted of a criminal offence or whether any criminal
offence has been registered against them in the past 6 months is a giant
step in the right direction. It will make decision making much more
easier for the voters.
At all costs we must stop the defectors. If parties keep them out, they
may enter the foray as independents or change colours like a chameleon
and take some other party ticket. The church has rightly recommended to
keep defectors and communal minded candidates out. But are we practicing
what we preach? As soon as the government is formed and defectors, who
caused a split, as some technically like to call it, "Cross the Lakshman
rekha" to the other side, are rewarded with ministerial or other plumb
posts. These are the very people who are given respectability and the
sermons from the mount are soon forgotten. Let us practice what we
preach and teach all defectors a lesson. Nobody should waste their votes
on them. Let them cool their heels for a few years and do penance and
prayers for all their wrong doings. Then society may think of them if
they have shown exemplary behaviour between the two elections.
It is our sacred duty to vote, specially when Goa is facing such a
critical situation. Those who do not vote lose the moral right to
criticise. It is here that the 40 per cent who do not vote, but instead
choose to sleep it out, or go to the pub, or go on a picnic, or watch
television, can make a big difference.
The power of the people can move mountains. It certainly stopped the
privatisation of Miramar beach and the cutting down of the Campal
raintrees. All we need is a common purpose to unite. Saving Goa from Ali
Baba and the forty thieves is the most urgent need today. Defectors and
parties who field them need to be taught a lesson. Use your vote to do
it. Lets usher in new faces and thus create a ground for cleaner
politics and stability in the years to come.
We are still in mourning over the death and destruction in Gujarat. The
Party in power just refuses to accept the facts of the case, that
certain fanatics let loose a reign of terror and organised burning of
people alive, which has been reported by the NHRC, numerous citizens
committees, Police Commission head Mr. Julio Ribeiro and many other
independent organisations other than the Minorities Commission. What
does a citizen do if the police refuse to record an FIR? Mr Julio
Rebeiro is on record to say, that this is because of direct political
interference on the police force, making them spectators when they have
sworn to protect the lives of all citizens. The Gujaratis will also have
their chance to express their opinion sooner or later. A party which
knows what a mess has been made (thanks to the media which has played a
very important role) cannot be trusted. Hitler also came to power
through the ballot, which the Germans regret even today. Dividing people
on communal lines is not acceptable. Lets not have another Gujarat in
Goa!
Good governance is synonymous with good men and resources management,
and honesty of purpose. The present government says that they have
improved the revenue.
We were still forced to raise money by issuing bonds. Mind you, it was
the reason to pull the carpet from under the Sardinha government. Our
own scouts and guides were unable to attend the all India annual
jamboree because the education department said that there was no money.
Yet a party from Mumbai (Maharashtra) was given a handsome grant or
subsidy for running an art show at Kala Academy. All we can see are
warped and confused priorities and false claims of achievements. Another
Hans Gobbles Nazi or Fascist trick - repeat a lie a thousand times and
people will start believing that it is the truth.
Defectors, people and parties who induced defection are all guilty of
disgraceful conduct. All should be taught a lesson. Don't say that you
did not have a chance. Grab it now with both hands and lets change the
course of politics in Goa and do some cleansing. It is not too difficult
to decide on who to vote for but vote you must!
Put aside petty neighbourhood quarrels and bad experiences of the past
and do your duty. Don't be influenced by colour, caste, religion or
false promises. Jai Hind!!
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