goanet-digest Sunday, August 25 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4237
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In this issue:
[Goanet] GCCI's comprehensive IT directory
RE: [Goanet] Goacom's PIEDADE "BONDERAM 2002" special
[Goanet] [Fwd: francis almeida]
[Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (015)
[Goanet] 25 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
[Goanet] Goacom's FOOTBALL Special
[Goanet] FEATURE: 'To Bapi -- the love of my life', for Ravi Shankar
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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:00:04 +0530
From: "Niraj Naik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] GCCI's comprehensive IT directory
GCCI to compile comprehensive IT Directory
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Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industries has embarked on a comprehensive
directory of IT professionals, service providers and manufactures in the
State.
The directory will compile a database on the skill sets available in the
State in the various areas of IT. The directory will help boost IT
industry in the state and will serve as a crucial resource guide for the
state government and local IT industry.
The directory is being compiled by Aparant Infomedia, publishers of
Goa's popular IT magazine -- Digital Goa and would be released at the
grand IT event -- Goa Agenda 2002 -- to be held on September 30 and
October 1, 2002.
The directory will have following main categories -- Hardware/computer
assemblers/sale; Training/ Education; Cybercafe; Services (data
processing)/digital photography; Networking & communications; Web-site &
web solutions; peripherals/accessories/consumables/power conditioning
(UPS)/furniture; Professional; Manufacturer/industry (hardware &
software); R & D and ITES.
The directory will also try to enumerate the expertise available in the
various skill sets through an exercise that will be undertaken through
the State.
IT professionals, service providers and manufacturers will be further
classified as per the following skills: Assembling, component level
repairs, peripheral maintenance, system analysis, systems design,
network configuration, Programming: Java, C++, Python, BASIC, VB, SQL,
Oracle, Ingres, SYBASE, access, DBASE, FOXPro other languages, Banking/
Accounting/ Inventory/ order processing/ BPR/ ERP/ Pay roll/ CAD/ CAM/
Graphics/ Planning/ monitoring.
All those associated with IT in Goa are encouraged to avail free listing
in this comprehensive directory by filling a simple form.
Forms can be downloaded from the GCCI website --
http://www.goachamber.org/itdirectory -- or softcopy of the form can
be obtained by sending a request mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20
Forms are also available in the latest issue of 'Digital Goa' magazine,
available at Varsha Book Stall, near Betim Ferry, Panaji; Zambaulikar
Agencies, near State Bank of India, Margao; Vasco Agencies, Old Bus
Stand, Vasco and Roop Rohan Agency, near Public Caf=E9, Ponda.=20
The filled forms may be sent to Aparant Infomedia, Flat No. S-1.
Bldg.No. 3, Merces Apartments, Vaddy, Merces, Goa 403005.
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:04:17 -0000
From: "islanders3us" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [Goanet] Goacom's PIEDADE "BONDERAM 2002" special
Kudos to Goacom & Joel D'Souza on the quick update of the Bonderam
festival.
It was nice to read the article & view the pictures from our beloved
Divar Island.
Cheers & Keep up the good work!!
The Islanders
Andrew DeSa
www.andrew40.cjb.net
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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:02:16 +0200
From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] [Fwd: francis almeida]
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Subject: francis almeida
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 00:09:02 +0100
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:17:49 +0530
From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (015)
TiTs & Bits (015)
And we have been seeing some interesting headlines in the recent
newspapers like:
Panchayat members to get monthly salaries (Panch- Rs. 1500/-, Dy. Sarpanch-
Rs. 2000/-, Sarpanch - Rs. 2500/-). This , infact, is our dear Santa Claus
Manohar Parrikar at work. Now, the otherwise non-working members of the
Panchayat will be getting salaries for doing nothing. If at all any work is
done by the Panchayat members, or at least the ruling camp, it is to fill
their own pockets and the pockets of their respective MLAs by encouraging
illegal constructions and giving illegal water & electricity connections.
Then there is the increase in monthly salaries for the MLAs from Rs.
20,000/- to Rs. 22,000/- and a further jack-pot for the personal assistants
of MLAs from Rs. 8000/- to Rs.16,000/- pm. The Santa Claus is becoming
taller and the bag of goodies getting fatter. It is generally known that not
more than Rs. 3000/- were being paid to the assistants by the MLAs out of
the Rs. 8000/-. Now they get to pocket another clean 8000, besides the
haftas from government contractors etc.
As if that was not enough, the MLAs have been demanding Rs. 1 crore a piece
per year as discretionary corpus fund for the development of their
respective constituencies, which in other words means funds to pay the
salaries and perks of their goons and chamchas, with our enterprising MLA
from Aldona in the forefront pushing the motion. It is understandable. The
GCA coffers are empty from paying the exorbitant fees of the lawyers who are
employed to keep himself and his gang out of the prison bars. Besides,
there was the heavy investment in the last assembly election. Naturally,
being out of the ministerial chair , the scope for returns on investments is
bad. It is a wonder to see how blind, brazen and shameless a person can
get, to be asking for tax-payer's money, directly from the government
treasury for supposed development of the constituency. A corpus fund of Rs.
1 crore is a dream for the MLAs, given the type of MLAs and the type of
political parties t hey are attached to. It is just as well that Manohar
Parrikar has fallen shy of being the Big Santa for once.
And talking about Goa Cricket Association (GCA):
It is no wonder that Dayanand Narvekar has remained in the GCA as its
president after all the dirt he has shoveled on this august sports
institution. Any self respecting person would have resigned from day one.
And it is no wonder that Pankaj Joshi gets the notices for the managing
committee meetings too late for him to attend. Narvekar does not want
Pankaj Joshi to attend the meetings because he wants him out of his hair.
He has employed the same tactics in getting rid of all the member clubs,
which refused to toe his line , by first drawing lots for them to play the
mandatory games at odd places at very short notices, viz. the Pirazona
sports club (Moira) to play at Chinchinim or as remote place as Canacona.
etc., a tactical plan. Then, penalizing the clubs by issuing show cause
notices as to why their memberships should not be terminated. And even if
the replies were justified, the decision was against the clubs and they
went out of his hair. There are no decent people in the GCA because it is
meant for the chamchas of the present president. Pankaj Joshi should have
known this better.
The Territorial Army proposal:
Has caused consternation and fear in every government department. Looks like
the BJP will have to work ten times harder at public relations to convince
the army of below 40 civil servants if it wants them to vote for it. And I,
for one, salute the BJP for taking such a step. Or is it a VEILED THREAT
indeed? Anything can be expected of the BJP to improve its dwindling
fortunes. And, as I have said earlier, one needs to create a problem and
then go about solving it. This could be one such brainwave where the
supplication of the army of civil servants is assured. All it has to do is
to keep the threat dangling over its head. Also, the BJP must be getting
tired of giving government jobs to every BJP supporter. It could be an
unnerving situation, specially with petrol pumps gone, the blue eyed boy
Pramod Mahajan deflated and made to shallow his own spit in the Shivani
Batnagar murder case, and its NAZI General of Gujarat, Narendra Modi making
a cardinal mistake by getting in the Christian hair of the CEC. With this
Territorial Army threat hanging, the BJP will have steered away the new army
of government job seekers as well as hold the serving one at ransom for the
fear of 5 years of sheer KALAPANI in the Territorial Army uniform. I might
have been right when I had said that the 'Hawk' has two brains in one
devilish skull.
Cheers
Floriano
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:29:43 +0500
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 25 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
August 25, 2002
VITAL RIBANDAR CULVERT CRUMBLES: The 358-year-old Ribandar-Patto culvert, a
vital causeway to Old Goa and Divar (and which forms a part of busy
National Highway No 4), partly crumbled in the early hours of August 24
leaving office-goers and school children stranded. One of the piers of the
culvert has collapsed. While two-wheelers squeezed their way through, the
22-meter stretch of the Ribandar-Patto causeway has been closed for
vehicular traffic. (H)
ALTERNATE BRIDGE IN EIGHT MONTHS: As informed in the Goa Assembly earlier
this week that steps were initiated for an alternate Ribandar-Patto bridge,
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar reiterated that the same would be completed
within a period of eight months. (H)
REJECTED, RECOMMENDED: A candidate, who failed to secure the nod of
interviewers for the post of a professor in the Pharmacy College, has been
recommended as its principal by the Goa Public Service Commission. (WE-GT)
GAS LEAKAGE: Panic gripped the residents of Dabolim following a minor
leakage of naphtha from the Zuari Industries pipeline on Saturday morning.=
(H)
NO DEPOSITOR WILL LOSE MONEY: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday
eased the fears of Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank depositors and said that
his first priority was to salvage the bank and ensure that no depositor
lost any money. (H)
SEATS FOR GOANS IN KOLKOTA: Applications are invited from Goan students for
one reserved seat for the state of Goa in the BHMS degree course at the
National Institute of Homeopathy, Kolkota. (WE-GT)
MAPUSA'S GARBAGE SYSTEM: One cannot help but take notice of the new green
coloured compact dust-bins dotting various points in the city of Mapusa. A
total of 40 such dust-bins have been installed at various place in the
entire municipal area. (H)
CONVERT RURAL LIBRARIES INTO COMMUNITY INFO CENTRES: While speaking at a
workshop on the occasion of the Librarians' Day organised by the Central
Library, Dr HP Tapaswi expressed the need of converting the rural libraries
into community information centres. (H)
SIOLIM PLANT FESTIVAL: The eleventh edition of the popular "Siolim Plant
Festival" took off yesterday. It was inaugurated at the hands of Goan
filmstar Amita Salary at the SFX Higher Secondary School in Siolim. A wide
variety of plants, dainty articles turned out from waste, admirable
vegetable carving and flower arrangement besides prominent plant nurseries
selling almost everything in gardening, are the factors which have been
attracting people in large numbers to the three-day plant festival for the
past one decade.
SERIAL ON BANDODKAR: "Dayanand", a 13-part serial based on the life, times
and works of the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman
and Diu, Bhausaheb alias Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, has received
sponsorship from the State government. (NT)
FIRST "BONDERAM" PRIZE FOR MADDANT: A tableau based on the life of
fishermen, presented by Maddant Stars troupe, won the first prize at the
"Bonderam Festival 2002", the Romantic troupe bagged the second prize for
the "Jungle Jumboree", while the third prize was awarded to Divar Centre
for "Goa in Monsoons". (NT)
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HERITAGE DAY AT BIG FOOT: The World Heritage Day was celebrated at
"Ancestral Goa", at the Big Foot in Loutulim, with the inauguration of
"Evolution of our Times, Trades and Life". The exhibition will remain open
for the public till 31 August. (WE-GT)
ARCHITECT OF MODERN GOA: Vishwasrao D Chowgule, scion of Chowgule house who
was responsible for laying the foundation for Goa's socio-economic
revolution, is stepping into the 87th year of his purposeful life today
(August 25. It was Chowgule's maiden export of mineral ore to Japan in 1951
that revolutionized the Goan economy and brought prosperity to Goans for
the first time in Goa's recent history. (WE-GT)
CHANDRAKANT KENI FELICITATED: "Goenkarancho Ekvot", New Delhi, organised a
get together on 21st August at the Goa Sadan to felicitate Chandrakant
Keni, renowned Goan writer who was here in connection with receiving The
Sahitya Academy Award for his translation of the book "Sat Pavlam
Malbhatt". During the evening, Keni gave an enlightening talk on the
responsibility and role of Goans, outside Goa, to maintain the Goan
Identity. ("Fatima Pais M (EIL)" [EMAIL PROTECTED])
S P O R T S
HAT-TRICK BY ENDRO AT DULER: It was an emotional and historic moment, when
the Duler football grounds played host to its first ever Goa Professional
League match when Salgaocar Sports Club trounced St Anthony's Club Colva
5-0, yesterday. (H)
BIGGEST LOSERS: Faced with an uncertain future and an equally uncertain
position, Fransa Pax of Nagoa players could be the biggest sufferers in the
ongoing tussle for management of the team between sponsor Mickky Pacheco
and Irineu Gonsalves, president of Pax of Nagoa Club. (H)
W E D D I N G G R E E T I N G S
To JENNIFER, daughter of Dr Pedro Bravo da Costa and Mrs Ivone Bragan=E7a e
Costa from Vaddem, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, with PAULO MARTINS from Loul=E9,
Portugal, son of Antonio M. Jacinto Martins and Mrs Maria de Lourdes Cola=E7=
o
Luis. The Wedding nuptials took place at the church of Sao Joao de Deus, in
Lisbon on 24th August and thereafter there was a reception at the QUINTA DO
SENHOR DA SERRA, in Belas, Lisbon.
D E A T H S
23 Aug: London: LYDIA AMELIA BELLA PIRES (nee TEXEIRA), Wife of the
late Vincent "Vincy" Manuel Pires (ex-Tanzania & Kenya), Mother of
Owen/Marietta (London), Euclid/Sadia (London), Roy/Fifi (Brisbane),
Selwyn/Melita (London), Sister of the late Eugene Texeira, Vivian Texeira
(Coventry, UK) and the late Ciprian Texeira.
Funeral: 30 Aug. Mass @ 12.30pm at Sacred Heart RC Church, Pembroke Road,
Ruislip (nearest tube: Ruislip Manor), followed by burial @ 2.30 pm at
Northwood Cemetery, Chesnut Avenue, Northwood Hills. Condolence messages to
"Caruso Monteiro" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
24 Aug: Margao: FR PANCRACIO ALVARES FURTADO, son of late Miquelina/late
Ligorio, brother of Dr Sales/Maria, late Fr Mario, late Ligorio and late
Maria.
23 Aug: Margao: NIRABAI ANANT PAI VAIDYA, wife of Anant, mother of
Tushar, Atul, Sandesh, Satyavan, Sushma.=20
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G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 24.6 deg C (76.3 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today.
Max temp: 28.3 deg C, Humidity: 85%, Rainfall 1927.2 mm (Yesterday)
Weather: It was "widespread rain" showers yesterday. Today the morning
has been comparatively dry though it wears a desolate, dull look. =20
Courtesy: H=3DHerald, NT=3DThe Navhind Times, WE-GT=3DWeekender-Gomantak=
Times
Daily Goacom News Clippings also at: http://www.goacom.com/news
Website: http://www.goacom.com
Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 22:34:20 +0500
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Goacom's FOOTBALL Special
DEMPO WIN
With a self-goal conceded by their opponents--Sporting Clube of Goa--Dempo
SC were able to score a 1-0 victory in the GFA Professional League match
played at the Duler Grounds in Mapusa this evening.
We have a small PICTORIAL of today's match in Mapusa at
http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/football25/football25.html
Let us know if you like it.
Cheers.
Joel.
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 22:47:42 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: 'To Bapi -- the love of my life', for Ravi Shankar
'To Bapi - the love of my life' for Ravi Shankar
By Hindol Sengupta, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Laughing and weeping, the world's greatest sitar
maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar, accepted what he called his greatest prize --
a book written about him by his daughter.
Called "Bapi - the Love of My Life," the pictorial biography published by
Roli Books has been authored by his daughter and budding sitar star
Anoushka.
The sepia tint cover of the book, showing the 81-year-old father kissing his
21-year-old daughter on the forehead, encapsulates the tone and verve of the
book -- it's about love.
"This is my greatest treasure, as she is," said the maestro, who has won
almost every conceivable music award and India's highest civilian honour --
the Bharat Ratna. And then wept.
"I am always compared to his great genius, but to me, he is first and
foremost my father, my Bapi, and I've finally given something that is truly
mine - to him," said Anoushka. And then wept.
In the book, dedicated to "uncle" musician George Harrison, Anoushka deals
with every phase of her father's life -- from the magical musician to
enigmatic lover and joker!
Born to the chief minister of a princely Indian state, Ravi Shankar,
however, led a rather poor childhood after his father deserted the family.
Later, he moved to Paris and high Parisian life under the tutelage of his
dashing choreographer-dancer elder brother Uday Shankar.
In every stage, the daughter reveals with disarming candour, titbits about
her father's personal life -- like his love for the movies, and how once
Marie Dressler, the famous American actress, wanted to adopt Ravi Shankar.
"Of course, his brothers refused vehemently and Bapi got angry with them,"
Anoushka writes.
"I wanted to go and live in Hollywood, Ravi Shankar is said to have cried. I
wanted to be a movie star."
Then came the sitar under the legendary Allauddin Khan, who once told Ravi
Shankar: "Go and buy some bangles to wear on your wrists, you are like a
weak little girl!"
That weak-wristed Ravi Shankar was to take the world by storm through his
sitar, with the wild abandon and the majestic restraint of his notes.
Collaborating with everyone from Yehudi Menuhin to Peter Sellers, Ravi
Shankar truly found a friend after his own heart in former Beatle George
Harrison.
The book was completed a couple of months before Harrison's death last year
and Anoushka decided to keep all his references in first person to keep
alive a loved memory of the man she had hoped would be there for her
marriage and the birth of her first child.
Finally, she also deals with her father's multiple relationships and his
humour.
>From his first wife Annapurna to girlfriend Sue Jones and finally Anoushka's
own mother Sukanya.
"Speaking of Bapi's many women, I want to clarify something," Anoushka
writes. "Unlike many men whom I have little or no respect for, Bapi never
deceived women.
"Whoever he was with, he gave himself totally to at that time. Even now so
many of his old girlfriends are close friends."
And, said Anoushka, the funny Ravi Shankar is incredible. He plays "Yankee
doodle" and "Jingle bells" on the sitar, and even talks to his pet cat
Gucci.
"He's a cool guy, a fun man! And I am as proud to be a daughter of this
joker as I am of the musician," said Anoushka.
- --Indo-Asian News Service
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:24:49 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Finearts Management" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [none]
Dear Friends
Please find attached to this message our first 'Friends of the Orchestra'
news letter.
We welcome your feedback!
Best wishes
Carole Dixon
NEWS LETTER
23rd August 2002
Dear Friend
The inaugural performance of the Goa State String Orchestra, which took
place at the Kala Academy, Panaji, on 13th August 2002 was a resounding
success.
More concerts have been booked for the coming months, September, October,
November and December. The December concert is to take place in
Bombay. This has given the GSSO a wonderful kick-start and it is hoped
more concert bookings will follow for the New Year.
It is these concert bookings and private donations which make the GSSO
truly independent, free from any interference and will guarantee its
future survival.
In the near future, 'Friends of the Orchestra' will be hosting its own
classical music programme on 105.4, the FM stereo service of All India
Radio Panaji at 8.00pm.
This is to publicise forthcoming performances of the GSSO as well as to
generally promote awareness of quality classical music.
Currently western classical music broadcasts do take place on medium wave
with a minimum amount of time given to classical music on
FM.
Depending on future sponsorship raised, this 'Friends of the
Orchestra' special programme could well become a regular monthly
feature. It will help highlight young talented performers and promote the
cause of classical music.
A brochure, too, has been designed to promote the orchestra; this will be
available shortly and be forwarded to all 'Friends of the Orchestra'.
So far so good, but we cannot sit back and rest on our laurels. This is
only the beginning of the classical music renaissance currently taking
place in Goa and spearheaded by the GSSO. We will keep all friends
updated regularly by email.
Thank you for your help, support and encouragement to date.
Carole Lobo Dixon
For & on behalf of
'Friends of the Orchestra'
'Arcadia', Ho. No. 71, Moica Vaddo, Pilerne, Bardez - GOA 403 114
Tel. No. 0091 832 402534 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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