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Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho I recently attended World Mental Health Day in the UK. It's a disturbing feeling coming face to face with mental illness, so much pain and agony reflected in those eyes who see the world a little differently. We, Goans, tend to brush mental illness under the carpet, thinking of it as a curse from God or worse still as some sort of "jadoo" which the neighbours have engaged in and managed to afflict others with a curse. But the reality of mental health is that it can be managed with effective treatment. In a detailed article Karl De Souza talks about World Mental Health Day in Goa and what we can do in Goa to assist people with mental ill-health. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184297.html Are there man-made disasters in Goa just waiting to happen? Samir Kelekar looks at this possibility: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184439.html Rajan Parrikar in his crusade against bhailo lok gives us his take on migrant contributions to Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184450.html The Kampala Goan Institute are to hold its centenary celebrations in Toronto, 2010. Antonio Mascarenha gives us more information on that: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184432.html As usual JoeGoaUK continues his photo-essay of Goa, this week bringing us wonderful pictures of the Church of Our Lady of Penha de Franca. Perhaps many people will not know this but a widow by the name of Anna de Azavedo donated large tracts of land to the Franciscans so that they could build this Church and houses to accommodate the Franciscan monks. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184431.html Carmen Miranda provides us an insight into the massive deforestation that is taking place in Goa mainly on account of mining. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184424.html A discussion that became rather over-heated this week began with a panel talk conducted in Goa to discuss freedom of expression. Should freedom of expression, specially artistic expression, be curtailed by religious sentiments and imagined slights to these sentiments? On the other hand does freedom mean unbridled liberty to engage in behaviour which causes needless friction? Both these points have been well defended and here are some snippet of the ensuing debate: Frederick Noronha: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184288.html Sandeep Heble: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184383.html A light-hearted look at Goan etiquette by Selma Carvalho: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184358.html Lino Dourado gives us his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Walkover? Ttenxonn Kiteak? http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184335.html Continuing in his series, Goodbye Goa, Valmiki Faleiro asks if migrants are a necessary evil in Goa? http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184328.html Wendell Rodricks pays tribute to Noel Lima Leitao, in "A friend is a star to behold." http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184276.html "1000 Goan experiences" is possibly one of Goa's best-selling books by Pantaleão Fernandes. Frederick Noronha reviews the book: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184095.html Was the world stunned last week when US President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Here are some reactions from Goanetters: Bosco D'Mello: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184277.html Tony d'Sa: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184318.html Mervyn Lobo: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184259.html A post by author Dominic Fernandes titled, "Portuguese love for Goans!" which sparked off a debate on Goanet: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184225.html Also continuing in his series, Dominic tells us more about the Mhar caste of Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184356.html And finally Cecil Pinto takes an uncut and uncensored look at the Male Goan Lover and the perils of a rural sex survey. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184217.html
