[Goanet] Daily Grook #641
DAILY GROOK #641 === SLAMMER GRAMMAR === by Francis Rodrigues a judge that yaks on at the defense - one only expects a long sentence! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great Konkani pop hits GOA: PEDRO FERNANDES: Tel.2226642 FURTADOS: Tel.2223278 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119017685910 _ Take your contacts everywhere http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959
[Goanet] A Repugnant Suggestion By The Chief Justice Of India
A Repugnant Suggestion By The Chief Justice Of India As I was browsing through the news papers on the net, on Women's day, one of the articles on TOI did attract my attention in particular, the statement made by the Hon. Chief Justice of India, Justice K G Balakrishnan, that due regard must be given to the wishes of a rape victim, if she wants to marry the rapist or give birth to a child conceived following the crime. I am in no way as qualified as the CJI, nor do I understand anything major about the law process, but as a concerned citizen of India, I am much perturbed by this statement. As far as I am concerned a rape is a rape, no matter what terms or adjectives are used, it is the basic violation of one's human right, be it man or woman and should not go unpunished, no matter what follows in the aftermath and the punishment must be very severe and precise because, rape is not just physical degradation, it's a mental torture, the scars or the imprint of which, seldom heal or disappear, during the life term of a person. The entire life of a person can be devastated by this savage act of lust, which in no way reduces the intensity of the crime, even if forgiving by the victim. The decision of the victim, to marry the perpetrator, may be entirely personal or because of the circumstances created by the perpetrator, and should not have any influence on the process of justice. In the case of the victim wanting to marry the perpetrator, the wheels of justice should not deviate, but hold on to the path of righteousness and the perpetrator punished, if found guilty, or else we'll have women being singled out and randomly raped and then married as per convenience. This will only encourage rape and accordingly the situation will not be ameliorated in any way but rather exacerbated in more ways than one. I do not know in what other context the CJI, could have made that statement but as a layman, I know that even in a marriage, forced sex is a rape, so the perpetrator marrying his victim, is surely no alternative for consideration. Given the history of rapes to the rate of convictions, which is very much abysmal in India, our authorities should be working towards giving justice to the brave women, who despite the taboo of being raped, on their lives, have made efforts to fight for justice, so that the perpetrators may be punished and other women may live in dignity. It is indeed very much disconcerting to note, that just a minuscule percent of the rapes cases in India are reported, out of which, the conviction rate is even more pathetic, if this is the apathy towards the rape victims, what are the rape victims suppose to do ? Fight the perpetrators against all odds by themselves or follow the repugnant suggestion of the CJI and forgive the perpetrator and marry him and live happily ever after ? Will that be possible ? In India we are a very conservative society, and most often than not, rapes are not reported, some are even made to marry the perpetrators, to get rid of the social stigma of being raped. Is that the way, the Indian women of the 21st century should be humiliated ? I am shocked that, not a single woman of substance, of the present era, nor the human right groups in India, have raised a voice of concern regarding this statement made by the CJI. We do have every right to ask what due regard was the CJI talking about ? As far as the crime is concerned, punishment should be nothing less than castration or a life sentence. If this punishment is horrifying, so is the crime. With the present attitude towards rape victims I wonder, if the victims of rape will ever see justice served or Justice for all the very foundation of our constitution, will remain, just a slogan. On women's day, our Indian women surely deserved, a lot better than what was offered by the CJI. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
Re: [Goanet] Dr Oscar Rebello's question to God
Kitem korum-ia Selma-bai? Thodde dangamni vo paimamni vaddtat, monan nhoi. Mog asum, SALU On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Mervyn and Bosco, Sheeh, kitem re saiba, one doesn't know the meaning of budday and the other wants to avoid phattys I am attending :-) I really don't go around wasting good cake. You are both invited to my 21st budday birthday party coming up next year :-) take care, selma
[Goanet] * Money * Scams Online banking fraud losses rise 14%
And you thought, people don't get caught out! Full read @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/mar/10/online-banking-fraud-loses-rise -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] The Cook and the Pomfret
Dear Goanetters, Here is a delighful story sent to me by Mel D'Souza. Enjoy!! -- By Mel D’Souza (from conversations with Martin, son of Sebastião Rodrigues). During the era when Britannia ruled the waves, Goan cooks were always in demand in India, the jewel of the then mighty British Empire, and in Britain’s colonies in East Africa. Like their clerical counterparts in the offices of the Colonial Civil Service, they were competent, reliable, and, above all, adaptable. Having been raised in a strict Catholic environment in rural Goa, then a Portuguese territory, they acquired a respect for higher authority and, from their frugal mothers, learnt to appreciate good food and the way it was cooked with loving care. It is no wonder, then, that Goan cooks found employment readily in hotels, railway diners, passenger ships, the merchant navy, and even the Royal Navy. Goan cooks adapted well to European cuisine, and many rose to the position of chef. Among this exclusive group were a few who gained renown for their exceptional culinary skills and the introduction of Goan specialties to the fare. One such chef was Sebastião (Sebastian) Benedicto Rodrigues. Sebastian was born in the village of Moira around 1900, and grew up in a poor family. His father was a “tarvoti”, a ship steward, who worked on a British passenger ship, like many a Goan breadwinner of that era. The wife was left at home in Goa to bring up the children. Sebastian went to the village parochial school and in his spare time was a “gorvan rakno” – a cow herder. At the young age of fourteen, a relative took him to Delhi and got him a job as assistant to the cook in a hotel. Sebastian worked diligently, and was soon promoted to ‘cook’. In 1925, as a young man with an established profession, Sebastian was offered a job as cook to Col. J. B. St. John, the Resident Governor of Quetta (in Pakistan today). The Resident Governor was the Agent of the Governor General in Delhi. Sebastian worked in Quetta for three years. In Karachi at that time, there was a well-known Goan tailor, Trinidade by name, who catered to the rich and famous British elite. He had two attractive and single daughters. One day, a friend suggested that Sebastian should settle down and start a family, and asked if he would consider a proposal from one of Trinidade's daughters. As a humble cook, Sebastian didn't think he stood much of a chance, but agreed that the matchmaker put his name on the list anyway. Much to his surprise, he received a formal proposal from one of the daughters which he readily accepted. Thus Sebastian married Luizinha, and they were blessed with two boys. When Col. St. John was promoted to Premier of Jaipur, Sebastian moved his family to Jaipur where they lived for about eighteen years. In 1939, Martin was sent as a boarder to St. Anselm’s European High School in Ajmer, 30 miles from Jaipur. In 1945, Col. St. John returned to England, but before leaving introduced Sebastian to the Hon. C.L. Corfield, Agent of the Governor General in Punjab State, stationed in Lahore. Sebastian worked for Corfield in Lahore, and when the latter came to Delhi as advisor to the British Government of India under Lord Wavel, he brought Sebastian along with him. Shortly before India gained its independence in 1947, Corfield moved to South Africa, and Sebastian and his family returned to Goa. When India gained full independence in 1947, Sebastian returned to Delhi. Foreign countries were beginning to open up new embassies in the capital, and he soon got a job as cook to Capt. William Settle, the US Naval Attache. Barely six months in the job, Sebastian was offered the position of chef to the Belgian Embassy on the recommendation of Mr. Corfield who was a friend of the new ambassador, Prince Eugene de Ligne of the House of Beloeile. Sebastian accepted the offer, and moved to the Belgian Embassy. After a month on the job Prince Eugene held a diplomatic reception at the Embassy, for which Sebastian was given sole charge. Prince Eugene was so impressed with the manner in which the reception was executed, that he showed his appreciation by having a photograph taken of Sebastian with himself, Pandit Nehru and other dignitaries. Regrettably, the photograph was lent to a relative and eventually lost. Sebastian worked at the Belgian Embassy in Delhi for about four years – a period that was the highlight of his career. One memorable episode took place during the Belgian Trade Exhibition in Bombay when Prince Eugene hosted a gala banquet at the Taj Mahal Hotel for the diplomatic community and other dignitaries. Sebastian was put in charge of all the arrangements. This is when Sebastian chose to debut ‘pomphrets’ on the menu. Now, “pomphret” is a flatfish (pampus Chinesis) with a smooth silvery skin that Goans would usually fry in a pan, but over a layer of straw that gave it a unique and
[Goanet] Please sign this mining petition to save Goa
This appeared in www.goanvoice.org.uk Please Sign The Mining Petition Click to enlarge 9 Mar: Carmen Miranda together with Claude Alvares from Goa Foundation and other activists in Goa, were instrumental in getting the Indian Central Govt. to impose a temporary ban on new mining leases in Goa. Carmen writes: You can now sign a Petition not to lift the moratorium on new mining leases till such time as the ministry has received and considered the environmental impact assessment and Goa's mining carrying capacity report of the Indian National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). For a brief (5m. 21s) CNN video clip illustrating the problem, click here. To sign the petition, click here. _ What does Budget 2010 mean for you? Catch all the latest news, updates and analysis on MSN Budget Special http://news.in.msn.com/moneyspecial/budget2010
[Goanet] Goa For sale Advertisement
I got this in my inbox - a advertisment by some shark to sell me goa. What got to me is the statement Goa Is a Money Generating Machine For Investor Below is the full advertisement as received Thank you, Remy Hello, Sir/Madam We are dealing property business in Goa. If You Are Interested To Invest Your Money In GOA Real Estate Market Then We Are Giving You 100% Assurance Your Money Will Be Double With In Two and Half Years. Goa Is a Money Generating Machine For Investor Goaagar Is The Perfect Destination For Goa's Property Buyer The Land Of Paradise Sir/Madam already we have lot’s of real estate investor. They invest their money at the time of foundation less than from market price and they sell their flat and property after two or two and half years and all they are making profit 80% to 100% with in two and half years. We are ready to assist you in finding a good projects and property in Goa-India. If you want Purchase, Sale, Lease Any of This below List Please Contact Us. 1. Land selling. 2. Land Purchasing. 3. Flat Purchasing. 4. Flat Re-Selling. 5. Bunglow Purchasing. 6. Bunglow Re-Selling. 7. Row House Purchasing. 8. Row House Re-Selling. 9. Penthouse Purchasing. 10. Penthouse Re-Selling. 11. Shop Purchasing. 12. Shop Re-Selling. 13. Flat, Bungalow, Row house, Penthouse on lease 14.Office, Shop, on Long time Lease. GOAAGAR MARGAO-GOA INDIA contact no.:+91-9923464250 Contact no.:+91-9503892789
[Goanet] The Ship That Ran Aground in Goa
The Ship That Ran Aground in Goa By BHARAT JOSHIhttp://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=BHARAT+JOSHIARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND Which view would you prefer from your five star hotel room: Pool, beach, or perhaps a nuclear power plant? Pardon the exaggeration, but I recently had pause to think about this on a trip to Goa. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126819191300659077.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
[Goanet] Tuberculosis and air travel: a systematic review a... [Lancet Infect Dis. 2010] - PubMed result
Tuberculosis air travel..link? From PubMed.com more here. C http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20185096?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSumordinalpos=1
Re: [Goanet] Open letter to J. C. Selma
Dr. U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com wrote: 1: Oaky J. Colaco you tried your best without any success to give me the surname oif Jesus Christ. 2: My next question to you and SELMA: 3: How come our Goan Christians got their SURNAMEs? 4:I'm equally inquisitive to know the factual reality RESPONSE: Dear Dr. U. G. Barad, Once again, Sirjee, Thank you very much for not using any 'fowl' words in your post to me. It is indeed very kind of you. The last time you wrote about me and Selma (in the same post), your language was most 'colourful'. ...or as Selma has just recently noted 'Baradesque'. Now - to your substantive question: Here is my answer: I believe that our Goan Christians normally get their surnames from their fathers..unless the father is a Ghor-zavoim. In that case, the surname is from the mother or both. Oaky (as they write in Baradesque Ingraji) - Now that you have asked questions, May I ask a few in return? Remember now, I am not curious about what answers you will provide. It is just that I would like to know How Many posts you are able to script without using 'fowl' language. Now ...would you please advise me of the following: 1: what was Lord Krishna's surname? 2: How did Borat get his surname? 3: Considering that the original Goans were 'kunbis' and 'gavdis', How did the present day Goans come to hold the vast majority of land in Goa? (Until proved otherwise) Polite-Sirjee, Thank you for your uncustomary politeness in your response, yours respectfully, jc
[Goanet] Open letter to J. C and Selma
Dear Barad, Thank you for another Baradesque question. I don't know how Goan Christians got their surnames but I do know how I got mine. Many, many centuries ago in Shiroda, my Hindu great-great-grand-father suffered from a chronic heart problem. He was always saying to my great-great-grand-mother, Lata, mujea calzan doz and he eventually became known as Cardoz. Rumours persisted that the Portuguese had tortured him into changing his surname. In actual fact, his own neighbour Borodkar was spreading these rumours. He was jealous that Rama Khrishnan Bhandari Cardoz was so loved in the village that he was given a special name all of his own. I hope this story helps you with your studies into Goan Christianity. Best, Selma
[Goanet] Dev Borem Korum (MAGNNEM)
Deva, 2010 Prachit Khal (Korezm) Tujea Nanvan, Goa-Net-ar Ghazlem. Somestamni Borem Asa Tem Dinvchem. Zoxem Hanv Mhojem MAGNNEM Ditam MAGNNEM Jezu! Tujea povitr mondirant Magnnem korunk Bhitor sortana Vatteruch Mhozo dusman gavlo Tuzo updes Dusmanank maf korcho Ani hanvem toxem kelem Punn... Tannem mhaka Dukhoila Tem mat Visronk zaina Mhaka bhogos Saiba! Lino B. Dourado (Utodd'dekar)
[Goanet] Viva Carnival! or Carnaval as the Goans call it
http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/india/100220/viva-carnival-or-carnaval-the-goans-call-it Viva Carnival! or Carnaval as the Goans call ithttp://www.globalpost.com/notebook/india/100220/viva-carnival-or-carnaval-the-goans-call-it It wasn't entirely unlike anything I've experienced in India, where processions, religious festivals and national day parades often involve floats, color and creativity. But the three-day carnival here was still truely and uniquely Goan. While Riyan and I danced to familiar tunes and Konkani folk and pop music we watched folks of all ages and dispositions flaunt their all on some 100 floats that traversed the streets of Panjim on the first day of Carnival 2010. We weren't in Brazil, that's for sure. No matter, though. As far as Riyan and I could tell the folks in Goa get it — carnival is brazen, fun, spunky and a time to deck up. Carnival here is celebrated all over. The bigger cities — Panjim (now Panaji), Margao (now Madgaon) and Mapusa — host big parades and folks travel into the cities to participate in them. One word descibes the culture of carnvial: *socegado*, a word I've heard so many times since I've been here that I intuitively understand it now. It is something to do with the attitude of the people here. Casual, relaxed, laid-back. The music ranged from the Brazilian samba — no place here for the still-popular traditional, lyrical *fado* — to Portuguese songs to Konkani folk, all upbeat and swingy and great to dance to. And dance we did, Riyan and I, non-stop for two hours as fantastic and ordinary floats passed by us. Like carnivals across Latin America, the festivities are opened by King Momo and his two queens. Goa's King Momo — chosen each year from a different village — was hardly fat, as King Momo's usually are. This king was tall and of very good build. As were his ladies in waiting. We were sometimes in the midst of carnival scenes that could have been anywhere in the world — clowns, witches, men in drag with hairy legs in skintight skirts, and women in boob tubes twirling about with big hair and lots of makeup. But then there was the local stuff that placed me. Konkani folk dances — with a Portuguese lilt — with elderly women from villages dressed in red saris, twirling and moving to the beat. Fantastic! Color and joie de vivre is practically endemic to festivals across India, so that part wasn't hugely different. Except for the fact that the costumes, the dances, the floats, the inspirations were a mix of all things Goan — Portuguese, Konkan, India, a flavour entirely unique. And of course, this particular festival has its roots in Catholicism, or Catholic culture anyway. I was reading Maria Aurora Cuoto's book and she traces the culture of carnival to a period prior to its tourism awakening. Once upon a time, she writes, it was a period of spontaneous revelry, unrestrained enjoyment before the forty days fo Lenten fasting, abstinence nad self-sacrifice. The early Christians seem to have transferred the uninhibted spirit of shigmo, which was taboo for them after conversion, into a short, dizzy spel of unfettered fun before a period of self-denial. The elite added layers of sphistication with fancy dress balls and the like, but the church frowned ont he whole exercise then as it does now. For sure, the Catholic Church has become pricey about this sort of stuff. Last year a friend told me they started issued advisories that Catholic girls shouldn't participate in carnival because of its vulgarity and lack of decorum. Weeks before carnival this year, another friend's niece was fighting with her parents for permission to dance atop one of the floats. I had thought, listening to much of the tensions, that carnival might be bust thanks to conservative parents and an index finger-waving church body. But I was happily wrong. Tons of young folk — boys and girls, men and women, danced atop floats, before them, behind them and everywhere in the streets. Street sellers had a great range of treats on sale — masks and masquerades, candy-floss in pinks and yellows, freshly-squeezed sugar cane juice, balloons, toys, and of course, customarily, lots of beer. It wasn't actually for sale on the streets but pretty much everywhere else. The city had banned drinking on floats in a gesture aimed to appease the religious order but judging from the fanfare and festivities visible to us folks below, some stuff was smuggled on board. Later, the parties continued on the beach, and in homes and inside villages deep inside Goa. Three days of partying well into the night, and Carnaval 2010 matched, in its own way, its compatriots in Brazil, and elsewhere. We were still dancing when we got home.
[Goanet] Diabetes Drug Avandia Harms the Heart, Studies Find - NYTimes.com
Studies find this Diabetes drug with problems. New York Times C http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/health/policy/20avandia.html?themc=th
[Goanet] The Untold Story of Kishorilal (Sharma) alias Amarik Singh alias Saleem, an Indian Spy in Pakistan
From Lancer Publishers: “To a prisoner like me and others, death seems to be the deliverance. They torture you in every manner and at that stage you would like to die — but they won't let you. But if you escape death and are sent back to your country, you die a slow death as nobody comes forward to own you. And others are not as lucky as me, as most spies are not educated and they cannot survive if the government and intelligence agencies do not come to their help; and they never do help because of the selfishness and unprofessional approach of the concerns of corrupt officers of their agencies. Terrorist organizations are better than intelligence agencies: at least they accept the identities of their people and take care of the families of their members in the case of death, besides compensating them handsomely with money and moral support.” My Years in a Pakistani Prison: The Untold Story of Kishorilal alias Amarik Singh alias Saleem, an Indian Spy in Pakistanhttp://www.lancerpublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=524osCsid=9c2ff79bdd99a351c4e782ce843ada27 * * http://www.lancerpublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=524osCsid=9c2ff79bdd99a351c4e782ce843ada27 *Also, peek into the Hindi books section. * +++ venantius j pinto
[Goanet] SEBY D'SOUZA no more!
SEBY D'SOUZA no more! This morning I learned that our dear Seby D’Souza, one of the heroes of NIRMONN and hero of KORTUBANCHO SONVSAR, passed away in Goa, unexpectedly, on March 4, 2010. I had briefly met him just two days before his passing; he was fine. He died of a heart attack. Though I live in Anjuna, I did not know about his death until Jessie Dias (stage actress) called and informed me and that's because I myself have not been keeping too well recently. Seby’s body was flown to Mumbai and interned in Juhu-Koliwadda, Catholic Society, Santa Cruz at 4:00 pm on March 5. He is survived by his wife Mary, son Frank and daughter Nisha. The following attended his funeral: Jessie Dias, Cyriaco Dias, Titta Pretto, Caiti (Cajetan), make-up man, Antonette Mendes, etc. Seby’s nephews, Lawry (from Calangute, Goa) and Henry (from Doha-Qatar) also attended the funeral. May Seby’s soul rest in peace! http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=1165 Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna, Goa Mob: 9420979201
[Goanet] MOG TUZO KITLO AXELOM – A tribute to W ilfy Rebimbus
MOG TUZO KITLO AXELOM – A tribute to Wilfy Rebimbus A beautiful love song With touching lyrics. a video/tribute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyLmnxmDWyg ‘If I could get your love I would re-born 100 times’ Good old memories from 70s/80s Akashvanni Ponnje (All India Radio, Panjim) Sadly, we all die one day leaving behind our good work which really never dies. “Adlo to ugddas kelear Deuntelim dukam dolleant Zomotam xembor pautim Mog tuzo mellta zalear” rpt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyLmnxmDWyg joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Kaiga: question mark over nuclear safety (Praful Bidwai in Rediff)
KAIGA: QUESTION MARK OVER NUCLEAR SAFETY To investigate the Kaiga episode, we need an independent committee, composed of external experts, radiation biologists, safety specialists and representatives of workers. We cannot afford to be cavalier about nuclear safety, writes Praful Bidwai. The poisoning of more than 90 workers with radioactive tritium at the Kaiga nuclear power station is a serious safety violation, which calls for a critical look at India's nuclear power programme. The way the episode came to light, and the manner in which the authorities, from plant managers to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, to top officials of the Department of Atomic Energy, responded to it is a disturbing tale in itself. The tritium ingestion was noticed on November 24 only after its effects had become manifest in abnormal levels of the isotope found in the urine of 92 plant workers, of the 800 tested. The plant managers admitted to the incident only after it caused public concern and the media reported it. Although they called this a malevolent act, they didn't report it to the police for a week. The police aren't convinced this was the first occurrence of its kind at Kaiga. We still don't know precisely how and for how long the workers' internal exposure to tritium occurred, what was the concentration of tritium in the water-cooler (which was allegedly deliberately spiked with tritium), and how many people drank the water. All that the Nuclear Power Corporation, which operates the Kaiga reactors, said is that two workers received a dose exceeding the 30 millisievert maximum limit stipulated by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. This is a general limit for radiation, not specific to tritium, a highly toxic substance for which different measures such as Curies or Bequerels per litre are usually prescribed the world over. AERB and DAE officials have denied safety lapses and blamed the mishap on internal 'sabotage' or 'mischief-making' by unidentified employees: these employees, 'it appears', added tritium-contaminated heavy water to a drinking-water cooler. The officials claim the cooler was properly sealed and the 'mischief-maker' poured the tritiated water into it through its 'overflow tube'. This raises many awkward questions. Did the affected workers involved belong to the Kaiga power reactor? How frequently and rigorously are their urine samples tested? If the testing is not done daily, the tritium ingestion could have occurred many days before it was detected. If so, the heath effects would be far worse than claimed. If, on the other hand, the workers belonged to a special facility to produce tritium for military purposes by separating it from tritiated heavy water -- as some reports suggest -- then the incident points to a grave safety vacuum or violation. In the second case, only the best-trained and security-cleared employees should have been allowed to extract tritium-containing water, put it into vials and handle or transport it -- and too only under strict supervision. Evidently, this wasn't ensured. In any case, it doesn't make sense to allow anyone to handle a dangerous and expensive material like tritium without stringent oversight. The estimated costs of producing tritium vary from $30,000 (about Rs 13.88 lakh) per gramme in Canada [ Images ] to $100,000 (about Rs 46.27 lakh) in the US. Strategically, tritium is an extremely sensitive material used in nuclear weapons as a booster The AERB and the DAE are wrong to counterpose 'mischief' by 'disgruntled' employees to safety lapses. Good regulation and sound safety procedures must reckon with the possibility of mischief, irresponsible conduct or sabotage, and prevent or limit harm from them. The possibility that employees' discontent should reach such extremes as deliberately inflicting harm upon their colleagues speaks of a poor working culture and calls for introspection on the DAE's part. The DAE's hypothesis that a worker inserted the tritium into the water cooler through its overflow tube sounds dubious. Given the weight of the water column inside the overflow tube, the tritium would have to be pumped into it with considerable force. This at minimum would require some planning and prior collection of equipment like pumps. This needs thorough investigation by an independent body. That body cannot be the AERB. The board is a subsidiary of the Atomic Energy Commission, without its own staff, budget or equipment. The DAE is the operator, planner, licensor, builder and manager of all nuclear projects -- without independent regulation or safety audit. The DAE secretary is also the AEC chairman. The AERB, as former board chairman A Goapalakrishnan puts it, is the DAE's 'lapdog'. To investigate the Kaiga episode, we need a truly independent committee, composed of external experts, radiation biologists, safety specialists and representatives of workers and citizens liable to be affected by nuclear mishaps. Parliament must demand such a committee
[Goanet] Maulana Azad National Research Fellowship for Minority Students
Maulana Azad National Research Fellowship for Minority Students Applications are invited for the award of the above fellowships from minority students to pursue research leading to regular full time M.Phil, PhD or equivalent research degrees in Univs/Institutions recognised by the UGC. For details log on to http://www.ugc. ac.in -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 A:784 Saligao 403511 Goa India -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 A:784 Saligao 403511 Goa India Please add a 'signature' below your email. Makes it easy when someone wants to contact you!
[Goanet] Your chance to be a part of Goan history ......
Konkani filmbook: Seeking sponsors Hurry, deadline is this Friday, March 12, 2010 You can donate in memory of a loved one Thank you to all the sponsors who have generously come forward to date to help Goan journalist/writer Isidore Dantas publish a book in Romi Konkani script on Konkani films (31 films to date). See more information on Isidore and the book below. It is a monumental effort and treasure trove of valuable information covering all 31 celluloid Konkani films made to date (music, songs, actors/actresses, etc.). A scholarly and well-researched book which belongs in every Goan household, this book is destined to be a classic. You might be surprised that the names of people in the book might include some of your own family members/relatives going back to the early days of Konkani films. The book is yet to be published given the challenge of the traditional model to sell Goans books (they are rarely profitable which discourages Goan authors from publishing). Yet, we owe our children and grandchildren Goan history (in this case Konkani film history). As a means to be creative and innovative to make the publishing model work and to make this a community effort, I am appealing to the larger public to help with funds for publishing the book. If any one is willing to donate to the publishing costs in any amount in excess of US $100, their name will be listed as a sponsor in the book in a tasteful manner. Or you could donate in the name of your parents, grandparents (in memorium if necessary). This way your association with such an iconic classic and legendary book will be there for posterity. Please note that one or two sponsors could cover the cost of publishing the book, but a community effort is more appealing. Now is the time for Goans to actually help, rather than keyboard about all the ills that affect Goa while doing nothing. Do something now. Do it for Goa. Be a part of Goan history. Please email me at georgejpi...@yahoo.com and let me know. The deadline for Sponsorship closes March 12, 2010. Thank you. George ___ ISIDORE DANTAS - brief profile: I have been writing to Konkani magazines from the age of eleven. At present I am 62. I have contributed to Aitarachem Vachop, Udentechem Nekhetr, Vauraddeancho Ixtt, Sot, Divtti,. The Goan Sports Weekly, Gulab, Poddbimb. I now regularly write for Jivit in Roman script and for Uzvadd in Devnagri script. Whenever time permits I contribute to Goa Today, Gomantak Times and Sunaparant. My first book on Konkani proverbs was released in September 2007 entitled Vozram-a treasure trove of Konkani adages with English interpretation at the hands of the Goa Chief Minister. In October 2008, I was awarded the Al Jerry Braganza Award for the work on Konkani films again at the hands of Goa CM. Besides this, I regularly contribute to Akashwani, Mumbai. I have also written the sub-titles for the Konkani film DVD Bhuianrantlo Monis. The research work on celluloid Konkani films which I now wish to publish consists of about 300 pages with about 250 photographs. It comprises of information on all 31 Konkani celluloid films produced so far in Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra. It includes Black... produced in Kuwait and also the latest Poltoddcho Monis which won award at the Toronto Festival. The book contains 101 songs out of which 85 are with music notes. The book also consists of a chapter on Konkani people who have contributed to Bollywood.
[Goanet] Prof Newman Fernandes – A Visionary
Prof Newman Fernandes – A Visionary A Tribute to Prof. Newman Fernandes on his 60th Birthday on 11th March, 2010 By Tomazinho Cardozo Professor Newman Fernandes, a former Principal of Rosary College of Commerce and Arts and of St. Xavier’s College Mapusa is an educationist par excellence. His commitment to education is great and hence he always encourages his staff as well as students to venture in novel projects in order to achieve greater heights in life. Although diminutive in stature he is a tall personality in the field of education. His achievements in the field of education are trend setters. In fact he was responsible to start a new College, Rosary College of Commerce Arts in Navelim, for the Archdiocese of Goa Daman. In fact he was its Founder-Principal. The zeal with which he served the student community in that college, could take the young college to greater heights in the educational arena. His consistent efforts gave a new direction to higher education in South Goa. He introduced many new academic disciplines as per the needs of the time thereby helping the students to be well equipped to face new challenges in life. When he was given the Principal’s responsibility of St. Xaviers College, Mapusa he left no stones unturned to take the college at a higher level not only educationally but in all respects. During his tenure as Principal of St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa, he piloted the project of 'College with Potential for Excellence', and St. Xavier’s College Mapusa was selected as one of the Best 47 Colleges out of 15,000 Colleges in India, in 2004. St. Xavier’s College attracts the largest number of students in Goa. He always believed in discipline. His commitment to his duties had no limits. He worked very hard and he wanted all his staff to perform their duties in the same way. He was a result oriented man. These qualities in him compelled the concerned authorities to reassess St. Xavier's College, Mapusa. The reassessment resulted in reaccrediting St. Xavier’s College with 'A' Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. He introduced 50 Capacity Building Strategies at St. Xaviers College to help College students face the challenges of the modern world. His achievements in the educational field in Goa were not recognized in his own state the way it was done elsewhere in India. He was awarded the Dr. Sam Higginbottom award for being selected as the best college principal in India. By now he had many admirers in the educational field of our country. His contributions in numerous seminars, national as well as international, have created an impact in the minds of educationists. He was considered a man of action. Hence all Christian Colleges in India, elected him as the President of All India Association for Christian Higher Education. A rare honour to a Goan educationist indeed! Yet another very important contribution of Prof. Newman Fernandes to Higher Education in the state of Goa was the Semester System, Continuous assessment, new disciplines, etc. He was appointed Chairman of the Goa University Curriculum Restructuring Committee and as the Chairman he was instrumental in introducing for the first time the Semester System, Continuous assessment, new disciplines, up-to-date syllabi etc. In order to improve the quality of Higher Education in the state of Goa, the Government constituted Goa Government Integrated Education Advisory Council, of which he was nominated a member. He prepared the draft for the State Policy for Higher Education. A true environmentalist and conservationist he was given the responsibility of the Secretary of the Committee for the Conservation of the Archiepiscopal Palace (oldest Western Civil building in India). It secured the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award for Conservation. He resigned voluntarily as the Principal of St. Xavier’s College Mapusa. This unfortunate happening has affected adversely the cause of education, not only in St. Xavier’s but in the whole state of Goa. The man who can produce results has no difficulties in getting suitable assignments in this competitive world. Being very popular among the educationist in the country, he was flooded with offers in numerous educational institutions in the country. He was appointed Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education, SHIATS -DU, Allahabad. Subsequently he was given more responsibilities such as Director, Directorate of Distance Education, SHIATS-DU, Allahabad, Director, Directorate of Professional and Lifelong Education , SHIATS-DU, etc., etc. Prof. Newman Fernandes is a prolific writer and a thinker too. He has written and published several books and articles on various issues. He has presented numerous papers on important national and global issues in national and international seminars. He is an excellent organizer and has organized and conducted over 60 International, National and
[Goanet] CONDOLENCES TO THE REMIMBUS FAMILY
CONDOLENCES The Chairman, President, Members and the Managing Committee of Goan Cultural Centre - Kuwait conveys their deep sorrow on the passing away of Wilfy Remimbus. Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. The world has lost of one the great contributor of Konkani music and songs. Our prayers to the Almighty God to grant him Eternal Rest in His Heavenly Abode. Carmo Santos Hon. Chairman Goan Cultural Centre-Kuwait carmosa...@hotmail.com
Re: [Goanet] VIEW FROM KARACHI: The magic of Goa cannot be takenaway (Menin Rodrigues)
Well said Menin. Fully agree. Thanks for your thoughts. Best regards, Albert -Original Message- From: Goanet Reader The magic of Goa cannot be taken away by a few steamy stories! Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/
[Goanet] March 2010 issue of Gulab hits news-stands
GULAB - Mars 2010 ank http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xM3C8xQ90se2StPXefGShg?feat=directlink March issue of Gulab hits the news stands The March 2010 issue of Goa’s only illustrated Konkani monthly GULAB is out on the stands. The main feature of the issue being Rahul Gandhi and Future of Indian Politics, Soter Barreto in his article ‘Rahul Gandhi Bodol Ghoddun Haddit Kai?’ examines the role of Rahul Gandhi in Indian politics while Dilip Borkar pins hope of safe India in Rahul’s hands in his article ‘Rahul Gandhichea Hatant Amcho des sugur asa!’. Besides this main story the issue has a cover story Retirement of Politicians ‘Rajkaronneank Nivrut’tponn?’ by Felix da Cruz This issue also features a number of other thought provoking articles by the renowned Konkani writers – Guadalupe Dias, Willy Goes, Cursino R. Pinho, Sudha Amonkar, John Afonso and others and a short story ‘Happy Birthday’ by Damodar Mauzo. Priced at Rs. 15/- (outside Goa Rs. 20/-) the issue is available at all the outlets in Goa, Mumbai and the Gulf countries, or contact the publisher on 9821228684 or Email: gulabm...@sancharnet.in __ GULAB-acho Mars mhoinacho ank bhair sorlo Gõychem ekuch rongit Mhoinallem GULAB hacho Mars 2010 mhoineacho ank bhair sorlo. Rahul Gandhi ani Bharotache Rajkaronn he xins kothecher (cover story) adharlolea hea ankant nanvvostea Konknni potrkaranchim hea vixoyacher vividh motam asat: Soter Barreto ‘Rahul Gandhi Bodol Ghoddun Haddit Kai? Dilip Borkar ‘Rahul Gandhichea Hatant Amcho des sugur asa! Ani Felix da Cruz ‘Rajkaronneank Nivrut’tponn?’ Hea xivay hea ankant asat anikui monar uzvadd ghalpi ani chintunk lavpi okhondd Konknni borovpeanche lekh asat, zoxe porim: Cursino R. Pinho, Felix da Cruz, Sudha Amonkar, Guadalupe Dias, John Alfonso ani her, ani Damodar Mauzo hachi ‘Happy Birthday’ hi mottvi kotha. Pondra rupia molacho (Gõya bhair Ru. 20/-) ho ank Gõychea toxeach Mumboichea ani Golfantlea sodanchea vortoman-potram manddar uplobd asa. Odhik mahiti khatir uzvaddavpea lagim sompork korum yeta: 9821228684 hea ankddeacher vo e-pot’tear: gulabm...@sancharnet.in [Source: GULAB] As forwarded to www.goa-world.com on 10-Mar-2010 Posted by Goa-World.COM
Re: [Goanet] Dr Oscar Rebello's question to God
On 10 March 2010 08:30, Mervyn Lobo Right now, Goa has regressed to voting based on religious groupings. Right now? When was that different? AFAIK, this was the situation since the first assembly elections of 1963. Together with religion, caste was also a factor. Even in colonial times, Goans mostly fought caste battles in the guise of elections. FN
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (11Mar10)
*** Womens Res. Bill makes History *** Calls for a New word in the Dictionary...HerStory! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] Dr. Oscar Rebello's question to God
EnglisH: Thank you, God Konkani: Saiba, tuzo vol-llo upkar José Pereira
[Goanet] Goan community in Qatar football selection trials
Goan community in Qatar football selection trials Goan community in Qatar will hold selection trials to select age-group football teams, the date, time and venue which will be announced shortly after the end of the ongoing school exams. Accordingly selected players will be assigned to the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 teams and will receive regular coaching throughout the year. The short-listed players will also play a series of practice matches here in Qatar and also in Goa as part of the training programme. Interested players are to report to Antonio Joao Vaz at the venue, accompanied by a guardian. Former India internationals, state and club level players besides football administrators will be part of the programme.
[Goanet] “Women’s Work” (NYC)
There are Goan Domestic Workers Too in NY. (vjp) + “Women’s Work” Ending the Exploitation and Abuse of Domestic Workers Film screening and panel discussion in conjunction with the ACLU and the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Join us to commemorate International Women's Day and Women's History Month. Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:00-7:30pm United Nations Church Center, 10th Floor 777 United Nations Plaza (44th St. and First Avenue) The event will begin with a screening of a short documentary film about the exploitation and labor trafficking of South Asian women as domestic workers in the United States: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, a film by Brown Girls Productions Followed by a panel discussion with domestic workers and advocates engaged in local, national, and international movements to protect the human rights of domestic workers and re-value their labor: NAHAR ALAM, Executive Director of Andolan: Organizing South Asian Workers RAZIAH BEGUM, Domestic Worker and Member of Andolan PRISCILLA GONZALEZ, Director of Domestic Workers United (DWU) ALLISON JULIEN, Domestic Worker and Member of DWU Steering Committee LINDA OALICAN, Domestic Worker, Community Organizer for DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association and Representative for the National Domestic Workers Alliance IVY SURIYOPAS, Staff Attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Moderated by ARACELI MARTINEZ-OLGUIN, Staff Attorney at the ACLU Women’s Rights Project The filmmakers, PRACHETA SHARMA and JESSICA HOPPER, will introduce the film and be available for questions. For more information, please visit: http://www.aclu.org/womens-rights/un-commission-status-women-2010
Re: [Goanet] Jewish Surname
There is also the Tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh (of the House of Joseph) were descendants of a son of Joseph (son of Jacob and Rachel). The Jews in Mizoram in northeast India, more correctly Mizo Jews claim to descend from Manasseh. Reading further into this matter will take you into an interesting smorgasbord of words raging from enclaves to exclaves, eponyms, aetiology, all manners of metaphors, including therapeutic metaphors. Interesting read Jews Lost and found, in Indiahttp://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/india/entry/jews_lost_and_found_in (from The Jerusalem Post). I believe many of them are now in Israel. venantius j pinto From: Antonio Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Jewish Surname (del) It is possible some rich Jews with immovable properties with Manases as surnames could have converted to Christianity and become Menezes one of whom came to Goa as a Christian missionary and bequeathed his surname to hundreds of Hindu converts.
[Goanet] Konkani music... online!
Konkani music... Music from Goa - Made in Bombay With an information booklet (liner notes): http://www.trikont.de/basics/cgi-tdb/basics.prg?session=3b605c114b9792b0_599350a_no=3039suchbegriff=Konkanir_index=14.3 -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging
Re: [Goanet] Dr Oscar Rebello's question to God
Right now, Goa has regressed to voting based on religious groupings. Frederick Noronha replied: Right now? When was that different? AFAIK, this was the situation since the first assembly elections of 1963. Together with religion, caste was also a factor. Even in colonial times, Goans mostly fought caste battles in the guise of elections. FN, As a non-resident, elections in Goa have never been of concern to me. It is only in the past ten years or so that I have become aware that some Goans vote on religious preferences rather than political convictions. Now that you contend that caste is also a factor in voting, perhaps Goa deserves the Govt is has. Mervyn1107Lobo __ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca
[Goanet] Goan Abroad! #7 - Passpott Ghusspott!
GOAN ABROAD! weekly humor [If you joined us late - Langoti Long John Silva is a globe-trotting Goencar, always accompanied by his foul-mouthed parrot Cocky] EPISODE #7: Passpott Ghuspott!! 11 am. The blue light on my computer monitor is blinking! I have just woken. Yikes. Someone has been hacking my system. Aaaargh! Birdseed tracks all over the keyboard! Damned Cocky. I move the mouse - and am paralysed with shock! The fool bird has hacked the private email of a Goa Minister, a politician called Mikky Poskotto. With increasing horror, I see messages criss-cross. == 6 March, 2010. Dear Minister Poskotto, I know you are very bizzy. But I needs come to Goa soon. How I can get Goa passpott? Sims you needs lots of pool. And I head ministers have lots of influenze. Can you helps a goenchi mana? Yours loving, Cooky. P.S. I leaves in New Yolk. == 6 March, 2010. Mogall Mikkulo, Darling thank you for helping me get elected in reserved seat, Punchayati elections in Bondol village. Soon I will be Sarpanch. All forests and bunds, cachements and mines will be ours. And soon you will be mines too. Yours everloving, Bula. == 7 March, 2010. Ms. Cooky, Who are you? The Minister does not know you. Everbody's claim to know Mikky Poskotto. That is not true. He knows his peeple and they knows him. He is our shepherd. You are an imposter. Minister cannot help you with passport. Sgd/- Kantibhai Costa, Secretary Minister Poskotto P.S. Minister is fine - he does not have influensa. == 7 March, 2010. My own darling Bulu, You are worth a thousand sarpanches. Think big. Soon I will be CM. Then I will appoint you Transport Minister. You can ride me and ride over everybody else, darling. Thank you for the khadi three-piece suit. You are so thotfull. Missing you in my SUV, Your Mikkulo. == 8 March, 2010. Dear Minister Poskotto, Do you knows Kantiboy Costa? I writes you about passpott and he replys for you. I thinks he is fake. What about you? Yours loving, Cooky. P.S. My real name is Cockayne. == 8 March, 2010. My sweet jalebi Mikkulo, I cannot wait to be Minister! We will be like Raja and Rani. Yes, like Rane, you too will be Goa's bestest CM. Forever. Yours gulab jamun, Bula. P.S. That yellow thong from Dubai fits beautifully - thanks! == 8 March, 2010. Dear Shrimati Cocaine, Please do not communicate with the Minister. This is a private email id. It cannot be hacked. We have reported this matter to CBI. You will be persecuted. Minister is also very honest. I think you are agente of bodmas. We reserves the right to remain silent. Sgd/- Kantibhai Costa, Secretary Minister Poskotto P.S. Are you NRI? How much dollars you haves? == 9 March, 2010. Darling Bulush mine, Everyday you becomes sweeter like soro. I can't bear to part from you anymore. Even Shaikhspear said same - Parting is such sweet soro! When I am PM of India, I will make you my Jayalalitha. Then you can make addh-mas of all my bodmas enemies. I have booked the suite at Colberts for this weekend. Darling, I will be really Minister'ing to your needs on Sat. You can chase me around the house, Your own sweetheart Mikky Mouse. P.S. Don't forget to pack the red and blue thongs too. == 9 March, 2010. Dear Minister Poskotto, Please reply me directly. This Kantibhoia fellow seems like crook. His language sounds like dorji. Please do not wear any his clothes. Can you do my passpott? I am, Yours very ghuspott, Cooky. P.S. Your kurta has a hole behind. Sack Kantibhaiyya. == The popat always knows. === The above column first appeared in the 10 March, 2010 edition of The Herald Daily, Goa, followed by other print and online publications. === http://www.konkanisongbook.com/ _ Take your contacts everywhere http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959
[Goanet] Renal failure among young on the rise in Goa
'Renal failure among young on the rise in Goa' TNN, Mar 11, 2010, 02.46am IST PANAJI: Renal failure is increasingly being reported among the young — those in their twenties and late thirties — thanks to the drastically changing lifestyle, say doctors in Goa. The reasons are attributed to hypertension, diabetes and untreated inflammation of the kidneys. We get at least four cases of young people requiring dialysis or a transplant a month. While 50% of patients suffer from early diabetes or hypertension, the other 50% suffer from inflammation of the kidneys that aggravates either because the problem was not detected on time or overlooked in the early years, said Dr Shital Lengade,consultant nephrologist, Apollo-Victor hospital and Vrundavan Hospital. With one in five Indians already diabetic and one-tenth suffering from some form of kidney disease, there is more reason to be cautious than ever before. Even the theme of this years World Kidney Day is — Protect Your Kidneys - Control Diabetes. Diabetes Mellitus is the most common cause (about 40%) of chronic kidney disease followed by hypertension, glomerulonephritis, stone disease, urinary tract infection (UTI), autoimmune diseases like SLE and congenital diseases like polycystic kidney disease. Over the past 25 years the prevalence of Type II diabetes mellitus has increased threeto five-fold in India. Goa is no exception, said Dr J P Tiwari, professor of nephrology at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim. The problem, according to Lengade is, People living with kidney diseases often do not know they are infected until their kidneys actually begin to fail. It is, therefore, important to encourage those at risk of diabetes to undergo simple health screening tests such as urine and blood tests and to make healthy dietary choices. Early diagnosis and treatment for kidney disease can significantly delay and even prevent kidney failure and the need for dialysis. Threat from diabetic kidney disease is more serious than even cancer and cardiac diseases and unless efforts are undertaken to prevent or reduce cases of diabetes and appropriate health intervention made accessible, it can lead to increased burden on society and individuals in times to come, he added. Doctors believe that chronic kidney disease is harmful not just because some of these patients end up with renal failure, but more because these abnormities are associated with a manifold increase in the risk of cardiovascular (heart) complications and premature cardiovascular death. It is treatable because there is now strong evidence that early detection, altering lifestyle factors and aggressive control of blood pressure, blood sugar, cannot only slow or halt the progression of chronic kidney disease to kidney failure, but also significantly reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke and premature death in these patients added Tiwari. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Renal-failure-among-young-on-the-rise-in-Goa/articleshow/5669654.cms
[Goanet] Who is the liar, the journalist or the minister?
http://www.topnews.in/files/Mickky-Pacheco3.jpg Re-sent Who is the liar, the journalist or the minister? On 7th March 2010, after ZP elections, a Photo-journalist alleged that Minister Mickky Pacheco had manhandled him by catching hold of his shirt and asking him why he took his photo at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda where all sealed ballot boxes are received for safe keep until 9th March (the counting day). He also caught hold of his camera and ordered to delete the photo that was taken from a distant. Minster also asked the journalist if he had taken any permission (from him) to take the photo. Minister Pacheco left the journalist only after the intervention of the other newsmen gathered there. The journalist filed a case and the Margao police registered a non-cognizable case against the Minister Mikkey Pacheco Minister Pacheco denied manhandling of the photo journalist. So, who is lying here? The Photo Journalist or the Minister Mikky? It may be reminded that it was the same Ministers who was once accused of slapping a Jr. Engineer from Electricity Dept. What ever happens to the case, only god knows. Again, in a related incident, during Colva Mob attacking the CD producer's house, it was reported that one or two media men were manhandled there too . Now, I have some questions that need answers.. - Do we need to take permission of a public figure such as ministers when they are at public places like Nehru Stadium (not being with family, mistresses etc)? - Are there any different rules for newsmen and other amateur / freelance photographers when it comes to photographing ministers etc? Any one? Thanks for your help. NB. We would also like to know what action did the GUJ taken on this assault case? Or pending investigation, whether GUJ can boycott the minister’s official coverage. joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/
[Goanet] SMILE.............. IT'S WEEKEND (11/03/2010)
IS THIS……. A man (Alu) dials his home and a strange woman answers. Alu: Who is this? Filsu: This is Filsu, the maid of this house. Alu: We don't have a maid. Filsu: I was hired this morning by the woman of the house. Alu: Well, this is her husband. Is she there? Filsu: She is upstairs in the bed room with someone who I figured was her husband. Alu: What??? (Alu is fuming and says to the maid), Listen, would you like to make One Lakh Rupees? Filsu: What will I have to do? Alu: I want you to get my gun from the desk, and shoot my wife and the man she's with. The maid puts the phone down; Alu hears footsteps and then two gun shots. The maid (Filsu) comes back to the phone and says:- Filsu: What do I do with the bodies? Alu: Throw them in the swimming pool. Filsu: Swimming pool? (Puzzled) But you don't have a swimming pool. A long pause and the man (Alu) asks:- Alu: Oops..! Is this not 2611382? Cajetan de Sanvordem Kuwait
[Goanet] StyleSpeak: The Art of Noise
StyleSpeak: The Art of Noise By Wendell Rodricks It is easy to contemplate on noise here in Grenada. We arrived last night after a seventy hour journey, passing Abu Dhabi in transit for four hours and a freezing New York for ten hours. When we left New York, the runway at JFK airport was covered in a film of snow. It was still flurrying down when the plane took off. Though it was past ten at night when we landed in Grenada (Say Gren-Ay-da not the Gren-aa-da in Spain), what immediately struck me was the sound of the waves. In the silence, that is all we heard. It reminded me of the Goa I knew. The wonder of silence. The sound of silence. That space of almost God like presence; when there is no sound. Just the sounds created BY God. Birdsong, the wind, the seabreeze, the rustling of the leaves, the sounds of animals (human included) and the waves crashing against the coast. When I moved to Goa in 1993, one night, my then tailor Tauqir appeared in the moonlight in my room; a knife in hand. I was terrified. He was even more so. Boss, he whispered, there is a lion breathing in my room. In any other room, we might have laughed. But this was THAT room. When I was buying the house, everyone said it was haunted (as any large home in Goa is supposedly). And in 'that' room, Mr. Braganza had passed away (As if people don't pass away in every room? I had countered at the time). We climbed in deathly silence to the room above. Right enough, from outside the Southern window, there was growl and a hum. Like an animal breathing. It rose on a growling rush and ended on a whoosh. We were mortified. I could hear it very distinctly. We went to the garden with torchlights. Nothing! Back in the room, the sound was still very audible. I offered to sleep on the floor. Tauqir offered instead to sleep on my room floor downstairs. Each night, we would go upstairs to hear the 'animal' breathing. It did not disappoint. At about eleven, it would begin. By daylight, it stopped. A monsoon passed. Late next summer, my father and I went to see his friend the art collector, Max Sequeira. After two fenis, I was astounded to hear the 'animal' again. Stop! I hushed their chatter. Can you hear that? What? The animal, I whispered. It was clearly audible. My Dad held his feni in mid-air. This is the sound you were talking about? The sound you made me hear in your house? Yes!. I was hoarse with shock. The animal had followed us here. Max let out a loud guffaw and was still laughing at our animal ghost story. Then he sobered up. You know what that is Wendell? The rains are coming. It's the end of May. That sound. That sound you can hear so clearly...It's the waves crashing at Chapora! All these years later, on some nights, I go to the Camurlim, with a sad nostalgia, a heavy sausades. There, up on the Camurlim hills, in the last week of May, I hear the waves again. Crashing on the Chapora hills; over ten kilometres away. Colvale has become too noisy. Factories crank up their generators. The highway makes our old home tremble. The poor walls vibrate their centuries old stones and the plaster flakes off at times when a particularly heavy truck passes by. On Sundays, we have to bear the church with it's loud speakers. And the temples with theirs in the evenings. And my annoying neighbours reversing car sounds. This is not the Goa we knew. The Goa which was so silent that everyone knew everyone's life. After I pulled up a staff for a certain misdeed, my neighbour would tell me the next day You made a mistake. He took not just the coconuts away to be sold. He also overcharged your bill at the nako. And that part when you told him to keep the light on all night. That is not right. A waste of electricity. Then she would continue Arrey, and you know 'that' woman opposite me. Now she has started entertaining the truck drivers as well. Shameless ! And what price they are paying for drinks so late in the night? Sheesh!! Are they mad-o-what?. So expensive. The very thought that illegal bootlegging past midnight is no more taboo is a shock. And the fact that the rate has been overheard is too much to be true. As shocking as it sounds, it IS true!! As Goans say... Ask anyone in the village? All peoples know! Late one night recently I was returning from Arambol. There was a rave (?) on at Mandrem. The noise was so loud, it altered my heartbeat. It was not a rave. Russians were at a shack; some dancing on a floor built in the sand. Is this legal? There were young Russian girls being ferried in the late of the night to prospective clients. Nearby Goan boys on bikes waited to take revellers home. What has become to our Goa ? Where is the Police? Where are our politicians? Arrey baba, this is going on because of them. They get money. These Russians give them money. And girls also. Our children cannot study. Our old people cannot sleep despite being deaf. The vibration hits
Re: [Goanet] Who is the liar, the journalist or the minister?
Possibly nobody is a liar (or LIAR, as JC would write)... but they are just intrepreting their facts differently! This is the reason why when you read four reports of an accident in four different newspapers, you sometimes feel that the reporters are describing different accidents! (1) From my understanding, permission is not required to photograph anyone in a public place. It doesn't matter whether the person concerned is a public figure or a private figure. See: http://digital-photography-school.com/asking-permission-to-photography-people Wikimedia Commons has a whole set of rules and guidelines about photographs and permissions: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photographs_of_identifiable_people If I'm at a crowded carnival, I don't bother to ask for permission (obviously!). But I do ask otherwise, specially if I'm zooming in on one or two persons. At times, people have refused permission (for no obvious reason), and I have gone by their decision. Again, asking permission can mean different things here. Even if you have a right to photograph, sometimes it makes sense to be discrete about it. If we do our dadagiri with the pen (or camera) as Churchill Alemao once put it, then some politician can reply with their dadagiri of the hand. Of course, you can take up this issue with the police, etc, but we all know what that means! My colleague Anthony Fernandes (and Norman Dantas) were beaten up brutally, and afaik nothing much came of the case. (2) Counter question -- what do you mean by newsmen and other amateur / freelance photographers? There are no such categories to my mind, and these are just loosely/popularly used terms. An accredited journalist or photographer is same like the rest, except that s/he gets official recognition/invites when it comes to State-conducted functions. (3) When you drop hints about family, mistresses etc, it strikes me as an example of journalism by insinuation. I'm not sure that's fair to a politician, because even if true he needs to be judged by his political actions and their impact on society. Otherwise, we're moving to Calvertism. (4) As far as the Goa Union of Journalists goes -- which is supposed to be both a trade union AND a professional body -- why don't you sign up and understand the limitations of that body? It's easy to suggest, to implement from within is tougher. Just my thoughts, others may disagree. FN On 11 March 2010 11:33, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: http://www.topnews.in/files/Mickky-Pacheco3.jpg Re-sent Who is the liar, the journalist or the minister? On 7th March 2010, after ZP elections, a Photo-journalist alleged that Minister Mickky Pacheco had manhandled him by catching hold of his shirt and asking him why he took his photo at the Nehru Stadium,... Now, I have some questions that need answers.. - Do we need to take permission of a public figure such as ministers when they are at public places like Nehru Stadium (not being with family, mistresses etc)? - Are there any different rules for newsmen and other amateur / freelance photographers when it comes to photographing ministers etc? Any one? Thanks for your help. NB. We would also like to know what action did the GUJ taken on this assault case? Or pending investigation, whether GUJ can boycott the minister’s official coverage. -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 A:784 Saligao 403511 Goa India Please add a 'signature' below your email. Makes it easy when someone wants to contact you!
