[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 12, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa aims to grow at 15% in 12th plan - Times of India 7) at a time when the Planning Commission is looking to revise the 9% growth target for the plan period. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHk9N27tQRRgnigfkJ5sQqi6XqoFgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-aims-to-grow-at-15-in-12th-plan/articleshow/14831613.cms *** 1.4 lakh Maharashtra, Goa lawyers join all-India strike - TwoCircles.net ay nation wide strike called by the Bar Council of India, an official said. The legal fraternity is protesting ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHg3PBjqQCfjEzRm-hvx_fQsyG_mgurl=http://twocircles.net/2012jul11/14_lakh_maharashtra_goa_lawyers_join_allindia_strike.html *** Goa doesn't need Sudhakar Reddy's lectures on secularism: Sangma - Times of India hhQtEzq1uh1g http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHjNyqSjZL1GguIhuja_kGfXZVY4Qurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-doesnt-need-Sudhakar-Reddys-lectures-on-secularism-Sangma/articleshow/14812278.cms *** Goa Assembly monsoon session begins tomorrow - IBNLive.com O1k4ViPJ8gDDg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGqajrWzVyIcST_Sm6r2v8PQWblpgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-assembly-monsoon-session-begins-tomorrow/1021699.html *** 'Levy cess to check tourism's externalities' - Times of India elated facilities in North Goa. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFeOujeivtIG6Y7RDfzIzDX3fA5zAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Levy-cess-to-check-tourisms-externalities/articleshow/14830905.cms *** Height of irony? Cong to raise illegal mining issue - Times of India ot-to-go-hammer-and-tongs-against-govt/61715.htmlOppn not to go hammer and tongs against govt http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE_KA2yZ6RzS0Lvm37rwihMywg5XAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Height-of-irony-Cong-to-raise-illegal-mining-issue/articleshow/14830796.cms *** Denyse Sweeney case: Goa Police to reinvestigate UK woman's death - India Today dia TodayThe sisters of British charity worker Denyse Carole Sweeney, who was found dead in Goa about two years ago in mysterious conditions, have claimed again that she had been murdered.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHLlamp9YRO3Ls-Mbq2RQ3eM5FoEgurl=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/denyse-sweeney-case-goa-police-to-reinvestigate-british-girls-death/1/207630.html *** Revision of special education syllabus on the cards? - Times of India dTIAYPhdgM http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGbCXf9umDmYoO5uYcDx8ef_so8AAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Revision-of-special-education-syllabus-on-the-cards/articleshow/14830566.cms *** Anil Agarwal attempts to create a global natural resources monolith by merging ... - Economic Times onomic TimesThe approval of shareholders of Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries to merge the two cos paves the way for Anil Agarwal to make Sesa Sterlite the main operating co.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGOBvIqVlVTd90Q-aPA09RYSUexxwurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/anil-agarwal-attempts-to-create-a-global-natural-resources-monolith-by-merging-sesa-goa-and-sterlite-industries/articleshow/14830991.cms *** Conference on road culture, civic sense - Times of India ong conference, 'Challenge 1', on July 14 at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGB82zKrKfjXkFya1Ay0yyMYxLbeQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Conference-on-road-culture-civic-sense/articleshow/14830945.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Talking Photos: Mariano Fernandes Tiatr EK GHOR CHAR VANTTE
EK GHOR CHEAR VANTTE A tiatr by Mariano Fernandes Staged at Kala Academy, Panjim 8pm on 10th July 2012. Tiatr was Houseful Some stage pics Beautiful Bungalow http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546871438/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546870036/in/photostream/ with family members etc http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546872210/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546874256/in/photostream/ all comedians – Bachaan, Anila, Domnic, Joana http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546872954/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546873632/in/photostream/ November 2 (all Souls day) is 4 months away But these 4 ‘Alma’ came straight from the graves – Each one talks about his experience underground http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546865070/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546867560/in/photostream/ Was a hit ‘Chouko’ well accepted by all. It had 5/6 encore An unusual but brilliant innovation on stage! Francis de Tuem says he has no other ‘bache’ or nephews other than these little ones http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546009420/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr14/7546870714/in/photostream/ Long Live Tiatr 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
[Goanet] Song for the day...
Linda Ronstadt.Quiereme mucho (AUDIO) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6j2KIo0nMfeature=related g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO to focus on the work challenges of NGO Lifeline Foundation
--** Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO the fortnightly discussion event since 1999 --**- Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 13th July from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa. TOPIC: Work Challenges of NGO Lifeline Foundation. SPEAKER: Ashpak Shaikh, Executive Director B.V.S. Govekar, Program Manager We invite you to express your viewpoint by attending the FRIDAY BALCAO. If you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by email to goad...@gmail.com best wishes, Roland Martins --**- Don't miss out on the discussion. Information is power, Share it equitably. Lets make things happen in Goa !! --**- ==**== GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail to: goad...@gmail.com ==**==
[Goanet] Unemployment lowest in Gujarat, highest in Goa
NEW DELHI: India's official unemploymenthttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Unemploymentrate was 3.8% for the last year and higher for urban than rural areas according to statistics released by the Labour Bureau on Tuesday. Goa, Kerala Bihar and West Bengal were among the states with high unemployment while Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Punjab were among the states with low unemployment. The 'Second Annual Employment andUnemployment Surveyhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Unemployment-Survey 2011-12', conducted by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment's Chandigarh-based Labour Bureau covered 81,000 rural households and 47,000 urban households. It used the 'Usual Principal Status' - the majority of time in a one-year reference period - as its definition of employment. The labour bureau's data once again points to a crisis in female employment. While official unemployment in India is lower than in the developed world, female labour force participation rates are extremely low. Only 17.9 per cent of women in urban areas are in the labour force as against 73.3 percent of men. Despite such low labour force participation among women, the rate of female urban unemployment is as high as 12.5 percent as against 3.4 percent for urban males. Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh have high female labour force participation, while the northern states - Punjab, Haryana, Jammu Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Uttarakhandhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Uttarakhand - have the lowest female labour force participation. The survey found that socially disadvantaged groups like scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes had a lower unemployment rate than the general category. Almost half of the employed are self-employed and a further third work as casual labour. The primary sector - agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining - is still the biggest employer in India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Unemployment-lowest-in-Gujarat-highest-in-Goa/articleshow/14818663.cms ? QUESTION: So why are the migrants flocking to Goa? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika the British Governor's Message
Mervyn Maciel ( Jul 10 ) wrote: ''' . I have a feeling that Goans in Tanganyika ( Tanzania ) got on far better than those of us in Kenya ? ''' Response: Undoubtedly
Re: [Goanet] Asleep at The Wheel?
It appears as though the ONLY deSa on Goanet who is non-partisan and equitable is Tony de Sa. Sadly, the others are just partisan Hacktivists. As far as the referenced article is concerned, I wonder why the former PM's medical details ESP wrt his knees are mentioned (even though they are part of the public record). Did that present a problem for the governance of the country? Wrt his enjoyment of a whiff or two of Scotch . So what? Did that ever endanger the country ? Personally, I am happy that India had Mr. Vajpayee and not his hawkish compadre at the helm. Does any reasonable and sensible individual believe that IF Mr Vajpayee was asleep at the wheel, ... The Hawk would have NOT pulled a fast one on him? jc Pardon any Typos. This IPad does some curious auto- corrections On Jul 10, 2012, at 5:07 PM, roland.fran...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rajiv, why this article of 2002? Are you obliquely pointing to Manmohan Singh with reference to Time calling him an 'underachiever'. If so you should have given an indication. Roland. Roland Francis 416-453-3371 -Original Message- From: Comma Consulting i...@comma.in Sender: goanet-bounces@lists.goanet.orgDate: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:22:18 To: goa...@goanet.org; moderat...@goanet.org; bo...@goanet.org Reply-To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: 'Manoj Vats'mv...@comma.in; Rajiv Desairde...@comma.in Subject: [Goanet] Asleep at The Wheel? This article is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com http://www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com/ ) you can reach the person managing the list at i...@comma.in TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012 http://rajivndesai.blogspot.in/2012/07/asleep-at-wheel.html Asleep at the Wheel? He drank heavily in his prime and still enjoys a nightly whiskey or two at 74. India's leader takes painkillers for his knees (which were replaced due to arthritis) and has trouble with his bladder, liver and his one remaining kidney. A taste for fried food and fatty sweets plays havoc with his cholesterol. He takes a three-hour snooze every afternoon on doctor's orders and is given to interminable silences, indecipherable ramblings and, not infrequently, falling asleep in meetings. Atal Behari Vajpayee, then, would be an unusual candidate to control a nuclear arsenal. But for four years the Indian Prime Minister's grandfatherly hands have held the subcontinent back from tumbling into war. Despite the fact that he heads the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a constituency stuffed with extremists, Vajpayee has ambitiously pursued peace with neighbor and rival Pakistan, even traveling to the Pakistani cultural capital of Lahore in 1999, vainly hoping to bury the bloody animus of the past and start an era of good feelings. With 1 million soldiers facing each other at high alert on the India-Pakistan border, those days seem long ago. At the same dangerous time, Vajpayee's stewardship is looking less and less comforting. The frail bachelor seems shaky and lost, less an aging sage than an ordinary old man. He forgets names, even of longtime colleague and current Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, and during several recent meetings he appeared confused and inattentive. After a meeting with a Western Foreign Minister, his appearance was described by one attending diplomat as half dead. At a rare press conference last month in Srinagar, the Prime Minister tottered to the podium. Indian TV crews are asked to film him from the waist up to avoid showing his shuffling gait to find he had trouble understanding questions, repeatedly relying on whispered prompts from Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani. Even then Vajpayee stumbled over his replies. He is very alert when he is functional, says one BJP worker. But there are very few hours like that. Adds one Western diplomat: We have a lot of conversations about his health. Some of his mannerisms come down to his personal style. But some of it is definitely spacey stuff. While no one questions that key decisions on national security and foreign policy are still made by Vajpayee, the focus is now turning to the two men behind the throne: Vajpayee's low-key National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra, and Vajpayee's hard-line BJP colleague of 50 years, 72-year-old Advani. The consensus among observers and diplomats is that the hawkish Advani is preparing to succeed Vajpayee at the next national elections due by late 2004. There is no doubt he is the Prime Minister in waiting, remarks a diplomat. In the meantime, Vajpayee has undergone a sudden conversion from peacemaker to warmonger primarily in response to political pressures. This year's standoff on the border shows the dovish Prime Minister has accepted the argument that war or the threat of it works. In comments that set off alarm bells around the world, Vajpayee last month spoke twice of an impending decisive battle
[Goanet] Welcome to Capital City’s Sulabh Pay Toilet
Welcome to Capital City’s Sulabh Pay Toilet Sulabh Toilet Complex http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim8/7547758066/in/photostream We use it only in times of emergency. It does not really matter whether they charge Rs.5 or 50.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim8/7530998932/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim8/7531002656/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim8/7531006472/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim8/7531010154/in/photostream/ The inside was infested by insects (not flies) Maka Bhoglam tem anik konnakui bhogomnaka saiba. Thuimsor tambyo pasun naslo I am also copying this FIR to CCP commissioner And the City MLA who is also the Chief Minister of Goa. Someone also pl forward it to DoHS etc Sulabh - A symbol of Cleanliness, so it says externally So, you know what it means size of this toitet is 110x90cms, the door was touching the toilet seat so it was cut out at the door edge by 2 inches. To come out of the toilet, one has to step out to the left of the toilet seat, open and then come out So you know, because I told you 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
Re: [Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika and the Germans
Hi Mervyn, Very interesting information on SS Somali. DB Pereira was a Goan, I presume. If so, would you know from which place he came... I mean, in Goa? Thanks Regards. Joel.
[Goanet] CII Press Release: CII to conduct Prog on State of the Art HR Practices and Labour Laws
Dear Members of the Media, Would be most obliged if you could kindly carry the appended curtain raiser in your esteemed Newspaper so as to appear tomorrow 12 July 2012. With warm regards John John S. Fernandes Executive Officer - Goa State Office Confederation of Indian Industry 502, Unitech City Center, M. G. Road, Panaji, Goa 403 001 Tel: 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796 / 9822982979 e-mail: ciig...@dataone.in ; Before printing, think about ENVIRONMENTAL responsibility. CII to conduct workshop on State of the Art HR Practices and Labour Laws Panaji: CII Goa State Office is orgainisng a 2-day workshop on State of the Art Practices towards Promoting Organisational Efficiency and Operating knowledge of People Skills across-functions Labour Laws for Line Manager12-13 July 2012 at Hotel Fidalgo. For Registration contact John Fernandes 9822982979. HRM needs to be integrated with Business and the Organisation's future. HR is no longer an Administrative, documentary or support function. It needs to be part of the Business for its profitability and accountable for the bottom-line. It has to add value to the Business process of the organisation. To be at it HR has to rightly understand the Business challenges and then integrate with the Business and be a strategic partner to add value and to improve the bottom line. This program will touch these aspects on Day-1, and will take it further to give a bird's eye-view of how an Organisation development intervention can be made to improve the organisation on Day-2. This program does stress on the Specific Metric Terms (SLA's) on each sub-function of HRM in specific metric. This program while emphasizing the local performance parameters would stress on the global phenomenon as India today is a globalised in its Business. -- -- Disclaimer This message, including any files transmitted with it, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any unauthorized use, review, storage, disclosure or distribution of this message and/or its contents in any form is strictly prohibited. If it appears that you are not the intended recipient or this message has been forwarded to you without appropriate authority, please immediately delete this message permanently from your records and notify the sender. CII makes no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this message and accepts no liability for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, arising out of or due to use of the information given in this message.
[Goanet] Pilgao panchayat bans mining transport during monsoon
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM: The Pilgao Gram Sabha on Sunday amid chaos and confusion unanimously resolved that they would not allow mining firm to operate in the village during the monsoon season. The Pilgao Gram Sabha was held on Sunday which was attended by about 100 people from the village. The meeting was specially called to discuss the issue of mining in the village. During the meeting the people along with the panch members had a long discussion over the issue and many demanded that the operation, especially the transport of mining trucks should be banned during the monsoon season. It my be stated that Pilgao village which also consists of Sarmanas there is heavy flow of mining traffic and several people traveling towards Sarmanas face problem of dust pollution because of the mining transport. During rainy season it almost becomes impossible to travel on the road by two wheelers. The people sighting several examples demanded that all the transport should be banned during monsoon and relieve the commuters. Some of the truck owners who were also present for the meeting raised strong objection over this and asked the panchayat not to take one sided decision. We depend entirely upon the transport and we are already running into loss and if such decisions are taken than if will only worsen our situation a truck owner told expressing his strong opposition for banning of the mining. At this point the mob became furious and told that all cannot suffer just for the benefit of few. Another person from the village told the panchayat to take the decision only after consulting some legao follow the rules. As the situation was going out of control a panch, Anil Naik tried to pacify the mob and told that he has given a list of demands to the mining company and if they accept atleast four demands than they could allow the transport. This was strongly opposed by the people and also the other panch members. Later it was unanimously resolved not to allow the mining transport in Pilgao till 15th September. The issues of sand extraction, gutter system and other issues also came up for discussion.
Re: [Goanet] Goa Mining Catastrophe
Gullible goans who cannot spot the devils in politics are going to stop mining? Mining will cease only after Goans are wiped out. Goans are happy drinking water enriched with maganese. For the time being do not spoil the parivartan fever in Goa by making such embarassing disclosures. Who says mining is going on. Uncle Parrikar has stopped everything. Are you not aware of the sob stories televised about truck owners being driven to suicide? Goans are enjoying the metamorphosis at present, swearing by parivartan. -soter
[Goanet] Analogy of ice cream and bottled water
Analogy of Ice cream cone and bottled water Home Minister caustic comments on the middle classic on ice cream cone and bottled water, analogy is rubbing salt in the wounds of the middle class It is a cruel joke and taking jibe at the middle class He is become class conscious and feeling that the middle class is cribbing His remarks as the home Minister are misplaced or may be he is testing the waters for price rise The middle class contributes 30% of GDP by way of taxes It may be there is a plan to increase further the procurement The political class across the spectrum have taken umbrage at his outrageous, insensitive observations ridiculing the middle class His remarks are akin to the remarks of Marie Antoniette If you cannot eat bread eat cake The middle class is already burdened with the inflation and rising prices of the essential commodities His explanation is not a having any takers It is speculation since he is likely to take over Finance Ministry He is out of reality of trials and tribulations sitting in the ivory towers. Why is Sonia silent spectator? fertilizer petroleum , food subsidies Rs1,79,554 crores The middle class is demanding accountability not anti farmer at all The middle class savings amounts to 20% of National capital his statements have shocking implications, in stead of blaming the screaming press and Media One would like to ask the Home Minister, whether the perks and tax free allowances he enjoys have any relations to the people he represents and whether he has ever refrained from taking benefits in sympathy for the people or because he is well to do and does not depend on this largess and could easily forgo this remunerations Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
Re: [Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika and the British Governors Message-
Mervyn Elsie Maciel wrote: I could also visualise my former boss(Sir Richard Turnbull) delivering that speech and praising Goans in his customary manner,fortified (as I'm sure he must have been) with a ood tot of his famous Scotch?! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a feeling that Goans in Tanganyika(Tanzania) got on far better than those of us in Kenya? Mervyn(Maciel), 1) There are lots of people here who witnessed Turnbull's speach at the G.I. I will leave it to those who did, to comment on what they remember. While I probably heard his speech, I was all of one year old and cannot remember a thing. 2) I am not to sure what the divisions in Kenya were. By the time I started making sports trips to Kenya, 20 years after independence, I did not notice any among the Goan sportsmen/women of my age group. 3) The Goans in Tz had only one division, as far as I know. After independence the Institutes allowed all professions to become members. 4) In my personal observations, the coastal Goans i.e. Mombasa, Tanga, Dar and Zanzibar always seemed much warmer than those who lived in the interior, who were usually richer and less fun. Mervyn(Lobo)
[Goanet] Melvyn, Rose apologies unable to attend The Documentary
Dear best friend Selma bhai Your cordial invitation to the viewing of The Documentary by The Histories of British-Goans project is acknowledged and placed on our mantle piece together with others received for this month. As you will be aware when Africa was being carved up by the Europeans be it British East Africa, German Tanganyika, Italian Somali land, Portuguese Mozambique and Angola or Dutch South Africa to name a few, our scholarly elders played a key part like glue keeping the administrative structures together. In Kenya the Karanis (clerks) were highly respected or top shots in today's world but there was always a Bwana Kuba (the boss who was white European) and to the African he would be known as Bwana Kuba Kabisa (the big big boss). Mervyn Lobo, in goanet issue 606, Vol 7, Message 2, has kindly uploaded an example of this. Your project has brought home to us just how lucky we both are as we do not have any uncomfortable memories of Kenya and feel truly blessed and appreciative to our parents for giving us the best start in life there. We feel sure our families would not have stuck life there for twenty years if it had been unbearable. Gut instincts and the magnetic compass would have steered them on to greener pastures. The reality is our parents put together three successful homes in three different continents! Although we were not there at the time, the recent viewings on U-tube indicate some statements that do not sound right to us and we suggest that, as Project Manager, you use the question and answer session to verify these with academics in the audience thus giving an opportunity, if necessary, to make amendments for the polished version before it is placed on record with the British Library. We second Roland Francis's suggestion about The Documentary being fit enough for nomination to international short film contests and exhibitions. To start with you may wish to contact the British Film Institute (BFI) in London and also our own people in India for the annual IFFI festival held in Goa but please get it corrected first, happy to discuss. Hope your intellectual injection into the festival is justly rewarded with a full house that do not wander off to the pullao and sorpotel stall or prefer to spend their time chilling out and catching up on gossip. You need not be nervous as your fully trained volunteers should be on hand and all you have to do is follow the British motto Keep Calm and Carry On. If all else fails, have a glass of Santogen wine by your side, historically, this has been known as a good tonic to calm nerves. It would indeed be good to meet but please accept our apologies as we have stopped attending this once great Goan festival that used to be a window on Goa and the pride of every stall holder who showcased their village and talents. Our community came to meet and greet, came happy and left happier. Today we do not have the same community spirit we once had and also we do not feel that the current Goan Association UK is a community organisation any more representing us in the United Kingdom. We look forward to viewing the uploaded polished version on U-tube, along with our worldwide goanet community, over a glass of chilled Rose wine. Melvyn and Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 11 July 2012 melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com
[Goanet] Advani tweet a support for Modi?
Advani tweets on Modi It is not surprising at this stage that Lal K.Advani is showing concerns for Modi. It was no secret that earlier he saw him as an obstruction, a competitor for his life long ambitions for the post of P.M. He has now turned around from hibernation, backing the dark horse and showed that he is not in the race, notwithstanding his age and dwindling support from his mentors. It now appears that he has finally saw the writing on the wall to show discrete, indirect support through the tweet. Is this a subtle game to displace those ,who tried to block his life long aspirations? Why Advani is suddenly batting for Modi. Narendra Modi is way ahead of Shusma and Arun Jaitely, who are are light weights in comparison They do not have an pan India image and acceptance. Their importance and standing in the party is localised., no matter how tall they are projected. They were perhaps secretly rejoicing that their time is come on the National scene. They have tried to nudge L.K.Advani out of reckoning covertly and obliquely. Every one has a past, however distasteful it may be. But the past alone cannot be a barometer of hindrance to forward looking. The greatest charge against N.Modi is that he has not even expressed remorse against the carnage and senseless massacre of Muslims in Gujarat . Would that exercise reduce the enormity and seriousness of the crime? There are two sides to Modi, the past and present indexed by unprecedented development. The development of Gujarat under his leadership is clearly to be a matter of discussions. The mounting propaganda against his policies did not help to displace him in the electoral politics because he won by a great margin and will be expected to repeat the victory ahead. He is non stoppable and containable in his march.The fear of Congress is palpable at Modi being nominated P.M. in case the NDA usurps power at the Centre The only way to put huddles in his path is to paint him pitch black of his past ghost .The courts have practically absolved him of all accusations and legal impediments The NDA has no candidate that matches the vision, progress and guts of selflessness of Narendra Modi. The Congress is getting jittery at the prospect of Modi offering a formidable challenge to the aspirant of the Prince of Congress. Congress is going overboard to early before general election as far as 2014 to deflate and marginalise him The Hindutva brigade is slowly warming up to idea of supporting him and testing the waters before committing itself .The incidents of dissent against Modi Nationally and globally are being stringed to gether to hang him as some one untouchable Patriot with dubious records not worthy of the highest office. With the latest Advani tweet in his blog the clouds of doom are being dispelled, so as to rally around his magnetic personality Finally it is only Narendra Modi that shatters the dreams of Congress, as non other candidate can offer a formidable challenge The disagreement in NDA through the opposition of JD(U) and Shiv Sena is not a great challenge to be overcome In comparison, the Congress has also past skeletons in its own cupboard The blot of massacre of innocent Sikhs after Indira Gandhi assassination is not lost on any one The time has still not healed the wounds of this senseless, brutal and retrograde crime against humanity Admission of guilt, remorse and apology, as an electoral expediency by the Congress later has not diminished the gravity of the heart wrenching agonies of the victims How can in the same breath Congress now magnify the acts of Narendra Modi under similar circumstances and deny him an opportunity to head India. Let us wait and see how the Indian polity gives its verdict and in whose favour. The BJP is making news in some states and is perceived as an alternative, due to the continuous scams, corruption unfolding with regular frequency Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
[Goanet] Dinesh D’Souza's anti-Obama documentary 2016: Obama’s America”
Barack Obama’s Half-Brother Appears In Anti-Obama Documentary President Barack Obama’s half-brother, George Obama, is slated to appear in the anti-Obama documentary “2016: Obama’s America” produced by Dinesh D’Souza. Exclusive footage of the film obtained by The Hollywood Reporter reveals that George Obama was “tracked down” by the Obama documentary producers to the hut he uses for a home in Naironi, Kenya. Among the questions “2016: Obama’s America” producer D’Souza asks is why still lives in extreme poverty when his half-brother is the “leader of the free world.” “I think he has a family of his own. I’m a member of his family, but I’m over-age, so I help myself,” George Obama stated during the documentary footage, The Blaze reports. When pressed further by D’Souze to expand upon the topic, George Obama notes that Barack Obama “has other issues to deal with” and that his half-brother is “taking care of the world, so he’s taking care of me.” The main focus of “2016: Obama’s America” is the president’s alleged anger at “colonialism” which the filmmakers believe he inherited from the Kenyan born father he shares with George. In D’Souza’s book which he used as a basis for the film, he writes about the president’s father: “This philandering, inebriated African socialist, who raged against the world for denying him the realization of his anti-colonial ambitions, is now setting the nation’s agenda through the reincarnation of his dreams in his son.” During the question and answer session between George Obama and D’Souza, the president’s half-brother appears to agree that Kenya has “fallen behind” since its independence. Near the end of the interview, the documentary producer jokes with George that America elected the wrong Obama as president. The pair of men also discussed the book George Obama published in 2010 – “Homeland.” “2016: Obama’s America” is will be released to movie theaters later this summer. Gerald Molen partnered with D’Souza on the Obama documentary. Molen’s credits include “Schindlre’s List,” “Rain Man,” and “Jurassic Park.” Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/273081/barack-obamas-half-brother-appears-in-anti-obama-documentary-video/#zyMQ7FEEEJQXKJfO.99
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 7, Issue 609
At least one bharat has booked a seat in the plane. He is Chettri a football player who is going to represent Sporting Lisbon B team. For Chettri it is a chance to stamp at Alcochete the producers of world class football players, for the Lisbonettes it is the football industry. BC Embassy Portugal Delhi says on Facebook: The first Emirates plane arriving yesterday in Lisbon. The direct route Dubai-Lisbon is now open. We want Indian tourists filling these flights. --
[Goanet] Laila khan disappearance
LAILA KHAN DISAPPEARANCE The missing of 6 members of the family without a trace for a such along time is baffling.How the Mumbai police took so long for a break through is a mystery The mysterious fire strange at their Igatpuri residence should have raised alarm bells The hunt for the caretaker should have been the first step The third husband should have been the main suspect Whether he was interrogated seriously by the Mumbai police is not known In puts have been obtained from her previous husbands. Some tracking could have been done about their movements before they left for Dubai or vanished without a trace They would have not remained in incommunicado for such a long period, If they had relocated as given to understand by the present accused, it could have been verified through airlines Had it not been for J.K police casual instinct and inquisitiveness, the case would have languished in the doldrums.It is the inputs from the J.K police that led to the break through of this dastardly crime of 6 of the family The diligent search of the sprawling complex could have led to unearthing of some clues The questioning of the earlier husbands could have thrown some hints about the landed properties and other immovable, properties at stake. The second husband was the recipient of Power of Attorney and had been given care taker status and should have been privy about the movement and place of relocating It looks that the Mumbai police did a shoddy job of not suspecting the possible motives of all the three husbands and had least interests in solving the disappearance of so many people together There was a suspicion that Laila, a small time starlet was involved in terrorists activity, enabling possible movement of arms It is surprising that Mumbai police with their expertise allowed to slip this crime through their hands There was enough evidence from lay man point waiting to be excavated for the trained eyes The Mumbai police, for once did not cover themselves with glory Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
[Goanet] Kari author Amrita Patil at Getting Graphic
The Goa Writers Group hosted an absorbing audio-visual workshop - Get Graphic: Introduction to the Literary Face of Comics, at the Central Library, Panjim, Goa, India, on July 10, 2012. The picture at my FlickR photostream link http://www.flickr.com/photos/52243088@N00/7549127892/in/photostream shows Vivek Menezes introducing Amruta Patil, the renowned author of the graphic novel Kari, to the writers, artists and others who participated in the unique literary event. Amruta spoke on Kari, her novel released by Harper Collins in 2008, and the forthcoming Adi Parva. Vivek, Anirudh, Salil Chowdary and Jose Lourenco spoke on the different facets of the graphic book and the possibility of starting a writer-artist group for such publications in Goa. I would love to read your comments on the graphic novel/book. Regards. Joel.
[Goanet] Dinesh D’Souza’s poison
Dinesh D’Souza’s poison by Heather Mac Donald Forbes magazine has now “fact-checked” Dinesh D’Souza’s infamous September 27 cover story, “How Obama Thinks,” and has uncovered one “slight” misrepresentation, it says, of an Obama speech on the BP oil spill. Such a “fact-checking” feint is irrelevant to this travesty of an article; you can’t “fact-check” a fever dream of paranoia and irrationality. Sickeningly, while “How Obama Thinks” is useless as a guide to the Obama presidency, it is all too representative of the hysteria that now runs through a significant portion of the right-wing media establishment. The article is worth analyzing at some length as an example of the lunacy that is poisoning much conservative discourse. D’Souza argues that Obama’s policies are motivated by a hatred towards American power absorbed from his Kenyan father. He offers exactly zero evidence for his hackneyed psychological theory. But the most laughable weakness in D’Souza’s thesis is the fact that the policies which D’Souza presents as the “dreams of a Luo tribesman” have a decades-long American pedigree and are embraced by wide swathes of the American electorate and political class. If support for progressive taxation, greater government regulation of health care, stimulus spending, and conservation make one the tool of the African anticolonial movement, then Paul Krugman, Robert Reich, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, John Kenneth Galbraith, FDR, and the Sierra Club are all Third World agents provocateurs. D’Souza attributes Obama’s tax policies, for example, to his anticolonialism pact with his dead father: If Obama shares his father’s anticolonial crusade, that would explain why he wants people who are already paying close to 50% of their income in overall taxes to pay even more. The anticolonialist believes that since the rich have prospered at the expense of others, their wealth doesn’t really belong to them; therefore whatever can be extracted from them is automatically just. Never mind that Washington Democrats and pundits have been calling for the rich to finally pay their “fair share” long before Obama came on the scene. Suddenly, soaking the rich is a black African import—at least when a black president embraces the program. Obamacare is likewise an outcropping of a filial crusade to vindicate a deceased African progenitor, in D’Souza’s view: Obama seeks to decolonize [the health sector], and this means bringing [it] under the government’s leash. . . . For Obama, health insurance companies on their own are oppressive racketeers, but once they submitted to federal oversight he was happy to do business with them. He even promised them expanded business as a result of his law forcing every American to buy health insurance. (D’Souza tries to make a fine distinction here between “socializing” the health sector, which he says that Obama forswears, and “decolonizing” it. I have no idea what he is talking about.) Barney Frank and John Conyers regularly railed against the greedy insurance companies during the health care debate. D’Souza would quite possibly see in Conyers’ denunciations another African relic, but what about Barney Frank? A mandate for universal coverage is the necessary flip-side to the ban on excluding pre-existing conditions—a widely embraced goal of conventional health care reform; it has nothing to do with a “decolonizing” mission, whatever that means. Moreover, liberals denounced Obama for his distance from the health care debate, yet somehow the final results are the product of a Kenyan mindset. D’Souza’s twisted hermeneutics are unending. After the BP oil spill, Obama railed against America’s disproportionate consumption of oil and its “century-long addiction to fossil fuels.” Where have I heard those criticisms before? Just about from every Democratic politician and a large number of Republicans as well. D’Souza finds it part of Obama’s “strange behavior,” however, that he would denounce America’s oil appetite after the oil spill, a gesture that has a patent political, as well as a not implausible substantive, logic. In fact, there is not a single policy that Obama has pursued since taking office that does not grow out of the American tradition of left-wing liberalism or more immediately out of the Bush Administration, the latter including bailouts of Detroit and Wall Street, drone strikes in Pakistan, continuation of the doomed Freedom Agenda in Afghanistan, and invocations of the state secrets act to protect anti-terror actions from judicial scrutiny. But D’Souza is determined to present Obama as an alien within the body politic. He opens his article with an anaphoric refrain of strangeness and foreignness: The President’s actions are so bizarre that they mystify his critics and supporters alike. . . . More strange behavior . . . The oddities go on and on . . . Obama’s foreign policy is no less strange. The only thing strange here is D’Souza’s interpretation of Obama’s
[Goanet] Celing on car purchase by Goa CM
Goa's IITian chief minister Manohar Parrikar has issued guidelines to curtail expenditure by CM's office during his term and even in the future by setting a ceiling of Rs 13.5 lakh for purchase of vehicles. Government has issued standing guidelines keeping in view the economy aspects of the vehicles and its day today operational expenses which are mounting, as also rise in prices of the vehicles. According to the office memorandum chief minister can not exceed the amount of Rs 13.5 lakh to purchase a vehicle. Ministers, leader of opposition, advocate general, chairpersons of commission's and those with cabinet rank status cannot exceed above Rs 12.5 lakh which purchasing new car. Memorandum also stated that Rs 10 lakh ceiling for purchase of cars to the post of chief secretary, chairperson of government owned corporation and autonomous bodies. Rs 8.5 lakh ceiling is kept for secretaries to government, vice chairperson of government owned corporation or autonomous bodies while purchasing new vehicle. Additional collectors, head of departments, managing directors of government owned corporation cannot purchase car above Rs 7 lakh. Government memorandum also stated that the colour of the car must be white. In addition to above any proposal for purchase of any special purpose vehicle other than the above or in relaxation of the above norms should be submitted to government through finance department for relaxation, Ajit Pawaskar, under secretary, finance department said. He also said that henceforth all purchases of vehicle shall be made in accordance with the norms specified above.
Re: [Goanet] Melvyn, Rose apologies unable to attend The Documentary
On 11 July 2012 12:41, Melvyn Fernandes mel...@orange.net wrote: Dear best friend Selma bhai ... Today we do not have the same community spirit we once had and also we do not feel that the current Goan Association UK is a community organisation any more representing us in the United Kingdom. We look forward to viewing the uploaded polished version on U-tube, along with our worldwide goanet community, over a glass of chilled Rose wine. Melvyn and Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 11 July 2012 melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com RESPONSE: Wow! I thought I was the only one absconding; although for the matter of record, I have been declared persona non grata by the President - explicit letter informing me after I resigned, that he reserves my right of admission to all their events! Can you believe it or not - no one wants the post of President of the G.O.A. (U.K.) Ltd; so reluctantly and with much grief, the burden is carried on! This is according to the newsletter that members (including many dead ones) have received. Rain, rain go away to Spainonly in jest, I am more than happy with the rain thinking of all those countries facing drought. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Goa news for July 12, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa aims to grow at 15% in 12th plan - Times of India 7) at a time when the Planning Commission is looking to revise the 9% growth target for the plan period. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHk9N27tQRRgnigfkJ5sQqi6XqoFgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-aims-to-grow-at-15-in-12th-plan/articleshow/14831613.cms *** 1.4 lakh Maharashtra, Goa lawyers join all-India strike - TwoCircles.net ay nation wide strike called by the Bar Council of India, an official said. The legal fraternity is protesting ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHg3PBjqQCfjEzRm-hvx_fQsyG_mgurl=http://twocircles.net/2012jul11/14_lakh_maharashtra_goa_lawyers_join_allindia_strike.html *** Goa doesn't need Sudhakar Reddy's lectures on secularism: Sangma - Times of India hhQtEzq1uh1g http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHjNyqSjZL1GguIhuja_kGfXZVY4Qurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goa-doesnt-need-Sudhakar-Reddys-lectures-on-secularism-Sangma/articleshow/14812278.cms *** Goa Assembly monsoon session begins tomorrow - IBNLive.com O1k4ViPJ8gDDg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGqajrWzVyIcST_Sm6r2v8PQWblpgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-assembly-monsoon-session-begins-tomorrow/1021699.html *** 'Levy cess to check tourism's externalities' - Times of India elated facilities in North Goa. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFeOujeivtIG6Y7RDfzIzDX3fA5zAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Levy-cess-to-check-tourisms-externalities/articleshow/14830905.cms *** Height of irony? Cong to raise illegal mining issue - Times of India ot-to-go-hammer-and-tongs-against-govt/61715.htmlOppn not to go hammer and tongs against govt http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE_KA2yZ6RzS0Lvm37rwihMywg5XAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Height-of-irony-Cong-to-raise-illegal-mining-issue/articleshow/14830796.cms *** Denyse Sweeney case: Goa Police to reinvestigate UK woman's death - India Today dia TodayThe sisters of British charity worker Denyse Carole Sweeney, who was found dead in Goa about two years ago in mysterious conditions, have claimed again that she had been murdered.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHLlamp9YRO3Ls-Mbq2RQ3eM5FoEgurl=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/denyse-sweeney-case-goa-police-to-reinvestigate-british-girls-death/1/207630.html *** Revision of special education syllabus on the cards? - Times of India dTIAYPhdgM http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGbCXf9umDmYoO5uYcDx8ef_so8AAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Revision-of-special-education-syllabus-on-the-cards/articleshow/14830566.cms *** Anil Agarwal attempts to create a global natural resources monolith by merging ... - Economic Times onomic TimesThe approval of shareholders of Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries to merge the two cos paves the way for Anil Agarwal to make Sesa Sterlite the main operating co.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGOBvIqVlVTd90Q-aPA09RYSUexxwurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/anil-agarwal-attempts-to-create-a-global-natural-resources-monolith-by-merging-sesa-goa-and-sterlite-industries/articleshow/14830991.cms *** Conference on road culture, civic sense - Times of India ong conference, 'Challenge 1', on July 14 at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGB82zKrKfjXkFya1Ay0yyMYxLbeQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Conference-on-road-culture-civic-sense/articleshow/14830945.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika Tanzanite
Antonio Menezes wrote: Mervyn Maciel ( Jul 10 ) wrote: ''' . I have a feeling that Goans in Tanganyika ( Tanzania ) far better than those of us in Kenya ? ''' Response: Undoubtedly -- Antonio, Well thanks for your comment. If you are in Toronto this weekend, how about checking out the Tanzanite picnic? Appox 500 to 700 people turn up every year for an event that has free parking, no admission charge, yet free food for kids and organised games starting from the four year olds and for every age group up to those in their nineties. Lardis, whist, darts, volleyball, soccer, tug-of-war, line dancing, tombola, etc., etc. are to be enjoyed with every winner receiving a price. The more popular sports have floating trophies. Here is a picture of last years winners stand: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45002663@N00/5928101819/sizes/l/ Lemonade is served the entire day and at 5.00 pm, one gets Tanzanian tea and fresh mandazi's. If these are not your beverages of choice, come over to my cool box and make some discoveries. The only catch is that you bring a good voice for the sing song at the end of the evening. Needless to say, I think this is the best Goan picnic in the world. The only one that comes close is the one organised by the Goans from Karachi. Their overnight picnic, held half way between their centers of Toronto and Montreal is a class by itself. Mervyn2012
[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Thank you, high school prom
A few weeks ago, Goa Sudharop made an appeal on behalf of a high school student who wanted to go to her high school prom. Her father passed away a few years ago and the family copes without his income. Thanks to your generosity, $905 was raised and the mother and daughter (anonymous) have sent thank you messages to the donors, see below. Please note Goa Sudharop treats all donors as anonymous unless they explicitly indicate otherwise, even the recipients do not know donor names. Since the amount collected exceeded what was required for a high school prom, the excess is being put to good use and paying for her initial college expenses. Thank you from the mother: and myself would like to thank you very much for the check. We really appreciated from our hearts, it was put to a good use. Thank you so much God bless. Thank you from the high school student: Thank you very much for the check. We appreciate it very much. I will use the additional money for college expenses and it will be put to good use. Again, thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts. God bless you all. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (12Jul12)
~ Dacoits Nabbed ~ I wanted to be a Politician to make Money...But LOST the Elections... To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
