[Goanet-News] EventsInGoa: Century old almanac continues ... Prince Jacob in Pune/Mumbai ... Saffron replaces Think... Intl Conf on Re-Imagining Theory coming up...
Today is Thursday Dec 18, 2014. Julian date 2014, Dec 5. Hebrew date 5775 Kislev, 26. Islamic date 1436 Safar, 25. Indian civil date: 1936 Agrahayana 27, brahaspativara. French Republican Date: Annee 223 de la Republique, Mois de Frimaire, Decade III Jour du Septidi. Unix time value 1418905003. - * DEC 29: a Goanetters' meet in Goa. Dec 29, 11 am. At Alto Porvorim. Meet other Goanetters, learn about the work and the centuries-old resources of the Xavier Centre of Historical Research. Also see the Thomas Stevens Konkni Kendr. If you're planning to visit Goa, or are already here, drop an email to goa...@goanet.org Venue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Centre_of_Historical_Research - * THE ALMANAC DE PAREDE, a century-old single-page wall * calendar published in Goa, now brought out by the next * generation of the Margao-based Correia family, is now on * sale. Contact Eric Correia ericc...@gmail.com See * http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg41099.html * https://archive.org/details/AlmanacDeParede110YearsOn * https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8444768337/in/photostream/ * See an earlier version of it below. An almanac from Goa, * which dates back a century and was published when this * small region was still a Portuguese-administered territory. * It lists saints' days, local feasts and zatras (Hindu * festivals), phases of the moon, local festivals, postal * rates and more * https://www.scribd.com/doc/123781890/Almanac-de-Parade-Goa-2013 - Prince Jacob's tiatr KAXIANVKAR/COFFINMAKER Pune (Nehru Memor Jan 16, 6 pm); Bandra (Manik, Jan 18 2.45 pm); Borivali (Thackrey H, Jan 19 8.15 pm); Parel (Damodar Hall, Jan 20 8.15 pm); Vile Parle (Dinanath H Jan 21 8.15 pm); Malad (St J's Ch Gr, Jan 23 6.30 pm); Chembur (SSFA Hall, Jan 24 7.30 pm); Bandra (Jan 25 2.45 pm); Matunga (Jan 25, 8.15 pm); Bandra (Manik H, Jan 26 2.45 pm); Girgaum (Sahita Sangh, Jan 26 8.15 pm). Ph Tony Martins on 9322702839 or 9320308669 or 9823173. * Ongoing (Till Dec 21): Goa Shopping Festival, Merces, Panjim-Old Goa bypass road 10.30am to 9pm, jewellery, flowers, furniture, bags, household goods. * Dec 17-24: Plant exhibition, Merces Ground, Pnj-Old Goa bypass,10am to 9pm. East West Nursery, ornamental plants * Till Jan 2: Simple Complex, exhibition of Pierre Legrand. Gallery Gitanjali, Fontainhas. * Till Jan 9: Centre for Incubation Business Accleration, Six week prog for entrepreneurs. CIBA, Verna. * Upto Dec 21: Mural design course at Goa Univ Intl Guest House, daily 2 to 5.30 pm. * Upto Jan 15: Collection of unique rosaries on display at Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa. * Sensorium 2014 Sunaparant, Altinho, Till Feb 5, 2015. * Upto Dec 18: 16th Sangeet Natak Mahotsav, Kala Acad. * Till Dec 21: Kala Silk Cotton Expo Ravindra Bvn,Margao * Till Dec 20: Christmas Spl Ballroom dance classes by Dr Martin, Don Bosco sch hall, 7-8.30 pm ballroom...@gmail.com * Ongoing Dec 16-18: Ravindra Bhavan Margao organizes star making 3-5.30 pm. For students from Std V to IX.Rs 20 * Ongoing: Till Dec 18, admissions for certificate course in Romi Konknni for beginners, Romi Lipi Action Front office, Margao, 2.30-5.30 pm, Ages 15-70 preferred. * Dec 17-27: Vamona Sinai Navelkar exhibition at Casa Goa, Calangute 11 am to 8 pm Inauguration Dec 17, 6.30 pm * Till Dec 31: Exhibit of Czech castles, 10 am to 7 pm KA * Till Jan 2: Simply Complex art exhi, Gallery Gitanjali Panjim, walk the maze and join the dots at Pierre Legrand exbn. * Till Dec 20, 10 am to 6 pm, Art chamber, Calangute, Rohit Bhonsle, solo exhibtion, winner of Dr Pedro Cabral Adao award * Upto Jan 3: Christmas Super saver shopping, CMM Arena, at all CMM stores, www.cmmarena.com * Bharatnatyam for beginners and performers, Tue, Thur and Sat. 8 am to 10 am and Mon, Wed Fri 5.30 to 7pm.ICG Dona Paula Dr. Sharmila Rao 9423324119 sharmilara...@gmail.com * Kickboxing and kic areobics. Tue, Thus, Sat 7-8.30pm Rahim 9822134658 or Bina 9881971825 * Swimming, snorkeling, taekwondo, Yoga at Intl Centre Goa. http://www.internationalcentregoa.com/ * Just launched in Goa: The Caravela Homestay http://caravela.in/ * Dec 18: Veg seedling and sapling sale, ICG and Green Essentials, ICG, Dona Paula, 4 pm -5.30 pm * Dec 17-18 Dec: Free Philips Service Camp, Janata Radio * Dec 18: Carol singing contest,5.30 pm Betalbatim church square, two categories, school and open, call Xavier 9859101376 * Dec 18: All Goa finals of VM Salgaocar Memorial Elocution comp for high sch students, V M S College of Law Miramar 3.30 pm * Dec 18: Classical Music Soiree. Piano Recital with
[Goanet-News] Whenever he came, he did something special: a tribute to Dr Priti Kamat
Dr Shankar (Priti) Kamat (Dr Xencora Camotim), 93, a successful senior advocate, a respected member of the Bar and a nationalist, the eldest son of late Prof Babusso Kamat and late Smt Indira Kamat, passed away peacefully in Lisbon on December 11 2014. Deeply mourned by wife Fernanda, son Dinar, daughter Nitah, sister Kunda, grandchildren and a large circle of relatives, friends, admirers and colleagues. This tribute is by his niece in Mumbai for Goanet Reader. Vibha Kamat vibhaka...@gmail.com My earliest memory of my uncle, Priti Camotim, is from the time I was eight, when he came visiting with his children Dinar and Nita. They were a bit older than my sisters and me and made much of us. But the star was Priti. For days before his arrival, my father spoke of his coming, reminiscing about their childhood and youth in Goa, his move to Portugal and then his illustrious career. Through all those talks shone deep pride and awe. But what leaped out was the fierce love that he felt for his brother. Like tales of yore, we were told anecdotes about Priti -- his stupendous intellect, his brilliant years as a student, first at the Lyceum and then even after he went abroad for higher studies, his ability to argue and hold his own... I enjoyed listening to my father, to those stories -- waiting for Priti's arrival. And when he did come, he did not disappoint. Handsome, with his shock of white hair making him even more so, the ready smile with the crinkled nose and that deep timbre of his voice -- he seemed to live up to the image we had created of him. Yet, that visit remains a fuzzy memory. It was only in later years, as we all grew up that we got to know our Uncle. And he us. Not because he came every year or every other year. There were long gaps between his trips home. But whenever he came, he did something special. He set up little meetings with each of us -- the adults of course, but even us, the youngsters. The first time round, we were all intrigued: was he going to hold forth? Would there be words of wisdom? What was all this about? When the time came however, in a relaxed, informal way, he gently asked about our lives, our interests. This was not about himself at all. This was his way of showing he cared, of getting to know us, even the smallest of the lot. We felt grand. As we grew up and got married, the same affection and genuine interest were extended to our spouses. Priti was the first-born, the one on whom rested the heavy hands of expectations. He was named for his paternal grandfather -- Shankar (Xencora). But his father, Bapa, called him Priti, after a much-loved teacher Pritidas. Early on, he showed the promise of a keen and sharp mind and an independence that saw him leave the family home in Mungul (near Margao) to move to Panjim at the age of 15. He worked hard, assiduously, read widely and in at least three languages -- Portuguese and Marathi, but also English. Later, he added French. It was often said that the Hindus in Goa were good at the sciences and that the Christians did well at languages and the humanities. Priti excelled at both, a prince among his peers. And so he grew into a formidable young man. To his family, therefore, he was a bit of Goldsmith's Village Schoolmaster: The more they gaz'd, the more the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew Here are a few vignettes: He was considered a lawyer who came out of the top drawer in Lisbon. He fought cases for political prisoners like Mohan Ranade -- secured his freedom -- and for others, many of these, even when he knew they could not pay his fees. Though it was not his first language, he was said to speak and write Portuguese better than a native. We know what high praise that is; many of us have learnt a foreign language at some time in our lives. When he appeared for a proficiency exam in English, held by the British Council, he stood second in the world! The only way I could come second in anything was among my siblings, in birth order, with no credit to me. My mother talks of the time she was discussing a Sanskrit couplet with him -- he remembered it from his school days in Goa and interpreted it perfectly. What a mind that was! He loved theatre -- so when he was here, my parents made it a point to take him to see a play or two. One year, as he came home from seeing Shirwadkar's Chandra Jithe Ugvat Nahi, my father mentioned that it was an adaptation of an English play. But it has been done years ago, said Priti. A Hindi film, with Devika Rani in it. And he was right. This from a man who had grown up in Portuguese Goa and left India in 1945...! And most recently, when a professor from New Zealand was studying Father Thomas Stephens, the 16th century English Jesuit and early writer and linguist in Konkani, Priti answered questions about the amazing
[Goanet] Fw: Music for Christmas Andrea Bocelli
AB singing ‘O Holy Night’ in Italian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FRGg7YjA4 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
[Goanet] SMILE...................................................... IT'S WEEKEND (18/12/2014)
KEEPING YOUR…….. A woman (AnnMari) goes to the Doctor,beaten black and blue:- AnnMari: (Exhausted) Doctor, please help me. Doctor: What happened? AnnMari: Doctor, I don't know what to do. Every night my husband comes home drunk andbeats me to a pulp Doctor: Hm, I have a real good medicine against that. AnnMari: So Doctor, please prescribe it to me. Doctor: When your husband comes home drunk, just take a glass of chamomile teaand start gargling with it. Just gargle and gargle. AnnMari: This will stop my husband from beating me? Doctor: Yes definitely. 15 days later AnnMari comes back to the Doctor and looks reborn and fresh again. AnnMari: (With smile) Doctor, that was abrilliant idea! Every time my husband came home drunk, I gargled repeatedlywith chamomile tea and he never touched me. Doctor: You see howkeeping your mouth shut helps!!! Cajetan de Sanvordem Kuwait.
[Goanet] Do you not know the drug traders in your backyard, Mr CM of Goa? (Herald)
*Do you not know the drug traders in your backyard, Mr CM of Goa? (Herald)* 18 Dec, 2014, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, hasn't yet learnt the art of audience mapping. He easily ends up speaking in the same voice to a group of college children in Pernem, as he does to a group of journalists, and other professionals in a workshop in Panjim. On Tuesday this week (two days ago), the Chief Minister told a gathering in a workshop that some tourists come to Goa only for drugs. He then had his eureka moment, or that moment of epiphany that Thomas Alva Edison had when he discovered the light bulb, when he said I am aware that the drug trade has reached coastal areas of the state and through some foreign tourists, drugs are sold and youth are becoming victims of drug addiction It almost seemed that Parsekar had gone back in a time capsule to the 1960's when the hippies- free spirits that they were, entered Goa to live a life of peace and hedonism in equal measure and consumed substances openly. They and the society at large co- existed because they led parallel lives. There was no sale, there were no peddlers and the police led their own lives because these free folks disrupted no lives. The change happened when this became a business worth millions of dollars and Goa became a hub for the inward movement of drugs from Latin America through the Gulf and Europe as well as the focal point of Indian drugs from Manali, for sale and consumption in Goa. To cut a very long story short, the menace of drugs moved through different arteries of the state to choke the social system. And when this sad transformation happened, locals politicians and their local boys played a part. Mr Parsekar is fooling no one when he pretends that this is some tourist's picnic project. Successive politicians have created, nurtured and controlled local indigenous drug gangs, who have played different kinds of roles. Some became pushers at the end of the drug supply chain, some became hoarders, who stored drugs. Others let out their premises to store drugs for days. Then the police got in. From being protectors, they became a part of the nexus, thus completing the drug dealer-police-politician triangle. The police again played different roles. That of a watchdog with a difference. They kept a watch on drug gangs and affected seizures but under reported the quantities seized and ploughed back the remaining amount back in the market for a price. At times the deal was stuck on the spot where only part was seized and the remaining paid for by the dealer to the cops. The other more widespread role of the police has been to allow drug dens - nightclubs and infamous coastal shacks to continue unabated, the violation of every law in the book, to openly sell drugs and allow its consumption on their premises. These places are owned, not by some foreigners, as the Chief Minister would like us to believe but by Goans, including those who have been sarpanchas and panchas of the same villages where these illegalities go on. The drug trade is not a foreign film but a local production, whose protagonists are our own sons. The people who were arrested for the murder of a Nigerian national more than a year ago were a part of a local rival drug gang and one of those arrested is related to a veteran former Congressman. The Chief Minister is therefore trivialising the issue by making it out to be an isolated problem which has been quarantined. As some publications have repeatedly exposed, many politicians across parties, from former Home Minister Ravi Naik to BJP's Culture Minister Dayanand Mandrekar have been charged of being a part of the nexus. Congress spokesman Sunil Kawthankar went to the extent of telling journalists on Tuesday Mandrekar and Parsekar (CM) have been a part and parcel of the drug trade If Parsekar wants to prove otherwise a mere denial will not suffice. He needs to give a time frame by which inquiries will be conducted against all policemen and officers who have been involved in the drug menace, and punitive action will be taken, which should be nothing short of dismissal. He needs to announce a multiple stakeholder team which will inquire into all establishments along the northern coast where drugs are sold and consumed and shut down those establishments for good. Thirdly he needs to form a crack force along the line of the 'grey hounds' established in Andhra Pradesh years ago to deal with naxal terror- who will take orders from one trusted command and not answer to any other politician or police. Parsekar needs to show will but he will not. Till then he will pretend to be out of the system, gingerly looking in and making what he thinks are right noises, but do nothing to rattle the cozy existence between all in that belt, where life is a breeze and neither the law nor the ones who are paid to protect it, come in the way.
[Goanet] Fwd: Sporting Clubede Goa trounce Sesa to enter semi’s
*Sporting Clubede Goa trounce Sesa to enter semi’s* Trinidad and Tobago striker Anthony Wolfe scored a splendid hat-trick as Sporting Clube de Goa trounced Sesa Football Academy 5-0 in Gfa’s Knock out Cup quarter final match at Cuncolim ground, on Wednesday. Sporting Goa led 2-0 at the interval. Sporting Goa took the lead in the 36th minute when Anthony Wolfe managed to intercept a loose ball in the Sesa defence and make them pay by coolly slipping it past the goalkeeper. Less than 60 seconds later, a mix up in the Sesa defence allowed Mauvin Borges to steal the ball and fire past the outrushing custodian to double the Flaming Oranje’s lead going into the breather. Midway through the second session, Sporting Goa’s Wolfe blazed a 35-yard screamer into the back of the net to increase the lead. In the closing minutes, Wolfe rounded the Sesa custodian to tap in and complete his hat-trick, while substitute Victorino Fernandes completed the rout with a neat placement to the far corner. PHOTO: Anthony Wolfe wins looks to start the attack for Sporting Clube de Goa -- CONNECT WITH US: www.sportingclubedegoa.com www.sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/sportingclubedegoa.officialpage www.twitter.com/sportingoa -- CONNECT WITH US: www.sportingclubedegoa.com www.sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/sportingclubedegoa.officialpage www.twitter.com/sportingoa
[Goanet] Three Poets by the Sea: Boom Media from GALF
http://boomlive.in/three-poets-sea/ Three of the finest and most acclaimed contemporary Indian poets, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Ranjit Hoskote and Sridala Swami talked to Boom Media about their work on the sidelines of Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014.
Re: [Goanet] NARENDRA MODI NEEDS TO WALK THE TALK
Dear All, Advocate Aires Rodriques has rightly pointed out in his mail that BJP is feasting and making merry with the abundant funds flowing from the Casinos, Goa has sadly become the country’s gambling hub with the allied vices of prostitution and the narcotics trade also flourishing by the day. So NaMo should walk the talk and end the Casino menace in Goa instead of continuing to fool the nation with all his empty rhetoric. So we can now understand why Mr. Narendra Modi appointed Mr. Manohar Parrikar as Defense Minister of India? This is nothing but as a shield to overlook what is exactly happening in Goa. Parrikar in turn at his behest got Mr. Laximkant Parsekar his lieutenant in his previous Avatar appointed him as present incumbent CM of Goa, which all the more has made the money making citadel of both Narendra Modi and Parrikar money ever stronger. SO WE CAN ALL SAY NOW THAT ALL THE PROMISES BY BJP ELECTED MINISTERS IN GOA AND AT THE TOP WERE ALL EMPTY PROMISES TO SERVE IT OWN CAUSE AT AL. In short today we can sum it up that PRESENT INDIAN POLITICAL SCENARIO IN THE COUNTRY IS GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE AND SLOWLY GAINING GROUND FOR US-LED-MAFIA-NEXUS TO SERVE THEIR OWN GAINS AND GOD KNOWS WHAT OTHER PLANS IN MIND BUT YOU CAN READ IN BETWEEN IN THE LINES IT ALL BOGS DOWN TO VITAMIN M AND AMERICA NEEDS MORE MONEY THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY FOR ITS SURVIVAL...THEY HAVE THEIR CIA's OPERATING ALL OVER AS WATCH DOGS SO GOA TOO MUST BE CAREFUL WITH WHOM WE LINE UP?. TO CONCLUDE I CAN SAY ONE MORE THING THAT TODAY INDIAN POLITICS HAS ALSO BECOME A MAFIA DEN WITH VIA-VIA-CONNECTIONS ROUND THE WORLD AND WITH ALL THESE MINISTERS ACTING AS MAFIA BOSSES IN TRUE SENSERATHER SERVE THE CAUSE AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHICH THEIR ARE ELECTED..THEY MAIN CONCERNED IS ONLY OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES; WITH FAT BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD OBTAINED FROM ALL SORTS OF UNDER DEALINGS..DEFRAUDING THE EXCHEQUER AND WITH GROWING PRICE RICES TO FILL THEIR COFFERS.. ALL PARTIES IN INDIA BE IT CONGRESS, BJP, BRD, TMC OR ANY, THEY ARE THE CHIPS OF THE SAME BLOCK. NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE IN INDIA UNLESS A NATURAL CATASTROPHE OF IMPROPORTINATE TAKES PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. SO THAT IT RISES FROM THE ASHES OR EVENTUALLY CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT. GOD SAVE INDIAN THEN. Sam Furtado On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: One wonders whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi is serious on his recent concern that the Drug menace is a national pain. In Goa while as the Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar had consistently and vehemently opposed Casinos while branding them as a ‘social evil’ and had vowed to throw them out if he came to power. Manohar Parrikar had branded Casinos as dens of vice” and had even led an agitation to demand their closure. But in a dramatic U turn after coming to power on March 9th 2012 he allowed yet another Casino the monstrous ‘M.V. Horseshoe’ owned by Jaydev Mody the son-in-law of the politically well connected former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee. The BJP in Goa has since fallen in love with the Casino brigade which is now getting the government’s total patronage and profuse support. While the BJP is feasting and making merry with the abundant funds flowing from the Casinos, Goa has sadly become the country’s gambling hub with the allied vices of prostitution and the narcotics trade also flourishing by the day. So NaMo should walk the talk and end the Casino menace in Goa instead of continuing to fool the nation with all his empty rhetoric. *Do not try to keep us entertained with your 'Mann ki Baat', we would be content with some ‘**Sachi Baat’**. *Are you listening Mr. Prime Minister? Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
Re: [Goanet] IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING ALL OVER!
I am very pleased with the language in this precisely diagrammed lamentation. This is more like what it means to hold ground, and not let anyone emasculate the free mind, and for that matter the catholic mind. Too often, way too often we try to put on a faux display of gentility, of being genial. It is a particular practice by many among us and analogous to creation of mindsets that dovetails with the worst among corporate notions, as of falling in line. Indeed, morons and CRAP and all that keeps barraging the fair minded! To accept a dumbing down, a giving up of ones sensibility, ergo the thinking mind -- one awareness, and critical faculties. Furthermore, not seeing soon enough that duplicity may deliver some gains, but one has for all purposes been rendered complicit in depraved acts. So the use of strong strong language, saying it as it should be, satire, and other forms of finger pointing is VERY kosher. So pull those heads out from where the sun does not shine and see. + + + And some morons, will clap with joy Since a 'big favour' has been done to them. They will RUN WITH THE HARE and HUNT WITH THE HOUND The big guy will continue to talk ALL KINDS OF CRAP + + + This is the least I can say from afar. Venantius J Pinto On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: *IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING ALL OVER!* *-Fr. Cedric Prakash sj** It's finally HAPPENING ALL OVER! Not that the intelligent Indian IS SURPRISED! Everything is ON EXPECTED lines! The events are meticulously planned and are being strategically executed Plenty of thinking has gone into MAINSTREAMING the BUNCH of THOUGHTS of Golwalkar, Sarvarkar and Hegdewar. So they begin by demonising the minorities. Tell A LIE A THOUSAND TIMES and people will believe you The strategy of the Nazi Goebbels is evidently clear Then the divisive games are plenty: WE or THEY Either you are sons of Ram or ILLEGITIMATE children They create a sense of 'MAJORITARIANISM' This COUNTRY belongs to 'US-kind-of-attitude' So they talk about Sanskrit; and myths and lies of how advanced we have been (They will send THEIR CHILDREN to ENGLISH-medium schools and to phoren lands) Our HRD MINISTER has studied three days in YALE and then goes to an ASTROLGER!!! They conveniently forget that we have a Constitution wedded to SECULAR and DEMOCRATIC principles! So the BHAGWAD GITA has to be the Sacred Book and It is NO LONGER the CONSTITUTION They suffer from selective amnesia and have to be reminded that the ARYANS FIRST INVADED India *They forget*: that Sardar Patel had BANNED them that Nehru contributed greatly to India's ALL-ROUND DEVELOPMENT that GODSE is NOT a patriot but ONE OF THEM who MURDERED Mahatma Gandhi that Ambedkar led thousands of Dalits to the Buddhist fold Yes. they forget plenty.. And then they begin their GHAR-WAPASI programmes With FORCE and FRAUD with huge bribes... creating of course a LAW AND ORDER PROBLEM While ALL WILL SCREAM and YELL and SHOUT They will very CONVENIENTLY say (with the MEDIA in their pockets) WE NEED AN ANTI-CONVERSION LAW in the Country!!! Just like the ONE in GUJARAT! So should we ban all conversion or only forced conversions? So overnight, they attempt to throw out ARTICLE 19 and ARTICLE 25 of the Constitution Desperately trying to DESTROY the PLURALISTIC FABRIC and the SANCTITY of DIVERSITY of our Country They send out an official circular saying that Christmas is a working day And of course they deny itbecause telling lies is their forte. So Christmas is indeed a holiday! And some morons, will clap with joy Since a 'big favour' has been done to them. They will RUN WITH THE HARE and HUNT WITH THE HOUND The big guy will continue to talk ALL KINDS OF CRAP with his acchhe din still fooling some of the people But the fact is that HE IS ONE OF THEM LEOPARDS NEVER CHANGE THEIR SPOTS!!! His BLUFF WILL BE CALLED ONE DAY Indians ARE indeed MORE INTELLIGENT and will certainly see through things It is still NOT late for the REST OF US to RISE UP as ONE and with TAGORE to strongly say, 'WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!!' and to pray, *Into that heaven of FREEDOM my Father: Let my COUNTRY AWAKE*! (December 16th 2014) *(* Fr. Cedric Prakash sj is the Director of PRASHANT, the Ahmedabad-based Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace)* Address: '*PRASHANT*', Hill Nagar, Near Saffron Hotel, Drive-in Road, Ahmedabad 380 052 Tel. (079) 27455913, 66522333Fax: (079) 27489018 Email: sjprash...@gmail.com www.humanrightsindia.in -- + Venantius J Pinto
[Goanet] MEDIA ALERT - MOVIE CLUB ALLIANCE FRANCAISE PANJIM
Dear Sir/Madam, Kindly publish the below press release in your daily: Tuesday, 23th December at 6.30 pm at Alliance Française Panjim. *A CAT IN PARIS (Une Vie de chat**) by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol (2010) 1h10* Pitch: In Paris, a cat who lives a secret live as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches. *Cesar award for best animated movie* *In French with English subtitles.* Free for members of Alliance Française Panjim. Donations accepted for non members. Free pop corn! Further details may be obtained by calling 0832 24 200 49. Best regards, Laurène Gibert Director Alliance Française, Panjim H. No 46A, P.E Agnelo RD, Near Menezes Polyclinic, Altinho, Panjim Panjim 403 001, Goa Tel +91 832 2420049 http://panjim-goa.afindia.org/ Follow us on Facebook!
[Goanet] EventsInGoa: Century old almanac continues ... Prince Jacob in Pune/Mumbai ... Saffron replaces Think... Intl Conf on Re-Imagining Theory coming up...
Today is Thursday Dec 18, 2014. Julian date 2014, Dec 5. Hebrew date 5775 Kislev, 26. Islamic date 1436 Safar, 25. Indian civil date: 1936 Agrahayana 27, brahaspativara. French Republican Date: Annee 223 de la Republique, Mois de Frimaire, Decade III Jour du Septidi. Unix time value 1418905003. - * DEC 29: a Goanetters' meet in Goa. Dec 29, 11 am. At Alto Porvorim. Meet other Goanetters, learn about the work and the centuries-old resources of the Xavier Centre of Historical Research. Also see the Thomas Stevens Konkni Kendr. If you're planning to visit Goa, or are already here, drop an email to goa...@goanet.org Venue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Centre_of_Historical_Research - * THE ALMANAC DE PAREDE, a century-old single-page wall * calendar published in Goa, now brought out by the next * generation of the Margao-based Correia family, is now on * sale. Contact Eric Correia ericc...@gmail.com See * http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg41099.html * https://archive.org/details/AlmanacDeParede110YearsOn * https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8444768337/in/photostream/ * See an earlier version of it below. An almanac from Goa, * which dates back a century and was published when this * small region was still a Portuguese-administered territory. * It lists saints' days, local feasts and zatras (Hindu * festivals), phases of the moon, local festivals, postal * rates and more * https://www.scribd.com/doc/123781890/Almanac-de-Parade-Goa-2013 - Prince Jacob's tiatr KAXIANVKAR/COFFINMAKER Pune (Nehru Memor Jan 16, 6 pm); Bandra (Manik, Jan 18 2.45 pm); Borivali (Thackrey H, Jan 19 8.15 pm); Parel (Damodar Hall, Jan 20 8.15 pm); Vile Parle (Dinanath H Jan 21 8.15 pm); Malad (St J's Ch Gr, Jan 23 6.30 pm); Chembur (SSFA Hall, Jan 24 7.30 pm); Bandra (Jan 25 2.45 pm); Matunga (Jan 25, 8.15 pm); Bandra (Manik H, Jan 26 2.45 pm); Girgaum (Sahita Sangh, Jan 26 8.15 pm). Ph Tony Martins on 9322702839 or 9320308669 or 9823173. * Ongoing (Till Dec 21): Goa Shopping Festival, Merces, Panjim-Old Goa bypass road 10.30am to 9pm, jewellery, flowers, furniture, bags, household goods. * Dec 17-24: Plant exhibition, Merces Ground, Pnj-Old Goa bypass,10am to 9pm. East West Nursery, ornamental plants * Till Jan 2: Simple Complex, exhibition of Pierre Legrand. Gallery Gitanjali, Fontainhas. * Till Jan 9: Centre for Incubation Business Accleration, Six week prog for entrepreneurs. CIBA, Verna. * Upto Dec 21: Mural design course at Goa Univ Intl Guest House, daily 2 to 5.30 pm. * Upto Jan 15: Collection of unique rosaries on display at Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa. * Sensorium 2014 Sunaparant, Altinho, Till Feb 5, 2015. * Upto Dec 18: 16th Sangeet Natak Mahotsav, Kala Acad. * Till Dec 21: Kala Silk Cotton Expo Ravindra Bvn,Margao * Till Dec 20: Christmas Spl Ballroom dance classes by Dr Martin, Don Bosco sch hall, 7-8.30 pm ballroom...@gmail.com * Ongoing Dec 16-18: Ravindra Bhavan Margao organizes star making 3-5.30 pm. For students from Std V to IX.Rs 20 * Ongoing: Till Dec 18, admissions for certificate course in Romi Konknni for beginners, Romi Lipi Action Front office, Margao, 2.30-5.30 pm, Ages 15-70 preferred. * Dec 17-27: Vamona Sinai Navelkar exhibition at Casa Goa, Calangute 11 am to 8 pm Inauguration Dec 17, 6.30 pm * Till Dec 31: Exhibit of Czech castles, 10 am to 7 pm KA * Till Jan 2: Simply Complex art exhi, Gallery Gitanjali Panjim, walk the maze and join the dots at Pierre Legrand exbn. * Till Dec 20, 10 am to 6 pm, Art chamber, Calangute, Rohit Bhonsle, solo exhibtion, winner of Dr Pedro Cabral Adao award * Upto Jan 3: Christmas Super saver shopping, CMM Arena, at all CMM stores, www.cmmarena.com * Bharatnatyam for beginners and performers, Tue, Thur and Sat. 8 am to 10 am and Mon, Wed Fri 5.30 to 7pm.ICG Dona Paula Dr. Sharmila Rao 9423324119 sharmilara...@gmail.com * Kickboxing and kic areobics. Tue, Thus, Sat 7-8.30pm Rahim 9822134658 or Bina 9881971825 * Swimming, snorkeling, taekwondo, Yoga at Intl Centre Goa. http://www.internationalcentregoa.com/ * Just launched in Goa: The Caravela Homestay http://caravela.in/ * Dec 18: Veg seedling and sapling sale, ICG and Green Essentials, ICG, Dona Paula, 4 pm -5.30 pm * Dec 17-18 Dec: Free Philips Service Camp, Janata Radio * Dec 18: Carol singing contest,5.30 pm Betalbatim church square, two categories, school and open, call Xavier 9859101376 * Dec 18: All Goa finals of VM Salgaocar Memorial Elocution comp for high sch students, V M S College of Law Miramar 3.30 pm * Dec 18: Classical Music Soiree. Piano Recital with
[Goanet] Christmas Songs.
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Re: [Goanet] Watching Live at Azad Maidan - ISL match
Dear Joe, Watching the live Game of ISL football or is it ISL Footfall? The following is what I want to convey. IN THE FIRST PLACE WATCHING THIS GAME ON TV BETWEEN GOA FC AND ATLETICO DE KOLKATTA WAS A DRAB AND A BORE. THIS GAME WAS ONE GAME THAT WAS SURELY MATCH FIXED BY THE SO CALLED KOLKATTA FOOTBALL MAFIA AND ITS COHORTS. I WONDER HOW MUCH THEY PAID ANDRE SANTOS TO SHOOT THE BALL OVER THE POST??? KOLKATTA IS NOTORIOUS FOR MATCH FIXING AS THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR REPUTATION IN FOOTBALL INTACT AND FLYING HIGH, BUT THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT WIHOUT ANY MERITS OF THEIR OWN AND RATHER GET IT DONE BY SOMEONE ELSE, WHICH COULD BE ALL MEANS BE POSSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF ITS ORGANIZERS, THE MAFIA AND PATRONIZERS TO TOW INLINE AND LINE THEIR POCKETS AS WELL AS ALL SUNDRY INVOLVED. TODAY SPORT HAS BECOME TOTALLY COMMERCIALISED RATHER A TREAT TO WATCH AS A SPORT FOR SPORT LOVERS. HUGE HEAPS OF MONEY IS PILED BY THESE SO CALLED SPORT ORANIZERS WHERE THEY KNOW LITTLE OF THE GAME AND SELDOM HAVE ANY IDEAS RELATING TO THE GAME OF THE FINER RUDIMENTS OF THE GAME? THEY MAIN CONCERN IS TO KEEP THEIR REPUTATION HIGH AND ALSO MAKE A FAST BUCK IN THE QUIKEST TIME POSSIBLE? IT IS SHAME TO ISL FOOTBALL LEAGUE THOUGH NO ONE CAN BELIEVE OR DETECT THE MICRO NUSANCES AS TO HOW THEY PLAN TO EXECUTE UNDERHAND DEALINGS; IS LIKE A SHARP EDGE SWORD NOT KNOWING WHETHER THE THROW IS SLIT OR IS IT STILL INTACT? BY CONTRAST GOA FC TEAM WAS A FAR SUPERIOR AND BETTER TEAM THAN ATK AND THEY RIGHTLY DESERVE FULL PRAISES SPECIALLY AFTER THEIR RESURRECTION FROM DOWN AND UP AND ALSO UNTIL THE 2 SEMI-FINALS CLASH WITH ATK…SOME CAN VERY WELL SEE HOW OUR PLAYERS PERFORMED IN BOTH THE SEMI FINALS, WAS IT NOT A REPEAT OF THE FIRST? TODAY THERE ARE NO GOOD BENGALI PLAYERS AND SO THEY RECRUIT PLAYERS FROM OTHER STATES MORE SO FROM GOA AS WELL AS FOREIGNERS PLAYERS FROM MOSTLY AFRICA AND THAT TOO NIGERIA JUST TO KEEP THEIR FLAG FLYING HIGH IN FOOTBALL AND NOTHING ELSE. GOAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE RECRUITED BY PAYING THEM BIG AMOUNT SO AS TO SUBDUE THE GOAN TEAMS AND TAKE THE CREAM OUT OF THEM BUT WHAT GOOD HAS IT COME TO THE GOAN PLAYERS AS THEY ARE EITHER MADE TO SIT AND WARM THE BENCHES OR OVERFED TO MAKE THEM LAZY AND PERFORMANCE LESS SO IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM TO THE HILT AND THUS EVERYTHING IS LOST TO THE WIND TO MAR THE GOAN FOOTBALL REPUTATION AT LARGE. TO KEEP ON EYE ON THESE UNDERHAND DEALINGS ESPECIALLY THE MAFIA CLAN OF KOLKATTA FOOTBALL CLUBS, A THIRD EYE MUST BE KEPT SO AS TO MONITOR THEIR NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN FOOTBALL MIRCROSCOPICALLY, ONLY THEN TRUCE JUSTICE CAN BE DONE TO FOOTBALL IN INDIA WHERE IT DESERVES AND TO THE RIGHT TEAMS IN RIGHT SPIRIT. I THINK THE ISL LEGUE COULD BE A HOG WASH JUST TO LINE THE POCKETS OF THE ORGANIZERS, MAFIA AND PATRONIZERS RATHER THAN CREATE GOOD INDIAN PLAYERS OUT OF THESE GAMES AND FINALLY IT ALL ENDS UP TO A FAIR AND SQUARE GAME IN THE SPORTING SPIRIT TOO... SHAME ON ATK MAFIA FOOTBALL AND ITS COHORTS, NO PRAISES TO THEM WHATSOEVER. Sam On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 3:40 AM, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: 17.12.14 Hero Indian Super League FC Goa v/s Atletico de Kolkata video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0qkL7kHepU Score: Normal time: 0 -0 Extra Time: 0 - 0 Penalty shootout: 2-4 Kolkata won live screen provided by Videocon d2h https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/16043920265/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15856646530/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/16018152736/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15857880549/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15858170247/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15424291583/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/16018159366/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15856292109/in/photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15424294703/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15857896449/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15858181727/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15857902549/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15424307403/in/photostream/ clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0qkL7kHepU For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] A Meditative Master: Gaitonde at The Guggenheim reviewed in WSJ
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-meditative-master-on-v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting-as-life-at-the-guggenheim-museum-1418773456 V.S. Gaitonde’s art shows that the West didn’t hold a monopoly on abstraction. By MICHAEL FITZGERALD Dec. 16, 2014 6:44 p.m. ET After several decades as one of India’s most respected artists, Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde humbly summarized his approach to making art: “I don’t work, I relax and wait, and then I apply some paint on the canvas. The most important aspect of painting is waiting, waiting, waiting.” What a difference from the market-driven mass production of today’s art world and the macho swagger of some Abstract Expressionist artists who were Gaitonde’s contemporaries. This apparent opposition between Gaitonde (1924-2001) and Western artists misses a fascinating intersection of East and West in the 1950s and ’60s. In these decades, Western artists ranging from Ad Reinhardt to Mark Tobey were seeking to imbue the formal principles of abstraction with spiritual meanings they believed had been lost in the race to claim stylistic innovations. Many turned to Eastern philosophies to escape what they perceived as the narrow rationalism of Western traditions and the restrictive political oppositions of the Cold War. This radical turn produced a “Zen boom” as American artists sought inspiration from the tradition of Zen Buddhism. The exchange was a subject of a landmark exhibition at the Guggenheim in 2009, “The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989,” an exhibition that enriched understanding of Abstract Expressionism as far more than a merely American art. “V.S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life,” at the Guggenheim Museum through Feb. 11, 2015, addresses the flip side of this issue by exploring the remarkably beautiful and probing paintings and drawings of Gaitonde. Exquisitely selected by the curator, Sandhini Poddar, the exhibition presents the range of Gaitonde’s work across the media of oil on canvas and ink on paper as well as the chronology of his career from 1952 to 1998. The 45 paintings and drawings on view amply demonstrate the achievements of an artist who was known for completing only a few works each year. Gaitonde belonged to the first generation of Indian artists to seriously engage Western modernism—such as Tyeb Mehta and M.F. Husain and the assembly called the Progressive Artists Group, which gained recognition in the years after Indian’s independence from Britain in 1947. They adopted the figural distortions of Picasso, in particular, and combined them with the vivid coloring of Mughal miniatures to create narratives of the new nation that were internationally acclaimed. After initially following this trend, Gaitonde took the unusual step in the Indian art world of the 1950s to put aside nationalistic subject matter and become an abstract artist. In the late ’50s, he began to produce abstract drawings and paintings following the slow, deliberate method he later described. A deceptively plain, untitled painting of 1961 exemplifies his process. At 28 by 24 inches, it is much smaller than most paintings by Abstract Expressionists, yet its composition of gesturally rendered, geometric elements in black against a white ground initially resembles the paintings of Franz Kline. Up close it reveals an extremely complex composition that combines a spontaneity related to Abstract Expressionism with the long periods of contemplation that characterized Gaitonde’s method. Far from a basic layering of black on white, the image is built from repeated applications of both colors. The final rectangular black forms are the result of scraping into the paint surface with a straight-edged palette knife. Rather than conflict, the final composition evokes resolution. Gaitonde’s art was primarily inspired by Zen Buddhism, a Japanese variation of the philosophy founded in India during the fifth century B.C. but practiced by only a small minority of Indians by the 20th century. For Gaitonde, Zen’s discipline of meditation and its guiding concept of sudden enlightenment defined his artistic process. He progressed from the silence of contemplation to a revelation of wholeness: “Your entire being is working together with the brush, the painting knife, the canvas to absorb that silence and create.” While opposed to the egocentrism of Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning, Gaitonde shared the Abstract Expressionists’ goal of total immersion in the act of painting. Despite Gaitonde’s quiet existence in India, many in the New York art world admired his work. In 1959, he had a one-person show at the respected Graham Gallery, and in 1965 another solo exhibition at Willard, a gallery dedicated to Tobey and other American artists who drew on Eastern philosophies. In between, Gaitonde participated in several group shows in New York and, in 1962, the Venice Biennale. Most intriguing for his interaction with American art, he spent part of 1964 in New York
[Goanet] Whenever he came, he did something special: a tribute to Dr Priti Kamat
Dr Shankar (Priti) Kamat (Dr Xencora Camotim), 93, a successful senior advocate, a respected member of the Bar and a nationalist, the eldest son of late Prof Babusso Kamat and late Smt Indira Kamat, passed away peacefully in Lisbon on December 11 2014. Deeply mourned by wife Fernanda, son Dinar, daughter Nitah, sister Kunda, grandchildren and a large circle of relatives, friends, admirers and colleagues. This tribute is by his niece in Mumbai for Goanet Reader. Vibha Kamat vibhaka...@gmail.com My earliest memory of my uncle, Priti Camotim, is from the time I was eight, when he came visiting with his children Dinar and Nita. They were a bit older than my sisters and me and made much of us. But the star was Priti. For days before his arrival, my father spoke of his coming, reminiscing about their childhood and youth in Goa, his move to Portugal and then his illustrious career. Through all those talks shone deep pride and awe. But what leaped out was the fierce love that he felt for his brother. Like tales of yore, we were told anecdotes about Priti -- his stupendous intellect, his brilliant years as a student, first at the Lyceum and then even after he went abroad for higher studies, his ability to argue and hold his own... I enjoyed listening to my father, to those stories -- waiting for Priti's arrival. And when he did come, he did not disappoint. Handsome, with his shock of white hair making him even more so, the ready smile with the crinkled nose and that deep timbre of his voice -- he seemed to live up to the image we had created of him. Yet, that visit remains a fuzzy memory. It was only in later years, as we all grew up that we got to know our Uncle. And he us. Not because he came every year or every other year. There were long gaps between his trips home. But whenever he came, he did something special. He set up little meetings with each of us -- the adults of course, but even us, the youngsters. The first time round, we were all intrigued: was he going to hold forth? Would there be words of wisdom? What was all this about? When the time came however, in a relaxed, informal way, he gently asked about our lives, our interests. This was not about himself at all. This was his way of showing he cared, of getting to know us, even the smallest of the lot. We felt grand. As we grew up and got married, the same affection and genuine interest were extended to our spouses. Priti was the first-born, the one on whom rested the heavy hands of expectations. He was named for his paternal grandfather -- Shankar (Xencora). But his father, Bapa, called him Priti, after a much-loved teacher Pritidas. Early on, he showed the promise of a keen and sharp mind and an independence that saw him leave the family home in Mungul (near Margao) to move to Panjim at the age of 15. He worked hard, assiduously, read widely and in at least three languages -- Portuguese and Marathi, but also English. Later, he added French. It was often said that the Hindus in Goa were good at the sciences and that the Christians did well at languages and the humanities. Priti excelled at both, a prince among his peers. And so he grew into a formidable young man. To his family, therefore, he was a bit of Goldsmith's Village Schoolmaster: The more they gaz'd, the more the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew Here are a few vignettes: He was considered a lawyer who came out of the top drawer in Lisbon. He fought cases for political prisoners like Mohan Ranade -- secured his freedom -- and for others, many of these, even when he knew they could not pay his fees. Though it was not his first language, he was said to speak and write Portuguese better than a native. We know what high praise that is; many of us have learnt a foreign language at some time in our lives. When he appeared for a proficiency exam in English, held by the British Council, he stood second in the world! The only way I could come second in anything was among my siblings, in birth order, with no credit to me. My mother talks of the time she was discussing a Sanskrit couplet with him -- he remembered it from his school days in Goa and interpreted it perfectly. What a mind that was! He loved theatre -- so when he was here, my parents made it a point to take him to see a play or two. One year, as he came home from seeing Shirwadkar's Chandra Jithe Ugvat Nahi, my father mentioned that it was an adaptation of an English play. But it has been done years ago, said Priti. A Hindi film, with Devika Rani in it. And he was right. This from a man who had grown up in Portuguese Goa and left India in 1945...! And most recently, when a professor from New Zealand was studying Father Thomas Stephens, the 16th century English Jesuit and early writer and linguist in Konkani, Priti answered questions about the amazing
[Goanet] One of the Parrikar's failures as Panjim MLA, Opp Leader and Chief Minister
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[Goanet] Teresa's Man among best book covers of 2014
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[Goanet] OVERCHARGING PATIENTS
OPEN LETTER TO DR. FRANCISCO COLACO Sub : This has reference to the letter dt. 18th Dec, 2014, by Dr. Francisco Colaco in one the section of Press on 'OVERCHARGING PATIENTS You are not the only person who have come across to such disparities on overcharging fees by a private Hospital at North Goa, but I still remember that a friend of mine Adv. Rui Ferreira telling me that he too had met a similar treatment in one of the private Hospital at Campal -Panjim for overcharging fees to his relative for a minor sickness. Many such cases are found in Goa with such atrocities on overcharging fees by private Hospitals. It has become a trend by most of the doctors charging consultation fees of not less than Rs. 200/- per patient but in case he comes to know that the patient is rich or coming from abroad (Dubai), the charges shoots up further. Also the next consultation for the same illness the fees are being charged. Even they are been charged for any investigation report is shown in the next day. What a common man will do if such offences are continuing by these private doctors in Goa? Where is the Medical Council or any Govt Medical Authority or in that respect the Minister of Health is looking for? There is no control, and still worst that we have crack doctors mushrooming in Goa, with no permission from Medical Council but having clinics all around the city who get quite number of patients because their consultation fees are much less than a qualified doctor. Will the Health Minister of Goa, Adv. Francisco D'Sousa will be able to understand such disparities where the patients are been put in heavy financial loss? Thank God that the GMC Hospital at Bambolim, is much better now, but there is still a scope to further improve. We also noticed that there is a pilferage on medicines and treatment on surgeries above the limits of a common mam as the Govt exchequer is being affected. It is high time that present Health Minister regulates all these atrocities and put an end all these illegalities going on in the state of Goa which includes private consultation by the Govt doctors. Stephen Dias Social Worker D.Paula Mob: 9422443110
[Goanet] GREAT EDITORIAL BY HERALD.; TIRACOL VILLAGERS MUST NOT BE JEOPARDIZED.
*THIS IS AN EDITORIAL FROM HERALD OF TODAY 17TH DECEMBER, 2014* * Parsekar’s personal interest projects are under public scrutiny* So the heat is getting to him. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar chose a discussion on the role of the media and NGO’s in Environment Conservation to basically say that environmentalists were disrupters of development. And without mentioning either projects, he referred to the Mopa airport project and the Tiracol Golf and Resort project, both in his political backyard of Pernem taluka and asked activists not to raise ‘ unnecessary objections’. Look at his words: “ The government is fully conscious about conserving the environment. But that does not mean that we should start opposing each and every project without any study of it. Continuous opposition to developmental projects is a major hindrance in running the State. If this was a general statement, it would have been a good ground for a healthy and meaningful debate. But since it is no secret that the elephants in the room are two projects that are being challenged for the right reasons, by the right people with the right intentions, his stand is perile. But Parsekar is no child when he says that projects are being opposed by those who have no study of it. In fact he is under pressure because there indeed has been too much study of both projects- the Mopa airport project and the Tiracol Golf Course which has caused this reaction. In case you didn’t notice, his remarks coincided with the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court issuing notices to the his Government, in a PIL filed by the villagers of Tiracol and Goa Foundation against the manner in which tenanted lands meant for agriculture were sold for the Golf Course projected against the Goa Tenancy Act and the Goa Land Use Act. The Mopa airport project has almost become a private or at the very least a private interest project for the Parsekar family with land prices in and around the airport area leapfrogging five times, while those who lands are being taken away, got one- fifth the same land prices as compensation. The Environment Impact Assessment for the Mopa project should have been done as soon as the land was identified, not after the Request for Qualification was announced. And the initial EIA report which is still subject to a public hearing, there were shocking gaps and discrepancies noticed by most environment experts. The EIA does not include a detailed environmental mitigation plan, a water availability and use plan and is based on falsehood about the vegetation, foliage and forest cover around Mopa. Can anyone in his senses, least of all a Chief Minister of the state say that opposition to the Mopa airport and the Golf Course project ( which is a private project by the way), are being orchestrated by those who have not studied them. When challenges are made against blatant antipeople illegality by the government or its agents, it needs, time, effort, research and money amidst constant opposition from departments like the TCP, the Collector's office, the department of Enviornment and Science and Technology and even bodies like the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority, which hasn’t covered itself with glory. The only thing that can keep them afloat in this unequal fight is “ study” and information. So Chief Minister Parsekar shouldn’t even go there. When the National Green Tribunal and the Court’s come down heavily on the government for the manner in which these two projects have been handled, the Chief Minister will have to answer the people of Goa and not his other non- official benefactors. It is perhaps the “ study” done by his non- official benefactors, which has prompted him to say, “ It could be any project - airport or hotel. If it is planned on a barren plateau, we should not oppose it. We should look at such projects with a sympathetic view as they contribute to employment and revenue generation.” The Chief Minister needs to clarify what he attributes a “ barren plateau” to. The Mopa airport EIA states that 385 species of plants, 88 species of birds, 33 butterfly species, 5 amphibian species, 12 reptile species and 11 mammal species are documented in the area. How on earth is this a “ barren plateau?” It is another matter that the Pernem taluka has been left out of the list of eco- sensitive zones by a ‘ high level working group” of the government who clearly didn’t seem to be working for the people of Goa. Meanwhile the Tiracol Golf Course project is not on barren plateau either. It is in a area which nestles in an estuary, hugging the ocean and has rich fertile agricultural land which has been taken away from the people through guile and coercion. So we are indeed curious to know which fictitious barren landscape the Chief Minister is talking about. Neither Chief Minister Parsekar nor his predecessors have ever taken even one convincing stand towards protecting Goa’s environment and there is no reason to believe that they will do so now.
[Goanet] Save the Western Ghats. Please read sign
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: From: Avaaz.org av...@avaaz.org Dear friends across India, In less than 24 hours, we have a meeting at the Environment Ministry to discuss saving the Western Ghats! Let's act now so that all our voices can be heard loud and clear inside that meeting. The Ghats are home to beautiful bulbuls, bears, tigers and other unique species that live in it’s forests and ancient hills. Different state governments are pushing the Ministry to dilute protection plans but the Centre has final say -- and they’ve invited us to hear our views. Let’s tell them now that we won’t allow the Ghats to be destroyed by mining and construction lobbies. Our pressure already got UNESCO writing to the government about protected World Heritage sites in the Ghats. Now let’s tell the Environment Ministry directly! Tomorrow we’ll deliver your signatures straight to Ministry officials in charge of saving our Western Ghats along with a letter signed by leading environmentalists. Sign now: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/environment_ministry_wants_to_hear_from_us/?tta Relentless large-scale commercial activities in the Western Ghats are threatening not only the livelihoods of millions of people, but also causing widespread ecological devastation. An expert committee reviewed the status of the Ghats and presented a strong plan to restrict such exploitation to less than 35% of the Ghats. But state governments are unhappy and want to rip open the Ghats even further, ignoring warnings on global warming. Attacking the Ghats has direct consequences to us citizens with increasing water scarcity. The new government says it is concerned about climate change, but it is yet to show this in practice. It has allowed irrigation projects without the requisite clearances, eroded democracy by taking away power from the National Board of Wildlife and from tribal councils to oppose big corporations, and acted to allow even more industry in critically polluted areas, among other measures. The ancient Western Ghats are one of eight global hottest hotspots of biological diversity and home to hundreds of threatened species. Only the strongest possible plan can work to protect the Ghats against destruction. Sign now to ensure that the Ministry hears our voices calling for the protection of our gorgeous Ghats. https://secure.avaaz.org/en/environment_ministry_wants_to_hear_from_us/?tta The global Avaaz community recently participated in the biggest climate march of all time. We are mobilising to protect our planet and its resources and governments around the world are starting to listen. By saving the Western Ghats, not only are we securing nature and wildlife, but also the lives and livelihoods of millions of our fellow citizens. Let’s act today, before it’s too late. In hope, Alaphia, Shreya, Alex and the rest of the Avaaz team More Information New draft policy to save Western Ghats (Deccan Herald) http://www.deccanherald.com/content/446960/draft-policy-save-western-ghats.html Western Ghats: Green Tribunal asks Ministry to clarify on fresh survey (The Hindu) http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/western-ghats-green-tribunal-asks-ministry-to-clarify-on-fresh... Western Ghats, India (WWF) http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/western_ghats/ Paradise in danger (The Hindu) http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/paradise-in-danger/article3812408.ece Recommendations to save India’s Western Ghats creates political stir (Mongabay) http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0820-hance-western-ghats-report.html 90% of coal-bearing forests could be mined, says Forest Survey of India (Economic Times) http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-10-06/news/54691398_1_coal-mining-coal-block-hasde... Modi government has launched a silent war on the environment (Scroll) http://scroll.in/article/678380/Modi-government-has-launched-a-silent-war-on-the-environment World Heritage List (UNESCO) http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1342 Climate change in Western Ghats to hit water supply (DNA) http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-climate-change-in-western-ghats-to-hit-water-supply-1665817 Avaaz.org is a 40-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. (Avaaz means voice or song in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter. You are getting this message because you signed Save the Western Ghats! on 2014-12-16 11:06:36 using the email address bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com. To ensure that Avaaz messages reach your inbox, please add av...@avaaz.org to your address book. To change your email address, language settings, or other personal information, contact us, or simply go here to unsubscribe.To
[Goanet] Of Rumblings in the Police - Julio Rebeiro
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/of-rumblings-in-the-police/99/ Julio Ribeiro The spat between the highly respected Director General of Police of Maharashtra Sanjeev Dayal and three senior IPS officers of the rank of Addl. DGPs has hit the front page of vernacular as well as the English newspapers. This is unfortunate because such disagreements in any organisation are common and expected. That the officers were so bothered as to leak the news to the press requires analysis and objective explanations. After all, the security of life and property is a service we demand from our police force and if senior officers are at loggerheads it does not augur well for the service delivery system. It goes without saying that a professional police force demands leaders who are both competent and, more importantly, men or women of total integrity. When greed overtakes better judgement, the officers, bitten by the money bug, cannot impart justice at the very initial stages of the justice delivery system – that is investigating complaints, charging the guilty and ensuring that innocent people are not victimised. Sanjeev Dayal is one of the most outstanding IPS officers in the country today. He is low-key, extremely just, very competent and spotlessly clean in his dealings. It is a pity we do not have more officers of his calibre. Of the three officers arraigned against him mentioned in the newspapers, two do not enjoy reputations that any IPS officer should aspire for. I have not heard anything adverse about the integrity quotient of the third but was aware of his unfortunate marital problem which reflected on his work and ultimately on the department and its capacity to serve. I have only now learnt from the newspapers that Sanjeev Dayal had questioned him about some purchases for the state police that he was entrusted to effect. It is important for the people to understand that a uniformed force has to maintain discipline at all levels, failing which its effectiveness reduces. The authority of the chief should never be questioned and because of this it is important to ensure that the chief is carefully chosen for his ability to lead, to judge impartially and dispense justice to his subordinate from whom he has to get work done. It is unfortunate that in Maharashtra which followed these principles right up to the eighties the political class in its quest for personal power and other extraneous benefits has totally sidelined the imperative to maintain the dignity and authority of the leader. When the force knows that the top man is in charge and that the top man wants justice to be done in all dealings and will not brook any departure from this Constitutional commitment the rank and file immediately responds, corruption reduces by fifty percent or more and the public interest is served. In their anxiety to distribute patronage and some times to amass wealth (as in the case of one particular Home Minister) successive Home Ministers have emasculated the institution of Director General of Police and almost made it redundant. Sanjeev Dayal is doing whatever he can according to his conscience not only to make himself relevant but to ensure that the police render some semblance of service to the people as is their duty under the Constitution. He has the unenviable task of dealing with politicised subordinates some of them at very senior levels who have managed to worm themselves into the good books of politicians to serve their own selfish interests. I had complained of the corrupt tendencies of one of these three officers to a previous Home Minister. Though the letter was a confidential one it came to his notice through his contacts in the Home Department. He decided to meet me and promised to give up his unworthy ways. I asked him “If you had to choose between going up the ladder of promotion or amassing wealth which would you opt for?” He said he would choose career and as he was a capable officer I told him that the public would benefit from his decision. Did he keep this promise? Sanjeev Dayal would know. And even more than him, the subordinate ranks would know because there is no secret you can keep from the prying eyes of those who operate under your command. Newspaper reports say the three aggrieved officers resented the fact that the DGP had downgraded their Annual Confidential Reports. As I said, a decision has to be made by each individual official whether he wants to serve the people or serve himself. If these three had chosen to serve themselves it was incumbent on a good leader like Dayal to mention the fact in their ACRs so that they did not get more chances to prosper at the cost of public good. The new Chief Minister, I am sure, will understand the logic of these arguments. I am told he is intelligent, perceptive and just. (JULIO RIBEIRO is a former Mumbai police commissioner)
