Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.....as a tool to Save Goa
--- On Sat, 6/21/08, Chris Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Moderator -- this unwarranted abuse of Rajan must stop. The man is doing yeoman's work without remuneration and at considerable personal sacrifice --- Hallelujah, somewhere in this world the Red Sea must be parting again. George Pinto and Chris Vaz are in total agreement over something. The extreme Right and Ultra Left in warm embrace. This is so touching, I dab my eyes delicately to wipe away the tears. Goa has about as much chance of surviving without the bhaile, be it in investment or labour, as a child abandoned at birth. That too is a reality, which unfortunately cannot be captured by the camera. All this talk about Goans being overwhelmed by bhaile is utter nonsense. Goans are not the only ones in India, who are facing problems of rural migration and sky-rocketing land prices amidst crumbling infrastructures. It is one thing to qualify Goa's problems, it is quite another to suggest solutions that will completely disable it. selma
Re: [Goanet] The International Goan Convention July 2008 -
Edward It wouldn't hurt if you checked your facts before splashing them on Goanet. Persaud admitted that he had plagiarised material from sources that he did not acknowledge properly or at all. For this he got suspended from his medical Consultant post for three months. This had nothing to do with his qualifications which included eight degrees and at least one PhD. Further, telling right from wrong is a moral issue and not contingent on an academic qualification. Your unchecked facts on PhDs have also got negligible credibility. Do you think you are wasting our time because you have nothing better to do? I only ask because you have accused others on Goanet of doing just this! Cornel DaCosta PS Bookworms read intensely. Copying has nothing to do with being a bookworm! --- edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PhD people (especially Indians) are book worms (that is what I meant by saying copying). Plus, we have a special case in UK, where a DR Parsaud plagiarised for his PhD. QED. ED.
[Goanet] Parrikars Magnetizing Charisma!?!?
These days' local dailies talk more of one Parrikar, while e-medial talks about second Parrikar. To find out what's going on in the mind of Goans about Parrikars and since most Goans read what comes on local news media as well as on e-media, I conducted my personal survey interacting with true Goans by heart and mind. Basic outcome of the study was true Goans are now talking in terms of NIZ GOENKARACHE ROGOT v/s BAHILE ROGOT - almost resorting to blood trusty attitudes developed deep within. Why this attitude got developed in Niz Goans will be covered in my next posting. I reproduce here below opinions / expressions from people who represented NIZ GOENKARACHE ROGOT: Whistle blower baldy Rajan Parrikar is loved not only by Goans in Goa but also by Goans settled worldwide although he caries PARRIKAR tag! Rajan is a SHARP SHOOTER. He trusts his camera more rather than hearsay. This is what makes Rajan Parrikar uniquely bellowed personality for his dedication and his honesty in his art of CLICKING to capture reality prevailing in Goa. Manohar Parrikar, who apparently is not baldy, is respectful and cherishing personality. He is equally loved by woman (picked up from Goanet Archives). Till date his very entry in any government department or his attending any formal government meetings brings shivers in the environment .. irrespective of which political umbrella that atmosphere belong His very entry puts every one in BLANK mode!! And at the end of the day it compels me to say - Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction - which these two Parrikars have. This e-mail will continue with opinions / expressions from people who represented BAHILE ROGOT. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Delhi leads in RTI applications; Goa last in filing
Delhi leads in RTI applications; Goa last in filing New Delhi, June 22: The national capital leads the country in terms of applications moved under the Right To Information (RTI), with an overwhelming 35,250 petitions being made in Delhi in the last three years. On the other extreme is Goa, where only 811 RTI applications have been made in the same period, according to official statistics. As many as 10,887 RTI applications were filed in Karnataka while Kerala recorded 6,895 petitions and Orissa 4,187. Uttar Pradesh witnessed 4,105 applications being made, while 2,255 RTI pleas were submitted in Tamil Nadu. In Maharashtra, 1,993 RTI applications were filed while 1,288 in Rajasthan, 1,223 in Puducherry and 897 in Uttarakhand, showing that the landmark law is still to reach the grassroots level due to lack of awareness. The statistics were made available in a reply to an RTI application. We had filed RTI applications with different departments in different states as we wanted to know to what extent RTI Act has been exercised in each state and were people aware of it? said Neeraj Kumar, a member of Kabir, an NGO. He complained that various departments in many states were reluctant to reply to the RTI application and they have now moved the same request with the first appellate authority -the Public Information Officer of the department concerned. In many cases applicants have approached the State Information Commission or the second appellate authority. Bureau Report http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=450364sid=REG ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] FINDING AND KEEPING A LIFE PARTNER
** *FINDING AND KEEPING A LIFE PARTNER * *by Dov Heller, M.A.* When it comes to making the decision about choosing a life partner, no one wants to make a mistake. Yet, with a divorce rate of close to 50%, it appears that many are making serious mistakes in their approach to finding Mr./Miss. Right! If you ask most couples who are engaged why they're getting married, they'll say: 'We're in love'; I believe this is the ..1 mistake people make when they date. Choosing a life partner should never be based on love. Though this may sound 'not politically correct', there's a profound truth here. Love is not the basis for getting married. Rather, love is the result of a good marriage. When the other ingredients are right, then the love will come. Let me say it again: 'You can't build a lifetime relationship on love alone'; You need a lot more!!! Here are five questions you must ask yourself if you're serious about finding and keeping a life partner. *QUESTION ..1: Do we share a common life purpose?* Why is this so important? Let me put it this way: If you're married for 20 or 30 years, that's a long time to live with someone. What do you plan to do with each other all that time? Travel, eat and jog together? You need to share something deeper and more meaningful. You need a common life purpose. Two things can happen in a marriage: (1) You can grow together, or (2)you can grow apart. 50% of the people out there are growing apart. To make a marriage work, you need to know what you want out of life! Bottom line; marry someone who wants the same thing. *QUESTION ..2: Do I feel safe expressing my feelings and thoughts with this person?* This question goes to the core of the quality of your relationship. Feeling safe means you can communicate openly with this person. The basis of having good communication is trust â€' i.e. trust that I won't get 'punished'; or hurt for expressing my honest thoughts and feelings. A colleague of mine defines an abusive person as someone with whom you feel afraid to express your thoughts and feelings. Be honest with yourself on this one. Make sure you feel emotionally safe with the person you plan to marry. *QUESTION ..3: Is he/she a mensch?* A mensch is someone who is a refined and sensitive person. How can you test? Here are some suggestions. Do they work on personal growth on a regular basis? Are they serious about improving themselves? A teacher of mine defines a good person as 'someone who is always striving to be good and do the right ';. So ask about your significant other: What do they do with their time? Is this person materialistic? Usually a materialistic person is not someone whose top priority is character refinement. There are essentially two types of people in the world: (1) People who are dedicated to personal growth and (2) people who are dedicated to seeking comfort. Someone whose goal in life is to be comfortable will put personal comfort ahead of doing the right thing. You need to know that before walking down the aisle. *QUESTION ..4: How does he/she treat other people?* The one most important thing that makes any relationship work is the ability to give. By giving, we mean the ability to give another person pleasure. Ask: Is this someone who enjoys giving pleasure to others or are they wrapped up in themselves and selfâ€' absorbed? To measure this, think about the following: How do they treat people whom they do not have to be nice to, such as waiters, bus boys, taxi drivers, etc.. How do they treat their parents and siblings? Do they have gratitude and appreciation? If they don't have gratitude for the people who have given them everything; can you do nearly as much for them? You can be sure that someone, who treats others poorly, will eventually treat you poorly as well. *QUESTION ..5: Is there anything I'm hoping to change about this person after we're married?* Too many people make the mistake of marrying someone with the intention of trying to 'improve'; them after they're married. As a colleague of mine puts it: 'You can probably expect someone to change after marriage for the worse' If you cannot fully accept this person the way they are now, then you are not ready to marry them. In conclusion, dating doesn't have to be difficult and treacherous. The key is to try leading a little more with your head and less with your heart. It pays to be as objective as possible when you are dating; to be sure to ask questions that will help you get to the key issues. Falling in love is a great feeling, but when you wake up with a ring on your finger, you don't want to find yourself trouble because you didn't do your homework. Another perspective... There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance.. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, notâ€'going anywhere relationships. Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention...Which ones lift and
Re: [Goanet] We need Whistle Blowers like Mr. Parrikar
While it is clear for what he is fighting for...It would be rather helpful if you could identify yourself, other than your name here...This trick on goanet of multiple identities has been something that has been here since long.. I understand this is your first post on goanet, I maybe wrong. What probe are you talking about, in this age anything can be planted to malign a person, after all he has a golliath to scale. You must have already known by now, that he is a genuine person fighting for Goa against the mining activities. I think you are blind or on the miners payroll. Thats reason enough, unless you identify yourself with a brief on self. Will you do the honours please!! hAVE a nICE dAY Seb From: Mark D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] The person in the news Mr. Seby Rodrigues has in the past in his blog mentioned his address as Jharkhand which is a known area for naxal activities. He should welcome any probe in his activities and antecedents. If he comes out clean, it will help him in his mission against the illegal mining activities.
[Goanet] Don't be over eager to emigrate to USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/nyregion/22food.html?_r=1hporef=slogin It seems that the Middle class in the USA are really equivalent to 'the poor in Western Europe' http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/nyregion/22food.html?_r=1hporef=slogin -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] remembering Dr M L Sardessai
Today is two years since my favourite muse, Dr Manoharrai L Sardessai passed away. His simple verse continues to carry deep meaning and inspiration to all of us. Here are two of the few Monday Muse articles inspired by him In fond remembrance Pravin MONDAY MUSE – 26 (26 June 2006) THE MEASURE OF LOVE On 23 June, poignant newspaper headlines announced the passing away of Goa’s most celebrated poet, Dr Manoharrai Sardessai. He was called “Lok-kavi” or people’s poet for the emotions and predicament of the common man resonated in his verse. A multi-linguist bard, he was awarded the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award. Despite getting his PHD at theSorbonne University in France and receiving the highest recognition there, he chose to live in Goa. He was at the vanguard of the Konkani movement for the last six decades and played a prominent role in the historic Opinion Poll of 1967. However, Manoharbab’s greatness was not in his unending list of recorded achievements… it lay in his simple yet hugely significant philosophy which he would express in his distinct style of instinctive assonance. (His intuitively created couplets were immensely popular among young and old.) He believed that the Konkani identity lay in its culture and culture lay in our behaviour towards other human beings. A committed humanist, Baba was a messiah of love. His life philosophy is aptly described in one of his favourite quotes, “The measure of love is to love without measure!” Too often, we see love as a reciprocal emotion. If we receive (or hope to receive), we give! Look back and review what were our close relationships, once upon a time… isn’t it true that we put the responsibility (of the distance created) on the other person? But is the emotion of love and the action of sharing meant to be a comparative barter? Is love a reactionary emotion that exists as a reciprocal action? Is love a commodity available for barter? Love is all about personal initiative and attitude. The onus of love is on us, not on anyone else. Forget about measuring and evaluating other people’s love for us, we should never ever indulge in the folly of measuring our own love or the actions borne of it. The problems arise because of the expectations attached with our actions. We need to change our outlook and transform our actions. Let our love be unbridled and proactive… like the simply great persona of Dr Manaharrai Sardessai whose love for his people, for his land, for his nation and for his world was beyond any measure. The era of the Lok-Kavi may have ended, but his inspiration shall endure the vagaries of time!!! Love is not the barter of a reciprocal emotion Love is when we “speak through action”! Regards Pravinda 26 June 2006, Goa. MONDAY MUSE (25 June '07) “SANGODD” In 2001, at the International Goans Convention, the poet with the silver mane enthralled the audience with yet another golden speech. Manoharrai Sardessai was always an inspirational muse to scores of the loyal fans of his poetry, prose and philosophy. On that day, he was speaking about the Konkani quotation “Don Voddeani paim…” (feet in two canoes) which highlighted the futility of doing so. However, Manoharrai was unveiling a new dimension… the ancient Goan tradition of combining two boats to create a larger platform called “sangodd”. Last Friday, recorded a full year since the demise of Goa’s most adored poets. But his take on things, both, Goan and global, continues to hold immortal inspiration. Manoharrai Sardessai’s poems and songs, speeches and talks, writings and musings continue to be a guiding light as we stand at the crossroads pondering over looming questions. Whether to go global with English in primary education or embrace the mother tongue, Konkani? Whether to stick to the Devanagri script or patronise the Romi script? Whether to pursue development or bother about the environment? Sardessai’s message of the harmonizing dimension of “sangodd” assumes greater relevance in today’s times when every question arouses diametrically extreme viewpoints that spark off bitterness and hostility. His own life reflected the “sangodd”. Sardessai wrote mature political ballads as well as delightful songs for children. While he wrote extensively in Konkani, Marathi, Hindi and other Indian languages, he also indulged in the mastery of French, English, Portuguese and other international languages. He was a fine teacher who never gave up on studying. He would write about rationalism and socialism and simultaneously pen prayers to Shantadurga and Jesus. He initiated the publishing of his books in both Devanagri and Romi scripts. Every fight is essentially started over a difference in perceptions. Many such perceptions are based on prejudices. An open mind is one that can combine diverse opinions to create a “sangodd” and develop new dimensions that will foster unity amidst hearts…. With a “sangodd”, it is possible
Re: [Goanet] The International Goan Convention July 2008
Ed, I have no interest in this tread, since if for arguing sake u can go on and on. The man has already quoted it wasn't him doing the bangara. I don't like to play with words so i had already said it would be my last post. Its not in my interest to put down fellow goans for some cheap talleo...I hope u understand what i mean!! spelling mistakes or not, I don't do a spell check when i type...there can be many...its not that what is important, but to get your message through. If somebody has understanding problems...that's something for another day. hAVE a nICE dAY Seb (Not a Ph.D, but earning as much as one)
[Goanet] Of Gated Communities and Middle-class aspirations
I woke up this morning to read that Britain would be hit by gale-winds of upto 60 miles per hour. Looking through the windows onto the garden that forms part of the gated-community I live in, all seemed blissfully calm. This, I realised is why the middle-class the world over, huddle together and cloister in gated communities. I took my daughter out and played ball, secure in the knowledge that no ill could come to our corner of paradise. Gated communities are an experiment in security and self-sufficiency, just as religion has been an experiment in the world's largest gated community. At the heart of this experiment, lies a vain hope that one can insulate oneself from the vagaries of fate if one undertakes a number of exercises to garner protection. All of middle-class morality and aspirations are based on this single premise that order can be created out of chaos. The rich are callous enough to scoff at disorder and the poor are too disenfranchised from power to bring about order in their world. But the middle-class, thanks to the law of averages, lives under the assumption that order can be ordained either by the Divine or if that fails, by themselves. Gated communities are going to continue to burgeon in India, for the same reasons village panchayats assert their power periodically, because a State and Central governments have failed to provide basic community infrastructure. Imagine for a moment, a two-parent working family with toddlers. The traffic in India, would make it impossible to travel across town to drop the toddlers off to day-care or preschool and then scurry back to work to undertake a full-day's worth of corporate servitude. So, families pool their resources, sell their souls and put in a deposit on one those properties that promises a creche within its confines. Or imagine sitting at a government health clinic the whole day to be attended to, whilst thinking about the report you have to hand-in by mid-day. So they prefer to have a clinic on-hand. The General Electrics and Standard Chartereds of India have to be constantly fueled by an army of worker-bees, except these worker-bees are not privy to any of the amenities which would enable them to function at top productivity anywhere else in the world. The sad fact is neither God nor Gated communities can protect us from the vagaries of fate. It is however, important to understand what lies at the heart of these motivations and address them rather then condemning the outcome. (Incidentally, contrary to what is written on Goanet that gated-communities in Goa cater to the rich from Delhi and Mumbai, I know of many working, middle-class Goan families that live in gated communities and colonies in Goa). selma
[Goanet] We need whistle blowers like Mr. Parrikar
Mark writes: The person in the news Mr. Seby Rodrigues has in the past in his blog mentioned his address as Jharkhand which is a known area for naxal activities. ... Mark D'souza What a steretoype... This is like saying --- if a guy is from Goa, he must be a drunkard. And btw, there are naxal activities in Karnataka too, where i am located. What do you have to say about that ? regards, Samir
[Goanet] Pranali wins Chess Tournament organised by Taleigao Chess Academy
Pranali wins Chess Tournament Miss Pranali Desai of Vidya Bharati Mahila Nutan School Margoa won the All Goa Under 7 Chess Tournament organized by Taleigao Chess Academy at Shri Tulsimata Pandurang Temple, Odlembhat, Taleigao today on Sunday June 22 2008. Pranali (4) lost her last and fifth round to Tejas Takkekar(4) of Dynanaprasarar Vidhyalay Mhapusa but won the title on better progressive. Denver Estrocio(4) of Don Bosco Primary School, Panaji won the last round stood second and Tejas third on Prograssive. Megan Braganza of Rosary High School Miramar last tournament joint winner Keiv Lopes of Kendriya Vidhylay I, Vasco had equal points but Megan stood 4th on better progressive. Shravan barve was Chief arbiter. Shravan was assisted by Sampada Barve, Deepak Gopalan and Deepika Giridharan. Next All Goa Under 7 Chess tournament will be held on Sunday July 20, 2008. Taleigao Chess Academy student chess tournament will be held on Sunday June 29 2008 at Shri. Tulsimata Pandurang Temple, Odlembhat, Taleigao-Goa. Any Child below age of 14 who wish to play in this tournament should join Taleigao Chess Academy as Tournament member by paying Rs.100/- and entry fee of Rs.50/- . Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2600354106/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2599523063/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2599519231/ Final standings NameScore Progr. 1-3 Desai Pranali, 4 14.0 Denver Estrocio, 4 12.0 Takkekar Tejas, 4 10.0 4-5 Braganza Megan,3.5 11.0 Lopes Keiv,3.5 10.0 6 Rane Vedang, 38.0 7-10 Patil Punit, 2.5 9.5 Braganza Aaron, 2.5 8.5 Arobekar Mayuresh,2.5 7.5 Fernandes Schuler, 2.5 6.5 11-14 Athiithkumar,28.0 Math Shraddha,27.0 Saloni Hodarkar, 26.5 Narogi Sanskruti, 23.5 15-16 Kathyashri Shanbag,14.0 Prabhukhadpe Anant, 12.0 17-18 Megiri Rohit, 0.5 1.0 Vaibhav, 0.5 1.0 19 Prabhu Deepesh, 00.0
[Goanet] OFFICIAL REPORT: Goa legislature secretariat ad hoc committee on Home
This is the official version of the issues coming up at the Goa legislature secretariat ad hoc committee on Home, circulated via the Director of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa [EMAIL PROTECTED] on June 21, 2008. GOA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT AD HOC COMMITTEE ON HOME Porvorim 20 June 2008 PRESS COMMUNIQUE The ad hoc Committee on Home (19.6.2008) held its second sitting to examine major schemes, programmes and the adverse comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in respect of GAD, Goa Sadan, Public Grievances, Vigilance GPSC. 2. The Committee was chaired by Mr. Manohar Parrikar, Leader of Opposition. Mr. Francis D'Souza, Mr. Mahadev Naik, Mr. Milind Naik and Damodar Naik, BJP MLAs attended the meeting as special invitee. 3. Members of public turned up in large numbers and expressed their views before the Committee. Notable amongst them were: Mr. Godfrey Gonsalves, Mr. G.N. Mishra, Mr. Ramnath G. Naik, Dr. Pratap Naik, Mr. Wilmix Wilson Mazarello 4. Mr. Uddipta Ray, IAS, Secretary, GAD Vigilance, the Secretary,, PSC and other officers deposed before the Committee. QUICK COMPLETION OF GOA NIWAS, NEW DELHI GOA BHAVAN, MUMBAI 5. The Leader of Opposition ridiculed the Government for constructing a swimming pool in the new Goa Niwas at Chanakyapuri using frugal public finances. He urged the Government to expeditiously complete the works on Goa Niwas, New Delhi and Goa Bhavan, Mumbai. He also wanted the issue of allotment orders to common man of vacant rooms in Circuit Houses and Government Bhavans on time and also revision of tariff. ILLEGAL CREATION OF POSTS IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT 6. The Leader of Opposition drew attention of the Government to illegal creation of 87 posts under the Urban Malaria Scheme in the Directorate of Health Services, without Cabinet approval as required under the Goa (Rules of Executive Business) 1991. He demanded that the recruitment process to these illegally created posts needed to be stopped forthwith. The Leader of Opposition urged that copies of the Rules of Executive Business of Goa must be circulated to Ministers and MLAs to avoid non-compliance both by intention as well as inadvertence. NON-ALLOCATION OF RS.50 LAKHS FOR MARATHI BHAVAN 7. Mr. Parrikar and Mr. Francis D'Souza called the Finance Minister's declaration for allotment of Rs.50 lakhs for Marathi Bhavan in his budget speech in March 2008 to the Legislative Assembly was a sop and a publicity stunt. They pointed out that the money has not been allocated under the relevant demand as the Finance Minister's declaration was under pressure at the last minute without caring to provide at least a token amount in the budget document. Dr. Pratap Naik, Mr. Wilmix Wilson Mazarello, strongly urged for inclusion in the State Official Languages Act Konkani in Roman script and described the non-inclusion of Konkani in Roman script as human rights violation. RESULTS OF GPSC TO BE ON WEBSITE 9. The Leader of Opposition pointed out that all expenditure of GPSC should be voted by the Legislative Assembly except the salaries, allowances and pension of the GPSC Chairman and Members. He also insisted that the cut-off marks and marks obtained in each test should be communicated to the candidates, both failed and qualified, and also put on the website. ( MANOHAR PARRIKAR) CHAIRMAN -- DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY. THIRD FLOOR,UDYOG BHAVAN, NEAR AZAD MAIDAN, PANAJI GOA PHONE-0832-2422675 0832-2226047 0832-2426168 FAX 0832-2224211
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Anglo Indians, Cotton Mary ... and the Bombay of those days (by Roland Francis)
ANGLO INDIANS, COTTON MARY ... AND THE BOMBAY OF THOSE DAYS By Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Anglo-Indians bring many of my Bombay childhood memories to mind. In the 1960s, Byculla, where I lived, was the Anglo-Indian core of Bombay. There were their institutions and neighborhoods, like Byculla Mechanics, Berkeley Place, Clare Road, the spacious bungalows in avenue-lined Bombay Central and of course the Shelter (which was an orphanage of pretty girls) where we hung out a lot. We had many adventures with our Anglo friends. They came here for work from places like Amla-Nagpur, Jhansi, Bhusaval, Igatpuri, Itarsi, Bangalore (remember the Anglo from Bangalore), Hyderabad, Kolar Gold Fields and Ratlam-Ajmer. These boys and girls passed out -- or, more frequently, dropped out -- from high school. Their fathers either worked in the Railways, the Posts and Telegraphs or the Armed Forces. They were fed up of small-town life and longed for the glamour of the big city of Bombay much like their counterparts of Boise, Idaho or Paducah, Kansas who make a beeline to New York or Los Angeles for the bright lights of the metropolis. Of course many Anglo-Indians were long a part of Bombay city. These families were the community elite, most of them high ranking officers in the Police or the Army, Navy and Air Force. They were very kind to those less fortunate in their community, but were limited in their ability to help the young fellows, as the latter lacked a college education. Rare was the town-and-country Anglo in those days that went to, much less passed out, from college. Foremost among the Bombay elite were the Amore family (pronounced ay'more). They were good friends of Frank Anthony, an eminent lawyer, nominated MP, friend of Jawaharlal Nehru and a mover and shaker in New Delhi. The Amore patriarch was a successful businessman, who was nominated an MLA to represent the Anglo-Indian community in Maharashtra legislative assembly. At that time it was very difficult to get immigration to racist Australia, but Frank Anthony had persuaded the authorities there to allow in Anglo Indians without any qualification or money on the grounds of their (tenuous) British connection. They agreed, and gave him the authority to certify an Anglo-Indian for this purpose. Frank Anthony, in turn, gave the Amores the authority to do this for the Bombay area. All travel and other expenses were in most cases borne by the Australian government. I mention all this to set the background for my Cotton Mary story. Cotton Mary was so called because she wore mostly cotton dresses. She was a dark-skinned slightly gnarled woman with premature wrinkles and the demeanor and gait of what we in North America call a bag lady. On any one but her, those dresses would have looked fashionable and trendy but on Cotton Mary they showed very poorly. No doubt some young stylish Anglo women must have passed them on to her as hand-me-downs. She had a Bombay reputation so widespread that her name could possibly have inspired in the late 1990s, an Ivory-Merchant film of the same name. The plot and setting of the Cotton Mary of that film however bore no relationship to the real life of her Bombay counterpart. She was about 40-ish but looked more like in her 60s, possibly due to her lifestyle which included roaming around the streets of middle-class Bombay with a small child, seeking alms. Mind you, she never asked, but she was quite happy accepting them presumably on behalf of her young toddler. As we later discovered, the toddler was not hers. She was fond of imbibing copious amounts of Auntie's stuff from the money she collected. The cooked food that people gave, she took for her family whoever and wherever they were. Cotton Mary made her rounds in Byculla, Bandra, Colaba and many other Goan populated areas during late weekend evenings. She chose lanes that had tall buildings on both sides, occupied by middle class families. These locations were perfect for coins that would come raining in, making it convenient to collect and move on. People on a Saturday evening were generally in a good mood with the working week behind them and the Sunday to look forward to. Weekends for the average Goan meant several visits to Aunties' dens swigging country stuff along with good friends, watching a football game at the Cooperage grounds, a Konkani tiatr or an English play, or a movie. If one got lucky, one would be invited to a foreign ship docking at Bombay port where a fellow Goan would treat you to scotch, choice ham and a variety of cheeses along with some sherry or port. We youngsters looked forward to the Saturday Date, a one hour pop music radio program starting at 10 pm, the only English music program broadcast all week by All India Radio in those days. We would
[Goanet] GOA BUDGET PROPOSALS recognises -diversity in scripts-Konkani
On 26th March, 2008 the Minister for Finance , Government of Goa, Mr Dayanand G Narvekar placed his Government's 178 point budget proposals for 2008-09 before the august House of the Goa Legislative Assembly. It turned out to be a landmark budget proposal, a fact every Goan has discreetly commended for it was the first time that the Finance Minister made a well studied presentation of the same reflecting almost every segment of the society and above all asked for the views of the public before preparing and presenting the budget 2008-09. Yet an another remarkable achievement as reflected in the proposals was that Mr Narvekar himself who earlier as the Deputy CM holidng the Planning portfolio had convinced the Central Government about the injustice being meted out to Goa in devolution of central grants though the State though Goa has been making significant contribution in the form of central taxes and foreign exchange earnings from different sectors. Currently in his present avtar as the Minister for Finance Govt of Goa he made a power point presentation to the Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Union Finance Minister Mr P C Chidambaran and as a result of his singular and dedicated efforts he managed to get for the first time post Liberation central assistance of Rs.2000 crores; to the State. But this was not the only achievement; and Mr. Narvekar will certainly go down in history as the only Minister for Finance who boldly admitted and I quoted in the text of the Budget proposals 2008-09 --- Language development Speaker Sir; I believe that the type of scripts should not become a barrier for language develpment. Though Konkani is the State language of Goa it is spoken and also written in many parts of the country. The Konkani language has significant presence mainly in the coastal belt along the Arabian coast from Mumbai to thiruvananthapuram. For instance, in Karnataka it is written in both Kannada and English script (Roman- emphasis mine). My Government is committed to develop Konkani language by supporting the Institutions working for the promotion of this language It is therefore for the first time after the Official Languages Act, 1987 was pased on 4th February, 1987 that Government indeed admitted that the type of scripts should not become a barrier for language develpment. With this in mind despite the Goa Konkani Academy receiving grants for the promotion of Konkani in devanagari script the Government went ahead to make a separate provision of Rs.15 lacs to the Dalgado Konkani Academy presently working for the cause of promotion of Konkani language in Roman script and who had requested for the financial assistance to undertake various language development activities. The corollary to this development is obvious. After the last two years that the protoganists of Konkani in Roman script, have been spearheading the demand for official recognition to Konkani in Roman script the Government has awoken and realised that the diversity in script was the root cause of the non acceptance of the Official language Act 1987 by mainly the minority community. Therefore this year when the Finance Minister Mr Dayanand Narvekar constituted for the first time the adhoc committees to review the budgetary proposals under each head in two sittings one in May and now in June 2008 wherein the public were provided an opportunity along with the MLA's to sit in the Goa Legislative Assembly Secretariat and offer suggestions on the budgetary proposals in the presence of the Heads of Departments, Secretary Under secretary etc the undermentioned protoganists demanding recognition to Konkani in Roman script made a presentation before the Demands related to ad-hoc committee on Law. The Chairman was Mr Manohar Parrikar, the other members present were Mr Francis D Souza MLA Mapusa, Mr Damu Naik MLA Fatorda Dr.( Fr ) Pratap Naik sj of TSKK Mr Wilson Mazarelo Convenor Romi Lipi Action Front and the undersigned. The gist of the presentation was that now the government has recognised the diversity in script it should now in the forthcoming session delete the words in the Official Languages Act viz; Konkani --means written in Devanagari script for this is the main reason why the Konkani agitation received world wide support and not for the recognition of only devanagari script. This writer also highlighted a little known document obtained from the Sahitya Akademy in New Delhi that it was the Advisory Committee which on 21st November, 1981 unanimously passed a resolition that the natural script for Konkani would be Devanagari. This the writer mentioned to the Committee was an arbitary decision taken by the 10 member committee most of whom were protoganists of Konkani in devanagari and did not have the ratification of State Governments through Cabinet decisions on behalf of the Konkani speaking people of the respective
Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.....as a tool to Save Goa
As usual, Selma, you have preferred to pick up the half-empty glass. You picked one sentence to engage in distorting my message. It would appear that you would prefer to turn a blind eye to the concretization, mostly engaged by the bhaille as Rajan documented yesterday once again--and sarcastically tried to denigrate the unity I have advocated. However without realizing what you have said you just made my point -- regardless of our political leanings (mine and George's) we are prepared to work in unison towards a common objective: the preservation of Goa from the exploiters who promised us freedom and are now engaged with obvious connivance of our ghaunti politicians to sell Goa to the highest bidder regardless of the consequences. Goa could indeed use investment and labor -- wise investment, not predatory exploitation of scarce resources by nouveau riche Indians. Contrary to what you say, the camera did indeed capture the magnificence of our land and also the blight being created today without any regard to aesthetics. Goa could also do without the cheap tourists flying in by the boatload at bargain basement discounts contributing little to the economy but bringing in a culture of drugs and unfettered sex. I say leave Goa to the Goans -- we have survived and shall overcome our existing problems in our own time and fashion. First we need to unite and go about throwing the rascals out of office--those who care two hoots about the land and are prepared to sell their mother for a few pieces of silver - Original Message - From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.as a tool to Save Goa --- On Sat, 6/21/08, Chris Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Moderator -- this unwarranted abuse of Rajan must stop. The man is doing yeoman's work without remuneration and at considerable personal sacrifice --- Hallelujah, somewhere in this world the Red Sea must be parting again. George Pinto and Chris Vaz are in total agreement over something. The extreme Right and Ultra Left in warm embrace. This is so touching, I dab my eyes delicately to wipe away the tears. Goa has about as much chance of surviving without the bhaile, be it in investment or labour, as a child abandoned at birth. That too is a reality, which unfortunately cannot be captured by the camera. All this talk about Goans being overwhelmed by bhaile is utter nonsense. Goans are not the only ones in India, who are facing problems of rural migration and sky-rocketing land prices amidst crumbling infrastructures. It is one thing to qualify Goa's problems, it is quite another to suggest solutions that will completely disable it. selma
[Goanet] The Rape of Goa.....as a tool to Save Goa
Dear Selma, Thanks for stating the truth as it is. It is NOT the bhaile who are destroying Goa and the Goans but the likes of Manohar Parrikar . who divide Goans on religion and caste, favour their own kind and label those who do not accept this as Naxalites. It comes as no surprise that Manohar takes up the cause of some Mine operating families that have the worst track record in Environmental Management instead of forcing them to get themselves certified under ISO 14001 as Sesa Goa Ltd and Dempo Mining have done so far. It is not that these two companies are paragons of virtues but , at least, they have some standard. It is time to end the Titulo de Concessao under the Portuguese law and make a fresh start with mining leases as per the Indian laws like Mines and Minerals Development [Regulation] Act. Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.as a tool to Save Goa Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Sat, 6/21/08, Chris Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Moderator -- this unwarranted abuse of Rajan must stop. The man is doing yeoman's work without remuneration and at considerable personal sacrifice --- Hallelujah, somewhere in this world the Red Sea must be parting again. George Pinto and Chris Vaz are in total agreement over something. The extreme Right and Ultra Left in warm embrace. This is so touching, I dab my eyes delicately to wipe away the tears. Goa has about as much chance of surviving without the bhaile, be it in investment or labour, as a child abandoned at birth. That too is a reality, which unfortunately cannot be captured by the camera. All this talk about Goans being overwhelmed by bhaile is utter nonsense. Goans are not the only ones in India, who are facing problems of rural migration and sky-rocketing land prices amidst crumbling infrastructures. It is one thing to qualify Goa's problems, it is quite another to suggest solutions that will completely disable it. selma -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.....as a tool to Save Goa
I certainly second Chris and Sandeep on their take on 'The Rape of Goa. as a tool to Save Goa and strongly believe that it should be cut off, terminated. The assessment made by Jason somewhat goes over the head when Goa is having turbulent times with every second person behaving like a termite, eating away the Goodness of Goa. In this case , philosophies and advance understanding of the problem does not work, but real action does. Examples are a plenty but the two prominent ones is the RP-2011 and SEZs. What Jason is suggesting/prescribing is a slow, torturous cure and what Rajan is suggesting/prescribing is a by-pass operation which will get the patient well on the move. Goa needs a political cure, the sooner the better, and I think Jason has been hinting towards this. But for that to happen, there must be a radical emotional outburst such as the one we saw on 18 December, 2006 at Azad Maidan soon after the GBA was formed which cauterised the RP-2011. Goa needs both Rajan as well as Jason because it will take both hands to clap when the victory day arrives to shine over Goa. And that victory day will be in the form of the election results where the individual Ali Babas will be put out of business with a written-down GOA CENTRIC Governance l taking-over where MLAs and Ministers and Chief Ministers will be rendered as drivers, cleaners and attendants to see that the Governance vehicle moves well on the prescribed route on the demarcated road with the people of Goa watching its every move, stopping/correcting its course when it tends to go astray and pushing it forward to move faster when it is on course. Cheers floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: Chris Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.as a tool to Save Goa This is the first time I've heard that the words tool and ejaculate are vulgar and obscene. How prissy do we have to be? I repeat my previous message. Has any one on this forum EVER engaged in what someone called a disgusting act? Is that an obscene or vulgar function? So those of us who have partaken of this disgusting act are obscene and vulgar people? Then those who are innocent of this affliction shall be allowed to cast the first stone! Please, let's act grown up!
Re: [Goanet] Telo Mascarenhas by Shashikar Kelekar not Shashikala Kakodkar
Commentary on this big blow-up on Goanet Avoice! Samir samko dynamite murre! Looks like history took a long siesta. So where are the references you ask?:=)) And you ask that from Mr. Goa know-it-all himself. After being reduced to eating toasts, the guys are being toasted.. OK! There was no jam on their toast. And you say, Stop your half elegant cliches! Samir in-effect ask: Were you thrown into cells with blood-spattered walls? Were you interrogated in a dim light asking for informaciaum on the suspects accused of involvement? Were your finger-nails ripped? Did you see Monteiro himself? How many days were you on hunger strike? Na ree saiba. These guys have packaged their version of truth in repetitive Goanet posts. So supurlo Goenkars like moi are left to wonder if the conclusions are derived from reality or from fictional excursions. Under the guise of humor, some have sexed-up their accounts (and questions) a little bit. From the names that JC has mentioned below, some of whom I know and read about, I can say these figures are the meek opportunistic types, who when the time comes, engage in hand-wringing. These British slaves suck up to the British system and cannot defend Goa against the writings of some white-skin O-level (graduate) cheap tourists. Yet JC wants us to believe they stood up against the British Empire? From the recent flap of British tourists in Goa, I found the stand taken by those names mentioned embarrassing ... and I have said so on this forum. Your description was better - white-wannabe bootlickers. Perhaps after a few scotches, and in front of other Goans they raise the same issues and create a royal mess trying to vamoosh their listeners or readers. As far as Do you get some brownie points for every post that you make denigrating your own kin ? the answer is YES. The brownie point is the satisfaction of putting down another Goan with a cheap shot from 'an authority who never was'. From their writings, we are left with cover-ups to cover the cover-ups; which blows-up in strange circumstances, as in the present exchange. So as we uncover the big cover-up, I am glad as they say in political history Samir elected to 'to kick arse' and ask some tough questions. This is especially when someone points a finger, in fact several fingers; and presents themselves as some all-knowing Goan who makes the truth the first casualty. I suggest that the children of the khoro Niz Goenkars who sacrificed for Goa on both sides of the political divide, give up their present job and run for political office in Goa. Their sacrifice will be a lot less that the freedom fighters of the prior generation who risked with their lives. Regards, GL PS: The words in quotes are taken from prior posts on this thread. - Samir Kelekar wrote: Don't try to evade the issue Jose or hide behind other names. tell me --- are you of a slave mentality or not? Is your going for Portuguese citizenship a purely opportunistic thing or not? Accept the fact that you have teamed up with our conquerers. Even Portuguese would respect the Goan freedom fighters but not white-wannabe bootlickers such as you. As they say, in a hotel, the waiter has more arrogance than the owner. So, tell me, are you trying to do this to impress the Portuguese consular members who might be members on this list? Do you get some brownie points for every post that you make denigrating your own kin ? - Jose wrote: I suppose the following are examples of GoaNetters (et others) who are people of slave mentality as per the classification of Dr Samir Kelekar : PhD jc, Dr. Teotonio de Souza, Naraina Coisoro, the late Pundalik Gaitonde, the late Jose Inacio Loyola (Portuguese slaves), Cornel da Costa, Eddie Fernandes (British slaves) et al...
Re: [Goanet] June 18- Let the Revolution Begin
I find laughable Eugene's claim: The book perhaps tells how long Telo was sentenced. If not for Indian government's intervention, he would not have been back on Indian soil. And can Eugene be sure of this? How can anyone be sure that Portugal would have not released Telo sooner or later? Eugene's claim is ridiculous. We all know that Portugal started changing its views regarding its overseas possessions as early as 1967 when it offered Macau back to China for the first time (and China declined the offer). We also know that in 1974, Portugal became a democratic country and offered independence to all its colonies. How can anyone at all claim that Telo would not have been back on Indian soil if not for India's intervention. Who is Eugene to know this for sure? God??? Ahahahahaha!!! LOL! Where are the facts in Eugene's claim? Paulo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eugene Correia Sent: 21 June 2008 11:54 To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] June 18- Let the Revolution Begin Miguel, again you have missed the point. It was not me but JC who raised the issue obliquely and then I said that I know that Telo was charged with bigamy. The book perhaps tells how long Telo was sentenced. If not for Indian government's intervention, he would not have been back on Indian soil. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1513 - Release Date: 22/06/2008 07:52
[Goanet] GTDC Sao Joao on 21st June
[Goanet] GTDC Sao Joao on 21st June Miguel Braganza braganza.miguel at gmail.com Fri Jun 20 12:46:42 PDT 2008 I too feel GTDC was not wrong in celebrating Sao Joao on 21st. People talk anything nowadays. Today, we went to Pomburpa, villagers there celebrated their Sao Joao today on 22/6/08 at the Pomborpa spring and it was well supported by their village parish priest. We even saw him wearing Sao Joao Copel (Crown) plus he was distributing Sao Joao goodies to newly married couples of Pomburpa on stage. Videos appearing shortly. Check this pic in the mean time http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2601921082/sizes/l/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Please check this out: Pomburpa Spring Sao Joao
Please check this out: Pomburpa Spring Sao Joao And I like the new Sao Joao song too sung by Mr. Avaz Sao Joao at Pomburpa - I http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=bZtmTWPNOOg pics – A section of the crowd http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2602075728/sizes/l/ newly weds http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2602074342/sizes/l/ Village folks with Kopel http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2601921082/sizes/l/ A view from the back side of the spring http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2601924820/sizes/l/ the front side http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2601917328/sizes/l/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Investigate all IAS officers serving in Goa
To Goanet - All IAS officers, including the Chief Secretary, currently serving in Goa, should be asked to declare their real estate holdings in Goa and the holdings of their direct relatives. We know of several past IAS officers (including one who has recently turned into a 'farmer') who have real estate holdings here. See this - * http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=5958cid=2 Amarinder bought four flats in Goa? NEW DELHI, JUNE 21 (Agencies) — The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has alleged that the family of former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, including his son Raninder Singh and his media adviser Bis Chahal, had bought four flats in Goa. The bureau has registered a case of disproportionate assets under the Prevention of Corruption Act, under Sections 7, 8, 9, 13, 131 (d) and (e), as well as under Section 120 of the IPC. The former chief minister and his son have been asked to report for questioning at the Patiala circuit house on July 6. Vigilance sources said that one Chetan Gupta purchased the four flats for Amarinder in both Goa and Noida. Amarinder and his family have been accused of amassing a huge amount of property, including four flats each in Noida and Goa, besides property in Dubai, Sweden, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. He is also accused of depositing $200,000 in a Swiss account, besides taking bribes while passing mega projects. The former chief minister, however, claims that the entire case is a desperate attempt by the ruling Akali Dal in league with his detractors in the Punjab Congress to prevent his return to active politics. Regards, r
[Goanet] Mega- Raze
Subject - Mega Raze. In quite a few villages e.g. Colva, the people have found out that mega-projects have clearly violated the laws of the Land. And most builders have legalised illegally. These mega-projects should be stopped/razed; regardless of whatever stage it has reached. Being at an advanced stage does not right the wrong; and no mercy should be shown to these destructive builders. Arwin Mesquita, UAE. -- Please read my Blog: (1) http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ (2) http://arwinmesquita.wordpress.com/2008/06/
Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.....as a tool to Save Goa
Sandeep Heble wrote: Rajan's post, however crude and vulgar it may have been, should have been ignored likewise. He probably used that kind of language to get on someone's nerves and by being upset; you all gave him what he actually wanted. If you would have ignored him, he would have ended up looking like a fool himself. Sandeep, I have a hard time ignoring things that are not compatible with my beliefs. In my experience, I have found that when one does not nip off a problem in its bud, it soon spreads like a cancer. For example, the people who are raping Goa today are doing so because people in Goa earlier thought the problems they faced (from the same people) would go away if they ignored them. On a related note, I overheard two kids fighting on the street the other day, probably over a similar silly thing. One kid kept on abusing while the other stayed cool and calm, absolutely unaffected by the barrage of insults. After some time, the unaffected kid simply replied: I'm made of rubber; you're made of glue, and everything you say bounces off me and sticks to you. There is a flip side to this. I invest in exploration/mining projects in Africa. The people promoting these firms are in the business for only one reason i.e. to make money. Their mode of operation is to go into a country, bribe the govt officials, start operations and sell everything the moment production starts. That's when the small share holder finds: 1) that his 'investment' is dumping waste material directly into pristine rivers and 2) his 'investment' is protected by a private militia that also accused of looting and rape. In other developing countries, you find companies like Barrick Gold that has exported two billion (yes, BILLION) dollars of gold in the past five years while paying five million dollars in tax to the Tanzanian Govt. When I searched for who the directors of Barrick were, I found the names of George Bush (41) and a former conservative Canadian Prime Minister. Just like one of the two kids in your analogy, the directors (and shareholders) of Barrick are happy to abuse others whenever they can get away with it. Now that mining companies in Goa are being bought and operated by the multi-nationals, rest assured that they are there to maximize profits and have no social responsibility to the local population. Maybe this little kid can teach us important lessons in life. Let's simply ignore all the insults that are hurled our way and they will no longer be ours. They will simply stick to haunt those who choose to throw them. However good Rajan may be as Pravin has repeatedly tried to illustrate, it is equally true that some of his thoughts are not compatible in a vibrant progressive democracy. Let's choose wise ways to respond to him. We will ignore the obscene vulgar stuff! Rajan is excellent at: 1) Photography 2) disgusting language (I have the emails if anyone is interested). However, just as you and Pravin have pointed out, he is not capable of leading by consensus. I do not have the time nor patience for one man shows as they usually operate on whims and change directions on whims too. Goa has to be developed. It just cannot remain in the quaint picture postcard image of the last century. The issue here is responsible development. The Seychelles has a law that forbids any building higher that the nearest coconut tree. If you visit the Seychelles, you will see tourist developments gracefully incorporated into the environment. Contrast this with India where there are laws prohibiting tourist buildings within 100(?) feet of the shore line. In Goa alone I have been to a dozen recently built hotels that are withing 10 feet of the shore line. JoeUKgoa has also posted pictures of such hotels on Goanet. It is no use having laws if they are not upheld. Goans who are willing to accept the flouting of laws have the same attitude of the child who says everything bounces of him. The danger always is that when verbal abuse is not stoped, it is soon followed by abuse to the society and environment. One last thing, you noticed how one member here is now focused on finding out the sexual habits of other members here? He wants to know what sexual acts others engage(d) in. This would not have happened if the moderators did they job properly and not allowed Rajan's disgusting post in the first place. Mervyn3.0 We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato - __ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca
[Goanet] GOACAN sees Naxal Bogey as ploy to get finance for Police Infrastructure
- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED - GOACAN sees Naxal Bogey as ploy to get finance for Police Infrastructure to protect vested business interests in Tourism and Mining - GOACAN strongly condemns the statement made by former Chief Minister and the present Opposition Leader Mr. Manohar Parrikar at the meeting of the Goa Legislative Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Home, that activist Sebastian Rodrigues others are Naxalites and promoting the use of terrorist methods to achieve success in their anti-mining environmental agitation. GOACAN perfectly understands the strategic reasons, why the Opposition Leader Mr. Manohar Parrikar chose to make these statements at the meeting of the Ad hoc committee for Home in his capacity as Chairperson and not at a BJP Press conference as there are plans of the Central Govt. to strengthen the police apparatus in the State of Goa. GOACAN also understands the context of the statement of the former Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar of maligning genuine activists as terrorists, as his political party the BJP requires to justify the proposed setting up of 500 NGOs in Goa particularly in the mining belt in the next 6 months. It may be recalled that the Government of Goa has set up 3 Coastal Security Police Stations namely Siolim, Harbour and Mobor wherein the jurisdiction of these police stations is peculiarly limited to an area of 200 meters from the High Tide Line and 12 nautical miles in the Sea. There is no record of any request of any MLA of any Political Party to set up such police stations with this peculiar jurisdiction, neither was this proposal tabled at any session of the Goa Legislative Assembly nor was this discussed at Block Advisory Committee (BAC), Zilla Parishad, Village Panchayat and Municipal Council meetings especially as there is already the Goa Marine Police who could have covered the same jurisdiction. Moreover, it is not surprising that in a recent Gazette Notification the jurisdiction of these Coastal Police Stations have been extended to the various major rivers and their tributaries in Goa especially as all the Iron Ore exports to Japan and China are being transported in barges through these rivers as well as the existing new Offshore Casinos are being shifted to jetties being built on these very river banks. GOACAN is of the opinion that the State is using large amounts of tax-payers money to create a huge police infrastructure in the name of fighting terrorism which in actual fact will be used to protect the interest of Indian Goan Big Business Houses who are diversifying into Five Star Hotels, Mega housing projects, Golf Courses and Casinos. It is evident that there are vested business interests who are deciding State priorities as tax payers money which should have been spent on infrastructure like garbage disposal, public toilets, market places, efficient public transport system, durable roads, 24 hours water supply and uninterrupted electricity is being diverted to create more Armoured Police Battalions and Intelligence networks so as to provide security to the Business Houses and also to respond to the agitations of the Aam Aadmi. GOACAN calls upon the people of Goa to be vigilant to the designs of the Central Government to convert Goa into a Special Tourism Area on the lines of Hawaii, Las Vegas and Pattaya to satiate the lust and greed of the rich and famous who are keen to spend their ill gotten wealth in the luxury of the Hotel rooms, Swimming pools, Night Clubs and Casino's of Goa. GOACAN calls upon citizens to be vigilant as there is a surreptitious plan for a Super Luxury R R Tourism Enclave extending from the Sindhudurg Tourism District with a 80km Special Tourism Area (STA) in the State of Maharashtra, on the Northern border of Goa and the Seabird Naval Base at Karwar in Karnataka on the Southern border covering the 3 states with Goa as the Core Area and Mopa as it's International Airport. GOACAN is of the firm belief that while the preparation of this enclave is underway, there will be determined efforts to dismantle the traditional occupations, land and beach space used by Mundkars, Toddy Tappers, Small Farmers, Ramponkars, Beach Shack Owners etc which will result in innumerable daily sustained agitations and increased confrontations with builders of Mega Projects, Multi-National Hotel Companies and Mining Conglomerates for which a new kind of Policing system will be set up using the guise of countering Terrorism and Naxal infiltration. -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK
[Goanet] EURO 2008 DRAW, proceeds to benefit Goa Sudharop
An update - Spain finally beats Italy in a penalty shootout. Bucks the division winner losing in the quarter-finals trend. Great semi-finals match-ups. Another reason to take time off from work. 4 teams, 4 people left in the pool. SpainAidan Pinto Russia Milan Kojnok Turkey Conrad Rodricks Germany Gabe Menezes May the best team win. George Pinto
[Goanet] GOVERNMENT INSULTING LATE BHAUSAHEB BANDODKAR: UTT GOENKARA
Utt Goenkara has strongly criticized the delay by the Communidade of Serula in giving possession of 2050 sq mts of land at Porvorim to the late Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial trust. Inspite of the Goa government having by a written order dated 10th April 2008 granted official approval to the handing over possession of the land to the trust, the Law Minister Dayanand Narvekar was sabotaging the compliance of an order of his own government on the pretext that the Congress Bhavan is proposed on the same land. Goa's first Chief Minister during his nine and a half year tenure had a vision for Goa and a passion to help the Aam Aadmi and such petty politics in denying land to a trust in his memory is an high-handed insult to the late Dayanand Bandodkar. One fails to comprehend that the very government which dished out lakhs of squares metres for anti Goa projects like SEZ was making such a fuss to ensure compliance of its own order of releasing a mere 2050 sq mts to a trust set up in memory of Goa's first Chief Minister. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat should ensure that handing over possession of the land to the trust is complete by Aug 12th which is the death anniversary of late Chief Minister. Politicians should stop being hypocrites by paying tributes at the Samadhi of Goa's first Chief Minister and later garlanding his statue while on the other side showing scant respect to the late Bhausaheb Bandodkar. There is a need that the future generations be acquainted with the work and vision of late Bhausaheb Bandodkar for Goa. While Goa's first Chief Minister will always be fondly remembered for the role he played for the upliftment of Goa's downtrodden, most of the other Chief Ministers have only left bitter memories of having looted and destroyed this State for selfish gains. Aires Rodrigues Spokesman Utt Goenkara Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (23Jun08)
As a reveller jumps into a well screaming VIVA SAO JOAO a woman remarks, There's very little water in the well..! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa.....as a tool to Save Goa
--- On Sun, 6/22/08, Chris Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the preservation of Goa from the exploiters who promised us freedom and are now engaged with obvious connivance of our ghaunti politicians to sell Goa to the highest bidder regardless of the consequences. -- Dear Chris, J K Rowlings, had good advice in her address to Harvard's graduation class, the time to stop blaming your parents is when you can take charge of the steering wheel yourself. So the first thing to do is to realise that Goa is a grown-up and to stop blaming, this so-called entity that promised us freedom and is now engaged in selling Goa. There is no us and them, there is only us. Secondly, let's not be naive in thinking that Goa can be saved if only our politicians were stripped of their power or if only the bhaile went away and left us alone. Then we could go back to our humdrum lives and live exactly as we did, 5000 years ago, before civilisation began. The door on Edenesque paradise is firmly shut, now we have to move forward with the knowledge that Goa has a young and thriving population who are screaming out for the sort of opportunities their counterparts in Mumbai and Bangalore take for granted. Capitalistic appetites are a very good indicator of a society's aspirations. With that in mind, let's be crystal clear Goa needs investment, and that the bulk of that investment will come from India. What we can manage is the how, how much, where and what-for of development. What we cannot and should not do is duck for cover in a haze of xenophobic dust spread by the myopia of so-called Niz Goenkarponn. selma
Re: [Goanet] June 18- Let the Revolution Begin
Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [1] I find laughable Eugene's claim [2] And can Eugene be sure of this? [3] Eugene's claim is ridiculous. [4] Where are the facts in Eugene's claim? = jc's response: Paulo my friend, You are being absolutely unfair. You really expect Eugene to be sure, not to be 'ridiculous' and to base his claims on facts? What is wrong with you? Have you not heard Pat Boone's Love Letters in the Sand? Well ..Eugene is writing anthing which comes to his mind' in the Sand. BTW: Have you not heard this other claim i.e. Lohia THUNDERED in Margao? Did Lohia speak publicly in Margao? When? What did he say? Hm jc PS: 46 years after the Portuguese left, some brilliantissimus are still looking for the June 18 Revolution to Begin? HELLO!!
[Goanet] AN INSULT TO GOA'S FIRST CHIEF MINISTER
Utt Goenkara has strongly criticized the delay by the Communidade of Serula in giving possession of 2050 sq mts of land at Porvorim to the late Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial trust. Inspite of the Goa government having by a written order dated 10th April 2008 granted official approval to the handing over possession of the land to the trust, the Law Minister Dayanand Narvekar was sabotaging the compliance of an order of his own government on the pretext that the Congress Bhavan is proposed on the same land. Goa's first Chief Minister during his nine and a half year tenure had a vision for Goa and a passion to help the Aam Aadmi and such petty politics in denying land to a trust in his memory is an high-handed insult to the late Dayanand Bandodkar. One fails to comprehend that the very government which dished out lakhs of squares metres for anti Goa projects like SEZ was making such a fuss to ensure compliance of its own order of releasing a mere 2050 sq mts to a trust set up in memory of Goa's first Chief Minister. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat should ensure that handing over possession of the land to the trust is complete by Aug 12th which is the death anniversary of late Chief Minister. Politicians should stop being hypocrites by paying tributes at the Samadhi of Goa's first Chief Minister and later garlanding his statue while on the other side showing scant respect to the late Bhausaheb Bandodkar. There is a need that the future generations be acquainted with the work and vision of late Bhausaheb Bandodkar for Goa. While Goa's first Chief Minister will always be fondly remembered for the role he played for the upliftment of Goa's downtrodden, most of the other Chief Ministers have only left bitter memories of having looted and destroyed this State for selfish gains. Aires Rodrigues Spokesman Utt Goenkara Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Speed - monday-muse (23june08)
MONDAY MUSE (23 June 2008) SPEED Yesterday recorded two years since the passing away of Goa’s most doted poets, Dr Manoharrai L Sardessai. He was a gifted communicator, not just as a writer, but as a speaker as well. In oratory as well as in everyday speech, his words would conjure up the finest of poetry, prose or philosophy. It would not be an exaggeration to say that his quotes over a month could fill up a decent quotation book. Dr Manoharrai’s family, friends and colleagues were fortunate to be the recipients of such fine gifts of wisdom on a daily basis. One such privileged person is Mukesh Thaly who worked with him on the compilation of the Konkani Encyclopedia. He has many interesting inspirations to recall. One such incident was mentioned by him at a program, held on 2 July 2006, to pay homage to the great poet. The Himalayan task of putting together the entries for the Konkani Encyclopedia was always running against time. The dedicated team was giving it its all. Everyone was in full gear. The urgency was turning the working environment into a pressure cooker. All that changed with a subtle quote by Dr Manoharrai, “Do not sacrifice accuracy at the altar of speed!” The paradigms changed with the clarification of the vision that the assignment demanded nothing less than accuracy. In a highly competitive world where things move at furious speed, it is necessary to ensure that efficiency is not a victim to the test of deadlines. Too often in the urgency to finish the task at hand, we ignore the fine details and end up with a below par result. Surely it is not enough to do tasks in time; we need to be better at doing them well as well. Hey, don’t rush such that efficiency goes for a toss… Pace yourself to BE BETTER and deny eventual loss! - Pravin-da 23 June 2008, Goa, India. Since 2004, the MONDAY MUSE series (based on JCI-India’s annual theme) is penned by PRAVIN SABNIS - a life coach with a passion to connect people to their passion potential. He employs creative competencies in theatre trekking in his UNLEARNING UNLIMITED workshops conducted for leading corporate other groups. Pravin K. Sabnis visit: www.unlearningunlimited.blogspot.com www.poems-pravinsabnis.blogspot.com www.monday-muse.blogspot.com Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/
Re: [Goanet] Mishearing Parrikar ... Seby is Nice all right! , NOT Naxalite
Miguel Braganza wrote: In any case, the humourous Editorial in the GT Weekender is a must read. One wonders if Derek actually wrote it . it almost looks like Cecil Pinto has planted it there. ;-) Yep, Miguel. The M.A.M. v/s M.I.L.F. article had all the hallmarks of Cecil's writing style. When I questioned Cecil, he claimed that he had no idea of what the acronyms were. I guess neither did the editor of GT Weekender. Mervyn3.0 __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Feminist Marathi poetry of Vishnu Wagh
Feminist Marathi poetry of Vishnu Wagh by NANDKUMAR KAMAT This century would belong to the new breed of writers and poets from the masses of Goa who could not have opportunity to showcase their talent under the colonial regime and the exploitative class structure. Modern education, democratization of institutions and expansion of equitable platforms for creative appreciation have fertilised the new creativity. This would now explode with new forms, new experiments, novel idioms, styles and ex-pressions. When a genius writer like Pundalik Narayan Naik makes a statement- amchyo kitalyoshoch piligyo monyanich gelyo (Our forefathers died silently without ever expressing themselves) it becomes a message and a manifesto for the new writers. Nothing would stop them now. They are bound to take Goas Marathi and Konkani literature to new heights. Popular playwright, poet and artist Vishnu Surya Wagh and Konkani poet Nilaba Khandekar both have their roots in Dongri village in Tiswadi. Both are young ambassadors of Goas modern poetry. Nilaba Khandekar is much ahead of his time in Agni and Black his two path-breaking Konkani poetry collections. After entertaining vast audiences in Goa and Maharashtra with his popular poems, Vishnu has just broken through the stereotype with his brand new Marathi poetry collection Bacchubhaichi wadi. This place is a real address near the red light area in Mumbai. When he sent me a copy, I was stunned by its high production value. Such books in Marathi are rarely designed and printed in Goa. This trend-setting poetry collection includes perhaps the first ever poem on Scarlet Keeling in any language. The 10 page long poem dear Scarlet depicts the dilemma of western tourists who land up in Goa in search of nirvana but often fail to understand and enjoy the real culture of Goa. Full of compassion for the British teenager, this poem also exposes the problems associated with the hedonistic lifestyle of the Europeans and their irresponsible parenting standards. Vishnu wishes at the end of the poem that Scarlet could be reborn as a Goan to experience Goa which she never cared to understand. Bacchubhaichi wadi is Vishnus ninth publication and fifth poetry collection. His five poetry collections have filled up the tremendous vacuum created after the death of poet laureate Bakibab Borkar and Shankar Ramani. Vishnu has been writing, painting, singing and directing plays since past 30 years. He was a very sensitive and creative child. Having born in a farmers family in the rustic setting of Dongri village, an estuarine island surrounded by vast Khazan lands and crisscrossing saline creeks of Cumbarjua canal Vishnus personality was moulded by his hard working parents. His poetry has absorbed the imagery from his childhood, boyhood and youth. He had seen the deep interest his artist father, a well-known director of Marathi dramas used to take in propagating noble and timeless cultural values. He has devoted several touching poems to his mother who succumbed to breast cancer at a relatively young age. Having seen a lot many personal tragedies and upheavals, Vishnu Wagh came out stronger after each of the ordeal. He burst on the Marathi literary firmament with his first poetry collection Zinzir Zinzir sanj. It is a kaleidoscopic collection of poems on nature, Goas cultural ethos, folklore and many other topics. However, Vishnu seems to have broken through the mould in his latest Bacchubhaichi wadi. The collection comprises longer poems. Most of these have powerful feminist statements. The autobiographical preface by the poet introduces to the readers a hitherto unknown facet of Vishnus sensitive and compassionate personality. The thirty feminist poems in the first part with the common caption- yes, I am that woman are unique in contemporary non-Dalit Marathi literature. Each poem is like a miniature bomb blast-revealing the naked reality of the womens world - their untold sufferings, the male perception of women as sexual commodities and above all the heaps of injustice that the female gender in India has been subjected to. These poems have no parallel in post liberation Goan Marathi poetry because a composite reading of all the 30 poems sends a strong cohesive, secular and compassionate message to the society-that real poetry needs to move beyond fickle romanticism and aesthetic escapism and empty debate on empowering the women. A woman farm labourer works more than her male counterpart but is still paid less because the wage structure is unfavorable to her. Vishnus poem raises the question of such economic injustice. There are thousands of households in rural Goa where the head of the family spends the hard earned money of the wife or daughters on alcohol and gambling. The women get beaten if they challenge this behavior. From Vishnus pen emerges the dissected layers of pathos, the silent sufferings of women who are still crying for true equality and
Re: [Goanet] Greening Benaulim (By Rina Mukherjee, Infochangeindia.org)
Folks, The Benaulim Green Book is available for free if you down load it from the internet. I have a few copies available for $10.00 to anyone in N. America who is interested. All proceeds go directly to Clinton Vaz. Mervyn3.0 http://infochangeindia.org/200806187182/Environment/Books-Reports/Greening-Benaulim.html Greening Benaulim By Rina Mukherji [EMAIL PROTECTED] A book by Benaulim resident Clinton Vaz shows visiting tourists how they can reduce the harmful effects of their presence in this popular Goan tourist destination __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] OFFICIAL REPORT: Goa legislature secretariat ad hoc Committee on Home
Dears, The journalists of ALL the newspapers in Goa seem to have gone on a VANA-MAHOTSAV on 19 June, 2008, and each one PLANTED a story in each of the newspapers, mostly on the Front Page. Omigosh! The NAXALITES have disappeared from the ad hoc Committee on Home report. Shri Manohar Parrikar, the Leader of Opposition, MLA of Panaji, former CM and the current Chairman of the adhoc Committee on Home, can now OFFICIALLY DENY having made any statement about Seby being a Naxalite! Wow. The official report states Mr. Francis D'Souza, Mr. Mahadev Naik, Mr. Milind Naik and Damodar Naik, BJP MLAs attended the meeting as special invitees. But for this statement, they would have conveniently forgotten that they ever attended this special event. What ad hoc Committee on Home are you talking about? would have been a likely rhetoric question later. I wonder what the official spokesman of the BJP, Shri Damodar Naik MLA of Fatorda, will say of Parrikar's statement on Naxalites. Did he ...or didn't he? And one thought that only the minutes of the Task Force on Regional Plan 2021 were like a BIKINI revealing everything, except the essentials? Dr. Pratap Naik, Mr. Wilmix Wilson Mazarello, strongly urged for inclusion in the State Official Languages Act Konkani in Roman script and described the non-inclusion of Konkani in Roman script as human rights violation. We are lucky to see this statement in black and white ...while the Reds have disappeared from Home. The main issue at the Solidarity meeting today at T.B. Cunha hall, close to the office of the Director of Information Publicity in Udyog Bhavan, is like a PEPSI Nothing OFFICIAL about it! Mog asundi Miguel Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:59:33 +0530 From: Goanet News [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] OFFICIAL REPORT: Goa legislature secretariat ad hoc committee on Home ToMessage-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the official version of the issues coming up at the Goa legislature secretariat ad hoc committee on Home, circulated via the Director of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa [EMAIL PROTECTED] on June 21, 2008. GOA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT AD HOC COMMITTEE ON HOME Porvorim 20 June 2008 PRESS COMMUNIQUE The ad hoc Committee on Home (19.6.2008) held its second sitting to examine major schemes, programmes and the adverse comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in respect of GAD, Goa Sadan, Public Grievances, Vigilance GPSC. 2. The Committee was chaired by Mr. Manohar Parrikar, Leader of Opposition. Mr. Francis D'Souza, Mr. Mahadev Naik, Mr. Milind Naik and Damodar Naik, BJP MLAs attended the meeting as special invitee. 3. Members of public turned up in large numbers and expressed their views before the Committee. Notable amongst them were: Mr. Godfrey Gonsalves, Mr. G.N. Mishra, Mr. Ramnath G. Naik, Dr. Pratap Naik, Mr. Wilmix Wilson Mazarello 4. Mr. Uddipta Ray, IAS, Secretary, GAD Vigilance, the Secretary,, PSC and other officers deposed before the Committee. QUICK COMPLETION OF GOA NIWAS, NEW DELHI GOA BHAVAN, MUMBAI 5. The Leader of Opposition ridiculed the Government for constructing a swimming pool in the new Goa Niwas at Chanakyapuri using frugal public finances. He urged the Government to expeditiously complete the works on Goa Niwas, New Delhi and Goa Bhavan, Mumbai. He also wanted the issue of allotment orders to common man of vacant rooms in Circuit Houses and Government Bhavans on time and also revision of tariff. ILLEGAL CREATION OF POSTS IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT 6. The Leader of Opposition drew attention of the Government to illegal creation of 87 posts under the Urban Malaria Scheme in the Directorate of Health Services, without Cabinet approval as required under the Goa (Rules of Executive Business) 1991. He demanded that the recruitment process to these illegally created posts needed to be stopped forthwith. The Leader of Opposition urged that copies of the Rules of Executive Business of Goa must be circulated to Ministers and MLAs to avoid non-compliance both by intention as well as inadvertence. NON-ALLOCATION OF RS.50 LAKHS FOR MARATHI BHAVAN 7. Mr. Parrikar and Mr. Francis D'Souza called the Finance Minister's declaration for allotment of Rs.50 lakhs for Marathi Bhavan in his budget speech in March 2008 to the Legislative Assembly was a sop and a publicity stunt. They pointed out that the money has not been allocated under the relevant demand as the Finance Minister's declaration was under pressure at the last minute without caring to provide at least a token amount in the budget document. Dr. Pratap Naik, Mr. Wilmix Wilson Mazarello, strongly urged for inclusion in the State Official Languages Act Konkani in Roman script and described the non-inclusion of Konkani in Roman script as human rights violation. RESULTS OF GPSC TO BE ON WEBSITE 9. The Leader of Opposition pointed out that all expenditure of GPSC should be voted by the Legislative Assembly except the salaries, allowances
[Goanet] Mining industry is backbone of state economy, says Digambar
Mining industry is backbone of state economy, says Digambar BICHOLIM - Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat said that the mining industry is the backbone of the state economy and therefore this industry must not suffer. There are damages and effects due to mining activities but if certain precautions are taken, the adverse effects can be minimised. The Chief Minister asked the mine owners to shoulder their responsibility in safe-guarding the environmental growth and take measures for minimising pollution caused due to mining activities. Mr Kamat was speaking as chief guest at the inauguration of Mega Tree Plantation Programme held recently at Chowgule mines, at Pale, Bicholim. The programme has been undertaken by the Goa Iron Ore Exporters Association in collaboration with Mineral Foundation of Goa and the forest department of Goa. The minister for forest, Mr Philip Neri; director of Chowgule mine company, Mr Ashok Chowgule; the director of Salgaonkar company, Mr Shivanand Salgaonkar; the executive officer of MFG, Mr Swaminathan Shridhar and Mr Rajesh Yaduvanshi were present as special invitees on the occasion. Mr Kamat said that under mega tree plantation programme about 17 lakh trees would be planted all over Goa this monsoon season. Mr Kamat asked the people to plant trees in order to maintain the environment balance. He also said that people should not oppose mining for the sake of opposing it on the contrary there is need to lessen the gap of understanding between people and mining industrialists. He came down heavily on the opposition who make baseless allegations and criticise the government and said that people should not get misguided by such false propaganda. The forest minister, Mr Neri said that people should cooperate with the government for making government schemes and programmes successful. He also asked the people to see that the trees planted survive and added that at least 80 per cent of the trees planted should survive by proper maintenance. The trees were planted at Chowgule mines by guests on the occasion. Mr Salgaonkar and Mr Chowgule also spoke on the occasion. Mr Parag Ranganekar compered the function. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=062275
[Goanet] GOACAN sees Naxal Bogey as ploy to get finance for Police Infrastructure
Dears, There is a meeting at TB da Cunha Memorial Hall, near Azad Maidan, Panaji, TODAY at 4.00 P.M. to CONDEMN the LABELLING of Sebastian Rodrigues and other peaceful ACTIVISTS leading and/or documenting the NON-VIOLENT struggle for maintaining the quality of life in the rural Goa as NAXALITES by the Leader of the Opposition, Shri Manohar Parrikar, while speaking in the capacity of Chairman of the ad hoc Committee on Home of the Goa Legislative Assembly during a Public Hearing on 19 June, 2008. About 30 persons representing a cross section of the Goan Society have decided to speak out against such a tag. The meeting is open to all. A Press Note has been released by GAKUVED [the Gawda, Kunbi, Velipand Dhangar Federation] and is published in the Navhind Times at page 7 and in some other newspapers today. If you are in Goa today, be there to show your solidarity with Goan causes. Mog asundi. Miguel -- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:55:33 +0530 (GMT+05:30) Subject: [mapusa-net] GOACAN sees Naxal Bogey as ploy to get finance for Police InfrastructureTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GOACAN strongly condemns the statement made by former Chief Minister and the present Opposition Leader Mr. Manohar Parrikar at the meeting of the Goa Legislative Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Home, that activist Sebastian Rodrigues others are Naxalites and promoting the use of terrorist methods to achieve success in their anti-mining environmental agitation. GOACAN perfectly understands the strategic reasons, why the Opposition Leader Mr. Manohar Parrikar chose to make these statements at the meeting of the Ad hoc committee for Home in his capacity as Chairperson and not at a BJP Press conference as there are plans of the Central Govt. to strengthen the police apparatus in the State of Goa. GOACAN also understands the context of the statement of the former Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar of maligning genuine activists as terrorists, as his political party the BJP requires to justify the proposed setting up of 500 NGOs in Goa particularly in the mining belt in the next 6 months. It may be recalled that the Government of Goa has set up 3 Coastal Security Police Stations namely Siolim, Harbour and Mobor wherein the jurisdiction of these police stations is peculiarly limited to an area of 200 meters from the High Tide Line and 12 nautical miles in the Sea. There is no record of any request of any MLA of any Political Party to set up such police stations with this peculiar jurisdiction, neither was this proposal tabled at any session of the Goa Legislative Assembly nor was this discussed at Block Advisory Committee (BAC), Zilla Parishad, Village Panchayat and Municipal Council meetings especially as there is already the Goa Marine Police who could have covered the same jurisdiction. Moreover, it is not surprising that in a recent Gazette Notification the jurisdiction of these Coastal Police Stations have been extended to the various major rivers and their tributaries in Goa especially as all the Iron Ore exports to Japan and China are being transported in barges through these rivers as well as the existing new Offshore Casinos are being shifted to jetties being built on these very river banks. GOACAN is of the opinion that the State is using large amounts of tax-payers money to create a huge police infrastructure in the name of fighting terrorism which in actual fact will be used to protect the interest of Indian Goan Big Business Houses who are diversifying into Five Star Hotels, Mega housing projects, Golf Courses and Casinos. It is evident that there are vested business interests who are deciding State priorities as tax payers money which should have been spent on infrastructure like garbage disposal, public toilets, market places, efficient public transport system, durable roads, 24 hours water supply and uninterrupted electricity is being diverted to create more Armoured Police Battalions and Intelligence networks so as to provide security to the Business Houses and also to respond to the agitations of the Aam Aadmi. GOACAN calls upon the people of Goa to be vigilant to the designs of the Central Government to convert Goa into a Special Tourism Area on the lines of Hawaii, Las Vegas and Pattaya to satiate the lust and greed of the rich and famous who are keen to spend their ill gotten wealth in the luxury of the Hotel rooms, Swimming pools, Night Clubs and Casino's of Goa. GOACAN calls upon citizens to be vigilant as there is a surreptitious plan for a Super Luxury R R Tourism Enclave extending from the Sindhudurg Tourism District with a 80km Special Tourism Area (STA) in the State of Maharashtra, on the Northern border of Goa and the Seabird Naval Base at Karwar in Karnataka on the Southern border covering the 3 states with Goa as the Core Area and Mopa as it's International Airport. GOACAN is of the firm belief that while the preparation of this enclave is
[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 139- NON-RESIDENT GOANS GIVING ADVICE
NON-RESIDENT GOANS GIVING ADVICE Lambert Mascarenhas is maybe right about the attitude of NRGs, Who give advice for Goa, but refuse to return from overseas. He doesn't want them to give tall sermons, Believing that this is what determines What must be done, as if they had some special expertise. He has a point in what he has so bluntly said, But remember that if NRGs take it into their head, To give advice from abroad, Even if it is badly flawed, It is only because they love Goa, and their love for it have not shed. Often if returning to Goa does not appeal to them, It is not because for them it is not a real gem. There are often other ties and solid grounds To make them run with the hares and hunt with the hounds, And we should not them on that account condemn. - Shanti Dhoot RE: *Lambert Mascarenhas: A Fierce Fighter at 94* 16 Jun: Navhind Times. By Tomazinho Cardozo. …At ninety-four, Lambert is bitter about the attitude of non-resident Goans towards Goa. Goans went abroad and preferred Europe, Canada, USA or Australia to Goa. They now want that the Goa government should protect their properties and houses. They are now trying to advise us on what to do and what not to do in Goa while residing elsewhere in the world. If you are really interested in the good of Goa then come back to Goa and work with us for its development. Do not give us tall sermons on issues of development, he thundered.
