[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Migration out of Goa -- who, where, and the issues faced

2009-09-11 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Gambling Away Our Future (VM, in Herald)

2009-09-11 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goans in Pakistan, the small community which made a difference (Menin Rodrigues)

2009-09-10 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Folk religion and Hindutva: another view after the Goa campaigns (Vidyadhar Gadgil in Herald)

2009-09-05 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Cross pollination: a look at a new nuanced portrait of Goa's Catholics (VM in TimeOut Mumbai)

2009-09-03 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Rivals and neighbours... the Portuguese and other European powers

2009-09-01 Thread Goanet Reader
RIVALS AND NEIGHBOURS: THE PORTUGUESE AND OTHER EUROPEAN POWERS By Teotonio R de Souza AFTER a first century of nearly undisputed mastery over the western Indian ocean, and after a sufficiently long spell of prosperity, misfortunes began falling thick and f

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Church properties, overlooking the potential (FN, in the Herald)

2009-08-27 Thread Goanet Reader
August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary Church properties, overlooking the potential DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/Frederick Noronha Church pr

[Goanet] Musical history in the making (VM, in the Herald)

2009-08-27 Thread Goanet Reader
August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary Musical history in the making Goa has made immense contributions to Indian music, and a su

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Life, as it was then... in Karachi

2009-08-23 Thread Goanet Reader
LIFE, AS IT WAS THEN... IN KARACHI By Lt. Gen. EA Vas, PVSM I was born on May 15, 1923 in Karachi, a small port with a cosmopolitan population: a majority of Sindhi Muslims, many Sindhi Hindus, some Hindus from elsewhere in India, a few Christians and Parsis, and a sprinkling of Jews. The Christ

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The syncretic tradition of Goan art (VM in Herald)

2009-08-23 Thread Goanet Reader
The syncretic tradition of Goan art Goan art has developed from a universalist tradition that has defied narrow boundaries of culture and religion. By Vivek Menezes vmin...@gmail.com August 20, 2009 was a proud day for democracy in India, as our little state of Goa showed the

[Goanet] The Politics of Intimidation (Vidyadhar Gadgil, in the Herald)

2009-08-21 Thread Goanet Reader
August 20 - WORLD GOA DAY Celebrating the inclusion of Konkani in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution on August 20, 1992 For a list of World Goa Day events see:

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Postpartum depression: Complications after the birthing of the Hindutva project (Jason K Fernandes)

2009-08-19 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Apartment for sale in Campal/Miramar area, Panaji, Goa. Spacious 3 bedroom flat

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Books in Goa: promises and perils of publishing (FN, in Goa Today)

2009-08-18 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Apartment for sale in Campal/Miramar area, Panaji, Goa. Spacious 3 bedroom flat

[Goanet] REVIEW: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro. Loving Ayesha (Peter Nazareth, in World Literature Today)

2009-08-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro. Loving Ayesha World Literature Today, Jan-April, 2004 by Peter Nazareth New Delhi. HarperCollins India. 2003. 223 pages, ill. Rs250. ISBN 81-7223-446-5 VICTOR RANGEL-RIBEIRO was born in Goa in 1925 and emigrated to the United States in 1956. A journalist, teacher, music con

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa's Taliban... At Our Cultural Crossroads

2009-08-13 Thread Goanet Reader
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com --

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A Question of Privilege? (FN, in Herald)

2009-08-13 Thread Goanet Reader
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com --

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The price of language chauvinism: English education in Goa (Nisser Dias)

2009-08-10 Thread Goanet Reader
The price of language chauvinism: English education in Goa BY NISSER DIAS nisserd...@gmail.com Goa is said to be one most literate state in the country. Yet, for almost twenty years now, we are still discussing and debating the medium of instruction suitable for our children. This seems to be a c

[Goanet] From Goa: An open letter in defence of Free Speech

2009-08-09 Thread Goanet Reader
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) unveils his book, The Greatest Konkani Song Hits. Launch dates: Goa (Kala Academy) on 9 Aug. 4 pm. U.K. (Staines) on 15 Aug. Canada on 20 Aug and US on 30 Aug. Details http://www.konkaniso

[Goanet] Samir Kelekar's write-up draws attention of MLAs, Speaker in Goa Assembly

2009-08-05 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training a

[Goanet] The Pope's moral blunders on outsourcing S A Aiyar (Times of India)

2009-08-02 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training a

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Early end of a celebrated chapter (Valmiki Faleiro, on late Olivinho Gomes

2009-07-31 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training a

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Inquisition, a beating stick?

2009-07-13 Thread Goanet Reader
The Inquisition, a beating stick? DEVIL's ADVOCATE/Frederick Noronha There's no point getting defensive about the realities of the past. But what happens if these 'realities' are not quite accurate, and, in fact, based on a whole lot of myth? Goans have long debated the Inquisition. Once again,

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: No dying with dignity ... when a minority faces discrimination in Goa (Vidyadhar Gadgil)

2009-07-11 Thread Goanet Reader
NO DYING WITH DIGNITY: WHEN A MINORITY FACES DISCRIMINATION IN GOA The denial of a kabrastan to the Muslim community in Salcete is a violation of the right to die with dignity, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The kabrastan issue has once again come to the forefront of public debate in Goa. Hanging fire for

[Goanet] The great Goan land scam (Himanshu Upadhyaya in IndiaTogether.org)

2009-07-04 Thread Goanet Reader
GOVERNMENTS AND SEZS: The great Goan land scam Goa's land allocation policy to SEZs has been indicted for massive irregularities by the Comptroller and Auditor General. The list of violations is more or less a case the fence eating the crop, finds out Himanshu Upadhyaya. 30 June 2009 - In an audi

[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD-A book tour of Goa (FN)

2009-07-03 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD/A book tour of Goa Frederick Noronha On the past weekend, one had the chance to undertake a 'book tour' of Goa. It was not a 'complete' visit, nor did it end up at many of the big, deserve-to-be-visited book outlets in our small State. But, one did end up running into a number o

[Goanet] Goa Cursed By Its Mineral Wealth (Emily Bild, Corpwatch)

2009-07-03 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa Cursed By Its Mineral Wealth by Emily Bild, Special to CorpWatch April 23rd, 2009 Cartoon by Khalil Bendib Set on India's west coast, Goa is renowned as a beach paradise popular with Indian and foreign tourists alike. Just a few miles inland from the qu

[Goanet] The Writing on the Wall: "Goan" Mining in Times of Globalisation (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

2009-07-03 Thread Goanet Reader
The Writing on the Wall: "Goan" Mining in Times of Globalisation By Vidyadhar Gadgil Goa's mining sector poses new environmental challenges under the sway of globalised capital, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The Rs1,750-crore deal transferring all shares in V S Dempo & Co Pvt Ltd to Sesa Goa has been gr

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: On why Goans mourn their recent past... (Paulo Varela Gomes)

2009-06-19 Thread Goanet Reader
ON WHY GOANS MOURN THEIR RECENT PAST (AND PRESENT)... AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES Rochelle Pinto, BETWEEN EMPIRES, Print and Politics in Goa. Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2007. 299 pp REVIEWED BY Paulo Varela Gomes paulovarelago...@gmail.com 'Between Empires. Print and Politics in Goa' is one of

[Goanet] Questions before the Church: the wealth of the religious

2009-06-05 Thread Goanet Reader
Questions before the Church: the wealth of the religious By Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in Dr. Teotonio De Souza's article "The Political Economy of the Church" -- see http://bit.ly/fyG7q, and Herald 23-05-2009 -- is a trenchant critique of the Church in Goa. De Souza s

[Goanet] Goan, be exclusionary

2009-06-04 Thread Goanet Reader
Goan, be exclusionary DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/ Frederick Noronha For a small place like Goa, where we are always short of critical mass, you would think that every individual counted. One would have thought that we all would be trying to widen the circle, involve more people, and be more inclusive. Inst

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: ... there isn't a true Congressman in Goa (Nisser Dias)

2009-05-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Believe it or not: there isn't a true Congressman in Goa The recent election results are a mandate for Congress to inculcate discipline in its elected representatives, writes Nisser Dias [nisserd...@gmail.com] The Indian National Congress has put up a good show at the 2009 Parliamentary elections

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Africa, India, trade and a Goan author (FN)

2009-05-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Africa, India, trade and a Goan author THE PRINTED WORD/By Frederick Noronha Robert S Newman, the anthropologist from Marblehead, MA. who has written quite a bit on Goa, calls our region "a land of migration and exile". It has been so for centuries. In some of his other writings, he has suggested

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A wide-angle view of Goa (FN, in The Printed Page/GT)

2009-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
A wide-angle view of Goa THE PRINTED PAGE Parmal, the publication of the Goa Heritage Action Group, is out in its seventh issue. It's a pity such useful publications are not read and noticed more widely, says FREDERICK NORONHA. You could blame it on the poor (and not growing) reading habits of u

[Goanet] In search for the Furtados... poets of prominence from Goa

2009-05-06 Thread Goanet Reader
IN SEARCH FOR THE FURTADOS... POETS OF PROMINENCE FROM GOA Writer and translator Augusto Pinto sent in this note I am looking for information about the poet from Pilerne, Joseph Furtado. Born 1872; died 1947. Active 1892-1947. Before asking, I'll let you know what I already know. Jo

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Kharvis, a Bamon and Others (Augusto Pinto, on Damodar Mauzo's writing)

2009-04-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Kharvis, a Bamon and Others A profile of Damodar Mauzo and a review of Tsunami Simon [Bimb Prakashan, Goa, 2009. Rs. 180.] BY AUGUSTO PINTO pinto...@gmail.com A more or less blissful ignorance about each other's cultures characterises the various peoples who make up Goan society. As a result Goa

[Goanet] The Goan legacy... living on in Uganda (Esther Namugoji, in New Vision)

2009-04-22 Thread Goanet Reader
The Goan legacy... living on in Uganda (Esther Namugoji, in New Vision) PHOTO: Goan Legacy -- Joe Fernandes of Caltex, Wampewo Avenue displays a map of Goa THEY owned bakeries, bars and contributed significantly to Uganda's civil service, education and economy. When President Idi Amin ordered Asi

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: To a time that was: remembering an unusual chef from Raia (Lesley A. Esteves)

2009-04-20 Thread Goanet Reader
To a time that was: remembering an unusual chef from Raia By Lesley A. Esteves les...@outlookindia.com This spring, a bowl of prawn curry served to me on a quiet beach in far south Goa brought tears to eyes. Not because the curry was magnificent, which it was, but because I had made friends with

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Protest is no fun sport (FN)

2009-04-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Protest is no fun sport DEVIL'S ADVOCATE / By Frederick Noronha It's time someone called the bluff of Goan industry. GCCI chief Nitin Kuncolienkar, otherwise an amiable person in his own right, is stretching things a bit to far by blaming a disgusted citizenry for the many protests that have come

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Waiting for Narayan... a story from the Goa of the past

2009-04-13 Thread Goanet Reader
WAITING FOR NARAYAN: A STORY FROM THE GOA OF THE PAST By Tony Fernandes tonfe...@hotmail.com Those were the good old days of April sunshine and humidity in Cumbiem Morod, Guirim, a village not far from Mapusa in Bardez, Goa. The schools were closed for the summer and I was looking forward to enjo

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Thank You, Podonn (tribute to Fidelis D'Souza, Pilerne)

2009-04-13 Thread Goanet Reader
Thank You, Podonn In Memory of Fidelis D'Souza of Pilerne, Goa [24 April 1962 - 9 April 2009] I am privileged to speak about Podonn and about what he meant to me and what he meant to all of us at home. Fidelis was actually my elder sister Vanessa's godfather, or Podonn, but for all of us nieces h

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The doctor with the golden, healing touch (by Xavier Cota)

2009-04-13 Thread Goanet Reader
THE DOCTOR WITH THE GOLDEN, HEALING TOUCH: CARLOS BARRETO By Xavier Cota xc...@sancharnet.in Hundreds of people who streamed in and out of his residence and the mass of humanity which overflowed Margao's Holy Spirit Church for his funeral last month, were a small testimony to arguably the best or

[Goanet] A cry from Moira: we shall not be urbanised ... (long)

2009-04-12 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Begin the Beguine: The Music of 'El Dourad' (by Francis Rodrigues)

2009-04-10 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Time erodes memories -- rediscovering the Goa we all forgot (Victor-Hugo Gomes)

2009-04-08 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Caste, an old story that mostly never gets told

2009-04-08 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Psephology and the election connection (Mario Cabral e Sa)

2009-04-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Thinking About Babush: Mapping the terrains of the operation

2009-04-06 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Whose Blood is This? Mourning the Death of Gregory Fernandes

2009-04-01 Thread Goanet Reader
Whose Blood is This? Mourning the Death of Gregory Fernandes By R. Benedito Ferrao 12ch...@gmail.com Our community has long had its share of travelers, migrants, and a storied diasporic existence, with Goans employed in so many different capacities the world over. We readily remember such promine

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The tails of two parties (FN, Herald)

2009-03-30 Thread Goanet Reader
THE TAILS OF TWO PARTIES DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/Frederick Noronha After surveying the dismal scenario of Goan politics, the writer argues that the State needs more politics, not less of it -- but of a different kind. ELECTIONS ARE ONCE again round the corner. To be frank, we citizens don't have a clue

[Goanet] DEBATE: Taking caste seriously: being anti-brahmin is not enough

2009-03-25 Thread Goanet Reader
Taking caste seriously: being anti-brahmin is not enough Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com It is something of an article of faith in some circles to place the ills for much that is happening in Goa at the feet of the Saraswats. These circles indicate that the Saraswats have always

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Ben Antao's market ... (by Augusto Pinto)

2009-03-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Ben Antao's market By Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com A profile of Ben Antao and a review of: Living on the Market By Ben Antao Published: 2008 Publisher: Palabras-Press, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Cover Design: Rick McKenna 238 pages, Canadian $ 25.00 In 2008, the Velim-born Ben Antao came out

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Too broad roads, garbage dumps? No thanks, say Parra villagers

2009-03-22 Thread Goanet Reader
terguerilla.com/ --------- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 14000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Hate speech and the law: can it curb this menace?

2009-03-20 Thread Goanet Reader
Hate speech and the law: can it curb this menace? By Vidyadhar Gadgil vgad...@gmail.com The law has not proven to be much of a deterrent to those engaging in communal propaganda, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The prompt action taken by the Election Commission (EC) against Varun Gandhi, BJP candidate for

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Recycling, via second-hand books (FN, in Gomantak Times)

2009-03-19 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD: Recycling, via second-hand books Second-hand bookshops have been playing a little-noticed role along the Goan coast, writes FREDERICK NORONHA. Are Goans innovators and imitators? Maybe we're a bit of both, and are quick to grab an opportunity. But credit needs to be given for a

[Goanet] Saibinn :: A short story by José Lour enço

2009-03-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Saibinn :: A short story by José Lourenço joseloure...@rediffmail.com Francis, having just returned from lighting the firecrackers, stood below his balcão and glowered away. The Saibinn, the annual ceremony honouring the Queen of Angels, was under way inside the house, where the hall was packed so

[Goanet] CONTROVERSY: Taking caste seriously (Jason Keith Fernandes, in Gomantak Times)

2009-03-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Taking Caste Seriously Why the Goan Fitna needs a rigorous caste-based analysis By Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com Subsequent to the conclusion of the public meeting held on March 13, 2009 at the Clube National against the Ordinance amending the Land Acquisition Act, a little gr

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Printing in Goa: back to the future (Noel D'Cunha, in PrintWeek)

2009-03-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Printing in Goa: back to the future Despite being the first to install a printing press in India, Goa's progress to print prosperity has been a slow one. But with industrialisation, it is now making up for lost time, Noel D'Cunha reports Goa has a very spec

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing in English offers a mirror, to understand the past (interview, FN)

2009-03-15 Thread Goanet Reader
to leave out the Konkani and Marathi literature. I really wished I could have read them, or at least had them in translation. ENDS - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quali

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: 'Robber Barons' and Crony Capitalism in Goa (Vidyadhar Gadgil, in the Herald)

2009-03-14 Thread Goanet Reader
'Robber Barons' and Crony Capitalism in Goa The capitalist class has acquired a complete stranglehold over Goa, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The abominable ordinance recently brought in by the Goa Government to change the land acquisition law and save the illegal portion of

[Goanet] Revisiting Baina: a forgotten chapter (book extract, from Picture-postcard Poverty...)

2009-03-05 Thread Goanet Reader
Revisiting Baina: a forgotten chapter Most Goans remained unaware of it, pretended it didn't exist, or just thought it was not "their" problem. But -- till it was speedily and brutally demolished -- this squalid and sleezy underbelly of this touristic State showed up another side of Goa. Bang on

[Goanet] A German falls in love... with Cantaram

2009-03-01 Thread Goanet Reader
A German falls in love... with Cantaram What happens when the guys from the Buena Vista Social Club take a trip to the Balkans? Believe it or not, they end up in Goa. A German lady sound recordist uncovers this reality when she ran into the Konkani 'cantaram' (as the popular form of music, unknown

[Goanet] Schools of controversy (Frederick Noronha)

2009-02-09 Thread Goanet Reader
Schools of controversy A state which lacks any ability or attempt to provide the bulk of its people with productive jobs, has no right to clip their wings, educationally. DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/By Frederick Noronha It's that time of the year when parents -- mothers specially -- scu

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Crossroads of Religions: Shrines, Mobility and Urban Space in Goa (Alexander Henn)

2009-02-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Crossroads of Religions: Shrines, Mobility and Urban Space in Goa ALEXANDER HENN International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 32.3 September 2008: 658-70 The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com. Abstract Wayside shrines -- representing Hindu and Catholi

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- SHORT STORY: Hippy Girl by Chandrakant Keni. Translated by Augusto Pinto.

2009-02-03 Thread Goanet Reader
Hippy Girl By Chandrakant Keni - This is a slight reworking of Augusto Pinto's translation of the late Chandrakant Keni-bab's (arguably) most famous short story, done for Goa Today in 1991. Later, it was reproduced in the Jaico

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing is waiting to be translated -- Maria A. Couto (Intv with FN)

2009-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Meet Victor Hugo Gomes, at Goa's ... newest museum (Savia Viegas)

2009-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: So why target Sebastian Rodrigues now? (Vidyadhar Gadgil)

2009-01-24 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Merger Issue and the Opinion Poll of 1967 (Bosco D'Mello, Toronto)

2009-01-19 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Thought Police ... and the politics of exclusion in today's Goa (FN, Herald)

2009-01-19 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD : Konkani books... awaiting getting noticed

2009-01-12 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Communal cauldron: Goa isn't doing enough to hold things in check

2009-01-02 Thread Goanet Reader
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The doyen of Goan writing in English (interview with Victor Rangel-Ribeiro)

2008-12-29 Thread Goanet Reader
The doyen of Goan writing in English Victor Rangel-Ribeiro is a name closely connected with the resurgence that Goan writing in English has seen in recent years. An octogenarian, what's admirable about him is not just the high-energy levels with wh

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: What Goans Have for Breakfast (by Augusto Pinto, first published 1996)

2008-12-26 Thread Goanet Reader
This essay was first published way back in 1996, and the author underlines that his favourite book is Wayne Booth's A Rhetoric of Irony [http://tinyurl.com/8qd8va] * * * What Goans Have for Breakfast By Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com "History is the most dangerous of all the products of the c

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Christmas Story for Our Troubled Times (George Menezes)

2008-12-25 Thread Goanet Reader
Christmas Story for Our Troubled Times George Menezes writer.geo...@gmail.com There must be hundreds of Hume pipes lying all over Mumbai. Gigantic concrete ones meant to be used for storm water drainage into the sea. They make for BMC forgotten temporary, very temporary housing for millions of h

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- The Scarring of Goa (book review by Manohar Shetty, Deccan Herald)

2008-12-25 Thread Goanet Reader
THE SCARRING OF GOA Goa: Sweet Land of Mine by Claude Alvares with Reboni Saha; Goa Foundation, Mapusa; Pp 92; price not stated BOOK REVIEW BY MANOHAR SHETTY Far from the picture-perfect image of Goa, lies another Goa virtually quarantined away from the milling hordes of tourists and other beach

[Goanet] Soiled Sons and other Tourist Attractions in Goa (George Menezes, Goanet)

2008-12-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Soiled Sons and other Tourist Attractions in Goa George Menezes If there was a fear that tourism was going to take a beating in Goa, think again. There is too much happening in "amchem" Goa. And the happenings are of such exciting proportions that it will attract thousands of Indians and foreign

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Africa, through Goan eyes (by Mervyn Lobo in Toronto)

2008-12-18 Thread Goanet Reader
7;s. He became a civil engineer in the U.S. and returned to Tanzania after starting his studies for the priesthood. I too, had to find out what surprises the 'new world' had to offer. -- Mervyn A. Lobo wrote this essay in September 2008. He is based in Toronto. --

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Skin-deep secularism (FN, in the Herald)

2008-12-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Skin-deep secularism FREDERICK NORONHA builds a case to show that 'secular' campaigners in Goa have their own religious and even caste biases. It may sound provocative, but the 'secular' campaigner in Goa isn't so secular. Scratch a 'secular' campaigner, and you would quickly realise that below t

[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD: Views from, and about, 20th century Goa (FN in Gomantak Times)

2008-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Views from, and about, 20th century Goa Two books looking at Goa during the 20th century and before made it to the stands recently, writes Frederick 'FN' Noronha in his weekly column on books from Goa. Antonio de Noronha of Loutolim was a high court judge, during the Republican regime of colonial

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Death Of A Salesman And Other Elite Ironies (Tarun J Tejpal, in Tehelka)

2008-12-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Death Of A Salesman And Other Elite Ironies TARUN J TEJPAL ROHINTON MALOO was shot doing two things he enjoyed immensely. Eating good food and tossing new ideas. He was among the 13 diners at the Kandahar, Trident-Oberoi, who were marched out onto the service staircase, ostensibly as hostages. Bu

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Before a single vote is cast... where terrorism touches ballotism

2008-12-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Before a single vote is cast... where terrorism touches ballotism By Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] The recent election for the Pale assembly by-election in Goa only confirm a trend we need to be really concerned about. That is, the results to elections in Goa are increasingly being decided

[Goanet] For most of the educated chatteratti, VP Sin gh was an enigma – a paradox, a contradiction in terms (Chhotebhai, aka Alan Noronha, in SAR New s)

2008-12-03 Thread Goanet Reader
VP: Enigma Or Enema By Chhotebhai, SAR NEWS On the night of November 26, the earth quaked as Mumbai rocked to the sounds of terrorist gunfire. When Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984, the ensuing anti-Sikh riots were likened to the earth shaking when a giant tree fell. This naivet

[Goanet] A cloud over India's Muslims

2008-12-01 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-nussbaum30-2008nov30,0,137039.story A cloud over India's Muslims The terrorist attacks in Mumbai may be indelibly linked to the country's Muslims, despite the likelihood of outside influence. By Martha Nussbaum November 30, 2008 If, as now se

[Goanet] It would be funny if it weren't scary (Let's Put Da Blog)

2008-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Friday, November 28, 2008 It would be funny if it weren't scary 1. Someone has started a group in facebook called "Say NO to terrorism." Its membership is swelling by the minute. Are its members promising to not indulge in terrorism ("say no to drugs" types)? Or is the group meant to inform terror

[Goanet] COUNTERVIEW -- Hotel Taj : icon of whose India? (By Gnani Sankaran)

2008-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Hotel Taj : icon of whose India? By Gnani Sankaran Watching at least four English news channels surfing from one another during the last 60 hours of terror strike made me feel a terror of another kind. The terror of assaulting one's mind and sensitivity with cameras, sound bites and non-stop blab

[Goanet] Mumbai Under Siege (Yoginder Sikand in Islam, Peace and Justice)

2008-11-30 Thread Goanet Reader
Mumbai Under Siege (Yoginder Sikand in Islam, Peace and Justice) Yoginder Sikand "O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For G

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: "We've Never Felt Scared" (Naresh Fernandes in The New Republic)

2008-11-29 Thread Goanet Reader
"We've Never Felt Scared," by Naresh Fernandes Tracking the rich tradition of Jews in India. As an Indian Christian, I occasionally remind my Jewish friends that I owe my faith to them. Indian tradition maintains that a few years after Christ's death, one of his

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Dispatch From An Anxious Mumbai (Naresh Fernandes, in The New Republic)

2008-11-29 Thread Goanet Reader
The New Republic Dispatch From An Anxious Mumbai by Naresh Fernandes -- The editor of 'Time Out Mumbai' reports from the surreal scene of the attacks -- As columns of smoke rose from the Italianate dome of the Taj Mahal hotel in downtown Mumbai on Wednesday night, I came upon a woman standing a

[Goanet] Kowtowing to the super-censors (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

2008-11-28 Thread Goanet Reader
Kowtowing to the Super-Censors >From Herald, 28 Nov 2008 Vidyadhar Gadgil [EMAIL PROTECTED] The fiasco at IFFI over a film by M F Husain highlights the extent to which the state is in the thrall of obscurantist forces, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The 'ban' on the screening of the short film 'Through t

[Goanet] Sophisticated Attacks, but by Whom? (ALAN COWELL and SOUAD MEKHENNET, NYT)

2008-11-28 Thread Goanet Reader
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/world/asia/28group.html?bl&ex=1228021200&en=276ae1b71db73654&ei=5087%0A Sophisticated Attacks, but by Whom? By ALAN COWELL and SOUAD MEKHENNET Published: November 27, 2008 PARIS — A day after the terror attacks in Mumbai that killed over 100 people, one question

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: When the crew gets abandoned ... tales from the high seas

2008-11-26 Thread Goanet Reader
WHEN THE CREW GETS ABANDONED... TALES FROM THE HIGH SEAS Capt. Norbert Francis Rebello was born and schooled in Mumbai until he joined the merchant navy in the early 1980s. He has sailed on various types of ships, finally opting for the oil tanker fleet. In command of ships for over a decade, he n

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: That is not a Portuguese house (Raya Shankhwalker)

2008-11-21 Thread Goanet Reader
Portuguese cultural fest held in Goa (called the "Semana"). The book is priced at Rs. 350 and available at Singbal's in Panjim. Thanks to VM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for making available the text to Goanet Reader.

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Politicians on the run? (FN in Herald)

2008-11-19 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Green sense in a land run red (Rahul Goswami, in the Economic and Political Weekly)

2008-11-19 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a C

[Goanet] Portugal and Goa in the 21st Century: Towards an Alliance of the Small

2008-11-16 Thread Goanet Reader
formation Adviser to the Embassy of Portugal, freelance correspondent for Portuguese weekly 'Express' and broadcaster 'Rádio Renascea', and as a columnist for the magazine 'Atlântico'. Constantino is a Portuguese citizen of Goan and German origin. This article appear

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Unwrapping Goan identity -- finding the right distraction to schizophrenia?

2008-11-14 Thread Goanet Reader
ot;bhaile" will distract us from our schizophrenia. -- Dr Souza is a prominent Indo-Portuguese historian. This essay was written for the recently-published 'Semana de Cultura Goa 2008', edited by Vivek Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

[Goanet] The Culture Brokers: Undervaluing The Goan Cultural Fluidity (VM)

2008-11-11 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media need

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Trial by Facebook (FN)

2008-11-06 Thread Goanet Reader
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE / Trial by Facebook By Frederick Noronha All of a sudden, Goans older than 21 are discovering that there are newer aspects to cyberspace. And, there a moral panic over this. In a Margao higher secondary, a fight takes place between two girl students. Someone else captures what ha

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: An Open Letter to L K Advani (By George Menezes)

2008-11-05 Thread Goanet Reader
s you and give you a long life George Menezes --------- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 1-strong readership of th

[Goanet] The village panchayats... and gram sabhas in Goa (useful background data)

2008-11-04 Thread Goanet Reader
THE VILLAGE PANCHAYAT I GRAM SABHA Compiled by: Kumar Kalanand Mani Soter D'Souza Antonnio Francisco Fernandes All information and suggestions are in accordance with the Goa Panchayati & Raj Act, 1994 (GPR Act, 1994) and Goa Panchayats Meeting Rules (GP Rules) & Circulars in force. This booklet

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