goanet-digest V1 #4053
goanet-digest Wednesday, June 5 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4053 - In this issue: [Goanet] Invitation to My Art Exhibit [Goanet] ChristianYouth (News from Pakistan) [Goanet] Hugo de Souza a rare jewel by Dr. Samir Kelekar [Goanet] Worse Than AIDS. [Goanet] 06 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:20:00 -0400 From: Cheryl Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Invitation to My Art Exhibit You are cordially invited to a vernissage of the works of CHERYL BRAGANZA t= o be held on Thursday, July 4th, 2002 from 6.30 to 8 pm at the Salle d'Exp= osition, Kirkland Library, 17200 Hymus, Kirkland. The exhibition is entitl= ed FACE =C0 FACE and will feature 35 of her most recent works in oil and ac= rylic. Welcome all friends and art lovers The exhibition will continue until July 30. Hours are Monday to Friday 10 = am - 9 pm. -- Date: Wed, 5 June 2002, 6:00 p.m. From: Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] ChristianYouth (News from Pakistan) TAJOKE VILLAGE, Pakistan: A Christian group has launched an appeal to non-governmental organisations to depute an army of animators across rural towns and villages.The step will ensure that the maximum number of Christians get organized for the benefit of their communities,according to a spokesperson for the Young Soldiers of Christ -- a designated development committee. Most Christians here desire to do something for others, said the spokesperson, but their efforts remain hamstrung by the perpetual lack of guidance. We need to raise an army of animators to assist our community members, especially those living in rural areas, she said. Drawing upon the successful experience of her native village, Young Soldier Nighat Masih said that since the visit of a Caritas animator in January 2000 Tajoke village had been transformed. We have begun to work in harmony for the development of our village, she said. At first the Caritas animator, B.M. Shahid,encouraged us to initiate a thorough survey of our village and its inhabitants, Nighat reminsced. The survey was useful, because it helped Young Soldiers to construct a true image of their community. Data relating to the population and infrastructure of the village allowed them to see their problems in a different light. Tajoke may have had primary schools, roads, electricity, and water-pumps but the list of unavailable amenities was longer. Within months the Young Soldiers was able to map out a development agenda for their village. The supply of gas and running water as well as the contruction of a church became priorities for the community. In the near future Tajoke will form a cooperative, with an eye to boost their village economy. Caritas Pakistan regularly holds training workshops for local development committees. The purpose of the training is to impart committee members skills in community mangement, so that they may be competent enough to deal with their own affairs. - --ends--- __ You have received this email from TV-Email, developed by Wavetech. For more information on TV-Email click on http://wavetec.com/tv-email -- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:50:27 -0700 (PDT) From: The Goan Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Hugo de Souza a rare jewel by Dr. Samir Kelekar Hugo de Souza a rare jewel by Dr. Samir Kelekar edit by Ben Antao, Toronto, Canada Now..on The Goan Forum website at http://www.thegoanforum.com = Recommended Goan Sites in Cyberspace Goa-World at http://www.goa-world.net The Goan Forum is at http://www.colaco.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 09:24:24 +0530 From: Goa Desc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Worse Than AIDS. Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * - --- Worse Than AIDS - --- Most Goans, particularly those who have small land holdings are caught in the grip of corruption, court cases, mutations and innumerable man made problems related thereto. The present worst disease to hit the society is 'mutation'. It is noted that mutation disease is widely spread at the grassroots level and this disease is worst than AIDS because AIDS will kill you within certain period and you are sure
[Goanet] Re: [goa-research-net] Who won where... and some (limited) explanations why
Fred, EOE Errors and inaccuracies may kindly be brought to our notice. As requested, I point out some errors/inaccuracies: SALIGAO CONSTITUENCY D'Mello Trejano Agricio INC 3537 726 D'Souza Wilfred NCP 4263 Sayyad Salim Pirsab MAG 1682 Harmalkar Sadguru Pandurang BJP 3476 Kalangutkar Deelip Sonu IND 1677 Roland A. D'souza IND 102 Sequeira Savio Victor IND 122 It should have been shown as: D'Mello Trajano Agricio INC 3537 D'Souza Wilfred NCP 4263 726 . CORTALIM : Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro INC 5891 850 Vaz Anthony Mathew BJP 4726 Saldanha Matanhy UGDP 6741 Naik Suresh Kashinath GSRP 122 Kalangutkar Shashikant Ganpat IND 80 Vaz Joaquim IND 212 It should have been shown as: Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro INC 5891 . Saldanha Mathany UGDP 6741 85o . LOUTOLIM : Aleixo Sequeira INC 8873 Colaco Caetano Inacio NCP 561 Gracias Radharao Socrates UGDP 4119 Jose Pinheiro BJP 262 John Philip Pereira GSRP 119 Vaz Joaquim IND 176 It should have been shown as: Aleixo Sequeira INC 8873 4754 . Gracias Radharao Socrates UGDP 4119 . BENAULIM : Alemao Churchil Braz INC 6703 1049 Pacheco Francisco Xavier Alias Micky Pacheco UGDP 7752 Laxmi Gonsalves BJP 394 Sabino Cotta GSRP 68 Fernandes Glen Mariano IND 131 It should have been shown as: Alemao Churchill Braz INC 6703 Pacheco Francisco Xavier alias Micky Paxheco UGDP 7752 1049 ... FATORDA : Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci INC 5107 588 Damodar (Damu) G. Naik BJP 5695 Naik Sadanand Rajaram NCP 662 Monte Cruz Francisco Piedade UGDP 3992 Ferrao Peter Marcel IND 556 Buyao Ulhas Subray IND 275 It should have been shown as: Cardozo Luis Alex Florencio INC 5107 Damodar (Damu) G. Naik BJP 5695 588 . CURTORIM : Amonkar Mahesh Shankar BJP 535 2851 Sardinha Cosme Francisco CaitanoINC 8907 Oliveira Caitano Rusario IND 302 Lourenco Bruno Santos IND 6056 It should have been shown as: Amonkar Mahesh Shankar BJP 535 Sardinha Cosme Francisco Caetano INC 8907 2851 . Lourenco Bruno Santos IND 6056 Jorge =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] 10QUESTIONS: You don't need to be a minister to serve the people -- Matanhy
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MINISTER TO SERVE THE PEOPLE -- MATANHY
For 28 years, Matanhy Saldanha (53) was a dissenter known for his
determined fights for public interest causes. He contested the polls
unsucessfully for five times, and finally won in the May-end assembly
elections. But, unlike other politicians in Goa, he opted to stay out of
the BJP-led coalition ministry and declined the offer -- on a platter -- of
a ministership! Quite a change, for a politician in the state.
Known nationwide as a leader of the traditional fishermen in Goa
('ramponkars'), Saldanha from a landed family in Salcete was a veteran of
the 1974 anti-fertilizer pollution campaign, the fishermen's movement, the
anti-sand extraction movement, the campaign against Meta Strips (I only
supported that, it was not my struggle), the language battle, among others.
I can't call myself a campaigner. You can say whatever you want to, he
says modestly, in an interview with FREDERICK NORONHA.
His party, the UGDP, was quick to join the BJP-led coalition. But, without
saying so in as many words, Saldanha drops hints he would have been happier
if the five MLAs of the three smaller parties had to remain united. Don
Bosco's Panjim incidentally might just have to make do without the services
of its long-term high school Biology teacher. But this could be an
interesting man to watch in the assembly... Excerpts from an interview:
**
FN: Why did you refuse a ministership? Nobody does that nowadays...
**
Basically, my people elected me on certain assurances made in the campaign.
The question of my joining or taking over any post did not arise. I know
that I can perform without being a minister, and don't believe one has to
be a minister to do any form of development.
**
FN: But is it true you were offered a ministership?
**
(Avoiding the question) I was not seeking any post from anybody. Not even
the Congress. I know what's behind the post. We've been elected to serve
the people. We can serve as an MLA, and don't have to be a minister to do
so. Finances ought to be distributed equally (among all constituencies) by
any government that be.
**
FN: How do you feel after making it after so many attempts?
**
To tell you frankly, it's an increase of responsibility. For me, it
(standing for elections) was not like going for a cricket orfootball match.
It's something I'm going to do (taking up public issues in the assembly)
and know that I'll have to face a lot of odds to achieve this.
**
FN: What are your priorities as a legislator?
**
Development. Need-based development. Also, planned development. The main
role of a government should be the development of infrastructure. Not only
for industrialists, but also for the people themselves.
May be that's too lofty a goal; but I'm there to show there are new ways of
how politicians should behave and how legsilators should behave.
**
FN: Would you have won if it was not for the UGDP party ticket?
**
That's what people told me; go and join (the UDGP). They said, don't stay
in this (my earlier Gomant Lok Pokx) which didn't seem to have its early
appeal left, and never won despite (trying hard for) three to four elections.
**
FN: But then, anything could be justified, as other politicians have done,
by saying that that is what the people want?
**
That's why I've not joined the BJP or any other (major) party. There are
people with hundreds of ideas. You have to see what the majority thinks. It
was the current circumstances that forced me to behave in a certain way.
Otherwise, I would have had to take 'sanyas' (become a political recluse)
and stay out (of mainstream politics) totally. It is not possible. On the
other hand I was being promised (many things).
**
FN: What's your plans for functioning within the assembly?
**
I will act as an effective legislator. Be critical when I need to be
critical, oppose when I need to oppose, and support when I need to support.
**
FN: Did you think enough 'bad guys' got out-voted in the current polls?
**
I would not like to term anyone 'good' or 'bad'. It's for people to judge.
So many are still there. It is for the people who ultimately elect their
politician, not for us
**
FN: Is this the high point of your career of many years in public life, and
taking up issues of concerns? Or is it just another phase?
**
It's a process. That (my campaigning) was one stage. I told the people that
I would be fighting from inside as well as outside (the assembly). It's a
campaign for a process for change.
[Goanet] Winning margins...
Thanks to Jorge for pointing out that the winning margins went in the misplaced column in some case. I know it's no excuse, but I had to convert a bulky XLS (Excel) statement into plain text, and it was around 3:30 am by the time the task was showing signs of getting done. Am grateful for pointing to the corrections needed, weeded out with your eagle-eye as usual Jorge! FN --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.325 / Virus Database: 182 - Release Date: 2/19/02
[Goanet] CPI hopes to perform better in next polls
* Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * - CPI hopes to perform better in next polls. -- The Communist Party of India (CPI) which was nowhere in the reckoning attributed its defeat to the weak organisational strength in the state and the role played by money power in the elections. Mr Christopher Fonseca, state general secretary of CPI revealed that while the national party was dissatisfied with their poor performance, incidentally their maiden attempt, the party hoped to perform better during the next elections which would be sooner than expected due to the fractured mandate given by the voters. However, Mr Fonseca expressed his pleasure over the victory of the CPI, CPI(M) supported United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) candidate, Mr Mathany Saldanha, who defeated Mr Mauvin Godinho (Congress) in the Cortalim constituency. He however lamented The main issues of increasing poverty and unemployment were sidelined by non-isues which were given prominence. The total breakdown of infrastructure like power and water supply, industrial and agricultural development of Goa took a back seat. The voters will be helpless and unhappy after casting their votes as this fractured mandate will result in an unstable government and elections will be held sooner than required, at the expense of the tax payers. THE NAVHIND TIMES 2/6/02 page 5 === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Election results.
GOA ELECTION RESULTS. Finally the election on May 30th was held and people elected those whom they wanted to elect. It is their birth right to perform their democratic duty and they did it however much many of us may disagree with their choice. Those who think the voting process should be left into the hands of the voters only and nobody should instruct or guide them whom to vote and whom not to vote are mistaken. Those who are politically and morally matured got duty to guide the voters in the right direction and this was exactly been done by the politically matured people though their success might not have been perfect. Many people asked me thus what was the use of your barking from Kuwait continuously against defectors and other rogues?. It was not me alone, innumerable people took part in campaigning for the upright people and if it was not for their relentless efforts in guiding and enlightening the voters even from distant places the achieved results would not have been possible. This result was realized only after barking and harping for days and days prior to the election day. Never I saw expatriate and Goa based Goans so forcefully taking part in campaigning for the right candidates. From this trend I can rightly say that expatriate Goans are now awakened. I am sure they can now create a mighty force of theirs towards guiding and protecting Goan affairs back at home.Thru this unity and force of expatriates Goans we can now easily embark on more important aspects of Goan life. It is time now for expatriate Goans to think further in the right direction for the good of Goa and Goans. With this momentum gained during the last election expatriate Goans should further unify to challenge the brute might of rogue politicians in Goa. I am sure expatriate Goans are capable of doing this. In the past Kuwait Goans have shown the way during the Konkani Language and Statehood agitation. Now the circle of Goa lover expatriate Goans is tremendously increased and as such we should captalise on this expansion. The rise of BJP was the due to the fall of MGP which never gave us people like me who are Goa and Konkani lover peaceful time. MGP was a curse on Goan soil. This party of rascals from nowhere brought Marathi and tried to impose on Goans. These rogues who were protagonists of Marathi were neither conversant with Marathi. These MGP rogues from nowhere tried to uproot Goa and dump it into Maharastra eventhough they themselves whould not have been happy and welcomed with open arms by the Maharastrians. The defeat of Shashikala Kakodkar the daughter of Goas traitor Dayananda Bandodkar was fabulously applauded by many in Kuwait so also of Ramakant Khalap. It is these MGP stalwarts that gave push to BJP in Goa thru back door and now they are suffering. Now they have two members in the Assembly but gradually they too will evaporate like ether. In order to fight with MGP we the genuine Goa lover Goans had to make lot of sacrificies and by doing such sacrifices we managed to conquer over their policies. Now MGP is finished but BJP is come. Beetween the two, BJP will turn out to be greater monster and for this reason we have to be very cautious. The Assembly term of the newly elected MLAs will not last for 5 years, their MLAship will be for a short duration like a honey moon. For this reason those who are elected should not think of turning themselves into short term Emperors. They should not act like Maharajas and Hitlers. We have seen how so many having above attributes were dumped into the Sea by the clever voters. Korta tea Mapan bhogta ani bhogta te atam kayat patoeo. Many of those who are defeated were acting like dadas against the people. They were not voted earlier by the people to allow them to act like dadas. By acting like dadas they infuriarated the voters who finally dumped them into khachra Dobo. Bhogat atam. Those non-BJP MLAs joined the Ministry should not surrender to BJP policies wholesome as George Fernandes doing in Delhi. Geoge Fernandes has got no principle, no morality and no discipline. He is totally absorbed by BJP. He lost his former greatness and charm. Mickey Pacheco and Babush should never allow Parrikar and his BJP to communalise Goa as MGP did once. It was surprising how these non-BJP members betrayed the trust of the voters and joined BJP. Did their voters gave them liberty to join BJP at the time of voting them or by taking into confidence only a few of their chamcha supporters they joined BJP? The voters should publicly question this. As for me those who joined BJP after the election are traitors. They are partners in the crime committed by BJP in Gujarat. Babush Monsurate made himself another Zuwarkar by following the foot-steps of his predecessor. One Zuwarkar gone and in its place another defector Zuwarkar came. Taleigao voters should take note of this especially the
