[Goanet] Perishing Goa Net Admin Team
I noticed the admin team is getting smaller and smaller ? :) Uly p.s. are 4 people enough to handle a so called four digit membership. :) Herman Carneiro Ob behalf of the Goanet Admin: Vivian Coelho Frederick Noronha Eddie Fernandes = http://www.goa-world.net/ http://www.live365.com/stations/61664 Live Konkani Music Goa Related Mailing Lists In Your Area - Gulf Goans etc : http://www.goa-world.net/community/mailing_lists/ Other Websites From Goa-World : http://www.mahableshwar.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] Discussion on the results of the Goa Assembly Elections at FRIDAY BALCAO.
--- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO --- Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet, Friday Balcao the fortnightly discussion event to be held on 14th June will discuss the results of the Goa Assembly Elections. The recent Assembly Elections have thrown up many questions among voters with regards the results as well as the situation prior to the conduct of the polls itself. Many voters have been confronted with issues of candidates being fixed to benefit rivals, the choice between corruption and communalism, bogus voting, voter identitification, and disappearance of names from the voters list. Voters have also been challenged by questions such as should there be a third option, do smaller parties have a chance in electoral politics, what is the role of independent candidates, Is voting for new candidates a wasted vote, has strategy voting resulted in a fractured mandate, how do voters and political parties deal with defection by MLAs, what is the task of losing candidates and how do winning candidates remain accountable to the voters in their constituencies ? The discussion will cover these issues and hear opinions of political parties, candidates, activists, journalists and voters. Friday Balcao will be from 4pm to 6pm at the Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11 Liberty Apartments Feira Alta, Mapusa and is open to members of the public. Those citizens who would like to receive the regular invitation to Friday Balcao and a one page synopsis of the fortnightly session can subscribe for the same by sending Rs.80/- to cover printing and mailing costs. Interested citizens wanting more information on Friday Balcao can phone on 252660 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] best wishes, Lillian D'Costa. FRIDAY BALCAO BOOKLET :Now available for RS.70/- only Buy your personal copy and gift one to your relatives, neighbours and friends. The information handbook that is a must in every Goan home. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] Southern Birdwing conducts Wild Goa trip to Tivim !
* Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * Southern Birdwing conducts Wild Goa trip to Tivim ! Southern Birdwing, will conduct its next WILDGOA trip on Sunday, the 16th (sixteenth) of June. The location selected is Tivim The area selected is secondary forest, which lies in close proximity to paddy fields and mangroves. It is hoped that this will yield a wide variety of avian delights, especially the indian pitta, plaintive cuckoo, common peafowl, Emerald dove, Racket tailed drongo, Bronzed Drongo, grey breasted Prinia and ashy Prinia. The Birders on the previous trip to the Bonvonne Lake ticked off about 40 species including Painted snipe (in full breeding plumage), Drongo Cuckoo, Plaintive cuckoo, Barred jungle owlet, White bellied sea eagle and even a pair of Racket tailed drongo. Participants will be charged Rs. 50/- each while students will be charged Rs. 25/- each. Participants are requested to meet at 07.15 A.M. at the start of the Guirim Bypass, Outside Hotel Green park, Along the Panjim Mapusa highway. For further details, please contact Neil on 402957 or 9822158688, or Harvey on 401814 or 9822149745. You can also email your queries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The field trip will continue as scheduled even if it rains so please bring along your rainwear. === 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-digest V1 #4070
goanet-digestWednesday, June 12 2002Volume 01 : Number 4070 - In this issue: [Goanet] 12 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Perishing Goa Net Admin Team [Goanet] Southern Birdwing conducts Wild Goa trip to Tivim ! [Goanet] Discussion on the results of the Goa Assembly Elections at FRIDAY BALCAO. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:39:01 +0530 From: Joel D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] 12 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 12 June 2002 SATARKAR ELECTED UNOPPOSED: As no nominations to oppose BJP MLA Vishwas Satarkar were received, it paved the way for the MLA from Priol to be unanimously chosen Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly. Born on 2 Jan 1965, Satarkar, a graduate in Commerce and Law, is perhaps the youngest Speaker in the country at present. (GT) WILLY PRO TEM SPEAKER: On Wednesday at 11 am, former chief minister and Saligao MLA-elect, Dr Wilfred de Souza will be administered the oath as pro tem Speaker by the governor Mohd Fazal at Raj Bhavan. Dr de Souza will administer oath of office to all members at 2.30 pm in the Goa Assembly after which the motion on election of speaker will be taken up. (H) 3-DAY ASSEMBLY SESSION: The first 3-day session of the newly constituted State Legislative Assembly begins today at 2.30 pm. (NT) HALDANKAR'S EXCLUSION IRKS VALPOI BJP: The Valpoi BJP workers are sore over the non-inclusion of the MLA-elect Narhari Haldankar as a minister. (GT) WILLY DEMANDS INQUIRY: Nationalist Congress Party Goa leader Dr Wilfred de Souza has demanded that the Election Commission of India should suo motto inquire into and disqualify those candidates, who had distributed cheques of Dayanand Social Security Scheme to voters, thereby violating the Election Code of Conduct. (GT) GOA REVOLUTION DAY ON 18 JUNE: Goa Revolution Day will be celebrated on 18 June. The main function will be organised at the Martyrs' Memorial Azad Maidan, Panaji, where Governor Mohd Fazal will pay tributes to the freedom fighters, who laid down their lives during the freedom movement in Goa and also honour 60 freedom fighters. (GT) UGDP BACKS COALITION GOVT: The president Srirang Narvekar and two general secretaries of the UGDP, Patrick Diniz and Ramesh Desai, met Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, to assure him the party's full support for the coalition government. (GT) SUICIDE IN AROSSIM: Gabriel M Fernandes of Arossim committed suicide at his residence by hanging himself with a nylon chord. (NT) SATTARI VILLAGERS FEAR FLOODS: Every year areas in Pissurlem and Honda in Sattari are plagued with floods, and if precautionary measures are not taken in time then a similar eventuality this year is not ruled out, the villagers feel. (GT) WILL RIVER SAL FLOOD TOO? The people of Ambelim dread the approach of the monsoons as it brings back the nightmarish memories of the floods of yesteryears and threatens to leave them homeless. The villagers at Socovaddo and Pedda claim that floods used to occur may be once in 20 years in the past, but now these wards have become more vulnerable due to the construction of a road along the banks of the River Sal. (GT) RIVER PRINCESS ISSUE: Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes yesterday met Tourism minister Mickky Pacheco to seek the early removal of the ill-fated ship River Princess. Speaking to Herald, Fernandes said, the minister agreed that the ship should not be cut at the site, but that it should be removed from the sea. (H) 4-YR-OLD CHILD DROWNED AT PILERNE: A four-year-old child, Akash Krishna Palkanda, drowned in a lake at Maina-Pilerne on Sunday. The child's mother was washing clothes, when the child decided to play in the water. (H) LIGHTNING INJURES THREE: Three persons were hurt while property was damaged when lightning struck an open space at Dupyamol in Bhatpal on June 10. The impact was such that Irene Fernandes, Agnes Fernandes and Gaspar Fernandes sustained burn injuries. Last week, a house at Poinguinim was damaged in a similar incident. (H) PANSAIMAL CARVINGS UNIQUE: The site of the rock art carvings at Pansaimal has been recreated by the Directorate of Museums in a unique fibre-glass model at a cost of about Rs.12.5 lakh, to allow visitors to see and enjoy a perspective of the ancient site, which is situated 72 kms from Panaji. (GT) STUDENTS SUFFER AS SCHOOL DELAYS RESULTS: A protracted tussle between a headmaster and the management of Nav Durga High School in Madkai, Ponda, has resulted in an inordinate delay of eight days, in the declaration of the schools' SSC results. (H) ROUTE TO COLVA: A bumpy ride, wild plants, migrants working on grinding stones, a narrow bridge, garbage dumps alongside the road et al is all that greets visitors to
[Goanet] Re: [goancauses] Perishing Goa Net Admin Team
Hi Uly, ... perhaps the word 'efficiency' could be the answer to your question! ;-) Keep up your good work. Joao Paulo Cota I noticed the admin team is getting smaller and smaller ? :) Uly p.s. are 4 people enough to handle a so called four digit membership. :) Herman Carneiro Ob behalf of the Goanet Admin: Vivian Coelho Frederick Noronha Eddie Fernandes _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] All I need is Love
POP legend Paul McCartney wed former model Heather Mills at an Irish castle on Tuesday in a sumptuous affair that included fireworks, feasting, friends and celebrities. Wedding bells pealed shortly after 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) signalling that the ex-Beatle and his bride had tied the knot. Intermittent rain was the only negative factor as celebrities and family members gathered for the wedding in a lavish lakeside ceremony at 17th century Castle Leslie in the Irish border county of Monaghan. The wedding ceremony itself took place at St Salvator's church, within the grounds of the 1,000-acre estate. The band which has been touring with McCartney in the United States was due to play and there were rumours McCartney and Mills might well take a boat out on to the castle's private lake to view a mammoth fireworks display. Women in Indian costume were seen heading to the castle grounds and were expected to dance or serve a vegetarian feast, which would be accompanied by crates of champagne and washed down with 150 kegs of Ireland's celebrated black Guinness stout. Among the celebrities was former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, dressed in a frilly white shirt and jeans, who flew into Belfast airport and was chauffeured to the castle. Chrissie Hynde of rock group the Pretenders, 1960s fashion icon Twiggy and former Beatles manager Sir George Martin were also among the 300 guests as were guitarist Eric Clapton and pop veteran Sir Elton John. Despite the star-studded guest list, McCartney had stressed that the wedding would be first and foremost a family occasion. The sleepy village of Glaslough, where Castle Leslie is located, has never seen anything like it, and activity had reached fever-pitch, with Ireland's World Cup victory against Saudi Arabia adding to the excitement. It's hectic -- good for business, though, said food van owner Brendan McKenna, whose Big Macca burgers were selling for three euros ($2.84) each. McCartney's spokesman Geoff Baker said it was possible that McCartney could take to the stage himself. You never know. We've got Macca (McCartney), Ringo and guests like Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour -- who knows what could happen, he said. The evening was due to culminate in a fireworks display, which a team of experts flew in several days ago to set up. There were reports that the couple would then be whisked away by helicopter to a secret location to begin their honeymoon. __ Thought for Today I am convinced that my life belongs to the whole community; and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can, for the harder I work the more I live. George Bernard Shaw =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] FEATURE: Kala Academy, showcase of hidden talent
BY MAYURESH PAWAR KALA ACADEMY, a platform to showcase and exhibit the hidden talent in the field of music, dance, drama, etc has helped the Goan artists to a great extent at the national and international level. With a vision to promote Indian classical and western music as well as the theatrical arts, the academy was started way back in the mid 1980s. The re-discovery and revival of Goan cultural identity is both an anguishing and yet exciting process. The commingling of cultures has left the Goan society more enriched than impoverished. There has been a remarkable re-assertion of the native and folk forms. The various influences at work on the Goan culture reveals the inherent richness and unique features which have nurtured the arts in Goa. A section of the media has consciously or unconsciously presented Goa, as a state having the western style of living and that, its population spends most of its time in fun, frolic and fiesta. The culture means the total accumulation of material objects, ideas, symbols, beliefs, sentiments, value and social forms which are passed on from one generation to another in a given society. Today the academy, after a period of almost 30 years has emerged out, as the key source wherein, the Goan community has seen bearing fruits of its valuable efforts. Unlike the academies operating in other States of India and which have their activities confined to a restricted canvas, the Kala Academy has a distinctive character of imparting training in various faculties such as vocal and Indian instrumental music, including sitar, tabla and harmonium. There is also provision for teaching Indian dance forms such as Kathak and Bharatnatyam. Besides, training in western instruments like guitar, violin, piano and cello. The academy has different faculties and sections like the administrative programme and development, technical division, school of drama Rangamella, a repertory company, rural music centre etc and is fully funded and operated by the government of Goa. The propagation of Indian classical music in Goa made rapid strides due to the positive attitude of the hindu community towards music. The Indian music made its way in each and every hindu house, elite or otherwise. The traditional Indian music in Goa was inherited from various maestros like Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Ravi Shankar, Pt Jitendra Abhisheki, his disciple, Ajit Kadkade and many others. Besides, Indian classical music, the propogation of western music in Goa also made rapid strides, essentially due to the response of the Christian community towards music. As against the Indian classical music, the study and practice of which was restricted to certain non-elite sections of Hindu community, the western music reached every Catholic house - elite or non-elite. There was a time when the practice of music or similar art forms, except of a devotional nature was not appreciated by the Hindu society. There was no such inhibition in the Catholic society with the result that, at least one vocalist or an instrumentalist per family inherited the musical knowledge from the maestros like Anthony Lobo, Varala Caiado, Domnic Pereira and many more. The influence of western music is very strong on Goan secular music and this is very much evident in phrasing of the tunes and in the style of singing in two voices. No Hindu festival - big or small, is complete without staging of a drama in which all sections of the community participate with enthusiasm and sometimes with a feeling of offering something to the deity through their performances. Every Hindu house in Goa, with marginal exceptions will have at least one member in the family participating in a drama, sometime or the other during his lifetime. Presently, Kala Academy has the professional theatrical group performing Marathi drama on regular basis, as is the case with musical Konkani tiatr (Konkani drama). It is a peculiar form of drama, which has been in vogue since long time. The presentation of the story element of the drama is interspread with musical interludes and humorous skits, which have no bearing on the main story. It is claimed that, the tiatr owes its organ to Spain, where such types of dramatic performances were held in olden days. It is the Catholic community which is mostly engaged in tiatr performances, which are very popular in Goa and always attract full audience. According to the member secretary of Kala Academy, S V Rane there were hardly 25 students who enrolled into these faculties, but in last few years, the number of students has crossed over 400. The students really take interest into these faculties and nurse it's ambition to become maestros, he says. As a result, Mr Rane added that, some our ex-students working with the Doordarshan (DD), All India Radio (AIR) and few are even working with this institution. While, some are giving private tuitions, he divulged.
[Goanet] GOAN IN CANADA: Miracle child
Thanks to Mervyn Lobo for forwarding this... FN -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Brendon De Souza - Miracle Child Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:26:03 -0400 From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] `You can accomplish anything,' boy declares He fights acute leukemia with day-at-a-time resolve Janice Bradbeer, STAFF REPORTER The Toronto Star Miracle Child --- Brendon deSouza's most perfect day would be to go golfing with Curtis Joseph. But if he's not able to spend some time with his favourite Maple Leaf, then he's just as happy hanging out with his best friends Ñ he has about seven of them Ñ playing his XBOX video games, constructing Lego, or enjoying a game of street hockey or soccer. Brendon, 11, sits in a chair in the family room off the kitchen in his north Mississauga home. He yawns and closes his eyes for a moment. He can tire easily, he says. Because of his fatigue, Brendon has recently started back at school on a three-times-a-week basis after being away from his Grade 6 class at St. Edith Stein School since last January. Last July 27, he received a bone marrow transplant at Sick Kids in an attempt to cure his acute lymphoblastic leukemia (A.L.L.). It is the most common childhood leukemia, affecting the lymphocytes or white blood cells that fight infection. He was in remission for six months until he relapsed in January. Brendon was first diagnosed with A.L.L. in October, 1999, when he was 9 and has endured four rounds of chemotherapy in total, in addition to six radiation treatments. The anti-rejection drugs he took following his bone marrow transplant gave him painful mouth sores and the steroids made his face puff up. But now he looks almost like he used to, says his mother Judy deSouza, 38, holding up a school picture of her son when he was 9, before the cancer was discovered. Staring into the camera is a handsome boy with bright brown eyes and thick black hair. The Brendon now sitting in the chair wearing a Maple Leafs T-shirt is 10 lbs. thinner than his school picture, and his hair has grown back sparser; but his face is still handsome and his eyes show the same resolve. You can accomplish anything. No matter how sick you are, you will get through this if you just think positively, he says softly. After Brendon relapsed, doctors immediately put him on the experimental drug Gleevec. He takes three 100-mg capsules each evening to suppress his cancer and an anti-nausea pill to counteract the drug's side effects. If the Gleevec fails, his oncologist and transplant physician at Sick Kids, Dr. John Doyle, has a colleague in the U.S. who has had some success using experimental therapy with cancer patients. His mother says that these are the only treatment options open to Brendon, who also shares his home with his father Leonard, 42, a shipper and receiver with a marketing company, and his 9-year-old twin sisters, Samantha and Jessica. But Brendon remains composed about his future. I just take it one day at a time, he says quietly, with the wisdom of someone beyond his young years. Adults see cancer as a death sentence, but children don't worry about dying, explains deSouza, who quit her job as a purchasing agent when Brendon first became ill. They just live in the moment and take one day at a time. They never complain about the pain or wonder `why me?' Brendon shakes his head when asked if he's ever wondered `why me.' (A.L.L. generally has a 75 to 80 per cent cure rate in children, but Brendon carries the Philadelphia chromosome, an abnormality that makes his cancer resistant to chemotherapy). He appears more concerned about burning the banana bread in the oven that he helped make or about missing part of a Stanley Cup playoffs game on TV for a school function. Every Wednesday, deSouza takes Brendon to Sick Kids where he has his blood tested. Because of the large amount of blood needed for analysis, a central line was inserted into Brendon's chest to avoid the constant pokes of needles. They're my friends, he says of the doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital. I tell them jokes, he says, and proceeds to rhyme off a couple of his favourites. He enjoys filling up empty syringes with water and squirting them at his nurse, Dave. He recalls when he took another nurse, Chris, to see her first hockey game (yes, he admits, smiling, he finds her pretty). And he always saved a bag of popcorn for the night nurse, Tina, when he was watching a movie during one of his extended hospital stays. The doctors explain everything clearly, he says. They never leave anything out ... Dr. Doyle would even draw on paper what my cells looked like. His mother agrees. The staff would first bring the parents into the office to update them on Brendon's condition and then they would bring Brendon in. They always told him the same thing that they told us ... they never left anything out,
[Goanet] COLUMN-Duck and Cover (Wake up and smell the coffee)
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE Margaret Mascarenhas Duck and Cover I'd like to be proud of my Indian heritage, but let me tell you: it's getting harder and harder. Last year, I told my father the true story of how some over-zealous VHP guys, elated over India's testing of their nuke at Pokhran, wanted to gather the sacred dust of Pokhran and scatter it in the four corners of India. (Sacred radioactive dust. Uh huh. Right. Let's rub it on our foreheads, why don't we? Let's use it as prasad, how about that?)=20 So, predictably, as soon as the war rhetoric and breast-beating between India and Pakistan intensified, the US embassy, consulate and warden weren'= t the only ones telling me to leave the country immediately; my father said: Those fundamentalist morons have no idea what they've triggered off. I'm sending you a plane ticket. Be on a flight by next week. Luckily for me, I decided to wait for results of the Armitage talks. Unluckily for India, a lot of foreigners took their embassy warnings seriously, and took themselves and/or their money out of India. And who can blame them? Over the past few months they've seen out-of-contro= l rioting and massacres continuing in the state of Gujarat while Atal Bin Vajpayee rattles on in Goa like the Superior Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and George Bin Fernandes declares rape a natural phenomenon in Parliament. They've seen Indian politicians everywhere blame everything on Pakistan, only to reject international monitoring, like they've got something to hide= =2E They've seen General Bin Musharraf look into the camera and say, Nothing i= s happening on the Line of Control. (Just like Bill Bin Clinton: I never ha= d sex with that woman.)=20 Recently, they saw the MLAs of Maharashtra kidnapping and sequestering one another as if the running of the country's financial nerve centre state is some kooky schoolboys' game. Meanwhile, millions of troops are eye-balling one another across the LOC. It is only natural then, that a majority of foreign residents and investors would wonder, are we safe with these guys in charge? Duck and cover, indeed, as my friend Neil remarked. For those of you unfamiliar with this term, when the USSR was still a major player and at the height of nuclear paranoia in America, the US government ran a series of absurd ads in movie theatres and on television with the alleged intent to advise citizens on what to do in the event of nuclear holocaust (as if one could actually do anything).=20 They were in stark and grotesque contrast with the reality of holocaust as experienced by Japan. In the ads, a teacher would conduct a drill and schoo= l children would be shown ducking and covering themselves with their school desks in an orderly fashion (as if they'd have time to do this, and as if i= t would help). The ads were called 'Duck and Cover'. There was even a little ditty that went with the ads, to make the whole business of war appear less scary to a trusting American public. Michael Moore is a film-maker, the author of 'Stupid White Men' (which has sold more copies than Harry Potter), a rabble rousing man of the masses, an= d a perpetual pain in the ass of the US government and corporate America. =20 Shortly after the nuke testing at Pokhran, he made an appointment with the Indian Ambassador in Washington, posing as a US government official designated to help India prepare for nuclear war. The interview was video taped (and I've got a copy to prove it).=20 Moore played the 'duck and cover' ads from the sixties for the Indian ambassador. He did the same with the Pakistani ambassador. By the end of it= , he had both ambassadors 'ducking and covering' to the inane tune on the ad. It was hilarious. But it was also terrifying. Because it clearly illustrate= d how ignorant and unprepared India and Pakistan are with regard to nuclear realities. The domestic media has also exposed its mind-boggling ignorance of all things nuclear. As a matter of policy, the Indian Government routinely informs the US State Department of both the intent and the level of militar= y engagement, so it is unlikely, as some members of the domestic press have frivolously implied, that India was merely crying wolf to gain internationa= l attention, and the US merely panicking and responding in a knee-jerk fashion.=20 Another incredibly na=EFve proclamation from the press both in India and in Pakistan, suggested that the US was only acting as peace broker in its own interest. Get real. Which country doesn't act in its own interest? Nations are not charity organizations and this is not the point. The point is: is i= t in either India's or Pakistan's interest to engage in a full blown war? And= , given India's military superiority, is it likely that such a war could remain restricted to conventional use of weapons? And, if not, what would b= e left of either country?=20 Whether by design or not, the issue has captured world attention, and impelled world leaders to
goanet-digest V1 #4071
goanet-digestWednesday, June 12 2002Volume 01 : Number 4071 - In this issue: [Goanet] Public Hearing on Cattle in Goa - 14th June. [Goanet] Re: [goancauses] Perishing Goa Net Admin Team [Goanet] All I need is Love [Goanet] FEATURE: Kala Academy, showcase of hidden talent See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:22:52 +0530 From: Goa Desc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Public Hearing on Cattle in Goa - 14th June. * Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * - Public Hearing on Cattle in Goa - 14th June. - - NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CATTLE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Central Government has established a National Commission on Cattle (Rashtriya Govansh Ayog) with the following terms of reference. a) To review there relevant laws of the land (Centre as well as States) which relate to protection, preservation development and well being of Cow and its progeny and suggest measures for their effective implementation. b) To study the existing provisions for the maintenance of Goshalas, Gosadans, Pinjrapoles and other organizations working for protection and development of cattle and suggest measures of making them economically viable. c) To study the contribution of cattle towards the Indian economy and to suggest ways and means of organizing scientific research for maximum utilization of cattle products and draught animal power in the field of nutrition and health agriculture and energy and to submit a comprehensive scheme in this regard to the Central Government. d) To review and suggest measures to improve the availability of feed and fodder to support the cattle population. The Commission has been empowered to seek public opinion in matters covered by the terms of reference and to accept memorandum and representations in this regard. Public hearing will be held by the Commission as per details given below. - -- Date: 14th June 2002 Time: 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Venue: Departmental Farmers Training Centre, Curti Ponda Goa Contact Person: Dr. Savio Sequeira Vaz, Dy. Director (Planning) Tel. No. 0832 426691 (O) 0832 730749 (R) Organizations Institutions and individual citizens are invited to depose before the Commission and/or to give written representations and suggestions on any aspects of protection, preservation and development of Cow and its progeny and related issues. Sd/- Member Secretary National Commission on Cattle Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India - Advertisment in THE NAVHIND TIMES 11/6/02 page 14 - === 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 === -- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:08:58 + From: Joao Paulo Cota [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Re: [goancauses] Perishing Goa Net Admin Team Hi Uly, ... perhaps the word 'efficiency' could be the answer to your question! ;-) Keep up your good work. Joao Paulo Cota I noticed the admin team is getting smaller and smaller ? :) Uly p.s. are 4 people enough to handle a so called four digit membership. :) Herman Carneiro Ob behalf of the Goanet Admin: Vivian Coelho Frederick Noronha Eddie Fernandes _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:03:22 +0100 From: C Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] All I need is Love POP legend Paul McCartney wed former model Heather Mills at an Irish castle on Tuesday in a sumptuous affair that included fireworks, feasting, friends and celebrities. Wedding bells pealed shortly after 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) signalling that the ex-Beatle and his bride had tied the knot. Intermittent rain was the only negative factor as celebrities and family members
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goanet-digestWednesday, June 12 2002Volume 01 : Number 4072 - In this issue: [Goanet] COLUMN-Duck and Cover (Wake up and smell the coffee) [Goanet] MISSING BOY TRACED. [Goanet] GOAN IN CANADA: Miracle child See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 07:15:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Margaret Mascarenhas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] COLUMN-Duck and Cover (Wake up and smell the coffee) WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE Margaret Mascarenhas Duck and Cover I'd like to be proud of my Indian heritage, but let me tell you: it's getting harder and harder. Last year, I told my father the true story of how some over-zealous VHP guys, elated over India's testing of their nuke at Pokhran, wanted to gather the sacred dust of Pokhran and scatter it in the four corners of India. (Sacred radioactive dust. Uh huh. Right. Let's rub it on our foreheads, why don't we? Let's use it as prasad, how about that?)=20 So, predictably, as soon as the war rhetoric and breast-beating between India and Pakistan intensified, the US embassy, consulate and warden weren'= t the only ones telling me to leave the country immediately; my father said: Those fundamentalist morons have no idea what they've triggered off. I'm sending you a plane ticket. Be on a flight by next week. Luckily for me, I decided to wait for results of the Armitage talks. Unluckily for India, a lot of foreigners took their embassy warnings seriously, and took themselves and/or their money out of India. And who can blame them? Over the past few months they've seen out-of-contro= l rioting and massacres continuing in the state of Gujarat while Atal Bin Vajpayee rattles on in Goa like the Superior Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and George Bin Fernandes declares rape a natural phenomenon in Parliament. They've seen Indian politicians everywhere blame everything on Pakistan, only to reject international monitoring, like they've got something to hide= =2E They've seen General Bin Musharraf look into the camera and say, Nothing i= s happening on the Line of Control. (Just like Bill Bin Clinton: I never ha= d sex with that woman.)=20 Recently, they saw the MLAs of Maharashtra kidnapping and sequestering one another as if the running of the country's financial nerve centre state is some kooky schoolboys' game. Meanwhile, millions of troops are eye-balling one another across the LOC. It is only natural then, that a majority of foreign residents and investors would wonder, are we safe with these guys in charge? Duck and cover, indeed, as my friend Neil remarked. For those of you unfamiliar with this term, when the USSR was still a major player and at the height of nuclear paranoia in America, the US government ran a series of absurd ads in movie theatres and on television with the alleged intent to advise citizens on what to do in the event of nuclear holocaust (as if one could actually do anything).=20 They were in stark and grotesque contrast with the reality of holocaust as experienced by Japan. In the ads, a teacher would conduct a drill and schoo= l children would be shown ducking and covering themselves with their school desks in an orderly fashion (as if they'd have time to do this, and as if i= t would help). The ads were called 'Duck and Cover'. There was even a little ditty that went with the ads, to make the whole business of war appear less scary to a trusting American public. Michael Moore is a film-maker, the author of 'Stupid White Men' (which has sold more copies than Harry Potter), a rabble rousing man of the masses, an= d a perpetual pain in the ass of the US government and corporate America. =20 Shortly after the nuke testing at Pokhran, he made an appointment with the Indian Ambassador in Washington, posing as a US government official designated to help India prepare for nuclear war. The interview was video taped (and I've got a copy to prove it).=20 Moore played the 'duck and cover' ads from the sixties for the Indian ambassador. He did the same with the Pakistani ambassador. By the end of it= , he had both ambassadors 'ducking and covering' to the inane tune on the ad. It was hilarious. But it was also terrifying. Because it clearly illustrate= d how ignorant and unprepared India and Pakistan are with regard to nuclear realities. The domestic media has also exposed its mind-boggling ignorance of all things nuclear. As a matter of policy, the Indian Government routinely informs the US State Department of both the intent and the level of militar= y engagement, so it is unlikely, as some members of the domestic press have frivolously implied, that India was merely crying wolf to gain internationa= l attention, and the US merely panicking and responding in a knee-jerk fashion.=20 Another incredibly na=EFve proclamation from the
[Goanet] OBITUARY: YVONNE D'COSTA, COLUMBUS, OHIO, USA
--- OBITUARY Yvonne Teresa (Soares) DCosta, retired school psychologist for the Columbus Public Schools, succumbed to her chronic heart and diabetes ailments on Sunday morning. She was the beloved wife of 43 years of Ayres DCosta (a professor at the Ohio State University College of Education), mother of Rob (Melissa) DCosta, and mother-aunt of Divya and Jitesh Soares. Yvonne was preceded in death by her parents Aloysius and Priscilla Soares and by her siblings Grace, Iris, Vincent, Ernest and Joseph Soares. Her loss is deeply mourned by her brothers Aloysius and Maurice, sisters Angela, Eileen and Barbara, sisters-in-law Martha, Freda and Vilma Soares, brother-in-law Albert Fernandes and many nephews, nieces, great nephews and nieces, and friends. Yvonnes career began as a school teacher at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Bombay, India. She also spent much of her time with Mother Theresas order, helping the poor and orphaned children in Calcutta, India. She came to the United States with Ayres in 1963 and graduated with a Masters Degree in Education from Ohio University. She spent most of her working career with the Columbus Public Schools focusing on the educational needs of handicapped children. Yvonne was also a very active member of St. Anthonys Catholic Church and a strong advocate for the disabled. She had a great appreciation for the arts and was a very talented pianist. She will be most remembered for her incredible sense of humor. Friends and family are invited to calling hours on Wednesday, June 12, at Schoedinger Funeral Home, 5554 Karl Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2 pm on Thursday, June 13 at St. Anthonys Catholic Church, 1300 Urban Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43229 followed by burial service at Kingwood Memorial Park, 8230 Columbus Pike (U.S. Route 23), Lewis Center, Ohio 43035. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Heart Association in Yvonnes honor. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] OUTLOOK: I am RSS, so I am not communal - Parrikar
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?sid=3fodname=20020617fname=Goa+%28F%29 INTERVIEW I Am RSS, So I Am Not Communal The BJP's triumphant CM, Manohar Parrikar, spoke to Outlook on the agenda he has set out for himself and the impact of the Gujarat violence on the elections in Goa. Excerpts: What accounts for your success in the elections? People say we won by default. But I believe that we won because of the good governance we provided. Were the Gujarat riots a liability? Gujarat didn't have any impact on the elections. The Congress tried to paint us as a communal party who will kill the minorities. But the voters could see through the lie. My message during the elections was simple: you are not voting for the CM of Gujarat. You are voting for the CM of Goa. The BJP was insignificant in Goa till recently. Is there any change in the outlook of society here? I think there is a soft polarisation. And it's natural for the majority community to view me as someone who will understand their problems. Are you are an RSS man or a chief minister first? Why can't one be both? I am a staunch RSS man and that's why I'm not communal. What I have learnt from the RSS is to maintain justice. The RSS never taught me to be communal. Apart from good governance, what are the changes you want to bring about? I want some changes in the educational set-up. Students must know about their culture. What are the students in Goa learning? They know nothing about their culture. They don't know anything about the freedom movement. There is this accusation that you recruited RSS men in the police force... This is all loose talk. There were 1,800 applications for constables and other posts in the police force. As many as 1,100 were chosen purely by merit. The Christian youth in Goa is not interested in the constabulary. So it may appear as though it is majority community-dominated. That doesn't mean I have saffronised the police force. You are charged with giving away about 20 schools to trusts floated by the RSS. Why 20? There are 69 more. These schools have no students. These are just buildings and benches. I offer to give this infrastructure away to anybody who is interested, including the Church. If the RSS has come forward, what's wrong with that? There is a fear among Christians in Goa about the BJP. What assurance can you give them? Catholics were among those who voted for us. That means they have faith in us. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] OUTLOOK: A beachhead, but the hinterland is another battle
GOA [From OUTLOOK www.outlookindia.com ] A Beachhead, but the Hinterland is Another Battle The victory in Goa is a shot in the arm for the BJP but to replicate it elsewhere may not be easy BHAVDEEP KANG Who are these people accusing us? India was secular even when the Muslims hadn't come here and the Christians hadn't set foot on this soil. Atal Behari Vajpayee in Goa, April 12 Given its small size and a fractured electoral verdict, the BJP's rejoicing over forming a government in Goa may seem a trifle out of proportion. But the party is looking at Goa as a big neon sign pointing the way to victory in the Gujarat assembly poll later this year, followed by a slew of state elections next year. That the Centre took Goa seriously was clear from the fact that Union minister Pramod Mahajan took personal charge, running a highly scientific operation. Each constituency was profiled in detail and while the cash spent wasn't much by Delhi standards, a lot of human effort went into micro-level strategising. The Sangh parivar tends to believe the election saw a polarisation of votes as a result of a strident, Gujarat-oriented Congress campaign. Says BJP MP Vinay Katiyar, The PM's speech during the party's national executive in Goa in April had a big impact. By repeatedly screening video footage of the PM's speech, the Opposition scared off minorities but united Hindus. One of the party's election managers admits the Congress campaign cost the BJP the 32 per cent minority vote. Or else, we would have got 23 seats instead of 17, he says. The polarisation wasn't surprising given the parivar's growing strength in Goa, says a senior RSS pracharak. The number of shakhas has gone up from 65 to 90 in 10 years. The ABVP has a hold over 41 academic institutions and the RSS runs 15 of its own. Some 16 parivar-affiliated organisations, particularly the VHP and Vishwa Bharati, are active there. Of course there is a Hindu backlash, declares the VHP's Acharya Giriraj Kishore. The Congress' pseudo-secularism had its impact. No political party should ignore Hindus. BJP leaders aren't certain yet if the Goa pattern will apply elsewhere but agree the party's gained ground after signalling a return to Hindutva basics. Party president Jana Krishnamurthy feels the tide may have turned. You'll see by the assembly polls next year, the party set-up will be in good shape. But he disagrees that the minorities have rejected the BJP in Goa. That's what the Congress would like to say. They ran their campaign along communal lines but are still called a secular party. If nothing else, the Goa success has improved the morale of party workers by breaking what seemed like an endless losing streak. Party sources say the BJP would exploit Parrikar's impeccable image by asking him to tour several states and address workers there. The BJP expects an easy win in Gujarat, both because the Congress is weak and because of polarisation. But it is feared the BJP might be losing this edge and pressure is building up for early elections, fuelling speculation that the assembly may be dissolved sooner than later. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
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goanet-digestWednesday, June 12 2002Volume 01 : Number 4073 - In this issue: [Goanet] OBITUARY: YVONNE D'COSTA, COLUMBUS, OHIO, USA [Goanet] OUTLOOK: Feni, Vidi, Vici Again [Goanet] OUTLOOK: I am RSS, so I am not communal - Parrikar See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:52:37 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] OBITUARY: YVONNE D'COSTA, COLUMBUS, OHIO, USA - ---=20 OBITUARY=20 Yvonne Teresa (Soares) D=92Costa, retired school psychologist for the Columb= us=20 Public Schools, succumbed to her chronic heart and diabetes ailments on=20 Sunday morning. She was the beloved wife of 43 years of Ayres D=92Costa (a=20 professor at the Ohio State University College of Education), mother of Rob=20 (Melissa) D=92Costa, and mother-aunt of Divya and Jitesh Soares. Yvonne was=20 preceded in death by her parents Aloysius and Priscilla Soares and by her=20 siblings Grace, Iris, Vincent, Ernest and Joseph Soares. Her loss is deeply=20 mourned by her brothers Aloysius and Maurice, sisters Angela, Eileen and=20 Barbara, sisters-in-law Martha, Freda and Vilma Soares, brother-in-law Alber= t=20 Fernandes and many nephews, nieces, great nephews and nieces, and friends.=20 Yvonne=92s career began as a school teacher at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour= in=20 Bombay, India. She also spent much of her time with Mother Theresa=92s order= ,=20 helping the poor and orphaned children in Calcutta, India. She came to the=20 United States with Ayres in 1963 and graduated with a Master=92s Degree in=20 Education from Ohio University. She spent most of her working career with th= e=20 Columbus Public Schools focusing on the educational needs of handicapped=20 children. Yvonne was also a very active member of St. Anthony=92s Catholic=20 Church and a strong advocate for the disabled. She had a great appreciation=20 for the arts and was a very talented pianist. She will be most remembered=20 for her incredible sense of humor.=20 Friends and family are invited to calling hours on Wednesday, June 12, at=20 Schoedinger Funeral Home, 5554 Karl Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229. The Mass of=20 Christian Burial will be at 2 pm on Thursday, June 13 at St. Anthony=92s=20 Catholic Church, 1300 Urban Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43229 followed by burial=20 service at Kingwood Memorial Park, 8230 Columbus Pike (U.S. Route 23), Lewis= =20 Center, Ohio 43035. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the America= n=20 Heart Association in Yvonne=92s honor.=20 - -- -- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:25:24 -0700 From: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] OUTLOOK: Feni, Vidi, Vici Again GOA Feni, Vidi, Vici Again [From Outlook www.outlookindia.com] Call it the new polar cap. A hard, Gujarat-focused campaign by the Congress= =20 backfires and the BJP pockets a fourth state. MANU JOSEPH http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?sid=3D1fodname=3D20020617fname=3DGoa+= %28F%29 If you throw a can of Kingfisher in Goa, it will hit a former chief=20 minister. There are so many of them around. In the last 12 years alone,=20 there have been 13. But even in this crowd, the new CM, Manohar Parrikar,=20 stands out for having pulled off an incredible victory. In his last tenure,= =20 before his government fell, he was the first BJP CM in a state that may=20 have never dreamt two years ago that such a day would come. Now he's back=20 with a bang, proving all his detractors in Panaji wrong. Appropriately, only the Goan Magicians Guild guessed the outcome of the=20 polls correctly when they opened a sealed box after the election results=20 and revealed their prediction. Father Valeriano Vaz In Panaji, over 3,000 names, mostly belonging to=20 Christians, went missing from the voters list. The list was manipulated by= =20 state machinery. Seventeen seats to the BJP and 16 to the Congress. They were right because= =20 they were magicians and not political analysts. But if the BJP high command= =20 wants to point to the surprise in Goa and say that its merchandise is=20 working in the nation, it will be a somewhat desperate analysis. Before the elections, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party shot= =20 themselves in their own foot. Says former chief minister and Congress=20 leader Pratap Singh Rane, The Congress ruined itself by gross infighting.= =20 The people were just fed up. And there are accusations against the BJP,=20 that it illegally wooed voters before the elections by promising many=20 populist social schemes. Another point that speaks against any immediate=20 resurgence of the BJP after Gujarat is the fact that a voter in Goa elects= =20 the fellow in his constituency and not his party. A party in Goa is not=20 political but
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