[GOANET] TidBits.008 ( GOVERNANCE + RELIGION = HINDUTVA)
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TidBits.008 ( GOVERNANCE + RELIGION = HINDUTVA) And it is said that old age makes a person senile. And to me, anyone, specially a political leader, who talk about governance with religious connotations, must be senile, that is, in other words, totally bankrupt of thought processs. The statement made by our dear Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, published in NT 7 Feb 2003 page 7, that " Governance requires perfect blend of religion and power", and coming as it is, in these times of extreme government sponsored religious fundamentalism, is nothing short of the symptoms of senility. Mr. Vajpayee, knowingly or unknowingly, seems to have taken leave of his senses. I would interpret his above statement as the indicator of his BJP's fortunes arising out of the demolition of Babri Masjid. "Aisa nahi hai ki ham bakti ras mein doobe hai to akraman ya atankvad se dar jayenge (It is not that we are immersed in religion so much that we can not counter the attack on us or terrorism)" With due respect to Mr. Vajpayee and his intelligence, these words do not seem right coming from India's Prime Minister. First of all, India is not supposed to be immersed in religion at governance level. We are a 'secular state' for God's sake, with a very secular Constitution. We are not a theocratic state as yet, as much as Mr. Vajpayee and his Hindutva camp would like it to be. If what he says is true, then we would'nt have had Kargil. If it was true, then our parliament would'nt have been attacked by terrorists. If it was true, India would'nt have the need for Israel to train our special anti-terrorist commandos in that country at the expense of the tax payers. All this only proves that religious bigots, or, pseudo religious bigots and pious pretenders, whatever one may want to call them, have taken over the reins of governance of this country and botched it up so bad, that not only our national security is under threat but the nation has lost a great deal of self- respect as well as the respect of the nations of the world who looked at India as the towering mountain of secularism and a stable democracy. And the respect for India that still exists in the world is fast diminishing with utterances like these from our political thinkers and political leaders. That religions have been responsible for endless miseries, strifes, deaths and devastation worldwide for centuries is a fact that cannot be denied. History books are replete with the gory details of these accounts. Whenever religious sentiments have entered governance, it has never been impartial and effective. Infact, entry of religious sentiments in governance has always left its indelible marks. For political and power hungry vultures of our country (read VHP, RSS, BD, SS etc) religion , today, has become the horse to mount and charge from, and to achieve the otherwise impossible and futile dreams, by flogging it to its bare bones. U.S.A. is a largely homogeneous Christian nation. And in spite of a massive Evangelical movement within and without, the only religious sentimentality we see in its governance are the words "IN GOD WE TRUST" inscribed on each and every of its currency notes. The rest is dictated by the laws of the land. And none , repeat, none of its citizens, including its President, who is considered to be the most powerful person living on earth, can be above Law. If India could apply the same yardstick in governance, a few of our Prime ministers, a load of ministers, parliamentarians, state political leaders, bureaucrats and civil servants would be behind bars or breaking rocks at Kalapani, the Andaman Island jails. And for sure, our esteemed Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Lal Krishna Advani, who is also our country's Home Minister, would be doing just that for ushering in religious fundamentalism in our country's governance for his own selfish ends, thereby corrupting our constitutionally guaranteed secular democracy, which is the raison d'etre of this nation. Good Governance is ruled by laws of the land. Intrusion of religion in governance makes the laws impotent. In the eyes of law, it does not matter whether one is a Hindu , Muslim, Christian or whatever. You disobey the law, you get punished. You don't like the law, change it, cancel it, dilute it. This is the power of democracy. If the people so want, they can altogether throw out all laws and be done with it. In that case, you have 'anarchy' , not 'governance'. So be it. But if there is a law book in existence, it is the responsibility of the government to go by this book and implement the laws in letter and spirit. As one example of how the laws of the land are being diluted through religious sentiments, I would like to
[GOANET] TidBits.007 ( Oh Sonia ma-ji ! Why have you forsaken us?)
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TidBits.007 ( Oh Sonia-ma-ji! Why have you forsaken us?) No sooner we got the wind of your passing through Goa, we had dreams. Our ma-ji must have made up her mind at last to change the leadership of us 'Pack of Wolves'. And she must be bringing a plaque with a special name printed on it. Its mine, its mine. No! its mine. And we could'nt sleep for the desire to be the first in line to greet you at the far far away Dabolim airport and stick out our necks so you could choose the one to honour. And some of us, the front runners, were cock sure it was going to be one of us, that the others stayed away with grumpy faces. But then, we were left holding the special smiles we had prepared, the bouquets and garlands of choicest flowers that we had brought for you . Nary a passing glance we deserved from you as you so elegantly switched your aircrafts and vanished from sight. With our feet heavy as if filled with lead, with the load of our special smiles and the flowers we carried, we barely managed to limp back to the safety of our cars and beat a hasty retreated lest the onlookers give us the reception of Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!. Oh! Its for us, its for us, those of us who remained behind with grumpy faces knew so well, that we made it to the far far away Dabolim airport in record time to stick our neck to claim the prize, when ma-ji returned from Karwar. And we also noted that the shameless Raja of Satari who has lost his faculty of recognizing what shame is, and who has sold his soul to the MGP and his body to the BJP brought up the end of the line-up once again. But we never never even dreamt that our dear ma-ji would literally take the scourge of India, Mr. Praveen Togadia, seriously, and bark at us like she did, a bark full of scorn and contempt, before vanishing in thin air once again. "Why are you here? You first unite yourselves and work for the people of Goa" That the bark could convey such words of wisdom! Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the men and women of Congress of Goa. The next time you stick out your necks to be adorned with the plaques, it could be far worse than the bark. It could be the bite. Well done, Sonia-ji, well done. You are learning fast. Dear Sonia-ji. You were expected to listen to the sound advice of the people of Goa, not during the 2002 Assembly Elections, but from the time of the 1999 Assembly Elections. We begged of you to dump the corrupt and the scamsters. But you not only did not do that, but you also gave sanctuary to the corrupt, the scamster, the traitor of Goa and its tongue, the guy who your dear husband had humiliated so bad, the white maned lion, Ramakant Khalap. That you have to resort to barking at the people who have ruined your party's chances in Goa, comes too late in time. You must realize that none, repeat, none, who profess allegiance to Congress in Goa, and who are on the top rung of the party are capable of uniting and working for the betterment of Goa and Goans. And should you think of replacing this abominable stench in the party with the ones from the party's rank and file, please think twice over. Those that follow fit perfectly well in the contingency plans of the masters who have groomed them to take over and who will then dance to the master's tune for a rule by proxy. And worst still, these new players to be are far far more industrious and voracious than the masters themselves. Sad to say that your party's rope in Goa has knotted so bad that nothing short of cutting it out and throwing it away the pieces will solve the problem. And you will be surprised to see that this rope has taken the un-imaginable twists and turns around itself and around the MGP and the BJP that it will be difficult to know which one is which, for it was necessary for your party's rope to draw nourishment from the others to survive, and still is. In doing so, your party's stand has been compromised and your party leaders have become pawns in the hands of the Goa BJP which can only thrive from their subjugation and impotence. Sad to say, the situation is such that you will have to use a special torch to cull out the real congress-men or the congress-women at heart. Most of them will have the lion's tail, camouflaged and well hidden from sight, and which comes out a whipping when the mergerist's interests are jeopardized. If you really want to test these miseralilises, all you have to do is to command them to be faithful to your dear late husband's dreams that Goa should remain Goa with Konkani as its sole state language. Let them, in one voice, declare that the Goa Language Act will be modified to remove all mention of Marathi in its text. And if they do it, which they won't, you still need to cut their throats anyway, for they will be doing it only to save their
[GOANET] Re: Proud of Kalpana
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- It was this little computer screen that alerted me of the Columbia disaster. Since then I glued myself to the TV screen, shifting from the BBC to the CNN. Every time it was the Israeli affair and the details of the disaster. Patiently waited patiently to see the flash back of our dear Kalpana Chawla, to hear from our Indian Ambassador like we saw and heard the Israeli Ambassador. There was not a thing. My son's angry outburst " Tell us about Kalpana too, man!. It is possible that we have missed it all. I retired for the night with a heavy heart and have'nt tuned in to the BBC or CNN since. Indeed, India has lost a budding pearl. It is our national misfortune, a national loss. Kalpana is our second space heroine, but one. who will be remembered for a long long time to come for her departure in space. Let us be content in believing that God had other plans for Kalpana and all her dear colleagues in the Columbia flight. The sorrow of dear Kalpana's family is our sorrow. May God bless them all and give them the courage to face and come to terms with this great great loss. Floriano
[GOANET] Tidbits.006 (Snakes in the Grass)
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TidBits.006 ( SNAKE IN THE GRASS) Without malice or disrespect to anyone, specially the Sindhi community at large, it is said that if confronted with a "Double S" which stands for a Sindhi and a Snake, one should go for the Sindhi first, for he could be far more dangerous than the good old familiar Snake. However, nationally, this rule of the thumb may hold good, specially for residents of New Delhi in particular, in Goa, Goans should adopt and adapt to the Sindhis but go for the Snake in the grass with everything they have got, especially the one that hides in the green grass of Goa and bites Konkani loving Goans at every opportunity he gets. And for that matter, there are many other smaller snakes in the grass who derive their boldness and the courage to show off at the expense of the big brother who not only changes his colours but his tongue too when it suits him. To the endless exhortations to Konkaniwadi Goans that Rajan Narayan has made to do something about the snuff to Konkani maim by these traitors at Karad, I preferred to give these Marathi Snakes one more chance to hang themselves at this Konkan Marathi Samelan at GOA. It was indeed, as predicted by Rajan Narayan, not a literary meet at all. It was a deep rooted conspiracy to consolidate the position of the snakes in the grass against Konkani maim. And I was right. We have more than a prize in Manohar Parrikar for the noose. A spectacular chameleon who can change his colours more swiftly and efficiently than any other chameleon on earth. He wants a few more years to settle the Language issue , Is it? More likely, he needs a few more years to get re-elected. And that would be easy with Konkaniwadis as well as Marathiwadis looking up to him as their saviour. It does'nt take IIT bright. It takes an opportunist to cling to the chair as much as possible by keeping both sides in suspended animation. But the Konkaniwadis must realize that they will ultimately lose outright. And waiting in hope that Manohar Parrikar will do something about it would be a total waste of time. The Snakes in the grass have a code of honour amongst themselves. If it was not so, then the king of the Kala Academy would be the king no more. Then again, the white maned ex-Lion and the mergerist with his tail between his legs would be cooling his heels in the can for fleecing the bank that he ran., and , so on and so forth. And the Snakes in the grass are ridiculing Konkani and Konkaniwadis by calling Konkani, the small sister of Marathi at one time and the small brother, the other time. This sex change is comparable to the change in their fidelity towards Konkani. And after the belittling that Konkani got from Karad, the belittling they gave Konkani at its own home ground yesterday , the 31st. January, 2003 should prompt Konkani Goans to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. They should remember Floriano Vaz and others and should not allow their sacrifices to go in vain. And the biggest insult Manohar Parrikar has given to Goa's Official Language is by giving away Rs. 10 lacs from the Goan tax-payers to the Konkan Marathi Samelam, when even the payment of the bills for the government advertisements in the newspapers are held back for lack of funds. And we would like to know from these snakes in the grass to name the state in the Union of India which has dual official language, that they demand the same for Goa. Goa is a full fledged state with a full fledged Official language which is "Konkani" Period. The government of the day must immediately move to delete the line in the Official Language Act which gives official recognition to Marathi along with the state language Konkani, for its use in government correspondence. If the government of the day cannot, and will not deliver the goods, then it must be brought down, for it is anti GOA and anti Goan. The next government that will take its place, should come into office on the guarantee that the official recognition to Marathi will be deleted from the Official Language Act to make Konkani the sole Official State Language. If it also pussy-foots with this requirement, then it too should be brought down until there comes a government which will fulfill the demands of the Goan people. Goans should forge ahead in progress and development rather than get dragged in this Language tussle for ever. They must remember that Konkani was suppressed for 450 years by the Portuguese with the active connivance of the snakes in the grass Marathiwadis. It is up to Goans to liberate Konkani once and for all or succumb to the challenges from the snakes in the grass. Goans have fought the snakes in the grass before , and, Goans can do it again, to shake free the roots of the mergerists and the traitors from the sacred soil
Re: [GOANET] Who will protect us
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- I WILL TELL YOU WHY, CARMO AND DON'T MIND MY SAYING SO. NOT ONLY THE PROPERTIES THEY WILL BE TAKING AWAY FROM GOANS THEY WILL DRAG GOANS THEMSELVES BY THEIR FEET AND THROW THEM OUT OF GOA. ALL THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE GOANS ARE FOOLS. THEY VOTE THE FOR THE CORRUPT AND THE COMMUNALS FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH ENDS. floriano - Original Message - From: Carmo Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:14 AM Subject: [GOANET] Who will protect us > > > I left my home seven years ago and every visit back makes me realize how sad > it truly is. Goa is slowly disapearing for goans. My father was killed by a > drunk driver from karnataka two years ago. The driver somehow was released > for the colva station and can not be found. Some of the properties we own > are now in the courts as outsiders are doing their best to steal them. The > panchyat have even helped them to falsify documents as if somehow after over > three generations of ownership can just be erased as long as you fill > someones pockets with money. But I am not the only Goan who faces thes > problems. My freind Edgar Goes had his passaport stolen and instead of > getting help from the Indian embassy he got harrassed. The clerk even had > the nerve to say he was not a true Indian because of his hindi.He had to beg > and plead for help from them as in Saudi one must have proper paperwork to > even leave or face being put in prison. Maybe we as goans should question > the goverments true belief of a Goan. We give more money to the centeral > goverment than what they give. We pay for everything electricy, phone, etc. > In margao we have people living in government housing given everything for > free. Why are we treated like secound class citizens even by our own people.
[GOANET] Tidbits .005 (Shaa'bas Khatre'chea Chakra)
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TidBits.005 ( Shaa' bas Khatre'chea Chakra) And, they say that memories of the schooling days are etched on our minds. And it is true. I always ask any friends turned teachers or new acquaintances who are teachers if I could quietly sit down in their classroom for once. And they laugh. The memories of riding a bicycle to Bastora in 1965-68 to the St. Xavier's College, which was housed in the then recently abandoned Portuguese military cantonment. The then mud roads full of pot-holes during the monsoons, the two track (concretized) stretch of the road from halfway Moira to the junction of Mapusa/Bastora and for which, we, the cyclists and the taxi fellas used to fight for supremacy, we, forcing the taxi fellas to shift from our track even at the cost of getting splash with liquid terra-cota. And then, there was the very familiar sight of the grey "STANDARD Gazelle" driven by Fr. Nicolau Pereira, always with a pressed-lip smile on his face, which got the right of way at all times. And then there were the occasional appearances that Fr. Nicolau gave us in our classroom (Science) at times, to fill in for the absent lecturer and to talk to us on no one special subject. I remember the day when he sent for me during the class. There were two cops looking for me with a summons to the police station. I could see the consternation on his face. "Have you been a bad boy, Floriano? I don't like police looking for my students" It was a statement with an air of finality. He was relieved when he heard me out and sent me packing with a sound advice " I don't want to see you involved in police cases while you are a student of St. Xavier's College." Well, my crime was that I had punched a freedom fighter ( the real one) in the face where they had to stitch him up some. He got what was coming to him for a long time for terrorizing the residents of our ward including my family, while in a state of inebriation. My ward has'nt seen any more of its kind since those good old days. The freedom fighter has since passed away without a grudge for sporting the marks on his face. The memories, ofcourse, came flooding back when I saw the orbituary of Fr. Nicolau Pereira in the newspapers and the marvelous piece on him by Radharao Gracias. I decided to go, bid him farewell" Fr. Antonio Felipe Pais, one among the numerous fellow priests who crowded the "Mother of God" church of Majorda, a Moidekar, did a fine tribute to his colleague and friend of long standing, in his well delivered homily. The theme being "SHAA'BAS KHATRE'CHEA CHAKRA" And the many others who spoke, brought to light the fine qualities that were the prized possession of Fr. Nicolau as an eminent and dedicated educationists. The Concanim Eucharistic service celebrated by the Arch Bishop of Goa Rev. Raul Gonsalves and the excellent choir put together by the Xavier's college was indeed a fitting tribute to Fr. Nicolau Pereira. And it felt good to see and talk to some of the old timers from the faculty like professor Triparthi and nod greetings to colleagues of the golden era of Xavier's of Bastora. And I was privileged to offer a lift back to Mapusa to the head of the Konkni Department of the St. Xavier's College, professor Budte. "One thing I must tell you Florian", he said. "I did'nt know you were a Xavierite from Bastora times" And our talk shifted to his department of Konkni and that is when he confessed his shortcomings in terms of real Goan Concanim. "I was confused and puzzled" he said when I was confronted with the theme of the service "Shaa'bas Khatre'chea Chakra" I know Shaa'bas. But it was the Khatre'cha Chakra" that was Greek to me. I had never heard these words before" he said. "So I had to find out the meaning of those two words from my colleagues. I know I shall never find the connotations such as these in the Konkni that I teach" he said. And my response to that was: "Well! Well! Professor, there you are. You have said it all. What you teach is not " Concanim" but Konkni. The real "Concanim" is rich, it is elegant and it is Goan. It is the Concanim that I was born and brought up with. It is the Concanim that I grew up with as my mother's tongue.It is the Concanim that I speak everyday with my fellow Goans.Maybe we shall hear more of it on our radios, our TVs and read more of if in our newspapers and magazines to make us comfortable and fulfilled when the mergerist and the pseudo Konknis leave us Goans and our dear Concanim alone. And maybe this breed will leave us Goans and our dear Concanim enough alone if we learn to administer the good recipe of not only punching the faces of these trouble makers but also marking them for the rest of their miserable lives. And for target practice, there are eno
Re: [GOANET] City of Panaji Corporation Bill 2002
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- It is apparent that the decision of the CM to bull-doz the Panjim Corporation Bill with or without the consent/approval of the people has, I believe just one consideration: It is in the air and mostly Panjimites are of the opinion that: That the CM is increasingly nervous of his electoral stand in the Panjim Constituency, especially after the very narrow margin that gave him the victory in the last forced assembly elections. The missing 3000 odd voters from the Panjim voters list has left a bad taste in the mouths of Panjimites. The crucial point is that Panjim must see him re-elected in the next assembly election. He cannot afford to change his constituency at this moment as it would be a near political harakiri. Therefore Panjim with the added Porvorim, Soccorro, Betim Britona etc under the belt and which is heavily under the influence of his aid-in-arm Velingkar of the RSS, electoral victory in Panjim for Manohar Parrikar will be ensured. (even at the cost of Ribandar and Taleigao). Therefore, the Corporation Bill is rather more important to Manohar Parrikar than the people of Panjim. Cheers PANJIM CORPORATION BILL. > > The People?s Movement for Civic Action (PMCA) had an Extraordinary General > Body Meeting on Thursday, January 23, 2003 to discuss the recently passed > City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002. > > Recent statements emanating from Official sources, including the Chief > Minister, Mr. Manohar Parikkar, have caused both concern and consternation > among the general public. > > The passing of the City of Panaji Corporation Bill by the Goa Legislative > Assembly without soliciting the opinions of the Panchayats concerned, has > been universally and vehemently condemned by the respective Panchayats which > are sought to be included in the ambit of the proposed City of Panaji > Municipal Corporation. Even more disturbing is the fact that the Panjim > Municipal Council, which is sought to be upgraded to a Corporation, was not > consulted by the Government before it tabled this Bill in the Assembly and > had it passed. Such an attitude is unprecedented and bodes ill for the future > of democracy in Goa. > > The Chief Minister is reported to have stated that he will go ahead with the > formation of the Municipal Corporation of Panaji, but that he will leave it > to the Panchayats to decide whether they want to become part of the > Corporation. If this is true, it makes a complete mockery of the Rule of Law. > > It has never been heard of anywhere in the world that a piece of Legislation > is enacted which allows citizens to decide whether they want to be covered by > the Legislation or not. A Law is either applicable or not. It is not left to > the discretion of the citizens to decide whether it will apply to them or > not. Statements such as those reported in the media about the coverage of > this particular legislation only add to the general perception that the > Government is either ignorant about, or is callous about the sanctity of > legislation. > > The inherent contradictions in the legislation, reinforced by official > pronouncements, only add to the disrespect for the Law, which is widely > prevalent among the citizenry. While, on the one hand, the legislation > seeks to bring within the ambit of the Municipal Corporation far-flung > Panchayat areas, on the other hand it seeks to exclude areas which are > presently part of the Panjim Municipal Council. There is no explanation for > this gross contradiction in the official position of the Government of Goa. > If Taleigao can be allowed to opt out of the Corporation limits, why can't > Ribandar be allowed the same option? > > The meeting, chaired by Mr. Averthanus D?Souza, Vice President of the > People's Movement for Civic Action, was addressed by Advocate Ms. Agni, who > presented an overview of the legislation and indicated the inherent > contradictions contained in it. >
Re: [GOANET] "Tuka kittem lagta?"
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Dear Tony, I appreciate very much your views on the impending Iraq war. Different minds think differently, perhaps on the basis of what information/facts etc is available and/or personal view points, biases etc. But all said and done, everyone's views are important and if taken into account, a lot of sense can be derived from them which otherwise would be onesided. Very true when you say "Tuka kitten lagta? This very attitude has kept Goans where they are today. "maca kiteak podlam?" It comes to my mind my reaction to what one police inspector said to me when I have gone to him with a complaint of noise pollution (loudspeaker nuisance)." Why only you Mr. Lobo? It has always been you, you and you. I have'nt received a single complaint from anyone else from your village. It does not sound right that we should act on only one man's say so. " And this was what I had to say to him. "Inspector, you know who wrote the Constitution of India? Dr. Ambedkar. Well, for your kind information, when Dr. Ambedkar was writing that Constitution, he had Mr. Floriano Lobo in mind. He wrote it for me. I don't need to bring 100 others here to convince you that my rights to peaceful living are violated. For me, the rest of 999.999 million Indians are dead. I am alive. Therefore, you, who is getting the salary to give me my rights will get up from that chair, right now and stop this nuisance right away". The good inspector understood this language and promptly sent the jeep and confiscated the offending equipment. It is not "tuka" ani "maka' lagta. It is everyone's business, whether we like it or not. If only each one of us had this attitude, especially the Goans, that the constitutional rights are individual rights and need not be claimed collectively, things would be different. In the same vein, what we hear today re: Khalap and Marathi is unfortunate. Not for Khalap, but for Luizinho and Nirmala These are the people who have failed to realise Khalap's compulsions , his fidelity and what makes him tick. Still they have meekly accepted this turncoat into their camp. Now, the warnings issued by Luizinho to Khalap " not to play with fire" sounds silly and hollow, for there is no fire, no embers, no smoke in the congress camp anymore. Luizinho, Nirmala, Sardinha, and to a sizeable extent, Dr. Wilfred D'Souza have seen to it that only the ashes remain where this fire was burning, and we goans must be prepared to tell our children that Congress was a POLITICAL PARTY of substance in Goa, ONCE UPON A TIME, long, long ago and was reduced to ashes due to the hollowness and greed of its LEADERS. Best regards Floriano > Gilbert Lawrence's objection to members discussing the Iraq crisis > on this forum because it does not concern Goa or Goans, reflects a typical > attitude of us Goans. Being something of a social activitist, whenever > I try to involve my fellow-villagers in a a cause of social concern, I am > often faced with the remark (in konkani) "tuka kittem lagta?" - meaning > "how does it affect you?" In other words, if your neighbour's house is > on fire, why should you worry about it - it's not your house is it? The > fact that the fire may soon spread to your own house and it would be both > prudent and in one own's self-interest to assist him in putting out the fire > does not appear to occur to them! > The world today is a global village. Industrial emissions from > the U.S. which blow a hole in the ozone layer cause skin cancer and bush > fires in Australia and floods in other parts of the world. There are > lakhs of Goans in the Gulf region in the immediate vicinity of the theatre > of the impending war. So let us not say that it is of no concern to us. > ---Tony Correia-Afonso.
Re: [GOANET] Re: Well & Truly Said!
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Could Al Qaeda have gotten its training in the Iraqui dessert? If that is proven, then 9/11 if not Bali could be connected. Floriano > "Therefore, not a War but a real life THREAT OF A WAR is very essential to > get compliance. A do or die policy with 100 percent determination to do > what you will be done always works. And I am sure it will work with Iraq. > Otherwise, we will live to see a lot more of September Elevens, > Balis et al.." > > Unless I have missed something here. > There is no evidence connecting September eleven and Bali to Iraq. > > Or are some of us brainwashed by popular propoganda. > > Tim de Mello > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ontario, CANADA > > > > _ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
Re: [GOANET] Re: Well & Truly Said!
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- There are two things that must be considered here: 1. A real life 'TREATH OF A WAR" 2. A WAR UN, as a body of Nations has been impotent to solve many a crucial problems of the world. And this fact cannot be denied as it is impossible to come to a consensus decicion with a diverse participation with varying opinions, want, likes and dislikes. Remember: Prez Jimmy Carter went soft on the Soviet Union in reducing the nuclear stock-piles by being the first to lead the way. What happened? The Soviets cheated. Prez. Ronald Reagan put a stop to all this by insinuating "Star Wars" Result? The powerful Soviet Union folded. The UN has asked Iraq to comply. As is evident from its past behaviour, it has shown only contempt for such requests. Therefore, not a War but a real life THREAT OF A WAR is very essential to get compliance. A do or die policy with 100 percent determination to do what you will be done always works. And I am sure it will work with Iraq. Otherwise, we will live to see a lot more of September Elevens, Balis et al.. Pussy-footing around with serious issues never helps the geniuness of causes but emboldens rascals to unleash attrocities on their own unsuspecting people and the people of the world. A home grown point in case is the RSS-VHP-BD-SS combination of India. A united voice from the people of India must see these perverted organisations banned for ever if this nation is hopeful to advance its ideology of a 'Secular Democracy' . But for that to happen, we require a Swadeshi Ronald Reagan, a Tony Blair or a George Bush. . Just my thoughts. Cheers Floriano > "Tony Correia-Afonso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >"We strongly oppose any move by any country, however mighty it is, > >to remove any regime anywhere... It is no country's reponsibility > >and it is beyond any country's authority to change any regime > >anywhere." > > ---Yashwant Sinha (India's Foreign Minister) > > > >The way U.S. foreign policy is presently being pursued by the Bush > >Administration, one may soon find the U.N. Charter being amended to > >require Heads of Government of member states to have prior approval > >of the U.S. President before assuming office! > > ---Tony Correia-Afonso. > > > > I am very happy about India's courageous stance vis-a-vis the U.S. > war with Iraq. Every nation and every individual who opposes this > crazy war ought to make their voice heard as loudly and clearly as > possible. There is no such thing as a just war. No justification is > sound enough for the maiming and killing of innocent people. It is > time for us to tell Bush to fight his war on his Sony Playstation. > > Cheers, > > Santosh >
[GOANET] TidBits.004 (Tourist Visa)
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TidBits.004 ( Tourist Visa ) And any one wanting to visit India, especially the state of Kerala, must ensure the type of visa one is applying for. Indian Visas of late have become item specific and are not transferable, in that, if you are a businessman and if you are visiting India on a business visa, you must confine yourself to business activities only, good or bad. You can rest assured that no questions will be asked and no one is going to give you a notice to leave the country within seven days, far less put you behind bars even if you are peddling drugs. But if you so much as go to a church or a masjid to offer prayers, and if you are seen mixing around with other devotees, far less talking or preaching to them, be ready to be knifed, beaten blue and black and slapped with a notice to leave the country within seven days whether you are fit to travel or not. And even if the rouges who have knifed you and beat you up are put behind bars, they will be free before you take the first step of the ramp leading to the plane which is flying you home. And, there must be a long list of questions that go along with an application for a visa to visit India. Like, which hotel are you going to stay in. Who own's the hotel. What religion do the hotel owners belong to. Are you a Christian, a Muslim.? Do you have many Christian, Muslim, friends in India?. Are you a businessman? Will you be selling drugs?. Are you going to carry any with you? Which state in India will you be doing business in?. (Free extension of visa if you will do business in New Delhi, specially with the Defence Ministry). A demolition expert? Can you demolish churches and Mosques in record time? Will you be touring while'st on business?. Is it a legitimate or illegitimate business? Is this business anything to do with a Muslim or a Christian God? (If so, please note that all businesses relating to Gods other than the Hindu Gods are permanently closed down in India by virtue of India being a Hindu Rashtra and visas permanently denied). Are you a University professor, a doctor, a animal lover, an IIT'an? (Please note that while you are on a tourist visa in India, you will not be allowed to deliver a lecture in the university or a college or address fellow IIT'ans if you happen to be one, or engage in any academic events while'st on a tourist visa, likewise, you will not be allowed to attend to a serious accident victim to save a life even if you happen to be the only doctor available at the site of the accident. And if you are a animal lover, you are not allowed to kick a stray dog even if one is eyeing you in the intent of a decent meal. And if you are a pedophile, a bird watcher ( either the winged variety with two legs or the no wings variety with two legs), or any one of those many many varieties that come on tourist visas to do everything and anything, including over-staying in this country and even own houses and properties and running restaurants and bars and mini-businesses, you have nothing to worry about so long as you do not mouth the name of Jesus Christ even as a swear word much less dare to preach in His name cause you will be taken as wanting to convert them . And if you be unfortunate to do that, the same fate that has befallen the Rev. Joseph W. Cooper will make your day if you are lucky, but mostly expect to get roasted alive like the Staines in the state of Orissa. And I wonder what type of visa the US immigration department has given our dear Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar to visit the U.S. of A. and to freely speak about his political ethics to gaping mouth ex -IIT'an audience where back home his winning streak was mainly due to his ingenuity of successfully deleting almost 3000 voters names from the Panjim constituency voter's list in the election that he boasts he won. He should be talking about the ethics of making a minister out of a person whom he wanted to put behind bars for sex scandal. And the American politicians must learn more from the IIT'an Goan Chief Minister how to persuade their state governors to disappear from the scene, if they are to retain their chairs while on foreign trips, like himself. And if that is not all, the American politicians must be given lessons on how well to finance their foreign jaunts, where Goan politicians successfully do just that by allowing crores of rupees worth of illegal Rave Parties on the Goan beaches to go un-hindered at the cost of the well-being of the people of Goa and in defiance of the Courts of law. And if I was a foreigner and if I was wanting to visit India, I would seek a visitor's visa. In that case, I would be able not only to mouth whichever God I wanted to mouth about to whoever, but I could al
Re: [GOANET] 1137 members- how many take active debate with Goan Issues??
Boro dis, Bori sanj, Lui Bab, Tuvem jhem mhulaim tem tor amim soglea khorea Goekaramnim mhullem ek, panch, dha vorsam adim, Goem aiz khoreponni Goemkaramcheam attanim astelem aslem. Torui vhell assa, punn chodd noi. Amim Goemkar tor Goemche' thaim ojeap zatelem mhunn sozmottaum, zalear tem ojeap (magic) amim Goemkararamnim amche ikmottin ani amcheach attanim goddun addunk podtelem. Ho'ch assa mojo xhin anim sondesh sogleam Goemkaram thaim. Mog assundi. Floriano - Original Message - From: luis godinho To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 2:59 AM Subject: [GOANET] 1137 members- how many take active debate with Goan Issues?? ALL: It's nice to know that we have 1137 members within the various Goacom members. How many take active part with Goa issues?? Guess there is something wrong somewhere!!! Lui
[GOANET] TidBits.003 (Advanism, Moditva or Hindutva?)
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TidBits.003 ( Advanism, Modidtva or Hindutva ? ) And I have been perplexed, in my limited mental capacity , to digest the philosophy of the leaders of the BJP for having taken up for 'Hindutva' lock stock and barrel as a vehicle that will deliver them the 300 seats in the Parliament in the next general elections. And as if we did'nt have enough share of black 13's already, here we have a black Monday the 13th, of January, 2003 giving the nation the first bad news of the New Year. Navhind Times , Monday, January 13, 2003 CURTAIN RAISER (Page 7) "Naidu calls on party cadre to be firm on Hindutva" to be followed by a contradiction Navhind Times , January 14, 2003 (Page 9) "BJP no to play Hindutva card for N-E polls" Unmistakably , we see double standards here. If Hindutva is the ideology adopted by the BJP, then it should be universally applied. The two headlines smacks of ad-hoc'ism. The BJP should stand by the 'Hindutva Sword' it has so brazenly adopted and either conquer not only 300 but 500 seats or more in the Parliament in the next general election or be prepared to perish in the dust. Why be selective and play hide and seek? And then again, the BJP is enticing the Hindu voters of one of the North Eastern states with promises of the anti-conversion laws if voted to power where communal consciousness is zero and all is hunky dory. Who is the fall guy here? And, isn't it high time the Election Commission and the Supreme Court of India had a second look at the BJP which is reneging on its solemn assurances given under the Representation of People's Act to uphold the principles of SECULARISM while registering itself as a political party and initiate proceeding to de-recognize it as the mainstream national political party? What on earth are we waiting for? More Godhras? Looks like we have lost the respect for the Representation of People's Act and therefore, exhibit only scorn for our Constitution. What a shame. Secularism to us should means that: a) No political party must be allowed to advance its prospects by promoting and/or using religion as a means to achieve its electoral goals. b) The governments at state and national level must observe unbiased equal tolerance for all religions under the principles of Secularism and see to it that religions remain and propagate their views of faith within the parameters of non-interference with other religious beliefs or non beliefs and stay out of governance. c) Governments must protect the choice of any one citizen or a group of citizens to change over to other religious beliefs of their liking and/or understanding sans victimization so long as this choice is unforced and un-coerced. If sufficient proof of the use of force or coercion in this regard is found to be documented, the parties involved should be very severely punished. It goes without saying that a religious faith must be a liberator of the mind rather than be a stifling force. d) The governments which are put in place at the pleasure of all peoples must not extend any government grants to or play favorite with any religious institutions or religious bodies so that religion remains the private matter of individuals and must flourish or perish as according to the support it has from its followers. Therefore, in view of all the above, the articulations by L.K. Advani that his government is committed to 'Secularism" is a predictably hollow statement and reeks of deception. The last thing that this great nation needs is the communal seeds sown in the minds of its people to encourage inter-religious rivalries to culminate into a very predictable future national catastrophe when hundreds of other doors are open to take this nation to great heights. The need of the hour is for us, the thinking people of India, to put our state and national leaders and their political outfits under powerful microscopes and examine their real intents, political or otherwise. They must not be allowed to capitalize on the factors of majorities and minorities of castes and creeds but look at the people of India as its citizens capable of contributing to the greatness of this nation. Cheers Floriano
[GOANET] TidBits.002 (The Mark Of A Politician)
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TidBits.002 (The Mark of a Politician) And it an established fact that Politicians are indispensable. If anyone believes in Miracles in this modern day world, they are hardly attributed to the Gods, or to Mother Theresas. In all fairness, it is the Politicians who perform the Miracles for us common folks. Miracles like a drinking water tap, a black topped road, a tube of light on the electric pole near our house, permission to build sans a proper licence, and , of course, the Dayanand Pension Scheme et al. And, we believe in Miracles when we see one. And it is in our genes to worship the Miracle makers, for we believe that only Politicians are capable of such Godly feats, that of robbing Peter, keeping most of it, and giving the pittance to Paul. And it is said, many times over, that Politics is the last recourse of a CROOK. But, it is hard to apply this yardstick to each and every politician, past or present. There have been a few good politicians that we remember of. A home grown Lal Bahadur Shastri for one. Then we had Abraham Lincoln, Jack Kennedy, the British bulldog, Sir Winston Churchill, and hello Mr. Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore!, I am stuck for names. Though no one shot Sir Winston Churchill, (and who went on to live to die at a ripe old age, probably because of the tag of the bulldog that he totted, which kept his would be assassins at bay), the wicked hand reached Taskent in Russia to poison Lal Bahadur Shastri. It may seem that nobody wants good politician for a prolonged period of time, and they make it to the offices by mistake or by rare chance. But nothing happens to the bad ones , atleast some, like our dear old Morarji Desai whom even a plane crash could not kill. But then by virtue of being shot dead, Indira Gandhi would classify for being a good politician, which she was'nt. She was the worst of them all. She succumbed to the monster she herself had created. And there was Rajiv Gandhi who was given the premiership of India for being Indira Gandhi's son and because there was not a single congressman in the entire nation to fill in the shoes that Indira Gandhi had vacated.. He too would classify for being a good politician after having been a good Indian Airlines pilot, for reason of being horribly blown off by a human bomb. The Big Guns of Bofors along with the LTTE it was that got him, though. He really could have been a good politician if he had remembered that getting to be India's Prime Minister from an ordinary pilot was like the whole world being put at one's feet. But he still chose to put Bofors in his pocket as well as save the skins of some of his worthless friend's. What a pity. And they say Sanjay Gandhi would have put all bad politicians to shame if he did'nt fall from the skies, or perhaps was not dropped from the skies. Maneka, of course is destined to be the favoured politician among the four legged voters, that is, if she can help make the parliament give them the right to vote. And Sonia is definitely not a good politician because Togadia and Modi vociferously say so. That leaves us with Advani and Vajpayee. I personally feel that Vajpayee is a good politician, for I cannot see him as a crook taking recourse to politics, especially in the wake of his canceling the licences to all petrol pumps given to his won BJP wallas . However, I will not say the same of the crafty Advani, who must be secretly saying Namaz(s) ten times a day to Allah for giving him the number two position, (at the cost of "HIS" Babri Masjid, and which he is going to make the RAM TEMPLE), which otherwise, was an impossible dream for him. Vajpayee has to be a good politician. Has'nt he given us Goans a costly Sky-Bus as the New Year's gift? Hope there are not many crafty BJP walla Chief Ministers like Manohar Parrikar of Goa who can turn Vajpayee's heart into a ball of gold and bankrupt the whole nation. And we never knew there was another equally efficient and even proven project called 'AEROBUS' which has even conducted the preliminary feasibility survey, and importantly, which does not need a lot of digging and cement concrete. Goa has got more than the share of these two already, thanks to the Town & Country Planning with a penchant for shading Goa's landscape maps with crayons and the PWD/Goa Telecom combined. Only hope these two Sky-Buses do not collide in mid air and leave Goans spilled on the good old earth to eat the dust. And I also hope that Vajpayee has one more pair of eyes at the back of his head, if for nothing else, only to watch the moves of craftfy Advani behind him, for a likely stab in the back. And of course, I think Manohar Parrikar is a good politician too. Not because he is going to be shot at in the near future. I don't think ther
[GOANET] The Sky-Bus
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- The Tourism Minister indeed has his head on his shoulders. Fine with us that the Sky-Bus should cater to boost tourism in the entire coastal belt of Goa. However, I do hope the Tourism Minister has a parking place in mind for it during the tourist off season in Goa. The minister should know the meaning of a 'METRO' in the first place, specially when he boasts of having lived in the US etc. The question is: "Would the Tourism Minister still want the Sky-Bus to link the coastal belt to boost tourism in Goa if he was the minister for weights and measures or, for that matter, the minister for printing and stationery?" I am given to wonder if the human head is the only place we find the brains. Floriano Lobo 2nd. Jan. 2003 CENTRE SHOULD FUND SKY-BUS PROJECT: NIRMALA (Navhind Times) 3rd. Jan. 2003 MICKY WANTS SKY BUS BETWEEN BAGA, CAVELOSSIM (Herald) CONTROVERSY ROCKS PROPOSED SKY-BUS METRO PROJECT (Navhind Times)
[GOANET] TidBits.001
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- And here's wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous New Year, 2003. On New Year's Resolutions: And as is customary, every new year comes with a new resolutions. I too have made a resolution, which I believe is an unique one. For, this one has a central theme "CHARITY STARTS AT HOME". But then, as we have often seen, new year's resolutions are made to be broken. I remember one particular resolution of a long time ago, when we, the two chain smoking brothers decided to quit smoking come new year's ringing in. Folks at home saw us lighting up as many cigarettes as the ten fingers could handle at one time and puffing away to glory even as the seconds hand on the wall clock ticked away to the zero hour. Come next morning it was a tough time trying to salvage some of the cigarettes that were flung on the loft never to be lit again. That was the shortest lived resolution in my life. To come to the 2003 resolution, it is such that it cannot be broken. A flexible one indeed, I must say. When I say the theme is "Charity Starts at Home", I had in mind a thought that OUR GOA is a survivor. It has survived four and a half centuries of military 'PORTUGUESE' rule. It can very well survive another couple centuries of 'HINDUTVA's HINDU RASHTRA rule. After all, whether it is the PORTUGUESE rule or the HINDUTVA rule, we ordinary folks have to scratch for our living anyway. Besides, who else better to follow in the footsteps than our very own Dr. Wilfred D'Souza who has shown us that " IF YOU CAN'T FIGHT THEM, JOIN THEM" And in keeping with my new year's resolution, I shall not shed a drop of my tear or of my blood for Goa more than what I can afford to shed knowing fully well that Goa will survive and outlive me. I might as well try to live a decent life, or whatever is left of it. I would like to repeat John F. Kennedy's words to suit my thoughts in that " I must think not what I can do for Goa but what Goa can do for me" Under the circumstances, most Goemkars will abundantly agree with me. On PM's Holidaying in good old GOA. And I had my first glimpse of a colourful chameleon pictured in the Navhind Times on the New Year's Day, sitting in a lounge chair, watching the setting sun over the horizon of the Arabian Sea. With the kind of headline Quote PM ATTACKS EXTREMIST PROJECTION OF HINDUTVA Unquote that went with the picture, it could'nt have been anything else but a chameleon. This chameleon had a totally different colour a few days before when he patted the back and installed as the Gujarat Chief Minister the same Hindutva extremist that he preferred to attack from Goa. The only sensible drift that we Goans can get out of the 'Hinduism is Secularism' crap that our PM tried to dish out to the world in his 'Goa Musings' is that perhaps he has tried out our Goan delicacy in the liquid form and found it exhilarating. "The Caju Feni". After all, we saw a number of clear liquid glasses on his table and any one of which could have been the inspiration behind the great thought. And of course, our PM could'nt have been holidaying in GOA without sampling the Goan spirit. On PM's New Year's Gift to Goa. Chameleon or not, Goans, especially the Mapxemkars, should be more than happy for the gift of 350 crores worth of a "Sky Bus" project for Goa, entirely at the Centre's cost. Whow! Well done Manohar Parrikar and thank you. Mapxemkars will never be able to forget you as a co-Mapxemkar who helped convince our dear PM that Goa was the place to relax and ring in the hectic HINDUTVA New Year and then go along and strip him of 350 huge crores. Only see that Nirmala Sawant does not steal the Mapxemkar's New Year's gift and hand it over to the Kashmiris of Calangute, Candolim, Baga and Vagator. It is not her fault anyway . It is the breeding of the Congressmen and Congresswomen. They never had their priorities right for the long 20 odd years of rule they had in hand in Goa. And the Goa Congress has always never believed that "Charity starts at Home" It has always but always been helping non Goans rather than Goans. Nevertheless, we trust you, Manohar Parrikar, to do your homework well as far as scheduling of the project is concerned, as it will lose the meaning of a costly " PRIME MINISTER'S GIFT" if it should take ten years or more to complete it, and, by that time, the Prime Minister be Prime Minister no more. Also, the Panjimkars and Mapxemkars and all Goemkars alike will heartily thank you for not choosing "Saffron" as the colour for the "Sky Bus" as it will not go well with the 'Green Goa'. And, finally, I dedicate this very first "TidBits" of 2003 to dear Viviana of Goanet. Goes to show that like there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, there are no permanen
[GOANET] Politics & Democracy (TitBits-021)
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). TitBits-021 - Politics & Democracy. Politics has been defined as the last resort of a crook. Likewise, Democracy has been define as the government of the people, by the people, for the people. In the Indian context, that politics has become the last resort of the crooks cannot be denied with the umpteen number of criminals, goondas, extortionists and what have yous' continuing to be the members of our august parliament and state legislative assemblies. Just yesterday we read about a few MPs and MLAs from Bihar vanishing from police custody at the hospital they were being treated at. Why this is happening is because the winnability at elections has become the criteria for candidates to get party tickets to contest elections. A criminal or a crook is in a better position to influence people rather than a clean and honest person. So goes a story that after the hectic election campaigning, the master tells his servant girl to bring out the best whiskey, for he wanted to celebrate his long and tiresome but successful election campaign. And when the whiskey was served, he asks the girl for her opinion as to who, between him, a righteous person, with impeccable integrity and his opponent , a crook and a goonda, would win. The girl pondered for a moment and said "Master, everyone knows you are a good person, helpful, charitable and will make the best MLA. But you are old and not so good looking as your opponent. Besides he has a terrific sex appeal. He will surely win. If crooks and criminals (with terrific sex-appeal) are to be kept out of politics of governance, the solution lies in denying them the party tickets in the first place. But how? If the society has accepted criminals into this vital field, there is not much one can do about it. The parties must be made to field good and honest candidates with past track records for being honest and accountable. That means twisting the arms of the parties to do just that. And one simple way this may be achieved is to incorporate the "Blank Slot" (None of the above) on the ballot paper as suggested by Late Vice President Shri. Krishna Kant. The people must be given a choice to revolt positively by casting their negative vote to reject bad candidates fielded by political parties rather than by not casting their vote. In the latter case, only the criminals benefit. The "Blank Slot" will see to it that no matter how much money, muscle and election goodies like cell phones, TVs, motor cycles and Dayanand Social Security schemes are flaunted, this will fail to give them the desired results. Today, criminal activities in high places are safeguarded by criminals who attain high positions in the government. Take the instance of our Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani. He, along with others, is charge-sheeted in the Babri Masjid demolition case. And there can be no bigger crime than the crime against the constitution. The case is pending with the Liberhan Commission, where Advani's guilt is not yet cleared. In all probabilities he may be sent to jail for this major crime on the constitution of India. If Italy can send its veteran ex-premier Giulio Andreotti to 24 years in jail for his complicity in the murder of a single journalist, I don't see why Advani should not rot in jail for a thousand years for his complicity in the massacre of thousands in the Bombay riots, Godhra riots, Akshardam Temple massacre and the massacres that are going to take place in the near future, just because he is vying for the seat of the Prime Minister of India. It suits him to attain higher and higher political offices while he manipulates the delays in the Liberhan inquiry Commission which will ultimately can him. He was earlier indicted in the Hawala case. He had made a big tamasha of stepping down until he was acquitted. Why is the same standard not applicable in this case too? Advani's ulterior motives have come in the open . Hats off to Mr. Arun Sinha for his cutting editorial "Kingdom of Advani" (NT. 20 Nov, 2002). The sorry state of affairs vis a vis VHP et al combined , MP Kuldip Nayar, Dr. Khrisna and the Ansal Plaza shoot-out is an eye opener as to what extent power crazy maniacs like Advani and Modi can go to. There is no doubt that the line of thought of these master manipulators is to create problems and solve them, making fools out of the public. Voila! This is Politics a la BJP. Not that it was any better a la Congress. It will be befitting for us to know what a 10 year old thinks what politics is all about. Seems that this 10 year old school boy tells his dad "Hey Dad. I have been given an assignment for tomorrow to speak on politics. I don't know wha
[GOANET] TitBits-020 (Comments on 18 Nov. Editorials)
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). TitBits-020 And "TitBits" having crossed the 19th. mark which equals the earlier Tits & Bits , liked by some, and, considered offensive by others. With its 20th. mark, the 'TitBits' is now free to take its own Sweet & Sour course. And today's editorials of our main English dailies, are, as usual, very hard hitting, which makes the Goa's 4th. Estate what it actually has to be, despite what our Union I&B Minister Ms Sushma Swaraj may think, or, perhaps prefer clamping down the Indira Gandhi type " Emergency Censorship" to see that all the sins of omissions and commissions of her BJP government don't become public. She has a point there too. The fourth estate should use its discretion in reporting at least the name calling of the Prime Minister by the VHP bigwigs. What do they mean by insulting him by calling him a "Poet?" And whereas, the Herald editorial has given us a true insight of the meaning of the two legged "rats" both political and bureaucratic who, of late, are given to indulging in gobbling up huge amounts of grain meant for public distribution. How can anyone blame them when there is nothing left to eat elsewhere, specially at the Secretariat? What little is left to eat in terms of money, this Shanna Manohar Parrikar is sitting on it like an aggressive 'roost hen' or should I say "the dog in the manger?" The Navhind Times has said the right things at the right time about Mr. Ramesh Chennithala, who is back in Goa for a possible refill of the election time booty, which, they say, has, up to now, kept him busy shuttling, not between the many states of the Union but between New Delhi and the Gulf states. The message to Sonia from Arun Sinha with love, that she must first sack Ramesh Chennithala before looking for patching of relations leading to unity within the Goa Congress flock, is much appreciated. He should have advised her to send the entire flock to the slaughter house and start afresh. True what he says, that Congress men and women should decide first if they are fighting communalism or pulling each other down to keep themselves afloat. And, in the days when all our vegetables are imported from Belgaum and elsewhere outside Goa, cabbage is the only vegetable which can be peeled and re-peeled to come to a core which is relatively safe from the abundance of DDT which, I hear, is being used by farmers there, indiscriminately. However, Manohar Parrikar has seen to it that the basket full of Goa Congress cabbages have been peeled to the extent that there is nothing left of them to be called cabbages anymore, and may even resemble tennis balls to be dispatched for aces with grace. What a pity! indeed! And the Gomantak Times for its share has condemned the VHP for being the bane of the otherwise peace loving, industrious Gujarathis. However, do I detect a slight soft corner for Narendra Modi here?. If at all Narendra Modi is complying with the EC directives, it is because he has been quietly advised by his mentor Advani to take it easy and behave like how he has been commanded to by the iron man Lyngdoh, enough for Modi to realize that his bullshit has hit the ultimate high and it is now ready to come down on his head like a ton of bricks. For her part, Sonia is again seen to be going 'on' and 'off' like a light bulb, as far as the seculars joining-up to go for the BJP kill in Gujarat is concerned. Hope she does not repeat the Goa scene in Gujarat, again, in believing the likes of Chennithalas that Congress could perhaps go it alone. She must realize that at the moment her 'Congress' is a 'one winged chicken'. No matter how much it flaps its solitary wing, it is not going to fly. And it is paramount that the BJP in Gujarat must be soundly thrashed at the doorstep. This is only possible if the seculars put their heads together and give a quality fight without seeing dreams for themselves. Booting out BJP and clipping the fast growing wings of the VHP will be the prize worth in diamonds and gold for all seculars to share in times to come, and at the same time sending a crystal clear signal to the communal vipers that it is time for them to take their religious bullshit and run. Cheers Floriano. -- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal
[GOANET] TitBits-020 (Comments on 18 Nov. Editorials)
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). TitBits-020 And "TitBits" having crossed the 19th. mark which equals the earlier Tits & Bits , liked by some, and, considered offensive by others. With its 20th. mark, the 'TitBits' is now free to take its own Sweet & Sour course. And today's editorials of our main English dailies, are, as usual, very hard hitting, which makes the Goa's 4th. Estate what it actually has to be, despite what our Union I&B Minister Ms Sushma Swaraj may think, or, perhaps prefer clamping down the Indira Gandhi type " Emergency Censorship" to see that all the sins of omissions and commissions of her BJP government don't become public. She has a point there too. The fourth estate should use its discretion in reporting at least the name calling of the Prime Minister by the VHP bigwigs. What do they mean by insulting him by calling him a "Poet?" And whereas, the Herald editorial has given us a true insight of the meaning of the two legged "rats" both political and bureaucratic who, of late, are given to indulging in gobbling up huge amounts of grain meant for public distribution. How can anyone blame them when there is nothing left to eat elsewhere, specially at the Secretariat? What little is left to eat in terms of money, this Shanna Manohar Parrikar is sitting on it like an aggressive 'roost hen' or should I say "the dog in the manger?" The Navhind Times has said the right things at the right time about Mr. Ramesh Chennithala, who is back in Goa for a possible refill of the election time booty, which, they say, has, up to now, kept him busy shuttling, not between the many states of the Union but between New Delhi and the Gulf states. The message to Sonia from Arun Sinha with love, that she must first sack Ramesh Chennithala before looking for patching of relations leading to unity within the Goa Congress flock, is much appreciated. He should have advised her to send the entire flock to the slaughter house and start afresh. True what he says, that Congress men and women should decide first if they are fighting communalism or pulling each other down to keep themselves afloat. And, in the days when all our vegetables are imported from Belgaum and elsewhere outside Goa, cabbage is the only vegetable which can be peeled and re-peeled to come to a core which is relatively safe from the abundance of DDT which, I hear, is being used by farmers there, indiscriminately. However, Manohar Parrikar has seen to it that the basket full of Goa Congress cabbages have been peeled to the extent that there is nothing left of them to be called cabbages anymore, and may even resemble tennis balls to be dispatched for aces with grace. What a pity! indeed! And the Gomantak Times for its share has condemned the VHP for being the bane of the otherwise peace loving, industrious Gujarathis. However, do I detect a slight soft corner for Narendra Modi here?. If at all Narendra Modi is complying with the EC directives, it is because he has been quietly advised by his mentor Advani to take it easy and behave like how he has been commanded to by the iron man Lyngdoh, enough for Modi to realize that his bullshit has hit the ultimate high and it is now ready to come down on his head like a ton of bricks. For her part, Sonia is again seen to be going 'on' and 'off' like a light bulb, as far as the seculars joining-up to go for the BJP kill in Gujarat is concerned. Hope she does not repeat the Goa scene in Gujarat, again, in believing the likes of Chennithalas that Congress could perhaps go it alone. She must realize that at the moment her 'Congress' is a 'one winged chicken'. No matter how much it flaps its solitary wing, it is not going to fly. And it is paramount that the BJP in Gujarat must be soundly thrashed at the doorstep. This is only possible if the seculars put their heads together and give a quality fight without seeing dreams for themselves. Booting out BJP and clipping the fast growing wings of the VHP will be the prize worth in diamonds and gold for all seculars to share in times to come, and at the same time sending a crystal clear signal to the communal vipers that it is time for them to take their religious bullshit and run. Cheers Floriano. -- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal
[GOANET] Comments on News (Titbits-019)
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). TitBits - 018 Comments on News (Sunday 17 Nov, 2002) And like some one has commented, the other day, on the addictiveness of the morning newspaper, his own words "What would our life be without a morning newspaper?" I am disposed to agree with the thought. And I would like to confess that on a Sunday, my usual first reach for the Herald's Mirror and Rajan Narayan's "Stray Thoughts" have fallen to the 2nd. preference, first being Weekender's Alexys page. And like the previous Sunday, this Sunday's episode of awarding awards to our very important politicians of Goa has made my day. Thank you Alex for this raw treat. Parrikar having hit the hat-trick of getting 3 prestigious awards in one sitting. Fevicol for Parrikar indeed, not only to glue his Ministers together but also to glue the opposition to their own dirty spots as well as the base of the matka pot to his head, keeping his hands free for other things. Mapusa Municipality could do better with a flavoured cake of cow-dung worked with human urine which is a plenty in the Market. Dr. Willy's is the right choice as he could learn more from this prestigious jumping toad. A set of dentures for Mathany would surely come in handy to chew on the tough morsels Parrikar is diverting his way. Hope Parrikar spares some of his well earned FEVICOL for Mathany to glue his additional set of dentures in place. The skull with RIP citation for Luizinho, Sardinha, Ramakant and Tai for the tombstone of their dead parties. An unique award indeed. And Alex! Is that Narvekar for the CGA?? He surely deserved a profile folder of fake tickets that he could print successfully for future ODIs. And then, there is the Herald Page 6 Headlines "My supporters will stop VHP 's Yatra: Puri Seer". And though it is going to take some space , I would like to reproduce this piece as a justification for my rather strongly worded write-up (Titbits-13 : Epicentre shifting to Pak: Advani) New Delhi, Nov 16 (UNI) - Coming down heavily on the Vishva Hindu Parishad for using religion for political purposes, Puri Shankaracharya Swami Adhokshjanand Dev Teerath today said thousands of his supporters would stop the VHP's controversial "Vijay yatra' in Gujarat beginning tomorrow. Talking to reporters here, the Seer expressed 'lack of trust ' in the government in this regard and said Deputy Prime Minister, LK Advani had no right to continue as home minister as he had failed to curb a 'terrorist organisation' like the VHP. "He was, infact, working hand in glove with them", the Seer added. Although the prime minister had asked the VHP not to go ahead with the yatra as per the Election Commission's directive, the Shankaracharya said: "we have no trust in the government" He described VHP leaders Ashok Singhal and Pravin Togadia as the 'biggest terrorists of the century' and demanded their immediate arrest. The Shankaracharya, who will leave for Gujarat tomorrow, said the thousands of his supporters in Gujarat would ensure that the VHP's proposed yatra could not take place. During the VHP's 'Shiladaan' programme in Ayodhya in March, he said, as many as 5000 of his supporters were present to stop VHP activists from taking the law into their own hands. "The VHP is indulging in politics in the name of religion and its Gujarat yatra is aimed at taking political mileage out of it", the Shankaracharya said. The agenda of the VHP, he alleged, consisted of terror, repression, vandalism and communalism. On Ayodhya, the Seer said the VHP had 'politicised' the religious issue and was trying to mislead the Hindu community. "To resolve the issue amicably, we are forging a parallel platform of the right-thinking forces so that the VHP's divisive politics on the Ram Temple issue is thwarted", he added. The Seer, who returned from a trip to the US recently, said he had urged the US authorities to stop the funds the VHP was getting from that country in the name of social welfare and 'misusing for political purpose'. And to come to the Goa scene, NT's ' PANORAMA' features an interview with Goa's Founder President of Samata Andolan, Mr. Datta Naik in a caption RSS-VHP Serve Their Political Agenda" Founder president of the Samata Andolan and entrepreneur Datta Naik tells Umesh Mahambre in an interview that the need of hour in Goa is a "cultural renaissance" against religious fundamentalism" Excerpt: Q: In Goa, organizations like the RSS and VHP are growing. What do you think are the reason? A: Don't you know the reasons? Should I spell it out? Haven't you seen recent photographs of ministers attending RSS parade? There is government backing. There is a master plan to infiltrate fu
Re: [GOANET] War Clouds
Dear Veronica, My assessment of your "War Clouds" is that you are, perhaps, more worried about the rival tiatrists who are competing with the tiatrists that you probably side, rather than the imminent Iraqi war. If the rival tiatrist behaved themselves, then this God's own preaching from you would'nt be heard of. Prayers, of course, have divine powers to avert wars. Why don't you yourself pray silently? Others are probably doing just that. Veronica, you must realise that one man's food is the other man's poison. I should think that you would make a boring preacher if you ever decided to become one. So please spare us the torture. By the way, Veronica, Mathais Vaz of Maureen Printers, Panjim, is still waiting for you to say hello and sends you his best wishes. Regards Floriano - Original Message - From: A. Veronica Fernandes To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:47 PM Subject: [GOANET] War Clouds WAR CLOUDS. When Rome was burning, Emperor Nero was still fiddling with his musical instrument oblivious of what was going on around. When the present situation is so jittery in Kuwait , many of us are still not bothered to think of the gravity of the current situation in Kuwait. Will USA and Britain attack Iraq? And if yes, when will it be? Will it be in December or later on? The entire world is worried of this situation in this region except some of our Goans who are least bothered of the
[GOANET] Su-Raj V/s Bu-Raj (TitBits -017)
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). TitBits 017 Su-Raj V/s Bu-Raj And for the first time, leading to the May 30th. assembly elections of Goa, we saw umpteen attempts by all the leading political parties to rub one slogan to its last end. The slogan being "Good Governance" We saw Manohar Parrikar's BJP voicing it. We saw Shashikala Kakodkar making maximum noise about it as was the Congress. We saw huge hoadings all over Goa proclaiming "Good Governance". And we saw, for the first time, a political party actually named after the slogan "Goa Su-Raj Party" simply meaning "Goa Good Governance Party" also trying to snatch its share of proclaiming good governance in its unique way And, many elections have come and gone since 1961 and the political parties did not see the good reason to flog this "Good Governance " slogan. Maybe this was attributed to the fact that no one saw it fit that the people of Goa should be unnecessarily awakened to the fact that there is something called "Good Governance". Why throw a stone in the dung and get splashed all over?? Rajesh Singh, in his series on "Good Governance" (NT) stirred the hornet's nest. The cue was immediately taken by the people who are behind the formation of the "Good Governance Party" and it became "fait accompli". And whereas 'Suraj' which was hitherto considered as the 'Sun' got to be acknowledged as "Good Governance" too. The connection between Suraj and Swaraj made big waves in Goa when the most enterprising Ms. Deepa Murkunde gave it the recognition when she boldly stated "We got Swaraj - But we want Suraj", and when she was jailed for demanding, in her own very special and unique way, a little cleaner facility of the luxury of the toilet in the Gandhi Market. What that meant was that inspite of us getting the much touted Swaraj, it was still the smelling, stinking and overflowing 'Badburaj" in the Gandhi market. But then it is not a mere coincidence that the existence of this Badburaj which I would prefer to call Buraj for simplicity sake, has even hit as far as Delhi when we see our enterprising Union Home Minister and the second in command Dy. Prime Minister Shri. Lal Krishna Advani giving voice to the same sentiments as Ms. Deepa Murkunde. Perhaps, and it may not be an exaggeration, the toilets in Delhi must be at their point of no return and stinking and smelling and overflowing that even the otherwise insensitive nose of our dear dear Lal Krishna Advani is revolting. He is absolutely right when he says "SURAJ IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT GOOD HEALTH FOR ALL" (Herald Nov 11 Page 5) And it is the universal fact that if one has to start one's day by adoring a smelling, stinking and overflowing toilet, one cannot help but be sick. And it is the universal fact that the stink which is directly connected to Buraj that is flowing down from our august Parliament House in Delhi, into the numerous Legislative Assemblies and umpteen Municipal Corporations and hundreds of Zilla Panchayats and thousands of Gram Panchayats, will eventually overflow into the Parliament House by return and the stink of which will reach the otherwise insensitive noses of the Kings who are dishing out the Buraj in the first place. Therefore, it is important that before the kings themselves lose their good health, they should start cleaning up their acts so that the people of India may experience the Suraj leading up to giving them good and enjoyable health. Cheers Floriano -- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal --
[GOANET] Comments on Nov 12 Editorials - TitBits-018
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). TitBits - 018 Comments on Editorials 12th. November, 2002 The editor of Navhind Times makes no bones to say that the affair at Delhi' s Ansal Plaza is a stage managed affair, all with the complicity of the higher-ups in the security ring and the government. It is highly indictive of our security forces, our top government officials who seem to be trying to fool the people of India with games they plan and play to gain public sympathy. That the Delhi Police should resort to satellite tracking of the eye witness, heaping him with fabricated cases, intimidating him with summons etc is a gimmick well know to us. Wonder how come the police does not utilize the same intelligent tracking system to catch the successful terrorists before they succeed? The very fact that the Delhi police were successful in getting the two terrorists before they blew up the place was in itself suspicious. Now we know why. Thank you Arun Sinha for giving us the strait talk. The headlines "Ultras killed in encounter at Ansal Plaza: report The police today claimed that the post-mortem on the bodies of two terrorists killed in the Ansal Plaza shoot-out has confirmed that they died in an encounter. There could'nt be anything more hilarious than this. For its part, the editorial of Herald minces no words in accusing I.D. Shukla of gross incompetence. It is also accusing I. D. Shukla directly of being involved with the chicanery that the steel rolling mills play. If we are not mistaken, I.D. Shukla must be the high ranking police officer who was supposed to have been receiving haftas from the IOC pilferage racketeers. And no more needs to be said as to why I.D. Shukla is able to resist any attempts to dislodge him from Goa. I don't think that the Goa police has ever reached this low in esteem since liberation of Goa. Somebody should apply for the Guinness Record Actually, the Goa police chief should try the Goan recipe of "KOT'TEN NAK BUDOUN JIU DIU'NK" Will some enterprising Goemkar police officer please tell our IGP and I.D. Shukla in particular, what that means in the Goan language? I hardly think there is dearth of well suited "Kot'teos" in Goa for this unique job. And after the top two, many more should follow until the Goa Police is rid of these chameleons in uniform And Rajan Narayan must know that next time he writes a beauty like this, he should supply the facsimile of the 'Kot'ti' for easier understanding of the persons concerned. And Pramod Khandeparkar has done a good job on Congress' Sonia Gandhi at Mount Abu. She has been saying a lot of things that most of the political leaders were dying to hear. It is a wonder that she has managed to extricate herself from the ring of her mentors who must be sore at the sacrilege she is professing. But no matter how much she goes on talking of coalition arrangements, there are a few important people who are waiting for the right words to come out of her mouth. And even if she mustered enough courage to utter those few magic words, it is most doubtful if dozens of hands will not shoot up around her, wanting to clamp tight over her mouth to stifle the words. "And I am not particularly interested to be the Prime Minister of India" Whow! I can already hear the shrieks of joy EUREKA! EUREKA! Oh! That one was from the maratha Don, Pawar. And oh! that is coming from the distant Sagma. Did I hear one more EUREKA? Ofcourse, indeed. This one is at close range and loud and clear, Dr. Willy doing the Eureka dance. I only hope they all just do it in the bath tubs and not in the wells. That would be the anticlimax otherwise, having waited for nothing for such a long long time in the cold. Cheers Floriano -- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal --
[GOANET] Fw: Su-Raj V/s Bu-Raj (TitBits -017)
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). - Original Message - From: Floriano Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:21 AM Subject: Su-Raj V/s Bu-Raj (TitBits -017) > TitBits 017 Su-Raj V/s Bu-Raj > > And for the first time, leading to the May 30th. assembly elections of Goa, > we saw umpteen attempts by all the leading political parties to rub one > slogan to its last end. The slogan being "Good Governance" We saw Manohar > Parrikar's BJP voicing it. We saw Shashikala Kakodkar making maximum noise > about it as was the Congress. We saw huge hoadings all over Goa > proclaiming "Good Governance". And we saw, for the first time, a political > party actually named after the slogan "Goa Su-Raj Party" simply meaning > "Goa Good Governance Party" also trying to snatch its share of proclaiming > good governance in its unique way > > And, many elections have come and gone since 1961 and the political parties > did not see the good reason to flog this "Good Governance " slogan. Maybe > this was attributed to the fact that no one saw it fit that the people of > Goa should be unnecessarily awakened to the fact that there is something > called "Good Governance". Why throw a stone in the dung and get splashed all > over?? > > Rajesh Singh, in his series on "Good Governance" (NT) stirred the hornet's > nest. The cue was immediately taken by the people who are behind the > formation of the "Good Governance Party" and it became "fait accompli". And > whereas 'Suraj' which was hitherto considered as the 'Sun' got to be > acknowledged as "Good Governance" too. > > The connection between Suraj and Swaraj made big waves in Goa when the > most enterprising Ms. Deepa Murkunde gave it the recognition when she > boldly stated "We got Swaraj - But we want Suraj", and when she was jailed > for demanding, in her own very special and unique way, a little cleaner > facility of the luxury of the toilet in the Gandhi Market. What that meant > was that inspite of us getting the much touted Swaraj, it was still the > smelling, stinking and overflowing 'Badburaj" in the Gandhi market. > > But then it is not a mere coincidence that the existence of this Badburaj > which I would prefer to call Buraj for simplicity sake, has even hit as far > as Delhi when we see our enterprising Union Home Minister and the second in > command Dy. Prime Minister Shri. Lal Krishna Advani giving voice to the > same sentiments as Ms. Deepa Murkunde. Perhaps, and it may not be an > exaggeration, the toilets in Delhi must be at their point of no return and > stinking and smelling and overflowing that even the otherwise insensitive > nose of our dear dear Lal Krishna Advani is revolting. He is absolutely > right when he says "SURAJ IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT GOOD HEALTH FOR ALL" (Herald > Nov 11 Page 5) > > And it is the universal fact that if one has to start one's day by adoring > a smelling, stinking and overflowing toilet, one cannot help but be sick. > And it is the universal fact that the stink which is directly connected to > Buraj that is flowing down from our august Parliament House in Delhi, into > the numerous Legislative Assemblies and umpteen Municipal Corporations and > hundreds of Zilla Panchayats and thousands of Gram Panchayats, will > eventually overflow into the Parliament House by return and the stink of > which will reach the otherwise insensitive noses of the Kings who are > dishing out the Buraj in the first place. > > Therefore, it is important that before the kings themselves lose their good > health, they should start cleaning up their acts so that the people of > India may experience the Suraj leading up to giving them good and enjoyable > health. > > Cheers > Floriano > > -- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal --
[GOANET] Fw: Towards Good Governance:
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). - Original Message - From: Floriano Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Navhind Times ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:53 PM Subject: Towards Good Governance: > To, > The editor, > via e-mail: > > Sir, > > The other day I happened to visit the office of the Additional Collector > in Panjim. And as usual, I always take the stairs up from the main portico. > And as usual, I was expecting to find my way up through the parked two > wheelers in the entrance and the stair-well clogged with old furniture etc > which has been a permanent fixture for years on end through the governments > of Shashikala, Dr.Willy D'Souza, Rane, Ravi, Luizinho Sardinha and finally > Parrikar. And I have pointed this out many times in my writings. But this > time a pleasant surprise was awaiting me. Not only the two wheelers were not > there, there are many computer printed posters put up saying " PARKING OF > TWO WHEELERS PROHIBITED" With a sign of relief, as I climbed the stairs, > there was another surprise awaiting me. There are numerous beautiful boards > in red put up saying " SALES PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED" And the passages and > offices of the collectorate are sparkling clean and new tiled . Well well, > I said to myself. This is the "good governance" that I was waiting to see. > And to think that I was particularly sore about the sales persons doing > their brisk business in goverment departments. I do hope that all government > departments in Goa are spruced up like the Panjim Collectorate. I do > understand that it takes time to see good things like these. And I for one > am really really happy to know that someone somewhere is conscious of these > things. > > Thank you Manohar Parrikar on this count. > Hope you will look at the Kadamba bus stand in Mapusa that has become the > open stinking urinal cesspool, that too in close proximity of the Mapusa > Market. > > It is said that the standard of living of the society is judged by the > standard of its public places, especially its market places. > Goan have been always proud of their standards. Or were we really? Are we? > > Floriano Lobo > Goa Su-Raj Party. > > -- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal --
[GOANET] A Rigid Political Commitment Required - TitBits - 016
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). TitBit 016 (A Rigid Political Commitment Required) The BJP's bluff has been called, that of "the party with a difference" in numerous instances starting with the Tehelka expose and ending with the drubbing that it has received in quite a few states, including its base, the UP and recently in Jammu and Kashmir. Most importantly, it is the bickerings in the BJP's rank and file in UP where party discipline has been thrown to the wind and each one is for himself. The 'coup de grace' will be the election results in Gujarat. All eyes are now on the Gujarat election campaign. That Gujarat is going to be a battle field, there is no doubt when things have already started hotting up with scuffles and mini riots. The Congress and all other political dimensions in Gujarat must realize that it is of utmost importance that they should keep their differences aside for once and work out a formula so that all secular forces can come together on a common programme of defeating the Narendra Modi/Advani agenda in Gujarat. And that has to happen sometime soon, The entire foundation of the BJP has been anchored in quick sand of religious bigotry and chicanery for the ascendancy to power. And towards this end, Congress' Sonia Gandhi 'not being averse to coalition politics' is the step in the right direction. Given the priorities of fighting, defeating and rooting out the two most looming evils in the Indian polity, the CORRUPT and the COMMUNALS, the first pop shot has to be directed towards the latter, for the poison of corruption is the poison of the heart and slow acting, but the poison of the communalism is the potent poison of the mind, fast acting and devastating, leading to rabidness in the otherwise peaceful society. The BJP has been blowing its horn over it's seeming victory in Goa. But, infact, it is "thumbs down" for the Goa BJP, which went into the mid-term assembly poll by dissolving the assembly in the hope of getting a majority mandate. Today, it is in power only because the opposition Congress was in no position to choose its leader. Many say that this delay cost the Congress dearly and gave Manohar Parrikar the chance to woo the two first timers of the UGDP, and the two of MGP opportunists, who were over the board with eagerness to be in the ministry. So where is the difference that the BJP has been talking about? The justification given by Manohar Parrikar for illegally resorting to the dissolution of the assembly and calling for fresh elections was that he could'nt work with the fractured mandate, and that he needed a majority mandate to work things out. But having got the same old situation of a fractured mandate, Manohar Parrikar has been seen working at just two angles. One, to stick to the CM chair at all cost by entertaining each and every MLA of the ruling as well as the opposition camp, and two, to consolidate BJP's position by using the government as the propaganda machine in the hope of bettering his prospects in the next elections, which are expected to be announced as early as 2003 if BJP tastes victory in Gujarat or latest by 2004 to go with the parliamentary elections. It is said that with Manohar Parrikar at the helm today, any MLA, whether belonging to the ruling or the opposition camp can easily avail of sanction to visit foreign lands for fun and frolic at the cost of the tax-payers. Look at the way these MLA's are buzzing around on the international air routes. Having gone through Parrikar's letter that seemingly bowled Dr. Wilfred D' Souza into accepting the cabinet rank post of Dy. Chairman of the Planning Boards, it looks as if Manohar Parrikar has a very good "vision of Goa" . I would have expected that he, being the CM, and most vocal of his love for Goa, that he should have a "Vision for Goa" instead. The talk of the 'vision of Goa' that Parrikar has bowled Dr. Willy over to his side is the vision that we see every day. The vision of rampant saffronising of the government, may it be the judiciary, the Governor himself, the police, the works. The vision of rampant 'Matka'. The vision of the Panjim Corporation Bill. The faded vision of the Miramar Beach Privatization, the campal rain trees, the influencing of the Election Commission vis a vis election code of conduct and the removal of 3000 thousand odd voter's names from Panjim constituency. The vision of the heavy lid on the META affair and the Miramar Sex scandal, the lid on the Tanuja murder case. And most importantly, his vision of Goa becoming a slave to RSS under his helmanship where he has been bold enough to take goans for granted and marched in the RSS parade donning the colours of the RSS. The v
Re: [GOANET] A cockeyed vision in harassing missions
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mr. Parrikar is considered as convent educated. He has Christians from the U.G.D.P supporting him, and he even has the secular M.G.P too propping up his ministry with a press secretary vomiting out anti Christian sentiments, the wolf in sheeps clothes seems exposed. It is for the Congress to take the challenge, to save Goa from the Brink of Disaster. Whether Parrikar mends his ways according to his Christian training or the Congress shows him the door. Only time would tell the tale in the future. Till then Goans must remain vigilant to the wicked viles of the R.SS fundamatalists asserting themselves in Goa today. Comment: The Saffron Venom that has started pouring out from the desk of the Goa CM is understandable, justified and WELCOME. It was inevitable. Goans, and the church in Goa in particular, deserve much more. Goans and specially the christians deserve to be whipped, harrassed and belittled by the core comunals until they come to a stage that they should rub their noses in the dust. WHY? Let them indulge in running corrupt governments and make and break unholy partnerships to loot and plunder. Let the Archbishop of Goa give his bountiful blessings to these rascals when they formed the government through the back door and by unholy defections. Let the Archbishop accept more bouquets of flowers on his birthdays from the same CM who is now spewing venom through his hired hand, Rajesh Singh. Let the Archbiship sleep over the issue of the serpentine murthy which has grown under the mango tree on the grounds of the Che Cathedral. Let the church give out a call to its laity to shun communal and corrupt forces in the election and be complacent to see it fall on deaf ears. (In the last election, priests have actively worked for the corrupt and there are talks doing the rounds that money as donations and cell phones have been received in certain constituencies). And in general, let the christian legislators get bowled by nice letters written to them by the same CM and bring this land of peace to the status of an inferno. Yes Sir, Goans deserve to be kicked and kicked hard until they leave everything and run away to distant lands to save their miserable skins and leave this land of their ancestors in the hands of these ungrateful communal lot who will soil the very plate they eat from. Cheers Floriano > A COCKEYED VISION IN HARASSING MISSIONS. > > By Joe D'Souza & Agnelo Remedios. > > The Hindutva protoganists may consider it their birth right to get their > monochromatic views published in a newspaper, owned by a Christian, and read > to a large extent, by the minorities in the state of Goa. This in itself > clearly reveal the unlimited tolerance shown by the flock committed to the > teachings of Jesus Christ. > > Rajesh Singh in an essay, full of contradictions, expressed suprise, as to > why the Catholic church failed to capitalize itself into converting Muslims > the world over, which are available in large numbers, very often in abject > poverty, instead of concentrating its human and other resources to undertake > the missionary work in India. What is it that makes Rajesh Singh believe, > converting Muslims into Christianity is acceptable but not the Hindus. > > The harvest Muslims are available in larger numbers than the Hindus. Is this > the reason? We must excuse Rajesh for his observation as he is seeing through > a coloured glasses and that too saffron. Inadvertently, he very clearly > supports the claim that conversion taking place by Christian missionaries is > not based on availability by numbers, poverty allurement or coercion, but > because of the urgent need to stop the centuries old discrimination and > exploitation by casteists Hindus . > -- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal --
[GOANET] TitBits - 015 (Saffron Legitimacy in India's Governance???)
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TitBits-015 ( Saffron Legitimacy in India's Governance??) Atal Behari Vajpayee has been projected as a liberal RSS swayamsevak, the mask of the RSS in the BJP government, who is responsible to have taken the RSS agenda right up to the governance of the country. And there seems to be no one else who will back Vajpayee in this liberalism or to walk in his foot steps when he ultimately calls it a day and sits back to enjoy the fruits of office as the ex-Prime minister of India. And it gives the sorry picture that he is not concerned about this state of affairs in the least bit and is happy to beat the stick of his resignation whenever the Parivar becomes more demanding of him. In such a case, I consider that Atal Behari Vajpayee is a Judas who is going to sell the secular soul of this country to the devils in the Parivar and it will be too late for him to find himself a tree tall enough to hang from. If Vajpayee is a true liberal and if he knows that to give in to the Parivar 's agenda is a mortal sin and will cost the country dearly, then he should do everything in his power, while he is the Prime Minister, to defeat the designs of the Parivar and save this nation from impending doom, continuously looking over his shoulder and reminding himself of the shadow of peril following immediately behind him in the number 2 slot, ready to pounce on his chair should it be vacated even for a precious little moment. Vajpayee owes it to the nation even at the cost of renouncing his loyalty to the RSS and the Parivar and waging an all out bloody war to save this country from internal disintegration. And if Vajpayee has the gal to do such a thing, there will never be a big enough book of the history of this nation to hold his name and for the posterity to remember that "This was a true son of this great nation, even bigger and taller in stature than the revered father of the nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi" for Gandhiji it was the terminating the colonial rule of India, while Vajpayee will have exorcised India of the Bigoted Casteist bone crushing oppressive rule of the Parivar for ever. Will Vajpayee be able to even consider such a move and be ready to go down the Mahatma way is a zillion dollar question. If so, the show will have ended where it all started. Cheers Floriano Read On:- GOA TAKE NOTE: Journalist Raju Nayak sums it up best when he says: "Parrikar's two years in power have seen a consolidation of all Hindu forces in Goa, and I am not referring only to the RSS and the VHP." Given Goa's cosmopolitan character, this development hardly augurs well for the State, he argues. Former Congress Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro fears that such developments would polarise Goa's otherwise homogenous voter base. The last election, he says, saw the start of a "Gujarat-type polarisation of voters on communal lines in Goa". There has been open criticism for Mr Parrikar's overt courting of the Sangh Parivar. Earlier this month, he donned khaki shorts and 'topi' to publicly salute the RSS flag during its Dasara rally here. "His participation was in very bad taste. It will send wrong signals," said NGO Samata Andolan Convenor Datta Naik. "The RSS does not believe in secularism, equality, fraternity and scientific temper. One cannot and should not be the Chief Minister of a State and a RSS volunteer at the same time," he contends. Mr Parrikar's almost defiant display of his ideological moorings has given the saffron forces a legitimacy it lacked in this State and brought into the open a number of closet saffron sympathisers. The scions of three of Goa's largest business houses shared the dais with VHP leaders at their last conference here, a gesture unthinkable under a Congress dispensation. INDIA TAKE NOTE: 1. TitBits 014 And the healines scream "VHP ready for talks with PM over differences". "PM had a meeting with top brass of the RSS to solve the differences between VHP & BJP " (NT 2 Nov) How come? PM is the leader of a secular coalition government of India called the NDA. VHP and RSS are the branded communal organizations with ideologies which are against the secular constitution of India. Mr. Vajpayee is a Swayamsevak of the RSS. The PM is not. Should'nt the brother- sister talks to solve their differences be private and in no way connected to the Prime Minister of India?? Or has the press overlooked the relationship?? India's PM must not be seen hobnobbing with the fanatical organizations, in the open, even if he has professed to being its member (RSS) Likewise, Goa CM is following in the footsteps of the grandfather ???. Can it get more funny? 2. PROXY RULE BY THE RSS (NT. Between the lines by: Kuldip Nayar) BACK-SEAT driving, anyone WILL TELL YOU, IS DANGEROUS.
[GOANET] Fw: {ONE GOA} TitBits.014
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From: William Robert Da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: {ONE GOA} TitBits.014
> Floriano,
> Your TitBits would read wonderful as Tits and Bits. Tits speaks for itself
> and
> Bits too. Together they summarise a world of fun, frolic and serious
> commentary
> on the political scene of Goa. So, TITS AND BITS. Floriano Lobo.
>
> Your analysis of PM's desire to dialogue with VHP and RSS is biassed. The
> secular
> NDA has every right and duty to dialogue with outfits of a religious
nature,
> its
> parallels will be CBCIs, Muslims, Adamsena, Catholic Sabha etc. The latter
> are
> not secular outfits, very communal and religiously so. These latter profit
> from
> Indian being secular, RSS and VHP do not. That is the crux of the problem.
>
> I hope you realise it. If you need more explanation on it I will send you.
> But this
> should be understood: Muslims are not secular, Christians are secular. But
> they
> can become and remain Muslim and Christian in a "secular" India. BJP
cannot,
> RSS cannot, VHP and BD cannot. This is not grasped generally by the
> minorities.
> That is why we have problem. Jews had this problem in Europe. They have it
> in USA. They did not have it in pre-British India.
>
> With best wishes,
> William
>
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Nov 05 onwards: Wendell Rodrigues Festival. Altinho, Panjim
Nov 05 Bobbin lace-making training, Don Bosco's Panjim (till 17.11)
Nov 06 Richard Stallman, free software guru, speaks Farmagudi 4 pm
Nov 06 Bob Fitts, gospel music singer, Navelim grounds, 6 pm
Nov 06 Fr Britto's health courses, Pilar. Till 10.11. Later Chicalim.
Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11
Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11)
Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada.
Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar
Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12)
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[GOANET] TitBits. 014
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TitBits 014 And for me reading the daily news papers, which incidentally are three in numbers viz. 'NT' ' H' & 'GT' becomes an arduous task. To make it more interesting, I have developed a system whereby it automatically converts the day's news items into funny stories which can be seen here as follows: And the healines scream "VHP ready for talks with PM over differences". "PM had a meeting with top brass of the RSS to solve the differences between VHP & BJP " (NT 2 Nov) How come? PM is the leader of a secular coalition government of India called the NDA. VHP and RSS are the branded communal organizations with ideologies which are against the secular constitution of India. Mr. Vajpayee is a Swayamsevak of the RSS. The PM is not. Should'nt the brother- sister talks to solve their differences be private and in no way connected to the Prime Minister of India?? Or has the press overlooked the relationship?? India's PM must not be seen hobnobbing with the fanatical organizations, in the open, even if he has professed to being its member (RSS) Likewise, Goa CM is following in the footsteps of the grandfather ???. Can it get more funny? And it is heartening to hear that the "Ration Cards are not mandatory for identification" any more (NT 2 Nov.) Thank God, now I can proudly show my PAN card or the driving licence or the passport instead of the beggar's card for the whole world to see that I was drawing on govt, rations, whether I liked it or not. And " Rane flays Politicisation of Police" (NT. 1 Nov). came as a sudden surprise when we had heard from the grape wines that his and madame Rane's high profile posts were at stake at the KA and Bal Bhavan respectively. Tit calls for a Tat, never fails. Lightning always precedes the thunder. And the worst part of it all is that the Parrikar government has suddenly failed on all counts viz. bad precedents set by police by giving in to the new RSS recruits, agriculture, industry, IT, tourism.(previously excellent record when in the hands of baba Vishwajeet) all down and out , govt teacher an employee of ACGL, a full road for one individual at Dhavem, Sattari, matka , bribe taking by government officials going on, unsolved robberies and dacoities, the unsolved Tanuja murder case, denotification of Mhadei wild life sanctuary, unresolved Socorro mosque burning, so on and so forth. And that is not all. A master plan to put Advani's "river linking scheme" to shame. While Karnataka can have its dam on the Mhadei, Goa 's Mondovi never suffering from the lack of flow of water. Just a matter of digging a small canal to take on the flood waters of the Mhadei after being blocked by the dam (more contracts to Narvekar) and voila! Fait accompli - Brilliant! Interesting to note that when the 'hook' bites real hard, it hauls up a mile long string of goodies when pulled out. The necessity is that the 'hook' must be cast, and cast well. " Kala Academy - Bal Bhavan" ki Jai. And our dear CM has been exhorting Goa Police personnel to "Improve rapport with Public" (NT 31 Oct). And believe it or not, the police promptly showed its eagerness by way of demanding to know from the complainants whether they belonged to the BJP before registering the complains. This way, the Goa BJP's endeavours in investing into the membership drive is unnecessary as everyone who goes to the police stations of Goa will be BJP members, I included, if I need to register a complain. Incidentally this was also one of the goodies that got hauled up with Mr. Rane's hook. And Mathany says "Illegal activities still prevalent" (NT 31 Oct) when he makes a point to point out that most of the illegal activities of land filling, hill cutting, deforestation, etc) are done on weekends, holidays and at night. And I would like to point out to Mathany that these things have been going on forever and it is a wonder that he has seen them now. These had the blessings of the Congress before, and now these have the blessings of the BJP. Both require votes, don't they??. Just look at the Bharat Tiles & Marbles stall on the NH17, near Socorro junction which smacks of the CM looking the other side. Whether these are done on holidays, weekends or by night, come morning these can be seen and action can be taken and people sent to prison. But for that to happen, one has to make an official complain, and this has to graduate into a fight for a lifetime in courts of law. Therefore, these illegalities have come to stay in Goa just like everyone wants to stay in Goa, including Biharis and Kashmiris and Rajasthanis and Keralites and Madrassis and the Kanadigas and hey, where are the Goan. And I was pleasantly surprise to read the news headline "Court comes to the rescue of a g
Fw: [The Goan Forum d-list] RE: {ONE GOA} [GOANET] DR WILLIE SUCCUMBS - A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION WITH DR. W
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SUCCUMBS - A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION WITH DR. W
> The response from Mr. Godfrey Gonsalves (President SGPIAG) is well
> appreciated.
>
> This is just to go on record that my conversation with Dr. Willie was to
put
> our apprehensions forward to him in person directly without resorting to
> back-door criticism. Dr. Willie was given a chance to explain why he has
> done what he has done. Needless to say that we are all interested in the
> development of Goa in an orderly, transparent manner. We do not want Goa
to
> develop the way some vested interests want it developed. Parrikars
intention
> are on record. All of them may not be good for Goa. Therefore, there is a
> need for a constructive opposition.
>
> If Parrikar has suddenly become very conscious of harnessing his opponents
> in the mainstream of planning without a hidden agenda, then since he has
the
> support of Dr. Willie now, let him come on record to publicly say if META
> STRIP is polluting or not polluting. Let him tell us if Meta Strips has
> incorporated all the recommendations of the Dhar Committee. Let him
satisfy
> us if it is true or not that the Meta Strip is using PVC coated scrap
cables
> as the raw material and whether or not the striiping and washing process
is
> conducted at the Meta Strip Premises. If Parrikar is not likely to do so,
> then let Dr. Willie and Mathany Saldanha go on record to say what we
want
> to hear. "KODDAN PONOS KITEACK
>
> We need constructive opposition to the ruling government. Because we do
not
> trust, in the least bit, the RSS lead government of Goa. We cannot, I
> reapeat, cannot trust the leader of the opposition Mr. Pratapsing Raoji
Rane
> to be giving the Parrikar's RSS government any constructive opposition. On
> the contrary, he is likely to curry favours to suit his personal
interests.
> He has done so, by sleeping on the disqualification petition filed by Dr.
> Willie himself. As I have said, Rane can be considered to be wearing the
> Congress boots, but his heart and soul is in the BJP. It is only a matter
of
> time that will decide his marathon jump into the BJP camp.
>
> We are justified in voicing our concerns and fears that Parrikar may
> back-stab Dr. Willie in the same manner he did once before. Back-stabbing
is
> an inborn malaise which cannot be wished away. We want Dr. Willie's
> assurances that his and other's expertise will not be used by Parrikar to
> promote his agenda of the Hindu Rashtra in Goa and discard Dr. Willie like
a
> soiled rag when he no longer needs him.
>
> Let us be euphoric, but very caustiously.
>
> Cheers
> Floriano
> goasuraj
>
>
> > Sir,
> >
> >
> >
> > The appointment of Dr Wilfred Anthony De Souza ex CM as Deputy Chairman,
> Planning Board, of State, a post with cabinet status, and his acceptance
is
> in order.
> >
> >
> >
> > The other members of the Planning Board are persons of proven
capabilities
> each in his own field. One should not read much into the appointment. If
> Dr Willie can contribute to formulate policies for the State development
> given his expertise, one need not dispute his appointment, just because he
> is on the Opposition benches. The State has suffered much because of
> instability, and persons with a limited vision there is a need to make up
> for lost time.
> >
> >
> >
> > There is also a need for public spirited citizens to change the mindset.
> Being in the Opposition does not imply opposing every thing . The present
> election process is the cause of all political evils. This needs to be
> remedied first.
> >
> >
> >
> > Politics is vibrant to an extent that one should develop a mindset where
> past events are given a go by. Because in a given situation existing then
> politicians may have behaved in a particular manner.
> >
> >
> >
> > This writer is of the view that first we should change the electoral
> process:
> >
> >
> >
> > Let the elected representative be elected with a minimum of 50 % of
votes
> polled. Instead of first past the post.
> >
> >
> >
> > With this single amendment the multiplicity of candidates and political
> parties will disappear, instead of tolerating permutations and
combinat
[GOANET] Epicentre of Terorism shifting to Pak: Advani ( Titbits 013)
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TitBits (013) Epicentre of terror shifting to Pak. Advani (Gomantak Times, 1st, November, 2002) Hyderabad (PTI) Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani yesterday said that the epicenter of terrorism is now shifting to Pakistan. He added that this was resulting in greater isolation of Islamabad. "Irrespective of what the world says and does, we are determined to win this proxy war being waged by Pakistan. we will see that perpetrators of proxy war are defeated finally and firmly." Advani said in a brief interaction with the media at National Police Academy (NPA) near here. Advani earlier reviewed the passing out parade of the 54th. batch of 33 IPS officer trainees, including four women officers, and two Palestine security officers. Asserting that Pakistan was unable to reconcile to the decision of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to be part of secular India and their firm rejection of theocracy, he said, a series of debacles in its open war strategy and was now resorting to proxy war through terrorism. "Pakistan's strategy to internationalise the Kashmir issue could not be taken far as senior United Nations officials have said that UN security Council resolution ( on Kashmir) has become out-dated and is no longer relevant," Advani, who also holds Home portfolio, said. Advani said Islamabad had adopted three strategies -open wars, internationalise Kashmir issue and finally proxy war - to "undo the decision" of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. "the open wars in 1947, 1965 and 1971 had proved disastrous for Pakistan as it was unable to grab Kashmir but in the process lost even Bangladesh," he said. Though Pakistan's designs to raise the Kashmir issue at international for a had initially created" some illusion" among people who were not familiar with the history of Indian states, the strategy could not be taken far, he said. Now it (Pakistan) is resorting to terrorism. killing innocent people and create terror in the country particularly in Jammu and Kashmir," Advani said. However, there was a growing realization now across the world that the same terror could be directed against any other country, he said adding, "just like how we had won the open wars, we are determined to win this proxy war". Earlier, addressing IPS officer trainees after reviewing the parade, Advani said the governments should have the capacity to take hard decisions in matters of national unity and integrity and recalled how the "Iron Man", Sardar Vallabh Bhai Pate, had overcome daunting challenges in the immediate aftermath of partition and succeeded in integrating princely states into Indian Union. * * * Analysis & Comments Sad to say , but I have particularly developed a fine tuning system in me to spot the Handsome-Ugly face of our Deputy Prime Minister, LK Advani whenever it appears in our press. And, Handsome, because , at whatever age that he is sporting , he does show himself awfully well as far as health is concerned .. (unlike our PM who cuts a sorry picture of a vibrant nation when we see him trying to perform his duties on his feet. With due respect to him, it is not his fault at all. There has been a president of the USA on wheelchair who performed excellently and is remembered dearly ) ... and well groomed (specially with the lack of crop on his devious skull). And, Ugly because, no matter how much I try to shake the slow motion picture of the falling masonry of the Babri Masjid, it shows itself in the background with this saffron clad fakir, with a big smirk plastered all over his happy, miserable face. And I can visualise this line running in his mind as he enjoys seeing his pet mission being accomplished (the destruction of Babri Masjid) " NO ONE CAN STOP ME NOW FROM BEING THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA" . And the worst part is that the smart little devious Sindhi has gotten himself close to it, thanks to the obliging gullible people of India. And I have also developed an equally super fine tuning of my brain to pick up the best things that this man says which are a total hypocrisy and most often, blatant lies. And, above, we see him speak to the newly graduated IPS officers. I can imagine what each one of them must have had on their minds when he spoke of Pakistani sponsored terrorism: " I do hope that my first posting is not in Gujarat with that Gujarat Nazi, Narendra Milosevic Modi" " I don't want to have the blood of my own countrymen , women and children on my immaculate, clean hands" And maybe some of them had this flash going in their brains: " I feel like wringing his bloody neck, at this very moment, and suffer the consequences, just like the Shri Lankan jawan when he hit Rajiv Gandhi with his rifle butt." And for sure, Advani has conveniently misplaced the
Re: [GOANET] JUSTICE SHOULD BE RID OF CORRUPTION
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] An excellent write-up indeed. I have asked myself these three questions. as an exercise in evaluating the motive. 1. Is Aires promoting himself and/or his career.? 2. Is Aires blocking his own chances of getting rich and affluent? 3. Is he a visionary who can say a real, qualified "NO". I think, the answer to my first question is that Aires is promoting himself. We have seen a lot of people who think nothing else but to promote themselves and what they do. The moto being "I MUST BE THERE" I have a feeling that Aires desires to be "THERE" Today, anyone trying to sell himself off or his way of thinking, is poooh phoo'd. Mostly if it be something that will do a lot of good. But someone trying to sell himself off for his own benefit gets a horde of takers, because he has disguised his agenda and gives a feeling that the other is really going to benefit and/or become rich. And today, the catch line is "getting rich as fast as possible" example: Shanti Doot, the pyramid MLMs with their fabulous "get rich fast" schemes etc. etc. And I think, a person of conviction has the right and must have the boldness to say things irrespective of what others say or think. We call these people 'controversial'. I think Aires falls in this catagory. For him, there is the tremendous scope to promote himself and his career to right the wrongs that are casually taken for granted for being right. His latest challenge to the government of Goa against installing Rajesh Singh as the Director of Information is commendable. Not because Rajesh Singh is an incapable person. The question is "Is the procedure right?" The verdict of the Judiciary will tell us if this is right or wrong. But in instances like these, if at the back of our minds, there is a nagging feeling that maybe the particular judge has been bought, or is likely to be bought or that the judge may be suscribing to the wrong ideology etc., the confidence with which one approaches this temple of justice is weakened. Therefore, for this confidence to build there cannot be compromises as far as justice is concerned, who it hurts, and how much it hurts. To the question if Aires is blocking his blocking his own chances of getting rich and affluent, I think he is. Fighting PILs to challenge the wrongs is a drain of personal resources and prescious time. For a successful lawyer, both are are important. Besides, how many people will appreciate the good that is done in fighting the court battles and for how long? Therefore, there are only a handful of people who are termed as "Conscientious Objectors" who indulge in this suicidal path at the cost of the wellbeing of the family in the long run. To the question of saying a real 'No' I believe that this is a very difficult word. Only a few can say it emphatically with conviction and determination. Also, it takes a lot of will power. It is possible that Aires means No when he says No. Our country, which is going on a tangent, a right thinking and conscientious judiciary is our only hope. For judges are not made, they are born. Cheers Floriano > There can be no words strong enough to emphasise the need to maintain the > independence and integrity of the Judiciary. When all the avenues to seek > justice are exhausted the common man's only hope is to knock at the doors of > the Judiciary. > > The findings of the former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High > Court, Justice A.B. Saharya, should be a loud and clear wake up call. > Justice Saharya in his report has indicted Justice Amar Bir Singh Gill and > Justice M.L.Singhal for the favours they allegedly sought from the then > Punjab Public Service Commission Chairman Sidhu for the selection of their > daughters and Justice Mehtab Singh Gill for his involvement in Sidhus > operations. > > Justice Saharya has very bluntly and rightly told the Chief Justice of India > to, "act against the three judges tainted in the Punjab Public Service > Commission scam or else the credibility of the Judiciary is at stake. > Justice Saharya said the greatest challenge he faced while conducting his > inquiry was "the resort to falsehood" by the three judges. > > Every citizen has a role to play in maintaining the highest standards of the > judicial institutions. Of course we lawyers have the major responsibility to > ensure that under no circumstances should we contribute by our acts and > deeds to desecrate the temples of justice that the founding fathers of the > Constitution had visualised would be eternally sacrosanct. > > The merits of each case should be the sole determining factor in pronouncing > judgement. Never should any other factor of cash or kind and still worse > political or ideological bias influence the verdict of the Judge. The system
Re: [GOANET] DR WILLIE SUCCUMBS - A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION WITH DR. WILLY.
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I felt that it was my duty to call up Dr. Wilfred D'Souza to congratulate him on his elevation to the post of Dy. Chairman of the Planning Board. As usual, Dr. Willy was robust in his acknowledment of my congratulatory wishes. "Doctor", I said, "I would like to say a few things which is our evaluation of this particular event and I would like you to please listen without interruption and then you may make your comments. Manjoor hai??" "Our evaluation means evaluation of Su-Raj??" he shot back. "Yes, Su-Raj and maybe perhaps others who are ours and your good friends" I said. "Go ahead, I'll listen" he said. It was a victory for me of sorts, for Dr. Willy is a difficult man on the listening part. So I started. (Just to make sure that whatever I wanted to say was said, I had written down the points.) 1. Last election, when I asked you to withdrawn your candidate from Aldona, you told me to withdraw mine. The reason you gave was that I will be helping the BJP to win. You asked me if I wanted the BJP to rule Goa. I had replied to you saying that the BJP would be prefered in Aldona but not NARVEKAR. That you will be helping this crook to win , whom we don't want. 2. Manohar Parrikar was the guy who blackened your NE-118 with shoe polish. Now he has inducted Balenos and Esteems. 3. You could be persuaded to take up the post because perhaps Manohar Parrikar may have found a skeleton or two in you cupboard. 4. Your taking up this post and/or joining Parrikar, you have neutralised the opposition. 5. Come next RSS parade at Campal, we expect you to march alongside Manohar Parrikar doning the black Nehru topi and the khaki shorts. 6. You have ended your well groomed and respectable political career for a few pieces of Silver. You will go down in the history of Goa as the Judas scientist politician who missed his calculations to give Goa to RSS. There where a few interruptions in between, but I did manage to put accross all observations. Interruptions like Dr. Willy finished the sentence for me after the Nehru topi for one, he justified his accepting the post in the same manner that Rane being the Opposition leader has accepted the Kala Academy post along with a post for his wife, and he readily agreed on the shoe polish affair. I shall not go into the details of the conversation that followed but let me say that it was one long conversation which ended on a positive note. Cheers Floriano Aires wrote: > We will soon be celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. But we seem to > be getting a step closer towards darkness, day by the day. Now Chief > Minister Parrikar has been able to manipulate Opposition MLA, Dr. Wilfred > De Souza, to accept the post of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. > The BJP has been able to isolate and silence another voice of the > Opposition. It is not surprising that Dr. Wilfred has been silent in recent > weeks. We now know why and feel uneasy. > > Dr De Souza, a vociferous opponent of the Chief Minister, was not long ago > stabbed in the back by the same Parrikar. He has now fallen prey to the > temptations of a position that would give him the privileges and perks of a > Cabinet rank. Without Power, politicians cannot keep their heads in place > and the veteran Dr De Souza has proven that he is no exception. > > Saligao the constituency from where Dr Wilfred hails is known for its > foxes. But this time it is cunning Parrikar who by his frequent recent > visits to Dr Wilfred's residence was able to diagnose the Doctor's > weakness and aptly prescribe the Doctor a position that would remove one > thorn from the BJPs side. > > Chief Minister Parrikar did not offer Dr Wilfred the position because of his > planning skills or for the love of the veteran politician. His sole motive > is to ensure that Dr Willie is not a party in planning any move to > de-stabilise the Parrikar outfit, an art Dr Wilfred has mastered over the > years. > > In subverting the opposition, Mr Parrikar has been playing a very crafty > game. To soothe Mr Rane, the Opposition leader, he has retained him as > the Chairman of the Kala Academy and also allowed Madame Rane to continue > as Chairperson of Bal Bhavan. > > Only a healthy and strong opposition can ensure a good government. But with > Parrikar having systematically terrorised every opposition voice we are just > drifting away from the democratic principles enshrined in our Constitution. > > After the May 30th elections it was hoped that people like Mathany Saldanha > would make a difference. But events are proving to the contrary. And now > with Dr Wilfred having crossed the floor, one feels dismayed. > > When Parrikar was in the Opposition he screamed about Ministers making > overseas tr
Re: [GOANET] RTO to sell forms for licences from November 1.
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a rip-off. Good thing that the forms will be made available at the stationery shops etc. Charging a nominal Rs.1/- or Rs 2/- for the respective form is understandable in that it costs as much to make a xerox copy. But charging Rs. 5 upto Rs 10/- is real something. After paying life-time road tax we get pot-holed road that destroy our vehicles in half as much time it would normally take. This is going to be another scam where forms will be printed spuriously and sold to the public. What next? People beware: You will next be paying to breath the polluted air that is already emptying your purses visiting doctors and clinics. Cheers Floriano > -- > Regional Transport Office (RTO) to sell forms for licences > -- > > Motorists and general public approaching the RTO for licences, > registration of vehicles, payment of taxes, etc will now have to pay > a fee for the forms. The nominal rate is Rs 5 and Rs 10 > as the case may be. > > The new system comes into force from November 1, 2002. > The public are informed that forms submitted without money value > will be rejected and are therefore advised to purchase forms > to avoid inconveniences. > > Forms will be available at stationery shops, book stalls > and other outlets. > > GOMANTAK TIMES 24/10/02 Page III > --- > > === > GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE > Documentation + Education + Solidarity > 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 > Tel: 252660 mailto:goadesc@;goatelecom.com >website: www.goadesc.org > -- > Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy > === > > -- > What's On In Goa: > * Oct 26-Oct 30: Painting exhibition, Kala Academy art gallery. > * Oct 28: Panjim Passport Office shifts to new EDC Complex premises. > * Oct 29-31: Sale of polytechnic trainees garments, Govt Polytech, Panjim > * Oct 29-31: Films on architect Le Corbusier, Goa Col. of Architecture > * Nov 1-17: Swimming classes for children, others. SAG pool, Fatorda > * Nov 1: Antonio Costa's painting exhibition, Fundacao Oriente 6.30pm > * Nov 4: Book release, on Dr Gama Pinto, Lourdes Convent Saligao > > -- > -- What's On In Goa: * Oct 26-Oct 30: Painting exhibition, Kala Academy art gallery. * Oct 28: Panjim Passport Office shifts to new EDC Complex premises. * Oct 29-31: Sale of polytechnic trainees garments, Govt Polytech, Panjim * Oct 29-31: Films on architect Le Corbusier, Goa Col. of Architecture * Nov 1-17: Swimming classes for children, others. SAG pool, Fatorda * Nov 1: Antonio Costa's painting exhibition, Fundacao Oriente 6.30pm * Nov 4: Book release, on Dr Gama Pinto, Lourdes Convent Saligao --
Re: [Goanet] SPECIAL: Rave parties still the rage in Goa tourist belt: cops
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- Tim, It is some one by the name of Roy Fernandes from Siolim ex PA to the Ex-Minister Ms. Fatima D'Sa. Floriano - Original Message - From: Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] SPECIAL: Rave parties still the rage in Goa tourist belt: cops > -- > What's On In Goa: > * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim > * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim > -- > > "The best-known among the rave organisers is the former PA to a former > minister. Slapped with a murder charge, the man continues to operate with > impunity, say the police." > > Fred: do you know who this person is? > > > Tim de Mello > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ontario, CANADA To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead!
[Goanet] TitBits (010) - The Venomous Discipline
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- TitBits (010)- The Venomous Discipline And the Gujarat Nazi is again in the news, probably emboldened by the shot in the arm that he got from Advani to continue with his Gaurav Yatra. He now wows to wipe out militants from Gujarat. I, for one cannot but help read this as "Muslims" instead of "Militants". And, a long time ago, similar wows from the German Nazi saw millions of Jews in gas chambers. And, it is not surprising that the Nazi should garland Gandji's statue. For a statue is a statue. One can do with it what one wants. But if statues could kick, I am sure the Nazi would have suffered a severe case of swollen genitals before he could finish the job of garlanding the one person who must be detesting this worm, like never before in his entire living life. And to think that this Nazi has been compared with personages such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Lal Bahadur Shastri is like comparing a gutter rat to great STATESMEN of our time, who have done this nation proud. This gutter rat is now being allowed by the brainless Gujaratis to lead them on a yatra which in fact is the renewed "Dandi March" , only this time to fill their plates with salt instead of real meals. And, the Goa Nazi in the making has been parading in the capital city of Goa in half khaki pants, which hitherto were kept hidden from public view. The surprising thing is that he has forgotten that open sandals are not a part of the discipline he would want to talk about of the cadre RSS. It only goes to show that discipline can be compromised if one is at the higher rung of the RSS ladder. It is the same discipline that teaches them to throw stones at innocent people and damage private and public property while enforcing bandhs which are the resort of cowards and intended to cripple the country's economy. It is the same discipline that makes them chant that they have no use of money, while collecting millions to feather their own nests and to win elections. It is the same discipline that makes them terrorize their own people and cow down before the real terrorists. It is the same discipline that makes them slit open pregnant women's stomachs and spear the babies on their trishuls and burn the entire families to charcoal. It is the same discipline that make them disrupt religious services and assault the priests and the members of the congregations. It is the same discipline that makes them rape the nuns and burn the churches and mosques. It is the same discipline that makes them burn the Christian missionaries alive while they were sleeping in their car. It is the same discipline that makes them put their arms around the shoulders of Cigarette and gutka manufacturers to promote their wares during Dushera and Navratri festivals. It is the same discipline that makes them immune to the trials and tribulations of millions of tribals and the poor, on whose sweat they are laying the foundation for a religious state. And finally, it is the same discipline that makes them install the murthies of their serpentine Gods under the mango trees on the grounds of the Che Cathedral in old Goa with the active connivance of the ASI, preparing the grounds for leading another yatra just like the yatra that saw the Babri Masjid disappear, to claim that the Che Cathedral has been built on a once upon a time Hindu temple. And all this would have been fine in the birthplace of Gandiji, even whom, their venomous discipline has not spared. But it is an insult, not only to Goans but to anyone who has even been remotely connected with Goa, that these brain washed vipers have at all been allowed to take charge of the affairs of Goa and Goans, illuminate their churches and temples, and sweet talk them into reposing their confidence in them only to further their secret and sinister hidden agendas. And, all I can say is 'WELL DONE GOA, WELL DONE GOANS' Cheers Floriano To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead!
Re: [Goanet] Woman sentenced for urinating in municipal inspectors office.
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- Hello Aloysius, You are very right about the superhuman bladder retention power of the Moidekar womenfolk When at the time Moira Bananas were Moira Bananas, these full bladders were doing the justice to the girth and the length of the Moira Bananas. And you probably know that our neighbouring Nachinolkars were poor competitors and therefore neve stood a chance. However times have changed and as you have rightly said, Moira Bananas from Moira are no more. But the full bladders of our Moira women folk are still in very high demand. You would'nt think that the numerous spurious Indian made foreign liquor bottling plants operating in Goa would be in business otherwise. Would you?? Cheers Floriano > Hi Lilian & Roland, > > I think we should all support this lady -- if the Municipal toilets are > messy and impossible to use, this is the ideal way of making the municipal > officers fully aware of the problem and maybe they would then get down to > doing something about the situation > > (Deepa Mukundey is obviously not from Moira -- I was always given to > understand that Moirakars, who visited Mapuca to seel their plantains and > vegetables, did not urinate in Mapuca, but carried the urine home (in their > bladders) to use to fertilise the Moira bananas and vegetable gardens. But > now there are hardly any plantations!!!) > > Please let me know if I can help in this case > > Thanks and cheers for the good work you are doing > > Aloysius D'Souza To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead!
Re: [Goanet] Cable operators gimmicks to keep subscribers hooked
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-17: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- I am given to understand that our esteemed MLA of Cortalim Senior Mathany Saldanha is also a Cable operator based in Panjim. The question is 'IS HE TOO INVOLVED IN THIS GIMMICK TO KEEP THE SUBSCRIBERS HOOKED? Cheers Floriano > Cable operators gimmicks to keep subscribers hooked > -- -- > Navhind Times Team > > "Give them the samples till they are hooked to it and once it is done, > there is nothing like it." That was the master strategy adopted by > drug-peddlers > all over the world, for boosting sales of deadly narcotic products. Well, > the cable operators in the neighbourhoods seem to have resorted to the same > gimmick. The monthly fee charged by them has been enhanced to Rs 250 > per month from September, from a paltry sum of Rs 75 which was charged > when the satellite channels were first beamed into the drawing rooms, > way back in the early 1990s. > > This unreasonable rise has irked most of the cable subscribers, however, > they are not ready to let go their membership, now that serials like > Kyon Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki have > become their staple diet. > > A recent survey conducted by The Navhind Times brought out some > interesting revelations. The cable subscribers across the state, > who were recently interviewed by TNT team, presented a somewhat > clear picture about the cable operators. > > It was not surprising that cent per cent of those interviewed thought > that the consumers court should take up the subscribers' complaints > against the cable operators. > > Around 49 per cent people were happy with the channels provided to them > against the fee charged, while 48 per cent demanded more from their > cable operators. > > As much as 89 per cent of the customers declared that they should have a say, > in the choice of the channels, while 6 per cent did not mind if their view > was not taken into consideration. The rest 5 per cent were confused. > > The lack of support for the cable operators was also visible, when 46 per cent > of the consumers wanted the entertainment tax charged, to be directly passed > on to the government coffers, 32 per cent said that it should be handed over > to the cable operators. Around 14 per cent of those interviewed demanded > abolition of the tax. The rest did not know what to say. > > Sixty-five per cent of those interviewed, blamed the cable operators > for the recent imbroglio that raged between them and the Star TV channel. > Only 8 per cent held the TV channel responsible for the problem, > while 15 per cent said that both the parties had their share in it. > Around 12 per cent people were totally ignorant about the same. > > As an extension to this question, almost 80 per cent of the 66 people > interviewed, > opined that the consumers should not pay full fee, when some of the channels > are shut off for a particular period. Seventeen per cent wanted to continue > full payment of fee, even in such conditions, while 3 per cent did not know > what to say. > > An interesting aspect that surfaced from this survey was the number of > channels > provided to the consumers around the state. The provision of channels > had no uniformity and were not directly proportional to the fee charged. > In one case, they varied from 15 to 17, while two other persons stated > that their channels ranged between 18 and 20. > > The minimum number of channels provided were 15, to the consumers > from Valpoi village, while a maximum of 50 channels were provided > in Salcete taluka. > > The fee charged was also disproportionate as compared to the channels > provided. > In 40 cases (62 per cent), the fee charged was Rs 200, followed by 25 per cent > being charged Rs 150, 9 per cent charged Rs 250 and 2 per cent each were > charged Rs 220 and Rs 175. Two of the consumers were ignorant > about the fee charged. > > The ratio of issuing a receipt after collecting the fee was 58:42, with > majority > of the urban customers receiving the same. The consumers from the urban > areas mostly enjoyed this facility. > > Regarding the complaints, 57 per cent persons were attended to, while 41 > per cent > did not receive any service even after registering a complaint. Around 2 > per cent > said that they received the response irregularly. > > The mode of registering complaints also differed. In this aspect, there was > a lot of disparity, with 29 per cent receiving the service for their > complaints > through dedicated phone number, 23 per cent through dedicated serviceman, > while 5 per cent through both the modes. Around 8 per cent persons had to > personally contact the cable ope
Re: [Goanet] Shift Dabolim naval base to Karwar:Matanhy Saldanha
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-17: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- The poodle has spoken at last!!! Is this because there is going to be a shift in the base soon??? And the tape on the mouth is off??? Can we now expect some fruitful and punchy statements likewise on META??? Floriano goasuraj > Shift Dabolim naval base to Karwar: Cortalim MLA > -- - > > Cortalim MLA and UGDP general secretary Matanhy Saldanha has maintained > that the Dabolim Airport which was conceived as a civilian airport be reverted > to the same status by shifting the Naval base to the nearby Sea-Bird (Karwar), > the biggest naval base in Asia. > > Saldanha in a press release has stated that the crash of the two naval > aircrafts > at Dabolim is a reminder to both the Naval authorities and the State > Government > to stop from further exposing the Goans to risk to life due to the presence > of the > Naval Aviation Wing operating in close proximity to densely populated and > industrialised areas. > > He stated that the Navy was stationed in Goa neither for strategic reasons > nor for security. The Navy is in Dabolim purely by coincidence because Goa > was liberated from the Portuguese regime through military action and in 1962, > during the Indo-China war, it was taken over by the Defence Ministry, > as is the convention to do so at the time of war under the Defence of India > Rules/Act. > > Therefore, the Dabolim Civilian Airport continued to be in the Navy's > possession > as subsequent Civilian Governments of Goa failed to protect their rights over > the said airport, he added. > - > HERALD 16/10/02 > - > > === > GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE > Documentation + Education + Solidarity > 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 > Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >website: www.goadesc.org > -- > Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy > === > > > To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net > > For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead! > To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead!
Re: [Goanet] Protecting Our Heritage - St.Andrew's Church,Vasco.
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre book, Alliance Francaise * Oct 11: Friday Balcao, Mapusa. Mental health, suicides 4pm * Oct 12: History Reading (Farar Far by Dr Pratima Kamat, Fundacao 5pm * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 13: Goa leg of National Karting Championships, Verna * Oct 14: Colva Fama * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India show, Panjim then Vasco * Oct 16-17: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- Hello Aloysius, and Goans everywhere, I thank Aloysius of broaching this topic of the real "Church". As a matter of fact, I was contemplating on saying something similar on the topic of the 'Church' until Aloysius did the job. However, I would like to say my bit anyway, and I do hope that my views are not taken as imposing. First of, let me say that I am no more a Sunday morning Christian. I have outgrown this routine a long time ago, perhaps, this is attributed to the fact that I was a sailor boy for far too long. Also, I have had the experience of visiting places of the world where Sunday Services are conducted more fruitfully with more of people's interaction, unlike the full time rituals and stereo type sermonising that we have, where people come, be one in the congregation, follow the rituals and vanish to the sanctuary of their own households to do what they have to do, without having said a single word to the fellow participant (read nil interaction). We take it that the "peace" that we pass on to each other at the relevant time during the Holy Mass will bridge the gap and take care of everything. Each of us have, perhaps, attended Holy Masses in hundreds and thousands. And we have gone through the 'Elevation' of the Host and the Chalice. And the word that go with the Elevation of the Chalice end up in " DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME" The question is "DO WHAT???" I once asked a person who was arguing with me on religious topic if he could tell me the meaning of "DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME" . I din't get a satisfactory answer. Leaving aside what we were told as children about wine becoming blood etc, I feel that Jesus was exorting his disciples in his last toast to take his example and not to be afraid to shed blood and even die like him for the TRUTH and to uphold MORAL VALUES, and not just wanting the posterity to remember that he had once raised a toast on his last supper. (read Elbow-Exercise) If the Church that Jesus founded had remembered correctly, today, we would'nt have been ruled by cheats, self-centered egotists and vain leaders and criminals. We would have had the backbone to protest the injustices and not suffer the indignities like the sacrificial lambs, always whining and failing to take corrective actions.. It is laudable what the Jesuits in Pune are doing. Using the House of the Lord for people's interraction with each other. SUNDAY, I believe, has been kept for just the thing, so that the community can meet, interract and find some benefit of being a community, where community members try to solve each other's problems, help each other. Take turn to keep company of the community's sick in hospitals and donate blood when necessary (a crying need today). I have seen that if a member of one particular family is struck down with serious illness and requires prolonged hospitalisation, the respective family is totally devastated. All the community members( read neighbours and friends) will do is to visit the bedside of the sick for a few minutes and vanish.(read obligation done with) Sad to say that I don't see the catholic community as a closely nit community anymore but a widely dispersed community inspite of all our Sunday services and prayer meets. We are there in the Church in terrific numbers for services , for weddings, for parties but we are not there as a community for taking up for each other in the face of adversities. What is worse is that we are always improving on our own piety and trying to be holier by the day and closer to God, but forgetting that our neighbour may be needing our help. I have gone on record for saying that I will start attending the Sunday Mass if the Church services are more of community interaction which will strengthen the severed bonds of the catholic community rather than be just the fulltime routine rituals and lip service, which I consider a hypocrisy and a total waste of time. As Aloysius has rightly pointed out that Jesus prefered to preach in the open from the mountains. As I have said earlier, these are my views and mine alone and I mean no offence to the Church or to any one individual of the catholic community as such. Cheers Floriano > Hullo Goans everywhere > > While talking about "Churches" we are all referring to the struc
[Goanet] TitBits (009) - WHO IS THE VHP TRYING TO FOOL???
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre book, Alliance Francaise * Oct 11: Friday Balcao, Mapusa. Mental health, suicides 4pm * Oct 12: History Reading (Farar Far by Dr Pratima Kamat, Fundacao 5pm * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 13: Goa leg of National Karting Championships, Verna * Oct 14: Colva Fama * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India show, Panjim then Vasco * Oct 16-17: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- TitBits (009) And we have an unusual, unexpected and surprising news in today's dailies. "BJP DISAPPOINTED US- Sangh Parivar" (NT-11 Oct) "VHP IS UNHAPPY WITH BJP" (GT-11 Oct) The Secularist in India would want to celebrate their good fortune, to see a rift between the "Siamese Twins" and be rid of them with their internal bickerings and infightings. But then, just hold on. There is no such luck. This news item is a ploy to put the watchdogs off the scent. WHO IS THE VHP TRYING TO FOOL/??? Check out the page 5 of Gomantak Times (dtd. 9 Oct, 2002 -'In Brief' section). The caption reads as follows:- "Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, right, and Bharatiya Janta Party President Venkaiya Naidu, left, during a party workers meeting in Ahmedabad yesterday. The meeting is in preparation for the coming election in Gujarat. In the backdrop is a painting of Hindu God Krishna blowing a conch shell, which he did, according to Hindu mythology, at the start of the war of the Pandavs against the evil Kauravas." Aren't these two, the leaders of the BJP and the promoters of VHP sponsored communalism? Aren't these two, the integral part of the BJP-VHP Siamese Twins? Is the Gujarat elections a Hindu (religious) war against the muslims, the Christians and others? Is'nt this blatantly apparent from the backdrop of Lord Krishna giving the call for a religious war? If India is still a secular country with a secular constitution, the Supreme Court and the Election Commission should take a special note of this blatant violation of the code of conduct and prevent these communal vipers from spreading their venom. This one blatant aberration must be able to get the BJP de-recognised as India's political party registered under the "Representation of People's Act".of the Constitution of India Referring to the NT's editorial page commentary "Fighting Terrorism: Not By Arms Alone" by Praful Bidwai (Oct. 10, 2002), what the author seems to suggest is that the entire episode of Swaminarayan Temple massacre could have been stage managed for creating a diversion for the ethnic cleansing that is underway in Gujarat with the complicity of the likes of Advani who have shown that they have zero tolerance to the minorities. On the one hand, the Gujarat police suddenly seemed to be very efficient as against their miserable showing during the post Godhra riots in pacifying and controlling the crowds. On the other hand, the NSG (National Security Guard), a highly trained Commando unit could not capture the two terrorists alive. They pump 46 and 60 bullets respectively into the two men, instead of using stun-grenades, thereby eliminating the chance of interrogating them. So who were these terrorists?? And, what is still worse is that the GAURAV YATRA of the Nazi Modi goes on with added vigour with an assurance to the nation by none other than India's second in command and the deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani that this Nazi will be the Chief Minister of Gujarat, again, if BJP wins the elections. Utilising God's help to win elections will be as counter productive for the BJP as the results have shown in the elections of Jammu and Kashmir where BJP has retained just one seat out of their previously held 8 seats. This may well be a prophessy. The BJP- VHP parivar must well know that "WHEN MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES", for no God (which includes 'Ram' and 'Krishna') will allow the rabid fanatics to claim glory in His name at the cost of innocent lives, distruction of property and terror in living. Furthermore, the hypocrisy of the master minds behind the Babri Masjid demolition viz. L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti is exposed in the "BETWEEN THE LINES" commentary by Kuldip Nayar (NT-9. Oct, 2002) captioned "DALITS: STILL SHUNNED BY SOCIETY" where the author reasons that the three masterminds should not be hiding behind mere technicalities of a wrongly issued notification but should be consenting to be tried and acquitted if they are innocent, for the satisfaction of the posterity. Therefore, it is very essential for the nation to take note of the intentions of these leaders and the destination they are taking the nation to. Cheers Floriano ===
[Goanet] TitBits (008) - Mother Teresa
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre book, Alliance Francaise * Oct 11: Friday Balcao, Mapusa. Mental health, suicides 4pm * Oct 12: History Reading (Farar Far by Dr Pratima Kamat, Fundacao 5pm * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India show, Panjim then Vasco * Oct 16-17: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com -- TitBits (008) And the Vatican, too, seems to be influenced by the Guinness Book of World Records, for It wants Mother Teresa to wear the saintly Halo in a tearing hurry. But that would be very fine with us Indian Christians, who have been kept waiting for decades after decades for our very own Indian Saints, specially Pdr. Jose Vaz and Pdr. Agnel , who would make Goans unfurl thousand white umbrellas in the St. Peter's square at the Vatican. And the controversy that has been raging countering the miraculous cure of Monica Besra has climaxed with the good doctor who seemed to have treated Besra having gone to the news channel with his argument against the miracle when he is quoted as saying: (courtesy Fredrick Noronha) "But they (Christian missionaries) want me to say that the case of Monica Besra was beyond the comprehension of medical science and that she was cured by a miracle," Murshed told a Bengali news channel. And, there is something funny about this above quote. Christian Missionaries want the good doctor to say things? Or is someone else prompting the good doctor to say what he is saying about the Christian Missionaries? Next, the good doctor will say that he is being offered a million dollars by the Christian Missionaries to agree to the Miracle. Or perhaps the good doctor is getting offers of a million dollars from vested interests to say things about the Christian Missionaries, not forgetting that Christian Missionaries were burnt alive not too long ago. And, as far as I am concerned, this whole thing has begun to stink. And, if indeed, the girl was under medication for a prolonged period of time as claimed, then this whole miracle business should be seriously reviewed. I don't think Christianity needs controversial saints, specially now, and specially from India, where the country's political complexion is radiating HINDUTVA to the extent that all other religions are under a thick black cloud. And, the good Mother Teresa should be able to give the world, and her beloved Kolkotta a real clean befitting Miracle, to take her to the non-controversial pedestal of the sainthood that she deserves. I believe she will do just that in her own good time. Cheers Floriano To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead!
Re: [Goanet] GOA: A CRIMINAL'S PARADISE
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre book, Alliance Francaise * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India magic show, Pnj then Vasco * Mid-Oct: 2-day ornithologists workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com -- Very well said, Aires. If we Goans cannot trust the CBI, and this coming from the Chief Minister, and Goa's Home Minister, then this is the end. Re: protecting/detecting safron in the Judiciary, some enterprising genius will have to come up with some technique like eye glasses, which when worn, can detect saffron. After education, I believe that Indian sports has gone saffron. Did anyone notice the saffron headgear worn by our Indian contingent (men) at the Asian Games? Cheers Floriano Subject: [Goanet] GOA: A CRIMINAL'S PARADISE > Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's revelation that the Central Bureau of > Investigation (CBI) can be manipulated is a matter of great concern. > > If the Chief Minister cannot rely on the independence and efficiency of the > CBI what faith can an ordinary citizen repose on this ultimate > investigating Authority? > > Could it be that the CBI did not succumb Parrikar's pressure > in a particular case and that the Chief Minister is therefore crying > foul over the integrity of the CBI. > > After all the Chief Minister has become accustomed to everyone falling > to his feet. Even a majority of the Press has pleased the Chief Minister by > being at his beck and call. The Chief Minister has been very organised and > systematic in saffronising every bit that he can. > > The Judiciary will definitely be his next target and this we should > challenge with all our vigour. The Saffrons should never be allowed to > take their positions in the Judiciary and if any have infiltrated they > should be removed in order to preserve the only hope for the common > man, an Independent Judiciary. > > It is no secret that most investigating authorities succumb to the whims > and fancies of those in Power. Today in Goa we have some very talented > Police officials but the rate of undetected crimes is on the rise. It is > hardly suprising that a police officer will not take pains to investigate > a crime in anticipation that he will receive a Minister's call directing > that his chum involved in the crime be ceremoniously let off the hook > > Today Parrikar needs the help of the Police to absolve his own Ministers. > At least two of Mr Parrikar's cabinet colleagues have charge-sheets against > them pending in the Courts of law for very serious offences. Another > Minister has an investigation pending against him on charges of arson and > assault, a case he is trying to hush up with the blessings of the Chief > Minister who in turn needs the Minister's support to ensure the stability > of the Chief Minister's throne. > > Murders and daylight dacoities have become a regular phenomenon in this > otherwise tranquil state of ours. Over the years Goa has been projected as > the tourist destination of the country. Has the time come to let the world > also know that Goa is also the safest place to commit crimes and get away > with them if you can befriend a Minister or an influential politician? > > Aires Rodrigues > Ribandar To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead!
[Goanet] TitBits (007)
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre book, Alliance Francaise * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India magic show, Pnj then Vasco * Mid-Oct: 2-day ornithologists workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com -- TitBits (007) Parrikar's 'Divide and Rule' a la Dayanand Narvekar Some time ago, the Vox Populi ( Herald ) carried a write up by one Aldonkar, captioned "Divide and Rule" accusing Dayanand Narvekar of the famous British tactics being played in his ward. And we are pleasantly surprised that Dayanand Narvekar prefered the same caption to describe Manohar Parrikar in his so called in-depth interview with Pamela De Mello of Asian Age. And it made a very interesting reading of some truths, half truths and some blatant lies. And, let me start with the lies first. Dayanand Narvekar says that it was the contractor who was solely behind the printing and selling of the fake tickets in the ODI scam. And every one knows that without the go ahead from Dayanand Narvekar, even a pin will not be lifted from the GCA office. The contractor will even face the noose, if required, lest he be dragged behind the car, just like the Colvale Sarpanch was dragged, till he got perfectly skinned, once upon a time, for getting too big for his own boots. If the contractor was behind the whole scam, then how come the gates never got opened in time and had to be broken down? How come the BCCI's VIPs got the fake tickets? How come the tickets checking machines were not available at the gates? Well! Well!, there are a hundred questions for which the answers are already well known. And for the half truths, Dayanand Narvekar is blaming Parrikar for the Narkasur that he has become. But then, it is the likes of Narvekar who are responsible to make Parrikar the Narkasur, in the first place. While the going was good, and while the whole world was at Narvekar's feet, did'nt he play with people by instructing the police what to do and what not to do? I myself was arrested and finger printed because a lowly secretary of the Panchayat, who happens to be the blue eyed boy of Dayanand Narvekar complained against me. The case ultimately was thrown out of court. Also, I never saw the prison bars from the inside like Parrikar made Dayanand Narvekar see them, for his sins in the ODI scam. Among one of my prized possessions, I have the photograph of Dayanand Narvekar behind bars. And I have never stopped showering praises on Manohar Parrikar for giving that photo to me. And now for the truths. For one thing, Narvekar should remember the statement he made while he was cooling his heels in the ICU instead of in the 'CAN'. He said that he gives Manohar Parrikar 3 months to go under. He also wanted us to ask Parrikar what he (Parrikar) was doing at his (Narvekar 's) residence on so and so night. Well, the 3 months have stretched into ages and Parrikar is still going strong and getting stronger, thanks to guys like Narvekar, Zuwarkar, Mauvin, Luizinho and Rane, who are now enjoying their status as political cabbages. And to those who don't know why Parrikar was at Narvekar's place that particular night, it is because Parrikar wanted the support of the gang of four (N-Z-M & Shirodkar) to topple Sardinha. But this did'nt happen only because Narvekar was greedy beyond all reasons for demanding Rs. 50 crores for the deal. I have even written about this, some time ago to Parrikar for confirmation and sent a copy of the same to Narvekar himself. If this was not true, there would have been a lot of dirt kicked up. And it is perfectly true what Narvekar has said about Parrikar., that he has no interest of Goa and Goans at heart, that he only thinks of his position and his parivar, that he has become a dictator, that he is playing the communal card, etc etc. But Narvekar and company, including the all knowing political scientist Dr. Wilfred D'Souza and the Congress to the boot but BJP from neck onwards, Rane, are responsible for foisting Parrikar's BJP on Goa and Goans. It is a bit too late, now, to cry wolf. The ambitious lot like Dayanand Narvekar must resign to their fate of being the political 'CABBAGES' in the boiling political 'STEW' that is being effectively stirred by Manohar Parrikar with the help of the CONGRESS sycophants. Cheers Floriano To view GoaNet's archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net For (un)subscribing or for help, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't want so many e-mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead!
Re: [Goanet] Skepticism towards Mother Teresa's 'miracle'
-- WebSiteWatch (WSW) * http://www.goatourism.org GOA TOURISM * http://www.paulotravels.com Volvo buses too --- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: ML Sardesai's translation of Satre's "Les Mots" in Konkani, 5:30pm * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Mid-Oct: 2-day ornithologists workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com -- I saw a movie once, a long time ago. I would'nt be able to name the cast, director etc. But I think the name of the movie was "They wanted a Miracle" The movie is set in a hamlet, a family with 3 minor children, in the back drop of Faith Healing. The eldest boy is a diabetic of 14. He takes his own insulin injection when required. Parents get influenced with faith healing. Mother takes the son to the local pastor who puts his hand over the boys head and tells him that he has been cured. Mother makes the father throw away the insulin from the fridge. Boy is about his chores until he requires the insulin shot. Does not find it in the fridge.Goes asking mummy. Mummy tells him he does not require the insulin, that God has cured him. Boy goes into high fever. Local groups pray over the mumbling boy in turn.They don't call for the doctor. They call it the Devil who is mumbling in the boy and are exorcising it.In desperation, father runs to the dust bin looking for the insulin. Mother throws it out again. Boy dies. Father is insane with grief and guilt. Expects God to raise the boy like Lazarus. Inevitably, local pastor disapears from the scene. Boy is buried. Father, mother jailed for murder. Court commutes the sentence because of other two minor children. Judgement runs like this: "GOD HAD GIVEN YOU THE MIRACLE MEDICINE IN INSULIN. YET YOU WANTED TO TRY GOD FOR MORE MIRACLES" The movie was made on a true story. Likewise, God has given us the best medicine in 'water'. How many of us know its worth? I do not, however say, that MIRACLES do not happen. It is a matter of one's faith and conviction. Cheers Floriano > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >The miracle, involving a tribal girl, Monica Besra, who was > >reportedly cured of an ovarian tumour by praying to Mother Teresa, > >was recognised as such by the Vatican earlier this week. > > > > Here's a BBC report on additional skepticism regarding the above > miracle. It is high time that such sensible opposing views receive > the prominence that they deserve. We have to recognize that there is > a downside to the publicity that these miracle claims typically get, > especially in developing countries like India with high levels of > illiteracy. This downside is well stated in the following quote from > the BBC report: > > "The doctors say that if the story of the miracle gets what they > describe as undue publicity, illiterate and poor villagers may stop > taking medical treatment for their maladies and seek miracle cures." > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > * > > Mother Teresa's 'miracle' challenged > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2299217.stm > > By Subir Bhaumik > > A miracle attributed to Mother Teresa has been challenged in the > Indian state of West Bengal. > > A rationalist group in the state says a woman reportedly cured of > cancer by placing a photograph of the nun on her stomach had > subsequently received treatment in government hospitals. Doctors who > treated the woman, Monica Besra, say she was in pain several years > after Mother Teresa died. > > Vatican officials earlier this week approved the miracle, and said > this would strengthen her case for sainthood. For several years > Prabir Ghosh, general secretary of the Indian Rationalist and > Scientific Thinking Association, has challenged Hindu "godmen" and > exposed their miracles as what he describes as cheap hypnotic tricks > better performed by magicians. Now he is challenging the claim of the > Missionaries of Charity, who say a photograph of their founder, > Mother Teresa, when placed over the stomach of 30-year-old Monica > Besra, cured her of a tumour. > > Undue publicity > > Mr Ghosh described the claim as bogus and typical of the process of > cult building in all religious orders. He says Mother Teresa could be > considered for sainthood for her services to the poor, adding that it > was an insult to her legacy to bestow her sainthood on false claims > of miracles. Mr Ghosh says several doctors have reported to the West > Bengal government that Ms Besra continued to receive treatment long > after Mother Teresa died. He said Ms Besra was admitted to hospital > with chronic headaches and severe abdominal pain at least a year > after Mother Teresa's death. The doctors say that if the story of the > miracle gets what they describe as undue publicity, illiterate and > poor villagers may stop taking medical treatment for their
Re: [Goanet] Protecting Our Heritage - St.Andrew's Church, Vasco.
-- WebSiteWatch (WSW) * http://www.goatourism.org GOA TOURISM * http://www.paulotravels.com Volvo buses too --- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: ML Sardesai's translation of Satre's "Les Mots" in Konkani, 5:30pm * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Mid-Oct: 2-day ornithologists workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com -- My good friend Aloysius must realise the following:- 1. That God is one thing and the Church building is another thing. 2. If the Church does not glitter (read modernised) regularly, people lose interest in the church (read God) 3. Since Biblical times we have known that glitter and noise is associated with good religion. ( Moses and the golden calf) 4. Whether you like it or not, whether the pews are dusty or not, and whether it will look like a big tandoor or a roasted pigling, the will of the few who undertake these steps will go ahead anyway. 5. Remember the Pope being ashamed to inaugurate the most glittering cathedral in Abijan (Ivory Coast) with a solid golden statue of the patron saint and the entire cathedral airconditioned, requested that a hospital be also be built for the poor so that he can inaugurate both at the same time. (People there die of hunger at best of times) And 6. I know that no God lives in the flashy churches and flashiy cathedrals, temples and mosques. God loves wilderness and a clear distance from men so that He may watch them with a critical eye from afar. Cheers Floriano > Goans Everywhere, > > I personally feel that St Andrew's Church Vasco should not be > MODERNISED" -- by all means clean it up and maintain it in proper > condition -- When I lived in Vasco (1963-65) the biggest problem that > parishioners faced was that the pews were always dusty because of the > proximity of the main road and, of course, no one who cleaned / dusted these > pews regularly -- Also the outside of the church needed a fresh coat of > plaster and painting / white-washing. I hope the Parishioners of Vasco will > definitely put their feet down and stop this lovely old church being > "MODERNISED" -- > > Hope we do not repeat what was done to Salvation Church, Dadar -- which > modern structure reminds me a "TANDOOR" -- very large one. > > Cheers > > Aloysius D'Souza 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!
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-- WebSiteWatch (WSW) * http://www.goatourism.org GOA TOURISM * http://www.paulotravels.com Volvo buses too --- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: ML Sardesai's translation of Satre's "Les Mots" in Konkani, 5:30pm * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Mid-Oct: 2-day ornithologists workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com -- TitBits (006) PAX AMERICANA >It's the economy stupid"> - Marlon (goanet) >Osama's split & Wall Street's sagging > It's time to get that puppy wagging> - Calvin Trillin (quoted by Tariq-goanet) And it does not require geniuses to put two and two together to come by the catchful 22, the reason why GB Jr. wants his Iraq. That the US economy has been sliding downwards is an undeniable fact. That George wants to prove himself that he has done something about it, is understandable. What else is more ideal than to blow Saddam to smithereens along with his beleaguered Iraq? And one can visualize the sequence. The bombing of Iraq will destroy roads, bridges, buildings, airports, Saddam's own palace - hopefully along with Saddam himself and his doubles, schools, hospitals, the oil installations, the whole works except perhaps the targets that are sought to be bombed, never mind the thousands of ordinary people who do not count, anyway. If Bush gets half the chance, he is going to get over his hangover of Saddam having made an attempt on his father's life and reduce Iraq to rubble. And all this, with a ready and obliging partner in the blaring Tony. This in turn will translate into massive mobilization of men and material from the US to Iraq for rebuilding. And, are we looking at some 10 to 15 years here? And this solves US of A's un-employment problems. Businesses get a lease of life. Voters at home become less antagonistic. And BUSH stays put for another term. (read HERO). And perhaps , the installation of a friendly (read puppet) government in Iraq goes a long way for US in sharing the oil wealth of that nation and the signing of long term contracts, including defense. (Remember the era of the great Shah of Iran?) Britain too, gets bits and scraps from the fallout and Tony is at his smiling best and confident to face his voters. Kofi Annan gets a pat on his back from big Bush for a job well done, who goes on with his yatra for the next term as the Secretary General of the UN just like the pat on the back of the Gujarat Nazi "Narendra Modi" by the great demolisher of Masjids "Advani", encouraging him into reviving his obnoxious Gaurav yatra , which is nothing but asking for more trouble and more killings of innocent people. And everyone lives happily ever after, until the cycle comes due and another war must come by in another place. And I hope the next demolishing field is not India-Pakistan to provide good business opportunities for big George, and for Tony, after Iraq is done with. Cheers Floriano 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!
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TitBits (005) These are the few stories from past few days that warrant some attention. And I feel that my readers will feel the same. Goan to attend workshop as panelist in Quebec. (GT Goa SkyLine 26 Sep) I must congratulate Patricia Pinto for having been selected to represent Goa in the two-day workshop on "Gender Equality and Local Governance" by the International Centre for Municipal Development of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) in association with the city of Gatineau, Quebec. And, I must confess that I did not know that Patricia had French to her credit too, among the many others things. Two thing Patricia: Hope you come back to Goa to use the knowledge you gain to salvage the sinking Panjim Municipal Council. Hope, by the time you come back, if you do, Panjim Municipal Council does not surface itself into Panjim Municipal Corporation. In that case, you will have to make a trip to Mumbai. After Gatineau it would be an anti-climax. Gaon Chalo Abhiyan passes through Pernem. (GT Weekender) "Gopinath Munde in his speech enlisted the several achievements of NDA government headed by BJP and said that never before in the history of free India, villages were given so much importance as during the NDA rule." By all means, Gopinath Munde is right. Villagers in UP had never eaten leaves and grass for food to keep themselves alive . Nor did they ever attain a status of sporting ration cards meant for the rich. Pernemkars beware! This Charlie is preparing you for the green feast. Zuari Bridge (NT 25 Sep) "Panjim, Sept. 24: The Public Works Department , Fatorda will carry out the inspection and recording of deck levels of the Zuari bridge from 6.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. on October 27, 2002. In view of the above, the District Magistrate, South Goa has notified closure of Zuari bridge for all vehicular traffic during the said period." For the benefit of the readers, the Zuari Agro-chemicals has been testing its new brand of fertilizers that enhances the growth of concrete mass. The Zuari Bridge being its sister concern, it is being tested for newer sprouts of deck levels similar to that of the Golden Gate in Frisco USA, separate tiers levels for light, heavy & rail traffic. Rail deck, because the existing parallel Konkan Railway bridge is likely to collapse in the near future on account of the substandard work. And what the reporter forgot to report is that on Oct- 27, 2002, there will be a helicopter service operational at both ends of the Zuari bridge to ferry the commuters for the three hours that it will remain closed for traffic. The man behind Kiran Bedi's Success. (NT 25 Sep) "He claims to be the 'real man behind the success' of India's first woman police officer, Ms. Kiran Bedi. Mr. Brij Bedi, the industrialist-husband.." Thank God it is only one man, and her "husband" at that, who is behind Ms. Kiran Bedi's success.She is one lucky girl. Look where Shivani Batnagar has landed with so many successful woman making men behind her. CM favours Kannada Academy. (GT W) "Someshekar informed that he met Parrikar, before the assembly elections and said that he favoured the idea of setting up a Kannada Academy in Goa" Well! Well! Now we know why the BJP in Goa increased the tally of its seats from 10 to 17 when it was expected to lose on the original 10. Politicians always had an eye on the growing Kannada population in Goa. Inconveniences at Govt. Offices to end. (GT W) "Inorder to avoid inconvenience caused to general public, all the heads of departments have been asked to be available in their respective offices from 12 noon to 1 pm on three days- Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Secretaries to Government have been also asked to remain present in their offices once very Wednesday from 12 noon to 1 pm so as to enable general public to meet them." And, all this while we thought that the working hours from 9 to 5 was applicable to all government employees. No doubt, A.S. Prabhu of Moira has always been shouting at the top of his voice that the government employees shop for groceries and fish in the markets and deliver them to their respective homes during office hours. And I wonder how many members of the public will be accommodated during the one hour (12 to 1) that has been allotted to the department heads and government secretaries. Perhaps, that is only for the collection of the packets meant for the pockets. And, atleast, we must be thankful to Manohar Parrikar for the one hour of "good governance" three days a week. Salman Khan the Law Breaker (SH) It is no wonder that Salman has ploughed through the American Bakery at Bandra, and in the bargain, has made mince meat out of some unsuspecting sleeping fellow on the footpath. He might have thought that Aishwarya was shopping for doughnuts. Salman, as reported, has been regularly ploughing into the movie sets wherever Aishwarya has been shooting. It is believed that a new movie is in the
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TitBits (004) To the 'Navhind Times CyberVoices opinion Poll' - "Is the bandh call the right way to show solidarity with victims of the temple attack?" , my vote has gone for "NO". And likewise 85% of the voters so far have voted "NO" . Rightly so, with this "Bharat Bandh" call, the VHP (read Sangh Parivar) has shown to the world that it is in absolute control of the nation. And, with this Bharat bandh call, India has gained the most deserved title of "A NATION OF LANGDAS AND COWARDS". We have seen the prestige of the US razed to the ground in the WTC twin towers. USA did'nt go for US bandh. The Israelis, at this very moment are shaking the very foundation of Arafat's head quarters along with Arafat. They do not run with their tails between their legs calling for Israel bandh everytime Israeli interests are bombed. Sad to say, but for every Israeli killed, they kill hundred Palestinians. As the Navhind Times editorial today has rightly pointed out, the temple attack is nothing but 'revenge' for the actions of Narendra Modi and his manipulating and pontificating from Delhi. There is no guarantee that more of similar attacks will not occur in the near future. The reason being that these attacks are called on by the totally communal behaviour of central BJP leadership with the NDA partners in the government being mute and impotent spectators. This Gujarat Nazi , the VHP flagged on communal wiper, is going to bathe in a lot more innocent blood if he is not thrown out and put behind bars soon. And every time some attack or the other that will eventually take place, our VHP cowards will call for a bandh, crippling India's economy further, with millions of man hours lost. We never hear of bandhs in China, but we see them selling us better quality things for much lesser prices. And we call ours a democratic and secular nation, with 99 percent of our government's energy being channelised in building temples and cultivating religious vote-banks and destroying mosques and churches and killing and driving away the minorities. A fine way for a nation to grow and compete in the world. The bravery of the VHP/Sangh Parivar to which both Vajpayee and Advani belong to is limited to terrorizing and browbeating their own countrymen at home by flying the Hindu card. That is all these cowardly criminals are good for. Goa's Manohar Parrikar will, again, tomorrow, show the "Victory" sign for having accomplished a complete bandh in Goa. Serves the people of Goa right to have given Goa in the hands of a stooge of the VHP and Sangh Parivar. Goans must profusely thank Luizinho Faleiro, Pratapsing Rane, Dr. Wilfred D' Souza and to some extent Francisco Sardinha for this great accomplishment in the tradition of 'SUSCEGAD GOANS' , for Manohar Parrikar does not stand for Goa nor has nothing Goan his blood veins, and will only follow in the footsteps of his idol, the Nazi of Gujarat Narendra Modi, given half the chance. Goans will know more of his hidden agendas, once they lay their hands on "BANK OF GOA AUTOPSY SPECIAL" brought on by 'GOA SCENE' No. 17- the News Letter publication which will hit the private subscriber list, first thing tomorrow morning. Cheers Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !
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TitBits (003) Swaminarain Temple Massacre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Foremost, personally as an individual, and, as the President of the Goa Su-Raj Party, I strongly condemn the above killings of innocent and un-suspecting people for reasons of pure terrorism or religious fanaticism. I say that this madness must 'STOP' at once. Having said that, I would like to take my readers back to my posting on GoaGoans, GoaNet etc. dated 23rd. February, 2002 "Musings - by Goasuraj". I reproduce the concerned item for the reference of my readers. "Ram Sevaks & Ayodhya. After the criminal negligence by the Congress government which saw the demolition of the national monument called the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, the present NDA government under the BJP's Vajpayee is heading for the same . Thousands of inflamed, incited and crazed Ram Sevaks are descending on Ayodhya, primed by none others but our hypocrite leaders in the government who want to see the Ram temple erected, calling it the wish of 800 million hindus. The 800 million hindus that they are talking about need some decent food on their plates and some decent clothes on the bodies even if they cannot expect a roof over their heads. Advani must have already prepared the speech that he will deliver to the nation. "We tried to pacify the Sevaks not to mix cement and lay bricks. But they would'nt listen to the voice of reason. We tried like hell, but we failed."' Mr. Advani, you are the home minister of the nation. You are called upon to declare this zone as a sensitive zone and invoke section 144 around this area immediately, whether you like it or not, until the courts decide on the matter. If you don't, you will be going down in history as a double hypocrite. That goes for our dear PM Vajpayee too. Not a single death should arise out of this exercise. And you two will be solely responsible if that happens." The above sounds like a prophesy, but anyone could see what was coming. First it was "Godhra". Then, followed the ungodly riots, which were deliberately allowed to continue, by the Gujarat Nazi, abetted by Advani and Vajpayee, directly or indirectly, whichever way you may want to put it. Then followed the "Gaurav Yatra" and the taunting of the minorities by the 'back patted' HERO of the Gujaratis, the Gujarat Nazi Narendra Modi, in the shameless reference to the muslims in relief camps, "Hum Do, Humare Pachis" (We two, ours twentyfive"). (It is just as well that Mr. Maim Aktar of Patna has filed a suit against this Nazi for using the above slogan.) And now, the Swaminarain Temple massacre. I, for one, do not see any Kashmir here. I see a direct retaliation. We have swallowed enough of scape goats for a long time now. The two, who are now appealing for peace and telling the people of Gujarat not to get provoked, never showed similar sentiments when 1000 odd men women and children were mercilessly and inhumanly massacred during the post Godhra riots. It was the ethnic cleansing then. It is the terrorists now. When the Gujarat police was deliberately instructed not to react during the riots by the chief minister himself, what does it make? A love story? Was it not the same terrorism? Worst. Against your own people?. The police official and the bureaucrats who listened to the Nazi and abided by his instructions should drown themselves, or better still, jump from the tallest buildings. The country is being led by religious fanatics, and, Advani is the ring leader of them all. He must be stopped by all means if we want the Indian nation not to be ripped apart. He has gotten away with Babri Masjid. And that is the saddest part. What is happening is just the tip of the iceberg. And, with the fuel for the fire that is supplied by the Gujarat Nazi, and the fundamentalist leadership at the top, Pakistan, our sworn enemy is only likely to take a huge advantage. President Musharraf has already given the world the taste of Gujarat in his speech at the UN. It is some consolation that the NRIs of USA are getting their act together, not to fund the religious fanatics in India. The decision of the Maharashtra government to ban VHP and Bajrang Dal is the step in the right direction. India is a secular country for God's sake. It must remain that way. The response to the above suggested ban on VHP in Maharashtra " We are only engaged in creating awareness among Hindus in a constitutional and democratic way". "We are neither violent nor anti-national" reeks of hypocrisy. Ripping open pregnant women's abdomen and spearing the unborn fetuses is a fine way of engaging in creating awareness. It is nothing but generating and marketing hate against the minorities that the VHP is engaged in. They must realize that hate begets hate. The reports in the newspapers about the Suva national spearing his own daughter mistaking her for a 'pig' , is what hate does. You want to kill your own people. There is no such thing as religious majority or religious mino
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[Goanet] Re: [The Goan Forum d-list] Innovative solution for extraditing Abu Salem to India from Portugal/ Suggestion.001
Dear Cecil, Hail to Pandurang's plan. Perfect- excellent. However , I would like to suggest as under: That the plan be named "OPERATION FLUSH' That the 2 Goans to head for this "operation flush" One must be a Kashmiri Goan. The other, a a Bihari Goan. There should not be any problems finding these two as there must a dozens of them waiting with portuguese passports made out from Goan ration cards and who must be speaking more fluent portuguese than most Goans who want to make it into Portugal. If this suggestion is incorporated, the plan should work like a piece of cake. And when Abu Salem is free from all this silly accusations, he may be given the Goan citizenship. Cheers Floriano - Original Message - From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: [The Goan Forum d-list] Innovative solution for extraditing Abu Salem to India from Portugal > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> > 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now > http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/ySSFAA/E5z3lB/TM > -~-> > > My friend Pandurang Fernandes, an international constitutional expert has > the following plan for getting the dreaded mafia gangster Abu Salem into > Indian custody despite the lack of an extradition treaty with Portugal. How > it works is this way... > > Two Goan Police Inspectors are made Portuguese Citizens post haste. This is > easily done if you are a Goan. Then they are immediately recruited into the > Portuguese Police Force headquarters in Lisbon because they are now > Portuguese citizens. So they can now legitimately interrogate Abu Salem in > custody in Lisbon and get all details of his dastardly deals. They then > bring Abu Salem to India for further investigation. This is not an > 'extradition' but a question of Portuguese Police (formerly Goan) now > expanding their investigation. > > Once they are in India the Indian Government arrests the Portuguese Police > (formerly Goan police) on the grounds that they are claiming Portuguese > citizenship without first relinquishing their Indian citizenship. The > Portuguese Government will have to defend their citizens (formerly Indian > citizens) by asking for their release. The Indian government then releases > the two Goan Policemen (currently Portuguese) in exchange for Abu Salem. > Once the exchange is agreed upon then the Indian Government forgives the > two Goan policemen and allows them to re-gain their Indian citizenship > after discarding their Portuguese nationality. Which they do. Better a > policeman's job here than to be unemployed in Portugal. > > Everyone's happy. > > Kindly find flaws, if any, in Pandurang's plan. > > And if you cannot find any flaws then kindly forward this plan to Interpol. > > > > > http://www.goa-world.net/ > > Everything Goan! > > > > > Hear Ye! Hear Ye! > > The Oldest Roman Catholic Church in Asia set for desecration by the Indian Navy. > > Read about it on The Goan Forum at http://www.thegoanforum.com > > Opposing views welcome > > REMEMBER: to also log in to > Goa-World.net http://www.goa-world.net for the ONLY non-commercial and yet complete View of Goa. > > Fuloi with Fulam from Beatrice Pinto's EXPRESSIONS - > The Flower Shop http://www.goa-world.net/expressions/ > > [This is NOT a commercial list...No PAID Adverts...Only INFO...No BillsNo ChargesNO Worries] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !
[Goanet] TitBits (002)
TitBits 002 And, for the last few days it has been difficult for me to spot a real topic that I could vent my frustrations on. And, I thought I had a kite, when I saw the headline news about the Goa Police dancing to the beat of the orchestra that was organized within the premises of the Porvorim police station after 10 p.m. Naaah! Not that again. These things are bound to happen in a state like Goa. Lots of laws, writ petitions and High Court orders. But they are not worth the paper they are written on. We might not be surprised if late night orchestras are organized within the premises of the High Court itself come next Ganesh or Christmas time. And why not? They even have grand poojas in hospitals with the poojaris matching their tonsils to the blaring of the funnel speakers. And like once they had a grand New Year's dance at the Goa Medical College with the then esteemed member of the British Parliament, Mr. Keith Vaz as the Chief Guest. And, if at all we are saying that the Goa Medical College's main wing is sporting some prominent cracks, attribute these to the 40,000 or more watts sound system that was let loose in the entrance hall that NITE making our then a little younger hearts wanting to spill out of our chests. A fine way, indeed, of collecting hearts for heart transplant. And, the netting of Abu Salem in Portugal looked like an even bigger kite. But really speaking, I have a feeling that a lot of effort, bile and money will be spent or wasted in trying to get Abu to Mumbai. And then one fine day one harmless and innocent looking havaldar on duty will quietly unlatch the door of the can and Abu will have bolted again. These things happen at the meer sight of a note of Rs. 500, leave alone bigger ones. But then the poor havaldar would be the sacrificial lamb. The real roaring lions in the 2Ps (police & politicians) will have filled their den with crores and Abu will be free again to milk the newest of the bollywood's sensations and blast some other city to kingdom come. And, I think I have found a blimp in this item here, courtesy Goa Desc. "According to Dr Dessai, 'Diksha Holdings' had deposited a sum of Rs 1 crore with the CMC ( read Canacona Municipal Council) as licence fees at the initial stage of the ongoing construction work. He however alleged that the CMC had hardly utilised Rs 1,000 for anti-malarial measures". What we are reading here is the Starred Hotel coming up in Canacona, which is being accused of breeding mosquitoes at its construction site. And Dr. Dessai is representing Diksha Holding which is the Starred Hotel. As per the building code, the builder is supposed to pay to the government as follows: 1) Conversion fees @ Rs.15/m2 to the collectorate. Initially, the conversion fees was confined to the area to be converted only. Now, the entire plot is to be converted whether you like it or not. Why? How else to fill the empty pot? 2) Licence fees to the Municipality or Panchayat on slab basis of building estimate by PWD. 3) Infrastructure tax to the Municipality/Panchayat based on 'x' amount per square meter builtup area. 4) House tax based on 'x' Rupees per square meter builtup area. With all this revenue going to the government, the builder is provided with "ZERO per cent facility and 100 per cent harassment. Diksha Holdings is right when they say that not even Rs. 1000/- out of Rs. 1 crore has been spent by CMC on malaria control. And, when I say "Zero" per cent facility, I mean the builder has to make arrangements for water for construction as well as for drinking purposes for the workers from private sources, through tankers, at exorbitant price. The water connection is given only after obtaining the Occupancy certificate.(after completion) The Builder gets electricity supply at Rs. 8 or 9 per unit., called 'commercial connection'. The builder has to make his own arrangements to get labourers from neighboring states and house them at the site. And these poor labourers get eaten up by the local goan malaria laden mosquitoes that breed like hell in the local septic ( and overhead water) tanks of houses and buildings and even our esteemed health centres and hospitals and clinics, that sport permanent open air- vents. And the health department, instead of apologizing to the migrant workers, penalize them for their own sins of omission. Never have we seen anybody spraying any chemicals in the villages or the cities like we see done in Mumbai by the Mumbai Municipal corporation, or in Goa for that matter in days gone by. Never have we seen an inspection carried out by the health department of the thousands of septic tanks which have become the factories of breeding mosquitoes and malaria. Goa used to have mosquitoes only during the monsoons. Today, we find mosquitoes that reign the households 365 days of the year and have become chronically brazen and bold, just like our politicians, that they bite you i
[Goanet] TitBits (001)
TitBits (001) And, here I am, having being eaten up by the great anaconda in the game of "Snakes and Ladders" back to square one from a clean twenty. And, I do not regret it in the least titbit. At least I am alive and well after that long long passage down.through the gory insides of the great snake. I remember the story that my grandmother used to tell, and which, as knee high grasshoppers, we would want it repeated day after day, sitting at the side of the heating "Modki" (huge copper pot to heat up water for bath) while stoking the fire of dried leaves. My mother opted for the copper one, though an earthenware one was cheaper, for obvious reasons. She had four thugs to reckon with, who could bring bankruptcy to the house faster than the "Bank of Goa" of Ramakant Khalap. And, the story was of a huge phython who chose to wait-up for the toddy tapper to come down the coconut palm. Not able to wait forever on the tree, the tapper decided to brave the great open cave of a mouth waiting for him, with his sharp machete held firmly, slicing the great phython's stomach as he slid down, to come out safe and sound. Simple as that. And, there was a real story reported the other day in the local newspapers , of a phython swallowing a cheetah, who managed to come out, but both succumbing to the efforts. It was a sad end though. And, I vividly remember the phython that was caught by our boys near my house in Moira, on the day of the wedding of my younger brother and how this phython , which was more than 2 meters long, and which had swallowed a full size fox, had become the video star for the night, entertaining the wedding reception guests. The forest department would'nt the bugger, so we left it back where we found him, to eat more foxes, a deed we regret to this day. Why? Where are the foxes which would lovingly steal our chicken once in a while? They are all gone. Kaput! And, yet another eye-witness story of a great ferocious phython that was told to us by a hunter friend of ours, during the Portuguese times. "It was a chanced sight that I got to witness" he said, "of a fight unto death between a tiger and a phython, in the jungle of Castle-rock", during one of his hunting trips. "The tiger could have easily walked away, but he was stubborn" he said. "In the fight that lasted almost all of the day, the phython eventually had his meal" " But it was one raw sight" But then, this has always been my flaw. All this phython thing just because I thought I would use the word "Snakes & Ladders" to tell Eugene Correia that he was responsible for the lovely, 20 long cherished TiTs & BiTs to be re-incarnated to a short delivery "titbits" to come to square one. The flaw, which remained behind is that given a topic, I could go on and on until it became interestingly boring. And I had something abstract in my mind that I wanted to dedicate to Eugene as promised. Thank God, the "Snakes" preceeded the "Ladder" But if it was the other way round, like in "Ladders & Snakes", the "ladder" would have taken this piece even higher than the "bean-stock". I am thankful for the guy who invented the "Snakes & Ladders" and for putting the "Snakes" before the "Ladder" And, I must remember, though, to talk some about the "Ladder" someday, when I have difficulty in getting a politician or someone equally good in my laser-beam sights. And, for any good reason, if Eugene does not approve of my dedication of this " titbits", I can always opt for "t i d b i t s" . That would be more easier for me because, everytime I type the British 'titbits" , this American Bill Gate's MS WORD, with its inbuilt spellcheck, makes it the American 'tidbits'. But I shall persevere as long as I can to keep it the British "titbits", cause I don't want to lose my dear British 'tit' for the American 'tid', if I can help it. As it is, Vajpayee and Advani are over indulging themselves in everything American, now a days, after having forgotten that they used to purchase SWADESHI not long ago. Beside, as far as Vajpayee is concerned, he is sporting an all American "KNEE CAP" in one of his Indian Swadeshi leg. God only knows what American thing that Advani fellow is going to go for. It could be anybody's guess. And, they say that a dog's tail will never become strait. I started with a good old "Snake" and see where I ultimately landed, talking about, the slippery as oil, political snakes, who are going to take our good old Bharat in the mouths of thousand Gujarat tigers. Cheers Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !
[Goanet] Fw: Response to: KEEP SPORTS AWAY FROM POLITICS - Narvekar urges government - Herald 9 Sep 2002- Pg. 13
- Original Message - From: Floriano Lobo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: Response to: KEEP SPORTS AWAY FROM POLITICS - Narvekar urges government - Herald 9 Sep 2002- Pg. 13 KEEP SPORTS AWAY FROM POLITICS: Narvekar urges government. Herald- September 9, 2002 - Page 13 RESPONSE. It is always the case that perpetrators try to put dust in the eyes of the people. Here is a classic case of a master perpetrator who is giving advices to others when he himself badly needs to take his own advice. This is the man who is singularly responsible for taking the cricket game to the dust-bins, making Goa a laughing-stock of the entire Cricket World. Who has not heard of Narvekar and the fake ODI tickets? He cannot succeed in trying to brush away the after effects of ODI scam for which, he, along with his stooges has been charge-sheeted. Inspite of the disgrace he has brought on the good cricket game, he prefers to pontificate about mixing politics with sports. Any self respecting man would have resigned from the managing committee of the GCA and covered his face with dung. But no, he has cultivated an army of sycophants around himself who can do no better than to say "Yes Sir" The cricket in Goa will flourish if some determined, self respecting goan, cricket-lover will throw this politician dog out of the GCA and out of goan cricket altogether, once and for all. He hasmessed it up enough to bring it down to its knees. And Mr. Dalmiya must realize that he is duty bound to guard the self respect of even the "Bangladeshi Cricket Team" if it has anything to do with GCA, with Narvekar at its helm. He must also not fall for the political gimmicks of his suggestion of free tickets to the public with the eventual game with Bangladesh.. Let him first assuage the pain of the police lathis on the backs of the very same public he is trying to win over by now giving free tickets. Narvekar, take your own advise and just get lost. Will you? We pay good money for the newpapers, and we do not want to see your sorry mug associated with goan cricket any more or to listen to your crap. Floriano Lobo Moira =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] TiTs & BiTs (018)
TiTs & BiTs (018) And, the programme on Occupational Safety, Health & Environment, Goa which Goasuraj jointly helped to organize in association with the "Institute of Safety & Risk Management", Panjim, at Hotel La Paz , Vasco, last evening (Sat. 7th sept) was a resounding success, in that all of 50 persons did make it , when we were under the impression that, Vasco, being a time bomb, which could blow up anytime, given the attitude of the government and the industry, on safety related matters, there would be no chairs to accommodate the wild rush. And sorry to say that out of 20 odd municipal councilors, who were especially invited, (thanks to the efforts of Mr. Simon D'Souza , ex- Speaker of GLA), none turned up except for Mr. Simon D'Souza himself, who sat in for his councilor wife. And, it was also heartening to have the presence of 2 Sarpanches, Mr. Vaz of Velsao and Mr. Gawda of Sancoale, through the efforts of the dynamic Cansaulim Sarpanch, Ms. Martha Saldanha, who could'nt make it herself, due to her tight schedule. It was again heartening to see that the upcoming HYAT REGENCY at Cansaulim saw it fit to depute its Chief Engineer Mr. S.K. Varma to check-out the programme, and, in Mr. Varma's own words "excellent presentation" was sufficiently heart-warming. And we were pleasantly surprised to have with us Mr. Bandodkar, the Vasco Municipal Engineer, who has voiced quite some concerns for the Vasco city' s pollution, lack of safety and its garbage treatment process. If it was a rabble-rousing political meeting, the entire Vasco would have been crowding to get to see and hear the rabble rousers. But to know a thing or two about saving their own skin, it is too much trouble for the people. As usual, learning through mistakes, is what I feel, people are waiting for. But then the gross mistakes of Bhopal even fails to be the eye-openers. Cdr.(retd) Narayanan, editor of Vasco Watch was one disappointed man with respect to the turn-out. "I came early at 3.30 p.m." he said "thinking that I might get no place to sit". Vasco Watch did give the programme the front page treat with its 6000 odd copies distributed throughout the length and breadth of Vasco. Our press release w.r.t. the programme had been personally delivered to all the major news papers in Goa with acknowledgements. "Gomantak Times" did put out its own sweet version, where, the entire effect was lost. "Herald" saw it fit to include it in the day's events on 7 Sept. as a one liner. So much for the concern that our esteemed 4th. Estate has for "Safety" of the general public, which is their own readership. To get back to the programme itself, after the short introductory, welcome and thank you delivery by this writer as one of the programme initiators, on behalf of Goa Environmental Action Group and Goa Su-Raj party, the entire slide presentation was delivered by Mr. C.V. Dhume, Director, Institute of Safety & Risk Management and ex-Chief Inspector, Factories & Boilers, (retd) govt. of Goa. The presentation covered the past major disasters of France, U.K., Bhopal etc. with graphic details of plant failures and man made mistakes, leading to the disasters, their effects and casualties. The slide presentation, as commented by practically all present, was flawless, professional and vastly informative. This was followed by a 10-minute video clip on do's and don'ts on various aspects on industrial safety, prepared by the Manali Fertilizer, Tamil Nadu, for the general awareness of safety procedures for the public in case of accidents. It complimented the slide presentation and was well appreciated. At the interactive session which followed, the one aspect of this presentation, when it came to our God's own Goa was the finger pointed at the outdated "Horton's Sphere" ammonia storage tank at Vasco. God forbid, if this goes up, Mr. Dhume explained, it will affect a radius of 10 kilometers around Vasco within 8.6 minutes flat. That covers far away places like Betalbatim to Bambolim, including the good Goa Medical College. And the quality of the On-site, Off-site safety plans, if there are any, and which, in all probability, must be locked-up in the District Collector's cupboards, coupled with the state of preparedness and awareness that the Vascoites, Betalbatim-ites , Bambolim-ites, and in general, Goan-ites are in, in case this Horton's Sphere decides to take to the air one fine unsuspecting day, there would be no trenches enough to bury the dead. You must forgive me for being the Goa's NOSTRADAMUS, but this eventuality cannot be overlooked, like the "Ostrich". And when it hits us, we shall be caught with out pants down and cursing the very God that we are presently reposing our faith in, saying "God is Great" One must remember that God helps those who help themselves. Many persons attending the programme reasoned out that the low turn-out was due to Vasco being a floating city with very sm
[Goanet] Fw: G.O.A (U.K.) Ltd last published accounts
Dear Netters, - Original Message - From: gabriel To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:01 AM Subject: G.O.A (U.K.) Ltd last published accounts Nice stuff your report on the teachers parade. Next time I come to Goa must try and meet you and Aires Rod. I have sent this to goanet but it isn't being posted any chance you could do it for me . I have written my name . Cheers Gabe. Dear Netters, In deference to the Month of August being attributed to Goa, by the wishes of Rene Barreto, I have withheld this publication. I ask for assistance from any netter with the knowledge to help with suggestions. In the goanet-uk newsletter issue 2002-31 Aug 02, 2002 it was boldly announced that the premier event of the Uk Goan calendar was taking place on Sun Aug 4.. Attendance has averaged over 3000 in recent years. The last published accounts for the year 2001 show an income of £904. This just can't be right, with each entrant paying £1 making a total of at least £3,000. Cars being charged £2, let us say 500 cars being equal to £1000 not to mention the stall holders paying for the privilege. The beer stall actually ran out of beer that year I am reliably informed. It was also announced by the President that the Association paid a nominal sum for the hire of the grounds. Now the crux of the matter is that these accounts were passed - proposed and seconded by some friendly persons. They have a responsibility to the members. I would have queried the numbers but since I hadn't attended the function was in no position to do so. Further more these accounts were ostensibly audited by another friendly person although there was no statement written or stated to give comfort to the members. The present Board has not refuted the newsletter that was published giving it added credence, as to the attendance figures. The only avenue left to me would be to query the difference, if indeed there is a difference between the last figures published and the ones to come for the current year. Is there any one out there who can make any other suggestion to tackle this matter or indeed I welcome the Board of the G.O.A to comment directly on the net. Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Gabriel V Menezes. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] TiTs & BiTs (017)
TiTs & BiTs (017) Today, the 5th. September, 2002, has been a memorable Teacher's Day for me, for I have never had the good occasion of being part of any Teacher's Day celebration in my entire life. As such, I shall dedicate TiTs & BiTs No. 17 to the man of the day, the good bad teacher Mr. Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar, principal of Smt. Chandrabaga Tukobha Naik Higher Secondary School, Curchorem, who has been awarded the NATIONAL AWARD for the Goa's best teacher of the year 2002 at the hands of Dr. Abdul Kalam, the President of India, at New Delhi. And I would'nt call what I attended at the Menezes Braganza Hall in Panjim today as a teacher's day celebration. It was rather a MANOHAR BASHING DAY, at the mouths, rather than hands of very prominent citizen teachers, lawyers, doctors, dramatists , social workers and others. I missed the beginning, specially the felicitation of the good MADUSUDAN TARI , the benchmark ideal teacher, who should have been receiving the National Award in New Delhi at the hands of the President of India, instead of a plain bouquet of flowers at the hands of Adv. Uday Bhembre at the Menezes Braganza Hall, Panjim. And I also missed the good bashing dished out by writer Borkar and Adv. Satish Sonak. But then, it more than made my day listening to the excellent delivery by Dramatist Premanand Lotlikar. He summed it up with a little story of a rat who tasted a little brandy from the bottle left by his drunk master of the house, enough to make it flex its little muscles to take on the mighty cat while the intoxication lasted. A clear slant at Manohar Parrikar for getting intoxicated with power. And, the president of all Goa Secondary teacher's Association, Mr. Ravindranath Narvekar gave a lot of insight to the man called Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar, how his tail had started curving at the very young stage of being a teacher. His open declaration that the association knew nothing about Pednekar being recommended for the award, which in fact should have been its prerogative. And, Averthanus D'Souza talked about the disastrous consequences that would be unfolded as a chain reaction to this bad government decision. He talked about a little Dutch school boy who , on his way back home from school, saw a small hole in the water dyke and who, realizing that the dyke would eventually collapse, went on to plug that small hole with his thumb. What Averthanus has not realized that Parrikar has no intentions of plugging any holes. He would rather make new and bigger holes so that all the dykes and dams collapses to carry away and drown his opposition in the RSS tidal wave. And, it was more of a bashing for Goans than for Pednekar at the excellent delivery by Dr. Minakshi Martins. If Pednekar changed the birth date of his daughter , I too had the opportunity , she said , of changing the birth date of my son joining 1st standard at Don Bosco's Bombay, to come within the cut-off birth date of just 2 miserable days by filing simple affidavits to save one full year of schooling. I did'nt do it because I did'nt want my child to live a life based on lies, she said. Her religious quotes in chaste hindi was something that I had not expected from a Christian lady doctor. She has asked a very important question, whether Goans are going to take this insult to the teachers, the very foundation of the education, lying down. And, talking at length about the "BANGODDI" that Pednekar has created in his teaching life was Vaman Vaidya , the social worker and the administrative staff member of the school board. Do not under estimate Pednekar he said. He has the capability of managing the government. He said that the RSS pays its loyal members with awards etc. just like governments pays back its lesser bureaucrats for their loyalty with priority cards to avail of public services etc without waiting in queues. He sited an incident of one such bureaucrat who decided to use his seldom used priority card at the railway booking counter by going directly to the booking window with his card, brushing off the chorus of protests from the line, by brandishing his card. He had to back off when he realized that it was the line of card holders like himself. Meaning? RSS everywhere! And, the delivery by the Chairman of the meeting Adv. Uday Bhembre was like a hot knife slicing through butter. It would take me pages to put it all down but importantly he asked pertinent questions on government's morality in this action of recommending a tainted person for the award of the best teacher. He said that in a competition such as Olympics, morality or integrity of the participating athlete does not matter. What matters is his/her performance to get the gold. Whereas, he said, award is something different where every aspect of the life of the person is in focus. He summed up by asking if Pednekar could effectively catch a student copying in the examination hall. If Pednekar could reprimand or penalize a
[Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (016)
TiTs & BiTs (016) AND, after a bit of a gap in the TiTs & BiTs show, Here's to BRUNO COUTINHO for making Goa and Goan Football called Soccer, proud. Well done Bruno. May your dedication and will to excel instill determination in our Goan footballers of which Goa has no dearth. Once, a Bengali shipmate colleague of mine was arguing with me insisting that India will never produce Olympic athletes, because, he said, our Indian diet is inferior to sustain the requirement of world standard performance. To that I had replied saying "Have you ever heard of Dara, Milka Singhs or Neville D'Souza? You think they ate channa -massala and mirchi pao? And, the inevitable has happened. The BANK OF GOA, which graduated from the Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank, has fallen in dire straits no sooner its blue-eyed boy, who has been deserting political parties in the past, actually deserted his baby. What they say must be very true, "that rats never stay long on a sinking ship". The vast experience that Ramakant Khalap has gained during his political life must have come handy to walk away, just in the nick of time. And, if I am not mistaken, there is the High Court Order against illegal ENCROACHMENTS on the Goa's National Highways by Cement Product manufacturers, wholesale marble/granite vendors, horticulturists etc. As usual, nothing will happen and the corporate grabs are on, unimpeded. After the USA's IT firms making a beeline for Bangalore's plush Real Estate, it is believed that SEARS hardware and SAFEWAY food chain stores are competing with Rajasthani Marble Companies for the stake in Goa's National highway Real Estate. One mini SAFEWAY store is already up near the Guirim/Soccoro junction, if someone wants to sample its stuff. And, it is a real pity that PANJIMITES never get to look forward without glancing over their shoulders for hidden surprises. After Miramar Beach privatization, it was Campal Rain trees. Then came the Old GMC followed by Massano de Amorim heritage buildings. And now PANJIM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. It is a wonder that Panjimites are not suffering from acute spondilitis. All said and done, I feel that this Corporation business is money wasting sham. As I have said before, Manohar Parrikar creates problems and solves them to the satisfaction of his detractors. Only this time, he does not have detractors but 'A DETRACTOR' , who happens to be BABUSH MONSERRATE. Manohar Parrikar wants to deny him his election time promis of giving him his Taleigao Panchayat back, in a round about way, just because he could'nt say a straight forward "NO" . They say that the most creamy, easiest word is "YES" which gets a lot of people in a lot of hot soup. A clear 'NO' would have saved a lot of people a lot of ulcers and hungry bellies. But then, 'NO' is the most difficult word of them all, especially for POLITICIANS. And, I would'nt be doing justice if I did'nt mention "BONDERAM" of MALAR. These are different BONDERAM from the ones from DIWAR. "NON COMMERCIAL", they want to keep them. And it is very difficult to maintain anything non-commercial these days. But there are five MALAR TIGERS who I know of, who swear that it can, and will be done. MARIO FERNANDES ( ex London) , JUSTINO COUTINHO (ex Bandra-Mumbai), ANTHONY MENEZES (ex. Calcutta), CAMILO MENEZES (ex. Germany) and ANTHONY GOMES (shuttler from Bandra and Malar) are hype about the whole thing. They assure me that the next year's Malar Bonderam will be a totally different concept. With a dedicated team like that, MALAR BONDERAM -2003 could'nt miss the mark. And incase anyone of you wants to sample 'MALAR BONDERAM'-2002 , just click on www.goasu-raj.org "Bonderam". Cheers Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] TiTs & BiTs (013)
TiTs & BiTs (013) On unlucky for some, Number 13. And, I must assure the readers that they are absolutely safe reading TiTs & BiTs No. 13. It has always been my lucky number. The only time I was unlucky was when, after having used my resourcefulness in convincing the good Padre in Houston, Texas, where I had landed , on my very first ship, that someone should take me to "NASA" instead of for the Sunday Mass. It was Harry Bretting and Gloria Houard, his young wife who volunteered to drive me down to NASA , a good 80 kilometers from downtown Houston. Harry was one of the mission controllers for the Apollo 13 . The unfortunate part was that the Mission Control was sealed for the impending flight of the failed Apollo 13 Mission. I had to be content in only watching the "eagle" landing craft from the outside and enjoy the mesmerizing sight of radio controlled planes and helicopters being flown by kids on the NASA grounds. Back home in 1971, we did'nt even have the TV. On Presidential visit to Gujarat: And Fr. Cedric Prakash, who has been complaining about the police intimidation that has kept him away from meeting with the President, at the cosmetic sites the President was allowed to visit, must realize that he is dealing with the Gujarati NAZIS. Very shortly we should be witnessing the Indian SWASTIK which, I am told, stands for PEACE , is worn by the GUJARATI/ INDIAN NAZIS as the sign of ETHNIC CLEANSING. And a lot is expected from our dear President Abdul Kalam. Sorry to say, but I only hope that he does not become the intended sacrificial BAKRI to grace the occasion of the next Bakri Idd. Back home, the way the last "NAZI VHP GOA BAND" that was termed as a "Total Success" by our RSS Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar with a comment What if a few stones were thrown?" only goes to show that it is his "BAB KA RAJ" I was, at the least, expecting some stern questions to be asked about this particular "GOA BAND" by our enterprising OPPOSITION in the current session of the Goa Legislative Assembly, forget about introducing a BILL to BAN all future GOA BANDs in GOA. On COMUNIDADES and Revision of its Sacred "CODE.". It was heartening to see a few more heads than usual turning-up for the meeting of the Components of the Comunidades at the TB Cunha Hall on Sunday, August 18th. And the final resolution that was passed goes against what the Revenue Minister, Mr. Pandurang Madkaikar has been saying in Yesterday's papers (H), that "the House committee constituted under his chairmanship will go into the issue of revising the Code of Comunidades" supposedly to remove the inconsistencies regarding encroachments on Comunidade lands. And who is this House committee?, the Revenue Minister, the Chief Minister or the Governor or the Government itself, to suggest this revision ? Revising the SPURIOUS and ILLEGAL translation of the CODE is like flogging the dead body of some unknown person. The government must realize that it cannot play with a serious institution like the Comunidades with half baked knowledge and malafide intentions. The upcoming writ petition in the High Court will put to rest this illegal flogging of the illegal translation of the CODE of Comunidades. For those who would like to know, under the management of the Comunidades, the vast cultivable land holdings of the Comunidades were never allowed to lie fallow and at the discretion of the cultivators / temporary tenants. These lands, which mostly lie fallow today or which have been already converted into concrete jungles, were the revenue earners for the Comuminades, affording them to look after their respective villages, river bunds, sleush-gates (Manoses), roads, gutters, cutting of the roadside brambles and even the up-keep of the churches and temples. A slice of this revenue was paid to the King (now the Governor, representing the government) as "DERAMA" for acting the arbitrator in the disputes between the Comunidades and its tenants. The unspent moneys were distributed to the share-holders as "ZONN" as an incentive to take part in the Management of the Comunidades. Today, the revenue of the Comunidades is limited to the interest earned on the bank balances (if at all, for most Comunidades are turned to paupers) which are solely the proceeds of the transfer/sale of its properties. And the Government is utilizing this revenue to pay fat salaries and kingly perks to its own appointees to the offices of the Comunidades, such as the administrators, escrivaos and office staff for "NIL" work done. It is believed that the administrators draw-up the budgets arbitrarily and some are even charging the up and down taxi-fares to the airport for their private visits to Delhi etc., to the Comunidades account. The present Tenancy and Mundkar Acts is the destructive work of the government that needs to be REVISED and, of which, the Revenue Minister and the government itself must take serious note. Foremost, The Revenue
[Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (012)
On Gujarat elections: And I watched the heated debate on the TV, yestrday, between the political and media personalities on the merits and demerits of the decision of the Election Commission to differ Gujarat elections until next December. Of all, I enjoyed the bit by our ex-union minister of Law & Judiciary, Mr. Arun Jaitley. In all this, the constitutional provisions that makes it mandatory for Gujarat to have its elections in October as planned by the architect of Gujarat's devastation Mr. Modi have been given too much importance. But no one is talking about the constitutional provisions that makes it mandatory of the governments to safe-guard the welfare and the well being of its citizens. Those who talk in favour of Gujarat elections should be arrested and sent to jail forthwith, including the slick Mr. Arun Jaitley. This is a gross condoning of the murder and maiming of thousands. The decision of the Election Commission is to be commended a thousand times. Gujarat has shown that it does not deserve democracy and freedom and as such should be put under President's rule permanently. Why the hell not?? On Fr. Agnel Polytechnic student's hunger strike/Dharna: And a lot has been said of the striking students of Agnel Polytechnic. And as expected, Manohar Parrikar is expected to take a decision soon and end the stalemate. And of-course, the day will be Manohar Parrikar's, just like the other times when he created the problems and solved them with much ado and a lot of expense to the exchequer. If anyone has forgotten, these are the Miramar Beach privatization , Campal trees, Masano de Amorim Heritage building, etc. etc. If one wants to hog the limelight, one must create problems and solve them, showing deep concern and understanding, to the satisfaction of all. This is the surest way of keeping oneself in the chair. And I am very sure we are not going to hear any more about the letters sent to the two ministers from the Chief Minister's office on the Chief Minister' s letter-heads. This sure is a creation of a one way problem which does not warrant a solution. On Independence Day Celebrations: And it is ironic that the celebration at the Secretariat, Panjim, of the day of the freedom of the nation was not free for the people to witness. Who was being protected from whom with this sorry police bandobost ?? And to imagine that people are crazy enough to waste their precious time to go to watch a bunch of hypocrites and self seekers bowing to the sacred flag, who would otherwise sell the same along with the flag post if it fetched a decent sum. On Alabhya Housing Co-Operative Society of Tivim Scam: And it is a stupendously surprising revelation that l.43 crore rupees were released as loans to this housing co-operative society in the recent scam without the slightest of caution or preoccupation by the sanctioning authority. Why not? The commission on that 1.43 crore rupess must have been very lucrative. Come to think of it, that this Housing Co-operative is based in Tivim which has been the stronghold of the now enterprising MLA of Aldona and who has been making much of the noise in the assembly only shows that the commission has'nt reached the right pockets. Wonder if this is not another reverse case of creating a solution and pointing to the problem. Cheers Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] TiTs&BiTs (011)
INTERNET GOING BUZZ ON "GOA DAY" - "WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY" We are all talking about soon to come "GOA DAY" and " WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY " And praise the Lord that we goans have embarked on such a serious mission. Goa can only benefit from this extravaganza. And we have talked about wining and dining, its merits and de-merits. We have talked about "sannas & sorpotel" We have talked about fund raising for supporting needy Goans in Goa. We have talked about preserving our heritage temples and churches and forts and monuments. We have talked about cussing and being cussed. We have talked about the MCs of crab mentalities, where, as far as Goa is concerned, "Kul'leamchem xhek-xhek" (crab dish) will never run short in our goan Kundlins (pots). We have talked about the rip-offs that has been taking place in Goa by our very own goans. We have talked about the millions of rupees of NRI funds repatriated to Goa by NRI goans, goan merchant mariners/sailors, gulf goans et al. We have talked about preserving goan Tiatrs, Mandos and Dulpods. We have talked about preserving and saving Goa's environment and ecology. We have talked about how Goa's agriculture has been destroyed to be replaced by concrete jungles. We have talked about how every new Official Gazette notification eats up on our agricultural lands. We have talked about Alibabas and the 40 thieves, of open pockets which never fill, and secret (Swiss) bank accounts that will never be emptied. We have talked about the massively polluting plants like META STRIPS, ZACL and numerous others. We have talked about River Princess, and its affinity for the Candolim beach. We have talked about the saffronisation in Goa. We have talked about the harassment of minority educational institutions by the Education Department. We have talked about panchayats and municipalities being the training grounds for crooks and Alibabas of the future, a breed, thousand times worse than their patrons. We have talked about deforestation and its direct effects on rains in Goa. We have talked about future drying up of our age old Mandovi river due to diverting of Madei waters by Karnataka for their own selfish use. We have talked about goan elections which are a shame to democracy. We have talked about how our government administration is thriving on graft and favours. We have talked about how our government departments, with the only exception being our Adilshah Palace in Panjim and the new Assembly Complex at Porvorim, have become hawker's paradise. We have talked about our stinking and un-hygienic goan markets, its half rotten, unfit for human consumption, so called fresh meats. We have talked about our Food & Drug administration which perpetually slumbers while people fall ill and crowd the hospitals and clinics and help swell the doctors' bank accounts as well as help bring more and more pharmacies in our towns and cities. We have talked about goan roads that are moonscapes, perpetually in dug out condition with gutters being the burial places for water pipes and telephone cables. We have talked about the dadagiri of the fishing trawler lobby and its direct nexus with the government and their combined scorn for the judiciary. We have talked about non-planning of our towns and cities. We have talked about mining rejects silting whatever is left of our rivers when it is not used to cover and claim government lands. And we have talked about the preoccupation of our MLAs about winning the next election no sooner they have won the present one. Their entire work is concentrated in pampering the voters to achieve that goal. We have talked about how jobs, however lowly, are brokered from the secretariat, for that is the only job our elected representatives are good for. We have talked about how a single brain of a single CM is expected to convert Goa into the paradise which all goans dream about. We have talked about government policies that are dependent on the whims and fancies of temporary people occupying temporary posts. We have talked about how the police is lining its pockets through its golden nexus with the crooks and criminals. We have talked about worst crooks getting bail due to doctored chargesheets by the police and eventually going scot free. We have talked about our government corporations being gifted to favour brokers, to do with them what they like. We have talked about goan government canteen contracts going to Biharis. We have talked about industries preferring out of state labour to goan labour.. We have talked about our health services and health institutions going backwards instead of forward. And we have talked about goans selling their properties to the highest bidders and running away to foreign lands. And we have talked about this, that and everything and we can talk about zillion things that have happened to Goa and Goans from the time of Dayanand Bandodkar to the present time of Manohar Parrikar. And we shall be able t
[Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (010)
And as if the election commission , Lyngdoh & company has no other work than to interfere in the affairs of the ruling masters from Dilli & Gujarat. They must behave like the dogs who must sit and get up when the masters say so. And they must lap their master's feet when the masters shred the electoral rolls of the muslim voters who would never vote for the masters. And this Modi Xerox has successfully copied a page from the magic book of his Goan counterpart to learn how to successfully shred the names of unlikely voters and win elections. And those who have been persecuting the Chief Minister of Goa bab Manohar Parrikar for his lack of administrative sense and who were perpetually blaming the administration to be lax , where its staff was freely allowed to roam the market places and deliver groceries and fish home during their working hours should be happy that this market trips by the government department staff has been stopped all together. Commendation and congratulations are in order for Manohar Parrikar bab, for, now the staff does the shopping sitting at their desks and without having to go to the market. One can buy anything from papads, laddoos, chokrios, bangles, wrist watches sarees, towels and even fresh fish including Moira bananas without having a bother in the world and while scrutinizing office files. And those people who will still be cribbing should be happy that the department staff is atleast in their respective chairs instead of being in the market. And talking of Moira bananas these very special bananas are in news after a long period of hybernation.We Moidekars were worried of our impending loss of Banana identity. But thanks to the consulting editor of "Mapusa Plus" Miguel Braganza , our Moira bananas are back in the Mapusa market. And as for Moidekars going bananas, it is a foregone conclusion. No matter what, no one else in Goa can displace Moidekars from this distinguished place. But then, the bulk of the exposure to Moira Bananas has been Mapusa, specially the Braganza residence at Altinho. His parents were over - exposed to the viles of Moira and its bananas as the teachers of the same school that his sisters are presently the Headmistress and a teacher respectively. His mother being my very dear & loved class teacher, a visit to whom I have to execute ( and which I have been postponing) , before she calls it a day. It would seem that Mapusa plus is being subsidized wholesale within the family. However, a few clarifications are necessary in order to set some records straight, like, did the students were forced to sign the ready prepared petition and if some senior student refused to sign the same. Like, why no mention is made of the sudden transfer of another teacher who happens to be the sister-in-law of the trouble maker Moidekar parent (victimization?). Like, if the parent's meeting was really called by the parents. Like, how come the Zilla politician who is not a parent chaired this parent's meet. Like, Y were the bad parent duo not invited for this meet. Like, why did the HM address this meet and why was it adjourned when one dissenting parent asked bold questions. Like, Y the little daughter of the transferred teacher who happens to be the neice of trouble maker Moidekar who fractured her arm at 0930 hrs was kept on pain killer tablets until 1400 hours until her father shifted her to the GMC. And like, Y did this whole tamasha not controlled within the school to the satisfaction of all. Do we see some high profile one-up-manship here? The HM, the Principal, the Diocesan Society (Fr. Tony Salema) and the Director of Education must answer these questions of which there could be many many more like why do bright students always accuse the best teachers. But then these things are best left alone. However, it is pertinent say here that irrespective of where they are grown, Moira bananas will always remain Moira bananas. Cheers Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] Tits & Bits (005)
And, I have succumbed to the demands of my good friends and indispensable critiques on maintaining the Tits & Bits style of putting things down rather than the mild TitBits style. So friends, you get undiluted 'Tits & Bits' from here on. It is one thing to be a perpetual critique, the one that gets under the hair most of the time. But it is another thing to pat a back or two sometimes. This is one such case where I thankfully congratulate the Justices of the Bombay High Court, Goa bench for the hard hitting, no-nonsense attitude they have adopted with the brazen lawlessness by the trawler owners and the Director of Fisheries. We still find a lot of lethargy on the part of the government and the Director of Fisheries. Understandably, it is the give and take, you scratch my back, I scratch yours attitude which ensures plentiful fish for the trawlers as well as for the fisheries officials. And it is commendable that even CHORS respect each other, in that one chor cannot publicly undo another chor. They have to take prior permission from the respective ALIBABA to do that. And all this time we were wondering why this very very expensive Alibaba's cave at Alto Porvorim always remained "open sesame" on the contract of which, the present Alibaba of the opposition has made clear 20, percent ( cost overrun of 21 crores included, when the actual cost was 12 crores, and which was originally 6 crores only) I wonder if the blue blooded goan architect who won the 1st prize for the design of this Alibaba's cave, and by all means, who should have got the contract, is yet paid all of the prize money. A simple 'yes sir' for the 'Bis taka' and the contract would have remained in Goa instead of in Delhi. And for those Mapxemkars who have been up in arms against the "NCERT" (National Certificate of Education, Research & Training) should warm-up for a new fight. This time it is the Oxford Dictionary that is being sought to be changed. The trial pass in made at the Mapusa Taxi Stand, main road crossing which is now-a-days blockaded with beautifully painted sign boards with powerful messages to the life conscious citizens of Mapusa. One of them reads " BETTER LATE THENE MR. LATE" Actually what our estimeed Mapusa traffic cell means to say is " BETTER LATE THEN LATE MR...) And the Mapusa Municipality has become active from its long hibernation. The wrath is directed towards the two legged hawkers in the market. Wonder when this wrath is likely to shift towards the four legged hawkers who deem it fit to make the Mapusa town roads to be their stables. As a child I had always enjoyed the trips to "Vodlem Goem" (Old Goa), not so much for Goemcho Saib, not for the "FERI" (fair) but to experience the fascinating thrills of trees haystacks and every things in sight from outside the window of the "CAMIAO" (Bus) moving past as the camiao moved forward. Those were the India Portuguesa days. My recent trip to Vodlem Goem and to the grounds of Se Cathedral in particular was very enlightening. At Vodlem Goem, and during the goan monsoon season, it is not the mushrooms that crop up under the mango trees but some weird looking ,reptile headed murthies that stare you in the face. The NIO scientist at Dona Paula or the religious scientist at the Bishop's palace, Altinho should check on the type of rain that falls over the Se Cathedral grounds which help sprout funny looking mushrooms. Maybe the ASI offices next door will help. And if you are lucky enough to have to attend the Civil courts at Mapusa, you better sport Mapusa Municipal market manners. The aura in the courtroom is such that it will make you feel at ease. The bailiff seems to be permanently sporting a rash in his groins, fidgety, and thinks he is on a dramatic stage. The havaldar is a guest of honour who warms the seat and daydreams. The courtroom is itself a railway 'thesen' where people walk in and out at leisure. The advocates come in colourful flowery dresses, unpertubed. The typist types away at her own free will , most often outside the margins and sometimes onto the typewriter roll, often inventing the English language dictionary. And the poor judge, a helpless adaptable creature in the wilderness moving a pile of case files from left-hand-side to the right-hand- side endlessly calling out names and waiting for the respective advocates to make their appearances, who are attending to two or more cases at the same time in different courts in the same building. Cheers Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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!!
[Goanet] TitBits.004
For not having to answer too many pointed questions on my choice of the handle "Tits & Bits" from my good friend and my loving critique Cecil Pinto, and to avoid being shouted down as a male chauvinist by the fair sex, I have voluntarily re-christened it as "TitBits". Hope this passes the critical good sense of my good friend, as it will be difficult for me to come by another alternative. And after the years of growing ulcers in the pit of my stomach, to see the ulcerated sides with bulging tar of the new Mandovi bridge, each time I crossed it, it was like eating icecream and pacifying the burning ulcers to see, today, that the ulcerated sides are being burnt off and scrapped clean. As usual, this must be another full fledged contract to a contractor friend of the new PWD Minister Mr. Davlikar, who in all probability will not last as the PWD Minister for long, given the cry for his head by the regular BJP army. Hope Manohar Parrikar does not catch the cross fire. And there is another parallel road contract going-on at alto Porvorim, that of installing the divider line on a perfectly smooth, never seen 6 inch hot mixed road. I had always thought that they taught "PLANNING" in IIT. If it was so, then there would'nt have been the criminal waste of such a lot of good hot mix, seeing which, makes the good eyes water. Perhaps, this is another good opportunity for the new PWD minister to pacify another of his road contractor friend. And like the removal of the monumental gas cylinder which was gracing the Mandovi bridge some time ago, after a lot of nagging that I had to recourse to, I do hope that the bottle neck narrow opening of the very wide sloping road leading to the entrance of the bridge from the Porvorim end , and where I, including my car would have been a monument yesterday, is removed. It will also save the tax payers some money which is spent in repairing the most aesthetic fencing which the drunken truckers fall in love with and want to take home with them every now and then. And I do hope that the new MOPA airport allows free photography unlike the Dabolim airport where photography is striclly "P R O H O B I T E D" And we were under the impression all along that there was one and only one sugarcane lobby, the one that is supporting the Maratha strongman Mr. Pawar.for as long as we can remember, and on whose strength Mr. Pawar has never lost a single election. Little did we know that there is the Karnataka sugarcane lobby which has been filling the pockets of our very own goan MLAs and the goan governments to look the other side of MADEI until it was too late. And what is surprising is that Manohar Parrikar has successfully taped Mathany's mouth. He must be frightened that if he left it FREE, it would be like listening to the pin stuck in the groove old record singing META META all the time. To imagine that people who sacrificed a lot of appetizing food and toiled at the foot of the tree for days together and sweated it out in the police can, would be so un-resisting . Do we see a CARROT or do we smell the rat?? I did'nt know that one had to be in the opposition to ask questions in the Goa Legislative Assembly. And I thought I was a politician in the making! Cheers Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] Tits Bits .003
The world, as we see today, is become very complex and vicious. If one has to have ones own way to defy the prevailing laws, rules and regulations, one needs to cultivate a "godfather" which goes by another name of "immunity", also called "protection". It goes without saying that if one does not want to get wet in the rains, one has to have an open umbrella over one's head. Take the case of Laloo Prasad Yadav. He got raided by the IT when he got his first daughter married in extravaganza. He opened his umbrella against IT raids by getting his second daughter married into the IT family. Likewise, our dada trawler owners had their umbrella in the Goa legislative assembly. Our enterprising builders and business houses in Goa like the Navelcar builders and Nova Goakars of Panjim have their respective umbrellas in the BJP. Whereas, the last year's school computerization tender for 700 computers went in exchange for a beautiful office for the BJP, courtesy Nova Goakars., the Navelcars, on the other hand, are probably benefiting hugely through the Nelson's Eye of the authorities, specially the PMC, as far as the terrace floor extension of the Navelcar Trade Centre, opposite the Azad Maidan is concerned. It is very tricky. The work is sheltered from direct view. One has to be specially looking for it to notice it. We shall be extremely happy if this is legit and the PMC treasury is benefiting from this activity. Hello! K.. K Hello! ... Patricia Pinto? Oh! these Goa telephones.! Never there when you want them bad. And it was a shock to us that our Police Chief Gulcharand Singh Sandu was struck down by a second stroke in as many days and is now recuperating in the ICU. We wish him a speedy recovery. The mention of the ICU brings back sweet memories. The ICUs had become the hiding hole, an alternative to the police lock-ups for our most enterprising goan people's representatives like Dayanand Narvekar, Mauvin Godinho and Somnath Zuwarkar when Manohar Parrikar went riding the high horse like "Zorro" (Never mind that Parrikar has given up the 'Zorro' style now). Ofcourse, I am not slanting here, but the recent Indian Oil pilferage must have sent a few heartbeats haywire, specially in the wake of the reported payoff to the high ranking police officials that I have mentioned earlier. In the Hindu mythology, the pantheon of Gods consists of zillion deities, I am told, of whom Lord "INDRA" is the chief. May the Indra Dev pacify some of the hearts and heartbeats that are going haywire in the highly placed chests, on the IOC pilferage account . Cheers! Floriano =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] Fw: Micky Pacheco V/s KTC Driver
- Original Message - From: Floriano Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:17 PM Subject: Micky Pacheco V/s KTC Driver > This is further to my personal handshake with the Editor of Gomantak Times, > Mr. Pramod Khandeparker, in his office at St. Inez, Panjim, this morning, > commending him for his excellent editorial (GT 29 Jul) on the ruckus created > by the Kadamba employees over the rough handling of the KTC driver by Micky > Pacheco. When I wrote my little piece in " Tits & Bits.002", yesterday, I > was wondering if I was going to be the only one heavily on Micky's side. > Thanks to the editor, justice has been done in the way that people should > think of traffic related offences, specially as far as the private and KTC > bus drivers' driving is concerned. I have just kept my phone down after > recording my complaint with the traffic cell, Panjim , recorded at Tel. No. > 223266 by Mr. Vani & Ms. Fatima, that private bus reg. No. GA-01-Z-5167, > traveling from Mapusa to Panjim, who was trying to overtake my maruti 800 > from the catering college Porvorim, inspite of heavy traffic, and > considering that I was also travelling , at times, over 60 Kmph succeeded > in overtaking me from the left hand side at the mouth of the Mandovi bridge > where the road is the narrowest. My car would have crashed into the railing > at the RHS to avoid being hit by the rear end of the bus if I had not to > brake violently. The incident happened at 10:20 this morning. Well, do we > still feel that Micky should be arrested? Please read on: > Excerpts from Tits & Bits .002 dt. 28/Jul/02 > > The story of Micky blowing his top on the Kadamba driver took the papers by > storm. I personally give 100 points to Micky. I further suggest Micky moves > with a skinning knife to skin Kadamba as well as private bus drivers who > take the Goa's roads and highways as their 'Formula One' racing tracks. Look > at the way they compete in overtaking on climbing slopes with blind curves. > Micky should keep another extra- sharp skinning knife for the RTO. And, the > worst of all, the transport minister is reported to have made a dash to the > Panjim police station to check on the health of the driver. By all counts, > the driver should be cooling his heels in the can with his driving licence > suspended for 6 months without a single naya paisa of pay, which > incidentally, is coming from the pockets of the public. > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] Tits & Bits .002
in going to be in the news by tomorrow. This time for the brain child of the Head Mistress for calling a 'Parents Meeting ' to ask for the re-instating of the teacher who has been transferred to another school due to the reported harassment of bright students. Under the circumstances, this should have a proper PTA meeting, as I am told. Further, it is reported that the microphone was snatched from a sole dissenting parent when a few irregularities and omissions where being highlighted. Our only fear is that the HM, in her anxiety to do right does not do more wrong unto the school and unto herself in particular. And, if you have been walking in the sub-registrar's office in Mapusa, often, you will have found efficient people working there shifting their chairs within the office and sometimes shifting out from the offices as well, but with the same lable. Hence my natural outburst to a friendly face in this office, the other day. "A-re baba! When am I going to see U in the chair of the sub-registrar?" " U seem to be warming these outside chairs for far too long" . A demurred face, looking down blankly on the open file on the desk, said "Tum bitor vetoch, (sub-registrar's office) t eh codelicher lable marla toh vach" ( when you go inside, read the lable on the sub-registrar's chair). "Tell me" I said. "There is very little to tell" he said. "the chair is kept for mostly scheduled castes, the kind who are at liberty to walk in at anytime after 11 am, after completing the house work, walk out bindas at 4 pm, the kind , it seems, that Manohar Parrikar personally calls them at their residences, the kind that boast of high profile connections with only contempt for colleagues and work., and worst, the kind that persons like me are expected to listen to this tall talk and at the same time help them out in their routine work." "Seniority and performance record be damned" "Oh" I said. " this much, is it?" "you come and join Goa Su-Raj and I will make you the President" "by all means, it should be some promotion, at least". And finally, talking about making presidents of political parties, yesterday, when I stopped at Dalal's at Mapusa, I saw the familiar mug on "THE WEEK" . "Give me that" I said. "I just love to read about this Advani guy". Dalal, as usual put a smile on his face. "The Hawk flies High" was what got me engrossed as soon as I had time to look into it. And, after I was finished, I had a peculiar feeling of being let down by the Election Commission of India, when I had to slog over the compilation of the set of documents to be sent to New Delhi for Goa Su-Raj Party's registration. Our constitution was found wanting in the details to be furnished about "INNER PARTY DEMOCRACY" It seems, that we had not been very democratic and transparent in the inner party elections to party posts. So, we had to put our heads together again and come out with a master-piece of inner party democracy, which, ofcourse, sailed through. But if the Election Commission applies the same yard-stick to the ruling BJP, the BJP gets de-recognised immediately. Why? It is all there for every one to see, as to who put Bangaru Laxman as the president of the BJP. Who axed Jana Krishnamurthi and brought in M. Venkaiah Naidu. It even says that Venkaiah had preconditions for taking the job. He wanted Arun Jailey as his bum chum, or no can do. Where are the elecions? Therefore, the Election Commission has two edged axe to cut down the BJP, if it can and if it wants to. The one side, for BJP having the brazenness to adopt the HINDUTWA openly, which is against the oath taken by the BJP during the registration of the Party under the 'Representation of People's Act'. which demands SECULARITY among other things. And HINDUTWA is a rabid Communal ideology which will disintegrate India if allowed to go uncheck at the political level. The other side for totally disregarding the internal inner party elections to the party posts. If the BJP is run by two clowns, who are seen in this issue of "The Week" hugging each other in the 'public eye' with their perverted smiles, whereas, they would be stabbing each other ' behind closed doors' ( ofcourse, if Vajpayee is capable of hold a stabbing knife in his weak hands, that is), India has some serious thinking to do, before it becomes too late. Cheers Floriano Lobo =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] Comments Re: Goa Gutka - ZIOL
Herald, 22 July, 2002 (Front Page) Manufacturers pensive as more States ban pan masala. New Delhi, July 21 (UNI) Excerpts: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andra Pradesh, Gujarat and Goa have already banned the substance and Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the latest converts. However, it is said the ban in Tamil Nadu is the most effective. In Andhra Pradesh, the product is smuggled from neighbouring States where a ban is not in place and the product is sold at a premium. In Goa, too, the legislation is merely cosmetic, people feel. Comments: It is certainly true what has been said about Goa's cosmetic legislation. Just yesterday as I was walking in one of the Mapusa city restaurants for a cup of tea when I happen to notice, for the first time, a panwalla parked at the entrance of the restaurant, displaying the chain packets of 'Goa Gutka', Surprised to see Goa Gutka so freely and daringly displayed under my very nose as it were, in my town of Mapusa, I automatically took out a rupee coin and purchased one packet. (Some months ago, when this Goa Gutka topic was a raging fire on the NT cybervoices, I had tried to get hold of a packet here in Goa. It was a vain exercise, having even tried Margao and Vasco. Ultimately, I had managed to get a string of 10 from Bombay thro' my brother). To the surprised comments from my friends who were with me, I told them it was for luck. After leaving the restaurant, I called Mapusa PI, Mr. Govekar over my mobile to confirm from him if Gutka was not banned in Goa. He was not sure and promised to check it out. I told him that as far as I am concerned Gutka was banned in Goa, and here, I have just purchased one packet freely available on the footpath . He said, "if that is the case, we will have to do something about it". Voila! Here we are, I said to my friends. Our law enforcement officers themselves do not know about the laws that lawmakers make. To that, one of my friend testitly said, "look here man!, This is Alankar fast food area here. Manohar Parrikar patronises this place. This pan fellow here knows that he loves his gutka. So who will stop him? Well! It seemed I had wasted my rupee on the gutka packet and much more on the mobile call. Gomantak Times, 22 July, 2002. ZIOL to set up storage facility for petro products. By: Pramod Khandeparker. Panaji: Away from the scene of IOC oil pilferage racket, which nearly plunged the port town of Vasco into an inferno on 12 July, the Zuari Indian Oiltanking Ltd are setting up a massive storage facility for petroleum products at Sancoale at a cost of Rs. 45 crore minus the cost of the land. Comments: This is revelation to Goa and Goans. Where was all this new all the while? Never heard of it being mentioned before. It is as if the Zuari Indian Oiltanking Ltd. knew that the pilferage action was to come to a tragic close. Or was it "enough is enough"? What has happened to the public hearing that is supposed to be held prior to setting up something big like this? They got away with Meta Strips. Are they getting away with this one too? It is mentioned in the report that the "Communidade" and local Panchayat are putting hurdles. Why ever not? We all know what 'high-tech' means in Goa. Half of the budget for the 'hightech' is lost in the pockets of ministers and bureaucrats. And what is left is only the propaganda worth sweet nothing. And the gullible Goans are left holding the baby. This ZIOL thing must be thoroughly checked out if all clearances are in order ( unlike those of Meta Strips Ltd). The people of Vasco will be heaving a sigh of relief no doubt. We only hope that the people of Sancoale get a chance to do the same, after holding their breath for so long over Meta Strips. Floriano Lobo =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
Re: [Goanet] Newspaper by Expatriate Goans.
A genuine scream in the wilderness?? Thank you, A Veronica. Floriano - Original Message - From: A. Veronica Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 9:25 PM Subject: [Goanet] Newspaper by Expatriate Goans. > > INDEPENDENT NEWS PAPER OF EXPATRIATE GOANS. > > Recently rumours appeared in Goa saying that Herald daily newspaper was > sold. Immediately on July 16th issue of Herald in its front page the > management of Herald clarified their stand saying Herald was not sold and it > was only a false rumour spread by interested parties. I do not know what is > true and what is false. But I know only one thing and that is as it is in > Konkani saying "Uzo Nastana Dunvor Zaina". It is an established fact that =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church
I thank the good "Commodore", for acknowledging the Navy's mantra. I sincerely apologize for not having limited my reference to the 'enemy' only. There was absolutely no slant meant as I have only the highest regard for our fighting forces. We take it then that the Navy will certainly give due consideration to the Anjediva Church and preserve it as a monument of priceless heritage. Let us all save our bile and ease out of the Anjediva affair. As far as the naval expansion is concerned, by virtue of being a tiny state, Goa will not be able to sustain the naval growth that is naturally expected to grow in leaps and bounds. Therefore, the navy, the government of Goa and the central government must see to it that this aspect is taken into consideration before making concrete defence plans in Goa for the future. Goa too, is expected to grow, but not at the cost of its forested and agricultural lands. If it were, Goa would'nt be Goa at all. Goa is already witnessing the unplanned and unbalanced growth and it is not a matter of pride to anyone, less still for Goans. But this is reversible given the will to do so. The Sea Bird Base at Karwar has been the right choice. Besides it is just a stone's throw away from Dabolim. It would'nt make any difference if the naval or airforce aircrafts landed at the Sea Bird or at Dabolim. It is my layman's views ofcourse and I could be totally wrong. As I see it, developing Sea Bird at Karwar would ease the pressure on tiny Goa. I would rather refrain from talking about cost effectiveness where India is concerned. The crores that are meant for legit development are seen stashed in cupboards, refrigerators and attics, and which serve no purpose. If we could control the greed in high offices of this country, we would be the super power already. As far as MOPA is concerned, I am happy to note that I am not the only one who sees red. Floriano - Original Message - From: gilmen30 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:14 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church > Folks, > Having served in the Indian Navy for 30 years ( and enjoyed every bit > of it), I take strong exception to wild allegations that the Navys > working mantra is to destroy everything in its path. This mantra > only applies to enemy warships and not to heritage buildings!. If > anything, the Navy, which takes many of its traditions from the Royal > Navy, has taken great pains to preserve old buildings like the > Castle barracks at Bombay, and the 100 year old buildings of the > Naval Dockyard at Bombay. At Naval bases all over the country, > churches, temples, etc are always given their due respect. > Regarding the Dabolim airport, many people are probably not aware > that quite a few civilian airports in the country are controlled by > the Navy and Air Force, especially when they contain strategic > assets. Dabolim is one such airport which has dual uses. Over the > years the Ministry of Defence has built up very large infrastructure > to support Navy fighter, reconnaissance, and helicopter facilities. > I, personally, would like to see this airport solely utilised for > civil aircraft, but knowing the extent of defence infrastructure > located here, I do not think that it would be cost effective for the > Navy to move out easily. > The Mopa project, however, is completely politically motivated by > vote banks and money. > Regards--Commodore Gilbert Menezes IN Retd. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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 !!
Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church
Dear Salus, It is also said that "It is in giving that one receives" Well, about giving till it hurts, is something that I have always found difficult to absorb. Now a days one is expected to give not until it hurts, but until it makes you naked and raving mad. And all you get for it is a big kick on your backside. How about our governments' taxation policy?? An ordinary citizen bleeds paying taxes all his working life, that too if he/she is lucky to have one. And what does he get in return? Dayanand Pension scheme??? Giving comes easy. Especially if it was earned by someone else and not the giver. I chanllenge anyone who has worked hard for what he has, to give it freely away until it hurts. Re: Anjediva Church, just because the Navy wants to establish its secret facility does not mean that they have to destroy the heritage structure. Let the Navy, for once, show that it can preserve/ maintain something, as against its work mantra of destroying everything in its path. Besides, the Sea Bird facility at Karwar mainland is lying pristine upto now as against the crores of tax payers' money that have been spent on acquiring the land. Let the Navy start by developing the Sea Bird base and make arrangements to shift from Dabolim, lock stock and barrel. And if that be done, then Anjediva church will be a very small price to pay. As I have said earlier, giving something away that one has not what worked for, for something in return is prudent and will maintain a balance on give and take. The navy occupied Dabolim on temporary basis. It is a civilian airport and must remain that way. Goa's successive governments have slept on this issue and the navy has become bolder and bolder until it has begun to see Dabolim as its legitimate domain. The people who want to give away Dabolim to the navy and shift the civilian airport to MOPA are fools indeed. The monstrosity that is MOPA must be stopped at all costs. Floriano Lobo Goa Su-Raj - Original Message - From: Venantius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Salus Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; GoaNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:10 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church > Hello Salus, > I agree with you. However, a nation that professes seculiarism (at least > for the eyes of the world) has to understand the merits and advantages of >>>>>... These are a few thoughts. > Venantius > __ > On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:25:27 +1000, Salus Correa wrote: > >The subject of the Indian Navy's plans with regard to Goa's Anjadiva > >Island, is very soon going to become a very hot controversy. As a Goan, I . I know a lot of you will >disagree with me, but in an era of confrontation in the name of relegion, >we catholics must show the way and lead by example. Then only can there >be a little more peace in the hearts that matter! Give till it hurts, >and the rewards I know will be legion! God bless us all. Salus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-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] ODP (Outline Development Plan) & Town and Country Planning
C1 an Ch No. 1/100(part) & 360 Area of 360 m2 2/100(part) 2. Sandeep Kenkre, -do- Settlement Commercial675 Approved for DE/5836, Plot No. 4, S2 C2Commercial C2 an Ch. No. 9 & 11 675 Area of 675 m2 PT Sheet No. 96 (Ground floor Commercial, First Floor & Upper flrs For hospital purpose 3 Haider Ali Damani & Abdul -do-Settlement Commercial 500 Approved for Hassan Damani, DE/5798. S2 C2Commercial C2 PTS No. 120, Plot NO. D-9500 an area of 500 m2 4. Hotel Sea View Commercial Commercial 617 Approved for 150 DE/5730, CH, No. 4 of -do- C2 C2 F.A.R. as per the PTS NO. 187 617 ODP. Panaji, 18th. June, 2002 - The Chief Town Planner, B.K. Sutaria Now, from the above, one would assume that all is well specially when it is published in the Official Gazette. But then, consider the scope for corruption here. When the ODP never gets finalized, new additions can be accommodated as minor changes. If I am the interested party and want to change the status of my property from settlement to commercial, I look for the agent in the Town & Country Planning, perhaps approach the Minister directly or one of the Board members. I get my work done for an agreed price. Even if there are objections, these are published as overruled by the board in its meeting and the change affected anyway. Everyone is happy and life goes on. But it is not the change itself that has been made and the money that has gone in the wrong pockets. It is the development itself. Where is the parking space? Where is the open space? Where is the provision for road widening? Is this planned for too?? No way. This change is done purely on graft basis and rest be dammed. Now you will get the real picture how commercial blocks are coming up in residential areas. Why open spaces disappear, why petrol pumps are coming up in places marked for children's park., why traditional gutters are blocked, so on and so forth. And now you know why the Town and Country Planning portfolio is so much sought after. It is the power of the crayon to do the necessary painting on the city maps and the boldness with which it is held. The famous case of Altinho slope in Panjim (Shah) which is being developed inspite of heavy objections. The PDA has officially stated that the status of the land cannot be changed., being a hill slope with a gradient more than 1.5 meters. Despite this, the plan is on and the Altinho slope will be eaten up soon. Look at Mapusa, Margao, Ponda, Vasco and you get the picture. Could there have been any type of ODP operating at Vasco?? Recent fire there would have wiped out the entire port city. Is the Zuari's Ammonia storage tanks safe? advisable to be where they are located? There is a PIL against this already in the High Court. How this facility has been set up is for anyone to see if one goes through the PIL (abstracts of the same are available on our website www.goasu-raj.org. Today, the deadly fire that put Vasco on the shock wave was luckily brought under control. Tomorrow it may not be the case. Let us work to put the stipulated moratorium of 10 years on the ODP's and we can then expect our Town and Country Planners to do their jobs instead of making money at the cost of the real planning of our towns and cities. The Series-I is just an eye opener for the public. There will be more detailed Series to follow with deep research of the past happenings and goings on in this particular department. Goa Su-Raj Party, at its Open Convention to be held on SUNDAY, 4th. August, 2002 at T.B. Cunha Hall, Panjim (3 pm) will be electing its 5 member 'Shadow Cabinet' from among the party's ex-candidates for the last assembly elections. The Town and Country portfolio and other important portfolios which have been the milching cows will be taken under investigative wing of this Shadow Cabinet, and, the present as well as the past wrong doings will be exposed. This is the work for the concerned citizens who would want the posterity to enjoy the fruits of their diligent work. As such, any helping hand will be highly appreciated. Floriano Lobo. Goa Su-Raj. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =
