goanet-digest V1 #4244
goanet-digestThursday, August 29 2002Volume 01 : Number 4244 - In this issue: [Goanet] Goanet will be out of service for up to 12 hours [Goanet] FOOTBALL LEAGUE MATCHES [Goanet] Ex-Sal-Sem [Goanet] FW: Welcome... from Goa [Goanet] NEWS Princess of Mandovi under threat [Goanet] 29 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] LETTER TO THE EDITOR By; AVERTHANUS D'SOUZA , PRESIDENT OF GOA ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION Re: [Goanet] NEWS Princess of Mandovi under threat See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:42:01 -0700 From: "Marlon Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goanet will be out of service for up to 12 hours Just want to inform you all that Goanet and its related lists hosted on GOACOM will be down for a few hours within the next 48 hours. We are in the process of doing some pre-planned server and software upgrades. Marlon -- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:35:00 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] FOOTBALL LEAGUE MATCHES Hi Goanetters. After receiving all those adulatory messages from so many of you, we get the feeling that Goan sports are still liked and cherished so far away from Goa. Hence we have posted another small pictorial on the GFA Professional Football league matches which were played in Goa on August 28. Hope you will like it. Please check it at http://www.goacom.com/news/clippings/football/football28.html Cheers. Joel. -- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:46:28 +0530 From: "Richard Cabral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Ex-Sal-Sem The ex-students of Saligao Seminary have on the occasion of its golden jubilee decided to form an ex-students association. This association has been christened as Ex-Sal-Sem meaning ex-saligao seminarians. All the ex-students are invited to join this association as a mark of gratitude to their alma mater. They may contact either the rector at the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to Richard Cabral email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks a lot friend. -- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:53:15 -0500 From: "Menezes, Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] FW: Welcome... from Goa Dear Frederick Noronha and co., It's a great pleasure to be in Goanet, and more encouraging is the fact that it has completed 7 years of network. I personally congrats the founder members of this group and all the members who have put in lot of efforts to make this information available to our Goans worldwide.Well let me introduce you'll. I am Thomas Menezes, from Vasco da gama, born on 3rd July.I was a member of Vasco Parish Youth and also member of Parish Council.I enjoy doing something good which will benefit our youngsters like creating opportunities to expose the talents and developing them. Wishing you'll all the best in this service and may our almighty bless you'll in carrying it for a long time.It really helps us to be aware of happenings in Goa. Love and Regards Thomas - -Original Message- From: Frederick Noronha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 10:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Welcome... from Goa Dear T Menezes, Welcome to GoaNet, a seven-year old network that links some 4000 Goans worldwide. We hope you will find it useful. Please send us your feedback. We also invite you to send in a brief self-introduction to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (This introductory note is very important for expanding the network, and ensuring that members get to know one another... thanks in advance.) Greetings from Goa, and do check out some of my photos and links at the sites below. Frederick in Saligao. - -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 GOAPIX in.photos.yahoo.com/fredericknoronha * GOANEWS www.goacom.com/news/ Please visit http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference -- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:44:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Vicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS Princess of Mandovi under threat DECCAN HERALD=20 Thursday, August 29, 2002 =20 - - Princess of Mandovi under threat Devika Sequeira DH News Service=20 PANAJI, Aug 28=20 Citizens are enraged; the Opposition believes the move is politically motiv= ated; and historians say it would be the final nail in the coffin of a grac= eful, picturesque and compact capital city being effaced of character. The BJP government's sudden and unexpected decision to convert the Panjim M= unicipal Council (PMC) into a co
goanet-digest V1 #4243
goanet-digest Wednesday, August 28 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4243 - In this issue: [Goanet] Impact of Catholic Church in India "goes beyond numbers" [Goanet] 28 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS Re: [Goanet] Impact of Catholic Church in India "goes beyond numbers" [Goanet] Ek Kovita: PRARTHONA [Goanet] FEATURE: It looks like Goa... but this is Sindhudurg Re: [Goanet] FEATURE: It looks like Goa... but this is Sindhudurg [Goanet] News: India among 30 most corrupt countries (Transparency International) See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:14:53 +0530 From: "Sar News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Impact of Catholic Church in India "goes beyond numbers" SAR News Aug. 28, 2002 Impact of Catholic Church in India Goes Far Beyond Numbers: Cardinal Dias Bangalore: SAR News Cardinal Ivan Dias Archbishop of Bombay has said that the Catholic Church's influence in India is far greater than its share of the population. Although missionary work has been going on for over two thousand years in India - St. Thomas the Apostle is considered its first evangelizer - Christians number only 23 million among a population of more than 1 billion, while Catholics total 18 million, the Cardinal said. According to a Zenit report from Italy, August 20, the Cardinal made these comments in the coastal city of Rimini where he is attending the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples. Cardinal Dias claimed that the Catholic Church in India offered 20 percent of school education, 10 percent of all literacy and health-related programmes, 25 percent of all projects for widows and orphans, 30 percent of all available structures for leprosy and AIDS patients. "In my diocese alone, Bombay, we have 150 schools and university colleges in which 400,000 pupils study," Cardinal Dias observed. The majority of students are not Christian, he added. "In fact, it is increasingly frequent that the highest state offices are held by people who have studied in Catholic schools," the Cardinal noted. -- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:55:02 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 28 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS August 28, 2002 3-YEAR-OLD'S THROAT SLIT IN NAVELIM: In a tragic incident yesterday evening 3-year-old Nelroy Gomes, son of Salsi and Milagres from Telaulim, Navelim, was found dead with his throat slit. The victim went to play along with his six-year-old brother and another cousin barely 50 metres away from the house at 4.30 pm. He needed to release his bowels and went towards a nearby pond. As there was no sign of him, the other two returned home. About two hours later the boy was found floating in the pond with his throat slit. (GT) MASTER PLAN FOR DABOLIM AIRPORT: The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called upon the State government to take the initiative in formulating a Master Plan for the Dabolim Airport. This, GGCI says, should take into consideration factors such as the peak capacity of the airport, short and long term investments to be made, land requirements, privatization of management of the airport and infrastructure requirements. (H) FLAYED FOR FAILING TO ATTRACT I T INDUSTRIES: The Opposition benches yesterday charged the government that its wavering policy and frequent change in stand have prevented the Information Technology industries from coming to the State. (NT) SAND EXTRACTION: The question hour yesterday began with Santa Cruz MLA Victoria Fernandes expressing serious concern over sand extraction from Terekehol and Chapora rivers, which in her opinion, would grossly affect fields and "bundhs" in the area if the government failed to lay down guidelines for sand extraction. (H) ORE DUST POLLUTION: A petition filed by the Goa Foundation, on behalf of the citizens from Curchorem, has been adjourned till 17 September after the counsel for the South Central Railway asked for more time to verify the Railway's position on the shifting of the railway stack yard from Curchorem. (GT) HOUSE ADJOURNED: The State legislative assembly last night adjourned sine die after passing the budged and a month-long debate on the budgetary demands of various departments. The House transacted major financial business during its 26 sittings, besides adopting various bills, including the Panaji City Corporation Bill. (NT) NABBED FOR DEFRAUDING: Harkrishna K Patel of Gujarat, who was arrested in connection with the misappropriation of Rs.1,43,95,500 from the Goa State Co-operative Housing and Finance Federation, Panjim, under the pretense of forming a fictitious housing society called Alabhya, has been re
goanet-digest V1 #4242
goanet-digestTuesday, August 27 2002Volume 01 : Number 4242 - In this issue: [Goanet] Funeral Service at St Inez Church Panjim 30.8.2002 Re: [Goanet] NEWS: No tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP Re: [Goanet] NEWS: No tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP Re: [Goanet] Latin Church in India: Another myth of Portuguese first? Re: [Goanet] 800 march with Osmitai Jyot [Goanet] Many told us they were waiting their whole life to see this. Re: [Goanet] Latin Church in India: Sopara+Nala Sopara [Goanet] SCHEME TO ELIMINATE STRAY ANIMAL MENACE [Goanet] Corruption In Panchayats - EDITORIAL in The Navhind Times. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:51:52 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Funeral Service at St Inez Church Panjim 30.8.2002 Tereziniha Fernandes, wife of late Celestino Rafel Fernandes (C.R) , (ex Nirobi ) Passed away in Dubai on 25th August 2002. Mother of Raul , Marlene and Matilda / Mother in law of Vilma , Clyde and Eugene .Grandmother of Cassandra , Raul jr , Christopher , Dylan , Andrea and Shaun (Dubai ) The Funeral Cortege will leave the residence at La Campal Colony Miramar at 3.30pm on Friday 30 August 2002 for Funeral Service at St Inez Church Panjim followed by burial at St Inez Cemetery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] fwd- rene -- Date: 27 Aug 2002 21:05:24 - From: "Rohit Shukla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] NEWS: No tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP Can we look forward to the VHP meeting the same fate as the Taliban in Afghanistan soon? Even the Gods would be pleased. Rohit On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 Frederick Noronha wrote : >o tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP > >By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service > >New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) An influential Hindu group has declared >a virtual >war on the country's tourism industry, saying the government >should only >encourage tourists wanting to visit holy places. > >The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), linked to the ruling Bharatiya >Janata Party >(BJP), contends that New Delhi should focus on wooing tourists to >its >religious centres rather than promote luxury or adventure >tourism. > > -- Date: 27 Aug 2002 21:05:40 - From: "Rohit Shukla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] NEWS: No tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP Can we look forward to the VHP meeting the same fate as the Taliban in Afghanistan soon? Even the Gods would be pleased. Rohit On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 Frederick Noronha wrote : >o tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP > >By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service > >New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) An influential Hindu group has declared >a virtual >war on the country's tourism industry, saying the government >should only >encourage tourists wanting to visit holy places. > >The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), linked to the ruling Bharatiya >Janata Party >(BJP), contends that New Delhi should focus on wooing tourists to >its >religious centres rather than promote luxury or adventure >tourism. > > -- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:24:27 +0100 From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Latin Church in India: Another myth of Portuguese first? I must thank Prof. Teotonio R. de Souza for the valuable inputs he has given in his post of August 26. I'll come to this point a little later. First of all, however, may I be permitted to state that what I wrote earlier was by no means intended to be or represent "another myth of Portuguese first". It reflected my genuine desire not to let pass in silence a date which I consider important for the history of Goa - August 22 - but in the process I acknowledge having committed the mistake of saying that the Mass celebrated on the Angediva island on August 22, 1500 was THE FIRST LATIN-RITE CATHOLIC MASS ON INDIAN (AND ASIAN) SOIL, instead of saying that it was THE FIRST LATIN-RITE CATHOLIC MASS IN THE TERRITOTY THAT IS NOW THE STATE OF GOA. I had already come to this conclusion a day before Dr. de Souza's post. In fact, on the 25th I said the following in a private post to a goanet member who contacted me: >It is not a hundred percent certain that "the first ever Catholic Latin-rite Mass in Goa, in India and >in the whole East" was the one which was celebrated by the Fanciscans at Angediva on August >22, 1500. In what is now Goa, yes, definitely. But, as regards India and the who
goanet-digest V1 #4241
goanet-digestTuesday, August 27 2002Volume 01 : Number 4241 - In this issue: [Goanet] for news [Goanet] Computers exhibition in Goa [Goanet] Government bail-out package for one of Goa's richest co-op banks. [Goanet] NEWS: No tourism, please! We are Indians, says VHP [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Missionary-Schools [Goanet] 800 march with Osmitai Jyot [Goanet] NEWS: Mumbai's ad fraternity remembers Frank Simoes See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:53:32 +0530 From: "Pamela D'Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] for news - --===164B1249=== Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-39DF3984; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Panaji, Aug 23:A government bail-out package for one of Goa's richest co-op banks headed by former Union law minister Ramakant Khalap --- has shown up the slow decay within the co-op banking movement in the state and its intense politicisation. On Monday, the entire board of directors of the Rs 250 cr multi-state Mapusa Urban Co-op Bank resigned and sought the appointment of an administrator to run the bank. The Reserve Bank of India has stopped the bank from lending or accepting deposits, after its non performing assets climbed to 76 % and losses to Rs 26 cr this year. Heavy lending to the real estate business, which has now slumped, put the thirty six year old bank in the red, leaving it with a cache of unrecovered loans and Rs 30-40 cr in currently unencashable real estate. BJP Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar announced his intention to "save" the bank, with its 25,000 depositors. But many see this as a precursor to the shifting political control of the ban, which was once the bulwark of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak PArty. The political undercurrents of the situation is linked to the fortunes of the BJP in North Goa, and its tussle with Mr Khalap(now in the Congress), whom it has long been trying to oust from the bank's board. In an earlier attempt, a BJP campaign led to the withdrawal of Rs 28 cr by depositors in three days, says a former bank director. The state government points to hefty loans given to relatives of directors, improper sanctions, over valuation of securities and other malpractices. Opposition Congress leaders on Thursday said this was the case with most of the credit societies and co-op banks in the state, including those run by BJP politicians. "Why are you singling out one or two banks because they happen to be run by Congress leaders", asked leader of opposition Pratapsing Rane, after BJP members sought to highlight the financial affairs of another Congress -run co-operative. As elsewhere, most co-operatives are headed by aspiring politicians and MLAs, and incumbent goverments have tended to put auditors and the state registrar to settle political scores. In an unprecedented move, signalling a new era of vendetta politics, the BJP last year ousted ex-Congress MLA Somnath Zuwarkar from the Goa State co-operative bank, and had him arrested for malpractices.(ends) - --===164B1249=== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-39DF3984 Content-Disposition: inline - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.325 / Virus Database: 182 - Release Date: 2/19/02 - --===164B1249===-- -- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:44:25 -0600 (MDT) From: GoaNetAdmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Computers exhibition in Goa ECAP 2002, the Computer Society of India-Goa chapter cordially invitres you to an information meet at the inauguration of the Exhibition of Computers and Allied products, in the presence of Karnal Singh, IPS, DIG of Police Goa on Saturday August 31, 2002 at the Hotel Mandovi, Panjim at 9.30 am and P Sridhar, CEO, Controlnet India on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at Hotel Nanutel, Margao at 9.30 am. It will be followed by a viewing of the exhibits. Presentations and exhibits will be on view after the inauguration on August 31, 2002, and on September 1 from 9 am to 7 pm at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim and similarly on September 7-8, 2002 at Hotel Nanutel, Margao. Exhibitors in Panjim include: Active Systems * Amey Computers * Armour Office Automation * Casio Goa * Crown Electronics * Delta Technologies * D-Link/Avon Computers * Intel Corporation * Comtech Systems * Computronics Infotech * Compuserve * Ourem Microsystems * Texel Computers * JayKay Infotech * Lorenz Digital Imaging * Phil Systems Ltd * Power Resources * Print Electronics * Progen ERP Systems * Pro-Imaging Systems Exhibitors in Margao include:
goanet-digest V1 #4240
goanet-digestTuesday, August 27 2002Volume 01 : Number 4240 - In this issue: [Goanet] STUCK IN LIMBO. [Goanet] Latin Church in India: Another myth of Portuguese first? [Goanet] "THE CITY OF PANAJI CORPORATION BILL 2002" - PRESS STATEMENT [Goanet] World Goa Day-2002Celebrations in Portugal [Goanet] NOT YET CONSIDERED [Goanet] 27 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:23:01 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] STUCK IN LIMBO. I paced the coridoors of the Mapuca Police Station some months ago waiting for the PI to return. He, I was told, had left on a mission. I then sighted a women pacing about in the courtyard like a man outside a delivery room waiting for the results. As I was free, I approached her and asked her what the matter was. I like to listen to the stories these foreigners have to tell when I meet them at the Police Station. On arriving in Goa, one told me that his luggage was missing. One had his passport and the other had lost his. This is a common tale which rarely has a happy ending as the loot, as I call it, is rarely traced as there are no clues and the problems of summoning the bus drivers and assistants is too laborious. Goa, is a hot place as far as the weather goes and the incentive to solve mysteries does not exist. A few competent police officers succeed in solving crimes like Insp. Clouseau or Sherlock Holmes, but this cuts into the booty of the criminals and the lickbacks of corrupt police officers. The result - transferred to a remote corner where one rarely hears of this valiant Police Officer. This stops his promotion and dampens his incentive. This time, the women (a French women) pacing in the courtyard tells me that her friend has been arrested for possession of drugs and she is waiting for the police to release him as the Judge has heard his plea and ordered him to be released on bail. His passport is impounded. After some time, he comes out and I speak with him in French and recognise that he is from Quebec. My French is a mixture of French from France and Quebec. It helps to communicate with people all over. I know Quebec and have a good knowledge of their politics. I have spoken with past politicians like Guy Tardiff, Claude Charon and Rene Levesque. I have preferred the cultured manners of the only cultured North Americans (Quebec) to the Anglos. The released man tells me that his name is Yannick McGuire (a mixture of Irish and French blood) and I remember Yannick Noah who was a tennis champion of Cameroonian and French blood. He is surprised by my typical Quebec expletives. He is friendly. Yannick had left his heating and ventillation enterprise and had travelled to Goa. He admitted that he liked to smoke a joint of flagrant weed (marijuana) and had rented a room in Vagator. The owner had a duplicate key as most do. He is surprised when a policeman comes to his place and without a warrant (no one has rights in a Democratic India as no one is Democratic) and searches his place. They find a small quantity of hashish at first which he admits is his and then come upon another bigger amount which Yannick swears has been planted in his room and he suspects is the work of the owner of the house who also has the key to his room. Three months have passed and he is unable to leave to return to Canada. His enterprise he told me when I met him lately was defunct, his passport being in the possession of the police. He has offered to place a bond of 2 lakhs (money his family can raise and send to him) as surety, promising to return for the final judgement. They have refused and he wonders when he will gain his freedom. I offer him my house in Salvador do Mundo to stay. He comes to see it but finds it far from the haunts he prefers in Vagator and the sea. Poor Yannick, he is stuck in a place he does not want to. He cannot afford to live in Goa and he does not know how long he will be at the mercy of the Indian Penal Court. Justice delayed in Goa is justice denied and the owner of the house has scored points with the police who he has maliciously assisted to prove to the authorities that they are doing their job of arresting drug adicts. Edgar Martins -- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:31:39 + From: "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Latin Church in India: Another myth of Portuguese first? «YESTERDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 WAS THUS THE DAY OF THE 502nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST LATIN-RITE CATHOLIC MASS ON INDIAN (AND ASIAN) SOIL.» (Jorge de Abreu Noronha) With reference to the above info that appeared on Goanet a cou
goanet-digest V1 #4239
goanet-digest Monday, August 26 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4239 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS: Prayers, flowers mark Mother Teresa's birthday [Goanet] brieFNcounters: Ivo Coelho, Salesian provincial [Goanet] How time flies... [Goanet] OBIT: Frank Simoes, ad guru of Goan origin, dies at 68 in Mumbai See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:10:31 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Prayers, flowers mark Mother Teresa's birthday Prayers, flowers mark Mother Teresa's birthday By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Special prayer meetings, floral tributes and charity to the poor marked the celebrations of the 92nd birth anniversary of Nobel Prize winning missionary Mother Teresa here Monday. People from various sections of the society were seen visiting her tomb at Mother House, the headquarters of Missionaries of Charity (MoC), the order founded by the revered nun in 1949. Visitors placed floral wreaths and lighted incense sticks on the marbled tomb. Scores of schoolchildren filed in to a hall that is the nun's final resting place and placed wreaths. They also said a prayer. "We are observing certain routine rituals on this day," one MoC sister said. The sisters said the whole order was nostalgic and marking the day with a renewed pledge to work harder for the poorest of the poor. Special prayer meetings had been arranged in the memory of Mother Teresa, who is being considered for sainthood by the Vatican. Several city clubs and voluntary groups distributed clothes and food packets to the destitute. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910. She came to Calcutta, now Kolkata, on January 6, 1929, and began a life dedicated to serving the poor and dying, earning her the sobriquet "saint of the gutters". She founded MoC in 1949, a year after which it received the Vatican's approval. Mother Teresa received the Nobel peace prize in 1979 and died here September 5, 1997. Presidents, heads of states, kings and queens, attended her funeral. Recognising the life of true Christian service that she lived, the papacy ordered the start of the process to declare her a saint. The initial phase of the papal inquiry into her life ended last year and the findings along with details of a miracle she had performed had been sent to the Vatican. If the same is accepted, she will be beatified (declared a blessed soul) and the final stage of canonisation (sainthood) can begin. It is being widely hoped that she would be declared a saint in record time because of the reputation she enjoys. Mother Teresa is the 14th person to be considered for sainthood from India. Earlier, St. Thomas of Tamil Nadu, Francis Xavier of Goa, John D'Britto of Tamil Nadu and Gonzalo Gracia of Mumbai had been anointed saints. Five people have been beatified but await sainthood, while four had passed the first stage of veneration. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:04:19 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] brieFNcounters: Ivo Coelho, Salesian provincial BRIEfnCOUNTERS: IVO COELHO, SALESIAN PROVINCIAL 'FOOTBALL, EMPLOYMENT... THIS COULD BE THE LANGUAGE OF OUR YOUTH TODAY' His colleagues describe the new Salesian provincial for Goa as young and dynamic. Fr Ivo Coelho, SDB, would obviously have his work cut out for him as this religious order seeks to make its work more relevant to the life and times of the people of Goa. Fr Coelho can be contacted via email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Extract from an interview: - - What are the Salesians plans for expanding their educational network in Goa over, say, the next 5-10 years? - - As yet we do not have an organic plan and vision. However, we have begun the process of working out such a plan. We are presently engaged in implementing a process called Participatory Strategic Planning (PSP). This is a question of listening to and becoming aware of people's needs, finding out our own capacities, and then deciding which of those needs we can meet. We want the expansion plans to develop from such a process, rather than from a top-down process where we decide what people need. - - How much of these plans would be specially targetted at the poor? - - I am hoping that our prime energies will be targeted
goanet-digest V1 #4238
goanet-digest Monday, August 26 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4238 - In this issue: [Goanet] Saligao Garbage Report [Goanet] Testins [Goanet] Happy 8th birthday Goanet! [Goanet] 26 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Mother of Raul Fernandes passes away in Dubai. [Goanet] LPG CONSUMERS OF GOA PROTEST See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:42:14 +0530 From: "Francis Ribeiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Saligao Garbage Report GARBAGE DUMPING ISSUE Saligao resolves to block access; to build own segregation system A large gathering of Saligao villagers, in a recent meeting held at the Saligao Panchayat Hall, resolved to stop the dumping of garbage on the top of the Saligao hill, by blocking acess to it. The meeting convened by the Saligao Consumers and Civic Cell and the Panchayat, also decided that the village would also construct its own garbage collection and segregation system, for which land of around 500 sq meters is in the process of being identified. The project which has been designed by noted architect Dean D'Cruz, will consist a large pit made up of many compartments to store the various types of garbage after it is separated into glass, plastic, etc. Speaking at the meeting Nicholas Sequeira, member of the SCCC, pointed out that the Government had yet to earn the confidence of the people as it has been speaking of a garbage segregation, disposal and recycling plant for over a decade but till today have failed to set up such a plant. " It is therefore that residents of villages near sites like Curca, Sonsoddo have raised strong objections due to pollution created," he said. He pointed out that the Government is planning to convert the Saligao plateau in a dumping site for the entire North Goa and warned that in years to come the water table of Saligao would be polluted. Mr Sequeira recalled the assurance given to Saligao MLA Dr Wilfred D'Souza, by the Chief Minsiter, Mr Manohar Parrikar, on the floor of the Goa Assembly, that dumping would stop. However he said that SCCC has learnt that acquisition procedures of land needed for the purpose is continuing and that all the garbage generated by the highly densely populated tourist destination Calangute, continues to be dumped unabated, through Saligao. He urged that a need to find a solution to the vexed issue is most urgent. "Garbage is here to stay and it is we people who are generating it. We must find an alternative site," he said, declaring that the fight is against dumping but favoured segregation and disposal and recycling. Mr Sequeira hoped that their proposed segregation project would help Saligao take a lead in trying to help solve the garbage issue at the micro level, making the village a role model for other villages. The garbage from this roof covered pit, which would be protected by a high fencing, would then be sold to a garbage contractor for disposal and recycling, he explained. Eminent Goan environmentalist and scientist, Dr Nanda Kumar Kamat in a strongly and emotional speech urged the people of Saligao to be vigiliant and too stand up for their rights in order to make a difference and to be an example for the children of today. He warned that the irreversible effect of the pollution caused by garbage dumping would be felt not today, but in 5 to 10 years from now, which will than be too late. He pointed out that the water table of Saligao will be polluted by lead compounds, toxins, pharmaceutical waste etc. and disclosed that there is no technology in the world to purify or clean the water of polluted wells. The fields of Saligao, its natural water spring and the fauna and flora would be damaged. He explained that the nature of the soil on the Saligao plateau where the garbage is being dumped, is basically made up of redish rock laterite which has the characteristics of a sponge. He said that during monsoons the poisonous substances from the decomposed garbage collected over the years would gradually seep through the soil till it hits the water table. To prove his statement he disclosed that wells in villages of Pilerne, Nehrul and Verem were polluted from wastes of the hill top Pilerne industrial estate and displayed indepth reports carried out by his students. Dr Kumar told the gathering that the Government of Goa has no right to force garbage from anywhere in Goa into Saligao against the wishes of the village panchayat. "This is the against the constituition. The Gram Sabha is the parliament of the people," he said. "The Government has a lot of funds but is not ready to come out with a professional report and work a solution. This is a tragedy of Goa,
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goanet-digest Sunday, August 25 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4237 - In this issue: [Goanet] GCCI's comprehensive IT directory RE: [Goanet] Goacom's PIEDADE "BONDERAM 2002" special [Goanet] [Fwd: francis almeida] [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (015) [Goanet] 25 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Goacom's FOOTBALL Special [Goanet] FEATURE: 'To Bapi -- the love of my life', for Ravi Shankar [none] See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:00:04 +0530 From: "Niraj Naik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GCCI's comprehensive IT directory GCCI to compile comprehensive IT Directory =20 Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industries has embarked on a comprehensive directory of IT professionals, service providers and manufactures in the State. The directory will compile a database on the skill sets available in the State in the various areas of IT. The directory will help boost IT industry in the state and will serve as a crucial resource guide for the state government and local IT industry. The directory is being compiled by Aparant Infomedia, publishers of Goa's popular IT magazine -- Digital Goa and would be released at the grand IT event -- Goa Agenda 2002 -- to be held on September 30 and October 1, 2002. The directory will have following main categories -- Hardware/computer assemblers/sale; Training/ Education; Cybercafe; Services (data processing)/digital photography; Networking & communications; Web-site & web solutions; peripherals/accessories/consumables/power conditioning (UPS)/furniture; Professional; Manufacturer/industry (hardware & software); R & D and ITES. The directory will also try to enumerate the expertise available in the various skill sets through an exercise that will be undertaken through the State. IT professionals, service providers and manufacturers will be further classified as per the following skills: Assembling, component level repairs, peripheral maintenance, system analysis, systems design, network configuration, Programming: Java, C++, Python, BASIC, VB, SQL, Oracle, Ingres, SYBASE, access, DBASE, FOXPro other languages, Banking/ Accounting/ Inventory/ order processing/ BPR/ ERP/ Pay roll/ CAD/ CAM/ Graphics/ Planning/ monitoring. All those associated with IT in Goa are encouraged to avail free listing in this comprehensive directory by filling a simple form. Forms can be downloaded from the GCCI website -- http://www.goachamber.org/itdirectory -- or softcopy of the form can be obtained by sending a request mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 Forms are also available in the latest issue of 'Digital Goa' magazine, available at Varsha Book Stall, near Betim Ferry, Panaji; Zambaulikar Agencies, near State Bank of India, Margao; Vasco Agencies, Old Bus Stand, Vasco and Roop Rohan Agency, near Public Caf=E9, Ponda.=20 The filled forms may be sent to Aparant Infomedia, Flat No. S-1. Bldg.No. 3, Merces Apartments, Vaddy, Merces, Goa 403005. -- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:04:17 - From: "islanders3us" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Goanet] Goacom's PIEDADE "BONDERAM 2002" special Kudos to Goacom & Joel D'Souza on the quick update of the Bonderam festival. It was nice to read the article & view the pictures from our beloved Divar Island. Cheers & Keep up the good work!! The Islanders Andrew DeSa www.andrew40.cjb.net -- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:02:16 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] [Fwd: francis almeida] - Original Message Subject: francis almeida Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 00:09:02 +0100 From: "Kathy Veeren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello saw your request on the site. Francis Almeida from Zanzibar was Leo brother I think so try thise-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> good luck -- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:17:49 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (015) TiTs & Bits (015) And we have been seeing some interesting headlines in the recent newspapers like: Panchayat members to get monthly salaries (Panch- Rs. 1500/-, Dy. Sarpanch- Rs. 2000/-, Sarpanch - Rs. 2500/-). This , infact, is our dear Santa Claus Manohar Parrikar at work. Now, the otherwise non-working members of the Panchayat will be getting salaries for doing nothing. If at all any work is done by the Panchayat members, or at least the ruling camp, it is to fill their own pockets and the pockets of their respective MLAs by encouraging illegal constructions
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goanet-digestThursday, August 22 2002Volume 01 : Number 4231 - In this issue: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza on Destiny! [Goanet] Devdas & Bombay Dreams [Goanet] Links: Indian Films [Goanet] News-Sports: Tirkey, Coutinho, Laxman get Arjuna award [Goanet] 22 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS Re: [Goanet] Devdas & Bombay Dreams See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:29:07 + From: "James Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza on Destiny! Folks, This op-ed by Dinesh appeared in the Times of India, and should raise considerable heckles! Needless to say, it is characterized by gross generalizations, but nevertheless, an interesting read. Enjoy! James Times of India August 20, 2002 In the Driver?s Seat of Destiny Dinesh D?Souza The conventional wisdom is that immigrants come to America for one reason: to make money. This notion is reflected in Indian Americans who say, ?I want to have an Indian lifestyle at an American standard of living?. It is endlessly conveyed in the ?rags to riches? literature on immigrants, and it is reinforced by America?s critics, who like to think of America as buying the affection of immigrants through the promise of making them filthy rich. But this Horatio Alger narrative is woefully incomplete; indeed, it misses the real attraction of America to immigrants, and to people around the world. There is enough truth in the conventional account to give it a surface plausibility. Certainly America offers a degree of mobility and opportunity unavailable elsewhere, not even in Europe. Only in America could Vinod Khosla, the son of an Indian army officer, become a shaper of the technology industry and a billionaire to boot. America?s greatness is that it has extended the benefits of affluence, traditionally available to the very few, to a large segment in society. America is a country where ?poor? people have television sets and microwave ovens, where maids drive rather nice cars, where plumbers take their families on vacation to Europe. The typical immigrant, who is used to the mind-numbing inefficiency, and multi-layered corruption of developing countries, arrives in America to discover, to his wonder and delight, that everything works: the roads are clean and papersmooth, the highway signs are clear and accurate, the public toilets function properly, when you pick up the telephone you get a dial tone, you can even buy things from the store and then take them back. The place is full of numerous unappreciated inventions: quilted toilet paper, fabric softener, cordless phones, disposable diapers, and roll-on luggage. So, yes, in material terms America offers the newcomer a better life. Still, the material allure of America does not capture the deepest source of its appeal. Recently I asked myself how my life would have been if I had not come to America. I was raised in a middle-class family in India. I didn?t have luxuries, but I didn?t lack necessities. Materially, my life is better in the US, but it is not a fundamental difference. My life has changed far more dramatically in other ways. Had I remained in India, I would probably live my entire existence within a five-mile radius of where I was born. I would undoubtedly have married a woman of my identical religious and socio-economic background. I would face relentless pressure to become an engineer, a doctor, or a computer programmer. My socialisation would have been almost entirely within my ethnic community. I would have a whole set of opinions that could be predicted in advance. In sum, my destiny would, to a large degree, have been given to me. In America, my life has broken free of these traditional confines. At Dartmouth College, I became interested in literature, and switched my major to the humanities. Soon I developed a fascination with politics, and resolved to become a writer, which is something you can make a living doing in America, and which is not easy to do in India. I married a woman of English, Scotch-Irish, French, and German ancestry. Eventually I found myself working in the White House, even though I was not an American citizen. I cannot imagine any other country allowing a non-citizen to work in its inner citadel of government. In most of the world, even today, your identity and your fate are largely handed to you. This is not to say that you have no choice, but it is choice within given parameters. In America, by contrast, you get to write the script of your own life: What to be, where to live, whom to love, whom to marry, what to believe, what religion to practise. Some critics, both in America and abroad, have noted that this freedom to shape one?s own life i
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goanet-digest Wednesday, August 21 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4230 - In this issue: [Goanet] Communidades malfunctioning comes under fire. [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (013) [Goanet] 21 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] E-documentation service launched [Goanet] coming down to goa? [Goanet] Congratulation ! See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:35:49 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Communidades malfunctioning comes under fire. Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - - Communidades malfunctioning comes under fire. - - The association of components of communidades (ACC) of Goa held its meeting at the TB Cunha hall today. Around 50 people were present on the occasion. The president of ACC read out the progress report and a memorandum which has been sent to the Home Minister, Mr L K Advani and the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar. It memorandum outlines attrocities committed on communidade by way of large scale land grabbing and through the Land Revenue Act and usurping the powers of the communidade. The secretary of ACC, Mr Andrew Pereira, read out the report about his visit to the revenue secretary, where he pointed out the random appointments of the administrators by the government. In the open session all the members expressed dissatisfaction at the functioning of the North Zone, South Zone and Tiswadi Zone. He also pointed out the lavish expenses and high legal fees were paid to certain favourite advocates and instances were also brought out wherein the administrator allotted a plot belonging the Pilerne communidade whose allottee has already expired. Mr Juino de Souza, a Gaounkar of Serula Communidade spoke of the instances where the serula Communidade land was allegedly being looted in connivance with government officials and that the local Serula communidade committee whose term has expired in February 2001 still continues to rule the communidade under the government's patronage and government is doing nothing to either appoint new committee or hold the fresh elections in Serula communidade. Brigadier, Ian da Costa also highlighted the heavy expenses incurred by the communidade. Mr Bartholemeo de Souza and Mr Floriano Lobo also spoke. - The Navhind Times 19/8/02 page No 4 - === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy === -- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:16:46 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [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 ex
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goanet-digestTuesday, August 20 2002Volume 01 : Number 4229 - In this issue: [Goanet] Pakistan news - 3 Xtian MPs could be disqualified over bills [Goanet] NEWS: Yacht buried in Kerala for 1,010 years to be excavated [Goanet] Goa Desc Website and E-Documentation Service - launch on 20th August. [Goanet] NIO's Dr. Ansari honoured [Goanet] Re: Goans from Goa -- World Goa Day. [Goanet] Re: Goans from Goa -- World Goa Day. [Goanet] LINK: Journalism course in Goa Re: [Goanet] Goa Desc Website and E-Documentation Service - launch on 20th August. [Goanet] celebrate 20th August as World Goa Day See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 18 August 2002, 5:00 p.m. From: Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Pakistan news - 3 Xtian MPs could be disqualified over bills ISLAMABAD: Three Christian leaders who represented their community in parliament are likely to be disqualified from the upcoming election for not paying boarding and other fees to government-owned lodges. The three Christian men were identified Saturday as Father Rufin Charles, William Naz and George Clement, along with another 96 deadbeat ex-deputies from the majority Muslim community. Clement owes the Capital Development Authority, the owner of the parliament lodges and hostels,a sum of 54,000 rupees, while Fr. Charles and William Naz have unpaid bills of 45,105 and 30,495 rupees respectively. The Capital Development Authority on Saturday described the former deputies as defaulters and said only two men out of 101 ex-parliamentarians had bothered to pay their dues. Of these, 77 were former members of the National Assembly while the remaining twenty-two were former members of the Senate. According to CDA officials, the former deputies had run up bills amounting to 5 million rupees, from the highest individual arrears of 266,475 to the lowest 788 rupees. The CDA has recommended that the former legislators be barred from contesting the polls since the defaulters had ignored its notices and had failed to clear their dues. It has already written a letter to the Election Commission and its returning officers to disqualify the men, who were declared defaulters by a CDA magistrate under the Land and Revenue Act of 1967. Between the years 1990 and 1998, the government lodges were made the exclusive domain of deputies and their families. Insiders however claim that the hostels and lodges were often lent to revellers and holiday-makers who were close to the ex-parliamentarians. -- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:15:29 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Yacht buried in Kerala for 1,010 years to be excavated Yacht buried in Kerala for 1,010 years to be excavated By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (IANS) The Kerala government has decided to excavate a yacht that has been buried underground for a thousand years. The 25-metre-long and five-metre-wide yacht is located at Shertalai town, 100 km from here. Wooden samples from the yacht sent to Lucknow's National Institute of Paleo Botany have dated it as 1,010 years old, Kerala's Archaeology Minister T.M. Jacob told reporters here Sunday. Excavation will start in November. The government has earmarked Rs. 1.5 million for the exercise. Central assistance was likely. The minister claimed this would be the first occasion that a yacht would be excavated in the country. A team of experts including chemists, geologists, pathologists and others would later work on the recovered parts of the yacht. The first pieces from the yacht were found in 1995 by labourers digging at a compound at Kadakkara Pall, a coastal hamlet three km from Shertalai. But permission to examine the wooden object came only in April. Archaeologists found ropes, Chinese pottery, bones, charcoal and burnt wood just a metre below ground level. Further digging exposed the yacht's top. The minister said the yacht would be shifted to the Tripunithura Hill Palace Museum near Kochi. The place where the yacht was found will be declared a protected area. Since the news spread, many people have been flocking to the location. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:12:04 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goa Desc Website and E-Documentation Service - launch on 20th August. Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet, We at Goa Desc Resource Centre are pleased to announce the launch of our Website and E-Documentation Service on Tuesday 20th August 2002. While Goans in various parts of the world celebrate Goa Day and express solidarity we are happy to have amidst us G
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goanet-digest Monday, August 19 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4228 - In this issue: [Goanet] Ex-Students to Celebrate 75th Anniversary [Goanet] Risky monkey business [Goanet] ST MATHIAS VILLAGE BONDERAM 2002 [Goanet] Goa Day commemoration at the Betim Cross..a part of the WORLD GOAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL. [Goanet] GOA DAY PICNIC -MONTREAL 2002 [Goanet] RePost Great Adventure GetAway This Saturday!! [Goanet] Salcete taluka workshop on Children's issues [Goanet] More on Dinesh's mind See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 08:17:05 -0700 From: "John D'souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Ex-Students to Celebrate 75th Anniversary Toronto Ex-Students to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Dr. Ribeiro Goan School, Nairobi The Ex-Students are proud to announce that the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Dr. Ribeiro Goan School, Nairobi will be held in September 2003. Former Staff and Students from around the world are invited. Watch out for details in G.O.A. publications or at http://goacom.com/ Messages to the organizing group can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted by JJD'S -- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:07:37 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Risky monkey business I can vouch that if one smokes in the vincinity and just a foot away from Petrol or Gas as they say in N. America, it will not catch fire. If it has evaporated and collected in one area, there is then an explosion (combustion) and danger of a fire. Put an embezzler of funds in a place where there are no funds, he is helpless. I know a bank operated by God where a crook was given a job with access to money. He will do anything to divert funds. This goes to show that there is no bank that is safe. But many banks maintain vigilance and direct their affairs prudently. Joel in Todays News bulletin has printed this message: SHE DEFRAUDED A BANK, ALMOST! One Jennifer Fernandes, attempted to swindle two private banks of a whopping Rs.7.5 lakh by depositing two bogus banker's cheques of a third private bank. Jennifer, who has been arrested, allegedly scanned two 'banker's cheques' of the ICICI Bank and used the print-out. (H) Harshad Mehta who many trusted defrauded many. He died at age 45 (please do not consider this a punishment from God) owing the Income Tax a sum of 1000 rrore ruppees. He has impoverished the Indian Union and the consequences are manifold. Our roads, infrastructure will lack the resourses to be improved. Many will be led to prostitution and others will contract AIDS which one Goan claims, he can cure. Last week in the city of Edmonton, a Mr. Lysak working in an unobtrusive Bank of MOntreal branch was arrested for defrauding the bank to the tune of nearly 11 million dollars US. A very neat sum. He had many cars (a mercedez, BMW and other prestige cars). Little did the bank suspect that Mr. Lysak was up to tricks till they audited the books and found a discrepancy in a loan of about $250,000 Cdn. and this led to his exposure. Centurion Bank, Mapuca has a manager who was recruited by the Manager of the Panjim Branch. They both worked for a long spell with the State Bank of India and he uses a modus operandi. Retain your Fixed Deposit receipt which you think he will post ot hand over to you. Being very smart, and Brahamins are very smart for they can read the holy books and the bible and count numbers, he finds someone who can forge a customer's signiture and then rips of the customer. I recently saw a letter on the desk of a Dept. of Banking Operations and Development in the World Trade Centre offices of the RBI bringing to light another case of fraud at the Centurion Bank, Panjim. There was a triangle - a person named Sunder Ramchandani whose wife is Goan, a Nigerian (famous for jugglery of funds) and someone in the US. I could not read the letter in its entirity. Goans are fascinated by material possessions and remind me of Sancho Panza. It was his vision by day and his dream by night, and this brought him nothing but misfortune and unrest. They place their hard earned money in the hands of unscrupulous bankers for a better interest and glossy counters and slick staff. I learnt the hard way that where money is concerned, my left hand ought not to trust the right hand. Money under a matress is safer than a Bank in Goa. In East Africa in the fifties, advertisements in local newspapers asked for Goans to work in Banks. Many a Goan was 'imported' from India and Pakistan to serve Grindlays, Styandard and Barclays. This was because Goans were godfea
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goanet-digest Sunday, August 18 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4227 - In this issue: [Goanet] re: Beyond colonialism [Goanet] Goans of Kenya - Mombas -Kenya ..Greetings from Goan Community - Mombasa [Goanet] re: Beyond colonialism [Goanet] Goans from GoaWorld Goa Day [Goanet] re: Beyond colonialism Re: [Goanet] My new battle_Please bear with me [Goanet] NY and Philadelphia Related_Kafkas Metamorphosis [Goanet] Aiz Vixv Goem Disak: EK GOENKAR SORGINCHEA DARVONTEAR [Goanet] 18 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 18:52:59 - From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] re: Beyond colonialism - --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Yawn. > Joel, sorry I did not know you were asleep. Sorry to wake you up. > >Please check the reference given here. > Venantius, Margaret and I were referring to the following article published in the San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? file=/c/a/2002/07/07/IN11844.DTL I give the relevant quote below exactly as it is printed in that newspaper: "[I am not suggesting that it was the intention of the colonialists to give all these wonderful gifts to the Indians. Colonialism was not based on philanthropy: It was a form of conquest and rule. The English came to India to govern, and they were not primarily interested in the development of the natives, whom they viewed as picturesque savages. It is impossible to measure, or overlook, the pain and humiliation that was inflicted by the rulers over their long period of occupation. Understandably the Indians chafed under this yoke. Toward the end of the British reign in India, Mahatma Gandhi was asked, "What do you think of Western civilization?" He replied, "I think it would be a good idea." Despite their suspect motives and bad behavior, however, the British needed a certain amount of infrastructure in order to effectively govern India. So they built roads, shipping docks, railway tracks, irrigation systems and government buildings. Then the British realized that they needed courts of law to adjudicate disputes that went beyond local systems of dispensing justice. And so the English legal system was introduced, with all its procedural novelties, such as "innocent until proven guilty."]" > >Good idea to show Mr. D'Souza in a favourable >light: I hadn't thought of that. > Now, I wonder why you feel that way! Cheers, Santosh -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 20:00:50 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goans of Kenya - Mombas -Kenya ..Greetings from Goan Community - Mombasa - - Original Message - From: Ivan Fernandes To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: GOA DAY 2002 - Greetings from Goan Community - Mombasa Dear Rene, The Goan Community of Mombasa joins all fellow Goans , their families and friends of the Goan Community worldwide in celebrating GOA DAY 2002 . Such initiatives to promote cohesion and goodwill amongst our community are events that are necessary to uphold our Goan heritage and create a platform to share our ambitions in the fast changing world . As we all celebrate GOA DAY today , let us all make an extra effort throughout the coming year to network more regularly globally for the betterment of all of us. With best wishes . Theo D'Souza. Trustee Goan Community Mombasa. Aug 17th 2002. -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:09:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] re: Beyond colonialism Those who checked the reference I gave realize that I did not alter anything at all in quoting Dinesh D'Souza. My motives are less sinister than some make out. Enough joking. The most worrisome part of Dinesh D'souza's views is that they do not help to slow the "Coca Colization" of the world. One Muhammad Yunus is worth a hundred thousand or more Dinesh D'Souzas, in terms of finding feasible solutions to poverty and suffering. This speech by Prof. Yunus is worth reading, for those with a few minutes to spare. It tells a real-life story. http://www.grameen-info.org/agrameen/speech.php3?speech=1 This innovation from Bangladesh (a country once labelled a "basket case" by Henry Kissinger) has been imported into the USA, among other countries in the world. Such examples hopefully inspire youngsters in the former colonies to attempt even greater things.
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goanet-digestSaturday, August 17 2002Volume 01 : Number 4226 - In this issue: [Goanet] Goan of Quebec - Canada. [Goanet] World Goa day Message [Goanet] LINK: www.southernbirdwing.com [Goanet] Welcome to a new member... [Goanet] questions for Dinesh D'Souza [Goanet] do u know this person [Goanet] Beyond colonialism [Goanet] Muhammad Yunus Re: [Goanet] Beyond colonialism Re: [Goanet] Fr. Rebeiro [Goanet] Public Meeting on Sunday 18th to discuss Saligao garbage problem. [Goanet] re: Beyond colonialism [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (012) See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 07:23:21 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goan of Quebec - Canada. Friends , Stories told in photographs - Goan of Quebec - Canada. http://community.webshots.com/album/40829621IwPlKl rene -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:24:57 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] World Goa day Message - - Original Message - From: Ron Sardessai To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:53 PM Subject: World Goa day Message MESSAGE We are very happy to celebrate World Goa Day this year, and would like to thank Mr. Rene Barretto and others for initiating this wonderful and coalescing tradition. We feel a special sense of pride and fulfillment to join in commemorating an event that cherishes and honors our common heritage. We take great pleasure in wishing all Goan and Goaphiles, wherever they may be, a delightful World Goa Day. Best Wishes and Warm Regards. Dr. Ranjan M. sardessai Co-Chairman 2002 Goan Convention Goan Organization in America Houston, Texas, USA -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:24:48 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] LINK: www.southernbirdwing.com URL : http://www.southernbirdwing.com Southern Birdwing- Guide for Goan Wildlife Animal Animal Lovers package tours sightseeing goa sightseeing sight seeing India Goa forests jungles goa conservation of natural habitats rehabilitation crocodiles snakes birds animals flowers veterinary wildlife preservers tourist wildlife in goa preserving wildlife wild animals in goa harvey neil goan tarzans trazan taking care of animals in Goa goan wildlife preservers help for animals This is for all Goans and Tourists, who know a little about Goa's Wildlife. It has taken us tremendous time and efforts in bringing the best of Goa to you. Thanking all the People near and far for the wonderful support in making a dream come true . Animals Surf through our site and get to know all about the wildlife out there, waiting for you . marsh mugger This site is designed by [1]Quantum Designs -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:55:14 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Welcome to a new member... Welcome to a new member of this network... from Nashik. FN - -- Forwarded message -- Dear Sir, Kindly put me on the mailing list of your network of your goa network across the world and furnish me some more details. Thanks and God bless, Fr. Augustine Silveira, S.J Parish Priest Holy cross church, Laxmibai tilak chowk, Nashik - 422002 Phone : 0091 - 253 - 597591 __ Give your Company an email address like ravi @ ravi-exports.com. Sign up for Rediffmail Pro today! Know more. http://www.rediffmailpro.com/signup/ -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 01:50:26 -0400 From: "M Mascarenhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] questions for Dinesh D'Souza I would like to ask Dinesh D'Souza, applying the same rationalization he uses in viewing colonialism and the Holocaust as ultimately beneficial, whether he agrees that it follows that we should perceive Terrorism in the same light. Should we be "cheering" for Bin Laden because, as a result of his attack on the WTC and Pentagon, the Afghan people were liberated from the Taliban? And does he mean to imply that oppression is necessary, or to be dismissed offhand in the larger scheme of things, because it ultimately produces "beneficial effects" when the oppressed fight back? Margaret Mascarenhas -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:27:08 +0530 From: Ashley Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] do u know this pers
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goanet-digestSaturday, August 17 2002Volume 01 : Number 4225 - In this issue: [Goanet] GOANS of Tanga, Tanzania, are celebrating the GOA DAY [Goanet] NEWS-GOA: I-Day public shooed away [Goanet] GOANS OF TANZANIA - .ARUSHA [Goanet] My web page [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN - Renewed pledge to protect non-Muslims [Goanet] PLEASE SIGN AND REBROADCAST - HELP SAVE INDIA=20 [Goanet] 17 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] 17 AUG: GOACOM NEST CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 06:39:32 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GOANS of Tanga, Tanzania, are celebrating the GOA DAY - - Original Message - From: "kalpna rebello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GOAN HERITAGE DAY celebrated by Tanga, Tanzania Hi Rene, Allow me to congratulate and commend you for your efforts in promoting unity and solidarity among the Goans in different parts of the world. CONGRATULATION! We in Tanga, Tanzania, are celebrating the GOA DAY on Sunday 18th August, 2002, at the TANGA INSTITUTE (formerly Goan Institute) from 1 p.m. onwards, with lunch, Goan Cultural dances and skits, Tombola and Disco/Dance. In commemoration of this very special day, I take this opportunity to say on behalf of the Goan Community of Tanga "CONGRATULATIONS AND WISHING ALL GOANS A HAPPY AND ENJOYABLE GOAN HERITAGE DAY. MAY WE ALL LIVE IN UNITY AND PROSPERITY" LONG LIVE GOA ! LONG LIVE GOANS ! Regards, Lazarus Rebello Chairman St. Xavier's Society (Goan Community) Tanga -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 00:42:20 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS-GOA: I-Day public shooed away I-DAY: PUBLIC SHOOED AWAY [Times of India, Aug 16, 2002] Times News Network Panaji: For parents accompanying their children to the Independence Day function near the state secretariat here, it was a strange experience. The police did not allow them anywhere near the venue for security reasons. While there was no threat from any organisation, the entire area was cordoned off much before the function began. Members of the public were asked to stand half a kilometre away from the venue. Only those people with invitation cards were allowed to enter and occupy the seat after a security check. Such invitations were given to ministers, MLAs, government officers and other employees besides freedom fighters and chosen BJP activists. Several citizens told the police that they would stand and watch the function where Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar would hoist the tricolour, but the police did not budge. A senior police official, however, said there was no threat but the bandobust was a routine exercise. As it was a state-level function, the department had taken extra precautions. 'PRABHAT FERI' A DAMP AFFAIR Times News Network Panaji: More than a thousand school children on Thursday took out a 'Prabhat Feri' (morning procession) in Panaji city on the occasion of Independence Day celebrations. After the procession they all joined the state function near the State Secretariat, where they got drenched due to a mild shower before the flag hoisting. The children were not provided any shelter but were made to stand by the side of th eroad to watch the ceremony. (ENDS) -- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 07:10:10 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GOANS OF TANZANIA - .ARUSHA Goemkars ! On the occasion of International Goa Day, my wife Pervin joins me in wishing all of you a very Happy International Goa Day!! Please extend our felicitations to the other Goans in London who may be knowing us. We are celebrating Goa Day at the club in Arusha with a disco dance, Bingo, Speeches, a Jumble sale and Booz!! Best Regards, Merwyn. Wildersun Safaris Postal Address: P.O.Box 2587 Arusha, Tanzania. Physical Add: Plot 29 / E, Joel Maeda Road, Arusha, Tanzania. Office Telephone: 2548847 2548849 2503880 2502491 2503571 Mobile Number: 255 744 287 666 Home Telephone: 2544589 FAX: 2548223 International Dialing Code: 255 27 Code when dialing from Kenya: 007 27 E-Mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our Web site at: http://www.wildersun.com -- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:58:13 -0400 From: "Chrystal Gomes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] My web page Hi there, How about visiting my web page when you have a moment. I would welcome any feedback you may have. I know the advertisements on the free websites are some
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goanet-digest Friday, August 16 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4224 - In this issue: [Goanet] Corrupt and Indian [Goanet] Hypocricy [Goanet] Fr. Rebeiro [Goanet] =?iso-8859-1?Q?The_Times_=28UK=29:_Chorao_Island_.?= Re: [Goanet] ...and you thought journalists were not human [Goanet] My new battle [Goanet] Gandhi on Western Civilization Re: [Goanet] ...and you thought journalists were not human See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:53:55 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Corrupt and Indian CORRUPTION IN INDIA India Today of May 6th. 2002 has an editorial entitled 'Corrupt and Indian' , One way out is a mechanism of checks and balances. It is a shameful admission that as the saying goes, 'When a fish rots, the process starts from the head'. India has the shameful distinction of being one of the most corrupt bereaucracies in the world. The Bangladeshis are not far behind. We keep diverting the issue by speaking and writing about our computer experts and the progress India has made in this field. Small comfort as the percentage of illiterates in India is very high compared with those who understand the labyrinthian manipulations of IT technology. I feel that the desire to avoid poverty forces Indians to strive to excel in Information Technology if one is fortunate. Failing this, one has an alternative i.e. to join Indian bureaucracy and adopt corrupt attitudes. The Sub-Inspector investigating my case of fraud recently informed me that I was lucky that like another Goan,I had lost a small sum in comparison. I was advised to place any money I intended to give him in an envelope and not to hand him cash in the sight of others. And I had just embarked on the complaint against the Bank Manager and the deceased Chartered Accountant who had both defrauded me (the Goan wife of the CA was also implicated). Met a Catholic lady seated in the office of the Collector in Mapuca. She complained that one member of the staff was demanding Rs.5000.00 to satisfy her application for change of name on the ownership papers of her property. When I pointed this out to Mr. Naik, the Collector, he placed the blame on the public who he claimed initiated this malpractice by offering bribes. It is difficult for a Goan to do anything that needed the sanction of a bureaucrat without greasing palms. And however much one complained, no body seems to be listening - not even the Chief Minister of a tiny state as Goa is. India, and Goa in particular, cannot afford to be a banana republic in its administrative behaviour. We deserve what we get. The citizens of Aldona constituency recently voted in a corrupt Congressman who has been playing musical chairs from Aldon to Thivim and has returned to Aldona. Ayres Rodrigues aptly compares the MLA's to stray dogs. Others refer to them as 40 thieves with Ali Baba being the CM. Fortunately, the current CM could be considered more honest (I will not sign a clean bill of honesty though) than the past CM's. I have noted the interest taken by the CM as he spends 4 mornings a week (2 to the public) to attend or listen to grievances of the citizenry. His performance prior to the recent elections had endeared the citizenry to his BJP Party and many in the minority communities voted for him. But corruption will continue to be a major problem to all governments present and future as it has been to the past governments. I am glad that I am not within the jurisdiction of the Government and bureaucrats who I criticize. Newspaper reporters based in Goa are careful not to lock horns with the politicians of Goa for fear that they might lose the means to earn the food they must place on their tables. Without institutionalised checks and balances and without the carrot and stick of the bureaucrats in power, how is the evil of corruption to be eradicated? Indian progress is mired in a cess-pool of corruption and no one is bold enough to wade into this pool to dredge it of its filth. This cesspool is where many a bureaucrat seeks shelter in like pigs. Edgar Martins -- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:05:14 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Hypocricy A Baptist man lived in a traditional Catholic neighborhood.Every Friday, the Catholics were driven crazy because, while they were morosely eating fish, the Baptist was outside barbecuing steaks.The Catholics worked on the Baptist, attempting to convert him to Catholicism. Finally, after much pleading and some threats, the Catholicssucceeded. They took the Baptist to a priest who sprinkled Holy Water on the man while saying, &quo
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goanet-digest Friday, August 16 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4223 - In this issue: [Goanet] GOA-NEWS: NIO developing underwater robots with Portugal [Goanet] BOOK REVIEW Disputed Mission, Jesuit Experiments and Brahmanical [Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO:Vermi composting: a household solution to problems of solid waste disposal. [Goanet] Variety: Blockbuster to be filmed in Goa, Mumbai & Rajastan [Goanet] Thie Goa, Daman and Diu Day [none] [Goanet] ...and you thought journalists were not human See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:18:11 +0530 From: "Vicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GOA-NEWS: NIO developing underwater robots with Portugal >From deccan herald/ Aug 13 India plans to expand EEZ NIO developing underwater robots in collaboration with Portugal >From Devika Sequeira DH News Service PANAJI, Aug 12 With the marine geophysical survey well under way, India could soon gain an additional 1 million square kilometres along its legal continental shelf (LCS). This would extend the country's exclusive economic zone to 350 nautical miles from the present 200 nautical miles off the coast, say officials of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO). The survey, being jointly conducted by scientists of the NIO and the National Geophysical Research Institute and coordinated by the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) has been underway for the past four years. India which has upto 2009 to file its claim before the United Nation's Seabed Authority, expects to finish the survey within a year and file its claim by 2004. An extended floor zone (the claim can be made only on the sea floor and not the waters or its living resources) gives countries with the technological know-how a distinct advantage to explore gas hydrates. "We can map the whole area in detail and look closely at the mineral wealth there," the director of NIO Dr Ehrlich Desa told 'Deccan Herald'. India's leading marine research institute, the NIO is also in the process of developing an "intelligent" underwater robot in collaboration with Portugal's Institute of Robotics. Known technically as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) these small robotic sets will serve as "an extended arm of a ship" and will be programmed to measure underwater temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, the light field and so on, says Dr Desa. The AUV programme is just one among the many bilateral ventures undertaken by the NIO. There are four more in the pipeline with Portugal, which still has strong linguistic ties with Goa, 8 with Russia, some with France and the USA. Started purely as a government funded institute in 1966 under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the NIO is today self-sustaining with commissioned research, says Dr Desa. Last year it earned Rs 9 crore from research contracts undertaken for the government and Rs 5 crore came from the corporate sector. Among the on-going programmes, is the national gas hydrates project for the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) for Rs 3.5 crore and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for Rs 6.5 crore. The GAIL survey is being carried out on the west coast off Goa, and the ONGC one on the east coast off the Krishna-Godavari basin./ends -- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 01:24:40 -0600 (MDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] BOOK REVIEW Disputed Mission, Jesuit Experiments and Brahmanical Knowledge... Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:35:08 +0530 From: "D. Mendonça" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: GoaNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk BOOK REVIEW Ines G. Zupanov. Disputed Mission: Jesuit Experiments and Brahmanical Knowledge in Seventeenth-century India. (Oxford India Paperbacks) New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. xvi+277pp. ISBN 019565882 - 5. The issue of Robert Nobili ?going native?, in order to convert the Brahmins in India to Christianity in the XVII century, has generated as much disquiet and debates as inspiration in missiological field. Disputed Mission gives a detailed account of that debate better known as the Indian or Malabar Rites controversy, which dominated the first half of the XVII century. The nucleus of that famous controversy was the Jesuit Madurai Mission in Tamil Nadu in South India. The two main disputants or warring Jesuit missionaries were Robert Nobili (the creator and protagonist of the controversy) and Gonçalo Fernandes. But soon it became a controversy among the Jesuits or as some might like to say a clash between the Italian and Portuguese Jesuit mentalities (pp. 68, 143
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goanet-digestThursday, August 15 2002Volume 01 : Number 4222 - In this issue: [Goanet] Calangute resident needs help [Goanet] Coconut Oil Information is FALSE [Goanet] Konkani Drama - Tujea Kallzak Vinchar [Goanet] My new battle [Goanet] INVESTIGATION: Groups linked to BJP get prime land at throwaway rates, says Indian Express [Goanet] Sexual abuse in American churchs - Goan priest accused [Goanet] 'Coconut oil healthiest oil on earth' [Goanet] "Viva Bonderam" on World Goa Day [Goanet] Salcete panchayats face garbage disposal problem. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:53:02 +0300 From: "Agnelo Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Calangute resident needs help "Joaquim Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/14/02 at 02:26 PM posted the following on CalanguteNet: Calangute resident needs urgent help Appeal published in both The Navhind Times and the Herald today. Andrew Fernandes, aged 35, resident of Calangute is stricken with blood cancer (Leukemia). Besides coming from a poor family, he has three small school going children and no other source of income. Advanced medical attention will cost a sum of Rs 6 lakhs. You are kindly requested to make a contribution and also let other people know about it. Contributions can be made to account number 0048123034020, Centurion Bank, Calangute, or any other branch in India. May also be handed over to any of the below mentioned: Fr Pio, St Alex Church, Calangute; Mr Philip Dias, Umtavaddo; Mr Alex Fernandes (Boatkar), Maddavaddo or Mr Albert Fernandes, Sauntavaddo. Please do not hand over any contributions to anybody else. (This appeal is issued by the Village Panchayat of Calangute) Fellow Goans and especially Calangutkar Netters, As we proudly celebrate our Independence Day today and prepare to celebrate the Goan Heritage Day in a few days time, could we be so kind enough to help his young man in this time of his need? I am sure, all of the Netters can surely contribute towards this most worthy cause and make this Goan Heritage Day a day to remember. I may be kindly excused if I have overstepped the bounds of my participation herewith, but I couldn't resist the temptation of sending this request to worldwide Goans, personally appealing to help this "young father of three school going kids". God Bless us all and our families. Agnelo Fernandes (a Calangutkar) -- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:22:38 - From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Coconut Oil Information is FALSE > > 'Coconut oil healthiest oil on earth' > > By Vasantha Arora, Indo-Asian News Service > The health-related information contained in the above article is FALSE. This article is full of gross distortion and misrepresentation of facts. I give below a point-by-point refutation of the statements contained in it. > >Coconut oil, which is generally believed to be bad >for the heart and full of cholesterol, is now being feted by an >American doctor as the "the healthiest oil on earth". > Bruce Fife is not a doctor who practices conventional medicine. Coconut oil is the most unhealthy vegetable oil on earth. It contains the highest amount (91%) of saturated fat of any vegetable oil. Saturated fat raises one's cholesterol and low density lipoprotein levels, which predispose to high blood pressure, ischemic heart disease and stroke. The American Dietetic Association and the American Heart Association strongly recommend people to minimize the intake of coconut oil. > > Based on his research and study, Fife says that if used daily for >cooking purposes coconut oil could help protect users from heart >disease, cancer, and other degenerative conditions, improve >digestion, strengthen the immune system, and evn help you lose excess >weight. > None of the above research has been published in the peer-reviewed medical literature. Bruce Fife has not published anything on coconut oil in the medical literature. There is absolutely no scientific evidence for any of the claims made above. > > Modern research seems to back up the claims. Once wrongly accused of > increasing cholesterol levels, coconut oil is now being used by >doctors in the treatment of a variety of disorders, Fife says. > The above claims are absolute nonsense. No modern research backs any of the said claims. No conventional doctor who practices rational evidence-based modern medicine uses coconut oil in the treatment of any disorder. > > Clinical studies have shown coconut
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goanet-digestThursday, August 15 2002Volume 01 : Number 4221 - In this issue: [Goanet] INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE [Goanet] On the occasion of World GOAN HERITAGE Day ! [Goanet] NEWS-GOA India plans to extend EEz [Goanet] NEWS: How Jana Gana Mana became India's national anthem [Goanet] MAD POLITICIANS AND STRAY DOGS RULE GOA [Goanet] NEWS: 'Coconut oil healthiest oil on earth' [Goanet] Looking for: Bonnie & Fiona Fernandes, Dubai [Goanet] LEARNING ABOUT PLANTS Re: [Goanet] MAD POLITICIANS AND STRAY DOGS RULE GOA [Goanet] 15 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:00:49 +0530 From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE Goa Su-Raj Party wishes one and all a very happy National Independence Day- 2002 Jai Hind. Issued by: Public Relations Cell Goa Su-Raj Party -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 17:26:43 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] On the occasion of World GOAN HERITAGE Day ! World GOAN HERITAGE DAY ! On the occasion of World GOAN HERITAGE Day, the International Goan Organization in Toronto, Canada is delighted to send our warmest greetings. In the words of the first Prime Minister of India, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru "Goa has a distinct personality and we should preserve it with great pride." This celebration, by Goans all over the world, serves as an opportunity to reminisce, and reaffirm our distinct cultural heritage. Congratulations! Zulema de Souza, President -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:13:06 +0530 From: "Vicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS-GOA India plans to extend EEz >From deccan herald Aug 13 India plans to extend EEZ NIO developing underwater robots in collaboration with Portugal >From Devika Sequeira DH News Service PANAJI, Aug 12 With the marine geophysical survey well under way, India could soon gain an additional 1 million square kilometres along its legal continental shelf (LCS). This would extend the country's exclusive economic zone to 350 nautical miles from the present 200 nautical miles off the coast, say officials of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO). The survey, being jointly conducted by scientists of the NIO and the National Geophysical Research Institute and coordinated by the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) has been underway for the past four years. India has upto 2009 to file its claim for the extended zone, but oceanographers said they expected to finish the survey within a year and file the claim by 2004. The director of NIO Dr Erlich De Sa said the extension of the continental shelf would give India the advantage of being able to map the area in detail, and explore the mineral wealth, particularly gas hydrates. -- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 01:24:11 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: How Jana Gana Mana became India's national anthem How Jana Gana Mana became India's national anthem >From Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) For most Indians, the most enduring image associated with Independence Day is the unfurling of the tricolour flag from the ramparts of the ancient Red Fort here, followed by the strains of the national anthem. But few Indians would know how "Jana Gana Mana", composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911, two years before he won the Nobel Prize for literature, came to be India's national anthem. While it is clear that "Jana Gana Mana" was sung for the first time at the Kolkata session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911, a controversy still rages over whether the song was actually meant to welcome King George V, as was reported in some leading newspapers of that time. It is on this ground that many had opposed the eventual choice of this song as the national anthem of free India. While Tagore reportedly never contradicted these rumours, many of his staunch supporters contended that a deeply patriotic man like him would have composed a song in honour of the British monarch. As the national movement gathered steam, Jana Gana Mana's popularity increased by leaps and bounds. Two other very popular songs during the freedom struggle were "Vande Mataram", from "Anand Math", written by Bengali novelist Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and "Saare Jahan Se Achcha" by Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal. In many cases, British authorities, who were eager to crush any nationalist feelings among Indians during those years, had eq
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goanet-digest Wednesday, August 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4220 - In this issue: [Goanet] WORLD GOAN HERITAGE celebrations [Goanet] STRAYS ANIMALS HC TO HEAR PIL [Goanet] EVENT: Readings by authors [Goanet] Freedom [Goanet] TiTs&BiTs (011) See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:36:40 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] WORLD GOAN HERITAGE celebrations - - Original Message - From: "Joe Pereira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:36 AM WORLD GOAN HERITAGE celebrations Hi Rene It is indeed a great pleasure for me to see the growing solidarity amongst Goans the world over. Seeing buds of unity sprouting in different parts of the world in a community that otherwise seems to be leaning more towards individualism, is indeed encouraging and promising to us all. Over the years we have, and probably will continue to encounter numerous challenges that threaten the very ideals of unity, and fellowship. However, it is through forums like this and the vision it carries, that the positives will far outweigh the negatives. Rene, I wish to commend you for your persistence and being in the forefront in promoting Goan unity. Well done! We in Tanzania are celebrating the 110th anniversary of the Goan community in the country today, 14th August 2002. Holy Mass is being celebrated at the St Joseph's Cathedral, the church that goes back in to a long history of links with the community. While we also wish one another Happy Anniversary, I wish to congratulate all Goans the world over on the Goa Heritage Day. May love , peace and unity dwell amongst us not only on these auspicious days but every day thereafter. Dev Borem Korum. Mungu Abariki Wagoa wote Joe Pereira Chairman St Xavier's Society Goan Community Dar es salaam -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:32:53 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] STRAYS ANIMALS HC TO HEAR PIL STRAYS ANIMALS HC TO HEAR PIL ON AUGUST 27TH A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justice S Radhakrishnan and Justice P.V. Hardas today directed that the Public Interest Litigation filed by the Convenor of "People for Elimination of Stray Troubles" (P.E.S.T), regarding the Stray Animal Menace on the roads and public places be taken up for final hearing on August 27th. Pleading for an early hearing of the petition Adv. Aires Rodrigues representing the "People for Elimination of Stray Troubles" (P.E.S.T), today told the bench the petition needed early consideration as incidents of dog-bites, and accidents had reached alarming dangerous proportions and that the authorities have failed to take steps to eliminate the menace of stray animals. The petition has already been admitted and fixed for final hearing. The Petition urges the Court to order and direct the authorities to discharge their obligatory responsibilities under the respective Acts for the confinement or elimination of stray dogs/cattle and for preventing and checking the spread of dangerous diseases and accidents. The Petitioner has also prayed that the Animal Welfare Organizations be restrained from interfering with the Municipal/ Panchayat Authorities in the discharge of their responsibilities under the relevant provisions Of the Goa Municipalities Act/ Goa Panchayat Raj Act, failing which the Animal Welfare Organizations must accept all the legal and financial responsibilities for losses suffered by the public due to the priority and greater value being given to stray animals rather than to humans. -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:26:26 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] EVENT: Readings by authors Fundacao Oriente is finalising plans to hold its history reading series. It is aimed at featuring four writers whose works are based on Indo-Portuguese themes: The tentative programme is: * Aug 31: Dr Pius Malekhandattil Reading from Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India, 1500-1663 * Sep 14: Dr Fatima da Silva Gracias Reading from Beyond the Self -- Santa Case de Misericordia de Goa. * Sep 28: Dr Delio Mendonca Reading from Conversions & Citizenry * Oct 12: Dr Pratima Kamat Reading from Farar Far - Local Resistance to Colonial Hegemony in Goa 1510-1912. Kindly await a confirmation of details and programme. -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 17:32:21 +0400 From: "Fraidy Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Freedom This is
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goanet-digest Wednesday, August 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4219 - In this issue: [Goanet] Goa Heritage Day was very aptly kicked-off in Goa [Goanet] Another Elvis? [Goanet] Computer students serve ultimatum to resolve grievances by August 15. [Goanet] WORLD Goan Heritage CELEBRATIONS in Arusha.Tanzania. [Goanet] New book on US diplomacy and fall of Goa (1961) [Goanet] 14 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Four Goan industries for Kampala... [Goanet] NEWS: Foreign-born Mother Teresa the greatest Indian: survey See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:25:37 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goa Heritage Day was very aptly kicked-off in Goa Vivian D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, August 13, 2002 Goa Day kick-off ! Vivian D Souza in Goa Goa Heritage Day was very aptly kicked-off in Goa with a very enjoyable performance by the Goa State String Orchestra at the Kala Academy Auditorium in Panjim. The Guest of Honour was Mr. Pratap Singh Rane, the former Chief Minister, and Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, and currently leader of the Opposition Congress Party. The orchestra comprising of about 20 young musicians was brilliantly led by Conductor and Baso Continuo Nigel Dixon. Selections were played from famous composers such as Johann Pachebel, Antonio Vivaldi, Edward Elger, Johann Sebastian Bach and W.A. Mozart. The audience showed their appreciation with their thunderous applause at the end of each selection. It was a very memorable event, an inaugural performance for this young and very talented group, which desrves the financial support of the Goan diaspora to nurture and preserve this very important part of Goa's cultural heritage. Hats off to Nigel Dixon for singlehandedly putting together this group of talented musicians. Surely a labour of love for music brought to fruition. Best wishes to all the Goan Heritage Day events being held all over the World, from a Goa cloaked in green splendour by the monsoon rains. Vivian A. D'Souza Photgraphs by Vivian at - www.goa-world.net > GOAN COMMUNITY IN ACTION WORLDWIDE > Goa State String Orchestra at the Kala Academy Auditorium in Panjiman Possible Duplication -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:52:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Another Elvis? With one Elvis fan owning as much as half a pound of his late idol's hair, it's possible that the entertainer could be cloned, reports The Memphis Commercial Appeal. "We can do it," says Dr. Dan Goldowitz, a member of the mouse genome project and the director of the Center of Excellence for Genonomics and Bioinformatics at the University of Tennessee. "The only problem is that there's a tendency for genetic abnormality of occur. We'd get an Elvis, but maybe he would just want to deliver the mail." __ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 03:15:42 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Computer students serve ultimatum to resolve grievances by August 15. Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - - Computer students serve ultimatum to resolve grievances by August 15. - - The final year diploma students agitating against the change in the admission procedure to the computer engineering degree course, today served the government with an ultimatum to resolve their grievances by August 15, failing which they threatened to intensify their agitation. A delegation of students is believed to have met the Director of Technical Education to put forward their grievances regarding the change in the admission procedure, who gave them a patient hearing and informed the students that the matter had been put forward before the Chief Minister, who is expected to take a decision on the admission process shortly. Meanwhile, the computer engineering students of Fr Agnel Polytechnic, Verna continued their peaceful agitation at the Panaji ferry jetty with the hunger strike entering the third day and their strength increasing to 50 with support to
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goanet-digestTuesday, August 13 2002Volume 01 : Number 4218 - In this issue: [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (010) [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY CELEBRATIONS 2002 Re: [Goanet] - In defense of our Heritage -MODI-BRAHMI Re: [Goanet] Undeveloped Language - What Nonsense! [none] [Goanet] Death Notice [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY [Goanet] WORLD GOAN HERITAGE celebrations -London .KONKANI VARIETY SHOW - 11 Aug 02 [Goanet] GOACOM-INSYS DIVERSIFIES See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:07:47 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [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 -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:38:10 +0530 From: "Daniel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:
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goanet-digestTuesday, August 13 2002Volume 01 : Number 4217 - In this issue: [Goanet] Message for World Goan Heritage Day [Goanet] Sport TT Tournament (Aldona) [Goanet] Banyan trees on Sinquerim Plateau: Goan Heritage ? [Goanet] HERALD: Tuesday Tunes [Goanet] Re: GOANWORLD - GOAN HERITAGE...events and celebrations for Month of August 2002 [Goanet] 13 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 05:51:10 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Message for World Goan Heritage Day Original Message - From: Archbishop House To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Message for World Goan Heritage Day Archbishop's House, Mumbai 41 13th August 2002 Message On the occasion of World GOAN HERITAGE Day I send my greetings and best wishes. It is indeed heartening to note that Goans all over the world will be celebrating their heritage of which they need to be proud of. I appeal to everyone who will be celebrating this event to always remember the rich cultural traditions by which Goa and Goans, in particular, can be identified with anywhere in the world. May the occasion be memorable. Ivan Cardinal Dias Archbishop of Bombay -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:11:47 +0530 From: "CALISTO DESOUZA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Sport TT Tournament (Aldona) BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS Amit Naik will clash with his brother Arun Naik in the finals of Men's singles table tennis tournament conducted by Aldona Institute, Aldona. In the semi-finals, Arun came from behind to overcome stiff opposition from Simon D'Souza in a set extended to seven games 9-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6. His brother Amit defeated Michael Correia in a straight set of 11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8. The finals will be held at 10 A.M on 15 August at the Club premises before a large crowd that will gather for the flag hoisting ceremony and the General Knowledge Quiz exclusively for individuals in the audience. The prize distribution of the Juniors and Seniors TT tournament and felicitation for academic excellence will be held immediately after the quiz. There will be a jam session with DJ. Ryan Sparks to provide electrifying music for the youth and the young at heart from 6 pm on wark. Macbeth Rocha Miguel Braganza President Treasurer _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:28:20 + From: "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Banyan trees on Sinquerim Plateau: Goan Heritage ? As Goans worldwide celebrate Goan Heritage Day, Goa Desk (Mapusa) issued a warning of resistance to a massive hotel project on Sinquerim Plateau. Goa Desk could also bring it to the notice of the authorities concerned and the Goan public in general the existence of 2 banyan trees that can be seen from the Panjim bridge on the top of the Sinquerim plateau. These trees duas árvores de gralha" are mentioned in the early 16th century Portuguese rutters to their ship-pilots to recognize their arrival in Goa. If they were such good land marks at that time, they must have been already very old by then! A pity that no one so far has declared them to be Goan national heritage. It is important that Goans concerned with celebrations of Goan Heritage widen their concept of heritage to include more than just the language, songs and sorpotel! Teotonio R. de Souza -- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:25:01 +0530 From: "Frederick Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] HERALD: Tuesday Tunes www.oherald.com dated August 13, 2002 TUESDAY TUNES Parrikar, RSS & Gujarat CHIEF MINISTER Manohar Parrikar was all glee when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Venkaiah Naidu was in Goa on a two-day visit last week. At the press conference as well as at the workers' meetings, Naidu addressed, lauding Parrikar, he said it was the party under his leadership which had reversed the national trend of BJP losing one state after another. Wait a moment, that was not all. He announced that Parrikar would be one of the main speakers for the assembly elections to be held in some states later this year or early next year. To begin with, the BJP should make it a point to take Parrikar to Gujarat as Narendra Modi apparently learnt quite a few things from his Goa counterpart, though it didn't click the first time the pa
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goanet-digest Monday, August 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4216 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] Undeveloped Language - What Nonsense! [Goanet] Re: World Youth Day 2002 - Goanet [Goanet] Communal Peace: White Ribbon, Aug 15 [Goanet] NEWS: India greets runaway graft with sadness but no surprise [Goanet] South West railway zone in India from April 2003 [Goanet] Resistance building up against hotel project. [Goanet] GOANWORLD - GOAN HERITAGE...events and celebrations for Month of August 2002 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:54:08 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Undeveloped Language - What Nonsense! In a message dated 8/11/02 8:44:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << KONKANI AND PANDORA'S BOX: "A developed language is a pre-requisite >for a developed society. It is therefore absurd to search for Goa's >Asmitai or identity in Konkani, which is nothing but an undeveloped >form of Marathi, according to the principles of the science of >language. Marathi is India's third great and one of the major >languages in the world. Denial to it its rightful claim in Official >Language Act, 1987, was a serious matter." >(Jaisinghrao V Rane in Panorama-NT) > >> Those of us of Indian origin and Goans in particular have to learn the meaning of 'Enough is Enough' and not beat their drums to the same rythm. They become boring and intollerable and I can understand the feelings of Santosh and Samir and many others who cherish the fact (after having spilt blood) that we have our own language recognised by the Government of India. No one should be forced to study Konkani and if they choose to learn and speak Marathi, so be it. Marathi speaking Goans should note that they make life for themselves more difficult if they persist in not knowing Konkani. There are a host of languages that are akin to each other without controversy. The Spaniards can claim that Portuguese is a root of Spanish and it is so. But after centuries of development and use, it has become a language in its own right. Similarly, Dutch, Swiss German, Austrian and even the language of Alsace Lorraine and the Saarland are derived from the German Sprache. So what, there is no controversy in Europe over their identities. So why in India and in Goa in particular should someone like Jaisinghrao Rane, whose ancestors were given shelter in Goa and who helped the Portuguese Army dominate Indians and Africans (The Rane's served in the Portuguese Army in Africa) attempt to make such a ridiculous statement? We in Goa are happy to live with Konkani and no one is forced to learn it. Those who maintain that we should accept the predominant position of Marathi should just step over the border to live where they are comfortable. Well said Santosh and I do hope that you have found a cure for AIDS. Edgar Martins -- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:08:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: World Youth Day 2002 - Goanet By Eugene Correia Tears were streaming from the eyes of many viewers when the lights came on at the end of the world premiere of Mother Teresa: The Legacy, a 55-minute long documentary, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Canadian Exhibition Place (CNE), on July 24. The Petrie sisters, Ann and Jeanette, who produced and directed the documentary, received a standing ovation for the portrayal of the last days of the Nobel Prize winner who dedicated her life to the "poorest of the poor" in Kolkatta, and the footage of her state funeral. Present among the 1,300 invitees at the screening were Aline Chretien, wife of Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who represented Canada at the Mother's funeral. Seating next to Mrs. Chretien was India's Acting High Commissioner Parbati Sen Vyas. At least 20 nuns belonging to the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, sat in the auditorium along with many priests. At least 15,000 participants at the World Youth Day saw the documentary projected on giant screen at Centennial Park in the CNE. Winner of numerous international awards, including two Emmy Awards, for their earlier film called Mother Teresa , which premiered at the United Nations in 1985 and was broadcast in more than 60 countries, the producers let Mother Teresa do most of the talking in the film. The theme of the screening event was "Works of Love are Works of Peace", one of Mother Teresa's famous expressions. Speaking in monologues, the Mother explains why she in engaged in the service of the poor and o
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goanet-digest Monday, August 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4215 - In this issue: [Goanet] Undeveloped Language - What Nonsense! [Goanet] 12 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] MLAs express concern over AIDS spread in Goa [Goanet] WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY .A Reminders [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY events / celebrations Re: [Goanet] Undeveloped Language - What Nonsense! See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 04:42:36 - From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Undeveloped Language - What Nonsense! - --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >KONKANI AND PANDORA'S BOX: "A developed language is a pre-requisite >for a developed society. It is therefore absurd to search for Goa's >Asmitai or identity in Konkani, which is nothing but an undeveloped >form of Marathi, according to the principles of the science of >language. Marathi is India's third great and one of the major >languages in the world. Denial to it its rightful claim in Official >Language Act, 1987, was a serious matter." >(Jaisinghrao V Rane in Panorama-NT) > The above statement is absolute nonsense. The science of language would never claim that Konkani is an undeveloped language, or for that matter, only a form of Marathi. What principles of science of language is this guy talking about? Can he state them? According to modern linguistics any language is characterized as a fully developed independent language if it displays the following characteristics: 1. It is spoken by a significant number of people for several generations, with several generations of their children having learned to speak it naturally. 2. It has its own vocabulary, grammar, phraseology, figures of speech, idiomatic expressions, etc. 3. It is distinguished from being a dialect of another language by not being fully intelligible to a native speaker of that other language unaided by formal education or informal exposure. By all three of the above linguistic criteria Konkani is a fully developed language, distinct from Marathi or any other language. 1. Konkani is known to be spoken since at least the 11th century. 2. Apart from having a vast lexicon, rich syntax and phraseology, and a wonderful corpus of idiomatic and figurative expressions, it has some rules of word formation that very few world languages, if any possess. For instance, a tree bearing a particular fruit, such as guava can only be called a "guava tree" in English, or a "peruche zhaad" in Marathi. But in Konkani the fruit is called "perr" and its tree is called "peyr". Very few languages, if any have special words for stinking smells emanating from different sources. In English we have perhaps five words that mean the same thing =96 stink, stench, malodor, fetor, and reek. In Marathi, "ghaann vaas" and perhaps, a couple of other synonyms. Similarly in Hindi, perhaps, only "budhboo". But in Konkani, there is a unique word for each type of bad smell. I will just list a few that I know without specifying the source. First, of course is the generic "ghaann". But then we have "gutthaann", "khaathsaann", "hivllaann", "himsaann" and "dhorbottaan". 3. Konkani and Marathi are largely mutually unintelligible to native speakers of each language who have not been exposed in a formal or informal way to the other. Cheers, Santosh -- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:54:42 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 12 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS August 12, 2002 ZIL SUBMITS ACTION PLAN: The officials of the Zuari Industries Limited yesterday submitted an action plan to South Goa Collector JB Singh pertaining to the additional measures adopted by the company to prevent leakages of naphtha, if any. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had directed the company officials to submit the action plan. (GT) UNNATURAL DEATHS RISING: Unnatural deaths appear to be on the rise in the jurisdiction of the Ponda police station. During the last eight months alone 77 unnatural deaths have been reported, as compared to 100 such cases reported last year. With this pace, the Ponda police fear that the number of unnatural deaths may cross last year's mark. (H) WELFARE SCHEMES FOR WOMEN: The Government of India is implementing schemes for women's economic programme to empower women in trades like electronics, watch assembly, basic and advanced computer training, garment making, secretarial practi
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goanet-digest Sunday, August 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4214 - In this issue: [Goanet] Violence against women in India [Goanet] NEWS: Experts urge more foreign exposure for Indian football Re: [Goanet] - In defense of our Heritage - Re: [Goanet] 11 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] First flight from Lisbon to Goa [Goanet] NEWS: Speculation on Pak shrine attackers... [Goanet] Where have the voters gone???: Painting the country saffron. [Goanet] TISWADI WORKSHOP ON CHILD-FRIENDLY GOA MOOTS MONITORING COMMISSON See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: 11 Aug 2002 14:09:48 - From: "Rohit Shukla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Violence against women in India Friends, The last line is shocking indeed! Rohit. Delhi medical student raped by Jordanian college mate New Delhi, Aug 11 A 23-year-old woman studying in a prestigious medical college was date raped in New Delhi by her Jordanian college mate, police confirmed Sunday. The incident, which comes within days of the gang rape of a law college student in the New Delhi, happened when the woman visited the other student's house after they had been to watch a film. A medical examination made after the woman lodged a complaint with police confirmed she was raped. "We have taken details about the accused from the girl, and are looking for him," joint commissioner of police, Satish Chandra, said. Police have directed all international airports to be on the lookout for the unnamed Jordanian to prevent him from leaving India. Earlier this month, a 24-year-old law college student was abducted near a university campus and gang raped by four men in a moving vehicle. The incidents have provoked security fears for women in the capital. According to figures compiled by the Indian ministry of women and child development in 2000, on average one woman is raped every hour in India. -- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 21:19:46 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Experts urge more foreign exposure for Indian football Experts urge more foreign exposure for Indian football By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian football, celebrating a sensational triumph at the LG Cup in Vietnam, could improve by leaps and bounds with more foreign exposure, the country's former football stars say. Kolkata, the capital of Indian football, is celebrating the title victory in the LG Cup in which India beat hosts Vietnam 3-2 in an exciting showdown in Ho Chi Minh City Saturday. The Indians, down 1-2 at one stage, came from behind to claim their first title outside the sub-continent in 31 years. The last time India won a championship outside South Asia was in Singapore in 1971. "The victory will boost the morale of the boys no doubt and this will, hopefully, reflect in their performance in the Asian Games in Pusan," said former Indian captain P.K. Banerjee. Banerjee and several former footballers as well as experts say the quality of Indian soccer could undergo a quantitative change if the national team is made to play more often on foreign soil. "The talent in Indian footballers is not fully realised because it isn't matched against international standards. Performance improves when you play quality opposition, and this doesn't happen regularly," said former defender Sailen Manna. "The team we presently have could do much better if allowed more foreign exposure. The boys are bright and are bound to improve if placed against quality foreign opponents under foreign climatic conditions," added former international defender Subrata Bhattacharya. Bhattacharya, who coaches the national champion club Mohun Bagan and was adjudged the best Asian coach in June by FIFA, advocates more attention to building the national team. "It has been seen time and again that we falter outside the country. And the reason for that is our limited conversance with foreign conditions and players," opined former star striker Surajit Sengupta. In India cricket is religion and football is just one among the many other sports. Predictably, football enthusiasts and experts are unhappy with the limited publicity the game receives and the perpetual cash crunch it faces. "This success will reflect in India's performance in the Asian Games. To ensure that Vietnam is not a flash in the pan, the (Indian football) federation must see that our players are playing on foreign soils much more that we did in our times," said Prasun Banerjee, another prominent midfielder of the 1980s. The experts want the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) to take a more pro
goanet-digest V1 #4213
goanet-digest Sunday, August 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4213 - In this issue: [Goanet] HELP [Goanet] NEWS: Petrol station scandal: People versus political parties [Goanet] (no subject) [Goanet] Re: Request to leave/join Re: [Goanet] - In defense of our Heritage - Re: [Goanet] - In defense of our Heritage - corrected version [Goanet] 11 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:13:30 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] HELP Folks - Thank you Ashley for the Klez fix. Now I have another question. Is there anyone out there on AOL 6??? Is it possible to post in Plain Text from AOL 6? I know it's not possible in AOL 7. Also, can anyone tell me how to get to Options in AOL where the switch from HTML to Plain Text can be made, assuming it can be done, that is. Tks again - Viviana -- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:35:23 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Petrol station scandal: People versus political parties Petrol station scandal: People versus political parties (NEWS ANALYSIS) By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have staved off a potential threat to the government in the wake of a patronage and corruption scandal involving allotment of petrol station dealerships, but its image of a "party with a difference" has taken a beating. Just when it was trying to recover from successive electoral setbacks and dwindling public support, the unflattering label of "Bharatiya Janata Petro= l Pump Party" could haunt the BJP for some time. And with the country's two main political parties, the BJP and the opposition Congress, engaging in a mud-battle of who was more corrupt in handing out political patronage to relatives and friends, the most crucial outcome of the controversy will be a complete disenchantment of citizens against politicians, say political analysts, editors and even politicians. "At times, I feel, people instead of working towards ameliorating the poor, have drowned in self interests," said Congress president Sonia Gandhi at a function Friday, "They don't see the miseries all around. Lust for power an= d wealth has blinded us." Since the controversy broke on August 2, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's BJP, newly restructured to give the organization a fresh, clean look, has been battling to defend itself against charges of brazen, large scale corruption. Five straight days of a showdown and adjournments in Parliament saw the opposition even demanding Vajpayee's resignation. Petroleum Minister Ram Naik, hitherto considered one of the non-controversial ministers in Vajpayee's cabinet, found himself pleading ignorance at the allotment of some 3,000 gas stations across the country to BJP leaders, allies and persons close to them. Vajpayee's swift response by cancelling all such allotments may have saved the government from further embarrassment and deprived the opposition of a strong handle, but news reports relentlessly revealing more and more beneficiaries have caught the party on the defensive. Within the party, many are resentful of Vajpayee's action, terming it a tacit admission of guilt that leaves the party without any defence. A defiant Naik refused to resign, pointing out that he had "no personal hand" in selecting beneficiaries, a task of the dealer selection boards headed by retired judges. Dealer selection boards award dealerships after interviewing several applicants who only have to pay fees worth Rs 1,000. Once they are awarded the contract, it is the oil companies who buy the land and sets up the infrastructure. The dealers only have to pay for additional expenses such as telephones and salaries. What they earn is a commission on the fuel sold, which could be i= n the vicinity of Rs 15,000 to Rs 50,000 per month. Only a handful of dealerships are awarded through what is called the discretionary quota of the minister, to special allottees such as widows of defence personnel. With countless persons seeking lucrative gas station dealerships, pulling the right strings helps, and that is where influence peddling comes into play in return for financial and other considerations. Allotments to favourites in states not under BJP rule suggest the retired judges heading the selection panels rarely acted on their own volition, and took decisions under political pressure from New Delhi. Among the beneficiaries were relatives of Vajpayee and Naik. Family members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's holier-than-
goanet-digest V1 #4211
goanet-digestSaturday, August 10 2002Volume 01 : Number 4211 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS: President to oversee post-violence measures in Gujarat [Goanet] Panel to study functioning of Communidades. [Goanet] 10 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] NOT TO BESTOW NATIONAL AWARD [Goanet] FEATURE: Catching the rain... See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 00:34:37 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: President to oversee post-violence measures in Gujarat President to oversee post-violence measures in Gujarat By P. Jayaram, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who voiced his strong commitment to secular values while taking office, will visit Gujarat on Monday to learn about rehabilitation of people hit by sectarian violence. This will be the president's first trip outside the Indian capital after he was sworn in the 11th head of state here on July 25. In a decision that is likely to have political repercussions, the presidential office said Abdul Kalam would "learn personally" about the various steps taken by the Gujarat government to rehabilitate those hit by the nearly three months of sectarian violence that left about 1,000 people dead. Hundreds were also injured, many seriously, while tens of thousands lost their homes. Property worth billions of rupees was destroyed. An overwhelming number of the victims were Muslims. It was the worst communal violence in India in a decade. A statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan, or presidential palace, said the president would seek details about the measures taken both by the state government and non-governmental organisations. A Rashtrapati Bhavan official told IANS: "Abdul Kalam is the head of state and he wants to know what measures are being taken in Gujarat. He is also interested to know about post-quake measures. "It has nothing to do with elections or the BJP (Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party)." The BJP, which heads India's ruling coalition, appeared stunned by the president's decision. Said its general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: "The president is the first citizen of the country and he has the independence to do whatever he thinks is right. The BJP does not want to comment on this." Congress secretary Anil Shastri praised the president for his decision. "We welcome this visit. It shows the new president is seized of the problem that Gujarat has faced after the communal violence perpetrated at the instance of the Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government. "The president's decision to check the rehabilitation is a stand that all right-thinking people have taken - the opposition, the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission for Women, rights groups and the media. "His decision clearly establishes that Abdul Kalam as president will act independently and will not necessarily be guided by a particular political party or, for that matter, by the ruling establishment." The Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said Abdual Kalam's visit was primarily to visit the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad that was set up by Mahatma Gandhi and to "draw inspiration from the Father of the Nation". It said the president wanted to undertake the trip before Independence Day (August 15) "since from his school days Gandhiji was his inspiration as a noble leader". Besides touring Ahmedabad and Bhuj town in the Kutch region, which was very badly hit by the 2001 quake that killed some 25,000 people, the president would visit a school and interact with children. He will also meet intellectuals, political leaders, technologists, industrialists and others and visit the house of Vikram Sarabhai, considered the father of India's nuclear programme and whom the president considers "his guru and a great visionary". The statement said the president had been closely associated with the earthquake rehabilitation work right from the time the disaster struck. Abdul Kalam was the presidential candidate of both Vajpayee's ruling coalition and most opposition parties barring the leftists. He trounced leftist nominee and veteran independent struggle heroine Lakshmi Sahgal to win the presidential poll. In his first speech as president, Abdul Kalam said: "I wish to emphasise my unflinching commitment to the principle of secularism, which is the cornerstone of our nationhood and which is the key feature of our civilisational strength." Abdul Kalam's comments came a day after outgoing president K.R. Narayanan, in his last speech as head of state, called upon Hindus, the majority community in India,
goanet-digest V1 #4210
goanet-digest Friday, August 9 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4210 - In this issue: [Goanet] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM [Goanet] NEWBOOKS: Using the Internet in India... DotCon [Goanet] Osmitai Jyot [Goanet] Curb religious structures along road: Mathany [Goanet] Re: [The Goan Forum d-list] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM [Goanet] Klez [Goanet] Fhulrani-"Bonsai" [Goanet] NEWS: VHP cooks up Christianity story, dishes it out in tribal belt [Goanet] Pakistan -- Four killed in another attack See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 08:33:01 +0530 From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM ST. MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM On World Goa day the St. Mathais Sports club and villagers will celebrate, a unique Family Bonderam on Sunday 18th. August 2002. The origin of this festival dates back to the times even before Portuguese landed in Goa, more than four hundred years ago. During the time when Portuguese established their supremacy in Goa, this event took a colourful turn and people started parading the borders with flags accompanied by brass band. Men carried with them mock guns made out of hollow bamboos "Fottas" and for bullets they would use small seeds called "Tefflam" The villagers of St. Mathais has kept up this tradition till today. To cater to the taste of modern generation they have added attractions of various groups performing traditional folk songs and dances, konkani songs, fancy dress, etc. After the positive feed back the organizers received last year from the large crowd and on the internet, this years Bonderam will again provide a platform to SPORTS, acknowledge great players and teams, in MUSIC promote talented young singers, musicians and bands and in TIATR to give an opportunity to upcoming singers, comedians and applaud great performers of past years. At the time of going to press, Anthony San, the well-known konkani actor and singer has confirmed his participation to perform this year, also the minister for Town and Country Planning Mr. Atanasio Monserate, lovingly called Babush will be the guest of honour along side the local MLA Mr. Pandurang Madkaikar who will be the Chief Guest. This festival is unique in that every family will participate, just for the fun of it and not for any cash prizes but only healthy competition amongst the groups, so everyone can enjoy and let their hair down and have a good time. There will be strictly no floats, but instead groups, and troupes are encouraged. Organiser Justin Coutinho, disclosed that through Bonderam it is hoped that Goans globally will remember the past, the present and plan their future to maintain its traditions and unique culture. Joe Vaz added "We need to bring out the positiveness in us , shun the negatives and march forward, no one person is larger than the actual event, so lets all get-together to keep this great festival alive for future years to come. "VIVA BONDERAM" a song especially composed for the bonderan harvest festival will be featured this year. "The Islanders" being from the beautiful island of Divar but presently residing in Canada has come up with this C.D. Log on to: www.goasu-raj.org for all the information about this years bonderam. Issued by: Public Relations Cell Goa Su-raj Party. -- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:30:16 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWBOOKS: Using the Internet in India... DotCon The Penguin Guide to Using the Internet in India Pratik Kanjilal The Ultimate Guide fo rIndians Online * Get something done on the net, don't just cruise it * Research rather than browse * Communicate rather than chat Penguin India Rs 195 Marketed by gobookshopping.com Dot.con John Cassidy The greatest story every sold There are two popular myths about the Internet. One is that it appeared from nowhere in the 1990s. The other is that it was a triumph of American enterprise. In fact, the Internet's history goes back to the Cold War and it was built and operated by the US government. It wasn't until the early 1990s that the private sector showed any interest. And once it did, things quickly got out of hand. John Cassidy's Dot.Con sets out to understand what happened. The speculative boom wasn't just about goggle-eyed day traders trying to get rich on the Nasdaq and goateed twenty-five-year-olds playing wannabe Bill Gates. It was also about a lone superpower that thought it had discovered the secret of eternal prosperity. It was about a group of pundits who were out to make their names by promoting the ne
goanet-digest V1 #4209
goanet-digestThursday, August 8 2002Volume 01 : Number 4209 - In this issue: [Goanet] GOAN CULTURAL HERITAGE TOUR..with GOA HERITAGE ACTION GROUP [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (008) [Goanet] GOA DAY 2002, [Goanet] INDIAN MEDIA - 3 (last) [Goanet] An Interesting Business Trip to India See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:28:36 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GOAN CULTURAL HERITAGE TOUR..with GOA HERITAGE ACTION GROUP Come! Help save Goa's priceless heritage! GOA HERITAGE ACTION GROUP invites you to join a meaningful heritage tour to the Boruskar House, Canacona on Sunday, 11th August 2002. The tour begins at 8 a.m. from the Petrol Station opposite the Panaji Bus Stand, NH 17 and is open to all GHAG members and heritage lovers. You can also join the tour at 10 a.m. at Canacona Chavdi (Udipi Hotel) if you so wish. We are pooling our cars. If you need to avail of the car pool or have a car that can accommodate other visitors, kindly call Ms. Heta Pandit on 417057 or 9822128022 or Mr. Ashish Rege on 228639. We've decided to contribute Rs.100 per person towards the car pool to be paid to whoever is in the driving seat.Visitors to the house are expected to see a grand Hindu house that dates to an era before the arrival of the Portuguese. The house, once meant for the use of a large joint household now accommodates 7 branches of the family. Stories and legends associated with the house are fascinating. What is expected to fascinate, however, is the old granary that sports some of the finest frescos and wall paintings in Goa. At the end of the tour visitors are expected to discuss the various possibilities open to the homeowners for restoration of the granary. Fwd - rene barreto -- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:40:37 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] TiTs & BiTs (008) And the trawler owners have finally knocked on the doors of the High Court. Apparently they have realized that knocking at the doors of "Laxmi" at Altinho is of no use anymore.The last time they did that, it was before 25th. July 2002, when their trawlers were kept in readiness to invade the seas and defy the HC ban with the blessings from "Laxmi" at Altinho. And as it happened, the Goa environment Federation goes and spoils it all for them as well as for Laxmi of Altinho. On the assurance that there would be plenty of fish to be unloaded at the Goa's fisheries jetties from 26th. July onwards, the cold storages were fired up, the fish processing plants geared up with imported labour, all poised for the kill. Enter HC and its back-breaking directives to the government, the "Laxmi" at Altinho swiftly banged its doors on the trawler owners and turned turtle. The Director of fisheries was made to pull up his boots and go scouting for once. But then the trawler owner have been one step ahead. They have all been ready with a contingency plan, just in case. They had kept the traditional fishermen's boats ready, which are infact like mini trawlers, much much bigger in sizes than the fishermen's canoes, equipped with powerful outboard motors. That too got paralysed with the HC hearing the cries of the actual traditional fishermen thro' Aires Rodrigues, banning all motorized crafts as well. Trapped, the trawler dadas are now at the feet of the High Court for which they previously had only scorn, encouraged by the scorn for the HC generated by Laxmi from Altinho. And in the bargain, the fish processing plants have made heavy losses on payment of salaries to the imported labour for nothing. Somehow, they are now making do with the fish catch which is coming in truck loads to Goa from Kerala . And why not? Delhi, instead of universalizing the fishing ban throughout the sea coast of India, is more preoccupied in distributing petrol pumps and cooking gas agencies to family members and friends. And most often we use the word "veiled" before the word "threat" signifying some transparency in the intended threat. And our enterprising former Speaker and the present Aldona MLA has been in the habit of issuing veiled threats for a purpose. And people do take his threats seriously. One of his veiled threats was given on the stairs of the Raj Bhavan after swearing in as a minister that META Strips was very polluting and that it will be stopped. That unsettled Jindal and very much settled the enterprising MLA. Next came the veiled threat of making the entire Panjim city ground floor of buildings as stilt parking. This terribly unsettled builder's lobby and the
goanet-digest V1 #4200
goanet-digest Sunday, August 4 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4200 - In this issue: [Goanet] The Islanders-music for Goan Heritage Day! [Goanet] NEWS: Pension scheme for Kerala expats promised [Goanet] 04 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Happy Friendship Day [Goanet] Open letter to Goan musicians... [Goanet] More on WildGoa trips (August 2002) [Goanet] 15 August Celebrations at Aldona... See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 04:40:45 - From: "islanders3us" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] The Islanders-music for Goan Heritage Day! Hi everyone, You can download the song "Welcome to Goa" at http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/islanders3us/lst?.di r=/My+Documents&.view=l Enjoy the Music! - -The Islanders www.andrew40.cjb.net -- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:04:15 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Pension scheme for Kerala expats promised Pension scheme for Kerala expatriates in the offing By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (IANS) Kerala is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for a contributory pension scheme for its expatriates. The new scheme is meant for both non-resident Keralites (NRKs) currently abroad and those who have returned to the state after staying overseas for a while. NRK Minister M.M. Hasan said top officials from Chennai would arrive here to execute the MoU for the new scheme on August 13. "The government is aware that this has been a long standing demand of NRKs for several years now," Hassan told IANS. "The exact details of the scheme will be announced once we sign the MoU. It will be launched after the cabinet approves it." The scheme is to benefit nearly 1.5 million NRKs and 900,000 returnees. It is also understood that a separate insurance scheme for the returnees is being worked out with the help of the state insurance department. Hassan said the delay in the signing of the MoU had occurred because of changes in the LIC brass. "When we began discussions with the LIC we were dealing with one set of officials, but midway through the discussions these officials were transferred and the process got delayed. Now there will be no more delays," added Hassan. Under the proposed scheme, an NRK has to contribute a minimum of Rs.1,200 a year while the government is expected to contribute Rs.300 annually. The NRKs joining the scheme will be paid a pension from age 60 onwards. The policy under the proposed insurance scheme for NRK returnees has a death benefit of Rs.100,000 for a one-time premium of Rs.300 to be paid by them. The policy also has a permanent disability clause wherein a fixed sum will be paid out if the policyholder is permanently disabled. The government has also commenced talks with the State Bank of India (SBI) to launch a growth fund with contributions from NRKs. The plan is to mobilise a fund of Rs.2 billion initially. Fifty percent of this amount will be invested in projects that have participation of NRKs or returnees, while the balance amount will be invested in development-oriented projects. NRKs have for long been the backbone of the Kerala economy, with annual remittances to the tune of Rs.350 billion. A demand for a pension scheme was made at the first convention of NRKs held at Kochi in August last year. The next convention is to be held in Germany this month. A four-member ministerial delegation and a few legislators from both the ruling and opposition alliances are attending the meeting. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 11:25:01 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 04 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS August 4, 2002 GREETINGS to UK GOANS on the auspicious occasion of the G O A N F E S T I V A L WHISTLE BLOWERS: Should government employees, who blow the whistle on corruption in their departments or corporations, be encouraged? The question assumes importance in the light of the action taken by the employees of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation against their former boss, Vishwajeet Rane. Instead of playing ball with Rane, the public spirited workers opted to take him to court, and recently, the High Court in an interim order, instructed Rane to deposit Rs.5 lakh. (WE-GT) BOAT OWNERS TO APPROACH HC: As trawlers dropped anchor and the jetties for the first time ever lay sealed on August 3, the All Goa Boat Owners Association have decided to approach the High Court to represent it's case for a reduction in the ban on fishing.
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goanet-digestSaturday, August 3 2002Volume 01 : Number 4199 - In this issue: [Goanet] World Goa Heritage Day [Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO:Problems faced by Electricity consumers & corporatisation of the Dept. [Goanet] CYBERMATRIMONIALS... Gulf, Goa... and within communicating distance [Goanet] NEWS: Konkani headlines from Ixtt [Goanet] NIO's Revised Telephone Nos. [Goanet] Saligao VP meet witnesses uproar over illegal water extraction. [Goanet] PROUD TO BE A GOAN lyrics [Goanet] PROUD TO BE A GOAN - part 2 [Goanet] more naive foreigners in goa [Goanet] Re: ABUSES: Subscription to [EMAIL PROTECTED] offered See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:05:54 +0530 From: "fausto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] World Goa Heritage Day "World Goan Heritage Day" For the first time in Mumbai, Goan Review Art Foundation (GRAF) is celebrating World Goa Day event - WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY at the Sacred Heart School Hall, Santa Cruz (West) on August 17, 2002, (Saturday) at 7.00 p.m. World Goa Day is being celebrated in recongnition of Konkani as one of the national languages of the country. August 20 will see the 10th anniversary of inclusion of Konkani in the eighth schedule of the Constitution. This great day will be celebrated with a Variety Entertainment consisting of Mando-dulpods, folk dances, skits and sing-along. Not to miss mouth watering Goan Culinary delicacies. For further details and entry passes contact GRAF on 265 4974, 2630139. -- Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 14:03:00 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO:Problems faced by Electricity consumers & corporatisation of the Dept. - - WELCOME TO FRIDAY BALCAO - - Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 9th August from 4pm. to 6pm. at No. 11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa Goa Ph. 252660 TOPIC: Problems faced by Electricity consumers and corporatisation of the Department. - An open discussion - Those citizens wanting to contribute to the discussion at Friday Balcao but cannot attend may send their views and action plan suggestions by post to FRIDAY BALCAO Post Box 78, Mapusa 403 507 or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] best wishes, Lillian D'Costa. - - Don't miss out on the discussion. Subscribe to the BALCAO Synopsis for Rs.80/- Gift subscribe for your relatives, neighbours and friends. Information is power, Share it equitably. Lets make things happen in Goa !! - -- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy === -- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:35:31 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] CYBERMATRIMONIALS... Gulf, Goa... and within communicating distance C Y B E R - M A T R I M O N I A L S ** LOOKING OUT FOR a life partner? Circulate your message among thousands of Goans for free. For a *FREE* listing in this column send details to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject-line reading CYBER-MATRIMONIALS. Respondents are requested to verify details for themselves. We carry, in good faith, details as sent in by our readers. There's no way we can check or verify the veracity of the submissions. Make sure to include an email address to enable you to get faster responses. ARE YOU IN COMMUNICATING DISTANCE? Bright, funny, happy Goan Catholic gentleman, 40, seeks calm, happy lady. This good looking, 6ft, educated, almost confirmed bachelor has decided to look in earnest for a partner. I seek a lady, educated, 30+, who would like to have children. I am based in Toronto and would give preference to those with a sense of humour. Bonus, if you are in communicating distance. Please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUITABLE MATCH FOR A LADY IN THE UAE: Seeking suitable match for Goan lady (30), working in Abu Dhabi (UAE) as an executive. B.Com. Fair. R
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goanet-digest Friday, August 2 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4198 - In this issue: [Goanet] Invitation [Goanet] CPLP [Goanet] all things nice and beautiful [none] [Goanet] Tits & Bits (005) [Goanet] Stereotypical Tourists? [Goanet] Fw: "House Panel" mooted to look into the working of Comunidades of Goa. [Goanet] GPSC recommendation put on hold See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 17:15:23 +0530 From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Invitation I N V I T A T I O N The executive members of the Goa Su-Raj Party cordially invites The Goanet D-list Co-ordinators and all our cyber friends in Goa to attend the Party's "Open Convention" to be held on SUNDAY, 4th. August, 2002 3.00 to 6.00 pm. at T B Cunha Hall, Opp. Azad Maidan, Panjim. Programme: At the Convention the party will elect its "Shadow Cabinet" . The nominees for this election shall be the ex-candidates fielded and/or supported by the Party in the last Assembly Election. The Party's system of electing its "Leader of the Legislative Wing" and the "Cabinet" (5 members) will be put in practice for electing the shadow cabinet The voting will be by secret ballot. The voting shall be open to all delegates attending the convention and/or by nomination of the electoral college from amongst the attending delegates. The "Shadow Chief Minister" will then distribute the important 'portfolios' to the members of his shadow cabinet (Note: The members of the Party's General Body will have the voting rights in the real election, as per the provisions of the Party's Constitution). The role of the 'shadow cabinet' shall be to evaluate decisions taken by the government, accept, suggest changes or oppose such decisions. A provision is made for the conduct of mock assembly sessions each month to follow up on the above. Also, the Party's Grass-Root Organisational system will be discussed , where its nominees for the party tickets for the Assembly Elections will be automatically identified from within the respective constituencies, thereby eliminating the last minute suspense, surprises and/or horse trading. Our invited guests will address the convention, time permitting. We sincerely hope that you will make it convenient to attend this convention to witness as well as take part in this unique, transparent & democratic system of electing the Leader of the Legislative Wing and the Cabinet, the crying need of the hour in modern day democratic polity. Goa Su-Raj is the trend setting "people's movement for good governance" based on self-sacrifice and total dedication by its members, of which you will, indeed, be proud to be a part of. Thank you. Z.O.. 2ND. floor "Karekar Building, Angod Mapusa - 403 507 Ph: 266111 - 266101 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goasu-raj.org -- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:47:00 +0100 From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] CPLP What does CPLP stand for? It is the "Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa" (Commonwealth of Portuguese-Speaking Countries). It was founded in July 1987 by the seven lusophone countries - Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and Sao Tome & Principe. On July 31 and August 01, 2002 it had its fourth summit conference in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, having as main theme "Peace, Development and the Future of CPLP". Right at the start of this summit a new (8th) member was admitted - East Timor which became independent on May 20, 2002. In the next two years the heart of the "eight-petal flower" which symbolises the commonwealth will be Brazilian, as this country will accumulate the chairmanship of CPLP, of the Council of Ministers and of the Permanent Council of Harmonisation, as well as the post of Executive Secretary. This is the first time that CPLP meets with all its members enjoying an atmosphere of peace, and all efforts will be made to derive for all the associates the particular positions and influences of each of the individual members. As the Foreign Minister of Portugal Martins da Cruz said, "the independence of East Timor, the reconstruction of Angola, the Angolan chairmanship of SADC (Southern Africa Development Community), the probable election of Angola for the UN Security Council in December, Sao Tome & Principe's entry into the petroleum producers' club and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) open new prospects for the application of the 'eight times eight' formula
goanet-digest V1 #4197
goanet-digest Friday, August 2 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4197 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Shrines to go for road project [Goanet] 02 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] QUERY: Auction of ML Malvika [Goanet] Sindhi tramissions from Goa [Goanet] GSSO [Goanet] Mhadei street play [Goanet] NEWS: BJP at the receiving end over petrol pump allotments See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: August 2, 2002 From: Robin Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Shrines to go for road project Seven churches, two chapels to be torn down for road project By Robin Fernandez KARACHI: Some seven churches and two chapels face demolition in coming weeks as highway officials speed up plans to build a controversial expressway across a river-turned sewage channel in this southern port city. Almost all these churches are located in the informal settlements of Shahjanabad (New Golimar), Tin Hatti, Jamali Goth and Dastgir Colony, according to a survey carried out by Caritas, the social arm of the Catholic Church. Only a chapel located on the premises of the Dominican priory is part of a formal settlement that will be razed ahead of the Lyari expressway's construction. Riaz Nawab, a housing coordinator, said the Caritas survey covered all the areas where the most impoverished segments of the Christian community resided. There are four Christian places of worship in Shahjanabad. Three of these are likely to be torn down, Nawab told SAR News. One church belongs to the Salvation Army and the other is run by the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA), he said. Then, he said, there is also a chapel belonging to the Association of Reformed Presbyterian Churches which is on the demolition list. Younus Bhatti, a Christian councillor in Shahjanabad, said he wasn't sure the Salvation Army church would be razed, though he had been told that the SDA church, located on the Lyari riverbed, and a nearby Presbyterian chapel would be bulldozed. There are believed to be between 400 and 600 Christian homes in and around the SDA church, Bhatti said. A Franciscan priest Fr. Ilyas Gill said he had been told by residents of Jamali Goth that another three churches would be demolished in the area--as has been feared by Caritas. Two of the churches belong to the Pentecostal mission while the third--St Peter's church--is owned by the Catholic Church. Another group of Christian settlers huddled around the Tin Hatti area will also be uprooted, Caritas workers say. The United Church, which is the center of that group of Christians, will also be razed, they said. Nawab says yet another inter-denominational church is facing demolition in Dastgir Colony. "This United Church's congregation belongs to the Catholic Church and the Church of Pakistan," he said. Christian rights groups say the National Highway Authority and the city authorities haven't as yet made any provisions for reconstructing the churches, as had been done in the case of 50 mosques that are also coming down. "I conveyed our objections to the main coordinator of the expressway, Captain Nasir, some weeks ago about the lack of provision for reconstructing the churches and he accepted this fact," a Caritas official said. Up to 1,400 housing units inhabited by Christians out of a total 14,000 huts are likely to be demolished. Many of the affected families have been offered plots in Surjani Town, Baldia Town and Hawkesbay. Though most Christian rights groups have expressed sympathy with the about-to-be displaced persons, there are feelings of guilt and anger about the so-called basti churches and the continued failure of church groups to find them adequate housing. Pastor Naveed Karamat believes it is immoral for church men to allow their flock to live in informal settlements. "A lot of our people are living along the Lyari riverbed which is choked with sewage and mounds of garbage," he pointed out. "And on top of that they have been allowed to build churches there. Why?" he asked. Social activist Inyat Immanuel says the poor have been abandoned yet again. "Who is coming forward to defend the housing rights of these people? Where are the church men who allowed them to live there?" he said. Catholic clergymen are also condemning the creation of churches on squatted property. "It is my personal conviction that no good can come out from basti churches. The environment isn't congenial for developing healthy relationships. People remain stuck there for life," Fr Ilyas Gill said. "In this connection one must point out that the Catholic Church has been careful in most cases about acquiring leased land for its places for worship. Although
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goanet-digestThursday, August 1 2002Volume 01 : Number 4196 - In this issue: [none] [none] [Goanet] Goans of Portugal - Celebrating WORLD GOA DAY 2/ 2 [Goanet] Goans of Portugal - celebrating WORLD GOA DAY 1 /2 [none] [Goanet] Bike ride postponed, birding on.. [Goanet] Re: Goans of Portugal - celebrating WORLD GOA DAY 1 / 2 [Goanet] From Farmacia Universal, Goa [Goanet] NEWS Cong wants EC to investigate Goa's disenfranchised voters See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 21:21:58 + From: "gabriel menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] I am rather new to this game but I am begining to like it!! reading some stuff is neither here nor there - there is some gripping stuff from the resident Journos and from the intellectuals such as Dr. Santosh and the firery Veronica Fernandes. I am cutting my teeth at the moment and hope to post some heated topics here which concern the Goans in the U.K. Hopefully fellow netters will comment vigorously, cheers Gabe Menezes _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 21:22:55 + From: "gabriel menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] I am rather new to this game but I am begining to like it!! reading some stuff is neither here nor there - there is some gripping stuff from the resident Journos and from the intellectuals such as Dr. Santosh and the firery Veronica Fernandes. I am cutting my teeth at the moment and hope to post some heated topics here which concern the Goans in the U.K. Hopefully fellow netters will comment vigorously, cheers Gabe Menezes _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 23:51:28 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goans of Portugal - Celebrating WORLD GOA DAY 2/ 2 Cont 2 / 2 O RG A N I S I N G C O M M I T T E E Associação de Amigos de Goa, Damão e Diu Represented by Prof. Doctor Domingos Xavier Viegas Associação Fraternidade Damão-Diu e Simpatizantes Represented by Fr. António Colimão [EMAIL PROTECTED] Casa de Goa Represented by Dr. Viterbo Rego [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.goacom.com/casa-de-goa SURYÁ, Movimento Cultural e Ecológico de Goa Represented by Doctor Filipe Monteiro ARCIP (Associação Recreativa e Cultural Indo-Portuguesa) Represented by Senhor Valentim Mascarenhas www.supergoa.com/arcip Clube Vasco da Gama Represented by Dr. Lopes Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] Supergoa.com Constantino Hermanns Xavier (Coordinator of World Goa Day in Portugal) Eng. Hernâni Mourão (co-founder of the commemorations) G O A D A Y I NP O R T U G A L Integrated in the commemorations of World Goa Day which are held every year on August 20 around the world, the Goa, Daman and Diu Day celebrates for the second consecutive time in Portugal the date on which Konkani, the language of Goa, became an official and autonomous language in India. Goa, a Portuguese colony in India from 1510 to 1961, reflects in its identity a perfect symbiosis between the lifestyles and cultures of the East and West, particularly the Indian and Portuguese ones. An outcome of the strong links between these two territories, several tens of thosands of Goans, Damanese and Diuese live today in Portugal. The objective of joining together all the Indo-Portuguese associations existing in Portugal is to congregate the Indo-Portuguese spirit and to strengthen the identity of Goa, Daman and Diu besides making known to the host country the rich cultural identity of these territories. Thus, in the year 2001 commemorative events of World Goa Day were held in various countries like, for example, Portugal, the United States of America, Canada, England, Tanzania, Bahrain, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Australia, New Zealand. S P O N S O R S H I P S MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF LISBON Department of Support to Institutional Management and Activity XANTI Xanti Restaurant Goan Cuisine Calç. do Livramento, 17 Ph. 21 393 01 71 A SESIMBRENSE Restaurante Feira Popular Entrance: Av. 5 de Outubro Ph. 21 796 33 12 Esplanada Casa de Goa Frem
goanet-digest V1 #4195
goanet-digestThursday, August 1 2002Volume 01 : Number 4195 - In this issue: [Goanet] Healthy mothers, healthy babies... what this means for Goa [Goanet] today's press releases [Goanet] [goanet-uk] Newsletter. Issue 2002-31. Aug. 02, 2002 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: 2 August 2002 From: "pib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Healthy mothers, healthy babies... what this means for Goa World Breast Feeding Week, August 1 to 7. PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOCAL FEATURE HEALTHY MOTHERS, HEALTHY BABIES By Dr Gauri Divan The health of our communities depends entirely on the health of our mothers. The mother is the one who while breastfeeding her newborn gives the infant her first "vaccination" since colostrum, the early milk, is rich with immunity preventing serious neonatal infections. To provide every child with this early health advantage it is important that breast-feeding should succeed and that the mother herself is in the best of health. This year World Breast Feeding Week (August 1st - 7th) has chosen this theme "Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies" to highlight the various aspects of maternal and infant wellbeing. The mothers' health begins when she herself is a child. All girls must be cherished and nurtured to their fullest potential from the beginning of their lives. Girls must be shown with encouragement and support that they can excel in any field, especially in India, where we have role models like our previous Prime Minister. The grown woman must then be given choices in marriage as well as the power to choose when she will be ready to enter the wondrous world of motherhood. While pregnant, a woman must have access to the best healthcare available. With good nutrition, regular exercise and monitoring of her pregnancy she is then able to fully enjoy the pregnancy without too many anxieties. Both husband and wife must be given all the information they need to help them prepare for parenthood. This includes not only practices for a healthy pregnancy but also information on the process of labour and methods by which the mother can train herself to be in control throughout the period of labour (for example the techniques of breath control and relaxation as proposed by Lamaze). Unfortunately the process of childbirth has been medicalized over the last many decades to such a degree that this life giving natural process has shifted into the hospital and into the hands of the doctors. Though this has the advantage of preventing and tackling complications it has also wrested control from women and made it a " illness" to be "treated". It is important to know that the majority of deliveries progress without any need of active intervention from the hospital staff. Moreover the hospital setting tends to overwhelm mothers, though if they are armed with information about what to expect and techniques to manage the contractions of labour, they will find themselves in charge and not overcome by exhaustion and pain. An integral part of antenatal information is the vital importance of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding protects the mother from post-delivery bleeding as well as from breast cancer, ovarian cancer, anaemia and osteoporosis thereby keeping the mother in good health beyond the period of nursing her baby. Though breastfeeding is a natural process, it comes with its own challenges. Mother's first milk, the colostrum, is low in volume but highly nutritious and totally adequate for the newborn. Some mothers may doubt their ability to nurse at this stage with a common worry being - "do I have enough?" Occasionally the mother may experience local problems with her nipples. If she has the knowledge that she may experience these early problems and has discussed solutions she is equipped to give her baby the best start in life. Breastfeeding nurtures mother-infant bonding and is the most economical and healthy way of feeding babies. Exclusive breastfeeding, which means nothing besides the mother's milk (including unnecessary vitamin drops, glucose water or even boiled water) for the first four to six months of life, protects the infant against acute stomach (diarrhoeas) infections, chest infections (pneumonia), ear and urine infections. It delays the onset of asthma and allergies and promotes a lifelong bond between the mother and her infant. It also acts as a contraceptive under certain conditions. Studies have also shown that breastfed children tend to be more intelligent than their bottle fed classmates. After the age of six months the introduction of home made complementary foods gives the infant the required increase
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goanet-digestThursday, August 1 2002Volume 01 : Number 4194 - In this issue: [Goanet] 01 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] LINK: Update on Alliance Francaise de Goa [Goanet] More =?iso-8859-1?Q?Na=EFve?= Foreigners in Goa? Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_[Goanet]_MoreNa=EFveForeigners_in_Goa??= [Goanet] No Parking along the Swatanthra Path in Vasco [Goanet] Goans of Portugal [Goanet] 2-MINUTE-REVIEW: Official telephone directory, June 18, 2002 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:00:54 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 01 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS August 1, 2002 TAX BENEFITS FOR SMALL INVESTORS: Finance Minister Jaswant Singh yesterday announced significant tax sops to small investors including the tax deduction at source for dividends from Rs.1000 to Rs.5000 besides hiking tax exemption limit on interest income by Rs.3,000 to Rs.15,000 and scrapping the service tax on risk premium for life insurance. (PTI report in Herald) SEAL JETTIES TO ENSURE FISHING BAN: The Panjim bench of the Bombay high Court has directed the Fisheries Department to seal all the fishing jetties in order to ensure that mechanised fishing does not take place during the banned period. (H) WEAK MONSOON AFFECTS PADDY CROP: The scarcity of rainfall in Goa during the month of July has badly affected the paddy crop in the State. Mr SR Bajpai, the director of Meteorological Department, said there has been a deficiency of 35 cm of rainfall, till date. "It is really baffling why the monsoon is weak," he informed. (NT) DOWNSIZING OF STATE WORKERS LIKELY: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said a work force of 38,000 government employees is ideal for a small state like Goa and efforts at downsizing by the administration reforms department are afoot. (GT) CONCRETE ROADS LIKELY: Urban Development Minister, Digambar Kamat, has said the government is toying with the idea of constructing concrete roads in major cities like Panjim and Margao initially on a trial basis. (H) POWER SITUATION: Power Minister Digambar Kamat assured the Goa Legislative Assembly that power situation in the State would be restored soon, following an assurance from the Power Grid Corporation of India. (GT) RECLAIMING RIVER MANDOVI: Leader of the Opposition Pratapsing Rane urged the government to reclaim the Mandovi river, in front of the present secretariat in order to widen the road and provide sitting arrangement for the people. (GT) TIDIER GOVT OFFICES: During his reply on budgetary demands for grants, the Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar announced that October 2, which is a working day this year, will be a day which will be devoted to keep the respective government offices clean. (H) ENOUGH WATER FOR BARDEZ: The Minister for PWD, Mr Sudin Dhavlikar, announced in the Assembly yesterday that after the augmentation of the Assanora water supply scheme in March 2003, the 60 mld requirement of water for the Bardez taluka will be fulfilled. At present Bardez taluka receives 40 mld of water, 20 mld short of its requirement. (NT) ALDONA WATER WOES: Aldona MLA Dayanand Narvekar claimed that the water scarcity in his constituency especially was a very serious issue. "The Porvorim Housing Board Colony has been without water for the last three days," he stated. PWD Minister Ramkrishna Dhavlikar said that the three-day shortage was due to the electricity crisis in the Western Power Grid. (H) TOILETS FOR ALDONA: Speaking to the residents of Pomburpa-Olaulim, Aldona MLA Dayanand Narvekar informed that about 300 toilets will be constructed in Aldona constituency after the monsoons, while free water connections and electrical material will also be provided to the needy through the MLA's quota. (H) BURGLARS NOW: In the second burglary in Porvorim within a span of 24 hours, cash and good worth Rs.60,000 have been stolen from the house of Afeezabai Sheikh Yunus in Ramanagar. (H) URBANISATION IMPACT: The Urban Development Ministry will go ahead with the plans to engage eminent town planner, Edgar Rebeiro, as one-man task force to study the impact of urbanization on Goa. (H) =20 TANUJA MURDER CASE: A senior investigator probing into this sensational crime, told this reporter, that if the Ponda plaint involving a break-in into a chapel, located at a very short distance from the spot, where Tanuja fell dead later in the evening, things may have been different. (H) COPS GIVEN DEADLINE: Around 15 BJP workers, who took a morcha to the Ponda police station, have set a fortnight's deadline to the police to arrest Tanuja Naik's killer. (GT) PONDA MAN ENDS LIFE: A 40-ear-old man (Shashikant Deepu Kurpaskar), sneaked into a
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 31 2002Volume 01 : Number 4193 - In this issue: [Goanet] Re: Mirror (UK): Holiday Paradise Rape Was Just Start Of Hell [Goanet] from Claudius Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Goanet] Young Goans - New Jersey Great Adventure Getaway!! [Goanet] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mapusa_council=92s_crack-down_on_roadside_?= encroachments begins. [Goanet] TitBits.004 [Goanet] The Herald's (Kolkata) former editor Fr Rozario dies [Goanet] Cable operators taking viewers for a ride. Re: [Goanet] World Youth Day 2002 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:18:31 GMT From: Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: Mirror (UK): Holiday Paradise Rape Was Just Start Of Hell Dear Gilbert, Your response is a pathetic cop out! Best wishes though, Eddie + gilmen30 writes: > Eddie, > I cant understand your convoluted logic. So I will leave you with the > Daily Mirror, while I return to my "blatant prejudices" and "stone > age" environment. > Have a great day, pal. > Gilbert. -- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:25:36 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] from Claudius Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:26:07 +0200 (CEST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Claudius/feedback > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Thank You very for Your information. I am living 8 months per year in goa, 2 in >Dharamsla, HP, and 2 only in > Germany. > Yours are very fine information - and River Pricess still there... Bye -Claudius > > __ > > Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de > Möchten Sie mit einem Gruß antworten? http://grusskarten.yahoo.de -- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:24:17 -0700 (PDT) From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Young Goans - New Jersey Great Adventure Getaway!! GOAN YOUNG ADULT NETWORK >From Allan D'Guerra www.goacom.com/goyan Greetings Goenkars: Goyan will be having its second 2002 get together at the Great Adventure Amusement Park located in Jackson New Jersey on Saturday, August 24th. The park features a wide assortment of rides and activities including the log flume, bumper cars, carousel, and 12 heart pounding roller coasters. More information on attractions can be found at http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/home.asp We will be meeting at 10 AM sharp at the benches in the entrance mall, which leads to the park, right in front of the ticket counters. (Thankfully, there is only one entrance and one set of ticket counters so you won't miss us). For directions, use the following link. http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/ParkInfo/directions.html You will need to purchase tickets on your own. If you purchase tickets the day of the event, it will cost around $45. Http://www.amusementpark.com has the tickets available for $38 + shipping. (If you buy more than $100 worth, shipping is free) Some lottery tickets can be used to get a discount. NJ Transit has package prices ( bus fare + theme park/safari entrance ) $47 (from Port Authority, NY) and $42 ( from Newark Penn Station, NJ). More info at http://www.njtransit.com The deadline to RSVP is August 7th. If you have any questions, you can email me or contact me at (551) 8041173. Allan D'Guerra __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:02:32 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mapusa_council=92s_crack-down_on_roadside_?= encroachments begins. Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - --- Mapusa council's crack-down on roadside encroachments begins. - --- In a daylong operation, the Mapusa municipal council (MMC), today embarked on a clearance drive to rid Mapusa town of encroachments from the burgeoning army of illegal businesses in and around the municipal market. MMC Chief Officer, Mr Theofilo Fernandes, who personally supervised operations throughout the day, said that the MMC had confiscated 6 trucklo
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 31 2002Volume 01 : Number 4192 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches Re: [Goanet] Tits Bits .003 [Goanet] ] Re:30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS Re: [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches Fwd: [Goanet] Re: Mirror (UK): Holiday Paradise Rape Was Just Start Of Hell [Goanet] Post of Director of Education : PIL filed [Goanet] 31 JULY: GOACOM NEW CLIPPINGS [Goanet] [goanet-uk] Newsletter. Issue 2002-30. Jul. 26, 2002 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:59:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re:Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches Tim, Pray tell me what they are using the sand for? And please don't say it is for construction as I always thought that you could not use salt contaminated sand with cement. In fact, if I remember correctly, POW's in WWII who were forced to do construction work used to mix salt into concrete so that it would weaken the structure. Mervyn __ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:19:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tits Bits .003 Tid-Bits, Floriano :-) __ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:37:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] ] Re:30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS Nagesh Bhatcar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We certainly take a lot of pride in associating a > lot of celebrities > of Goan origin to be Goans, although many of them > have absolutely > no idea of what Goa is! I always wonder as to > whether or not any > of these folks have any affinity to Goa, were they > ever in Goa, would > any of them be really interested in calling > themselves as 'Goans' -- > not that one can hide the ethnicity. Nagesh, Here in Toronto, the Goans are well organised. We celebrate and recognise the achievements of those from the community. Recognition is given even on the village level :-) One of the above hockey players was the Chairman for his village feast celebration. He is an Olympian. His club team is G.O.A. Mervyn __ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 02:07:37 + From: "Tim de Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches Mervyn: You are right. Unfortunately for Anjuna, the sand is being used for construction. In about five to ten years most of these structures will need major work. Tim de Mello Anjuna >From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna >beaches >Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:59:15 -0400 (EDT) > >Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Re:Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches > >Tim, >Pray tell me what they are using the sand for? > >And please don't say it is for construction as I >always thought that you could not use salt >contaminated sand with cement. > >In fact, if I remember correctly, POW's in WWII who >were forced to do construction work used to mix salt >into concrete so that it would weaken the structure. > >Mervyn > _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 02:13:51 - From: "gilmen30" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fwd: [Goanet] Re: Mirror (UK): Holiday Paradise Rape Was Just Start Of Hell - --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My comments preceded by *** *** So, the question remains: Should Na=EFve Women Be Raped? Best wishes, Eddie - -- Eddie, I cant understand your convoluted logic. So I will leave you with the Daily Mirror, while I return to my "blatant prejudices" and "stone age" environment. Have a great day, pal. Gilbert. =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4191 - In this issue: [Goanet] "Diario de Noticias" of sunday July 28, 2002 [Goanet] New Konkani Album in Kuwait. [Goanet] Govt apathy towards sand extraction responsible for Anjuna beach erosion? [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches [Goanet] GOA celebrates WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY on The 18th August 2002. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:02:34 +0100 From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] "Diario de Noticias" of sunday July 28, 2002 I am pleased to send forthwith the English translations of 2 news items from the sunday (28/JUL/2002) edition of the Portuguese daily "Diario de Noticias" (Lisbon). Jorge -- 1 - LEADERS OF VARIOUS RELIGIONS ARE DUE TO MEET IN LISBON A group of over forty persons of the biggest and oldest religions of the world will meet in Portugal between August 7 and 11, to discuss the defense of children's rights and their education in favour of peace. This meeting will take place at Linda-a-Pastora in the suburbs of Lisbon, with the participation of catholics, orthodox, protestants, jews, muslims, hindus and buddhists. The meeting has been convened by the "Pro-Children Global Network of Religions", a movement created by the Japan-based NGO Arigatou Foundation. - -- 2 - HINDUS COMMEMORATE 20 YEARS IN PORTUGAL - Main spiritual leaders at world level associated themselves to the commemorations initiated yesterday Sant Shri Morari Bapu and Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji are two of the main leaders of the Hindu religion who are in Portugal to associate themselves to the festivities which mark the 20 years of this community in our country. The opening ceremony took place yesterday at the Radha-Krishna temple in Lisbon, presided over by the Mayor Pedro Santana Lopes. The religious rites were presided over by the Ambassador of India (Ms Madhu Badhuri). To welcome the main spiritual leaders means, to the Portuguese Hindu community, to live one of the highest moments of their theological life. It is like the Catholics welcoming the Pope. Sant Shri Morari Bapu is a respected specialist in Hindu scriptures and a renowned world-level orator. Up to (August) 4th he will be every day in the temple, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., reciting the 'Ramayan', one of the most important epics of that religious tradition, which narrates the story, message and teachings of Rama, a divine incarnation of great devotion. His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji (Muniji), leader of one of the most important spiritual institutions of India and one of the most respected spiritual leaders of that country, will present the recital of 'Katha', having by his side Kantilal Jamnadas, president of the Hindu Community and its spokesman in Portugal. 'Katha', which means Divine Story, is a spiritual epics novena which has been assembling thousands of faithful whenever it is recited, either in India or anywhere else in the world. The big affluence of believers is also justified by the fact that, according to tradition, to witness the reading of the story, life and message of the divine incarnations allows one to attain the path of peace and salvation. It is to be referred that, in the scope of these commemorations, besides a series of programmes of cultural nights and excursions to historical sites, a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Fatima is also envisaged. The Virgin (Mary) is revered as a divine figure by some members of the community. These celebrations take place at a time of great hope for the believers. According to the religious calendar, right now one is entering the era of 'Kalki' which evokes technology and futurology. Hinduism believes that an incarnation of God on the earth is near, for the salvation of humanity. Thus they expect to witness the reinstatement of certain values like understanding, tolerance, respect, morality, sense of family, etc. The community, numbering eight thousand members in Portugal, will continue the festivities until the 4th. About five thousand people are expected at the temple over this weekend, and the presence of around three thousand on any other day. - -- -- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:16:17 + From: "A. Veronica Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] New Konkani Album in Kuwait. NEW KONKANI ALBUM RELEASED IN KUWAIT BY ROSARY FERNS. On 26th of this month 7.30 P.M. at Kuwait City, well known Konkani Stage Artiste playwright composer director and songst
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4190 - In this issue: [Goanet] 30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Re: WORLD GOA DAY [Goanet] Re: Mirror (UK): Holiday Paradise Rape Was Just Start Of Hell [Goanet] Tits Bits .003 [Goanet] UK Auction of 18th c. Madonna & Child Ivory carving. [Goanet] Re:30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS Re: [Goanet] Re:30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Condolence Meeting [Goanet] Re: 30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:32:10 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS July 30, 2002 DISCORD OVER "RIVER PRINCESS": Tourism Minister, Mickky Pacheco has dismissed the appeal field by Salgaocar Mining Industries Pvt Ltd over the vessel "River Princess" grounded off Candolim-Sinquerim coach. He has ordered that the Competent Authority while proceeding further under the Act, should also go into the question whether the Appellant has any original documents pertaining to the vessel. (H) GOVT APATHY TOWARDS SAND EXTRACTION: The Anjuna residents have blamed sand extraction for triggering the collapse of the sea-facing cliff over a 100-metre stretch that now threatens houses and business establishments in the area. Says one resident, "This is not a natural phenomenon. This is a man-made disaster." (Joaquim Fernandes in NT) SIX TRAWLERS SEIZED: Six trawlers were seized by the Goa Coast Guard yesterday, after the boats were found venturing into the Arabian Sea for fishing activities during the prohibited period. (H) CM TAKES OVER KTC REINS: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has taken over the reins of the troubled Kadamba Transport Corporation and will now be the chairman of the reconstituted board of directors. (GT) TEMPO INTO A CULVERT: A 22-year-old labourer died on the spot while others were injured, when a loaded tempo plunged in a 3-metre deep culvert at Chine Arc at Gulem in Canacona. (H) TAKING VIEWERS FOR A RIDE: People complain that despite being a service industry, the cable operators don't respond to complaint calls and most of them don't have a generator backup. "No only is the transmission bad but most of the time I switch on the TV to stare at a blank screen," says Ms Mamta Hussain of Porvorim. (NT) CONVICTED FOR RAPE: The Sessions Court yesterday convicted one Govind Pawar of Collem in Sancorda, for raping a seven-year-old girl at Collem last year. (H) URGED NOT TO=85: Facing prospects of stagnation in chances of promotion, the Goa Public Works Department Engineers' Association has urged the chief minister not to grant extension to any PWD engineer after their retirement on superannuation. (H) "TAI" CORNERED: The meeting of the MGP central committee was a stormy one as expected and party president Shashikala Kakodkar had to adjourn it as acrimonious scenes continued even after nearly two-and-a-half hours of hot debate. (GT) SAAD FLAYS VICTIMISATION OF NIGERIAN COUPLE: Bailancho Saad has condemned the harassment meted out to the parents of the four-year-old Nigerian girl who was raped by Sunil Tamankar from Assagao. The Saad charged the police of protecting one of its officers who had played dirty and not registered the rape case and said that both the PI and Tamankar were protected for petty vote-bank interests. (GT) MOLESTATION CASES: In eight out of the nine molestation offences against foreigners, the offender is either acquitted or allowed to go scot-free for lack of evidence. The ninth is still under investigation. (H) CERTIFICATE COURSES: Brazilian readership Chair and Department of Sociology, Goa University, will offer a post graduate certificate course in Portuguese language and Brazilian culture from 13 August. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GT) SANS FOOTPATHS: Thousands of pedestrians put their lives to great risk in the Margao city everyday sans any footpaths worth its name. On some of the roads like the Station Road, even an inch of space is not reserved for pedestrians, who often have a close shave from being hit by the vehicles.= (H) CAMURLIM SARPANCH FACES MUSIC: Sarpanch of Camurlim (Salcette) Basilio Fernandes was grilled at a Gram Sabha meeting on various issues which included illegal constructions, drainages, electricity, pre-monsoon works, etc. (GT)=20 PROGRAMME AT KALA ACADEMY: Kala Academy will organise a programme on Sahitya Academy award winner, Pundalik Nayak's drama, novels, and short stories, at its Black Box on July 30 at 5 pm. Dr Nandkumar Kamat, Prof Bhushan Bhave and Prof Prakash Vajinkar will give a talk on the said subjects. (H) LOVERS ATTEMPT SUICIDE: A young b
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goanet-digest Monday, July 29 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4189 - In this issue: [Goanet] Fw: Micky Pacheco V/s KTC Driver Re: [Goanet] MIGHT IS RIGHT! Re: [Goanet] Fw: Micky Pacheco V/s KTC Driver [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY [Goanet] Goa and music: String Orchestra [Goanet] PRESERVING GOA Fwd: [Goanet] Mirror (UK): Holiday Paradise Rape Was Just Start Of Hell [Goanet] Danger Off Beaches (Editorial in The Navhind Times) See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:18:36 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [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. > > > > -- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 06:20:20 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] MIGHT IS RIGHT! In a message dated 07/28/2002 8:26:51 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Ministers have to keep within their limits. Nothing permits them to take the law into their hands. The weak and vulnerable can be easy victims of Ministers roaming around in their cars at tax-payer's expense and with flashing lights To slap people in public is not why they were ordained Ministers. What is even more objectionable is when some of our ever-potent Ministers try and erect their 11th finger to coerce the weaker sex to succumb to their pleasures. After having to put up with torture by stray dogs Goans deserve to be spared from rabid politicians. >> The Ministers' eleventh finger rising and the taking of the law into their own hands is atypical "GOON" behaviour, which ought to be sent for the GUINNESS BOOK of records :( Such unbridled actions reflect on the credibility of the Chief Minister if no immediate and positive action is taken. Inaction is a sign of collusion or "dirty hands" policy. How far have some Goans stooped in the political morass? It truly is reminiscent of the dark ages or jungle rule, where might was right. But democracy, is supposed to be "Of the people, by the people and for the people" and protection of people's rights. Pat de Sousa Maryland, USA
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goanet-digest Monday, July 29 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4188 - In this issue: [none] [Goanet] The WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY being celebrated in GOA - Cont - 2/ 2 [Goanet] The WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY being celebrated in GOA - Cont - 2/ 2 [Goanet] Mirror (UK): Holiday Paradise Rape Was Just Start Of Hell See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 23:25:31 +0530 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] - --'ThIs-RaNdOm-StRiNg-/=_.40139982: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Length: 1142 MIME-Version: 1.0 approved: Hermannoted From: "Calaur Enterprises" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-to: "Calaur Enterprises" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:00:32 +0530 FULRANI telecast on Fridays The Panaji Kendra of Doordarshan has begun telecasting a programme on environment at about 7.15 p.m.ie. afte Marathi news. Christened as FULRANI, the programme has been conceived, and is anchored by, Amita Salatry. She has won awards for TV acting for the telefilm "Tyag". Each episode is designed for a 15 minute slot that will include an interview, a demonstration, some gardening tips and a surprise plant. Episodes have been shot with Rozendo Mendonsa (Mr. Farmer) Ashok Dande (Dande's), Sudanshu Saigal (Creative Inspiration) and Miguel Braganza (Farms and Gardens) to kick off the programme. Other agricultural and environmental personalities of Goa will also feature in the subsequent episodes. The programme is in Konkani but the visuals are such that fluency in the language is not required of the viewer. Happy viewing Miguel E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - --'ThIs-RaNdOm-StRiNg-/=_.40139982: Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/octet-stream;name=unknown Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=unknown Content-Length: 2980 MIME-Version: 1.0 PCFET0NUWVBFIEhUTUwgUFVCTElDICItLy9XM0MvL0RURCBIVE1MIDQuMCBUcmFuc2l0aW9uYWwv L0VOIj4NCjxIVE1MPjxIRUFEPg0KPE1FVEEgY29udGVudD0idGV4dC9odG1sOyBjaGFyc2V0PWlz by04ODU5LTEiIGh0dHAtZXF1aXY9Q29udGVudC1UeXBlPg0KPE1FVEEgY29udGVudD0iTVNIVE1M IDUuMDAuMjYxNC4zNTAwIiBuYW1lPUdFTkVSQVRPUj4NCjxTVFlMRT48L1NUWUxFPg0KPC9IRUFE Pg0KPEJPRFkgYmdDb2xvcj0jYzhlMGQ4Pg0KPERJVj48Rk9OVCBmYWNlPUFyaWFsIHNpemU9Mj4m Z3Q7IEZVTFJBTkkgdGVsZWNhc3Qgb24gRnJpZGF5czxCUj4mZ3Q7IDxCUj4mZ3Q7IA0KVGhlIFBh bmFqaSBLZW5kcmEgb2YgRG9vcmRhcnNoYW4gaGFzIGJlZ3VuIHRlbGVjYXN0aW5nIGEgcHJvZ3Jh bW1lIG9uID08QlI+Jmd0OyANCmVudmlyb25tZW50IGF0IGFib3V0IDcuMTUgcC5tLmllLiBhZnRl IE1hcmF0aGkgbmV3cy4gQ2hyaXN0ZW5lZCBhcyA9PEJSPiZndDsgDQpGVUxSQU5JLCB0aGUgcHJv Z3JhbW1lIGhhcyBiZWVuIGNvbmNlaXZlZCwgYW5kIGlzIGFuY2hvcmVkIGJ5LCBBbWl0YSA9PEJS PiZndDsgDQpTYWxhdHJ5LiBTaGUgaGFzIHdvbiBhd2FyZHMgZm9yIFRWIGFjdGluZyBmb3IgdGhl IHRlbGVmaWxtICJUeWFnIi48QlI+Jmd0OyANCjxCUj4mZ3Q7IEVhY2ggZXBpc29kZSBpcyBkZXNp Z25lZCBmb3IgYSAxNSBtaW51dGUgc2xvdCB0aGF0IHdpbGwgaW5jbHVkZSBhbiANCj08QlI+Jmd0 OyBpbnRlcnZpZXcsIGEgZGVtb25zdHJhdGlvbiwgc29tZSBnYXJkZW5pbmcgdGlwcyBhbmQgYSBz dXJwcmlzZSBwbGFudC4gDQo9PEJSPiZndDsgRXBpc29kZXMgaGF2ZSBiZWVuIHNob3Qgd2l0aCBS b3plbmRvIE1lbmRvbnNhIChNci4gRmFybWVyKSZuYnNwOyBBc2hvayANCkRhbmRlID08QlI+Jmd0 OyAoRGFuZGUncyksIFN1ZGFuc2h1IFNhaWdhbCAoQ3JlYXRpdmUgSW5zcGlyYXRpb24pIGFuZCBN aWd1ZWwgDQpCcmFnYW56YSA9PEJSPiZndDsgKEZhcm1zIGFuZCBHYXJkZW5zKSB0byBraWNrIG9m ZiB0aGUgcHJvZ3JhbW1lLiBPdGhlciANCmFncmljdWx0dXJhbCBhbmQgPTxCUj4mZ3Q7IGVudmly b25tZW50YWwgcGVyc29uYWxpdGllcz0yMDxCUj4mZ3Q7IG9mIEdvYSB3aWxsIA0KYWxzbyBmZWF0 dXJlIGluIHRoZSBzdWJzZXF1ZW50IGVwaXNvZGVzLiBUaGUgcHJvZ3JhbW1lIGlzIGluID08QlI+ Jmd0OyBLb25rYW5pIA0KYnV0IHRoZSB2aXN1YWxzIGFyZSBzdWNoIHRoYXQgZmx1ZW5jeSBpbiB0 aGU8QlI+Jmd0OyBsYW5ndWFnZSBpcyBub3QgcmVxdWlyZWQgb2YgDQp0aGUgdmlld2VyLjxCUj4m Z3Q7IDxCUj4mZ3Q7IEhhcHB5IHZpZXdpbmc8QlI+Jmd0OyA8QlI+Jmd0OyBNaWd1ZWw8QlI+Jmd0 OyANCjxCUj4mZ3Q7IENBTEFVUiBFTlRFUlBSSVNFUzxCUj4mZ3Q7IEctNSwgSm9zbHluIEFwdHMu LFJhandhZGRvLCBNYXB1c2EsPEJSPiZndDsgDQpCYXJkZXogLSBHb2EgLSBJbmRpYS48QlI+Jmd0 OyBQaC4gMDA5MSA4MzIgMjY0NzkzPEJSPiZndDsgTW9iaWxlOjk4MjMgMTMzIA0KNjkyPEJSPiZn dDsgQ3Jhc2ggQ291cnNlcyBpbiBDb21wdXRlcnMsRS1tYWlscyAoSW5jb21pbmcvT3V0Z29pbmcp PEJSPiZndDsgDQpYZXJveGluZywgRGF0YSBQcm9jZXNzaW5nLCBDb3VyaWVyKERvbWVzdGljL0lu dGVybmF0aW9uYWwpPEJSPiZndDsgRS1tYWlsOiA8QSANCmhyZWY9Im1haWx0bzptYW5val83OEBz YXR5YW0ubmV0LmluIj5tYW5val83OEBzYXR5YW0ubmV0LmluPC9BPjxCUj4mZ3Q7IA0KPEJSPjwv Rk9OVD48L0RJVj4NCjxESVY+PEZPTlQgZmFjZT1BcmlhbCBzaXplPTI+Q0FMQVVSIEVOVEVSUFJJ U0VTPEJSPkctNSwgSm9zbHluIEFwdHMuLFJhandhZGRvLCANCk1hcHVzYSw8QlI+QmFyZGV6IC0g R29hIC0gSW5kaWEuPEJSPlBoLiAwMDkxIDgzMiAyNjQ3OTM8QlI+TW9iaWxlOjk4MjMgMTMzIA0K NjkyPEJSPkNyYXNoIENvdXJzZXMgaW4gQ29tcHV0ZXJzLEUtbWFpbHMgKEluY29taW5nL091dGdv aW5nKTxCUj5YZXJveGluZywgRGF0YSANClByb2Nlc3NpbmcsIENvdXJpZXIoRG9tZXN0aWMvSW
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goanet-digest Sunday, July 28 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4187 - In this issue: [Goanet] 28 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] WYD [Goanet] YOUR support will be OUR SUCCESS ! [Goanet] World Youth Day 2002 [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY: Re: [Goanet] World Youth Day 2002 [Goanet] MIGHT IS RIGHT! [Goanet] New Jersey GOA salutes World GOA DAY [Goanet] The WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY being celebrated in GOA page1/ 2 [Goanet] 29 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:48:20 +0500 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 28 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS July 28, 2002 VICE PRESIDENT KANT DEAD: Vice President, Krishan Kant, who as a "young turk" campaigned for a Left-of-Centre tilt in Congress under Indira Gandhi, died in New Delhi on July 27 of a massive heart attack, 24 days before he was to lay down office. Government declared a three-day national mourning as a mark of respect to the Vice President. (PTI report in Herald) TWO BUSES COLLIDE AT RIBANDAR: Twelve persons were injured yesterday morning when a minibus and a private bus collided with each other on the National Highway near the Government Primary School at Sao Pedro, Ribandar. (H) OLD GMC ROAD TO BE CLOSED: Residents on the Panjim-Miramar route are in for a big surprise as a stretch of the DB Bandodkar Road will be closed for traffic anytime next week for major repair works to be under by the PWD on the culvert which caved in recently near the Old Goa Medical College. (H) MARCAIM MURDER CASE: The detection of the Tanuja murder case is proving to be arduous. Even the efforts of the top officials of the Goa police have failed to unravel the truth and the motive behind the killing. (NT) HOPE FOR SANGUEM'S TOURIST SITES: With residents in the Sanguem taluka citing the Dudhsagar Waterfalls and the Tambdi Surla temple among the many neglected sites in the taluka, the government has now decided to improve the tourism potential in Sanguem. "The forest department is planning to introduce a two-day trip for tourists visiting these beautiful tourist places. Tourists will be taken to Dudhsagar, Tambdi Surla temple, Sunset Point at Mollem and Bhagavan Mahaveer wild life sanctuary," informed Forest Minister Vinay Tendulkar. (H) APTITUDE OF KIDS: While speaking at a function organised by the Goa Shikshak Parishad in Margao on Saturday, the Registrar of Goa University, Dr Jayant Budkule, made a fervent plea to the parents not to impose their ambitions on their wards but to concentrate more on understanding the aptitudes of their children. (H) LOCALS OPPOSE: The Porvorim Residents Action Committee have demanded a full-fledged Porvorim Municipal Council, comprising the area of Alto Porvorim, Alto Torda, Alto Brittona, Alto Betim, Alto Pilerne and Alto Sangolda, which town has fast developed, having a population of 10,000 inhabitants. The Committee has also taken objection to annexing the new Assembly Complex and surrounding areas of Porvorim to the Panjim Municipal Council. (H) NO TAKERS FOR VELIM'S AGORS, BUNDS: The "agors" (traditional water bodies) and coconut trees dotting the bunds once constituted a substantial source of revenue (over Rs.1 lakh) for the Comunidade of Velim. Today, however, things look totally different. (H) NO GRAM SABHA IN BENAULIM: The Benaulim panchayat has not held their Gram Sabha for the last three years. What's worse is that the panchayat records reveal that for the last ten years, they are irregular in holding them. (NT) SPICE THEFT: Three employees of a pharmaceutical firm in Pilerne were arrested yesterday on charges of stealing 3 kilogrammes of spices worth about Rs.5,000. (H) ONE GETS BAIL: The NDPS Court, Mapusa, released accused Joseph Francis John Gomes, of Candolim, who was found in possession of 500 grams of charas, on bail bond of Rs.25,000 and one local surety of the same amount. (WE-GT) NO TRUST IN SIOLIM-SODIEM SARPANCH: Four panchayat members of Siolim-Sodiem panchayat-Prasad Mandrekar, Deepak Haldankar, Jeanette Henriques and Dr Jawaharlal Henriques-have tabled a no-confidence motion against Sarpanch Francis Fernandes and Deputy Sarpanch Maria Fernandes. (WE-GT) HEALTH CAMP AT SALIGAO: Save Goa Society will hold a comprehensive health camp "Arthritis & Control" on August 3, at the Ayurvedic Natural Health Centre, Saligao, from 10 am to 4 pm. The camp will educate the people on the various aspects of arthritis, its prevention, cure and control. Details: Tel 409275, 409762. (H) STUDENT NEEDS AID: Master Wave
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goanet-digest Saturday, July 27 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4186 - In this issue: [Goanet] GoaNow ! [Goanet] Commonwealth Games: Goan Triumphs. [Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: The Fight for Freedom. By Simon James Collier. [Goanet] The Guardian: Family Holidays in Goa. Re: [Goanet] Commonwealth Games: Goan Triumphs. [Goanet] World Youth Day 2002 [Goanet] Vice Prez Krishna (Krishan) Kant is dead. [Goanet] Tits & Bits .002 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 18:22:27 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GoaNow ! Joel and team mates, CONGRATULATIONS to Joel D Souza and his team for the beautifuly edited Magazine - GoaNow July issue. I enjoyed going though it , beautifully arranged photographs and generally well laid out . Thanking you and your associates for Keeping us informed . Its just superb ! rene barreto recommend a visit - www.goacom.com/goanow/ -- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:33:45 +0100 From: "Eddie Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Commonwealth Games: Goan Triumphs. 1. In Hockey, as Gabe Menezes revealed: Wales 1-1 Canada. Wales took the lead in the second half through Simon Organ's penalty stroke, but it lasted just eight minutes as Canada's Wayne Fernandes earned a share of the spoils 2. In the synchro swimming, Claire Carver-Dias, Goan by marriage to Douglas Dias, did it again today. With Fanny Letourneau, she triumphed in the duets competition. >From the BBC Report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/hockey/newsid_2155000/ 2155757.stm Carver-Dias showed no ill effects from a busy Friday, on which she sandwiched lunch with the Queen in between winning the solo title. And afterwards she revealed that she was contemplating retirement at the age of 25 Extracts from todays papers: The Times (London) July 27, 2002. That victory ensured that Canada's unbeaten record in the Commonwealth Games synchronised swimming remained intact. And all on a day when Carver-Dias had enjoyed a lunch of poached salmon with the Queen at the athletes' village. Daily Mail (London) July 27, 2002 The gold medalist said: 'It was a great lunch - although I only had coffee and no food - and I was probably more nervous about that than my swim. But she was really great and I really enjoyed it.' The Hamilton Spectator, July 27, 2002 "It really has been a fairytale," she said, "Pretty amazing. I was sitting at the Queen's table for lunch and she wished me good luck for my competition She was selected as Canada's representative to a luncheon which featured an athlete from all 72 countries at the Games. Eight sat with the Queen and eight with Prince Phillip She said her husband Douglas was yelling "10, 10" in the morning technical session and she had eight family members on hand, including two aunts from Wales. Full text at: http://waymoresports.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename= HamiltonWMS/Layout/Article_Layout&call_pageid=991828049690&c=Article&cid=102 7720942443 Toronto Star, July 27, 2002 Carver-Dias had considered retiring after Sydney, saying she wanted to get to know her husband again. Guess she familiarized herself with him quickly enough because a month later she re-dedicated herself to the sport. Yesterday, husband Douglas was among the eight family members including two aunties from Wales who'd never seen synchro before in the audience "I could hear him yelling.'' Full text at: http://waymoresports.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_ =12c1aede5fe07f94&pagename=waymoresports/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid= 1026143732739&call_page=WM_Home&call_pageid=979619472127&call_pagepath=Home/ Home And in the live TV transmission today, we too could hear and see him yelling! -- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 20:19:33 +0100 From: "Eddie Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: The Fight for Freedom. By Simon James Collier. Excerpts: The Hags are ugly, smell and their favourite pastime is torturing human beings. Unfortunately they rule Goa... ...Rajun and Anuj are travelling to Goa for what they think will be their annual family summer holiday, whilst in Goa they develop magic powers, talk to dead saints and fight for the freedom of the people of Goa -not the normal kind of family holiday! ++ BOOK REVIEW. Title: Towards The Light Fantastic -- Part 1: The Fight for Freedom Author: Simon James Collier Published
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goanet-digest Saturday, July 27 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4185 - In this issue: [Goanet] This one is dumb [Goanet] Fw: Safety First - Thro' "A P P E L" [Goanet] 27 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] July issue of GoaNOW [Goanet] Hockery [Goanet] Share the Goan love of music-"Welcome to Goa" by The Islanders from Divar [Goanet] South Goa:Steps taken for finalisation of off-site emergency plan See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 19:01:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] This one is dumb real dumb. You have been warned, folks. This is the time to hit that delete button. Still here? Ok, most of you will know that the Pope is in Toronto to help celebrate World Youth Day 2002. First the good news. There are more than 400,000 young tourists/pilgrims in town. It is a real pleasure, when walking downtown, to see appox 20-40 people following their flag and singing songs from their home country. One group singing outside my office called themselves, "Fine Young Catholics." :-) Now the dumb info. Half these tourists/pilgrims are young Americans. The funny thing is that we figure out they must be Americans as they have Canadian flags sewn onto their knapsacks :-) This is Canada, folks. No one is going to harm you regardless of where you have come from. Mervyn __ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 08:39:37 +0530 From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Fw: Safety First - Thro' "A P P E L" > To, > The editor, > Herald/Navhind Times/ Gomantak Times/ Pudhari > > With request for kind publication in your esteemed daily the following press > release. > Thank you. > ___ > > Keeping in view the latest happenings at Vasco thro' the Indian Oil > Corporation and the resultant panic which gripped the population of Vasco > and the surrounding areas due to the fire, Goa Su-Raj Party likes to bring > to the notice of the general public the following: > > 1. That Vasco, and the port town of Mormugao has been classified as a > virtual bomb, where the entire city of Vasco could be wiped out, first by > the Writ Petition filed in the HC by 'Concerned Citizens' V/s Zuari > Industries Ltd with regard to the storage of Liquified Ammonia Gas., second > by Goa's Chief Secretary Mr. Baleshwar Rai, who on his recent visit to the > area has said that the port town of Mormugao is a potential danger site > which could be sabotaged or attacked by enemies or the terrorists. > > 2. Under Rule 51(1) of the EPA (Environment Protection Act, Notification > dtd. 27 Nov 1989) ) as well as under Section 41(b) of the Factory's Act > 1948 the employer and/or the Industry involved in processing and/or storing > hazardous materials are required to conduct training and/or awareness > programmes for its employees as well as the section of the public which > would be directly affected if exposed to these materials ( through > contaminated air, land or water). These training or awareness programmes > are to be run by the employer/industries at their own costs through > independent agency/s which will project the true extent of dangers to > exposure to such hazardous or toxic materials . > > 3. Under Public Liability Insurance Act, which has been incorporated after > the Bhopal Gas Tragedy the employer/industry is required to offer > compulsory insurance cover to its employees as well as the section of the > public expected to be contaminated and/or affected ,through 365 days of the > year , to be endorsed and/or confirmed by the respective District > Collectors. > > 4. That the concerned industries have perennially watered down this > sensitive issue of public safety mostly in connivance with the government > agencies who are supposed to be the watch-dogs of public safety, to fool > the public for their own benefit and to expose them to grave dangers. > > 5. That in the absence of the above proficient awareness programmes on > safety, do's and don'ts in case of major accidents, the public is liable to > unnecessarily panic and precious lives could be lost. (Bhopal Gas Tragedy) > > In view of the above, Goa Su-Raj Party, being conscious of the above, has > approached the Director of the "Institute of Safety and Risk Management, a > Non profit making management trust based in Panjim to conduct an > orientatio
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goanet-digest Friday, July 26 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4184 - In this issue: [Goanet] Tits & Bits . 001 [Goanet] Gulf Times: Doha Goans Sports Club Contest [Goanet] The Times(UK): Doorway to India creaks open Re: [Goanet] Re: WORLD GOA DAY [Goanet] NEWS: Goa BSNL gets mobile aspirations, but subscribers have plaints [Goanet] "LAGAAN" SWORD STILL HANGING ON GOANS' HEADS [Goanet] Commonwealth Games 2002: GOAN GETS GOLD!!! See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:15:33 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Tits & Bits . 001 Almost everyone is talking about how Goa's standard of education is low, going down, inferior compared to other states, going to dogs etc. etc. But, has anyone heard the latest? It has been whispered into my sensitive ears that the Education Board has come out with model answers to model questions. Teachers are expected to follow the 'model' way specially during correction of answer papers. The unbelievable part of all this is that teachers who do not teach the subject are expected to correct the answer papers in that subject by following the model answers. That means that enterprising students who answer the questions differently and perhaps more efficiently will be looked down upon by the correctors, just because the answers are non model answers. Now, Goans should stop saying that the standard of education in Goa is going to dogs. It has already been eaten up and the dogs are eyeing for the next in line which is dear to Goa and Goans. " The Communal Harmony " And there was a hue and cry about the pilferage of petroleum products in Vasco in a most daring manner that anyone could ever think of. The style smacks of the 'French Connection' but even more versatile, I should say. It seems that a certain South based police official of high rank has been getting paid Rs. 4 lacs per month, a lower rank officer a lac a month., from the proceeds of the pilferage. By any means, this must have been a multi-crore business. No wonder, the politicians has been increasing and decreasing a few paise here and a few paise there and fooling the general public while they were minting money all the time. Do we see C B I here?? And the guys who have been arrested even get bail. Why not? It is upto to the police to file the charge sheets. If they themselves are involved, then the criminals go scot free after a short farce. This is something to think about, and goes to show that Goa's guts are rotted to the putrifying stench, while goans have been snoring. And as if there was not enough news in the newspapers already, goan schools have started making headlines. On the one hand, there is Mater Dei in Saligao which is, for its part, facing the ire of the education department because of the fabricated stories told to it by one enterprising Mr. Mitra, who is said to be a favoured soul in the high flying circle of people who are hell bent on discrediting minority run schools. And on the other hand there is another minority run school, I am proud to say my ex-school, the St. Xavier's High, Moira.which is making headlines in one direction one day and in another direction the next day. One day a bright student accuses the best teacher of harassment, and the teacher is transferred to another school. The next day the whole school is practically at the door of the teacher's house begging her to come back. We were just saying that our goan education standard has gone to dogs. And here we have students of 6th., 7th, 8th. Class who have drafted a memorandum to the diocesan board to give them their teacher back. With headstrong head people who mingle freely with petty, conniving local politicians in the making, it is but natural that student power could be channelise next to bring down governments . However, I am still trying to get the puzzle sorted out as to how a bright student could be accusing the best teacher of harassment in the first place. And as per Rajan Narayan's editorial in today's Herald, the diversion of the Madei waters by Karnataka is a foregone conclusion despite the feeble attempts made by Goa's government in the last stages. Goa's fragile treasury could be straining against the additional cost of flying and entertaining in Delhi the long standing non performers and hypocrites of Goa., who want to come be in the lime light of a dying fight. And again, the finger is pointed to the snoozing, snoring Goans. For a game fight between two neighboring teams from Goa and Karnataka, the referee , but naturally, has to be from Andra or Tamilnad. However, we are privileged to have a Kerelite who is perh
goanet-digest V1 #4181
goanet-digest Thursday, July 25 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4181 - In this issue: [Goanet] From Prof. Hari Sharma (retd.) [Goanet] NEWS: Goa trawlers mull option of defying no-fishing ban [Goanet] RE: Panchayat texts See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:13:23 -0700 (PDT) From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] From Prof. Hari Sharma (retd.) Dear friends: With firm resolve to do what needs to be done, in solidarity with you in your own struggles, and with expectant hope to receive your support and encouragement, we send to you a report on the Public Forum we organized on July 20, focussing on the Genocide that took place in Gujarat India. Thanking you, Hari Sharma Feb. 24, 2002 ** Press and Public Release The Genocide in Gujarat will not be forgotten The Perpetrators of Crimes Against Humanity Must be Brought to Justice At the end of a 3-hour long Public Forum, over one hundred people in attendance unanimously approved a resolution demanding that the perpetrators of the genocidal massacres in Gujarat on Feb. 28, 2002 and after, including the functionaries of the State who colluded in these crimes, be brought to justice within the legal framework of India. But given the past record of judicial processes in India, can there be the confidence that the mass murderers, rapists, and arsonists of Gujarat would ever meet the justice they deserve? Those who organized the massacres of Sikhs in 1984, or of Muslims in 1993, or committed many other such atrocities, are still to be punished. Already the first Gujarat verdict came out on July 13, in which all nine people arrested for setting shops on fire were set free, for inadequate evidence provided by the police. Given this background, the Forum further resolved unanimously to join hands with other organizations and people around the world to explore all avenues in order to bring to justice the Gujarat Genocide perpetrators, under the International Humanitarian Law, including the criminal courts in Belgium. It was further resolved to approach the International Human Rights Commission of the United Nations to recognize the large-scale violation of people's human rights and to urgently intervene with appropriate action. The Government of Canada must be lobbied, including individual members of Parliament, to provide support for bringing to justice all parties responsible for the crimes against Humanity committed in Gujarat. Organized by South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD), the Public Forum was held on July 20, at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. The Moderator of the Forum was Mr. Harinder Mahil, former Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of the province. The afternoon Forum began with the showing of Gauhar Raza's powerful film, "Evil Stalks the Land". It brought the reality of the Gujarat carnage close to home, to people's sensibilities. The Forum had seven panelists: Mrs. Nishrin Hussain (daughter of the slain former MP of Gujarat, Mr. Ehsan Jaffri), and her husband Prof. Najid Hussain of the University of Delaware; Dr. Radhika Desai of the University of Victoria, Dr. Ishtiaz Ahmed of the University of Stockholm, Mr. Abu Ansari, a concerned Muslim from India, Prof. Mordecai Briemberg of Douglas College, and of Canada-Palestine Network, and Dr. Laurie King-Irani of the University of Victoria. Nishrin Hussain's voice and words showed a tremendous courage in not only expressing her personal grief, but doing so with a calm and heart-rendering sobriety. It was not the personal loss that came through, but the loss of the Gujarati society as she had known it. The cool and dispassionate analysis Najib Hussain gave of the Gujarat carnage, and the manner it was building up, made it clear that the unfortunate Godhra train incident might have only triggered the pogrom, that would have happened anyway under some other excuse. The Hindutava forces were making the plans of this ethnic cleansing for a long time, as a part of their fascistic agenda. Based on many years of research in the growth of the Hindutava ideology in India as a whole, and particularly in her own home state of Gujarat, Dr. Radhika Desai provided a succinct analysis of the political economy, as it has evolved over the last many years, and has provided the fertile ground for the massive ideological and political growth of Hindutava. Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed provided the larger South Asian context for viewing the Gujarat Genocide, and the implications it is likely to have on peace in the sub-continent, especially on India-Pakistan relations. Prof. Mordecai Briemberg gave a historical and global overview of Genocides and Crimes against
goanet-digest V1 #4180
goanet-digestWednesday, July 24 2002Volume 01 : Number 4180 - In this issue: [Goanet] The diaspora writes back [Goanet] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Goanet] NEWS: MTNL offers Internet telephony in 168 countries [Goanet] NEWS: India makes little progress in human development [Goanet] 25 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Re. Newspaper of Expatriates Goans See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:23:35 -0400 From: "M Mascarenhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] The diaspora writes back In case anyone is interested: - - Original Message - From: "Rajendra Patrick Chetty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:09 AM Subject: Re: diaspora Dear Margaret Thank you for your interest shown in our project. I have enclosed the call for papers. I am not sure if you have received it. Guidelines for writers is also included. Please let me know if you have any specific questions on the project that is not covered in our call for papers. Kind regards rajendra CALL FOR PAPERS Indias Abroad: the Diaspora writes back The representation of new identities in the globalised world has become a fundamental part of current postcolonial studies. Contemporary Indian writers, especially those working within "the literature of the diaspora", engage ethnic, cultural and political conflicts that are re-shaping previous constructions of the West, as well as the East. A major feature of diasporic writings is the concern with place, displacement, myths of identity and authenticity. Indian writers of the diaspora like V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and Anita Desai are not only located in the 'mainstream' of English writings, but also challenge the world-view that can polarize centre and periphery. Integral to much of the Indian diasporic writings is an interrogation of the philosophical assumptions on which the 'canon' was based concomitant with a post-colonial subversion and appropriation of European discourses. The foci of this project on Indian writings of the diaspora are movements, migration and exile - the writings of the Indian 'other' back to the centre. Contributors are invited to submit essays on Indian writings of the diaspora. The main objective of the editorial project is to provide a platform for critical debate on Indian diasporic writings in English. Particularly relevant to the debate would be: a.. Analyses of methodologies and practices; b.. debates with the leading figures of contemporary criticism; c.. exploration of key issues around diasporic writings (hybridity, syncreticity, exile, migrancy, journeys, return, etc.); and d.. the politics of movement in Indian diasporic literature. Other areas of interest could include: a.. cartographical representations of the colonies and diaspora; b.. the relationship between diasporic writings and the motherland; c.. an interrogation of the notion diasporic writings; d.. issues around post-coloniality; e.. representation of gender and race in diasporic writings; f.. subaltern studies, marginalia, identities and cultural politics; and indigenous theory and post-colonial reading. The text will be edited by Pier Paolo Piciucco (University of Turin) and Rajendra Chetty (M.L. Sultan Technikon, Durban). The editors have researched Indian writings in English both of the sub-continent as well as the diaspora, have published widely and have addressed international conferences on Commonwealth and Indian writings. The editors are open to a range of approaches, including interdisciplinary studies. Manuscripts, which should conform to the Harvard style, and which should not exceed eight thousand words in length, should be submitted online to both [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] The deadline for submissions is 31 January 2003. -- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:00:32 -0600 (MDT) From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a tourist & visitor to my 2nd home in Condolim for 9 years I would like to echo the sentiments of Veronica Lovejoy July 23rd -- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:49:25 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: MTNL offers Internet telephony in 168 countries MTNL offers Internet telephony in 168 countries >From Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) Wednesday launched its Internet telephony facilities in 168 countries, making it possible to make telephone calls to the U.S. for Rs. 4.80 per minute. The mov
goanet-digest V1 #4179
goanet-digestWednesday, July 24 2002Volume 01 : Number 4179 - In this issue: [Goanet] GOANS of LONDON [Goanet] Missing - Kidnapped, Runaway Indian Children [Goanet] APPEAL TO EVERYONE [Goanet] UK Travel Agents Tested On Service To Goa. re: [Goanet] 24 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Canada [Goanet] HC RESERVES JUDGEMENT [Goanet] US asylum seekers in Canada [Goanet] Stop the Hatred! See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:08:28 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GOANS of LONDON Goenkars ! GOANS of LONDON have dedicated the month of August for great celebrations to commemorate GOA DAY. This will be the third Annual Celebration of Goan culture, music, history, art, cuisine, etc. commencing on 4 August - 28 August 2002. Details will be published and circulated as and when they become available. Website: www.goadayuk.com Goans and Goan organisations wishing to participate in this great Goan event may do so and inform Norma the deatails. Norma Menezes GOA DAY UK - events coordinator [EMAIL PROTECTED]; -- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:19:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulysses Menezes - GOA-WORLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Missing - Kidnapped, Runaway Indian Children Missing, Kidnapped, Runway Kids ! == A Missing Child is a parent's worst nightmare ! http://missingindiankids.com/index1.htm = http://www.goa-world.net/ http://www.goa-world.net/goanet/ - GOANET http://www.live365.com/stations/61664 Live Konkani Music Goa Related Mailing Lists In Your Area - Gulf Goans etc : http://www.goa-world.net/community/mailing_lists/ Other Websites From Goa-World : http://www.mahableshwar.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 21:59:54 +0530 From: "Aloysius D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] APPEAL TO EVERYONE Hi Goans everywhere, As Sunil says sending this message onwards might help and it definitely will do no harm So send itonwards and then wecould works out a petition to the Election Commissioner and find out if it is really effective when a number of persons write Cheers Aloysius D'Souza - - Original Message - From: Sunil D'abreo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mailto:Undisclosed-Recipient:@smcmail.in.tatainfotech.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: APPEAL TO EVERYONE > I don't know how far this will help, but it will not hurt and it could make > a slight difference. > > > On May 2, Supreme Court of India passed a landmark judgment mandating > candidates contesting parliamentary or assembly elections must disclose to > the public: Their criminal records (convictions, acquittals, charges, etc.), > if any Their assets and liabilities Their educational qualifications Greater > transparency strikes at the root of the corrupt and criminal politics. > People have a right to know; if they still elect corrupt politicians, they > probably deserve no better. This directive has to be implemented by the > Election Commissioner . All major parties are resisting. This is a rare > opportunity for the silent majority to make itself heard. If we don't, we > have no one else to blame. You can make yourself heard. > > Please sign the petition to the Election Commissioner > > http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/SupremeCourtIndia_Clean_Politics/ > > Please pass it on to your friends and family. > Sunil > > > -- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 00:15:12 +0100 From: "Eddie Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] UK Travel Agents Tested On Service To Goa. Travel Trade Gazette is the specialist journal for the travel trade. A regular feature involved testing the service offered by different agents to a particular destination. This week we have the results of 4 agents being blind tested regarding a request for a holiday to Goa. === Source: Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland. July 22, 2002 This Week's Request: One or two weeks in Goa for two adults in a good- quality hotel in November TOP TIPS TO GOA: * Be aware of the latest Foreign Office travel advice about India. Due to the dispute over Kashmir between Pakistan and India, and the possibility of terrorism or military action, the goverment is advising against all non-essential travel to both countries. This warning applies to the whole of India. Customers who do wish to travel for essentia
goanet-digest V1 #4178
goanet-digestWednesday, July 24 2002Volume 01 : Number 4178 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Underrated minorities can determine vote re: [Goanet] Govt planning to set up golf course to lure more tourists. [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN School-denationalised [Goanet] Crisis in Goa? [Goanet] Candolim villagers not amused by park... [Goanet] 24 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Discussion on Coastal Sand Dune Vegetation of Goa at FRIDAY BALCAO. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:11:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Underrated minorities can determine vote Underrated minorities can determine vote By Robin Fernandez HYDERABAD: A Christian leader claimed on Sunday that the underrated minority vote-bank could determine the outcome of one-fourth of all seats in parliament. Cecil Chaudhry, a war hero and decorated air force officer, said that a study undertaken by Christian Organisations for Social Action in Pakistan (COSAP) showed the minorities could provide a swing vote in 20 to 25 percent of constituencies across the country. On Sunday another minority leader and human-rights lawyer, Rochi Ram,quoted the findings of a survey of constituencies in the previous election, which closely matched the figures provided by Cecil Chaudhry."There are a total of 47 seats where it is proven that minority votes have heavily influenced the election results," Mr. Ram said. "If we stand united at this juncture, we won't have to knock at the doors of political parties and beg them to give us party tickets," Mr. Cecil told minority leaders who had gathered for a one-day consultation in Hyderabad, some 180 kilometers from Karachi. The meeting was organised by Karachi's Idara-e-Amn-o-Insaf (Justice and Peace Commission)."Mainstream political parties will seek us out themselves and offer us seats," Mr. Cecil said. "If we are one, we stand to gain at least 15 or 16 seats in the National Assembly," he added, explaining the implications of the recently-formed All-Pakistan Minority Alliance. But Cecil Chaudhry warned that if minority communities did not forge unity among their ranks, they would not be able to break free the chains of exploitation. He dispelled the impression among some Christian representatives that the majority community would shun from voting for Christians or Hindus. "I believe Muslims will vote for us, because we are Pakistanis too," Chaudhry told delegates of various minority organisations. Like the women who form more than half of the country's population, he said, the religious minorities are also a marginalised group and are entitled to reserved seats in federal and provincial legislatures. However, he clarified that the minority communities expect a certain number of reserved seats not on the basis of religion but because they face repression on many fronts like their female compatriots. Over the past 12 years the Election Commission has conducted no fewer than five elections. "None of these elections have allowed Christians and other minorities a dual vote, as implied in the Constitution," Mr Cecil said, arguing that Article 51 does not bar minority groups from casting ballots for the designated 207 Muslim seats. In addition to voting for their ten candidates,he said, the minorities can elect Muslim representatives as well. - --endsends- __ You have received this email from "TV-Email", developed by Wavetech. For more information on "TV-Email" click on http://wavetec.com/tv-email -- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:48:32 -0700 (PDT) From: ash k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: re: [Goanet] Govt planning to set up golf course to lure more tourists. Goa should know that tourists don't come there for the lack of amusement parks and golf course anywhere else in the world. All these years, Goa attracted tourist for the lack of hustle and bustle of other states and cities. Nature was enough to beckon tourists year after year. If goa retains its greenery, it would be far more than enough to attract customers every year. I wonder why the government is bent on spending so much money in all these stupid ideas. Well, all states of this country is decaying, so why should Goa be left behind! happiness to y'all always ash __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- Date: 2
goanet-digest V1 #4177
goanet-digest Tuesday, July 23 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4177 - In this issue: [Goanet] Govt planning to set up golf course to lure more tourists. [Goanet] From Lynette Colaco Re: [Goanet] Criticism [Goanet] Goan Cultural Society production of CHUKH [Goanet] Lack of medical equipment is crisis in tourist region: Evening Herald (Plymouth) [Goanet] Kuwait Konknni Kendre Show See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:13:11 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Govt planning to set up golf course to lure more tourists. Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - Govt planning to set up golf course to lure more tourists - In order to give boost to tourism and attract high spending tourists, the state government is planning to set up a golf-course along with other top class facilities and three sites, two in North Goa and one in South Goa, have been identified for establishing such facilities. The director of tourism, Mr N Suryanarayana, informed The Navhind Times that government has identified a piece of land near Oil and Natural Gas Commission near Betul, a piece of land at Morjim in Pernem taluka and an island near Divar in Tiswadi taluka and that Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation has been asked to prepare a feasibility report before a final decision on establishing the facility is taken. He said that these proposals have been envisaged for providing more avenues for tourists visiting the state with a view to retain the tourists for a longer period of 5-7 days for domestic and 10-15 days for foreign tourists. He said that facilities available in the state are not adequate to retain tourists beyond a couple of days. Mr Suryanarayana said that projects, such as golf course, theme park and amusement park, would be set up by private sector, and a number of firms have shown interest in them. He said that government would only be a facilitator in establishing such projects. He, further said government's role would be limited only to providing land, after acquisition for which the firms concerned would have to make payment. The director of tourism further stated that establishing golf course only would not be a viable proposition and that other facilities such as a resort, theme park, amusement park and a convention centre would have to be built, to make the project economically viable. Besides, these facilities have to be unique selling proposition. He said that if any private party wanted to set up such facility without any government help, such as land, the government would help such parties by giving them no-objection certificates and other permissions needed for such a project. The director of tourism further said that private firms bidding for setting up golf course would have to make provision from their own sources for water and power, by harvesting rain water and setting up captive power plant respectively. He also said that the government would not permit any pressure on public utilities such as water, power and roads. Besides, no exploitation of the caddies would be allowed, he said. He, however, said that establishing of a golf course in North Goa was ideal as plenty of land which is required for setting up such projects was available in this district, unlike in South Goa district where getting land of the kind required for setting up golf course is a problem. Construction of the new international airport at Mopa along with the establishing of IT resort at Morjim would also help in setting up of a golf course in North Goa and its utilisation. He however, said that most of top class hotels, used by high spending tourists, were located in South Goa and transportation of those choosing to use golf course would be a problem. He also said that it was with this view the sky bus project was envisaged, which would help in faster transportation of tourists and would act as a "catalyst" for attracting tourists. He, said that government would go ahead with its proposal for a rope way between Altinho to Verem and Reis Magos. Meanwhile, Mr Jitendra Deshprabhu, whose family had proposed setting up a golf course along with residential facility in a resort like environment some time back, has said that the project still stood and that it has been approved by the environment and forest ministry of U
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goanet-digest Monday, July 22 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4176 - In this issue: [Goanet] PROUD TO BE A GOAN [Goanet] WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY RE: [Goanet] Newspaper of Expatriates Goans. [Goanet] From BB Cafe Story & Screenwriting Workshop in English [Goanet] Queries about Goa [Goanet] MZEE MOHAMED ATHUMANI - FUPI [Goanet] CALANGUTE-NEWS Feast of St Alex Re: [Goanet] Query on Simputers... [Goanet] 23 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 22:44:30 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] PROUD TO BE A GOAN I wish to thank you - Monte De Guirim - Ex-Students - Toronto Chapter , for joining us and participating in this great Goan event - The WORLD GOA DAY , a celebration of OUR GAON HERITAGE. In doing so , You have joined the thousand other Goans world wide ! I am sure Monte De Guirim ex-Students all over the world will join you too in spirit and send you their best wishes. rene barreto - - Original Message - From: "Monte De Guirim - Ex-Students - Toronto Chapter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:17 AM Subject: Re: PROUD TO BE A GOAN Hi Rene As part of the Goa world day we are having a 'Goan fun day'. We will have a house party for relatives, close friends (Goans/Indians). We plan to dance to Goan music, sing Goan songs (mandos/dulpods) and eat Goan food. In doing so we plan to impart the spirit of Goa to the younger crowd that will be joing us in the celebrations. This will be a limited celebration involving around 50 people. At this time, I do not forsee, my involvement in the celebrations on a larger scale. Wish you and all Goans worldwide success in this venture. God bless you all! Felix Colaco -- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 22:09:31 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY Fausto , Please thank Goan Review Art Foundation (GRAF) -Mumbai , the organizers of the WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY in Mumbai for making it HAPPEN. Goans worldwide will also feel a sense Unity and belonging with Goans of Mumbai ..now that they too have joined US Goans in celebrating OUR WORLD GOA DAY a day , a day where we celebrate our Goan Heritage. I am hoping this event will be given all the publicity it rightly deserves. Thank You - Goans of Mumbai - for standing in SOLIDARITY withGoansInternational ly rene barreto WORLD GOA DAY 2002 - - Original Message - From: "fausto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 8:26 PM Subject: [Goanet] World Goan Heritage Day > For the first time in Mumbai, Goan Review Art Foundation (GRAF) is > celebrating World Goa Day event - WORLD GOAN HERITAGE DAY at the Sacred > Heart School Hall, Santa Cruz (West) on August 17, 2002, at 7p.m. > World Goa Day is being celebrated in recongnition of Konkani as one of the > national languages of the country. August 20 will see the 10th anniversary > of inclusion of Konkani in the eight schedule of the Constitution. > This great day will be celebrated with a Variety Entertainment consisting of > Mando-dulpods, folk dances, skits and sing-along. Not to miss mouth watering > Goan Culinary delicacies. Besides, great Goan personalities, who have > rendered yeoman service to the cause of Konkani and Goa will be felicitated > at this function. > Calling upon all the Goan and Konkani Institutions, associations and Goan > village associations of Mumbai to participate in this World Goa Day and help > us to make it a success. > The Goa Day song 'PROUD TO BE A GOAN' by Basilio Magno will be sung to > profess our love and solidarity for our motherland Goa. > Let's dance, sing and dine together in the true Goan spirit. > For further details and entry passes contact GRAF on 265 4974, 2630139 -- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 21:09:35 -0700 (PDT) From: john peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Goanet] Newspaper of Expatriates Goans. If I am not mistaken, A.Veronica was some offic ebearer of the Kuwait Goans Association. Bigoted statements do not suit such a reputable position. It is unfortunate that men like AV and Agnelo Gomes speak in crude ways to espouse the Goan cause. I have wished we had Goan men like before who held themselves in dignity and spoke proudly but fairly. It is such men who despite being aflame with passion, ruin the image and mission of Goan identity by silly talk. It is all a matter of
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goanet-digest Monday, July 22 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4175 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] GOA GOVERNMENT WILL NOW TRY TO LURE INDIAN TOURISTS [none] [Goanet] Comments Re: Goa Gutka - ZIOL [Goanet] BSNL Open House Session. [Goanet] Maria A. Gomes/HQ/IFC is out of the office. Re: [Goanet] Newspaper of Expatriates Goans. [Goanet] DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT Re: [Goanet] Newspaper of Expatriates Goans. Re: [Goanet] Newspaper of Expatriates Goans. RE: [Goanet] Newspaper of Expatriates Goans. [Goanet] PROUD TO BE A GOAN See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: 22 Jul 2002 13:58:24 - From: "Rohit Shukla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] GOA GOVERNMENT WILL NOW TRY TO LURE INDIAN TOURISTS >Gujarat's Narendra Modi has adopted the same premature steps >taken by >Manohar Parrikar in dissolving the Gujarat Assembly. Whether he >would be >able to replicate Mr Parrikar's holding to the chair is to be >seen. The >people of Gujarat, unlike the Goans may not idly watch the >whole >Election commission machinery being misused and manipulated as >was the case >in Goa. I hope the Muslim leaders in Gujarat check the electoral roles before the elections. Or they might have a repeat of what happened in Goa where thousands of Christian names disappeared from voters' list. Rohit. -- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:23:26 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?godfrey=20gonsalves?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] Want to sell your car? advertise on Yahoo Autos Classifieds. It's Free!! visit http://in.autos.yahoo.com -- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:21:46 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [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 p
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goanet-digest Monday, July 22 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4174 - In this issue: [Goanet] New Zealand Herald: NZ abuser of orphans jailed for seven years [Goanet] GOA GOVERNMENT WILL NOW TRY TO LURE INDIAN TOURISTS [Goanet] FIGURES: Phones in Goa... Re: [Goanet] Newspaper by Expatriate Goans. [Goanet] Check out this page on Sulekha --- brianmendonca Re: [Goanet] Newspaper of Expatriates Goans. [Goanet] 21 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] NEWS: Search on in Goa for social problems behind gynaec problems See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:27:16 +0100 From: "Eddie Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] New Zealand Herald: NZ abuser of orphans jailed for seven years Headline: NZ abuser of orphans jailed for seven years Source: New Zealand Herald Monday, 22.07.2002 at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2098855&thesection=news&t hesubsection=general Text: New Zealander Eoghan McBride has been sentenced to seven years in an Indian jail for sexually abusing orphans. McBride, 63, from Upper Hutt, was extradited from New Zealand to Goa in 1999 after Indian police laid child sex abuse charges dating back to the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was found guilty of sodomising children from a Goan orphanage and criminal conspiracy. On Saturday, he was sentenced to seven years' jail for the sex offences and three years on the conspiracy charges. The sentences are to be served concurrently. British-born Freddy Peats, who ran the orphanage, is serving a life sentence for child sex offences. Warrants to arrest an Australian and a Swede are outstanding. A spokeswoman for End Child Prostitution and Trafficking, Denise Ritchie, said her group was contacted in 1996 by a Goan child rights group seeking help with McBride's arrest and extradition. "It is an excellent result and a small measure of justice for the child victims," she said. "It puts all New Zealanders on notice that when it comes to the sexual abuse of foreign children, no place is too far for the arm of the law to reach." - - NZPA = Dont forget you saw it on GoaNet! -- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 07:06:12 +0530 From: "aires" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GOA GOVERNMENT WILL NOW TRY TO LURE INDIAN TOURISTS After having frantically failed to lure foreign tourists the Government of Goa has now decided to pitch in Rs 65 lakhs to advertise Goa's tourist potential within our country. The people of India know very well what to expect in Goa and unless Goa's infrastructure improves, the Indian tourists like their foreign counterparts will refuse to visit what was once paradise. We have to provide our tourists uninterrupted power and water supply. Our roads have to be safe and motorable. Our streets and beaches in particular have to be free from the hordes of stray cattle and rabid dogs. Only then will tourists venture to visit and enjoy a holiday in Goa. The Government of Goa should realise that by improving Goa's Infrastructure, Goa will sell itself. Draining away taxpayers money to depict Goa's tourist potential is in vain. It may be a ruse to channel scarce public funds to advertising agents who may be chums of those in power. It appears that Goa's infrastructure is questioned only when the rich are affected. Nobody raises a eyebrow when the poor and vulnerable are made to face the brunt. The recent treatment meted out to the child of the Transport Minister at the Goa Medical College made it to the headlines. What about the hundreds of the unfortunate and the destitute who have had to live with the most unfortunate state of affairs at the same hospital. Goa's politicians have failed to lead with vision and the current ruler is no exception. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's wants to ensure that every house in Goa has a computer without realising that Goa needs uninterrupted power supply in the first place. It would be nice if those in power had got their priorities right instead of making cheap populist announcements. In preparation to the recently stage managed Goa Assembly elections Parrikar astutely announced the Dayanad Social Security Scheme. The whole scheme was not transparent. Applications forms were only available from the MLAs, in particular the ruling BJP ones. It was obvious that it was an election gimmick to wow the saffron voters with a scheme Mr Parrikar knew would not be sustainable in the long run. The scheme was well timed and fine tuned to ensure that the BJP candidates could distribute the Rs 500 cheques to the beneficiaries on election eve. As
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goanet-digest Thursday, July 18 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4167 - In this issue: [Goanet] Pedestrian zones [Goanet] Paedophilia cases in state on decline. [Goanet] 19 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:21:22 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Pedestrian zones Probably it's time we needed something like this in Goa too, instead of hi-flying ideas like flyovers that some politicians would like to push in Goa (for obvious reasons?) FN - -- Forwarded message -- A pedestrian free zone soon at Delhi's commercial hub >From Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) For long it has been the Indian capital's best-known landmark, with its circular white colonnades dating back to the British era forming a unique shopping mall. Now Connaught Place, located in the heart of the city, will be known for its free pedestrian zone. The Indian authorities have been toying with the idea of making the shopping and commercial hub into a no-vehicle zone since 1993. And they will soon be giving concrete shape to their idea. Taking one step at a time, the authorities will first make the inner circle of Connaught Place a free pedestrian zone. "It will be difficult to ban all vehicles, so we will start by banning two-wheelers first and then move on," Madan Thapliyal, the spokesman of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), told IANS. Though traffic restrictions have been imposed at several arterial roads to ensure safety for shoppers, officials swung into action to decongest the area after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation planned to construct one of its biggest stations at the Central Park of the arcade. With the metro station coming up at the busy shopping centres, officials thought of marking the area for pedestrians. There was fear that with a metro station coming up at the centre of the shopping arcade, it would become chaotic for the traffic police to manage tens and thousands of people coming to catch a train, besides the vehicular traffic. Officials said parking zones would be constructed at four places, including an underground shopping centre, Palika Bazar, which will be next to the metro station. "Palika Bazar has the capacity to house 1,000 cars," Thapliyal said. Delhi Chief Secretary Shailaja Chandra has given a nod to the move, which was proposed by the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation. All government agencies are working in this plan, the official said. "Our work will be restricted to providing well maintained roads. A pedestrian zone will also ensure that there is less pollution," Thapliyal said. Officials said electric scooters could ply on the inner circle to help pedestrians. Officials said the proposal was sent by NDMC in 1993 but was shelved after shopkeepers opposed the idea. A similar exercise undertaken at Lajpat Nagar, a shopping centre in south Delhi, has been somewhat successful in making the area safe for pedestrians, official said. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:12:49 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Paedophilia cases in state on decline. Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - -- Paedophilia cases in state on decline. - -- The heinous incidents of paedophilia are on decline in the state though not totally eliminated, as informed by the superintendent of police (CID), Mr Devesh Shrivastava. Speaking to The Navhind Times, Mr Shrivastava informed that the last paedophilia case in the state was reported at Colva, in South Goa, in October 2000. "The police acted promptly and arrested the suspect. However, later the parents of the victim retracted from their statement; so also the medical report of the victim was negative", he informed. Mr Srivastava however did not rule out such incidents occurring in the state. He specified that although the police have been pro-active during past 2-3 years, all ranks, right up to the level of constables and head constables, are being sensitised and that they were trying to unearth the modus operandi of paedophiles with the support of child-related NGOs. It was practically impossible to discover such cases without the active support of victims and their parents or guardians, Mr Srivastava
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goanet-digest Thursday, July 18 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4166 - In this issue: [Goanet] "goannonresidents group" -- Yahoogroups [Goanet] Query about Chiropractors in Goa [Goanet] World Goan Heritage Day [Goanet] NEWS: Indian workers get wages after four months [Goanet] Evening Standard: Joel Almeida at the QEH concert. Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church [Goanet] NEWS: Bollywood farce -- Indian actress, family are detained See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 02:29:51 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] "goannonresidents group" -- Yahoogroups Dear GoaNetters: Early this month, during one of my idle moments, I stumbled upon the subject "goannonresident group" Yahoo! Groups site and signed up online as the sixth member of the "goannonresidents" Yahoogroups on July 3, 2002: "This is a group for Goans who are not resident in Goa or worldwide Goans to discuss Goan issues and perhaps to help some Goans living in Goa to get a job abroad if possible." Yahoo! ID Email AddressJoined < Not available [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/7/2001 goaworldtoday[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/15/2002 (F) joank112[EMAIL PROTECTED]7/1/2002 Joan K (21/F) lasviegas *[EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/7/2001 (M) patdesousa[EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/3/2002 (M) (F) = sex of goawoldtoday (self-proclaimed moderator/s), signed up Mar. 15, 02 and joank112, signed up Jul. 1, 02 (M) = sex of lasviegas *Moderator; and patdesousa, that's me, joined Jul. 3, 02. Note: goanet and lasviegas, the listed Moderator, signed up on 7/7/01. One member since unsubscribed. I am sorry for holding you'll captive in the silly drama played out during the first two weeks of July and provide the above background information so that all you intelligent Netters may come to a just conclusion based upon informed facts. Following this e-mail is a sequence of postings and the baseless escalation by dubitable Moderator(s). The most unfortunate part of this entire episode, is the skillful and sly carpet-bagging by some loudmouths from other goon forums. They revel in selectively splicing remarks from Goanet or other posts, and routinely playing out their games against others -- thus denigrating and slandering people behind their backs :( It is a pity that rival groups are permitted to snoop, exploit and blemish the reputation of people who post on Goanet, etc., with impunity. They selectively scoop saucy bits and pieces and cross-post disparagingly :( These despicable practices are a source of disdain for people from other forums who just cannot mind their own business and learn to live and let live. Pat de Sousa Maryland, USA Time-lines of "goannonresidents group" postings: 1. My first posting to NRG: In a message dated 7/3/2002 10:23:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Independence Day Greetings to all, especially those in the United States of America! ... God Bless America. - -- 2. My second posting to NRG: Subj: RISE UP NR GOANS Date: 7/4/2002 To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";> [EMAIL PROTECTED] This Sunday, the group will be TWO YEARS young :) And, there were only two postings -- one this month and one in June :( Can I challenge you ALL, especially the Moderator, to do their best? Even if each of us attempted two postings a month, there'll be a baker's dozen by July 7, 2003! Any takers? God Bless: Pat - --- 3. Goaworld's brash response: Subj:[goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS Date: 07/08/2002 3:59:28 AM EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (goaworldtoday) Reply-to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";> [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You seem to be acting too smart? What are you upto? List moderator - --- 4. My response to the List Moderator: Subj:Re: [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS Date: 07/08/2002 11:39:05 PM EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why don't you reveal your name, as the List Moderator? The yahoogroups site lists the list moderator listed as Las Viegas. Will you have the courtesy of explaining how I was "acting too smart?" What do you think I am up to? I have communicated in plain English. Pat - - 5. My follow-up to #4" Subj:[Goanet] [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS Date: 07/11/2002 2:29:45 AM EST F
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 17 2002Volume 01 : Number 4165 - In this issue: [Goanet] Re: Ronita Torcato's Interview with Peter Nazareth. [Goanet] India's piece of Denmark [Goanet] QEH concert, Vikku Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church [Goanet] Erosion on Anjuna beach poses danger to houses, businesses. [Goanet] Classical guitar show at the Kala [Goanet] www.ancestralgoa.com [Goanet] 18 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:18:27 -0700 (PDT) From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: Ronita Torcato's Interview with Peter Nazareth. Fred, I do not get a commission to recommend www.google.com, but that is my first choice for search engines ;-) This is what came up on Ronita Torcato: Her email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some bio is at: http://www.linuxchix.org/content/chix/rtorcato Her article critical of the VHP/Sangh Parivar is at http://www.goacom.com/news/world/canada/ron1.htm Perhaps she can be contacted at her email address above for the Peter Nazareth interview. Best wishes, George - --- Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dan, Sorry for being unable to locate the details earlier. I'll try > passing your request around among Goan circles, with a hope that anyone > who has the info might be able to help. Frederick. > PS: GoaNetters, if you could help Prof Ojwang, please do. Marlon, there > was some site on the Net (archivesdotsomething?) that had kept historical > records of old sites. Would you know that one? > > On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Dan Ojwang wrote: > > > Dear Frederick Noronha, > > > > I know this message might come as a bit of a surprise for you, but Peter > > Nazareth (the Goan-Ugandan writer and scholar) recommended that I write to > > you. I have been searching frantically for the publication details (article > > name, website address, date of publication, etc) of an interview that Peter > > did with Ronita Torcato, and which was published in IndiaWorld (1997). The > > IndiaWorld archives for that year have, unfortunately, been deleted. My > > attempts to reach Ronita Torcato have so far been unsuccessful. I have a copy > > of the interview, sent to me on email, but it does not have the relevant > > publication details. > > > > I would really be grateful for any assistance you might provide. > > > > Sincerely > > > > Dan. > > > > = > > Dan Ojwang > > African Literature > > University of the Witwatersrand > > Private Bag 3, Wits > > 2050 > > South Africa. > > Tel:(27) 11 325 5236 (H) > > (27) 11 717 4146 (W) > > Fax:(27) 11 717 4149 > > = __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:38:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] India's piece of Denmark It is heartening to see that some of India's history is being preserved. - -Tariq India's piece of Denmark http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_2133000/2133655.stm The coast is dotted with fortresses dating back centuries By Charles Haviland BBC reporter in Tamil Nadu A "little piece of Denmark" on the south-east coast of India is undergoing a renaissance. Tarangambadi, on the poetically-named Coromandel Coast in the state of Tamil Nadu, is today a sleepy village with a wonderful beach. But less than 200 years ago it was a major trading post for perhaps Europe's most overlooked colonial power - the Danes. Known historically as Tranquebar, the settlement still boasts a magnificent 17th Century fort, churches, orderly streets and old governors' buildings, all constructed along Danish lines hundreds of years ago. They have long been in a state of severe dilapidation. It's like a piece of Denmark here in India But now, thanks to the efforts of a small group of Danish volunteers, the southern wing of Fort Dansborg has been restored. The Tamil Nadu and Indian Governments have followed suit and carefully renovated the old gateway into the town, known as the Land Gate. History revived "It's amazing," says Poul Petersen, who heads the Danish group that initiated the renovation project. Dignitaries inaugurat
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 17 2002Volume 01 : Number 4164 - In this issue: [Goanet] What is Petroleum Minister Ram Naik doing? [Goanet] NEWS: Price war boosts India's domestic air traffic [Goanet] OUTLOOK: The Old Family Tree Shade [Goanet] Vote against these corrupt guys [Goanet] Fwd Glynis Viegas: Calangute Social, Canada. Report. [Goanet] Re: Ronita Torcato's Interview with Peter Nazareth. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:55:21 +0530 From: "Shantaram Naik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] What is Petroleum Minister Ram Naik doing? SHANTARAM NAIKEx-M.P. Former President of Goa PCC H.No.2137,Near Swami Math, Gogol, Margao, Post Fatorda 403 602 Tel: 0832-733255,706143 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17th July,2002 WHAT IS PETROLEUM MINISTER RAM NAIK DOING ? Mr. Shantaram Naik Ex-M.P. and former President of Goa PCC in a fax message sent by him to the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas has demanded that he should visit the Mormugao and Vasco towns in Goa immediately and take the stock of the situation arising out of IOC oil pilferage scam, detected recently and assess the potential danger to the life and property of the people residing in the two towns. Mr. Naik said that it was shocking that the Union Minister has not even reacted to the incident so far indicating that the BJP Minister has not taken the issue seriously. Mr. Naik said that recently the Chief Secretary of the Government of Goa Mr. Baleshwar Rai has said that the port town of Mormugao was a potential danger site which could be sabotaged or attacked by enemies or the terrorists, and that the conclusion was arrived at, at a meeting, of top officials of Goa Government, held in view of the prevailing tension between India and Pakistan. This being the case Mr. Naik said that the Petroleum Minister ought to have taken the matter seriously unless he is of the view that since the Union Government have recently decontrolled the Petroleum products leaving everything to market forces , Goans have also been left to face the destiny as it comes, and that, he has no role to play in IOC matters even if it may involve security danger to the residents of the locality, wherein IOC petrol tanks are located. SHANTARAM NAIK Ex-M.P. -- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:57:35 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Price war boosts India's domestic air traffic Price war boosts India's domestic air traffic By Sumeet Chatterjee, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) India's flagging domestic air traffic is expected to get a major boost with hordes of middle-class travellers taking to the sky after two major airliners slashed fares. The price war between them has brought the cost of air travel down at par with first class train journeys. The new fares take effect from August 1 and will be valid for a period of three months. Since passengers availing themselves of the facility have to book their tickets three weeks before the journey, the scheme has already attracted a large number of "first time flyers", say airline officials and travel industry representatives. Struggling with poor passenger volume in the wake of September 11 and global economic slowdown, Jet Airways and state-run Indian Airlines cut fares in early July on select routes. "The revised fares have become very popular with domestic flyers. We have received very encouraging response," said Robin Pathak, a spokesperson of Indian Airlines. "We are offering 2,000 seats every day under the new scheme, and the seats for the first four days next month have been sold out. Requests for reservations are still pouring in," Pathak told IANS. Both Jet Airways and Indian Airlines are offering discounts of around 50 percent on select routes. Domestic airfares in India are mainly limited to corporate and international passengers because of high fares. Though trains may be slower, they are the most popular mode of transport because they cost less. Most regular and corporate travellers are not going in for the reduced fare because they cannot afford to book tickets 21 days in advance, said Sanjeev Chandra of the New Delhi-based State Express Tours. "But it has received a very encouraging response from middle-class leisure travellers who otherwise would not travel by air. "We have had large-scale bookings for long routes where prices have been slashed by nearly 60 percent, bringing it nearly equal to deluxe train fares." According to Chandra, the airfare for the Delhi-Chennai route has been slashed to Rs.3,295, down from Rs.8,960. The fare for travelling
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 17 2002Volume 01 : Number 4163 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS: Virgin stops flying to India next month [Goanet] NEWS: Staines murder accused on hunger strike Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church [Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO:Sand dune Vegetation of Goa - Conservation & Management. [Goanet] 17 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] NEWS: Indian football team to test mettle in S.Africa See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 02:06:51 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Virgin stops flying to India next month Virgin stops flying to India next month >From Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) British carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways will stop flying to India from next month. The airline will end is code-share agreement with India's international flag carrier Air-India. "Virgin had given us a termination notice two months ago," an A-I spokesperson told IANS. "After that there was no communication from them until we learnt they were pulling out." Virgin had sought permission to launch a third New Delhi-London service over a year ago, but the Indian government refused, setting the precondition that Indian planes be given additional landing slots in London's Heathrow airport. Virgin Atlantic launched its operation in July 2000 with great fanfare and operated two flights a week to London. The airline is 51-percent owned by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, with Singapore Airlines Ltd holding the rest. Its code-sharing agreement enables it to fly A-I's flight entitlements on the India-Britain route used by some 200,000 travellers annually. Since A-I does not have enough planes, most of its capacity remains unused. Branson had earlier said the airline's India operations were not commercially viable and the company was frustrated over the blocks that had been put on its plans to expand its operations. Virgin claimed to hold a 15 percent share of the non-stop New Delhi-London route. Industry representatives, however, said the impact of Virgin's pullout would be near negligible. Said K. Joshi, an executive of a noted online tourism portal: "Air-India is increasing the number of India-Britain flights. Besides there are enough flights to London. So if Virgin stops flying there will be very little difference." - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 02:25:24 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Staines murder accused on hunger strike Staines murder accused on hunger strike By Jatindra Dash, Indo-Asian News Service Bhubaneswar, July 16 (IANS) Dara Singh and others accused of murdering Australian missionary Graham Stewart Staines are on hunger strike in an Orissa jail demanding the transfer of their trial to a different court. The murder suspects lodged in a prison on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar have been shunning food since Saturday, alleging they could not hope for a fair trial in a district court here, defence lawyer Sayamananda Mohapatra said. Singh, a Hindu fundamentalist, and 16 suspected accomplices allegedly torched Staines and his two minor sons Philip and Timothy while they lay asleep in their station wagon at Manoharpur village of Keonjhar district on January 22, 1999. The trial began in March 2001. The accused have petitioned the Orissa High Court alleging that Khurda district and sessions judge Mahendranath Patnaik is prejudiced against them. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which probed the sensational murder that had invited criticism from across India and abroad, could not produce many of the accused in court of Monday as some of them had taken ill due to their protest fast. An official at Jharpada jail refused to divulge information on the health of the accused. "They are on fast. That is all," the official said. The only accused to be convicted so far in the case is 14-year-old Chenchu. He has been sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment. He was tried separately as he was a juvenile. Chenchu has filed an appeal against his sentence. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:45:58 +0530 From: "Floriano Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 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 governme
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 16 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4162 - In this issue: [Goanet] INVITATION: Classical Guitar Concert - Kala Academy Re: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Christian-ex-MPs barred [Goanet] The best is yet to come Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Going to Saudi Arabia? Don't carry packages for strangers Re: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Christian-ex-MPs barred [Goanet] forces killed innocent civilians not foreign militants [Goanet] ODP (Outline Development Plan) & Town and Country Planning Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Going to Saudi Arabia? Don't carry packages for strangers See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:41:15 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] INVITATION: Classical Guitar Concert - Kala Academy > From: "Goa Guitar Circle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Goa Guitar Circle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: INVITATION: Classical Guitar Concert - Kala Academy > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:22:55 +0530 > > > The Goa Guitar Circle is pleased to invite all music lovers to the Kala > Academy's "Classical Guitar in Concert" - the annual virtuoso exhibition > of budding Goan classical guitar talent. > > Date: Wednesday, 17th July, 2002, 6 p. m. > > Venue: Black Box, Kala Academy, Panjim > > Programme: Baroque, Classical, Romantic. Solos, duets, trios, quartets, > concerto arrangements, etc., include Bach, Carulli, Carcassi, Sor, etc., > Vivaldi's guitar concerto (guitar & violins), Nocturne de Salon (2 > guitars), flamenco in ensemble, etc. > > Artistes: Albert Barretto, Francis Almeida, Tercon Vaz, Gary & Kirk > Rodriguez, etc., etc. > > Entrance: Free. > > Early seating advised. -- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 03:11:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Robin Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Christian-ex-MPs barred Thanks for your comment. I would just like to point out that the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, in abeyance since October 1999, does guarantee just such a reservation. So the Christian minority isn't asking for a pink moon, so to speak. There is no double take on the issue. If we are to revert to constitutional rule sometime in the near future, we expect our due just as any other citizen of Pakistan. I hope, as a fellow compatriot, you will not begrudge us that which is already enshrined in the constitution. Robin Fernandez - --- Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Robin Fernandez wrote: > > > Minority representives warned earlier this month > at a > > meeting in Karachi that their community members > could > > not make it to parliament unless the government > > guaranteed reserved seats for them. Without > reserved > > seats, they said, the joint electorate system > approved > > for minorities would be ineffective. Citing the > > current climate of religious intolerance, the > minority > > leaders said, the National Assembly as well as the > > four provincial legislatures is likely to be > deprived > > of minority representation.=20 > > This is an obvious result of the joint electorate > system. I watched with > interest when for the past few years, foreign > Christian groups and some > local Christians had campaigned for this very > joint-electorate system. > This campaign had reached such proportion that even > foreign governments > were pressuring Pakistan to abolish its seperate > electorates. > > Couldn't the proponents of a joint electorate system > (within the Christian > community) have forseen the obvious in a country > that this 97% Muslim? > > -Tariq -- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:53:52 + From: "colin d'cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] The best is yet to come THE BEST IS YET TO COME I woke up this morning suddenly realising this is the best day of my life. I can't believe i've made it to this day. Good reason to celebrate. Today i'm going to celebrate all my accomplishments and all my misfortunes. Yes, the setbacks too. When I look back now I realise it's all the hardships i've faced that made me stronger and kinder. Today i'll walk out of my room with my head held high and a song in my heart. I'll go out and notice God's seemingly simple creation-people, sunshine, seabreeze, plants, animals, chilled beer, and the regular miracle that always revives my faith-a new born baby! From today I stop complaining about w
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 16 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4161 - In this issue: [Goanet] Re: Lookin for Delhi based Guitarist! [Goanet] Invitation [Goanet] 16 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] HERALD: Tuesday Tunes [Goanet] Invite for inauguration of Loutulim crafts facilities [Goanet] LINK: New books from Goa [Dangerlok, recipes...] [Goanet] President of India. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:48:26 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: Lookin for Delhi based Guitarist! Could anyone help on this front please? FN On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, SUSHIL/RAHUL GUPTA wrote: > Hello Fred, > > This is Rahul from New Delhi. I am a pop vocalist looking for a delhi > based guitarist for performance purposes. If he happens to be Goan, much > the better. > Please do help me in this regard by giving the contact no./ address of > any guitarist friend u have in Delhi who may be interested. > Thanks a ton! -- Date: July 16, 2002 From: "Dr. Arvind Untawale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Invitation MANGROVE SOCIETY OF GOA DONA PAULA, GOA Cordially invites you for the release of a newsletter MANGAL - VAN Vol. III, No. 1 at the hands of Dr. S.Z. Qasim President Mangrove Society of India Venue : Training Hall, NIO, D=92 Paula Date: July 20, 2002 Time : 4.30 pm A.G. Untawale Executive Secretary _ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.rediff.com/jobs -- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:47:52 +0530 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 16 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 16 July 2002 WOMAN SHOT DEAD IN MARCAIM: In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old woman, Tanuja Naik, from Marcaim, was shot dead at point blank range, yesterday evening. According to a youth, who happened to witness the shooting, a person wearing shorts and a white shirt, caught hold of her and shot her at point blank range. He then fled to a nearby hillock. Locals informed "Herald" that the gold chain worn by the deceased was missing after she was shot dead. Police is now investigating whether the incident took place due to robbery or a possible love affair. (H) STRICT SAFETY MEASURES: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has directed oil company authorities in Vasco to stringently impose safety measures, besides taking care of loopholes, which were unearthed by the petrol pilferage at the Indian Oil Corporation. The Chief Minister also instructed authorities to prohibit all inflammable items within 200 metres of the oil tanks, in a bid to prevent the possibility of a fire in the area. (H) PROBE DEMAND: The Congress party has demanded a full-fledged investigation into the oil pilferage case at Vasco specially by CBI as involvement of various agencies is evident. (GT) CONGRESS FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: The Congress legislature party has criticized the government for its failure to evolve a disaster management programme to meet the situation arising out of emergencies like the fire incident that took plat at the Indian Oil Corporation fuel terminal in Vasco. (NT) IOC OFFICIALS MOVE COURT FOR BAIL: Four top-level officials of the Indian Oil Corporation have filed anticipatory bail applications apprehending arrest. Those who moved bail applications are: Stephen Richard Quadros, Abhijit De, Ajit Dhakral and Sabarjeet Singh Negi. (NT) 39 MLAS CAST VOTES: In yesterday's Presidential elections at the Goa poling centre at the Assembly complex, Porvorim, out of 40 MLAs, 39 have cast their votes. The Tourism Minister, Mr Francis Xavier Pacheco, was stated to be on a tour abroad. (NT) GOVT BONANZA FOR STUDENTS: The Goa cabinet yesterday accorded its approval to the schemes to provide "interest free loans" to students for offsetting expenditures on course fees and entitling all standard XI (Science) students to a free computer at home. (H) CHICKEN SLAUGHTER: Following a petition filed by Shital Patil regarding the unhygienic slaughter of chicken in the premises of a residential area in Ponda, the Panjim bench of the Bombay High Court has granted an injunction prohibiting the slaughter of chickens in a residential area by one Damodar Tilve, originally given a licence to open a cold storage. (H) THIEVES ARRESTED: The Mapusa police yesterday evening caught red-handed two thieves even as they were ransacking the house of Ms Joyce Lisboa, a teacher, in Rajvaddo, Mapusa, as early at 5 pm. The
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goanet-digest Monday, July 15 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4160 - In this issue: [Goanet] bread-butter Re: [Goanet] Contributions of our anchesters to Science Re: [Goanet] when will this maddness stop Re: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Christian-ex-MPs barred [Goanet] Fw: NEW ANTI DEFECTION LAW - Anil V. Madgavkar (Letters to the Editor, GT 15 July 2002) Re: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church [Goanet] Honesty And Police [Goanet] ENCROACHMENTS ON HIGHWAYS [Goanet] NEWS: Going to Saudi Arabia? Don't carry packages for strangers [Goanet] Amchem Goa MP3 Re: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Christian-ex-MPs barred See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:38:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Vestor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] bread-butter "divert attention and concerns from bread-butter-health-employment issues that plague people all over this planet and instead fighting" - - - Well said, Fred. Sometimes the best of us forget solutions and actions. An ounce of constructive action is often worth a ton of quarrelsome words and thoughts(or their cousins, bullets and bombs). Joel Almeida __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:20:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Contributions of our anchesters to Science On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Subhash Paradkar wrote: > Princeton now offers Sanskrit language for American students. For the past > 35 years, Indians have made considerable contributions to the science and > technology in the US. Some 30% scientists at NASA are Indians. 30% employees > of Microsoft, Intel and Oracle are of Indian origin. 30% of world's IT > professionals are now Indians. The modern science has acknowledged that the > intelligence is genetic. We must be grateful to our parents and these rishis > for their contribution to us, our nation, science and the world > civilization. Credibility, to a great extent, determines the authenticity of a claim. By putting forth fictitious numbers such as the above, I would have to view with extreme skepticism the reports on the scientific advancements made in ancient India. As an employee at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, I can safely say that there are no more than 10 Indians employed as both civil servants and contractors. This is out of an estimated 14,000 employees at JSC. From conversations with other engineers at Kennedy Space Center (FL), White Sands Testing Facility (NM), Goddard Space Center (MD), Stennis Space Center (MS) and Marshall Space Flight Center (AL), I get the impression that there are no more than a total of 100 employees of Indian origin. Interestingly, there are more Bangladeshis at JSC than there are Indians. Could we then conclude that Bangladesh is a scientific powerhouse that has been ignored by the Evil West? I'll leave it to Goan professionals employed in the IT industry in the US to debunk the mythical numbers conjured up by Mr. Paradkar. -- Tariq Siddiqui [ This Space for Rent ] -- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:19:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] when will this maddness stop On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Frederick Noronha wrote: > Madness? This is no madness... it looks more like a deliberate strategy > to take divert attention and concerns from bread-butter-health-employment > issues that plague people all over this planet and instead fighting over > emotive subjects like religion, ethnicity, race or whatever. Strangely, it > is not only the 'terrorists' who are playing such a game... but quite a > few ruling regimes in today's world too. FN It is quite interesting to note, that most of us like to view these struggles as the good-people versus the bad-people, depending on which side of the fence you are. Little do we realize that those idealistic notions that were harbored by all parties - the instigators, the defenders and the general populace, have all disappeared. Kashmir, like all other freedom struggles, has been reduced to a degenerative political and military doublecross, intrigue and profiteering. There are no agendas here. There are no motives here. There are no militants here. There are no Indian troops here. People, like agendas and motives have been used and misused so many times, that the line dividing one from the other blurred itself out long ago. - -- Tariq Siddiqui [ This Space for Rent ] -- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 20
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goanet-digest Monday, July 15 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4159 - In this issue: [Goanet] Re: [CGN] Anjadiva Church [Goanet] 15 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] TGF strongly protests the Indian Navy's Anjadiva action Re: [Goanet] when will this maddness stop [Goanet] TIMES: Balcony View [Goanet] Earth From Above: The Project [Goanet] Hearing of petition on River Princess on July 25 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:40:25 -0400 From: Venantius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 maintaining it religious spaces. One side may narrowly look at the anguish caused at loosing a religious space as "clinging to things", but it does not have to be seen that way. For the living Christian, the knowledge that the church may be made redundant (although it is sparingly used) and without suffient attempt by the professed secular State at helping maintain it--will diminish its sense of feeling that we all belong together. On the other hand, I would feel, it would be egalitarian of the Armed Forces to maintain the church and make it available for services and visits. I presume the forces have the infrastructure to do so. This act would resonate with communal, secular, political, religious forces as well as the international community. The Church could even go so far as to suggest having a presence where it serves the naval personnel by its deeds and not proselitizing. It behooves all Christains to LOVE GRATUITOUSLY inspite and despite what one may encounter. 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 >was very sad when I first read the news, but on further thought I >realised that we are just clinging to 'things'. I know the Church on the >Island has a lot of historical value, but considering the circumstances >as they stand now, the navy should be requested to give due respect to >the structure and maintain it for prosterity. As regards the services >that are held twice a year or so, these services can be held on the >mainland. Catholics have to wake up to the fact that 'we' are the >church, and the structure/building only has sentimental and historic >value. If the island is needed to help with the security of the nation, >that should certainly take precedence to everything else. We can >definitely show by example that we are willing to share or part with our >treasures. After all, the strenght of our faith lies not in the >structures, but in our hearts and souls. 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 -- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:32:59 +0530 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 15 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 15 July 2002 COPS OBTAIN VITAL CLUES IN VASCO EXPLOSION: In a major breakthrough in the petrol pilferage case, the police obtained vital clues about the main accused, who is likely to be arrested soon, according to reliable sources. The Harbour Police have arrested one Longuino Fernandes and IOC contractor Elvis Carvalho, in connection with the IOC pipeline blast on Friday on account of the illegal tapping of petrol by blackmarketeers. (GT) MESQUITA'S VIEW: Former Revenue Minister Dr Wilfred Mesquita yesterday stated that the theft of petroleum product was going on in Vasco port town well in cognizance of all parties concerned. (GT) PARRIKAR TO VISIT IOC SITE: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar along with senior administrative officials will visit Vasco da Gama today to inspect the site of fire incident and also hold discussions with the oil companies over the safety of oil storage tanks in the heart of port town Vasco. (NT) NHPC TO STUDY FEASIBILITY OF POWER STATIONS AT MADEI BASIN: The Goa government has decided to engage National Hydro-electric Power Corporation to conduct a detailed feasibility study on setting up hydro-electric power stations from Madei basin off Sattari. (H) EX-DIG ABSOLVED IN PI DEATH CASE: An enquiry into the death (on
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goanet-digest Sunday, July 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4158 - In this issue: [Goanet] for music lovers [Goanet] Re: artcile from outlook about Funding of RSS Propaganda Activity from the USA [Goanet] Fwd: Fwd: artcile from outlook about Funding of RSS Propaganda Activity from the USA See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 17:19:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] for music lovers If you enjoy Goan-flavoured music, try the Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Centre, London) on Tuesday 16th evening. The great "Padma Shri" Vikku Vinayakram on ghatam (a probable ancestor of the ghumot) with his percussion group. They are absolutely fantastic, especially his son Selva Ganesh who's been touring with John McLaughlin. I've just been invited as guest performer to play a few of my piano compositions with them: plan to give them a taste of Goa. Now if only there was some xit-koddi to finish off a nice evening Joel Almeida __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- Date: 15 Jul 2002 00:24:18 - From: "Rohit Shukla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: artcile from outlook about Funding of RSS Propaganda Activity from the USA > > Deflections To The Right=0A> >=0A> > A few fund-raising organisations c= ome under the scanner for=0A> > diverting=0A> > overseas charity money into= RSS propaganda activity=0A> >=0A> > A.K. Sen=0A> >=0A> > Kanwal Rekhi has = been facing the ire of right-wing Hindus across=0A> > America. This is beca= use in a recent article in The Wall Street=0A> > Journal,=0A> > Rekhi, glob= al chairman of The IndUS Entrepreneurs, an organisation=0A> > of=0A> > Sout= h Asian businesspeople, claimed that money collected by Indian=0A> > Hindus= in America and sent to religious groups in India was being=0A> > channelle= d to target minorities. "Many overseas Indian=0A> > Hindus=97including=0A> = > some in this country=97finance religious groups in India in the=0A> > bel= ief=0A> > that the funds will be used to build temples, and educate and fee= d=0A> > the=0A> > poor of their faith. Many would be appalled to know that = some=0A> > recipients=0A> > of their money are out to destroy minorities (C= hristians as well as=0A> > Muslims) and their places of worship," wrote Rek= hi in the article,=0A> > co-authored with Henry S. Rowen, a professor emeri= tus at Stanford=0A> > University and senior fellow of the Hoover Institutio= n. They=0A> > suggested=0A> > that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee coul= d deal a severe blow=0A> > to=0A> > such covert causes by simply labelling = them terrorists.=0A> >=0A> > Their claims=97of right-wing Hindu groups dive= rting funds from the US=0A> > to=0A> > finance divisive activities in India= =97were articulated in respected=0A> > academic Robert M. Hathaway's recent= testimony (see interview)=0A> > before=0A> > the US Commission on Internat= ional Religious Freedom. Hathaway=0A> > asked the=0A> > commission to recom= mend an inquiry into fund-raising activities in=0A> > the=0A> > US by group= s implicated in the recent violence in Gujarat. He told=0A> > the=0A> > com= mission that "some US residents make financial contributions to=0A> > overs= eas religious groups in the belief that these funds are to be=0A> > used=0A= > > for religious or humanitarian purposes, when in fact the monies so=0A> = > raised are used to promote religious bigotry".=0A> >=0A> > The India Deve= lopment and Relief Fund (IDRF) is among the most=0A> > prominent=0A> > of c= harity groups involved in raising funds in the US, much of=0A> > which=0A> = > ends up bankrolling outfits in India that are connected to Hindutva=0A> >= through the umbilical cord of the RSS. A Maryland couple, Vinod and=0A> > = Sarla Prakash, established the IDRF in 1978, and speak of their=0A> > role = in=0A> > the upliftment of adivasis in India. An ex-employee of the World= =0A> > Bank=0A> > and a former RSS member, Vinod Prakash claims the RSS doe= sn't=0A> > accept any=0A> > foreign contributions. He declares emphatically= , "The IDRF has=0A> > given=0A> > absolutely no money to the RSS. We deal o= nly with NGOs involved in=0A> > relief and rehab
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goanet-digest Sunday, July 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4157 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] Self-criticism Re: [Goanet] Self-criticism [Goanet] FEATURE: Pimples, stress: Goa's adolescents grapple with growing up Re: [Goanet] Genocide in Gujarat, From Prof. Hari Sharma [Goanet] Letter to Election Commission of India [Goanet] Re: Genocide in Gujarat Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? What about that of pregnant mares ? [Goanet] when will this maddness stop See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:52:34 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Self-criticism That's a nice way of saying... let's avoid these "inconvenient" issues. FN On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, J. Almeida wrote: > Fred Noronha writes: > > "begin by criticising > the wrongs in the religion we ourselves belong to" > > > I agree. I'd include not just the great religions, but > all metaphysical views of the universe (Freethinkers > etc.) and social groupings (middle class, dalits etc.) > and political parties (Left/Right etc.) > > But let's make sure we still belong before we embark > on this supposed self-criticism. Also, let's make sure > we do not stoke hatred through careless public > pronouncements. > > In these days when Muslims feel unsafe in Gujarat and > elsewhere, it does not seem desirable for nominal > Muslims (or ex-Muslims) to be assisting Muslim-haters > through public criticism of Islam. Similarly with > nominal or ex-Christians and nominal or ex-Hindus > (given the situation in Pakistan and elsewhere). > > Words can inflame, even unintentionally. Let's be a > positive force, not destroyers. Perhaps let those who > are without fault lead the reform process (cast the > first stone, even). > > Regards, > > Joel Almeida > > PS Gunmen dressed as Hindu holy men slaughtered > innocent people in Kashmir. Wolves often seek > religious disguise. -- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 04:47:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Self-criticism That's a nice way of saying... let's avoid these "inconvenient" issues. FN - - No, just emphasizing the difference between a) self-criticism or self-reform which are usually constructive; and b) attacks from outside, or from those with only tenuous links, which often create more heat than light. These are notably violent years in India. Kindness and patience seem desirable. Regards, Joel Almeida __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 15:18:39 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: Pimples, stress: Goa's adolescents grapple with growing up Pimples and stress: Goa's adolescents grapple with growing up By Frederick Noronha PANJIM, July 12: Why is a girl attracted to a boy only after 15 years and not before? Shouldn't parents be like friends and understand teenagers' problems? I have many pimples on my face. My parents are partial with my brothers when we fight. How is sex done? These are some of the questions worrying the mind of young Goans in their mid-teens. But in a state which claims high literacy, often these youngsters are left without answers, groping for help and unsure of what they want out of life. This emerges from a study on the 'health needs of adolescents' that recently looked at eleventh standard students perceptions from nine higher secondary schools in South Goa. It was conducted by the Porvorim-based non-profit organisation Sangath with support from NIMHANS, the mental health centre in Bangalore. Findings: most adolescents are in good physical health, do not engage in risky sexual behaviour or substance abuse, and have good relationships with parents and friends. But there are 'several areas for concern': a large proportion of adolescents experience difficulties with their studies, voice concerns about their appearance and report disagreement with parents over curbs on their activities. A 'significant number' reported abuse and violence that were also associated with high rates of poor mental health and risky sexual behaviours. There was a "high level of ignorance" on basic sexual health. Boys frequently learnt about sexuality from sources like pornographic films.
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goanet-digest Sunday, July 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4156 - In this issue: [Goanet] Genocide in Gujarat, From Prof. Hari Sharma [Goanet] 14 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Linug-Goa schedule talk in Margao on 20th July 2002 [Goanet] NEWS: Report on dual nationality confuses British Indians [Goanet] URL correction [Goanet] Recent fire tragedy in Vasco See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 17:31:25 -0700 (PDT) From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Genocide in Gujarat, From Prof. Hari Sharma Dear friends: Appended below is the announcement of the Public Forum on the genocide that took place in Gujarat. This is for your information, and support. Hari Sharma President, SANSAD President, INSAF Bring to Justice! The Perpetrators of the Crimes against Humanity in Gujarat, India. A Public Forum Organized by SANSAD (South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy) Lecture Theatre, The Justice Institute of BC 715 McBride Blvd, New Westminster (corner of 8th Avenue) Saturday 20th July 2002 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. During late February and early March a genocidal attack on the minority Muslim community took place in Gujarat. This has already faded from the media and the attention of the international community. Although the pace of World events tends to make us forget all but the most immediate horror we should not forget that nearly two thousand people were killed, many women were raped and then torched to ashes, and more than a hundred thousand made homeless by organized violence in Gujarat. Those who committed these crimes against humanity must be brought to justice. This forum is organized as a part of an international movement to plan action toward justice for the atrocities in Gujarat and for the prevention of similar occurrences elsewhere. Moderator: Harinder Mahil, former Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of BC Invited Speakers and Panelists: Nishrin and Najid Hussain (daughter and son-in-law of ex-MP Mr. Ehsan Jaffri, who was one of the many people brutally lynched in the Gujarat violence) Dr. Radhika Desai, University of Victoria, Victoria (A Political Scientist who has done extensive research on the growth of Hindutava in Gujarat and in India) Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, University of Stockhom, Sweden (A Political Scientist, and a committed activist for peace in South Asia, and Human Rights) Mr. Mordecai Briemberg , Canada Palestine Network. Dr. Lauri King-Irani, University of Victoria, Victoria (An Anthropologist, and an expert on International Humanitarian Law, on Crimes Against Humanity) Mr. Abu Ansari, an Entrepreneur, and a Concerned Muslim from India. Dr. Nandita Sharma, University of British Columbia Dr. Satyen Banerjee, A practicing Hindu priest, and president, Bengali Cult. Soc. of BC. Two short films recently made on the Gujarat massacres will be shown. For more information contact: Chin Banerjee (421-6742), Rex Casinader (222-1781), Farouk Jamal (218-9345), Abid Pittawala (325-5092) or Hari Sharma (420-2972) Genocide in Gujarat Beginning on February 28 for seventy-two hours organized armed gangs attacked Muslim neighborhoods in the cities and villages of Gujarat. Estimated 2000 Muslims were killed, many being burnt to death. Women were raped and killed. Muslim owned properties; trading and industrial establishments were looted and destroyed. Almost two hundred religious shrines were razed or vastly damaged. Over a hundred thousand persons were displaced and turned into refugees. The organized character and the state support for these atrocities against a minority community clearly identifies them as genocide. The spark for these events was the burning of a train carriage carrying Hindutava brigades returning from a temple-building ceremony in Ayodhya, resulting in 58 persons being burnt to death. Though there are accounts of various provocations to Muslims, all the way on the journey and upto Godhra Railway Station, this is a shocking crime whose perpetrators must be brought to justice. But the events that followed were not spontaneous "reprisals" or religious riots as they have been falsely characterized. These attacks against the Muslims were an organized, preplanned pogrom waiting for a spark to be unleashed. The Gujarat State Government approved and enabled this pogrom. The agencies of the Gujarat State made the electoral lists available to the attackers to identify Muslim homes and neighborhoods; the State Police watched unconcerned, and sometimes even aided and abetted, the attacks taking place. The subsequent transfers out of the few police officers who acted to prevent the attacks are further evidence of the State's collusion in the events. Indian c
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goanet-digest Saturday, July 13 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4155
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Portuguese laws, polygamy... and what the law actually states
[Goanet] CHINA TO USE NUCLEAR POWER FOR WATER DESALINATION
[Goanet] China: The sleeping giant has risen
[Goanet] In response to Fred Noronha's : Portuguese laws, polygamy etc
[Goanet] FEATURE: Goa Jesuit 'old boys' plan to rebuild links, revive alumni
[Goanet] Self-criticism
[Goanet] Biased History of Ideas
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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:06:32 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Portuguese laws, polygamy... and what the law actually states
My point is that the law allows for it under certain conditions; I didn't
say I know or knew of anyone who took or plans to take advantage of the
law (as far as I know, it is still not revoked).
The law *did* permit "simultaneous polygamy" under the quaintly-named
'Usages and Customs of Gentile Hindus of Goa' -- see page 156 of 'Family
Laws of Goa, Daman and Diu - Volume I'. Contrary to the widespread belief,
the "uniform" family laws of Goa contain provisions which are surprisingly
un-uniform. They not only have differing provisions (in some aspects)
based on people's religion, but even based on their caste!
It is another matter that these laws today have a strong lobby to support
them on ideological grounds ('If Muslims can do without polygamy being
allowed in Goa, why can't we enforce a similar law on them across India')
or very strong economic grounds (some can pay lower taxes on the claim
that the husband and wife have supposedly, or at least in theory, equal
shares to the income and wealth).
Check what Article 3 approved by Vsicount of S. Januario, Secretary of the
State for Naval and Overseas Affairs assented on December 16, 1880:
However, the marriage contracted by a male Gentile Hindu by
simultaneous polygamy shall not produce civil effects,
*except* in the following cases only:
(i) Absolute absence of issue by the wife of the previous
marriage until she attains the age of 25 years.
(ii) Absolute absence of male issue, the previous wife
having completed 30 years of age, and being of lower age,
ten years having elapsed from the last pregnancy
On a related issue, in response to JC's criticism of the Manusmriti, it is
perhaps rather easy to criticise someone else's religion... The fact is
that almost all (all?) forms of religion tend to be, to some degree or the
other, rather anti-woman, and even antiquated by today's standards.
This is perhaps the major reason why religion earned such a strong
reaction to it in past centuries. Religion at various points of time has
been manipulated to support not just the caste system, but also racism,
slavery and colonialism.
Maybe the biggest challenge before all of us is to begin by criticising
the wrongs in the religion we ourselves belong to (a more diffficult
task!), so that we overall work to a more humane face for the potent force
called religion. FN
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, The Goan Forum wrote:
> BTW: Fred Noronha wrote the following about
> infertility
>
> [PANJIM, July 12: Decades back, it was grounds for
> legally permitting polygamy in colonial Goa.]
>
> Dear Fred, do you know of ANYBODY who was permitted to
> be Polygamous because of Infertility.
>
> I know that Muslim families in Goa ( as well as in
> other places ) had/have more than one wife.
>
> I'd be surprised that the Portuguese colonialists,
> officially sanctioned Polygamy or even Bigamy.
>
> NOT after what they did to Telo!
>
> good wishes
>
> jose colaco
>
> =
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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 14:41:04 -0700
From: "John D'souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] CHINA TO USE NUCLEAR POWER FOR WATER DESALINATION
CHINA TO USE NUCLEAR POWER FOR WATER DESALINATION
Chinese scientists have developed small nuclear reactors to provide
steam for district heating and for water desalination. The reactor
project
in coastal northern China will be about 200 MW thermal in Yingkou at a
cost
of about $4 million U.S.** The initial phase would provide heating for 5
million square metres of buildings or desalinate 3,000 tons of seawater
daily when no heating was required.
One interesting characteristic of the new reactor is that it uses
used fuel from other nuclear reactors. By using nuclear power for
heating
and desalination, the project avoids the burning of about 130,000 tons
of
coal annually. China needs extensive new water suppl
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goanet-digest Saturday, July 13 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4154 - In this issue: [Goanet] offtopic: which generationam i from?? [Goanet] XVXRY PXRSON IS IMPORTANT [Goanet] Re: [goanews] FEATURE: Waiting for baby... [Goanet] Fw: Commendable stand. [Goanet] re: Offtopic [Goanet] Fwd: [Goanet] re: Ancestors, science and culture [Goanet] Ek Kovita: SANGIL'LEM TUKA [Goanet] Re: Subhash Paradkar, baby, Manu , 30% & Fred's post [Goanet] Vasco petrol scam deserves judicial probe -- SGPIAG See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 14:14:26 +0530 From: Ashley Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] offtopic: which generationam i from?? Hi sorry about this posting but i was wondering if someone could help me. we all talk about this generation and that generation. How we have to make the world a better place for the next generation, and how the previous generation invented computers etc.. so.. it got me thinking. how is the generation defined?? one suggestion would be dividing it into age groups or people born in a specific century. i.e 1-30yrs = 1st grp, 31-60 yrs, 2nd grp, 61 onwards third grp and so forth. but, if we go by this thinking... I have a grandmother. she calls me the third generation down the line. I have a nephew that makes me the second generation. people say that i am a young person and it is people like me who make this present genaration. means i am of the present generation.. i'm confused, who am i?? Ashley = Ashley Delaney (I've learned That being kind is more important than being right.) Res: Abreovaddo, Saligao, Bardez Goa. India. 403511 Ph.(R) 0091-0832-409580 Mobile: 9823014976 MSN MESSENGER: delaneyashley , Yahoo ID: ashleywiz Instant mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] = -- Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 09:19:55 + From: "Joe Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] XVXRY PXRSON IS IMPORTANT One manager lets employees know how valuable they are with the following memo: "You Arx A Kxy Pxrson" Xvxn though my typxwritxr is an old modxl, it works vxry wxll -- xxcxpt for onx kxy. You would think that with all thx othxr kxys functioning propxrly, onx kxy not working would hardly bx noticxd; but just onx kxy out of whack sxxms to ruin thx wholx xffort. You may say to yoursxlf -- Wxll, I'm only onx pxrson. No onx will noticx if I don't do my bxst. But it doxs makx a diffxrxncx, bxcausx an xffxctivx organization nxxds activx participation by xvxry onx to thx bxst of his or hxr ability. So, thx nxxt timx you think you arx not important, rxmxmbxr my old typxwritxr. You arx a kxy pxrson. - -- Pasadena Weekly Journal Of Business _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:31:04 -0400 From: "Subhash Paradkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: [goanews] FEATURE: Waiting for baby... I would like to share some US research and some experience from family traditions in Konkan region. 1. Before second world war, Women in all societies, especially in economically less prosperous ones, got married at early ages. Parents thought (and still think) that daughters are burden due to dowry or may get hurt by someone, and needed no further education except how to cook and care of elders in the family. Male dominant society, caste system, conscience about family image in the community all are contributing factors that affect social behavior towards women. 2. Since second world war, the American women got into work place, and women's freedom movement came to play here in 1960's. In upper-caste or wealthy families, women got much fair chance to educate themselves. Now, here in America many professional women are marrying between the age 25-30. Recent, research indicates that woman will have more physical and emotional suffering, if she gives first birth after the age of 30. 3. In India, poverty, large families, demand for dowry, demand to have a son to carry family name, ill treatment by husband's relatives, job related stress, physical, verbal abuse are stress causers that lower self-esteem and reduce women to less than human status. Since my roots are in Sindhudurga District, I have first hand experience of these things and despite the fact that all great religions say, " we are all made in Lord's image", For centuries, Mankind has been unkind towards women. Even
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goanet-digest Saturday, July 13 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4153 - In this issue: [Goanet] Fire engulfs IOC petrol pipeline; one arrested [Goanet] World Youth Day -Toronto [Goanet] Foreign national convicted in child abuse in Goa. [Goanet] Court directive to Goa on spending in public offices [Goanet] FOOD FOR THOUGHT Re: [Goanet] Contributions of our anchesters to Science [Goanet] Parrikar vows to stop Malaprabha project [Goanet] 13 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:50:43 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Fire engulfs IOC petrol pipeline; one arrested Fire engulfs IOC petrol pipeline; one arrested >From Our Margao Bureau MARGAO, July 12: Panic gripped Vasco residents as the entire city smelt of petrol fumes when leakage in the Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) petrol pipeline used to download fuel from the ship burst at three different places and caught fire. However, prompt action by the fire and emergency service personnel averted a major fire mishap by extinguishing the fire within three hours. Blasts and fire was reported at three points - berth number 11, gate number 9 and old power house, close to the tanks. Prime facie police have established pilferage as the reason behind the incident. The investigations have unearthed a 200 metre long 2.5 inches diameter PVC pipe that was used to steal petrol from the main pipe. Vasco police have arrested 45-year-old Loginho Joseph Fernandes, residing near Cine El-Monte adjacent to the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) compound. The pipeline that unloads petrol from vessel into the tanks runs through MPT property and guarded by central industrial security force (CISF) personnel. "Conspiracy and connivance of some of the concerned authorities cannot be ruled out," stated superintendent of police (South), Mr I D Shukla. The petrol fumes were reportedly coming out from the pipeline since 11.30 p.m on Thursday night. Unknown caller had alarmed police control room over the possibility of leakage at 12 mid-night. "I received a message from the control room at midnight while I was coming back to Vasco from Margao. To cross check the fact, I went to IOC gate where I was told by the supervisor that there is minor leakage and water is being flushed to control it," stated deputy superintendent of police, Mr Vishram Borkar. The actual problem started only at 2.30 a.m., when smell became more strong when fire stations at Vasco and MPT were called. "We checked thoroughly but nothing was found," stated a fire department official. At the dusk, the problem became more serious. Fire brigade personnel were summoned again. First blast was witnessed at gate number 9 where CISF persons are on guard at 7.30 a.m., followed by a blast and fire at old power station at 8.45 a.m. and another blast at berth number 11 at 9.30 a.m. Fire service personnel led by district incharge, Mr N S Nasnodkar and MPT station in-charge Mr Laxmikant Kenawadekar begun the fire control operation. The fire was controlled within three hours. Director of fire and emergency services, Dr P K John and divisional fire officer, Mr Ashok Menon also rushed to the site. Police suspect a racket to pilfer petrol from the pipeline. A 200 metres long pipeline was fitted to the main pipe near old power house point in the bushes. A valve was used to fit the 2.5 inches PVC pipe to the MS pipeline to steal the petrol. The pipe was laid beneath the main road - leading to MPT gate number 9 - and railway tracks. Outlet of the pipe was found opposite Cine El Monte where it was duly covered by plastic bag. Police have also found that the electric wires were lying open near the pipeline. SP Shukla contended that these wires may be a reason for the fire as petrol was leaking near the wires. Acting swiftly, police raided a house near cine El Monte wherein they found 8 cans of petrol and gauging instruments. One Longinho Fernandes was arrested under section 285 for storing petrol illegally. In the entire episode, police have registered offence under section 379 (theft), 336 (causing injuries), 435 and 436 ( arsoning), 307 (endangering human life) and 120 (B) (Conspiracy) against unknown person. Complaint is filed by police inspector, Mr Serafin Dias and PSI Fransic Corte is investigating into the matter. "We are interrogating IOC, CISF and MPT officials," stated Mr Shukla. Police are investigating into the possibility of connivance of the officials into the petrol pilferage, he added. -- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:03:31 -0700 From: "John D'souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] World Youth Day -Toronto World Yo
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goanet-digest Friday, July 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4152 - In this issue: [Goanet] Re: NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? [Goanet] Konkani literary award [Goanet] Bruno joins Vasco [Goanet] Navy order to 'shift' Anjadip church upsets Goa Christians [Goanet] NEWS: Kerala seeks voting rights for non-residents [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Christian-ex-MPs barred [Goanet] Article on Goan artist in Canada - Henry Lobo See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:47:02 GMT From: Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? Headline: Indian police arrest two for cow urine AIDS ''cure'' Source: Reuters quoted by MSNBC, Friday 12 July 2002 at: http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters07-12-053954.asp?reg=ASIA CALCUTTA, India, July 12 - Indian police said on Friday they had arrested two men in Calcutta accused of selling bottles of cow urine mixed with cow dung and claiming they were cures for AIDS, cancer and tuberculosis. Sivaji Ghosh, deputy commissioner of Calcutta police, told Reuters the men were arrested after a complaint to police by drug authorities. ''They were selling these bottles for everything under the sun,'' Ghosh said. ''It was a bit surprising to see this happening in a big city. In villages, quacks sell a lot of things as medicines or having medicinal value.'' Police said they had filed a First Information Report, paving the way for an investigation, after seizing dozens of bottles from a shop. Ghosh said people were paying around 600-700 rupees ($12-$14) for each bottle. == On Thursday 4th July 2002 Ananova reported: Cow urine drug patented in US by Indian scientists. Full text at: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_622052.html?menu= -- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 18:56:35 +0530 From: Fausto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Konkani literary award Georgie wins Konkani Literary award The Goan Review&'s Fortunato Fernandes Memorial Award for the best up-coming Konkani writer for 2001-2002 has been won by George Pinto (Georgie Peenth) of Mangalore. The award has been instituted in memory of the Konkani lover, late Fortunato Fernandes, by his son Paul Fernandes and family to encourage budding Konkani writers. A cash award along with Goan Review Art Foundation (GRAF) certificate will be presented to the winner, at a special function, to be held later this year. The winners of GRAF’s All-India Konkani writing Contests held in January 2002 are as follows: The first prize in essay contest is bagged by Philomena Samfrancisco of Mumbai for "Khospaioch Khospaio", the second prize is won by Suresh M. Velguenkar, Dubai for "Ami... Ami Urchenant." while the thrid place is claimed by A. Carvalho, Goa for "Monis, Zonvar Ani Zhadd". In short story section the first prize is bagged by Marcos Gonsalves, Goa for "Ek Vatt Ujeachi", the second prize is won by Philomena Samfrancisco for "Sopnantlo Sorg" and the third place went to Babita M. Surlekar, Goa for "Khoxttanchem Foll". The contests were judged by Joe Rose, Enclidas de Elly and Valerian Pinto. -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 21:42:20 +0530 From: "Joaquim Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Bruno joins Vasco (Calangute-kar) Bruno joins Vasco (New report in the Herald July 3)...an excerpt. "The biggest and hottest news of this seasons (football) transfers, is Goa's icon Bruno Coutinho parting from his long time club Salgaocar Sport Club and moving to the people's club Vasco Sports Club. Bruno will this season be seen sporting the black and white colours and not the green he has been with for the last decade or so. The Salgaocar Sports Club striker surprised many when he bid adieu to Salgaocar and joined hands with Vasco, ending his decade long honeymoon with the green and white brigade. The former international captain completed the transfer formalities, a couple of days after several attempts to convince Salgaocar officials to renew his contract failed. ''There was nothing else I could do. Salgaoncar said they did not want my services while I know that I can play good football for at least another two seasons. I am out to prove everyone wrong,'' was Bruno's initial reaction when speaking to Herald. Though the transfer formalities have been completed, there could still be wrangles between the two Vasco based clubs over Bruno's transfer fee. At the time of filing this report, no decision
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goanet-digest Friday, July 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4151 - In this issue: [Goanet] PIB Phone-in programme on consumer rights [Goanet] FEATURE: Waiting for baby... [Goanet] Is Old Unquestionably Gold? [Goanet] re: Respecting our roots and herbs [Goanet] THE BLAST IN VASCO [Goanet] Re: THE BLAST IN VASCO [Goanet] re: Knowledge deficit and freedom of ideas [Goanet] Access to Anjediva Church to be Blocked See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 23:40:14 -0600 (MDT) From: "pib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] PIB Phone-in programme on consumer rights PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU GOVERNMENT OF INDIA * PHONE-IN PROGRAMME ON CONSUMER RIGHTS Asadha 20, 1924 Panaji -- July 11, 2002 A Phone-in programme on the topic "Consumer Rights" will be telecast by Doordarshan Kendra, Panaji between 6.15 pm to 6.55 pm on July 15, 2002. Adv. Amrut Kansar and Smt. Shubhalaxmi Pai Raikar will answer to the viewers questions. The programme is anchored by Shri Sanjay Talwatkar. Interested viewers can ask their questions on telephone No. 220028 or 220029 within this period. * PIB/PANAJI/SVJ/VRG/L-361/ W-85 -- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:03:47 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: Waiting for baby... Waiting for baby: infertility a growing concern for couples in Goa By Frederick Noronha PANJIM, July 12: Decades back, it was grounds for legally permitting polygamy in colonial Goa. But today, infertility is becoming a growing concern of Goan couples, leading to a new kind of problem that this small region is left to grapple with. 'Infertility clinic' sign-boards are more visible in this state's small towns, and the anguish of childless couples is writ large on many faces. On a recent weekday, it's past dinner-time but the doctor's consultancy is still full with waiting patients. "It's a very powerful problem. Upto 20 per cent of couples could have problems (in conceiving a child)," says obstetrician and gyanecologist Dr Kedar Padte, who specialises in maternity and infertility issues in this state-capital. On another weekend, the local Rotary Club drew a full-hall. A team of 12 doctors worked till late Sunday afternoon, even as couples mostly in their thirties sat patiently -- many since early morning -- in the large hall, where chairs seem deliberately to be arranged in pairs. These visible signs are reflected in the hard facts. "(Goa's) fertility is already well below replacement level," says the National Family Health Survey India (NFHS-2). "The substantial decline in fertility in Goa over time is evident Fertility has declined sharply at all durations," comments the NFHS-2 in its recent special 284-page report dealing exclusively with Goa. Dr Babasaheb Raosaheb Desai, Belgaum-based KLE Hospital's assisted reproduction centre programme director, points out that as many as 70 couples flocked to the recent Rotary camp organised at a very short notice. "Unless one does a study, it's difficult to say. Pelvic infections are one of the commonest causes of infertility. People are getting married later too," he says. Statistics show that women in Goa tend to marry at a much older age than women in most other states. Only six percent of women age 15-19 have ever been married, which is substantially lower than the national average of 40 percent for that age group. Recent surveys found the average female in Goa gets married at 25 years -- much older than the legal minimum age of 18 years. But not all those attending the camp were in their thirties. Organisers said the youngest was 24, and had waited for three years after marriage. Women upto 41 held out hope, after ten years of marriage. Shanta Naik (name changed) is hopeful but undecided. "Will I get a chance to meet the doctor today?" she asks, in anticipation. Her home is just outside the Sant Inez venue of the infertility camp, and she says she could get her husband along if he doesn't have to go to work. "Isn't this more important," chides a doctor, "where's the question of work on a Sunday?" Other patients look to medical personnel with a clear mix of anticipation and trepidation in their eyes. Goans who are issueless are increasingly finding the only way out as taking to adoption. Recently, Panjim specialist Dr Kedar Padte made headlines when Goa's first test-tube baby was born this year. Things were different in the recallable past. Ironically in the colonial Portuguese era, the absence of "issues by the wife" was gr
goanet-digest V1 #4150
goanet-digest Thursday, July 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4150 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Blasphemy case appeal [none] [Goanet] Forming an Association of parents of a single girl child. [Goanet] PANIC IN VASCO, BUT FIRE UNDER CONTROL [Goanet] 12 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] From Subhash Paradkar RE: Respect our roots and herbs See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 22:00:41 -0600 (MDT) From: Robin Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Blasphemy case appeal >From Robin Fernandez KARACHI: Lawyers for a Christian youth sentenced to death for blasphemy have filed an appeal against last month's verdict of a sessions court in Faisalabad. Twenty-eight-year-old Aslam Ashiq Masih was pronounced guilty on June 29 by the additional district and sessions judge, Muhammad Rafiq, who handed down the death sentence and a 50,000-rupee fine. The appeal was filed this week by the Center for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement, according to a spokesperson for the inter-denominational group. Lawyers said Thursday that Aslam Masih would probably be hanged if their appeal is turned down. Aslam Masih was arrested on May 2, 2000, on the complaint of a Sunni Tehrik worker Rana Nisar Ahmed who accused him of making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad. But Masih's relatives say that Ahmed was upset that he had become a Christian again after converting to Islam and acquiring a Muslim wife three years ago. They explain that Aslam had abandoned his faith because he was swayed by the promise of financial rewards. Two months before his arrest, Ahmed confronted Aslam about his decision to revert to Christianity. He also told him to stop meeting his Christian relatives. A brawl followed the shouting match but the police interrupted the fight before it could degenerate into mob violence against minority Christians. A case was registered against Aslam under clause 295C of the blasphemy law. "If a Christian is forced to convert to Islam, then it is regarded as Sunnah. But if a Muslim embraces Christianity, then he is considered an apostate... eligible to be killed," said Nasir Saeed of Claas-UK. "This double standard adopted by the Muslim society is a threat to the Christian community and cannot be tolerated at any cost," Saeed said in a statement. Human rights activists say only a substantial change in the blasphemy law or a total repeal could guarantee against its misuse against the innocent. Five other Christian males are currently undergoing sentencing or awaiting trial in connection with blasphemy. __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:10:04 -0400 From: Beth Forrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] Hello: I am working on a project on ethnic communities and Boston, Massachusetts. I am desperately trying to find Goan ex-pats who live here. Do you know of anyone or know anyone who might know? Unfortunately, time is very limited and so need this information as soon as possible. Many thanks, Beth Forrest * Beth Forrest Ph.D. Candidate in History Boston University Program Coordinator Institute for Medieval History at Boston University Program Coordinator Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University Waitress extraordinary tel. 617/358-0226 ** -- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:28:21 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Forming an Association of parents of a single girl child. * Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - Forming An Association - I wish to invite parents who have only one child and that too a girl child to join hands with me in forming an association. This invitation goes out to parents who are not going to have more children. The purpose of forming such an association is to explore ways and means to get better privileges for ourselves from the government. This association will have no caste or creed barrier and is basically to promote the welfare of our only child. Let us keep in mind that if we unite we can achieve some good. Parents of single child (girl) desiring to form such an association may please contact me on Ph
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goanet-digest Thursday, July 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4149 - In this issue: [Goanet] Discussion on the plight of bus commuters in Goa at FRIDAY BALCAO. Re: [Goanet] Re: Heroic lives [Goanet] Re: Heroic lives, Jorge Noronha Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? [Goanet] Re: [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS [Goanet] Knowledge deficit and freedom of ideas [Goanet] IIT Bombay and College of Engg, Goa.. [Goanet] Dr Anjali Monteiro -- critiquing development See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 21:40:18 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Discussion on the plight of bus commuters in Goa at FRIDAY BALCAO. - --- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO - --- Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet, Friday Balcao the fortnightly discussion event to be held on 12th July will feature the topic, the plight of bus commuters in Goa - a time to act. As part of a series on public interest issues Friday Balcao will focus on the bus transport service in Goa and the plight of commuters. Commuters have made numerous complaints on the state of buses in Goa, the behaviour of conductors, the non issuance of tickets, non display of fare tables, improper timings, diversion of routes, over speeding and overloading of passengers. Bus commuters are also faced with lack of bus shelters, no proper bus stops, badly maintained bus terminals, besides the lack of drinking water and toilets facilities. The Balcao session will also discuss the role of the various Govt. agencies like the Directorate of Transport, Kadamba Transport Corporation and the Traffic Police. The outcome of the discussions and the action plan suggestions will be submitted to various citizens groups as well as the concerned Govt. agencies. Those citizens wanting to contribute to the discussion at Friday Balcao are urged to attend the event while those who cannot attend the event may send their views and action plan suggestions by post to FRIDAY BALCAO Post Box 78, Mapusa 403 507 or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday Balcao will be from 4pm to 6pm at the Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11 Liberty Apartments Feira Alta, Mapusa and is open to members of the public. Those citizens who would like to receive the regular invitation to Friday Balcao and a one page synopsis of the fortnightly session can subscribe for the same by sending Rs.80/- to cover printing and mailing costs. Interested citizens wanting more information on Friday Balcao can phone on 252660 best wishes, Lillian D'Costa. - FRIDAY BALCAO BOOKLET :Now available for RS.70/- only Buy your personal copy and gift one to your relatives, neighbours and friends. The information handbook that is a must in every Goan home. - -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:07:52 +0100 From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: Heroic lives 1. As regards George Pinto's position about the Vatican's stand on non-white persons and his alegation that "miracles done by Blessed Vaz are shelfed, and not recognized, and hence no sainthood", I wonder where and how he found out that Blessed Vaz's miracles have been shelved. I know for certain that the Cause for his Canonisation is very much alive both in Goa and in Kandy but, as I understand, the one important miracle that Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of the Saints needs for recomending to the Holy Father the canonisation of our "ganv-bhau" has not yet been reported and documented. 2. I shall not comment on the founder of Opus Dei having or not been a fascist. Perhaps George has some proof of it. 3. George and other members of this d-list might like to know that a native of Mexico, named Cuauhtlatoatzin (who on embracing catholicism adopted the name of Juan Diego), who lived in the first half of the 16th century (died in 1548), had also been forgotten for a long time (to the point of some people even questioning if he really existed), but is going to be canonised in this month of July without passing through the "Blessed" stage. Juan is the person to whom Our Lady appeared at Guadalupe. He called the Lady "Most Beautiful Girl", and Our Lady of Guadalupe is now recognised as Patroness of Mexico and of entire Latin America. Jorge - - Original Message - From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sen
goanet-digest V1 #4148
goanet-digest Thursday, July 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4148 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS: Handicraft emporium plans outlet at Goa... [Goanet] [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS [Goanet] Interview with Calangute MLA: Agnelo Fernandes Fw: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? [Goanet] an iny [Goanet] An Introduction [Goanet] Dhirubhai and the media See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 02:37:30 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Handicraft emporium plans outlet at Goa... Handicraft emporium plans outlet at Goa, Jaipur By Sanket Upadhyay, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The premier state-owned handicraft and handloom emporium, Central Cottage Industries Corporation (CCIC), is set to open branches at Goa and at Jaipur, two of the top Indian destinations for tourists. It is also mulling offers from the U.S., Britain, Germany and France to launch its outlets overseas, CCIC managing director Durgesh Shankar said Wednesday. While the Goa outlet would start in October, the one at Jaipur would be launched at a later date, he told reporters here at a press conference. "We aim to increase our sales by contracting franchisees to run our outlets in every major Indian city," Shankar said. The multi-storeyed building in New Delhi's central shopping district of Connaught Place housing the CCIC, India's single largest super mart for ethnic crafts, is already a landmark for tourists, both Indian and foreign. The emporium, which had annual sales of Rs. 570 million last year, currently has branches at Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai. The new outlets are being given out to franchisees. Although last September's terror strikes on U.S. cities, the December attack on the Indian Parliament and border tensions with Pakistan have affected tourist inflow, the CCIC hopes to improve its annual sales to Rs. 650 million this year. The CCI, which began as a tiny sales depot in 1948, has a reputation for selling authentic ethnic handicrafts from across the country. Many credit it with popularising traditional art forms that were earlier dying for want of markets. Its merchandise includes pottery and marble ware, art objects, metal ware, carpets, furniture, jewellery and among others. The CCIC received the Jawaharlal Nehru award for exports in 2000. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 07:27:22 - From: "patdesousa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS - --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "goaworldtoday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You seem to be acting too smart? > What are you upto? > > List moderator A response was posted by me to the above, but the goaworldtoday list moderator has still not come out in the open and disclosed her/his name or had the courtesy to respond :( Who's acting SMART NOW? Why can't the Goaworldtoday "List moderator" respond? It is senseless to make brash statements and then recoil as a nameless person alleging to be the List Moderator :( Is this some new Goaworldtoday List Moderator's Tactic? Pat - Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/0EHolB/TM - -~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:01:05 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Interview with Calangute MLA: Agnelo Fernandes Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - --- "Corruption can exist only if people encourage it" - --- Goa has a new Assembly. What do the new MLA's think of their role? How do they plan to solve people's problems ? As this Assembly's monsoon session begins this month, The Navhind Times met them to find out their views on these questions. Our Joaquim Fernandes meets the Calangute MLA, Mr Agnelo Fernandes of Congress. 10 QUESTIONS: 1. Do you believe that Goa's development has been even? Not at all! For example, my constituency (Calangute)
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goanet-digest Thursday, July 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4147 - In this issue: [Goanet] From: Navhind News Capsule Part 3 [Goanet] 11 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] As part of the celebrations for World Goa Day - world wide [Goanet] OUR GOAN HERITAGE.-Concanim See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:56:56 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] From: Navhind News Capsule Part 3 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:33:26 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Capsule of 07-11 From: Navhind News Capsule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings from the Navhind Times in Goa! This news capsule comes to you with a preview of stories of 11 July, 2002: Section: sports FIFA communications director fired ZURICH, July 10 (AP): Mr Keith Cooper, FIFAs director of media, was fired on Tuesday, less than two weeks after the end of the World Cup. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071122 GFA to be charged for using SAGs premises at Fatorda >From Our Correspondent MARGAO, July 10: The Sports Minister, Mr Mickky Pacheco today said that he intended levying charges for the rooms being occupied by the Goa Football Association (GFA) at the SAGs Nehru stadium, Fatorda as per the PWD rates. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071123 India have peaked at the wrong time: Bedi NEW DELHI, July 10 (PTI): Not all in the country seem too happy with Indias impressive run in the ongoing triangular one-day series in England. And certainly not the bold and brash Bishen Singh Bedi. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071121 Indians too good for Bhutan Under-20 Asia Cup soccer KOLKATA, July 10 (UNI): Strong contenders India outplayed underdogs Bhutan 4-1 in the second match of the under-20 Asia Cup championship at Salt Lake stadium, here today. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071120 Kahn no goalkeeping god, say coutrymate BERLIN, July 10 (Reuters): Oliver Kahn is a great goalkeeper, but not the demi-god, some have made him out to be, according to his Bundesliga rivals who complain that they are undervalued. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071118 Indian spikers put up poor show CHENNAI, July 10 (UNI): The touring Indian senior mens volleyball team today put up a poor performance and lost the third Test to Irans junior national team. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071119 Im keeping my haircut: Ronaldo RIO DE JANEIRO, July 9 (AFP): World Cup top scorer Ronaldo insists he is keeping the half-moon haircut that he sported as Brazil won their fifth world crown last month. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071117 Yohannan, Ratra likely to play against Lanka today BRISTOL, July 10 (PTI): Keen to go into the final of the triangular one-day series with a positive frame of mind, India will look to finish off their league engagements on a winning note when they take on Sri Lanka in a day-night match here tomorrow. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071116 World Cup tickets to go on sale JOHANNESBURG, July 10 (AP): A total of 222,000 tickets for the ICC cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa will go on sale for the public when booking opens on Monday. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071114 Kiwis in dark about Pak tri-series plans AUCKLAND, July 10 (Reuters): The New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has no news about the participation in a tri-series in Kenya with Pakistan and Australia. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071115 Tendulkar could still open, says Wright LONDON, July 10 (PTI): Batting meastro Sachin Tendulkars recent success at number four notwithstanding, he could still be opening the innings in one-day internationals, according to coach John Wright. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071113 Goa Sports: Rodrigues nets winner for Dando >From Our Sports Desk MARGAO: A 28th minute goal from Caetano Xavier Rodrigues handed United Boys of Dando, Colva, a solitary goal victory over United Club of Fatorda and a quarter-final berth in 7th all-Goa Benaulim villagers soccer at Dando grounds, Benaulim, today.The all-important goal came after Shelton Naique dodged past a couple of rival defenders and set Caetano up with a through pass right
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 10 2002Volume 01 : Number 4146 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] re: Heroic Lives Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? [Goanet] From: Navhind News Capsule Part 1 [Goanet] From: Navhind News Capsule Part 2 See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:45:53 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] re: Heroic Lives In a message dated 07/10/2002 5:55:47 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I do not feel particularly worthy to even undo their sandal straps. >> Dear Joel: It takes humility to appreciate greatness :) And fools do thread where angels dread to pass :( Some people are so colour conscious, that it almost becomes an obsession, which clouds the faculties. Fred, if you and other papers were to stop the presses, we'd be degenerating back to the dark ages. Do, as the Karachi Dawn paper advocated: Be Bold, Proclaim the Truth -- They Only Live Who Dare. If I had such an abhorrence for the "whitey," I wouldn't have been earning their dollars and at the same time continue a smear campaign. I would have proudly gone back to where I belong, feel assimilated and where my colour blended, than pass smitten remarks, without petulance. Pat de Sousa Maryland, USA -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:45:53 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? In a message dated 07/10/2002 7:16:16 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Here's a nice rebuttal to my post by Subhash Paradkar, which for some reason did not show up on Goanet even though he had copied it to it. I will post my response to it when I can find some time >> Hello Santosh and All: Not that rebuttals are favored, but if I am not mistaken even Parsees have some customs re cow's urine :-) Hence, it is best to take a holistic approach to age-old customs and practices. You may not agree with me, but somehow my gut feeling is that our forebears had far greater insight. knowledge and wisdom than many of our contemporaries :( I and my wife believe and have faith in what Subhash Paradkar talks about, like bitter gourd (karela), fenugreek (methi), neem leaves and jamun seed (don't know those botanical names). Also a horde other home remedies. Isn't it true that modern medicine has just learnt and come to realize the beneficial effects of using leeches for blood control, etc., ordinarily termed old wives tales? Will await your learned response :-) Old is Gold: Pat de Sousa -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:32:34 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] From: Navhind News Capsule Part 1 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:33:26 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Capsule of 07-11 From: Navhind News Capsule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings from the Navhind Times in Goa! This news capsule comes to you with a preview of stories of 11 July, 2002: Section: business Tanavade to take over as GTDC chairman today By A Staff Reporter PANAJI, July 10: The Tivim MLA, Mr Sadanand Tanavade has been appointed as the new chairman of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC). The post was laying vacant after the erstwhile government sacked the former chairman, Mr Vishwajeet Rane on the eve of assembly elections. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071130 Bleak scene of IT investment NEW YORK, July 10 (IANS): Mr Vinod Khosla, considered by many as a top ranking venture capitalist in the US, said outsourcing and skills shortage are going to be the IT issues of the future. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071129 German tourists shy away from India BERLIN, July 10 (IANS): German tourists, highly coveted for their spending power, seem to be losing interest in India and opting for what they perceive safer destinations, much to the dismay of the travel trade. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071128 Infosys quarter profit jumps by 14.2 per cent BANGALORE, July 10 (IANS): Infosys Technologies, Indias largest listed software exporter, on Wednesday said its net profit for the quarter ended on June 30 rose 14.2 per cent over the same period last year on addition of new clients. Full story available at: http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071127 Bush proposes penalties for corporate fraud WASHINGTON, July 10 (IANS): The President, Mr George Bush, has proposed stiffer criminal penalties and enhanced law enforcement against corporate fraud to p
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 10 2002Volume 01 : Number 4145 - In this issue: [Goanet] re: Heroic Lives [Goanet] Re: Heroic Lives Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? Re: [Goanet] Houston Goan Convention - A Blast! [Goanet] Fw: Comments on All party meeting to reject the SC directives to EC. [Goanet] Fw: LETTER : Director of Fisheries Mr. S.C. Verenkar Re: Implementation of Fisshing Ban, Fish net 'mesh-size' Rule. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:53:38 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] re: Heroic Lives Dear George Pinto, Thanks for your comments. I do not feel qualified to criticize Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa, who was a finer Indian citizen than I am. When I met her, I could not tell her exact skin colour because of her numerous wrinkles. But I have seen many Indians with fairer skin than she had. I feel she would have heartily approved of your concern for marginalized people of colour, many of whom she knew and loved on a first-name basis among the poorest homeless in Calcutta. There are Goans among those who continue her work. Some of them might have Caucasian genes, dating from millenia ago, and (wait for it) even fairer skin than she had. I do not feel qualified to criticize them either. In fact, I do not feel particularly worthy to even undo their sandal straps. I hope you will succeed in exposing and punishing all evil-doers. Regards, Joel Almeida __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:08:25 -0700 (PDT) From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: Heroic Lives Dear Joel, Your avoidance of the tough questions in my post has been noted, including your holier-than-thou attitude. I have seen this many times on these forums. What Mother Theresa stood for what not my point. I am not interested in "exposing and punishing all evil-doers", which was also not my point. Regards, George - --- "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear George Pinto, > > Thanks for your comments. I do not feel qualified to > criticize Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa, who was a finer > Indian citizen than I am. When I met her, I could not > tell her exact skin colour because of her numerous __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:13:21 - From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? Here's a nice rebuttal to my post by Subhash Paradkar, which for some reason did not show up on Goanet even though he had copied it to it. I will post my response to it when I can find some time. Cheers, Santosh SUBHASH PARADKAR'S POST Dear Santosh: (1) I am here in the US for the past 34 years and work as a consultant to US Patent and Trademark Office. In recent years, Americans are researching Aayurvedic medications for three reasons: (a) Does the usage of these ancient medicines statistically change, facilitate any improvements or improve the condition of the patient?, (b) Should it be used as a supplement to diet, exercise under a supervision of a medical doctor, and (c) Can they make money by using by taking patents and claiming these medicines as their own inventions. Foreigners have always done that to the people of Indian origin regardless of our own region or faith. (2) National Institute of Health here has received US grant to study alternative medicines because drug companies with professional chemists and scientists take took long to come up with drugs that work on rats, but have side effects on a human body. It is now recognized by spiritual leaders of all faiths, learned medical professionals, and social scientists that human being needs to balance his or her body, mind and soul to achieve happiness (Santosh) throughout the life process. (3) Ancient Rishi Pantanjali from Uttarpradesh was known for Grammar, Aayurveda, and Yoga Philosophy. US medical professions have now accepted that Raaj Yoga or Dhyan Yoga (Meditation) helps people relax, reduce blood pressure, and improve many deceases in humankind. Another Rishi Charaka was known for herbal medicines, and the techniques of surgery. He described qualities of 100,000 herbal plants. Charak Sanhita says."That man remains free from desease who takes healthy food and habits; who is not slave of desires; who observes all creatures
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goanet-digestWednesday, July 10 2002Volume 01 : Number 4144 - In this issue: [Goanet] A Different Politician [Goanet] NEWS: Indian melody queen Lata Mangueshkar sings for Gen-Y composers [Goanet] Re: Heroic lives Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? [Goanet] ENCROACHMENTS ON HIGHWAYS [Goanet] HC ADJOURNS PIL TO NEXT WEDNESDAY Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine? [Goanet] FEATURE: Frogs, not just noisy creatures you hear in the monsoons... See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:29:46 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] A Different Politician Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - - A Different Politician - - Goans for long have been on the look for a politician who is different. Someone who will stand by principles and not be lured by power and greed. In the Cortalim MLA, Mathany Saldanha, Goans have probably found one such politician. Here is a man who has come into power the hard way as he fought unsuccessfully many a electoral battles before he finally made it to the Assembly. He has not fallen prey to the bait of ministership, something which is almost unthinkable in today's politics. His statement that you don't have to be a minister to serve the people could be a lesson for our power hungry politicians. It goes without saying that we shall hear a lot from this upright and straight-forward politician in the years to come as he serves the people of his constituency and the people of Goa at large. Goa would have done well with more politicians like Saldanha. May the Almighty God guide and protect him as he starts his innings in the Goa Assembly in the service of the people. Adelmo Fernandes Vasco da Gama Letter in Response. - HERALD 27/6/02 page 6 - --- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - --- Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy === -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:09:15 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Indian melody queen Lata Mangueshkar sings for Gen-Y composers Indian melody queen Lata sings for Gen-Y composers By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service(byline mandatory) Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) After singing for two generations of composers like S.D. Burman in the 1950s and 1960s and his son Rahul Dev Burman in the 1970s and 1980s, the Indian nightingale has moved on to Gen-Y music directors. The voice that has ruled Indian film music fans since the 1950s has now paired up with santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma's son Rahul for "Mujhse Dosti Karoge" and Himesh Reshammiya for "Sethu". At the age of 73, legendary Indian playback Lata Mangeshkar continues to conquer new peaks and her song "Andekhi Anjani Si" with Udit Narayan for Rahul Sharma is already on its way to becoming a chart topper. The other song she has sung for Rahul for the same album is "Jaane dil mein kab se hai tu" with Sonu Nigam. She matches note for note and at times even overshadows Udit and Sonu who are half her age. In fact both Rahul and Reshammiya are also in their 20s. About how it feels like singing for composers young enough to be her grandchildren, Lata says: "I do feel their reserve and nervousness. I wish they would come forward and tell me where I'm going wrong in my singing. "The new generation of composers tend to be a little reserved. I miss that give-and-take of ideas with Rahul that was there when I recorded songs for his father in 'Silsila' and 'Vijay'. But I feel composers like Rahul and Himesh with their command of classical Indian music will revive the era of melodies in Bollywood." "She's a phenomenon beyond all phenomena," says Reshammiya, who like Sharma belongs to the new millennium music-makers in Bollywood who have taken over from Jatin-Lalit, Anand-Milind and Anu Malik who ruled the charts until last year. Reshammiya, who has helmed two hit soundtracks "Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa&qu
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 9 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4143 - In this issue: [Goanet] Houston Goan Convention - A Blast! [Goanet] Travel article: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) - Magical Beauty of Goa [Goanet] Obituary [Goanet] VHP offers to reconvert Christians [Goanet] Animal rescue site [Goanet] INVITE: Join the GNU/Linux network in Goa... [Goanet] 10 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 22:56:31 - From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Houston Goan Convention - A Blast! The Sixth Biennial Convention of the Goan Organization in America, which was attended by 219 Goan progeny and kindred at the Marriott- Galleria in Houston, concluded last Sunday with a great sense of joy and accomplishment. As expected, we had a good time and great fun, met wonderful people, ate and drank, talked and laughed, and got amused and entertained. I am not as good a flatterer as George Pinto. But meeting George was a special thrill. We had the great pleasure of hosting Filomena Giese and Agnes Mcbride who were instrumental in igniting the hearts of a seemingly never-ending line of cantar-singing Goans fighting with each other for the microphone. To me this was a rare moment of spontaneous rapture exemplifying the Goan desire to partake in frolic, no matter where and how it manifested itself. It was such a wonderful embodiment of the spirit of this convention. We dedicated this impromptu jubilation to the sense of camaraderie symbolized by Goa Day, by making a formal announcement and providing a brief explanation of the latter event. We had three long days of non-stop "dhoongshonn", as Prof. Ravindra Amonker put it. There was a breathtaking variety of shows ranging from ridiculous Konkani skits and monologues to professionally produced and performed Indian film songs and nostalgic Marathi and Konkani songs, generating enough sensory overload to numb the senses for the entire two-year interval before the next convention in Toronto, Canada, considering the fact that other forms of sense- numbing methods were also employed at open bars, concomitantly. And taste buds of all persuasions were tantalized by traditional Goan culinary delicacies prepared by Goan chefs from the Mother India restaurant of Los Angeles, California. Just before we parted, Prof. Ravindra Amonker, Dr. Rekha Khandeparkar, Dr. Babuli Sanzguiri, Mrs. Asha Karmali and Dr. Prakash Rajadhyaksha made some highly pertinent observations about our convention, about future directions, about our role in improving the Goan political situation, and about the idiosyncrasies of the Goan psyche. George and Filomena gave inspiring presentations on the need to share our good fortune to better the lives of Goans in need and the living conditions in Goa for everybody. An article by George on the activities of Goa Sudharop has been published in our convention souvenir, "Ovllam 2002". I will upload the entire souvenir as a PDF document on our website, "www.goanconvention.org", within a few days. The souvenir also contains articles on Goa Day by Rene Barreto and on "Participatory Democracy in Goa" by Dr. N. S. Dumo, a founding member of the Goa Su-Raj party. The convention ended with a reprimand by younger generation Goan Americans who felt there were no activities arranged to cater to their particular tastes. We are very grateful for this and other criticisms that we received, as much as we are to all the attendees at this meeting for contributing in every way to make it a grand success. The Sixth Biennial Convention of the Goan Organization in America in Houston, my friends, was a blast. Cheers, Santosh -- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:32:16 +0100 From: "Eddie Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Travel article: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) - Magical Beauty of Goa Headline: MAGICAL BEAUTY OF GOA. By JOANNE LANE. 7 July 2002 Sunday Mercury GOA'S Anjuna markets are one of the few places in the world where you'll find an American hippy selling handmade Australian-style didgeridoos to English tourists. This surreal experience seems tailor-made for these colourful markets in the South Indian beach state. As we arrived, a crowd of people were experimenting with his instruments and the hum and hoots could be heard above the din from the Israeli eateries and the clamour of haggling. Three million tourists flock to Goa each year and it's easy to understand why. Gleaming whitewashed churches and Portuguese-style houses dot the state as a physical witness to its former occupiers. There are old forts guarding th
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 9 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4142 - In this issue: [Goanet] Balbir Punj says, "Gujarat genocide? What the hell is that?": Response by Arundhati Roy in "Outlook" [Goanet] NEW BOOK: Eunice de Souza's Dangerlok in Mumbai [Goanet] FEATURE: And now, marks for cricket... [Goanet] PRE-AUGUST EVENTS [Goanet] [goannonresidents] Testing [Goanet] http://indmed.nic.in/ (Indian Medlar) [Goanet] INTERVIEW: Corruption arises when... (W de Souza, MLA/by J Fernandes) [Goanet] Re: [goanews] BRIEfnCOUNTERS: Down-to-earth Catholics, networking via the Net.. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: 9 Jul 2002 13:38:59 - From: "Rohit Shukla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Balbir Punj says, "Gujarat genocide? What the hell is that?": Response by Arundhati Roy in "Outlook" Men like Balbir Punj are well in place in every fibre of our society. Do we= have anything to lose?=0ARohit=0A=0AFinally, I See the Light...=0ADissimul= ation In Words And In Images July 08=0AMr Balbir Punj=92s article (Dissim= ulation in Words and in Images, July 8) was as an arrow to my heart. What s= hall I do now? I stand exposed, my name is mud, my bones fit to be boiled d= own into book-binders=92 glue. =0A=0AHowever, it=92s never too late. I have= seen the light. There was no genocide in Gujarat. The State did not conniv= e at it. The police did not stand back and watch it. Actually the Modi gove= rnment had organised a flower show. The pseudo-secularists have twisted fac= ts and misrepresented the beautiful event as a massacre. I stupidly walked = into their trap. My friend who phoned from Baroda was a Foreign Agent, a pl= ant and she was talking about a theatre performance, not a killing at all. = =0A=0AIf I publicly recant my position, will I be forgiven? Let me try...= =0A=0AI recant. I sincerely do. I believe in Big Dams, Big Bombs and Big Hi= ndoo fascists. I also believe in Big ots, Breast implants (big ones that bu= rst at high altitudes) and nuclear-powered aircraft. I believe that phone-t= apping, random passport checks, science and technology will pave the way to= our glittering future as a world superpower. Liposuction may or may not he= lp. =0A=0AI also believe in flag-hoisting on Tuesdays and Nationalism befor= e and after meals. I believe in morning PT, flower drill and marching aroun= d inside our own heads for the rest of the day. I believe that all Pseudo-s= ecularists, Champagne socialists, MacMarxists and McCaulayflowers should be= raided/framed/jailed/discredited/inquired into. The self-righteous ones sh= ould receive legal/police summons at frequent but irregular intervals. Repe= at offenders should be shot in pseudo-encounters. All citizens should be fo= rced to carry a brick for the Ayodhya mandir in their handbags/briefcases a= t all times.=0AI also believe that the stupidity that has historically ushe= red fascism into the world is good for a few laughs in these miserable time= s. There=92s not much else that=92s funny. =0AArundhati Roy, New Delhi =0A= =0AP.S. Contrary to what Mr Punj says, the Gujarat police was not asking fo= r my "help". It was trying to file a criminal charge against me under Sec 1= 53A=97Creating communal enmity (!) I received a "summons" ordering me to ap= pear personally in a police station in Baroda for "questioning". Keeping in= mind how Medha Patkar was physically assaulted when she went to Gujarat, n= ot wishing to create a public circus over such an absurd charge and distrac= t attention from the horrible plight of the survivors of the genocide, I of= fered to answer the inspector=92s questions by mail. I never heard from him= again. I told no one about this exchange. Given Mr Punj=92s miraculous acc= ess to the correspondence between my lawyer and a local policeman in Baroda= , I wonder if Mr Punj or his party has more to do with all this than he let= s on? =0A=0A_=0AThe= re is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com.=0AGo now http://mons= terindia.rediff.com/jobs=0A -- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:23:29 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEW BOOK: Eunice de Souza's Dangerlok in Mumbai "Eunice de Souza, better known for her poetry and lucid criticism, has finally written a novel. She bagan publishing her poetry relatively late in life, and it should not surprise ardent followers of her literary work that her first novel should have come after she ended her teaching career," so writes Santan Rodrigues. There's a review of 'Dangerlok in Mumbai' in a (by now dated
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 9 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4141 - In this issue: [Goanet] Re: [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS [Goanet] 08-09 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS Re: [Goanet] Heroic lives [Goanet] HERALD: Tuesday Tunes [Goanet] FOR GOANET IF POSSIBLE See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 00:38:39 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Re: [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS In a message dated 07/08/2002 3:59:28 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: [goannonresidents] Re: RISE UP NR GOANS Date: 07/08/2002 3:59:28 AM EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (goaworldtoday) Reply-to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";> [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You seem to be acting too smart? What are you upto? List moderator --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > goannonresidentsGroup Info > Members: 6 > Founded: Jul 7, 2001 > > This Sunday, the group will be TWO YEARS young :) > > And, there were only two postings -- one this month and one in June :( > > Can I challenge you ALL, especially the Moderator, to do their best? > > Even if each of us attempted two postings a month, there'll be a baker's > dozen by July 7, 2003! > > Any takers? > > God Bless: > > Pat >> Why don't you reveal your name, as the List Moderator? The yahoogroups site lists the list moderator listed as Las Viegas. Will you have the courtesy of explaining how I was "acting too smart?" What do you think I am up to? I have communicated in plain English. Pat - Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/0EHolB/TM - -~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 12:58:07 +0530 From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 08-09 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 08-09 July 2002 POWERMEN TO FIGHT PRIVATISATION: The Electricity department engineers and employees have formed a nine-member action committee, headed by Narayan Palekar, to strongly oppose the State government's move to corporatise/privatize the Electricity department. (GT) SRIPAD FOR EXPEDITING MOPA REPORT: The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Sripad Naik, said on July 8 that the Goa government needs to expedite the work on completing the feasibility report on the proposed international airport at Mopa as the response from private parties for setting up the project is encouraging. (H) KERI TO MAPUSA BUSES, AT LAST: After keeping the commuters on both sides of the bridge stranded for the past four days, the Transport Department will finally start seven buses from Keri to Mapusa and vice versa from today. Seven vehicles are expected to make 21 trips each from Keri to Mapusa. (GT) SHRIPAD NAIK FOR TILLAWRI WATER SOON: Stressing that priority to agriculture is a commitment of the government to the farmers in the State, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shripad Naik, hoped that the Tillari water would be made available to Goa soon. (GT) PROBLEM AT THE BRIDGE: There was a big commotion at the newly opened Siolim-Chopdem bridge this morning when the local bus owners objected to the operation of the seven new buses for which the Transport Department has given a permission to ply from Keri to Mapusa. Police arrived on the scene and were attempting to restore normalcy. ONLY OLD, SICK DOGS COULD BE PUT TO SLEEP: Award winning animal rights activist Ms Norma Alvares was agitated over the shooting-of-dogs stories. "No one can shoot dogs. There is a law in go against shooting of dogs, and if anybody does that, then it amounts to contempt of court," Ms Norma warned. In some cases dogs may be "euthanised" (put to sleep) but that depends on the condition of the animal and can be decided only by a vet, Ms Norma informed. (H) PARENTS DARE FABRICA: The citizens of Assolna and the parents of the kindergarten students of Regina Martyrum School have decided that they will not allow their children to be shifted from the existing classrooms and would continue with their peaceful agitation till their demands are met. (GT) MARGAO'S "LABOUR MARKET": Officially, there doesn't exist any market where "labour" engaged mostly in the construction sector, is being offered on payme
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goanet-digest Monday, July 8 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4140 - In this issue: [Goanet] Goa's new CM and 10-year plan: by Subhash Paradkar [Goanet] From Subhash Paradkar [Goanet] From Floriano of Goa Su-raaj [Goanet] LINK: Ervelle E Menezes on master violinist Alex D'Silva [Goanet] Interview with Pale MLA: Dr. Suresh Amonkar. Re: [Goanet] Heroic lives See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 20:56:02 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goa's new CM and 10-year plan: by Subhash Paradkar > From: "Subhash Paradkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Goa's new CM and 10 Year-plan > Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:27:46 -0400 > > > (1) CM of Goa is not a seasoned politician by many standards. But, unlike > many uneducated leaders in Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhyapradesh, and > Uttarpradesh (BIMARU), he comes from a decent respected family with > technical mind. He used "I" to facilitate communication, and not to say that > he is an expert on the subject matter. Goans need to give him a chance and > not label him as "Saffornization". Like Catholicism the word has religious > bias and it may actually hurt the sentiments of a large population of Goa. > Hindu (Vedanta) as well as Christian (Ten commandments) philosophy can > provide good common values for family life, love, and charity. I have lived > in the US for 34 years and have been able to raise our children with > understanding of goodness of both philosophies without sacrificing Indian > culture. The fact that BJP did not get a majority speaks for itself. Goans > are smart people who have assimilated temples, churches, forts and beaches > as a part of their culture. > > (2) Current PM has announced a lot of funds for economic prosperity of Goa. > Goans need to take advantage of it. Konkani Railway brought prosperity to > Kerala, more so than Maharashtra. When BJP gets elected other parties, > opposition, and Press give them hardtime. Yet, if you look at Pramod > Mahajan, Manohar Parrikar, Prabhu, the younger generation is highly > intelligent and staunch Indians. > > (3) Please give your CM some honeymoon until he unravels the 10 year plan. > Then, accept that portion that provides economic prosperity to Goans. Debate > the issue within 90 days to compromise on the remaining issues, and so, you > can go forward. Time is of essence because children grow fast. They need > quality education and jobs. Elderly need a decent medical care and > retirement. We need to focus on the big picture. If the plan is sound and > funded, everyone will WIN in a long-run. > > Regards, > > Subhash Paradkar -- Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 20:58:16 +0200 From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] From Subhash Paradkar > > > BARCELONA, July 8 - People in China know very little about AIDS, with nearly > three quarters of the population unaware that the disease is caused by a > virus or able to describe how they can avoid becoming infected. About one in > six Chinese has never heard of the disease. > > In India, the other sleeping giant in the AIDS pandemic, the number of > infections with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS has > increased tenfold in a decade, with a huge fraction of cases found in rural, > entirely monogamous women who have scarcely ever left their villages. In the > meantime, almost no one on the subcontinent is taking life-sustaining > antiretroviral therapy, even though Indian manufacturers of generic drugs > are rapidly becoming the suppliers of choice to the developing world. > > That was among the gloomy news presented today as scientists and activists > attending the 14th International AIDS Conference discussed the state of the > epidemic in the world's two most populous countries. > > In China, HIV infection was for years confined to relatively small numbers > of intravenous drug users on the country's southern border with Burma. In > recent years, cases have been found elsewhere, spread not only by drug use > but also by prostitution and, in one region, by procedures that infected a > large number of peasants selling their own blood for money. Countrywide, the > number of cases increased from 600,000 in 2000 to 850,000 last year. > > In December 2000, China's State Family Planning Commission conducted a > survey of about 7,000 people between age 15 and 50 in seven counties chosen > to represent all stages of economic development. It was
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goanet-digest Monday, July 8 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4139 - In this issue: [Goanet] Heroic lives Fw: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of values [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Illegal construction [Goanet] LINKS: Groups and organisations working on AIDS [Goanet] On Civilizations! [Goanet] Tony Call-Kuwait Goan Tiatrist. See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 06:42:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Heroic lives Frederick Noronha writes: "This observer must be among the most devoted of non-devout readers interested in issues related on religion." - --- Dear Fred, That is excellent news. I think many of us would be interested in knowing more about Goan participants in Mother Teresa's continuing work, if you happen to come across some information. Also, news about any other Goans who lead lives of exemplary and heroic virtue. It is always nice to read history in the making: especially when it comes to unsung heroes and heroines. Of course, most of us know of many charlatans and frauds, but it is always nice to be reminded of basics. Thanks and regards, Joel Almeida __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:54:55 +0530 From: "hobcraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of values - - Original Message - From: hobcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; Herald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of values > > - Original Message - > From: ; Herald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: GoaNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:19 AM > Subject: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of > values > > > > INTERVIEW: UNDER THE GUISE OF SECULARISM, EDUCATION IS DEVOID OF VALUES > > > > The BJP-led coalition government promises to give a better governance in > its > > second term. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar says a vision document for > the > > next ten years is in the offing and that development will be in a planned > > manner. In an interview with Vijay de Souza, the chief minister dwelt on > > issues like political stability, education, saffronisation and > > accountability. Excerpts. > > > VISION DOCUMEMT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN THE OFFING, CLAIMS PARRIKAR. > > Herald, 4 July, 2002 > > Q. You have always been stressing on education- right from the days you have > been in the Opposition. What exactly is your vision of education in Goa- a > sector where crores of rupees are spent by the government annually. > > A. We never stressed on quality. Always on quantity. I have started changing > this. > > Comments: > > I have a suggestion to make to you, Mr. Manohar Parrikar. You will do better > if you drop the "I" syndrome. A core politician like you, who is a > technocrat by profession should leave the changing of 'education' in GOA, > for the better, to the eminent "educationists"and "academicians", of > whom GOA certainly has no dearth. I can understand you suggesting changes > in the technical education. If ideologues of RSS like you interfere in > education matters, it is bound to be saffronised. And no amount of denying > this will help. On the contrary, as the education minister, it would be > proper for you to organize brainstorming sessions by the academicians and > educationist of GOA and let them come up with a "WHITE PAPER" on Goa's > futuristic education policy, the syllabi, the teaching techniques et al. Goa > Su-Raj Party will do that at the very first opportunity. Goa requires > educated practical people rather than high funda crammers who stand like > sore thumbs in the highly competitive practical field. > > As regards your stand on Goa's freedom struggle and its freedom fighters, > governments and politicians, again, should not interfere in the heroics. > There are freedom fighters, who were, and are, real and sincere . And there > are many others who are hypocrites and fakes. As an enterprising CM of Goa , > where you can help is to weed out the fakes and let the genuine ones seek > their own levels to claim the glory for their patriotism. This is an > exer
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goanet-digest Monday, July 8 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4138 - In this issue: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of values [Goanet] JOTTINGS: Meeting WRdeS on the printed page [Goanet] Misuse of public funds HC asks Govt to list steps to curb menace. [Goanet] Wild goa trip tmw on frogs [Goanet] Re: Marathi Has No Case In Goa See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 21:49:56 -0600 (MDT) From: Vijay de Souza, Herald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of values INTERVIEW: UNDER THE GUISE OF SECULARISM, EDUCATION IS DEVOID OF VALUES The BJP-led coalition government promises to give a better governance in its second term. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar says a vision document for the next ten years is in the offing and that development will be in a planned manner. In an interview with Vijay de Souza, the chief minister dwelt on issues like political stability, education, saffronisation and accountability. Excerpts. Q: When you recommended dissolution of the assembly on February 27, 2002, you said you wanted the people to elect a new government for political stability.This however, did not happen as the May 30 elections threw up a fractured mandate once again putting stability at stake. A: What I had said that time was that the functional freedom was restricted. There were certain well-settled politicians who had their own way of functioning. Well I don't want to go into their ways of functioning. This was hindering the speed of development, the delivery I was trying to make. Secondly, there was time and again rumours being spread that seven of them would split... but the rumours had a basic ground because the people (MLAs) had come from the other party -- Congress -- obviously had connection with Congressmen. It was giving strength to the rumours. Even if it was a rumour, people had a general tendency in believing them. So these two aspects were resulting in lower output and long term planning was becoming difficult. Q: This time, BJP with 17 members has to bank on two other partners -- MGP and UGDP. Don't you think this coalition is worse than the last one to manage? A: Majority necessarily doesn't mean stability. Congress had it on every occasion,but stability did not exist. So if stability was only numbers, then I think Congress had it every time. That's why we had 13 CMs in 13 years. But, stability is more than numbers, of course numbers are required. Now the current equation is we are 18. I consider one Independent MLA - Filipe Neri Rodrigues, because he was with me and he has stayed with me contested as Independent for obvious difficulties. As far as pattern of staying together is concerned, the group of 18 is very stable. And there are five who are supporting. Obviously when the core is stable, the supporting patterns will also remain stable. Therefore even though I did not get the majority, stability is much better than last time. Q: But you have two partners this time? Last time it was only MGP. A: Last time also, the MGP was never a problem. I never said MGP was creating instability. Instability factor was creeping in because of as I told you, due to the members who deserted us after the elections were declared. Within the BJP, since 11 had joined, they had unstable core with the party which does not exist this time. Q: During your last term as chief minister, BJP had been demanding for a long time that the two MG members should join the BJP or should be dropped from the government for better stability. A: Last time the arrangement was based on separate factors. It was based on some understanding arrived at with supporting MLAs on the day the government was formed. This time, the understanding is with the parties. Of course, it is also with the MLAs. But main thing is that parties are also involved. The kind of adjustment was different last time. For example, when they wanted to form the government with me as the CM, I put a basic condition that they should join the party. Some people think the condition of joining the party had been extended to MGP this time. The question doesn't to arise. This time, it was dealt with property consulting both the party and MLAs. There is party and MLA equation right from day one. It is a coalition government. Q: So will there be no pressure on you to make members of the coalition partners join the BJP? A: The party is very clear about it, so the question does not arise. Everybody is clear, I am clear, my party is clear. Q: You have always given a impression that you are a CM with a difference as far as governance is concerned. But do you have a vision document for the next ten ye
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goanet-digest Sunday, July 7 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4137 - In this issue: [Goanet] Goa's politicians... [Goanet] Marathi Has No Case In Goa [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Church needs lay to assist burdened priests [Goanet] 3rd East African Goan Convention ~Nairobi 23rd ~ 25th August [Goanet] News item from Navhind Times [Goanet] GOA DAY at the Houston, Texas, Goan convention [Goanet] Mini Goan World Cup [Goanet] Introduction: Subhash Paradkar [Goanet] Re: GOANS DISGRACED IN KUWAIT [Goanet] PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION IS OUR BEST HOPE See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 10:58:06 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goa's politicians... > ABOUT PRATAPSING RANE: Having been elected as MLA for a record eight > successive times ever since he first contested in 1972, Poriem MLA and > Opposition leader Pratapsingh Rane is also Goa's longest serving chief > minister, with nearly half of his political career spanning over > 14-and-a-half years at the helm of affairs in the State. And in the > remaining part of his political innings, Rane has also experienced > different posts such Law minister and Speaker. (H) Sounds like a lot of praise. But perhaps we need to remember that it was also because of Rane that the BJP was able to survive in power during its first stint in power from 2000-2002, for which they had no mandate. Rane, as Speaker, simply sat over the disqualification petitions, while the the BJP paid back with allowing Rane and family to continue in posts of power. Both that equation has now soured... but Rane's back as leader of the Opposition in the state! Of course, Mr Rane is no better or worse than many of the other Congress politicians (and quite a few of other parties too) whom Goa has seen. The shameless scramble for power after the recent elections, driven by the ambitions of each, is indicative of how the Congress works as a party in Goa. The BJP is prompt in exploiting this, and other ambitions to rule a state where they've won no mandate (even despite persistent reports about an 'uneven playing field' for the elections). FN -- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:59:29 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Marathi Has No Case In Goa Marathi Has No Case In Goa By CHANDRAKANT KENI hysteric outburst of Gomantak Marathi Academy and some others, who call themselves protagonists of Marathi language, over the announcement of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar on 125th birth anniversary of late Vaman Raghunath Varde Valaulikar alias Shenoy Goembab, is both irrelevant and untenable. The Chief Minister announced his Government's decision to celebrate on state level the birth anniversary of the great Goan, who apart from being a doyen of modern Konkani literature, was a great champion of the struggle to restore the lost Goan identity and the honour of the people of Goa. In fact, Konkani, which has been recognised by the Constitution of India and National Academy of Letters, owes much to the efforts of late Shenoy Goembab for the yeomen services he rendered for the cause of Konkani language and Goan identity.But the Chief Minister gave more importance to take the message of Goan identity to the nook and corner of Goa. There was nothing in his speech, which could be termed as discriminatory or controversial. Yet protagonists of Marathi, bent upon to revive the language controversy, conveniently twisted Chief Minister's statement to justify biased or provocative reaction. As a matter of fact, the Chief Minister reiterated what he had earlier stated in the Assembly, while delivering his budget speech. Navhind Times on Line Fwd - -- Date: 7 July 2002, 4:30 p.m. From: Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Church needs lay to assist burdened priests KARACHI: The Catholic Church needs to enlist a battalion of laypersons to assist "overburdened" priests in parish activities, a senior church official said here. Speaking at the annual convention of St John's Church in Drigh Road, Bishop Evarist Pinto said it was becoming "extremely difficult" for a single priest to meet the needs of a parish, especially those comprising several areas. "I went to a certain Christian locality and there were so many people, all Christians...the flock of Christ, who had so many needs. I think one priest was needed full time to cope with their needs," Bishop Pinto told participants at the three-day convention. "So at this moment we need more people, laymen and women, to come for
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goanet-digest Saturday, July 6 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4136 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS-INDIA: Finally, big cut in domestic airfares (for 3 months) [Goanet] Ek Kovita: SIOLIM-CHOPDEM PULLACHEM RUDAN [Goanet] Can you help another Goan in the US ? [Goanet] Linobabache Kovita [Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO:Plight of Bus Commuters in Goa - A time to act. [Goanet] From the Goan convention, Houston [Goanet] The Houston Goan Convention [Goanet] Introducing: Baldwin Pereira [Goanet] From Eddie D'Sa - Canadian genocide [Goanet] 07 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 16:18:23 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS-INDIA: Finally, big cut in domestic airfares (for 3 months) Domestic airfare bonanza buoys customers, tourism industry By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The quickest way to travel is suddenly also the cheapest way to travel, thanks to a price war between India's major domestic airlines. And it is the customer who is the happiest. Ticket prices to fly between major Indian cities have nose-dived to almost half, and the damage to the pocket is comparable to a train journey. Both state-owned Indian Airlines and its private competitor Jet Airways announced the off-season bonanza, driven by a lean season. It is open season for those who always wanted to fly but endured the longer train journey due to high costs. Indian Airlines, which dominates the domestic air operations by a small edge over private operators Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines, has reduced fares in 40 sectors. An Indian Airlines flight from Delhi to Mumbai will cost Rs.3,920, to Kolkata Rs.2,860 and to Chennai Rs.3,295. The airline had earlier introduced the "Bharat Darshan (Tour India)" scheme enabling travel across the country in any number of flights within seven days. Jet Airways, the domestic operator that claims nearly 40 percent of the market share, says it desperately needs to revitalise its passenger traffic. "After September 11, the tourist traffic had dipped. India-Pakistan tension and all the negative travel advisories have badly affected our sales. We are trying to create a new segment of travellers who will not have to think twice before taking a flight within India," Jet Airways spokesman A.K. Sivanandan told IANS. The airline has aptly called its scheme "Everyone Can Fly" and reduced fares on 37 key sectors for a period of three months beginning August 1. But customers have to make their plans and book tickets 21 days in advance. So now it will be possible to fly Jet Airways from Delhi to some of the major Indian cities within a range of Rs.2,024 to Rs.5,053. Delhi to Chennai would cost a mere Rs 3,478, Delhi to Kolkata Rs.2,443 and Delhi to Mumbai, Rs 3,920. The price of a ticket from Chennai to Kolkata will be Rs 2,024. The proposed fares from Mumbai are Rs.2,017 for Ahmedabad, Rs.2,744 for Chennai and Rs.3,320 for Kolkata. These are a few among many sectors that have become cheaper to fly within India. Customers cannot believe their luck. "Now I can finally go to visit my parents in Kolkata without thinking of how many more days I have to keep aside for the train journey," gushed Smriti Ghosh, an executive. The fare slash has also buoyed the sagging spirits of the tourism industry. "We needed something like this to boost the sector amid the drastic fall in tourist traffic. Hopefully domestic tourism will get a heave," said Subhash Goyal, chairman of an industry panel on tourism. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 06:38:35 -0700 (PDT) From: lino dourado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Ek Kovita: SIOLIM-CHOPDEM PULLACHEM RUDAN SIOLIM-CHOPDEM PULLACHEM RUDAN Deva mhojea Mhaka sambal gha Mhojea velean boreach Pavsall vochum dhi gha. MANDOVI bhoinichi Iad etoch Bhirantin mhoje Paim kulkultat. ZUARI bhavachi Oskatai pollovn Angak mhojea Kantte toptat. Lokachi xeva korcheak Mhaka ubo kela Vorsam borchea adinch Sokoll udoi-i naka. Deva mhojea Mhojea churchure kor gha Porjea khatiruch Mhaka sambal gha. Lino B. Dourado (Utord'dekar-Goem) __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 06:49:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Seby Mascarenhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Can you help another Goan in the US ? Hello there Netters, If you are on the East Coast of the US and if you know of any Goan who is in a position to help o
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goanet-digest Saturday, July 6 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4135 - In this issue: [Goanet] Medical Council to inspect state of facilities at GMC [Goanet] BRIEfnCOUNTERS: Touching on a touchy topic... conversions [Goanet] NEWS: Designer Rodricks rocks Paris with Goa collection Re: [Goanet] 06 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 11:10:10 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Medical Council to inspect state of facilities at GMC Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - --- Medical Council to inspect state of facilities at GMC - --- The officials of the Medical Council of India (MCI) will conduct an inspection at the Goa Medical College (GMC) on August 13 and 14, and present their report by October 1. This will enable the students to seek admission to 30 extra seats allotted to the GMC last year, apart from the existing 70 seats, informed the Health Minister, Dr Suresh Amonkar, while speaking to The Navhind Times The health minister clarified "every year the MCI carries out the exercise of annual inspection and submits its report, which eventually forms the basis for granting permission for admission to the additional seats." "In case of GMC,this year, the inspection was to be carried out by the MCI in the month of April, but was delayed due to the difference of opinion between the MCI officials. However, it will now be conducted on August 13 and 14," Dr Amonkar added The Health Minister denied that the 30 medical seats which were allotted to the Goa Medical College (GMC) by Medical Council of India (MCI) would be cancelled due to the absence of adequate facilities and irresponsible behaviour of the staff at GMC. But at the same time expressed confidence that there was nothing wrong with the functioning of GMC and it would get the permission of the MCI. The Health Minister clarified that the MCI after allotting additional seats to any medical college usually conducts annual inspection for a period of five years. The last round of admissions for the first year MBBS degree course will be held before October 1, and admissions for the additional 30 seats will be accorded during this round, it was informed. The Health Minister further informed that the GMC has complied with the demands of MCI, including an audiometry room for ENT students. Dr Amonkar also briefed about a number of additional facilities to be provided at the GMC, in the near future. "A Medical Emergency Service on the lines of Trauma Emergency Service which was introduced last year, would be pressed into action for patients suffering from heart attack, poisoning and respiratory disorders," he revealed. Setting up of an unit for burn injuries, patrolling by trauma vehicles along accident prone zones and increase in the number of health service vehicles are some of the facilities to be introduced at the GMC. The Health Minister also informed that MRD computerisation at the GMC has been completed and an additional staff of 18 persons inducted into the medical service. Mr Amonkar said a comprehensive anti-malarial drive would be launched next month from Panaji. He said the government was prepared to meet the challenge. Earlier during the day, Dr Amonkar while inaugurating a symposium on 'Role Back Malaria' at GMC Complex at Bambolim, appealed to doctors and medical staff working in the field of malaria control to disseminate information to people about malaria control in a larger way. Dr Amonkar said efforts should be made to create awareness among people about the measures of preventing malaria. Dr Amonkar informed that the Govt has given priority to control malaria and hoped that with the dedicated efforts of all involved will be able to put effective check in five years. He also assured to introduce mobile malaria dispensaries soon. He also suggested to circulate the data available with doctors. Dr Dubhashi welcomed the gathering. Dr Rataboli, secretary, Staff Society GMC and Hospital, proposed a vote of thanks. The dean of Goa Medical College, Dr Shanti Pamlani, also spoke on the occasion. - THE NAVHIND TIMES 30/6/02 page 3 - === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Soli
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goanet-digest Friday, July 5 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4134 - In this issue: [Goanet] Over-Crowded Buses [Goanet] NEWS: Catholics happy to have Indian-born as Vatican guard [Goanet] NEWS-MUMBAI: Lawrence D'Souza gets police security after shootout [Goanet] Exciting adventure of CASIO enters Goa [Goanet] Supporting the Goan economy [Goanet] Times (UK) 6 July: Crises re. Goa package holidays from UK [Goanet] SPORTS RELIEF Re: [Goanet] BRIEfnCOUNTERS: [Goanet] COMMENT: From BuildArena [Goanet] 06 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 20:45:25 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Over-Crowded Buses Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - - Over-Crowded Buses - - This has reference to the ill-fated bus that turned turtle at Neugi Nagar. When its monsoon, every commuter should take precautions, especially if he is travelling in a private transport meant for the commuters. I request every person who boards a bus not to enter into an overcrowded vehicle for it's just not uncomfortable but also a risk to life. As per my point of view I have seen at the Panjim bus-stand and also at Margao that even when the traffic police instructs the driver to leave the bus from the stand, they (the police) are ignored - such drivers /conductors should be taught a lesson by fining them heavily. I have come across over-crowded mini-buses specially during rush hours, travelling from Old-Goa to Panjim, Panjim-Bambolim, Panjim-Miramar, Margao-Vasco and vice-versa. Once again I request every student and office-going person not to risk your lives - its precious and we should take care of it for someone is waiting for us, who loves us dearly. I also humbly appeal to the PWD and the other authorities concerned to take precaution to maintain our roads. For when water is filled in pot-holes it goes unnoticed to riders and can lead to mishaps. Finally to all vehicle owners ride carefully - lessen your speed and see that your brakes, horn, lights and above all tyres are in good and working condition for it saves life. Trevor Anes Divar, Tiswadi - --- Letter in Response HERALD 27/6/02 page 6 - --- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - --- Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy === -- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:46:55 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Catholics happy to have Indian-born as Vatican guard Catholics happy to have Indian-born as Vatican guard By Lola Nayar, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Indian Catholics are delighted to have yet another of their genus being selected to be a part of Vatican's tradition. Dhani Bachmann, 21, who was born in India and adopted by a Swiss family from Lucerne at the age of five, now dons a ceremonial 154 pieces uniform of the Swiss Guards, which is part of the multiple level of security around the Pope. "A lot of pomp and glory surround the tradition of Vatican. The Indian community is delighted that Indian-born Dhani Bachmann has become the first non-white to be selected to Swiss Guards, which has a 500-year-old tradition," John Dayal, national vice president of the All India Catholic Union, told IANS. There are only about 100 soldiers in the Swiss Guards. To qualify, one has to be a Catholic Swiss national, single and at least five feet eight inches tall. Bachmann's current uniform is a simpler form of the medieval garb worn by the Swiss Guards before 1914. "They may be very traditional in their dress code but are modern in everything else including training," said Dayal. Pledging their loyalty and lives to the Pope, the Swiss Guards, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, essentially serve a ceremonial role. When the Pope moves in public, they shed their ceremonial dress for plain clothes and join members of the Vatican Police to form a cordon around the pontiff. Since the assassination attempt on the Pope's life nearly 10 years back, the security aroun
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goanet-digest Thursday, July 4 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4131
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In this issue:
Re: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters
[Goanet] Interview with Mormugao MLA Karl Vaz.
[Goanet] 04 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
[Goanet] LINK: Zenith in the news...
[Goanet] BBC Asian Network Cricket Cup Tournament
[Goanet] Bollywood : News
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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 17:26:08 -0700
From: "Marlon Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters
I think we are not really approaching this properly. The real question is when will
Pakistan become a world player on the soccer stage? Perhaps it is only then that India
will start taking this seriously. I recall in one cricket world cup, all my Indian
friends cared about was beating Pakistan. It did not really matter to them as much
that India did not win the cup.
I think the narrow focus on Pakistan not only clouds the minds of our politicians
(whom we love to bash) but also the Indian masses.
Marlon
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From: "Nagesh Bhatcar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 13:25:41 +
>I wish we could fight over India becoming the World Champions of
>Football rather than Germany or Brazil! Don't think that India could
>get to that level in my lifetime! I am at least glad that I saw India
>as the World Champions of Cricket('83) and Hockey ('75). I also saw
>Michael Fereira and Geet Sethi as the Billiard World Champions. I know
>that Indid did win the Junior Cricket and Hockey World Championships,
>recently.
>
>Does India at least hold the World Champions of Kabbadi title at
>this time?
>
>Go India!!
>
>Nagesh Bhatcar
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Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 09:22:45 +0530
From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Interview with Mormugao MLA Karl Vaz.
Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service
& circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network
(GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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'Congress will soon rule treasury benches'
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For Mormugao MLA Karl Vaz, representing the constituency runs in the family.
Following the footsteps of his father and ex-minister John Manuel Vaz,
Karl entered the 2002 assembly polls and went on to defeat family foe,
Shaikh Hassan Haroon.
In fact, the Sheikh-Vaz tussle has been the hallmark of the Mormugao elections
in recent times. Shaikh Hassan won in 1989, but lost to John Manuel Vaz in
1994.
Shaikh Hassan re-captured the seat in 1999, but lost to John Manuel's son
Karl in 2002.
In an interview with Herald, the Mormugao MLA claims that his priorities
for the constituency include the rehabilitation of the Tariwada landslide
affected families
and measures to abate the nuisance of dust pollution in the area.
What was your secret magic formula for defeating a seasoned politician in
these elections?
I had no secret formula. It is only the fact that the people believed me
when I promised development. Shaikh Hassan Haroon has been fooling the people
with empty promises for years and people were fedup with his lies.
Now that you are elected as Mormugao MLA, what are your priorities?
My first priority just now is to see that the affected persons of the
Tariwada landslide
are rehabilitated at the earliest. It is a shame that the previous MLA and
minister
in the BJP government has just neglected them although he was chairman
of the rehabilitation committee.
I recollect your assurance given during your election campaign that you intend
to tackle dust pollution. How do you intend to go about it?
I have already asked the MPT, Deputy Collector and Health officials to
convene a meeting
to chalk out and discuss ways and means. I have also asked my office to
explore
the present legislation on this subject. If necessary, to explore amendments
to the act or rules in this regard.
The four-lane highway work carried out by the Border Road Organisation
under the guidance from Mormugao Port Trust has slowed down when it reached
the crucial stretch from Baina to Tarriwaddo. What do you intend to do to
see that the work gets on once again?
I have already asked my office to convene a meeting of all officials
concerned to accelerate
the process so that the bottlenecks are cleared.
Would you continue from where your father the ex-urban development minister
left off, as far as cleaning up of Baina is co
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goanet-digest Wednesday, July 3 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4130 - In this issue: [Goanet] Re: Note to Cecil Re: [Goanet] sports [Goanet] 10 Questions Calangute MLA, Agnelo Fernandes [Goanet] Email/Net links to businesses in Goa... [Goanet] Well done Brazil. [Goanet] Tillari Irrigation Project and Tourism Industry Re: [Goanet] re: 4 questions for Margaret See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 08:33:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: Note to Cecil I must clarify what Paddy said. I didn't support Cecil but I just felt the whole issue was dragged on for too long. I thought maybe Cecil overeached himself and, on the other hand, the admin team was adamant to take him back for reasons the admin team explained. It was bit of a relief that the issue was buried and goanet was buzzing with positive activity. Till Cecil backtracked. Either you bury the hatchet, at least for a reasonable time or till one of the parties is provoked into counter-attack, or keep the issue going on till one of the paries tires out. What was achieved on goanet was a compromise but, sadly, it didn't last long. Cecil had assured he was going to play by the rules. Now he portrays me as a lackey of the High Command which, for him, is the admin team. Netters can judge for themselves if in my postings during the whole ugly episode I was doing it at the bidding of the High Command. It does show Cecil's "personality" when he privately thanked me for my efforts but on goanet he berated me. I'm no "pop psychologist" but I judge people by their dealings with me. Cecil can provoke me, and I do feel like hitting back. But I think it's not worth it. But on the issue of journalism ethics, censorship or any related matter, I'm ready to debate Cecil. Not on goanet but goajourno forum where it rightly belongs. Eugene __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 16:06:53 - From: "gilmen30" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] sports - --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nagesh Bhatcar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wish we could fight over India becoming the World Champions of Football rather than Germany or Brazil! Don't think that India could get to that level in my lifetime! - Nagesh, Since our greatest achievement so far, was to send 1 linesman for the world cup after 50 years, there is a strong chance that your grandchildren will see an Indian referee in the world cup 2042. Good luck, because I will be 6 ft. under, well before then. regards--Gilbert. -- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 21:13:09 +0530 From: "Joaquim Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] 10 Questions Calangute MLA, Agnelo Fernandes [Earlier reproduced on CalanguteNet. To join, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] 10 questions to Calangute MLA, Mr Agnelo Fernandes The Navhind Times July 3, 2002 By Joaquim Fernandes 1. Do you believe that Goa's development has been even? Not at all! For example, my constituency (Calangute) is the hub of tourism activity in Goa and earns very high revenue for the government, but we have not got the development in proportion to our contribution. Many of our roads are full of potholes and have not been touched in years. Regarding electricity, besides the perennial problems of erratic supply and low voltage, the wires are hanging at dangerously low heights. Also the wires are very old and keep snapping at many places. Likewise, the problem of water shortage is yet to be resolved. Similarly, I feel that constituencies like Pernem and Siolim have hardly seen any development. 2. What are your top priorities for the development of your constituency? Because Calangute constituency is an international tourist destination, all the above facilities are a must. So my priority is on developing the infrastructure; roads, water, electricity, drainage, sewarage. My stand on the River Princess is well known. This ecological danger has to be removed on top priority; or else there is no need for any of the other development works. I have filed a case in the High court asking it to give directions to the government to strengthen the ship so that it does not break up during the monsoons and cause an ecological disaster. Also to tow away the ship at the earliest. I have met the Tourism Minister, Mr Mickey Pacheco, who has assured me that he will never allow the ship to be cut up at Candolim beach. Earli
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goanet-digest Wednesday, July 3 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4129 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] Note to Cecil [Goanet] FEATURE: Church's 'natural family planning' finds takers in Goa [Goanet] Road accidents in Goa [Goanet] testing Re: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters [Goanet] PWD lacks proper approach towards city problems: Panjim Municipal Council [Goanet] Kofi Annan [Goanet] NEWS-GULF: Indians won't need fitness certificates to work in UAE [Goanet] Seeking a match: Canada, UAE, India, etc... See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 03:05:09 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Note to Cecil In a message dated 07/01/2002 9:28:10 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << PS: I've stripped my signature below of my profession or to the job I do... hope that at least makes you happy. Is this a battle for the freedom of expression, or the "freedom" of Expressions? >> Dear Fred and All: Frankly, I don't think you should assume such a defeatist attitude :( I am sure most Netters and the A-Team will support me here for your extraordinary contributions to Goanet. It is sad that this matter has been overly protracted, and seems to be never ending! It has brought out the ire of many who, like me, feel that "freedom of expression" is equated to an open general license for holding all Netters captive. Even Eugene Correia, who once supported him, has posted the following: << What you say and what you do are totally different things. Maybe it's your "split" personality. Maybe we have just have to tolerate your. Or best, ignore you. I chose the latter. Frankly, I'm tired of you. HENCEFORTH, DON'T EVER SEND ME PERSONAL EMAILS. >> And, in response, comes this diatribe: > It is common knowledge to all that Santosh Helekar has this assumed pseudonym, and this is tantamount to a personal slur against this gentleman :( IMHO, the bounds of human decency have been exceeded and based upon Fred's request in the above referenced e-mail I am also forwarding this to the A-Team for appropriate action. I support Tariq's previous advice that it would be best for dissenters to set up their own "goanet3" or whatever separate lists and let us maintain some decorum and dignity on Goanet. Viva Goanet: Pat de Sousa Maryland, USA -- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:48:45 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: Church's 'natural family planning' finds takers in Goa Catholic Church's stress on 'natural family planning' finds takers in Goa By Frederick Noronha PANJIM: Little-noticed by most, Goa's Catholic Church is contributing to this state's declining population growth. It's doing so by imparting teaching to all of its flock getting married about 'natural family planning' methods. This explains in part the unusually high adoption at present of 'traditional methods' of family planning, that get reported in official statistics in this rather highly educated state which has the fourth-highest literacy rate among states nationwide. NFHS-2, the National Family Health Survey, recently reported that current use of family planning methods among Christians in Goa is only a little lower (40 percent) than among Hindus (50 percent) and Muslims (48 percent). But 'traditional method' use accounts for 43 percent of contraceptive use among Christians, compared to only 15 and 4 percent among Hindus and Muslims. Socorro Mendes, a Catholic priest who heads the Goa Family Service Centre, takes pride in the fact that this institution got a Rotary Club award in Kolhapur for family planning. "We pointed out that the Catholic Church doesn't believe in operative methods (of birth-control) but believes in educating people through natural ways," he says. Brigida Gonsalves, a former school teacher from the North Goa village of Tivim who now works for the Church-run Family Service Centre as a responsible parenthood trainer, imparts knowledge to young couples the Church-approved method of family planning, which is called 'Natural Family Planning' or NFP. "It's quite effective, provided the couples come for a follow-up," she says. This knowledge is part of the virtually-compulsory 'marriage formation courses' that the Catholic Church runs for all engaged couples before they can exchange vows at the altar. But the hour-long talk might not be enough to learn the intricacies involved, suggests Gonsalves. "This method works even
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 2 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4128 - In this issue: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters Re: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters [none] [Goanet] re: 4 questions for Margaret [Goanet] Erratic power affects plans to install medical equipment. [Goanet] 03 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] Kahn wins Golden Ball See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:15:54 -0700 From: "Marlon Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters This is it folks. The last 8 years have been rough and I will not tolerate such obscenities against the German soccer team for the following 4 years. I have no choice but to update the goanet filters to block out all anti-german/pro-brazilian comments on goanet. We have young impressionable minds on this mailing list and it is time to educate all our young goanese children that Brazilch is not the center of the soccer universe. It is very troubling to see so many goanetters (not to mention every member of my family) have this misguided notion of Brazilian soccer. The rot has to stop now! Goanetters who fail to abide by these policies will be made to wear a German soccer jersey and chant Deutschland uber alles every time they post on goanet. Marlon Germany, World Cup champions, 2006 - -- Original Message -- From: "James Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 12:04:35 + >To all the soccer (er, I mean, futbol) fanatics out there: > >Marlon's diatribe, following the outcome of the Final, was not surprising >nor unexpected. However, I was unsure whether his rant was a result of his >frustration at the existing quality of German football or whether it was at >his embarassment that the mediocrity of the German national team (Pete, you >do not have to be polite; call a spade for what it is!) was displayed on a >global stage!:-) Of course, a more sinister reason was that he was so >mad that the Germans were unable to luck their way to another championship >that he decided to get his kicks by stirring the pot on GN!:-) -- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 17:22:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters Go Brazil!! On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Marlon Menezes wrote: > This is it folks. The last 8 years have been rough and I will not tolerate such >obscenities against the German soccer team for the following 4 years. > > I have no choice but to update the goanet filters to block out all >anti-german/pro-brazilian comments on goanet. We have young impressionable minds on >this mailing list and it is time to educate all our young goanese children that >Brazilch is not the center of the soccer universe. It is very troubling to see so >many goanetters (not to mention every member of my family) have this misguided notion >of Brazilian soccer. The rot has to stop now! > > Goanetters who fail to abide by these policies will be made to wear a German soccer >jersey and chant Deutschland uber alles every time they post on goanet. > > Marlon > Germany, World Cup champions, 2006 - -- Tariq Siddiqui [ This Space for Rent ] -- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 19:51:37 -0700 (PDT) From: The Goan Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] Dear all, Just a short note to say hello from New York. Been to the Goan event at the Maharaja Restaurant. It was an absolute plasure to meet all the fine people. These events help to put a FACE to the e-addresses. After 30+ years...it was good to see, among others, Maureen Sequeira and finally ... George Pinto, Tony Barros, Venantius Pinto, Eric Pinto, Basilo Martins and Allan Deguerra Victor Rangel-Ribeiro was temporarily indisposed and couldn't make it Took some pics.will load them only when we reach home base. We were hoping to meet Wilma & Bambino Martins but have a family function to attend tomorrow... so we will have to leave the peer review for another time! It was a good Goan function. Everybody appeared to enjoy themselves. Congratulations to the organisers. Good night from the East Coast ema and jose colaco = Recommended Goan Sites in Cyberspace Goa-World at http://www.goa-world.net The Goan Forum is at http://www.colaco.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:30:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Eugene C
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 2 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4127 - In this issue: [Goanet] Panchayats in Goa... their functions and responsibilities Re: [Goanet] Goa Suraj to hold special convention [Goanet] Irresponsible Bus Operators [Goanet] NEWS-INDIAGULF: IDBI set to woo non-resident Keralites [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN: Hometruths about leadership [Goanet] Erratum See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 07:49:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Panchayats in Goa... their functions and responsibilities If GoaNetters would like to receive the other two booklets in this series (on village council or 'gram sabha' meetings and on the duties of the sarpanch or village council head, please send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with PANCHAYATBOOKLETS in the subjectline. Please=20 feel free to circulated, with due credit to those who have put in the original work. Copyleft.-FN) - -- Forwarded message -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 20 13:42:34 2002 THE VILLAGE PANCHAYAT PART- II PANCHAYAT: FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES Compiled by: Kumar Kalanand Mani Soter D^=D2souza Antonnio Francisco Fernandes ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are deeply grateful to the following resource persons for their valuable advice, suggestions and support extended for the compilation of this information Mr. P.M. Borkar, Director of Panchayat, Govt. of Goa. Mr. U.D.Gaitonde, Dy. Director of Panchayat (North), Govt. of Goa. Ms. Saltarat Kazi, Dept. of political science, Goa University. Mr. Roland Martins, GOA DESC, Mapusa. Adv. Albertina Almeida, Bailancho Saad, Goa. Capt. Gerald Fernandes, Social Activist. All information and suggestions are in accordance with the Goa Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (GPR Act, 1994) and Goa Panchayats Meeting Rules (GP Rules) & Circulars in force. This booklet is exclusively for information and not to be used for legal purposes. Due care has been taken to avoid errors in the compilation. Yet there may b= e some errors. Any correction / suggestions shall be welcome. What Are The Functions Of The Panchayat? 1.Subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Government from tim= e to time the Panchayat shall perform the functions specified in Schedule -I. 2.The Panchayat may also make provision for carrying out within the Panchayat area any other work or measure which is likely to promote the health, safety, education, comfort, convenience or special or economic well-being of the inhabitants of the Panchayat area. 3.The Panchayat may, by a resolution passed at its meeting and supported by two-thirds of its total number of members and with the prior approval of th= e Director. a.Make provision for or make contribution towards, any exhibition, conference or seminar without or outside the Panchayat area but within the district; or b.Make contribution to any medical, educational or charitable institutions or any other institutions of public utility, within the Panchayat area, which are registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Ac= t 21 of 1860) or under any. Other law for the time being in force. (Refer Sec.60 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994) What Are The Other Functions That Can Be Assigned To The Panchayat? 1. The Government may by notification and subject to such conditions as may be specified therein: a. Transfer to any Panchayat the management and maintenance of a forest situated in the Panchayat area. b. Make over to the Panchayat the management of wastelands, pasturelands or vacant lands belonging to the Government situated within the Panchayat area= =2E c. Entrust the Panchayat with the collection of land revenue on behalf of the Government and the Maintenance of such records as are connected therewith. d. Entrust such other functions as may be prescribed. Provided that no entrustment under clause (c) shall be made without the concurrence of the Panchayat concerned. Provided further that when any transfer of the management and maintenance o= f a forest is made under clause (a) the Government shall direct that any amount required for such management and maintenance or an adequate portion of the income from such forest be placed at the disposal of the Panchayat. 2. The Government may, by notification, withdraw or modify the functions assigned. (Refer Sec.61 of the G.P.R. Act, 1994) The Panchayat has powers to do all acts necessary for or incidental to the carrying out of the functions entrusted, assigned or delegated to it and in particular and without prejudice to the foregoing powers to exercise all powers specified under this Act. (Refer Sec. 62 of the G.P.R. Act, 1994) =20 SCHEDULE -I I. General Functions: 1. Preparation of annual plans fo
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 2 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4126 - In this issue: [Goanet] Fw: 4 Questions for Margaret Mascarenhas Fw: [Goanet] 23 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] The Cable Guy, Cecil Pinto, replies to Eugene Correia [Goanet] Goa Suraj to hold special convention [Goanet] Marlon/Germany and Football Re: [Goanet] Marlon/Germany and Football [Goanet] 02 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 13:09:24 -0400 From: "M Mascarenhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Fw: 4 Questions for Margaret Mascarenhas Original Message - From: "Cecil Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:17 AM Subject: 4 Questions for Margaret Mascarenhas <1) Ms. Mascarenhas says the Editor has no right to censor a columnist's writing. I strongly disagree. A part of the Editor's job is to give direction to the newspaper's identity. This can be done only by censoring and editing as required. The Editor is better qualified than the columnist in predicting the far reaching consequences of any written material. The Editor also has a responsibilty to his readers and his publishers to stick to certain norms. For example if you had to explicitly describe a sexual act, or incite youth to violence - would the Editor not be justified in censoring, or even rejecting, such objectionable material? It is a family newspaper and he will be held responsible. Even the topmost columnists in the world have to go through some editing / censorship process. Why should Ms. Mascarenhas think that she is an exception?> You are wrong about this for several reasons: (a) there is no reason to presume that the editor is better qualified in "predicting" anything. The editor is not an omnicient being just because he/she carries a title. And in any case, the editorial function is not one of prophesy. Moreover, in the specific case of GT, the current editor has had NO prior editorial experience. (I, on the other hand, cut my teeth as the youngest city editor first in Caracas and then in Mumbai in the eighties, and feel I have some degree of qualification in determining what is or is not publishable.) (b) I repeat: an editor may discontinue the columnist, but not censor the column, once the columnist has been engaged to write a regular column. This is standard editorial practice around the world, and I am no exception.(c) The editor is ONLY, as I already said in Censuring the Censors, supposed to intercede in the event something the columnist writes puts the paper at legal risk (slander, plagiarism, libel, obscenity,etc). However, this was not the reason the Duck and Cover column was pulled; the reason given was that the GT did not endorse my views. The entire purpose of having opinion columnists is to present alternative views. Otherwise the paper becomes sectarian, and this is not the purpose of a newspaper. And let's be real: do you think a new editor with no experience would be better at "predicting far-reaching consequences" than Vinod Mehta at Outlook, or even Rajan Narayan at Herald, both of which printed the disputed column, and both of which have a much higher readership than GT? <2) Letters to the Editor are routinely edited all over the world for the sake of clarity and brevity. I do not know what 'law' Ms. Mascarenhas refers to.> Most people are unaware of their rights regarding letters. Letters are fall into the legal category of documents, as such they are protected by law, if they are hard copy, and physically signed by the author. If you don't know this, perhaps it is because you are not a lawyer? I suggest that you consult for a legal opinion on this, if you are suspicious of my claim that letters are documents. <3) Ms. Mascarenhas objects to Gomantak Times giving CM Parrikar a regular front column to place his views before the public. What's wrong with that? Just because he is in power should he be denied his right to be heard? > Opinion columns are supposed to appear on the op ed page of any serious newspaper, not on the front page. The front page is for front page reportage. If GT is just a sectarian tabloid, then let them openly present themselves as such, and not call themselves a newspaper. Yes, if it were on the front page, instead of the opinion/editorial pages, and there were no counter views published. What makes you so sure about that? And what, precisely, makes you an expert on what the readership wants? Have you conducted a poll? Has GT? GT already has the lowest circulation in Goa. It is doubtful that by turning it into a BJP mouthpiece they
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goanet-digest Tuesday, July 2 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4125 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! Re: [Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team Re: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY 2002 [Goanet] FREENEWSGOA.NET: We don't get big numbers, but... Re: [Goanet] Why is GOACOM maintaining the 'adult' word list and not theAdmin Team? [Goanet] =?iso-8859-1?Q?=91Amendment_has_diluted_provisions_of_NDPS_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Act=92?= [Goanet] How to bypass the goanet cross post filter [Goanet] HERALD: Tuesday Tunes See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:50:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! The irony of the game was that, Ronaldo's goal came off an unlikely error from Kahn, after the latter had thwarted some brilliant moves of the Brazillian offense. The Europeans continue to dissappoint me. With unimaginative midfielders, they deserve to be relegated as they were in this World Cup. Portugal was a team that I expected a lot from, but if you lose to the US, you deserve what you get. Overall, I was glad to see that teams that were content to defend were punished by the opposition. I have long held the belief you cannot hold off any team for 90 minutes, yet coaches seem to have the attitude that allows the opposition to control the tempo and play in your own half. El Hadji Diouff and Hasan Sas were players that really impressed me the most. Diouff's moves were just a beauty to watch. Marlon, if your Germany has any hope in 2006, they need to import players life Diouff, Sas, Ortega and Basturk. With the World Cup now over, let us now return to the lament called India. Will we ever get to the level of the World Cup? I guess we could hire Milutinovic and try. He is free now and has worked wonders with other teams in the past. - -Tariq On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Nagesh Bhatcar wrote: > Tariq, > > I think that the goalkeeping of Brazil's Marcos was better on Sunday, > than the much touted Kahn. The German frontline did not have the punch > of previous years. They also got away with a few blatant fouls > against the Brazilians. The game could have gone either way. Yes, > Turkey was the only team that looked like being able to beat the > Brazilians. > - -- Tariq Siddiqui [ This Space for Rent ] -- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:16:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team Hi Cecil, You started it again. You're really something. Keep to humour and let other things rest. What you say and what you do are totally different things. Maybe it's your "split" personality. Maybe we have just have to tolerate your. Or best, ignore you. I chose the latter. Frankly, I'm tired of you. HENCEFORTH, DON'T EVER SEND ME PERSONAL EMAILS. Eugene Correia __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 18:17:22 + From: "Nagesh Bhatcar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! Multinovic was Indian coach long before he took the other teams to the World Cup! The Indian football administration is a political setup, with folks from Bengal dominating. I think that only the Tata football academy has done a few things to try to improve the standard of football in India. Years ago even the national team selection was biased in favour of West Bengal. There were rumours in Goa that at the international level, the Bengal players did not pass the ball to players from other states during the game! The big teams from Bengal --Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohameddan Sporting, used to acquire good players from other states and keep them on the bench!! That way, other good teams in the country could not use their services. Nagesh >From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >With the World Cup now over, let us now return to the lament called India. >Will we ever get to the level of the World Cup? I guess we could hire >Milutinovic and try. He is free now and has worked wonders with other >teams in the past. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:49:14 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL
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goanet-digest Monday, July 1 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4124 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] SUGGESTION: Setting up Goa-related mailing list [Goanet] NEWS-GULF: Air-India to consider cutting fares to Middle East Re: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! (fwd) [Goanet] Note to Cecil Re: [Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team Re: [Goanet] Everyone's waking up - but not GoaCom [Goanet] gentle on my mind Re: [Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team [Goanet] Re: Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! Re: [Goanet] Re: Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! [Goanet] TANZANIANS take 1-2-3 at world cup! [Goanet] Re: Goanet story Re: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:37:49 -0700 From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] SUGGESTION: Setting up Goa-related mailing list Yes Fred , I would. thanks rene - - Original Message - From: "Frederick Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 9:07 AM Subject: [Goanet] SUGGESTION: Setting up Goa-related mailing list > Would anyone like to set up (e)mailing lists that could help network > specific interest groups of Goans across the globe? We already have a > number of different groups running, many of which (includes one I've set > up) were inspired by GoaNet set up in 1994 by Herman Carneiro. > > Some of the lists currently running include: > > GoaNet/GoaNetDigest (discussion and news lists) > GoaNews (news-only list) > GoaNetUK (news-summaries, tightly edited from Eddie Fernandes) > GoaResearchNet (only open to academics studying Goa, low-volume) > GoaJourno (for journalists from Goa/who worked in Goa) > Education (low-volume, yet to pickup) > BSG (Botanical Society of Goa, for those with green fingers) > CSI (Computer Society of India mailing list) > ILUG-Goa (list to promote GNU/Linux software) > CGN (Catholic Goan Network) > > There are also lists dealing with specific localities: > SaligaoNet (about 130+ members strong) > CalanguteNet (recently started) > CortalimSancoaleStJacinto (set up by John DeSa in the Gulf) > > among others. > > If any volunteers would like to set up mailing-lists for specific interest > groups (e.g. professional, etc) or for specific village localities, and > need some help to do so, please contact me. Regards, FN > -- > Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 > BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Mobile +9822 122436 (Goa) * Saligao Goa India > Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference -- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 17:25:09 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] NEWS-GULF: Air-India to consider cutting fares to Middle East Air-India to consider cutting fares to Middle East By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service Thiruvananthapuram, July 1 (IANS) Air-India has agreed to consider cutting airfares to the Middle East from Kerala's three international airports, a state minister said Monday. Minister for Non-Resident Keralites (NRKs) M.M. Hassan said the country's flag-carrier had agreed to consider this long-standing demand of Kerala, which has a large population of expatriates, mostly working in the Gulf countries. "Roy Paul, the civil aviation secretary and chief of Air-India, in a telephonic conversation with me 10 days ago, said they are looking into this issue," Hassan told IANS. T.N. Prathapan, a legislator of the ruling Congress party who raised this issue in the assembly Monday, said: "If they (Air-India) are not going to mend their ways, we should take a decision to boycott Air-India. "There is a strong lobby of Air-India working with certain foreign carriers on this issue and the situation today is that passengers have to wait for two months before they get confirmed seats," alleged Prathapan. The travel trade in Kerala claims a Mumbai lobby is responsible for keeping fares to the Middle East from this state much higher than from the country's commercial capital so that it would continue to get more traffic. Said K.V. Muraleedharan, the president of the Kerala Association of Travel Agents: "Air-India is neglecting certain airports in Kerala, especially the one here. Despite all the arrangements made for night landing and the arrival of the Jumbo Jet, Air-India has failed to utilise this. "There is a big lobby s
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goanet-digest Monday, July 1 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4123 - In this issue: [Goanet] One day workshop for women in Goa, July 7 [Goanet] Why is GOACOM maintaining the 'adult' word list and not the Admin Team? [Goanet] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Workers=92_union,_management_sling_mud_for_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?KTC=92s?= failure [Goanet] Orientation course on use of earthworms for processing of organic waste. [Goanet] Attn. GoaCom: Please add 'bonkbuster' to the adult word filter [Goanet] 4 Questions for Margaret Mascarenhas [Goanet] Everyone's waking up - but not GoaCom [Goanet] Since when is Adult a dirty word? See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 04:56:27 -0600 (MDT) From: NewsUpdates-GoaNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] One day workshop for women in Goa, July 7 Date: July 7, 2002 Topic: Myths and mysteries of the woman's body Venue: Menezes Polyclinic, in association with Centre For Excellence Altinho, Panjim Goa Time: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Topics: - Contraception and its problems Dr Stefi Pereira, MBBS, DGO - Disfunctional uterine bleeding and menses Dr Ashwini Kenkre, MD, DNB - Menopause and hormone replacement therapy - Puberty and its management Dr Aurea Mascarenhas - Dental problems in women Dr Sharmila Dayanand This is a worksop for women and by women. Each session will be followed by a Q&A session. Unbiased answers to questions that any woman, young and old, has about the way her body works. Where the participants will be able to clear their doubts on the respective subjects. Women-related products and books related to the above swubjects will also be on sale. For details: Yasmeena 222707 or Piedade 514427. -- Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 17:42:33 +0530 From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Why is GOACOM maintaining the 'adult' word list and not the Admin Team? With the best of intentions I asked the Goanet Admin Team to send me a list of all words banned from use in postings. Herman was most courteous in replying immediately. He said that he would check if Fred could give me the list of words. From this I assume Fred maintains the 'adult' words list. As expected Fred did not get back to me. Now Marlon writes that GoaCom maintains the list. He also says that postings that don't pass the filter are sent to Vivian (I assume this is Ms. Viviana Coelho) who then decides and she can overide the filter. So the Owner (Herman) does not have the list. He say's Fred might have it. Fred does not respond. Marlon says GoaCom maintains it but Viviana can override it. Who exactly is in charge here? GoaCom or the Administrators or the Owner? Marlon also mentions, most illogically, that the list cannot be revealed because someone with 'maliciuos' intent will bypass the filters. Does not make sense. Rules have to be displayed and only then implemented. So maybe the Traffic Department should not display the Traffic Rules because persons might bypass them. Why, maybe the Constitution of India, and the Indian Penal Code, should be kept hidden so that potential lawbreakers might not not devise ways of bypassing the laws. This is ridiculous. A subscriber wants to stick to the rules but GoaCom refuse to state the rules (i.e. display which words are 'forbidden'). Another subscriber wishes to advertise - but till date the advertising rates are not forthcoming. A subscriber is free to use an asterisk or a Konkani curseword and can get away with it. And a ethical subscriber who does not wish to use 'forbidden' words is denied the 'forbidden words' list. Sure, as Marlon says, this system has worked well for GoaNet for the last 4 years or so. Viviana said in an earlier posting "GoaNet has been around for many years without those 10-or-so words". The emphasis seems to be "if it ain't broke don't fix it". What can I say. Enron and Worldcom used faulty accounting systems for many years too. Instead of moving forward with the times, and improving, some people prefer squirming in the warm, comfortable, mud. 10 or so words ... such a small list? Viviana must surely be mistaken. Obviously only Marlon and GoaCom know what words might offend GoaNet subscribers. Can't we be a bit grown up here? In real life there are no 'adult' word filters. That does'nt mean that people go around using swear words all the while. Those that do are quickly discarded by civilized society. That's how social groups work. That's how every Yahoo Group works. No juvenile filters. Why does ONLY Go
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goanet-digest Monday, July 1 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4122 - In this issue: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! [Goanet] Rash overtaking, overcrowding main causes of road mishaps in Goa. [Goanet] 01 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] NEWS: Dipping fortunes force BJP comeback to Hindu hardline [Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team [Goanet] Course on using earthworms for processing of organic waste See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 17:23:30 -0700 From: "Marlon Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup! In an historic achievement, Germans took the first three places in the world cup tournament. Brazil like many of its S.American neighbors, whose population mainly consists of descendents of escaped Nazi war criminals, gas chamber operators and human guinea pig experimentalists were lucky to beat their motherland in the finals. In the other match, the Turkish soccer team whose team consists of descendents of illegal immigrants who eventually gain permanent residency in Germany, beat their Korean hosts for the 3rd place. Looking forward to the 2006 world cup in homeland of football. :) Marlon Germany, 2006 World Cup champions -- Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 09:07:10 +0530 From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Rash overtaking, overcrowding main causes of road mishaps in Goa. Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * - -- Rash overtaking, overcrowding main causes of road mishaps in Goa. - -- The Minister for Transport, Mr Pandurang Madkaikar proposes to make an awareness drive to educate the people about traffic sense, for reducing road accidents in the state. Mr Madkaikar said he was handling the traffic problems on priority basis and the government would spend an amount of Rs 60,000 every year on traffic training alone to achieve this objective. The minister was speaking at the function organised at Kala Academy today to distribute certificates to the university students who had participated in the Student Traffic Volunteers Scholarship (STVS) scheme. The training under this scheme was conducted by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), recently. Mr Madkaikar informed that there was a gradual drop in the number of road accidents in the state during past two years. "The irresponsible overtaking methods adopted by the drivers and overcrowding of passengers in the public transport vehicles are two main causes of accidents", he stated and urged the public to co-operate. IRTE, a Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) had invited applications from university students from Panaji and Margao for participation in its STVS scheme. Later, the selected candidates underwent a comprehensive training programme in traffic control, including on-road practicals, under the guidance of Delhi traffic police, Hyderabad police and Goa police. Altogether 21 students completed the course. Mr Karnal Singh, DIG, Goa police stressed on the importance of education, enforcement and road engineering, besides immediate aid to those injured in road accidents. The DIG, informing about the plans for traffic improvement, said "We intend to appoint traffic wardens in the state. In addition two committees, one at the chief ministerial level with the involvement of ministries of transport and health and the other at the police level with the participation of NGOs, would be set up to monitor the traffic situation in the state". A report prepared by the department of traffic has short-listed 77 accident prone zones in the state and due care would be taken to avert road tragedies on these spots, he mentioned. Mr Karnal Singh hoped that more of such traffic oriented programmes would be conducted in the future. Mr Rohit Baluja, president of IRTE spoke about various traffic control facilities made available in Goa, such as interceptor vehicles with laser-based speed measurement mechanism, cranes, etc, which would make the state a safe place. He also announced setting up of a traffic laboratory and organising of International Conference on Professionalism in Driver Training Systems, in Goa, on November 15 and 16, later this year. Ms Arushi Baluja Sahi, project manager of STVS informed about the STVS s
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goanet-digest Sunday, June 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4121 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] The Express (London). Surgeon hit wife with coathanger [Goanet] Advani is made deputy prime minister in India [Goanet] 30 JUNE: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS [Goanet] The PIg Did NOt Want To Die !!! [Goanet] BRAZIL CAMPEAO MUNDIAL [Goanet] SUGGESTION: Setting up Goa-related mailing list RE: [Goanet] The Express (London). Surgeon hit wife with coathanger See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:59:45 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Express (London). Surgeon hit wife with coathanger In a message dated 06/29/2002 2:15:22 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 writes: << 1. BURTON, Richard F. Goa and the Blue Mountains. London, Bentley, 1851. =20 Richard Burton, the Orientalist (Kama Sutra, Arabian Knights, etc.) went to Goa to recuperate after he was unwell, and stayed there for six months. He wrote a book on his experiences there. He did not like Goa at all. He lived in Panjim and asked his Goan manservant, Salvador, one day,: =93Salvador, what is that terrible noise =96 are they slaughtering a pig?= =94 =93Nothing,=94 replied Salvador, =93nothing whatever =96 some Christian bea= ting his wife.=94 2. The Express (London). 29 June 2002. Headline: Surgeon hit wife with coathanger. By Sally Guyoncourt. =20 A Surgeon hit his wife with a coathanger after he caught her dancing with=20= a younger man at a party. Mendonca, who is originally from Bombay, admitted punching his wife, slapping her across the buttocks and then hitting her so hard with a plasti= c coathanger it snapped. =20 "I'm looking forward to a new life, which, hopefully, will be peaceful, without alcohol and without aggro," he said. >> Eddie -- I liked the way you juxtaposed the 1951 wife beating incident with=20 that of=20 the coathanger :-) BTW, what is "aggro," an abbreviation for aggravation? Reminded me of the good old days when ladies in England had to wait for=20 dinner until after the men had eaten. That custom is still in vogue in some=20 other places :( Times certainly are changing -- now many men find themselves in the other=20 seat! Pat de Sousa=20 -- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:22:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Advani is made deputy prime minister in India Advani is deputy prime minister ahead of cabinet recast=20 By Ajit Sahi, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) L.K. Advani was appointed India's deputy prime minister Saturday, making official a status he already enjoyed as Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's number two man in the cabinet. A communiqu=E9 from President K.R. Narayanan said Advani was being designat= ed deputy prime minister and would continue to hold the crucial home portfolio= =2E "The president of India, as advised by the prime minister, has directed tha= t Lal Krishna Advani, home minister, will be designated as deputy prime minister," the communiqu=E9 sa= id. "He will continue to look after the ministry of home affairs." The announcement came a day after Vajpayee had told a crowded press conference in his Lok Sabha constituency of Lucknow that he was mulling the option of appointing a deputy prime minister. Although the Indian Constitution does not provide for the post of a deputy prime minister, the tradition of naming senior leaders to the post began soon after India gained freedom from British rule in 1947. Advani will the seventh deputy prime minister and the first in 11 years. Sources in Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Advani's elevation was of a piece with the prime minister's move to comprehensively recast his cabinet and the party on Monday to rejuvenate their dipping fortunes. The recognition as deputy prime minister would accord Advani, who is currently serving his fourth Lok Sabha term, a higher standing and increase his influence on the government and the party, a party source said. Advani, who would be 75 years old in four months, was born at Karachi (now in Pakistan) on November 8, 1927. He is a former president of the BJP, whic= h leads Vajpayee's multi-party coalition. He and Vajpayee are the party's biggest stars. "The BJP has a tradition of collective leadership and his (Advani's) appointment is on the lines of that reality," Rajya Sabha BJP MP Balbir Punj, a Vajpayee confidante, told IANS shortly after Advani's appointment. On several occasions, such as when Vajpayee was hospitalised for a week at Mumbai in June 2001 for knee-replacement sur
