[Goanet] Goa Cannes...
the goa delegation did not lose out on a ny opportunity. The idea was not to hardsell Goa at Cannes, but to let the industry know the state government's seriousness of purpose in having the event in Goa. as u know, a formal announcement is to be made in New Delhi soon, and only after that, the process really begins. regards rajesh singh -- Forwarded message -- Now that the jamboree is at an end it will be interesting to see what has been gained by the State of Goa. Will the outlay of sending 3 government officials be money well spent or not ?... Francis Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] NEWS: Now there's a law in place... water sale slips throughnonetheless
Now there's a law in place... water sale slips through nonetheless By Frederick Noronha PANJIM, June 8: For years, Saligao's villagers have been simmering over the large-scale sale of water drawn from their depleting water-table. Now that there's a law in place to block this, both officials and villagers are unsure whether the menace can actually be stopped. Just three months back the law has come into effect. We have started taking action against tankers owners who are illegally transporting water, executive engineer Jagdish S Hosamani, the ground water officer for North Goa, told villagers at a specially convened meet on Sunday. But, he adds, we get reports of water being extracted early morning and late at night The people are not aware of the rules. Some neighbours are not openly coming forward (with complaints). Little fear seems to be there. Goa's ground-water regulation act, passed in 2002 and gazetted in Feb 2003, is being tested in the villages of Saligao and Pilerne, two scenic Bardez areas just off the tourism belt which have been victims of large-scale ground-water selling for over a decade or more. But, with villagers in the dark about the law, the tanker operators playing hide-and-seek with the authorities, and officials waiting for citizens to actually complain against those responsible, the efficacy of the law in tackling the problem is still to be tested. Station house officer and Calangute PI Harish Madkaikar says the police role in implementing this law is samko limited (really limited). We give protection and assistance to the Water Resources Department at any time they want it, said he, promising villagers to however be pro-active. Neighbouring Sangolda village, nestled between touristic Calangute and urbanising Porvorim, was among the first to face this problem, sometime in the 'eighties. Yet, it is not yet included in the 'water scarcity' or 'overexploited' areas under the new law's rules. (Hosamani notes that areas can either be declared as 'scheduled' or 'non-scheduled', 'water scarcity' or 'over-exploited' areas. Currently, hydrologists are working on studies in Pilerne and Saligao to check well-water levels and related issues.) But, at the same time, Hosamani cites the opinion of specialists to say that in some areas -- including Saligao and Pilerne -- whatever water is removed could get recharged in the monsoons itself. Villagers see the water crisis as bad, with the crisis getting worse due to the past two years of poor monsoons in a Goa which gets upto 100 inches of rain a year but see most of it runoff into the nearby Arabian Sea. Goa is not as bad as the rest of India. But we should not allow it to get worse, says Nicholas Siqueira, a returned Gulf expat known for his floricultural skills. If we see something going wrong (in implementing of the law) we must complain again, and again and again, says Brig (Retd) Ian da Costa. To transfer water out of a water-scarcity area is not permissible. It's a cognisable offence. But people don't complain. Says retired bank manager Joaquim D'Mello: Have we sold our rights to the about seven people who have been sucking out the village's water? After a warning, they stopped for a few days... but now do it, first at 3 or 4 am, and now (in broad daylight). They're like leeches sucking our blood. Says activist Mario Mascarenhas, who filed a case against excessive water drawing of water at Sangolda in the 'eighties: Do not throw the ball back into the citizens' court and make us complain when it happens. You got a list of well owners (selling water in lakhs of litres). Just send your (police) boys there and you'll be able to nab six people each day. Other villagers pointed out that the wells selling water left behind tell-tale signs of the trade being carried on, and some sought that villagers be informed about the provisions of this law. Officials say they have given notice to tanker operators, and seized one or two water transporting tankers. Hosamani says some 24 tanker owners, mainly from Saligao, Pilerne and Sangolda, approached him for permission to transport water out of the village areas. If you don't pump out the water, it migrates (out of the region), says Hosamani, giving a hint of the official mindset over a problem created by official policy itself -- since not the new touristic, industrial or real estate development can be supplied by the water it needs from the state. Yet, he agrees with the view that the tanker owners are doing too much. Still, there are difficulties. We have to catch them red-handed while handling water. We need evidence. If the tanker-owner says he was bringing water from the PWD water supply, then our case goes out on the road. Under the law, the transport permits of the tankers cannot be cancelled. But we can seal the wells, say officials. Police, facing questions on whether they could take action if the water-mafia threatened villagers, ask a counter-question: Has someone
Re: [Goanet] Terrible loss for Benaulim
They call it the largest, flourishing, and some say that people are happy. But the buck of democracy stops after a neo political has been elected. In half democracies such as HK people are consulted over various pulic matters, the results are than published in papers of various colours. The Benaulim case is just another of the various autocratic decisions made by the democratic system implanted in Goa. More than often this has led to mob violence. Will the proper values of democracy be ever observed in Goa? Colaco Terrible loss for Benaulim __ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet] NYT - Loutulim Journal - Goa the goose that lays the golden egg!
Ok let us not call it loot since you get upset with the term. Is it fine to say paid to the central coffers? But tell the readers of Goa net the value of FE paid to the central coffers. Colaco Are we simply trying to claim victim status for Goa and Goans, even in cases where there is no reason to do so? __ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] NEWS: English-medium students outshine Gujarati counterparts
Maybe a debate relevant to Goa, which has a rather confused position on English-medium education. FN English-medium students outshine Gujarati counterparts From Indo-Asian News Service Ahmedabad, June 8 (IANS) English-medium students have outclassed their Gujarati-medium counterparts to dominate the merit list of the Gujarat Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination. Traditionally, Gujarati-medium schools like Diwan Ballubhai and C.N. Vidyalay of Ahmedabad and Sardar Vidyalay and Utkarsh Vidyalay of Vadodara use to have the maximum merit holders. However, this year English-medium students scored an impressive 82.89 percent result in the examination compared to the 64.53 percent by Gujarati-medium students. This could be attributed to the increasing number of English-medium students in Gujarat over the past decade, said J. Pandya, a tutorial school teacher. Earlier, Gujarati families would send their children to Gujarati-medium schools, and only parents from other states, mostly south Indians, would admit their children to English-medium schools. But with the beginning of 1990, even Gujarati parents started preferring English-medium schools, Pandya added. Pandya, who teaches mathematics to both English and Gujarati-medium students, believes Gujarati parents started admitting their children to English-medium schools out of fashion. Parents started believing that their children would receive advanced and modern education if they were admitted to English-medium schools, said Pandya. Said Education Minister Anandiben Patel: The percentage scored by the English-medium students is like a slap in the face of those who are dead against this medium. In the HSC (science) examination too English-medium students faired better, scoring 53.91 percent against 41.18 percent average marks secured by the Gujarati-medium. The results have clearly shocked principals of Gujarati-medium schools. We are surprised that none of the Diwan Ballubhai students made it to the top 10, Diwan Ballubhai school principal D.M. Patel was quoted as saying. It is the first time in 25 years that our students have failed to bag any place in the HSC merit lists. The reason perhaps is the generosity shown in assessing the papers in the last two years because of the earthquake and the communal violence. One reasons for such (poor) results could be that this year English-medium teachers were roped in for assessment despite resistance, alleged C.N. Vidyalay principal Shailesh Bhatt. In Vadodara, Marathi-medium student Gayatri Joshi was the only student from the city to figure in the state merit list. Eight of the 17 city merit holders were from English-medium schools, while four each were from the Gujarati and Sindhi-medium schools. Private and unaided schools are giving quality-based education, and most private schools happen to be English medium, said university lecturer Sarita Agrawal, who has researched on secondary education in Gujarat. --Indo-Asian News Service ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Re: REQUIEM TO A BRIDGE
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:19:25 +0100, Fernando Peres da Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the misty light of early morn hours,I used to gaze at the lonesome bridge and used to surmise that,the nascent waters of the spring at Verna were streaming gently under the old bridge, into the River Sal in Margao, replenishing its receding waters. Now, with misty eyes, in the dusk of the evening, I behold and gaze and my heart is anguished, to discern that alas, my bridge is there no more. I run home and clutch in tears, a canvass upon which I had painted the bridge in my youthful days. Woebegone the greedy predators, who little by little are killing mother Nature in Goa. The killing of my little bridge at Margao (Khare Band), is another telling tale of the rampant sledge-hammering of all things beautiful, all things poetic,and romantic,in Goa. I curse with all my heart the monstruous vultures,that have descended upon my Goa,of poignant love and fondness. Forgive them not Father, for they full know what they are doing ! Fernando Peres da Costa ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Quotable Quote
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice. - Confucius ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet] NYT - Loutulim Journal - Goa the goose that lays the golden egg!
From: Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . . If the end goal is simply to decide our position, and then build arguments around it, we might end up unnecessarily feeling sorry for ourselves. FN It seems to be fashionable to do this these days - particularly on this forum. And, Oh! Yes! VIVA GOA!!! Tim de Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa, INDIA _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] HUMOUR: It's raining MIGs these days
FOOTLOOSE By Derek Almeida derekalmeida at eth.net Believe it or not; these days there are more MiGs falling down than apples in Shimla, or Manali or wherever they grow those things. Since the Russians went through a lot of trouble to build the MiG, they are very troubled by the large number of crashes in India. Engineers at the MiG factory, or wherever they build those things, have been asking themselves one question: Why doesn't the MiG fall up? In a bid to keep MiGs in the air, where they belong, MiG engineers decided to do something about it. Since overhauling the aircraft was proving to be expensive, they opted for a few add-ons along with a manual on safety. The manual is written in an easy to understand style. The idea was to make the manual user-friendly, since the MiG is not. The manual, aimed at pilots, is small enough to fit in the cockpit of the aircraft. It contains a ready-reference section, which can be accessed within 15 seconds -- that's about the time it takes for a MiG to crash. The booklet also contains a two-line `foreword' by Air Marshal Leonid Crashsky, a veteran with 31 MiG crashes. The last one killed him, so please correct that to the Late Air Marshal Leonid Crashsky. The foreword reads: I admire your courage in opting to fly a MiG, although I think you must be a little crazy to do it. Due to a printing error, which can only happen with a MiG, the `foreword' got printed on the last page of the booklet. It's now known as the `backword'. Now, coming to the changes made in the aircraft to arrest, or halt, or check, or stem...whatever, the crashes. The new MiG comes with a whole set of screw drivers, spanners, wrenches etc to enable the pilot to make onboard repairs. Since all this has added to the weight of the aircraft, engineers came up with the brilliant idea of reducing weight by taking out the radar, which never really worked, in the first place. The aircraft now has three tubes of super glue to stick anything that comes apart while attempting to fly at super-sonic speed. In case the wing flaps or the tail rudder falls off, the jet is now equipped with a spare set, just in case the pilot gathers the nerve to climb out and replace the fallen part while the MiG is hurtling to Earth. Incidentally, this is the only time the MiG achieves Mach-3 speed. Pilots are warned not to attempt to fly at super-sonic speeds. No, the aircraft will not disintegrate, but the nose could fall off, and you know how expensive nose jobs are these days. The new MiG is also fitted with a heavy-duty vacuum cleaner (behind the seat) which is to be used when birds gets sucked into the engine in mid-air. Note: Batteries not included. Now, coming to the radio: Handle the switches and knobs with care. If one or two come off, don't forget to use the super-glue. Be careful, or you could glue your fingers to the radio and it's really quite difficult to sleep with a radio glued to your fingers. Sometimes, the radio knobs could get jammed. There is nothing you can do about it, so kindly carry a mobile phone in your left top pocket. Even if the knobs work without a hitch, there is no guarantee that you will be able to stay in touch with Mission Control. However, the good news is, if you are close to Mumbai you might pick up FM. More often than not, the engine switches off in mid-air. If this happens, eject. If the eject button malfunctions then pull the lever on the right. Should it come off in your hand? Well? Thanks for placing your trust in us and flying our MiGs. ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Mumbai's jazz scene
Just when i thought things couldn't get worse for Mumbai's jazz scene, things got verse! Dom Moraes presented his poetry read by Denzil Smith accompanied by Steve Siqueira on keyboards. I've heard of painting with jazz now poetry reading with jazz, whats next? Cooking with jazz! And why not? Jazz after all is the only all encompassing art form that embraces all other forms of music, dance, art, craft, chemistry, biology and other yet to be discovered vices. Trafalgar Chowk, Bandra's new dining destination was the scene of the rhyme for Mumbai's latest jazz avataar since Not Just Jazz by the Bay has seriously considered yet another name change to Just not Jazz by the Bay. There was mixed reactions from the people present at TC to catch the jazzy side of Dom. Some people found verses without choruses a little monotonous because Denzil didn't read like Louis Armstrong or Al Jarreau making all the verses sounded the same. One clued in dude informed the DJ that rap is passe and lounge music should be playing in the house man. Anyway to each their own, i personally felt Dom Moraes's poetry breathed some life into a dying live music scene in Mumbai. Colin D'Cruz www.justjazz.8m.com _ They're big powerful. The macho mean machines! http://server1.msn.co.in/features/suv/index.asp SUVs are here to stay! ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] RE: GOAN CULTURE: Old Goan Diasporas
GOAN HISTORY and CULTURE: Diaspora Goans In response to several requests to transmit this message to other Goan websites, please feel free to do so! Those who suggest transmitting this in the native language are welcome to translate this into Konkani. Please use our name and e-mail address so that we can receive direct feedback from the readers; which is welcome! Those NOT interested in Goan History or Culture: And Those who know it all! Please feel free to hit the DEL button NOW. I invite Goans to review what they read, add their own views and use the information to start a dialogue with their family as a Sunday talk or a mid-week dinner-conversation. Or it could be a topic for conversation of a Goan club meeting. Hopefully this will stimulate among all of us, including our families, a discussion on the language of Goan culture. It will also help us review some of our own personal experiences and the practices of other native communities. Now that our young Goenkar couple have got married and are settling down we will turn our attention to Goan life. Before we talk about Goan Life in our native land, we will write about the Goan Diasporas. This is a big subject. We will divide it into three sections: Old Diasporas; Recent Diasporas; and Challenges for Diasporas. Abstracted from the Book Amchi Khobor - Our News - Inside Goa By Philomena Lawrence and Gilbert Lawrence OLD DIASPORAS Many groups came to Goa and many left Goa. Over the span of 3,500 years there have been many Diasporas caused by a number of rulers who lorded over Goa. Diasporas also arose due to famine, epidemics, and better job prospects elsewhere panv korunk ghela. Initially, the migration was to neighboring parts of Goa; then further away in the Asian subcontinent. Today the dispersal is also global, leading to diverse groups, many with an altered way of life. But they continue to maintain cultural relationships especially at events such as marriage, births and deaths. Goans rely on the Indian tradition of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - the whole world is a family. Many Diaspora groups guard their culture with pride and tradition, some by marriage stipulations. There are around 300,000 Goans scattered within India, while another 200,000 live outside the country. Some are absorbed by the society into which they migrated and settled. Diasporas are preserved by religion, language and culture. They regularly visit ancestral villages, the kinship (gotra) temples and churches, and research their genealogical roots. Diasporas have close and not-so-close links with the native land, and physically identify with their ancestral home and village. They keep their ties through ethnic clubs and associations and observe many cultural festivals and family-centered celebrations with other members of their national or village communities. In Bombay, these Goan unions were a community unto themselves called Coors or Cudds and are estimated to have numbered more than 300. In other countries, similar alliances took the acronym GOA - Goan Overseas Association or GI - Goan Institute. The clubs and associations of first generation immigrants had an unwritten motto to live together as brothers in a foreign land. These fraternities or cudds were village or occupation-based, and were an extension of village society. Many cudds also served as residential premises for working bachelors with the motto to live together under one roof. Most cudds were seamen's clubs and a place of shelter prior to or after a tour of duty. Goan seamen served with distinction and devotion creating a reputation for themselves and for those who followed them. They occupied positions from the highest to the lowest in both commercial and naval shipping. Unfortunately, native Goans of today have yet to recognize and honor them; and the many Goans who perished in the line of duty trying their best to be devoted bread-winners, husbands and fathers. The wives of these Diaspora men need to be complemented for their courage and valor. As single parents, they raised a large family. They undoubtedly benefited and were strengthened from their Goan culture and mores which was reflected in their values and their day-to-day way of life. Not only as single head-of-households did they take care of their many children, the wives also took care of the grandparents, unmarried siblings, uncles and aunts ... and they maintained peace in the household. When Diaspora men came home for a short vacation, they were the Mr. fix-it taking care of the leaky roof, the broken durig (fence) etc. From these humble beginnings, expats of today have come a long way. Many of today's natives and Diasporas forget the struggle and strife of their forbearers to provide for their families and lay the ground work for success for future generations. Next week's presentation on expats will focus on Recent Diasporas Regards, Philomena and Gilbert Lawrence PS: Have you looked at the World Goa Day webpage? It is just electrifying
Re: [Goanet] NYT - Loutulim Journal - Goa the goose that lays thegolden egg!
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Bernado Colaco wrote: Please visit RBI office near the Kadamba bus stand and ask them how much FE was obtained from Goa since 1961 for iron-ore, toursim and remittance industry. I am yet to understand how Goa's earnings in foreign exchange amounts to a loot. Are we simply trying to claim victim status for Goa and Goans, even in cases where there is no reason to do so? I would entirely agree if one said that while a few earn mega-bucks from mining or tourism, the average citizen (particularly villagers in interior Goa, not so much middle-class persons like you and me) have paid a big price. It would also, for instance, be correct to say that a few big players (and families) earned huge revenues from mining, after leases were given from Portuguese rule onwards (sometimes for as little as Rs 300!) while the environment of Goa took a battering. (For a more elaborate discussion read Robert Newman's essay in 'Pacific Affairs' titled 'Goa: The Transformation of an Indian Region' 1983 and particularly the sections dealing with mining) Remittances have shored up the Goan economy no doubt. But, on the other hand, it has also led to inflation -- check out the real estate and the fish-market. It's no coincidence that the consumer price index in Goa is way above the Indian average. Of course, there are other factors involved here, including tourism and people from outside the state finding Goa a fashionable destination to reside in. Can the average Goan working and earning in Goa afford a house of his or her own, based on local earnings today? Of course, these realities show that Goa, like any other society, is a complex place with many differing complex realities. If the end goal is simply to decide our position, and then build arguments around it, we might end up unnecessarily feeling sorry for ourselves. FN -- - Frederick Noronha (FN)| http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks - T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 - ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] My response to Bosco, Fernandes and Menezes.
I waited to see if I would trap any more crabs in my chamber pot. I have managed to trap three obnoxious ones. Here goes my story. Hope the Jury are reading. This has been written very slowly as I know that crabs cannot read fast. I often receive postings which others feel might interest me. I have had since childhood a gift from the above - to share good things with others. I would compare it with food that is sent to me. I see no harm in improving the food to suit the palate of a Goan and handing it out. I do not feel that I ought to declare the sourse of the food specially when it is free. But some Goans will bite the hand that feeds them when they do not pay for the food. One must learn to appreciate and the art of gratitude. I have known this trait which is characteristic. A Cheryll Roy of Goan/Indian origin had sent me a posting. I remembered my youth and the games I played and I included these reminiscences in the posting and sent the same to Goanet. I did not feel it necessary to implicate others and the source of the posting. I did not expect an appreciation from anyone and in fact it was rare that the Goans found the item interesting and one in particular remembered the games (no longer played today) and was complementary. The above three who are the subject of this posting did not in any way appreciate or express an opinion of the contents. Till one spent his time in investigating the garbage can and felt that he had trapped me. I had assumed that the lady, Cheryll Roy had written it (I did not go into the garbage can called the website) and after changing it, I telephoned her and even sent her a copy much before I was accused of plagiarising. She did not go into details and did not object. Most of what I write on the situation in Goa and global politics are my own creations. I read on every topic I can lay my hands on. I do not copy from newspapers like the Observer, The Times or even the British dailies. I prefer to create but it is possible that I quote from the papers. Jayson Blair was a paid servant of the NY Times and his work involved writing for the paper. In contrast, I am not a paid servant of goanet and for the past few years I have contributed often and I will admit that what I write is controversial to the extent that I have named names without fear. I have been warned but I persist. I will not accept slander and a comparison with Jayson. He did what he did and has to bear the consequences. In his ambition to secure his position with the Times he acted, was caught and was fired. In a modern bureaucratic world, Blacks need a passport to be one step above the White man to stay afloat and poor Jayson is black. I commiserate with his plight for he must have been a bright lad to break through the all White club. Crabs exist in other spheres too. I will append the posting I sent to Cheryll Roy with her address for those who wish to verify directly with this lady. That I phoned her too can be verified by the crabs that villified me. Edgar Martins === The iten was sent to Cheryll Roy before this controversy erupted. The entire posting has not been reproduced to conform with Herman's dictates/orders. = Subj:Re: Now we are afraid to die. Date: 6/3/03 5:48:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: EdgarStmartins To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friends, Goans and countrymen! Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. So he will avoid to wear a helmet to bed:-) = According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 50's, 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because.. ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] IMPRINT OF THE RAJ.
IMPRINT OF THE RAJ. HOW FINGEPRINTING WAS BORN IN COLONIAL INDIA BY CHANDAK SENGOOPTA (LONDON: MACMILLAN, 2003) XV+234PP / HB ISBN 0-333-98916-3 REVIEWED BY JAMES WILLIAMS, CAMBRIDGE BOOK REVIEWS AMONG historians of science, of criminology and of culture and especially those who work across these fields the late nineteenth century has been one of the fastest growing areas of interest in the past few decades. The reasons for this are manifold: in the period loosely called the fin de siecle¹ (a term which can mean only the 1890s, but frequently refers to the last quarter of the nineteenth century) a number of cultural, scientific and political factors coalesced to create an unprecedented drive among men of learning to map, measure, categorise and ultimately shape the genetic destiny of the human being. In the process they helped define the very worst and best elements of the human quest for knowledge, and right up to the present we have been living with the consequences, both glorious and obscene, of the discoveries. This was an age of frenetic scientific endeavour which gave its descendants reliable contraception and intelligence testing, and also eugenics and the foundations of Nazi racial theory. One of the period¹s better leaps forward, however, was in the field of identification. In the year 1800, although the anatomy and biological characteristics of the generic Man¹ were well known, any individual man was beyond the classification, or capture, of science. An individual could change his identity at will, by merely changing his name, and learning the birthday and birthplace of the person he wished to become. By the year 1900, the same individual (if he were alive) could have been identified beyond any doubt by his fingerprints. It is the story of fingerprinting its difficult birth during a period of politically-charged scientific advance, its development in British India which preoccupies Chandak Sengoopta in his superb popular history, Imprint of the Raj¹. It has long been known that fingerprinting was the discovery of many individuals. Less frequently has it been acknowledged that it was the product of two countries. During the Raj in India (strictly, 1858-1945), contrary to the popular imagination of the West, new advances and ideas were as likely to travel from the Empire back to Britain as they were from Britain to her Empire. As Sengoopta argues, the Indian Empire in particular was an Empire of Knowledge¹, because the constant acquisition of knowledge was one of the surest ways that the British could hope to keep hold of the unwieldy, far-away dominions. For decades every schoolchild was taught that Britain gave India the telegraph and the railways, but they were not taught what the Indian encounter gave back to Britain curry, comparative philology, and fingerprinting, all of which have significantly outlasted the telegraph, and may well outlast the railways. India was an apt laboratory for the development of fingerprinting, partly because of the element of discovery inherent in the colonial endeavour, and partly due to the ignorant prejudices of its British rulers. First, to the period British eye, most Indian people looked virtually the same. Secondly, there was a widespread conviction that the Indian races were congenitally untrustworthy, untruthful and mendacious, and that it was quite likely they would break their word, or that they were not who they claimed to be. Finally, and crucially, most Indians were unable to give the conventional proof of both identity and their word a signature because they were illiterate. Understandably therefore, thee was a great desire among the police and civil servants of the Raj for some kind of system which could prove the identity of their Indian subjects beyond doubt. As early as the late 1880s, one such system was introduced by the famous Parisian police clerk and anthropometrist¹, Alphonse Bertillon . Bertillon developed a system which, by taking a number of specific measurements of the human body with callipers, constructed a portrait in words (portrait parle¹) which could be kept on record and used to identify attempted recidivists. This practice, known as Bertillonage, was popular and much-applauded among British men of science, yet never found widespread acceptance in legal practice across the Channel. British legislators were keen to point out the scope for error in the Bertillon system, and refused, unless it could be made foolproof, to enforce such treatment upon citizens of a country where the love of individual liberty supposedly ran deeper than in France. As early as 1858, immediately after the great rebellion when British distrust of natives¹ was especially high, a young civil servant named William James Herschel had, on a whim, demanded that an Indian businessman affix his palm-print in ink to the bottom of a government contract. This was the start of a personal fascination with
[Goanet] NewsDay (New York) - Dr. Agnelo Dias: Suicides Rattle Community
Sources: NewsDay 8 June 2003 Dr. Agnelo Dias, clinic administrator at the Asian Outreach Program of Queens Child Guidance Center in Elmhurst, says suicide among young South Asians is more common than many mental health professionals realize. Although Dias said no studies are available of suicide among South Asians, he thinks parent-child conflict over cultural values are at the core of many suicides. Our children in America live in two worlds, one is the world of the parents and one is the outside world, he said. For example, immigrant parents often make sacrifices to start a new life in the United States and support their children's education. In return, their expectations are high - sometimes too high, he said. Dias said suicide and related issues among South Asians have not received the same attention as mental health problems affecting whites, blacks and Latinos when it comes to funding programs. Full text at: http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/si/nyc-nysuic083323405jun08.story For a photograph of Dr Agnelo Dias see: http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2003-8/ ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] NYT: Pursue Portuguese Passports as an Entree to Europe
Headline: Pursue Portuguese Passports as an Entree to Europe By JAMES BROOKE Source: New York Times, Sunday, 8 June 2003 Text: VASCO DA GAMA, India. On the highway to the international airport here, a travel agency uses billboards to hawk one of Goa's most popular products: Portuguese passports. Five centuries after the Portuguese seafarer Vasco da Gama crossed the Arabian Sea and explored this land of coconut palms and creamy sand beaches, young Indians are embarking on reverse migrations. Taking advantage of history, they are obtaining Portuguese passports, transforming themselves into card-carrying Europeans. Sure, I'll go to Lisbon. I have eight cousins there, said Stuart Michael Fernandes, a 24-year-old boat mechanic, who stood in a rundown hallway by an iron gate used to control passport applicants at the Portuguese Consulate General here. But then, I will go straight to London. His friend, Glaston Luis, 20, an engineering student at Goa University, said he, too, would stay only briefly with cousins in Lisbon before going to Scotland or London. Under Portuguese law, all inhabitants of Portuguese India. Goa and the northern coastal enclaves of Damão and Díu were considered Portuguese citizens. In the months after Indian troops ended colonialism here, in December 1961, thousands of Goans left for Portugal or its African colonies. A decade ago, as the European Union was shifting to visa-free travel among member nations, Portugal opened a consulate here. Suddenly Goans realized that anyone living here in 1961 and their children and grandchildren could get a Portuguese passport. People see Portuguese passports as a means to employment in all of Europe, said Alírio da Costa, the manager of a travel agency here. In a newspaper on his desk, classified advertisements offered the services of experts in Portuguese passport submission to Lisbon. It's a business, as if Portuguese citizenship is for sale, Miguel de Calheiros Velozo, Portugal's consul here, grumbled in an interview. It is a way to go around immigration laws. This morning, the consulate was full of people who had nothing to do with Portugal. Goa, India's smallest state, is but a microcosm of a national mania for emigration. Today, about 20 million Indians live overseas. The process is slow, though, and with hundreds of passport applications backing up here and reports of Portuguese passports falling into criminal hands, on March 1 Mr. Velozo stopped accepting applications for 90 days. The issue blew up last fall when two cases involving high-profile fugitives who held Portuguese passports came to light. Neither man had ties to Goa. The Indian and Portuguese-era archives are poorly maintained and their staffs vulnerable to bribes, Portuguese officials here say. Consular officials have a hard time telling who is who even in face-to-face interviews, and many people who lived here before 1961 did not have Portuguese names. Furthermore, many passport requests are made directly to Lisbon. As many as half of the requests come from people outside of Goa, even outside of India, according to Eduardo Faleiro, a Goan member of Parliament. In March, Narana Coissoro, a Portuguese of Goan origin who is deputy speaker of the Portuguese Parliament, visited here and promised to expand the local consular staff to tighten checks against fraud. But no ships bearing aid are on the horizon. Goa is seen from a distance, and listened to too late, João Nunes de Cunha, governor of Goa, once complained bitterly in a letter to Lisbon. The letter was written in 1668. = The website, http://www.nytimes.com has a photograph with the caption: Stuart Michael Fernandes, 24, a boat mechanic, and Glaston Luis, 20, a student, applying for passports at the Portuguese Consulate in Goa. ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet-news]08 JUNE 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS June 08, 2003 SCHOOLS RE-OPEN ON MONDAY: The director of education, Mr Ashok N P Dessai, yesterday said that all the schools in the state will re-open as scheduled on June 9, thereby laying to rest the rumours of postponement of re-opening of schools. Mr Desai has said that education department has not received any direction so far from the government with regards to postponement of re-opening of schools so far, due to non-arrival of monsoon, and that schools will re-open as scheduled on Monday. (NT) CASE AGAINST CHINESE VESSEL: The Goa police yesterday registered a case under the Marine Act against a Chinese vessel and arrested 20 of its crew members for illegalfishing in Indian waters. The vessel was now anchored off Goa coast at Mormugao. The vessel Hai Feng, belonging to Dragon Fisheries, was spotted 90 nautical miles west of Condapoor off Karnataka coast on Thursday evening. The Coast Guard ship Samar apprehended the members after they were found engaged in unauthorised and illegal transfer of fish from mechanised trawlers in high seas.(NT) DESILTING OF 800 PONDS: The Minister for Agriculture, Mr Dayanand Mandrekar disclosed that the government will take up desilting work of about 800 traditional ponds and lakes in the state. He informed that the disilting work of about 60 ponds and lakes have been already started through organisations of farmers known as Users Group. Mr Mandrekar was speaking after distributing the cheques for the first installment of estimated cost of the disilting work of lakes to the farmers groups at Assagao-Bardez, Van-Maulinguem in Bicholim and Valpoi yesterday. He said, the disilting of ponds and lakes will help to increase the ground water level and storage capacity of the existing ponds which can be used for cultivation of horticulture, vegetable crops in the entire year. (NT) MONSOON IS HERE: With conditions becoming favourable, monsoon is likely to finally hit Kerala today or in the following two days even as rainfall activity continued in the north east spanning some more areas, weather department said yesterday. (PTI) HIKE IN HONORARIUMS FOR ARTISTS: The Minister for Art and Culture, Mr Ramrao Dessai said that a number of Goan artistes had contributed substantially towards preservation and promotion of the local art and culture and it was the duty of the government to provide financial and other support to themThe amount of Rs 500 given to the artistes would be raised to Rs 1,250, from the financial year 2003-2004, he informed, further pointing out, In addition, the state award winning artistes would get Rs 1,600 instead of Rs 800.The Minister, later presented cheques to 119 local artistes. (NT) AUGMENTATION WORK OF OPA WATER SUPPLY: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, will inaugurate the work of augmentation of water supply to Opa Water Works by pumping out water from Selaulim main canal to Kalay river on June 8, 2003 at Xelpem, Sanguem. Opa Water Works caters to the domestic and industrial water need for the taluka of Ponda and Tiswadi with a treatment capacity of 80 MLD which is proposed to be augmented to 120 MLD. The requirement of Opa Water Works is met from lifting water from Khandepar river. Due to acute shortage faced by the Opa Water Works, the government has prepared a scheme for water development programme for augmenting the water source at Opa by construction of series of thirteen bandharas, two barrages and three MI tanks in Madei river basin and pumping out of water from Salauli Irrigation Project Canal to Kalay river to be taken up in three phases which will provide water storage potential of 155 lakh cu mt. (NT) SOLID WASTE DUMPING SITES: As solid waste affects the quality of life, locating proper disposal sites for garbage is an important task, stated Mr D S Negi, Chief Secretary, government of Goa. Being a tourist destination, we need to find an immediate solution to garbage disposal,he added. Mr Negi was speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of Keep Goa Clean,a seminar on garbage management held at the International Centre, PanajiBased on a population statistics of about 13.5 lakh, the estimated solid waste generated in Goa will be about 675 metric tonnes with a component of 150 metric tonne from garbage generated in towns,Mr Moniz disclosed. (NT) INQUIRY INTO MILK PACKETS SALE: Denying milk packets to consumers in the morning, the delivery men of Goa Dairy are instead off-loading it in bulk to private stall owners, bread-men and others, according to residents of Mapusa. Angry residents are feeling creamed for having to later pay extra to the stall owners for the same milk. They say, commissions are involved in this malpractice. (NT) FAILURE TO CHECK THEFT CASES: The concept of beat system introduced by the South Goa district police to check the rising crime graph has not achieved desired results as far as the theft cases are
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Re: [Goanet] NYT - Loutulim Journal - Goa the goose that lays the golden egg!
Noronha, Thanks for your explanation on the currency issue, it brings back fond memories of Sardessai's (SS Dempo)theory of FE. But this is not what I am interested to know. Please visit RBI office near the Kadamba bus stand and ask them how much FE was obtained from Goa since 1961 for iron-ore, toursim and remittance industry. Regards Colaco Could you please explain how foreign exchange earnings translated into the domestic currency amounts to a loot? __ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet] Re: Cannes Film Festival in Goa
Isn't it important to get the basics in place. Goans haven't had it for the past 41 years. With the 9/11 issue Parrikar can suggest to Bush to transfer Hollywood to Goa. (Just a dream) Colaco The Government of Goa needs to find the finances to clean the toilets of Kala Academy in Goa before embarking on such lofty ventures ? __ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] Student looking for experience with a Goan Newspaper/Magazine
Tonight I visited the GOYAN website and came across a post by a student who goes by the of Neal. Pais. He appears to be a determined young man who studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. From what I gather, he is looking to build his portfolio and gain some valuable experience with a Goan newspaper or magazine. If you know of any publications who could help this young gentleman in achieving his career aspirations, please visit the following web address and email him directly: http://www.goacom.com/goyan/ To protect a person's privacy, GOYAN does not display the person's email address in it's entirety. You will have to click on Neal's email address to contact him directly. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause any potential employers. Below you will find a copy of his post. Thank you and have a good day. * * * From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Jun 4, 2003 4:39 am Hi All, I am a Goan student (final year) at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor...I am looking to freelance (paid or unpaid) for a Goa-related newspaper/magazines for the summer and beyond. I currently write for The Michigan Daily, which has one of the highest collegiate circulations in the country, and have previous journalistic experience. Please do contact me if you know of any opportunities; it would be much appreciated! I will be happy to send along my resume if anything comes up. All the best, Neal * * * __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet] 08 JUNE 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS June 08, 2003 SCHOOLS RE-OPEN ON MONDAY: The director of education, Mr Ashok N P Dessai, yesterday said that all the schools in the state will re-open as scheduled on June 9, thereby laying to rest the rumours of postponement of re-opening of schools. Mr Desai has said that education department has not received any direction so far from the government with regards to postponement of re-opening of schools so far, due to non-arrival of monsoon, and that schools will re-open as scheduled on Monday. (NT) CASE AGAINST CHINESE VESSEL: The Goa police yesterday registered a case under the Marine Act against a Chinese vessel and arrested 20 of its crew members for illegalfishing in Indian waters. The vessel was now anchored off Goa coast at Mormugao. The vessel Hai Feng, belonging to Dragon Fisheries, was spotted 90 nautical miles west of Condapoor off Karnataka coast on Thursday evening. The Coast Guard ship Samar apprehended the members after they were found engaged in unauthorised and illegal transfer of fish from mechanised trawlers in high seas.(NT) DESILTING OF 800 PONDS: The Minister for Agriculture, Mr Dayanand Mandrekar disclosed that the government will take up desilting work of about 800 traditional ponds and lakes in the state. He informed that the disilting work of about 60 ponds and lakes have been already started through organisations of farmers known as Users Group. Mr Mandrekar was speaking after distributing the cheques for the first installment of estimated cost of the disilting work of lakes to the farmers groups at Assagao-Bardez, Van-Maulinguem in Bicholim and Valpoi yesterday. He said, the disilting of ponds and lakes will help to increase the ground water level and storage capacity of the existing ponds which can be used for cultivation of horticulture, vegetable crops in the entire year. (NT) MONSOON IS HERE: With conditions becoming favourable, monsoon is likely to finally hit Kerala today or in the following two days even as rainfall activity continued in the north east spanning some more areas, weather department said yesterday. (PTI) HIKE IN HONORARIUMS FOR ARTISTS: The Minister for Art and Culture, Mr Ramrao Dessai said that a number of Goan artistes had contributed substantially towards preservation and promotion of the local art and culture and it was the duty of the government to provide financial and other support to themThe amount of Rs 500 given to the artistes would be raised to Rs 1,250, from the financial year 2003-2004, he informed, further pointing out, In addition, the state award winning artistes would get Rs 1,600 instead of Rs 800.The Minister, later presented cheques to 119 local artistes. (NT) AUGMENTATION WORK OF OPA WATER SUPPLY: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, will inaugurate the work of augmentation of water supply to Opa Water Works by pumping out water from Selaulim main canal to Kalay river on June 8, 2003 at Xelpem, Sanguem. Opa Water Works caters to the domestic and industrial water need for the taluka of Ponda and Tiswadi with a treatment capacity of 80 MLD which is proposed to be augmented to 120 MLD. The requirement of Opa Water Works is met from lifting water from Khandepar river. Due to acute shortage faced by the Opa Water Works, the government has prepared a scheme for water development programme for augmenting the water source at Opa by construction of series of thirteen bandharas, two barrages and three MI tanks in Madei river basin and pumping out of water from Salauli Irrigation Project Canal to Kalay river to be taken up in three phases which will provide water storage potential of 155 lakh cu mt. (NT) SOLID WASTE DUMPING SITES: As solid waste affects the quality of life, locating proper disposal sites for garbage is an important task, stated Mr D S Negi, Chief Secretary, government of Goa. Being a tourist destination, we need to find an immediate solution to garbage disposal,he added. Mr Negi was speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of Keep Goa Clean,a seminar on garbage management held at the International Centre, PanajiBased on a population statistics of about 13.5 lakh, the estimated solid waste generated in Goa will be about 675 metric tonnes with a component of 150 metric tonne from garbage generated in towns,Mr Moniz disclosed. (NT) INQUIRY INTO MILK PACKETS SALE: Denying milk packets to consumers in the morning, the delivery men of Goa Dairy are instead off-loading it in bulk to private stall owners, bread-men and others, according to residents of Mapusa. Angry residents are feeling creamed for having to later pay extra to the stall owners for the same milk. They say, commissions are involved in this malpractice. (NT) FAILURE TO CHECK THEFT CASES: The concept of beat system introduced by the South Goa district police to check the rising crime graph has not achieved desired results as far as the theft cases are
