RE: [Goanet]New Proverb project
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Hi Jose Lourenco, Its amazing to hear that an old friend of mine is taking up to new type of projects (proverbs all) not related to his profession (civil engineering). Therefore can we assume that the construction business in Goa is waning out. Perhaps not but maybe just another innovative idea to market Goa the Goan spirit worldwide. Kudos to this amazing Engineer keep-up your the good work. Wish you all the luck for some more amazing ideas. Mog asundi. Ani unn vodde pavon tuka ani familik. An Ex-ENGICO, ETG -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of jose lourenco Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 6:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]New Proverb project ## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Dear Mr. Verdes and fellow netters I am working on a publication project on Konkani proverbs. I published a set of information cards called Amazing Goa recently and it was quite well received. . . . Mog asundi. Ani unn vodde pavon tumkam. Jose Lourenco [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: [Goanet]Lest we forget Timmaji
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## It is said that Timmaji Appa was very stubborn. The article by Mr. Miguel Braganza is well written. I wonder if the research was done at St. Brittos. I believe the library holds loads of historical books. Those who have taken books from the library please and have not returned them for ages kindly do so!:) B. Colaco ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Self publishing in Goa
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## A time comes an idea possesses you so strongly that you become merely a vehicle for the idea to execute itself. A couple of years ago, frustrated with my lack of knowledge of Goa and the scarcity of info in a compact book, I set out to research and compile basic and detailed information on our land. I trawled the Net, read at the Central Library, met people (Fred,Joel,Percival,..) and finally in December 2003, I published Amazing Goa Information Cards, a box of 200 information cards carrying five facts each (modelled on Trivial Pursuit-types). One thousand facts for the Goa lover to consume, feast and be inspired. Prior to December, I spent four months with my stuff ready, but with no money to print the project.Cecil Pinto, my beloved amigo had already laid out the design and set up the printer. Mario Miranda had sketched the box cover and other illustrations. But no poixe to print ! Finally through some friends, I contacted Goa Handicrafts Corp and they advanced me funds for 500 copies.The boxes are handmade and sorting and packing employs a lot of people, so I had no qualms.That was a great boost. At the launch at BPS Club, Margao which was honored by Uday Bhembre, Damu Naik (Chairman of GHRSSIDC) and Maria Aurora Couto, I sold 50 copies and I was over the moon. In the following months through Wendell Rodricks bought over 40 boxes as gifts for his refined friends. He included the Amazing Goa box in his Top 10 gifts list in his Goa Today column. Ethel ran an interview on AG in GoaPlus (Times of India), and I had around twenty cuttings from press coverage and interviews.Sunaprant began serializing AG in Konkani with three questions everyday.My bank teller who never looked at me for twelve years smiled at me, recognizing my mug in the Sunaprant column photo.The great Rene Barreto patted my back and carried 50 copies back to the UK. My motorcycle helmet no longer fitted my swollen head! As of today, my firm Amazing Goa Publications has sold 1200 copies of Amazing Goa Info-Cards.Sales through the web are done through Other India Book Store ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Sales through outlets are slow and this month I have set up a direct marketing team of 25 students who earn a good commission while also gaining mktg experience. Take the 14 lakh population of Goa, the 10 lakh tourists and 5 lakh Non resident Goans, and we have a sizeable market for good 'need-based' Goa-centric publishing. In two months time I hope to publish the Konkani Proverb Project and a book of science fiction stories in Konkani and English by relatively unknown Goan writers. Not all projects will be profitable, I know, but the profitable ones will pull the less lucrative ones through. Its been a rewarding and inspiring experience. I have to pull up my socks though, the website is not yet up, though I booked the domain name in October 2003! Will get it up by June-end. Regards, Jose Lourenco __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
[Goanet]Query about SFX exposition
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Sachin Phadte: It is not only a question about the Rs 1 crore being spent. It is also To accommodate the pilgrims, the government plans to take over 47 schools around Old Goa. The exposition commissioner said they aim to offer boarding and packaged meals for 50 rupees (a little over US$1) a night. Wonder what will happen to the education of the children during this period. I also read the following: For people of other religions and other Christian denominations visiting the exposition, Church officials plan to screen a 20-minute film on peace and communal harmony. What kind of film will be shown to the Catholics? Gilbert Lawrence responds: Hi Sachin: Good questions. Congratulations for reading the GoaNet posts in such great detail. I am not sure about the government spending one crore rupees for the religious exposition per se. More likely the allocated amount is for increased (over-time) security, traffic control, transportation etc. This Rs. 1 crore (spent) is peanuts to the amount of tax-revenue the Goan government will be raking-in for the once in ten-year event that will bring into Goa 1.5 million tourists. Are the Goan free-enterprisers ready? To the other comments: Do you or anyone know if there are 47 public BOARDING schools (not just schools) AROUND Old Goa? If so this would be news as in the 1960's, the whole of Goa had only about 5 private boarding schools. Who are the boarders (out of town residents) who reside in these boarding schools during the entire year? Can any one help? Is this boarding ani tea-bair packaged meal for Rs. 50/- a reality or is it PR? Whatever works to get the crowds! Goenkars who would spend overnight at Old Goa for the pilgrimage may likely bring their own tiffin with the Ponos ani Shendri.:=)) Old habits die hard.:=)) Personally, I think eating and lodging should have been best reserved for the private sector. And the govt. should spend its resources coordinating their activities by having a computerized reservation system for low-budget accommodation ani tea-bair geon. But nobody asked for my opinion. :=)) God bless the poor, for His kingdom in heaven is theirs. And in all sincerity, God bless the politicians who think of the poor. As far as showing the film on 'peace and harmony' to the Catholics too, arre baba how much more 'peace ani harmony' do you want the church (starting with the Pope) to shove down our throats? Do you have other suggestions what the church could offer the non-Christians, who come for the religious part of the exposition, to contemplate? If pilgrimage is a religious revival, I think a 'peace and harmony movie' with a visit to the Goencho Saib (for favors and/ or thanks) would be a good revival for non-Catholics visiting Old Goa. Regards, Gilbert
[Goanet]Re: BRIEfnCOUNTERS: It can be hard to get published... (Lino Leitao)
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Fredthanks for the insights from Lino Leitao. !!! The end of the encounter appears abrupt - looks like chai was spilled at Cafe Prakash ;-) I hope you have a Part two of the encounter or else we have to look forward to 'Sorpatel'. Nevertheless Lino has alluded to the same subject as Rene Barretto, Gilbert Lawrence and Dom Martins have in the last week on Goanet - Goan apathy at solidarity. Best wishes - Bosco (a Goan) On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:25:36 +0530 (IST), Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: quoting Lino Leitao: Goans abroad do meet at functions, but there are also some kind of factions among themselves. They go as Bombay Goans, Kenya Goans, and the like.
[Goanet]Sao Joao / St. Jean - Quebec
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## June 24th is definitely the biggest day of the year for Quebec. Besides being called St-Jean-Baptiste Day it is also known as Fete nationale. There are no odd rituals (other than a huge display of Blue-and-White) I have heard of other than Parti-all-the-time !! Here is a gist of how it was celebrated last year in Montreal: http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/06/23/118124-cp.html Here's a blurb on the history of the hol: The June 24 holiday dates back to 1615 when settlers in New France (the French empire in North America from 1608 to 1763) used it to celebrate the summer solstice and the birth of St-Jean-Baptiste. After the conquest of New France by the British, the holiday waned until the founding of the Societe St-Jean-Baptiste in 1834. What I would be interested in knowing is how the event came to be celebrated in Goa. And how the jump in wells rituals began. A fellow villager passed away last year on June 24th after he was so intoxicated that he fell into a well. Viva Sao Joao !! Best wishes, Bosco CyberGoan/Goanetter/Goan-Canadian/Kuwait-Goan/Goa-Goan..;-) On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:54:59 +0530, Cecil Pinto wrote: Do any other CyberGoans settled elsewhere know about Sao Joao celebrated in any unique way elsewhere in the world? Do they jump in wells anywhere else
[Goanet]'Sunjao' Today
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## My Mom used to buy at least 6 Pineapples and 6 bottles of madam fenni. Upto 6 groups of Sunjao from neigbouring villages or wards used to visit the wells in our area. Each group was given a bottle of fenni, and 1 pineapple which I used to throw into the well. I remember the popular song..with live brass band (trumpet, Saxaphone, Clarinet, Drum rengteng (side drum)etc. Traditional: yo re Sunjao, yo re badea Panni bhogoya (repeat) Re sunjao gunvta teso gunvta Voir soronk bhatli magota (repeat) Note: there was another newer version of the song by C Alvares? and party. Played on AIR. Tum ido ghe re, tum ido ghe Faleam kaim mevona, Oslem fugsanv kiteak orsak don pautti eina Sao Joao = sunjao Missing Goa Very badly... Thanks/joe = http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Lyrics from Classic Goa Konkani CD - # 10 song Goa Tuka Nomann
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Hi Goanetters, Here are the lyrics of my Konkani song Goa Tuka Nomann from my Konkani CD Classic Goa dedicated to Goa, of course. Hope you like it. Silviano Barbosa Singer: Anthony San Music: Josinho Words: Silviano Barbosa GOA, TUKA NOMANN (Based on the old tune Mandovi by Alfred Rose) I Sounsarant, sounsarant, Assam ek ojeap attvem, Sabar xekdde liplelem, Sodhun kaddunk nam konnem, Sobit sundor, darzonnem Guirestkaien bhorlelem, Doryache deguer ubharun Devan rupnnem kantoilem. Chorus Goa, Oh Goa, bhangarachem, Goa, Roma udentichem Goa, bhanddar tum Goenkaranchem, Rochnaran bhorlam dennianim, Nettoilam fulam-zhaddamnim, Surngailam orixtt dongramnim, Touristanchi Rannim. II Goenkar, Goenkar, Nizache ami Goenkar Pordexi, eun guele Sogleank amchem ugttem dar Portuguez, soddun vetoch Boltech zale aiz saukar, Borem magon, pottak lagon Pordessant, pavle Goenkar. III Sobit ganv, vhodlem nanv Put tuje, nomann kortaum Goenkar, aiz pois-pois pavle Pun tuka vissorlenaum Kai borem, shitoll vharem Ghevunk ami otrektaum Dhuddu moddun, ghor-dar soddun Gopant tujea, martat dhaum. _ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
[Goanet]Koinddo Bal ( other local Games, revival of old memories)
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'Koinddo Bal' is aslo known by other names like 'Gulli
Dhand'da', 'Gonj Barani'*
*Most Salcette version of local game-names ending in
'ni'
1. GOD'DEANI - (marbles, monsoon Game)
MILANI - With a hole in the ground...
BHODHEANI- Played in seating position ('Sitting' as
in toilet seating not western style)
2. NOKOREANI- Originally, 7 square shaped pieces of
olden roof tiles long curved shape (not Albuquerque
Noronha or Tiger brand) stacked together. Since such
roof tiles not available now, 7 Coconut shells used
instead.
One had to hit/break the stack with the (tennis)ball
and tries to put them together/re-stack before
someone from the opposition hit you with the ball.
Players cannot touch the ball but can use his foot to
shoot/throw away the ball, whereas, the opposition can
touch and pass on to the other team members so that
they can hit the person before all 7 pieces/shells
full stacked. Once fully stacked, game is won by
shouting loudly 'NOKORIO'. Minimum Players. 4 , 2
each side.
3. TABLANI- I really miss this indoor game (usually
played in monsoon):
Four one foot long bamboo sticks carved in D
sharpe with two sides, the curved side and the flat
side. Player toss up in the air (like juggling) and
catches with one hand and then throw on to the floor.
All 4 Flat side means 12 points, all 4curved sides =8,
three flat one curve=3, two flat two curve=2,
three flat 1curve = 1 or Tabl. Rectangular board
with 4 columns and coins (usually small 2 colour
stones etc) Minimum players: 2
4. ANJKONJEANI- I am sure, nobody heard about this
game. But we used to play early 70's.
This game is played in Trees. Player carries a
leafy branch of the tree
..
5. PAREANI- (Usually, a ladies game) Again, square
piece of olden roof tile. Sort of Aeroplane shape
marking on the ground. One legged hopping/jumping to
push the square piece of tile with your toes from one
house to another ( squares marked on the ground)
.
6. KANGANI - An Indoor game with square wooden or
paper board with coins (usually tamarind
seeds-chinchare)
7. MITTANI- This was very popular with both men and
women. With ground marking called 'MAZ' another word
used is 'HAR'. We enjoyed it when played with
girls.
8. LIPON (another version CHOR PULIS) - (hide seek
game etc).
9. NAL FODDNI/THANDOVOP- Coconut with shell used in
place of marble. Nothing but Coconut breaking.
Usually played in the North, popular places being
Goa-Velha, Agassaim etc usually in the month of
August.
10. UTUTU or KABAD'DI- I am sure every one heard of
this game. Its one of the Indian Games (also very
popular with military).
11. DOG THE BONE: English name but was very popular
those days specially at beach side.
(brought to GOA by Bomboikars? during summer
holidays)
12. GOLLGOLLEANI: (sort of gambling, still played at
the time of outdoor Tiatr, Kunnbhi wedding, football
matches, etc)
Thats all folks.
Will add more if I remember any.
Thanks for your time.
Joe
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[Goanet]Re: Interview with Lino Leitao
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## For copies of the book, GIFT OF THE HOLY CROSS, write to the author in Canada at [EMAIL PROTECTED] George --- Daryl Martyris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there's anyone living in the US who happens to have a copy of this book they can lend (or sell)please get in touch with me. Best wishes, Daryl Martyris
[Goanet]Taking potshots at Heta Pandit... and GHAG
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## If I may add to Freds educative post: There was a time when, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man was a king (or queen, gender depending). But when everyone goes about examining reality one-eyed, we end up with more kings and queens than necessity can possibly coronate. Or to rephrase the above, at any given time, there is a surplus supply of nonentities versus those whose faces have the face-value of accomplishment(s) or fame. Therefore, in the kingdom of nonentities, it is not uncommon to find all kinds of fires going, and every imaginable-size pot stewing over the fires, and from that languorous ground, of potshots taken at those who devote themselves to writing new recipes for the benefit of posterity. Having said that, I better scurry to check on the status of my own pot (or kunli) lest someone sneak in an odious potion or two while I am preoccupied writing this post! Dom Martin In a message dated 6/23/2004 9:13:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been following the criticism targeted at Heta Pandit and the Goa Heritage Action Group, and see it as part of the general diatribe against NGOs in Goa we have seen in recent years. For all their shortcomings, one has to accept that institutions and individuals like these have also a good side, which tends to get ignored when a spiral of criticism and a tornado of allegations comes their way . . . The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
[Goanet]Interview with Lino Leitao
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Thank you Fred for sharing the Interview with Lino Leitao I have always wondered if the characters in The Gift of the Holy Cross were influenced by the author, and your interview confirmed that. I agree with Mr. Leitao that Goa's don't read very much and don't appreciate the writing of other Goans. I however gain tremendously from reading this books which inform me about the lives and times that shaped my family. Obtaining books here is is difficult as the distributors are often waiting (indefinitely) for re-prints. Grant Buday's Golden Goa falls in this category. If there's anyone living in the US who happens to have a copy of this book they can lend (or sell)please get in touch with me. Best wishes, Daryl Martyris They don't buy sufficient books. There's no large Goan reading public. I don't quite know why; inspite of the higher literacy rates, they don't read their own writers. Other Indians very much do so. For book-signing events, I've hardly come across any Goan coming up for the same. In the State University of Chicago event, there were Whites and Blacks, but not a single Goan who came for this event. One researcher from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil has been working on my novel for her thesis.
[Goanet]Problems with colleagues and even Cecil PInto ?
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Incidentally, I have no problems with my colleagues Ethel da Costa, Margaret Mascarenhas and even Cecil Pinto. It's just that there's another side of the story waiting to be told, and, at times like these, someone needs to put on record the good side.FN - Confusing comment or just plain confusao, is it? Jealousy especially the mean-spirited resentment of anothers success is a sordid, destructive emotion. Consequently people have often sought to recast their jealousy as rivalry, which is perhaps a more palatable analysis. A solitary, creative activity such as literature should not be well-suited to the concept, but theres no doubt that authors can be insanely competitive: Will Self has described us as some of the most point-scoring, fantasy-league-making, standing-on-each-others-shoulders people you could ever care to meet. But this distinction between jealousy and rivalry is ultimately no more than semantic sophistry. The two emotions co-exist in insidious symbiosis, each feeding off the other, fattening each other up. Its the same needling desire to be better, the sour resentment of another. Rivalry is just jealousy skulking behind the façade of healthy competition. Viva San Joao G.Almeidaji __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
[Goanet]Shellfish Names (2 more)
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## How about ..? MENDHIO :(large circular shape shell , used in Window panes olden days. I remember, early 70's, these were sold like 'tisrio' house to house, but never heard of it since then. Does anybody remember? may be it is called by diffrent name in the north Goa. SHINGO: Very Very tiny version of Tisrio. So tiny that you need filter (Chann, a square shape made up of bamboo,). Usually found in large quantity and at once disappears/hide into the sand, hence you take the a large slab of sand drain/filter into the water, what remain in the CHANN is the SHINGO. Boiled water (The Stock) was used for Pulav or aros. I think this is still available(Sea shore, seasonal). Thanks/joe = http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]press release
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## JAZZ JUNCTION IN GOA AGAIN Jazz Junction made its debut at Panjim's fashion and jazz show L'affaire Xtraordinaire in April this year and soon after made waves at the 'Down to Earth' jazz festival in Panjim. Since then the band has been performing to rave reviews all over the country and is ready to release a debut album recorded live at the Razberry Rhinoceros in Mumbai. The band will be back in Goa To perform at the Marriott Resort's 'Ozone' on the 26th and at Goa's jazz club 'Jazz Goa' on the 27th. The current edition of Jazz Junction features virtuoso saxophonist Neelamjit Singh Dhillon a graduate from Canada's Hamber jazz college. The rest of the band includes UK jazz vocalist Helen Louise Jones, Goa's George Fernandez and Lester Godinho on piano and drums respectively and founding member Colin D'Cruz on bass. Jazz Junction's performance in Goa this time around is courtesy Jazz Goa, the organisation that will feature worldwide visiting jazz musicians in an informal club setting at Gonsalves Mansion, Campal. Jazz Goa plans on making these informal live jazz sessions a regular affair on the last sunday of every month. Membership to Jazz Goa is open to all music lovers and not only jazz connoisseurs. Contact Arman Gonsalves on 9822487818 for membership details. _ Pay Cash on delivery on lakhs of products. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/50757.asp Only on Baazee.com
Re: [Goanet]New Proverb project
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Dear Jose bab, A very good idea indeed, specially for the students and for those who want to learn konkani. Rest assured, you will get necessary help from me n fellow goans. I will forward to you my latest compilation which is now 400++ I too read Chavan's book, but found it bit difficult to understand, probably I have to read it over and over to get the right meaning. I am also working on the link sent by Lori and will post on Goanet that too will need some corrections. rgds Eddie Verdes KSA - Original Message - From: jose lourenco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]New Proverb project Dear Mr. Verdes and fellow netters I am working on a publication project on Konkani proverbs. I published a set of information cards called Amazing Goa recently and it was quite well received. Here I must acknowledge the tremendous help that Cecil Pinto gave me. This new proverbs project (not a book) is intended to make people aware of these ancient gems of wit and wisdom and eventually use them where relevant. Particularly for students and younger Goans. I read Chavan's book and it reveals excellent insights into life in other parts of the Konkan belt. Interpretation sometimes varies and can be mistaken. Chavan explains Goem Fatorpechan laguim as if you are going to Goa, you might as well also visit Fatorpa. But if I am not mistaken, it refers to a person taking a longer and unnecessary route to his destination/goal. Old Goa is in central Goa whereas Fatorpa is to the south. Chavan digs deeper to reveal the more complete picture in some proverbs. We would say Zor roddta pejek but Chavan has unearthed the complete saying which is Zor roddta pejek , goirum roddta jageak. This refers to a fever being starved out and a cobweb starved of space. Times change and we now refer to a bribe taker as a 'zor' that craves for its 'pez'. We also refer to Unn vodde ghantar pavtat This generally implies that where there is love, great things are possible. But the complete proverb Unn vodde ghantar pavtat, punn shelle vodde shezariank pavnant implies that far off persons benefit from us, but closer neighbours don't even get the stale buns. I have read your collection of proverbs on the net and have found it useful in my work.I would appreciate further information in this area from any Netters. I am also planning on releasing the compilation on Goanet for some sort of beta-testing. The proverb in Roman Konkani would be listed, with an explanatory paragraph. I would deeply appreciate correction of the Konkani spelling as well as the interpretation of the proverb. Let us consider it a collective effort of 'opar'-lovers to document and preserve our heritage.All assistance will be duly acknowledged. I will mail the first 50 proverbs shortly.These proverbs are not restricted to Goan origin , but cover the wider Konkani belt.As a proverb says Ami sogle ek, shitan kele lok, we were all one before, but circumstances and food needs made us into different people. Mog asundi. Ani unn vodde pavon tumkam. Jose Lourenco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet]Danish Sao Joao
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## My good friend Kenneth Ribeiro, married and settled in Denmark, wrote this to me: Today is the Danish version of St. Johns feast called 'Sankt Hannes' .whereby people gather around a bonfire (which actually symbolises the burning of the witches) and sing tradional songs, later there is a display of fire works... Do any other CyberGoans settled elsewhere know about Sao Joao celebrated in any unique way elsewhere in the world? Do they jump in wells anywhere else? Cecil
[Goanet]BRIEfnCOUNTERS: It can be hard to get published... (Lino Leitao)
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## IT CAN BE HARD TO GET PUBLISHED FOR A GOAN WRITER -- LINO LEITAO Goan expat writer Lino Leitao (born in 1930 at Varca) shares a cup of tea and his life's experiences with FREDERICK NORONHA during a visit to his home state. On a June evening, when the monsoons had taken a mid-season break and it seemed like summer again, we met up at Panjim's hardly-glamorous Cafe Prakash, which remains the favourite meeting point for some journalists. We tried to convince him to get his work republished in Goa. Excerpts from the interview: -- Tell us something on your work so far? -- I've published three short-story collections, starting in the 'seventies. In that time, I had migrated to Africa, after teaching at Don Bosco's in Chinchinim. In Uganda, I taught in a Gujarati-run school. My book 'Collected Tales' was published in the US, while the latter two came out from Canada's Vester Publications, called 'Collected Short Tales' and 'Goan Tales'. Besides that, I get published in many journals. Later too, I got a grant (in Canada, to where I had migrated) to write 'The Gift of the Holy Cross', published around the turn of the century by People Tree Press of UK. I'm expecting the same book to come out with a Canadian edition from Obrien Press, but don't quite know when exactly. My story 'Xamai' (The Grandmother) was published by the University of Calgary in its ethnic-studies journal. It is now being published in England by 'Confluence', a journal edited by diaspora Indians. -- What lies ahead? -- My novel 'Sorpatel' is almost finished. It's about my experiences in Uganda, and, from there, going to Canada in 1974. It's written in the third person, but based mostly on my experiences of the Goan psyche, mostly of Uganda Goan expatriate. Many of whom were civil servants who worked for what was then called the British Protectorate. -- How would you define your own experiences, migration and background? -- I was brought up in Goa, and my psyche is, I'd think, mostly Goan. I write about Goans in Goa and Goans abroad. After studies in Goa and the neighbouring areas, we were involved in campaigning against Portuguese rule. There was a campaign for autonomy on then too; but it did not work out. I studied Portuguese in the primary school. After that, I went to Popular High School, run then by Pundalik Naik and Costa from Seraulim. After that, I did my Matric from Pune, and college studies in Belgaum. I got involved with the Liberation movement in Belgaum. I started teaching there for awhile. Prior to the end of Portuguese rule, I taught in Chinchinim. Five months before December 1961 (when Portuguese rule ended) I went to Uganda to teach. From there, I landed in Montreal, Canada (in the 'seventies). -- Who were the Goan thinkers that shaped your views? -- Fanchu Loyola was imprisoned in the Peniche jail, along with Purshottam Kakodkar. I admire him for his ideas on democracy. He wrote a book on the economic status of colonial Goa, and had pointed out that Goa was a feudal state. His view was that if the economic foundations were not put in place, then the economy would never be in the hands of the Goans. Without this, political freedom would be meaningless. I also admire Francisco Luis Gomes; he talked about free trade long, long ago; we talk about it today. -- Do you keep in touch with Goan writing? Any work you find impressive? -- Recently, I've read 'Goa: A Daughter's Story' by Maria Couto. It's impressive the way she un-entangles the puzzle of caste and class, and the confluence of the Portuguese and the Goan in this region. -- How did you get involved with writing? -- I used to write when I was very young, even at the age of 10. Then, it was in Konkani and Portuguese. Felicio Cardozo, who
[Goanet]Re: [Goanet-news]BRIEfnCOUNTERS: It can be hard to get published... (Lino Leitao)
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## My story 'Xamai' (The Grandmother) was published by the University of Calgary in its ethnic-studies journal. It is now being published in England by 'Confluence', a journal edited by diaspora Indians. Dear FN, I read the story 'Xamai' of Lino Leitao in Konkani on Gulab magazine, translated by Late Felecio Cardozo. Lino Dourado = http://www.goa-world.net/poems http://www.goa-world.net/poems/lino __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: [Goanet]Shellfish Names.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## ZOB - (purple coloured shells) MADDOIEO - (tiny shellfish found on shore) Eddie Verdes KSA Can you or someone provide me some more names of Shellfish other than these? TISREO, KURLEO, KHUBE, KALVAM, SHINANNO, KUNDAIO, KONGE ani kitem? Lino Dourado = http://www.goa-world.net/poems http://www.goa-world.net/poems/lino
[Goanet]Taking potshots at Heta Pandit... and GHAG
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## I've been following the criticism targeted at Heta Pandit and the Goa Heritage Action Group, and see it as part of the general diatribe against NGOs in Goa we have seen in recent years. For all their shortcomings, one has to accept that institutions and individuals like these have also a good side, which tends to get ignored when a spiral of criticism and a tornado of allegations comes their way. Some face insinuations of extortion (the debate in the Goa Assembly against the Goa Foundation made it to the headlines in sections of the Press), others simply of being of non-Goan origin (while Goans remain smug and exclusivist, is it a surprise that campaigning on environment and labour issues has to be taken up by the Claude Alvareses or the Christopher Fonsecas), yet others for 'abetting a suicide' (MK Jos and Prof Afonso have been hounded over this), or even the South Goa Public Interest Action Group's insinuation that NGOs are voicing concern over Baina because of their loss of figures they could prop up to receive the funds (I've seen the work of Zarine Chinvala and Arun Pandey for long, and don't view them as fly-by-night operators, but rather TISS-qualified social workers, sensitive to the needs of the weak... Albertina Almeida and Sabina Martins have been in activism for over two decades, and can't even be accused of making a career out of it). The charges against Heta and GHAG seem to be based either on (i) her style of functioning (ii) insinuations of lack-of-transparency or even careerism and dishonesty (iii) her ethnic origins (iv) that the persons criticising her don't quite like her. I don't know Heta closely and haven't interacted apart from brief encounters at her functions. All one can say is that her output of work is indeed impressive; she's written and collated the kind of material that other writers, specially us supposedly-superior Goans, have failed to do. Is she arrogant? One doesn't even know; assuming she is, well, all people who believe strongly in their dreams tend to be so. My friend and long-time colleague Alexyz had a problem with Heta at the last Fontainhas festival. This lead to quite some negative publicity. But, the festival itself and the earlier one took the spotlight onto Goan art, in a way that didn't happen before. That Heta and the GHAG is being targetted by some in the media and the saffron super-patriots at the same time, is doubly unfortunate. Heta and the GHAG have been promoting the cause of heritage, in a largely non-sectarian and cosmopolitan manner. In addition, their work was giving a boost to art; whatever the shortcomings. Goa needs to build bridges among its (often quietly antagonistic) main communities; and Heta's work was seeming to achieve just this. Did she take up all the issues I would have liked her to take up? Of course not; but so what... This is like the Goan balcao-critics who target environmentalists, consumer activists, and a whole lot of others for *not taking up* issues *they* themselves wouldn't lift a finger to highlight. So what if Heta opts not to go in for an antagonistic relationship with the chief minister and the government, and instead take up a path of constructive engagement (as the West talked about apartheid South Africa before Nelson Mandela)? The real test of the pudding is in the eating; would such an approach produce results? We'll never know without going through it. The question of government fundings remains. Some issues, by their very nature, would perhaps depend on the patronage of those in power to survive. Heritage conservation can't expect to throw up antagonistic campaigning as, say, the mass-demolition of hutments in Baina. It is best left to those working on the issue to decide what issues they want to take up, how much they can achieve, and what are their goals. We Goans are great armchair critics, and experts in *advising others*. It's not fair to fault Heta simply because she-doesn't-dislike-Parrikar-as-much-as-I-do. On the issue of her ethnic origins, an issue which has been hinted at but not quite raised bluntly in polite discussions, quite bluntly, Goa has gained more from those who are willing to do something here rather than give advice from half-way around the globe. Whether we admit
[Goanet]Shellfish Names.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Hello Goenkar, Can you or someone provide me some more names of Shellfish other than these? TISREO, KURLEO, KHUBE, KALVAM, SHINANNO, KUNDAIO, KONGE ani kitem? Lino Dourado = http://www.goa-world.net/poems http://www.goa-world.net/poems/lino __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: [Goanet]Indian entrepreneur tells tale of Dubai
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Dubai ! The city that truely cares.. The subject article made me write this.I had a 3 year stint in Riyadh, prior to my present posting. Staying here for well over a year n half now, thought would pen some finer points about the place!!! Dubai is a materialistic Paradise! Posh, Modern, Clean, Convenient, Comfortable and Practical for everyday living. A tourist destination with a lot of activities and the commercial hub of the MiddleEast. It's interesting and I like the atmosphere, friendly people mostly from the sub-continent. Shopping in Meena Bazar along the creek side of BurDubai, reminds one of being at home! as you find a similar site in Margao and Panaji, but less crowded. Electronic items, gold silver is comparably cheaper being non taxable. The temperature rises to a staggering 45/50 deg C in summer and winter is cool and windy, dipping as low as 10 deg C in Jan. The Airport is right in the heart of the city and every 5 minutes you see a flight landing or taking off. Its voted one of the best airports in the world in terms of passenger handling, effeciency, facilities. while on a daily basis, can see the flights just above your head on route. At the duty free, you get to meet people from all walks of life/country. Truely an amazing site for the eyes. There are lots of promotions going around to attract tourists. Presently in the sweltering summer heat, the Dubai Summer Surprises is on. The Dubai Shopping Festival usually takes place, between January-March. The tallest building in the world 'Burj Dubai' has just started construction here which will rise to a towering height, overtaking the Petromas Towers of Malayasia along side by side with the Largest Shopping Mall coming on Sheikh Zayeed Road. Another one is 'The Palm' on a manmade island in the Gulf Sea, which will be the second thing visible from outer space, after the Great wall of China. There is a 5 Star Hotel planned, under the Sea. And last but not the least, a full set of islands, depicting a World Map. But, I as a Goan I like the scenic beauty of Goa as a natural Paradise. We have beautiful landscapes and idyllic beaches, some of which are serene with aquamarine blue waters and white sands, big shores and a vast Coastline. Walking along the beaches definitely gets me closer to my Creator! And his marvellous creations. Remember Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away Though I have my own appt. in margao, i like my parents place in Ponda. The ambience though is near to a countryside, happy and cheerful; Pleasant climate ! all year round. City life gets me down, but being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect. It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections. HAVE A NICE DAY!! === Seb d'costa Ponda/Dubai | Indian entrepreneur tells tale of Dubai's success | Mon 21 June, 2004 09:02 AM | | | By Andrew Hammond | DUBAI (Reuters) - When Ram Buxani came to Dubai 45 years ago, it was an | obscure trading outpost under the thumb of Imperial Britain that he couldn't | even find on the map. | Now one of India's most successful overseas businessmen and a pillar of the | Indian community in the United Arab Emirates, he says he is proud to live in | a high-tech metropolis whose rags-to-riches story matches his own. | I don't think I could have located Dubai on a map, he says in his | best-selling autobiography Taking The High Road. Dubai wasn't a | well-known destination in those days. It was yet to emerge as the El Dorado | where you could make money. | There was no water, no airport, no electricity, no roads, no telephone, and | there was no oil. Even flour for bread from the market had ants moving in | it, and you had to live in heat of 50 degrees, adds the jovial Buxani, now | in his 60s. | The book has been welcomed in the local media as a contribution to the | largely unwritten history of Dubai's stunning transformation over the last | three decades into a hip city of skyscrapers, commerce and tourism. | It also recounts how -- like more than a million other Sindhis who fled | south Pakistan -- Buxani's family was reduced to penury and refugee status | during the partition of the subcontinent, wandering the new India in search | of a new beginning. | Then at 18 he made the fateful decision to come to Dubai. | Indians were taking advantage of import-export openings in Dubai, a British | protectorate which used the Indian rupee as legal tender. One firm, run by | Sindhis, offered him a job. After a five-day boat trip from Bombay he | arrived in the Gulf. | Now Dubai is booming,
[Goanet]Mumbai costliest City in India
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Goa does not figure in this list, though I find Goa costlier than Mumbai..maybe its due to the property pricesRgds Eddie Verdes/KSA Mumbai costliest city in India, says survey By: PTI June 21, 2004 http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/city/2004/june/86124.htm New Delhi: The cost of living in Mumbai is the highest in India followed by that in Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore, a latest global survey said. Mumbai was ranked 109th with an index value of 66.8 while Delhi ranked 116 (64.7), Chennai 113th (54.2) and Bangalore 137th (51.1), according to 'Cost of Living Survey 2004' by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Tokyo, with a high index of 130.7, is the most expensive city in the world, the survey said, adding the Paraguian city of Asuncion was the cheapest. London ranked second followed by Moscow (117.4), Osaka (116.1) and Hong Kong (109.5). Multinational companies refer to such survey findings to fix compensation allowances for their expatriate workers. In USA, New York is the costliest while Pittsburg is the cheapest American city, it said. The survey covered 144 countries and measured comparative cost items in each location. The surveyed item costs included housing, food, clothing and household goods, transportation and entertainment. The cost of living in New York city was taken as the base (100) for the survey. Forwarded by Eddie Verdes
[Goanet]JOBS FOR GOANS
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## == Job s in the UK HOME START BARNET (the UK's leading family support organisation) is seeking to recruit a Co-ordinator to develop a Home Start Service with the SureStart areas - West Hendon/UNderhill. 30 hours per week / Salary NJC pt 33 #21186 inc OLW.The successful candidate will be responsible for developing the scheme and for recruiting, training, supervising and supporting a team of volunteers in the SureStart areas. He/she will also liaise with statutory and other voluntary organisations with with SureStart. For further details and an application form contact Home Start Barnet tel 020 8371 0674. CLosing date 6 July / Interviews 16 July. Donna Baines Tel: 020 8446 6624 Fax: 020 8446 6628 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.barnetvsc.org.uk 0 Do your CommUNITY a favour , share this post. rene 0
RE: [Goanet]Backlash in Bangalore over Goa demolition
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## It is not news about such a reaction. Goa has to bear with bharats poverty for the past so many decades. In the late seventies I remember the neighbouring bharat switching the power supply off due to a Goan reaction in Vasco. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]Backlash in Bangalore over Goa demolition Two Goa bound buses were resorted to stone throwing in Bangalore and a number of passengers were injured in protest against the indiscriminate demolition of the Goa Govt. There are a lot of Goans working in Bangalore's IT industry. regards, Samir Kelekar Bangalore. ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Re: Operation Red-light
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## In a forwarded message, Jeronimo Fernandes says: Read the article by Sandeep Heble, and the main question that arises after Operation Red-light - Now what? Being the oldest profession, which has been denied its existence, will it yield to more rapes? I am not fully aware of the geography of Goa, but it is my impression that the red light area is a phenomenon restricted to Biana. If this be the case, and what Jeronimo is saying is correct, would I be correct in saying that the incidence of rape in non-Biana areas is very high? Maybe, the people of all areas should encourage creation of red light areas in their vicinity, for the sake of the safety of their women-folk. Re: I think the best place to repartriate the women folks would have been near Monahar Parikars house, and he would have had many Monica Levinskys in his backyard. I think this is not in good taste. Whatever may be the faults of Parikar, and I go only on the basis of what I have read on this list, no one has, as yet, accused him of being a womaniser! Sachin Phadte. _ Pay Cash on delivery on lakhs of products. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/50757.asp Only on Baazee.com
[Goanet]Require details of PARSONS office in Oman
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Hello Goans in Oman, Can any person give me the contact details (Phone Nos Email address) of M/s PARSONS Engineering Office in OMAN. Pls reply ASAP. Thanks, ELVIN Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Off) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Res)
[Goanet]Life Jackets to be made compulsory on Goan beaches
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## In a groundbreaking decision tonight the Goa Government cabinet enacted a new Law that will make it mandatory for anyone stepping into the water on the beach to wear a Life Jacket. The Health Minister and the Tourism Minister faced a packed Press Conference today afternoon. Cecil Pinto reporting almost-live for Goa-World.com. Question: Sir, such a Law is not in force anywhere in the world. What was the reason for this decision? Health Minister: We were going through the statistics. Do you know that more people die in Goa of drowning than from motorcycle accidents? Question: Why is this? Tourism Minister: We have such a vast coastline and not enough lifeguards. Question: Can't more life guards be trained and hired? Tourism Minister: That is easy for you to say. If we hire more life guards then the old life guards will demand VRS. Health Minister: And political parties will want to know why we hired life guards from one community only. Tourism Minister: And the life guards will demand high tech watch towers and female lifeguards with sexy swimsuits. Everyone is watching Baywatch these days. Health Minister: Besides there is the question of drinking in Goa. Most drowning incidents are related to alcohol consumption. These people who drink do not listen to the advice of the lifeguards. Tourism Minister: Yes. They take the law into their own hands and even abuse policemen. Question: How do you plan to enforce this law if there are insufficient life guards? Tourism Minister: We are going to have high resolution video cameras on every beach which will be monitored constantly to see if anyone enters the water without a life jacket. And there will be motor boats in the water with sophisticated cameras to spot offenders.' Question: Can't all this equipment be used to just spot people who are in danger of drowning by swimming too far out? Tourism Minister: No! The contract has already been given for the equipment. Question: What about people who are just wading or dipping their feet in the sea? Health Minister: They too have to wear lifejackets. Children, old people everyone! Question: Even if they are in two inches of water? Health Minister: Obviously you have not heard of the dangerous undercurrents. Tourism Minister: What are you trying to say? Health Minister: You know very well! Tourism Minister: Do you know who I am? Health Minister: Everyone knows your background. Question: Hello! Hello! Can we get back to the subject at hand? What about river and pool swimming? Tourism Minister: Next year we will bring all swimming pools and rivers also under this rule. And the year after that even San Joao and other such festivities. Question: Any exceptions to the rule? Tourism Minister: Yes! All the children who have crossed the Mandovi and have had their photo in the newspapers are exempt from the lifejacket rule. They have to carry a newspaper cutting as identification. Question: Any other exceptions? Health Minister: Party hopping politicians also can swim without lifejackets. Question: How come? Health Minister: They will not drown. They will float. Question: What makes you so sure? Health Minister: -- ===
[Goanet]Fundacao Oriente supports RSS
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## How can the nagrik whatever want FO to shut its doors. Two RSS stalwarts from Calangute have benefited from FO sponsorship with vists to Lisbon. Even one of them has a cover of his painting donning a book written by a Portuguese author. So much for the lack of communication between the bharatis! B. Colaco ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Sold! To eBay! Baazee for Rs 230 cr
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## ECONOMICTIMES.COM[ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2004 11:25:35 AM ] Internet auction major eBay confirmed that it will acquire the Mumbai-based Baazee.com, Inc. and its subsidiary Baazee.com India Pvt. Ltd., one of the largest online marketplaces in India, in a deal worth Rs 230 crore ($50 million) plus acquisition costs and post-signing adjustments. The acquisition is expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2004. California-based eBay is a rare success among the thousands of dotcoms which sprung up in Silicon Valley during the technology boom of the late '90s. eBay does not expect the acquisition to have a material impact on 2004 net revenue and earnings per share, and does not expect it to affect eBay's financial guidance as issued in connection with its first quarter earnings release on April 21, 2004. The agreement will allow eBay to expand its global footprint into the nascent but growing Indian market. In turn, Baazee.com will use its new relationship with eBay to further develop its business and strengthen its position in India's e-commerce market. The combination of Baazee.com and eBay will allow buyers and sellers in India and around the world to gain access to a broader range of choice and convenience. Baazee.com currently has more than one million confirmed registered users who trade in a wide range of categories from consumer electronics and computers, to home decor and jewelry. Our relationship with Baazee.com is another important step in the growth of eBay's global marketplace, said Meg Whitman, President and CEO of eBay in a press release. Although it's early days for e-commerce in India, we believe there is great opportunity over the long term. Baazee.com's strong management team and solid focus on its community make it a natural fit with eBay, she said. Our partnership with eBay validates Baazee.com's business model and position in the industry, said Avnish Bajaj, Chairman and Co-CEO of Baazee.com. Our local expertise combined with eBay's global perspective will allow us to take e-commerce in India to the next level.
[Goanet]India's share in world IT? 1.4%
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## India's share in world IT? 1.4% BS Corporate Bureau in Mumbai | June 23, 2004 11:52 IST The market for global information technology services grew 6.2 per cent to $569 billion in 2003, up from $536 billion in 2002, according to preliminary results from Gartner Inc, global research firm on and analysis information technology industry. Intensifying activity in offshore outsourcing, in which companies shift jobs across national borders, contributed modestly to the overall growth. The United States-based vendors continued to lead the worldwide IT services market, attracting 59 per cent of total spending. IBM remained the largest competitor, with revenues rising 6.2 per cent to $42.6 billion, and its market share unchanged at 7.5 per cent. India-based vendors represented a small segment of the worldwide market, with 1.4 per cent of the total revenues. However, their revenues collectively increased 29 per cent, compared with only a 4 per cent growth among US-based vendors. Domestic vendors depend almost entirely on exports, with 92 per cent of their revenues coming from customers outside India and only 8 per cent within India. Vendors based in the US and India have been most successful at driving sales outside their native regions of North America and Asia-Pacific, said Kathryn Hale, principal analyst for Gartner's worldwide IT services group. Vendors based in other countries tend to sell primarily in their own country, then expand within their local region. As a result, vendors based in the US and India are more experienced in global sourcing and best positioned for global expansion, the report added. The gradual merging of the Indian economy with the global economy is opening up the Indian market for international competition, said Ravindra Datar, principal analyst for Gartner IT services research in India. This is encouraging enterprises in India to invest in technology and global best practices, further driving demand for IT services in India. The strengthening of many international currencies against the dollar had a significant impact on revenue results in 2003. Although the growth of services industry improved compared with the decline of 0.3 per cent in 2002, growth rates were inflated by changes in the exchange rate of the US dollar, the report said. IBM remained the leader in Europe, Middle East and Africa region for IT services, with its $14.6 billion in revenues representing 11.6 per cent of total revenues in the region. EDS held onto the second position, although its IT services revenue was less than half that of IBM in the region. IT services revenue in the Asia-Pacific grew 10.3 per cent in 2003. Much of the growth occurred in the latter half of 2003 as the global economy gradually improved and Asian countries recovered from the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. On a worldwide basis, IT management services and process management services remained the IT services industry's best-performing segments in 2003, with growth rates of 10 per cent and 9.3 per cent, respectively. -- Opera - Simply the Best Internet Experience: http://www.opera.com
[Goanet]FRIDAY BALCAO to feature freedom fighter Mr. Madhukar Y Mordekar
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## --- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO Read the Balcao Synopsis on the website http://www.goadesc.org/balcao/ --- Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet, Friday Balcao the fortnightly discussion event to be held on 25th June will feature freedom fighter and social activist Madhukar Y Mordekar. He will share his experiences in social action and his vision for Goa. At the age of 84, Mr. Mordekar based in Margao continues to be active in a number of social organisations. He has had an involvement in the freedom struggle since the age of 12 and has been an active member of the Freedom Fighters Association. He has been an active member of various educational and cultural organisations besides being the founder General Secretary of the All India Senior Citizens Forum. During his Presidentship of Lokmata in 2000 the drains and gutters of Margao were cleared and 1200 truckloads of garbage removed Having taught yoga for the past 22 years he was invited by the NCERT for preparing the yoga syllabus for schools and colleges. 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.100/- to cover printing and mailing costs. Interested citizens wanting more information on Friday Balcao can phone on 2252660 or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] best wishes, Lillian D'Costa === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy ===
