[Goanet]INDUSTRY: Sesa Goa up on strong growth forecasts
Sesa Goa up on strong growth forecasts Wednesday, 22 June , 2005, 08:16 http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13878230 Kolkata: The Sesa Goa stock is active on the bourses over the possibility of continuing strong bottomline growth this fiscal also. After last fiscal's impressive performance by this iron ore and pig iron exporter on global demand and robust margins, the company has recommended a total dividend of 250 per cent. It has also made a 1:1 bonus issue. The stock on Tuesday finished firm at Rs 603.20 with a traded quantity of 3.44 lakh, higher than the two-week average of 2.67 lakh shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange. According to analysts, the company, controlled by the Mitsui group of Japan, is expected to fare well this fiscal amid softening of iron ore and pig iron prices. The net profit may grow steadily this fiscal too on upward annual revision in the long-term contracts. The market seems to suffer from a general confusion on indications of a weakening demand from China, Europe and the US and a downward pressure on global ore prices, an industry expert commented. This apparent confusion is being used by some as a mop-up opportunity. The promoters hold around 51 per cent of the stock while 22 per cent is held by public and 10.64 per cent by FIIs. Some analysts expect that the EPS may be Rs 150 plus this fiscal. Sesa Goa' EPS has grown to Rs 117.47 in 2004-05 from Rs 50.90 in 2003-04. According to P.K. Mukherjee, Director (Finance) of the company, the overall price increase for iron ore supplies for 2005-06 could be between 42 per cent and 45 per cent. However, he explained, that the price of coke, which had contributed a net profit of around Rs 150 crore out of the total profits of Rs 462 crore, may not be repeated this fiscal. Coke is largely meant for domestic market and it is witnessing a cost escalation on one hand and price deceleration on the other, Mukherjee added. For the Chinese market, the price revision was much better than the previous year, but not high as the Japan Steel Mill (JSM) mark-up of 71.5 per cent. The Chinese market contributes about 50 per cent of its iron ore export basket, while the rest is for Europe and Pakistan. Regarding the prospecting rights for iron ore, acquired in Jharkhand recently, he said it would take at least one to one-and-a-half years to reach the point of seeking mining rights. He, however, explained that the company was open to the idea of setting up a pig iron plant if it was put forward as a pre-condition for mining and export of iron ore.
[Goanet]Moidekar Clint
Clinton Vaz wrote: Nice to see 'friendly' fights between Aldona and Moira. But I'm confused about the side I should take. My Grandfather was brought up in Burma/Aldona, but married a Nachnolkar and retired in Moira. All my childhood memories were based in Moira, so I guess I'm biased to the Moira camp. But then Moidekars are associated with madness, and that makes me think again. Thank heavens I'm living as a Benaulikar! :-) Nowaiteaarghh!!! They are known for their madness too! I was born in a Bandra hospital, and technically lived in the big city for a week. Does that make me a Bomoikar? Dear Clinton, Your spread-out village ancestry makes it difficult to pin down your exact heritage but I would think your earliest childhood memories are the best hook from which to take your origins. If you earliest childhood memories were of Moira then you are definitely a Moidekar. But seeing as how you come from good Aldona stock and I can't understand how you settled in Benaulim of all places. Who did you vote for? Forget taking your identity from Mumbai. A post-natal week hardly qualifies you. And as for Nachinola, the characterless village whose sole purpose of existence is to be a buffer between Moira and Aldona, the less said the better. In my opinion, considering your origins, you will do well in some business that has to do with lifting people's spirits up - entertainment, religion, alcohol vending... For more such analysis and fortune telling please send money to my PayPal account. Cheers! Cecil E-diviner Pinto (Aldona/submerged Panjim) P.S. Clint, What do those childhood memories you had about Moira involve? Any speedbreakers? Or just going bananas about 'shifting' opinions in the Church? =
[Goanet]We need real freedom fighters
Forget about all those dudes who call themselves or who the previous government called Freedom fighters so that they could get government pensions. While there were real freedom fighters who put their lives on the line to seek freedom from Portuguese tyranny, they have been overshadowed by hundreds of faux freedom fighters and others still fighting illusory battles against the colonialists. What a farce. What we need today is a new breed of freedom fighters, who will fight for clean government, and upstanding citizen politicians to clean up the mess that the current crop of politicians have created. Will Goa and Goans ever experience true freedom ?
Re: [Goanet] George Pinto's patently faux story about Everyone is a Goan
--- Joe Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ALL postings that do not offer sensible or meaningful message/s should be banned (without prejudice). I disagree. In an open public forum nothing should be banned, except material involving foul language used for the purpose of abuse. Everybody should be free to post whatever he/she wants. If people want to copy and paste fabrications that intentionally or unintentionally mislead people, they should feel free to do so. Others should be equally free to debunk these myths. An open, free, secular, non-sectarian, public forum should not be subject to any unnecessary limitations or restrictions. Cheers, Santosh
Re: [Goanet]Re: Everyone is a Goan
Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: I have heard authoritatively, that a banana boat via Jamaica was the carrier.The song by Harry Belafonte; come Mister tally man, tally me banana, was inspired by this Banana Man. Gabe, I always thought the sond was: Hey Mr. Tally Ban Mervyn3.0 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet]... and a scheme to assist stranded visitors
This sounds like a real unusual scheme! Whoever thought of it... --FN http://www.citizenchartersofgoa.nic.in/departments/provedoria/visitor.htm SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE TO STRANDED VISITOR A Stranded Visitor to this State, whose belongings are robbed or damaged or who has no means for transport due to which he is unable to proceed to his destination. Under the Scheme, the actual cost of the tickets by bus or railway IInd class plus incidental expenses of Rs.20/- per day per person fro maximum 10 days. PROCEDURE TO AVAIL THE BENEFIT : Application should be accompanied by F.I.R. and his destination. Tickets are supplied immediately. Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org
[Goanet]Guess who... old-timers on Goanet would remember Ambert Pimenta... (from pressrelease.com)
Dental Tourism in Goa . Dental treatment = Free Holiday to Goa ..see how its done ! Dental Tourism has now come to India. Goa recieves more than 1 million European Tourists a year. Here is how you can make a holiday to Goa almost free by opting for Dental Treatment. /24-7PressRelease/ - Goa, India, June 24, 2005 - Here is how you can make your holiday to Goa absolutely FREE ! Consider how much you pay for Dental treatment in Europe or America ...are the long lines and frustrating long waits at an NHS dentist wearing you down ? Compare our pricing with that of any NHS service or private practice for that matter, we will leave the competition behind. Lets put in a simple scenario...You are living in the UK, and this year you have chosen GOA, India to be your holiday destination. Cost of charter flight: 250-350 pounds Cost of Hotel: 200-300 pounds for 2 weeks Cost of Food/Entertainment: 200 pounds On an average we are looking at 600 pounds per person for the entire holiday. Now consider this, in the UK an average crown costs you 200 pounds, teeth whitening 300 pounds, a bridge for 1 missing tooth needs 3 crowns so you spend 600 pounds. You have tooth whitening and a bridge put in ..it would cost you 900 pounds ...Now , at our surgery you would spend 180+60=240 pounds a grand saving of 660 pounds ..isn't that a holiday FREE !! Visit http://www.goadentist. ourism in Goa . Dental treatment = Free Holiday to Goa ..see how its done ! Dental Tourism has now come to India. Goa recieves more than 1 million European Tourists a year. Here is how you can make a holiday to Goa almost free by opting for Dental Treatment. http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/view_press_release.php?rID=6568
[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * June 24, 2005 * Dry Sao Joao in Goa today...
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s JUNE 24, 2005 DATELINE: GOA / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 --- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ ya Y88D http://www.goanet.org [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] In today's issue: Mickky to get a ministership. It's a blame-game over Panjim's recent flooding and the mess-up at the Kala Academy, renovated at a huge cost by the outgoing Parrikar government. Sao Joao was a mostly dry day in Goa; as boys swam at the Donvaddo pond in Saligao, dark clouds brought in wind and rain that lasted just a few minutes, which was greeted by some shouts of Viva Sao Joao. Want to plant fruit-bearing or ornamental plants in Goa? Read on o Mickky Pacheco to be inducted into Rane cabinet. (NT) Swearing-in by Saturday. Margaret Alva assuages Congressmen(H) Disgruntled MLAs to get the crumbs. (H) o Rane government to seek explanation on Kala Academy renovation works, done in a hurry to meet the deadline. He said the renovation works were horrible, resulting in water leakages from the roof and damage to interiors of Goa's premier cultural centre. (NT) Sub-contractors recommended by GSIDC goofed up on water-proofing at Kala Academy. (GT) KA mess is the result of hasty work, says Rane. (GT) Non-completion of work is the main cause of KA situation, explains Parrikar. (GT) o Former CM Manohar Parrikar blames Corporation of the City of Panjim commissioner N Suryanarayana for the June 21 flooding in some Panjim areas. (NT) o Rane refuses to fix blame on flooding issue. (H) o BJP protests rise of petrol and diesel in Panjim. (H) o Ravanfond bridge road cracking. The approach road to the newly-constructed bridge has developed cracks.(H) o Leakage of ammonia from one of the units at the Corlim industrial estate triggered panic among workers. (GT) COMMENT IN GOMANTAK TIMES: Mr Pratapsing Rane is increasingly beginning to look like Emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burnt. His comment on Thursday that he would like to study the flooding of the Kala Academy and the haste and faulty construction work on projects related to IFFI in totality is a classic case of passing the buck. And letting the problem die down. Whose side is Mr Rane on? [GT] o Colva famers complain of damage to paddy fields, left inundated by the heavy rains earlier this week. (H) o Parrikar was obsessed with IFFI, says GPCC. (H) o Hospicio, Asilo to have added facilities for testing HIV/AIDS. (H) o Goa University plans hostel for foreign students. (H) o Divar Fun Club will organise a Sao Joao jam-up near Step-Inn Bar, Santar Bhat, June 24 from 6 pm. (H) Manipal Hospital and API Goa will organise a program on surgery for valvular heart disease. (H) o Gomant Vidya Niketan's library has been shifted to a renovated premise. (H) o Agnel Industrial Training at Verna is offering admission in Fitter, Electrician, Diesel Mechanic and Carpenter trade. o Monte TB Hospital wooden roof collapses; two labourers hurt. The festival starts with one practice of burning an effigy of Judev, a Jew, from straw and dressed up in a colourful outfit on the eve of the feast, June 23. But this practice is pravailing in only some pockets of Goa. -- Maria de Lourdes Bravo do Costa Rodrigues, in her book 'Feasts, Festivals and Observances of Goa', quoted in Herald, on the occasion of Sao Joao. --- FRUIT-BEARING AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS are available at Zonal Agricultural Offices in Goa, apart from private outlets. One option is the Duler Farm, run by the Goa government, where the price of plants is amazingly low, no wonder the stock gets over so fast. A nutmeg graft costs Rs 50, a binn'na (kokum) graft Rs 20, amla grafts Rs 30, and mango grafts Rs 32. There were some banana suckers priced at just Rs 6 each (only when stock is available) on Friday afternoon. Saturday and Sunday closed. Timings 9.30 to noon and 2 to 4 pm. Phone enquiries: 226 2368. You can also get such plants from Ela (near Old Goa) and other ZAOs, including Margao, at this time of the year, the monsoon planting season. Don't forget to check out the vegetable seeds available in small packets, priced Rs 3 to 10 including the sweet-corn seeds.
[Goanet]Harvey..................................................... hurtling down the severn.
WildGoa trip to Bonvonne lake: Rajiv D'Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] narrates about a recent trip. He writes, Hi Harvey, while you were hurtling down the severn dressed up as a zebra(!), some of us were trudging through the wet undergrowth at Bonvonne. - Goanet- Fred Noronha's We were there on the Iron bridge - cheering Harvey on - as he was hurtling down the Severn - UK. He was the only GOAN in this * Carnival * - fun raft - boat - race it was indeed a great sight to see the participants being pelted with eggs and water filled balloons , the spectators stood on the side of the river banks and on the Iron bridge too. Details on the Iron bridge : http://www.severnbore.ndirect.co.uk/bridges2.htm http://www.severnbore.ndirect.co.uk/bridges1.htm We have some photograph's - which we will upload on our Electronic album - * Goanint * very shortly. Will keep you guys posted. rene barreto a GOAN in the UK From a Library in Barnet. = == Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Parrikars straw- house
Never in the wildest of dreams would I have imagined that a short drive that I was to have a couple of days back would turn into a nightmarish mis-adventure. It was an experience that will remain etched in my memories for a long time. It had been pouring cats and dogs throughout the day. When the rains subsided a little bit, I, along with a friend of mine, set out from my house which is located in St. Inez and proceeded towards the Miramar beach in my Maruti Van. To my horrors, the road which so beautifully had been built a few months back resembled more like a river. Before I could have turned back half of my car was submerged into the water. Things got worse a few moments later as my car got stalled and stranded in the middle of the road. Both I and my friend got fully drenched while we unsuccessfully tried to get the stranded car off the main road and I then had to pay some street urchins quite a huge sum to get the car off. My own case was not an isolated one. I saw pedestrians wading through knee and waist-deep water in the dark as most of the imported street-lights along the stretch of the road were not working. The two-wheeler riders were perhaps the worst hit and they were having as much difficulty pushing their stalled bikes as mountaineers would have in scaling Mount Everest. I also noticed heavy water-logging near the bus stop and I pitied the plight of the commuters who would face great difficulties in entering and alighting from the bus to the ground. A friend of mine who owns a shop on that road mentioned to me how the rainwater, mixed with uncleared street garbage, had entered into his business establishment creating an awful stink and affecting his business. While he used to do brisk business otherwise, the huge craters near his shop had driven away all his customers and the authorities whom he had complained to were just refusing to pay heed. In the night, the Goan news channels flashed images of the sad and sorry plight of Goas Capital City. My wet experience had its telling effect on me and for a couple of days I ended up landing sick in the bed. The predicament I had been in made me realize how Parrikars grand talks of having converted Panjim into a dream city a la Cannes were nothing but his own grand delusions. All that he had done was apply mascara, lipstick, rouge and some cosmetic touches to the surface of the city and create and illusion that was bound to disappear sooner rather than later. It took only a few hours of cloudburst for the chinks in Parrikars tall claims to be exposed. When that happened, the straw-house that he had built by spending crores of rupees had collapsed. While after a scorching summer, one would have thought that the rains would provide some respite to the citizens of the city, the Rain-God instead turned out to be the most unlikely ugly bad wolf who had huffed and had puffed and had brought the city down. The verdict was now loud and clear: that Panjim was no more a dream city, it resembled more like an obstacle course full of trenches and water blocks and its inadequate infrastructure had made even a brief spell a nightmare for its residents; that Parrikar was a good and an efficient leader otherwise but his over-obsession in creating the IFFI infrastructure in a jiffy had cost the city and its residents dearly. The downpour also exposed the corruption and incompetence of the civic authorities led by the corrupt-gambler. Although works for desilting of storm water drains, asphalting of roads, cleaning of sewer lines and pruning of trees had been sanctioned, the city commissioner simply refused to issue work orders because his palms had not been greased. And his actions meant that it had rained only woes in the city. That a relatively short-lived downpour could cause such a great havoc in Goas multi-Crore-IFFI city is a tragedy. That another political party, instead of trying to help the civic authorities in clearing up the water-logged areas, decided to seek political mileage through it by organizing a swimming contest is another great tragedy. That those who show utter callousness and disregard for human life and dignity and inflict misery on thousands of city residents and yet continue to remain in office is the greatest tragedy of them all! Cheers Sandeep Heble Panaji-Goa __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet]suzie
Suzie Coelho is Goan, and there's no doubt about it. When her father came for the first international goan convention in toronto in 1988, i asked him how suzie was? he was taken aback. he asked me how i knew he was suzie's father. i told him, i know and that's it. later, after his death I said something to the effect that suzie was married to sonny bono for a short time, and she replied to me saying that she was married to him for 9 years (if i remember correctly). Her brother is a professor of music in Calgary. In this I now forget her father's first name. but he was joint editor of the post-convention report, change and continuity, with prof. narendra wagle of toronto university. he didn;t work for world bank, but the health dept. he was a psychologist, i think. he invited me to come to washington when i spoke to him from new york during one of my visits. he didn''t know much of goa. he used to bug prof. jose pereira for lot of information. i think he also came to toronto for a seminar and spoke about something on goa, it was very poor. may be there are some goanetters who attended both the convention and the seminar and they could point out if i am wrong. eugene --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Goanet mailing list submissions to goanet@goanet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Goanet digest... Today's Topics: 1. Indian Immigration Conspiracy- Be careful (Pascoal Vaz) 2. View From The Outer Harbour (20-6-2005) (Thalmann Pereira) 3. Re: El. Power. Goa --TT1 (Think Tank) (halur rasho) 4. Spreading common sense ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 5. Re: Spreading fear through Chain letters (Francisco Colaco) 6. RE: Freedom Fighters. (Tom Carolina) 7. Re: New York Goans. (Jim Fernandes) 8. Re: Migration: Opportunities for children or wanderlust (Gabe Menezes) 9. Re: Recent items from Goanet (Bernado Colaco) 10. Re: Joseph Zuzarte on Feni (Miguel Braganza) 11. Re: Fwd: [Goanet]Susie a Goan? Then Sonny is, too. (Mario Goveia) 12. Telephone woes... for the lack of a phone directory (Frederick Noronha (FN)) 13. RE: Blindspot In Meaningful Aviation Planning (Philip Thomas) 14. RE: RE: Freedom Fighters. (Nasci Caldeira) 15. Sao Joao or 'Sunjanv' TODAY (JoeGoaUk) 16. NHRC pulls up state govts on disabled-friendly infrastructure (Goa Desc) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:21:20 -0400 From: Pascoal Vaz goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]Indian Immigration Conspiracy- Be careful Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org Indian Immigration Conspiracy- Be careful This is a well organized conspiracy by Indian Immigration, Police, Customs and Air India staff with networking at all the Indian International Airports. Be watchful when ever you give your passport to Immigration/Customs/Air India staff. The pass port can be easily tampered and can create trouble to you. They have found easy way of making money from NRIs. This is the way it works: At the time of the passenger's departure, if the passenger is not looking at the officer while he is stamping the exit, the officer very cleverly tears away one of the page from the passport. When the passenger leaves the immigration counter, the case is reported on his computer terminal with full details. Now all over India they have got full details of the passenger with Red Flag flashing on the Passport number entered by the departure immigration officer. They have made their money by doing above. On arrival next time, he is interrogated. Subject to the passenger's period of stay abroad, his income and standing etc., the price to get rid of the problem is settled by the Police and Immigration people. If someone argues, his future is spoiled because there are always some innocent fellows who think the honesty is the basis of getting justice in India. Please advise every passenger to be careful at the airport. Whenever they hand over the passport to the counters of Air India, or immigration or the customs, they must be vigilant, should not remove eyes from the passport even if the officer in front tries to divert their attention. Also, please pass this information to all friends, media men and important politicians. Every month 20-30 cases are happening all over India to rob the NRIs the minute he lands. Similar case has happened with Aramco's Arifuddin. He was traveling with his family. They had six passports. They got the visa of America and decided to go via Hyderabad from Jeddah. They reached Hyderabad. Stayed about a month a left for States. When they
Re: [Goanet]RE: George Pinto's patently faux story about Everyone is a Goan
George, Does your following post fit your idea of conserving bandwidth? Arent you leading by example -- by the stuff you post, which is (also) wasted bandwidth? ALL postings that do not offer sensible or meaningful message/s should be banned (without prejudice). Regards, Joe Vaz PS: Believe your post below got lost in the trash-box and escaped the persnickety eyes of our cyber-security, and managed to elude the scrutiny of the Snopes.com that filters internet urban legends, hoaxes and chain letters. :) George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: [Goanet]Re: ABC of Marriage Good heavens, is the pot now calling the kettle black? spare us all the wasted bandwidth. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:George, Very true. George Bush family also hails from Goa. Bush family comes from Moira, their Aryan ancestors had migrated to India during the Aryan invasion and then settled in Gomantak, now called Goa. Regards, Carlos -Original Message- From: George Pinto To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]Re: Everyone is a Goan All, I was doing some non-historical research at the Panjim Central Library this morning and this is what I learnt: Zubin Metha was born Zerome Mendes and grew up in Salcette. As a young boy, while playing at Colva beach, he got the idea to become a conductor and took the stage name Zubin Metha. It is not well known that his first job was a bus conductor on the Vasco-Panjim route which inspired him to Philharmonic conducting. In fact, a bus conductor job inspires most to anything except bus conducting. Englebert Humperdick was born in Chicalim. His birth name was Joao but when he visited Benaulim some people called him John. To avoid any confusion and a Portuguese-English conflict, he settled on the name Englebert Humperdick which is spelt in Romi Konkani as Englebert Humperdick. He used to hang out in Vasco as a teenager where the girls ignored him, hence the song A MAN WITHO _ Test Your Memory and Win Amazing Prizes! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/4686-26272-10936-429?ck=BrainTeaser DVD Players, Digicams more!
[Goanet]ST JOHN THE BAPTIST FEAST-HAPPY FEAST TO ALL
DEAR JOE . BENAULIM FEAST IF YOU ARE MISSING GOA SO MUCH COME TO OUR FEAST HAPPY FEAST TO ALL BANALKARS SEE YOU AT THE FEAST ON SUNDAY 26TH JUNE AT THE WHITE HART LANE SCHOOL -WOODGREEN DANCING MUSIC AND FOOD AVAILABLE . SO WILL THERE BE A LOT OF BANALKARS . REGARDS CYRIL TAN SALES (LONDON) LTD UNIT B, COLINDALE BUSINESS PARK 2/10 CARLISLE ROAD LONDON NW9 0HN ENGLAND TEL: +44 20 8205 6881 FAX: +44 20 8205 6884 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: www.tansales.co.uk This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.
[Goanet]Off topic. Development in China
This could be a little irrelevant on this forum. However, I thought members would be interested in this item. Sachin Phadte. Under the weather The Economic Times 14th June , 2005 MEMBERS of an Indian business delegation to China , who were there on behalf of a leading industry chamber of the country, were , during a sightseeing tour of Beijing , visibly impressed by the many state-of-the art flyovers that crisscross the forbidden city. The delegation's leader , who couldn't stop marvelling at the high level of infrastructure development in China , was cut short by his local cab driver , who informed him , rather matter of factly: My mother , along with hundred other families used to stay at the very spot under the flyover. They were given a day's notice before the whole place was razed to the ground. Needless to say , it suitably dampened the delegation's feel-good spirit. _ 44 Million Items on Sale.What Are you Looking for? http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/4686-26272-10936-377?ck=44MilItems Find it on eBay.in!
[Goanet]Konkani and Roman Script
Sir, Kindly give publicity to the following article. Pratap Naik, S.J. B.B.Borkar Road TSKK Alto Porvorim [EMAIL PROTECTED] ROMAN SCRIPT THE SOUL OF KONKANI Nelson Lopes R. Venkatraman, the former President of India, advocated the use of Roman script for all Indian languages. His noble vision was unity of script and National Integration. It would also facilitate the learning of Indian languages. Take the case of a person who wants to learn Tamil, but is unfamiliar with its script. It would be next to impossible for a non Tamilian to learn Tamil. First of all one has to master the script and then the language. A person who is familiar with the universally widely used Roman Script would learn Tamil or for that matter any Indian language if it is taught in Roman script. In this age of Internet and information technology, where the whole world has been reduced to a global village, the Roman script is gaining wide acceptability world-wide. It is a simple linear script and is computer and user friendly. Turkey, Swahili in Africa and the Indo-China region states have all resorted to the use of Roman script for their languages. The Chinese, Japanese, Punjabi, Sindhi and Kashmiri are using Roman script for e-mail correspondence. Therefore it becomes easier for any tourist visiting Malaysia or Vietnam, to read the sign boards and his destinations, though in the local languages but written in Roman Script. Take the case of India where there are hundreds of languages and dialects written in various scripts, wouldn't an Indian traveling from North to South find it easier to travel if all the sign boards were written in the Roman script? The Indian Army uses Hindi, written in the Roman script to instruct its recruits. As the army recruits come from diverse regions speaking different languages, can anybody dare to call the Indian Army or President R. Venkatraman, antinational or divisive? Have both the Indian Army and the former President deviated from the cultural mainstream of India? or become less patriotic? Is our nationalism dependent on the script we use for a particular language? Ever since the Dalgado Konknni Akademi was established to unite and motivate the sidelined Konkani writers, readers and speakers of books written in Roman script and enthusiasts, who sacrificed their life for the cause of Konkani, but denied any benefits. Loud noises are heard from self proclaimed defendants of Konkani, they accuse the efficient bearers of the DKA as divisive elements and antinational. They also label them as activists alienated from the cultural mainstream of India. By the way, where is the unity amongst the Konkani forces? Why are lakhs of rupees spent on Konkani by the Government used by only a few? A coterie of script fundamentalists whose only aim is to share the booty amongst themselves. Though the language bill was passed in the year 1987, Konkani as the official language remains only on paper. The bill has never been implemented and never will. Majority of government schools and private schools run by the majority community continue to promote Marathi and not Konkani. The Antruzi dialect Konkani that is foisted on the unwilling public has not found wide acceptability. Only a small percentage of Goans speak and use Antruzi Konkani dialect which is spoken by Saraswats, whereas the majority abhors the use of Antruzi as they feel it is not their language. The Antruzi Konkani can and will only survive with the government support. If the government financial support is withdrawn, the written Antruzi will die a natural death and it only will remain as a spoken dialect on lips of these small percentage of Goans. At present it is mainly kept alive by government grants. In Goa there is more readership and support for written Marathi than Konkani written in Devanagari script. The most of the religious rituals of the majority community are held in Marathi and not in Antruzi Konkani dialect. This itself proves that the majority community does not support or encourage Antruzi Konkani dialect in religious, cultural and educational fields. Take the case of Roman script Konkani, which uses the Bardesi dialect. Ninety eight percent of Goans understand this form of Konkani. Literature in this variant existed right from the sixteenth century. The Tiatrs that uses this Bardesi Konkani is highly successful and today its turn over is in multi crores. Hundreds of cassettes of Kantaram are released every year. VCD'S of Tiatrs are flooding the market by the hundreds and are bought by the people over the counter. Vavraddeancho Ixtt weekly and monthly magazines are sold by the thousands by paper vendors. Novels written in Roman script sell like hot cakes the moment they are released. Religious hymns, Bible readings, masses and other religious literature and church bulletins are in the Bardesi version Konkani. This shade of Konkani is sought to be suppressed and eliminated by the Devanagari
[Goanet]NHRC pulls up state govts on disabled-friendly infrastructure
- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ --- -- NHRC pulls up state govts on disabled-friendly infrastructure -- Pulling up state governments for non-availability of disabled-friendly infrastructure, NHRC today said economic considerations cannot be put up as excuse for not fulfilling constitutional guarantees to put them into place. Terming imposition of physical and social barriers as some of the most insidious forms of discrimination against the differently abled, National Human Rights Commission chairperson, Mr Justice (retd) A S Anand said the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, had compiled provisions concerning barrier-free physical and transport environments. These measures actually draw on Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution, which guarantee access to public places and employment without discrimination of any kind, he said at a National Conference on Disability organised by NHRC here. However, implementation of these arrangements has been lopsided and states often attribute this to a lack of economic capacity. Constitutional guarantees cannot be permitted to be set at naught on economic considerations, he said. Mr Justice Anand said there were 21.9 million differently abled persons in India - 2.13 per cent of its population and disability rights were a new dimension in the human rights framework. There was need to develop awareness about these rights among legal practitioners, academicians and government functionaries, he said. With the maturation of democracy, the content of rights too expands creating a new set of obligations for duty holders. Thus, a dynamic, broad and contect specific policy on continuing education in the human rights framework is imperative, he said. - The Navhind Times 24/06/05 page 7 - --- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK --- an initiative of GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE to promote civic and consumer rights in Goa --- GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goacan.org ---
[Goanet]Sao Joao or 'Sunjanv' TODAY
'Sunjao' Today (24th June) 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, as a child, 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 = St. John Missing Goa Very badly... Goemkara, Where ever you are... Wishing you Happy 'Sao Joao' But pl. dont (drink ) jump into the well [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For info on Konkani VCDs (Films, Tiatr, Comedies and films on GOA...) http://konkani-vcd.swiki.net/1 ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com
RE: [Goanet]RE: Freedom Fighters.
Hi all, I agree with what Tom and Carolina, that Dr. Wilie, whateve else he may be, is not a 'casteist'; I also agree that 'Freedom Fighter' is a matter of interpretation. Accordingly I announce myself as a 'Freedom Fighter'. I have never stated such a claim before. However I will not make any claim for special awards or pensions or any favours from the Govt. or the Community, unlike the many fake? freedom fighters who have added their names to the list during Mr. Parrikars torrid communal reign. At the time when Morarji Dessai was Ch. Mantri of the earstwhile Bombay State, a meeting was convened, at the Greens Hotel, at Apollo Bunder, Bombay. The Forum was titled: Focus On Goa. The Greens Hotel was where the new Taj Tower Bldg. now stands. It had beautifl views of the Gateway of India, and the harbour; this was the time when Bombay was really and truly beautiful; unlike now, when one has to run far and wide in search of beauty unencumbered! I was present at this forum and the nationalist in me had me support and vote for the actions as a whole, taken at its conclusion. At this meeting were present, besides the Ch Minister, Valerian Cardinal Gracious, prof. Aloysius Soares, prof. Armand Menezes, prof. Roque Correa Afonso, Dr. Simon Fernandes who at one time was Mayor of Bombay; among others whose names I cannot recollect, right now, (and sadly I was surprised there were no hindus from Goa); and a host of other small people like me. It was concluded at this forum, that instead of waiting for the Govt. to send an army, to liberate Goa; the people volunteers should walk into Goa peacefully; that was called 'Sathyagraha! This was the first ever effort made publicly to discuss the regime in Goa and bring about freedom. I had also secretly enrolled to go into Goa and get views etc from the local people, so as to gauge the public opinion on this; and we had to go thru the south of Goa, via Majali, in Karwar, on foot, thru no man's land et al; Within a month or two, came into being the first 'Sathyagrahis' marching in; and who were the sathyagrahis? they were the unemployed poor people from Maharastra (not Goa) and the Portuguese had no trouble after giving adequate warnings, to fire at these people and martyr them; This is the infamous incident of 'Do Do Marg! Then came in Nehru with his insulting words to a rep. of the Time Mazagine. and so on it went, until the day Krishna Menon's army marched in. Peaceful march soon turned into war like action and finally war! See, I can also call myself a Freedom Fighter too! Nasci Caldeira Melbourne From: Tom Carolina goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet]RE: Freedom Fighters. Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:30:39 -0400 Freedom Fighters. The Portuguese government during the 50's and on the 19th. December 1961 was a dictatorship, and if I am not mistaken the Late Dr. oliveira Salazar was in power. At that particular time anyone accused of posting a simple anti-portuguese poster was considered a criminal and languished in portuguese jails in Aquada for over 8 to 10 years. After the liberation of Goa there were many who claimed to be freedom fighters. Some claimed that they had fought for freedom from other parts of India. There were also others who wrote books and letters against the portuguese from Bombay and if they had the courage to visit Goa, jail was imminent. Concluding how to define a freedom fighter is a matter of enterpretation. Tom de Sousa in Hong Kong
[Goanet]RE: Blindspot In Meaningful Aviation Planning
SPECK IN THE OTHERS EYE,IGNORING THE MOTE IN YOUR OWN With utmost respect I beg to submit that 'there are none so blind as those who refuse to see, and none so deaf as those who refuse to hear. And so on it can go on. Since I am sufficiently stimulated by the loud talk of the Article into NOT wanting to be categorised as ,,,none so dumb as those who refuse to speak, I am constrained to FOCUS attention to some of the FALLACIES underying the viewpoint of Mr Philip Thomas, which are discernible to my limited and UNTUTORED perception:...[gerry ferns, June 23] Welcome to the discussion about aviation in Goa! Wish you had spoken up earlier these past few months. The disconnect might have been a little less. But better late than never, as they say! Hope you will find time to familiarise yourself with the archives before jumping to conclusions again on this subject. Your post can basically be carved into three parts. The bulk of it, items (c) to (k), is a forceful justification for an airport at Mopa. My quick reaction is that I agree with you 100% on these 9 specific points. The only trouble is, of late nobody (least of all yours truly) is questioning the need for Mopa! So all you have succeeded in doing is demolishing a straw man which might be a source of great satisfaction anyway. The other problem is that your post is such an elaborate justification for Mopa that you have left yourself open to criticism about a 'blind spot', specifically, your apparent blind spot about the role of the miltary in the constraints faced by Dabolim in particular and civil aviation in India in general. All I will say for the time being is that it doesnt help to make mother hood statements such as under items (a) and (b). The onus of proof about effective dual use and integrated security is on the military and not for civilians to accept as gospel from them. In my books, the Air Force seems to be visibly demonstrating much more flexibility at Pune than the Navy is showing in Dabolim! Maybe the concentrated industry lobby there is much more potent than the fragmented tourism and travel lobby here. If you have concrete information regarding Dabolim pls do feel free to share it. This brings me to the final point at (l) in which you have said: l}[Fallacy] that it is utterly neccessary to protect the STATUS QUO and not build another Airport in North Goa, as this would be against the interests of ALL GOANS/INDIANS. COME ON MR THOMAS RESPECT THE READERS OF GOANET.LET NOT MILK BE PASSED OFF AS SEASONED WINE You have to come clean and say whether you want Dabolim to continue with civilian flights ( remember your own rhetoric about dual use?) or whether you want to relinquish Dabolim to the Navy for interminable training of carrier based pilots in the heart of an international tourist attraction. P.S. If you see milk as wine you may have a real problem of visual acuity! Cheers!
[Goanet]Telephone woes... for the lack of a phone directory
You still have till Monday to submit an application to the telephone adalat of BSNL-Goa. Please do so, if you have any problems, which you probably will if you're a subscriber. If you could improve on the issues raised below, please do. Also, I'm working on a listing of Internet woes, so please send me your inputs. If anyone would like to add their names to this letter, please email me offlist. You would need to be a BSNL-Goa subscriber though. FN Long pending telephone-related complaints? Submit your grievances at a Telephone 'Adalat'. To be held next in August 2005. Send applications in duplicate, with complete details of the case, in writing to Commercial Officer (HQ), o/o General Manager, BSNL, Goa Telecom District, Goa Sanchar Bhavan 3 EDC Patto Plaza, Panjim 403001. Last date for complaints is June 27, 2005. Frederick Noronha Independent Journalist House No 784 Near the Convent Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa June 25, 2005 Commercial Officer (HQ), Office of the General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Goa Telecom District Goa Sanchar Bhavan 3 EDC, Patto Plaza Panjim 403001 Re: Telephone Adalat, long delays in release of telephone directory Sir, The unusually long delay in the release of an updated telephone directory has put us subscribers to immense difficulties, hardship, and loss of productivity. Each time we need to locate a phone number in Goa, one has to dial the enquiry, which results in a wastage of time, energy and resources. In addition, because of the expansion of the telecom services in Goa and other related reasons, a large number of phone numbers have been changed in recent times, only adding to the severity of the problem. In any region, the telephone directory is an important tool for commerce, professional life, and general smooth functioning of the economy and society. From the housemaker to the student, from the small businessman to someone searching for a shop dealing in a certain product -- everyone needs the service of an uptodate and accurate telephone directory. We, in Goa, have been deprived the same for the last three to five years. At the time when the last telephone directory was released, only a limited number of copies were put out in circulation. By the repeated delays in releasing the same, Goa has been immensely inconvenienced. At the same time, allegegations have been made about the circumstances under which the previous tender for printing of the telephone directory was issued. In this context, it is essential that a thorough investigation is made into the same, to ensure that the citizen is not put to undue harassment due to questionable decisions of the authorities, who are expected to act in public interest. In connection with the telephone directory, I have myself suggested repeatedly in the past -- and would do so again -- that the entire directory needs to be categorised on one, common alphabetical listing. In today's context, it makes no sense whatsoever to divide phone subscribers according to the exchange they are located in. Goa has a common dialling facility, and whether I live in Saligao, Taleigao, Pernem or Canacona in no way affects the way anyone needs to phone me. Exchange-wise listing made sense when Goa's exchanges were not directly connected with one another, and a trunk-call had to be made to dial up someone living, say, 30 kms away. Those days are, thankfully, gone. Today, if subscribers are segregated on an exchange-by-exchange basis, it becomes extremely difficult for anyone to locate a subscribers phone number. If I'm searching for a telephone number of someone living in Utorda or Mashem, it becomes very difficult for me to locate the person if I am not aware which exchange services the Utorda or Mashem areas. If someone doesn't know that I live in Saligao, it will become next to impossible for him or her to locate my phone number. This is a ludicrous situation! While on this issue, I would also suggest that Goa Telecom considers including a listing of Goa-linked websites and email addresses (of those who are willing to be listed, and surely all official numbers of public servants). Private initiatives on this front have already been undertaken, and it would be helpful if Goa Telecom undertook the same too. Sincerely yours, Frederick Noronha. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
