*** Goanet News Bytes * Aug 8, 2005 * Karnataka's elephants reach Goa for rescue
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / 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 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 8 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** LATE EVENING REPORT: Goa saw a series of heavy downpours on Monday afternoon, evening and late night. At the time of writing (0200 hrs Tuesday), the weather had cleared though. For now... o Karnataka's five trained elephants (called 'kunki' elephants) reached Amthane, near Bicholim in Goa, to drive away the wild jumbos who have been causing havoc in Bicholim and Bardez talukas. Herald had a nice photo of the five jumbos, strolling with mahouts perched atop, against the monsoonish green fields and small hillocks of this state. Photo by Arvind Tengse. o Konkan Railway resumes Margao-Mumbai train services from Monday morning, Aug 8. (NT) An update has been posted on Goanet http://www.goanet.org o Educationists seek Goa government okay for SSC package for weak students. Instead of six subjects, they'll have the option to answer five, if this package goes through. (H) o Konkani Parishad denies imposing Devnagari script. It held that the choice of Konkani was the result of protracted debates which took place over the past six decades. (H) o Slow murder of Mala lake, a feature by Dr Joe D'Souza. (H) Quote: Before the BJP came to power, the 70,000 sq metres of low lying area was reduced to 33,000 sq metres... In the name of beautification (by the BJP government), the 33,000 sq metres of lake was reduced to 9000 sq metres. This area has been the scene of bad flooding in Panjim, and ex-CM Parrikar had promised that his plans would alleviate this. o Three BJP MLAs threaten stir if power tariff is hiked. (H) Over a thousand school children assembled at the Old Mandovi bridge in Panjim, to remember the deaths of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago. They dropped their slips of wishes into the waters of the Mandovi river, praying for a nuclear-free world. NT o Vasco police fined 41 buses found violating traffic rules and collected Rs 4000 (four thousand) from them. (NT) o Disqualification verdict on Matanhy Saldanha likely to be decided on August 9. (H) Kingfisher Airlines launches its Goa-Mumbai flights from August 11. http://www.flykingfisher.com Kids TV is a venture floated by Adolph Rodrigues of Ful Na Pakli. Instead of a continuous flash of animated images created in studios, the hour-long programme will feature news 'read' by children in five languages, skits, monologues, dances and a cultural potpourri from Goa. Launch expected in a few weeks. Children will pick up some tidbits from the newspapers, and pass it on to viewers in Konkani, Marathi, Hindi, English and Portuguese! (Gomantak Times) o Ramada Caravela in South Goa will host a Jazz concert on Aug 9. o August 12 is International Youth Day. Nicole Suares of Margao explores the problems they face and how they tackle them. (H) o Italian language courses at Goa University. (NT) o Prayer booklet in Konkani authored by Fr Tomas Lobo, chaplain of Duler chapel. Available all over Goa.(NT) o Dance classes for kids, 5 to 12 years. Don Bosco Oratory Hall, from Aug 16, 2005. Jason and Sylvia Dance Academy. o Goa naval rescue teams evacuate over 250 people in Maharashtra.NT o Film director, producer Anup Kurian addresses students at Xavier's College, Mapusa. (GT) o Phil Corporation Limited, which has its operations in Goa, reports a net loss of Rs 38 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2005. o Nandakumar Kamat writes on 'Protecting Tiswadi's Last Green Oasis'. He writes about the 173 hectare campus of the Goa University at the Bambolim-Dona Paula plateau. Kamat says: With the bulldozer of unsustainable and haphazard urbanisation taking a heavy toll on Tiswadi's natural resources, watersheds, plants and animal habitats and biodiversity, the
*** Goanet News Bytes * Aug 9, 2005 * Panjim tries (unsucessfully) to dump its garbage at Verna
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / 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 www.goanet.org Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y88D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 9 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** PANJIM GARBAGE FINDS ITS WAY TO VERNA: Tension prevailed far inside the Verna Industrial Estate on the Verna-Loutolim border late Monday evening, as agitated locals stopped around 13-14 garbage laden trucks owned by the Panjim City Corporation from dumping waste in their backyard. (Herald) CONGRESS ACCORDS GREEN SIGNAL FOR HOSTING IFFI: Congress Legislative Party opined that since the Centre has awarded the state with funds, Goa should not hesitate to host the festival this year. It was however felt that the state should restrict IFFI expenditure to Rs 5-10 crore (Rs 50-100 million) in view of the pending bills of IFFI 2004. (Herald) ENVIRONMENTALIST BLAMES PUBLIC FOR GARBAGE WOES: Dr Claude Alvares also elaborated on the different types of waste, and spoke of initiatives in tackling the problem of garbage-disposal at Sonsoddo-Margao and a number of private dwellings and buildings in Goa. Dr Silvano Dias Sapeco (GMC, head of forensic medicine) spoke on bio-medical wastes, Prof Onkar Ainapur spoke on e-wastes, Dr Manoj Borkar (Carmel's) said garbage too could be a deployable resource. Commissioner of Panjim Sanjit Rodrigues explained how Panjim was converted into a bin-free city earlier, at a Quepem College seminar. (H) o Urban development minister Joaquim Alemao maintained that the Panjim Ciry Corporation had kept him totally unaware of their decision to dump garbage inside the Verna industrial estate. (H) o Rasta-roko staged against garbage plant at Sada. (H) o Education minister Luizinho Faleiro sets a deadline for new NCERT sysllabus by the next academic year 2006 (H) o Educationists in Goa want full-day school, at least for secondary school students. (GT) o Musical fountain mooted for Margao civic garden. (H) o Veroda could have a separate panchayat soon. It's currently part of the Cuncolim municipal council. (H) o Anita Rodrigues became the first Goan superindentent of police. o Ramchandra Mule elected chairman for Goa State Co-op Bank with Avelin Marcus D'Silva as vice-chairman. (H) o Recognition of Roman script Konkani demanded at Margao meet. (H) o BJP activists demanding Governor Jamir's ouster give Panjim cops a slip. (H) Gomantak Times says: BJP activists wrestle with cops near Raj Bhavan. (GT) o Businessman and politician Mathew Braganza of Mapusa celebrated his 57th birthday. He is building a health tourism project in Calangute, with a 60-bedded hospital. (H) o KRC rail traffic comes to a ahult once again, as the Central Railway route was not fully restored for rail traffic. (H) o Co-opted village panchayat members demand honorarium. (H) o Goa Today issue of August 2005 on the stands. Says an advert: Special bumper issue: pages 100, price Rs 12. o Gomantak Times highlights outdated information in Goa text books. o Goa has resources to become a major IT hub, says IT minister Dayanand Narvekar, at a meeting with industrialists. (GT) o Ten day computer awareness programme from Aug 17026 at Goa Science Centre, from 11 am to 1 pm. Phone 246 3426. o Consumers rights festival organised at St Xavier's College.GT o Megatrends in Margao is offering free broadband connections with laptops. Laptop prices start from Rs 32,500 (low-end) and desktop prices from Rs 15,995. o An evening of Jazz at Trafalgar Chowk, 8 pm onwards, Aug 9. Harmeet Mansela, Karl Clements, Sonia Saigal, Karl Peters, Adrian D'Souza. o Ramada South Goa presents Louis Banks, Joe Alvares, Sanjay Joseph, Bertie D'Silva, George Fernandes and Shefali Alvares, Aug 9, from 8 pm onwards. QUOTE... UNQUOTE: There must have been many involuntary shudders in Goa when the news came that a Menezes had been slain in a Tube station in London, because the name is far more common in our community than among Brazilians. VM de Malar in Herald. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** Goanet Reader: Against the tide, Nalini de Sousa...
## # Don't just read the news...discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet # # Goanet was setup in 1994 and has spent the last decade building a # # lasting Goan non-profit, volunteer-driven network in cyberspace. # # Visit the archives http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join Goanet. # ## AGAINST THE TIDE: NALINI De SOUSA, WHO EMBARKED ON A RETURN JOURNEY Global Goan * By Constantino Hermanns Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many young Goans dream of crossing the oceans to Europe and America. Proving that there are opportunities in her ancestral land, NALINI DE SOUSA, a Goan born and brought up in Portugal, has come back and successfully set anchor in Panjim. The conversation is short but straight to the point. Nalini does not disappoint me. In Lisbon we are nothing else than a number. Here everyone has got a name and a personality. I go to the market and know the name of my vegetable vendor, shoots Nalini, when I ask her if life is better in Goa. Finally something else than the usual ladainha of complaints and moans by migrant Goans who come back for short holidays on the beach with fat wallets and big words. Nalini Elvino de Sousa is a rare -- but not a lone -- case of a young Goan who has grown up in the shining developed world but chose to discover her roots and contribute for the development of Goa. Born in 1973, in Lisbon, she interacted with her Goan origins from a young age, dancing for the Ekvat group (Casa de Goa) and visiting her relatives in Goa every two years or so -- a romantic place I loved visiting she tells me smiling. There is not much to be said about Nalini's life in Lisbon. A normal Portuguese life with some Goan flavour here and there. That was before she interrupted her graduation in Chemistry at Lisbon University to get married to Dr. Bossuet Afonso (of Campal, Panjim), who was then studying in England. That was in 1998, certainly a turning point in her life, moving back to her ancestors' land from which her parents had left almost four decades ago. My Portuguese friends thought I was quite crazy to move here, in the end, it is the frightening image of India which prevails. But some have come to visit me and have changed their mind. Among the things she misses the most are her friends, cinema and food. So what was so strong to make her move here, I insist. Surely both had promising opportunities in Europe, I argue. My husband! she replies instantly, before adding something less sentimental: There are many Goans who want to leave, but we decided to stay and do something for Goa. And probably, after completing my graduation in Lisbon, I would have become just another unemployed person. Here I am my own boss she states proudly. We decided to settle in Goa and though there were some initial bureaucratic difficulties for me, I am not disappointed; today I would make the same choice again. Nalini and Dr. Afonso have a four-year old son, Anish. We speak Portuguese to him, but he goes to an English kindergarten. How did Nalini's professional life develop? Making the best out of her Portuguese background, she taught her mother tongue at the Instituto Camoes and at Our Lady of the Rosary School in Dona Paula. In the meantime, she also completed her M.A. in Portuguese Literature from Goa University and is now following a graduation course from a Lisbon university by correspondence. Recently she has also founded the new Portuguese-language kindergarten and cultural centre Communicare, based in Porvorim. We plan to start courses and teaching in other European languages very soon. There is much to be done in the education sector in Goa, she believes. But her main achievement is her own business, which she started in 2001 with the help of her mother. Their shop 'A Nau' -- http://www.anau4u.com -- is known all over Goa for its imported Portuguese food, wines and souvenirs. We started in Caranzalem, but the shop was small and people complained about the location. We then moved here to Panjim with great success, she says, though pointing out that the Portuguese suppliers are not very interested in exploring Goa's market. Thus the prices are a bit high for many people. Yet, if not a shop, 'A Nau' certainly would have been a museum, being so nicely arranged. People come here just to look at our products and to speak Portuguese to me, she tells me. Some Brazilian music plays in the background. So, Nalini, what are you in the end, a Goan or Portuguese? I feel both Goan and Portuguese, she says, smiling. In Lisbon I used to promote my Goan origins and identity. Here, in Goa, I feel I have to defend my Portuguese side. That is a necessity all
[Goanet]GOA TOURISM
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Ychklogin=Nau tono=196952leftnm=lmnu4lselect=0leftindx=4 A Goan carnival Maitreyee Handique / New Delhi August 10, 2005 Every year, two million domestic and foreign tourists land in Goa seeking the warm sun and the beach. But Arun Suri, chairman of Delhi-based, Rs 60-crore Blue Coast Hotels and Resorts, thinks there's little the coastal holiday town (sic) has to offer, other than nature. With Goa becoming an all-year destination, Suri feels there is a great scope of business as demand for Goa as a wedding and corporate destination grows. Earlier people wanted a second home in Kasauli or Mussorie. Today, most people want a home in Goa, says Suri. Nearly 680 charter flights arrived in Goa last year, a jump of over 40 per cent over the previous year. This year, nearly 750 flights are expected to touch down.
Re: [Goanet]Konkani TV Channel
On 8/9/05, v. fernandez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS On the spot guys like Frederick Noronha (FN),Floriano C. Lobo, Cecil Pinto,Santosh Helekar,Tomazinho Cardozo each a stalwart in his own right,can make matters move,and fast. I am not an on the spot guy. I am more than 10,000 miles away from the spot. I am also not much of a stalwart. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet]RE: Goa: Government Approves Monorail Project
The Konkan Railway Corporation's ambitious plans to start sky bus railway in Goa came dashing down as Pratapsingh Rane government on Tuesday approved setting up of Monorail service. The Rane cabinet which met this afternoon approved Monorail service connecting major towns of the state. How much money has the state invested in KRC's skybus? Can this investment be liquidated without too much of a loss? If Goa govt is not willing to buy into skybus technology then who will? Btw, what were the options considered by the Rane govt for intra-state transport of passengers and freight? What were the pros and cons of each? It is not enough to say that XYZ is used in this or that foreign country and hence we can go for it in Goa! This may be a surefire way for BOOM (and BOOT) to go bust.
[Goanet]Dog bhavanchea koxttancho A.P. ROJOLS CENTRE -Raia
Dog bhavanchea koxttancho A.P. ROJOLS CENTRE - Raia-Goa Aiz bhav-bhavanche sombondh tunttleat.Tigun urpak kotthinn. Konn konnachench tondd polleunk sodina. Rag-tiddok haddpi, huske-khonti divpi dusmankai ghevn bhonvtat. Thoddea bhavanchem natem rogta poros datt ani khoddpam porosui mozbut. Ekamekak samballpi. Eklo dusreak hat divn voir kaddpi. Sukh- dukh vanttun khoxalkaien jieupi. Luis ani Joaquim Quadros. Dog bhav. Raiche. Rafael Quadros ani Amaldina P. Pereira-che put. Hea dogui bhavanchi eklich Esperanca nanvachi bhoinn.Rosario Vaz-a thaim kazar zalea. Luis ani Joaquim, hea dogui bhavanchea monant ek lamb- rund ievzonn asli. Vegllich ievzonn. Purvozancho aslolo zago vosounk zai. Dogui bhavank dislem. Ho tancho zago Santemoll chear roste zaleat thoimsorlea rosteache kuxik aslo.Thoim kitem tori ubarchem. Koslo-i dhondo korpak boreak poddta toslo zago. Dogui bhav eka monan chintit ravle. Bhasabhas korit ravle. Hanga chear rosteam kodden chaiechim, soreachim dukonam asat. Posre-i asat. Anikui lhanache lhan choltele dhonde-i asat. Oslem kaim naka. Mhonntoch, konnem ubarunk na, toslem ubarpachem. Ani dhondo fulovpacho. Luis ani Joaquimchea monant gollonk laglem. Xekim dogui bhavanchem ek mot zalem. Family Restaurant ghalpak. Familimnim ektthaim ievn hanga visov ghevcho.Goenkaranche soglle toreche jevnnache prat. Bhov korun doriantle nusteache prat. Ani thondd-gorom pivonn diunchem. Dhondo ubo korpak hoch tankam boro upai dislo. Tannim nirnnoi ghetlo. Hea nirnnoiacher te thamble. He toren dogui bhavamnim Luis ani Joaquim-n ekvottan vavrun A. P. Rojols Centre ugoddlo.Family Restaurant. Sobit- nazuk dista oso. Fuddlean bori meklli svat dovrun. Dhondo chalik lailo. Goa Shipyard -ant elekttrixian mhonn kam korpi Luisan A.P.Rojols Centre-acho karbhar aplea hatant ghetla.Ratchi kallokhi rat foddit. Rokddich dusre sokallim, vell ogddainastana uttttha. Soddeak Joaquim Gulf-ant operator mhunn kam korta. Gulfant ravun dhondeachi vaspus korta. A. P. Rojols Centre-ant soglle mellun dha zann kam kortat mhonn Luis sangta. 12 Abril 1959 vorsa Luis-acho zolm zalo. Joaquim-cho zolm 31 Otubr, 1967 vorsa zolma ailo. Dogaimnim dhavi kelea. ITI kelea. Luisan elekttrixian mhonn. Joaquim-n plumbering kelam. Dogui toklen bhouch huxar. Business minded. Menotin ani zotnaien kam korpi. Osle aichea somazan eka monache ek motan dhondo ubartele bhav zai. Adim asle. Atam mellpak kotthin. WWW.V-IXTT.COM __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Goa MLA disqualified for flouting party whip
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75984 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Posted online: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at 0143 hours IST PANAJI, AUGUST 9: Matanhy Saldanha, the lone legislator of the United Goans? Democratic Party who had voted in favour of the BJP-led state government during the trial of strength, was today disqualified under the anti-defection law for disobeying the party whip. Speaker Fransisco Sardinha?s decision followed an affidavit by the UGDP in March this year that its MLA had violated the party whip and supported the BJP government led by Manohar Parrikar. Saldanha was a minister in the Parrikar government and had refused to withdraw support to the BJP and join hands with the Congress. - Regards, Carlos
[Goanet]Goa: Government Approves Monorail Project
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=13535n_tit=Goa%3A+Government+Approves+Monorail+Project from Rupesh Samant in Panaji - for Daijworrld News Network - Goa Panaji, Aug 9: The Konkan Railway Corporation's ambitious plans to start sky bus railway in Goa came dashing down as Pratapsingh Rane government on Tuesday approved setting up of Monorail service. The Rane cabinet which met this afternoon approved Monorail service connecting major towns of the state. The monorail, Mr Rane said, is much cheaper and eco-friendly mode of transport. Such rails exists in the states like Malaysia, Thailand and Bangkok. The state government will invite expression of interest from global players. The chief minister said that the government will tender the project either on BOOT (built-own-operate and transfer) or BOOM (built-own-operate and manage) basis. The chief minister favouring monorail said that the tracks for rail can be installed adjacent to the main road. Not only passenger traffic but the rail will also carry freight. -- Regards, Carlos
[Goanet]Dinesh D'Souza
I have been following some of the posts on Dinesh D'Souza. As has been said, whether one agrees with his philosophy or not, one needs to give him credit for his success within the Think Tank at a high level of America's social policy makers. As a Goan community, we should be glad to have members in various camps so that when needed we have a variety of resources to count on. However for the Goan community to call on Dinesh D'Souza (when needed), what has the Goan community done to help him. Through out al this debate, there were no post from Goans in the Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia area. What has the WGD from this U.S. region and this country (U.S.) done to recognize him? Have they ever invited him as a chief guest / speaker? Or does the whole of USA invite Dinesh D'Souza (even as a paid speaker), except the Goans? One could also ask what has Dinesh D'Souza done for the Goans in the USA? Kind Regards, GL Eugene Correia wrote: Dinesh has his own website http://www.dineshdsouza.com, but he hasn't given details of his herediatry. Made a more specific search on his goan roots on google. Unfortunately, the site does not list him as one of the proud sons of Saligao. Maybe rightly so, for Dinesh is a Assagoakar, and a grandson of Saligao, according to some of the posts here. But the tinto -- says it's proud of him, though not saying he is grandson of the village.
Re: [Goanet]Konkani TV Channel
While it's true that many of our Goans - are beginning to believe that the ONLY WAY we can achieve any thing GREAT. is by WORKING TOGETHER .Lets WORK TOGETHER - Can we ? Yes ..we can !.Goans Can! We need more- we need ACTION We got to start somewhere. Sincerene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the 'ORIGINATOR' OF GOA DAY and was able to motivate and mobilize goans ALL OVER THE WORLD to celeberate it,I think he is the right person to set the ball rolling. Everybody else will just follow, and make 'IT' (GOA TV) happen. v.fernandez (mumbai) PS On the spot guys like Frederick Noronha (FN),Floriano C. Lobo, Cecil Pinto,Santosh Helekar,Tomazinho Cardozo each a stalwart in his own right,can make matters move,and fast. __ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html
[Goanet]Attempts to devalue the Indian American immigrant
--- Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THE GREAT INDIAN CLASS TEST COMMENTARAO / S.L. RAO The author is chairman, Institute for Social and Economic Change [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elitism or meritocracy? In The Karma of Brown Folk, Vijay Prashad examines the model minority that many in the south Asian community in the United States of America believe that they belong to. He argues that American Orientalists (including ideologues like the immigrant from Goa, Dinesh DSouza), have perpetuated the stereotype that south Asian immigrants (unlike the blacks) are a special breed. They are said to demonstrate the finest qualities of hard work and an impatience to succeed. He goes on to paraphrase DSouza as arguing in his book, The End of Racism, that the oppressive conditions of life among black Americans is more a result of their civilizational collapse than of the persistence of structures of racial discrimination. Prashad takes the contrary position that this is a false contrast of racial stereotypes. He says that the attainments of Asians in the US are not caused by natural or cultural selection; rather, they are the result of state selection whereby the US state, through the special-skills provisions in the 1965 Immigration Act, fundamentally reconfigured the demography of south Asian America. Mario replies: There is no doubt that the the US set the bar quite high for immigrants from India, as Mr. S.L. Rao correctly states, unlike Australia, Canada and the UK. However, the Indian-American community still had to bridge the cultural divide and compete head-to-head with the best and the brightest in America, from native born to other immigrant groups. No one in America just gives a new immigrant group its success. This has to be earned the old fashioned American way, and the Indian community has risen to the challenge and has used it's unique advantages to reach the top of the economic pyramid in this most competitive of countries. So, I would argue, it is quite justified in considering itself a model minority in America and an example to other American minorities as well as the majority community, of the benefits of excelling in higher education, working harder than anyone else to make it more difficult for others to discriminate against them, and strong family values. I may not go as far as Dinesh D'Souza in calling Indian-Americans a special breed because there are many more in India at least as qualified as the Indian-American and willing to work just as hard. However, I would also not try and devalue the Indian-American community as some naysayers and Mr. Rao seem to do, and to discount it's enterprise, ingenuity, immigrant spirit, and the courage to leave the warmth and security of friends and family in India and compete in America at the highest levels of enterprise in the world. That American spirit, in my never humble opinion, is what distinguishes the Indian-American from other Indian immigrant communities.
[Goanet]SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN FOR KONKANI ROMAN SCRIPT ON WGD 2005
09/08/2005 Mr Rene Mendes, Co-Ordinator, WORLD GOA DAY UK PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS WIDELY AND ENSURE THAT SIGNATURES ACCOMPANIED BY RESOLUTIONS ARE PASSED on WORLD GOA DAY 2005 HELD EVERY WHERE IN THE GLOBE and send the same to THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR (TSKK) B. B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim GOA - 403 521, INDIA (0832) 2415857, 2415864 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website:www.tskk.org Kind attn of Fr Pratap Naik, S.J. Director, TSKK MESSAGE You are aware that lovers of Roman script were following the enactment of Official language Act 1987 on 4th February, 1987 asked to compromise on the demand for Roman script Konkani for the sake of Goan unity. What turned out is that only the diocesan run schools teach Konkani in Devnagiri at the Primary school level. All others teach English or Marathi and other languages. Owing to an unfamiliar and non standardized Konkani vocabulary ( which does not match the Konkani language as spoken by 95% Goans ) and is written and taught exclusively in the Devnagiri script, parents who cant afford education opt to put their children in English schools. 18 years after the Act was passed it has dawned on the lovers of Konkani in Roman script that the ends of justice must be met NOW or NEVER as only the use of Devnagiri script has benefitted a miniscule section of the Society familiar with this language and script. Konkani continues to suffer and will affect the future of Goa and Goans. According to Fr. Pratap Naik sj Thomas Stephen Kendra Porvorim just as a bullock cart needs two wheels to move so also does Konkani in Goa needs both the Devnagiri and the Roman script to progress Though this realisation has dawned late in the day it is never too late. Towards this end resolutions were moved at a meeting convened by Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA), at Margao, Goa on August 08, 2005 in the presence of Konkani Roman script writers, tiatrists, artists' and Roman script lovers at Grace Church Hall, Margao, Goa on Monday, 8th August 2005 at 4.00 p.m. *** We demand of the Goa Government an EQUAL STATUS for KONKANI in Roman Devnagiri script RESOLUTION 1. Goa's Konkani community is divided into two groups, namely those who read and write Konkani in Devnagari script, and those who read and write Konkani in Roman script. Therefore Goa Government should give equal and official status to Konkani written in Devanagari and Roman scripts. For this the Govt. should modify the Language Act accordingly. The present Language Act,1987 2. (c) reads Konkani language means Konkani language in Devanagari script. We propose the following amendment to 2. (c): Konkani language means Konkani language in Devanagari and Roman scripts. 2. Goa Government recognizes Marathi Akademi as the official Akademi for Marathi in Goa and gives grants. Similarly, Goa Government must recognize Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) as the official NGO of Konkani in Roman script and give the same amount of grants which the Govt. gives to Goa Konkani Akademi (GKA) and Marathi Akademi. 3. So far, Goa Govt. has not appointed the president of GKA from the Roman script group. The term of the present GKA president will be completed in the month of November 2005. Hence this time Govt. must appoint the president of GKA from the minority community. In the future, Govt. could appoint the president by turns from Devanagari script and Roman script groups. 4. GKA is a Govt. institution. At present a nominee of the All India Konkani Parishad is the ex-officio member of GKA. GKA Constitution must be amended to include a nominee of Dalgado Konknni Akademi as the ex-officio member of GKA. Goa Govt. appoints three persons eminent in the field of Konkani language, literature or culture as ex-officio members of GKA. While nominating these three persons Govt. should give equal representation to Devanagari and Roman script groups. 5. In the past Kala Akademi (KA) used to give annual prizes for books published in Devanagari and Roman scripts. For the last many years it has stopped giving awards to books written in Roman script. KA should be ordered to give awards to Roman script Konkani writers, and extend to them all other projects and schemes which are available to Konkani in Devanagari script. 6. Kala Akademi gives Gomantak Sharada Puroskar to Konkani writers in Devanagari script and Marathi writers. In future KA must consider and give this prestigious award to Roman script writers and artists as well. 7. Kala Akademi is established to promote the culture of Goa. Hence it should be asked to hold competitions and to promote non-stop Konkani drama, one-act plays in Konkani in Roman script, Mandos, Dekhnnis, Christmas carols, Church hymns, Motets, Intruz khells, Kantaram, Kunbi songs and dances, and other folk arts. 8. Govt. must name its new theatre for the performing arts in
[Goanet](Off-topic) Comedy fest
From a Reuters report on the ongoing Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Comedians from round the world have descended on Edinburghs Fringe Festival believing they have what it takes to make humour truly international. Whether pillorying every country that springs to mind or telling the joke about swimming badly with dolphins, they argue that humour needs know no boundaries. American comic Dave Fulton, among hundreds of stand-up acts to grace the stage at the worlds biggest, and some would say wackiest arts festival, thinks he has found the perfect solution; mocking every country he has ever been to. What succeeds in Dubai goes down just as well in Cape Town. Humour is invariably translatable. It is all about recognition and surprise, and stand-up comedy is the last bastion of free speech, he told Reuters after mocking fellow Americans as much as the rest of the world in his high-octane gig. Americas big problem is giving answers but not asking questions. It will take a decade to repair the damage done by the Bush administration, he said. Others do not escape his ire. Canadians are just Mexicans with sweaters, he said, casting political correctness to the winds. We cannot go to war with India -- we would have no one to connect us to our bank when we ring. Are Mario and Merwyn listening? Cheers, RKN _ Formula One fan? http://server1.msn.co.in/sp05/tataracing/ Get news, wallpapers and photos of Narain Karthikeyan.
[Goanet]THE GOOD NEWS: Newspaper reading habits catching up in Velim-Ambelim (Herald)
Newspaper reading habits catching up in (parts of) Salcete SOURCE: Herald By Herald Reporter * Aug 3, 2005 MARGAO, AUG 2: A newspaper stand for public reading may not be a common sight in Goa as yet, so to say. But, welcome to the interiors of the Velim-Ambelim belt, where one Could huddle around a small shed -- housing a newspaper stand -- to have a glance at the daily news. So far, about 10 such stands have come up across these villages and plans are afoot to spread the movement in neighbouring Assolna village as well. Says the architect of the movement, Anthony D'Silva, a tutor by profession, The idea is to inculcate a newspaper reading habit amongst the locals during their idle time. My plan is to open newspaper stands every two kilometres in these three villages. And, if D'Silva is to be believed, the response for the novel concept is fast catching up amongst the local populace. We found that people literally wait for the morning newspaper on the stands, especially in the Other Backward Communities (OBC) dominated areas, he said. D'Silva hit on this novel idea after the local Chaplain, Fr Eusico, asked him to do something to inculcate reading habits amongst the younger generation. This concept is being successfully put into practice in the Shiv Sena shakas (centres) in Mumbai and I thought why not give it a try in my own village, D'Silva maintained. The whole prupose is simple: I give the people an opportunity to go through the daily news at a place where they while away their time. Just by standing near the public place, I am sure people will read news by default. According to him, the people, no doubt, can afford to buy a newspaper, but either find no time to buy it or go through it at home. But how long will this movement continue, especially when it requires funds to keep it going? Says D'Silva: I have only provided the stands and the sheds. While the cost of newspapers have been borne by some individuals. And, he says, he can continue with the concept at least for the next one year, after which he intends to make the people contribute for the facility. ENDS
[Goanet]Re: Am not receiving Goadigest.
Hi Tony, It appears that the Sancharnet server has been having glitches, because it has been repeatedly rejecting mail. If this is the case, then Goanet will automatically put you on the 'no mail' option. Maybe you could try out the Gmail.com free email accounts, that give you 2GB rather reliable disk-space. This will ensure your account doesn't pump back the mail sent to it ;-) FN PS: Will send you an invite for Gmail From: Tony Alvares [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/08/09 Tue PM 07:25:15 GMT+05:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Am not receiving Goadigest. Hi Fred, As requested in my tf. conversation am sending this msg to request to reintroduce the Goa digest to my adds again. Thanks, Tony. 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]Goanet Reader: Against the tide, Nalini de Sousa...
AGAINST THE TIDE: NALINI De SOUSA, WHO EMBARKED ON A RETURN JOURNEY Global Goan * By Constantino Hermanns Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many young Goans dream of crossing the oceans to Europe and America. Proving that there are opportunities in her ancestral land, NALINI DE SOUSA, a Goan born and brought up in Portugal, has come back and successfully set anchor in Panjim. The conversation is short but straight to the point. Nalini does not disappoint me. In Lisbon we are nothing else than a number. Here everyone has got a name and a personality. I go to the market and know the name of my vegetable vendor, shoots Nalini, when I ask her if life is better in Goa. Finally something else than the usual ladainha of complaints and moans by migrant Goans who come back for short holidays on the beach with fat wallets and big words. Nalini Elvino de Sousa is a rare -- but not a lone -- case of a young Goan who has grown up in the shining developed world but chose to discover her roots and contribute for the development of Goa. Born in 1973, in Lisbon, she interacted with her Goan origins from a young age, dancing for the Ekvat group (Casa de Goa) and visiting her relatives in Goa every two years or so -- a romantic place I loved visiting she tells me smiling. There is not much to be said about Nalini's life in Lisbon. A normal Portuguese life with some Goan flavour here and there. That was before she interrupted her graduation in Chemistry at Lisbon University to get married to Dr. Bossuet Afonso (of Campal, Panjim), who was then studying in England. That was in 1998, certainly a turning point in her life, moving back to her ancestors' land from which her parents had left almost four decades ago. My Portuguese friends thought I was quite crazy to move here, in the end, it is the frightening image of India which prevails. But some have come to visit me and have changed their mind. Among the things she misses the most are her friends, cinema and food. So what was so strong to make her move here, I insist. Surely both had promising opportunities in Europe, I argue. My husband! she replies instantly, before adding something less sentimental: There are many Goans who want to leave, but we decided to stay and do something for Goa. And probably, after completing my graduation in Lisbon, I would have become just another unemployed person. Here I am my own boss she states proudly. We decided to settle in Goa and though there were some initial bureaucratic difficulties for me, I am not disappointed; today I would make the same choice again. Nalini and Dr. Afonso have a four-year old son, Anish. We speak Portuguese to him, but he goes to an English kindergarten. How did Nalini's professional life develop? Making the best out of her Portuguese background, she taught her mother tongue at the Instituto Camoes and at Our Lady of the Rosary School in Dona Paula. In the meantime, she also completed her M.A. in Portuguese Literature from Goa University and is now following a graduation course from a Lisbon university by correspondence. Recently she has also founded the new Portuguese-language kindergarten and cultural centre Communicare, based in Porvorim. We plan to start courses and teaching in other European languages very soon. There is much to be done in the education sector in Goa, she believes. But her main achievement is her own business, which she started in 2001 with the help of her mother. Their shop 'A Nau' -- http://www.anau4u.com -- is known all over Goa for its imported Portuguese food, wines and souvenirs. We started in Caranzalem, but the shop was small and people complained about the location. We then moved here to Panjim with great success, she says, though pointing out that the Portuguese suppliers are not very interested in exploring Goa's market. Thus the prices are a bit high for many people. Yet, if not a shop, 'A Nau' certainly would have been a museum, being so nicely arranged. People come here just to look at our products and to speak Portuguese to me, she tells me. Some Brazilian music plays in the background. So, Nalini, what are you in the end, a Goan or Portuguese? I feel both Goan and Portuguese, she says, smiling. In Lisbon I used to promote my Goan origins and identity. Here, in Goa, I feel I have to defend my Portuguese side. That is a necessity all migrants feel when away from home. Having diplomatically avoided my question, I make a second attempt. Do you speak Konkani? The answer is satisfactory and I feel she is on the right track to become a niz goenkar: I am learning Konkani with a private teacher. And I completed a course back in Lisbon, before coming to Goa, she assures me. Nalini's initiative carries a strong message. There are plenty of opportunities here and there is so much to do, perhaps like in Portugal during the 60's and 70's, she suggests.
[Goanet]NEEDLEWORK (Xivonn-suth)!
When God created man, He formed him from dust and breathed into his nostrils to bring him to life. He then planted a garden in Eden and put him there. Out of the ground, he made every tree pleasant to see and good for food. In the midst of the garden, he made the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to till it and keep it. He then warned him that if he ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he would die. When God made the serpent, He made it more cunning than any other wild creature. The serpent asked the woman if she was forbidden to eat from the trees in the garden. The woman responded that she and the man might eat any of the fruits, but if they either touched or ate the fruit in the midst of the garden, they would die. The serpent told her she will not die, for God knows that if she eats the forbidden fruit, she will be like God, knowing good and evil. Seeing that the fruit was good for food, pleasant to see, and offered wisdom, she ate some and gave some to her husband to eat. Then their eyes opened and they were embarrassed at their nakedness. So, they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. And this is how clothing originated. In the cool of the day, when they heard God walking nearby, the man and his wife hid among the trees. When God called for them, they came out of hiding. The man said he hid out of fear of being seen naked. God asked the man who told him he was naked and did he eat from the forbidden tree. The woman you gave to be with me, gave me the fruit and I ate it, said the man. When God asked the woman what she had done, she blamed the serpent for tricking her. The serpent was not asked. God curses the serpent above all other animals. It is to crawl on its belly and eat dust for the rest of its life. The woman and the serpent will hate each other, and so will their offspring. The man will bruise the serpents head and the serpent will bruise his heel. God multiplied the womans pain during childbirth, yet she shall desire her husband and he shall rule over her. And this is how man came to rule over a woman. Until the last century, woman was the slave of man. It took centuries for the woman to win over her right to equality. Today, most women in India are free from the bondage of slavery, and they enjoy equal rights as that of a man. In Goa, it was altogether a different ball game for the common man and woman who were both the slaves of the Portuguese regime. While some men received education, most women remained illiterate. There were hardly any women employed in Goa during the erstwhile Portuguese regime because they lacked educational background. Only the chosen ones enjoyed privileges of life, and they were none other than the landlord families. In those days, girls studied very little they would join the Escola Primaria (Portuguese Primary School) and drop out within a year or two. They would, at the most, complete Primeiro Grau; very few completed Segundo Grau a qualification with which one could easily get a job then. Girls mostly became housewives; hence, they did not study much. Girls parents would say: Ek pavtt kazar zatoch, cheddum kuznan somptelem; tor xikovn koslo faido? Vachunk-borovnk xiklear puro! (Once married, the girl will end up in a kitchen; so, whats the use of studying? It is enough if she learns how to read and write!) Parents, especially the mother, always wished for a first born to be a girl because she could be a great help to her. Thus, a first born girl would go on to become a second mother to all children born after her, and she carried on this role until she got married. In time, the experience gained in the field helped her raise her own family in a better way. She also took care of the house and learned how to cook food for the family. However, it is a different story in todays world. Many want to have sons who they feel will grow up and earn money and look after them in their old age. But a daughter is seen as a burden to be married off with dowry (still exists in some parts of Goa) given to her husband. In a country where newly-wed brides are blessed with the saying May you be the mother of a hundred sons, the ratio of girls to boys has become increasingly skewed over the years. Its a future without women in a country where today young brides are burned to death over dowry, where female fetuses are aborted and baby girls strangled or left to die. How do families that murder their babies sleep at night? I wonder! In the olden days, in the absence of education, xivonn-suth (needlework or custura [Portuguese]) played a vital role in a girls future. One of the few qualifications that a girl could earn in those days was a tailoring course, which also included embroidery. The course was considered as one of the
[Goanet]WORLD GOA DAY - BANGALORE , INDIA
88 Goans in Bangalore - India == Karnataka Goan Association , Bangalore ,India ooo webiste : http://www.kgabangalore.com/wgd.htm History : http://www.kgabangalore.com/history.htm 00 WORLD GOA DAY 2004 -- World Goa Day was celebrated on 21st August at Opus and did we party! An evening filled with lots of music, singing, dancing, competitions, great prizes and delicious Goan cuisine. The evening was kick-started by a fun round of a relay painting competition, followed by an auction of the four paintings and then onto a musical session of karaoke and dance competitions, lucky ticket draws and crowning of the Combo King Combi Queen. The highlight of the evening was the Grand Raffle and the winner drove home with a 14 colour TV ! Radio Indigo very generously sponsored this prize. The Opus laid out a delicious buffet of sorpotel, sannas, squid, fish curry n rice , bebinca and a continuous flow of their ever famous snacks. Believe me - all that gorging lead to a packed dance floor! Francisco Saldanha , President , Karnatak Goans - Bangalore , [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kgabangalore.com/wgd.htm 0 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet]re: dinesh profile on websites
Eugene, Though I agree with you that we should now put this issue to rest, I do not resist the temptation to ask you where you found the place name Saligoa. As far as I know, it is and has always been Saligao (or Saliganv in Konkani), never Saligoa. Excuse me for the question - no hard feelings. Jorge - Original Message - From: Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED]; goanet@goanet.org Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 9:15 AM Subject: [Goanet]re: dinesh profile on websites Thanks to Jose's instigation, I googled Dinesh. But even on his own website he hasn't given details of his herediatry. Made a more specific search on his goan roots on google and here's one of the sites http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040510/asp/opinion/story_3218559.asp Unfortunately, the site http://goacom.com/saligao_tinto/scroll.htm does not list him as one of the proud sons of Saligoa. Maybe rightly so, for Dinesh is a Assagoakar, and a grandson of Saligoa. But the tinto -- http://www.goacom.com/saligao_tinto/balcao.htm#dinesh -- says it's proud of him. here's what the Telegrapha site says: --- THE GREAT INDIAN CLASS TEST COMMENTARAO / S.L. RAO The author is chairman, Institute for Social and Economic Change [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elitism or meritocracy? In The Karma of Brown Folk, Vijay Prashad examines the model minority that many in the south Asian community in the United States of America believe that they belong to. He argues that American Orientalists (including ideologues like the immigrant from Goa, Dinesh D'Souza), have perpetuated the stereotype that south Asian immigrants (unlike the blacks) are a special breed. They are said to demonstrate the finest qualities of hard work and an impatience to succeed. He goes on to paraphrase D'Souza as arguing in his book, The End of Racism, that the oppressive conditions of life among black Americans is more a result of their civilizational collapse than of the persistence of structures of racial discrimination. Prashad takes the contrary position that this is a false contrast of racial stereotypes. He says that the attainments of Asians in the US are not caused by natural or cultural selection; rather, they are the result of state selection whereby the US state, through the special-skills provisions in the 1965 Immigration Act, fundamentally reconfigured the demography of south Asian America. Eugene Correia PS: Let's put this issue to rest.
[Goanet]Friends of Goa .........Join in the WORLD GOA DAY celebrations !
888 From: Chris Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Friends of Goa To: Rene Barretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friends of Goa 12 King Avenue, Weehawken, NJ 07086 (201) 430 4218 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] August 9, 2005 Dear Goa Afficionado: Friends of Goa, an informal group of NY/NJ Goans plan to celebrate World Goa Day on August 27th at Manorhaven Beach Park in Long Island where we have reserved a venue for approx. 250 people to congregate. We cordially extend an invitation to you for participation in this important yearly event which is celebrated worldwide to herald our culture and heritage. We are a nonsectarian group with an objective to bring all like-minded folks together in a spirit to bridge our differences if any, and emphasize our commonality by way of language, tradition and culture. Please go to our webside www.friendsofgoa.com for details. In view of the limit of 500 participants, we will be able to accommodate on a first come first serve basis. I would therefore appreciate your advising of the number of family and friends who would attend. I would also invite attendees to participate in the Indian Idol competition. If instrumental backing is needed, it may be availableplease provide details of the material of the performance. I look forward to your enthusiastic participation to make this event a resounding success in the best Goan tradition. Viva Goa! Chris J. Vaz 000 Fwd : rene barreto www.goaday.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet]Goan Traditional Mandos/Dulpods ( .. with double meanings?)
--- Attar Shipping [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is another version, which I heardthere is a mixture of portugese words in between... 27. CECILIA MHOJEM NAVUM Cecillia mojem navum, chedvam bitor cheddum kureoz-go hanv..2 Tum kureoz zaleari, muji matxe judi toear kori...2 Tuji toear korunk judi, sang maka kitem ditoloi feti,...2 Sinalaku ditam peru, Cecil voce queru vo nao queru..2 Mhaka naka tujem peru, dilear puro mogachem utoru..2 Udir martai re uddieo, Cecil tujeo dhamun dhor go mirieo..2 Bailean chandnem udelam, Cecil tujim dham gho zonelam...2 From my father's music arrangements of Mandó No. 4(english translation is mine): Ce-cí-lia mu-jem naum, ched-vam bi-tor che-dum cu-rió-so aum (Cecilia is my name, among all girls the most curious) Tum cu-rió-so za-lea-ri ta-lhar co-rum da-di ma-cá ju-di (If you are curious then tailor a jacket and send it to me) Don't know much about the rest of the lines, as he only used couplets in his arrangements, but: feti could be feitio (model i.e. what sort/shape/model of jacket, I suppose) The next line: Sinalaku ditam peru, Cecil Você que ou não quer-u (As a sign I give you a pear - Do you want or don't you? (proposal to a marriage???)) Here is one more name: Tem baim-chem udókú, cheddum katta godd-godd-itú Alot dolot ieta gô cheddum naum Morgoritú (Margaret) Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo Melbourne - Australia Do you Yahoo!? Messenger 7.0 beta: Free worldwide PC to PC calls http://au.beta.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Big Disconnect Goa/Diaspora? Global Goan
Hello Philip Thomas and Gilbert Lawrence, regarding a big disconnect between what you call Goans in cyber Goa and the native (sic) Goans, this has been a much debated issue here on Goanet. There sure is a gap, but also there sure are already many working on the terrain to shorten it. My contribution, you might have been seeing it, is fortnightly in the Goan Observer, since January. My Global Goan column focuses on this divide and seeks to bridge the gap by x-raying our Diaspora, but also highlight cases of success, disappointments, examples among the Goan Diaspora. Since January (before, for one year, I had written on Goa-Portugal-India relations in a weekly cilumn also called Global Goan) I have written features on Rene Barreto: The Networker Teotonio de Souza: In the name of History and Controversy Nalini de Sousa: Against the tide Eddie Fernandes: Spreading the Goan news Jorge de Abreu Noronha: Welcoming Goans in Lisbon George Pinto / Goa Sudharop: Giving back Daryl Martyris: Cyberaging Goa from overseas Keith Vaz: Goa in his mind... and heart Suraje Dessai: Third-culture kid And more are to follow. There is always a Global Thought and a selected Global Number of mine attached to each feature. Hope to have your contributions and suggestions also. Regards! Constantino - Philip Thomas , By any chance did you mean to say cyber Goans instead of native Goans at the end of this particular line? Why indeed is there such a big disconnect between cyber Goans and native Goans? Might be worth discussing on goanet. Gilbert Lawrence, Aug 6 My philosophical question: Why is there such a big disconnect between the Goans in cyber Goa and the native Goans about whom and whose interest native Goans write about.
Re: [Goanet]Re: Dinesh D'Sousa
--- Boromor Joseph Dias goanet@goanet.org wrote: Hi, Just for the record, Dinesh was a bandra boy. He was my classmate in St. Stanislaus High School, Bandra. Lived at Peter Dias Road. He was a briliant student in school an excellent human being. I dont know much of him in USA except that he used to write the speeches of Ronald Regan. If anyone one has his email address please pass it on to me. Mario replies: Hey, Boni, I'm sure Gabe and Eugene were overjoyed to read your message. Dinesh D'Souza's email address, which is public information, is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet]Aldona uk , London - website.
00 Aldona UK , London - website. http://www.aldonalondon.org.uk/ 00 fwd: rene barreto = __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet]Re: Goan Traditional Mandos/Dulpods ( .. with double meanings?)
Dear Victor, Yes as a direct translation from the portuguese curioso. But I feel there is more to it than what the word, curious denotes. The connotations however in the mando, in my humble opinion is more on the lines of sexual awakening/awareness, etc. But, perhaps she is saying that she is naive to the ways of the world, as clarified below. However, if one was to approach it in terms of archaic English (perhaps having parallels in Portuguese _ We need the Portuguese philologists/ ethymologits/speakers at this point) signifiers - we would see the word in a different light - one who is scrupulous, an ingenue (innocent girl), skillful or someone very accomplished (for instance, a fantastic seamstress). In the PC sense these meanings serve us a little better! Incidentally, the spelling of Kurioz has to be a Konkani romanization. Venantius Kurioz means curious! Regards, Victor
[Goanet]re: dinesh
Dinesh has his own website http://www.dineshdsouza.com, but he hasn't given details of his herediatry. Made a more specific search on his goan roots on google and here's one of the sites http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040510/asp/opinion/story_3218559.asp Unfortunately, the site http://goacom.com/saligao_tinto/scroll.htm does not list him as one of the proud sons of Saligao. Maybe rightly so, for Dinesh is a Assagoakar, and a grandson of Saligao, according to some of the posts here. But the tinto -- http://www.goacom.com/saligao_tinto/balcao.htm#dinesh -- says it's proud of him, though not saying he is grandson of the village. here's what the Telegrapha site says: --- THE GREAT INDIAN CLASS TEST COMMENTARAO / S.L. RAO The author is chairman, Institute for Social and Economic Change [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elitism or meritocracy? In The Karma of Brown Folk, Vijay Prashad examines the model minority that many in the south Asian community in the United States of America believe that they belong to. He argues that American Orientalists (including ideologues like the immigrant from Goa, Dinesh DSouza), have perpetuated the stereotype that south Asian immigrants (unlike the blacks) are a special breed. They are said to demonstrate the finest qualities of hard work and an impatience to succeed. He goes on to paraphrase DSouza as arguing in his book, The End of Racism, that the oppressive conditions of life among black Americans is more a result of their civilizational collapse than of the persistence of structures of racial discrimination. Prashad takes the contrary position that this is a false contrast of racial stereotypes. He says that the attainments of Asians in the US are not caused by natural or cultural selection; rather, they are the result of state selection whereby the US state, through the special-skills provisions in the 1965 Immigration Act, fundamentally reconfigured the demography of south Asian America. Eugene Correia Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * Aug 9, 2005 * Panjim tries (unsucessfully) to dump its garbage at Verna
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[Goanet]Satus of Trains Via Konkan Railway on 09 Aug 2005 at 1430 Hrs
See http://www.konkanrailway.com/website/press_2005/press_train_status_090805_1430.htm 9th August, 2005 1430 hrs STATUS OF TRAINS VIA KR ROUTE The following trains will be run from Mumbai, Goa and Mangalore via Konkan Railway route as per dates shown. 9th August ·KR3 Dn Dadar-Ratnagiri passenger train ·KR4 Up Ratnagiri-Dadar passenger train ·0112 Up Madgaon-CSTM Konkankanya Exp ·2620 Up Mangalore-LTT Matsyagandha Exp ·KR1/KR2 and KAM1/KAM2 passenger trains ·2449 Madgaon – Haz.Nizamuddin Goa Sampark Kranti Exp. All trains will start running via Konkan Railway route w.e.f 10th August except KR5 Diva-Sawantwadi passenger train (which is cancelled for 10/8/05) and the following long distance trains which are diverted upto 15th August. ·6333/6334 Veraval-Trivandrum Exp via Surat, Jalgaon, Manmad ·6335/6336 Gandhidham-Nagarcoil Exp via route as above ·6337/6338 Hapa-Ernakulam Exp via route as above ·6311/6312 Jodhpur-Trivandrum Exp via route as above ·2431/2432 Rajdhani Exp via Renigunta, Nagpur, Itarsi ·2617/2618 Mangala Exp via Renigunta, Nagpur, Itarsi ·2653/2654 Kochuveli-Chandigarh Kerala Sampark Kranti Exp via Renigunta, Nagpur, Itarsi. --o--
[Goanet]Hello sogle konkani mogi
Welcome to Goanet Bartholomew Mendes -Bab It looks like I missed the article from Jerry (see below), I looked into the archive up to 14th Last month, could some one forward me that ? = Jerry Bab, You have written a good article, but do you think it will materialize, you have mentioned the names of good personalities who have been constantly writing on Goa-Net. I feel this people only talk, and this konkani script as far as Goans are concerned is a must and not Devanagiri Script. We just blabber over this issues, but nothing concrete comes out, only arguments galore you find in this net. I am not criticizing anyone on this subject, but this is my view point. Ami Goenkar fudden soron zai. Kosloch raag nastana, hanv poilech pati yeah goanet boropak fudde sorla, i am member since long, but just a passive and silent member. Viva Goa, Bartholomew Mendes jerry fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello sogle konkani mogi A lot has been written on this forum regarding Konkani language. [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
[Goanet]Portugal: World Goa Day - Dia de Goa Damao e Diu 2005
Portugal: World Goa Day - Dia de Goa Damao e Diu 2005 20 August, 16, 17 18 September This World Goa Day celebration in Portugal (Dia de Goa, Damao e Diu) is the 3rd one to be held in thta country since 2001 when I took the initiative to start it. Then, in 2002 the scope expanded and I coordinated an alliance of all the Goa, Daman and Diu associations (then 6, now 5) in Portugal in a joint organization committe. In 2001 we had a lunch, a debate and some music. In 2002, I would like to underline: - Bus tour (around 150 people) to roads, squares, buildings etc. in Lisbon's toponimy related to Goa, with edition of a booklet with the relevant history and background to each place - Musical show at the historical 18th century Teatro da Trindade, in Lisbon, with presentations of music dance by Surya and Ekvat, and by Grupo Coral de Damao e Diu. - Youth meeting and carrom tournament - Conferences on Identity of Goa and may other events during 4 days In 2003, I would like to underline: - Cultural festival Goa, Daman and Diu with Goan music, debates, food, youth encounter, slides etc. - Film Festival Goa in Images: Amchem Noxib and documentary Bhaile (with debate on tourism impact in Goa) - Gala dinner with Municipality President of Coimbra (cooperation agreement with Daman), and representants of Loures (Diu) and Lisbon municipalities + administrators of Fundacao Gulbenkian and Fundacao Oriente and other events Now in 2005: a great programme worked out by the organization committe under the brilliant coordination of Eng. Leão Fernandes (Saligao) who has taken up the task after my departure from Portugal. Though he has a full-time job and a family, he has given as much as he could, and the excellent result is out! He did not only maintain the always difficult-to-maintain alliance of - Associacao Recreativa e Cultural Indo-Portuguesa (ARCIP) - Surya, Movimento Cultural e Ecologico de Goa - Casa de Goa - Associação Cultural de Amigos de Goa, Damão e Diu - Associação Fraternidade Damão, Diu e Simpatizantes but also support from many institutions and municipalities. If you have any queries, support, messages, please send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leao Fernandes) / http://goaday.goamog.com and if you can, why not drop by in Lisbon? Best regards, Constantino Hermanns Xavier (coordinator 2001-2004; 2005 organization committe member) Original Message Follows From: goaday [EMAIL PROTECTED] ENGLISH VERSION The most important day for us, the 20th. of August, is already at the next week. This day alone, besides more three days, we have the program for this day, held at noble places of Lisbon. From day 15 of August, we will not be able to guarantee your reservation, hence we suggest your confirmation as urgently possible, through the contacts above. The program is fruit of 6 months of effort by the associations ACAGDD, AFDDS, ARCIP, House of Goa and SURYÁ. It will count on the representation of Songs and Dances by the Cultural Group SURYÁ and EKVAT. Counts with the participation of the Catholic, Hindu and Muslim Communities. Counts also with the support of the Association of Friendship Portugal India and of the Goans former-residents of Beira and Mozambique. Counts with supports of the Ministry of Culture, EGEAC and the City Council of Lisbon. Now it depends on you, to transmit this message and to invite your families and friends; persons related to our lands, demonstrating recognition to this initiative of the Young, and above all giving an Unanimous signal of Hope for the Future for the Youth and the Preservation of our Culture. Do act fast and oportune of this beautiful program, as we count on your presence, Leão Fernandes (Main Coordinator in Portugal) English Version of Program: http://goaday.goamog.com/2005-Program.html Programa em Português: http://goaday.goamog.com/Programac-o-2005.html Contactos - 963313811 / 919715320 916936112 / 919373926 914751718 / 932312543 917446214 / 213930078 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet]KARNATAKA GOAN ASSOCIATION -Bangalore celebrates World Goa Day - 20th Aug
Friends ! The WORLD GOA DAY celebrations - has grown to embrace Goans all over the world , it has been hard to keep up with the events that are taking place. I was pleasantly surprised - when I recd an email from Jen Lewis to say that KGA was to celebrate World Goa Day - 20th Aug . If any one else knows of any other WGD celebrations that are taking place , please do let me know. 888 Hi Goenkar fausto cardoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] KGA celebrates World Goa Day - 20th Aug Hi! This is to let you know that KGA's annual marquee event - World Goa day - is being held on saturday, 20th inst at the Catholic Club, 7.30 to 11.30 pm. Like last year it promises to be an evening of fun games with lots of prizes, good (Accoustic Control) music to shake a leg to and a sumptuous Goan buffet spread (sorpotel, sannas, cafreal,etc etc) - only the venue is different due to regulatory constraints. As the CC can hold a large number of people, guests accompanied by members are allowed; and CC members who are not members of KGA can attend as guests of KGA members. Passes (inclusive of buffet dinner) are Rs 250 for members, with adorables (60+) under 12s at a special rate of Rs 150, members' guests at Rs 350. To be booked in advance, no gate sales. So pl block your calendars and book collect your passes from me or any other committee member asap. Cheers! Rgds, fausto. FWD : *~Jen Birmingham UK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VascokarsUnited/ Goans world wide JOIN in the WORLD GOA DAY celebrations ..to express their SOLIDARITY with Goans all over the world. To celebrate their Goan Cultural Heritage , and sing aloud the song PROUD TO BE GOAN YOU too can be PROUD ! rene barreto __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet]12th August FRIDAY BALCAO:Wildlife laws the Forest Dept.
-- 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 12th August will focus on getting Wildlife laws the Forest Department closer to the people in Goa. Most recently elephants in the North and some months ago is was the leopards in the South of Goa that have been in the news over their visits to peoples farms and residences. When the Forest Department puts out notices about turtles, mushrooms and frogs there is always misunderstanding amongst the general public. There has been a decrease in the forest cover in Goa as well as the number of trees being felled in the towns have substantially increased. Many new laws have been introduced and many amendments made to the existing ones with regards the Forest Department, however the people still continue to remain ignorant. Why have leopards and monkeys come in conflict with residents in the villages ? Do people know that snakes need not be killed and the Forest Department can be contacted for assistance ? Do people know the procedure to be followed to get a licence for felling a tree ? Is the Citizens Charter of the Forest Department available in a village Panchayat and Municipal Council ? What role can Service Clubs and NGO's play in making the Forest wildlife laws known to people ? How can Educational Institutions in partnership with the Forest Department help to increase the green cover of Goa ? What collaboration can be undertaken by Panchayats and the Municipal Councils with the Forest Department to increase the awareness amongst the citizens ? The Balcao discussion will cover these questions and also evolve an agenda for action by citizens on the issue. 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. We invite you to express your viewpoint by attending the Friday Balcao event but if you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by post to FRIDAY BALCAO Post Box 78, Mapusa 403 507 or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Those of you 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. best wishes, Roland Martins === 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 === -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.3/66 - Release Date: 8/8/2005
[Goanet]LETS DO WHAT WE CAN , LETS NOT DEPEND ON OTHERS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR US !
everywhere look horrible and spoil the companies image who do such advertising. is it possible to ban these hoardings? sonia . Lets us make Goa better. For too long we have waited for someone to make it better for us. No one does. Viva Goa. Miguel I agree with what Miguel states here above ... LETS WORK TOGETHER to make Goa a better place for our children and Children's children. let's not wait for OTHERS to do anything for us , ..that will never happen , we need more VOLUNTEERS ...more involvement from the Goan Communities and NGO's - and less from the Government. and its here that I d like to express my gratitude to Miguel Braganza for the wonderful work he is doing for Goa - his involment in so many things - in so many parts of Goa ... Thanks for his support and the time he has given to support OUR WORLD GOA DAY too I BELIEVE that it is important that we work TOGETHER - as equal partners , for the betterment of Goa and Goan Communities around thw WORLD ! We need to keep beating OUR drums for Goa and the people of Goa ! rene barreto TOGETHER for GOA ! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Condolences to Denis
Condolences to Dennis With deep regret I received the sad news of the death of Rita Mary Gonsalves mother of our Guitarist Dennis Gonsalves, on 3rd of this month at her residence Calata, Majorda, Salcette, Goa. She was 75 at the time of her death and during the last 18 months was suffering from paralyses. She leaves behind her 2 sons, Dennis and Derek and one daughter Doris. Besides 5 grand children, namely Kevin, Keega, Klien, Michelle Andrea. On behalf of myself, my friends and colleagues who share my viewpoint I send my condolences to Dennis and his family in Kuwait. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait. _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
Re: [Goanet]Konkani TV Channel
--- G Falari goanet@goanet.org wrote: I am glad that many of our Goans - are beginning to be believe that the ONLY WAY we can achieve and thing GREAT ...is by WORKING TOGETHER , yes - John Dias - Lets WORK TOGETHER - Can we ? Yes ..we can ! .Goans Can ! We need more - we need ACTION ...But who will break the Ice ? Those who write and suggest should also be prepared to play their part ... tell us how ? Voicing out to all, lets work in unity, help each other and raise the toast. If a single individual come forward and if there is no support/backing of any group/organisation, the case stands pending for years. REQUESTING the small as well as big group/organisation to break the ice and step forward. Please select a special committee and make things happen. Cheer ! Viva Goa. John Dias __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - August 9, 2005!
Boreantli bori budh ji tuka sodanch mellta tujea khasgi ghorantlean ievunk puro. (The best counsel you ever get may come from your own home.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
[Goanet]Goan Tiatirsts arrived in Kuwait.
GOAN TIATRISTS ARRIVED IN KUWAIT. The stage is all set for Rosary Ferns and his troupe to show the Tiatro Bhurgim Mai-Paichem Sukh on Friday 12th of this month at Hawally A/C Hall, at 4.00 p.m. All the visiting artistes are already in Kuwait and doing their rehearsals seriously along with their local colleagues. The visiting artistes who already have arrived in Kuwait are Prince Jacob, Humbert, Antonette de Calangute Annie Quadros. First time on Konkani stage in Kuwait audience will have an opportunity to see beautiful scenes under the direction of Simon Gonsalves. Feast of songs in different categories and beautiful story will be the major attraction of the drama. Those who still not obtained their gate passes may contat the organizers or Raja Stores, Kuwait City. The visiting artistes can be located on Tel. No. 2413634 in Kuwait City. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait. _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
[Goanet]Konkani meeting of Roman script writers
THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR B. B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim GOA - 403 521, INDIA (0832) 2415857, 2415864 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website:www.tskk.org Sir, Kindly give publicity to the following press release. Pratap Naik, S.J. Director Resolutions passed during Roman script Konkani writers, tiatrists, and artists' meeting held at Margão on August 08, 2005 More than fifty Konkani writers, tiatrists, and artists and readers of Roman script Konkani held a meeting at Grace Church hall at Margão on Monday, 8th August 2005 at 4.00 p.m. The meeting was convened by Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA), to demand equal status for Roman script Konkani with that of Devanagari. Mr. Tomazinho Cardozo, the president of DKA, DKA Executive members Mr. Wilson Mazarello and Fr. Pratap Naik, S.J., well known tiatrist Mr. Mario Menezes addressed the gathering, and explained the need of including Roman script Konkani in the Language Act. Mr. Ullas Buyãv, Cosma Fernandes, Boniface Dias, Jose Gomes, Michael Gracias, and others took part in the discussion. Mr. Jose Salvadore Fernandes, the secretary of DKA proposed vote of thanks. The following resolutions were passed unanimously: 1. Goa's Konkani community is divided into two groups, namely those who read and write Konkani in Devanagari script, and those who read and write Konkani in Roman script. Therefore Goa Government should give equal and official status to Konkani written in Devanagari and Roman scripts. For this the Govt. should modify the Language Act accordingly. The present Language Act,1987 2. (c) reads Konkani language means Konkani language in Devanagari script. We propose the following amendment to 2. (c): Konkani language means Konkani language in Devanagari and Roman scripts. 2. Goa Government recognizes Marathi Akademi as the official Akademi for Marathi in Goa and gives grants. Similarly, Goa Government must recognize Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) as the official NGO of Konkani in Roman script and give the same amount of grants which the Govt. gives to Goa Konkani Akademi (GKA) and Marathi Akademi. 3. So far, Goa Govt. has not appointed the president of GKA from the Roman script group. The term of the present GKA president will be completed in the month of November 2005. Hence this time Govt. must appoint the president of GKA from the minority community. In the future, Govt. could appoint the president by turns from Devanagari script and Roman script groups. 4. GKA is a Govt. institution. At present a nominee of the All India Konkani Parishad is the ex-officio member of GKA. GKA Constitution must be amended to include a nominee of Dalgado Konknni Akademi as the ex-officio member of GKA. Goa Govt. appoints three persons eminent in the field of Konkani language, literature or culture as ex-officio members of GKA. While nominating these three persons Govt. should give equal representation to Devanagari and Roman script groups. 5. In the past Kala Akademi (KA) used to give annual prizes for books published in Devanagari and Roman scripts. For the last many years it has stopped giving awards to books written in Roman script. KA should be ordered to give awards to Roman script Konkani writers, and extend to them all other projects and schemes which are available to Konkani in Devanagari script. 6. Kala Akademi gives Gomantak Sharada Puroskar to Konkani writers in Devanagari script and Marathi writers. In future KA must consider and give this prestigious award to Roman script writers and artists as well. 7. Kala Akademi is established to promote the culture of Goa. Hence it should be asked to hold competitions and to promote non-stop Konkani drama, one-act plays in Konkani in Roman script, Mandos, Dekhnnis, Christmas carols, Church hymns, Motets, Intruz khells, Kantaram, Kunbi songs and dances, and other folk arts. 8. Govt. must name its new theatre for the performing arts in Margão, in honour of Late João Augustinho Fernandes, who is popularly known as Pai Tiatrist. By doing this Govt. will honour a great Goan tiatrist and his minority community. If this is not done we are forced to consider it as an insult done by the Govt. to Goans and Goan tiatrists and artists. 9. Tiatr is the most popular form of theatre in Goa. To promote this local art form Goa Govt. should make available its theatres in Panaji, Ponda and elsewhere at subsidized rates for tiatrs. This generous gesture of the Govt. will boost the tiatr industry. 10. Goa Konkani Akdemi, Kala Akademi, Directorate of Art and Culture, and other Govt. departments while publishing Konkani books, should publish them in both Devanagari script and Roman script. 11. In school syllabus, lessons from Roman script Konkani must be given equal representation without changing the language and style. In college and university syllabus Konkani literature written in Roman script should be taught in Roman script itself. Students who opt for Konkani as a major subject at T.Y. B.A.
[Goanet]Eusébio L. Rodrigues on A Kind of Absence by João da Veiga Coutinho
A thought provoking analysis of the goan Crusade of exile - Ivo da Rocha, Juiz de Direito.
[Goanet]Garbage issue flares up
Hello Goanetters Seems the present topic of these days is Garbage. If I am not mistaken few days ago Mr. Tomazin Cardoz, had written a lovely article on this subject. And had also said that he would send the blueprint of the project to the present chief minister. Seems garbage problems are existing all over, Moira, Bicholim, Panjim (under the bridge? As Dr Willy says) well, and soon they will increase and multiply, what is our present Government deciding on it? With problems brewing in the present leadership of Pratapsingh Rane, Wonder if these major problems will ever be solved. For five years the tanker problem in candolim could not been solved. Only words, and blames, and now, this garbage problem. Wonder what happens to the ministers once they occupy the top seats. Other surprising news is that the selection of freedom fighters to go to Delhi, and non, from minority community. Wonder what happened to them. Cheers Jerry Fernandes Reference to the news on below subjects. Garbage issue flares up PANAJI: While the Corporation of the City of Panaji is struggling to find sites for scientific disposal of garbage, the task ahead seems difficult as nearly 70 per cent of the 40 to 50 tonnes of waste generated per day in the city comprises non-biodegradable matter. (GT) Willy against disposing garbage opposite Santa Monica Jetty PANJIM, Aug 5: The Minister for Environment, Dr Wilfred de Souza, has asked the Corporation of City of Panaji not to dispose off the city's garbage opposite the Santa Monica cruise jetty under the Mandovi bridge. He said even those using the Mandovi bridges can get the smell. The Deputy Chief Minister said he found it awful while travelling on the Mandovi bridge. (H) Freedom fighters for Delhi MARGAO, Aug 5: Freedom fighters, Gurunath Kelekar, Kanta Ghantwal, Shivaling Bhonsle, Rohidas Naik and Babu Mulgaonkar, have been recommended by the local freedom fighters' Association to attend At Home hosted by the President of India, AP Abdul Kalam every year on Aug 9 (Quit India Day). (H) Resentment against Rane increasing PANJIM, Aug 5: As the Congress-led coalition government completes two months tomorrow, discontentment seems to be growing within the Congress against the Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane for his style of functioning. (H)
[Goanet]Fwd: KGA celebrates World Goa Day - 20th Aug
Any Bangalore Goan for bangalore celebrationsthen this is for you... From: Ryan Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:25:18 +0530 Subject: Fwd: KGA celebrates World Goa Day - 20th Aug Hi Goenkar hoping to see most of you for the World Goa day please see details below . you can get in touch with Fausto or any of the KGA committee members www.kgabangalore.com regards Ryan -- Forwarded message -- From: fausto cardoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 11:41:31 +0530 Subject: KGA celebrates World Goa Day - 20th Aug Hi! This is to let you know that KGA's annual marquee event - World Goa day - is being held on saturday, 20th inst at the Catholic Club, 7.30 to 11.30 pm. Like last year it promises to be an evening of fun games with lots of prizes, good (Accoustic Control) music to shake a leg to and a sumptuous Goan buffet spread (sorpotel, sannas, cafreal,etc etc) - only the venue is different due to regulatory constraints. As the CC can hold a large number of people, guests accompanied by members are allowed; and CC members who are not members of KGA can attend as guests of KGA members. Passes (inclusive of buffet dinner) are Rs 250 for members, with adorables (60+) under 12s at a special rate of Rs 150, members' guests at Rs 350. To be booked in advance, no gate sales. So pl block your calendars and book collect your passes from me or any other committee member asap. Cheers! Rgds, fausto.
[Goanet]RE: 14 --- CRISTAO AMDARS MONTRIS - ROMAN LIPI
Very Good idea, I support your view Mr. Godfrey. Carry on. All our MLAs who are supposed to fight for the cause of Konkani are doing nothing now. The people from Salcette have done lot for the Konkani cause. They must bring pressure on their MLAs to rise now to the occassion. If Willie can shake Rane and get Mickey inducted into the Cabinet then why he cannot chake Rane and get Konkani its due share and Romi script needed benefits and recognition? A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait.
[Goanet]Re: 14 --- CRISTAO AMDARS MONTRIS - ROMAN LIPI
Enorsed Mr. Gonsalves! ROMAN SCRIPT NEEDS MODIFICATION for light, normal, elongated heavy sounds combination sounds too. E.g. TSCHAEL, DAEV, TSCHAAB, TAANTCHEN, AAMTCHEN etc., Pls PONDER!? WEDS WEDS
[Goanet]Democracy .....
Democracy In a multi party system Tomazinho Cardozo Democracy is the best form of governance because it is the people who posses the power of deciding who their rulers should be. A genuine democracy, therefore, is an active and progressive force responsive to the will of the people. Accordingly, the successful working of democracy will depend on the intelligence, interest and civic sense of its citizens. Is it, therefore, possible to create such citizens in a thickly populated and a semi-literate country like India? Is it not atleast possible to have genuine democracy in a small state like Goa in which the population is low and the literacy rate very high? In our daily lives, we have the habit of blaming politicians for anything and everything, good or bad, that takes place in our society. Democracy and democratically-run governments can be a boon for the development of the society provided each and every citizen acquires a high degree of civic sense. This requires self-control and devotion to any common cause. People should be prepared to sink minor differences and co-operate for the general good of the society. In other words a give-and-take attitude will go a long way in establishing an ideal democracy. The multi-party democratic system followed in our country is yet another disadvantage to impose the will of the majority. When there are more than two political parties, it becomes difficult to get more than 50% votes in an election. As the votes are distributed among numerous parties, all parties poll less than 50% of votes and are able to form the Government. In fact, a democratically elected government should have been a government elected by a majority of the people. This does not happen in our country and we, in the name of democracy, are ruled by a government elected by a minority. The present trend of coalition governments is still worse. We have discussed this earlier and hence I would not like to comment on it again. I think our democracy can be an example to others if our political leaders, leaving aside all their selfish interests, are courageous enough to turn to a two party system. I will not hesitate to say that the present democratic form in our country encourages communalism. The irony of the situation is that even the political parties swearing in the name of secularism field a Hindu candidate in a constituency dominated by Hindus, a Muslim candidate in a constituency dominated by Muslims, a Christian candidate in a constituency having a majority of Christians, so on and so forth. These being the facts, in what way are our leaders promoting secularism? The system also indirectly advocates the evils of caste and creed in our society. Otherwise how can one explain the concept of fielding candidates from the Bhandari community, the Saraswat community, etc. etc. in the constituencies having a sizeable population of these communities? Organization of elections is the first step for the formation of the democratic government. It is unfortunate to observe that the process of elections, the very foundation of our democratic set up, is corrupted with communalism and casteism. In the present times politicians have the tendency to make politics a gainful profession. Gone are the days when politics was pure social service. Extravagant expenditure in the day to day administration, including the facilities to the legislators, has become a way of political living. Can a poor country like India afford these luxuries? Interference of elected representatives in each and every aspect of administration has rendered the bureaucracy practically ineffective. Many a time laws are bent as per the wishes of the elected representatives to suit their vested interests. Party organizations exercise undue influence on the government and create lot of tensions in various communities in our country. This is what todays democracy contributes to the development of our society. The concept of democracy is good. It is an ideal system of governance. But instead of using it for the betterment of the people it is being misused for self development. It is not easy to remedy the situation. Even the developed countries have not achieved that much maturity in politics. But a beginning has to be made somewhere. The major question is whether we are electing the right people for the right posts. The candid answer is no. This is because of our party affiliations. We vote for the party without considering the character of the person for whom we vote. This trend has to be changed. Past services to the society and the character of the candidate should be the prime factor to be considered before casting our precious vote. Then only honest and sincere people will be at the helm of affairs. And this is in the hands of the citizens the voters. Shall we be in a position to see in our life time the enlightened citizens of our country voting for the individuals instead
[Goanet]Re: Konkani mai - victim of script
Jerry Bab, You have written a good article, but do you think it will materialize, you have mentioned the names of good personalities who have been constantly writing on Goa-Net. I feel this people only talk, and this konkani script as far as Goans are concerned is a must and not Devanagiri Script. We just blabber over this issues, but nothing concrete comes out, only arguments galore you find in this net. I am not criticizing anyone on this subject, but this is my view point. Ami Goenkar fudden soron zai. Kosloch raag nastana, hanv poilech pati yeah goanet boropak fudde sorla, i am member since long, but just a passive and silent member. Viva Goa, Bartholomew Mendes jerry fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello sogle konkani mogi A lot has been written on this forum regarding Konkani language.
[Goanet]House Maid needed in Dubai.
Deo Boro Dis Diunk tumcam sogleank. Wanted Housemaid for Dubai - Not necessarily good lookin - Married / Spinster will do - Should have NO issues - Drugs, Drinking and Smoking and looking out of the window - Strictly Prohibited - Age no bar, Color no bar - Doesn't matter if her father owns a bar. Religion - preferably Goan Catholic, God fearing with very-very good virtues. Should not be very much interested in Outdoors. Preferably should dislike Bollywood. Broad minded - Narrow minded - Any minded will do. PN: There could possibly be a 15 day Trial Offer depending on Experience. OK, just kidding. Was thinking about the mail from Vince Andrade some time back when he was looking out for Brides for his Nephew. Wondering if he was successful. N'ways, On a serious note though, I have my sister in Dubai who is looking out for a housemaid. Thought I could possibly get some help from Goanet. My sister has 3 kids (3-5 yrs old.) and both, my sister and her husband are working. If you know of anyone who would like to be working as a housemaid in Dubai, Kindly mail me @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mog asundi ani Borer bachen ravat Dominic
[Goanet]YOU THE GOAN (GOANKAR) CAN STOP VIOLENCE IN GOA!!!!!!!!!
DEAR GOANKAR (KONKANI SPEAKERS - CHRISTIANS), PLEASE COME BACK HOME TO GOA LEAVE BOMBAY, DELHI, POONA, USA. CANADA, UK AND GCC COUNTRIES AND DO BUSINESS AND WORK IN GOA AND KEEP OUR GOA AS CLEAN AS PURE WATER. YOU CAN STOP ALL THE ROBBERY, CHEATINGS, BAD-POLITICS, ETC. BY DOING BUSINESS IN GOA AND WORKING IN GOA. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AND GOA, YOURS LOVING GOANKAR. godfrey gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a daring attempt this afternoon at 1537 hrs IST Agnelo Mendes, a resident of Malbhat Margao a Cashier in the State Bank of Mysore situated at the Ground floor of Damodar Chambers below M/s Hanuman Lawande Chambers (Builder) ..
