Re: [Goanet] Paes-Navratilova win easy
On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 08:54 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: [Goanet] Paes-Navratilova win easy This matter has come up before this on Goanet, without any meaningful action. While all these sports-related articles are doubtless interesting, what do they have to do with Goanet? -- as such they end up merely cluttering our Inboxes. Maybe Goanet could set up a sub-mailing list called 'India-Sports' or something, and such items could be posted there, and those who are interested could subscribe to it. Of course, Eustaquio's efforts are to be appreciated, but they are a good thing in the wrong place, right? -- Question everything - Karl Marx
[Goanet] RANE 1, CHURCHILL NIL
Yesterday evening I managed to catch the segment in the local TV (channel) news about Margaret Alva's comments on Dabolim and Mopa airports. It seems that the CM Pratapsing Rane (who was seen sitting beside her and nodding his head vigorously in agreement with almost every statement of hers), has succeeded in having her push his agenda of an international airport at Mopa while Churchill Alemao (who was not in the picture) may have been fobbed off with a mere platitude about Dabolim continuing in spite of Mopa. I got the impression that part of Rane's success may have been due to 'misinformation' i.e. regarding the Rs 300 crore said by Alva at Rane's instance to have been committed for Dabolim's upgradation and modernisation. This is in contrast to the mere Rs 8 crore announced by AAI recently. No independent confirmation of the Rs 300 cr figure has been forthcoming so far. Note that in this day and age one can get a greenfield airport built in India for Rs 300 crore! The other factor in the outcome we have picturised may be due to 'lack of information' which should have been provided by Churchill. Alva seemed surprisingly vague about the problems (and capabilities) of Dabolim particularly regarding the Naval restrictions on the latter and plans for an airfield at Seabird. But she was clear that 'Mopa would continue and Dabolim would continue'. Thank god for small mercies. The qustion is for how long her verbal assurance regarding Dabolim's continuation would be valid. Because once a deal is signed with a builder for Mopa (a couple of years down the line), a requirement of shutting down civilian flights at Dabolim might well kick in (two/three years later) in order to maxmise returns from Mopa! Churchill must not go back to sleep. He needs to publicise the actual picture about Dabolim based on his inside knowledge of the Defence Committee (subject of course to the usual secrecy considerations). More imprtant he should focus his energy on shaping the Mopa project to safeguard the south Goa hoteliers interest viz by ensuring that Mopa is not a mega airport overnight but a small domestic one in evolutionary mode. In the meantime all eyes have to be peeled for the deal with the Mopa builder about closure requirements at Dabolim. Because when that happens Rane and the Navy will simply shrug their shoulders and say "Dont blame us, blame them (builder)" who in turn will say "This is based on international experience!"
Re: [Goanet] ALVA TALKS SENSE, SALDANHA THRU HIS HAT!
Philip Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Finally a ray of hope in the bleak managerial landscape of Goa! There is some basis for gaining traction instead of simply spinning wheels. Chairperson of the Congress Coordination Committee, Margaret Alva, on a two day visit to Goa, "has made it clear that Dabolim airport will not be closed down .. even when the new airport [at Mopa] starts functioning". Phillip, I do not see a ray of hope. Alva is only trying to pacify the Goans by saying that Dabolim airport will not be closed. What happens if the major airlines choose Mopa with state of the art facilities over Dabolim. Then Dabolim will see less and less civilian traffic (may be with only Alva Airlines operating) and ultimately becoming a 100% Naval airport. The Goa Govt. needs to cancel the Mopa project in its entirety, and move the Navy out of Dabolim. I also do not think there is enough air traffic to support two civilian airports in tiny Goa. Regards, Carlos
[Goanet] RE: Saldanha and Alemao for Dabolim Airport
This post should perhaps have been re-titled "Saldanha against Mopa (period), Alemao for Dabolim AND Mopa". Saldanha's proposal for paying the Navy (a ransom?) to shift is an old one, at least 8 months to my knowledge. Conveniently for him it came at the end of his term as Tourism Minister in which position he could have walked the talk. Now he conveniently calls on the three Goa MPs to jointly petition the government of India to get the Navy to shift to Seabird. What are 'MLAs' like him doing jointly about Dabolim and the Navy? What is the Goa government doing if anything? Dont they realise the "nuisance value" of the kind Saldanha has in mind about paying is only increasing year by year. This idea of paying off the Navy is strange to say the least. The Navy has a plan on paper for an airfield at Yenkebe (near Seabird) but routinely pleads lack of money and approvals etc. (In fact it probably has absolutely no intention of shifting to Yenkebe except at its own choosing). How come no one in the Navy saw fit all this time to extract the required money for Yenkebe from Goa govt? This kind of hawala payment doesnt work, ok? So forget it! Its beside the point that this amount would be much less than what Saldanha is proposing viz the equivalent of the Mopa two runway mega airport for A380s! Saldanha's views, in my opinion, are just 'playing to the gallery' and dont deserve to be given any importance. We should be more concerned about the lack of "dum" in Alemao's pleadings over the past one year. Why is no one listening to him? Anybody know about his political track record in this partyicula domain? (Or is goanet in the proverbial "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" mode). P.S. Regarding Margaret Alva's related assurance that Dabolim would continue even if Mopa is on, we have to wait to hear this line from the Civil Aviation Minister. He has not said anything at all to this effect in the last 8 months since he gave Churchill an assurance that "no final decision has been taken" about Dabolim vis a vis Mopa. if we are not alert we will be presented with a fait accompli.
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: America's Tsunami
America's Tsunami By V. M. de Malar They're marching out of New Orleans today, the famous Jazz City of the American South has been totally devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Huge levees have been breached, main arteries of the metropolis are underwater, thousands have died, and hundreds of thousands have been stranded as the entire city is evacuated. It will be months before average residents will be able to go back, if at all. The "city on the bayou" from all that great music, the home of world-famous, rollicking, Mardi Gras, is largely gone, they're going to have to rebuild it over many years. Even sitting here, oceans away, in India, you can't help but feel real sorrow for the loss of a precious, much-loved, part of our common global heritage. And you also can't help but wonder which part of the globe is next. In less than a year, we've had a stunning tsunami wreak havoc in large areas across eight countries in Asia, then that freak Mumbai deluge of 37 inches in 24 hours that brought India's commercial capital to a grinding halt and caused so much discomfort to so many millions of people, and now Hurricane Katrina. It's not just New Orleans, a large part of America's coastline with the Gulf of Mexico is affected, all along the Mississippi Delta, seriously affecting agriculture, shipping and oil production in the USA. It's hard to grasp the complete significance of an event of this magnitude immediately; the full picture, with all its implications, will only emerge over time, and through painstaking examination of all the facts. But it's not too soon to note some commonalities and differences that are continuing to emerge between the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and the two water-related disasters that have hit India recently. Careful comparisons can teach us lessons, about ourselves and about the Americans, about national character, about the nature of societies in the rich and poor worlds, about disaster management and the allocation of resources, about universal human values and underlying human instincts and behaviour. So, one must note that the media gap between India and the USA is closing; our national press covered the tsunami and the Mumbai deluge mostly as effectively as the Americans have managed with Hurricane Katrina. We too had hundreds of reporters on the ground almost in real time, disseminating news and information even as the situation unfolded. We too had Internet blogs up and running within hours, vast amounts of donations pouring in the same day, and essential communications links established even before the waters receded. The Americans have a far more efficient and capable disaster management capability, but it is very informative to watch the superpower struggle to use it effectively in the wake of an awesome act of nature; some inefficiencies are inescapable, acts of god strike rich and poor equally potently. And there are areas where we can count our blessings. Mumbai features some of the world's starkest divides between haves and have-nots, but something essential in its dynamic culture and in its character prompted that city's residents to band together, to brave the circumstances with indescribably moving solidarity. There was something immensely and genuinely heroic about the way our great city coped with the deluge. Sadly, that is not the case in New Orleans, where armed mobs have taken to the streets and we're seeing grotesque television images of looting that's so widespread it recalls the chaos that overwhelmed Baghdad when the Baathists took flight. In America, in the world's richest and most powerful country, relief shipments of food and supplies are being attacked by gun-toting mobs, and most of the overworked officials who were assigned to rescue missions have had to be re-assigned to restore law and order. Arms are everywhere, as they always are in that country, and the ubiquity of firepower has rendered a bad situation into utter anarchy. Talking heads on the foreign cable channels are emphasizing how awfully third-world the whole scenario looks, and there is a fair amount of philosophizing that civilization always breaks down when disaster strikes. They need to be reminded that there was no such breakdown when an infinitely bigger, infinitely poorer, Mumbai was submerged under three feet of water and millions lost their homes. Though hurricanes are universal, and catastrophic acts of nature certainly affect every part of the world, this particular descent into chaos has a uniquely American character. 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
Re: [Goanet] Saldanha and Alemao for Dabolim Airport
the government of India that the > Dabolim airport is > totally civilian airport illegally occupied as war > gains after Vijaya > Operation in 1961. For all those who talk of 'liberation' there is a current amendment. Please refer to the above. B. Colaco ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Letter to Margareth Alva
Dear Roman Script Konkani Lovers, Further to the ongoing movement going on in Goa in support of the preferential treatment to Roman Script Konkani also, yesterday I called the telephone of Margareth Alva (in Delhi) who is heading the Goa Desk besides being one of the top Congress persons but I could not get her on the line since the person who picked up the phone told me Alva is in Goa. Then, today morning I called her in Goa and when I got her on the line I introduce myself to her as one of the responsible persons for the campaign of Konkani since last so many years from Kuwait and currently one of the Secretaries of the prestigeous Kuwait Konknni Kendr. When I told her that I called her to know her opinion on Roman script Konkani she told me that "why dont you come back to Goa and raise this issue instead of raising it from Kuwait"? She was ignorant of what I in particular and Kuwaitkar in general did for the cause of Konkani by being in Kuwait. Then she said little tilting towards Devanagri that it is the right script for national integration and to create a link amongst all, even in her state Karnataka she said Devanagri is favoured for this I firmly said no becuase there in her state Kannada script is used for Konkani. Then she said why in Goa only you need Roman script since others are accepting Devanagri. For this again I said it is not correct and since Goa is the citadel of Konkani we Goans have all the rights to say what is good for us. Then she said she does not want to argue with me but asked me to send my grievances in writing which I am doing now herebelow. I told Alva I approached her because she can influence Goa government as Rajiv Gandhi influenced Goa Government and got the language bill passed and thus Goa got Statehood. Ms Margaret Alva General Secretary All India Congress Committee CAMP PANAJI GOA Madam, Our tele-talks this morning 4/9/2005 refers. The undersigned is the General Secretary of Kuwait Konknni Kendr in kuwait and our organisation is sympathetic with the cause of introducing an amendment to the Official Language Act 1987. While we appreciate your Party's stand as reflected by the Chief Minister's assurances on the Floor of the Goa Legislative Assembly on 30/9/2005 we remain confident that the best way to ensure justice to the Roman script once and for all is by an amendment to the Act which will ensure that both Devanagari and Roman will thrive in Goa. We also appreciate your stand on the subject that as of now the Devanagari script is recognised as the Official script in Goa and that in regard to the issue of Roman script it is the perogative of the State Government to decide, since they are in a coalition. However we look forward to your Party's unstinted support and direction your Party MLA's in Goa towards our cause in the coming session of the Goa Legislative Assembly in December,2005 January 2006 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/
[Goanet] ALVA TALKS SENSE, SALDANHA THRU HIS HAT!
[Carlos] I agree that we have to be on the guard against being hoodwinked by these politicians, what ever the hue. But let us not throw in the towel so soon. Its premature to talk of airlines choosing state of the art Mopa over plain old Dabolim. This is still at least 5 years down the line. We have to make sure in the mean time that the plan is for Mopa to be a small domestic airport rather than the two runway A380 international airport Rane seems to have in mind. The model should be Kochi's CIAL rather than say Singapore's Changi II. I do not agree with cancelling Mopa in its entirety but I do agree with trying to shift the Navy out of Dabolim. But I am under no illusion that the latter will require a lot of luck. They are a very tenacious dog in the manger. Who can blame them when they are sitting pretty on a goldmine of an airport? Ya, Dabolim, none other! The energy of our politicians needs to be spent from here onwards on strategies to at least get a 'reduction' in naval restrictions at Dabolim by playing up plans for Seabird. Let us plug away on this aspect and not play into the navy's hands by giving up on Mopa. Your point about the viability of two airports is quite valid. That is again the cue for 'right sizing' Mopa rather than throwing in the towel altogether. In this era of low cost aviation back up airports are the name of the game. Mopa can and should be a good back up for Dabolim instead of dreaming grandiosely as Rane would probably have it of Mumbai being a back up to Mopa! Viva Goa!
Re: [Goanet] Paes-Navratilova win easy
Mr/Ms V. Gadgil, who objects to news of Leander Paes' activities, obviously is unaware that Leander Paes is a Goan playing world-class tennis, and as such his successes are of intense interest to Goans such as myself. Best regards, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
[Goanet] Divaddechim Bonderam
Congratulations to Maurice and Clarina Coutinho and to all Divaddcars who participated recently in the 'Bonderam' celebration in Toronto. Growing up in Divar this used to be such a colorful and joyous event with the procession proceeding to the paddyfields, the priest cutting a sheaf of rice and then the parade through the village, with bonderam sometimes in pouring rain firing fotaxis on the local belles. Maurice and Clarina deserve kudos for keeping the tradition alive and bringing it to Toronto to revive old memories. Regards Chris
[Goanet] URGENT CLARIFICATION -- KONKANI IN ONLY DEVANAGARI SCRIPT
On the website http://www.goakonkaniakademi.org/konkaniweb/language-literature.html under the caption KONKANI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE the undermentioned extract is reproduced *** .In the 16th century, Christian missionaries studied in deep, Konkani language only to spread their religion among common people whose speaking language was only Konkani. They even prepared Konkani grammar, dictionaries and studied various facets of literature. Jesuit priests mostly did this work. Jesuists brought printing machinery in Goa(1556). Konkani books were published in roman script. Presently Konkani is written in devanagari, Roman, Kannada and Malayalam scripts. ---"However Konkani has accepted Devnagri script officially" --- (emphasis mine) *** Could the present office bearers of the Goa Konkani Akademy Pato Panaji Goa (whose term ends in Nov 2005 )currently on the EXECUTIVE BOARD 1. PUNDALIK NARAYAN NAYAK (Naik not Nayak) - President 2. BHUSAN BHAVE - Vice President 3. Education Secretary, Goa Government GENERAL COUNCIL 4. TOMAZHINO CARDOZO 6. TANAJI HALANKAR 7. PRIYADARSHINI TADKODKAR 8. PRAKASH VAJRIKAR 9. ARUN SAKHARDANDE Secretary - SHRI. NARAYAN S. NAVTE OR OFFICE BEARERS of the Sahitya Akademi New Delhi http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahityaakademi/org4b.htm Executive Board viz Mr Damodar Mauzo (representing Konkani ) Advisory Board viz; 1. Sri J.B. Moraes 2. Smt. Sheela Naik Kolambkar 3. Sri N. Shivdas 4. Smt. Prashanti Talpankar 5. Sri Vincy Quadros 6. Sri Mahabaleshwar Sail 7. Sri Shridhar Kamat Bambolkar 8. Sri Pinto Vamanjoor 9. Sri R.S. Bhaskaran 10. Sri Damodar Mauzo (Convener) or the other eminent KONKANI PORJECHO AVAZ leaders Mr Uday Laximikant Bhembre Mr Chandrakant Keni Prof S M Borges Mr Churchill Alemao MP Mr Luizinho Faleiro Minister for Education etc Please clarify a) who decided that "Devanagiri script" alone will be the acceptable script for Konkani? b) who were the persons or institutions involved in taking such decision? c) who were the politicians who subscribed to such a decision? d) the date when this decision was taken? This is a vital information which is NIETHER available any where NOR has it been documented if at all by the leaders of the KPA Movement. An early reply will be appreciated as acceptance of only Devanagari script and not Roman or Kannada or any other violates Article 29 of the Constitution of India .protection of interests of minoritiies (1) any section of the citizens of India residing in the Territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the same". Hence justice can be done if the legislators back out of bringing about an amendment to the Official Language Act 1987 to safeguard the interests of Konkani in Roman script. godfrey j i gonsalves Borda Margao Goa [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9822156564 __ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com
[Goanet] Indian 1-2 in Asian women's heptathlon
Indian 1-2 in Asian women's heptathlon Last Updated: September 02, 2005 22:55 IST India won the gold and silver medals in the women's heptathlon, through Soma Biswas and Sushmita Singha Roy respectively, at the 16th Asian Athletics Championship in Incheon City, Korea, on Friday. Soma tallied 5,377 points in the gruelling seven-event discipline while Sushmita finished with 5,308. Thailand's Watcharaporn Masim got the bronze medal. Earlier, Krishna Punia won a bronze medal for India in the women's discus throw after clearing 57.67 metres. The gold medal went to China's Song Aimin, who hurled the discus to 65.15 metres. Her compatriot Sun Taifeng claimed the silver. Another Indian in the fray, Seema Antil registered 53.41 metres to finish fifth. In the men's long jump, India's Mahan Singh placed sixth with a best effort of 7.64 metres. The gold went to Saudi Arabia's Ahmed Marzoug, who jumped 7.98 metres. The silver was claimed by Korea's Oh Sang-Won, who cleared 7.87 metres. Zhou Can of China won the bronze with a leap of 7.83 metres. Another Indian jumper, Shamsher Singh finished seventh with an effort of 7.61 metres. In the men's 100 metres final, India's Anil Kumar was sixth, clocking 10.61 seconds. The race was won by Yahya Al Ghes, who breasted the tape in 10.39 seconds. The silver went to Singo Suetsugu of Japan while Qatar's Khalid Yousuf Al-Obaidli claimed the bronze. In the women's sprint over the same distance, India's Poonam Tomar finished eighth, clocking 11.96 seconds. Wangping Qin of China claimed gold with a timing of 11.47 seconds. Uzbekistan's Guzel Kuubbieva was second while Yi Liang of China settled for bronze. In the men's 1,500 metres final, Ghamanda Ram also finished seventh, timing three minutes 49.62 seconds. Compatriot Pritam Bind was 10th, clocking 3:51.49 seconds. The gold in the event went to Qatar's Kamal Abubaker Ali, who finished in 3:44.24 seconds. The silver and bronze went to T Agar Adian of Iraq and Kareem Nasser Shams of Qatar respectively. India's Arun D'Souza finished ninth in the 3000m steeplechase, clocking 9:11.87 seconds. Musa Amer Obaid of Qatar claimed gold with a timing of 8:33.62 seconds. His compatriot Moustafa Ahmed Shebto won silver while Wen-Chien Wu of Chinese Taipei took bronze. The men's 10,000 metres saw India's Kuldeep Kumar finish seventh, clocking 31:18.75 seconds. Essa Esmail Rashid of Qatar won gold, clocking 29:03.60sec. Mukhlid al Otaibi of Saudi Arabia and Ali Dawoud Sedam of Qatar claimed silver and bronze respectively. India's P Shankar qualified for the men's 400m hurdles final, clocking 52.09 seconds. The race was won by Hadi Somayli of Saudi Arabia, who finished in 50.21 seconds. In the men's 4 X 400m relay heats, the Indian quartet of Satbir Singh, Aboo Backer Thanikkal, Anil Kumar Rohil and Bhupinder Singh qualified with a timing of 3:10.00 seconds. They finished second in the heat behind the Sri Lankan team which clocked 3:07.98 seconds. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
[Goanet] Church attendance drops in Mumbai
More than a month has passed since Cardinal Ivan Dias issued a dress code for Mumbai Catholic churchgoers. Statistics are just coming in and it is obvious that there has been a massive drop in church attendance figures. Roving reporter Cecil Pinto sending in this almost-live report for Cyber Goa from Mumbai to Frederick Noronha for further broadcast Fred: What can we see there right now Cecil? Cecil: Where? Fred: There where you are right now in Mumbai. Cecil: Do you know where exactly I am in Mumbai? Fred: No? Cecil: So I could be sitting in Goa right now and making up this report? Fred: Are you in Mumbai or not? Cecil: That's for you to figure out. Ha! Stop trying to sound like a big time TV anchor. Some people say I look like Rajdeep Sardessai. Anyway I'm standing here in front of Orlem Church in Malad. It's a delightful Sunday morning. Not a hint of rain. Fred: Does the Church have a name? Cecil: Our Lady of Orlem Church of course? Fred: You sure? Cecil: Of course. There's a grotto and stuff in front of the Church what else can it be? Fred: Ok! Ok! What can you see there. Is the situation any different from previous Sundays? Cecil: How will I know? I was not here last Sunday? In fact I was last here some 12 years back for my cousin Bonny's wedding. Hey Fred is this going out live? Fred: Yes. You want to say something to our readers. Cecil: Yes. Hi Bonny! Hi Mom! Fred: What is the grass root feeling? Cecil: How should I know? Do I look like a grass-root? I'm not even a local!! Fred: Then ask some local. For heavens sake!!! Cecil: Did you just blaspheme Fred? Gothca! Wait, I see a Goan elderly woman. Oieee! Oi! Aunteee! Hello Aunty? Are there less people this Sunday than a month back? Aunty: Yes. It is good. All those pamprels with their mini skirts and noodles are no longer coming. They were a distraction. Of course my husband stopped coming for mass too. Cecil: Aunty the correct term is spaghetti straps, not noodles. Why has Uncle stopped coming to mass? Aunty: You ask him. What you asking me? There he is standing like a loafer near the bus stop. Bloody bayzon! Cecil: Hello Uncle. Why you not going for mass? Uncle: Arrree yaaar. What is the point yaaar? Buskya. What is the point yaar? Cecil: You already said that! Uncle: Buskya! What is the point yaaar?! Cecil: Uhh! Fred I think I will interview the Parish priest just stepping out of the church now. Father! Fther! Heo Father!!! Is it true that attendance has dropped? Father: Yes. It is very sad. It is a reflection on our community. The good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away. Cecil: You mean your flock has decreased. It saddens you? Father: Forget the flock. Our mass collection has dropped! That's what saddens me. We used to collect nothing short of a lakh every Sunday. You know what we collected today? Just seventy thousand. This is a sad day for Orlem. Cecil: Fred I'm passing you over to Manuel who is outside the Portuguese Church in Dadar. -- Cecil: Hello Fred, this is Manuel outside the Portuguese Church in Dadar. Fred: You sound very much like Cecil? Cecil: Yes. Cecil and me are first cousins. Father's side. Fred: Oh! Ok. What's the situation there Manuel? Cecil: Let me describe the Church first Fred. See it was built by the Portuguese in the Neo Gothic Romansque style with Corinthian influences. The stately pillars and imposing entrance is matched only by the statuesque doors and pews... Fred: I thought the Portuguese Church in Dadar was a new avante garde design? Cecil: Oh! Fred I'm passing you back to Cecil. - Cecil: Hello Fred. I'm here at Dhobitalao in front of the Fred: Marine Lines from Malad, so fast? Cecil: Yes I took an Express bus. Like from Margao to Panjim. Fred: Really? Cecil: After the flooding they've introduced these superfast trains. They just started functioning today. Fred: I see! Must check them out. What's the situation there. What's the name of the Church? Cecil: Fred, this is the church of Our Lady of Seven Dollars? It was built with the money of Goan tarvotti who used to work on American ships and earn in dollars. Legend had it that... Fred: Interesting name. I must write a feature on this someday. Cecil: There's a decently dressed lovely young woman coming out now. Let's ask her what she feels about this. Hello! Hi! I'm representing Cyber Goa and would like your comments on the new dress code. By the way, nice dress? Young Woman: Thanks! Cecil: Really. I think light blue goes well with your wheatish complexion. And those white bows on the hem are just right too. Young woman: Really? You think so? Cecil: Really! And you know if you could just keep a slight fringe of hair on your forehead like so... it would compliment the skirt and.. by the way nice legs! Fred: Cecil! Cecil! Stop flirting. Just get some reactions. Cecil: This job sucks! I'm resigning right now. Ok! O
[Goanet] Going To GOA this Oct/Nov/Dec ?? Check this prices
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[Goanet] WGKF-GU Biodiversity
Thank you Sonia. Every bit of support to stem the tide of the concrete avalanche in Goa helps. The Rotary Club has begun to chip in. We are still looking for Rs.101/- from every person in Goa who can spare that amount for the sake of better education in Goa. Yes, people do suffer from the attitudes of some persons in the Goa University. Change has to begin somewhere. If Sudha Kulkarni was not to write to JRD Tata, Telco would never have employed a female engineer, she would not have met Murthy...and we might not have had Infosys today. One post card from a M.Sc. student at I.I.Sc changed a hell lot of things! Viva Goa. Miguel > From: Sonia Vaze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear Miguel, > > May your tribe increase! > > sonia
[Goanet] History of Konkani in Roman script in Goa (1556 -2005)
Gõyant Romi Lipyecho Itihas (History of Roman Script in Goa) Compiled by: Pratap Naik,s.j. TSKK, Porvorim September 3, 2005 FIRST PHASE: 1556: 6th September First printing press in India was brought to St. Paul College, present day Old Goa by the Jesuits. Since fonts in local languages were not available books were printed in Roman script. Between 1556-1561 Doutrina Christã a catechism book in Konkani in Roman script was printed. No copy of this book is available. 1560 -1600: During this period Jesuit missionaries from oral sources recorded Konkani Mahabharata and Ramayana stories in Roman script. These manuscripts are now preserved in the Public Library of Braga, Portugal. 1560: The inquisition was established in Goa. To escape this many Goan Catholic and Hindu families migrated to Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala. 1563: By 1563, a Goan seminarian of St. Paul College, whose name may be Andre Vaz prepared the first grammar of Konkani. 1563: Garcia da Orta's book "Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinaes da India" (Conversations on Indian plants and drugs referring to the medicine of India) was printed in Goa. It contains Konkani botanical terms. 1565: Jesuits started Konkani schools to teach Konkani in Roman script at Old Goa and Chorao, Goa. Later on such schools were opened by the Jesuits in Salcette. 1570: Through Jesuits' letters we know that already in 1570 Konkani grammar, Konkani-Portuguese and Portuguese- Konkani vocabularies were written by Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries 1622: Jesuit priest Thomas Stephens' 'Doutrina Christã' catechism was printed at Rachol, Goa. Copies are found in libraries of Lisbon and Vatican. Later a few Konkani books in Roman script were printed at Rachol. 1640: Thomas Stephens' Arte da Lingoa Canarim (Grammar of Konkani language) was printed at Rachol. This is the first printed grammar of an Indian Language. 1667: Jesuit Missionary Ignacio Arcamone's 'Sogllea vorussanche vangel' (Gospels of the whole year) was published. Most likely, this is the first attempt to translate any part of the Bible in an Indian language. 1684: 27th June the Viceroy of Goa, Dom Francisco de Tavora Conde de Alvor issued a decree which imposed Portuguese language on the people and suppressed Konkani. 17th March 1987 the King of Portugal approved this decree. 1745: Archbishop of Goa Lourenço de Santa Maria made it compulsory to all Catholics to speak Portuguese only, or else their sons will not be allowed to become priests. 1759: Jesuits were expelled from Goa by the Govt. The work of Konkani in Roman script came to end. 1778: Archbishop Assunção de Brito ordered that all religious instruction should be given in Portuguese only. SECOND PHASE: 1812: Archbishop of Goa Manoel de S. Galdino forbade the use of Konkani in parish schools. Many Goan Christian families began to speak Portuguese in their homes and called it their mother tongue! Konkani was considered a stranger in its own land by its own people! Inquisition was abolished. 1831: Govt. started schools in Goa. In these schools Konkani was excluded from the curriculum. 1840: Mando came into existence in Salcette. 1847: Archbishop Jose Maria Silva Torres, forbade the use of Konkani in the seminaries. 1853: The Govt. press purchased Devanagari types from Bombay, for use in printing advertisements and other notices in the Govt. paper Boletim do Governo. the first notice printed in Marathi appeared in this periodical on May 27, 1853. 1868: First printed Konkani dictionary 'Diccionario Portuguez - Concani Composto por um Missionario Italiano' (Dictionary of Portuguese - Konkani composed by an Italian Missionary). Now we know it was compiled by Frei Francisco. 1869: The first English - Konkani vocabulary 'Um Novo Vocabulario em Inglez, Portuguez e Concanim Vulgar em Bardez' ( A new vocabulary in English, Portuguese and Bardes popular Konkani) was compiled by Anicete Maria de Souza. 1889: 2nd February the first Konkani periodical 'Udentechem Sallok' was started by Eduardo Jose Bruno de Souza in Pune. 1892: 17th April the first tiatr 'Italian Bhurgo' of Lucasinho Ribeiro was staged in Mumbai. 1904: In João Agostinho Fernandes' tiatr 'Bhattkara' his wife Mrs. Regina Fernandes acted. She was the first lady to act in the tiatr. 1905: 31st July the first Konkani novel 'Kristanv Ghorabo' was written and published by Eduardo Jose Bruno de Souza. 1915: In Karachi Fr. Ludovico Pereira started Konkani monthly 'Dor Mhoineachi Rotti' (Monthly bread). It still continues from Bom Jesus Basilica, Old Goa. Fr. Moreno de Souza, s.j. is the present editor. 1933: Pilar Society started Konkani weekly 'Vauraddeancho Ixtt' (Workers' friend). It was edited by Fr. L.A. Fernandes. At present Fr. Peter Raposo is the editor. 1949: Ms. Shalini Mardolkar was the first Hindu lady to act in tiatr 'Bhau' of Anthony F. Coelho. 1950: 24th April first full length Konkani film 'Mogacho Aunddo' produced under the banner of ETICA (Ex
[Goanet] Lessons to learn:Goa FFs.
The Portuguese colonial rulers were driven away in December,1961, by military action led by Lt.Gen. K.P.Candeth [then a colonel]. Call it 'liberation', annexation' 'conquest' 'invasion'..it was a military action by one sovereign power against another. So what role did the so-called "freedom fighters" play? The intellectual FF, I can understand. Calling petty criminals as FFs is a shame. Imagine listing Mahatma Gandhi and Phoolan Devi or Raju Bhaiyya in one group! Persons who revolted for selfish reasons like local power, promotion, etc or who were arrested for economic offences or crime cannot be called freedom fighters...or one will end up calling Arun Gawli and Dawood Ibrahim as freedom fighters. Every dacoit and smuggler thinks he is a present day Mangal Pandey. It is a typical symptom of the monomaniacs. 45 years after December 1961, there are still people claiming reservation for education as freedom fighter's children. Persons born in the 1960s have 17 year old children. Do freedom fighters have fecundity in the sunset years of their life or did they fight from the womb or their mama's lap? Some of these folks who were not even in Goa, now review scripts for VCDs on Goa's Freedom Struggle. The older FFs have interesting stories to tell how so many persons became registered FFs in Goa. those who did not make it to those pensions, siphoned money from the DSSS. The CAG report is a severe indictment of what our very own Parrikarbab did. Rane's pet FF, V.N. Lawande, had set up a certifying unit that would make even A.K.Telgi blush. He died from a mosquito bite. Parrikar found his own pet to wag his tail. Unfortunately, his photo did not appear on the VCD jacket. The dog was luckier at HMV ;-( Viva Goa. Miguel From: rene barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The decision by the Maharashtra government to > institute a one-man commission under Justice A B > Palkar to check the validity of a freedom fighters > claim is a lesson Goa should learn. The reason behind > this one-man commission originated from the claim of a > 'so-called' freedom fighter who was claiming certain > perks and privileges. No one wants to deny any freedom > fighter their rightful due but to make a mockery of > the system is something to be ashamed off '
