*** Goanet Reader: Review -- check this vision....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instrucitons therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- CHECK THIS VISION, FROM A VISUALLY-CHALLENGED ENTREPRENEUR IN GOA By Anson Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] - MOTIVATION... A man with a vision Rs. 30 Angelo D’Souza - Have you caught sight of a butterfly opening a cocoon? Or a spider spinning its web? Or maybe an ant storing food in summer? You probably might have spotted or heard it as anecdotes. Don’t they need oodles of patience to go about doing this struggle of a task? And maybe a bit of perseverance and motivation too? But, victory is favourable only to a few. In the rat-race of achieving success, present-day people leave no stone unturned burning the midnight oil and working indeed very hard. But failure strikes often, and right in the face. Failure gets plonked in the palms of so many today. Aspirants are so simply bogged down to crash. The reason remains unknown, or does it really? 'Motivation: a man with a vision' is an autobiography written by Angelo D’Souza. An elderly slim man and an expert at the typewriter, he is the principal of the St. Jude’s Commercial Institute at Aldona. His institution is next to the Rosa Mystica Convent. One may say, what's the reason for creating a big din over a good and an experienced typist? Well, this one is blind! And guess what, he's a damn good writer as well. He has to his credit the National Social Service Award which further motivated him to write news-items and articles. He has, so far, contributed two plays 'Will Power Lead Me On' (1995) and 'Love Triumph Labour Reward' (2001) to the BBC World Drama Contest. Writing an autobiography can be tricky. If one stresses all his triumphs, s/he is likely to be classified as an egoist, reminding one of the saying that 'a donkey praises his own tail'. If he underplays achievement, he cannot convey the real intent and the very purpose of the autobiography is lost. So the jotting down of all experiences, though a knotty task for him, he has done it quite well. This book also includes wise titbits and sayings, such as 'The need of the hour is not pity but empathy' and 'No one is more interested in you, other than you'. The Goa State Branch of the National Association for the Blind recommends the book. Now, don’t cite the example of late Helen Keller, who conquered a triple-handicap. If you think about doing it, don't forget the circumstances she was born in, the social and family support she had, to be able to fight, totally in contrast with the circumstances and social environment in India in general and in Goa in particular. The book deals with various facts of ones life. Chapters are based on interesting topics on his early stages -- the revelation made to Agnelo by his mentor that he is a victim of defective vision, his own reaction to the outbreak of the sad news and the early stages of anxiety. Next follows a chapter that is about motivation -- the driving force within an individual: browse through it and activate the potentials in you. Take a peep into your own self. The chapter gives the idea of action, reflection, action. Next comes a chapter to enables a person to encounter with the success he achieves, the fruit of his hard work. The award did not permit me to sit and rest,” he says. Guess what follows: an attempt at being an upcoming playwrite and a mediaperson, as mentioned above. Further in the book, the chapter 'Memoirs Of A Virtually Handicapped' is simply beautifully written. It brings out the thoughts, feelings and anguish of a blind person. Its anxiety is well-expressed in words. Deep touching, soul stirring and an eye opener to people who duck their heads low looking at their problems as the problem and not just a problem. This man of deficient vision shows how to stand face to face with a problem and encounter it. The book provides with wisdom on the proper usage of words: don't get me wrong, this isn't a text for studying grammar and parts of speech, but rather words that will motivate and not cause one to efface oneself but to egg-on oneself forward. He makes us familiar with our very words that cause bitter torment and painful heart aches within others. The language has meandered through ones bold encounter with life. And, at the reasonable price it comes, do go for it. -- Anson Samuel was a participant at the Ixtt e-Mentorship Programme in Journalism conducted by Frederick
[Goanet] GENTLE FOLK IN LAND WHERE THE GOOD LIFE COMES CHEAP
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16415548method=fullsiteid=94762head line=your-life---travel--way-to-goa--name_page.html GENTLE FOLK IN LAND WHERE THE GOOD LIFE COMES CHEAP By Iain Mayhew WE swerve past a cow, two moped riders and just miss a dog sleeping under a tree at the roadside. Abel, the taxi driver, is talking about his wife, their first baby, which is due in February, and the fact that everything is becoming so expensive here... Which is odd, because we've just stopped off for two large Kingfisher beers at a gimcrack bar in the little village of Chandor down the road and it cost me just 60 rupees, about 75p. Ah yes, sir, says Abel, who has become worringly talkative behind the wheel after his beer break. But last year it would have cost 50 rupees. Abel is Indian, but Catholic, as are around 70 per cent of the people who live in Goa. The landscape is dotted with huge churches incongruously surrounded by swaying palms and on a Sunday morning the roads are lined with smartly-dressed Goans on their way to Mass. The reason for visiting this tropical outpost of the Roman church can best be seen in Chandor, where we have just been. Across the village square from the church is a huge mansion which wouldn't look out of place in the hills above Lisbon. The Braganza House was built 400 years ago when the Portuguese ruled Goa - they left in 1962 - and is beautifully preserved and furnished by the family which has lived in it for generations. A small contribution will get you a guided tour of its grand ballroom, library and drawing rooms filled with an antiques roadshow of chinese plates and furniture acquired when Goa was on the main trade route from the Far East to Portugal. By most standards, the Portuguese were fairly benign rulers, allowing freedom of worship and intermarriage with the gentle locals and freedom of worship. Which is why we are heading to a Hindu temple at Chandranath, perched high on a thickly-wooded hilltop with spectacular views across the surrounding countryside of rice fields and coconut groves. As the taxi wheezes up the winding road, startled monkeys scamper back into the undergrowth and black crows soar into the sky. After climbing about 100 steps we finally reach the top, wheezing more than Abel's taxi, and the shrine of Chandreshwar, an incarnation of Shiva who is worshipped as Lord of the Moon. His statue is sited so that it is illuminated every full moon, when Hindus make the long climb to hold a festival. But it's the sun, not the moon, which brings thousands of holidaymakers to Goa every winter, and it's time to head back to the beach. North and South Goa are very different. The northern resorts have grown rapidly over the past few years and while this area was once a chill-out Nirvana for hippies, much of it is now packed with hotels, bars and even casinos. South of the state capital Panaji - a dusty, ramshackle, bustling little town - you'll find fewer hotels, wider sandy beaches and a far more laid-back atmosphere. I stayed at the Leela (www.ghmhotels.com), arguably one of the best hotels in Southern India and yet still a bargain, considering the standards. It is perched on Mobor Beach which stretches for miles along a spit flanked by the River Sal, where blue fishing boats bob at anchor and kingfishers dart along the bank. On my last evening I take a sunset boat ride down the river, past the higgledy- piggledy fishermen's huts and the Hindu shrine on the Beful headland. Out on the open sea, the sun, by now a huge orange ball, slips slowly below the horizon and a school of dolphins glide past the front of the boat. EATING AND DRINKING GOAN food is based around the humble coconut - its oil, its milk and the sap from the palm which is used for vinegar and other flavourings. Local spices such as cumin, coriander and turmeric are also widely used. Fresh fish, including kingfish, pomfret and prawns, make delicious curries. Most restaurants will serve up Goan dishes, although if you just fancy tandoori chicken or a vegetable masala, they are easy to find. The beach bars between Cavolissim and Mobor are great value and often put on live music and fireworks to go with your meal. Try Mike's Place or Sam's Place between the Holiday Inn and Leela Hotel. While the North has beach raves and discos, the nightlife in Southern Goa is fairly low key. You'll be happy with a nightcap on the beach,
[Goanet] Konkani Song
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Motorcar. A song I always remember from my childhood. I would like to know if any of your readers know the full song. Aum motorcar pong pong cortam, Soglheam chedvanc fullheam galtam, Daddleam ani bailhanc fatlheam bortham, Magir mujem motor ecdom fast sodtham. Tom de Sousa in Hong Kong
[Goanet] Invitation to World Disabled Day Celebration
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Dear Friends, There are about 70 million disabled people in India, most of whom are confined to there home due to complete lack of infrastructure. Any attempt to travel, enter buildings, parks or shops can be impossible, unsafe and humiliating, not just for the person with mobility impairment but also for persons with visual and hearing impairment. They remain unseen, unheard and therefore unaccounted. Denial of access to disabled people results in their isolation from Society, leading to lack of education and employment. We strongly believe that if the infrastructure is made accessible and barrier free, a lot of other problems being faced by disabled people will be solved to a large extent. Inclusion of the disabled, about which much is being spoken, will be a reality in day to day living. The Disability Act, 1995, a landmark legislation, which was enacted a decade ago, mandates accessible public areas, transport etc. It also provides for preferential allotment of land to disabled people. However even after ten years, most provision remains only on paper. There has been some efforts in the post Disability Act period, but these efforts are patchy and unsystematic. Inaccessibility of educational institutions is leading to systematic denial of educational opportunities to people with disabilities. The involvement rate of disabled students in the universities was found to be 0.1% and in schools it was 0.5%. Due to physical and attitudinal barriers disabled students are being forced out of education system and the number of students with disability enrolling for admission sees a significant decrease over the years. This is the Tenth year of the Disability Act. Talking of education, employment, rehabilitation will prove to be wasteful, unless we act in a serious manner. Our efforts to upload and defend the dignity and rights of the disabled will bear more fruit only if we all work together. It is high time for all of us to see that the Disability Act is implemented with greater earnestness. The Theme for World Disabled Day which is on 3rd December, 2005 is Its time for Action Tenth year of the Disability Act. On this occasion the Goa Disability Network in collaboration with Department of Social Welfare has planned a celebration, to be held at the Municipal Gardens, opposite Church Square on 2nd December, 2005 at 3.30 pm. All are invited for the event. Come and show your solidarity with the Disabled. Regards Avelino de Sa President DISABILITY RIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF GOA C/o Star Investments Opp. Head Post Office Panjim, Goa - 403 001. Telefax: 0832 - 2427160 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.disabilitygoa.com Making way for the differently abled in Goa
[Goanet] RE: *** Goanet Reader: Notes on Goanness.... (Eusebio L Rodrigues)
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Thanks for this beautiful story Eusebio, what a lovely way to start my day. Ruth Ruth DeSouza Wairua Consulting Limited PO Box 60-517, Titirangi Waitakere City, Aotearoa/New Zealand www.wairua.com/ruth
[Goanet] Goa Sudharop Fellowship awards - 2006
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Dear all, The annual Goa Sudharop Fellowships awards will be presented on January 3, 2006, Tuesday, from 4:30pm (sharp) to approximately 6pm at the Caritas Complex, Panjim. This year's awards will be announced later and relates to children and those who assist them in keeping with GOA SUDHAROP's theme YEAR OF THE CHILD. All are invited (no cost). Tea and snacks will be served. Please mark your calendars. We will be honored to see you. Sincerely, Goa Sudharop, www.goasudharop.org Personal note: I will be attending the function. I look forward to seeing cyberGoans from the various groups at the function. I had initially suggested cyberGoans meet at the Kala Academy but request you come as an honored guest to the Goa Sudharop function. George Pinto
[Goanet] RE: The Great Editorial Robbery, Blatant Plagiarism in the Herald
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- From: Mayabhushan [EMAIL PROTECTED] What makes it even more apalling is that the brazen editorial stealing has continued despite a complaint being made to the managing director of the Herald RAUL GONSALVES Dear Mr. Nagvenkar, Is this the same Raul Gonsalves in the story below? May be someone should show this story to Mr. Raul Fernandes at the Heraldo. http://www.colaco.net/1/RaulSaga1.htm jcx _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
[Goanet] Konkani films
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Is there any Konkani films..??? .for the IFFC.We are abroad and we do not have a chance to see them if there are any...But I suggest, any Konkani Films released in Goa or elsewhere, a copy should be distributed through the Chairman of the Goan Society in each country where the Goans live and work permanent or temporary...Also in this way we can promote our Mai Bhas KONKANI. We are sure any Goan would buy the DVD or a VCD if it is for sale abroad. Can anyone suggest anything !!! Mrs. Fernandes Dubai
[Goanet] Sprinkling Holy Water on 'The Da Vinci Code'
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Source: www.nytimes.com Sprinkling Holy Water on 'The Da Vinci Code' By SHARON WAXMAN Published: August 7, 2005 LOS ANGELES ON the face of it, Hollywood projects don't get much simpler than The Da Vinci Code, a movie being shot in Europe this summer, based on the international publishing phenomenon by Dan Brown. All the ingredients are there: a blockbuster book with 36 million copies in print, an Academy Award-winning team in the writer Akiva Goldsman and the director Ron Howard (for A Beautiful Mind), and an Oscar perennial, Tom Hanks, in the lead, as the Harvard professor Robert Langdon. Sony Pictures, the studio behind the film, would seem well on its way to that rarest of successes: an adult-oriented franchise with a built-in audience and plenty of potential for sequels. But Da Vinci, set for release in May, is shaping up as one of the movie world's more complicated exercises - so much so that Sony has dropped a scrim of secrecy over the affair, refusing to discuss anything but the barest details. The script has been closely controlled. Outsiders have been banned from the set. And those associated with the film have had to sign confidentiality agreements. There isn't a hidden agenda, there isn't any secrecy, it's just because it's so well known, said Geoffrey Ammer, Sony's president of worldwide marketing, explaining the low profile. They've got a job to do to make the movie. It was easier for everybody to just go make the movie. But executives and others connected with the project acknowledge that their silence is also a measure of concern about the potentially incendiary nature of the subject matter. The book, which is fiction, takes aim at central Christian dogma, claiming that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene, who was meant to be his true heir. It alleges an enormous coverup by the Roman Catholic Church, which, according to the book, usurped Mary's place in favor of a male-oriented hierarchy that has suppressed what Mr. Brown calls the sacred feminine. Even before production began, the studio and the producers Brian Grazer and John Calley received letters from groups like the Catholic League and Opus Dei expressing concern. The Catholic League asked that Mr. Howard include a disclaimer acknowledging that the movie is fiction. Opus Dei, a conservative Catholic group, was particularly worried about its own depiction, because it is a central villain in the book. The novel portrays Opus Dei in a completely inaccurate way; if the movie does the same thing it's something we'd be concerned about, Brian Finnerty, a spokesman for the group, said. Studio officials have consulted with Catholic and other Christian specialists on how they might alter the plot of the novel to avoid offending the devout. In doing so, the studio has been asked to consider such measures as making the central premise - that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene - more ambiguous, and removing the name of Opus Dei. The question I was asked was, 'Can you give them some things they can do to change it, to make it not offensive to the Christian audience?' said Barbara Nicolosi, executive director of Act One, an organization that coaches Christians on making it in Hollywood. She said she was approached by Jonathan Bock, a marketing expert hired by Sony for his knowledge of Christian sensibilities, and included in the discussions Amy Welborn, who has published a refutation of The Da Vinci Code titled De-Coding Da Vinci. We came up with three things, Ms. Nicolosi said: the more ambiguous approach to the central premise, the removal of Opus Dei and amending errors in the book's description of religious elements in art. Ms. Welborn said, If the script took those very strong assertions that Brown makes, and softened them, made them more theoretical rather than bald statements of fact, that might do something. Mr. Bock declined to comment about his involvement with the picture. Whether the screenwriter, Mr. Goldsman, has made any of those changes is uncertain, though the studio has publicly hinted that the film is a thriller that will play down religious themes. But changing the plot of a beloved novel has its own hazards and risks alienating the movie's built-in fan base - those millions of people worldwide who devoured the book and made it, some claim, the most successful book in history after the Bible. (Mr. Brown's agent, Heide Lange, said 36 million
[Goanet] Re: St. Francis Xavier
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- No news on any Goan cyber-space outlets about the Goan Diaspora associations celebrating the feast of St. Francis Xavier in the North American Continent. Kind Regards, GL Alfred de Tavares Novena to St. Francis Xavier - The Novena of Grace This novena prayer, although short is sufficient. It would be better of course to add, if time permits, three Hail Marys or say five times the Our Father, Haily Mary and Glory be to the Father, or to use some of the many well-loved novena prayers from other sources. Remember that prayers must be said with the lips in order to gain the indulgences. This novena begins on November 24 and ends on December 3.
[Goanet] NYC Rolling Trophy Football Tournament in Kuwait
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- NYC Rolling Trophy Football Tournament in Kuwait Kuwait Nov 25: Navelim Youth Centre (NYC) will organize the 16th Edition of NYC Rolling Trophy football tournament in Kuwait commencing from 2nd December 2005. The tournament is played under the auspices of Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF) and will be officiated by Indian Football Referees Association (IFRA). In the tournament draw held at Sour Grounds in presence of NYC President Agnello A. S. Fernandes, KIFF President Manuel D' Costa and representatives of participating teams, G.O.A Maroons were drawn in to play first match with strong contenders United Friends on Ground A at 7.00 am; while newly formed Kuwait Goans Association will play young Paradiso Football Club on Ground B. Sixteen teams affiliated to KIFF are included in this tournament. However, last years' Champions Curtorcares match against C.R.C. Chinchinim would not take place owing to the latter's suspension by KIFF. The games will be played Friday mornings at the famous Sour Grounds, Kuwait City. The NYC Rolling Trophy, perhaps one of the most uniquely sculpt trophies worldwide, was instituted in the year 1993. The finals of this edition are slated for December 30, 2005. Other fixtures on Friday (02/12/2005): Ground A Kerala Challengers v/s United Goans at 8.00 am Ground B Navelim Youth Centre v/s Fahaheel Bros at 8.00 am Links: KIFF League matches excitingly poised: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/7173
[Goanet] Re: Festival at Fontainhas.............
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Thanks Miguel for giving us the dope on these paranoid individuals who oppose the Heriitage Fesitival at Fontainhas. The Portuguese left Goa over 40 years ago, booted out, Finit, and some of thes folks are still tilting at windmills. If we want to get rid of foreign influences, lets start with the Aryans who brought a foreign religion Hinduism and Casteeism into India and Goa, the Greek influence, the Iranian influence, the Afghan influence, the Islamic influence. Let stop writing and conversing in English and Hindi and revert to whatever language our forebears spoke. Let us stop wearing Western clothes and revert to the Cashti. Let's get rid of all the foreign names still being used in India, like Connaught Place in Delhi, Dalhousie etc. What a bunch of idiots we have amongst us. We cannot erase history. The Portuguese are not coming back even if we begged them. Their presence amongst us over 450 years enriched our culture and made Goa an attractive place for tourists to visit. Let us give up our computers and our cars and two wheelers for surely they were invented in foreign countries and revert to our revered bhoil ghaddi. Lets get rid of all the religions currently being practiced in Goa as they are all of foreign origin, and revert to the religion of our forebears. I did not live under Portuguese rule in Goa and have no special affinity for the Portuguese, but enough is enough, when are we going to wake up and become mature and accept history for what it is ? Vivian
[Goanet] St. Xavier's College Alumni Reunion 2005
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- St. Xavier's College Alumni Reunion 2005 St. Xavier's College Alumni/ae Reunion 2005 will be held on the 11th of December, 2005, Sunday. This is an occasion for all the past Xavierites and former teachers to visit their Alma Mater which has completed 42 years of existence. The programme will commence with Mass at 10:00 A.M. for all the ex-students and teachers who passed away. It will be followed by a cultural programme and exchange of views. The College will host a lunch for their beloved alumni/ae and former teachers. They have been very important contributors for the progress and development of St. Xaviers which has been recognized today by the University Grants Commission as one of the few best Colleges in India with the help of a comparative study involving 70 parameters. All our Xavier alumni/ae and former teachers are our honoured guests specially on the Reunion Day. They are requested to contact their batchmates and attend the programme in large numbers. They may e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone at 2262356.
[Goanet] Hartman de Souza: He's true to his heart (profile)
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/11/16/stories/2005111601400400.htm He's true to his heart Hartman de Souza, theatre veteran, has a unique approach to life, to put it mildly. The man of colourful metaphors and strong opinions sells sculpted poles to fund his theatre activities His fierce opinions are founded on the bedrock of experience: decades of it, in theatre, education and also journalism JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS Hartman de Souza worked 28 full days to finish the totem pole, two days to communicate with the wood, 26 to carve it What's Hartman doing these days? a friend asked me recently. He's carving totem poles, I said. She nodded understandingly. I could have said He's growing tulips in Jaisalmer and she would have received the information just as equably. Hartman de Souza, theatre veteran, has a unique approach to life, to put it mildly. He wants to sell sculpted poles to fund his theatre activities. Surely, there are less arduous ways to raise money, but Hartman is keenly aware that when easy money comes in window, idealism goes out door. So here he is on a Tuesday afternoon, taking a vanload of children from the alternative school Poorna to see his latest creation. He has been chipping and blowtorching away at a fallen log of badam on Yohan Chandy's farm in Sathanur. As we purr along the highway, cries of Bing sound repeatedly in the van. Everybody calls me Bing, says Hartman with a laugh. Some people ask me, after Bing Crosby? I say no, it's Bingo — I stylishly shortened it to Bing. I was named after a dog. As the van turns into a narrow road, he warns the children about one of Chandy's many dogs, Doobie, who is temperamental. Chubby-cheeked little Dan asks in a fearful voice: What does the dog do? To which Hartman replies: He just wants to know if you're a boy or a girl. The children try their best to ignore crotch-sniffing Doobie and gather around the supine log. Small fingers stroke the spider and the lizard, the natural striations, the knots converted into bulbous eyes. They hear the story of the faces on the pole — a baby who is protected by the spirits of the tree who teach it how to speak, think, fight and fly. The farm owner strolls past in shorts and T-shirt and Hartman introduces him to the children: This is Yohan Chandy, farmer, potter... (under his breath)... crazy coot. The coot says hello and disappears into the rice fields. Hartman worked 28 full days to finish the totem pole (two days to communicate with the wood, 26 to carve it). His first one, which also took 28 days, was his gift to Visthaar in Doddagubbi. Visthaar is where he first sculpted wood to make masks for the play Custodians of the Orchard staged on Earth Day last April. Hartman and his friend N.K. Sajeev were inspired by Bill Mollison's poem Three Voices to create and enact a story of an orchard under threat from builders. Working between the existing chikkoo trees in Visthaar, the performers grew plants and dug the earth to fashion a 160-seater arena out of mud and stone. Realism is dead, says Hartman, whose current experiments are far removed from what mainstream Indian repertory companies are doing. Once at a seminar he had memorably described English-language theatre groups as elephants linked in a closed circle with the trunk of one pushed up the fundament of the other, ensuring that what goes in doesn't come out, and what needs to come out stays in. His colourful metaphor didn't endear him to the other participants, but Hartman has never wanted to win a popularity contest. His style is opening the mouth and putting both feet in it, as his wife Ujjwala apparently never tires of telling him. His fierce opinions are founded on the bedrock of experience — decades of it, in theatre, education and also journalism (Assistant Editor with Debonair, Features Editor with Patriot). From 1973 on he has conducted theatre workshops in colleges, and a Ford Foundation grant helped him direct plays in Goa, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Bangalore. Among the plays he directed after relocating to Bangalore in '94 are Loy Saldanha's The Undertaker, Athol Fugard's The Island, Jayawant Dalvi's A Sip of Water and Barney Simon's Woza Albert. What drew him to theatre? Sumatindra Nadig, he cries. In college (in Goa, where he did B.A. Philosophy and M.A. Sociology) he played the lead in Tennessee Williams's Glass
[Goanet] Re: The Bosco intervention on BOGUS accusation
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- From: Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED] #1: I would like to concur with JC and state: Yes, the current Rules do not explicitly state that cross-posting is not allowed. So on that technicality, JC is RIGHT. Appears when the Rules were last addressed, there was an oversight at our end. Thanks to JC for pointing that out. And we hope to address that shortly. #2: Now, re JC's missing msg, that I have no means of tracking, #3: If there is anything that has to be withdrawn, it's your BOGUS allegation that Goanet Admin have censored you. Period. For someone who had 6-7 messages on the same thread approved it is ridiculous to state that you are being censored. Since you cast the first allegation (knowing very well that your message was rejected on account of cross-posting), you be the first to withdraw your BOGUS allegation. jc's response: 1. Thank You Bosco for acknowledging that GoaNet's does not explicitly (nor otherwise) state that cross-posting is not allowed . ( ) added by me. Hence I could NOT have VIOLATED any rule which did NOT exist. 2. There is a method for you to check. That link was provided to you. 3. Thank you but YOU have indeed WITHDRAWN your BOGUS accusation as you have explicitly accepted that GoaNet's does not explicitly state that cross-posting is not allowed . Now...the next time you think of standing up on your high horse and jumping up and down Think Again. Please check b4 you accuse anybody jc
[Goanet] Dempo enters into semi-finals
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG6_sub.asp?newscode=124304catcode=ENG6subcatcode= Dempo enters into semi-finals Panaji, Nov 26 (UNI) Dempo Sports Club edged out Fransa Pax by 2-1 and moved into the semi-finals in the Servo-Goa Governor's Cup football tournament being played at Duler ground, Mapusa in North Goa. For Dempo, both the goals were scored by Renty Martin, while for Fransa goal came from Alex Ambrose. In the semi-finals, Dempo will meet the winners of Raia and Raitura Sports Club. UNI SRN SSS DH KP2132 Header Information Header Information PRIORITY SPB 8 SPORTS-FOOTBALL-GOVERNORS CUP Dempo enters into semi-finals Panaji, Nov 26 (UNI) Dempo Sports Club edged out Fransa Pax by 2-1 -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Goa to host 2011 national games
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG6_sub.asp?catcode=subcatcode=newscode=124310 Goa to host 2011 national games, dates for Guwahati games announced Ranchi, Nov 26 (UNI) Asserting that the states making sports laws will be deprieved of any future sporting event, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today announced that the 2011 National Games will be held in Goa and gave new dates for Guwahati National Games from October 12 next year. IOA president Suresh Kalmadi told reporters here tonight after the annual general meeting and executive committee meeting of the country's apex sports organistaion that Goa would host the 2011 national games. ''It has been decided with a view that this will provide a development opportunity for a smaller state like Goa. The IOA has also finalised the dates for 33rd and 34th national games to be held in Guwahati and Jharkhand respetively. Already delayed Guwahati games will be held from October 12 to 21 next year while the 34th edition of the games will be held in Ranchi and Jamshedpur from November 16 to 25 in 2007.'' he said. MORE UNI RAJ/SCS DH HT2100 Header Information Header Information PRIORITY SPC 8 SPORTS-IOA-GOA Goa to host 2011 national games, dates for Guwahati games announced Ranchi, Nov 26 (UNI) Asserting that the states making sports laws -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Officialdom's workings... and priorities
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- For a closer idea of how officialdom works and lobbies in today's Goa, these minutes available online are insightful. http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2005/minutes.php BTW, a cyber-cafe owner mentioned that he had purchased the computers purchased last year for IFFI at a throwaway price of just Rs 4000. Journos would remember there were a large number of brand new computers installed at the Kala Academy IFFI campuses at that time. This year around, the cry is of shortage-of-computers! FN
Re: [Goanet] Anti-Portuguese Paranoia
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- As someone who supported independence from Portugal and had relatives among the freedom fighters that got the entire family blackballed for years from visiting Goa, I still credit the Portuguese people for being the most benign, most tolerant - the Inquisition era excepted - and least racist of all the European colonialists. Any movement to expose Indians and Goans to the tolerant and colorful Portuguese culture should be encouraged in this increasingly outward-looking world. To hide the fact that we have a 450 year history with these people would be ridiculous and intolerant. I would think Indians are mature enough to learn about our previous colonialists and sift the wheat from the chaff. What are we afraid of? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were many Goans who fought against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa. Unlike some of their compatriots, they did this out a sense of patriotic duty, without expecting any special privileges or benefits as freedom-fighters. Whilst hating Portuguese rule, their hatred did not extend to the Portuguese people,their language or their culture. In fact, many of them utilised their knowledge of the Portuguese language and culture to promote the cause of Goa's freedom in the land of their rulers as many other Indian patriots did with the English language and culture. When organisations promoted by former colonial rulers such as the British Council and Aliance Francaise are welcome to promote their language and culture throughout India (including Goa) why should one object to organisations such as the Fundacao Oriente or others doing the same? Moreover,do not Indian cultural organisations and diplomatic missions promote our history and culture abroad? It is rather pathetic for the organisers of the campaign against the Fontainhas Festival to use strong-arm methods of protest claiming it is promoting Portuguese culture forty-four years after liberation, whilst thousands of Goans are queing up outside the Portuguese Consulate seeking Portuguese citizenship. It would be far better and more useful if they utilised their energies and resources to promote employment opportunities for these people in our State to obviate the need for them to emigrate to the land of their former oppressors! Benaulim, Goa: 26th.Nov.2005--- Tony Correia-Afonso. This message was sent using NWebmail, BSNL's Webmail Program
[Goanet] Death Penalty in the US
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- 'One person executed every 10 days in the US' Press Trust of India Washington, November 25, 2005 There are more than 3,400 prisoners -- including 118 foreign nationals -- on death row in the United States and in the last 28 years, the country has on an average executed one person every 10 days, according to official statistics. Next week will witness the execution of the '1000th' person in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Gary Gilmore was the first to be executed a year after the reinstatement. Since 1976, 58 per cent of those executed in the US were white while 34 per cent were black, according to the Death Penalty Information Centre. Death sentences nationwide have dropped by 50 per cent since the late 1990s, with executions carried out down by 40 per cent -- as many as twelve states do not have the death penalty, and at least two -- Illinois and New Jersey -- have formal moratoriums on capital punishment. The subject of death penalty is an emotional as well as a high profile political issue in the United States. A Gallup poll in October has shown that 64 per cent of Americans support death penalty, or the lowest level in 27 years, down from a high of 80 per cent in 1994. Yet at the same time there are law makers who are considering Bills that will speed up the execution process by refusing to have defendants in capital cases appeal to the federal courts. The increasing use of DNA evidence is said to be having an impact on death sentences. Since 1973, 122 prisoners have been freed from death row and that the vast majority of these cases have come up in the last 15 years as a result of DNA evidence being used widespread, statistics revealed.
[Goanet] Cardinals
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Dear Fred, Card. Joseph is not from Saligao. I think he is from Salvador do Mundo. His brother, Mons. Anthony, is retired and residing in Bombay. Fr. de Mello, who also has retired and is settled in Saligao, and he were together at Victoria Church, Mahim till about 2/3 years ago. Fr. de Mello should be able to give you correct information. Ask him and also give him my salaams. Sincerely J. Remedios
[Goanet] Theotonio in Tabucchi's Notturno, Part III, Ch. 8 -
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- DIASPORA + Goa's thriving cultural spirit has attracted yet another world-renowned musician. Gazelle Mehta discovers the talented Delia Varga. She first heard of Goa in Nocturno Indiano, a novel by Antonio Tabucchi, about a man who sets out to find a lost friend and ends up finding himself in Goa. Delia was born in the north of Romania and began playing piano at the age of six. (GT) I remember having received Tabucchi at the Xavier Centre in 1983, then still located at Miramar. I had not realized at that time who Tabucchi was or that he was preparing his *Notturno Indiano*. In a typical post-modern fashion of distorting and mixing reality and phantasy, I became the guardian of the jesuit library, an old man of 73, and who smiled moving his head (mi fece grandi sorrisi dondolando la testa). For an interesting analysis of the novel and for a reference to this my encounter with Tabucchi in Goa, read Thomas Strater, From Peregrination to Pilgrimage: Tabucchi's Notturno Indiano, in *Goa and Portugal: Their Cultural Links*, eds Charles Borges and Helmut Feldmann, New Delhi, Concept Publications, 1997, pp. 251-260.
[Goanet] Ministers denting Goas tourism plans
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- 'Ministers denting Goa's tourism plans' Panaji BY PERCY FERRAO LONDON, NOV 23 The 26th annual World Travel Market at Excel in London from November 14 to November 17, is regarded as one of the most successful business exhibitions worldwide, which brings together buyers and sellers from throughout the UK and across the world. It is a massive travel and tourism event with a vast array of conferences, seminars, workshops and presentations that appeal to its diverse audience. The Goan pavilion was the attraction at the Travel Mart, inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister and Tourism Minister Dr Wilfred de Souza in the presence of the Union Tourism Minister Renuka Chowdury and the Dy Director of Tourism, Goa Pamela Mascarenhas. Speaking to Herald at the World Trade Mart, Dr Willy justified Goa as a popular resort as if it is a brand name in tourist circles. We're keen on promoting Goa even more. In the 60's and 70's, it was mainly the back packers, but now the numbers have increased as we are even getting the middle class and wealthy with over seven Chartered flights flying in directly into Goa, said Dr Willy. Reputed Airlines such as Emirates, Gulf Air, Condor have also applied for direct flights into Goa and I'm chasing the Civil Ministry to grant them their licences, he added. Dr Willy admitted that political interference has dented plans to set up the necessary infrastructure to retain Goa's reputation as a popular tourism resort. We will have to do a lot, now that we have begun improving the infrastructure, we'll continue doing so. Political hindrance is also there, like we wanted land acquired for garbage dumping, but ministers like Digamber Kamat and Joaquim Alemao have been resisting (these plans), said Dr Willy. Dr Willy also said that construction of entertainment parks, new golf courses, oceanariums and passage of direct flights into Goa to encourage upmarket tourism were the new schemes and packages that Goa touted during the WTM. http://www.goanet.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=8
[Goanet] Re : UTTH GOENKARA: Six Sancoale panchas are migrants
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Dear Linobab and other goanetters.. While every mouth brings a pair of hands, these hands sometimes make more than they eat and sometimes less, I am most certain, that these influxes of immigrants has not only affected the native Goan by their presence in the workforce, but also affected the native Goan through their consumption of public services. In retrospect, I?m sure that in the past and (if not checked now) in the future, Goa has suffered and is slowly suffering from brain drain - the loss of trained and educated Goans to emigration. It would be interesting to have a study made into the workforce employed by the industries in the Verna Industrial Estate. And, I?m talking about checking specifically the number of local Goans (born Goan that is!) in the Conglomerate?s in the Industrial Estate. One more fact which is worth giving a thought, is this??it surely points out to the mere fact that since immigrants have more children than natives, they must be consuming more in educational services. Second, immigrant households are poorer than native households and, therefore, receive more in state and locally funded income transfers. Third, because immigrants households have significantly lower incomes than native households, their contribution to the ex-chequer is negligible - whereas the Government?s responsibility towards their fundamental rights is becoming very considerable. This only increases the State?s fiscal deficit. Cheers, Savika Gomes Cansaulim - Goa.
[Goanet] Waste Management Progress/Melinda Coutinho Powell
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Vivian Dsouza wrote: Slowly but surely, people are becoming aware. It is this grassroots awareness that will bear fruit. Dont hold your breaths for the Government to do much of anything. I am grateful for all the very dedicated people who are involved in this initiative. Thank you guys and girls ! _ Rene Barretto wrote: Great piece of WORK ! .we need to keep the the children's movement ...going .We need to keep the school going children involved ..by doing so , we get the Parents involved TOO. Dear Vivian,Rene, Thanks for the appreciation ,encouragement and positive comments on the Public meeting/Exhibition on Waste Management in Margao. At the next consumer network meeting,I shall definitely pass on your comments to all the volunteers who worked so hard to make this exhibition/meeting a success. GOACAN's next project in December is to have a talk and demonstration on simple garbage segregation for maids/helpers,and we hope that citizens co operate and help to spread awareness ,at all levels of society.This project is a first of its kind, lets hope the response is positive. Regards, Melinda
[Goanet] Congress day of reckoning on Mopa @ NAVELIM.
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.goacom.com/joel/news/2005nov/26nov05.htm Congress' day of reckoning on Mopa, at Navelim PANJIM, Nov 26: Whether it's the issue of retaining Dabolim airport or construction a new one at Mopa, the Congress is a divided house with a large number of its members opposing the proposal of an additional airport in the State. The simmering discontent among the people in South Goa over retaining the Dabolim airport is an issue which the Congress party cannot allow to blow over. And the South Goa MP Churchill Alemao's threat to quit the party over it has placed the party in a piquant situation. All eyes are glued on the public meeting convened by Churchill at Blasco Executive Centre, Navelim, today evening. (GT) -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Re: Valmiki on Love, Hate ex-jesuits on The Borges Road to Nowhere
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Doutor-bab, pls scroll... JC: you too Valmikibab -- re: Valmikibab being a fair man VF wrote : Must confess I'm actually dark by complexion! Wrong premises. ;-)) JC: So, you are a Kunbibablike me then ...or as someone would say Khampri (;-) JC: Even so, you should be on the your own premises. Why are you on the wrong premises? -- re: St Francis Xavier, a person some ex-Jesuits hate VF: Can we not leave *love,* *like* or any any other expression personal, to itself .. and the ex-Jesuits alone. I sure am like you, but rather proudly, a product of Jesuit instruction, early on. Hate, though, debating personal beliefs in public. Sure you'd agree there. JC: absolutely agree with you. However, I will leave ex-Jesuits alone ONLY when they leave the Jesuits alone. I have very good memories of my Jesuit upbringing: My guidance counsellor who encouraged me to do Medicine (Fr. Romualdo), My spiritual director Fr. Vasco Rego, My Science teachers Frs. John Santos Hector Almeida and Fr. Mathew who taught us Religion et al are all etched in my grateful memory. So, when I see disgruntled ex-jesuits . jumping up and down AND attacking Jesuits based on some isolated cockamamee story without being Fair and Balanced ... I hope you will understand. I have NO problem with a Fair assesment of anyone ...even if it is negative; but I definitely will not sit by and accept an unwarranted and biased attack on Jesuits. love to self and D jc
[Goanet] IFFI Locals have their own idea of fun.
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.ndtv.com/ent/newstory.asp?section=Moviesid=4117 Puja Talwar Saturday, November 26, 2005: (Goa): Delegates and movie buffs in Goa prefer spending their days at the INOX theatre catching up on the latest in cinema, but the locals have their own idea of fun. The sandy expanse of Caranzalem took on a festive atmosphere, with live music concerts by local band, followed by screenings of Hindi blockbusters. The English version of Aamir Khan and Toby Steven-starrer The Rising screened on Day 1, drew a crowd of over 5000 people, including locals as well as tourists. Despite the absence of stars that have been making brief appearances at ceremonies and screenings, the locals are happy to host the film festival. Day 2 also saw people coming in droves for the screening of Sarkaar starring father-son duo, Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan. It seems that with a free movie ticket, open skies and a complimentary beer, watching movies were never such a treat! -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Re: Valmiki on - Borges returns to The Borges Road to Nowhere
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Doutor-bab, pls scroll... From: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: Valmiki on - Borges returns to The Borges Road to Nowhere You being a fair man Must confess I'm actually dark by complexion! Wrong premises. ;-)) Regards 2. re St Francis Xavier, a person some ex-Jesuits hate Can we not leave *love,* *like* or any any other expression personal, to itself .. and the ex-Jesuits alone. I sure am like you, but rather proudly, a product of Jesuit instruction, early on. Hate, though, debating personal beliefs in public. Sure you'd agree there. Love to Ema and the kids, Val jc's response: Valmiki bab, I wish I knew. I'd suggest that love or like may not be in the vocabulary of these ex-jesuits. No wonder they have so much hate to spread.
[Goanet] Valmiki on - Borges returns to The Borges Road to Nowhere
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- 1: re Mr. Borges from jc, the very good Valmiki Faleiro reminded jc thus Prof. Borges, doutor! jc's response: Valmiki bab, You being a fair man will understand that Respect is a two-way street. You would no doubt have read the first few posts from me all from Mr. Borges. === 2. re St Francis Xavier, a person some ex-Jesuits hate on TGF at http://www.colaco.net, the very good Valmiki Faleiro remarked Umm... who do these ex-Jesuits like, then?? jc's response: Valmiki bab, I wish I knew. I'd suggest that love or like may not be in the vocabulary of these ex-jesuits. No wonder they have so much hate to spread. Though, LOVE of POIXE may be one love remainingafter all that Vow of Poverty and thing. But hey, just because I am Jesuit trained does not mean I am a Jesuit - nor an ex-Jesuit. Please Ask any ex-Jesuit you know ...that question a big hug to Daisy you from us jc Coming Soon of TGF at http://www.colaco.net a response to der Konkani Perfessor !
[Goanet] INEFFICIENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN GOA?
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- While googling Mopa airport I came across this link: http://www.goanews.com/30mar00.htm It is the take of media in Goa about the March 2000 Union Cabinet decision which has been much in the local news recently. So the news has not (or should not) have come as a surprise. It has not been kept a closely guarded 'state secret' all this time to be foisted on an unsuspecting public. Fast forward to August 2004. Here is another interesting link by Goanet's own Fred Noronha. http://www.travelforums.org/forums/f40/news-goa-sees-tourism-lobby-grounded- standoff-navy-airport-9574.html It provides an excellent summary of the Dabolim imbroglio centering on the Indian Navy and even refers to the Mopa proposal. But unfortunately it seems to focus only on charter flights and on the Navy's concession of round the clock airport operation and thus fails to highlight that the die is cast as far as Dabolim's impending closure is concerned! Thus while there has been a constant barrage of posts on goanet in the subsequent year and more about Dabolim, Seabird and Mopa, it is only now that we are informed that Dabolim's closure as a civil enclave is a foregone conclusion! It is only a matter of limbo-like time. This seems to speak volumes about the lack of honest information exchange in Goa and perhaps even on goanet. All the talk about leveraging collective learning etc seems just that ...big talk! People also say that a year's time on the internet is practically an eternity. That's what we may have lost due to hoarding of and hesitation to share available information by people who knew better. Who loses? Ultimately only the long suffering people of Goa -- most unfortunately! We have let them down. No question about that. Let's hope that something can at least be retrieved even at this late date. It might call for a miracle.
[Goanet] Will Goa become our Cannes?
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/11/25/stories/2005112500130300.htm Will Goa become our Cannes? Shubhra Gupta This seems to be the big question on every film enthusiast's mind, as 2005 will be a make-or break year for the India International Film Festival that begins in Goa today. Actors Pooja Bhatt and Meera pose with the IFFI poster. - R.V. Moorthy When festival director Afzal Amanullah addressed a small press meet in New Delhi recently to talk about the latest edition of the India International Film Festival (IFFI), he promised, that from now on, it would only get bigger and better. The 36th IFFI festival opens in Goa today, and Amanullah's team along with co-host, the Goa State Government, will hold its breath for the ten-day duration. Last year, when the IFFI moved to Goa for the first time, there was vociferous doubt that it would return. It was as late as September this year that Goa was designated as the permanent IFFI venue, and full-fledged preparations have been under way only since then. As is the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's wont, Amanullah, a joint secretary in the Ministry, is not a full-fledged festival head, a tradition that seems to have been buried nearly a decade ago. So what he takes on this year is not only a new job, and strife-ridden departments, he also inherits a festival which seems to have lost its moorings in the past decade, which has seen several festivals start and prosper in other parts of the country. The IFFI used to be an annual pilgrimage for film-lovers, who would turn up in vast numbers at the venue (it was held in various state capitals and New Delhi during alternate years). Now cinephiles in Thiruvananthapuram say they have no need to travel because their own festival is world-class; Kolkata has its own, so do Pune and Mumbai. The last with its focus on documentaries and short films established itself as a film destination in January; New Delhi now has Osian's Cinefan, which has a one-point agenda — to make itself the place where films and filmmakers arrive to showcase their latest in July every year. So, despite Mario Miranda's lovely poster, which welcomes all film-lovers to Goa, it is clear that this is the IFFI's make-or-break year. The first time around, glitches are not only expected, they are also forgiven. The media and film fraternity actually expected things to be worse, so the flak the festival directorate received, for such things as a chaotic opening gala where invitees were left stranded outside the auditorium, among others, was mild. Any film festival has to focus on movies first, foremost and last: the glamour and red carpets come later. Last year, the only notable international entry was The Motorcycle Diaries, with Mira Nair's already released-and-reviled Vanity Fair being the inaugural film. This year, there is supposed to be an exciting fare from Europe (the IFFI has to be among the few festivals which calls itself international and releases its brochure with confirmed entries only on the day the festival starts), as well as from Latin America and Africa. The broadened competition section will include films from these countries as well as Asia. Another new feature, according to Amanullah, would be premieres of our own movies at the festival. It's not that new, because last year, a few forgettable Bollywood films did open at the festival. This year, Prakash Jha's eagerly awaited Apharan will be a `mid-fest gala'. Deepa Mehta's controversial Water is also expected to be a star entry. So will Goa become our Cannes? We will have a strong inkling at the end of these 10 days. Period films... non-starters? The budget was rumoured to hover at the Rs 75-crore mark, which makes Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal — An Eternal Love Story one of the most expensive films Bollywood has produced. But reports after the opening weekend have been less than ecstatic. In many theatres, collections have been a dismal 30-40 per cent. It proves an old jungle saying in showbiz — all show, no tell, does not a blockbuster make. The period is painstakingly recreated, down to the delicate filigree work on
[Goanet] Waste heat power station in Amona
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Generation of electricity using waste heat not only saves a resource which would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere. The waste heat is used to heat up the water in a boiler which supplies the steam to a multi-stage turbine which provides the drive to a generator. The induced draught fan will exaust the gas to the atmosphere through a chimney. The other part is the transmission which will be connected to the existing grid. The 30MW that will be generated will solve in a small way some of the load shedding and blackouts that presently exist in Goa. Environmentally there will be no pollution and emission of gases as there will be no fuel burnt. So why do the people of Amona object. It is high time that the communication between the Electricity department and people of Amona is improved so that the people understand the advantages of this new proposal. Tom de Sousa in Hong Kong
[Goanet] Re: Borges returns to The Borges Road to Nowhere
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- From: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 6:22 PM Subject: Borges returns to The Borges Road to Nowhere Mr. Borges, Prof. Borges, doutor! = TGF at http://www.colaco.net also has St Francis Xavier, a person some ex-Jesuits hate. Umm... who do these ex-Jesuits like, then?? Rgds, Valmiki
[Goanet] Dear TSSK Re: UDAY BHEMBRES ROADMAP TO HELL - XIX
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- First of all, I am delighted to see this post from Mr. Borges on GoaNet - replete with the dreaded cross-posting (;-) I await the decision of the gorrment on this issue. From what I know, only dictatatorial regimes i.e. Salazar, Franco, Sadaam, Bandodkar etc selectively applied RULES which even did NOT exist. These are the non-existent rules which some of us are accused of violating. Ha! I am waiting for the Man himself to show that he is Man enough to EITHER show me the RULE that has allegedly been violated, or WITHDRAW that bogus allegation. And please ...DO NOT bother send private messages to me ...on a matter which is public. OK? Having said that, TSKK ..Congratulations on Ulo. I personally commit to assisting and finding assistance for ULO in 2006 As long as the language in ULO is understandable ..it will succeed. Otherwise it will go the way of Dixxt, Gulag ani Superannuation I suggest that you DUMP Mr. Borges' alleged advice. He has been squeezed enough to publicly accept that he is anti-ROMI Konkani. We summised that a long time ago. And dump any alleged AWARD which fails to recognise the rights of all Konkanis. re the procedure suggested by Sebastian Borges, I say DUMP it. I also say IGNORE the attacks made by intention on JESUITS, on Fr. Pratap, and on the TSKK. Dump those who have inbuilt animosity towards Konkani and Romi Konkani ...and MOVE FORWARD. sincerely jc (Matric fail, but MA - Master of Argument - contra 'agentes' de Hypocrisy, False Accusations, Communalism and Casteism) Borges: This should be done by literary experts i.e. those who have at least an M.A. in Literature, not necessarily Konkani Literature.
[Goanet] ECGC, GCCI keen to promote exports from Goa
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=173475n_date=20051126cat=India ECGC, GCCI keen to promote exports from Goa Panaji | November 26, 2005 2:33:09 PM IST The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has expressed its desire to promote exports from Goa in association with the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). This was made clear in a seminar on 'ECGC's Role and Schemes for Exporters and Bankers' held at the GCCI's Convention Hall here yesterday, wherein many leading exporters and bankers had participated. Speaking on the occasion, ECGC Regional Manager (West) M Kumar said that the Corporation was very keen to promote exports from Goa by extending its export credit guarantee insurance support to exporters and bankers in the state. He said that in view of a small number of exporters and a modest value of exports (around Rs 2000 crore per annum) from Goa, the state was presently being serviced from its branch at Thane in the neighbouring Maharashtra, whose officers visit Goa at regular intervals. He said in view of a vast unexploited potential, the Corporation might consider establishing a small representative office in Goa in the near future provided it gets a reasonable business from the exporters. At present, Mr Kumar said, around 80 per cent of the bank finance from Goa is covered under ECGC Guarantee Schemes, while only 20 per cent of the exporters have availed of the policy covers. In order to extend its reach and presence in the state, ECGC has taken assistance of GCCI in creating awareness about the needs and benefits of the export credit insurance, and has placed its schemes literature with the GCCI for dissemination to exporters and bankers, he added. Lauding ECGC's efforts, GCCI Chairman (Tax Research Group) Sandip Bhandare assured his organisation's utmost cooperation with the former in their common endeavour for promotion of trade and exports in Goa. ECGC is an export promotion organisation under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. Its schemes serve a dual purpose for the exporters in protecting export payments and enhance their competitiveness. The schemes also help banks in extending liberal finance to them. UNI BM SSS AW1151 -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] YOUR LIFE - TRAVEL: WAY TO GOA
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16415548method=fullsiteid=94762headline=your-life---travel--way-to-goa--name_page.html 26 November 2005 YOUR LIFE - TRAVEL: WAY TO GOA GENTLE FOLK IN LAND WHERE THE GOOD LIFE COMES CHEAP By Iain Mayhew WE swerve past a cow, two moped riders and just miss a dog sleeping under a tree at the roadside. Abel, the taxi driver, is talking about his wife, their first baby, which is due in February, and the fact that everything is becoming so expensive here ... Which is odd, because we've just stopped off for two large Kingfisher beers at a gimcrack bar in the little village of Chandor down the road and it cost me just 60 rupees, about 75p. Ah yes, sir, says Abel, who has become worringly talkative behind the wheel after his beer break. But last year it would have cost 50 rupees. Abel is Indian, but Catholic, as are around 70 per cent of the people who live in Goa. The landscape is dotted with huge churches incongruously surrounded by swaying palms and on a Sunday morning the roads are lined with smartly-dressed Goans on their way to Mass. The reason for visiting this tropical outpost of the Roman church can best be seen in Chandor, where we have just been. Across the village square from the church is a huge mansion which wouldn't look out of place in the hills above Lisbon. The Braganza House was built 400 years ago when the Portuguese ruled Goa - they left in 1962 - and is beautifully preserved and furnished by the family which has lived in it for generations. A small contribution will get you a guided tour of its grand ballroom, library and drawing rooms filled with an antiques roadshow of chinese plates and furniture acquired when Goa was on the main trade route from the Far East to Portugal. By most standards, the Portuguese were fairly benign rulers, allowing freedom of worship and intermarriage with the gentle locals and freedom of worship. Which is why we are heading to a Hindu temple at Chandranath, perched high on a thickly-wooded hilltop with spectacular views across the surrounding countryside of rice fields and coconut groves. As the taxi wheezes up the winding road, startled monkeys scamper back into the undergrowth and black crows soar into the sky. After climbing about 100 steps we finally reach the top, wheezing more than Abel's taxi, and the shrine of Chandreshwar, an incarnation of Shiva who is worshipped as Lord of the Moon. His statue is sited so that it is illuminated every full moon, when Hindus make the long climb to hold a festival. But it's the sun, not the moon, which brings thousands of holidaymakers to Goa every winter, and it's time to head back to the beach. North and South Goa are very different. The northern resorts have grown rapidly over the past few years and while this area was once a chill-out Nirvana for hippies, much of it is now packed with hotels, bars and even casinos. South of the state capital Panaji - a dusty, ramshackle, bustling little town - you'll find fewer hotels, wider sandy beaches and a far more laid-back atmosphere. I stayed at the Leela (www.ghmhotels.com), arguably one of the best hotels in Southern India and yet still a bargain, considering the standards. It is perched on Mobor Beach which stretches for miles along a spit flanked by the River Sal, where blue fishing boats bob at anchor and kingfishers dart along the bank. On my last evening I take a sunset boat ride down the river, past the higgledy-piggledy fishermen's huts and the Hindu shrine on the Beful headland. Out on the open sea, the sun, by now a huge orange ball, slips slowly below the horizon and a school of dolphins glide past the front of the boat. EATING AND DRINKING GOAN food is based around the humble coconut - its oil, its milk and the sap from the palm which is used for vinegar and other flavourings. Local spices such as cumin, coriander and turmeric are also widely used. Fresh fish, including kingfish, pomfret and prawns, make delicious curries. Most restaurants will serve up Goan dishes, although if you just fancy tandoori chicken or a vegetable masala, they are easy to find. The beach bars between Cavolissim and Mobor are great value and often put on live music and fireworks to go with your meal. Try Mike's Place or Sam's Place between the Holiday Inn and Leela Hotel. While the North has beach raves and discos, the nightlife in Southern Goa is fairly low key. You'll be happy with a nightcap on the beach,
[Goanet] RSS threat to Goa culture festival
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov262005/national17403320051125.asp RSS threat to Goa culture festival From Devika Sequeira DH news Service Panaji A quiet Latin quarter of Panjim that carries a distinct Iberian stamp to it has become the target of right-wing fanaticism of the RSS brand. Tying up with a motley group of freedom fighters under the Desh Premi Nagrik Samiti (DPNS), RSS members have threatened to shut down a popular art and culture festival scheduled to open on Saturday, because the saffron group believes it "encourages and promotes Portuguese culture". A residential area of close-knit houses in the European style, Fontainhas is being encouraged and promoted for conservation by heritage lovers. A successful attempt to this end has been the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts promoted every year by the Goa Heritage Action Group and the city's municipal corporation, which has rekindled an interest in the distinct architectural and cultural identity of the area. The organisers scheduled the festival to coincide with the ongoing International Film Festival here, but many are worried about RSS threats. Goa's Deputy Inspector General of Police Ujjwal Mishra said adequate security would be provided and the festival would go on. The festival is "a blot on Goan society and encourages Portuguese culture" RSS Goa chief Subhash Velingker's son Rajendra Velingker told the media.-- Cheers,Gabe Menezes.London, England
[Goanet] Lyrics of Konkani song on the trio KID-YOUNG-ROD by Jr. Rod!
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Around the second half of the last century great stalwarts like Minguel Rod, Aleixinho de Candolim, C. Alvares and others took Konkani tiatro to great heights. This period was termed as the The Golden Era of the Tiatro. Goans were still under the Portuguese rule and would continue to be under its hukumat until December 19, 1961! The Konkani tiatro has evolved over the years as a powerful medium for mass communication, and the yesteryear tiatrists ensured that they made the best use of the medium through which they conveyed their messages to the public. Among others, the three great pillars of the golden era were KID-YOUNG-ROD (Kid Boxer, Young Menezes and Minguel Rod); they went on to become the most popular combination of the period. Kid Boxer was stationed and worked in Bombay. His songs were so powerful that they shook the Indian government at the Center. When he sang a song criticizing the Indian government for Goas liberation, he was arrested in Bombay, imprisoned in Nasik jail, sacked from his job with the Central Railways and deported to Goa. Immediately after Goas liberation, he was again arrested in Goa for rendering a hard-hitting zupatti against the Indian government for which he was branded as anti-Indian, but that did not stop him from criticizing the Indian government; instead, he became all the more powerful. Such was the might of Kid Boxers songs! The lyrics of his songs were mostly based on opari (proverbs) for which he was renowned! Young Menezes will go down in the history of tiatro fraternity as the only tiatrist who was able to sing songs at jet speed. Just like the fastest sprinter who runs 100 meters dash race in the least time in seconds, he too, broke the record by singing the most words per minute! Many tried to copy him then, including Peter Gomes (ex Salgaonkar goalkeeper) from Calangute, but nobody could get close to his speed; he was unique. Young Menezes was always welcomed on the stage with a big applause but once he began to sing a song there would be silence because if one was to follow what he sang he/she had to be attentive or else the words would fly off from the top of the head! His songs, especially political ones, were an exercise for people to go home and ruminate; sample follows in the song below. As for Minguel Rod, we all know that he was one of the geniuses of the Konkani stage. He too, did away a lot of social evil and brought about changes in the society through his songs. It is a pity that none of our yesteryear stalwarts children followed in their parents footsteps professionally, except Jr. Rod, who began his career as a tiatrist and continues to date as one of the best professional tiatrists. In the following song, Jr. Rod presents us the above-mentioned three characters by singing one each verse and chorus of their original songs: KID-YOUNG-ROD by Jr. Rod I Kid-Young-Rod mhuttlear adim gaztalem nanv Tanchim kantaram aikonk lok marun ietalo dhanv Mozo pai sonvsar soddun gelo mhunn bhogtam fugasanv Aiz tacho ugddas korunk tacho ek vers chorus mhunntam hanv Bhoinnim zobor mhaka bhogta dukh Disandis vaddta mhunn dothinche rukh Itleim tum ibaddit voitai tujem sukh Punn hantun nam gho tuji koslich chukh Te dothik lagon tum dukhan navta Chintun tuzo fuddar ful koxem bavta Ti doth punzavnk tum sirvisek ravta Thoddim ankvarponnar maimieo zavnk pavta II Mojea paiche khambe kantaram mhunnpi Kid-Young zoddidar Te kantarancho dunvor kori soddlelea porim far Young-hachea fast kantarank xebaski ditalet Goenkar Atam aikat Young koxem korta poi tem kantar Mhaka tuka, tuka mhaka soglleank amkam thoddo teomp ravpachem Devan soglleank amkam ginean dilam bore baxen uzar kelear borem sukh gavpachem Varear bonvchea ganzilanchem kam bhavanim fokot eka-teka kunsam lavpachem Ganvan bore baxen ravot ani bore baxen cholot, ganvan sogllem borem zavpachem Neich ghoddun haddlea kannim, ghoiruman bhosla tho vannim, moskar uddki marun fulam chinvun ros pita chani Adim Black Line puddo dhanim, atam zalo cheallisanim, hi khobor soglle zannam Delhik noko asli rannim This world is very funny tell me why youre laughing sonny, adim hanv uddean cheese khatalom, atam chopati with honey Thoddeach tempan Goyeam fuim bond zavpachi fenni, fenni bond kelear rendrank pensanv dilear puro tennim Amerikak tirip martam, vhoddlem rocket magon haddtam, soglleam rendrank tentun bhortam magir chondriman
Re: [Goanet] GOENCHO ULO: Editorial: Anink ek panvl, anink ek divli pettli
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Mhojim khushalborim porbim, Miguel-bab! Pettoilia ti divli samballum-ia. Boro magpi, VF On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 Miguel Braganza wrote : -- Anink ek panvl, anink ek divli pettli (One more step, one more lamp is lit)
[Goanet] An Open Invitation To You All
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Thinking.. of IFFI? or INOX Then Think.. of JoeGoaUk bcos it is.. Very next to him.. M I R A M A R U ALL R INVITED bookings Now Open === I am sure some of you got this already on to you mobile.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ for Goa Goa Flights info.. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LetsGotoGoa For info on Konkani VCDs (Films, Tiatr, Comedies and films on GOA...) http://konkani-vcd.swiki.net/1 ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com
[Goanet] ELECTION ROLL:Enumeration Time extended
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- - Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ --- Enumeration Time extended The Election Commission of India has extended the period of enumeration by another 10 days with effect from November 22 to December 1. Chief Elewctoral Officer has appealed to all to approach the the concerned Mamlatdar/AEROs, Deputy Collector/ERO to get their names enumerated during the aforesaid period. - Gomantak Times 26/11/05 page 2 - --- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK --- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa --- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goacan.org --- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/183 - Release Date: 11/25/2005
[Goanet] Mock Drill at Ammonia Terminal at MPT Vasco
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- - Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ --- --- Mock Drill at Ammonia Terminal at MPT ZUARI INDUSTRIES LIMITED Mock Drill at Ammonia Terminal at MPT --- The Public is hereby informed that as part of routine on-site emergency exercise a Mock Drill will be conducted at Ammonia Terminal at MPT on Monday 28th November 2005 afternoon. During this exercise a scenario will be created as if there is an ammonia escape and all emergency actions will be practiced. This will be an exercise with water spraying to check the system and ensure preparedness. -- Advert. in Gomantak Times 26/11/05 page 5 -- === 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: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/183 - Release Date: 11/25/2005
[Goanet] RSS threat to Goa culture festival
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- RSS threat to Goa culture festival From Devika Sequeira DH news Service Panaji A quiet Latin quarter of Panjim that carries a distinct Iberian stamp to it has become the target of right-wing fanaticism of the RSS brand. Tying up with a motley group of freedom fighters under the Desh Premi Nagrik Samiti (DPNS), RSS members have threatened to shut down a popular art and culture festival scheduled to open on Saturday, because the saffron group believes it encourages and promotes Portuguese culture. A residential area of close-knit houses in the European style, Fontainhas is being encouraged and promoted for conservation by heritage lovers. A successful attempt to this end has been the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts promoted every year by the Goa Heritage Action Group and the citys municipal corporation, which has rekindled an interest in the distinct architectural and cultural identity of the area. The organisers scheduled the festival to coincide with the ongoing International Film Festival here, but many are worried about RSS threats. Goas Deputy Inspector General of Police Ujjwal Mishra said adequate security would be provided and the festival would go on. The festival is a blot on Goan society and encourages Portuguese culture RSS Goa chief Subhash Velingkers son Rajendra Velingker told the media.
[Goanet] Was Wallis Mathias a Goan?
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Was Wallis Mathias a Goan? He played Test cricket for Pakistan. He was in the Pakistan Test team when Gary Sobers' maiden Test century was a remarkable world record 365 runs. See http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41278.html Regards, George
[Goanet] IFFI Panaji: where lines between art and commerce blur
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/22/stories/2005112204301300.htm IFFI Panaji: where lines between art and commerce blur Sudhish Kamath Curtains will go up on Thursday to unveil a mix of Indian and world cinema PANAJI: What's a festival film, asks filmmaker Rahul Dholakia, when asked if his `Parzania,' set in the backdrop of the Gujarat riots, premiering here at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on November 26, was a synthesis of art and commerce cinema. Today, even `Deewane Hue Paagal' is a festival film, he smiles. That off-hand observation about the Akshay Kumar action-adventure about many men chasing the same woman, as a festival representative described the film earlier in the press conference, sums up the essence of IFFI this year. When actor Dev Anand inaugurates the festival on the evening of November 24 on the courtyard outside the INOX multiplex, accompanied by guest of honour Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, Goa Chief Minister Pratapsinh Rane, former Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy, and actresses Bipasha Basu and Tara playing the `thali' girls, the curtains will go up to unveil an intriguing mix of Indian and international cinema, starting with the Brazilian film `Olga' directed by Jayme Monjardim. As Afzal Amanullah, Director of IFFI and Joint Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, explains the simple purpose of the festival: It shows Indian cinema to outsiders. And lets Indians see world cinema. Film Bazaar Excited at finding prospective buyers for Indian films from Europe, Latin America, China, Africa and other non-traditional markets, Amanullah believes that the Film Bazaar, to be held during the festival, will get local producers contacts and potential investors in the future. Indian films have come of age, he says, optimistic of recent co-production agreements being finalised with the United Kingdom, Canada and China during the festival. We also have delegates visiting from France, Italy and Germany. China is a big market for us. And, Rajnikant films sell like hot cakes and more than Japanese films in Japan. So there is a big market for Indian films around the world. Our filmmakers have been mixing the art and the commercial very well, the festival director justifies the mix of Indian films premiering at the festival: Prakash Jha's `Apharan,' Vishal Bhardwaj's `Blue Umbrella,' Aditya Bhattacharya's `Dubai Return,' Rahul Dholakia's `Parzania' and Mrunalini Patil Dayal's Marathi film `Manthan - Ek Amrut Pyala.' While Mrunalini's film will be released all over Maharashtra on December 2, Rahul is yet to begin looking for distributors. There is a need to identify the right kind of distributor for your film. There was a South Indian distributor who was offering a neat sum but he wanted to sensationalise the film by calling it `Godhra Express: When Gujarat Burns,' says the enraged filmmaker. If I wanted to make money, I would have opened a dance bar. I make a film because I want to say something. World cinema Apart from 72 Indian films, including a seven-film retrospective on Hrishikesh Mukherjee to be inaugurated by Rajesh Khanna, tributes to Sunil Dutt and Gemini Ganesan, President's Gold Medal award winners from the past, P.K. Atre's `Shaamchi Aai' (Marathi, 1953) and Sohrab Modi's `Mirza Ghalib' (Hindi, 1954), a Panorama section of 21 features and 16 non-features and 12 mainstream films including `Black,' the festival will screen 116 other films from 32 countries. Tributes and retrospectives on French actress Isabelle Huppert, filmmaker Ismail Merchant, Italian screenwriter, filmmaker and actress Lena Wertmuller too will be featured. The competitive section of 14 films from 13 countries will be judged by a jury comprising Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littin, Austrian director Sabine Derflinger, filmmaker Saeed Mirza, Italian actor Faramarz Gharibian and French director Alain Corneau. See also: http://sudhishkamath.blogspot.com/2005/11/goa-journal-day-2.html 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] Novena to St. Francis Xavier begins November 24
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Novena to St. Francis Xavier - The Novena of Grace This novena prayer, although short is sufficient. It would be better of course to add, if time permits, three Hail Marys or say five times the Our Father, Haily Mary and Glory be to the Father, or to use some of the many well-loved novena prayers from other sources. Remember that prayers must be said with the lips in order to gain the indulgences. This novena begins on November 24 and ends on December 3. O Blessed St. Francis Xavier, who spent yourself for the spread of God's Kingdom, we pray you most fervently to remember all those Missioners now laboring to carry on your work. Pray, we beseech you, that the harvest may be great and that many generous young laborers may follow you in your quest for souls. For Jesus' sake. Amen. Holy Spirit, spirit of truth, come into our hearts; shed the brightness of your light on all nations, that they may be one in faith and pleasing to You. Prayer Source: All Day With God by Blanche Jennings Thompson/Catholic Online Saints Biographical sketch: FRANCIS XAVIER, ST. (1506-1552). Born in the family castle of Xavier, near Pamplona in the Basque area of Spanish Navarre on Apr. 7, he was sent to the University of Paris 1552, secured his licentiate in 1528, met Ignatius Loyola and became one of the seven who in 1534, at Montmartre founded the Society of Jesus. In 1536 he left Paris to join Ignatius in Venice, from whence they all in tended to go as missionaries to Palestine (a trip which never materialized), was ordained there in 1537, went to Rome in 1538, and in 1540, when the pope formally recognized the Society, was ordered, with Fr. Simon Rodriguez, to the Far East as the first Jesuit missionaries. King John III kept Fr. Simon in Lisbon, but Francis, after a year's voyage, six months of which were spent at Mozambique where he preached and gave aid to the sick eventually arrived in Goa, India in 1542 with Fr. Paul of Camerino an Italian, and Francis Mansihas, a Portuguese. There he began preaching to the natives and attempted to reform his fellow Europeans, living among the natives and adopting their customs on his travels. During the next decade he converted tens of thousands to Christianity. He visited the Paravas at the southernmost tip of India, near Cape Comorin, Tuticorin (1542), Malacca (1545), the Moluccas near New Guinea and Morotai near the Philippines (1546-47), and Japan (1549- 51). In 1551, India and the East were set up as a separate province and Ignatius made Francis its first provincial. In 1552 he set out for China, landed on the island of Sancian within sight of his goal, but died before he reached the mainland. Working against great difficulties, language problems ( contrary to legend, he had no proficiency in foreign tongues ), inadequate funds, and lack of cooperation, often actual resistance, from European officials, he left the mark of his missionary zeal and energy on areas which clung to Christianity for centuries. He was canonized in 1622 and proclaimed patron of all foreign missions by Pope P ius X. Feast Day December 3. Patronage: African missions; diocese of Agartala, India; diocese of Ahmedabad, India; diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana; Apostleship of Prayer; Australia; black missions; archdiocese of Bombay, India; Borneo; archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa; China; diocese of Dinajpur, Bangladesh; East Indies; Fathers of the Precious Blood; foreign missions; Freising, Germany; Goa India; diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin; India; archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana; Japan; diocese of Joiliet, Illinois; diocese of Kabankalan, Philippines; diocese of Malindi, Kenya; missionaries; Missioners of the Precious Blood; missions, black missions, foreign; missions, parish of Navarre, Spain; navigators; New Zealand; parish missions; plague epidemics; Propagation of the Faith
[Goanet] Goencho Ulo
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- First congrats to those behind this new venture in bringing out the Romi Konknni fortnightly. It's my hope that this paper would endure the financial woes and other factors that resuled in killing other Romi Konknni papers, including dailies. I read that the next step is to have a daily. Without sounding pessimistic, the people behind Goencho Ulo should put off their big dream of having a daily. These people could instead work hard to make the paper a weekly first. The history of failed daily papers is known to those who have watched the Goan media scene.I would like to request the group to put an internet edition. It should be subscribtion-based, just like Goan Observer.Wishing the team the best of luck.Eugene Correia Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.
[Goanet] Anti-Portuguese Paranoia
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- There were many Goans who fought against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa. Unlike some of their compatriots, they did this out a sense of patriotic duty, without expecting any special privileges or benefits as freedom-fighters. Whilst hating Portuguese rule, their hatred did not extend to the Portuguese people,their language or their culture. In fact, many of them utilised their knowledge of the Portuguese language and culture to promote the cause of Goa's freedom in the land of their rulers as many other Indian patriots did with the English language and culture. When organisations promoted by former colonial rulers such as the British Council and Aliance Francaise are welcome to promote their language and culture throughout India (including Goa) why should one object to organisations such as the Fundacao Oriente or others doing the same? Moreover,do not Indian cultural organisations and diplomatic missions promote our history and culture abroad? It is rather pathetic for the organisers of the campaign against the Fontainhas Festival to use strong-arm methods of protest claiming it is promoting Portuguese culture forty-four years after liberation, whilst thousands of Goans are queing up outside the Portuguese Consulate seeking Portuguese citizenship. It would be far better and more useful if they utilised their energies and resources to promote employment opportunities for these people in our State to obviate the need for them to emigrate to the land of their former oppressors! Benaulim, Goa: 26th.Nov.2005--- Tony Correia-Afonso. This message was sent using NWebmail, BSNL's Webmail Program
[Goanet] International Fortnight to End Violence Against Women co-odinated by Bailancho Saad
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- INTERNATIONAL FORTNIGHT TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CO-ORDINATED BY BAILANCHO SAAD 25- International Day to End Violence Against Women (Launching of International Fortnight to End Violence Agaist Women) Church Square Panaji ( Public Programme) 26- No Girl Shall Die in Her Mother's Womb Programme org. with Government College, Pernem and Appropriate Authority under PNDTSP Act, North Goa 27- Challenges of Sheltering Child Survivors of Violence - A dialogue with managers and care-givers in shelter homes for children 28- No Woman Shall be Beaten - Meeting on Issues Around Domestic Violence at Vasco 29- Preventing Sexual Harassment in Employment - Discussion organized by Government College Khandola 30- Adopting a New Way - brainstorming on inputs for a law on adoption and adoption agencies at Caritas Hall, Panaji ( Public Programme) 1 December - Issues around representation of women in the media - a seminar along with Salgaonkar College of Law 2 December - Fighting Stigma and Discrimination relating to HIV/AIDS - a meeting at Porvorim 3 December - What does 'Development' mean for women? -Meeting at Mopa 5 December - Whither IT Policy? - A Panel Discussion with Dhempe College of Arts and Science 6 December - Affirming a Secular Vision - Carving our vision on the sands of time Coti carving on the sand along with Dempo College with inputs from Full-na-Pakli ( Public Programme at Miramar Beach) 7, 8, 9 December - AMCHEM AANGAN A three day event about retaining and creating spaces for women organised by Saad Aangan at Don Bosco Oratory Hall (Public Programme) 8 December - Empowering Self-Help Groups to Combat Violence - programme at Mapusa organized by Saad Alashiro 10 December - Women's Rights are Human Rights - Looking at Media Coverage on Issues of Violence Against Women organised with Goa Union of Journalists at Shram Shakti Bhavan (Public Programme)
[Goanet] MIDDLESEX PROPOSAL FOR CRICKET ACADEMY IN GOA!
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Joe Rose is one of the finest tiatrists who has given us memorable performances in tiatros and sung several meaningful songs for over three decades. He has also recently acted in short films on VCDs. I was fortunate to act with him in Bahrain and in Goa. When the bhattkar of the stage, Cyriaco Dias, took up employment with MENAS (Middle East Navigation Aids Services) in Bahrain in the early 1970s, Joe Rose immediately filled in for him. The rest is history; he never had to look back! Our tiatrists convey a wealth of information to the audience through their songs. In the following song, Joe Rose discloses the identity of two Goans who are the hidden talent behind two very important things in Bombay, India a monument and an establishment! In the first two verses and choruses he talks about the architect behind the famous Gateway of India, and in the last verse and chorus he talks about the person who formed the CCI, Cricket Club of India. The moment I read the article on the proposal of a Cricket Academy in Goa, the song crossed my mind and I thought I would share it on this forum. Here are the lyrics of the song GATEWAY OF INDIA by Joe Rose: I Munis morta punn sonvsaran,korneom kelleo thuinch urta Ugddas aplo dovorcheak kitem nam kitem tho bandta Shah Jahan Patxea Indiecho, bailecho mog kori mhunn kovta Tichea fonddar Taj Mahal bandlelem, xekdde zale porzollta Chorus Bonvddek gelear disti poddta Indiechea xaranim Monument, palasi bandleleo adlea patxaianim Goenkaranim kitem bandlam vincharlear tumkam tumchea bhurgeanim Dakoieat don vostu Bombaim jeo bandleat Goenkaranim II Indiek poilich bhett divcheak, Inglez raza bhair sorlo Te bhettecho ugddas urcheak, British serkarani show kelo Gateway of India bandun, tantlean razak evkar dilo Punn te Gateway-cho architect, hoi amcho Goenkar bhav aslo Chorus Gateway of India-chi nixanni Indiechea mapar asta Sobit fatranim kantoilem nanv tichem sonvsarak gazta Indiechem dar, amkam fulancho ar, oxem mhaka dista Ticho architect A.X. Moraes, ganvan Santa Cruz ixtta III Hockey ani football khellan ami bangarache bille haddleat Hea donui khellanim uxear mhunn ami sogleanich mandun ghetleat Punn cricket ami khevonanv, kiteak tantun pattim urleat Ugddas dhorat Cricket Club te Goenkaranuch ghoddleat Chorus England-hache cricket team-in eklo Goenkar khevlo Bombay ievun CCI, Cricket Club of India ghoddlo Ganvan Saligao, Anthony DeMello, maan taka vhoddlo Toch to Goenkar zannem Bomboicho Brebourne Stadium bandlo From Doms antique shelf! If we succeed in having the Academy in Goa, on behalf of Goans, I suggest that it be named after the late Anthony DeMello! Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA Middlesex proposal for cricket academy in Goa NT Sports Reporter Panaji Nov 25: The Middlesex (England) county club is exploring the possibility of setting up a professional cricket academy in Goa within the next two years. We have been deputing our teams to West Indies, South Africa and we have noticed that there is a steep rise in the cost of expenditure as well as problems as far as safety aspect is concerned. So we have been thinking of coming up with a cricket academy in Goa so that our teams can come here from October to March, stated Mr Phil Knappett, coach of Middlesex, at a get-together organised by Sports Journalists Association of Goa (SJAG) here today. Middlesex have a unique coaching concept where they select their teams and depute them to West Indies where they stay there for four months while undergoing coaching programme. The players are accompanied by their family members and so sometimes the contingent number swells to 200. They first have to travel to America and then to the Carribeans and with the rise in accommodation expenditure, it has become a costly exercise of late. To cut on the expenditure, Middlesex thought of building a cricket academy in India. Knappett, who has the experience of teaching the nuances of coaching to England legend, Mike Gatting, has been to Kolkata three times and was thinking of Kolkata as the venue for the academy until he was convinced by Mr Prakash Pereira of Champs, that Goa would be a safe bet with its tourism background. The academy will be professionally managed, Mr Pereira said, adding that the state governments involvement would provide benefit to locals. And if the project takes off, then the locals would be allowed to undergo
[Goanet] http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1557148, 001100030001.htm
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1557148,001100030001.htm http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1557148,001100030001.htm United News of India Panaji, November 25, 2005 Deewane Huye Paagal, the latest comedy from producer Firoz Nadiadwala and director Vikram Bhat, was premiered on Friday at the Inox Multiplex at Panaji, Goa. Riimi Sen walked the red carpet at the premiere and addressed the audience after the film at the 36th Annual International Film Festival of India. The movie stars Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Shahid Kapur, Riimi Sen, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and, Johny Lever. Riimi was presented with the IFFI poster created by Goa's seasoned cartoonist Mario Miranda. Commenting on her presence in Goa for the IFFI 2005 she said, It is a real privilege to be in Goa for such a prestigious event like the IFFI and the streets are abuzz with activity and truly we are Celebrating IFFI Goa 2005. The buzz here is just like any other international festival. I am overwhelmed at the festivities that the event has brought in Goa. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Everyone is supporting us for IFFI: Goa CM
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200511261716.htm Everyone is supporting us for IFFI: Goa CM Panaji, Nov. 26 (PTI): Dismissing reports that people in the state were against hosting the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane, today said there was no threat to the event from any quarters. Everybody is in favour of the film festival. Even when I was in the opposition last year, I openly supported the film festival, Rane told reporters here. Sometimes, we do get threats. But in reality, everybody is supporting us. It's a Goa festival and it will be done the Goan way, he said when asked about former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's demand for a probe into the organisation of the film festival. Rane also made light of threats by the RSS to disrupt the Fontainhas Festival of Arts beginning today. The annual art and culture festival will be running in tandem with the 36th International Film Festival of India. Out job is to look after the law and order. Nobody can stop anybody from celebrating, Rane said. The Chief Minister said that Goa was now ready to host festivals other than IFFI. We would also like to host the Children's Film festival here, he said adding that the moment the current IFFI ends, his government would start work on making the annual festival a self-sustaining event. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Middlesex proposal for cricket academy in Goa
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Middlesex proposal for cricket academy in Goa NT Sports Reporter Panaji Nov 25: The Middlesex (England) county club is exploring the possibility of setting up a professional cricket academy in Goa within the next two years. We have been deputing our teams to West Indies, South Africa and we have noticed that there is a steep rise in the cost of expenditure as well as problems as far as safety aspect is concerned. So we have been thinking of coming up with a cricket academy in Goa so that our teams can come here from October to March, stated Mr Phil Knappett, coach of Middlesex, at a get-together organised by Sports Journalists Association of Goa (SJAG) here today. Middlesex have a unique coaching concept where they select their teams and depute them to West Indies where they stay there for four months while undergoing coaching programme. The players are accompanied by their family members and so sometimes the contingent number swells to 200. They first have to travel to America and then to the Carribeans and with the rise in accommodation expenditure, it has become a costly exercise of late. To cut on the expenditure, Middlesex thought of building a cricket academy in India. Knappett, who has the experience of teaching the nuances of coaching to England legend, Mike Gatting, has been to Kolkata three times and was thinking of Kolkata as the venue for the academy until he was convinced by Mr Prakash Pereira of Champs, that Goa would be a safe bet with its tourism background. The academy will be professionally managed, Mr Pereira said adding that the state governments involvement would provide benefit to locals. And if the project takes off, then the locals would be allowed to undergo coaching free of cost even while the Brits will be paying for the same. The academy is likely to be funded by two Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Mr Deepak Amin and Mr Mukesh Amin.Mr Knappett today interacted with Sports Minister, Mr Pandurang Madkaikar, Health Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar, who is also the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) president, Mr Chetan Desai, GCA secretary, Mr Fatarpenkar, treasurer, Mr Prakash Pereira and Mr Jovito Lopes, president of Sports Journalists Association of Goa (SJAG) at the old secretariat. Later, he also met Dr Susana de Sousa, director of sports and youth affairs and Fr Wilfred Fernandes, administrator of Don Bosco College, Panaji. He will inspect the possible sites for the academy at Nerul, Tivim, Guirim and Divar tomorrow before leaving for Kolkata. Mr Knappett said he was glad that both Mr Narvekar as well as Mr Madkaikar had shown keen interest in the project and had in fact gone out of their way to support the setting up the academy in Goa adding that he would now do everything possible to expedite the same. Mr Knappett said the focus was on Goa since it is an ideal and safe environment for cricket with the top priority being a ground of minimum 150m x 150m area with a standard pitch, facilities for three nets and accommodation of four-star status, for youngsters, adults and families. In all, about 25 local boys could undergo training at the academy while at the same time British youth and English county cricket teams would be able to train during the October-March period in preparation for the May-September cricket season in England. Moreover, the British teams would play cricket matches with local boys and teams and a reciprocal visit could also be arranged, Mr Knappett stated. The proper age for local boys could be 13-18 years, though we could start at 10, which is ideal, he pointed out. What we need are standard facilities with basic infrastructure. We shall then provide professional training taking care of programmes, fitness training, physiological aspects, nutritional requirements and life styles. We shall undertake scientific evaluation of training with analytical data to be collected during the training. We could even think of introducing the long term athletic development programme at the age of six so that at the age of 10 the boys and girls could decide about which sport to branch off. Physical fitness is the primary requirement and we all need to train children to become good athletes first, Mr Knappett, who is basically a coach-educator stressed. Mr Knappett disclosed since both Mr Narvekar as well as Mr Madkaikar were very positive and had agreed in principle to back up the project he would now prepare a full report and submit it to the
[Goanet] Middlesex keen to set up cricket academy in Goa!
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=173267cat=Sports Middlesex keen to set up cricket academy in Goa Panaji | November 26,2005 2:46:03 AM IST Middlesex, England, has shown keen interest to set up a cricket academy in India for cricket develoment among the youth. The Middlesex junior cricket coach Phil Knappett, who was in Goa today to discuss various issues for cricket development in Goa, told sports journalists that the environment in Goa was good for the development of cricket. He held discussions with Sports Minister Pandurang Madkaikar and Health Minister Dayanand Narvekar, who is also the president of Goa Cricket Association. Mr Knappett said he will prepare a report based on today's discussions and present it to Middlesex, England, for comments. He said if the Government alloted the required land, the project could come up within a year's time through funding from NRIs. UNI SRN MAZ AY HT2007-- Cheers,Gabe Menezes.London, England
[Goanet] The Great Editorial Robbery, Blatant Plagiarism in the Herald
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Hi, An editor, with a molestation charge, isnt the only bad thing to happen to the Goan media in recent times. Over the last year, the Herald under current editor Robin Abreau has been constantly plagiarising editorials from newspapers, news magazines, news ezines with abandon. Below reproduced are excerpts from last week's Herald Editorials, which have been lifted from other news sources. The original source has been also credited. This is a very grave issue. What makes it even more apalling is that the brazen editorial stealing has continued despite a complaint being made to the managing director of the Herald Raul Gonsalves by the Goa UNion of Journalists. Raul was reportedly shown 40 odd plagiarised editorials which appeared had in the Herald, along with the same article/edit printed in another news source. While for months, entire editorials and comment pieces would be lifted and reproduced as editorials in the Herald (without credit) virtually unchanged, the editor Robin appers to have altered this trend, by adulterating them in small measure with his own words, obviously deter attempts to detect the blatant plagiarism carried out by him. For example, between large two paragraphs swiped from Tribune (a Chandigarh based newspaper), lies an honest paragraph or two. Or say the beginning of a paragraph is crafted personally, only to make way for the reincarnated matter. Source from where the editorials are being lifted are The Hindu, Tribune, Hindustan Times, Denver Post, Timesonline, New York Times, Washington POst, International Herald Tribune and even an obscure Texan newspaper among many other. Below are titles and excerpts from editorials from the victimised (sic) newspapers juxtaposed with editorials which have appeared in the Herald over the last few days. Mayabhushan --- (HERALD) Help or no help It is believed that Taliban remnants, who represent the anti-India forces in Afghanistan, are behind the incident which occurred between Kandahar and Herat. Earlier they had kidnapped a few Indian engineers who were later released besides nationals of certain other countries, in the provinces known as the Taliban strongholds. The Taliban and their sympathisers continue to remain a potent threat to stability.--- -Their latest victim belongs to the 300-strong Indian workforce busy constructing a major road for linking the Kandahar-Herat highway to Iran Such reconstruction projects will get unnecessarily delayed in the absence of an effective security cover to those engaged in the task. (TRIBUNE) Tackle the Taliban Indians in Afghanistan need effective security -It is believed that Taliban remnants, who represent the anti-India forces in Afghanistan, are behind the incident which occurred between Kandahar and Herat. Earlier they had kidnapped a few Indian engineers (later on released), besides nationals of certain other countries, in the provinces known as the Taliban strongholds. The Taliban and their sympathisers continue to remain a potent threat to stability--- Their latest victim, B. R. Kutty, the driver of the Indian Border Roads Organisation, belongs to the 300-strong Indian workforce busy constructing a major road for linking the Kandahar-Herat highway to Iran -Reconstruction projects will get unnecessarily delayed in the absence of an effective security cover to those engaged in the task.- -- (HERALD) Help them ---Nearly 13 million African children have been orphaned by AIDS. More than 300 million Africans lack safe drinking water. Most Africans live on less than $1 a day. The 1994 Rwandan genocide killed 1 million people in just months but ignited a decade-long war that engulfed nine nations and left hundreds of thousands of people trapped in squalid refugee camps. Most African governments are corrupt, with leaders embezzling foreign aid and national revenues. Confronting Africas entrenched woes is like standing at the base of a gigantic wall: one hardly knows how to surmount or dismantle it.- -where an experimental childrens center provides basics that the government ignores, such as food, basic schooling and a place to sleep. The center sprang from conversations between the villages children and Oregon-based Africa Bridge, Denver-based Lundy Foundation and Denver
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Nov 26, 2005 * Fontainhas Festival of the Arts gets underway today....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| |.___ \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`===' \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * November 26, 2005 - o Fontainhas Festival for the Arts open in Panjim's Latin Quarter this evening. Nov 26 to Dec 3, 4 pm to 10 pm. You just have to step into the 19th century Latin Quarter -- the best preserved in Asia -- and you will feel the change in the ambience compared to the outside world. Altogether 12 houses will play hosts to the works of art, which go on display in the third edition of the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts. (Andrew Pereira in GT [EMAIL PROTECTED]) o Fontainhas fest begins today amidst threats: AThreats came from a certain group of people and there were allegations (of the festival) being pro-Portuguese, says Gomantak Times. BJP's Rajendra Arlekar is quoted saying that the party was not opposed to the Fontainhas festival, but warned that the organisers should not try to project colonial Portuguese culture. (GT) o Deshprimi Nagrik Kriti Samiti (Nationalist Citizens' Action Committee) yesterday gave a two-day deadline to the government to close down the Fontainhas Festival of the Arts 2005, scheduled to begin Nov 26, in the 19th century residential quarters of Mala-Fontainhas. A protest march was held from Four Pillars to Corte do Oitero, and termed the festival an anti-national event. About 150 people including freedom- fighters like Madhav Pandit, Flaviano Dias, Gajanan Raikar, Subodh Shetye and Mohandas Surlakar participated. (NT) o First-choice chief guest Amitabh Bachchan preferred to stay away from the IFFI inaugural, leaving many questions unanswered as to why he skpped the ceremony. (H) o IFFI: Festival fever fails to grip Margao. Public screenings of eight films at the Osia Multiplex drew a poor response from cinegoers. Blame it on the poor publicity or simply lack of response... (H) o BJP accuses government of projecting 'guitar' culture.(H) o Police harass mediamen over parking. (H) o Today at the IFFI: Street animation, children's choir at Children's Park, Nameste India at Caranzalem, Film Bazaar at Kala Academy, Fontainhas festival. (H) o Protestors are idiots, festival must go on: citizens o Cuncolim garbage stir picks up steam. (H) o Panic in Raia as boy dies of rabies. (H) o Churchill's Mopa meeting today. (H) o Luizinho washes his hands off Mopa airpost. Says Dabolim should not be closed. (H) o Declare stand on airport, says Churchill. (GT) o I'm not connected with move to close down Dabolim airport: Luizinho. o Goa to create reserve battilion armed police by March.(H) o Withdraw TCP Ordinance, says Surendra Sirsat. (GT) o Inexperienced jailors guard Sada prison. (GT) o IFFI opening mismanagemed by govt, says BJP's Arlekar. (GT) o Night bazaar work restarts, despite 2 police stoppages: Chopdem. o Weather: Max 34.1C, min 24.8C. Relative humidity 69% Rainfall: Past 24 hrs Nil. Seasonal total 125.6 mm - What's on in Goa: - o Velim church traditional trade fair Dec 1-5. o Magician Baby Aanchal, GVN Hall, Margao Dec 1 4 pm. o Navy week air display Nov 26-27 11 am to 7 pm Hansa. o Silver jubilee of Our Lady of Meraculous Medal, Margao 26/11 - Health: - o Doctor warns of spike in peripheral vascular disease.(H) o Some 220 resident docs at GMC trained in communication skills. o 400 patients attend eye-check up camp at Britona. (GT) - Education: - o Jyot Society of parents with autistic children organised a two-day workshop on TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication-Handicapped Children) at Dona Paula. o Legal literacy day observed at Devi Lairai Temple,
[Goanet] Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 2, Issue 240
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Beautifully said. Nobody could have said it better. Keep on the combate There may not be any winners but there will definitely be a lot of defeated. Livia de Abreu Nornha Message: 5 Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:45:31 +0530 From: Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Re: Fontainhas Festival of Arts: GHAG-ESG JV To: Goanet goanet@goanet.org Cc: hetapandit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Dears, It is easier to walk barefoot than with a stone in one's shoe. Principal Subhash Velingkar has his Portuguese education troubling his saffron soul; the past and his caste haunts Comrade Flaviano Dias and I really do not know which side of the Fundacao Oriente fence I will find the Portuguese-speaking Freedom Fighter and Konknni poet, Nagesh Karmali. Between the three, give me Nagesh any day! The greatest joke of all is that all who accept Goa in its present geographical boundaries acknowledge, at least by default, the colonial era's contribution. Today's Goa is the creation of the colonial power; like it or lump it. There is no third option! Did some of these worthies not serve the Portuguese colonial regime while it lasted. The Catholics in Goa have unnecessarily been on the defensive. They are labelled as having been Portuguese collaborators. How then do we get only Salgaocars, Dempos, Chowgules, Mangaljis, Timblos when we rattle off the names of people who own large mining leases from the colonial rulers. If they are more patriotic than the people of Fontainhas, let these worthies get the mine owners to surrender their leases to the Government of India. Instead , we have these mine owners surreptiously cutting free Goa Government-owned forests on the strength of these colonial leases. They bribe the middle order Forest Officials. Thank God for the Chief Conservator of Forests' order cancelling the ill-gotten licence in Dabal-Sanguem recently. Almost a thousand cashew trees in land where the local community enjoys usufruct rights were chopped down before the CCF's action came. There was a Gram Sabha in Dabal just as there was in Assagao against tree cutting for a Saturday Night Bazaar.
[Goanet] Workshop in Porvorim on Waste Management by GoaCan
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- There's a lot happening these days in North Goa, But if you would really like to do something productive, then do participate in the 1 day workshop on Waste Management by the Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN). At the workshop you will hear speakers address the management of Medical, Industrial, Maritime, Tourism, Toxic, Plastic Domestic Waste and various low cost solutions which can be implemented at the Municipal Council and Village Panchayat level. A slideshow and live demonstration will be done to show people how simple solutions are. The Workshop also seeks to identify suitable practical strategies to be implemented at the grassroots level involving the community, educational institutions on the one hand and the Product Manufacturers, Distributors, Retailers and Consumers on the other. So remember, DATE: Sunday 27th November 2005 TIME: 9.30am to 5pm VENUE: DASYA Conference Hall, Near Clergy Home SBI Varsha Colony Road, Porvorim. The Registration fee for the Workshop is Rs.75/- to cover lunch, tea and photocopied materials. For more information and registration call Lorna on 9822180182 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you can't make it for the entire day, you are also welcome to come and attend either the first half or second as per your own schedule. See you there tomorrow, Clinton.. Ph 98 600 36828
[Goanet] Re: Thanks for helping Nancy Hector Paes - Hurricane Katrina family
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- --- Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On behalf of Nancy and Hector, I wish to thank you all so very much for responding to several appealsThese included...the San Francisco-based Goa Sudharop Dear Tony Thank you for your kind note. We have been in phone and sometimes email touch with Nancy and we are glad things are looking up. In addition to contacting people who have donated, Goa Sudharop will make a personal donation. Although we do not seek publicity and credit, we appreciate your sincere public note of thanks and congratulate you for your efforts. Sincerely, Goa Sudharop, www.goasudharop.org World G.O.A.N. network
[Goanet] Thank you Silviano Barbosa - THE SIXTH NIGHT
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Dear all, I was thrilled to receive my autographed copy of the book, THE SIXTH NIGHT, by Silviano Barbosa yesterday. See details of the book at http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2004-December/021702.html A friend brought it down from Toronto and gave it to me. I have gone through some of the book and find it hard to put down. I hope Goans continue to support Goan authors. In 2003, Goa Sudharop arranged with Gilbert Lawrence to have his book distributed at the North American Reunion. Without incurring too much additional time on their already limited volunteer time and resources, Goan organization should work out with Goan authors a delivery mechanism for books which is fair to all, making it a win-win for everyone. Additionally, we have invited Goan authors Peter Nazareth and Victor Rangel Rebeiro to speak at a future function. Regards, George
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Review -- check this vision....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- CHECK THIS VISION, FROM A VISUALLY-CHALLENGED ENTREPRENEUR IN GOA By Anson Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] - MOTIVATION... A man with a vision Rs. 30 Angelo D’Souza - Have you caught sight of a butterfly opening a cocoon? Or a spider spinning its web? Or maybe an ant storing food in summer? You probably might have spotted or heard it as anecdotes. Don’t they need oodles of patience to go about doing this struggle of a task? And maybe a bit of perseverance and motivation too? But, victory is favourable only to a few. In the rat-race of achieving success, present-day people leave no stone unturned burning the midnight oil and working indeed very hard. But failure strikes often, and right in the face. Failure gets plonked in the palms of so many today. Aspirants are so simply bogged down to crash. The reason remains unknown, or does it really? 'Motivation: a man with a vision' is an autobiography written by Angelo D’Souza. An elderly slim man and an expert at the typewriter, he is the principal of the St. Jude’s Commercial Institute at Aldona. His institution is next to the Rosa Mystica Convent. One may say, what's the reason for creating a big din over a good and an experienced typist? Well, this one is blind! And guess what, he's a damn good writer as well. He has to his credit the National Social Service Award which further motivated him to write news-items and articles. He has, so far, contributed two plays 'Will Power Lead Me On' (1995) and 'Love Triumph Labour Reward' (2001) to the BBC World Drama Contest. Writing an autobiography can be tricky. If one stresses all his triumphs, s/he is likely to be classified as an egoist, reminding one of the saying that 'a donkey praises his own tail'. If he underplays achievement, he cannot convey the real intent and the very purpose of the autobiography is lost. So the jotting down of all experiences, though a knotty task for him, he has done it quite well. This book also includes wise titbits and sayings, such as 'The need of the hour is not pity but empathy' and 'No one is more interested in you, other than you'. The Goa State Branch of the National Association for the Blind recommends the book. Now, don’t cite the example of late Helen Keller, who conquered a triple-handicap. If you think about doing it, don't forget the circumstances she was born in, the social and family support she had, to be able to fight, totally in contrast with the circumstances and social environment in India in general and in Goa in particular. The book deals with various facts of ones life. Chapters are based on interesting topics on his early stages -- the revelation made to Agnelo by his mentor that he is a victim of defective vision, his own reaction to the outbreak of the sad news and the early stages of anxiety. Next follows a chapter that is about motivation -- the driving force within an individual: browse through it and activate the potentials in you. Take a peep into your own self. The chapter gives the idea of action, reflection, action. Next comes a chapter to enables a person to encounter with the success he achieves, the fruit of his hard work. The award did not permit me to sit and rest,” he says. Guess what follows: an attempt at being an upcoming playwrite and a mediaperson, as mentioned above. Further in the book, the chapter 'Memoirs Of A Virtually Handicapped' is simply beautifully written. It brings out the thoughts, feelings and anguish of a blind person. Its anxiety is well-expressed in words. Deep touching, soul stirring and an eye opener to people who duck their heads low looking at their problems as the problem and not just a problem. This man of deficient vision shows how to stand face to face with a problem and encounter it. The book provides with wisdom on the proper usage of words: don't get me wrong, this isn't a text for studying grammar and parts of speech, but rather words that will motivate and not cause one to efface oneself but to egg-on oneself forward. He makes us familiar with our very words that cause bitter torment and painful heart aches within others. The language has meandered through ones bold encounter with life. And, at the reasonable price it comes, do go for it. -- Anson Samuel was a participant at the Ixtt e-Mentorship Programme in Journalism conducted by Frederick
Re: [Goanet] 'Everyone knows Vaz has friends in high places, ... ...and in us too :- )
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- rene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:--| Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE || || by visiting this link and following the instructions therein || || http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html |--Well done keith ... You make us PROUD TO BEGOANS ! From a posting on Goan Voice UKhttp://www.goanvoice.org.uk/000This is getting ridiculous. Keith Vaz has lunch with a Hollywood action star, and that makes us proud to be Goans? Why? Are we so lacking in self-esteem? Regards to all, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Keith Vaz: An action-packed lunch 24 Nov: The Independent (UK). An unlikely double-actwas spotted dining together in the Houses ofParliament yesterday. Keith Vaz, the magisterialLeicester MP, took a working lunch with the Hollywoodaction hero, Jackie Chan. Apparently, Chan had arrivedin the UK a day early on a visit to pick up a'diversity' award from the Next Step Foundation, ofwhich Vaz is president. The two men are now best offriends. 'We couldn't believe our eyes,' reports onerival MP. 'Everyone knows Vaz has friends in highplaces, but this takes the digestive. I'm veryjealous. He was surrounded by autograph-hunting MPs.'Says Vaz's office: 'Keith was giving Jackie a bit of atreat before tomorrow's awards. They went on a tour ofParliament, and it caused a bit of mayhem.' __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/
