*** Goanet News Bytes * Dec 22-21, 2005 * Velim MLA disqualification revoked by courts... heat hits Churchill, but he's unrepentant
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- ,--,.---..--. .-. .-.,---. ___Estb 1994 .' .'/ .-. ) / /\ \ | \| || .-'|__ __| | | __ | | |(_)/ /__\ \| | || `-. )| | \ \ ( _)| | | | | __ || |\ || .-' (_) |`--- \ `-) )\ `-' / | | |)|| | |)|| `--. | | )\/ )---' |_| (_)/( (_)/( __.' `-' (__) (_)(__) (__) - Goanet news headlines * December 21-22, 2005 - o High Court sets aside Velim MLA Filip Neri's disqualification. Court raps (former BJP speaker) Satarkar, says order is wholly irrational. (Herald) o Neri verdict strengthens Rane's hands. (NT) o CM awaits clearance for Neri's return to Cabinet.(NT) o Central Bureau of Investigation agrees to probe IFFI-2004 expenses. (NT) o Noted musicologist, Malbarao Sardessai (94), passes away.(NT) o Crooks diverted the attention of a man for two mintues, and then vanished with his bag containing Rs 700,000. The victim was appliances dealer Lawrence Fernandes of Calangute. (NT) o Third non-resident Goans meet on Jan 3-4. About 300 delegates are expected to attend.(NT) o Goa police offers a reward for information leading to arrests of those involved in church thefts. Reward: Rs 20,000! Hollywood stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet are planning to join a backpacking tour to Goa in 2006, to prepare for roles in their upcoming movie Holiday. (Herald, quoting The Sun). o Tourists streaming into coastal areas of Salcete. (NT) o Craft Bazaar at BSP-Margao gets good response. (NT) o Goa Portuguese, hotel at Shivaji Park, Bombay, is 17. (NT) o Goa facing power shortage temporarily. (NT) o Margao municipality goes blank on kabrastan demand.(H) o English subject to be made compulsory at primary level.(GT) o Loyola's ex-students holds christmas tree for children.(GT) o Benaulikars protest before electricity engineers.(GT) o At Siolim, Gabriel D'Souza's home was burgled, Dec 3, Marna.GT o School-dropout Pushpa Jadhav 17 committed suicide, Rua de Ourem o Pay Rs 8 lakh per month or move out, Inox told. (GT) o Illegal jetty razed at Old Goa. (GT) o Sparks fly at South Goa zillapanchayat meet. (GT) o N Shivdas bags Sahitya Akademi Award in Konkani. (DigitalGoa) GOA LAUNCHES a YMCA International Goa community centre on Dec 22 at Campal-Miramar. It will focus on building talent in sports and music. It will also offer short term courses, and programmes in trekking and camping. There are some 300 members in Goa. New members need recommendations of current members. Life membership fees are Rs 5000 for those below 21 years, and Rs 10,000 for those above. - Churchill Alemao's side of the story... - o Churchill has betrayed people of Goa, says Lok Shakti. (GT) o Lok Sabha speaker orders probe against Churchill, 4 others. o No immediate action against Churchill, says Congress.(UNI)c o Congressmen mum on Alemao sting. (Herald) Most Congress leaders, except Aleixo Sequeira, spoke on the condition of anonymity (over the Alemao case). Mr Sequeira said that he lived in a village where Star News channel was not shown on cable TV. He however said that he had read about the issue in the newspapers, and that many things published in the newspapers need not be true and, as such, he would not comment on the issue. (Navhind Times) QUOTE OF THE DAY: A corrupt society elects corrupt leaders, and this sting operation is a joke. Everybody is corrupt. If we go by sting operation parameters, there would be no Government either at the Centre or at the state level. In a highly politicised move, Churchill has been made a scapegoat. -- Dr Wilfred Misquita. [Just what are you saying, Doctor?] Goa MP files FIR against channel, calls it frame-up RAJU NAYAK Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at 0122 hours IST PANAJI, DECEMBER 20: In the eye of the storm after allegedly seen demanding money to sanction funds under the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD), a sting operation conducted by a news channel, Goa MP Churchill Alemao has alleged in an FIR filed at the Tilak Marg police station in New Delhi that he has been framed. Alemao
*** Goanet Reader: Virtue in Vice: Opium Money in the Making of Panjim (Celsa Pinto)
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Virtue in Vice: Opium Money in the Making of Panjim Celsa Pinto Many are aware of today's global trade from poppies of the golden triangle in the south-east and the golden crescent in the western part of Asia. Many are also aware of the crucial role played by Indian opium in China, which paved the way for the notorious Opium Wars of the nineteenth century and European imperialism in China. But perhaps few know that the transformation of the emerging capital Panjim, from swamp to city and the majestic structures we see in this city today, are a gift of the Malwa opium trade of the nineteenth century. Strange indeed is the link which colonial powers often found between money from the drug trade and efforts to improve society. Amongst all the commodities that figured in the commerce of Portuguese India in the early nineteenth century, opium occupied the centre-stage. Though opium might have been a part of the commerce of Portuguese India prior to 1770, it rose to prominence with the emergence of the China trade in the 1770s. This induced profound structural changes not only in the Asian trade but even in the Portuguese country trading system. The rise and development of the early nineteenth century Portuguese opium commerce was closely linked with the opium policy of the English East India Company. Since 1765 the Company came to possess sizable opium -- producing regions in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and by the closing decade of the century, monopolized opium cultivation, manufacture and sale. The drug found extreme acceptance amongst the Chinese and enabled the Company to use this commodity to get rid off its trade imbalances with China. By 1800 about 2000 opium chests reached the Chinese shores and this assumed mammoth proportions of more than 7500 chests in 1830. The British, however, did not participate in the distribution of the drug in China as opium was a contraband item in that country. The Company confined itself to its production and distribution in India and left the trade largely in the hands of private traders who bought the drug at public auctions and transported it to China in country vessels. The proceeds from opium sales in China were deposited in the Company's Canton Treasury in exchange for bills of exchange on the Board of Directors or the Bengal Government. Matters came to a head when around 1810 the Company began to restrict Bengal opium production with the primary objective of improving its quality. Concerted efforts were made to make the Company's stamp on Bengal opium chests a symbol of quality, which implied extraction of a high price for every chest sold. The British failed to foresee that such a policy would give rise to a large-scale system of operation outside the orbit of Company control. The opium traders to evade the payment of high prices for Company opium, switched to the inferior non-Company Malwa opium. With peace being restored in Central India, with the suppression of the Marathas as a political force and the elimination of the Pindaris, poppy cultivation became more popular, with the peasants making a comfortable margin. Increased production led to the availability of cheap Malwa opium which was then smuggled from Central India to Western India, including the Portuguese ports of Daman, Diu and Goa that lay in the vicinity, to the far-off Portuguese Far Eastern settlement Macao and China. From the opium marts of Central India namely Ujjain, Nolye, Rutlam, Kachorde, Mundisore, Kahjehanpur and Indore, opium was transported in boxes, or concealed in grain, dry grass saw-dust or bales of cotton in bullock-carts or on horseback directly to Daman, Broach and Jumbasore. But when the restrictions appeared, opium was conveyed from the places of growth to Pali, from there it moved to Jaisalmar and thence to Karachi in Sind. At Karachi, coastal ships belonging to the Amirs were loaded with opium cargoes and sailed to Daman, where opium was deposited for re-export and onward carriage to Macao and China. Normally it took about ninety to hundred days for one consignment of opium to reach Daman from the place of production. Even though Diu was located nearer to Karachi than Daman, the opium traders openly demonstrated their preference for the latter. Daman provided excellent port facilities, its strategic location on the western seaboard made it a convenient transit point
[Goanet] Creating more: Myths about Goan culture...
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One would have ignored Ben Antao's piece (Myths about Goan culture [1])
as just another badly-argued, inaccurate and confused-by-the-distance
interpretation of contemporary Goa. However, since this article drags in
my name while arriving at its hasty conclusions, a rejoinder is probably
called for.
Ben cites bits and pieces of what I've written on the Net to back the
view that so many Goan writers and journalists seem to have accepted
the malicious propaganda of these writers.
But his quotes are clearly out of context and selective.
I do believe the stereotyping of Goa and Goans is a serious issue that
needs to be faced up to. I don't believe that stereotyping is restricted
only to Goa and Goans, but instead afflicts all (or most) cultural
minorities whereever in the globe they may be located. Likewise, I don't
think this issue can be battled by emotionalism, and getting all hot
under the collar. Finally, I also strongly don't believe that this
stereotyping stems from mainstream Hindu mentality, as Ben has sought
to argue.
We need to understand what we're talking about, and merely finding
someone to blame is hardly the solution.
When I say that cultural minorities the world over get stereotyped, I'm
not justifying it. What I'm saying is don't blame a Hindu mentality or
don't take on an unnecessary victim-status! Try to find out why this
happens. Take a closer look. Be less emotional about such issues...
Goans have been afflicted by the disease of being too simplistic in our
approaches. It makes us feel good, it panders to the biases we have; but
we're only moving further away from a solution... or even a proper
understanding.
In any case, even assuming I'm totally sympathetic to the negative
stereotyping of Goans, I fail to understand how Ben can reach the
conclusions he arrived at, using a handful of quotes from a single
writer (me) as a basis to reach his broad conclusions. Episodic
evidence, to say the least.
For the record, the issue of stereotyping and misunderstanding Goa's
culture (and the cultures of many other smaller parts of India and
beyond) has been widely discussed in Goa's media too.
I recall writing a full-length feature on how a Phantom comic preyed on
the stereotypes about Goa and Calunge beach. It also looked at other
stereotyped works, such as Ellwyn Chamberlain's Gates of Fire (a large
part of which was set in Mafia-controlled Goa). But that was published
in the Goa Today in the mid-nineties, in a largely pre-Internet era (for
us). Meaning, you won't find records on the Net.
My comment-piece on the BJP former government attempts to build hate by
playing on stereotypes of Christianity and its history in Goa is easily
traceable via the Net.[2] In the 'eighties, I was worked for a newspaper
that highlighted the strange case of a soft-porn magazine ('Praline'
from Germany) setting one of its stories amidst the Goa carnival. These
are just a few examples...
A quick search of my hard-disk for the word stereotype threw up a long
list of items. I don't have the time to go through all, or bother with a
detailed defence. One however seemed interesting... and it also
underlines the fact that the Ben Antao's simply can't blame a Hindu
mentality for all our ills.[3]
The problem is that Ben (and a handful of others) believe they can sit
half-a-world away and deliver judgement on what happens in Goa, based on
what they come across via the Net. When will they wake up to the fact
that maybe 98% of the writing on Goa still doesn't surface on the Net?
I'm not saying the Press in Goa is doing a great job. We have our
imperfections; and they are a legion. So do I too. But, please, please,
don't use any stick to beat anyone, whether in keeping with the facts or
not? Criticism should have some link to reality; it can't be used as an
excuse for venting our biases, whatever the facts.
My postings don't represent the tone or range of the debate happening in
Goa. I was just telling my friends the other day, only half-jokingly,
that it's time they all start posting profusely onto the Net. That would
save the few like *me* a lot of needless flak, and also save them the
embarassment of an entire profession being judged by the postings of an
unrepresentative single individual on Goanet!
My comments which Ben cites came in a specific context: it is indeed
difficult for writers to get access to a wider Indian market, simply
because cultural minorities tend to be difficult to understand amidst a
mainstream readership. Maybe a Margaret Mascarenhas and a Victor
[Goanet] Few Laws...you never learnt in school or college:
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Cynthia Some laws you never learnt in school or college: 1) Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. 2) Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. 3) Kovac's Conundrum: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one. 4) Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire. 5) O ' Brien's Variation Law: If you change queues ( TrainTicket reservation) , the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now. 6)BELL'S THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings. 7) RUBY'S PRINCIPLE OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. 8) WILLOUGHBY'S LAW: When you try to prove to someone that a machine / system won't work, it will. 9) ZADRA'S LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach. 10) BREDA'S RULE: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last. 11) OWEN'S LAW: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold. 12) HOWDEN'S LAW: You remember you have to mail a letter only when you're near the mailbox. 13) KITCEN'S RULE: You doubt whether you have switched off the light or not once you are on the Bus to office. _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/ -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] GOAN CATHOLICS FOR DEVANAGIRI pay hommage to Msgr. Rodolfo Dalgado
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dear Friends, On the occasion of the 150th. Birth Anniversary Year of Msgr. Sebastiao Rodolfo Dalgado, a Public Session was held on 20th December, 2005, in the Meneses Braganza Hall, . organized by the GOAN CATHOLICS FOR DEVANAGARI forum. The key-note Lecture on MONS. DALGADACHO KONKNNI KHATIR VAVR ANI HAVES was delivered by Prof. S. M. Borges. A REPORT of the same is attached for your knowledge. Also attached goes a MEMORANDUM by Fr. Jaime Couto, Prof of Konkani Language in the Goa Seminaries. On behalf of the GOAN CATHOLICS FOR DEVANAGIRI, I request the Editors of the Media included at TO, to kindly publish the same. Thanks. Wishing you all a Joyful Christmas and a Happy New Year Yours sincerely For the Goan Catholics for Devanagiri FernandodoRego/ FERNANDO DO REGO 143-Fontainhas.Pangim 403.001. GOA. INDIA TEL:222.6353. A REPORT The Goan Catholics for Devanagri paid their tributes to Mons. Sebastiao Rodolfo Dalgado, on the occasion of his 150th Birth Anniversary, with a Public Session on Dec.20, 2005, at 5-30 p.m., at the Meneses Braganza Hall, Panjim. Fr. Moreno de Sousa S. J. presided over the function, Adv. Udai Bhembre being the Guest of Honour. The Chief Guest, Mr. Froilano Machado, the veteran Freedom Fighter and Ex- Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly had regretted, by a letter, remaining absent, at the last moment, on health grounds. The Convenor of the Forum, Fr. Jaime Couto, welcomed the president, all the other guests and the audience at large. He spoke of Dr. Cunha Rivara whose clarion call to Goans apparently had mobilized, among others, Mons Dalgado for the rescue operation of his Mother Tongue. In his keen endeavour to rehabilitate Konkani to its pristine glory, among many other measures, Dalgado advocated Devanagri as the appropriate Script for Konkani , as the case is with her sister languages descending from Sanskrit. The proof of his strong conviction is the publication of his Komkani- Portuguez Dictionary in Devanagri, at a time when hardly 1% of Goan Catholics knew that script. Today more than 75 % of the educated Goan Catholics are well conversant with Devanagri. Now is the high time, he said, to work to make Dalgado's Dream come to fulfilment. This very awareness has given birth to Goan Catholics for Devanagari Forum. Their aim is solely to promote and encourage Devanagari among the present generation with an eye to the next. The second item of the Programme was the release, at the hands of the President, Fr. Moreno, of Dalgadacho Sondex, a bulletin aimed at providing to the Catholics, in special, a platform for their maiden writings in Devanagri. Prof. S. M. Borges, ex-Head of Geology Department of Chowgule College, delivered the key-note lecture on the topic Mons. Dalgadacho Konknni khatir vavr ani haves. After briefly referring to the historical events that adversely affected the development of Konkani, he depicted vividly the miserable condition the language had been reduced to, at the time of Mons Dalgado. Thereafter, he gave a biographical sketch of the great personality. He highlighted his penchant for languages, European as well as Indian, which helped him to deepen the study of Konkani. The long Introductions to his Komkami- Portuguez' and Portuguez-Komkani' Dictionaries carry the findings of his patient research. The fact that they are written in Portuguese makes them accessible only for those who know that language and the number of these is unfortunately dwindling fast among Goans today. But he assured that a translation of these important documents into English would shortly be made available. He quoted Dalgado as saying emphatically that Konkani should be written only in Devanagri. His Konkani- Portuguez dictionary stands as a witness to this firm conviction. If need be, Dalgado said, Konkani could be transliterated into Roman Script provided that the Jonesian system is followed as it is done regarding its Mother Sanskrit. Further Prof. Borges spoke about the ambitious plans Dalgado had for the development of Konkani. Among them, he mentioned Dalgado's noble gesture of providing a fund, from his own savings, for the creation of Konkani Faculties at the Panjim Central Lyceum and at the Rachol Seminary. The necessary quotations and the other details of Prof. Borges' speech had been included in the handouts already circulated among the audience. Adv. Bhembre, in a forceful manner, described how Mons. Dalgado and, later on, Shennoy
[Goanet] Power query...
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- The below seems puzzling. How can Goa have the most viable power network if we have such huge transmission losses (read, power thefts by influential players)? Are the citizens simply overcharged? FN http://energyindia.blogspot.com/ ICRA / CRISIL have been mandated by the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) at the instance of the Ministry of Power (MoP) to carry out a performance rating of the state power sector(State Electricity Boards) across all states. The initial report, which was finalised based primarily on the information available/made available till August 2002, was released in January 2003. The current exercise is the first surveillance of the rating and is based on data available till mid August 2003 for some states and end August, 2003 for some other states. The parameters used for the rating exercise have undergone a few changes compared to the original exercise. Hence both the original and the revised weightages for the parameters have been listed below. Based on scores against commercial viability, the rankings are.. 1. Goa 2. West Bengal 3. Gujarat 4. Himachal Pradesh 5. Punjab 6. Maharashtra -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | http://del.icio.us/fredericknoronha Saligao, Goa, India | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 -- -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Myths about Goan Culture
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- I read the thought-provoking article by Ben Antao with interest. I have to compliment him on a well written piece and for surfacing many issues. But, I found the article long on challenges and short on solutions. And in so far as the solutions are presented, it was what others should do for Goans. The first part of the article outlined the difficulties Goan writers have about having their works published. Yet, we do not blame Goans for not reading Goan writings / literature. How many Goans in the Diaspora (where economics is not a major issue) have their own personal Goan library? Since I have written about this issue before, I will not belabor the point. And I do not see many Goan authors making this an issue. Publishers can / will only publish what they are assured readers will read. This is specially so as much of Goan writings are Goa based. As far as diluting Goan culture, no one can do so except the Goans themselves. In my interactions with Goans and query on Goan cultural rituals, the answers I receive is our Goan cultural practices are changing. Well it is being improvised. This is because we do not know what it was. I have often asked how many Diaspora Goan associations celebrate the feast of the Patron (Saint) of Goa - Blessed Joseph Vaz? Just before posting this post, I checked the Canada's web newsletter - Goan Voice. It informed members about the Christmas and New Year Dances but had no mention about mid January celebrations for Blessed Joseph Vaz. The same was about Goan Voice UK. These reflect the plans and priorities of the Goan communities, their leadership (National /City association and Village associations) AND the Goan priests in these communities. This may explain why Indian film-makers perhaps present our priorities as outlined in Ben's article. So while we Goans love to lament about our issues, perhaps we need to look at ourselves and our own back- and front-yard and try to get our neighborhood in order. The first step is for Goan leadership to move from social activists to economic and intellectual leaders who to-date have been busy doing their own thing be it in Goa or in the Diasporas. Regards, GL -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Goan Voice UK. Daily Newsletter. Friday, 23 Dec. 2005
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Piecemeal amendments to Goan civil code opposed 22 Dec: the Hindu. The move of the State Government to go in for piecemeal amendments of the Portuguese Civil Code (PCC), which is in operation in the State, has been opposed by the Goa Legislators' Forum (GLF). http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/22/stories/2005122204071300.htm Gatwick to Goa £134 return Departing 25 Dec. 5 Nights Click here. http://www.airflights.co.uk/?page=asp/searchpost.aspdestin=GOIdepart=LGWdate=2005-12day=25dur=5src=CheapFlights India curbs on visit visas hailed 21 Dec: Trade Arabia (Bahrain). Top Bahraini labour and immigration officials have welcomed an Indian government decision to ban job-seekers travelling on visit visas to the Gulf. The decision has been taken by the Protector-General of Emigration (PGE) in New Delhi to deny emigration clearance to people who misuse visit visas. http://www.tradearabia.com/tanews/newsdetails_snLAW_article98207_cnt.html It's St Tropez in Rustic Goa 22 Dec: Today (Singapore). This week Steven Shalowitz hangs out at Kate Moss' favourite haunt in Goa ... Located in Goa's north, on Ashwem Beach, La Plage is like something out of a 1960's Brigitte Bardot movie - vintage St Tropez sans the former film siren ... 642 words. http://www.todayonline.com/articles/91549.asp Top 10 places to ring in the New Year 21 Dec: MSNBC News (New York). From Aspen to Australia, favorite spots for the last hoorah of 2005: ... Goa serves as the backdrop for some of the globe's hottest New Year's celebrations, complete with all-night seaside bashes packed with partygoers entranced by techno music. If you're looking for a place to kick back, party and relax, just follow the local Goan motto of sossegarde - take it easy - and enjoy the fun! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10563601/from/RSS/ UK: Forthcoming Events. Mon 26 Dec. 7pm till 1am. Slough Goans Christmas Dance. Sat. 31 Dec 7pm - 1am: South East Goans New Years Eve Dance. Sat. 31 Dec. Dark Star Social Club New Year's Eve Gala Ball at Harrow Leisure Centre. Sat. 7 Jan. G.O.A. Goan Extravaganza at Wandsworth Civic Suite For Details and Later Events see: http://www.goanvoice.org.uk UK: TV Radio Highlights By Mafalda de'Sa Sat. 24/12: Channel 4: 00:30 (95mins). Film: The Warrior Tue. 27/12: Sky Movies 2: 8.00pm (120mins) Bride and Prejudice. Shot in L.A., London and Goa. Tue. 27/12: ITV 1: 9.00pm (120mins) The English Harem. Romantic drama. With Art Malik. Tue. 27/12: BBC1: 9.40pm (60mins) The Case of the Earl of Erroll. 1941 murder of an Earl in colonial Kenya. Fri. 30/12: UKTV People Plus 1: 7:00pm (30mins). Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - India: one of the most dangerous places on earth to drive ... Fri. 30/12: Discovery Travel and Living: 10.00pm (30mins). Feast India: Diwali Fri. 30/12: BBC 4: 10.30pm (135mins) Nowhere in Africa. Jewish émigrés in Kenya, 1938. Radio. Mon 26/12: BBC World Service Radio 10:05am (25mins) Travels of the Mind. Dr Raj Persaud visits post-Tsunami Tamil Nadu. = Recent Items Of Particular Interest On Goanet By Cornel DaCosta There is much news on Goanet about the sophisticated sting operation to trap and expose corrupt politicians in Goa. Six MPs have been shown to be seeking substantial bribes for the approval of a local area development scheme. In another case, a bigamy charge has been filed by the wife of the Goan Agricultural Minister. Such news must make Goan Voice (UK) readers wonder about the depth of corruption in Goa within the public and private sectors. Much of the world seems to have caught up with Goa as a great tourist destination. Unfortunately, one disadvantage is that hotel rates shoot up significantly between November and January. Thus, much care is needed to secure accommodation and discovering how to get reasonable deals from Goanet may be a wise consideration. Fascinating research insights and orientations have been provided by Jorge and Livia de Abreu Noronha on the birth, life and work of Abbe Faria, the Goan father of modern hypnotism. Why does Valmiki Faleiro argue that Goa has had two liberations: in 1510 and 1961. In an interesting claim, about such liberations, Valmiki argues for the need for a third one. Can he be serious and persuasive? Find about his intriguing theorising on Goanet. Likewise, Ben Antao has presented a well thought-out article on Myths About Goan Culture. This is well worth reading for many insights in this area. Finally, find out all
[Goanet] New Year: Goa is all booked
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec192005/national17173120051218.asp New Year: Goa is all booked From Devika Sequeira DH News Service Panaji: Sold out signs are already out in most hotels along the tourist coast, and domestic travellers who fancy partying the night away this New Year in Goa could find themselves stranded without advance bookings. From the modest guest-houses to high-end resorts, holiday stakeholders are reporting an overbooked New Year. It will be impossible to get a room for the New Year. Come back on January 2 or try the city hotels, a lady who runs a two-room cottage off Candolim beach said. We were sold out months ago and have been booked outright till April by charter operators, said hotelier and Congress MLA Alex Sequeira. Like other boutique hotels here, his three-star property on the South Goa coast has decided to play it safe and go in for long-term bookings by charter handlers, though this meant paring off tariffs by almost 35 per cent. Five star resorts on the other hand have pushed tariffs up by 300 per cent for the Christmas-New Year week, and charges in the luxury category range between $600 to $850 a night. Bright period At the Goa Marriott, a five-night package is up for $3,000. We still have a few rooms left, but all-in-all, Christmas and New Year are looking bright for Goa, said the resorts general manager Neeraj Chadha. The outlook should be bright considering the explosion of charter flights to this destination this year. Forty-eight landing slots have been allotted to long-haul international flights into Goa at Dabolim airport. Operators from UK alone will be flying in 21 charters this week, with another eight scheduled from Russia and an equal number from the rest of Europe. Goa has been rated fourth in the top 10 Christmas getaway destinations for Britons this year after Tenerife, Barbados and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Reception for Visiting Priests in Kuwait.
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Reception for two visiting priests in Kuwait. During the last 15 days two priests from Society of Pilar visited Kuwait, one Fr. Jerry Fernandes from Guirim and the other Fr. Domnick Alvares from Sangolda. Both of them were the ex students of Monte de Guirim School where they were companions of Tony Correia currently working in Kuwait and an ex president of Kuwait Indian Foot-ball Federation. Tony Correia is one of the stalwarts of Goan Overseas Association and an ex player of G.O.A. Maroons soccer team, of course an ace footballer during his hey days of youth. Fr. Jerry is currently doing his missionary work in Megalaya amongst the tribals in a very difficult situation on behalf of his Society propagating the word of God, spreading literary and educational work and doing lot of social work. Fr. Domnick is currently a Professor of Scriptures at Pilar and he is the brother of tiatrist Rosy Alvares. Music is in his blood by tradition and he is also a very good singer. Both Fr. Jerry and Fr. Domnick besides good singers are good musicians playing also. On 19th of this month at 8.00 p.m. in one of the city hotels a special reception was held in honour of them which was attended by number of Goans residing in Kuwait and coming from different places in Goa. During the reception which was compeered by A. Veronica Fernandes, number of songs was rendered, one solo each by Rosary Ferns and Marcus Vaz, one especial song on Pilar Society by both the visiting priests and one beautiful Mando with dulpods again by both the priests. This Mando reminded me of the high quality of traditional Mando, normally we dont even notice such Mandos in the Mando Festivals. Every person attending the reception enjoyed this item which was very melifluently rendered by bothe the visiting priests. Both the priests delivered their speeches well, Fr. Domnick spoke on the history of Pilar Society, its aims and achievements while Fr. Jerry spoke on his mission in Megalaya. He described how in a difficult situation he undertakes his mission even risking his life. The localities where he is doing his missionary work in Megalaya are very backward, it is a matriarchal society where male child is playing secondary role while female child is encouraged to acquire education. Fr. Jerry and his missionary work are involved in educating the poor tribal people, providing medical assistance for them and taking care of their spiritual needs.. In the absence of Governmental care the society there is at the mercy of religious people from Pilar. According to Fr. Jerry there are no proper roads even to ride cycle and as such he has to walk hours and hours, some days from one end to the other to fulfill the needs of the inhabitants there. Communication is very mediavel. It is a pity to know that India boasting of its industrial, technological and nuclear developments have neglected some of the remote places under its control. There is a risk for his life because of insurgents threats. In order to have some facilities he introduced a new mode of housing in the form of Tin Sheds, each Shed costing Indian Rupees Ten Thousand, these Sheds will serve his needs of providing schooling for those tribal children, residential places for the homeless and religious places for performing spiritual obligations. According to Fr. Jerry, this project of 30 Sheds will cost some money. Many of the people attending the reception volunteered to help Fr. Jerry financially building some of these Sheds. In the past Kuwait Goans have donated lot in financial contributions for the charitable and good causes. Many priests in the past came to Kuwait for financial help for their missionary work and all of them went back happily. Fr. Jerry Fernandes also will go home tomorrow Friday 23rd December smilingly along with his colleague Fr. Domnick who impressed upon everyone the necessity of assistance for his colleagues. Even now if any one is willing to contribute anything for the project of Fr. Jerry in the service of God and humanity, he or she is welcome. A. Veronicaf Fernandes, Kuwait. _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | |
RE: [Goanet] VISION - GOA 2010 dreams into nightmares?
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- MOGALL IXTT I'm flustrated [flustered + frustrated]to use a term coined by one of my clients as I read Averthanus L. D'Souza's satire. How I wish it were not true! I'd want to be a candle and dispel the darkness that this article suggests. I'd appreciate any bright ideas as we welcome this festive season and a New Year. May our vision for 2006 pave the way to 2010! HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND BRIGHT NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL ON THE GOANET. http://www.spiritualdirection.org/Newsletter-Glow05Winter.htm. Ariosto Coelho -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.3/209 - Release Date: 12/21/2005 -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] MESSAGE TO ALL NRI (GOANS) world goa convention (GVS)
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- 22/12/2005 Dear Non Resident Indians (Goans), We are aware that the Goan diaspora spread world wide seldom, unless dire circumstances demand --- detach themselves from their umbilical cord - their motherland. Even otherwise while you are physically away mentally you are wedded to Goa and the cause of Goans - Through the internet it has now as never before become possible to come to grips with the changing face of Goa -- a Goa post Liberation 1961 --- which is surely and sadly changing its social ambience, its culture, its God gifted land ,scenic natural beauty, and its people by the demographic composition which is indeed alarming as we move to the second half of the first decade of this century. This is not because the Goans themselves have sanctioned such a change but sadly because our Goan politicos and the ruling dispensation has its say in more than one ways. Whether sanctioning the rampant land grab for all and sundry, whether throwing the check posts open for all and sundry for others to enter the State merely to fortify their (political) vote banks; in a country where first past the post is elected unlike many countries world over --- where an elected representative needs to poll 50 % of the votes polled... there is not much Goans can do single handedly with the electoral system which breeds and hoists such politicos on the treasury benches --- But through your support --exchange of views we can make our POLTICAL MASTERS subservient to our NEEDS and reverse the present trend of being subservient to our POLITICAL MASTERS. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT -- AND MAKE IT WE MUST. YOU, ME, ALL, -- FOR GOA AND GOANS. The third two day GOMANT VISHWA SAMMELAN - WORLD GOANS CONVENTION on 3rd and 4th January 2006, to focus on strengthening the cultural roots of Goans within their homeland by providing them a forum to explore and develop ways for developing Goa into a prosperous state, will be held at the Kala Academy, Panaji Goa. The programme thus far a)Inaugural by Governor of Goa Mr S C Jamir b)Interactive session, presided by Dy C M Dr Wilfred D'Souza c)Deliberations on tourism, economic, industrial sectors by the EDC Economic Development Corpn Industrial Development Corpn (IDC) d)Interaction with delgates CM Pratapsing R Rane and Leader of Opposition Mr Manohar Parrikar. It must be understood clearly that whatever assurances are given to you NRI Goans at such conventions (a similar convention of the Indian diaspora is held at New Delhi organised by the Government of India ) it NEEDS to be reflected in the Union Budget or State Budget for the fiscal year in view viz; 2005-06 or so on. Also it is incumbent upon the Governments concerned to show its sincerity on such assurances by formulating policies and passed on the floor of the House (PARLIAMENT or the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) for the Executive to implement. In its absence such assurances could best be ignored or dumped as hogwash. To make sure that you benefit at this Sammelan/Convention we at South Goa Public Interest Action Group (SGPIAG) a registered NGO based in Margao,Salcete, South Goa District ,with jurisdiction, at present, over the entire South Goa Parliamentary Constituency, closely associated with such Conventions since inception make this humble request, as in the past, to each and every Goan to first browse through the websites www.goagovt.nic.in www.goidirectory.nic.in to understand the BUDGET SPEECHES and the POLICIES of the Government on industry, health care, education etc as of date. Having done that this you will be see that in most States (except Kerala ) there no policies or mention in any of the Budget Speeches of HOW THE GOVERNMENTS INTENDS TO a) HELP YOU THE NRIS OR b) INVITE YOU THE NRIS TO INVEST IN INDIA considering your generous contribution to your country. It is here that we at SGPIAG request you the NRIs at this Convention to DEMAND from the Govt. of Goa a) the presence of all the Ministers of the Govt of Goa for this session alongwith the Secretaries of the Government of Goa, the Directors of the respective Departments, besides your lected representatives to be present and interact with you at the Sammelan (NB: most of the Ministers/MLA's prefer to avoid these Sammelans /Convention for fear of being exposed of their false promises made when they seek your hospitality during their visit to your country) b) the ACTION TAKEN REPORT (ATR) (in writing ) on the issues raised by the NRI'S in the past
[Goanet] GREETINGS
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- MERRY XMAS N A VERY PROSPERES NEW YEAR TO ALL.N THANK,U. SSWALKE _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
Re: [Goanet] RE: Goa MP files FIR
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Good question RKN. Further, if you check where Churchill and his cronies dined in good/expensive hotels etc, the waiters will tell you that no payment was ever forthcoming from these goondas. The word mafia is too gentle for these crooks. Cornel - Original Message - From: Radhakrishnan Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:45 PM Subject: [Goanet] RE: Goa MP files FIR (Alemao alleged that the reporter and another person, allegedly representing an NGO, visited him four times requesting funds for a public library in Goa. He claimed that he had offered to sell them land for the purpose for a token price of Rs 3 lakh against its market worth of Rs 15 lakh.) Nice spin this! What does a mobile library need land for? Does his plot of land move around on wheels? -- RKN -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Vision-Goa 2010
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Kudos to Averthan D'Souza on his truly brilliant satirical post on the subject! It should be compulsory reading for all our politicians, although one wonders if they are capable of appreciating he satire. ---Tony Correia-Afonso. This message was sent using NWebmail, BSNL's Webmail Program -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Greedy politicians.........
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || --Many if not most poticians are corrupt, and when elected, seek to make money willy-nilly through whatever means possible. I am glad to see the sting operation mounted by these investigative journalists. Caught politicians red handed, right on TV, what defense can they possibly have ? A parliamentary committee has recommended that all 10 MPs implicated in the sting operation be de-barred from Parliament. Serves these folks right.There will be protests from some of them that they were set-up, while others will seek to put a spin on the whole story. The common folks see a scam when they see one, and no amount of protests about their innocence will sway the people. Of course we should give the accused the benefit of the doubt and allow the law to proceed and a court to decide whether they are indeed guilty.And if and when found guilty the severest form of punishment ought to be meted out.It was interesting to note that these crooks come in all shades of party affiliation and religious beliefs. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Carry and distribute Soccer Balls
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | A GOANET supported project --- Friends of Goa , SLOGANS do not mean much unless we MAKE IT HAPPEN. If You are unable to carry a fooball , you could buy one in Goa and hand it over to some one in your VILLAGE Please send us a photograph of the *handing * over ceremony for our electronic album. Make grassroot Young Goans happy this festive seasoon. Thank you for making the time to read this message ...I hope to hear from at least One of you : - ) VIVA GOA .2006 rene Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] SCRAP THE MPLAD SCHEME
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- It is time the Central government seriously considers winding up the MP's Local Area Development Scheme. All development has to be focused and monitored by the local authorities and it is clear that our elected representatives should not be allowed to have a vested interest in the same. Whether cash for questions, commission on projects or auction of government jobs our politicians are up to it all. It was just Churchill's fate that he was caught in the act on video and made it to the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The episode crash lands his dream of making it to the Union Cabinet in the impending cabinet expansion. That his continuance in the Congress party is also in doubt, is another question. In Goa, ever since the Progressive Development Front (PDF) government was formed in 1990, the levels of corruption have been soaring to new heights and there has been no looking back. The Congress have excelled in corruption and the rags to riches tales of their leaders says it all. The BJP which professed to be a party with a difference has been equally corrupt if IFFI 2004 is any indicator, but the party also spread communal venom which was seen in the systematic saffronisation of the administration by the Parrikar regime. Today corruption in Goa is at its peak. Its only a people's movement demanding transparency and a corrupt free administration that may yield results. Is it too late to fix the cancer of corruption that has embodied itself at the centre of Goan politics. Aires Rodrigues ___ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] 6th year hand over of Macau
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- 19th December 2005 marked the 6th year of the handover of Portuguese administration to China. In the 6th year still - water supply 24/7 Power supply 24/7 Telephony 24/7 44 year of Goa invasion, Water supply - no reply; Power supply - apply no reply; Telephony - Hello, hello where do we go? Teotonio Souza where are you? U visit Macau and see only Potholes ou what? B. Colaco ___ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Re: White Elephant thy name is Mopa!!!
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Do we need Mopa? Why? Many of our Goanet writers have written about Mopa Airport and why we don't need it. And I feel Dr U G Barad has studied his subject well and has written beautifully why we don't require another airport in Goa. Great writing Dr. Barad When we have our own chosen leaders who demand money to promote their birth language ( 4 lakh rupees to promote Konkani??? by Churchill) its easy to guess who will make money on Mopa. Its all those who we vote to make our lives better, but seems that we give them full permission and our blessings to loot us. Imagine a distance from Mumbai to Goa, one can reach Goa in 45 minutes, and than 2 hours from Mopa to South Goa? Cheers Jerry Fernandes -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
