[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Feb 2, 2006 * Goa Knowledge Commission goes online, seeks your views www.knowledgeforgoa.com
Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 2, 2006 - Goa Knowledge Commission website launched to prepare a vision document on education in Goa. It has a bulletin board, which offers people to give their views on nine different topics. The GKC is promising a consultative process. Go have your say at http://www.knowledgeforgoa.com o Dabolim not affected by airports strike in India.(H) o An advert: earn over Rs 20,000 pm if you can play the guitar or the keyboards. (H) o Paulo Holiday Makers introduce a direct Volvo service from Goa-Hyderabad, Belgaum, Kolhapur.(H) o Goa to have tie-up with Andhra in handicrafts. (H) o Discourse on 'ego' by Fr Abraham, Jesuit House, Feb 2 6pm. o Panjim is going in for a 'zero garbage' campaign, under the slogan of 'Chaka Chak (Sparking Clean) Panjim' o Functioning at the Adil Shah Palace to cease soon. Govt to shift to new secretariat on Feb 7. (H) o Lynx plays this Friday at Saffron Garden Rest, Benaulim. o Career Counselling, at Porvorim, near Ann Institute. o English fluency a must, says Shivanand Salgaocar. (H) o Aldona constituency to get Rs 200 million for 'development'.(H) o Konkani stage artistes, musicians feted at Carmel College.(H) o Volunteers sought for wildlife census in Goa. (H) o Goan, Xavier's principal Newman Fernandes, is president of the All Indian Assn for Christian Higher Education (AICHE). o Blood donation camp held in Vasco, by Lions, recently. (H) o Cuncolim Youth Assn plans Noite de Saude on Feb 2. (H) o Pilar Music Academy presents new Biblical musical operetta Devan Dilem, Devan Velem (based on the suffering and life of the innocent Job, in the Old Testament). For Lent. o Konkani novel Khand (by Willy Goes) released in Goa. (GT) o Symposium on Opinion Poll organised by Congress in Panjim on Friday. First in series by GPCC Vichar Vibhag. (GT) o St Paul's High School in Camp, Belgaum completes 150 years.(H) o 2nd Mando Festival, Feb 4,4.31 pm sharp, GVM. o MES College NCC cadets hold anti-plastic drive.(NT) o One held for damaging cross in Aldona. (NT) Should titles to State land be abolished in Goa? The recent Saleli issue has triggered off a debate over proprietorship villages. Records show that most of the land situated in Sanguem taluka is held by the institution known as Sociedade Patriotica dos Baldios das Novas Conquistas, in the capacity of proprietor. In addition, land in nearby Cuncolim and Veroda villages is said to be owned by a count under the title of Condado de Cuncolim. In North Goa too, some areas till date are known to be owned by the successors of the then Count of Pernem as well as the then Count of Mayem. Corporation of the City of Panjim invites all residents and well-wishers of Panjim city to come forward with suggestions and requests them not to merely keep the city clean, but also to keep spreading awareness among others by joining the Chaka-Chak Panjim month-long campaign. Goanet News Bytes suggests: A coat of paint on buildings not painted for years on end would go a long way to make Goa's towns look more presentable. Can every building and home be required to compulsorily paint (or at least white-wash) itself every couple of years? Most of the poders (in Goa today) are from neighbouring places like Hubli and Belgaum. On an average, a bakery sells 1500 to 2000 loaves of bread everyday. It is a one-man business as poders only make and then sell these bread in their assigned localities, writes Arti Das in a feature in GT. o Two petrol pumps burgled on Tuesday-Wed night. (H) o Effluents from Cuncolim industrial estate pose threat to Quepem farmers. (H) o Churchill holds out threat to Congress again over Mopa. (H) o Government, police served legal notice over bull-fight issue.(H) o Taxi operators gherao Luizinho, demand stand on Mopa. (H) o At Canacona health centre, gardener is an X-ray aide too! (H) o Sex wolves on the run, alleges GT after expose. (GT) o After compulsory meters, a big hike in taxi fares. (GT) o Last ditch effort on to hold Anjediva feast. (GT) o Deport Bangladeshi infiltrators says BJP-linked student union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. o Dig out slush from roads, roars BJP Youth Morcha. (GT) o Marmagoa Steel at Curtorim shows a profit of just Rs 46 lakhs (unaudited) for the quarter ended Dec 2005. o Two die in car mishap at Mormugao Indian Oil Tanking gate.(GT) o Mining roads go off roads in Ponda, protest over dust pollution. o NCP submits memo to police over desecreation of chapels, churches and crosses by "destructive elements of society". (GT) - DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES: ---
[Goanet] RE: Centre forms panel on Mopa airport
- It is clear that the commitee will be a face off of one unguided missile against 5 pop-gun patraos! It will be interesting to see how the former can be persuaded to change his obdurate stance. One way out may be to co-opt some eminent person(s) who will make him see sweet reason. This could include Mr Sreedharan of Delhi Metro and KRC fame, Mr Narayna Murthy CM of Infosys and ex-chairman of BIAL, and Mr. Kurien, MD of CIAL. Otherwise it will be upto the PM to dangle some political carrot to neutralise the opposition to Mopa. But the really crucial role of the co-opted member(s) will be to repackage the Mopa project as a supplement to rather than subsitute for Dabolim. This is the need of the hour.
[Goanet] WHIMPERING VOX POPULI?
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=116318 Be firm with AAI unions VK MATHUR - Hard hitting column by one who should know. My only grouse: why is there a blindspot about the military and its role in Indian civil aviation? Seems to me it is like the proverbial Nero, fiddling while the sector is on the boil in more ways than one! It really needs to shake a leg!
[Goanet] Cricket Fiasco!
DUBIOUS DISTINCTION: We must be the first country in cricketing history to have lost a Test Match by 314 runs on the fourth day after winning the toss, putting the opponents in to bat, getting a hat-trick for no score in the very first over and having the opponents reeling at 26 for five and 90 for seven wickets at one stage! Some record indeed for a team claiming to have a formidable batting line-up. It is time for a reality check and some serious introspection. Forget the TV advertising shoots and get back to some serious practice sessions at the nets! Benaulim, Goa: ---Tony Correia-Afonso. 1st.Feb.2006. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) This message was sent using NWebmail, BSNL's Webmail Program
[Goanet] GOA EVENTS: Photographic Collages by Kathryn Myers, Goa Feb 4
You are cordially invited to the inauguration of an exhibition of Photographic Collages by Kathryn Myers, Professor of Art, University of Connecticut, USA and a Fulbright Scholar, to be followed by a Classical North Indian Violin Recital by well-known artiste, Anupriya Deotale. Date: February 4, 2006 Time: 6 pm Venue: Fundacao Oriente, Behind People's High School, Fontainhas, Panjim Tel 2230728, 2436108 Kathryn Myers is Professor of Art at the University of Connecticut, USA and is presently travelling in India on a sabatical studying Hindu and Buddhist art in preparation for a new course she will be teaching at her University on contemporary art and popular culture in South Asia. She is also a Fullbright scholar. While in Goa, she will conduct a workshop for promising young artists at the Fundacao Oriente. Her programme at the Fundacao Oriente will be as follows: February 4:Inauguration of her exhbition of photographic collages Februrary 5-7: Workshop for participating artists. February 9:Works produced by the artists during the workshop will be displayed. February 9:Lecutre on the 'Influence of Indian Art on Western Art' Open to the public, 6 pm The exhibition will be on display till February 12. Please feel free to also drop by and observe the workshop will in progress. Timings 10 am to 7 pm.
[Goanet] Sesa Goa mines bag environment award
http://oheraldo.in/node/9217 Sesa Goa mines bag environment award HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, JAN 31 — Sesa Goa's Codli, Sanquelim and Sonshi mine bagged the environment award at the 17th Mines Environment and Mineral conservation week organised by Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation Council in association with India Bureau of Mines at all mines in Goa, parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra. The Gaval Sonshi mine of Cosme Costa and Sons operated by Sesa Goa Ltd won the super status award for the year 2005. Ulhas Kerkar, senior manager mines, Newton Fernandes mines manager Sonshi mines and Sauvick Mazumder manager mining services received the award from Mr C P Ambesh, controller General Indian Bureau of Mines. Sesa Goa's Sanquelim also received the award for best mine reclamation measures. Mr Ambesh congratulated the awardees and appealed the mining companies to follow best environment management practices. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] 3 Goans file nominations for homeopathy council polls
http://oheraldo.in/node/9225 3 Goans file nominations for homeopathy council polls BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 31 — For the first time in Goa, homeopathy practitioners registered with the Goa Board of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy have the opportunity to be elected to the Homeopathy Central Council (HCC). The elections to fill in one post (from Goa) at the Homeopathy Central Council (HCC) are being held with the voting open to all homeopaths registered with the Goa Board of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy. The election process began on the January 27 this year with the receipt of nominations from January 27 to January 31, 2006. The results will be declared on March 13, 2006, according to the Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Government of Goa. Speaking to Herald, Vijay Saxena, Deputy Director of the Health Intelligence Bureau, DHS and the returning officer for the elections said that the HCC is a body which is on par with the Medical Council of India (MCI). The HCC plays an important role as far as education rules in homeopathy are concerned. In the case of marketing of homeopathy medicines, establishments of new homeopathy colleges, the HCC is a powerful recommending body said Saxena. According to the HCC Election rules of 1973, if a State has 100 to 10,000 homeopaths registered with the State Board, then the State is allocated one post for a homeopath at the CCH. In Goa, there are 255 homeopaths registered with the Goa Board of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy, said Saxena. Hence, only one member from Goa will be elected to the HCC. The term of the elected member will be five years. Three nominations have been received for the elections. Today, the nominations were scrutinized and all the three nominations have been accepted, according to Saxena. Dr Satyawan D Naik, Dr Laxmanrao D Vernekar and Dr Ramesh R Kanekar are the three doctors who have filed their nominations. The ballot papers will be sent to the registered homeopaths on February 9, 2006 and the last date for the receipt of the filled in ballot papers is March 13, 2006. After the scrutiny and counting of votes the results will be declared on March 13, 2006 itself. This is the first time that a homeopath from Goa will be elected to the HCC and all the registered homeopaths should take the initiative to vote, said Saxena. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Kamat reviews traffic situation in Margao
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=02014 Kamat reviews traffic situation in Margao NT News Service Margao Jan 31: The Power Minister, Mr Digamber Kamat held a meeting with members of MARG and officials of the government agencies to review the deteriorating traffic situation in Margao and also solve public grievances, if any. Mr Kamat told newsmen that unlike regular meetings held earlier, no meetings were held during the last eight months. "There were several agencies that had to be reactivated after the 8-month lull," he informed. Apart from deciding to hold regular monthly meetings, the meeting identified areas that required urgent painting with regards to traffic safety. It was decided that an permanent RTO official would be posted in the city to regulate the bus operators, who according to MARG were a public nuisance rather than being a transport facilitator. Also henceforth, buses on Margao's two city routes would also bear numbers. "This will help passengers in easy identification and the RTO will issue directions in this regard soon," Mr Kamat announced. The Margao municipality chief officer, Mr Melwyn Vaz was instructed to prepare a layout for implementing a pay and park system near the fish market. The Power Minister further revealed that traffic congestion would soon be able to breathe easy with the Power House junction to Apollo Victor hospital road being ready with only asphalting lest to be done. The meeting was attended by MARG member, Mr Gurunath Kelekar, the South Goa SP, Mr Shekhar Prabhudessai, the Margao traffic PI, Mr Dharmesh Angle, the Salcete mamlatdar, Mr Johnson Fernandes and others. The Power Minister later toured the Calconda ward in the city and heard public grievances. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] New fares deferred
http://oheraldo.in/node/9209 New fares deferred BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 31 — There seems to be a slight respite for the commuter as the proposed hike in fares of motorcycle pilots, autorickshaws and taxis which was scheduled to come into force from February 1, has practically been deferred as no notification on new tariff structure has been issued. Although operators seem anxious to implement the hiked tariffs from tomorrow, the government is yet to notify the same and could take another week before the new tariffs come into effect. Minister for Transport, Pandurang Madkaikar speaking to Herald today confirmed that the new tariffs would not come into force until it is notified in the gazette. Mr Madkaikar also said that he would place it before the cabinet at the next meeting, which is scheduled to be held on February 2. It may be recalled that it was decided at a high level meeting that introduction the hike in fare of autorickshaws, tourist taxis, black-and-yellow taxis and motorcycle taxis would be effected from February 1 with compulsory use of metres. Mr Madkaikar also said that the government is giving the taxi and autorickshaw operators 45 days to install digitalized meters. It is pointed out that most of the existing meters are malfunctioning and would create a problem for both the passengers and the operators. A delay in implementing this is also expected as the government has not yet identified authorized suppliers of digital meters. "We have sought for details from two-three parties from outside Goa," he said adding further that digital meters are not available in Goa. Replying to queries on protests from tourist taxi operators on the introduction of meters, Mr Madkaikar said, "we have decided on introducing meters only after consulting their associations so where is the question of protests against meters." Mr Madkaikar also pointed out that the government would be shortly deciding on a tariff for bus operators. A delegation of the bus operatorsalso called on Mr Madkaikar on Tuesday morning. The delegation has urged the transport ministry to hike the fares for bus operators at the earliest and have reiterated the demand for a hike to Rs 5 for the first four kilometers and 40 paise for every subsequent kilometer. Mr Rajnikant Naik, President of the Bus Operators Association later told Herald that the members of this section are agitated that the demands of bus operators have been kept in abeyance even though all the other transport operators demands have been cleared and set for implementation. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Mopa land acquisition: Khalap keen to meet PM
http://oheraldo.in/node/9228 Mopa land acquisition: Khalap keen to meet PM BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 31 - Expressing happiness over the Centre's establishment of a committee to look into the Mopa issue, former Union Minister of state for Law Ramakant Khalap in a letter to the Prime Minister reiterated the urgency to meet up with the latter before February 14, 2006, the day when proceedings for acquisition of land for approach road are likely to lapse. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Khalap, who is the convener of the Mopa International Airport Follow-up Committee, pressed that the newly formed six-member committee, under Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane, must meet in the first week of February and take an "interim decision" over the issue in the interest of the State. Over the lapsed date for the second phase of land acquisition (Jan 24, 2005), he proposed that a fresh notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act be issued forthwith and follow it up with another notification under Section 6 of the said Act within a period of maximum 60 days from the date of notice under Section 4. Making a reference to the letter to the PM, he said it was a representation on behalf of the North Goa District Congress Committee and the Mopa International Airport Follow-up Committee. "Although a committee has been formed, we have our apprehensions and wish to call on the PM and AICC President Sonia Gandhi before February 14 on any convenient date." Reading out from a copy of Churchill Alemao's speech in the Legislative Assembly on April 3, 2000, Khalap said the South Goa MP's double-speak was there for all to see. The copies of the speech in Devnagiri Konkani, which were distributed to the press, quotes the MP as saying: "If Dabolim remains, then I have no objection to Mopa." Khalap said even though differences in the Congress were evident over Mopa, the BJP too was a divided house. "Rajendra Arlekar, Vijay Pai Khot, Vasu Gaonkar, Vinay Tendulkar, Damu Naik and Vishwas Satarkar have never come out openly regarding the issue," he added. When asked why he didn't attend the 'Chalo Pernem' rally on Sunday, Khalap said, "I chose to stay away because Manohar Parrikar failed to answer me why he had stopped the Tillari Irrigation Project, Cyber City (IT Park) project for which land acquisition notice was issued, work on Kiranpani-Aronda Bridge, the e-governance project for the whole State and exorbitant expenses for IFFI 2004. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England Comment: Khalap is very keen! Of course the interests of Goa and Goans is paramount in his desire to have Mopa commissioned.
[Goanet] Margao city buses to be ‘numbered’
http://oheraldo.in/node/9207 Margao city buses to be 'numbered' BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 31 — City buses in Margao would soon have numbers displayed on the vehicles a la Mumbai style, so it seems. This was decided after a traffic review meeting chaired by Power Minister, Digambar Kamat in the district Collectorate here on Tuesday. Kamat later told newsmen that the meeting has recommended numbers for the city-buses for easy identification by the passengers. "The city has two major routes — Borda and Aquem — connected by city buses and the numbering system will help in easy identification of the buses", he added. District Magistrate, J B Singh, district police chief Shekar Prabhudessai, MMC Chairperson Piedade Norohna, Chief Officer, Melvyn Vaz, traffic PI Dharmesh Angle and representatives of city-based NGOs participated in the deliberations. According to Kamat, the meeting reviewed the current traffic scenario and the steps required to put the mess in order. "Today's meeting has decided to implement bus stops for city buses, which were identified a year ago", he said. Moreover, Kamat said that instructions were issued to the Margao Municipal Chief Officer to prepare a proper layout of the old fish market site to facilitate pay parking. He said the meeting felt that the old fish market could be utilised for pay parking for preparing a layout of the site. Taking note of the traffic congestion and the virtual absence of enforcement to crack a whip against violators, it has been decided to post a RTO officer in the heart of the city. The Power Minister said that efforts are on re-activate the traffic machinery to meet the emerging scenario by entrusting certain tasks to individual officers to handle. On the Truck Terminus, Kamat said the proposal has met with stiff opposition from locals of Maddel and Davondem, but said the city require a parking facility for outstation trucks. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Flight traffic undisturbed in Goa
Flight traffic undisturbed in Goa 01 Feb 2006 - PTI Panaji: No disruption in flight traffic was reported from Dabolim Airport in Goa as all scheduled flights in the morning arrived and departed on time, airport officials said. "All scheduled flights arrived and departed on time," airport director Anuj Agarwal told PTI. Employees and officers of Airports Authority of India are going in for an indefinite strike from today to protest against the privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
[Goanet] Faleiro for Konkani Sahitya Sammelan
http://oheraldo.in/node/9215 Faleiro for Konkani Sahitya Sammelan HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, JAN 31 — Minister of Education, Luizinho Faleiro has favoured holding of Yuva Konkani Sahitya Sammelan to protect Goan identity, unity and for socio-economic development of the State. Speaking as chief guest at the valedictory function of two day seventh Yuva Konkani Sahitya Sammelan organised jointly by Rosary College, Navelim and Goa Konkani Academy at Rosary hall, Navelim on Sunday Mr Faleiro stressed the need for development of natural script of Konkani language. He asked Goa Konkani Academy to make efforts to publish books in Devanagri script which are in Roman Konkani script. Terming Konkani language as soul and identity of Goans Mr Faleiro said, inorder to safeguard the interest of Goans konkani has been made official language and that knowledge of Konkani language is also made compulsory to gain employment. He urged budding Konkani writers to contribute for development and promotion of Konkani language. Pundalik Naik president of Goa Konkani Academy said that the academy has plans to organise four workshops in a year for children from next year. Mr Falero distributed prizes to the winners of various competitions organised for the participants of the Sammelan. Sharel Culaco, Principal of Rosary Higher Secondary School and Prof Prakash Vazrikar President of Sahitya Sammelan also spoke. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England Comment: I was not aware that there was a natural script for Konkani? What's wrong with having Roman script?
[Goanet] Susegad Mode In Goa
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7087_1613946,0087.htm Worldwatch: Susegad Mode In Goa Geetika Jain New Delhi, February 1, 2006 Advertisement Goa has more churches than sinners, more musicians than audiences, and by the look of it, more tourists than locals. Its popularity as a holiday destination for foreigners and Indians alike continues to do a Vertical Charlie. Where else are the girls totally comfy in skimpy clothes? Where can you find memorable meals in unsung beach shacks? Where are the parties so popular that often 'decoy parties' are staged to veer away the extras…? Milling joyously with friends into the wee hours, pounding the feet to heavy techno base with drink in hand can take its toll. So after the hurly-burly's done, it could be quite nice to drift into 'susegad mode,' a byword in Goa meaning "relax and enjoy life," from quiet in Portuguese. This is when a tranquil sanctum small boutique hotels could come in handy. These delightful havens in Goa are surprisingly unknown… Pousada Tauma Pousada Tauma's little heart beats in the core of Calangute, like a hare trying to hunker down and lie low whilst the noisy predatorial traffic swirls by. Step through the wrought iron gates into a sienna coloured sanctuary drenched in tropical foliage. Neville Proenca's 12-room gem is built entirely of local laterite, and the blur of a hummingbird over a hibiscus is as commonplace a sight as a tulsi shrine in a Goan Hindu home. A large swimming pool, built to look like a part of the rockery, is the focal point (unless your eyes are riveted on the topless Mediterranean beauties sunbathing on the lounges) and the rooms nestle around it. Each one of the rooms is a spacious suite, with a completely different design and décor from the next one. Every plant has been carefully chosen to dress up the tiniest nook and cranny red gingers, heliconias and ferns tickle the shoulders as you walk along the paths, tender tendrils find their way into your prawn balchao as you pull up to sup. Tauma is named after Neville's father, and Pausada, aptly means a nest, or a cosy home. Seolim House Seolim House in Seolim, Bardez, has been lovingly restored by venture capitalist Varun Sood whose first love is architecture. A shattered ruin in 1996, the dignity of this once grand mansion has been restored. Traditional mosaic floor tiles and translucent oyster shells for windows were garnered painstakingly from antique salvage yards. Seolim House becomes your home when you live there, its sunning courtyard yard where you might fall asleep reading a book. The cook and gardener will expect company. They serve intuitively and are adept at sharing the local lore. There are seven large rooms, one large enough to host a cricket match. If you are going to ask Varun about his plants, plan your escape route first, for he is a real aficionado, and will linger over the niceties of rare orchids for eons. Seolim House is the perfect bolt hole that revives the weary spirit, and it sees its guests return time and again. Elsewhere Elsewhere is nowhere. There isn't a phone listing. It would be impossible to assign an address to it. One cannot have a more perfect hideaway. Through great detective work, you must find the two houses in Mandrem, a toddy tapper's hamlet, between which lies the narrow passage leading to the rope foot bridge. Cross the tidal rivulet to discover a km-long spit of land covered in coconut palms and tall grass. It is a place so arrestingly beautiful that it has charmed time into slowing down. A solitary three-bedroom house with handsome pillars and open welcoming terraces facing the ocean. The walls are awash in blue and the floors are made of traditional red oxide. The house's simplicity gives it its character. An outhouse acts as the kitchen. Closer to the river there are a couple of beautifully set tents with twin beds which offer additional accommodation. Elsewhere is a place for a close knit family or for old friends who spend hours reliving memories. There cannot be a greater luxury than to have the untraversed island to oneself, to be surrounded by wilderness, hostage to the moods of the sea, with otters and turtles for company during the day and as night falls — festive, gyrating, pulsating Goan parties are just half-an-hour away. Denzil Sequeira, a fashion photographer and a visionary from Mumbai opened up what was ancestral home to visitors just a couple of years ago, sharing a sliver of his childhood. In Goa, the heart grows young. The landscape inebriates. Its leafy promontories and warm sands beckon, as do the locals, who have a lot to be cheery about…for theirs is, irrefutably, the most fun loving part of the country. Fact File Pousada Tauma :Porbavaddo, Calangute, Bardez; 832 2279061/2/3 www.poussada-tauma.com Seolim House: Wadi Siolim Bardez 98 22584560; www.siolimhouse.com Elsewhere: Mandrem, Goa; 2223738757 www.aseascape.com -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Tech-ing a Second Look
Tech-ing a Second Look Jason Keith Fernandes And so it rolls again, the 'development' juggernaut. This time round it's for the residents of Dona Paula to wonder, what exactly is to be the fate of their daily existence as they negotiate the soon to be erected I-tech habitat in their neighbourhood. Unfortunately, it's not just the 'elite' residents of Dona Paula who have something to wonder about but the residents of Taligao as well. The slapping of concrete over the acreage taken up for the Park is going to ensure that the residents of Nagali who forage for firewood and fodder for their cattle are going to fall on lean(er) days; so also the owners of the tanker who can exploit the ground water only because for this long the hill has been storing water. Have social and environmental impact assessments for this project been carried out at all? Or are we still kidding ourselves that there is really no need for the drudgery? After all, its going to be creating jobs right? What could be better than the creation of employment? Well actually its not that simple, since while we are creating jobs we may actually be undercutting the livelihoods of an entirely different segment of society, destroying work options while creating them. It may be an academic truism that poverty is not a naturally existing phenomena but something that is actively created, but this simple fact seems to blissfully elude the powers that be, both at the Centre and at the State level. It's a shame though, that as the signs of a poverty indigenous to Goa are growing, we prefer to ignore it, and flounce around in the heady buzz created some time ago about Goa being the best State in the country. Dream on you crazy diamonds, we'll smell the coffee burning later perhaps? It would be heart warming if the powers that be saw it fit to inform the citizenry how exactly Taligao plateau is going to be able to deal with the pressures that will impact on the resources already existing on the plateau. Water and electricity? Traffic! Associated population growth and possible zoning changes? Its fascinating really the way the country operates, since the moment one makes a case for the 'development' of the nation, or in this case the State, all objections are swept aside. For the 'Public Good' they say. But hold on a minute! What about looking at the scenario a little closer and examining the good of the neighbouring public? The public in the vicinity of the proposed project? What comes of the standard of living, the quality of life; the RIGHTS of the neighbouring public? The right of the neighbour is not a nuisance. To look at it in such a manner would be a shame. The right of the neighbour is a godsend, the opportunity to re-look our decisions and realise if there is not something that we may have, in our enthusiasm and expertise overlooked. Development is not to be opposed! Heaven forbid such blind opposition, but a more cautious and informed approach perhaps? How are we going to dialogue then with the neighbours of this project? The great developed societies of the west, whose example may we ever follow; seem to have evolved a particularly effective little tool. They call it the Public hearing. Any project, siting, change in zoning requires a public hearing. Prior to the public hearing, a few meetings are held with the concerned public to educate them about the plans and the proposal. Following this a public hearing is held, which allows the concerned public to voice their suggestions and at times opposition to the proposal. At the end, a decision is taken on the basis of this interaction. Voila, like the old saying goes, 'Many hands make light work'. The project benefits from factoring in the grass roots level knowledge and the genuine problems, with the result that we have less opposition to the project, and less unplanned for negative impacts once the project is implemented. There is yet a chance that the juggernaut need not roll. Call in the public! The column above appeared in Gomantak Times dated 12th January 2006. Please send feedback to Jason at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===
[Goanet] A martyr of Goa freedom struggle (The Organiser)
This is from the Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece from New Delhi. It's a known fact that, after playing little or no role in the Indian independence movement, the religious right in India picked up pace to play a significant role in the campaign against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa. This is seen in their influence on groups like the Azad Gomantak Dal, which later transferred onto organisations like the MGP. Of course, there were a lot of local contradictions (caste, imbalanced growth of different regions of Goa, etc) in play that fuelled support for the MGP back home, and the actual reasons behind the push towards merger and similar campaigns is still widely misunderstood in Goa. It is interesting to see the Right refer to leftwing leaders (TB Cunha, Dr Lohia, etc). It is also known that they later made use of views such as Cunha's "denationalisation of Goans" for their own purposes and agendas. Anyway, the article below is insightful and speaks for itself. --FN - http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=116&page=13 February 05, 2006 Page: 13/33 Home > 2006 Issues > February 05, 2006 Down Memory Lane A martyr of Goa freedom struggle By Prem Vaidya "The blood of the martyrs is said to be the seed of liberty." But as time passes we tend to forget them while enjoying the fruits of liberty that they gave us. Dr Tristao de Braganza Cunha (T.B. Cunha), an Indian patriot, rightly called the Father of Goan Nationalism, was the first Goan to think, "Goa could not be isolated from the Indian freedom struggle."He raised his head against the brutal force in Portuguese-India when others bowed. He was born on April 2, 1891 in the village Chandor in Goa. After completing his school education in Panjim, he went to Pondicherry to French College and completed his B.A. and then went to Paris to study further at the Sorbonne University where he obtained a degree in electrical engineering. This was the time when Mahatma Gandhi's Civil Disobedience Movement in India was in full force. The vibrations of Indian freedom struggle reached TB Cunha in France. He became a regular contributor to French papers, The Clarte and L'Humanite, reporting the Indian news. The Jalianwala Bagh tragedy was first made known to the people of France and then to the whole of Europe through TB Cunha's mighty pen. According to K.M. Panikar, Tristao Braganza Cunha was in effect nationalist India's first ambassador in France where he highlighted all the events of the Indian freedom struggle through his pen. TB Cunha, filtered out much of the information in France that was banned and blocked by the British authorities. Returning to Goa in 1926, TB Cunha started his political activities. Along with five Goan nationalists, he secretly founded the Goa Congress Committee in 1928 for the liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu. To have a proper recognition he rushed to Kolkata where the Indian National Congress session was going on. He met the Congress leaders and succeeded in getting his Goa Congress Committee affiliated with the Indian National Congress on December 30, 1928 under the article III (F) of the Congress Constitution. This was the time when with iron hands from Portugal the dictator Dr Oliveira Salazar was ruling the meager population of 600,000 Goans. The police were all powerful. Though the printing press came in Goa in 1556, which was the first in whole of Asia, there was no freedom of press. Even the wedding cards could not be printed without the police permission. There was utter absence of political rights and elementary civil liberties. Salazar knew that the formation of a nation comes from the feeling of patriotism and so on every 25th November, people of Goa were reminded that they were conquered people. All school children along with their teachers were made to bow in front of the statue of Afonso de Albuquerque -- the first conqueror of this land on November 25, 1510! Speaking at Kolkata session of the Hindu Mahasabha in 1939, Veer Savarkar said: "Our first and foremost aim in our political activities must always be to guard the unity and integrity of Hindustan intact. Hindustan to us does not only mean the so-called British-India but comprises even those parts, which are under the French and Portuguese possession. Gomantak (Goa) and Pondicherry are as integral parts of our motherland as Maharashtra and Bengal." The Indian freedom fighter Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, gate-crashed into Portuguese–India on June 18, 1946 and tried to address a first public meeting in the history of Goa at Madgaon (Mathgram). He exhorted Goans to raise the banner of revolt, spoke about the civil liberties for Goans and asked them to join the rest of India to throw foreign rulers from the Indian soil. For the first time the whole of Goa resounded with slogans of "Jai Hind." Among the Goan leaders who had associated with Dr Lohia were brutally assaulted and bayon
[Goanet] MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR kONKANI (ONLY devanagari) PARISHAD?
The votaries of ONLY Konkani in devanagari script feel threatened by the groundswell support for the demand for recognition of Konkani in Roman script besides Devanagari since June 1987 spearheaded by TSK Porvorim and others besides the exposure of their clandestine covert designs on 21st November 1981 by the pro ONLY Konkani in devanagari script members in the Advisory Committee of the Sahitya Academy New Delhi. The propects of an amendment bill being tabled in the coming Goa Legislative Assembly session from 13th February, 2006 to 17th February, 2006 to the Goa Daman & Diu official language act 1987 definition of Konkani to now read as in Devanagari "and also Roman" by an MLA has also unnerved them. The latest developments to reinforce their grip over devanagari script only is that with the support of the Government a_ succeeded in getting the Mr Pundalik Naik being re-appointed as the President of the Goa Konkani Academy b) holding of the Seventh Konkani Sahitya Sammelan at Rosary Hall Navelim c) Konkani Yuva Utsav at Pilar Tiswadi d) Sahitya Akademi award to a literary writer Mr Shivdas N (Naik) under dubious circumstances ( however this is not to deny the fact that Mr Shivdas is indeed an excellent Konkani writer To make it appear that devanagari script votaries are not only essentially Hindu Saraswats they have made use of some catholic priests who are for only devanagari, use bahujan samaj Hindus who otherwise speak Konkani as their mothertongue but write in Marathi to be in the organising committees of such pro only devanagari activities, and also used Catholic MLA's like Mr Luisinho Faleiro who is now prepared to compromise on Roman script for only devanagari script. Most of these functions too are held in Christian run institutions. These people seldom realise that they are being used as pawns or even if they realise that they do not mind because this perhaps gives them social status. The latest however is a shocking attempt of the Government to grant Rs 12 lakhs to the organisors of the 25TH session of the ALL INDIA KONKANI PARISHAD to be held from 10th February, 2006 to 12th February, 2006 at the Kala Academy Complex at Campal Panaji Goa. The extravaganza to be headed by Mr Shantaram L Naik (Dessai) MP Lok Sabha with nearly two thousand delegates expected from Karnataka Maharashtra and Kerala will be only to "consolidate the prospects of the ONLY KONKANI IN DEVANAGARI SCRIPT " although the pro Roman votaries will be given a second place status in the scheme of things. But an interesting facet has been revealed. According to an ex judge there is no society registered under the name of Akhil Bharatiya Konkani Parishad All India Konkani Parishad Konkani Sahitya Parishad and at least one Society "All India Konkani Sahitya Parishad " is was registered under No: 6/78 but its registration HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED since 11.6.2000 till date" If this be so, this writer enquired on telephone on 31st January, 2006 of Mr Gopalkrishna D Padgaonkar Director, Official Language telephone number +01 0832 2420071 how the amount of Rs 12 lacs could be granted to a body AIKSP which has not renewed its registration? Normally a running organisation has to have audited accounts Annual general body meetings etc and file the returns before Registrar of Societies. This has not been done by AIKSP since 2000. While Mr Padgaonkar feigned ignorance of the fact of registration etc he stated that it is for the cause of propogating the cause of Konkani -- when asked further whether this is justified -- he put the blame on the Government to mean the Chief Minister Mr Pratpsing Raoji Rane who holds the portfolio for Official Languages. This writer therefore told Mr Padgaonkar that no sums should be released or else the same will figure during the Assembly session and also enquiry instituted into this fraudulent act. At the time of writing it is confirmed that the amount has not been released and investigations are underway to ascertain how the amount can be given to conduct the 25th AIKP. It is also incumbent upon the Governor of Goa to order and investigations into this matter as the same is a serious case of misappropriation of government funds. GODFREY J I GONSALVES BORDA MARGAO GOA [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9822158584 __ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com
[Goanet] Circa 2006 .... signs of times to come ...for amchem Goem? Hope not!
This story is posted in response to the Circa post, ...keeping in mind what is happening in Margao, Mapuca, Navelim and Anjunaamong other places Anyway ...here is the story of another (once pretty) city which has been ghettoized. In this story excerpted from the UK Independent, there are references to Goa Hotels, Julio Ribeiro, Bombay and the rest . this is circa 2006 !! jc http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article342410.ece Published: 01 February 2006 In a court room in Bombay this week, one of the most remarkable stories in modern policing is drawing to a close. Although he continues to live in a crumbling apartment block in official police accommodation, Indian newspapers have reported that the investigation found he also owned a flat in Switzerland, a fleet of tourist buses and "probably" owns two hotels at a holiday resort in Goa. Bombay dreams are made of: the poor immigrant who comes to the city and makes good. Every day, new immigrants arrive from the rural backwater villages of India on the streets of the place they call the "maximum city", a metropolis of at least 16 million people that is bursting at the seams. The roads are so crowded that they have had to build flyovers over the entire length of them, turning them into double-decker highways. Housing is in such short supply that the slums come up to the end of the runway at Bombay airport, and the wheels of the plane almost touch the roofs as you come in to land. A senior minister "openly declared he had ordered the police to shoot down gangsters," a former Bombay police chief, Julio Ribeiro told the Indian Express. "The situation was so bad that police postings and transfers were paid for," Mr Ribeiro said. "With the seniors so corrupt, there was no way they could have checked the junior. _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
[Goanet] Taxi drivers 'gherao' Luizinho over Mopa
Taxi drivers 'gherao' Luizinho over Mopa NT News Service Margao, Feb 1: Members of the All-Goa Tourist Taxi Owners Association today gheraoed the Education Minister, Mr Luizinho Faleiro during his visit to the Varca panchayat and demanded that he should make his stand clear on two issues - the proposed Mopa airport and fare meters for tourist taxis. The minister was visiting the panchayat to distribute cheques to beneficiaries of the Dayanand Social Security Scheme, when around 50-odd taxi drivers gheraoed Mr Faleiro. It is understood that Mr Faleiro told the GOTTA members that he would abide by the decision of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on Dabolim airport. "Dabolim is already an international airport and its status will continue," the minister assured the taxi drivers. The Education Minister informed them that he had already spoken about Dabolim airport to both the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee. "Further, we have a sanctioned amount of Rs 400 crore that will be utilised for upgradating Dabolim aerodrome," he informed adding that the airport would be able to operate for 24 hours thereafter. He disclosed that he was always for Dabolim and would not play with the emotions of the people. On the issue of installing fare meters for tourist taxis, Mr Faleiro stated that he would discuss the matter with the Transport Minister, Mr Pandurang Madkaikar and other cabinet colleagues.
[Goanet] FEAST AT ANJEDIVa 2/2/2006 LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
The issue of Anjediv Island celebration of the Feast has now been referred to the Chairperson Ms Sonia Gandhi MP Mrs Margaret Alva looking after Goa desk, Dr John Dayal All India Catholic Union, the Union Minister for Defence. In the meanwhile the Naval authorities are believed to have taken all security measures and also alerted the District Police to avert any untoward incident at the Karwar end. When the office of the District Police contacted this writer 1940 hrs today he was told clearly that as per the order dated 8/12/1987 26/07/1989 of the Government of Goa while transferring the island and the letter dated 24/4/2000 from then Chief of Naval staff NAVY SHOULD PERMIT THE CUSTOMARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE two feasts on 2nd Feb and 4th october that of Nossa Senhora were to be permitted, with due security considerations. Therefore the reference to prohibition of the Feast and "any other religous activity" is apparently taking consideration of the demand of the moffusil collective from Karwar demanding their right to hold similar festival there of their deity (which never existed since the Portuguese came to the Island in 1498) Hence the Navy officials were asked to clarify on this aspect and permit the feast. No communication has been received so far on the points raised by this writer in reply to their fax message of 28th January, 2006 to the undersigned and therefore the visit to the Island for the Feast stands until the time of this posting. Upon their requests they were faxed the same clarifications thrice since 23 hrs to 24 hrs on 31.1.2006 and today also at 1830 hours since they claimed that the fax was not legible. Incidentally the Rear Admiral Western Command was posted of the developments vide fax for a clarifications and his office too did not reply till now 2300 hrs IST The Chief Minister of Goa has the entire file examined by the Secretray Revenue and will take up the matter with the Sea Bird tough it may be late, even the Governors office has been posted of the developments but he is away and will return only on 3rd February, 2006. Meanwhile the Archbishop of Goa and Daman has yet to decide on the contents of the reply not to permit the feast as recieved by the Archbishop last evening on his return from Canacona as conveyed to this writer by Fr Loyola Pereira telephonically. They too have taken not of the addition of "any other religious activity" and have assured to puruse this issue at the highest forum. Meanwhile Dr Dayal mooted the idea of filing a public interest litigation against the Defence Authorities in the Supreme Court though he agreed to take up the matter with both Mr Oscar Fernandes and Madam Sonia Gandhi Ms Alva could not be contacted despite frantic calls to her office in New Delhi by this writer . For Goans this is a historical site and hence all efforts must be made to reiterate our rights on the customary feast. The Catholics have been taken as gullible citizens and the highandedness of the Navy needs to be checked. The Navy should realise that unless they have the co-operation of the citizens they will never achieve their agenda. GODFREY J I GONSALVES BORDA MARGAO GOA [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9822158584 __ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com
[Goanet] a very befitting poem for our Goa. wriiten by a judge of albama - with few changes
America ( GOA )the Beautiful, or so you used to be. Land of the Pilgrims' pride; I'm glad they'll never see. Babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand, Oh, sweet land of liberty; your house is on the sand. Our children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine, Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain >From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away >From the teaching of God's love and a need to always pray. We've kept God in our temples, how callous we have grown. When earth is but His footstool, and Heaven is His throne. We've voted in a government that's rotting at the core, Appointing Godless Judges who throw reason out the door, Too soft to place a killer in a well deserved tomb, But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb You think that God's not angry, that our land's a moral slum? How much longer will He wait before His judgment comes? How are we to face our God, from Whom we cannot hide? What then is left for us to do, but stem this evil tide? If we who are His children, will humbly turn and pray; Seek His holy face and mend our evil way: Then God will hear from Heaven and forgive us of our sins, He'll heal our sickly land and those who live within. But, America ( GOA ) the Beautiful, if you don't - then you will see, A sad but Holy God withdraw His hand from Thee ~Judge Roy Moore IN GOD WE TRUST! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] India: Land Of Opportunity?
India: Land Of Opportunity? Aero-News Network Thu, 02 Feb '06 Subcontinental Giant Needs 3,000 Pilots As the dead hand of 1960s socialism loosens its death-grip on the Indian economy, the country's large area and larger population are creating a large demand for air travel. Indian airlines project that they'll add 400 airplanes in the next four years-and that's just passenger lines. India needs cargo and GA too. And in the world's second-most-populous nation an unexpected need has arisen: people! According to Economic Times of India, The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation forsees a demand for 3,200 more pilots by 2010. "If we consider just the new airlines in India today, the demand for pilots in the next four years may reach 3,000 and all flying schools in India pooled together cannot provide these numbers," Capt Mamatha of Flytech Aviation Academy in Hyderabad said. That doesn't account for any growth of the existing Indian airlines, which are not ignoring their upstart competition. So everybody is trying to get a piece of the exploding training industry. The government is planning to start a new flying school in the Nagpur area, but existing private flight schools in India, like Mamatha's, intend to meet government competition head-on. The General Manager of Orient Flight School in Pondicherry is Prithvi Nath Sharma. He currently has 60 students enrolled in an ab-initio program, and hopes to double that number. "All our students have been placed across airlines, both in the domestic and international sectors." Sharma told the Economic Times. Marc Carvalho, CEO, Carver Aviation of Mumbai (Bombay) is similarly fully booked, which in its case is 40-45 students. "All our students have been placed across airlines," CEO Marc Carvalho said. These Indian ab-initio students earn the equivalent of commercial multi-engine licenses and go to the airlines with about 200 hours of flying time-recently reduced from 250. "There will be more streamlining in future," Carvalho predicts. Even flying clubs are being raided by fast-growing airlines. A first officer starts off earning about $1,500 a month (RS 70,000) -- good money in India. And with the lines growing so rapidly, seniority advances rapidly, bringing income with it. As in the USA or Europe, Indian flight schools need government licenses and approvals to operate. The Indian authority, the Director General of Civil Aviation, has been kept hopping by new start-up schools and schools adding new courses and capacities. Along with pilots, of course, all the other jobs that are part of commercial aviation need filling. This is especially true of trained mechanics. Mamatha: "Today, the responsibility of achieving a zero-accident rate in airlines depends not just on pilots, but also on all professionals including those on the ground. Thus, demand for maintenance engineers is also increasing." With Indian training resources strained to the limit by the lines' hunger for new pilots and mechanics, foreign companies have found profits in the Indian market. The USA is at a disadvantage due to TSA clearance requirements for training and the obstacles to obtaining a training visa. This has created an opportunity for Canadian firms, Cubex and Harv's Air (of Winnipeg) are already training Indian students and CAE is looking at the market. Aero-News has just carried the story of how IndUS Aviation, a company founded by Indian-American surgeon Dr. Ram Pattisapu, FACS, is planning to capitalize on the boom by building two training acadamies. "There is an increase in demand for flight training as the country's aviation industry is poised for a boom," IndUS Aviation (India)'s Ravi Kiran Kota said. "The demand for pleasure flying is also gaining ground, and hence the need for more training institutes". IndUS, of course, plans to build its training program around the Thorp T-211 light sport aircraft that it already builds in India and in the USA. IndUS will also start manufacturing 4-seaters, called Model 11E, for the Indian market this year. So it looks like the Indian market is in for a boom all around, as long as they don't do anything galactically stupid, like import the current crop of American airline executives.
[Goanet] Functioning at Adil Shah Palace to cease soon
Functioning at Adil Shah Palace to cease soon BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, FEB 1 - It's shifting time for ministers and their offices located at the old Secretariat as plans are in the offing to move the seat of power from the old Adil Shah Palace to the new Secretariat complex, Porvorim by 7th February 2006. The Public Works Dept has been instructed to complete all works in the new adjoining block at the Secretariat, Porvorim by 5th February and the shifting process from Panjim to Porvorim is likely to begin by February 6th. According to Secretary General Administration Ashwani Kumar, "The shifting of ministerial offices from Panjim to Porvorim will facilitate the functioning of the government with the rest of the administration and the new block will act as a composite block for more effective functioning." According to officials, the old Secretariat has historical value and cannot be used as a permanent office. It is not known as to what use the old Secretariat will be put to after the ministerial offices are shifted. In the meantime, the Fundacao Oriente has submitted its report on the old Secretariat which is forwarded to the General Administration Department. This institution has inspected the historical structure and has made several recommendations for conservation, preservation etc. Likewise, a committee which was constituted by the department of archives, archaeology and museums for the purpose of suggesting purposeful use of the erstwhile palace. The committee is likely to be revived , according to officials. The committee had previously suggested that the government could use the Adil Shah Palace for a museum depicting Goa's historical past. However no final decision had been taken and suggestions were temporarily shelved after the Congress coalition govt took over the state administration last year. The Rane led government which has been seated at the old Secretariat for a month from February 3 to March 4 2005 and now since June last year seems to have accepted the fact that functioning from Panjim has become increasing inconvenient for the cabinet with the entire bureaucracy seated at Porvorim.
[Goanet] River Princess may stay stuck for most of 2006
River Princess may stay stuck for most of 2006 NT Staff Reporter Panaji Jan 31: With the government yet to float tenders for removal of River Princess, the ill-fated vessel lying grounded off Candolim beach since June 2000, would continue to at its 'resting place' at least till the end of September this year. Dr Wilfred de Souza, the Deputy Chief Minister who is also the state Tourism Minister, told The Navhind Times that it was unlikely that the vessel could be removed before the onset of monsoon, which is just four months away. He said the state government has already drawn up the tender document as per the guidelines given by the expert committee appointed by the Union shipping ministry and the advertisement calling for bids would be released any moment. Dr de Souza further said the expert committee which consisted of the Vishakhapatnam-based director general of shipping (design and research), representatives of Shipping Corporation of India and Salvagers committee of the country, has in preliminary and final reports ruled out that the vessel could break if it remained at its grounded location for another monsoon. The Tourism Minister said that pumping out 30,000 tonnes of sand accumulated in the vessel and floating it to tow it away would take considerable time and it was unlikely that it could be done before monsoon. He also said that some salvagers had shown interest in removing the vessel but the government has told them to keep their bids to themselves and participate in the bidding as and when the government advertised the tender. The work on removal could begin only after the monsoon season ends in September, said Dr de Souza adding that the government would meanwhile complete the tender process and award the work for removal of the vessel in the interim period. The ill-fated vessel has been lying grounded off Candolim beach ever since it ran aground about five and half year ago and all efforts to remove it in the past have proved futile so far.
[Goanet] MELBOURNE: Goan Carnival
Dear Goanetters, The following is for everybody's attention: Goan Carnival Dinner-Dance with Cultural Shows. Melbourne: Goan Carnival 07:00 PM Saturday, February 25 2006 Location: Kingston City Hall 985 Nepean Highway Moorabbin Melbourne NSW Australia A promising night with well-known Live-Band, After Dark. This will be a night of fun, frolic, fiesta and food such as Sorpotel, Xacuti and much more. BYO drink. Those wishing to attend may please contact: Oscar Lobo - 03 9563 9918 or 0404 848 345 Orville & Susan D'Sa - 03 9548 0505 or 0431 817 011 Salus Correia - 03 9761 8531 Vidal Franklin - 03 9772 7995 or 0409 409 509 Johnny Fernandes - 03 9711 1533 or 0404 817 533 Joe Fernandes - 03 9846 5278 or 0407 530 520 Fee: Adults A$32; Children A$18 Thank you. Oscar http://www.goanet.org/index.php? module=PostCalendar&func=view&Date=20060225&tplview=&viewtype=details&eid=152&p rint=
[Goanet] Water shortage affects Tivim Industrial Estate
http://oheraldo.in/node/9220 Water shortage affects Tivim Industrial Estate BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 31 — The Tivim Industrial Estate has been facing water shortages over the last couple of days receiving just 50 per cent of its required quota. For the around 120 medium and small scale industrial units at the industrial estate water requirement per day is around 300 cubic meters, according to Jitendra Gawandalkar, field officer at the Tivim Industrial Estate. However, the water supply from the PWD for the last two days has been around 150 to 200 cubic meters per day, according to Gawandalkar. It is learnt that there are two overhead water tanks of 300 cubic meters storage capacity each within the industrial estate premises and two underground water storage tanks of the same capacity. However, due to the less water supply, storage of water for the industrial process has also suffered. It is usually the pharmaceutical units, which require water and there are five such pharmaceutical units at the industrial estate, said Gawandalkar. However, the processes of the industries have not been affected, claimed Gawandalkar. The PWD has been informed about the water shortage. Speaking to Herald, B S Gaonkar, Executive Engineer III, PWD Mapusa said that due to power shut down on January 25 and January 26, there was air logging in the water supply network. Hence water supply was affected. However, the condition is improving, said Gaonkar. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Re-presenting and Inventing Goa
Re-presenting and Inventing Goa by Jason Keith Fernandes When Goa was still a toddler as a country newly liberated from colonial oppression, debates raged in various fora over the matter of her identity. Was she as the Portuguese colonial establishment averred a part of Portugal, Goa Portuguesa, or was she an integral part of India, the land mass of which she was physically part of, Goa Indica? Much anger was vented, much ink spilled, and in time the debate lost political relevance when Portugal herself found liberation from dictatorship. Forced themselves, to suffer a repressive regime, the newly liberated citizens of Portugal disavowed the colonial dream and that was the end of the Portuguese empire. Goa Portuguesa now lived on only in the dreams of a few. But the cultural debate is perhaps far from over, and there is still a substantial majority who live in the belief that Goa is a part of Europe, a charming little Mediterranean outpost in the heart of the Oriental third world. Strangely though, I realised only the other day that perhaps the heavy weight votaries of this view live not in Goa, but outside of it! I was leafing through the local newspaper when a strange image caught my eye, framed by an even stranger caption. It read 'Showcasing Goan Culture: Traditional Goan dancers perform at a press review of the Republic Day parade in New Delhi...' I stared hard at the image, it showed some nubile young things in Hawaiian print shirts and for the life of me, in all my 28 years in Goa, I had not come across this peculiar tradition or dance in Goa. Now why and how was Goa as a part of the west, being celebrated right at the very heart of the Indian democratic republic? What does it mean, when year after year Goa is depicted as a land of perpetual Carnival makers, simple fishermen and primitive tribals. A land solely of fun and frolic, dance and drink and wild abandon that few can imagine in the rest of India? Given that the Republic Day parade is the most symbolic of state events, we could argue that what these tableaux represent is nothing short of the official sanction given to the project of systematically converting Goa into the pleasure periphery of India. The piece of the West/Europe in India where rules of Indian morality don't apply and everything goes. Goa therefore is officially the opposite to India, existing as some sort of Neverland, the anti-thesis of everything Indian. And this does not cater to any cultural constituency in Goa, for few Goans recognise this representation to be the land they live out their lives in. The result of this policy is that while those in the tourist business are laughing all the way to the bank, they are the only ones laughing! The cultural implications of this project are nothing to laugh at. This annual and constant representation of Goa curbs the manner in which Goa can be thought about. You can only 'rock in Goa' or get smashed out of your mind; Goa or Goans are hardly things you can take seriously. One only has to look at the manner in which a perfectly sensible film festival is turned into a free for all carnival to grasp the point. Is it surprising that cerebrally challenging employment options don't get located in Goa? Or that while any amount of academic retreats take place in Goa, academic institutions themselves languish in this otherwise culturally and intellectually vibrant state? This representations of Goa as the exotic 'Other' of India sets up power equations that is generative of profound inequality. The use of the physical space of Goa is determined overwhelmingly by economic forces outside of Goa, and the capacities of the Goan except for entertainment are undermined which go toward the creation of a weaker bargaining position in the market driven world of today. The power to be able to represent oneself is therefore crucial to the recovery of power. Perhaps the act of contesting the current process of representation would bear more fruit if we had an eye to the dynamics of India as a whole, rather than limiting our gaze solely to the backyard politics of Goa. The column above appeared in Gomantak Times dated 26th January 2006. Please send feedback to Jason at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===
[Goanet] SEC Settles With Citigroup Vet Menezes
http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/31/menezes-sec-citigroup-cx_lm_0131autofacescan15.html SEC Settles With Citigroup Vet Menezes Liz Moyer, 01.31.06, 4:22 PM ET NEW YORK - Victor Menezes, Citigroup's former head of emerging markets who retired at the end of 2004, could be the poster child for poor tax planning. On Tuesday, Menezes reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged insider trading, agreeing to pay $2.6 million in civil penalties and disgorgement without admitting or denying the allegations. It appears to have been a case of unfortunate timing. Menezes exercised stock options and sold some shares in March 2002, the proceeds of which went to pay taxes on the shares he kept. But the sale came just a little over two weeks before Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ) announced an $816 million pretax charge to earnings, because of steep losses in Argentina. It was well known to Wall Street that Citi stood to take massive charges related to the Argentine crisis that year. The particular dollar amount of the charge was not known, but many analysts had done their own back-of-the-envelope calculations. Evidently the SEC decided to pursue Menezes, anyway. "Mr. Menezes is pleased to have reached this agreement to put the matter behind him," said his attorney, Elkan Abramowitz. Menezes ended up with more shares than he had before the transaction, and he held them, Abramowitz adds. The SEC says that Menezes avoided losses of $1.5 million by selling the shares when he did, instead of waiting until after earnings were released. As head of emerging markets, which included the Argentine division, Menezes was privy to internal calculations of the extent of the losses, receiving regular updates, the SEC says in its complaint. The date of the sale, March 28, was the last trading date on which Menezes could have executed the transaction before the pre-earnings blackout period. April 15, the day earnings were announced, also happens to be tax day. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] The Beaches of Goa, India
The Beaches of Goa, India Asia for Visitors The Indian State of Goa provides over 50 miles of beautiful beaches on the Arabian Sea... The beaches throughout Goa have an abundance of seas shells. The local Indians string the small brown and black littorin shells into curtains. Yellow-tinted conch shell (hemifuses pugilinus) is common. And a variety of other shells are numerous. Palolem is Goa's southernmost beach, about 35 miles south of the capital city, Panaji. The beach is white sand on a blue bay hemmed in by two headlands. Locals will offer to take you out in small boats at watch the dolphins. If you're looking for a more lonely beach, Agonda Beach is just north of Palolem. It is edged by palms and casuarinas, a large hill sits to the south. You'll find no shops or facilities here. Mabor Beach is nearby - one of South Goa's mots clean and beautiful beaches. Ignore the warning notices on the beach; the local hotel would like you to stay away, but all beaches in India are public property by law and there is no such thing as a "private" beach. It should be noted that beaches in Goa are usually named for the closest village. It is the existence of some village, therefore, and not geography itself which explains why the name of some beach changes as you follow it up the uninterrupted coast. Moving north from Palolem and Mabor beaches tourists will find that Colva Beach is another broad, beautiful stretch of sand. A brook bubbles across it and the beach is sheltered by palm trees. It is a popular beach, with shops, restaurants, and something of a carnival atmosphere. It is a place where vacationing Indians come to lay in the sun and sand while their children dog-paddle around in the waves. Among the safest beaches for swimming is Bogmolo Beach, just south of Panaji. It was among the first of Goa's beaches to be discovered by tourists. Fishermen also work the beach. Palms are plentiful. Inside the Goan capital, Miramar beach (or Gaspar Dias), is only about 2 miles from the center of the city. The beach is popular with the public, but it is not really considered safe for swimmers. Dona Paula Beach near Panaji is a land of water scooters and speedboats. Not far north of Panaji is Calangute Beach. This was the first of the hippie resorts back in the 60's and 70's. The hippies left, though, when mainstream tourism over ran Calangute. It is small, crowded resorts area today and does a thriving business in the holiday season. Despite the crowds and popularity of the beach, it is long enough to allow some privacy. Further north, if not quite the capital of the hippie world, Anjuna Beach was at least a leading travel destination for the Woodstock generation. It was once the most celebrated of Goa's beaches. Not far from Anjuna is Vagator Beach, where steep slopes of run down into a picturesque bay protected by small rocky peninsulas on each end. A centuries-old Portugese fort overlooks the mouth of the Tiracol River in northern Goa. The beaches in this area (the Pernem district) are the state's least developed. The crowds don't come here and there are no big hotels. Visitors camp, or rent one of the small shanties along the beach. Goa has a steady climate with little change throughout the year. December and January are slightly cool and you may require a light jacket. April and May are the warmest months. There are periods of heavy rain from June to October, with Goa getting 150 inches or more of rain during those months. The temperature during the summers ranges from 75°F/24°C to 92°F/33°C and during the winters it ranges from 70°F/21°C to 90°F/32°C. A word of caution: swimming is hazardous throughout Goa. The coast has some strong undercurrents. Speak to the lifeguards before you go out into the waters. Goa's beaches are difficult surpass.
[Goanet] The Knowledge Commission - GOA
It gives me great pleasure to share with you all a post recd. from Professor Peter R. deSouza rb 0 Dear Mr Barreto, has been recently constituted by the Government of Goa to prepare a Vision Document on education in Goa. Education has long since been a topic for hot debate and quite a few of us have found ourselves mulling over questions like, why are so many thousands of Goans unemployed or under-employed? Why do Goan lag behind in competitive exams? Why can't education in Goa be more job oriented? Why does Goa have so few opportunities such that all our bright students leave the state for foreign shores? etc. Quite a few of us have our own personal analysis and some answers too! The Goa Knowledge Commission hopes to take a critical look at education for its employment generating capacity. It wants to do this not without enlisting your thoughts, opinions, suggestions and ideas. For this it has set up a website www.knowledgeforgoa.com We know that you have often wished that policy formulators have a more democratic approach. We know you have often wished for a forum to express your thoughts. Here is your chance. Visit the bulletin board of the Knowledge Commission and post your inputs. We assure you your thoughts matter. We would also appreciate it if you can forward this mail to the Goa Day list serve and like minded friends and urge them to visit the site and post their comments too With warm regards Peter R.deSouza -- - Delhi: Professor Peter R. deSouza, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, 29 Rajpur Road, New Delhi 110 054 Tel: 11-23831290 Telefax: 011- 23891012 Goa: Dr Celsa Pinto, Member Secretary, Directorate of Education, 18 June Road, Panjim, Goa 403 500 Tel: (0832) 2223237 Fax: (0832) 2227874 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.knowledgeforgoa.com Freinds , Please share this post with Goans wherever they may be - and encourage them to PARTICIPATE - Visit the bulletin board of the Knowledge Commission and post your inputs. I will be asking Prof.Peter D Souza to keep us posted on the progress - I am sure Prof.D Souza will appreciate all your thpoghts. === rene barreto WORLD GOA DAY - 20th August 2006. www.goaday.com === OOO A GOANET SUPPORTED PROJECT Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distributeSoccer Balls Your support will be our SUCCESS ... OOO __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Fiction: Truth be told
Fiction: Truth be told DNA Tara Sahgal Wednesday, February 01, 2006 19:38 IST We all look for writers in their books. Sniffing around for dirty laundry, judging their lives and choices or maybe comparing real-life others/husbands/children to their fictional ones. None of this 'readerly' behaviour is new, but really, we hardly have a choice with so many authors writing their lives for us. Over 100 years ago, Oscar Wilde was already doing it. A practicing bisexual married to a woman, Wilde scandalised Victorian society by presenting his life in his art - he was brave enough to broach the subject in his play 'An Ideal Husband', much to the delight/disgust of his eager audiences. Almost a 100 years on, readers and writers don't seem to have changed that much. For many writers, the biggest inspiration still seems to come from their personal lives, and readers are still lapping it up. Nicole Ritchie's novel 'The Truth about Diamonds' is about "a socialite with a rock star father who stars in a reality television series". Hmm, familiar! Lauren Weisberger, the author of 'The Devil Wears Prada', once worked for the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour and in her novel, the protagonist works for Miranda Priestly, the satanic editor of Runway magazine. Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, two former NYC nannies and the authors of 'The Nanny Diaries' claim that the characters in their novel are 'fictionalised' but the city's gossips are having a field day guessing who's who. The list is virtually inexhaustible and dishing the dirt is apparently as much a motivation to put pen to paper as social critique or self expression. But perhaps the most delicious reason is what gay Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas said when asked why he writes. Quite simply he said, "Revenge." "I'm presently writing a novel about three young men growing up. Is it autobiographical? Yes and no - because it is about the horror of being young, but which is divided across my three characters," says Jerry Pinto. "Even though 'The Girl' is set in Goa, where I'm from, the story itself and the characters therein are fictional. I would write about Goa because the place and its people have contributed most strongly to the person that I have now become. It's common for a reader to want to understand the author through his or her characters. This is fair enough, because writers want their work to mirror themselves, they want their readers to know them better through their writing," says Sonia Faliero, author of the recently published novel, 'The Girl'.
[Goanet] Reporting on the Diaspora
Please see Reporting on the Diaspora: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2006 floated the idea of having a global media network which can cater to the diaspora across the world. http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web591761212Hoot63306% 20PM1927&pn=1 Not directly related to Goa, but of interest to us! FN
[Goanet] bull fight: Govt DGP served legal notice
bull fight: Govt DGP served legal notice BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, FEB 1 The President for People of Animal, Adv Norma Alvares has issued legal notice to the State Government and the Director General of Police on the bull fight issue. In its December 20, 1996 order High Court had ordered that the bull fights dhirios are in contravention of the Provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1968 and directed the state government to take immediate steps to ban all types of animal fights. The notice states that while bull fights were stopped for some years following the court order in the recent years, once again, barbaric trend of organizing bull fights, usually at the end of the harvest season has re-emerged with full fervour. The notice called for immediate action be taken to stop the illegal organization of bull fights in the state lest it will invite contempt of court. [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 etc ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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[Goanet] Fw: Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 111
To, Mr. Pandurang Madkaikar Hon. Minister for Sports, Panjim, Dear Mr.Madkaikar, This Forward is self explanatory. Could something be done to revive our dying Hockey Game which is in our Blood? Needless to say that during yesteryears, many of our Goan Boys earned & brought many laurels not only for themselves but also for their States, as well as for their Companies, Railways, Customs, Burmah-Shell, Clubs etc for which they were representing & what more even became Olympians like Walter D'souza. And mind you, if I'm not mistaken, without any formal training! Even our migrated Goans & later their children, represented their Countries, & in due course of time, our Goan players even started training their players.!! May their Souls rest in Peace & may they continue to pray for the early revival of our dying Hockey here in our "Amchem Goem". Indeed it reminds me of the famous saying "CHIRAC KE NICHE ANDERA" Isn't it? We're shining outside our Goa, but not with in !! Oh what a tragedy ! Hence in view of the above I strongly suggest to you Hon. Minister Mr. Madkaikar, that a meeting with Herculano Dourado & other concerned persons be immediately convened & try to settle this lingering issue once for all.& thus try to regain our past Glory !!JAI HOCKEY. Thanks. Good Luck. Warm Regards, Yours concerned Hockey Player Simon D'souza > > Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:18:44 +0530 > > From: richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] State of field hockey in Goa > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > > > > Hi Mr.Pinto, > > By George, you have touched upon a very controversial subject. The Goa > > Hockey Association is at the moment the sole property of Mr. Herculano > > Dourado. He himself is not doing anything for hockey in Goa nor does he > > allow anybody else to do anything to develop hockey in Goa. The Olympian > > hockey player from Bombay, Joaquim Carvalho tried his best to revive > hockey > > in Goa last year by holding a couple of exhibition matches by bringing > some > > top class teams from Bombay but he too was rebuffed. > > This man is very stubborn and selfish. There are only a handful who > support > > him. An overwhelming majority which includes players, coaches, and others > > wants this man out but he is sticking there like a leech. > > Can you suggest a solution? > > Thanks. > > Richard Cabral > > - Original Message - > > From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Goanet" > > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 1:15 AM > > Subject: [Goanet] State of field hockey in Goa > > > Goan football (soccer) seems to be thriving but what is the current > state > > of field hockey in Goa? > > > There was a time when Goans made the Olympic team. Is field hockey > > thriving in Goa today? How has > > > it fared in the last 10-20 years? > > > Regards, > > > George > > -- > > > From: Gulf International Promotions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] State of field hockey in Goa > > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > I think its more like no organization to promote the game or a defunct > > organization or even better a sleeping organization? > > - Original Message - > > From: "Bernado Colaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:28 AM > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] State of field hockey in Goa > > > Good talent in the late seventies and early eighties. > > > Many boys from Monte de Guirim were good players > > > although playing and practising under harsh conditions > > > in Peddem. Maybe there is no system now. > > > --- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Goan football (soccer) seems to be thriving but what > > > > is the current state of field hockey in Goa?
RE: [Goanet] RE: Centre forms panel on Mopa airport
Philip Thomas wrote: Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:30:30 +0530 "Otherwise it will be upto the PM to dangle some political carrot to neutralise the opposition to Mopa. But the really crucial role of the co-opted member(s) will be to repackage the Mopa project as a supplement to rather than subsitute for Dabolim. This is the need of the hour." Nasci Caldeira says: There is no need of any political carrot from the PM or from anybody, to neutralise the opposition to Mopa. Reason and commonsense objectivity has already done and disproved the need for Mopa. All that is required is to acknowledge that Dabolim is here, and can be the great International Airport that Goa needs, at much less cost and time then Mopa or anywhere else in Goa. The Naval Airwing should be sent packing from Dabolim, and developement of Dabolim should start immediately and within the interim time given to the Navy to move to Sea Bird or whereever! The very name 'SeaBird' suggests that the Navy was meant to fly from Sea Bird in Karwar; and not just "float". Else the base would not have been named Sea Bird at all. So why is the Navy being so obstinate about remaining in Dabolim which is and has been a Civilian Airport from inception? And no to Prof Philip Thomas! We do not need Mopa as a supplement to Dabolim at all; Tiny Goa has neither the space nor resources, or the need for a second airport in Goa. Let the next airport be in Sindhudurg and whereever one is required. If Pernem needs development then let the genius of the people of Pernem devise ways to develop, instead of duplicating infrastructure in Goa as a whole, and causing further chaos on Goa's Roads. Goa has much more pressing development needs as of now; and these pressing needs will themselves take a decade to complete. The right thing to do now is for people who have invested heavily around Mopa; is to sell off their land for worthy projects and buy in Sindhudurg. At least Goa will in this way be rid of these anti Goan rats! And Ramakant Khalap and others who are trying to support him should all move to Ratnagiri district, and settle there; Leave Goa alone, please! Nasci Caldeira Melbourne Down Under
[Goanet] RE: Re-presenting and Inventing Goa - the COUNTRY?
Re-presenting and Inventing Goa by Jason Keith Fernandes When Goa was still a toddler as a COUNTRY newly liberated from colonial oppression, jc's comment: Goa a COUNTRY ? Now that is something I did not know. As they say ...everyday we learn something new At least, I do. good wishes jc _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
[Goanet] Effluents pose threat to Quepem farmers
http://oheraldo.in/node/9287 Effluents pose threat to Quepem farmers QUEPEM, FEB 1 - Farmers at Ambaulim and Akamol in Quepem taluka face a threat to their livelihood due to the hazardous waste allegedly being released from the Cuncolim Industrial Estate (CIE). Situated on the borders of Village Panchayat of Ambaulim, a number of units at the CIE have been accused of releasing hazardous effluent into the water, air and soil, which is polluting the area and has affected agricultural operation in the locality. Farmers who cultivate paddy at Akamol told Herald that the Industrial units release dangerous effluent into the water, particularly at the time of first rainfall and towards the end of the monsoons. They alleged that polluted water enters into the paddy field, causing the land to be barren. "Large numbers of fish have been dying in the rivulet during the first rain fall for the last three years," said Poro Gaonkar, a paddy farmer from the area. "Due to the hazardous waste released, the seeds which we have cultivated to be transplanted after sprouting have perished. I am afraid to cultivate the paddy field because the entire crop may perish," Mr Gaonkar added. The situation has reached such a level that farmers are slowly giving up cultivating the land, as the land has turned barren. "We used to cultivate chillies by the roadside between Ambaulim and Cuncolim. Now we have given up cultivating crops as nothing grows on the land. Trees on the side of the rivulet are slowly dying," said Owal Gaonkar who also cultivates paddy in the area. Locals informed Herald that industrial unit owners dig pits at the foot of a hill and offload the hazardous liquid waste, before covering the pit with mud. When this correspondent inspected the site, pits were seen at many places and in some areas, solid waste had been dumped on these pits to make them invisible. "We used to cook our food in the paddy field with water from the spring in the field. Now, the spring water tastes sour and so, we are forced to bring water from our homes for consumption," claimed Poro Velip. Some farmers also mentioned that the yield from the cashew plantation has also reduced with each year. "This trend was noticed only when the industrial estate came up in the locality," said a farmer. When contacted, chairperson of Cuncolim Municipal Council Filonio Vaz confirmed that the municipality had received complaints from locals regarding the pollution from CIE. Based on the complaints, Chief Officer Biju Naik, along with a local NGO recently inspected the area. "I am yet to receive the inspection report," informed Mr Vaz. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Bull fight: Govt DGP served legal notice
http://oheraldo.in/node/9276 Bull fight: Govt DGP served legal notice BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, FEB 1 – The President for People of Animal, Adv Norma Alvares has issued legal notice to the State Government and the Director General of Police on the bull fight issue. In its December 20, 1996 order High Court had ordered that the bull fights 'dhirios' are in contravention of the Provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1968 and directed the state government to take immediate steps to ban all types of animal fights. The notice states that while bull fights were stopped for some years following the court order in the recent years, once again, "barbaric trend" of organizing bull fights, usually at the end of the harvest season has re-emerged with "full fervour". The notice called for immediate action be taken to stop the illegal organization of bull fights in the state lest it will invite contempt of court. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] INS KADAMBA (SEA BIRD ) OFFICIALS GOOF UP ISSUE
For the second year this 2nd February,2006 the authorities of the Sea Bird at Arga Karwar now christened INS Kadamba did not permit the customary Feast of Nossa Senhora de Brotas at Anjediva Islands off Canacona taluka. This morning there was tight police and naval police security personnel posted at the various sites beginning from the Polem checkpost 60 kms from Margao (border of Goa)an at Baitkol the Administrative office the Project Sea Bird Office enroute Binaga and the Karwar city. However many people who came and called at the Sea Bird office were made to return. For locals the daily Karavali had carried a press release cautioning the locals that they would not be permitted on the Island for the feast. This writer who was camping in the city of Karwar was in constant touch with Ms Margaret Alva AICC General Secretary, at New Delhi for directions to the Sea Bird authorities to allow entry into the Island but she was either not available and at one instance her office claimed "she was either busy attending a meetin or indisposed. Apparently a common alibi with her looking after the Goa desk. Since the 1000 a.m. Mass could not be held there were several people from Goa who made enquiries at the Paco Patriacal Bishops House at Panaji in Goa many contacted this writer on 9822158584 (Helpline) for updates. The Chief Ministers office in Goa was also being contacted for any efforts on his part to get the authorities to move but the CM was reported to be attending a Cabinet Meet slated for the morning. Last night the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Uttar Kanara made sever telephonic calls with this writer to ascertain the number of buses coming from Goa to attend the feast. His office was told by this writer that it was impossible to gauge the numbers who would attend and at the same time told that the fact that the Navy should allow the customary feast to be celebrated in terms of the conditions of transfer dated 8/12/1987 26/7/1989 with due security considerations was a clear sign that the Navy could not refuse allowing the devoutees to celebrate the same. When they stated that Navy had directed them to take preventive measures he was told that it was not of our concern -- because the Navy was clearly violating the terms agreed upon and they would be held responsible for any law and order problem. Left with no other alternative the Navy was asked to clarify in wrtiting on their insistence that permission was not to be granted for the feast and also "any other religious activity" This they omitted and sent a fax late night at 2310 hrs stating only that the customary feast could not be permitted due to "operational and security reasons" This again was a lapse on the part of the INS Kadamba officials.. Finally the writer demanded to see Commodore K P Ramachandran Naval Office-in-Charge but he claimed to be busy in a meeting "with officials from Mumbai" > As the writer promised to wait until the end of the meet even though called at around 1630 hrs, they finally relented and Vinit Venugopa Commander Senior Staff officer (Operations) met the undersigned at Administrative office Arga for a detailed one and half hour discussion and made available all the fascimile copies of the documents which clearly proved that the Navy was linking unneccesarily the demands of a moffusil local group who claimed that temples existed on the island and were removed to mainland and hence the two feasts should similarly not be permitted. To an extent the Navy agreed in principle to the need to restore the festivities and promised to build up the relations and dialogue to ensure holding of the Feast. Later this writer met the Managing editor of the local Kannada daily Mr Gangadhar Hiregutti 9845071267 and also clarified that the Anjediva Island was still a part of Goa and except for the two feasts celebrated on 2nd Febraury and 4th October no other feasts of any "other religious function" was ever held on the Island ever since the Portugues took over the Island in 1948. Mr Hiregutti was fully in support that the Feast should continue as before and he promised to place the entire issue in the proper perspective based on this documents which the writer handed over He was also asked to visit www.colaco.net for other details on Goa its Liberation and Anjediv Island. The writer could not meet Mr Mutalik alleged to be spearheading the movement against the Feast being conducted, if "worship of a deity on the Island was not permitted" When the Managing editor was told that there was never such demand from the people of Goa how could a person from Karnataka make such a claim he merely stated that is "political moves" Meanwhile following the fax message to the Defence Minister the Chairperson UPA and Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi the Prime Minister of India and the President of India it is confirmed from sources in the INS Kadamba (Sea Bird Project) that the officials of the Integreted Headquarters Ministry o
[Goanet] Navy still keen on early warning aircraft
Navy still keen on early warning aircraft Indian Express SHIV AROOR Thursday, February 02, 2006 at 0149 hours IST NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 1: The Navy's effort to purchase American E-2C Hawkeye carrier-based early warning aircraft collapsed recently for technical reasons, but so strong is the force's need for such a capability that it has decided to compromise and explore operating the aircraft from shore-based airfields. Northrop-Grumman, makers of Hawkeye, gave Naval HQ a detailed full-day presentation on the craft in the third week of December and is expected to meet naval vice-chief Vice-Admiral V Bharathan over the next two days for a second level of detail update. Normally used off aircraft carriers, the Hawkeye needs a steam catapult for take-off and is unsuitable for the Admiral Gorshkov which only has a ski-jump. The December presentation shows that the US firm has proposed the sale of 10 platforms, with a pair each based at Goa, Visakhapatnam, Kochi and Porbandar and two in reserve. The Navy's interest in the Hawkeye was reflected in a technical memorandum signed by HAL with Northrop-Grumman a year ago in New York. The Navy was initially sceptical about the aircraft's range when operated from shore, but is now understood to be considering the platform keenly.
[Goanet] Displeasure expressed over delay in clearing files by BDO officials
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=020158 Displeasure expressed over delay in clearing files by BDO officials NT News Service Margao, Feb 1: The sarpanchas of the Salcete block panchayats have expressed displeasure over the delay in clearing the files of their respective panchayat's developmental works by the BDO officials These sarpanchas who claimed that they had written to the block development officer about their grievances, say that it was very difficult to them to answer the villagers as the proposed developmental works' clearance was awaited from the BDO office. Says a sarpanch "I was forced to visit the BDO office time and again to get clearance of my panchyat files, but till date my files gathers dust in the BDO office for want of more staff and particularly the technical staff." Supporting his statement, the Camorlim sarpanch, Mr Basilio Fernandes said that he too was affected as his several files are been pending in the BDO office. When contacted the Salcete BDO, Mr Tushar Halarnkar, he said that there is only one engineer for Salcete block's 30 panchayats and it was very difficult for them to cope up with the increasing workload. He agreed that many files are yet to be cleared by the BDO engineer. Besides the routine work that is site inspection, preparing the estimates, sending the files to the PWD approvals, the engineer had to carry out inspections when the villagers complains about the illegal construction as he is the technical man of the block. Mr Halarnkar further stated that he had forwarded the memorandum given by the sarpanchas to the director of panchayat for necessary actions. Meanwhile, the BDO Mr Halarnkar agreeing to the fact that he could not pay a surprise visit to all the panchayats of his block last year, would amend it. The Minister for Panchayat, Mr Subhash Shirodkar could be contacted for his comments. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] HC adjourns hearing on TTAG plea to Feb 6
HC adjourns hearing on TTAG plea to Feb 6 NT Legal Correspondent Panaji, Feb 1: Hearing the petition filed by the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), the division bench comprising of Mr Justice R M S Khandeparkar and Mr Justice N A Britto today suggested to both the parties that the High Court is ready to decide the matter on legal point, but in the interest of tourism in Goa, both the parties should sort out the matter amicably. The matter was adjourned to February 6, 2006. The association which comprise of five-star hotels, travel operators and tour organisers had filed the petition against the South Goa Tourist Taxi Association, Panchayat of Velim and state. The main contention of the petition is that the tourist taxi operators cannot make it compulsory for the tourist to travel in their taxis. To the suggestion of the High Court, Mr A N S Nadkarni, advocate for petitioner stated that the petitioner had always been ready to sort out the matter and even now prepared to proceed for an amicable settlement, but this couldn't be at the cost of petitioner's vehicle being stonned and tourist be hackled and harassed, when government of India make advertisement that tourist is like a God. But in Goa they are being stoned. Mr Nadkarni further said that if the other sides are prepared, then the petitioners are ready for the amicable settlement. The Advocate General, Mr Subhodh Kantak mentioned that on Monday he would make the statement on appointment of committee headed by the transport secretary and representatives of both parties to sort out the matter amicably.
[Goanet] Industries in Goa face water crisis
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=213702 Industries in Goa face water crisis Our Correspondent / Panaji February 02, 2006 Industries in Goa are facing major water crisis besides the continuing power shortages. But the state's ambition of becoming a major industrial hub remains on tracks. According to the Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industries (GCCI), there are 6,500 small scale industries (SSI) and 145 medium and large-scale units in the state. An infrastructure report of the GCCI shows that on an average water requirement of industries in the north Goa is 20.57 MLD (million litre per day). In south Goa, it is 37.22 MLD per day. These are 2001 figures and the demand may have increased several fold now. The GCCI report estimates that the demand from industries by 2011 will be around 200 MLD. K P Nambiar, principal chief engineer of the public works department of the state said that the department may not be able to fulfill the demand from industries. "Currently, there is a supply gap of 20 MLD," he said. According to R S Kamat, director, GCCI, some industries might require only treated water while others require both raw water for their processes and treated water for sanitation. "Despite the shortage, GCCI has not received any major complaint from industries, because they buy water from private parties," he added. While blaming the authorities, Kamat also found fault with the industries, as they are not able to project their actual requirement. "Though there is a water shortage, the government is still planning to set up new industrial parks, thereby aggravating the problem," he lamented. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Gift for Maharashtra
http://oheraldo.in/node/9299 Gift for Maharashtra Jerry Fernandes, Saligao Some politicians out there are currently trying to divide the people of north and soulh-Goa on communal lines by politicizing the Mopa issue. Communal political parties like the BJP and habitual anti-Goan politicians like Ramakant Khalap, Manohar Parrikar, Babu Azgaonkar etc have already started taking advantage of the situation by instigating and confusing the people of Pernem by harping on development and promising them with a lot of job opportunities in the near future. First of all I have nothing against the people of Pernem and infact all my close friends are from Pernem but one thing I have been observing about these people is that most of them always tend to behave like anti-Goans. Whether its the language issue, Statehood, Konkan Railway agitation or the latest Mopa issue, their stand have always been the same, anti-Goan stand In short we always see them behaving like the Maharashtrians and not Goans by always supporting the anti-Goan moves of our politicians which are solely meant to destroy Goa in the long run. In my opinion, the proposed Mopa Airport at Pernem will surely bring doom for the tourism industry in Goa, it will be like a curse on the people of Bardez and South Goa. All our local people from the beach belt who are solely dependent on the tourism industry will have to close down all their water-sports activities, taxi-business, guest's houses, shacks etc if Mopa becomes a reality. I don't think the foreign tourist are fools to spend thousands on taxis and to come all the way from Pernem to Bardez and South Goa once they start discovering the cool and calm unexploited virgin beaches of Morjim, Arambol, Ashvem and all the small hotels which are definitely going to come up at the border in the near future. Our politicians might give us a lot of assurances about the Dabolim Airport but one thing is for sure and that is under some pretext or the other this airport will be closed down once the Mopa Airport is commissioned at Pernem and that will be like a final nail in the coffin for the people of Bardez and South-Goa, These are not imaginary apprehensions but definite predictions about the future of the Dabolim Airport, -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Goa to have tie-up with Andhra in handicrafts
http://oheraldo.in/node/9283 Goa to have tie-up with Andhra in handicrafts BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, FEB 1 – The State is to have a tie-up with Andhra Pradesh in handicrafts even as Goa has plans to have a State handicraft emporium in Hyderabad. This was discussed at a meeting Chairperson of Goa handicrafts Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (GHRSSIDC) Victoria Fernandes held with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajashekhara Reddy and officials in Hyderabad, recently. Headed by Deputy Speaker, GHRSSIDC board of directors visited Hyderabad on the invitation of Chairman of Andhra Pradesh handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd B A Raju. During a meeting with the chief minister, Mrs Fernandes discussed various issues of interest pertaining to handicraft industry. Mrs Fernandes and her team visited Pearl Centres for which Hyderabad is world-famous besides various works of handicrafts such as Bidri ware, Banjara works, wooden furniture, etc. The Santa Cruz MLA also visited the famous Ramoji film city, Charminar and many well-known emporia. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Dabolim committee rejects panel to study Mopa
http://oheraldo.in/node/9278 Dabolim committee rejects panel to study Mopa BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 1 — The Save Dabolim Airport Action Committee has rejected the committee to study the Mopa airport and has challenged BJP chief Rajendra Arlekar and NCP leader Jose Philip D'Souza to hold meetings in favour of Mopa at Vasco or quit. Terming the newly-constituted committee as a farce, Dabolim Action Committee spokesman, Radharao Gracias said "any committee ought to have neutral persons, but the present committee is a pre-determined one with members having aired their views on the airport". Secondly, Gracias said the people of Goa do not want the Committee to assess the technical viability of the Mopa airport, but to take note of their sentiments and scrap the project. He said while Churchill's position on the matter is now crystal clear, MP Sripad Naik has come out openly in favour of Mopa. Charging the local NCP leaders are playing a game at the hands of their leaders from Maharashtra, he sought to know why Agriculture Ministere, Mickky Pacheco is now silent on the matter. "Our committee demands a statement from Mickky as well as from Dr Wilfred de Souza on the issue", he maintained. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Mopa: Churchill holds out threat to Congress again
http://oheraldo.in/node/9280 Mopa: Churchill holds out threat to Congress again BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 1 — MP Churchill Alemao has again warned the Congress that the party should think only about retaining Dabolim as Goa's lone international airport if it wants to rule the state and made it amply clear that he would quit the organisation for any decision approving a second airport at Mopa. Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the Save Dabolim airport action committee, Alemao further said the Congress should support only Dabolim airport if it feels that he should remain in the party. "Any decision by Congress leaders to have Mopa airport will not be binding on me and I will go with the people", he asserted, indicating that he would not hesitate to quit the Congress on the issue. "If the Congress leadership feels that I should remain in the party, then they should listen to my advise and scrap the Mopa airport", he demanded. He said the ruling party should protect Goa and its people, saying the Mopa airport would only destroy the state's economy dependent on the tourism industry. The MP said the Congress leadership appears repeating the same mistake committed during the language agitation by not recognising Roman script along with Devnagiri. "People are suffering today because the then government did not bestow equal status for Roman script", he said, adding that a decision today to have two airports would spell doom for the state in the future. Saying that he had petitioned to various Union Ministers to drop the Mopa project, Alemao threw an open challenge for anyone to justify having a naval training unit close to populated areas and oil tanks, adding "it's high time, both the state and the Union government should think of shifting the Navy to Sea Bird Karwar". Saying he would participated in the meetings of the recently formed Panel to study the Mopa airport, Alemao said his one point agenda would be the retention of Dabolim as the state's lone international airport. Alemao distributed copies of the Assembly proceedings, wherein he refuted remarks by Khalap that he had demanded two airports in the state. -- Salaam ali kum. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Posting on behalf of Eric Pinto...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NYTimes.com: How Curry, Stirred in India, Became a World Conqueror Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:47:08 +0530 Hi Fred, i could not get our website to accept this, and it features Goa a great deal, perhaps you may succeed, regards, Eric. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/books/01grim.html?_r=1&emc=eta1&oref=slogin What could be more Indian than chilies? Yet before the Portuguese arrived at the beginning of the 15th century, Indians had never seen or tasted a chili, a New World spice that Columbus called "pepper of the Indies." The heat in Indian dishes came from a red pepper known as long pepper or from the black pepper familiar in the West. In addition to chilies, the Portuguese brought carne de vinho e alhos, or pork cooked slowly in wine vinegar and garlic. Local cooks in Goa, Portugal's trading headquarters, reinterpreted the dish. They fashioned an ersatz vinegar from tamarind, and threw in lots of spices, especially chilis. Thus vindaloo, a corruption of vinho e alhos, was born, and with it a new traditional Indian food Curry is not, strictly speaking, Indian at all. It is a British invention. From the Portuguese, the early British traders learned to apply the word "caril," or "carree," incorrectly, to sauces made from butter, crushed nuts, spices and fruits that were then poured over rice. (In various South Indian languages, "karil" or "kari" referred to spices for seasoning or to dishes of sautéed vegetables or meat.) Eventually, the word evolved into a catchall. "Curry became not just a term that the British used to describe an unfamiliar set of Indian stews and ragouts," Ms. Collingham writes, "but a dish in its own right, created for the British in India." [See full article at the above URL. --FN]
[Goanet] Any Cuncolkars out there?
See the URL below, which hopes to collate info about the village http://www.goanet.org/wiki/index.php/Cuncolim#Details_of_present-day_Cuncolim And also check out this just-in-its-infancy Yahoogroup:' http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cuncolim-net/ Don't forget: Goanet supports your village network. Goanet builds social capital. If you need help to get a cyber network going, get in touch with us. We don't expect anything back in return! Cuncolim >From GoanetWiki This is an initiative of Cuncolim-based journalist Armstrong Augusto Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who is keen to have a Cuncolim website, and is planning to go ahead with this project. He sees this as an attempt to keep links to the social organizations of that village "spread throughout the village" and organizations functioning outside Goa and clubs or social forums functioning in abroad. Armstrong wrote in end-January 2006: "It is the best way people of Cuncolim remained connected of what is happening in Cuncolim. Young Kunkolkars to know more about the place." A misunderstood lot Cunkolkars have been misunderstood a lot throughout Goa and this is the best way to clear the misconceptions and put into the right perspective the rich cultural, educational, sporting talent which has come out of the red soil of Cuncolim. The great freedom fighters who have made liberation of Goa a reality. People who have served in the service of the church, the legal fraternity, the medical fraternity and to the numerous toiling teachers who have worked over the years to make a grand success of the students community and who remained faceless in the crowd as the students basked in the spot light. Planned sections for the site * Historical facts, area, religious monuments, religious festivals, schools temples, churches, chapels, different wards, map of the village, * Linking to potential sites possibly of Our Lady of Health and other schools, colleges and higher secondary from Cuncolim. Schools can post their achievements events and other allied activities on the site. * Personalities of Cuncolim * Medical, teaching, legal, freedom fighters, theatre personalities * Sports and sporting personalities, their interviews and photographs * Happenings, activities -- keeping this as a constantly upgraded section * Photographs of the important landmarks monuments in Cuncolim. * Photographs of important personalities of Cuncolim. * Facts about the various clubs(kuds) functioning in Mumbai of Cuncolim and where they are situated and the persons to be contacted, as that information can be of use to person/s coming from a foreign country to locate his relatives with whom he has lost contact or his friends when he lands up in Mumbai. Details of present-day Cuncolim * Map of Cuncolim with different wards * Population * Cuncolim municipal council -- information about the council, formalities for different licenses, list of members. history of council, schemes available. * Projects undertaken, to be taken up. * How to reach to Cuncolim * Villages surrounding Cuncolim. * Festivals of Cuncolim -- brief history of festivals, pictures of festivals. * History of Cuncolim * The Cuncolim revolt * Cuncolim freedom fighters * The unique irrigation system of Cuncolim - 12 bunds * 12 vangodd, 12 umbrellas, 12 bunds * Profiles -- personalities of Cuncolim * Sports clubs, profiles of former and current players of football, cricket and other sportsmen or sportswomen of Cuncolim. * Cuncolim Union, information and photographs. * Educational institutions: colleges. * Cuncolim Education Society College of Arts, Commerce Cuncolim - Goa South Goa GOA Yr Estd.: 1987 * Schools and institutions of Cuncolim * Individual profiles of schools and institutions. * Temples of Cuncolim * Churches, chapels * Mosques * Community halls * Entertainment places * Businesses and entrepreneurs of Cuncolim * Seven temples of Cuncolim * Molanguinim cave * Water falls at foot of the seven temples * The Nayaband lake
[Goanet] cricket
Indeed Tony!! However, I'm sure I speak on behalf of all the Pakis out there, it was a sweet sweet victory. Did I say sweet? Yes indeed, it was a swt victory:-) I thought the final test would also end in a draw but the Pakistanis dug deep and it was, what can I say, a landslide victory in Karachi. Congrats to the good 'ol Pakistan team, well done...!! On 1 Feb 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DUBIOUS DISTINCTION: We must be the first country in cricketing history to have lost a Test Match by 314 runs on the fourth day after winning the toss, putting the opponents in to bat, getting a hat-trick for no score in the very first over and having the opponents reeling at 26 for five and 90 for seven wickets at one stage! Some record indeed for a team claiming to have a formidable batting line-up. It is time for a reality check and some serious introspection. Forget the TV advertising shoots and get back to some serious practice sessions at the nets! Benaulim, Goa: ---Tony Correia-Afonso. 1st.Feb.2006. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[Goanet] A great day in Goan history
Dr. Desai, we salute you and all the other pioneering medical Goan doctors around the Goan world who have done us proud. May your tribe increase. Regards, George --- Ramamurti Raut Desai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is the twentieth anniversary [Feb 2, 1986] of the First open heart peration done in Goa. I am celebrating all alone as even the institution were I performed it has totally forgotten it. Those on TGF who would like to raise a toastfor the surgeon, Dr. Raut Desai, may do so at 9.00 PM IST. With regards, Dr. R. P. Raut Desai
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes Summaries Feb 2, 2006 - Amazing Goa... by Jose Lourenco!
In Goa, a group of people who play the local traditional band comprising of ghumot, mhadhiem and kansaèm on St. Johns feast day (June 24) and proceed to an estuary or river to bathe, accompanied by the crowd, is also called a suvari! Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran KSA What is a 'suvari'? Traditional music performance, tone-setter for festive events in temples. _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
[Goanet] RE: Centre forms panel on Mopa airport
This is the only novelty in the post from which the above was excerpted. Many thanks are due for the contribution! Cheers.
[Goanet] Re: Cricket Fiasco!
Tony, 7 years ago, Pakistan was 26 for 6 before Moin Khan scored 70 and Pakistan beat India at Calcutta (deja vu!). The present Indian team has never scored more than 300 to win a test in the 4th innings, they scored about 250 in 2001 (Sri Lanka) and about 230 in 2004 (Australia) so there wasn't much of a chance they would score 600. Sometime ago, I posted an article which said cricket is a brahmin's game in India. May be time for the other castes to have a chance to redeem this dubious distinction. Regards, George --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > DUBIOUS DISTINCTION: > We must be the first country in cricketing history to have lost > a Test Match by 314 runs on the fourth day after winning the toss, > putting the opponents in to bat, getting a hat-trick for no score > in the very first over and having the opponents reeling at 26 for five > and 90 for seven wickets at one stage! > Some record indeed for a team claiming to have a formidable batting > line-up. It is time for a reality check and some serious introspection. > Forget the TV advertising shoots and get back to some serious practice > sessions at the nets!
Re: [Goanet] bull fight: Govt DGP served legal notice
Congratulations to those who organise the bull fights. Outsiders do not stamp on Goan culture. It is for the people of Goa to decide to have or not the bull fights. BC --- JoeGoaUk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bull fight: Govt DGP served legal notice > > BY HERALD REPORTER > PANJIM, FEB 1 The President for People of Animal, > Adv Norma Alvares has issued legal notice to > the State Government and the Director General of > Police on the bull fight issue. > In its December 20, 1996 order High Court had > ordered that the bull fights dhirios are in > contravention of the Provisions of the Prevention of > Cruelty to Animals Act, 1968 and directed the > state government to take immediate steps to ban all > types of animal fights. > ___ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com
