[Goanet] ADC - May 06
"Sun ghotto khaina, moddkent kaim na"..Konkani Proverb The mother in law praises her daugher-in-law for her delicate appetite, but her cooking pots are empty. The so called delicate daughetr-in-law must have polished off all the cooked food in the house. Edward Verdes Chinchinim/Mumbai/Jeddah _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa Entertainment: Where will you go today? Beat show at Campal, Colva, Merces, Verna, Baga or Tiatr at Panjim, Colva..??
Well, today, there is entertainment almost all over Goa. E.g. Tiatr at Kala Academy, Salvador du Mundo and Colva, Beat Shows at Colva, Merces, Verna, Baga, Antonette's Konkani program at Verna, Campal Bollywood Masti etc .. and all this happening at the same time. Ok, go through this list of progmames for today and next few days and make your decision now. Entertainment: Verna Fun Fete: 5, 6 & 7th May. Todays bands: Black Slades & Band Wagon plus Goan Melody Makers (Hindi),Goemchim Lharam (Goan Dance) and Konkani Programe by Antonette (all the way from Bomaby) Tomorrow: Bands Alcarazz & Aqua Flow, fire dances and konkani program-VEEAM Today At BAGA: Love Parade (strictly Couples) At La Calypso Hotels Baga Goa. 9pm onwards At TITOs: Today You aint seen nothing like it! IBIZA STYLE DISCOTHEQUE etc etc At Campal:Today: Bollywood Masti with Shaan, Yukta Mukhi, Sweta Pandit etc etc with Goas hottest band THE CREAM tickets Rs.1500/1000/700/300 At Colva today: Beach Bonanza (JCI Colva). 3 day family entertainment: Bands: Over Drive & Kismet (hindi pop) etc etc At Merces Today: Beat Show with Bands: India, Four Seasons, Angels and a surprise band 7pm onwards. Carmona MAYFETE 06 8pm onwards tomorrow: Bands: Bandwagon, Brothers in arms, Aqua Strings plus Dance Troupe, Konakani Musical Show etc On 8th Bands:Headlines, Shades (all girls, Big City Band & Alcatraaz plus dance troupe Tomorrow 7th May: FOXES NITE 2006 Saligao Sporting Club, Bands:Forefront, Lynx & Ventures, 8pm onwards Mubaikar Nite at Pilerne on 14th May 8pm Bands: Black slades, Crimson Tide, Renegades and Ventures Tiatr: Sottor Pauti Sat by Mini Mario Today at Colva &Tomorrow Margao Uzvadant Bodollim Kalokhi Kupan by Minin De Bandar. Today Salvador du mundo and tomorrow Agonda & Loliem Terrorist by Mr. Braz DMelo, this evening at 7.30pm at Kala Academy Panaji Dukh Nastona Suk Nam by Anthony Sylvester 7th May at Merces, 8th at Revona, 9th Marcel, 10th Sawantwadi, 12th Guidolim, 14th Porvorim, 18th Cansa, 22nd Aldona, 26th C\Bicholim and 28th Keri. Razvottki by Prince Jacob 7th Panjim, 9th Vasco, 12th Margao 21st Mapusa Padri Film tomorrow at Kala Academy 10.30am tickets Rs.50 Tanchem Chintat Tivuim Munxam by Mario Menezes 9th Margao Holywood/Bollywood Movies: 36 China Town (hindi) Cellular The Phantom The Pink Panther V for Vendetta Gangster (hindi) Ice age2 the Meltdown Darna Zaroori hai Zathura Next Change: Tom dick Harry, Poseidon, Tathastu [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa: Today's reported DEATHS (Road Accidents/Suicides/Drowning etc)
Todays Reported Deaths (Road Accidents/Drowning/Suicide etc) 44 year old pedestrian Ghanshyam Chari from Dhakne-Madkai died on the way to Hospital after he was hit by a speeding Motorist at Dutolim-Ponda 2 Excise Dept Guards dead at Patradevi Mishap: Both killed after they were knocked down by a speeding goods container at Patradevi Check Post. Navnath Kalangutkar and Inacio Lopez , (both aged 32 and from Merces-St.Cruz)were on duty at the check-post and were at the gate inspecting documents of a vehicle entering Goa from Mumbai. An unidentified teenager aged between 14-15 years found dead in the Konkan Railway tunnel along the KR tracks at Barcem, it appears that the boy might have fallen from a running train. In Cuncolim, one abdul Sattar Shaik 25, from Pazorcone succumbed to his injuries while being shifted GMC after he fell from a mango tree at Gogol. In Valpoi, unknown male body was found in the gutter next to the road near Shetal Bar Poswaso Honda. Woman 52, commits suicide in Mapusa. Prabavati Prabakar Mayekar commited suicide by jumping into a well near her house at Indranagar, Carraswao, Mapusa. Reason not known. One Premnath Giridhar dashed againt the police bus from behind near Zuarinagar One Jacinto Mario Almeida of Dhume Bahtt Cortalim hit his scooter againt the rickshaw good carrier. Both are shifted to GMC where they were stated to be in a critical condition. Going by the past 2 months news paper reporting.. I would say Goas Av.weekly death rate as follows: Road Accidents Deaths: 15 Drowning: 5 Suicide : 4 Where as, from July to Dec Last year (6 months) there were about 1923 reported accidents. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___ 24 FIFA World Cup tickets to be won with Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Is he gay, or just happy to see you?
Is he gay, or just happy to see you? How to Identify Gays: Guidelines for Women Cecil Pinto A friend of mine, from London, recently related to me a curious predicament she was facing. Apparently she was quite smitten by this charming guy at her new workplace and wanted to ask him out on a romantic date. Potentially, he seemed to be the perfect match - handsome, charming, sensitive, well dressed, organised, well read, humorous, efficient, rich... Her fear was that she might discover he was a homosexual. It had happened to her many times before. What? I just couldn't believe this. What are the chances of this happening? On making enquiries among my cyber friends worldwide, I found out that this is a common occurrence in the West. The most desirable men are gay! In Goa of course this is not a routine problem because (1) Women rarely ask men out (2) The most desirable men are heterosexual, happily married, and write humour columns! So, as a favour for my friend, and womankind in general, I decided to formulate a set of guidelines. Somewhat like "How to Tell if He is Gay". It's a challenging task I have embarked on, but fortunately I have a few articulate gay friends who are helping me in my mission. Below are sneak previews of some of my initial discoveries. Keep in mind though that these guidelines are not fool proof. No single factor mentioned below is a sure fire indication of homosexuality, but if many of the signals occur in conjunction then you could be on the right (or wrong if you're female!) track. Remember these guidelines are meant for females who find a guy interesting and want to know if he is gay. They are not meant for morally warped gay bashers to identify and harass these guys of different persuasion . Gay bashers have deep rooted security problems and are worthy of only pity and contempt. Here goes... 1) If you think he's gay you're probably right: Trust your feminine instinct. If your mind is still obscured by passion, ask an existing gay friend of yours to observe your target and report back to you. His analysis will be accurate. Gays have an inbuilt 'gaydar' that helps them 'home in' and identify their own. 2) Do a lot of older women like him?: Gays are more attentive to mothers and grandmothers, while straight men are more attentive to younger women - for obvious reasons. If he's surrounded by older women he's probably gay. On the other hand he could be a straight with an unresolved Oedipus complex. 3) Is he attracted to other men?: Observe how he reacts with other people, especially strangers in public. If he's ogling women then he's straight. If he's eyeing attractive men then he's definitely gay. If he's avoiding looking at sexy women and looking at the latest bikes and cars, he could be a straight man who has been browbeaten into submission by his wife/girlfriend into denying his natural instincts. When will women realise that straight men will always ogle attractive women? That is our nature. It is pre-written in our genes! It has nothing do with being faithful. Oops! I went off track again. 4) Interaction with staff: A gay man will be most courteous to receptionists, waiters, doormen, hairdressers... even his own employees. A straight man on the other hand treats his employees with disdain and barks at them. This is especially true of nouveau riche businessmen. 5) Compliments: A gay man will always compliment you on some aspect of your appearance or surroundings. They have an eye for detail and say stuff like 'luscious' to describe a warm yellow wall or use French sounding words like 'repertoire'. They even air kiss like the French. Apparently, anything French is big with gays. Don't ask me why. A gay man will also identify the exact brand of scent, or shade of nail polish or lipstick, you are wearing. He might even go to the extent of advising you on how a different style of bra would do wonders for your cleavage and bustline. On the other hand, he could be a smooth straight operator trying to cop a feel. 6) Grooming and Living: If he's gay he probably will have a wide range of expensive co-ordinated footwear for each carefully selected ensemble (his words not yours) and a different scent for every occasion. A skincare routine you've only read about in Cosmo, sculptured abs, great biceps - all due to a strict gym and parlor regime. Dandy loud dressing of course is a dead giveaway - but then he might just be an upcoming tiatrist, or a Mumbai yuppie tourist. Gays will wear exactly fitting clothes, whereas straight men always buy one size bigger. Gays rarely grow facial hair (unless it's designer stubble i.e. 5 o'clock shadow George Michael style) and any body hair is perfectly groomed. 7) Earrings, Limp Wrists, Hand Holding etc: Earrings on a male were once considered a dead giveaway of gayness. That no longer holds good. I have a very straight friend, who has four earrings on each ear and has fathered two
Re: [Goanet] Re: Cardinal Dias Deplores Anti-Christian Films
Elisabeth, . Gabe Menezes has taken me to task for not speaking out earlier. I delayed, as I was sort of shell shocked but realised that you did not attack the Faith as such; but only the actions of leaders and the administration, of the past. I also hope this satisfies Gabe, who seems to be pushing the burden on me, in his last post. Sincerely speaking! Nasci Caldeira Melbourne. RESPONSE: Taking you to task ? I have done nothing of the sort, please re-read my post...in which I mentioned that your trust in the defender of the faith was misplaced ! -- DIE DULCI FREURE, DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] The next Gandhi: I'll make India better off than Britain
On 04/05/06, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mario observes: .. Besides, this Gandhi seems to have his head screwed on straight, when compared to his Grandfather, a hero of the freedom struggle, who then led the country down the primrose path that it is now recovering from. QUESTION: Who is this Rahul Gandhi's grandfather ? Indira Gandi's Husband was a Parsee, uninvolved in mainstream Politics. Sonia Gandhi's father is an Italian! -- DIE DULCI FREURE, DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Varca Murder Case: No Breakthrough Yet
Varca Murder Case: No Breakthrough Yet Postmortem report may shed some light. Disclosing that the postmortem report is awaited and no further information is available till the report arrives, SP (South) Shekhar Prabhudessai remarked that Cruz, the hardware store owner, who has his shop below the deceased filomenas old residence at Church View building, opposite Varca Church, was the last individual to speak to the deceased Filomena. (It has been informed that the post mortem has been postponed due to the overburden on the doctors at GMC, Bambolim with over half a dozen bodies waiting in queue). Filomena is believed to have spoken on the phone to Cruz, about her broken washing machine. The neighbours state that they heard the deceased talking on the mobile phone at around 9pm and that on May 4, at around 5am, saw a vehicle moving in the locality. The maidservant, Amman is reported to be employed for one hour daily from 7-8am. The new bungalow is learnt to have four sets of keys, while one was n the possession of Filomnea, the other is learnt to have been handed over to Cruz by Filomenas husband Malcolm, who retained the third set of keys and it is still unaware as to who is in possession of the last set of keys DySP Tony Fernandes informs. Ironically, whilst SP Prabudessai claimed that the assailand may used a heavy, blunt weapon like a hammer, DySP Fernandes stressed, it was a sharp weapon like a Koita or chopper that the assailant used to assault the face of the deceased Filomena. (GT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___ Win tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with Yahoo! Messenger. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/fifaworldcup_uk/ _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Traffic Improvement
Someone from Dona Paula is wanting to know how to ACT/ do something regarding the appaling state of Traffic in Goa. Well, the Bible says, (John 12:47 )"If anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him." Its true that merely writing about things/ bringing it to the notice of the so called "concerned" authorities, and "honourable" elected reps, who remain unconcerned and dishonourable , is frustrating. They have "other" priorities.Great persistance and patience is required ,like the waves lashing against the rocks that are shattered into small drops. Yet another wave and another and finally the rock is ground to sand(Maybe not in our lifetime). Its taken me ten years ( not months), to get the authorities to demolish a wrongly located concrete Bus stop .It was supposed to be demolished after a new fibre glass one was put in place.I even provided a sponser. Now there is no Bus Stop at all, and the other existing signs removed, before new ones are correctly put in place. No Parking signs, dividers are in the pipe line. Then will , hopefully ,come the enforcement follow up. Indisciplined traffic does not slow down before Zebra crossings, or when approaching junctions/islands.So rumblers /speed breakers are required to save lives. Traffic Police priority is issuing challans to two wheelers without helmets. In the meantime so many deaths and accidents have occured, but our system protects those who are responsible. No one can easily be made accountable.The Courtsmaybe you will require two lifetimes. Officers/ dealing hands are transferred and there is no procedure followed for handing over/taking over properly. I have a Traffic file, letters, copies to Sardinha when he was Chief Minister, Parrikar, Traffic authorities, Notifications(not implemented), Magistrates orders (not implemented). Kiran Dingra trying to do something(Transferred), Ive seen the present Chief Sec, and present Collector North Goa are sincerely trying to get things moving. Many Officers have tried to coordinate the various authorities namely Traffic Police, PWD, PWD(Highway), Panchayats ( Junction at OCoqueiro/Chogm road needs consultation with 5 panchayats), Collector, Magistrates.So much waste of time, effort, expense. Its maddening. Director of Public Grievances (PG)gets letter from DG Police complaining Village Panchayat Succour is not cooperating ! The said Deputy DG (PG)admits they have no powers to enforce anything.He only writes letters forwarding , for reply at the earliest, which in official parlance means nothing. Most Immediate and Top Priority ( Both stamped same page)letter from Panaji takes 8 days to reach me at Porvorim! Private Bus operators cannot be made to change their ways. Taxis will not use meters etc.So can we judge the authorities in this government system that thrives on mediocrity with power and corruption, and forces even honest citizens to do wrong to survive? this system that forces even honest citizens to do wrong things . _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Why do we nod?
Jerry, I think the swaying of the head, (rather than nodding) is a cultural characteristic in India which may have roots in something past. It is noticeably distinctive to say the least. Cornel - Original Message - From: "Jerry Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 5:13 AM Subject: [Goanet] Why do we nod? Hi all Just a curious question. Would appreciate if someone can give an answer. Why do we people of sub continent especially India, whenever we say YES or NO, we shake our heads or Nod our heads? It came to my notice only when some Arab friends I work with used to tease me when I used to do that and say Why you Indians shake your head so much? Is it because our country is famous for barath Natyam dancing and somehow unconsciously this action has become part of us? Pls someone can shed some answer to this query? Cheers Jerry Fernandes _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] any Quizzing Clubs in Goa?
Hi, Are there any Quizzing Clubs in Goa? If yes, can someone please provide me some details. Any quizzing enthusuiasts out there interested in forming a club for information and knowledge sharing through quizzing activities, please write to me. Jason. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] who is NRI?
The Emirates Evening Post carried an interview with Indian Minister for Overseas Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, in Friday's edition. I will scan and post it on Sunday. A sidebox to the story. At a luncheon hosted by the Indian Business and Professional Council, a business, Vashu Shroff, asked: "Who are NRIs? Businessmen like us or poor labourers? They have genuine problems, which need to be addressed. We don't have such problems but are complaining. We have money to solve our issues but labourers find it difficult to ear their bread and butter here and also face problems back home." -- Excerpts from the Interview Ravi said that the introduction of the Smart Card, which was to be introduced by Sept, would have to be extended as the formalities may not be completed by the deadline. Smart CAr wil meke it easier for NRS to enter or exit the country. On the status of the Protector of Emigrants Office, he said the offices have been fully computerized. "All our embassies can access labourer records in a fraction of a second. This has made the office's functioning effective and check malpracties" He was asked what the government is doing regaridngt the "growing prostitution racked in the Gulf" with reference to singles women coming into the region. His reply: We are working on this issues with various organisations like the National Women's Commission. We suggest that women avoid coming here alone. We won't allow single women below the age of 30 to come here." He said he has recieved lots of complaints, mostly from Saudi Arabia and Muscat, regarding this issue. He advised Indian labourers not to resort to protest like the one witnessed in Dubai very recently against one company. He said the government would also take up the issue of sponsors/emplouers keeping the labourers' documents with them. I believe the "documents" are passports. Eugene Correia __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Enlightened Christian
To all participating in this thread, please remember: God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts... And Some wear their halos a bit too tight. Kind Regards, GL _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Darryl passes away
Darryl no more On August 14, Darryl Crasto, TOI's senior sports journalist passed away after battling pneumonia for two weeks. Hockey was Darryl's favourite sport: a game he played in school and college, and wrote on with passion. He had a legacy to live up to: two of his uncles, John and Joe Crasto. >From his early days at the Free Press Journal to the Indian Post, the Observer Group, the Independent and finally TOI, he wrote endless pieces on the state of hockey in the country, unafraid to take a stand or call a spade a spade. No official or mandarin was spared. But he was extremely popular with the players and this was evident as a number of them, some of whom would never even have seen Darryl, lined up to donate blood over the past 12 days. Hockey was his forte, but Darryl was equally at ease with billiards and snooker, tennis, football and cricket. Forty seven is simply too young to die. But Darryl lived and enjoyed every moment of his almost three-decade-old journalistic career to the fullest. He will be remembered by his friends, colleagues and sportsmen as a generous and kind person, who played by the rules, and was always ready to lend a hand. In short a jolly good fellow. May his soul rest in peace. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Floriano's Sunday Ramblings - 3
This week has come up with a big 'S' in surprises, shocks, suggestions etc. with many a bold headlines in the news papers. As if we need old festering wounds opened up, the Honourable Justices of the Supreme Court are seen to be hallucinating when they say "A time has come for total prohibition of liquor" (NT-May 4, 2006). The moment anybody talks of liquor prohibition, I remember our enterprising PM, Mr. Morarji Desai who hated liquor enough to prohibit its consumption while his own son, Mr. Kantilal Desai was a liquor baron. A travesty indeed. Thousands of people have died and are still dying by consuming illicit distilled liquor (moonshine; bootleg; hooch; navsagar you name it) even when liquor is open. Entire compartments of trains in Mumbai have been transporting hooch distilled in swampy areas and hidden in tyres. Whenever I hear about prohibition of liquor, I remember the scene from 'The Good, The Bad, The Ugly where the man with the noose around his neck and about to be plunged, uses his last wish to curse the liquor bottle which sent him to the gallows. Shakti Kapoor is another example who drank like a fish and even peed on the Goa Marriot's lawns in open view of everyone. Do the Justices mean to say that this would not happen if liquor was prohibited? On the contrary, the guy in the movie or Shakti for that matter would pass out drinking hooch right into the coffins saving the trouble for the hangman or the Marriot's lawn keeper. Rather than prohibiting liquor, let the good Justices come out with clear-cut directives to the Central and State Governments to use a percentage of the huge revenues made from the sale of liquor to bring awareness to the people of the ill effects of liquor through print and audio visual media. The good Justices must know that prohibition of any sort has NEVER WORKED. 'Form apolitical peace committees at ward level: Ribeiro' NT- May 4, 2006. This is a good try, but as I see it, this is a complete waste of time, Julio Ribeiro or no Julio Ribeiro. The need of the hour is the 'WILL' of any government/s to abolish practice of religion in illegally built places of worship and all government offices coupled with non-vote-bank policies where anyone crossing the Laxman-Rekha line of religious discipline must be sure of losing the skin off the backs. In this respect, the sub-editorial "Illegal Shrines- Need to Set Some Criteria" is highly appreciated. (NT-May 6, 2006) . The writing on the wall which all politicians and religious leaders fail to see and acknowledge is that RELIGION is the number one culprit of all death and devastation throughout the world. It needs regulating so it does not interfere with others, democracy or no democracy. 'NCP urges government to keep check on foreigners buying land' (in Goa) - NT- May 4, 2006. This is indeed funny coming from the Goa NCP, for this particular Party's Goa unit must know that foreigners have somehow managed to buy Goans first, and, it is but natural that their lands will follow suit. Why get gray over matters like these? I wonder if Rajan Ghate, the NYC leader has had this press note vetted by Dr. Willy himself before handing it over to the press, considering that Dr. Willy is sightseeing in Dubai. It is wrong for a crab to walk backwards and want its off-spring to walk forward. Is it now !. And a word about Dr. Willy being in Dubai to sell Goa to Tourists. It is a shame for such a wasteful adventure. He would have been better off cleaning the beaches of Goa of the terrible litter. If he has no innovative ideas any more, he could use me free of cost with the right post and I would ensure that the earliest bird on Goan beaches would be hard pressed to find a single plastic coffee cup or what-have-you on the beaches even if it was required to save someone's life with the sands remaining that way throughout the day. 'Dabolim and Mopa are complementary' - Editorial NT- May 4, 2006. More than Rear Admiral S.M. Vadgaokar (Navy's Flag Officer Commanding Goa), Mr. Arun Sinha must know that it is not easy to fool Goans all the time. No! Dabolim and Mopa are not complementary. I consider Mopa to be a Sin. The Navy wants Mopa at all cost and is seen to be working tirelessly towards this end. Why? Because it has fallen in love at first sight with Dabolim and wants to elope with it. With Mopa around, the Navy will be able to tie the ultimate knot with strategic Dabolim, consummate and multiply its brood. Goans will never allow this to happen and the Navy is bound to go away to Sea Bird, Karwar or wherever with a heavy, broken heart. But if Goans do allow the Navy to have its way, which is unlikely, just like they allowed it to walk away with Anjedive Island, then for sure, Goans will not be Goans anymore. And Arun Sinha will have had his last laugh. And lastly, the talk of India, THE SAD DEMISE OF PRAMOD MAHAJAN. I concede that Mahajan has been getting nothing but highly acclaimed reviews all round despite his ow
[Goanet] PM's day at sea on aircraft carrier
PM's day at sea on aircraft carrier Indo-Asian News Service Panaji, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be exposed to the entire gamut of combat operations when he spends a night aboard the Indian Navy's sole aircraft carrier INS Viraat Friday. With this, the prime minister would have been exposed to all three wings of the armed forces, having spent time with Indian Army troops on the Siachen Glacier and witnessed manoeuvres by Mirage 2000 bombers of the Indian Air Force at Gwalior. His interaction with the navy will, however, be the longest as he will be spending almost 24 hours on the aircraft as it sails towards Mumbai, where the prime minister will disembark Saturday afternoon. During the voyage, the prime minister will witness activities ranging from the Sea Harrier jump jets taking off and landing, missile firing and elements of submarine warfare. "We will be using the opportunity to explain to the prime minister the three dimension combat prowess of the navy and how this can be leveraged to further the country's geo-strategic objectives," a naval officer explained. Escorting INS Viraat during the voyage will be the newly-acquired Talwar class stealth frigates, as also the Brahmaputra and Godavari class frigates and Delhi class destroyers. The prime minister's wife Gursharan Kaur and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will accompany Manmohan Singh on the voyage, which comes three months after President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam went on a submarine off Visakhapatnam. The trip had originally been planned for October. It was first postponed due to the wrist surgery Manmohan Singh had to undergo and then by the serial blasts in Delhi and the visits of the French and US presidents. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: Indian Embassy introduces machine-readable passports
These machine readable passport from Indian Embassy do not support the hypen character and the apostorphe. If your surname is D'Souza or Costa-Souza the passport is printed as D Souza and Costa Souza. Effectively this means that your name differs in the birth certificate and passport. These were introduced in Goa early this year. Attempts to correct ones name (if you have a - or ') at the passport office is futile. Those who apply for student visas later or jobs abroad for work permits will certainly have issues. Alan _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Enlightened Christian
That is why the site "GoenchimXapotam" has descended into oblivion. RIP - Original Message - From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Enlightened Christian The attached posts show that some can confuse snide sarcasm on the internet with intelligent comment or opinion. General, non-specific sarcasm adds nothing to the debate that a forum is meant for. --- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One can always detect interesting prejudices and double standards in sundry exchanges on the internet. Cheers, Santosh > > > --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > "Nasty" Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 'That I am a Christian and have been enlightened!' > > > > Really??? > > _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: Catholic Goan surnames
Mario Like most things that come from you, I am highly sceptical that, "if you visit Portugal you will see that almost all their surnames were copied from us Goan Catholics" :-)). Your smiley at the end of your statement, as above, does not amuse me at all as I am more interested in the authenticity or not of your above statement. So, please explain, without a smiley, how Catholic Goans got Portuguese names in the first place, if not from the Portuguese who baptised mainly Hindu Goans as well as ruled Goa for 451 years? In this process, I believe that Hindu surnames were forsaken for Portuguese surnames. This is indeed the conventional wisdom on this issue. However, I and I'm sure others on Goanet, await your scholarly input on my specific question above. With much anticipation, Cornel - Original Message - From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans Cornel, You are obviously confused as to how the Portuguese got their surnames, probably by swallowing Portuguese colonial propaganda hook, line and sinker :-)) All Jorge has done is to bring us up-to-date on the fact that Gouveia is now a thriving city in Portugal whereas it was a village when named after my family some 450 years ago :-)) If you visit Portugal you will see that almost all their surnames were copied from us Goan Catholics :-)) --- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jorge Thank you for demolishing the myth Mario created regarding his surname contributing to the name of a village in Portugal. Any Johnny- come-lately would know that Portuguese sourced Goan surnames were a consequence of Portuguese sourced activity, including naming, in Goa, and not the other way round! Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] IVRS Service commissioned on Konkan Railway
See http://www.konkanrailway.com/website/press_2005/press_IVRS_05-05-2006.htm 3rd May, 2006 PRESS RELEASE IVRS SERVICE COMMISSIONED ON KONKAN RLY ROUTE Now passengers travelling by Konkan Railway trains need not arrive early at station and wait in queue for getting information about the status of their ticket or to find out accommodation availability for a particular train. Keeping in mind the need of passengers, Konkan Railway has introduced IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System) on its major stations in order to enable people to get telephonic information at ease. The IVRS has been opened at Ratnagiri, Madgaon , and Udupi stations. For Ratnagiri, Madgaon and Udupi stations, the BSNL number in the same exchange area is 1330. For accessing information from outside the exchange area and from cellular phones, the numbers are 02352-22 (Ratnagiri), 0832-2700730 (Madgaon), and 0820-2524533 (Udupi). The information is available in local, Hindi, and English languages. -- Need a *Gmail* e-mail ID? Do write to me. Will send you an invitation to open a *Gmail* e-mail account. :-) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Re a crocodile burger
Hi Nasci Many thanks for the exchange of info on different delicacies. I did spend time on the lazy Yarra and enjoyed Melbourne very much, Christmas 2003, even though it was incredibly cold that year. In contrast to London and UK cities generally, Australian cities are remarkably lacking in congestion and most pleasurable for visits. Your population of 20 million contrasts sharply with some 60 million in a much smaller UK and you have all the space and varied landscape one could wish for, including around hot and very dry Uluru, (spelling?), lovely red earth, just like parts of Goa. I'd like to visit OZ again and may do so in April 2008 taking in Western Australia for the first time. Cornel - Original Message - From: "Nasci Caldeira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:16 PM Subject: RE: [Goanet] Re a crocodile burger Cornel, Cairns is in Queensland, and is a hot spot there, being a gateway to the great Australian Barrier Reef. I do not know of Croc meat; but some places have service with Kangaroo meat if some one wants it. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Why do we nod?
Hi.. "Why do we nod" I can say - Because actions speaks louder than words. George Ferns Hi all Just a curious question. Would appreciate if someone can give an answer. Why do we people of sub continent especially India, whenever we say YES or NO, we shake our heads or Nod our heads? It came to my notice only when some Arab friends I work with used to tease me when I used to do that and say Why you Indians shake your head so much? Is it because our country is famous for barath Natyam dancing and somehow unconsciously this action has become part of us? Pls someone can shed some answer to this query? _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Nuclear Threat for Goans in Gulf.
On 04/05/06, A. Veronica Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Iran's Nuclear Threat even for Goans working in the Gulf. Comment: First of all my commiserations to all Goans living in Kuwait and UAE. Your days are numbered! When and not if the USA decides to Bomb Iran, all hell will break loose. There are sizable Shias living in the Eastern Province ( Oil rich) of Saudi Arabia, as well as Bahrain and the UAE. I have even attended an ashura religious festival in Bahrain; whereby the Shias flagellate themselves with chains whilst thumping their chests. It is a sight to behold, they then cut themselves in the forehead with a sword, blood flows freely!. Now picture this, if they are able to go through this ritual, then they are very able and willing to sacrifice themselves for the Glory of Imam Ali. I know many Goans, have bought property in Dubai, also many like David Beckham have bought a piece on the palm island. Beckham can afford to kiss his investment goodbye, I do hope the Goans make a profit before it is too late. The situation as I see it, ( I am an expert, World renowned on Middle East Affairs) is very precarious. I have worked for a good number of years in the Middle East and know the mindset of the local people. All Foreigners will be in peril when things get out of hand, as I see it, the pot is now simmering! You have been warned. -- DIE DULCI FREURE, DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Why do we nod?
Dear Jerry, Have you ever heard the following jokes? Why do Jews breath? Why do African-Americans have chickens in their yard? I won't tell you the punchlines. Do you know why? Because they are racial slurs. In the same vein, this so-called "nodding" of the head is a racial slur propagated by Arabs and Brits alike in the Gulf region, to demean Indians and make them feel as if they are stupid. No doubt Indians, especially from the South use this particular head gesture but so do a lot of ethnic groups use gestures particular to their culture. Next time an Arab or any one makes references it, please don't be party to this insult. If you don't stand up for yourself as an Indian, no one else will. Elisabeth -- --- Jerry Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > Just a curious question. Would appreciate if someone > can give an answer. > > Why do we people of sub continent especially India, > whenever we say YES or > NO, we shake our heads or Nod our heads? > > It came to my notice only when some Arab friends I > work with used to tease > me when I used to do that and say Why you Indians > shake your head so much? > > Is it because our country is famous for barath > Natyam dancing and somehow > unconsciously this action has become part of us? > > Pls someone can shed some answer to this query? > > Cheers > > Jerry Fernandes > > _ > Do not post admin requests to the list. > Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
RE: [Goanet] Re: Beef and Burgandy Bash
Dear Liz, The outbursts have evened out; I have recovered from the shocks! My resilience is good. So the Burgandy bash, 'down by the Yarra' is on! The Time? Who knows. I cannot say about when, if at all, in California though! :-)) :-)) I am going to pick on other topics, from now on; more on civic and infrastucture issues, for the greater good of GOA! However the lack of response to such issues, the non excitement from readers, deters me on writing anything like that. Ya! Ya! Maya YA! --Ya! Ya! Goem Ya! Nasci Caldeira Down by the Yarra! Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote: Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 19:20:45 -0700 (PDT) Dear Nasci, I guess I can forget about that Burgundy down the Yarra then? :)) I'll just have to depend on that Dukra Mass, Mario is going to be buying me. One more "outburst" and Mario may make that aad mass. :)) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] The next Gandhi: I'll make India better off than Britain
--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mario needs to note that historically and today, > many an investor has lined up to invest in a range > of projects where the anticipated mythical economic > balloon burst soon after, despite all the available > statistics. > Mario replies: > Cornel needs to note that neither Bill Gates nor Laksmi Mittal became some of the richest men in the world, starting from average middle-income status, by investing in a range of projects where the anticipated economic balloon burst soon after. What crass cynicism in the face of all the evidence. > Cornel writes: > > Notwithstanding the economic progress India is > making, there is much, including statistical > evidence of grinding poverty among millions, severe > undernourishment of 57 million children, lack of > quality control etc which makes the hoped for > economic super-power status a bit premature even > though I for one want it quite badly for India. > Mario replies: > Cornel needs to note that the grinding poverty and severe undernourishment are legacies emanating from the Fabian school of socialist economics that was a millstone around the country's neck for it's first 50 years of independence. > I'm glad that Cornel says he wants prosperity for India, notwithstanding his relentless cynicism about the outcomes being predicted by every international economic expert that has studied the subject, especially those who are willing to put their money behind their convictions. > _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] re: Please Identify this famous Spot (With Answer)
Answer: Miramar Beach == Photo taken at night 11pm. > > Hint: it's in North Goa. (there is another clue if you view other photos > within > the link) > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/139044052/ > Here is another photo (just incase you did not agree..) > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/139613923/ There were 3 Winners: (out of 9 entries in all) 1.Salus Correia 2.Percy Ferrao 3.(Name withheld on request) Thanks to other too, believe me or not, for me, you too are as good as winners. I thank you all once again. More comimg up very soon. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___ Win tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with Yahoo! Messenger. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/fifaworldcup_uk/ _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] GOENKARANCHEM DAIZ ===an NGO launched
The threat to Goan Identity was never felt to the extent that it is being felt today. At last count an alarming 33% of the population of Goa constitutes the migrants or better known as "bhaile" threatening the demographic composition of this beautiful State. To add to this cancerous malaise Goan disunity caused by the invisible indelible "Great Indian Caste divide" the traditional Goan "Bhatcar" - "Bhageli"(partner) or the "Batcar-Mundcar" syndrome and the last potion strains of polarisation on communal lines which threatens the foundataions of "Goan tolerance" unwitnessed in the rest of the country does not bode well for "NiZ Goemcars" if Goans do not shed their differences -- at least in public. With this in mind Margao in Salcete South Goa, the bastion of Goa's political cultural and commercial centre witnessed today evening at 1645 6th May 2006, at a well attended function at the Gomant Vidya Niketan the launching of "Goenkarachem Daiz " a trust -- Daiz samballunk ani Goenkarponn rakhunk --"Goenkarponn ani amchem girest daiz samballpak ompil'li sonstha" -- to protect preserve and promote the unique Goan culture and its identity. And who among Goans could have visualised this need better. It took Mr Antonio Piedade da Moraes, a dimunitive, lean bespectacled, casual dressed, publicity shy "Konkani mogi" whose passion for Konkani led him to possess a treasure trove of literary works books numbering well over 2000 books of his collection. He felt it necessary to make them available for posterity to Generation Next to help preserve and promote our culture our identity and that of Konkani language the soul of Goan culture. To satiate his passion it was left to Mr Alfino Fernandes to support the mission of Mr Morais by providing a spacious premise at MIDAS TOUCH Apartments bang opposite the District Court of Margao. Following this other furniture and fixtures were liberally donated and the trust Goenkaranchem daiz took shape in 2005. The inaugural launch began belatedly with an excellent presentation by Dr Nandakumar Kamat an environmentalist now with the University of Goa on GOALOGY Goem Vidheaxastr. It shows the Goa in its right perspective right from early invasion of Homo sapiens to the pre colonial era the colonial era and the post colonial era. Truly Goans would have loved to revisit his presentation. It was a tremendous hardwork put in true and just put forth before the public in a nut shell .. What with satellite imagery from google earth and pictures notes all rolled in . But the power point presentation though announced by him to be for just twenty five minutes extended well beyond an University lecture ( he is familiar with ) and needed the moderator Dr Savia Veigas, an activist of Musuem Heritage a member of the Indias first State Knowledge Commission, who has returned to Goa after 25 years a native of Carmona Salcete Goa, to abruptly put an end to his unending discourse which hurt the ego of Dr Kamat and his usual arrogance was let loose on the organisors. The audience of course did not take kindly to his longish discourse, and cheered Dr Veigas. dr Veigas agreed with most of the presentation made by Dr Kamat but she felt that what is needed is that Identity culture should move into the villages. She herself had risen from humble beginnings having been a child of a sea-farer and learnt under the candle light. In her village the influence of tourism has alienated the villager. The village child was at the cross roads neither good in English nor his own mother tongue Konkani. She was profusely applauded for these observations. Just two questions did not merit much attention. Later Miguel Cotta of "Goencho Naad" fame and his family gave an unique musical traditional songs and mando treat to the audience. This was followed by a musical group led by Arch. Carlos da Veiga and a final song by Dr Francisco Colaco Cardiologist and family -- songs to the tunes of late Chris Perry. Mr Ramnath Shirodkar gave a solo musical rendtion in Konkani using the mouth organ. But the audience went into a musical frenzy tapping their feet clapping hands to strums and beat of songs by famed tiatrist composer singer of yester years, the 80 year old (9/9/1925) Mr Remedios Januario Colaco lovingly known as Remmie Colaco from the Novas Conquistas Sanvordem Goa; and another song from Dr Gopal V Naik widely known as Dr G V NAIK. Incidentally both Dr G V Naik and Mr Remmie are age old friends and know share a Doctor patient relationship. Their relics relate to a word of caution to Goans to unite to protect out Goan identity. Earlier Mr Edwin Pinto read the aims and objectives of Goenkaranchem Daiz ( membership Founder Member Rs.5000/- and Life Member Rs 1000/- forms were available at the venue. Dr Zahir Qazi an ex student of Goa Medical College in the early eighties a native of Ponda in Goa cherished his love for Goa and things Goan by narrating several incidents which embodies the Goan identity
Re: [Goanet] Re: Cardinal Dias Deplores Anti-Christian Films
--- Gabe Menezes wrote: > > > Madam, I am taken aback by your post but more > importantly by the lack of response by the defender > of faith...perhaps he has succumbed to your charms, > or is seriously courting you, for future moral > support reasons. Perhaps it is the writers he > has problems with and not the content. He takes > issue with certain posters: George, Santosh, > Mervyn, Jose and Gabe. It seems that content does > not matter, if presnted by the so called gentler > sex! > > --- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: > > Dear Gabe, > In life, one is bound to inadvertently insult > someone or the other with their thoughts, views or > writings. It's important to be loyal to your own > values, principles and agendas and then, let the > chips fall where they may. > Mario adds: > Since Gabe makes a habit of sneaky but transparent insinuations while avoiding mentioning the names of his targets - thereby fooling only himself - Goanetters need to know that he is referring to me in his comments above. > Apparently he is taken aback that I have not taken Elisabeth to task on a subject that he was holding his breath waiting for me to say something. > This is a debate between Elisabeth and Nasci that I have no comment on, to the great disappointmentof Gabe, who has anointed me - falsely as it turns out - a "defender of faith". Anyone who follows Goanet regularly would know that I have agreed and disagreed with both Elisabeth and Nasci, and we respectfully agree to disagree as civilised adults should. > Goanetters will be amused at the notion that I need to ask for moral support from anyone, after often seeing me single-handedly take on a whole cabal of attackers leading to the appearance of excessive posts, whereas these were individual responses on the same subject by a host of others. > Gabe is correct that I have a problem with a specific cabal of posters, whose names may or may not include those Gabe has mentioned. However, he is wrong about the content of their posts. It is their slant and tone as well as the content that often leads me to treat with the special respect they deserve. Gabe's comments above are an excellent example of the kind of slanted tone and content I am talking about. > _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
RE: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans
--- Cornel writes: > > > Jorge > > Thank you for demolishing the myth Mario created > regarding his surname > > contributing to the name of a village in Portugal. > Any Johnny- come-lately would know that Portuguese > sourced Goan surnames were a consequence of > > Portuguese sourced activity, including naming, in > Goa, and not the other way around. > --- Paulo Colaco Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This reminds me of a story of a Goan chap I met many > years ago here in London. He had just arrived in > London and was looking at the phone directory > (book) and came across several pages of Fernandes, > Souza, Silva, etc. At first I had not realised what > he was doing with the phone directory but then > he made the following remark: -"There are so many > Goans in London!!" > Mario observes: > Paulo, What Cornel's comments should have reminded you of was a person with absolutely no sense of humor or irony. > _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Please Identify this beautiful Garden
Please identify this Garden (Goa). You if don't know the name of the garden no problem but just say where it is located etc A Hint: This is NOT Margao Municipal Garden http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/141251657/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/141251657/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___ 24 FIFA World Cup tickets to be won with Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Re: The debate on non-reservations
--- Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Elisabeth, > The "job being reserved" I was alluding to is the > one of President. How would you explain to us here > that you accept being deprived, by law, from > becoming the President of the USA? > Mario observes: > This is a curious, if not peculiar standard coming from a Canadian resident, a country that pays obeisance to an old foreign lady, and no one outside her family can become Canadian head-of-state :-)) > _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] FN SOUZA: A MAVERICK PAINTER
A MAVERICK PAINTER KHUSHWANT SINGH The Telegraph - Calcutta Saturday, May 06, 2006 Painting by F.N. Souza, oil, 1987 "I was born in Goa in 1924. My grandmother and grandfather were both chronic drunkards." So begins a short autobiographical note appended at the end of Francis Newton Souza: Bridging Western and Indian Modern Art by Aziz Kurtha. He does not tell the reader more about himself. His father was a teetotaller who died early leaving behind a young widow, a daughter who died soon after himself and Newton. The mother moved to Bombay to earn a living as a typist and by stitching clothes. Newton learnt how to stitch his trousers' buttons. He had no training as an artist but he drew obscene pictures of nude women in school lavatories. His teachers spotted him because no other boy had the same gift of drawing as he. While still at school, Newton decided to become an artist despite his aversion to the smell and look of paint coming of a tube; it reminded him of slimy serpents. In 1949, he migrated to London. He had very little money. He was able to survive because of the bounty of people like the poet Stephen Spender and Harold Kovnen, who bought everything he painted and lent him money when he ran out of it. He does not tell us anything about the women in his life. Apparently, there were quite a few. There was his Goan wife, who ran a small art shop where she continued to sell her husband's pictures even after he divorced her. There was his mistress, Liselotte Kristian, who bore him three daughters without marrying him. >From the many paintings he made of her, it appears that she must have been the one real love of his life. In the book there is one of Lila, as he called her, in the nude when she was pregnant. It is in water colour and gouche. It is one of the most beautiful nudes that I have ever seen. He apparently refused to sell it. It is a masterpiece but its whereabouts are not divulged. Souza's paintings went through three different phases. To start with, his themes were Biblical: Madonna and Child, the Last Supper, Crucifixion, resurrection and so on, then he turned to Hindu iconography of South Indian bronzes and erotic sculptures of Khajuraho, Konarak and other temples. Women in these paintings become full bosomed, broad hipped, with large buttocks. He developed what can be best described as vulva-fixation, explicitly depicting women's private parts. An element of lust becomes manifest. During the period finally in Europe he was exposed to works of European as well as avante-garde painters: Cezanne, Titian, Courbet, Picasso, the Cubists and Dadaists. Souza combined all three in his most productive phase to become the pioneer of modern Indian art. M.F. Husain recognized him as his mentor. His paintings were bought by the Tate Gallery and Albert and Victoria museums. He had one-man exhibitions in London, Paris and New York. On one of his home visits he was taken ill in Bombay and died on March 28, 2002. He was 78. Aziz Kurtha is a solicitor practising in Abu Dhabi and London. He is as involved in fine arts as in law. Earlier, he published a collection of erotic drawings left by the calligrapher, Saadquain, who made his living making artistic versions of the ayats of the holy Quran. He was, at the same time, a hard drinker and shared Newton Souza's vulva obsession. With every two drawings, he appended a verse of Urdu poetry composed by himself in praise of women's pubic hair like an oasis amid sand dunes of flesh. Kurtha asked me to translate them into English - which I did. He invited Souza to Abu Dhabi, kept him as a house guest and arranged an exhibition for him. Souza did not find many buyers for his art. His paintings of village women is as, if not more powerful, than Amrita Shergill's. Kurtha has made amends by producing a lavishly illustrated coffee-tabler of the best of Newton Souza's paintings. It is a veritable feast for the eyes. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060506/asp/opinion/story_6186408.asp ~(^^)~ Avelino _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa's Night(driving)Mares!
Goa's Night(driving)Mares! By Valmiki Faleiro Time was when experienced drivers preferred night driving, esp. long distance. It was better -- and in ways, safer -- than by day. In an era when Indian cars and air-conditioning didn't coexist, night was pleasanter. Night permits sensing oncoming traffic ahead of curves (from headlamp beams), unlike day. Tyres don't heat as much as during day. Night driving today can truly be a nightmare. It can even be treacherous, hence best avoided. Incidence of drunken driving is undoubtedly higher during night. Overstretched commercial drivers dozing off at the wheel late night/early morning is becoming common. Worst of the lot is the *one-eyed jack.* While traffic police sleep and the rare night *nakabandi* overlooks, the tribe of one-eyed Jacks rules the road. Having one headlight dysfunctional is bad, having the driver's side one is disaster. A major tragedy I remember happened at the doorstep of Cuncolim, about 30 years ago. Some youths returning home on motorcycles from a night movie at Margao, mistook the single working headlight of the oncoming Karwar car for a two-wheeler. The crash left only mangled corpses. The latest was on NH-17 at Guirim, when a Ratnagiri registered truck mowed down a 34-year businessman from Mapusa, his wife and their 10-year son, Zahid. I saw a state-owned Kadamba Corporation bus zooming towards Panjim, ALL its driver-side lights out of order, days after the Guirim tragedy! If lack of essential lighting forms one end of the spectrum, all kinds of fancy spot/search lights, halogen bulbs and other dazzling accessories (which in fact are banned under the Motor Vehicle Rules 105-111) bring up the other end of Goa's ghastly nighttime rainbow. Night driving is as irritating as by day, for different reasons. Most motorists don't seem to know the basics of headlights use. That one must dip the beam for oncoming traffic, that one must not follow vehicles with full beam, that one must not flash headlights except to signal an oncoming driver to dip his beam or to indicate to the driver ahead one's intention to overtake. Our driving schools are obviously oblivious that full beam is never used on roads with street lighting. That in brightly lit metro roads, only parking lights are used. That parking lights must be left on when parking in dark or dimly lit areas. That fog lamps have no use whatsoever in largely fogless Goa. That the continuously flashing *Distress Lights* must be pushed only when in real distress, like brake failure, to caution other road users -- not when one is in some cheery mood to distress others! A Portuguese time rule had the upper one-third of headlight lenses painted black. An IPS officer not long ago had mooted the idea of getting corporates and car companies sponsor black stickers for car lenses. But my knowledgeable friend, Antonio Pinto of Benaulim, disputes its efficacy in reducing full beam dazzle. We have the farce of *Pollution-under-Control* annual certification, none such for headlights -- when most auto dealers have computerized headlight calibration facilities, seldom used! There are ways of coping. Drivers look directly INTO oncoming headlights and get themselves momentarily blinded. Ignore oncoming beams, concentrate on your side of the road, keeping a general sense of oncoming traffic movement. Never outdrive the reach of your headlight beam, upper or dipped, esp. on unfamiliar roads ... surprises may have been left behind by our 101+ road *digging specialist* agencies. On ghats, flash headlights at blind turns. If you don't have fog lamps in a fog, dip the lights -- full beam will only dazzle you! (Wish Goa was forever under nighttime fog!) Be particularly wary of cyclists: they neither have the colonial dynamo- charged headlamp (an impracticable idea today, when ramshackle cycles without expensive dynamos get lifted!) nor the inexpensive rear reflector. Why, even bullock carts are by law mandated to hang a lantern from the undercarriage. Sadly, Goa's bullock cart, like the *carreira* and *caminhao* of yore, is extinct, even if the *gadekars* took away the carts and forgot the bulls and buffaloes to patrol Goa's highways by night :-) TAILPIECE: Together with some friends, I almost became history a long time ago. We were on NH-4, past dusk, returning by car from Kolhapur to Belgaum. Aleixo Sequeira (yes, the ex-Industries Minister and current MLA), our expert, was at the wheel. On a straight stretch by a *beedi* factory just before the Nipani hill, a bullock cart came into our headlight view, proceeding in the same direction. The cart, obviously, didn't carry an undercarriage lantern. A truck was speeding from the other end. At about 80 kms/hour, Aleixo decided he had space to overtake the cart before the truck could kiss us. He shifted gears and began to overtake. Just then, we horrifyingly realized that it was not a lone cart, but an entire car
