*** Goanet News Bytes * May 13, 2006 * Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded in e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ 1994 by 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Herman 88_88 | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 Carneiro / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 Cb 88_-~ 88_-888 888 888 88___/ 88_/ Y http://www.goanet.org * Building social capital. --- GOANET NEWS HEADLINES * MAY 13, 2006 * DATELINE GOA FRONT PAGES * Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion: Willy. (NT) * Dabolim expansion okayed. (Herald) * Goa government vows to upgrade healthcare facilities. (NT) * As usual, girls outsmart boys at HSSC exams. Over 76% pass. (GT) * 8469 students pass HSSC (Std XII) exams in Goa. (NT) * Shacks banned on Morjim and Galjibag beaches. (NT) * When will travelling by KTC buses be a pleasure ride? (GT) * Shun Da Vinci Code: Archbiship Ferrao. (H) * CRZ violations come under scanner. (H) * Canacona community health centre upgraded by GSIDC. (Advt) INSIDE PAGES * Stop registering sale deeds of foreigners: Nationalist YC. (H) * Cuncolim resident, Marconi Rodrigues, remanded on rape charge.(H) * Tussle over garbage disposal takes new turn in Bardez. (NT) * Desilting work of Ponda nullah yet to begin. (NT) * BJP leaders pay tribute to Mahajan at Margao meet. (NT) * Quepem councillor demands appointment of accountant. (NT) * IMA's Mormugao branch forms new committee. (NT) * Seminar on 'careers in travel, tourism' held. (NT) * Workshop for diabetic patients on May 20 at Kamakshi Arogyadham.NT * Booth presidents backbone of Congress, says Vishnu Vagh at Curtorim. * Nelly Rodrigues represents Goa at Mahila Shakti inaugural. (NT) * Fisheries training course at Old Goa. (NT) * Two IAS officers to arrive in Goa today to take charge. (NT) * Co-optation of two members into Panjim corporation a fraud: NCP. * Rane greets Sonia Gandhi on Rae Bareli win. (H) * Davorlim locals to enjoy LPG home delivery. (H) * Fruit fest provides platform to Konkan fruits. (H) * National award for Goan acupuncturist Dr M B Prabhu. (H) * Rane tells nurses to develop better rappport with patients. (GT) * Trained nurses will get jobs: Narvekar. (H) * Foundation stone for nursing institute laid at Bambolim. (H) * CM disburses Rs 2.35 crores to ten educational institutions. (GT) * Governor Jamir inaugurates 'Grape Escape'. (GT) * Shirodkar asks mahila mandals to take benefit of RDA schemes. (GT) * Pernem fire station -- modest but efficient. (GT) * Bandhara without water at Gaondongirim-Canacona, money down drain? GT * 40 families affected due to four-lane road: panel. (GT) * Pre-monsoon work in canacona begins. (GT) * Illegal mine ore dumping in Curchorem: residents want quick action.GT * Goa wisening up to children's rights. (GT) * Focus on: Assagao parish church. (GT) SPORTS * Boardsailing National Championships underway at Dona Paula (Hawaii). * Paes and Bhupathi beaten in Rome Masters. (UNI) * Dempo Cricket Club in Tiswadi GCA semis. (NT) * Indian Airlines pip Indian Oil 2-1 at Don Bosco exhibition hockey.(NT) * PY Nyvem beats Margao SC in Areal Villagers Cup. (NT) * Sangolda Lightning defeats AA de Moira 301 in Sanquelim soccer. (NT) * Goa Velha SC enters quarters of Sousa Memorial Soccer, Baga. (NT) * Arpora Sporting down Candolim SC in Lakhanpal Novino Gold. (NT) * Morjim SC gets walkover over Quitula SC, GFA's under 14. (NT) * Benny XI Mapusa edges out Saligao SC 7-5 at Saligao. (NT) * Goa starts favourites in Federation Cup baseball. (NT) * Taleigao Chess School to hold all-Goa under-7 tourney.(NT) DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES * Caetano Roque Fernandes of MUNGUL, MARGAO * Socorro D'Costa of Unchobhatt, MACASANA b 1964 * Martinha Jorge e Afonso of CHICALIM * Bento Xaiver F Rodrigues ex-BKME-KUWAIT and of Consua VERNA b 1931. * 12th day remembrance of Dattaram Krishna Gawas, Shiroda, KERI SATTARI * First death anniversary of Salvador Agustino Fernandes of Bollo CANACONA * Month's mind of Jose (Pipin) Milagres D'Costa of VADDEM in Sanguem born 1978 * FROM THE AD WORLD MasalaWorld, London's leading Indian restaurant company, requires an outstanding cook in Goan cuisine commis/CDP for its Chutney Mary Restaurant. Good salary, career prospects and bachelor accomodation provided. Among the world's best restaurants for real Indian food, style and
*** MEDIA: Goa... the size of an Indian district... but with a torrent of 300 journals in 140 years
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961 By Henry Scholberg, Former Director, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minneasota Journals are like pastries: we must eat them as soon as they come out of the oven. -- A nineteenth century Goan saying. INTRODUCTION: Goa is an area of the approximate size of an Indian district, and out of Goa came a torrent of well over 300 journals in the course of 140 years. In this paper, the terms 'Goa' and 'Portuguese India' will often be used interchangeably. The purview of this paper is * Geographically, the territory known in history as Portuguese India, and * Chronologically, from 1821 when Goa's first journal was published, until 1961 when Goa ceased to be Portuguese India. However, journalist publishing by and for Goans was not confined to the area known as Portuguese India, but should include Bombay, which over the years has caught the brunt of the Goan diaspora. And the world did not end in 1961. Journalism today is as alive, well and thriving as it was in the area when it was Portuguese India. Goa has bragging rights for bringing the first printing press to India in 1557, but Hickey's Gazette in Calcutta in 1780 was India's first periodical. Goa did not bring one out until 1821. Joao Nicolau de Fonseca in his history of Goa explains the reason for this delay: From a document bearing the date 1754, it appears that the Home Government was averse to the establishment of printing-presses in the territory of Goa, either by the local Government or by private individuals, and that accordingly, instructions were issued to the then viceroy, the Count of Alva, recommending the adoption of stringent measures in the matter. For nearly a century, this narrow-minded policy was rigidly followed, regardless of the inhabitants of the settlement, and it was only in 1821, the same year in which the constitutional system of Government was introduced, that a government press was established for the first time.[1] Since then, Portuguese India produced approximately 340 serial titles. This includes newspapers, magazines, government publications, and annual reports of companies and social organisations. Many of these periodicals are dying a slow death in the Central Library of Panjim, due to the humid climate of monsoonal India. Many are utterly lost and their existence is known only because their titles appear on someone's list. A number of these periodicals were exceedingly short-lived. At least two of them produced only one known issue. Many of them lasted a year or less. In his 'Subsidios para a Historia do Jornalismo na Provincias Ultramarinas Portuguesas', Brito Aranha, writing in 1885 reported that: The development of the press in the Portuguese colonies began around the year 1829 There was an epoch of resistance in the Homeric period of their definitive establishment of constitutional government in 1834. After that it continued with some intermittence in making itself remarkable available all in Portuguese India, in Macau and in Angola, the vast regions where the power and prestige of the Portuguese had to maintain themselves in their energy and their luster. In the space of fifteen years, we have counted 150 journals of which 70 pertain to Portuguese India, 15 to British India (Bombay), 40 to the four provinces of Portuguese Africa (19 in Angola) and 24 in Macau and in the British Asiatic possessions where there are Portuguese families.[2] The fact of the longevity, or lack thereof, of these journals begs the question: Porque? A number of reasons might be given: bad journalistic management, censorship, lack of advertising support, or, simply, the lack of readership. But the real cause for the downfall of numerous journalistic attempts during the nineteenth century may have been the poor economy of Portuguese India. On the economic front, writes Sarto Esteves in his 'Goa and Its Future', the Portuguese rule in Goa is a record of complete disinterestedness if not dismal failure. There is no serious attempt to industralize the place or even to encourage and help people to exploit its natural resources. Iron and managanese ores which were discovered as early as 1905 would have been sufficient to radically transform the economic face of Goa. [3] A significant indicator of
[Goanet] 5th Konkani one act play competition 2006 results in Kuwait
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- United Club of Utorda's 5th Konkani one act play competition 2006 It has been an enchanting evening to witness four budding Konkani writers and directors with their selected talented artistes from the ever enthusiastic lot presently residing in Kuwait. Here are the RESULTS: Best Director: Joe Fereira - Bharat Best writer: Ignatius de Xelvon - Ho Pordes Best stage setting: Bharat Best Actress: Gracy Morais - Bharat Best Actor: Ignatius de Xelvon - Ho Pordes Best character actress: Sobha - Bharat COMPETITION PRIZE WINNERS: 1st Prize - Bharat by Joe Fereira 2nd Prize - Nivar Amkam by Felix de Merces 3rd Prize - Ho Pordesh by Ignatius de Xelvon 4th Prize - Mujim Panch Bottam by Salu de Betalbatim Singers that entertained throughout the evening in-between the plays were: Seby Mascarenhas Ami Utoddddekar Bab Elrich Miranda Hanv Miguel Rod Nelson Lawrie M. Tagddecho Kantto Marcus Querobina Nalla Jacinto Noronha - Kobro Bab Agnel - Ghattkeaponn Sylvester Barreto - Dhorm Kristanvancho Zoro - Mogachi Kanni Tony de Pomburpa - Duens Nelson - Xikop Michael Alex- Onupkari Put Sylvester Vaz - Egyptan Ghoddtta Thelma DSouza - Kuwaitcho Novro Braz de Parra - Ankvarponn Michael DSilva - Monxak xanti na Marcus Vaz - Padricho Sermanv Comedian Philip - Chivlele Polle. Music provided by SHAHU ALMEIDA. Laughter pills by: Comedian Philip and Mario de Majorda. Chief guest: VITORINO PEREIRA. Guest of honour: BLANDINO VIEGAS. The organizers, United Club of Utorda-Kuwait, deserves all praise for encouraging the talented and budding artistes residing in Kuwait. Congratulations to all the participating artistes, singers and the prize winners. Scores of individuals were contributed generously towards the organizing of the events were duely acknowledged. Event photographer: Simon Dias. Stage and curtains by: SPA (Santana Piedade Afonso). The show was compered by Lino B Dourado (of Aitaracheo Kaskuleo fame) and Richard Socorro Rodrigues of United Club of Utorda. More details to follow. Report by: http://www.goa-world.com team Time: 9:45 p.m. Friday - May 12, 2006 Reporting live from the Hawalli A.C. Auditorium. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] The hand that rocks the cradle...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- The hand that rocks the cradle... By Selma Cardoso Now and then, reflected in my daughter's eyes, is my own face wearing a look I recall vividly. That of my mother. Not the look of reproach she wore in my childhood or the look of desperation she wore during my adolescence, but the look she had on at other occasions. Like on Communion Day or Report Card Day or the day I got married. The look that said, I'm so proud to be your mother. It's true that we can bear children even in our forties but perhaps there is a reason why nature programmed us to have them early on. So that we grow up and know our mothers as adults. As human beings rather than as parents. My own mother and I were sworn enemies during my adolescence. Daily battles erupted spontaneously over curfew times, hemlines and my absolute unwillingness to assume any responsibility around the house. My poor father tried to meekly adjudicate, caught in-between two powerhouses of stubbornness. It was only by my early twenties that the fog of discord began to dissipate. We bonded over bad bosses and the misery they brought. And then there were bad relationships to wade through and to survive through. Many a times, in the still of the night, when my daughter turns to me and clings for warmth, I remember the warm folds of another embrace, that of my mother. How I had clung to her through the myriad disappointments life brought. And how she had clung back, giving me hope, infusing me with courage and the will to go on. Many a times, when I am guiding my daughter through her first steps, I am reminded of yet another mother, who sat through countless math's lessons. Who paid for piano lessons. Who devised formulas to make learning easy for me. Who made the decision to send me to the best school her money could buy. Who taught me lessons of life which endure to this day. As I look at my daughter, I realize that she is the sum total of all the women that came before her. Strong women. Strong Goan women. Women who asserted their independence even though so little was yielded to them. Women whose backs hunched low from ploughing paddy fields during the day, whose hands became coarse from drawing well-water and whose voices sung soft lullabies into the dark of night, as they cradled their sons and daughters to sleep and dreamed of better days to come. From their wombs sprung another generation of women. Women who walked from villages to schools far away. Women who saw the dawn of independence, who went to Bombay for further education, who accompanied husbands to work in the barren deserts of the Gulf, or waited for the fathers of their children to return from ships that sailed to faraway lands. So that their children may live in hope of better days to come. This Mother's Day, as I dance with my daughter and sing softly in her tiny ears, I drink a glass of wine to my mother. To all mothers. You are the giver of life, the creator of hope, the keeper of secrets, the nourisher of dreams. You are the torch-bearer who passes on all that is good from one generation to another. You are life itself. (ENDS) == The above article appeared in the May 14, 2006 edition of the Herald, Goa _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] EAST TIMOR
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Hi, All! Perhaps some of you will be interested in reading the letter that follows. Regards! Martinho - Original Message - From: Anthony and Nolette de Souza To: Editor, Canberra Times Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:35 PM Subject: EAST TIMOR Dear Sir, EAST TIMOR Sending HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Manoora close to the oil-rich Timor Sea is tantamount to gunboat diplomacy. Timor Leste is Asia's poorest ministate but it is also the only predominantly Catholic nation with a Muslim Prime Minister -- proof that Catholis are generally friendly to, and tolerant towards, people be they Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Protestants or others belonging to various religious denominations. This quality of tolerance had been inculated during more than 450 years' of benevolent Portuguese administration. Also, the Catholic Church was instrumental in creating a broadminded national identity. Timor Leste is a fledging state which should not be bullied by any country like Australia or Indonesia which are bigger and richer than she is. The David/Goliath relationship failed before and it should not be a situation repeated by any other country, however wealthy or powerful it may be when compared to tiny Timor. The only country which can back Timor's sovereignity is Portugal. The only body which can protect Timor is the United Nations Organization. Yours truly, Martinho de Souza 14 Chuculba Crescent Giralang ACT 2617 Australia * It may interest some of you to know that one of the Governors in Timor had been a Goan. **There are Goans who have settled in Timor Leste. Their number would have been higher if they had not fled to Portugal when Indonesia attacked and occupied Timor este -- just as Goa has been occupied by India since 1961.. *** The Timorese number just 1,000,000 but, unlike some Goans, they are united in their love for, and loyalty to, their country. Portuguese is the official language of Timor Leste. Other aspects of Portuguese culture, for example, folkmusic, folkdancing, singing, architecture, etc., are promoted in Free Timor. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 14, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Property norms in Goa tightened (rediff.com) If you plan to buy or rent a property in Goa, be ready to provide your personal details to the local police station. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/10goa.htm *** Chidi, Bibiano likely for EB (The Telegraph) Chidi Edeh and Bibiano Fernandes of Sporting Clube de Goa are set to play for East Bengal in the next season. A senior club official on Friday said that negotiations are on with a number of players, including the Sporting duo. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060513/asp/sports/story_6217113.asp *** Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion: Willy (Navhind Times) New Delhi, May 12: In a bid to expand capacity of Goas Dabolim airport, the Indian navy has agreed to provide nine acres of land for enhancing parking bays and constructing parallel taxiways there. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051323 *** Goa proves a holiday destination for AIFF match commissioners (Navhind Times) Margao, May 12: In a strange development, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) deputed a match commissioner and an additional referees inspector for the on-going Goa-leg of the ONGC Cup 10th National Football League at Nehru stadium, Fatorda, here. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051340 *** P J Thomas tops windsurfing Nats (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 13: P J Thomas of Army Yachting Node (AYN) won a cliff-hanger contest at the Boardsailing National Championship at Dolphin Adventure Sports Centre, Hawaii beach, Dona Paula, clawing ahead by just two points to displace the seven-time winner Remy Fernandes of Goa Yachting Association (GYA). Ghanashyam of AYN came third. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051429 *** Regional Plan expresses concern over fragile eco-system of Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 11: The Revised Regional Plan-2011 for Goa, recently approved by the Town and Country Planning Board states that the already fragile eco-system of the region could deteriorate further, if no preventive measure are taken immediately. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051225 *** Shivalkar goal for Air India sinks Salgaocar (Outlook India) Ebullient frontliner Paresh Shivalkar showed splendid positional sense to find the target and help local outfit Air India sink Goa's Salgaocar Sports Club 1-0 in the National Football League match here today. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=384619 *** Tata-Huawei joint bid for Goa broadband (Asia Times) MUMBAI - Tata group IT and telecom companies including Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services have joined hands with Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies to bid for the Rs 10 billion (US$222.7 million) broadband initiative of the Goa government. http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE12Df03.html *** Tata group seeks to bid for Goa wide area network (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) MUMBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Indian telecommunications firm Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd. plans to bid for a government-sponsored wide area network project in the western state of Goa, a senior official said on Wednesday. http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060510/3/2kci5.html *** Goa seeks Dabolim airport revamp (Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Goa government Friday discussed with the central government and defence ministry ways to upgrade its Dabolim airport in view of high inflow of traffic into the state. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060512/43/647dz.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] John Mill and Conservatism-a Perspective withoutSmileys.........
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Mario It is not correct that Mr Galambos is using the dictionary version of the word conservative, which he should know has been turned on its head in the USA by modern political usage as you say. What you are referrinng to is pseudo contemporary revisionist usage which is working hard to make American globalised capitalism palatable to a highly skeptical, but informed and knowledgeable world audience. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] John Mill and Conservatism-a Perspective withoutSmileys. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conservatism is not Capitalism by Andrew J. Galambos Conservation is the tendency to preserve what is established. Capitalism is that societal structure whose mechanism is capable of protecting all forms of private property completely. The current confusion between conservatism and capitalism is not only nearly universal, but it is also a great danger to the development of a free capitalist civilization. Mario observes: Mr. Galambos is adding to the confusion by using the dictionary version of the word conservative, which he should know has been turned on it's head in the US by modern political usage. Similarly classic liberalism is about as far removed from modern political liberalism as one can get. _ 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] Souza gets top bidding in Saffronart auction
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Souza gets top bidding in Saffronart auction Indo-Asian News Service Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) The Saffronart May online auction featured 150 works by 41 Indian artists and raked a total sales value of $12.9 million with F.N. Souza the top selling artist with his Landscape in Orange going for a hefty $687,500. Besides, Souza, the top five bids belonged to Tyeb Mehta, S.H. Raza, Akbar Padamsee and M.F. Husain. The auction on Wednesday and Thursday of modern Indian artworks is the 13th in the series to take place on www.saffronart.com. Souza's most integral work in the auction was his coveted Landscape in Orange, an erudite oil on canvas estimated at $250,000-300,000 that went for $687,500, absolutely way over the top estimate. Souza's landscape in moody vermilion Untitled Pink City, an oil on board estimated at $170,000-225,000, went for a steep $313,500. What sure set the paddles of the bidders rising was Souza's The Priest that finally came down for $357,500. Million master Tyeb Mehta's Situation, a differential composition that actually set you thinking about his early years, an oil on board estimated at $581,400-697,700 scaled a powerful $621,610. The work wasn't of the same merit as his Mahishasura or Kali series, said a bidder who wished to remain anonymous. Among the 13 works by M.F. Husain, his 1960 oil on canvas Holi, estimated at $300,000-350,000 went for $616,000, which seemed something to crow about. Husain's most emblematic work from his music series of the 1980s with the singer in a blue-fringed white sari and a tanpura went for a high of $254,210. His 1961 oil on canvas went for an appreciable $249,700 from an estimate of $140,000-180,000. Husain's Untitled image of a Brahmin from playwright Vijay Tendulker's Ghasiram Kotwal series, a work that captures the spirit and ethos of street drama that has fascinated the artist than six decades, went for a handsome $230,232. It was estimated at $209,300-232,600. There were 14 works up for the auction by abstract master Syed Haider Raza. His blue toned Jalasaya estimated at $100,000-150,000 finally went for $200,750. Raza's Village, estimated at $80,000-90,000 scaled to a high peak of $216,150. The most powerful however was his La Terre, a work of 1984 that was estimated at a hefty $225,000-275,000,and finally peaked at $335,500. Flora Fountain in Monsoon of 1945, a gouache and watercolour on paper pasted on board and estimated at $30,000-35,000, did not do so well at $68,750. Then, there was Contre Jour of 1962, an oil on canvas estimated at $100,000-150,000, which went for $266,750. Progressive artist Ram Kumar's recent landscapes Untitled, a sombre-hued work done in 1989 went for an admirable $$335,775, while his 2001 landscape which was estimated at $80,000-90,000 went for $165,000. His landscape done in 2002, however, estimated at $93,050-116,300 went for $182,075. Other than that, there was Akbar Padamsee's untitled metascape estimated at $350,000-450,000 that went for a fabulous $616,000. A rare single was J. Swaminthan's Untitled oil on canvas estimated at $174,500-197,700, which finally went for $$208,560. From the Bengal school was Jogen Chowdhury's Situation X, an oil on canvas estimated at $81,400-93,050 that saw a happy high of $338,059. His second work, Man In Bed, went for a high of $110,000. Doyen of Shantiniketan, K.G. Subramanyan's oil on board Head 2 fetched a whopping $40,086. His acrylics also fetched a wonderful $108,900 and $25,850, respectively. Paritosh Sen's Gujarati Woman at the Spinning Wheel got a stupendous winning bid of $61,294, while his second work of a woman playing the esraj also got a good price of $20,460. From Delhi, there was Rameshwar Broota's early work Reconstruction. This was an oil on canvas estimated at $80,000-90,000 that got $199,650. Anjolie Ela Menon's early oil of 1975 went for $101,475 while her second work done in 1974 went for $71,948. Last year at its May auction, Saffronart swung sales of $3.7 million. This equalled the record touched by Christie's for Indian contemporary art at its March 2005 sale. This year it raked in $12.9 million. But is an auction only about selling? Saffronart falls woefully short of completing the auction result criteria. Compared to Christies and Sotheby's, Saffronart seem somewhat lackadaisical. All writers and critics have to go to Saffronart websites and collate information, which becomes tedious and tiring.
[Goanet] Goa's Wailing Mothers...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa's Wailing Mothers... By Valmiki Faleiro Many a Goan mother will today wail for her departed teenaged son. She had borne the pangs of motherhood, nursed the infant to a toddler, tended him into childhood, sacrificed to give him the best home and formal education, watched him grow into late teens or a young adult -- when suddenly, a cruel quirk of destiny snatched him away. Horribly, in a macabre motorcycle mishap. Only a mother can suffer such pangs multiple times every year ... on his death anniversary, on his birthday, on his graduation day, on Mother's Day. To mothers, I dedicate the saddest piece of this series. Expired under tragic circumstances is already a trite Goan idiom in newspaper death notices. It invariably implies that the (invariably) young life was lost in (invariably) a road accident -- and (invariably) riding a two- wheeler. The frequency of such obits turned idiom to cliché. It's the most tragic irony of Goa's road scene. Riding a bike is tougher than driving a car. I've done both. Riding takes far more skills than driving ... and far less rashness to snuff out one's soul on the road. Besides doing all that a 4-or-more wheel driver does, a rider must reckon with Newton's law of gravity and maintain balance. He will fall from steering jerkily, unlike a car, and skid more easily on slippery roads. He is unprotected by side crash bars, air bags and anti-skid brakes. He is the most vulnerable of all motorized road users. In today's traffic, he ought to have been the most careful of them. Of the 952 road accidents reported in the 1st quarter of this year (an average of 10.58 accidents per day) Transport Minister Pandurang Madkaikar, in an interview to *Herald* this week, admitted that 75% accidents involved riders (more-than-not also the cause.) Of the 82 fatalities, two-wheelers account for precisely 41. More riders die on Goa's roads than all other vehicle categories combined. Now a confirmed trend. Goa's most susceptible road user is NOT the most cautious one. Road rashness is highest among riders. Speeding, weaving through traffic, overtaking from any side, piercing thoroughfares without as much as a look either side, riding bang on the median (with other innovative ideas of road hogging like two or more riding abreast), stopping without indication in midst of moving traffic and live displays of acrobatic skills-on-wheels. Our kamikaze riders have turned the *tragic circumstance* idiom trite. The stereotype may not chew gum, sport an earring or two, tattoos by the dozen, tattered jeans or even a ponytail that puts a Brahmin's *shendi* to shame. They need not necessarily regard themselves more macho than the devil himself, or ride bikes with silencer mufflers loosened, revving the accelerator and handing you looks that pierce like an argon flame. Their doting parents need not be in the Gulf, or be unaffectedly blissful of Goa's road realities. The tribe exists, but is not the majority. The majority of riders dying, as we know, are below age 40. That is the crux. No formal training exists for bike learners in Goa, zilch literature. (In the *Herald* interview, Madkaikar promised getting guidelines ready in three months. Do that, *Mantri-ji*, but do things even more effective in the short- term: e.g. mandate 2-wheeler licence holders below age 40 to undergo the one- day course developed by ex-Factories Boilers Inspector, C.V. Dhume, before their next licence renewal.) Driving tests are a *No.8, no-foot-down* joke. As UK-returned Dr. Pascal Pinto of Panjim said, This has produced a whole population of riders who feel it is OK to weave, swerve and come under the wheels of a Kadamba as long as one does not place one's foot down. Speed, as John Eric Gomes of Porvorim put it, has become the new mantra. Goans are so dismissive of slower bikes that manufacturers no longer market gearless mopeds below 50 cc (even if these are being sold in the rest of India, as a trade friend reveals.) While mopeds are history, the generic *scooty* -- a hybrid between a moped and a geared scooter -- rules the Goan market. And scootys in the range of 100-110 cc ... until recently, an industry standard only for geared motorcycles ... are the rage. Oh, mother! TAILPIECE: A woman who must be a mother, Arlette Azavedo, recently posted an analytical piece on Goanet, the cyber forum. I will quote just one (abridged)
[Goanet] Re: European Union To Honour Goan Priest With CommemorativePost Card
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- 1. What is the reason why anybody should feel shy to make publicly known on this forum that the commemorative postcard to honour Abbe Faria is going to be issued by Portugal (instead of attributing this gesture to the European Union)? There is not going to be a European postcard but a Portuguese postcard. Dom Martin approached the postal administrations of three countries directly associated with the Abbe: of Portugal, of France and of India. The Portuguese Postal Administration was the only one, of the three, to respond favourably, even though Dom's approach was made after the 2006 programme of postal issues had already been approved for execution. The issue of the Abbe Faria commemorative postcard on the 31st of this month has therefore to be taken as being made extra-programme and as a special gesture to honour the great scientist who, during his lifetime, brought glory not only to France where he developed and practiced his theory on hypnotism but also to Portugal, the country of which he was a citizen, and to his native land of Goa. - Dom is, I understand, hopeful that the Indian and French Postal Administrations will give due consideration to his request (supported by a number of signatures) in 2007. 2. Abbe Faria (Jose Custodio de Faria) was not born in 1755 but in 1756. He was not born in his father's village of Colvale but at his mother's ancestral home in Candolim. And, contrary to what the reader may be inclined to infer from Bosco Eremita's paragraph «Faria was born ... to a priest and a nun (parents separated after birth)», the truth is that some years after Jose Custodio's birth his parents decided - with the blessings of the Church - to separate and, while the father took up priesthood, the mother joined the Santa Monica Convent in Old Goa, of which she eventually became the Prioress. 3. As Dom informed me, following a request made to him by a responsible person from the Portuguese Postal Administration, he succeeded in obtaining from Prof. Isabel Santa Rita Vaz and Mr. Cecil Pinto high resolution photographs of the Abbe's monument in Panjim, and it is this monument that will be featured on the commemorative postcard. Jorge - Original Message - From: Goanet News European Union To Honour Goan Priest With Commemorative Post Card By Bosco de Sousa Eremita PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- The European Union is honouring a pioneering Goan Catholic priest scientist on the occasion of his 250 birth anniversary with a commemorative post card scheduled to be issued on 31 May, according to media reports here. The priest Jose Custodio de Faria alias Abbe Faria (1755 -1819) is the second Goan accorded the distinction after Portugal commemorated Blessed Joseph Vaz with a postal stamp on the occasion of his 300th birth anniversary Faria was a hypnotist, revolutionary, professor and scientist. He participated in the French Revolution and in the first revolt in India against any colonial power, after the Portuguese in Goa (1510-1961) disallowed local priests from becoming bishops. Faria was born on 31 May at Colvale, 15 kilometers north of the state capital Panaji, to a priest and a nun (parents separated after birth), but eventually ended becoming a priest himself. According to the report, initially the commemorative stamp proposal initiated by Dom Martins, a Goan artiste based in USA, was to honour the priest with a commemorative stamp, but after the world-wide internet petition signed by admirers of Fairia to the Stamp Advisory Committee of one of the European Countries crossed the deadline for submission of stamp proposals, the authorities assured to release a commemorative postcard instead. Ironically, a statue of Faria lies installed in the city's main thoroughfare since 28 September 1945, but until last year following an initative by some Faria fans not many citizens were aware of the personality. Faria put forth the theory of hypnotism and played a pivotal role in the French Revolution. The statue depicts Faria hypnotizing a woman lying at his feet, evidently an effort by the sculptor at enacting the rage at Rua de Clichy, France, when he started hypnotic classes in 1813, much sought after by aristocratic women seeking new sensations to entertain themselves. At the classes, Abbe Faria carried out practical demonstrations on audience, after explaining that hypnotic sleep did not depend on him (the
[Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961 By Henry Scholberg, Former Director, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minneasota I wish to point out that there was another Konkani weekly newspaper published by Don Bosco School- Pangim, by the name of AITARACHEM VASOP. (Sunday's Reading) Sorry for the wrong spelling of Vasop. Regards J. de Souza _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] LESSONS IN LOGIC
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Folks here is something I came across, and I'd like to share it with everyone, its quite interesting. Lessons in Logic If your father is a poor man, it is your fate but, if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your stupidity. * I was born intelligent - education ruined me. * Practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect.. so why practice? * If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? * Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak. * How come abbreviated is such a long word? * Money is not everything. There's MasterCard Visa. * Behind every successful man, there is a woman And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two. * Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. * The wise never marry. and when they marry they become otherwise. * Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives. * Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today. * Your future depends on your dreams So go to sleep. * There should be a better way to start a day, Than waking up every morning. * Hard work never killed anybody But why take the risk * Work fascinates me I can look at it for hours * God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends. * The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget The more you forget, the less you know So.. why learn. * A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station what more can I say * Best wishes to everyone. Sanny Vaz - Kuwait. Sanny De Quepem. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Homecoming
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- A M O T H E R'sC A L L ( B o m b a y t o G O A b y s e a) T h e f a r e w e l l' s d o n e, t h e s h i p' s b e g u n I t s h o m e w a r d t r a i l i n b l a z i n gs u n H u g g i n g c l o s e l y t h e c o n t o u r o f t h e l a n d N o t f a r f r o m t h e e n d l e s s m i l e s o f s a n d. M o t l e y t h e c r o w d o f t r a v 'l e r s a b o a r d E a c h o n e p a y i n g w h a t h e c a n a f f o r d' U n d e r g o i n g g r e a t t r a v a i l t o q u e n c h a t h i r s t D e e p f e l t y e a r n i n g f o r t h e l a n d o f b i r t h. B l u e t h e s k y n o m a t t e r w h e r e y o u v i e w T h e o c e a n p r e s e n t s v a r i e d s h a d e s of hue P l a c i d g u l l s o f f e r t h e o n l y c o m p a n y R a i s i n g o n e 's t h o u g h t s t o t h e A l m i g h t y. P a s t h i l l s r e s t i n g t i r e d f e e t i n t h e s e a And b e a c h e s w h i t e a s f a r a s e y e c a n s e e T h e h o u r s s p e e d m o n o t o n o u s l y u n t i l S l o w l y d u s k d e s c e n d s a n d a l l i s s t i l l. L o n e a t o p t h e t a b l e l a n d s e n t i n e l s s t a n d G h o s t w h i t e a g a i n s t t h e p i t c h d a r k o f t h e l a n d F l a s h i n g f i t f u l t h e i r g u i d i n g l i g h t T o t h e s e a f a r e r s l o s t i n t h e n i g h t. T h r o u g h t h e w i l l o w y w a v e s t h e s h i p f u r r o w s C u t t i n g p a t t e r n s o f m a g i c i n t h e b i l l o w s, W h e n l o ! !i s o l a t e d s t r a i n s o f p l a i n t i v e m e l o d y D r i f t f r o m d e c k s b e l o w i n d i s s o n a n t h a r m o n y. S o o n m o r e v o i c e s s w e l l t h e s e e m i n g l a m e n t S i n g i n g l u s t y t h e i r p e r e n n i a l t o r m e n t P e r f o r c e t o l i v e f a r f r o m t h e i r n a t i v e h o m e 'Mong u n w e l c o m e c l i m e s a n d f o l k s t o r o a m N o w t h e r e 's n o s t i r b u t m e a s u r e d s i g n s o f b r e a t h 'Cos g e n t l e S l e e p, t w i n s i s t e r o f D e a t h H a s e n v e l o p e d a l l i n i t s d r o w s y e m b r a c e, C a r r y i n g t h e m i n t o f a n c y r e a l m s o f s p a c e . E a r l y m o r n u s h e r s i n t h e s t r i n g o f f o r t s B a s t i o n s b u i l t 'c o n q ui s t a d o r e s ' t o s u p p o r t M a j e s t i c l a n d m a r k s d e f y i n g u n s p a r i n g T i m e O f t e n r e m i n e s c e n t o f f e a t s s u b l i m e. U p a n d d o w n t h e e s t u a r y f l o w A n c i e n t, d i g n i f i e d 'p a t m a r i s' s l o w C r o s s i n g u g l y p o l l u t i n g b a r g e s, T h a t d r a i n t h e l a n d o f i t s r i c h e s M o v i n g i n l a n d o n e a n d a l l d e a r l y g a z e A t t h e e n c h a n t i n g v i s t a s t h a t d a z e: R u s t i c c a l m, v e r d a n t p a l m, p e a c e d i v i n e T h a t a l l a b o a r d s o d e e p l y e n s h r i n e T h e s h i p 's n o m o r e t h a n a b r a c e f r o m s h o r e M e n a n d a n i m a l s a r e s p e c k s n o m o r e F a c e s o n d e c k a r e a g l o w a t t h e t h o u g h t O f s t e p p i n g o n s o i l s o l o n g i n g l y s o u g h t W e h a v e d o c k e d; t h e j o u r n e y ' s d o n e C r e w m e n b u s t l e r e a d y i n g f o r t h e n e x t r u n. S w i f t l y a l l d e p a r t b r o a d l y b e a m i n g S a v o u r i n g t h e g r e a t j o y o f h o m e c o m i n g. M A R C O S G O M E S C A T A O _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Da Vinci film too spurious to merit a ban: Goan Catholics(NT)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- I haven't read Da Vinci Code and I doubt I ever will. Nor will I see the movie because Tom Hanks's new hairdo makes me giggle and Hollywood annoys me. I haven't even kept in touch with the controversy around it - never mind don't bother to explain it to me. But Dr. Maria Aurora Couto's comments on freedom of speech and the need for a secular pressed really impressed me. With a few lines she has conveyed a stronger message than many of the TV pundits in the West soon after the madness of the Danish cartoons. I am glad that Goans have taken this stand - no burning buses and ulcer inducing strikes for us. At least I hope so. I am surprised that our Mumbai Catholics can't find a more relevant issue that would be worth their unto death hunger strike - like cleaner air and water, safer roads, better quality of life for the Dharavi people or for the kids on the street. Wouldn't that be a shorter route to heaven? Helga The well-known Goan writer, Ms Maria Aurora Couto attributed “commercial motives” for the movie. Said Ms Couto, “The ban on the film does not merit endorsement in this age of secularism, freedom of speech and expression. The current tendency is for publishers and media managers to sell products which are sensational and with more than a touch of scandal especially when the victims are objects of veneration and respect. Truth is the first casualty of such propaganda and by truth is .meant not only an expression of intellectual opinion without malice or without an eye on the commercial prospects but an endeavour to analyse a situation or a hero or even a religion dispassionately.” _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS ONE : Root Cause Of A Country's Problems
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Chris I read your unsigned post with considerable interest. I believe you have some good points in your reasons why some countries have been economically successful and others not. Your views seem to echo Max Weber's theory of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, as providing the key dynamics for the development of modern capitalist economies. Weber's theory has had its protaganists and antagonists but it still provides much food for thought on the development of modern capitalism even when in non Protestant places like Japan and Singapore. In the light of the makings of a 'mini thesis' emerging from your post, I wonder if you will include India as an example of an emerging economic giant in the very near future? My hunch, from reading your post is that, you might be skeptical about this but I'd very much like to hear how the key points in your post resonate with the economic situation in India today. Cornel DaCosta, London, UK. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To reflect and... Act. The difference between the poor countries and the rich ones is not the age of the country. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Re: Catholic Goan surnames
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Not at all Mario. The flaw in your smiley approach is that you subsequently chose to belittle people like Jorge and me who took you on re the Goan surnames. We refuse to suffer fools lightly in a serious forum if you really must know. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: Catholic Goan surnames Cornel, What you need to get caught up with is the use of smiley faces. You take yourself far too seriously:-)) --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario You sure are a very mixed-up kid. _ 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)
Re: [Goanet] John Mill a Conservative?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Mario I have always had reservations about material in Wikipedia and suggest you follow suit as it does not go through the necessary kind of scrutiny/rigour found in the established press. I think it is important to be specific about John Stuart Mill too as he is otherwise easily confused for his father, also a philosopher. Further, it is not incumbent on Santosh to correct the drivel you find satisfactory. It would be better for you to seek reliable sources rather than expect Santosh to waste his time, on your behalf, and daft logic, which expects a correction to be made by Santosh in Wikipedia. I read John Stuart Mill as an undergraduate many moons ago and definitely do not recall him as a conservative. He was definitely in the Benthamite tradition as far as I can recall. He was included in my university reading, among several other political radicals. However, as I do not have the time to revisit JS Mill for now, I will side with Elizabeth and Santosh for their more recent reading of him. I therefore continue, I'm afraid, to be as skeptical as ever, of most things from your source. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] John Mill a Conservative? The quote I posted by John Mill was copied verbatim from Wikipedia. If it is a distortion Santosh should correct the Wikipedia record. --- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The above quote of John Stuart Mill is a gross corruption of what he actually wrote in his commentary on the American Civil War entitled The Contest in America. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Lament about the Portuguese departure
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Hi Cornel, There is a Konkani saying, No one dies after someone else's death. This in spite of the vigorous lamentation at the funeral. Goans who cry about the Portuguese departure are Goans who lost out economically and socially with that departure. Hence the tears are for their own plight; rather than love for the Portuguese or Salazar or some exoteric principle. Similarly if one was socially or economically dependent on the British, one lamented about their departure. This applied to the Anglo-Indians and the British who were used to the colonial lifestyle of leisure and luxury. The lamentations also applied to the puppet Indian rajas, ranis and nawabs whose opulent existence (and 21 gun salute) was dependent on the British. And the same applied to those Goans and Indians whose occupation, social life, standing or club memberships was connected to / dependent on the British. This was like the E. African Indians lamenting the British departure from East Africa. Kind Regards, GL --- cornel: I have noted, like others on Goanet that, there are those who lament the departure of the Portuguese following Indian military action in December 1961. I wonder if there are examples of similar Goan/Indian lament when Britain left India. I am just curious to discover if there are some historical parallels/comparisons in the two situations. Perhaps the question also applies to the French exit from India. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Veronica and Iran
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- On 10/05/06, Preetam Raikar wrote: I agree entirely with Veronica, a confrotation with Iran will not only be a economic/jenvironmental disaster for the Mid-East, but for the whole world. Veronica is airing his views, Gabe and Mario who imagine they are the Ayotallah's of Iran by stating that in the event of attacking Iran nothing disastrous will occur are absolutely wrong. Mario asks: Preetam, First of all, Gabe agrees with you. It is I, the Ayatollah of Common Sense, who disagrees with you and Veronica and Gabe:-)) Secondly, just saying that something is absolutely wrong only tells us your conclusions. It tells us nothing about your knowledge of the situation or how you arrived at those conclusions. For example: Do you know what is going on in Iran? Do you know what is going on regarding Iran at the highest levels of the UN? Are you aware that the US has no intentions of attacking Iran while the UN is negotiating with it, just as the US waited for 12 long years while Iraq was violating 17 UN resolutions demanding an accounting of it's WMDs - the last one containing an ultimatum? Are your news sources not reporting that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been threatening to wipe Israel off the map on an almost weekly if not daily basis? Why are you not concerned about a country that is trying to develop a nuclear capability while simultaneously threatening to wipe another country off the map? Why are your concerns about the economic and environmental impact on the middle-east and the entire world not aimed at Iran developing a nuclear weapon and carrying out it's threat, or attempting to? Isn't your concern about one possible option in preventing Iran from carrying out it's threat another case of selective outrage? _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] RE: Cornel The continuing lament about the Portuguese departure in 1961 from Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 18:37:21 +0100 I have noted, like others on Goanet that, there are those who lament the departure of the Portuguese following Indian military action in December 1961. My dear Cornel, Grateful if you would please expand on the above from you. You may wish to direct me to the writings on GoaNet of those who lament departure of the Portuguese following Indian military action in December 1961 You may also wish to review the writings ... if any... and advise IF the lament (if any) is related to the departure of the Portuguese OR IF ...the lament is related to some other related but non sequitur issues. I wonder HOW anyone who has lived in Goa can write that the writings on Goanet represent a lament wrt departure of the Portuguese following Indian military action in December 1961. There might be a lament but is it related to what Cornel has made it out to be. I submit that your above association is based on the Gouveian principle of dys-logik You are invited to see the strong parallels between what you have stated and the proverbial Gouveian Dys-logik which pervades the Goan Cyber Spaces please vide The Xacuti Bozo Singh Harder Talk Interview ! XBS TGF on the events of December 1961 - 1 http://www.colaco.net/1/HarderTalk1961a.htm good wishes jc _ Enter the Windows Live Mail beta sweepstakes http://www.imagine-msn.com/minisites/sweepstakes/mail/register.aspx _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
RE: [Goanet] European Union To Honour Goan Priest With CommemorativePost Card
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- I wonder if Bosco de Sousa Eremita is in this forum. If he is not and if someone knows him, please forward this email to him. This is an excellent example of how a Goan news item can get easily distorted. It all seems to have started with a poorly written article from Paul Fernandes (GT) ( http://www.goacom.com/joel/news/2006/may/11may06.htm ) which claimed that the - quote - World famous hypnotist, priest and revolutionary, Abbe Faria will be the first Goan to be honoured by a member of the European Union with a commemorative postcard on the occasion of his 250th birth anniversary on May 31, 2006. This rare distinction is only the second of its type accorded to any Goan after Portugal commemorated Blessed Joseph Vaz with a postal stamp on the occasion of his 300th birth anniversary. - end of quote - Problems with the above quote: 1. Honoured by a member of the European Union? Which one of the 25? 2. Why was the name of the member omitted? Isn't the name of that European country important?? 3. Was the name of the country unconsciously omitted or was it omitted on purpose? Now another article from Bosco de Sousa Eremita claims that Abbe Faria is going to be honoured by the European Union So, from one Member of the European Union (which one) it has now become the whole of the European Union!!! This is truly amazing and quite amusing too. I wonder if these writers really know what the European Union is or do they think that the European Union is the equivalent of the United States of Europe? Well, maybe in the future but not quite yet! The name of the country which is honouring Abade Faria is extremely important. I think most people know which country it is but somehow, the name as been omitted (WHY AM I NOT AT ALL SURPRISED WITH THIS OMMISSION??) Best regards, Paulo Colaco Dias -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goanet News Sent: 13 May 2006 09:01 To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] European Union To Honour Goan Priest With CommemorativePost Card European Union To Honour Goan Priest With Commemorative Post Card By Bosco de Sousa Eremita PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- The European Union is honouring a pioneering Goan Catholic priest scientist on the occasion of his 250 birth anniversary with a commemorative post card scheduled to be issued on 31 May, according to media reports here. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] European Union To Honour Goan Priest With Commemorative Post Card
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- On 13/05/06, Goanet News [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . According to the report, initially the commemorative stamp proposal initiated by Dom Martins, a Goan artiste based in USA, was to honour the priest with a commemorative stamp, but after the world-wide internet petition signed by admirers of Fairia to the Stamp Advisory Committee of one of the European Countries crossed the deadline for submission of stamp proposals, the authorities assured to release a commemorative postcard instead. Comment: Our hats off to Dom for his dogged determination in getting this project to its successful conclusion. Dom a true son of the soil! -- 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] WILL GOA EVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR ITS FAIR SHARE?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1028491 Airlines are happy with pie in the sky Praveena Sharma What commercial logic is driving businessmen to aim for a piece of the Indian sky? There is still a huge untapped potential in this sector. Today, all Indian airlines put together are serving only around 25 million passengers annually in a country with a population of over 1,000 million. They are catering to only 2.5% of the population. Singapore Airport alone handles over 32 million passengers while Europe's largest low-cost airline, RyanAir, flies over 38 million passengers. So, you can imagine the potential that is waiting to be tapped in India, says Air Deccan managing director GR Gopinath. According to figures put out by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), India's air traffic in the domestic sector grew from 19.5 million in the last fiscal (2004-05) to 25 million this fiscal. This is a growth of 28%. And, according industry players, this is just the beginning. They say this level of growth is sustainable for at least the next five years. CAPA chief executive Kapil Kaul says that the current average margin in the aviation industry ranges from 4% to 8%. Indian companies, however, are still far away from profitability. Except for Jet, which has been consistently making profits since its inception, none of the others are making profit, says Kaul. Industry experts say that operating margins in the airline business do not tend to be huge, but on high volumes even small margins translate into substantial profits. And these profits are proportional to the shortfall in capacity. Most airlines make their best profits when this gap between demand for airline seats exceeds supply. At present, India is passing through that phase. Rising income is swelling demand for air travel. Airlines are trying to fill the supply gap by expanding their seat capacity. Over the last one year, Indian carriers have ordered over 300 aircraft. Despite such orders, India's fleet strength would still lag behind China's fleet of 1,000 aircraft. One result has been a pushback in the breakeven dates of many start-ups. Take the case of SpiceJet, which was expecting to break even with 7-8 aircraft. Now that competition has intensified, its gestation period has got stretched. According to Air Deccan's CFO Mohan Kumar, it takes about one year for any particular flight route to become profitable. Air Deccan currently makes money on only 60 of its 250 flight[routes]s. -- Let's hope Goa is one of them! Let's also hope that supply catches up with demand on this route. But for that to happen the Navy has to release its stranglehold on Dabolim. Now who can crack that expeditiously? _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Are there Goans in Iran?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have known a few Goans in Iraq. The latest one was met by me in Goa two weeks ago. He was employed, first in Jordan and then in Iraq in Iraq's hospitality/hotel section. He recounted to me, in great detail, how the situation in Iraq was so dangerous that he fled without payment due to him. Mario observes: Cornel, I believe the question was about Goans in Iran, not Iraq. Cornel writes: Our Mario Goviea, of course, believes that all is well in Iraq with flourishing street markets etc as per his contribution to another site. But then, as Victor Rangel once said, Mario lives on another planet! Mario replies: Yes, Cornel, according to people who live in Iraq and many who have been there, there are not only flourishing street markets in Iraq, but also schools, hospitals and new businesses and news media being formed among all the mayhem. Returning American and British soldiers are shocked at what they read in much of the major media because they are unable to recognize much of what they read. You seem to be unaware that 14 out of the 18 provinces in Iraq have little or no conflict because you are fixated on the areas where there is conflict as a means of undermining the effort to form a stable democracy there - all while enjoying the benefits of democracy for yourself. _ 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
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gabe I am amazed that Mario conceded to the excellent point you made. Is he growing up at last? Mario asks: Cornel, Were you one of the three people from among the thousands on Goanet, who did not figure out that I had made a typo? Did not my detailed description referring to a freedom fighter who had subsequently led India down the primrose path that it was still recovering from give you at least a TINY clue that I was talking about Mr. Nehru? _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] EXPAT-BAHRAIN: Resignation of Bahrain school principal sparks furore
Resignation of Bahrain school principal sparks furore Indo-Asian News Service Dubai, May 12 (IANS) The resignation of the principal of a leading school catering to expatriate Indians in Bahrain has sparked a furore in the community. According to media reports, K.T. Karmachandran, principal of the Indian School in Isa Town in north central Bahrain, tendered his resignation on May 7 in the middle of the academic session, citing personal reasons. He will hand over charge to his successor at the end of this month. Parents, however, allege that Karmachandran, who had served the school for five years, was forced out. A report in the Gulf Daily News quoted sources as saying that he was pressured to resign because of bad blood between him and certain members of the school's executive committee. The Gulf Daily News report also quoted executive committee chairperson P.V. Radhakrishnan Pillai as saying that Karmachandran resigned on personal grounds. Karmachandran, on his part, has chosen to remain silent and has only said that he has not doled out favours to anyone in the admission process. The Indian School, affiliated to India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), was founded in 1950 by a small group of people with a workforce of three staff and a headmistress. Today it has grown into one of the largest expatriate schools in the Gulf region with 6,000 students on its rolls. Besides the one at Isa Town, it has another campus at Sitrah. Parents of students now want Karmachandran to be re-appointed till the end of the current academic term in February next year. A report in Trade Arabia quoted a parent, K.R. Nair, as saying, The Indian School belongs to the Indian community and parents are the owners of the school. An executive committee is elected by parents for a three-year term. He asserted that the resignation of the principal is a matter that needs to be probed. A statement, co-signed by Pillai and Karmachandran, has now been issued by the Indian School reiterating that the principal had quit on personal grounds. The executive committee has since accepted his resignation. The executive committee records his valuable contribution to the school and takes this opportunity to wish him the very best in all his pursuits, the statement read. Parents, however, are not convinced and have threatened to take up the issue with Bahrain's education ministry, saying the untimely resignation will disrupt their children's education. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa seeks Dabolim airport revamp
Goa seeks Dabolim airport revamp Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Goa government Friday discussed with the central government and defence ministry ways to upgrade its Dabolim airport in view of high inflow of traffic into the state. During a meeting here chaired by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Goa's Deputy Chief Minister Wilfred D'Souza discussed the airport's revamp in the presence of deputy chief of naval staff G.S. Bedi, according to a civil aviation ministry press release. Ways to make the existing airport more versatile were discussed and a consensus was reached on more cooperation from the navy, it added. The state government, which agreed to cooperate and give more land for the development of the airport, has also assured more land to extend parking areas. The Airport Authority of India, too, has extended an offer to build parallel taxiways, extending the apron of the airport and connecting roads in the airport. The Indian Navy has agreed to give nine acres of land for extending the civilian airport in lieu of which the navy will be given other land by the Goa government. The civil aviation ministry is preparing a note for cabinet approval in this regard. -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 -- Photographs from Goa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/popular-views/ _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] ADC- May 13
Danth astanam chonne khaumche...Konkani Proverb Eat gram while you have teeth. Do things when you have the necessary strength. Edward Verdes Chinchinim/Mumbai/Jeddah _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] UK MPs take aim at India
Courtesy: The Asian Age, May 13, 2006 UK MPs take aim at India - By Seema Mustafa New Delhi, May 12: A group of British parliamentarians have come together to set up a Parliamentarians for National Self-Determination body that will seek to get international recognition of self-determination as a fundamental human right. India is a clear target, with the organisers listing Punjab, Nagas, Manipur, Tamils and Kashmiris in their list of movements seeking self-determination. The chair of the new organisation, which was inaugurated at the Houses of Parliament at Westminster on Thursday, is Pakistani-origin Labour Party parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed, with Mr Ranjit Singh, a lawyer who is openly supportive of a separate state of Punjab, as its administrative secretary. The Indian high commission in London has taken the matter up with the British foreign office, which has disclaimed all responsibility, maintaining that it cannot interfere in the workings of the British Parliament. Mr Ranjit Singh, when contacted over the telephone by this correspondent, said that the effort of the parliamentarians was to propagate self-determination as a fundamental human right, and to give a platform through the organisation to all such separatist groups seeking self-determination. He said that a group of lawyers from Punjab had made a very forceful presentation for the Sikhs right to self-determination at the inaugural function. He said he himself was from Punjab and supported the right to self-determination which had assumed the shape of the Khalistan movement in the 1980s. Mr Singh claimed that the inaugural function was very well attended and that apart from Punjab, the nationalist movements of the Nagas, Manipur, Northeast, Tamils, Kosovo, Kurdish self-determination ... all had figured at the meeting. Interestingly, he had to be asked specifically about the Kashmiris, to which he said: Yes, there were several speakers actually on this issue. Asked if representatives from Pakistans Northern Areas, Gilgit, Baltistan as well as Baluchistan had been represented, Mr Singh said: We are a new organisation, more groups will come. It is learnt that a group of Baluchis did arrive for the conference but, sources said, they were not allowed to speak for more than 30 seconds. Mr Ranjit Singh said that in his view, if people are denied self-determination, the situation eventually leads to huge human rights abuses. He said that a cross-section of MPs was represented in the organisation and it would focus on informing the world that self-determination was a fundamental right and not just a political slogan. The vice-chair of the parliamentarians group is Mr Elfyn Llwyd, MP, who represents the Welsh, Scottish and English nationalist groups. Others who spoke and are associated with the organisation include Mr Simon Hughes, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, Daniel Hannon, member of the European Parliament from the Conservative Party, Mr Peter Wishart, MP of the Scottish Nationalist Party, and Mr Kashmiri Singh, general secretary of the British Sikh Federation. The conference was organised in collaboration with the Hague-based Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO). Lord Nazir Ahmad could not be reached. Sources said that he is the treasurer of a newly-constituted group on Sikhs and helps raise and channel funds. He is particularly unpopular with the Indian community in London, with several members having written to him protesting against the visible anti-India bias of the new organisation. Lord Dholakia, who is chairman of the Liberal Democrats Friends of India, spoke out against the parliamentarians initiative in the House of Lords. He said that it was important to ensure that government subcommittees were representative of all communities, and not restricted just to those perceived as being responsible for the atrocities on that day. He went on to point out: When examining home-grown terrorism, we need to consider the pronouncements often made by responsible people in our community in this country. I refer, for example, to those who exploit the situation in the subcontinent by advocating self-determination of some states in that part of the world. Those are the breeding grounds of emotions and hatred and do nothing but damage the stability of some people in this country and the stability of communities. Interestingly, several Baloch and Sindhi groups are active in the UK and submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Tony Blair last year demanding that Pakistan should stop committing ongoing atrocities against our peoples in Pakistan. Over the last six months, Pakistans military and paramilitary forces have once again started a widespread operation using heavy air and ground artillery in various parts of Balochistan. This violent and illegal operation was started to suppress the legitimate demands of the Baloch people. The signatories to
Re: [Goanet] Galileo, Dan Brown and The Church
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The church has committed blunders over the 2006 years of existence. Even the Church admits it. So again where is the beef? But so has every branch of science, medicine, law, history, anthropology, politics, etc.. Do you not go to a doctor because medicine 3500 BC to 1500 AD believed in some / many archaic concepts? Actually, the Where is the beef question is more relevant with respect to the above post. Elisabeth's post was extremely well written and much more comprehensible. I understood exactly what she meant. In particular, in the above-quoted excerpt I fail to understand why anyone would want to compare the church with all these unrelated disciplines. In what way is a hierarchical religious institution analogous to an expanding body of knowledge such as science? Moreover, how is this inappropriate comparison pertinent to the heresy trial of Galileo and the current efforts against a work of fiction by Dan Brown? Cheers, Santosh _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] John Mill a Conservative?
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The quote I posted by John Mill was copied verbatim from Wikipedia. If it is a distortion Santosh should correct the Wikipedia record. Wikipedia has already provided a correct quote. Here is the link to it: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill Here is the quote with the relevant source information, according to Wikipedia: War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing is worth a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their free choice,is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever-renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other. The Contest in America Frasers Magazine (February 1862); later published in Dissertations and Discussions (1868) Vol.1 p. 26 Cheers, Santosh _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] The continuing lament about the Portuguese departure in 1961 from Goa
I am sorry that you take the events of 61 so lightly and this coming from a professor of Peckam University. It is lamentable that Goa is now fed to the sharks of neo impreallism. BC Goanetters I have noted, like others on Goanet that, there are those who lament the departure of the Portuguese following Indian military action in December 1961. However, without going into the reasons for the Indian incorporation of Goa into mainstream India for now, I wonder if there are examples of similar Goan/Indian lament when Britain left India apart from the Anglo-Indian community, many of whom thought it was the end of the world for them? I _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Da Vinci film too spurious to merit a ban: Goan Catholics (NT)
Da Vinci film too spurious to merit a ban: Goan Catholics NT News Service Mapusa, May 11: A cross-section of Goan Catholics reacted with dismissive disdain to the controversial, soon-to-be-released film The Da Vinci Code, with some saying it is too spurious to merit discussion or a ban. The members of the Catholic Secular Forum, Mumbai have reportedly threatened to go on a fast unto death if the central government fails to stop the release of anti-Christian films in India, particularly The Da Vinci Code.The former Rajya Sabha member from Goa, Mr Eduardo Faleiro termed the themes of the book as “speculations” but refused to condemn it saying “we respect the right to differ”. In a written statement, Mr Faleiro said, “Da Vinci Code revolves around three central themes — Jesus is not God, he married Mary Magdalene and the Catholic Church concealed these and other events in the life of Jesus. There is nothing new about any of these speculations.” “The myth that Jesus married Mary Magdalene has been in circulation at least since the fifth century. For us, Catholics, such views are theologically unsound. However, we do not burn heretics at the stake anymore. In this age, we respect the right to differ. Da Vinci Code is admittedly a work of fiction. Discussion and condemnation of such fiction will only increase the sales and serve admirably the purpose of the publisher of the book and of the producer of the movie,” Mr Faleiro said. The well-known Goan writer, Ms Maria Aurora Couto attributed “commercial motives” for the movie. Said Ms Couto, “The ban on the film does not merit endorsement in this age of secularism, freedom of speech and expression. The current tendency is for publishers and media managers to sell products which are sensational and with more than a touch of scandal especially when the victims are objects of veneration and respect. Truth is the first casualty of such propaganda and by truth is meant not only an expression of intellectual opinion without malice or without an eye on the commercial prospects but an endeavour to analyse a situation or a hero or even a religion dispassionately.” Ms Couto said, “The Da Vince Code as book and film is a tissue of specious arguments based on admitted forgeries and has been unverified even on the basis of so-called rumour. It brings into its net all the great figures of history, divine and human. The object is obviously to defame and to make the product sell with more than a touch of prurience. This is not a justification for protests but there should have been a disclaimer by the producers (Sony Entertainment) that the film is fiction. This disclaimer should really now be propagated by the media and the press. The very fact that Sony has refused to include a disclaimer shows the blatant commercial motives of the film in which nothing is sacrosanct.” The former vice-chancellor of Goa University, Dr Olivinho Gomes, who has read the novel pointed out that the author, Dan Brown has admitted his work is fiction. “But even fiction should be based on verisimilitude (believable situation). This is a blasphemous story. The whole thing is sensationalism of the most spurious kind. If it concerned another community, there would be violence and arson. But Christians do not react that way. People should boycott the movie in protest,” Dr Gomes said. The former speaker of the Goa legislative assembly, Mr Tomazinho Cardozo has not read the book but opined that religious feelings of any community should not be hurt. “If the book and film contain the things which it is accused of, then the government should definitely ban the movie. Religion is based on faith and if the movie upsets the set norms and creates tensions in any religion, then the government should not allow such a movie,” Mr Cardozo said. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Christian Institutions Under Threat With Government Order: MLA Writes To CM
Christian Institutions Under Threat With Government Order: MLA Writes To CM By SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- Over 1,200 schools managed by the Christian minority community are facing impending threat of losing their “minority status” in the light of a government order of December 16, 2005 coming into force shortly. Clause 4 of the order states: “50 percent of the students of the particular language/religious community should be compulsorily admitted in the minority educational institutions.” Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ivan Nigli, the only Christian representative in the legislature who represents the Anglo-Indian community, told SAR News, “Since the Christian community is a minority community in India and Karnataka, representing only about 2 percent of the population, it is practically impossible for the Christian institutions to admit 50 percent of Christian students, even though no Christian is denied admission in these institutions.” He noted that the order was a carefully devised ploy to deny minority educational institutions the “minority” tag. In a letter to Karnataka state Chief Minister H.D. Kumaaraswamy, Nigli said, “Many Christian minority institutions are Kannada medium schools catering to the poor and the lower middle class in rural areas and small towns. “The government order of compulsory admission of 50 percent Christian minority institution definitely lacks vision. This will weaken the functioning of the Christian minority institutions. These institutions, which played a very vital role in the education of the people of Karnataka, deserves the support of the government for the smooth functioning and building up of the future citizens of Karnataka.” _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] European Union To Honour Goan Priest With Commemorative Post Card
European Union To Honour Goan Priest With Commemorative Post Card By Bosco de Sousa Eremita PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- The European Union is honouring a pioneering Goan Catholic priest scientist on the occasion of his 250 birth anniversary with a commemorative post card scheduled to be issued on 31 May, according to media reports here. The priest Jose Custodio de Faria alias Abbe Faria (1755 -1819) is the second Goan accorded the distinction after Portugal commemorated Blessed Joseph Vaz with a postal stamp on the occasion of his 300th birth anniversary Faria was a hypnotist, revolutionary, professor and scientist. He participated in the French Revolution and in the first revolt in India against any colonial power, after the Portuguese in Goa (1510-1961) disallowed local priests from becoming bishops. Faria was born on 31 May at Colvale, 15 kilometers north of the state capital Panaji, to a priest and a nun (parents separated after birth), but eventually ended becoming a priest himself. According to the report, initially the commemorative stamp proposal initiated by Dom Martins, a Goan artiste based in USA, was to honour the priest with a commemorative stamp, but after the world-wide internet petition signed by admirers of Fairia to the Stamp Advisory Committee of one of the European Countries crossed the deadline for submission of stamp proposals, the authorities assured to release a commemorative postcard instead. Ironically, a statue of Faria lies installed in the city's main thoroughfare since 28 September 1945, but until last year following an initative by some Faria fans not many citizens were aware of the personality. Faria put forth the theory of hypnotism and played a pivotal role in the French Revolution. The statue depicts Faria hypnotizing a woman lying at his feet, evidently an effort by the sculptor at enacting the rage at Rua de Clichy, France, when he started hypnotic classes in 1813, much sought after by aristocratic women seeking new sensations to entertain themselves. At the classes, Abbe Faria carried out practical demonstrations on audience, after explaining that hypnotic sleep did not depend on him (the hypnotiser), an amazing departure from theories held at that time. Explained Stanley Fernandes, a schoolteacher in Goa who researched to bring out a booklet along with Matanhy Saldanha, a Goan legislator, on Abbe Faria in 1976 in a bid to educate the public, F Anton Mesmer from Vienna had come to Paris in 1778 and expounded his doctrine of animal magnetism, which was widely accepted,. But, the French Academy, which appointed a commission while admitting to its success of the practice, said it was due to imitation and imagination. This was a severe blow to Mesmerism, which forced its decline and neglect until Faria too it up. It is now Abbe Faria who is today acknowledged and acclaimed even by eminent scientists like Betrand Bennheim, Brown Saquard, Crocq, Cills de la Touette and others, to have proposed the theory and method of hypnotism through suggestions to self and others, said Fernandes. After Mesmer's unsuccessful attempt to establish hypnotism (or magnetism), as a science, similar efforts were made in vain, but Faria's theory differed from the rest, explained Fernandes. Others held that a `magnetic fluid' passed from the magnetizer to the subject. But Faria contended that nothing comes from the magnetizer. Everything comes from the subject and takes place in his imagination. It was held by Mesmer, and even before Mesmer by the early Greeks, that this type of magnetism was a gift of a few who were endowed with special qualities. Faria disagreed with the theory and boldly developed his own teaching, which said that suggestion could be passed by anyone to anyone. He then demonstrated for the first time, the existence of autosuggestion. Faria was the first to successfully give therapeutic suggestions to subjects under hypnotism, said Fernandes, adding that writer Alexander Dumas immortalized the priest in his classic The Count of Monte Cristo as an imprisoned priest in the castle and one who knew of some secret treasure in real life. Only one volume of Faria's book saw the light of print in his lifetime. Before the other two volumes were completed, Faria died of apoplectic stroke, penniless and was buried in the cemetery of Montmartre on 20 September 1819. Last year, a US-based French translator Laurent Carre released the book entitled Jose Custodio de Faria: Hypnotist, Priest and Revolutionary, comprising works of Faria. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
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FRONT PAGES
* Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion: Willy. (NT)
* Dabolim expansion okayed. (Herald)
* Goa government vows to upgrade healthcare facilities. (NT)
* As usual, girls outsmart boys at HSSC exams. Over 76% pass. (GT)
* 8469 students pass HSSC (Std XII) exams in Goa. (NT)
* Shacks banned on Morjim and Galjibag beaches. (NT)
* When will travelling by KTC buses be a pleasure ride? (GT)
* Shun Da Vinci Code: Archbiship Ferrao. (H)
* CRZ violations come under scanner. (H)
* Canacona community health centre upgraded by GSIDC. (Advt)
INSIDE PAGES
* Stop registering sale deeds of foreigners: Nationalist YC. (H)
* Cuncolim resident, Marconi Rodrigues, remanded on rape charge.(H)
* Tussle over garbage disposal takes new turn in Bardez. (NT)
* Desilting work of Ponda nullah yet to begin. (NT)
* BJP leaders pay tribute to Mahajan at Margao meet. (NT)
* Quepem councillor demands appointment of accountant. (NT)
* IMA's Mormugao branch forms new committee. (NT)
* Seminar on 'careers in travel, tourism' held. (NT)
* Workshop for diabetic patients on May 20 at Kamakshi Arogyadham.NT
* Booth presidents backbone of Congress, says Vishnu Vagh at Curtorim.
* Nelly Rodrigues represents Goa at Mahila Shakti inaugural. (NT)
* Fisheries training course at Old Goa. (NT)
* Two IAS officers to arrive in Goa today to take charge. (NT)
* Co-optation of two members into Panjim corporation a fraud: NCP.
* Rane greets Sonia Gandhi on Rae Bareli win. (H)
* Davorlim locals to enjoy LPG home delivery. (H)
* Fruit fest provides platform to Konkan fruits. (H)
* National award for Goan acupuncturist Dr M B Prabhu. (H)
* Rane tells nurses to develop better rappport with patients. (GT)
* Trained nurses will get jobs: Narvekar. (H)
* Foundation stone for nursing institute laid at Bambolim. (H)
* CM disburses Rs 2.35 crores to ten educational institutions. (GT)
* Governor Jamir inaugurates 'Grape Escape'. (GT)
* Shirodkar asks mahila mandals to take benefit of RDA schemes. (GT)
* Pernem fire station -- modest but efficient. (GT)
* Bandhara without water at Gaondongirim-Canacona, money down drain? GT
* 40 families affected due to four-lane road: panel. (GT)
* Pre-monsoon work in canacona begins. (GT)
* Illegal mine ore dumping in Curchorem: residents want quick action.GT
* Goa wisening up to children's rights. (GT)
* Focus on: Assagao parish church. (GT)
SPORTS
* Boardsailing National Championships underway at Dona Paula (Hawaii).
* Paes and Bhupathi beaten in Rome Masters. (UNI)
* Dempo Cricket Club in Tiswadi GCA semis. (NT)
* Indian Airlines pip Indian Oil 2-1 at Don Bosco exhibition hockey.(NT)
* PY Nyvem beats Margao SC in Areal Villagers Cup. (NT)
* Sangolda Lightning defeats AA de Moira 301 in Sanquelim soccer. (NT)
* Goa Velha SC enters quarters of Sousa Memorial Soccer, Baga. (NT)
* Arpora Sporting down Candolim SC in Lakhanpal Novino Gold. (NT)
* Morjim SC gets walkover over Quitula SC, GFA's under 14. (NT)
* Benny XI Mapusa edges out Saligao SC 7-5 at Saligao. (NT)
* Goa starts favourites in Federation Cup baseball. (NT)
* Taleigao Chess School to hold all-Goa under-7 tourney.(NT)
DEATHS AND REMEMBRANCES
* Caetano Roque Fernandes of MUNGUL, MARGAO * Socorro D'Costa of
Unchobhatt, MACASANA b 1964 * Martinha Jorge e Afonso of CHICALIM *
Bento Xaiver F Rodrigues ex-BKME-KUWAIT and of Consua VERNA b 1931.
* 12th day remembrance of Dattaram Krishna Gawas, Shiroda, KERI SATTARI
* First death anniversary of Salvador Agustino Fernandes of Bollo
CANACONA * Month's mind of Jose (Pipin) Milagres D'Costa of VADDEM in
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[Goanet] Souza gets top bidding in Saffronart auction
http://indiaenews.com/2006-05/7614-souza-gets-bidding-saffronart-auction.htm Souza gets top bidding in Saffronart auction Friday, May 12th, 2006 Mumbai - The Saffronart May online auction featured 150 works by 41 Indian artists and raked a total sales value of $12.9 million with F.N. Souza the top selling artist with his ‘Landscape in Orange’ going for a hefty $687,500. Besides, Souza, the top five bids belonged to Tyeb Mehta, S.H. Raza, Akbar Padamsee and M.F. Husain. The auction on Wednesday and Thursday of modern Indian artworks is the 13th in the series to take place on www.saffronart.com. Souza’s most integral work in the auction was his coveted ‘Landscape in Orange’, an erudite oil on canvas estimated at $250,000-300,000 that went for $687,500, absolutely way over the top estimate. Souza’s landscape in moody vermilion ‘Untitled Pink City’, an oil on board estimated at $170,000-225,000, went for a steep $313,500. What sure set the paddles of the bidders rising was Souza’s ‘The Priest’ that finally came down for $357,500. Million master Tyeb Mehta’s ‘Situation’, a differential composition that actually set you thinking about his early years, an oil on board estimated at $581,400-697,700 scaled a powerful $621,610. ‘The work wasn’t of the same merit as his Mahishasura or Kali series,’ said a bidder who wished to remain anonymous. Among the 13 works by M.F. Husain, his 1960 oil on canvas ‘Holi’, estimated at $300,000-350,000 went for $616,000, which seemed something to crow about. Husain’s most emblematic work from his music series of the 1980s with the singer in a blue-fringed white sari and a tanpura went for a high of $254,210. His 1961 oil on canvas went for an appreciable $249,700 from an estimate of $140,000-180,000. Husain’s ‘Untitled’ image of a Brahmin from playwright Vijay Tendulker’s ‘Ghasiram Kotwal’ series, a work that captures the spirit and ethos of street drama that has fascinated the artist than six decades, went for a handsome $230,232. It was estimated at $209,300-232,600. There were 14 works up for the auction by abstract master Syed Haider Raza. His blue toned ‘Jalasaya’ estimated at $100,000-150,000 finally went for $200,750. Raza’s ‘Village’, estimated at $80,000-90,000 scaled to a high peak of $216,150. The most powerful however was his ‘La Terre’, a work of 1984 that was estimated at a hefty $225,000-275,000,and finally peaked at $335,500. ‘Flora Fountain in Monsoon’ of 1945, a gouache and watercolour on paper pasted on board and estimated at $30,000-35,000, did not do so well at $68,750. Then, there was ‘Contre Jour’ of 1962, an oil on canvas estimated at $100,000-150,000, which went for $266,750. Progressive artist Ram Kumar’s recent landscapes ‘Untitled’, a sombre-hued work done in 1989 went for an admirable $$335,775, while his 2001 landscape which was estimated at $80,000-90,000 went for $165,000. His landscape done in 2002, however, estimated at $93,050-116,300 went for $182,075. Other than that, there was Akbar Padamsee’s untitled metascape estimated at $350,000-450,000 that went for a fabulous $616,000. A rare single was J. Swaminthan’s ‘Untitled’ oil on canvas estimated at $174,500-197,700, which finally went for $$208,560. From the Bengal school was Jogen Chowdhury’s ‘Situation X’, an oil on canvas estimated at $81,400-93,050 that saw a happy high of $338,059. His second work, ‘Man In Bed’, went for a high of $110,000. Doyen of Shantiniketan, K.G. Subramanyan’s oil on board ‘Head 2′ fetched a whopping $40,086. His acrylics also fetched a wonderful $108,900 and $25,850, respectively. Paritosh Sen’s ‘Gujarati Woman at the Spinning Wheel’ got a stupendous winning bid of $61,294, while his second work of a woman playing the esraj also got a good price of $20,460. From Delhi, there was Rameshwar Broota’s early work ‘Reconstruction’. This was an oil on canvas estimated at $80,000-90,000 that got $199,650. Anjolie Ela Menon’s early oil of 1975 went for $101,475 while her second work done in 1974 went for $71,948. Last year at its May auction, Saffronart swung sales of $3.7 million. This equalled the record touched by Christie’s for Indian contemporary art at its March 2005 sale. This year it raked in $12.9 million. But is an auction only about selling? Saffronart falls woefully short of completing the auction result criteria. Compared to Christies and Sotheby’s, Saffronart seem somewhat lackadaisical. All writers and critics have to go to Saffronart websites and collate information, which becomes tedious and tiring. An auction house’s professionalism depends on the proficiency and efficiency of collating and distributing its own result in a fraction of time-span. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
