[Goanet] Re: Konkani and Marathi
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Blasio Fernandes S199220 at emirates.com wrote: > Dear Fredrick, > > My concern regarding the article below > > Marathi is not the language of the Goan people.. so why should it > receive grants from the Goan government for production of films in that > language. ? Says who? A signifciantly large section of Goans do use Marathi for literary and religious purposes. Marathi newspapers sell almost as many (or maybe a few more) than English-language newspapers each day in the state. The figure could be between 60,000 to 100,000 copies a day. At the primary level, there are many students still opting for Marathi (even if there is an element of lack of choice here, with most government primary schools being in this language). We need to recognise this reality. Saying that "Marathi is not the language of the Goan people" is like arguing that English is a "foreign" language in Goa, or that only Devanagari script can be the official one in Goa. These arguments sound logical. But they don't reflect the ground reality. Those adopting Marathi for various purposes -- or even claiming it as their mother-tongue -- are Goans. We are not talking about migrants into the state (even though the latter have a right to be taken into account too). Maybe they're saying this because of the way in which Konkani has been promoted in Goa, and the links between language, community and caste in this region. But the fact is, they are saying so. > Producing films in other 3 languages is justifiable according to me > because... Konkani - Mother tongue and official language of Goa Unfortunately, we in Goa are a divided lot, and can't agree on issues like identity, language, history, etc ... The mysterious "Ole Xac" wrote: > > Hindi - National language > > > Like marathi for maharastra, hindi is the language of > uttar pradesh. > > > > B. Colaço Yeah, that's again like calling English a "foreign" language. The reality is that India is a nation -- whether Xac can get over the end of Portuguese rule or not -- and Hindi is one of the official languages. Even otherwise, Goa is part of South Asia (not Southern Europe or a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China). So, the more languages we know from the region, the better. In the 'seventies, parents of Christian children of our generation mostly had a gag-reaction when we were compelled to learn Hindi and Marathi in school. The negative vibes caught on with us as kids. Today, we are grateful that we can speak and read and are not functionally illiterate when we travel 600 kms to Mumbai or Pune. It would have been even better if Goans had an open mind to studying languages like Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam or Gujarati. Not to forget Portuguese, French, Spanish (forget just Spain, look at the huge Latin American region, even if only as a market!), Italian, or Russian (despite its sharply decline in global influence and language of technology), German and Japanese. And, of course, Chinese, where Xac could help! FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | http://fn-at-google.notlong.com Saligao, Goa, India | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Keeping track: what happened when in Goa
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- On the Goanet Wiki -- http://www.goanet.org/wiki -- we do need volunteers to help us keep track of important dates in Goa's history. If you know of any date when something historic happened (other than your birthday!) please send us details (see below). Thanks and good wishes, FN Today in Goa's history Keeping track of what happened when in the history of Goa. This section needs some diligent work. Please send in your inputs. * January * February * March * April * May * June * July * August * September * October * November * December
[Goanet] New bookshop at Calangute....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- From: Diviya Kapur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Nov 2, 2005 4:08 PM Literati is a bookshop cum cafe situated in an old restored house located at E/1-282 Gaura Vaddo, Calangute. There is a new books and old books section and a reference room is also in the process of evolving. The aim is also for Literati to evolve into a space where book readings, book clubs, theatre, workshops, exhibitions, music, dance and other activities can take place on a small scale. Literati will open on Friday the 4th of November 2005. The launch is scheduled for the 3rd of November with a wine and cheeze and coffee and cakes soiree between 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. At 5 p.m. there will be a reading by Isabel Santa Rita Vas of excerpts from a play written by her, called "Through Corridors of Power". The play is based on the life of Abbe Faria the Father of Hypnotism, who is originally from Candolim, the area neighbouring the bookshop. Since 31st May 2006 will be the 250th birth anniversary of Abbe Faria it seems appropriate that the inaugural reading of Literati be of "Through Corridors of Power".
[Goanet] Indian English, some little know facts....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [This is a little offtopic. Since the role of English in (primary) education in Goa has come up for debate (the language almost wholly controls middle-school, secondary and college education here), there's this interesting entry from, of course, Wikipedia. Maybe the role of the English-language in Goa (where one is quickly beaten by the stick of being "denationalised" these days) needs to be adequately evaluated. Of course, some might see a conspiracy to extend the hegemony of the English language globally. To me it seems to be just an attempt to extend opportunity, specially for a small community. Undeniably, English offers more opportunity these days. --FN] * * * * * Indian English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English Indian English is a catch-all phrase for the dialects or varieties of English spoken widely in India (by about 11% of the population as a first language. While the true number of Indians who speak English is much higher maybe somewhere between 30-40%.) and the Indian subcontinent in general, but also by Desis. The dialect is also known as South Asian English. Due to British colonialism that saw an English-speaking presence in India for over two hundred years, a distinctly South Asian brand of English was born. Variations in the pronunciation of several phonemes are affected by the regional tongues (see Languages of India) across the subcontinent, the greatest distinction being that between South India and Sri Lanka on the one hand and the north of the subcontinent (including Pakistan, North India and Bangladesh) on the other. Several idiomatic forms crossing over from Indian literary and vernacular language also have made their way into the English of the masses. In spite of India's diversity, however, there is indeed a general homogeneity in syntax and vocabulary that can be found among speakers across South Asia. It will be found that excellent English bearing fewer regional grammatical peculiarities is spoken in upper-class families (commonly referred to, in India, as 'Westernised'), though even among them hints of a uniquely Indian flavour (particularly in a so-called 'Indianised' British accent) are typically retained. Contents * 1Influences: British and American * 1.1Indian English literature * 2"An Indian English Grammar" * 2.1Grammar, idiom and usage in Indian English * 2.1.1Grammar tweaks * 2.1.2Idioms * 2.1.3Titles (of respect; formal) * 2.1.4Interjections & casual references * 2.1.5Anomalous Usage * 2.1.6Commonly Misspelled Words * 2.2Words unique to or originating in Indian English * 3See also * 4External links Influences: British and American The form of English that Indians (and other subcontinentals) are taught in schools is essentially British English, especially Scottish English, which influenced Indian dialects with rhoticity and trilled r. The Indian government though, accepts both forms of spellings as 'correct' English and makes no distinction. However, for most, it is desirable to emulate the brand of English that is linguistically known as Received Pronunciation or, more commonly, BBC English. In particular, Indian spellings follow British conventions to the point at which American English variations are considered untenable. However, even during the time of British imperialism (before the creation of a separate Pakistan and Bangladesh), Indian English had established itself as an audibly distinct dialect with its own quirks and specific phrases. Following the departure of the British from India in 1947, Indian English took on a divergent evolution and many phrases that the British may consider antiquated are still popular in India. Official letters continue to include phrases like "please do the needful" and "you will be intimated shortly". This difference in style, though, is not as marked a difference as between British and American English (and unlike Canadian or Australian English there is no variation in spelling whatsoever.) Older British writers who made creative (and comical) use of now obsolete forms of colloquial English, like P. G. Wodehouse, and others who were en vogue fifty years ago, like Thomas Hardy, are immensely popular in India. British writer, journalist and wit Malcolm Muggeridge once joked that the last Englishman
[Goanet] Re: Amazing Goa corrections
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- My sincere apologies for the embarassment caused, specially to Jose Lourenco. Mea culpa. These were typos (along with many others, afflicting others, I'm sure). And don't forget to also say a good word to Jose (and our growing number of volunteers on Goanet) for the work put in? Also a call to everyone: please do volunteer too sometimes ... it also helps to remind you you're only human ;-) and more volunteers could make for less errors. We specially need volunteers to help build our Goanet News Bytes newsletter. FN > From: jose lourenco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Amazing Goa corrections > > Dear Fred > > It has come to my notice that you have mispelled some > facts from my box of cards, as pointed out by Jorge > and Cecil below: > --- > Re: amazing Goa corrections 2 > Mon Oct 31 15:28:38 PST 2005 > > >From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" mail.telepac.pt> > > Only a minor correction to the above: The name of the > "Goan pioneer of > Christian art ..." is not Agnelo da Fonseca but Angelo > da Fonseca (ANGelo, not AGNelo). > > and this one from Cecil: > > re: Who led the United Goans Party during the historic > Opinion Poll of 1967? > Dr Jace Sequeira (Panjim) > It must be a typo .. Jack not Jace i.e. Dr Jack > Sequeira > -- > > Fred, I know you are a busy man and we all make > mistakes, but your mistakes are making me look like an > ass to the world! It would be blasphemy on my part to > mispell the names of such eminent Goans as Sequeira > and Fonseca. Please ensure that the facts are typed > correctly or drop the column altogether. I have spent > many years making sure I get my facts right and I > don't want it all to go down the drain. You made me a > fool in the eyes of senior Goans like Jorge Abreu > Noronha and alert Goans like Cecil. Please publish the > corrected facts in your next edition. > > I am busy with the printing of my Parish Churches book > and I cannot defend myself on Goanet. > > You keep giving me much grief, Fred ! > > Jose Lourenco
[Goanet] NEWS ANALYSIS: Land Ordinance galvanises disparate groups into Opposition mode
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- LAND ORDINANCE GALVANISES DISPARATE GROUPS INTO OPPOSITION MODE Pamela D'Mello pamelajdmello at hotmail.com Panjim, Nov 2: An Ordinance that gives sweeping powers to government to approve changes in the state's regional plan and okay projects in suburban rural areas has galvanised green groups, non-government organisations, architects and even a few ruling party MLAs into opposition mode. Several protest meetings and morchas over the past month -- one led by a Congress deputy speaker, to that party's embarassment -- is building momemtum to have the September 2005 ordinance scrapped. Last week, deputy speaker and former grassroots campaigner, Victoria Fernandes brought an estimated 2000 of her sub-urban and rural constituents onto the capital streets, in protest. She has now threatened to intensify her agitation. Readying to join ther protests are village sarpanchas of the coastal hub of Calangute, Cortalim and Penha de Franca -- villages all witnessing a growing construction boom. At the centre of their ire is the state's ambitious planning minister -- Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate -- a financier and land speculator, whose dramatic switch in allegiance from the BJP to the Congress led to a midterm June 2005 regime change. The Ordinance amends four sections of the Town and Country Planning Act, giving the minister direct and sweeping powers to change land use and zoning in urban areas and some outlying suburbs. CORRUPTION-BASED PROCESS FEES: Local panchayat bodies who lose their project approval powers to the minister are crying foul at the inclusion of their villages as planning areas. To villagers seeking building or renovation permits higher clearing authorities often transalates into larger corruption-based process fees. At least two more Congress MLAs have tacitly supported panchayats in their constitutency joining the protest. Asked about the growing discord in his government over the ordinance, state chief minister Pratapsing Rane said the matter could be solved by discussion. Congress president Ravi Naik concurs that differences would be ironed out, but so far that has not happened. The inclusion of villages into 'Planning and Development Authorities' that control clearances for all building projects is a regular tug of war between successive planning ministers, MLAs and local panchayats. While villages are clubbed in and out of PDAs with each political change, the Congress had promised to keep rural areas out, but has now gone back on that promise. However, architects and greens are faulting the new ordinance on more fundamental issues. They are worried that its sweeping arbitrary powers leave the state's ecology to the mercy of any minister in government, bypassing even the 15-20 member town and country planning board, headed by the chief town planner, that earlier whetted land conversion applications. "The Ordinance is nothing but a tatkal scheme for those wanting their land use converted in a hurry and have the money to pay for it," says prominent environmentalist Dr Claude Alvares. His green NGO, Goa Foundation has been flooding the town and country planning department with objections for the past two decades, taking several land conversion cases to court, when violative of coastal regulation zoning. Goa's green cover is giving way to conrete at a rapid pace, as property investors -- domestic, NRI and foreign -- fuel a major building boom that had troughed and peaked alternatively over the past two decades. Reacting to pressures from developers, the state's 2001 regional plan -- orginally intended to freeze land zoning for ten years after its enforcement -- was opened up for case by case conversions in 1986. In a few years the regional plan, had been changed 906 times, says Alvares, who estimates that the number would now be 1500. "We've given up filing objections now. The Board would simply overrule them rountinely and go right ahead, approve and notify the conversions", he told The Asian Age. Over the years, PDAs and the town planning department acquired a notoriety with architects and developers, pushing condominiums in rice fields and orchards, luxury resorts and celebrity homes too close to the waterline. Chief Secretary Ms Kiran Dhingra however pointed out to mediapersons that the state's 2011 regional plan --- on the drawing board for several years --- is yet to be notified. On
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Nov 2, 2005 * Margao sewage project to cost a bomb....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Nov 2, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Margao sewage project to cost a bomb: Margao's long-delayed ambitious sewerage project will finally cost Rs 60 crore (Rs 600 million) as against the initial estimate of Rs 2.8 crore (Rs 28 million). (Herald) o Pune expertise for Goa garbage treatment plants: In a bid to pursue the proposals for setting up garbage treatment plants in Goa, the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) has selected a Pune-based consultant to study and prepare feasibility reports for setting up treatment plants in all 13 municipalities.H o Assagao split over night bazaar: Some villagers are opposing the Saturday Night Bazaar (being shifted to) Assagao hill. But village sarpanch Victor D'Souza is "confident that the people will back the panchayat to have the Saturday Night Bazaar in their village," reports Herald's correspondent from Calangute. "About 75 people don't want the bazaar while over 200 people want it in a random count of opinion. We'll act as per (the) people's wishes," D'Souza is quoted saying. (H) o Sancoale refuses company licence to build oil tanks. (H) o Housewife Saroj Malla (23) kills self in Vasco. (H) o Sunil Kumar, 65, killed in Taleigao mishap. (H) o 350 holidaymakers bound for Goa stranded at Manchester. (H) o Herald's Margao shifted to Dalal Complex, near Hari Mandir.(H) o Rice-fish integration system mooted for Goa farmers. (H) o Prepare plan for progress, panchayats told. (H) o Sugar factory sets target of 1.5 lakh mt of sugarcane. (H) o Tender sought to protect Sal river bank near Cutbona sluice.(H) o Chowgule bags Rs 4800 crore overseas vessel orders. (H) o Portugal marks 250th anniversary of 1755 quake. (AFP) Vested interests helped the lotus to bloom in Margao's council: The insidious return of the BJP to rule Margao's municipal council is because of the Congress leadership from Margao and Fatorda. The leadership not just messed up the situation but frittered away the initial advantage when the three factions -- including two Independents -- enjoyed a clear majority to form the council. (H) These factions were lead by Digambar Kamat, PCC general secretary Vijay Sardesai (and Churchill Alemao) and ex-MLA Luis Alex Cardozo. (Herald) - SPORTS - o Mauricio demands passion from Santosh side. Mauricio Afonso, former player, is now coach of the Goa state team. (H) o Hyderabad trounces Goa by 9 wickets. (H) o Bardez taluka women's sports meet organised. (H) - DEATHS - o CHANDOR COTTA-RAVORA: Especiosa Mascarenhas b 1914. Mother of Antonio Pascoal Fernandes, mother-in-law of Lucy Fernandes, grandmum of Jack Fernandes, Glen Fernandes, Cynthia and Jacinta. - JOSE LOURENCO'S AMAZING GOA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - o Which was the earliest Marathi periodical to be published in Goa? Deshsudharanecchu, bilingual (Marathi-Portuguese) monthly published in 1876. o Which king ruled Ponda, Sanguem, Quepem and Canacona just before the Portuguese took over? Raja of Sonda. o Which was the first five-star hotel resort in Goa? Fort Aguada Beach Resort, Sinquerim. o What are the four traditional accessories of the toddy tapper's trade? Dudkem (gourd vessel), damnnem (sap- collecting pot), kati (broad knife) and koddso (pot). o Which Konkani proverb is commonly used to describe ungrateful behaviour?
[Goanet] Goa holidaymakers still stranded at (Manchester) airport
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Goa holidaymakers still stranded at airport http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/49861.html BILLY BRIGGS November 01 2005 MORE than 350 holidaymakers remained stranded at an airport yesterday more than 36 hours after they were supposed to fly to Goa. Monarch Airlines flight MON4502 was scheduled to leave from Manchester on Saturday at 11.30pm but was delayed by technical problems. Sheila Urquhart, an IT consultant from Linlithgow, West Lothian, said a number of Scots had spent two nights in hotels and were still awaiting new flight details. She said: "We were told we would fly at noon today but are still waiting." A Monarch Airlines spokeswoman said unavoidable technical problems had cause the delay. She added: "The 359 passengers booked to travel on the flight have been provided with hotel accommodation at Manchester airport as well as all meals and drinks, and are being looked after by Monarch representatives."
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Nov 1, 2005 * Congress versus Congress... Willy claims terrorist fears...
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Nov 1, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o CONGRESS VERSUS CONGRESS internal feud led the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) to be controlled by the BJP. Two 'independents' Piedade Noronha and John Gonsalves, supported by the BJP, were elected chairperson and vice-chairperson. Piedade was elected the first Scheduled Tribe chairperson of the MMC. The Churchill camp, with Vijai Sardesai as falg-bearer, fielded its own panel, while Digambar Kamat had his own. In the election, Churchill's group won 5, Digambar Kamat's 3, and it was supported by Luis Alex "Mama" Cardozo's 2 and one independent. Against their 11, the BJP had 9, till other deals were struck. (GT) o Congress-backed nominess win top seats in seven civic bodies.(NT) o Independents John Gonsalves, Piedade Miranda, head Margao civic body with BJP councillors' support. (NT) o Mapusa council deadlocked at 7-7. One vote held in abeyance as per court order. (GT) o Filon Vaz and Meena Fernandes elected to held Cuncolim civic body.NT o Pradeep Deshprabhu elected in Pernem municipality. (NT) o Sharad 'Nitin' Chopdekar elected to head Mormugao council. (NT) o Deputy chief minister Dr Wilfred de Souza said some international agencies now scouting in Goa -- whom he didn't name -- had warned him that Goa could be the target of terrorist organisations, and that Bali-like incidents could be replicated here, to mar Goa's booming tourist image. (NT) Denying that there was any particular type of information, deputy inspector general of police Ujwal Mishra said security will be tightened around tourist spots where people from different parts of India and foreign tourists gather.NT o At a meeting of the Goa Environment Federation (GEF) in Panjim Monday, lawyer Cleofato Coutinho spoke on the legal implications of the ordinance to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 1974. Architect Tulio de Souza spoke on the impact of the ordinance on local architecture. A BIG THANK YOU TO Jesus Mario B. Fernandes for introducing Goanet-News-Bytes to 18 new readers! When Goanet grows, you get a better service. Our volunteer base grows, people take us more seriously, and we put in greater efforts. Send a free trial subscription to any friend or relative who wants to keep in touch with Goa. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as subject. o Diwali, festival of lights, begins today. (NT) o Taleigao MLA Monserrate announces fireworks display at Taleigao. o Committee formed to draft scheme for Goan film-makers. (NT) o Dempos, Alcons gifts land to Zuari-Goa Velha chapel. (NT) o River Princess still 'fit' for re-floating. (Herald) o Ranjit R Kharat (30) of Borivali lept to his death in Vasco. (H) o Children's Act defunct, says non-government organisation ARZ. (H) o Multi-cropping enhances coconut yield, says study. (H) o Emirates (Dubai) appoints Salem Obaidalla as new VP India/Nepal. o Cafe Coffee Day opens outlet at Miramar beach. (H) o Congress-led govt will complete term, says Willy. (GT) o Barge engines stolen at Sesa Goa workshop. (GT) o Visionaries Co-op Credit meet at Loutolim on Nov 13, 2005 (GT) o Height requirement for women cops reduced from 168 to 165 to 160cm. MARMAGAO STEEL based in Cortorim earns Rs 45.23 crore from its gross sales and income from operations, along with another Rs 25.31 crore from the sale of scrap on the high seas. For the quarter ended Sept 2005, it earned a profit of Rs 2.67 crore before tax. - EDUCATION
[Goanet] NEWS-SPORTS: Goa gets ODI vs Eng, pending clearance
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://web.mid-day.com/sports/national/2005/october/15.htm Goa gets ODI vs Eng, pending clearance By: PTI October 30, 2005 New Delhi: Goa Cricket Association, currently facing an inquiry by the Cricket Board over alleged malpractices during the one-dayer against Australia in 2001, will host England for a one-day international provided the centre is cleared by the BCCI. “Goa will host a one-day international against England provided the report of the BCCI Disciplinary Committee exonerates it and the findings are ratified by the Board’s Working Committee,” BCCI Secretary S K Nair said. The state association is facing charges of selling ‘duplicate’ tickets for the ODI played on April 6, 2001. The BCCI Programmes and Fixtures Committee on Saturday allotted the three Test matches to be played against Sri Lanka in December to Delhi, Kanpur and Chennai. The matches would be held on December 2-6, December 10-14 and December 18-22 but the order of the venues would be decided later. Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Mumbai would host Test matches against England next year. The dates for the matches are March 8-12, March 16-20 and March 25-29 to be followed by seven ODIs on April 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19 and 22. Apart from Goa, the visiting Englishmen would play the remaining one-day internationals at Indore, Guwahati, Faridabad, Cuttack, Kochi and Visakhapatnam.
[Goanet] Goa garden area in Kanpur?
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Just saw this news item, and noticed that there is a 'Goa Garden' area in Kanpur. Curious: what's the background to this name? FN > Kanpur IIT employee kills family, self > > Press Trust of India > > Kanpur, October 30, 2005 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > An employee of the Indian Institute of Technology allegedly committed > suicide after killing his wife and two sons in their house in > Kanpur and left a note blaming some IIT officials, police said on > Sunday. > > Neighbours of IIT class IV employee Jagmohan at Goa Garden area > informed the police when they found the doors of his house had not > opened till late in the Sunday morning, they said. >
[Goanet] NEWS-SPORTS: Mumbai Reds black out Goa
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=7876 Mumbai Reds black out Goa Ankita Pandey DNA Sunday, October 30, 2005 23:56 IST MARGAO: A capacity crowd of 35,000, deafening noise, and a determined Sporting Clube de Goa team could not stop Mahindra United from winning the 27th Alchemist Federation Cup in Goa on Sunday. The Mumbai side put up a brilliant performance to edge Sporting 2-1 in a thrilling encounter. Both the goals came off the boot of Jose Ramirez Barretto, but it was Mahindra goalkeeper Sandip Nandy who stole the show with his super performance. Sporting were on the attack right from the word go. But the defense line of Mahindra stubbornly blocked every move that came their way. NS Manju, Mahindra’s central defender, in particular, didn’t give an inch to Sporting’s deadly Nigerian duo of Edeh Chidi and Dudu Omagbemi. But it was Mahindra who drew first blood through Brazilian Jose Ramirez Barretto. Barretto scored his fifth goal of the tournament to give Mumbai outfit the lead in the 36th minute. From the moment the ball touched Barretto’s boot, it was going in only one direction. A brilliant right-footer, and the ball crashed into the back of the net. Suddenly, there was a stunned silence at the Nehru Stadium. Derrick Pereira, coach of Mahindra United, may have gone for the lemon break with calm nerves. But 13 minutes into the second half and Sporting came right back in, through a penalty awarded against Mahesh Gawli for bringing down Sporting captain Dudu Omagbemi. However, replays clearly showed it was a good tackle and Gawli got to the ball first. Dudu, who already had two goals in the tournament going into the finals, made no mistake to slam home his third from the spot. Thereafter, it was Mahindra goalkeeper Sandip Nandy’s outstanding performance that kept the Mumbai club in the match. The goalkeeper was in stellar form, executing some brilliant saves. A flying dive that just about managed to ward off the ball stood out as one of the best, if not the best save of the tournament. The regulation time ended 1-1. Even the first half of extra time failed to break the deadlock. Just when it looked like the second half would move the same way and the match will head for the tie-breaker, Barretto and Steven Dias came to haunt Sporting for the final time in the tournament. In the final minute of the second-half extra time, Dias’s pass found Barretto perfectly placed, and the Brazilian tapped the ball over the charging goalkeeper to give Mahindra United the title. The Mumbai side now has two wins from four finals. The icing on the cake was Barretto also emerging as the top-scorer of the tournament with six goals.
[Goanet] NEWS: Goa: Janice Sobti, Professional Singer from Vasco, Crowned Miss Goa 2005 (daijiworld.com)
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=15801&n_tit=Goa%3A +Janice+Sobti%2C+Professional+Singer+from+Vasco%2C+Crowned+Miss+Goa+2005 News -- Goa: Janice Sobti, Professional Singer from Vasco, Crowned Miss Goa 2005 from Sanjay Borkar in Margao for Daijiworld News Network - Goa - Pics Sagun Gawade - Sunday, 10-15 am Margao, Oct 30: ...And the third 'Miss Goa-2005' is Janice Sobti. In the glamorous and the exciting event of Miss Goa-2005 held on Saturday nigh, organized by VJT Art Entertainment, held at Colva in the The Oceanique Resort, Janice Sobti, an 18-year-old profession singer from Vasco, was crowned Miss Goa, while Steffi Alvares was chosen as 1st runner up, Miss Talent title was snatched by Flet Dias, Miss Catwalk by Cristabel Rocha and the Miss Smile title was taken by Miriam Gracias. Miss Goa-2004 Melisa Rodrigues seen crowing Janice Sobti as Miss Goa- 2005 The evening began with heart-pounding music by DJ Reva Lution, who had earlier flown from Dubai to Goa, specially for this event. Anchor Priya Arya of Mumbai fame welcomed everyone to the glittering Miss Goa-2005 event. Winners of the top slots 'By organizing Miss Goa, I am trying to give a plank for Goan girls' talent. I hope next year more girls will come to showcase their talent,' said Joe Dias of VJT, on the occasion. At exactly 8.40 pm, the show kicked off with eleven semifinalists introducing themselves to the audience on the ramp. The ramp had been set up in the middle of the swimming pool, surrounded by colourful psychedelic lamps. Romanch Mehta and troupe performing The main pageant of the evening then began with the traditional segment, in which all the contestants showcased themselves in the 'Ghagra choli', then in formal wear and swimming suits. After this three segments, four girls, Amanda Pereira, Aakriti Bisaria, Jammie Gonsalves and Sneha Desai were eliminated. As the contestants moved along very smoothly from one segment to another, in the all the segments, each semifinalist dazzled the audience in the segment of talent by performing magic, singing, dances and laugh talks. Thereafter that Resort campus resounded with the applause from the audience regularly. Glamour... In the Question & Answer segment, all the semifinalists gave impressive responses to the Judges. ...and more glamour The audience present on the event, acclaimed the eleven beautiful girls when they,began to catwalk on the ramp. With the flavour of music and lighting effects around there, the event got into a real atmosphere of the modelling world. To fill the gaps between the segments, Mumbai dancer, singer Mohini and artiste Dabru from the film industry entertained the audience. A Goan troupe presented the 'Kunnbi' dance. Choreographer Romanch Mehta, with Sangeeta and Dabru, performed a trio dance to the beat of ‘Kajara re kajara re, tere tere kale kale naina’. The panel of judges had to choose only one of them as 'Miss Goa' and it was a real tough job, it looked like. But during the quesion-answer round, Janice Sobti appeared to have scored above everyone else and she managed to snatch the crown. Eleven semifinalists For the winner of Miss Goa title, no doubt it was a moment of triumph evening, yet for the other semifinalists also it was an evening that will last in their memory forever. 'God was with me, that’s why I could win the Miss Goa- 2005 crown. The best always wins and that’s me who is the best. I would like to make my career in modeling,' said Miss Goa 2005 Janice Sobti, responding to a query from this correspondent, after the event. The panel of jury Eleven beautiful girls who were vying with each other in this event are Cristabel Rocha, Flet Dias, Amanda Pereira, Janice Sobti, Steffi Alvares, Aakriti Bisaria, Karene Dias, Miriam Gracias, Jammie Gonsalves, Jesina Pereira and Sneha Desai. Their talent was judged by a panel of jury consisting of Vivek Singh (MD of Proclaim Sports), Corina Ferns, Ruchika Chowgule (MD of Chowgule Real Estate), Ranjit Thakur (Trend TV) and Simple Caul. The event concluded by 1.00 am in the wee hours of Sunday. Yet, for the audience the event was not over, with most of them still dancing in Bollywood style until much later. The night was still young after all..
[Goanet] NEWS-SPORTS: When Goa had a ball
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- When Goa had a ball DNA Sunday, October 30, 2005 21:16 IST http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=7817&CatID=6 PHOTO: Fans paint themselves in Vasco colours before the quarter-final match against Salgaocar SC —Vipin Pawar/DNA ... The 27th Alchemist Federation Cup came to a close at the Nehru Stadium in Goa on Sunday. This time, apart from football crazy Goans, fans from across the country got to see their heroes up close and personal, courtesy live telecast on Zee Sports. The last 10 days have produced some wonderful memories of drama, pain, action, glamour and triumph. Ankita Pandey does a recap of what made this event an affair to remember Viva Goa: The Federation Cup came to Goa after a long wait of 10 years. The last time was in 1994, which Mohun Bagan won beating Salgaocar 3-0. The carnival atmosphere added colour and excitement to the tournament. When Goa teams took to the grounds, it was frenzy in the stands. Fans with painted faces, flags, banners cried hoarse for their teams. Without all the noise and fan support, the tournament wouldn’t have been the same. Zeebras: Zee Sports came up with an interesting idea of introducing cheer leaders, a la Laker girls, to add some glamour. Dancing to the tunes of Brazil and Let’s get loud, the Zeebras in their stripes were a huge success. The lovely ladies cheered every goal, provided half-time entertainment and well…honed their football skills. Nobody was complaining. Star cast and crew: Zee Sports wanted to bring Indian football back to the viewers, bigger and better than they’ve ever had. So the preparations for the event were gargantuan. A twelve camera set-up was used on the ground to catch all the action. A Malaysian director and South African sound recordists were called to make the event of an international standard. Star commentary team of John Helm and former England international Russell Osman were flown in as well — in all, an unprecedented effort in Indian football. Dempo ousted: On the first day of the tournament, defending champions and National Football League (NFL) winners, Dempo Sports Club, were knocked out by underdogs Hindustan Aeronauticals Limited (HAL) 2-1. No such problems emerged for East Bengal who outplayed Air India 3-1. Bengal tragedy: It started with Tollygunge Agragami, who lost 2-3 to Churchill Brothers in the pre-quarterfinals. Mohammedan Sporting and Mohun Bagan followed suit losing to Fransa-Pax and Vasco Sports Club. East Bengal (EB) was the only team from Bengal to make it to the quarter-final stage. With EB’s 9 -10 loss to Churchill Brothers in the tie-breaker, there was no Bengali team in the semi-final of the Federation. This was only the second time in the history of Federation Cup that such a scenario occurred. The first time was in 1991. Goa rejoices: While Bengal mourned, Goa celebrated like never before. Except Dempo’s first day debacle, everything was falling in to place for the hosts. Five of the six Goan teams participating made it to the quarter-finals. Three moved to the semi-finals (Churchill Brothers, Salgaocar and Sporting Clube de Goa), with Mumbai’s Mahindra United being the only non-Goa team. Incidents and injuries: Unlike last year’s tournament in Bangalore, where Dempo’s Cristiano Junior died after a collision with Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Paul, this year’s event wasn’t marred by any such tragic event. Only major injury was to Salgaocar captain Remus Gomes who was carried off the field in an ambulance after a collision, but recovered to be back three days later. However, the pre-quarterfinal clash between Fransa-Pax and Mohammedan Sporting ended in an ugly fight which resulted in the suspension of Sporting captain Suleh Musah till further notice and Mark Mascarenhas, Fransa goalkeeper, for two matches. Referee trouble: When one is playing to win the second most prestigious club competition in the country, tempers are bound to run wild. The men in the hot seat, the referees. came under the scanner more than once for their performance on the field. A Arjunan, the referee in the match between Fransa and Mohammedan Sporting, was barred from taking further part in the competition after he did not take action against Suleh Musah of Sporting. Musah had head-butted a player and later charged towards the stands with the intention of assaulting Fransa president Mickkey Pacheco. AT A GLANCE Pre-quarterfinals October 19 Hindustan Ae
[Goanet] CBCI denounces bomb attacks in Delhi, appeals for peace
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Cardinal Toppo Denounces Bomb Attacks In Delhi, Appeals For Peace By SAR NEWS NEW DELHI (SAR NEWS) -- The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has condemned the killing of several people in three powerful bomb blasts that struck the busy marketplaces across New Delhi, October 29. The death toll mounted to 60 while over 200 people were injured in the blasts, which struck the bustling Paharganj, Govindpuri and Sarojini Nagar areas of the capital, triggering off a wave of panic. Paharganj was the worst-hit area by the blast while the explosion in Sarojini Nagar destroyed many shops. In Govindpuri, the blast occurred in a Delhi Transport Corporation bus. Unconfirmed reports said blasts had also occurred in Gole Market areas in the city. The injured people have been admitted to Lady Hardinge Hospital near Paharganj and other government hospitals. The police do not rule out a terror attack and a nationwide red alert has been sounded. “We strongly denounce the act of violence that claimed several innocent and precious lives in Delhi. Our deep sympathy goes to the bereaved families and pray that God may grant peace to those departed souls and give strength to all those who bear the loss from this heinous crime,” Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, CBCI president and Archbishop of Ranchi, said in a statement. “Acts of violence can, by no means, be a solution to grievances of any kind, however genuine they might be. On the contrary it will only further vitiate the situation and create more disorder and chaos in society. Violence breeds violence,” he added. “As the people of the country are preparing to celebrate important festivals such as Deepavali and Eid, it is very sad and unfortunate that the harmonious atmosphere has been vitiated with such mindless violence and destruction. And we join in the sorrow and pain of people who are affected by this unfortunate event,” said Archbishop Vincent Concessao of Delhi. The Bishops’ Conference has appealed to the Manmohan Singh government to take appropriate measures to restore confidence in the minds of people in Delhi so that they can get back to their normal life. The Conference has also urged all sections of people to exercise restraint at this hour of crisis and strive for better social amity and peace. CBCI spokesperson Father Babu Joseph said, “We appeal to all to desist from carrying out anti-human, anti-national activities so that Indians together celebrate the Muslim and Hindu festivals in a spirit of joy, happiness and harmony.” The blast caused major commotion among the crowd even as several shops were damaged. The cause of the explosion is yet to be determined. However, police do not rule out a terror attack. According to a private television channel, the two other explosions occurred at Gole Market and Govindpuri in South Delhi. A major fire also broke out in the market, and police have now closed the market. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a statement from Kolkata, said the blasts are a clear case of terrorism. “The target is clearly the innocent citizens. Efforts to spread chaos and disturb peace will not be allowed to succeed at any cost. No terrorist can win against India. India will win the battle against terrorism,” the Prime Minister said in the statement.
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 31, 2005 * BJP backs dissidents to keep Congress at bay... Sporting Clube loses Federation finals
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[Goanet] Konkani, expats, etc....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- By the time I straggled in, it was forty minutes too late. First, it was a noisy phone line and slow downloading of email that was giving me trouble. Then, it was a lengthy phone call that took longer than expected. Finally, my badly abused mobile was breaking into pieces, and needed an urgent solution. Anyway, with a guilty face, I did show up at the informal meet that Cipriano 'Cip' Fernandes of Arpora/UK suggested. There were 12 to 15 people present; Miguel Braganza (who left early for another of his many often public-spirited commitments), Floriano Lobo of Moira/Goasuraj, Dr/Fr Pratap Naik sj of Thomas Stevens Konknni Kendr, former Goa assembly speaker and dramatist Tomazinho Cardozo, Portuguese journalist Natascha Roldao (we finally met after so many emails)... our guests who made it happen Cip and Anthony Veronica "AVF" Fernandes, and a group of campaigners on the Romi Konkani front. Viveca from near Penang in Malaysia was in Goa recently, but this meet came too late for her travel plans. We missed Jason Fernandes who was expected. Prof Philip Thomas (whom I've been waiting to meet) had guests. It was Melinda Coutinho-Powell's birthday (sorry for letting out this secret; never trust a journo!), Viviano 'Shenzi' couldn't make it, Cecil must have been busy, and everyone kept asking why the man behind so many outspoken posts on the Konkani issue Godfrey JI Gonsalves wasn't there. (I thought I had sent everyone from Goa who posted in the previous month a personal message, apart from the Goanet note. There must have been some error here.) On my way home, Ramnath G Naik phoned on the mobile (now resurrected, thanks to the multiskilled crowd that peoples our hole-in-the-wall Cafe Prakash each evening) to say he read the invite only at 6 pm or else would have liked to have been there. Sorry! Given the composition of the group -- there was no one to discuss the garbage issue -- we shifted straight to talking about Konkani and script. Again, given the composition, there was a strong case made in favour of Romi-script Konkani. The team present gave their side of the story, and also suggested "what NRI Goans can do for Konkani in Goa". A note on this theme was earlier prepared by Dr Pratap of TSKK, and I was almost certain it had already been circulated via Goanet already (till I failed to find it in the archives while searching a few minutes ago). Please correct me if I'm missing out on something. Some of the suggestions and goals made to NRIs include lobbying for Roman script Konkani; launching a Konkani weekly in the Roman script; selecting and helping publish at least 10 standard Roman script books each year; launching of a Konkani book-publishing house; publishing children's literature; establishing awards; organising competitions for adults for festivals (tiatr, khell-tiatr, khell, one-act plays, kantaram, mando, Christmas Carols, motets etc); organising competitions for students; selecting prizewinning tiatrs and have tiatr festivals in various towns of Goa; produceing good quality audio CDs of kantaram, songs and jokes; give scholarships; establishing a Konkani channel for entertainment and news; and sponsoring projects of these kinds. [On the second-last point, one couldn't agree more. When WorldSpace, the digital radio broadcaster, range me up as a customer, I took the opportunity of a toll-free call to urge that a channel be started for Konkani. There's enough 'software' by way of music to keep such a channel busy for 48 hours in a day! And if WorldSpace can sell 2000 more -- albeit costly at Rs 4000 at the very least -- sets in Goa, they would probably be delighted!] Besides the general debate, backgrounding and explaining, there were some interesting ideas about what could be done to build bridges among Goa and her diaspora, and to take the region's language initiatives ahead. Konkani writers were invited to post regularly to Goanet, in Konkani, with a requested one-para gist. This would help those who don't understand the language or aren't sufficiently familiar with it (many expats have lost links with their ancestral tongues, not just Goans). Dr Pratap said Dr Mathew Almeida (sj) at the TSKK is working on a simple yet scientific Roman script course for learning Konkani of the Bardesi dialect. (This is the dialect most familiar among expats wh
[Goanet] GNB-Telegraph: Goa seeks CBI probe into IFFI irregularities....
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Goanetnewsbytes Telegraph * Helga's edition A Goan scientist, Helga do Rosario Gomes, is once again sailing to Antarctica. She needs the news from Goa and says, "You know I cant do without them!" Unfortunately, the email gets through to the ship via satellite, meaning, only very small messages can get through. This list was created for Helga, and people with needs like her, as a small way of saying 'thank you for keeping the Goa flag flying high'. The list will carry very brief news summaries (but probably more frequent ones) of happenings in Goa. More detailed coverage of news and developments continues at www.goanet.org If you feel you gained from it, please one day pay-back to Goa by building some other alternative here, and helping this small part of the planet. You can also help Goanet to reach out more effectively to more people by volunteering for one of the many dozen waiting-to-be-done tasks there. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] GOANETNEWSBYTES-Telegraph: Oct 30, 2005: * Goa govt asks for CBI probe into IFFI projects. (Herald) * PDA ambit row to be sorted out amicably, says Congress (NT) * Janice Sobti crowned Miss Goa. (NT) * Cops avert clash between Youth Cong, BJP activists (NT) outside BJP MLA Vinay Tendulkar's home in Sanvordem. (NT) * Goa to start mobile school on December 19, 2005 (NT) * Herald reports it has ISO9001:2000 certification, and claims an ABC certification for 40.097 copies. (H) * Panjim rooting for Sporting Clube, wants Federation Cup to remain in Goa. (H) * Margao civic race: BJP joins hands with Cong dissidents.H * 139 scouts, guides attend national jamboree in Hardwar.(H) * GT reports on how a constable took a cyber cafe employee for a ride ... and molested her. (GT/W) * No threat to govt, says Rane (Govadoot, Marathi) * Common Entrance Test to have 100% weightage in Goa (Govadoot) * 14th century hero stone found by Laxmi Gonsalves. (Govadoot) NATIONAL NEWS: * 3 blasts rock Delhi, 55 killed. More than 155 injured. India on high alert. (PTI) * Sunny, cool day in Goa. Min temp 23deg. Night humidity 67%..
[Goanet] Destination Goa for 4 men in a boat (TOI)
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1273703,curpg-1.cms Destination Goa for 4 men in a boat [ Tuesday, October 25, 2005 01:36:35 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] MUMBAI: Their home for the next 72 hours is on the Arabian Sea, between Maharashtra and Kerala, on a boat measuring just 21.5 ft by six ft. The four occupants have to survive in this cramped confine, with no toilet, no cabin, no kitchen. There is no cover for their floating home and, in the afternoons, they have to bear the onslaught of the sun. They have enough food and water to last for three days, when they reach Goa. The four sailors are hardened adventure buffs from the College of Military Engineering at Kirkee near Pune, taking part in the Indian Army's sailing expedition from Mumbai to Kochi via Goa. In all, they will cover a distance of 2,200 km. There are two sailing boats participating in the expedition, and in each there are four members. The first group of eight which left Mumbai on Monday afternoon will reach Goa on Thursday, assuming there is no weather-related delays. At Goa, another team will take over and sail on to Kochi. The process will be reversed during the return leg. In all, 21 people will participate in the expedition. Incidentally, it is the first major sailing expedition of the Indian army organised after a gap of 18 years. Said a team member: "It is a very challenging experience. It is really a case of survival of the fittest." They have to be careful while eating because the turbulent water induces nausea. "Past experiences have shown that, if one person starts vomiting, it has a cascading psychological effect on other team members," a team member added. The boats are wind-powered. General officer commanding-in chief, southern command, Lieutenant General B S Thakar, who flagged off the expedition told newsmen that to sail such a boat calls for the "highest standards of leadership, seamanship, endurance and perseverance." He said that the boats are equipped with navigational aids which will help the crew to communicate with the ground stations at Mumbai, Goa and Kochi. Asked why there was a gap of 18 years between the last big sailing expedition and this, Thakar said: "All these years the army was involved with other activities. As a result sports went into the background. Now, with peacetime activities on the rise, we will once again concentrate on extra curricular activities like sailing." "The aim of the Indian army is to win a gold medal in the next Olympics and we are now seriously working towards this goal," he added.
[Goanet] Adoption rules for foreigners
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051028/asp/nation/story_5408464.asp Adoption rules for foreigners R. VENKATARAMAN New Delhi, Oct. 27: Foreigners can adopt Indian children only if their application has been approved by a welfare agency recognised by their country’s government, the Supreme Court has ruled. The October 24 judgment came on a petition by the St Therasa’s Tender Loving Care Home, Hyderabad, seeking permission to give away a child of an unmarried mother in adoption to an American couple. The bench rejected the petition but set these guidelines for “inter-country adoptions”: nThe application of the foreign couple “must be sponsored by a social or child welfare agency recognised or licensed by the government of the country in which the (said) foreigner is resident”. This will protect the child from being pushed into the flesh trade or pornography or being trafficked nThe foreigners’ application must not be entertained directly by any social or welfare agency in India nIf the child’s biological parents are known, they should be assisted in making a decision and clearly told about all the implications of adoption, including the possibility that they may not meet their child ever again. They must be given three months to reconsider nThe social or child welfare organisation arranging the adoption must get the surrender certificate signed by the biological parents. If the child is an orphan or destitute or has been abandoned — and its parents or unmarried mother are unknown or cannot be traced — the certificate will be unnecessary nThe Centre should set up a central adoption resource agency with regional branches for inter-country adoptions. The court said the Hyderabad home was already facing prosecution for offences relating to adoption and some of its officials had been convicted.
[Goanet] Are you an NRI? (Rediff)
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2005/oct/27nri.htm Are you an NRI? Vijaya Kumar | October 27, 2005 I am going abroad on a work assignment for six months. Does that make me a non-resident Indian? I am going on an 18-month stint abroad. Does that make me an NRI? These are the two most common questions -- pertaining to the NRI status -- that our readers send us. We decided to clear their doubts. How does one become an NRI? The question is simple. Unfortunately, the answer is not. The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, and the Income Tax Act, 1961, have different definitions of the non-resident status. While FEMA deals with the foreign exchange aspects, the IT Act deals with the taxation of your income. FEMA defines a resident on the basis of the 'purpose of stay abroad'. The IT Act defines a resident on the basis of one's 'actual period of stay' in India. Understand the lingo Before we continue, here are some terms you must understand. A Financial Year runs from April 1 to March 31. Income earned in, say, FY 2005-06 is assessed for tax in FY 2006-07. FY 2005-06 is called Previous Year and FY 2006-07 is called Assessment Year. Thus, a FY may be a PY or AY under the IT Act. The AY always follows the PY. Thus for PY 2005-06, the AY is 2006-07. This means the income you earn in 2005-06 will be assessed in 2006-07. NRIs under FEMA An Indian citizen becomes an NRI if he fulfills the conditions mentioned below. 1. He stays outside India for more than 182 days during the preceding financial year, between April 1 to March 31. To make that clearer, here is an example: Amit and his colleague Nita went abroad on work. They both left on May 1, 2004. Amit returned to India on November 4, 2005. Since he spent more than 182 days abroad during FY 2004-05, FEMA will consider him an NRI during FY 2005-06. However, Nita had a shorter work stint abroad. She returned to India on September 1, 2004. Since she did not spend the minimum of 182 days abroad, she would not be a NRI. Amit's sister, Sangeeta, went abroad from January 2004 to July 2005. Though she too spent more than 182 days abroad, she would not be a NRI because her stay was spread over two financial years, 2004-05 and 2005-06. In each FY, she did not spend not more than 182 days abroad. The stay abroad during a financial year need not be continuous. Amit's boss, Rajeev, made a number of trips abroad in one year. The first trip was from April to June 2004. The next trips were made from August to November 2004 and from December 2004 to April 2005. Rajeev would become a NRI during the FY 2005-06, because he stayed abroad for more than 182 days during the FY 2004-05. 2. An Indian citizen leaves India for the purpose of employment, business, education, stay with parents/ children, with the intention of staying abroad for an uncertain period. In such cases, he becomes a NRI the moment he leaves India, even if he has not stayed abroad for 182 days or more during the financial year. Amit's parents went to visit their third child abroad. The father returned before the completion of 182 days and the mother returned after staying abroad for 182 days during the FY. Both of them became NRIs the moment they left India. However, they will have to make clear the reason they are going abroad if they are not sure when they plan to return. The authorities will evaluate this on case-to-case basis. NRIs under the IT Act Under the IT Act, an individual is assessed for tax on the basis of his residential status. An individual's residential status can be any of the following: 1. Resident; also called as Resident and Ordinarily Resident 2. Resident; also called Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident 3. Non-resident; also called non-resident Indian What makes you a resident? If you stay in India for at least 182 days during a PY, you are a resident. OR If you stay in India for at least 60 days in India during the current FY and have stayed in India for at least a total of 365 days during the four previous FYs, then you are a resident. Let's say Sunita spent 182 days in India during FY 2005-06. This is sufficient to declare her a resident. Ravi stayed in India for only for 60 days in 2005-06 and spent the rest of his time abroad. This does not mean he is not a resident. Since he spent at least 365 days during the previous four FYs -- April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2005 -- in India, he is still considered a resident. H
[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: NEWS: NGO keeps crime at bay (TOINS, Kolkata)
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Not about Goa, but relevant here too. FN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1276311.cms NGO keeps crime at bay Swati Basu [ Wednesday, October 26, 2005 09:54:29 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] Police has also been keeping a protective watch on the elderly. Case 1 : Fifty-five year old Robin Guha, a retired government official, was helped by 31- year-old Brijesh Majumdar depositing money with mutual funds. Brijesh worked on the trust factor for two years but guha had no clue that all this while he was accumulating a princely sum of 9 lakhs and he fled to Bihar. He was recently nabbed by the DD team of Kolkata Police. Case 2 : The murder of 60-year-old Laxmi Sundaram, the founder chairperson of Dignity Foundation, is another example of an elderly person falling prey to criminal acts. She was all alone in her Kolkata apartment, when she was murdered and all valuables of her house were robbed. Six persons were arrested. Case 3 : Tara Chand Banka (68) and Sarda Devi Banka (60) were relieved when they found a servant who would work for them 24 hours. They were unaware of the fact that he was a burglar, who murdered both of them and stole all money and jewellery. Ram Prasad was later arrested. They are old, lonely, and perhaps, the most vulnerable of the lot. Reason: Their dependence on others and their growing age. As more and more old people were falling pray to the ruse of crooks the Dignity Foundation in association with the Kolkata Police have come to their rescue. Preety Roy, Chairperson of Dignity Foundation, Kolkata Chapter, said, "While we are increasing the number of volunteers who can keep in constant touch with the aged and the lonely we have also requested senior police officials to communicate regularly with senior citizens. We are planning to come up with a ward-system for senior citizens only. Here, the aged will be able to give voice to their problems and also get free counselling." Robin Guha said, "I had almost given up hope but Kolkata police not only got me my money but also caught the conman. Now whatever I do I always consult them and they are very patient with people like us." "The aged are more vulnerable to fall into a trap because they often have to depend on strangers on a number of occasions," said, 55-year-old Bhaswati Biswas. Sundaresa Swaminathan, who is a resident of Lake Gardens, believes that there are problems lurking all around for a 70-year old-person like him. "I stay all alone and at this age, I do feel threatened by what had really happened with a couple of elderly citizens in the city," said Swaminathan. He was cheated by investment brokers. "I had invested a huge amount with the help of a sub-broker. He took money at regular intervals and ultimately never returned. When I called him, he refused to take my calls and when I rang his office in Jadavpur, I was shocked to know that his office didn't exist," he added helplessly. The criminals usually win the trust first and then once the victim is trapped, it is easier for them to carry out their operations. Brijesh Majumder, who is currently in custody, said, "It was easy to cheat Robin Guha as he usually forgot to check the amount he invested and relied mostly on me for information." Assuring protective measures from his side, DCDD (I) Gyanwant Singh said, "There are a number of cases where the old are attacked and even murdered. We really appreciate the kind of steps taken by the Dignity Foundation and Kolkata Police will provide them with all required help to safeguard the old people in the city." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] Saturday's evening meeting in Goa ... Venue: Riviera (Panjim)
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Dear Goanetters, As you probably already know, London-based Cipriano 'Cip' Fernandes and a long-time Goanetter has suggested a small informal exchange among Goanetters -- who are in Goa currently and have the time and inclination -- to meet up. Just a small note to say that the venue for Saturday's meeting (at 4 pm on Oct 29) is the Mandovi Riviera outdoor restaurant (opposite Hotel Mandovi). We ran into a problem with scheduling at Clube Vasco, because it closes at 3 and reopens only at 6 pm. We meet over tea-and-snacks, where each one pays his/her own bill. Do pass the word around, specially about the change in venue. FN PS: Kindly acknowledge receipt of this email as the Internet services can sometimes be unreliable. Do send in a note to intimate if you're planning to come along, so we could expect you. -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 27, 2005 * Goanetters to meet ... alumni... birthday greetings
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 27, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - In this issue: some Goanetters plan an informal meet this weekend. Alumni initiatives -- Bastora, St Mary's and from Calangute. Happy birthday greetings, films being screened, and the latest on the plans for the Fontainhas Fest. Searching for old friends, radio from Portugal, a prize-winning short story, and great recipies from Daisy Rodrigues in North America. --- GOANETTERS MEETING INFORMALLY - MEETING UP WITH OTHER EXPATS: Cipriano 'Cip' Fernandes from the UK is down in Goa, and took on the initiative to meet up informally with other Goanetters and share ideas. AVF (Anthony Veronica Fernandes) of Kuwait is in town too, and will be there. On mobile, AVF is c/o 9822 489699. Venue: Clube Vasco da Gama, Panjim 4 pm Saturday October 29, 2005. Cip Fernandes earlier wrote, prior to coming down: "We could have a discussions on the current affairs i.e. Romi Konkani, garbage problems, water supply and other health related services. Would appreciate your reply please with a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking forward for your reply." A GROWING READERSHIP will enable Goanet News Bytes to serve you better. Recommend this newsletter to a friend or relative who wants to keep in touch with Goa. Free subscription. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. --- ALUMNI: HOLY CROSS, BASTORA / ST MARY'S MAPUSA - BASTORA ALUMNI: Jeffrey D'Souza of Moira [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Joseph Menezes of Bastora, the Science and Maths teachers respectively of the Holy Cross High School in Bastora are keen to build an alumni network online. If you're alumni here, get in touch with Jeffrey (email above) or signup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holycrossbastora/join ALUMNI ALERT-ST MARY'S MAPUSA: Calling all Ex-St. Mary's students who are scattered all over the globe, to help generously. The P.T.A. of St. Mary's Convent High School, Mapuca, is bringing out a calendar for the year 2006, which will include school photographs and advertisements. The profits will go to provide additional facilities for the students. The P.T.A. would be grateful, if you could sponsor an advertisement. From Rs 400 to Rs 5000. Cash/cheque can be send in favour of JYOTHI PRABHA SAMITI. For further details you can contact or call St. Mary's Convent, Principal Ms. Lira Rocha on 2262241. (Received via Arlette Azavedo) FROM A NUN IN ITALY: Sr Ethel Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sends in a small note from Turin, saying she's back to teaching computers to the kids there, after her recent visit back home to Calangute Goa. She writes: "I just read an article of Rene from UK wanting to get all the Tanzanians of Goa together under one banner. I too am a Goan Tanzanian, born in Tanzania and did my primary education there. "I see that Lourdes Convent has a site of their school now. Am an ex alunni of Lourdes Convent just for a year though before shifting to Little Flower. Little Flower doesn't have a site yet. Wish someone could help them in that." [In keeping with Goanet's goal of making the Net more relevant to Goa, we have since set up an alumni network for Little Flow
[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Pune teaches Gujarat SMART farming... very interesting story]
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- This post isn't connected to Goa, my apologies! But the lessons from it could have deep relevance to our region. Please share! FN Pune teaches Gujarat SMART farming AGRICULTURE * BAIF Foundation gives tips to 300 Surat, Bharuch farmers for round-the-year harvest RITUPARNA BHUYAN Pune October 24, 2005 The Indian Express www.expressindia.com TANGJIBHAI Samabhai Chaudhari of Kimdungra village in Mandavi taluka of Surat district was a desperate man a few years ago. With only 0.1 hectare for cultivation, Tangjibhai was looking for a job to support his wife and three daughters when field workers of the Pune-based Bharatiya Agro Industrial Foundation (BAIF) changed his life. Today, he is one of the 300 SMART farmers in Surat and Bharuch districts of Gujarat, thanks to the BAIF initiative. An acronym for Sustainable Multi Species Agricultural Resource User Trial, SMART is an activity under the Transfer of Technologies for Sustainable Development project undertaken by BAIF in Surat. In simple words, SMART is an intensive farming strategy taken up in very small plots of lands. "It's somewhere between large commercial farms and kitchen gardens," explains J N Daniel, chief scientist at BAIF Development Research Foundation, who was involved with the designing of strategies for SMART farming. The concept is not new, only the BAIF has customised it using available local resources. "Based on the inputs, we designed the model and later modified it with more inputs from the field staff. The model was finalised in consultation with the farmers," Daniel said. He said the farmers were following traditional farming techniques in their small plots, resulting in low returns. But using the SMART way, they can go in for a combination of vegetables, pulses, fruits and medicinal plants on the same plot. "Using this technique, we are able to maintain the fertility of the soil, which otherwise may take a drastic dip due to intensive farming," Daniel said. SMART farming is most suitable for plots of land between 10 and 20 gunthas, and 20 different types of species can be planted in the area. On an average, the profits generated from 0.1 hectare usually ranges between Rs 6000 to Rs 11000 per year. But what is significant is that the SMART farming technique can be used for round-the-year harvesting. The initiative began a few years ago with only 20 farm sites that grew to 300 in about 30 months. In addition, 95 farmers, who were not part of the project, also adopted the model on their own. Most of the SMART farmers usually sell their own produce, while their family works on the farms. If water is available for irrigating 0.1 hectare and a family can devote adequate time, SMART farming can generate employment for a family of two throughout the year. Impressed by the encouraging results of SMART, Surat district collector has recommended the replication of the model in the entire district covering 1000 families. (ENDS) Some links: Tree-based farming http://www.baif.com/r&d_tree.htm Planting material available in Pune http://www.baif.com/products.htm
[Goanet] Cipriano Fernandes in Goa
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Just a note to say that Cipriano "Cip" Fernandes is in Goa, and he's looking forward to meeting up with Goanetters to discuss issues, preferably this Saturday October 29 afternoon. He's not on mobile currently, and may not regularly check email [EMAIL PROTECTED] but send in a message if interested. Please cc me and I'll pass on the msg to Cip. FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 24, 2005 * Goa claims 71% polling in municipalities ... hazardous industries
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 24, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Two Nasik students feared drowned at Colva beach. (NT) o St Cruz citizens' protest march against Town CP ordinance. (NT) Resentment to Planning and Development Authority regime. St Cruz citizens to hold demo in city today. Sancoale panchayat demands exclusion. (H) o Youth Cong activists stage demo at BJP MLA's Laxmikant Parsekar's residence inHarmal, protesting the assault over GPYC president Girish Chodankar. (GT) o Set-up labour-intensive units, AITUC workers urge govt. (NT) o Greentech Foundation conference on env management at Cidade. (NT) o One drowns at Dona Paula, August X Vaz, 45. (NT) o Govt to implement job guarantee scheme in 2006, claims CM. (NT) o Panjim meet discusses latest amendment to Town & CP Act. (NT) o Roadways to hell, Dr Joe D'Souza on Goa's unsafe roads. (H) o Goa has potential to become record milk producing state, claims Indian Vet Council president Dr A L Chaudhary. (NT) o Time to take stock, lock Christian art from thieves. (GT) o Intensive revision of electoral rolls on (GT) o Tollecanto parishioners all set to celebrate St Rock's feast. o GOA A GROWING CENTRE of environmental hazardous industries: Though Goa is regarded as a paradise on the west coast, and tourism accounts for a major share in Goa's revenues, the state is also a growing centre of other environmentally-hazardous industries, according to Goa State Pollution Control Board chairman Dr LU Joshi. At last count, there were over 200 hazardous industries producing 9000 tonnes of waste per annum. (Gomantak Times) Advisory board on official language in Goa reconstituted. It is headed by chief minister Pratapsing Rane, and its non-official members are Dr Manoharrai Sardessai (Panjim), Chandrakant Keni and Damodar Mauzo (both Margao), Olivinho Gomes (Dona Paula), Simon D'Souza (Vasco), Dilip Borkar and N Shivdas (Ponda). Official members are the chief secretary, secretary for official language, Goa SSCE Board chairman, Goa Konkani Academy chairman and secretary, Director of Education and the director or his nominee of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, GoI. PHOTO OF THE DAY: Gomantak Times has a photo showing trees growing on the walls of the Asilo hospital premises in Mapusa. It calls it the "height of negligences" and asks, "do these trees... require the permission of the forest department to be chopped?" Photo by Barnabe Sapeco. o It's Cortalim MLA Matanhy Saldanha's birthday, and he's getting praised for being a "man of the masses, man of character and inner strength, man of commitment, man who believes in hard work, and a man of vision". Prince Jacob hails CM's decision to exempt his Konkani film 'Padri' from entertainment tax. This colour film is produced by Raymond Quadros of Mangalore and directed by Rajesh Fernandes. It is being show for a week at the 2.30 and 6.30 pm shows at Ashok Theatre in Panjim, currently. (NT) - CIVIC POLLS IN GOA - o Civic polls post 71% turnout. Polling passes off peacefully. Six hurt in post-poll scuffle in Mormugao. (NT) o High voter turnout recorded at Mapusa, with 68.52%. (NT) o 56.89% turnout in Margao. (NT) o Two cases of bogus voting registered in South Goa. (NT) o 59.2% exercise franchise in Vasco. (NT) o Pernem registered 83.2% turnout. (NT) BJP MLA OF FATORDA Damodar Naik and former MLA (Congress) Luis Alex Cardozo, their
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 22, 2005 * Civic polls on Sunday... Prince Jacob's movie hits the big screen
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 22, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Ravi Naik calls for arrest of BJP MLAs in attack. (NT) o Bio-tech policy in Goa to be announced on Nov 14. (NT) o Goa needs a state blood policy, writes Dr Vithal Kamat. NT o High onion prices bring tears to Goans. (Herald) o Cops bungled in bid to nab BJP MLA Tanavade. (H) o Goa can be first state to have photo voter rolls. (H) o Jazz Ablaze today near Porvorim Chapel. Karl Peters, Harmeet Manseta, Adrian D'Souza and Sonia Saigal (vocals). o Gurudas of New Vaddem Housing Board, Vasco, was arrested for setting ablaze two houses, including his own. (H) o Meet in Panjim this evening by Nitoll Jinn Trust to spread awareness about the dangers of the ordinance amending the Town and Country Planning Act, 5 pm. o Konkani film Padri gets released at Ashok Theatre, 2.30 and 6 pm. To play for one week in Panjim. o Shivaram Narayanan has written a book about origimi. The 17-year-old is from Vasco. (H) - CIVIC POLLS IN GOA - o Campaigning for civil polls end; elections on Oct 23. NT o Internal conflicts plague Quepem municipality (NT) o Five couples contest Bicholim civic polls. (NT) o Interference of politicial parties led to Curchorem instability and musical-chairs. (NT) o Parking woes, unutilised market main issues in Canacona. NT o Frequent changes in chiefs hampared development in Valpoi.NT o BJP-backed candidates step up campaign. (H) We need your help to spread Goanet-News Bytes. Recommend it to a friend or relative who wants to keep in touch with Goa. To get a free subscription write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. - NEWS FROM SUNAPARANT - o Bharatachem paylem animeshun fichur philum: Hanuman India's first animation feature film: Hanuman o Madgaum Lokshay Aagadi (Margao Democracy Front) features in a quarter-page front-page advert, with ex-CM Manohar Parrikar making a pre-civic poll appeal. Congress advertises with a quarter-back page. o 11 palikamkhatir falyam matadan Polls tomorrow for 11 civic bodies o Aitukachi parishad falyam Trade union body AITUC holds meet tomorrow o Mulavya Koknni pustakachem Manglurant prakashant Primary text for Konkani education gets published in Mangalore. - EDUCATION - o Teachers ask education minister Luizinho Faleiro to withdraw a circular to conduct a consolidation course during the Diwali vacation, under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. (H) o Sridora Caculo College of Commerce, Management and Business Administration will conduct an intercourse on education, cuture and fun titled Mosaic 2005 from Oct 24-26. - SPORTS - FRANSA PIP MOHAMMEDANS 2-1 amidst frayed tempers in Federation cup. Players exchange blows. Fransa keeper Mark given marching orders. Spectators boo referees, fling bottles. Musah confronts Micky. They entered the quarters. A CAUSE FOR CONCERN. Crowds thinning out at Fatorda Staidum for the ongoing major football tournament. SALGAOCARS KICKS-OFF their Federation Cup campaign against the Punjab Police at the Nehru Stadium Fatorday, Saturday. -
[Goanet] Responses: Uday Bhembre's points
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- We'll need to await some more responses to Uday Bhembre's speech, to get a better idea of the debate. But frankly I didn't find it anything new or that addresses the main issues concerning language in Goa. Let me narrate a few brief points I tried to make at the event Thursday. Firstly, I introduced myself as the father of a seven-year-old daughter who was studying Konkani as a *foreign language*. Foreign language, exploded someone in the audience. Yes, I maintained. That's the case with the Antruzi dialect that dominates textbooks being so alien to the spoken variant we're used to. It's also distinct from the Bardesi (which in turn in different from Sashti, and the dialects spoken in Canacona or Pernem, and so on). So the lack of accomodation of various scripts was reducing Konkani to a foreign language. While we talk endlessly about *scripts* the unwritten agenda seems to be to sideline various dialects, all in the name of standardisation. In a state where the spoken variant of the language changes after every 40 kilometres, isn't this a recipe for disaster? If you read the primary school text books, even those of the second standard, there would be a large number of words which you wouldn't understand. Much like the 'padribhas' which today dominates the religious services in church. Okay, that's fine for a self-acknowledged 'denationalised' Goan like myself. (This term is used as an insult these days; fact is, a tradition in migration affects one in many ways, as the 20 million Indians scouring the planet are finding. Goans, with their earlier and relatively more impactful tradition in migration, learnt this lesson only more earlier.) But what does it imply when my friends like Tomazinho Cardozo of Candolim or Mahendra Prabhudessai of Parcem in Pernem also struggle to understand certain words in a second standard text? This is no exaggeration; we went through this exercise some time back at our unofficial press club in Panjim, the hole-in-the-wall Cafe Prakash. Is this because of an attempt at trying to suddenly create a large number of words for a language which has traditionally made-do with a smaller vocabulary? Does it imply that words from one region, still unfamiliar in others, are being used, without taking diversity into account? Maybe someone better in the world of linguistics could let us know. I pointed out to Mr Bhembre how their campaign had, in effect, reduced half my family into illiteracy -- my mother knows the language, but not the script; my wife knows the script (being a speaker of Marathi and Hindi in her Mumbai days) but not the language! So, I often end up taking Riza's lessons... which is fine; this is no complaint. Learning languages can be fun ;-) and I voluntarily also buy the Sunaparant, adding one copy to its debated circulation figures, and, now, the Tarun Bharat, the widest-circulated Marathi daily. My fear is that if we carry on with the same approaches, Konkani [1] might end up, by 2050, on the lists of extinct languages that the world [2]. Maybe Mr Bhembre didn't like being questioned about the use of parochialism and anti-Maharashtra/Marathi sentiment as a tool to whip up pro-Konkani campaigns in Goa. It works. Specially among Catholic audiences. IMHO, it was unfortunate that Catholics here got involved in what basically is a debate more about caste and less about language! If you had doubts about the links between caste and language, check this [3]. Instead of castigating the section of Goans who prefer to opt for Marathi (they're actually bigger Konkani speakers than many of us, and use it most of the time), can we ask *why* they make this choice? Is there something wrong with the force-feeding that makes them develop a gag-response? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_languages [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Konkani Perhaps the biggest challenges today to Konkani are not from any 'rival' language, but from within. From its own failures and its own slow progress in marching ahead in the modern world. Among all the 'national languages' Konkani is one of the handful that lacks of a free software volunteer team to get a computer desktop to work in that language [4]. (One is not talking about machine translation here.) [4] http:
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 21, 2005 * BJP-Congress on warpath over signature forgery case
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 21, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Porvorim police inspector Serafin Dias suspended for failure to arrest BJP leaders Tanavade, Satish Dhond in Filipe Neri signature forgery case. (NT) The disqualification of Neri was critical in the toppling game enacted earlier this year, as the MLA was disqualified before he could vote against the BJP. o BJP appears in a belligerent mood again. State chief Rajendra Arlekar warned a 'tit-for-tat' response if Youth Congress members stage protests at residences of three BJP MLAs who allegedly assaulted Youth Congress president Girish Chodankar. (H) GOA'S FIRST MUSIC MAGAZINE, Dulpod, was released on Oct 21. The first issue features Goa's man with the enchanting violin Emiliano da Cruz, Tomazinho Cardozo on the tiatr's role in Goan life, radio jockey Savio Noronha, Jose Lourenco on Konkani music and Goan identity, Theodore 'Ted' Mesquita on artist Francis Newton Souza, Stanley Pinto on Jazz in Mumbai, gospel music, music in the diaspora, Caetano de Abreu on Goan music's many faces, a report from Melbourne, and articles on Joao Paulo Cota and Andrew Greno Viegas. See www.dulpod.com or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Electoral rolls revision gets underway. (NT) o Parrikar promises stability for municipality votes. (NT) o Four Mumbai bar girls convicted, Rs 500 each. (NT) o English film festival from Oct 21 to 27 at INOX. (NT) EKA SAGAR KINARI, a Marathi film set in coastal Goa undergoing fast changes brought on by tourism, cleverly makes use of Konkani songs in the background and English dialogues during the interaction between its lead players, and hence has a wider appeal. (Ramnath Pai Raikar, NT) MIGUEL ARCANJO MASCARENHAS, the kitchen lad who became the first executive chief in India and served at the Taj, will be honoured with a book to be released at the Taj Exotica in Benaulim on October 23. (GT) ADRIAN PINTO is general manager of national sales and marketing of Sula Wines, Rajeev Samant's winery making a name for itself in Maharashtra.(GT) o ratiopharm, based in Ulm-Germany, is recruiting for its galenical and analytical development lab and cGMP scale-up facility in Verna, Goa. o Old Goa feast is coming up, and the Se-Old Goa panchayat is preparing for stall allotments. (NT) o Clube Harmonia de Margao announces clay moulding and drawing contests, singing and anniversary dance. We need your help to spread Goanet-News Bytes. Put us in touch with your friends and relatives and we'll send them a FREE TRIAL subscription on your behalf. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. - EDUCATION - o Loyola Ex-Students Association (LESA), Margao holds blood grouping camp for Loyola students. (NT) o Craftsmen Training Cirectorate starting new courses in carpentry/carving, pottery, papier machie, batik printing, handloom, powerloom and coir in various centres of Goa. o Government College Khandola to hold web designing course, spread over one month, from October 24. Open to all. - SPORTS - o Churchill take on East Bengal in Federation Cup quarters on Sunday. Churchill won 4-2 against Kolkata's Tollygunge Agragami. (NT) o On Wednesday, defending champions Dempo's lost
[Goanet] International conference on environment in Goa from Oct 22
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=141231&cat=India International conference on environment in Goa from Oct 22 Panaji | October 19, 2005 4:52:18 PM IST Over 500 corporate houses, public sector undertakings, government bodies and NGOs are expected to take part in the sixth annual Greentech International Conference on Environment and Management, and a parellel exhibition to be organised at Cidade De Goa, Dona Paula here from October 22 to 24. The event is being organised by Greentech Foundation, a Delhi- based NGO, in association with Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia, National Insititute of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia and Singapore Environment Institute. Kamleshwar Sharan, President of Greentech Foundation, today said leading corporates like BPCL, HPCL, Tata Power, Tata Sponge Iron, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Aditya Birla Group and Hindalco are expected to participate in the three-day event. He said Ashok Pandit, Managing Director of Tata Sponge Iron Ltd and C P Jain, CMD of NTCP Ltd, will be awarded lifetime achivement awards for their contribution towards environment protection. Greentech Foundation is a non-profit organisation established to promote education, training, research and practical aspects of safety and environment protection. UNI SRN RSY VJ SSC1549 -- | 1st Young Goans International Essay contest 2005 | || | Theme: WHAT CAN I DO FOR GOA | | More details at| | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034190.html| --
[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Why yourorganisation.org is no longer a luxury in today's world
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Why yourorganisation.org is no longer a luxury in today's world Frederick Noronha In today's world, everyone needs one. We're talking about a 'web presence' here. While corporates and those with big budgets can simply go ahead and buy one, those who work in an alternative world need to find the ways to create one without huge expenses or time-loss. In this context, the Indian computer magazine Digit's September 2005 issue -- which, as every month, contains a lot of ideas packed in between unfortunate plastic covers -- includes an interesting and informative little book. It's titled 'Fast Track to Your Web Presence'. And what it promises to drill you about include the benefits of being online, hosting and designing a web site, blogs, and forums. In Digit's characteristic style, the content is neither haphazard nor shoddy. Spread across 202 unpretentious (newsprint-based) pages, this booklet is packed with useful information. Team Digit, which put it together, says in the introduction: Like in the real world, the internet also provides you various platforms to express yourself, interact, argue and learn. Some of these places can be found easily, others need you to be part of a network that is possible only after spending substantial amount of time with members of such networks. The advantages here are enormous. It promises that both your personal and professional life can "receive a major filip with a good web presence". Some good practical advice even when you're just writing email, here: Never use abusive words while writing e-mails. (They're as disguisting as in real life.) Do not lower your prestige on the Net. Get a POP3 email account and write your mails in less-of-a-rush offline. Take all the precautions you take while writing a real life letter. Greet people. Remember to sign-off with your name and be polite. Besides focussing on Netiquette (the ethics of the Net), this booklet looks at the personal gains of being online, and online social networking. Maybe it might be a little crass to get onto the Net just because there are "personal gains" in doing so. What about all the pioneers who created and extended the Net, just because they were keen to give back more than they received? While drawing newbies to the Net, it's also important to ensure we build on this culture. Or isn't it? Next, we move on to online businesses, online options for small businesses, telecommuting, having a "global office" in cyberspace, and what exactly you need to host a website. Building the Free Software-based PHPNuke sites, designing a site, avoiding frames, and design tools are also touched on. Later in this title we go to that next great fashion -- blogs. Are these more than just a fashion? One wonders why they haven't caught on adequately in India yet. (Even as we write this, things are changing fast. One blogger has been pressurised out of his job, and everyone's asking questions) To begin with basics, what's a blog? "Simply put, a blog is a compilation of thoughts, ideas, facts, news or whatever you will that someone has decided to put online. Called posts, each article on a blog can be connected with the previous or not. That's the thing. There are no rules and there are no restrictions. It's your playground to experiment." Sounds interesting... 'Your Web Presence' tells you what the 'elements of success' that goes into a successful blog. It offers some how-tos to set up blogs, and then move on to forums. "Forums are simple to understand, and are, in certain respects, very close to communities in real life. The fact that they are very easy to use also increases their popularity -- anyone who can manage to connect to the Internet, open a browser and type in a URL will find it easy to click on a link to a forum, and then register and post their thoughts." There are thoughts on 'troublemakers' in cyberspace, and how to gain respect. Tip: In order to enhance your skill and knowledge, you need to gain respect and be polite. Treat a forum and its members like you would if all this was happening in the real world >From page 97 onwards, the booklet moves into 'whitepapers'. These are texts on a variety of subjects -- business networking, blogging, general Netiquette, e-mail Netiquette -- that are put across in the form of (sometimes) free-to-reproduce ba
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 18, 2005 * President in Goa... garbage protest... state film fest opens
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 18, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GOA... FROM STONEAGE TO GARBAGE, says a poster carried by the South Goa Public Interest Action Group of Margao, at the Wendel Rodricks-Margaret Mascarenhas organised protest over garbate. (GT photo by Ayesha Barretto.) o CM seeks Guv's advice on prosecuting Mickky. (GT) o Governor inaugurates Goa State Film Festival 2005. (GT) o Shceme to aid local filmmakers soon, says Rane. (NT) o Parrikar decries move to arrest partymen; says cops cannot act without arrest warrant (in Neri forgery case). (H) o BJP MLA, general secretary plays vanishing game. Cops are clueless, but accused still file bail application.(GT) o Top political leaders campaign for civic poll in Margao.(H) o Tanker detained at Nuvem, while fleeing fatal accident. (H) o Scheduled Tribe panel calls for boycott of Oct 23 civic poll o BJP-backed front promises to tackle Margao (H) o Fare hike talks inconclusive. (H) o Colva celebrates its traditional Fama. (H) o Poll fever grips Vasco; 10 candidates in 20 wards each.(H) o Master plan for Fatorda mooted. (H) o President APJ Abdul Kalam visits Goa today. (H) o CM woos Bollywood: scheme for Goan film-makers. (H) o Dabolim family quizzed over suspected terrorist links. (H) Tamil Nadu income tax sleuths nab three in Goa. Suspected to be involved in the Coimbatore blasts of 1998.(NT) o Be a beacon of light to society, Jamir tells Christians.(GT) o Festival on filmmaking held at KA, on Oct 1. (GT) o St Cruz residents protest before NGPDA office. (GT) o Intensive revision of electoral rolls from Oct 20. GT o Nitoll Jinn Trust flays PDA ordinance. (GT) o Election banners seized at Vasco. (NT) o St Anne's chapel at Marra, Pilerne burgled. (NT) o Goa Shipyard to launch extra-fast patrol vessel. (NT) WE NEED MORE READERS to serve you better, to become more effective, and to build awareness among more. A larger Goanet News Bytes readership will ensure you get a better product in your email in-box. We need your help to spread Goanet-News Bytes. Recommend it to a friend or relative who wants to keep in touch with Goa. To get a free subscription write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. o Pilar Priest, Fr Theodore Mascarenhas, 44, appointed to head the Asia Desk in the Pontifical Council for Culture. (GT) o Children's Rights in Goa (CRG) has demanded justice be done to a 11-year-old child who complained of being molested after being engaged as a domestic maid. CRG refers to the Arun Sinha (editor, Navhind Times) case and says its members were present when the police recorded the child's statement. "After verifying certain facts in the case, the CRG is convinced that this is not a case of a 'frame-up' as alleged by the accused," says the statement. It requested the State Commission for Children to monitor the investigation, and says the charges are "of a serious nature because the accused in this case is an influential person and attempts could be made to tamper with the investigation". (GT) - NEWS FROM SUNAPARANT - o Aakantwadhakaden sambandachya dubovan Goychem kutumb tabant The story of the family suspected to have terrorist links arrested in Goa (Dabolim), gets a top-of-the-page treatment. O IFFI aadim Goenchea sinemak majat: Rane Goa cinema to get aid before IFFI, promises Rane o Lokamodem civiksens yena, tohmeren Panjechem k
[Goanet] Bailancho Saad takes serious note of molestation case
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- Bailancho Saad takes serious note of molestation case GT NEWS SERVICE [Gomantak Times, Oct 17, 2005] PANAJI: The Bailancho Saad has taken a serious note of the complaint of molestation and employment of a minor, filed against the editor of a local English daily, at a meeting held on Saturday. The Saad has called for a thorough non-partisan investigation and stated that no special privileges should be given to the accused because of his position of influence. The Saad has cautioned that for a fair trial, the child should be protected from any intimidation and should be given assistance. The Saad has lamented that this reported condemnable act of sexual abuse by an editor of a newspaper is going to lower the credibility of the newspapers who have otherwise supported the campaign against child sexual abuse and domestic child labour. The Saad pointed out that successive Competent Authorities under the Goa Children's Act have failed to implement the provisions relating to domestic child labour. On the contrary, there has even been an incidence of harassemnt of an organisation that sought to verify a complaint of child labour against a person in high office. The Saad has demanded the implementation of monitoring mechanisms to ensure that there is no domestic child labour and the devising of appropriate mechanisms to ensure that domestic labour is not subjected to exploitation and violations. ENDS -- | 1st Young Goans International Essay contest 2005 | || | Theme: WHAT CAN I DO FOR GOA | | More details at| | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034190.html| --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 16-15, 2005 * Umberto Eco speaks in Goa on Monday... Cases against BJP leaders now...
-- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | || | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | || | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -- [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 16-15, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ITALIAN literary critic, novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco to speak at the International Centre, Goa on Monday, October 17, 2005. FOR MORE on India's new Right to Information Act, which superseeds Goa's (fairly strong but hardly effectively implemented law) see http://www.persmin.nic.in/RTI/WelcomeRTI.htm * Tanavade, Dhond on the run as court cancels bail: In yet another setback for the BJp, a Mapusa court on Saturday cancelled the anticipatory bail to Tivim MLA Sadanand Shet Tanavade and state party general secretary Satish Dhond in the Filipe Neri Rodrigues forgery case. (H) * Arlekar denies attacking Governor's convoy. (GT/W) * NGOs prevent us from taking action against stray dogs, says new Director of Tourism Sandip Jacques, MSc LLb, who has been hit with the River Princess (the long-uncleared grounded ship off Candolim), tar balls on the beaches, garbage everywhere and the IFFI all at once. (H) * Indian Railway Ministry is considering four options over the future of the Konkan Railway -- merging it with the Indian Railways; for the Railways to buy everything and allow the KRC to run the system; convert the entire debt into interest-free laons; or convert the debt into equity. Railway Board chairman JP Batra was quoted by the Herald as saying that the KRC "has done well, generating operating surpluses" while underlining the need for increased freight services. (H) Critics of the project have pointed out that it is sunk in costly foreign loans, whose value has soared over the years and with devaluations. * Tempers ran high at Curti-Khandepar on Friday, when residents held a demonstration to demand the demolition of a masjid project under construction at Curti (H) Voice of Goa, a contest promoted by Kingfisher the beer company to locate music talent in the state, saw over 50 aspirants take part in the Sincro Hotel at Margao. Judges were Brian 'Bones' Monteiro of Musik Mann, Sonia Shirshat and James Rebello, both of Status 4.(Herald) QUOTE... UNQUOTE: Even as I write this, I swee a huge five-star property coming up opposte the Cavala Beach resort at Baga, that breaks the skyline dominated with creepers and quainty ivy covered houses. Jutting right into the beach, it has snuffed the livelihoods of shack owners and other locals there. -Sujay Gupta in GT/W. * 77-YEAR-OLD EUGENE D'SOUZA is quoted saying, "Both my son and daughter have moved out of the country to pursue a better life. They stopped writing to my wife and me within a couple of years of being there, saying that they didn't want to write letters as there was no 'spell check'. At that time I didn't understand what they meant. After that, when my son came down on a holiday, he bought a computer for me and tried to teach me whatever he could within his short break... Today, though I can type out my own emails to my children. It takes me hours to do so, as I haven't yet learnt the art of typing and type with one finger. I still have a long way to go as far as emailing is concerned. (Ayesha Barretto in GT/W) TIATR OF THE ABSURD: It's free for all in the Congress. Shedding all pretences, Congressmen are on a bitter path of intra-party rivalry for individual control. (Gomantak Times/Weekender) * Probe into Maina-Curtorim police molestation case completes. (H) * River Princess to be re-surveyed. (H) * Herald launches an earthquake relief fund. (H) * Churchill told to keep hands off Fatorda constituency. (H) * Monorail project is not a mass transport system: official. (H) * Santa Cruz cit
[Goanet] Link to The Children of God
Stumbled across this link. Some of you might have come across the Children of God in Goa in the 'seventies and 'eighties. FN http://neirr.org/profile_familylove.htm Profile: Family of Love (Children of God) Founded: Late 1960s, by former Christian and Missionary Alliance Pastor, David Berg (1919-1994). (Referred to by those in his group as David "Moses", or just "Mo"). Current Organization: The "Family" has as many as 6,000 full-time adult workers who labor at spreading their message in 100 countries. Since the passing of "Mo" in 1994, "Maria" (Karen Zerby, one of Berg's multiple wives) has been leading the group. Description: The Family of God aka Children of God are perhaps the quintessential sect representing the high and low points of the Jesus movement. During the 1960's, Berg had developed a strong antiestablishment, counter-cultural facet to his Gospel presentation, one that appealed to the young seekers in Huntington Beach California. His early followers deemed themselves as "revolutionaries for Jesus" and were quick to forsake all in their devotion to God and to their cause. As early as 1969, however, Berg began his slide into controversial sexual escapades, first with the announcement through a prophetic word that he was to take additional wives besides his first wife of twenty-five years, Jane. Before long much of the Children of God leadership was involved in "wife-sharing" or "free sex" although this was hidden from the rank and file members. Much of his theology seems to have followed his new revelations in sexuality. Berg taught that Mary was actually impregnated by Gabriel the angel, and that Jesus had sexual relations with the sisters Martha and Mary. Perhaps the most infamous teaching of Berg in this area is perhaps the practice that was known as "Flirty-Fishing" or "FFing" for short. In a "Mo" letter published in 1976, Berg outlined how it was the spiritual duty of the female members of the group to use their sexuality to entice prominent people to their cause, and when possible, get financial compensation for their "services". In short, there were to become prostitutes for "The Family". This order wasn't rescinded until the late 1980's when AIDS began to take it's toll on members of the group. Berg also had a number of other theological idiosyncrasies, including a belief in spirit guides, astrology, reincarnation, and some other New Age practices. Although the Family publicly espouse mostly orthodox Christian beliefs today, they still acknowledge that they believe that communication with departed individuals in possible. Despite the current move by the leadership of the family to be more palatable to mainstream society, they are still dogged by issues of child sexual abuse and incest. ALIASES: The Family Care Foundation, Aurora Productions, Activated Ministries. Official Website: www.thefamily.org News Stories: Articles: The Watchman Article by Ruth Gordon Links: www.exfamily.org
[Goanet] When the media makes news.... a case from Goa
Police this week said that the editor of Goa's first-launched English-language daily, Arun Sinha had been accused in a molestation case involving his maid-servant. This was initially reported mid-week by the DigitalGoa.com SMS-based breaking news service which also has a site [1]. The detailed item is [2]. [1] http://www.digitalgoa.com [2] http://www.digitalgoa.com/ca_disp.php?id=379 A lot of other comments also came up on the Net. This early announcement [3] came from the Goa Suraj Party -- functioning this week in near-detective mode -- on Thursday October 13, 2005 via Goanet (and probably other networks). It added to its brief announcement, "whether it is a frame-up or authentic is awaited." London-based Goanet volunteer Gabe Menezes was quick to follow-up with a link to The Hindu's news story [4], which mentioned no names but said the case was against a "senior journalist and editor of a local English(-language) daily." [5] [3] http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034107.html [4] http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034145.html [5] http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/14/stories/2005101405921300.htm This is an unusual case by any count. The person involved is a senior local figure ... and police have been known to oftentime drag their feet and make light of cases. It's hard to believe that a genuine case could not have been wrangled out of; though by the weekend there was also talk about intercessions to the persons in high posts. Another editor -- whose role was barely mentioned -- was also involved in the filing of the complaint against Sinha, and carrying a story on top of his frontpage the next day. Sections of the Marathi/Konkani press went to town with the story as contrasted by the attitude of the English-language dailies. (The NT itself carried a frontpage, three-para report, no names mentioned; Herald dropped it completely. GT wrote a fairly strongly-worded piece but displayed it single-column on the inside page.) Sunaparant, the struggling-for-circulation Devanagari Konkani highlighted it fairly prominently on Page 1. Arun Sinha has been editor of the Navhind Times for some 12 years, probably one of the longest serving editors of the paper -- the first English-language daily to be launched in Goa in 1963. While at the helm, the journalist who had earlier drawn national attention (via The Indian Express) to the infamous Bagalpur Blindings Case has probably rubbed a number of persons the wrong way in Goa. This could have lead many to take up the issue... not necessarily with the girl's interest in mind. Is there some politics involved? Or do we journos remain selectively skeptical? (One view was that this was a way of paying back Sinha's employers for its role in toppling the earlier BJP government, particularly in the switch-over by former BJP deputy CM Digambar Kamat; but who can be sure of what is and what isn't a red herring here?) Goa Union of Journalists has been discussing this issue; a stand is possible. Goa's media fraternity, which obviously comes in with diverse viewpoints and backgrounds, was also strongly divided on how to view this issue. Shiv Kumar in Mumbai, formerly also with The Indian Express as its Goa correspondent and now with The Tribune, set the ball rolling [6]. An attempt by this blogger to argue against a "trial by the media" and linking this issue the NT's own earlier role [7] drew an angry response from some. One anonymous note lambasted this writer, with much criticism and a number of allegations. It can be seen here [8]. 6 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002391.html 7 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002395.html 8 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002418.html You can view various viewpoints from former Tehelka reporter (and one time NT staffer) Mayabhushan Nagvenkar at [9], [10], [11], [12] and [13]. Also from Gomantak Times' Reuven Proenca, currently on a year's study leave in the UK [14], Shiv Kumar [15], [16], [17], [18], [19] and [20]. Loksatta and The Indian Express' Raju Nayak [21] has his say, while Deccan Herald's Devika Sequeira has a blunt retort [22] with additional inputs at [23] and [24]. 9 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002392.html 10 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002393.html 11 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002394.html 12 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002401.html 13 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002402.html 14 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002397.html 15 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002400.html 16 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002408.html 17 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002409.html 18 http://puggy.symonds.net/pipermail/goajourno/2005-October/002410.
[Goanet] Mandicourt or Mandycourt ???
Does anyone remember Mandicourt, Mandycourt or Mandiecoat ... or however it was spelt? It was a bizarre-addictive and enjoyable card game that made its way to Goa sometime in the 'seventies and 'eighties. We played it for hours, and enjoyed it no end. What were the other card games that were popular in Goa? In the local club, we were taken onto the Bridge tables only when one of the elders failed to turn up, and one of the four-some was missing. As college kids, we were seen as inadequately aware about the 'bidding' intricacies. Which, of course, we were. Bridge was a fascinating game. Whist drive was more hum-drum and monotonous. If at all, it was just a social kind of meeting place, and adolescent schoolboys (and girls, I guess), looked forward to meeting up at the annual whist-drive held for boys-only schoolkids to encounter the girls-only schools. I think this was allowed when the students reached the tenth students in schools like St Britto's and St Mary's in Mapusa! Though of this while browsing the Net and running into this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_game It's a fascinating collection of card games on Wikipedia. There's even one card-game called Snap, which two-year-olds are supposed to be able to play! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_%28game%29 Has any one other interesting online pointers? FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 14, 2005 * Goa film for IFFI, Congress leaders seen "rocking the party"
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct , 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GOAN FILM SELECTED: Critically aclaimed short film 'Eka Sagar Kinaree', a seaside story by Goan filmmaker Laxmikant Shetgaonkar has been selected as one of the films for the Indian Panorama section of IFFI, for its cinematic excellence. (H) o Let's rock the party, hums Congress: Victoria Fernandes and Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate at loggerheads of villages from her constituency in the North Goa Planning and Development Authority. Churchill, Digambar cross swords. The issue here is selection of candidates for the Margao civic polls. (Herald) o PM's Goa visit cancelled. This is his second cancelled visit. NT o Goa getting ready for IFFI-2005. (NT) o Molestation case against journalist. (NT) http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034145.html o State gears up to counter lymphatic filarisis. (NT) o Government proposed technical school at Davorlim. (NT) o 188 candidates left in Mormugao civic fray. (NT) o Two drivers held for theft of iron ore. (H) o Rent control cases drag on in S Goa, some over 3 years. (H) HOLE IN THE IFFI BUCKET: The pavement opposite the Panjim market, which was given a new look look for the IFFI inaugural last year caved in even as Goa gears up for yet another show of glamour and glitz this November. Photo by Rosario Estibeiro. A Gomantak Times report comments in its title: 'We knew that Panaji's beautification was a mask, now see it ripped off'. (GT) HONOURING A GREAT Goan scientist: Pio Esteves on Dr Norman Lewis, pioneer in food radiation. (NT) Konknni versus Konkani: the cover story of Goan Observer. Quote: Whether we like it or not, the stage is set for another language war. This time, not between the Marathiwadis and the Konkaniwadis, but between the Romi Konkaniwadis and the Devanagari Konkaniwadis. A war which will be used by politicians to divide Goans along communal lines. A war which will, in the long run, only benefit the fanatics and lunatics of the RSS and BJP. The former chief minister Manohar Parrikar very insidiously exploited the disappointment and the frustration and the anger of the minority community over the 'stepmotherly' treatment given to Romi Konkani. (Rajan Narayan in GO). o SM Borges writes: Dual script for Konkani in Goa? (GO) o 21st cent. hurdles to the Progress of Konkani (Uday Bhembre) o Calvert Gonsalves on the Goa Diary impure milk sales. (GO) o Education going into the hands of the fanatics, says GO. o Daniel's review: 'Tujem Naum Vhodd Zaum'. GOA TODAY's October 2005 issue has the theme 'Goa De-Goanised' as its cover story. Some other reports include Alexandre M Barbosa on IFFI's 'immigration' in Goa, Vinayak Naik's interview with Konkani stalwart Tomazinho Cardozo, Chandrakant Keni on the bar 'girls' of Mumbai, poet Santan Rodrigues on history and how it is being "fiddled with", Prof Olivinho Gomes' tribute to Dr Francisco Luis Gomes, and Bevinda Collaco's close look at the Mopa airport issue. Rs 12 in Goa, and Rs 18 outside. FINDALL-Goa www.findall-goa.com has come out with its October 2005 issue. This is a free copy (earlier priced at Rs 5). It focuses on the upcomng tourist season, restaurant events, hotel events, museums, art galleries in Goa, a few brief book reviews, exhibitions upcoming in Goa, cinemas, concerts, health treatment, markets (both city-based and traditional bazaars), sight-seeing, sports, discos, rail timings, flight information and general info. We need your help to spread Goanet-News Bytes. Recommend it to a friend or relative who wants to keep in touch with Goa. To get a free subscription write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. QUOTE: The author (Heta Pandit) takes the reader through some of her favourite walks (in her book 'Walking in Goa') fr
[Goanet] Shrimp farming... issues
This was on Wikipedia recently, and is of direct relevance to Goa. See the full text at the URL below. FN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_farm Shrimp farm >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the farming of marine (saltwater) shrimps. For farming of fresh water species, see freshwater prawn farming. Shrimp growout pond on a farm in South Korea. A shrimp farm is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns1 for human consumption. Commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply, particularly to match the market demands of the USA, Japan and Western Europe. The total global production of farmed shrimp reached more than 1.6 million tonnes in 2003, representing a value of nearly 9 billion U.S. dollars. About 75% of farmed shrimp is produced in Asia, in particular in China and Thailand. The other 25% is produced mainly in Latin America, where Brazil is the largest producer. The largest exporting nation is Thailand. Shrimp farming has changed from traditional, small-scale businesses in Southeast Asia into a global industry. Technological advances have led to growing shrimps at ever higher densities, and broodstock is shipped world-wide. Virtually all farmed shrimp are penaeids (i.e., shrimps of family Penaeidae), and just two species of shrimp—the Pacific White Shrimp and the Giant Tiger Prawn—account for roughly 80% of all farmed shrimp. These industrial monocultures are very susceptible to diseases, which have caused several regional wipe-outs of farm shrimp populations. Increasing ecological problems, repeated disease outbreaks, and pressure and criticism from both NGOs and consumer countries led to changes in the industry in the late 1990s and generally stronger regulation by governments. In 1999, a program aimed at developing and promoting more sustainable farming practices was initiated, including governmental bodies, industry representatives, and environmental organizations
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 13, 2005 * Dusserah in Goa, Kadamba completes 25
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 13, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Right to Information Act comes into force in nation. (NT) o Global tenders for inviting EoIs for Mopa airport in Dec.NT o Employees urged to work for the progress of Kadamba. (NT) o Margao venue risky for PM's meet, say cops. (GT) o Nigerian escapee in black dollar racket arrested in Guwahati(H) o Shifting of Curca jail embroiled in legal tangle. (GT) o Ray of hope for 34 Goans in overseas job rack. (UNI) o Fontainhas fest now on IFFI schedule. (GT) o Governor Jamir to open Goa film festival Oct 17. NT o Assagao panchayat to oppose garbage dumping. (NT) o Ratiopharm India's R&D centre launched at Verna. (NT) o Land acquired for Tillari irri canal in Sal/Latambarcem. IFFI MEN IN A TIZZY: Preparedness for IFFI 2005 seem to be in the midst of mega-hiccups with the panic-striken organisers desperately searching for hotel accomodation. (H) 25 YEARS LATER: Kadamba Transport Corporation is in gear... despite the cash crunch. (H) o Mormugao voters fed up with old rulers. (GT) o BSNL floats free India Card offer. (H) o Special honeymoon package at Mayem lake. (GT) o Akhada bridge opened. (GT) o Henry's Music Cafe completes 15 years today. Communidade land cannot be used for construction activity, says advocate Andre Pereira, who is the secretary of the Association of Components of Comunidades, an organisation espousing the cause of the age-old comunidades in Goa. (GT) READING THE FINE PRINT: Has the presence of cable television, the Internet and mobile communication, replaced the good habit of reading books? Neeta Shenoy finds out how Goa is dealing with the information overload. (Gomantak Times) OCTOBER 12, 2005 o President Kalam coming to Goa on October 18. (H) o Assagao bent on halting garbage dumping. (H) o Sanjit Rodrigues appointed administrator of Panjim. (H) o Court admits write against Hotel Silver Sands in Calangute, owned by Cong MLA Agnel Fernandes. (H) o Salaulim dam evacuee pleas falls on deaf ears. (H) o Mayem lake gets a facelift. (H) o Halt for Matsyagandha express at Tivim sought. (H)ks o Dearth of Science books in Konkani. (H) o Home Science College to hold course on dyeing and batik crafts from Oct 24. (H) TALUKA VILLAGES TO BE KEPT out of SGPDA: People of Salcete may finally heave a sigh of relief over the government's decision to exclude taluka villages from the limits of the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA), but the move isn't good news for the planning body. (H) - RELIGION - o Dussehra festival celebrated in Goa too. Religious ceremonies in temple towns, worshipping of vehicles, machines and farming tools, and launch of new establishments marked the festival in Goa. (NT) o Rains fail to dampen Dusshera festivities. (GT) o Our Lady of Rosary feast celebrated at Fatorda. (NT) Rickshaws in Panjim were seen decorated with flowers on the occasion of Vijayadashmi, a custom wherein the tools-of-trade are worshipped. (GT) AN APPEAL TO ALL OUR READERS: Want to continue reading Goanet News Bytes? Please help us create this newsletter. We still need more volunteer writers who watch what's being said from Goa and on Goa in cyberspace, and are then willing to share these precious links with everyone else. Please contact us if you'd like to help, or create/add to a section of this newsletter. If you have an idea for a good new section, that's welcome too. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] We need your help to reach more readers. Recommend Goanet News Bytes to others. To get a free subscription write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject.
[Goanet] Re: GO: 21st Century Hurdles in The Progress of Konkani
Does Konkani's timeline begin only in 1939? Is this just a selective rendering of history? Isn't the word "hurdles" a loaded one (implying that there people or issues deliberately blocking the path of progress of the language)? If there indeed were "hurdles", can we pause to ask whether there has been something in the way the Konkani protagonists promoted the language which gave rise to these "hurdles" (the current infighting over scripts, use of Konkani as an 'entry-barrier', the exclusionary use of languages in Goa, the overlap of caste-and-communal issues with language in Goa, and the successful attempts to use language as a means of cornering government largess... one can draw some hints from here)? And shouldn't we also be discussing the love-hate relationship between the colonial rulers (including Portuguese administrators and missionaries) and Konkani? It would seem that the history of languages in Goa (not just Konkani alone) is much more complex than various groups are now trying to make it out to be. FN > 21st Century Hurdles in The Progress of Konkani > > By Uday Bhembre > > A timeline traces the use of Konkani, the official language of Goa, - > in the Devnagiri script. > > Konkani was being written in five scripts, namely, Devanagari, Kannada, > Malayalam, Roman and Arabic. These five scripts created five islands. There > was no communication among these islands. Publishing books was not > economically viable. > > Year 1939: The first Konkani Parishad was held in Karwar on July 8. A > few visionary leaders from Karnataka took the initiative. > Representatives of the Konkani-speaking community came together for the > first time to deliberate the future of their language. One of the > resolutions passed at the conference appealed to the entire > Konkani-speaking community to converge on Devanagari script as the > common script for all regions -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Getting history wrong... JD Fernandes is actually the name of the bookshop
Getting history wrong... JD Fernandes is actually the name of the bookshop (and grandfather) -- October 3 is a day when I spend usually on going back down memory lane, and reminiscing. So is October 10. The first day was when I entered for a full-time job into a newspaper office, in 1983. The second date was when the paper which we joined as college kids actually hit the stands. We thought Herald would be a big splash when it came out (with a dateline error) with its English-avatared first issue. Nobody, or almost nobody, noticed it. The Navhind refused to carry an advertisement about the birth of a 'rival' newspaper. To add to the tragi-comic situation, the Herald poster which was put up in a very few parts of Panjim read, "Announcing the birth of a new English (language) daily" or something to that effect. Below it there was the photo of two singers with a guitar! On Monday, the Herald's few ad-packed extra pages reminded it was the 22nd anniversary of Herald's and our entry into journalism. Some comments on the occasion, mostly in response to what the Herald is saying (or not saying): * Editor Robin Abreu's brief front-page piece is titled 'Dev Borem Korum'. In addition to Rajan Narayan's almost patented phrase, he also signs off with an additional 'Devan Tumcher Bessaum Galum'. I think Rajan has added to the Konkani language and localspeak with repeated use of terms like DBK and Pratapsing *Raoji* Rane... * Robin is as much a man of few words, as Rajan is loquacious. While we did learn some positive things from Rajan and he was at first a great boss (specially in the early days), one of his traits as editor was to virtually fill the entire paper with his own writing. This has been commented on elsewhere; I think by RK Nair. Sometimes, this left less space (in both senses of the word) for his team. Perhaps an editor should spend his or her energies in getting out the best from others, rather than dominating the publication himself or herself Robin terms Herald Goa's "largest read paper" and says it is "getting stronger and stronger". His contention that "the changes over the past one year" have been undertaken "to meet the varying demands of our readers" can however be debated. Firstly, most changes are advertiser-driven and seem shaped with the trends being brought in by papers like the Times of India. The ascent of the marketing sections over editorial is clearly visible in many papers, including the Herald. This has little or nothing to do with providing a better product to the reader. (In fact, readability of such papers has gone down.) Instead, it has everything to do with jazzifying and sexing-up the product, under the (mistaken) belief that everyone wants a glamorous, colour and snazzy paper in between their hands, one that appeals to their emotions rather than to their brain, and one which is advertiser-friendly and conflict-free (it doesn't care about local concerns and ignores them often). THE NEXT THING that drew my attention was Uday Bhembre's article on Page 5, titled 'Remembering with gratitude'. It acknowledges "the contribution of Herald to the success of the language agitation in 1986". As someone working there in the heat of the "agitation", I felt then as I feel now that it was a lot of hot air, misplaced chauvinism and all that has resulted in frustration and unfulfilled promises. Few might the details of how the "agitation" was used for selfish purposes by its leading lights. I know at least one senior who was arguing for a raise in salary on the basis that the newspaper had "brought 75,000 people to the Azad Maidan" (or words to that effect). I couldn't agree more with Bhembre's view that "Herald... should not try to be a 'national' paper, in the sense that it should not ignor elocal news and run away from issues of local interest". He has an apt example when he says, "As a reader, I do not expect any local newspaper to ignore the controversial VCD product by the Government, and devote its columns to discuss films like Lagaan or Swades..." Well put. Bhembre says, "Herald should improve its Sunday magazine". Does the Sunday magazine still exist? It seems to have been given a quiet burial some months ago, or at least reduced to a shadow of its former self. Bhembre also adds that the Sunday magazine should "discuss books published in Goa especially in Konkani". Why Konkani? Because a lobby has hijacked a language and turned it into a barely-read one, which has no takers in its own language? It is quite a comment on the failure of the language protagonists that they need reviews of Konkani books in an English-language newspaper. Also, Bhembre seems to be contradicting himself when he argues that "in the present times, Goa needs newspaper
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 11, 2005 * Congress consensus on PM's venue meet... Muslims complain about prayer house damage
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct , 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Congress reaches consensus over PM's meet venue. Margao's GVN auditorium will host Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to Goa. An amicable settlement came to the week-long conflict within the party on the selection of the venue. (H) Desecration of mosque at Housing Board, Mapusa, flayed. According to the Mufeedul Muslameen Youth Organisation, antisocial elements had demolished the compound wall, important parts of the mosque and burnt the mats used to perform namaz. (H) o Mapusa traders protest at civic corporation, over permission granted to "non-Goan" businessmen to run their "sales centres" near the Gandhi Chowk. They demanded that this permission be revoked. MMC chief Armindo Braganza said this permission would be revoked if the sales did not have permission from the handicraft authorities. Only sale of handicrafts would be allowed, he said. (H) o Herald celebrated its 22nd anniversary, with a mass and satyanarayan pooja at the office. (H) o Opposition to Santa Cruz PDA mounts. (H) o 34 to contest Cuncolim civic election. (H) o Comply with garbage disposal rules, HC tells CCP. (H) o Refrigerator trolly carries fire at CMM godown, Merces.(H) o Lt Col Dubey and B Lobo get bail in CBI corruption case.(H) o Case against ex-Nuvem sarpanch Pausilip Dourado on assault o Officials get tough on scrap yards. (H) o Scrap dealers threaten stir. (H) o Submit documents, Zuari Indian Oil Tanking told: Sancoale. o Locals prefer panchayat to municipal council: Curchorem.H o Ministers inspect educational premises at Porvorim. (H) o Jesuits install provincial, Fr Anthony da Silva, SJ. (H) o Pollution board inaugurates spectrophotometer. (H) o Simplify procedure for loans, minister tells fin instns.(H) o Curchorem industrial workers are an exploited lot. (GT) o RTO agents do flourishing business in Margao. (GT) o GT prints a quarter page of 'bouquets and brickbats' for Wendell o Panjim Corporation term extended for six months. (NT) o Skybus: KRC asked to conduct more test trials. (NT) o Electoral system should be pro-people, says Justice Sawant.NT o ESG to finalise name of event management firm today. (NT) Goanet News Bytes needs a larger audience. Why? So that we can offer you a better service. Help us spread its readership. Send us email addresses of friends who would like to read this. For FREE. Just email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. o BJP finalises list for Margao civic polls. (H) o Margao sleeps over resolution on satellite markets. (H) o Two Konkani kiddies books by poet Ramesh Veluskar release today. o Divino Almeida, Sonia Fernandes top Goa cantaram contest. (H) o Sonsodo residents call for shifting of garbage dump. (H) o Army western chief to visit Goa, and 2STC. (H) o Goa Aerated Waters Assn opens their Margao office at Arlem.H o ESG (says it's) yet to receive Wendell's resignation letter.GT o Govt flayed for withdrawing maternity benefits to women. (GT) IT'S M BOYER's 75th birthday today, and a lone advert (compared to dozens our politicians get) greets 'our dearest mama (uncle)' on his birthday. It comes from relatives in Paroda, Andheri, Chembur and Chicalim. GOA GOVERNMENT's Department of Transport announces its intention to water down the State Transport Authority's to enforce a moratorim on the issue of all tourist permits for a one year period till February-end 2006. It says: "Following representations from the public interested in the tourist trade, the State Transport Authority has reconsidered its decision and decided to relax the policy in respect of certain categories of vehicles". Those who can now apply are all-India permits for buses, all-Goa permits for buses and mini-buses, and all-India permits for taxis and maxi-cabs having a capacity of 1500 cc and above. (H, Oct 11, Pg4) IF YOU NEED to complain about leakage of
[Goanet] Of blogs, and blogs... and blogs (not very offtopic)
DP is one of the youngsters at the GNU/Linux Free Software and Open Source network in Goa. His blog is out there [1] and already has been mentioned in these fora. It is a nice -- if informal and offbeat -- record of what's happening there at the GU MCA (Goa University, Master of Computer Applications) classes, even if a one person's very personalised point of view. A prof at the Goa Univ was mentioning it to me at Exhibition of Computers and Allied Products (largely positively), and I thought, hey this is great. Technology allowing students to actually make a point. When DP wrote a more-than-frank evaluation of ECAP2005 (and specifically the ILUG-Goa participation there), it drew the attention of quite a few people. Recently, I got into blogging specifically about the theme of NGOs/non-profits/civil society and FLOSS [2] for the TacticalTech.org network [3]. Then, I chanced upon the FOSS.in [4] aggregater of blogs [5]. A brief email saw my blog linked up there. Today, when I wanted to say a thank you to a young student who fixed my software upgrade, Derek Cordeiro (for his work yesterday), I ran into his [6] blog. It talks about autism, Bin Laden, VOIP and... even love! Just posted a suggestion to Free Software enthusiasts in Goa to go in for their own blogs, and bring everything together by setting up a Planet or Atom or whatever to aggregate all the postings. For instance, I would love to keep in touch with Prof George Easaw and what's happening on the Free Software-in-education front. Or, with Augusto F. Fernandes' explorations on the Free Software-in-music theme. Our friends out of Goa, like Ajay Cuncolienkar, B2, Yunus and Arvind Clement, could tell us about what's happening in the world of work in Hyderabad/US, Mumbai, and the Gulf. Or wherever they are currently located PS: Do ask Derek about the secret of ecwhost.com and their Thursday-evening only free accounts. [1] http://www.livejournal.com/~pintooo15/ [2] http://foss4us.org/blog [3] http://www.tacticaltech.org [4] http://foss.in [5] http://planet.foss.in [6] http://derek.ecwhost.com/blog/blog/1
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * October 10-9, 2005 * Salcoale meet... Wendell quits ESG ... a Jazz singer
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 10-9, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Crucial Sancoale village panchayat meet today. To decide afresh the application for a construction license for oil tanks, by Zuari Indian Oil Tanking Limited. (H) o Wendell quits Entertainment Society of Goa (organisers of IFFI) on grounds of favouritism in selecting event management company for IFFI. o Attempts to help popular Jazz singer Bevinda Olivera in her anguished fight against cancer has brought in Jazz musicians from Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai together to perform free at Campal, Oct 13. (GT) HARVESTING CONCRETE: It was (ex-CM) Shashikala Kakodkar's Fifth Amendment to the Agricultural Tenancy Act, an infamous statute which killed Goa's agriculture because all agri "tenants" were "deemed to have purchased" the land they tilled for a price that would be fixed by the government in future. This 'future' arrived only a decade-odd later. That too in the form of a ridiculous pittance of a land price, payable over 10 equal annual instalments. (Dr Joe D'Souza, Herald) UDAY BHEMBRE, ON THE PRESS: Herald, in my view, should not try to be a 'national' paper in the sense that it should not ignore local news and run away from issue of local interest. As a reader, I do not expect any local newspaper to ignore the controversial VCD produced by the Government and devote its columns to discuss films like 'Lagaan' or 'Swades'. (In Herald) o Willy approved project for another yard for handling mineral ore at Xelvona, despite pressure, says BJP. (H) o Forest Department crawls on plan for setting up a North Goa turtle paradise at Morjim. (GT) o Crucial Congress meet today to decide on PM's meet venue GT o Herald completes 22 years as an English-language daily.(H) o Two held with 514 gms at charas at Mungal railway bridge.H o IFFI decision on event management firm today. (H) o Health: Negligence by doctors worsens patient's conditionNT o Despite extension of contract, Margao garbage woes worsenNT o Cops to prepare list of tenants in South Goa. (NT) o Government issues orders for removal of illegal scrapyards. o Margao man cries foul over rejected civic nomination. GT o Women join in protest against casino. (GT0 o Mopa airport project threatens aboriginal Dhangars.GT o Assonora church celebrates 200 years on Oct 18. (GT0 PHOTO: Contestants seen participating in a pedal boat race at Mayem Lake on the occasion of the 'Ya Ya Mayem Ya' event, organised by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation on Sunday. (NT)ks o Mungul to get power supply from Benaulim feeder: Kamat.o Share Goanet with a friend -- for free. Send us an email address of anyone whom you would like to receive Goanet News Bytes. It's FREE. Write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9: o Goa meets all criteria needed for permanent IFFI venue: DFF o Five bar girls held by Calangute police. (NT) o Efforts on to combat spurious drugs. (NT) o Dabolim's former immigration office head faces an inquiry in connection with a forged stamp on a passport. (H) o Goyyatil dhuke bhukampachee poorvasuchana denaray Gova Doot believes the heavy fog that appeared in Goa a day earlier might have foretold the Pakistani earthquake. BOMBSHELL FROM BANGLADESH: The halless victim of the Bangladesh sex racket, who was hastily whisked away from the Apna Ghar (custodial home) to her home in Bangladesh, has landed back in Goa, with two of her lawyers. An identification parade will be conducted on Monday. Hopefully her identification will once and for all seal the fate of four men, one of whom raped her in a moving car and later took her to a hotel where three others sexually exploited her. Peter de Souza and Preetu Nair report in Weekender/GT. IT PAYS TO BE AN MLA: Herald says an MLA gets Rs 42,000
[Goanet] Heads Of Christian Educational Institutions Hold Consultation (SARNews)
Heads Of Christian Educational Institutions Hold Consultation By SAR NEWS HYDERABAD, Andhra Pradesh (SAR NEWS) -- Over 50 heads of Christian educational institutions like managers, administrators, principals, correspondents and headmasters of Catholic and Protestant denominations from various districts of Andhra Pradesh held a consultation October 3 at Amruthavani Communications Centre, Secunderabad, on the problems of educational institutions. The consultation was organised by the Andhra Pradesh Christian Federation, a state-level organisation of the Andhra Pradesh Bishops’ Council of the Catholics and Andhra Pradesh Council of Churches of the Protestant and Orthodox Churches. Bishop Gali Bali of Guntur, one of the two general secretaries of the Federation, introducing the topic said that the basic purpose of the consultation was to present "the views of the Christians on the issue in one voice" as the Government was not often aware who represents whom since there are many Christian organisations who claim to represent the Christians in general. He said a lot of spadework had been done in this regard for the past two years. Bishop Bali said the issue was urgent because the Government was preparing to present a Bill on the matter in the winter session of Parliament. The APCF general secretary said the Federation was also considering calling a meeting with the ministers and officials concerned to apprise them of the stand of Christians. Vice-president of the Federation, Dr. Jetti A. Oliver said the Federation would formulate a resolution to request the Government to issue a comprehensive order to govern all the Christian institutions. Christine Lazarus, MLA said there was "no question of the Government imposing a GO on us Christians without taking into account our needs and concerns." Bhaskar Benny, an advocate, proposed to have a state-level tribunal for Christians to settle all issues of educational institutions.
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 8, 2005 * Evening fog in parts of Goa * LatAm ambassadors in state
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct , 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GOANS CAN NOW SETTLE IN PORTUGAL: Portugal's ambassador to India Joaquim F Marques on Friday assured that all those entitled to Portuguese citizenship, especially Goans, would be granted the same, and efforts would be made to expedite the process of granting citizenship. He was talking on the sidelines of a two-day ambassadors' conference, and said delays were mainly due to non-submission of proper documents. Ambassadors representing Portugal, Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean countries was held at the NIO. (H) Portugal streamlining citizenship process for persons from former colonies, says envoy. (NT) o In a bid to diffuse Congress-NCP tensions, Margaret Alva has suggested that the Nationalist Congress Party could be given chairmanship of two other government run corporations. (H) PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT had set up a helpline with the Goa Electronics Limited. But hardly anyone knew of the help-line 242 0069 and 242 0070, and so it hasn't been used. There are also delays in responding to problems. (H) o Environmental hearing of Coti Dongor mines of Virginia M Simioes (Pirla, Quepem) and Alli Vagurbem Mines of Elray Minerals (Sancorda, Sanguem) will come up on Nov 11 at 11 am at GMV Hall, Margao. o Sanjit Rodrigues is likely to be appointed administrator of the Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP). H o JGF questions bid to form a "tourism enclave" on the west coast in the name of a Free Port, special economic zone and special tourism area. (H) o GOA's OUTGOING Director General of Police U.K. Katna's policy was simple: 'See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil'. Maybe that's the reason why he refused to see, hear or speak against the police irregularities. Neither did he make any serious attempts to help the police to adapt to the fast changing advances in the field of handling law and order, prevention and detention of crime and regulatory functions. (GT) MOVE TO INCLUDE selected areas into Planning and Development Authorities (PDAs) raises eyebrows. The government, by an order, has declared the areas to be included in the North Goa PDA, South Goa PDA and the Mormugao PDA, but has maintained abundant precaution and did not dare to include the other areas from Ponda taluka and from Salcete taluka. (GT) WARNING FROM THE TAXMAN: We know who you are, says a half-page advert from the Indian Income Tax Department. "Have you never filed your return? Have you stopped filing your return? We know who you are. Tax laws enable the department to gather information on investments and expenditure, track bank deposits, scrutinize selected tax returns, conduct surveys and searches. Catch up with your taxes before the taxman catches up with you. Be a responsible citizen and file your returns before October 31, 2005." o QUOTE UNQUOTE: There is no need for any of the 'naach-gaana' (song-and-dance) entertainment during a film festival. It does not happen in Cannes, Toronto, Lucarno, Venice or at any film festival. We must allow traffic to flow smoothly for locals. -- Wendell Rodricks. o Government to set up panel to probe Goa Dairy working.H o BJP-backed panel to contest Margao civic poll. (H) o Konkan Railway's Skybus promised "within a year". (H) o Panchayats asked to arrest the garbage menace. (H) o Canacona youth want new faces in municipal polls. (H) o Dabolim villagers oppose extension of Zuari dry dock.(GT) o Indian Air Force to recruit at Porvorim Oct 24-28. (H) o Garrison officials get CBI custody in bribery case. (NT) o Staff shortage affecting Goa primary health centres. (NT) o Prime Minister to address Congress workers in Margao. (NT) o Porvorim to launch house-tax collection drive. (H) o Norman Cardozo, a musician in Kuwait, was feted. (H) o Jan Shikshan to offer computer classes for dropouts.(H) o Free eye camp at Pernem college premises held. (H) o Hordes throng agri products expo
[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Did Church’s Policy Shift Turn Kerala Red?
[An interesting post, but not related to Goa. It might be relevant to ask whether the Communists in Kerala are really just social democrats with a more radical label. Incidentally, this was the first Communist party (then more radical) in the globe to ever get elected to power, in 1957, and then return to power intermittently. -FN] Did Church’s Policy Shift Turn Kerala Red? By George Veliparambil, SAR NEWS KOCHI, Kerala (SAR NEWS) -- One of the reasons for the landslide victory of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the recent three-tier elections to the local bodies in Kerala is perhaps the policy shift adopted by the Christian hierarchy in general, and the Latin Catholic bishops in particular, in favour of the coalition of Left parties. This is borne out by the overwhelming sweep the LDF made in the districts of Kottayam, Ernakulam, Trichur, Iddukki and Wynad, which were traditionally the strongholds of the United Democratic Front (UDF) led by the Congress. Incidentally, these districts have a predominant Christian population. The LDF has also bagged all the five City Corporations in the State, namely Kochi, Trichur, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam. The LDF has won 11 out of 14 district panchayats, 114 out of 152 block panchayats, 33 out of 52 municipalities and about 700 out of 999 grama panchayats – a spectacular performance, indeed! Another surprise is the fact that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which failed to make its presence felt even in the grama panchayat level in the past, has made impressive gains this time around. It has won one district panchayat out of 14, and four grama panchayats out of 999 in their own right, apparently without any alliance. But it is rumoured that the BJP had a secret pact with both the Congress and the LDF. Apart from this, the BJP has a decisive voice in the formation of the local body councils in at least six grama panchayats. By percentage of votes, the striking fact is that the BJP has emerged biggest victor after the LDF and UDF. Political pundits say that the shameful debacle suffered by the Congress was the direct result of its nagging infighting over the past four years ever since the party came to power with a thumping majority in the 2001 elections. A faction led by octogenarian Congress stalwart K. Karunakaran, former chief minister, and A.K. Anthony, the then chief minister, seem to be eternally at loggerheads. This prolonged infighting has also resulted in the formation of a breakaway party, which styled itself as the true Congress, now known as the “Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) (DIC-K). The main goal of DIC-K is to enthrone Karunakaran’s two children, son K. Muraleedharan and daughter Padmaja. This has weakened the very fabric of the National Congress in Kerala, and as a result split the so-called votebank of the Christian community, which had stood as one block behind the Congress in former times. The first split in the Christian community took place in the 1960’s when K. M. George formed the Kerala Congress (K.C.) which split again into several splinter parties such as those led by K. M. Mani and others. Some of these splinter groups are now aligned with the LDF. The formation of the DIC-K now has further split the Christian votes. To add to the “split politics”, the Orthodox Christians are now a divided family – one owing allegiance to the Catholicos Baselios Mathews I (Kottayam) and the other to the Antiochian Patriarch. Both oppose the ruling UDF on the charge that the it did not support their claim to the Trikunnath Seminary in Alwaye, the struggle for which had taken a gruesome turn in the earlier months this year. Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, the Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop of Ernakulam, had come out with a new proposal some time ago that there was no harm in supporting and cooperating with the Communists, though this was ridiculed by the Communists themselves as a new tactic of the Church to gain political power. Further, the Latin bishops of Kerala led by Archbishop Soosai Pakiam of Trivandrum came out with an outspoken assurance of support to the Communists early this year on the pretext that only the Communists came to the rescue of the Church when she was persecuted in several places in the Northern India. He, however, later attempted to mitigate the statement saying the community would keep equidistance from both Fronts. This was again openly espoused by the Kerala Regional Latin Catholic Council (KRCC). But the harm had been already done. There is a clear shift in the minds of the people in Kerala in favour of leftist thinking mainly because it is more than evident that the Congress is more to the right and hardly can be depended on for any socialistic thinking. To add to UDF woes, the Christians in general and the Catholics in Trichur in particular were angry at the way the Oommen Chandy government handled the murder case of Father Job Chittilappily, who was stabbed to death in broad daylight in
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 7, 2005 * Bus fare hike on cards, minimum fare may touch Rs 5
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 7, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Bus fare hike on the cards in Goa. Miminum fare likely to be raised to Rs 5 in Goa. (H) o Naval officer in CBI Net. Lt Col Rakesh Dube was allegedly asking a bribe of Rs 30,000 to pass a tender. (H) o Santa Cruz locals oppose inclusion of their village in the North Goa Planning & Development Authority. (H) o Notice servied on Bharati Tourism Co-op Society, a wing of the Sangh Parivar, to vacate its premises in the Junta House on 18th June Road. Goa State Co-op Bank said it wanted to use the prmises for banking activities. (H) o Bicholim civic polls turning into a family affair, with husbands and wives taking part. (H) o BJP close to finalising nominess in Margao civic poll. Uncertainity in Congress camp continues. (H) o National Panchayat, a people's alliance for the village republic, was forged recently in Kovalam. Peaceful Society of Goa is one of the participants. (H) DESIGNER WENDELL RODRICKS, in a note to editors, has objected to the naach-ganna (song-and-dance) entertainment linked to the IFFI in Goa, and linked that issue with the unsolved garbage problem that Goa is facing. TOXIC WASTE WATER seeping out of the Curca garbage dump yard and flowing down the Santan village is causing a stink in that locality. Photo in GT by Barnabe Sapeco. o Poor facilities plauge South Goa primary health centres(NT) o Sindhudurg diocese created: Goa its first bishop. (NT) o Ex-BJP minister Prakash Phadte joins Congress. (H) o Locals unhappy with outgoing Bicholim Municipal Council.H o Tension at Ektanagar, Mapusa over prayer house. (H) o Will the new Margao civic body solve parking woes? (H) o Milk not adulterated, says Goa Diary chief. (H) o Caravela casino chief summoned: insult to national flag.(H) o NGO Forum launched in Goa. (H) o Wildlife quiz for students on Oct 7 at Science Centre, 10am o GMNC computerisation to go underway soon. (H) o Suzzie with the Blue Note Trio to perform at Sweet Chilli. o Goa Today Oct 2005 issue is out. Cover story: Goa deGoanised o Arguments conclude in Philip Neri ex MLA forgery case. (NT) o Another tender to hot mix road from O Coqueiro-Taj/Baga. o Congress still undecided on PM's meeting venue in Goa.GT PAKKAM (Wings), staged by Alfi Art Productions of Divar, bagged the first prize for the best performance at the 31st tiatr competition organised by the Kala Academy. AHVAAN by Machi Mogi of St Cruz and ZOITACHI EK BHUT by Centro Socio Anjo Custodio Club of Curchorem stood second and third. (H) - EDUCATION - PhD FOR GOAN LADY IN ANTWERP: Crispina Borges was awarded a Phd degree by University of Antwerp, Belgium on September 27 2005. The subject of her research was: Investigation of the formation of DNA-adducts of estrogens by capillary liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. The defense of the PhD was a public event and was advertised a month in advance. There was a formal six-member jury and on this day was attended by about 40 people. The procedure for the defense is by presentation of the topic by the student for about 40 minutes, and then, over the next 40 minutes, the jury and public can ask questions. Thereafter the jury has private consultation and then announce if the degree would be awarded. Dr. Crispina took six years to complete the research. She is the wife of Francis Borges General Manager of Excel Industries (Europe) at NV Uitbreidingstraat 84/3 2600 Antwerp Berchem Belgium Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED] Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Goa) will undertake the final review of the ICAR-UK project entitled Integrated Management of Fruit Flies in India, at Hotel The Majestic, Porvorim Oct 6-7. o Vocational training workshop for employment generation held at Agnel Ashram. (H) o National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research is looking to set up an extension centre at Porvorim (Goa). www.tttibhopal.com Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Joseph Menezes elected president of Past Pupils
[Goanet] National Meeting Of CCBI Commission Chalks Out Priorities, Action Plan (SAR)
National Meeting Of CCBI Commission Chalks Out Priorities, Action Plan By SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- Representing all the twelve ecclesiastical regions of the Church in India, the chairpersons and secretaries of the CCBI (Conference of Catholic Bishops of India Latin Rite) Commissions put their heads together to chalk out priorities to serve the 122 Latin dioceses that come under the Conference. Held at NBCLC (National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre) September 19-20, CCBI president, Archbishop Oswald Gracias of Agra, spelt out to 70 participants the goal and objectives of the consultation. He urged the consultors to clarify the vision and mission of CCBI in depth. Bishop Valerian D’Souza of Poona, the vice-president of CCBI, requested the participants to help the CCBI with their grass-roots experiences. Taking seriously the questions for discussion in the groups, the consultors spelt out the main needs and priorities of the faithful in the inter-ritual context. Formation of laity through catechesis stood as the first priority. It was stressed that the parish priests should be better formed and make the liturgical celebrations solemn and meaningful. In order to stop “sheep stealing”, the laity are to be more confirmed in their faith through catechesis. Small Christian Communities are to be the base for training people to become lay leaders in the world. The laity are to be involved in planning and decision-making process in the Church and treated as collaborators. Christian leadership in political and social fields are to be encouraged. Stressing the need for bishops and priests to be key agents of family apostolate, the conference emphasized on regular house visits. With a sense of urgency, the Church has to help the family find gospel response in confronting many issues today, it said adding otherwise the people would turn to media and the Internet for their answers. Discussing ongoing formation, the consultors underlined the formation of bishops and clergy on whom depend all other formations to meet the challenges today. It was noted that almost 90 per cent of funds in the Church went for the formation of clergy and religious and only a minimum went for laity formation. Discussing caste and its implications in the Church, the participants noted that caste was a big issue among the bishops and the clergy. They called for statements by bishops on the issue. Empowerment of the poor was also stressed. On the topic of Evangelisation in North India, it was suggested that more southern dioceses take up missionary work in the North. The Secretary General of CCBI, Bishop Prakash Mallavarappu of Vijayawada, in his speech said that the reality of the three ritual Episcopal bodies had come to stay. He said, “We need to creatively think how to relate with other ritual Churches while not losing our identity and mission.” He observed that critical thinking and collective search was needed to organise the CCBI to fulfill its purpose. Responding to the needs and priorities, the consultors spelt out action plan for the Commissions. At present the CCBI is serving the dioceses through nine commissions. They are commission for Family, Liturgy, Bible and Catechetics, Laity, Ecumenism, Theology and Doctrine, Canon Law, Proclamation and Vocation, Seminary, Clergy and Religious. Some of the action plans include conducting follow-up training programmes for couple ministry in order to reach out couples in distress. The family commission also envisaged to collaborate with pro-life organisations and to ensure that family movements contribute to better functioning of parishes. With the collaboration of liturgy commission the ecumenism commission plans to prepare liturgy for ecumenism Sunday and educate the laity on Christian unity and our faith. The proclamation commission plans training programmes besides promoting Catholic Enquiry Centres in every diocese. It was also proposed that bishops of the South adopt mission territory in the northern dioceses by their support of material resources and personnel. At the consultation organised by CCBI, Archbishop Bernard Moras of Bangalore welcomed the participants who came from all over India. There were seven bishops, fifty-four priests, four sisters and five laypersons.
[Goanet] Just to reassure you that these guys hadn't come with any military purpose in mind ;-)
And surely the US Navy could lose friends in Goa among its supporters, who might get upset by this statement: "Goan. Having been ruled as a Portuguese colony for more than 450 years, Goa has a culture distinctly different from most of India." Anyway, what is the "culture... (of) most of India"? I thought every part of India was distinct in its own way. Except when viewed with the every-Chinaman-looks-the-same kind of ignorance. FN Goa COMREL Marks End of Malabar '05 Story Number: NNS051005-08 Release Date: 10/5/2005 12:23:00 PM By Photographer's Mate 1st Class (AW) Shane T. McCoy, Navy News Service GOA, India (NNS) -- Exercise Malabar ended Oct. 3 with a community relations (COMREL) project in Panjim, Goa, India. Malabar is an annual exercise intended to enhance interoperability between the U.S. and Indian navies for future combined operations. USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS Chaffee (DDG 90) and USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) pulled into port in Goa Oct. 2, completing the at-sea phase of the exercise, and participated in an international sports day called the 'Malabar Cup.' After good-spirited games of volleyball, soccer and basketball, a reception was held aboard Higgins to celebrate the exercise's successful completion. Chaffee was unable to participate in the day's community relations project due to operational commitments, but some of the crew of Higgins and Santa Fe were bused to downtown Panjim to a children’s art and culture center to repaint the theater. One of the volunteers was Santa Fe's Storekeeper 3rd Class Victor Mesa. "We were told on the sub that we could help out some local kids with some painting, and I wanted to be a part of it," he said. All the volunteers were taken aback at the warm reception they received at the center. "We walked in and two women and two little girls greeted us with burning candles and marked our foreheads with red power to welcome us," said Operations Specialist Seaman Andrea Annis from Higgins. "They said it was a traditional welcome." The work was hard in the small non-air conditioned theatre. Indian paint, thicker than paint in the U.S., had to be mixed with water for more than an hour before the painting could begin. According to the Sailors, the work was well worth the effort. "The kids in the center put on a show for us," said Mesa. "They brought us into a room after lunch, and kids came out singing and dancing." The children, dressed in traditional Indian clothes, performed songs and dances both Indian and Goan. Having been ruled as a Portuguese colony for more than 450 years, Goa has a culture distinctly different from most of India. "This is the first time I have ever done a COMREL," said Operations Specialist 2nd Class Deltria Hines. "After seeing these kids and how adorable the dancing was, I’m hooked. I'll make sure I’m on every one from now on." For more news from around the fleet, visit www.navy.mil. [Thanks to goanvoice.org.uk for pointing to this link. -FN]
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 6, 2005 * Goa govt assumes sweeping powers over planning
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[Goanet] GOA-Oct 6: Popular Science Lecture on Turtle Conservation
From: Goa Science Centre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Popular Science Lecture on Turtle Conservation Invitation WildLife Week -2005 Goa Science Centre, Miramar Department of Forests, Govt. of Goa Centre for Environment Education, Goa and World Wide Fund for Nature, Goa cordially invite you to the Popular Science Lecture "Turtle Conservation in India" by Dr. B. C. Choudhury Scientist, WildLife Institute of India, Dehradoon and a welknown Marine Turtle Expert on 6th October, 2005 at 5.30 pm at Goa Science Centre, Miramar as part of the Wild Life Week Celebrations.
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 5, 2005 * Goa's milk quality questioned
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 5, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Food and Drug Administration confirms adulteration of milk supplied by Goa Diary. Samples did not confirm to standards for pasturised cow milk, says Mickky Pacheco.H FDA finds Goa Dairy milk adulterated. (NT) o Congress leaders hope for last-minute compromise to avert multi-cornered contests in Margao municipal elections.(H) o Carrying capacity the criteria for shack allotments, says deputy CM Dr Wilfred de Souza. (H) All applicants will get licences to run beach shacks, says Willy. (GT) o Photo shows Gujarati women swirl to the music at a 'Dandiya Raas' function held at the Gaspar Dias Club at Miramar on Tuesday night. Barnabe Sapeco, GT. JUDGEMENT ON MINING: Bombay High Court's Goa bench on Tuesday stated mines listed by the government for closure need not shut down as the mining operators are in the process of obtaining environmental clearances from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. (H) o CEO examines revision of electoral rolls. (H) o 155 candidates file nominations for Margao polls.(H) o Special measures proposed for fire safety. (H) o Rane's handling of horticulture ruffles NCP. (H) o Good paddy crop expected n Canacona. (H) o Over 480 delegates attend dental meet at Varca. (H) o Bastora villagers demand traffic control at Tarikode.(GT) o Goa likely to get representation in Union cabinet. (NT) o Artisans meet, Oct 14 morning at A Estrela, St Cruz. o Info Tech Corporation of Goa advertises for architect and consultant firm for its (long-delayed) hi-tech habitat IT park at Dona Paula. o Govt gearing up for IFFI, landscaping work begins. (NT) o Entertainment Society of Goa has advertised for vehicle operators, advertising agencies, computer hirers and security services willing to offer their services during IFFI 2005. o Mopa airport will boost tourism, says regional tourism chief S P Singh is regional director for western and central India, Indian Tourism. (NT) o BJP MLA Azgaonkar assures suitable compensation to anxious Mopa villagers. (GT) o Diocesan Council wants government to involve people in decision-making. (NT) GOA HAS A STRONG health-care system with 172 sub-centres, 29 rural dispensaries, 19 primary health centres, five community health centres, and four urban health centres. But these service centres have failed to keep up with the times. (Umesh Mahambre in The Navhind Times) Goanet News Bytes cannot grow without your help! We need your support to introduce GNB to more readers. To get a free subscription write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. You can also 'sponsor' (for free) any friends and relatives to get this newsletter, and thus keep in closer touch with Goa. GET WHAT YOU WANT. Through hypnotism! An advert in today's papers. Introductory lecture Hotel Woodlands, Oct 5-7 at 6.30 pm Instituto Cames will hold an exhibition on the 95th anniversary of the Portuguese Republican Revolution in 1910. It will be held from Oct 4 to 10 from 9.30 to 6 pm at Xavier Centre of Historical Research at Porvorim. It consists of 32 photographs, subtitled in Portuguese. (GT) - NEWS FROM SUNAPARANT - * Khelo, Gandhi khelo. An article of how gambling was conducted with Gandhi caps at Goa's casino on August 15. (Lead story on Oct 4 issue. Says the headline: Tirangicher jugar khelo. Bharatmata ki jai bolo -- Gamble on the tricolour; feign nationalism) * Vijai Tendulkaranchi vhadvik Ameriki uprant amka kalli. Damoo Kenkre. (We came to know of Vijay Tendulkar's greatness only after the US recognised it.) * Monoreil fatlean 'raket': Parrikar. Former CM sees racket behind monorail project. * Giran: Thodyani pallle, thodyani poloile! Goa witnessed a partial eclipse earlier this week. Some observed the rituals and restrictions connected w
[Goanet] Question of questioning.... (was Re: Musings on crossing a hundred....)
Hi Cornel: I did a google Marx + "question everything" and came up with this answer: http://www.google.co.in/search?hs=ho5&hl=en&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial&q=Marx+%22question+everything%22&btnG=Search&meta= Don't question Gadgil's quote ;-) There's an anarchist's blog called, you guessed it, "question everything": question-everything.mahost.org See this: Karl Marx enjoined us to question everything. And with the entire political landscape refashioned by the newest of world orders nothing remains unchallenged ... www.communist-party.org.uk Hope this answers before Gadgil ;-) FN > [Goanet] Re: Musings on crossing a hundred > cornel cornel at btinternet.com > Mon Oct 3 06:57:31 PDT 2005 > > __ > Hi Vidyadhar, I studied Marx and his writings hell of a lot in student > and post-student days. Ok, this was many moons ago. However, I never > came across the view that Marx said "question everything." I am just > curious about its source. Is this attribution to Marx genuine in this > case? Cornel -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 3, 2005 * Goa's great land loot....
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Oct 3 * 2, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - PLANNED LOOT: Goa is up for sale to a builders' lobby all set to butcher planned development, and puncture the countryside. Shcokingly, this loot is about to be legalised through a backdoor ordinance sponsored by the town and country planning minister Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate, leaving Chief Minister Rane a hapless spectator, writes the GOMANTAK TIMES. We need your help to spread Goanet-News Bytes. Recommend it to a friend or relative who wants to keep in touch with Goa. To get a free subscription write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with SUBSCRIBE GNB as your subject. ANOTHER GOAN GETS NOTICED: Francisco Luis Gomes of Navelim, whose 136th death anniversary went unnoticed, drew the attnetion of the cityfathers of Panjim, after a piece of writing in a vernacular paper noted that his statue lies neglected. (GT) GOA'S INFORMATION department termed Oct 2 as the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, instead of calling it his birth anniversary! GT o Maintaining cleanliness is real tribute to Gandhi, says CM (NT) Monday mornings sees a music-only faith programme titled Good Morning Lord. It is put out by Boromor 'Boni' Dias who has been playing a song which reminds him of the music at his St Stanisclaus School at Bandra. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 - o Computer curriculum mulled for primary students. (NT) o Morjim, Mandrem beaches cry for infrastructure. (NT) o Goa cabinet okays administrator for Panjim corporation.(NT) o Info & Broadcasting team visits IFFI venues, leaves for Delhi. o Goa pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on Oct 2. (NT) o Goa BJP is having a state unit meet at Ponda. (NT) o BJP seeks benefits for members of Other Backward Classes.(NT) o US embassy announces new system for visa applicants. (NT) o Concern raised over delclining sex-ratio in Goa. (NT) o Margao: chairperson Doris Texeira, Savio Coutinho and Ethel Lobo among those who file nominations. (NT) o Middlemen prosper in vicinity of Goa RTO offices. (NT) o Disability Rights Assn of Goa seeks 3% teachers quota.(NT) o Language diversity day at Kala Academy, Oct 14. (NT) o Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki Sangeet Mahotsav begins. (NT) o Archbishop's message for Social Apostolate Sunday. (NT) o Strive to make India a progressive state: Swamiji. (NT) o Computer education to be introduced from Std I says Luizinho. H o Book review, Call to Love by Anthony de Mello, sj I sacked Monserrate to save Goa, claims former BJP chief minister, Manohar Parrikar, in an interview with Bevinda Collaco. (H) Franky Fernandes writes that the Indo-US wargames, the largest ever military exercises off the Goa coast, are proving to be a David versus Golliath encounter, with the advanced US F18s involved. (H) Vascoites outraged over naval demands to raze cross vault. Parishioners of St Mary's Orthodox Church at Varunapuri are upset.(H) Gospel singers Rex Band performed in Navelim earlier, and in Panjim on Sunday, attracting a large audience. (H) - NEWS FROM SUNAPARANT - o Aatam puro, Gandhichya vicharanchi fankadam khub zaali. Focus on the installation by Subodh Kerkar, dedicated to Gandhi, titled 'Enough'. o Apangul bhurgyanchi shikshankhatir arthik palv yojana.Luizinho Luizinho promises scheme for aid for disabled students. o Navelim students hold protests calling for 'no drugs'. - NEWS FROM DIGITALGOA.COM - http://www.digitalgoa.com/ca_disp.php?id=345 BJP charge Rane govt to be anti bhahujan samaj BJP has charged the Rane government of being anti bahujan samaj. Party President Rajendra Arlekar while addressing media persons said that scrapping of pre employment scheme started the previous government has hit the youth of
[Goanet] RTO districts in Goa
Does anyone know what are the RTO (regional transport) districts in Goa? I think there are more numbers than GA01 or GA02. Please see below and add the information if possible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#Goa Regards, FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Christians and child trafficking charge
Christian Council Chides VHP Over Charges of Child Trafficking Against Missionaries By SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), a justice and rights organisation, has repudiated the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) charge of child trafficking by Christian missionaries and called for a summary enquiry by a sitting judge of the high court on the functioning of children’s homes and orphanages run by all communities. GCIC, in a press release, demanded unconditional apology from VHP (World Hindu Council) all-India secretary, Mohahan Joshy, for the wild allegation of child trafficking by missionaries. “The myopic and ignorant view about Indian Christians contributions to the education, health and social empowerment sectors would have led VHP demand for inquiry into the functioning of children’s homes and orphanages run by Christian missionaries,” the release said. “Joshi’s allegation that Christian missionaries were misusing orphan children and indulging in child trafficking, in the name of running orphanages and children's homes, is adding insult to injury to thousands of emotionally, physically and economically challenged children who are the remnants of the caste-ridden society, fuelled and promoted by the likes of Mohan Joshi, GCIC national convener Sajan K. George said, September 27. Joshi should also examine the track record of VHP in other parts of the world before he throws stones at others, he said. The Christian council urged “the learned all-India World Hindu Council secretary to examine the latest census data which to his pleasure clearly shows a drop of Christian population in India.” “We appeal to Mr. Joshi and his cahoots to leave Christians in peace. We have lived and built the nation along with others for the last 2,000 years and VHP cannot ignore the contributions of the Christian community. GCIC would also like to warn the civil society against the diabolic design of the VHP of spreading lies with an ulterior motive to create hate and division to derail the progress of states like Karnataka,” said the GCIC convener.
[Goanet] By Building Houses For Poor...
By Building Houses For Poor, Bro. Keane Has Made Hearts Of Poor His Home By Amarnath Dinesh Roy, SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- Irish-born Brother Tony Keane has spent 54 years of his life in India. And in those five decades, he has become a sort of demigod to several poor villagers in Tamil Nadu’s Sivagangai Diocese. By building houses for the homeless, Keane has cemented a place in the hearts of the poor. When SAR News approached him for an interview, he threw up his hands and said, “Why do I need to be interviewed or appreciated for something that God demands of me as His disciple? I am doing my Christian duty…let's not make anything big of this. The credit goes to those wonderful people out there who contribute money for this good cause.” It was only after several appeals did Brother Keane accepted to talk with SAR News. With joy beaming in his eyes, he displayed a few photos saying, “Look at the joy on the faces of these poor people who now have a roof above their head.” Keane, now 73, has over the years approached Christian Brothers and other benevolent people, including his own sister in Ireland, to support the homeless in Tamil Nadu state. “Back home in Ireland, even a poor man has a 6-room house, but a poor man in India is roofless; it is even more pathetic to see seven to ten people living in a small 15/15 feet shack,” he adds, pointing to a tiny little hut that he photographed. Though the beautiful houses Keane has been building with the help of donors are spacious, strong, well ventilated, good-looking and with attached toilets, Keane says that these houses may be considered as chicken houses in Europe. “But for the people here, it’s like a palace…I am happy that with the help of the loving people out there in Ireland, we are able to do so much for these poor people of God here…” Brother Keane personally visits the afflicted, ensures if the land they intend to build a house is their own and reaches out only to the “genuinely desperate”, he says. The money he spends is not loans, but outright charity. Most houses that he builds bear the name of the donor, like “O’Connor Illam”. “As for my name that appears somewhere on the foundation stone, its useful to ensure authenticity to the donor…” he adds. Together with support from the Little Way Association, brother Keane successfully launched a drinking water project in a village in Sivagangai. Apart from building homes for the homeless, Brother Keane also sought the help of the Edmund Rice family to adopt several children in Adigondahalli village, 25 km from the Bangalore city, in the Bangalore Archdiocese. The children receive tuitions, midday meals and other benefits. Though Brother Keane spent a good number of years in the teaching apostolate and had people like Sanjay Gandhi as his student in St. Columbus School New Delhi, he says he has found greater joy reaching out to the poor people of India. “It gives me a sense of satisfaction and peace. I also enjoyed working with the adivasis (aborigines) in Gujarat.” When asked to comment on what he felt about building huge churches, he smiles, putting a finger on his lips and says: “The Lord was happy in a stable in Bethlehem. No further comments please.” Thanks to the generosity of his own sister, he was able to build a small factory in Sivagangai and so provide a livelihood for many poor people. The government provides the spinning machines and raw material. With his responsibility as Executive Secretary of the National Assembly of Religious Brothers in India, Brother Keane lives in Bangalore with the CRI community. Appalled by the miserable living condition of the people living in a slum in Gudadahalli in Bangalore Archdiocese, he immediately took up building a new house in place of one that was almost crumbling. The Parish Priest of St. Anthony’s Church in New Gudadahalli, Father Philip Arockiadoss told SAR News, “The living conditions of several people in my parish is very sad; in some houses, more than 12 people live, some are forced to sleep outside because of overcrowding. Keane’s contribution is a great relief to the people here…” Robust and well-built, Keane walks healthy, talks humorously. A publicity-shy man but one with a dream for the poor says, “I hope we all work to improve the human condition. For me, that is true evangelisation.” This Irish Christian Brother (Congregation) sees no distinction between Hindu, Muslim or Christian. Anyone in desperate need gets his attention and sympathy, even if he really isn’t able to do anything at times. Recalling the most memorable moment in recent years, he says: “We were to have the inauguration of a newly built house and the husband of the lady was in jail. We worked out a way to get him released on bail just for a day so that he is present for the inauguration. It was unbelievable to see the amount of joy on his face and the faces of his family members and all the villagers on the day of the inauguration. He returne
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Oct 1, 2005 * Anti-corruption raids nationwide... few in trap in Goa.
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[Goanet] Health Dialogue *** The Christian Medical Association of India
Health Dialogue The Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI) brings out Health Dialogue, which is a forum for exchanging news and views on primary healthcare in India. Access the July-September 2005 issue in a PDF format, which is on Substance Abuse. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/119618/1/6721
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 29, 2005 * India, US navies hold biggest ever war games off Goa
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 - / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D GOANET NEWS BYTES * Sept 29, 2005 * DATELINE GOA - Compiled by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] - o Preparations begin for IFFI2005 (Nov 24-Dec 4). NT o Corporation of the City of Panjim to be dissolved today. Its term expires on Sept 30. (NT) o Nationwide strike in India today. In Goa it was restricted to a few offices of Central Government offices, such as telecom. No much effect on Dabolim, reports Herald. o Goa to have 3 planning and development authorities instead of five. (H) These bodies had earlier been criticised for their politics and functioning, facing repeated charges of corruption. o Tension in Navelim over sale of drug, which was being injected by a migrant from UP. (H) o Konkani Bhasha Mandal announces literary awards: Prakash Vajrikar (play, Ani Ek Buto Fullo), Paresh Kamat (poems, Garbakhol), Fausto B D'Costa (tiatr, Futt), Chandrakant Keni (for Konkani journalism). Also a prize for promoting Konkani language and culture to Suhas Dalal, among others. Some prizes are of Rs 1001 each (approx US$ 25). o Still more police posts. Goa police has advertised the vacencies of 30 more sub-inspectors posts! The police department had been vastly expanded by the Parrikar government, and claims it is short of manpower, while its efficency and honesty has been often questioned. o Calangute to have next gram sabha (village council) meet on Oct 9 at 10.30 am. o Sittings to discuss the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal fixed for Sept 30 to Oct 3 at Menezes Braganza hall has been postponed. Architecture historian Heta Pandit and structural engineer-and-hobby photographer Tushar Rao are working on a coffee table book on church architecture in Goa and its similarity with homes. (Suruchi Kapoor-Gomes GT) o Goa Housing Board Alto Porvorim has announced its intention to "acquire/purchase" land at various places in Goa for its housing projects. It has called for offers. [Don't such things get done via compulsory acquisitions?] o Says a central government ad: don't use loudspeakers and trumpets between 10 pm and 6 am. Loud noises cause permanent hearing loss, insomnia, headaches, hypertension. o Gomantak Times questions Goa official claims that a Dengue death didn't happen in the state. (GT) o More than the planned Mopa airport, the completion of the Tillari dam is more important to Goa, writes jouranlist Gurudas Pednekar, in Sunaparant. - EDUCATION - o Agnel Charities Verna launches a UNDP-funded Vocational Training for Employment Generation Through Self Help Groups in the Food and Beverage Sector Scheme. Portuguese Singing Contest, 2005 Oct 1, 2005 from 5.30 pm at NIO Cardium Auditorium. All are invited. - CYBER GOA NEWS - Indian, US navies hold biggest-ever war games Gulf Times Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:15 PM PDT GOA: The biggest-ever joint naval exercises between India and the United States went into high gear yesterday but the war games in the Arabian Sea steered clear of thorny issues such as simulated nuclear combat, officials said. http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp? cu_no=2&item_no=54451&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 Sunjay, Karisma together in Goa Outlook India Wed, 28 Sep 2005 9:39 AM PDT After settling dispute over the issue of passport for their daughter, industrialist Sunjay Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor today presented a picture of a happily married couple when they arrived in idyllic locales of Goa on the eve of their second wedding anniversary. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=325821 Nepalese U-17 team hammers St. Xaviers' of GOA Kantipur Wed, 28 Sep 2005 9:35 AM PDT The Nepalese U-17 National team playing under the name of Noble Academy hammered St. Xavier's HS School, Mapusa, Goa by 6-0 in the match played today in New Delhi. http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2005/sep/sep28/news14.php Xacuti Financial Times, 28 Sep Excerpt: The
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 28, 2005 *** Goa unveils IT policy...
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[Goanet] Goa Rurbanism ... have you seen this?
There is this absolutely fascinating vision of what Goa could turn into by the year 2001, please see details at: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002477.html It has gone on to win a prize at a global competition (as reported many months back in the international media). While reading this, two thoughts struck one's mind: (i) how is this going to be achieved? (ii) is there any acknowledgement of the current reality (whether under Congress or BJP or the rest of our un-enlightened politicians, with the eye-on-the-next-election vision) in Goa? Could someone, including Philip Thomas, take a look at the above URL. Curious to know if there is something interesting in this, it's a mixed-bag, or is simply a lot of well-packaged hype. To close, here's a response from one of the persons who came across this project: "A question about 'optimal' density -- 300 people per hectare is 25% more dense than Manhattan and more than twice as dense as central Tokyo. It just seems a little high. I'm wondering where that number comes from." -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 25, 24, 23 * IT order attaches Goa minister's property, reports Gomantak Times
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Re: [Goanet] Software Freedom Day 2005 at Xavier’s
St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science & Commerce - Mapusa - xavierscollege at sancharnet.in wrote: > Frederic Noronha, freelance journalist and ardent fan of Open Source > Software. Just a clarification: the above should read *Free Software* rather than *Open Source*. If you would like to know why, see: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html While free software by any other name would give you the same freedom, it makes a big difference which name we use: different words convey different ideas FN PS: I hope the extra-long signature would be excused! -- - | India Linux Users' Group, Goa | | Join the friendly user group | | Mail list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/join | -- | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux| | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce | | http://www.iosn.net/country/india/organizations/ilug-goa/ | - ,, / \.-. * SOFTWARE ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) (. .) * FREEDOM `-_---' `---_-' / V \ * SHARING `--|o` 'o|--' // \\ \ ` / /( )\ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ): :( '.^^_^^.' SHARE IT EQUITABLY :o_o: \_/ \_/ "-"
[Goanet] Talks by ILUG-Goa at ECAP2005
Below is a listing of talks being organised by the India Linux Users' Group (Goa) volunteers at the Exhibition of Computers and Allied Products, being held on Sept 23-24, 2005 at Hotel Mandovi. Venue is Rampon, on the first floor. Timings are subject to adjustment. Please confirm at the venue: Friday, Sept 23, 2005 [Talks open from 2 to 6 pm] * Open VPN (Sreenath) * Free/Libre and Open Source Software 'distros' (DP) * Open Office vs MS Office (Clinton) * LaTeX, a Starter's Guide (Dr Shankar) * Moodle, as a tool for e-education (Prof George Easaw) * Why Open Source? (Dr Anil Seth) * Q&A sessions on Free/Libre and Open Source Software (Arvind) Saturday, Sept 24, 2005 [Talks open from 2 to 7.30 pm] * GNU/Linux file systems (Santosh Shetty) * Networking (Carmelito) * The Sound oF Linux (audio-apps by Bijon Shaha) * An introduction to Lilypond (musical notation, by Augusto) * Beginners' LaTeX (Madhav) * Q&A sessions on Free/Libre and Open Source Software (Arvind) Please visit our Stall #1 at the ECAP exhibition (main hall) for further details. --FN -- - | India Linux Users' Group, Goa | | Join the friendly user group | | Mail list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/join | -- | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux| | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce | | http://www.iosn.net/country/india/organizations/ilug-goa/ | | The Event List | http://linux-bangalore.org/list| - ,, / \.-. * SOFTWARE ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) (. .) * FREEDOM `-_---' `---_-' / V \ * SHARING `--|o` 'o|--' // \\ \ ` / /( )\ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ): :( '.^^_^^.' SHARE IT EQUITABLY :o_o: \_/ \_/ "-"
[Goanet] Re: VIEWPOINT on Dabolim Airport - 1
In India, there are hardly any night-time domestic flights -- except a very few connecting the big metros. This probably means the navy is willing to accomodate the tourism lobby, ruin the sleep hours of the state, but not stop their ludicrous peak-morning naval flights which disrupts the continuous working of the airport and bottlenecks all the flights to a narrow afternoon slot. The navy and the Airport Authorites of India have been blaming each other for inefficiencies of the airport (mostly the AAI getting blamed). But for the traveller entering Dabolim, life remains trying. Haven't we seen this airport repeately getting crores of rupees for renovation which hardly reflects in the quality of work there? Also, isn't this one of the few airports in the world which doesn't have a public bus service connected to it? FN On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 12:46 +0530, Goa Desc wrote: > The naval authorities have said that though the Dabolim > airport was available for operations, it has not been utilised > by the operators of scheduled and chartered flights after 6 p.m > adding that there was ample scope for accommodating large > number of commercial flights in the time slot from > 6 p.m to 6 a.m.
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 22-21, 2005 * Persistent rains lash Goa
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 21, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o It rained for almost the entire day on Wednesday, amidst reports of bad weather on India's other coast, on the east. This was not a heavy rain, but a slow steady drizzle. Odd weather for this time of the year! See full weather details for Goa at http://in.weather.yahoo.com/INXX/INXX0169/index_c.html Scattered thunder storms are being forecasted Thursday too. Cyclone kocks out Andhra Pradesh. In Goa 64.8 mm of rain, over two inches, fell on Wednesday, and the seasonal total crossed 112 inches of rain this monsoon. (GT) Navhind says: "Heavy rains lash state. 94.6 mm rainfall in Goa in 12 hours." o RAIN THROWS DABOLIM flight schedule haywire. Many flights cancelled. (Herald) o GOA CRUISING towards cruise terminal. Expression of interest sought for setting up the same. (H) o SEA-BED CHURNING could be the cause of oil balls on beaches, says Coast Guard and NIO. (NT) Willy suspects sabotage over oil balls on beaches.(NT) o FOREIGN ACTORS to promote Goa film fest, says Delhi.(H) o Seismologists predict magnitude 5 quake in Koyna region. o UGDP to opposes govt move to shift Dabolim airport. (H) o Government planning to computerise Goa Medical College.H o Rane hopeful Tillari project will be ready in 2-3 years. o Tivim locals 'force' police to evade MLA, sarpanch arrest. o Curchorem, Mapusa locals move court over delimitation.(H) o Mapusa MLA demands crackdown on matka. (H) o Internet for Rs 5 daily. Need mobile phone and computer. o Political instability grips Socorro panchayat again. (H) o Matanhy releases 10,000 fish seed in laks in Cansaulim, etc. o Elections to 11 municipalities on Oct 23. (NT) o Govt to hike transport fares in fortnight. (NT) o Airport: Landing capacity under-utilised, says Navy (NT) o Tributes paid to Abbe Faria. (NT) o Dhirio (bullfights) should not be banned, say bull-fight lovers, writes Zena Costa in GT. o Documentary film focuses on grave issues. They give an insight into setting things right. Yet the Prakriti Documentary Festival at Dona Paula had very few takers.(GT) GOANET WIKI needs volunteers to contribute and edit information to build an ambitious encyclopaedia on Goa. Feel like volunteering? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out Goanet wiki at http://www.goanet.org/wiki - SPORTS - o RAIN FORCES POSTPONEMENT: Incessant rains that lashed Goa on Wednesday forced the postponement of the second round matches of the Goa Professional League. (Herald) o Goa Cricket Association hands over stadium to Sports Authority of Goa. Doors now open for Goa Football Association to host Federation Cup in Goa. (H) --- Deaths: --- o CANACONA: Maria Felicidade Rossi Viegas e Barreto Bose of Loliem, b 1936. o CORTALIM: Florinda Pereira of Curpavaddo b 1924. o PANJIM: Joaquim Aleixo Vas, St Tome Road, Panjim, ex-PWD. o MORMUGAO: Sarvito Vaz of Headland b 1972 o SARZORA: Isidorina Regetina Mascarenhas b 1931 of Zoimpimando o SANVORDEM: Severinha Araujo e Fernandes of Madel b 1978. o VARCA: Jose Aleixinho Francisquinho Fernandes b 1943. - AMAZING GOA by Jose P Lourenco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - * Where was the first Konkani tiatro staged in Goa? Assagao, Bardez, (January 1, 1894) * Which fish can often be seen leaping around the muddy silt at Chorao island? The bulbous-eyed Mudskipper. * Where in Goa will you find a Shiva sculpture of recent times carved out of a beach rock? Vagator beach. * Which is the only surviving domed church in Goa? Church of Our Lady of Divine Providence, Old Goa (St Cajetan Church). * Where is the marble flooring of the inner sanctum of the Pilar Monastery church originally from? The German ships sunk off Mormugao harbour during World War II. - INITIATIVES: NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING - NATUR
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 20, 2005 * Congress puts up united front on Mopa. Says Navy needs to shift from Dabolim.
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 20, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Congress puts up united front on Mopa. Says Navy needs to shift from Dabolim. (Herald) o Churchill requests Sonia to resist move to replace Dabolim.(H) o Churchill rising airport issue to deflect from price-rise, says Parrikar. (H) o Form a panel to get people's views on Mopa airport, Goa Congress Committee tells government. Churchill Alemao seeks high command's intervention. (NT) o Parrikar sees an attempt to "create a communal divide" over the Mopa airport. (NT) o NCP to back Willy's decision on Mopa airport. (GT) o Oil balls on Goa's beaches not due to spill, Navhind Times quotes the Coast Guard as saying. o NCP favours improving coordination with Congress in Goa. (NT) o Plans for setting up a Vishva Konkani Parishad (World Konkani Council). Tomazinho Cardozo and Eric Ozario on panel.NT o Five arrested for "rioting" at Santa Cruz. It started as a fight between Sheikh Sajjat and Benjamin Rosario Rodrigues.NT o Bodies of two drowned seminarians (reported earlier in GNB) located at Calangute. (NT) o GPCC reconstitution a bitter pill, feel Congressmen. (NT) o Fr Vasco do Rego SJ to speak on 'inculturation and dialogue -- gospel demands' on Sept 22, 6 pm at Fundacao Oriente.NT o CM to inaugurate course on book publishing today. (NT) o Health department appeals to citizens to 'prevent Japanese Encephalitis' and 'prevent dengue' through large adverts. GOANET WIKI needs volunteers to contribute and edit information to build an ambitious encyclopaedia on Goa. Feel like volunteering? The returns are immense satisfaction of a job well done, and possibilities of contributing through cyberspace to Goa and her diaspora for time immemorial. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out Goanet wiki at http://www.goanet.org/wiki and send in your feedback to goanet@goanet.org You can etch your contribution in cyberspace! o Vatican tells full story of Pope John Paul's last moments.(H) o Beware, con woman out to dupe people. (H) o Rane, Ravi influenced Pradesh Election Ctee formation: Churchill. o Authroties find way out to reign in scrapyard nuisance.(H) o New facility to treat garbage of Candolim unveiled. (H) o Assagao opposes Mapusa's move to acquire land for garbage.GT o Election Comission orders intensive revision of poll rolls.GT o Language movement being divided on caste lines, says NCP. (H) o 60, and still mesmerisign Panjim: Abbe Faria's statue.(GT) o Ecstacy for Rs 500, the banned drug at Anjuna raves. (GT) o Parrikar for CID probe into Fr Anton Nenzl's death. - KONKANI HEADLINES (Sunaparant): - o Mantryachya kamant hastashep naka; UPAbashen sarkar choloiat. Rashtrawadichya Deviprasad Tripathichi shitkavani. No interference in ministerial work. Carry on like UPA. NCP's Deviprasad Tripathi tells Rane government. o Prakruti mahayatipatichi. Focuses on Prakruti-05 film fest. o Mantri Babushachya vavurpyak bodoilo; Talgaon tang Minister Babush's supporter beaten up; Taleigao tense. o Barwalank nhoi, dalalak dharat: Pande Don't nab the bar-girls; catch their agents, says Arz NGO. o Mopa kelyar vechunkent Kongresak purard, Churchill Setting up Mopa will mean the end of Congress electorally. o Churchill boltech uloita, Parrikar Churchill is talking contradictorily, says Parrikar. o Column on edit page: Shivrak Rajkaran (Vegetarian politics) by Tanaji Haldankar. - SPORTS - o Fransa Pax pip MPT. 1-0. o Vasco stun Sporting Clube, 1-0. - DEATHS & OBITUARIES - o ALDONA: Panarim Benny Rosaline D'Souza b 1964. Wife of Francis D'Souza, mother of Ryan and Randall (Holy Family School, Porvorim), daughter of Philip and Luiza Rodrigues, daughter-in law of late Malaquis and Teodolina D'Souza. Sister/in-law of Margaret/Mark, Orlando/Myra, Victor/Sabita, Magdalene/Lawrence, Anna/Joe. Niece of Paul/Nancy, Denis/Flora and aunt of Rhea, Nolan and Nicole. Of Panarim.
[Goanet] Re: A Film Festival on Environment, Wildlife, Human Rights in Goa on NOW!
> [Goanet] Prakriti'05 - A Film Festival on Environment, Wildlife, Human > Rights in Goa on NOW! > Clinton Vaz klintvaz at gmx.net > Mon Sep 19 11:44:55 PDT 2005 > This afternoon I received a short sms from my brother Hansel 'Hey, do > check out the env. Film fest at Goa Int. Centre'. Making me curious, I > called up Fred, a friend who is associated with a lot of associations > and usually is in the know of a lot of my type of 'happening' events. > Unfortunately, he didn't know of it, but also informed me that the Goa > Science Centre was also screening their own set of films. Clinton, Thanks for your note! If I'm (sometimes) in the know, it's because of people like you who tip me off. Haven't you heard that self-confessed motto of journos like myself: you tell, we listen; we write, you read (and pay for it while doing so!) More seriously, it's a pity that such a festival with diverse films was so poorly announced. After you phoned this afternoon, I noticed an announcement tucked away in a corner of an inside page of the Gomantak Times. Pity that the larger papers didn't seem it fit to offer pre-event publicity. Many organisers of events in Goa complain that the poor coverage they get further depresses the success of their event in a small state. Perhaps the organisers are to blame also, for making their announcement last minute? A lot of public money is spent on such events... and it is essential that maximum returns come in by way of letting the most numbers of potential viewers know about the event *before* the event. Incidentally, late evening, as you typed, I got a copy from film-makers Anjali Monteiro and her husband Sasi, whose film Naata is being screened on Tuesday. (Anjali is the daughter of late Brig Inocencio Monteiro, of Loutolim, as Alfred Tavares would point out. Her sister is the Goa-based Dr Nandita De Souza.) If you want to have a look at the synopsis of many of the films being screened, check http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/docuwallahs2/message/638 Again, many thanks for taking the trouble to keep us informed! FN -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Goa, India Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net | +91(832)2409490 Indian documentary film blog: http://indiadocu.blogspot.com/
[Goanet] Links to Goa's villages
Do you know of any more Goa village links in cyberspace? We have these below on the Goanet Wiki... Some like Sanguem and Nerul net have yet to be activated. http://www.goanet.org/wiki Village showcase Villages are what makes Goa tick. This focuses on cyberinitiatives meant for Goa's villages, and some towns too. * Aldona (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aldona-net) mailing list * Anjuna-Assagaonet (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anjuna-assagaonet/) mailing list * Arporanet (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arporanet) mailing list * Calangute (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calangutenet) mailing list * Divar (http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Divar +Goa&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial) links on Google. * Mapusa (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mapusa-net) mailing list * Nerul (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerul-net) mailing list * Panjim (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/panjimplus) mailing list * Saligao (http://www.goacom.org/saligao_tinto/) website * Sanguem (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sanguemnet) mailing list * Siolim (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siolimnet) mailing list * Socorro (http://socorropp0.tripod.com) website * Vascokars United (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vascokarsunited/) mailing list
Re: [Goanet] Re: Nayak (Naik not Nayak)
Sebastian Borges s_m_borges at yahoo.com wrote > I can very well understand *your* being very > conscious and concerned about your caste since it has > the sanction of your religion. But Godfrey Gonsalves > is not a Hindu. He and his progenitors have been > consuming beef and pork for over four centuries; can > they still claim to be “Brahmins” just because they > can trace their ancestry to a true Hindu Brahmin lady > who lived in the sixteenth century? Wouldn’t “vermin” > be more appropriate? Prof Borges, To be fair to Godfrey JI Gonsalves, I don't think he "still claim to be 'Brahmins'" in any of his writing, as far as I know. On the other hand, his earlier posting subtly yet sharply makes the point that caste is an integral part of the language in Goa. (For instance, most Marathi supporters speak Konkani most of the time -- unlike people like me -- but still would prefer to call themselves Marathi supporters. We need to ask ourselves why?) The response you have posted only underlines this point more sharply. Ashok Row Kavi has debated this aspect in length in THE WEEK magazine in early 1987, during the heat of the language agitation in Goa. I think Godfrey has made his point here (though I disagree with his views and stands at other times). FN PS: I don't subscribe to any views of caste superiority (or inferiority) but firmly believe that without understanding caste, you can't understand Goa's yesterday and today. Please take a look at what Ravi Naik is arguing in today's Gomantak Times. -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 19, 2005 * Tarballs on the beach... a tourist speaks out
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 19, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Oil balls now appear on some North Goa beaches. Residents from Reis Magos, Anjuna and Baga have claimed seeing the substance along their beaches since Saturday evening. (NT) Marlies Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes in from Mannheim in Germany (incidentally, the town is close to the printing museum, which records Goa as the place with the first printing press in Asia in 1556) writes about the tar-ball pollution issue. This problem is for sure not a natural phenomenon. The tar-balls are on all beaches in Goa and this already at least since 1996! I come twice a year to Anjuna, once in March/April and later in November. And more than 16 years now. And year by year it is the same problem; it is very unhealthy to take a swim when the tar is coming, especially to children and babies. The tourists don't want to walk along the beaches because of the dirt. Last year in March we had a nice tour by car from Anjuna to Palolem with many stops to show my friends the beaches of Goa. The tar was everywhere along the beaches down to Palolem. And nobody is responsible!? And nobody was cleaning the beaches! Why are many beaches black? You just have to look! You can watch the tar spoiling the beaches and nobody is responsible! Since more than 16 years locals from Anjuna or around are coming early in the morning to take away the sand from the beach in North Anjuna. 1989 they came using buffalos to take the sand, later with small cars, now with big cars. They disappear around 07.30 a.m. This happens since so many years and nobody is responsible? And nobody can see how badly the beach has changed? Two photos of tar, spoiling the beach in South Anjuna this year in March. One photo of the formerly nice beach in North Goa. Early Goanetter Ronita Torcato tells the story of the 'great escape' from Hurricane Katrina for Goan expat family Bernadette and Dr Terence D'Souza. They are presently in Virginia says Quepem-born Bernadette who grew up in Mumbai and works as the managing attorney of the Domestic Violence Unit of New Orleans Legal Assistance. Terence, whose parents hail from Cuncolim and Velim, is a neurologist and has an office in Kenner, New Orleans. (H) o VERODIANO AWARD ANNOUNCED: Goan artist Dom Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> announces that the 2005 Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award has been awarded posthumously on Abbe Faria. Contacts in Goa Percival Noronha and Paulo Fernandes, (members of the Vincent Xavier Verodiano Foundation) on phone 2225726 and 2412780. o Three suicides in North Goa. The victims were identified as Rahul Manerikar (28) of Duler, Pooja Goyal (22), wife of a Mumbai-based businessman, and Prakash Haldankar (52) of Aldona.NT o Nationalist Congress Party urges government to pass a law to safeguard interests of Goans seeking jobs overseas. Goa has turned into a hotbed for job-dupers, says Surendra Furtado.(NT) o Garbage, t bomb ready to explode in Goa, says Herald. o Goa Pradesh Congress Committee meets today. (NT) o Kadamba chief urged to re-employ terminated workmen. (NT) o Legal aid cell inaugurated at Sangolda. (NT) o Nandkumar Kamat writes on 'the complex issue of varsity autonomy'NT o Matanhy throws his weight against health-centre at Upasnagar.(H) o BJP Yuva Morcha to "expose" the "ineffectiveness" of Rane govt.(H) o Herald's feature on Goa's health services "struggling to survive" (H) o 60 years later, Abbe's statue continues to cast spell. (PF in GT) o Birla Institute of Tech is doing its bit to promote literacy. (GT) o Casteists have destroyed Konkani movement, alleges NCP. (GT) o Lift ban on coversion of small plots, says UGDP. (GT) o Mandrem panchayat to take up garbage issue on priority. (GT) o CEC to host a film-festival on environment at Intl Centre from September 19-21. (GT) TIATR REVIEW: In the year 1980, Roseferns Dramatic Troupe was formed to present a non-stop drama entitled 'Thapot' (The Slap), which ran for 200 shows. The troupe, led by the indomitable Roseferns, 25 years and 57 tiatrs later, released a new tiatr entitled 'Goemkar',
[Goanet] Kosambi, Kosambi and Kosambi
Thanks for the many links to DD Kosambi, Dharmanand Kosambi and Meera Kosambi -- all great scholars at the Indian (and global level) who hail from the village of Sancoale. On Wikipedia, I found some additional information (and shared Gadgil's and Teo's inputs there too... hope it's okay by you guys): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar_Dharmanand_Kosambi Dharmanand Kosambi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.D._Kosambi DD Kosambi Even managed to locate (via Wikipedia) this link: The making of an Indologist by K M Shrimali http://flonnet.com/fl1918/19180720.htm and correct the link which was incorrect on the Wikipedia page. Please add your inputs above. Let's celebrate what is good about Goa; and our focus can change from one based on negatives alone. And don't forget to volunteer as a writer/editor for the Goanet wiki at http://www.goanet.org/wiki Rgds, FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 17/16 * Mickky Pacheco rocks the Rane boat
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 16-17, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 -- o CM Rane is indifferent to works of my departments, says agriculture and animal husbandry minister Mickky Pacheco. (NT) o Rane government not functioning, says Mickky Pacheco (a minister in the government). Says Parrikar was prompt in clearing files. (H) o Tar-like oily substances found along South Goa Beaches. Coast Guard monitoring situation. (NT) o Goa Konkani Academy panel recommends stopping of remuneration to vice-chairman Bhushan Bhave, who is already drawing a government salary as lecturer in a college. (NT) Earlier, the Herald reported that Bhave, linked to the RSS/BJP, was drawing a "double" salary of sorts. o Information & Broadcasting officials arrive in Goa to inspect film bazaar site. (NT) o Governor Jamir is unhappy with MLAs' pension bill, claims BJP. (H) o Goa to host dental conference at White Sands, Varca Sept 23-25. (H) o Language diversity day comes up in October 2005. o Goa Medical College (says it is) keeping watch on malaria, dengue. (NT) o Goa government asks Goa Institute of Management at Ribandar to provide its consultancy services to access the financial and human resource management of five state-owned corporations (Economic Dvpt Corporation, Industrial Dvpt Corporation, Kadamba, Goa Travel and Tourism Corporation, and Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation). o Front formed to fight for completion of Mopa airport. It is headed by Laxmikant Parsenkar (Mandrem) and Manohar 'Babu' Azagaonkar (Dhargalim MLA). o Cops seize 4.3 kg charas in Calangute. (NT) o Victor Apollo hospital opens joint replacement centre. Amey Velingkar and Harish Bhende are the doctors in charge. o Radiant Foods in Goa is offering frozen green peas, brocolli and sweet corn. [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Consumer Shoppee exhibition from Oct 5-9, Don Bosco's SEPTEMBER 17, 2005 -- o More oil balls found along South Goa beaches. These increased in quantity, but officials said there was no reason to panic. It was concentrated along the beaches of Arossim and Cansaulim in Salcete, Bogmalo in Mormugao and Palolem, Galgibag and Palolem in Canacona. (NT) Goa government is taking over land for widening 9 kms of road from Chopdem to Madhlamaz-Mandrem via Morjim and Asvem in Pernem. Garbage is now being dumped at the new Ribandar- Old Goa highway, which is bound to find its way into the nearby rivulet and choke marine life causing grave environmental hazards, says GT> o Mapusa garbage issue getting worse, says Parrikar. (GT) o Roman script writers decry government hypocrisy. (GT) o Adiue plastic, Divar citzens plan to move to 'zero garbage'. (GT) o Il balls now spread to entire South Goa coast. My department is not responsible, says environment minister and deputy CM Dr Wilfred de Souza. "It is the duty of the Coast Guard to keep the guard, which has a large strength," he says.H o Goa to buy power from the Tarapur nuclear plant. (H) o Deputy CM Dr Wilfred de Souza says Navy must move out from Dabolim to Karwar, so that Goa's lone airport could be upgraded further. (H) o Rane heads reconstituted Planning Board of Goa. (H) o Experienced doctors are leaving GMC. Among those who left were a lecturer in neurosurgery, another from opthalmology. An associate professor from the surgery department is also planning to leave, as is the head of neuro-surgery, Dr V N Jindal. (NT) o Willy justifies Pacheco's outburst against the Rane government. Rane says, no comments. (NT) o Policy for bio-medical waste disposal finalised. (NT) o IFFI, tussle over Kala Academy premises ends. Arts and culture minister Digambar Kamat says the Academy will be provided to host the IFFI for 10 days, with minimal disturbances. (NT) o Goa exported 32.4 million tonnes of iron ore in the past year.NT o GOA PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2005 draw table. Teams playing are Raia, Salgaocar, Churchill Brothers, Dempo, MPT, Fransa Pax, Vasco, Sporting. Matches get played from September 18, at Tilak Grounds and Duler. o Chinchinim chapel burgled; miscreants decamp with statues, cash. (H) o 750 charter jets expected at Dabolim this season. (H) o Police go soft on Revora rioters. On August 12, officials bore the brunt of mob fury, over dumping garbage in their vill
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 18, 2005 * South Goa's beaches being cleant of tarballs
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 16-17, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** GOANET WIKI needs volunteers to contribute and edit information to build an ambitious encyclopaedia on Goa. Feel like volunteering? The returns are immense satisfaction of a job well done, and possibilities of contributing through cyberspace to Goa and her diaspora for time immemorial. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out Goanet wiki at http://www.goanet.org/wiki and send in your feedback to goanet@goanet.org You can etch your contribution in cyberspace! o South Goa's beaches, which were dirtied by a spate of tarballs from Bogmalo to Palolem, are being cleaned. (NT) o Former Inspector General of Police Prabhakar Sinari has said the oily tar-like substance on the beaches in Goa was a natural phenomenon, and there was no need to panic about it.NT GAURI (20) DIED OF DENGUE because VIPs' had to live, alleges Gomantak Times. It says the cause of death of the girl from Bicholim is being contested. Some say it was due to dengue, others leptospirosis, and the health minister claims he formed a one-man committee to get to the truth but the man doesn't know of it. Gomantak Times says the GMC had a kit to test dengue, but it was reserved for VIPs! o Two seminarians of a South Indian church based at Ribandar, who went for a swim at Calangute were missing. (NT) They were identified as Deacon Rojan D Rajan (25) of Harippad Alleppey and Deacon Jacob Mathew (25) of Kottayam. (H) o Coast Guard organised their 20th International Coastal Clean-up Day, by cleaning up Miramar. A photo in the Navhind Times shows a life-saving demo at sea involving a Coast Guard helicopter. o BJP's youth wing to protest against fuel price hike. (NT) o Vasco becomes the first centre in Goa to get the status of a postal National Speed Post Centre. (NT) o Mining Federation of Goa invites applications for scholarships. These are for poor, needy, deserving and bright students from the mining belt of Goa. (NT) o Francis Salemao was convicted to three month's imprisonment for possessing explosives at a room in Bogmalo. (NT) o Accident or murder: the story of Fr Nenzil mystery. The priest died on August 31 in an accident near the Vailankanni Chapel at Curtorim. Tony Fernandes, the Guirdolim deputy sarpanch, who has been arrested for the offence, claims he is innocent and that he stopped his WagonR vehicle when he recognised Fr Nenzil. (H) Gomantak Times earlier charged that a minister was involved in the accident, which was turning into a coverup. o State will ban bogus nursing homes, says Dayanand Narvekar. (H) Incidentally, some politicians are known to be themselves linked to nursing homes in the state, some of whom might have benefited from schemes like Mediclaim inspite of their poor reputation. o Children's Rights in Goa, an non-government organisation at St Inez, has advertised for eight fieldworkers, and a councillor, office assistant and junior lawyer. Fieldworkers preferred from Calangute, Anjuna, Morjim and Keri. o Goan-Portuguese evening tonight at Chilli, 8 pm onwards. G21 Trio, Nandinho L Faria, Dr Belinda Fernandes, Sigmund, Zezinho (music with a Latin touch), Reggie and Vency (on gumot), Veeam, Carlos, Anselm (flute). Rs 150 per head and a la carte. o Joseph Zuzarte reviews the book 'See the Evil: Tourism related paedophilia in Goa'. o Goa Football Referees Association (GFRA) has demanded the resignation of Savio Messias for his remarks on their functioning. (H) - KONKANI HEADLINES (Sunaparant): - o Aabe Fariyichem hipnotizm rupri poddyar Abbe Faria's hypnotism to go onto the silver screen. o IFFI aadim Panjichem roop badalpacho nirnay Panjim to get a facelift before IFFI o Fudliya varsa lavkar ya. Report on Ganesh festivities in Goa. o Pantapradhan ghara paratle. Prime Minister returns back. o Reliance mobianchem jobsarch network. Reliance to offer a job-search network on its mobiles. o Barwaichea bhainik legit shindoli karpak laytat. o Dakshin Goyantlo poylo hotmix rosto mhoje karkidirent. Farrel Furtado is featured in the '
Re: [Goanet] Goans being *taken for a ride* by Monorail?
Interesting, it is. Are you saying this in your personal capacity, or as an employee/public relations officer of the Konkan Railway Corporation? Or both? While I hold no brief for the Monorail, it perhaps needs to be recalled that the Konkan Railway itself grossly under-estimated its costs at the time of pushing through the project (literally, thanks in part to George Fernandes and Madhu Dandavate and the upcoming elections in the early 'nineties) at a little over a thousand crores... to end up at six times or more that cost. Mega projects and corruption are a lethal mix. FN > From: "Lawrence Rodrigues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Goans being *taken for a ride* by Monorail? > To: "GoaNet" > > Interesting is it not? > > We question the expenditure of Rs.500 crore, but, the Rs.2,500 crore > expenditure *may be a proposal with merit*? > > How does one justify the huge difference in cost (approx Rs.675 crores) > which excludes the cost of Land Acquisition? > > Who are the *Land Losers*? How much will they lose? How much will > they be compensated? > > A CNG-driven monorail? Which oil company will this benefit? > > So many questions... > > Seems a fit case for a Public Interest Litigation! > > Lawrence
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * Sept 15, 2005 * Churchill sarcastic over Mopa... Jamir seeks clarification on MLAs' pension bill
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 15, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SOUTH GOA Member of Parliament Churchill Alemao on Wednesday formally launched an agitation against the proposed airport at Mopa with a Citizens Action Committee constituted under his chairmanship resolving to unitedly oppose the project, tooth and nail. The MP took a dig against the Rane-headed Congress government, saying the Congress should instead form an alliance with the BJP if the party agreed with Manohar Parrikar's open demand for the airport at Mopa (in a corner of north Goa, closer to the Maharashtra beaches). Herald o Ravi Naik suggests public debate over airport. (H) o Jamir seeks clarification on Pension Bill. CM Rane is embarassed, wonders why he wasn't consulted on amendment.(GT) o Goa planning board is reconstituted, with Rane as chairman and Mormugao MLA Carl Vaz as deputy chairman. (GT) o Maharashtra government has set in motion the process to ban plastic bags in the state, due to its chocking of gutters.PTI o Public screenings at Vasco and Margao for IFFI 2005. (H) o Electricity department staff might have uniforms of khadi.(H) o Governor favours balanced autonomy for universities. (H) o Ex-Sanguem civic chief Minguelinho D'Costa and clerk Sunila Gaonkar found gilty of corruption. They were found to have misappropriated Rs 200,000 from the civic donation fund. (H) o Anjuna-Caisua village panchayat has advertised a number of works, including soiling and asphalting and drainage in the village. See Herald, Sept 15, page 11. o Garbage keeps accumulating along the Mapusa by-pass. (GT) o Dengue death awakens Bicholim authorities. In Panjim officials say 'No real fear of dengue'. (GT) o Goa governor S C Jamir inaugurates vice chancellors' meet. (GT) CHINCHINIM QATAR CUP 2005: Watch the renowned and promising schools of Goa under 16 aiming to conquor the glittering Qatar Cup from Sept 15 to Oct 2 at the CRC Grounds, Chinchinim. Inaugural match between Loyola Margao and Assumpta Convent Sarzora on Sept 15 at 4.30 pm. Axe Gomes (Org Chairman), Valente Conceicao (Gen Secy), Romaldo D'Cunha (Treas) o Konkani leaders hopeful of realising long-term goal despite script imbroglio, writes Paul Fernandes. (GT) - KONKANI HEADLINES (Sunaparant): - o Vidyapeet svaytattacher shikshantantra-rajkarni mathbedh. Politicians, educationists differ on autonomy for varsities. o Don vimantal parvadna jalyar Daboli band karun Mopa? If two airports prove unaffordable, close Dabolim for Mopa? o Gova nty Suratmeren rokdich ro-ro seva. Ro-ro (roll-in-roll-out) service to link Goa-Surat soon: KRC. o Aami Britishachem puth. RSS Goa chief and educationist Subhash Velingkar of Porvorim, in his vitriol-filledl Thursday column. o Goa State Aids Control Society invites you for the launch of its brand ambassador for HIV/AIDS 2005-06 Jules Alberto Dias on Sept 15 at Hotel Nove Goa, 4.30 pm. International footballer (Dempo SC) is quoted saying, "I will let football run in my blood, not the HIV virus. Let's together combat HIV/AIDS and work towards the challenge for making Goa AIDS-free." - EDUCATION - o Interactive session held with chairman and members of managing committee of the Industrial Training Institutes at Mapusa and Panjim. (H) o Carmel's College, Nuvem is advertising for a lecturer in Chemistry (contract/lecture basis), a lectcturer in psychology (extraordinary) and another in zoology (FIP study leave). REPORT FROM PILAR: Fr. Frank Mendes sfx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on the silver jubiliee celebration of the St Agnel Higher Secondary School at Pilar: Fr Agnel Higher Secondary School, Pilar Goa reached a significant milestone in its chequered history as it completes 25 years of its establishment. Inspired and spurred on with the new 10+2 system the late Fr Philomeno D’Costa took great pains to begin the Institution in May 1979, when such Institutions were just difficult to be approved. Fr Costa guided the destiny of this institution unt
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * September 12-13, 2005 * Ditching the Skybus, Goa talks about monorail tenders
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 12-13, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 o Tenders for monorail in Goa to be issued soon. Hike in state bus fares by next week. (NT) o Churchill sticks out his neck over Mopa airport; says no problem if he is sacked from party. Mickky joins anti-Mopa bandwagon. (H) o 32-year-old woman suffers grevious injuries after being stabbed by husband at Shantinagar, Ponda. (H) o Some Congressmen irked over GPCC constitution. (NT) o Corporation of the City of Panjim begins to spread composting units network, for disposal of segregated bio-degradable wet waste. (NT) o CID sleuths arrest dance bar girls in Caranzalem. They were staying in a posh colony near Miramar. (NT) o Don't move the Navy from Dabolim, argues Brig (Retd) Ian Da Costa in an edit page piece in the Herald. (H) o Beatrice D'Costa e Pinto of Miramar complains about the poor service at the Portuguese Consulate in Goa. (Herald, letters) o Gomantak Times asks, "Is Tony Rodrigues being accused of Fr Nenzl's murder to protect a powerful minister?" (This is a hit-and-run case involving a Palloti priest.) SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 o Police Inspector Gajanan Prabhudessai of Curtorim was shunted to the Goa Reserve Police, overnight. (Herald) o GPCC constitution: Churchill Alemao says he was not consulted. (NT) o Trouble brewing within Congress over constitution of GPCC (H) o Public Works Department's 24/7 water supply project is a virtual non-starter. (H) o Dabolim airport is adequate if utilised to full capacity, argues Edwin Pinto of Nagoa-Verna. (GT) o Goa's international footballer Jules Alberto Dias chosen as state youth ambassador for AIDS, writes Armstrong Vaz. (GT) o 260 shacks to come up on Goa's coastline this season. (GT) o BJP threatens agitation, says Margao civic delimitation is biased.H o Socorro village panchayat in the grip of instability. (H) o Calangute, Colva to get share of IFFI pie. (H) o St Xavier's College to observe Software Freedom Day. (GT) REVIVAL OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS in Pernem only a mirage. A few cottage industries like handlooms, which existed in some villages of this taluka can be revived if the government extends its support and provides an outlet for the goods, writes Suhas Parsekar in GT. Salt pans in Morjim are also dying a slow death. GOA GOES INSTRUMENTAL: Caetano de Abreu reviews Curtorkar Agostinho da Cruz's *Goa Goes Instrumental*. Released in May 2005, musician Abreu praises Cruz as "one of Goa's finest composer and conductor". Besides some of Agostinho's compositions, it also includes music tributes to the late Frank Fernandes (Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn), Prof Michael Martins and Chris Perry. The tunes 'Ugdas Tumcho' dedicated to trumpetist Felix Antic and Juju, the tenor saxophonist who recently passed away, are outstanding as is 'Kallzacho Ulas' dedicated to the late Maestro Rev Camilo Xavier, writes ABreu. (GT) - EDUCATION - o Goa all set to implement NCERT syllabus from next year. (NT) o Six hundred-odd polytechnic students who were literally thrown out of the institutions consequent to their failure to clear more than 10 backlog subjects, will now be allowed to rejoin classes and clear the same. (NT) o Renowned astrophysicist Dr Jean Audouze felicitated by deputy CM Dr Wilfred de Souza in Panjim. (NT) o Dhempe's to host seminar for literary festival. The theme will be City Stories: Writing the city, transforming the city. Papers for the seminar are invited. Phone 24 62 606. Seminar will be conducted at Dhempe College on October 8. Contact Prof R B Pinto, vice principal or [EMAIL PROTECTED] o Velim's SFX church holds quiz contest. St Xavier's HS Velim bagged the first prize. Assumpta Convent of Sarzora and Chinchinim stood next in rankings. (GT) o Non-aided primary schools demand mid-day meals scheme. (GT) - DEATHS & OBITUARIES - Twelve-year-old schoolboy Ratnesh was allegedly murdered by Chandrabasavva alias Raju, a driver, du
[Goanet] Software, potential and promises...
This is a story I had written years ago. How much of this potential has been tapped? A question on the eve of another ECAP. FN SOFTWARE COULD TIGHTEN UP GOVERNANCE IN GOA by Frederick Noronha, Indo-Asian News Service PANAJI (Goa), Sep 10 -- Dissatisfied citizens upset by the declining quality of governance could have something to look forward to, if officials in this coastal state opts for some of the solutions being offered by central government IT experts. Local-based offices of the Central government-run National Informatics Centre (NIC) have offered an elaborate plan to the Goa government, that promises to make governance more effectively. For a state lagging behind its IT-giant neighbours like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Goa has now received the choice to implement a wide range of software dealing with making accounting simpler for the state, monitor arms licences issued, and even keep tabs on the 'conversion' of agricultural land fuelled recently due to real-estate speculation in this touristic paradise. Computerisation is also available with the NIC for helping make elections a less painful process -- for revising electoral rolls, polling-booth information, posting of polling staff, assist in counting of votes, and preparing of various reports. Some of these software solutions have been applied in other states as well. OPA, or Office Procedure Automation, is a comprehensive package developed to help monitor pending cases. It also assists in the easy tracking of letters and files. "(It could be) a tool for enforcing the prescribed procedure (in governance)," says the NIC. Likewise, another product from this Central Government organisation offers to monitor public grievances using a product called PGMS. Firstly, complaints received from citizens are registered. Forwarding-letters to grievance officers are automatically generated. Action-taken by various officers can be included. Reminders are generated automatically if officials don't act. >From a revenue-recovery cases monitoring system, there's help for District Revenue Officers -- who have the onerous task of recovering loans when financial institutions can't get them back from borrowers. This helps to keep track of which cases are coming up when, and helps make the paper-work smoother. Recently, the NIC also implemented its software to lessen the anxiety of students awaiting results of public exams in Goa. Students of the school-leaving level were given their results and marks-obtained speedily via the Internet. One other product is to help make admissions smoother to technical-institutions across the state. Other solutions offered by the NIC include a High-Tension Billing System (there are nearly 500 industrial and agri-consumers who consume high-tension electricity in Goa), Employment Exchange computerisation options, and a Factory Statistics Information System (offering a database of factories in Goa with details of workmen and accidents and more). There is also an Immigration Clearance System that could make life less trying for those landing at Goa's lone and often-crowded Dabolim airport, an small-scale industries registration system, a mines information system (which includes environmental records), and software to store extensive details of each High Court case. (Goa has a large iron-ore mining zone in the interior parts of the state, and exports upto one-third of India's iron.) There are also options to make administering easier for the official authorities, in terms of collecting house tax, rent, construction licences, trade licensing and water-billing. In addition, there's a long list of other software -- to track questions raised in the State Assembly, Goa government budgets, and Cabinet decisions. One unusual product seeks to ensure that government officials utilise the telephone only uptil the extent to which they are authorised. One other software is a GPF System, which would have a role to play in an over-bureaucratised state having 37,000 GPF provident fund subscribers. NIC says it has also given e-mail access to a large number of local government departments. It has helped build and make accessible the MEDLARS (a medical-information system), COURTNIC and JUDIS (offering legal-related information) and GISTNIC. In September 2000 the NIC offered a detailed plan for Goa to embark on e-governance. Its suggestions include a network connecting all government offices in state-capital Panaji, district and taluka headquarters, which it tentatively called GOANET. It also suggested LANs (local area networks) for the Secretariat and new assembly complex. It helped egg Goa forward on the IT front, by assisting in putting up websites for Goa Tourism (goatourism.nic.in), the Passport Office (passport.goa.nic.in), and the Directorate of Technical Education (dte.goa.nic.in), among others. ENDS
Re: Re: RE: [Goanet] Dabolim versus Mopa replacement airport.
You can still submit the panoramic photo to the www.goanet.org website. Just send it in via Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it should be up for all to view. FN > It was a rare and magnificent sight. (Had this not been a text-only > forum, I should have liked to attach a colour picture of this, one of > the world's 10 *greatest* beaches, taken on an elementary 35mm SLR > camera before the Land Acquisition Act invoked by the Goa Govt. did > this spot in.) -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * September 14, 2005 * Mopa row heats up
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 14, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Facility for simultaneous landing of nine flights proposed at the (planned) Mopa airport. (NT) o Parrikar comes out in support of Mopa airport. (H) o Photo shows statues of Lord Ganesh being taken in a 'sangodd' (joint-canoe) for immersion at the Cumbharjua rivulet. (Sushant Naik in the NT) o Pension bill; BJP MLAs to call on Governor Jamir today. They are opposed to the bill and urging Jamir not to assent it.NT o BJP seeks Governor's help to stall pension Bill. (H) o Airport issue, public meet convened by Churchill today. (NT) o 3 Nigerians held for staying without valid documents. (NT) o BJP dharna over delimitation of Margao municipal council wards. o No possibility of MMC polls being postponed, says Joaquim.(NT) o North Goa forest area under watch after elephants' menace.NT o Goenchin offers a four-course Chinese lunch Rs 150 Mon to Fri. o Mapusa in a tizzy over its rotting garbage; Rane government is insensitive to garbage issue, says Parrikar. (GT) o Margao-Seraulim road in dilapidated state. (H) o Cops see red, finally. To crack whip against bullfights. (H) o Su-raj party releases roadmap on airports. (H) o EDC has given notice of its intention to attach Bella Vista Hotels Dona Paula owned by Anabella Pereira and Jonathan Pereira. THE DEMAND for recognition of Konkani in the Roman script has once again revived the language controversy but has divided Konkaniwadis (supporters) in the state. The controversy would be a litmus test for the politicians as the Roman script protagonists will try to make it an issue at the next hustings. (Vithaldas Hegde, in GT) GOMANTAK TIMES is reporting on the accident which killed Palloti priest Anton Nenzi, and questioning the police version that Tony Fernandes' Wagon R was responsible. (GT) It hints a Congress minister was involved in the accident. Also says the cop Gajanan Prabhudessai investing Fr Nenzi's case was suddenly transferred to the reserve police, on allegations of sexual harassment. (GT) HERALD, ON MOPA: The Mopa international airport issue and reconstitution of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee seem to have caused ripples in the Pratapsing Rane government. Analysts feel that if the Mopa issue is not handled properly, it could cause much damage to the credibility of the Congress party, as the initiative taken by the South Goa MP Churchill Alemao is gaining ground. (H) - KONKANI HEADLINES (Sunaparant): - o Goyant aata barwalichi ghumshen. Influx of bar-girls into Goa. o Turist guide tanka hadtat: DIG. Tourist guides bring them in. o Pradesh Congreschi fervechnuk; kai fudari bejar Some Congress leaders upset over state party reshuffle. - HEALTH - o No confirmed dengue cases in Goa, says Goa Medical College.(NT) o 19-year-old Gauri Suresh Falari dies of Dengue fever says Gomantak Times. She was the daughter of well-known social worker from Bicholim Suresh Pundalik Falari and a student of the Zantye College of Commerce. (GT) - EDUCATION - o West zone vice chancellors conference opens later today at International Centre. 35 VCs will join the three-day meet.(H) o The Institution of Engineers (India) Goa local centre holds its Engineers Day Celebrations on Saturday Sept 17 evening at Majestic. o ICFAI offers a two-year distance education CFA program. o New primary school building for vernacular languages at Davorlim.NT o All India Institute of Management Studies at Chennai offers diploma courses in various fields. Distance education. [EMAIL PROTECTED] o All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, Delhi, has invited applications for its post-graduate seatsw. See www.aiims.ac.in or www.aiims.edu o Private Coaching Classes and Tutors Assn. of Goa to hold its general body meeting on Sept 18 at 10.30 am Kamat Towners, Patto. o Crafts
[Goanet] Goa... in the Wikipedia
Have been seaching around for Goa-related wiki listings on the Wikipedia. If you know of any more (other than those below), kindly bring it to everyone's attention. Thanks! FN http://www.goanet.org/wiki/index.php/Goa_On_Wikipedia Goa On Wikipedia >From GoanetWiki There are a number of links to Goa on the [Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org)], which is a collaboratively written encyclopaedia. We encourage you to contribute to the [Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org)] and make sure that Goa is adequately covered in cyberspace. Table of contents [showhide] 1 Goa general links (English) 2 Goa general links (other languages) 3 People from Goa 4 Music 5 Politics 6 Language 7 Education 8 Miscellaneous 9 Geographical areas Goa general links (English) * Goa main page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) Goa general links (other languages) * Goa in Cesky (http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_%28st%C3%A1t%29) * Goa in Dansk (http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) * Goa in German (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_%28Indien%29) * Goa in French (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) * Goa in Spanish (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) * Goa in Esperanto (http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goao) * Goa in Hebrew (http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94) * Goa in InterLingua (http://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) * Goa in Bahasa Indonesia (http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa%2C_India) * Goa in Ja (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%82%A2) * Goa in Dutch (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_%28deelstaat%29) * Goa in Polish (http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) * Goa in Portuguese (http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) * Goa in Simple English (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) * Goa in Swedish (http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa) People from Goa * Listing of prominent Goans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Goa) * Acacio Gabriel Viegas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacio_Gabriel_Viegas) * Joseph Murumbi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Murumbi) * Tony Fernandes, founder of Tune Air Sdn Bhd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fernandes) * Victor Menezes, Citibank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Menezes) Music * Goa Trance music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_trance_music) * Music of Goa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goan_music) * Goa Gil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Gil) Politics * Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party) * Gomant Lok Pokx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomant_Lok_Pokx) Language * Konkani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani) Education * Goa Vidyaprasarak Mandal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Vidyaprasarak_Mandal) Miscellaneous * Goa books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_books) * Fenny aka Feni (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny) * Vindaloo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindaloo) Geographical areas * Bardez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardez) * Canacona (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canacona) * Ribandar -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha | Independent Journalist | Ph 832.2409490 _/ 784 Saligao 403511 Goa India | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
[Goanet] Re: Gurunath K Pai of AIR-Panaji promoted
Hi Miguel, You are optimistic! As for me, I'm simply not sure. You might probably know that the post of the Director of Information, Government of Goa, and that of the persons controlling the local news output at local radio stations tends to be very political choices. In the past, the BJP and Congress made very sure they had their own nominees heading the DI. While the saffron party put in individuals who overtly agreed with them (and wore their saffron on their sleeve, in some cases) the Congress did one better. Every faction in that party made sure their own men were at the helm while they ruled. In the case of radio, the controls have been also there. Take a look at designations in the local news unit of All India Radio. The designations are played around like putty, transfers are lobbied for anxiously, and the hierarchy tends to be a politically-defined snakes-and-ladders game. In the recent past, there were designations such as Assistant Editor (News), Assistant News Editor and what not. Till convinced otherwise, one could assume that this is another round of politically-decided merry-go-rounds. No wonder so few ears tune in to the official media! FN PS: Personally, Pai is a nice guy... but here we are talking about forces that are larger than individuals. Including politics. > [Goanet] Gurunath K Pai of AIR-Panaji promoted > Miguel Braganza miguel12 at sancharnet.in > It was really nice to read that Gurunath Pai was promoted as > Information Officer in the IIS. He has done yeomen service in Goa, > bringing to public attention the small but significant aspects of life. > Till recently he was the news editor fro AIR station, Panaji. He was > the Director of Information during the 1994 exposition of Goemcho Saib. > > I first met Gurunath when we did a course in Tiger prawn farming at the > Fisheries Department's Dauji Fish Farm, Old Goa, along with Max Lewis[ > now of Sure Clean fame]. It is a friendhip that has stood the test of > time and human exigencies. My last interaction with him was for the > promotion of Kokum and the Festival of Plants and Flowers at SFX > school, Siolim. Gurunath is a committed nature lover. I hope that he > will soon be posted back to work in amchem bhangarachem Goem. > Thankfully, the All India Radio is not stuck with script polemics. It > accepts 'scripts' or text of the talk/tiatr/lecture in both, the static > 'Nagri' [Devnagri] and the roaming 'Romi'[ Roman], scripts in its > stride. The script is hardly the problem, the vocabulary and the > grammar is. A language has to communicate, to be understood. Gurunath > and I understood our mother tongue. > > > PANAJI, Sept 8: Mr Gurunath K Pai, in charge of regional news unit, AIR > Panaji, has been promoted to senior technical grade of Indian > Information Service[IIS] and has been posted as information officer at > Press Information Bureau, Kolkata. Mr Pai started his career in > journalism in 1975 as sub-editor of Uzvadd, a daily published in Roman > Konkani script from Panaji. Later, he joined as sub-editor at AIR > Panaji and was Konkani news reader AIR Panaji and Mumbai. In 1982, Mr > Pai joined Indian Information Service. He also served in PIB at New > Delhi and Panaji and had a stint as Director of Department of > Information and Publicity, Goa, for two years on deputation. Mr Pai has > toured Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania with the then President, Mr R > Venkataraman, on his official tour. (NT) > . -- - Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 - 1995-2005: Ten years of waiting for community radio in India! To know more: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * September 10 & 9: Assagao-Anjuna Football Academy disbanded...
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 10 & 9, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 o Cops caution travellers of gangs using soporific drugs. Gangs active on the Goa to Mumbai, Kolhapur, Pune and Miraj route rob cash, valuables and belonging by administering sleep-inducing drugs to travellers. (NT) o Panjim corporation's dumping site at the Kadamba bus terminal to run out of space soon. (NT) o Coast Guard to launch clean-up drive in Goa on Sept 17. (NT) o Goacyberworks.com is advertising for web designers and developers, for its new office in Panjim. o Navhind Times carries two lengthy articles on its Science & Ecology page, by votaries of Homeopathy -- Dr Thomas Paul D'Souza (a classical homeopath, who practises in his late father's propular clinic at Arpora) and Dr Arvind Kothe (who is principal of the Shri Kamaxidevi Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital at Shiroda, Goa). o Beach football, organised by Arlem Breweries and Panjim Footballers, Miramar, Sept 11, 8 am. o Heavy rains return to haunt Mumbai. (H) o V-Guard is advertising for solar water heaters with evacuated tube collectors. Dealers in Panjim and Margao. o Goa has received surplus rainfall, says India Meteorological Observatory at Altinho, Panjim. (H) o Velim forum stanrts second phase of road safety plan. (H) o With an airport planned at the idyllic Mopa airport, not only is the agrarian activities but also the natural springs and streams -- which shaped the villagers' lives for centuries -- are facing extinction. (GT) o Festering slums dot Pernem's river banks. (GT) o New Konkani feature film in the making. It will be produced by Film Producers Association of Goa, in collaboration with D'Costa Film Productions. (GT) ASSAGAO ANJUNA FOOTBALL ACADEMY disbanded. It was one of the few nurseries of Goan football, started 12 years back, writes Armstrong Vaz. It was a club that spotted and groomed talented boys from the villages of Assagao, Anjuna, Arpora, Nagoa, Parra, Calangute. Their yearly budget for youth development teams was about Rs 40,000 - 60,000. But raising finance became a"big problem" as they did not organise any inter village tournaments. (Gomantak Times) SEPTEMBER 09, 2005 o One-and-half day-old Ganesh idols immersed. (NT) o CM, GPCC chief (Ravi Naik) to discuss Goa affairs with high command. (NT) o Mapusa garbage dumping: Assagao comunidade to move high court.(NT) o Gold, silve stolen from Tivim at Ganpath Pawaskar's residence at Faj Housing Colony, Maddel. (NT) o Porvorim Residents' Welfare Association demands more frequent Kadamba bus service to their area. (NT) o Goa Church expresses concern over dwindling sex ratio. (NT) o Bid to burgle Assagao church fails. The burglar entered by removing roof tiles. But finding the doors of the church locked, he abandoned his mission, leaving behind a rope. (GT) SOUTH GOA's TOURISM LOBBY feels that a new international airport on the fringes of Maharashtra will choke tourism in the South. (GT) o Says Gomantak Times: Even the dead wait to get to a Goa hospital. No trauma and accident units; Rs 14.2 million government aid for trauma unit at Hospicio unutilised. GT o Loot of sand continues unabated at Miramar. Eyewitnesses saw a truck carrying sand silica from near the Miramar circle, heading towards Dona Paula on Thursday, even as everyone is in a festive mood and the authorities seem unaware about the illegal sand mining. (GT) - EDUCATION - o Give recognition to parents-teachers association, by changing the law, suggests member of Parliament Shantaram Naik. He was speaking at an awards function for students of the Kshatriya Maratha Samaj. (NT) o Zantye College students' council inaugurated. (NT) SIX GOAN GIRLS are "making waves" at the Kaleidoscope festival at Sophia College, Mumbai, writes Ayesha Barretto in the Gomantak Times. They are Abigail Ferrao (ex Rosary High School) who is coordinator of the Informals team, Doreen Alvares (ex-Fatima convent) who is coordinator of the Fun Fair, Alisha da Lima Leitao (of Deep Vihar), Kheya Melo Furtado (ex-Sharada Mandir) who is coordinati
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * September 11: Matanhy curses Goa's politicians...
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 11, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** o Sonia Gandhi okays consititution of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) as well as a Goa Pradesh Election Committee. Six vice presidents are M K Shaikh, Domnic Fernandes, Luis Alex Cardozo, Moti Dessai, Uday Bhembre and Shambu Bhau Bandekar. Rupa Bhakta is treasurer. (Herald) POLITICIANS HAVE BECOME COMMISSION AGENTS, says Matanhy Saldanha. In an interview with Peter Raposo and Bosco de Souza Eremita (Vavraddencho Ixtt) said he didn't support the Congress because "I don't want a polarization of forces. I want the people of Goa to remain united as they were, and if anybody attempts to divide, then I will not be a party to such political designs". Asked if the BJP is communal and had been trying to saffronise government and education, he says, "Every government is the same. Every government has its subtle biases. It is for the people to fight these biases even by coming out to the streets. However, it is time we stop talking about communalism if we really want to be secular and come together for the good of the people at large." He adds: "The way things are going on, politicians are out to sell Goa once and for all. This is very painful to me. I love Goa and I always fought for its welfare." CRADLE SNATCHERS: Gomantak Times' Preetu Nair writes that a "lack of clear guidelines and rules" for adoption agencies has led to the process of duping poor illiterate people of their babies in Goa. She names an Aldona-based institution in this context. (Weekender) o Duo arrested for duping, forcing Goans to courier illegal 'parcels' into India. Sixty youth were promised a monthly salary of Rs 35,000 to work in a garment factory in Thailand. Each had to pay Rs 120,000 for visa and documents. (H) o Declare Dabolim permanent airport, urges ex-legislator Victor Gonsalves. (H) o Women display creativity at Saligao mehendi competition.(H) o All India Radio regional news unit chief Gurunath K Pai promoted to senior technical grade. (H) o Anger could be harmful, warns US-trained counsellor Fr Abraham SJ. The Jesuit was former principal of St Brittos.(H) o Workshop to explore adolescent lifestyles at St Xavier's. H o Don Bosco Sulcorna holds PTA meet. (H) o Pilar seminar ex-students' meet on Sept 18, 10 am. (H) o Goa Today September 2005 issue on the stands. Cover story focus: garbage in Goa. (H) o Clube Nacional annual general meet on Sept 25. (H) o Goa Institute of Management, Ribandar invites applications for its post-graduate programme in business management. Two year MBA-level residential programme 2006-2008. (H) o Review of Chuklelim Panvllam. Gilbert D'Mello writes on the "action-packed tiatr titled 'Chuklelim Panvllam' (strayed footsteps)" staged by Kuwait-based dramatist Mario de Majorda. (H) o Review of the Goa-based band Artwork. Its members come from Tivim, Siolim, Parra, Calangute and Saligao. (H) o IIAS-Miramar won the Fizzical Mania 05 all-Goa inter-collegiate group dance competition on Saturday at Kala Academy. (W/GT) o If you get caught with a call girl, call the minister, says the Gomantak Times. (GT) o Writes Dr Oscar Rebello: "The nobility of the (medical) vocation weakens when it acquires a business-like character." Parra village panchayat (in Bardez) objects to inclusion of its area under the Planning and Development Authority. (NT) Saving Sanjivani: Navhind Times carries an article on how to salvage Goa's only sugar mill. It was set up by the first chief minister of Goa, late Dayanand Bandodkar, hoping that large-scale sugarcane cultivation would lead to rapid development of Goa's rural areas, following western Maharashtra. (Nikhil U Dessai, MD of Sanjivani Sahakar Sakhar Karkhana Ltd, in NT) o Street-lights found non-functional on National Highway 17. (NT) o Garbage issue haunts some villages along coastal belt. (NT) o Prof Maria de Jesus dos Martires Lopes will speak on 'Goan Society of the 18th and 19th Century, a Successful Multi-Culturality?', Fundacao Orient, Sept 15, 6 pm. (NT) o Lecture on stars at Goa Univ Sept 12. Dr Jean Audouze, renowned as
[Goanet] Plastics, 2001 issue
We still haven't obviously learnt our lessons in Goa! FN Topic in sci.environment Plastic Waste Plagues Goa, India's Tourist Jewel Chive Mynde May 11 2001, 1:50 am Newsgroups: sci.environment From: Chive Mynde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: 10 May 2001 12:59:00 -0700 Subject: Plastic Waste Plagues Goa, India's Tourist Jewel By Frederick Noronha GOA, India, May 9, 2001 (ENS) - Campaigners who waged a pitched battle against proliferating plastics in India's tourist state of Goa have been left holding the plastic bag. The campaigners must now deal with tons of plastic that no one wants. They pin their hopes on changes in the law that could help tackle the problem of plastic litter. In early June a new law will enforce a ban on the thin plastic bags that now pile up and blow around everywhere particularly near marketplaces frequented by tourists. By the millions, they come to Goa for the beaches on India's west coast and want to enjoy a clean environment, but they leave tons of plastic trash in their wake. Mahalaxmi Bhobe, a project officer for the Plastic Free Goa Campaign, says the new law might help because plastic bags will no longer be handed out for free by shopkeepers. "The government is shortly implementing a law banning plastic bags below 100 microns in thickness. We hope that this will help solve the problem. Each bag of this thickness would cost five to 10 rupees (US$.10 to $.20). So people would either re-use these bags or avoid using them." As the citizens stepped up their campaign, the Goa government offered some support by banning bags below 20 microns thickness. But Bhobe says that the law banning thin plastic bags has been largely ineffective. Manufacturers of plastic carry bags found a novel way of hoodwinking the enforcement authorities. Bags with bubbled or corrugated surfaces are openly being sold by dealers. The goal is to deceive the micrometer guage which would show the bags as being above 20 microns in thickness, even though the effective thickness is much less. Patricia Pinto agrees. An active anti-plastics campaigner who recently got elected municipal councillor in the state capital of this former Portuguese colony, Panjim, she says citizens are willing to cooperate if offered a solution. But simply cleaning up plastics is of no use if no checks are put on their proliferation, Pinto says. Today, there is so much plastic all over and so much more is being added daily, that regardless of how many cleanups are undertaken, they will not get rid of the plastic waste. After a cleanup drive over an 80 day period at the end of last year, rubbish plastics were collected from across the state of Goa. Temporary dumpsites were set up in three places. But now the campaigners are stumped by what to do with the tons of waste plastics. "Our campaign has taken several plastic reprocessors to the site. None of them appears interested. As the government has now banned plastic bags below 20 microns, plastic waste that was earlier taken and downcycled to produce such coloured polybags, is now no longer in demand. The idea that such plastic can be recycled is a myth," says Bhobe. Today, plastic litter has found its way back into places that had been cleaned during the 80 day citizens' campaign. White plastic bags are now found strewn all over, and these are not picked up by rag pickers who find them not worth the effort. Citizens need to be convinced about the need for segregating wastes, the campaigners say. "Presently, as there are no arrangements for collection of garbage, the shops and establishments burn their waste late in the evenings or dump it in gutters away from the building," the campaigners found. Lack of rubbish bins means surroundings are littered with plastic waste including the plastic bags used to supply milk which are now strewn all over Goa. But installing bins can cause problems too. Where bins are installed, dirt piles up around them because there is an inadequate or non-existent garbage collection system. Campaigners suggest that the ultimate solution would be house to house collection of garbage, and no dustbins. They point to examples like the nearby plush residential colony of Dona Paula where this system seems to be working well. Village garbage, notes a newly issued report by anti-plastics campaigners, has "only recently" become a problem. For generations, village folk have been dealing with their own garbage. Now that plastics have "made an inroad into almost every purchase of ordinary householders," it is crucial for collection of non-biodegradable garbage to be made by the authorities "if the village is to be kept clean," the report urges. Goa is currently one of India's most important tourist destinations, with over a million visitors visiting this region each year. One in every four comes from outside the country. Anti-plastics campaigners have called on Goa's Tourism Department to get hoteliers, shack owners, restaurant owners and tour
[Goanet] GOASTALGIA: Does anyone remember this old post?
Accidentally came across this post on Usenet this evening, and thought of sharing it: http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian/browse_thread/thread/8041501c1869f13d/6c342e98398e3832?lnk=st&q=Goa+India&rnum=4#6c342e98398e3832 want information on India's capture of goa Only 1 message in topic - view as tree Marlon E Menezes May 28 1997, 12:00 pm show options Newsgroups: soc.culture.portuguese, soc.culture.indian From: Marlon E Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Find messages by this author Date: 1997/05/28 Subject: want information on India's capture of goa Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse I'm in the process of trying to set up a land-sea battle animation of India's capture of Goa to put on the web (inspired in no doubt by my addiction to war games). I've tried to do some research on the logistics of the attack, but have not come up with very much. If you have information (technical details) of the attack, I would very much appreciate you sharing it with me. Note that I am **NOT** interested in political opinion of the battle. Pictures, sound recordings and easily accessible references would be be highly appreciated. I would like to make it an audio+animation display to be put on the web. D-day: 18 Dec 1961, approx. 01:00 hours IST Theater of operations: Goa, Diu and Angediva (??) India utilized the following in its attack: -- Goa === India Portugal - Land Approx 30,000 soldiers (17th infantry div) 3000 Sherman tanks - (need info on #s) nil Ground forces entered Goa from 3 points, with the main armoured thrust coming from the north west (Karnataka?). Air Canberra (Fighter/Bomber) Hunter (classification???) nil Attacks concentrated on airstrips and radio station in Panjim as well as carpet bombing of leaflets informing citizens of attack. Sea Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant Alfonso de Albuquerque Several smaller frigates (frigate) and a cruiser (need more info on these) The outgunned Portuguese frigate was badly damaged as a result of engaging the Indian navy from a distance of 5 miles. This was the only incidence of Portuguese resistance in the Goa theatre of operations. Other info: Most of N.Goa was captured by dusk on the first day, with only the Mandovi river preventing Indian troops entering Panjim. By 8:45am, the next day (19th), the Indian forces had set up pontoon bridges and entered Panjim(**). By then, the only area held by the Portuguese was the port of Mormugoa. By the evening of the 19th, it too fell to the advancing Indian forces. (**)(Perhaps, Goa could do with another invasion by the Indian armed forces across the Zuari river, now that the Zuari bridge seems it is about to collapse :-) Any more information (technical details) on India's attack on Goa will be highly appreciated. I am **NOT** interested in the political aspects of the battle. - Diu (as well as islands of Ghoghla and Passo Covo) === (another Portuguese enclave in the state of Gujrat located several hundred miles north of Goa.) India Portugal Land 3000 + 400 (4th Madras Company and the 20th Battalion of the Rajput Regiment) (I have no idea what a "company" or "regiment" is) Sea INS Delhi (cruiser) Folque Vega Folque was sunk after engaging an Indian aircraft. INS Delhi was used to shell the airport and Portuguese fortifications in Diu. Air Hunter (classification??) nil Canberra (Fighter/Bomber) Other info: It was here that the Portuguese put up the most resistance. The 4th Madras attacked the neighbouring island of Ghoghla at 01:30 hours on the 18th of Dec, but were beaten back by the Portuguese, with no loss of life on either side. Meanwhile the Rajput Regiment attacked Passo Covo, but got bogged down in the marshes in the face of Portuguese machine gun fire, resulting in it suffering some casualties. Here too, the Indian forces were forced to withdraw. At 16:00 hours, the 20th Rajput Regiment regrouped with the 4th Madras and attacked Ghoghla again - this time it fell. The ground forces was also assisted by shelling from INS Delhi. Concurrent with this, air attacks were planned for Diu at 11:00 hours. Indian pilots saw white sheets swaying near the Portuguese fortifications and assumed that the Portuguese had surrendered and dumped their bombs in the sea. It turned out that those sheets were actually put there by "dhobis" (a hindi word for people who wash clothes) to dry and were not flags of surrender!! At 14:00 hrs, the airforce launched a second attack, destroying the Portuguese control tower and radio station. The Portuguese ship the "Folque" was also sunk. B
[Goanet] "Goan English" in the UK, a discussion on the sci.language network
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.lang/browse_thread/thread/7e88a75b77fb247/795707b2d182ad78?lnk=st&q=Goa+India&rnum=5#795707b2d182ad78 Matthew Huntbach Sep 7, 2:42 pm show options Newsgroups: sci.lang, alt.usage.english From: Matthew Huntbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:42:11 +0100 Local: Wed, Sep 7 2005 2:42 pm Subject: Re: y'all in UK On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, retrosorter wrote: > In his book The Stories of English, David Crystal reports that "y'all > (is) used in the UK, by a number of people, of variousages and ethnic > bachkgrounds." > I have never heard the use of "y'all" in the UK and I wondering if > anyone knows where it is being used and by whom. >From my experience it's common in the English of those from an Indian background. My mother-in-law was Goan (i.e. from Goa in India, like most UK Goans, via East Africa), and "you-all" (rather than "y'all") was absolutely standard from her as second person plural. It was always understood that when she addressed either me or my wife as "you-all" she meant both of us, when it was "you" it meant just the person she was addressing. I've heard it frequently from others of an Indian background, so it wasn't just a peculiarity of hers. Matthew Huntbach
[Goanet] Sharing information...
It's simply amazing how a magazine profile I initially wrote on Victor Menezes got Wikified and converted into a encyclopaedia article. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor_Menezes&action=history See the entry as it now stands at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Menezes If anyone has anything more to add, please do so. Sharing information was never such fun! FN PS: Don't forget the NPOV, neutral point of view. -- - Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 - 1995-2005: Ten years of waiting for community radio in India! To know more: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[Goanet] Links to Goa... via Wikipedia
Volunteers needed (lots of vacencies!) to update pages related to Goa. Best of all, once this information is collated, it's freely sharable (provided you're not violating anybody's copyright in the first place). You can also correct the text, or if you disagree with something written, leave your comments on the relevant talk: page. Obviously, there's lot of scope for improvement here, and a great place to learn even while you contribute! Please visit the pages below: o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Goa List of famous and notable people from Goa, India o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Goans_%28Sequiera_Group%29 United Goans Democratic Party (mixed up with United Goans (Sequiera Group) o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Gil Goa Gill o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_books Goa books o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tribes_of_Kenya Lost tribes of Kenya, with a one-liner reference to Goans o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Goa Music of Goa (needs lot of working on) o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacio_Gabriel_Viegas Acacio Gabriel Viegas (1856-1933) was a medical practitioner who was credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Bombay, India in 1896. His timely discovery helped saved many lives in the city and was credited with the innoculation of 18,000 residents. He was also the president of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Murumbi Joseph Murumbi was Kenya’s second Vice-President from May 1965-August 31 1966. He was a child of a Goan trader and a Maasai woman, and he spent the first 16 years of his life in India. The declaration of the state of emergency on October 20, 1952, saw the detention of the top two levels of leadership within the Kenya African Union, and Murumbi found himself thrust into the centre of the party’s leadership, as acting secretary-general. o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fernandes Anthony Francis Fernandes or also known as Tony Fernandes is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. which operates AirAsia. He founded the company in 2001. Fernandes was born in 1964 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is part Goan and part Malaccan-Portuguese. o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribandar Early history of Ribandar o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Menezes Victor Menezes, Citibank o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Vidyaprasarak_Mandal Goa Vidyaprasarak Mandal Don't be tempted to include your father or grand-uncle, but do contribute ;-) FN -- - Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 - 1995-2005: Ten years of waiting for community radio in India! To know more: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
[Goanet] Footprints of a community
http://www.kanarasaraswat.org/ Footprints of a community Harsh Kabra Faced with dwindling numbers the Chitrapur Saraswat community, which boasts of talent ranging from Guru Dutt to Nandan Nilekani, gets together to record its illustrious history. Every evening on his way home, Mahesh Kalyanpur, a 41-year-old senior systems manager at Mumbai's Shamrao Vithal Cooperative Bank, spends a few hours at the Kanara Saraswat Association (KSA) office religiously sifting through correspondence, making telephone calls and making sense of a sea of disparate data. In faraway Bangalore, Lalit Rao, noted vocalist of the Agra gharana, and tabla maestro Gourang Kodikal, both past 60, are painstakingly chronicling the contribution of musicians like Chidanand Nagarkar, K.G. Ginde, Dinkar Kaikini, Devendra Murdeshwar, Nityanand Haldipur and H. Taranath. Despite demanding professions, the Bangalore musicians and the Mumbai engineer exult on finding a rare audiocassette of renowned vocalist S.C.R. Bhat narrating his childhood experiences; or unearthing the works of painters like P.G. Sirur and Shantaram Badakere; or piecing together video footage of Gokulashtami bhajans and Rathotsav celebrations. Going forward, their research will encompass Guru Dutt, Shyam Benegal, Bhaskar Chandawarkar, Kalpana Lajmi, Girish Karnad, Raghuveer Nadkarni, Nandan Nilekani and Prakash Padukone, to name a few. Other glowing names on their agenda are B.N. Rao, who chaired the committee that drafted the country's Constitution in 1950, and B. Rama Rao, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India. What connects all these people is the fact that they hail from the community of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmans. And many like Rao, Kodikal and Kalyanpur are working to archive information about their community. Foremost among their concerns is the fact that like the Parsis and Kutchi Dassa Oswal Jains, Chitrapur Saraswats — or Amchis as they are popularly known — are dwindling in number and faced with the spectre of extinction. But instead of meekly resigning to their fate, Amchis have embarked upon a valiant six-year Project Amchis (Archival Mission of Chitrapur Saraswats) to document, record and preserve for posterity the community's culture, heritage and variegated accomplishments. Upstaged from prominence in the Kanara regime of Nagar in Mysore (1560-1768), the Smartha Saraswats were mocked for lacking a spiritual Guru. They faced marginalisation until a sanyasi at Kotitirtha became the community's Guru. Formed thus was the Chitrapur Saraswat sect owing allegiance to the Shri Chitrapur Math based at Shirali, Karnataka, which will celebrate its tri-centenary in 2008. Over the years, Chitrapur Saraswats have evolved into one of the best-educated communities in the country with a near 99.43 per cent literacy rate, and an illustrious history of contribution to cooperative movements, judiciary, movies, theatre, arts, music, sports, IT and other disciplines. But a diminishing population now threatens to consign it all to history. Although the number of Chitrapur Saraswats stands at 22,498 according to KSA's 2001 census, up 7 per cent from 20,932 in 1971, the disconcerting reality is that the 0-19 age group, its veritable future, has shrunk from 33 per cent to an alarming low of 18 per cent and the 20-44 age group has also gone down from 38 per cent to 34 per cent. The greying, 45-plus age group, has climbed from 29 per cent to a whopping 48 per cent. "This trend indicates that the community will vanish in the years to come," fears Kalyanpur, coordinator, Project Amchis. Interestingly, women outnumber men in the community (11,385: 11,113) with a sex ratio of 1025 that is among the best in the world. "This community is progressive in thought and behaviour," reasons Sadhana Kamat, writer and former professor. "Girls aren't discriminated against in nurture, education or employment incentives. There's no dowry problem and women enjoy equal status with men." But the problem stems from a sharp fall in the birth rate, a drop in sex ratios in the key marriageable and childbearing age groups, and a sharp surge in the proportion of single males and females aged 36 and above, hinting at late marriages. The single-child or no-child norm has resulted in a family size of three or less across 39.46 per cent of the community. The growing number of nuclear families has made it stressful to rear children, and spawned stress ailments due to constricted support systems. While children are increasingly distanced from community festivals and celebrations, a sizeable section that stays in the US, UK, Australia and West Asia (practically every second or third family has children abroad) can't speak the mother tongue Konkani. Apart from instilling community pride in the youth and driving home the need for at least two children per family to sustain the population, Project Amchis aims to record in words, sounds and images the community's contribution, its language, myt
[Goanet] Goa's official telephone directory...
Is there any volunteer out there (preferably in Goa) who is willing to type Goa's official telephone directory, for being uploaded in cyberspace? It would be a tremendous resource if citizens knew the phone numbers and contact details of senior officials in the state (and politicians too), making them all that little less unaccountable! FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 --
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes In Brief * Sept 5, 2005 * Teachers paid tributes to, Pallotti priest dies in hit-and-run...
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * SEPT 5, 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** FIVE TEACHERS to be honoured on Sept 5, teachers' day in India. They are Rajiv S Gadhav (Govt Primary School, Bhatwadi Korgao in Pernem), Maria Lumena A E Rodrigues (St Mary's Varca -- primary). In the secondary Gromico Joaquim Fernandes (headmaster, Immaculate Conception, Avedem, Paroda-Quepem) and Shashikant Nagvenkar, assistant teacher at Progress, Panjim). In the higher secondary, Raghunath N Gauns, principal of VDS at Tikazon in Mayem. (NT) o Rape of Goa's hills: Herald carries a full-page on a "tragedy waiting to happen". It notes that hills are a storehouse of water, act as reservoirs of ground water, are a unique ecosystem, promote wild plants, prevent the adverse impact of cyclones, and supply communities with fuel, fibre, food and fish. There's more too.. o Mapusa police arrested six bar girls in two separate raids, while four were arrested in Panjim for the flesh-trade under the Prohibition of Immoral Traffic Act. (NT) o GPCC vice president Wilfred M Mesquita has hailed Churchill Alemao's stand opposing the setting up of a new civilian airport at Mopa. (NT) o Krishna Madkaikar (63) of Corlim, Mapusa suffered 80% burn injuries when his TV burst into flames as he was watching it.NT o Minister's vehicle not involved in priest's death, Gomantak Times quote Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ujjwal Mishra as having "clarified", reacting to a news item by the Gomantak Times-Weekender earlier. o After a British woman's death in Goa, UK travellers are asked to get rabies vaccination and be careful of canines in the state.GT SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, Goa needs a selective approach, writes Dr Nandkumar Kamat. He says an SEZ requiring 1000 hectares of land is unsuitable for Goa. Also, Goa needs an State SEZ policy and Goa SEZ Act. The government must adop a "transparent approach", the researcher- environmentalist writes in the NT, and says any industrial policy "has to avoid social alienation". o Goenchin is offering a four-course Chinese lunch Rs 150. o Racold Solare at Mapusa (Opp JoaoPharmacy) says its solar water heaters are the "best under the sun". o Advertisers are offering dish satellites at Rs 3990 for 75 channels. After one generations largely turned obselete, the once-ubuquitous dishes atop Goa's roofs seem to be staging a comeback, but in a smaller size. Will they last? o Photo shows artists from Cumbharjua busy preparing statues of Lord Ganesh, on the eve of Hindu Goa's most important festival. o Ms Shweta Raikar has introduced the concept of Ganesh 'makars' (figuirines) made of specially treated eco-friendly paper, compared to the use of thermocol. (NT) o Parrikar urges Goa to consume locally-available vegetables. (NT) o Ensure enrolment in voters list, says NCP. (NT) o BJP scored over Congress during budget session. (GT) o Parrikar highlights issue of stamp scam in Goa. (GT) - SPORT - o Dempo subdue Sporting Clube de Goa, lift Police Cup. (NT) o Vagator, Penha de France, Saligao Sporting score victories. (NT) o OL Fatima route Ponsulem in GFA's first-ever league tie at Canacona. (NT) - EDUCATION - o See teachers' day item above. o Eight Goa students, out of 1000 students nationwide, cleared their national talent search exam. They are Ms Aileen Gracias, Mayank Kakodkar, Viraj Nayak, Mohan Pednekar, Nikhil Salkar, Hrishikesh Kamat Sambari, Manasvi Srivastava and Nitesh Wagle. (NT) o EducationHumanitas plans to continue its monsoon school programmes, launched in Sinquerim and Mapusa, where 55 children and adults from 6 to 30 gained. It was set up as poor parents don't send their children to school because of their need to work.NT o After a long wait of almost one-year, eligible twelfth standard students will get their computers under the Cyberage student scheme from this month. (GT) o Multi-lingual poets' meet held at Rosary College. (GT) o Renovated panchayat ghar opened in Anjuna-Caisua. (GT) o Newly passed-out doctors to serve
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes In Brief * Aug 29/30, 2005 * Promises, and more promises (and investments too) over garbage
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 29-30 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** August 30, 2005 FRONT PAGE o Four garbage treatment plants soon. Urban development minister Joaquim Alemao promises mini-garbage treatment plants at Panjim, Mapusa, Ponda and Margao. (NT) o Deadline expires, but Corporation of the City of Panjim fails to identify garbage dump. CCP is in the process of buying a shredding machine to shred plastic waste. (NT) o Cortalim by-poll postponed. The Election Commission postponed the poll scheduled for Aug 17, after it was brought to its notice that there was no clear vacency, following the court order staying the disqualification of Matanhy Saldanha. (NT) o Goa sugarcane growers block Mandovi bridges, over hike in support price. They want the support price increased from Rs 700 to rs 1000 per metric tonne. (NT) o Churchill takes on CM Rane over Mopa talk. He said Rane should think a hundred times before deciding on an international airport at Mopa, saying, "another airport and that too close on the Maharashtra border would spell doom for the State's tourism industry." (H) o Third Mumbai building collapses. Six were killed at the New Marine Street building collapse in South Mumbai. (PTI) o Elections to all of Goa's municipalities on October 23. Panjim and Ponda excluded. (H) o Justice at gun-point for thirsty Socorro villagers. National highway blocked, engineer gheraoed, declaration to release water forcibly signed. "Lives will be lost if the government does not supply water, and we will not be responsible," an angry senior citizen remarked. (GT) o Goa to host 2011 National Games. New stadium at Tivim on the anvil. (GT) o On Monday, Mumbai Bar Girls Union president Varsha Kale told GT that 10,000 bar girls would come to Goa this tourist season. (GT) INSIDE PAGES o Opposition demands thorough probe of Town and Country Planning Department. (H) o Government proposes to amend Town and Country Planning Act. Development plan for non-planning areas soon. (NT) o Suspended Goa Medical College employee lands in Institute of Psychiatry after suicide bid. Yaduram Hari was charged in a misappropriation case. (H) o Government to start mobile schools in three months, says Luizinho Faleiro. (NT) o New channel Goan Eye to be launched at 4.15 pm Tuesday, from Braganza House, Mapusa. It is being promoted by Mathew Braganza. (NT) o Konkani writer Dr Dattaram Sukhtankar dies at 81 in Bandra.NT o KBM to observe birth anniversary of Felicio Cardozo, Aug 30. (NT) o Saligao's Salmona spring gets a new twist, as village panchayat decides to file a writ petition, challenging the proposed acquisition of land near the spring by the government. (H) Villagers from Saligao and others were up in arms over a builder, Arjun Harmalkar, building very close to this sylvan green zone. o British citizen Adrian Kevin Duggan (37) convicted of killing his girlfriend Catherine Campbell, on Christmas Day 2003. (H) o Konkani in Roman script is easier, says Mike Mehta. (H) o Christopher Fonseca, trade union leader, for Hanoi to take part in the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (GT) o Hooliganism mars Subroto soccer match. Dempo students invaded the pitch in a match with St Xavier's. Meanwhile, Don Bosco College Panjim was barred from the inter-collegiate for manhandling a referee. (H) WHILE MUMBAI BANS the plastic bag, all that Goa can do is an appeal from its Department of Science, Technology and Environment (at Saligao plateau, located aside an unhealthy garbage dump) to "avoid the use of plastic bags". Of course, everyone's handing plastics out free in the markets and shops! August 29, 2005 o Dabolim airport to be upgraded. Rs 80 million to be spent. (NT) o Mopa airport: traffic estimate figures of four airports to be studied. (NT) o Rs 3.4 lakh embezzled. Goa Medical College staffer suspended. (GT) o Forest officials hope wild elephants will head for Karnataka. (GT) o Shunted bar girls from Mumbai eye Goa. (GT) o Software Freedom Day being observed at St Xavier's College in Mapusa on September 14. (GT) o Dilip Deshpande, former Director of Information, joins All India Radio as News Editor. (GT) o Stop ililegal sale of comunidade plots, say Anjuna-Caisua residents.GT o Garbage piles increasing alongside Alonda's primary health centre.
[Goanet] Shabbir Ali: In Goa, where the grass is greener (Sports/Zena Costa)
SHABBIR ALI: IN GOA WHERE THE GRASS IS GREENER. SANS HYDERABAD BLUES Shabbir Ali's career reads like a dream for one wanting to make it big in football. And affirms that one *can* do it. A journey, fuelled by dedication and enthusiasm... has been no cakewalk. Raw talent, hardwork, determination and faith in one's self has resulted in taking an eight-year-old from a Hyderabadi 'gully' to where the grass is greener -- the grand maidans of football... and far beyond. Sporting India colours near a hundred times, Shabbir has netted 35 international goals. Concurrently dazzling on field and as coach to some clubs he played for, with acuity, common sense and sound judgement, Shabbir merits admiration, respect, plaudits from the football fraternity. Recognition from sports authorities is, however, yet to come his way. An extraordinary career, that isn't deemed meritorious and appallingly, not been credited with a national award. A recent nomination for the Dyanchand for lifetime achievement comes rather late in the day ... will Shabbir (a footballer, read persona non grata to deciders of sports awards) actually get it? It is common knowledge that awards in India are more often then not decided (usually in favor of anyone who can swing the willow) before they are declared! Shabbir Ali's story is factually a mirror, reflecting how football is viewed, or rather ignored, in India. The man certainly doesn't have the 'Hyderabad Blues'. Not one to lobby for awards either -- as is the trend today -- he'd rather speak football! "Football is my language," declares Shabbir Ali, and can one dispute that. The football arena is his stage and it is that here he excels and delights. His performances are strongly etched in the history of Indian football and he isn't done. Yet! His contemporaries rate him amongst the finest center-forwards India has produced -- fiercely focussed, exceptionally gifted and entertainer par excellence. Regarded as one of the finest Indian minds in coaching in the present day, Ali has played for, captained and coached the India U-19, pre-Olympic U-23, and Senior Squad. Also functioned as Technical Director of Indian contingent, Jawaharlal Nehru International Football Tournament, Kolkata (1995) SAARC Gold Cup, Colombo, Srilanka (1995) VII South Asian Federation Games (SAF), Olympic Qualifiers in Pakistan, Oman and India, (1995) World Cup qualifiers (1996) Asian Cup Qualifiers, Goodwill Tour Iraq-India (1996), World Cup Qualifiers (1996) A feat that that's hard to beat! COACHING CREDENTIALS Shabbir Ali has to his credit Diploma In Football Coaching (Sports Authority of India 1988-89), Trainer B License- (Deutscher Fussball Bund German F.A.) Stuttgart, Germany 1990, German Football Association Course (equivalent to trainer A license Bonn, Germany 1994) Coaching course by Federation International de Football Associations (FIFA) and Olympic Solidarity, (Bangalore 1996) The Hyderabadi has coached numerous sides really beyond the scope of one article. Some coaching highlights. India Senior Squad; Jawaharlal Nehru International Tournament (March, 1995) SAARC Gold Cup, (April 1995-India-Runners Up) Bangladesh Tour (Aug. 1995), Belarus Tour (Sept. 1995), Olympic Qualifiers in Pakistan, Oman and Goa, (Oct 1995), SAF Games (Dec.1995 India- winners) Asian Qualifiers, Malaysia, (March 1996), Goodwill Tour of Iraq, (Aug. 1996), World Cup Qualifiers, Doha-Qatar. (Sept. 1996). INSIDE INDIA: Shabbir has been in the coaches seat for the Bengal State Team (1997), Goa State Team (1999), Mohd.Sporting (1992-93), Rajasthan Club (1992-93), Peerless Sports Club Calcutta (1993-95), Salgaocar Sports Club (1997-April 2000), Mahindra United Bombay (2000-01), Bharthi Sangh, Kolkota (2001-02), Fransa F.C (2002-Sept 04) Coca -Cola Churchill Brothers (Oct2004-Feb.05). Currently coaching Salgaocar Sports Club-Goa, (since April 2005). The Hyderabadi and former 'Salgaocarite' is in Goa for his second stint as coach, Salgaocar Sports Club. The first stint had him mastermind Salgaocar to stupendous victories in the Goa Professional League, National Football league, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, and Super Cup. A feat, that placed both the coach and the club as front runners, in Indian football. "Shabbir Ali is a gentleman, an able and astute coach. A coach's job is to keep both the management and players happy and produce results. I must say that Shabbir has managed to do that just fine," says Henry Brito, Manager-Salgaocar Sports Club. How will Shabbir Ali fare henceforth? The toughest questions for Shabbir are perhaps the ones he puts to himself when he fails to meet the high standards he sets. With this man on the bench, Salgaocar Sports Club may have some tough moments, anxious ones and in all probability many victorious ones. But no dull ones! Apart from technical and tactical expertis
[Goanet] The day that was: Aug 27, 2005 at GSCP (Free Software in Goa)
Eight enthusiasts showed up for India Linux Users Group-Goa's August meeting on last Saturday (Aug 27) and there were some interesting exchanges. Debian CDs (Sarge) are on their way to George Easaw, via Amit Shirodkar. Prof George, kindly ensure these return safely to Saligao or Panjim (c/o Cafe Prakash). Pai, a member of CSI, who works at All India Radio's transmitters at Bambolim was keen to know how he could install RH 7.0 on an old PC. Amit Shirodkar gave a useful overview, armed with a white-board and marker. We spoke about the pros and cons of Xandros, recently released with Linux For You. Bijon Shaha, now the proud owner of a DVD combo writer, was keen to get access to Ubuntu 4.0 in DVD format. Another debate on whether it makes sense to popularise Free Software for the Windows platform (such as The Open CD or GNUWin). Diverse views came forward. Since all of us were interested in this off-topic subject, we soon switched to ISP and internet access options in Goa. Airtel's GPRS and other options were discussed, though offtopic. We looked at installing extensions in Mozilla Firefox. One important issue was what ILUG-Goa could do for the Sept 24/25 event called the Exhibition of Computers and Allied Products (ECAP), which the Computer Society of India organises in Panjim. We agreed to work on arranging talks. Arvind Yadav, Bijon Shaha, Amit Shirodkar and others volunteered. We need volunteers for this event. The possibility of having a stall in the main venue (apart from the first floor, Rampon) was also raised. Your suggestions and ideas are welcome on this. One suggestion was to load five PCs with different distros of GNU/Linux and demo this. Question: does anyone know where we could borrow the hardware from? Arvind Yadav has volunteered to arrange a suitable talk at Chowgule College, Margao, where Sangeeta Naik has already made a request. We were told that DP had networked with Prof George Easaw for a talk at Rayeshwar College in Shiroda. Many thanks for all your efforts. GNU/Linux cannot grow without you! A word of appreciation went out to efforts at St Xavier's College. Both to staff and students, for enthusiastically taking GNU/Linux forward there, and also working on Software Freedom Day. Nelson Lobo will update us on plans for the Sept 14 event (since Sept 10 falls in the midst of the Ganesh hols). Congrats to ILUG-Goaer Dr Samir Helekar for being nominated as director of the board of the Infotech Corporation of Goa. He writes: "Your advice/criticism/feedback welcome." One suggestion -- ensure Goa's students don't get locked into a Microsoft trap. FN PS: There also was a talk about Goa LUG members' participation in the re-packaged Bangalore-based event, formerly called Linux-Bangalore and now being called FOSS.in. It is being held in end-November, and some of our members are planning on going. PPS: Later we went to the Goa Science Centre cyberlab and tried to check out the new Ubuntu Live. But the PCs there had only 64MB ram, so was struggling to load. -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Goa, India Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net | +91(832)2409490 Indian documentary film blog: http://indiadocu.blogspot.com/
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes In Brief * Aug 28, 2005 * IT giant Wipro showing interest in Goa, says CM
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] / d8 Founded 1994 e88~88e e88~-_/~~~8e 888-~88e e88~~8e _d88__ by Herman 888 888 d888 i 88b 888 888 d888 88b 888 Carneiro "88_88" | e88~-888 888 888 __888 888 -- / Y888 ' C888 888 888 888 Y888, 888 www.goanet.org Cb "88_-~ "88_-888 888 888 "88___/ "88_/ Y8""8D [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 28 2005 * DATELINE GOA] * Compiled in public interest by Frederick Noronha *** FRONT PAGE o Wipro, Indian IT giant, showing interest in Goa, says Rane. Azim Premji calls on CM at his Altinho residence. (NT) o Premji shows interest to put Goa on the Wipro map. (H) o Photo shows youth breaking the 'dahi handi' (pot of curds) at Porvorim, on Janmashtami, birth of Lord Krishna. (NT) o Revelry marks Bonderam at Divar. The Romantic group presented Land of Communal Harmony, to win the first prize. (NT) o Congress to hold stock-taking meet on Sept 1. (NT) o Herald identifies Panjim's "circles of death", possible accident points -- KTC bus stand circle, Old GMC Complex, road to the GPO, crossroad near Geeta Bakery, Betim ferry junction, 2STC HQ, Kala Academy, St Inez Junction, Taleigao-St Inex Junction, Magson's at Miramar. (H) o Parrikar betrayed me, says Zantye. MLA Harish Zantye smells a cartload of rats in the INOX deal and is yelling to the high heavens about it. (Bevinda Collaco, Herald) SLEEZE BALLS: Powerful Congress MLA sends "men" to the GT office, to stop the Bangladesh sex racket stories. GT-Weekender investigations prove that the racket continues and that senior politicians are involved. (GT-Weekender) INSIDE PAGES o Govt looking for site to set up pharma park: Luizinho (H) o Thousands throng Divar for Bonderam festival. (H) o Efforts being made to wipe out contract labour: Joaquim Alemao o Govt ready to fund study on feasibility of biodiesel plants.H o Library our top priority, says Parra sarpanch. (H) o Unclaimed bodies 'fill up' GMC morgue. (H) o Aquitted students in Art College rape case contemplate defamation suit against accuser. (H) TEN PANJIM housing societies willing to set up composting units. Three have already done so earlier -- Kamat Kinara, Kamat Classic and Agnelo Colony at Caranzalem. (H) o Workshop on micronutrient deficiencies from Sept 1.(GT) o Sweet Chili to celebrate Goa Day. (GT) o Talk on history of classical guitar, by Daniel Francisco of Portugal, on Aug 30-31 at Comunicare, Porvorim. (GT) o Killing Goa's golden goose -- Reuven Proenca on why the tourism industry in Goa is proving to be the biggest killjoy of Goa's only golden goose. (GT) o Velim church is 200 years old. (GT) o Art college gang-rape case, six acquitted. o Six year old, Jeetu Ashok Pednekar, drowns after falling into a grounded water tank at Upasnagar, Vasco.NT o MMC yet to decide on future of Sonsoddo dump. (NT) o Mezzo Forte ditigal multi-track recording studio, near the Curca bridge. Production, music and also composing of tunes for your lyrics. Placido Rodrigues 9822 161942. - DEATHS & OBITUARIES - AQUEM: Sarto D'Souza b 1933 of Silver Tower, Aquem Alto. Husband of Cacilda, father of Avita and Arlinda. BETALBATIM: Pelagia Afonso of Nagvaddo. Wife of late Prof Emeliano Afonso, mother of late Oscar, of carmen Filomena (Filu) (teacher of Maria Nutan) and of Agnelo. BRAZIL: Antonio 'Tony' Velho, husband of Eugenia, son of late Alcantara and late Yolanda Velho, brother of late Orlando (Joe) and late Philomena, late Aogstinho and late Flora. GOA SHIPYARD: Tippanna F Kadlimatti of Paint Shop Dept. STO ESTEVAM: Joe Caitan Marques b 1937. Husband of Martha, father of Peter (Pitu), Melvin, Melissa. VASCO DA GAMA: Rachel John, daughter of C John, evangelist, Goa Bretheren Assemblies b 1952. VELIM: Ana Regina Luis Fernandes of Gorcomorod, wife of late Jack Mariano. Tanushree S Kamat b 2004, daughter of Chinmaya (Linda) and Siddharth D Kamat. - CULINARY CORNER: Healthy n fresh -- attractive shrimp salad - This is a very attractive salad that is perfect to serve to your special guests. It is a simple shrimp salad that can be served as part of your main menu or as a side dish depending on your dinner menu selection. Try it out. Grilled shrimp salad: 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, 1/4 cup orange juice, 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce, 2 tablespoons honey, 3 cloves of garlic (finely chopped), 2 pounds large peeled shrimp, 2 cups chopped tomatoes, 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, 14 oz. can black beans, rinsed and dr
