*** Goanet Reader: Tourists upset as Goa begins to act over foreigner land deals
TOURISTS UPSET AS GOA BEGINS TO ACT OVER FOREIGNER LAND DEALS By Pamela D'Mello Panaji: The Goa home department says it has begun the process of examining some 200 land sale deeds purchased by foreign nationals in North Goa for FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) violations. FEMA provisions, effective from the year 2000, permit foreigners with a long term business visa and resident for 182 days in a year, to purchase immovable property in India. Last month a Nationalist Congress youth president blew the whistle on an operation that was circumventing the law, allowing many on tourist visas to purchase and register properties in this popular tourist resort state. Reacting with uncharacteristic speed, the administration indicated it would get tough on these land transfers, routing all further registrations through the home department. An appraisal of post 2000 registrations could result in punitive action, Goa chief secretary J P Singh told this newspaper. The government's move has already begun to have ripples in the real estate and hospitality industry, besides leading to considerable worry and anger among Western settlers here. Some of their ire is directed at real estate firms, agents, chartered accountants and lawyers who kept the industry buoyant by misinterpreting the law and misguiding them. Why do Goan real estate firms advertise their properties at trade fairs abroad?, questioned one buyer. Though the state government is currently assessing the records, there are indications it may may face legal hurdles in any retrospective action. Chief Secretary Singh said the government would initially collect the data on violations. Some 445 cases in North Goa have to be examined for violations. Meanwhile corollary statements from the government against foreign tourists running micro-businesses in restaurants and bakeries has evoked mixed reactions. Eating-out and restaurants is a large element of the tourism package here. Investments from Mumbai and Delhi now account for an estimated 60% in this market share, pushing locals down to a 30% share in an intensely competitive play-field. Western involvement is pegged by estimates at 10%. Local players in the industry though are divided over adopting a protectionist policy. The government's attitude has been ambivalent. After Westerners have been here several years, enhancing the tourist product, been granted permissions and licenses from the tourism department, it's unfair to throw the law book at them half way through, said one hotelier. [ENDS] LINK: FEMA http://www.laws4india.com/nrilaws/ecm.asp Pamela D'Mello is The Asian Age's special correspondent in Goa. She can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** Goanet Reader: Goa, like Shantadurga, is permeated with influences from all over
GOA, LIKE SHANTADURGA, IS PERMEATED WITH INFLUENCES FROM ALL OVER Experiencing the cultural swirl at Ponda by V. M. de Malar Even at 8am, the temple was already buzzing with activity. The goddess's attendants went back and forth behind an elaborate, exquisitely wrought silver screen, accepting offerings and liberally handing out prasad and sweet-smelling blossoms. One devotee lay prone on the floor, silently mouthing a long string of prayers, his wife knelt beside him with her eyes closed and intensity written on her face. Two small children came forth with a coconut; their very large and imposing grandfather prodded them forward to receive their blessings. And right behind them came me, I bent my head in respect and offered the goddess two garlands of distinctive Goan abolim; one for myself and a very particular desire, one for you and the rest of us, for Goa and our uncertain future. The Shri Shantadurga temple in Kavlem, just outside Ponda, is Goa's largest temple, and in many ways the most important. Like many of Ponda's important Hindu shrines, it was first built as a refuge for a deity forced to flee the destructive terror of the first centuries of Portuguese rule. The European fanatics spared nothing, every single appreciable marker of Hinduism, Islam (and even Judaism and Syrian Orthodox worship) was destroyed in a frenzy. In the year 1567 alone, one particularly animated zealot, Rachol-based Diogo Rodrigues tore down more than 280 temples. The Shri Shantadurga temple in Ponda was established in this era; the deity was smuggled from the village we now call Quelossim, some distance inland from the north end of Colva beach. Shantadurga equals Goa, she's a widely accepted embodiment of the Mother Goddess whose veneration is near-total in Goa. She is a central aspect of our religious worship, deeply embedded -- for example -- in veneration of the Virgin Mary. This Goan affinity is pre-Brahmanical, easily traced before the arrival of Gaud Saraswats; early inhabitants of Goa worshipped Sateri, their rituals were adapted and blended by Saraswat migrants from Bengal to their own favorite, Durga. The highly syncretic result was Shantadurga, one part ancient fertility goddess, one part Aryan-ized wife of Shiva, one part newly coined aspect of peace, in keeping with the tolerant ancient culture of Goa. The Christians who came later imbued the Virgin with all these qualities; it is no surprise that Goans of all communities feel perfectly comfortable venerating the mother goddess in all her religious guises. This marvelous melange, this multi-layered cultural dimension can be appreciated at the Shri Shantadurga temple. This current building was erected by Shivaji's grandson, the Shahu Raja, in 1738 and has been repeatedly renovated; from end to end it is a syncretic architectural confection, with plenty that is learned and borrowed from church-building in nearby Goa, from Victorian imperial buildings, and from European opulence. If you shut out that lovely tower in its foreground, the imposing maroon and cream building would seamlessly fit into the colonial precincts of Mumbai or Pune, it could easily be a college or administrative centre. And most of the interior could easily be transposed to a Raj Bhavan somewhere; it's dripping with cut-glass chandeliers and lined from wall-to-wall with excellent imported marble. Like Goa, like our culture itself, every aspect of the Shantadurga temple is permeated with swirling influences from all over India, from our long and intricate history, from the continuing ebb and tide of East and West that has gone on here for millennia and shaped every aspect of what we recognize as Goa. It belongs to all of us, and is a crucial angle that's irreplaceable as vantage point to survey who we are, what we are, and where we might go from here into the new millennium. As I strode out of the temple precincts on the way back home, it occurred to me again that diversity is our greatest strength, we can find great unity and sense of purpose when we understand and embrace it. Oh, and two days later, my very particular desire was met in full measure. That other garland, that other silent prayer for all of us? Let's see what unfolds, let's just wait and see. - VM de Malar, nome de plume of Vivek Menezes, is a long-time Goanetter (among the first) who opted to shift back to Goa after nearly three decades abroad. He lives and works out of Campal in Panjim, mostly writing and understanding the heritage that earlier generations migrated away from. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa, like Shantadurga, is permeated with influences from all over
plume of Vivek Menezes, is a long-time Goanetter (among the first) who opted to shift back to Goa after nearly three decades abroad. He lives and works out of Campal in Panjim, mostly writing and understanding the heritage that earlier generations migrated away from. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org - Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. - _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Tourists upset as Goa begins to act over foreigner land deals
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- TOURISTS UPSET AS GOA BEGINS TO ACT OVER FOREIGNER LAND DEALS By Pamela D'Mello Panaji: The Goa home department says it has begun the process of examining some 200 land sale deeds purchased by foreign nationals in North Goa for FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) violations. FEMA provisions, effective from the year 2000, permit foreigners with a long term business visa and resident for 182 days in a year, to purchase immovable property in India. Last month a Nationalist Congress youth president blew the whistle on an operation that was circumventing the law, allowing many on tourist visas to purchase and register properties in this popular tourist resort state. Reacting with uncharacteristic speed, the administration indicated it would get tough on these land transfers, routing all further registrations through the home department. An appraisal of post 2000 registrations could result in punitive action, Goa chief secretary J P Singh told this newspaper. The government's move has already begun to have ripples in the real estate and hospitality industry, besides leading to considerable worry and anger among Western settlers here. Some of their ire is directed at real estate firms, agents, chartered accountants and lawyers who kept the industry buoyant by misinterpreting the law and misguiding them. Why do Goan real estate firms advertise their properties at trade fairs abroad?, questioned one buyer. Though the state government is currently assessing the records, there are indications it may may face legal hurdles in any retrospective action. Chief Secretary Singh said the government would initially collect the data on violations. Some 445 cases in North Goa have to be examined for violations. Meanwhile corollary statements from the government against foreign tourists running micro-businesses in restaurants and bakeries has evoked mixed reactions. Eating-out and restaurants is a large element of the tourism package here. Investments from Mumbai and Delhi now account for an estimated 60% in this market share, pushing locals down to a 30% share in an intensely competitive play-field. Western involvement is pegged by estimates at 10%. Local players in the industry though are divided over adopting a protectionist policy. The government's attitude has been ambivalent. After Westerners have been here several years, enhancing the tourist product, been granted permissions and licenses from the tourism department, it's unfair to throw the law book at them half way through, said one hotelier. [ENDS] LINK: FEMA http://www.laws4india.com/nrilaws/ecm.asp Pamela D'Mello is The Asian Age's special correspondent in Goa. She can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 23, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** HC asks Goa govt to outline plan for water supply (Business Standard India) A division bench of the Bombay High Court in Goa asked the state government to give concrete assurance on how it intends to take care of water scarcity in the state. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=2176 *** Goa information panel starts functioning (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 21: The Goa State Information Commission has started functioning at Ground Floor, ShramaShakti Bhavan, Patto Plaza with Mr A Venkatratnam as State Chief Information Commissioner and Mr G G Kambli as State Information Commissioner. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=062211 *** Goa has failed to enforce smoking ban: NOTE (New Kerala) Panaji: The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)-India has pointed out that Goa governement had failed to enforce the ban on smoking and spitting at public places in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=11432 *** Domestic tourists thronging in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: With the arrival of monsoon in Goa, the domestic tourists, especially those from north India, were thronging here, to cool themselves in the showers. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=12131 *** Goa to celebrate `San Jao' festival on Jun 24 (New Kerala) Panaji: Various programmes have been planned for Goa's traditional `San Jao' festival to be celebrated on June 24. As per mythology, on this day St John De Baptista took a leap in his mother's womb. This leap was considered to be a leap of joy. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=12137 *** GTDC aiming at upmarket tourists (New Kerala) Panaji: After successfully catering to domestic tourists, the state-owned Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) is aiming at upmarket high spending guests in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=12339 *** GOA reveals launch line-up for casual games portal (gamesindustry.biz) France Telecom's videogames publishing arm, GOA, has revealed the first three titles to appear on its European free-to-play games portal, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of the year. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17844 *** Goa to get amusement park (ATE On-line) Log in to remember this page. Email this Goa's Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has identified three sites, Baga and Vagator in North Goa and Colva in South Goa, for a planned amusement park and has said that 'an expression of interest will be floated soon'. http://www.ateonline.co.uk/60/74/79/articles/7470.php *** India Hot Stocks: Sesa Goa up on Chinese price hike (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) MUMBAI, June 21(Reuters) - The following stocks were on the move at the BSE on Wednesday.At 12:05 p.m., the benchmark 30-share BSE index was up 1.35 percent at 9,955.37 points.The 50-share National Stock Exchange Index was up 1.15 percent at 2,894.80 points.--- http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060621/3/2m64t.html *** Gold Aura (Mineweb) PNGs FERGUSSON ISLAND IS NEW GOLD TARGET Gold Aura Limited (GOA) has signed a contract with the PNG based firm, Paradise Drilling for a drilling program at its Wapolu and Gameta gold properties on Fergusson Island in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. http://www.mineweb.net/co_releases/575963.htm Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 22, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** New traffic plan for Panaji city worked out (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 21: A new traffic circulation plan for the Panaji city has been worked out by the Goa traffic police. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=062210 *** Goa information panel starts functioning (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 21: The Goa State Information Commission has started functioning at Ground Floor, ShramaShakti Bhavan, Patto Plaza with Mr A Venkatratnam as State Chief Information Commissioner and Mr G G Kambli as State Information Commissioner. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=062211 *** Kerala in Plate Division Group `A' (The Hindu) KOCHI: : Kerala has been clubbed with former champion Railways and Madhya Pradesh in Group `A' of the Ranji Trophy Plate Division this season. Goa, Vidarbha and Assam are the other teams in the group. Kerala's fixtures: v Vidarbha (Nov. ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/22/stories/2006062209702000.htm *** Goa has failed to enforce smoking ban: NOTE (New Kerala) Panaji: The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)-India has pointed out that Goa governement had failed to enforce the ban on smoking and spitting at public places in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=11432 *** Domestic tourists thronging in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: With the arrival of monsoon in Goa, the domestic tourists, especially those from north India, were thronging here, to cool themselves in the showers. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=12131 *** Goa govt to find out foreigners illegally owning properties (New Kerala) Panaji: With the violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 by foreigners brought to the notice by police, Goa government has activated its concerned departments to find out foreigners illegally owning properties in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=11224 *** Jamir lauds Goa's overall development (New Kerala) Panaji: Lauding the overall development of the state in the past few years, Goa Governor S C Jamir today urged the people to work for transforming the state into a more harmonious and progressive one. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10833 *** Goa to celebrate `San Jao' festival on Jun 24 (New Kerala) Panaji: Various programmes have been planned for Goa's traditional `San Jao' festival to be celebrated on June 24. As per mythology, on this day St John De Baptista took a leap in his mother's womb. This leap was considered to be a leap of joy. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=12137 *** GOA reveals launch line-up for casual games portal (gamesindustry.biz) France Telecom's videogames publishing arm, GOA, has revealed the first three titles to appear on its European free-to-play games portal, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of the year. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17844 *** India Hot Stocks: Sesa Goa up on Chinese price hike (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) MUMBAI, June 21(Reuters) - The following stocks were on the move at the BSE on Wednesday.At 12:05 p.m., the benchmark 30-share BSE index was up 1.35 percent at 9,955.37 points.The 50-share National Stock Exchange Index was up 1.15 percent at 2,894.80 points.--- http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060621/3/2m64t.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 21, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Report: (NDTV) Portugese culture is today so imbibed in the lives of Goans that it's difficult to imagine Goa without its Portugese connection. But when it comes to football, Brazil is a clear favourite. http://www.ndtv.com/sports/showsports.asp?sportname=Reportstory=Goa roots for Brazilid=28781 *** Cong supports govt over English in primary schools (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 19: The Goa pradesh Congress committee, at its meeting held at the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry hall, today fully supported the government and the Education Minister, Mr Luizinho Faleiro for introducing English language subject in Marathi and Konkani medium schools and further recommended setting up of a panel for drafting state education policy. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=062017 *** PLIVA sets up group's fourth RD centre in Goa (PharmaBiz) PLIVA, the 85 year old generics company based in East Europe, set up its new Research and Development facility PLIVA Research (India) Private Ltd, in Goa on Wednesday. This is the fourth RD center within the Group. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33809 *** Claims of Goa Liberation struggle heroes to be settled: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane today said pending claims of the state's liberation struggle heroes would be settled soon. All the claims have been discussed at the meetings, attended by representatives of freedom fighters... http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10861 *** Goa has failed to enforce smoking ban: NOTE (New Kerala) Panaji: The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE)-India has pointed out that Goa governement had failed to enforce the ban on smoking and spitting at public places in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=11432 *** Goa govt to find out foreigners illegally owning properties (New Kerala) Panaji: With the violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 by foreigners brought to the notice by police, Goa government has activated its concerned departments to find out foreigners illegally owning properties in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=11224 *** Jamir lauds Goa's overall development (New Kerala) Panaji: Lauding the overall development of the state in the past few years, Goa Governor S C Jamir today urged the people to work for transforming the state into a more harmonious and progressive one. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10833 *** Goa to celebrate Revolution Day on June 18 (New Kerala) Panaji: Several functions would be held by the government and educational institutions all over the state to mark the Goa Revolution day tomorrow. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10541 *** [GOAA] Greek Orthodox Archdiocese E-Bulletin June 16, 2006 (Worldwide Faith News) This is the weekly edition of the GOA E-Bulletin. For more information justclick on the links below to go to the topics of interest to you.If the link does not work from your email, copy the link and paste it intothe address bar of your web browser.CLERGY-LAITY REGISTRATION ONLINE:The 38th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congresswill be held in Nashville, July 16-21.Registration, general http://www.wfn.org/2006/06/msg00393.html *** Amiantit's Indian joint venture wins USD22.5 million in contracts (AME Info) Amiantit Fiberglass Industries India Limited (AFIIL), Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company's joint venture in partnership with the Salgaocar Group of Goa, is forecasting a record 90 percent growth in sales for 2006 as the manufacturing facility steps up production to meet increasing demand from India's booming industrial sector. http://www.ameinfo.com/89355.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Puzzle wrapped in an enigma, understanding Konkani in Goa
the relevance and the need for such an exorbitant expenditure on language and culture. Any language or culture is maintained, developed and promoted with the active support of its native speakers. When the government takes the initiative to promote a language or culture, it gradually kills the zeal of native speakers and in turn harms the progress of that language. Besides, manipulation, corruption, nepotism and degradation of the society are bound to enter and get rooted even in the field of art and culture. A written language or a particular culture cannot be kept alive merely by the government's financial support. Therefore, let the Goa Government stop funding government institutions and other NGOs (non-governmental organisations), which promote local languages or cultures. Let the people develop and support their own language and culture as Tiatr and Marathi play lovers do it. Let the government concentrate its resources to promote local languages in education and administration. Sahitya Akademi could encourage the Konknni literature by giving annual awards in turn to books published in the Devanagari, Roman and Kannada scripts. This is possible if the advisory Board of Sahitya Akademi that has a majority from among the Devanagari proponents agree to resolve to the script issue by mutual understanding. Whatever may be the medium of instruction, the proponents of the Devanagari script should demand from the government to make Konknni a compulsory subject in schools. So far they have not done so. Why? This remains a mystery. Fighting against granting the official status to Konknni in the Roman script and cursing the impact of English in Goa will not help the cause of Konknni in Devanagari script. Rather it will lead to the natural death of the Konknni written in the so-called natural script of Konknni. The good of Goa and Goans is far more important than mere language or script controversy. - PRATAP NAIK is a Jesuit and head of the Thomas Stevens Konknni Kendr. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org - Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. - _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 20, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goa (NDTV) Goa has drawn people from all over the world for decades. Some people decided to stay back for good and buy beautiful old homes in the state. But NDTV found that foreigners buying homes in Goa are not always following the rules, which makes these sales illegal. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goaid=89140 *** Report: (NDTV) Portugese culture is today so imbibed in the lives of Goans that it's difficult to imagine Goa without its Portugese connection. But when it comes to football, Brazil is a clear favourite. http://www.ndtv.com/sports/showsports.asp?sportname=Reportstory=Goa roots for Brazilid=28781 *** Wild animals encroaching on India's new city settlements (Channel NewsAsia) GOA, India : Wild animals, squeezed out of their natural habitats by man, are in turn encroaching into human settlements. That's a frequent phenomenon in India, as cities expand rapidly outwards. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southasia/view/214330/1/.html *** Cong supports govt over English in primary schools (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 19: The Goa pradesh Congress committee, at its meeting held at the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry hall, today fully supported the government and the Education Minister, Mr Luizinho Faleiro for introducing English language subject in Marathi and Konkani medium schools and further recommended setting up of a panel for drafting state education policy. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=062017 *** Rane firm on reforms in education (The Hindu) PANAJI: The Goa Government has ruled out changing its decision to usher in reforms in the primary education system. To prevent the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies from hijacking the sensitive issue when the State ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/19/stories/2006061907010700.htm *** PLIVA sets up group's fourth RD centre in Goa (PharmaBiz) PLIVA, the 85 year old generics company based in East Europe, set up its new Research and Development facility PLIVA Research (India) Private Ltd, in Goa on Wednesday. This is the fourth RD center within the Group. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33809 *** Claims of Goa Liberation struggle heroes to be settled: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane today said pending claims of the state's liberation struggle heroes would be settled soon. All the claims have been discussed at the meetings, attended by representatives of freedom fighters... http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10861 *** Goa govt to find out foreigners illegally owning properties (New Kerala) Panaji: With the violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 by foreigners brought to the notice by police, Goa government has activated its concerned departments to find out foreigners illegally owning properties in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=11224 *** Jamir lauds Goa's overall development (New Kerala) Panaji: Lauding the overall development of the state in the past few years, Goa Governor S C Jamir today urged the people to work for transforming the state into a more harmonious and progressive one. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10833 *** Goa to celebrate Revolution Day on June 18 (New Kerala) Panaji: Several functions would be held by the government and educational institutions all over the state to mark the Goa Revolution day tomorrow. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10541 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** OBITUARY: Anna Gomes (51), the best ladies goalkeeper Tanga Institute ever had ...
Funeral on Friday 23 June at 10.30am. At St Boniface R.C. Church, 185 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9PG (nearest station: Tooting Broadway). Cremation at 11.45am at Lambeth Crematorium, Blackshaw Road. We respectfully request no flowers but donations towards her medical expenses would be gratefully received. Kindly please contact her brother TONY GOMES for the same on telephone +442076520927. Dear Family Friends of ANNA GOMES: It is with great regret that we have to inform you about the death of MS. ANNA GOMES who passed away on the morning of Tuesday, 13th June 2006, at the age of 51, while visiting family in London United Kingdom after suffering from a stroke. She was the daughter of Late MENINO VICTORIA GOMES ex-Tanga; sister of Late Agnes D'Mello (Dodoma); late Helena Gomes (Dar Es Salaam ); Candy D’Souza (United Kingdom); Iggie Gomes (Arusha); Carmina Rathod (Tanga); Tony Gomes (UK); Eliza Conceicao (Canada); Dorothy D'Souza: (Dar Es Salaam)' Agnelo Domnic Gomes (Tanga). For those of you who may have forgotten Anna, she was the best ladies goalkeeper Tanga Institute ever had. Eternal rest grant unto Anna, Oh Lord, and let thy perpetual light shine upon her. Condolence messages to the family can be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With regrets from the entire Gomes Family, as well as all the extended families. * * * * * To submit an obituary message or tribute to your departed family and friends, post the message to goanet@goanet.org in plaintext only.
[Goanet] From CNN / Time Magazine: India's influence soars
India's influence soars The 'un-China' could be world's next economic superpower You may not be aware of it, living in the United States, but your world is increasingly being shaped by India. Even if you've never been to India, eaten its food or watched its movies, there is a good chance you interact with it every day of your life. It might be the place on the other end of that call you call you make if your luggage is lost on a connecting flight, or the guys to whom your company has outsourced its data processing. Every night, young radiologists in Bangalore read CT scans e-mailed to them by emergency-room doctors in the U.S. Few Americans are surprised today to learn that their dentist or lawyer is of Indian origin, and the centrality of Indian brainpower to California's high- tech industry has long been documented. Read the entire article at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/india.influence.tm.tm/index.html Bombay's Boom Brash, messy and sexy, India's biggest city embodies the nation's ambition. How Bombay is shaping India's future--and our own By ALEX PERRY / BOMBAY The streets are wet with the dew of the coming monsoon as Rajeev Samant unveils his latest enterprise in midtown Bombay. The Tasting Room is a softly lit tapas bar built into a high-end furniture store in the old textile district. The idea is to showcase Samant's range of Indian wines in a space that oozes class and cash--with bottles costing twice the average Indian weekly wage, it's meant to be exclusive. Tonight the guests include local investment bankers, venture capitalists and a group of students from the business school in Fontainebleau, France, on a two-week trip to India to see what all the buzz is about. Over Chenin Blanc and Reserve Shiraz, the patrons swap investment tips and gossip about recent sightings of Richard Gere and Will Smith. You're so lucky to be here now, says Samant, 39. This is an incredible time. It's all happening. Right here, right now. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1205390,00.html http://www.goanet.org _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 19, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goa (NDTV) Goa has drawn people from all over the world for decades. Some people decided to stay back for good and buy beautiful old homes in the state. But NDTV found that foreigners buying homes in Goa are not always following the rules, which makes these sales illegal. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goaid=89140 *** Wild animals encroaching on India's new city settlements (Channel NewsAsia) GOA, India : Wild animals, squeezed out of their natural habitats by man, are in turn encroaching into human settlements. That's a frequent phenomenon in India, as cities expand rapidly outwards. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southasia/view/214330/1/.html *** Rane firm on reforms in education (The Hindu) PANAJI: The Goa Government has ruled out changing its decision to usher in reforms in the primary education system. To prevent the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies from hijacking the sensitive issue when the State ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/19/stories/2006061907010700.htm *** PLIVA sets up group's fourth RD centre in Goa (PharmaBiz) PLIVA, the 85 year old generics company based in East Europe, set up its new Research and Development facility PLIVA Research (India) Private Ltd, in Goa on Wednesday. This is the fourth RD center within the Group. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33809 *** Goa to chalk out programmes for farmers (New Kerala) Panaji: With Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane declaring 2006 as the `Year of the Farmers', the state machinery is all set chalk out various programmes for the farming community, officials stated. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10080 *** Claims of Goa Liberation struggle heroes to be settled: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane today said pending claims of the state's liberation struggle heroes would be settled soon. All the claims have been discussed at the meetings, attended by representatives of freedom fighters... http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10861 *** Constitution Bench to weigh Goa guv's deeds (The Economic Times) NEW DELHI: After Bihar, the constitutional conduct of yet another governor #148; SC Jamir #148; has come under judicial scanner when the Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench, a petition filed by former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar challenging the dismissal of his government. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1652165.cms *** Jamir lauds Goa's overall development (New Kerala) Panaji: Lauding the overall development of the state in the past few years, Goa Governor S C Jamir today urged the people to work for transforming the state into a more harmonious and progressive one. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10833 *** Goa to celebrate Revolution Day on June 18 (New Kerala) Panaji: Several functions would be held by the government and educational institutions all over the state to mark the Goa Revolution day tomorrow. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10541 *** Goa commercial sex workers up in arms (The Times of India) Commercial sex workers, hit by the demolition in Baina red light area, are seeking cooperation from the state govt. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1656069.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] OBITUARY: Anna Gomes (51), the best ladies goalkeeper Tanga Institute ever had ...
Funeral on Friday 23 June at 10.30am. At St Boniface R.C. Church, 185 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9PG (nearest station: Tooting Broadway). Cremation at 11.45am at Lambeth Crematorium, Blackshaw Road. We respectfully request no flowers but donations towards her medical expenses would be gratefully received. Kindly please contact her brother TONY GOMES for the same on telephone +442076520927. Dear Family Friends of ANNA GOMES: It is with great regret that we have to inform you about the death of MS. ANNA GOMES who passed away on the morning of Tuesday, 13th June 2006, at the age of 51, while visiting family in London United Kingdom after suffering from a stroke. She was the daughter of Late MENINO VICTORIA GOMES ex-Tanga; sister of Late Agnes D'Mello (Dodoma); late Helena Gomes (Dar Es Salaam ); Candy D’Souza (United Kingdom); Iggie Gomes (Arusha); Carmina Rathod (Tanga); Tony Gomes (UK); Eliza Conceicao (Canada); Dorothy D'Souza: (Dar Es Salaam)' Agnelo Domnic Gomes (Tanga). For those of you who may have forgotten Anna, she was the best ladies goalkeeper Tanga Institute ever had. Eternal rest grant unto Anna, Oh Lord, and let thy perpetual light shine upon her. Condolence messages to the family can be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With regrets from the entire Gomes Family, as well as all the extended families. * * * * * To submit an obituary message or tribute to your departed family and friends, post the message to goanet@goanet.org in plaintext only. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Passion knows no borders in India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1500729,prtpage-1.cms Passion knows no borders in India [ Monday, April 24, 2006 12:03:30 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to for latest updates JAIPUR: Sex on the sand during camel night safaris, passion play with boatmen on the moon river and shacking by the sea with a local boy—the female foreigner tourist has always been the subject of a hundred stories, the object of a million fantasies. Reports from India’s hottest tourist destinations—Goa, Rajasthan, Varanasi— now suggest that sexual dalliances between tourists and guides, even waiters, have peppered these magical mystical tours. Some tourists also fall in love and have enduring relationships with these amorous hosts. A few even get married but often these ties break up due to cultural fault lines. In Goa’s Anjuna beach, it is not uncommon to see local boys walking hand in hand with foreign women. Motorbiking along the coastline, swimming in the sea, being each other’s massage partners, drinking in coy bars—intimate relationships grow fast. In Jaisalmer, stories of tourists falling in love with camel riders thrive. Social scientist Assa Doron talks about the stories told by some young boatmen of their sexual interludes with Western women in his research paper, 'Encountering the 'Other’: Pilgrims, Tourists and Boatmen in the City of Varanasi’. With a huge growth in tourism—Varanasi received 3.45 lakh foreign tourists in 2005 and Goa gets about 3 lakh firang visitors each season—the number of cross-cultural encounters too are likely to rise. And there is a negative fallout: the rising number of AIDS cases. Jaisalmer camel riders have to be medically cleared before getting the job. But not all relationships are sexual. Doron, a research student at National University of Singapore, also talks about long-standing friendship between a young boatman from Varanasi and a Dutch woman in her 40s, Ineka. Doron says, Ineka has helped Sundar learn English and assisted him financially. Over the years, she has helped him purchase a small house. Such close relationships are not entirely rare or novel. Such associations though are not easy to form. Industry sources say classier tourists usually have a polite but functional relationship with the locals. Instances such as that of Jill Lowe, an upper class English lady who fell in love and married a Haryana Jat taxi-driver, are rare. But backpackers, often putting up in grotty hovels, interact more with locals. Sometimes, a rapport is struck. It’s all about trust, says a middle-aged tourist in Goa, Ann, who doesn’t divulge the country she comes from. But Goan restaurant owner David says such associations are formed only after several attempts to prove that you gonna spend on them, take them around and stick around so long she is in Goa. Yet, many opt for the routine: some for fun, others because a wedding could also mean a ticket to First World. Industry sources say differences in culture occasionally causes a misreading of intent. Writes Doron, The majority of foreign tourists seem oblivious of local conventions. Some women wear skimpy worn-out clothing, have their hair loose and smoke in public, all of which are considered inappropriate behaviour in traditional and sacred places. For some women tourists, the carefree, liminal phase of travel also opens up other possibilities, including sexual relationships with boatmen. Himmat, who owns a hotel in Pushkar, says some tourists stay for long periods and get familiar with locals. Then trouble begins, he says. Adds a Jaipur police officer, At times, a local friendly with a foreigner reads the wrong signals and indulges in something like rape. A young Israeli medical student visiting Delhi has a different view. She says rapists suffer from psychological problems. For them, any woman is fine. That there were a few cases involving foreigners is purely coincidental. There are many more cases involving Indian women, says the student, who prefers anonymity. But the tourism industry is taking no chances. Hazel, a 24-year-old from Australia and on her first visit to Varanasi, says they have been instructed not to talk to strangers by the tour operators. And yet, as long as the human heart beats, such cross-cultural stories of love and passion will be heard from time to time. Old-timers recall that sometime back a German tourist married a rickshawwallah in Jaipur. Both of them stayed in a rented house for a month. Then one day, the German left for Delhi on the plea of revalidating her visa. She never returned. He still waits. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Delhi - Goa - Delhi (Sudeep Chakravarti)
From OUTLOOK : http://tinyurl.com/rwg6g Delhi - Goa - Delhi I've had friends tell me I'm nuts to walk from a job and profile in Delhi and traipse to Goa and lessness. Then I've had them say they would kill to do it. Funny, I've felt similar ambivalence. SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI I stood knee deep in surf a few days back, taking a conference call on my mobile phone. I jabbered, glancing at nearby bikinis and faraway fishing boats. Nine to five. Five to nine. Whatever. When I power up my notebook a little after dawn, to work undisturbed for a few hours and to check mail, I also check to see if the young fish hawk in the gulmohur tree across our house is well. Would the crow-couple chase it off again? Or would the kingfisher, woodpecker and hawk bond in irritation and trash the crows? Hell, I’d pay to watch. Work is good these days. I’ve had friends tell me I’m nuts to walk from a job and profile in Delhi and traipse to Goa and lessness. Then I’ve had them say they would kill to do it. Funny, I’ve felt similar ambivalence. After 25 years in the NCR, 14 months ago I put my family on a plane and drove from our condominium in Gurgaon to a hillside place in Panjim overlooking the Mandovi River. We had checked out for the foreseeable future: A decade, I figured. Visits? Once a year, kicking and screaming. Fat chance, as my seven year-old has learnt to say. I’ve been back five times this past year. In April, it was with family to visit old friends, watering holes, and to reacquaint my daughter with malls. It was a relief too, from Goa’s culinary triumvirate: with masala, rawa masala, or garlic-butter. But we were glad to leave after a week, deafened by noise, stunned with rudeness, and appalled by the increased crush of traffic. We did the right thing. September and October was a blur. Three solo visits for book promos, arguing with my accountant, absorbing Jew are so lucky-ya, and to run— walk—the Half Marathon. I couldn’t wait to leave. But my daughter scolded me for frequenting the city of her birth and mallship. My wife dreamily tracked seasons in her mind—Is there a nip in the air? and when I nodded, What the f*** are we going to do with all these woollies in Goa? Heck, I told them, who wants to leave Goa? Then I stepped in it. Telling them of flowers on the roundabouts, the exhibitions at the Habitat Centre, soothing Lodi Gar- den, the bustle of Khan Market, and the biryani. God, the biryani. I was back a couple of weeks ago to attend a conference. A CEO shook the hand of a Congress tsar, both looking past each other; within seconds, they were with other plastic smiles and dead eyes. Everybody is everybody’s best friend. How I hated that—hate that. I turned to the affable investment banker on my left. Leaving already? he queried. Can’t stay away from Goa, eh? Yes, I replied. Time to slip the jacket and tie; wear Bermudas and tee. Dammit, yes. Last night, my wife and I stood sipping wine at a breeze-basted seafront restaurant at the foot of Aguada Hill, live jazz in the background, watching the necklace of light along the miles of beach all the way to the headland at Baga. Delhi in March? I suggested. The evenings will still be lovely. What can I tell you? We’re happy schizoids, content to commute. This article originally appeared in Delhi City Limits, December 15, 2005
[Goanet] Goa news for June 18, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goa (NDTV) Goa has drawn people from all over the world for decades. Some people decided to stay back for good and buy beautiful old homes in the state. But NDTV found that foreigners buying homes in Goa are not always following the rules, which makes these sales illegal. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goaid=89140 *** Goan properties sold without RBI approval (NDTV) Goa, for decades has drawn people from all over the world. Some of who decided to stay back for good and buy beautiful old homes. But it turns out that many of these homes have been bought illegally. Assagaon is known for its beautiful colonial Portuguese bungalows. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Goan properties sold without RBI approvalid=89140 *** Goans hit by Zuari bridge closure (Deccan Herald) Daily commuters were the worst hit by the poor arrangement of conveyance following the partial closure of the Zuari bridge, which links north Goa to the south on Friday. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun172006/national1841192006616.asp *** PLIVA sets up group's fourth RD centre in Goa (PharmaBiz) PLIVA, the 85 year old generics company based in East Europe, set up its new Research and Development facility PLIVA Research (India) Private Ltd, in Goa on Wednesday. This is the fourth RD center within the Group. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33809 *** Goans threatened by industrial toxic emissions (New Kerala) Belasao (Goa): Industrial toxic emissions are posing a major threat to Goans. Zuari Industries Limited, is one such factory that is posing an ecological threat. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10593 *** Goa to chalk out programmes for farmers (New Kerala) Panaji: With Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane declaring 2006 as the `Year of the Farmers', the state machinery is all set chalk out various programmes for the farming community, officials stated. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10080 *** Constitution Bench to weigh Goa guv's deeds (The Economic Times) NEW DELHI: After Bihar, the constitutional conduct of yet another governor #148; SC Jamir #148; has come under judicial scanner when the Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench, a petition filed by former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar challenging the dismissal of his government. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1652165.cms *** Goa to celebrate Revolution Day on June 18 (New Kerala) Panaji: Several functions would be held by the government and educational institutions all over the state to mark the Goa Revolution day tomorrow. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10541 *** Goa contemplating making Konkani as compulsory subject (New Kerala) Panaji: Facing stiff opposition for imposing English as subject at the primary level, Goa Education Minister Luzinho Faleiro today said that government is contemplating the possibility of making Konkani or Marathi as compulsory subject in English medium schools including non-aided ones. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=9636 *** Goa commercial sex workers up in arms (The Times of India) Commercial sex workers, hit by the demolition in Baina red light area, are seeking cooperation from the state govt. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1656069.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Delhi - Goa - Delhi (Sudeep Chakravarti)
From OUTLOOK : http://tinyurl.com/rwg6g Delhi - Goa - Delhi I've had friends tell me I'm nuts to walk from a job and profile in Delhi and traipse to Goa and lessness. Then I've had them say they would kill to do it. Funny, I've felt similar ambivalence. SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI I stood knee deep in surf a few days back, taking a conference call on my mobile phone. I jabbered, glancing at nearby bikinis and faraway fishing boats. Nine to five. Five to nine. Whatever. When I power up my notebook a little after dawn, to work undisturbed for a few hours and to check mail, I also check to see if the young fish hawk in the gulmohur tree across our house is well. Would the crow-couple chase it off again? Or would the kingfisher, woodpecker and hawk bond in irritation and trash the crows? Hell, I’d pay to watch. Work is good these days. I’ve had friends tell me I’m nuts to walk from a job and profile in Delhi and traipse to Goa and lessness. Then I’ve had them say they would kill to do it. Funny, I’ve felt similar ambivalence. After 25 years in the NCR, 14 months ago I put my family on a plane and drove from our condominium in Gurgaon to a hillside place in Panjim overlooking the Mandovi River. We had checked out for the foreseeable future: A decade, I figured. Visits? Once a year, kicking and screaming. Fat chance, as my seven year-old has learnt to say. I’ve been back five times this past year. In April, it was with family to visit old friends, watering holes, and to reacquaint my daughter with malls. It was a relief too, from Goa’s culinary triumvirate: with masala, rawa masala, or garlic-butter. But we were glad to leave after a week, deafened by noise, stunned with rudeness, and appalled by the increased crush of traffic. We did the right thing. September and October was a blur. Three solo visits for book promos, arguing with my accountant, absorbing Jew are so lucky-ya, and to run— walk—the Half Marathon. I couldn’t wait to leave. But my daughter scolded me for frequenting the city of her birth and mallship. My wife dreamily tracked seasons in her mind—Is there a nip in the air? and when I nodded, What the f*** are we going to do with all these woollies in Goa? Heck, I told them, who wants to leave Goa? Then I stepped in it. Telling them of flowers on the roundabouts, the exhibitions at the Habitat Centre, soothing Lodi Gar- den, the bustle of Khan Market, and the biryani. God, the biryani. I was back a couple of weeks ago to attend a conference. A CEO shook the hand of a Congress tsar, both looking past each other; within seconds, they were with other plastic smiles and dead eyes. Everybody is everybody’s best friend. How I hated that—hate that. I turned to the affable investment banker on my left. Leaving already? he queried. Can’t stay away from Goa, eh? Yes, I replied. Time to slip the jacket and tie; wear Bermudas and tee. Dammit, yes. Last night, my wife and I stood sipping wine at a breeze-basted seafront restaurant at the foot of Aguada Hill, live jazz in the background, watching the necklace of light along the miles of beach all the way to the headland at Baga. Delhi in March? I suggested. The evenings will still be lovely. What can I tell you? We’re happy schizoids, content to commute. This article originally appeared in Delhi City Limits, December 15, 2005 _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Of Aldona, Siolim, Anjuna and Morjim... circa 1877
musical fundado em 1865, sob o distincto patrocinio de sua excia. o vicerei da India e de sua alteza of governador da Bengala. XCHR's book collection has been steadily growing. From 1993 to 1995, for instance, it grew from 13,000 to 16,000. You can see from the above that one doesn't need to be a historian to appreciate the useful facts that emerge from its library and treasure-house of past information. Besides its many books, XCHR has rare atlases, maps, dissertations and bibliographies, newspapers clippings and some 200 cyclostyled volumes of government reports and seminar papers. It also has photocopies of inaccessible documents and articles. XCHR also houses around 200,000 Mhamai House documents. (In the eighteenth century, the Mhamais were engaged in business at Old Goa, before they shifted to Panjim in 1759. They were tobacco revenue farmers, but faced bankruptcy in 1818. Besides other activities, they ran an agency house for the French, and counted the state shipyard as one of their clients.) It has received donations of books from as far apart as Lisbon, Porvorim, Delhi, Candolim, Margao, US, Anjuna and England. Computer printouts of the indexes of XCHR are available, while there is also a microfilm reader on hand. In keeping with the wealth of information this centre contains, even the prestigious US Library of Congress has evinced interest in its information. It's another fact that people from in and around Goa have not taken full benefit of this useful collection. But scholars like Prof. Philomena Antony of Chowgule College have undertaken interesting work -- for example, on the relations between colonial Brazil and colonial Goa -- through this centre. Some other interesting exhibits have also found their way to this centre. For instance, the family of the late Dr. Manuel F. de Albuquerque of Anjuna, gave a quaint gift to the XCHR. Dr. de Albuquerque was the personal physician to the former Sultan of Zanzibar. His family donated to the centre's museum three swords, including the gloden sword won by the Goan doctor for his discovery and combat of the bubonic plague in distant Africa in 1903! [This article was written some years back, and is being recirculated. The writer is a Goa-based independent journalist.] -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org -- Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. -- _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 17, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goa (NDTV) Goa has drawn people from all over the world for decades. Some people decided to stay back for good and buy beautiful old homes in the state. But NDTV found that foreigners buying homes in Goa are not always following the rules, which makes these sales illegal. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Illegal sale of homes to foreigners in Goaid=89140 *** Goan properties sold without RBI approval (NDTV) Goa, for decades has drawn people from all over the world. Some of who decided to stay back for good and buy beautiful old homes. But it turns out that many of these homes have been bought illegally. Assagaon is known for its beautiful colonial Portuguese bungalows. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Goan properties sold without RBI approvalid=89140 *** Vital Goa bridge damaged; traffic to be restricted (rediff.com) Traffic will be restricted on the Zuari bridge, a vital link between north and south Goa, as it has developed a crack, Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane said on Tuesday. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/13goa.htm *** KTC to run 50 minibuses over Zuari bridge (Navhind Times) Margao, June 15: The state-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation will ply a total of 50 direct minibuses on the Panaji-Margao and Panaji-Vasco routes to reduce problems faced by the commuters between North and South Goa after the Zuari Bridge will be closed for heavy traffic starting tomorrow. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=061624 *** MoST official inspects bridge (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 15: The regional officer, Mr Chamergode, an officer of the rank of superintendent engineer of the Union ministry of surface transport (MoST), based in Mumbai, today visited Goa and inspected the Zuari bridge and left later in the evening. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=061623 *** Goa to chalk out programmes for farmers (New Kerala) Panaji: With Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane declaring 2006 as the `Year of the Farmers', the state machinery is all set chalk out various programmes for the farming community, officials stated. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=10080 *** Constitution Bench to weigh Goa guv's deeds (The Economic Times) NEW DELHI: After Bihar, the constitutional conduct of yet another governor #148; SC Jamir #148; has come under judicial scanner when the Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench, a petition filed by former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar challenging the dismissal of his government. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1652165.cms *** Goa contemplating making Konkani as compulsory subject (New Kerala) Panaji: Facing stiff opposition for imposing English as subject at the primary level, Goa Education Minister Luzinho Faleiro today said that government is contemplating the possibility of making Konkani or Marathi as compulsory subject in English medium schools including non-aided ones. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=9636 *** PRESS RELEASE: GOLF, GUNS AND GOALS! (gamesindustry.biz) PARIS, France, 16th June 2006 - GOA, the France Telecom-owned online games publisher, is delighted to reveal the first three games which will be available to play on its forthcoming online gaming portal GOA.COM: Pangya, Gunbound and eXtreme Soccer. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17753 *** [GOAA] Greek Orthodox Archdiocese E-Bulletin June 16, 2006 (Worldwide Faith News) This is the weekly edition of the GOA E-Bulletin. For more information justclick on the links below to go to the topics of interest to you.If the link does not work from your email, copy the link and paste it intothe address bar of your web browser.CLERGY-LAITY REGISTRATION ONLINE:The 38th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congresswill be held in Nashville, July 16-21.Registration, general http://www.wfn.org/2006/06/msg00289.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 16, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Vital Goa bridge damaged; traffic to be restricted (rediff.com) Traffic will be restricted on the Zuari bridge, a vital link between north and south Goa, as it has developed a crack, Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane said on Tuesday. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/13goa.htm *** KTC to run 50 minibuses over Zuari bridge (Navhind Times) Margao, June 15: The state-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation will ply a total of 50 direct minibuses on the Panaji-Margao and Panaji-Vasco routes to reduce problems faced by the commuters between North and South Goa after the Zuari Bridge will be closed for heavy traffic starting tomorrow. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=061624 *** MoST official inspects bridge (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 15: The regional officer, Mr Chamergode, an officer of the rank of superintendent engineer of the Union ministry of surface transport (MoST), based in Mumbai, today visited Goa and inspected the Zuari bridge and left later in the evening. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=061623 *** Constitution Bench to weigh Goa guv's deeds (The Economic Times) NEW DELHI: After Bihar, the constitutional conduct of yet another governor #148; SC Jamir #148; has come under judicial scanner when the Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench, a petition filed by former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar challenging the dismissal of his government. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1652165.cms *** Petrol, diesel price in Goa reduced: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa government today slashed the rates of petrol (unleaded), petrol (power) and diesel by Rs 1.19, Rs 1.23 and 59 paise per litre respectively. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8537 *** New bridge to be built at Panaji over Zuari River (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa Government has decided to invite tenders for the construction of a parallel bridge worth Rupees 100 crore over the Zuari River. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=9517 *** Petrol price reduction benefit to reach consumers in two days (New Kerala) Panaji: Even though Goa government has reduced prices on petrol and diesel, it will take at least two more days for the benefit to percolate to the consumers, officials said. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=9648 *** Goa contemplating making Konkani as compulsory subject (New Kerala) Panaji: Facing stiff opposition for imposing English as subject at the primary level, Goa Education Minister Luzinho Faleiro today said that government is contemplating the possibility of making Konkani or Marathi as compulsory subject in English medium schools including non-aided ones. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=9636 *** National football camp starts tomorrow (New Kerala) New Delhi: At a time when the world is glued to the action at the World Cup in Germany, Indian football probables head to Goa for a preparatory camp ahead of the Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=9707 *** Goa to set up five special economic zones (New Kerala) By Devraj, Panaji: The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), the nodal body for industrialisation in the coastal state has begun the process of allotting land to leading industrial groups to set up five Special Economic Zones(SEZs). http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8393 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Panjim from space... Nandkumar Kamat on Google Earth
Panjim from space By Nandkumar Kamat The Navhind Times Sitting before my desktop at the Goa University, I can clearly watch on the screen the whole campus from space, including the tiled roof of our faculty enclave and all the landmarks. I can see the shadows of the transmission towers of the All India Radio at Bambolim. I can spot the vehicles parked in front of the palatial residence of the Minister of Town and Country Planning, Mr Monserrate near the Church Square at Taleigao. The Campal Lake appears as a large blue square and, close to it, one can follow the course of the Sant Inez nullah. What the Goa government considers a luxury to offer, despite having fancy projects on remote sending, today any citizen with a free downloadable software, can watch on the computer screen, from any place. This is a giant revolution on the Internet. I know that the satellite images on Google Earth are not real time, but these are useful. And they are updated periodically. Recently, the http://google.earth.com website has uploaded stunningly beautiful and breathtaking high-resolution satellite imagery of coastal Goa. The resolution is 10-15 metres, which is excellent even for research work. Interesting images can be downloaded as JPG files. The most striking and true-coloured untouched images released by Google Earth are of the island of Tiswadi and the talukas of Marmagoa and Bardez. Citizens of Panaji can now enjoy an exciting tour of their well-designed city from space. The elevation model gives three-dimensional rotatory terrain view. It shows the typical POrtuguese-influenced geometrical ground-plan of the city. All the roads and buildings of Panaji are clear in the images. The images show why Panaji is so vulnerable to flooding. The software automatically shows the elevation of any area when the pointer is moved over it. This is great for town planners, engineers and architects. The low-lying areas around the city indicate an elevation which is much below the tidal height of six metres. I was particularly impressed after tracking the origin of Panaji's Ourem Creek to the slopes of Alto Santa Cruz. The creek now terminates near the Bondir football ground. The Chamunda Complex has blocked the upstream portion of this creek. The Altinho hillock appears like a huge supine sculpture crowded with houses. AT its highest point, the hillock is 64 metres. The images show the hillock to be two km across (Alto Guimares to Conception Hill) and one kilometre wide. I discovered that the images are about eight months old. But with such an eye-in-the-sky, citizens would be able to monitor the surface development themselves. These images are a powerful tool in the hands of Goa's civil society. Now it can produce evidence of environmental degredation. Their creative and imaginative use can benefit the state. All students from Panaji's schools need to be given a demonstration by their geography teachers on the city from space. The Corporation of the City of Panaji can use these images for better drainage and traffic planning, and for conservation of open places. (ENDS * The Navhind Times, June 15, 2006 Page 5)
*** Goanet Reader: Uncoding the politics of Christian fundamentalism post-Da Vinci
for the head of Dan Brown, both lay groups and the Bishops and have shown that we are supporting his intolerant position and put ourselves in the same league as Khomeini and his ilk. This sad and and demoralising episode leads us to question and the quality of leadership in the hierarchy and in all your organisations. It is also a reminder, if not an indictment, of the level of ignorance amongst the members of the Church whose knowledge of biblical history and of the history of the Church is abysmal thanks to the fact that the Church has totally put such matters on the backburner and consumed itself in the managing of events of no consequence, including managing or mismanaging its property. With all its resources, the Church could have quickly disseminated rejoinders to the fiction in Dan Brown's book which it passes off as truth in history. Catholic scholars have refuted Dan Brown's historical distortions fully and completely. Why did the Church NOT use this material? I quote only two examples below from Dr Don Rhodes, President of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministry, one out of many great scholars who debunked Dan Brown’s claim to historical truth. Priory of Sion There are things Brown claims to be historical which, in fact, are not historical at all. A primary case in point is the Priory of Sion, an organization that is at the very heart of Brown's story, and which, if proven to be based on bogus history, undermines the entire infrastructure of Brown's theory. Refutation Historically, in 1953, a Frenchman named Pierre Plantard spent time in jail for fraud. In 1954 he founded a small social club named the Priory of Sion. The organization dissolved in 1957, but Plantard held on to the name. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Plantard put together a number of bogus documents which proved the Jesus-Mary Magdalene theory, with French royalty being their descendants. Plantard claimed that he himself was one of the descendents of this couple. Some time later, a friend of the French President found himself in legal trouble and Plantard ended up being called to testify in the case. While under oath, the judge asked him about these documents about Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and he admitted he made the whole thing up. All this has been thoroughly documented by several French books and a BBC special. Jesus was Married to Mary Magdalene Refutation There is no mention of Jesus being married prior to the beginning of His three-year ministry. There is no mention of Jesus being married during His three-year ministry. There is no mention of Jesus being married at the crucifixion. There is no mention of Jesus being married at His burial. There is no mention of Jesus being married at His resurrection. In other words, there is no mention of a wife anywhere! Aside from this deafening silence regarding a wife are theological arguments against Jesus having been married. For example, in 1 Corinthians 9:5 the apostle Paul defends his right to get married if he so chose to do so: Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas? Now, if Jesus had been married, surely the apostle Paul would have cited Jesus' marriage as the number one precedent. The fact that he did not mention a wife of Jesus indicates that Jesus was not married. Further, we must note that Jesus' marriage is yet future. He will one day marry the bride of Christ, which is the Church. Revelation 19:7-9 tells us: Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. Then the angel said to me, Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' And he added, These are the true words of God. Clearly, the evidence is against Jesus having gotten married in New Testament times. Yet another evidence Dan Brown sets forth for Jesus' alleged marriage is Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper. To Jesus' right, we are told, is Mary Magdalene, not John. While it is true that John looks effeminate in The Last Supper, this is quite in keeping with other paintings by this homosexual artist. Indeed, even John the Baptist was portrayed in a feminine way by Da Vinci. Note that neither John nor John the Baptist have womanly bodies in these paintings. - George Menezes is a prominent writer and retired management expert based in Mumbai. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work
[Goanet] Panjim from space... Nandkumar Kamat on Google Earth
Panjim from space By Nandkumar Kamat The Navhind Times Sitting before my desktop at the Goa University, I can clearly watch on the screen the whole campus from space, including the tiled roof of our faculty enclave and all the landmarks. I can see the shadows of the transmission towers of the All India Radio at Bambolim. I can spot the vehicles parked in front of the palatial residence of the Minister of Town and Country Planning, Mr Monserrate near the Church Square at Taleigao. The Campal Lake appears as a large blue square and, close to it, one can follow the course of the Sant Inez nullah. What the Goa government considers a luxury to offer, despite having fancy projects on remote sending, today any citizen with a free downloadable software, can watch on the computer screen, from any place. This is a giant revolution on the Internet. I know that the satellite images on Google Earth are not real time, but these are useful. And they are updated periodically. Recently, the http://google.earth.com website has uploaded stunningly beautiful and breathtaking high-resolution satellite imagery of coastal Goa. The resolution is 10-15 metres, which is excellent even for research work. Interesting images can be downloaded as JPG files. The most striking and true-coloured untouched images released by Google Earth are of the island of Tiswadi and the talukas of Marmagoa and Bardez. Citizens of Panaji can now enjoy an exciting tour of their well-designed city from space. The elevation model gives three-dimensional rotatory terrain view. It shows the typical POrtuguese-influenced geometrical ground-plan of the city. All the roads and buildings of Panaji are clear in the images. The images show why Panaji is so vulnerable to flooding. The software automatically shows the elevation of any area when the pointer is moved over it. This is great for town planners, engineers and architects. The low-lying areas around the city indicate an elevation which is much below the tidal height of six metres. I was particularly impressed after tracking the origin of Panaji's Ourem Creek to the slopes of Alto Santa Cruz. The creek now terminates near the Bondir football ground. The Chamunda Complex has blocked the upstream portion of this creek. The Altinho hillock appears like a huge supine sculpture crowded with houses. AT its highest point, the hillock is 64 metres. The images show the hillock to be two km across (Alto Guimares to Conception Hill) and one kilometre wide. I discovered that the images are about eight months old. But with such an eye-in-the-sky, citizens would be able to monitor the surface development themselves. These images are a powerful tool in the hands of Goa's civil society. Now it can produce evidence of environmental degredation. Their creative and imaginative use can benefit the state. All students from Panaji's schools need to be given a demonstration by their geography teachers on the city from space. The Corporation of the City of Panaji can use these images for better drainage and traffic planning, and for conservation of open places. (ENDS * The Navhind Times, June 15, 2006 Page 5) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Uncoding the politics of Christian fundamentalism post-Da Vinci
for the head of Dan Brown, both lay groups and the Bishops and have shown that we are supporting his intolerant position and put ourselves in the same league as Khomeini and his ilk. This sad and and demoralising episode leads us to question and the quality of leadership in the hierarchy and in all your organisations. It is also a reminder, if not an indictment, of the level of ignorance amongst the members of the Church whose knowledge of biblical history and of the history of the Church is abysmal thanks to the fact that the Church has totally put such matters on the backburner and consumed itself in the managing of events of no consequence, including managing or mismanaging its property. With all its resources, the Church could have quickly disseminated rejoinders to the fiction in Dan Brown's book which it passes off as truth in history. Catholic scholars have refuted Dan Brown's historical distortions fully and completely. Why did the Church NOT use this material? I quote only two examples below from Dr Don Rhodes, President of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministry, one out of many great scholars who debunked Dan Brown’s claim to historical truth. Priory of Sion There are things Brown claims to be historical which, in fact, are not historical at all. A primary case in point is the Priory of Sion, an organization that is at the very heart of Brown's story, and which, if proven to be based on bogus history, undermines the entire infrastructure of Brown's theory. Refutation Historically, in 1953, a Frenchman named Pierre Plantard spent time in jail for fraud. In 1954 he founded a small social club named the Priory of Sion. The organization dissolved in 1957, but Plantard held on to the name. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Plantard put together a number of bogus documents which proved the Jesus-Mary Magdalene theory, with French royalty being their descendants. Plantard claimed that he himself was one of the descendents of this couple. Some time later, a friend of the French President found himself in legal trouble and Plantard ended up being called to testify in the case. While under oath, the judge asked him about these documents about Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and he admitted he made the whole thing up. All this has been thoroughly documented by several French books and a BBC special. Jesus was Married to Mary Magdalene Refutation There is no mention of Jesus being married prior to the beginning of His three-year ministry. There is no mention of Jesus being married during His three-year ministry. There is no mention of Jesus being married at the crucifixion. There is no mention of Jesus being married at His burial. There is no mention of Jesus being married at His resurrection. In other words, there is no mention of a wife anywhere! Aside from this deafening silence regarding a wife are theological arguments against Jesus having been married. For example, in 1 Corinthians 9:5 the apostle Paul defends his right to get married if he so chose to do so: Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas? Now, if Jesus had been married, surely the apostle Paul would have cited Jesus' marriage as the number one precedent. The fact that he did not mention a wife of Jesus indicates that Jesus was not married. Further, we must note that Jesus' marriage is yet future. He will one day marry the bride of Christ, which is the Church. Revelation 19:7-9 tells us: Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. Then the angel said to me, Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' And he added, These are the true words of God. Clearly, the evidence is against Jesus having gotten married in New Testament times. Yet another evidence Dan Brown sets forth for Jesus' alleged marriage is Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper. To Jesus' right, we are told, is Mary Magdalene, not John. While it is true that John looks effeminate in The Last Supper, this is quite in keeping with other paintings by this homosexual artist. Indeed, even John the Baptist was portrayed in a feminine way by Da Vinci. Note that neither John nor John the Baptist have womanly bodies in these paintings. - George Menezes is a prominent writer and retired management expert based in Mumbai. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work
[Goanet] NEWS-RELIGION: Pope Has Authority To Speak For Religious Freedom: Cardinal Dias
Pope Has Authority To Speak For Religious Freedom: Cardinal Dias It Is Not Interference In Internal Affairs Of The Country By SAR NEWS MUMBAI, Maharashtra (SAR NEWS) -- Cardinal Ivan Dias of Bombay has asserted that Pope Benedict XVI has the authority to take up the cause of the persecuted Christians in India and other countries and it did not amount to interference in the internal affairs of any country. In a June 13 press statement, Cardinal Dias, the newly appointed head of Vatican's Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples, said the Pope's recent remarks on freedom of religion in India had unnecessarily raised hue and cry from some politico-religious groups. He said the important dual role of the Pontiff has to be understood clearly as head of the Holy See, the Vicar of Christ on earth and head of the Vatican City-State, as a first citizen. The Pope had recently told India's new ambassador to the Vatican Amitava Tripathi that the disturbing signs of religious intolerance which have troubled some regions of the nation, including the reprehensible attempts to legislate clearly discriminatory restrictions on the fundamental right of religious freedom, must be firmly rejected as not only unconstitutional, but also as contrary to the highest ideals of India's founding fathers, who believed in a nation of peaceful coexistence and mutual tolerance between different religions and ethnic groups. Cardinal Dias said the Pope's remarks on freedom of religion in India were wrongly interpreted as intruding into the internal affairs of a sovereign nation and for acting ultra vires as the head of the Vatican City-State. The Holy See has existed ever since Peter was mandated by Christ to take care of His flock, which is the whole human race. The Vatican City-State exists only since 1929. It would, therefore, be wrong to attribute to the Pope as head of the Vatican City-State the statements he makes in virtue of his authority as Christ's Vicar on Earth (Holy See), the prelate said. The cardinal said people everywhere are normally quite aware that the Pope's role as head of the Church (Holy See) is quite distinct from that of first citizen of the Vatican City-State: for instance when they listen to the Pope's speeches or when they react to various papal events, such as the sight of the hundreds of thousands of persons who come to Rome from five continents wishing to attend a papal audience, the anxiety of the millions around the globe who followed the radio and television bulletins for over a week as Pope John Paul II's life was slowly ebbing away and the sadness which prevailed all over the world when he died and at his funeral service; the enthusiasm with which countless of persons witnessed the election and inaugural ceremonies of his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. Re-reading Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on religious freedom in India - which were made within the context of a speech filled with appreciation of and praises for the Indian nation - one cannot but sense the Holy Father's deep concern at the negative attitude taken by certain politico-religious groups vis-à-vis the innate fundamental rights of the Indian people, which are also enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are guaranteed in the Indian Constitution and reflect the spirit of India's founding fathers. This is fully within the competence of the Pope (Holy See), Cardinal Dias said. He said the Pontiff's observations are all the more relevant when one considers the deep yearning of the Indian soul as expressed in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: from untruth lead me to the truth, from darkness lead me to the light and from death lead me to immortality (1.3.28). The Pope is the highly revered spiritual leader of the world and his concerns expressed from time to time regarding violation of fundamental rights and deprivation of religious freedom cannot be construed as a threat to the political governance of any country. Father Anthony Charanghat, spokesman of the Bombay Archdiocese, told SAR News. He said Cardinal Dias was deeply concerned with the apparent misunderstand manifested in the criticism made against the Pope's remarks by some political and Hindu religious leaders. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 15, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Vital Goa bridge damaged; traffic to be restricted (rediff.com) Traffic will be restricted on the Zuari bridge, a vital link between north and south Goa, as it has developed a crack, Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane said on Tuesday. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/13goa.htm *** Local man Electrocuted on Holiday in India (ITV.com) A Selkirk man has died after being electrocuted while on holiday in India. Twenty-nine year old Matthew MacLean was killed after picking up a live electricity cable on a beach in Goa. His body is being flown back to Scotland for a funeral service in Edinburgh on Saturday. http://www.itvregions.com/Border/News/Local man Electrocuted on Holiday in India.htm *** Man electrocuted in Indian resort (BBC News) A 29-year-old Selkirk man is killed in a tragic accident on a beach while on holiday in Goa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/5075228.stm *** Man electrocuted in Indian resort (BBC News) A 29-year-old Selkirk man is killed after picking up a live power cable near a beach while on holiday in Goa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/5075228.stm *** Goa to launch website to attract funds from non-residents (Hindustan Times) Goa is planning to use the Internet to showcase investment opportunities in the state to attract funds from non-resident Goans (NRGs). http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718616,00020020.htm *** Goa fishermen demand uniform ban on fishing (New Kerala) Panaji: With the Goa government imposing a ban on fishing in view of fish's breeding season and sealing all seven fishing jetties, the state's fishermen have alleged that fishing boats from neighbouring Karnataka ventured into Goan waters. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8032 *** Petrol, diesel price in Goa reduced: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa government today slashed the rates of petrol (unleaded), petrol (power) and diesel by Rs 1.19, Rs 1.23 and 59 paise per litre respectively. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8537 *** Goa to set up five special economic zones (New Kerala) By Devraj, Panaji: The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), the nodal body for industrialisation in the coastal state has begun the process of allotting land to leading industrial groups to set up five Special Economic Zones(SEZs). http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8393 *** Tourist dies in holiday horror (The Scotsman) SCOTTISH tourist Matthew MacLean, 29, has died in an accident during a holiday in India. He was electrocuted near his accommodation in Goa. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=872182006 *** Croat Pliva opens research center in India (NDTV Profit) ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's drugs maker Pliva said on Wednesday it had opened a research centre in India to further boost its generics business. The centre for bioequivalency studies was opened in Goa, the largest east European pharmaceutical firm by sales said in a statement. http://www.ndtvprofit.com/homepage/news.asp?id=254633 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** NEWS: Goa website to attract non-resident funds ... Go to Goa and get healthy...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718616,00020020.htm Goa to launch website to attract funds from non-residents Press Trust of India Panaji, June 12, 2006: Goa is planning to use the Internet to showcase investment opportunities in the state to attract funds from non-resident Goans (NRGs). A website on the lines of Punjab, would be launched within a month by the State NRI Commissionerate, to provide information and opportunity to NRGs for investment in the state, Development Commissioner JK Dadoo said. There are a large number of people, who want to help their village. This website will help them to invest here, he said. NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro is personally persuing the file, Dadoo said. There is a tremendous opportunity for NRGs to come together and contribute towards the state's development, he said. * * * * * http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/display.var.791094.0.go_to_goa_and_get_healthy.php 'Go to Goa and get healthy By Jonathan Walton Jan Bostock # Jan Bostock Everything from a bargain tummy tuck to cut-price heart surgery is being offered in a bid to tempt health tourists to India. Patients aiming to dodge waiting lists and get cheaper private operations can head to Goa - thanks to a deal between a Bradford business and a hospital in the Indian Ocean resort. Going to Goa is offering all-inclusive' packages including flights, luxury lodgings and surgery. Director Jan Bostock said clients stood to save thousands of pounds on procedures ranging from a hair transplant to a heart bypass operation. continued... He said: We set this business up because we felt people were being short-changed. I had dental work recently and couldn't believe the high cost. There can be queues for surgery. Our service shows that these procedures should not cost the earth. Shipley-based Mr Bostock said a private heart bypass operation costing more than £15,000 in the UK could be had for £5,000 at the partner Victor Apollo Hospital. Flights and accommodation cost about an extra £1,000 for a three-week stay. He said: We are facilitators. We do not give medical advice, but our service helps people get all the facts before they decide to go ahead. Mr Bostock said clients are able to speak to the surgeon by phone or communicate by e-mail before going ahead. The company is also aiming to set up video-conferencing. He said: The doctors' credentials are available for the client and in turn the medical notes for the patient are sent to the team in Goa. We make sure we get all the questions answered and all the checks possible in place right from the start. We have to make sure our clients are 100 per cent confident about the procedure. The hospital is comparable with a British hospital, if not better. Standards of hygiene are incredibly high. There has not been a single record of MRSA. The company's brochure promises first class medical facilities and first class after care treatment as well as a home counselling service. But Telegraph Argus columnist Dr Tom Smith warned potential patients to demand facts before committing to a procedure. He said: There are so many questions. Is the blood transfusion system safe? Does it screen for things like hepatitis? What are the safeguards against deep vein thrombosis? How good is the nursing care? Is there evidence of MRSA? I would want to know a great deal about the surgeons. In the UK you can find out a surgeon's success rate in his previous 1,000 operations. How are the post-operative morbidity rates? People must always be careful to weigh up the risks and the benefits of going abroad for health care. A spokesman for Bradford and Airedale PCTs said people choosing private treatment in India did so at their own risk as there is no guarantee of the standard of care. He said: We would strongly recommend that anyone considering this first takes advice from their GP or other health professional. The need for this service is also debatable as NHS waiting lists continue to fall and patients are getting faster treatment than ever before for many conditions. And anyone who was regarded as an urgent case would be treated even sooner, free of charge. e-mail: jonathan.walton @bradford.newsquest.co.uk A PATIENT'S STORY: 'SPLENDID JOB' George Marshall travelled to Bangalore in India for a double heart bypass operation in 2005. He said he had no regrets about having his operation abroad. The violin repairer, pictured, 74, had felt time was running out as he waited for NHS treatment. He said: I'm definitely glad I did it. They did a splendid job and I speak very highly of the staff and the hospital. I'm not sure how happy my GP was about it, but he did say paying for these things wasn't easy. Mr Marshall, of Ilkley, spent £4,800, including flights and medical fees on his treatment. It was a saving of £14,000 on the potential bill for a private operation in this country.
[Goanet] Goa news for June 14, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Vital Goa bridge damaged; traffic to be restricted (rediff.com) Traffic will be restricted on the Zuari bridge, a vital link between north and south Goa, as it has developed a crack, Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane said on Tuesday. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/13goa.htm *** Man electrocuted in Indian resort (BBC News) A 29-year-old Selkirk man is killed in a tragic accident on a beach while on holiday in Goa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/5075228.stm *** Man electrocuted in Indian resort (BBC News) A 29-year-old Selkirk man is killed after picking up a live power cable near a beach while on holiday in Goa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/5075228.stm *** Goa airport to be modernised (Navhind Times) Lucknow, June 12: The government has an ambitious plan to modernise and upgrade 35 non-metro airports in the country, which would also help ease traffic congestion at the two major metro airports #148; Delhi and Mumbai, the Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel said here. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=061332 *** Cracks in pier 5 deck of Zuari bridge (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 13: Zuari bridge, the main connecting link between North and South Goa will be closed for heavy vehicular traffic from June 16, as it has developed certain hairline cracks in its upper deck on pier 5. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=061422 *** Goa to launch website to attract funds from non-residents (Hindustan Times) Goa is planning to use the Internet to showcase investment opportunities in the state to attract funds from non-resident Goans (NRGs). http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718616,00020020.htm *** Goa fishermen demand uniform ban on fishing (New Kerala) Panaji: With the Goa government imposing a ban on fishing in view of fish's breeding season and sealing all seven fishing jetties, the state's fishermen have alleged that fishing boats from neighbouring Karnataka ventured into Goan waters. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8032 *** Petrol, diesel price in Goa reduced: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa government today slashed the rates of petrol (unleaded), petrol (power) and diesel by Rs 1.19, Rs 1.23 and 59 paise per litre respectively. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8537 *** When Amritsari nights turned Goan delights! (New Kerala) By Savinder Singh, Amritsar: When it comes to relaxation, merry-making and enjoyment, there are a few places to match Goa. Besides the predominance of music and the idyllic beauty of the shores, the Goan identity is deep-rooted in its food. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8615 *** Goa to set up five special economic zones (New Kerala) By Devraj, Panaji: The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), the nodal body for industrialisation in the coastal state has begun the process of allotting land to leading industrial groups to set up five Special Economic Zones(SEZs). http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8393 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 13, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Football mania eludes many (NDTV) Even as sports fans in the country feats themselves on cricket, football, tennis and Formula One action, many others can barely stand it. From Delhi to Mumbai, Kolkata and Goa, those who have bitten by the sports bug are displaying typical symptoms. http://www.ndtv.com/template/sportstemplate.asp?sportname=Reportstory=Football mania eludes many id=28663template=Fifa2006 *** Goa passes policy for disabled (NDTV) Goa has now taken a new step to ensure that disabled persons have equal and easy access to not just all buildings but also transport facilities. The smallest state of India has taken a giant step towards equal rights for the disabled. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Goa passes policy for disabledid=88890 *** Spreading the message of peace on foot (Deccan Herald) Retired railway employee Dilip Kumar Bhatacharya (65) who is travelling the country on foot to spread the message of communal harmony, peace, patriotism and anti-corruption reached Karwar on Saturday morning. Next, he left for Goa. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun132006/district1739292006612.asp *** Overseas employment agency in Goa (IBN live) Goa sets up employment agency for abroad employment seekers so that foreign agencies wont exploit them. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/overseas-employment-agency-in-goa/12595-3.html *** Goa airport to be modernised (Navhind Times) Lucknow, June 12: The government has an ambitious plan to modernise and upgrade 35 non-metro airports in the country, which would also help ease traffic congestion at the two major metro airports #148; Delhi and Mumbai, the Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel said here. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=061332 *** Kamat is new SFI president (The Hindu) KOCHI: Goa's Power Minister Digambar Kamat is the new president of the Swimming Federation of India. The elections, for a four-year term, were held at the SFI's annual general body meeting in Margao on Sunday. Gujarat's Virendra Nanavati has ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/13/stories/2006061308411800.htm *** Goa to launch website to attract funds from non-residents (Hindustan Times) Goa is planning to use the Internet to showcase investment opportunities in the state to attract funds from non-resident Goans (NRGs). http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1718616,00020020.htm *** Goa fishermen demand uniform ban on fishing (New Kerala) Panaji: With the Goa government imposing a ban on fishing in view of fish's breeding season and sealing all seven fishing jetties, the state's fishermen have alleged that fishing boats from neighbouring Karnataka ventured into Goan waters. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8032 *** Goa to set up overseas employment agency (The Times of India) PANAJI: The Goa government would have its own overseas employment agency by next month to save people belonging to the state seeking employment abroad from being exploited by agents, NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1635013.cms *** Goa to set up five special economic zones (New Kerala) By Devraj, Panaji: The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), the nodal body for industrialisation in the coastal state has begun the process of allotting land to leading industrial groups to set up five Special Economic Zones(SEZs). http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=8393 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
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[Goanet] Goa news for June 11, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Football craze: Goa gears up to view World Cup (NDTV) Football mania has swept the entire world and India too is all set to catch the late night fever as Goa gears up for the sporting spectacle in style. http://www.ndtv.com/template/sportstemplate.asp?sportname=Reportcallid=4slug=Goa gears up to view soccer World Cuptemplate=Fifa2006id=28604 *** Goa passes policy for disabled (NDTV) Goa has now taken a new step to ensure that disabled persons have equal and easy access to not just all buildings but also transport facilities. The smallest state of India has taken a giant step towards equal rights for the disabled. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Goa passes policy for disabledid=88890 *** Overseas employment agency in Goa (IBN live) Goa sets up employment agency for abroad employment seekers so that foreign agencies wont exploit them. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/overseas-employment-agency-in-goa/12595-3.html *** Goa to expedite settlement procedure of Kuwait war victims (New Kerala) Panaji: Facing a deadline of September, the Goa NRI Commissionerate has decided to expedite the procedure of settlement of claims of Goan victims of Iraq-Kuwait war. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=7186 *** Goa to set up overseas employment agency (The Times of India) PANAJI: The Goa government would have its own overseas employment agency by next month to save people belonging to the state seeking employment abroad from being exploited by agents, NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1635013.cms *** Lifestyle responsible for spread of HIV/AIDS in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: It is the lifestyle of people in Goa which makes the state vulnerable for spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS, Goa Governor S C Jamir today said. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6853 *** BJP demands resignation of Goa Education Minister (New Kerala) Panaji: Delay in availability of National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks has sparked off a controversy in Goa with opposition BJP demanding resignation of Education Minister Luizinho Faleiro. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6855 *** GOA gets Warhammer MMO ( News ) (EuroGamer) GOA, the videogames publishing division of France Telecom, has secured the exclusive European publishing and online operational rights for Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=65382 *** Oil Slick Threatens Tourist Beaches in India's Goa (Environmental News Network) An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off India's coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in the southern resort state of Goa, environmentalists said on Tuesday. http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10618ref=rss *** Enjoy football mania in Goa's special sports bars! (Yahoo! India News) By Devraj http://in.news.yahoo.com/060610/139/64yjy.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa's education conundrum: English or mothertongue, choice isn't yours
Goa's education conundrum: English or mothertongue, choice isn't yours Panaji: After a decade and half of officially pursuing regional languages as primary school instruction mediums, Goa's education sector is poised to vote itself back towards English as the preferred medium. Starting this academic year, the education department reintroduced an English language subject from Std I in government-aided primary schools, where it had earlier been virtually banned as the medium of instruction in primary school -- by starving it of grants -- following an aggressively chauvinistic language policy of the late 1980s. This week, the Goa cabinet decided to drop regulations that barred new schools opening near existing ones -- a move seen as easing the way for more private English-medium schools to open. The opposition BJP has crticised both decisions, accusing the government of promoting English education at the cost of regional languages. This will lead to cultural degeneration, the BJP said. Education minister Luizinho Faleiro though has justified the reintroduction of English in Std I, citing declining education standards and a 43% school drop out rate across the ten-years of schooling in Goa. A majority of students currently go through a scrambled education system, that leaves them confused and is widely perceived as flawed. Many study pre-primary in English medium, then switch to their primary in Konkani/Marathi and four years later switch again to English at middle and secondary school. College and university studies are overwhelmingly, if not exclusively, in the English medium. English as a subject was completely dropped in Std I and II and introduced from Std III onwards. But the long gap and inadequate exposure to English left many barely able to read English by Std V, leave alone answer examinations, educationists point out. Inability to cope with the switchover is believed tp be one of the reasons for the 30% drop out rate after Std V, prodding an advisory board to suggest retaining English as a subject right through. On Friday, the opposition BJP indicated it would target Mr Faleiro, calling for his dismissal. Unless a roll back was announced, the party has threatened a street agitation. Sensitive to the emotive language issue. Mr Faleiro -- an ardent Konkani supporter himself during the 1985-87 language agitation-- has clarified that the government's pro-regional language policy is unchanged. Education in the mother tongue is still the policy of the government, and they (regional languages of Konkani and Marathi) continue to be the medium of instruction, he said. Retaining English as a subject right through was only a pragmatic solution, he argued. However, interference from political lobbies and language propagandists have for long overshadowed pedagogical concerns here, creating serious disconnect between government policy and public demand. Though backed by government grants, regional language schools are in decline. Many of the 1000-odd government primaries in this state of 1.4 million have as few as 12 students to a class. Konkani medium are seen as an imposition on the masses, in a state where English is interpreted as the passport to opportunity. Many regional language propagandists dispatch their own wards to elite English medium institutions. Those with the wherewithal to pay and bear the inconvenience of transporting children over longer distances, have voted with their feet, only increasing the demand for English medium schools. Successive governments have only managed to cap the exodus by witholding new permissions if an existing school was within one kilometre and three kilometres for primary and secondaries respectively. Education department sources say an average of 60 applications for new English-medium schools were rejected each year on these grounds and for inadequate infrastructure. With the cabinet now deciding to drop distance rules, the opposition has voiced concern that the English mediums would sprout in a former Portuguese colony, where English education has been on the rise since the 1940s or earlier, mainly spurred on by opportunities in outmigration across the globe. This return of English, they fear, could render existing infrastructure and teachers surplus. Some 136 schools teaching in Konkani, most of them run by Christian trusts, stand to be impacted too. When education in the mother tongue became a divisive war cry, Goa's archbishop plumbed for Konkani -- changing Christian-run English medium to primary schools to Konkani mediums virtually overnight, though under pressure from the government, in one of its most contentious decisions that had sparked street protests from the lay Christian community. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 10, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Football craze: Goa gears up to view World Cup (NDTV) Football mania has swept the entire world and India too is all set to catch the late night fever as Goa gears up for the sporting spectacle in style. http://www.ndtv.com/template/sportstemplate.asp?sportname=Reportcallid=4slug=Goa gears up to view soccer World Cuptemplate=Fifa2006id=28604 *** Goa passes policy for disabled (NDTV) Goa has now taken a new step to ensure that disabled persons have equal and easy access to not just all buildings but also transport facilities. The smallest state of India has taken a giant step towards equal rights for the disabled. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Goa passes policy for disabledid=88890 *** Overseas employment agency in Goa (IBN live) Goa sets up employment agency for abroad employment seekers so that foreign agencies wont exploit them. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/overseas-employment-agency-in-goa/12595-3.html *** 'Goa to go in for smaller SEZs' (The Economic Times) PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has said the state will go in for smaller special economic zones (SEZs). We have become the first state in the country to approve the SEZ policy which is as per Central government directives, Rane, said here. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1628192.cms *** Goa to expedite settlement procedure of Kuwait war victims (New Kerala) Panaji: Facing a deadline of September, the Goa NRI Commissionerate has decided to expedite the procedure of settlement of claims of Goan victims of Iraq-Kuwait war. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=7186 *** Goa to set up overseas employment agency (The Times of India) PANAJI: The Goa government would have its own overseas employment agency by next month to save people belonging to the state seeking employment abroad from being exploited by agents, NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1635013.cms *** Lifestyle responsible for spread of HIV/AIDS in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: It is the lifestyle of people in Goa which makes the state vulnerable for spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS, Goa Governor S C Jamir today said. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6853 *** BJP demands resignation of Goa Education Minister (New Kerala) Panaji: Delay in availability of National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks has sparked off a controversy in Goa with opposition BJP demanding resignation of Education Minister Luizinho Faleiro. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6855 *** GOA gets Warhammer MMO ( News ) (EuroGamer) GOA, the videogames publishing division of France Telecom, has secured the exclusive European publishing and online operational rights for Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=65382 *** Oil Slick Threatens Tourist Beaches in India's Goa (Environmental News Network) An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off India's coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in the southern resort state of Goa, environmentalists said on Tuesday. http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10618ref=rss Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Video: Goa, India's Cultural Crossroads (National Geographic)
May 3, 2006The state of Goa on India's southwestern coast is home to one of the world's most unique confluences of cultures. From 1510 to 1961, the region was controlled by Portugal as a base for spice merchants and Christian missionaries. But Goa's Indian residents managed to hold on to their culture and religion, while selectively adopting some aspects of Western life. Learn more about Goa's distinctive history, and tour the modern-day sights that capture its colorful past. National Geographic Digital Media http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/0503_060503_india_video.html _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 9, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Slick alarm for Goa coast (The Telegraph) Mumbai, June 6 (Reuters): An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off Indias coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in Goa, environmentalists warned today. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060607/asp/nation/story_6320224.asp *** 'Goa to go in for smaller SEZs' (The Economic Times) PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has said the state will go in for smaller special economic zones (SEZs). We have become the first state in the country to approve the SEZ policy which is as per Central government directives, Rane, said here. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1628192.cms *** Frenzied football fans in Goa, Kerala soak in World Cup fever (New Kerala) Mallapuram (Kerela)/Panaji: With less than twenty-four hours to go for the kick off of FIFA Football World Cup in Germany, the bona-fide soccer fans are gearing up for the game at a feverish pitch in far off places in the country. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6932 *** Lifestyle responsible for spread of HIV/AIDS in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: It is the lifestyle of people in Goa which makes the state vulnerable for spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS, Goa Governor S C Jamir today said. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6853 *** BJP demands resignation of Goa Education Minister (New Kerala) Panaji: Delay in availability of National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks has sparked off a controversy in Goa with opposition BJP demanding resignation of Education Minister Luizinho Faleiro. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6855 *** Goa to go in for smaller SEZs: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has said the state will go in for smaller special economic zones (SEZs). We have become the first state in the country to approve the SEZ policy which is as per Central government directives, Rane, told reporters here. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6175 *** BJP workers protest fuel price hike in Goa (The Times of India) The BJP workers in Goa adopted an unique way of protesting the hike in fuel prices as they moved through the city in a bullock cart. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1628100.cms *** Plant to generate power from solid waste in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa government is setting up a non-polluting power generation plant, which will use solid waste, in the state in cooperation with a Malaysian company. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6085 *** GOA gets Warhammer MMO ( News ) (EuroGamer) GOA, the videogames publishing division of France Telecom, has secured the exclusive European publishing and online operational rights for Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=65382 *** Oil Slick Threatens Tourist Beaches in India's Goa (Environmental News Network) An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off India's coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in the southern resort state of Goa, environmentalists said on Tuesday. http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10618ref=rss Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 8, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** GOA to publish Warhammer Online in Europe (Warcry) The Press Release says:Mythic Entertainment, a leading developer and publisher of massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG's), today announced Warhammer(R) Online: Age of Reckoning(TM) (WAR) will be published and operated across Europe by GOA, the France Telecom-owned publisher of online games. GOA has successfully operated Dark Age of Camelot in Europe with Mythic since http://www.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=15id=54786 *** Slick alarm for Goa coast (The Telegraph) Mumbai, June 6 (Reuters): An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off Indias coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in Goa, environmentalists warned today. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060607/asp/nation/story_6320224.asp *** 'Goa to go in for smaller SEZs' (The Economic Times) PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has said the state will go in for smaller special economic zones (SEZs). We have become the first state in the country to approve the SEZ policy which is as per Central government directives, Rane, said here. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1628192.cms *** Goa to go in for smaller SEZs: Rane (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has said the state will go in for smaller special economic zones (SEZs). We have become the first state in the country to approve the SEZ policy which is as per Central government directives, Rane, told reporters here. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6175 *** BJP workers protest fuel price hike in Goa (The Times of India) The BJP workers in Goa adopted an unique way of protesting the hike in fuel prices as they moved through the city in a bullock cart. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1628100.cms *** Plant to generate power from solid waste in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa government is setting up a non-polluting power generation plant, which will use solid waste, in the state in cooperation with a Malaysian company. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=6085 *** INDIA: 'Da Vinci Code' banned in Goa (AsiaMedia) Panaji --- Bowing to public pressure and Christian organisations who have been up in arms against the controversial film The Da Vinci Code, Goa government on Monday decided to ban the screening of the movie in the state. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=47228 *** GOA secures Warhammer Online publishing rights (gamesindustry.biz) GOA, the videogames publishing division of France Telecom, has secured the exclusive European publishing and online operational rights for Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17539 *** Demand for atleast 20 pc tickets for women in Goa (Hindustan Times) The All India Mahila Congress on Tuesday said it would demand that atleast 20 per cent of tickets for the state legislative assembly elections in Goa next year be given to women. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1714292,0009.htm *** Oil Slick Threatens Tourist Beaches in India's Goa (Environmental News Network) An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off India's coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in the southern resort state of Goa, environmentalists said on Tuesday. http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10618ref=rss Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 7, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Oil spill threatens Goa beaches (NDTV) The oil slick off the coast of Karwar has spread to Palolem and Canacona in south Goa. The spill was caused by the breaking up of the Panamanian cargo vessel Ocean Seray on Saturday after it hit an island Oyster Rock on its way to Karwar port. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Oil spill threatens Goa beachesid=88775 *** GOA to publish Warhammer Online in Europe (Warcry) The Press Release says:Mythic Entertainment, a leading developer and publisher of massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG's), today announced Warhammer(R) Online: Age of Reckoning(TM) (WAR) will be published and operated across Europe by GOA, the France Telecom-owned publisher of online games. GOA has successfully operated Dark Age of Camelot in Europe with Mythic since http://www.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=15id=54786 *** Slick alarm for Goa coast (The Telegraph) Mumbai, June 6 (Reuters): An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off Indias coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in Goa, environmentalists warned today. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060607/asp/nation/story_6320224.asp *** Goa approves SEZ policy (New Kerala) Panaji, Jun 5: The Goa Cabinet today approved the Goa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Policy 2006, which provides for tax incentives and concesssions to industries setting up units in these zones. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=5386 *** INDIA: 'Da Vinci Code' banned in Goa (AsiaMedia) Panaji --- Bowing to public pressure and Christian organisations who have been up in arms against the controversial film The Da Vinci Code, Goa government on Monday decided to ban the screening of the movie in the state. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=47228 *** PRESS RELEASE: GOA SECURES EXCLUSIVE EUROPEAN PUBLISHING RIGHTS FOR WARHAMMER® ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING#132;¢ (gamesindustry.biz) PARIS, France, 6th of June 2006 - GOA, the France Telecom-owned publisher of online games, is extremely proud to announce that it has secured exclusive publishing and online operational rights for the massively anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer ® Online: Age of Reckoning TM from Mythic Entertainment. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17502 *** Demand for atleast 20 pc tickets for women in Goa (Hindustan Times) The All India Mahila Congress on Tuesday said it would demand that atleast 20 per cent of tickets for the state legislative assembly elections in Goa next year be given to women. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1714292,0009.htm *** Goa sees no drop in '06/'07 iron ore exports (Yahoo! India News) HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goa expects its 2006 iron ore exports to at least match last year's level, despite a seasonal slowdown and greater domestic consumption, an industry body said on Tuesday. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060606/137/64uh5.html *** Oil slick threatens tourist beaches in India's Goa (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) MUMBAI, June 6 (Reuters) - An oil slick from a cargo ship that sank off India's coast is threatening popular tourist beaches in the southern resort state of Goa, environmentalists said on Tuesday. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/060606/3/41bxb.html *** PC News GOA Nabs Warhammer Online (News0r) GOA has done a deal with Mythic Entertainment to publish and operate the upcoming MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning in Europe. http://www.news0r.com/index.php?p=3375 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 6, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** The Da Vinci Code banned in Goa (Hindustan Times) Bowing to public pressure and Christian organisations who have been up in arms against the controversial film The Da Vinci Code, Goa government on Monday decided to ban the screening of the movie in the state. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1713456,001100030009.htm *** Goa bans the da vinci code (The Economic Times) While Goa did not join the rest of the country for an all India release, the film was screened in Goa a week later i.e. on 2nd June at the Inox theatre amidst heavy security. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1621395.cms *** Goa bio-tech policy approved (New Kerala) Panaji: Goa cabinet today approved the Goa Bio-tech Policy 2006 which rolls out red carpet to the bio-tech industries to invest in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=5147 *** Goa seeks 60 MW additional power from Centre (New Kerala) Panaji, Jun 4: Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has sought 60 MW of additional power from the Centre. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4918 *** 'Code' taken off Goa theatre (The Times of India) The Inox Leisure Ltd pulled off screen The Da Vinci Code from its Goa theatre on Sunday. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1612602.cms *** Centre to help Goa set up major power project (New Kerala) Panaji: The Centre will extend all possible help to Goa for setting up an ultra-megawatt power project in the state, Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4527 *** INDIA: Multiplex withdraws 'Da Vinci Code' in Goa (AsiaMedia) Panaji --- Apparently bowing to pressure from some quarters of forcibly stopping the screening of the controversial film The Da Vinci Code , a leading multiplex in the city on Sunday withdrew the movie from its theatres. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=47140 *** DVC banned in Goa (Outlook India) Bowing to public pressure and Christian organisations who have been up in arms against the controversial film 'The Da Vinci Code', Goa government today decided to ban the screening of the movie in the state. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389936 *** Da Vinci Codeexits Goa multiplex (Sify News) Respecting public sentiments, Inox multiplex in Panaji on Sunday withdrew the controversial filmThe Da Vinci Codefrom Goa. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14219725 *** #152;Da Vinci Code withdrawn in Goa (Sify News) Bowing to pressure from some quarters to forcibly stop screening of the controversial filmThe Da Vinci Code , the Inox Entertainment Limited on Sunday withdrew screening of the film in Goa, prompting Catholic community in the state to withdraw their agitation against Inox Multiplex in Panaji. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14219826 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goanet Reader: Wanted: an Asian perspective on the freedom of religion (Eduardo Faleiro)
to achieve their respective goals. Most Indian Christian theologians disapprove of organized conversions, favour interreligious dialogue and express the need to study other religions such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and even tribal faiths so that Christianity learns from their many valuable insights. Organized drives for conversion and reconversion should stop. They violate the Constitution of India. Yet specific legislation such as the anti-conversion laws passed by some States in India can only promote religious intolerance and animosity, may be misused by executive authorities and is not justified from the very limited positive results obtained. Government should rather, in a discreet manner, promote an agreement among the religious heads of all major faiths in the country to stop proselytism. Given the positive mindset of Indian theologians this is very much possible. The Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) articulates its theological vision thus, Asia is the womb of the great World religions. All great scriptural religions were born on Asian soil. The Church has to be in constant dialogue with the religions of Asia and to embark or this with great seriousness There may be more truth about God and life than it is made known to us through the Jesus of history and the Church. As such Christians who take Christ’s injunction seriously must search for this Truth in the various religions of the World (FABC Resource Manual for Catholics in Asia, pp189,288) On the question of proselytism the FABC says a phenomenon which continues to awaken the most resentment among the peoples of Asia is that of proselytism and conversion. In the minds of Asians, the Church’s primary objective seems to be to convert as many people as she can so as to increase her little flock. Church expansion is also seen as a Western extension. The increase in the number of Church movements engaged in aggressive and militant evangelization (understood in the very narrow sense of the word) is certainly a cause for concern for our brothers and sisters of other faiths. Perhaps, it might be good to be reminded of the Golden Rule which nearly all religions speak of: do not do others what you do not want done to yourself. (Resource Manual p 286). Whilst congratulating Cardinal Ivan Dias on his prestigious assignment as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, I am confident that he will affirm the Asian perception of Freedom of Religion at the highest level of the Catholic Church. -- The writer is a former Union Minister and presently is Commissioner for NRI Affairs in Goa. - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org - Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. -
[Goanet] Goa news for June 5, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Inox withdraws Da Vinci Code in Goa (Business Standard India) Bowing to threats from some quarters to forcibly stop the screening of the controversial film, Da Vinci Code, a multiplex here today withdrew the movie prompting Christian groups to stop their agitation against it. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=93660leftnm=8subLeft=0chkFlg= *** Inox multiplex withdraws The Da Vinci Code in Goa (Deccan Herald) The Inox Multiplex has notified withdrawal of screening of the controversial film ''The Da Vinci Code'' without citing any reason, with some christian organisations threatening to demonstrate against it today. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun42006/update74016200664.asp *** Multiplex withdraws Da Vinci Code in Goa (The Times of India) PANAJI: Apparently bowing to pressure from some quarters of forcibly stopping the screening of the controversial film The Da Vinci Code , a leading multiplex in the city on Sunday withdrew the movie from its theatres. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1612236.cms *** 'Code' taken off Goa theatre (The Times of India) The Inox Leisure Ltd pulled off screen The Da Vinci Code from its Goa theatre on Sunday. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1612602.cms *** Alemao threatens to stop screening of 'Da Vinci Code' in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji: With a multiplex in Goa starting to show the controversial film The Da Vinci Code, Congress MP Churchill Alemao has threatened to forcibly stop the screenings from tomorrow. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4500 *** Centre to help Goa set up major power project (New Kerala) Panaji: The Centre will extend all possible help to Goa for setting up an ultra-megawatt power project in the state, Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnewsid=4527 *** Watch Tower: Under scanner naval seamanship (Central Chronicle) Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has done well to express the Government's grave concern during the Naval Commanders Conference over naval accidents of the kind that led to the sinking of the missile-boat Prahar after it collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of Goa. Mr Mukherjee's advice that a sense of responsibility be inculcated in all ranks of the Navy (coming as it does soon after http://www.centralchronicle.com/20060605/0506303.htm *** Heavy rains in Gujarat, Goa; four more dead (Outlook India) Heavy rains today lashed Goa inundating low-lying areas and Gujarat, where four more persons died in rain-related incidents pushing the toll in the past two days to 12 as monsoon gathered strength in Arunachal Pradesh cutting off a part of the state from rest of the country. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389475 *** Da Vinci Codeexits Goa multiplex (Sify News) Respecting public sentiments, Inox multiplex in Panaji on Sunday withdrew the controversial filmThe Da Vinci Codefrom Goa. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14219725 *** #152;Da Vinci Code withdrawn in Goa (Sify News) Bowing to pressure from some quarters to forcibly stop screening of the controversial filmThe Da Vinci Code , the Inox Entertainment Limited on Sunday withdrew screening of the film in Goa, prompting Catholic community in the state to withdraw their agitation against Inox Multiplex in Panaji. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14219826 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1033200 Goa wants expats to leave Pushpa Iyengar Saturday, June 03, 2006 21:04 IST PANAJI: They helped build brand Goa, fell in love with it and decided to stay on forever. But it seems that they have worn out their welcome. Foreigners who helped make Goa what it is today are no longer welcome to stay. 'Spend your Euros and return home', is the clear message that is being sent out to the expatriates — especially the predominant British population. This message also extends to the French, German and Italian populace, among others, who have made Goa their home and run some of its most successful restaurants. These expats have stayed on by extending their tourist visas, which demands them to return home after the expiry period. They inevitably return to India with an extension of the period of their stay. Ironically enough, the Congress government which is trying to make it difficult for foreigners with tourist visas to live permanently in Goa is unsure if its unwelcome gesture is legal. To begin with Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane said foreigners on tourist visas may no longer buy land or do business in the state. The business he is believed to be referring to includes running bars, bakeries and restaurants. For instance, a German expatriate living in Anjuna began the first genuine production of whole wheat bread in the 70s. His success spawned a host of so-called 'German bread' bakeries in Goa. Candolim's (north Goa) La Fenice Pvt Ltd, a registered firm run by two Italians who have adopted Indian names and run a Italian restaurant or Mobor's (south Goa) Gaffino Ventures Inc whose director Brian Gaffino lives in California during the off season, are many such success stories. Surprisingly, the first objection was raised by the Nationalist Congress party, whose president Dr Wilfred de Souza is married to a UK national. Rane responded saying his government would send circulars to concerned sub-registrars to submit details of foreigners seeking registration for buying property. The details and government's legal position will be studied before registering properties. Rane has also threatened an investigation into properties already registered which could expose the nexus between locals who sell properties and foreign buyers contravening FEMA (foreign Exchange Management Act) that allows foreigners on business and commercial visas to buy properties by forming Indian companies under the Companies Act. But not all foreigners are worried. Sinead Mcnanus who runs a hotel Pepper Valley near a wildlife sanctuary said, I think it's fair. You must have laws that differentiate between business and tourist visas for those who want to run businesses at least.
[Goanet] Book ‘Alfred da Silva and BoB in Goa’ released
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=06044 Book ‘Alfred da Silva and BoB in Goa’ released NT News Desk Panaji, June 3: The second edition of brochure, ‘Alfred da Silva and BoB in Goa’ authored by Dr Jose de Sousa and late Maria Luis, was released at International Centre, Goa, at Dona Paula, recently, by Dr Pedro Cabral Adao, the Consul General of Portugal in Goa. Present on the occasion were Mr C P Kulkarni, assistant general manager of Bank of Baroda, staff members and former staff members of the bank. Retrospecting on the occasion, Dr Jose de Sousa, former manager of Bank of Baroda, outlined various features of the bank during the tenure of late Alfred da Silva, the first manager in various branches in Goa, who had been a banker par excellence and under whose dynamic leadership, in a short span of seven years, 13 branches were opened in Goa. Rich tributes were paid to late Alfred da Silva and late Maria Luis, the co-author of the brochure by Mr Kulkarni and by Dr Adao. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 4, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Da Vinci banned in more states (Gulf Times) NEW DELHI: In less than a week after the delayed release of The Da Vinci Code in India, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya and Pondicherry have joined Goa, Nagaland, Punjab and Tamil Nadu in banning the controversial film. http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2item_no=89747version=1template_id=40parent_id=22 *** 'Da Vinci Code' movied banned in parts of India (CBC) Seven of India's 29 states have banned the movie The Da Vinci Code saying it is insulting to Christians. Officials in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh said Friday they were joining six other states including Goa, Punjab and Tamil Nadu which have made similar announcements this week. http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/06/03/davincicode-india.html?ref=rss *** Goa geared up to tackle oil spill (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 1: The state government machinery is geared up to tackle any oil spill menace along the Goa coast, officials sources said, following reports that the oil spilled from a merchant vessel off-Karwar coast has touched Karwar and Deobag coasts in Karnataka and that the spill is moving towards Goa. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=060214 *** Underground power lines in S Goa: Goa to ask Centre for Rs 60 crore (Navhind Times) Margao, June 1: The state government is going to ask for Rs 60 crore from the Centre to undertake the underground cabling of all 33 KV and 11 KV high tension lines in the coastal belt of Benaulim, Colva, Betalbatim, Varca, Fatrade going right up to Mobor. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=060215 *** Heavy rain in Gujarat, Goa (The Hindu) Four more persons died in rain-related incidents in Gujarat http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/03/stories/2006060307341300.htm *** Monsoon enters Mumbai, widespread rains in Goa, Kerala (Outlook India) The South-West monsoon entered Mumbai with torrential showers lashing the metropolis today injuring six even as incessant rains continued to pound Kerala and Goa claiming 11 lives so far and leaving a trail of destruction. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=388986 *** Heavy rains in Gujarat, Goa; four more dead (Outlook India) Heavy rains today lashed Goa inundating low-lying areas and Gujarat, where four more persons died in rain-related incidents pushing the toll in the past two days to 12 as monsoon gathered strength in Arunachal Pradesh cutting off a part of the state from rest of the country. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389475 *** Ship breaks into two, oil spill moves to south Goa coast (Outlook India) A merchant vessel stranded in the rocks off Karwar coast near Devgad island today broke into two pieces and the oil that spilled from the vessel touched south Goan shores even as Coast Guard continued the operations to contain the spill. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389516 *** Coastal Goan villages alerted about spread of oil spill (Outlook India) Goa government has alerted all coastal village panchayats and municipalities besides the tourism department to maintain a strict watch to check spread of oil spill along the coastline even as Coast Guard was engaged in disintegrating the oil leaked into the Arabian Sea from a ship. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389444 *** Congress MP threatens to stop screening of `Da Vinci Code'' (India Daily) With a multiplex in Goa starting to show the controversial film The Da Vinci Code, Congress MP Churchill Alemao has threatened to forcibly stop the screenings from tomorrow. The Inox multiplex management has been given a deadline till this evening to stop screening the movie. http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/72377.asp Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1033200 Goa wants expats to leave Pushpa Iyengar Saturday, June 03, 2006 21:04 IST PANAJI: They helped build brand Goa, fell in love with it and decided to stay on forever. But it seems that they have worn out their welcome. Foreigners who helped make Goa what it is today are no longer welcome to stay. 'Spend your Euros and return home', is the clear message that is being sent out to the expatriates — especially the predominant British population. This message also extends to the French, German and Italian populace, among others, who have made Goa their home and run some of its most successful restaurants. These expats have stayed on by extending their tourist visas, which demands them to return home after the expiry period. They inevitably return to India with an extension of the period of their stay. Ironically enough, the Congress government which is trying to make it difficult for foreigners with tourist visas to live permanently in Goa is unsure if its unwelcome gesture is legal. To begin with Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane said foreigners on tourist visas may no longer buy land or do business in the state. The business he is believed to be referring to includes running bars, bakeries and restaurants. For instance, a German expatriate living in Anjuna began the first genuine production of whole wheat bread in the 70s. His success spawned a host of so-called 'German bread' bakeries in Goa. Candolim's (north Goa) La Fenice Pvt Ltd, a registered firm run by two Italians who have adopted Indian names and run a Italian restaurant or Mobor's (south Goa) Gaffino Ventures Inc whose director Brian Gaffino lives in California during the off season, are many such success stories. Surprisingly, the first objection was raised by the Nationalist Congress party, whose president Dr Wilfred de Souza is married to a UK national. Rane responded saying his government would send circulars to concerned sub-registrars to submit details of foreigners seeking registration for buying property. The details and government's legal position will be studied before registering properties. Rane has also threatened an investigation into properties already registered which could expose the nexus between locals who sell properties and foreign buyers contravening FEMA (foreign Exchange Management Act) that allows foreigners on business and commercial visas to buy properties by forming Indian companies under the Companies Act. But not all foreigners are worried. Sinead Mcnanus who runs a hotel Pepper Valley near a wildlife sanctuary said, I think it's fair. You must have laws that differentiate between business and tourist visas for those who want to run businesses at least. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] STOCKMARKET: Sesa Goa: Buy
Karnataka and Orissa, this ore is of superior quality. If Sesa Goa manages to secure more mining licences across several States, it could remove capacity constraints over the long term. Buoyancy in earnings Sesa Goa's earnings are likely to remain robust over the next couple of years though the growth is likely to be moderate. Cash generation from its business operations would stay in the vicinity of Rs 600 crore (as in FY-05) on a conservative basis over the next few years. The company is well placed to step up dividend payments. The level of earnings and cash flows is likely to be healthy and provide a cushion to the valuation level. The concentration in the mining sector compared to metals is likely to place the former in a position of strength when it comes to pricing power; mining majors could also temper production levels to maintain prices at higher levels that could shorten the payback for the big-ticket investment underway in capacity expansion. These factors could ensure that Sesa Goa's earnings are not dented by any sharp decline in prices in the near to medium term. Key concerns Infrastructure constraints that could curtail volume growth and lead to higher logistic costs, restrictions on export of higher quality ores, and a substantial appreciation in the value of the rupee, could affect profitability and represent principal risks to our recommendation. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local protests
In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local protests By Pamela D'Mello Panaji, Goa: A series of high profile projects flagged by the Goa government have run into trouble with local protestors --- largely over perenially-contentious land acquisitions. The latest in a line of projects to hit a road block is a long pending tourism industry effort to lay out an 18-hole international standard golf course. While the government-private joint venture identified land on a sprawling sea face hilltop in south Goa, the areas's local MLA has stated that villagers were opposed to giving up the 10,000 sq m required. Negotiations are still on to clear the green for the golf course, projected as necessary to scale up Goa's tourism market to high spending business and leisure travellers. Days earlier chief minister Pratapsing Rane dismissed statements from regional opposition parties, who said the government's project for a North-South six lane expressway would leave many homeless. He said road mapping authorities had taken care to ensure the trajectory would affect minimum houses. Critics though point out that the parallel highway, initially conceieved to complement a new airport, was superflous since the airport itself is now temporarily on hold. The state's critical rural landscape would be affected by the 90 metre wide tarmac ribbon, losing farm space to bitumen, they say. One regional party has threatened to campaign against the expressway, even as the administration indicated it was going ahead with ground pegging exercises. Another mega project to situate an information technology park in a suburban village plateau has met with protest, since the site includes green patches which attract birds and birdwatchers. Big developmental projects constantly attract local protest, since scenic placid self contained villages react to ceding public and private farm and and green areas to urbanisation and commercial activity, Rumblings had initially greeted a IT habitat project laid out in the upmarket Dona Paula residential area, home to the state's whose who. The project inauguration however went through, earlier this year. Projects for a cricket stadium had to be shifted while contentious centralised garbage dump sites were abandoned following protests. In the political race to demonstrate development milestones before an upcoming election, the Congress party sees itself as a victim, paying the price for being more democratic and therefore a soft target for protestors. Activists only come out of the woodwork when the Congress is in power says Congress MLA Jeetendra Deshprabhu, referring to the calm that previous regimes enjoyed. (ENDS) Pamela D'Mello is Goa correspondent for The Asian Age.
[Goanet] Goa news for June 3, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goa (NDTV) Monsoon hit Kerala a week ahead of schedule on May 26 but it has been causing a lot of damage in Goa and parts of the Maharashtra coast as well. Kerala has already received four times the normal amount of rainfall. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=Nationaltemplate=Monsoon slug=Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goaid=88539callid=1 *** 7 of India's 29 states ban 'Da Vinci Code' (AP via Yahoo! News) Seven of India's 29 states have banned The Da Vinci Code, with officials in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh saying Friday the movie was insulting to Christians. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060602/ap_en_mo/film_india_da_vinci_banned_2 *** Goa geared up to tackle oil spill (Navhind Times) Panaji, June 1: The state government machinery is geared up to tackle any oil spill menace along the Goa coast, officials sources said, following reports that the oil spilled from a merchant vessel off-Karwar coast has touched Karwar and Deobag coasts in Karnataka and that the spill is moving towards Goa. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=060214 *** Underground power lines in S Goa: Goa to ask Centre for Rs 60 crore (Navhind Times) Margao, June 1: The state government is going to ask for Rs 60 crore from the Centre to undertake the underground cabling of all 33 KV and 11 KV high tension lines in the coastal belt of Benaulim, Colva, Betalbatim, Varca, Fatrade going right up to Mobor. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=060215 *** Rains: 300 persons evacuated in S Goa (Navhind Times) Margao, May 30: Heavy rain accompanied by cyclonic winds lashed South Goa last night forcing the authorities to move 300 persons to safer areas following flooding. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=053130 *** Heavy rain in Gujarat, Goa (The Hindu) Four more persons died in rain-related incidents in Gujarat http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/03/stories/2006060307341300.htm *** Monsoon enters Mumbai, widespread rains in Goa, Kerala (Outlook India) The South-West monsoon entered Mumbai with torrential showers lashing the metropolis today injuring six even as incessant rains continued to pound Kerala and Goa claiming 11 lives so far and leaving a trail of destruction. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=388986 *** Heavy rains in Gujarat, Goa; four more dead (Outlook India) Heavy rains today lashed Goa inundating low-lying areas and Gujarat, where four more persons died in rain-related incidents pushing the toll in the past two days to 12 as monsoon gathered strength in Arunachal Pradesh cutting off a part of the state from rest of the country. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389475 *** Ship breaks into two, oil spill moves to south Goa coast (Outlook India) A merchant vessel stranded in the rocks off Karwar coast near Devgad island today broke into two pieces and the oil that spilled from the vessel touched south Goan shores even as Coast Guard continued the operations to contain the spill. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389516 *** Coastal Goan villages alerted about spread of oil spill (Outlook India) Goa government has alerted all coastal village panchayats and municipalities besides the tourism department to maintain a strict watch to check spread of oil spill along the coastline even as Coast Guard was engaged in disintegrating the oil leaked into the Arabian Sea from a ship. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389444 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local protests
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local protests By Pamela D'Mello Panaji, Goa: A series of high profile projects flagged by the Goa government have run into trouble with local protestors --- largely over perenially-contentious land acquisitions. The latest in a line of projects to hit a road block is a long pending tourism industry effort to lay out an 18-hole international standard golf course. While the government-private joint venture identified land on a sprawling sea face hilltop in south Goa, the areas's local MLA has stated that villagers were opposed to giving up the 10,000 sq m required. Negotiations are still on to clear the green for the golf course, projected as necessary to scale up Goa's tourism market to high spending business and leisure travellers. Days earlier chief minister Pratapsing Rane dismissed statements from regional opposition parties, who said the government's project for a North-South six lane expressway would leave many homeless. He said road mapping authorities had taken care to ensure the trajectory would affect minimum houses. Critics though point out that the parallel highway, initially conceieved to complement a new airport, was superflous since the airport itself is now temporarily on hold. The state's critical rural landscape would be affected by the 90 metre wide tarmac ribbon, losing farm space to bitumen, they say. One regional party has threatened to campaign against the expressway, even as the administration indicated it was going ahead with ground pegging exercises. Another mega project to situate an information technology park in a suburban village plateau has met with protest, since the site includes green patches which attract birds and birdwatchers. Big developmental projects constantly attract local protest, since scenic placid self contained villages react to ceding public and private farm and and green areas to urbanisation and commercial activity, Rumblings had initially greeted a IT habitat project laid out in the upmarket Dona Paula residential area, home to the state's whose who. The project inauguration however went through, earlier this year. Projects for a cricket stadium had to be shifted while contentious centralised garbage dump sites were abandoned following protests. In the political race to demonstrate development milestones before an upcoming election, the Congress party sees itself as a victim, paying the price for being more democratic and therefore a soft target for protestors. Activists only come out of the woodwork when the Congress is in power says Congress MLA Jeetendra Deshprabhu, referring to the calm that previous regimes enjoyed. (ENDS) Pamela D'Mello is Goa correspondent for The Asian Age. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 2, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goa (NDTV) Monsoon hit Kerala a week ahead of schedule on May 26 but it has been causing a lot of damage in Goa and parts of the Maharashtra coast as well. Kerala has already received four times the normal amount of rainfall. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Monsoonslug=Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goaid=88539callid=1category=National *** Resumption of mining in Advalpal, Goa irks locals (Business Standard India) Many mines in Goa, shut for a long while, have now resumed business. One such mine, which was shut for more than 10 years, has been restarted, much to the consternation of residents Advalpal village in Bicholim taluka of Goa. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1235 *** India, UK play naval games in Goa (IBN live) Panaji (Goa) The Indo-UK naval exercise 'Konkan 06' concluded on Monday in Panaji. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-uk-play-naval-games-in-goa/11772-3.html *** Gale strikes Goa and Karnataka (IBN live) A sudden gale struck the coast of Goa and Karnataka on Tuesday night, sinking five fishing trawlers near Mangalore. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gale-strikes-goa-and-karnataka/11795-3.html *** Rains: 300 persons evacuated in S Goa (Navhind Times) Margao, May 30: Heavy rain accompanied by cyclonic winds lashed South Goa last night forcing the authorities to move 300 persons to safer areas following flooding. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=053130 *** Villages cut off by rains: Permanent solution needed (Central Chronicle) The monsoon has given its indication of arrival in Goa. Within a day or two it would reach Maharashtra. The Met experts have predicted its early arrival in Madhya Pradesh. Going by the experts views, chances of heavy rains in the state also cannot be ruled out. http://www.centralchronicle.com/20060601/0106282.htm *** Monsoon enters Mumbai, widespread rains in Goa, Kerala (Outlook India) The South-West monsoon entered Mumbai with torrential showers lashing the metropolis today injuring six even as incessant rains continued to pound Kerala and Goa claiming 11 lives so far and leaving a trail of destruction. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=388986 *** Oil spill spreads, Coast Guard mounts contain operation (Outlook India) Oil spilled from a merchant vessel off-Karwar coast in Arabian Sea has spread Karwar and Deobag coasts in Karnataka and the spill is moving towards Goa even as Coast Guard battled rough weather and poor visibility to tackle the problem, officials said. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389167 *** 34 selected for national football camp (Outlook India) Altogether 34 players have been called for the national football camp to be conducted by newly-appointed coach Bob Houghton. The camp will be conducted in Goa from June 16. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=389304 *** AIFF names probables for national camp(Yahoo! India News) THE All India Football Federation (AIFF) has short-listed 34 players to attend a camp that is to be held in Goa from the June 16. The camp which was originally supposed to be held from the June 20 has been proponed by four days. The camp will also provide the new coach Bob Houghton to have a look at the talent pool available in the country. The Probables: Goalkeepers: Sandeep Nandy (Mahindra http://in.news.yahoo.com/060601/48/64q9u.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for June 1, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goa (NDTV) Monsoon hit Kerala a week ahead of schedule on May 26 but it has been causing a lot of damage in Goa and parts of the Maharashtra coast as well. Kerala has already received four times the normal amount of rainfall. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=Nationaltemplate=Monsoon slug=Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goaid=88539callid=1 *** Resumption of mining in Advalpal, Goa irks locals (Business Standard India) Many mines in Goa, shut for a long while, have now resumed business. One such mine, which was shut for more than 10 years, has been restarted, much to the consternation of residents Advalpal village in Bicholim taluka of Goa. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1235 *** Indian, UK navies bond great in Goa (IBN live) Panaji (Goa) The Indo-UK naval exercise 'Konkan 06' concluded on Monday in Panaji. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-uk-navies-bond-great-in-goa/11772-3.html *** Gale strikes Goa and Karnataka (IBN live) A sudden gale struck the coast of Goa and Karnataka on Tuesday night, sinking five fishing trawlers near Mangalore. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gale-strikes-goa-and-karnataka/11795-3.html *** Goa grand plan to go 200 up on Cannes (The Telegraph) Cannes, May 28: Although it will be many years before Goa can claim to be an Indian Cannes, the former Portuguese resort will out-Cannes Cannes in at least one respect. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060529/asp/nation/story_6282275.asp *** Two drowning cases in N Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 28: Two drowning deaths were reported in North Goa district today. While the first incident, involving a three-year old girl took place in Malim-Betim, the second case, wherein a 17-year old girl died was reported from Calangute. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052953 *** Rains: 300 persons evacuated in S Goa (Navhind Times) Margao, May 30: Heavy rain accompanied by cyclonic winds lashed South Goa last night forcing the authorities to move 300 persons to safer areas following flooding. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=053130 *** PLIVA to commission Rs 20 cr Goa research facility by mid June (PharmaBiz) PLIVA Research (India) Private Limited (PRIPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Croatian generic major PLIVA Group, is likely to commence its operations at its new facility in Goa by mid June 2006. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33506 *** Villages cut off by rains: Permanent solution needed (Central Chronicle) The monsoon has given its indication of arrival in Goa. Within a day or two it would reach Maharashtra. The Met experts have predicted its early arrival in Madhya Pradesh. Going by the experts views, chances of heavy rains in the state also cannot be ruled out. http://www.centralchronicle.com/20060601/0106282.htm *** Monsoon enters Mumbai, widespread rains in Goa, Kerala (Outlook India) The South-West monsoon entered Mumbai with torrential showers lashing the metropolis today injuring six even as incessant rains continued to pound Kerala and Goa claiming 11 lives so far and leaving a trail of destruction. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=388986 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Expats react; Tax? ... Where are the benefits?
that it would cripple the labour market. This is ridiculous and the domestic workers should be exempted from the tax. By Francis A. Clifford Cardozo - Arab Times Staff 30/05/2006 http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/view.asp?msgID=8131 _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 31, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goa (NDTV) Monsoon hit Kerala a week ahead of schedule on May 26 but it has been causing a lot of damage in Goa and parts of the Maharashtra coast as well. Kerala has already received four times the normal amount of rainfall. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=Nationaltemplate=Monsoon slug=Heavy rains lash Kerala, Goaid=88539callid=1 *** Tell us: Holiday in Goa or Kerala? (rediff.com) Munnar... By far would be Sri Lanka. The amazing landscape and people leave you in a mystic aura about the land. Beautiful temple of kandy to the rock fortress of sigiriya, painting in the dambulla cave and spice village near nuwara eliya... all are much adeu with the praise. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://mboard.rediff.com/board/board.php?boardid=getahead2006may25msg *** Resumption of mining in Advalpal, Goa irks locals (Business Standard India) Many mines in Goa, shut for a long while, have now resumed business. One such mine, which was shut for more than 10 years, has been restarted, much to the consternation of residents Advalpal village in Bicholim taluka of Goa. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1235 *** Indian, UK navies bond great in Goa (IBN live) Panaji (Goa) The Indo-UK naval exercise 'Konkan 06' concluded on Monday in Panaji. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-uk-navies-bond-great-in-goa/11772-3.html *** Gale strikes Goa and Karnataka (IBN live) A sudden gale struck the coast of Goa and Karnataka on Tuesday night, sinking five fishing trawlers near Mangalore. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gale-strikes-goa-and-karnataka/11795-3.html *** Goa grand plan to go 200 up on Cannes (The Telegraph) Cannes, May 28: Although it will be many years before Goa can claim to be an Indian Cannes, the former Portuguese resort will out-Cannes Cannes in at least one respect. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060529/asp/nation/story_6282275.asp *** Chidi Edeh joins JCT (The Telegraph) New Delhi: Sporting Clube de Goas Nigerian striker Chidi Edeh, who formed a deadly pair with compatriot Dudu in the National Football League this season, has decided to switch over to JCT Mills, Phagwara for the next season. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060531/asp/sports/story_6291858.asp *** Two drowning cases in N Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 28: Two drowning deaths were reported in North Goa district today. While the first incident, involving a three-year old girl took place in Malim-Betim, the second case, wherein a 17-year old girl died was reported from Calangute. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052953 *** PLIVA to commission Rs 20 cr Goa research facility by mid June (PharmaBiz) PLIVA Research (India) Private Limited (PRIPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Croatian generic major PLIVA Group, is likely to commence its operations at its new facility in Goa by mid June 2006. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33506 *** CLIMATE WEATHER (The Hindu) PRE-MONSOON SHOWERS drench Goa even as heavy to very heavy rainfall has been forecast for the State. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/05/31/18hdline.htm Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goanet Reader: Of misinformed fundamentalists, fresh controversies, and true conversions (George Menezes)
of religion and to keep Dalit Christians out of the paternal love of Indian law that is provided in the Constitution. They also help to polarise and Hindutva-ise the body polity. They help to win political advantage. The vagueness of the clauses makes it convenient for subservient police and civic officials to harass the people. In fact, the real fear in the warped minds of the micro minority of Hindu fundamentalists is not conversions but the fantastic and successful developmental work the Church is doing among the poor and marginalised who have been left out of the agendas of successive governments. The accusation of conversions against Mother Teresa, Graham Staines and the nuns who were ousted from the leprosy home in Gujarat, the killing of Sr Rani Maria who worked to liberate people from the clutches of moneylenders and the persecution of Padmashri M. A Thomas of the Emmanuel Mission in Kota are few examples. Hindu fundamentalists have realised that the church in its true avatar is not interested in numbers who can be bought and sold like MLAs who change parties. They know that Jesus-inspired Christians have a mission to bring good news to the poor, to tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more, to make blind people see and set the downtrodden free. An agenda that has threatened the mightiest of establishments in countries all over the world. I do not blame Hindu fundamentalists with their upper caste agendas for feeling threatened. I blame lay Christians who are so poorly formed in their faith and I blame the hierarchy of the church who has not succeeded in instilling in their people courage and unity against the assaults that that are and will always be the occupational hazards of those who decide to pursue truth and justice. To the Holy Father, to whom I offer my allegiance, I want to say that Indian Christians of all denominations, properly formed in the faith and in collaboration with the Hierarchy, can be fully capable of handling their problems. It only requires that the leaders both of the clergy and laity allow new and even dissenting voices in the stuffy precincts of their decision making rooms. To Cardinal Ivan Dias, in offering my prayers on his new assignment, I would like to say that he and his fellow Bishops need not have waited for a cue from the Holy Father but should have these many years vociferously and publicly protested against the documented atrocities committed not only against Christians but also against women who are abused by the police, innocent people who have been killed and maimed and raped by Armed Forces in Kashmir and Manipur and all those thousands denied of their human rights in all parts of the country. ABOUT THE WRITER: George Menezes is an award winning writer, management consultant and was, in the 80s, a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity at the Vatican and a member of the Asian Bishop’s Think Thank. - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org - Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. -
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Of misinformed fundamentalists, fresh controversies, and true conversions (George Menezes)
of religion and to keep Dalit Christians out of the paternal love of Indian law that is provided in the Constitution. They also help to polarise and Hindutva-ise the body polity. They help to win political advantage. The vagueness of the clauses makes it convenient for subservient police and civic officials to harass the people. In fact, the real fear in the warped minds of the micro minority of Hindu fundamentalists is not conversions but the fantastic and successful developmental work the Church is doing among the poor and marginalised who have been left out of the agendas of successive governments. The accusation of conversions against Mother Teresa, Graham Staines and the nuns who were ousted from the leprosy home in Gujarat, the killing of Sr Rani Maria who worked to liberate people from the clutches of moneylenders and the persecution of Padmashri M. A Thomas of the Emmanuel Mission in Kota are few examples. Hindu fundamentalists have realised that the church in its true avatar is not interested in numbers who can be bought and sold like MLAs who change parties. They know that Jesus-inspired Christians have a mission to bring good news to the poor, to tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more, to make blind people see and set the downtrodden free. An agenda that has threatened the mightiest of establishments in countries all over the world. I do not blame Hindu fundamentalists with their upper caste agendas for feeling threatened. I blame lay Christians who are so poorly formed in their faith and I blame the hierarchy of the church who has not succeeded in instilling in their people courage and unity against the assaults that that are and will always be the occupational hazards of those who decide to pursue truth and justice. To the Holy Father, to whom I offer my allegiance, I want to say that Indian Christians of all denominations, properly formed in the faith and in collaboration with the Hierarchy, can be fully capable of handling their problems. It only requires that the leaders both of the clergy and laity allow new and even dissenting voices in the stuffy precincts of their decision making rooms. To Cardinal Ivan Dias, in offering my prayers on his new assignment, I would like to say that he and his fellow Bishops need not have waited for a cue from the Holy Father but should have these many years vociferously and publicly protested against the documented atrocities committed not only against Christians but also against women who are abused by the police, innocent people who have been killed and maimed and raped by Armed Forces in Kashmir and Manipur and all those thousands denied of their human rights in all parts of the country. ABOUT THE WRITER: George Menezes is an award winning writer, management consultant and was, in the 80s, a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity at the Vatican and a member of the Asian Bishop’s Think Thank. - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org - Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. - _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 29, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa tourism dept to go ahead with golf course plan (Business Standard India) In order to attract 'high standard' and 'up market' tourists in Goa, the state tourism department is going ahead with its plans to set-up a golf course on the Betul-Naqueri-Quittol plateau. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1093 *** Check credentials of foreigners buying realty in Goa: NYC (Business Standard India) Pursuing the matter on foreigners buying immoveable property in Goa, Nationalist Youth Congress (NYC) has submitted representations to various authorities including Reserve Bank of India (RBI), District Collector and police authorities to ensure that documents submitted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) are verified before sale deeds are registered. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1149 *** Monsoon rains may hit Mumbai by Thursday (The Hindu) Widespread rains with scattered heavy to very heavy rains are expected to start in Konkan, Goa and the Gujarat region around Thursday. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/05/29/stories/2006052902991500.htm *** MMs Spanish debut (The Telegraph) Mumbai, May 27: Mahindra and Mahindra has launched Mahindra Goa, Mahindra Pickup and Bolero Pickup at the Madrid Auto Show today. The company would start its retail sales in Spain in June this year as part of a tie-up with Sino Motors. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060528/asp/business/story_6279719.asp *** Goa grand plan to go 200 up on Cannes (The Telegraph) Cannes, May 28: Although it will be many years before Goa can claim to be an Indian Cannes, the former Portuguese resort will out-Cannes Cannes in at least one respect. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060529/asp/nation/story_6282275.asp *** Vinci Code not likely to be screened in Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 25: Controversial film The Da Vinci Code is not likely to be exhibited in Goa, according to movie theatre sources. The movie is slated for countrywide release tomorrow. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052620 *** Two drowning cases in N Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 28: Two drowning deaths were reported in North Goa district today. While the first incident, involving a three-year old girl took place in Malim-Betim, the second case, wherein a 17-year old girl died was reported from Calangute. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052953 *** Goa may have power generation station (Navhind Times) Margao, May 27: With rising power requirements, the Centre has decided to have a number of coal-based mega-power projects across India. And one such 4000-megawatt coal-based power generation station is likely to come up in Goa, the state Power Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat informed. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052814 *** Goa needs 50 Mega Watt additional power supply (Yahoo! India News) Panaji, May 27 (ANI): In order to meet the power demand in the state, the Goa Government will try to ensure connectivity to the Karnataka-based Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant during Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's state visit on June 3. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060527/139/64lbn.html *** A favoured haven ¦ for paedophiles (Sunday Herald) INDIAN beach capital Goa risks becoming a new Asian hub for child sex tourism because of its lax attitude to paedophiles, say activists. http://www.sundayherald.com/55993 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goanet Reader: One off -- where children learn to love books (by Reena Kamat)
ONE OFF: WHERE CHILDREN LEARN TO LOVE BOOKS By Reema Kamat Imagine this. You are a worm. A squirming, wriggling one. Only, you’re the good kind. Your domain is the enchanted forest. It has shelves for paths that you can walk on and books for trees that you can clamber on. Books in all shapes, sizes, colours, and ages. With leaves (pretty good pun, aye? Leaves of a tree, leaves of a book, get it?) of words that weave exciting stories to enthral you. And all you want to do is get straight at them. That’s right young sir or madam, you’re what they call, a bookworm. Or at least, that is what Sujata and Elaine want you to be. Started on 10 September 2005, Bookworm is an exclusive children's library that seeks to cater to the reading needs of kids right from the age when they learn to say their first word, if parents so desire and the kid can so accomplish. Founders Sujata Noronha and Elaine Mendonsa firmly and fondly believe that the reading habit is part of the essential grounding that every child should receive right from the formative ages. To be taught to read well when young is to be well read for life, they say in agreement. Their mission reiterates this: to provide a welcoming environment, which encourages a love of reading and learning. In furthering their passionate endeavour, Bookworm aims to develop a collection of library materials appropriate for the age group of at least one to 13, keeping reading levels, interests and needs in mind. The child will also be taught to access, use and evaluate information sources that are appropriate for them to know. The idea is to promote reading as well as literacy, says Elaine. In doing so, Bookworm has four sections that divide the availability of these requirements; a lending library, a reference room, an activity space as well as a reading nook. The duo also plans to design and conduct programmes like storytelling, reading aloud, creative activities, finger plays, puppet theatre, as well as workshops around the same and more. More advanced readers can indulge in book discussion groups, script writing, poetry composition and other such constructive activities. They also plan to encourage the creative process early through innovative play like and the cognitive process through puzzles, games and much more! To find out what the much more is, do pay a visit immediately to Bookworm -- where children learn to love books. Bookworm is situated: 2nd Floor, Bluebelle, Tamba Colony, St. Inez, Panaji, Goa. Call 982322BOOK (9823222665 in case you hadn't figured). Volunteers interested in working with children or helping out with activities are welcomed with an excited squiggly tail! Reproduced on Goanet courtesy: Panjim Plus. CONTACT: Ilidio de Noronha (Editor Publisher) [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 2464687 or 9422058131. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade
[Goanet] Goa news for May 28, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa tourism dept to go ahead with golf course plan (Business Standard India) In order to attract 'high standard' and 'up market' tourists in Goa, the state tourism department is going ahead with its plans to set-up a golf course on the Betul-Naqueri-Quittol plateau. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1093 *** Check credentials of foreigners buying realty in Goa: NYC (Business Standard India) Pursuing the matter on foreigners buying immoveable property in Goa, Nationalist Youth Congress (NYC) has submitted representations to various authorities including Reserve Bank of India (RBI), District Collector and police authorities to ensure that documents submitted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) are verified before sale deeds are registered. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1149 *** Goa firms asked to bid for UK defence deals (Business Standard India) Goa-based companies have been asked to bid for supplying goods to the military establishment in the United Kingdom. This was stated by Adam Thomas, assistant director (public affairs), Defence Export Services Organisation, UK. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1092 *** MMs Spanish debut (The Telegraph) Mumbai, May 27: Mahindra and Mahindra has launched Mahindra Goa, Mahindra Pickup and Bolero Pickup at the Madrid Auto Show today. The company would start its retail sales in Spain in June this year as part of a tie-up with Sino Motors. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060528/asp/business/story_6279719.asp *** Im not eyeing CMs post: Ravi (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 27: The Goa pradesh Congress committee president, Mr Ravi Naik has denied that he was eyeing the post of chief minister of the state even as he warned of a new form of slavery being sought to be ushered in by vested political forces and create a state of lawlessness. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052815 *** Vinci Code not likely to be screened in Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 25: Controversial film The Da Vinci Code is not likely to be exhibited in Goa, according to movie theatre sources. The movie is slated for countrywide release tomorrow. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052620 *** Goa may have power generation station (Navhind Times) Margao, May 27: With rising power requirements, the Centre has decided to have a number of coal-based mega-power projects across India. And one such 4000-megawatt coal-based power generation station is likely to come up in Goa, the state Power Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat informed. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052814 *** SriLankan Airlines to launch services from Goa (The Hindu) THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: Goa will be SriLankan Airlines 50th global destination and the 10th in the country with the airline all set to launch services from Colombo to the coastal town in October. The two weekly fights, which would be of two ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/25/stories/2006052504561900.htm *** Goa needs 50 Mega Watt additional power supply (Yahoo! India News) Panaji, May 27 (ANI): In order to meet the power demand in the state, the Goa Government will try to ensure connectivity to the Karnataka-based Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant during Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's state visit on June 3. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060527/139/64lbn.html *** Goa to be SriLankan Airlines' 50th destination (Yahoo! India News) Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) Touristy Goa is to become the 50th global destination of SriLankan Airlines - and its 10th in India - with flights being planned from October. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060525/43/64j2j.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: One off -- where children learn to love books (by Reena Kamat)
ONE OFF: WHERE CHILDREN LEARN TO LOVE BOOKS By Reema Kamat Imagine this. You are a worm. A squirming, wriggling one. Only, you’re the good kind. Your domain is the enchanted forest. It has shelves for paths that you can walk on and books for trees that you can clamber on. Books in all shapes, sizes, colours, and ages. With leaves (pretty good pun, aye? Leaves of a tree, leaves of a book, get it?) of words that weave exciting stories to enthral you. And all you want to do is get straight at them. That’s right young sir or madam, you’re what they call, a bookworm. Or at least, that is what Sujata and Elaine want you to be. Started on 10 September 2005, Bookworm is an exclusive children's library that seeks to cater to the reading needs of kids right from the age when they learn to say their first word, if parents so desire and the kid can so accomplish. Founders Sujata Noronha and Elaine Mendonsa firmly and fondly believe that the reading habit is part of the essential grounding that every child should receive right from the formative ages. To be taught to read well when young is to be well read for life, they say in agreement. Their mission reiterates this: to provide a welcoming environment, which encourages a love of reading and learning. In furthering their passionate endeavour, Bookworm aims to develop a collection of library materials appropriate for the age group of at least one to 13, keeping reading levels, interests and needs in mind. The child will also be taught to access, use and evaluate information sources that are appropriate for them to know. The idea is to promote reading as well as literacy, says Elaine. In doing so, Bookworm has four sections that divide the availability of these requirements; a lending library, a reference room, an activity space as well as a reading nook. The duo also plans to design and conduct programmes like storytelling, reading aloud, creative activities, finger plays, puppet theatre, as well as workshops around the same and more. More advanced readers can indulge in book discussion groups, script writing, poetry composition and other such constructive activities. They also plan to encourage the creative process early through innovative play like and the cognitive process through puzzles, games and much more! To find out what the much more is, do pay a visit immediately to Bookworm -- where children learn to love books. Bookworm is situated: 2nd Floor, Bluebelle, Tamba Colony, St. Inez, Panaji, Goa. Call 982322BOOK (9823222665 in case you hadn't figured). Volunteers interested in working with children or helping out with activities are welcomed with an excited squiggly tail! Reproduced on Goanet courtesy: Panjim Plus. CONTACT: Ilidio de Noronha (Editor Publisher) [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 2464687 or 9422058131. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 27, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa tourism dept to go ahead with golf course plan (Business Standard India) In order to attract 'high standard' and 'up market' tourists in Goa, the state tourism department is going ahead with its plans to set-up a golf course on the Betul-Naqueri-Quittol plateau. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1093 *** Check credentials of foreigners buying realty in Goa: NYC (Business Standard India) Pursuing the matter on foreigners buying immoveable property in Goa, Nationalist Youth Congress (NYC) has submitted representations to various authorities including Reserve Bank of India (RBI), District Collector and police authorities to ensure that documents submitted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) are verified before sale deeds are registered. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1149 *** Goa can be life sciences RD hub: Expert (Business Standard India) Goa has the potential to become a hub of research and development (RD) in the field of life science molecules, provided the state government takes a strategic move in that direction, Aroop Zutshi, president senior partner, Frost Sullivan, said. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1038 *** Goa firms asked to bid for UK defence deals (Business Standard India) Goa-based companies have been asked to bid for supplying goods to the military establishment in the United Kingdom. This was stated by Adam Thomas, assistant director (public affairs), Defence Export Services Organisation, UK. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1092 *** Goa to Get India's 2nd Floating Casino (Rolling Good Times) MUMBAI, India -- As reported by the (Indian) Financial Express: Hospitality major Hotel Leelaventure Ltd is launching India's second floating casino in Goa. Current government guidelines do not allow casinos on land. Hence, the idea for a casino at sea. http://www.rgtonline.com/Article.cfm?ArticleId=65007CategoryName=Business *** Vinci Code not likely to be screened in Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 25: Controversial film The Da Vinci Code is not likely to be exhibited in Goa, according to movie theatre sources. The movie is slated for countrywide release tomorrow. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052620 *** SriLankan Airlines to launch services from Goa (The Hindu) THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: Goa will be SriLankan Airlines 50th global destination and the 10th in the country with the airline all set to launch services from Colombo to the coastal town in October. The two weekly fights, which would be of two ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/25/stories/2006052504561900.htm *** Frost Sullivan's Global Partnership Summit 2006 concludes in Goa (PharmaBiz) Frost Sullivan revisited Goa this year to chronicle the second edition of the highly successful and internationally acclaimed Opportunities in Life Science Molecules: Global Partnership Summit 2006. The global summit was organized on May 22nd-23rd,, 2006 at the Park Hyatt, Resort Spa in Goa, India. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33440 *** Goa to be SriLankan Airlines' 50th destination (Yahoo! India News) Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) Touristy Goa is to become the 50th global destination of SriLankan Airlines - and its 10th in India - with flights being planned from October. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060525/43/64j2j.html *** Susegaad fiesta: (Yahoo! India News) 'I hope you are an any-tarian,' quips Judy Cardozo, a motherly chef who has flown in from Goa to the Radisson Delhi, where she'll be dishing out authentic delicacies for the Goan food festival till May 29. Judy ordered us a platter of Fish Caldeen, prawn stuffed papad, Goan Pulao and Bebinca and Espumas for dessert. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060526/32/64kut.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 26, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa tourism dept to go ahead with golf course plan (Business Standard India) In order to attract 'high standard' and 'up market' tourists in Goa, the state tourism department is going ahead with its plans to set-up a golf course on the Betul-Naqueri-Quittol plateau. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1093 *** Goa can be life sciences RD hub: Expert (Business Standard India) Goa has the potential to become a hub of research and development (RD) in the field of life science molecules, provided the state government takes a strategic move in that direction, Aroop Zutshi, president senior partner, Frost Sullivan, said. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1038 *** Goa airport to get Rs 500 cr facelift (rediff.com) The central government has assured the state government of Goa that it will pump in Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) to give a facelift to Dabolim airport. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/23goa.htm *** Goa firms asked to bid for UK defence deals (Business Standard India) Goa-based companies have been asked to bid for supplying goods to the military establishment in the United Kingdom. This was stated by Adam Thomas, assistant director (public affairs), Defence Export Services Organisation, UK. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1092 *** Goa to Get India's 2nd Floating Casino (Rolling Good Times) MUMBAI, India -- As reported by the (Indian) Financial Express: Hospitality major Hotel Leelaventure Ltd is launching India's second floating casino in Goa. Current government guidelines do not allow casinos on land. Hence, the idea for a casino at sea. http://www.rgtonline.com/Article.cfm?ArticleId=65007CategoryName=Business *** GPCC leadership: Alva to visit Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 23: The decision on change of leadership of the Goa pradesh Congress committee will now be taken only after the visit of all-India Congress committee general-secretary, Ms Margaret Alva to the state in the first week of June 2006. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052424 *** Goa, India, May 23 , 2006 (PharmiWeb) on May 23 rd 2006 at its annual event, Opportunities in Life Sciences: Global Partnership Summit, held at the Park Hyatt, Goa. http://www.pharmiweb.com/PressReleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=1373 *** SriLankan Airlines to launch services from Goa (The Hindu) THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: Goa will be SriLankan Airlines 50th global destination and the 10th in the country with the airline all set to launch services from Colombo to the coastal town in October. The two weekly fights, which would be of two ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/25/stories/2006052504561900.htm *** Frost Sullivan's Global Partnership Summit 2006 concludes in Goa (PharmaBiz) Frost Sullivan revisited Goa this year to chronicle the second edition of the highly successful and internationally acclaimed Opportunities in Life Science Molecules: Global Partnership Summit 2006. The global summit was organized on May 22nd-23rd,, 2006 at the Park Hyatt, Resort Spa in Goa, India. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33440 *** Goa to be SriLankan Airlines' 50th destination (Yahoo! India News) Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) Touristy Goa is to become the 50th global destination of SriLankan Airlines - and its 10th in India - with flights being planned from October. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060525/43/64j2j.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goanet Reader: Goa's heated real estate draws both buyers and ire
GOA'S HEATED REAL ESTATE DRAWS BOTH BUYERS AND IRE By Pamela D'Mello asianage at sancharnet.in Panaji (GOA): As real estate in this popular tourist paradise gets increasingly snapped up by foreign and domestic buyers -- steadily skewing traditional ownership patterns -- the rumblings of discontent are becoming audible, moving from private conversations into the public realm. Over the past week, the Nationalist Youth Congress wing has petitioned several administrative offices to clamp down and doubly verify whether foreign nationals purchasing land in the state comply with FEMA law-based foreign exchange conditions that permit purchase of immoveable property in India. NYC president and practising lawyer, Rajan Ghate, has criticised state registrars for registering sale deeds to foreign nationals without adequate checks to ensure they met FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) conditions. Amended FEMA rules effective from June, 2000 -- reversed an earlier bar -- allowing even foreign nationals not of Indian origin to purchase immoveable property in India if they proved employment or business connections and had lived 182 days in the country over the previous year. Registrars in Goa, were however reducing the proviso to a farce by merely asking foreigners to produce an affidavit to this effect, without any actual verifications either by the police, collectorates or the RBI foreign exchange office, charged the Nationalist Youth Congress. In meetings with several decks of officials, Mr Ghate said he found departments passing the onus of an actual check onto one another -- resulting in no actual verification at any point. He has now sought records of purchases since 2000, and a verification by the RBI, pointing out that non-compliance of FEMA conditions attracts confiscation and auctioning of the property concerned. Complaints have been forwarded to the state governor and finance minister. Now that the initial trickle of buyers from outside the state and country has swelled to a rush, the NYC says its campaign was launched because Goans would ultimately become refugees in their own land, unable to compete with market prices. Over the past nine months, real estate prices have spurted sharply, mainly along the coast and major towns. Recent advice given out in investor guides in the UK, Europe and Russia, pegging property purchase in Goa as sound investments -- has fuelled a corresponding market demand. But while those in the real estate and realtor trade, from village panchas to MLAs, benefit from the boom --- anti-outsider sentiments are steadily festering among those left out in the cold. Last week, tenants of a property purchased by a Russian businessman in coastal north Goa, protested their names were surreptiously deleted from government records. Meanwhile the rush to purchase property in Goa -- from functional apartments to swank seaview villas and even tracts of land -- escalates, some consular authorities are beginning to take note. They worry they would have to deal with an inordinately large number of persons, if the law should change. Current laws do not permit full capital convertibility of the Indian rupee, and the Nationalist Youth Congress is already raising demands for a closer verification of documents and conditions.
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa's heated real estate draws both buyers and ire
GOA'S HEATED REAL ESTATE DRAWS BOTH BUYERS AND IRE By Pamela D'Mello asianage at sancharnet.in Panaji (GOA): As real estate in this popular tourist paradise gets increasingly snapped up by foreign and domestic buyers -- steadily skewing traditional ownership patterns -- the rumblings of discontent are becoming audible, moving from private conversations into the public realm. Over the past week, the Nationalist Youth Congress wing has petitioned several administrative offices to clamp down and doubly verify whether foreign nationals purchasing land in the state comply with FEMA law-based foreign exchange conditions that permit purchase of immoveable property in India. NYC president and practising lawyer, Rajan Ghate, has criticised state registrars for registering sale deeds to foreign nationals without adequate checks to ensure they met FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) conditions. Amended FEMA rules effective from June, 2000 -- reversed an earlier bar -- allowing even foreign nationals not of Indian origin to purchase immoveable property in India if they proved employment or business connections and had lived 182 days in the country over the previous year. Registrars in Goa, were however reducing the proviso to a farce by merely asking foreigners to produce an affidavit to this effect, without any actual verifications either by the police, collectorates or the RBI foreign exchange office, charged the Nationalist Youth Congress. In meetings with several decks of officials, Mr Ghate said he found departments passing the onus of an actual check onto one another -- resulting in no actual verification at any point. He has now sought records of purchases since 2000, and a verification by the RBI, pointing out that non-compliance of FEMA conditions attracts confiscation and auctioning of the property concerned. Complaints have been forwarded to the state governor and finance minister. Now that the initial trickle of buyers from outside the state and country has swelled to a rush, the NYC says its campaign was launched because Goans would ultimately become refugees in their own land, unable to compete with market prices. Over the past nine months, real estate prices have spurted sharply, mainly along the coast and major towns. Recent advice given out in investor guides in the UK, Europe and Russia, pegging property purchase in Goa as sound investments -- has fuelled a corresponding market demand. But while those in the real estate and realtor trade, from village panchas to MLAs, benefit from the boom --- anti-outsider sentiments are steadily festering among those left out in the cold. Last week, tenants of a property purchased by a Russian businessman in coastal north Goa, protested their names were surreptiously deleted from government records. Meanwhile the rush to purchase property in Goa -- from functional apartments to swank seaview villas and even tracts of land -- escalates, some consular authorities are beginning to take note. They worry they would have to deal with an inordinately large number of persons, if the law should change. Current laws do not permit full capital convertibility of the Indian rupee, and the Nationalist Youth Congress is already raising demands for a closer verification of documents and conditions. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Starting young... all that Sarfraz
STARTING YOUNG: All that Sarfraz By Reema Kamat Money-making was always very alluring, to whom is it not? In fact my first business venture was in the 11th, when a couple of my friends and I decided to put up a stall at the Seafood Festival. We borrowed the capital from our fathers, rented the stall, took care of the personnel and resources and every other arrangement required. In the end we managed to make a neat sum of money which we then, after paying off everybody (or so we thought) split amongst the three of us and spent it on ourselves rather lavishly; rather pleased with our little success, we were. It was only the next day we realised that the money we so keenly blew up was only the exact amount we owed our fathers! This is followed by a hearty guffaw from the young businessman; nah, business 'dude'. That's the only way to describe Sarfraz Sheikh, all of 23 years of age and gushing forth with zest. Witness him in his prime, talking nineteen to the dozen, pulling everyone's leg like there's no tomorrow and you would never believe that this young stud is the scion of the Sheikh Hassan group. This chap handles the day-to-day running of all their establishments, which involve the Peter England showroom in the city, Hotel Palacio de Goa, Hassan Stone Crushers at Sao Pedro and Sheikh Hassan and Co., which, at over 60 years of business, is amongst the oldest electrical shops in the city. Though the others are part of a family business that Sarfraz has taken over, the Peter England franchisee outlet is his own baby. After my board exams I had gone to Bangalore for a visit with my family. One of those days, I stepped into a Peter England showroom and was taken up with the idea of dealing in the brand. My father said if I could take the whole responsibility myself, I could get into it. I was game and accepted readily, and in June 1999, I set up the Peter England showroom. Even later in the day, when the manager of his hotel left, Sarfraz took over rather than just appointing another in his place. I wanted my hotel to possess a personal touch. Besides possessing a Bachelor's degree in commerce and a diploma in hotel management, Sarfraz has just returned after completing his Masters in International Business from Dubai and is all set to put his acquired knowledge into creative channelling. An intensive course, it basically taught me all the essentials of international business and trade. I'm thus trained to assess country risks in the field, to analyse the fundamentals of the market etc. My specialisation was international banking, which taught me all I need to know about the intricacies of this line of work. Sarfraz has ardent plans of making his establishments the best in Panjim. Sheikh Hassan currently stocks most brands of electrical appliances; it will now soon also be keeping consumer electronics. I want to revamp the hotel and update its image; for instance at the moment I am negotiating with an interior decorator from Bombay to do up the décor; then I want to sketch out a master plan which will illustrate how the hotel will look after say, five years. In fact, the entire set-up of the hotel will be changed. It's a vision for now, which I shall soon accomplish. It's like this, I don't know if I'm cut out for business, but I certainly feel I can give my personal best to it. How would he describe a hard day's work? A hard day's work to me would mean getting the best out of my staff, because I don't believe in achieving anything alone. I feel the solution to getting things done best lies in teamwork. And if you want nothing but the best, to have people working for the firm and not their personal interest, you need to have a team that's basically happy. At the end of the day, I want more than anything else, to put a smile on the face of each person who works for me, he says. And adds, I don't believe in being a strict master; I want to be someone that they can come up to anytime, that they can approach without hesitation. Till date in fact, I have never screamed at any of my workers, be it an illiterate labourer at my quarry or an educated employee at my hotel. I feel that my future of being a successful entrepreneur in Goa lies in the hands of my team. Where they take me is where I will be. - Reproduced on Goanet courtesy: Panjim Plus. CONTACT: Ilidio de Noronha (Editor Publisher) [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 2464687 or 9422058131. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 25, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa passes ordinance on office of profit issue (Business Standard India) The ordinance has exempted the offices of the vice-chairman of the Kala Academy, chairman, vice-chairman and members of the Entertainment Society of Goa, chairman of the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) and the Goa Tillari Irrigation Development Corporation. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=92019leftnm=3subLeft=0chkFlg= *** Goa can be life sciences RD hub: Expert (Business Standard India) Goa has the potential to become a hub of research and development (RD) in the field of life science molecules, provided the state government takes a strategic move in that direction, Aroop Zutshi, president senior partner, Frost Sullivan, said. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1038 *** Goa airport to get Rs 500 cr facelift (rediff.com) The central government has assured the state government of Goa that it will pump in Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) to give a facelift to Dabolim airport. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/23goa.htm *** Goa to Get India's 2nd Floating Casino (Rolling Good Times) MUMBAI, India -- As reported by the (Indian) Financial Express: Hospitality major Hotel Leelaventure Ltd is launching India's second floating casino in Goa. Current government guidelines do not allow casinos on land. Hence, the idea for a casino at sea. http://www.rgtonline.com/Article.cfm?ArticleId=65007CategoryName=Business *** GPCC leadership: Alva to visit Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 23: The decision on change of leadership of the Goa pradesh Congress committee will now be taken only after the visit of all-India Congress committee general-secretary, Ms Margaret Alva to the state in the first week of June 2006. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052424 *** Goa, India, May 23 , 2006 (PharmiWeb) on May 23 rd 2006 at its annual event, Opportunities in Life Sciences: Global Partnership Summit, held at the Park Hyatt, Goa. http://www.pharmiweb.com/PressReleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=1373 *** SriLankan Airlines to launch services from Goa (The Hindu) THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: Goa will be SriLankan Airlines 50th global destination and the 10th in the country with the airline all set to launch services from Colombo to the coastal town in October. The two weekly fights, which would be of two ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/25/stories/2006052504561900.htm *** Frost Sullivan's Global Partnership Summit 2006 concludes in Goa (PharmaBiz) Frost Sullivan revisited Goa this year to chronicle the second edition of the highly successful and internationally acclaimed Opportunities in Life Science Molecules: Global Partnership Summit 2006. The global summit was organized on May 22nd-23rd,, 2006 at the Park Hyatt, Resort Spa in Goa, India. http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=33440 *** Markets (May 24) (The Hindu) AIRLINES SriLankan plans services to Goa SriLankan Airlines is planning to start its Goa-Colombo services from October this year. The twice-a-week flights are scheduled for Mondays and Saturdays. The coastal Indian State will be the airlines' 50th global destination and ... http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/05/25/09hdline.htm *** Greek Orthodox Archdiocese E-Bulletin May 19, 2006 (Worldwide Faith News) This is the weekly edition of the GOA E-Bulletin. For more information just click on the links below to go to the topics of interest to you.If the link does not work from your email, copy the link and paste it into the address bar of your web browser.FEAST OF STS. CONSTANTINE AND HELEN:This Sunday is the feast day of Saints Constantine and Helen.Read the story of these two Saints of http://www.wfn.org/2006/05/msg00207.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 24, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa passes ordinance on office of profit issue (Business Standard India) The ordinance has exempted the offices of the vice-chairman of the Kala Academy, chairman, vice-chairman and members of the Entertainment Society of Goa, chairman of the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) and the Goa Tillari Irrigation Development Corporation. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=92019leftnm=3subLeft=0chkFlg= *** Sporting Clube de Goa hold Air India (rediff.com) A goal eight minutes from the end earned the Goa side a 1-1 draw in the National Football League. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/may/21nfl2.htm *** Goa airport to get Rs 500 cr facelift (rediff.com) The central government has assured the state government of Goa that it will pump in Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) to give a facelift to Dabolim airport. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/23goa.htm *** Family going to Goa with a goal in mind (Leeds Today) Pledge to help soccer club after handing over new kit on holiday trip (23/05/2006 13:06:15) http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=39articleid=1519641 *** DH Photogallery (Deccan Herald) Sky dance...Four Hawks of the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom display their aerobatic skills in Goa during Konkan-06, the joint air exercise between India and the UK on Tuesday. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may242006/gallery_thumb.asp *** SSC exam posts 69.51% results (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 23: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education today announced the results of its Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination conducted between March 31 and April 15, earlier this year, with 69.51 as the pass percentage. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052423 *** Climax bags MVP award at NT-GFA nite (Navhind Times) Margao, May 23: Dempo SCs inspirational midfielder Climax Lawrence was today named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2005-06 season at the glittering 1st The Navhind Times-Goa Football Association awards nite at Kennilworth resorts, Utorda, tonight. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052452 *** GPCC leadership: Alva to visit Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 23: The decision on change of leadership of the Goa pradesh Congress committee will now be taken only after the visit of all-India Congress committee general-secretary, Ms Margaret Alva to the state in the first week of June 2006. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052424 *** Goa, India, May 23 , 2006 (PharmiWeb) on May 23 rd 2006 at its annual event, Opportunities in Life Sciences: Global Partnership Summit, held at the Park Hyatt, Goa. http://www.pharmiweb.com/PressReleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=1373 *** Sporting Clube de Goa hold Air India (Outlook India) Sporting Clube De Goa notched a late equaliser to hold local outfit Air India 1-1 in a National Football League clash at the Cooperage ground here today. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=386578 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Farewell to academics: Lessons learnt from three years in teaching
Farewell to academics: Lessons learnt from three years in teaching By Anil Seth US-educated Dr Anil Seth has a PhD in physics, but has opted for working in the software industry for 25 years. A man passionate about his work and his technology, Dr Seth is a prime example of someone who has contributed to Goa significantly during his stint in this state. He is a founder-member of the India Linux Users Group (Goa), where his steady is already being sorely missed after his recent transition to New Delhi. Below, he narrates his experiences, and learnt from the educational system, primarily in Goa (but relevant in differing degrees to other areas too). Send in your feedback to him at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In my personal little universe three years ago, the planets and the stars imposed a gravitational field which constrained me. Fortunately, the need to change, while remaining in my tiny world, also provided an appealing opportunity. I had always wanted to teach -- may be after retiring. Now I could start half a dozen years sooner. For sure, the first year of teaching engineering was very exciting. We focussed on improving the labs. We used thin clients, which allowed us to have almost double the number of workstations within the same budget. We introduced Linux, open source databases and various other applications. My objective was not just to save money but a conviction that students must be exposed to a variety of environments so that they can learn and make decisions with more information. The wider range of exposure also prepares them for coping with changes, which are inevitable in the IT area. After the high, the decay started. Water is there but the horse refuses to drink it! Something did not seem right -- students of computer engineering and information technology not particularly enthusiastic about programming. Some may have decided to make a career in management but not such a large majority! Each semester I tried to correct what I thought were the problems but the impact was minimal. It was clear that I was on the wrong track. Then, I chanced upon a website on connected mathematics (http://ccl.northwestern.edu/cm ). The goal of this project was to help learners at all levels make sense of complex, non-linear phenomena. It was clear that I had not understood the complexity of the issues involved. I was not dealing with individual students but with a collection of students with interactions between them. The behaviour of the students was a consequence of the environment in which they were operating. That is why, the same students would become pretty good programmers after joining a company while avoiding it during their studies for a degree. I looked at my laundry list of the problems and realised that I could address none of them. Each item in the list may not have meant much but collectively, the impact was overwhelming. So, why get frustrated, especially when the gravitational fields had weakened considerably? My (partial) laundry list of the environmental issues follows: * A class size of 60 or more is too large. We are no longer dealing with a group of individuals but with a crowd. We have unanimously decided to mass bunk. * Compulsory attendance. It is the wrong solution to solving the problem of disinterested students or tuition classes. * Teachers are allowed to teach but are not qualified as examiners. That is clearly putting the cart before the horse. * Every college in a university has the same syllabus. You can choose any colour as long as it is black. A teacher cannot innovate. * A common final exam. The examiner, in order to ensure fairness to all colleges, is constrained to set a question paper which follows a well understood pattern. Our question papers invariably become a test of memory. Anything else would risk a front-page newspaper coverage, Out of syllabus paper. * The governments impose a ridiculous amount of paperwork and inflexible rules on colleges in order to tackle the problem of some unethical teaching institutions. We wind up penalising the honest institutions. A small headline in a paper, “Fed up with corruption, NRI donates college to the University.” I do not know about my students but I learnt a lot in the last three years, including ridding myself of a 30 year itch to teach. - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet
*** Goanet Reader: Don't fear Dan Brown or Da Vinci. Be afraid of our own ignorance. (Chhotebhai Noronha)
Christianity 1400 years ago. It hasn't. Try again Brown. And finally, Brown liberally uses words like Mason, Knights Templar, Priory of Sion, Masonic tools and symbols. He also refers to eclectic, occult and cultic ceremonies with black, red and white colours, and a sex act thrown in for good measure. The resemblance to modern day Freemasonry is much too obvious to be dismissed as mere coincidence. Brown himself admits that he is influenced by Freemasonry. The Freemason's website also has things like Knights Templar cufflinks, and an illustrated version of The Da Vinci Code for sale! It is no secret that the Catholic Church was arch enemy number one of the Freemasons. Is The Da Vinci Code then, Freemasonry's latest and subtler attack on Catholicism? Many Christian organisations are incensed at the blasphemous nature of Brown’s insinuations. He knows that modern day Christians are not going to launch inquisitions and crusades against him. It does not absolve Brown of his culpability in distorting truth, and fomenting communal tension. Recall the recent turmoil over the Danish cartoonist’s impression of Prophet Mohammed. Christians have a right to peaceful protest against Brown’s code of lies. More importantly, they should study the Bible and find the answers there. If cine-goers in India want to see the movie, we cannot stop them. However, if they are prepared to buy the storyline of what is admittedly fiction, then they too need to first read the Bible before forming any opinion. There is nothing to fear from Brown or Da Vinci. What we should be afraid of is our own ignorance. The author is the former National President of the All India Catholic Union, and Founder Secretary of the Manav Sadhbhav Abhiyan, Kanpur). -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org -- Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. --
[Goanet] Goa news for May 23, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Microsoft offers pay-as-you-go PCs (Computer Weekly) Microsoft has launched a â#130;¬Å#147;pay-as-you-goâ#130;¬PC aimed at consumers in emerging markets, who will be able to buy computer time through pre-payment cards or a monthly subscription. http://www.computerweekly.com/Feeds/RS/Articles/2006/05/22/216057/Microsoft offers pay-as-you-go PCs.htm *** Goa passes ordinance on office of profit issue (Business Standard India) The ordinance has exempted the offices of the vice-chairman of the Kala Academy, chairman, vice-chairman and members of the Entertainment Society of Goa, chairman of the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) and the Goa Tillari Irrigation Development Corporation. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=92019leftnm=3subLeft=0chkFlg= *** Sporting Clube de Goa hold Air India (rediff.com) A goal eight minutes from the end earned the Goa side a 1-1 draw in the National Football League. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/may/21nfl2.htm *** IIT Bombay plans satellite campus in Goa (rediff.com) The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has decided to set up a 'satellite campus' in Goa. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/18iit.htm *** Monserrate to press claim for GPCC presidents post (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 21: Sunday witnessed an interesting development within the Congress party with the Goa pradesh Congress committee president, Mr Ravi Naik leaving for New Delhi and the Town and Country Planning Minister, Mr Atanacio Monserrate staying back waiting for an appointment with the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052228 *** Govt orders inquiry into Goa Diary affairs (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 18: The state government today ordered an inquiry into the affairs of the Goa Diary, which is primary supplier of milk and milk products in Goa. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051910 *** Goa, India, May 22, 2006 #147; Frost Sullivan revisited Goa this year to chronicle the second edition of the highly(PharmiWeb) The summit brought together luminaries from the international and Indian corporate world to discuss strategic issues affecting the lifesciences industry today, with special focus on Indian players and how they can cash in on the opportunity. http://www.pharmiweb.com/PressReleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=1371 *** Quota row: Goa resident doctors resume duty (Hindustan Times) Junior doctors of Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMHC), who were on a 24-hour token strike to protest police action against agitating medicos in Mumbai, resumed duties on Thursday. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1700771,00130222.htm *** Sharper focus on rural India (CIOL) MUMBAI/GOA: Sharp Business Systems , a late entrant into the Indian market, is looking up for making the most by addressing Tier II and III cities. http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2006/106052206.asp *** Sporting Clube de Goa hold Air India (Outlook India) Sporting Clube De Goa notched a late equaliser to hold local outfit Air India 1-1 in a National Football League clash at the Cooperage ground here today. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=386578 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Don't fear Dan Brown or Da Vinci. Be afraid of our own ignorance. (Chhotebhai Noronha)
Christianity 1400 years ago. It hasn't. Try again Brown. And finally, Brown liberally uses words like Mason, Knights Templar, Priory of Sion, Masonic tools and symbols. He also refers to eclectic, occult and cultic ceremonies with black, red and white colours, and a sex act thrown in for good measure. The resemblance to modern day Freemasonry is much too obvious to be dismissed as mere coincidence. Brown himself admits that he is influenced by Freemasonry. The Freemason's website also has things like Knights Templar cufflinks, and an illustrated version of The Da Vinci Code for sale! It is no secret that the Catholic Church was arch enemy number one of the Freemasons. Is The Da Vinci Code then, Freemasonry's latest and subtler attack on Catholicism? Many Christian organisations are incensed at the blasphemous nature of Brown’s insinuations. He knows that modern day Christians are not going to launch inquisitions and crusades against him. It does not absolve Brown of his culpability in distorting truth, and fomenting communal tension. Recall the recent turmoil over the Danish cartoonist’s impression of Prophet Mohammed. Christians have a right to peaceful protest against Brown’s code of lies. More importantly, they should study the Bible and find the answers there. If cine-goers in India want to see the movie, we cannot stop them. However, if they are prepared to buy the storyline of what is admittedly fiction, then they too need to first read the Bible before forming any opinion. There is nothing to fear from Brown or Da Vinci. What we should be afraid of is our own ignorance. The author is the former National President of the All India Catholic Union, and Founder Secretary of the Manav Sadhbhav Abhiyan, Kanpur). -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org -- Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. -- _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] TIATR REVIEW: Ulhas Tari shines in Dhoni
TIATR REVIEW: Ulhas Tari shines in Dhoni By Willy Goes Ulhas Tari, in the role of Joywin, was a shining star in Roseferns' Non-Stop Tiatr Dhoni (Owner). His heart-rending display of emotions on stage captured the hearts of the audience. He played the role of a person who, after expressing his unconditional love to a blind girl, finds that the same girl proves to be ungrateful and turns materialistic. Enisia (Kezia) and Fiona (Roshan) are sisters who, after the death of their parents, are looked after by their maternal uncle Dom Pedro (Peter de Benaulim). Fiona has lost her sight in a tragic accident. Dom Pedro is a notorious character, and is known for his crooked attitude. Enisia and Fiona's other uncle is a police inspector (Roseferns). Enicia discloses to her inspector uncle that she is in love with Joywin and invites him home with the intention of introducing him to her sister and uncles, but the moment Joywin sees Fiona, he is captivated by her beauty, and falls in love with her. Without any hesitation, he promises to marry Fiona, despite knowing that she is blind. Enisia is heartbroken. Joywin sells his house and property to raise money for Fiona’s operation to restore her eyesight. However, on the eve of their departure to Bangalore for her operation, Vicky (Victor), a professional photographer, who lusts over Fiona conspires with Dom Pedro, and attempts to kidnap her. Joywin fights the kidnapers, and in the scuffle one of the assailants is killed, and Joywin is accused of murder. The story takes a turn when Fiona, after her sight is restored, is overwhelmed by greed of material wealth and fame, and refuses to recognise Joywin. Vicky has offered her modelling assignments which will catapult her to fame. Vicky’s intention is to use her and dump her when he has achieved his goals of fulfilling his lust and making money after taking her nude photographs and selling them. Fiona refuses to see reason, when confronted with the truth about Joywin and the threat Vicky poses to her life. Joywin is blinded by Fiona's love, and is hurt by the betrayal. He is obsessed and goes insane. Through this entire ordeal, Enisia loves and cares for him, but Joywin fails to see Enisia's love. He dies after getting beaten up by a mob. By the time Fiona realises her mistake, it is too late, and she ends her life by jumping into a well. The comedy roles by Sally, Seby, Costy and Santan generated peals of laughter by their non-stop comic antics as Pulsar, CBZ, Bullet and Scooty Pep. The well-scripted and dialogue-packed non-stop tiatr penned by Roseferns was overall a good performance with all the artistes giving their best. Courtesy: Panjim Plus, the capital's community monthly, published by Plus Publications. Editor: Ilidio de Noronha. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin Office: E-2, S-2, Martins Enclave, Nr Syndicate Bank, Caranzalem, Goa. Tel: 2464687, 9422058131. R.O: 603, Shiv Towers, Patto Plaza, Panjim. Sister publications: Investor Plus, Goa's first investment monthly tabloid. Old Goa: The Complete Guide Getting Married in Goa: The Complete Guide (3rd edn soon) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goanet Reader: Far better, far worse... on planning a wedding and more in Goa
FAR BETTER, FAR WORSE: ON PLANNING A WEDDING AND MORE IN GOA Go ahead, plan a grand marriage, but plan the finances in advance, to make the big day truly memorable, writes CEDRIC SILVEIRA Susan and Vivek got recently married in the grandest of fashions. Reception at a five-star hotel, a list of invitees exceeding 500, premium drinks flowing freely, a band all the way from Bangalore, and a lavish buffet that left one speechless. Topping it all was a honeymoon at Mauritius. All this might have been justified if they were the children of some big industrialists or Bollywood actors. But, sadly for them, both came from upwardly mobile middle class families, and in an attempt to impress their friends and relatives, they had gone overboard with their wedding expenditure. Every year, a number of people fall into this trap of having to pay for their wedding expenses for the rest of their lives. One has to sit down along with his spouse and plan and organise the wedding finances well in advance, rather than simply spend or take loans with no capacity for repayment. After all, finances form a vital issue over which marriages can last a lifetime or break up the very next day. Yet, few people understand the enormity of the situation and still lesser are ready to take remedial action to make their big day truly memorable. What may be termed as novel or unusual weddings are certainly coming into vogue as more and more people are realising the folly in overspending at weddings. Phillip and Sarah, after their nuptials, circulated just a glass of wine and some rich fruit cake to the guests in the church compound itself. It is our is best, voiced Phillip, after their wedding. Low-cost weddings, including beach weddings, are another alternative which is slowly catching on. However not everyone is smiling about them. Says Ramiro, We spent a lot for our own wedding, and we expect the same from others. Yet, who is ready to give the lead in breaking down stereotype weddings and challenging the old school of thought? Weddings at ancestral homes too are catching on and not all are fancying a reception at a hotel or a hall. To add to all the trouble and care one may take to ensure that all is well on the wedding day, unforeseen events can spring up and simply ruin your plans. The latest trend is not to take chances with this most important day of one's life and to go in for a comprehensive insurance policy for weddings. Although some may consider it inauspicious, while others may consider it 'modern', technically speaking it is just one of a variety of specific event policies that can financially protect one's wealth from any mishap. With weddings in India costing a bomb, everyone is concerned about the safety aspect. For example, the Mehtas took an insurance cover of Rs 20 lakh for their wedding at a cost of Rs 3,770. The policy covered areas such as cancellation, postponement, personal accident to the bride, groom, or any relative, property damage due to fire, burglary, and food poisoning. In fact, although Jacob and Rosy's wedding went off so well, the next day almost all the guests who attended it were down with food poisoning and some even had to be hospitalised on account of dehydration. As weddings are a time when Goans tend to flout their wealth, wedding insurance is another aspect which has to be kept in mind. Weddings in Goa are an expensive affair, what with the bridal gown, suits for the groom and bestman, and dresses for the bridesmaids to be stitched, floral decorations to be seen to, food and drinks to be catered for, besides the hall charges, car, MC, and band charges leaving the couple financially drained. Yet, who thinks of all these aspects so long as the day goes off well? What one ought to do prior to the wedding is basically see how much one can set aside for the big day, or if the finances have to come from a bank, it is important to work out a repayment plan. After the wedding, pooling of incomes (if both are working), to meet daily expenses, ought to be done so that the monthly budgetary requirements are met. Having a plan for your finances can go a long way in smoothing the relationship and thereby preventing any disagreements later on. Many a time, once a girl enters her husband's home in a joint family, to make adjustments is a little too difficult. In such cases, problems may arise and it may require the newly wedded couple to shift to a separate residence. Thinking ahead -- possibly even before marriage -- about moving to a new home, could help in maintaining unity with the family members. Home loans are now easily available, and if one has got a steady income, buying a new home need no longer be a distant dream. Says Rajeev, a businessman, From the very beginning, my wife was averse to staying with her in-laws. And with loans being easily available, not to mention the simple repayment schedules, it was enough of an incentive to go in
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Far better, far worse... on planning a wedding and more in Goa
in for a home loan. SBI, for instance, offers home loans, to individuals up to 45 years of age, of a maximum of 60 times the applicant net salary or 85-80% of the cost of the home, whichever is lesser. Car loans can be obtained at 30 times the net salary or 85% the cost of the car. Once the wedding is over and one has paid up the wedding loans, it is time to sit down and look into other aspects, such as, if children come along what part of the income should be set aside for the child's education. Many banks have got child education schemes which if invested in, can give you the confidence of a secure future for your child. All in all weddings are no longer just a question of love in most cases nowadays. The boy has to financially well-settled to shoulder the financial responsibilities that may arise. And it does not stop with completion of the wedding expenses only, rather it is life-long process for which the couple has to be well matured to sit and plan their financial situation. Not taking into account one's finances can be disastrous to a man as after all his wife and children are not expected to survive only on love and fresh air. Courtesy: Investor Plus, Goa's first investment monthly tabloid, from Plus Publications. Editor: Ilidio de Noronha. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin Office: E-2, S-2, Martins Enclave, Nr Syndicate Bank, Caranzalem, Goa. Tel: 2464687, 9422058131. R.O: 603, Shiv Towers, Patto Plaza, Panjim, Goa. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 20, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Strike hits medical services in Goa (NDTV) Medical services at the Goa Medical College and Hospital were partially affected as resident doctors struck work to extend solidarity to agitating students. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=Nationaltemplate=educationslug=Strike hits medical services in Goaid=88034callid=1 *** WHERE TO GOA FOR CHEAPHOLS (Daily Record) IF you want a holiday bargain head to Bulgaria or Goa, figures revealed yesterday. The Balkan country is the best European destination for a cheap short break while the Indian enclave of Goa is the world's cheapest resort. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17095257method=fullsiteid=66633headline=where-to-goa-for-cheaphols--name_page.html *** IIT Bombay plans satellite campus in Goa (rediff.com) The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has decided to set up a 'satellite campus' in Goa. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/18iit.htm *** IIT Bombay plans satellite campus in Goa (Business Standard India) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is planning to set up a satellite campus in the state. Dr J Chandrasekhar, director of technical education of Goa, said IIT Bombay is eager to set up a satellite campus at the Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi, about 25-km from Panaji. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=756 *** Govt orders inquiry into Goa Diary affairs (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 18: The state government today ordered an inquiry into the affairs of the Goa Diary, which is primary supplier of milk and milk products in Goa. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051910 *** Medical services affected in Goa as docs join strike (Hindustan Times) Medical services at the Goa Medical College and Hospital were partially affected on Wednesday as resident doctors struck work to extend solidarity to agitating students in condemning police brutality on protesting doctors in Mumbai. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1699914,00130222.htm *** Quota row: Goa resident doctors resume duty (Hindustan Times) Junior doctors of Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMHC), who were on a 24-hour token strike to protest police action against agitating medicos in Mumbai, resumed duties on Thursday. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1700771,00130222.htm *** IIT-B to set up satellite campus in Goa (The Times of India) PANAJI: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is planning to set up its first satellite campus in India at Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi, about 30 km from here, said State Director of Technical Education, J Chandrasekhar. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1534326.cms *** UK-India joint naval manoeuvres off Goa coast (Outlook India) In the run-up to the visit of the Chief of the Royal Navy and first Sea Lord Admiral Johnathan Band next week, Indian and British Navies today commenced high engagement joint naval manoeuvres off the coast off Goa, involving aircraft carrier and nuclear powered submarine. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=385604 *** Goa engages para-clinical staff (Sify News) State-government run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Wednesday engaged the para-clinical staff to help the consultant doctors as Resident doctors struck work to extend support to agitating students over the police `excesses on protesting doctors in Mumbai. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14206526 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Inculturation and The Politics of the Word made Flesh (Jason Keith Fernandes)
so Goa, finds itself today, such one-line riders would prove to be little more than pious wishes, conveniently ignored and forgotten in the euphoria of this blundering political exercise. The question before us is not of the appropriateness or inappropriateness of the agenda of inculturation. The challenge before us is to figure out how we can respect the faith, identity and the culture of the common man. The tone of the Synod has been to further a dialogue between the laity and the clergy. Perhaps rather than frowning on the practices themselves, there is a need for dialogue, and a sophisticated approach to these issues, to be able to appreciate the nuances of the situation, rather than seeing it in black and white. In this manner, we would be in a position to discern where we can purge the practices of these vulgar displays of wealth, and the other irritants, especially the cultural superciliousness of some members of the community, rather than mounting a full scale attack on them. This would counter a cultural vacuum, and reifying the images that emerge from nationalistic discourse; this would not serve the community in any sense, but on the contrary would only do harm, not just physically, but more crucially, spiritually and culturally. The challenge is one involving honesty and integrity; to recognise what we have and the richness of this cultural trove, rather than for the narrow political ends of a few short-sighted (though perhaps well intentioned), deliberately be blind to what we do have. -- Jason Keith Fernandes is a postgraduate of law, who studied at the prestigious National Law School of India in Bangalore, and spent time in Europe. Now back in Goa, apart from other things, he spends time contemplating the riddles and mysteries of understanding the complex reality of this tiny region. -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org -- Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. -- _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Just talking IT won't do... (Alan Andrews)
to the ITAG staff, apart from an apology letter to the victim. BEING RESPONSIBLE ITAG should also be responsible in planning the 'technology roadmap' which will need it to require forward planning and strategic investments in setting technology directions, undertaking technology trials and contributing to setting and adopting international standards as well as set the standards for the State. I believe that the task of charting out and envisaging an IT hub should be much bigger job than merely starting BPOs or KPOs, and it needs a proper roadmap that has been debated at lenght by people in the industry if one wants to bring out the true meaning of the word *hub*. 1 http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=050726 Alan Andrews is the pen name of Alan Dias, a Singapore-based computer professional, who studied in Goa (St Britto's Mapusa and Government Polytechnic, Panjim) before shifting to the Far East. He was one of the very early batches to get involved with the field of computing in Goa, and has been doing Goa proud with his work in Singapore. -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org -- Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. -- _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 18, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Strike hits medical services in Goa (NDTV) Medical services at the Goa Medical College and Hospital were partially affected as resident doctors struck work to extend solidarity to agitating students. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=Nationaltemplate=educationslug=Strike hits medical services in Goaid=88034callid=1 *** IIT Bombay plans satellite campus in Goa (Business Standard India) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is planning to set up a satellite campus in the state. Dr J Chandrasekhar, director of technical education of Goa, said IIT Bombay is eager to set up a satellite campus at the Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi, about 25-km from Panaji. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=756 *** Medical services affected in Goa; resident docs join strike (Deccan Herald) Medical services at the Goa Medical College and Hospital were partially affected today as resident doctors struck work to extend solidarity to agitating students in condemning police brutality on protesting doctors in Mumbai. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may172006/update62242006517.asp *** Goa call to trash thorny Code (The Telegraph) The government has taken cognisance of a letter by an organisation named the Catholic Association of Goa, which feared this movie would hurt the sentiments of Christians, chief minister Pratapsinh Rane said today after a cabinet meeting. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060517/asp/nation/story_6234125.asp *** Goa asks Centre to ban film #152;The Da Vinci Code (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 16: The state government today taking #152;suo moto cognizance of a letter written by the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao to the parishioners has requested the Central Board of Film Certification, India and ministry of information and broadcasting to ban the movie #152;The Da Vinci Code, scheduled for international as well as India release on May 19. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051755 *** IIT Bombay planning to set up satellite campus at Goa (Hindustan Times) The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is planning to set up its first satellite campus in India at Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi, about 30 km from Panaji, said State Director of Technical Education, J Chandrasekhar. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1699619,000900040002.htm *** Medical services affected in Goa as docs join strike (Hindustan Times) Medical services at the Goa Medical College and Hospital were partially affected on Wednesday as resident doctors struck work to extend solidarity to agitating students in condemning police brutality on protesting doctors in Mumbai. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1699914,00130222.htm *** IIT-B to set up satellite campus in Goa (The Times of India) PANAJI: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is planning to set up its first satellite campus in India at Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi, about 30 km from here, said State Director of Technical Education, J Chandrasekhar. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1534326.cms *** UK-India joint naval manoeuvres off Goa coast (Outlook India) In the run-up to the visit of the Chief of the Royal Navy and first Sea Lord Admiral Johnathan Band next week, Indian and British Navies today commenced high engagement joint naval manoeuvres off the coast off Goa, involving aircraft carrier and nuclear powered submarine. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=385604 *** Goa engages para-clinical staff (Sify News) State-government run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Wednesday engaged the para-clinical staff to help the consultant doctors as Resident doctors struck work to extend support to agitating students over the police `excesses on protesting doctors in Mumbai. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14206526 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goanet Reader: Of Goans, Indians and foreigners: Goa's racism and reverse-racism
' end of the economic spectrum, but is also happening at the slum-level, as can be seen from the large number of shanty towns cropping up in many villages. While there are no easy answers or solutions to these tricky issues, it is surely an issue which needs to be addressed in a rational manner. And tourism itself, which may have accentuated this simmering issue, may also provide the solution. Goa, being the smallest state in India, does clearly need some special protection to preserve its separate identity if it is not to be completely over-run by the polyglot Indian culture of today. Preserving that separate identity may also lead to being an even more attractive tourist destination. A number of Indian states like Jammu Kashmir, Sikkim, etc, have special legislation in place which restricts the entry of outsiders. In Goa unfortunately we've had a particularly obnoxious bunch of politicians who have done little to preserve the Goan identity. In fact most of them, to avoid facing electoral humiliation for having betrayed the cause of the Goans, have taken to encouraging the slums and low-cost housing projects for for 'migrants' because that provides them with vote-banks. If you go around the villages, you will see that all the migrants are only in properties belonging to the local panchas, sarpanchas or MLAs. The conditions in these 'colonies' are abysmal and in fact reinforce the Goan's evaluation and treatment of 'Indians' as being somehow inferior. However, a fresh look at this unbalanced situation is urgently called for if Goa is not to deteriorate under this domestic invasion, which is now a very real scenario. Many in the tourism industry talk of making Goa a top international tourism destination. That being the case, Goa surely needs to look at premier international destinations like Monaco, Switzerland, etc, all of which are tiny 'principalities' or countries within larger countries, and which are 'neutral' and have adequate barriers in place to protect their unique identities. While there is no going back on being a part of India, Goa is also distinctly 'not Indian', as everyone -- including the 'Indians' -- agrees. A start can be made by asking the navy and army to withdraw from Goa and make it a neutral, peace zone as Goa was during the Second World War and even earlier, during colonial times, when the Napoleonic wars were going on between the English and French. It can also become an 'offshore' banking haven within India. All of which will also add value to 'Destination Goa'. Finally, like in Switzerland, things will become so expensive, it will no longer be possible for Goans to afford living in Goa and some of us may have to move to Maharashtra or Karnataka, as is also already happening. JOSEPH ZUZARTE [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a journalist with long years of experience mainly in Mumbai, where he worked at senior positions before returning back to Goa recently. -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org -- Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. --
*** BAND HITS: Live and rocking (Gomantak Times)
BAND HITS: Live and rocking Dean Martin's Volare... rings out as the rain thumps on the roof. The music, sound and the trio immerse in the melody ensure that year after year, the Music Company is only happy when its music and the jubilant crowd they pull, are proof enough. KURT GIDWANI walks the retro route The three musicians that form Music Company aren't strangers to Goa as a music destination. All of them have been involved with music in one way or another since the 70s. Music Company -- Alex and Nini on guitar and Marino on drums, he also plays bass notes on the keyboard -- as a trio, the Music Company in in its fourth year. The need to come back, form a band and have some fun was because of their incessant desire to fuel their passion. The musical trio is professionally in different professions, and they delight in moonlighting as 'the three boys who love to go retro'. We decided to play music that we love. And the best part is the people love it as well. It was a conscious decision to just play retro and not give in to the commercial aspect of being a band. That's one big reason why we also don't do private shows like weddings, and the like. We have a lot of fun playing our music and that's the way we like it, says Alex. When Music Company plays and sings, it's hard to sit in one place and listen to them. You tend to let your feet do the talking as your heart warms to their tunes. At the shows, the passion for music is so evident and the crowd they pull are really something, especially in the monsoon when all the locals and tourists flock to Cavala where they perform to a packed house. Their set list ranges from Simon and Garfunkle to the Police, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, etc. Alex, who is an ad man by profession, elaborates, What we enjoy most about performing is playing what we like and the rush when we see people from all works of life enjoying themselves completely.The feedback right through has been phenomenal! The Music Company sound has also drifted across the state's border and they've performed to large crowds in Bangalore and Hyderabad. In fact, Bangalore loved them so much that they've already been there five times... and counting! In the season, Wednesday nights at Cidade de Goa and Friday nights at Cavela, is when they come alive with the ad man (Alex), real estate man (Nini) and the computer pro (Marino). Most locals don't come out that much during the season, because of the days that we end up performing on. But in the monsoon, we have a blast! The Saturday night monsoon specials at Cavala have been a big hit so far and this monsoon we're not going to disappoint anyone as we know how much people like our music, Alex adds. They've often thought of recording something of their own, but, The biggest challenge is coming together to practice. We hardly get a chance to meet but for the two nights when we perform. We know the music that we play. We've even done a track or two extempore, explains Alex. The months of April and May are when Music Company takes a break, to recuperate and prepare for the coming months. This is when the band will have time to work on the new tracks they will belt out as the rain also approves, in the monsoon. They definitely have plans to mesmerise their audience with some more retro fever. Alex, Nini and Marino would like to play for as long as they can, dishing out music to the crowds that throng to the shows. As long as we enjoy playing and people enjoy our music, we'll be there. We have a blast every show that we do. It's just three of us, but we sound great. And we'd like to keep doing that for as long as we can! they conclude. (Gomantak Times, April 25, 2006).
[Goanet] IIT-B to set up satellite campus in Goa
PANAJI: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is planning to set up its first satellite campus in India at Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi, about 30 km from here, said State Director of Technical Education, J Chandrasekhar. The Goa government will review its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT- Bombay to set up the IIT's satellite campus in Goa, Chandrasekhar said. The MoU between Goa government and IIT-Bombay was signed five years back which spoke of satellite campus which, however, did not materialise, he said. The State Technical Education chief said the IIT can also think about adopting GEC. IIT-B can even think of adopting the GEC and if decision is taken adoption will happen within a year, he said. Both institutions will exchange its faculties which will enhance GEC's standard of education, Chandrasekhar said adding, During last five years of association with IIT, there is large scale upgradation of GEC campus. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1534326.cms _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 17, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Anti-quota stir: Goa doctors call strike (NDTV) Resident doctors in Goa will observe a day long strike on Wednesday to protest police action against medicos who were agitating against the Centre's proposal for OBC quota in elite educational institutions. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=Nationaltemplate=educationslug=Anti-quota stir: Goa doctors call strikeid=87985callid=1 *** Goa seeks ban on The Da Vinci Code (NDTV) The government in Goa has passed a resolution seeking a ban on the controversial film The Da Vinci Code. The resolution also sought a intervention from the Censor Board and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Goa seeks ban on IThe Da Vinci Code/Iid=88006 *** Goa govt bans screening of Da Vinci (IBN live) Goa government has passed a resolution to ban the movie,Da Vinci Codeand has also asked the Centre to impose a nationwide ban. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/goa-govt-bans-screening-of-da-vinci/10601-8.html *** Goa govt demands ban on Da Vinci (IBN live) Goa government has asked the Censor Board to censor or stop the release of the movieDa Vinci Codein the state. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/goa-govt-demands-ban-on-da-vinci/10601-8.html *** Goa call to trash thorny Code (The Telegraph) The government has taken cognisance of a letter by an organisation named the Catholic Association of Goa, which feared this movie would hurt the sentiments of Christians, chief minister Pratapsinh Rane said today after a cabinet meeting. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060517/asp/nation/story_6234125.asp *** Goa asks Centre to ban film #152;The Da Vinci Code (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 16: The state government today taking #152;suo moto cognizance of a letter written by the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao to the parishioners has requested the Central Board of Film Certification, India and ministry of information and broadcasting to ban the movie #152;The Da Vinci Code, scheduled for international as well as India release on May 19. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051755 *** IIT Bombay planning to set up satellite campus at Goa (Hindustan Times) The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is planning to set up its first satellite campus in India at Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi, about 30 km from Panaji, said State Director of Technical Education, J Chandrasekhar. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1699619,000900040002.htm *** Quota row: Goa docs call for strike on Wednesday (Hindustan Times) Resident doctors in Goa will be observing a day-long strike on Wednesday to protest police action against medicos who were agitating against the Centre's proposal for OBC quota in educational institutions. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1699044,00130222.htm *** Goa govt opposes release of 'Da Vinci Code' (The Times of India) PANAJI: The Goa government will write to the film censor board either to censor or stop the release of the controversial movie Da Vinci Code in the state, Chief Minister Pratapsinh Rane said on Tuesday. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1533264.cms *** Anti-quota stir: Goa's doctors call for strike tomorrow (Outlook India) Resident doctors in Goa will observe a day-long strike tomorrow to protest police action against medicos who were agitating against the Centre's proposal for OBC quota in elite educational institutions. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=385131 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Of Goans, Indians and foreigners: Goa's racism and reverse-racism
' end of the economic spectrum, but is also happening at the slum-level, as can be seen from the large number of shanty towns cropping up in many villages. While there are no easy answers or solutions to these tricky issues, it is surely an issue which needs to be addressed in a rational manner. And tourism itself, which may have accentuated this simmering issue, may also provide the solution. Goa, being the smallest state in India, does clearly need some special protection to preserve its separate identity if it is not to be completely over-run by the polyglot Indian culture of today. Preserving that separate identity may also lead to being an even more attractive tourist destination. A number of Indian states like Jammu Kashmir, Sikkim, etc, have special legislation in place which restricts the entry of outsiders. In Goa unfortunately we've had a particularly obnoxious bunch of politicians who have done little to preserve the Goan identity. In fact most of them, to avoid facing electoral humiliation for having betrayed the cause of the Goans, have taken to encouraging the slums and low-cost housing projects for for 'migrants' because that provides them with vote-banks. If you go around the villages, you will see that all the migrants are only in properties belonging to the local panchas, sarpanchas or MLAs. The conditions in these 'colonies' are abysmal and in fact reinforce the Goan's evaluation and treatment of 'Indians' as being somehow inferior. However, a fresh look at this unbalanced situation is urgently called for if Goa is not to deteriorate under this domestic invasion, which is now a very real scenario. Many in the tourism industry talk of making Goa a top international tourism destination. That being the case, Goa surely needs to look at premier international destinations like Monaco, Switzerland, etc, all of which are tiny 'principalities' or countries within larger countries, and which are 'neutral' and have adequate barriers in place to protect their unique identities. While there is no going back on being a part of India, Goa is also distinctly 'not Indian', as everyone -- including the 'Indians' -- agrees. A start can be made by asking the navy and army to withdraw from Goa and make it a neutral, peace zone as Goa was during the Second World War and even earlier, during colonial times, when the Napoleonic wars were going on between the English and French. It can also become an 'offshore' banking haven within India. All of which will also add value to 'Destination Goa'. Finally, like in Switzerland, things will become so expensive, it will no longer be possible for Goans to afford living in Goa and some of us may have to move to Maharashtra or Karnataka, as is also already happening. JOSEPH ZUZARTE [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a journalist with long years of experience mainly in Mumbai, where he worked at senior positions before returning back to Goa recently. -- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org -- Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade. -- _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Go Italiano at Scirocco (Investor Plus)
Go Italiano at Scirocco There is a great deal of variety and the menu’s offerings are neatly classified into Antipasti (starters), Insalata (salad), Primi Piatti (first course), Secondi Piatti (second course) and desserts. By Reema Kamat, January 2006 Looking for an Italian repast? Head to Scirocco. Conveniently located along the busy Baga road right next to the Cafe Coffee Day outlet, this place is an al-fresco eatery that serves up Italian cuisine with a hint of Mediterranean influences. The place also has a cozy bar that offers a selection of cocktails, shooters, wines and imported liquors along with mocktails, aerated drinks and hot beverages for the teetotallers. There is a great deal of variety and the menu’s offerings are neatly classified into Antipasti (starters), Insalata (salad), Primi Piatti (first course), Secondi Piatti (second course) and desserts. There is also a section dedicated exclusively to the innately Italian delight – Pizzas; more than 30 to be precise, unlike some other ‘Italian’ restaurants’ that include a trivial selection merely because they have to. What we love most is the graphic description of each dish under its name so that one can order exactly what he wants. We are ravenous when we get there and do not have to wait too long as our starters arrive quickly: Funghi Italiano (roasted mushrooms with garlic, lemon, parsley and extra virgin olive oil served with warm farmer’s bread) and Cocktail Di Gamberi (prawns in classic creamy cocktail sauce served with farmer’s bread). Both are suggestive of the taste churned out by a typically rustic Italian kitchen; cucina rustica, if I may. Accompanying them is the Insalata Gennarino (fresh tomato, lettuce, garlic, imported red and yellow capsicum, capers, olive oil, mozzarella and balsamic vinegar served with bread). With so many ingredients coming together in an otherwise modest-sounding salad, this sure is a burst of flavours in the mouth. In the pizzas, we try the Sufi, succinct in its name but full of game. Fresh tomato sauce and a generous topping of mozzarella forms the base for meaty spread of sausages, salami and ham. Enormous in circumference, this one tastes like a true-blue Italian wood-fired pizza. Extras like artichokes, asparagus, olives, capers, jalapeno peppers, sundried tomatoes, mushroom, anchovies and good old parmesan are available for those wanting to experiment with toppings. A proper Italian inventory. For the main courses, we try the Panna Funghi Piselli (pasta in cream sauce, green peas, mushroom and parmesan). There are a range of pastas available and you can choose your preference; we chose penne. We also try the Cacciatore (juice marinated chicken in herbs, cocked with olives, tomato, mushrooms served with roasted potatoes and bread). The chicken is succulent enough for the flavours of the other ingredients to permeate well. Too full, we opt out of dessert but with regret; there is quite a variety including classics like Tiramisu and Cream Caramel. To do justice to the variety, visit Scirocco when you’re really hungry and you won’t be disappointed. Scirocco is located at Sunshine Beach Resort, Calangute, Baga. Tel: 2276003, 9890170179. Courtesy: Investor Plus, Goa's first investment monthly tabloid, is published by Plus Publications. Editor: Ilidio de Noronha. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin Office: E-2, S-2, Martins Enclave, Nr Syndicate Bank, Caranzalem, Goa. Tel: 2464687, 9422058131. R.O: 603, Shiv Towers, Patto Plaza, Panjim, Goa. Sister publications: Panjim Plus, The Capital's very own community monthly. Old Goa: The Complete Guide Getting Married in Goa: The Complete Guide (3rd edition to be released soon) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] HEART-TO-HEART: The Tourism 'Escapade'
individuals like some local theatrists were cheated since they were not paid for their services. The Tourism Minister who appears to be backing the Carnaval Committee has given `his people' a clean chit and said there is no need for a probe. From the complaint of the MMC it appears that the Tourism Dept gave funds to the tune of Rs 13.5 lakhs to the Carnaval Committee in cash. If this is true, then it is not only a big scam which is unprecedented in the State, but one that could make Goa set yet another `standard' in the country on how politicians defraud the Exchequer. The question that arises here is whether Govt funds (and that too in lakhs) can be allocated in cash. The other question that arises is, if it was allotted in cash, why did the organisers i.e Margao Carnaval Committee not deposit it in its bank account and then go about spending it in manner it deemed fit. After all the Committee has its bank account where they deposited Rs 500, but not the Rs 13.5 lakhs! Does this mean that ministers and their cronies can withdraw Govt funds in cash, retain the funds in their houses and spend them too in cash? So what happens to the age old accounting practices? Is the much learned Tourism Minister trying to usher in archaic and prehistoric accounting methods for the State Govt? At this rate, you will have the State Govt Ministers distributing their entire budgets to such favoured festival committees in cash and the Public Exchequer will be defrauded in a manner which will even put Laloo Prasad Yadav's fodder scam to shame. Even in the infamous fodder scam the perpetrators emptied the Bihar Treasury by cheque withdrawals and could not have the bright Surgeon's brains to empty the Treasury in lakhs in CASH! What is happening to our Bhangrachem Goem? Does every relevant public issue have to be given a political colour and shouted down so that in the din those taking up legal and moral issues are silenced? I do not want to join issue as to how the Committee spent the money and whether they cheated the thearists or some Tom, Dick and Harry. My only issue is, `Is the 13.5 lakhs that Tourism Dept gave to the Margao Carnaval Committee Dr Willy's personal money or is it Govt money?' And if it is the latter, then is he allowed to distribute Govt money as per his whims and fancies? To people of his choice, who subsequently set up his political offices in parts of the State? And if this is one case that has come to light perhaps because of his diverse political affiliations of councillors in a civic body, how many more such cases are there where Govt money has been distributed to favourites without following due and legal accounting methods? Does all this not call for a probe? Can a Govt whose survival depends on its own Deputy Chief Minister conduct such a probe, impartially? Will any of the other pillars of our democracy step in to stop the rot? Is the average civilian's cynicism on the failing effectivity of our democratic institutions not justified? Dotor, I think you have some serious answering to do to the people of Goa. Meantime, have a great day! (ENDS) == The above article appeared in the May 14, 2006 edition of the Herald, Goa _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 16, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa proves a holiday destination for AIFF match commissioners (Navhind Times) Margao, May 12: In a strange development, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) deputed a match commissioner and an additional referees inspector for the on-going Goa-leg of the ONGC Cup 10th National Football League at Nehru stadium, Fatorda, here. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051340 *** GCET 2006 starts today (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 15: The directorate of technical education has made all the arrangements for conducting the Goa Common Entrance Test 2006 from May 16. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051621 *** Sanvordem riots:state govt orders magisterial probe (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 15: The state government today ordered magisterial inquiry into the communal riots, which broke in Sanvordem-Curchorem between March 4 to March 6, causing heavy losses to minority communitys properties. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051623 *** Regional Plan expresses concern over fragile eco-system of Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 11: The Revised Regional Plan-2011 for Goa, recently approved by the Town and Country Planning Board states that the already fragile eco-system of the region could deteriorate further, if no preventive measure are taken immediately. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051225 *** Quota issue: Goa medicos to protest attack on colleagues (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 15: The Goa Association of Resident Doctors has called for a token strike on Wednesday to protest the lathi-charge, particularly in Mumbai, on doctors protesting quota in post graduation courses and cruel treatment meted out to medical students and resident fraternity in India. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051622 *** Goa food fest sets palates rolling (Hindustan Times) Goa is the place where wine and food connoisseurs are flocking to these days for that once in a lifetime experience. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1697284,001100020009.htm *** Opinion on Mopa airport at the right time: NCP (The Times of India) PANAJI: Nationalist Congress Party's Goa unit has said that it will express its opinion on proposed international airport at Mopa in north Goa at the right time. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1528913.cms *** Tata-Huawei joint bid for Goa broadband (Asia Times) MUMBAI - Tata group IT and telecom companies including Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services have joined hands with Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies to bid for the Rs 10 billion (US$222.7 million) broadband initiative of the Goa government. http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE12Df03.html *** The Week in Pictures (The Arusha Times) Fay D'Souza has clinched the title of Miss Goa May Queen 2006 at a pageant organised by the local Goa community at the Arusha Institute on April 30. The competition attracted 15 aspirants for the title. http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/local_news_16.htm *** Goa seeks Dabolim airport revamp (Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Goa government Friday discussed with the central government and defence ministry ways to upgrade its Dabolim airport in view of high inflow of traffic into the state. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060512/43/647dz.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] New Book Released: Abbe Faria: The Master Hypnotist Who Charmed Napoleon
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Abbe Faria: The Master Hypnotist Who Charmed Napoleon Jose Custodio de Faria later known and became famous as Abbe Faria was born in Goa on 31st May 1756. He died in Paris on 20th September 1819. His father Caetano Victorino de Faria and mother Maria de Sousa of Candolim village, in Goa, India were progressive parents who separated after obtaining church dispensation. The father joining the seminary to complete his studies for priesthood and mother joining the St Monica Convent in Goa, where she rose to the position of prioress. Abbe Faria was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism. Faria claimed that hypnosis worked purely by the power of suggestion, a thesis which is now accepted throughout the world. He discovered the scientific explanation for hypnotism and clairvoyance. He was also the first to propose a psychological theory for explaining the phenomenon of somnambulism, giving the therapeutical suggestions in a really extraordinary manner.With this new contribution to the development of medical science, he was made a Member of the Medical Society of Marseilles, which was quite an achievement at that time, considering that he was not a medical person. When Napoleon Bonaparte came across his book THE CELESTIAL SECRETS he was impressed. He summoned Faria to learn the truth about the esoteric science and to derive for himself the benefits of Faria's vast knowledge. That is how Faria became a trusted counsellor and friend of Napoleon. Abbe Faria was one of the most extraordinary human beings whose uncanny power of hypnotism and clairvoyance provided him with miraculous insights that went far beyond the realm of reality. This special edition biography is being published on his 250th birth anniversary as a tribute to the work of Abbe Faria - one of the greatest Indian hypnotheraphist. http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=479 Read about the author: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=481 Goanet AE : http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=216 _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] BOOK BROWSE Masci: the man behind the legend (Investor Plus)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- BOOK BROWSE Masci: the man behind the legend By Mark Lewis Not many of the younger generation of Goans would have heard of Miguel Arcanjo Mascarenhas, who starting as a humble kitchen boy rose to become one of the most renowned chefs the country has produced. Hailing from a poor family from Anjuna (Goa), circumstances forced 14-year-old Miguel to leave home for Bombay in search of work. 'Below age, uneducated, no parents to guide him, a family waiting for food back home', is what would best describe his situation then. Taking up a temporary job as Assistant Cook -- which in reality amounted to being a glorified kitchen helper -- Miguel began his illustrious career by scrubbing kitchens, cleaning drains and doing other menial tasks that were thrown at him. Did he give up? Obviously not (we wouldn’t be writing about him if he did). Importantly, he had two things firmly in place: his attitude and his dream. The rest, as they say, is history. And for those wanting to know more, Masci: The Man Behind the Legend will give an excellent account of the lives and times this celebrated chef of the Taj Group. Not only does he serve as a model for so many of our youth in the catering line, but the attitude of the man who catered to the world’s Who’s Who is something that every Goan can learn from. Odette Mascarenhas, the author of Masci: The Man Behind the Legend, being Masci’s daughter-in-law, was able to cull some of the rare details about the culinary genius. Consequently, the book not only presents the chef behind the menu, but also the menus of the great chef! Fifty recipes “literally from the hand of the genius” are an appetising bonus to the book. What are the recipes about? Well, that will be akin to merely describing one of Masci’s masterpieces, rather than serving the real thing. Masci: The Man Behind the Legend Odette Mascarenhas Pp 183 Courtesy: Investor Plus, Goa's first investment monthly tabloid, is published by Plus Publications. Editor: Ilidio de Noronha. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin Office: E-2, S-2, Martins Enclave, Nr Syndicate Bank, Caranzalem, Goa. Tel: 2464687, 9422058131. R.O: 603, Shiv Towers, Patto Plaza, Panjim, Goa. SISTER PUBLICATIONS: Panjim Plus, The Capital's very own community monthly. Old Goa: The Complete Guide Getting Married in Goa: The Complete Guide (3rd edition to be released soon) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** Goanet Reader: Being Goan, in a sea of Chinese and Malay... and beyond
this trip to India, the big impression I got was North India -- which is so different from this part of India (Goa, on the west coast) -- still has this 5000 year old tradition. It's a living tradition, in relationship to nature, for example, something that is divine. It's so touching. I'd like to really work on environmental issues, because I somehow saw the significance of nature and the earth to the people. That really was my biggest experience on this trip. I would like to remove the garbage and the filth and work to conserve certain areas. Maybe in Goa... I don't know. FOOTNOTE: Dr Filomena Giese can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa Sudharop is at http://www.goasudharop.org (do take a look at their special listing of non-profit and non-governmental organisations in Goa): http://www.goasudharop.org/gs_ngo.htm GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade
[Goanet] Power bikes burn Goa's road -- Jet, set, go
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Power bikes burn Goa's road -- Jet, set, go By Amanda Alphonso Imagine yourself 'flying' down a road at a speed that causes heads to turn, wondering what just bolted past them. Well, that has always been every youngster's dream, a dream that is surely, and not so slowly, turning into a reality. Says Swapnil Nachinolkar of Nachinolkar Motors, Panjim, Zooming around on a high speed, powerful bikes have always been the trend. This yearning of every youth has now been finding form with the advent of a number of impressive looking bikes guaranteed to catch your eye. Some of the bikes hitting Goan markets this summer include the Kinetic Blaze, a 165cc Italian designed bike, the TVS Aapache 150 cc, and the Honda Shine and Suzuki Heat, both 125 cc. These new additions add to the list of already existing bikes like the Bajaj Pulsar, Avenger, Discover, the Honda Unicorn, the TVS Victor and the Hero Honda Karizma. Paresh Naik of Vistar Wheels, Panaji, who claims, About 70% of our customers are youth within the age group of 18 to 25 years, endorses the fact that these bikes have found favour with a vast majority of the youth. This passion for power and speed among the younger generation is aptly expressed by Elvis Fernandes, a student, who points out, bikes below 125 cc are definitely out and owning a bike above 150 cc has virtually become the order of the day. While the necessity of a bike cannot be argued about, questions are often raised about the need for speed, brought on by the possession of such bikes. Most youth, however, are collective in their opinion that going at mind- blowing speeds gives them a feeling of euphoria. High speed bikes give the rider a thrill as well as the ability to race with other bikes on the road, voices Reuben D'Mello, a teenager. Indeed, the ardent desire to compete with fellow bikers at 'breakneck' speed has witnessed the rise of a number of bike gangs all across the State. What is alarming is that these races take place in the midst of other vehicular traffic with competitors wearing absolutely no protective gear, not even a helmet, thus putting their own lives and the lives of other travellers at stake. The problem rests in the fact that riders are liable to lose control at high speed or due to an unforeseen obstruction and accidents, often fatal, are inevitable. Statistics from the traffic cell at Altinho-Panjim, show that 1063 bike accidents occurred in Goa in 2005. What is disturbing is that 777 accidents involved riders between 18 to 24 years. So what then are the measures that can be taken to ensure that other youth do not meet with the same bitter fate? Well, it appears that opinions differ widely between all sections of society. Our bikes are top notch, emphatically states Paresh Singbal of the Vasco Bajaj Service Centre. The responsibility lies with the rider who should inculcate good riding skills and show some restraint with regard to speed. Gavin believes that youth is the age to have fun and the threat of over speeding can only be curbed by the smooth operation of traffic signals and greater vigilance on the part of the police. Dy Superintendent of Traffic Police, L S Mamledar states that it is the parents and friends of such youth who must shoulder the responsibility of controlling the recklessness of these brash youngstets. It seems to be a chronic case of all said and little done, for a whopping 49.54% of that occurred in 2005 were the outcome of riders exceeding the speed limit. The bottom line is that while one cannot deny that the 'guardians of the road', who work with blinders on, turn a blind eye to rash driving, equally responsible are the parents who, either to compensate for their absence, or to be one up on the Jonses', give in to these 'high powered' demands of their wards. The crux of the matter therefore, is that while the blame game continues the lives of these young riders and, more often than not, those of innocent, law abiding citizens are being lost everyday. (ENDS) == The above article appeared in the May 15, 2006 edition of the Herald, Goa Courtesy of: Valmiki Faleiro _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Sometimes bitter, sometimes better... (Avelino D'Souza)
of a familiar parent. -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Avelino D'Souza, from Bastora (Bardez) and working in Kuwait, is an active member of Goanet, and attributes his interest in the written word, in large part, to the library at his old school, St Britto's at Mapusa. Britto's alumni network is in cyberspace at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/britto Many other schools in Goa are currently also building their alumni networks, and Goanet seeks to support this venture. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 15, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa proves a holiday destination for AIFF match commissioners (Navhind Times) Margao, May 12: In a strange development, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) deputed a match commissioner and an additional referees inspector for the on-going Goa-leg of the ONGC Cup 10th National Football League at Nehru stadium, Fatorda, here. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051340 *** P J Thomas tops windsurfing Nats (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 13: P J Thomas of Army Yachting Node (AYN) won a cliff-hanger contest at the Boardsailing National Championship at Dolphin Adventure Sports Centre, Hawaii beach, Dona Paula, clawing ahead by just two points to displace the seven-time winner Remy Fernandes of Goa Yachting Association (GYA). Ghanashyam of AYN came third. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051429 *** Regional Plan expresses concern over fragile eco-system of Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 11: The Revised Regional Plan-2011 for Goa, recently approved by the Town and Country Planning Board states that the already fragile eco-system of the region could deteriorate further, if no preventive measure are taken immediately. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051225 *** Goa food fest sets palates rolling (Hindustan Times) Goa is the place where wine and food connoisseurs are flocking to these days for that once in a lifetime experience. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1697284,001100020009.htm *** Opinion on Mopa airport at the right time: NCP (The Times of India) PANAJI: Nationalist Congress Party's Goa unit has said that it will express its opinion on proposed international airport at Mopa in north Goa at the right time. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1528913.cms *** Shivalkar goal for Air India sinks Salgaocar (Outlook India) Ebullient frontliner Paresh Shivalkar showed splendid positional sense to find the target and help local outfit Air India sink Goa's Salgaocar Sports Club 1-0 in the National Football League match here today. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=384619 *** Tata-Huawei joint bid for Goa broadband (Asia Times) MUMBAI - Tata group IT and telecom companies including Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services have joined hands with Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies to bid for the Rs 10 billion (US$222.7 million) broadband initiative of the Goa government. http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE12Df03.html *** The Week in Pictures (The Arusha Times) Fay D'Souza has clinched the title of Miss Goa May Queen 2006 at a pageant organised by the local Goa community at the Arusha Institute on April 30. The competition attracted 15 aspirants for the title. http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/local_news_16.htm *** Property pitfalls for NRIs (Yahoo! India News) 'Though it seems like there are lots of options and facilities, it is very difficult to decide and manage a property in India. I am still looking for an easy way to find, own and manage a property in Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore or Goa,' says Suresh Shyam, who lives near Philadelphia in the US. Annamanaidu Venkatesh in California asks: 'Do you recommend any basic steps to follow before investing in http://in.news.yahoo.com/060514/43/648fk.html *** Goa seeks Dabolim airport revamp (Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Goa government Friday discussed with the central government and defence ministry ways to upgrade its Dabolim airport in view of high inflow of traffic into the state. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060512/43/647dz.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Being Goan, in a sea of Chinese and Malay... and beyond
this trip to India, the big impression I got was North India -- which is so different from this part of India (Goa, on the west coast) -- still has this 5000 year old tradition. It's a living tradition, in relationship to nature, for example, something that is divine. It's so touching. I'd like to really work on environmental issues, because I somehow saw the significance of nature and the earth to the people. That really was my biggest experience on this trip. I would like to remove the garbage and the filth and work to conserve certain areas. Maybe in Goa... I don't know. FOOTNOTE: Dr Filomena Giese can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa Sudharop is at http://www.goasudharop.org (do take a look at their special listing of non-profit and non-governmental organisations in Goa): http://www.goasudharop.org/gs_ngo.htm GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from those who appreciate their work. GoanetReader welcomes your feedback at goanet@goanet.org Goanet, building community, creating social capital for a decade _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] BAND HITS: Live and rocking (Gomantak Times)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- BAND HITS: Live and rocking Dean Martin's Volare... rings out as the rain thumps on the roof. The music, sound and the trio immerse in the melody ensure that year after year, the Music Company is only happy when its music and the jubilant crowd they pull, are proof enough. KURT GIDWANI walks the retro route The three musicians that form Music Company aren't strangers to Goa as a music destination. All of them have been involved with music in one way or another since the 70s. Music Company -- Alex and Nini on guitar and Marino on drums, he also plays bass notes on the keyboard -- as a trio, the Music Company in in its fourth year. The need to come back, form a band and have some fun was because of their incessant desire to fuel their passion. The musical trio is professionally in different professions, and they delight in moonlighting as 'the three boys who love to go retro'. We decided to play music that we love. And the best part is the people love it as well. It was a conscious decision to just play retro and not give in to the commercial aspect of being a band. That's one big reason why we also don't do private shows like weddings, and the like. We have a lot of fun playing our music and that's the way we like it, says Alex. When Music Company plays and sings, it's hard to sit in one place and listen to them. You tend to let your feet do the talking as your heart warms to their tunes. At the shows, the passion for music is so evident and the crowd they pull are really something, especially in the monsoon when all the locals and tourists flock to Cavala where they perform to a packed house. Their set list ranges from Simon and Garfunkle to the Police, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, etc. Alex, who is an ad man by profession, elaborates, What we enjoy most about performing is playing what we like and the rush when we see people from all works of life enjoying themselves completely.The feedback right through has been phenomenal! The Music Company sound has also drifted across the state's border and they've performed to large crowds in Bangalore and Hyderabad. In fact, Bangalore loved them so much that they've already been there five times... and counting! In the season, Wednesday nights at Cidade de Goa and Friday nights at Cavela, is when they come alive with the ad man (Alex), real estate man (Nini) and the computer pro (Marino). Most locals don't come out that much during the season, because of the days that we end up performing on. But in the monsoon, we have a blast! The Saturday night monsoon specials at Cavala have been a big hit so far and this monsoon we're not going to disappoint anyone as we know how much people like our music, Alex adds. They've often thought of recording something of their own, but, The biggest challenge is coming together to practice. We hardly get a chance to meet but for the two nights when we perform. We know the music that we play. We've even done a track or two extempore, explains Alex. The months of April and May are when Music Company takes a break, to recuperate and prepare for the coming months. This is when the band will have time to work on the new tracks they will belt out as the rain also approves, in the monsoon. They definitely have plans to mesmerise their audience with some more retro fever. Alex, Nini and Marino would like to play for as long as they can, dishing out music to the crowds that throng to the shows. As long as we enjoy playing and people enjoy our music, we'll be there. We have a blast every show that we do. It's just three of us, but we sound great. And we'd like to keep doing that for as long as we can! they conclude. (Gomantak Times, April 25, 2006). _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
*** MEDIA: Goa... the size of an Indian district... but with a torrent of 300 journals in 140 years
. As for Goa's identification with India, consider: Bharat Mitra' (Brother India), The Indian Bulletin, Indian Civilization, Echo of India, Gazette of India, The Indian, Journal of India, Reporter of India, The Voice of the People of India, and, after Independence, 'India Portuguesa' becomes, simply, 'India'. But the salient impression that is left after delving into the world of journalism in Portuguese India is that here was a people eager to write, to report, to publish, d ultimately to read the printed word in newspaper, magazine and journals of every kind: political, scientific, literary, religious, satirical and scholarly. e is also left with the felling that the ugly censorship hung over the heads of journalists during the Portuguese period. Granted, for many years considerable leeway was allowed reporters and editorialists, but the threat of the printed word was something that caused Portuguese administrators and occasionally high-ranking clergy to have moments of anxiety. The egregious shutdown of Goa's first journal, 'Gazeta de Goa', after only five years of its existence and the confiscation of its printing press might have been a portent of things to come: the suspension of publication from 1895 to 1897, the censorship of Salazar and the imprisonment of Evagrio Jorge. One could rest in a state of euphoria if convinced that censorship left India with the British and the Portuguese. Goa is now a part of India, and the ugly tentacles of press repression still exist in India: * Witness the period of dictatorial rule imposed by Indira Gandhi in the 1970s. * Witness the banning of Salman Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' by Rajiv Gandhi. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The author is indebted to a number of people who have helped him along the way while preparing this paper. He acknowledges with thanks Marilena Mattos and Blair Bateman of the University of Minnesota Spanish and Portuguese Department for help with translations, Eddie Fernandes and Frederick Noronha of Goa-Research-Net, Gozago da Gama of the University of Minnesota and Dr George V Coelho of Bethesda, Maryland for consultation. [1] Fonseca, Joao de. An Historical and Archaeological Sketch of Goa (1878) pp.58-61. [2] Brito Aranha, Pedro Wenceslau de. Subsidios para a Historia do Journalismo na Provincias Ultramarinas Portuguesas (1885) p 2. [3] Esteves, Sarto. Goa and Its Future. (1966) p 17 [4] Saldanha, Claudio. A Short History of Goa (1957) p 148 [5] Cunha, Antonio Maria da. A Evolucao do Jornalismo na India Portuguesa in 'A India Portuguesa', v 2, p 507 [6] ibid, p 509 [7] ibid, p 510 [8] ibid, p 111 [9] Vimala Devi. 'Jornalismo' in 'A Literature Indo- Portuguesa'. (1971) v 2, p 250 [10] Rangel, Jaime. 'A Imprensa em Goa'. (1956) p 50 [11] da Cunha. Op.cit. p 512 [12] Xavier, P.D. Role of the Press in the Freedom Struggle in Goa' in Goa Wins Freedom. Pp 94-95. [13] Frederick Noronha. E-mail correspondence, 31 January 1998. [14] Vimala Devi, ibid p 253 [15] ibid, p 255 [16] ibid. [17] ibid p 550 [18] Panandikar, V.A. Chaudhuri, P.N. Demographic Transition in Goa and Its Policy Implications, p 28 [19] Noronha, Frederick. E-mail correspondence, 31 January 1998 BIBLIOGRAPHY Ali, B. Sheik Goa wins freedom. Bambolim, Goa: Goa University, 1986 (Has article 'Role of Press in the Freedom Struggle in Goa,' by P D Xavier) Brito Aranha, Pedro Wenceslau de, 1833-1914 Subsidios para a historia do jornalismo na provincias ultramarinas Portuguesas. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional,1885 (Contains comprehensive listing of the early journals.) Cunha, Antonio Maria da, 1863-1947. A Evolucao do jornalismo na India Portuguesa. (In India Portuguesa. 1923. v2; pp 503-594) Fonseca, Jose Nicolau da An historical and archaeological sketch of Goa... Bombay: Thacker, 1878. (A small section is devoted to journalism.) Rangel, Jaime. A Imprensa em Goa. Bastora: Tip. Rangel, 1956 (Contains a list of more than 300 journals in the Panjim Public Library.) Scholberg, Henry. Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India. New Delhi: Promilla, 1982. (Contains a list of more than 300 journals in the Panjim Public Library.) Vimala Devi. A literatura indo-portuguesa. Lisboa: Junta de Investigacoes do Ultramar, 1971. 2 v.; Part II: Antologie, pp 250-258 (Like da Cunha's essay, a standard work.) -- The writer is Former Director, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minneasota and author of the 'Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India'. New Delhi: Promilla, 1982. GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 7000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts expressed above, please send in your feedback to the writer. Our writers write -- or share what they have written -- pro bono, and deserve hearing back from
[Goanet] Goa news for May 14, 2006
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. --- Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Property norms in Goa tightened (rediff.com) If you plan to buy or rent a property in Goa, be ready to provide your personal details to the local police station. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/10goa.htm *** Chidi, Bibiano likely for EB (The Telegraph) Chidi Edeh and Bibiano Fernandes of Sporting Clube de Goa are set to play for East Bengal in the next season. A senior club official on Friday said that negotiations are on with a number of players, including the Sporting duo. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060513/asp/sports/story_6217113.asp *** Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion: Willy (Navhind Times) New Delhi, May 12: In a bid to expand capacity of Goas Dabolim airport, the Indian navy has agreed to provide nine acres of land for enhancing parking bays and constructing parallel taxiways there. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051323 *** Goa proves a holiday destination for AIFF match commissioners (Navhind Times) Margao, May 12: In a strange development, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) deputed a match commissioner and an additional referees inspector for the on-going Goa-leg of the ONGC Cup 10th National Football League at Nehru stadium, Fatorda, here. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051340 *** P J Thomas tops windsurfing Nats (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 13: P J Thomas of Army Yachting Node (AYN) won a cliff-hanger contest at the Boardsailing National Championship at Dolphin Adventure Sports Centre, Hawaii beach, Dona Paula, clawing ahead by just two points to displace the seven-time winner Remy Fernandes of Goa Yachting Association (GYA). Ghanashyam of AYN came third. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051429 *** Regional Plan expresses concern over fragile eco-system of Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 11: The Revised Regional Plan-2011 for Goa, recently approved by the Town and Country Planning Board states that the already fragile eco-system of the region could deteriorate further, if no preventive measure are taken immediately. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051225 *** Shivalkar goal for Air India sinks Salgaocar (Outlook India) Ebullient frontliner Paresh Shivalkar showed splendid positional sense to find the target and help local outfit Air India sink Goa's Salgaocar Sports Club 1-0 in the National Football League match here today. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=384619 *** Tata-Huawei joint bid for Goa broadband (Asia Times) MUMBAI - Tata group IT and telecom companies including Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services have joined hands with Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies to bid for the Rs 10 billion (US$222.7 million) broadband initiative of the Goa government. http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE12Df03.html *** Tata group seeks to bid for Goa wide area network (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) MUMBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Indian telecommunications firm Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd. plans to bid for a government-sponsored wide area network project in the western state of Goa, a senior official said on Wednesday. http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060510/3/2kci5.html *** Goa seeks Dabolim airport revamp (Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Goa government Friday discussed with the central government and defence ministry ways to upgrade its Dabolim airport in view of high inflow of traffic into the state. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060512/43/647dz.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Da Vinci film too spurious to merit a ban: Goan Catholics (NT)
Da Vinci film too spurious to merit a ban: Goan Catholics NT News Service Mapusa, May 11: A cross-section of Goan Catholics reacted with dismissive disdain to the controversial, soon-to-be-released film The Da Vinci Code, with some saying it is too spurious to merit discussion or a ban. The members of the Catholic Secular Forum, Mumbai have reportedly threatened to go on a fast unto death if the central government fails to stop the release of anti-Christian films in India, particularly The Da Vinci Code.The former Rajya Sabha member from Goa, Mr Eduardo Faleiro termed the themes of the book as “speculations” but refused to condemn it saying “we respect the right to differ”. In a written statement, Mr Faleiro said, “Da Vinci Code revolves around three central themes — Jesus is not God, he married Mary Magdalene and the Catholic Church concealed these and other events in the life of Jesus. There is nothing new about any of these speculations.” “The myth that Jesus married Mary Magdalene has been in circulation at least since the fifth century. For us, Catholics, such views are theologically unsound. However, we do not burn heretics at the stake anymore. In this age, we respect the right to differ. Da Vinci Code is admittedly a work of fiction. Discussion and condemnation of such fiction will only increase the sales and serve admirably the purpose of the publisher of the book and of the producer of the movie,” Mr Faleiro said. The well-known Goan writer, Ms Maria Aurora Couto attributed “commercial motives” for the movie. Said Ms Couto, “The ban on the film does not merit endorsement in this age of secularism, freedom of speech and expression. The current tendency is for publishers and media managers to sell products which are sensational and with more than a touch of scandal especially when the victims are objects of veneration and respect. Truth is the first casualty of such propaganda and by truth is meant not only an expression of intellectual opinion without malice or without an eye on the commercial prospects but an endeavour to analyse a situation or a hero or even a religion dispassionately.” Ms Couto said, “The Da Vince Code as book and film is a tissue of specious arguments based on admitted forgeries and has been unverified even on the basis of so-called rumour. It brings into its net all the great figures of history, divine and human. The object is obviously to defame and to make the product sell with more than a touch of prurience. This is not a justification for protests but there should have been a disclaimer by the producers (Sony Entertainment) that the film is fiction. This disclaimer should really now be propagated by the media and the press. The very fact that Sony has refused to include a disclaimer shows the blatant commercial motives of the film in which nothing is sacrosanct.” The former vice-chancellor of Goa University, Dr Olivinho Gomes, who has read the novel pointed out that the author, Dan Brown has admitted his work is fiction. “But even fiction should be based on verisimilitude (believable situation). This is a blasphemous story. The whole thing is sensationalism of the most spurious kind. If it concerned another community, there would be violence and arson. But Christians do not react that way. People should boycott the movie in protest,” Dr Gomes said. The former speaker of the Goa legislative assembly, Mr Tomazinho Cardozo has not read the book but opined that religious feelings of any community should not be hurt. “If the book and film contain the things which it is accused of, then the government should definitely ban the movie. Religion is based on faith and if the movie upsets the set norms and creates tensions in any religion, then the government should not allow such a movie,” Mr Cardozo said. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Christian Institutions Under Threat With Government Order: MLA Writes To CM
Christian Institutions Under Threat With Government Order: MLA Writes To CM By SAR NEWS BANGALORE, Karnataka (SAR NEWS) -- Over 1,200 schools managed by the Christian minority community are facing impending threat of losing their “minority status” in the light of a government order of December 16, 2005 coming into force shortly. Clause 4 of the order states: “50 percent of the students of the particular language/religious community should be compulsorily admitted in the minority educational institutions.” Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ivan Nigli, the only Christian representative in the legislature who represents the Anglo-Indian community, told SAR News, “Since the Christian community is a minority community in India and Karnataka, representing only about 2 percent of the population, it is practically impossible for the Christian institutions to admit 50 percent of Christian students, even though no Christian is denied admission in these institutions.” He noted that the order was a carefully devised ploy to deny minority educational institutions the “minority” tag. In a letter to Karnataka state Chief Minister H.D. Kumaaraswamy, Nigli said, “Many Christian minority institutions are Kannada medium schools catering to the poor and the lower middle class in rural areas and small towns. “The government order of compulsory admission of 50 percent Christian minority institution definitely lacks vision. This will weaken the functioning of the Christian minority institutions. These institutions, which played a very vital role in the education of the people of Karnataka, deserves the support of the government for the smooth functioning and building up of the future citizens of Karnataka.” _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] European Union To Honour Goan Priest With Commemorative Post Card
European Union To Honour Goan Priest With Commemorative Post Card By Bosco de Sousa Eremita PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- The European Union is honouring a pioneering Goan Catholic priest scientist on the occasion of his 250 birth anniversary with a commemorative post card scheduled to be issued on 31 May, according to media reports here. The priest Jose Custodio de Faria alias Abbe Faria (1755 -1819) is the second Goan accorded the distinction after Portugal commemorated Blessed Joseph Vaz with a postal stamp on the occasion of his 300th birth anniversary Faria was a hypnotist, revolutionary, professor and scientist. He participated in the French Revolution and in the first revolt in India against any colonial power, after the Portuguese in Goa (1510-1961) disallowed local priests from becoming bishops. Faria was born on 31 May at Colvale, 15 kilometers north of the state capital Panaji, to a priest and a nun (parents separated after birth), but eventually ended becoming a priest himself. According to the report, initially the commemorative stamp proposal initiated by Dom Martins, a Goan artiste based in USA, was to honour the priest with a commemorative stamp, but after the world-wide internet petition signed by admirers of Fairia to the Stamp Advisory Committee of one of the European Countries crossed the deadline for submission of stamp proposals, the authorities assured to release a commemorative postcard instead. Ironically, a statue of Faria lies installed in the city's main thoroughfare since 28 September 1945, but until last year following an initative by some Faria fans not many citizens were aware of the personality. Faria put forth the theory of hypnotism and played a pivotal role in the French Revolution. The statue depicts Faria hypnotizing a woman lying at his feet, evidently an effort by the sculptor at enacting the rage at Rua de Clichy, France, when he started hypnotic classes in 1813, much sought after by aristocratic women seeking new sensations to entertain themselves. At the classes, Abbe Faria carried out practical demonstrations on audience, after explaining that hypnotic sleep did not depend on him (the hypnotiser), an amazing departure from theories held at that time. Explained Stanley Fernandes, a schoolteacher in Goa who researched to bring out a booklet along with Matanhy Saldanha, a Goan legislator, on Abbe Faria in 1976 in a bid to educate the public, F Anton Mesmer from Vienna had come to Paris in 1778 and expounded his doctrine of animal magnetism, which was widely accepted,. But, the French Academy, which appointed a commission while admitting to its success of the practice, said it was due to imitation and imagination. This was a severe blow to Mesmerism, which forced its decline and neglect until Faria too it up. It is now Abbe Faria who is today acknowledged and acclaimed even by eminent scientists like Betrand Bennheim, Brown Saquard, Crocq, Cills de la Touette and others, to have proposed the theory and method of hypnotism through suggestions to self and others, said Fernandes. After Mesmer's unsuccessful attempt to establish hypnotism (or magnetism), as a science, similar efforts were made in vain, but Faria's theory differed from the rest, explained Fernandes. Others held that a `magnetic fluid' passed from the magnetizer to the subject. But Faria contended that nothing comes from the magnetizer. Everything comes from the subject and takes place in his imagination. It was held by Mesmer, and even before Mesmer by the early Greeks, that this type of magnetism was a gift of a few who were endowed with special qualities. Faria disagreed with the theory and boldly developed his own teaching, which said that suggestion could be passed by anyone to anyone. He then demonstrated for the first time, the existence of autosuggestion. Faria was the first to successfully give therapeutic suggestions to subjects under hypnotism, said Fernandes, adding that writer Alexander Dumas immortalized the priest in his classic The Count of Monte Cristo as an imprisoned priest in the castle and one who knew of some secret treasure in real life. Only one volume of Faria's book saw the light of print in his lifetime. Before the other two volumes were completed, Faria died of apoplectic stroke, penniless and was buried in the cemetery of Montmartre on 20 September 1819. Last year, a US-based French translator Laurent Carre released the book entitled Jose Custodio de Faria: Hypnotist, Priest and Revolutionary, comprising works of Faria. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Souza gets top bidding in Saffronart auction
http://indiaenews.com/2006-05/7614-souza-gets-bidding-saffronart-auction.htm Souza gets top bidding in Saffronart auction Friday, May 12th, 2006 Mumbai - The Saffronart May online auction featured 150 works by 41 Indian artists and raked a total sales value of $12.9 million with F.N. Souza the top selling artist with his ‘Landscape in Orange’ going for a hefty $687,500. Besides, Souza, the top five bids belonged to Tyeb Mehta, S.H. Raza, Akbar Padamsee and M.F. Husain. The auction on Wednesday and Thursday of modern Indian artworks is the 13th in the series to take place on www.saffronart.com. Souza’s most integral work in the auction was his coveted ‘Landscape in Orange’, an erudite oil on canvas estimated at $250,000-300,000 that went for $687,500, absolutely way over the top estimate. Souza’s landscape in moody vermilion ‘Untitled Pink City’, an oil on board estimated at $170,000-225,000, went for a steep $313,500. What sure set the paddles of the bidders rising was Souza’s ‘The Priest’ that finally came down for $357,500. Million master Tyeb Mehta’s ‘Situation’, a differential composition that actually set you thinking about his early years, an oil on board estimated at $581,400-697,700 scaled a powerful $621,610. ‘The work wasn’t of the same merit as his Mahishasura or Kali series,’ said a bidder who wished to remain anonymous. Among the 13 works by M.F. Husain, his 1960 oil on canvas ‘Holi’, estimated at $300,000-350,000 went for $616,000, which seemed something to crow about. Husain’s most emblematic work from his music series of the 1980s with the singer in a blue-fringed white sari and a tanpura went for a high of $254,210. His 1961 oil on canvas went for an appreciable $249,700 from an estimate of $140,000-180,000. Husain’s ‘Untitled’ image of a Brahmin from playwright Vijay Tendulker’s ‘Ghasiram Kotwal’ series, a work that captures the spirit and ethos of street drama that has fascinated the artist than six decades, went for a handsome $230,232. It was estimated at $209,300-232,600. There were 14 works up for the auction by abstract master Syed Haider Raza. His blue toned ‘Jalasaya’ estimated at $100,000-150,000 finally went for $200,750. Raza’s ‘Village’, estimated at $80,000-90,000 scaled to a high peak of $216,150. The most powerful however was his ‘La Terre’, a work of 1984 that was estimated at a hefty $225,000-275,000,and finally peaked at $335,500. ‘Flora Fountain in Monsoon’ of 1945, a gouache and watercolour on paper pasted on board and estimated at $30,000-35,000, did not do so well at $68,750. Then, there was ‘Contre Jour’ of 1962, an oil on canvas estimated at $100,000-150,000, which went for $266,750. Progressive artist Ram Kumar’s recent landscapes ‘Untitled’, a sombre-hued work done in 1989 went for an admirable $$335,775, while his 2001 landscape which was estimated at $80,000-90,000 went for $165,000. His landscape done in 2002, however, estimated at $93,050-116,300 went for $182,075. Other than that, there was Akbar Padamsee’s untitled metascape estimated at $350,000-450,000 that went for a fabulous $616,000. A rare single was J. Swaminthan’s ‘Untitled’ oil on canvas estimated at $174,500-197,700, which finally went for $$208,560. From the Bengal school was Jogen Chowdhury’s ‘Situation X’, an oil on canvas estimated at $81,400-93,050 that saw a happy high of $338,059. His second work, ‘Man In Bed’, went for a high of $110,000. Doyen of Shantiniketan, K.G. Subramanyan’s oil on board ‘Head 2′ fetched a whopping $40,086. His acrylics also fetched a wonderful $108,900 and $25,850, respectively. Paritosh Sen’s ‘Gujarati Woman at the Spinning Wheel’ got a stupendous winning bid of $61,294, while his second work of a woman playing the esraj also got a good price of $20,460. From Delhi, there was Rameshwar Broota’s early work ‘Reconstruction’. This was an oil on canvas estimated at $80,000-90,000 that got $199,650. Anjolie Ela Menon’s early oil of 1975 went for $101,475 while her second work done in 1974 went for $71,948. Last year at its May auction, Saffronart swung sales of $3.7 million. This equalled the record touched by Christie’s for Indian contemporary art at its March 2005 sale. This year it raked in $12.9 million. But is an auction only about selling? Saffronart falls woefully short of completing the auction result criteria. Compared to Christies and Sotheby’s, Saffronart seem somewhat lackadaisical. All writers and critics have to go to Saffronart websites and collate information, which becomes tedious and tiring. An auction house’s professionalism depends on the proficiency and efficiency of collating and distributing its own result in a fraction of time-span. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 13, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Property norms in Goa tightened (rediff.com) If you plan to buy or rent a property in Goa, be ready to provide your personal details to the local police station. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/10goa.htm *** Chidi, Bibiano likely for EB (The Telegraph) Chidi Edeh and Bibiano Fernandes of Sporting Clube de Goa are set to play for East Bengal in the next season. A senior club official on Friday said that negotiations are on with a number of players, including the Sporting duo. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060513/asp/sports/story_6217113.asp *** Navy agrees to provide land for Dabolim airport expansion: Willy (Navhind Times) New Delhi, May 12: In a bid to expand capacity of Goas Dabolim airport, the Indian navy has agreed to provide nine acres of land for enhancing parking bays and constructing parallel taxiways there. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051323 *** Goa proves a holiday destination for AIFF match commissioners (Navhind Times) Margao, May 12: In a strange development, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) deputed a match commissioner and an additional referees inspector for the on-going Goa-leg of the ONGC Cup 10th National Football League at Nehru stadium, Fatorda, here. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051340 *** P J Thomas, Remy in ding-dong tussle (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 12: P J Thomas of Army Yachting Node (AYN) won the first and third race while Remy Fernandes of Goa Yachting Association (GYA) won the second race on a day which saw a ding-dong battle of sailing skills, fitness and nerves at the Boardsailing National Championship at Dolphin Adventure Sports Centre, Hawaii beach, Dona Paula. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051339 *** 8,469 students pass HSSC exam (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 12: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education today announced the results of its Higher Secondary School Certificate examination conducted between March 18 and April 5, earlier this year, with 76.52 as the total passing percentage in the four streams namely Arts, Commerce, Science and Vocational. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051314 *** Regional Plan expresses concern over fragile eco-system of Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 11: The Revised Regional Plan-2011 for Goa, recently approved by the Town and Country Planning Board states that the already fragile eco-system of the region could deteriorate further, if no preventive measure are taken immediately. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=051225 *** Tata-Huawei joint bid for Goa broadband (Asia Times) MUMBAI - Tata group IT and telecom companies including Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services have joined hands with Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies to bid for the Rs 10 billion (US$222.7 million) broadband initiative of the Goa government. http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE12Df03.html *** Tata group seeks to bid for Goa wide area network (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) MUMBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Indian telecommunications firm Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd. plans to bid for a government-sponsored wide area network project in the western state of Goa, a senior official said on Wednesday. http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060510/3/2kci5.html *** Goa seeks Dabolim airport revamp (Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Goa government Friday discussed with the central government and defence ministry ways to upgrade its Dabolim airport in view of high inflow of traffic into the state. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060512/43/647dz.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
