Re: [Goanet] Goa's Educational system
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Sunith Velho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Selma, It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the Goans from the coast(predominantly Catholics) are reaping the least benefit of Goa's tourism boom or the Indian economic boom. If you can't think beyond being a waiter or tourist taxi driver then there is no point complaining that others now own all the restaurants, hotels, travel agenicies and shops. It is equally pointless to blame the education system when you can't find a job with a pass class non-professional degree. - Dear Sunith, It's 12am in the US, where I currently reside. Earlier this evening I spoke to my biologist brother who also resides in the US, and later this morning I'll speak to my brother, the doctor, who is currently in Goa. All three of us are children of one of those Gulfies, you so derisively refer to. So, as to your first contention that all Gulfies carry crates in the Gulf, let me not dignify that with a response. As to your second contention that children of all Gulfies grow up to carry crates in the Gulf and have no other aspirations than to be taxi-drivers or open up STD booths, let me also not dignify that with a response. Let me say however there is a big disconnect between what the privileged sons and daughters of Goa can reap as reward and what the masses can look forward to. A good education system levels the playing field. It makes available not just opportunity but also aspiration, motivation and the inclination to climb higher and reach further. A good education system exposes the mind to ideas, challenges limitations, taps into creativity and makes possible the impossible. It is not adequate that financial aid is made possible. It is more important to have the type of facilities in terms of libraries, first class teachers at every level, books, research labs, proper class size (the average size in Goa by the way is 60 per class. Please compare this with an American 15-20 per class), sport facilities, music, lack of environmental stressors (one school in Margao overlooks a garbage dump, many don't have chairs or tables in the villages), availability to information such as the internet (even though the computer scheme makes computers available, it doesn't supply the software needed to make it viable). These are just a few of the things an education system should encompass and when made available to everyone, is successful in leveling the playing field between the rich and the poor. Please don't try to defend the indefensible. You've been the beneficiary of good fortune. I hope you use your good fortune to realise the misfortune of others. selma Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
[Goanet] Catholic schools
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Bosco de Mello I presume you are the world;s best philosopher and need to be awarded the internation philosopher's award and if not instituted I along with like minded people will try to institute one Internal award for best philosopher in the world. You should be place inbetween socrates and Galileo.Thanks for your compliment. I shall wind up the discussion for it is very difficult to cry infront of the Jerusalem wall for the wall has no heart to feel the tears. albert _ Get up-to-date with movies, music and TV. Its happening on MSN Entertainment http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/Default
[Goanet] Goa... or what they define as Goa
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa... or what they define as Goa http://technorati.com/photos/tag/goa FN -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com What bloggers are saying about Goa: http://planet.goa-india.org/
[Goanet] A number of people including the minority communities, want to join the BJP
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Addressing a press conference this evening, Mr Parrikar reiterated that the party would contest the assembly election on its own strength with the basic target of defeating the Congress party. He said the first batch of 30 candidates of the BJP for the assembly election will be announced around March 10, next month. We would be soon finishing short-listing of our 30 candidates, and put the list before the local election committee, he informed adding, each electoral constituency will have three short-listed candidates in the order of priority, with the final decision to be taken by the local election committee. Mr Parrikar also said that the central election committee of the party reserves right to change the candidates finalised by the local election committee, if there is any controversy. The opposition leader disclosed that the Valpoi MLA, Mr Narahari Haldankar has expressed his desire not to contest the assembly election, and only dedicate to the party work. Asked whether the BJP would admit the South Goa MP who has decided to quit the Congress party, if approached, Mr Parrikar said, We will decide to cross the bridge once we approach it. Meanwhile, the former Youth Congress general secretary for Sattari, Mr Ganpat Gaonkar and the former MGP candidate from Poryem, Mr Kanta Gaonkar joined the BJP today, with around 400 supporters at the BJP headquarters, in the presence of Mr Parrikar. Mr Parrikar further said that the trend of people approaching the BJP, as the assembly election draws near is important for the party. A number of people from all categories, including the minority communities, want to join the BJP, he added. Mr Ganpat Gaonkar said that the people from Sattari taluka have been facing grave problems as regards ownership of their lands. The Poryem MLA has been the Chief Minister for past many years, but failed to solve this problem, he stated, pointing out the same has resulted in lack of development of the farmers. Mr Kanta Gaonkar said that his entry into the BJP is unconditional, and he would support any candidate decided by the party to contest in the constituencies from Sattari taluka. I want to work under Mr Manohar Parrikar and Mr Shripad Naik, he added. (The Navhind Times) - Forwarded by www.goa-world.com http://www.goa-world.com/goa/about_goa/ http://www.daijiworld.com/news/default.asp?city=goa http://www.fullerlife.in/Goenchoulo/goencho_ulo_jan_07.pdf Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
[Goanet] Goa and the Democratic Experiment
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] All the looking in the rear view mirror (aka hindsight) is OK as far as it goes. How about creating scenarios for the future i.e. experiment vs reality (i.e. as far as democracy is concerned)?
[Goanet] Ads for Goan property in Delhi newspapers
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] A couple of months ago there was a slew of notices in the Delhi newspapers for seminars in 5-star hotels on How to Buy Property in Goa. Yesterday I saw an ad by the OSB Group for a project called Sea Shells coming up near Bogmalo beach. It promises to be a residential complex with built-in potential for conversion into a premium resort. Now what the hell does that mean? The ad carried the stamp of PDA Approved. We know what it takes to get a PDA approval these days. Question - does this project violate CRZ or any other regulations? Keep the Dilli savage out of Goa. That should be the motto of every Goan. (I am counting on FN to wave the We Are All Indians manual at me:-). Warm regards, r Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL
Re: [Goanet] Why is Godo derogatory ?
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 26/02/07, Chris Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gabe-- Gordo in Spanish means fat or overweight. Is Ronaldinho fat or overweight? From: Gabe Menezes Liverpool beat Barcelona and the papers labeled Ronaldinho a 'Gordo'. What is the connotation of 'Godo' in Portuguese and konkani ? RESPONSE: Thanks for that translation and explanation; no Ronaldinho is not fat...I suppose the Spanish Press were looking for a scapegoat following their defeat by Liverpool. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Goa £179 two weeks £189 one week.
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ww0.teletextholidays.co.uk/WebTVTextAds/TVTextAds/TVOffersPrint.aspx?area=overseasT=ITV-CRY:236.* -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Months Mind of Mrs. Lourdes Fernandes.
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Months Mind. There will be a Requiem Mass for the soul of late Mrs. Lourdes F. Fernandes, age 73, on Wednesday 28th of this month at 7.00 P.M. (and Not in the morning as mistakenly indicated earlier) at St. Paul's Parish Church, Dadar, offered by her loving daughters Savia and Veronica. The late Mrs. Lourdes is the beloved wife of late Francis X. Fernandes. Originally from Divar Goa but a permanent resident of Bombay where she expired last month. Friends and relatives kindly accept this as the only intimation. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait. _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
[Goanet] Aao Portugues
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To our great carmo There is no word Podhi in Konkani. It should be Podvi. Albert _ Get up-to-date with movies, music and TV. Its happening on MSN Entertainment http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/Default
Re: [Goanet] Goan Educational System
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Selma, You long post still does not hide the fact that the only alternative you could think of (whether in jest or not) to a Goan youth being a waiter on a cruise liner was being a waiter in Goa. Please note that the coastal communities are not nearly as economically disadvantaged as many from the hinterland. A brief survey of professional colleges will show you that hinterland regions like Quepem, Sanvordem and Bicholim are much better represented than Calangute, Anjuna or Colva. You will also find that the middle class and lower middle class(economically speaking) vastly outnumber the upper middle class or rich in any professional Goan college, because they generally much more motivated to study. This is strange considering that Coastal regions have much better acccess to a good education thanks to Church run institutions and the vast majority of residents are definitely middle class or above. Why are most of the cries of outsiders taking over jobs and businesses from the coastal villages? Why are only Sashti taxi drivers complaining about lack of business? Whether you like to admit it or not a large portion of the Gulfies or shippies who choose to return to Goa buy tourist taxis or open general stores( both of which are in excess supply). And whether you like it or not a large portion of youth from the coast have no aspirations other than simply going abroad(in whatever role and by any means) and returning to do the same. When you talk about levelling the playing field betweeen the rich and the poor, just take a look around you anywhere in Goa and see how the erstwhile economically depressed classes now run most businesses and control most of the government while the coastal Catholic communities who have always had it better off are crumbling. Are we expected to wait till the education system is upto American standards to start working hard? Are hours spent attacking Church run schools going to improve anyone's prospects? Is spouting nonsensical generalities (a GU degree is not recognised anywhere abroad or our youth can't find jobs as CEO's with their pass class Bachelor's degrees) the way to go? Criticism like the kind Joe Vaz wrote can be constructive, but the nonsense we hear from Albert and Gllenda is nothing but a blame game. Unfortunately for them we know where the blame lies. Sunith
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 2, Issue 192 - Deng's model 1 country 2 systems
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deng of China may have heard of the Goan disaster of 61 therefore he elaborated the One Country Two Systems model for Macau and Hong Kong which is supposed to last for 50 years. In my opinion this system is functioning with a few hiccups. No full democracy is allowed at the moment. Incidentally there are a large number of chinese learning Portuguese and drinking red wine which Portugal can not cope with. BC Both Paulo Colaco Dias' and Valmiki Faleiro's posts on General Ramalho Eanes and Dayanand Bandodkar respectively, make for interesting reading and to fertile minds, interesting speculation. ___ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Re: [Goanet] Forks and Knives
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bernardo's snide comments(that backfired!) and the example provided by K3(since I was threatened by a libel lawsuit, I am unable to use this individuals name) about American table manners reminds me of a visiting person who I recently had lunch with(from BC's mothership). He was commenting as to how a posh couple sitting next to us didn't know to eat with a fork and knife. Here in England I had learned that at fancy or very formal dinners one does not cut a potato with a knife but does so with a fork.Also stuff like rice and mash potatoes are put on the outside of the fork(convex surface) and eaten. So I had to explain this to that peasant clown from that backward country. Thank God I'm from Bharat and we accept that people and cultures are different. Sunith P.S. If a Kashmiri Pandit can be considered a Bhayya then surely BC bhau can be considered a Maharashtrawadi.
[Goanet] Temples... in Goa
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can someone help to maintain and correct this list of temples in Goa, on the Wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples#.5B.5BGoa.5D.5D or go via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples My listing came from 'Devasthan Visheshank' (Special Issue of Temples) published by the Gomantak (Marathi) newspaper in June 2001. Please help weed out errors, and ommissions. Thanks! FN PS: You could also create Wikipedia pages for these temples. As far as I know, only Shantadurga (Kavlem) currently has one linked to this page. Goa * Shanta Durga temple, Kavlem * Manguesh temple, Mangueshim * Mahalsa temple, Mardol * Mahalaxmi temple, Bandora * Ramnath temple, Bandora * Naguesh temple, Kavlem * Chandreshwar Boothnath, Quepem * Saptakoteshwar temple, Naroa * Rudresh temple, Harvalem * Vimleshwar temple, Rivona * Parshuram temple, Painguinim * Malikarjun temple, Canacona * Gomentashwar temple, Brahmapuri * Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla * Khandolacheya Ganapati * Shantadurga temple, Nanora * Brahmadev temple, Brahmakarmali * Shantadurga temple, Kunkoliem * Shantadurga Fatorpekarin, Fatorpa * Shantadurga Cuncolikaren, Fatorpa * Kamakshi temple, Shiroda * Shivnath temple, Shiroda * Vamneshwar temple, Dhavli * Navadurga temple, Borim * Navdurga temple, Madkai * Gokarn Partagali Jevottam Math * Tapobhoomi, Kundai * Vijaydurg temple, Keri * Laxminarayan temple, Kundaim * Laxmi Narasinh temple, Veling * Gomant Tirupati Balaji, Kunkoliem * Shantadurga Shankvaleshwari, Veling * Anant temple, Savoi Verem * Aadhdeivait Shreekeshavdev, Ponda * Dhareshwari Mahalsa temple, Dharbandora * Shantadurga temple, Khandepar * Kopal-Ganapati temple Kaswada * Sainath temple, Borim * Navadurga temple, Adcona * Mahadev temple, Makdaye * Dev Mahamaya temple, Dharghe * Mahadev temple, Bondoomaal * Gajalakshmi temple, Volvoi * Gajalakshmi temple, Marcela * Devkikrishna temple, Marcela * Shantadurga Kumbarjuwarkareen, Marcela * Mandodari temple, Betki * Shantadurga Talaulikareen temple, Marcela * Bhagwati Chimbelkareen temple, Marcela * Shantadurga Verlakareen temple * Shantadurga temple, Amona * Kudneshwar temple, Kudne, Sanquelim * Saibaba temple, Canacona * Kaalbhairav temple, Dhargali * Shantadurga temple, Dharagalim * Bhagvati temple, Tuyem, Pernem * Bhoomikadevi temple, Halarna/Alorna * Ram Mandir, Colvale * Dakkan Devi temple, Peddem, Loliem * Morzai temple, Morjim * Bhagvati temple, Parcem * Devi Mauli temple, Menkurem * Mahalsadevi temple, Madhlamaaz, Mandrem * Narayandevi temple, Arambol/Harmal * Kamleshwar temple, Corgao * Mauli temple, Varkhand * Bhagvati Sapteshwar temple, Mandrem * Bhoomika Devasthan, Paliyem * Azoba temple, Kerim * Mahalaxmi temple, Corgaon * Shantadurga Mauli temple, Varkhand * Mahalaxmi temple, Paliyem * Mahadev temple, Kasarvarnem * Bhagvati temple, Pernem * Kamleshwar Maharood temple, Corgao * Pandurang temple, Sanquelim * Radhakrishna Murlidhar temple, Sanquelim * Datta temple, Sanquelim * Lairayee temple, Shirgaon * Lakshminarayan temple, Navelim * Chamundadevi temple, Orgao-Pilgao * Lakshminarayan temple, Narvem * Shravani temple, Advalpal * Maharudda temple, Mapusa * Bhoomika temple, Saal * Vanadevi temple, Mulgao * Vithoba temple, Mapusa * Venkatesh temple, Nanora * Paramdham Omkar temple, Cunchelim * Lakshminarayan Mahamaya temple, Nagoa * Kalika temple, Kasarpal * Kelbayee temple, Mulgao * Sitaram temple, Dongri * Adimaya Sheshti Shantadurga temple, Dongri * Kamleshwar-Khapreshwar temple, sada * Mahalaxmi temple, Panjim * Hanuman temple, Merces * Mahadev Khapri temple, Belabai * Damodar temple, Vasco da Gama * Shantadurga Chamundeshwar Kudtoree Mahamaya, Quepem * Shantadurga Lakshmi-Narsingh Sankhlyo temple, Sancoale * Karmali devi temple, Karmali * Makshminarayan IsvantiBrahan, Sada * Vetaldevi temple, Poinguinim * Nirankar temple, Mashem -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com What bloggers are saying about Goa: http://planet.goa-india.org/
[Goanet] AICHEA DISAK CHINTOP - Fevrerachi
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panvelichea niban, moskak udok. (While watering panvel tree, the drumstick tree gets watered) This is what the Marathiwadas are trying to do get Marathi recognized as official language and nourish it at the cost of Romi Konkani. We should not allow this to happen. Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ News and updates from Indian diaspora http://content.msn.co.in/NRI/Default
[Goanet] Archbishop Ferrao for Daman
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archbishop Ferrao for Daman Panjim, February 26. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao has left early this morning for the Mission of Daman, on a Pastoral Visit to that area. The Mission includes Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, territories which continue under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Goa. Besides meeting Priests, Sisters and different groups of Catholic faithful from various parishes, the Archbishop will give the Sacrament of Confirmation in Khanwel, Chisda, Shelti, Dudhni and Silvassa. He will preach in English and Marathi (from a prepared translation of his English addresses) and will also use Portuguese in his meetings with the faithful. A Pastoral Visit is the Shepherd's Visit to his Flock, the official visit of a Bishop to the parishes and institutions of his diocese. Archbishop Ferrao, who will return to Goa on the 2 nd March, has already carried out 103 such visits since he took over as the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, three years ago. These Visits usually take place over a weekend. Fr. J. Loiola Pereira, Director, D.C.S.C.M. Archbishop's House, Panjim, Goa February 26, 2007
[Goanet] Israel Tour - Rs. 54,990/- (ex-Mumbai)
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Israel Tour The Journey to the Holy Land INR 54,990/- All Inclusive Package Includes: # Airfare Bombay – Tel Aviv – Bombay including Taxes # Accommodation for 6 Nights / 7 Days (4 Star Hotels) # Breakfast and Dinner at all places (Vegetarian/ Non-Veg) # All transfers by Deluxe Coaches with knowledgeable English Speaking Guide # All entrance fees and sightseeing # Visa Fee Included # Entrance Fee to Masada , Cable Car, Underwater Observatory # Medical Insurance # Rates are Per Person on Twin Sharing basis only, Single Supplement to be charged extra. Package Excludes: # Lunch En route Daily # Tips and Gratuities ( Guide, Driver and Hotels ) # Drinks and Expenses of Personal nature such as telephone calls, shopping , laundry etc Limited Seats Call NOW for Details! Fixed Departure Date: 19 April 2007 For Reservations Contact: Nitesh Shah ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Air Channel Travels , 206, Parekh Market, 39 Kennedy Bridge, Opera House, Mumbai - 44 Tel: 91 9223341555 / 91 22 66314555/ 91 22 23868836
Re: [Goanet] Goans - Cooks n Butlers
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 25/02/07, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mario responds: The concept of global giants pillaging a country is a myth. Global giants like Enron and several others do not even exist any more. Other global giants like Ford and GM and Daimler-Chrysler are struggling to survive. Regards, Mario RESPONSE: What a load of crock ! One has to just check the narrow Dow Jones Index, to find U.S. Global companies and there are many more. Coca Cola, Pepsi, Citi Group, J.P. Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Procter and Gamble, the Big Mac and Burger King, as well as finger lickin good ( all of which are Goveia's staple diet ) are found almost all over the World. Boeing Planes carry vast amounts of people every day. G.E. and Pratt and Whitney ( United Technologies ) provide the Jet engines. When men like Goveia want a lift, they look to Pfizer inc ! All of our Telfon coated pots and pans are the product of Du Pont. We were informed that Goveia would only post to counter ''Left Wing'' ideology ! The truth of the matter is, Goveia can't exist without Goanet :-)). To crown it all, we now read in the Newspapers, that both the U.S. and U.K. are putting pressure on Iraq...to surrender their oil fields to the Multi National oil Companiesmost of whose shareholders are Americans. We were informed that the invasion of Iraq was not about oil; what a load of rubbish ! -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Aao portuguese
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:51:26 + From: Ana Maria Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Aao portuguese To: goanet@lists.goanet.org No one eats using the fork in the right hand unless he is left handed. I have been to states and eaten with the americans. Even when laying the table you keep the knife in the right side fork in the left side and the spoon in the front side. Mario observes: Ann Marie, You start by saying that No one eats using the fork in the right hand..., then proceed to tell us that we Americans do so, which means over 300 million people! While you were looking down your nose at us and obsessing over which hand we use to eat with and how some of us dress while on vacation in sunny Goa, we have become a perennial superpower with a vibrant economy, with low taxes, low inflation, low interest rates, low unemployment and a very high incidence of personal home ownership. We create economic development in other countries by importing their products and services like mad, allowing them to invest in our country as much as they like, which means we spread the wealth around to places where there would not have been such wealth before, and do so productively instead of just giving it to them. Perhaps you didn't notice. The next time you visit America, and I hope you will, please take a few moments to see whether there is a lesson in the American system for other countries who have just as much in terms of natural resources but squander these with inefficient systems of governance. For example, India during it's first wasted 50 years, before Manmohan Singh had the opportunity to make critical changes in the Indian system. Believe me, America was a very impoverished and wild place when the first foreign settlers stumbled upon this place.
[Goanet] Please sing along (Karaoke) 'Mogachi, sundor ti, Amchim Maim-bhas KONKANI...Naka amkam MAUXIO bhailio..Ekuch Goemchi Raj-Bhas KONKANI..
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please sing along (Karaoke) 'Mogachi, sundor ti, Amchim Maim-bhas KONKANI... Naka amkam MAUXIO bhailio.. Ekuch Goemchi Raj-Bhas KONKANI.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=NhRQHjx8Yhs or http://konkan.tv/view_video.php?viewkey=1fccdbba5627e3eefbb2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of unwanted email come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] OUTLOOK: Goa's Russian 'ties' opens up new issues
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Laika Bite Goa's Russian 'ties' opens up new issues Saikat Datta Outlook's expose on the Russian mafia buying land in Goa (January 29 issue) has found an echo in Parliament. Recently elected Rajya Sabha MP and industrialist from Karnataka, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, took up the issue through a written question on foreigners buying land in India-with specific reference to Goa. But with home minister Shivraj Patil choosing not to respond, Chandrasekhar has now shot off a letter asking the former why he was unwilling to supply credible answers. Full story at http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20070305fname=Goa+(F)sid=1. ^^ Fred Menezes http://chandorvillage.googlepages.com http://blowthelidoff.blogspot.com ^^ ___ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Reply to Sunith
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Sunith I am amused to listen to your illogical arguments. Living in Uk or US and giving us philosophy will not make you wise. Wolf wearing sheep's clothing will not make you a sheep. Learn to accept your ignorance. You have been boasting .You tried to teach me about Goan schools especially catholic schools saying that they are the best when from uk you do not know anything about Goa. You try to tell us that we do not use our heads. If God had to make everyone scientist what would you eat plannets? Everyone has not been given the same type of brain. Some are born with wisdom, some have acquired wisdom and others like you have neither inherited wisdom nor tried to acquire one. If our goan schools were good from the primary why the hell you left Goa and went abroad ? You have attacked me, you have attached Selma, Glenda and I do not know how many people. You seems to be knowing everything except one thing You love Goa and goans because you have noone to look for. Goans in the west are feeling lonely without any friends and here they are longing to see meet and say Hallo Gabru nu re tum? kosso assai re bava ? while when that same Gabru was in Goa you did not have time to say hallo or might have said Gabuddea One should also allow others to express themselves in this forum.It is an open forum albert _ News and updates from Indian diaspora http://content.msn.co.in/NRI/Default
[Goanet] Flickr.com photos... and tags (7500+ ... mostly from Goa)
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] My tags with my Flickr photos: http://flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/tags/ or http://flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ 2005 2007 abbefaria academia acheivers africa africasource aguada aldona alternatives alumni anjuna art asia automobiles baina bambolim bardez barges beach betim boats books bynight calangute canacona car carmel carmelcollege carnival catholic chapel christian christianity christians church city coast colonial copyleft corjuvem court covers crabs craft day delhi diaspora ecodevastation economy education electricity environment fleamarket floss fn food fort fountain fredericknoronha freedom freesoftware friends fruit fsfindia fusion garbage gec gmc gnulinux goa goanet governance hacker handicrafts health heritage hippy history ict4d idnia india indiafood indian industrialisation industry institutions it kerala kids konkani landmark landmarks lfy library linux linuxmagazine locations mando mapusa mercedes mining miramar misc monsoons music nature nightshot oldgoa pakistan panjim people personalities photos ponda portugal portuguese protest radio railways religion river riza sale saligao salmona scans scenery scenes scenic school sfd shigmo sinquerim sitar social socialcapital software spanish spring stbritto sunset taj temples tourism urban verem weather weddings women -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com What bloggers are saying about Goa: http://planet.goa-india.org/
[Goanet] Israeli couple held with live cartridges in Goa
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=356780sid=REG Israeli couple held with live cartridges in Goa Panaji, Feb 26: An Israeli couple was arrested this evening at the Dabolim airport here for attempting to carry five live cartridges on board a Goa-Jaipur Kingfisher Airlines flight, police said. Ikhat Nidan (22) and her partner Mordechary Iluz (25) were arrested when five 5.56 mm live cartridges were found in their handbag during the X-ray scanning, they said. Interrogation of the couple was underway and Vasco port town police have booked both under Section 3 of the Arms Act following a complaint by Kingfisher's airport manager. Officials stated that the couple had arrived in Goa on February 23 and were heading towards Jaipur in IT-612 Kingfisher Airlines flight when the cartridges were traced to their handbag. Investigations have revealed that both had checked in at a hotel at Anjuna in North Goa during their stay here, police added. Bureau Report Cip
[Goanet] Goa news for February 27, 2007
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Late Recovery In Markets On Generous Railway Budget; Indices End Flat - Indian Commentary (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - Monday, Indian markets witnessed characteristic pre-budget volatility and sank to abysmal levels after opening positively following the uproar created by the opposition parties on the Ottavia Quattrocchi affair in the house of the Parliament. http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070226\ACQRTT200702260740RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0342.htm; *** Gui Boratto Delivers Chromophobia on Kompakt, Tours (Pitchfork) The capital letter-mongers at Kompakt have done it again! On February 26, the German techno powerhouse releases the excellent debut full length from 33-year-old, São Paulo, Brazil-based producer and electronic artiste Gui Boratto . http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41359/Gui_Boratto_Delivers_Chromophobia_on_Kompak *** The Netherlands: Steel Earnings Decline (New York Times) Arcelor and Mittal Steel, which have agreed on a deal to form the world?s largest steel maker, said their combined earnings fell 3.5 percent, to $7.97 billion, in 2006 because of higher raw material costs. The companies also said they had $4.5 billion to $5 billion available for acquisitions this year, and confirmed that they were examining the financial records of an Indian steel maker, Sesa ... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22fobriefs-STEELEARNING_BRF.html *** Oracle beefs up presence in India (Electronic Engineering Times Asia) Oracle has completed the first phase of expansion into 17 of India's high-growth cities. This brings Oracle's total footprint in India to 23 cities. http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800454078_499495_52ac84df20070223.HTM?from=RSS *** Arcelor Mittal 2006 profit falls 3.5% on higher tax (International Herald Tribune) The company formed last year in the largest-ever takeover in the steel industry predicted a better 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/21/bloomberg/bxsteel.php *** Hockey Today - Feb. 23 (Covers.com) SCOREBOARD Friday, Feb. 23 Boston at Tampa Bay (8 p.m. EST). The Bruins are trying to make a late playoff push with five wins in their last six games. STARS Thursday - Glen Wesley , Hurricanes, scored a short-handed goa... http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=131279 *** Pitney Bowes Showcases Innovations for the Mailstream at GOA/Xplor Exhibition (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) STAMFORD, Conn.Pitney Bowes Inc. , the mailstream technology company, will showcase innovations for the mailstream at the Xplor Document University and Graphics of the Americas Exhibition, a leading annual event for the document communications and graphic arts industry, to be held February 28 to March 4, 2007, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070226/20070226005825.html?.v=1 *** Before You Go to India (About.com) India has long been one of Asia's leading tourist destinations. There is so much to see and do. From the beaches of Goa to the snow capped mountains of Ladakh, India offers extreme experiences. Monuments like the Taj Mahal and Humayun's Tomb leave deep impressions on those who visit the country. http://goasia.about.com/od/india/bb/bygtindia.htm *** Material costs squeeze Arcelor Mittal's profit (Miami Herald) Arcelor and Mittal Steel, which have agreed on a deal to form the world's largest steel maker, said Wednesday their combined earnings fell 3.5 percent in 2006 because of a price squeeze from higher raw material costs but said this year will be better. http://www.miamiherald.com/127/story/20394.html *** [GOAA] Greek Orthodox Archdiocese E-Bulletin February 23, 2007 (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.RESOURCES FOR GREAT LENT: This special web site will provide you with information, readings, hymns, articles, and much more on each of the ... http://www.wfn.org/2007/02/msg00245.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] EDUCATION IN GOA
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Joe, You have made some good and specific points. Here are some thoughts. Primary education is important as you point out. Yet, it is my understanding, even more important is pre-primary education. This includes both KG and pre-KG, when the infant's brain is developing. Based on this, perhaps new parents (and grandparents) should form their own parent-pool and teach the pre-KG children. Learning from what my own grandchildren are going through, these kids should read, write and memorize the old fashion way - songs, nursery rhymes, basic prayers etc. One does not need a school, a church, priest, nun to organize this. So if we fail here, ho soglo guneaum amcho Goenkarancho. The drop-out rate in Goa, like in the USA, is not school or money related. It is more likely a flawed upbringing at home and starts very young. This is important in today's nuclear family where the grandparents and other relatives may be far away. Actually the nuclear family is yesterday's social unit. Today's young family is more likely to be a single-parent unit. The poor English communication skills can be corrected with Parent-Teachers Associations having old-fashioned elocutions, debating contests, drama, essay writing competition, spelling bee, summer book reading programs, etc. Parents should stop blaming teachers, priests, nuns and schools. Rather they should volunteer and cooperate in these extracurricular activities; casting away their concepts of podhi and patrade (pride and prejudice). Would we not love to read posts from Goa's school and college students on Goanet? A few years ago WGD had a essay-writing competition. I do not know how successful it was in encouraging students to participate. In life one can take the horse to the water, but one cannot force the horse to drink. I congratulate you for sparing your vacation to Goa to share your computer and language skills. Now are there no native Goans with these skills? This is a golden opportunity to volunteer or be entrepreneurs. Kind Regards, GL -- Joe Vaz I agree, many Goans are doing (or have done) extremely well for themselves in many parts of the world wherever they work or have settled. But now we are talking about primary education in Goa. IF our current education system is solid (assuming that we have a very good primary education system) -- which is the foundation for a better secondary and higher education, -- then why are we seeing the phenomenal number of dropouts? Can you explain? You say education is a societal issue and how did the society inherit this issue/problem? In a recent conversation with a Canadian born friend (whose parents migrated from India) observed that many of our Indian engineers lack the English communication and presentation skills, which is a major obstacle for their advancement. I fully agree with him. We want our children not merely to have a good education but also to acquire the best communication skills, -- the lack of both is abundantly evident in Goa. Every year during my trip/s to Goa, I set aside time to teach young boys and girls computer and language skills. I think it is time well spent and a worthwhile investment. Often, I am saddened that a majority of our Goan youth is not well equipped to meet the harsher challenges in the outside world. It is sad that they struggle to produce a reasonably well written job application in English. No wonder they are forced to settle for low paid jobs.
Re: [Goanet] leo lawrence's book
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To answer Jose's question, I have gone through Leo Lawrence's book, which mostly harps on the Goa case at the UN. Like many pro-Portuguese Goans, Leo advocated a Free Goa in a Free India. I had another friend who gave me many phamplets he published espousing the case of Goa as an independent nation. He quoted facts and figures, such as Luxemborg, or probably some other nation, being smaller that Goa in area. Like the present-day Khalistanis wanting an independent Punjab. I won't mention Kashmir, because the history of this state is complicated and has its own unique history in India's political framework.I am not sure of Cardinal Gracias's statement but he was consulted by the Goan liberation leaders and fully backed India's repossession of Goa. How many on this forum have read Prof Soares's autobiography? Eugene
[Goanet] We will have Great Goan Education System when IITian Parrikar is Chief Minister!
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Selma, Thanks for your note. There will be no gap between the privileged sons and daughters of Goa and the masses as far as education is concerned when IITian Manohar Parrikar becomes Chief Minister of Goa after the May elections. We will have a great education system in Goa ! The entire Goa Schools curricullum will be revamped to be one of the best in India and IIT Entrance Exam coaching classes will be held all over Goa for nominal fees. Thanks to the fine example of what Goan students can achieve after an IIT degree, set by Manohar as the effective and efficient CM during his first term, IITian Manohar Parrikar was largely responsible for the exemplary exposure that resulted in six Goan students being admitted to IIT this year and not all of them were from priviledged families. In fact I know of many priviledged sons and daughters of Goa who did not get into the IITs despite trying (remember IIT system is a meritocracy, not an aristocracy !) and they have still not arrived in the US despite their aspirations to do so. Manohar's education and IIT programs will ensure that the IITs are stuffed with well qualified Goan students for the forseeable future. So its up to all Goenkars (Christaos and Koknes) to send the Goan Gaon Goon Chors of Congress packing, and elect the highest educated Goan politician who is an expert on Good Governance IITian Manohar Parrikar as the next Goa Chief Minister with a resounding majority for the Greater Good of Goa ! Viva Goa ! Viva Parrikar ! Viva ! Viva ! Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz, Goan, IITian, ex Velim Goa now Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. -- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:14:38 -0800 (PST) From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa's Educational system To: Sunith Velho [EMAIL PROTECTED], ... Let me say however there is a big disconnect between what the privileged sons and daughters of Goa can reap as reward and what the masses can look forward to. A good education system levels the playing field. It makes available not just opportunity but also aspiration, motivation and the inclination to climb higher and reach further. A good education system exposes the mind to ideas, challenges limitations, taps into creativity and makes possible the impossible. It is not adequate that financial aid is made possible. It is more important to have the type of facilities in terms of libraries, first class teachers at every level, books, research labs, proper class size (the average size in Goa by the way is 60 per class. ..., sport facilities, music, lack of environmental stressors (one school in Margao overlooks a garbage dump, many don't have chairs or tables in the villages), availability to information such as the internet (even though the computer scheme makes computers available, it doesn't supply the software needed to make it viable). These are just a few of the things an education system should encompass and when made available to everyone, is successful in leveling the playing field between the rich and the poor. .. .. selma
Re: [Goanet] Goa's Educational system
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Selma and Sunith, This ricochet of email is is not serving the discussion on Goa's educational system. If you pick up isolated incidences or specific characters we will get nowhere and we be arguing until we are blue in the face. Yes there are many young men in the coastal villages of Goa who hang around at the tinto waiting to get overseas or hang around at the shacks while the non Goan boys do all the work. In the meantime there are many good jobs in 5 star hotels that could have been ours if our young men had the education especially as we have many hotel management colleges whose graduates are accepted by hotels in the UK etc. So has our education system failed them? Probably. Because they prefer arduous short term stints in the Gulf/UK and then the return to bleak futures mostly saturated with alcohol. But I think this is mostly in families that have not grasped that education can be a long term investment mainly because they have not had the luxury of one. And no one has told them it can be so. It seems like our leaders, priests and the local intelligentsia us included have failed to impart the formula that has worked for us. And Selma, I don't know why you would even think that you and your family were lumped with them. Did you not tell us that your parents were an educated couple who worked hard overseas and gave you opportunities and privileges that you and your sibling now enjoy? Just like many of us 'privileged sons and daughters of Goa'? Education can level the playing field only if we allow it to and only if we are aware that it can be so. Not all Westerners have figured that our either. Our town of Boothbay Harbor has no immigrants and a very large population of pretty comfortable lobster fishermen thanks to tax benefits and subsidies. Almost all of our house taxes (and with monstrous waterfront properties it all adds up) go to the school which at least to me from Marina English High School, Verna is an excellent facility with very small classes, sports and extracurricular activities. Truly the kids are pampered. But who graduates from high school (Std XII) and goes on to a good college? Only the kids of scientists and non Mainers. The lobstermen's kids 'gradate' (no one fails!) with poor scores, are barely able to read/write but have a job with their dad and the permissions to fish which nowadays are worth a lot. Unfortunately, the lobster populations are expected to collapse soon. In the urban areas its no different - the US government has pumped millions of the tax payer's dollars into programs that have shown very little return. Kids from poor families are still not able to read and write and are not equipped for any job barring waiting tables and with the current trend of jobs going overseas its a big problem. However we have 'Teach for America' that has worked and some other programs that I think could work for Goa. We should talk about those! Also please refer to my previous email where I talk about young college graduates who could contribute to outreach with the exceptional projects that they undertake. Helga Let me say however there is a big disconnect between what the privileged sons and daughters of Goa can reap as reward and what the masses can look forward to. A good education system levels the playing field. It makes available not just opportunity but also aspiration, motivation and the inclination to climb higher and reach further.
Re: [Goanet] Goans - Cooks n Butlers(Eugene Correia) - final
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eugene Correia wrote on GoaNet 1:Jose's posing more questions makes this issue go longer. As another netter suggested, it's time to bury this issue. 2: If Jose is asking about the Dadra incident that provoke Indian invasion into Goa, it is not definitely known if it was true or not. jc's final response on this matter : re 1: The above might fall into Goveian logic i.e. let's bury this issue. Perhaps, it is a good idea, Perhaps not. Perhaps, our forebears should have accepted that the earth was flat or that the sun rotated round the earth. Perhaps, we should never ask questions about what and why, or we should just accept 'talking points'. re 2: I did not ask any such thing. My point relates to my measured distrust of politicians. My point relates to the point you had made on Feb 21 i.e. Goa ruined Nehru's reputation as an advocate of non-violence Would you know what statement Nehru issued immediately post Dadra ? Is that statement questionable? If that is so, How could Goa ruin Nehru's reputation as an advocate of non-violence when Dadra preceded Goa? In closing, I'd say this: Let's not expect politicians to be honest, peace loving, democracy fostering, caring individuals. When in power, they never were, are nor will ever be. Power changes the equation. Nehru may have publicly professed non-violence' but he could not justifiably be called an advocate of non-violence. Mahatma Gandhi was. We all should be peace loving and non violent individuals. Violence never brings happiness. It always brings misery - however much we justify it today in Goveian terms. It is better to accept our politicians as they are i.e. Humans, and not put them on pedestals. Politicians should be judged for what they were elected to do. Did they do a good job towards helping the people be happier, safer and more prosperous? That would be the question to ask. As far as India is concerned, give me a Rajiv Gandhi, Narsimha Rao, Atal behari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh ...any daybetter still Sonia! but please do not make them into demi-gods..and kiss their feet when they are in power. jc -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20070226/dd9fde72/attachment.htm
[Goanet] Riots report in two days: CS
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gomantak Times, 27/2/07, p. 1 Panjim: Chief Secretary J P Singh stated that the report of the enquiry into the communal violence at Sanvordem-Curchorem in March 2006 will be released within two days. He gave this assurance to a delegation of the Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony (CICH), Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) and Science and Religion Sangam which called upon him in this regard yesterday. The delegation also drew his attention to the fact that a number of compensation claims have received no response, and that claims regarding goods stolen during the looting have not been entertained by the administration. The Chief Secretary assured that he would ask the concerned officers to look into the matter, according to Albertina Almeida, Convenor of Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony. North Goa Collector Nikhil Kumar, who conducted the magiserial enquiry into the incident, submitted his report to the state government on February 21, 2007. -- Question everything -- Karl Marx
[Goanet] KUWAIT TIATIRISTS SUPPORT ROMI KONKANI.
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] KUWAIT TIATIRISTS SUPPORT ROMI KONKANI. In Kuwait City yesterday 25th of this month, in an unprecedented show of solidarity with Romi Konkani supporters in Goa Tiatrists, Tiatro organizers and also Tiatro Lovers joined together and strongly condemned the attitude of Rane Government in Goa and all the Congress MLAs for supporting the decision to make Marathi also as an official language of Goa. The meeting appreciated the decision to elevate Romi script Konkani on par with Nagri but opposed the elevation of Marathi. The meeting was convened on behalf of the like minded Tiatrists by the renowned Tiatrist, Playwright, Director, composer and singer Rosary Ferns. It was very nice to see all sections and factions attending the meet, without any differences, called for a particular cause of Roman script Konkani. Since Tiatrists are the promoters and users of Konkani and that too in Romi script on which they sustain, they are bound to support this cause irrespective of their affiliations to any factions and hence Rosary Ferns initiative to convene this meet which was firmly attended and warmly supported by the stalwarts and members of Kuwait Konknni Kendr, Konkani Heritage Kuwait, Goan Welfare Society, Kuwait Goa Tiatristanchi Sonvstha, Kala Mogui, Xavier Manuel Productions, BMB Productions, Choir Group and others. Some of the Tiatrists who could not attend this important meet due to their work schedule conveyed their inability but concurred their support. Among others who attended this meet were: Elvino Rodrigues (President Kuwait Konknni Kendr), Fidelis Fernandes(President Konkani Heritage Kuwait), Carmo Santos(President Goan Welfare Society), Domnick Araujo(Kala Mogui and Kuwait Tiatristanchi Sonvstha), Pal Soares(Kuwait Tiatristanchi Sonvstha), Alex de Consua (Kuwait Tiatristanchi Sonvstha), Lawry Miranda(Kuwait Tiatristanchi Sonvstha), Margareth DCruz, Urban DCruz, Leper Manuel Goes (Xavier Manuel Productions), Benny Vaz (MBM Productions), Salu Faleiro and Bab Agnelo (Both prominent Kuwait Tiatrists and directors), Lucas Diniz (Kuwait Tiatristanchi Sonvstha), Thomas Gonsalves, Joaquim Mendes, Luis DCosta (Miracles Club of Sanguem), Royden Menezes, Rosary Ferns and A. Veronica Fernandes. The main speakers who in their speeches blasted Rane Government for introducing Marathi as one of the official languages of Goa were KKK President Elvino Rodrigues who at one particular point indicated how only during the Congress rule under Rane this language controversy is surfacing thereby putting us Konknnivadis and Romivadis in particular into total inconvenience. Elvino further said that Marathi is already given sufficient level in the language act and it does not require any further concession but Romi Konkani necessarily need further booster. It is only the status of script that is Roman script which is required elevation and nothing else. He appreciated Rosary Ferns initiative in taking such a bold step at the right time to show the opposition of Kuwait Tiatrists for the introduction of Marathi in Goa. Fidelis Fernandes the president of KHK in his address said this is the right time for Kuwait Tiatrists and Tiatro organizers to make their mind clear on Konkani and show their disgust over Rane Government of elevating Marathi on par with Konkani. Fidelis further applauded Prince Jacob a Goa based Tiatrist for being bold enough amongst the Goa based Tiatrists who are living on Romi Konkani to oppose Rane Governments decision on Marathi. Rosary Ferns in his address said as Tiatrists we cannot remain silent spectators to the events going on in Goa in support of Marathi and declared his total support to Prince Jacob opposition to Rane Government and also to everyone who are opposing Marathi. Rosary also called upon other Tiatrists in Goa and elsewhere to come out openly against Marathi in Goa. Domnick Araujo the founder of Kala Mogui in Kuwait and also one of the stalwarts of Kuwait Goa Tiatristanchi Sonvstha applauded Rosary Ferns for initiating this meeting to show the solidarity of Kuwait Tiatrists for all those who are supporting Romi Konkani and opposing Marathi in Goa. Carmo Santos the president of Goan Welfare Society putting more stress on the history of Konkani movement described the events leading to the martyrdom of 7 Romi Konkani souls for the cause of Konkani. He also described the sacrifices Churchill Alemao made during those turbulent days for the recognition of Konkani
[Goanet] Fingers in every pie?
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Philip, This is one case where I fully endorse the action taken by the Ministry of Defense -- there is quite a scam in that the Bishop of Bombay (old Anglican Church -- now Church of North India) is trying to sell off the property attached to the Afghan Church -- He definitely has no right to do so -- Church authorities (Catholic included) thiink they are a law unto themselves -- sell off church property, originally given to the church by government or by good Christians without taking into account the feelings or rights and needs of the congregation. Our church authorities are always telling the congregation to build mansions in heaven, but most of them, as soon as they get the authority to manage landed property, either try to build mansions on earth and quite often only for the benefit of themselves or their direct families without any benefit to the congregation at large. Cheers Aloysius D'Souza
[Goanet] It is Podhi (Pride) in Shashti Konkani
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Albert, Podvi sounds like a Tar-poi-toli (beyond the river bank) Bardeshi term to me - no one will understand that term in southern Salcete - I will prefer to stick to my Sashti-Konkani. Thanks for the information BTW. Why Keep up your Aao Portugues Ponkad, Podhi and Patrade - (i.e. Tantrum, Pride and Prejudice) Shouldn't it be Aao Goenkar these days ? all for the greater good of our beloved Goa ! Don't forget to campaign for our Niz Goenkar, highest educated and champion of good governance Goan IITian Manohar Parrikar for Goa CM in the upcoming May elections. Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz ex Velim in South Goa now Indian Harbour Beach, Florida Message: 14 Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:28:28 + From: Albert Desouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Aao Portugues To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed To our great carmo There is no word Podhi in Konkani. It should be Podvi. Albert
[Goanet] Crash update (further thoughts)
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Out of the ten Sea Harrier crashes listed on Dec 6, 2005, four can be taken as having occurred during night flying over sea from Dabolim. This is at variance with the Navy's insistence that the night hours are available for civilian use at Dabolim as the Navy doesnt use them. The events took place in June 92, Dec 92, Aug 94 and Feb 96. Maybe the explanaton is that the Navy initially tried its hand (unsuccessfully) at night flying and since then thought that discretion was the better part of valour and discontinued the practice. Four more crashes have taken place at sea (May 88, Sept 97, May 01, Aug 03) in the Goa area. Presumably these were in broad daylight. However, there is no reference to any aircraft carrier being involved. I gather that the lone Indian carrier is based in Bombay, not in Vasco/Mormugao. Does carrier take off and landing practice take place? The original post has elaborated on the designation of Sea Harriers as FRS aircraft viz flight, reconnaissance, strike. We never seem to hear of any strike practice/sorties by the Navy whether using live ammo or flares (maybe only at night?). Too risky over land (e.g. Cavelossim) but they shouild be doing it over the sea. Else, what kind of training are Navy fliers getting at Dabolim?
[Goanet] Communal violence report
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Inquiry report on riots submitted Herald reporter 22 February, 2007 North Goa Collector Nikhil Kumar IAS today submitted the magisterial inquiry report on the Sanvordem Curchorem riots to the Chief- Secretary J P Singh. The report comes almost nine months after the magisterial inquiry was ordered and almost 11 months after the incident took place. The Chief Secretary Mr. Singh confirmed the submission of the report today and said that it would be examined by the government to see what action has to be taken. The Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony which has been closely following the inquiry ever since it was initiated in May last, has through its convenor Albertina Almeida demanded that the report should be made public forthwith. Almeida said the CICH is hoping for a repot that goes to the bottom of the incident pinpoints lapses and people responsible. * Gomantak Times, 23/2/07, p.2 Govt studies Curchorem violence report: J P Singh Panjim: Chief Secretary J P Singh yesterday said that the government is examining the magisterial enquiry report submitted by North Goa Collector Nikhil Kumar, regarding the communal violence reported at Curchorem and Sanvordem in March last year. We are examining the report. It will take some time and the government will take a view of it and decide, he said adding that he would discuss the matter with Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane tomorrow, February 24. Rane is presently out of station.
Re: [Goanet] TSKK disapproves CLP's decision to give official status to Marathi. Goanet Digest, Vol 2, Issue 179
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some time ago Margaret Alva called Churchill Alemao a Joke, albeit with dubitable justification. But the current Director of TSKK rightly deserves the title Standing Joke (SJ). (1) For the last two years, he has been issuing last calls to the CM, Congress Party, Margaret Alva, Catholic MLAs et al. These calls, though signed by different individuals, have invariably been communicated to the media by this SJ. The substance of these last calls has always remained the same, but they have been issued in the name of various outfits, most of which are ephemeral. These are TSKK, DKA (Dalgado Konknni Akademi), RLA (Romi Lipyecho Avaz), KLE (Konknni Lipyancho Ekvott), TS (Tiatristancho Sonstho), TA (Tiatr Akademi), RLAF (Romi Lipi Action Front) etc., to mention just a few, with a different Director / President / Convenor each time. The latest is RLC (Romi Lipyechi Chollvoll) with Fr. Conceição Silva as Convener. The SJ may soon run out of letters in the Roman alphabet. Not to worry! He could always borrow a few from the Greek. He has already set a precedent by borrowing one for his Konknni Orthography which nobody (including himself) follows! (2) The choice of conveners of the outfits is based on the individual's estimated crowd-pulling capacity. Tiatrs run to full houses for a minimum of fifty shows each. If Hindi cinema stars can draw crowds, why not our tiatrists? So tiatrists were roped in. But the meetings, even in tiatr-crazy villages like Benaulim, could draw barely twenty bystanders in the audience, in spite of as many as twelve tiatrists (including the Sarpanch) being present on the dais, with the SJ. This has probably sobered the tiatrists who were earlier threatening to contest all the 40 seats to the Goa Vidhan Sabha; they probably reckoned that this was synonymous with Gomant Vidya Niketan. Throngs of people attend Fr. Conceição's Novenas. Perhaps one of these may now be converted into an RLC rally and shown as such on TV! (3) The Mull Goenkarancho Ekvott (MLE) was agitating for a location in Margao for installing a statue of Floriano Vaz who was murdered by the Police at the height of the Language Agitation. The MLE has quite a following in the Mull Goenkar community. The SJ saw an opportunity to capitalize on this and instituted an Award of Rs. 5000/- in the name of Konknni Martyr Floriano Vaz, for the BEST Konkani Book written in the Roman script during the year 2006. Since the SJ has been shouting hoarse that CATHOLIC writers are denied the Konkani Awards because they write in the Roman script, it was expected that a Roman script book written by a Catholic will bag at least this one. But this did not happen. The Award went to a book written in both Romi and Devanagari by a HINDU author, Ashok Chodankar. In effect, SJ conveyed the message that only Hindus can produce quality literature in Konkani irrespective of script. But at the Award Presentation Function, the SJ announced that at the selection stage, he had shifted the goalposts to Chodankar's advantage by eliminating the books written by those who had earlier won the Jesuit Antonio Pereira Puroskar (JAPP). Was it necessary to humiliate Chodankar in this manner by telling him publicly that his book was not the best and that a favour was done to him? The JAPP, by the way, is NOT a Literary Award and is not given to a SPECIFIC book. The SJ had invited all those who support the inclusion of Roman script in the Official Language Act to attend the function in large numbers. About a third of the forty strong audience comprised relatives and friends of the author, and they had nothing to do with the script; in fact some of them, whom I know personally, are staunchly anti-Konkani. Even Ulhas Buyao (UB), who spoke in Bamnni (his term), commented on the poor turn-out. (But what he said in Bamnni was understood by everyone though he was the only Bamonn in the hall.) Although the President of MLE, Antonio Gaoncar, was invited as the Chief Guest of the function, the attendance of the Mull Goenkar community was meager; not a single Konkani writer from this community (and there are many, in both the scripts!) attended the function. Probably they boycotted the function even at the cost of appearing to disrespect the memory of Floriano Vaz. Prince Jacob, in his address, very condescendingly told Antonio Gaoncar and the few Mull Goenkars present, Floriano Vaz was your son but I accept him as my brother. A fine means of garnering support, indeed! (4) But
Re: [Goanet] Goa's Educational system
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Selma, Are you serious? Reena Selma writes: It is those hapless fellows that make their way to the Gulf or work onboard ships. Instead, they should stay in Goa serving cocktails andmocktails to lager louts, so that their children will be inspired er motivated to do better in school.
Re: [Goanet] Dont Tell Us How Americans Eat! We are in US and We know Better Than You Visitor
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ideal dress code in Goa is kashti! samir --- CARMO DCRUZ wrote: Ana Maria, I do not know which ghetto in America you have been to and what kinds of Americans you tried to impress
Re: [Goanet] For Saligao, an artistically done-up children's library
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saligao has shown the way. Congratulations. We must reestablish the reading culture. Frank simoes was a great personality and we enjoyed his writings. I shudder to compare the saligao library mssion with the mess in Santa Cruz, the village where I grew up and where we have our permanent residence at Bondir. Thanks to Rajyasabha MP Mr. Eduardo Faleiro's generosity, Under MPLADS a village library building was built near the Bondir football ground two years ago. Despite such modern premises the library was never established by the St. Cruz village panchayat. The building remains locked and may be used for different purpose. Despite her sincerity, The local MLA could not find time to pursue the library proposal. The directorate of education grants Rs. 1, 26,000 to every village panchayat to establish a library and then the maintenenace grants are released every year for purchasing books, periodicals, power, water, wages, small programmes, rent of the premises. We have 380 villages but only 88 villages have libraries. Every year the government collects Rs. 20 million as 'public library cess'. Most of it lies unspent. Saligao institute must present a detail proposal to get the grants it deserves. I am sorry to see the lack of initiative in St. Cruz, a village known for stalwarts like Poet Paulino dias, Journalist Frank Moraes, Poet Dom Moraes, Tereza Albuquerque, Printer J.D. fernandes, Music maestro Cotta, Barao de cumbarjua-Purushottambab Quencro, the Dempo and Pinto families and many tiatrists, artists and sportspersons. There are many more names. Perhaps the Saligao childrens' library project would rekindle interest in our villagers. Unfortunately having shifted my residence to Goa University campus and presently pinned down by babysitting duties, I am out of action. But this news item has compelled me to wake up our village sarpanch and the MLA. I am going to contact them soon. Thanks to public animators like Fred, Mario and Muriel-Saligao is lucky to have such community oriented projects. I wish all the sucess for this venture and would do my bit to help the project by donating books and getting readers etc.
[Goanet] Re. LUSOFONIA AS SEEN FROM INDIA
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re. LUSOFONIA AS SEEN FROM INDIA Lusofonia is a movement which links Portuguese speaking nations. It does, however, attempt to associate some other countries including India and China. It is then a possible platform for the dialogue of cultures, so relevant to our troubled times. Goa was connected to Portugal for 450 years. At present, there are in Goa several institutions, governmental and non-governmental, which offer courses in Portuguese language and culture. The Goa University has a full fledged Department of Portuguese which conducts diploma courses and courses at graduate and post-graduate level. These courses are held in collaboration with the Instituto Camoes. The University has also a Chair on Brazilian Studies. The Goa University has cultural and scientific agreements with the Universities of Aveiro, Porto, the Universidade Moderna de Lisboa and the Instituto do Oriente. It proposes to enhance its activities in collaboration with the Instituto Camoes as well as Universities of Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique and Macau. The Fundacao Oriente promotes the study of Portuguese language and culture through a wide range of projects in Goa and elsewhere in India. The Xavier Centre of Historical Research has been a pioneer in the teaching of Portuguese in Goa. It has an excellent library and a fine museum of Indo-Portuguese art. The Indo-Portuguese Friendship Society and several other private organizations also foster the study of Portuguese. Whilst Goa, Daman and Diu are the main link to Lusofonia they are not its only expression. The Jawaharlal Nehru University of Delhi, the Jadavpur University in Kolkata and the University of Pondicherry have courses in Portuguese language and culture. Indian business enterprises with a global reach retain some staff knowledgeable in Portuguese, one of the major languages of the world. The President of the Portuguese Republic, Prof. Cavaco e Silva was in India last January. During his meetings with our leaders, whilst the accent was on strengthening trade and investment, the cultural dimension was not overlooked. A Cultural Exchange Programme and an Education Exchange Programme for the years 2007-2009 were finalized on this occasion. Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) were signed between the Delhi University and the Institute Camoes and also between the Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Institute of Social Sciences, Business Studies and Technology of Portugal. During my recent visit to Lisbon it was suggested that a Chair in Hindi and Indian Contemporary Culture, funded by the Government of India, should be created at the Instituto dos Estudos Orientais in that city. I have recommended this proposal to the Ministry of External Affairs. Translation of Indian literature into Portuguese and of Portuguese literature into Hindi and other Indian languages would be welcome. Indian authors such as V.S.Naipaul and Salman Rushdie have been translated into Portuguese and the work of Portuguese writers like Fernando Pessoa and Jose Saramago is available in Indian languages. There has always been cultural interaction in terms of art, music, dance etc across a common ocean between India and the countries of East Africa, including those of Portuguese expression. Such cultural cooperation should be strengthened. A structured Dialogue could be held biennially, alternatively in India and in Portugal or other member countries of Lusofonia, to explore common perspectives on the global issues of Peace and Development. Lusofonia connects the countries whose official language is Portuguese; yet, the lusofone space is broader. It associates several countries of Asia and of East Africa. These are countries with strong cultural linkages with India and their participation as observers in the CPLP opens possibilities for a constructive interaction among us all. (The writer is a former Union Minister. This article is based on his address to the First International Congress on Lusofonia held in Lisbon this February. )
[Goanet] WIKIPEDIA
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Collage bans students from citing WIKIPEDIA I Came across this article on INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, Published on February, 22nd, 2007 and I wonder how true it is and I hope Fred our good correspondent who mostly cites Wikipedia can tell if its true.:-) After finding a significant number of errors in tests and research, the history dept at Middlebury College in Vermont notified its students this month that Wikipeidia could not be cited in papers or exams, and that students could not point to Wikipeidia or any similar source that may appear in the future to escape the consequences of errors With the move, Middlebury, in Vermont, jumped into a growing debate within journalism, the law and academia over what respect, if any, to give Wikipedia articles, which are written by hundreds of volunteers and subject to mistakes and sometimes deliberate falsehoods. Cheers Jerry Fernandes
[Goanet] Fork and Knife and North American Table Dining Etiquette
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] It has been interesting and rather amusing reading the comments going back and forth on how people use the fork and knife in different countries. I have been in Canada for 8 years after living in the Gulf for 20 years. In all my time here I have never seen any Canadians use the English way of eating i.e. knife in the right hand and fork in teh left hand. I admit though that the new English immigrants still follow the traditions of their ancestors. In Canada, people follow the American way of eating, i.e. fork in the right hand and switching it to the left when using the knife. How Goans, in Canada, use these utensils (Canadian word for cutlery) is of course up to their discretion. From what I can conclude, after living here for many years, is that Canadians and Americans do not accept most of the British traditions. Just my two cents. Judaline Alphonso Toronto, Canada
[Goanet] Goan cricket Feb 2007
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the Cricket World Cup in the Carribean round the corner, this is as good a time as any to ponder on the state of cricket in Goa. It has always been a topic of interest to me that Goa and Goans have not yet made their presence felt in this sport. To the best of my knowledge and I would love to stand corrected on this, no Indian of Goan origin has donned India colors, be it white or blue. If nothing else, given Indian cricket's appalling fielding standards, it would be very well served with a dose of the celebrated Goan athleticism, which at present is being monopolised by Indian soccer. Considering that Kerala which was, till recently what one would consider a cricket agnostic state, has thrown up two remarkable fast medium bowling talents who answer to the names of Tinu Yohannan and S Sreesanth, it would not be unfair to fantasise a Quadros or a Coutinho tweaking his left arm over and do a Ponting (not that it tales much to do Ponting ) in flight and being stumped by a Salgoacar. I have not seen too much of cricket being played on Goan grounds like it happens in the rest of India, but I was very impressed when, the other day, travelling from Siolim to Calangute, I saw a most impressive cricket nets being conducted and under lights !!. And it was even more heartening to note that demand seemed to exceed supply by a fair margin going by the wannabe Tendulkars and Dravids jostling with each other for a hit. Being an ardent cricket fan, it was a sight to behold. A few years back, the Goa Cricket Association had roped in V B Chandrasekhar, who played all too briefly for India, to lead the Goa Ranji Team. For reasons unknown, the experiment did not last long enough for any significant benefits to trickle down, either in the form of the Goa team setting the Ranji stage on fire or more realistically inspiring the next generation to take up the sport. It is relevant to note here that after hanging up his boots, VB has set up a cricket academy in Chennai. How much would it have taken to entice VB do the same in Goa. Which brings us to the fundamental question. Is there enough commitment amongst the powers that be to make Goa a formidable force in domestic cricket. Media reports indicate that a spanking new exclusively cricket stadium is coming up in the Tinvim locality. But talent does not necessarily follow infrastructure creation. It takes much more to create a sporting culture than simply building a stadium. Else, countries in the Middle East would be top of the leader boards in the Olympics. Given that international cricket matches that are allotted to non metro locations are few and far between, it may not be a bad idea to use the new stadium for popularising the new emerging 20/20 version of slam bang cricket. 20/20 has all the ingredients for making a visit to the stadium an enjoyable family outing and this may be the best way to inspire the future generations to take up cricket in right earnest. I sincerely hope that cricket gives soccer a run for its money when it comes to attracting Goan sporting talent sooner rather than later.
[Goanet] Goa and the Holiday Home
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] We live in dichotomous times. Even as slums spread across Goans hillocks, so do so-called holiday homes bought by Europeans mostly British. A visit to any Goan Builder (Property Developer), will make you realise that Goa is too rich for Goan blood. Even Goan blood diluted by intravenous feeds of the dollar. A Goan Builder will have no qualms about telling you that he caters exclusively to foreign clientele. He builds homes without kitchens (just a kitchenette if you are lucky), so even if the price is right, the construction makes it an unfeasible buy for a Goan planning a long term stay. The going rate for a one-bedroom flat (apartment) after you factor in 5 year maintenance charges and interest charges, is upwards of 20 lakhs (approximately US$40,000), which ofcourse in UKpound is a bargain but out of the reach of even a middle class Goan. Now, I don't believe for one moment that all the Brits queuing up to buy these houses are going to live there, even on a temporary basis. No, the wily Brit will rent it out to other Brits, turning it into a sort of time-share holiday home/resort and raking in his own profit. I'd like to believe that blind capitalism will somehow ensure a method to this madness and even out the odds, but I can't help feeling that the only person who'll lose out long term is the Goan. Divested of his ancestral property for a quick buck, he has no other capital resource to fall back on. One generation down the line, unless he's smart enough to reinvest wisely in another capital venture, his progeny are bound to be impoverished creatures. selma Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
[Goanet] Mermaid Nipple Advisory
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mermaid Nipple Advisory Mischief, artistic interpretation, bad taste or pure ignorance? By Cecil Pinto An easily excitable female friend phoned me up last week in quite an agitated mood. Have you seen what they have done to the mermaid? she screeched, And specially her nipples?! She's now a pink skinned European with the dark brown nipples of an Indian! Having seen the mermaid in question myself recently, I quite understood my friend's distress. A bit of historical background first. In the late 1930s the Director of Health Services in Goa was Dr. Froliano D'Mello, acknowledged as a truly great Goan. Dr. Froliano was also a Member of the Portuguese Parliament and had attended a conference in Lourenço Marques (now called Maputo), the capital of Mozambique. He was so entranced by the beautiful city that on his return to Goa he wrote two articles in a local newspaper Herald (not O Heraldo) about how Pangim city should also be similarly beautified. The Portuguese Governor (128th to be precise) at the time, Jose Ricardo Pereira Cabral, read these articles, summoned Dr. Froliano and appointed him the President of the Pangim Municipality. You want Pangim to be beautiful then make it beautiful yourself! Armed with authority and resources Dr. Floriano went on a beautification spree. This was in 1940. There was a sort of square for buses and cars (Praca de Camionetas) sandwiched between Rua de 4 Abril and Rua de Joao de Crasto, just before the Palacio do Idalcao and behind what used to be the River Navigation (Navegacao Fluvial) Department. Dr. Froliano ordered this 'praca' to be shifted to the area near the old PWD headquarters. He then created a garden at the place with lawns, hedges, trees and benches. To top it all off he got installed a mermaid fountain in 1941. This last act lead to a bit of controversy, with the more orthodox Pangim residents casting aspersions on Froliano's character. They wondered aloud whether he was going through some middle age crisis and had hence installed a statue of a voluptuous mermaid to stir his libido. The controversy died off and the mermaid remained. History and Sex – I'm beginning to sound like Mario Cabral e Sa. Over the years the Mermaid Garden, as it came to be known, fell into disrepair but in 2002 was refurbished by the Panjim Municipality, enthusiastically aided by heritage lovers and architects. It remains a lovely place for city dwellers and visitors to relax at any time of the day. The mermaid faces what was at one time the seaward entrance to the city. Over the decades the mermaid statue has been repainted many times, most often fully white. In its latest avatar, immediately preceding IFFI 2006, some inspired painter made her hair jet black, her skin pink, her fish-scales grey, her bellybutton maroon, her lips ruby red and, worst of all, her nipples dark brown! Now quite frankly, unlike my distressed female friend, I have no problem with artistic license. But let's first understand how a mermaid's nipples are popularly represented. In most Indian fountain statues the mermaid is a fusion of a buxom apsara and a fish - with a pot thrown in to act as the water outlet. At Green Park hotel there is one such fountain. The Shakuntala fountain in Mapusa, though not a mermaid, is similar. In both cases nipples are visible but the entire statue is painted white, with no distinguishing shade for the nipples. The most famous mermaid statue in the world is the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen which is made of metal, hence not painted at all. The Little Mermaid symbolizes the fairy tale by Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen. The post-pubescent breasts of this classic mermaid are more in keeping with the sixteen year old of Anderson's tale. Christened Ariel in the sanitized Walt Disney film adaptation in 1989, she was given a cute 'shell bra' but still has the dubious honor of being the first Disney 'Princess' designed and animated in a way that shows off the lines of her cleavage. But enough of the Little Mermaid. The generic mermaid of cross cultural legends has a certain mystery surrounding her sexuality. On the one hand she is depicted as a seductive temptress of sailors, on the other hand she is portrayed as being asexual and in fact virginal. Thus her nipples (a symbol of overt sexuality - if you will) would be concealed by her hair, water weeds or shell bras. She was often depicted either without nipples, or with nipples having no differentiating shade from the rest of the breast. All depending of course
