[Goanet] CLEAR? - monday-muse (31mar08)
MONDAY MUSE (31 March 2008) CLEAR? An Italian priest, Fr. Gatti who taught me just for one year in school, was my guiding muse for over three more years. His influence on me has been a part of earlier posts of Monday Muse. His stories opened my thinking to see both the larger picture and the intricate detail. One such story literally cleared my vision. A shopkeeper was forever disparaging of his competitors' storefront windows. "Just look at them”, he would say, “Surely, they are the dirtiest windows in town.". Everyone was tired of the man's continual criticism and fault-finding remarks about other peoples’ windows. However, one day over coffee, when the man carried the subject just too far, his smart customer suggested the man get his own windows cleaned. The shopkeeper followed the advice, and the next day at coffee, he exclaimed, "I can't believe it. As soon as I washed my windows, my competitor must have cleaned his too. His windows are clear and you can see them shine." It was all very clear. The problem was with HIS windows. Since they were dusty, the others appeared shabby, too. Too often we are seized with identifying drawbacks and weakness of others, but the reality remains that our own minds are in negative condition or conditioned negatively. So before we categorize others as worse, we must discover how we can BE BETTER ourselves. After all, Confucius once declared, "Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean." The singling out of the worst in others must go Lets’ BE BETTER ourselves and may our actions show. regards Pravin-da 31 March 2008, Goa, India. Since 2004, the MONDAY MUSE series (based on JCI-India’s annual theme) is penned by PRAVIN SABNIS - a life coach with a passion to connect people to their passion & potential. He employs creative competencies in theatre & trekking in his UNLEARNING UNLIMITED workshops conducted for leading corporate & other groups. Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
[Goanet] Goan author Tony D'Souza
Please see review of Tony D'Souza's latest book in the Washington Post which says: D'Souza treats his subjects with compassion even as he recognizes their weaknesses. There is a kind of freshness and bubbling wonder in this book, the sense of a writer genuinely searching for answers, sidetracked occasionally but determined to complete his journey. http://www.arcamax.com/bookreviews/s-320502-250532
[Goanet] To all those before and after liberation
This is from a rabid supporter of Portuguese colonial rule read below: Some of the developers who had their stalls at the Times of India show were Acron, Line Property Developers, Chowgule Real Estate & Constructions, Integriti Real Estate Developers, Nirvana Nest Buildcom, Jai Bhuvan Builders, Rivera Construction, Tarika Lifestyle, Bullion Limited, Expanse India Buildcon, Geo Realtors, Gold Touch Developers & Promoters, Decolive Reality Developers, Le Gardenia, Akar Creations, Property Management Group and Heritage Real Estate Developers. It was sad to see so many young Goans who were manning these stalls selling potential buyers how 'easy' it is to get a 'home near the sea'. It was painful to see many of these sales representatives and the developers themselves grossly mispronouncing the names of almost all the places in Goa where they had development plans. Those reporters who write before liberation and after liberation atam kha ghantiam chi codi! Visit Macau and come with those high priced rupees! BC __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Be good citizens first (Devi Cherian, The Pioneer)
http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=cherian%2Fcherian223.txt&writer=cherian Be good citizens first Goa is usually in the news for its lovely beaches, cuisine, Feny and the film festival. This time unfortunately, it was the murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, that brought this beach hub into headlines. It would have gone down as yet another case of a foreigner taking drugs had it not been for Fiona, Scarlett's mother who highlighted the case. The rape and then murder of 15-year-old Scarlett evoked sympathy and shock. The cops finally cracked the case and now all the skeletons in the cupboard are coming out. The initial charge by Fiona against the police for not moving swiftly was well taken. However, she went too far in blaming the entire police department and the Government for what happened to Scarlett. The coverage by the media also helped in giving an impression that the entire Goan Government was to be blamed for the incident. Is this the true picture? Scarlett was a drug addict, found in a shack, drugged out of her senses at 3 am. The mother was away with her other children, leaving Scarlett alone. As a mother, I am shocked. Can you imagine an Indian mother leaving her teenaged daughter with unknown people? In which part of the world can a single woman go to an isolated place, in the wee hours? I haven't heard of foreigners getting raped or pickpocketed in New York, Atlanta or Chicago complaining against the US Government for what happened to them. None of my women friends has ever tried to go alone to lonely places abroad even in the so-called 'safe countries' like England or the rest of Europe for that matter. All those people who accused the Government for everything in the world on TV channels should thank their stars that they are in a country where the true spirit of democracy exists. I wish they tried doing the same in countries like China or Pakistan. If they feel so strongly against the Government why didn't they enforce their right to vote. People who start chattering the moment they see a TV camera can't even take out five minutes for exercising their vote! And instead of blaming the Government for everything, let's blame ourselves for the rot in the society. Let's blame the mother too. As for the TV channels, TRP is all that matter. One expected that the media would be objective instead of going on a tirade against perceived enemies. I wish, it would ask the people to make Goa safe. Do they want a cop for every tourist? Surely not. How about becoming honest and sensitive towards our fellow beings? In short, how about becoming good citizens?
Re: [Goanet] Goan Identity or Culture (GIC)
> > Antonio Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Goan identity or culture that some Goans are > obsessed with could best > be understood if we try to define it. --- Outside the borders of Goa, I have never come across such wide discussions about identity. Why are Goans obsessed with defining an identity or culture? The only difference between us and the rest of India, is our bi-cultural identity. We must embrace this difference and move on from there. Cultures don't exist in a vacuum. They cannot be guided in a certain direction or preserved as we wish them to be. They are amorphous and constantly evolving, a product of circumstance and prevailing environment. When we talk about preserving culture, what we are doing is refusing to grow as a community. We can no more preserve "culture", then we can mold. selma Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
[Goanet] FW: Disturbing the waters.
_ From: Averthan D'Souza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 March 2008 10:56 To: Herald Goa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]); Gomantak Times ([EMAIL PROTECTED]); Goan Observer Cc: Goadesc Subject: Disturbing the waters. Dear Editor, The news that the two members of the National Commission for Women who descended on Goa have already jumped to conclusions about the death of the British teenager Scarlet Keeling is very disturbing indeed. In just two days flat, and after very perfunctory discussions, the two ladies have concluded that the Goa Police have failed to perform their duties satisfactorily. To arrive at such a conclusion in less than forty-eight hours is truly amazing. Is this the manner in which the NCW conducts all its business? What is even more horrifying is the revelation in the Newspapers that these two worthy ladies have now come up with their (new) "findings" that Scarlet Keeling was injected with Morphine. How did they arrive at this finding? Will they produce irrefutable evidence of this for judicial scrutiny? Did they submit this finding to the Goa Police for further examination? Did they conduct a medical/forensic examination of the remains of Scarlet Keeling, and was this further "post mortem" examination done with proper authorization? The public has a right to know the basis for their assertion that Scarlet was injected with morphine. The National Commission for Women is a statutory body set up by Parliament. It is expected to perform like a quasi-judicial body. However, the reports in the media indicate that the two members of the NCW have behaved like partisans who came with prejudiced minds to make a political point about the death of the unfortunate teenager. The public assertion by one member that she and "all women" are with Fiona MacKeown in her struggle with the Goa Police, and that she will release her findings to the national - and the international - media after returning to Delhi, makes a complete mockery of the cautious approach which is expected of a quasi-judicial body. She sounded more like a woman activist rather than a member of a Commission. We do not hold a brief for the Goa Police, but we certainly object to persons coming into Goa and arriving at "decisions" within forty-eight hours after the most cursory (and casual) examination of the case of Scarlet Keeling. The National Commission for Women deserves to be more circumspect in the procedures which it follows and the manner in which it intervenes in suspiciously criminal proceedings in a State. Yours truly, Averthanus L. D'Souza, D-13, La Marvel Colony, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004. Tel: 2453628.
Re: [Goanet] Hinduism and Henotheism
From: "Gilbert Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am attaching a link below on some self-study of mine about migration > patterns of world population. I found interesting papers including the following. This paper appears to be a collaboration of / linking together of religion and science. We need more of these references and such dialogue. The author in using gene studies and describes a "genetic Adam" and a "genetic Eve". The web paper is as recent as 18 months. http://www.duerinck.com/migrate.html A KEVIN DUERINCK - GENETIC MIGRATIONS PAGE GENETICS AND HUMAN MIGRATION PATTERNS (GENETIC ANTHROPOLOGY) [Last revised December 9, 2006] ***Any study on the origins of humankind is interesting for all of us, scientists and theologians. There is no conflict between what the book of Genesis intends to teach and what the scientists are trying to discover. The paper takes the biblical names of Adam and Eve from the book of Genesis. Adam (means man or humankind, from the Hebrew word adamah, 'red clay', for man is made of red clay according to the popular, pre-scientific mentality). It speaks of the first parents. The creation account in Gn 1:1-2:4a and 2:4b-25 teaches that the Universe comes from God's powerful word. It differs from modern scientific conceptions, which typically focus on the formation of the planet and its solar system, and leave out of consideration animate life and human culture. Ancient Near East cosmogonies, on the contrary, are mainly interested in the emergence of a people, whereas nature is only the environment for the human community. Gn 1:1-2:4a stays within the categories of the "science" of its time and attempts to see in those categories divine power and purpose, and the unique place of humans. It does not contradict the scientific evolution. It is up to the scientists to evolve further the theory of evolution with factual data Regards. Fr.Ivo
Re: [Goanet] Hinduism and Henotheism
--- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A physician supposedly cannot talk about sociology > or history. But the person with that view, can > authoritatively opine on these two topics, ani thea > bhair, religion, anthropology, genetics, cancer, > migration patterns, etc none of which are related to > his professed field. Granted his instantaneous > expertise is obtained by net-surfing. > I was hoping that I had seen the last of Gilbert's indecent intervention in this thread. Alas, I was wrong. In the above excerpt he is misstating what I said in addition to besmirching me one more time. The last couple of times he used foul language to do the latter. To set the record straight, I said that a medic was free to write about sociology or history just as a priest is free to write about science. But since Gilbert has taken the trouble to demean me again in this public forum, I would appreciate it if he does the following: 1. Kindly tells me how he (Gilbert) knows that anthropology, genetics and migration patterns are not related to my field. 2. Kindly tells me how he knows that my knowledge in these areas and in religion and cancer comes only from net-surfing. 3. Kindly tells me which of these areas, including history and sociology falls within his field of expertise. 4. Kindly sends me a copy of his book "Amchi Khobor", so I can also be an instant expert on Goan culture and history, and history of languages, Konkani, etc. by reading material that has not been obtained by net-surfing. I will pay for it. Cheers, Santosh
Re: [Goanet] indian vs goan
Were there two conventions held in Goa...I ain't sure. But at one of them, the closing-evening speaker was Keith Vaz (Zulema d'Souza of Toronto was involved in this one). Senor Vaz spoke around 4:30/5:00 at the Kala Academy, and his talk was not terribly stirringyou may have taken a feni-induced siesta Eugene and missed it! As for the question of identity: that is exactly my point- the folks discussing goan identity ...perhaps they did not the appropriate bunch. One has to be an observer of Goan life, and understand what ails us, our problems, our past and perhaps have some ideas and insights on our future as a people with a common background. This can be an endless and pointless discussion ofcourse and names of all those professors mean squat! We have a bunch of thinkers and accomplished leaders (damm, not politicians) who should throw in their opinions: Charles Correa, the da Chunha brothers, Mangeshkar sisters, Kishori Amonkar, the tiatrists and the naatok-writers, Ulaas Buiao, Uday Bhembre, Lucio Miranda, Remo, Manohar Sardesai (his piece on naagdo petaro announcing the arrival of the hippies on Akashwani Poonji plays its self over and over in my minds ear...)! Not to suggest celebrities are better thinkers then the rest; folks on top of their game, accomplished, leaders. The only politician I would include is Mathany Saldhana, truly grounded, truly involved in the Goan problem. That said, Concani is the soul of Goan being, it reflects our outlook to life, our attitude to the world around us, reflects our being, who we are. Its our joy and it sounds beautiful to boot. Yes, I understand everyone speaks English in Goan homes these days, its in vogue. Visit a Gujrathi home, in Goa, London, in Johannesburg and the first language the off-spring speak is Gujrati, no questions asked. And how can you possibly understand and define oneself when one cannot speak ones mother tongue, the very thing that places us culturally, socially? I may be wrong in my assessment but lets hear some other opinions. Humanity of munispon is a trait and not defining as ones identity.it deals with character and I do not see any 'munispon' in most Goans today; maybe 20 years ago. Goan culture as we know it is on the wane and was for a long time (one of the few who often spoke about this was Mario Miranda in the late 80s) and perhaps loosing our language is a sign. I mean, nothing wrong speaking Inglees and even Inglees with an accent but not speaking ones mother-tounge maybe fine and stylish momentarily but in the long run, I am sure it haunts one..where do I come from, where do I stand, who am I? Ones mother-tounge attaches one to ones roots. These are questions that bug the mind. Speaking to younger Goans who are born and raised elsewhere...this is evident (I am talking of younger folks who are grounded) and these questions bug them. The mind is a strange. Maybe I yam just dreaming in Concani. On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pandu Lampiao is sadly mistaken to say that Keith Vaz > was the star attraction of the Goan convention in > 1988. Keith was not even there.
Re: [Goanet] Rabid supporter of current colonial regime
Roland, Portugal has plenty of sand. All supporters of the current colonial regime are heading there. You wanna join?? Jason Mera Bharat Mahaan --- Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RF, > > You are rabid supporter of the current colonial > regime imposed upon Goans since 61 and a few > reporters who ply their trade on Goanet. In a while > there will be no sand on Goan beaches where you can > bury your head. It is believed that there is rampant > excavation for the bharat glass industry. > > Regards > > BC > > > > ___ > > Yahoo! For Good helps you make a difference > > http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ > OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com
[Goanet] IDENTIFICATIONS
1)Does anyone know that after how much duration does the CRC sents intimation for identification to Portuguese consulate (i.e From the date the documents are submitted and process number being received). 2)After the intimation is being sent to the consulate the date of identification is being decided by CRC or the consulate? 3) Does the copy of intimation sent to the consulate also posted to the applicant address. 4) How can one expedite the date of identification and does CRC co-ordinate & reply to the queries pertaining to identification's. Shashi.
[Goanet] Contacto Goa is back!
Contacto Goa is back! The popular Goa edition of the Contacto magazine programme on the Portuguese language channel RTP International was launched in January 2006, and ran for a very successful first cycle of thirteen episodes. The first series set out to explore the fascinating legacy that the Portuguese have left behind in Goa and other parts of India where they once had a presence, such as Mumbai, Daman and Diu. A variety of people, institutions and events, who continue to sustain ties between the two nations, were featured in the course of the series. The successful response to the first series by RTP-I's viewers has inspired the channel to launch a second round and now a third round of the Contacto Goa programme. The first episode of this new series will be telecast on April 1st 2008 (it's true) at 1pm Indian time and 8:30am Lisbon time on RTP-Internacional . There will also be a repetition telecast at 1:15am Indian time and 8:45pm Lisbon time and 5:30am indian time and 1:00am Lisbon time. Viewers in Europe and Africa who receive the channel RTP-Africa will also be able to watch the episode on this channel. It will be telecast on the same day at 9:00am Lisbon time. This episode will focus on a very enterprising family - the Timblo family connected to the mine business as well as tourism for more than 2 decades. We will also talk about 3 grand celebrations that this year happened almost at the same time: Id (muslim celebration), Holi (Hindu festival) and Easter (resurrection of Christ). Please note that the above timings are approximately only, based on the information available on the RTP web site at the time of sending out this release. We suggest that viewers reconfirm exact timings by checking the website www.rtp.pt on the actual day of telecast. We also advise viewers to switch on the channel a few minutes in advance, as occasionally the telecast has been found to begin before the schedule time. The 2008 Contacto Goa series is produced by a local team , consisting of Nalini Elvino de Sousa and Jude Fernandes with sound and image by Francisco Machado. Further episodes of the third series of Contacto Goa will continue to be telecast every 15 days, on Tuesdays at the same timings as given above. The team can be contacted by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] Postings on Goanet
I am grateful to Senhor Govio for drawing my attention to the Rules and Guideline for posts on Goanet. I apologise to Goanet for a minor infringement of Rule 3 which says: If you're quoting an earlier post, quote the minimum. It was inadvertent and only meant to put the whole issue in context. I hope others too will take heed of the rules and guidelines, one of which (item b) reads: Keep your message brief. In fact, Rule 10 of Goanet Rules says: âWhen a topic goes on endlessly in circles â¦the Admin Team will be empowered to declare that discussion "closed."â I do not see anything in the rules to support the Senhorâs contention that âthose who choose to be verbose have that rightâ¦.â Nor will I ask for concrete instances of the Senhorâs mention of âpatriots (who) have given their lives for the right of others to be verboseâ Goanet is indeed not a newspaper but rather an extended form of the Letters to the Editor in any newspaper. The latter have strict rules for length and preciseness of letters sent. And so does Goanet. (Seehttp://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2005-February/024386.html) Finally, brevity, they say, is the soul of wit â and of wisdom. If others believe verbosity is, they may do so. And if the Moderators of Goanet share the latter sentiment, I would withdraw from this Forum before other participants decide to post 20 or more page comments. I joined this forum to have a meaningful discussion on issues related to Goa and possible solutions to its problems. Brevity â not verbosity - will ensure more variety and will strengthen this forum.Nicholas DâSouza Re: Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 From: Mario Goveia <Just as in a real forum, one is free to participate in or ignore a discussion or thread, move on to another, or return to whatever else they need to do. One is free to express opinions, such as a request for brevity, and some may agree and others may not. Those who choose to be verbose have that right under the rules of freedom of speech. No one is forced to do anything they don't want to. In free societies patriots have given their lives for the right of others to be verbose if they choose to.
[Goanet] My take on Goa and Goan identity [ Starting points ]
Dear Goanetters, I am going to venture into some pretty dangerous territory here. What follows is entirely my opinion. It is not meant as a criticism of any individual or community. In fact , many of the points I will make are critical of myself , my religion / caste and the views that I have expressed on Goanet over the last few weeks. While I am trying to be unbiased in what I say , some of the issues I raise may well be tempered by the strong political and other views I hold. Also , I am far from all- knowing and there may well be many factual inaccuracies in my observations.All constuctive criticism is welcome. Rheotorical opposition based on bigotted thinking not so. There has been increasing volume of debate on this forum on how Goa is going to the dogs and how to prevent it. Also, there has been much talk about preserving Goan identity. Before we try to even attempt the above , I sincerely feel we need to do 2 things. 1 ) Stop being in denial about some harsh realities which apply to every one of us ( including myself ) 2 ) Forget the past ( however painful it may have been ) , analyse the present ( however complicated it may be ) and plan for the future. And to do all this , we need a starting point to calculate what is the past and what is the present. I suggest we keep the starting point as 1961 ( simply because we had charge of our destinies from that point ) and analyse things from then on.We keep the period from 1961 to date for analysis. And plan for the future from now on. And the absolutely central point to my arguments that follow is : FORGET WHAT HAPPENED IN GOA PRIOR TO 1961. Which means : # Let us forget the inquisition and all other wrongdoings , some true, others fabricated , that the Portuguese colonial rulers were involved in. We cannot reverse them.And what is the point of harping on what happened many hundred years back. # Let us forget about the religious conversions ,some forced , others voluntary.We cannot ( and should not ) change what happened many hundred years back. We should , however , remember one fact. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE ACCIDENT OF HISTORY THAT GOA WAS RULED BY THE PORTUGUESE ( UNLIKE MOST OF INDIA WHICH WAS BRITISH ) and IF NOT FOR THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CULTURE WHICH WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF GOA BY 1961 ( AND ALONG WITH THE WELL PRESERVED HINDU CULTURE MADE FOR A UNIQUE RECIPE ) , GOA TODAY WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE CHARACTERLESS SOUTHERN MAHARASHTRA OR NORTHERN KARNATAKA COASTAL AREAS WHICH HAVE SIMILAR GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS AND ARE NO LESS IN SCENIC BEAUTY THAN OUR GOA. Let us all ( espescially the Hindutva proponents in Goa ) accept that indisputable fact. Only then, can we move on. ...to be continued. warm and sincere regards, anand _ Get Hotmail on your mobile. Text MSN to 63463 now! http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx
[Goanet] WHO ARE THESE GOANS IN - UAE receiving Leadership Awards?
Who are these so called Goans in UAE, most of us never heard of them or know them? Will someone enlighten us about them and what contributions they have made towards Goans? Thanks Tony Fernandes Dubai, UAE On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:16 AM, gaspersWorld wrote: In a brief function 'CONFERENCE ON INDIAN EXPARTRIATES IN THE GULF COUNTRIES held at the Convention Hall, Hotel Mandovi, Panaji on 29th March 2008, the NRI Affairs Directorate of Goa Government presented Leadership Awards for community service to well known Goans from the Gulf for recognition of their social activities towards the Indian community. The honored recipients: UAE: Mr. Ramnath Arjuna Mavlingcar Dubai: Mr Rockson Rufus Rodrigues
[Goanet] Rabid supporter of current colonial regime
RF, You are rabid supporter of the current colonial regime imposed upon Goans since 61 and a few reporters who ply their trade on Goanet. In a while there will be no sand on Goan beaches where you can bury your head. It is believed that there is rampant excavation for the bharat glass industry. Regards BC ___ Yahoo! For Good helps you make a difference http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/
Re: [Goanet] Goa news for March 28, 2008
To Goanet - Sanjeev Sardesai wrote: >Talk, talk & more talk - leads us no where. Please build a >platform, with us alongside you (not behind you)... Let me clarify this so that Amol can better serve you. You are asking Amol to roll up his sleeves and get cracking. After he has finished building the platform, Your Lordship will come and stand alongside him (not behind him). Would you like a VVIP badge, too? Should he arrange for some refreshments? Diet Coke or Sprite? Or perhaps Dr Pepper? Regards, r
[Goanet] CNN-IBN program on airports
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/aero-dynamics-nation-wants-multiple-airports/622 60/comments.html Goa may have the same problem with Dabolim and Mopa unless the people are vigilant and take steps to shape the direction in which things move. Btw, I had mentioned previously that Hyderabad Begumpet's IATA code HYD was transferred to the new airport at Shamshabad. What would happen when Mopa is built? Would Dabolim's code GOI be transferred to it (Mopa)? More intriguingly, what if Goa agreed to have the airport in Sindhudurg instead of Mopa? Would GOI be allotted to the Maharashrta airport? Worth pondering, right? Dabolim civil enclave must never close and Mopa/Sindhudurg must get their own IATA code!
Re: [Goanet] Goans in the Middle East in pain !
On 30/03/2008, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 29/03/2008, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mario responds: > > > Yes, really. It is you who are being disingenuous by citing an exception > rather than the rule. Either that or you are unfamiliar with the extent to > which US assets of all kinds are owned by non-US investors, something that is > common knowledge around the world. RESPONSE: You have not even finished reading the post in its entirety, else you would have noted the Chinese failure in acquiringthe post was not about an exception but two in less than two years and ones that really mattered ! Since you need to be spoon fed here it is... excerpt: The collapse of the deal is the second time in less than a year in which a foreign acquisition raised protests about the economic security of the United States. Cnooc, a Chinese government-owned oil company, dropped a bid to buy Unocal in July, after it was clear that opposition would run high. Chevron took over the company instead, for $18 billion. Ends. Have you no shame, no self respect to go on pandering falsehoods on this forum ? The U.S. Govt only wants foreign entities, including Sovereign Wealth Funds, to buy T Bills and to bail out doggy US financial institutions. I have no issues with the US Govt policy, neither should you but to blatantly and falsely give readers the impression that the US is an open market is sheer balderdash. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
Re: [Goanet] Goa at Crossroads - A Corrigendum
I have talked to Dr. Kinnerkar over the phone a minute ago, mainly to congratulate him on the above well presente write-up. When confirmation was sought over the delay in publishing the said article by NT as reported by us, Dr. Kinnerkar has gone on record that the article, though it was written one and a half year ago, was not presented to any newspapers for its publication or rather it was the hesitantion to present it for publication lest it may be rejected as too critical of the government of the day. I, on behalf of the Goa Su-Raj Party, apologize for the mis-understanding and subsequent erroneous reporting. The same error stands corrected. floriano goasuraj Dr. Kinnerkar is available on (0832) 2462083 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GOA needs a 'REVOLUTION' if it is to see better days. Goasuraj is that revolution. Support it. Website: www.goasu-raj.org
[Goanet] Goa for Sale
True and sad. We Goans need to do something as our government cannot lead but only follow half-heartedly. For a start, we can seek to ban any building higher than a coconut tree as they do in Bali if our villages are going to remain villages. Here's one idea ... People make your suggestions known clearly and repeatedly Yes, there is hope yet if we act decisively and unitedly!
Re: [Goanet] Goan Identity or Culture (GIC)
Hi Antonio I humbly suggest that the problem with Gilbert Lawrence's posts re Goan identity is his highly simplistic assumption that everyone once knew his/her hierarchical place in Goan (presumably Christian) society and that this should be embedded and continued. With much respect, this is an utter figment of the imagination. There has always been resistance to whatever prevailing status quo has been around, especially when underpinned by things like injustice, force, and bogus rationales for a hierarchy based on an accident of birth epitomised by the rotten underbelly of caste. How, I ask, is it possible for one to be so unfamiliar and blinkered about Goa's social and political history to believe the parochial notion that "everyone knew their place in society", when clearly, the literature on this issue indicates considerable social volatility in thought and deed throughout Goan history. This is the reality of Goan history and I therefore respectfully invite friend Gilbert to counter this view with evidence. Today's societies are remarkably fluid rather than static and surely, only an utter traditionalist, conservative and reactionary would want to argue for the continuation of "our legacy" which is code for a society based on caste and endogamy in an increasingly wonderful open world society of which we are heirs thankfully, and our young are seemingly integrating into enthusiastically. Cornel DaCosta Antonio Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Goan identity or culture that some Goans are obsessed with could best be understood if we try to define it. And definition of Gic is definitely not an easy proposition. However, a beginning can be made if we place a few facts before us. Gic as we know it today did not exist before 1510 and after 1961 it appears to be withering away... At this point, let me state that a vast majority of Goan Catholics, whether in Goa, India and overseas are least bothered about the withering away of Gic.
[Goanet] Student keeps date with Earth Hour, forms youth environment organisation in Goa.
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED -- -- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - Student keeps date with Earth Hour - Earth Hour (8 pm to 9 pm) may have gone unobserved in many parts of the State on Saturday, but not for Aaron Pereira, a first year BA student residing at Fontainhas in Panjim. Aaron was kept busy for most part of the day sending e-mails and contacting friends to make them aware of the important hour when lights would be switched off in an effort to raise awareness about global warming. The student and nature enthusiast said a few people in Panjim did keep a date with the crucial hour, which is being observed from last year and finds its genesis in Sydney, Australia, by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Citing the unexpected showers preceding Easter Sunday, Aaron said the sudden rainfall could be attributed to climate change. "It is high time we realise the importance of preserving our Earth for our future generations," he mentioned. Aaron has formed WeCare - Goa, a youth environment organisation, to take up the issue of global warming in the State as he feels there's a need for creating awareness on the phenomenon. "WeCare - Goa has decided to hold various campaigns on global warming throughout the year by involving various sections of the society, right from children to the aged," he observed. Aaron has urged like-minded people who have interest in such issues and who want to take an active part in protecting the Earth could contact WeCare - Goa at [EMAIL PROTECTED] HERALD 30/3/08 page 3 -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK -- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa -- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- __._,_.___
[Goanet] MP and Panjim
Philip Thomas said: If possible MP should renounce his Panjim seat and stand for some other place where he can do least harm and carry on as leader of the opposition. --- Reply: I do not understand this logic, MP can stand any where he likes, it is the Christaum from panjim who should use their better judgement, obviously they like him and their dirty Panjim, do you live in Panjim then don't vote for him. anand virgincar said: 1 ) Mr Gadgil is trying his best to lay the blame for the mess in Panjim at Manohar Parrikar's door.Fine, assuming MP is entirely responsible for this problem ( like he is for every problem in Goa ) Reply: This statement has been made out of desperation, YES every one blames Porrikar for problems in Goa - come up with another joke next time. anand virgincar said: My question to Mr Gadgil is, Why have you never brought up the issue of the bigger mess in Margao and blamed Digamber Kamat for it ? He is not just the MLA for Margao but also the chief minister of Goa , and should have a wee bit more control when he wields so much more power than someone in the opposition. Is it because your primary goal is to tarnish MP's image ? Reply: Porrikar or no Porrikar Goa politics will survive. It is people like you who take offence every time some one talks against Porrikar (simply because people like you talk about Porrikar all of the time). Talking against Porrikar or BJP does not mean one is FOR Congress, Digu was BJP, he has said one or two women raped in Goa we should not make a big noise about it, he has done a lot of harm when he was BJP MLA for margao. IT IS NOT PORRIKAR VS DIGU OR ANY ONE ELSE for that matter. It is people like you who talk and talk about Porrikar as if he is some kind of BUDDA and we have to worship him. WELL, YOU CAN. ED. - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox.
Re: [Goanet] Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land
Hi Georgina I cannot fathom out if these land developers (we have other names for them) who advertise in UK & other parts of the world, Russian, Israel, Germany etc included, how come they manage to sell these houses to the non-Indian, non-Goan, non-PIOs for a huge sum, then later find they actually own the house, but cannot live in it after the visa expires, etc etc still manage to stay in business and continue this trade? I was under the assumption that unless you are a PIO & recognised as such by the Indian Government, you have no right of possession. I have been invited many times to some of the shows here in the UK where a certain land developer has many areas that are covered with their houses, from one-bed apartments and duplexes to four or five-bedroom detached villas still selling and making a profit to overseas buyers? Are they not living in the houses themselves? Are all these houses being bought for investment purposes only? Its a scandal that these projects are making Goa a "third-class" tourist destination with no profits being filtered into building more hospitals, schools and the infra-structure where more money is needed, for street cleaning, disposing of the extra effluent created via the proper soil pipes (not into the sea again is it where the coral has now almost disappeared, poisoning the fish with unsterilised materials flushed out in the ocean?). Something is going to give pretty soon, and its always money in the greasy palms of the corrupt officials who have been voted in to get the place cleaned up no doubt, I cant see anything happening, other than What is the use of the Government banning the sale of Goan or Indian land to non-Goans, non-Indians or non-PIOs if the corrupt officials will find a way round that little proposal passing off as Law. Its time for a rethink, perhaps more demonstrations, properly conducted, non-violent actions such as those with the SEZ etc. All constructive suggestions welcome, I hope they can be implemented, and soon. John Monteiro --- Georgina Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote It is high time the Government of Goa woke up to the fact that *GOA IS FOR GOANS* All this time the helped and aided the foreigners to pruchase property in Goa, without their knowledge it would not have been so easy for them. Better late than never get the prices down and help Goans to buy property in Goa. 201:35:00%20AM Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land GEORGINA ---
[Goanet] The Kosambis, father and son
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/03/30/stories/2008033050080300.htm The Kosambis, father and son RAMACHANDRA GUHA D.D. Kosambi was a mathematician who trained himself to be a world-class historian. His father's life was even more remarkable… Photo: The Hindu Photo Library Multi-faceted: D.D. Kosambi. A friend who lives in Goa writes to say that he is greatly enjoying the series of lectures being organised there to commemorate the centenary of the polymathic scholar D.D. Kosambi. The historian Romilla Thapar had spoken in the series, as had the jo urnalist P. Sainath; two Indians one thinks the notoriously judgmental Kosambi would have approved of, both for the depth of their research and the commitment to their craft. Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi was a remarkable man. Trained as a mathematician, he then went on to train himself as a historian. His day job was as a Professor of Mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. On the train up and down from Poona (where he lived), and during the evenings, nights, and weekends, he gathered the materials to write some pioneering works of historical scholarship, among them A Study of Indian History and The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline. A pioneer Apart from his books, Kosambi also published collections of scholarly essays, in one of which he wrote about the village communities of his native Goa. The languages he knew well included Sanskrit, Pali, Marathi, and English. Among Indian historians, he was a pioneer in the use of numismatics, linguistics, and, above all, anthropology. Kosambi was a man of a fierce and at times truculent independence. He was sympathetic to Marxism, whose materialist approach he found useful in reconstructing the economic and social life of civilisations now long dead. But he abhorred the dogmatism and insularity of what was then the undivided Communist Party of India. It was impossible for him to follow a party line. In his political writings (which too were collected in several volumes, one of which bore the charming title Exasperating Essays) he was sharply critical of what he called the "Official Marxists" (or OM, for short). Among the community of Indian historians there is almost a "Kosambi cult" in operation. It is good that the civil society of Goa is joining academics elsewhere in India in paying tribute to his memory. But mostly forgotten in the meantime is a Kosambi who was perhaps an even more remarkable man. This was the historian's own father, Dharmanand. I first heard of Dharmanand Kosambi from a friend who taught for many years at the University of California at Berkeley and is arguably the greatest living scholar of Jainism. His name is Padmanabha Jaini. It was in Berkeley on a cold January afternoon, years ago, that Professor Jaini acquainted me with the elements of Kosambi pére's life. As a young man he felt the urge to learn Sanskrit; finding the urge irresistible, he left his wife and baby boy to go to Poona and study with the great Sanskrit scholar R.G. Bhandarkar. His studies inculcated further desires and ambitions; among them to make a deeper acquaintance with Buddhism. He travelled around the country, spending time in Baudh Gaya, in Sarnath, and in Kausambhi, near Allahabad, where the Buddha lived after attaining enlightenment. It was from this last place that he took the name by which he and his son came to be known. So far as I know, this remains the only "Kosambi" family in Goa, India, or the world. In search of a living Buddhist tradition, Dharmanand Kosambi also spent several years in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), where he learnt Pali. By now, he was a world authority on the language and culture of early Buddhism. He taught briefly in Bombay and Poona before attracting the attention of the American academy, then (as now) on the look-out for world authorities to attract (or seduce). With his wife and son, Kosambi travelled across the seas to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was put to work editing Pali texts for a series published by Harvard University. Moved by Gandhi Dharmanand Kosambi spent a decade in the United States, in which time his son studied mathematics at Boston University (to add to the Sanskrit and Pali that he learnt at home). Reading about Gandhi's movement made the senior Kosambi turn his back on America (and the scholarly study of Buddhism) to return to India and court arrest during the Salt Satyagraha. He was deeply attached to Gandhi; when the Mahatma moved to Wardha in 1934, Dharmanand Kosambi moved with him too. When I visited the ashram in Sewagram some years ago, an elderly (and knowledgeable) guide showed me the hut Gandhi lived in, as well as the huts occupied by his closest associates, such as Mahadev Desai and Mira Behn (Madeleine Slade). Then he pointed to a structure, as modest as the others, which he called "Professor Sahib Ki Kutir". This was where the one-time Goan, Buddhist scholar, and Harvard academic had spent his last yea
[Goanet] Goans from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE receive Leadership Awards
Goans from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE receive Leadership Awards -gasper crasto - www.goa-world.com In a brief function 'CONFERENCE ON INDIAN EXPARTRIATES IN THE GULF COUNTRIES held at the Convention Hall, Hotel Mandovi, Panaji on 29th March 2008, the NRI Affairs Directorate of Goa Government presented Leadership Awards for community service to well known Goans from the Gulf for recognition of their social activities towards the Indian community. The honored recipients: Bahrain: Mr. Francis Correia, Mr. Gabriel R. Crasto, and Mr. Alfred DSouza. Kuwait: Dr Jaganath Ramnath Chodankar, Mr Alex Wilson Coelho, and Mr. Carmo Santos Oman: Dr Mario Carmo de Souza , and Mr Celso Vincent Andre Fernandes Qatar: Mr Simon D'Silva UAE: Mr. Ramnath Arjuna Mavlingcar Dubai: Mr Rockson Rufus Rodrigues (Delhi): Ms Suman Anand Kurade The awards were given during the Conference on Indian expatriates in the Gulf countries on March 29 at Hotel Mandovi, Panaji, Goa. The Conference was inaugurated by Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Vayalar Ravi The function was presided over by Commissioner of NRI Affairs Shri Eduardo Faleiro while Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Digambar Kamat was the Chief Guest :::FRANCIS CORREIA::: Francis Correia, hailing from Cansaulim, a resident of Bahrain since 1974, is employed with Ahmed Mansoor Al AAli as Manager of the Real Estate Division. He has been involved in community services from the time he arrived into Bahrain and has served the community in different fields. Correia has provided legal, medical and financial aid to a large number of Goans and members of other expatriate communities. Through the Indian Embassy and Ministry of Labour, he has resolved many disputes of laborers and domestic helpers. He has assisted many with sponsorship problems or to find alternate employment. He has actively participated in events to help the local charities as well. Correia was honoured by the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1987 for his active participation in organizing festivities of expatriate societies and clubs to celebrate the Bahrain National Day. He was elected as General Secretary of Young Goans Club, way back in 1979 and served on the Managing committee several times. During his tenure with the club he was able to interact with Goans from other Gulf and European Countries in organizing sports and social events. Correia is the main person involved in organizing Konkani tiatr events in Bahrain with Goan based and local stage artistes which has helped display Goan culture and heritage in the Gulf and keep Konkani alive and popular. He has also used his status and position to organize visits by political, religious, social leaders from Goa. He is currently the President of Young Goans Club. Correia is also a coordinator of the Konkani Community of the Sacred Heart Church. :::G.R. CRASTO::: Gabriel R. Crasto made headlines last year when he was awarded the Man of the Year Award by the Goan Review Art Foundation, Mumbai for his services linked to the Goan community in Bahrain and the Konkani language. Crasto, a popular Master Compere (MC) among the Goan community in Bahrain is always at the forefront of social, cultural and sporting events. He has utilized these opportunities to showcase Konkani, Goan culture, heritage and identity of Goans in Bahrain. For me, organizing such events is always a dual purpose, stated Crasto. It gives an opportunity for the talented members of Goan community based here to display their art and whatever little income is generated from such events is diverted to help the needy. In association with other community groups, Crasto has organized functions to felicitate and honor outstanding sportspersons and stage artistes of the Goan origin. He is always at hand to help those in need of his services - either to coordinate with the Indian Embassy or the local Government agencies. A resident of Bahrain for the last 25 years, he is employed with Mohammed Jalal & Sons as Manager in their Travel Division. Being in the travel field, Crasto was influential in obtaining special fares from Air India for Goans during the Exposition of St. Francis Xavier. A freelance journalist, Crasto hails from Navelim. He covers the activities of Goans in Bahrain through his writings in magazines published from Goa. In his younger days Crasto worked as a correspondent of West Coast Times (English daily), Novem Goem and Goencho Mog, etc. In December 2007, Crasto was honored by the Young Goans Club for his contribution to community welfare. He has served several terms on the Managing Committee of the Club in different positions in the past. He is the Chairman of Bahrain Goans Football League and a member of the Konkani Community Committee of the Sacred heart Church. :::ALFRED D'SOUZA::: Since coming to Bahrain over 20 years ago, Alfredo DSouza, has always volunteered his time and services for the poor of the community. He is
Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim (was Why Manohar Parrikar is not CM today)
You know, given all this, I think I will withdraw my request thatParrikar actually do something for his constituency. It is betterthat he continues to do nothing rather than put in a performancelike that again.[ Vidyadhar Gadgil ]I wholeheartedly second this idea. If possible MP should renounce his Panjim seat and stand for some other place where he can do least harm and carry on as leader of the opposition.[ Philip Thomas ] My comments are specifically directed to Bab Philip ( whose views on the aviation industry in Goa are thought provoking and for whom I have a lot of respect for his obvious deep knowledge of that matter ) Can Mr P Thomas please give reasons why he agrees with Mr Gadgil ? He should note : # The days when one Manohar Parrikar hater made a comment berating MP ( without providing any factual support ) and there was a chorus of agreement from others with the same partisan mentality . with no meaningful challenge from other posters on this forum ( apart from the viva viva MP posters who again provided no factual data as to why they support MP ) ARE LONG GONE. # What we have now is individuals who are presenting a case as to why MP should be in charge of Goa. These individuals are backing their case with facts. They are also not afraid to admit to his faults.They are even open to other solutions for Goa's ills ( which do not include any role for MP ) provided the persons forwarding these solutions are prepared to demonstrate their feasibilty. # So wake up , Bab Philip , to the new Goanet boat ( at least as far as political discussions go on this forum ). As Bosco pointed out to me ( and rightly so ) , I was at a risk of sinking my boat by digressing from my core agenda and engaging in meaningless rants. SO ARE YOU. warm regards, anand _ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (31Mar08)
On finding a Police Officer spending an intimate evening with his 'Juliet', the police Chief says: "No Wonder the Scarlett murder case cannot be solved!" To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Goa news for March 31, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa Govt to hand over Scarlett case to CBI - Hindustan Times [1 hour ago] Scarlett's mother claims the Goa police dismantled the shack where her daughter was raped, to hamper the CBI investigations, reports Barney Henderson. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=05f4c859-93fd-44bf-8866-89a54a332498&ParentID=5c76babc-2295-43f9-94d5-2e1d2fea08d1&cid=1144694000&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzfZy_YJRVZqC3Ls3uIwjel8m-0yDQ *** Police probe into Scarlettes case misleading: NCW - Hindu [2 hours ago] Panaji: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has held that Goa police investigations into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlette Eden Keeling ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/31/stories/2008033155631400.htm&cid=1146996580&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzcYYtDSz4QsOos_3TvHFcYEUDUFDQ *** Foreigners can\'t buy land in Goa: Govt - NDTV.com [20 hours ago] The Goa government has decided that no foreigner will be allowed to buy land in the state for personal purposes. However, they can buy land for business ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080045408&ch=3/30/2008%208:28:00%20AM&cid=1145863927&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzc3TptAfQW-QRqnY9zvrD2Njlzyqw *** Goas assurance to Russians - Hindu [2 hours ago] PANAJI: While seeking to reassure the Consul General of the Russian Federation, Alexander V. Mantysky, about the safety and security of Russians in Goa, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/31/stories/2008033155641400.htm&cid=1146756428&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzeG7_tbO6HrdZVGuVTF75ve6lWBIQ *** Goa still top tourist destination - Economic Times [51 minutes ago] NEW DELHI: The beach paradise of Goa is the top tourist destination for Summer of 2008, despite the recent Scarlet Keeling controversy. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Goa_still_top_tourist_destination/articleshow/2912645.cms&cid=1147108398&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzc_vACZ4yWuD8OtP5m1k5VcnRnIPg *** More firms to file petitions after Cipla`s plea against Goa SEZ policy - Business Standard [Mar 29, 2008] Peninsula Pharma Research Centre is coming up at Sancoale in Goa in 20.36 hectare area to house biotech units. It is yet to start work at the site, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=3&subLeft=1&chklogin=N&autono=318362&tab=r&cid=1146405743&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzfaWCphu8WZBy8n2j3XAwosA65KRQ *** After days of bad press, Goa back in a festive mood - CNN-IBN BN, India - 14 hours agoGoa: After many days of bad press, Goa was back in a festive mood with the famous Shigmo festival, which depicts the state's folk culture. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/after-days-of-bad-press-goa-back-in-a-festive-mood/62269-3.html&cid=0&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzd630WGxBULCFnXKkLJ8Fj-H1avcA *** \'Goa is a safe destination\' - Hindu [Mar 29, 2008] Panaji (PTI) Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary on Saturday said thatGoa remains to be safe destination for tourists. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200803291240.htm&cid=1147098268&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEze2Etw9Vfw2y0w7Sy47f0bzGxTFvw *** Saligao Sporting in Silla Goa Resort finals - Navhind Times [2 hours ago] Saligao Sporting entered the finals of Silla Goa Resort rolling trophy football tournament beating Agasaim Sports Club 1-0 at Saligao Sporting grounds, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=033122&cid=0&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzdiet_IsfeerLeNAgXn3c8MSghj8Q *** SCARLETT: I WANT YARD TO PROBE MY DAUGHTERS GOA HORROR - Daily Star [18 minutes ago] The call came from the mother of tragic Scarlett, 15, whose body was found on a beach in Goa, India. Indian authorities initially claimed the schoolgirl had ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/33630/Scarlett-I-want-Yard-to-probe-my-daughter-s-Goa-horror/&cid=0&ei=eyLwR-a-K5_eqwO3vcnVBA&usg=AFrqEzcK7mVdcP6kSwUgsKImaCKzTLQPYw Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Goa at Crossroads - NT PANORAMA [30/3/08] -by : Dr. Wagle & Dr. Kennerkar - COMMENTS
The stated causes of a declining female/male sex ratio do not seem to explain the data. The biggest drop of this ratio is seen between 1960 and 1971. Ultrasound diagnosis was not available in Goa at that time, so the gender of the fetus could not be determined. Consequently, sex-selective abortions were not possible then. Female infanticide was more common in the past than today, so the trend should have been reversed. The same is true with respect to neglect of the female child leading to higher mortality, and higher maternal mortality. The actual values for these measures are likely to have been much greater in the 1950s than in 1990s because of the enormous progress in medicine and improvement in medical care, despite all the practical problems in Goa. None of the stated causes below, therefore, really account for the changing sex ratio at age 7 and above, since 1960. While sex-selective abortions is certainly a significant recent contributor, I think a major cause of the decline since 1960 is an overall decline in deaths due to infections and infectious diseases, many of which tended to affect males more than females (in some cases there were as many as 3 male deaths for every female death). Another reason might be a reduction in the mortality of young males due to violence and accidents, and their short- and long-term medical consequences. The latter might be offset to some extent by increased rate of automobile accidents today. Cheers, Santosh --- floriano goasuraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Goa at crossroads > By Dr. M P Wagle and Dr. P S Kinnerkar > NT Panorama - March 30, 2008 >Similarly, the rapidly falling sex ration (females per >1000 males)should be considered a most serious threat >to the social fabric of Goa (table 2). >The problem is very serious. The Census of 2001 >identified several causes for this fall. The major >among them include: neglect of the girl child >resulting in their higher mortality at younger ages, >higher maternal mortality, sex selective abortions and >female infanticides (Government of India , 'Census >of India, Series I, India, 2001, p 91). Of these, sex >selective abortion appears to be the most dominant >cause for the fall in the sex ratio since the >beginning of 1990s in the entire country. In the case >of Goa, the fall was much more severe. While the fall >in the sex ratio in the population aged seven and >above, as reflected in the Censuses of 1991 and 2001, >was marginal, from 967 to 964 respectively, the ratio >in the age group 0-6 slipped faster from 964 to 933. >Such an unprecedented fall may be attributed to the >widespread abortion of female fetus owing to the >availability of sex determination facilities, higher >ratio of doctors per thousand population, high per >capita income which means that there is the capacity >to pay for the high cost of abortion, etc. > Table 2 [Sex Ratio of Goa -1990-2001] [Females per 1000 males] Year Sex ratio 19001,091 19101,108 19211,120 19311,088 19401,084 19501,128 19601,066 1971 981 1981 975 1991 967 2001 961
Re: [Goanet] Goa's Education: HERALD(Goa), March 30, 2008 (Valmiki Faleiro)
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[Goanet] Bring 74th amendment to Municipal Act in Goa demands consumer activist
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED -- -- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bring 74th amendment to Municipal Act: activist Threatens to move High Court A civic and consumer activist from Cuncolim has threatened to knock the doors of the High Court if the government fails to take the implementation of the 74th Constitutional Amendment to its logical conclusion. Rony Dias has petitioned to the Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao, with copies to the Chief Minister and others, to bring a new Municipal Act incorporating the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act. According to him, the Directorate of Municipal Administration had prepared a draft Municipal Act known as Goa Municipal Act 2006, incorporating the 74th Amendment and had sent it for necessary corrections to the All India Institute of Local Self Government in Mumbai more than a year ago. However, till date, the government is reluctant to introduce the new Municipal Act, terming it as a blatant attempt to control the Municipalities and councillors, deny peoples participation in the decision-making process and devolution of powers and responsibilities to the Municipalities and the people. Dias said this further amount to denying the transfer of the 18 functions stated in the Twelfth Scheduled to the Urban Local Bodies. He said the implementation of the 74th Amendment would bring in a new Municipal Act as the present 1968 Municipal Act is considered outdated in these modern times. He maintained that the Goa government for the last 14 years has denied its citizens the fundamental rights guaranteed under the 74th Constitutional Amendment, adding, "this has affected peoples participation in the decision-making process, denial of the Twelfth Schedule and Central government funds such as the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission". - HERALD 30/3/08 page 3 - -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK -- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa -- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- __._,_.___
[Goanet] A first-hand account of abuse at the hands of Goan police
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=131485 A first-hand account of abuse at the hands of Goan police Armstrong Vaz, 30 March 2008, Sunday Views:: 205Comments: 0[Previous Article] [Next Article] The murder of British teenager, Scarlet Keeling, in Goa's Anjuna's beach has once again exposed Goa police's corrupt practices. These policemen tortures and abuses the tourists, both physically and mentally, if they refuse to give them bribe. Merinews Photos IF FIFTEEN years back, my American friends Mike and Cindy, vowed never to come back to India again, they had a reason. The American-based jurist was badly battered by a policeman, Shankar, attached to Colva police station in South Goa, coastal village of Benaulim, for refusing to pay bribe. He complained to the embassy and attached the paper cutting of the local newspapers and left the matter to that, before taking the next flight out of India. The death of Scarlet Keeling, the British teenager, on the notorious former hippie paradise beach of Anjuna, has seen hundreds of news stories being published both in the print media and on the Internet, focusing on Goa's bad vices of tourism, which hereto, no one had touched on such a large scale. Internet forums are also full of stories of abuse at the hands of police and foreigners vowing, not to return to India and also urging others not to go, by saying-"the experience is not worth the trouble." While the tourism departments, both at the centre and at the state level are trying to build India's tourism image in the face of rapes and murders of tourists, the disgusting behaviour of the Indian police towards tourists continues. Here is an account of what a tourist 'Des', faced from a corrupt police officer in South Goa beach last year and he said, "From first hand experience, I have suffered at the hands of the Goan Police, using and abusing those that it is meant to protect. "I feel 'Goa police is just interested in protecting Goa'. Because Goa has nothing to trade and the only thing that keeps it alive is, by making money out of the tourism industry. "Goa's notorious corrupt police and officials are only interested in lining their own pockets and protecting their own interests. "Police would never admit that this could have and probably was an act of a Goan, but instead with their racist bigoted narrow minded views, choose to blame an outsider, like that makes a difference. The act was committed in Goa and it was the Goan police and officials who tried to cover it up, instead of trying to find the truth. "I was in Goa last year, where I was the victim of police corruption. Police Inspector, Uday Parab from Colva police station, attempted to extort 10 lakh from me and when I refused to pay I was beaten for three days, refused food and water, made to sleep on a urine soaked floor and was not allowed to contact anyone to inform them of my situation, until, I signed a confession that they had written saying 'I had a sexual experience with a 25 year old man' (homosexuality is illegal in Goa and carries a sentence of life imprisonment). "I then went on to spend a further month in judicial lockup, while the police claimed to be presenting their case. "However, due to the fact that there was no forensic evidence, no witness and no other person that this act was meant to have taken place with, the case was kicked out of court. "The case that Goa police had attempted to build was purely fabricated. "In the seven years, I have been going to Goa. I never had a problem, but now the police have turned violently on tourists, in order to boost their income by extorting tourist by abuse, assault and planting evidence and threatening the tourist with imprisonment. I was one of them, fortunate enough to escape this trauma but there are many, many more people that are going through this now in Goa and not speaking out about it, just coming home and vowing never to return." Patrick Malluzzo, is just another example of police corruption in India. This 27 year old has spent the last five years in an Indian jail and is still fighting for his freedom, after what should have been an experience of a lifetime, turned into a nightmare, after police arrested him and he was jailed on false charges. I would advise anyone thinking about going to India to think again, the experience is not worth, what it might cost you in the long run. Most of the trade out there, involves child labour, extortion and corruption. Fiona, the mother of Scarlet, should be receiving all the support and help she can. Deal with the problems, the real issues and support this woman and her family, its hard when you lose someone you love, but to have them taken away in such a vicious savage way and then have the Goa police lie and try to cover it up, is disgusting. I also believe that in a desperate attempt to put this matter to rest, the Goan police have just arrested anyone they know, who is of an almost non-existent income and from anothe
[Goanet] SHAAN live in Goa, singing 'Tanha Dil' on 30/3/08 9.45pm
click on abv pic for bigger view others please click here http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2375122274/ This year too, Idea cellular Co. organised a free show but for invitees only. I don't know how the invitation are sent out or whether the subscribers had to go to them for the invitation well in advance. News paper ads say 'be an Idea subscriber and gt a free invite* But I am an active IDEA subscriber for about 8 years (first joined with AT&T) when outgoing local calls were Rs. 5 per minute and incoming calls were charged at Rs.2.50 per minute. (Now outgoing around Rs.2 and incoming is free). I think we are partly to be blamed as we never bothered to make enquires about it The programe was finshed exactly at 10pm Watch Shaan performing Live here http://youtube.com/watch?v=hDYCnJ2uG2Y or http://ishare.rediff.com/filevideo-Shaan-live-in-Goa--Singing-tanha-dil-id-141936.php Last year, I think they brought Sunidhi Chauhan. 'Crazy Kiya Re' fame Clips of which were also posted on youtube JoeGoaUk's Top Ten Video clips (11,000 views and above), 2 of the bollywood clips figure in top ten. Sunidhi at 8, Udit Narayan at 7 and Boney M at 5. No. 1 being 'Amchem Noxib' and No. 10 the most recent one ' Goa, pearl of the Orient' Remo also figures in Top Ten besides Mario Trio singing old Goan Portuguese songs I am glad my Video Clips and Photos business really prospering. Thank you for your usual support [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa or http://is.rediff.com/profilevisitor.php?mem_id=48419 __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Goans in the Middle East in pain !
On 29/03/2008, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... and foreign owners of US currency purchase US fixed assets, which they are all welcome to do by US policy, and the smart money is doing so even as we speak in terms of farmland, commercial property, manufacturing plants and corporate acquisitions. Unlike India, the US welcomes such acquisitions. > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:56:15 +0100 From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Really ? Being more than a tad disingenuous; check out the URL below. > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/politics/10ports.html > Mario responds: > Yes, really. It is you who are being disingenuous by citing an exception rather than the rule. Either that or you are unfamiliar with the extent to which US assets of all kinds are owned by non-US investors, something that is common knowledge around the world. As I said above, the smart money is doing so even as we speak. Anyone really familiar with the US would know that the Dubai Ports deal was a rare instance that was opposed by politicians based on national security issues following 9/11 and the war on terrorism. In fact there are other major US ports that are owned and managed by non-US owners. > Goans in the middle east would do well to look towards the US as an alternative in the near future for their vacations and personal purchases during such vacations. Their money would go a longer way than in countries where the currency had appreciated significantly against the dollar. >
[Goanet] Rights activist blasts police investigation into British girl's alleged killing in India (AP, in IHT)
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/30/asia/AS-GEN-India-Britain-Tourist-Killed.php Rights activist blasts police investigation into British girl's alleged killing in India The Associated Press Published: March 30, 2008 PANAJI, India: A prominent human rights activist accused police of a cover-up in their investigation into the alleged rape and killing of a British teenager on a beach in southern India last month. Scarlett Keeling's bruised and partially clothed body was found Feb. 18 on Anjuna beach in Goa, a small state whose coastline is crowded with tourist resorts. Goa police initially said Keeling drowned because she was drunk, but pressure from her family forced a second autopsy that indicated she may have been raped and killed. Nirmala Venkatesh, a member of the government-appointed National Commission of Women, visited the beach over the weekend and met Keeling's mother, Fiona Mackeown, and police officers investigating the case. Venkatesh told reporters late Saturday the investigation was not on the right track. "Police are trying to hide the facts of the case and close it. We will never allow this to happen," she said. Venkatesh said she would meet in New Delhi with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the governing Congress party chief, to demand justice. Police have arrested two men in connection with Keeling's death. The suspects were allegedly seen drinking at the bar with her the night she died. Lui's Shack — a beach-side bar where Keeling was last reported seen on Feb. 18 — was demolished before police completed investigating the case. Kishen Kumar, the inspector-general of police, said officers were investigating and would question the bar's owner. "The demolition of the shack was a serious matter. It should have been there until at least the investigation was over," Kumar told The Associated Press. Keeling's mother has alleged that police and local government officials colluded with criminals involved with a local drug ring to cover up Keeling's rape and killing. Keeling had been on vacation in India with her mother, her mother's boyfriend, and her six siblings. Her family was traveling elsewhere in India when she was killed.
[Goanet] More firms to file petitions after Cipla`s plea against Goa SEZ policy
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=3&subLeft=1&chklogin=N&autono=318362&tab=r More firms to file petitions after Cipla`s plea against Goa SEZ policy BS Reporter / Mumbai March 30, 2008 The move by drug major Cipla's group company, Meditab Specialities, to seek legal action to get clarity on the future of its special economic zone (SEZ) project in Goa is likely to make others notified zone developers follow suit. "We want to know who will compensate us for the losses if the SEZ is going to be cancelled? We hope the Court will address this issue," said Amar Lulla, joint managing director, Cipla Ltd. Meditab filed a petition at the Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court last week challenging the Goa government's recommendation to scrap its SEZ, made after protests by locals. The developer of another notified SEZ, Peninsula Pharma Research Centre, promoted by real estate major Peninsula Land Ltd, is also planning to move the Bombay High Court Bench at Goa against the local government's recommendation. "The government has allotted the land for us and the special economic zone has been notified. We are hoping that the project will go on," said Rajesh Jaggi, managing director, Peninsula Land. Peninsula Pharma Research Centre is coming up at Sancoale in Goa in 20.36 hectare area to house biotech units. It is yet to start work at the site, sources added. K Raheja Corp is the third notified SEZ developer in Goa. Goa government officials were not available for comment. Lulla said the company decided to invest in Goa after the special economic zone was notified and various assurances were given by the local government. The state government's decision to backtrack and scrap the special economic zonewould cause huge loss for the company and impact its expansion plans, he added. Cipla has so far invested around Rs 200 crore in the 600 acre SEZ being promoted by Meditab Specialities Ltd, developer of the special economic zone. "We have invested in land and machinery and orders were placed for plant equipment. We will soon submit to the court all details of our investments so far and possible losses," said Lulla. Cipla planned to invest Rs 400 crore at thespecial economic zone at Keri in South Goa to make aerosols, capsules and tablets. In January this year, the Goa government had asked the Union Ministry of Commerce to de-notify the three approved SEZs in the state and not to process the eight special economic zone proposals awaiting appoval. It also demanded not to notify another four SEZs which had been approved but not notified.
Re: [Goanet] Respect Our Right to Identity
To Goanet - Arwin Mesquita wrote: >Goans should support your right to your identity/interests, >likewise please respect our right to the same. Arwin, I hear you, and empathize with your sentiments. Right now, the first order of business is to save Goa from the Save Goa movements. The other day we had Dr. Oscar Rebello, Convener of GBA, claim on national TV that there is no such thing as a Goan and non-Goan. There is a thriving cottage industry of these snakes-in-the-grass activists here, these self-aggrandizing, self-promoting fellows who first ride on the aspirations of the common Goan folk and then use the popular campaigns to further their own personal and political agendas. Dr. Oscar Rebello should be asked to step down as Convener of GBA since in my emphatic opinion he no longer represents the wishes and aspirations of the Goan people. Au contraire, his utterances are guaranteed to subvert them. Regards, r
Re: [Goanet] A Question
From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have written to Pope Benny that he clearly has a conflict of interest in the case of John Paul II and should recuse himself in this case. Leave it to others 50 years from now. What's the hurry? *I did not take any "mental-health break", but it was the conversation of rape-with-murder and questions to the political leaders that were occupying the Goanet. I leave you free to think as you wish. I have no 'delegation' from the authorities to speak on their behalf. You have more contact with our beloved Benedict XVI. Inculturation? Unavoidable? Bah, humbug! These are self-serving sophistries. The church has gotten so far from the manger that claims that they are living close to Christ are patently bogus. *Inculturation is the law of human existence. It is rooted in the historical event of Incarnation. If Jesus had come today, he would not have lived in the same way--sociologically. His values remain. We have to live in the new culture and evangelize it. You should revise your theology of 'manger' and study biblical theology of liberation. Thanks for unintentionally making yet another point for me. Many of the people who live in Dharavi are probably far closer to Christ than those who consider their surroundings "a shame". By the way, just for the record, I already have shoes from Dharavi, as well as a fine leather jacket, and Dharavi is not the first sight for many tourists who land in Mumbai. *Jesus came to raise the poor people to the dignity of children of God, not to keep them in Dharavi style. They have to be educated accordingly. The Church and the State have to work for them. Jesus does not want them to continue in that inhuman condition of oppressing poverty, but proclaims a social manifesto of liberation (cf.Lk 4:18-21). To live in Dharavi style is un-Christian.That is certainly a shame for our country.The tourists can see that, though we may not notice it. It is to be seen while landing in Mumbai. You may have bought shoes from Dharavi at a cheaper price and better quality. But we buy shoes from the place where we are. You can offer shoes and fine leather jacket to the Holy Father. See what is his reaction. He may accept them as a gift from poor India. Fr. Ivo: Do you suggest that the Church leaders should live in Dharavi style? By jove, I think Fr. Ivo has finally got it! Now, THAT would be pretty close to the manger, wouldn't it? **Not at all, wrong. That is not the teaching of Jesus. Neither has he lived in Dharavi style. He belonged to the family of a crafstman. He had influential relatives, mostly cousin-brothers and cousin-sisters. Try to investigate what Lukan account of manger means (cf.Lk 2:7, compared with Mt 2:10 and 11). You can study these texts and find out that the emphasis is not on poverty but on 'royal' birth and hospitality, since you seem to be familiar with the Beatitudes and Golden Rule. Missionaries are toiling so as to offer the oppressed people human dignity, whereas you are preaching Dharavi nonsense to the Holy Father. Simplicity of living style, yes, but not dehumanizing poverty. Life style cannot be imposed, it should be willingly accepted. Each country has its own living style. What you think is "indefensible" can certainly be defended in the light of Reason and Faith.Christian faith is not against scientific and technological progress. That is God's gift to us. Read the social encyclicals. The Church is living the 'option for the poor", within the hierarchy of values and priorities. Yes I have heard of such orphanages since I live in a country where the sin of wealth accumulation is a priority which then drives private charity that far exceeds anything that comes from Rome. **People living in materialistic affluence and in consumerism are not those sending money to the poor, but those who have less, like the poor widow of the Gospel (see Lk 21:1-4). The Church is sending money to the countries stricken by hunger and calamities.To speak against oppressing wealth is not new--Jesus has spoken in parables (cf.the parable of Rich and Beggar in Lk 16:19-31; and of the Foolish Rich Man in Lk 12:13-21). He warned people about the danger of wealth (cf.Lk 18:18-23: the young rich man). He transformed Zacheus, the tax-collector (cf.Lk 19:1-110). It is the context of socio-economic injustice or inequity (see Lk 16:13: slavery of wealth). I give below a write-up from www.zenith.org Regards. Fr.Ivo Littering Not New "Deadly Sin," Bishops Clarify Say Vatican Didn't Publish List of 7 Modern Misdeeds LONDON, MARCH 11, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Reports that the Vatican has published a new list of the seven deadly sins of modern times that includes littering and economic inequality is simply not true, affirmed the episcopal conference of England and Wales. The conference released a statement today clarifying that an interview published Sunday by L'Osservatore Romano with Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, regent
[Goanet] SWADESH
Message: 3 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:23:42 -0400 From: "frank debarros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original The word "foreigners" require definition. Does this apply to Goans that have settled abroad for economic reasons are regarded as foreigners for the purpose of this regulaltion/law? The Russians the British the Jews etc including outsiders from within India should be banned completely from purchasing not only land but established Goan homes and news appartments etc. They may be allowed to rent but not buy outright. Goa has been a peaceful state but now it has become a den for speculators drug barons prostitution merchants in order words introducing all that is immoral that have destroyed the west. People can visist as tourists but as individuals they contribute nothing that is worthwhile for Goans.Why does Goa need casinos when it is well recognized fact that these dens are run under the auspices of mafia There are other ways and means to attract tourists but casinos? go to Las Vegas (to name only one such prominent location) GOA FOR GOANS!!!. Frank de Barros Brisbane. Australia for the Aborigenes. Africa for everybody ´cause we all came from there. Ricardo Nunes Lisboa
Re: [Goanet] Hinduism and Henotheism
To begin with, I would love to change the title of the thread, since the dialog is no where connected to title. But the moderators refused that change. That is understandable and I accept their decision. A physician supposedly cannot talk about sociology or history. But the person with that view, can authoritatively opine on these two topics, ani thea bhair, religion, anthropology, genetics, cancer, migration patterns, etc none of which are related to his professed field. Granted his instantaneous expertise is obtained by net-surfing. The rest of us mortals have to read and read; and ask opinions, and as you say "Those who write seriously know how much they have to study." Unfortunately some goanetters spend more time zapping other posts (in less than 3 minutes) than reading and understanding the post they are responding to or what is copied from the net. You put it well, "Readers will not be able to read critically unless they are also trained or personally tuned to these sciences." Tuning into the sciences (or anything else) does not start with merely reading a topic on goanet. Regards, GL --- Fr. Ivo da C. Souza In the beginning most scientists were religious priests. There are priests who are not specialized in history, yet they are writing and publishing books on history. If a physician has deepened sociology or history, he can surely write on these topics. There are physicians who taught sciences, not only medicine and biology, but physics, chemistry and mathematics. Those who write seriously know how much they have to study. Readers will not be able to read critically unless they are also trained or personally tuned to these sciences. Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com
[Goanet] New tourist attraction: Ghatis in open-air sexual acts in Panjim
To Goanet - New tourist attraction in Panjim: ghatis in open-air sexual acts. These are pictures taken by JoeGoaUk of the ghati colony taking root at the Panjim river promenade. The sidewalks here turn into cooking and sleeping zones at night. Here's Joe's introduction: "For the last 3 nights or so, I see him with the company of men (sleeping with them at the same place opp Dempo, even seen in sexual act. He has become a good pass time of the other regular ghantis who are sleeping there." http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2366561045/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2367399202/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2371781875/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2371781875/sizes/l/ Regards, r
Re: [Goanet] Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land
Agreed, totally! Alinda Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fantastic news. BRAVO --- Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ ---
[Goanet] Talking photos: Senior Tiatr Personalities
Talking photos: Senior Tiatr Personalities Jyoti Kuncolienkar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk11/2374306143/ Gilberto Goes http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk11/2372696982/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk11/2372696552/ Note: Mr. Gilbert Goes is new to me. Can any one write a line or two on GG? Thank you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa or http://is.rediff.com/profilevisitor.php?mem_id=48419 __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Re: [Goanet] goan identity
Hi Eugene, You are missed here in Toronto and I look forward to seeing you at the International Convention and at Viva Goa where you can be usually found. It would be great to read any articles from the pen of eminent Goans like Prof Frank D'Souza, Prof Armando Menezes, Prof Lucio Rodrigues, and Prof Eddie Fernandes. These were all teaching professors who not only enjoyed their professions with a passion and had sharp and brilliant minds, but the important thing here is that they wore their Goan identity like a badge on their suits. At St. Xaviers in Bombay I was a student of Eddie Fernandes and Menezes-Fernandes and attending their lectures was a thing of joy. Their books were laid out on the desk but they never had any occasion to refer to them or read out from them. One could say they did this year after year and therefore were used to it, but one would be wrong. They were constantly introducing new elements of thought that never originated from the books of the day. My only regret is that it was the age when I was sowing my wild oats and the girls in class held a more powerful attraction than it should. Prof Armand Menezes is the late father of George Menezes who sometimes writes on Goanet. Prof Armand's articles have been compiled I believe by his children on one commemorative anniversary though I have not had the opportunity of access to it. There is much gold in the writings of eminent Goans both Hindu and Catholic but the problem for diasporic Goans is that they have no access to it unless they are of a mind to singlemindedly chase a certain book at a certain time and then one loses patience. The usual comment is that overseas Goans are not interested in buying books by Goan authors. That truth does not hold good for me and many others in Canada. I would glady lay down my dollars to read good Goan books but I cannot get them easily. Ideally I would like to go to a site where I can see a well priced book and get it on my doorstep within a week without paying air mail charges that are often twice and thrice the price of the book. How I wish that in Toronto there was a small business that on the side stocked both old and modern Goan author titles, where I could simply step in or have couriered to me the next day a book I buy. This is not a impossible wish, but it would take a dedicated businessman to make this happen profitably to him. There will be many buyers in the city to make it possible, but who is going to bell the cat. Here is my wish list: All of Teresa Albuquerque's books Memoires of Imelda Tavora (of Emisorra de Goa fame) All writings by Goan professors I have named Anything that FN publishes Writings of Portuguese authors on Goa in English and many many others I cannot think of at this moment. Roland. On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:05 AM, Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I knew Prof. Frank D'Souza had something written on > being a Goa in the posthumous collection, Frankly > Speaking. So I checked and found two essays on what it > is to be a Goan. > Good reading for those who would like to get an > overview from the pen of one of the finest Goan > essayists of his time and probably even today. > I, however, feel that the essays are "exuberant", as > the good old and now dead professor uses the word, one > among three, I think, to describe the Goan. > One must understand that Prof. Frank was no > sociologist but a teacher of English. What he writes > is from the heart. The book, published by a committee > after Frank's death, is collected pieces from > magazines and weeklies, notably The Examiner. > Maybe I should scan them and the pieces and post it > here. > I am not sure if the book is still available in > Toronto with Roque Barretto. I had arranged with > Frank's daughter in California to send two dozen > copies. As usual, Goans were not interested in buying. > Talk of Goan identity... ha, ha. > > Eugene -- Roland Francis 416-453-3371
[Goanet] " LAND" -- A Delhi Past , A Goa Prologue.
>From " The Idea Of Delhi ", by Romi Khosla. The book is from Marg >Publications, Army and Navy, Esplanade, Bombay, a nice office/outlet to visit. It had become evident to the nation's leaders that to enable equitable access to urban facities, the State would have to play a very substantial role in restraining speculative interests. Land was percieved as a resource to be controlled in order to ensure equitable development, with guidelines laid down by a Master Plan. The plan called for 60,000 acres to be acquired and made available " in adequate quanties, at the right times and at reasonable prices to both public authorities and individuals ". Paradoxically, however, the very organizational characteristics of Nehru's Congress party undermined the effective omplementation of any redistributive policies pursued through institutional channels. A reform minded party had a structure that relied solely on established local leaders - dominant landlords, merchants and businessmen - to organise mass support. This tendency helped preserve and strenghten established patterns of dominance. Their power resulted in reform policy having very little effect. The Delhi Development Authority largely ignored its public housing programme in the initial few years. A new spawned system of patronage infiltrated the system of planning and resource allocation. Politicians as patrons were able to offer concrete benefits in exchange for electoral support, thus building up large vote banks. The 110 unauthorized colonies that existed in 1962 had increased to 470 by 1980, and occupied 3000 hectares - a third of the area meant for Master Plan housing. The politicization of the bureaucracy and key institutions effectively subverted the formal processes of planning and asset allocation. With policies aimed at ensuring political returns, only, rather than the beneficail development of the city itself, Delhi has increasingly been used as an element of political capital making. - You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 357
Dear John, Please don't torture yourself. Look at the other face of the coin. Remember, "There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it hardly behooves any of us To talk about the rest of us. " Edward Wallis Hoch, Marion (Kansas) Record (1849 - 1925) . Your uncle's name was Anibal and I remember him as a Policeman. I don't know if he was also a member of PIDE. When I was studying at Fatima Convent I used to see him at the Police Quarters, in his room situated at the right corner of the building. He appeared to be a pleasant man, and always wished us with a smiling face. When I went back to Goa in October 1964, having left Goa in 1959, theres was some political unrest, I remember, because there was some deflagration of bombs and a rumour that Casimiro Monteiro was down in Goa. He had even stayed in Curtorim, with the family I know well. I remember aa woman telling me that she had even drawn water from the well for him to have a bath by the well and he had CM tatooed on his chest. I wonder how far this is true but holding a Portuguese Passport then did mean that we were under special vigilance. But we were not worried and moved freely around because we followed the saying "Quem nao deve nao teme". So as said Shakespeare..."to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day," Regards - Livia Message: 5 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:41:33 +0100 (BST) From: JOHN MONTEIRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Agente Casimiro Emerito Teles Jordao Monteiro WAS my father. Dear Eugene Thank you for the posting, it was nice to read differing stories, majority are coming to me in private emails, but there are two things that jut out for me, one is that he brought his work home & used us as his target practice by the very way in which he behaved when he was home, which was thankfully not very often. I say this now, but of course as a child, one is always asking, then stops asking after a while, its easier on the mind. Secondly he did not have to enjoy the job as much as he obviously did, carrying out the atrocities with much gusto, that is equally evil, no matter what, he may have been a man of his time but he was not a nice person, in sense of the word, my mother suffered at his hands, that is enough for any child to put aside any thoughts of a lovely, kind father Best wishes John
[Goanet] Mother On Scarlett - In Her Own Words
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3-1310763,00.html Mother On Scarlett - In Her Own Words Fiona MacKeown's Letter To You Updated:15:28, Friday March 28, 2008 On the day Scarlett Keeling's body begins its long journey home, her mother, Fiona MacKeown, has talked openly to Sky News about the murder of her 15-year-old daughter and the criticism fired at her from the UK. Fiona MacKeown She is offering Sky News Online readers the chance to comment to her direct and has promised to reply to as many of you as possible. Read Ms MacKeown, in her own words, and then post your comment to her: I won't feel as though I have succeeded until I get the police to agree to an independent inquiry. I won't be able to relax until then. I won't feel happy until that inquiry. I still feel there has been a cover-up and the independent inquiry is the only way of getting to the truth. The people from the Central Office of Investigation (CBI) won't take bribes from anybody. They aren't related to anybody here (in Goa). The guys here have been involved with each other for years and there are all sorts of ties, family ties, business ties, all sorts. Advertisement Advertisement I feel like I am making tiny steps forward but I am really suspicious about what the police are saying. I think if I went home and just didn't come back, the CBI inquiry would just be washed away and the whole thing - Scarlett's murder, her rape - would be forgotten. I do have worries about leaving Goa even for a short period. I'd love to see the whole thing through but I miss my children. They need me and I need them and I have to go back to England. I want to come back to Goa to follow it through but I will make it as short as possible. I will find it difficult to pay for all of this but I am prepared to sell my ponies and my livestock, even the family pets to pay for it. I haven't been in Britain but I have been really upset about what some people have been saying about me. I stopped reading the papers because so much of it wasn't true. None of them know me and they were making comments about me which weren't based on fact. Scarlett's body begins journey home A couple of times I have been really angry because it is so irrelevant to the case. I find it really upsetting when they print things like: 'How could she leave her daughter alone for weeks on end in the middle of Goa?' I didn't do that, but people don't seem to accept that. Right from having my children I have been criticised: 'You shouldn't have so many children,' they said. People even suggested I should have abortions when I was pregnant and I was on my own but I decided I could manage and I don't regret it. I wouldn't change what I have, not for anything. I really believe life gives you what you are meant to have. I couldn't live with myself after having an abortion but that's my choice. I don't condemn other people for making their choices and I don't understand why they feel they have to pass judgement on me. I sort of understand why people criticise me because they must be unhappy with themselves. When people put others down it's usually to make themselves feel better. Scarlett was raped and murdered When people say: 'She should have her other children taken away, she was responsible for Scarlett's death', that does hurt. I wouldn't be normal if I didn't feel upset. But this is from people who don't even know me. If one of my best friends said it, I would be heartbroken but these people don't even know me. I try not to defend myself all the time, because I think 'What is the point?' It just takes up so much energy when I need it for other things which are more important, like fighting for justice for Scarlett. I don't want Scarlett's death to be treated like it was nothing. It was a hideous, serious thing which happened to her and by trying to cover it up they are saying her life was worthless. If I just went away it would be like I was agreeing with them. If I could stop it happening to someone else, it would make it worth it. Teenager's body found on a beach The beaches in Goa felt like a safe place to be when we first arrived but they weren't. If I could make the Goan government make the beaches safer then it would feel like some good had come out of something so horrible. I don't like the normal standard of education in Britain. I think it's too rigid and they don't allow the children to be individual. That's why I moved to Devon. The first school I moved the kids to when we moved to Devon was a nice, tiny school with about 25 kids in each class as opposed to 40 previously. But I have taken the children out at certain times when they were unhappy going to school. They would complain about being shouted at because they weren't wearing the right clothes for instance. I didn't just wrench them out straight away. I went to the school and had meetings with the head and explained it to him and they just didn't take me seriously. Fiona MacKeown Ms MacKeown wants
[Goanet] Lui’s shack vanishes NCW examining gro unds for probe
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=1819&cid=2 Lui's shack vanishes NCW examining grounds for probe BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MARCH 29 - As was the mystery with Scarlet Keeling's death at Anjuna on February 18, so is the mystery behind the missing Lui's shack in Anjuna beach where the British teenager spent her final hours. Press persons and National Commission for Women (NCW) members were in for a rude shock on Saturday when they found that the shack had been demolished. Nirmala Venkatesh of NCW later took up the issue with Inspector General of Police, Kishan Kumar in a meeting late evening. Speaking to Herald Kumar said the demolition of the shack was a serious matter as it was a piece of evidence where Scarlet spent her final moments. Witnesses have said the British teenager was sexually assaulted behind the shack. The IGP said the police were not aware that the shack had been demolished. I came to know of it today when the NCW members told me, Kumar said and added, "We will question the owner to find out about the demolition." Meanwhile, the National Commission for Women (NCW) is prima facie exploring whether there are enough grounds for a full-fledged probe into the mysterious death of Scarlet Keeling, said advocate Vikram Verma. Verma, who is representing the Keelings, informed that two members of the Commission - Nirmala Venkatesh and advocate Sweety Sood had a meeting with the British teenager's mother, Fiona Mackeown, in Porvorim today. After the hour-long meeting, the NCW members along with Fiona visited Anjuna beach, where Scarlet's body was found, to verify the scene of the crime. Venkatesh said Mackeown needed support from NCW and Sunday they would be flying back to Delhi where they will highlight the issue in the national press and if required they will approach the international media. In four days time we will present the case before the Union home minister. Venkatesh said she was in Goa because investigation by the police into Scarlet's death wasn't on the right track. She spent almost an hour in Anjuna where along with local media persons around four to five British journalists were also present. The last phase of the NCW members' was a meeting with Inspector General of Police Kishan Kumar, SP North Bosco George and PI Braz Menezes.
[Goanet] PBC tighten screws on Roshanlal
HERALD SPORTS REPORTER PANJIM, MARCH 29 – The Panjim Badminton Club turned the screws on Roshanlal Nahar in their "coach hatao" movement after they alleged the coach had submitted fraudulent bills during his time as the Sports Authority of India Administrator in Goa. PBC joint secretary Sandeep Heble said at a press briefing today that Roshanlal Nahar had tried to misuse money when SAI Director had come down for his daughters marriage. "The SAI Director (Gandhinagar) had come down to Goa for Roshanlal's daughters marriage, but he sought refund of the officials' taxi and accommodation bills. This is a clear fraud," Heble fumed during the press conference. PBC officials later produced documents – including objections from the Joint Director of Accounts – that seemed to substantiate the misappropriation claims. "We've got to know that there are many such misappropriations that have gone unreported for the past 30 years. It's a big fraud," PBC officials claimed. Apart from the misappropriation claims, PBC officials also claimed Roshanlal's appointment as coach by the Sports Authority of Goa – after completion of service from the Sports Authority of India – was against Supreme Court guidelines. "The SAG created a new post and bypassed rules just for the purpose of one person. Roshanlal's appointment by the SAG is against the service rules," Heble told reporters."We have spoken to legal experts and will serve a legal notice on the SAG in the next couple of days" revealed Heble. The Panjim Badminton Club has also submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and have sought an enquiry into the matter. PBC officials have now confirmed an appointment with the Chief Minister – a former Goa Badminton Association president and a keen badminton enthusiast — on Monday, March 31. Heble also claimed Roshanlal spent less time in training junior players than playing with Governor S C Jamir in the evenings, at Indoor Stadium, Campal. PBC officials said they have procured the signatures from more than 40 badminton enthusiasts who want a new coach at Indoor Stadium, Campal. Panjim Badminton Club president Shashant Naik and Goa badminton champion Govind Navelkar was also present for the press briefing. Link http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=1802&cid=4
Re: [Goanet] [Goa Research Net] Re: Agente Monteiro...
Dear Sonia Many thanks for the help, I am conversing now in private emails only, as advised by several Goanetters, I would like some help in translating some items, even from Konkani when we have the full results of everyone's hard work and the efforts they are putting into this research. You can email me any time after today & we will take this to the next level, thank you again. Best wishes John sonia gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear John, Now that your research is at full swing, I hope all goes well. My portuguese is quite good, I will translate for you any material that you would like to be translated. You can scan and send the material or even the link to a particular site. I will do my best. Warm wishes Sonia do Rosario Gomes --- Roland Francis wrote: > Dear John, > > Alas I have to give you some not so happy news. On > further googling > through, I notice that Agente Monteiro's full name > was Casimiro > Emérito Rosa Teles Jordão Monteiro. Since you > mentioned that your > father also had the names Teles and Jordao besides > Casimiro, this > cannot be co-incidental. > > Please see: > http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Casimiro+Monteiro+PIDE&fr=yie7c > > Apparently CM as an inspector in PIDE reported to > Rosa Casaco and > under his orders was the actual shooter of General > Humberto Delgado > and his Brazilian secretary. For a history of > Delgado, see Wikipedia. > > There is much written about CM in the link above. If > you need to > translate the Portuguese into English, I can help > you with the aid of > Babelfish and the little Portuguese I know to put it > into decent > understandable English. However, I hope you can get > a better > translator to do this for you. > > As Frederick mentioned, you are not responsible for > your father's > actions and I commend you heartily for trying to put > the ghosts of > your past to rest. > > Roland. > Toronto > 416-453-3371 > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Teotonio R. de > Souza > wrote: > > > I have submitted the info supplied by JM about > himself to the best > > expert we have today about PIDE in Portugal. As > soon as I get some > > feedback I shall get back on this issue. > > Teotonio R. de Souza > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], > "Frederick [FN] Noronha * > > wrote: > > > > > > Remember Agente Monteiro, the brutal figure in > Goan history and the > > > anti-colonial campaign in particular? An > interesting debate has come > > > up on Goanet, with the participation of someone > who believes he > > might > > > be the son of Agente Monteiro. Please check the > debates here... if > > > true, it could fill in some gaps in the history > of Goa as we > > > understand it: > Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html
Re: [Goanet] My apologies!
Hi Sonia I am so very sorry if you thought I was being critical of what you had suggested. I am not in the least bit put off in what you said, I accepted it with good grace, I understood what you meant & believed that you are correct in saying what you did, but I think it will take more than this for me to forget, its been half a century since I last saw daddy. Finding Relatives.. why is it such a complex thing, finding a long-lost daddy, and the circumstances surrounding his life in Goa (amongst other places we have yet to receive confirmation from), so I am pulling the plug on any further discussions of daddy on this forum. I dont wish to take my personal life any further on the forum, nor draw this out any further than it has already been, more for the sake of the sanity of the Goanetters who have other posts to put on this forum, and right now, there are several discussions which merit higher priority. I am however accepting, replying to them & all very interesting posts so its not all over, not by a long chalk. Best wishes John --- sonia gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear John, The reason that Bernardo and I wanted you to give up this quest was to avoid you getting hurt, that is all. I wish you all the best, sometimes one needs to put these demons behind us.Warm wishes Sonia ---
Re: [Goanet] Casmiro Monteiro
Sonia, speak for yourself and your own nobel intention if any. Bernardo's aim was clearly to avoid Goa's Portuguese past eating crow. He is fanatically and rabidly a supporter of the colonial regime. For him, India can do no right. Roland. On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:22 AM, sonia gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear John, > The reason that Bernardo and I wanted you to give up > this quest was to avoid you getting hurt, that is all. > I wish you all the best, sometimes one needs to put > these demons behind us. > > Warm wishes > > Sonia
[Goanet] Goa for sale... (Herald Mirror)
GOA FOR SALE -- Goa was on sale recently, at the Goa Property Show organised by Magicbricks.com, a company belonging to India's largest newspaper, The Times of India, at New Delhi, on 15 and 16 March. It was a painful sight to see real estate developers, many based in New Delhi and one even in Kanpur, who are putting up huge luxury housing projects in Goa's little villages -- houses that the Goan middle class will never be able to afford -- says Navendu Shirali, an IT consultant based in Bangalore, who just happened to be in the national capital at the time. -- [SOURCE: Herald March 30, 2008 | Herald Mirror] It was sheer destiny that took me to the Goa Property Show organised by Megabricks.com (run by Times Business Solutions Ltd, a company belonging to India's largest newspaper, The Times of India) at Tivolli Gardens, New Delhi, on 15 and 16 March, 2008. I am not sure about the expectations of the real estate developers who had paid very handsome amounts to this Times of India venture for their stalls. Shockingly, the first day saw a very low turnout, with less than 300 viewers registered. Even more shockingly -- for me, that is -- most of the real estate developers were based in New Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), one was even from Kanpur. All of them were showing images and videos of ready-to-move properties, and hawking dream homes to the affluent 'Delhi-ites'. Typical sales promises such as, "When do you plan to visit Goa next? Just give me a call and we will pick you up at the airport and take you to the site," rolled readily off the practiced lips of the sales staffers. Some of the developers who had their stalls at the Times of India show were Acron, Line Property Developers, Chowgule Real Estate & Constructions, Integriti Real Estate Developers, Nirvana Nest Buildcom, Jai Bhuvan Builders, Rivera Construction, Tarika Lifestyle, Bullion Limited, Expanse India Buildcon, Geo Realtors, Gold Touch Developers & Promoters, Decolive Reality Developers, Le Gardenia, Akar Creations, Property Management Group and Heritage Real Estate Developers. It was sad to see so many young Goans who were manning these stalls selling potential buyers how 'easy' it is to get a 'home near the sea'. It was painful to see many of these sales representatives and the developers themselves grossly mispronouncing the names of almost all the places in Goa where they had development plans. It just made me realise just how easy it is to buy, develop and sell properties in Goa for anyone, even those who know next to nothing about the name of the place, its culture or its people. One stall named Goodwill, operated by young Goans, told those who showed interest how they could get any kind of property -- from plots facing a beach to hillside bungalows with a great view of the sea. "Just send me your requirements and give me few weeks to get back with various options," were teh young salesman's words. Another painful sight was the selling of plots and apartments in the serene and sylvan side of Goa, like in: * Assagao, by Expanse Buildcon and the Delhi-based Decolive * Near Nagoa Church, where the Kanpur-based Geo Realtors has a project. * Arpora, where Riviera Constructions has a project called Foothills and Integriti Developers is setting up 'Aldeia Miraflor'. * Vagator, Aldona, Bogmalo and Anjuna, all with projects by the Delhi-based Nirvana Nest. * Paithona, Bardez, where the Chowgule Real Estate is building apartments complexes called Meadows. But Goans don't like it when people put their motherland on sale, and to balance the might of the Times of India's much hyped Goa Real Estate Show was an unnamed Goan who, standing outside the exhibition area, was distributing pamphlets with 'Save Goa' printed on them, spreading awareness among the visitors and buyers and warning them to be extra cautious when anyone promises them a home near the sea, as it could violate the Coastal Zone Regulations, and also beware of houses on hills, as they could be in breach of the hill-cutting rules in the Town & Country Planning Act. The pamphlet that this long ranger was handing out said: "Unprecedented demand in real estate is killing Goa's natural beauty, where once existed serene beaches is now filled with concrete cement and high walls." Going a step further, he urged them to control their aspirations and profit motives to preserve a better Goa for the next generation. There seemed to be great interest in the audience at the Times of India show to know about the feelings of the locals in Goa. He mentioned that just as the real estate lobby was doing their job -- selling Goa -- he was doing his; of listening to his inner voice and spreading awareness about the socio-cultural and environmental impact of these affluent projects. There were more surprises at this Times of India event. A Delhi-based real estate developer -- GoldTouch -- advertised plans to start a complex of 70 flats in five-storeyed apartment
[Goanet] A Difficult Judgment
I do not know if the temple refered is one from Goa, but I am sure members on this list will enjoy this little 'story'. Sachin Phadte A Difficult Judgment In a small town in India, a person decided to open up a Bar, which was right opposite to a Temple. The Temple & its congregation started a campaign to block the Bar from opening with petitions and prayed daily against his business. Work progressed However, when it was almost complete and was about to open a few days later, a strong lightning struck the Bar and it was burnt to the ground. The temple folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the Bar owner sued the Temple authorities on the grounds that the Temple through its congregation & prayers was ultimately responsible for the ill fate of his dream project, either through direct or indirect actions or means. In its reply to the court, the temple vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection that their prayers were reasons to the bar's burning down. As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork at the hearing and commented: "I don't know how I'm going to decide this case, but it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an entire temple and its devotees that doesn't." _ Education: Are exams worrying you all the day long? Write to MSN education experts for help. http://education.in.msn.com/
[Goanet] Congratulations to the community service leadership awardees from Gulf countries
Panaji, March 29/The Navhind Times Press Report The Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Mr Vayalar Ravi today announced that there would be an Indian centre in Dubai soon to provide legal, medical and financial counselling services to the Indian expatriates in the Gulf. Speaking at the conference on the Indian expatriates in Gulf countries held at a city hotel and organised by the office of the Commission for NRI Affairs, Mr Ravi said that his ministry has established an Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre as a not-for-profit trust in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry and it would be a one-stop shop for the diaspora seeking to invest in India and facilitate business and business partnerships by providing reliable and real-time information. He said to make higher education accessible to the children of overseas Indians his ministry has launched a scholarship scheme in 2006-07 in which 100 scholarship are provided each year to children of expatriates to undertake undergraduate courses in different disciplines in the country. Favouring an amendment to the Emigration Act, the Union minister informed that the amendment was on the cards. He said that this amendment was needed as the act was getting outdated now. Lauding the role played by NRIs in the development of their country, the Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs promised to do everything in his power to help streamline immigration procedures and look after the interests of the Indian expatriates all over the world. He informed that his ministry is proactive in streamlining procedures to make them simple and was going for e-governance in emigration to make it simple, quick, effective, transparent and accountable by linking stakeholders on common platform. Dwelling upon on the works his ministry had done for the expatriate community, he promised that as a minister he would keep a check on and prosecute the agents who exploit the people, especially from the semi-skilled pool of workers, and help those agents who help the people. Also present were for the conference the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, the NRI commissioner, Mr Eduardo Faleiro secretary, NRI affairs, Mr K S Singh, the chairman of the Oversees Employment Agency of Goa, and the director of NRI Affairs, Mr UD Kamat. Mr Kamat appreciated the efforts of the NRI affairs department in creating an environment for expatriates to come back and invest in the state and pledged his support to the NRIs. He informed the government would send an award winning Mando troupe at the Mando festival in the Gulf. Mr Faleiro lauded the efforts of the Union government to regulate recruitment of our labour abroad so as to provide our workers with higher wages and improved working conditions as has already been done by several other countries. He said many of the problems troubling our workers abroad are created by recruiting agents in India itself. Community service leadership awards were presented to Mr Pedro Aulona Renato Correia, Mr Gabriel Crasto, Mr Alfred Loyola DSouza (Bahrain), Dr Jaganath Ramnath Chodankar, Mr Alex Wilson Coelho, Mr Damiao Cosme Carmo Santos (Kuwait), Dr Mario Carmo de Souza and Mr Celso Vincent Andre Fernandes (Oman), Mr Simon Xavier D'Silva (Qatar), Mr Ramnath Arjuna Mavlingcar (UAE), Mr Rockson Rufus Rodrigues (Dubai) and Ms Suman Anand Kurade (Delhi). _ Additional input: All Photos courtesy: Godfrey Gonsalves Also read: In a brief two hour function "CONFERENCE ON INDIAN EXPARTRIATES IN THE GULF COUNTRIES" held at the Convention Hall, Hotel Mandovi, Panaji this afternoon, the Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Shri Vayalar Ravi informed the gathering of NRG who had come from places in the Gulf countries that his nascent ministry had made upteen changes to ensure that NRI's world over do not face hardships either by recruiting agents, need for Emigration Clearance etc etc. He made a specific mention that during the financial crisis that the country faced in 1990-91 where India had to pledge her gold the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh who was then the Finance Minister looked upon the Gulf remittances as a measure to ward off the crisis. It is for this reason the Prime Minister Dr. Singh salutes the hard work of the Gulf workers a large chunk which constitute mainly skilled and unskilled workers, has extended full support of the UPA Government to redeem the problems of the Gulf expartriates. He spoke of the memorandum of understanding signed by various countries to ensure women workers do not suffer. He has introduced a Helpline and toll free numbers, so that women who proceed to the Gulf would learn about the genuineness of the recruiting agents. He has also introduced the concept of minimum wages are in the range of S300 to S350 and directed that the Embassies should endorse the employment contents. He has also p
Re: [Goanet] Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land
what about those foreigners who have brought properties legally with the proper documents i/e x visas (you have never been able to buy on a tourists visa!! we are being penalised for doing everything correct and now the goverment wants us out we still cannot sell even to an indian --- Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ ---
Re: [Goanet] Film Release: Ghutt
From where can I download this movie REGARDS HERMAN --- Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ ---
Re: [Goanet] After days of bad press, Goa back in a festive mood
Hi Avelino, How I agree with you, so much so that I was looking for something to bring me back to 2008 and a bit of respite, I was looking forward to this, oh dear, the link is not live, it does not exist or the server cannot find it. What a shame, perhaps you can look at the address again & repost? John Monteiro -- "D'Souza, Avelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. After days of bad press, Goa back in a festive mood Goa: After many days of bad press, Goa was back in a festive mood with the famous Shigmo festival, which depicts the state's folk culture. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/after-days-of-bad-press-goa-back-in-a-festiv e-mood/62269-3.html Avelino
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Re Goa news for March 28, 2008
Dear Mr. Navelkar, You are right! As Goans we are always fighting and the only that we should fight for (GOA) is what we are not fighting. It is our Goans who prefer selling plots / property to foreigners than NRI Goans because they get more from them than us. We need do something and fast. What can I do to help? On 3/28/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All Goans, > We are fighting on net on various issues, we are fighting > with the neighbours at home,we are fighting on languages, we are fighting on > road, we are fighting all along our day in day out in Goa, for Goa, with > Goans for Goans against Goans.And in Goa we are eliminating ourself very > fast that we will put rabbits to shame on their multiplication abilities > with speed and we see all over Goa migrants(illegally occupying spaces for > living)multiplying their business( again illegally occupying areas) are > comming as SUNAMIS. wake up Goans these elected representatives get elected > on ur vote and rule u to give all thehelping hands to all these migrants to > establish their rights in Goa as HGoans. > utt Goenkara > Amol Navelkar > Original Message --- > Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org > Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. > > *** Scarlett\'s body brought to Mumbai from Goa - Hindustan > Times > [5 hours ago] PTI Slain British teenage girl Scarlett Eden > Keeling's body was brought to Mumbai from Goa on Thursday > evening, more than a month after she was found dead ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=5df94265-d774-4949-9fb2-0e35df0fdef1&cid=1144694000&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzdrrzescOGQU3BHEiB3y998mtPL2w > > *** Goa government drops trust motion on Speaker - Hindu > [4 hours ago] PANAJI: The Goa government on Thursday beat a > retreat and refrained from tabling a motion expressing > confidence of the House in Pratapsingh Rane as Speaker ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/28/stories/2008032854991300.htm&cid=1146355640&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzdnaS-EkNYX5R3jPGfUkXcM0oYX2g > > *** Goa Property Show attracts 3000 home seekers - Times of > India > [Mar 26, 2008] 1 property site, conducted the Goa Property > Show ˜Delhi 2008 it had a strong 3000 home seekers > thronging the two-day event. The event was inaugurated by ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa_Property_Show_attracts_3000_home_seekers/articleshow/2902449.cms&cid=1146035251&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzd3j_eLSAw1u2DTvP8ri9qG_W-THg > > *** Mitsubishi Pajero SFX launched in Goa - Navhind Times > [3 hours ago] The all new Mitsubishi Pajero SFX was today > launched in Goa by the Minister of Transport, Mr Sudin Dhavlikar > in Auto Service. The first vehicle was also ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=032832&cid=0&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzcMJOS0HugYofxRLSX1pgofPABMxg > > *** Bharti AXA Life Insurance launches operations in Goa - > Navhind Times > [3 hours ago] Speaking at the launch, the chief distribution > and marketing officer of Bharti AXA Life Insurance,Mr Shyamal > Saxena said, published data reveals that Goa ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=032831&cid=0&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzeHZBCRJIcinjc2z3OI1l3edIVt7Q > > *** Jotun to strengthen presence in Goa - Navhind Times > [3 hours ago] Commenting on the company€„¢s plans > for Goa, the general manager, decorative, Mr Percy Jijina, said, > €ÅWe have closely assessed the Indian paint sector ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=032828&cid=0&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzd0dW0cZnYtXYvu0Qki57XqcfHK6w > > *** Goan with the Wind - MorungExpress > [8 hours ago] The Goa portrait had a couple at a church > wedding in bridal finery: the lady in a flowing gown, her > partner in a jacket and tie. The publication sparked off ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.morungexpress.com/index.php?news=4772&cid=0&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzecBTw6nSIUyAB_O1NRgS_Q0fYWZg > > *** Rahejas challenge Goa govts order to scrap SEZ - Economic > Times > [26 minutes ago] PANAJI: Real estate major K Raheja has > challenged the Goa governments decision to scrap the approved > SEZ before the Bombay High Court. ... > > http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Markets/Real_Estate/Rahejas_challenge_Goa_govts_order_to_scrap_SEZ/articleshow/2905626.cms&cid=0&ei=-i3sR8fCJJq4qwPKhNHBBA&usg=AFrqEzejPuzRFqarkChTSb2fIxkduDUWpw > > *** Liquor to cost more in Goa - Economic Times > [Mar 26, 2008] Consumption o
Re: [Goanet] Casmiro Monteiro
Dear John, The reason that Bernardo and I wanted you to give up this quest was to avoid you getting hurt, that is all. I wish you all the best, sometimes one needs to put these demons behind us. Warm wishes Sonia --- JOHN MONTEIRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Sonia & Bernado > > I half-agree with you both but as I said > previously to both of you, I am not in the exact > same mind-frame. This is for several reasons, but > the main two are a) he was my long-lost father & b) > if he was who we think he is, we ought to be able to > fill in some of the missing gaps for the relatives > of his victims & let them know what sort of person > he really was, to his own immediate family & how > they treated my family when we were in Goa. > > Other reasons come to mind but probably not > printable here, in most ways this demon of a man > should be now a humilated in public & if there is > any justice in the world, the Goans who suffered at > his (and his brother's) hands ought to have the last > say. He abused Goans, and my mother & his two sons, > I think that is enough to have him pilloried from > here to hell. > > Saying Mass & being ever-so forgiving, that is all > well and good, and possibly this may happen one day, > but not just yet, we have to have justice for all > the Goans of the 1950's (and beyond? anyone > shed a light on this from post-1961), and for my > mother who died a broken woman. > > Say a prayer for her, she deserves it more than > anyone. Say regular prayers for the souls of the > departed, for they were forced to leave this world > by the likes of my father, who used & abused the > nation of Goa while living and revelling in it, and > as I said before, the main cause of the suffering in > my family & the reason I wet the bed every night I > was reminded of his presence, even when I was not at > home, but alone & afraid child at Loyola High > School. > > John Monteiro > -- > sonia gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. Yes, > I feel the same as Bernardo, let Casimiro Monteiro > be dead and gone and let John not think of him > anymore, the issue is truly irrelevant and could > cause only pain. Warm wishes Sonia do Rosario Gomes > --- > > -- > Bernado Colaco wrote: Recently one Roland Francis > from Spadina Avenue,Toronto, Canada has invoked the > memory of Agente Monteiro and has left John Monteiro > of Berkshire in a quandary as to his parentage. RF > should spend more time in my opinion on the current > Monteiro's that Goa has produced and is producing > since 61. Please do not raise issues of irrelevance. > CM is dead and gone.BC > > -- > > > Save all your chat conversations. Find them online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land
It is high time the Government of Goa woke up to the fact that *GOA IS FOR GOANS* All this time the helped and aided the foreigners to pruchase property in Goa, without their knowledge it would not have been so easy for them. Better late than never get the prices down and help Goans to buy property in Goa. Thanks On 3/29/08, Goanet News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080045329&ch=3/29/2008%201:35:00%20AM > > Goa: Govt bans foreigners from buying land > > Sujoy Gupta > > Friday, March 28, 2008 (Mumbai) > Goa is for Goans, that's the message of the state government, which > has decided to ban foreigners from buying land for personal purposes. > > The government announced this in the state assembly on Friday and also > passed the Goa Registration Amendment Bill. > > The government has also appealed to Goans not to sell land to > foreigners and preserve their land. > > Foreigners can now buy land only for business purposes but only after > following specific and stringent conditions such as a business visa > plus an explicit clearance from the RBI. > > Now foreigners on tourist visa can not buy land. > -- GEORGINA
Re: [Goanet] [Goa Research Net] Re: Agente Monteiro...
Dear John, Now that your research is at full swing, I hope all goes well. My portuguese is quite good, I will translate for you any material that you would like to be translated. You can scan and send the material or even the link to a particular site. I will do my best. Warm wishes Sonia do Rosario Gomes --- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear John, > > Alas I have to give you some not so happy news. On > further googling > through, I notice that Agente Monteiro's full name > was Casimiro > Emérito Rosa Teles Jordão Monteiro. Since you > mentioned that your > father also had the names Teles and Jordao besides > Casimiro, this > cannot be co-incidental. > > Please see: > http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Casimiro+Monteiro+PIDE&fr=yie7c > > Apparently CM as an inspector in PIDE reported to > Rosa Casaco and > under his orders was the actual shooter of General > Humberto Delgado > and his Brazilian secretary. For a history of > Delgado, see Wikipedia. > > There is much written about CM in the link above. If > you need to > translate the Portuguese into English, I can help > you with the aid of > Babelfish and the little Portuguese I know to put it > into decent > understandable English. However, I hope you can get > a better > translator to do this for you. > > As Frederick mentioned, you are not responsible for > your father's > actions and I commend you heartily for trying to put > the ghosts of > your past to rest. > > Roland. > Toronto > 416-453-3371 > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Teotonio R. de > Souza > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have submitted the info supplied by JM about > himself to the best > > expert we have today about PIDE in Portugal. As > soon as I get some > > feedback I shall get back on this issue. > > Teotonio R. de Souza > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], > "Frederick [FN] Noronha * > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Remember Agente Monteiro, the brutal figure in > Goan history and the > > > anti-colonial campaign in particular? An > interesting debate has come > > > up on Goanet, with the participation of someone > who believes he > > might > > > be the son of Agente Monteiro. Please check the > debates here... if > > > true, it could fill in some gaps in the history > of Goa as we > > > understand it: > Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html
Re: [Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Kam' Zalem Voiz Melo'
Dear Goanetter reading this post, As a non-speaker or reader of Konkani I feel I am missing out on a lot of Goan "chit chat" but also the way in which Konkani is spoken often times, if I remember a bit of it from my childhood, albeit half a century ago, there were some meanings & words that were difficult to transcribe into English, though some were easier into Portuguese. I am totally baffled now as an aging old man. Konkani is not just a spoken & written language, one that is properly recognised in the Indian Constitution etc, but for a man reaching his 60's it would be so very difficult to re-learn it (but I would give it a try if there was a way forward here, by the way - some say its just like learning to ride a bike again, after an accident, do it quickly or you will not have the nerve to do it ever...), so can someone, whatever the subject line, be able to take some time out and translate as much as possible any Konkani posters into English (pretty please?). John Monteiro lino dourado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kam Zalem, Voiz Melo Sumar 4 vorsanchea porak ghevn, bosint bhitor sorlele ostorek mhaka lagun tras zavnchem nhoi mhonn, hanv boslelea sita velo uttunk kori tednam, tinnem mhonnlem.. Naka, naka. Tras ghevum nakat Mhoje bayek mhagelea paymer bosoitam. Ani tinnem, tigele dhuvek. apnnalea zangddar dovorun, ti sitar bosli. Tednam hanv 19 vorsancho tornatto. Mhagele eka kama khatir hanv Moddganv ghellom. Mhojea khuxik bosleli ostori sobit distali, punn tea von tigelem por. Mhaka pollet boslelem tem. Mhaka porachi apurbay zali. Porak mhagelea kakeant ghetlem ani vicharlem. Baye, tujem nanv kitem? Uncle .., Xhu! Ogi rav. To uncle nhi. Mister. porak fuddem ulovnk di nastanam mhaka uncle nhoi, punn Mister mhonnchem mhonn, dhengxo ghalun porache avoyn porak sanglem. Mister, mhojem nanv Amanda vicharlelea prosnank soroll zap dili ani lhan por fuddem boddboddlem Mister poi, poi. Bhair poi. Xetant redde zogoddtat Amanda! Mister-ak chodd sotai naka. Avoin porak xiddkailem. Asum di. Bhurgem tem. Mhaka porache tras zainant mhonn hanv tika sangtanam, bosicho kondaktor ailo ani tinnem Utorda-Molar ek tikett magoili. Utorda konnagher vhetat kai? Hanvem mhakach vichar kelo. Punn tika vicharunk mhaka puttlem nam. Vo dusre bhoxen, mhaka curiosidade (curiosity) nasli. Hanv ani por khellachea umedir astanam, bos kenna Utorda-Mollar pavli ti pasun mhaka zanniv na zali. Bos, Utorda-Mollar pavtoch porak ghevn ti ostori dhenvli ani amche Igorjiche dixen vetelea rostean, cholunk lagli. Babddem por, fattlean volun ani thambo nastanam mhaka mister, mister mhunnit aslem. Toddea vellachi bhett amchi. Pora koddsun pois zanvchem, mhaka khub dukhlem. Hanv bhavnnik (emotional) zalom. Ani hanv bosivelo dhevntokoch mhagelo ixtt Wency gavlo. Dusre sumanant, tagelo ek lokam-khell, Ponnje Akaxvannicher mudravpache (recording) asle. Tagelea lokam-khellant mhagelo aspav aslelean tachea sangata tagelea ghora gelom ani ami tallim vo rehearsal donparche dhed meren choloilem. Hanv, amche ghorache sopnnam (stairs) choddtalom. Bolkavant mhagele sorgest avoychea sangata, mhaka bosint gavlelim avoy-dhuv dislim. Tim dog-aim, amgher pavchem kharan mhaka somzolem. Hanv tanchea pattlean ubo aslelean tannim mhaka pollevnk nam dista, vo tanchi nodor mhojer poddunk nam. Mhoje avoyn aplea hatanim, Amandachi bonkachi noddi (anus) ugti keli ani ti bore toren topaslea uprant tinnem mhonnlem. Kitlo vhodd mhonn khatro go ho? Hanga yevnk itle dis kiteak laile? Duens chodd zalem mhonntoch, tumi dotorank uloitat. Cheddvak khanddar mar ani ghott dhor Amandak khanddar marpak mhoje avoyn tika hukom dilo ani fatrir dolloilelem zhadd-palleachem vokhod kaddun agpachea noddin lottlem tedna mhojea islean pollevn, poran bobo-hueli ghatleo. Mhoji sorgest avoi, bhurgeank zhadd-palleachem vo Khatreachem vokhod ditali. Lhan bhurgeank, agpache tras zale mhonntoch, tankam portean-portean pattol agop zatalem ani bhonkachea purmutteak vo noddik khatro poddun rogot-bhairem suntalem. Kaim voizam kodden hem duens borem zainam zatotokoch, xevottak ho lok mhojea avoyxim yetalo. Koddok pothk-achi (mandatory diet) bhurgeank, toxech bhurgeanche avoyank samballunk zata zalear, tednach mhoji sorgest avoy aplem ghuttachem vokhod ditali. Ani tin disam modim, bhurgim sap bhorim zatalim vo tanchem rogot-bhairem bond zatalem. Amandache noddik vokhodd ghalun tagelea bendar dovo kuddko mhoje avoyn bandlo. Amanda, mhaka polloit aslem ani roddkulea avazan mhonnlem. Mummy! Mister.mister mister Borem borem. Ogi rav baye. Mister yetolo Dakhttem por azun mhoji yad korta oxem Amandachi avoy somzoli. Ani porachea pattir hat oddit taka fuslayun, roddpache ogem kortali tednam mhojea avoin tika mhonnlem. Ghoddie tujem cheddum, tujea pattlean asleleak mister mhonntta astelem. Ani ti soroll pattlean vovli ani tthotakun vicharlem Tum hanga? To mhozo tisro put, mhoje sorgest avoin vollo
[Goanet] Goa at Crossroads - NT PANORAMA [30/3/08] -by : Dr. Wagle & Dr. Kennerkar - COMMENTS
Goa at crossroads By Dr. M P Wagle and Dr. P S Kinnerkar NT Panorama - March 30, 2008 Goa is the most advanced state in the country. This is reflected in its advancement score of 445 per cent, the highest recorded. Even Delhi lags behind Goa with a score of 353.4 per cent. Among the districts/cities only Mumbai with a score of 515.4 per cent surpasses Goa. This may be one of the reasons why Goa continues to attract a continuous stream of domestic and foreign tourists. During 2006, while he former crossed a figure of two million the latter crossed 339 lakh (government of Goa: Economic Survey: 2006-07; P 161). However, Goa is not free of problems. Problems have been around since the time Goa got liberated in 1961 with newer ones being added every year. The condition of the state is fast deteriorate ing as is reflected in its overcrowded buses, poor and ever depleting seashore, which is occupied by illegal encroachers, and poor waste management. The presence of the government in every sphere of life has gradually increased since independence thereby leaving the state at the mercy of political bigwigs. Instead of serving the cause of people the political leadership is busy manipulating the system to its advantage. The frequent changes in government clearly manifest the undercurrents. Political turmoil, uncontrolled executive branch of the government and defunct legislature, unprecedented government intervention in every walk of life, free or highly subsidized economic services like health, education, transport , etc, continue to play havoc with this erstwhile Portuguese colony. Consequently, the state has been gradually losing its pivotal position as the most sought after tourist destination to other states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttranchal and Kerala. Besides frequent elections the most blatant problem Goa faces is its ever-increasing public debt, leading to mounting pressures of repayment and interest. While public debt increased from Rs. 1011 crores in 1998-99 to Rs 3087 crores by 2004-05 (Table 1), interest burden on the exchequer and thus the interest increased from Rs. 144 crores to Rs. 383 crores (2005-06) during the corresponding period (Table 1) No government till date has been serious about reducing the loans. Had government after government been more prudent and conscious in creating loans in the name of development, the state would have benefited immensely. Interest saved thereof strengthens current investment thereby accelerating development. The problem of repayment of loans would be minimum. For the majority of the countries, historically, government investments, subsidies and unrestrained lifestyle of people at the helm of political affairs have proved to be the greatest threat to the economic stability and prosperity. Several great countries including that of Russia collapsed for similar reasons. India had to transfer 67 tonnes of gold to London to obtain foreign exchange to pay for imports in 1991 owing to drain on foreign exchange resulting from implied subsidy on imports and hidden tax on exports inherent in the fixed exchange rate regime. In such a background of dismal performance by most countries of the world, the United States of America shines as the only super economic power, owing to minimum government investment, ownership and subsidy. Obviously, the USA recorded per capita income of $3,800 by wide margin (World Bank, 'World Development Report, 2008 ') If the state wishes to improve its lifestyle it should take a clue from the USA. The government of Goa should gradually withdraw subsidies and reduce its own investment and financial support to private investment. In respect to both revenue and capital expenditure as per cent of state income (GSDP), Goa occupies one of the top positions among the states of the country (Economic survey, Ibid, p 231). Implied economic mismanagement needs to be overcome immediately. The government should withdraw all popular schemes including free computers to students. All the loss making state undertakings may be closed down and their staff absorbed in general administration. Yet another problem is the ever-increasing migrant population, which is estimated to have risen to 2.43 lakhs accounting for about 18 per cent of the state's population in 2001 (derived from the Census figures). Consequently, not only has the quality of life deteriorated, but the same also exerts greater pressures on the exchequer. Unless checked the unprecedented flow of migrants will increase further. Similarly, the rapidly falling sex ration (females per 1000 males) should be considered a most serious threat to the social fabric of Goa (table 2). The problem is very serious. The Census of 2001 identified several causes for this fall. The major among them include: neglect of the girl child resulting in their higher mortality at younger ages, higher maternal mortality, sex selective abortions and female infanticides (Government of India , 'Census of India, Series I, I
Re: [Goanet] Agente Casimiro Emerito Teles Jordao Monteiro WAS my father.............
Dear Eugene Thank you for the posting, it was nice to read differing stories, majority are coming to me in private emails, but there are two things that jut out for me, one is that he brought his work home & used us as his target practice by the very way in which he behaved when he was home, which was thankfully not very often. I say this now, but of course as a child, one is always asking, then stops asking after a while, its easier on the mind. Secondly he did not have to enjoy the job as much as he obviously did, carrying out the atrocities with much gusto, that is equally evil, no matter what, he may have been a man of his time but he was not a nice person, in sense of the word, my mother suffered at his hands, that is enough for any child to put aside any thoughts of a lovely, kind father Best wishes John Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Agente Monteiro name conjures up the same images of the Ranes. Their names were used to frighten children. Hence, these names have achieved immortality, not to add notoriety. Wasn't Rasputin the most feared man in Russien history? However, we cannot put Rasputin and Agente Monteiro in the same league. They differ in both their political and social approaches. Agente Monteiro was following orders and, considering it in the light of Portuguese history, he was doing nothing wrong. Hitler followed his conscience, just as George Bush followed wrong advice and attacked Iraq. Saddam Hussein, another hated man in history, is now dead and gone. But his image of an evil man remains, at least in the minds of the American and those who supported America-led attack into Iraq. I think Agente Monteiro has been mentioned in Konkani novels, possibly of Reginald Fernandes. He was no Robin Hood but he was a "good guy" to the Portuguese and those Goans who supported Portugal vis-a-vis the Nationalists. I had missed Roland's original post, but the Lavra mentioned is none other than the Darling of the Goan Liberation, Dr. Laura D'Souza, later wife of Prof. Lucio Rodrigues. Laura's son lived/lives in Toronto. I have visited Laura both at her house in Goa, behind the Tourist Hostel, and in Mumbai, in Colaba. The flat was given to her by the Maharashtra government, I think the late Morarji Desai. Agente Monteiro was a tormentor of Goan nationalists. It was an expected role from someone recruited or promoted or assigned the job to harass and create panic among the nationalists. One heard lot of stories from Mumbai-based nationalists, most of them now dead. John should not let the past weigh upon him. Maybe sometimes the sins of our parents visit us. In John's case, his father, if at all Agente Monteiro was, need what was the need of the hour. Goan nationalism was rising and attaining great momemtum. The Portuguese had no way to battle it out, both on the political and social fields. Resorting to force to put pressure on the nationalist movement was one sure way to beat back the challenge. Agente Monteiro was the vehicle. In his role, he became bigger than life itself. Such is the fate that history bestows on people at crucial moments. Eugene Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com
[Goanet] After days of bad press, Goa back in a festive mood
After days of bad press, Goa back in a festive mood Goa: After many days of bad press, Goa was back in a festive mood with the famous Shigmo festival, which depicts the state's folk culture. The festival is also popularly known as the Carnival. "This festival takes us back to our culture. Many tourists come to see this festival. It's because we don't get to see this in cities and this culture originates from the villages," Deputy Mayor, Panjim, Yatin Parekg said. The five-day long festival also has a religious core. It is the Goan equivalent of Holi, and is celebrated with a lot of energy. "I am really thrilled looking at these folk performances. The enthusiasm in people is amazing. It's really great to be here," actor Milind Gunaji said. The festival is now also supported by the Department of Tourism as people from different parts of the state perform in groups. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/after-days-of-bad-press-goa-back-in-a-festiv e-mood/62269-3.html ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] Respect Our Right to Identity. (Letters to Goan Local Papers, Overseas Forums & MLA's)
*Subject: Respect Our Right to Identity.* * * Goans are increasingly opposing Land Sales to Non-Goans. I request Non-Goans to appreciate our basis. Yes, Goans can buy land in many Indian states/Western countries. But let's look at this in a bigger perspective; *this time globally*; I'll take the UK example, just to drive my point. I read an impressive column recently in the UAE media by a UK government minister. It was ref. the new UK immigration laws; highlight was while the UK has to be fair to other countries, at the same time it needed them, particularly India in the letter, to respect each nations right to protect its genuine interests. We appreciate why the UK/Western Countries i.e. MainGlobalisation/Democratic Free World drivers enact controls against non-locals. In UK, non-locals can buy land, but immigration controls ensure that the UK is not open to all. Those questioning my views from UAE, please note that although locals here are in minority there are safeguards e.g. No Expatriate Political Rights, No Citizenship, Restrictive Real Estate Buying laws etc. to ensure that the UAE remains with its people. Each community has limits to which non-locals can buy land/emigrate (with political rights). Goa has way crossed this limit; beyond which we have to put safeguards; the current rate will make Goans irrelevant & no community can accept the same for themselves. I'd argue today that Goans are more tolerant than most other communities. The REAL ISSUE is that GOA HAS NO CONTROLS ON REAL ESTATE PURCHASES/IMMIGRATION (mostly non local Indians). For those quoting the constitution (A) Goa had no influence to framing of the constitution i.e. India acquisition of Goa much later in 1961 (B) Some states have special provisions; Goa is also an exception; just because we * "failed"* to get safeguards in 1961, does not right the wrong (C) The Constitution is not cast in stone and for just basis, should be modified to protect the people; from which a democratic constitution should have been driven; not vice-versa!! I accept criticism that Goans are to be blamed significantly for the issue because of our actions/in-actions; but also issues of Land Sales to Non-Goans & Uncontrolled Migration are significant and need to be addressed urgently. Goans should support your right to your identity/interests, likewise please respect our right to the same. *Arwin Mesquita, Abu Dhabi.*
[Goanet] BRING BACK THE CORONER
For favour of publication. Averthanus _ BRING BACK THE CORONER. Averthanus L. D'Souza. The recent trading of accusations in connection with the suspicious death of the British teenager Scarlet Eden Keeling whose body was discovered on the beach at Anjuna has raised many issues - both medical and legal. The public discussion in the media, specially in the Press, indicates the need for a clearer distinction between the many related issues involved. The discussion moderated by Ms. Barkha Dutt in the NDTV programme "We the People" further shows up the need to not confuse the issues involved. The NDTV programme has been rightly described as a "circus" in which, unfortunately, some eminent professionals participated. The discussions were not focused and the programme left the viewers wondering what all the "khitchdi" was all about. Everything under the sun, from the irresponsible behaviour of Fiona Mackeown, the mother of the deceased, whose behaviour came in for criticism, to the part that was played by the local "tour guide" in whose custody the child was left, while the mother went off to neighbouring Karnataka with her other progeny in tow, to the part played by the alleged drug peddlers, came under discussion. To cap it all, the programme showed grave insensitivity by calling on a "rock star" (or whatever) to sing a song about the role of drugs in the tourist scene in Goa. How did all these things fit together? They simply did not ! In any death that occurs in a public place, there is need to establish the cause of death to eliminate what is generally termed "foul play." A death could be the result of negligence on the part of the deceased herself, like in the case of drowning of a person who ventures into the sea after consuming alcohol. Such deaths by drowning are quite frequent in Goa, and public spirited citizens have been clamouring (for a long time) for life guards to be posted at all the beaches in Goa which are frequented by tourists. This demand has not received the attention that it deserves, with the result that some citizens have set up their own life guard posts at some of the beaches.The Government of Goa has shown little appreciation for this important public service. If tourism (as an industry) is officially promoted to lure tourists to the State, it is the bounden duty of the Government to provide Life Guard services on all the beaches.After a lot of public outcry, the Department of Tourism finally posted a few Life Guards at some of the beaches, but these are underpaid and over-exploited individuals. They have not been provided with the necessary equipment which are necessary to perform their tasks effectively. The Government relies merely on their expertise as swimmers and their knowledge of the currents in the dangerous stretches of the beaches. What is required is an array of physical infrastructure, including Life Guard Houses on the beaches equipped with beds for the Lifeguards to rest when not on duty, kitchenettes for them to have meals, communication equipment (obviously) and special equipment such as speed-boats and inflatable boats as well as life-saving gadgets to resuscitate victims of drowning. Just posting underpaid individuals as Lifeguards, as the Government has done, is an insult to the tourists as well as to the citizens of Goa. Most often, our newspapers report, tourists have been saved by local fishermen who have risked their own lives to help drowning tourists. These fishermen have never been compensated by the Government. In the event of a suspicious death, it is the local police that is responsible to arrive at a determination of the cause of death. The local police do send the bodies to the Goa Medical College and Hospital for post mortem examinations, but they still retain the discretion to make the final determination. In reality, it is the Police which is the final arbiter on whether to treat a case as an accident, a death by misadventure or a murder.As we have seen in the death of Scarlet Eden Keeling, the mishandling of the case by the Police has tarnished the good name of the Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine of the G.M.C. and has brought his professional competence under a cloud. The media, including the electronic medium, is either unaware of or deliberately ignores the important distinction between the report of an autopsy and the decision of the Police to prosecute the case.It is necessary to emphasize that an autopsy is a purely medical procedure which simply establishes the "physical cause of death." An autopsy is not expected to go into the motivations (if any) or the circumstances surrounding the death of an individual. Murder, technically, requires, motive, opportunity and conducive circumstances. A death can be treated as murder only if all these conditions can be established beyond doubt.An autopsy only re
Re: [Goanet] Goa news for March 28, 2008
Dear Amol, I am in total support of your views, however I wish to opine for the same cause. You do not become a True Goans by the mere fact that you reside in Goa (Whether your ancestors resided here or whether you have come and settled here) . You do not become Goan by talking about Konkani (some foreigners speak it much better than many residents of Goa or Goans), but bringing konkani into your homes. You do not qualify to be a Goan just because a few high society people have allowed you in their company. You are a Goan, only when you know all the people in the vicinity, - not for your own selfish motive, but for the reason that we Goans want pure love - to accept and to give. You are a Goan, only when you are aware about the different facets of geographical Goa. You are a Goan, when you lend a hand of assistance - without gains, to your fellow neighbour. You are a Goan, when you interact with the folk & cultural abilities of Goa. You are a Goan when you can name atleast ten Goan vegetarian & non-vegetarian dishes. Talk, talk & more talk - leads us no where. Please build a platform, with us alongside you (not behind you), which will allow every person called as a Goan - wherever he/she may be. As of now there seems to be an identity problem, identity of our culture, cuisine and our beautiful land in general. Don't call for help. Let us create something about Goa which will attract the True Goans, and help them to identify themselves. You people are doing a wonderful job of making people aware. My above suggestions are but opinions which I have taken liberty to put pen to. Sanjeev V Sardesai --- Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ ---
[Goanet] Communicating Disasters: An Asia-Pacific resource book
This from www.himalmag.com: http://www.himalmag.com/2008/march/book_shelf.html Communicating Disasters: An Asia-Pacific resource book edited by Nalaka Gunawardene & Frederick Noronha UNDP/TVE-Asia Pacific, 2007 Communicating Disasters explores the role of media professionals and their use of information and communication technologies, particularly following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the Kashmir earthquake of 2005. Case studies, incisive analyses and evocative narratives highlight the challenges of covering disasters and their aftermath – both immediate and long-term. Tips on how to literally 'unearth' stories, ethical guidelines on how to reduce the vulnerability of victims, and the tracing of links between gender and disaster – all of these potentially dry topics are presented here in simple, accessible language. Superb photographs also make up for the somewhat confusing layout and unnecessary appendices. (Laxmi Murthy) vjp
[Goanet] FW: MP and Panjim (was Why Manohar Parrikar is not CM today)
Dear Goanetters, I have been reading Mr Vidyadhar Gadgil's arguments with Rajan with increasing amusement. My questions are : 1 ) Mr Gadgil is trying his best to lay the blame for the mess in Panjim at Manohar Parrikar's door.Fine, assuming MP is entirely responsible for this problem ( like he is for every problem in Goa ) My question to Mr Gadgil is , Why have you never brought up the issue of the bigger mess in Margao and blamed Digamber Kamat for it ? He is not just the MLA for Margao but also the chief minister of Goa , and should have a wee bit more control when he wields so much more power than someone in the opposition. Is it because your primary goal is to tarnish MP's image ? 2 ) Like others before him , Mr Gadgil has targetted Rajan on the issue of him having been abroad for several years. My question to him is, Rajan has done more to highlight some important issues than any person who has been always resident in Goa. Before criticising him , why don't you ask yourself what you have been doing all these years about these issues ? Is it because your primary goal is to tarnish the image of of those who may support MP ? 3 ) I also note that Mr Gadgil has brought up the issue of the Sanvordem / Curchorem riots during the course of this thread. My problem with the communal harmony champions like him is , Why are you so keen to highlight the role of the Hindutva elements ONLY in all your efforts , whether through the hearsay finding missions or the organisation of your communal harmony seminars ( with the omnipresent Puniyani's ) ? While I have myself stated on this forum that Hindutva elements are involved in the communal tensions in Goa , as Dr J C Colaco said on this forum some time back , the core problem in Goa is the uncontrolled influx of those who are much more fundamentalist about their religious beliefs ( and have failed to integrate with the Goan society ) Why don't Mr Gadgil and the other communal harmonistas of Goa realise this glaringly obvious fact and start focussing on treating the underlying disease rather than supressing the symptoms ? Is it because your primary goal is to tarnish the image of the BJP ? regards, anand _ The next generation of Windows Live is here http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live
[Goanet] Call For UK To Help In Scarlett Probe
Call For UK To Help In Scarlett Probe Updated:09:05, Sunday March 30, 2008 Lawyers for the family of teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was murdered in Goa last month, are calling for Scotland Yard to help investigate her death. Fiona MacKeown to return to UK One told Sky News: "I think it would be an exceptional assistance if Scotland Yard with their resources can provide some forensic help with this homicide." The call follows a meeting between Scarlett's mother, Fiona MacKeown, and a powerful Indian human rights commission. The National Commission for Women representatives will report directly to the country's Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. Advertisement Sky News correspondent Stuart Ramsay, who was at the meeting, said the commission was "a hugely powerful organisation here". He said: "To all intents and purposes their presence here is proof that the Indian government accepts it has got a real problem with the investigation into Scarlett Keeling's death. "In the next days they will report to the prime minister in person and to Sonia Gandhi, the figurehead of the country's pre-eminent political dynasty." Scarlett was found on beach Ms MacKeown said: "They seem to be very keen to get justice and it's very reassuring that they are interested in looking into this case. "It's a really positive thing to go home on." Ms MacKeown has now begun the process of repatriating her daughter's body and is due to return to the UK on Monday. She has single-handedly forced authorities to investigate her daughter's murder after local police initially said she had drowned while drunk, despite evidence to the contrary. Ms MacKeown has accused the local authorities of a cover-up. Two men have now been arrested on suspicion of drugging, raping and murdering 15-year-old Scarlett. Ends. On the link below, right hand side watch the video. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1311139,00.html -- Gabe. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
Re: [Goanet] goan identity
I knew Prof. Frank D'Souza had something written on being a Goa in the posthumous collection, Frankly Speaking. So I checked and found two essays on what it is to be a Goan. Good reading for those who would like to get an overview from the pen of one of the finest Goan essayists of his time and probably even today. I, however, feel that the essays are "exuberant", as the good old and now dead professor uses the word, one among three, I think, to describe the Goan. One must understand that Prof. Frank was no sociologist but a teacher of English. What he writes is from the heart. The book, published by a committee after Frank's death, is collected pieces from magazines and weeklies, notably The Examiner. Maybe I should scan them and the pieces and post it here. I am not sure if the book is still available in Toronto with Roque Barretto. I had arranged with Frank's daughter in California to send two dozen copies. As usual, Goans were not interested in buying. Talk of Goan identity... ha, ha. Eugene Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
[Goanet] MP and Panjim (was Why Manohar Parrikar is not CM today)
[Vidyadhar Gadgil] I wholeheartedly second this idea. If possible MP should renounce his Panjim seat and stand for some other place where he can do least harm and carry on as leader of the opposition.
Re: [Goanet] Goans in the Middle East in pain !
On 29/03/2008, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... and foreign owners of US currency purchase US fixed assets, which they are all welcome to do by US policy, and the smart money is doing so even as we speak in terms of farmland, commercial property, manufacturing plants and corporate acquisitions. Unlike India, the US welcomes such acquisitions. RESPONSE: Really ? Being more than a tad disingenuous; check out the URL below. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/politics/10ports.html -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] A Bust of Dr. Jack de Sequeira in Moira to honour the eminent Moidekar
Dear Goans, Moidekars, Today's Gram Sabha of the Village Panchayat of Moira which met to discuss the proposed budget for the village of Moira for the year 2008-2009 had many incidentals, one of the important ones being the suggestion that a bust of the eminent Moidekar Dr. Jack de Sequeira be erected at the panchayat square (rather the triangle) which has been recently built by the Panchayat. This suggestion which originated from yours sincerely came about when another Moidekar and more specifically a neighbour of Dr. Jack de Sequeira Sr. Renato Veloso presented the photograph of Dr. Jack de Sequeira to the Sarpanch probably to solicit the interest of the Panchayat to do the same. The suggestion having been readily accepted by the Gram Sabha, it has now been decided that appropriate resolutions will be passed in the next Gram Shaba of the Panchayat (this Gram Sabha being called only to discuss the budgetary provisions) as well as by the Comunidade of Moira to the effect that a bust of this eminent Moidekar be erected at the Panchayat square/triangle with all private participation of Moidekars. Yours sincerely has spontaneously sponsored the marble base for the bust. A list for the contribution will be circulated within Moira to solicit for the necessary funding and the maintenance of the statue as soon as architectural plans as well as the costing is available to develop the already ready-made triangle to house this statue. Dr. Jack de Sequeira will be facing in the direction of his ancestral house which is presently in a dilapidated condition at Bambordem, Moira. Needless to day that the project is already in hand and it should be ready for inauguration by/before 8 December (Moira Church Feast/Christmas) 2008 Moidekars please be informed. floriano goasuraj - GOA needs a 'REVOLUTION' if it is to see better days. Goasuraj is that revolution. Support it. Website: www.goasu-raj.org
[Goanet] Agitation to oppose retired badminton coach Roshanlal's extension intensifies
SAG not following procedures: PBC and EBG NT Sports Reporter Panaji, March 29 The Panjim Badminton Club and Evening Badminton Group today alleged that though recrutiment to all posts in government, quasi-government, statutory bodies, boards, etc should be done after folllowing established procedures the SAG did not follow them in Mr Roshanlal Nahar's case when offering him a contract job as badminton coach with SAG after his superannuation in SAI last year (March 2007). Mr Sandeep Heble, joint secretary PBC and EBG, disclosed at a press conference here that as per the circular of Goa Government issued on August 18, 1998 based on Supreme Court of India's observation, it was necessary that the post be advertised even if it was on contractual basis. Further, he pointed out that as per the Goa Government circular dated May 4, 2005, the government had decided to terminate all extension/contract appointments with immediate effect and that those who are on contract should be relieved immediately after following the procedure. "Consequently, the question of granting contractual offer to Mr Nahar for another year, does not arise at all as the first one itself is irregular," he remarked. Mr Nahar ceased to be an employee of SAI on March 31, 2007 when SAI did not grant him an extension. However, the SAG offered him a new job on a year's contract, which means a new job was offered to him, Mr Heble remarked. "What procedure and what are the services rules followed in the case," he questioned. Hence, he said, Chief Minister Mr Digambar Kamat has been asked to institute an inquiry into the matter. Mr Heble said that the SAG was not following proper procedures in disbursing TA/DA to government officers from SAI. He produced official documents from SAG stating that the regional director of SAI who was on a visit to Goa from 24-12-2005 to 27-12-2005, was entitled for TA/DA from his department (SAI) since he was from the Central Govt cadre. The SAG accountant had stated: "However, as per the prevailing practice, the visit of SAI officials was treated as VIP's visit to the state and they have been provided with all sorts of such facility by SAG." The accountant's observations were agreed to by the SAG Vigilance Officer who remarked: "The SAI director on visit to Goa is entitled to TA/DA of his government who sent him on official tour to Goa and that if his government refused to pay him, then the Goa Govt could pay him provided he had visited Goa at SAG's request. In case, the SAG has paid these types of charges in the past as stated by the accountant, then the SAG has committed irregularities of Government money. The claim does not fall within the rules and therefore cannot be accepted". Mr Heble pointed out that the bill of Rs 9071 was certified by Mr Nahar and that originally it was approved by SAG'ED. He, however, could not throw light if the amount was actually paid or not thereafter, but pointed out that the procedures were not as per the rules. Mr Heble refuted Mr Prabhudesai's observations that Mr Nahar had rendered great services during the nationals held in Goa stating that coaching was entrusted to coaches Vinayak Kamat and Roy Athaide while Mr Nahar was named as manager, which post he he did not accept and as such did his duty as joint secretary in organisational matters which is basically the work of the association. State champ Govind Navelkar, acknowleged that Mr Nahar was his "guru" but that he had nothing to offer at advance level for seniors, which is the reson for stagnation, and hence the need of fresh air and a fresh coach. He pointed out that the Goa women's team in the last nationals had just one player to show in Sonali Gaocar and that the other player U-16 Ronika Bandodkar was listed as the second player even as the latter had announced that she could not participate in the event and as such never attended the coaching camp. Surprisingly her name appeared in the list, he added and divulged that Ronika did not turn up at the nationals and that her opponent was awarded a walkover. That apart, he stated that Sonali had no partner in the doubles event in the absence of Ronika. Mr Shashant M Naik, president of PBC and EBG, a former state player pointed out that the performance in badminton has not shown any improvement over the years. "Moreover, we have not even reached the quarter-finals at senior nationals since the start and there is no such a hope in the future under the present dispensation. The job of the coach is to train, motivate players and not be part of organisational matters. It is for this very reason that certain officials of Goa Badminton Association had sown the seeds of revolt against the particular coach about four years ago. The goal of the coach is to guide the players without looking at their background, using polite language and manners and be available when they need help," Mr Shashant observed. Badminton needs a whiff of fresh, reinvigorating air, he summed up. Link: http
[Goanet] Indian Felicitation Centre in Dubai
Indian Felicitation Centre in Dubai In the Navhind times of today, this iteam has appeared and has immediately sparked a debate among Goans in Dubai. It would be in the best interest of Indian culture and tourism to open up a felicitation centre in Dubai and hence this would start a long cultural exchange between the two countries. But the Indian government has in the past given such tall assurances to begin centres under various heads in Dubai. Take for example Goa. Several tourism ministers from Goa, prominient one being Dr Willy Dsouza would attend the arabian travel market, held in dubai annually to boost tourism ties among the two countries. Dr Willy as in his very pompous attitude, would make loud promises of starting a direct flight between goa and dubai within a few months...this was in the mid nieties...till date nothing has transpired...on the conntrary, air travel for Dubai goans has worsened considerably to make a trip to Goa. In the iteam appearing on today's NT it is also mentioned that several community leaders have been awarded...at least one neame appearing in the UAE list is hardly a name to reckon with and I do not understand on what basis has the award been handed over. The whole award issue smacks of controversy. I call upon any Goan bases in UAE to provide me some inputs about the following persons awarded by the Governmental committee, and the extent of community service conducted by these individuals. Mr Ramnath Arjuna Mavlingcar (UAE), Mr Rockson Rufus Rodrigues (Dubai) Kind Regards Cedric da Costa Dubai Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com
[Goanet] Goan Identity or Culture (GIC)
The Goan identity or culture that some Goans are obsessed with could best be understood if we try to define it. And definition of Gic is definitely not an easy proposition. However, a beginning can be made if we place a few facts before us. Gic as we know it today did not exist before 1510 and after 1961 it appears to be withering away. Gic is geographily confined to the four coastal talukas of Goa. i.e. Ilhas,Bardez, Salcete and Mormugao Gic arose directly as a result of conversion to Ch aristianity At this point, let me state that a vast majority of Goan Catholics, whether in Goa, India and overseas are least bothered about the withering away of Gic. Goans who are obsessed with Gic are mainly the beneficiaries of thePortuguese rule and of patronage that was extended to Rachol graduate producing families by missionaries. Let us define further the beneficiaries of Portuguese and missionary patronage. During the first half of the Portuguese rule, i.e. about two and half centuries, the beneficiaries were Portuguese settlers and their eurasian descendants. The latter are the people who aped Portuguese customs and mannerisms. Side by side with eurasians there was one Indian community who claimed to be of ''high caste''. Towards the end of the Portuguese rule eurasians just faded away or were assimilated with ''high castes''. It was these eurasians and ''high castes'' and (from 19th century onwards) bhatkars who claimed to be the depositories of European or shall we say Eurasian culture. Today when the Portuguese medium ''high castes''/bhatkars are silent about Gic ( I think, they yearn to be assimilated with the Portuguese in Portugal ) it is the English medium ''high castes''/bhatkars who migrated to British India in search of jobs, whose descendants are today mainly settled in the U.K. and North America who are responsible for drumming about Gia being in mortal peril. Antonio
