[Goanet] Tales from Goa
Tales from Goa Priyanka Haldipur finds herself addicted to the energy of good ol Goa. There lies a thin line between fun life in Bangalore and funner life in a paradise called Goa. It goes by the name of 60-minute flight! After you have got over that revelation for the thirtieth time, you sit back and plan the million things you could do once you hit ground, all of which may just be abandoned in favour of plan 'B'- comfy hotel bed and room service throughout, cos' just breathing the air of Goa is enough to salve a spent soul and make the world feel like a beautiful place again! And off season can't do much to change that. If anything, it makes things a wee bit better than they could've been mid-December. The hotel rates are slashed to half of what they are during season. You will not suffer bumping into hairy, large men or trampling the teensy toes of ultra-noisy tots with every step you take. The crowd was just fine and the weather went an extra step to make life fabulous for hubby dearest and me. Staying some 40 feet away from the beach is what else but pure joy. You droop off to the lullaby of the waves and wake up to the same harmony. If you resist that urge to roll around in bed, and manage to hit the sands even at 7 am, you can enjoy a long stroll from one end of the beach to the other in pleasant weather. Not only will you whet up an appetite for a scrumptious breakfast, it also makes you feel a little less guilty about stuffing your face like there's no tomorrow. And if it comforts you some more, the sand works up a great natural pedicure. The nicest parts, of course, are the sights you encounter on the way. A fisherman dad initiating his 10-year-old son into the nuances of the trade; cute little urchins running all over the place excitedly with a plastic bottle and a giddy, new-found baby crab bouncing inside; beach doggies following their budding adventure sport entrepreneur-masters as they move their water scooters into the sea! Once you're ready for breakfast, walk along the restaurant-lined street beside your beach and take your pick among the many welcoming places that you see. Since the somewhat rare items in the Continental spread will be missed so much once you're back in your city, don't hesitate to order for that banana pancake with icecream or make a meal out of just blueberry muffins. Discuss the plan of action between bites if you can. Will it be North Goa with its temples, churches and beaches, or the South with a new set of temples, churches and beaches? There are many options available in conducted tours courtesy Goa Tourism too- apart from 'Traditional Goa', there's 'Birds of Goa', 'Ancestral Goa', and 'Goa by night'(cruises that take you past important monuments), among others. Personally, we felt that a bike was the best way to explore Goa, so there we were on a rented bike to Fort Aguada from our Calangute hotel. Upon reaching there, we noticed a bus full of frisky tourists. When a bunch of them passed us, loud whispers of Dil Chahta Hai! Dil Chahta Hai! heard, we realised why the view from the fort looked so familiar. It also explained the 'Filmy Chakkar' in bold letters painted across the sides of the bus. Their's was a film locations tour! The heat got mildly intolerable which was a cue for us to head to a popular tavern in Baga. Chilled beer and fun conversation later, we were back in high spirits. Baga is one of those places that is transformed into a happening youth joint at night. It has its share of hip pubs, discos and lounges- so pub-hop all you want. The next day, we decided to check out churches that were close by, which led us to Se Cathedral (since Basilica of Bom Jesus and Church of St. Francis of Assissi had been visited umpteen times during previous trips). We were quite fascinated by St. Augustine Tower, rather what remains of it. We scanned through Museum of Christian Art, a stone's throw away from the tower. Ancestral Goa/ Lotoulim (that a Goa travel brochure boasted of) was what we felt like doing next. A hot, never-ending ride on a busy highway ensued, but we never did make it to this place that I have come to believe is mythical. We stopped for directions on the way, but no one seemed to have heard of 'Lotoulim'. We tried pronouncing it in many different ways, but it failed to ring a bell with all the Goans we encountered on that ride. We returned disappointed and I made up for it by buying myself a pair of fake Crocs. Goa is brimming with them... every street shop displays them in such pretty colours. I picked crimson! And even wore it to dinner. The next day we executed plan 'B' and didn't budge from our room, except for the parasailing in the evening. The lazing was much needed anyway, so that we could come to terms with returning home to work and responsible actions. It had been a fun holiday. I just have to close my eyes now to go back to that land- of chocolate
[Goanet] K-03. Konkani song
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Re: [Goanet] Remo holds free concert to create awareness on global warming
On 22/04/2008, jane gillian rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As per e-mail, congratulations to Remo for being the only Internationally,well-known Goan to take the initiative to sing at the concernt on Global warming in Goa. Please let me know if there are other Goans, who have done the same, I will thank them also. Regards, Jane RESPONSE: I too, sang and will sing again to make people aware of Global warming. Please don't feel obliged, if you hold your thanks, I shall understand. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
Re: [Goanet] Remo holds free concert to create awareness on global warming
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:15:13 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] So you have made my day by informing Goanet that I indeed generally know more than you; after all you have just conceded that I was right and you were wrong. Mario responds: I am always glad to concede that you are absolutely correct that I know more than you or anyone else about the furious debate going on about the causes and extent of climate change:-))
[Goanet] Why Goans Runaway from Goa?
Goans in Goa should stop complaining about the Runaway Goans or Type -2 NRG. Instead we should spend the time and energy on developing systems to work together. Let me share with you my (and perhaps a different) read on the potential benefit of a Runaway Goan. A Runaway Goan can continue ad-infinitum to bring expertise and channel technology from the West to Goa. The retired Runaway Goan will have more experience and time to work the project. While an actively working Runaway Goan will have greater ability to use his / her influence and contacts to channel equipment (used and new), technical textbooks, and help to build sister-relations with corresponding department / institution and / or individual, and / or towns and villages in Goa. Clearly there needs to be a team approach at both ends. Our motto in our institution, is: There is no I in the word team. The challenge in this scenario is to get the right people to connect and the two systems (in Goa and abroad) and all involved to oscillate on the same wave length. This should not be difficult. Individuals and institutions are doing it in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore etc. So do not rely on / blame the politicians. Each individual native Goan can take an initiative to come up with some ideas. Preferably do it as a group in a brain storming session. Then put those ideas through a 'feasibility study' of how to get there step by step and what are the costs and sacrifices involved. Finally bounce the idea off a Runaway Goan on a visit to Goa. This idea is the seed. One never knows where it will land and how many 100 fold will be the harvest. Sure some seed will fall on barren ground and others will not germinate. Yet, that has never prevented a farmer from planting his / her seed , even in amchem bangarachem Goem. The Runaway Goan may have some ideas of their own and may need those in Goa to respond. My 'supurlem' suggestion are village-based mini-museums, once touted by the ex-CM. Are there any takers - especially schools? Regards, GL - Plastino DCosta Why Goans Runaway from Goa ? First thing that comes to mind is that Goa is full of corrupt politicians who have messed up Goa and therefore Goans have no choice but to Runaway from Goa in search of a better opportunities. Although this could be one of the reasons, it might not be the only reason. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 77 - THE MAKING OF FENI
RE: Message: 10 Apr 2008 From: edwardingoa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] The making of feni ? Goa?s most popular drink The making of feni ? Goa's most popular drink THE most commonly spoken word in Goa is feni. And the reason is not difficult to understand because feni is the name of the most popular local drink among hard drinks. THE MAKING OF FENI That was a most educative contribution on feni, Especially for those living abroad and have many Friends asking about this Goan drink. Some say feni has an unpleasant stink, But others who love the taste are considered zany. - Shanti Dhoot
[Goanet] Unearthing the Goan Idiom
Herald, 23 April 2008 MARIA AURORA COUTO - Bragança Pereira’s book is about a heterogeneous, interdependent society exposed to all kinds of cultural influences—Portuguese, Christian, from the Indian mainland and Europe—which adapted in varying degrees, yet retained many of its local traditions. The English translation will be released at the Black Box, Panjim, on 25 April at 5.30 pm by Dr. Jose Pereira. -- Ethnography is at its best when experienced and written from inside the culture that is being researched. Antonio Bernardo de Bragança Pereira, succeeded to a great extent in meeting this rare criteria in his portrayal of Goan culture, its splendour, its endearing tolerance and appreciation of the pluralisms of its society, comprehending every apparent inconsistency and peculiarity. Bragança Pereira’s Ethnography of Goa Daman and Diu is an endeavour to describe the essential way of life of the people of Goa - home, family, society, worship, governance, economic and social - and how human beings are in harmony and not in conflict with the environment. He describes Goan existence with rigour, and brings in different views, some in conflict, leaving the reader to judge. But with an impassioned vision, he reflects on how and why cultures survive the imperatives and challenges of existence. No work of this nature has appeared in Goa or in other erstwhile Portuguese colonies. The cultural life of Goa, the manners and customs of Goans and the structure of their society provoke issues and questions which are of more than localized interest and significance. Descriptive accounts by travellers, missionaries and traders before the nineteenth century tended to dismiss the special features of Goan society as aberrations that did not conform to established patterns that were in vogue in the vast subcontinent of British India. To them, the Portuguese colony presented a sorry spectacle. The East India Gazetteer of 1828, was dismissive and pejorative in its description of Goa. Bragança Pereira’s work dispels the ignorance and prejudices in erstwhile accounts of Goan society. He did not seek models within Portuguese scholarship at a time when the methodology of anthropology was complicit with the imperial state. His work follows the tradition of drawing from British, French and German scholarship, as is evident from the references he cites which are drawn from national and international sources in various languages. As a juiz de relação (judge in the court of appeals) in Goa, with jurisdiction which extended to Macau and Timor, he maintained his independent spirit during the period of Salazar’s dictatorship. In his capacity as president of the Permanent Commission on Archaeology he conducted a great deal of research from 1931 to1951, edited and published magisterial volumes of the Archivo Portugues Oriental. He was like Luis de Menezes Bragança and Tristão de Bragança Cunha, a scion of the Menezes Bragança family of Chandor, who grew to be great intellectuals and public figures of the time. Their vision and independent spirit in the field of historiography and political activism is considered exceptional. Ethnography of Goa, Daman and Diu first appeared as a long essay in a collection of essays, India Portuguesa, published in 1923 on various aspects of the colony—education, medicine, the communidades, journalism—commissioned by the government during the brief years of the republic in Portugal. The second, enlarged, two-volume edition of Ethnography was published in 1940, a decade after Salazar’s dictatorship had been established. Vol 2 which has been translated needs to be read widely to dispel strange notions that prevail about Goa and its people today. He writes about a society that survived colonialism, recapturing a past lost in the mists of time through delineating geography, climate, river systems, food and hygiene, furniture, culinary arts, medicine and indeed a way of life which survived and evolved through the period of Portuguese colonialism, sometimes in confrontation and sometimes in collusion. Bragança Pereira’s book is about a heterogeneous, interdependent society exposed to all kinds of cultural influences—Portuguese, Christian, from the Indian mainland and Europe—which adapted in varying degrees, yet retained many of its local traditions. He follows the classical pattern of detailing customs and rituals of the castes of Goa prevailing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries before the Liberation of Goa. The author has also provided some details of prohibitions imposed on the converts in order to alienate them from their original Hindu culture The work is rooted in the author’s empathy with the response to challenges that confronted Goan society in the early twentieth century after Salazar enacted the Acto Colonial, the Colonial Act, in 1934. This work also offers an approach to issues arising from a comparative study of British and Portuguese colonization. One such
[Goanet] BJP claims feelers from six ruling MLAs - is the toppling game on from within?
BJP claims feelers from six ruling MLAs; Cong denies NT Staff Reporter Panaji, April 22 The Congress leadership today stoutly denied that its MLAs were in touch with the opposition to topple the government and that there was no threat to the state government headed by it. On the contrary, the Congress said feelers were being sent to it by some of the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs that they would like to join the Congress. The denial from the Congress camp came following a claim by the BJP leadership that six of Congress MLAs were in touch with it to topple the Kamat government, that has already faced two serious attempts to dethrone it ever since it came to power on June 8, last year. The Finance Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar told The Navhind Times late this evening that the rumours were being spread by the opposition leaders with a view to create confusion in the minds of MLAs and general public. These are the rumours that need to be ignored, he said. The three Congress MLAs' Mr Agnelo Fernandes, Mr Gurudas Gawas and Mr Shyam Satardekar who were on a tour to Australia and New Zealand and who, the BJP claimed, were part of the group of six MLAs that was in touch with it -- have vehemently denied that they were party to any toppling game and that they were very much with the Congress. It is ridiculous on the part of anyone to link us with any group in the toppling game, if at all there is any, said Mr Fernandes who is scheduled to return to the state along with others after the tour of the two nations tomorrow. Earlier, the state BJP claimed that at least six MLAs from the ruling coalition were in contact with it. The six Congress legislators included some MLAs who have been currently on a foreign tour and few others from the group that revolted against the government in January, this year. The spokesperson of the legislature wing of the BJP, Mr Damodar Naik, who along with other 13 BJP MLAs is attending partys chintan shibhir at Panhala, Maharashtra, said that though a few ruling coalition MLAs were in contact with the BJP, one should not expect its immediate political repercussions. However, the BJP was expecting that some political upheaval would definitely take place in the state within months time, he said adding that the government would collapse under its own weight. - Forwarded by gaspar.almeida at www.goa-world.com Goa's Pride - http://www.goa-world.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuCMjzYA3_U Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter (Since 1994) archived at http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ Moderated by Gaspar Almeida presented by Ulysses Menezes http://www.cry.org/home/crybuddies/register.asp - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Re: [Goanet] POEM: SCARLETT KEELING (Herald - April 21/08)
Hi Jane Re your post, to me any male (or indeed female) who is inclined to think that Scarlett Keeling or any other woman deserved it meaning torture, rape and murder, does not deserve to be called a human being and needs some education badly. Cornel DaCosta --- jane gillian rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am shocked to read, that many male Goans, even some on this website, are very happy to state that Scarlet - deserved it, especially when there are many 15-year old, Indian, young girls, who out of poverty, are being forced into prostitution or beg on our Indian roads, dressed in badly torn clothes. Does any female, whatever the circumstance, deserve to be raped, murdered, tortured, physically abused, burnt etc. in India, whether Indian or foreigner?
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 456, Non-Goan Marathi wags his finger at Goans
An unbiased analysis of the letter written below in the Herald by Mr. Waghmare (whoever he may be), would agree that much of the content in the letter is true. The fact of the matter is that there do exist goans who refuse to consider themselves Indians first and then Goans or whatever. This stubborn insistence on refusing to acknowledge a national identity is definitely one of the reasons for the condition Goa is in today. Let's be honest with ourselves. WHY should we call an outsider from the state ghanti or biknekar? Isn't this language offensive? And it is annoying more so, because the reason why Goa attracts the so called migrants is due to the vacuum created by the Goans (be it skilled or unskilled). Respected Goan industrialists have spoken of the reluctance of Goan youth to join industry because of the seemingly low salaries they are offered. And then we go ahead and blame outsiders for working in these places. Never mind if there are numerous examples of Goans who have been born, brought up, studied, and are still working in this very state I have come across quite a few local lads who are convinced that they need to go abroad to shine. Surprisingly even finance post grads who want to rush to the gulf for better prospects. If only they were ready to work in India, and witness the kind of pay packets they would receive. The catch? Required skill sets are much tougher in India than abroad. How do we explain the large unchecked migrant influx? Issuance of ration cards, voter cards etc? Are these not sons of the soil currently in power positions providing facilities to the outsiders? So whom do we blame? The outsider or the goan? Let us rise above all this, and shed issues related to place, religion, class. These are all factors that only serve to divide the country. If we can't contribute towards nation building, atleast let us not contribute towards its destruction. Crass sloganeering is most definitely not the way forward. Regards Joseph de Melo Message: 11 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:40:54 -0400 From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Non-Goan Marathi wags his finger at Goans To: Goanet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original To Goanet - See - http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2975cid=14 My remarks: As I have recorded here on Goanet earlier - soon they will be claiming that Goa's beauty, prosperity, civil manner etc etc etc are all due to migrants. But once Goa turns into a sea of excrement - then the Marxists will step in and release a book with the title, 'Re-imagining Goa where it will be claimed that the beauty and character of Goa and Goans was always a myth, that no such thing existed, that ghatis have made Goa and given Goa its nuance diversity and vibrancy. By the way, purely out of curiosity, who is Mandaar Gajananrao Waghmare (assuming he exists)? Regards, r
[Goanet] Talking Photo: Congress it's alliance having an emergency meeting
=== Talking Photo: Congress it's alliance having an emergency meeting Congress 16, NCP 3, MGP 2, Ind. 1 Some MLA's/ministers missing as they are on a foreign trip? e.g. Churchill Babush is also absent. It looks like Goa Govt. in crises again. Will Digu survive this time?? Emergency meeting at Top level http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2418802207/sizes/l/ Photo secretly taken by JoeGoaUk = __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza: The silence of GBA is frightening
While Soter is in the news... reproducing a six-year-old interview with him... --FN 2008/4/22 Vivian A. DSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is indeed a cause for concern. Has the GBA been compromised or bought out for 30 pieces of silver ? If Soter who is a core member of the GBA does not know what is going on, who does ? Where are all the other stalwarts of the GBA? Sad indeed. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00985.html TEN QUESTIONS: Originally put out on 21May2002 MINORITIES TOTALLY EXPLOITED BY GOA'S POLITICAL PARTIES-Soter D'Souza TILL A FEW days back, Porvorim-based Soter D'Souza (42) was the general secretary of the BJP's Minority Morcha, the 'minority' front of Goa's ruling party. In a chat with FREDERICK NORONHA, he explains why he quit the post, just before a critical Goa elections. FN: What prompted you to quit the BJP and it Minority Morcha? Minorities were not being taken seriously. All the more, the Gujarat riots and certain local incidents (not just the Socorro Muslim prayer hall arson but two other unreported incidents) had led me to review my relations with the BJP. FN: What led you to join it in 1998? The failure of the Congress, both nationally and locally, created a void. I came in contact with (Goa chief minister) Manohar Parrikar and getting to know his vision and attributes. I saw some hope for Goa and Goans. FN: How would you rate Parrikar today? I still feel he has administrative abilities and discipline. But certain compulsions of politics perhaps influenced his decision-making process. The zeal with which he started his tenure, specially his fight against corruption and other illegalities, has almost died out. FN: Looking back, what was the BJP's main achivements and failures in this period? Initially, the BJP was able to show that corruption could be curtailed. Discipline in government administration was another plus. Even the Dayanand Social Security Scheme was a good venture, but it was stretched too much for political reasons. On the other hand, the drive against corruption was not total, leading people to feel that only political opponents were targetted. Instead of contempt for the corrupt politicians, people started sympathising with them. There was not enough effort to break the communal or fundamental image that has been painted of the BJP by the Opposition. In fact, certain incidents have only further substantiated this. FN: In your view, how should the BJP be dealing with the minorities? Unless the BJP seriously reviews its opinions and approaches towards all sections of the minorities, then it cannot be trusted. FN: What is your view of communalism within the minorities? Actually, I do not favour a thinking based on minority lines. It not only sends out a wrong signal, but is also a sort of an inferiority lable. It acts as a means for certain politicians to corner votes. On the other hand, it is also for the majority community to give up their attempts to form communal cliques. It's a two way process; when minorities feel secure, that's the time they will maybe change. FN: As someone who studied for priesthood, what do you feel should be the role of priests, when it comes to politics? A priest should not impose his ideas. Whatever evolves from the democratic process, he should learn to accept it. They should also encourage voters to support good, efficient and sincere candidates, regardless of religious affiliation. Some priests lack in exposure to the feelings and thinking of the majority community. FN: What do you see as in store for the BJP in Goa? If the BJP does not do serious soul-searching to recognise its shortcomings, they're heading towards political rejection. If they do seriously review their strategies and ideologies, they could still hold promise to this state and the country because of their work ethics, discipline and cadre. FN: What's the involvement of minorities in politics in Goa today? The minorities in Goa are totally divided. As a result they have been exploited by political parties. They have allowed themselves to be taken for granted. Many decisions taken by the minorites too might have not been rational, but emotional. Any alternative in Goa should not be built on majority-minority lines. The times require all peace-loving Goans -- from whatever community -- to come together and prevent disruptive forces from getting hold of the political and social fabric. FN: Your reading of the Gujarat carnage on the Goa polls? Although some political parties claim the Gujarat riots will not have an impact on the election results, I beg to differ. The nervourness from some quarters is forcing them to involve Section 153(A) of the IPC to
Re: [Goanet] TCP exposed for lenient attitude towards violators
This is obviously a hot issue right now. All the papers have news on it today. Sunaparant has it as the lead item on page 1. Does this mean that there is hope for villages exposed to hill-cutting by corporate marauders, like Aldona, Siolim and so many others? Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote: TCP exposed for lenient attitude towards violators BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, APRIL 22 – Looks like the Town and Country Planning (TCP) is not inclined to implement stringent provisions of the TCP Act that empowers it to fine the violators. The department has the power to impose fine upto Rs 1 lakh for illegal hill cutting and also cancel the licence of the guilty party. Adv Norma Alvares, amicus Curiae in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that complained of illegal hill cutting in Siolim, told the Court that department has not taken action against the violators even as the notices were issued to the parities. None has been fined nor licence cancelled for illegal cutting in this case, she pointed out. A Division Bench of Justices S A Bobde and N A Britto reprimanded the department for not taking action against the people involved in illegal cutting. Hearing was adjourned till Monday next but with the instructions to the government to report about action taken against defaulting TCP officers who neglected the complaint of illegal hill cutting as well as against parties involved in the illegal hill cutting. In this case the TCP officer had earlier reported that there was no hill cutting at the site. However, the department was exposed when the Committee appointed by the Court consisting of Architect Dean D’Cruz and the Engineer Viraj D Paraz, submitted the report confirming the allegations made by the petitioner Satish Benualikar. The Court had then directed to take appropriates steps to stop the hill cutting and restore the damage done. -- Question everything -- Karl Marx
[Goanet] Is the Goa Government Functioning at all?
Is the Goa Government functioning at all? Come summer when the going gets hot in Goa, most of the MLAs and Ministers take a vacation...much deserved as they sweat a lot to work for the upliftment of the aam aadmi... recently we had three congress legislators enjoy the gift of a holiday to new zealand and australia...as the government termed it a study tour...much is desired that the three holiday makers learnt a lot of good governance and administration down under and will soon implement it for the betterment of Goa...wait...first their respective constituencies and then spread it to the rest of Goa... The CM continues his trips to Delhi...Churchill went to Kuwait...and Goa continued to suffer due to lack of administration ... The PWD promised much under churchill...till date the work on the proposed second zuari bridge has not even started... now they will say the monsoon is here soon and works will be held back... the monsoons will bring with it its own agonies...powershutdowns...potholed roads...and Goa would witness a no administration for the wet months... As the current dispensation enjoys a thin majority...the elected legislators are busy to ensure that their chair is steady and can hold their weight... the opposition legislators are busy trying to unseat the govt... so who works for the people...? what is the progress done for the aam aadmi in the past one year? the garbage dumps still continue...the roads are death traps...the river princess continues to be stranded at the beautiful candolim beach...Goa continues to be looted...communial fanatics are continuing their propoganda to turn Goa into a Gujarat... the poor continue to be poor and the rich continue to be rich...the looters continue their loot and the exploited continue to be exploited... Is this the GOA we want to see? if in 2008 this is the situation, imagine a few years down the line? Regards Cedric da Costa Dubai Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
Re: [Goanet] Talking Photo: Congress it's alliance having anemergency meeting
22 to be exact on recurring counts. Surely Churchill is missing. Or for sure one unfortunate branch has taken the downward slide with sheer weight of the guest's girth. But then it is unlikely that all 'black' are the cawing ones ad infinitum. Could there be some cacooing type among the lot too? Just wonderin floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:02 PM Subject: [Goanet] Talking Photo: Congress it's alliance having anemergency meeting === Talking Photo: Congress it's alliance having an emergency meeting Congress 16, NCP 3, MGP 2, Ind. 1 Some MLA's/ministers missing as they are on a foreign trip? e.g. Churchill Babush is also absent. It looks like Goa Govt. in crises again. Will Digu survive this time?? Emergency meeting at Top level http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2418802207/sizes/l/ Photo secretly taken by JoeGoaUk = __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Goan ... or Go On.....Identity...and Mathany's threat
I have just come back after 12 days from my village where I had no chance to read Goanet. Therefore I am saying sorry for the delay in reply to Sandeep-bab Heble's rejoinder about Mathany. I am fully agreeing that Mathany was very good at his knowledge. But most of the time he was in jail and when he came to class he spoke more about politics which all the boys liked, more when he used bad words for the politicians like Shasikala. So Sandeep-bab is right when he is saying that Mathany was extremely humble, noble and a kind-hearted person, but as a teacher he did not do his primary duties. But he was defiantely better then teachers like the drunk Nakulan. Nobody can never ignore that Mathany was always standing with the poor people and the Ramponkars. Nobody can ignore his sincere contribution to issue of Goan people. Even I salute him for his courage to support Parrikar Government when the Congress puppet Governor threw democracy out of the window. But how can we ignore the wrong acts of then speaker Satarkar. Like that only we cannot ignore Mathany's mistakes. The last time he spoke similar threats was during Meta strip agitation. Lot of people (including two of my friends) who followed him got beaten and were put in jail. Cases are going against some still. But when Mathany became MLA and minister he changed his position and ignored help to his followers. That is why he lost last elections to the crook Mauvin. What he did with his threat is only make loud noise. Just think Sandeep-bab what is different between Babush and Mathany if they are going to instigate violence and it is poor people who will suffer. I repeat my opinion that the biggest culprits are those who passed the SEZ policy for Goa. So Mathany must first throw his threats against all the MLAs of previous assembly. And he was one of them or not? Satyamev Jayate
[Goanet] Hill-cutting activities to figure at Aldona Gram Sabha
Herald, 23 April 2008, p. 5. Hill-cutting activities to figure at Aldona Gram Sabha Herald Correspondent PORVORIM, APRIL 22: The controversial hill-cutting activities at Carona-Aldona are expected to figure prominently at the Gram Sabha of Aldona panchayat on April 27. The Aldona Bachao Abhiyan (ABA) The Aldona Bachao Abhiyan (ABA) has been distributing leaflets and conducting street-corner meetings in the village to raise awareness about the adverse effects of construction projects which flout the law and are harmful for the village ecology and cultural heritage. In a press note, the ABA spokesperson, Dr Maria Aurora Couto, has called upon the villagers to participate in creating a development plan for providing employment, education, water supply, transportation, electricity, sanitation, promotion of agriculture, fisheries, agro-industries, small industries and computer-based services and training. In this plan special consideration will be given to those below the poverty line, and members of SC and OBC communities, the press note stated. Dr Couto reiterated the need for sustainable development of Aldona and preventive measures to ensure that village assets are not destroyed, leading to irretrievable degradation of ecology and environment, which are the very foundation of life and livelihood. The ABA has alerted the authorities that projects in the pipeline should be strictly scrutinized according to the rules and regulations and has also suggested that loopholes regarding conversion of land and Floor Area Ratio should be eliminated. Meanwhile, the newly formed ABA Committee consists of Dr Maria Aurora Couto (Spokesperson), Milton Fernandes and Sainath Pednekar (Co-Convenors); Nandkumar Raikar (Treasurer); Charmaine de Souza (Secretary) and Mariette Correa, Marie D'Souza, Vidyadhar Gadgil and Benjamin D'Souza (members). -- Question everything -- Karl Marx
[Goanet] KONKANI CINEMA DAY
KONKANI CINEMA DAY Dalgado Konknni Akademi in collaboration with Entertainment Society of Goa will celebrate Konkani Cinema Day Konknni Cholchitr Dis on Thursday, 24th April, 2008 at 4.30 p.m. at the Marquinez Palace Building, next to the Old Goa Medical College Building, Panjim. The first Konkani film Mogacho Anvddo was released on this day 58 years back, i.e. on 24th April, 1950. The film was produced by AL Jerry Braganza from Mapusa, Goa. On this occasion Mr. Nhikil Desai, the Member Secretary of ESG will be the Chief Guest while Mr. Prasad Lolyenkar, Director of Art Culture Department will be the Guest of Honour. Mr. Tomazinho Cardozo former Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly will preside over the function. The Konkani Film Amchem Noxib will be screened on the occasion. Producers, director, artistes and lovers of Konkani film are invited to attend the function. Secretary Dalgado Konknni Akademi.
[Goanet] An Ashram for Senior Citizens
*An Ashram for Senior Citizens* Near Cannoria Convent, Behind Viegas Dept. Store, Arpora, Bardez, Goa, INDIA. Phone: 91(832) 5643610, 2472740 email: info@ [EMAIL PROTECTED]vijayaashram.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] edu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] Heartfelt Condolences
Dear Fredrick, My hearfelt condolences to you and your family. May the -- With best wishes regards Chandrakanth. N. S a href=http://www.ryze.com/go/NSChandrakanthaimg src= http://img.ryze.com/imonryze.jpg height=18 width=66/a
Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza on Goans Awake and Goans Lost
Hi Rajan Please tell us what your sentence below means. Thanks Cornel --- Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Goanet - The 'debate' about Goan Identity is a non-debate.
[Goanet] POEM: SCARLETT KEELING (Herald - April 21/08)
Hi, There are some women who has got it in for GOAN MEN. They will cease any opportunity, be it true or false and make a meal of it. Does Jane know where and when a person needs psychiatry? or is it a new word she has learnt and wants to use it on Goanet - so she picks on 'Goan men'. I have not heard any one say she deserves it, may be I have read somewhere that Fiona deserves it (may be) for leaving her daughter behind and gallivanting, but never Scarlet. It is women who get the wrong end of the stick that needs psychiatric treatment. ED. -- If the answer of any male Goan is YES, to my above question, then, he definitely needs psychiatric treatment, because this not HUMAN behaviour. Regards, Jane RESPONSE: Not fair, in your mind's eye...please mention at least one Goanetter who stated she deserved it? For that matter please mention at least one Newspaper that stated she deserved it. Whatever you are drinking Mario and I need it, like yesterday! DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England - Yahoo! For Good. Give and get cool things for free, reduce waste and help our planet. Plus find hidden Yahoo! treasure
[Goanet] Talking photos: The process of making Caju Fenni/Urak
Talking photos: The process of making Caju Fenni or urak http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2437001399/sizes/l/ Video also to appear soon [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 Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Talking Photos: Please identify these plants/fruits/leaves
Talking Photos: Please identify these plants/fruits/leaves They look like Bindam (Kokum)... http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2437085957/sizes/l/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2437907114/sizes/l/ Test your eye sight: Leaves ?? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2437907826/sizes/l/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2437907424/sizes/l/ [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 ___ Yahoo! For Good. Give and get cool things for free, reduce waste and help our planet. Plus find hidden Yahoo! treasure http://green.yahoo.com/uk/earth-day/
[Goanet] sing for global working
Dear Gabe, As per your e-mail below, Congratulations on being one of the few, action-oriented, environment-conscious Goans who sang to make people aware of Global warming. As a human being, it is my duty to say thank you for the great work you are doing. All of us Goans appreciate it. God Bless you in all your endeavours, Jane
Re: [Goanet] Talking Photo: Congress it's alliance having an emergency meeting
Great ...I downloaded the larger size - but could not figure out who was missing ? rene
Re: [Goanet] IA has let us down in the past
Hi Mario, Cedrico, I do respect your views and I must admit that I am one of those who dont fly with IC but that is because of various reasons ,like they dont fly on a thursday.However we must look at the greater good of the Goan community.We have been getting hundreds of emails from fellow goans here in the UAE in the past few days writing about their harrowing experiences travelling via Mumbai for their elderly and mothers with children.It has not been easy for them to spend the whole day at Mumbai airport and change flights.We had written to the chairman of Kingfisher Airlines but they do not have the nessarary permissions to operate flights in this sector and they said they will look into it in the future.That is if they ever start flights to UAE, I am sure it will be for profitable sectors like Mumbai or Kerala.IC being a national carrier,its our best bet to get a direct flight service to Goa.So I would like to go with the view of Cynthia, that Something is better than nothing. Jet Kingfisher may not happen at all as nobody wants to pick up what IC calls a loss making sector. So guys lets not lose what we allready had for something we might nevr get. So pick up your pens and your laptops and start writing to Goa Govt, IC,NRI Comission and people in Authority to get back what we allready lost.If not for our sake ,but for the sake of our fellow Goans. Best Wishes Benedict RadioGoa Network Keeping The Konkani Culture Alive ! Worldwide http://www.radiogoa.net
[Goanet] Condole nce to the Noronha family ( Frederic Noronha)
I hereby express my heartfelt sympathies to you and the whole Noronha family for the great loss of your beloved mother .May God bless her Soul. Vito Oliveira President Goan Association Germany Goa-germany.org
[Goanet] Goa news for April 24, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** \'\'The Hills\'\' recap: Lo steps up - Entertainment Weekly [Apr 22, 2008] Cue Heidi rummaging through her own closet discussing what to wear with Stephanie, whose claim that ''literally everyone goes [to Goa] on Thursdays'' ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20193934,00.htmlcid=1153192221ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzeX3ghVBLJefeV7WeSVoaate1vodA *** Singapore topples Hong Kong on Indian\'s hot destination chart - Economic Times [15 hours ago] 23 Apr, 2008, 0257 hrs IST, PTI BANGALORE: Indians preferred Singapore over some other world favourites including Hong Kong while Delhi and Goa beat Mumbai ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Singapore_topples_Hong_Kong_on_Indians_hot_destination_chart_/articleshow/2973239.cmscid=1153343183ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzdfVcp44NHColggLXW7sxWMFVBoAw *** Goa Carbon posts Rs 1548.98 lakh profit - Navhind Times [Apr 22, 2008] The Board of Directors of Goa Carbon Ltd (GCL), a part of the Rs 1200 crore Dempo Group and the second largest manufacturer ofcalcined petroleum coke (CPC) ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=042334cid=1153227772ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzfXCIyyv10XaQ6pKNVEqcVkSMs9Ow *** First international baseball tie to be held in Goa today - Navhind Times [Apr 22, 2008] Goa will have the privilege of hosting the 1st baseball match with the American team drawn from warship USS Cole taking on Goa state team at Jawaharlal ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=042314cid=1153226508ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzfXG63ma0YktZNQxlpi-8UJbAtPCA *** Surveillance to be stepped up on Goa-Karnataka border - Hindu [9 hours ago] Goa shares its boundary with Karnataka's Karwar district in West and Belgaum in South. Also, the state corridor has thick forest and many subways running ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200804231972.htmcid=1153289520ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzeg2fMm71lAKY5EtYctUdazMMWbPg *** Keeling case: Deliberate botch-up by Goa Govt? - Times Now.tv [8 hours ago] Highly placed sources have told TIMES NOW that the Center may not accept the Goa Government's demand for a CBI probe into the case. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=7594cid=0ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzdUUYF1JQxVfwWf3XZYqXtyDJalWA *** Kanye\'s Fashionably Late to His Own Fete - E! Online [3 hours ago] Stars like Paris Hilton, Benji Madden, Lauren Conrad, Minka Kelly and the Kardashian siblings flocked to Goa last night, where Absolut 100 hosted the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/hwood_party_girl/b132522_Kanyes_Fashionably_L.htmlcid=1153442443ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzeAcYekPul4ntONJ2uziJr8NsLIag *** Goa crime branch to probe MMS scandal - Times of India [Apr 21, 2008] PANAJI: The Goa government has transferred the investigation into the MMS sex scandal to the State Crime Branch from the local police, police said on Monday ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Goa_crime_branch_to_probe_MMS_scandal/articleshow/2968954.cmscid=0ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzeC-juVOsW5DCTfsxNKyF8R7j6hWw *** Goa charity couple\'s burglary heartache - Lancashire Telegraph [Apr 22, 2008] Ken Burrows had saved hundreds of pounds to set up a charity fund for orphans in Goa but lost it all when thieves targeted his former home in Alexander ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2217223.0.goa_charity_couples_burglary_heartache.phpcid=1153219699ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzeVqPYUor49m7WWII2BWpSHK0b7Sg *** Don Boscos rout UG, AVC win at Goa Rolling Trophy - Arab Times [15 hours ago] In the final match of the day, hosts GOA Maroons edged past holders United Friends Club by a solitary goal. Goa Maroons took total control of the match ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=15874ccid=10cid=0ei=hMYPSNG7CIvgwQHZr-TzBgusg=AFrqEzetPcPHvUSzlAc1PgIJPGaBq-soiQ Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Remo holds free concert to create awareness on global warming
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:45:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unfortunately, the preponderance of science, regulation and money is betting against Mario's outmoded beliefs. I think president Bush forgot to send Mario a personal memo that he too now accepts global warming as fact. Mario responds: Hey, Marlon, Regulation perhaps, but preponderance of science? Hardly. If you had taken the time to read the numerous sources I quoted in my post that you are responding to, and my other recent posts in this same thread, you would have been better informed, not only about my opinions, but that of reputable CLIMATE scientists. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-April/072547.html You would have learned that I have never denied the fact of global warming as you falsely allege, but, unlike you, I am aware of the serious debate among CLIMATE scientists about the causes and extent of future global warming and whether it is likely to be catastrophic or beneficial. Did you know that we had a similar warming trend between 1900 and 1940, before human industrial activity really got going, as we have seen after 1980, and some global cooling after 1940 and not much happening until about 1980? I wonder if the models of future warming can explain these anomalies. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/warming/ While India and China have signed the Kyoto Protocols they are both exempted from its requirements as are all less developed countries. What good are their pledges when most of the European countries have been unable to meet their own requirements so far. If they are serious, why don't they pass an amendment and include them formally. And, if you think India and China are far behind in pollution levels, you have no idea what is going on in either country. A target of 20% from clean energy in India amounts to a hill of beans by 2020 even if they can achieve this after rejecting the US offer to help them build more nuclear generated power plants. If Al Gore is to be believed, the north Goan beaches will be in Sangolda by then:-)) Hey, Marlon, check this out. Perhaps, finally, someone like you can join with some of your true-believer friends to claim this prize with all the information you think you have at your disposal: http://ultimateglobalwarmingchallenge.com/ Furthermore, I hope you have already become a vegan to avoid being hoisted on the same petard that PETA is hoisting the rest of your ilk:-)) http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/offset_gore
Re: [Goanet] POEM: SCARLETT KEELING (Herald - April 21/08)
Dears, Any one who believes that any other person [male or female;native, tourist or migrant ..and in any circumstance] DESERVES to be raped, needs his or her head examined by a Shrink. No two ways about that. If anyone knows anyone on this list who has written thus, please name this aberration. Perhaps, we can locate a counsellor and find sponsor for the treatment. Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:22:56 +0100 (BST) From: CORNEL DACOSTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] POEM: SCARLETT KEELING (Herald - April 21/08) Hi Jane Re your post, to me any male (or indeed female) who is inclined to think that Scarlett Keeling or any other woman deserved it meaning torture, rape and murder, does not deserve to be called a human being and needs some education badly. Cornel DaCosta --- jane gillian rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am shocked to read, that many male Goans, even some on this website, are very happy to state that Scarlet - deserved it, Does any female, whatever the circumstance, deserve to be raped, murdered, tortured, physically abused, burnt etc. in India, whether Indian or foreigner? -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
[Goanet] Condolences
Dear Frederick Please accept my condolences on the sad loss of your mother. -- marie
[Goanet] Fwd: RE: GOA LIBERATION
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[Goanet] Interpretation of POEMS
Vanita and Shanti Doot, Great poems, Regards, Jane == Gabe, Thanks for replying to my e-mail and I am sure you enjoyed reading the poems of Shanti Doot and Vanita. I am glad to know, that you and everyone else, agrees with me, 100%, that the young 15-year-old, Scarlet, did not deserve the torture and rape and death, she faced in Goa, no matter what the circumstances. I love drinking Well Water from Carona and Tivim, and Carrot, Pineapple and Tomato Juice. Try the above liquids - you will enjoy them. Regards, Jane
Re: [Goanet] Non-goan Marathi wags his finger at Goans
To Goanet - Mandaar Gajananrao Waghmare is not so much a Marathi as much as (in Soter's words) a lost Goan. For those who haven't yet figured it out the by now - follow the breadcrumbs to shippie. Or head to a village in Bardez. Adios (as we say in Brazil), r See - http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2975cid=14 My remarks: As I have recorded here on Goanet earlier - soon they will be claiming that Goa's beauty, prosperity, civil manner etc etc etc are all due to migrants. But once Goa turns into a sea of excrement - then the Marxists will step in and release a book with the title, 'Re-imagining Goa where it will be claimed that the beauty and character of Goa and Goans was always a myth, that no such thing existed, that ghatis have made Goa and given Goa its nuance diversity and vibrancy. By the way, purely out of curiosity, who is Mandaar Gajananrao Waghmare (assuming he exists)? Regards, r
Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza on Goans Awake and Goans Lost
Dear Cornel-- Your query of Rajan reminds me of the time Lord Fauntelroy walked into a Rolls-Royce showroom, kicked tires, and asked the salesman-- What is the price? Salesman: If you must ask, sir, you can't afford it! That says it all, doesn't it? Cheers! Chris - Original Message - From: CORNEL DACOSTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza on Goans Awake and Goans Lost Hi Rajan Please tell us what your sentence below means. Thanks Cornel --- Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Goanet - The 'debate' about Goan Identity is a non-debate.
Re: [Goanet] Obituary: Felicia Maria Coutinho de Noronha
Dear Fred, Sorry to hear of your mother's passing from this earth. She must have been a formidable woman, of a generation we shall not see the likes of again. Regards Jerry
[Goanet] SUDDENLY
My Dearest UAE Goans You UAE Goans are suprised for sunddenly stopping IA flights to Goa.lucky guys UAE Goanswe Goans in kuwait are unlucky inspite of IC flying 3 times a week to goa because I think staff in kuwait of IA dont have the word suddenly in their dictionary for following reason from kuwait. SUDDENLY YOUR BOOKING IS CANCEALED WITHOUT INFORMING SUDDENLY FLIGHT IS DELAYED SUDDENLY FLIGHT IS CANCEALED SUDDENLY ACCOMPAINED BAGGAGE WEIGHT IS REDUCED SUDDENLY YOUR BAGGAGE IS MISSING SUDDENLY YOUR BAGGAGE ARRIVES AFTER THREE DAYS SUDDENLY FARES ARE INCREASED THERE ARE MANY MORE SUDDENLIES GOD HELP THIS SUDDENLY CARRIER. THANKS GUYS TOME
[Goanet] Konkan Curry: Task Farce and Masked Force
Task Farce and Masked Force Taking the electorate for a not-so-jolly ride! By Miguel Braganza The pot of rice for the staple Goan Xit-koddi, which was on slow fire since the notification of 04 October, 2007, is finally coming to a boil. Carona-Aldona residents and well-known couple, author Mrs. Maria Aurora Couto and former Advisor to the Governor of Goa and chairman of Goa's State Finance Commission, Mr. Alban Couto, as well as four other residents of Aldona signed and submitted personally on Monday 07 April, 2008, a petition to the Chief Town Planner of TCP Department and Chief Secretary of Goa asking them to halt the hill cutting and wanton destruction of the environment and social structure in the rural community of Aldona. The authorities responded positively, as they usually do initially now a days. Flash back. On 26 December, 2006, the Goa Bachao Abhiyan had held a demonstration near the GRECL's Aldeia de Goa project at Bambolim, between Goa University and Bambolim Beach Resort. The Additional Collector-North Goa had issued a Stop Work order, vacated it , issued afresh and then it was withdrawn via a compromise by the Advocate General of Goa state and the lawyers of GRECL. The representatives of GBA were shell shocked to see this 'quietest interruptus' by the legal luminaries in an open court in what used to be the Lyceum, not too far away from what Altinho was better known for till IPHB went to Bambolim. This was a master stroke, like some professional clay court tennis playing duo. As per the notification in the Official Gazette on 26 February, 2008, the Government had revised the date of the Interim Report of the Task Force on Regional Plan from 15 December, 2007 to 15 March, 2008. Obviously the ninety days were not enough and the change of mandate, converting architects into draughtsmen, made the task worse for the town and country planners. Perhaps, they ought to agitate like the feni manufacturers and bottlers' association of Goa to replace the word country [as in country liquor] and replace it with white spirit. The TCP is surely acting like the phirang rulers over the native people, changing the rules to suit the rich and rob the poor. They now want to make the nterim report public after the Statehood Day and closer to the Mrig Nakshatra, the herald of the rains, to forestall any agitation. There is still a month left for us. The work on the Aldona site has been stopped as it was illegal [and a cognizable offence with imprisonment up to one year and/or fine up to Rs.1,00,000/-] to cut the hill without specific written permission of the CTP as per Sections 17-A and B specially inserted in 1992 to give teeth to the TCP Act, 1974. It was not stopped because of Mr. Alban Couto, though his participation speeded the process like no one else could. As in the case of Aldeia de Goa, the wheels of the well-oiled system are churning, spreading disinformation and mobilizing support with the immense money power that defines the Real Estate business. In the case of the Bambolim project the 33 percent slope has disappeared and is replaced by an average slope as GRECL could afford to buy a large property and a few people as well. The Aldonkars have not rested with a petition signed by half a dozen persons. The petition has been slightly modified to include some information that has since become available [and translated in to Konkani and Marathi for easy understanding by the potential signatories, in Aldona village to begin with] and has received almost a thousand signatures already in ink. Poignant scenes that exemplified the campaign included an elderly lady who wanted to sign but was not literate to do it. She affixed her left hand thumb impression using ink from a old fashioned fountain pen as no 'ink pad' was readily available. Each one does what he or she can for Goa's sake!! There have been a lot of Aldonkars and concerned citizens from other places enquiring how they can help fight the anti-people development that is threatening and destroying Goa. To serve this constituency of those who are not currently resident in Aldona/Goa, an online petition hosted at http://www.petitiononline.com/SaveGoa/petition.html The petition is available in Konkani [in Roman script] at the netgroup [EMAIL PROTECTED] . The website of the Aldona Bachao Abhiyan is under construction .This is the cyberage, after all. The Aldona Bachao Abhiyan (ABA) core group met at Carona in mid- April and called on the authorities to prevent the breach of law while granting construction licenses as there have been reports that tenanted Communidade land is being sold by the tenants in connivance with some of the members of the Communidades in different villages. As per the Agricultural Tenancy Act, no tenanted agricultural field can be converted for non-agricultural purpose such as housing. Two applications for inspection of files under the Right to
[Goanet] UTT GOENKARA DARES AG KANTAK TO A PUBLIC DEBATE
Utt Goenkara has today challenged Goa’s Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak to an open public debate on the alleged very serious charges against him of double and excessive billing. Utt Goenkara has reiterated that all allegations made against India’s highest paid Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak were based on verified documentary proof, facts and figures received from the Law department under the Right to Information Act. Mr. Subodh Kantak had billed the government Rs eight lakhs sixteen thousand for his appearance in the High Court on 27th January 2006 in the Saleli riots case involving the bail applications of 102 accused where the Advocate General was paid 102 times Rs 8000 although factually it being a common argument for the whole batch of bail applications the Advocate General should have charged only Rs. 8000/. In the PIL challenging the appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries, Mr. Subodh Kantak was paid Rs 8000/- twice for appearing on 24th July 2007. The very fact that the Goa government has now moved swiftly to bring the Advocate General’s fee structure on par with other states vindicates Utt Goenkara’s stand that the fee of Rs 8000/ - per case per day which was being paid to the Advocate General was very exorbitant. Mr. Subodh Kantak cannot mislead the people of Goa as the official records were very clear that the hike in AG’s fees to Rs 8000/ per case per day was approved by the then Pratapsingh Rane cabinet on 21st September 2006 and not by the Parrikar government as is sought to be projected by Mr. Subodh Kantak. It was only Mr. Subodh Kantak who could have upheld the dignity of the high constitutional post of Advocate General but that Mr. Kantak by his own glaring misdeeds has brought irreparable disrepute and disgrace to the post entrusted. Besides Utt Goenkara, the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) at its last meeting was highly critical of the Advocate General’s conduct and the UGDP, Save Goa Front and the Shiv Sena have also strongly reprimanded Mr.Subodh Kantak and demanded his removal from the high Constitutional post of Advocate General. One wonders as to why Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak after receiving 2 crores 55 lakhs 97,012 rupees by way of fees for June 05 to August 07, shied away from addressing the recent session of the Goa Legislative Assembly and clarifying his position vis a vis the huge amounts claimed by him by way of fees. Aires Rodrigues Spokesman Utt Goenkara __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] Compiling a list of restaurants/bars that are suspected of serving frog legs
Hi Neil, I think its finally time to call a spade, a spade. Martin's Corner at Betalbetim tops my tiny list of four restaurants/ bars that serve frogs legs. WildGoa is working to compile a list of rogue restaurants/bars, so everyone reading this, please step up and publicly (or offlist), name all the Shakari Spice Plantations, Anoushkas, Five Flowers and Martins Corners in Goa that defy the ban and serve frog legs and other banned wild meat. We won't directly accuse them saying that you said so, but simply publicly petition the Forest Department to issue notices to these places and ensure that adequate publicity is given when these notices are issued. This is very possible, and has been done in the past in Goa, with very successful results. If it does not scare the restaurant, the publicity will shame them. Let's make a difference this season. Step up and help us compile this list everyone! we need YOUR support. We meet the Forest Dept on Friday. Any responses before then will be most appreciated. Clinton.. +91 9890936828 Neil Alvares wrote: Hello everyone, Well I really do hope something can be done in this area. If anyone is looking for nice place to start some action, Theres a Famous restaurant at 'BETALBATIM in the South, it is really very popular and does such fantastic business that they don't need to serve their specialty dish (Called 'Jumping Chicken'), but yet they dish out hundreds of orders an evening. I had a couple of arguements there ages ago but to no avail... I hope something can be done about it. If you're looking for the restaurant.. just follow the signboards, the restaurant starts with an 'M' and has an art in in it (oops repeated word)... or is it??
[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 78 - CONDOLENCES TO FREDERICK NORONHA
CONDOLENCES TO FREDERICK NORONHA It is a cliché that some day we all have to go, one after another, But I grieve with you more than ever, over the loss of your mother, For well and truly has it been said - And now you know it personally, Fred - The loss of a mother is without doubt, like that of no other. -- Shanti Dhoot
Re: [Goanet] Goan ... or Go On.....Identity...and Mathany's
This email / response by Satyavan Govekar is is my opinion (as if it counts) one of the most civilized emails to be posted on Goanet. venantius j pinto From: Satyawan Govekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Goan ... or Go On.Identity...and Mathany's threat What he did with his threat is only make loud noise. Just think Sandeep-bab what is different between Babush and Mathany if they are going to instigate violence and it is poor people who will suffer. I repeat my opinion that the biggest culprits are those who passed the SEZ policy for Goa. So Mathany must first throw his threats against all the MLAs of previous assembly. And he was one of them or not? Satyamev Jayate
[Goanet] Congress Party: Take One
Government of India, for that matter Congress party, should hang Mohammad Afzal Guru on the same day when Sarabjit Singh will be hanged to death. Why Sonia and Manmohan Singh are shielding Mohammad Afzal Guru from hanging to death? Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
