[Goanet-News] Trying not to remember St Xavier's (George Menezes)
Trying not to remember St Xavier's Prominent Goan writer George Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] pens his memories of his days in Bombay, to be published in a proposed book on Goans in the city, being currently edited by journalist Reena Martins. If you have a Bombay-linked story to tell, get in touch with [EMAIL PROTECTED] By George Menezes When I think of my days at St Xavier's College, I cannot but connect it with the time I got engaged to a city girl from Bombay in 1956. My fiancée invited her best friends to meet me at her home in Mahim. When they were leaving I overheard them saying, Are you sure that you want to marry a guy with a receding hairline and an 'anda-gund' accent? To my fiancé's friends, from sophisticated convent schools of Bombay, my blue Air Force uniform with a gold Pilot Officers braid on my shoulder did not count. Being bred and buttered in a small town like Dharwad with an accent nicely described as anda-gunda was for them a real disaster. I felt the same way when I arrived at St Xavier's College hostel sometime in July 1948. My father who was a professor at Karnataka College Dharwad had been summoned by BG Kher, Minister for Education, to take over as Under Secretary Education at the Secretariat in Bombay. Before he moved the seven children family, he thought it would be a good idea for his eldest son to join the college where he had had a brilliant academic career winning gold medals both at the BA and MA exams. Before I cleared the waiting list and was informed about getting a room at the St Xavier's College hostel, I spent a warm and wonderful month sleeping on the balcony of the flat of my cousin Julio Ribeiro, facing Byculla Railway Station and literally watching Bombay's teeming millions go by. Alexandra Terrace where Julio and his family lived was in those days some kind of a barometer that measured whether you really were a part of Bombay. It was like a Matriculation Examination that you had to pass to qualify as someone 'educated'. You had to know the timetable of the trains that stopped just opposite and become immune to the screeching of the trams that stopped and started right in the middle of the road. You had also to learn to be on first name basis with the conductors of the double-decker buses that stopped just below my balcony inviting dare-devils from the first floor to get onto the top of the bus without taking the staircase to the road. When I was informed by the college that they had a room in the hostel for me, I remember Julio's mother Prima Maria Luise picking up my small trunk and taking me by tram to the college and leaving me in the room of Fr. Fell. I was a little intimidated at the sight of a foreigner with a long beard and a cassock. I had only seen such figures in the holy pictures of saints that adorned my mother's altar back home. I don't remember the room except that it had an iron cot, a table and a chair. All I remember is that Fr. Fell threw a shirt on the bed, which I presumed, were the college colours, and told me to turn up for hockey practice the next morning. I had never played hockey in my life and that is how the history of my feeling inadequate at St Xavier's College began. The room was cool and quiet after the month I had spent on the balcony of Alexandra Terrace. So quiet in fact that I could not sleep for several nights. Early the next morning, there was a knock at my door. A tall guy entered my room and introduced himself as my neighbour. As we walked together to the college canteen to get our breakfast, he told me, with passion in his voice, about his dreams for Bombay and that he wanted to become an architect. His name was Charles Correia. And here was I, wanting to complete my BA and become a Rationing Inspector in Dharwad. As you can imagine my feeling of inadequacy jumped up a few more notches. In the next few months St Xavier's College conspired to completely destroy my self-esteem in unimaginable ways. My classroom was a veritable theatre. Beautiful girls and handsome men with baritone voices reciting poetry and quoting the classics in a manner born. Nothing could be more intimidating than having Gerson da Cunha, his brother Sylvester, Mario Miranda, Carmel Braganza and Moira Britto in the same classroom, being taught 'religion' by an intellectual genius called Fr. Duhr. To cap everything they were all members of the college Sodality, fervent Catholics, youthful torch of bearers of Christ familiar with the lives of our saints and mystics. There was an empty space next to this guy who kept his head down most of the time and spent the entire period doodling on his notebook. Mario Miranda does not know this, but I stole a couple of pages of the notebook that contained
[Goanet] Saving Goa from land abuses
I am surprized there has been no mention of Gram Sabhas going back in time, say the last 5 years, to review all licenses granted and the legality of various mega/large contructions. Why shouldn't ALL mega/large projects be reviewed? Some of the mega/large projects have refused to sell to Goans and only entertain foreigners and non-Goans as customers, treating our people as second-class in our own land. Why not investigate ownership patterns when Goans were denied the right to buy? People power can prevail now, and with hindsight, correct many wrongs. Why not go back to the original land scam in Goa - the mining industry and its illegalities. Regards, George
[Goanet] Nothing nice about rice price by Melvin Durai
Nothing nice about rice price Melvin Durai Rice is extremely popular in our household -- and I'm not talking about Condoleezza. I'm talking about the type of rice that looks warm and elegant at a dinner party. My wife cooks rice almost every day. And when she isn't cooking rice, she's often making something out of rice, such as dosa and idli. She practically survives on rice. That's why I'm concerned about the rising price of rice, even more than the rising price of gas. I need gas to run my car, it's true, but I need rice to run my wife. Sure, she might operate on wheat or corn for a few weeks. But eventually I'd have to take her to the people mechanic. Me: She's been very sluggish lately, ever since I started filling her up with wheat and corn. Doctor: You're an idiot! Don't you know that she's got a rice engine? Me: A rice engine? Doctor: Yes, she's highly adapted to using rice as an energy source. Putting wheat and corn in her is like putting beer in your car. Only an idiot would do that. Me: Yeah, that's true. Lemonade is cheaper. Will she be all right? Is there any permanent damage? Doctor: I'm not sure. Put her on the jack. I'll take a look under her. Billions of other people share my wife's affinity for rice -- and that's just in India and China. Many people in Asia eat rice (or a rice product) three times a day. For them, it's not just a staple -- it's the entire stapler. The price of rice has risen so fast, some people are paying twice as much as they did a few weeks ago. They're furious -- and understandably so. Just imagine how college students would feel if, all of a sudden, the price of beer doubled. There'd be riots on campus. So what's causing the price increase? I attribute it to three factors: 1. Biofuels. Too many farmers are growing corn and other crops to produce biofuels such as ethanol. The farmers association slogan We put food on your table has been changed to Food? Who said anything about food? 2. Weddings. Too much rice is being thrown at newly weds. We need to change this tradition, which unnecessarily wastes good food. Next time I go to a wedding, I'm throwing fruitcake. 3. Drought. Farmers in some regions have been unable to grow rice and other crops, despite praying day and night to the rain gods. A few desperate farmers have even invited Dustin Hoffman to visit, because they heard he was the Rain Man. How dire is the situation? Well, several countries, including India and Vietnam, have stopped exporting rice, while Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart, is restricting customers to four bags of jasmine, basmati and long-grain white rice per visit. Four bags. In some Asian households, that's breakfast. It reminds me of the time I visited a friend's house for dinner. Friend: Here's the appetizer. Rice chips. Me: Thank you. What's for dinner? Friend: Fried rice with some rice soup. And for dessert we're having rice pudding. Me: Yummy! Anything to drink? Friend: Yes, rice wine. It's homemade, like everything else. Me: Really? Where did you learn to cook so well? Friend: Rice University. http://www.nshima.com/2008/04/column-time-to.html ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] Grave matters: Done to death
Grave matters: Done to death A guide to dealing with more than just grief By Cecil Pinto Recently the father of a friend of mine expired. My wife Beatrice and I dropped in for a pre-funeral condolence visit. The situation in the house was quite hectic with people dropping in to condole and to help. We said the obligatory prayer near the corpse resting in the coffin in the hall. Next step is to wish close relatives. I was looking around for my friends' mother. Beatrice, who does not know the family well, quite by instinct, went up to a woman sobbing bitterly near the coffin and hugged and sat next to her sympathetically with an air of extreme empathy, as would be expected. I on the other hand was, within the confines of the sober environment, trying to signal to Beatrice to come away immediately. The woman she was mistaking for my friend's mother was actually a distant neighbour, Filsu Aunty, whose grief stricken countenance was a permanent feature and had nothing to do with the immediate death. It was an embarrassing moment for Beatrice as awareness dawned - but knowing neighbours and relatives did not snigger and just kept a straight face. This was a common occurrence. Some three years back John D'Silva in one of his tiatrs, I forget the name, had this brilliant comedy skit. The local village newsmonger enters a house and announces to the housewife that so-and-so has died and hands over to her what appears to be an invitation in an envelope. On being questioned as to its contents he explains that all details of the death and funeral were there in the printed announcement. It was like a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section on a website, and had all the answers. How did he die? What time? Where? Who was with him? What date and time is the funeral? Will the elder son from Kuwait be coming? And the daughter from Toronto? Will there be a bus from his native village? Etc etc. At that time I thought to myself that it was nice idea and would soon be the done thing at Goan deaths. It has not yet happened but I am sure it eventually will, what with everyone now having computers and printers. In fact there are so many innovations that can be undertaken to make the whole death-funeral process a bit more organised and 'professional' as it were. For example, similar to weddings we could have 'family flowers' that identify close family members so nobody makes embarrassing mistakes, like Beatrice did, by wishing someone not even distantly connected to the deceased. Miniature artificial wreaths maybe that family members could pin up on their clothing? We could take a step further with little name tags that not only identify the person but also establish his relationship with the deceased. Eg: Fatima Lobo: Wife's eldest sister or Brandon Gonsalves: Son of second daughter Kathryn. At any funeral you will see mourners siding up to one close neighbour, who with an air of authority will tell you all you wanted to know about the deceased and those present. Who is that woman with the short dark blue skirt with a slit? That's Kathryn the second daughter. She's a divorcee and works in Mumbai. And that old man with the suit. He doesn't look Goan. That's Mr. Nayak, who used to be the manager at the bank where he worked. And why is the eldest daughter and her family keeping in the background? Ever since she joined the Believers the family has sort of written her off and… Most of these semi-truths would be clarified with the advent of printed Death FAQs, Family Flowers and Name Tags. Also how come nobody has a Handy Goan Death Guide similar to the half-dozen Goan Wedding Guides currently available? These guides have detailed chapters on how to prepare for your wedding, how to organize the reception and also a directory of wedding related service providers. How does this sound? Aiz Mhaka Falea Tuka from Here Today Gone Tomorrow Enterprises. A handy guide for Goan Catholics on Announcement Arrangements related to death (with a sub-section for Goan Hindus – Urn While You Burn). I hope some enterprising publishers and undertakers are reading this column. Suggested chapters: Registering the Death, Catering without Celebrating, Newspaper Advertisement Conventions, Riding the Obituary Wave, Illustrated Coffin Layouts for Standard Living Rooms, Seating Protocol, Wishing Protocol, Transportation, D-Day Checklist, Lowering Standards for Graves, Post Funeral Conventions and Non-Alcoholic Alternatives etc. A Customization Section could offer suggestions of themes, colours, music, flowers etc for a personalized effect. Trivia sections could deal with mundane matters like the ethics of what can be put in the coffin to keep with the deceased wishes, Is there a protocol of priority for coffin pallbearers? Who carries Offertory items to the altar? Who delivers the eulogy? Pros and cons could be presented by Subject Experts: Cremation v/s Burial, Formalin or Morgue, Why waste a good suit and shoes? Is it right to deny
[Goanet] Konkani Song - Goenkaranche Upkar Athoitam
Konkani Song - Goenkaranche Upkar Athoitam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeorNP-3WpA -- Best of the Web: Your Eye on the World [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] Complain about noise pollution !
Dear all, It's a pity if we native Goans cannot sleep in peace in our own hometown whether living there or going on a holiday as NRI. It is unhealthy and selfish on the part of our neignbours and others who are ignorant. The police should not reveal the identities of the complaints. The people will fear to complain in this case, and crime cannot be curtailed. warm wishes, Isabella.
Re: [Goanet] Religion or politics?
--- Frederick [FN] Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Definitely not a good idea. It would give an excuse for malafide interests to argue that people fight communalism in Goa because funds come in from overseas. It is not a good idea for other reasons as well. Organized opposition to any kind of religious expression can itself be politicized. Counter-propaganda is counterproductive. It is also prone to excesses of its own. There is no good solution to this problem. The only thing that we can do is to teach our children, preferably when they are very young (10 - 15 years of age) the following: 1. How to think rationally and critically, 2. How to look for reliable information, 3. How to recognize misinformation, 4. How to avoid falling prey to propaganda and indoctrination, 5. How and why not to believe in world-wide or nation-wide conspiracies, and 6. How not to believe in something when there is compelling evidence to the contrary. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Jambhalam, Goa's wild fruit that gifts you health (Dr Nandkumar Kamat)
Jambhalam, Goa's wild fruit that gifts you health Nandkumar Kamat [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Published in The Navhind Times, Saturday, May 3, 2008) There is a bumper crop of Syzygium cuminis or Jambhalam (as the fruit is known in Konkani) this year. Major market for these fruits is Savanatvadi where these fruits are available at one third price as compared to Panaji market. Who doesn't like these tiny coloured fruits? Jambhlam have richly coloured pulp. Anthocyanins and other polyphenols in fruits have a range of potential anti-cancer and heart disease properties including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cell regulatory effects. Cancer researchers are now looking at the colours of fruits and berries. A review paper 'Does bright colour signal cancer chemopreventive activity?' published in the European Journal of Cancer (Vol 41, 13, 1931-40, 2005 ) by Cooke and others has highlighted the importance of consumption of fruits and berries in decreasing the risk of developing cancer. Fruits and berries contain flavonoids. Among these anthocyans produce the colour imparting pigments. Chemically these are known as anthocyanins, glycosides, and their aglycons, anthocyanidins. Cooke and others have given epidemiological evidence hinting at the cancer preventive activity of anthocyan-containing foods in humans, results of chemoprevention studies in rodent models with anthocyans or anthocyan-containing fruit and vegetable extracts, and pharmacological properties of anthocyans. Anthocyanidins have been shown to inhibit malignant cell survival. These scientist claim that currently available literature provides tantalising hints of the potential usefulness of anthocyans or anthocyan mixtures as cancer chemopreventive interventions. What this study means in Goa is that considering the high incidence of all types of tumors and cancers in the state, people need to include seasonal coloured fruits with coloured pulp in their daily diet. There is not much knowledge about the medicinal effects of Jambhalam. How many of us really love the tongue and mouth coating purplish black and pulpy, sweet, sour wild plum -- Jambhul (Marathi), Jambhalam/Jamun (Hindi). The fruits are also known as black plum, Indian blackberry, kalo-jaam (Bengali), naval pazham(Tamil), njaval pazham(Malayalam), nerale (Kannada), neredu (Telugu). Very few commercial plantations would be found outside Goa because S. cuminis grows in the wild. The wild cultivars differ from the cultivated ones. It takes many years for the tree to grow from the seed but vegetative propagation gives much faster growth. I made some observations on a 12 years old planted tree in my garden in Goa university campus. It is an evergreen tree which does not need any maintenance. If its vertical growth gets stunted, then it expands horizontally. Around February, we notice small clove shaped greenish flowers and a trail of insect pollinators. Bunches of small fruits are seen in March. I have harvested more than five thousand medium sized fruits from a single tree in April and May. Larger and taller trees may produce more than a million fruits. At least half the fruits are consumed by birds and bats. The mature jambalam undergo an interesting colour change -- from green to pinkish to pinkish red or magenta to purple and finally purplish black. The seed is large as compared to the pulp biomass. The pulp is purplish blue, very rich in anthocyanin pigments, polyphenols, sugars and organic acids. The Jambhalam pigments may coat the mouth and the tongue and leave a peculiar feeling in the throat. Therefore experienced Goans sprinkle non iodised local salt -- agarachem mith -- on the fruits before tasting them. Researchers have identified the pigments as delphinidin 3-galactoside (11.0 percent), delphinidin 3-glucoside, (10.82 percent), petunidin 3-glucoside, (4.07 percent) and petunidin 3,5-diglucoside ( 39.4 percent). These pigments are powerful anti-oxidants and show anti-tumour and anticancer properties. So it is these pigments which make Jambhalam a cheap health fruit to keep away tumours and cancers. Jambhlam need to be harvested before these fruits become overripe because there are natural fruit yeasts which cause fermentation. One can see Jambhlam juice and locally made Jambhalam wine in the market. The juice is prescribed for the diabetic patients. The wine is medicinal with rich pigments and polyphenols. Wine making from Jambhalam is a simple procedure and the product just tastes like the wine made from grapes. The Jambhalam seeds are green inside. The seed pulp has medicinal use in diabetes. The leaves of the tree have a pleasant taste and smell because of the terpenoids. Goans use fruits, seeds, bark and leaves of S.cumuni for treatment of dysentery, chronic diarrhoea, menorrhagia, hepatospleenomegaly or enlargement of liver and
[Goanet] TCP Dept invites you to Salcette's concrete buffet
To Goanet - Download this pdf document (it is around 800 Kb), the TCP's response to my request under the RTI Act concerning the building projects in Salcette. It is the blueprint for the destruction of Salcette. Study it carefully; it will provide the backdrop for the photographs I will post. http://www.parrikar.org/misc/tcp-salcette.pdf Notice that one of the entries is File not traceable which has become a habit with the TCP. Also keep in mind that the Applicant and the builder are often two different entities. In these instances, some local bhatcar or villager will provide cover for the big builder. Regards, r
[Goanet] Portugal Goa. Workshop on Re-utilizing Recycling Waste In Goa
Portugal Goa. Workshop on Re-utilizing Recycling Waste In Goa GreenGoa will organise a presentation and workshop on reusing and recycling waste. Tania Anselmo, 28, is a young environmentalist from Portugal who reuses waste creating useful items like jewellery, bags, purses etc in Lisbon. She will teach participants simple reulitization techniques of commonly found waste in Goa. Clinton Vaz, 27 an environmentalist based in Goa will speak about recycling systems that are presently functional in Goa such as recycling of various materials as plastic carry bags, milk bags, PET bottles, Glass Bottles and more. Videos and a presentation, showing recycling procedures, and items made from recycling will be shown to those present. Those interested in participating in the interactive workshop are requested to bring along 2-3 empty drink cartons and a pair of scissors. While there is no participation fee, any contributions towards eco-initiatives is welcome. Those interested in participating are requested to contact Clinton Vaz at 9890936828 or Aaron Pereira at 9923269797 for date and location details and registering their participation.
[Goanet] Air India erstwhile Indian Airlines felicitates business partners in Kuwait
www.goa-world. com Quality. Precision. Professional. Air India erstwhile Indian Airlines felicitates business partners We are here to serve the people better says Abhay Pathak William Fernandes THE TIMES We are not working for gold, diamond or jewels, but to serve the people and humanity in a better way. We are here to serve our people, who now a boon to the travel industry said Abhay Pathak, Regional Manager Indian airlines at the recently held Agency award function at Crowne Plaza on the 30th of April. Mr. Pathak thanked the agents and acknowledged their support and cooperation extended to the Airline over the years in Kuwait in making it the most preferred airline. He expressed his gratitude and thanked the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Mr. M. Ganapathi for his care and benevolence in supporting the airlines in times of crises, and later presented him with a memento. The Regional Manger said the airline was committed to improve its service and would give world-class facility to its customer. Speaking at the occasion Mr. Surender Kumar, country manager expressed his full support to the travel agents or Business partners as they contribute tremendously in making the airline the most preferred airline. Mr. Kumar went on to say that Air India erstwhile Indian Airlines is not just the most preferred airline, but also the most appreciated airline by the customers and passengers. Indian Airline operates additional flight to Goa and the frequency has increased from 2 to 3 flights a week, Chennai and other destinations in India has also increased in frequency. Air India erstwhile Indian Airlines is the only Airline that has direct flight to India and operates daily flights from Kuwait. Uniglobe Badur Travel was awarded the prestigious agent of the year award for 2007 at the hands of Indian Ambassador and Regional Manager. Its not something new in the travel industry for Uniglobe. They have been doing it for many years and enjoy the support of its loyal and committed service and counter staff. They also happen to be the GSA of Air India erstwhile Indian airlines for the last many years and has build a good image for itself in the travel industry. The evening saw some exciting dance performance and the floor was thrown open for the house to dance. Exciting prizes were given away during the quiz and loads to airlines tickets were given away for lucky dip. Melaine Trindade compered the evening which saw record turnover of agents, and was apt in keeping the large enthusiastic crowd lively with her witty questions on the Airline. __ THE TIMES - Kuwait's Premier Weekly Newspaper Managing Editor - H.S. Vedi Tel: 2623180 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ www.focckwt.org www.cry.org http://www.goa-world.com/goa/recipes/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/19104 Pick of the Week: Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Tonddar Sanglear Vaitt Dista? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/19074 Expatriates in Bahrain to register with LMRA - Bahrain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/19122 THE KLT STAGE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/19159 BRESTAR - PODD'DEA FATTLEAN : 'Sonstha Asun Faido Koslo?' - Wilmix Wilson Mazarello http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/19152 SON'VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: Boroupi: Prof. Jose Salvador Fernandes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/18515 LINO'S KONKANI KOVITA http://www.goa-world.com/goa/poems http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/18909 http://youtube.com/watch?v=-jXmU_x5mKk Poilem Konkani e-cinema BLACK Goem soggleank pollunk mel'ttolem! Thoddeach disanim! Vhoddik khobor mellunk email kor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.t-bush.com Producer: T-BUSH Music: Norman Cardoz Lyrics: Braz De Parra http://gasparalmeidawrites.blogspot.com/2007/12/konkani-film-black-as-i-saw-it.html Shirley Dias crowned GCC's Summer Queen A dazzling show by Goan Cultural Centre, Kuwait http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcastbroadcastid=76379 Live Konkani Music at http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=konkani Brought to you by Ulysses Menezes Gaspar Almeida www.goa-world.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Promoting Tiatr Tiatrists since 1994 ! 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
[Goanet] Raj Angan - No full stops in Goa
Raj Angan - No full stops in Goa Both connected and removed from the bustle of the tourist trail is Siolim, a sleepy village on the south bank of the Chapora river in north Goa, close to Mapusa. It is also near Assagao village and the tourist haunt of Anjuna, but Siolim is not overrun by tourists. The perfect place for those looking for something different. That's what struck Raimund and Ute Imo when they discovered the 150-year-old house called Raj Angan (royal courtyard), located in the heart of Siolim, not far from St Anthony's Church, and amid a clutch of typical village houses. We learnt that it was originally built adhering to the principles of vaastu shastra, says Ute, but we couldn't really stick to that after we took over as we had to make a lot of changes to renovate the place to our liking. Spread over two floors with a total carpet area of 1,000 sq. m and surrounded by a 4,000 sq. m garden, the luxury villa took two years to complete. We bought the place and started the renovation as we had to move out of our old house. However, we soon realized it was a lot bigger than we actually required and would cost a fair amount to maintain. So the Imos thought it would be a good idea to let the rooms out to a select clientele. Which they did, for a while. However, Raj Angan is now a private villa and is not available for rent. Built around a sunlit central courtyard, the house borrows from various influences including Moroccan and Portuguese, as far as the structure and decor are concerned. The ground floor has three bedrooms; Rani, Raj and Clara. Rani is the only room in which they were able to retain the original tiles. The traditional patterns give the room a special charm. The other rooms and areas on the ground floor have similar versions, but have been fabricated locally. Raj is a smaller L-shaped room in blue and white. It shares the bathroom with the room next door, named Clara after a favourite aunt whose portraits hang on the walls. An adjoining veranda provides access to the garden. Also on the ground floor is a living room near the front porch and a spacious modern kitchen, with rather unusual window grills designed by Ute's mother, an artist. An exposed laterite staircase goes up to the first floor which has a spacious living room. The master bedroom suite has its own private covered terrace and there is a great view of the garden and pool area below. A private bathroom connects to the second terrace, which, when shielded by blinds, can be a retreat in itself. The full moon terrace-cum-kitchen in china mosaic could be the perfect dinner setting. Indeed the whole villa is completely in sensory sync with the lush garden that surrounds it. More at: http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/30231959/Raj-Angan--No-full-stops-in-G.h tml ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] Gellem Soddun - Track 07 - Prema
Gellem Soddun - Track 07 - Prema http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P826xI5MAAU -- Best of the Web: Your Eye on the World [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] Travelling by Train from Goa to Bom or Delhi
How much does it cost to travel from Goa-Delhi or Goa- Bombay by train? Here are some of the popular trains, with timings, fares etc Mangala Express (Kerala-Goa-Delhi) Everyday Dep Margao 0410hrs Arrive Delhi 1515hrs next day Rs.539 sleeper Rs.1461 III a/c Rs.2005 II a/c GOA Express: Vasco-Margao-Delhi -Everyday Dept. Vasco 3pm Arrive Delhi around 6am third day (Two nights in train) Rs.535 Sleeper Rs.1450 III a/c Rs.1989 II a/c Goa Sampark Dep. Margao 1135hrs Arrive Delh 1800hr next day (TUE only, very soon two times a week) Rs.529 Sleeper Rs.1433 III a/c Rs.1965 II Rs.3332 I Rajdhani Express Dep. Margao 1125hrs Arrive Del 1350 hrs next day (WED/FRI only) Rs.2035 III A/c Rs.2615 II a/c Rs.4370 I a/c (no other class) Goa to Bom Mandovi Express Every day Mad dep 1000hrs Bom/VT Arv 2145 Rs.1802 I 1092 II 795 III 293 sleeper 165 seat KONKAN KANYA dep 1800 VT ARV 0550 Everyday 1832 I 1092 II 795 III 293 Sleeper Karwar Bomaby 1630 Arv VT 0420 everyday 796 II a/c 293 sleeper JAN SHETABDI 1420hrs Ariv VT 2310hrs every day except Wed Rs. 680 CC Rs. 197 2S MATSYAGANDA EXP Everyday 2055 Arive Kurla/Lokmanya Tilak 0625 1106 IIA 814 III A 309 sleeper NETRAVATHI EXP 0600hrs Arive Kurla 1640 Every day 1076 II a 784 IIIA 289 Sleeper MANGALA LDWEEP 0335 Ariv 1345 hr Kalyan JunctionEveryday 1096 IIA 807 IIIA 306 Sleeper During Goa Festival season like Diwali, Ganesh Chaturti, X'Mas/New year, Summer Holidays etc there are always one or two extra/special trains to and from Bombay. Note: All trains (Except Rajdhani) have general Compartments too (fisrt come first serve basis, with no reservations, offten packed like saedins. This general boggies, ticket are lot cheaper e.g. to Bomaby it would be around Rs.100 only. These 2 boggies (about 75 seats each) are not just meant for Ghanties or the poorest but some Goans travels too. One I was told, two guys from well to do familes travelled in general compartment for 10 long hours in the night almost one legged (as there was no room for both leggs). Advantages: Cheap Relaxing Flexible (Except in General boggie) Disadvantages: Slow beggers/buskers/hawkers' nuisance Loot, dacoity, rapes are also common You can add more [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] Trying not to remember St Xavier's (George Menezes)
Trying not to remember St Xavier's Prominent Goan writer George Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] pens his memories of his days in Bombay, to be published in a proposed book on Goans in the city, being currently edited by journalist Reena Martins. If you have a Bombay-linked story to tell, get in touch with [EMAIL PROTECTED] By George Menezes When I think of my days at St Xavier's College, I cannot but connect it with the time I got engaged to a city girl from Bombay in 1956. My fiancée invited her best friends to meet me at her home in Mahim. When they were leaving I overheard them saying, Are you sure that you want to marry a guy with a receding hairline and an 'anda-gunda' accent? To my fiancé's friends, from sophisticated convent schools of Bombay, my blue Air Force uniform with a gold Pilot Officers braid on my shoulder did not count. Being bred and buttered in a small town like Dharwad with an accent nicely described as anda-gunda was for them a real disaster. I felt the same way when I arrived at St Xavier's College hostel sometime in July 1948. My father who was a professor at Karnataka College Dharwad had been summoned by BG Kher, Minister for Education, to take over as Under Secretary Education at the Secretariat in Bombay. Before he moved the seven children family, he thought it would be a good idea for his eldest son to join the college where he had had a brilliant academic career winning gold medals both at the BA and MA exams. Before I cleared the waiting list and was informed about getting a room at the St Xavier's College hostel, I spent a warm and wonderful month sleeping on the balcony of the flat of my cousin Julio Ribeiro, facing Byculla Railway Station and literally watching Bombay's teeming millions go by. Alexandra Terrace where Julio and his family lived was in those days some kind of a barometer that measured whether you really were a part of Bombay. It was like a Matriculation Examination that you had to pass to qualify as someone 'educated'. You had to know the timetable of the trains that stopped just opposite and become immune to the screeching of the trams that stopped and started right in the middle of the road. You had also to learn to be on first name basis with the conductors of the double-decker buses that stopped just below my balcony inviting dare-devils from the first floor to get onto the top of the bus without taking the staircase to the road. When I was informed by the college that they had a room in the hostel for me, I remember Julio's mother Prima Maria Luise picking up my small trunk and taking me by tram to the college and leaving me in the room of Fr. Fell. I was a little intimidated at the sight of a foreigner with a long beard and a cassock. I had only seen such figures in the holy pictures of saints that adorned my mother's altar back home. I don't remember the room except that it had an iron cot, a table and a chair. All I remember is that Fr. Fell threw a shirt on the bed, which I presumed, were the college colours, and told me to turn up for hockey practice the next morning. I had never played hockey in my life and that is how the history of my feeling inadequate at St Xavier's College began. The room was cool and quiet after the month I had spent on the balcony of Alexandra Terrace. So quiet in fact that I could not sleep for several nights. Early the next morning, there was a knock at my door. A tall guy entered my room and introduced himself as my neighbour. As we walked together to the college canteen to get our breakfast, he told me, with passion in his voice, about his dreams for Bombay and that he wanted to become an architect. His name was Charles Correia. And here was I, wanting to complete my BA and become a Rationing Inspector in Dharwad. As you can imagine my feeling of inadequacy jumped up a few more notches. In the next few months St Xavier's College conspired to completely destroy my self-esteem in unimaginable ways. My classroom was a veritable theatre. Beautiful girls and handsome men with baritone voices reciting poetry and quoting the classics in a manner born. Nothing could be more intimidating than having Gerson da Cunha, his brother Sylvester, Mario Miranda, Carmel Braganza and Moira Britto in the same classroom, being taught 'religion' by an intellectual genius called Fr. Duhr. To cap everything they were all members of the college Sodality, fervent Catholics, youthful torch of bearers of Christ familiar with the lives of our saints and mystics. There was an empty space next to this guy who kept his head down most of the time and spent the entire period doodling on his notebook. Mario Miranda does not know this, but I
[Goanet] Siolim
siole OR siolim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukbridges/2433039759/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukbridges/2433855250/sizes/l/ SIOLE DHONGRA SOKOLU TINGA EK AS RE OKOLU (REPEAT) TEGE MAIM UDO TAPOITA TI MAKA NAUMPA APOITA (RPT) === SIOLECHIM CHEDDVAM MOTTIM PAMPRELAM RATCHIM UGTIM GATAI ZONELAM, OI ZONELAM SIOLECHE CHEDDE BHANGRACHE GULLE CHEDDVANK SODUNK OITAI GARAKODdE, OI GARAKODDE [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] Vasco S.C. Qualify for 2nd i-League
Vasco S.C. ensure their promoting to the 2nd I-League with 4-3 win over Pune F.C. The final round matches were played at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati - Assam. The team is coached by fomer International ex-Salgoakar player Roberto Fernandes. Vasco Team : 1- Juje Siddi(GK) 2- Laxmikant Kattimani (GK) 3- Luciano Sabrosa(C) 4- Caitan Costa 5- Kamal Thapa 6- Roberto Bressa Da Silva 7 Jefferson Rocha 8- Donald Rocha 9- Sujay Modal 10- Fulgenio Cardozo 11- Jose Colaco 12- Menino Fernandes 13- Joy Ferrao 14- Agnelo Colaco 15- Joel Sequeira 16- Agnelo D'Souza 17- Lalnun Puia Here are the final round standings:- (Note :Chirag U S.C Mumbai F.C. played one match less. The match will be played today) ___P-W-D-L-GF-GA-GD-PTS 1. Mohammedan S.C. - Calcutta__5-3-1-1-09-04 +5-10 2. Chirag U S.C. - Calcutta___4-3-1-0-07-03 +4-10 3. Mumbai Football Club4-3-1-0-05-01 +4-10 4. Vasco Sports Club - GOA_5-2-1-2-08-10 -2-07 Pune Football Club Indian Bank - Chennai, did not qualify borgeee Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
[Goanet] Devastation in Benaulim (photos)
To Goanet - If you haven't yet downloaded the document referred to earlier today, it is available here - http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073226.html In today's Herald, we have this news item - http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3480cid=10 The once-luscious village of Benaulim has become a stomping ground for builders out to annihilate its ecology character, and transform it into a pile of concrement (that's my portmanteau word formed by uniting concrete and excrement). Our fields and orchards are rapidly being paved over by the unscrupulous barbarians, enabled by a criminal government. For whom are these mega housing projects? Answer: For the wealthy non-Goans and foreigners. The Micon Coastal Paradise - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/micon-1.jpg http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/micon-2.jpg http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/micon-3.jpg Further down, we come upon a sight that is becoming all-too-familiar in our coastal villages: RCC structures looming over traditional dwellings. The villagers are either seduced with promises of flats or harassed into giving up their hearth and home to make way for the new concrete order - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/house.jpg Among the top dogs in Benaulim is the project by Commonwealth Developers, the real estate company owned by Datta Damodar Naik, the so-called thinker planted by Digu in the Task Force constituted to draft Regional Plan 2021. Commonwealth Developers' website advertises its Benaulim project Westwinds - http://www.cdhomes.com/projects.php?project=westwindspg=overview From the road, looking into what was not long ago an orchard, this sight - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-0.jpg The signboard for the project - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-1.jpg Notice the date for theconversion sanad (12/2007) - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-2.jpg Now look at the view from the main entrance. The sanad was issued barely 5 months ago per the sign displayed. Boy, they are remarkably quick with their cement, aren't they? http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-3.jpg It gets uglier - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-4.jpg The narrow access path left for the villagers in the patch of orchard gasping for life behind the project - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-5.jpg The vista from the orchard behind - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-6.jpg Another view of the interior - http://www.parrikar.org/images/Benaulim/cdhomes-7.jpg A friend is poring over the papers related to this project. Stay tuned. Warm regards, r
Re: [Goanet] Forget the Global Oil crisis.......
2008/5/3 Pandu Lampiao [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi there, The price of food (in this case, rice) is very much a concern for Goa (which is why I guess the post is approprate); unless one has turned to veganism, rice is our staple remember? Goans eat rice twice, sometimes trice a day (including peez, caanji). In Goa (as of this morning), Rs100 brings one not too much ..rice is up (unfortunatley, I cannot give you exact prices, its Rs 50/kilo,up from Rs 35), fresh veggies almost disappear (these are from smaller village markets) and mangoes are apparently Rs.400/doz (not important in the survival list but out of habit, how can ones summer be complete without the mankurad?) RESPONSE: The eating of rice is in keeping with being a Vegan. What is scandalous is that the cost of rice in India is going up - this despite India curtailing exports, to perserve price stability at home, what gives? Merchants deliberately hoarding, retail as well as wholesale, to buoy the price it seems. The Government should act sooner than later. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Orlim Sarpanch and two others Anticipatory Bail Application Rejected.
Orlim Sarpanch and two others Anticipatory Bail Application Rejected. The Additional Sessions Judge, South Goa, Margao, Shri Dilip K. Gaikwad has rejected the anticipatory bail applications moved by Orlim Sarpanch Godrfrey Rodrigues, Buliver Rodrigues and Micky Alfonso r/o. Varca on Saturday. The Sessions Judge rejected the anticipatory bail applicaton on the ground that the accusation made in the FIR Vis-a-vis statement of witnesses recorded by the police shows that the accusation leveled against all the suspect is serious in nature. That the Colva Police has registered a crime against the trio in connection with the assault on one Mr. Francisco Manuel Fernandes, age 34 years, r/o Carmona Salcete. As per the Complaint lodged by Francisco Fernandes the suspect took the complainant in a bar at Carmona Salcete on 27/4/2008 at 6.30 PM. The Trio then assaulted him with kicks and fist blows while Buliver hit a broken bottle on his head and Micky stabbed broken bottle in his abdomen/stomach. The injured was shifted to GMC Bambolim for treatment . A offence was registered against the Trio under section 324 IPC ( causing grievous injury with sharp weapon) and sec. 506(ii) ( giving threats to kill) as suspects were suspecting victim having illicit relations with the neighboring lady. Public prosecutor for the state Adv. Subhash Dessai vehemently objected the bail application on the ground that the suspect Bulier was having criminal antecedents having involvement in robbery, murder cases etc. PP Dessai further argued that if bail is granted then witnesses will not come forward to give statements. He urged the sessions court to consider the gravity of the offence and that offence u/s. 506(ii) is non-bailable and that the custody of the applicants is necessary for the purpose of thorough investigation. Adv. Alban Viegas for applicant Bulier and Micky submitted that they were implicated in the case due to political rivalry while Adv. Rajiv Gomes for Godfrey Rodrigues contended that FIR was lodged belatedly on 28/4/2008 and that Godfrey has not actively participated in crime. Colva PSI Mohan Gaude is investigating the matter further. - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Re: [Goanet] Goa-Gulf-Goa direct flights
Hi, Well said Agnelo. I remember in 1990's when Emirates airlines started it operations they hardly had any flights. Sheikh Ahmed was a thinker and his thinking led him to make Emirates Airlines a renounced and profit making airlines in the world. Such a thinker was J R D Tata, too, and it was his dream to make Air India an Airlines to be reckoned with in the whole world. We have to thank Moraji Desai for the situation of Air India. The total loss making airlines all the times. As Agnelo has said, its always full, yet its loss making. Strange isnt it? Secondly, now after privatization of airlines, almost all private airlines fly from and around India to Goa, so how can one say its a loss making sector? Zara Sochneki baat hai. Cheers Jerry Fernandes From: Agnelo Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wait lists up to months before the flights, and flights always full is what we can recall. Since you say you believe in the contents of your friends message, can anyone prove that passengers were flying for free on this sector to have IA or AI run on loss basis ? People who may have not flown the sector may not have no proof to make a concrete statement or to believe unsubstantiated statements, unless they provide proof or declaration from the Airlines Management saying they plied on the sector for CHARITY. Cheers Agnelo Fernandes
[Goanet] Goa news for May 4, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Mohammedan Sporting drubs Vasco - Hindu [3 hours ago] KOLKATA: Mohammedan Sporting (Kolkata) played with 10 men to drub Vasco SC (Goa) 3-0 in the concluding round (final phase) of the I-League second division ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/04/stories/2008050451621500.htmcid=1153214299ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzfUN8-O3MccflRPUoa-Ec7Rse0UrA *** UK media draws flak for putting India in negative light - Hindustan Times [9 hours ago] Prasun Sonwalkar, Press Trust Of India British media which is giving blanket coverage tothe murder of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling in Goa has drawn flak ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=144a6d07-8cf7-4f50-b2f7-22c0599be45eParentID=9ab54210-0742-4bf1-9826-0ffd8e3ec51fcid=1153641208ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzeMbSgsbkKdwyPWPQlTHX56MWqN8w *** Goa choking on its tourism success - NDTV.com [May 2, 2008] Goa's infrastructure is beginning to crumble under the load of visitors, says the tourism industry that has called for an immediate upgrade of facilities. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080048612ch=5/2/2008%204:50:00%20PMcid=1155201648ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzcPh0qJj9l7PHpXeUYyLKIxeltbEQ *** Sporting Clube seal GFA U-20 Taca Goa finals clash with Sesa - Navhind Times [May 2, 2008] Sporting Clube de Goa defeated Dempo SC5-1 to seal a finals clash with Sesa FA in the GFA U-20 Taca Goa football league at Nehru stadium, Fatorda,here, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=050368cid=1155613867ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzcn86z7T32a_6QRzrR36UnidC-sHg *** Anirudh Bhat moves ahead - Hindu [3 hours ago] NEW DELHI: Goas Anirudh Bhatsnatched the lead with a resounding 37-move victory over Karnatakas RU Anantharam in the seventh round of the Parsvnath ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/04/stories/2008050451591500.htmcid=1155070883ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzd5Gmy8Kupdke6-zLrzTaT-i6GYxA *** British teen\'s murder in Goa inspires Bollywood film - AFP [May 2, 2008] Since the scene of (the) crime was Goa, I want to shoot it there and give it an authentic feel, he told the Mumbai daily. Scarlett's bruised body was ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXRNKlQGtcXczBaHnAeERsPL8gDQcid=0ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzdTD_2EMpZYc_Xm91CBkiss7Jy25Q *** Sesa Goa outperforms its benchmark - Hindu Business Line [May 2, 2008] Mumbai, May 2 Sesa Goa, the only major private player in the iron ore space in the country, hasoutperformed the BSE Metal Index by a large margin over the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/05/03/stories/2008050351751500.htmcid=0ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzdkn9Dz9Aaqeub86mkAR34fwyiiSA *** How Goa is going out of favour - GulfNews [May 2, 2008] According to the British consulate in New Delhi, 40 UK nationals died in Goa last year. This year, up to March, the figure is 10. Every year, Britons make ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10210212.htmlcid=0ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzdU5g5e_4CrQ_bJQSg_dU4jKfnlRQ *** Cricket fever catches on in Goa - Thaindian.com [11 hours ago] ... that began here Saturday, journalists, bureaucrats and legislators face one another at the Panjim Gymkhana and Sports Authority of Goa grounds. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/cricket-fever-catches-on-in-goa_10044727.htmlcid=1155760862ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzdFDYBSqC6yT-lNS5IjrQfftqgIsA *** Goa to initiate #152;migrant monitoring study - Sify [May 2, 2008] Panaji: Goa will initiate a #152;migrant monitoring study to judge the impact of migration on the states demographic, social and economic fabric. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14664430cid=1155567610ei=evUcSMDgE5u-qgP75sG3Cwusg=AFrqEzccwKBGq-3ZBNfPQwSMU_u4Ql9AdA Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Goan food-2: HERALD(Goa), May 4, 2008
GOAN FOOD-2 By Valmiki Faleiro People like Teresa da Costa, Edridge Vaz and Carafina Pereira are like the true Goan homemaker: the hero of Goan food. Who kept the fires, and traditions, alive and burning. Our trio, too, bears a golden touch, across the board. Even if Carafina’s prawn curry shot ‘Martin’s Corner’ to fame. Or Edridge’s fish curry bears the makings of another epicurean legend in the 5-star hotel chain this young chef works for: “Masci,” Anjuna’s never forgettable Miguel Arcanjo Mascarenhas. Like them, whatever Teresa touches turns delicious. Take her ‘Rozanvade’ – the flower-shaped, Vitamin-C rich, tangy plum (will someone tell us its English name?) As a kid, I ate them raw or as ‘melados’ – pickled in sugar syrup. Teresa cooks Rozanvade, in a delicately spicy flavour, creating a rare goodness in the juicy inside. From the contemporary, permit me to pan to the past. Goa’s tradition breakfast ‘bhajis’ – sukki, patal, ussal – some with coarsely grated coconut and hand-pounded masalas are, alas, almost a thing of the past. “Te poder mele, te unde kabar zale.” Any tea-stall, even in a tiny hamlet, had great aromas wafting over a distance in times past. In tune with the present, as Goa’s very soul undergoes a slow but sure makeover, the smells now are of wadas, dosas, idlis, uttappa, uppam and ‘Pau Bhaji.’ (Like it was left to an Australian Chef to spell out the challenges facing authentic Goan cuisine at a food conference in Panjim in September 2007.) Some Panjim restaurants, though – not to forget Margao’s ‘Bombay Café’ – maintain a Goan modicum, while hoary Café Central still makes some savoury local snacks. I remember visiting remote Potrem, at the foothills of the Ghats in Sanguem taluka, with a ‘big bhatkar’ friend. In his densely wooded property flowed a stream. The waters were icy cold even in sweltering summer! The friend gave an elderly village lady some diced mutton to prepare our lunch. I was apprehensive, wondering where in the middle of that forest she would fetch the condiments needed to cook. I was advised to keep cool. Laze I did in the stream waters until lunch was ready. I don’t think I ate more mutton xacuti and chappatis in a single sitting than I did that day, cross-legged on a bamboo mat, on a cowdung-plastered floor, eating from a ‘potravol’ (sewn leaves plate.) Like at a picnic to the Dr. Gambeta da Costa farm at Molcornem, where another ‘mundkar’ housewife dished out a lunchtime xacuti so memorable that fingers smell even today! One rainy day, I was riding pillion on a Bajaj scooter with Dilkush Dessai, then an MLA rampaging forests in Sulcorna. It was mid-day, as we headed for his tree-felling site. Dilkush bought some mushrooms en route. Again, I wondered how the lumberers would cook without requisite masalas. In an hour, they produced a meal so simple, so savoury, that what looked like a whitish broth was something memorable, with hot boiled rice, eaten from banana-leaf plates, sitting on the log of a felled tree. Simple and delicious, in a better environ, was a meal off the side of the outer isle off Mormugao (either ‘Ilha dos Ratos’ or of ‘Morcegos.’) We were on a day trip, courtesy a fishing trawler of Heraldo Fernandes, of Colva’s “Arab Brothers” fame. Lunchtime, as the usual xacuti-pulao fare was being served, I spotted the trawler crew preparing to sit for their meal. I quickly took the dingy to their boat anchored nearby. Heraldo’s crew, those days, comprised exclusively of Goan fishermen. Crisp-fried baby sardines (wrapped in newsprint), fat Goan rice, and ground, DRY ‘curry’ – the type I thought existed only in Kankhavli / Ratnagiri regions of Maharashtra. The latter was tangier, this Goan variant was spicier, and, out in the open ocean breeze, heavenly. The best wildmeat ‘sukkem’ I’ve ever tasted was prepared by Dilkush’s affable mother. The best wild boar ‘xacuti’ by the wife of former Sports minister, Francisco Monte Cruz. The best fish preparations by the wife of KB Naik, another former MLA. (Among my many unforgettable picnics was one at KB’s farm, by the banks of River Khandeapar.) The best Goan food comes pickled. At lunch at one of South Goa’s oldest starred hotels, I was telling Balram, its then long-serving GM, that he must add Goan pickled stuff to his menu to give the tourist a true ‘experience’ of Goan cuisine. He asked if I’d like to taste what his Chef brought for mates, made by his mother in Cuncolim. The flabbergast Chef himself served us the last few bits. Mackerel para never tasted as good. (To conclude.) (ENDS) The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=330 == The above article appeared in the May 4, 2008 edition of the Herald, Goa
[Goanet] ENOUGH of the mining terrorism
A truck driver drops his pants and threatens the Colamb women who are protesting against the Mines that are threatening their lives and livelihoods. read http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2008/05/mining-mafia-invades-colamb.html and http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2008/05/mining-trucks-blocked-at-colamb-sanguem.html With the Mining companies bringing in the terror of the mafia to intimidate the peaceful protests... ... the State Government is playing its dirty game of situational indifference and worse, the police force is virtually strategising with the goons and the money bags... The injustice of it all is provoking the peace. Surely how much can one take ... threats, kicks, dust, attacks... it is TIME for all of us to collectively say ENOUGH ! As does my first Hindi verse written at the western Consultation on SEZs (it was inspired by a video and spirited presentation of the fight against SEZs in Gujarat): itna bhi mat rulaye, ki aasoon sukh jaye... aur sujhi huyi ankhon se lava beh jaye... itna bhi mat sataye, ki har path bandh ho jaye... aur sar pe kafan bandhne ka vikalp bach jaye ! Do not make me cry so that my tears go dry... it is lava that will flow from the swollen eye... Do not block me such that I run out of roads and force me to tie the Kafan on my head... in solidarity Pravin Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/
[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 88 - BONAVENTURE D'PIETRO BAGS DKA AWARD 2008
RE: Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 22:41:22 -0400 From: pratap naik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bonaventure D'Pietro bags DKA AWARD 2008 ! Mr. Bonaventure Peter Fernandes, popularly known as Bonaventure D' Pietro in the field of Konknni literature will shortly be awarded the prestigious 'Dalgado Puroskar 2008' by Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) for invaluable life-time contribution to Konkani language. Born in Chinvar, Anjuna on 14th July, 1943 ... his contribution to Konknni literature started in 1958. He has authored a number of novels of high literary value and won numerous awards for his works. D'Pietro has also contributed immensely to Konknni journalism in the form of articles, short stories, poems, etc. He also came out with his own tri-monthly Konknni publication 'Arso'. Recognizing his work in Konknni journalism, Dalgado Konknni Akademi awarded him Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa Potrokar Award in 2007. D'Pietro contributed to Konknni tiatr too, has written a number of one-act plays, participated in AIR programme for several years and also written many radio plays. In 1999, Goa Durdorxon broadcast his telefilm 'To Amger Yetolo'. D'Pietro is also a musician. He plays the saxophone, clarinet and violin. Presently he is running his musical group in Goa under the banner of 'Pietros'. He has also published a book which gives a detailed account of Goa's music and its musicians. For his lifetime contribution to Konknni, Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr, Porvorim honoured him by conferring on him the prestigious 'Fr. Antonio Pereira Konknni Puroskar 2004'. BONAVENTURE D'PIETRO BAGS DKA AWARD 2008 Novelist, musician, tiatrist and journalist, D'Pietro has been a man of many skills in our midst He is clearly one, by his love for Goa driven. A special award he is now being given - Surely Goans need more like this talented artist. I hope in days to come we get to hear more of his work, It might ignite a spark in the talents that in others lurk. Such role models are sorely needed by the younger generation, Not only as objects for admiration, but also for emulation, And Inspire them to be more than just a white collar worker or clerk. - - -- Shanti Dhoot
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Sorgar, Sant-Bhokt Uronk Nant?
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[Goanet] www.heartbeatgoa.com
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[Goanet] Katrina to play Scarlett in movie
Katrina to play Scarlett in movie LONDON: An Indian film director will make a movie on the slain British teanager Scarlett Keeling, who was found dead on a Goan beach, with Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif expected to play the lead role. The film, Rave Party , will follow the classic Bollywood formula with comic characters, sexy girls and troupes performing dance routines, director of the film, Prabhakar Shukla said. Shukla said he wanted to show the seedier side of India's beach paradise. 15-year-old Scarlett's was found dead on Goa's popular Anjuna beach on February 18 and police have arrested two locals who allegedly drugged, raped and left her to die on the beach. However, Fiona McKeown, Scarlett's mother is concerned about the project, stating it would make a mockery of her daughter's life. It's far too soon to be thinking about a film on Scarlett's life - she hasn't even been buried yet, she was quoted in the report. Fiona accused police of a cover-up involving local officials and drug dealers after they reported Keeling had drowned. A second post mortem examination found that she had been raped and killed. Defending his project Shukla said The film will of course be commercial in the Bollywood sense. Singing and dancing always enhances the story. But the moving story of Scarlett's death will be there. I want to show the people what is happening in Goa - how there is a drug racket going on in the vacation spot and how people are slowly getting addicted and ruining their lives. Well i feel this is the great way to expose all abt the case..open New tourists, parents..young teenagers nd people's eyes so that they know how and what exactly happens in GOA...and after that only people should decided if they would like to go for a tour to a place not only Goa where Justice word is out of their minds...even other country's And after watching all this then to people do so nd then complain that the Goa police doesnt do anything then i would say that the people living in Goa have all the rights to raise their voice by telling them...That 'NO' one is forced to come to goa...take drugs..to come nd enjoy..take all the fun at that place nd thn whn sumthing bad happens with you or people nd you start raising ur voice or coomplaining,fighting or argueing, and then trust the people you are with whom u dont even know.. later get raped/murdered../ robbed or whatso ever..and then blame Digamber Kamat and the Goan police to solve the case... Even in this case 50%fault is of every1..goan police..people she trusted which turned out to be .. the atual news no1 knws...whtever is put up in the newspapers..we beleive thm and are made to do so.. Hope people understand what is reality by themselfs..inspite of them already knowing that no proper truth or justice will take place in this case..People its 3-4 months now for Scarlett's case, And if same thing would hv taken place by sum GOAN MINISTERS FAMILY MEMBER...Goan police would hv just left all the work, cases and would hv gone into the depth of the case nd found out the culprit before the next month even starts..since here it is different... So either the goans should fight for her case and help her mother Fiona McKeown, who is struggling alone for her daughter's case??or else should shut their asses nd not talk on this issue any more. HAVE THE GUTS ANY1 Will Goa,Goa Government,Goan Police or Digamber Kamat EVER WAKE UP?? OR LEAVE THEIR SEATS ND GIVE THOSE WHO CAN ATUALLY SIT ON UR SEATS ND CHANGE GOA FOR THE BEST!! FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOA ND FOR THE FUTURE TOURIST.Who come happily..have all the fun,enjoy the beautiful beaches etc nd go HAPPILY,SAFELY ND WITH A SMILE BACK TO THEIR CITIES OR COUNTRIES and talk 'GOOD' about Goa,Goa Govenment and so Goa people will/can be 'PROUD' to hear Good about them their place and their great ministers and politicians. Kind REGARDS Vanita Dubai Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
[Goanet] Gellem Soddun - Track 05 - Maria Maqnnem Kottana
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[Goanet] MORE JOBS
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