[Goanet] Daily Haiku #161
DAILY HAIKU #161: _ PUN FUN _ by Francis Rodrigues exercise a thought keep ur puns trim, goa's capital spot is, uhpun-gym! _ http://2008goanconvention.com/inviter.php _ _
[Goanet] AUTHOR PROFILE: Dr Teresa Albuquerque
Dr TERESA ALBUQUERQUE, a writer from Goa who lives between her homes at Anjuna (Goa) and Santa Cruz (Bombay) happens to be the sister of pioneering ex-editor Frank Moraes and the aunt of accomplished writer Dom Moraes. Incidentally, when we met last at the Literati in Calangute, I mentioned to her the idea from expat journo Eugene Correa of having a Frank Moraes School of Journalism in Goa. Born of Goan origin in 1930, at Poona, she was a student of St.Xavier's College, Bombay, graduated through the University of Bombay in Arts with Honours in English and French, and then in Education, and has a Masters degree in History and Politics as well a Doctorate in History. As a Fellow of Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture, she was an active member of the Bombay Museum Society, Asiatic Society of Bombay, Church History Association of India, Heras Society and the Bombay Local History Society. Dr Albuquerque has been a recipient of Mahindra Senior Research Fellowship of Heras Institute, was also awarded a scholarship by Heras Institute to undertake research on the Goans in Kenya. In her micro-historical studies, she has delved into the colonial past of Bombay and Goa with special emphasis on the Portuguese impress. Dr Albuquerque has traveled widely, lectured on the subject both at home and abroad and frequently contributes historical articles to art journals and newspapers. Books authored by her are: SANTA CRUZ THAT WAS (Bombay 1981) URBS PRIMA IN INDIS : An epoch in the history of Bombay (Promilla Co. Publishers, New Delhi, 1986) TO LOVE IS TO SERVE : Catholics of Bombay (Heras Institute,Bombay, 1986) ANJUNA: Profile of a village in Goa (Promilla Co. Publishers, New Delhi, 1987) SANTA CRUZ : Profile of a village in Goa (Fernandes Co.,Publishers, Goa, 1989) A LIFE WELL SPENT: Biography of Pascoal de Mello, MBE (Speedy Printing Centre. Missisauga, Ontario, Canada, 1996) GOA: THE RACHOL LEGACY (Wenden Offset Private Ltd., Bombay 1997) BASSEIN :The Portuguese Interlude (Wenden Offset Private Ltd., Bombay, 1999) GOANS OF KENYA Michael Lobo Publishers, Mumbai 2000) BACAIM TO VASAI (Wenden Offset Private Ltd., Mumbai 2001) Teresa Albuquerque can be contacted via email [EMAIL PROTECTED] In Goa, her telephone number is +91-832-2273676, and they expect to leave for Bombay on July 16, 2008. There, her number is +91-22-26499005 -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha
[Goanet] From aboard the Mandovi Express
To Goanet - July 10, 2008: Writing from the Mandovi Express en route to Mumbai. We are right now rolling over the Mandovi river into Divar. There's the church of Our Lady of Piedade in the distance, and oh, the finials of the Malar church just popped into view. And the lush green fields below- what a resplendent sight! Waiting for my train at the Karmali station, I got into a conversation with my porter, a Gaudo from Karmali. He said that a destruct job on the village of Karmali is in the works, courtesy Pandurang Madkaikar. He pointed to a lush field across the platform where, he said, a road is planned, and an adjoining orchard where Pandurang has ideas for a 5-star hotel. He disclosed that Pandurang is currently active trying to displace longtime Gaude gaonkars of Karmali from their homes to make space for his illegitimate schemes. As I have shown in photographs earlier, Pandurang has already deposited large concrete turds along the fields in Ella. So this threat is not to be taken lightly. But not to worry. The GBA has given a press conference, the blue-eyed dolly has spoken. That'll sort everything out. Warm regards, r ps: Sent a day later since my Tata-Indicomm connection ketp saying ta-ta every 15 seconds.
[Goanet] TWO flights of fancy
For those who want a preview of what Mopa airport will be like, here are twoflights of fancy (involving Bangalore's new airport) that one could take atthe cost of a mouse click and a few minutes of old fashioned reading[Self] It seems that for some unknown reason there are problems about merely clicking on the lick provided or even copy-pasting it to open the window. So here is a copy-paste of the full article for interested readers: Far. but fetching Rasheeda Bhagat The Bengaluru International Airport is swank, spacious and a hundred-fold better than the old HAL airport that was cursed by one and all over the last few years. And yet, it has been singularly unlucky in attracting bad press, not always without reason. If ever a signal was required of the great resurgence and confidence of the Indian middle-class, particularly the young Indian professionals, it can be seen at the new airport in Bangalore. Walk into the FB outlet area around 5 p.m. in the domestic departure terminal, where counters such as Taste of India, Barista, Time Out Bar and Cookie Man have been put together, and join the long queues to grab your cup of coffee, a smoothie, or a bite. The large number of youngsters pulling out their wallets, flashing at least half a dozen credit/debit cards. particularly young, unaccompanied women who are travelling on their own and not trailing a husband or a father, and exuding enormous confidence, energy and of course affluence, really warms the heart. One can barely find a table in this dining area, making you wonder why all the four FB outlets had to be bunched together in one place. You realise that it is in the small details of designing as well as its aesthetics and visual appeal that the Hyderabad airport scores over Bangalore. At Shamshabad, the FB outlets are not only separated but also spread over a much larger area. Distance woes! I set out on a tour of the Bangalore airport built by the BIAL (Bangalore International Airport Ltd), fully aware that it has taken a lot of bashing from both the media and a few corporate honchos, with the biggest complaint being on the distance. The harshest criticism has of course come from the IT professionals, many with their headquarters in the electronics city on the Bangalore-Hosur road, for whom the airport commute has become longer and tedious. But initial complaints that this commute takes over three-and-a-half hours were a little exaggerated; about 90-120 minutes is the commuting time for those Bangaloreans who have to traverse a distance of 55-65 km. As mine was just a day-long visit, we took a Meru cab - an air-conditioned Logan car - to Windsor Manor and back, and each way the commuting time was barely 35 minutes for a distance of about 32 km. But then, the time was around noon and one was incredibly lucky with the traffic. It was almost a surreal experience, as one has suffered the notorious Bangalore traffic during peak hours often enough to be petrified of it. It seems, slowly, frequent fliers are getting used to the distance, and some rational thinking is sinking in; if we want world-class airports, we can't expect them to come up - and that too over a sprawling 4,000-acre site - in our neighbourhood. The initial fears of having to leave the home or office six hours ahead of the flight is now gone, but depending on the area in which you live and the time of your flight, you still have to budget for a two-hour airport commute time. An adequate number of air-conditioned Volvo buses from various points in the city are available; more people using these would certainly reduce congestion on Bangalore roads. 'Amazing facilities' So even though cribbing about the distance is common, there are also those who are amazed at this swank new facility. At the Barista outlet in the domestic departure I run into Anisha, who works with Microsoft in Delhi. A frequent flier she is absolutely delighted with this airport; I never thought I would see an airport like this in India which can compare with the best of international airports. look at the shopping area, so many check-in counters. I really love this airport and don't mind the distance, she beams. Vivek Manvi, a Quality Manager with Human Factors International, Mumbai, agrees: This airport is a much-needed break for Bangaloreans who were quite weary with the old and congested HAL Airport. It is spacious, has many more check-in counters which means shortened queues at check-in; thanks to wi-fi, I can catch up on my e-mail and surf the Net while waiting for my flight. You can enjoy piping hot cappuccino at Barista, or down a drink or two at the Time Out Bar in the domestic area or the Kingfisher Bar in the International space. Those so inclined can shop to their heart's content at the Shopper's Stop outlet. But as someone who needs to travel frequently, he frowns upon the distance: It takes me nearly two hours from my office at Koramangala to the new airport at Devanahalli. Also, though it is
[Goanet] The Independent: Skin-whitening adverts ignite race row in India
A friend ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has sent you an article: Skin-whitening adverts ignite race row in India Thursday, 10 July 2008 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/skinwhitening-adverts-ignite-race-row-in-india-863936.html The actors are beautiful, the sets are stylish and the message could not be clearer ? the woman with the paler skin gets the man. Good Morning Goanet. Caste, colour and creed with no end in sight. Thanks. rubygoes
[Goanet] Seminar on Right Move II - Career in Sports held at International Centre
Seminar on Right Move II - Career in Sports held at International Centre The International Centre Goa in association with the Taleigao Chess Academy organised a half day seminar on Right Move II - Career in Sports on Thursday, 10 July 08. Shri Subhash Shirodkar, Former Minister and currently President of Goa Olympic Association was the chief guest at the seminar. The seminar was attended by repersentatives of sports associations as well as physical education teachers. The focus of the seminar was on the theme of employment opportunities in the field of sports for the youth of Goa and how to enhance our capabilities of competition. Shri Pravin Sabnis conducted the seminar and discussions that followed. Shri Shirodkar called upon the government to finalise and adopt Goa State Sports Policy at the earliest. He also informed the gathering that he will urge the government to provide adequate funding for the sports and related activities. He also briefed the audience about the preparation for the National Games 2011 to be held in Goa. He felt that sports should be part of the regular education which will also facilitate and nurture the talent at very young age. Shrikant Barve and Pravin Sabnis, Convener and Co-Convener respectively provided the framework for discussion by informing the audience about the importance of sports and how it can be made attractive and be put in the mainstream employment opportunities. This seminar, Sabnis said, will decide on topics of the series of seminars that are being planned to promote sports as a attractive employment opportunity. Second seminar in this series will be held in mid August at Don Bosco College, Panaji and thereafter in last week of August in Calangute. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2658109388/ Earlier, Ayub Zickriya, Asst. GM, ICG and Manish Kamble, President, TCA welcomed the chief guest and the audience. Amongst participants included Mr. Savio of Goa Football Association and Mrs. Rajal Shinkre, Principal - Goa College of Home Science. Shrikant Barve Convener, The Right Move II-Career in Sport
[Goanet] Where is Goa in World's hottest curry race?
Click below mentioned link on this subject: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080710/oddities/britain_gastronomy_india_reco rd_offbeat_2 For those who have problem with internet connectivity I reproduce the same article as in the link: LONDON (AFP) - A London restaurant was serving up Thursday what it hopes will be confirmed as the world's hottest curry, with even the chef admitting it is too extreme to keep on the menu. Vivek Singh at The Cinnamon Club grabbed some of the hottest chilli peppers known to man to create the Bollywood Burner, a lamb-based dish with a fierce kick. The curry is so hot that diners are asked to sign a disclaimer confirming they are aware of the risks involved before daring to eat it. The Bollywood Burner is being submitted to Guinness World Records for verification of its status as the planet's hottest curry. The verdict should be announced within three weeks. Student Toby Steele, 19, from Brighton on the southern English coast, was the first to taste the Bollywood Burner. I'm usually a korma man and I suspect this is the hottest thing I've ever tasted, he said. It was nice actually, you could really taste the spices. The initial taste isn't that hot but now, a couple of minutes later, I feel a bit floaty and light-headed. The dish, inspired by cuisine from Hyderabad in southern India, includes the Naga and its seeds -- confirmed by Guinness World Records as the hottest chilli pepper in the world. On the Scoville scale of piquancy, the Naga scores 855,000 -- more than 100 times hotter than the jalapeno, which measures 8,000 on the scale. We found a list of the 10 hottest chillies and decided to try and use some of them. I think it will be the hottest curry in the world, said Singh. The curry will not be a regular feature on the menu, he added. Lianne la Borde of the Daily Star newspaper said: It is the hottest I have ever tasted. At first, it tasted delicious. Then my mouth caught fire. It even made me feel dizzy. Metro newspaper's James Ellis said it was innocuous enough at the first bite, but one helping saw my taste buds melt in fury at the inferno in my mouth. Meanwhile, my heartbeat, which started at a resting pace of 68 beats per minute, zoomed up to 128 -- the equivalent of doing aerobic exercise. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] A caminhao ... from Colvale (circa 1972)
Fred how can I get a copy of that?? And who is the aunty in the dress. Love the photo. And can you put me in touch with someone so I can use it my book Wendell 2008/7/10 Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या [EMAIL PROTECTED]: See an old image from 'the other' Goa... http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2642196864/ -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha -- cell: +91-9422443029 Office hours: +91-832-2420604 Office email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.wendellrodricks.com
[Goanet] Skin-whitening adverts ignite race row in India
Skin-whitening adverts ignite race row in India By Andrew Buncombe in Delhi Thursday, 10 July 2008 The actors are beautiful, the sets are stylish and the message could not be clearer – the woman with the paler skin gets the man. In recent weeks, Indians have been treated to an eye-catching television advert mini-series featuring three of Bollywood's hottest talents in a moody love-triangle. All in the name of skin-whitening cream. The whitening market in India is worth millions of pounds, with men as well as women routinely buying bleaching lotions in an effort to improve their complexion. But the mini-series advert featuring Saif Ali Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Neha Dhupia has reopened a debate about India's obsession with pale skin and triggered an angry reaction from some who think the advert is discriminatory and outdated. It is strange. There is such a premium placed on pale skin, said Urvashi Butalia, a historian and director of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house. I am not sure where it comes from. It may have something to do with India's history of being colonised by various people and that there is a hangover of the idea that Aryan people are superior and Dravidian people – those who were already here – are inferior. The new advert, being shown in mini-episodes, features Khan, with Dhupia as his girlfriend. But a chance encounter with an old sweetheart, played by Chopra, triggers the prospect of a possible revival of their relationship. For all the stolen glances and glossy production, there is nothing subtle about the advert; Dhupia's skin looks snow white while Chopra appears dusky. The first instalment of the series of adverts At the conclusion of the first episode, a lovelorn Chopra is seen gazing at an advert for a cream that promises to provide a pinkish white glow complexion. In case anyone did not get the point, the product is called White Beauty. Priyanka is said to be the epitome of dusky beauty and her dusky skin was said to be sexy, yet she became so cheap as to ridicule her own dark skin to make money, said one of the more printable comments on YouTube. The cream is produced by Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), the biggest consumer products company in India and a subsidiary of Unilever, based in London and Rotterdam. The company failed to respond to inquiries about the advert. The desire for pale skin over dark is also highlighted by a new television drama, Bidaai. The show features two sisters, one adopted and dark-skinned and the other pale. There are no prizes for guessing which one is the first to snag a husband. Not all women believe the promotion of paler skin is discriminatory or that the Unilever advert is patronising. I don't think it's racist, I just think that everyone thinks they can look better, said Mallika Makhija, 18, a student. People want to look good and there is this idea that a paler complexion is ideal. Ms Makhija said she did not use a whitening cream but she estimated that 60 per cent of Indian women did. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/skinwhitening-adverts-ignite-race-row-in-india-863936.html -- Gabe. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Am I part-Mexican?
Notes Jan 2006 I have been visiting my brother in Florida. Today he’s promised to take us to a Mexican restaurant. Not the Taco Bell or Qdaba type which churns out South of the border fare to suit Caucasian tastes. No, this is the real-deal he assures me, patronised mostly by Mexicans who have illegally crossed the border and made their way to Florida. Sitting here in the middle of the hustle and bustle of this small family-owned restaurant, I feel at home. The hot steaming dishes being carried out of the kitchen by the waiters have either a greenish or reddish colour to them, much like our corriader-coconut or red-chilly masala dishes. The Mariachi band is doing its best to entertain a raucous group sitting right next to our table. Nobody seems to mind much, that their singing is drowning out the conversation. There is something about Mexican music that always reminds me of the lilting narratives set to song, the tempo and the musical arrangements of our own tiatrists. Could I possibly be part-Mexican? My nephew, who is fast asleep at the table, has no such confusion in his mind. He is part South American and part Goan. My brother married a girl from Honduras of Spanish and native-American ancestry. Add to that a dash of Goan, and my nephew is a genetic and cultural hodge-podge. Perhaps in another fifteen years, when he stands on the cusp of adulthood, he too will ask himself the question, who am I? And what will his answer be? We, Goans suffer such angst on account of our Identity. Identities are not moulds cast in concrete. They are amorphous, dynamic and always in a state of flux. Everytime we learn something new about ourselves, individually or collectively as a society, it becomes part of our identity. We can’t be in the business of preserving identity but we have to be in the business of creating it. And we do so not by building walls around us or by shunning all that we consider alien, but by being in constant dialogue and engagement with the world. selma
[Goanet] Goa Wax Museum
Goa Wax Museum - a Video clip http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=IHXF9AweJ8Y Find pics here http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-July/077155.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
[Goanet] Late Socorro Peidade Fernandes
Socorro Piedade was well known Khell/Khell tiatr writer/producer/director. Very well known on Akashvanni Ponnje too, where his plays (Lokam Khell) were aired so many time on Sat/Sunday nights at 9.30 and day time Sunday 2.10pm Kala Academy Goa has dedicated this year's Khell Tiatr Festival to Late Socorro Piedade Fernandes. Previoulsy, Rosario Rodrigues and Vitorin also honoured. Late Socorro Peidade Fernandes http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2656373389/ The above pic taken from the ongoing Khell-Tiatr Festival at KA. Some pics of Anil-Olga Tiatr at the festival http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2656374945/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2657203396/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2657202812/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2657204354/ Anil-Olga http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2656373781/ -Nato http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2657201472/ -InACIO http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk12/2656376525/ - Muzg Long Live Tiatr [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
[Goanet] The Swords are a dangerous precedent
This is in response to Message No: 8, dated: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 on above subject. After mixing up, Selma writes: If I am so crazy Barad, maybe you should read this latest nugged perpertrated by the BJP. http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?sectionName=id=4e002 69e-d248-4b0c-9a20-3d72ba8eaf6bHeadline=Amarnath+row+singes+Indore%2c+four +killedstrParent=strParentID Please assure me that this will not happen in Goa. All those thinking of voting and courting the BJP, think again. selma My response: Selma may be you should listen to what Margao dwellers are saying / talking on Sword Discovery in Margao. Is not this topic that you should discuss and share being Sastikan (Sastikar) rather than focusing and diverting the attention of Goans to ALL INDIA when you know very well that Goanet is meant only to convey your feelings, your contribution, YOUR LOVE TO Goa? Oh .I think you are not in Goa..LEAVING IN Gated and yet you base your opinion from e-input .and yet you show your love to Goa by giving a call to CATHOLICS to leave Goa! Selma, you're confusing you're self as well as to others. Is that you motto of being in Goanet??? Selma, after knowing you Inside Out, I would only request you just don't punch the keys of your KEY BOARD and watch the fun sitting on the fence - BE WITH THE KEY BOARD without expecting any support for your thoughts. As to your question - Please assure me that this will not happen in Goa. Goans assure complete security to you and to your family. If you have any doubt on this assurance dial Aam Admi CM of Goa - he will not only rush to your help but will see that you get Z security the day you are in Goa. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] It is TOMORROW the DATE - 12 JULY, 2008 - Manvin's
Dears, To be fair to the mining lobby, I believe the GMOEA or one of the mining Companies should be allowed to present their counterpoint in a power point presentation. The MFG, which is paid by the mining companies to work with the people affected by mining, should be permitted to present the NEUTRAL view. I spoke to Seby last evening after the screening of the Jan Sunwayee urf Gun Sunwayee VCDs [made famous by Manohar Parrikar] at the Art Gallery of Institute Menezes Braganza. What I speak, I also write. Same person , same thoughts. After what he spoke to me yesterday, I must say that the INTERACTION that Floriano writes about below, will be interesting. Seby is not known to change his views overnight. I have read his views on madgoa blogspot and Rakhanddar tabloid of GAKUVED, heard him on some occasions and interacted with him on 26 March, 02 May and 05 June, 2008 at Colomb/SULCORNA and on 23 June and 10 July, 2008 at Panaji and of course for San Juanv at Siolim on 24 June. St. John had a short journey from the womb to the tomb. He would have been around 35 years old as he was a few weeks older to Jesus de Nazereth ...and lived a liitle longer. He was not crucified ... he just lost his head, after Salomi danced and asked for a boon from her father at the instance of her mother. Whose baby will jump in whose womb to see whom on 12 July, 2008? Is this a GMOEA funded programme to find a via media between the rigid stands of the mining and anti-mining lobbies in Goa. COMPROMISE is a big word to use for a Party that claims to have PRINCIPLES. Granted that Floriano Lobo, unlike the GPA and GMAS, is at least upfront about the objective of this exercise ...COMPROMISE. [not BALANCE or EQUILIBRIUM or the non-existent SUSTAINABLE MINING.] We have heard of a wonderful justification for a dinner in Cidade de Goa before the Bye elections in Taleigao in 2005. We will definitely hear some more. Sujay Gupta is at hand to write a STAR Letter to the Editor at the behest of all those who are willing to foment trouble for the anti-mining activists like the Proud to be Goa Su-raj member who was wrongly alleged to be a Naxalite. Anyone for Rohypnol? Cross by Coracao Blue heart. This is going to be one helluva date rape. I am already loving it! ;-) Manvin's Hotel is in Souza Towers that also houses an unit of Padma Shree Remo Fernandes [as per the signage above the gate] and Club Vasco da Gama. Use the rear entrace. There is a lift at the rear. Don't miss it! Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:10:13 +0530 From: floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] It is TOMORROW the DATE - 12 JULY, 2008 - Manvin's Hotel - 4.30 p.m. for a PP Presentation on Mining in Goa. Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the Power Point Presentation on the devastation caused by Goa's Mining industry, followed by airing of views, means and ways of a compromise between mining and preservation of Goa's environmental and ecological balance and interaction with the PRESS. Your presence and your inputs will be highly appreciated. Floriano Lobo for GEAG GSRP -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
[Goanet] HC applies brakes on Aldeia de Goa. Engine is still running.
Dears, This piece of good news has come due to the efforts of the PMCA and Goa Foundation with renewed vigour. It is no mean achievement ...when the opponent is represented by a battery of lawyers who fly down from Delhi. GRECL also represents the wealthy of India ...if not the wealth of India. The stakes are very high. CRZ is a high risk area. The proposed CZM is bad enough ...the permissions will be available in Delhi itself for the VULNERABLE areas. Global warming and submergence of the beaches is a distant threat. The vulnerability to the flood of money is already here. Adv. Carlos Ferreira wants to spare the CBI the additional burden of finding where the GRECL files have been hidden by the rats in the TCP office and the Village Panchaya t of Bambolim Village Panchayat office. Perhaps, the rats did not hide the files, the bandicoots did it. Life is a rat race and the winner in a rat race is a RAT , naturally! If you do not want to take chances, just visit the Pride of Goa. Mog asundi. Miguel HC directs GREC to maintain status quo NT NETWORK PANAJI — The Division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Mr Justice S A Bobde and Mr Justice R C Chavan on Thursday directed Goan Real Estate and Construction Ltd to maintain status quo on constructions at Bambolim village within the prohibited 50 to 100 meters of no-development zone. After passing the order, a request was made by the respondents to stay the order for some time. However the court has refused to grant any such relief. The court noted that in view of the Supreme Court decision and the necessity to protect the coastal zone the court directed status quo to be maintained. The court found that between 1997 to 2005, the respondents had not carried out any construction activity as the construction became unworkable and therefore the construction could not be treated as the on going construction and directed that status quo to be maintained. Ms Norma Alvares requested a CBI enquiry pertaining to the missing file from the TCP department which was opposed by the Mr C A Ferreira on the ground that they are already burdened. The Advocate General, Mr Subodh Kantak will file the progress report pertaining to the missing file. It may be recalled that the permissions granted by the Curca panchayat to Goan Real Estate Construction Ltd was challenged by People's Movement for Civic Action and Goa Foundation. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
[Goanet] Is devolution the answer for Goa?
Its just a thought but the ways things are going right now, and have been for the past dozen or more years, the Goan way of life is slowly to decline eventually you will not know the difference between any of India's States, except that Goa is the smallest, and the last to join the constitution (putting aside the various inputs from Goanetters regarding Jammu Kashmir). Is devolution the way forward? In the UK, over hundreds of years the 'unity' of the United Kingdom was possible with the intergration of Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland, but as time passed the differences between the four regions was becoming more more obvious local governement was not sufficient to supply the needs of the people of the West (Wales) north (Scotland), also across the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland. Wales have not devolved totally as yet (its not for the want of trying), but Scotland have. Scotland has its own Parliament though still part of the United Kingdom, is able to pass laws control spending charges etc via their own Parliament without having recourse to Westminster. Is it not possible for Goa to go in the same direction? In fact any State which can sustain itself with central government still funding (as England does, it sends millions of pounds to the Scottish Parliament each year, to help them become 'self-governing' as it were). Its not an ideal situation polically but in reality it has worked well for the Scottish people ( those who are not Scottish but live work there). Any comments on this? Would Goa be better off if it devolved from India, but still be part of it, under a revised constitution, not as a separate country, but a separate State of India, perhaps local laws can then be introduced for the betterment of Goa Goans living there, as well as non-Goans who are already resident, living working there, and paying their taxes to the Goan Government rather than central government? Just a thought, any (constructive non-denegrating) comments would be appreciated. We need to find lots of ways forward, this is just one more bit of armour but there may be some chinks in it, so lets iron them out here, perhaps take this forward to the next level is possible. John Monteiro
[Goanet] Whistle stop development of a Sports City in Goa ..... Seetti bhaja-ke!
Dears, This is one of the sample Government Projects that will remain outside the purview of the Regional Plan 2021. Ritu Prasad's presentation is passe. We are on a Mission Bypass to bypass all objections.The bypass at Agacaim [the ancient Agashe] is to facilitate the movement of vehicles from the Dabolim airport to Goa Velha [Voddlem Goy or Big Goa ..but unrelated to Vishal Goamantak with Sindhudurg or Samyukta Goa with Karwar and Joida], the hub for the 36th National Games 2011. Batim, Neura, Mandur are getting ready slowly ... like 16 year olds enroute to becoming brides, still unnoticed. On 25 May, a few foundations were laid on the hillsides of these villages. The Karmali [Carambolim] KRC station is already there. Soon, a nice new road will connect Goa Velha to Chimbel ...from Sports City to the proposed Film City. After the dust and heat In the fiery street As a matter of fact: How welcome is the amended TCP Act! [With apologies to William Blake. Who wants to talk about the Rain outside the Met and GTDC?] Mog asundi. Miguel Goa Velha bypass to be ready by Dec: Chimulkar by GLENN COSTA Senior Reporter PANAJI — The 4-km bypass from Goa Velha to Agassaim will be ready by the beginning of December, informed PWD chief engineer, circle I, Mr J Chimulkar, on Thursday, pushing the date back from the month of July as earlier promised. The PWD chief engineer, circle I, Mr J Chimulkar, speaking to 'The Navhind Times' said that a monsoon has to pass over any new road or it would lead to creation of potholes on the road or its sinking. We are trying to open it before December 1, he said. This bypass will prove to be a big boon to commuters as the present road winds through the Goa Velha and Agacaim villages and with houses literally on the road, mini-traffic jams are the order of the day, especially during peak hours when vehicles travel bumper to bumper, fighting for space and grind to a halt leading to frayed nerves whenever a passenger bus decides to halt for passengers. The NH-17 starts at Panvel, and ends at Edappally, near Ernakulam, moves through the western coastline, touches the Arabian sea at Maravanthe, Karnataka and passes through Maharastra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala connecting Mumbai, Mahad, Ratnagiri, Panaji, Margao, Karwar, Kumta, Bhatkal, Udupi, Surathkal, Mangalore, Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikkode and Kochi as well as major sea ports like Mumbai, JNPT, Mormugoa,New Mangalore ( NMPT ) and Cochin. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
[Goanet] Gulf Goans Vital
Gulf Goans face many difficulties i.e. declining living standards, localisation, reduced savings etc. Many contemplate leaving the Gulf soon. In fairness, Gulf governments are right, to protect their interests people. In the same perspective, can't we take strong interest on Goa's Identity, economic opportunities, mega-projects, corruption, mining, destruction, alarming outsider land sales, uncontrolled migrant influx etc Cant we work with residents to save Goa for Goans; including future generations. Gulf Goans are vital for the effort; if only we wake up!! Have we lost belief in ourselves? Goa is in region with economy booming vs. others; education (all layers) medical are getting international respect. Rich nations target our region as the future; there is strong demand for Goa by outsiders strangely today, we have on a large scale Well off Gulf Goan families migrating; abandoning Goa; selling properties!! Are we generally a short sighted community; lacking a real long term vision? How much wealth is enough? Is so much migration relevant today and does it not erode Goa's Identity? Are western societies really better off as a whole? Think about identity/value/family issues that our future generations will face; or is it just the materialistic things that interest? Let's stop complaining looking only at all the negatives of Goa, which are just excuses for our reluctance to act or to justify today's debatable migration. Surely, Goa also has positives vs. other societies. We should start from the positives, address the negatives and see how we can together make Goa, the place we want it to be. I believe we can do it, if we just put our heads together and look at what we can do and not, what we cannot do!! After all, there is no place like home. Arwin Mesquita, UAE. -- Please read my Blog: (1) http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ (2) http://arwinmesquita.wordpress.com/2008/06/ -- Please read my Blog: (1) http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ (2) http://arwinmesquita.wordpress.com/2008/06/ -- Please read my Blog: (1) http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ (2) http://arwinmesquita.wordpress.com/2008/06/
[Goanet] Battlo zalear catholic zalo!
Dears, The word catholic means universal. Truth is no longer universal in Goa, frame up is. In March, 2006, I had written under the caption Battlo zalear kristao zalo. At that point of time there were communal riots in Sanvordem. Tariq Ahmed Battlo was a convenient person to use to defuse the situation. He was a Muslim. After Dick Cheney reportedly made the statement, All Muslims may not be terrorists, but all terrorsits are Muslims it became easy to target anyone who was muslim, had a beard or had a Muslim sounding name ... like Silimkhan ;-) Everyone and his aunty knew that Battlo was framed up. It took the Judiciary two years to ascertain that. Thank God for a courageous judge like Mr Justice Narayan Amonkar. The police will take a litle longer to admit that ... as in the infamous Goa College of Art RAPE case that wasn't! Thankfully, Battlo made it to the front pages of some newspapers. The five boys who were framed up in the Arty Rape never made it beyond page 4 in the newspapers. Perhaps we have to thank the Times of India for that change. The arsonists of Curchorem were released first and even acquitted before the Battlo case was settled. To bhaillo he was even arrested for wanting to have a haircut yesterday and needed a lawyer to get his release! Next time you go for a haircut, be sure to carry a photo ID card, specailly if you have a beard! Mog asundi. Miguel Battlo acquitted of terrorism charge NT NETWORK 10 July, 2008 MARGAO — The assistant Sessions Judge (fast track court) Mr Justice Narayan Amonkar on Thursday morning passed an order acquitting Tariq Ahmed Battlo alias Ishad Ahmed Bhat who was arrested by the Margao police on March 10, 2006, at the Margao railway station for possessing explosives. He was given benefit of doubt and set free by the court. Police had alleged that Battlo, a suspected militant belonged to Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen, an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Toiba and his arrest had given credence to the repeated warnings of central intelligence agencies that Goa could be a potential target of terrorists. It may be recalled that the state had hit the headlines on March 10, 2006 after the police, acting on a tip-off from the central agencies had claimed to have arrested the Kashmiri terror suspect with detonators and explosives including RDX while he was alighting at the Margao railway station. Police had recovered from him one kg of RDX, two hand grenades and two electronic detonators. The hand grenades found on him were of Russian make and highly sophisticated, it was told by the police. The Margao police had also claimed that Battlo had planned to bomb vital installations and tourist places across the state. Police investigations had revealed that Battlo was taking shelter in Margao in an apartment at Sirvodem, months before his arrest. Senior police officers had said that he had been trained for over two years in Pakistan and had been to Nepal and Bangladesh and was frequenting Goa and staying in a flat belonging to an old woman near Navelim. He has not pleaded guilty to the charges and he appeared in person defending himself against the state. In all, 26 witnesses were examined by the court. Initially the case was investigated by the then Margao police inspector, Mr Santosh Dessai and later the case was handed over to crime branch, Panaji. The investigation was carried out by police inspector, Mr R R Shetgaunker. Ms Asha Arseker represented the state. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
[Goanet] edu's konkani collection 4 U
*K-13. Regional Plan* *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g5xPUrYo-g*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g5xPUrYo-g *Sopon* *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIJ3OESeEFk*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIJ3OESeEFk *Konkani song - Ben* *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WWROi6UJHI*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WWROi6UJHI -- Welcome_To_Edus_World · Best of the Web: Your Eye on the World http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Welcome_To_Edus_World/
[Goanet] FESTAMUZVADD Music Video Album Goan Konkani
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[Goanet] Tarcar mining trucks focred-stop in Colamb
Around 100 strong group of villagers of Kevona-Colamb blocked road in the village and sent back over 50 Iron Ore trucks back to Dinar Tarcar's mines in nearby Sulcorna village on July 10 2008. At around 10.00 am Colamb villagers descended on the road and started blocking the road. Scene turned tensed when a local correspondent of the Marathi daily 'Goa Doot' was violently targeted by the truck drivers and public stood in defence of the photographer. Police from Quepem Police station turned up at the road blockade site and immediately - rather pleasant surprise considering earlier track record of Police from Quepem Police station - started siding with the agitating villagers demand that no transportation of Ore on the villager road be carried on till the pot-holes ridden village road hijacked by mining companies. By 2.00 pm Public and Police forced the trucks to go back to their mines and stop plying on the road in Colamb. Police indeed deserved to be congratulated for this. Well done at least once you'll took the side of public. it would be great to see more of such actions in future specially against Fomento mining company that has been systematically ruing the Colamb village through its mine of Hiralal khodidas. Dinar Tarcar is carrying on illegal mine lease in the name of Hyder Cassim T.C. No. 10/51 in Sulcorna. Mining has cause tremendous damage to the agriculture in Sulcorna and Dinar Tarcar is involved in muzzling of local protests of villagers in Sulcorna. Villagers on the earlier occasion on July 08 2008 had complained to the Rivona Sarpanch about the bad road conditions in Colamb and forced her to take immediate steps to stop mining transportation on public road. Sarpanch Manshi Naik had reluctantly agreed to this after behaving hi handed with the villagers. Click here for earlier report on this. Sebastian Rodrigues with input from Rama Velip in Colamb http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2008/07/tarcar-mining-trucks-focred-stop-in.html _ Wish to Marry Now? Click Here to Register FREE http://www.shaadi.com/registration/user/index.php?ptnr=mhottag
[Goanet] Talking Photos: When this ?Ravindra Bhavan' (Margao)
This is in reply to Message: 5, Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 from Joegoauk under subject titled as mentioned here in above. After above mail appeared in Goanet, I took this up for discussion with some Margao dwellers, and they opined: Ravindra Bhavan will be PERMANENTLY closed during EVERY rainy season (white elephant in rainy season)!!! During these RAINY days CHAMCHAS are working over time to outsmart Kala Academy in Panaji renovation after renovation- and again renovation after renovation. These are the views of some people whom I approached. What ever be the views expressed by Margao dwellers, I would like to request JoeGoaUK to click some more pictures from INSIDE if not at least from BACKSIDE of Ravindra Bhavan the side which is exactly behind the small chapel which is located on the eastern side of Ravindra Bhavan on the main road. These pictures will bring out much more than increased project cost. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Slate Article: Crap and Trade
Ruby Goes has sent you an article from Slate Magazine http://www.slate.com . What do you think Goanetters? Thanks. rubygoes http://letters.slate.com/W0RH020B9669EDE063B3630DEEC1A0 human nature http://letters.slate.com/W0RH0208EC89FCFB9593E30D20DEA0 Crap and Trade Why public toilets should pay you. By William Saletan Posted Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at 8:30 AM ET What? You've been giving away your urine for free? All these years, you've been sitting there like an idiot—or standing, or squatting, or whatever it is you do—pissing away a perfectly good liquid asset. Turns out, you could have sold it. Many of us haven't just been giving our waste away; we've been paying to unload it. Hundreds of cities have automated public toilets, known as APTs. In New York or Los Angeles, you drop in a quarter, and the door opens. But your quarter hardly pays the bills. New York's new APTs reportedly cost more than $100,000 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/nyregion/11toilet.html apiece; Los Angeles' cost $300,000 http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/03/local/me-toilet3 ; Seattle installed five at a cost of $6.6 million http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/09/nation/na-toilets9 . At 25 cents a flush, 20 to 130 times http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/03/local/me-toilet3 a day, a toilet brings in only $2,000 to $11,000 per year. So how does the math work out? The Los Angeles Times explains http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/03/local/me-toilet3 : In Los Angeles, the facilities are part of a 20-year contract between the city and a joint venture of two companies: CBS Outdoor and JCDecaux. The latter, a French firm, has installed thousands of the sleek units worldwide, mostly in exchange for the right to sell the ads that adorn them. It's a common model that is used by the majority of American cities looking to install the loos. L.A. is guaranteed $150 million in revenue over the course of the contract. … The companies foot the bill for installing all the structures, including the toilets, and for the maintenance on each. So the company pays the city, and in exchange, the city provides eyeballs. The eyeballs are yours. Do you get a cut? A free flush, at least? Nope. You pay. The obvious argument for making you pay is that you're getting a service, too: a clean, private place to relieve yourself. If you can't find a john, you'll have to go in the street. But why is this your problem? Why isn't it the city's problem? To American ears, the question sounds flippant. But look at what's happening in India. Last fall, New Delhi hosted the World Toilet Summit http://www.worldtoiletsummit2007.org/ . At the meeting, experts estimated that 700 million Indians lacked access to proper toilets. Defecating in the open can contaminate water supplies and spread diseases such as diarrhea, Reuters observed http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSDEL17459720071101 . Accordingly, India committed to increase its spending on rural sanitation by almost half, building toilets for hundreds of millions of its poor and homeless. The country's minister of rural development pledged, By 2012, India will be free of defecation in the open. To lure people into the newly built toilets, one Indian locality has come up with a creative idea. On Sunday, the Times of India reported http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/It_pays_to_pee_you_get_a_fee/rssarti cleshow/3201740.cms : Residents of Saliyar Street in Musiri … are getting paid for using toilets. While people elsewhere have to hastily dig into their pockets and shell out a rupee or more to relieve themselves in a dingy public urinal, around 300 families in Musiri have found they can actually profit every time they answer nature's call. Essentially, the system serves two purposes. While it encourages people in the lower middle-class neighbourhood to use toilets, the urine collected goes for research to test its efficacy as a fertiliser. The plan seems to be working: Initially people in Saliyar street were amused when they heard about the use and earn facility. But now the queues are getting longer before the eco sanitation (ecosan) toilet. … Although it was the novelty of the project that initially attracted many, people have also realized the health benefits and stopped using public spaces to relieve themselves. ''Now even children in the locality do not urinate in the open, thanks to the 10 paise incentive, said [a local man]. Could a similar incentive work in the United States? It already does, in a way. Nobody's being paid to use public toilets, as far as I know. But some people get to use them for free. In Los Angeles, for example, the Times reports http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/09/nation/na-toilets9 , All of the APTs in the city, except two on skid row, charge a quarter for each use. Why the skid-row exception? Two reasons seem pretty clear. First, homeless people don't spend quarters lightly, if they have them at all. Second, if
[Goanet] TWO flights of fancy
Dears, Soon the former Secretary-General of International Civil Aviation Organisation [or ICAO], Mr. S.S. Sidhu, will be the Governor of Goa. ICAO did the feasibility study of Mopa Airport. That is no bull. Mopa airpot features on page 72 of the Interim Report of the Task Force on Regional Plan for Goa 2021. Churchill has not been heard to protest about the Interim Report, perhaps for want of a Portuguese or Konkani [in Romi Lipi] translation. In fact, I do not know if there is any law available in the OFFICIAL LANGUAGE of Goa State ... Konkani in Devanagri script. It is not known if Digamber Kamat as CM has accepted the report made under the Digamber Kamat, the Chairman of the Task Force on RPG 2021. The Regional Plan 2021[final Surface Utilisation Plan] was due on 30 June, 2008 but was re-scheduled for 15 July, 2008. That is not the last word on the subject. The INTERIM REPORT which was due on 15 December, 2007, was re-scheduled to 15 March and 15 April, 2008 and finally submitted by Digamber to Digamber on 03 May, 2008 and made public on 07 May, 2008. That is now normal in Goa. Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:26:41 +0530 From: Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] TWO flights of fancy Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those who want a preview of what Mopa airport will be like, here are two flights of fancy (involving Bangalore's new airport) that one could take at the cost of a mouse click and a few minutes of old fashioned reading: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/07/11/stories/2008071150030100 .htm For that matter it does revenue stream from UDF (user development fees to the tune of Rs 1K at least per passenger) against which there is a temporary injunction. Here is where the second flight of fancy enters the picture. Just consider what the story would be like if it was about a second airport i.e. where the existing civil enclave was continuing to function (warts and all). Would we have all the BIA-style bells and whistles from Day One? Or would things be much more modest, albeit with high aspirations for future growth, perhaps even on a fast track. This is the view of Mopa one SHOULD have in mind. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
[Goanet] William De Curtorim 2
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Re: [Goanet] It is TOMORROW the DATE - 12 JULY, 2008 - Manvin's
Hello! This is just make my and my colleague Ramesh Gawas's position clear vis-a-vis tommorrow's power point presentation. We believe mining is an terrorist activity confronting Goa and it has to stopped once and for all. We do not believe in any for of compromise on this position. We have arrived at this position after years of painstaking and life risking working in mining belt of Goa. We have been given letter on july 6, 2008 that we I am reproducing here and there is nothing about 'compromise'. I am in complete disagreement with the part of mail circulated on Goanet today with the above heading by Floriano Lobo. The objectionable part being the following means and ways of a compromise between mining and preservation of Goa's environmental and ecological balance. The problems created by mining industry is so much under focused in media due to histrical control of the same by mining industry that it is important that more and more people join the effort to expose mining terror in Goa. I look at tommorrow's public power point presentation in this light. Since this mail is sent on public mailing list, I am replying to the same on public mailing list. Warmly, Seby July 6, 2008 To, Sebastian Rodrigues, Ramesh Gauns Sir, A 'Power Point' Presentation to showcase the ill-effects of the indiscriminate and irresponsible mining in Goa is scheduled to be held on SATURDAY, 12TH JULY, 2008 AT 4:30 P.M. at the Roof Garden - MANVIN'S HOTEL, Souza Towers, Opp. Municipal Garden, Panjim, for the benefit of the Press as well as for the benefit of the more conscious citizens of Goa. The said presentation is by Shri. Ramesh Gauns; National Best Teachers Awardee for 2008 and Shri. Sebastian Rodrigues; the two well known pro-environment activists of Goa, You are cordialy invited. Needless to say that your kind presence shall be highly appreciated. Thanking you, Sincerely, for Goa Environmental Action Group S/d (Floriano C. Lobo) Hon. Gen. Secretary/Spokesperso Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:33:33 +0530 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: It is TOMORROW the DATE - 12 JULY, 2008 - Manvin's -- Forwarded message -- From: Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 11, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: It is TOMORROW the DATE - 12 JULY, 2008 - Manvin's To: Goanet goanet.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dears, To be fair to the mining lobby, I believe the GMOEA or one of the mining Companies should be allowed to present their counterpoint in a power point presentation. The MFG, which is paid by the mining companies to work with the people affected by mining, should be permitted to present the NEUTRAL view. I spoke to Seby last evening after the screening of the Jan Sunwayee urf Gun Sunwayee VCDs [made famous by Manohar Parrikar] at the Art Gallery of Institute Menezes Braganza. What I speak, I also write. Same person , same thoughts. After what he spoke to me yesterday, I must say that the INTERACTION that Floriano writes about below, will be interesting. Seby is not known to change his views overnight. I have read his views on madgoa blogspot and Rakhanddar tabloid of GAKUVED, heard him on some occasions and interacted with him on 26 March, 02 May and 05 June, 2008 at Colomb/SULCORNA and on 23 June and 10 July, 2008 at Panaji and of course for San Juanv at Siolim on 24 June. St. John had a short journey from the womb to the tomb. He would have been around 35 years old as he was a few weeks older to Jesus de Nazereth ...and lived a liitle longer. He was not crucified ... he just lost his head, after Salomi danced and asked for a boon from her father at the instance of her mother. Whose baby will jump in whose womb to see whom on 12 July, 2008? Is this a GMOEA funded programme to find a via media between the rigid stands of the mining and anti-mining lobbies in Goa. COMPROMISE is a big word to use for a Party that claims to have PRINCIPLES. Granted that Floriano Lobo, unlike the GPA and GMAS, is at least upfront about the objective of this exercise ...COMPROMISE. [not BALANCE or EQUILIBRIUM or the non-existent SUSTAINABLE MINING.] We have heard of a wonderful justification for a dinner in Cidade de Goa before the Bye elections in Taleigao in 2005. We will definitely hear some more. Sujay Gupta is at hand to write a STAR Letter to the Editor at the behest of all those who are willing to foment trouble for the anti-mining activists like the Proud to be Goa Su-raj member who was wrongly alleged to be a Naxalite. Anyone for Rohypnol? Cross by Coracao Blue heart. This is going to be one helluva date rape. I am already loving it! ;-) Manvin's Hotel is in Souza Towers that also houses an unit of Padma Shree Remo Fernandes [as per the signage above the gate] and Club Vasco da Gama. Use the rear entrace. There is a lift at the rear. Don't miss it! Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:10:13 +0530 From: floriano
Re: [Goanet] author profile: Dr. Teresa Albuquerque
I think it would have been relevant to mention her father, A.X, Moraes (Antonio Xavier ?), an engineer who great work in Mumbai is the Gloria Church, Byculla. I was bit surprised that Fred said Teresa happens to be Frank Moraes's sister. I wish Fred added late before the names of both Frank Moareas and Dom (Dominic), both deceased. Frank, I think, comes from his baptisted name Francis. I think Teresa did her doctorate under the guidance of Prof. George Moraes. Eugene
[Goanet] CLARIFICATION
I am in complete disagreement with the part of mail circulated on Goanet today with the above heading by Floriano Lobo. The objectionable part being the following means and ways of a compromise between mining and preservation of Goa's environmental and ecological balance. Seby. *** C L A R I F I C A T I O N That Sebastian Rodrigues and Ramesh Gauns should be wholesomely 'disturbed' by the use of the word 'COMPROMISE' in our earlier post is fully understandable, justified. There is no compromise as such with the act of devastation that is ongoing in the name of mining in Goa with any one. Our publicly recorded statements on the devastation that has been caused by the irresponsible mining in Goa has always been that 'the mineral wealth of Goa is the Goa given gift to the people of Goa, and not to the mine owners, mine operrators, the government of Goa or to the Central government. If the extraction of this God given wealth of Goa does not benefit the people of Goa and instead it devastates their health and their wellbeing, their water resources, their agricultural fields, their forests, their wild life, their environment their ecology including their entire villages, then let these mineral resources lie where they are deeply burried, untouched and undisturbed, whether the mine ownners, the Government of Goa or the Central government likes it or not. We apologize for the use of this word 'compromise'. As is often said, 'it is the slip of the tongue, not of the mind. As such the word compromise is withdrawn. Nevertheless, we do expect that attendees will want to shed light to their inner feelings after seeing the presentation through questions and answers , which will be highly respected. Sincerely, floriano lobo Gen Secretary GEAG; GSRP. - Original Message - From: sebastian Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:57 PM Subject: RE: It is TOMORROW the DATE - 12 JULY, 2008 - Manvin's Hello! This is just make my and my colleague Ramesh Gawas's position clear vis-a-vis tommorrow's power point presentation. We believe mining is an terrorist activity confronting Goa and it has to stopped once and for all. We do not believe in any for of compromise on this position. We have arrived at this position after years of painstaking and life risking working in mining belt of Goa. We have been given letter on july 6, 2008 that we I am reproducing here and there is nothing about 'compromise'. I am in complete disagreement with the part of mail circulated on Goanet today with the above heading by Floriano Lobo. The objectionable part being the following means and ways of a compromise between mining and preservation of Goa's environmental and ecological balance. The problems created by mining industry is so much under focused in media due to histrical control of the same by mining industry that it is important that more and more people join the effort to expose mining terror in Goa. I look at tommorrow's public power point presentation in this light. Since this mail is sent on public mailing list, I am replying to the same on public mailing list. Warmly, Seby
[Goanet] Digu kaka ‘phew’! Deko tere a am aadmi ke lambey lambe ‘Q’
Digu kaka ‘phew’! Deko tere aam aadmi ke lambe lambe ‘Q’ My heart pains to see how aam aadmi put to great hardship at variour taluka headquaters in Goa. Where as some make fast bucks in the name of Income Certificates, Residence certificate, affidavits, photocopies etc etc And what more ? It’s like saying ‘No bread then eat cakes’ Stamps papers of Rs.20 denomination which usually require to swear in affidavits are completely run out in the whole of Goa (at least in Vasco Margao), so people using Rs.50 stamps instead. What a fine way of adding more to Goa’s revenue kitty! Fresh income certificates are required to be submitted to avail of subsidized food products like rice, wheat etc from fair price shops. It may be noted that to get an income certificate, one need to spend whole day or days staying in the serpentine Qs, running after the typist/advocates, buying stamp papers, photocopies , transport cost, Chau-panni for self, again chau-panni (in cash) to govt. Officers/clerks/peons etc If we add all the above cost (including the time lost) etc, I am sure, the actual cost of sugar or rice bought at fair price shop (society) would come to same as other shop or posro. Income certificates should be issued by the village Panchayat level signed by the respective ward Panch and the sarpanch as these are the people who know the applicants very well as they reside in the same locality. Swearing in affidavits? Anybody can do that and it only cost Rs.20 may be Rs.50. What they write in there or what they swear in there, who cares? Who checks? 'I do it because everybody does that' For that matter our Ministers too swear in or taking oath in the name of God during miniters’ Oath taking ceremonies. Who cares about the Oaths? Again, coming to swearing in affidavits, our ministers/MLAs too do that when it comes to declaring their assets at the time of filing papers for contesting elections. They say the moving and immovable assets from all the sources is 1 or 2 crores. But what they are actually worth are 100 times more. Take a typical example of Taleigao MLA and Navelim MLA. The land and the buildings alone would be more than 100 crore. Plus one has to add the value of Gold and jewelry (including smuggled gold biscuits if any etc), money in the bank both Indian and abroad, properties outside India, expensive cars etc etc See? Swearing in affidavits has become just a mere formality. Some foreigners too purchased properties in Goa by searing in affidavits. copy to Digu Kaka [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
[Goanet] 'Battlo' sunttlo ani ghelo
Battlo sunttlo ani ghelo No, he has not escape from prison but he was set free by the Fast Track Corut and he soon left Goa by air same day. Remember Battlo? More than two years ago (soon after Curchorem riots) Police arrested a terror suspect at Margao Railway Station who alighted from Delhi-Goa Mangala Express train etc It was also reported the he was found carrying explosives like RDX, hand granades. It was also said there were plans to blow up Vasco petrol tanks etc Looks like the whole case or charges is a frame-up by the Goa Police. The suspect or the accused says he never travelled by Mangala Train as claimed by Goa Police. Nor Goa police had any evidence to prove it. He also says he was not arrested at Margao Rly Station on 10th March but was arrested at a cybercafé behind Grace Church Margao 7 days earlier i.e. March3. 2006. He denied allegation that he was found carring any explosives..’a toatally false and fabricated story created by the prosecution' He also says police were pressurized to arrest him due to the tense situation after the Curchorem riots. So, he was set free by the Fast Track Court on the benefit of doubt. Upon setting free, he soon went to a barber shop, then a local Mosque at Vasco and straight to Dabolim Airport. ‘I have never been involved in any unlawful activity’ said Battlo. But incidentally, he had been arrested for allegedly possessing arms in Jamu Kashmir but been set free by the Srinagar High Court too. So, was he really innocent? Or Was it just a Goa Police story or frame-up? Or There is something else to it? Battlo fought the case all by himself except at the last stage he hired a Kashmir based. defense Lawyer Battlo is diploma holder in radiology and computers. If Fast Track Court takes more than 2 years I wonder what it takes by the normal courts. Another case which was taken up around the same time is Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Case who was murdered on 18th March 2006. Nothing is heard or reported about this case long time time. Perhaps, this case is taken up by the Slow Track Court (if any) SATYAMEVA JAYATE (TRUTH ALONE TRIUMPHS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
[Goanet] Fly Goa-Bombay or Bombay-Goa for Just Rs.95
Fly Goa-Bombay or Bombay-Goa for Just Rs.95 Plenty tickets available this months and coming months www.goair.in/ Please add Rs. 2625 as taxes and charges GoAir is also the cheapest on Goa-Delhi-Goa Sector Just Rs.1200 o/w Others are Rs.2000 onwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
[Goanet] Maslow Debunked - the difficult choice for countless Goans
Elizabeth makes two assumptions which may not generally hold good. One - that the majority of middle income Goans in the Gulf have fulfilled their base level needs and should consequently be moving towards self actualisation. Second - that Goans outside the Gulf whether in Florida or Mumbai are already in self actualisation nirvana (may be true for retired folk with nest eggs or caring kids) or are languishing in survival mode. Speaking for myself I am happy to be in base mode enjoying Gulf creature comforts (clean cities, clean -if increasingly congested- roads, free airconditioned public transport (in Abu Dhabi), no slums, no beggars, clean air, clean beaches and parks, dolphin shows, malls with indoor ski slopes and shark filled aquariums etc.) with local gas less than US$ 1.70 a gallon instead of living in base mode in Florida or Mumbai with gas @ US$ 4.10 a gallon. Its worth noting that the ability to enjoy creature comforts applies only to long term Gulf residents who enjoy rent control protection. With UAE market rents having risen 300% in 5 years, newcomers to the Gulf will have to learn to live like bedouins in desert tents Again, speaking for myself there are adequate opportunities for the middle or upper eco strata here to not just dabble but also immerse themselves in self actualisation. I myself am active with a group that runs totally free 10 day residential meditation seminars in the Gulf. For the latest course which started in the UAE yesterday we exceeded capacity of 24 (12 men, 12 women) and had to shift the overflow to our next course. Best, Ralph
[Goanet] Goa news for July 12, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Nuclear deal is proper: Goa Chief Minister - Economic Times [Jul 10, 2008] ... to approach the IAEA for the Indo-US nuclear deal is proper and it pose no problem to the UPA Government, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has said. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Nuclear_deal_is_proper_Goa_Chief_Minister/articleshow/3217908.cmscid=1226859071ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNHNbc82wwHKyYUxLrO77MnwWVFUDQ *** Youth freed after 2 years in Goa, re-arrested in Delhi - GreaterKashmir.com (press release) [4 hours ago] Srinagar, July 11: A Kashmiri youth, acquitted by a Goa court of charges of possessing explosives, was re-arrestedat Delhi Airport Thursday when he was on ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=12_7_2008ItemID=39cat=1cid=1227150817ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNHx9JxA_i-WQ3ZF1UXVRs1-znFsuQ *** Classical evening in Goa - Times of India [Jul 10, 2008] An enchanting evening of Bharatanatyam, Nritya-Ganga and contemporary dance was celebrated in traditional style at Gomant Vidya Niketan in Margao. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Classical_evening_in_Goa/articleshow/3215453.cmscid=0ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNGmfAP0vI-bsXPaGFMEMTWjKg71IQ *** Each week, 4 Goans commit suicide - Times of India [8 minutes ago] PANAJI: In the last four days six persons committed suicidein Goa. Police records reveal that while one died due to burn injuries, another consumed rat ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Each_week_4_Goans_commit_suicide/articleshow/3225308.cmscid=0ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNH04kn6UW9gcJbUENB-CPIkMjoZ2w *** Goa invites applications from Private SSC - IndiaEduNews.net [15 hours ago] Panaji: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) has invited applications from Private candidates for its SSC Examination to be ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.indiaedunews.net/Goa/Goa_invites_applications_from_Private_SSC_candidates_5099cid=0ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNEvm-mzTg0IgQXY_jTU1ao7cgfKcA *** Goa is safe for tourists, say UK tour operators - Press Trust of India [Jul 9, 2008] London, July 10 (PTI) The murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling got Goa a bad press but tour operators here insist that there has been no let up in ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/20C4CD1F40FB3B39652574820018C089?OpenDocumentcid=0ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNHdrvW7m1Ng71uVfrh5F8A2TZWOxQ *** Goa property papers to be registered on computers - Merinews [8 hours ago] Bad news for corrupt babus in Goa. The state government has decided to computerise all registration papers in the state. Hopefully, transparency would come ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=137449cid=0ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNFLXpzQ2Lo_AvecjYV97jLe-gHlXg *** Goa villagers petition against SEZ land allotment - Hindu Business Line [Jul 9, 2008] PANAJI: Goa villagers have approached the Goa bench of Bombay High Court appealing against the Special Economic Zones(SEZs) land allotment by State ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/03101220.htmcid=1226844509ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNFa-L2BQn87iYIY8eaAdsuh39pGvA *** Goa Universitys management programme - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] ... Margao, is conducting a part-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) programme affiliated to the Goa University. Lectures are held on Sundays. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=07123cid=0ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNFfnJ8JGpNVGaBR5MvDZrbbS497Ng *** Sporting Clube de Goa enter finals - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] PANAJI - Sporting Clube de Goa moved into the finals of all-India womens invitation football tournament organised by Deva SC routing Selvam Sports Academy, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=071229cid=0ei=--x3SMjeIaGIggOPvMmEDQusg=AFQjCNE77lY_VZboDeqVcZ6lsAwR2lpG2w Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] GOA-NEWS: CM for new scheme to produce documentaries
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=070456 CM for new scheme to produce documentaries NT NETWORK PANAJI — The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat today said that the government, if needed, would launch a new scheme for producing documentaries on the life of living Goan achievers in diverse fields, so as to preserve their life and times for posterity. Those film-makers who display keen interest in directing such documentaries, would be asked to do so, he added. The Chief Minister, earlier released the DVD of a documentary on the life and times of noted Konkani litterateur, Ravindra Kelekar, in his presence, at the Maquinez Palace, on Thursday. The documentary is produced by the department of information and publicity and directed by Mr Dharmanand Vernekar and Mr Dilip Borkar. Speaking further, Mr Kamat said that the new generation is ignorant about the contributions of many living Goans, who have excelled in various fields, during their lifetime. The president of Goa Konkani Akademi, Mr Pundalik Naik, in his speech said that Mr Kelekar is a national writer who writes in Konkani language. He also said that Mr Kelekar had given recognition to Konkani language on the national level. Prof Suresh Amonkar and Mr Borkar also spoke on the occasion. The director of information and publicity, Mr Nikhil Desai compered. The documentary was later screened for the audience. -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha
[Goanet] Fond Memories of the Caminhão
See article below, the latest addition to the Goa Sudharop Seniors E-book. George, www.goasudharop.org ** Fond Memories of the Caminhão by Tony Felix Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] For me the 'caminhão' remains as a nostalgic memory. When I was young, the caminhão was the popular mode of public transportation in Goa. Most of these buses were privately owned. I recall travelling on these buses right from childhood to my early teens to various places in Goa - visiting relatives, attending weddings and going on annual vacations to my grandmother's house in Siolim during the month of May. These vehicles were unique in character and possessed their own charm and style. The caminhão plied from city to city and town to town, making several scheduled or unscheduled stops as it wound its way through picturesque villages, its engines whining at high pitch as it climbed the hill slopes. It made several stops along its journey - stopping for a whistle or for a loud high-pitched rau re from a lone passenger waiting along the way. (Konkani: 'rau' means stop; 're' is a form of address to a male). Some of the coaches were built in Goa on imported Bedford, Ford, Chevrolet or Dodge chassis. They were quite unique in their outward appearance. Each coach had a wooden framework, a wooden panelled dark brown varnished interior, and brass sheeting with wood trim on the exterior. Some passenger seats had leather upholstery while others were made of wood. The design of the bus did not allow any room for standing passengers. Fitted on the roof was a 'carrier' consisting of a metal railing that would hold and transport a gamut of goods - from paddy sacks and metal trunks to firewood and bamboo baskets containing vegetable produce. The carrier also held the spare wheel and a tarpaulin cover. The rear of the bus was fitted with an iron ladder for access to the top. The driver and passenger sides had doors, with a vertically hinged passenger door at the back. Some buses had a lengthwise and parallel seating arrangement. The side windows had sliding glass panels. Some of the engines needed to be cranked up to start. Most of the 'caminhoes' (Portuguese: plural). were fitted with quaint brass blow-horns that had their own appeal and tone. Powered by front engines and a rear wheel drive, some of these vehicles had steering column-mounted gear-change levers while others had floor-mounted gears: 3 forward and 1 reverse. The windshield consisted of two separate glass panels fitted with motorised wipers, with a dividing frame support and an overhead rear-view mirror in the centre. The instrument panel consisted of the odometer, speedometer, fuel and engine temperature gauges, and toggle switches for headlamps and windshield wipers. The headlight dipper was foot-operated, mounted on the left side of the clutch. Most of these vehicles had chrome-plated front bumpers and radiator grilles. The headlamps were mounted on top of the fenders. The front hood or bonnet consisted of double-leaf lateral flaps with a latch. The small buses had a 2-wheel rear axle while the bigger ones had a 4-wheel rear axle. Known generally as the 'caminhão', these buses were called 'carreira' when they plied on regular routes with apparently fixed timings. In small, medium or large sizes, they plied all over Goa. The larger ones plied on longer routes like Panjim to Margao via Ponda, Margao to Vasco da Gama, Mapusa to Betim, Mapusa to Siolim, and Mapusa to Aldona, Tivim and Bicholim. The larger models were often hired for weddings and by schools to transport their students on picnics and to football tournaments. The medium and smaller models plied from Mapusa to Calangute and Mapusa to Candolim as regular private services. Other than the driver, the caminhao also had a conductor, called 'kilinder' in the local dialect, who was in charge of the passenger fare collection. These two caminhão operators had their own brand of communication and a private signalling system between themselves: a certain rhythmic tap on the side of the bus to reverse, a whistle here and a shout there to slow down, stop, leave, or to ignore waiting passengers, if extremely full. And as the 'caminhão' took off, the 'kilinder' would be the last to board. He had his own peculiar way and style of sitting when the bus was filled to capacity. I would describe this as placing himself just barely on the edge of the side seat at the rear of the bus, with the rear door half open, one leg inside the bus and one on the riding step. On many occasions the conductor would sacrifice his modest seat in order to make space for one more passenger. He could then be seen standing on the ladder at the back with his fists firmly gripped around the rungs. It seemed that everybody who wanted to travel somehow got on board. No one was left behind. I would anxiously look forward to journeying on these buses. Some of the trips that I fondly remember travelling on as a young boy,
[Goanet] Toronto Goan convention
Folks, Some of you have written to me that you and your family will be registering for the convention. I hope you already have, the convention is almost here! See registration details at http://www.2008goanconvention.com/. You have also written that the Toronto committee has done a tremendous job in putting together a convention which caters to various ages and tastes. They are to be commended. It is a lot of hard work for them, tireless and exhausting no doubt. The best way to say THANK YOU to them is to attend and support their efforts. Regards, George
[Goanet] RTO districts ... in Goa
Are these the only RTO districts in Goa? Just curious... GA — Goa GA-01 North Goa GA-02 South Goa GA-07 Panaji GA-08 Margao http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#GA_.E2.80.94_Goa -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha
[Goanet] Goan inquistion
Hi neuro President, My post was also published on GN (below). Zim sent me a crackpot respone. Thanking me for reading his book! Kitem atam tumi tigui zan threesome? (Zim, Wen and San). BC Zimler should worry more about the current day persecution of the Palestinians in their homeland and infestations of drug taking Jews in Goa. BC __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
[Goanet] GOANSINTHENEWS: Samar Harlankar appointed Managing Editor of Hindustan Times
http://www.exchange4media.com/peoplemovement/movement_fullstory.asp?section_id=23news_id=31712tag=26625pict=0 Samar Harlankar appointed Managing Editor of Hindustan Times Jul 11, 08 Pallavi Goorha Samar Harlankar has been elevated as Managing Editor of Hindustan Times. He replaces Pankaj Paul, who stepped down earlier this month to move back to the USA. Harlankar was HT's Editor-Mumbai. The announcement was made in a circular on Friday afternoon. Harlankar had joined HT as Editor-National Investigations in Mumbai in May 2006. Prior to joining HT, Harlankar was Resident Editor of Indian Express. Before that he had worked with the India Today Group. Also read: HT Managing Editor Pankaj Paul, Editor-Delhi Rahul Sharma quit; Sharma joining Khaleej Times as Editor -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha
Re: [Goanet] Industry stays away from Goa
Interesting you should mention Bandh^dkar Gabe. Yes indeed, this was the first major 'scheme' (wink wink) if you will. Hudge tracts of land were sold at 50 paise an acre or some suchand engineered (today, they call them brokers) by someone known in the Portuguese times as Ingineer de Batates. He later worked for the 'organisation'. Never certain what the old chap Band* got in return but surely got a Toyota (this was late 60s/early 70s). It was a big deal then I guess. Ofcourse, this is all hear-say and conversations after some fine Verna uurak!! RESPONSE: Big brother crying wolf, as Rajan stated, good riddance to bad rubbish. Which Industry, including the polluting, Zuari chemical works, which belches out cancer causing effluent, has been a boon to the bread and butter Goenkar? Bandodkar sold out our precious land for the slums that you see on your way, in and out of Goa, by way of the Air Port...Sancoale/Dabolim.
[Goanet] Lazy B.D.O?
Lazy B.D.O? The Gram Sabha for the month of july is already due but the Betalbatim Gram Sabha for April has not yet been convened. Who is to be held responsible for this negligence? Of course, the Salcette Block Development Officer who according to section 5 sub-section 4 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 is duty bound to convene the Gram Sabha in the following month if the meeting was not convened within the specified month. The B.D.O. sat tight for the month of May and June and has now created a peculiar situation through his neglect of duty. Now that the Gram Sabha for the month of july is also due on any sunday, is it possible that 2 Gram Sabhas will be held in the same month? The Salcette Block Development Officer is in dereliction of duty and is liable for action. Will the Dy. Director of Panchayat (South) now do her duty by show-causing the B.D.O.? This negligence is just one of the many cases of negligence by officers of the Directorate of Panchayats which has encouraged wide spread corruption and disorder in the village panchayat administration. The ordinary citizen is made to run from pillar to post to ensure that their rights are protected. Are the officers not paid by the public to do their duty? The Betalbatim Gram Sabha members must demand action against the B.D.O. and Dy. Director of Panchayats for dereliction of duty. Soter D'Souza Socorro
[Goanet] TWO flights of fancy
Soon the former Secretary-General of International Civil AviationOrganisation [or ICAO], Mr. S.S. Sidhu, will be the Governor of Goa.ICAO did the feasibility study of Mopa Airport. That is no bull.Mopa airpot features on page 72 of the Interim Report of the TaskForce on Regional Plan for Goa 2021.[Miguel Braganza] 1. Here are some details of the new Governor's civil aviation background from the ICAO website which I had posted on goanet on July 8. He was also the Chief Delegate of the Indiandelegation to a number of international conferences and was electedPresident of the Twenty-sixth Session of the ICAO Assembly in 1986. While hewas Director of India's Civil Aviation Administration (February 1985 toOctober 1987), he also served as Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlinesand as Secretary to the Government in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Dr.Sidhu was appointed Secretary General of the Organization on 1 August 1988and served for a period of three years Note that all this was around 20 years ago. The global and Indian civil aviation scenes then may have been quite placid compared to what they are today. I dont know how much interest the worthy has in aviation matters nowadays. More importantly, I dont think he will have much of a role to play officially in Goa's Mopa project except, maybe, to preside over some foundation stone laying function or the like. 2. ICAO, meanwhile, seems as bureaucratic as ever after the intervening 20 years. It produced the above mentioned feasibility report on Mopa in 2005 as a replacement for Dabolim with no mention about the latter whatsoever. Due to the storm created by HASG and its spokesman Churchill Alemao over this a high-powered committee was formed by the Prime Minister to go into the issue of two airports in Goa. This committee duly asked ICAO to revisit its findings and report back. This was done a year later in mid-2007. ICAO reluctantly agreed to the continuation of Dabolim on social and political (as opposed to purely economic) grounds. It however said nothing about the humungous management implications of a two-airport system. Perhaps secretly it believed that Mopa would prevail by default (i.e. mismanagement/misgovernance) if not design (i.e. closure of Dabolim civil enclave by the existing formal decree). 3. Yes, Mopa does figure in the Interim report of the Task Force on RP2021 chaired by the CM. As per my post on this subject Blindspot in Regional Plan 2021 on May 27, The Task Force has completely inverted the [transportation pyramid] and neglected aviation almost completely. To add fuel to the fire, its view (reported on May 4 by HERALD) that Dabolim should be a 'national' (domestic) airport while Mopa should be 'international' is not supported by any reasoning whatsoever. The only purpose this formulation serves is to make Mopa a big project (if it is international it has got to be big, right?) because the actual international flights per day are minimal even if charters are included. A big Mopa will only suck domestic traffic out of Dabolim and lead to the latter's closure by default. The need of the hour is to arrive at a consensus that Mopa has got to start small (with a 30 year vision) and grow slowly but steadily in conjunction with Dabolim civil enclave and not at the cost of the latter. This will call for herculean powers of non-partisanship in the aviation scene on the part of whichever government is in office in Goa, and it has to be sustained over decades. The pay-off is that if Goa government can do this it should be able to tackle almost any other seemingly insurmountable (but comparatively piddling) problem.
Re: [Goanet] Maslow Debunked - the difficult choice for countless Goans
--- On Fri, 7/11/08, ralph rau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, speaking for myself there are adequate opportunities for the middle or upper eco strata here to not just dabble but also immerse themselves in self actualisation. I myself am active with a group that runs totally free 10 day residential meditation seminars in the Gulf. For the latest course which started in the UAE yesterday we exceeded capacity of 24 (12 men, 12 women) and had to shift the overflow to our next course. --- Hi Ralph, Thanks for the feedback. It's good to see Gulf Goans come out of hiding on Goanet :-) Of all the diaspora Goans, Gulf Goans hold a special place in my heart. Tomorrow, I hope to go to Swindon to discover a little more about UK Goans. Most of those settled in Swindon apparently, moved here after processing their Portuguese passports. They are new arrivals and in low-income jobs. I will have to see if they are self-actualised or not :-) Being a Goan in diaspora is difficult in any part of the world. Take care, selma
[Goanet] This is how India lives
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/02hwl.htm This is the situation in some parts of the country, that forces migrants to come to Goa. regards, Samir
Re: [Goanet] Marathi Dec 2007
Very good Gogate Sir. I like it very much. I will spread your message. On 7/11/08, Madhukar N. Gogate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: === Marathi Dec 2007 monthly prose, part poem in Roman script (lipi). See website (www.mngogate.com) link m12 (www.mngogate.com/m12.pdf) m21(www.mngogate.com/m21.pdf) e15 (www.mngogate.com/e15.htm) e03. Capitals start names, unrecast English words, (i = ee) (u = oo), (...) sentences separator. If usual lipi unavailable, use linear Roman lipi with symbols on devices for English. It suits data sorting, internet work, typing etc. Writer email-id in website. Part dictionary at end (Circulate). == toch' chandramaa nabhaat tich' chaitrayaamini ekaanti maj'asamip tich' tuhi kaamini. niravataa ti tashich' dhunda tech' ch'aandan'e chhaayaani rekhiyale chitra tech' dekhan'e. saare j'ari te tasech' dhundi aaj' ti kut'he ? mihi toch' tich' tuhi priti aaj' ti kut'he ? -- Shanta Shelke (1922- 2002) (kaahi bhaag) == yethe roman lipich'aa saraav haa hetu aahe... kavitaa rasagrahan' haa hetu naahi... kavitech'e vaachan hote... git gaayile j'aate... gaayanaatil sur va taal, kavitetil (aslyaas) vrutta va yamake lakshaat gheun shabda yojile j'aataat... raatra haa nehemich'aa shabda na ghetaa raat, nishaa, yaamini, rajani ase kami parichit shabda kadhi kadhi rachanet ghetaat. == sur hech' pramukh maanle tar (shabda, artha, utchaar) yaat vikruti yeu shakte... mag (de) (haataa) naat'yagit (dehaa) (taa) ase gaayile j'aate. == dhvanimudrikaa aivaji Record (rekaord' ) haa shabda prachaaraat aahe. == aaj' = Today. artha = Meaning. chandramaa = Moon. chitra = Picture. dekhan'e = Goodlooking. git = Song. kami = Less. kavitaa = Poem. kut'he = Where. parichit = Familiar. priti = Affection. shabda = Word. sur = Tune. tar = thereby. utchaar = Pronunciation. vikruti = Distortion. (ch' = Verily. tech' = Verily That. tich' = Verily She. toch' = Verily He.). === sobat (Nivdak.pdf) Devanagari lipi Attachment...nasli tar lekhakaakad'e mil'u shakel... tyaat PL Deshpande, saahittya sammelan vagaire nondi. === Messenger blocked? Want to chat? Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
[Goanet] Scarlett ... Batlooo ...GOA
Read between LINES of Scarlett case and a famous BATLOO case. Goans MUST arrive at conclusion. Is it--- Goan Politician Supporters, Stupid. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Community colleges, are they possible in Goa?
Two institutions in Mapusa -- Xavier's and Britto's -- have been talking about the possibilities of having their 'community colleges' attached to their institutions. If you want to know what a 'community college' is all about, take a look at this excellent report, from the Planning Commission: The Impact and Prospects of the Community College System in India http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/sereport/ser/stdy_commty.pdf The 'community colleges' idea has been assimilated into India, and re-engineered for local needs, starting in places like South India. Some of the goals which the 'community colleges' were set up in the south of India include: * To Include the excluded * Giving the best to the least * Matching education with employment. * Close linkage with industries * The participation of the community * The development of skills and competencies * Enhancing the employability of the poor and the marginalised This sounded interesting to me: OPENQUOTE The key words of the Community College system are access, flexibility in curriculum and teaching methodology, cost effectiveness and equal opportunity in collaboration with industrial, commercial and service sectors of the local area and responding to the social needs and issues of the local community, internship and job placement within the local area, promotion of self employment and small business development, declaration of competence and eligibility for employment. CLOSEQUOTE On reading further, I also came across some other interesting aspects: OPENQUOTE The Community Colleges should be established by non-profit making, noncommercial and community based organisation with proven years of service to the local community. The establishment of the Community Colleges should be preceded by an extensive *need analysis* of the employment opportunities available in the local area and also the social needs of the community. The target group of the Community College is 12th passed students, school drop out, rural youth, rural women, existing workforce that wants to update its skills and all who want skill based and need based education at an affordable price. There is no age limit for admission into a Community College. The close and active linkage between Industries and Community College is a must for the success of the Community College System. The industrial partners help the College in designing the curriculum, providing part time instructors, serving as members of the advisory board and the governing board, taking students for internship and helping them to find job placement. The Community College is a Multi-campus reality. The Community College is permitted to the optimum utilization of the existing Infrastructural facilities available to the community-based organisation that establishes the Community College. CLOSEQUOTE Wonder what you others feel about community colleges. Please share your thoughts! FN For every 100 children only four reach the collegiate level. About 150 million children go to the primary school. On an average only six million reach the collegiate level, and 70% of the school children do not go for higher education. (Alphonse Xavier, People Building Business, September 2000, p.91) -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha
