[Goanet-News] Youth freed after 2 years in Goa, re-arrested in Delhi [Greater Kashmir]
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Youth freed after 2 years in Goa, re-arrested in Delhi [Greater Kashmir] ZULFIKAR MAJID Srinagar, July 11: A Kashmiri youth, acquitted by a Goa court of charges of possessing explosives, was re-arrested at Delhi Airport Thursday when he was on way to Srinagar, according to his family. Tariq Ahmad Batloo son of Jala-ud-Din of Badyar Basant Bagh here, working as a salesman in Goa, was arrested by Goa Police on March 3, 2006 on charges of possessing explosives. It was March 3, 2006 when my brother was arrested by the Goa police, but we came to know about it on March 11 when Tariq was shown on TV channels. Tariq had been arrested when he was coming out from a Masjid after offering Friday prayers, Tariq's brother, Parvez Ahmad, told Greater Kashmir. Parvez and his cousin rushed to Goa after the arrest of Tariq in 2006. When we met Tariq, he requested to arrange a lawyer from Kashmir for him. Police had implicated him in a false case. We stayed in Goa for a week and met Tariq twice. Tariq's family arranged a lawyer who went to Goa to plead his case. No lawyer in Goa was willing to fight Tariq's case, Parvez revealed. Finally, the Goa court acquitted Tariq on July 10 after more than two years of imprisonment. Back home his family was jubilant and his brother Parvez and cousin Asif Iqbal went to Goa to receive Tariq. Yesterday, after completing all the formalities, Tariq was released from jail. As three of us were coming out of the jail premises, a police Gypsy was following us. We took Tariq to a barber for shave. As we were leaving the shop, policemen bundled all of us in the Gypsy and took us to Vasco police station, Parvez said. At the police station, according to Parvez, they were asked to leave Goa immediately and take first available flight. We hadn't enough money at disposal, but still decided to go by air at least till Delhi. We were harassed at Goa Airport by the police and agencies. As we were leaving Delhi Airport, a white Ambassador car DL-5020 and a Gypsy followed us. Suddenly the vehicles stopped and eight to 10 policemen in civvies pounced on Tariq and whisked away him to an unknown destination. We were threatened by the policemen to immediately leave Delhi. We came back by road and just reached home, he said. As the news about Tariq's re-arrest broke out, mourning started at his home. His family members and neighbors have decided to launch protests against the re-arrest of Tariq. If court acquitted him, why was he re-arrested and that too in Delhi. Kashmiris are being implicated in false cases everywhere in India, Parvez lamented. http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=12_7_2008ItemID=39cat=1 * * * Youth Arrested After 2.5 Yrs in Goa Jail, Disappears In Custody [Kashmir Observer] Srinagar, July 11, KONS: Set free after two-and-a-half years in a Goa jail, a Kashmiri youth was rearrested at the Delhi airport today and whisked off to an undisclosed location, triggering alarm in his family. Reports indicate that his dramatic re-arrest was masterminded from Goa as plainclothesmen were flashing his description to unknown agencies throughout his departure procedure from the airport. No trace of him has been found after the youth was taken away from Delhi airport by personnel of some unknown force who bullied his companions into silence and refused to divulge his destination. Tariq Ahmad Batlu, arrested by the Goa police during a raid on March 3, 2006, had been produced before the media immediately afterwards and branded a militant. But for over two years, the police failed to prove the charges against him, and he was finally released by a Goa court on Thursday, his brother, Parvez said. His nightmare began afresh soon after the release, as a posse of policemen tracked Batlu, his brother, and cousin to a barber's saloon, and took the trio to a police station. According to Pervez, police officers asked them to leave Goa within an hour, and though they had planned to travel by bus, they were compelled to take a flight. At the Goa airport, they were accosted by policemen in mufti who tried to stall them by detailed questioning, but they were finally allowed to board the flight. All this while, the plainclothesmen were conveying their description and appearance to someone on phone, and were photographing and filming their departure. As the threesome were collecting their baggage on landing at Delhi, nearly a dozen personnel in civvies surrounded them and began inquiring about Batlu. Parvez said that on stepping out of the airport, they found nearly 30 personnel
[Goanet] Son'varachim Sungttam: Duxtt Zon'var! Mon'xantlem!
Duxtt Zon'var! Mon'xantlem! Pirayechea 24vea vorsant tacho-mhozo sombond zull'lo. Tednachean dog-ui ixtt zale. Hech ixttagotichea bandpasan to amger, hanv tanger yeunk-vochunk lagle. Family friends zale. Hea mhojea ixttak ek bhoinn asa. Sov mhoine fattim tichem logn zalam. Tichea lognachea dobajea disa, mhaka udok legit piyeunk vell naslo. Torui, vellant vell kaddun, mhojea ghorcheam vangdda hanv tichea lognak hajir zal'lom. Ani tichea tea lognachea poileach disa, 'tum tacho ani to tuzo fuddar sukhi korunk pavum, hech mhoje anvdde' oxea utramni hanvem tika 'wish' kel'li tacho mhaka ghott ugddas asa. Halinch Moddganvam gel'lom. 'Appointment' aslo ek. Tharailolea vella khub adim pavlom mhonnlem, ani 'chol ek chav gheum-ia' oxem mhonnint 'Bombay Cafe'-nt bhitor sorlom. Veittorak chav haddunk sanglem ani hatant aslolo 'paper' ugddun vachunk survat kortanch, mhojeach mezar, mhojea samkar boslolea cheddvacher mhoji nodor poddli. Tinnem mhaka 'hello' mhonnlem. Barik polle zalear konn? Sov mhoine adim kazar zaleli mhojea ixttachi bhoinn! Tichea kazara uprant aiz ti mhaka poilech pavtt melltali. Vollkhichea konnem-i poilech nodren polleli zalear, ti vollkhunk ievchi nasli titli mukhamollan bodol'loli. Borich bagun gel'li. Kazara uprant hichi bholaiki bigoddli zaum-ie, oso tichea mukhamollar anik ek nodor marun hanvem sumar kaddlo. 'Magir, koxem chol'lam tumchem kazari jivit?' Itlench vicharil'lem mat... Tichea mukhamollacho ronguch bodol'lo Ti khoim tori sanddlolea vori lagli kitlosoch vell ti uloilch na. Aplea hatant ord bhorlolo koficho glas ghott dhorun, ani aplech vontt chabun ti apleakuch domaunk sodi. Ogich vicharlo mure hika ho prosn, oxem monant mhonnlem. Tednam mhoje mhakach vaitt dislem. Itlem mhonnosor, veittor ievn mhojea fuddeant chavecho glas dovrun koddsorlo. Tiche kodde porot gozal korunk hanv utram ievzunk laglom. Oxe prokrient astana, tinnem aplea monacho band foddlo - ... Tum amcho 'family friend'... bhavacho ixtt... tantuntlea tantum dadlo monis. Dekhunuch mhojea kazari jivitantli gozal sangtam tuka. Duddu farik korun kuddi dhondeache bazarantle ostorexim nhidpi dadlo legit, itlea murkhponnan tiche kuddiche bhognnar korcho na. Protek rati, apnnak konn tori marunk ietolea porim mhoje kuddir zhuddon ietalo, ani kuddichem dhadosponn bhogche khatir mhojea jivachi beporva korun, ran'votti zon'varam poros-ui paxtt avtikayen vagtalo. To itlea murkhponnan bhog gheta mhonnosor, mhozo jiv ordo mel'lo zatalo. Kazar zavn attuch disamni mhaka, fuddarak ratich ievchi nhoi oxem dislem. Punn mhoje khuxe add, ratichi ghovachi murkhponnachi vagnnuk-ui chukounk vattui meklli nasli. Kazarak pondra dis zatoch, sollavea disa hanvem taka tachi ratichi vagnnuk bodlunk sanglem. Punn te ani fuddlea-i ratink koslench boreponn ailem na. Ailole rati tachem tem ran'vottponn anik sonsunk nozo zatoch, mhojem mon taka vittelem... tacho dves korunk laglem. Dekhun, kazarak don mhoine bhorche poilinch hanvem taka sanglem: Mhaka, tujea vangdda tuji potinn mhunn jiyevpachi khuxi nam. Tachea mukhamollak pollelear, mhojem sangnnem tacher kosloch probhav-ui korina na mhunn distalem. Hanvem mhojeo gorjecheo vostu ghetleo, taka ani tachea ghorak fatt korun... Tinnem aplea hatant axil'lea kofichea kopak tondd lavun sogli ofi sompoili. Sodeak hanv Mobrar eka bongleant sirvidorachi chakri kortam. Goroz to bazar vhorunk mhonnun Moddganvam ailolim. Uprant aple ghoddialir nodor marun tinnem mhozo nirop ghetlo. Tichea tonddantlean aikol'le tichech kazari jivitache ghoddnnecher mhozo kitlosoch vell visvasuch bosona zalo. Ani itlo vell apli khoboruch korunk na mhunn nivun thondd zal'le chayecho glas tonddak laitoch, tea glasant mhaka halinch, mhojeach ganvant aikol'le ghoddnneantlea bapui-dhuvechea mukhamollancho bhas zalo. Avoi-bapaichi eklich dhuv. Ekloch put. Put tarvar asta. 18 voranchi dhuv kolej xikta. Char vorsam fattim, kankrachi pidda zavn avoi ontorli. Ghorant urlim fokot bapui ani dhuv. Put tarvar nokrek lagot porian bapian aplem tarvottiponn soddun dil'lem. Potik potinn ani dhuvek avoi naslolea ghorant, aple dhuvechem tornneponn bapaichea dolleant bhorunk laglem. Ani eke durdoivi rati, aplea bhitorlea zon'varacho gulam' zavn, bapain aplech dhuvecher Mon'xak 'rational animal' mhonntat. Tache 'rationality'-ikuch lagun to heram zon'varam poros vegllo-agllo tharta. Punn tache bhitorlem zon'var apli 'rationality' visorta tendam, monis khorea orthan zon'var zata. Ekdom apli 'rationality' naslolea zon'varanchea panvddear ietoch, to koso nachot-vagot hacho sumar kaddunk zaina. Tache te obhodr (wicked) vagnnuken to bolatkari zaum ieta... khuni zaum ieta... tantuntlean to somazache nodren apleakuch bhairaita... apleach khas mon'xam kodde aslole bore sombond tunttoun uddoita. Mon'xachi 'rationality' sanddta vo to apunn zaun ti visorta tednam, mon'xache bhitor aslolem tem zon'var kitlem mhunnon duxtt asta nhoi? Nigtench logn zal'lea zoddpeak legit ekameka pasun
Re: [Goanet] 'Battlo' sunttlo ani ghelo
2008/7/11 JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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. RESPONSE: Read this:- Youth freed after 2 years in Goa, re-arrested in Delhi Srinagar, July 11: A Kashmiri youth, acquitted by a Goa court of charges of possessing explosives, was re-arrested at Delhi Airport Thursday when he was on way to Srinagar, according to his family. Tariq Ahmad Batloo son of Jala-ud-Din of Badyar Basant Bagh here, working as a salesman in Goa, was arrested by Goa Police on March 3, 2006 on charges of possessing explosives. It was March 3, 2006 when my brother was arrested by the Goa police, but we came to know about it on March 11 when Tariq was shown on TV channels. Tariq had been arrested when he was coming out from a Masjid after offering Friday prayers, Tariq's brother, Parvez Ahmad, told Greater Kashmir. Parvez and his cousin rushed to Goa after the arrest of Tariq in 2006. When we met Tariq, he requested to arrange a lawyer from Kashmir for him. Police had implicated him in a false case. We stayed in Goa for a week and met Tariq twice. Tariq's family arranged a lawyer who went to Goa to plead his case. No lawyer in Goa was willing to fight Tariq's case, Parvez revealed. Finally, the Goa court acquitted Tariq on July 10 after more than two years of imprisonment. Back home his family was jubilant and his brother Parvez and cousin Asif Iqbal went to Goa to receive Tariq. Yesterday, after completing all the formalities, Tariq was released from jail. As three of us were coming out of the jail premises, a police Gypsy was following us. We took Tariq to a barber for shave. As we were leaving the shop, policemen bundled all of us in the Gypsy and took us to Vasco police station, Parvez said. At the police station, according to Parvez, they were asked to leave Goa immediately and take first available flight. We hadn't enough money at disposal, but still decided to go by air at least till Delhi. We were harassed at Goa Airport by the police and agencies. As we were leaving Delhi Airport, a white Ambassador car DL-5020 and a Gypsy followed us. Suddenly the vehicles stopped and eight to 10 policemen in civvies pounced on Tariq and whisked away him to an unknown destination. We were threatened by the policemen to immediately leave Delhi. We came back by road and just reached home, he said. As the news about Tariq's re-arrest broke out, mourning started at his home. His family members and neighbors have decided to launch protests against the re-arrest of Tariq. If court acquitted him, why was he re-arrested and that too in Delhi. Kashmiris are being implicated in false cases everywhere in India, Parvez lamented. http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=12_7_2008ItemID=39cat=1 -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet] Needed: volunteer translators
Needed volunteers who can translate old Portuguese texts into English, for possible republication, including Arte Palmarica. See http://www.divshare.com/download/4088057-e79 If you can help in any way, please get in touch. Also, needed volunteers to help put online, the digital versions of copyright-expired Goa-related books. FN, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ... publishing Goa, not accidentally -- 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] Goa needs to rethink its connectivity
T N Ninan: Power shift WEEKEND RUMINATIONS T N Ninan / New Delhi July 12, 2008 Mumbai has long prided itself on being the country's commercial capital. Maybe the time has finally come for it to give up such notions. For, a news report last week said that, for the first time, there are more airline flights operating out of Delhi than Mumbaithe information on air traffic caps the mounting evidence of a shift in the centre of economic gravity.This is not to argue that Mumbai leads in nothing. It remains the unchallenged king of the financial world, which means banking, insurance, the stock market and much else. It houses the big four of the corporate world (Tata, Kumar Mangalam Birla and the two Ambanis). And Mumbai still has many of the charms that it first acquired as a presidency town: a can-do spirit, an excellent work ethic, civility in daily exchanges between people, safety on the streets, a cosmopolitan air that survives the assaults by the Shiv Sena, and a practical approach to living and dealing - all of which compare favourably with Delhi's more complex mix of aggression and brash self-confidenceWhat tilts the scales decisively is the quality of life in the two cities. Delhi has constantly improving civic infrastructure, affordable housing, more sensible rental laws, and reasonable commuting times, whereas Mumbai looks increasingly down at heel and overwhelmed by its problems, and is now unable to cope with its monsoon showers**The harsh truth is that no city can continue to prosper and grow if it is not a transport hub and if it is not a preferred place for living and working,** as Dubai has become. As for Delhi, by 2010 it will almost certainly have the bigger, busier and swankier airport, with a smoother ride into town assured by a new expressway. Almost any visitor's first impressions will be better in Delhi than in Mumbai, and that is half the battle. The harsh truth above applies in spades to Goa. Hence it needs to pull up its socks and, for starters, rethink its air connectivity to Indian cities, both big and small, instead of adopting the favoured ostrich position.
[Goanet] Chinchinim village - a pedestrian view
Chinchinim is a village in southern Salcete. National Highway no; 17 neatly passes through and along with State highway from St. Sebastian Chapel junction to Assolna bridge divided the village into eastern and western parts. There is another road from Orlim/Deussua bridge via bazaar area to Sarzora which cuts Chinchinim into northern and southern halfs. River Sal forms its western boundary , Orlim and Carmona being villages on the other side of river Sal. In the south are Assolna and Cuncolim villages and to its north is Navelim. The villages Chinchinim, Assolna and Carmona have a common ending- oneam - known as Chinch-oneam, Ons -oneam and Corm-oneam respectively Chinchinim is Portuguese version of Chinch-oneam. Chinch in konkani is tamaring tree. Tamar-e-hind in Arabic is date (sourish fruit) of India. This sourish fruit is the essentian ingredient in Goan kitchens.It is possible in olden days the village was full of chinch trees (tamarind trees) although the low lying paddy fields which get inundated in monsoon season occupy much more area especially along the River Sal. The village church is dedicated to O.L. of Hope and nearby is bazaar area being the central part of the village. There are 3 high schools, a hospital, four banks ( a sign of economic progress!) a post office, a rural telephone exchange, panchayat ghor, fish market, a football ground all in the vicinity of the crowded bazaar are. All minor village roads end in the bazaar area, Chinchinim is the biggest rural village of Goa with Catholic population of 22 thousand. Navelim has more Catholics but northern parts of Navelim are urban areas being extension of Margao town. Originally Chinchinim had wards like Deussua, Sirlim, Dharmapur and Sarzora. In good old days when there were no roads, the trading commodities were carried by sailing ships in the River Sal and it is possible there were two minor riverine ports like Deussua and Tolleaband. When the Portuguese constructed a road from St Sebastian Chapet to Assolna, trading activities moved towards present day centre of the village. It is possible that in a century or two trading zones may move eastwards towards Dharmapur, Sarzora and Panzorconi because Konkan Railway passes through these areas. and it is equally possible that National Highway no: 17 could be shifted eastwards. When missionaries started converting Salcete population, Jesuits entered Chinchinim via Orlim and landed in Deussua ,a trading center in those days.There was a Hindu temple in Deussua over whose ruins today stand s St. Anthony's Chapel The other minor trading centre Tolleaband was mos t probably served by another temple at Devular which is a small circular mound type elevation surrounded on all sides by paddy fields. Devular is at the southern end of Secreamvaddo and probably Devular temple priests together with their retainers lived in Sankle-Tolleaband ward. Dr. Alvaro de Loyola Furtado in his historical notes on the village of Chinchinim writes inter-alia: '''The Chinchinim church building was completed by the Jesuits in 1590. The Jesuit historian Fr. Sebastian Gonsalves S.J. adds however that the church was built in Deussua . Dr. Loyola Furtado further asks: In which place in Deussua as we know it today was the Church of OL of Hope built ? and then answers : the hypothesis that the site in which the Church today stands belonged in times past to Deussua Comunidade seems to be acceptable. If we accept the theory that missionaries normally built churches over the ruins of Hindu temples , then it is highly probable that the first Chinchinim Church was built over the ruins of the temple at Devular because till today paddy fields surrounding Devular are owned the Comunidade of Deussua and the Church was later built in its present day location i.e. Secreamvaddo/ Dandeavaddo. By the way, Devular today is the property of the family of nineteen century Latin Professor, Advocate, Acting Judge and President of DIU Municipality namely Adv. Laurente Menezes Antonio
[Goanet] Boogie woogie; for your weekend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QQzbCmlZM4 -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
Re: [Goanet] Scarlett ... Batlooo ...GOA
--- On Fri, 7/11/08, Dr. U. G. Barad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read between LINES of Scarlett case and a famous BATLOO case. Goans MUST arrive at conclusion. Is it--- Goan Politician Supporters, Stupid. - Dear Barad, Sing to the tune of indor mujea mama: VHP HJS RSS BJP Goans must come to a conclusion. Wonder what it is? selma
Re: [Goanet] author profile: Dr. Teresa Albuquerque
You're right. My apologies 2008/7/11 Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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. If so, you would need to say 'late' :-). FN PS: Don't take this seriously. Just in a flippant mood here :-) -- 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] Talking Photos: Please identify this spot..
Talking Photos: Please identify this spot.. Also, where is Tinem ? Please identify this spot http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2660056183/sizes/l/ a clue http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2660064833/sizes/l/ It’s not in Marmagoa, Salcette, Sanguem, Canacona, Quepem, Pednem, Ponda, Bicholim, Sattari, Bardez [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] Portuguese Man O' War in Goa
Portuguese Man O' War in Goa 12 Jul 2008, 0447 hrs IST, Andrew Pereira Paul Fernandes,TNN PANAJI: Thirty lifeguard recruits participating in a drill at Vainguinim beach on Friday were laid low by Portuguese Man O' War or Bluebottle, a jellyfish species. Winching in pain, the recruits were forced to come out of the sea. Some 30 of them have been stung, Rajiv Somani, managing director of Drishti Adventure Sports Private Limited told TOI. All lifeguards were subsequently instructed to get out of the water. Said Jaimie Caldwell, a training representative of Surf Life Saving-Australia, These are not jellyfish. They are known as Bluebottle or Portuguese Man O' War. They are native to warm waters, I'm surprised why they haven't been here before. The appearance of Bluebottle has taken all by surprise. We have never seen this species in Goa before, but they have been spotted now at many beaches, tourism director Elvis Gomes said. Gomes informed that those stung were treated with hot water. Two were badly hit and were taken to hospital, he said. NIO scientist Baban Ingole said no scientific study has been conducted in Goa on Bluebottles. But there appears to be an increase in their sightings, he said, adding, It may be because the media is reporting such incidents more. Though it is known that Portuguese Man O' War appears due to contamination of water, the nature of contamination is not known. When asked if these were signs of climate change, Dr Ingole declined to comment stating that a proper study would be required. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Portuguese_Man_O_War_in_Goa/artic leshow/3225323.cms ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] Indian Constitution on Goa’s Identity .
** As an Indian Citizen, I am seriously concerned on the threat to my Goan Identity (unique selling point), right to decent living in Goa wide impact of Goa's Destruction e.g. Tourism dependent economy. Some quote DIVINE Legal restrictions of what can't be done!! Unlike other states, Goa's genuine case must be logically resolved; URGENTLY!! Legal limitations must change for the people of the land. But first let's explore the Constitution's Article 19 (5) with provisions to sub-clauses (d) to move freely through out the territory of India (e) to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India. (Google search: Article 19; Indian Constitution) Did India's Visionaries put in safe-guards to protect genuine cases? The key obstacle to Goa getting Special Status (as obtained by few other states) are Corrupt Politicians, Greedy Investors etc in Goa/Delhi/India/World with big monetary/land stakes in Goa's decimation; they oppose on the Constitution pretext. Will Goans allow this; isn't it obvious of what we have to do? * * Arwin Mesquita, UAE. -- Please read my Blog: (1) http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ (2) http://arwinmesquita.wordpress.com/2008/06/
Re: [Goanet] AUTHOR PROFILE: Dr Teresa Albuquerque
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It would be nice if Dr. Albuquerque could also start a research library in
Goa - attached to the journalism school.
[Goanet] SANJAY DHAVALIKAR'S 'SWORD'PLAY: WHEN A MESSENGER STABS A MESSENGER...
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Hi. It all tumbled out in Nazi-Gate, you saw that... right guys? But we've reserved the best for the last. You know there are times when newspapers 'sex' up news, but there are other rare occasions when editors, reporters, news editors all gang up and literally 'sodomise' news. Hey, while sodomy per se qualifies for punishment in the Indian Penal Code, 'sodomizing news' does not attract any penalty. The case in point is Dainik Gomantak editor Sanjay Dhavalikar's treatment of the Nazi-Gate story. Since you guys are aware of the Nazi-gate story, instead of going from head to toe, we'll just run it through ass-up. The day after the story broke, Gomantak ran a report, which was nothing but a bunch of lies. The report was credited to the staff reporter in the dateline. for more read http://penpricks.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-messenger-shoots-messenger.html
Re: [Goanet] Forests of Goa... (Makodd paule amchea ghorar)
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Goemchi tannim katrun ranna
Dollear tanchea haddun panna
Bongle thuimsor bhandle sogott zanna
anik, zaitea ranani (forest) open-air hollam
Zonvarank raupa khatir rann kel'lem devan
punn poixeank lagon rann-am katorlim munxean
atam munis ghoram bandun rauta rannant
anik makodd paule amchea ghorant
Open-air hollant jedna band (music) vazta
monzat babdi pissouta, hanga-thuim danvta
munis open-hollant mouza martat
anik ganvant, amchea ghorar makodd bountat
For the last 35 years I never heard that the monkey came on my house, but
now after the constructions in the forest because of the open-air halls
the monkey frequently come on my house.
Most of the Open-air hall's are in the forest area eg. Curtorim, velsao,
sancoale, Verna etc.. the concern authority should stop issuing licenses if
hall is located in the forest area.
Frankie
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Re: [Goanet] Goa's way out: gating in the super-rich?
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Dear Fellow Goans
I read with great interest your views and comments on the mega project of
the construction of luxury villas in Moira /Aldona. Congratulations ! and I
hope your comments will inspire those that love Goa to rid themselves and
fight against those that want to destroy our beloved Goa.
Vitorino Pinto
( former Director PWD,Goa
Senior Envirnmental Eng. WHO/Geneva)
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Subject: Goa's way out: gating in the super-rich?
GOA'S WAY OUT: GATING IN THE SUPER-RICH?
A letter from the Moira Action Committee
Dear Mr Britto,
You wrote an open letter to the people of Moira and Aldona in
this forum [1] when they protested the projects that you were
building in their villages. The Moira Action Committee would
like to reply to you.
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Re: [Goanet] Margao needs peace with freedom and justice ... thegovernment has watched the situation unfold as if in a coma(Ranjan Solomon)
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Ranjan Solomon's opinion about the recent margao riot is nothing new from
what other secular groups have been shouting. Can we get details on how many
businesses belonging to muslims of goan origin were affected by the recent
riots? The case of a goan by the name of one D'Silva who got hold of his
property due to the riots after years of being unjustly denied his property
rights by a migrant furniture merchant as reported in the media only adds
more colour to the story. It requires two hands to clap. If one hand belongs
to the Bajrang Dal, who owns the other hand?
Saying muslim minorites were attacked is a convenient argument to cover up
the indiscriminate migrant influx and their anti-social actions in Goa But
there is a definite discomfort amongst the goan muslim community against the
growing numbers of anti-social migrants who have been giving a bad name to
the lcoal muslims, a sentiment reflected by Munawar Khan of All Goa Muslim
Educational and Welfare Society in the media. Will this view be conveniently
dismissed as not genuine because it goes against some groups trying to
defend the mischievous migrants by taking cover of under the comunalism
label?
-soter
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Subject: Margao needs peace with freedom and justice ...thegovernment has
watched the situation unfold as if in a coma(Ranjan
Solomon)
Herald, 30 June 2008
Margao needs peace with freedom and justice
by Ranjan Solomon
The incidents of last week involving mainly the Bajrang Dal and
its members were unfortunate but should come as no surprise. It
was clear for many months that the Rumdamol Housing Board was on
the boil and that violence would break at any moment. Much like
what happened in Sanvordem two years ago..
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Quepem by the kilo (Hartman de Souza)
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Sorry, but this is YOUR problem.
The typically Indian corrupt govt of Goa has long been intent on taking the
maximum out of the ever increasing (and now AWFUL) tourist exploitataion of
your beautiful state that they don't give a shit about about what happens to
you and your environment.
I only started started coming to Goa in 1994. It was still beautiful then
but it is now a pits today!
It is not the fault of the tourist - it is just pure greed. But, isn't that
the way of the world?
Goa now is just really is a cheap rubbish tourist resort for rubbish
people - be they British, Russian etc etc. It used to be beautiful. It's now
like Benidorm was twenty years ago - no regard for culture, people or
morals - have a look at the Calangute road - bikinis in the street? Naked
men? Tatoos?? Shuttered lockups as bars?? We shall NOT be returning.
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Quepem by the kilo
By Hartman de Souza
This morning, as you read this, I ask you to mourn the rape
and murder of half a dozen steep, thickly forested hills
barely 12 kilometres from Quepem town. These form an integral
link of the magnificent Western Ghats that surround Goa, and
as any schoolchild studying the environment will tell you,
they play a crucial role in providing Goa its ecological wellbeing
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Re: [Goanet] AUTHOR PROFILE: Dr Teresa Albuquerque
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Rochelle, the journalism school is just an idea. Not even a concrete one! But your suggestion is a useful one. FN 2008/7/11 rochelle pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It would be nice if Dr. Albuquerque could also start a research library in Goa - attached to the journalism school. -- 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] Forests of Goa... (Makodd paule amchea ghorar)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Hi Frankie I have been posting on this forum for about a year and a half now, and in that time I have read ( sometimes replied) to many distressed Goans who have put their views forward regarding the illegal ( the legal) land development ore mining in Goa, the migrants from Russia, Israel European countries buying houses businesses in parts of Goa, inward migration from other States within India as well as harsh words against fellow Goans for selling up land their houses rented out to 'foreigners'... In fact the list is endless when it comes to gripping about Goan behaviour not to mention those outsiders who have been taking advantage of Goa (inward outward migration, whether housed or not), the Goan police for their taking sides in disputes and acting on behalf of the people with money, the Goan politicians who are paid for their work but want more money, however its produced, the Goan businessmen the middlemen in various official capacities who have their palms greased for every stamp they use on official papers, and the slow process of officialdom You are rightly concerned when you express distressingly that Goa is being over-developed. There are many who say its inevitable, it is progress ought to be accepted with grace. Its of course easy to say, but difficult to understand how one's own country / state / neighbourhood can be decimated without so much as a backward glance. The neighbour who sells to the highest bidder, is not to blame.. really! Its the buyer who then converts the habitat he has purchased. Its the official who has sanctioned the conversion. You are unhappy you will see many more of these miscarriages, but they are legal. The monkey on your doorstep is there because his habitat has been decimated, he has nowhere to go. In many cities and large towns you will see the 'macaque' but usually in areas where there are derelict old temples or old houses which are no longer habitable, overgrown filled with other creatures, including snakes scorpions, rats insects galore! There are other places where the macaque are highly respected as agents of Hanuman were welcomed in temples were fed by devotees, in much the same way as some Ganesh temples have rats milling around and are fed by devotees, they are considered in much the same way as the cow or any bullock or cattle left wandering the streets, as the cow is a vehicle of the God, other vehicles of the Gods are permitted also, the snake (anand) etc. But for a villager to witness a monkey coming onto his land because the habitat has been diminished beyond acceptance, there is no food for the monkey (its all about food comfort for animals), they will seek out anywhere where there is food and water, comfort within the human habitat if necessary, otherwise, monkeys and all other animals would prefer to be away from humans. I am really sorry to see this happen to you your neighbours, but also feel sorrow for the monkeys who are desperately seeking solace, food water, comfort also. As for the music, well to be honest they probably were frightened, but after a while they will come to accept it as part of their lives, but SHOULD they??? No, they should be left to live in peace, in the forest John Monteiro frank Feds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (TRUNCATED) For the last 35 years I never heard that the monkey came on my house, but now after the constructions in the forest because of the open-air halls the monkey frequently come on my houseFrankie -- Regards John Monteiro
[Goanet] Essays on Goan life in Africa
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Dear all: As you would probably already know, Tony de Sa, a co-moderator of Moira-Net, is putting together a book on essays of Goan experiences in Africa. If you lived in that part of the globe, could you consider sending in an essay, for possible inclusion in the book, of between 2000 to 4000 words? Thanks and regards, FN -- 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] Alemao's Hot Wheel Collection
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Dear Goanetters,
during a conversation this evening, I heard that the Alemao family has
recently been on a purchasing spree of new wheels... I've heard that in
the last year, various members of the Alemao clan have bought the following:
4 Toyota Innovas costing approx 10,00,000 each
1 Toyota Prado costing approx 40,00,000
2 Honda CRVs costing 20,00,000 each
1 Honda Civic costing 13,00,000
some Maruti swifts costing 4,00,000 each and the whopper being the:
1 Mercedes Benz SLK 55 AMG costing 1,25,00,000 approx!!
All this in addition to the Quallises, and other vehicles that they
already own...
Please also note that all these new vehicles have dark tinted glasses,
and single digit nos (similar to Babush's CRVs, Prados, BMWs etc)... and
while we get challaned... they continue to go around with nobody to stop
them..
Now if you are still wondering why Joaquim Alemao seems to be the only
one around that is adamant on Hyderabad based Hyquip being paid (a
seemingly petty) 74,00,000 for fictitious services rendered to manage
the sonsoddo garbage site, it's probably because he's not yet completed
his collection of hot wheels.
And if the alemao clan is counting wheels, the rest of the politicos
can't be that far behind. Will somebody in the media be willing to
uncover more of this so that there's accountability and some pressure to
curtail the large scale corruption??
Clinton..
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[Goanet] TERRORISM IN WESTERN GHATS
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- When Shri Hillal Khodidas was granted the mining lease on 11th July, 1949 little did he perhaps realise that 59 years down memory lane his mining lease now re-activated by the Fomentos mining group would have stirred a hornets nest. The villagers of Colamb have been up in arms over the overmining apparently with the China boom which has bought disaster to their village. Dr Audhoot Sardessai has been spearheading the movement there. This is one of the 23 mining leases now activated in Colamb. The people have an agenda people not profits they believe should be the motto of anyone venturing into mining. The over 200 shots on Mining Terrorism in Goa a power point presentation by Mr Seby Fernandes an activist (who was recently branded as having links with the Naxalites of Jarkhand by none other than the Opposition Leader and former CM Mr Manohar Parrikar even though BJP partymen Mr Hanumant Parab has been working against the mining degradation at Pissurlem ) who lived the best of his 14 youthful years in the mining belt with his family and was himself a victim of tuberculosis as he confessed today owing to the environment he was brought up made interesting viewing to the four dozen odd public that assembled at the Hotel Manvin terrace this evening at 1653 hrs. There were shots of mining activities that have destroyed the Mandovi (Mhadei) river. One wonders what is the necessity of the battle by the Government of Goa and Karantaka over diversion of the Mhadei waters to meet the drinking water requirements of Dharwad Karnataka when it is the mining lobby that is owning the source of the river which emerges from one of the worlds famed bio -diversity region the Western Ghats. Beginning with a shot on the hydrological cycle eco system map of Goa ( from the watershed atlas of India ) showing the levels from the ghats to the plateau to the coast and the Arabian sea i.e. moving from East to West the nearly 42 tributaries of the seven to nine prominent rivers are now polluted by mining rejects playing a destructive roll on the water bodies. The Khandepar river, the destruction of the Mulgao lake (which ironically features on the website of the Dempos Mining goup as it existed 20 years ago) the drying up Lamgao lake in Bicholim, the Dhabdaba lake almost dry. Significantly in Pissurlem village nearly 300 wells have been dried up. Opa water too is browned though it is meant to supply water to the Tiswadi taluka, but to offset this damage to the Khandepar river a novel idea has been struck to dam the waters of Mhadei to divert the same to the Khandepar river. It is shocking to learn from the footage provided to the viewers that almost 67,822 hectares of land ( nearly 1/4th of the geographical area of the State ) is mined aggressively. It is also brought to notice that our own lawmakers Mr Joaquim Alemao who represents the Cuncolim Constituency and Mr Anil Salgaocar MLA Sanvordem have a joint mining activity in South Goa and there is one shot which reveals that youth from Jarkhand are made to camp in the forest ravines in a make shift shed and their job is to mow trees and prospect for ore qualifty digging bore upto 100 to 140 kms underground. From whom is the mining employment benefitting, they export the ore, fill the coffers of the Central Government and their own and render huge settlements involved in traditional occupations like fishing agriculture and shift to transportation But there is no guarantee to quality drinking water and there is a thick smog of dust over Bicholim town. There are several bore well dug to supply water to the mining areas but these do not bode well for the people as the acquifers dry up and they have to depend on tanker supplied water rationed to the residents say those from Advalpal who were present in good numbers. Another interesting mining lease at Sarvana exists on a river. The reason for floods are obvious. Then there is the benefits given to those in mining areas in the name of construction of temples . The activist Mr Ramesh Gauns (a teacher given a best teacher award this year and who also provide vital inputs to todays presentation but could not make it as announced earlier as he was indisposed ) coined the terminology Tempology which implies that the mine lease holders provide nearly 21 lacs to set up a temple. Why did some six workers were buried alive at Tollem Mines if it was not for the precarious mining activity ? was there an earthquake at Tudov Sanguem or was it
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 854
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Re: Goan/Anti-Goan Identity? From Filomena Saraswati Giese July 12, 2008 There have been several posts on Goanet about Goan vs. Indian identity. Some posts seem to be saying that Goans have a distinctive identity that needs to be preserved and protected. These posts have an anti-migrant message in general. Others feel that there is now an Indian identity and Goans should not defend their right to a Goan identity. For them, migration from other states into Goa should be an uncontrolled “free-for-all.” My take on this debate is: 1. There is an Indian identity because the states are all part of the new nation of India and because the states and their majority population have some commonality of language and cultural roots that we say is “Indian” not, say, “Chinese.” But there is not yet an “Indian identity” that replaces each state’s ethnic identity, based on its pre-existing language, history, culture, even cuisine. 2. If anything, we have multiple identities in India. Today’s Indians are both Maharashtran and Indian, Tamilian and Indian, Keralite and Indian, Goan and Indian etc. 3. It is easy for states with large populations to preserve their identity. Look at India’s state population statistics. States like Uttar Pradesh with 167 million, Maharashtra with 97 million, Bihar with 83 million, W. Bengal with 89 million, Tamil Nadu with 62 million, Karnataka with 53 million, Kerala with 32 million, have a decided advantage when it comes to preserving their language, culture, and historical identity over a small state like Goa that has less than 2 million. 4. But even large states are having a backlash against migrant workers. Recently, there have been violent evictions of non-Maharashtran migrants from Maharashtra in the “Maharashtra for Maharashtrans” movement. Obviously, not just Goans, but other Indians are experiencing an identity crisis due to migration from other states. So, let’s not make it just a Goa thing. Just look around. There have been, and continue to be, identity clashes all over India, be it in Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland,or Maharashtra, or be it over religious identity. People in India have always felt that they have a right to preserve their ancient heritage, religion, culture, and language. So anyone who says that it is non-Indian for Goans to want to preserve their own particularity is in denial of the Indian reality. It’s nothing unusual for Goans to feel the same way as other Indians do about wanting to preserve their own ethnic identity. Don’t let’s lay a guilt trip on Goans for wanting their own identity. Why this backlash of anti-migrant feeling all over India is unresolved: 1. There is no system in place to make politicians less corrupt and more responsible for creating jobs and opportunities for the inhabitants of their own state. Migration between states has its roots in unemployment and misery in one’s native state. Instead of developing jobs, housing, better transportation, better standard of living, corrupt politicians in each and every state pocket whatever money they can from the public trust. So, workers move to other states and from their home slum to a new slum somewhere else in India. The already overburdened tax payer in the new state now has to pay for support services for the migrants. The tax payer in the new host state, say Maharashtra or Goa, supports food ration cards, medical services, schooling, senior benefits for migrant workers. Local politicians collect migrant votes in return but do hardly anything to build infrastructure for the new population. Slums in India are thus perpetuated, not removed, so that politicians can enrich themselves and dump their poor on to some other state. 2. On the other hand, politicians and industrialists have schemes like the SEZs to bring in migrant workers, regardless of their impact on a state’s environment or ethnic makeup. The issue of identity loss is never discussed when it comes to giving industrialists local land and tax breaks. 3. There is no attempt to discuss rationally the ongoing violence of identity clashes throughout India due to migration. The modern state of India adopted a western framework of statehood, laws and constitution, lock, stock and barrel. (So did new states in Africa, where ethnic cleansing is an ongoing phenomenon, and other former colonies). These laws and constitutions were for homogeneous societies in England and other parts of Europe where internal migration was not an issue.
[Goanet] Some more old photos... from another Goa
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- While we are going down on the road to yesterday's Goa and tripping on Goastalgia, here are some more (retouched) photos from my album, which I recently rescued from the white ants at home! Now that they are digitised, feel free to share and reproduce: On this [1] page, you can see most of my 15,000+ photos. For specific images, click on any photo and then use the 'all sizes' tab (on top right) to download a larger sized image. Here's the late Alfred Vaz's unusual image of a carnival float parade[2], probably from the 'eighties or early 'nineties. So hard to believe that Alfred vanished from the scene as fast as this returned Bomboicar had descended on us! You need to zoom in on the placards to understand why I term it unusual. Leonard Aarons, a photographer whom I worked with during my stint in the Deccan Herald, shared this photo [3] with me, of the Calangute-Candolim stretch, after some work we did together. Today, the area grows concrete. Sometime around 1987 (maybe I got the year wrong), I went along with Matanhy Saldanha and others on the 'protect water, protect life' march around Goa. Here are a couple of photos from there, one from the Mangueshim temple tank[4], and the other from a fisherman's home[5]. This photo of Sanvordem town, taken from the Guardian Angel School, where we spent a night halt, is also from the same time[6]. During one of my many flirtations with the camera, I was trying out clicking (in a pre-digital era) this once-catchy image of a coconut leaf, and all its geometric patterns [7]. Two images on politicians from the yesteryears (not yet out!) are here [8] and [9]. Tell me, how does having an ultra-costly-to-build and as-costly-to-maintain underutilised new assembly complex help Goa to be better governed? Among the other photographs imprinted on my mind's camera are Taresh Kumar's photo of the marooned 'Sea Transporter' (before the 'River Princess' came). I recall the way in which the Coast Guard were struggling to remove the fuel from the ship, fearing it would ruin the Taj's beach and more! [10] Here's Joel's photo of the inaugration of the Portuguese Consulte [11]. And an unidentified photographer's work on damaged salt pans in times before global warming was spoken about [12]. Finally, here's a link to the commonman's casino! [13] And I probably can't end without another version of the Colvale carreira photo [14] which got a total of 1,066 views in its polaroid version [15]. Thank you for all your feedback. --FN [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660919917/ [3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660918335/ [4] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660917437/ [5] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2661740732/ [6] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2661718440/ [7] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2661712262/ [8] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660882765/ [9] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2661715148/ [10] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660892549/ [11] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660890733/ [12] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2661716434/ [13] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660889489/ [14] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2660883033/ [15] 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
[Goanet] Amcho CM Batloo re Batloo???
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Goa released Batloo! Three cheers!! There after Delhi government / police arrested him today? Why?? Any reasons why he is arrested??? Can Goanet members write on this issue!!! Sunday News by all LOCAL as well as by NATIONAL dailies will carry front page cover of Batloo as was carried after his arrest as well as after his release!!! LONG LIVE CONGRESS.. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Youth freed after 2 years in Goa, re-arrested in Delhi [Greater Kashmir]
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Youth freed after 2 years in Goa, re-arrested in Delhi [Greater Kashmir] ZULFIKAR MAJID Srinagar, July 11: A Kashmiri youth, acquitted by a Goa court of charges of possessing explosives, was re-arrested at Delhi Airport Thursday when he was on way to Srinagar, according to his family. Tariq Ahmad Batloo son of Jala-ud-Din of Badyar Basant Bagh here, working as a salesman in Goa, was arrested by Goa Police on March 3, 2006 on charges of possessing explosives. It was March 3, 2006 when my brother was arrested by the Goa police, but we came to know about it on March 11 when Tariq was shown on TV channels. Tariq had been arrested when he was coming out from a Masjid after offering Friday prayers, Tariq's brother, Parvez Ahmad, told Greater Kashmir. Parvez and his cousin rushed to Goa after the arrest of Tariq in 2006. When we met Tariq, he requested to arrange a lawyer from Kashmir for him. Police had implicated him in a false case. We stayed in Goa for a week and met Tariq twice. Tariq's family arranged a lawyer who went to Goa to plead his case. No lawyer in Goa was willing to fight Tariq's case, Parvez revealed. Finally, the Goa court acquitted Tariq on July 10 after more than two years of imprisonment. Back home his family was jubilant and his brother Parvez and cousin Asif Iqbal went to Goa to receive Tariq. Yesterday, after completing all the formalities, Tariq was released from jail. As three of us were coming out of the jail premises, a police Gypsy was following us. We took Tariq to a barber for shave. As we were leaving the shop, policemen bundled all of us in the Gypsy and took us to Vasco police station, Parvez said. At the police station, according to Parvez, they were asked to leave Goa immediately and take first available flight. We hadn't enough money at disposal, but still decided to go by air at least till Delhi. We were harassed at Goa Airport by the police and agencies. As we were leaving Delhi Airport, a white Ambassador car DL-5020 and a Gypsy followed us. Suddenly the vehicles stopped and eight to 10 policemen in civvies pounced on Tariq and whisked away him to an unknown destination. We were threatened by the policemen to immediately leave Delhi. We came back by road and just reached home, he said. As the news about Tariq's re-arrest broke out, mourning started at his home. His family members and neighbors have decided to launch protests against the re-arrest of Tariq. If court acquitted him, why was he re-arrested and that too in Delhi. Kashmiris are being implicated in false cases everywhere in India, Parvez lamented. http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=12_7_2008ItemID=39cat=1 * * * Youth Arrested After 2.5 Yrs in Goa Jail, Disappears In Custody [Kashmir Observer] Srinagar, July 11, KONS: Set free after two-and-a-half years in a Goa jail, a Kashmiri youth was rearrested at the Delhi airport today and whisked off to an undisclosed location, triggering alarm in his family. Reports indicate that his dramatic re-arrest was masterminded from Goa as plainclothesmen were flashing his description to unknown agencies throughout his departure procedure from the airport. No trace of him has been found after the youth was taken away from Delhi airport by personnel of some unknown force who bullied his companions into silence and refused to divulge his destination. Tariq Ahmad Batlu, arrested by the Goa police during a raid on March 3, 2006, had been produced before the media immediately afterwards and branded a militant. But for over two years, the police failed to prove the charges against him, and he was finally released by a Goa court on Thursday, his brother, Parvez said. His nightmare began afresh soon after the release, as a posse of policemen tracked Batlu, his brother, and cousin to a barber's saloon, and took the trio to a police station. According to Pervez, police officers asked them to leave Goa within an hour, and though they had planned to travel by bus, they were compelled to take a flight. At the Goa airport, they were accosted by policemen in mufti who tried to stall them by detailed questioning, but they were finally allowed to board the flight. All this while, the plainclothesmen were conveying their description and appearance to someone on phone, and were photographing and filming their departure. As the threesome were collecting their baggage on landing at Delhi, nearly a dozen personnel in civvies surrounded them and began inquiring about Batlu. Parvez said that on stepping out of the airport, they found nearly 30 personnel
[Goanet] Goa news for July 13, 2008
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[Goanet] A caminhao ... from Colvale (circa 1972)
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Thanx Fred for taking me down the memory lane wherein I remember using these
caminhaos in late 50s when I was 8-10 yrs old along with my parents gran.
I dont remember whether I enjoyed riding these caminhaos or not as we had no
other choice but it was definitely a change amusing for me and my
siblings. Thanx once again for making me nostalgic.
chris fernandes
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[Goanet] Some more old photos... from another Goa
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thanks mr frederic for take me back goa with your picks
i almost can feel the smell.
nat
ps - take a bit of goa too...
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Have the environmental impact studies been done on this? Introducing a non
native species has a lot of repurcussions in the future. Sure that there is
no native species that can quite beautify Goa the same?
goanchris EX Saligao, GoaCalifornia
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allright, so Fernandes is obviouls a Goan. AND who is the chap called Ken
Pereira, is the same team ...not Goan?
Re: [Goanet] Colours of the rainbow : getting in petals from another world (Lisa Monteiro, in Gomantak Times)
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I love the idea of trees being encouraged in Goa. The nasty construction
habits in other parts of urban India seem to have come to Goa too to the
detriment of it's greenery. However, one concern one might have is: what
might be the negative environmental impact, if any, of this tree on the
region. Is there likely to be any and have any trial studies been done? We're
all too aware of the devastating effect the eucalyptus tree, indigenous to
Australia, is having across the planet. It has the effect of draining the
soil of moisture (excellent for reclaiming swamp!) but in very hot summers
can act as tinder, witnessed recently in the hundreds of fires in
California.
The import of flora into developed countries is strictly controlled and
managed by the authorities in the wake of the disasters of earlier
centuries. Does Goa/India permit the introduction of Ipe?
It would be interesting to know.
Regards
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If pictures are not visible in the article, Ruins of St. Augustine Church at
Old Goa Sr. No.10, and for those interested then you can go to the site :
http://www.mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Traveloguearticleid=1309
Copy and paste the above site and hopefully view the pictures.
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Thanks, Fred, for that wonderful picture.
It brought back nostalgic memories of our visits to Goa.
God Bless:
Pat
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I think there were few 'Caminhao' in Siolim around 1950s, owned by Tucaram
Salgaokar (popularly known as Ticlo). Now, his sons are running few Luxury
Buses on Goa-Mumbai-Goa route, calling their organisation as 'Laxmi'.
If anyone wants to see a 'Caminhao' now, there is one at Falcon Resort,
Calangute (near St Anthony Chapel) owned by Engineer Tony Fernandes.
Cip
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Pictures by Joegoauk make with such a large spectrum is very interesting and
nostalgic.
There is one photo of Bikarachem Jevon at Aldona Institute which I feel
every village in Goa should copy and improve upon. It was very difficult to
procure a bullock cart to make the day nostalgic.
I would also like to see some photos of Aldona St thomas' Church taken from
the Corjuem Bridge and also the inside of the church. Our Church is over 400
years old and very well maintained. The cemetry is the only one in Goa which
reads Aiz Maka Falheam Tuca
Keep up the good work Joe, Fedrick, Cecil and others.
Tom de Sousa, Sydney
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[Goanet] FEATURE: You can become a Company Secretary (CS) by Ajay D'Cruz, M.Com, LL.B, ACS
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Arrre maaache rao re Wendell. I have been patiently eyeing the Aunty
in the picture; I believe I am first in line!
That is the Mupca Baazar aunty who occupied the prime spot on the
Friday morning Mupca-bound carret right by the door?
Talking of auntys, the fun aspects of the ride were when two or more
'cream-of-Goan-village society' aunties got on board; it was usually
theatrics, milicious gossip and a heady blast of assorted perfume!
Ofcourse, the true assessment of the 'aunty' was on the return trip:
if she came back empty-handed, the gossip machine worked on the full
steam!
That said the early morning carret was the mode of transport for
stolen coconuts from Salcette. Ofcourse, this was not always possible
as Asis, the driver sometimes overslept and carting 'stolen coconuts'
in daylight was not always good optics!! The other mode was on a
bicycle but as Goans from the villagers increasingly got jobs that
required getting out of the house at dawn, this became uncomfortable.
And there was the slim possibility of running into poder Asis (another
Asis doing the early-morning rounds with hot-hot cacon, crusty pao,
baakri and Bol on Friday) who operated from Betalbatim to the edge of
Arrosim.
With the Kadhamba's early morning service (begins at 5:30 now), its a
lot convenient to transport ones overnight loot to market!!! They
never ask questions on what is in the saac!!!
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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
[Goanet] Goa’s *growing* Land: HERALD(Goa ), July 13, 2008
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GOA’S *GROWING* LAND
By Valmiki Faleiro
Land ‘grows’ in Goa. As Justice Barucha, then of the Bombay High Court, had once
observed. Last week, we saw two adjoining – and warring – landowners fight a
pitched
and protracted legal battle, all the way to the High Court, over their common
boundary
line. Each produced evidence in support of his case. Both seemed right. But,
no, the
land of one had grown, while that of the other had shrunk.
I am eternally grateful for my early exposure to this strange phenomenon. There
are only
two private landowners bordering where I live, the other two being public
institutions. Let
us get to that rather queer, but common, story right away.
To my west was a property that admeasured precisely 1,400 m2 (square metres.)
Two
cobblers from Belgaum, Khote and Shanke, purchased it jointly, in equal share,
in 1949.
By 1954, they discovered that they could no longer live cordially in a common
house.
They partitioned both house and the land into two equal parts by metes and
bounds.
Each got 700 m2, as entitled. The registered Deed of Partition had an annexed
plan that
provided detailed measurements of the line of partition (common boundary.)
In 1990, I purchased the Shanke half, which adjoined my ancestral compound. When
surveyed, its area fell short of the rightful area by 68 m2. I checked the City
Survey
records of both halves. While my “half” aggregated 632 m2, the other, now the
property
of Rohini Apartments, a housing co-operative, admeasured precisely 768 m2. That
is
how the Khote ‘half’ grew by 68 m2 while mine shrunk by that very same figure!
That’s when I understood the frequent fights between the two families in my
childhood –
which erupted deep nights, and ascended to such decibels that one shuddered at
the
prospect of having to see stiff bodies in cold blood the following morning,
sliced with
sharp tools of trade. Mercifully, none of that happened.
The backyard stone wall in earth mortar of the neighbour adjacent to my east,
tumbles in
parts during monsoons. The last time it was re-erected, now in durable cement
mortar, it
inched into my land. The neighbour explained his labourers must have erred, as
he had
neither time nor inclination to supervise such trivialities. I have now erected
reinforced
concrete drains on both my eastern and western boundaries, like how one installs
‘Netlon’ screens to ward off mosquitoes.
To this neighbour’s east is an ancient Comunidade watercourse. Comunidades,
custodians of all village lands held in the name of the local deity, maintained
maps
during the colonial era, of its lands and of parts leased as ‘aforamentos.’
About a
hundred years ago, this watercourse took a strange zigzag turn defying the laws
of
natural geography. The more recent survey of the early 1970s elsewhere showed
the
meandering watercourse with smooth curves. The updated survey currently underway
will reflect a jagged line.
Good fences, cooed an English poet, made better neighbours. But, who will fence
Comunidade lands? The deities departed when the Portuguese arrived a long time
ago.
The Comunidades almost followed suit after liberation.
How much land does a person, after all, really need? More than six by two feet?
Not
even that, if my dream for an all-community electric crematorium had
materialized when
I was Margao’s Municipal President in 1985-87.
Moot question is, when we have sufficient for our requirements, why do we still
covet the
neighbour’s land? Human frailty, I guess: those who have always want more.
Blessed
are the landless!
Grab-thy-neighbour’s-land is not a post-1961 Goan commandment. It is an ancient
national Goan trait. During colonial times, the Land Survey Department had a
process
called “levantamento.” It meant that a landowner paid requisite fees and got
his land
demarcated on site. If two adjoining owners got the ‘levantamento’ done at
different
points of time, chances were it would result in an anomaly – each owner’s land
map,
taken alone, would be correct, but the two, taken together, would overlap!
Our Indo-Aryan ancestors were land grabbers. They grabbed the land of Goa and
chased the original Dravidian settlers from their fertile fields into the hills
and forests.
We, the land-owning class, have descended from those land-grab traditions. Those
traditions of inching into thy neighbour’s property survive to the day,
manifested in the
huge body of land litigation in courts of law down the years, perhaps
unparalleled in
India.
Today, we are being beaten at our own game by land
Re: [Goanet] Indian Constitution on Goa’s Identity
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[Goanet] Toronto Goan convention
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[Goanet] Interesting timeline... Goans in Africa (Kenya)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Probably could do with more filling-in FN TIMELINES - Goans in Africa Timeline - Kenya YearPlace Event 1594Mombasa Portuguese build Fort Jesus 1698Mombasa Omani Arabs seize Fort Jesus and end Portuguese rule 1865ZanzibarC.R. de Souza opens store on island 1884ZanzibarM.R. de Souza starts a business 1889Mombasa M.R.de Souza opens branch of his store 1900Nairobi Creation of township of Nairobi 1901Mombasa Goan Reading Room opened in house of D.L. Pereira 1904Nairobi Portuguese Cricket Club formed by 29 employees of the Uganda Railway 1905Nairobi Portuguese Cricket Club closed by Uganda Railway authorities due to disputes between railway and non-railway employees 1905Nairobi Non-Railway Goan members of the former Portuguese Cricket Club re-group and form the Goan Institute 1905Mombasa St. Francis Xavier Goan Tailors Society formed 1906Mombasa C.R. de Souza opens Mombasa branch 1909Nairobi M.R. de Souza opens branches in Nairobi and Nakuru 1909Nairobi Railway Goan employees re-organize to form the Railway Goan Institute 1911Mombasa Goan Reading Room name changed to the Goan Institute 1915Mombasa Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa arrives in E. Africa and is appointed a Government Medical Officer 1916Nairobi St. Francis Xavier Goan Tailors Society formed 1919Nairobi Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa moves to Nairobi and enters private practice with his wife, Mary, also a doctor 1927Mombasa Goan Institute opens new building on Salim Road 1927Nairobi Goan Overseas Association formed by Dr. A.C.L. D'Souza on 9th. July 1928Nairobi Dr. Ribeiro Goan School opens in April with 38 children in premises loaned by Dr. Ribeiro 1931Nairobi New Dr. Ribeiro Goan School Building opens on 19th July 1934Nairobi Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa serves a member of the Kenya Legislative Council for four years 1936Nairobi Goan Gymkhana formed by break away group of Goan Institute members 1943Nairobi Goan Gymkhana opens stone building club house 1946Mombasa Eighty delegates from all parts of East Africa assemble for the East African Goan Conference with Dr. A.C.L. D'Souza as Chairman 1955Nairobi Goan Institute moves from downtown to new premises in Pangani suburb 1956Nairobi Goan Overseas Association opens new Secondary School building on May 24 1958Nairobi Dr. A.C.L. de Sousa dies on July 17th, at age 75 1959Mombasa Tailors Society open 3-storey club and rest house 1963Kenya Kenya becomes independent 1967Nairobi Closing of Railway Goan Institute 1962Uganda Uganda becomes independent 1961TanzaniaTanganyika becomes independent 1963TanzaniaZanzibar becomes independent, and joins Tanganyika to form Tanzania http://www.goacom.com/culture/history/timeafrica.html -- 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] Jobs in Australia - Requirements for welders, auto electricians, heavy plant diesel mechanics, plumbers etc.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Our wages are AUD43,440 and our requirements are for welders, auto electricians, heavy plant diesel mechanics, plumbers etc. The wages will be AUD886 per week minus 144 for taxes. Accomodation and food is included in the wages and the hourly rate is AUD21.98 and the overtime 1.5 times hourly rate. If they are employed outside Sydney the rate will be AUD25 per hour. This is only an indication and it depends on experience and the Australian Award Sydtem. The sick leave is 10 days per year which is not accumulative and two days compassionate leave. *UAE DHIRAMS 86.00 = RS 1,000 .00* ** *PLEASE SEND YOUR CVS TO MR TOMJOSE EVILINO* ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]*, * *Best Of Luck* -- *Best of the Web: Your Eye on the World Join My Group* * http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Welcome_To_Edus_World/*
[Goanet] Goa's in-house Silent party wants time to talk in Assembly?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Dears, During the Budget session this summer [22-28 March, 2008], the Main OPPOSITION Party in Goa Legislative Assembly allowed at least half a dozen Bills to be passed UNOPPOSED. Think nothing of the Goa [Regulation of] Land Development and Building Construction, Bill, 2008, in which an ORDINANCE was issued TWICE [the first one BEFORE the January, 2008, Assembly session and second one vide EXTRA ORDINARY GAZETTE Series I No. 48 dated 05 MARCH, 2008] but still the Opposition had not had the TIME to study it enough to raise objection or had the time and found the reason to find out who were their friends who would benefit from the Act. There was a mild protest against the issue of a SECOND Ordinance, when the Assembly had met in between, BUT not at the content of the Ordinance or the Bill! After all the bill raised the FSI/FAR in the rural areas. Dempo's Devashri, Salgaocar's and Chowgule's have have real estate projects in Soccoro, Slavador do Mundo and other VILLAGES and at least one of them has been in the limelight for the retaining wall collapse in Soccoro-Porvorim. The GOA BACHAO ABHIYAN was the first to publicly protest against the GOA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING [AMENDMENT] BILL, 2008 [now an ACT].Its Press Note of 02 April,2008 has been published by most newspapers on 03 April, 2008. The effects of damage control by politicians of all shades in response to a GBA letter addressed to the Chief Minister, delivered to the CM, Leader of Opposition, Speaker and Governor of Goa on 27 May, 2008, can be seen in the newspapers of 29 May, 2008. As far as the Opposition's protest of the Goa TCP [Amendment] Act, 2008 is concerned, it can be seen in its deafening silence! When the Leader of the Opposition was reportedly given a copy of the CSJP's letter on the same issue, i.e. amendment of Section 16 and 16 A of the TCP Act, 1974 by the GOA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING [AMENDMENT] BILL, 2008, the CSJP representative was allegedly told by Manohar Parrikar that 1. they were given the Bill only 48 hours in advance and 2. the BJP did not have the NUMBERS to defeat the Bill on the floor of the house. [This may be confirmed from the CSJP office, Institute Piedade Bldg, near Mandovi Hotel, Panaji]. If one has a feeling of deja vu, then blame it on its regular recurrence. Even the then lone Goa Congress MLA of Navelim Luizinho Faleiro and the then lone Independent MLA of Margao Adv. Uday Bhembre, had similar reasons for walking out of the Goa,Damn Diu Legislative Assembly on 04 February, 1987, allowing Marathi to be used for all official purposes BUT not Konkani in Roman script! The moot question is: WHAT PREVENTED THESE WORTHIES FROM DEBATING THE ISSUE TO EXPOSE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY? At least the OPPOSITION would be on record if they truly REPRESENTED us in the Assembly. Let me pose a question to the BJP spokespersons [We will use the term Spokesmen when they prove their ability to testify to the Truth]: 1. In the six days of the Assembly sittings in March, 2008, the speeches of all the BJP MLAs put together utilised: a]60% of the talk time of the House. b]50% of the talk time of the House. c]40% of the talk time of the House. d]30% of the talk time of the House. e]20% of the talk time of the House. f]Less than 20% of the talk time of the House. 2. Is the BJP willing and able to move a Bill to repeal the a] GOA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING [AMENDMENT] ACT, 2008. [Notified in the Official Gazette of 13 May, 2008] b]Goa [Regulation of] Land Development and Building Construction, Act, 2008. c]The Goa Preservation of Trees [Amendment] Bill, 2008. d] Any other anti-People Bill or Act passed by the Digamber-led government??? Otherwise, it may be better that Laxmikant Parsekar devote his time to running his institution in Harmal, rather than making statements to try and gain public sympathy. It fools no one. If Tariq Ahmed Battlo's acquittal is a Home Ministry failure, one wonders who failed in the aquittal of the alleged rioters from Sanvordem-Curchorem of March 2006, just BEFORE the arrest of Battlo? Or of the Fontainhas vandal of 18 June, 2004? Or the non-prsecution of those who vandalised the Hotel Mandarin in Mapusa? Mog asundi. Miguel BJP flays Govt for reducing span of monsoon session BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JULY 11 - The BJP has criticised the Kamat-led Government for reducing the span of the monsoon session that begins on August 18. The BJP believes that the Government wants a short session because it is
[Goanet] Reis Magos fort its chambers of secrets
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- Reis Magos fort its chambers of secrets 13 Jul 2008, 0459 hrs IST, Paul Fernandes,TNN PANAJI: Secret chambers, tunnels, dungeons... every fort has a hidden tale to tell and the Reis Magos citadel is proving it's no exception. Three low-roofed chambers that lay virtually sealed for a century and half have been recently discovered by architects and workers restoring the 16th century fort at Reis Magos, Verem. The fourth chamber has only the plinth left, but the newly discovered rooms, below the two main buildings that used to serve as prisons, are spacious. Their purpose though is yet unknown. These chambers lay buried for 150 years, Gerard da Cunha, main architect for the restoration project, said. Surprisingly, the prison authorities had often cringed about lack of space to house more prisoners when the premise was used as a jail till a decade ago. When the process of restoration commenced a few months ago, the team virtually stumbled down the steps to the fort's bastion at a lower level, a few feet above the Mandovi waters and the road now skirting past it. We removed lots of mud on the way to the seven vaults, da Cunha told TOI. Goa has several majestic forts, but for the first time this 16th century citadel will become a full-fledged locale for visitors and tourists, complete with a ramble through its portals at various levels and some cultural interludes. The Reis Magos fort being restored by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) backed by funding from Lady Hamlyn Trust will provide a recap of old history, a few thrills and fascinating views from its promenade at the lower and the citadel at higher levels for visitors, once it is completed by November 2009. Though small, the fort built a little above the old Muslim outpost on the Reis Magos headland is nicely woven into the hill slope. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Reis_Magos_fort__its_chambers_of_ secrets/articleshow/3227610.cms ~(^^)~ Avelino
