[Goanet-News] Margao photojournalists fake Moti Dongor sword picture? (Rajan Narayan, Goan Observer)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada http://www.2008goanconvention.com --- STRAY THOUGHTS: By Rajan Narayan [The Goan Observer, July 19-25, 2008] Feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Margao photojournalists fake Moti Dongor sword picture? And a few more stray thoughts and a few more observations for yet another Sunday. For a Sunday following the week when the Goa Bachao Abhiyan had strong reservations over accepting the draft Regional Plan 2021 which has reportedly been finalized. For a Sunday following the week when the Sangh Parivar-backed citizens' welfare committee accused the GBA of becoming part of the government. For a Sunday following the week when the Times of India carried a report claiming yet another attempt to topple the government by Vishwajit Rane. For a Sunday following the week the editor of The Navhind Times, Arun Sinha, sought the help of the Editors' Guild to take on Penpricks. GBA UPSET AND a few more stray thoughts on the strong reservations of the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) on the draft Regional Plan, which is ready and likely to be made public very soon. When the draft Regional Plan 2021 was circulated among members of the Task Force, which includes Dr Oscar Rebelo, the convenor of the GBA, it was discovered that rules or guidelines on acquisition of land by the Central and State governments were included in the draft Regional Plan. This is being strongly objected to by the GBA which has rightly pointed out that the rules pertaining to acquisition of land by the government are not relevant to the Regional Plan 2021. It may be recalled that the consultant to the Town and Country Planning Department, Edgar Ribeiro, was asked to frame the rules by Chief Minister Digamber Kamat following the uproar over the amendment to the Town and Country Planning Act, which exempted State and Central government projects from the purview of the Regional Plan 2021. LAND SHARKS IT may be recalled that during the last session of the legislative assembly, obviously under pressure from the patrons of the land sharks, an amendment was made to the TCP Act, exempting not only Central and State government projects but even land acquired by the state for the benefit of private parties from the purview of the Regional Plan 2021. This was strongly objected to by the GBA, which pointed out that the amendment would defeat the very purpose of entrusting the preparation of the new draft Regional Plan to the independent Task Force. Though privately the Chief minister, who is the chairman of the Task Force, kept assuring the GBA that rules would be framed to prevent abuse of the amendment, the GBA did not receive an official response to any of the three letters it wrote protesting against the amendment. Moreover, though draft rules for the acquisition of land by the government were included in Appendix X of the interim report of the Task Force, the Chief Minister has not committed himself to even adopting, leave alone enforcing, the rules. In the meanwhile, pressure mounted on the convenor of the GBA, Dr Oscar Rebelo, to present an ultimatum to the Chief Minister on the amendment to the TCP Act. It will be recalled that, last week, the GBA made it clear that it would not settle for anything short of the abrogation of the amendment to the TCP Act which exempted Central and State government projects from the purview of the Regional Plan 2021. It is against this backdrop that Dr Oscar Rebelo had reportedly refused to endorse the draft Regional Plan 2021. Indeed, the Convenor has been under pressure to withdraw from the GBA and was savaged by the saffron group within the GBA for having endorsed the interim report. The reluctance of the Chief Minister Digamber Kamat to make any commitment on the demand for scrapping the amendment has strengthened the hands of the fanatics and lunatics in the GBA and made it embarassing for the moderates to continue to defend the Task Force. Indeed, there is every possibility that the GBA will be hijacked by the lunatics and fanatics, or marginalized by Sangh Parivar-promoted groups if it makes any compromise on the demand that the government should scrap the amendments to the TCP Act. SANGH PARIVAR AND a few stray observations on the continuing attempts by the Sangh Parivar to marginalize the GBA. It may be recalled that recently a group of individuals and organizations sympathetic to, if not close to, Manohar Parrikar attempted to start a rival GBA, deceptively called GPA. Unfortunately for Rajan Parrikar and company, who had promoted the GPA, it did not
[Goanet] Check out this Konkani song
*Check out this Konkani song* a href= http://edwardlopes7.multiply.com/video/item/48/Konkani_song_-_William_de_cutorimKonkani song - William de cutorim/a -- Best of the Web: Your Eye on the World
Re: [Goanet] Call to Parents Students of Goa!
Miguel, Rest assure about the PS. Thanks for coming in on this 'Citizen's (Of Goa) Initiative. I have a feeling that this will set the precedent for Goa's policy making process. b/rgds floriano - Original Message - From: Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:50 AM Subject: [Goanet] Call to Parents Students of Goa! Dears, Floriano Lobo has a new initiative. A meeting on the proposed CONVERSION of Goa University to a Central University. The issue is basically the same land grab. Forget a piece of land . they are taking the whole Goa University! It will not get better with the Central University or an International Educational Hub with Convention Centre, 7-star hotel and all !!! This is just a re-packaging of the old thing ...new wine in old bottles the SPURIOUS vintage material for which you and I will pay through our nose! Mog asundi. Miguel PS I am relying on Floriano's PS ...and he will have to take a call if he jumps a surprise. Note 1: This initiative is NOT, repeat NOT, promoted by Goa Su-Raj Party nor the Goa Environment Action Group to which yours sincerely belongs to. Note 2: This is further to the posts by Dr. U G Barad and Srinivas Kamat reposted on the various I-net forums.
Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central
It is accepted that the Goa University has never had a vision, simply because, to start with, the University building design itself was conceptualised by a mere bailo Impression artist. Any one needs further confirmation on the above may kindly contact Goa's own forward looking architect going old... Bruno D'Souza, of Altinho, Panjim (late Arch. Lucio Miranda's brother-in-law) who was the award winner for the (Porvorim) Goa Legislative Assembly design. Surely he will shed more light on this. And this, just a passing thought! 'Just because someone is bleeding profusely does it mean that this someone should be assigned to the MORGUE?? floriano - Original Message - From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A good Goan University faculty member can get natural employment in GU or in any other Indian University. Does being a State University mean that below-standard Goan faculty should get refuge here? -- Dear Roland, Please don't be so hard on Goa University. During its reign of 22 years, it has managed to produce more cooks onboard ships, more packers in Swindon, more houseboys in Kuwait and more illegal waiters in the US than any other university. selma
Re: [Goanet] Call to Parents Students of Goa!
Valuable suggestions and comments given by Samir, Miguel, Roland Francis and Elizabeth (so far) are being stored to be given to the Moderator who will moderate the debate on 28 July, 2008 at Menezes Braganza ( Main) Hall. More of such suggestion and comments are solicited from knowledgeable Goans around the world. Rest assured these will be used in the best possible manner for the betterment of Goa's Education System at large, not only for the conduct of the debade on the proposed upgradation of the Goa University to Central University. floriano - Original Message - From: Samir Kelekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:26 AM Subject: [Goanet] Call to Parents Students of Goa! I like Miguel's point. Have another central university in Goa, perhaps an IIT or an IIM. Why convert our own Goa University into a central one ? The issue is one of control. Currently, the issue seems to be that of funds. There are a number of ways funds can be raised. Perhaps, the govt. should look at ways by which there can be more of self-generation of funds by the university. The education market in India is very huge. Every Tom, Dick and Harry is starting a college nowadays. Huge fees are being charged. Goa University can definitely consider raising fees, increasing the number of seats, starting new programs to raise the necessary funds. Let some cash-cow departments such as Computer Science support non cash-cow department such as social sciences. What scares me the most about taking this univ. central is that toomorrow Arjun Singh or Mural Manohar Joshi will have this bright idea of privatizing education and this precious land will be doled out to Ambanis or some such people. The govt. has done similar things before and there is no guarantee that the univ. will remain a public one. After all, the centre also needs funds to run the univ., and funding crunch can come any time! regards, Samir
[Goanet] Illegal structure by MLA's 'kin' faces axe
Illegal structure by MLA's 'kin' faces axe 19 Jul 2008, 0426 hrs IST,TNN PANAJI: An illegal structure involving the reclamation of land and reportedly belonging to Lepoldina Silveira, mother of St Andre MLA Francis Silveira, is coming under the axe. Additional collector Swapnil Naik has ordered clearing of the 'illegal reclamation of land, filling of mud and rubble and encroachment along Zuari river' involving an area of around 1,500 sq m. Although the order was due to be executed on July 16, 2008, the police and the PWD pleaded for more time claiming that the period was too short to organise the necessary resources for the operation. Naik said the order will now be executed next week. The additional collector had earlier issued notice to eight persons whose names figure in the survey papers of the land. Four of them denied involvement in the encroachment while two others are out of Goa. The rest, including Leopoldina Silveira, have accepted the notices but not replied. Naik has ordered the Tiswadi deputy collector and mamlatdar to be physically present at the site to effectively carry out the demolition and to meet any untoward incident which may create law and order problem. He also ordered a joint inspection of the site at least 48 hours before the operation by various authorities, including the PWD to clearly identify and mark the area for the operation. The order follows written directions to the additional collector by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority. The GCZMA member secretary issued the order on June 23, 2008, directing the additional collector to implement it. Confirming they had issued the order, sources in the GCZMA said the Authority did not know who the encroached upon land belonged to. In a related development, the GCZMA on Thursday decided to empower the deputy and additional collectors to take suo moto action against CRZ violations in Goa, which number around 4000. While 2500 CRZ violations are in the coastal areas, about 1400 violations are in the riverine belt, sources said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Illegal_structure_by_MLAs_kin_fac es_axe/articleshow/3252297.cms ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] NYC wins KIFF League for 2007-2008
Congratulations to Navelim Youth Center for winning the KIFF League 2007-2008. Keep it up. Cheers!! Xavier Furtado AVC - Kuwait
[Goanet] Comedy Queen To Dazzle at Goan Convention Grand Ball!
One of the most inspiring success stoies ever - Chrystal Gomes, Queen of stand-up comedy - overcame crippling adversity to become a world star! Watch Chrystal live in action, at the International Convention's Grand Ball on 26 July, as she floors the audience with her stunning Goan-flavoured comedy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_NEJfJQv6Y Add a smashing Convention Queen pageant, amazing floor-show, prizes and surprises, entertainers, stupendous cuisine, and the great Naked Flame band! The GRAND BALL of the 2008 International Goan Convention, Sat. 26 July: http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php Tickets: available through the main Convention website above or online: http://www.mybindi.com/goan/ Subscribe free to the Convention newsletter, and get free Konkani music: http://2008goanconvention.com/inviter.php Tel.: 1-416-510-1347. _
[Goanet] The Nazareths of Moira
Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] RESPONSE: Larry Nazareth's father is the Q.C. The grandfather Nazareth mentioned in Theresa Albuquerque's book is the one who emirated during Thanks for the clarification Cheers, Tony -- Tony de Sa Ph: +91 832 2470148 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] M: +91 9975 162 897 --- 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' Edmund Burke.
[Goanet] DNAIndia.com : Prayer powers fightback
This message was sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED], as a service of dnaindia.com -- Comments from sender : G'day Goanetters. Very annoying Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. rubygoes -- Full Story can be found at http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1178475 Prayer powers fightback Around 1,000 parents of students from Sacred Heart Boys School, Santa Cruz (west), have found an innovative way to deal with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) threats. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = For news updates throughout the day, visit dnaindia.com http://www.dnaindia.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = © 2005-2008 Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. All rights reserved.
[Goanet] DNAIndia.com : Mumbai gets set for Zubin Mehta magic
This message was sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED], as a service of dnaindia.com -- Comments from sender : For your information rubygoes -- Full Story can be found at http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1178297 Mumbai gets set for Zubin Mehta magic Zubin Mehta, the internationally acclaimed Los Angeles-based music conductor of Indian origin, will enthral his fans at a series of charity concerts here in October. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = For news updates throughout the day, visit dnaindia.com http://www.dnaindia.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = © 2005-2008 Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. All rights reserved.
[Goanet] Goa University Going Central
Dears, Roland Francis can sit abroad and tell us plausible stories of what happens at Goa University at Taleigao Plateau [in village Panchayats of Taleigao, Santa Cruz and Bambolim] or any other University in Goa. He is knowledgeable. I make no such claim for myself. I just happened to have worked for the Goa University [1991-93] on deputation as a gardener [Sujay Gupta has remembered me as a Garden Inspector on this list and in print], known some of the Readers of today when they were aged 20 something years and recruited as lecturers and do keep in touch with the Goa University ... including doing a bit of garden sponsorred by Sesa Goa Ltd. till last March. At best, it is difficult working at the Goa University; at worst one prefers to leave it and go away [like Ms. Belinda Fernandes, the sister of the more famous Remo, did about a decade ago] or be uncermoniously shown the door as one Goan who officiated as the VC was! Mr. L.M.T. Fernandes' fate as the Chairman of Goa Board of Education was yesterday once more! [Both these men happened to be Catholics, but that is besides the point we have a secular Government in place.]. I do hope Selma has statistics to back her far-reaching statement. If true, the Goa University must be congratulated for producing employable graduates who are ingrained with the intrinsic dignity of labour , that we preach from the pulpits and decry on any net forum. Whited sepulchres. Did I hear that term in a similar context before? The Goa University started with senior teachers and doctoral students from its affiliate colleges/CPIR [formerly of Bombay University] filling the top posts .. Dr. S.G. Torne, Dr. Tonsekar, Dr. Olivinho Gomes, Dr. Uday Sangodkar, Dr. Urmila Barros, Ms. Savita Kerkar et al ... have been some of them. Dr. Selma Viera Velho taught at Goa University, but as a Fundacao Gulbenkian scholar, not GU employee. Would someone like to tell me the names of any Goan who has made it to the teaching faculty of Goa University in the last decade? As I have said before, I am not very knowledgeable. Dr. Anand Vishwanath Prabhudesai was the name of my senior at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, whom we knew as Uday. After his Ph.D. in Microbiology with distinctions he was given post-doctoral fellowship [not unlike Dr. Nandkumar Kamat at Goa University]. After six years of fellowship-without-employment, he left the University and got employed in USA. Perhaps, Universities in USA employ sub-standard Goan faculty. Dr. Carmo de Cruz could possibly enlighten us on this. Knowing Uday personally for six years, I would disagree. A good Goan University faculty member can get natural employment in GU or in any other Indian University. If that is the truth, I am Goanet's Fairy Godmother. Now Goans wishing to be in the Goa University's faculty are in need of one. Mummy Victoria has lost her magic wand. Any volunteers? Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:55:32 +0530 From: floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is accepted that the Goa University has never had a vision And this, just a passing thought! 'Just because someone is bleeding profusely does it mean that this someone should be assigned to the MORGUE?? floriano - Original Message - From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central Dear Roland, Please don't be so hard on Goa University. During its reign of 22 years, it has managed to produce more cooks onboard ships, more packers in Swindon, more houseboys in Kuwait and more illegal waiters in the US than any other university. selma --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A good Goan University faculty member can get natural employment in GU or in any other Indian University. Does being a State University mean that below-standard Goan faculty should get refuge here? -- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:43:08 +0530 From: floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Call to Parents Students of Goa! Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Miguel, Thanks for coming in on this 'Citizen's (Of Goa) Initiative. I have a feeling that this will set the precedent for Goa's policy making process. floriano From: Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Floriano Lobo has a new initiative. A meeting on the proposed CONVERSION of Goa University to a Central University. The issue is basically the same land grab. Forget a piece of land . they are taking the whole Goa University! It will not get better with the Central University or an International Educational Hub with Convention Centre, 7-star hotel and all !!! This is just a re-packaging of the old thing ...new wine in old bottles the SPURIOUS vintage material for which you and I will pay through our nose! Miguel -- End of Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 895
[Goanet] Book In Black and White - editor FN
I must admit that I started reading this book with all the enthusiasm of a bear foraging for food in mid-winter. The back-room shenanigans of Goa's veteran journalists is not fare for laymen, I thought. But I soon found myself deliciously turning the pages of this book and carrying it with me to the kitchen, the restroom and finally to bed. It is the telling tale of our times, told by our faceless chronicles. Who gets to tell our stories, which stories get told and who ultimately decides how a story is slanted, is much fodder for thought. There are no heroes or villains in this story. Infact it is written so lucidly, it is left upto to the read to determine who the heros and villains are. For instance, I thoroughly enjoyed Rajan Narayan's diktat's He's just the sort of maniacal dictator I've always had a fondness for. :-) This is a book about Goa's history and its current affairs. Anyone remotely interested in Goa, pick up this book. Indeed pick up a copy for a friend in diaspora. Simply unputdownable! edited by Frederick Noronha. Selma
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Yesterday's Goa -- communidades, landlords, Desais and inheritance
YESTERDAY'S GOA: COMMUNIDADES, LANDLORDS, DESAIS AND INHERITANCE Ethnography of Goa, Daman and Diu is a translated version of Ethnographia da India Portuguesa. Its translator, Maria Aurora Couto, writes: (It) is a classic book in Portugueses. Its translation was thus undertaken by me with great trepidation -- at the insistence of Armando Felix Braganca Pereira, the author's son Below is an extract from Chapter Five of the book titled 'Social Life'. It is reproduced here with the permission of the translator and publishers Penguin-Viking. The section below looks at the village communidade, bhatkars and mundkars, Desai landholdings and inheritence and property rights, succession and evidence in Goa of the yesteryears. --FN Property The Village Communidade: The Portuguese gave the name of communidade to the Goan ganvponn/ganvkari. The British translated communidade de aldeia into 'village community'. Torof means a collection/an association of several village communidades in a single administrative unit or a cluster of several villages in a single communidade. At present, the village communidade (as defined by the Portuguese Code of Communidades promulgated on 1 December 1904), is basically a simple agricultural association; it was a 'republic', in the felicitous expression of Sir Charles Metcalfe. The village communidades, autonomous in their internal management, were under the protection of the Indian kings to whom they paid tribute, which the Portuguese called foro. The tribute was misunderstood as the emphyteutic canon to such an extent that the decree of 15 September 1880 considered the state the direct owner of the communidade lands in accordance with the feudal conception of eminent domain and vassalage. In the Foral dos usos e costumes (Charter of Usages and Customs) promulgated by the Goa Revenue Commissioner, Afonso Mexia, dating back to 1526, the Portuguese identified the village communidades with Portuguese municipalities. This resembled the Foral in Portugal, a charter which incorporated the rights, privileges and precedents. The king promised its enforcement to the people. Hence both cultivable lands which they leased out as well as wastelands which, according to the Portuguese Civil Code, are held in common, that is, they can only be allowed to be used by individuals designated within certain administrative areas, continued to remain in the possession of the communidades. The Code of Communes stipulates in Article 291: The following lands cannot be leased out: * Lands of common use. * Those indispensable to and already earmarked for pasture. * Those allotted for free passage to neighbours. Therefore, the village communidades defray expenses of a municipal character such as roads, health, education, rural police, and so on. The study of the various forms of landed property described in the previous pages confirms the existence of a co-ownership among the ancient tribes, which seemed to impress Henry Maine greatly. But it is not correct to say that these co-owners constituted an unchangeable social group. Generally, apart from the tribal sector, we have not found property held in common except in a very special case where marriage among blood relatives existed in a group but it was mixed with the larger community. Often, too, the special rights of the owner are shared among the different corporations, groups of close relatives, unilateral among the Ewe for instance or bilateral as seems the case among the Ifugao. This means that communism did not exist among the territorial groups but only among a strictly limited group of genuine relatives. Co-ownership in others, although frequent, was not universal. We also find individual rights to property, as in the case of Rewa or in the Torres straits, more often in the pastures of the Kirghiz, where communism and individualism co-exist. It is up to those who believe in the universality of common property, as prior to individual land property, to prove their statements ... The studies on India, carried out by Baden-Powell, permit us to demonstrate that quite probably, in this region, the law pertaining to landed property was quite the opposite of what the sociologists wrongly assume. Baden-Powell draws attention to the fact that the area allotted as common property to the villages was not half as extensive as that covered by individual property. The latter was particularly prevalent among the more primitive peoples ... Besides this individual property belonging to indigenous farmers, there was also in certain localities the principle of multiple possession by the village; it often happened that a group of non-agricultural conquerors would take possession of the land and lower the owners to the rank of mere tenants. In such cases, the land owners would form a fraternity to which would belong the village area and the land contained in it, the entire portion forming a functioning land unit. Parts are assigned to individuals
Re: [Goanet] Goans in Kenya
2008/7/18 Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Goans in Kenya: An Endangered Species The topic of Goan emigration has held immense fascination for me. Not long ago, in distant Toronto, I encountered a sizable conglomeration of Goan settlers and was told the majority hailed from Kenya--that is from what had become a home away from home for the expatriates for the duration of a century! COMMENT: In order to be 'Politically correct' as I have been admonised; further to the post the Author. Besides research into the local history of Bombay, the author, Dr Teresa Albuquerque, has presented profiles of two villages in Goa: Anjuna and Santa Cruz; and has written Goa: The Rachol Legacy. Now the Goans of Kenya is due for release and should interest Goans anywhere. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London. P.S. This book is now a few years old and quite difficult to obtain in Goa bookshops, me thinks
Re: [Goanet] Book In Black and White - editor FN
2008/7/19 Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I must admit that I started reading this book with all the enthusiasm of a bear foraging for food in mid-winter. Selma COMMENT: What enthusiasm? Bears other than the White bear of North America, hibernate! -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
Re: [Goanet] Book In Black and White - editor FN
er that is what I meant Gabe. --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Book In Black and White - editor FN To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 4:22 AM 2008/7/19 Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I must admit that I started reading this book with all the enthusiasm of a bear foraging for food in mid-winter. Selma COMMENT: What enthusiasm? Bears other than the White bear of North America, hibernate! -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central
--- On Sat, 7/19/08, Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do hope Selma has statistics to back her far-reaching statement. If true, the Goa University must be congratulated for producing employable graduates who are ingrained with the intrinsic dignity of labour , that we preach from the pulpits and decry on any net forum. - Dear Miguel, Without getting all emotional and huffy about this, perhaps a good idea when opposing a project is to put together a coherent argument as to why it should be opposed and then put together solutions for an alternative. As of now, it seems to those living outside of Goa, that the same arguments can be tape-recorded and used for every Citizen's meeting. For ease of use, you might want to make a jingle out them. Scams and deals It's all about bhaile Wanting to steal I have a special corner in my heart for education. I do believe in today's society it defines individuals. I feel an uneasy churning in my stomach when I hear of plans to make Goa a university town of distinction, being opposed by cantankerous activists. I shall try to keep this as my last post on this subject. selma
[Goanet] OF COLD FEET AND FROST BYTES: THE STORY OF THE GT INTERVIEW THAT WASN'T PUBLISHED
OF COLD FEET AND FROST BYTES: THE STORY OF THE GT INTERVIEW THAT WASN'T PUBLISHED Hi guys... the silence of the Goan media on Nazi-gate really does not shock us. These guys have always behaved like ostriches, who are only keen on hiding both, their eggs and their balls (for those who have an issue with the word 'balls', you could interpret it as a set of dummy eggs). So we were pleasantly surprised when GT features contacted us for an email interview. This was way back on July 4, when GT correspondent Arti Das wrote to us... Hi Mr Penpricks (I got to know your gender through Orkut! J), First of all, let me introduce myself to you. I am Arti Das, a reporter with Gomantak Times. I'm writing regarding the latest sting that is making waves -- wherein you took the media fraternity for a merry ride by creating aheadline-grabbing fake news item about the arrest of an 88-year-old Johann Bach an absconding high-ranking Waffen SS (Schutzstaffel)colonel in the Germany's former Nazi party in the Khanapur jungle of Karnataka. for more read http://penpricks.blogspot.com/2008/07/of-cold-feet-and-frost-bytes-story-of.html
[Goanet] Inquisition and Francis Xavier
Recently, I was involved in a dialog on a net-chat (not private conversation) with an esteemed Goan historian. Below is the conversation, based on a reference the historian kindly provided me on the exact quote and the context of St. Francis Xavier request for the Inquisition to be introduced to Goa. This dialog should be educational to Goanet members and others on other Goan websites. So please feel free to forward this post.. I have withheld the name of this renowned historian. This dialog is about Francis Xavier and not opinions of current individual persons. Regards, GL. Dear , I am serious in the research of the Inquisition in Goa. I do the reading to be best of the resources available to me. And perhaps that applies to all of us. I thank you for your pointers and your references. Perhaps to your annoyance, I do question what I read. I am glad and thank you for posting the verbatim transcript of what Xavier requested and had in mind. Thanks for refreshing for us the reasoning that Xavier provided for his rational to introduce the inquisition to Goa. Each of of us can review Xavier's recommendations with the analysis provided. To quote you: The relevant letter is on p. 144: The second need that India has, if those who live in it are to be good Christians, is that Your Highness should establish here the holy Inquisition, because there are many who, without any fear of God or human respect, live according to the Mosaic law and the tenets of the Moors. Does not the above refer to: The living standards and moral behavior of Europeans (rather than converted or non-converted Goans, who had no concepts of the Mosaic law and the tenets of the Moors)? Is not the above a reference to multiple wives, mistresses, harems, concubines, prostitution, etc and the resultant illegitimate children ? Perhaps you can explain to us the practical meaning of Mosaic law and the tenets of the Moors. Perhaps you can explain to us the practical meaning of without any fear of God and human respect. The above request by Xavier was not aimed to force the conversion of Hindus, as is being alleged. The above request by Xavier was not to target the Jews or individuals of other faiths, as is being alleged. It is specifically requested to assure those Christians who live in it are to be good Christians. Hence the Inquisition what Xavier had in mind to accomplish, is not the Inquisition that was subsequently used / abused. Are we doing to Xavier's writings in the 16th century to what a few have currently done to yours? In some of the analysis that I see, these historical individuals are in a 'no win situation'. This seem to be the case of the European Jesuits supporting Sudra priests v/s Brahmin-Chardo priests. Thanks for your analysis. One can attribute any motivation to the Jesuits depending on 'whose ox is being gored' or the fictional novel one wants to write. As we sit in judgment of these historical actions, perhaps we should also ask ourselves: What would have been our solutions, even with the benefit of hindsight? This is a better option instead of second guessing the subaltern motifs of those individuals. Perhaps the current writers / reviewers should be honest to inform us if there are any personal overt or covert subaltern motives / situations that may be driving their own perspectives. My reference below to the numbers killed at the Inquisition was a quote used by a Portuguese Historian Joao Felix Pereira. It is aimed to point out that perhaps the information from some authoritative sources, may need to be cross-checked for accuracy. Regards, Gilbert Lawrence,
[Goanet] Land Conversions
Land conversions When the use of land changed from one purpose to another it is called land conversion e.g from agricultural land to non-agricultural land or from cultivable to non-cultivable area etc Land conversion does not necessarily mean converting from actual Agriculture/forest/hills to development or construction zone, e.g. A small plot of say 300 sqmtrs surrounded by 4 existing houses, the said plot may still need conversion if the area on the form I XIV shown under Garden (orchard) or agricultural land. In most cases, it seems mistakes were made from the beginning at the time of first few general land survey/ records and such mistakes continue replecting in form I XIV. When tenants buy property from their landlords, it is most likely an ‘orchard’ land or agricultural land However, if one buys a plot from a developer, in most cases, there is no need of conversion as the developers already developed the vast area with roads, licenses, conversion senads etc. How to apply for Conversion senad ? Or How it works? You have to submit four files (now five?) in prescribe application form together with certified copies of plans, I XIV, sales deed etc. to Dy. Collector office. The Dy. Office will then (takes it own sweet time) forward each file to TCP taluka, Mamlatdar, Forest Dept (and now to Revenue Dept/Minister?). Although you submit your application/docs at one place, it is your duty to make several visit to other 4 dept to chase your matter. First a site inspector from each dept will fix a date for site inspection. On the day, you have to arrange your own transport to take the inspector to and fro the site. If two dept, are close to each other, they never come in the same taxi as each dept inspector like to inspect separately. They say the reports will be forwarded to Dy. Collector within a week (if you bribe they would do it same day or next day, and if you don’t it could take up to six months as in my case). After about 10 days, you will have to visit Dy.coll to see if all reports are come , but the clerk in charge will not check the file saying go and ask the other depts. first if they sent the report. After several visits, if your all 3 reports are finally come, then the Dy. Coll office send a letter to the Survey Dept for drawing necessary plans. At Survey Dept you pay the fees around 800 for about 400sqmtrs. Then take an appoint for site inspection, on the day, you provide transport – he too will say the report will be sent in 7 days. And after 10 days, if you go to dy.coll to check if final report has come – the clert will still not check the file saying go and find out from the survey dept first if they sent it here. Once the final report/plan received, Dy. Coll office will then make you to pay challan senad fees @Rs.20 per sqmtr for area upto 500 sqmt area Once the payment is done, it could still take about a week for your Senad (although this can be done on the same day of payment). The whole process should take about 2-3 weeks if bribed or else up to 2years or never. Fyi, I have forwarded an application (on behalf of someone) for conversion of an area just over 400sqmtr to Dy.Collector April 2007 and the case still has not been resolved yet despite several visits to various depts. Why it taking so long time? The answer is simple. I HAVE NOT PAID A SINGLE PENNY TO ANYONE (Some inspector may even put site inspection reports in the bin if you don't pay them as it happend in my case) Most land conversions (within residential areas) are like money making scams. Where citizens are put to great hardship thus losing their time, money and energy. All areas within residential areas/zones should be automatically converted and all form I XIV records should be updated/rectified accordingly. Perhaps during next general land survey. Most people get the above done and the other licenses illegally by paying bribe to the local Panchayat. And it’s lot lot cheaper and quicker too. Plus you don’t have to worry about TCP, PWD Health Dept plans approval, site inspections, senads, etc. Once the house is constructed (with the blessing of local Panchayat) you get your New House No and that’s make you feel your house is legal. OK, would like to know the status of your land? Just visit any MAHITHI Ghars (Informations Kiosks) situated in cities. There are two at Panjim, one at KTC bus stand and the other outside Collector’s office garden. Just give your survery No e.g. 45/3, the taluka e.g. Pernen and the Village say Majorda. Pay Rs.10, and you will get your form I XIV instantly. If you are not sure about your survey no, don’t worry, try giving as many nos. you remember and they will search for you but each search will cost you Rs.5. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa
[Goanet] Talking Photo: Where in Goa you see this?
Talking Photo: Where in Goa you see this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk1/2667865589/sizes/l/ Some clues: - The person in the pic is a woman - No entry to general Public - One time, on Aug.10, every year, everyone was allowed. Now stopped. - I think Charles Sobraj resided here for sometime. [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
Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central
Dear Selma, Forgive me for naming you 'Elizabeth' instead of 'Selma' in my earlier post. Wonder if Elizabeth is one of your good names. Now coming back to 'Education' in Goa, it is heartening to warm up to hear someone saying something like having a soft corner in my heart for education, but it is a freeze when in the same breath one hears something like 'I shall try to keep this as my last post on this subject'. Except for the TOI report, this upgradation of Goa University as Central University is as good as a malicious rumour. Otherwise it would be a wild buzz. So far there is none that I know of. And the best thing that has happened, in these early stages, is that some authentic progamme has been organized where the pros and cons of this would be subject matter will be debated. It couldn't be a one sided debate. And who will debate this issue is the person who is knowledgeable in the matters of finer Education. I have been given to understand that there are people who want to talk about these things (pros and cons) and when that is done, Goa will be much wiser to adopt a system which is good for it people. I fear the thought of going deep down into uncharted waters because there is no retreat from there but only sure death. Can we, the uninitiated, have the pleasure of your arguments, pro or against such a proposed move, supposing it is true? I, personally, shall be most obligated. Tks B/rgds floriano - Original Message - From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do hope Selma has statistics to back her far-reaching statement. - Dear Miguel, Without getting all emotional and huffy about this, perhaps a good idea when opposing a project is to put together a coherent argument as to why it should be opposed and then put together solutions for an alternative. I have a special corner in my heart for education. I do believe in today's society it defines individuals. I feel an uneasy churning in my stomach when I hear of plans to make Goa a university town of distinction, being opposed by cantankerous activists. I shall try to keep this as my last post on this subject. selma
[Goanet] Goa University going Central
Selma writes: As of now, it seems to those living outside of Goa, that the same arguments can be tape-recorded and used for every Citizen's meeting. For ease of use, you might want to make a jingle out them. Scams and deals It's all about bhaile Wanting to steal You are absolutely right. The same arguments can be used to oppose a project, because the govt. has the same reasons for every project. In this case, the treasury has been emptied by loot ( just the food bills over the last 10 years could be used to fund a university) and hence there are no funds. Further, who would not want such a prime land ? Actually, quite interestingly, in the valuation of the Goa University which I read in the TOI article, the land value was put at Rs. 3000 crores, the value of buildings at Rs. 700 crores and the value of equipment at Rs. 300 crores, totalling to Rs. 4000 crores. What about the value of the faculty which constitutes the brain behind the university? It was not counted at all ! When any software company is valued, the number of staff is an important part in valuing it. regards, Samir
[Goanet] Vagator Beach
Vagator Beach http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=GdrYE_hlDj0 Chapora Fort, rocky beach etc seen BIKNNAKAR dancing also seen If u don't know who is/are biknnakar/s then watch it. It says about them too. The term 'Biknnakars' is not something new in Goa. It is at least 20 years old. I guess the name given to them by the then Goan taxi drivers and tour bus drivers here is a group of biknnakrs http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk13/2348840894/sizes/l/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa __ 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] Goa executive magistrates to be available on holidays
Goa executive magistrates to be available on holidays GOA GOVERNMENT with a view to give solace to public have made executive magistrate available on holidays too. Following the grievances of the general public with regards to the difficulties faced by them in executing affidavits before the executive magistrate for the purpose of obtaining income certificates, government took this decision. In these days public flock to magistrate offices to get income certificates in connection with obtaining ration quota for above poverty line (APL) category of ration card holders. The District Administration has also organised a special drive for such APL ration card holders whose income is not more than one lakh rupees. The special drive is fixed on 19th and 20th July 2008 in the office of Mamlatdar, Mormugao as well as office or court room of deputy collector or SDO Mormugao. The district collector has drafted nine executive magistrates for the above purpose on the above dates who shall be available to the public for the execution of their affidavits on the above dates and place from 10am to 5:30pm on both the general public of Mormugao taluka. General public are requested to bring along with them their photo identity documents such as electoral photo identity card (EPIC) etc in addition to their identity being verified by such person known to the magistrate. Public is also further requested to avail of this opportunity of the special drive. http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=137839 ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] Mutton Dhampaak - A Recipe from Edu's Kitchen in Sharjah
Category: Meat Style: Indian Servings: 4-5 persons *Description:* Dhampaak is a popular dish of Damanese, it is a delicious lamb dish and cooked on special occasions. *Ingredients:* 1/2 kg Mutton with bone (medium size cubes) 2 chopped onions 1 chopped tomato 4 tbsp Pomace Olive oil 2 potatoes medium size boiled, peeled cut into quarters Juice of one lemon Salt to taste 2 cups warm water 2 tbsp fresh chopped coriander leave for garnishing Grind with water make paste of the following: 3 red Kashmiri chillies 2 fresh green chillies 1 tbsp Aniseed 6 peppercorns 2 medium size sticks of cinnamon 3 cloves 2-4 cloves of garlic 1/2 ginger 1/4 tsp turmeric powder Few sprigs of fresh coriander leaves *Directions:* Heat the Olive oil over medium heat and saute the chopped onions, tomatoes until golden brown Add the masala paste, mutton, salt and fry for about 5 minutes Add 1-2 cups of warm water and cook until the meat is tender Add the boiled potatoes, lemon juice and simmer on slow heat for 2-3minutes Garnish with chopped coriander leaves before serving. Join Edu on Multiply to see all his blogs, videos photos and much more http://edwardlopes7.multiply.com/
Re: [Goanet] Goa University going Central
Samir Kelekar wrote: In this case, the treasury has been emptied by loot ( just the food bills over the last 10 years could be used to fund a university) and hence there are no funds. Further, who would not want such a prime land ? == jc's response: That is the reason why the Portuguese (and their boot-lickers) MUST be kicked out of Goa. They are nothing but looters who have emptied the Goa treasury - possibly just on food bills. I could understand if it was related to 'cerveja'. Oh Oh ...it was NOT the Portuguese who looted Goa (and remained poor) Ooops, Mishtek zali. I was believing only the Freedom Fighters, many of whom believe that just saying/writing Jai Hind makes them FFs If Goa was a 'software company' - what would be the fate of the chaps who handed over the running of the company to 'looters' as Samir characterises them? No ..but now the chaps want Goans to fall for a long discarded Ponzi scheme called Vishal Gomantak. As the velim based Kon-Few-shius once said: You fool me once .You fool me twice etc jc back to my work now.. PS: TGF web-site will have an important front page update this Sunday (EST) Will keep GoaNetters posted
Re: [Goanet] Goa University going Central
Grow up Josebab. The age for adulthood is 18. Goa is 47. You can't keep blaming your parents when you are 47. There is an expiry date upto which you can blame parents, unless of course you dont want to take responsibility for your own life! Why is Vishal Gomantak a Ponzi scheme or is it a mapusa scheme ? :-) And when was it discarded ? regards, Samir --- On Sat, 7/19/08, J. Colaco jc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: J. Colaco jc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Goa University going Central To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 6:02 PM Samir Kelekar wrote: In this case, the treasury has been emptied by loot ( just the food bills over the last 10 years could be used to fund a university) and hence there are no funds. Further, who would not want such a prime land ? == jc's response: That is the reason why the Portuguese (and their boot-lickers) MUST be kicked out of Goa. They are nothing but looters who have emptied the Goa treasury - possibly just on food bills. I could understand if it was related to 'cerveja'. Oh Oh ...it was NOT the Portuguese who looted Goa (and remained poor) Ooops, Mishtek zali. I was believing only the Freedom Fighters, many of whom believe that just saying/writing Jai Hind makes them FFs If Goa was a 'software company' - what would be the fate of the chaps who handed over the running of the company to 'looters' as Samir characterises them? No ..but now the chaps want Goans to fall for a long discarded Ponzi scheme called Vishal Gomantak. As the velim based Kon-Few-shius once said: You fool me once .You fool me twice etc jc back to my work now.. PS: TGF web-site will have an important front page update this Sunday (EST) Will keep GoaNetters posted
Re: [Goanet] Goa University going Central
2008/7/19 Samir Kelekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Grow up Josebab. The age for adulthood is 18. Goa is 47. You can't keep blaming your parents when you are 47. There is an expiry date upto which you can blame parents, unless of course you dont want to take responsibility for your own life! Why is Vishal Gomantak a Ponzi scheme or is it a mapusa scheme ? :-) And when was it discarded ? == Samirbab, Please read my posts carefully - My last post was based specifically on the software company analogy of yours. You have made my point exactly - In a real software company, those negligent chaps who handed over the running of the company (Goa in this case) would have been booted off (without boot-licking) as soon as Goa turned 18 .. at least. Read more about the origins, canvassing and discarding of the Konkan State Vishal Gomantak ponzi schemes. You will find enough information even in the mine-owner-owned noojpapers within the time span of 2-3 years post the Opinion Poll disaster. (Disaster for the ponzi-wallas like the Kenis, Chougulos and many of the ones who are complaining about the bhaille in Goa today.) It is true (hopefully) that one achieves adulthood at about 18. What this sorry episode shows us is that often-times children continue to pay the price for the folly of their Ponzi-pops. The present overwhelmed by the bhallie chaos is what those who supported the MGP have brought upon to their children - who are now complaining and even lamenting about the Goa they knew ! This is additional to the original Ponzi-wallas who handed over the running of the company to a team without any program plans. These original Ponzi-wallas are now back with this nonsense called Konkan State/Vishal Gomantak. Yeah right! Goa being part of Greater Mangalore, maybe .but not this nonsense. cheers all the same Now ...I have to do some more Book-Licking (:-) jc ps: my knowledge on this topic is now temporarily exhausted. No Mas replies for now from me.
Re: [Goanet] Goa University Going Central
Hi Miguel, I am sorry you got carried away emotionally to the point where you claimed I was knowledgeable and you were not. I neither made nor implied any such claim. Living abroad, I have never presumed to tell Goans in Goa how to do things. However, that does not prevent me from making an argument and stating my views on a subject that is introduced on Goanet. I am glad that Floriano has immediately started a Citizen's Initiative to discuss the matter. That is the right move. Before one starts agitating, one must know both sides of the argument of why and what one is agitating for. While issues like land grabbing, bribery and corruption and despoiling of the environment are obvious issues that need to be vigorously tackled, the matter of converting Goa University to a Central one, has implications that need to be set out and argued. Here could be a great opportunity for Goa. Like Karat of the Communist party did on the issue of the US pact on the nuclear deal for India, one cannot just throw it away. One important question arises before discussion of the subject becomes meaningful. Why is the Centre considering conversion of GU? Has it been approached to do so because of the GU's chronic lack of funds or for any other such reason? There are 2 subsets of the issue of conversion of the University. The first is whether conversion would be good for Goa. The other is how it would be best done - i.e. full-fledged takeover of the current premises, facilities, faculty and staff, or doing all this while establishing a separate campus for specializing in local requirement and issues like you have suggested. I strongly favor the conversion to a Central University. In addition to the reasons I have mentioned in my previous post, here is one that I think is very important: Goa due to it's size, is ignored at the national level. Nay, it is even exploited as there is no-one to protest it. The Goa Govt should have been doing this, but they themselves are a bunch of spineless, incompetents who run to Delhi ever so often, to get their political blessings. Having a Central University will slowly put Goa on the national map. Students passing out from the new Goa University (or whatever it may be called, like Lal Bahadur Shastri University) will have ready access to Central Cadre services, a presence it now sorely lacks. With a sizable body of Goa Cadre top administrative officers, top cops and top diplomats, Goa will get the respect it deserves. And as you so well know Goans flourish academically. They have always done so, given the right environment. Unfortunately, that environment has always been out of Goa. No protest will ever be worth foregoing this window of opportunity. Regards and mog assundi, Roland. On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dears, Roland Francis can sit abroad and tell us plausible stories of what happens at Goa University at Taleigao Plateau [in village Panchayats of Taleigao, Santa Cruz and Bambolim] or any other University in Goa. He is knowledgeable. I make no such claim for myself.
Re: [Goanet] My Bonnie lies over the Ocean
Selma, I guess u hv not come across Goemkars, who are holding top positions on board the ships as Captains, Chief Officers, Chief Engineers, Supt...etc. Do u think its easy now to get a job on ship as a cook without doing any catering course n hotel experience. For even a trainee assistant cook, minimum 10th std with 1 year in 5 star hotel experience is a must..Probably the guy who did his Hotel Management (if its 3 year Diploma) will be joining as Catering Officer or chef de partie if he has min two years experince in star hotels. Those days the gulfie/shippy worked as cooks waiters only to give their children a better education. Dev borem korum Edward Verdes Dear Paulo, I agree with you that there is a certain stigma attached to these jobs in Goa but consider it from their point of view. Many of these men are educated atleast upto 12th standard. I know quite a few who have done their Bcom and are now working onboard ships as cooks. I even know someone who did his Hotel management and is thinking of going onboard the ship. Those who are not going onboard the ship will make their way to the UK and join the packing crews in Swindon. Dear Roland, Please don't be so hard on Goa University. During its reign of 22 years, it has managed to produce more cooks onboard ships, more packers in Swindon, more houseboys in Kuwait and more illegal waiters in the US than any other university.
[Goanet] Thousands of pilgrims begin trek to mass - from ninemsn
This article appears in news.ninemsn.com.au and I thought you should see it. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=600189 If you cannot click on the link above, copy and paste the entire address below into your web browser. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=600189 For all the latest news around the globe, check out ninemsn. http://ninemsn.com.au Good Morning Goanet World. For your information. rubygoes
[Goanet] NAVELIM crowned J.P Memorial KIFF League Champions in Kuwait
NAVELIM crowned J.P Memorial KIFF League Champions in Kuwait Kuwait: One of the most famous Goan football teams in Kuwait Navelim Youth Centre won the J.P D'Mello Memorial KIFF League Title for a record 5th time in the final played at Salmiya Grounds on Friday. G.O.A Maroons are second on the Championship list with 3 titles since the inception of the League in 1994. The KIFF League 2007-08 which commenced in October last included 18 teams registered with the Kuwait Indian Football Federation. Watch out for news and images of the final played on 18 July 2008, and the inside story!
Re: [Goanet] Goa University going Central
Sam, W.r.t. GU Here are the actual figures: And you will be able to place GU's finances accordingly. GU- Taleigao plateau -Balance Sheet LIABILITIES Sr.No. Particulars Schedule Amount (Rs) 2005-06 Amount (Rs) 2004-05 1. CAPITAL GRANTS FROM STATE GOVT AND ORS (I) 31,18,24,326.53 36,29,29,111.12 2. RESERVES OTHER FUNDS (II) 1,42,44,639.79 1,41,22,951.79 3. EXCESS OF EXPENDITURE OVER INCOME UPTO 31 -- (-) 7,72,64,907.49 4. OTHER LIABILITIES (III) 6,77,985.79 8,27,140.51 5. DEPSOTS RECEOVED (IV)62,91,708.35 59,03,703.35 6. STUDENT WELFARE (V) 5,51,738.004,78,398.00 7. ENDOWMENT AND DONATION FUND(VI) 45,16,624.35 43,17,971.59 8. BALANCE OF GRANTS RECEIVED TOWARDS SPECIFIC PURPOSE 2,52,84,474.32 2,84,37,165.72 9. SPECIFIC GRANTS RECEIVED TOWARDS FIXED ASSETS (VII 16,65,22.522.21 15,45,98,875.71 --- --- TOTAL 52,99,14,019.34 49,43,50,410.30 --- Taleigao, Goa. Sd/- Sd/- Dated: 06-02-07 (Damodar J. Naik)(Dr. Mohan M. Snagodkar) Finance Officer Registrar ASSETS 1. FIXED ASSETS 1.1 Building and other works 2005-06 2004-05 Cost 34,89,31,379.21 34,80,49,511.58 (VIII) Less Depreciation 8,03,80,422.29 7,40,27,792.29 --- -- Net Block 26,85,50,956.9227,40,21,719.27 1.2 Equipment Furniture Cost 19,18,34,,274.53 18,06,48,822.03 (VIII) Less Depreciation 9,88,86,071.29 8,61,92,887.29 - --- 9,29,48,203.24 9,44,55,934.74 1.3 Books Cost7,30,45,967.52 6,76,38,019.52 (VIII) Less Depreciation3,46,90,690.95 3,12,04,588.95 - - 3,83,55,276.57 3,64,33,430.57 1.4 Vehicles Cost 30,40,713.59 19,62,744.59 (VIII) Less Depreciation 19,91,702.87 15,91,898.87 - --- 10,49,010,72 3,70,845.72 2.Expenditure against Grants to be received (Part III) ... 59,10,479.19 52,63,369.19 3.Advances Deposits (IX) 33,82,013.50 32,62,749.00 4.Other Assets (X) 3,33,031.10 - 5.Cash Balance Balances with Banks/ Financial Institutions A. General Balances 7,88,10,376.804,01,88,276.81 B. Part III Balances 2,68,71,955.962,87,33,113.98 C. Endowment Fund Bank Balance 50,73,049.39 39,47,954.75 D. Other Earmarked Funds 86,29,655.95 76,73,016.27 11,93,85,048.10 8,05,42,361.81 --- -- --- --- Total 52,99,14,019.34 49,43,50,410.30 -- --- Taleigao, Goa. Sd/- Sd/- Dated: 31-03-06 (Damodar J. Naik) (Dr. Mohan M. Snagodkar) Finance Officer Registrar B/rgds floriano - Original Message - From: Samir Kelekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 4:53 PM Subject: [Goanet] Goa University going Central Selma writes: As of now, it seems to those living outside of Goa, that the same arguments can be tape-recorded and used for every Citizen's
[Goanet] Tivim Feast on tomorrow Sunday 20th.
Mass at 1.30 p.M. at St Boniface Church Tooting Bec, followed by social. See you there perhaps, tonight it's off to see Elvis at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
[Goanet] GOACAN to observe Consumers Road Safety Fortnight
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED -- -- GOACAN to observe Consumers Road Safety Fortnight -- GOACAN will observe a Consumers Road Safety Fortnight from 17th to 30th July to create awareness among the Consumers on linkages of Road Safety issues and the Consumer Protection Act as part of its ongoing Campaign on Road Safety Traffic Management. The fortnight long program is being organised with a view to create Awareness, record Complaints and book Violations on issues of Road Safety and Traffic Management keeping in mind the Rights Responsibilities of the Consumer. While the statistics of injuries deaths on the roads of Goa for 2008 are shocking, a lot needs to be done in the area of Road Safety and Traffic Management with the direct involvement of the Goan consumer to Organise and not just Agonise over the matter. From January to June 2008, in the past 6 months there were 153 fatal accidents in which 172 persons were killed - of these 66 were motorcycle riders, 20 pillion riders, 16 drivers, 36 pedestrians, 30 passengers, 2 cyclists and 2 others besides 164 persons suffered grievous injuries. Lack of knowledge of the rules of the road, unsafe driving practices, non use of helmets seat belts, sale of fake helmets, lack of maintenance of speed breakers rumbler strips, the need for Comfortable, Affordable and Safe travel by public transport are some of the issues that will be highlighted by GOACAN during this fortnight. During the Road Safety Fortnight, the Consumer Forum volunteers will create awareness on the changing usage of roads in Goa due to the increase in the number of vehicles and promote the benefits of bus bays, notified bus stops, zebra crossings, subways and proper signages. Consumer Forum volunteers will compile and submit Road Safety Traffic Management Plans for their respective villages to the Traffic Police, Transport Department, District Magistrate, Village Panchayats and Municipal Councils. The Forum volunteers will also move resolutions at their respective village Gram Sabhas on road safety issues, for the listing and maintenance of speed breakers, rumbler strips and speed limit signages and the need for a Road Engineering Cell (REC) within the Public Works Department (PWD) and the formation of a Road Safety Traffic Management Committee at the level of the Village Panchayat and Municipal Council. The Forum volunteers will promote the use of the Complaint Boxes of the Consumer Welfare Clubs (CWC) for student commuters in High Schools, HSS and Colleges to report unsafe practices by public transport vehicles, non issue of tickets, harassment by conductors and denial of 50% bus concession. The campaign will also highlight the need for the Goa Government to spend revenue generated from fines of traffic offences on Road Safety Education and strengthening the Traffic Police Cell the Enforcement Wing of the Directorate of Transport with necessary and sufficient personnel equipment such as interceptors, alcometers, night patrolling vehicles etc. -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK -- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa -- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: [Goanet] Book In Black and White - editor FN
I am enjoying every minute of this book. Perhaps because we know so many of the writers on Goanet. Valmiki, only because you mentioned it twice :-) It was Jesmal at Jesuit House. Jesema's was at the other end of town. They made the most delicious choritz pao but they never really got over the shock of losing their daughter in a tragic accident during a school picnic. That was a sad day in Panjim. There is a contribution from my dear friend Elston Soares now in Singapore. I still remember the day, Elston came to college with a huge grin on his face. He had got his break at a newspaper. Herald if I recall correctly. He knew even then exactly what his one and only true love was. Journalism. And whatever happened to Bikram Vohra. He was last heard off in Dubai working for KT. I wonder if he is still there. Selma
Re: [Goanet] Evaluating the past
--- On Fri, 7/18/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did I read you right, that the Greeks like Hippocrates or Galen were not practicing and teaching what they (and we) call scientific medicine? (see below) Gilbert, Yes, you read me right. Their medicine was pre-scientific. They practiced Aristotlean philosophy and common sense. The scientific method was not fully developed until the 13th century A.D. when Roger Bacon described it, although the Arabs were using its precursor as early as the 8th century. It was first applied in a systematic and comprehensive manner by Galileo in the 16th century. It was first introduced into medicine by Semmelweis and Pasteur in the 19th century. Modern medicine did not become fully scientific in the sense of using the evidence-based approach until the second half of the 20th century. In fact, surgery started relying on this approach only in the 1980s and 1990s. As far as your nonsense about scientific fads is concerned, perhaps you are referring to some pre-scientific or pseudoscientific opinions and impressions. Real science does not have fads. It only has hypotheses that become established principles or have to be modified based on objective evidence. BTW, I noticed that you were not able to defend your moral equivalence of inquisition and medicine, with anything you wrote in your latest post in the Evaluating the past thread you created for that purpose. Cheers, Santosh
Re: [Goanet] read my blog: www.freebirdingoa.blogspot.com
Lionel, well done and keep it up. Uk is the fifth largest economy in the world with total Annual GDP of probably a thousand times more than Goa. Yet, recently under freedom of Information act, newspapers released a story that Ex deputy PM John Prescott's food bill for a particular year was £ 4000 equivalent to Rs 32. He was ridiculed for this and our thieves are spending several times more than this. Hopefully, some day goans will wake up and hang these fellows in some public places. As many people have said on several fora, all 40 thieves are just the same. shamelessly sucking blood out of goan economy. Anil Desai 2008/7/19 Lionel Messias [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- Lionel Messias, Associate Editor, Herald, Goa Mob: 9822152164 http://www.oheraldo.in/ Read my blog: http://freebirdingoa.blogspot.com/
[Goanet] Margao photojournalists fake Moti Dongor sword picture? (Rajan Narayan, Goan Observer)
STRAY THOUGHTS: By Rajan Narayan [The Goan Observer, July 19-25, 2008] Feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Margao photojournalists fake Moti Dongor sword picture? And a few more stray thoughts and a few more observations for yet another Sunday. For a Sunday following the week when the Goa Bachao Abhiyan had strong reservations over accepting the draft Regional Plan 2021 which has reportedly been finalized. For a Sunday following the week when the Sangh Parivar-backed citizens' welfare committee accused the GBA of becoming part of the government. For a Sunday following the week when the Times of India carried a report claiming yet another attempt to topple the government by Vishwajit Rane. For a Sunday following the week the editor of The Navhind Times, Arun Sinha, sought the help of the Editors' Guild to take on Penpricks. GBA UPSET AND a few more stray thoughts on the strong reservations of the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) on the draft Regional Plan, which is ready and likely to be made public very soon. When the draft Regional Plan 2021 was circulated among members of the Task Force, which includes Dr Oscar Rebelo, the convenor of the GBA, it was discovered that rules or guidelines on acquisition of land by the Central and State governments were included in the draft Regional Plan. This is being strongly objected to by the GBA which has rightly pointed out that the rules pertaining to acquisition of land by the government are not relevant to the Regional Plan 2021. It may be recalled that the consultant to the Town and Country Planning Department, Edgar Ribeiro, was asked to frame the rules by Chief Minister Digamber Kamat following the uproar over the amendment to the Town and Country Planning Act, which exempted State and Central government projects from the purview of the Regional Plan 2021. LAND SHARKS IT may be recalled that during the last session of the legislative assembly, obviously under pressure from the patrons of the land sharks, an amendment was made to the TCP Act, exempting not only Central and State government projects but even land acquired by the state for the benefit of private parties from the purview of the Regional Plan 2021. This was strongly objected to by the GBA, which pointed out that the amendment would defeat the very purpose of entrusting the preparation of the new draft Regional Plan to the independent Task Force. Though privately the Chief minister, who is the chairman of the Task Force, kept assuring the GBA that rules would be framed to prevent abuse of the amendment, the GBA did not receive an official response to any of the three letters it wrote protesting against the amendment. Moreover, though draft rules for the acquisition of land by the government were included in Appendix X of the interim report of the Task Force, the Chief Minister has not committed himself to even adopting, leave alone enforcing, the rules. In the meanwhile, pressure mounted on the convenor of the GBA, Dr Oscar Rebelo, to present an ultimatum to the Chief Minister on the amendment to the TCP Act. It will be recalled that, last week, the GBA made it clear that it would not settle for anything short of the abrogation of the amendment to the TCP Act which exempted Central and State government projects from the purview of the Regional Plan 2021. It is against this backdrop that Dr Oscar Rebelo had reportedly refused to endorse the draft Regional Plan 2021. Indeed, the Convenor has been under pressure to withdraw from the GBA and was savaged by the saffron group within the GBA for having endorsed the interim report. The reluctance of the Chief Minister Digamber Kamat to make any commitment on the demand for scrapping the amendment has strengthened the hands of the fanatics and lunatics in the GBA and made it embarassing for the moderates to continue to defend the Task Force. Indeed, there is every possibility that the GBA will be hijacked by the lunatics and fanatics, or marginalized by Sangh Parivar-promoted groups if it makes any compromise on the demand that the government should scrap the amendments to the TCP Act. SANGH PARIVAR AND a few stray observations on the continuing attempts by the Sangh Parivar to marginalize the GBA. It may be recalled that recently a group of individuals and organizations sympathetic to, if not close to, Manohar Parrikar attempted to start a rival GBA, deceptively called GPA. Unfortunately for Rajan Parrikar and company, who had promoted the GPA, it did not receive any significant response from even the more established NGOs, leave along the 'aam aadmi'. On the contrary, even in the internutting world where the Sangh Parivar and its sympathizers have a strong presence, the audio visual presentation of Rajan Parrikar was dubbed as destructively provocative. Which reportedly promoted an unprintable response from Rajan Parrikar. PARRIKAR LINK THOUGH the GPA failed to take off, the
[Goanet] Chapora Fort
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[Goanet] Bridge over trouble community relations
Selma said, Such is the utter indifference of the Indian community to assimilation. Albeit my experiences were more with the Indian guest workers in the US, but some of them had been in the US for upto ten years. Yet, they led lives parallel and in complete apathy to their host country. Shopping in their own grocery stores, watching Bollywood and Tamil movies over the weekend, buying enough clothes in India to last their stay in America and constantly disparaging the American system of education which explores creativity rather than learning by rote. There is no curiosity at all about another culture, no interaction beyond the most superficial and no involvement in their community affairs. Instead they chose to live in a cocoon of India transplanted. (In good conscience, I must add here that in this respect Goans fare much more favorably, because there is a genuine willingness to assimilate when we migrate and it is this more than anything else that defines our community in diaspora.) - Reply: YET WE ARE CALLED 'PAKIS', eating kity kat food. You have not lived long enough in the Western countries to realise that: It took over 60 years for the Whites in UK to eat chicken tikka masala. Most of the USA whites still do not know where India is (ask Dabya if he knew). If it was not for the Indians sticking together, Southall would have been burnt to the ground. People like you are called COCONUTS. Brown outside White inside. You think you are white because of your religion (so does the average Indian in India). ED. __ 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] Goa news for July 20, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Jamir to be sworn in as Maharasthra Governor - Economic Times [22 hours ago] MAHARASHTRA : After his tumultuous stint in Goa, SC Jamir will be sworn in as Maharashtra governor on Saturday. Mr Jamir currently holds the additional ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Jamir_to_be_sworn_in_as_Maharasthra_Governor_/articleshow/3252468.cmscid=1228273854ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNFT6Gf7OwQZCVpuJ0KdpaLYCVgFGQ *** Goa may go into forced recession - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] by RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR PANAJI #148; The captains of industry in the state on Saturday predicted that Goawould be drawn into a forced recessionwithin next ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=072070cid=1228362443ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNFDTGOk1CLgVrINtWaML7Je48qzzg *** Blackmore blames GOA for Commonwealth Youth Games misstep - Stabroek News [14 hours ago] Contrary to what was reported by the GOA, the AAG president, who recently attended acouncil meeting of the IAAF in Cali, Colombia said that he was reliably ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.stabroeknews.com/sports/blackmore-blames-goa-for-commonwealth-youth-games-misstep/cid=1228466050ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNGM4sQomR2ek-kyfcrdeOvUIQHdKw *** 4 sites identified for garbage treatment in Goa, says CM - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] Speaking to â#130;¬ËThe Navhind Timesâ#130;¬#132;¢, Mr Kamat said the House committee had visited some places in South and North Goa districts. The Chief Minister informed ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=072071cid=1228550828ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNGCma-RAnNofk60wWotGTYUF2GyMw *** Ravindra Bhavan will cater to S Goa artists: CM - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] The Chief Minister of Goa, Mr Digamber Kamat, expressing satisfaction over the completion of the project on Saturday said thatMargao which is the commerce ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=072069cid=1228549698ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNHhgjD3gLOvVMaMHRVPfnLGCeb_Iw *** Alarmed Centre rushes malaria experts to Goa - Times of India [Jul 17, 2008] The team from the National Institute of Malaria Research, an autonomous organisation under the Indian Council of Medical Research, met doctors at Goa ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Alarmed_Centre_rushes_malaria_experts_to_Goa/articleshow/3247933.cmscid=0ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNHE9rYYUbdsjuTGEi3HjTvlmyEdew *** Goa executive magistrates to be available on holidays - Merinews [15 hours ago] GOA GOVERNMENT with a view to give solace to public have made executive magistrate available on holidays too. Following the grievances of the general public ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=137839cid=0ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNHtsf70gPWXMuVODYqtxBTKiEMMuQ *** Fitout and Goa Velha in first day wins - GulfNews [2 hours ago] Dubai: Fitout and Goa Velha Al Zuari secured convincing wins on the opening day of the corporate footballat the DSS Gulf International Promotions Sportzone ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.gulfnews.com/sport/Football/10230374.htmlcid=0ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNHLtrjLkFhR_zTzm3I7Fgje6028fg *** Goa, a home away from home for Punjabis - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] by ABDUL RAUF BEIG PANAJI â#130;¬ The Punjabis too came to Goa in large numbers and have made it their home. There are about 1 Punjabis living in the state ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=072072cid=0ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNF31_SxXWp7HsL95PY9QuUbyBmlhg *** Congress party favours compensating SEZ promoters in Goa - Economic Times [17 hours ago] 19 Jul, 2008, 1104 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: The Congress party in Goa favours compensating the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) promoters whose projects were ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Congress_party_favours_compensating_SEZ_promoters_in_Goa/articleshow/3252937.cmscid=1228436560ei=-niCSIKzN5aQgAPU8eG-BAusg=AFQjCNFtY-sfxugI_8zA-4XD4OenB8eYxw Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Goa’s mango: HERALD(Goa), Jul y 20, 2008
GOA’S MANGO By Valmiki Faleiro Goa’s mango season 2008 flopped. The rains this Feb / March deflowered the crop. Prices went through the roof, as did local press coverage of the humble mango. There was reason why mango suddenly became Goa’s journalistic celebrity this year: with air charged over the impending entry of a national newspaper competing in Goa, local English language dailies perked local news to never-before levels. Anything and everything Goan suddenly became important. Including the mango, its yield, past harvest stats, prices, its pests, its history, blah blah. Even poor cashew nut made Page 1 banner headlines in Goa’s oldest English newspaper. Former editors of that newspaper must have turned in their graves. The new Goa edition of the national daily did not lag behind. Said its report on May 9: “This situation is particularly ironic considering that Goa was one of the earliest places to cultivate different varieties of mango in vast quantities, thanks to the Jesuits who brought the fruit here in the 17th century.” That, amid a host of other shocking howlers. The writer, obviously, was oblivious of the mango’s botanical name, “Mangifera indica.” Else, he’d have known that Jesuits did not bring the mango to Goa in the 17th Century, that mango is indigenous to India. It existed on Indian soil even before Lord Buddha, forget the Portuguese and the Jesuits. Sad we lost our ancient Buddhism, because it was Panna, an apostle of Lord Buddha, who spread that pacifist faith on the west coast of India. Panna was a Goan Brahmin from Ambaulim-Quepem, one of the first known Goan expatriates who, from Sopara, traded areca nut and sandalwood with places as afar as Tibet and Mudguiri. In time, Panna converted to Buddhism, spread the faith, and died in 543 BC, at age 80. Had we known Buddhist lore, we would know that Lord Buddha was gifted with a mango orchard, so he could rest in its abundant shade. Why, even a Hindu should know that mango is part of our ancient folklore and religious customs … its leaf, for instance, is a decorative tradition at some festivals. Sheer blasphemy to say that Jesuits brought the mango to Goa. Europeans only taught us the art of grafting, which is how Goa’s 100+ known mango varieties came about. As for Jesuits, consider this: outside Benaulim’s St. John the Baptist church, an ancient mango tree still produces luscious-looking, fleshy fruit. It is sweet on the outside but is terribly sour inside. Wise Benaulim-kars christened it ‘Jesuita.’ We often go overboard when talking of the past, when giving credit to the ‘firangis.’ There was this absolutely unadulterated nonsense that the Portuguese brought the coconut to Goa and taught Goans to make feni. Coconut is of Indo-Malayan origin. Indians, and Goans, knew distillation much before Portugal was born as a nation. From times ancient, we made ‘Som Ras,’ nectar of the gods (and man.) An entire community, the Bhandari Samaj, traditionally tapped toddy and distilled it into coconut urraca and feni. The Portuguese, who brought cashew from Brazil, only showed how its juice, with existing process, could turn into the celebrated Goan cashew feni. Turning to mango, the greatest amount of work done to study, collect and preserve different varieties of the Goan mango was by ICAR’s Dr. PA Mathew. He painstakingly sourced and grafted 74 varieties and planted them on ICAR grounds as mother trees, for future propagation. The present unworthy successor, Dr. SP Singh, busies himself only talking … of propagating varieties from the North East, where he previously talked. Two years ago, I told him where he could find mother trees of two rare varieties the ICAR did not have, ‘Papel Branco’ and ‘Araujo.’ He is yet to collect scions and graft them for posterity. Had Dr. Mathew been in his place, the ICAR would be richer by another two distinct Goan mango varieties. I’ll part with a thought to ponder over. Like tiny Goa on the western seaboard of India, Portugal was a tiny nation on the western seaboard of the world’s then centre: Europe. The Portuguese came here for spices, after the overland route to Asia closed down with the fall of Constantinople during the Crusade wars. In time, they also colonialised Brazil. They took the mango from India to the other side of the globe in Brazil (and from there, to the western world.) They brought the cashew from Brazil/South America all the way to India, and from here to the eastern world. Mango and cashew are botanical cousins (Anacardiaceae.) Sounds strange? (Ends.) The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=330 == The above article appeared in the July 20, 2008 edition of the Herald, Goa
[Goanet] Penpricks likely to get busted soon?
OF COLD FEET AND FROST BYTES: THE STORY OF THE GT INTERVIEW THAT WASN'T PUBLISHED With the Editor's guild going after penpricks, it is just a matter of time before penpricks will be nailed. Penprick's IP address can be easily revelead by the ISP. If authorities subponea the ISP, they are bound to reveal penprick's ISP. The only way out for penpricks is to use a proxy to do whatever he does, and that too he should use a proxy which is hosted and belongs to a company which is in a country where the privacy laws are much stronger than in India. regards, Samir
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Kimsam Porian Mogak Axetat
Kimsam Porian Mogak Axetat “Ago udd, udd. Anopheles, tuzo jiv zai zalear uddun voch” “Kitem zalam re. Itli taket kiteak?” Zollarek vo kimsank marpachem vokhodd xinvraitoleak pollevn, ek daddlo zollar (male mosquito) bail zollarek (female mosquito) vego-veg to zago soddun vochunk xiddkavnni ditalo. Taleigao-che don vadde, Bor Bhat ani Vhoddlem Bhat zollarank ekdom rovnneche (breeding) zage nond zaleat. Thoinsorli zollar mornnank pavoita tosli plasmodium parasite hi ek vikali pidda posraita ani lokache bholaikecher ani jivacher chodduch bhirant haddtta mhunn Ponnjent ravpi Dr. Madhav Wagle hannem usko porgottaila. Zori zollarechem noxtt khobar korunk vo tabo dovorunk Munsupaliti, Panchayat ani Bholaike Khatem zata titlea vegim upai ghena zalear Gõyant ‘malaria’ mornancho ankddo vaddtolo hi ek gombhir xiddkavnni dilea. Aplo jiv vattovpak, thoddi zollar vo kimsam vokhodd martelea zageavelim jiv aslear bhik magin, oxe toren pollun vetalim. Tatuntlim don zollari jiv vattoupache boballar astana, bail zollar asli ti vochun eka mon’xacher bosli. Tednam, ticho daddlo sangati aroddlo. “ Ago Anopheles, taka chabu naka,” “Kiteak? Tuzo soiro lagta kitem?” Bail zollaren vicharlem “Takach lagun amchi sonsot Taleigoa ganvant jiyeta.” Ani ekuch zompoi marun daddlo zollaren aple sangati bail zollarek chabunk boslelea mon’xaveli poisaili ani dogaim vochun eka santtun aslelea udkan boslim. “DDT vokhddanchi ‘insecticides spray’ marun amchi sonsot nopoit kortat. Ani bolkavant ubo ravun to mouza polleta. Mhaka rag ailo. Dekhunuch, hanv taka chabunk gelim. Punn tuvem chabunk diunk na. To konn? Ani tum taka koso vollkota?” “Vollkota? Taleigao-cho badshah to. Gõycho Montri aslo tednam, tannenuch Gõyant vhodd-vhodd imaroti zavncheo mhunn vorixtt prokolp (project) ube kele. Udorgottichea nanvan pachvi rongi Gõy aslem tem konkritache korchelem khatir Gõychi zomin bhailea dhonddekarank vikpak suru keli. Oxe toren vorixtt imaroti bandpache prokolp suru zale. Ani te banddpak, Gõyant kamdar lok naslelean bhaile lokak vo hangasorlo lok somzotole bhasen ‘ghantti’ lokak haddcho poddlo. Ani ho Orisa, Jharkhand, Kholapur prantanlo kamdar lok Gõyant yetanam malaria zavpa sarkelim ‘dhenge’, ‘chikungunya’ duensam bandkapam zatelea zagear (construction sites) odik promonnan gheun ailo. Amchi zollaranchi sonsot vhaddounk adhar kortelea Babuk, natak korunk sodta tum? Dekhunuch, taka chabpak hanvem tuka monam kelem.” “Mhaka khoim khobor? To amcho sorvonddar mhunn? “ “Itlean somplem na. Ponnje lagsor aslelea ganvanim 85 tok’ke malaria duens bhailea kamdarachea vorvim posorta mhunn halinch Gõychea disaleancher avaz zala. Kuddiche sabar bhag piddear zaun ‘plasmodium vivax’ hea malaria duensan sompunk Siolechi tornni ostori poili asa khoim. Bihar-cho 18 vorsancho tornatto Sunil Kumar ‘plasmodium vivax’-cho dusro malaria boli poddlo mhunn Gõychi Voizki Kolej hospital khobor dita. Candolim tem Baga dorya dheger ravpi lokak amchi sonsot sotaita mhunn netan khobro bhair sortat. Moddganv Hospicio hospitalant OPD-int disantlean xeboreamni Arlem, Aquem, Davorlim, Colva, Benaulim, Pedda, Betul, Cuncolim ganvcho lok ilaz ghetamna 10 tem 15 malaria piddeche ‘positive’ boli (victim) astat. Bildingam bandpam choltele Moddganv xarant, Kansavlle ganvant amchi zollar sonsot itli choddlea, thoinsorlo lok sanjechi 5 horancher ghoranchim daram-zonnelam damptta khoim…….” “Punn, Gõyche Amdar-Montri duent poddonant kitem?” Daddlo zollar uloitamna modench bail zollaren tondd ghalun vicharlem. “Tankam koslem duens zatelem? Tankam fokot ekuch duens asa. Ani tem mhonnlear Gõyche porjechi tizori riti korchi. Tanche ghoranim ‘mosquito coils’ zolltat zalear tanchea bhurgeank ani kamdarank amche ghansantle samballunk ‘mosquito nets’ ghalun nidhoitat.” “Sarkem tanchem.” Bail zollaren mhonnlem “Oxem kiteak mhonnta tum? Daddlea zollaren vicharlem “Zori amche ‘malaria’ piddent Amdar-Montri mele zalear? Tanchim bhurgim melim zalear? Jem meren Gõyant dovdir haddtele jive astele te meren amche zollarinchem raj choltelem nhoi? Porja melear zata. Amdar-Montri jive urlear puro. Ho poi. Taka vollkota tum?” bail zollaren vicharlem “Konn to?” “ Nanvacho boro ugddas na, punn to zaun asa The National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme cell of the DoHS (Directorate of Health Services)” “Ago, itlem lamb korun kitem sangta? Motthvea utramnim sang nhoi?” “Udkantlean zatele jontucher tabo dovorpi vhodle dotor bab te. Mhonnchem, amche zollar sonsot natak korunk bore upai sodun kaddpi.” “Kitem? Ekuch pavtti tacher bosun chabcho taka?” Daddlea zollaren vicharlem “Aga, mhojea ixtta. Tuje lagim kitem zata? Malaria pidda eka mon’xa koddsun dusrea mon’xak fokot Anopheles bail zollaren diunk zata. Ani ti hanv. Ha, ha….Punn ekuch ha, ha… ekuch tujean diunk ieta tem, jedna mhaka pidda lagtta tedna ti bori korunk tujean zata…….” “Kosli pidda?”
[Goanet] Fw: A (Su-Raj) Goan at the Oval Office of the White House posing with the President of the U.S.A.
- Original Message - From: goasuraj To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:49 AM Subject: A (Su-Raj) Goan at the Oval Office of the White House posing with the President of the U.S.A. What the papers of 20 July, 2008 say. Bush thanks US Goan for work on Eco Issues - Herald Deepa Dhume meets Bush - NT Goan girl meets Bush - GT Weekender (Herald Newsdesk) Photo inset caption: Ms. Deepa Dhume seen with US President George W. Bush at the Oval Office of the President in the White House, USA. Deepa Dhume, originally hailing from Cumbarjua, had the privilege of posing for a photograph with US President George W. Bush at the Oval Office of the White House at a celebration marking the release of the 2008 Economic Report of the President. During the meeting, President Bush thanked Deepa Dhume for her contribution to international economic issues. Deepa has the distinction of working as a Fellow at the White House Council of Economic Advisors. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Economics at the Harvard University. She is the daughter of Architect Bholanath and Prabha Dhume from New Orleans and the grand-daughter of noted temple historian, late Vinayak Narayan Shenvi Dhume from Cumbarjua ( and the neice of Dr. N.S. Dhume, President of the Goa Su-Raj Party). The 2008 Economic Report of the President is an annual publication written by the staff of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). The CEA provides analysis and advice to the President on a wide variety of domestic and international economic policy issues. The work of the CEA varies on a daily basis, both in terms of content and scope. While at times the staff conducts long-term research to prepare for White House presentations, rapid analysis and response is often requested by White House staff to guide policy preparation of speechwriting on the issues of the day. Ms. Deepa focused mainly on international economics issues and worked closely with individuals from across the US government, including officials from the National Economic Council, National Security Council, the Department of Treasury and the Department of State. COMMENTS Whow!! Deepaji, you have given us, here in GOA a veritable BLAST to burn ourselves in your glory. That you have made it to the Oval Office of the White House is one thing but posing with the 2 term President of the U.S.A. for the world to acknowledge your achievement is another thing altogether. Deepa, you have made us PROUD. PROUD PROUD. Come to think of it, we at Goa Su-Raj Party are especially overjoyed since we now have an in-house 'Ecomonist' of International repurte to guide our rather nano- economics of the State of GOA which seems to be growing into the ground rather than showing its head up. Deepa, you have not only made your parents and youR immediate family friends proud of your achievement, but also you have made your dear UNCLE the proudest of them all who is at the helm of the forward looking Goa Su-Raj Party of GOA, by GOANS for GOANS. Thank you for this unique treat. Sd/- Floriano Lobo Gen. Secretary/Spokesman, Goa Su-Raj Party
[Goanet] Thalis get a taste of inflation
Thalis get a taste of inflation 20 Jul 2008, 0612 hrs IST, Raju Nayak,TNN PANAJI: Inflation is affecting a core ingredient of Goa's identity. The staple xit-codi, with its serving of rice, fish/prawn curry and fried fish, has turned frugal. Not only has the chunky slab of kingfish or a masala-stuffed fried mackerel been replaced by scrawny sardines, even the rice has turned a starch too gooey. I have seen nothing but sardines served in the rice plate, at three restaurants, over the last week, said Rahul Fernandes, a lunch-time regular who frequents several eateries in Panaji. Another regular, Lawrence D'Cunha of Margao who works in Panaji, said, The rice served in a prominent restaurant a few days ago was actually grey. However, complaints to the restaurant's management saw the rice upgraded the next day, he added. A restaurant owner said, Rice commonly used in the thali has gone up from Rs 350 to Rs 670 for a 25 kilo bag of commonly used quality. Ditto for edible palm oil that shot up from Rs 400 for a box of 10 litres to Rs 690. Restaurant owners say that in such a scenario, there's not much they can do about their measly servings. Some have even pulled the bigger fish off their menus. Rubbing salt in the already fried scene, most have also upped their prices. A 'rice plate' with a serving of mudoshi (lady fish) now costs Rs 40 at some restaurants. It's up by Rs 10. Ditto for the hole-in-the-wall joints that serve home-made fish-curry rice. The fistful of rice, vata (bowl) of gravy and fried sardines has gone up from Rs 25 to Rs 30. A month ago, the Campal-based Sports Authority of Goa canteen increased its price for a 'rice plate' from Rs 20 to Rs 25. They, however, only serve sardines. The rise is attributed to the demand for fish during the 45-day fishing ban period. M N Ibrahim, the main fish importer for the state, told TOI that despite a severe drop in the availability of local fish, people in Goa still want to eat fish. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Thalis_get_a_taste_of_inflation/a rticleshow/3254745.cms ~(^^)~ Avelino