[Goanet] Presentation in Vasco on Coastal Management Zone (CMZ)
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED -- -- Presentation in Vasco on Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) -- The Vasco Civic and Consumer Forum (VCCF) in collaboration with Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) is organizing a presentation on Draft notification S.O.1070(E) dated 1st May 2008 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, titled Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) which when finalised will supersede the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification No.S.O.114(E) dated 19th February 1991. The presentation will be done by Mr.Sujeet Kumar Dongre of Centre for Environmental Education, on Saturday, 13th September 2008 at 4 p.m at Municipal Hall, Vasco da Gama. The presentation is arranged to highlight its implications to the State of Goa and its people. 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] --
[Goanet] Ref:Manmohan lets Indians down
In Response to: Message: 6Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:07:30 -0400From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Goanet] Fwd: Manmohan lets Indians downTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anesimo, nbsp; Well said brother,nbsp; you have certainly spoken your heart out, good going and very much true, our current politicians have it all b---s, brains and heart as well but the first two are excessively used for their own benefits and the latter is kept in a corner for four years and only comes in to the picture just before elections, after the elections they leave on stone unturned to let the Aamnbsp; Admi know that they havenbsp; b---s and that too big ones at that and made of brass as well !!, with their arrogance and rampant corrupt practices. nbsp; In one of my earlier post I did mention about the caste system, its a pity that even after six decades of Independence we have not been able to eradicate this evil, on the contrary in some parts we are still fighting to be declared nbsp;ST, SC and BC. All over the world people are fighting for equality and in India its the other way round, this is what India is today and we call ourselves developed India and as we move into the 21st century religion has become a barrier or a propaganda tool to amass votes at the cost of innocent lives. When and where its all going to end ? The worlds biggest secular democracy. Oh no ! Did I miss something nbsp;? SECULARnbsp; democracy, I am not sure of it any more !!! nbsp; I certainly agree with you, that the Dynasty rule has curtailed the emergence of good, clean and dedicated political leaders. At the last election Congress had failed to name their PM Candidate till the elections results were declared and in the other camp too no one was sure whether it would be Maya or Advani or some one else for that matter, every damn idiot wants power and position andnbsp; innbsp; the near future too its going to be who can jerk whom. This our state at the moment. Pathetic isnt it ? nbsp; Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
[Goanet] Let's learn Konkani:
Dear Joe GoaUK, The controversy has just turned 21 years old and Cinderella aka Konkani in the Roman Script has a surfeit of suitors at the Goa Legislators' Ball. All we have to do now is to find who has the other shoe or, in the Goan smuggler's style, the other half of the hundred rupee note! Till then we will only have the rats pull the pumpkin cariage for some haloween nite. IT is time for Cinderella to come into the sitting room and occupy the place of pride. That will happen only when more people speak Konkani with pride. Thank you Joe, for promoting that. Konkani amchi mai, Konkani amkam zai [KAMKAZ]. It is already in the Guinness Book of records through marathon group singing. Sandesh Prabhudesai and Pundalik Naik are only dreaming of putting Konkani in to the record books. Sandesh wrote an editorial in the Sunaparant mocking Eric earlier. Pundalik Naik said so at the Fugdi competition recently. Acts speak lounder than words. Eric Ozario has shown what can be done for Konkani in Mangalore. Let the GKA and other organisations prove their worth in Goa. Criticising is easy; out-performing is not. Goebellian facts do not last for long. Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:32:20 + (GMT) From: JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Let's learn Konkani: E BI SI DDI I EF JI = A B C D E F G Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: 1. We usually do not make use of C in Konkani as we use K instead 2. Y is now used (and widely accepted) in place of I 3. We do not make use of W Q at all. 4. Of the total 26 letters in Englsih, we used only about 22 in konkani You will see that by adding same vowel to any consonant will give you more or less the same sound which changes with the first letter/consonant before vowel. E.g. Ba, Fa, Ka, La, Ra, Sa etc Will sound like BAba, FUn, COme, LUmp, RUm, SUn respectively. Check this out: Ba as is BABA or BArk Be as in BAby Bi as in BEE (bees) Bo as in BOrrow Bu as in BOOk Fa as in FUn Fe as in FErry Fi as in FEE (fees) Fo as in Forest or FOrt Fu as in kungFU or FOOlish Ga as in GUn Ge as in GAy Gi as in GEYser or Gift or GEEse Go as in GO Gu as in GOOse -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
[Goanet] Goa govt's move to delete heritage monuments raises eyebrows
Goa govt's move to delete heritage monuments raises eyebrows Panaji, Sep 12 (PTI) Goa government's move to delete fourteen heritage monuments from the list of protected sites has raised apprehensions among heritage activists who have termed the deletion as mysterious. The disappearance is mysterious...Out of 14 monuments, nine are in the mining zones, Roboni Saha, member of Goa Heritage Action Group (GHAG), a group active in preserving state's heritage, told reporters here. GHAG, which has sited the slip in the State Government's notification issued on August 14, is apprehensive that the ban on mining activity surrounding these sites may have forced the State Government to delete them from the list. Goa has robust iron ore mining industry and is India's largest iron ore exporter. The Goa Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1978 and rules, 1980 bans mining activity 300 metres around the heritage sites. The heritage activists are worried as of the nine structure, some including Paleolithic caves in Shigao, 11th century old Narayandeo Temple in Vichundrem, among others are bang inside the mining zone where extensive iron ore extraction is going on. How can the officials miss on such large number of monuments when they have a full fledged department working for the purpose, Saha questioned. The Archives and Archaeology department, however, has clarified that they have not deleted or denotified anything. PTI http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/6BBE6933B395B8F2652574C200222 B1E?OpenDocument ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] cyclonic winds create havoc in Bicholim
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM SEPT 12: The cyclonic wind and heavy rains today lashed Bicholim injuring about 5 persons and causing damage to a government school building and houses at Pale Bicholim. According to the available information the cyclonic wind hit Chinchawada Pali at about 11.45 am. The force of the wind was so strong that a school building and several houses were damaged causing loss of property worth more than Rs 2 lakh. In the afternoon when the cyclone took place classes were going on in the Government Primary High school at Chinchawada. Due to the cyclone the roof of the building was damaged and the tiles fell into the classrooms. In the incident the teacher, Sangeeta Marathe and three students including Narayan Jadhav, Alim Sayeed, Deepak Kamble were injured. All the injured were immediately shifted to Primary Health Centre Sanquelim with the help of the emergency service. The teacher, Marathe a student Jadhav who sustained head and leg injuries were later shifted to GMC Bambolim while others were sent home after preliminary treatment. The cyclone also damaged about six houses. The roof top of the houses belonging to Sunanda Naik, Pushpawati Walwoikar, Shankar Gawde, Pandurang Kamat and Usha Morajkar was flown away for almost 100 mts. Another house belonging to Joseph Bareto was damaged as a branch of a tree fell on it. Deputy collector, Arvind Bugde; Mamletdar, Pramod Bhat; ADEI, Ashok Pawshe; Pale sarpanch, MG youth Chief, Mehsh Gawas; Pratap Gawas also visited the site. Mamletdar later instructed the talathis to submit the report of the damage caused due to cyclone.
[Goanet] How much is your salary Mr. Vice President (of India )?
How much is your salary Mr. Vice President (of India )? It’s Rs.1,25,000 per month (about Rs.5,681 per day taking 5 days a week) And you Mrs. President, how much do you get? Must be twice more than the Vice-President, am I right? No, I get only Rs.25,00 more than VP (i.e. about Rs.6,818 per day) Did you know? All this time I used to get just Rs.50K per month (about Rs.2,272 per day). Recently our wages increased by 300%. And you Mr. Goa Governor, SC Jamir? Sorry, Mr. Singh? I get Rs.1,10,000 pm (about Rs.5000 per day) Our next month pay pack could be the heaviest one ever.. i.e. Rs. 31,50,000 (Pres.), Rs.26,25,000 (VP) and Rs.23,10,000 (Sate Governors) How come? Th 300% pay rise announced this month (Sept.2008) is effective from January 2007 Note: The above heavy pay pack of Pres VP likely to be shared by the former Pres VP i.e. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam may get about Rs.9 lacs and former VP Mr. Baron Singh Shekhawat would get about 9.1 lacs and they too held office in 2007 upto June July respectively. President of India : Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil http://www.embajadaindia.org/noticias/imagenesNoticias/Pratibhanumael.jpg Vice President: Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari http://rajyasabha.nic.in/whoswho/hamid_ansari.jpg New Goa Governer: Dr Shivinder Singh Sidhu http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/meghalaya/gov.jpg SC Jamir is now Governor of Maharashtra Home work: How much is your Salary Mr. Prime Minister? And you Mr. Goa Chief Minister? [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa
[Goanet] Agnello A.S. Fernandes elected President of NYC-Kuwait for 12th time!
Agnello A.S. Fernandes elected President of Navelim Youth Centre-Kuwait By Gasper Crasto for Team Mangalorean, Kuwait Kuwait: Well-known personality among Goans Agnello A.S. Fernandes was elected President of Navelim Youth Centre, a socio-cultural and sports club in Kuwait since 1987. This is the 12th time that Agnello is elected President of the club. Born in a small scenic village of Aquem-Alto, Navelim, Agnello completed most of his academic career at Guardian Angel School, Sanvordem and later attained a distinction in English Literature, an achievement in itself during those days. Ever since coming to Kuwait, Agnello has worked for some of the top most Investment Houses. At present, he is the Assistant Vice-President (Funds Administration IT) at Gulf Custody (Investment) Company. A Silver medalist at the All Kuwait Photography Contest conducted by JVC in 1987, Agnello has used his lens for personal satisfaction only.A natural humorist at heart, Agnello believes that life's best things come in small Packages..! On quieter days he enjoys watching soccer. The dynamic leader lives with his lovely wife Neeta and children Allan, Allison and Neeta in a closely knit family. Navelim Youth Centre Managing Committee - 2008-09: Standing: Bernard Pires, Gasper Crasto, Simon Dias, Avelino Dias, Eusebio Fernandes; Seating: Luis D’Silva, Peter Colaco, Agnello Fernandes (President), Norman Noronha, Allan Fernandes. Following members were elected to the Managing Committee for the year 2008-2009 during the Annual General Body Meeting of the club held at Kuwait City, recently: Agnello A. S. Fernandes - President Norman Noronha - Vice President Allan S. Fernandes - Gen. Secretary Peter Colaco - Treasurer Eusebio (Seby) Fernandes - Asst. Treasurer Avelino Dias - Sports Secretary Saby Colaco - Asst. Sports Secretary Britto Pereira - Team Manager Johnny Luis - Asst. Team Manager Gasper Crasto - Team Coach Bernard Fernandes - Social Secretary Simon Dias - PRO Luis D' Silva - Auditor Mario (Katty) Carneiro - Advisor A number of events were chalked out for the season during the AGM apart from Navelim’s annual feast celebration, NYC Trophy Football tournament and other regular socials. Navelim’s mega event for the season will be the grand NITE O’ROSES dance social to be held on 2nd October 2008 at Crowne Plaza, Farwaniya. Incidentally, Navelim are the first among the Indian clubs in the Gulf region to have a website of their own. Navelim’s contribution towards the cost of construction of the Rosary College premises as well as the Nazareth Home for the Aged, and support towards the needy back home is commendable and well appreciated by the Goan community. The popular and prestigious NYC Trophy has done 18 successful editions. Indeed it is worth noting that NYC football team has won every competitive trophy at stake for Indian expatriates in Kuwait. http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcastbroadcastid=92908 Forwarded by Goa's Pride - http://www.goa-world.com http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=_Avn6_AepNwfeature=related Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter is presented by Ulysses Menezes, www.goa-world.com and moderated by Gaspar Almeida (since 1994) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fywTuf-9S0kfeature=email
Re: [Goanet] Bridging the Gap betwen Vasco and Panaji- NT 13/Sep/2008
- Original Message - From: floriano To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 3:41 PM Subject: Re: Bridging the Gap betwen Vasco and Panaji- NT 13/Sep/2008 September 13, 2008 To, The Editor, Navhind Times. Sir, Sub: Bridging the Gap between Vasco and Panaji With reference to the above letter to the editor appearing in the 'Reader's Angle' , much as we appreciate the futuristic vision of Mr. Ivor Jorge, the author of the letter, I would like to excerpt an item from the Goa Su-Raj Party's 'Road Map for Goa' Chapter III [6][e] - General Administration -PWD- Bridges Fly-Overs, released on August 20, 2005. Quote Possibly a suspension bridge to connect Dona Paula plateau to Dabolim/Vasco. The desirability of connecting all existing ferry points by bridges shall be examined and acted upon accordingly within a specified time frame. A bridge to connect North Goa riverine belt to the capital city possibly connecting Nerul/Verem to Campal/Miramar or Dona Paula plateau in Panjim shall be considered. Existing ferry points, dual movement ferries shall be introduced which do not necessitate reversing so that vehicles can enter and exit without reversing. Pipe-structured bridges such as the ones on the Guirim-Karaswado highway by-pass shall be replaced by arch bridges, as the submerged pipes pose hindrance to the free flow of water and is the cause of siltation of the river beds. Every major intersection of the highway shall be provided with a fly-over or a subway for vehicular traffic. Pedestrian crossings shall be built either underground or overhead in order to ensure the safety of the pedestrians without hindering the free flow of traffic. Unquote. BTW, the first Pedestrian crossing over-head bridge to be built will be at the cruise-boat jetty at Panjim which has been the need of the hour since many moons ago. Sd/- Floriano Lobo GS/Spokesman, Goa Su-Raj Party (M) 9890470896 ** The letter A LINK between two tourist destinations, a new dawn for two important cities, and opportunistic choice for the Goan students, commerce, industry and tourism where the North embraces the South is a bridge from Mormugao Harbour to Dona Paula. The so called 'launch' or 'ferry service' that used to be a boon for the common people to travel from Vasco da Gama to Panaji is no more in existence. No one has ever raised this issue as much as the fuss that is being made about the Mopa airport which - whether we like it or not - will be functional sooner or later. A good alternative in lieu of the ferry would be a bridge which cuts short the long travel from Vasco to Panaji City to a mere distance that would probably take just 20 minutes. The present route is congested and takes almost 45 minutes. A bridge across to Dona Paula would also mean a diversion of at least half the traffic on the road. It would indeed be a blessing in disguise for the tourists that frequent these tourist hubs - Mormugao Harbour and Dona Paula. It would also be economically more viable and less time consuming to travel to and fro fro thousands of workers that are employed across in the big corporate companies, small commercial units, star hotels, central and state government undertakings located in and around the port town and the capital city. It's time now for the Goans to take up this issue and capture the vision and make the best use of the availability of advanced technology that can build this state of the art infrastructure. I beseech the central and state government to envisage and consider the building of this new bridge in the next budget. IVOR JORGE [The writer is an estate officer residing in Vasco]
[Goanet] Kedna etolo gai To ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauksix/1387784379/sizes/l/ Kedna etolo gai To ? Khoreanich ek dis etolo gai To Kedna to dis eyit gai? Faleam. Fuddlea mhuineant ou fuddlea vorsak? Dolleani tell galun kedna meren Tachi vatt polloun rauchi gai? Kedna etolo gai To. He mhojea Patki dolleani pounk mellot gai? He mhoje ghatki hatani Taka hat launk mellot gai? Hea mhojea surbeb tonddam ‘Mhaka Bhogos’ mun sangunk mevot gai? Kedna etolo gai To? Tachi khobor portrar etli gai? Ou To amkam TV-ir bhi disot gai? Ou internet-acher Tacho fotto bhi disot gai? Kedna etolo gai To Mhozo Avoi-Bapui, Xepai-Xemai, Ponnzo-Ponnji Taka polloinastona morun gelim, toxoch hanvuim morot gai? Mhojea Bhurgeank tori disot gai To ? Kedna etolo gai To ? Xembor orsani tori ek dam Tannem eunk naka aslem? Eum amcho ho patki dubau pois korunk naka also? Eunn hea patki sounsarchi nit korunk naka asli ? Kedna etolo gai To? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauksix/1387784379/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
[Goanet] Relatives, measures and relative measurements
Relatives, measures and relative measurements Of ice cruts, cycles and Bey Blades By Cecil Pinto My eight year old son Desmond likes to quantify everything. Dada how many more days for my birthday? Which I can correctly answer, and from then on, with a little help from the inbuilt calculator in my cellphone, I can even inform Desmond how many hours and minutes away his birthday in February is, with a certain degree of exactitude. Dada is a train faster than a cheetah? This takes a lengthy explanation of long-term vs. short term speed, acceleration and brake-horse power. But all these queries on speed, magnitude and similar physical qualities are a breeze to answer when compared to Desmond's questions regarding money and monetary value. Let me hark back to when I was Desmond's age. Paper money was a difficult concept to understand and me, and most of my classmates, measured value in terms of 'ice cruts' and cycles. Let me explain? An ice fruit is basically what Americans call a popsicle and Europeans call an ice lolly, I think. Basically flavoured coloured liquid frozen around a stick. Ice fruits are purchased from ice fruit factories by ice fruit vendors who store them in tiffin like cylindrical insulated metal boxes. These boxes are then hung in bunches on cycle handle bars and the ice fruits are sold outside schools and at festive occasions. Nowadays the same thing is done using branded three wheeler cycle-carts and large rectangular storage containers, but the concept is the same. The ice fruit vendors would cycle large distances to arrive in time for the school interval. They would ring a small bell, not the standard cycle bell, to announce their presence/arrival. The vendors would also in a loud nasal tone announce their wares. For some reason they never ever said Ice Fruit but always some variant like Ice Crut! Ice Prate! and even Ice Krait! So now you know what an ice crut is. Sure you get them now but hygienically packed in a sealed branded colourful printed paper/plastic pouch and what not, so you cannot really call it an ice crut anymore. Now when I was in school an ice crut cost 25 paise. I'm forty one years old, what do you expect? For one rupee you could purchase what was called a milk candy. Basically a white vanilla ice cream like substance on a stick. I don't know much about milk candy because 1) Only the richer boys could afford it regularly 2) It tasted more like Plaster of Paris mixed with whitewash 3) Maybe I like to think it tasted that way because I could not afford it and so didn't want anyone else enjoying it either. In Aldona the ice crut vendors were Guru and Goddo who used to cycle the eight kilometers from the Mapusa ice cream factory everyday. In the monsoons when ice crut were not in demand Guru used to sell two sizes of samosas, whereas Goddo used to repair umbrellas near the Mapusa lottery vendors. A young non-Goan boy nick named Girmit was also selling ice cruts for a while but then changed careers and became a pilot. Dada! Ok! Ok! An ice crut therefore became a measure of value. For example Rs. 5/- was just a vague concept but when we thought of it as worth 20 ice cruts then we placed a value on it. As we progressed from primary to secondary school inflation, and desire, caught up and we proceeded to discuss and conceptualize bigger amounts. Ice cruts lost value rapidly and became redundant as a currency, like the Zimbabwean dollar. The next denomination of value was a cycle. Back then, as with ice cruts, there wasn't much choice in cycles. You had the standard straightforward gents cycle (Atlas/Hercules) and the flimsy ones with the curved handles and cable brakes (BSA) for girls and richer boys. Prices were in the Rs. 400/- to Rs. 500/- range. Give or take a few ice cruts. So when we admired Joaquim Alvares' father's gleaming new Fiat car we thought he must indeed be a very rich man to have paid the equivalent of 200 cycles for it. Between cycles and ice cruts anything could be put in its correct monetary place. Dada, I thought you were writing about me?! Ok! Ok! Maybe I'm just trying to avoid getting to the point because of the obscenely large money figures Desmond has to deal with. Two years back when watching Kaun Banega Crorepati he was suitably impressed by the enormousness of a crore. Also because a million, which he hears regularly on Cartoon Network, was so much smaller. That it takes ten million to make one crore makes our very patriotic Desmond feel proud of his country. But despite that last week when he heard that Sujay's friend has paid one crore for a three bedroom apartment in Dona Paula it was quite depressing. Desmond always felt a crore could easily buy a house as big as a football field, if not bigger. In addition to this recently Desmond has learnt about currencies and figured that a million dollars is actually worth four times more than a crore rupees. That certainly has got our patriotic Desmond very depressed. But in a way I am
[Goanet] 'Goa Goa Gone'
Hello! Here is documetary on mining in Goa called 'Goa Goa Gone' by Kurush Canteenwallah: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html Warmly, Seby _ Searching for weekend getaways? Try Live.com http://www.live.com/?scope=videoform=MICOAL
[Goanet] Edwin Pinto: Sole Satisfaction
12 Sep: Times of India. By Nicole Suares. Shoe designer Edwin Pinto lets art and fashion mingle freely when he designs his dreamy footwear. He started off as a tailor and when he first told his parents, who came from a family of doctors, that he wanted to stitch clothes they freaked out.What drives him to experiment with new ideas? Edwin elucidates, Perhaps, it was my early childhood days growing up in Africa. For the first 10 years, I didn't go to school. For text, 688 words and photograph check the Photo Gallery at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Edwin Pinto, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was born in Singida, Tanzania, the son of Dr Luino and Aurea Pinto and moved to Goa in 1968. Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet] MOUNT MARY FEAST - CHINCHINIM
An eerie silence prevails among the villagers of Chinchinim on the eve of the Feast of Mount Mary ((which will be celebrated tomorrow Sunday, 14th September, 2008, ) when this writer visited the village this evening. The usual activity of setting up stalls was missing. There was a Goa Armed Police van with armed policemen near the Church. In front of the cemetry were several migrants waiting some of them from Orrissa and Karnataka to put up their stalls the merry-go-round the mobile icecream van -Karavali from Karwar was also trying to park itself just outside the front of the cemetry. There were groups of Goans discussing just near to a police patrol van. The intermittent rain and dry spells provided a dampner to the activities. That there was trouble brewing in the village, was quite evident.. The All Goa Carpenters Association around 31 members some of whom are outsiders as well did not take kindly to the decision of the Fabrica not to allot them the ground in front of the Church this year. They cited security threat conditions as the reason for the same. However according to one member of the Carpenters who spoke to this writer but refused to divulge his name insisted that they had traditionally occupied the place and it was not proper for the Committee to allow the garment vendors in their place. When asked whether the members were all Goans from Benaulim as made to believe he admitted that there were outsiders who have been with them for long in the trade. They also contended that the nearly 2000 m2 land that was specially prepared at the cost of about Rs, 50,000 just behind the church was not acceptable to them., as they complained that the unprecedented showers would not be convenient to transact their routine business. Alternatively they were offered the place near the Chinchinim Post office just near the ancestral house of one Valentino but even this did not appeal to them. The last alternative given to them was on either sides of the road which has recently been widened from the St Sebastian Chapel upto the cemetery. But the carpenters would have none of it. True there are a number of outsiders as well trading in the wood products amongst them but they were cheesed off by the attitude of the Fabrica for having permitted the garment vendors almost all two hundred stall owners being outsiders, to be allowed to take their place. As the stalemate continued today afternoon the Fabrica and the Committee of Carpenters besides the Chinchinim Citizens forum were called for a rapproachment before the SP Mr S Prabhudesai and the Deputy Collector and SDO SD Margao Mr Dipak Dessai (who has since received orders for his transfer to Quepem taluka) at Margao at 1435 hrs to broker a solution to the problem However according to Fr Armando De Souza of Saligao the Parish Priest of Our Lady of Hope (who has taken charge just over a year ago ) who spoke to this writer late evening via telephone +91 0832 2863373 (as he was busy with the church services and other arrangements for the Feast earlier) he said that -- the Fabrica had also agreed to shift the garment vendors away and leave the front of the church only for traditional sweet meats, and other stalls like grams etc on the eastern side of the Church near the Dr Loyola Furtado house etc. But with the adamant attitude of the Carpenters association who bluntly insisted on nothing short of the same venue there was a stalemate. Eventually according to Fr De Souza the All Goa Carpenter's association have indeed decided to boycott the Feast fair. But there was a rider to it . Some groups of persons moved to threaten other stall owners not to set shop. The outsiders were indeed terrorised and for fear that they may have to face dire consequences elsewher preferred to allow frayed tempers to settle and they moved away from the venue. This however infuriated the villagers of Chinchinim who felt that their traditional festivites were being marred by a few from Benaulim. When this writer spoke to one Fulao Cardoz he appeared a little surprised at the adamancy of the Carpenters. When asked why the preference was given to outsiders dealing in garments in their (carpenters ) place he said it was these garment vendors that were most visited by the people and therefore they were given the front of the Church. Fr De Souza also expressed the same views later. But then this clearly defeats the security threat perception as in the event of any untoward incident there would be utter chaos and confusion confounded because of the wall constructed around the play ground on 11th March, 2008. Incidentally just as this writer was doing the rounds in the venue there were reports of terrorist attacks in New Delhi at around 1824 hrs ( sms received from NDTV ) and people in shops began to watch the TV causing further tension in the area. Later this writer also spoke to the
[Goanet] Delhi: Five suspected bomb blasts have been reported within minutes of each other in markets in India's capital, Delhi.
Five suspected bomb blasts have been reported within minutes of each other in markets in India's capital, Delhi. Three people were killed in the blasts, according to local TV channels, while at least 30 are said to have been hurt. The explosions are not thought to have been very powerful but they happened in areas crowded with evening shoppers. The exact cause of the blasts is not known but bombs are suspected. Crude explosives have been detonated in several Indian cities recently. More than 400 people have died in separate attacks since October 2005, with the cities of Ahmedabad and Jaipur among those hit. India has blamed Islamist militant groups for these previous bombings. Two of the latest blasts in Delhi are believed to have happened in the central shopping district of Connaught Place. Another blast took place in a market in the Greater Kailash area in south Delhi. A BBC producer who visited the scene said a low-intensity explosion had scattered glass over a large area, near a popular cafe.
[Goanet] The menu...
The menu at Ritz Bar (not the Classic!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2852288409/ -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn
[Goanet] Orissa Voilence
Dear Ancy D'Souza When On 23rd August, 2008 Swami Laxmanand Saraswati a grand old man of 85 years who was working against conversions amongst tribals in the undivided Phulbani district of Orissawas shot dead alongwith a minor and woman at an Ashram for girls in the Kandhamal district of Orissa on the eve of Janamashtami celebrations no one on Goanet condemned his killing. The day after the murder not a single TV Channel or National English daily considered the news of this cold blooded murder important enough to be breaking news or front page material. Not one reporter ascertained the obvious maoist-missionary link up in Orissa which many suspect is prevalent in several other parts of the country as well. Conversions may be debatable but allying with enemies of the state is more than disturbing, for it is criminal and anti national. Right from Vivekananda and Aurobindo to Gandhiji and Ambedkar (excepting Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi!) all our national leaders have condemned religious conversions unequivocally and it is the bounden duty of the minorities to respect and adhere not only to their views but also to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. They cannot take advantage of the tolerance’ shown by the majority community. The secular media reported Hindu fundamentalists attacking churches in Orissa. What they suppressed for obvious reasons was the deadly attack on Laxmananda Saraswati being orchestrated by Christian fundamentalists believed to be backed by Congress Rajya Sabha Member and World Vision chief Radha Kant Nayak. In Orissa, these Christian missionaries, have been disturbing peace in the region by first fraudulently converting tribals by economic enticement, then forcing neo converts to eat beef, setting scores of temples on fire, encouraging Kandh tribals to indulge in deforestation with the local mafia using the false propaganda that the trees are doomed by the lord. The murder of Laxmananda Saraswati had only evoked strong counter attacks by the Hindus which at some places turned violent. Unfortunately, for some baffling reasons the news media chose to report a complete distorted one sided story of Christian persecution at the hands of so called Hindu fundamentalists Our media have given a clean chit to missionaries by blaming the Maoists without even informing the readers of the several previously unsuccessful attempts on Laxmananda Saraswati’s life by Christian fanatics. The police have arrested one Pradesh Kumar Das an employee of the World Vision, a Christian Charity, from Khadagpur while escaping from the district at Buguda. In another drive, two other persons Vikram Digal and William Digal have been arrested from the house of Lal Digal, a local militant Christian, from Nuasahi at Gunjibadi, Nuagaan. They have admitted to having joined a group of 28 other assailants. Laluram Salvi Bicholim Goa Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo..com/invite/
Re: [Goanet] Cheers Dears: Sir Gungul'lo
This is a cheap shot at Keralites. Usually they are ridiculed for three characteristics. One is their accent, the other their penchant for drink and the third their determination to help their own community. If you ask me, Goans particularly, cannot cast the first stone at either of the first two. Goan drunkards are not uncommon and a visit to any Goan village will enlighten you on the accent that we think we are famous for. As for their helping themselves, wish we Goans could imitate that. Lets look at one of our own weaknesses. Like the infamous reputation of some Goan women who went to work as maids in Kuwait in the 60 sand 70s. Looks like Africa-to-Goa Augusto has not heard of that episode of Goan history and I wonder what he would feel like if a Keralite published a humor column on that subject in the Malayala Manorma. My point is this. Augusto knows precious little of Keralites. Their aristocratic families especially from Coorg beat the achievements and wealth of Goan aristocratic families anytime. They are far more industrious than Goans, taking any job that comes their way in the spirit of dignity of labor. They help each other to an extent that Goans will never be able to do. They occupy seats of bureaucratic and political power in India that Goans cannot reach. Religiously, they are on the vanguard of the Indian Catholic population, both in the clergy as well as the teaching professions. If you read the events in Orissa today, it is priests and nuns from Kerala who are facing the brunt of the attacks. They are more numerous than the traditionally martial Punjabis especially in the Indian navy and the air force in all positions from top to bottom. The first Indian army chiefs Cariappa and Thimmaya were Keralites who had distinguished themselves with the British Army in WWII. The first Goa military Governor after the Portuguese were vanquished in 1961 was Kenneth Kandeth (aka Candoth) a Keralite. I could write more. But I have made my point. Which is Goans have their strengths and weaknesses and the Keralites have theirs. I love a good laugh but not a bankrupt one, like that in this effeminately addressed as usual cheers dears humor column. Roland. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:02 PM, augusto pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheers Dears By Augusto Pinto Then Pingu, in a voice that imitated Gungul'lo's accent to a tee, intoned, Bee yay, yen yen yay, yen yen yay, yen yen yay... The whole bar burst out in laughter! Poor Gungul'lo, quietly finished his drink and left.
Re: [Goanet] Relatives, measures and relative measurements
Hi Cecil, Talking of enormous values, Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association) were just bailed out of impending bankruptcy by the US Govt which has taken on 3 trillion dollars of their debt. 3 TRILLION dollars ! Now that's a mind boggling figure. 3,000,000,000,000 How many ice-cruts? Roland. On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Relatives, measures and relative measurements Of ice cruts, cycles and Bey Blades By Cecil Pinto Let me hark back to when I was Desmond's age. Paper money was a difficult concept to understand and me, and most of my classmates, measured value in terms of 'ice cruts' and cycles. Let me explain?
[Goanet] Your observations
Dear Friends Many times what we actually see or hear is not what it actually is. Many times our hasty decissions make us fools and we get into depressive moods for our own faulty decissions. The murders in Orissa must be under investigation but many times we here in Goa are writing our own stories and books and drawing our own conclusions. Yes someone has burnt our churches it is very sad thing but who killed Saraswati, we in Goa do not know. Why someone had to murder him is left to the Police to find out as it is their work but till then let us pray to the Almighty that truth may be out. Whether the murdered person is a hindu, or the burnt person is a catholic is not required. What is required is that the suffering humanity are creations of only one God. Saraswati who died and others who died later due to riots were the creations of the same God and it is not right to destroy life in any form. We should pray to theAlmighty for only He can bring peace to the hearts of man. A peaceful heart is a loving heart. Hatred is not in God's dictionary. Albert _ Searching for weekend getaways? Try Live.com http://www.live.com/?scope=videoform=MICOAL
[Goanet] Shame on Indian media
Last night, the Indian media did it again. At 8.30pm, during the coverage of the Delhi blasts, we were treated to some Breaking news, with all channels claiming a child was found with a live bomb. The boy was just 12, and to see the way the reporters were almost on top of him, trying to get his visual was disgusting. Then they got even lower. All of the channels managed to get hold of the boy for exclusive interviews. ToI is one source however, that did not publish the boy's name or his photograph. The other's mostly succumbed. God help the 12 year old if the terrorists, who are at large, get their hands on him, having now seen his face on all channels. And then, respected Indian frontline journalist, Bharka Dutt's live exclusive with a hapless little chap found on the roadside would have been hilarious if it were not for the grave story: http://dabblinginmultimedia.blogspot.com Long live Indian media. gasper -- You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. - Joan Baez
[Goanet] Goanet cybermatrimonials
Planning an issue of Goanet cybermatrimonials. Please send in your free classified ads to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a copy to me. Feel free to describe yourself in 100 words or less (okay, no angry action if your qualities and expectations spill over to more than that magic figure!) Pass the word around to others who might be intested in in utilising this service meant to help the community. We don't accept caste identifications. Otherwise, feel free to describe yourself, education, qualities, and those of your ideal partner. You are free to also place repeat advertisements if earlier ones have not attracted the right person. Goanet-Cybermatrimonials have played a helpful role in the past, and one still gets phone calls enquiring about the same. So please contribute to make it more active, vibrant and useful. Best wishes, FN -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn
[Goanet] Goan music-6: HERALD(Goa), Sept 14, 2008
GOAN MUSIC-6 By Valmiki Faleiro I wouldn’t be grossly wrong saying this. The 20-odd, full-length Konknni feature films on celluloid are remembered more for their music. The first, ‘Mogacho Aunddo’ (1950), produced by A. L. Jerry Braganza of Mapusa, had its music by the Bollywood maestro, Alfred Almeida of Cuncolim (assisted by Joe Perry – Chris Perry’s elder brother – and Peter D’Mello.) Its music largely accounted for the pioneering film’s success. Musically talented Goans, on learning their notes from the village ‘Mestri,’ moved to Bombay and beyond, for lack of opportunity in Portuguese Goa. (Besides the point, but interesting … Goa, during the World War years and attendant civil shortages, had a Governor who, when petitioned for a subsidy for the Old Goa feast choir, shot back, “There is no money for those who cry, where is the money for those who sing?”) Goan musicians in Bombay and the rest of India had another advantage: they blended the melodic Indian classical notes with the harmonic ones of the West. Several Goans thus rose to be ‘arrangers’ – composer-conductors, actually – in India’s emerging cinema in Bombay. Goa’s music contribution to India’s film industry far outstrips its population ratio. For a place so small, it gave so many. Names like Roque Gonsalves, Sebastian Fernandes, Sebastian D’Souza, Chic Chocolate and Anthony Gonsalves would need more than a book to talk about. The Hindi film hit, “My name is Anthony Gonsalves” acted by Amitabh Bacchan, was actually a tribute to that Goan maestro from Majorda. Anthony had taught the violin to Bollywood giants, Pyarelal and RD Burman. “Mogacho Aunddo” was filmed in colonial Goa. Then came Dec 19, 1961, and shortly thereafter, the talk of Goa’s merger with Maharashtra. Another distinguished Bollywood composer-conductor, Frank Fernand, a Goan from Curchorem, moved in, and, in two rapid-fire works of love, himself produced ‘Amchem Noxib’ (1963) and ‘Nirmon’ (1966.) Both films are also remembered more for Frank’s music. Frank imparted an orchestral element to the songs and music in his films. Who can forget songs like Sontos Bogta, Bhenkdaita Pai, Yo Moga, Mollbailo Dov, Mogachem Tarum, Claudia, Upkar Korat, Dol Mojea Bai… ? Somehow, Frank’s third film, ‘Mhoji Ghorkarn’ didn’t register as well. Jerry Braganza returned with ‘Sukachem Sopon’ (1966.) Its music was set by another Bollywood great – Manuel Afonso, of Seraulim. Songs like Patovantly Kunvour, Jurament Neketrancher and Motiancho Surngar (sung solo by Jerry or in duet with Cecilia Machado) are still remembered by those who heard them. Manuel also scored the unforgettable melodies in the film “Cortubancho Sounsar.” Looks like the Goan maestros used all their experience in the Hindi film-music industry to give their best for their mother tongue… Chris Perry then bounced from Bollywood to the Konknni stage, with an ace added to his trumpet and saxophone: Lorna. Like his illustrious predecessors, he will be remembered for original compositions (when lesser mortals were busy aping western tunes.) Chris produced ‘Bhuiarantlo Munis’ (1977), which, together with ‘Mog ani Moipas’ of the same year, were the first Konknni films in colour. Coming as he did from the film industry, it was inevitable that the orchestral touch would be writ large over his Konknni music. (His impassioned plea that Goan youngsters learn music is poignantly echoed in the only recorded song I know that he sang himself: “Do Re Mi.”) It was men like Alfred Almeida, Frank Fernand, Manuel Afonso and Chris Perry who bequeathed to us those evergreen Konknni film songs. Incidentally, Neeta Jain’s 1997 ‘Oh Bai,’ acclaimed internationally, had its music provided by Xavier Peres. Likewise, music for ‘Girestcai’ was scored by another contemporary, Emiliano da Cruz. Konknni film songs were scripted by stage artistes like Alfred Rose, C. Alvares, Souza Ferrao, Robin Vaz, M. Boyer and Remy Colaco. To Alfred Rose goes the singular credit of scripting all the songs in ‘Boglant’ and ‘Buierantlo Munis.’ The “Melody King” is said to have recorded the eight songs of ‘Boglant’ within the insides of one day! The lyricists at times lent their own voice to the songs, but most were sung by artistes many would forget today: like Lena Fernandes, Cecilia Machado, Molly, Antonette, Shalini Mardolkar, Kiti Carrasco, Sheela, Agnes, Rita Rose, Delphine. And male voices like those of Jerry Braganza, Anthony Mendes, Jacinto Vaz, Robin Vaz, Rico Rod, H. Britton and Vin Paul. Mangalore too produced a fair share of Konknni film music. The joint Goa-Mangalore film, ‘Mog ani Moipas’ was scripted by Dr. Manoharrai Sardessai. Its music was set by Wilfy Remimbus, who also did ‘Bogsanhe’ of the mid-1990s. The size of the Konknni film world is – like Goa – minuscule, but the quality of her music is, I think, second to none! (To conclude.) (Ends.) The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at:
[Goanet] Vivências Partilhadas: HERALD(Goa ), Sept 14, 2008
VIVENCIAS PARTILHADAS or LIVES SHARED By Dr. Helga do Rosario Gomes* “Goan Identity” and the Goan way of life, both much debated and variedly interpreted are the central and common denominators in Goans’ opposition to mega housing projects, SEZs and rampant open cast mining in Goa’s villages. The current turmoil manifests a realization that the identity of Goans and their way of life is under grave threat – and that it needs to be protected and preserved. If there is an argument to be made in favor of preserving this Goan way of life, especially at a time when it faces relentless assault, it lies in ‘Vivências Partilhadas’ (Lives Shared), a compilation of finely crafted short stories by the late Profa. Maria Elsa da Rocha. The book is published by Oscar Jose Noronha for Third Millennium, Goa (2005, 148 pp., Rs. 250, ISBN 81-903648-6-3). Profa. Rocha’s were stories that were dear to the listeners of All India Radio’s Portuguese language program, ‘Renascença.’ Those days, families gobbled their dinner before she came on the air, so that the clank of crockery and cutlery would not mar Profa. Rocha’s powerful narration. For, when she uttered a passionate ‘Avoi ghe’ or ‘Deva’, listeners were transported to the woods as Anusaya and her mother braved wild beasts to flee a life of bonded labor in “Anusaya, a Salva de Floresta” (Anusaya, Delivered from the Forest). Or felt the calloused hands of Pulquéria as she caressed the pox ridden and burning face of her son Santana, lying ill and spent, in a cudd in Bombay in “Nem Só de Pão” (Not by Bread Alone.) Offering a wave of ‘saudades’ to Goans, and a delight to Portuguese readers worldwide, ‘Vivências Partilhadas’ was destined to spring from the sharp, observant mind of a young Profa. Rocha whose dusks were spent lounging in spacious balçoes, her ears tingling with tall tales narrated by ingenious uncles. What could curb the imagination of a girl reared in a Goa, when tolling church bells told you the time and a friend’s visit could stretch for a month? In “Dom Teotonio,” based on a narrative by her maternal uncle, she describes a world of opulence, of luxurious palanquins, brilliant chandeliers and panu-baju of Zardosi at the wedding of Dom Teotonio, all of which allows him to hide his meanness and bigotry. However, his true nature surfaces from the skin-deep sheen when the artisan Raiu fails to deliver the tiara that his bride will wear at their wedding. As a young woman, Profa. Rocha joined the legions of teachers of the Escola Primária, serving in distant and seemingly quiet villages of Birondem, Macasana and even Diu. During those long and often lonely evenings in the villages of her posting, she wove her enchanting short stories. Now shared with us again, in print form, in ‘Vivências Partilhadas’ is the dark and sensual story of “Manilheiro” (The Bangle Vendor), where she spins us in a kaleidoscopic vortex of brilliant and colorful bangles slipped onto the hands of a young bride by the manilheiro. The bangle vendor’s attraction for the bride’s widowed mother makes him almost delirious and the reader dizzy in the undercurrents of their passion. Who could thwart such an inappropriate alliance but the powerful local witch Pintin? Profa. Rocha’s beautiful prose transports us to varied settings such as the charming villages of Bardez, streaked with slow moving and elegant rivers, which form the backdrop of romance between a young boatman Suriá and his regular passenger Vatsol during the tumultuous pre-1961 period. In “Na Estrada de Junagar” (The Road to Junagar) she takes us along the dark and bandit ridden roads to Diu, Goa’s erstwhile overland pocket on the Gujarat coast in story of two young lawyers (one of who was her father) and their families’ pursuit of a plump assignment and a bit of adventure. With ‘Vivências Partilhadas’ Profa. Rocha shares with you a smorgasbord of lives well lived in a time of hidden pots of gold and saints that could make or break you. To the young Goan, who may be oblivious of the life and times of that bygone era, and to nostalgic seniors, Profa. Rocha’s ‘Vivências Partilhadas’ is a captivating journey through a Goa that no five star resort brochure can offer. For wider exposure and for the sake of Goa, let us hope that some Goaphile will soon offer us a version in English. * Dr. Helga do Rosario Gomes is an Ocean Scientist who lives in Maine, USA and survives the cold winters of New England, with warm thoughts of Goa. (ENDS) === The above article appeared in the September 14, 2008 edition of the Herald, Goa
[Goanet] Goa-Suraj Party Floriano
Dear Goanet Readers Internet is widely used as a means of communication and Floriano has been miles ahead in his thinking and have made good use of it. Only a man of good intellect would have thought of it. Thanks to the Internet, Goans? were exposed?to the large scale destruction of Goa?and other facts pertaining to Goa.In fact,?more people follow Internet for the news than the newspapers and the rumor has it that?even the Goan Politicos are hooked on it. Floriano, you have been around for too long and seen many?Activists and Saviors of Goa?appear and disappear like a?comet.As you said, Goans do not need saviors from outside.Goa needs a Goan Solution and they are more than capable of running their own affairs.One of the reasons Goa is in such a mess is that,?Goa after so called Liberation was run by all these Bhailes who had no interest of Goa or Goans at heart.Their Mission was to Loot and Destroy.? It takes time,effort,motivation,conviction and love for Goa to write such a detailed Road Map for Goa. It also takes courage to contest against so called Heavyweight, knowing fully well that you will not win .Courageous people fight for the cause. They are not worried about failure as they are dedicated to the cause .Cowards will stay behind and watch and even pull you down as they are afraid of failure. You can see many of them now with different titles in various NGOs and Organizations. These are the?guys Goans should be worried about as they are destructive and dedicated to their own cause. For Good Governance, we need honest and dedicated Leaders to be in the Government.Thats where the real power to effect real changes lie.All this buisness of being Apolitical is an idealistic theory which does not work even in the worlds best Democracies.It is all about Politics,specially in India. In the end, good will always overcome evil.You have lit the light in the dark tunnel. Hopefully more will follow. May your tribe grow bigger for the sake of Goa. ?? Cheers Anesimo?
[Goanet] Goa news for September 14, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Youth baton relay arrives in Goa - Daily News Analysis [10 hours ago] PTI PANAJI: The youth baton relay for the Commonwealth Youth Games has arrived in Goa as part of its over 8500km journey, which was flagged off in the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1189836cid=1245905745ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNHRF1rRjGQ2xTCUQZ5NaLLiuNm1Fw *** Goa has not given thought to hold IFFI on its own: Kamat - Hindu [Sep 10, 2008] Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Wednesday said that Goa has not given any thought to organise International Film Festival of India (IFFI) ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200809102040.htmcid=1245116243ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNFCAdKmQr-0_tsp30U8Zjp4RDAkGg *** Civic body tells HC: It has discretionary power - Times of India [15 hours ago] The HC was hearing a reference made by a judge while sitting at the Goa bench to decide whether stray dogs can be put to sleep or only sterilised. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Civic_body_tells_HC_It_has_discretionary_power/articleshow/3478165.cmscid=1245830589ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNFhbnOFrnraRXNl1zpm_MMYvckINw *** Narayan Rane\'s resort in Goa lands in trouble - Economic Times [Sep 12, 2008] 12 Sep, 2008, 1419 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: Maharashtra Revenue Minister, Narayan Rane's family owned resort near Calangute beach in Goa is in the midst of a ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Narayan_Ranes_resort_in_Goa_lands_in_trouble/articleshow/3475763.cmscid=1245459536ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNEg_wvWY_De5voLiySADZG5KArnlw *** Scarletts mother Fiona fails to appear for hearing in Goa - Thaindian.com [Sep 12, 2008] Panaji, Sept 12 (ANI): British national Fiona Mackeown, the mother of murdered teenager Scarlet Eden Keeling, who was summoned by Goas Women and Child ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/scarletts-mother-fiona-fails-to-appear-for-hearing-in-goa_10095218.htmlcid=1245525080ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNF8XBoZ6POVmoxyCDA6eEZs15MOjQ *** FIR lodged against Goa education minister - Press Trust of India [Sep 11, 2008] Panaji, Sep 11 (PTI) A local NGO today lodged an FIR against Goa's Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte for allegedly submitting a false affidavit with ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/35C4F0B9709B37D9652574C1002CEC73?OpenDocumentcid=1245069176ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNHSi1D21IgGg5xiKYDIoRoMM7MUtg *** Delhi boy opposes ragging at Goa varsity, beaten up - Times of India [Sep 11, 2008] PANAJI: Uday Anand, a final year MCA student at Goa University, is living under fear from his batchmates for asking his juniors to stand up against ragging. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Delhi_boy_opposes_ragging_at_Goa_varsity_beaten_up/articleshow/3473448.cmscid=0ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNFgp4bnf_UBc_GE9ZsV8fz0gdkc_g *** Goa govt\'s move to delete heritage monuments raises eyebrows - Press Trust of India [Sep 11, 2008] Panaji, Sep 12 (PTI) Goa government's move to delete fourteen heritage monuments from the list of protected sites has raised apprehensions among heritage ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/6BBE6933B395B8F2652574C200222B1E?OpenDocumentcid=0ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNFzscWREudRc5_ggpwGd2iAzNoEHg *** Why Goa\'s jungle is a shade better - guardian.co.uk [Sep 12, 2008] A Goan speciality. Quite illegal, and O for oops. We are involved in a long, drawn out war against error. Please let us know instantly about blown bulbs ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/sep/13/india.hotelscid=0ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNHveKrov_5Lofwj6CtX_6A9cJ3bDQ *** Blank roster stares at HC judge in Goa - Times of India [17 hours ago] On August 11, he wasmoved to the Goa bench. Subodh Kantak, advocate-general of Goa, told TOI on Friday that Justice Bora was not sitting in court for the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Blank_roster_stares_at_HC_judge_in_Goa_/articleshow/3478167.cmscid=0ei=_EzMSNLJConmggOtkJHFBgusg=AFQjCNHNPAu1YwWlqtjlk98dRVDEJKc4ew Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1061
It's long overdue for the Goan, specially the Goan Catholic, to consider self-employing professions and entrepreneurship. FN jane gillian rodrigues wrote: My dear Goanetters, People are willing pay huge bribes (as per some of your e-mails on Goanet),to get into govtmt. orgs like AI etc., because govtmt jobs in India, are always secure jobs. Jobs in the private sector do pay more, but the hire and fire policy exists and hence, most Indians prefer secure and safe government jobs. Regards -- FN M: 9970157402 or 9822122436 P:+91-832-240-9490 (after 1pm) Skype: fredericknoronha Yahoochat: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Email fred at bytesforall.org Res: 784 Saligao 403511 Goa India
[Goanet] Cheers Dears: Sir Gungul'lo
General Thimmyya and Cariappa were not Keralites. They were from Coorg - Kodagu - a district of Karnataka. The district is nestled in western ghats. They are known as Coorgi's and speak a different language. They were always a martial race and form just about majority of Kodagu district (perticular Coorgi caste). Southern part of Canara districts were always plagued by their raids - they used to regularly raid and loot these parts before the British - and some times after. They were an independent principality at the time of Indian independence and were Type C state and later merged with Karnataka (then Mysore). upkamath
[Goanet] COMPLAINT AGAINST BABUSH BEFORE RETURNING OFFICER
Utt Goenkara has filed a complaint before the Deputy Collector Returning officer Mr. Sabaji Shetye against Goa's Education Minister and Taleigao MLA Mr. Babush Monseratte for having filed a false Affidavit about his educational qualification. At the Goa Legislative Assembly elections held in May 2007 Mr. Monseratte had filed his nomination papers from 11- Taleigao Assembly Constituency and along with the nomination papers Mr. Monseratte had filed an Affidavit as required by law which needs to disclose amongst other things the candidate's educational qualifications. Though it was required that every candidate should state the name of school/university and the year in which the course was completed, Mr. Monseratte merely stated that his educational qualification was S.S.C. from St. Theresa's High School, Bandra, Bombay, without disclosing the year of passing. A letter received from the Headmaster of that school has now revealed that Mr. Monseratte was admitted to St. Theresa's High School, Bandra on 19th June 1975 in 6th Std. and had left the school half way on 7th September 1978 while in Std 8th. A perusal of the Affidavit filed by Mr. Monseratte and the letter from the Headmaster clearly establishes that the information given on oath by Mr. Monseratte in his Affidavit was false. Section 125A of the Representation of People's Act 1951 deals with the penal provisions for furnishing false information in an Affidavit and that that Section 177 and Section 199 of the Indian Penal Code contain the penal provision for furnishing false information and for making a false declaration to a public servant. As per the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India on 02-06-2004 when any complaint regarding furnishing of false information by any candidate is submitted by anyone, supported by documentary evidence, the Returning Officer should initiate action to prosecute the candidate concerned. The Returning officer has been called upon to after perusing the complaint and holding an inquiry, if need be, to take immediate action as per the law against Mr. Babush Monseratte. Aires Rodrigues, Spokesman, Utt Goenkara
[Goanet] Fresh violence destroyed 20 houses and 6 churches on 13th Sept night
Fresh violence destroyed 20 houses and 6 churches on 13th Sept night Twenty houses and 6 churhes burnt. Two Central reserve force soldiers wounded in the attack. Naxals destroyed 2 villages in Raikia late night.VHP is likely to unleash fresh attacks against christians. In Indore( Madhya Pradesh) Masiha Mandir an 80 year old church burnt by suspected VHP activists.
[Goanet] Policy wonk team to Goa's rescue
In fact this team of 15 members assembled by the Goa government has the grandiose mission to make Goa a First world state ( Experts to help chart Goa's future, TOI Sept 12). It seems to have a roughly even mix of insiders (8) and outsiders (7) but a predominance of public policy and finance academics and practitioners (votaries of PPP). There are some management academics and practitioners too besides a few from GOG. The members: Naseer Munjee (Chairman), Prof Om Mathur, Prof Sebastian Morris, Bhavna Bhatia, CII rep, Vishwajeet Kanwarpal, Cherian Thomas, JP Singh (Ch Secy), Sec'y Planning (Goa), S.Shanbhogue ( PPP Cell), GCCI Pres, Charles Correa, Edgar Ribeiro, Fr.Romuald, PFX D'Lima. Go Goa Goan!
[Goanet] Goan Crab...
Goan Crab.. Just Crab and not Crab mentality http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=hSvxqVOiawc Goan Grabs http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauksix/2172957204/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 In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
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