[Goanet-News] Goa news for December 20, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Advantage Bengal - The Statesman [2 hours ago] 19: Ranadeb Bose's third five-wicket haul of the season restricted Goa on 95 for 5 after thetwo-time champions posted 337 in their first innings in the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=5theme=usrsess=1id=236854cid=1281687824ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHCDqvmu0NUiyLcjYZfVssAuscLxg *** Bengal plays Goa in Gangulys swansong - Hindu [Dec 17, 2008] NEW DELHI: Sourav Gangulys final appearance in first-class cricket would be the highlight of the Bengal-Goa Ranji Trophy plate league match at the Karnail ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/18/stories/2008121851951800.htmcid=1280176578ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNF072yGah2D56b7RRwRPbzpywybpg *** No restrictions, Goa will party: CM - Times of India [Dec 18, 2008] PANAJI: On a day of confusing and conflicting stands by various government departments, south Goa collector GP Naik issued an order on Thursday banning ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/No_restrictions_Goa_will_party_CM/articleshow/3859909.cmscid=1281398725ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNGIdI49_G0MvZPSrhGD29qJmVUQ5Q *** IIJS-Signature 2009 to be Held in Goa - Jewelers Circular Keystone Online [3 hours ago] The seaside resort city of Goa will serve as a place for attendees to mix business with pleasure. The show itself serves as a premium niche event for select ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.jckonline.com/article/CA6624287.html?desc=topstorycid=1281678276ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHqgf5h7ZUSomUes2QivkOEe1qnfA *** Bombay HC approves Sesa Goa-Sesa Industries amalgamation - Business Standard [16 hours ago] India's largest private iron ore exporter Sesa Goa Ltd said the High Court of Bombay at Goa has approved the Scheme of Amalgamation of its subsidiary Sesa ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bombay-hc-approves-sesa-goa-sesa-industries-amalgamation/13/26/51513/oncid=1281531054ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNETq8LugSUaBuoGF1OgmxMGtC2lMQ *** Leisure: Go Goa this year end ! - CIOL [12 hours ago] BANGALORE, INDIA: How about celebrating the New Year's eve on the golden beaches of Goa! This New Year's eve can be much more than just wine and dance to ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ciol.com/SMB/News-Reports/Leisure-Go-Goa-this-year-end-!/191208113992/0/cid=1281577718ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHfBH0bXVAorDPB5ueQuAoGgKVpow *** Adobe and Ghent Workgroup Experts Offering Free Seminars at GOA - What They Think [Dec 17, 2008] For Graphics of the Americas ( Web Site Related Articles Google) 2009 (GOA) attendees, it's incomparable networking and, in an announcement made today, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://members.whattheythink.com/news/newslink.cfm?id=35004cid=1281347810ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHoiXQVuQhZ93Vy-UlKSip4uvr0_A *** At home, in Goa? - Times of India [8 hours ago] She said, I have my tickets booked for Goa but I am not sure if I will be going there. And what, if we may ask, could bring about a change in her plans? ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fashion_Shows/At_home_in_Goa/articleshow/3862954.cmscid=0ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNH59YN8ml5QBPLjTIGG4f8-cWIkWw *** Our woman in Goa - Times Online [24 minutes ago] I don't recommend a day trekking around Old Goa. It's an old Portuguese town with a large church - that's all. Mapusa market is a traditional outdoor market ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/india/article5365793.ececid=0ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNEWJe713rhXrLnG5Oo08RDY6PTrTw *** Lalu to flag off train to Goa today - Times of India [1 hour ago] Patna: Railway minister Lalu Prasad will flag off the much-awaited Patna-Vasco-da-Gama (Goa) train at a function to be held at Patna Junction on Saturday. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Lalu_to_flag_off_train_to_Goa_today/articleshow/3863919.cmscid=0ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNEiMsZf_NkVtoXSn3JHzUDZFsWD3A Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Margao Xmas shooping - A video
Margao Xmas shooping - A video http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kJUJvvw_Y A pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/33501...@n08/3119526007/sizes/l/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk 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
[Goanet] TECH-GOA: Giovanni Maruzzelli on Youtube.com
Giovanni Maruzzelli on Youtube.com... during a Goa visit, at the BITS-Pilani campus Giovanni Maruzzelli ... on cheaper, more-affordable mobile communications (1/2) http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=r87zimhNQk4feature=channel_page Giovanni Maruzzelli, on mobiles phones, affordability and Free Software 2/2 http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=OMp-6c_JxsUfeature=channel_page -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] REGINA FERNANDES - 100th Death Anniversary
The 100th death anniversary, of Regina Fernandes (native of Raia )wife of Pai Tiatrist Joao Agostinho Fernandes, Modsai, Behind Holy Spirit Church, Margao Goa is on 30th December, 2008 according to family members, who informed this writer. The family will offer a Mass in her memory at the Holy Spirit Church at 0800 hrs on 30/12/2008. It may be recalled that late Regina was the first woman to act on stage, on 22/11/1904 at a time when no lady would dare venture on stage due to social ostracisation. Incidentally even the Marathi stage did not have a woman on stage at that time. Her husband who created many firsts in the Konknni tiatros, desired to break the traditional shackles of society and therefore he cajoled and convinced Ms Regina to dare all and she did. This was indeed a proud moment for every Goan in Mumbai. Later her sister too followed suit. Otherwise it was the trend to have men dorn the role of women. It is unfortunate that till this date niether the tiatr fraternity nor the State Government of Goa has recognised this unique achievement of this women who died at a very young age. Incidentally the family of Pai tiatrist had instituted a prize money of Rs.1000/- and a momento which was indeed awarded to the upcoming female actor from Merces during the X tiatr competition held by Vandana Productions Borim Goa It is therefore not late for the women of Goa to do their bit at the centenary celebration, When this issue was brought to the notice of prominent Konknni playwright Mr Wilson Mazarelo he was surprised of the facts and agreed that something ought to be done but felt that the Dalgado Konknni Akademi who are now organising the first literary and cultural convention at the Pai Tiatrist Joao Agostinho Fernandes nagar, near Ravindra Bhavan on 20th and 21st December, 2008 could consider a suitable function on 30/12/2008. GODFREY J. I. GONSALVES, BORDA, MARGAO, 403 602, GOA. (INDIA) +91 98221 58584 (24 HRS) gonsalvesgodfre...@yahoo.co.in Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID get yourn...@ymail.com. Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address
[Goanet] Daily Grook #308
DAILY GROOK #308 _ SHOE 'FLU _ by Francis Rodrigues (from an idea by I.G.) georgie in iraq shoe-d away all, georgie did duck to save his sole! _ puns word-play of all kinds, if you read between the lines! _ http://2008goanconvention.com/nostalgia.php _
Re: [Goanet] Arun Shourie on Islamic terrorism and failed Pakistani state
Mario, Thanks for those links. I will read them carefully, and see if they answer my questions about facts in this case. But regarding your anecdote, we all have them. I have a couple myself. One Pakistani person refused to work with me professionally because I was Indian. This person believes that India is responsible for all their problems, including terrorism. On the flip side, I know some Indians who canceled attendance to a party after they found out that some Pakistanis were also invited, and these are all highly educated non-Hindutva folk. The cause for this kind of prejudice is more likely to be uncritical reliance on ideologically biased media in both countries, and careless reporting. None of these educated characters in our stories are likely to have attended any madrassas or ekal vidyalayas. As I am sure you understand, these kinds of anecdotes mean very little when drawing serious conclusions about the causes of terrorism. I will try to examine the evidence about what is actually taught to the children in Pakistan, and how many of them are known to have become terrorists. My own understanding, so far, based on my limited reading about terrorism psychology, and partly echoed by Selma, is that almost all of the terrorist recruits are common criminals, of whom there are plenty in every society. It is much easier to radicalize criminals, and graduate them to doing greater crimes, than normal people with intact innate moral sense. But I will let you know what I find. Cheers, Santosh --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Here are some sources: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8572488/Pakistan-Jihad http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/18/world/fg-schools18 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\25\story_25-7-2006_pg7_1 http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=2fodname=20051010fname=Pakistan+%28F%29sid=1 I also have a personal anecdote that I could not understand at the time, but do now. A Pakistani physician friend took severe umbrage during a social function at my suggestion that the partition of the Indian sub-continent was one of the worst decisions in world history. My reasoning was based on the fact that Pakistan and Bangladesh, with 95% plus Muslim populations, were essentially failed states, whereas an undivided secular India would have had about a 28% Muslim population, double the current percentage, and this would have made all Indian minorities stronger. Not to mention eliminated all the angst over Kashmir and the BILLIONS spent in human lives and treasure defending themselves against each other.
[Goanet] Greetings from - Núcleo de Animaç ão Cultural de Goa Damão e Diu - Macau.
Goemkars ! It is with great pleasure That i share a post - message received from Oscar Noruega of - Do Núcleo de Animação Cultural de Goa Damão e Diu (NACGDD) - MACAU - and the coordinator of the WORLD DAMAN GOA DAY in Macau. Visit Oscar Noruega's Blog and listen to the beautiful music at: http://www.nacgdd.blogspot.com/ Greeting Card: http://globalgoanassociations.blogspot.com/ MESSAGE : Caro Rene / Dear Rene, Votos desta quadra festivos para si e os teus mais queridos…. Do Núcleo de Animação Cultural de Goa Damão e Diu Greetings for this festive season to you and your dear ones…. From Núcleo de Animação Cultural de Goa Damão e Diu 向您和您的家人獻上節日的祝福…. 果阿、達曼和第烏文化協進會 excerpt from - Oscar Noruega NACGDD REPORT - and VIDEO S - from MACAU Núcleo de Animação Cultural de Goa Damão e Diu (NACGDD) GOA, DAMÃO AND DIU COMMUNITY IN MACAU The small but dynamic community of Goa Damão and Diu in Macau, has very much made their presence felt here in Macau, a Chinese dominated, multicultural territory with people not only from the Portuguese speaking countries but also from other walks of life. The art, culture and gastronomy of Goa, Damão and Diu are well known and very much appreciated in Macau. For years through the ‘Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Goa Damão e Diu’, the folk songs and dances like, Aum Saibá Poltodi Vétam, Barra de Damão, O` Divan de Mogará and others have been virtually instilled in the hearts of the Portuguese, Chinese and other communities. The people of Macau are so familiar with the historical and religious monuments through the construction of replicas of the Arco de Vis Rei in Goa, Fortaleza de São Jerónimo in Damão, Fortim do Mar in Diu and other monuments. They have also captured the taste of our Sarapatel, Samosas, Bebinca, Aranha do Céu, Bolinhas de Coco and many more. . more at :Núcleo de Animação Cultural de Goa Damão e Diu (NACGDD) BLOG: http://www.nacgdd.blogspot.com/ Don't just COMPLAIN , - address the complain and be a part of the solution . Just do it !MAKE IT HAPPEN - don't wait it to happen ! rene barreto WORLD GOA DAY WORLD ALLAINCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS GOANWORLD : http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/ ==
[Goanet] Arun Shourie on Islamic terrorism and failed Pakistani state
This message is in reply to Message: 1, dated: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 on subject: Arun Shourie on Islamic terrorism and failed Pakistani state The writer writes: Arun Shourie is a joke. Arundhati Roy is a bigger joke.. I was appalled to hear Arun Shourie talk so glibly and irresponsibly to a crowd that cheered without questioning him. I was even more appalled to read the almost demented writings of Arundhati Roy. India's intellectuals are polarized at the extremes...There is no evidence that Pakistan wants to take over India and impose Islamic law in India. Where did this theory suddenly spring from? Why are we just irresponsibly creating theories out of thin air?.On the other hand, we have to be as vocal in condemning militant Islamist groups as we are in condemning militant Hindutva groups.. My response: Recently above writer had written to Goanet that she is studying story of Goa and that of origins of Goan surnames. From post it appears as though the writer knows only the history of Portugal and does not know the history of India more specifically about the history of India and Pakistan relationships and how Pakistan was formed and who were the persons responsible for the mess which will continue to haunt us for years to come. While concluding I would like to say that if Arun Shourie and Arundhati Roy are jokes the writer is a biggest joke in Goanet. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Arun Shourie on Islamic terrorism and failed Pakistani state
This message is in reply to message date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 from Santosh Helekar on the subject: Arun Shourie on Islamic terrorism and failed Pakistani state Santosh writes: Do you have any objective pieces of evidence for the allegation that Pakistani children are taught jihad against India, for us to examine? I am not saying that you are wrong, but I don't know to what extent you are right either. I am now fully convinced that we cannot trust any of these activists and journalists who report on these things, whether it is Arun Shourie or Arundhati Roy. Most of these folk seem to have deep-seated pre-conceived agendas, and are very emotionally attached to them. Therefore, we have to look at the actual infractions that have been found by independent investigation(s) conducted by responsible bodies into these things. My response: W. r. t. your above message, please click on the links provided here below: http://www.sdpi.org/whats_new/reporton/State%20of%20Curr http://www.sdpi.org/whats_new/reporton/State%20of%20CurrTextBooks.pdf TextBooks.pdf (To download pdf file) http://72.14.235.132/custom?q=cache:V_2bil5q_MEJ:www.sdpi.org/whats_new/repo rton/State%2520of%2520Curr%26TextBooks.pdf+pakistan+%2B+text+books http://72.14.235.132/custom?q=cache:V_2bil5q_MEJ:www.sdpi.org/whats_new/rep orton/State%2520of%2520Curr%26TextBooks.pdf+pakistan+%2B+text+bookshl=enct =clnkcd=6 hl=enct=clnkcd=6 (To read the file in HTML format) Above URL is in addition to the following URLs provided by Mario Goviea earlier: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8572488/Pakistan-Jihad http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/18/world/fg-schools18 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\25\story_25-7-2006_pg7 _1 http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=2 http://www.outlookindia.com/fullprint.asp?choice=2fodname=20051010fname=P akistan+%28F%29sid=1 fodname=20051010fname=Pakistan+%28F%29sid=1 Santosh, do you need more URLs on the subject. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] BACK TO ECONOMIC BASICS
For favour of early publication, please. Kindly acknowledge receipt. =Averthanus= _ BACK TO ECONOMIC BASICS. Averthanus L. D'Souza. The term meltdown is currently used only to describe an extremely serious destruction of a system. It was first used in the context of the total destruction of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in the then Soviet Union. Meltdown connotes the destruction, not only of the exteriors of a system, but also of its very core. In this sense, the use of the term financial meltdown applied to the current financial crisis is entirely accurate. Popular media describes the crisis in many ways - financial crisis, economic recession, deep depression, et cetera. However, the use of the term meltdown describes the situation most accurately because it best expresses the reality of what is happening to the international economic system today. What we are witnessing is not just some dysfunction which has brought about the collapse of the entire banking system but a more fundamental flaw in the very foundation on which the entire banking system, and, for that matter, the entire economic system, has been built. These fundamentals are simply not compatible with objective realities and have now proven to be unsustainable. The meltdown should cause us to take a closer look at the very basics on which the Industrial Economy has been constructed. Economic collapse and moral values. The economic system has been built on the principle of production. Every aspect of the economy is driven by the need to increase production. Over the last few decades we have witnessed an unprecedented emphasis on the need to increase production and to improve productivity. Governments have set up and fostered National Productivity Councils and have provided incentives to increase productivity. This has involved the large-scale exploitation of natural resources - mineral, marine, fossil and even human. Everything, including human beings, have been treated as resources to increase production. All the so-called Human Resources Development programmes have been aimed at maximizing the use of human resources in the productive process. By a strange twist in the nightmare of production, human beings have also become necessary as consumers of the very goods which they produce. Thus the system has created the need to bring about the unification of production and consumption. It is best represented by the image of the serpent which is swallowing its own tail.In reality, we have created an economic system which is self-destructive. The present economic system requires the destruction (or exploitation) of resources which are not renewable. Many scientific studies undertaken over the past four decades have conclusively shown that at the rate at which we are exploiting non-renewable resources, we will reach a dead end in less than a hundred years. Coal, oil, lignite and other minerals will soon be exhausted. Even now, the cost of recovering these resources has become uneconomic.However, we still, foolishly, persist in pursing the unattainable goals set by myopic economic theories. The present economic system, backed by the financial system, has continued to blow the bubble beyond its capacity to sustain the pressures.Like any other balloon, the economic bubble has finally burst, with all the negative consequences which we are now experiencing. However, we have distorted our perception to such an extent that we fail to see that we cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again even if we galvanize all the king's horses and all the king's men.Injecting billions of dollars into a system that has collapsed is precisely the wrong thing to do. What the world needs is an alternative. Gandhi and Schumacher. The signs that our industrial economy was not sustainable was evident to several wise men, most prominent among whom were Mahatma Gandhi and Ernest Schumacher. In his epoch making book Small is Beautiful written in 1973, Schumacher outlined his economics as if people mattered. He was following in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi who was convinced that all production activity should be for the benefit of Man. His saying that there are enough resources to meet everyone's need, but not enough to satisfy everyone's greed is often quoted loosely without a proper understanding of the underlying philosophy.Gandhi and Schumacher distinguished between misery, sufficiency and surfeit. According to them, no individual should suffer deprivation of the most basic necessities of life. On the other hand, they both asserted, a surfeit of commodities would result in economic disaster. Schumacher argued that economic growth would be good only to the point of sufficiency. Limitless growth would be disastrous.How true their understanding has
Re: [Goanet] Arun Shourie on Islamic terrorism and failed Pakistani state
--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: Therefore, we have to look at the actual infractions that have been found by independent investigation(s) conducted by responsible bodies into these things. Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0800 (PST) From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com Mario only knows that jihad is taught in Pakistani schools because some Fox presenter must have done his own research into the matter and presented it as a fair and balanced view of the world. I bet at the end of the broadcast there must have been a dire warning, that we must do something about Pakistan or else? There is no evidence that Pakistan wants to take over India and impose Islamic law in India. Where did this theory suddenly spring from? Why are we just irresponsibly creating theories out of thin air? Mario responds: Wow! Is such gratuitous and mean-spirited, not to mention factless, codswallop really necessary? Couldn't Selma at least wait to see what I had to say, as shown in the following post, before shoveling this heap of horse manure onto Goanet? http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085394.html Selma wrote: On the other hand, we have to be as vocal in condemning militant Islamist groups as we are in condemning militant Hindutva groups. The one terrorist caught alive is a petty thug from the villages of Pakistan. He used to rob people at knife point. It is rather redundant examining profound motives by these people. They are nothing more than hoodlums who don't subscribe to any political ideology, nor are they seeking specific redress. They are psychologically damaged individuals and the sooner we start treating them as the criminals they are, the better it is for all of us. Mario responds: Now that I have my hip waders on, yeah, right, let's treat suicidal terrorists with non-negotiable demands as common criminals. That really worked great for President Clinton throughout the 90's, didn't it? I can see the Lashkar-i-Taiba leaders who follow Goanet, snickering into their beards as their plot their next deadly criminal attack on yet another group of innocent Indians:-)) I'm all for bashing the Hindutva's when they step out of line as I have done time and again in this forum, but when was the last time a Hindutva group conducted an indiscriminate suicide attack on innocent civilians with AK-47s and hand grenades? Perhaps Marshall can find us a handful of web links to enlighten us?
Re: [Goanet] Ref The Goodness of Coconut Water
Right on Freddy. I and my entire family are very fond of tender coconuts and coconut water. Every weekend I go to the local Chinese mega fish and grocery store and buy half a dozen tender coconuts at a dollar and a half apiece. I then take them home, and with a chopper neatly de-husk them. Then with a sharp pointed knife I poke the eye and let the water into a glass. We get 9 glasses of water from those 6 coconuts. I then neatly crack them in half, scoop the flesh and we all have a hearty Saturday mid-morning snack. What is left I do ditto on a Sunday morning and thus fortified, I get ready to fall asleep at the pastor's or priest's service or mass (like a true liberal I alternate between an evangelical church and a catholic one. The tender coconuts one gets here are much better than the ones you get in Goa, even compared to those in my aunt's coconut plantations in Benaulim which I am told are much sought after in that part of Goa for their unblemished taste. In Bombay selling tender coconuts has been a Keralite monopoly for as long as I can remember. However unlike the ones I buy in Toronto which have much water as well as good meat, in Bombay you are asked malai ya paani? (flesh or water). Opt for one and you get none of the other. The last time I was there in Sept 2007, I paid 15 rupees for one. When I left Bombay in '76, it was 50 paise. No too much of an inflationary adjustment for for the intervening 32 years. That I suppose is due to the coconut tree hybrids that made their appearance and lowered the price. Now tell me Freddy, is the flesh of the coconut as nutritious as the water or is it bad for health as my wife is constantly telling me. Regards, Roland. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Freddy Fernandes ffernandes@emaar.ae wrote: Dear Goanetters, Came across this article and thought of sharing it with you all, Mother Nature in all it's goodness has given us this wonder drink, let us all drink it to health, Cheers !
[Goanet] Coconut and HIV
Who could make the connection between the flesh of the coconut and benefits to HIV? But here it is from a cursory search of the web. Benefits Of Coconut Coconut is a fruit that is consumed in a number of forms - raw (flesh), milk, water and oil. The origin of the fruit is not clear, though the two most possible places of its origin are South Asia and South America. However, today it is cultivated in almost all the tropical countries. Coconut is a simple dry nut, formed of a number of layers. The outermost is the brown husk, formed of fibers called coir, while the second one is endocarp i.e. an inner stone. As you remove the second layer, you get to the testa, which covers the white and fleshy edible part of fruit. Inside it is the coconut water, associated with a number of health benefits. Coconut water is mostly had from the green coconut, which is not fully ripe. Given below is information on nutritional value and nutrition benefits of coconut coconut oil. Nutritional Value of Coconut Given below is the amount of nutrients in 100 gm of coconut meat: Carbohydrates - 15.23 gm Sugars - 6.23 gm Dietary Fiber - 9.0 gm Saturated Fat - 29.70 gm Monounsaturated Fat - 1.43 gm Polyunsaturated Fat - 0.37 gm Protein - 3.3 gm Thiamin (Vitamin B1) - 0.066 mg Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) - 0.02 mg Niacin (Vitamin B3) - 0.54 mg Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) - 0.300 mg Vitamin B6 - 0.054 mg Folate (Vitamin B9) - 26 μg Vitamin C - 3.3 mg Calcium - 14 mg Iron - 2.43 mg Magnesium - 32 mg Phosphorus - 113 mg Potassium - 356 mg Zinc - 1.1 mg Energy - 350 kcal (1480 kJ) Health Nutrition Benefits of Coconuts/ Coconut Water Being rich in dietary fiber, coconut flesh is good for those suffering from constipation. Coconut is good for building up the body muscles of thin and emaciated individuals. Coconut milk is good for curing sore throat and even helps relieve stomach ulcers. Coconut water has been found to be beneficial for people with kidney problems. Coconut water is believed to lessen the rashes caused by smallpox, chickenpox and measles. Coconut water is said to be good for the skin. Coconut water is used to treat intestinal worms and relieves stomach and urinary problems. It has been claimed that coconut water is beneficial for the people suffering from diabetes. Researches have suggested that coconut helps in reducing the viral load of HIV. The organic iodine content of coconut helps in preventing simple goiter (enlarged non-toxic thyroid). Benefits of Coconut Oil Apart from being good for the skin and hair of a person, coconut oil has been found to be beneficial in case of the following ailments. Stress Heart Diseases High Cholesterol Levels Too Much Weight Kidney Problems Poor Digestion Low Metabolism High Blood Pressure Low Immunity Dental Problems Diabetes Low Bone Density HIV Cancer Premature Aging Pancreatitis See: http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/benefits-of-coconut-1718.html -- Roland Francis Toronto +1 (416) 453.3371
[Goanet] Goan Reader- Afric through Goan Eyes
Well done, Mervyn.I thoroughly enjoyed your Tanzania reminisces, so vividly narrated. It took me back to my own days in East Africa(Kenya). I hope your latest contribution will encourage other Goans who experienced such adventurous lives in Africa, to come up with their own stories. The story about schoolchildren finding lions in their classroom would make an interesting contribution to the Only in Africa column of a Kenya-based magazine, OLD AFRICA, to which I subscribe and contribute articles from time to time. Their website is www.oldafricamagazine.com and if you wish to submit a short account of the 'lions in the classroom' and/or some of your fishing adventures, you can e-mail this to editor...@oldafricamagazine.com Congrats -once again. Mervyn Maciel
[Goanet] GBA on Liberation Day
GBA empowers villagers on Goa Liberation Day The GBA, led from the front by Co-Convener Sabina Martins and Secretary Reboni Saha, made a presentation at Cansaulim Village Panchayat and Gram Sabha on how to read a plan and what to look for in the draft Village Plan given to each Panchayat on 22 November, 2008. The was preceded by hoisting of the national tricolour and followed by a presntation by Julio D'Silva on the village planning done by Chandor Village as well as a demonstration by Mr. Prabhudesai of ICAR on vermicomposting for garbage management. The GBA presentation was based on the DRP 2021 Plan for South Goa district [Map B2], map for and maps for Cansaulim village in DRP 2021 and RP 2011, as well as a Digital Globe image of the village, was followed by an interaction with the participants from the villages and GBA team. From the village of Terekhol in Pernem to the village of Agonda in Canacona, the villagers have noticed the differences between what the DRP 2021 shows and what they can actually see on the ground. Earlier today, the GBA also made a presentation on the DRP 2021 to the Village Committee of Velsao. Garbage and the Draft Regional Plan 2021 are perceived as bigger threats to the village of Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim than the terrorists from LeT. The villagers are arming themselves with information to defend themselves against these twin threats. They want compost pits for the garbage and sand dunes to protect their beachfront, not in bunkers on their beaches. In liberated Goa, the people also want the power at the Panchayat level to plan for themselves as guaranteed by the Constitution of India. In the afternoon, the GBA held a meeting of volunteers, both old and new, to plan a strategy for the future. Empowered by the interpretation of the law given by Mr. T. Raghunathan, Joint Secretary [Panchayats] in the Government of India, and the interaction with Mr. Vinod Kumar of MAITHRI-Kerala, the GBA members are guiding the villagers on what can be done at the village levels. Villagers do not want to sacrifice land to provide ten metre wide “Main Village Roads” so that the builders can get “commercial” zoning for apartment blocks in their villages using the ten metre roads as their access. The existing five or six metre wide village roads are good enough for the villagers. They do not want broad roads that have already become difficult for pedestrians to cross in Panaji and other major towns. They also do not want vehicles zooming at high speeds on broader village roads that are proposed in the DRP 2021. The GBA represents the voice of the people. This is quite clear from the support that the GBA has received in the villages across Goa during the December, 2008, as it did in December, 2006. The village level contacts and presentations will continue as requests continue to pour in. Mog asundi Miguel Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/
[Goanet] 1st Konkani Culture and literary festival at Margao
Dears, Please inform your friends about the Konkani cultural programme tomorrow and on Sunday organised by the Dalgado Konkani Akademi at the Pai Tiatrist Joao Agostinho Fernandes hall, Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. The programmes are Saturday evening, 20 December, 2008 1. 4.30 P.M. Official inauguration [for those interested in the status of Konkani in Goa today]. The CM is scheduled to be the Chief Guest. He was also scheduled to be the Chief Guest at the 42nd Mando festival and Tomazinho Cardoz's book release earlier this month ...but was not there. So if he is not there at the festival, I would not be surprised. The Lok Sabha elections do not worry him so much as his own seat and business associates. I would be happy to be proved wrong. 2. 6.30 P.M. onwards Cultural programme/entertainment Sunday morning, 21 December, 2008 9.30 A.M. Cultural programme 10.00 TALKS on Novels, Poems, Essays. 12 noon Cultural programme 1.00 P.M. Lunch 3.00 P.M. TALKS Education, Tiatr and Youth 5.30 P.M. Valedictory function. Churchill Alemao is the Chief Guest and you can best your last rupee that he will be there. the South Goa Parliamentary seat will be up for grabs in less than six months from now ...and he has his eyes on it for the love of Valanka. 6.30 P.M. Tiatr Tandellanchem Kestanv written by Pai Tiatrist Directed by Anil Kumar. On Saturday we remember the sacrifice of Florian Vaz, the twenty years old boy who was killed by Police at Gogol-Margao this day 22 years ago, 20 Dec. 1986 during the KPA-led Konkani agitation. I know it is almost Christmas time and everyone is busy, but if you can make the time, do come and encourage the people who have put this programme together ...all for the love of Konkani. Mog asundi Miguel Get your own website and domain for just Rs.1,999/year.* Go to http://in.business.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] A veto based on lies and misinformation
At the 988th meeting of the Security Council held on 18th December 1961, France, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the Untied States submitted a draft resolution (S/5033) that the Soviet Union vetoed. The Soviet veto was based on lies, misinformation and the aggressors innuendo. Information such as Portuguese forces which had entered Goa as reinforcement and had been threatening all of the people of Goa and the neighbouring population in India. Secondly GDD was an integral part of india because of its geographical situation. In this case one wonders why Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka are not states of india? Besides the veto says that people of Goa and Portugal had nothing in common. One wonders what are the parameters of human commonality? Take for example President Pandurang from Chimbel who has colonized USA and an ardent VHP master lives in a Christian based and tolerant country. What does he have in common with the USA? Another lie was that Goa 'could' become a base (wrong hypothesis) for NATO operations because it had joined that organisation. 47 years ago the aggressors and their cronies the soviets managed to pull the wool over the UN's eyes. Today Goa is part of a dobiant (tin) republic) BC
Re: [Goanet] A pair of shoes
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:40:29 +0530 From: Frederick \FN\ Noronha f...@goa-india.org Ashow Row Kavi (whom I usually don't agree with) on the SAJA mailing list... interesting point: SOMEONE had to tell Bush he is not liked; that the rest of the world is totally horrified of the unwaranted invasion of Iraq that has killecd millions of innocents in :colateral damage. Mario responds: I have no idea who Ashow Row Kavi is that Fred agrees with in this instance, but the guy is obviously either abysmally ignorant of what has gone on in Iraq for the last several years, or is sympathetic to the tyrants who oppressed it previously. To begin with, the rest of the world was horrified at Saddam Hussain's defiance of the UN, not at his removal, which is why the UN passed 17 resolutions on the issue of the missing WMDs. Iraq in its new liberated form has since been recognized by the UN as a free and sovereign nation. The only ones who were horrified at Saddam's removal were those who prefer a brutal dictatorship by a small cabal to a free democracy for 25 million Muslims. Apparently, these include Mr. Kavi and Fred. Secondly, after deposing the Saddam regime and helping the Iraqis form a government, the coalition forces are in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government which needs them to stabilize their nascent democracy until they can secure themselves, which will take another few years. Thirdly, the liberation of Iraq was hardly unwarranted unless someone is clueless about the 17 UN resolutions over 12 years that Saddam did not comply with, including the ultimatum in UN 1441 for him to disclose what he had done with his WMDs of face severe consequences. Fourthly, anyone who is not deaf, dumb or blind would know by now that the vast majority of innocents killed in Iraq have been killed by Al Qaeda and a small number of Shia and Sunni sectarian extremists. The inevitable collateral damage by coalition forces is due to the terrorists hiding among and behind innocent civilians while attacking, not to mention those critics who can immediately re-classify a dead terrorist into an innocent civilian since both look exactly the same. Mr. Kavi wrote: But he has a right to do that as an Arab -- and human being -- who saw the horrors of what a powerful nation is doing to people who just want to be left in peace to work out their fate. Mario responds: To begin with, it is unethical and unprofessional for a journalist to get so emotionally involved in his reporting. Secondly, the rest of the statement above is unadulterated codswallop since the powerful nation is in Iraq at the behest of the Iraqi government which has asked them to stay until they are ready to take over. Mr. Kavi wrote: Unlike his present employer, I would definately tell him that he's been a bad journalist but a great activist and honour him as such. I would be very careful of his subsequent reports whether his honesty was getting the ahead of his objectivity and check his facts carefully as a chief sub. Mario observes: This confused mentality shows that Mr. Kavi has ethical problems of his own and I would be very careful of anything he writes lest it be biased and misleading. Mr. Kavi wrote: His being embedded in his Arab nationalism was a very human reaction to something that is impossible to not be a part of. In fact it must be honoured because that is giving us the other side to this war. Mario observes: Even more codswalllop. Al Zaidi illustrated the side that would have preferred a continuation of the Saddam Hussain regime, which is the same side Mr. Kavi and Fred happen to be. The other side is that most of Iraq has been pacified, Al Qaeda is on the run and Iraq is well on the way to its democratic destiny, thanks mostly to President Bush, delayed only by those who would deny by force the democracy the Iraqis have voted for. If it hadn't been for the small number of Islamic terrorists and their desperate and homicidal attempt to deny the Iraqis their desire for freedom and democracy, with the moral support of Mr. Kavi and apparently Fred, Iraq would have been well on the way to peace and prosperity by now. Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:47:24 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca Whole we are having fun on Goanet,... Mario observes: The only ones who are having fun at this puerile act of defiance that embarrassed sensible Iraqis and their government are those who sympathize with the previous regime in Iraq and disapprove of its removal, just like the ungrateful Al Zaidi apparently does as well. BTW, the miscreant had apologized for his transgression and is begging for pardon. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9555QEO0show_article=1 So much for his committment to his cause.
[Goanet] New website of TSKK and new publications
TSKK’s New website and New Publications Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr’s (TSKK) website www.tskk.org has been redesigned by Team Inertia Technologies, Panaji. It was launched on 18 December 2008 by Mr Wilson Wilmix Mazarello, the Convenor of Romi Lipi Action Front. It contains the information about TSKK, its facilities, courses, activities and its mini botanical garden. Besides, it has a Konknni section in Roman script. This section contains sub-sections like: Aichem Jevonn (thought for the day), Lokdaiz (Konknni folklore: proverbs, riddles), Mhoineache Suvalle (festivals of Goa), Angonn (children’s corner: nursery rhymes, stories), Umalle (Konknni SMS), Bolkanv (information of new releases of Konknni books, important current events in Konknni world), and Motiam (learn new Konknni words and their usage). For the time being this information will be renewed on 1st and 16th of every month. Based on the demands and financial support of its viewers TSKK intends to make this Konknni section as a weekly net magazine. TSKK hopes through its Konknni section, Konknni will be popularized and Konknnis (Konknni speakers) will be united through the Roman script. The English section gives the information of recent important Konknni functions and events. TSKK invites suggestions to improve its website from the viewers and readers. TSKK Research Bulletin Sod 13 was released at TSKK premises on 18 December 2008 by Mr Cipriano Lopes, Programme Executive of Doordarshan, Goa. It contains articles mainly related to scripts. It contains articles of Late Suniti Kumar Chatterji, C. Sivaramamurti, Vasudevsharan Agrawala, Tomazinho Cardozo, Wilmix Wilson Mazarello, Salvador Fernandes, Seby Fernandes, Vincy Quadros, Godfrey Gonsalves, Ancy D'Souza, Vincy Quadros, J.B. Moraes, Nina Maria Caldeira and Pratap Naik. It contains 122 pages. The revised and enlarged second edition of Devanagari Lipient Konknni Borounchi Promann Rit was released at TSKK premises on 18 December 2008 by Ms Manisha Toraskar, a primary teacher of St. Anthony High School, Guirim, Goa. It contains orthography rules for writing Konknni in Devanagari script. It is written by Dr Pratap Naik, S.J., the director of TSKK and Mrs Shilpa Salvi, a research assistant at TSKK. It is an ideal book for those who want to learn to write standard Konknni in Devanagari script. It contains 74 pages. Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
[Goanet] Bread and More- An eating joint in Margao away from the crowded restaurants
Hi.. Here's a review of the Eating Joint Bread and More in Margao The other day I had to meet a school friend of mine and since Margao has a lot of packed restaurants in the evening, we were inclined to choose a restaurant away from the hustle and bustle of city life. We decided to go to Bread and More which is located in a nice corner near the BSNL Telephone Exchange and Fatima Convent. There is a lot of parking space too out there, something one has to keep in mind while shopping in the crowded streets of Margao. Read the entire post with photos by clicking this link http://www.reviewgoa.com/?p=455 Do visit the place and don't forget to type a review and rate the place on www.reviewgoa.com Regards, Savia.
[Goanet] Christmas in Orissa
With Christmas approaching soon, Orissa is once again on tenterhooks. The RSS has declared a bandh on 25th Dec 2008. to intimidate and provoke the christian community. Lets hope good sense prevails and the Orissa government acts against this threat with a firm hand. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Fresh_Kandhamal_bloodshed_likely/articleshow/3850970.cms Regards, Marshall
Re: [Goanet] An Unknown Freedom Fighter
AN UNKNOWN FREEDOM FIGHTER We do remember our freedom fighters. Each one of them has done a lot for the liberation of Goa. I have come to know about one of them who has remained unknown, though he has been living as a man for others. Professor Carlos da Cruz was a man of character, dedicated, sincere, selfless, who fought for the human rights till his death. He was a man of silence, but a man of action: silent action. He continued to live in silence in the memory of our people. He was a man of calibre. Even stones should be telling about the moral greatness of this man. Carlos Luís Martinho Nazário da Cruz was born on July 28, 1907 in Chandor (Chandrapur), Salsete, Goa. His parents were João Napoleão Víctor da Cruz and Amélia Ritinha Clara Lobo e Cruz. He excelled in several fields: he was a professor/teacher, journalist, freedom fighter, selfless social worker. It is interesting to know about his life so that our youth may emulate him. He studied in the National Lyceum of Panjim (Nova Goa). He was not allowed to finish his studies, because he revealed his independence of spirit. He completed his Escola Normal and did the examination of law, without having finished the 5th year of Lyceum. He was clever and passed his exams with flying colours. He was sent to the backward village of Arambol, where he toiled and moiled for the poor people. He started a night school for the workers. It was the first night school in Goa. He taught them human rights and etiquette. He was writing constructive articles for journals. He was sending articles for «Anglo-Lusitano», but they were not published. Then he began his own paper «Oriente» and continued to fight against injustice perpetrated by the Portuguese Government aginst Goan people. He was transferred to Silvassa, capital of the district of Dadra and Nagar-Haveli (which was belonging to the Portuguese till 1954). He continued to teach and impart the knowledge of the Portuguese language and culture to the simple people. He observed inhuman conditions of the people and worked for them. The people were adivasis, indigenous and primitive. There was a lot of corruption there. He began publishing another journal «Sandalcado», under the name of a river that flows between Great Daman and Small Daman. He was dismissed from the service, nonetheless he continued to work and to fight for the rights. He was imprisoned by Portuguese authorities twelve times, he was really a saviour for those people.He came to know other Goan revolutionaries, like Dr.Tristão Bragança Cunha, and became an active member of the Committee of the Goa Congress. He was also in contact with the nationalist leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia. He was writing to Jawaharlal Nehru on political events of Goa. On August 2, 1954, Nagar-Haveli was liberated and became part and parcel of India. The Government of India named him Public Prosecutor of Nagar-Aveli. Even in this post he worked for the uplift of the adivasis. He died suddenly at the tender age of 51 years, after a brief illness, on August 25 of 1958. While he was ill, he heard the National Anthem on August 2 and rose from his death-bed to salute the Indian National Flag on Dadra's Liberation Day. Then he asked that a handful of earth of his native village of Chandor, which he had fetched, be put in his grave, and breathed his last. He gave one rupee from below his pillow to his wife for his funeral rites. He died poor without leaving one pie. He devoted himself for the uplift of the masses. We find these words on his grave: Life for him was a mission,/His daily lot a martyrdom,/Honours and wealth he sought not,/But for the oppressed freedom.
[Goanet] After the horror / Don't do an America
Mario:I was the only one in this forum who opposed the call in another post for Narendra Modi to assume national leadership in India based on his new perception as an administrative genius. Response: Since you have made a point that only you responded to the article on Narendra Modi, here is my take on it. 1.Narendra Modi from all accounts is not personally corrupt. He has a relatively clean image.He is also charismatic. 2.He is in total command of the party in Gujarat as well as the state administration. Hence, no dissent is tolerated. At the moment this works to his advantage. But he definitely lacks democratic qualities that Nehru had even though he stood tall. Because of his dictatorial style, he is able to take quick decisions. That is why he has become a darling of the industrialists and businessmen.Remember, all over the world, capitalists love to do business with dictators. 3. Modi is a bachelor and thus is free from the nuisance of relatives. 4. Modi despite winning Gujarat for the BJP has tarnished his image in the country and internationally.Soon after the Gujarat genocide, in order to salvage his image, he appointed a PR firm to give his image a boost. The PR firm has done a relatively good job. They first tried to typecast him as a person interested in developmental. Hence immediately after the Gujarat carnage, Vibrant Gujarat conventions were held. Though they were given wide publicity, the actual investment that flowed in was inconsequential. The Dandiya Raas which is close to every gujarati's heart was also organised and touted as a major tourist event. It is my view that this won him many friends overseas and a loyal following. 5. There is a saying that sometimes even good flows out of evil deeds. After the 2002 carnage, Modi cannot afford to have a repeat of that again. For one, there is no friendly government at the centre. Secondly, he has become something of a pariah in the USA and UK where majority of the gujaratis live. His US visa was turned down. And he can visit the UK only in his personal capacity, not as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Hence, he has ensured that there are no more full scale riots in Gujarat despite Akshardham, Ahmedabad blasts etc.He has been forced to keep hotheads from the sangh parivar like Dr Praveen Togadia under strict control. Hence, ironically, Modi is facing maximum opposition from within the sangh parivar and BJP. In fact, he is extremely unpopular within the sangh parivar, although they have to tolerate him as they need him for his strongman image and vote gathering ability.Today Modi is bigger than the party. Even Advani is dependent on Modi for getting elected from Gandhinagar. Hence even Advani cannot afford to antagonise Modi. 6.Gujarat and Maharashtra have always been frontline states so far as investments and industrialisation is concerned and have always competed for the best investment destinations. This continues to this day, although other states like Karnataka (pre Deve Gowda), AP and Tamil Nadu have caught up immensely. Gujaratis are natural entrepreneurs. They have always been in business, much prior to even the birth of Modi.They were among the first Indians to venture overseas to countries like UK, USA, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa where they mostly set up businesses. Therefore to give credit to Modi is being facile. Gujaratis will continue doing well in business even after Modi. 7. It is extremely doubtful whether Modi will command the same following outside Gujarat and whether he will be able to replicate Gujarat elsewhere. India has too many divisions like caste, creed, language, etc. Each group has made itself strong in its pockets of influence. Hence today, it is impossible for any party which is not inclusivist or represents the interests of the various segments to come to power on its own. 8.Despite industrialists and PR firms falling head over heels over Modi and comparing him to God, there are significant sections of society who do not accept what he has done. He has lost many elections when things were normal, but could win landslides on emotional issues. 9. Finally, Modi is still not out of the woods. Though justice takes a long time, like truth, it ultimately prevails. There are numerous cases going on besides a commission of enquiry.So far no person who has been indicted has been able to hold the nations highest offices. Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] Modorn_also an euphemism!? True? Why?
I am seeking thoughts as to why certain prostitutes were earlier referred to as modorn (godmother*). Was it across Goa or only in certain enclaves? Was it an euphemism? Was the word modorn used tongue in cheek, or in an endearing manner of address? I have briefly heard of services rendered by them to our suave gents who have now closed ranks, and their lips. But need your help to put this thought to bed. Now a modorn joke as narrated by a Goan living in Europe: A paklo** visits a modorn. The paklo wore a gomu (rubber, rubber sheath, a prophylactic) to perform his maithun (yaun sampark/kriyA, yaun sambandh, sehvAs, sambhog).** He satiates himself and goes away. The next morning, the modorn, lets call her Afflicted, in Portuguese Afligido; goes to the kumao, and realizes that something rubbery is peeking. Says she -- incredulously, Shiii baba, Mai zo_neacho, zo_on ghelo pun katt(ui) soddun ghelo. (Utters a sound expression(xy) of disgust, but softened with baba [in general, a way of addressing men respectfully] (xy man), Mother f__ker he, screwed he did, but indeed left his skin behind.) The allusion is to a snake moulting. **do not flip out at the use of the word ***someone please provide an acceptable word/s in Konknni, if there exist other than the z-words. Contemporary modorns if you are readying this, feel free to contact me Goanet or directly. venantius j pinto venantius j pinto * godmother, in Konknni 'dharmamai' (not referring to prostitution)
[Goanet] Can mine owners be the new heroes?
Can mine owners be the new heroes? He who drinks, throws up solution - Confucius By Cecil Pinto Last week, at a press conference to express solidarity with the villagers of Colamb in their battle against the marauding mining companies, fashion designer, writer and activist Wendell Rodricks announced that he would neither entertain nor hang out with politicians or corporate honchos, whose mining firms were wrecking hell on indigenous Goans. He also stated he would not share a dais with Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who he claimed was directly responsible for the excesses against tribals by mining companies as he holds the Mining portfolio. Bravo! This was a long time coming. I have often thought that a social boycott and stigmatizing of politicians, illegal miners and all such known criminals would be a good first step to send a message across. As it is our voting patterns are a joke. We talk no end about how corrupt the current lot of politicians are and then we vote the same crooks into power again and invite them to inaugurate things and give away prizes. Maybe this social boycott approach will work. I though to myself, What can I do to support Wendell's gesture? I don't know any MLA or minister personally so the question of entertaining them does not arise. Or maybe I could throw a party for Desmond's First Holy Communion and then specifically send a note to my MLA saying that he is not welcome. Ha! That would be cool. With all these social boycott ideas swirling in my head I went to the local bar. Names of individuals have been changed, specially of those who have wives who don't approve of their husbands socializing with me. My favourite watering hole is dark and stuffy. Everbody knows everybody and interrupting conversations at other tables is the norm. I dramatically brought things to the fore by asking the barman, Somnath, How can we convince people to stop socialising with politicians and miners?' Manuel, the small-time caterer, ambled over and boomed in Konkani, I will boycott miners! I will not use miners. In fact miners is bad for this hot climate in Goa. So many times it gets spoilt and then we are blamed. I have told Gracy not to make miners but then clients are insisting… It took us a few dumbstruck minutes to realize he was talking about mayonnaise, pronounced 'miners' in Konkani. From the corner of my eye I saw Rahul sauntering in. Now Rahul was much too young to be drinking but mostly he just sips on a beer and is busy sending text messages to his many girlfriends. Somehow through the Chinese whispers at the bar the news reached Rahul. Suprisingly he perked up and came up to our table. Of course we should boycott miners. All these incidents are spoiling the reputation of Goa. Innocent guys get blamed. Last time my friend was locked up overnight and questioned for no reason. Specially these English and German miners. See what just two miners did to the reputation of Goa. No socializing with miners! We shooed Rahul away as we realized he was talking about 'minors'. Will Wendell stop writing for Goa Today magazine? asked Augusto, After all it is owned by miners. Good point Shyam said, Maybe we can stop buying Goa Today and Navhind Times and… Tony interrupted, Maybe we should stop sending our children to schools and colleges managed by trusts controlled by miners? Maybe we should stop patronizing hotels owned by miners? Satyavan interrupted When did you last go to a three star hotel leave alone a five star. Speak about the normal things you do. Maybe I should tell my relatives to cancel that booking for a flat coming up in a complex built by miners. We should not attend football matches where teams sponsored by miners are playing! My neighbour works for a mining firm. I will not take Our Lady from her house! My wife's cousin's son transports ore in his truck. I will not invite him for Ganesh Chaturti! The atmosphere was getting aggressive. Oie!, Somnath exclaimed, We're getting a bit carried away here. Wendell, I think, called for a boycott of mine owners as individuals and not necessarily their associated businesses or employees. But since we don't know any miners personally this will be a good way of making a statement, no? Their businesses and employees are finally tainted by the money made from mining, no? You guys are making the classic activist error of wanting to use cell phones and not wanting cell towers. The world needs mining. We need mining, and not just for the economy. Look around you. See how many things are made from mined metals like iron. How will we get iron if we don't have mines? So mining is good now? Illegal mining is bad. It's raping our land. I am sure that concerned people like Wendell are well placed to convince their miner friends to form a body that identifies the mercenary miners who are operating illegally. These mines should be closed immediately and the mine owners severely penalised. Next all parties have to sit around the table and
Re: [Goanet] Coconut and HIV
--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com wrote: Researches have suggested that coconut helps in reducing the viral load of HIV. No such researches have been published supporting the above assertion in the medical literature. There is only a brief message in 1999 that a study to test this hypothesis would be started in the Phillipines. There is no documentary evidence in the medical literature since then that the study was ever undertaken and completed. The rest of the medical benefits of coconut reported in this post also appear to be dubious or dangerously false. Cheers, Santosh --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com wrote: Benefits Of Coconut ... Coconut water is believed to lessen the rashes caused by smallpox, chickenpox and measles. Coconut water is said to be good for the skin. Coconut water is used to treat intestinal worms and relieves stomach and urinary problems. It has been claimed that coconut water is beneficial for the people suffering from diabetes. Researches have suggested that coconut helps in reducing the viral load of HIV. The organic iodine content of coconut helps in preventing simple goiter (enlarged non-toxic thyroid). Benefits of Coconut Oil Apart from being good for the skin and hair of a person, coconut oil has been found to be beneficial in case of the following ailments. Stress Heart Diseases High Cholesterol Levels Too Much Weight
Re: [Goanet] The Right to Convert
--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com Subject: [Goanet] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 11:38 AM This article appeared in the London Chaplaincy magazine, Contacto. The Right to Convert: A basic right in a civil society by Selma Carvalho In the summer of 1772, the English Earl of Rochford had chanced upon a rumour that Goa was up for sale. He wrote to Robert Walpole, an English diplomat embedded in the Portuguese court and assigned to keep an eye on Portugal’s dealings in India, to investigate the veracity of this rumour. Goa was of interest to the colonial and local powers, flexing their muscle in the region. From the British and the French to the Marathas, the strategic port of Goa was worth a king’s ransom to them all. Walpole, after making discreet enquiries responded on the 8 of July, 1772, to say that far from selling Goa, Portugal intended to make every effort to reconcile with the natives. He writes, “the power of the Inquisition at Goa which by the extension of its Jurisdiction and Severity had driven the Natives from a communication with Goa, is to be diminished; and all Encouragement is to be given to the Natives with respect to the quiet exercise of their Religion and in other respects.” It was the last, dying days of the Portuguese Inquisition in Goa. The Inquisition would finally be abolished in 1821 by the “General Extraordinary and Constituent Courts of the Portuguese Nation.” Liberal ideas were sweeping across Europe and changing the way people viewed issues of equality and tolerance. The Church itself was changing. There was an underlying emphasis on enhancing one’s spirituality and relationship with God, rather than on mindlessly pursuing numbers or forcing one’s doctrine onto others. Nearly two centuries later, the Church in India, stands accused once again of subversively and insidiously trying to “harvest souls.” On November 24, 2008, one of India’s BJP stalwarts, Balbir Punj, wrote: “Post-Independence, the Church changed its methods. Open confrontation was dropped in favour of covert methods like inducements to target groups (the poor, illiterate sections). The new strategy, focused on specific areas, yielded a handsome harvest.” Even if we were to take this statement at face-value, that indeed the “Church” is involved in manipulatively luring people to convert, it begs the basic question of the sanctity of individual choice in a free society. Who is to say, the poor and the illiterate are incapable of making informed choices? We can safely presume these are grown individuals, who make adult decisions everyday of their life. They would have decided on an occupation, the names of their children, who they voted for in the last election or what crops to grow the next season. Is it only in the area of faith and conviction that they must be accorded a secondary place in society? Are they to accede and adhere to some predetermined faith for eternity? Even if the desperately poor are lured to the Church with bribes of bread and water, change of faith calls for a deep commitment. It requires one to renounce a way of life, a way of thinking and embrace another ideology altogether. Is it at all possible, that people can be made to undergo such a metamorphosis by emoluments of food? Surely common sense would dictate that once the belly was full, they would return to their religion of choice and comfort. It is easily accomplished. One can pretend to be something to the world, whilst be something different unto oneself. One can go to a Church of Christ, and still pray to a God of one’s own preference at home. We are, afterall, no longer living in the sixteenth century. The Church today has neither the manpower nor the inclination to rigourously police people’s religious beliefs and practices. Freedom of choice is a basic right that an individual must enjoy in any progressive society. In matters of utmost privacy, and religion is a private matter, the individual must be at liberty to determine his own course. If we deny him this right, we are enslaving him, bounding him and sentencing him to a lesser life. Renowned writer, Khushwant Singh, wrote: “To start with, let it be understood that these days there are no forced conversions anywhere in the world. India is no exception. Those who assert that the poor, innocent and ignorant of India are being forced to accept Christianity are blatant liars. A few, very few educated and well-to-do men and women convert to another faith when they do not find solace in the faith of their ancestors. A large number converted out of gratitude. They were neglected, ignorant and poor. When strangers came to look after them, opened schools and hospitals for them, taught them, healed them and helped them to stand on
[Goanet] Calling Nairobi Goans re. preservation of Nairobi South Cemetery
I've just had a request from an English historian friend of mine in Nairobi, asking if someone in the Goan communityin Nairobi could join the Friends of Nairobi South Cemetery Group. Here is the background to his request: When the cemetery opened in January 1900, only a matter of six months after the rails reached the spot to be the future Nairobi, there were many Goans employed in the clerical side of the Uganda Railways. To start with, those who died were put adjacent to the Europeans, with some very fine headstones and monuments. As time went by, a type of segregation started, and the Goans were given their own rows, and eventually, a complete corner of the cemetery. Everyone comes under our interest irrespective of race. Many of the dead were too poor to afford a memorial, but all have an engraved number to mark their burial, and we have the complete grave register to tell us exactly who is buried where. My interest in the Goans arises from the desire to have the current members of the community be aware of those pioneers, and maybe participate in some part with the recognition of the souls buried there -some for over 100 years The bulk of the DeSouzas, Fernandes,Mascarenhas et al, were all employed by the railway. There is a complete row of children, numbering about 30 souls lying there too, and we have their names. I have a simple form of memorial thought out, which would give their names, instead of the bald grave number indicators. It would be inexpensive costing maybe £2 each, but would do the job fine. The cemetery is now 108 years old, and we have plans afoot to have the ground gazetted as a national monument. In collaboration with the Museums of Kenya, we hope this aim will be achieved, thus providing this historic corner of Nairobi with a status of dignity and interest A worthwhile cause to honour many of our early Goans pioneers, and I hope I could be given the contact addresses/ telephone numbers of interested Goans which I can then pass on to my friend. His only reason for contacting me is because, in his own words - I have tried in vain to receive a response to telephone calls to both the Goan Gymkhana and Goan Institute. A great silence prevails I hope there will be a response to this request and perhaps even suggestions from other ex-Kenya goanetters? Thank you. Mervyn Maciel
[Goanet] State of denial
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:47:17 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3859250.cms Excerpt: Nevertheless, if the Indian state should conduct a soul-searching, so too should many Indians. The routine discrimination endured by Indian Muslims and other marginalised sections is no fiction. Yet so pervasive is the casual acceptance of this prejudice ^ or even indifference to it ^ that it barely registers comment. At its most benign, this outlook takes on the form of slights and innuendos. But at its most malignant, it assumes an uncontrollable frenzied rage. What is also required is for political parties to make the case for an inclusive India. That a people with multiple identities can prosper together is part of the founding ideal of the republic. It is time to reclaim its essence, [end of excerpts] Mario responds: Will this barrage of codswallop never end? Once again a far left wing journalist demonstrates a state of denial, while accusing everyone else. Here we see a Rishabh Bhandari follow in the footsteps of Arundhati Roy, Ramachandra Guha and others in trying to deflect blame for the terrorism against innocent Indians from the real jihadi perpetrators, all of whom were recruited and trained in Pakistan, and somehow place the blame on Indians, using convenient euphemisms like monster in the mirror and soul-searching and other similar piles of verbal manure. A series of Indian government reports posted by Marshall unintentionally made my point - that, while the Muslim community is performing a step behind the rest of the country, the Indian government bends over backwards in its concern for Muslims and tries hard to uplift them. There is strong evidence that any general backwardness that exists among Indian Muslims stems from their own culture and inability to access the opportunities available to them in India. Those who do take the initiative are just as well off as anyone else in India and many are better off. Other than the new immigrant countries of Australia, Britain, Canada, NZ and the US, India is the most inclusive country for Muslims in the world - far more inclusive than all the so-called Muslim countries where normal Muslims, especially women, are subjected to unbelievable discrimination and pressure from religious fanatics.
Re: [Goanet] Arun Shourie on Islamic terrorism and failed Pakistani state
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:22:20 -0800 (PST) From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com My own understanding, so far, based on my limited reading about terrorism psychology, and partly echoed by Selma, is that almost all of the terrorist recruits are common criminals, of whom there are plenty in every society. It is much easier to radicalize criminals, and graduate them to doing greater crimes, than normal people with intact innate moral sense. But I will let you know what I find. Mario responds: Santosh, While some of what you say about the proclivity of ne'er-do-wells to be recruited for conducting terrorist attacks sounds valid, not a single one of the 19 terrorists who attacked the US on 9/11 came from common criminal backgrounds. Neither did the attackers in Madrid, or Britain, some of whom were physicians. Besides, the nature of laws that address criminal activity in a civilized society, which requires a high standard of innocence until proven guilty, and due process that may jeopardize national security involved in the widespread war on terror against the current crop of Islamic terrorists, discriminates against the victims of the terrorism and the target society in general, and places witnesses and their families in mortal jeopardy by becoming targets for revenge. This is why suicidal terrorists must be treated and prosecuted fairly and humanely, but differently than common criminals, with special protections for the evidentiary information used and for the witnesses and their families.
[Goanet] VOA News - India's Tourism Industry Faces Slump in Wake of Terror Attacks
To the Hospitality and Entertainment Industry in Goa, http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-19-voa25.cfm Why don't these hoteliers put on a bash for locals? Maybe lunch for kids from orphanages? High Tea for local teachers? A poolside party for Senior Citizens? Why waste space? A little goodwill goes a long way. No? Have a jolly season anyway! rubygoes
[Goanet] Goa news for December 20, 2008
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Advantage Bengal - The Statesman [2 hours ago] 19: Ranadeb Bose's third five-wicket haul of the season restricted Goa on 95 for 5 after thetwo-time champions posted 337 in their first innings in the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=5theme=usrsess=1id=236854cid=1281687824ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHCDqvmu0NUiyLcjYZfVssAuscLxg *** Bengal plays Goa in Gangulys swansong - Hindu [Dec 17, 2008] NEW DELHI: Sourav Gangulys final appearance in first-class cricket would be the highlight of the Bengal-Goa Ranji Trophy plate league match at the Karnail ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/18/stories/2008121851951800.htmcid=1280176578ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNF072yGah2D56b7RRwRPbzpywybpg *** No restrictions, Goa will party: CM - Times of India [Dec 18, 2008] PANAJI: On a day of confusing and conflicting stands by various government departments, south Goa collector GP Naik issued an order on Thursday banning ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/No_restrictions_Goa_will_party_CM/articleshow/3859909.cmscid=1281398725ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNGIdI49_G0MvZPSrhGD29qJmVUQ5Q *** IIJS-Signature 2009 to be Held in Goa - Jewelers Circular Keystone Online [3 hours ago] The seaside resort city of Goa will serve as a place for attendees to mix business with pleasure. The show itself serves as a premium niche event for select ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.jckonline.com/article/CA6624287.html?desc=topstorycid=1281678276ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHqgf5h7ZUSomUes2QivkOEe1qnfA *** Bombay HC approves Sesa Goa-Sesa Industries amalgamation - Business Standard [16 hours ago] India's largest private iron ore exporter Sesa Goa Ltd said the High Court of Bombay at Goa has approved the Scheme of Amalgamation of its subsidiary Sesa ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bombay-hc-approves-sesa-goa-sesa-industries-amalgamation/13/26/51513/oncid=1281531054ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNETq8LugSUaBuoGF1OgmxMGtC2lMQ *** Leisure: Go Goa this year end ! - CIOL [12 hours ago] BANGALORE, INDIA: How about celebrating the New Year's eve on the golden beaches of Goa! This New Year's eve can be much more than just wine and dance to ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ciol.com/SMB/News-Reports/Leisure-Go-Goa-this-year-end-!/191208113992/0/cid=1281577718ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHfBH0bXVAorDPB5ueQuAoGgKVpow *** Adobe and Ghent Workgroup Experts Offering Free Seminars at GOA - What They Think [Dec 17, 2008] For Graphics of the Americas ( Web Site Related Articles Google) 2009 (GOA) attendees, it's incomparable networking and, in an announcement made today, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://members.whattheythink.com/news/newslink.cfm?id=35004cid=1281347810ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNHoiXQVuQhZ93Vy-UlKSip4uvr0_A *** At home, in Goa? - Times of India [8 hours ago] She said, I have my tickets booked for Goa but I am not sure if I will be going there. And what, if we may ask, could bring about a change in her plans? ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fashion_Shows/At_home_in_Goa/articleshow/3862954.cmscid=0ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNH59YN8ml5QBPLjTIGG4f8-cWIkWw *** Our woman in Goa - Times Online [24 minutes ago] I don't recommend a day trekking around Old Goa. It's an old Portuguese town with a large church - that's all. Mapusa market is a traditional outdoor market ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/india/article5365793.ececid=0ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNEWJe713rhXrLnG5Oo08RDY6PTrTw *** Lalu to flag off train to Goa today - Times of India [1 hour ago] Patna: Railway minister Lalu Prasad will flag off the much-awaited Patna-Vasco-da-Gama (Goa) train at a function to be held at Patna Junction on Saturday. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Lalu_to_flag_off_train_to_Goa_today/articleshow/3863919.cmscid=0ei=ijxMSZWkIYvQgAOqv-XhAgusg=AFQjCNEiMsZf_NkVtoXSn3JHzUDZFsWD3A Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Africa - through Goan eyes
Vivian A. DSouza wrote: Poignant memories of life in Tanzania related by Mervyn, brough tears (of joy) to my eyes. I hope Merwyn will write a book, as I am sure he has a lot more memories to share with us all. Bwana D'souza, Tony de Sa is providing us with a golden opportunity to record our experiences. I know you spent time in parts of Tanzania where there where very few Goans. People ARE interested in what was experienced and I am sure you have some interesting stories to tell. Twenty years ago, someone told me that in the 1950/60's there were just ten Goan families in Lindi/Mtwara. Electricity was provided from 6 to 9 pm. One year they got together, put up a hockey team and travelled to Dar, by coastal steamer, for a hockey tournament. Now that's the kind of story that I would like to hear again, in detail. The Other Mervyn wrote: I hope your latest contribution will encourage other Goans who experienced such adventurous lives in Africa, to come up with their own stories. Mervyn, I am with you :-) The memoirs could serve two purposes: 1) A permanent record of another time and place. 2) A reference for those who are interested in mining this info. I have met Goan authors here in Toronto who are looking for info for their books/articles. They tell me that the only info they have access to today, is the memoirs of non-Goans. I have enjoyed your previous memoirs here. I have also noted the new links you provided. Will check them out once I start my Xmas holidays. Mervyn3.0 __ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
Re: [Goanet] Skin-deep secularism
The reason why caste and religious views are promoted, during election time, is because that is what the electorate - people of Goa - want and appear to be most interested. In a world of today, the issues for pre-election discussion should be economic growth, job creation, infrastructure building, law and order, public services, taxes. One does not have to go far to see that the above topics do not generated much interest even among the intelligentsia. Did the lack of IFFI in Goa this year generate any discussion on Goanet about the loss of tourism etc etc? Or was there a sigh of relief? Compare the posts on the absence of IFFI to responses on the Goanet about caste or religion (or lack there off). Regards, GL FREDERICK NORONHA FN builds a case to show that 'secular' campaigners in Goa have their own religious and even caste biases. It may sound provocative, but the 'secular' campaigner in Goa isn't so secular. Scratch a 'secular' campaigner, and you would quickly realise that below the skin his or her religious colours and even caste bias come out speedily.
[Goanet] Ashok Row Kavi.
We spent two years together at St.Xavier's College, the early 60's. A Dadar native, he had studied at the Scottish Orphanage, a non-aided school that catered to the wealthy. A Saraswat who spoke our language, he was very bright, and always very civil. His first letter to Time magazine appeared soon after he graduated, and what would become a near career of protest posts in the English language press. He was very passionate about the Hindu cause, at a time when it was not a mainstrem issue: the Jan Sangh had around twenty five members elected to Parliament. He was a very vocal spokesman for gay groups and their concerns, in the 80's. We were friends, but I cannot confirm if he is still around. eric.
Re: [Goanet] Calling Nairobi Goans re. preservation of Nairobi South Cemetery
How sad, that an English historian wants to honour our Goan dead in Nairobi, while two prominent Goan institutions there refuse to cooperate! Perhaps they would, if the Goan graves were segregated by caste? Just a thought... Victor --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Mervyn Elsie Maciel mervynels.watuwasha...@googlemail.com wrote: From: Mervyn Elsie Maciel mervynels.watuwasha...@googlemail.com Subject: [Goanet] Calling Nairobi Goans re. preservation of Nairobi South Cemetery To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 1:01 PM I've just had a request from an English historian friend of mine in Nairobi, asking if someone in the Goan communityin Nairobi could join the Friends of Nairobi South Cemetery Group. Here is the background to his request: When the cemetery opened in January 1900, only a matter of six months after the rails reached the spot to be the future Nairobi, there were many Goans employed in the clerical side of the Uganda Railways. To start with, those who died were put adjacent to the Europeans, with some very fine headstones and monuments. As time went by, a type of segregation started, and the Goans were given their own rows, and eventually, a complete corner of the cemetery. Everyone comes under our interest irrespective of race. Many of the dead were too poor to afford a memorial, but all have an engraved number to mark their burial, and we have the complete grave register to tell us exactly who is buried where. My interest in the Goans arises from the desire to have the current members of the community be aware of those pioneers, and maybe participate in some part with the recognition of the souls buried there -some for over 100 years The bulk of the DeSouzas, Fernandes,Mascarenhas et al, were all employed by the railway. There is a complete row of children, numbering about 30 souls lying there too, and we have their names. I have a simple form of memorial thought out, which would give their names, instead of the bald grave number indicators. It would be inexpensive costing maybe £2 each, but would do the job fine. The cemetery is now 108 years old, and we have plans afoot to have the ground gazetted as a national monument. In collaboration with the Museums of Kenya, we hope this aim will be achieved, thus providing this historic corner of Nairobi with a status of dignity and interest A worthwhile cause to honour many of our early Goans pioneers, and I hope I could be given the contact addresses/ telephone numbers of interested Goans which I can then pass on to my friend. His only reason for contacting me is because, in his own words - I have tried in vain to receive a response to telephone calls to both the Goan Gymkhana and Goan Institute. A great silence prevails I hope there will be a response to this request and perhaps even suggestions from other ex-Kenya goanetters? Thank you. Mervyn Maciel
[Goanet] Meet demands accountability for police excesses
Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony (CICH) convened a meeting in Panjim city, today to collectively take a stand on the police assault on the Girls' school in Vasco city, and locate it within the larger context of police excesses in the State. The meeting concluded with a demand for the immediate suspension of the errant officers pending inquiry, petitions to appropriate State and National bodies, and a public meeting in the immediate future. The meeting which was called at short notice was attended by around 100 people, representing a cross section of various children's rights groups, women's rights groups, educationists, tribal rights groups, lawyers, trade unions, groups working with migrant labour, village action groups, Council for Social Justice and Peace, and representatives of various religious groups. The meeting began with a narration by the victims of the actual police action of the invasion of their privacy, the intimidation and disregard for their dignity, and their being branded as terrorists. Subsequently the floor was thrown open for public debate and comment. At the very outset Jason Keith Fernandes pointed out that this episode could be looked at from four distinct but yet interconnected perspectives. First, as part of the attacks on Muslims, both in Goa and across India. The second, as a violation of the rights of women. Third, an assault on children's rights and fourth as part of the police excesses and terror by the state. Ranjan Solomon, of Interfaith Dialogue for Life, added that nevertheless there needs to be a recognition of the saffronisation of the police forces and focus on justice for minorities. In this vein Asif Hussain a businessman from Vasco, pointed out that a study of trends in Goa, indicates that it has consistently been minorities, and weaker sections of society that have no voice that have been at the receiving end of State terror. In this context, reference was made to the recent rounding up of migrant labour in Chimbel and Sancoale on the flimsy pretexts of their not possessing 'Stranger cards'. Prof. Anita Haladi expressed a common sentiment when she regretted that stronger exception had not been raised to the violations of the rights of these labourers at the time it transpired. Nishta Desai of Children's Rights in Goa, pointed out that if there is a system of requiring students to register with the police, then surely this should apply to all institutions in Goa, including those like the Hotel Management and other professional institutions, the bulk of whose students come from outside the State and have no local referents. Also, the case was made, that such process should apply to all, across class locations, not just for the poor. For example, the antecedents of owners of property hailing from outside of Goa, are not held up to scrutiny, which amounts to discrimination under law. Sabina Martins, active in the campaign against casinos, in this context pointed out that similarly antecedents of those visiting the casinos in the River Mandovi are not checked. Abdul Aziz Mulla, principal of Anjuman Islam High School Panjim, pointed out that police have to necessarily take permission of the principal of the institution prior to entry. This fundamental requirement was disregarded in the instant case. This disregard holds negative portent not only for the instant case and the rights of Muslim citizens, but for the general public in future as well. Reflecting on the larger context, Geraldine Fernandes, Convener of the Ghor Ganv Rakhon Manch, pointed out that such violations have become a common feature for village activists in various parts of Goa since at least the last 10 months. Citizens are hauled out of their homes at night without arrest warrants, false criminal cases are slapped against them. She continued by indicating that there is absolutely no response from the state functionaries, like the Chief Minister, Home Minister and others to whom representations are made. On the contrary, decisions and outcomes are deferred casually stating that they are looking into the matter. In this context reference was made to the meeting of prominent citizens with the senior government representatives protesting the PI Santosh Dessai's intimidation of the villagers of Colamb, Quepem. Auda Viegas, of Bailancho Ekvott, expressed her solidarity with the Muslim girls, and condemning the actions of the police in violating the person and privacy of the minor Muslim girls. Sabina Martins, of Bailancho Saad, stated that there was a need to define terror. Measures taken by the state to deal with terror, need to be questioned to ensure that they are democratic, non-discriminatory and that they uphold human rights. From her hearing of the incident, she felt that the attempt of the police was motivated not by the need to obtain photographs but primarily to intimidate. Fr. Maverick Fernandes of CSJP also condemned the acts of the police and proposed various
[Goanet] The Right to Convert
This message is in reply to message: 4, dated: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 from: Selma Carvalho on subject: The Right to Convert My response: Selma, Right to convert is NOT a basic right in a civil society at least in India. This reply is based on following facts: Article 25(1) of Constitution of India guarantees ''freedom of conscience to every citizen, and not merely to the followers of one particular religion''. This Article postulates that there is no fundamental right to convert another person to one's own religion because if a person purposely undertakes the conversion of another person to his religion, that would impinge on the freedom of conscience guaranteed to all the citizens of the country alike. This means there is no such thing as a fundamental right to convert any person to one's own religion and the government can impose certain restrictions keeping in view public order. This is the interpretation of Supreme Court of Indian on Article 25(1) which was misunderstood as Right to Convert. You could also read a debate on this issue by clicking the link provided here below: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/debating-the-right-to-convert/369524/ Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] comedy with mog
Hi guys i hope you will enjoy this. with mog from jane http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=Gfm7tM6tRE4feature=related Sir comedy part 1http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=Vm3Eztter7Ufeature=related Sir COmedy Part 2 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NeKTqXek3iMfeature=related Sir Comedy part 3 http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=1fBogfSZngsfeature=related Sir comedy part 4 http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=5sG1hFXrtofeature=related Sir comedy part 5 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AIeWyN07W60feature=related Sir comedy part 6 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XOY3HYJWWL0feature=related Mummy comedy part 1http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XOGEtffu3Z0feature=related Mummy comedy part 2 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ntM5isrtNK8feature=related Mummy comedy part 3 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v0LqjwfCsW8feature=related Mummy comedy part 5http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k-6Fe4bIT1Mfeature=related Mummy comedy part 6
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (20Dec08)
*** With the CM at Azad Maidan for Liberation Day festivities *** Diggu Kaka...Daddy said Our Family will celebrate Liberation Day...Only wen Goa is Liberated from Delhi To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Poilem Konknni (Romi Lipi) Sahitya ani Sonvskruti Sommelon
Mogall ixttamno, AMONTRONN Poilem Konknni (Romi Lipi) Sahitya ani Sonvskruti Sommelon 20 ani 21 December 2008 Pai Tiatrist Joao Agostinho Fernandes Nagar Ravindra Bhavan Moddganv Goy. Hea don disanchea sommelonak tumkam Amontronn potr patthoilam. Tori chukon pavonastana urlam zalear hem amontronn mhunn manun ghenvchem. Chuk zalea asot zalear adim fuddem mafi magtam. Borem magon Vincy Quadros Sommelon Vavurpi Odheokx --- Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ ---
[Goanet] Talking photos: Identify these two bridges
Talking photos: Identify these two bridges http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3121180980/sizes/l/ = A hint. Because one is very sick, I mean very weak, the other one is now opened exclusively for heavy vehicle traffic = It's in Goa. but not in Salcette, Canacona, Sanguem, Quepem, Ponda, Pernnem, Satati or Bicholim joego...@yahoo.co.uk 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
[Goanet] An Unknown Freedom Fighter
'But for the oppressed freedom'? Strange statement from Fr. Ivo, and truly paradoxical in the age where the religion that he preaches is under the threat of fundamentalists and terrorists in a 'liberated' Goa. BC He died suddenly at the tender age of 51 years, after a brief illness, on August 25 of 1958. While he was ill, he heard the National Anthem on August 2 and rose from his death-bed to salute the Indian National Flag on Dadra's Liberation Day. Then he asked that a handful of earth of his native village of Chandor, which he had fetched, be put in his grave, and breathed his last. He gave one rupee from below his pillow to his wife for his funeral rites. He died poor without leaving one pie. He devoted himself for the uplift of the masses. We find these words on his grave: Life for him was a mission,/His daily lot a martyrdom,/Honours and wealth he sought not,/But for the oppressed freedom.
[Goanet] Foreign-funded charity
Few days back one of the Goanet member had I asked me about actual source of information on foreign funding / foreign donations received by various NGOs in India including churches. The required information is available on the website of the Union Home Ministry under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA). To read more on this issue click the link provided and one will get readymade information on foreign donations received by various NGOs including Churches. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/conversations-with-foreignfunded-charity/3 72252/ Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Settling old Scores
The following article by Ashok R. Kavi describes in detail the language agitation in Goa in 1987 and other important related issues. On 20 December 1986 Floriano Vaz was shot dead during the language agitation in Goa. He became the first martyr of Konknni. On 21st December 2006 six more were killed. Many people may not be aware of the details of their death. This article will enlighten them with facts. The Saraswat group which dominated and manipulated then continues to resist to amend the Official Language Act now and to give equal status to Konknni written in Roman script. They are making use of a few priests and Catholic lay persons who mainly use Roman script but oppose it the official recognition! Goa is a land of paradox. After 22 years on the same day of Floriano Vaz's death anniversary, Dalgado Konknni Akademi organises two days First Konknni Conference (Roman Script) at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Let us hope that this conference will achieve its main objective, namely to obtain the official status to Konknni in Roman script in the Goa Official Language Act 1987. Dr. Pratap Naik, S.J. SETTLING OLD SCORES By Ashok Row Kavi was first published in THE WEEK issue of January 18-24. 1987 THE TWO chants, one childish and the other self-evident, rise louder and louder and fall rhythmically with the swaying fronds of coconut palms in Goa's verdant plains. As they fall on the territory's sun-scorched beaches, submerging the roar of the waves, an uncomfortable tension grips the mind of the largely peaceful inhabitants. Goa's soporific calm has been shattered beyond repair. A language, which held the Goans in good stead during the Portuguese rule, has ironically divided the little Union territory now. Yet, little has changed. The paper stars of Bethlehem twinkle quietly and chains of small colourful bulbs still glow though Christmas is past and the tulsis are decorated with kumkum in the dewy mornings. Trouble had been brewing for long, but the cauldron boiled over only six months ago, when the lone MLA of Goa Congress, Luizinho Faleiro introduced in the assembly a mischievous bill urging the government of Pratapsingh Rane to make Konkani the sole official language of Goa. The bill, badly worded and plainly provocative, was a gauntlet thrown at the Marathi protagonists in the Congress (I) and the Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party (MGP) who were slowly retreating from the position that Marathi should be the sole official language of Goa. [Luizinho] Faleiro, and his party headed by Dr Wilfred D'Souza were in fact giving hard choices to the Congress(I) which had been trying to equivocate. But Rane instead of deflecting the attack, invited trouble with a reflex action. Which Konkani do you want - the Pernem variety, the Salcete variety or the Cuncolim variety? he asked in the legislature, referring contemptuously to the variations in the language found in different parts of Goa. The bill was dismissed, but the whole incident hurt the Konkani sentiments. Party loyalties were given the go-by and the Congress(I) split right down the middle. There were now only two kinds of people in Goa, as desired by scheming Goa Congress leaders: those who wanted Konkani, mainly the Catholics and the Gowda Saraswat Brahmins, and the Marathas who considered Konkani just a dialect of Marathi. The Goa Congress, supported mainly by the Catholics, and the Konkani Porjecho Awaz (KPA), claiming to represent all Konkani interests including the Gowda Saraswats as well as Christians, then decided to harass the Maratha- dominated Congress(I). When the territory began preparing for the December 19 silver jubilee celebrations of its liberation, the two organisations suddenly demanded statehood for Goa and renewed its demand for Konkani as the sole official language with added vigour. On December 18 [1987], the KPA held a massive rally at Panaji's Azad Maidan and demanded that Rane resign immediately. Luizinho Faleiro asked the people to start a civil disobedience movement by not paying taxes, bus fares, and ferry charges to bring this anti-people government down. Faleiro also said the deadline given to the government was over and the KPA leaders would not be responsible if anything happened tomorrow, the Liberation Day. Surely enough, the next day, the whole of south Goa, comprising Salcete, Sanguem and Canacona burst into violence. It was too well organised to be called spontaneous, said Collector Sinha. Roads had been blocked the previous night with boulders and uprooted trees (more than a thousand trees had been cut with electric saws), telephone and electric poles, billboards and even cars dragged out during the night. A culvert at Vernem was damaged by dynamite. Barrels of bitumen were rolled into the roads and set afire. Seven-inch nails welded on steel plates were placed on roads to puncture tyres. Water pipelines were blasted between Mungal and Margao. When asked how
