[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: So why target Sebastian Rodrigues now? (Vidyadhar Gadgil)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com So why target Sebastian Rodrigues now? The time for intimidatory litigation and farcical PR is past -- now the mining industry must clean up its act, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The defamation case filed by the Fomentos against Sebastian Rodrigues in the Calcutta High Court, claiming damages of Rs 500 crores, has opened up a new front in the ongoing battle against mining in Goa. This case is clearly an instance of SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation), a strategy frequently used by industry to silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defence. As the Wikipedia entry on the subject says, it is a lawsuit or a threat of lawsuit that is intended to intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defence until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Winning the lawsuit is not necessarily the intent of the person filing the SLAPP. The plaintiff's goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate. While the acronym was coined in the 1980s, SLAPPs have long been a strategy used by corporate capital to stifle public debate and criticism. While it broadly covers any legal strategy used to silence criticism of a corporate initiative, it is typically used in environmental cases when protests and critiques interfere with a corporate body's business interests. SLAPPs interfere with the freedom of speech of individuals and groups, and as such are an attack on this fundamental right. Internationally, courts have not treated SLAPP cases kindly. In Canada and the US, as SLAPP became a favoured strategy of corporates, laws were enacted to protect defendants in SLAPP cases. In Canada, the Protection of Public Participation Act was brought in. In the US, a number of states have brought in legislation to prevent misuse of litigation in anti-SLAPP suits, especially where the complaint is related to activities that fall within the right of free speech. Similar situations exist in Australia and other countries, with courts and legislatures having intervened to protect defendants in SLAPP cases. Probably the most renowned of SLAPP cases has been the McLibel case, wherein the European Court of Human Rights found that Helen Steel and David Morris did not receive a fair trial while defending a libel action brought by McDonald's in the UK. Found guilty in 1994 of libelling the company in a leaflet, the court ruled that, because legal aid is not available to libel defendants, their right to freedom of expression had been violated. This landmark judgement recognises the basic imbalance in a situation where corporates with deep pockets can engage in endless and expensive litigation, while defendants, usually ordinary activists or whistleblowers, are hampered due to lack of resources. In India, unfortunately, the authorities are yet to take appropriate action to prevent misuse of SLAPP cases. While, in the past, criminal complaints (usually fabricated) were a common strategy, the latest trend in India,as noted lawyer Rajeev Dhavan has pointed out, is to use the law of defamation to silence criticism. As Dhavan says, The Indian law of defamation with its criminalising posture and gagging writs offends responsible democratic governance founded on free speech. The willingness of courts to admit such cases and the interminable legal delays involved only helps the cause of suppressing free speech. Sunita Narain says that even in India companies who file SLAPP cases rarely win in court, but achieve their real objective to discourage others from speaking out. The worst case is probably the one filed by United Phosphorous against Umendra Dutt of the Kheti Virasat Mission for discussing in public something as well established as the ill-effects of pesticide exposure. Going further, United Phosphorous also filed a case against the publishers of the Times of India for publishing a report quoting Dutt. Interestingly, the report does not even mention the company but only makes general comments about pesticide exposure. This case shows that, not content with going after environmental activists, corporate India seems keen to silence the media
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: So why target Sebastian Rodrigues now? (Vidyadhar Gadgil)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com So why target Sebastian Rodrigues now? The time for intimidatory litigation and farcical PR is past -- now the mining industry must clean up its act, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The defamation case filed by the Fomentos against Sebastian Rodrigues in the Calcutta High Court, claiming damages of Rs 500 crores, has opened up a new front in the ongoing battle against mining in Goa. This case is clearly an instance of SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation), a strategy frequently used by industry to silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defence. As the Wikipedia entry on the subject says, it is a lawsuit or a threat of lawsuit that is intended to intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defence until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Winning the lawsuit is not necessarily the intent of the person filing the SLAPP. The plaintiff's goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate. While the acronym was coined in the 1980s, SLAPPs have long been a strategy used by corporate capital to stifle public debate and criticism. While it broadly covers any legal strategy used to silence criticism of a corporate initiative, it is typically used in environmental cases when protests and critiques interfere with a corporate body's business interests. SLAPPs interfere with the freedom of speech of individuals and groups, and as such are an attack on this fundamental right. Internationally, courts have not treated SLAPP cases kindly. In Canada and the US, as SLAPP became a favoured strategy of corporates, laws were enacted to protect defendants in SLAPP cases. In Canada, the Protection of Public Participation Act was brought in. In the US, a number of states have brought in legislation to prevent misuse of litigation in anti-SLAPP suits, especially where the complaint is related to activities that fall within the right of free speech. Similar situations exist in Australia and other countries, with courts and legislatures having intervened to protect defendants in SLAPP cases. Probably the most renowned of SLAPP cases has been the McLibel case, wherein the European Court of Human Rights found that Helen Steel and David Morris did not receive a fair trial while defending a libel action brought by McDonald's in the UK. Found guilty in 1994 of libelling the company in a leaflet, the court ruled that, because legal aid is not available to libel defendants, their right to freedom of expression had been violated. This landmark judgement recognises the basic imbalance in a situation where corporates with deep pockets can engage in endless and expensive litigation, while defendants, usually ordinary activists or whistleblowers, are hampered due to lack of resources. In India, unfortunately, the authorities are yet to take appropriate action to prevent misuse of SLAPP cases. While, in the past, criminal complaints (usually fabricated) were a common strategy, the latest trend in India,as noted lawyer Rajeev Dhavan has pointed out, is to use the law of defamation to silence criticism. As Dhavan says, The Indian law of defamation with its criminalising posture and gagging writs offends responsible democratic governance founded on free speech. The willingness of courts to admit such cases and the interminable legal delays involved only helps the cause of suppressing free speech. Sunita Narain says that even in India companies who file SLAPP cases rarely win in court, but achieve their real objective to discourage others from speaking out. The worst case is probably the one filed by United Phosphorous against Umendra Dutt of the Kheti Virasat Mission for discussing in public something as well established as the ill-effects of pesticide exposure. Going further, United Phosphorous also filed a case against the publishers of the Times of India for publishing a report quoting Dutt. Interestingly, the report does not even mention the company but only makes general comments about pesticide exposure. This case shows that, not content with going after environmental activists, corporate India seems keen to silence the media
[Goanet] Konkani songs on you tube
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Some nice Konkani songs on this channel. New Videos from velbz07 Konkani Song: Vavraddi Konkani Song: Rocky Shut Shut Konkani Song : Meera Meera Konkani Song (Medly) Konkani Song: Kanvllea Kieteak Rodtai Daran Konkani Song : Ang Mojem Choi Konkani Song : Altodi Poltodi Konkani Song : Adlea Tempar Potuguese medley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD0bHGqbZXs Olga Maciel _ Windows Live Messenger just got better .Video display pics, contact updates more. http://www.download.live.com/messenger
[Goanet] Barack Obama's inauguration speech ... crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks | World news | The Guardian
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Re: [Goanet] Good bye Bushism
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:39:41 +0530 From: Radhakrishnan Nair rknai...@gmail.com Good quotes, Marshall, but you missed my favourite one: It's got to be a budget. There are many numbers in it! Mario observes: Good one, RKN and Marshall. Hahahaha! The Bushisms are almost as funny as Radhaisms and Marshallisms. Hahahaha:-)) The difference is he has helped millions over the last eight years, mostly in poor and impoverished countries.
Re: [Goanet] Neuroscience and Soul
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Why are these advocates of one particular religion poking their nose into brain science? Why don't they stick to what they are ordained to do - preach their faith to their followers and to those they hope to convert? What is offensive from the standpoint of a universal intellectual pursuit such as science, as well as from the perspective of other religions is that they are advising others to be cautious about scientific findings that contradict their own parochial beliefs. The clear implication is that their own religious beliefs about the natural world take precedence over hard scientific evidence. Contrast this medieval censorship and interference in non-religious affairs based on the dogma of one solitary religion to the open-mindedness and deference shown to science by Dalai Lama who addressed a gathering of neuroscientists a few years back. This is what he said: BEGIN QUOTE On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualized as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. Both Buddhism and science prefer to account for the evolution and emergence of the cosmos and life in terms of the complex interrelations of the natural laws of cause and effect. From the methodological perspective, both traditions emphasize the role of empiricism. For example, in the Buddhist investigative tradition, between the three recognized sources of knowledge - experience, reason and testimony - it is the evidence of the experience that takes precedence, with reason coming second and testimony last. This means that, in the Buddhist investigation of reality, at least in principle, empirical evidence should triumph over scriptural authority, no matter how deeply venerated a scripture may be. Even in the case of knowledge derived through reason or inference, its validity must derive ultimately from some observed facts of experience. Because of this methodological standpoint, I have often remarked to my Buddhist colleagues that the empirically verified insights of modern cosmology and astronomy must compel us now to modify, or in some cases reject, many aspects of traditional cosmology as found in ancient Buddhist texts. END QUOTE Dalai Lama Please note his acceptance of the fact that scientific findings always trump the ancient scriptures, wisdom and teachings of his faith, and his willingness to revise his religious beliefs in the face of incontrovertible empirical evidence. Here is the link to the text of his entire speech: http://www.mindandlife.org/dalai.lama.sfndc.html Cheers, Santosh --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Fr. Ivo C da Souza icso...@... wrote: Dear Goanetters, I have been discussing long ago about the dialogue between Science and Religion. My answers were rooted in the knowledge of Science and Religion. We need to discuss and clarify concepts which may be vital for us all. Let us see what we have to say about soul from the viewpoint of Science and of Religion. ***Soul, God Are Beyond Realm Of Neuroscience, Jesuit Experts Tell Seminar January 22, 2009 LONAVALA, India (UCAN) -- The realities of the soul, spirituality and God-experience remain outside the domain of science, regardless of neuroscientific advancements, two Jesuit scholars stressed at a recent Seminar.
[Goanet] Comedian SELVY singing
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[Goanet] Video + Text: London Church Service for Jonathan Marques
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Video + Text: London Church Service for Jonathan Marques 24 Jan: CNN-IBN. The Goan community in Reading and London has come together to help. President UK Goa Association, Flavio Gracias says, We will give support. We are in touch with the police and the family through our website and even if they want financial support in some weeks we will provide it. For text, 300 words, click here. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/largescale-investigation-in-uk-for-missing-goa-bo y/83580-2.html For a video clip, 300 words, click here. http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/83580/largescale-investigation-in-uk-for-missin g-goa-boy.html Now how is this for a coincidence: As I write this from my home, the author of this report is in the garden interviewing Fiona Mackeown, the mother of Scarlett Keeling. For a background to this case see: Fiona Mackeown: 'I can't let them get away with it' 21 Jan: The Guardian (UK). In the year since her daughter was murdered in Goa, Fiona McKeown has single-handedly fought a botched police investigation, endured vicious attacks in the media and even faced charges of neglect. At the end of this month, MacKeown plans to go back to Goa to commemorate Scarlett's death and to request, yet again, that the authorities release organs that had been taken, without MacKeown's knowledge, during two autopsies. 3099 words. For the facsimile version: Part 1, see . http://goanvoiceuk.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/the-guardian-21-jan-2009-pages-4 4-45/ Part 2: see http://goanvoiceuk.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/the-guardian-21-jan-2009-pages-4 6-47/ For the html version, see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jan/21/interview-fiona-mckeown-scarle tt If you have problems with the links go to http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet] Shiv Sena protests screening of Slumdog
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Fringe groups like the Hindu Janajargruti Samiti(HJS) create unnecessary controversies to gain a base for themselves. The Shiv Sena too has virtually no base in Goa. Religion is often used by these orthodox elements to pull the wool over the eyes of the masses. Such groups have neither love nor respect for Hindu and Indic values which are based on the principles of diversity and pluralism. A couple of months back, when the HJS made a noise over the screening of Hussain's documentary Film at IFFI 08, instead of calling their bluff and showing them their due place, the CM directed the authorities to cancel the screening. It is only after some Filmmakers and delegates protested that the Government relented and the documentary Film was screened. The documentary Film Through the eyes of the Painter, showcasing the beauty of Rajasthan through the famed Painter's eyes, ran to a packed audience while the HJS volunteers who had threatened to forcefully agitate ran into their mouse-holes. The sad part is that Digamber Kamat has proved to be a leader without a spine. Instead of protecting the rights of freedom of speech and expression, he gives undue importance to such fringe radical elements. The role of the media too is deplorable. They blow these issues out of proportion giving a lot of undue mileage to such groups, when such groups hardly command a universal respect in the society. During the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival some years back, members of this group came to my house to lodge their protest against a banner we had displayed in the Mahalaxmi Temple Hall to promote our festival programme. Their complaint was a silly one: the Ganesha on the banner was playing a flute which was blasphemy as flute is a symbol only of Lord Krishna. This was followed by a 15th Century discourse on orthodox Hindu values where principles of pluralism and liberalism were shred into a million pieces. These members subsequently walked away in a huff, quite upset, as I was unwilling to bend to their diktats. In the same year, the mischievous streak in me could not resist putting a bow in Krishna's hands instead of a Sudarshana Chakra, on our Tableau displayed in St. Inez on the eve of Diwali. (The bow is normally associated with Lord Ram). Here is a picture of that (http://tinyurl.com/dhrm54 ). And the Flute-Ganesha continued for another 2 years :-) It is pertinent to note that these radical groups understand neither the essence nor the spirit of Hinduism where the Gods have consistently been depicted liberally. During the Ganesh festival, one has to travel across the length and breadth of Goa, into its villages, particularly in cultural centres like Cumbarjua, Marcel and Ammona to understand what Hinduism is: a glowing tapestry of ideas. Some of these pictures are available at this link: http://tinyurl.com/aw3qnq A fitting tribute to India's living civilization was given by Mark Twain when he wrote and I quote: In religion, India is the only millionaire - the One land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined. It is the cultural beauty of Hinduism that has made significant contributions to India's rich diversity, where Artists and sculptors have consistently played around by depicting Gods in the manner they imagine them, where scriptures and holy epics have consistently been re-written from different perspectives and interpretations, and where the very notion of thought-control is non-existant. Organizations like Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and 'Shiv Sena are behaving like self-proclaimed moral custodians of faith and culture, trying to dictate to others what they should do, see, eat and drink. If such groups are given a free hand, they will destroy all that Hinduism has to offer. The Millionaire Nation will slowly and steadily be turned into a pauper. The need for the State to deal with such groups with a firm iron hand becomes therefore imperative. On a related note, Pradeep Dalvi's Marathi Play Mee Nathuram Godsey Boltoy is scheduled to run at the Kala Academy Auditorium, Panaji on Sunday, the 31st of January. In this play, the Assasin Nathuram has been glorified and Gandhi has been depicted as a Villain, likened to Kamsa and Ravana. Let's wait and see whether these groups are going to stage even a peaceful protest outside the venue against the vicious
[Goanet] Talking Photos: Some Goan Plants, sunsets, dances, Boats, Ramponn, sharks etc
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Talking Photos: Some Goan Plants, sunsets, dances, Boats, Ramponn, sharks etc If this is Bil Maadd http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3220936160/sizes/l/ Then this must be Kondde/Bamboos http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3163059801/sizes/l/ It’s leaves look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3163061241/ Another medicinal plant? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3151349944/ Tambddem sallok http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3151393470/ jetty at sunset http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3188135137/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3170650375/sizes/l/ A Goan Falk Dance - New http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3188134935/ River under the moon http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3188069629/sizes/l/ Ramponn boat, Voddem, Canoe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3176770758/sizes/l/ Shark or sharks on land http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3176769982/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3175934387/sizes/l/ A family at sunset beach http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3175932461/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] God and You
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Albert writes:- God created a beautiful earth. He created whatever He felt was necessary. If you just stop a while you will notice several things that God has created around us that are for the betterment of us. We have plants that are to be eaten for food, we have medicinal plants etc etc. He has created herbivores and Carnivores and has created a balance between them and the nature. If today we are not happy or are troubled by nature it is because we have unnecessarily created an imbalance with the nature. Hills are cut and trees are cut and animals are cut in plenty .Today man is angry with his own people. The war between husband and wife with divorce as the end product is seen in the world. There is no link between husband and wife, between parents and children and between the young and the old. The line - is missing. In chemistry we use the word bond when we want to show a relationship between two molecules. We write ch4 as methane but there is a link between each carbon molecule with hydrogen molecule. But with human beings the link or bond btween our elderly parents, between young parents and between young parents and children is broken. If human being cannot have a binding with other human being of its own blood and having some common chromosomes, how can human being have a binding with his neighbour who is not his blood relation ? I do not think we can ever love God whom we cannot see. We are bluffing everyone and this guilt of ours make us run to church everyday and to other places like Potta, Vallankani, and many other places. People are just acting that they are christians that they love God, they value mass, they value prayers but heart of heart they are big cheats. Open my eyes Lord, I want to see Jesus, to tell him that I love him, to hold and to touch him...Open my heart Lord, I want to feel Jesus, to pour out my love for him, and clean my heart of all the unwanted things. Open my eyes Lord, I may see your creations, that I may t ransmit the love you gave me from calvery to all my brothers and sisters of the earth. Please pray from the heart, there is a meaning in this. Let tears flow from your eyes when you think about God's love. These should be the tears of Joy. Our Father you are in Heaven, Holy be your name and let your kingdom come to us from you. We glorify you Lord for you have to be glorified and if you want that we should be glorified too let it be done according to your wishes. _ For the freshest Indian Jobs Visit MSN Jobs http://www.in.msn.com/jobs
Re: [Goanet] Shiv Sena protests screening of Slumdog
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Hi Sandeep I have just seen Slumdog Millionaire. I think it is a pretty good film that will particularly appeal to Western audiencesno wonder it has 10 Oscar nominations. I regret that for now, I just haven't got the time to explain why I thought the film was good. I would be most disappointed if the people of India were prevented from seeing the film because of Shiva Sena protests. Such censoring attempts are dispicable in my view. Cornel --- On Sat, 24/1/09, Sandeep Heble sandeephe...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sandeep Heble sandeephe...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Shiv Sena protests screening of Slumdog To: goa...@goanet.org Date: Saturday, 24 January, 2009, 11:14 AM * G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Fringe groups like the Hindu Janajargruti Samiti(HJS) create unnecessary controversies to gain a base for themselves. The Shiv Sena too has virtually no base in Goa. Religion is often used by these orthodox elements to pull the wool over the eyes of the masses. Such groups have neither love nor respect for Hindu and Indic values which are based on the principles of diversity and pluralism. A couple of months back, when the HJS made a noise over the screening of Hussain's documentary Film at IFFI 08, instead of calling their bluff and showing them their due place, the CM directed the authorities to cancel the screening. It is only after some Filmmakers and delegates protested that the Government relented and the documentary Film was screened. The documentary Film Through the eyes of the Painter, showcasing the beauty of Rajasthan through the famed Painter's eyes, ran to a packed audience while the HJS volunteers who had threatened to forcefully agitate ran into their mouse-holes. The sad part is that Digamber Kamat has proved to be a leader without a spine. Instead of protecting the rights of freedom of speech and expression, he gives undue importance to such fringe radical elements. The role of the media too is deplorable. They blow these issues out of proportion giving a lot of undue mileage to such groups, when such groups hardly command a universal respect in the society. During the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival some years back, members of this group came to my house to lodge their protest against a banner we had displayed in the Mahalaxmi Temple Hall to promote our festival programme. Their complaint was a silly one: the Ganesha on the banner was playing a flute which was blasphemy as flute is a symbol only of Lord Krishna. This was followed by a 15th Century discourse on orthodox Hindu values where principles of pluralism and liberalism were shred into a million pieces. These members subsequently walked away in a huff, quite upset, as I was unwilling to bend to their diktats. In the same year, the mischievous streak in me could not resist putting a bow in Krishna's hands instead of a Sudarshana Chakra, on our Tableau displayed in St. Inez on the eve of Diwali. (The bow is normally associated with Lord Ram). Here is a picture of that (http://tinyurl.com/dhrm54 ). And the Flute-Ganesha continued for another 2 years :-) It is pertinent to note that these radical groups understand neither the essence nor the spirit of Hinduism where the Gods have consistently been depicted liberally. During the Ganesh festival, one has to travel across the length and breadth of Goa, into its villages, particularly in cultural centres like Cumbarjua, Marcel and Ammona to understand what Hinduism is: a glowing tapestry of ideas. Some of these pictures are available at this link: http://tinyurl.com/aw3qnq A fitting tribute to India's living civilization was given by Mark Twain when he wrote and I quote: In religion, India is the only millionaire - the One land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined. It is the
[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: Goan Artist Laxman Pai to display art
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com We are pleased to inform you that world-renowned Goan artist Laxman Pai (born Margao, Goa) will be displaying some of his work at the GOA SUDHAROP organized CELEBRATE GOA day on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California (www.indiacc.org). Art by Laxman Pai will be available for viewing (and sale) during February at the ICC. For more information on the artist, see http://www.indiaartists.com/ In keeping with Goa Sudharop's theme for 2009 YEAR OF THE YOUTH, there will be a Youth Panel and other events on February 22, 2009. Stay tuned for more details. All invited. Thank you to the volunteers, well-wishers, supporters and donors of Goa Sudharop. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] A GOLDen future?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com goa...@yahoo.com wrote: My bottom line: 1) Currency trades: Some diversification to safeguard against a cataclysmic US$ collapse is a good idea, but too early to predict dollar trends. One predictor for this is US bond yields. 2) Gold: look for inflation signals. If there is inflation, buy gold/dump dollar. 3) New technologies: Strong on smart grid technologies in short/medium term. Strong on solar/wind in medium/long term. Strong on clean water long term. Nice post, Marlon. Made interesting reading even though it is a US centric view point. Others see things slightly differently. 1) The US is printing money as though it is running out of trees and Hussien bin Obama promises more of the same. There is only one consequence of printing more money, it becomes less valuable, and that guarantees inflation. Gold does extremely well in inflationary times and sometimes even when there is the prospect of inflation. 2) The time to invest in gold, or any thing else for that matter, is when you hear people say, Prices are so low, I could puke. Buying gold after inflation signals are confirmed, is rewarding those who bought early for their astuteness. Thank you. 3) Throughout history, when nations go to war, the currencies of both the victor and the vanquished get debauched. The first Afghanistan war caused the Rubble and later the USSR to collapse. A similar fate awaits the US if the politicians don't come to their senses on the two bogus wars. 4) The US electric grid loses 50% of its energy while being transferred from the producers to the consumers. If Obama tackles this problem, it will be boom times again for the US. Secondly, Canadian and European research institutions are bracing for what Obama decides on research funding. If research funding is restored and decisions for funding are made on non-religious views, e.g. stem cell research, scientists and innovators will be lured back to US institutions, immensely benefiting that economy. 5) Lastly, the US is currently losing 500,000 jobs PER MONTH. Nothing golden about that. A golden future would be possible only if the current administration does the exact opposite of the Bush (43) administration. The exact opposite means: a) Create new jobs b) Cut military expenditure c) Stop printing money d) Increase taxes to balance the budget This is the medicine the World Bank has been advocating to debtor nations for the past 50 years. If the biggest debtor nation is unable to take this medicine, it will get sicker, much sicker before it recovers. Mervyn1650Lobo When the lion is crippled, the hare goes to his house for debt recovery. - African proverb - __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Bush Fox News
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com While other TV channels were focused on the new president . . When Bush left Washington, Fox News had detailed coverage of him leaving Washington, landing at Midland Texas and then also at Crawford . . It prompted Jon Stewart on The Daily Show to say to Fox News: Let it go . . . he's gone . . . if you love an administration . . set it free, if it returns . . . . we'll all move to Canada. Ref:(http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/january-21-2009/#clip131154) _ Windows Live Messenger. Multitasking at its finest. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx
[Goanet] There are far more important things than speeches
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com I have watched with bemused amusement a number of shallow posts on Goanet on the inauguration of the new American president, apparently missing the significance of yet another seamless transfer of awesome power from one American administration to another, unique for its simple civility, regardless of political affiliation. One Goanetter was apparently so impressed with the inaugural Obama speech that a link to the text was cut and pasted here. Another apparently fell asleep while watching, failing to be duly impressed, hoping for who knows what to be SAID. A speech? Mere words, by a career politician, whose own pastor once famously said would say anything to get elected? Talk about being impressed by form over substance. Others took the opportunity to display their small-mindedness by repeating the same tired old canards and Bushisms, most of these made up by Bush's political adversaries, while seeming oblivious to Bush's towering achievements, which included turning around a declining economy in 2001, containing the economic fallout from 9/11, providing the leadership for seven years of uninterrupted economic growth with low inflatipon, while also achieving two epic political liberations and massive assistance to a number of poor and oppressed countries, including an unprecedented nuclear agreement to help India enhance its power generating capabilities. By contrast, the following are links to two thoughtful columns by two premier African-American journalists which offer some serious food for thought for the days ahead among all the verbal chaff: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123249791178500439.html?mod=sphere_tsmod=sphere_wd http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/01/21/political_speeches
Re: [Goanet] The bait-and-switch - defrauding Goans once
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Something is seriously wrong with this guy to use such language in a public forum. He needs more than blood pressure medication. He should have his head examined. -- RKN Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com wrote: The Comrade is right that Marxist scum does not figure on my map. And it is true that ghatis should vamoose from Goa. But my generosity also knows no bounds, for when this Comrade came begging at my door asking for the fruits of my work - the RTI land conversion document - I was kind enough to provide it to him. That sort of gracious behavior is foreign to bhaile carpetbagging mongrels defecating in Goa. Warm regards, r ps: I don't follow Goanet but don't mind kicking ghati ass once in a while when brought to my attention.
Re: [Goanet] Faith can heal
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Dear Goanetters, We have been discussing a lot on faith and religion. I would like to provide a statement of a physician that Faith can heal. Regards. Fr.Ivo Faith Can Heal, Physician Tells Science Seminar January 23, 2009 LONAVALA, India (UCAN) -- Good health is linked to faith in God, says an Indian physician who has studied the role of religion in medicine. Religious involvement and doing good for others can help maintain one's physical and mental health, S. Chattopadhyay told a recent Church-organized science seminar. Chattopadhyay researched the relevance of religion and spirituality in medicine and bioethics for his master of bioethics program. He holds a doctorate from the University of Connecticut, in the United States, and presently teaches physiology at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhubaneswar, in Orissa state, eastern India. Neuroscientific Revolution, the Human Soul and Spirituality was the theme of the Jan. 1-5 seminar in Lonavala, near Mumbai, 1,410 kilometers southwest of New Delhi. About 200 people, including university professors, researchers and activists from India and abroad, attended the event. The Indian Institute of Science and Religion (IISR), which Jesuit Father Job Kozhamthadam started 10 years ago, organized the seminar in collaboration with three colleges, a major seminary and a university, all in Maharashtra state. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra state. In his presentation, Chattopadhyay spoke on Neuroscience and spirituality: beyond outright rejection and blind acceptance. He said the human person cannot be reduced to super-conscious matter as asserted by some neuroscientists. Human beings are not hard-wired for belief in God, but deep down, human beings hunger for God, he said. He also asserted that faith in God is beyond the intellect and is not something that can be measured. But it triggers love, compassion, empathy, forgiveness, brotherhood and such eternal values among faith people. Faith in God, he said, has played a great role in healing some of the worst diseases suffered by people, such as cancer, and this has surprised doctors. Also, studies have shown that religious people live healthier lives, and are generally happier. He noted that the World Health Organization had accepted spirituality as an important aspect of people's quality of life. The use of scientific tools to explore religious and spiritual phenomena and the knowledge thus acquired have evoked myriad responses, ranging from outright rejection to blind acceptance, he said. Much of modern biomedical research, including neuroscience, reflects reductionism theory, an approach to understand a system by reducing it to component parts. He said spectacular advances have been made using the reductionist scientific approach. However, such an approach cannot fully explain religious experiences, such as spiritual enlightenment achieved by spiritual leaders. Such experiences, he added, cannot be researched and quantified on the psychological basis of the neuronal functions of the brain.
[Goanet] Goa People's Assembly - Jan 23, 2009 edition
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Attached below is a report by Soter D'Souza of the Goa People's Assembly held on Jan 23, 2009. One-line summary: Reject the sham Regional Plan 2021 in toto. As we said earlier, we plan to continue with more editions of the Goa People's Assembly. r * Goa People's Assembly on the Draft Regional Plan 2021 organised by the GGRM at T. B Cunha Hall at 04.00 p.m. on 23rdJanuary 2009 -The Kerala model of participatory planning was presented by Mr. Soter D'Souza. -GGRM Convenor, Mrs. Geraldine Fernandes welcomed the participants to the peoples' assembly with a brief on the beginning of GGRM as a movement towards a better and equitable Goa for all. The moderator for the evening, Mr. Soter D'Souza was then requested to take forward the sessions. -Mr. D'Souza stated that the evening was about testimonies of Gram Sabha members on their experience in the participatory planning process outlined in the Draft RP 2021 as well as the difficulties faced by them at the village level. He further introduced Mr. Abhijeet Dessai who would take the participants through the process of the Draft RP 2021. -Mr. Dessai stated that RP through its name is indicative of a process of planning. He explained that planning in RP referred to procedures of physical, social and economic planning, through which there had to be a clear understanding of the present situation in terms of resources i.e. what is, etc. He outlined planning in three steps namely a) Data Collection and Analysis b) Vision Establishment c) Mechanism and processes needed for the way forward. By RP 2021, he said that the Government envisages a vision statement till 2021. The two levels of planning which was stated by Mr. Dessai was top -down and down-top, the former done by a committee of few members whereas the latter includes people as central to the planning process. Such a document on planning was put together by the Task force. He stated that the origin of regional plans was the constitution of the TCP Act in 1964 which made way for such plans to be prepared by the TCP dept. RP 2001 was the first, followed by RP 2011. RP 2011 was scrapped as it failed for varied reasons, one being no available data for the people to make informed decisions. He stated that in the draft RP 2021 spatial plans which were generally the last step, were already prepared, which was indicative of the realities in the process of participation. Further it was stated in the draft RP 2021 book that the plans incorporated the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments with participatory planning, quite contrary to the maps received, as proposals were already made such as marinas, golf courses, etc; whereas natural resources, water bodies etc were not shown. The next caution was with regard to whether the objections, suggestions will be put forth effectively and adequately, given the inadequate data and training received by the Gram Sabha members along with the Village committee. Planning wrongly done would lead to implications for the future. Mr. Dessai stated that basic necessities for life like food, water, air, shelter and environment should be the focus of planning, as this would ensure a sustainable future for all, not the proposed developmental projects. -Mr. Soter then led the participants to the next part of the sessions where various gram sabha members were to present their testimonies. 1.Ceasar Fernandes of Colva stated that the draft RP 2021 was a sham as the most visible and highlighted colour was brown which indicated settlement. He stated that water bodies were missing, further there was inadequate data through which effective verification could be done e.g. road maps, economic surveys, etc. The elected village committee had objected to work on RP 2021 as there was no basis for analysis and data collection. Further, a group had gathered to collect and collate information; this however would not be submitted at the Gram Sabhas. He said that the only concern of concerned authorities was filling of the questionnaire which may or may not be binding. He felt that work on the draft RP should stop and a demand for a proper planning process should be undertaken. 2.Shanti Fortes of Orlim said that she was happy on hearing that a new plan was put forth and volunteered in the Village Committee, but was sad to see the confusion. She questioned the
[Goanet] songs with mog
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Hi guys I hope you will love this. I know it has been a long time and you guys have been writing to me asking me for more songs well i have been busy with work and play and family and all will i hope to brings you guy up to date with some more new songs soon. mog to all from jjandson http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=YzcNgb6I6gofeature=related TRUMPETAR SONG BY CAJE DE CURT http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=2VLqxQECRAgfeature=related ancete/olga http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSGgK72KI0feature=related sucor/andrew http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=S2GB8s6Qou0feature=related sucor/andrew/tony http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=5nwzoVxwMFcfeature=related phillip/sucorine http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=U8M89TUyPrQfeature=related menin mario http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=p6Nl9LEx4ZEfeature=related beporva http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=bMO6JGkZU90feature=related don ruppa movie http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d6mI-Zl5yOQfeature=related zanet/philip http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uV5JhynZqa0feature=related niz mog http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bZGgLhp9WV0feature=related married life http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=494D8zDX-dsfeature=related All alone in Goa Join our single female traveler as she scours t..
[Goanet] THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LEAD PEOPLE – NOT FOLLOW THEM
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goa's Aam Aadmi is at the mercy of a chaotic administration that is grounded and dysfunctional. Digambar Kamat is dragging on in office in the footsteps of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and hoping to complete his term. Good Governance is not about trying to appease all while pleasing no one. Decisions have to be taken with conviction and not to satisfy a few at the cost of the larger interests of Goa. To protect the interests of Goa's educated unemployed Digambar Kamat could have reverted the retirement age of government employees to 58 and revoked the blatant extensions in service and contract appointments given to retired government officers. To ensure transparency in recruitment of government staff the entire selection process has to be handled by the Goa Public Service Commission. All government jobs should go only to people of Goan origin and 80% jobs in private and other organizations for people who are domiciled in Goa for at least 25 years. There is need of a law to regulate sale of land to persons not of Goan origin. Communidade land has to be protected for the purpose it was envisaged by taking deterrent action against large-scale encroachment and land use violations. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
Re: [Goanet] The bait-and-switch - defrauding Goans once again
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: The Comrade is right that Marxist scum does not figure on my map. And it is true that ghatis should vamoose from Goa. But my generosity also knows no bounds, for when this Comrade came begging at my door asking for the fruits of my work - the RTI land conversion document - I was kind enough to provide it to him. That sort of gracious behavior is foreign to bhaile carpetbagging mongrels defecating in Goa. Too sad, Rajan. My comrade had a choice between making money and protecting the rights of Goans. The comrade chose to live in, and protect Goa. The other character had a choice between staying in Goa and making money. The character chose, money. Mervyn1650Lobo __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
[Goanet] Goa news for January 25, 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Shiv Sena activists ransack Goa multiplex screening \'Slumdog...\' - Sify [Jan 23, 2009] The Panaji police arrested 12 activists, including Goa Shiv Sena unit chief Upendra Gaonkar, for the attack. The police said the Shiv Sainiks have been ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14844085?vsv=TopHP1cid=1296325805ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNFcjfReR-uZtgSGZy7JPP_eD-wKUQ *** Indian Premier League auction in Goa on February 6 - Hindu [Jan 23, 2009] Mumbai: The auction of overseas players for DLF-IPL season II will take place in Goa on February 6. The governing council of the IPL will also hold a ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/24/stories/2009012456551900.htmcid=1295175554ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNFhN9bkO3ZG3B1SfF3FMddFwVIELQ *** SC moved over Goa govt giving cabinet status to three MLAs - Times of India [10 hours ago] 24 Jan 2009, 1748 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: Social activist Aires Rodrigues has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court praying that no appeal of Goa government, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/SC_moved_over_Goa_govt_giving_cabinet_status_to_three_MLAs/articleshow/4026962.cmscid=1296623379ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNF_W26eQff6-s6v_4mYpnWZpafThQ *** IRB constable will be firmly dealt with - Times of India [42 minutes ago] PONDA: Angered over the involvement of a police staffer in a rape case, the North Goa district superintendentof police (SP) Bosco George on Saturday said ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/IRB_constable_will_be_firmly_dealt_with/articleshow/4027901.cmscid=1296500210ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNFqsCFCZgavpq4eW3XcOhSn7d5L9Q *** Large-scale investigation in UK for missing Goa boy - IBNLive.com [15 hours ago] MISSING: Jonathan was not happy in UK and longed to return to his native land, Goa. ibnlive.com is on mobile now. Read news, watch videos be a Citizen ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/largescale-investigation-in-uk-for-missing-goa-boy/83580-2.htmlcid=1296706433ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNFtVQtcfySkBU10FOEZWBzy-XLEcA *** Cultural Bureau to hold lecture on \'Portuguese Civilisation in Goa ... - Macau Daily Times [15 hours ago] Goa and Macau were amongst the numerous Asian colonies established by the Portuguese Seaborne Empire after the 15th-century Age of Discovery. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=22104Itemid=28cid=0ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNGUciej2A6rB7kNU3t8qI4qM3QtTA *** AITUC accuses government of anti-labour practices - Times of India [42 minutes ago] The government's malpractices have emboldened private companies in Goa to victimise workers by denying them their rights, lamented Christopher Fonseca, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/AITUC_accuses_government_of_anti-labour_practices/articleshow/4027897.cmscid=0ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNH6CeEfB6GWA7gK2LreDCemGQeLzQ *** GOA To host largest conference in it\'s history - What They Think [Jan 22, 2009] Beginning with a keynote presentation from celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist and author, Dave Barry; GOA, the premier expo and conference ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://members.whattheythink.com/news/newslink.cfm?id=35262cid=1296192564ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNHvvRQAs3gPuB8HLhvcGla_BinTMA *** Few takers for army jobs in Goa: Official - Times of India [Jan 23, 2009] PANAJI: Goa is one of the lowest response areas when it comes to army recruitment, Brigadier Bhanwar Poonia told mediapersons on Friday. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Few_takers_for_army_jobs_in_Goa_Official/articleshow/4024088.cmscid=0ei=i7J7ScaqDZL8hAOzvuy7CQusg=AFQjCNGu5_s5hdlNM5fesXHFFb86l8hIUw *** Travelmasti.com launches Kashmir, Goa SL packages - Economic Times [1 hour ago] To beat the downturn, Travelmasti has launched some innovative packages for its customers. In fact,
Re: [Goanet] Neuroscience and Soul
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Why are these advocates of one particular religion poking their nose into brain science? Why don't they stick to what they are ordained to do - preach their faith to their followers and to those they hope to convert? ***Totally wrong. Theologians are not poking their nose by speaking of soul, but scientists are poking their nose into religion and theology by denying soul in the name of Science. I have already repeated ad nauseam that the research of scientists is confined to the phenomenal world. Science cannot either prove God and soul or disprove. What is offensive from the standpoint of a universal intellectual pursuit such as science, as well as from the perspective of other religions is that they are advising others to be cautious about scientific findings that contradict their own parochial beliefs. The clear implication is that their own religious beliefs about the natural world take precedence over hard scientific evidence. ***Christianity is not parochial, it is open to all. It speaks of Man and of the Universe in the light of Revelation. There is not scientific evidence that there is no God, no soul. Contrast this medieval censorship and interference in non-religious affairs based on the dogma of one solitary religion to the open-mindedness and deference shown to science by Dalai Lama who addressed a gathering of neuroscientists a few years back... ***To speak of God and of soul is not to interfere in non-religious affairs. That is precisely where Science ceases to operate, and Religion reigns. This is not medieval censorship, it is contemporary thought. On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes... http://www.mindandlife.org/dalai.lama.sfndc.html **If Science can dispel superstitions, it is most welcome. Science has its limits. The Church works together with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Pius XII has been speaking to scientists on scientific subjects, even about the splitting of an atom and the ethical values, and has been well accepted by them. Dalai Lama, who showed his interest in Science and wrote a book on The Universe in a Single Atom, spoke in November of 2005 at the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience on the influence of meditation, which is a mental activity, on the brain's circuitry. Buddhism focuses on mental techniques. But Dalai Lama said that he rejects the so-called scientific materialism, namely that the idea of consciousness is no more than a series of chemical reactions in our brain. At that meeting Richard J.Davidson, professor of psychology of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who presented a study on emotions, on brain circuitry, on insular cortex, said that many scientists have shown it is possible to do research on evolution and still believe in God. That is what I have been saying all the time. Regards. Fr.Ivo
[Goanet] There are far more important things than speeches
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com The simple fact that an African American is elected to lead America is a snub to Republicans, a clear rejection of George Bushes policies, domestically and internationally. The Israelis knew they will not be allowed to butcher innocents in Gaza strip after Barack Obama takes power and rightly as I predicted, they declared unilateral ceasefire (can u imagine an aggressor declaring unilateral ceasefire - this is equal to conceding defeat!!). Ted Kennedy, Gen. Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama. Even white Americans have said he is a phenomenon and they have endorsed him. When Americans have chosen Obama, what are we Goenkars? Nothing. So we have to shut up and put up. The economy is in shambles, jobs have to be created, the loyyuits have to be contolled. Obama has chosen an impartial cabinet and he is the right one to reain america's place as leader of the free world and he knows diplomacy works better than empty threats. I look forward to change in the attitudes, regards Maurice
[Goanet] SUICIDE DE GOA OR CIDADE DE GOA??
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com When one feels over-confident and unvincible, trouble comes knocking at the door. This is unavoidable and I know from first hand experience. It seems that Audhut Timblo will now be reviewing his friendship with many a past and present politicians and bureaucrats who ill advised him and made merry at his cost. In the end, he is the sole person who will have to hold the heavy bag. Being a personal friend, I sympathize with him for all the heartaches and humiliation he will presently undergo in view of the Order of the Hon. Supreme Court with the CIDADE De GOA not remaining the Cidade at all. But we have full faith that the Audhut's heart-beat 'The CIDADE' will once again arise from the ashes of the demolition squads and be the 'Cidade' that we all loved and appreciated by Goa and Goans once again. At this moment, I sincerely urge Audhut to review the bad advices given to him w.r.t. filing the Rs. 500 crore defamation suit in the HC of Calcutta against Sebastian Rodrigues by withdrawing it entirely and completely, if possible by extending sincere apologies to Sebastian Rodrigues and the Goa Su-Raj Party of which Sebastian is a lifetime member. It is not necessary for Audhut to know the amount of good-will that will come crashing-down on him in this his time of sorrow. Others who feel over-confident and unvincible please beware floriano goasuraj
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Lok, Gozali Kiteak Uloitat?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Lok, Gozali Kiteak Uloitat? Modlo vell (interval) aslo. Iskolachea kenntinaxim pavtoch mhaka gomlem mhoje 2 rupia compass box-an visron urle mhonn. Klasint bhitor sorlear, roddkulem tondd korun mhoji avddichi ixttinn Luiza, bankar boson aplo uzvo dollo ghonstitali. Klasint anik dusrim vorgmitr (classmate) naslolim. Tichi dukhavoll somzuchem oxem mhaka dislolean hanvem vicharlem tednam, tinnem sanglem. “Mhojea dolleant kisor (speck) asa tem sokall savn mhaka tras dita. Upkar korun dolleant aslolem kisor kaddpak, tuzo adhar korchi?” Khoinchea vellar mhonn hanvem tika vicharlem? Anik thoddo vell tichexim pidder kelear kenntinantle gorom-gorom botat-panv mhaka mellchenant asle mhonn, hem hanv zannam aslom. Tea disa ghora kodden kofi borobor khavpak choppatti nhoi mhonn tandlanchi bakri mellunk nant. Upaxi pottar hanv iskolak ailolom. Mhoji avoy xezarche Filomena antiche konna tori mornnachea Misak hajir zaunk sokall fuddench Bettpateche igorjent ghel’li. Dekhunuch tinnem iskolachea kenntinant, modlea vellar kitem tori khanvchea khatir mhaka 2 rupia dil’le. Orxim 17 chedde ani 18 cheddvam vidhearti asun vorg aslolo amcho. Ami amkanch, klasint aslolea cheddvank vattun ghatlolim. Mhonnche; Agnelo-n Rita-cheo oddchoneo pollouncheo zalear; Carlosan, Irachem voir-sokoll zatoleacho husko asunk zai aslo. Ani oxem toren amchem ixtt-ixttinnichem natem ekdomuch ghott aslolem. Punn Luizacho ankddo cheddvam modim subeij aslolean tem eksurem urtalem. Tichi vrut’ti (attitude) veglech torechi asli. Ticheo moskoreo kelear tika sonso naslem ani tiddketali. Konnam thaim odhik uloinasli. Dekhunuch, mhojea xivai vorgantle dusre chedde tika lagim kori nasle khore, punn her kamanim amkam sodanch Luizacho sohokar melltaloch. Hich tigeli khaxalai asli. Ani mhaka ti kiteak posond lagtali tem viskovttun sangunk, az meren hanv mhakach gospolun urtam. Amchea dolleant illoso mhell vo anik dusrem kitem-i bhorlear kosli usavoll zata ti ami zanant. Konnem tori funk marchi vo udok marun dolleant poddlolo mhell beg-begim kaddunxem dista. Dusreanche dolleantlem kisor kaddtolo zalear, kaddtoleache dolle poile nigutt asunk zai. Mon’xan, apleachea dolleant patti (log) astanam dusreachea dolleantlem kisor kaddchem nhoi mhonn, oxi kitem tori kisor-pattichi khobor Kristi Povitr Pustokan (Luke:6, 41) amkam vachunk mellta. Luizachea dolleant aslolem kisor ani Povitr Pustokar asloli gozalik sor korunk zai nasli. Hangasor, dukhin kostovtoleachi kanni mhojea mhorean poddloli ani hanvem tika adhar korunkuch zai aslo. Zori mhojea pottak bhuk lagloli tori astanam ghorjevottank ani duentink poilem panvchem mhonn amchea vodhilanim amkam xikoilolem asa. Ghostun-ghostun thamddo zal’lea tichea dolleank polloun mhojea dolleant dukham ailim. Mhozo dhavo hat tichea bhuzak dorun ani uzvea hatachea bottanim dolleachi paklli ugteo kotanam tinnem apnale hat mhojea buzancher dovorle. Tiche dolleant polloit astanam tigele kallzache lubddup (heartbeats) vaddle. Ani hanv dolle topaspak odikuch tigelea dollea lagsor pavlolom astanam klasintlea bhair varandantlean pasar zatoli tticher Libian-an amkam pollelim ani klasint bhitor sorun vhoddlean aroddli. “What is going on here? Why are you holding each other? What do you think? This is the place to express your love. Wait! I will complain to headmaster” “No teacher no. Please! I am helping her” Hanvem mhollem “Helping? What types of help? Padd poddlolea ‘kisor’-ak Inglez bhaxen kitem mhonntat tem, tea vellar mhaka yad zainam zali. Eka borea Samaritana bhaxen hanv Luizak adar kortalom. Punn amchi, koslich malis nastanam eka-mekak chitkon bospachi doxa (situation) pollelear somzutoleak kitem somzuchem tench kollnam aslolean tticherigelem toklechem pintt challvololem. Ani hanv tticherichea tonddak polloit Luizachea dolleant funk vo varo marunk zai mhonn mhojea gal folloile tednam tticherik kiteak rag ailo to hanv sangunk nokom. Hanvem mhoje gal poskotea porim motte kelole polloun tinnem mottean mhojea tokhler kutt’ti marli borobor f korun mhojea tonddantlo varo just Luizachea dolleant boson tika tras ditolem ‘kisor’ bhair sorlem ani sontosan Luizan mhonnlem. “Thank you Lino. Now I am feeling alright” ani tinnem aplea dolleant poddlolea kisorachi gozal tticherik viskavun sangli. Punn mhoje toklecher kutt marloli ti
[Goanet] Year-end musings… HERALD(Goa), Jan 25, 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com YEAR-END MUSINGS... By Valmiki Faleiro “Year-end? We’re almost one-twelfth into the new year!” This Rip van Winkle knows. But, my year-end seldom ends before this time in the following year. I mean the festive season of joy, of visiting overseas friends who with unscheduled ‘surprise’ visits upset schedules, of birthdays, wedding invites… Which makes the ‘holiday season’ my busiest in the year. The time of the year is literally a holiday for overseas friends. To escape the bitter winters in their country of domicile, for a slice of the Goan sun and warmth of local folks. For most of us, poor country bumpkins, it is not vacation but work as usual, save the day of Christmas and at best a couple of days around it. But, when one is on holiday, one perhaps presumes everyone around is also on holiday. Not that I grudge giving overseas friends time. Provided it be factored in my schedule. Most folks will come unannounced. To give you a ‘sweet surprise.’ Abroad, they would have the door slammed on the face – after being curtly told to phone and come. The way it should be, because in the times we live, everyone’s day is planned, and nobody is waiting to welcome ‘surprises.’ Personally, such ‘surprises’ do not fascinate. They irritate. So be alerted friends ‘n’ foes: phone and come! On the eve of Republic Day, let’s turn our thoughts to those gallant men who give their lives in defence of the nation. The numbing November terror attack in Mumbai produced more national heroes. (Incidentally, ‘Param Vir – Our Heroes in Battle,’ by Maj. General Ian Cardozo, Roli Books, 2008, ISBN: 978-81-7436-262-9, Pgs.225, Rs.295, is very informative and inspiring.) The unsung heroes of Mumbai were ordinary men. Unfortunately, just as the media stayed stuck with elite targets like the Taj and Trident hotels, with negligible coverage of CST, Cama hospital and Girgaum junction, it was, ironically, the latter that produced the greatest heroes of that black day. Like the announcer at CST who, perched high above the platforms, saw what Ismail and Kasab were doing with their AK-47s. Over the public address, he continuously advised passengers which way to alight from trains and in which direction to run for safety. The perplexed terror duo, seeing a rich harvest suddenly vanish, spotted the announcer and opened fire at him. The man ducked and saved himself, but not before saving heaven knows how many innocent lives. Like the unarmed constable who grabbed an ancient 303 rifle from the frightened hands of a colleague, to take on the might of two AK-47s, each discharging 150 death rounds per minute. Like the humble generator technician at Cama, on his way down after locking dozens of doctors and others in the hospital’s terrace, encountered Ismail and Kasab, who asked the way to the terrace. The brave man saved those sure terrace deaths. But my greatest were two men of the Mumbai Police at the Girgaum road block, hastily erected to halt the terrorist duo. Moment the commandeered Skoda hit the road divider, a constable sprang to the driver side window and snatched the car keys, sealing any chance of Ismail and Kasab’s getaway. As Ismail, at the wheel, opened fire at the cops and was soon wounded mortally, Kasab crouched. Abruptly opening the side door, from the still crouched position, Kasab fired. He got PSI Tukaram Ombale. Despite a hail of bullets on his chest, Ombale lunged onto Kasab, deflected the AK-47, and, as he died, gave the nation not just his life but also the only terrorist from ten to be captured alive. Ashok Chakra, India’s highest gallantry award, will be bestowed tomorrow on the 12 Mumbai cops who died. Honestly, men like Tukaram Ombale deserve much more… Hats off to Lorenz Photo Studio, Margao, for the lovely wall calendar dedicated to ‘Tiatr,’ the stage art form despised by upper classes. Photography was brought to Margao by an Amar from Cortalim. Then came studios like ‘Atelier Moderno Fotografo Antao,’ Mauzo and Raikar. Started by a ‘Times of India’ lensman in 1947, Lorenz’s 2009 calendar does the history of Goa’s photography proud. (ENDS.) The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=330 == The above article appeared in the January 25, 2009 edition of the Herald, Goa
[Goanet] Priests and their fundamental rights
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Should Priests and other spiritual figures associated with religion enjoy an absolute freedom to preach or should their freedom be a restricted one? The holy men being citizens do enjoy fundamental rights under the articles of freedom of speech and expression but a Secular State, liberals, critical journalists, scientists and rationalists should not justify their orthodox and retrograde actions simply because they happen to be the men of God. For instance, when we know that the Earth is round, a secular State must not allow the priests to get away with preaching to young innocent minds that the Earth is flat, even though some holy books written a few thousand years ago may have said so. Jeffrey Goldberg, an Israeli-American Journalist, studied the education system of the madrassas in Pakistan some years ago. He later reported in the New York Times that poor and impressionable children were kept largely ignorant of the world and were taught a one- dimensional interpretation of Islam. Students came to see the world divided in two domains: the peaceful worldwide community of Muslims (the abode of peace) and everywhere else (the abode of war). The harmful effects of the madarasas are there for all to see. The same principles would hold true to children who are imparted orthodox education in Hindu/ Christian institutions. The children are the triceps and biceps of our Nation. They are our future. They will shape the Nation, either for the good, or for the bad. The men-in robes should not be allowed to get away with preaching and/or indoctrinating the minds of children and others with values and beliefs which are harmful and incompatible with science and other modern principles like equality, liberty and freedom. The State needs to deal with these people with the same firmness as it deals with frauds and charlatans. Our children need to grow up to become good rational citizens who will understand to objectively and critically discern the truth. We need more Abdul kalams, not Osamas! This is the least a modern Society owes to posterity. Cheers Sandeep Heble Panjim-Goa
[Goanet] Priyada Murali - A Shining Star on the Cricket Circuit
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Priyada Murali - A Shining Star on the Cricket Circuit - By: Gaspar Almeida, www.goa-world.com Priyada Murali, a Xth standard student of Gulf Indian School, Fahaheel had the rare honors of leading Kuwait’s Under 19 Women’s’ team which participated in the recently concluded ACC (Asian Cricket Council) U-19 Women’s Championship at Chiang Mai, Thailand. Debutants Kuwait U-19 Women’s cricket team performed extremely well as they matched their opponents with grit determination and brought laurels to the country. Kuwait won remarkable victories over China Oman very narrowly lost to Singapore ultimate champions Nepal in the league round matches. Taking up cricket only a few weeks back, the highly motivated women’s team performed incredibly well to finish 9th in ranking and thus earning a ticket to participate in the qualifying rounds for the 2010 Asian Games, in which cricket will make its first appearance. Having attracted to the game of cricket by participating in the CRY cricket tournaments conducted by FOCC in Kuwait, Priyada Murali showing remarkable all round cricketing skills excelled in each of the games played and earned the praise of ACC officials to be declared the Best Bowler of the tournament, apart from having the honor of being awarded the Player of the match awards on two occasions. Pictures courtesy http://www.asiancricket.org/cnt_archives.cfm FOR MORE DETAILS: http://www.asiancricket.org/cnt_lawsofcricket.cfm Also read Arab Times (Sports Pages) of today's date (25 Jan '09) http://www.arabtimesonline.com Upcoming event: CRYcket - Children's Cricket Festival at Ahmadi, KOC Grounds on 30th Jan. 2009 organized by FOCC, Kuwait. Visit www.focckwt.org or email: focc...@yahoo.com Goa World Goa Mog Goa SuRaj Super Goa (em Português) TGF Writers' Sketchpad www.colaco.net www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI Mahableshwar http://www.mahables hwar.com St. Mary's School - Mt Abu, Rajasthan India http://www.abusms. com FIRST KONKANI E-CINEMA FILM BLACK NHESHOP ATANCHEM FASHION PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY T-BUSH to be released in GOA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTduCJkQNiQ GOA MAG ONLINE http://www.goamag.net http://mumbaihangout.org/radio/ Congratulations and best wishes to President Barack Obama. I watched the inauguration speech and was very impressed. If he manages to fulfill just a tenth of what he has promised, his place in the history of the human race is assured. And I have a nagging suspicion that he will. - gaspar almeida We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else. - Tom Stoppard http://faltu.tv/performance-shows/12-performance-shows/217-the-amazing-christopher.html
Re: [Goanet] Neuroscience and Soul
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com The two news reports circulated by Fr. Ivo contain bogus information and distortions regarding the findings of brain science. Contrary to what has been claimed, no mainstream neuroscientist has ever concerned himself with studying the existence of supernatural entities such as God or the soul as part of his/her scientific research. The priests, the physiology professor and/or the authors of the news reports appear to be fabricating or falsely speculating and erecting straw men on the basis of their superficial knowledge of what is written in the lay or popular science press. These fantasies appear to stem from not being able to understand the interpretations of results of some experiments that map what happens in the brains of people who claim to be having religious experiences. As far as the existence of a natural mind or self as separate and distinct from the brain is concerned, an overwhelming amount of objective neurological evidence indicates that such a substance dualistic scenario is untenable. In addition to their misrepresentation of scientific findings, I am deeply concerned about the fact that the Jesuit priests are reported to be exhorting people to challenge these findings or view them with caution on the basis of their own pharisaic religious dogmas. They also appear to be projecting themselves as speaking for all religions, when the Dalai Lama has clearly contradicted them from the Buddhist standpoint. Here are the contradictory assertions: FR. IVO'S COPIED AND PASTED NEWS REPORT QUOTE Contending that the human soul and spirituality are fundamental to all religions, he insisted that religious believers need to challenge the conclusion that new findings demonstrate that brain is the soul. UNQUOTE DALAI LAMA'S STATEMENT QUOTE On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualized as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. UNQUOTE I quote below excerpts in support of my contention that the two priests and the physiology professor (or the news reporters) are pulling wool over the eyes of their audience/readers with regard to their allusions to neuroscientific findings. None of the following claims about neuroscience is true: QUOTE The priest said in his keynote address that while all human experiences have both physical and spiritual dimensions, research in neuroscience could not reduce the soul to the brain. UNQUOTE QUOTE Today, however, some neuroscientists have claimed to have uncovered the soul and spirituality through brain imaging and mapping, artificial intelligence, computer science in researching the human brain and mind, the priest continued. UNQUOTE QUOTE Contending that the human soul and spirituality are fundamental to all religions, he insisted that religious believers need to challenge the conclusion that new findings demonstrate that brain is the soul. UNQUOTE QUOTE The neuroscientists are contending that God, the human soul and spirituality can be explained in terms of neural networks, neurotransmitters and brain chemistry. And many believers are offended by their notion that God is a creation of the human brain instead of the other way around, he said. UNQUOTE QUOTE He urged religious believers to welcome emerging ideas, but cautioned against blind acceptance. Although neurological studies could shed light on the mysterious workings of the brain, any claim to prove or disprove God through neurological studies must be taken with caution. UNQUOTE (The irony of the use of the term blind acceptance by a priest who has to operate on the basis of dogma should not be lost on anybody) QUOTE He said the human person cannot be reduced to super-conscious matter as asserted by some neuroscientists. Human beings are not hard-wired for belief in God, but deep down, human beings hunger for God, he said. UNQUOTE QUOTE Such experiences, he added, cannot be researched and quantified on the psychological basis of the neuronal functions of the brain. UNQUOTE Cheers, Santosh --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Fr. Ivo C da Souza icso...@... wrote: ***Totally wrong. Theologians are not poking their nose by speaking of soul, but scientists are poking their nose into religion and theology by denying soul in the name of Science. I have already repeated ad nauseam that the research
[Goanet] A Book on Kandhamal to reveal the truth behind violence
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) A Book on Kandhamal to reveal the truth behind violence Saturday, January 24, 2009 Report by Rashmi r Parida; New Delhi: Sai Prasan, a Mumbai based senior journalist, has been writing articles on Kandhamal violence which he calls it a phenomena. He has written three articles and taken an interview of Dr John Dayal, working for the cause of dalits. Currently, Sai Prasan is writing his fourth article on the same subject which will be released in the public domain within a couple of days. The readers can read the earlier articles at www.kandhamalconversion.blogspot.com In the process of studying Kandhamal phenomena, he has got the feed back from people that the reasons behind Kandhamal violence is not local only. But, it has both national and global linkages due to which the image of India specially Odisha has been tarnished. And, poor dalits / tribal have become the victims of communal forces. Sai Prasan thinks that the media coverage of Kandhamal violence / phenomena is not complete and the facts or truth behind Kandhamal episode is yet to be unveiled. The people specially from Odisha origin living within and outside the State as well as country were of the opinion that the global world needs to be conveyed that the peace loving people of Odisha alone are not responsible for the violence that continued for four months. There were several other factors too responsible for this SC-ST conflict taking the shape of a Hindu-Christian communal violence / phenomena, he said. Sai Prasan is of the view that the people within and outside Odisha should be conveyed that the secularism-peace and social change is a must for a holistic development of the state. In this backdrop, Sai Prasan has been suggested by some of the readers to write a book on Kandhamal violence-phenomena. Hence, he has decided to write a book with the help of inputs offered by two other persons. Both of them are also closely associated with the day-today development in Kandhamal. He has already written five chapters out of the twelve chapters of the seventy five (75) pages book. Apart from covering different aspects of Kandhamal violence, the book on Kandhamal violence will carry author's interaction with Christian and Hindu leaders on Kandhamal violence / phenomena. The book will be released in March this year. The place of the book release will be either Bhubaneswar or New Delhi. The publisher of the book will be Mumbai based media company – Samagra Mass Media (SMM). The copyright, distribution rights or any other form of rights to the book will rest with the author. The resources for the printing and promotion of the book will be mobilized from the individual and institutional sponsorers as it will help in keeping the price at an affordable level for circulation within Odisha. And, the book will be sold at the market price outside Odisha. The name of the sponsorers will be given prominently on a separate page in the book. The number of the printing order of the copies will depend on the resources mobilized. The author or publisher shall not take any profit from the books sold in the calendar year 2009. And, any profit earned from the book will be spent on creating awareness among people about secularism and social change in Odisha. The name of the book will be decided in due course of time. For further details, contact, Sai Prasan, Journalist, Web: www.kandhamalconversion.blogspot.com Mobile: 09821265458 Address: 432/4, MHADA, Vanrai, Goregaon (East), Mumbai - Forwarded by Ancy S DSouza Paladka Goa World Goa Mog Goa SuRaj Super Goa (em Português) TGF Writers' Sketchpad www.colaco.net www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI Mahableshwar http://www.mahables hwar.com St. Mary's School - Mt Abu, Rajasthan India http://www.abusms. com FIRST KONKANI E-CINEMA FILM BLACK NHESHOP ATANCHEM FASHION PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY T-BUSH to be released in GOA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTduCJkQNiQ GOA MAG ONLINE http://www.goamag.net http://mumbaihangout.org/radio/ Congratulations and best wishes to President Barack Obama. I watched the inauguration speech and was very impressed. If he manages to fulfill just a tenth of what he has promised, his place in the history of the human race is
