[Goanet] We call this Molão

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We call this Molão
 
Pealed and cut into pieces and add sugar, taste good.
Now, chilled one  taste even better.
 
I remember, after slicing it into two, we removed the inside 
part or sticky bunch of seeds and throw or spread it over the
external walls.
This is either to feed the rats :-)
 or to use it for germination
(for growing in the field etc). We ate the dried seeds too.
 
We call this Molão http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4010091145/sizes/l/
Some may call it Chibodd or Chibddam
going cheap Rs.10-15
 
Locals selling their produce on NH17 at  Balli, near Canancona
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to any scale,
every shape
needs detail!



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[Goanet] FW: To Herald, A message on Your One Hundred Years of Fortitude

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- Original Message - 
From: floriano

To: Ashwin Tombat ; Herald
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 5:18 PM
Subject: A message on Your One Hundred Years of Fortitude


Dear esteemed editor, Mr. Ashwin Tombat, Executive editor Mr. Raul 
Fernandes,


The Goa Su-Raj Party takes the utmost pleasure in wishing you  o Heraldo 
o - Herald ...  combined ...  many, many happy returns of the past century 
and  continue wishing it more fruitful innings for future centuries to come.


Yours is the story of fortitude and perseverance and for that this fledgling 
party commends and congratulates you.


There was an instance, very early in the life of this party when I had 
personally approached your esteemed editor, Mr. Rajan Narayan, who now, by 
the way,  happens to be my good friend, for the reason of wanting to know if 
he felt that this newly formed party (at that time) had some crippling 
deficiencies that made him ignore any and/or all press statements/press 
releases issued by this party. And his spontaneous response to me was:


Quote
Tum poilem kitem korun dakhoi, then we shall print
Unquote

This was my most spontaneous reply to that:
Quote
Vhoi - Ami tuka kiteim punn korun dacoiteleaum - Punn tuca hassoum'cheak 
margar nagde nasche'naum

Unquote

And, in the same breath I had asked him if he had understood what I said. 
When he shook his head, this is what I had told him. " All the more reason 
for you not to talk to a native in his native tongue'.


That apart, I like the line in your write-up/editorial of today when you say 
you had no mine owners to draw financial support from, no vested interests 
to protect. Likewise, when this party was formed, it was formed for Goa and 
Goans with no ulterior motives, no mine owners and big business sharks to 
finance it and no vested interests to protect. Sixteen persons signed the 
charter for ' GOOD EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE'  for Goa, hoping that our various 
political parties would follow it for Goa's sake, but finding this to be a 
most impossible task, took on the mantle themselves by inventing GOA SU-RAJ 
PARTY.  It has been a long track of 10 years, the road having been rough, 
but nevertheless, track it we will,  even if Goans fail to realize its real 
intentions.


And, just like o Herald o  and  Herald, we shall taste the victory one day.

Thank you, big brother,  for this much needed lesson in  'fortitude and 
perseverance'.



floriano lobo
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Goa Su-Raj Party


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The Winner takes it all tonight!
The destiny of Maradona and his boys decided tonight.
Their crunch encounter with the Uruguayans tonight.
A do-or-die battle fought tonight
I am rooting for Aimar, Higuain and Messi tonight.
Go Argentina go…..fire all your cylinders tonight.
The Winner takes it all tonight!

The Winner Takes it all…….by Abba

"I don’t wanna talk
About the things we’ve gone through
Though it’s hurting me
Now its history
I’ve played all my cards
And that’s what you’ve done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

The winner takes it all
The loser standing small
Beside the victory
That’s her destiny”

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I read that the nomination for Obama was submitted within two weeks of his
inauguration as president of the USA.  I wonder the basis on which this was
done, and whether these basis were the same as the one that the prize
committee has stated.

Best regards,

Dr. U. G. Barad 

[Goanet] I saw this plant after long time

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I saw this plant after long time.
It had a local name but unable to recollect now.
I think, it was even taken for medicinal use
 
On this plant we use to catch variety of pakule or cacule (butterfly)
Even the bigger one called ‘girilianv’
 
As these plants were plenty, we used to uproot some of them 
Make a bunch (sort of a bouquet)  to trap the butterflies.
 
Saw this one after many many years
and immediately brought back my memories
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Give me
Give me back
What?
 
My ‘bhurgeponn’


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[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Goa: Return of the North-South Divide (Maria do Ceu Rodrigues, in EPW)

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ANALYSIS | Goa: Return of the North-South Divide
Maria do Ceu Rodrigues

An apparent lack of enthusiasm
for either of the two main
political parties in Goa was
evident in the Lok Sabha
elections. This negative
opinion of the nature of
governance in the state,
combined with the lack of a
clear-cut differentiation
between the parties on issues
that dominated in the run-up to
the elections ensured that the
traditional north-south divide
determined the outcome in the
two parliamentary
constituencies in Goa.

The 2009 Lok Sabha poll saw the two major players in the Goan
politics, sharing the spoils of victory evenly. While the
North Goa seat was bagged by the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), the Congress candidate emerged victorious in the South
Goa seat.1 This election once again restored the traditional
voting pattern that has been seen in Goa. The
political/ideological divide in the state, shaped by its
colonial past, runs also on geographical lines -- north and
south Goa. The two geographical regions have their distinct
voting patterns. The majority community dominates the north,
while the minority has a significant presence in the south.

         Over the years in Goa, as the regional parties got
         replaced by national parties, the vote banks also
         shifted in the north from the Maharashtrawadi
         Gomantak Party (MGP) to the BJP and in the south
         from United Goans Party (UGP) to the Congress.

In 2004, the Congress failed to win back its bastion in South
Goa as the seat fell to the Congress rebel candidate
Churchill Alemao. In the by-election that followed though in
South Goa, Francisco Sardinha, the present South Goa member
of Parliament, won back the citadel for his party.

The contest in both the seats was a straight fight between
the BJP and the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
combine. While the BJP put up a candidate in both the seats,
the Congress left the North Goa seat to the NCP and fielded a
candidate only in South Goa. While there were other parties
in the fray too, the principal contest was between the BJP
and the Congress-NCP alliance (Table 1). It needs to be
stressed that the margin of victories of the winning
candidates in both constituencies was very modest. This
indicates that both seats were keenly contested.

Through the Political Prism

The 2009 Lok Sabha results in Goa reinforces certain
established trends in the state and points to certain new
directions. While it reasserts the north/south divide, other
important differences can also be discerned. Though voting
appeared to be on conventional lines the reduced margin of
victories point to the attempts of both parties/alliances at
having made every effort to woo the voters.

         Shripad Naik of the BJP, who retained the North Goa
         seat, projected himself as the son of the soil and
         skilfully employed the insider-outside factor to
         his advantage. He promised to work towards giving
         Goa a special status in order to attract investment
         for setting up industries in the state. His rival
         Jitendra Deshprabu, a senior Congressman switched
         sides on the eve of the elections to contest on the
         NCP ticket. He was able to give a tough fight to
         the BJP candidate.

The situation in the south was very different. Francisco
Sardinha, the Congress candidate, had to fight against all
kinds of odds -- sabotages, challenges and rivalries within
his party and its ally the NCP. In critical assembly segments
within this South Goa Lok Sabha constituency, which were
considered as bastions of important Congress-NCP alliance
leaders, the party candidate did not do very well.2

The politics of internal rivalry was an offshoot of the
struggle between the Congress strongman of the south --
Churchill Alemao and the Congress candidate Fransisco
Sardinha. Churchill Alemao felt that the high command had let
him down by denying the South Goa ticket to his daughter and
giving it to his rival. This triggered off a spate of
infighting in the party with charges and counter charges
being levelled.

It was the intervention of the Congress state general
secretary Hariprasad that brought a public truce between the
warring factions. Observers of the election campaign in South
Goa noticed that Churchill Alemao was not very active in the
party campaign. This explains the reduced margin of victory
for the Congress candidate in this seat.


Table 1: Lok Sabha Elections in Goa 2009

Sl No | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % of Votes Polled

1 BJP  2  1  44.78
2 CPI  2  -  2.34
3 Cong 

[Goanet] Garbage Disposal

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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:31:34 +0530 (IST)
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Subject: [Goanet] Garbage Disposal




Goa which prides it's self of a very high percentage of literacy is
unfortunately, way below as far as civic sense is concerned, we Goans just don't
care about the unwarranted waste that we produce interms of garbage, and I see
no change in attitude in the near future as well, the only solution to this
problem as I see it, is, hit them where it hurts and that means hitting their
pockets,  like in Europe and America charge for the garbage produced and more
for the toxic and plastic. Hold each citizen responsible for the waste,
societies for the buildings, community centers for their blocks, you will see
garbage reduced to a bare minimum in no time. We Goans have this habit of
picking up anything and everything without much of a consideration which in the
end increases the volume of garbage.

 

Ask our Goans who have migrated to other land, how precise they are while pick
up things to make sure that they don't end up paying more than the necessary for
the garbage,  I am sure it must have been difficult initially but now they are
surely accustomed to the western way of life. People will grumble but in the end
they'll realize that they have to pay the price for their pathetic civic sense.


 

Here in Dubai as well, even though there are bins for different types of waste
materials, nobody bothers but then all the garbage collected is taken to a
municipal depot and processed into fertilizer for the lush greens that have been
converted from the scorching deserts but we are charged for the water used as
well for the water going down the drain, waste water, the principal is, the more
water you use the more water you waste, so people have become wise and the taps
flow only when it is absolutely necessary. It is mostly when it hurts the
pockets that people are forced to think.

 

The garden pit is a good idea.

 

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 Remo: Why should we sign our souls to blood-sucking record cos?
 
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ought to think out of the box," says Goa's star musician, Remo
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 Lillian DCosta | For the Love of Football
 
 Football is in the blood of every Goan and the high that comes only
with this racy sport can be seen as people gather at their village
grounds every other day. Some of these football fields are mere
flattened paddy fields, but the thrill of watching the ball race
around can be got just about anywhere if you�re a Goan. Read More


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 Freddy Fernandes | Zulpea Xett: A natural turf goes under
 Zulpea Xett" in Cuncolim has been a natural storm-water drain as
well as a beautiful natural turf for youngsters in Cuncolim to hone in
on their sporting skills. Today, as a powerful lobby has filled up the
field, there could be dangerous repercussions. Read More


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 Navelim-Sinquetim bridge issue heats up
 That the Navelim-Sinquetim bridge issue is heating up could be seen
by the fact that the PWD Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao himself spoke
to the media in support of it today. And that too at the Collectors
office and along with panchas who are apparently supporting the bridge
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We pray that her noble soul may rest in eternal peace and extend our heartfelt 
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Re: [Goanet] POP... it's the Panjim Open Philharmonic Orchestra

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This is fantastic. Keep you the good work. Only wish I was in Goa to enjoy.Good 
luck 
and all the best for a successful performance.


--- On Tue, 13/10/09, Frederick Noronha wrote:

  POP goes Panjim ...

  You could call it an audacious dream -- giving Panjim the
  status that only few cities have, that of having a
  philharmonic orchestra. But the venture is still in its early
  stages, and it fuelled purely by enthusiasm (no big bucks).


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[Goanet] Usgao Police Action on anti-mining protestors condemned

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Goa Federation of Mines Affected People (GOAMAP) strongly condemns police 
action on people protesting against transportation of ore from Sesa Goa mining 
company in Usgao, Ponda on 12th October 2009.

Usgao villagers had created blockade of transportation of mining trucks plying 
from British corporate Vedanta owned Sesa Goa mine at Condli for one week 
before Police action was enforced arresting 157 protestors.

Few centuries ago one British company known as ‘East India Company’ entered 
India for business and ended up ruling the country. Today another British 
company known as ‘Vedanta’ has purchased Sesa Goa and Dempo mining companies 
and already using Goa Police to clear roads for itself.

GOAMAP urges Goa Government not to use public-funded Goa police force to defend 
private interests of any of the mining companies in Goa. 
 
Sebastian Rodrigues
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[Goanet] Potential disasters in Goa : My article in Herald today

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Naguesh writes:
>I believe Japan has been using these technology for years to get rid of >their 
>garbage
>and generate electricity.
>http://discovermagazine.com/2007/may/the-ultimate-garbage-disposal

Where Japan ? Wait a minute: Next what you will hear is that the delegation of 
Goan MLAs, ministers are off to Japan to study how well they have solved the 
garbage disposal problem.

regards,
Samir







  

[Goanet] Flood victim to Guv, what's the use of spending money on your visit to Canacona?

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Flood victim to Guv, what's the use of spending money 
on your visit to Canacona?
 
There is a lot of truth in this man’s talk
 
Believe me or not, I too wanted to write a few lines on 
yesterday’s Governor’ visit to Canacona.
 
A visit, at whose cost?
 
Transport alone cost me about Rs.2,500 on my yeterday’s visit.
It was a non-ac taxi, covering around 250 kms of mileage (to and fro)
 
Imagine, how much the Guv’s visit must have cost. you and me?
There were in all 10 vehicles plus one Fire brigade and an ambulance.
 
There is a lot to be learnt from this video (NT).
Including the security issues.
Check how the guys were trying to stop the man but 
could not in front of camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVJoWQikeMA
 
The man even asked the Guv, 
what is the point of you coming here spending 
a  lot of money on transport etc?
We don’t even have a house to live nor  have any clothing etc
We know we will get help but when? After our death?
 
The man or the victim appears to have a good knowledge of
 Hindi and English e.g. ‘Colleagues’, ‘What is there?’ etc
 
The man got Rs,10,000 form Guv’s pocket
 
All this in front  of a media Camera..
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[Goanet] Crime on the rise in Goa

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Crime on the rise in Goa


Four dead bodies in forty eight hours, one male and three females, is this a
record of some sorts ? Crime is certainly on a steep rise in Goa, and the
lethargic attitude of our men in uniform does not warrant any hope that, things
will turn around for the better, in the minds of the general public. Just on the
heels of the Mahanand saga, more suspected murders are reported by the day, and
the men in uniform do not seem to have a clue, lost as ever before, which gives
rise  to the one question, should the general public be concerned about their
safety ? Have we any faith left in our men in uniform ? 

 

It is very disturbing to note that the list of unsolved murders is ever
increasing by the day and it won't be long before some one from our own family
becomes the victim and are faced with dilemma of holding the ever growing tiger
by it's tail. It is not very clear to figure out, if the murderers are far too
clever than our police to leave any clues behind  or our men in uniform too dumb
to see the clues that are left around. 

 

Mahanand went on a killing spree for more than ten years killing 16 women, could
be more and yet the police did not catch him, it was only when his girlfriend
lodged a complaint of physical harassment and blackmail that the "Pandora's Box"
was opened, other wise the killing spree would have surely continued and our men
in uniform would have been "none the wiser".

 

People who are fighting for their rights and against the atrocities of the
miners and builders, are at once taken in to custody, intimidated, harassed and
even threatened with encounter deaths, so how come our elite local  "Gestapo"
come "a cropper short" when it comes to solving crimes like murder and theft ?
Food for thought isn't it ?

 

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[Goanet] No Question Of Returning Mother Teresa ’s Remains To Albania: Indian Govt. (SARNe ws)

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No Question Of Returning Mother Teresa’s Remains To Albania: Indian Govt.

By SAR NEWS

NEW DELHI (SAR NEWS) – With Albania, the country of origin of Mother
Teresa, clamouring for the saint’s mortal remains to be returned to
it, India October 13 rejected the demand saying Teresa was an Indian
citizen.

According to media reports, an official of the external affairs
ministry said Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and there was no
question of returning her remains to Albania, the country where ‘the
saint of the gutters’ was born August 26, 1910.

“Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen. There is nothing more to be
said,” the Indo-Asian News Service cited the official as saying.

The decision was expectedly widely welcomed by the people across India
where the Nobel Prize winner spent her life working for the welfare of
the poor and tending to the abandoned sick and dying, mainly in the
City of Kolkata.

Welcoming India’s decision, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India
(CBCI) said the Church would want her remains to be in the country.
“The Catholic Church gladly welcomes the response of the external
affairs ministry that Mother Teresa was fully an Indian citizen. We
would want her remains to be in India,” said CBCI spokesman, Divine
Word Father Babu Joseph.

“Mother Teresa had all through her life and activities built a strong
bond with all sections of Indian society and she is respected by all
in the country. And this was the filial relationship between the
Mother and Indians, which cannot be overlooked.”

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s government had on October 10
asked India to return the mortal remains of the Roman Catholic nun by
the 100th anniversary of her birth in August next year.

Berisha had also said, according to media reports, that Albania has
started negotiations with the Indian government, which “will be
intensified this year”.

MoC yet to receive request: Meanwhile, The Missionaries of Charity
(MoC) congregation, founded by Mother Teresa, said October 11 that it
had not received any request from any quarter for transfer of the
saint’s remains to Albania.

Salesian priest Father Robin Gomes, who ministers to the nuns in the
Auxilium Parish in Kolkata, said: “Unless we receive any specific
request from any quarter in this regard, we cannot comment.”

He said the MoC headquarters in Kolkata would not probably agree to
any request for transfer of Mother Teresa’s remains outside of her
tomb, which is situated in a room on the ground floor of the Mother
House in Kolkata. “It will not be fair to remove her remains from
there,” Gomes said.

Re: [Goanet] Looking for a good ENT specialist and Homeopath in Goa.

[Alfred de Tavares]

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ENT...I would recomend Dr. Egipsy.

Leaves up on the Monte de Margao, along the road
named after his father, Bengt Egipsy.

After Bengt's death I think he runs the hospital, Casa de
Saude, the Holy Spirit Church square.


Homeopath...apply to Drs Heble, Fredrick Noronha/Rico

Alfred de Tavares,
Stockholm...
  
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Re: [Goanet] Village Tinto Bugle: Remo on his New Media music strategies

[Alfred de Tavares]

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> To: goa...@goanet.org
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:01:37 -0600
> From: thed...@villagetinto.in
> Subject: [Goanet] Village Tinto Bugle: Remo on his New Media music strategies
> 


Just an unofficioussugestion...

Why not put an accent on 'o'...Tintó...

Otherwisesome NRGs might ask local vintners, like Clinton's 
Dear Papá, Mr Váz, for a bottle of Village Tinto (Appelation Controlé)

Or, Village Tintó Cornetor even better...Village Tintó Pemprempém...

Old Alfredwith worthwhile silly ideas...
  
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[Goanet] Garbage disposal

[Bernice Pereira]

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Good idea Freddy!!! Only when it pinches will it hurt.  If gentle 
persuasion/educating citizens into proper garbage disposals  does not work what 
you say is the only alternative.



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[sharondesa]

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Does anyone have any memories of Felix D'Sa, who was a policeman in Mombasa? He 
lived there until the early sixties before moving to Goa and then to the Uk in 
1983. 



Thanks

[Goanet] On Cluttered Ballots of India, Families Proliferate - NYTimes.com

[Ruby Goes]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/world/asia/12india.html?ref=asia&pagewante
d=all

Goanetters,

Yuck. How counter-productive this kind of politics!

rubygoes

[Goanet] Goa news for October 15, 2009

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Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Dad relives awful trauma of baby son's short life -
WalesOnline
broad/NRI-gets-16-pounds-in-out-of-court-settlement/articleshow/5123414.cms&usg=AFQjCNEU0GU1grw06Nv0v3W89xZHPD-KsA">NRI
gets 16 pounds in out of court settlement
http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/10/14/dad-relives-awful-trauma-of-baby-son-s-short-life-91466-24923524/&usg=AFQjCNE51cdXj7H99vhfg8drl5tHHc7VnA

*** Autopsy of 3 women's body in Goa confirms murder - Press
Trust of India
vrOs4bVqBuzPQ">Serial murder stench in Goa
http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/331875_Autopsy-of-3-women-s-body-in-Goa-confirms-murder&usg=AFQjCNFHIUZR9JABlKAg9ue9l922OVFr5A

*** Goa pollution control board's powers curtailed - Times of
India
ollution-control-boards-power-curtailed_1298442&usg=AFQjCNF67KJ3arluSkQQklEufuQmegY1kg">State
pollution control boards power curtailed
http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Goa-pollution-control-boards-powers-curtailed-/articleshow/5120128.cms&usg=AFQjCNH3BCEBFYBwm9n12jydbbBG0HM4bg

*** Crime: Satyam exec killed;serial killings in Goa - MSN
India
mployee-strangled-to-death/articleshow/5122002.cms&usg=AFQjCNE0ST5GHmDSdcnjPanWKVR-vlnNdA">Satyam
employee strangled to death
http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://news.in.msn.com/crimefile/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3259358&usg=AFQjCNF14elh2EBnWdGuhow-Hfiinr0LaA

*** Dental crowns in India at Goa and Kerala with Christmas
discounts for ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
nside.com (Pressemitteilung)2009-10-14 14:26:45 - For those who
have teeth that are badly damaged, dental crowns in India at Goa
and Kerala can be an effective treatment option. ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.pr-inside.com/dental-crowns-in-india-at-goa-r1528031.htm&usg=AFQjCNELNq42iKWEbXL8GK14UEs09weXBA

*** Central team to visit Goa to assess flood damage - Press
Trust of India
ess Trust of IndiaPanaji, Oct 14 (PTI) A Central team led by
joint secretary (home) will visit Goa to assess the damage
caused due to floods at Canacona taluka. ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/331792_Central-team-to-visit-Goa-to-assess-flood-damage&usg=AFQjCNHFlVOGUg4P-wEzfMscNc_KLSaNwA

*** Hop Onto A Mobile School To Help Slum Children In Goa With
i-to-i - PRLog.Org (press release)
o-i's brand new trip in the stunning Indian state of Goa,
volunteers help bring education to gorgeous kids who desperately
need it, and still have ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.prlog.org/10375554-hop-onto-mobile-school-to-help-slum-children-in-goa-with-itoi.html&usg=AFQjCNHzGDiuy23MoRafga8mzXA9rTlo4A

*** Special teams to probe Goa homicides - Deccan Herald
ccan HeraldThe Goa government has constituted special police
teams to investigate the series of unnatural deaths after 10
bodies were recovered in a span of three days ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/30634/special-teams-probe-goa-homicides.html&usg=AFQjCNF56DcfJ5e0-O5XLoJEgULsSg2rkw

*** Sensex up 189 pts; Sterlite, Sesa Goa sparkle @ 14:20 hrs -
Sify
fyWith several large, medium and small cap stocks trading firm
on sustained buying support, the market remains high up in the
positive territory this ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?a=jkoo3uchieb&title=Sensex_up_189_pts%3B_Sterlite%2C_Sesa_Goa_sparkle_%40_14%3A20_hrs&usg=AFQjCNFlKBaVyjz1oxsu_F1hFDhb2ejAig

*** 300 management students stranded without degrees in Goa -
Economic Times
ade to enable undergraduate ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Education/300-management-students-stranded-without-degrees-in-Goa/articleshow/5118546.cms&usg=AFQjCNF1E0Zqu7_NbYt1O4HuMPuYfr-sNg


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[Goanet] Press Note - TAG to preserve Tiatr Literature

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Tiatr Academy Goa

Panjim



PRESS NOTE for favour of publication

TAG to preserve Tiatr Literature

Tiatr Academy Goa (TAG) has observed that although thousands of tiatr scripts 
are 
written and staged, there are very few tiatr scripts published in the book 
form. TAG 
intends to preserve tiatr literature for posterity. This can be done by 
publishing 
books of scripts of Tiatrs, One Act Plays and  Lyrics of songs, with or without 
music scores. TAG, therefore will publish books of tiatr scripts, lyrics of 
songs, 
one act plays, etc in book form. Interested script writers and lyricists  are 
requested to send three copies each of the scripts of tiatr or lyrics of songs 
to 
TAG on or before 15th November, 2009.



  Promotion of Tiatr music

   The TAG has observed that the number of musicians playing blowing 
instruments 
such as Trumpet and Saxphone is decreasing day by day and that these two 
instruments 
are very important in the music of the Tiatr. In view of this the TAG has 
formulated 
a scheme to encourage youth and others to learn to play blowing instruments 
particularly Trumpet and Saxphone by providing them with financial assistance.

 Documentation of the history of Tiatr

 TAG felt that there is an urgent need to document the history of Goan 
Tiatr. It 
was also strongly felt that priority must be given to oral documentation with 
the 
help of old Tiatr artistes who are still living.

Hence TAG has decided to document the history and experiences in the field of 
Tiatr 
by interviewing old artistes of Tiatr which includes writers, directors, 
actors, 
singers, musicians, persons involved in stage setting, light effects, 
background 
music, etc. etc. DVDs.   It was also resolved to document the history of tiatr 
by 
publishing books on history,  critical appreciation and on any other  topics 
related 
to Tiatr, its song and music.



 Persons interested in taking up the work of documentation may contact the 
Member Secretary of TAG on phone number 9823375530 or the President on phone 
no. 
9822170102



Tomazinho Cardozo

President TAG

[Goanet] Narkasur - The Prince of Darkness

[Rajan P. Parrikar]

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To Goanet -

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Regards,


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[Goanet] Congrats, Carmen Miranda!

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Congratulations to Goanetter Carmen Miranda on this honour:
http://www.environmentaljournalists.org/Carmen_Miranda_of_India.htm

INTERNATIONAL GREEN PEN AWARD WINNER - 2009
Carmen Miranda - UK

As Director of the Asia Regional programme of Panos Institute in the
90s, she was responsible for developing, designing  and executing a
series of dynamic and creative training programmes and fellowships for
journalists in South Asia and Indonesia to create awareness and
encourage reporting on environmental issues. The programmes were also
designed to promote regional exchange of information on the
environment, cooperation and understanding and to identify common
regional environmental concerns such as the issue of water for
example, which was covered extensively and from different perspectives
across the region through Panos fellowship programmes. So many of the
Panos Fellowships involved travelling to and reporting from
neighbouring countries creating a network and valuable links among
environmental journalists in the region.
Having travelled extensively across the region, she quickly became
aware of the fact that there were vast differences in terms of need
for extra training in some of the countries compared to others, and
proceeded to provide what she found  necessary to raise standards,
while also regularly lobbied the editors of the main newspapers in
South Asia to give space to environment reports.
Carmen Miranda also keen to find new undiscovered talent in aspiring
young journalists, and give them a fair chance to prove their
abilities. As a result, through competitions for fellowships she
developed especially in Bangladesh and Nepal in cooperation with the
Bangladesh and Nepal Press Institutes a whole new young generation of
talented journalists, both male and female were discovered and trained
to report on the environment.
Carmen Miranda worked closely with Press Institutes in Nepal,
Bangladesh and Indonesia, helping to develop the skills of a large
group of journalists who as a result dedicated themselves to reporting
on environment and sustainable development issues; she pioneered the
first environmental journalism training programme for women in Nepal
and Bangladesh, which for the first time put women in those countries
in equal position to compete with their male colleagues for Panos
fellowships. Senior female journalists from India and Sri Lanka gave
the training courses and were role models.
She expanded environmental reporting from English into 14 vernacular
languages across the region and enabled the production of monthly wall
newspapers for villagers in several countries. Convinced All India
Radio to participate in Panos workshops on environmental reporting,
and as a result, radio producers from across  India took part in
ground breaking workshops in which for the first time ever two major
forces working in parallel (All India Radio and environmental NGOs)
met and cooperated for the first time.Carmen Miranda did similar
exercises in Indonesia and Pakistan and organised and led the first
ever group of 24 senior environmental journalists and water experts
from Nepal, India and Bangladesh in a journey down the Ganges up to
the Bay of Bengal , to investigate the environmental and water sharing
conflicts between those 3 countries. In 1994 with the help of a Ford
Foundation Fellowship, She launched a journalistic investigation of
the Flood Action Plan in Bangladesh involving 14 local journalists
that resulted in the influential book Rivers of Life, published by
Panos and BCAS which changed the course of that mega project. Carmen
Miranda  initiated the decentralization process of Panos, which
culminated in the establishment of the first Panos South Asia in
Kathmandu.
Born in Goa, India in 1943, Carmen Miranda studied in the UK and  a
Master of Arts (M.A.) in International Communications and Development,
City University, London, UK 1997 and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Art
and Design (Graphic Design), Ravensbourne College of Art and Design,
Kent, UK 1971.
Carmen Miranda an unusual and varied carrier in the communications
field that expanded into 10  countries (6 in Asia and 3 in Africa and
UK) and that ranged from an award winner designer,  to TV documentary
making, to  university lecturer in UK on International Communications
and Development, and  Brand Consultancy at Wolff Olins, which is
recognised as the most influential international brand consultancy, to
working as an interpreter for asylum seekers from war thorn countries
in Africa with London's  Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and  Barnet
and so on. In early 70s afte

[Goanet] Alvito D'Cunha To Play Himself In A Tollywood Movie 'Aakashchua'

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Alvito D'Cunha To Play Himself In A Tollywood Movie
Alvito shall show his skills on a different stage altogether...

Alvito of East Bengal and Actress Rituparna Sengupta
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The brand ambassador for East Bengal shall now make an appearance on the big 
screen 
in a Bengalli movie where he would play himself. Alvito D'Cunha has been 
approached 
by a Tollywood director to make a special appearance in the movie called 
'Aakashchua' 
which means to touch the sky.

"I have three scenes in the movie. Rituparna Sengupta is the lead actress and 
another new heroine is also part of the group," said Alvito excitedly.

The Goan star was approached by the director, S.Chakrabarty following his 
return 
from the pre-season camp at Jagannath Puri.

"Since the muhurat (auspicious time for a start) was on Monday, the news 
finally 
came out. I was supposed to have my scenes in this week but since the ground 
isn't 
green at this point, we shall shoot sometime in the next month."

Alvito isn't new to acting as he has acted in several one act plays in his 
hometown 
during festivals.

"I love acting and always would participate in plays during Christmas and other 
festivals for the Church. I hope everything goes well."

The former Salgaocar player is pleased with his form and was relieved after 
scoring 
a goal with his right foot.

"I scored in the ASEAN Cup final with my right foot. The goal in Mumbai against 
Mahindra United was great as it came at a time when criticism was heavy. If I 
can 
score with my weaker foot, for sure I can with my stronger one," said the 
optimistic 
winger.

Alvito has the opportunity to star for his club when they take on arch rivals 
Mohun 
Bagan on the 25th of this month.

Rahul Bali.
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[Goanet] Several Requests to JoeGoaUK ! Can you show us "LOJE OKOL" on U-TUBE. It's a real Goan wonder plant!

[Silviano Barbosa]

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1) I don't know if I missed the photo of this plant "Loje Vokol" from JoeGoaUK. 
This tickle-me plant whose botanical name is "Mimosa Pudica" is a real 
entertainer for our foreigner kids' eyes.
If not, could you please look around for this plant (voie-cher ou durgar asta 
ti).
In Goa today's kids don't think too much of it, but when our kids were small 
and visited Goa, it was a great hit with them.
It would be a pleasure to see our very Goan wild plant making "chamatkar" on 
U-Tube.
Dolleank tel laun vatt polletam!
2) After you are done with this project, please  show us "Haskulle bottam" and 
use real people including you to demonstrate its effects on human skin! 
3) Still later if you have the time, show us Ponnsa-Pank in a kotti and then 
wrap it around a long boddi to catch kirantteo.
4) Then show us a ponssa panna viddi
5) Then put some bangddeam antam in a ponnsa shenot and roast it in hot gobor 
(ash).

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[Goanet] On the Thomas Stephens trail...

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Thomas Stephens: Asiatic Society, Mumbai, and XCHR, Porvorim

Yesterday I was in Fort, Mumbai, and took the chance to visit the
Asiatic Society of Bombay (formerly the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay
Chapter) and the Public Library adjacent to it.

In both libraries I found A.K. Priolkar's, The Printing Press in
India, with its English translation of J.H. da Cunha Rivara's History
of the Konkani language. Unfortunately, and very disappointingly,
Theophilus Lobo, who translated this essay from the original
Portuguese, thought it fit not to reproduce the essay in its entirety.
So while the Censures and Licences are mentioned, the complete texts
of these - and J.L. Saldanha says he got these texts from da Cunha
Rivara's essays - are not given. Which is a real pity. Now we will
have to find the Portuguese original. Which I suppose should be either
at the Heras Institute, St Xavier's College, Mumbai, or else at the
Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Porvorim, or at the Central
Library, Panjim.

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[Goanet] 10 women found dead!

[Samir Kelekar]

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/city/goa/Killers-on-the-prowl-Cops-in-tizzy/articleshow/5125895.cms


samir



  

[Goanet] The Butterfly City

[Rajiv Desai]

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Ahmedabad Journal


The Butterfly City

Late on a moonlit night, Ashish and his wife Nicole, my niece, drove me along 
the 
newly-built embankment on Ahmedabad's Sabarmati River. Flowing north to south, 
the 
river roughly divides the old city with its rich tradition and heritage 
architecture 
and the modern suburban development on its west side. As we drove along the 
river's 
edge, I marveled at the sheer beauty of the waterway in full flow. I lived in 
the 
city for three years in the 1960s and my parents made their home there. So I 
have a 
proprietary hometown interest.

When I lived in Ahmedabad, the Sabarmati held no water. Its banks were 
slum-ridden. 
In the middle, you had these wonderful sights of people drying their colorful 
clothes and donkeys laden with sand to fuel the furious building activity on 
the 
west side of the river. Every now and then, the river would become flooded as 
the 
barrages upstream released water in the monsoon. By and large though, the river 
ran 
dry and the many bridges across it seemed pointless.

All that changed in May 1997. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation 
was 
set up under the stewardship of then chief minister Shankarsinh Vaghela to 
develop a 
plan for the riverfront. Twelve years later, Vaghela's dream is taking shape. 
The 
river is full now, fed by the water of the Narmada Dam. When the project is 
completed, Ahmedabad will join Goa's capital city Panjim as the only other 
riverside 
city in India to develop its waterfront.

The riverfront development in Ahmedabad is a huge and sophisticated urban 
renewal 
project. When it is complete, it will transform this city that is already fond 
of 
the good life. Traditionally known for its parsimonious ways, Ahmedabad has 
changed 
over the years to become possibly the most global city in India; not because of 
multinational firms as in Gurgaon but mostly because it has a huge connection 
to the 
US, where many of its denizens reside. This least Western city in India is 
curiously 
its most American city.

As such, Ahmedabad is truly egalitarian. On a recent flight from Bombay, I 
bumped 
into my friend Sanjay Lalbhai, scion of the city's illustrious Lalbhai family 
and 
the head of Arvind Mills, traveling with me on an all-cattle-class Jet Konnect 
flight. His family is, among other things, a benefactor of the city's famed 
Indian 
Institute of Management and the renowned CEPT University.

In an India of new and in-your-face wealth, Sanjay remains an icon of 
understated 
old wealth: unassuming and courteous, wedded to larger development causes such 
as 
higher education. He does this not as part of some PR-driven corporate social 
responsibility program; he is convinced, like his forebears, that a 
publicly-traded 
corporation has a duty to the community.

People like Sanjay and a relatively enlightened bureaucracy have transformed 
Ahmedabad from a moffusil place into India's most dynamic city: its new Bus 
Rapid 
Transit System makes its Delhi counterpart look like a third-world system; the 
city's 
airport, roads and its smooth power supply make it closer to global standards 
than 
any other city in India.

Historically, the laughing stock of India's western provinces, Ahmedabad today 
is 
the face of new India. Never mind Bombay, people commended even Surat, Baroda 
and 
Poona over Ahmedabad. But the city will have the last laugh. It is set to 
emerge, 
with its mixture of schlock and exquisite architecture, superb infrastructure 
and 
thriving consumerism, as India's premier city in the 21st century.

This does not mean that Ahmedabad is suddenly a pretty city; far from it. Flat, 
featureless and dusty, it grew privately. Builders from the north transformed 
this 
once genteel city into a treeless monstrosity of ugly multistory buildings. 
Over the 
years, conscientious civic authorities decided to take the city back. So you 
have 
this unusual combination of ugly private buildings, superb public architecture 
and 
now, sophisticated public spaces with a well-designed bus rapid transit 
corridor and 
a cleverly designed ring road with flyovers that work.

The expressway that links Ahmedabad to Baroda is a marvelous piece of road 
engineering that makes the Delhi-Gurgaon highway look like a country road in 
Burkina 
Faso. It runs about 100 kilometers, a distance that can be traversed in 55 
minutes. 
The city's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel airport makes the

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Heartiest congratulations to you, Carmen! Keep on with the good work.
Regards,
Victor

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Subject: [Goanet] Congrats, Carmen Miranda!
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Congratulations to Goanetter Carmen Miranda on this honour:
http://www.environmentaljournalists.org/Carmen_Miranda_of_India.htm

INTERNATIONAL GREEN PEN AWARD WINNER - 2009
Carmen Miranda - UK

As Director of the Asia Regional programme of Panos Institute in the
90s, she was responsible for developing, designing  and executing a
series of dynamic and creative training programmes and fellowships for
journalists in South Asia and Indonesia to create awareness and
encourage reporting on environmental issues. The programmes were also
designed to promote regional exchange of information on the
environment, cooperation and understanding and to identify common
regional environmental concerns such as the issue of water for
example, which was covered extensively and from different perspectives
across the region through Panos fellowship programmes. So many of the
Panos Fellowships involved travelling to and reporting from
neighbouring countries creating a network and valuable links among
environmental journalists in the region.
Having travelled extensively across the region, she quickly became
aware of the fact that there were vast differences in terms of need
for extra training in some of the countries compared to others, and
proceeded to provide what she found  necessary to raise standards,
while also regularly lobbied the editors of the main newspapers in
South Asia to give space to environment reports.
Carmen Miranda also keen to find new undiscovered talent in aspiring
young journalists, and give them a fair chance to prove their
abilities. As a result, through competitions for fellowships she
developed especially in Bangladesh and Nepal in cooperation with the
Bangladesh and Nepal Press Institutes a whole new young generation of
talented journalists, both male and female were discovered and trained
to report on the environment.
Carmen Miranda worked closely with Press Institutes in Nepal,
Bangladesh and Indonesia, helping to develop the skills of a large
group of journalists who as a result dedicated themselves to reporting
on environment and sustainable development issues; she pioneered the
first environmental journalism training programme for women in Nepal
and Bangladesh, which for the first time put women in those countries
in equal position to compete with their male colleagues for Panos
fellowships. Senior female journalists from India and Sri Lanka gave
the training courses and were role models.
She expanded environmental reporting from English into 14 vernacular
languages across the region and enabled the production of monthly wall
newspapers for villagers in several countries. Convinced All India
Radio to participate in Panos workshops on environmental reporting,
and as a result, radio producers from across  India took part in
ground breaking workshops in which for the first time ever two major
forces working in parallel (All India Radio and environmental NGOs)
met and cooperated for the first time.Carmen Miranda did similar
exercises in Indonesia and Pakistan and organised and led the first
ever group of 24 senior environmental journalists and water experts
from Nepal, India and Bangladesh in a journey down the Ganges up to
the Bay of Bengal , to investigate the environmental and water sharing
conflicts between those 3 countries. In 1994 with the help of a Ford
Foundation Fellowship, She launched a journalistic investigation of
the Flood Action Plan in Bangladesh involving 14 local journalists
that resulted in the influential book Rivers of Life, published by
Panos and BCAS which changed the course of that mega project. Carmen
Miranda  initiated the decentralization process of Panos, which
culminated in the establishment of the first Panos South Asia in
Kathmandu.
Born in Goa, India in 1943, Carmen Miranda studied in the UK and  a
Master of Arts (M.A.) in International Communications and Development,
City University, London, UK 1997 and Bachel

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[Goanet] Diwali: Celebrating Traditions for Cultural Integration

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As a little kid, I virtually grew up making effigies of the demon
“Narkasura” in the days leading up to Diwali. The tradition is hugely
popular in Goa, and more particularly in the streets of St. Inez where
I grew up. The tradition is unique to the whole of India. Every year,
we spend a few late nights on the roads, in our pursuit to get the
demon ready on time.

>From building the structure and stuffing him with hay to stitching of
sacks and painting and decoration, we take great pains to make the
effigy look ugly and menacing, and yet so very artistic and beautiful.
Our localities – like many others - are illuminated with attractive
glowing lights, giving the whole city a festive look. On the eve of
Diwali, almost every city resident comes out of his or her house to
witness the hundreds of “Narkasurs” displayed in the various nooks and
corners, thereby giving us our greatest satisfaction.

This is one occasion the children from the whole of the neighborhood
get – to meet each other, to spend some moments together, and have
great fun in the process. Joining us in our traditions are not just
other Hindu friends, but also Christians and Muslims. Along with a
Harish, a Shekhar or a Mayur, we also have a Tony, a Rafael or an
Abdul. The tradition, in all its glory, has thus become the
cornerstone of secularism, an occasion where the young and the old,
the boys and the girls, the rich and the poor, from different castes,
states and religions, meet, joining hands with one another, sharing in
each others joys and happiness. What a wonderful sign for communal
harmony.

"Unity in Diversity" has been the distinctive feature of our Indian
culture. We are a land of variety. Our Country is like a whole
continent; with so many lifestyles, so many languages, so many
different cultures and traditions. To use Mark Twain’s words, “India
is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the
mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand
mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials
in the history of man are treasured up in India only!”

However, there are many challenges that lie before India today. Our
Country is slowly and steadily being torn apart by vested interests,
by political and religious figures in their predatory pursuit for
power. Today, we are witnessing so many riots and so many instances of
communal strife, violence and tension.

The Country can learn lessons from Goa. If the Christians in Goa
celebrate Diwali and Holi with the Hindus, the Hindus celebrate
Carnival and Christmas with them. The communities together celebrate
Id. In a world so divided on ethnic and religious grounds, one way to
eliminate these divisions is to participate in each others cultures,
festivals and traditions. In Goa, there is a complete cultural
integration and thanks to practices like these, we are now the perfect
illustration of peace and harmony.

The land of ‘Unity in diversity’ must go back to its basics and learn
from such benchmarks.   If our Countrymen, so diverse, could fight the
battle for freedom unitedly, there is no reason why we cannot stay
united again to transform India into a World Superpower!

May we be inspired by the Festival of Lights so that, in the true
spirits of the festival, good triumphs over Evil.

A happy Diwali to one and all!

Cheers
Sandeep Heble

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Upcoming programmes :: Kala Academy

Oct 18-27: Creative Minds, Delhi exhibition at Darya Sangam
Oct 18 am: Tiatr 'Maim Putank Taegdent Zokhta' Milagres Gonsalves
Oct 18   : Tiatr 'Tu Amka Visorlo', Anthony Sylvester, 3.30pm
Oct 18   : Tiatr 'Denvti'. Sandeep Ambe. 7.30 pm
Oct 19   : Tiatr 'Mahanand Naik Munis vo Saithan' 7.30 pm
Oct 19   : Westenders. By Wiz Creations. 7.30 pm
Oct 20   : Sesa Goa Limited, meeting 10 am to 2 pm
Oct 20   : Konkani drama contest: 'Baail Nataa Ghov Ratta' 7 pm
Oct 20   : Samraat Club musical programme 6 pm
Oct 20   : Shivaji M Shet, painting exhibition 10 am to 7.30pm
Oct 21   : Konkani drama contest: 'Sorry Rong Number' 7 pm
Oct 21   : Shivaji M Shet, painting exhibition 10 am to 7.30pm
Oct 22   : Konkani drama contest 'Mr Anandi Gopal' 7 pm
Oct 22   : Shivaji M Shet, painting exhibition 10 am to 7.30pm
Oct 23   : Konkani drama contest 'Right to Vote' 7 pm
Oct 23   : Cantaram Competition Rehearsal whole day, black box
Oct 23   : Creative Minds, Delhi, cultural programme 5 to 9 pm
Oct 23   : Shivaji M Shet, painting exhibition 10 am to 7.30pm
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