[Goanet-News] NEWS-PRIORITY: Blast triggers panic in Margao (Herald)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=28721cid=10 Blast triggers panic in Margao HERALD REPORTER Sanathan activist killed, another injured; CM reviews security MARGAO, OCT 16 Panic gripped the State’s commercial capital after a blast went off in a scooter (GA 05 A 7800) behind the Grace Church, at 9.45 pm on Friday after the rider lost balance of the vehicle. The rider and the pillion were grievously injured in the blast, one of whom later died in GMC, Bambolim. The injured were stated to be members of a right wing Hindu group linked to Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh. The two injured were identified as Mulgunda Patil and Yogesh Naik of Sanathan Sangsthan, a right wing Hindu outfit linked to Pragya Singh, police sources said. The scooter belonged to Nishad Bhakle, also a Sanathan activist who said that he had sold the vehicle to Mulgunda. A senior police official informed that the two injured were following an effigy of a narkarsur which was coming down the Grace Chuch road from Gayling, when the duo lost balance at the incident spot, causing the blast. Police have recovered a battery and wires from the accident spot. Patil and Naik, who suffered multiple injuries, were immediately rushed to Hospicio and were later shifted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim. They suffered extensive injuries on the lower part of their body. Patil succumbed to his injuries in Goa Medical College late tonight, DySP Umesh Gaonkar said. The injured are natives of Maharashtra, disclosed Superintendent of Police South Allan De Sa. The explosion ripped open the scooter’s dickey. The impact was so great that the glass panes of two other vehicles parked nearby were damaged, besides shattering the windows of adjoining building premises. The loud sound could be heard near the Margao Municipal square where the Narkarsur competition was on. The incident occurred at around 9.45 pm when the city was playing host to the main Narkasur competition near the Margao Municipal square –barely 100 meters away from the blast site. Realisation dawned on the people that the loud sound was that of a scooter blast, after they saw the two injured soaked in blood seeking assistance. As news spread in the city, Margao police – who were doing bandobast duty at the Margao Municipal square – rushed to the venue and cordoned off the entire road from Syndicate Bank to Apan bazaar building. As the police could not comment whether it was a bomb explosion or a low intensity gelatine blast, the services of a bomb disposal squad was requisitioned to probe into the exact nature of the devise that cause the blast. A bomb sniffer dog squad was also pressed into service to obtain clues from the spot. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Fatorda MLA Damu Naik and Superintendent of Police, South Allan De Sa reached the spot and after taking stock of the situation proceeded to Hospicio to inquire about the condition of the injured. Kamat was seen at the hospital till the injured duo was shifted to the GMC. He issued directions to the GMC to see that they make arrangements for the duo in the ICU. Later informally speaking to newsmen, SP De Sa said he could not say whether the incident was a bomb blast or an ordinary scooter blast as that has to be investigated by the experts. “At this stage, you cannot say it was a bomb blast. The damage to the two-wheeler was not so severe”, he added. “Going by the nature of the injuries sustained by the duo, especially on the lower part of the body, it looks like they were sitting on the scooter when the blast took place,” he added. As the police continued their investigations at the blast site, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was huddled with senior police officials at the Margao police headquarters, reviewing the law and order situation in the State. When contacted by Herald at 12.10 am on Saturday, Kamat said the meeting reviewed the security situation in the state, but made it quite clear that it was too early to comment whether it was terrorist act or whether it was a bomb or gelatine blast. “No doubt, the Goa police had made all arrangements in the state. But, with the blast, I have told the police to take additional precautions”, he said, adding that the police has beefed up security across the state, with instructions to tighten security at the border check posts. The meeting took into account that the blast has come at a time when thousands of people converge in the city late in the evenings for the Narkasura competitions. “The police are yet to ascertain whether the blast was triggered by a bomb or a
[Goanet] To Silviano -Rechad Bangddo, xemplo, modlo, bolluk, tefllam koddi, lepam koddi, ukddem xit, ambott-tik, tisrio-sukem etc
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Rechad Bangddo, xemplo, modlo, bolluk, tefllam koddi, lepam koddi, ukddem xit, talkillo, chinvram, ambott-tik, tisrio-sukem etc Ukllem xit http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3983771264/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3370336214/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2366543327/ Bangddea xempllo http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3548765692/ modlo and xempdo http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3183917655/ keep the ‘bolluk’ or bodduk for you and the rest of me http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3421098734/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3383100111/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2931738227/sizes/l/ Moriechem ambott-tik visorlo? Hobodda lagota. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2810667674/sizes/l/ - O, Tisrio addleai ghe Keshi dileai ghe - char annean poll bai http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3530035955/ - O, Nustem al-ghe.. Keso nustem ghe? - Lepo bai http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3498899594/ next day.. Aiz keso nustem ghe? - Barkem korbott bai http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3448244280/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3427099260/ My favourite http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3371448526/ Paro http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2639093412/ tefllam coddi but you can’t see the Tefllam in the curry here We call it Chepllam , some call it tirfollam Chepllam -Raw http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/241091342/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3447415033/ others related to query/post chivram? (hansalle, chumvari) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/473070904/sizes/o/ Tallkillo, tero etc http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/191802836/sizes/o/ Bon Appétit the abv in response to Silviano http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-October/184546.html 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 From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
[Goanet] Daily Grook #545
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible DAILY GROOK #545 SAID INSTEAD by Francis Rodrigues official statement says no more bread, we must now lament - thats what was sad! http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com === sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great Konkani pop hits GOA: PEDRO FERNANDES: Tel.2226642 FURTADOS: Tel.2223278 === http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119017685910 _ New: Messenger sign-in on the MSN homepage http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677403
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (16Oct09)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible *** Fear Looms - 10 Murders in 2 days *** Top Cop: Goa is the Safest State. 'They' dare not Attack Peoples Reps or the Cops To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Wake up Sid....oops Parrikar
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Promises made are not meant to be broken! In his over-obsession to get the “IFFI” infrastructure ready in a jiffy, the then CM Manohar Parrikar took many unwise decisions. One such disastrous decision was to demolish the Campal Football Stadium, to host the opening and closing ceremonies for the Katrinas, the Priyankas, Aishwaryas and all the other stars of the Tinsel Town. Never mind that the Football Stadium was once upon a time the ‘Pride of Panaji’. Never mind that the matches of the “Dayanand Bandodkar Cup”, a prestigious cup of the yesteryears, were hosted on this very ground. Never mind that Top Goan Teams like Dempos, Salgaocars and Vasco, locked horns here. Never mind that Top International Stars like “Salvatore Schillaci”, the winner of the Golden Boot at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, too played on this ground. Parrikar’s decision stirred a hornet’s nest. The Sports-loving residents of the city reacted furiously, their feathers ruffled, and Parrikar had to shelve the plans under pressure. However, the damage was done. The ground is in tatters now, used for Parking during exhibitions, shows and Film Festivals. It is true that the old stadium was in a dissipated condition but Parrikar had given a firm assurance to the city residents that he would build a bigger and better stadium there within a span of two years. That promise is still to see the light of the day and it’s been 5 years already. Of course, Parrikar alone should not be held responsible for the sorry state of this once beautiful ground today. He is no longer in power. The present Government too needs to be blamed. But Parrikar must remember that apart from being a Leader of the Opposition, he is also the city MLA. Promises made, are not meant to be broken. The people of the city have reposed their faith and trust in him, by electing him for a Fourth consecutive term. He must not let them down. He must impress upon the present Government and get the Digamber Kamat Ministry to give the city residents the beautiful stadium that they dream. A stadium where we can once again get to watch top class matches. A stadium where talented youngsters can nurture and harness their skills and talents. Where there is a will, there is a way. If the Government can spend Crores of rupees to build infrastructure for the Sports City in Dhargal, why can’t it mark some funds to rebuild the Campal Football Stadium? This is the least that needs to be done to give the sports lovers of the city something to cheer. If wishes were horses, beggars….it is said…would ride. Wake up Mr. Parrikar; please join us in our battle to get us our due rights! Help us to turn our wishes into reality. We need to ride too! Cheers Sandeep
[Goanet] Can Goa be a Sporting Superpower?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Can Goa be a Sporting Superpower? Goa has a vast potential to be a sporting “Superpower”. The immediate goal must be to excel at the National Arena, with long term ‘International’ targets. In order to achieve these goals and targets, the Government of Goa in particular and Goans in general must give a priority to the promotion of games and sports in schools. Parents must encourage their children to take up Sporting disciplines. Sports must be promoted as a lucrative Career option. Corporate houses must be roped in to bring in the money. If the State shows the will and the intent, other Sports too can become viable career options like cricket and Football. Here are a few other measures that need to be initiated to achieve the lofty goals: 1. The infrastructure for sports in Goa pales in comparison when you compare it with the infrastructure of other places such as Hyderabad, Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat, etc. The efforts to develop sports have so far been confined to urban areas, and the rural areas have, in the process, been neglected. Such disparities must end. 2. The Government has been found to be lacking in promoting sports in the State. The percentage of the people of Goa who actually play some sport or the other is very low. Various coaching and training schemes and incentives are being provided by both the State and the Central Government, but sadly these schemes do not percolate down to the masses. 3. Sports and physical education must be made an integral part of the curriculum; as a regular subject in schools and other similar educational institutions. Sports must be promoted as a lucrative Career option. Adequate incentives must be provided to those who excel in sports, so that more and more talented youngsters get attracted to this field. The Government needs to initiate steps to establish institutions such as sports universities, colleges, schools and hostels which lay special emphasis on identifying, nurturing and developing sports talent to its full potential, largely on the lines of its own sporting policy proposals. 4. We also need more “Non-Governmental Organizations to get involved in Sports and its promotion. We need more active clubs who will work hand-in-hand with Government bodies like the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) to organize more Tournaments, Coaching Camps, Professional Leagues, etc. 5. The mass-media is focusing sadly only on cricket and Football. But what about other sports? Why are they giving it step-motherly treatment? If we need to succeed in spreading and sustaining sports consciousness in all the nooks and corners of the State, then the mass-media has a big role to play. The State must provide incentives to the mass-media who give a good coverage to Sports. 6. The Sports Ministry must take a keener interest to make our Sports Associations more professional. The “Do-or-Die” culture must be brought in; the “Susegad” attitude needs to be weeded out. We need more transparency in our Associations. With measures like these, Goa can surely be one of the top “Sporting States” in the Country. While it is true that our achievements in sports, barring Football, have been negligible, it is also true that there is no dearth of talent in our State. Bhakti Kulkarni, Ivana Furtado, Natasha Palha, Talasha Prabhu are all young talented children. If a healthy atmosphere is created, if talent is spotted and nurtured, we can achieve a lot. With the National games in sight, the Sports Ministry needs to work on a war footing, so that Goa occupies one of the top slots at the National Games. Cheers, Sandeep
[Goanet] Evaporated Meanings
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Hi All, Evaporated Meanings went well, considering there were no reviews, it went beyond the beyond--well. An essay written on my behalf by Damian Fennell, gave visitors a sense of what drawing is; which added to their basic understanding of drawing as a form of expression. No works were sold (a few were not for sale), although I did have interest from buyers which did not pan out. Perhaps they felt that my pieces were not expensive enough! Th elarge majority of those who interacted with me were students, as what largely happened at Art in Action in the UK in 06. The range and depth of the works as well as how a drawing can appear as a painting drew a lot of interaction. I leave those deeper thoughts to the researchers. People saw metaphysical references, a lot of which perhaps having to do with an inability to take in an expression such as Evaporated Meaning, and furthermore only on account of seeing extreme abstraction through drawing (bordering in drawing) which has its own lyricism and an evolving vocabulary of mark-making. It became clear that such work has not been seen in India, and it pleased me that my journey is not devoid of some merit, considering my chosen path. I will be conducting more works this year, and am looking forward to having a lot to show in 2010/11, including printmaking. Evaporated Meanings: http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/sets/72157622591223326/ Details of works offered in Evaporated Meanings http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/sets/72157622594314494/ Those interested in the Damian Fennell's short essay, Drawing is Seeing, may contact me directly. venantius j pinto
Re: [Goanet] Comrade's Migration Theory
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: Finally, the douchebag's ejaculate is always topped off by a squeaky bout of foul wind-breaking about Hindutva/BJP/RSS and Shiv Sena. r, The language above is not that of a Goan. I don't know how you have sunk into this hellish place. Mervyn Lobo __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Re: [Goanet] Wake up Sid....oops Parrikar
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible I too have a personal sentimental value in the erstwhile Campal football stadium. Apart from being the spectator of the D.B. Cup matches (as a privileged young guest of one of the elite players (spin bowler), the then so called 'danger man of Kenya' Blaise D'Cunha, my immediate neighbour), I have played football matches there during my days at the St. Xaviers' College, Bastora. I have not forgiven Manohar Parrikar for the demolition of the stadium and the reasons for doing so. Perhaps I may live to forgive him if this stadium is rebuilt in the modern splendour that it deserves. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org - Original Message - From: Sandeep Heble sandeephe...@gmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:43 AM Subject: [Goanet] Wake up Sidoops Parrikar Promises made are not meant to be broken! In his over-obsession to get the “IFFI” infrastructure ready in a jiffy, the then CM Manohar Parrikar took many unwise decisions. One such disastrous decision was to demolish the Campal Football Stadium, to host the opening and closing ceremonies for the Katrinas, the Priyankas, Aishwaryas and all the other stars of the Tinsel Town. Never mind that the Football Stadium was once upon a time the ‘Pride of Panaji’. Never mind that the matches of the “Dayanand Bandodkar Cup”, a prestigious cup of the yesteryears, were hosted on this very ground. Never mind that Top Goan Teams like Dempos, Salgaocars and Vasco, locked horns here. Never mind that Top International Stars like “Salvatore Schillaci”, the winner of the Golden Boot at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, too played on this ground.
[Goanet] H1N1 Testing at Goa Airport
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Dear All, I have travelled through the Goa airport from an international boarding point at least twice since July 09. Incoming travellers are given a form to fill in with regards to travelling through or visiting countries affected with H1N1 virus. These forms are then just collected at the Goa airport and the passengers just pass by. I wonder how people affected with H1N1 are screened based on the piece of paper they are asked to fill in and submit. Or are these doctors just juniors / students at GMC, forced into manning the Airport counter just to satisfy the whims and fancies of some governement higher ups? One can see the frustrated look in the eyes of these doctors. There seems to be a lack of purpose in this excercise, which may be due to just do it attitude of the higher ups. Is there any benefit from this drill? The odd hours these doctors have to be at the airport is a torture - sometimes starting duty at 05:30AM for which they will have to leave their homes at least an hour or more depending on where they live from the airport. It is quite understandable if there is some benefit in the exercise, but if hardly anything is achieved, it is better to stop the same and make use of the doctors' abilities to the benefit of all Goans in the right places. The decision makers have to make the right decisions, not just do something for doing sake purposelessly. Good Health to everyone. Agnelo Fernandes Add whatever you love to the Yahoo! India homepage. Try now! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
[Goanet] Lion Roars
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible *The real thing* I was traveling last week to Pondichery and as a result had to miss out, albeit temporarily, on how your montris think your tax money collection is their personal ‘piggy bank’. Fortunately for me and writing this column, it matters little where in India you are, to be reminded about the misfortune we endure having our 42 elected peoples’ representatives working for us. More exactly, when you are in Chennai, where for instance, you can feel how Information Technology was made to work for the people. Whereas, in Goa it took a single MLA to make IT work for him, and for his pockets only. I am talking about the Rajiv Gandhi IT Park in posh Dona Paula where real estate sharks were encouraged to park themselves. Two more universities in Tamil Nadu, I read in the newspapers, are working micro-satellites for a possible launch by end-2009. I am told they were encouraged by ANUSAT, India’s first ever micro satellite built by Anna University, Chennai, and launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) last April from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The project’s team operated from the College of Engineering, Guindy and MIT, Chromepet, both in Chennai. Contrast this with the miserable performance of our own engineering colleges and the government’s attempt not too long ago to acquire land belonging to the Goa University, and no guesses on whom this high value land would have been sold to for mere peanuts. Besides this, a group of students from engineering colleges in Bangalore and Hyderabad is working on an 850 gm pico satellite under ISRO guidance. Bottomline: Whereas, IT in Goa means real estate in the three southern States it means inventing the more difficult-to-make micro satellites which requires miniature technology. Just to make you squirm a bit more, do be informed that I booked my Volvo AC BUS travel to Pondicherry from Chennai online, which meant I had to make only a single trip to the bus station (to actually catch the bus). Compare this to the rumbunctious behaviour of the touts operating at Patto in Panjim, or KTC’s sleepy counters in Margao and Panjim. Or, be really crushed by this September 19 headline “First heart transplant at GH”. The story was about the Chennai Government General Hospital’s first ever heart transplant! In Goa, the last eye-catching headlines (from GMC) were about dirty linen and falling ceiling fans. I’ll say we have a long way to go, baby! *The other man’s grass is always green* But this is not to say everything is hunky dory outside. In fact, as in Goa, so too in Pondicherry (btw, official name is Puducherry), it’s a foreign takeover when it comes to business. And therefore, for instance, tourism in Pondy has made even its juice and bread cost an arm and a leg and the perpetrators of this fraud are some locals but mostly foreigners who run cafes, restaurants and are even real estate agents. I ran into this helpful young American girl who has moved to Pondy some months ago and runs a diner in rue Labordanais, serving breakfast and juice. After tramping around the Latin Quarter of Pondy – which, incidentally, is mostly clean but for some piles of garbage in certain streets – I was thirsty and parked myself in her diner and ordered a mango juice. Visions of a thirst-quenching fresh fruit juice filled my mind but imagine my shock when she returned in a jiffy with a glass of tinned mango juice!! I was awed – outraged is more like it – when she charged me Rs 60. The con job was repeated on another thirsty idiot – Rs 60 for a glass of orange juice that came from a tetrapack, the kind you see crammed in super-market shelves. Was she charging for the “ambience” which basically consisted of some easy chairs, some ethnic cushions against a glass frontage from where you could see the world go by? Or did she perchance think dollar rates were okay considering most of her clients are foreigners? *Talk of hype…* Then there is Satsangha, which is on the map of any tourist brochure on Pondy. As you walk in, there is a menu (which is fairly common like restaurants in France) with a picture of the French chef). First of, with all that tall grass hiding hordes of mosquitoes, I spent the evening scratching or slapping at my legs and arms to deal with these winged insects which carry all kinds of diseases. Second, I ordered pasta and got spaghetti. Did the French owner (who was not there) think I, an Indian, would not know the difference? Or did his Indian chef – who was supposed to show up at my table and do some PR but did not come (come on, that was not a tall order
Re: [Goanet] massive deforestation by mining in Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:15 -0400 From: Carmen Miranda carmitamira...@gmail.com A few trees planted along the Miramar beach is not the point, and it is not going to solve the massive deforestation in the mining belt on Goa. Mario responds: You have no point. Nor do you seem to have a plan to address the massive deforestation you are complaining about. Complaining is no substitute for action. Besides, would you rather they had not planted the trees along Miramar Beach? Carmen wrote: Perhaps USA and Canada now have so many trees because they are busy cutting trees in other parts of the world including the Amazon and other rain forests in Africa and South East Asia... Mario responds: Whatever is going on in the Amazon and Africa and S.E. Asia is the responsibility of the local governments, just as what is going on in Goa is the responsibility of the Goan government and those who elect them. Blaming the US is simply what uninformed people are reduced to. The fact is that the US and Canada have so many trees because they continuously plant more trees than they harvest, which is just basic common sense for those who make a living from lumber. Carmen wrote: And it is not the global cooling trend we all around the world are worried about but GLOBAL WARMING trend - don't know in which planet you are living my friend?!. Mario responds: If you think there is a warming trend currently you certainly don't live on the same planet as the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8299079.stm There was no global warming trend between 1940 and 1980 and there has been no global warming trend since 1998. Future trends are being predicted by unverifiable computer models which have been wrong about the last ten years, but want us to believe they will be correct twenty years from now. The bigger problem which your fact-free bluster does not even address is what action should be taken to curb the 0.01% of the earth's atmosphere that man made CO2 represents in the absence of Russia, China, India, Brazil, Australia, Mexico and every less developed country which have not agreed to participate in ruining their economies to satisfy the global warming zealots. Common sense indicates that destroying only the western economies will have NO noticeable net effect on man-made CO2 and NO effect on the largest greenhouse gas which is atmospheric water vapor, a.k.a. clouds. Carmen wrote: You may not believe anything in nature is sacrosanct - but humans are not the only species living in this planet. We are part of an eco-system that needs to be balanced for life on earth to survive. Forests are not there just for our benefit and exploitation, neither is the sea or the rivers or the air ( all of which we so successfully depleated, polluted, poisoned and made it impossible for all the other creatures who also depend on it to llive in it and possibly survive in the near future). Mario observes; Groups of elites do not know what's good for everyone else, better than they do, or get to decide what natural resources are sacrosanct. Everything on earth, including other species are at the mercy of us humans. You are free to treat whatever you want as sacrosanct, but no person or group of persons gets to decide what is appropriate and what is not for everyone else. Everything gets balanced when individuals make decisions on the basis of their own personal long term interests, which includes the fact that they need healthy natural resources over the long term. That is what free societies believe and how free societies operate. Carmen wrote: Don't know what you mean by calmer heads may consider making rehabilitation of the area a condition of the mining...etc Mario responds: By calmer heads I am referring to those who are not hot heads , i.e. those who use common sense and are not like modern Luddites. Using a win-win philosophy they should propose programs that rehabilitate open faced mines after they are depleted of useful ore - just like they do in north America, the place you apparently know so little about. Carmen wrote: Don't know what calmer heads have to do with it, but otherwise we know all about it, including the funds for rehabilitation and so on , that is nothing new. In fact these are the conditions and the law of the country and have been so for decades. The point is that there is a culture of laisser faire , no compliance of laws and no significant consequences if the laws are ignored, because too many of our ministers in Goa are involved in mining directly and
[Goanet] Europe's fawning not reciprocated by Obama
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/15/dear_europeans_obama_is_just_not_that_into_you_98729.html Excerpts: Norway stunned the world by awarding the coveted Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who was nominated for the honor after being in office less than two weeks. But the award is in keeping with Europeans' behavior over these first nine months of Obama's presidency. They've gone gaga over the guy. In return, however, their crush is not quite being reciprocated. China, India and Japan are also collectively larger than Europe and may one day be wealthier as well. We owe most of our debt to non-Europeans, buy our energy from non-Europeans and seem to send our soldiers increasingly far from Europe. Obama's spurning of Europe reflects the new geopolitics. Obama poses as the multilateralist, defers to the United Nations and has criticized ossified Cold War-era alliances. Judging by his actions and words, Obama views American habitual protection of an allied but military defenseless Europe as, well, kind of passé. So get a grip, Europe. Stop it with both the silly fits and the lavish presents. You see, Obama's America is just not that into you. [end of excerpts]
[Goanet] Impotent administration (Goans, Wake up!!)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible *Impotent administration Sanjeev Sardesai, by email *It is with disgust that I saw the atrocious and heinous attack by illegal hutment dwellers on government servants who had gone to carry out their duty at St Inez. It was disgusting to see a novice of a magisterial lady representative speaking on her mobile, least bothered about the municipal officer who was being brutally beaten by mostly non-Goan youth who had encroached on public lands. One aspect seen through electronic media news reports is that these encroachers were given the courage to grab public lands by the CCP councillors themselves. They were being quoted by these affected people as having assured to confirm their right along the St Inez nallah. The media had kept the public well informed with regard to the demolition of these illegal huts. The claim made by the affected people about not being aware of it is totally unbelievable. How can the state administration be trusted when a magistrate prefers talking on the mobile rather than using her discretion to control the agitators. The police should have immediately swung into action when they saw a municipal officer being attacked. Why didn’t they? Nowadays, what is a citizen expected to think when there are more directions given by the courts than actions taken by the elected government? The bells have begun to toll. Goans, wake up! -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. Rape of Goa : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html 5. For the Love of Konkani: http://www.radiogoa.net/ 6. Goa's Identity Movement website: http://www.goamag.net/gim
[Goanet] Joebab's photos
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Albert writes:- Joebab's photos make my tongue water when it comes to rechar bangdde, tisreo, bazleleo lepo ani vindgam. Actually during my childhood days I remember after 8th september we would get plenty of vingddam which taste well when fried.This was followed by kol'leo and bangdde. I remember during harvest time the fisherfolks would bring mackerals in the evenings which my mom would smoke them outside remove the skin and prepare a nice salad out of that. My tasty. We would also get big kingfish . What we get today ? nothing. I have not yet tasted vindgam. Kingfish is out of question. Today a small fish cost between two hundred to three hundred. _ Feel the heat of news, the thrill of sports, the dazzle of Bollywood and much more on MSN India http://in.msn.com
[Goanet] Welcome to MIRAMAR plus
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Welcome to MIRAMAR plus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vO2EN9Ywic A newest development Also, it's an ans. to the prev. Talking photos quiz 'Where you think is this'? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vO2EN9Ywic The last Bungalow you see, is belonging to the local minister 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 Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/connectmore
[Goanet] Bad news for non-US fans of President Obama
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible While Europeans, Canadians, Aussies and Indians fawn over Obama for making the US more like them, his popularity in the US has been steadily declining. Oscar, Mervyn, Joao, and Gabe, PLEASE keep it up:-)) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/15/fox-news-poll-vote-elect-president-obama/ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/15/clinton-popular-obama-poll-shows/?test=latestnews The Nobel Peace Prize committee were also apparently divided over the absurd choice of Obama, but the liberals, for whom intentions and promises are more important than deeds, prevailed: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9264422c2946d8bf1cb62cde139e996e.741show_article=1
Re: [Goanet] Comrade's Migration Theory
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible --- On Thu, 10/15/09, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote: Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: Finally, the douchebag's ejaculate is always topped off by a squeaky bout of foul wind-breaking about Hindutva/BJP/RSS and Shiv Sena. r, The language above is not that of a Goan. I don't know how you have sunk into this hellish place. Mervyn Lobo --- Usually it is only a wife who knows of these things. What does it mean that Parrikar can speak so knowledgeably about Gadgil's bodily functions? best, selma
[Goanet] Putting allegations about Air India and Singapore to rest
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Mario Goveia wrote: You must have missed the following report from your favorite news source in old Blighty, so, as the lone voice of reason, truth and peace on Goanet, I thought I would bring it to your attention. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8299079.stm Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:43:49 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Looking for Volunteers for on 24th OCT That was from M Goveia, who swore blind that he did not read the Beeb, Al Jazeera, the Guardian and the Times of London! Mario responds: As usual, Gabe does not understand much is what is written on Goanet. I do not follow these sites. However, since even a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day, when some specific report is brought to my attention by someone else, I read it, and may comment on it after I corroborate the information from other sources. I cited a BBC report because Gabe lives in Blighty, the BBC is like the Word of God in Blighty, and he should have seen the report, which has information that has been corroborated by other sources. Apparently, since Gabe has not referenced anything written in the BBC report, it looks like he would like this report swept under the rug. Gabe wrote: So much for the sole voice of truth -- more like the embellished word; Air India and the Hostesses arriving from S'pore in the 'sixties'. Mario responds: I think Gabe does not like my being the lone voice on Goanet of reason, truth and peace, probably because I often expose falsehoods and illogical thinking, like I have done again below. For quite some time now Gabe has been insisting that Air India did not provide service from Singapore to Mumbai in the mid sixties. He started this nonsense in responding to an anecdote I wrote about meeting Louis Armstrong in Mumbai in 1964 after he flew to Mumbai from Singapore on Air India and played at a concert in Mumbai. I was invited to the show by an Air India stewardess who flew in with the band from Singapore and we were guests of Mr. Armstrong, which was a very unique and cool experience. The problem is that Gabe's information is false and his mean spirited allegations that I made this up is therefore a bald faced falsehood. Gabe did not even live in Singapore in the mid-sixties. I am not accusing him of prevaricating about this issue, just of willful ignorance of the situation based on bogus memory and faulty information. Back in August he posted the following: Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:16:24 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com Here is Air India's time line 1961 - 1970:- http://home.airindia.in/SBCMS/Webpages/Time-line-1961-1970.aspx?MID=196 This flight was still in operation when I was in Singapore from 1978 onwards but run by Indian Airlines. Air India did not operate in Singapore at that time. Here is my response: Gabe, once and for all, you don't have any idea what you are talking about. Just like the issue of interest rates in the 80's you make bogus allegations based on faulty facts that you cannot prove. You were initially disputing information about Air India flights from Singapore in 1964. Now you are telling us you were not there until 1978, fourteen years later, and the flights were run by Indian Airlines, and that Air India did not operate in Singapore at that time. Please pay attention to the following series of FACTS, based on which you should apologize for your repeated bogus and mean-spirited allegations that I made up the incident. 1. In the history of Air India, Wikipedia tells us that Air India operated in Singapore since 1954: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India 2. The Air India timeline you posted also showed Air India operating in Singapore in the sixties. 3. If ...Air India did not operate in Singapore at that time., how do you explain the following references in The Straits Times? a) An article in The Straits Times, dated 28 November 1964 [Off to Bombay], stated that Mr. J.L. de Cruz left Singapore by Air India to attend the International Euchariatic Congress in Bombay. b) The Straits Times, 9 December 1966, Page 17 Air India visitor MR. R. N. KAUL (tboTe), Air India's first manager in Singapore when the office wm set up in 1953. is now responsible tor sales over Air India's entire network. c) The Straits Times, 13 February 1962, Page 11 Head flying in SINGAPORE. Mon. Nataraja Guru, head of Narayana Gurukula. is due in Singapore on Feb. 19 by Air India. d) The Straits Times, 1 May 1962, Page 13 New service SINGAPORE, Mon. Air India will inaugurate a weekly
[Goanet] Lion Roars
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible *Walk the talk * Last Friday morning, they had to be the most resilient lot in Goa, because you can’t be more hardy than the Friday Mapusa market vendors, who, braving the punishing, pouring rain, covered their wares, and waited, glumly for the more foolhardy buyer like me to come wading along. Even the woman selling rock salt was there, so were some of the plant sellers, who perhaps lost more plants to the flooding waters, than they sold. Truly, it was a wretched Friday, and made me want to call up the editors of magazines who have serially voted Goa as the best and most trendy place to be in. My point, you ask? Our montris need to walk along this path too, literally. They live in glass houses, pretending to be concerned about people’s welfare, and waiting to pounce like vipers on opportunities that come their way. And, it’s not always about making money. It is also about the opportunity to stay in power for another term. Like the issue Mr. Atanasio Monserrate a.k.a ‘Babush’ picked, that is, he said the Rajiv Gandhi IT Habitat could reoccupy its home in Dona Paula if the ‘B’ Company boys at the Taleigao panchayat were to get a one-time ‘compensation’ of Rs 2 crore; and all the house tax accrued from the parked be parked in the panchayat. So, screw the sentiments of the people of Taleigao (the rest of Goa included) who fought hard to stop, what can accurately be called a hoax of ‘concrete’ proportions, if you get my drift. What next Mr. Monserrate? Tax Goans for setting their eyes on what is left of the tambdi bhaji fields before they join the rest of the concrete jungle that was once beautiful Caranzalem? *But, not this way* Remember all the tax money spent to perk up the already stately homes of our montris, Dayanand Narvekar included, despite the fact he was struck of the privileged list, albeit temporarily. Here’s more on our nawabs and their princely perks, which brings me to a point I should have made a long time ago in this column. Pandurang Madkaikar, the Prince of Cumburjua, is the only one I know who when in power, hasn’t been lavish with your tax money. And, that’s saying a lot these days. This week it’s the turn of Ramkrishna Dhavlikar, who spent just Rs 28,924.65 of your tax money perking up his official bungalow. Dhavlikar, among one half of the Band of Brothers) is the man with the thing for vanishing high security number plates that cost a bomb, and I still wonder why you protest so much. Never mind the cost dumbo, your registration plate car just turned stealth with his help. The Indian Navy has stealth warships, and you have a stealth car now that evades police radar. Go get it. You won’t regret it. Mr. Ravi Naik, the home minister, spent Rs 1,44,399.13 to do up his official bungalow and it went like this. Rs 7,900 on a steel cupboard, Rs 23,000 on a washing machine. For the rest, read on. *Movers and packers * Apparently spartan in the luxury area, Mr. Naik however showed a huge preference for handy items and splurged your tax money on exactly 86 categories of items. And, I make this point again. What the heck happened to all replaced items? I mean who takes away old refrigerators, washing machines and cooking stoves every time new ones are bought? And then, Mr. Naik decides to change residence. So, what does he do? He simply goes shopping again. Remember, the man who strangely as home minister licensed all the floating casinos on the Mandovi, had earlier spent Rs 5,25,185 of your tax bucks to paint another bungalow where he also installed a FRP (fibre reinforced plastic) cabin costing Rs 1,07,342, but then shifted residence on October 21, 2007 to the bungalow called ‘Herambh’. *Unhealthy trend* This Tuesday, health minister Vishwajeet Rane came calling to Divar after the islanders demanded a public health centre. And were they surprised! Not by his visit silly, but by his insistence that Divar must provide suitable accomodation for the centre and its staff. So, the islanders are asking (in private of course) ‘why do we need you then. And, isn’t? your government the expert on acquiring huge land at the drop of a hat even if it is to build stadiums that none will use eventually?’ As they say, GOOD QUESTION. *(Feedback 6658606, 9763718501 lionroars@gmail.com) *
[Goanet] God and you
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Albert writes:- God has been communicating with man ever since the beginning of the world. He spoke to Moses gave us the ten commandments, spoke to Abraham promissed him the promise land, built a covenant with him .He sent Isaiah, and many other prophets. Each of these prophets spoke nothing but making God the centre of our lives. God finally sent His son Jesus. Jesus is the bridge between us and God. For thirty years Jesus put a solid foundation to families and he finished his mission of propagating God's word to the chosen people within three years. Jesus made God as the point of power and he stood between God and man. He promissed to be a mediator for man and so our prayers should be directed to him to be sent to the Father. Man has no right to manipulate God's kingdom. We have no right to preach something we have not witnessed. Mary has been created by God not to replace Him. He will not tolerate if any one of us replaces God with mary. It is blasfamy to give more importance to Mary and make her the person who has power to take you to heaven or interceed for us. Don't listen to this. _ News, views and inimitable perspectives – On MSN India, you get an all-round view of things that matter. http://in.msn.com
Re: [Goanet] Diwali at the White House - TOI - Times Global
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Picture inset US President Barack Obama prays after lighting an oil lamp to celebrate Diwali as Hindu priest Sri Narayanachar Digalokote recites mantras in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Comments What next? Osama Bin Laden and Barack Obama breaking fast together on one of the many Muslim Ids? ! O' United States of America .. Thy real name is SECULARISM indeed ! Well done. HAPPY DIWALI floriano goasuraj -- ---Wanted for Goa--- honest ' fighters ' NOT honest ' hypocrites ' Contact: goasuraj (The Recruiting Agents) 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org
Re: [Goanet] Bad news for non-US fans of President Obama
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible 2009/10/16 Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net While Europeans, Canadians, Aussies and Indians fawn over Obama for making the US more like them, his popularity in the US has been steadily declining. Oscar, Mervyn, Joao, and Gabe, PLEASE keep it up:-)) RESPONSE: You are heading for a massive heart attack, I don't want to be responsible. Why can't you just accept a 'Black man' in charge of your Country? -- DEV BOREM KORUM.
Re: [Goanet] Putting allegations about Air India and Singapore to rest
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible 2009/10/15 Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net Mario responds: As usual, Gabe does not understand much is what is written on Goanet. I do not follow these sites. However, since even a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day, when some specific report is brought to my attention by someone else, I read it, and may comment on it after I corroborate the information from other sources. I cited a BBC report because Gabe lives in Blighty, the BBC is like the Word of God in Blighty, and he should have seen the report, which has information that has been corroborated by other sources. Apparently, since Gabe has not referenced anything written in the BBC report, it looks like he would like this report swept under the rug. August 24, 2009 Dear Mario, We hold a date book from 1964 that provides some details. According to the date book, Armstrong arrived in India from Singapore on December 4, 1964, flying Air India. He stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay. He played two shows on December 5 and another two shows on December 7, leaving Bombay on December 9. The date book was the only item I found in our collections that relates to Armstrong's trip to India. I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have additional questions. Sincerely, Lesley Zlabinger Archives Assistant Louis Armstrong House Museum Email: lesley.zlabin...@qc.cuny.edu RESPONSE: Some more of the same! I checked and there is more nonsense -- get a life man. -- DEV BOREM KORUM.
[Goanet] Goa serial killings : 2 held in Mumbai
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-serial-killings-2-held-in-Mumbai/articleshow/5132224.cms
Re: [Goanet] Comrade's Migration Theory
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Mervyn, Surely this is Goan...check words used in the link posted earlier on the subject: Mr Gera to Goans: Please leave Goa. See - http://www.parrikar.org/images/gera-wants-to-bonk-goa.jpg Thanks to Soter for scanning Mr. Gera's appeal in Herald. r Edward Verdes - Original Message - From: Mervyn Lobo Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: Finally, the douchebag's ejaculate is always topped off by a squeaky bout of foul wind-breaking about Hindutva/BJP/RSS and Shiv Sena. r, The language above is not that of a Goan. I don't know how you have sunk into this hellish place. Mervyn Lobo
[Goanet] Explosion in Goa - Near Grace Church Margao
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible According to reports, an explosion occurred at Grace Church in Margao, Goa on Friday evening. The explosion reportedly happened on a motorcycle, in which two people were seriously injured. Speaking about the incident, Goa DIG said, We have heard reports of a blast, but its nature is not known. Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police, South Goa, termed the explosion a minor blast. Security has already been beefed up for Friday as Goans burn the effigy of the demon Narkasur, he said. Source NDTValso got a call from Margao Edward Verdes
[Goanet] When your name is not on St. Peter's guest list
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Watch this video of a baby in a stroller survive being hit by a train. http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=10716622maven_referralPlaylistId=sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/
[Goanet] Bomb Blast in Margao
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Report in Herald http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=28721cid=10 Sanathan activist killed, another injured; CM reviews security MARGAO, OCT 16 Panic gripped the State’s commercial capital after a blast went off in a scooter (GA 05 A 7800) behind the Grace Church, at 9.45 pm on Friday after the rider lost balance of the vehicle. The rider and the pillion were grievously injured in the blast, one of whom later died in GMC, Bambolim. The injured were stated to be members of a right wing Hindu group linked to Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh. The two injured were identified as Mulgunda Patil and Yogesh Naik of Sanathan Sangsthan, a right wing Hindu outfit linked to Pragya Singh, police sources said. The scooter belonged to Nishad Bhakle, also a Sanathan activist who said that he had sold the vehicle to Mulgunda. A senior police official informed that the two injured were following an effigy of a narkarsur which was coming down the Grace Chuch road from Gayling, when the duo lost balance at the incident spot, causing the blast. Police have recovered a battery and wires from the accident spot. Patil and Naik, who suffered multiple injuries, were immediately rushed to Hospicio and were later shifted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim. They suffered extensive injuries on the lower part of their body. Patil succumbed to his injuries in Goa Medical College late tonight, DySP Umesh Gaonkar said. The injured are natives of Maharashtra, disclosed Superintendent of Police South Allan De Sa. The explosion ripped open the scooter’s dickey. The impact was so great that the glass panes of two other vehicles parked nearby were damaged, besides shattering the windows of adjoining building premises. The loud sound could be heard near the Margao Municipal square where the Narkarsur competition was on. The incident occurred at around 9.45 pm when the city was playing host to the main Narkasur competition near the Margao Municipal square –barely 100 meters away from the blast site. Realisation dawned on the people that the loud sound was that of a scooter blast, after they saw the two injured soaked in blood seeking assistance. As news spread in the city, Margao police – who were doing bandobast duty at the Margao Municipal square – rushed to the venue and cordoned off the entire road from Syndicate Bank to Apan bazaar building. As the police could not comment whether it was a bomb explosion or a low intensity gelatine blast, the services of a bomb disposal squad was requisitioned to probe into the exact nature of the devise that cause the blast. A bomb sniffer dog squad was also pressed into service to obtain clues from the spot. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Fatorda MLA Damu Naik and Superintendent of Police, South Allan De Sa reached the spot and after taking stock of the situation proceeded to Hospicio to inquire about the condition of the injured. Kamat was seen at the hospital till the injured duo was shifted to the GMC. He issued directions to the GMC to see that they make arrangements for the duo in the ICU. Later informally speaking to newsmen, SP De Sa said he could not say whether the incident was a bomb blast or an ordinary scooter blast as that has to be investigated by the experts. “At this stage, you cannot say it was a bomb blast. The damage to the two-wheeler was not so severe”, he added. “Going by the nature of the injuries sustained by the duo, especially on the lower part of the body, it looks like they were sitting on the scooter when the blast took place,” he added. As the police continued their investigations at the blast site, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was huddled with senior police officials at the Margao police headquarters, reviewing the law and order situation in the State. When contacted by Herald at 12.10 am on Saturday, Kamat said the meeting reviewed the security situation in the state, but made it quite clear that it was too early to comment whether it was terrorist act or whether it was a bomb or gelatine blast. “No doubt, the Goa police had made all arrangements in the state. But, with the blast, I have told the police to take additional precautions”, he said, adding that the police has beefed up security across the state, with instructions to tighten security at the border check posts. The meeting took into account that the blast has come at a time when thousands of people converge in the city late in the evenings for the Narkasura competitions. “The police are yet to ascertain whether the blast was triggered by a bomb or a gelatine stick or whether it went off
[Goanet] 'Preparing Narkasur effigies yield extra income for festival'
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible -- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM OCT 15: While the menfolk in other parts of the state are busy preparing Narkasur effigies, a woman from Bicholim has taken up a similar task of making the effigies in view of the forthcoming Diwali festival. This is the story of Dipti D Parwar from Harijanwada Bordem - Bicholim who is into this business of making effigy of Narkasur since last four years to earn some extra income during the festival. Eventhough there are about 10 such families who are involved in making the effigys she is the only woman who has learnt this skill and is involved in it. In most of the other houses they are made by men. I learnt this skill by looking at how others make the effigy and soon i mastered it no one taught me this Dipti tells as her hands work in giving shape to the Narkasur, hardly any women are involved in making such effigies in Bicholim but it hardly matters me as afterall it is an art. The demand for making such effigies has increased as people don't have time in making them and so we do get enough orders to celebrate our festival, She tells we prepare them only when we get orders as no one buys it after the festival, the other items which are used by people throughout the year are made even without orders and sold at a later date. Speaking about the cost of raw material Dipti laments that the bamboos cost them about Rs 40-50 and so the cost of effigies have also increased. The cost depends upon the size of the effigy and ranges from Rs 150 to 600 and it takes me about a day to make an effigy. It is our tradition and i am proud of it. Dipti claims. Now our children are ashamed of going into this business and run after jobs and even though we are involved in this profession since several years we have not yet received any help from the government or the handicraft department she tells. Dino din badta jaye karobaar, Pariwaar mein bana rahe sah aur pyaar, Aap hamesha paye khusiyaan apaar, Aisa ho diwali ka tyohaar. HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL. Regards Samir Umarye
[Goanet] Blast in Margao fizzled out Panjim Narkasur Celebarations
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Blast in Margao fizzled out Panjim Narkasur Celebarations We thought of visiting early and come home early. But most narkasurs were not ready even after 8pm but their blasting DJ music was on (They must have been ready after 9pm) So, we decided to go and meet ..Mrs. Khana at Samrat at 8.30pm After 1030pm when we came to St.Inez again, streets were very busy with crowd minus blasting music at the narkasurs venues. I think they have been ordered to stop all music around 10pm due to the Margao incidence (blast) which occurred around 9.30pm However, some were switching on to loud music intermittently. Narkasur has become a night time ‘Dhekava’ or event with blasting Music around Panjim. Near St. Inez church alone there are over a dozen giant Narkasurs including 4 near form Gomantak Times press, 2 near Viventa (Taj hotels) and remaining opp church. Going towards Tonca, same road, one will find another dozen.. Diwali suppose to start on the 17th i.e. at midnight of 16th but they would only burn the narkasur around 5am after blasting DJ music whole night. This year, we noticed record number of people including foreign tourists The St. Inez roads were jammed packed with both people and vehicles. At Temptation, we asked a group of foreigners, how did you know about this Event? They replied ‘we saw a clip on youtube’ I asked ‘Do you know, who put it there?’ ‘Don’t remember’ said one. 'Someone who is half British and half Indian' said the other. Ok here are some of the selections of finest Narkasurs. Near GT http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017072963/ Near GT, Altinho road http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017075831/ Near GT, Pajim Road http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017076541/ This one dynasorous head narkasur http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017074571/ Towards Tonca/opp Church etc http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017837126/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017836538/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017838150/ Caculo’s Narkasur ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017835284/ Happy Diwali to you all 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 Add whatever you love to the Yahoo! India homepage. Try now! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
[Goanet] Pragya Singh Group Member Dies in Margao Blast (Outlook/PTI)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?667924 Pragya Singh Group Member Dies in Margao Blast Panaji | Oct 16, 2009 One member of a right wing Hindu group linked to Malegaon blast accused sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur was killed and another critically injured tonight when an explosive kept in a scooter went off on a busy street in the heart of Margao town, 30 kms from here. Melgunda Patil, who was one of the two persons injured in the blast, succumbed to his injuries at Goa Medical College. Police said the blast, triggered at around 9.30 pm, also gutted three vehicles. The scooter, which contained the explosive, was parked behind Grace Church located in the heart of the town. Yogesh Naik, another member of Sanathan Sanstha, the right wing Hindu outfit linked to Pragya Singh, is still critical at the hospital, police sources said. A red alert was declared across Goa after the incident, Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande said. Margao town, the south Goa district headquarters, is the assembly constituency of Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat. Police have also found a bag containing electric circuit about 20 kms from the blast site in Margao. Nishad Bakhle, the owner of the Eterno scooter in which the explosive was kept, has also been traced at the Sanatan Saunstha office at Ramnathi in Ponda town 25 kms from here which was raided following the blast, police sources said. We are not suspecting anyone at this moment but are not leaving anything to chance, a senior police officer said. The bag which also contained a watch besides an electric circuit was found at Sancoale village about 20 kms from the scene of the exlosion which took place when a crowd had gathered to witness Narakasura effigy competition held before Diwali in Goa, Superintendent of Police (South) Allan D'Sa said.
