[Goanet] Pathetic Medical Services
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Dog goes on a rampage,bites 18 people in Panjim HERALD REPORTER - PANJIM, JAN 5 In a shocking incident, a street dog, which had gone out of its senses, held the capital city to virtual ransom for around two and half hours. The dog bit around 18 individuals in the two and half hours creating a panicky situation around the city. It all started at 10 am near the Panjim market area (near Poshak) when the dog bit one passer by and then it went all around the city right through the Weekender showroom near Don Bosco, to the Panjim police station and then reached the Azad Maidan area. A scribe, policemen, students, advocate, teacher and several others were amongst its victims. A person speaking to Herald said that they called up the CCP office two three times but there was no response. Finally, the CCP tempo came at around 12.30 and picked him up, said one Nilesh Naik, a student, whose friend was also a victim. Other eyewitnesses narrating the harrowing incident said that the dog had become so wild it was attacking anything and everything he could see, be it vehicle or a human being. “He did not even spare the other street dogs and even bit them. We were just hiding for our lives,” people present on the scene said. Moreover, when the victims rushed to the Panjim health centre for treatment they couldn’t believe their luck as the attendants said that they did not have the anti-rabbies injection and also it was lunch time. Some people rushed to GMC while some who couldn’t wait for the injections to arrive at the health centre. People who went to GMC too did not get the injection and had to buy their own at the cost of Rs 300, the victims said. --- Only tells about the pathetic state of Medical Services in Government Hospitals, and moreover at the GMC. Such is the condition under our very able and health conscious Health Minister. May he remain healthy always. The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] To Rajan Parrikar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- I have been following with some interests two news items which appeared on Herald, one from a proud Goan from the South and another from London. Even to my mind these seemed like a frame-up of me, for what reason I cannot say except they are the product of a very mischievous mind. This letter is just to say that I have not sent any anonymous or proxy letters attacking either Rajan or Soter to any publication or cyber forum. I have for a long time now decided not to interfer in cyber-affairs and have endeavoured my best to stay away from forums. So please don't needlessly drag me into this hornet's nest. But let me say this, it is wrong of Rajan to assume and insinuate that it is me without any proof whatsoever. It hardly does his credibility any good. Best, Selma
[Goanet] Suketu Mehata's next book-supermaximum city state-Goa?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Has Dr. Dubhashi written anything new?. I have written more than 30 articles on the growth of parallel economy influencing politics in Goa. David Tomorey in Hello, Good night and Ravi Singh in'I was a drug addict' had provided the glimpses... Goans need to read Suketu Mehatas' Maximum city-seriously and religiously and we need to just extrapolate/superimpose that culture in Goa A.d. 2015, may be even before that.. The Bombay underworld has made heavy investments in Goa. Perhaps Suketu's next tome would be -Supermaximum city-Goa we have all elements of his book on Bombay 1. a prosperous parallel economy rs. 2 crores and growing (compare with official GSDP of Goa Rs. 11,000 crores-2007-08 figures) 2. A parallel government (several ministers have no expertise and time so hired 'advisors' and 'shadow ministers' are clearing the files..this is best kept secret.. this is going on since 2000-01) 3. A parallel judiciary- that's how Matka, gambling, drug trade. sex trade continues without gang wars in open , land transactions are relatively smooth and coastal villagers are supporting and sanctifying the morally tainted trade And supari killings may take place any time ( we the activists and columnists of older generation are all on the list, it is just a matter of time when the bullet hits). Already kidnappings for ransom are happening. I have prepared my mind if my son or wife or both get kidnapped. we routinely discuss our threat perceptions. The situation is getting that bad and it is difficult to trust any police officer. Whom to trust?. There is a deficit of trust' in Goa. The state apparatus has been infiltrated and weakened. Every Goan concerned about Goa's social, cultural, political, economic and ecological destiny must read and discuss Suketu Mehatas' Maximum city'530 pages (2004) now available in Marathi as well. The Marathi translation is fascinating. It blows up your mind. I wrote more than 30 articles in Konkani, English and Marathi during past 10 years to alert the Goan society on the fast spreading tentacles of the octopus of parallel economy. These issues were never discussed with seriousness. I have alerted Marathi and Konkani writers too. Except the courts all the forums have been addressed. I would again highlight as an invited speaker the danger of parallel economy during the session on Goan economy scheduled during all India Marathi conference at kala akademy on Sunday 17 january 2010. Truth shall and would triumph. The combined moral power of the society and an uncompromising stand against mafias and agents of parallel economy would yield fruits. We may fail in our lifetime, we may be dead but we need to build the capacity in our children to stand against these evil forces and fight till finish. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
[Goanet] Philistines at the Gate
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- To Goanet - http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/01/06/philistines-at-the-gate Regards, r
[Goanet] Law in India has become captive to judges: Justice Rebello
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Law in India has become captive to judges: Justice Rebello The glut of theoretical work on various aspects of the law in terms of a fair criticism of judgments, stepping beyond the institutional core of the laws itself to explain the need for an altogether new law, became the major thrust of Justice F I Rebello's address at the kare College of Law yesterday. The Bombay High Court judge also utilized the occasion to lay emphasis on the 'evolution of law', when he made it concomitant with a fair criticism of the judgments. In sum, he turned the spotlight inwards, on the judiciary itself while preparing an effective case for the need of Private International Law in India, more particularly in view of conflict among various laws across countries. [GT]
[Goanet] Happy Feast to you all: Meet young Baltazar, Gaspar and Melchior
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Meet young Baltazar, Gaspar and Melchior (not from the east nor from Casaulim) Standing http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4250736562/ seating http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4250736968/ With Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh (boxed) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4250736186/ on horsebacks http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4250738314/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4249964521/sizes/l/ the church/feast http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4250746738/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4249973501/sizes/l/ Nossa S. de Belem/ Remedious http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4249973245/sizes/l/ Close up http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4249972315/sizes/l/ Extras http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4249972687/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4249975403/sizes/l/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Public insults online and on newspapers
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Most people who settle abroad, do so because they have no hopes from their country. They have given up and hence choose to move to a place where everything is already established, you get a good pay, a good lifestyle, very little to protest against and a VIP treatment when they visit their hometown. It takes the guts of people like Rajan Parrikar to keep his hopes for a better Goa alive by raising relevant issues which not even most Goans who stay in Goa have allowed to continue. So who do you think is more patriotic? An average middle class passive Goan or Mr. RP who comes out of his comfort zone so that other Goans get the benefit of his actions? It takes the guts of Dr. Rebello to raise his voice against powerful politicians who may not fall short of an attack on his life. If he has made a mistake before, he has confessed to it now. It does not matter whether his confession is buried in his letter or whether it is the first line. He has made it any way. Each one of us has political favourites. They may change over time based on the performance of our favourite party. My humble suggestion to people involved in this debate is, discuss with each other individually and sort out the differences point-wise. Call up each other. Give this a shot as the first option. If still things are not convincing enough, raise the issues publicly. Over the last few days, the letters exchanged in print media or online forums have either created misconceptions about people or proved to be a source of entertainment. -Melvyn Ferrao On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.comwrote: --- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- My citizenship is irrelevant and the questions raised about Rebello More important than legal, you have no moral right because you have discarded the most basic and fundamental privilege that a country can ever confer on one, namely its citizenship. It is a shame that it was done in preference to green bucks. This also shows your (lack of) commitment to India; push comes to shove you are going to vamoosh to America. All Indians know this how much ever you shout from the rooftops. If indeed you are committed to Goa, you have one option to redeem yourself. Discard this OCI bullshit, and get back your Indian citizenship. That way you will be not just hailed as a hero, but it will also show to one and all your commitment to Goa and India. All other stuff is baloney. regards, Samir would remain valid even if they were asked by a Martian. Goa is my birthplace and my homeland. Not only do I have these rights by birth and by virtue of my work in Goa, as a holder of Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), I have every legal right as well. I have every intention of continuing with my activism in Goa in a manner of my choice.
[Goanet] Almanac de Parede
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- I came across the Almanac de Parede which is quite a curiosity given that this almanac is printed in Portuguese and is now in its 107th year of publication. The Almanac is well described in the following post of Bernardo Colaco from the goanet archives: www.mail-archive.com/goa...@goanet.org/msg01574.html - Cachedhttp://www.google.co.in/url?sa=tsource=webct=clnkcd=1ved=undefinedurl=http%3A%2F%2F74.125.155.132%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AARwktFoZemEJ%3Awww.mail-archive.com%2Fgoanet%2540goanet.org%2Fmsg01574.html%2Balmanac%2Bde%2Bparede%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dinrct=jq=almanac+de+paredeei=43BES5T5KpGGswPW3dEGusg=AFQjCNGvpC_jv9gR9Rib766zRudfNFP0AAsig2=11TSwWqMX8yzOoHg0yU8fw- Although a friend got a complimentary copy for me from Fundacao Oriente who distribute it without charge I believe, it is also available at the following places for Rs 6/ : see www.mail-archive.com/goa...@goanet.org/msg37890.html Regards Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
Re: [Goanet] MISPLACED CONCERNS
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Have one designated driver, who will keep to his/her promise not to drink alcohol, an arrangement to be made BEFORE attending the function. It is done here, in Melbourne. It can be done there. Police here are pretty strict about drink/drug-driving, and have random checkpoints where vehicles are diverted for subjecting their drivers to breath/saliva tests, especially during Christmas/New Year period (the silly season). If it is a learner at the wheel, both the driver AND the learner's supervisor are tested. - Original Message From: From PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com To: GoaNet goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wed, 6 January, 2010 4:07:08 PM Subject: [Goanet] MISPLACED CONCERNS --- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Now, let me ask this. When people attend social functions, traditionally alcoholic drinks are served to enhance the spirit of the occasion. So people imbibe and celebrate, and soon it’s time to hit the road back home. Some privileged ones, including politicians of course, afford the luxury of a driver, but what about those that don’t? Should they leave their vehicles behind and walk all the way home from ‘Blueberryhill’ with their partners in tow? -- The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ __ See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now: http://au.movies.yahoo.com/session-times/
[Goanet] Christians in Pakistan
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Good piece of info. Blasio http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/art-c ulture/02-A-fading-symbol-01
[Goanet] 3 Kings Feast – A video Clip
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- 3 Kings Feast – A video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Df8sC7v1NI pics sent earlier, check here http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188063.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 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
Re: [Goanet] Ghost stories... and Goa
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Aarey Bauji Fred, kitem sangechem tuka. Talking of ghosts and there are some on the GoaNet, from Moira of all places men. Wot can I sayafter you gave me the ride (horse power and all), and I was staggering my way, out of the bushes came a hairy Moidakarwished me for the New Year (so far, so fine)...then men, what to tell youthe person had so hand...just a sock...just a sock for a hand Aye, this evening is the big ghostly partieon Dogra Remet (as we can in Solsette, and those that have never been go Goa,the chappel where they celebrate the feast of the three kings). The three kings feast was on this morning, all the local lovlies in slightly rugged silk stockings and all! Buty this evening is another story. The place is cleared and there are people preventing one from going up(I am told) as of now. The story is there is the procession of folks past and its bad omen to go up there after 5 or 6 (depending on how much Kingfisher a Cansaulimcar has consumed). Ofcourse, locals say not too much, not even the silky stockinged lovelies!!! So, now is the time to get naughty, get up on the hill and courage can be had for a couple of bucks (bottle of feni in the Cansaulim market:$75)! Do you want to give me a ride up the hill ya Fred? On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote: --- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- New year's resolution: I will not give two-wheeler lifts to anyone who calls me Fred, not even guys who call themselves Pandu Lampiaos! FN 2010/1/4 Pandu Lampiao pan...@gmail.com: Aye Irmao Fred, you are not referring to the stylish spinsters (maushis) of Saligao ? There are ghost experiences around, even in the big cities. That said, yours truly is told that ghosts are visible only to a few (chosen ones) and not sure why that is. A ghostly wave from Sawantwoodi. -- Frederick Noronha Landline :: +91-832-2409490 Mobile :: +91-9822122436
[Goanet] Level of literacy in colonial Goa.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Lisboa is a metropolis, fine ! Take Estremadura or Algarve instead and compare the number of Lyceums there with the measly three in the glorious Provincia Ultramarina de Portugal also known as Goa AM
[Goanet] Demands For Internal Church Enquiry
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- *PRESS RELEASE*** * * *Demands For Internal Church Enquiry* *Into Ruchika’s Convent Role* *New Delhi, January 3, 2009 **: *Questioning the authenticity of ‘clean chit’ to the Sacred Heart Convent School by the Chandigarh diocese two Christian human rights organisations have approached the Vatican representative in India to conduct an internal enquiry to determine the role of school principal in Ruchika’s case. This decision was taken today after Sunday prayers. The Indian Christian Righteous Action Forum (ICRA Forum) and Poor Christian’s Liberation Movement (PCLM) strongly feel that without conducting any proper enquiry how Chandigarh diocese has given ‘a clean chit”. Who conducted the enquiry? What were the terms of references and who are the members of the enquiry committee? , these are the questions which are bothering the Christian community in India, the press release stated. The ICRA Forum president JG Anthony and the PCLM president R L Francis stated that the Chandigarh church officials are trying to suppressed the facts” and internal church enquiry comprising a representative of Jesuits Fathers, a nun and local lay Christians. The organizations have also appealed Christians in India to come forward and support social justice to a girl child who was student of a convent school. R L Francis President – pclm
Re: [Goanet] HUMAN BEING OR PERSON ?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- The post appended below commits many gaping blunders on the issue of personhood, in paraphrasing what I have stated in this forum and elsewhere, and the context in which I have stated it. Let me just enumerate them below. 1. The said post conveniently fails to mention that my objections were directed solely against the following original statement of its author on Goanet: The vast majority of medical opinion holds that a human embryo or foetus is a distinct human person. This should be obvious to anyone with common sense. Shri A. L. D'Souza Please see my earlier post at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187686.html So it was not me, but the author in question who invoked what he believed to be the wisdom of medical professionals and medical science to support what he calls his philosophy. And now he wants you to believe that The medical establishment has become a major threat to health, after finding out from me that medical science does not support his philosophical statement, after all. If he had not made the bogus claim about the definition of human person on behalf of the vast majority of medical professionals, and had said instead that it was simply his religious belief or his philosophy, I would have had no problem with his statement. 2. Averthanus avert...@gmail.com wrote: One argument advanced the view that a human being is not a “person” until some time after birth. This is false. I stated that a fetus at some stage in gestation (perhaps, around 22 weeks) is likely to satisfy the neuroscientific definition of a person. 3. Averthanus avert...@gmail.com wrote: He evaded the pointed question, however, whether these two cases represented only partial “personhood” since they did not entirely fit into his own definition. False. I clearly indicated that Christopher Reeve and Stephen Hawking possessed full personhood. 4. Averthanus avert...@gmail.com wrote: According to this absurd logic, if the patient dies without regaining consciousness, the surgeon can claim that he did not kill a “person”but that he merely destroyed a human being.This is consistent with the claim that destroyingembryos or foetuses does not constitute murder. False. In the above, the political campaign tactic of misplaced extrapolation and demonization is being used. I have clearly stated that science has nothing to do with defining murder, and that in secular law the definition of murder is not necessarily tied to the definition of personhood, as is clear from the fact that killing of soldiers and innocent bystanders in war, killing in self-defense and judicial executions are not considered murders. BTW, the legal definition of murder is unlawful killing of a human being, not person. Please see the quote and link below: QUOTE The US Code, at Title 18, defines murder as: Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. UNQUOTE http://duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/M/Murder.aspx 5. Averthanus avert...@gmail.com wrote: The good doctor went onto assert that some (higher) primates had developed “almost” complete personhood, while some of the lesser primates, such as baboons and chimpanzees,had acquired “a great deal” of personhood. Chimpanzees are not lesser primates. 6. Averthanus avert...@gmail.com wrote: Neither does he explain at what stage such an animal would qualify to be described as a “human” being. False. I have already stated that a human being is an animal belonging to the genus Homo. 7. The said post contains utterly confused assertions about intelligence, which as nothing to do with personhood from a scientific, or for that matter, philosophical standpoint. According to modern philosophy, a person is a self-conscious being. 8. There is also a confusion between the definition of human and the definition of person. A self-conscious being does not have to be human. 9. A totally irrelevant argument about limitations of science is presented while conceding my scientific argument, but ignoring the fact that my objection in its entirety had to do with science in the first place. I have no problem with the supernatural or metaphysical beliefs of other people. 10. The Nazis are invoked to demonize people who disagree with the author's view. I wonder what the Jews would have to say about this, because according to their religion a baby becomes a full human life only at the time of birth, and they support embryonic stem cell research and abortion for medical reasons. 11. Finally, self-perceived arrogance and condescension in my candid responses are generalized to indict
Re: [Goanet] HUMAN BEING OR PERSON ?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Better still, you could contribute to the evolving page on the Wikipedia, and we could all read you there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person#Personhood_in_theology Btw, are you referring to personhood in theology, the application of social psychology or the scientific approach? Eitherway, doesn't mean much to someone like me. We should just go along with what our conscience, beliefs, religion (or lack of it) tells us, rather than trying to find complex ways of justifying our own respective positions. To each his own. FN 2010/1/6 Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com: P.S. BTW, I know a little bit about the history of ideas regarding personhood, and how modern philosophers and medical ethicists view that question. I will try to write something on it when I have some free time.
Re: [Goanet] [Goa Research Net] Almanac de Parede
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GUARDING GOA'S WALLS... FOR A HUNDRED YEARS OVER TIME
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM (Goa): This is the story of a quaint publication; once it marked each
passing day in the life of a generation of Goans, but today is largely
forgotten.
'Almanac de Parede' is a kind of a 'wall calendar' that has completed a
quiet centenary of its publication from the South Goa town of Margao. This
event would have gone almost totally unnoticed had it not been for the
persistence of a Dutchman.
Almanac de Parede is basically a double A3 piece of paper, printed black
and white, very traditional. The AdP listing all saints' (days) and all
feasts in all Goan parochies in all districts and some postal (and other)
info. It is available in Margao may be less outside, explains Patrice
Reimens, an Amsterdam-based researcher curious about encountering varied
cultures across the globe.
Reimes was keen to lay his hands on a couple of copies, one for a friend in
Romania, where they have exactly the same, typically Catholic thing.
But, in the past, the almanac wasn't just a quaint collectors item. At its
peak it sold some 5000 copies, according to 74-year-old Elsa Correia,
daughter of the founder of this publication, Joaquim Filipe Roque Correia,
who first published it in the year 1903.
It is still published in the Portuguese language, probably one of the very
few publications in Asia in that language. Goa's last Portuguese-language
daily, O Heraldo, shifted to the English language in 1983, due to dwindling
readership in the tongue of the former colonial rulers of what currently is
India's smallest state.
Elsa Correia, fighting shy of the publicity and the credit for carrying out
the publication, says after the death of her father, it was run by her late
brother Domingos. She has taken over the reigns, not as a business, but
just to continue and serve the readers, as she put it.
He (my father Joaquim Correa) was a calendarist -- and knew everything
regarding calendards, including religious calendars. He was the proprietor
of Tipografia Progressa ('Tipography' is Portuguese for 'printing press')
located behind Margao's Holy Spirit Church, Correia recalls.
After his death in 1968, it was continued by his son, pharmacist Domingos
Coreia. It contains many useful information, and it is the only annual
publication in Portuguese language in Goa. I've received letters from Italy
and elsewhere (voicing interest about it), she says.
Currently the print-run is 1500 copies. Much of the calendar focuses on
giving a run-up on which saint's feast falls on which day of the year. There
are also details of the full moon, new-moon and quarter-moon dates, feasts
of various churches and 'zatras' (temple festivals) around Goa, postal
rates, bank and commercial holidays.
In the past, it cost 25 paise. Today, the price is six rupees for the single
newspaper-sized sheet, printed on one side.
Septuagenarian Correa says she doesn't have a calculation of the time spent
to bring out this publication. I sit anytime and do it, and need to see
other calendards or consult those (knowing accurately) Hindu festive days.
Some feasts change their dates, so as to fall on a Sunday. But in villages
like Chandor, the feasts are always fixed, she adds.
She says the press run by the family once brought out other publications.
But it became old and there was nobody interested in supervising. The
earlier generation has to cope with advancing age, and youngsters are not
necessarily interested.
He (my father) taught me about calendaring. Now I need to revise (those
principles), she jokes.
As if to mark the changing times, there is a new set of calendars in Goa.
But these are more likely to be in Marathi or English, only a few published
in Goa, and many coming from the much larger and more-vibrant publishing
houses of nearby Maharashtra, focussing primarily on an area which is
culturally not wholly dissimilar from this small state.
'Kalnirnay' is one of the most popular, that sells in many editions, in a
number of languages. It's unique formula is to include house-hold hints,
recipies, or anything else of interest to the womenfolk on the back of each
page of the annual calendar.
Almanac de Parede has anyway see a tumultous century for Goa, marked by
many drastic changes in the regimes that ruled the places, languages which
were favoured by the rulers and the citizen, and a yet some more powershifts
in a small region, (ENDS)
2010/1/6 augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com
I came across the Almanac de Parede which is quite a curiosity given that
this
[Goanet] Algarve Schooling - 1977.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Prof. Michael Pearson of Sydney, Australia, wrote his Portuguese in India in 1987. Here is the absolute last paragrph and sentence in the book: I imagine he relished the anticlimatic ending ! ' In a particular coastal area in 1977, 70% of houses had no electric light, 40% of the rural population was illiterate, and in 1983 children still had to ride 10 kilometers to get to a primary school. This is not some backward pat of Goa; this is the Alentejo region of southern Portugal.' --- From AM. Lisboa is a metropolis, fine ! Take Estremadura or Algarve instead and compare the number of Lyceums there with the measly three in the glorious Provincia Ultramarina de Portugal also known as Goa AM
[Goanet] FW: Check out Footballers held on molestation charges get bail
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Mauricio Pereira Subject: Check out Footballers held on molestation charges get bail See: Footballers held on molestation charges get bail Cheers! NDTV.com All Rights Reserved. ©Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2009. Disclaimer This message was sent using SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend Report spam | Remove me _ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010
[Goanet] church sponsored goondaism
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Where are the CITIZENS FOR SOCIAL ACTION which otherwise very active on such issue? Today Jan. 5 2009 on Navaprabha page 4 Adv. Subhash P. Sawant Desai from Quepem has objected pressurizing judiciary by people. He also reminded of 11 year old incident in Salcet. http://picasaweb.google.co.in/shri8131/Sanatan#5423227265995048786 Jaideep Takkar could locate his missing car from Pajifond Margao at Rai Lotlim. He also found that possessors of the car where in process of painting it with new color. He objected for new paint but in process has give up his and his brothers life at the hands of crowd. Local crooks rang the bell of nearby church and collected crowd and followers mercilessly killed the Thakkar brothers with stones. Adv. Sawant questions, What is the use of Church bells in this new age? Shrikant Vinayak Barve The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
Re: [Goanet] OCI bullshit by Rajan Parrikar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Sam, Calling a spade - a spade is one thing. But you have gone one step further, taken hold of that spade and stuck it deep into the sacred soil of citizenship where it belongs. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890479896 www.goasu-raj.org PS: Well done, a most apposite response. PPS: Goa's Need of the Hour.. What's Zat??? - Original Message - From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: edi...@herald-goa.com Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:26 PM Subject: [Goanet] OCI bullshit by Rajan Parrikar Discard this OCI bullshit, and get back your Indian citizenship. That way you will be not just hailed as a hero, but it will also show to one and all your commitment to Goa and India. All other stuff is baloney. regards, Samir
[Goanet] Fwd: Check out Footballers held on molestation charges get bail
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- [image: Home]http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414911 [image: Profit] http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414912 [image: Khabar] http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414913 [image: Tubaah] http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414914 [image: Movies] http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414915 [image: Cricket] http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414916 [image: Good Times] http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414917 [image: NDTV] Hello, I found this story on NDTV.com that might interest you. See: Footballers held on molestation charges get bailhttp://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414918 Cheers! NDTV.com All Rights Reserved. ©Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2009. Disclaimerhttp://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-879657505624970414919 This message was sent using SocialTwist Tell-a-Friendhttp://tellafriend.socialtwist.com/ http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com/ Report spamhttp://nospam-taf.socialtwist.com/report?code=104a6b80bd5459816974986bca888543b183dc0db2fabc0771d53c7e87b9817edfe6cf313a08f862f1f115a4656047f5d25e62007563c4c2d1524e840df065ad5ea0ae78c737a0866ba930f95cfefd6531dfa7ba4785579bc92d0ea0eb536cec14dd09faf0c07d7903868c4d2488846a510b8166b92a65308f117c117de11eb8| Remove mehttp://nospam-taf.socialtwist.com/remove?toid=armstrong...@gmail.comfromid=mpqa...@hotmail.comsiteurl=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/footballers_arrested_for_molesting_airhostess_get_bail.php
Re: [Goanet] OCI bullshit by Rajan Parrikar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Samir, I have neither met you nor Rajan, but based on your old posts, I understand that you both, at some point in the past, studied / worked in the United States. While you must have gone back without switching to US citizenship, Rajan appears to have done so. I honestly think, giving back to Goa/India, in whatever shape or form, should have no bearing on one's status of citizenship. If Rajan wishes to promote activism in Goa, I think, he has every right to do so. As an OCI holder, there are few things he can't do, such as: - Run for office in India - Right to vote - Purchase agricultural land as an individual (though I think one can set up a corp and purchase agro land through the corp anyway). Sometime, in the next couple of years, I am coming back to Goa too - though, initially for a trial period, to evaluate and see how best my family and I can adjust there. Just a few months ago, I too switched to US citizenship. I support both countries - India, where I was born and the US which gave me a shot at doing something better with my life. What I don't agree is when people switch their citizenship's to a new country and then go on a binge to criticize the new host nation. Two notable hypocrites I came across on GoaNet are - Vivek Menezes and Teotonio. My point in this case was, who forced these two gentleman to switch their respective citizenship's, if they didn't like the host countries in the first place? VM probably couldn't stomach the criticism anymore and so he must have packed his pottli and returned back to Goa. I don't know what happened to the other guy. Regards, Jim F New York. -- Original message -- From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com My citizenship is irrelevant and the questions raised about Rebello More important than legal, you have no moral right because you have discarded the most basic and fundamental privilege that a country can ever confer on one, namely its citizenship. ... ... Discard this OCI bullshit, and get back your Indian citizenship. That way you will be not just hailed as a hero, but it will also show to one and all your commitment to Goa and India. All other stuff is baloney. regards, Samir would remain valid even if they were asked by a Martian. Goa is my birthplace and my homeland. Not only do I have these rights by birth and by virtue of my work in Goa, as a holder of Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), I have every legal right as well. I have every intention of continuing ... ...
[Goanet] What if a priest really has a mistress?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- What if a priest really has a mistress? By default, is this OK? I wonder what Colva people or others in their areas would say about it? Would they (or you) say:- ‘Oh! That’s not your problem. Leave priests or religious leaders alone. God will see to it’ Or ‘They are human beings, so they too have life’ Or ‘you lie saying “No, he hasn’t”, because it’s your religion you worried about’ As for the Colva case, our Bishop or his spokesperson has said nothing about it. Or did they let Colva people handle it their way? The controversial Da Vinci Code film in Goa, there was a silence too Or did they let Churchill to handle it his way? Furthermore, Ministers or a politician, or a businessman or a tiatrist etc keeping a mistress with them. Is this not OK by default? Why? Because they are not priests? If so, I tell you, if I can be one (by buying jobs as in Govt), would buy it for ‘dus petti’ Why? Because of the immunity it enjoys (Thanks to the people) Women, Money, luxuries, foreign trips, drinking, political support etc etc No questions asked, No RTI filing, No CBI or IT raids Are we letting this to happen? 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 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] OCI bullshit by Samir Kelekar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:56:25 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com More important than legal, you have no moral right because you have discarded the most basic and fundamental privilege that a country can ever confer on one, namely its citizenship. Mario observes: To begin with I'm glad to see that the Goanet moderators have become more lenient in the use of invective. We now frequently see descriptive terms like crap, shit, bullshit and whore used with gay abandon. I remember the good old days when I had a post rejected by describing some poppycock as poppycock:-)) But I digress. As a proud American who is also proud of my Goan-Bhayya heritage, the comment above is what I would consider a decent sized cake formed by Samir of intestinal waste product from the male bovine species, where Samir is insinuating that he is more-Goan-than-Rajan. Did Samir choose India out of all the countries in the world so that he could be a proud Indian and a self-described Goan activist who is so committed to Goa that he lives in Bengalooru? Did India choose Samir to be on its team and confer citizenship on him? The answer to both these deeply incisive and insightful questions is, NO! The fact is that Samir is an Indian BY PURE CHANCE. He became a citizen without doing anything, simply by virtue of a biological crapshoot. If he has anyone to thank for being a proud Indian it is his parents - he just went along for the ride. Now Rajan, on the other hand, also an Indian by virtue of a biological crapshoot, after growing up and looking around, after much prayer and fasting and contemplation of his navel, consciously CHOSE to become an American, and had to jump through hoops to do so. He is an American BY INTELLIGENT CHOICE. Now, after the supremely wise Manmohanji pushed through a special category od dual citizenship called an Overseas Citizen of India, specifically to benefit India and aimed at high-value Indian-born human persons who had assumed foreign nationalities for all kinds of personal reasons not the least of which were green bucks, Rajan once again CHOSE to become an Overseas Citizen of India. He is an overseas Indian BY INTELLIGENT CHOICE, with full legal, financial and moral rights conferred by the all-knowing Manmohanji, except the right to vote and own farmland. Samir wrote: It is a shame that it was done in preference to green bucks. This also shows your (lack of) commitment to India; Mario responds: Unless Samir has become a Sadhu while we were not looking, did he show a (lack of) committment to Goa by starting his big bucks business in Bengalooru and not Verna, after studying and working, and then doing business in the same country that Rajan chose to become a citizen of? Wasn't an Indian university good enough for Samir? Wasn't Verna good enough for Samir? Aren't Indian clients not good enough for Samir? Samir wrote: push comes to shove you are going to vamoosh (sic) to America. Mario asks: If push comes to shove, I'm sure Rajan will be nice enough to arrange for Samir to vamoose to the US too:-)) That's what Americans do. Help people, not just talk about it. Samir wrote: If indeed you are committed to Goa, you have one option to redeem yourself. Discard this OCI bullshit, and get back your Indian citizenship. That way you will be not just hailed as a hero, but it will also show to one and all your commitment to Goa and India. Mario observes: I think this implied contest that Samir has started of being more-Goan-than-thou should focus on who has done more for Goa, Samir or Rajan. I have no idea. I wonder what Carmen thinks of all this? Is Samir going to lead the Goandolan peaceful grass-roots revolution in Goa, or is Rajan? Please submit your applications to Floriano:-))
[Goanet] Goa news for January 7, 2010
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa rape: accused politician surrenders - Indian Express dian ExpressAfter absconding for nearly one month, Goa politician John Fernandes, accused of raping a young Russian girl, surrendered before the police on Wednesday and ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Goa-rape--accused-politician-surrenders/564424usg=AFQjCNGDKk9T2eavWTZe94ywSrIjK8lJKg *** Churchill players get bail - Indian Express dian ExpressA day after the airport police arrested three footballers from top Goa club Churchill Brothers for allegedly molesting an airhostess, the Mumbai Police on ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Churchill-players-get-bail/564432usg=AFQjCNEJzoYuuPQXozawDDynBN1JU33k4A *** Soccer stars arrested for 'molesting' air hostess - Economic Times tories/Nigerian-striker-Odafe-says-he-is-innocent-of-molestation-charge/articleshow/5417731.cmsusg=AFQjCNF7p9KM40gxA6PCia9gE0Q0YMOv3QNigerian striker Odafe says he is innocent of molestation charge http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Soccer-stars-arrested-for-molesting-air-hostess/articleshow/5415722.cmsusg=AFQjCNGFpN3PxdTaoHq93UcVYVGIssm7zg *** Goa is not drug haven, says its Home Minister Ravi Naik - Press Trust of India gainst-police-official-admitting-to-drug-trade-in-goa_100299790.htmlusg=AFQjCNE3SAbWe0LhsQaMW_zrNYmD8qvw1gProbe against police official admitting to drug trade in Goa http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.ptinews.com/news/456147_Goa-is-not-drug-haven--says-its-Home-Minister-Ravi-Naikusg=AFQjCNFd0R1_E0JT-hfRXBFm9KemDF5okw *** Goa to release during Pongal - Screen Weekly waited as Venkat Prabhu's earlier ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.screenindia.com/news/goa-to-release-during-pongal/563624/usg=AFQjCNHNoNjkCllK3MJjdevR8z4mzFwWYg *** Goa govt, police harassing us: Sanatan Sanstna - Sakaal Times arties-maligning-our-image--Sanatan-Sansthausg=AFQjCNGHH624YRu8c8neDUAcZNeKwj_UPQPol parties maligning our image: Sanatan Sanstha http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20100106/5309075270242044040.htmusg=AFQjCNGaePGtm7NpC97NdSG4wm-4VT9DXg *** Arlon and Mutoh America Team Up to Sponsor GOA Wrap Center - Wide-Format Imaging ormat ImagingArlon and Mutoh America have teamed up to sponsor the Graphics of the Americas Vehicle wrap center that will be featured at the GOA tradeshow in Miami, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.wide-formatimaging.com/web/online/Industry-NewsTrends/Arlon-and-Mutoh-America-Team-Up-to-Sponsor-GOA-Wrap-Center-/1$5428usg=AFQjCNHReM7YGVxOvishZCOw-T6XHnvNSg *** Sesa Goa to declare Q3 results on Jan 18, 2010 - Equity Bulls uity BullsSesa Goa Ltd has announced that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on January 18, 2010, inter alia, for taking on record ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=65829usg=AFQjCNEdZ7KPStkxKVpERkDS-RMNy_5DkA *** Govt planning code for 'safe, ethical' tourism - Times of India mes of IndiaNEW DELHI: With major tourism destinations like Goa gaining the dubious reputation as a haven for sex crimes, the tourism ministry is pushing for a code of ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-planning-code-for-safe-ethical-tourism/articleshow/5418439.cmsusg=AFQjCNHyZkF__5ts2rfd_AMWptEozIpdsg *** Sesa to clear mining dumps at Advalpal - Times of India Qd-Mand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sesa-to-clear-mining-dumps-at-Advalpal/articleshow/5418535.cmsusg=AFQjCNEpbEI02e-x_MjVQLCN9BPIdaYCLg Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Tiatrists urged to boycott Calvert (Navhind Times)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Tiatrists urged to boycott Calvert Written by NT Network Wednesday, 06 January 2010 01:07 MARGAO: Even as Mr Jason Andrade, the moderator of Parish Council of Colva Church tried to impress upon a good number of people gathered for the public meeting held near the church that they have not lost the battle against Mr Calvert Gonsalves, several speakers including some tiatrists gave a call to tiatrist community to “boycott” him. Some of the speakers even went a step further saying that all the four singers who played their part in making the CD should also be boycotted by the tiatrist community from the state. Some of the speakers, particularly, Mr Camilson Fernandes, a prominent villager alleged that Mr Calvert Gonsalves having failed to succeed in his “hidden” agenda attacked their good parish priest for nothing, adding that Mr Calvert should be condemned for spoiling the image of the parish priest. Some speakers also demanded the resignation of Mr Calvert Gonsalves as an elected panch of the village panchayat of Colva. A call was also given to the Christian legislators to see that they bring in a legislation that will deter anyone from any religion from singing such songs portraying religious personalities in a bad light. It was mentioned that if the Christian legislators fail to bring in such a legislation, they should not be allowed to get elected again when they contest the next assembly elections. Mr Andrade urged the parishioners gathered to carry on this “battle to its logical conclusion unitedly by following all the peaceful options that are at their disposal in a democratic set up.” Mr Elvis Goes, a parishioner and a prominent villager from Colva, Mr Ethel Lobo, former councillor of Margao Municipal Council, Mr Menino de Bandar, and comedian Augustine also spoke. At the end of the meeting, it was announced by Mr Elvis Goes that the villagers will begin a 9 day fast from Wednesday beginning from ward 1 of the village after the 8 o’clock mass. He also urged the parishioners to pray to God so that Mr Calvert Gonsalves desists from bringing such material against the priests. http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/7082-tiatrists-urged-to-boycott-calvert-
[Goanet] Citadels of Incompetence (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Citadels of Incompetence Most universities across the country have degenerated into useless, expensive white elephants, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL THE BIGGER PICTURE For the past six months or so, ever since the UPA was returned to power in the general elections, new Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal has been scurrying around like a man with a mission -- even if he appears unsure of just what this mission is, apart from the broad objective of improving the quality of education. Inevitably, when talking of higher education, attention has been focused on elite institutions like the IITs and IIMs and central universities. This has left the issue of the dismal state of our second- and third-rung universities completely neglected. There has been no success in improving things in Indian universities that fall outside the elite bracket (which means most of them). Accreditation schemes proposed by the UGC as well as minimum objective qualifying criteria for teaching posts have been given the go-by or short-circuited by the universities. In a moribund condition, these institutions perform no useful function beyond acting as administrative bodies for undergraduate examinations in affiliated colleges. The quality of education they dish out, particularly at the post-graduate level, is pathetic. The result can be seen in the alumni of these universities -- having studied, say, English literature, to the BA level or even the MA level, many of them cannot write a logical, grammatical, correctly spelt English essay. The malaise extends to the PhD level as well, with these degrees being distributed fairly indiscriminately, without proper objective evaluation. For too long, we have seen higher education -- irrespective of quality -- as a desirable end in itself, irrespective of whether the demands of particular jobs require higher education or not. This fallacy, combined with regional chauvinism, has led to numerous universities being set up across the country since independence, and these now number well over a hundred (not counting the proliferating 'deemed' universities, which is another scandal in its own right). These provide neither quality education to students at the post-graduate level nor any meaningful research. They cost a huge amount of money, diverting sorely needed funds away from other far more important educational requirements. Surviving on inertia, trapped in a long-drawn process of entropy, what is to be done about these white elephants? Universities have been set up all over the country largely to cater to regional sentiment. From hopeful starts, as these institutions descended into academic limbo, large numbers of the better faculty members left for more academically stimulating pastures, like the IITs, IIMs, Central Universities, and the universities in metros. The problem of student intake due to small catchment area has bedevilled many such institutions, and post-graduate degrees from these universities do not make any significant difference to the students' abilities or their employment prospects. Students have now voted with their feet, and there are university departments where the student strength is less than the strength of the faculty -- nevertheless, these departments continue year after year, and even appoint new faculty members. The lack of good faculty and the absence of a supportive atmosphere for research means that very little useful research takes place either, as can be seen from the fact that hardly any research articles written by university faculty members are published in respectable peer-reviewed journals. With few students and little research output, what function are these institutions serving, and at what cost? Second- and third-rung universities seem to serve largely as overpaid sinecures for unproductive staff. There is a culture of lack of accountability, in which performance appraisal is an alien concept. Even turning up at the office and putting in a certain amount of hours of work every day -- a basic value in a capitalist society -- is not considered necessary. Corridors and classrooms of universities are deserted due to lack of students, and faculty cabins are by and large empty, many faculty members turning up only to sign the muster roll. Little wonder then that university teachers across the country reacted with outrage to the recent suggestion by the UGC that they at least keep their chairs warm during working hours. Absenteeism and short working hours, from being a guiltily sneaked irregular perk of the job, gradually became a privilege and is now considered a right! To make things worse, there is the
[Goanet] 'Dogui Bodmas' CD Producer Singer Osvy Viegas get bail
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- 'Dogui Bodmas' CD Producer Singer Osvy Viegas get bail “the courts cannot be swayed by public sentiments, emotions or pressure tactics and of threaten agitation or of taking the law into their hands.” Judge, Mr Kamat has observed that “in the case at hand, the complaint dated December 28, 2009 and statement of witnesses does not show that there is any allegation against basic faith of religion…’ http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/7084-calvert-granted-anticipatory-bail 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 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] about the silence of the CSJP or DCSM etc
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- about the silence of the CSJP or DCSM “the silence of Fr Maverick Fernandes and the Forum for Social Justice headed by him on the Colva episode is deafening. “The Forum appears to be getting involved in any issue not even connected with the Church, while remaining silent on pertinent issue and public disorder created by misuse of the pulpit” http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=31968cid=26 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 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
Re: [Goanet] Public insults online and on newspapers
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- To Goanet - Melvyn Ferrao melvyn.fer...@... wrote: Most people who settle abroad, do so because they have no hopes from their country. They have given up and hence choose to move to a place where everything is already established, you get a good pay, a good lifestyle, very little to protest against and a VIP treatment when they visit their hometown. It takes the guts of people like Rajan Parrikar to keep his hopes for a better Goa alive by raising relevant issues which not even most Goans who stay in Goa have allowed to continue. So who do you think is more patriotic? An average middle class passive Goan or Mr. RP who comes out of his comfort zone so that other Goans get the benefit of his actions? Melvyn-bab, The impotent twits sitting in Bengaluru, Goa, and London can always be counted on to provide us a few chuckles. My participation in Goa and Goan affair will continue - as and when and how I see it fit. There is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it. It takes the guts of Dr. Rebello to raise his voice against powerful politicians who may not fall short of an attack on his life. If he has made a mistake before, he has confessed to it now. It does not matter whether his confession is buried in his letter or whether it is the first line. He has made it any way. Each one of us has political favourites. They may change over time based on the performance of our favourite party. Let me put this to you clearly. Here is a guy who after all these years finally confesses publicly that GBA and the govt he was supposed to be fighting were in fact bedfellows! And you want to treat this as a mere peccadillo? A minor thing to be brushed aside? The guy tells you that he his GBA cohorts were in fact playing for the other team while giving us Goans the impression that they were on our side. And this doesn't bother you enough? Do you want these guys to lead you once again into another blind alley? GBA has accomplished NOTHING, ZERO, NADA. Things are now much worse than they were 3 years after GBA came into existence. Dr Oscar Rebello lost no chance over the years to remind ys that GBA is you people. Well, now we people are asking questions and demanding accountability. Look at their reaction - they have NO ANSWERS, only personal attacks and their usual schlock. Soter and I have been raising these concerns for long. And Rebello has now admitted and confirmed our worst fears. And we are somehow the bad guys for letting everyone finally see the treacherous face of GBA? Sorry, you need a rethink on this issue. It is perplexing that all the gasbags on Goanet who were not long ago branding people thick and fast (Hindutva, communal, BJP, this and that) have now suddenly gone silent after this Oscar Rebello episode? Regards, r
Re: [Goanet] COMMENT: Of Goa, mafia politicians and crime (Jay Dubashi)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Dear Freddy must know that shrunken or shriveled ones will also pass as bonafide ba---. But can they perform the act/s that they are designed to perform? Naaah! Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org PS: In Goa these are a plenty, the shrunken/shrivelled ones I mean as is witnessed in the newprint and internet forums, to the extent that our indigenous Goan 'lonchem' industry could be put to shame. [:-))] PPS: Goa's Need of the Hour. What's Zat??? - Original Message - From: Freddy Fernandes ffernandes@emaar.ae To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:49 PM Subject: [Goanet] COMMENT: Of Goa, mafia politicians and crime (Jay Dubashi) Can we stop them ? Is a good question, but not very relevant, what would be relevant, would be, do we want to stop them ? Or better still, do we have the ba--- to stop them ? Would be more appropriate, DO WE ? Or DON'T WE ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
[Goanet] India, visa changes...
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091231/jsp/nation/story_11926687.jsp -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism editing :: alt.publishing photography :: blogging
[Goanet] Level of literacy in Goa
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Dr. Antonio Menezes, Mais um desvio. From Lisboa to Algarve. It is now like a Tour de Portugal. How many Liceu's did Macau. Timor, Acores and Madeira have? BC Lisboa is a metropolis, fine ! Take Estremadura or Algarve instead and compare the number of Lyceums there with the measly three in the glorious Provincia Ultramarina de Portugal also known as Goa AM
[Goanet] NEWS: Court relief for 'Bodmas' CD producer (Times of India)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Calvert gets bail, faces social boycott TNN 6 January 2010, 05:00am IST MARGAO: A Margao court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Calvert Gonsalves, producer of the controversial CD ‘Dogui Bodmas’. But it it was not the end of his troubles. At a meeting held outside Colva church late in the evening, villagers decided to “ostracize” Gonsalves, who has been accused of hurting religious sentiments with his CD. While deciding to “boycott” Gonsalves and his family, villagers, disappointed with the bail, resolved to go on an indefinite fast. They also insisted that Gonsalves step down as panch of Colva and that the artistes who performed in the CD be stopped by people from performing on the tiatr stag * * * Additional sessions Judge P Kamat on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Calvert Gonsalves, producer of the contentious CD 'Dogui Bodmas'. While granting the anticipatory bail, the judge stated that in the event Gonsalves is arrested, he is entitled to be released forthwith upon executing a surety bond of Rs 15,000 and a personal body of the same amount. Gonsalves was booked under Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) and 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts, intending to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the IPC. The judge, however, has asked Gonsalves to report to the investigating officer at the Crime Branch, Dona Paula, for five days from January 6 to January 10 (from 10 am to 12.30 pm). The order further said that the applicant shall surrender his passport, if any, and seek the court's permission to leave the country. Gonsalves shall also not interfere with the investigations or with witnesses and the anticipatory bail is valid till a chargesheet is submitted. Public prosecutor (PP) Sarojini Sardinha appeared on behalf of the state, while Gonsalves was defended by advocate Radharao Gracias. Released on December 25, a CD containing the sound track of the movie 'Dogui Bodmas' had sparked off violence in Colva. Colva parish council moderator Jason Andrade filed a police complaint against Gonsalves and the CD's production team. The police booked Gonsalves for hurting religious sentiments and creating a law and order situation in the coastal village. Police also registered offences punishable under Section 147, 148 and 427 read with Section 149 of the IPC against a mob that attacked Gonsalves' house. There have been no arrests so far. Subsequently, Colva PI Edwin Colaco, who booked the CD production team and initiated investigations, was transferred to the reserve police.
[Goanet] Diversionary tactics
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- There seems to be a clever attempt by some forces to divert the focus of debate from GBA to GPA. GBA was a movement against RP 2011 and GPA was only a forum to bring together people's voices who struggle on various issues. No one has floated bank accounts to collect donations from public to support GPA. GBA is just harping on its laurels about a large attendance at the rallies at Panjim and Margao. Deep down everyone knows from where the crowds came and who brought them. GBA minus CSJP's support would have been a big zero. We are witness to who mobilised the people from the parishes. Would the common people heed the call of these elite upmarket activists? Besides these two rallies has GBA anything else to show? GPA was organised once more at T.B. Cunha Hall on the issue of village planning. Ordinary people spoke out at this forum and GPA will continue to provide that space to unassuming people who do not know the art of theatrics and media publicity. The question remains: What has GBA done as a people's movement for the RP since 7th June 2007 if it had such mass support? All it can afford is ride piggy back on other initiatives. GBA has been reduced to a brand label and nothing else. It has not been able to mobilise mass support on any issue it has taken up from 2007. -Soter D'Souza
[Goanet] What are we waiting for?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Before we go into battle to save Goa, we must be clear and agree on some basic urgent and fundamental issues if we are going to make any progress and co-operate in this task. Goa is part of Planet Earth. It is important therefore to consider the big issues that are at stake now worldwide, and how we need to introduce these concerns in what ever we plan for a better future for Goa. We need to think long-term, think ahead and any sane vision should include a healthy environment and sustainable development . Within the last couple of months a number of books and reports have been published both in the UK and the USA by independent and reputable academics and research institutions from USA, UK, Canada and other advanced economies about the need to re-examine the current economic model and the current assumption that this model is the only solution for humanity and the only way ahead to eradicate poverty. In fact they concluded that we need to find a new model less destructive of the environment or we are doomed as a species in this planet. For example, Professor Tim Jackson a top sustainability adviser to the British Government and the author of Prosperity Without Growth published last month writes: No one denies that development is essential for poorer nations. But in the advanced economies there is mounting evidence that ever-increasing consumption adds little to human happiness and may even impede it. More urgently, it is now clear that the ecosystems that sustain our economies are collapsing under the impacts of rising consumption. Unless we can radically lower the environmental impact of economic activity - and there is no evidence to suggest that we can - we will have to devise a path to prosperity that does not rely on continued growth. Than there is the prestigious Washington based Worldwatch Institute which just published the *State of the World 2010: From Madison Avenue to Mad Max? * In which they warned that - Consumer Cultures Need Overhaul to Avert Ecological Collapse, Washington, D.C.—Without an intentional cultural shift that values sustainability over consumerism, no government pledges or technological advances will be enough to rescue humanity from unacceptably hazardous environmental and climate risks, concludes the Worldwatch Institute in the latest edition of its flagship annual report, State of the World 2010. The book, subtitled Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability, defines “consumerism” as a cultural orientation that leads people to find meaning, contentment, and acceptance primarily through what they consume. Furthermore they point out that : To thrive long into the future, human societies will need to shift their cultures so that sustainability becomes the norm and excessive consumption becomes taboo. These are just a couple of examples from dozens of recent publications on these subjects, which means we are regaining our sanity and removing the blinkers that pointed in the wrong direction.you should try and remove your blinkers too So allegations that a re-think about concepts of prosperity, advocating the need to introduce sustainability in our development and economic plans, and the urgency to protect the environment and control over-consumption amounts to communist propaganda…..is a *read herring* which besides being a fish having been dried, smoked, and salted also means - a deliberate attempt to divert attention - a deliberate attempt to change a subject or divert an argument In a place like Goa where votes can easily be bought with a few rupees (just like in other parts of India) and where everyone is rushing to immitate the unsustainable western model of “progess and prosperity” , it is not difficult to go out there and explain to people the reasons why some of the old values that guided past generations need to be re-introduced in Goa, and to think hard about what “quality of life” is all about and more importantly what really they are voting for, when a politician has to resort to buying their votes. If we are going to have a democracy, then our electorate must be educated and informed about these and other issues. If we don’t do that, the incompetent, ignorant and corrupt politicians that have dominated the politics in Goa will continue to buy the votes and rule Goa for many generations to come, no matter how good and competent an alternative we present to the electorate. Now for some interesting data from Worldwatch Institute *State of the World 2010 report , *relevant for this discussion, specially for some of you that think USA is the model we should all go for, and
[Goanet] Terrorist Lohia yes - But Goan citizen R. no
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- More than 50 year ago an indian terrorist was backed by Goan traitors to make speeches in Goa. Today we know the results. But today a Goan citizen Dr. Rajan Parrikar wants to make changes but is challenged for his travel documents etc by these same people who coloborated with Lohia. Shame on these Goans. BC
[Goanet] Christians in Pakistan
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[Goanet] What are we waiting for?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Floriano is right in his conclusion that we have to invest in manufacturing a Guillotine. The trials should be held by Popular vote. All candidates must provide Statements of Assets for themselves and members of their family prior to being allowed access to candidacy. These lists should be scrutinized on the candidate departure from office after election. The present or soon to be ousted candidates should be tried by special tribunals set up for the purpose of trying and punishing corrupt officials. The powers of the tribunals should extend to all branches of Government and should cover every civil servant and citizen. That is to say that not only the corrupt but those who encourage corruption should be tried and as Floriano says,May they Rot behind bars (Not the Ghadi type for gods sake).This will ensure that we have a stable, honest and credible government. We can be the example that the rest of India can follow. After all we are now part of the hoards not by choice but b y military force.We can lead India to glory through example and principle as a truthful, honest and law abiding society. We have the capability, but do we have the will or as Floriano says, are we going to beat around the bush? Time will tell. Manuel (Eddie) Tavares.
[Goanet] Yusuf Sheik calls Dr Austin as the King of Konkani poets (3500 poems book release)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Yusuf Sheik calls Dr Austin as the King of Konkani poets Goa, Jan 7: Konkani Poetry book VOZRAM - a Devanagiri version of a 3500 collection of poems of Dr. Austin DSouza Prabhu, Chicago was inaugurated on 6th Jan 2010 at 5pm at Thomas Stephens Konkani Kendr, Porvorim Goa. The book is transliterated by Ancy DSouza Paladka and published by Priya Prakashana Mumbai. Former speaker of Goa Assembly and the present Tiatr Akademy President Tomazhino Cardoza inaugurated the book. Former Director of Shri Lanka Radio and the veteran poet Yusuf Sheik was the chief guest. Fr. Pratap Naik presided over the function. Mrs Terry was also present at the Dais. Konkani poets, writers, artists are like a rose that rises and blooms amidst of all thorns that surrounding it. During this time of internet we all Konkani people need to get united breaking all barriers. said Dr. Austin DSouza during this occasion. Diversity is the streangth of Konkani. This need to be preserved and promoted. This encourages people of diffent sects, different culture, different religions, different scripts to work for the cause of Konkani. He also congratulated the author Austin for writing 3500 short poems in just three years. He also said that Manohar Sar Desai and R V Pandit are the two stalwat Konkani poets. The poems they have written are short poems. Jess Fernandes wrote 30 books in Roman script and the last two in Devanagari. But he is awarded with Sahitya Akademy award only after he published book in Devnagari script. Is the Sahitya akademy award given for the script or for the literary content ? he questioned. Taking the same string Fr. Pratap Naik said that Always Konkani language is important and not the script. Script is only a dress for the language. All Konkani speaking people need to identify themselves as Konkani people. Also Konkani's need to respect konkani speaking people as our people. Great works are always done by a single persons. Every Konkani person need to give his contribution to make Konkani rich The book with 3500 poems is the rain of 3500 pearls in the whole Konkani world. said veteran Konkani poet Yusuf Sheik. He also called as King of Konkani Poets. He also critisised the method of awards given to the script and not the language. He expressed his dissappointment because Konkani Salwats Litterauts of Kannada script like V J P Saldanha, Jo Sa Alvares are not given the Sahitya Akademy Award. He also said that Nowhere the poetry collection of 3,500 poems are published. This is a great work and need to be recorded in Gunness Book of Records and Limca records. The programme started with the introduction by Ancy Paladka. Smita Tamba, Madgaon introduced the poet. Yusuf Sheik honoured Dr. Austin DSouza Prabhu with the Shawl and a Momento. The programme was compered by Ancy.
[Goanet] REGRET TO INFORM THE SAD DEMISE OF Matildas Fonseca e Menezes
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Dears, It is with deep regret and profound sadness that I wish to inform you of the passing away of Matildes Fonseca e Menezes, beloved wife of Late Tome Menezes and darling mother of Marcelina, Leticia, Eric, Sunita and Late Donald, from Althino, Mapuca, Eric and his wife Venite are a wonderful couple and they all have done a lot to make their Mum's life easier and happier. Leticia, Eric and Venite are very near and dear friends of mine and I pray that the Lord grants them peace and blessings to accept the saddness. Let's keep all of them in our prayers as what they need at the moment is only prayers. She had suffered a stroke a few months back, however, she was doing okay today. The funeral shall be today evening at 3.15 p.m. at St. Jerome's Church , Mapuca. I remember her as a very cheerful and a very warm-hearted person. May God's Angels be with her. Kindly say a prayer for her soul to rest in peace and may Almighty God give the strength to her sorrowful family members to have the courage and strength to overcome this moment of grief. ARLETTE
[Goanet] HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR RENE
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Global Goans UAE wishes our most dynamic leader Shri Rene Barretto a very Happy Birthday , may the Lord give you many more years with good health to work for the good of our Goan Cummunity. Cheers God bless Benedict Global Goans UAE -- RadioGoa.net Keeping the Konkani Culture Alive ! Worldwide -- Follow me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/radiogoa
Re: [Goanet] Almanac de Parede
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- I have a copy of the Almanac de Parede in my possession, being a A3 reprint of an A4 print on the back-cover of an Ecos do Oriente magazine (2006) published in Portugal. This magazine contains articles on all things Goan (I think it is available in limited qty at Sapeco Stationers in Panjim). The almanac, though outdated now, still graces my living-room wall, and is an item of curiosity with visitors. Gabriel.
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (07Jan10)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- The Home Minister says 'No Drugs in Goa' He's Right...If He's Always at Home To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] Algarve Schooling - 1977.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Why talk about Algarve in 1977 and Goa pre-1961? Children in a number of parts of this world even today, including the first world, have to travel long distances to school, especially those who live in rural areas. PS I had read somewhere about children in Japan having to start their mornings as early as 5:00 am to get to school - could someone elaborate on this fact? Gabriel. - Original Message From: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thu, 7 January, 2010 2:27:36 AM Subject: [Goanet] Algarve Schooling - 1977. --- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Prof. Michael Pearson of Sydney, Australia, wrote his Portuguese in India in 1987. Here is the absolute last paragrph and sentence in the book: I imagine he relished the anticlimatic ending ! ' In a particular coastal area in 1977, 70% of houses had no electric light, 40% of the rural population was illiterate, and in 1983 children still had to ride 10 kilometers to get to a primary school. This is not some backward pat of Goa; this is the Alentejo region of southern Portugal.' --- From AM. Lisboa is a metropolis, fine ! Take Estremadura or Algarve instead and compare the number of Lyceums there with the measly three in the glorious Provincia Ultramarina de Portugal also known as Goa AM __ See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now: http://au.movies.yahoo.com/session-times/
Re: [Goanet] Algarve Schooling - 1977.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- The Government of India has initiated in a big way two flagship programmes called the Mid-day Meal Scheme and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. One of the major reasons for these is to provide access to school-going children and then their retention because more than 50% of children are out of school across the country. Goa has a school-going culture thanks to the Portuguese (should I say?). Richard Cabral eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com wrote: --- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Prof. Michael Pearson of Sydney, Australia, wrote his Portuguese in India in 1987. Here is the absolute last paragrph and sentence in the book: I imagine he relished the anticlimatic ending ! ' In a particular coastal area in 1977, 70% of houses had no electric light, 40% of the rural population was illiterate, and in 1983 children still had to ride 10 kilometers to get to a primary school. This is not some backward pat of Goa; this is the Alentejo region of southern Portugal.' --- From AM. Lisboa is a metropolis, fine ! Take Estremadura or Algarve instead and compare the number of Lyceums there with the measly three in the glorious Provincia Ultramarina de Portugal also known as Goa AM
[Goanet] The Colva Street Show - By Augusto Pinto (Herald)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- The Colva Street Show By Augusto Pinto Dears, I love theatrical productions, so I’m hugely pleased by what the people of Colva did recently. I’m referring to the show they put up in response to a CD produced by their tiatrist panch. I have not had the pleasure of watching the CD, as it is now banned. But I’d love to; I’m ready to pay four times the cover price for it. From what I’m told, the people were excited because the CD took the Mickey out of the Colva parish priest. But after that the whole show was a super hit Sex! Politics! Religion! Bigamy! Adultery! Violence! It had everything. What fun! The Colva-ites who turned this explosive plot into a street play did a fantastic job. It was a come-one-come-all affair; everyone could play a part; anyone could say anything. There was no need for elaborate dialogue; no need to sing songs. If there was nothing else to do, one could gherao some cops; or simply fling a stone or two… or three. And it was all free! I appreciate the Colva-ites for not consulting a lawyer regarding the CD. He would have told them to file a defamation case against the panch, instead of putting up a show. Sensible people know that this sort of case would have taken about a million years to resolve, if at all, by which time everyone would be dead. Thank God they did not resort to the law courts. Also, it is a good thing Colva-ites are very elite and do not watch Bollywood movies like ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’. Nobody has heard of Gandhigiri in Colva. Gandhigiri makes one sentimental when one is angry. And it makes one do good to someone that is bad. It would have been a very poor show indeed if, like Munnabhai, the Colva-ites protested by flooding this apparently erring panch with bouquets of roses. Apart from the fact that stones are much more economical than roses, the Colva-ites would have lost the pleasure of messing up the panch tiatrist’s house. One day, I also hope I get a chance to smash up the house of someone I hate, just like the Colva-ites. I’d suggest that the Colva-ites continue their campaign by reviving the celebration of ‘Janeiro’ ‘Janeiro’, which involves parading in fancy dress in front of people’s houses to usher in the new year. The Colva-ites can use this ruse to disguise themselves, and safely stone more politicians’ houses with no one recognising them. This is all pure, traditional, good-natured Goan fun, of course. I’d also like to congratulate the priest, the politicians and the police for not being so stupid as to go and try to stop the violence, as well as the disruption in the lives of those who were not in any way concerned with what was going on. After all, it is human on the part of any wounded individual – no matter that he is a politician, or for that matter, a priest who is supposed to turn the other cheek when the first is slapped – to occasionally enjoy a little tit-for-tat; especially when a particularly pesky parishioner is taught a lesson. One must also congratulate the Church for not intervening in the show and letting everyone enjoy themselves. Of course, some people may say that by keeping silent while the trouble went on, they conveyed to the public that they are not in control of the Colva street players. Others may even say that they instigated it. Let these fools say what they want. As everyone knows, it is a good thing that religious leaders do not interfere in worldly matters in secular India. Besides, it is intensely boring when they start giving sermons to people and quote passages from the Bible like: “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’ To the contrary, ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.’ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Finally the Magistrate who banned the CD must be praised. It’s common knowledge that once a work of art is banned, everyone then wants to see it. Tiatrists can now sing songs in praise of this Magistrate for making tiatr as an art form even more popular. Cheers! http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=31954cid=14 http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2010/01/footloose-ode-to-colva.html http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2010/01/chaos-and-confusion-in-colva-over.html As forwarded by gaspar almeida
[Goanet] South Goa administration gagging the media to prevent the truth.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --- Jornalisttic fraternity stabbed each other in the back too! (GT) By Nisser Dias 7th Jan 2010 South Goa administration gagging the media to prevent the truth. South Goa additional district magistrate’s (ADM) order prohibiting television coverage of riots and arson at Colva following the release of an audio CD, ‘Dogui Bodmas’ seems to be influenced by a politician in the coalition government led by Digambar Kamat. Firstly the very premise on which the ban has been imposed is downright flimsy. Just because a local news channel stated that the people involved in causing confusion and chaos at Colva had gathered in support or were supporters of the parish priest, is no ground at all for imposing a ban. The contention of the ADM is that, it should have been parishioners instead of supporters, the question here is, on the day of the incident, was it only the parishioners of Colva or were there others from other villages and constituencies to commit the act of rioting and arson. Keeping aside the legal and constitutional validity of the ban, as so much has already been said and written condemning it, what purpose does it serve.. Since the inception of electronic media in Goa, coverage of incidents like Curchorem communal riots, murder of a priest in Maina-Curtorim, frequent communal tension in Margao and surrounding areas, Saleli flare-up due to which a landlord was killed and hundreds of villagers were arrested and many more incidents have been telecast by the local media, but none of these coverages in the past has incited people to take law into their hands. But now, how come the south Goa administration feels that riots and arson in Colva to violently protest the release of the controversial CD will hurt the sentiments of the people of Colva is a question mark, which only the south Goa district administration can answer. In my opinion, this is just a hogwash. The reality is that the police do not want to go after and arrest miscreants involved in rioting, arson and blocking the roads for two days, because of pressure from the local MLA and minister. From the time of culmination of the mob members at the police station till the time of stoning the house of the producer, journalists were threatened from clicking pictures or capturing it on video. The reason being simple, the arsonists did not want to be identified or caught on camera. So also, because the leaders of the mob are allegedly known to be close associates of the local minister. A criminal case stands registered against unknown persons for stoning the house of the producer Calvert Gonsalves. But till such time no person is identified or caught in the act, it makes the work of the police a little difficult. Not that the police do not know who the accused are, they are very much aware as the police themselves were recording the incident on camera. But it is a foregone conclusion that the police will not make the video recording public or use it for their investigation. But there is yet another recording of the incident and stoning of the house of the producer, wherein all the front-men of the politician and the priest who cast the first stone on the house are clearly seen and this is in possession of the producer himself. The fear of the politician is that this particular recording might end up in the hands of the news channels in Goa and will be aired and thus force the police to initiate criminal proceedings against those seen in the video. It is well known that the politician in question is making his base in Nuvem to contest the next elections from there. If at this juncture criminal cases are filed against the miscreants hailing from Nuvem, the popularity of the politician will erode and definitely loose credibility for not being able to save them and thus the ban. If this is not the reason for the ban, then why does the top brass of the south Goa police and the south Goa administration office keep playing the blame game. One might also ask, if the producer is in possession of this tape, why not hand it over to the police, the answer to this is simple. Firstly can he still trust the police and the south Goa administration, when the police knowing that his house would be stoned acted as mute spectators and when the collector has gone on record to promise the mob that Culvert would somehow be thrown behind bars even if he applies for anticipatory bail. Secondly there are ample numbers of cases of missing files in government departments, what guarantee can one have that this particular recording will also not disappear. But if it is handed
