[Goanet] Opportunity for Non Resident Goans to help Local Goans save goa

[Arwin Mesquita]

Dear Non Resident Goans,

This is an opportunity for Non Resident Goan to help Local Goans to save
Goa; please read below. Orlando and others were amond the very first
activist toare fight against Powerful Builders and thier political backers;
powerful yes but if more Goans join the effort, we can overcome!!

Should you want to help, kindly contact Orlando directly
Arwin Mesquita
-- Forwarded message --
From: Orlando Silva 
Date: 2010/1/22
Subject:
To: arwinmesqu...@gmail.com




Date: 10th Januar’2010.

My Dear Friend Arwin bab

Through News paper reports of major Goan dailies you all are aware what is
happening in your beautiful village of Carmona and the state of Goa at
large.

Since  the year 2008, we Carmonakars have lodged a sustained battle with the
authorities in Goa to protect our mother land from the clutches of the land
sharks. If land sharks such as the Raheja’s of Mumbai fame are allowed to
set mega housing projects meant as second homes for the neo-rich from
outside the state there will be no land left for our future generations. As
it is with one mega deal by the Raheja’s in our village the land prices has
soared to astronomical figures thereby eroding the purchasing power of every
Carmonkar  whether he is working in Goa, the gulf or the luxury liners. The
basic infrastructure of water, electricity, garbage disposal and sewerage at
present are so dismal that our living will be made impossible by these mega
projects.

Our revolt against the mighty Raheja’s in Carmona has awakened many Goan
villages from the deep slumber and today each and every gramsabha in goan
villages are questioning the Sarpanchas and authorities  on the issue.

But our own elected representative such as MLA’s and Panchayat members  blinded
by short term personal greed are supporting these mega projects  by outside
builders. The same has happened in Carmona. Recently at the gramsabha
meeting held on 20/12/2009 the people of Carmona has passed a resolution and
told the Sarpanch to call back the file of the Raheja’s.

But our sarpanch and the balance group of five who have sold themselves  to
the bread loaves offered by the Raheja’s  are in no mood to listen to the
voices of the people.

At the behest of our local MLA the town and country planning department has
issued a provisional NOC to the builder which will be ratified by our
panchayat in its meeting to be held on 13/01/2010 to issue license to The
Raheja’s.

The action of the Town and country planning department and the Panchayat  to
issue the provisional NOC is nothing but a fraud. As per  circular dated
29.08.2008 the builder has to show the actual width of the existing access
road at site.  The said circular says that no NOC should be issued based on
proposed road/ broadening. I enclose a copy of the said circular for your
perusal.

Many likeminded people from the village are of the opinion that this fraud
has to be challenged  in the high court and have promised support. We have
contacted lawyers and has taken opinion and are told that it is fit case to
permanently block the Raheja’s and also to give fiting  reply to our local
MLA and the Panchas supporting the builder.

Our estimate  runs in a few lakhs of rupees to match against the mighty
Raheja’s.  But we count on support  of all our dear brothers and sisters
working in far away countries and are hoping to return our sweet home after
retirement.

Please circulate this appeal to all blue blooded Goans to spare a few
ruppess from their hard earned  incomes to save our mother land from the
hungry volves.

Thank you very much,

On behalf of the People of Tamdeg and Carmona at large.



Orlando. S. A. Da. Silva

Mobile No. 9823491364 – Feel free to contact for any clarifications if
required.
Cheques  can be issued in my favour and I assure thorugh and honest
accountablity for the purpose it is asked for.





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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
7. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686
8. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/

[Goanet] Mapusa cries for development

[Bernado Colaco]

 
Taken from the Nav Hindtimes. If you read below business man Vengurlekar is a 
boot licker. Or he must be shovling snow in Lisbon!
 
BC
  
Mapusa cries for development  
Written by ERWIN FONSECA     
Friday, 22 January 2010 01:15  
       
MAPUSA: Mapusa, whose municipal market completed 50 years of its existence, has 
slipped into a chaotic city. The ills of civic life have taken a toll on the 
once well-planned city. And in the rough and tumble of politics and 
administration, the city fathers have forgotten to celebrate the golden jubilee 
of the municipal market.

The golden jubilee of one of the oldest markets of Goa has gone practically 
unsung. Neither the Mapusa municipal council chairperson, the councilors nor 
the Mapusa MLA realised that the Mapusa market completed 50th years and it was 
a time to organise some events to mark the occasion. 
It was in January, 1960 that the last Governor of Portuguese-ruled Goa, General 
Manuel Antonio Vassalo E Silva had inaugurated the municipal market. It was a 
well-planned market with ample place in-between and shops constructed were in 
an orderly manner. 
Old-timers recalled that the Portuguese officials would regularly monitor the 
market and see that hygiene, discipline and order were maintained in the 
market. It was due to these efforts that Mapusa soon became popular worldwide 
for its Friday market as a lot of local produce would find its place in Mapusa. 
The once famous Mapusa market today is besotted by disorder in the city. The 
ills of civic life have raised their ugly head in the city. Parking woes, bad 
roads, garbage, choked drains, stinking nullah have created chaos in Mapusa.  
The infrastructure of the market has completely deteriorated and no concerted 
efforts seem to be made for improving the city. 
The work for the vegetable market has been incomplete for the last four years. 
There do not seem to be any signs that the fish market, which had been 
demolished for being in a bad state, will turn around soon.  There is no decent 
hall which could help encourage the young artistes of Mapusa, though efforts 
are now on to construct a Ravindra Bhawan. 
Even the parks and gardens are badly maintained as is evident from the fact 
that most parks and gardens in Mapusa wear a near isolated look. 
Indiscipline among vendors and lack of market management is further putting 
Mapusa in bad light not only among the locals but even among the tourists. 
Except for the early councillors who were determined to keep an order in the 
city, the subsequent elected representatives, chief officers and bureaucrats 
failed miserably in making Mapusa a good city. 
The Mapusa MLA, Mr Francis D’Souza admitted that as an MLA he was also to be 
blamed for the mess of Mapusa as he is still struggling to give good roads and 
water to his people, but also blamed his councillors.  
“Councillors from time to time ignore Mapusa and get involved in petty politics 
for personal gains. What is required is proper management of Mapusa market 
resources and decongestion of the market,” he said. Mr D’Souza claimed that 
when he was MMC chairperson he had made a lot of efforts, including 
construction of 400 shops in the city, that could decongest the market. 
On the other hand, the MMC chairperson, Ms Rupa Bhakta said, “Ever since I took 
over a year back I have tried to do whatever I could.   However, it will 
require some time for Mapusa to regain its lost glory. I am definitely working 
for the improvement of Mapusa.”   
She said the possibility of celebrating 50 years of the city market in the 
immediate future could not be ruled out as that would be a very good occasion 
for seeking more government help.”  
Mr Vengurlekar, a prominent businessman of Mapusa who has been in the business 
in Mapusa since Portuguese regime reminisced, “There was hygiene, cleanliness 
and order in Mapusa then. The Portuguese rulers were quite concerned about the 
maintenance of the market.” 
The residents of Mapusa are complaining about the rampant constructions coming 
up and choking the city in the midst of the sewage problem and water scarcity.  
Without mincing his words, Mr Ratnapal Salkar of the Mapusa Citizens Forum 
said, “Some villages around Mapusa are much better than Mapusa, a major 
commercial city of North Goa. If Mapusa, which was once a very good city, is a 
very bad city today then it is our misfortune.”   
He said that Mapusa is decaying and the stinking nullah in front of the fish 
market is proof of this. Our elected representatives from Mapusa have only 
one-point agenda:  converting Mapusa into a concrete jungle. 


 

[Goanet] Jazz-House, a new genre of jazz!

[Jazz Goa]

Jazz-House, a new genre of jazz!

DJ Donabelle, amoung the first few female DJ's in Goa, has launched an original 
track titled 'DJ-belle'. The track produced by Jazz Goa is progressive house 
with elements of jazz. You can hear the track at the radio station at 
http://www.jazzgoa.com or download the mp3 here: 

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/21/909601/djbelle.mp3

Donabelle has a sound knowledge of electronic music and a feel for several 
other genres like latin, jazz and world music.


  

Re: [Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder

[Santosh Helekar]

--- On Fri, 1/22/10, cyril D'Souza  wrote:
> 
> The sad part is that the article has come from least expected quarters >and 
> should serve as a wake up call to the church authorities in Goa who >now 
> should aggressively try to strive to promote the right values >especially 
> amongst our youth. 
>

Is he saying that the church authorities should impose their values and laws on 
people of other religions in a secular country? What punishment should these 
authorities give to people of other religions who undergo these medical 
procedures? 

Cheers,

Santosh


  

[Goanet] A taste of Goan assertion

[Bernado Colaco]

While studying at Dempo's I was once faced with a bara baje called Mandeep 
singh owner of Sheri Punjab (18th June rd). Some of my bhenkde colleagues told 
me not to challnege him because his father was a friend of some IGP. I stood up 
and under similar circumstance below the Singh withdrew. In an other incident I 
believe the Sheri was ransacked by the dadas from Santa Cruz.
 
BC
 

A Punjabi got a taste of Goan assertion in front of Cafe Central at Panjim. A 
local toursit taxi almost brushed a Punjab registered car. Out came a huge man 
who grabbed the collar of the taxi driver and tried to pull him out of the car. 

[Goanet] NRGS and RGS

[manuel tavares]

I have a mathematical solution to this problem RG +NRG+ WHATEVER G's YOU HAVE, 
the common factor is The G. G stands out above all the rest of the attributes 
that can be added. Therefore let us not forget that whatever G we are, we are 
Goans first, and all of us who have the interest of Goa and who care to express 
our emotional desire to save Goa are doing so in whatever way we can on the 
NET. The most powerful tool we have is communication letting our brothers and 
sisters in Goa know that we care and that we are ready to help in whatever way 
we can to further the cause of Saving Goa. Let us not fight within ourselves, 
after all, we all have a common goal and we should not stray from that goal due 
to petty differences. Remember that there are varying routes to success and no 
one is sure that his or her route is the only means to success. United we will 
stand and petty differences will only lead to failure and that is not our goal. 
Therefore let us rise with one voice and lead Goa to a triumphant rejuvenation 
free of corruption and full of hope.

Regards.
Manuel ( Eddie) Tavares

[Goanet] Insatiable Goan Politicians

[manuel tavares]

Nisser Dias in his post of Jan 21 gives a pertinant analysis of the type of 
politicians that currently disgrace the seats they were elected to fill.
I must, however, disagree with him on one score. He claims that Chief Minister 
Digambar Kamat sold his soul for the sake of his position. Did he indeed have a 
soul to sell? I thought that he had made a pact with "Soitan" a long time back 
and that it is therefore the devil himself personified in the body of Digombar. 
Correct me if I am wrong.

Regards.
Manuel ( Eddie) Tavares.

Re: [Goanet] Why Indians Get Attacked Abroad

[floriano]

Jim,

I must tell you loud and clear
"You hve made my day"

floriano
goasuraj

- Original Message - 
From: "Jim Fernandes" 

To: 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:38 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Why Indians Get Attacked Abroad


A friend forwarded me this joke. I thought it was kind of apt, in light of 
one of the current debates raging on GoaNet. I edited it a bit, to 
downgrade its rating from NC-17 to PG-13.


It was the first day at a school in the United States. A new Indian 
student named Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.


The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history.  Who 
said 'Give me liberty, or give me death?'


She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his hand 
up "Patrick Henry, 1775" He said.

[Goanet] Corrpupt Sarpanch hoodwinking Gram Sabha

[A C Fernandes]

In a clear and very obvious attempt to hoodwink the Gram Sabha
members, it is now becoming apparent that some Sarpanch and Panchayat
members have sought to subvert the wishes of teh Gram Panchayat
members by passing fake Regional Plans. This is now coming to light.

This is sheer deceit and fraud that is being committed to further the
interests of the builders and of course there are big kickbacks from
this. This is from the Herald below.

Suspension of Loutolim Sarpanch demanded

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JAN 22

A member of the Loutolim Village Level Committee, Franky Monteiro has
demanded the immediate suspension of the village Sarpanch by the
authorities and seizure of panchayat records by the police pending
further investigations on the fake RP 2021 submitted to the Town and
Country Planning Department.

Monteiro further demanded stringent action against the village
panchayat secretary for being a mute spectator and being a party to
the illegalities.

In a statement, Monteiro said the villagers and members of the Village
Level Committee and amused and disturbed with the varied statements of
the Sarpanch and secretary and are now looking forward to further
action being initiated by the police in the matter, adding the people
will then know who are the actual people behind this regional plan
scam and their motives.
Monteiro claimed that the Sarpanch has made an about turn from his
earlier statement that the signature appearing on the forwarding
letter and plan was not his and the same was forged.
“The Sarpanch has informed the police that the plan was not prepared
by him but by some panchayat members and villagers who had submitted
objections to the proposed draft RP 2021 earlier prepared and
submitted by the Village Level Committee”, he claimed.

Interestingly, Monteiro said the Panchayat secretary in turn has
washed his hands over the issue stating that he was not aware of the
preparation or the submission of the mysterious plan by the Sarpanch .

Re: [Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder

[Mervyn Lobo]

cyril D'Souza wrote: 
> Subject :Abortion is 'First Degree Murder'.
> Only the mother can protect the child thats in her womb
> and if the mother herself decides to kill her own  baby who has no means of
> fighting for its rights then such mothers who are  encouraged and misled by
> unscrupulous elements in society are committing  an action which is not only
> murder - *it is first degree murder*.





*Col. Cyril P.D'Souza ( Retd.)*
Every mother is aware that her responsibility to her child does not end 
when the baby 
leaves her womb. Every mother will want to love, nourish and protect 
her off-spring
from harm for the rest of her life. 


I see no difference between the mother that aborts her baby in the first 
semester or 
the mother that abandons her baby as soon as it is born.


I also see no difference between the mother that abandons her new born or the 
mother
that abandons her 18 year old, just because the child has reached legal age.


Finally, I the worst disdain I have is towards the mother that allows her child 
to join any 
organization whose main purpose is to kill other human beings.  


Mervyn1091Lobo


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[Goanet] Australian govt. ignores advice on Indian students : report

[Samir Kelekar]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Australian-govt-ignores-advice-on-Indian-students-Report/articleshow/5491009.cms


  

[Goanet] Priced jobs

[Samir Kelekar]

Does any one complain about "job menu" system in Bangalore ? Why?
Because hardly anyone cares for govt. jobs in Bangalore. There is a thriving 
private
industry with good jobs, good money and professional attitudes.
 
Unless private jobs are created in Goa in plenty, the lure of Govt jobs would 
still remain.
 
samir
 
 
 

[Goanet] CHESS IN MESS – Courtesy AICF

[SHRIKANT BARVE]

CHESS IN MESS – Courtesy 
AICF
Writer is 
editor of Chess IndiaMagazine
darsha...@gmail.com
 
When the guardians of  the games starts damaging it, what will be the future of 
the game – is a matter to worry and not to sympathize alone.
 
We are talking about A.CI.F. – the Federation whose Delhi Unit (DCA) Secretary  
 Bharat Singh did not permit 400 players to 
participate in the Parsvnath Chess Tournament– which is a 
breach of Fundamental Right of the players, for which AICF & DCA 
officials are not only responsible, but also punishable under the law of the 
country.
Also they are financially liable to these players and there is no 
justification for the Govt.grant also for this tournament, for 
which entry fee was as high as Rs.  7800
 
The only fault of these players was that they participated in 
the biggest ever prize money tournament of India with the lowest entry 
fee of Rs. 1000 , organized by Chess Association of India, who have not 
taken any permission from the AICF.  Even otherwise, as per Constitution  of 
India, to 
organize such prize money tournament  is neither crime nor essential to 
take the permission of AICF, to whom, CAI would have to spare Rs. 3 
lakhs for getting the permission.
 
Bharat Singh used all his available tools to harass the organisers, sponsors, 
coaches, parents, workers and reputed players of Delhinot to 
participate to avoid ban and suspension.  Still the inevitable 
tournament happened with 400 participants and players received prizes 
more than Rs. 15 lakhs.
 
Surprisingly, DCA is holding Parsvnath tournaments for the last 7 years, but 
still 
one has to see or know its President (or it is on the paper alone).  
Bharat Singh is also the Treasurer of AICF.  If we talk about other 
officials of AICF, its President, Mr. Srinivasan is holding two posts in 
contravention of National Sports Policy and Sports Ministry 
Guidelines.  Its General Secretary DV Sunder and Commonwealth 
Secretary Dongre are on bail today.
 
To harass the players has become a routine matter for AICF, then, it may 
be GM Gopal or World No. 2 Humpy Konery.  If you talk of Rules with 
AICF, surprisingly as on date, its Constitution and Rules are not 
approved and pending with the Registrar of Societies, Chennai, and a 
gazette notification was issued earlier for withdrawal from the Role of 
SocietiesNo. 
4993/EI/2005 dated 7.12.2005.
 
Even the CIC decision dated 20.3.2009 to bring AICF under the 
RTI was not implemented by AIC upto the deadline of  20thApril, 2009 
Surprizingly,  the Sports Ministry, who is aware of all these facts, is 
releasing Grants year-after-year, without checking out the eligibility 
conditions of the applicant.
 Shrikant Vinayak Barve


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Re: [Goanet] From one RG to another

[Tony de Sa]

One of the ills of Goa cited by some crazed NRGs is mining.

Point is nobody was complaining when mining was the mainstay of industry in
Goa. When jobs were few and scarce. Then, every one wanted a share of the
pie. Jobs, contracts, licenses. and the lot

Illegal mining is another story altogether.

What I am trying to say is that if you condemn mining, condemn illegal
mining.

Now I am sure (you and) I will be treated to a lecture on how to stop
illegal mining by our resident armchair solution finder aka voice of truth,
reason, blah, blah aka Goebbels Mario.
-- 

 Tony de Sa
tonyd...@gmail.com
M   : +91 9975 162 897
  Ph. : +91 832 2470 148

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Re: [Goanet] From one RG to another

[Tony de Sa]

>Mario responds:

To begin with, the link above was not given by Mervyn.

Secondly, what does racism and corruption in America have anything to do
with the corruption that is making a mess in Goa?

I think Tony's thinking gives us a good idea why Goa is in such a mess to
begin with.

Please refer to your earlier posts. You stated that in the west, criminals
are caught and put behind bars. Why then is this Geithner character running
loose?

But then a running dog lackey of western imperialism can only see a mote in
another's eye when there is a beam his eye

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Re: [Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief

[Venantius J Pinto]

Gabriel,
I get now, what you saying, and will not opine on it. I missed your having
said so in the past on Goanet.

Venantius J Pinto



> From: Gabriel de Figueiredo 
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's
>ex-Army chief
>
> Venantius,
>
> As far as I am concerned, the attacks *in the main* are not racist. I have
> said so in the past on GoaNet.
>
> Though I have experienced real racism in the East End of London (Kent, to
> be precise) at the hands of skinheads, I carry no chip on my shoulder. A
> smile goes a long way in "breaking the ice".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gabriel.
>
> - Original Message 
> > From: Venantius J Pinto 
>
> > Hello Gabriel,
> > I appreciate your post. Once again my question was not why they were
> > attacked, or anyone else anywhere for that matter. My point was very
> > specific, as to did anyone on Goanet say the attacks on the Indians in
> > Australia was NOT racist (del)
>

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A historical novel looking at what happened after 1510 (and more): Love and Samsara

[Goanet Reader]

A HISTORICAL NOVEL LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER 1510 (AND MORE):
LOVE AND SAMSARA

LOVE AND SAMSARA
By Eusebio L. Rodrigues
New Academia Publishing, USA 2007
611 pp. Price not listed

  Love and Samsara is a historical novel set in the
  sixteenth century. It explores the consequences of
  the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route
  from Europe to India.

The importance of this discovery is a subject of revision
since the fifties; the quinquennial celebrations of his
landing in Calicut were politically incorrect and had to be
abandoned. The discovery did initiate the era of imperialism;
its end and the decline of Eurocentrism, have prompted
studies for a balanced and nuanced assessment.

These take into account the socio-economic and cultural
implications of the encounters between West and East and the
changes that affected the lives of the Indian subcontinent
and of the communities on the periphery of the Indian Ocean.

The scholar and historian, Ashin Das Gupta (1922-1998) in
follow up of Fernand Braudel's studies of the Mediterranean,
has revealed the distinctive society of trading families and
interactions of merchants in the Indian Ocean from Malabar to
Surat that transcended the political boundaries of the
hinterland states.

  Another important consequence that changed the life
  of the region was the establishment of the
  sea-borne Portuguese empire, a unique exercise of
  sovereign power from control points around the
  seas.

In the first half of the sixteenth century, Portuguese India
-- the Estado da India of Goa, Daman, and Diu -- with Goa as
capital, radiated from seaports in Asia and Africa. Though
geographically inchoate in terms of land mass, yet it
controlled the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean. Sanjay
Subramanian and Luis Filipe Thomas refer to its operations
from "a complex of territories, establishments, goods,
persons, and administrative interests in Asia and East Africa".

There were cultural implications. Prior to the invasive
nature of culture and religion by the Portuguese in the wake
of the discovery, there prevailed in the region of the Indian
Ocean a harmonization of Buddhist and Jain influences
transmitted in cultural and trade exchanges in the Arab
controlled routes through Asia and Africa into Europe.

An exemplar is the Arabian Nights a collection of stories,
whose tales of Sindbad the Sailor, Aladdin, and Ali Baba, a
part of Western folklore. are set in a timeless universe.

  Did Vasco da Gama herald a culture of violence,
  proselytisation, and power that vitiated the
  cultural homogeneity and delicate balance of
  Indo-Islamic civilization? Did the Judeo-Christian
  concept of time and history introduce reality into
  the ocean of illusion? These issues are debated and
  discussed in 'Love and Samsara', the author Eusebio
  Rodrigues holding forth in an array of historical
  characters and personalities, that are given body
  and voice in events that were turning points in the
  lives of communities and countries that fringed the
  Indian Ocean.

The personal story of the protagonist,Ahmad ibn Majid, the
Arab master navigator who showed Vasco da Gama the sea route
to India is set within this frame. Was he a traitor, an Arab
Muslim paving the way to the destruction of Islamic
civilization in the East?

Guilt ridden, he consoles himself with the reflection that he
was merely performing his duty, a professional service paid
for strictly by the scheduled rates. But it is his world that
is on the brink of destruction. "The circle of my universe,"
says Ahmad "began at Sofala in East Africa, and went on to
Mogadishu, to Aden, to Hormuz, around to Diu, to Chaul and to
Calicut in India, and then to the region that stretches below
the wind, the worlds of cinnamon and cloves that lies beyond
Cape Comorin, and ends at Melaka".

  Camões in his epic poem of that time, The Lusiads,
  does not specify the nationality of the navigator
  that showed da Gama the sea route to India, but
  places him in Malinda near Mombasa in East Africa,
  referring to an act of friendship by the Sultan who
  is. grateful for the help of the Portuguese in
  battling the neighboring principalities, in
  offering his master navigator to Vasco da Gama.
  Some historians make the navigator a Gujerati Hindu
  who knew the monsoon routes, an interpretation
  consistent with Hindu resistance seeking allies
  against Muslim invaders. Rodrigues however uses the
  historic figure to give significance to the
  narrative and the plot.

Historically  the objective of the sea route to India  was to
destroy Islamic power. The Portuguese did come to India, in
the words of Vasco da Gama, for spices and souls; both
economics and religio

[Goanet] Green tea antioxidants more bioavailable than thought?

[Con Menezes]

Green tead antioxidants more potent  than hitherto known.
New Italian research results.

Here
C


http://www.foodnavigator.com/Publications/Food-Beverage-Nutrition/NutraIngredients.com/Research/Green-tea-antioxidants-more-bioavailable-than-thought/?c=KlYnp4hkqTCC7w51CtaXrA%3D%3D&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily

[Goanet] Goa news for January 23, 2010

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Reduce Sesa Goa target of Rs 344 Angel Sec -
Moneycontrol.com
Mhzdd5MH15tNPvJwtYw">Sesa Goa to Mine 8 Million Tons of Ore in
4th-Quarter
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*** Rahul's meeting was non-political: Goa CM - Press Trust of
India
andhi-row-goa-varsity-official-offers-quit.html&usg=AFQjCNE0DQiP2xiW5sfdSnBlakn_OdAr1w">Embroiled
in Gandhi row, Goa varsity official offers to quit
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*** Sack Goa varsity registrar for Rahul's meet: BJP (Lead) -
Little About (blog)
DjsD7FKSbHVhdUDPusqU1Avg">Rahul's meet with Cong activists in
Goa varsity draws flak
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*** Yuvan's fast track for Goa! - IndiaGlitz
amil-music-review-goa.htm&usg=AFQjCNFA4JKnCcfd6dwyLyzppCDO8kGhVA">Goa's
music is not Yuvan's best
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*** Mozambique's new-old mystique - Globe and Mail
obe and MailDon't miss on a journey by dhow from Mozambique
Island to Ilha de Goa. Aaron Leaf for The Globe and Mail
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*** Monte music fest at Old Goa from February 5 to 7 - Times of
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entury-goa-chapel-host-music-festival.html&usg=AFQjCNEbdl3QFqLvc8RDQnH5a2RAGVQ7ZQ">16th
century Goa chapel to host music festival
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*** Goa villagers go to court against DLF, builder says all
above board - Indian Express
dian ExpressOver the last month, Vera Varghese, 65, has had
brushes with a leopard and a python close to her hillside home
in Goa's Alto Dabolim village. ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Goa-villagers-go-to-court-against-DLF--builder-says-all-above-board/570804&usg=AFQjCNF4n8reyJZV5Si7a_W2MsFeNRTM6g

*** Watch 'Goa' with the stars - IndiaGlitz
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*** Goa says No to Bikini, yes to Bottle - Daijiworld.com
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*** Dischordian   Gillian Grassi: UTV World Movies and Music @
Cafe Goa - Metroblogging.com (blog)
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Wednesday (20 th January) for the UTV World Movies & Music event
organized by the Bombay Elektrik Projekt. ...http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2010/01/23/dischordian-gillian-grassi-utv-world-movies-and-music-cafe-goa/&usg=AFQjCNEO9qP1QxDuJyMYTqesBOejF42S3g


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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Keeping track of time (Frederick Noronha)

[Goanet Reader]

THE PRINTED WORD/Frederick Noronha
--

KEEPING TRACK OF TIME

When we talk of the "printed word", we usually assume that it
has to necessarily be related to the world of books. Though
we're already well into January, it is perhaps still timely
to focus on another form of the printed word in Goa that
plays an important role in the lives of the commonman.

(Maybe 'commonman' is a wrong word here, because such
products are as -- if not more important -- to women here.)

  I'm referring to the varied calendars that come out
  just before the year end. These have been a long
  tradition in Goa, spanning many decades, if not
  longer.

In the past, they used to be called 'almanacs'. Now, in
keeping with the changing times, and changing linguistic
preferences, you could probably find a 'deendarshak' or a
'varshik panchang'. It means very much the same thing -- a
kind of detailed calendar, that goes beyond just giving you
the basic information about what date falls on which day of
the week.

Such calendars also include phases of the moon, details of
the Hindu lunar calendar and other popularly followed
calendars, maybe sunrise and sunset times too (did you know
the sun rises after 7 am in Goa these days?), Hindu
festivals, Christian feasts, and Muslim festive and holy days.

There are also a few advertisements and photographs of Goa.
Unlike the 'Kalnirnay' calendar that covers Maharashtra in
detail, these Goa-focussed calendars are less ambitious, and
don't carry recipes or household tips on one side of the
calendar... as Jayraj Salgaonkar-published Kalnirnay does.
[See http://www.kalnirnay.com/beta/kal_user/home.php for a
web-based version of the Kalnirnay.]

  Before me, I have two calendars, the 'Goa Calendar'
  and 'Deendarshak Goa 2010', both available at the
  end of each year from the Bhate Brother's Varsha
  Book Stall, next to the Azad Maidan in Panjim, and
  other news-stands across the State around the end
  of each calendar year.

I think these calendars play a useful role in informing us
about what's happening where in this small region. Otherwise,
even newspapers don't adequately cover the fairs and
festivities -- that are, really, such an important part of
society's life here.

Each calendar is priced at Rs 20, and the Goa Calendar is in
English, while the 'Deendarshak' is a mix of Marathi and
English. For anyone who studied a little bit of Marathi or
Devanagari Konkani in school, it's not too tough to follow
what is being listed in the calendar.

  There have been other calendar initiatives in Goa
  too. Earlier this decade, I wrote about the
  'Almanac de Parade', brought out as a valiant
  venture by an elderly lady from Margao. My Dutch
  friend Patrice Riemens treats these as a
  collector's item, and often requests me to send
  across a copy -- which I often fail to do!

'Almanac de Parede' is a kind of a 'wall calendar' that has
completed a quiet centenary of its publication from Margao.
If Patrice had not to remind me, I would have not even
realised this unusual century!

"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 churches in all
districts and some postal (and other) info. It is available
in Margao may be less outside," explains Patrice Reimens, who
is an Amsterdam-based researcher curious about encountering
varied cultures across the globe, including Goa.

Reimens long back 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, I was told some
time ago by septuagenarian Elsa Correia, daughter of the
founder of this publication, Joaquim Filipe Roque Correia,
who first published it in the year 1903. It is one of the
very few publications in Asia now brought out in Portuguese.

Elsa Correia, fighting shy of the publicity and the credit
for carrying out the publication, said 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.

"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.

Here's a thank you to those dedicated souls, who have been
helping us mark our 

[Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief

[Mario Goveia]

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:04:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Samir Kelekar 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Attacks-on-Indians-are-racist-Australias-ex-Army-chief/articleshow/5478936.cms

Wonder what argument our resident NRGs have this time. Ex-Army chief has lost 
his "civic consciousness" ? :-)

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:06:53 -0500
From: Venantius J Pinto 

To All among Us on Goanet,
I would like to know whether any Goan, NRG or resident on Goanet explicitly
said that the attacks in Australia, were in any way not racist. Was it even
implied that the attacks and deaths must not be seen as racist.

Mario observes:

The last I heard they had not caught those who had attacked the Indians in 
Australia.  Until they are caught and there is evidence that their attacks were 
racist, how would anyone know for sure whether the attacks were racist or not?

Gabriel de Figueiredo showed where an attack on some Indians in Australia were 
actually carried out by other Indians:

http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188317.html

If you read the article posted by Samir, the ex-Army Chief has no facts or 
evidence to back up his incendiary speculation.

Here is his not-so-brilliant analysis of his "suspicions" followed by a 
suggestion that the authorities "look more closely":

Quote:
"If you didn't suspect a racial strand you'd be mad.  Attacks recently by 
groups of people on individuals looks like a profiling approach to people from 
the sub-continent. Rather than say 'nothing to worry about', I'd rather look 
more closely,"
Unquote.

The article goes on to say, "Indian media have labelled the attacks as racist, 
but police and the government insist they are purely criminal."

Once again, there is no evidence as yet to know for sure whether these 
particular attacks were racial or criminal.

Samir's intention in posting such a scurrilous article filled with baseless 
speculation was clearly to deflect attention from his furious personal attacks 
on NRGs trying to help address the mess in Goa.

In the meantime the Rahejas are not impressed by the crime waves and racism 
taking place in Australia, the Bahamas and the USA:-))  They are happy that 
attention is being deflected by Tony and Samir from their co-opting of village 
Panchayats in Goa.

 

[Goanet] NRGS and RGS.

[Mario Goveia]

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:13:53 -0500
From: anesim...@aim.com

I have been following this arguments as i call them with interest and
frustration.

Mario observes:

Anesimo, please stay calm, murre.

Interest - good.  Frustration - not good.

Some doctor once told me that:-))

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:11:25 -0500
From: MD 

.to achieve the goal, the RGs and NRGs should be complementary to each 
other and should have a positive resolve to do something to the overall 
development.  Either one can not do without the other.

Mario observes:

MD, you, too, are correct.

However, what we had was one RG and one NRG with Indian citizenship running 
amok throwing stones and brickbats at every NRG in sight, impugning their 
citizenship and their motives, running down their countries, rubbishing their 
legal standing in India, instead of joining with them in attacking the primary 
problem in Goa, or even the secondary problem.

The comments shown in the following posts were what I took issue with precisely 
to get everyone to focus on the primary problem in Goa, the unholy alliance 
between corrupt politicians and business interests:

http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188400.html

I'm glad you agree with me that everyone needs to work together.

Tony de Sa wrote:

"This is typically the sarsaparilla that Gouveia specializes in."

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:38:56 +1100
From: "Salus Correia" 

What is the connection using the word 'sarsaparilla'?  That is a fruity
drink freely available in Australia!!! Tastes great when cultured.

Mario Goveia [not, Gouveia] observes:

To begin with, do the bug, ...er, chaps, in Goa know what 'sarsaparilla' 
is?  Maybe they do.

Secondly, there is about as much of a connection as there is between the 
corruption and racism in Australia, the Bahamas and the USA and the corruption 
in Goa.  In other words, zero, zip, nada.  I don't do fruity drinks, whether 
cultured or uncivilized.

Now, if he had said that I specialize in feni or beer or Old Monk or even Tiger 
Brand "mhowwa" from my Bhayya days, he would have been right on the mark:-))

"Lead, follow, or get out of the way." - Thomas Paine.

[Goanet] Shezad Dawood - Artwork - The Saatchi Gallery

[Con Menezes]

Dear Goanetters,
Those interested in Indian Art, there is an  exhibition @ Saatchi Gallery 
London 
entitled 'The Empire Strikes Back. 
Peruse  through.very interesting.
C

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/shezad_dawood.htm?section_name=new_india

[Goanet] Teens Who Skip Breakfast More Likely to Be Obese, Study Says - Bloomberg.com

[Con Menezes]

A good reason not to miss Breakfast

Heres why!
C
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aAyTBdCuTgWM&refer=us

[Goanet] New protectionist laws in Mumbai

[Venantius J Pinto]

These Rickshaw and Taxi rate charts for Mumbai may be helpful for those
visiting Mumnbai.

Rickshaw and Taxi rate charts for Mumbai
http://www.mumbaireadyreckoner.com/2009/04/blog-post.html

http://www.mumbaireadyreckoner.com/2008/11/taxi-rates-in-mumbai.html

and BEST AC Bus routes
http://www.mumbaireadyreckoner.com/2010/01/best-ac-bus-routes-in-mumbai.html


venantius

[Goanet] Air India Alert

[Mauricio Pereira]

The government has put all Air India planes operating in the country's 
neighbourhood on high security alert and directed the airlines to deploy sky 
marshals following intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based LeT and other terror 
groups were planning to hijack a flight.

A directive has been issued to all Indian missions abroad to sensitise the 
staff of the airlines, official sources said.

According to intelligence inputs, terrorist groups having allegiance with 
Al-Qaida, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamat-ul-Dawa were planning to hijack an Air 
India plane especially operating in or from SAARC countries -- Nepal, 
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India as 
well.

Hijacking could be attempted by the terrorists from airports located at Yangon, 
Dhaka and Colombo. Security of planes operating to Bhutan has also been beefed 
up, the sources said.

Following this input, the Civil Aviation Ministry has directed all the airlines 
especially Air India to take extra steps besides asking Bureau of Civil 
Aviation Security to deploy sky marshals on aircraft operating on such routes, 
the sources said.

On its part, the External Affairs Ministry has asked Indian missions, 
particularly in SAARC countries, to brief the staff of the Air India and other 
Indian carriers about the threat.

Taking a serious view of the threat, the Home Ministry yesterday issued 
directions to upgrade security. 

The intelligence input has been shared with India by Western spy agencies, 
which had received an intercept. 

Special Secretary (Internal Security) U K Bansal said, "We have intelligence 
inputs that there could be a hijack attempt of Indian planes. So we have 
alerted the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security 
(BCAS) and tightened security in all airports in the country."

The BCAS has issued an advisory to all airlines to conduct a mandatory 
secondary ladder point check on all aircraft flying in the region.
  
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Re: [Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

Venantius,

As far as I am concerned, the attacks *in the main* are not racist. I have said 
so in the past on GoaNet.

Though I have experienced real racism in the East End of London (Kent, to be 
precise) at the hands of skinheads, I carry no chip on my shoulder. A smile 
goes a long way in "breaking the ice". 

Cheers,

Gabriel.

- Original Message 
> From: Venantius J Pinto 
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Cc: Cecilia Castelino 
> Sent: Fri, 22 January, 2010 3:52:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army 
> chief
> 
> Hello Gabriel,
> I appreciate your post. Once again my question was not why they were
> attacked, or anyone else anywhere for that matter. My point was very
> specific, as to did anyone on Goanet say the attacks on the Indians in
> Australia was NOT racist (say ACTS committed in frustrations, lost of
> control, confronting the nonchalance or ignorance of the immigrants,
> ANYTHING); it was not what they do/did and why they were attacked. I am
> aware of those variables.



  
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[Goanet] Goan Traitor

[Arwin Mesquita]

 Subject : Goan Traitor

I think it is quite obvious that the Local MLA has a powerful hand in
supporting RAHEJA's bold moves in Carmona. These traitor conveniently used
the Konkani Movement to gain political mileage, get elected annd now using
his power to destroy Carmona & Goa, for personal gains and huge illegitimate
profits. It is high time Goans realise about who truly cares for Goa and
Goans!!

Arwin Mesquita, UAE

Re: [Goanet] Priced jobs

[floriano]

Arwin must know that the 'Job Menu System' has been in existence for
donkey's years and it is not the recent happening. Only the quantum of
demands have gone up. But this is the system of governance in operation and
the players cannot be  blamed since they have to plough the money back into
elections to win. Our local players have to fill the suitcases to be handed
over to the Delhi patrons whenever the calls come through. And the practice
is' give one - keep two'.

All the more reason for Goans to join the 'PPS' brigade to change the 
'System'

which has taken roots in Goa,  if the players are to be red carded.

Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org

PS: The Job Menu system will remain in operation whether there are cutting
letters to the editors or not. Letters to the editors cannot solve the
problem. Finding the alternative which will abolish job menus will.

PS: Let us GOANS fight Dirty Politics and Dirty Politicians. Let us change
the OPERATING SYSTEM. Let us join the  'PPS' brigade. Let us adorn our
2/4-wheelers with 'PPS' stickers. Let us show solidarity with the movement
with conviction that  ' We Shall Overcome '

PPS: PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY  Goa's Need of the Hour
[Note: Stickers now available at CHAMPS Sports Shoppe -  MAPUSA (Clinic
Road) - PANJIM (Opp. Municipal Garden)  -  MARGAO (New Market) - VASCO
(Tourist Hostel)


- Original Message - 
From: "Arwin Mesquita" 

To: "Goanet" 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:58 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Priced jobs


Root  cause of Goans leaving GOA below:.

http://www.oheraldo.in/newscategory/Letters/13
*Priced jobs
Willie Severes, Majorda
*The letter ‘Pinching empty pockets’ by Vishwesh Naik (Herald, 5 Jan)
correctly highlights the amount of corruption in government offices these
days. Brilliant students with great academic records are asked to pay huge
sums of money to get a job. One has to pay to get a government job or
migrate abroad if they cannot afford to pay

- 

Re: [Goanet] Citizenship issue...

[Tony de Sa]

Message: 3
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:08:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Mario Goveia 
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Citizenship issue...
Message-ID: <591567.27860...@web80506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:21:42 +0530
From: Tony de Sa 

This is typically the sarsaparilla that Gouveia specializes in. So parents,
husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods or services for their
children/ spouses/ relations have half brains by the reckoning of the
'economist' from Jamshedpur's Tata Industries? Philanthropists who invest
millions by this reasoning must be having atomic brains.

Mario responds:

We can see that Tony De Sa cannot even spell my name correctly.

As the lone voice of reason, truth and peace, I am forced again to explain
what I wrote to show that Tony is having a hard time following the
conversation:-))

Tony previously wrote, "I am no economist I confess, but I suspect
that this money was primarily sent to alleviate the lot of their families
and not specifically to improve the economy of the State."

Here is what I wrote in response to Tony's bizarre notion that people invest
their money "specifically to improve the economy of the State":
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188852.html

Quote:
No one with more than half a brain works hard and invests money primarily
for someone else's benefit.  When people help themselves economically, they
automatically help others around them when the money is spent on purchases
and starts circulating in the economy.
Unquote.

Obviously when parents, husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods
or services for their children/ spouses/ relations they are investing
primarily for the benefit of their own family and "not specifically to
improve the economy of the State", as Tony wants NRGs to do.  Only those
with half a brain would invest "specifically to improve the economy of the
State."

I wonder if Tony can grasp the difference.

I wonder who he is talking about from Jamshedpur's Tata Industries. Must be
like that Goan from Toledo.  It's those pesky facts again that Tony has a
problem with.

Tony wrote:

Philanthropists who invest millions by this reasoning must be having atomic
brains.

Mario responds:

Once again I will be glad to teach Tony how this works:-))

Most American philanthropists like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were not
born wealthy, i.e they did not have enough money to be "philanthropists".
 They later became wildly successful in their businesses, investing for
themselves, not for others.

Once they had more money than they knew what to do with, they started giving
money away to help others, i.e. became philanthropists.  They never invested
"for others" because not too long ago, they had no idea they would have so
much money even for themselves.

Tony wrote:

Bull sh1t

Kitem re mario? Bezo fry zala, kitem?

Mario observes:

I think this gives us all an insight into the kind of half-baked thinking we
are dealing with here who joined Samir in launching a furious assault not on
the corruption that is responsible for the real mess in Goa but on NRGs
trying to help.
===

As usual Mario has caught the bull by its tail and has got you know what on
his hands.

When you NRG guys talk about the "real mess in Goa" you are talking in
respect to what frame of reference? USA? Canada? Zimbabwe? Bangladesh?

I live in Goa 24x7 and I don't find the "real mess in Goa" as bad as it is
made out to be. The way Mario and his cohorts are going on, one would think
doomsday is like one hour away.

There are problems, yes. Look at the problems in the Indian context.
Corruption? Yes there is corruption. But by spouting advice on an internet
forum are you going to change the situation? Garbage, yes garbage is a
problem. It is not like nothing is being done about it. NRGs wanna help?
Yes, come down and wield a bloomin shovel or a bull dozer or a JCB but don't
just tell me to take a shovel and get rid of it. Illegal mining? NRGs don't
tell us that we should stop illegal mining. Just do like RG Cheryl and do
something concrete. Hill cutting? Join the pickets. I could go on and on.

Unfortunately, some guys just can't get it in their thick heads that we
don't want your "we-are-in-foren-so-we-know-everything"advice. We want your
example.
As I said earlier and am repeating my self for the nth time, taking this
argument into bylanes and lanes and circles does nothing.
FACTA NON VERBA.





-- 

 Tony de Sa
  tonyd...@gmail.com
  M   : +91 9975 162 897
  Ph. : +91 832 2470 148

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[Goanet] Fwd: Courses on-line offered by Institu to Camões, Lisbon

[clpicpanjim]

-- Forwarded message --
From: CLP Instituto Camões 
Date: 2010/1/22
Subject: Courses on-line offered by Instituto Camões, Lisbon
To: add...@chowgules.ac.in


Dear all,

This is to inform you that the Instituto Camões will be offering the 2nd
semester online courses, starting on 23rd february 2010.

The admissions online are open till 10th February. For more details, please
go to the following link:

http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/noticias-ic-portugal/candidaturas-aos-cursos-de-formacao-a-distancia.html

Kind regards.

-- 
Delfim correia da Silva
CLPInstituto Camões
Agva House, 9/32 Dr.Dada Vaidya Road
Panjim 403001 - Goa



-- 
Delfim correia da Silva
CLPInstituto Camões
Agva House, 9/32 Dr.Dada Vaidya Road
Panjim 403001 - Goa

[Goanet] Why Indians Get Attacked Abroad

[Jim Fernandes]

A friend forwarded me this joke. I thought it was kind of apt, in light of one 
of the current debates raging on GoaNet. I edited it a bit, to downgrade its 
rating from NC-17 to PG-13.

It was the first day at a school in the United States. A new Indian student 
named Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history.  Who said 
'Give me liberty, or give me death?'

She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his hand up 
"Patrick Henry, 1775" He said.


"Very good"!  Who said 'Government of the people, by the people, for the 
people, shall not perish from the Earth?'


Again, no response, except from Chandrasekhar. "Abraham Lincoln, 1863", said 
Chandrasekhar.


The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrasekhar, 
who is new to our country, knows more about our history than you do".


She heard a loud whisper : "F the Indians"


"Who said that?" She demanded. Chandrasekhar put his hand up. "General Custer, 
1862".


At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke".


The teacher glares around and asks "All right!  Now, who said that?"


Again, Chandrasekhar says, "George Bush to the Japanese prime minister, 1991".


Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah?  Suck this!"


Chandrasekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, 
"Bill Clinton to Monica Lewinsky, 1997"


Now with almost mob hysteria, someone said "You little shit. If you say 
anything else, I'll kill you".  Chandrasekhar frantically yells at the top of 
his voice, "Michael Jackson (RIP) to the child witnesses testifying against him 
- 2004".


The teacher fainted.  

As the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, 
we're screwed!".  And Chandrasekhar said quietly, "I think it was the American 
people, November, 2008 when America officially hit recession".

Jim F
New York.

[Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder

[cyril D'Souza]

To,
The Editor,
Herald Newspaper
Panjim - Goa


Sir ,

Subject :Abortion is 'First Degree Murder'.


This is with reply to the article in Herald dated 16th January 2010 titled
'The Reproductive Rights of Women' written by one Venita Coelho following
which there have been some excellent replies to her article and I am sure
whoever has read it are surprised that it is coming from a personality like
her . Even if she is in the business of promoting abortions it is our
bounden duty to make her realise that her one ariticle may have already led
a few especially the gulible and young into taking this extreme step of
committing this heinous crime against the unborn child whose innocent  blood
will be on her hands Only the mother can protect the child thats in her womb
 and if the mother herself decides to kill her own  baby who has no means of
fighting for its rights then such mothers who are  encouraged and misled by
unscrupulous elements in society are committing  an action which is not only
murder - *it is first degree murder*.

The sad part is that the article has come from least expected quarters and
should serve as a wake up call to the church authorities in Goa who now
should aggressively try to strive to promote the right values especially
amongst our youth . Parents should keep a track especially on their young
ones and make them aware as in todays' times the evil one is working
overtime to destroy as many souls as possible and the crime of abortion
never goes unpunished and remains as a ' hidden scar ' in the hearts and
souls of all those who have been fooled into committing this crime against a
helpless unborn child for no fault of  hers/his and whose innocent blood
will cry to the heavens for eternal vengeance. Venita your article is no
different from the infamous writings of the late cleric Nasser Al
Zakhawi whose articles spoke in favour of suicide bombings terming them for
the first time as martyrdom thus causing many misled youth to join the death
squads . The real martyrs are the innocent who are killed especially the
tiny innocent unborn children .All the lame excuses and lies used to cover
up abortion can hide the real truth that innocent blood was shed -Its sad
when the sacred mothers'womb becomes a tomb.


Thank you  and God Bless the staff of Herald ,


Yours sincerely*,*
**
*Col. Cyril P.D'Souza ( Retd.)*
KHH Ph 11
Gauravaddo - Calangute

Goa  403516

Tel : 08322282881

[Goanet] CHEATING ENCOURAGED IN GOA !!!!

[valley faleiro]

I was extremely taken aback when I witnessed this in Goa !

 

I was on a short holiday and decided to see a konkanni play  MAINK LAGON at 
G.V.N. Hall, Margao on the 17th Jan 2010. I went to the counter to buy a 
current ticket and was told that only the back seats in the balcony were 
available . Just then three men come to the counter and offer me the front 
seats which are normally sold at Rs. 70.00 for Rs. 100.00. Being new to the 
place and not knowing the rates , I asked the man selling tickets at the 
counter if they were genuine tickets and the rate was perfect. He told me that 
those tickets were perfect. I bought the tickets and went into the auditorium. 
The people sitting next to me asked me if I had bought the ticket earlier or on 
the spot. 

 

I was shocked to know that these touts buy the good seats earlier and sell them 
in BLACK under the very nose of the authorities of premises. I could not act as 
I was there only for a day more .It should be SHAME for the director of the 
play to get wide publicity by this type of action .

 

My question is :

 

1. Can they not stop this happening in Goa 

 

2. Are the staff operating hand in hand with these touts ?? Can these staff be 
taken into task for not reporting this matter to the authorities ??? 

 

3. Can some activitists get up and take necesary action to stop this , so that 
our Goan people can come and pass their time from a busy life happily  ???

 

Valley
 
  

[Goanet] A taste of Goan assertion

[soter]

A Punjabi got a taste of Goan assertion in front of Cafe Central at Panjim. A 
local toursit taxi almost brushed a Punjab registered car. Out came a huge man 
who grabbed the collar of the taxi driver and tried to pull him out of the car. 
A Goan who was on his bike ready to speed off and enjoy the hot mushroom 
samosas noticed the Punjabi attempting to assault the taxi driver. The Goan 
went up to the Punjabi and told him to stop assaulting the taxi driver. The 
Punjabi in a fit of rage began arguing with the Goan. The Goan warned the 
Punjabi not tot take the law in his hands. Meanwhile the fritghtened Goan girl 
who was from the taxi also picked up courage and confronted the Punjabi. The 
Goan lad told the punjabi that this is not Delhi or Punjab and his act will not 
be tolerated. Hearing this, the wife of the Punjabi alighted from the car and 
questioned the Goan lad about his attitude. The Goan lad respectfully asked the 
Punjabi lady whether the attitude of her partner in assualting the taxi driver 
is acceptable and whether such behaviour would be tolerated from a Goan in 
Punjab or Delhi. The Punjabi replied that he has been residing in Goa for 
several months. "In that case", the Goan lad said, "you need to learn about the 
Goan ethos and stop behaving like in Delhi or Punjab." The Punjabi threatened 
to call the police. The Goan lad told the Punjabi to call up the even the home 
minister. As some more Goan youth gathered and started showing signs of 
restlessness the Punjabi withdrew into his car mumbling some foul language only 
to find that his Goan driver had vanished from the driver's seat. The driver 
fearing a show down was watching from far. The Goan lad then asked the tourist 
taxi operator why he was taking the rubbish from an outsider. The man said 
because his customers would be inconvenienced. The Goan told him that if you do 
not stand up for your rights not only you but even your customers will be 
thrashed  by these boisterous migrants. All Goans around nodded in agreement 
that we should not take this nonsense lying down. For once a goan had asserted 
himself and repulsed the migrant dadagiri.

- Soter

[Goanet] Zagor, Khell, Khell-Tiatr & Tiatr

[JoeGoaUk]

 
Ongoing dicussion on  Tiatr  on Goa-reseach net, inspired me this (see link 
below)
 
Zagor, Khell, Khell-Tiatr & Tiatr
 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk/207794086/sizes/o/
above two pics to the righs, indicates a for of 'zagor'
 
ZAGOR
I guess ZAGOR  is as old as  Zomnivoile KHEL.
ZAGOR usually staged on village feast days and other annual days.
It is basically a song-musical-dance-fancy dressed including
wearing of tree branches , of  leaves, flowers etc
It’s colourful often too much of  red, and hence we have a konkani 
saying ‘Tamdde Zagor’  
When a person dress colourful or over the top, we may describe 
it  as ‘zagor’ or ‘tamdde Zagor’ (if red).
Zagor has two forms Christian and Hindu Zagor (see some Hindu clips)
Christian zagor, it was essentially from Kunnbi/Gauddi Community.
ZAGOR is basically a message or a gossip based on true facts and 
hear-say  in the form of songs. Zagor is all about dress & Songs.
Message from lowers section of the community to higher or elite 
section.
It often talk about Bhatkar,Portuguese, Regidor, mukdom etc.
There is no limit  on what one may say or dress, so it is essentially an 
adult entertainment.
There were no females actors. Males dressed as female.
It may talk about Bhatkar e.g.
‘Bakra baban munddkraghe cheddvak pirddar kelem’
(Jr. Landlord  raped tenant’s daughter’
‘Bhakraghe bhail pakleako bori asa’
(Landlord’s wife having affair with Portuguese (white)
Audience mainly of  Kunnbi Cummunity with few Sudras.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk11/2229697865/sizes/o/
 
On the other hand, KHELL (Zomnivoile Khell) is sort of 
One act Folk Play each lasting about 30-45 minutes.
Khell  means Canrival Khell (and Easter Khell)
Which means, Khell only performed say Max. 6-14 days in a year.
During and just before Carnival or Intruz and again during Eater week.
Khell essentially means at least two acts or more
And we call it ‘Partio’ (Part(i), being singular).
There was a time, they used to give up to 5 ‘partio’
But now, it is always 3, sometimes all 3 finished in 2 hours.
Each parti (act) will have  separate story and song/music.
The next parti will be entirely of different topic.
Khell also essentially mean Musical Khell (Play)
With brass band like full drum set, trumpet, clarinet or Sax and banjo.
Khell played on ground (with no stage or curtains or Podde)
Locals used to form a circle (full circle), the the artists performed
In the middle/centre. They too sat in a circle and rise up as and when 
their role comes up, 
To go to one house to another Or going from one actor to another in 
the circle, a music was played to indicate this.
 
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3305127818/sizes/l/
Audience at a 'Khell'

Typicall, it is like this (an actor will stand up)
‘Antam hanv kit kotolom? Bhoinnighe oitolom ani todde poixe magtolom’
(What would I do now? I’ll go to my sister’s and borrow some money’
The sister (man dressed as a female) who was sitting is now rise up.
Now, the role is in between the brother and the sister, only two of them 
will be seen Standing in the circle.
(watch some recent Khell Clips 2006/2007/2008/2009)
Popular director/actors of 50’s, 60s & 70s were Xalibai, Bata-cotto, Koloi etc
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3304354355/sizes/m/
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3304302317/sizes/l/
Band with Audeince
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3305125516/sizes/l/
A Khell scene

KHELL-TIATR
It is a modified form of KHELL. 
Instead of one act, it will now have say 6-8 acts as one single 
story./drama.
It will have songs, Canto related to the story.
It is performed on stage with full set of Podde/curtains
Populars were Patrick Dourado, Ligorio Fernandes, 
Rosario Rodrigues etc (70’s & 80’s)
 
TIATR

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk-tiatr2/3950609507/sizes/l/

It is again originated from KHELL TIATR
It will have songs, duo, duets, Trios, Quatro etc not related to the tiatr 
story.
It will also have Cantos  (sort of sad songs).
Canto always relates to the drama story. 
(watch some clips)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk/213825961/sizes/l/
 
Note: Above is my version. Corrections/feedback welcome
I remember watching 2-3 ZAGOR in 70’s
ZAGOR is like our weekly GO
Except it is in Print edition, which boldly brings out
 weekly round ups on front page and in stray thoughts.
 
 
some Clips
 
Zagor  (Hindu form)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDjssKa8VAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHeOxolMc7c
 
Hindu-Christian Mix Tradition Special  – during carnival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWda7MzwhY4
 
Carnival/Intruz  KHELL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrWMcZeUfeI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCY0sTRx-aE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeQHGV2ZXlE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kg7hoOa21I
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1NVJFnhQfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It-Qvjx9Xns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ0dOYVOgy4
 
Mil-Mel-Nel enacting Carnival Khell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4PNjRnwlgs
 
TIAR clips
ht

[Goanet] Terror alert in India

[Mario Goveia]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583612,00.html?test=latestnews

Excerpt:

Airline passengers across India went through extra security screenings Friday 
and sky marshals were placed on flights as the government put its airports on 
high alert amid reports that Al Qaeda-linked militants planned to hijack a 
plane.
[end of excerpt]

[Goanet] Goanet Highlights: A handsom young man ... and a song (by Selma Carvalho)

[Goanet News]

Goanet highlights
By Selma Carvalho
se...@goanet.org

Is there anything more charming and quintessentially Goan,
than a handsome young man singing a song. If Agnelo Fernandes
doesn't make hearts flutter in this delicious number, Ami
Soglim Ek, composed by that doyen of Goan music, Alfred Rose,
than 'tis a cold, cold, heart indeed. Must watch video sent
in by JoeGoaUK.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188821.html

In the valiant tradition of the Knights Templar, Averthanus
D'Souza is the upholder of the faith and defender of the
Roman Catholic Church in Goa. He has two bettes noire which
he battles relentlessly; homosexuality and abortion. This
week he takes on Accidental Activist Venita Coelho in the
Herald and Dr. Santosh Helekar on Goanet, defending the
rights of the unborn. Averthanus exudes all the charm of a
Victorian drawing-room; elegant, quaint and obsolete. Whether
you agree with him or not, he does pen a fine line.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188808.html

On the same topic Venita Coelho defends the rights of women
to make their own choice regarding their bodies. Does she
make a valid case?
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188797.html

  In a fine piece of writing, haute couture designer,
  Wendell Rodricks sums up in a nutshell all that
  ails Goa, and even more interestingly what is right
  with Taleigao and Babush Monserate.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188797.html

  In an incisive article which first appeared on the
  Deccan Herald, Devika Sequeira, defends Goa's
  reputation. Is it really a den of rapists and
  murderers? Or have some highly published cases
  given Goa a skewed reputation?
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188733.html

In her weekly article, Selma Carvalho looks at a Goan
literary genius, Francisco Joao Da Costa, and examines how he
is even more relevant today than he was in the 1890s.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188720.html

Journalist Valmiki Faleiro writes about the life of Blessed
Joseph Vaz, possibly the greatest missionary produced by
Asia.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188676.html

  The centenary celebrations of the Kampala Goan
  Institute will be held this June in Toronto. The
  organizing committee requests your help in naming
  the original members of the Institute.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188807.html

Rajan Parrikar sent in breath-taking photographs of the Moira
Church.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188758.html

JoeGoaUK gives us pictures of the magnificent Penha da Franca
Church.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188496.html

  The paradoxically complex and yet facile topic of
  Non-Resident Goans versus Resident Goans continued
  on Goanet. I can think of several Non-Resident
  Goans, such as Victor Rangel Ribeiro, Francis
  Newton Souza, Assis de Correira, Armando Menezes,
  to name a few, who contributed richly towards Goa's
  intellectual capital. The strength of Goa has
  always been this intimate collaboration and
  understanding between the sons and daughters of its
  soil, wherever they maybe based. Poet and writer
  Armando Menezes perhaps articulated it best on the
  eve of the historic opinion poll when he said:
  "Loving our country we have gone into exile; but
  though we soared, we did not roam: our hearts like
  the skylark's, were ever in our little nests."

Other views expressed on Goanet:

Samir Kelekar:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188767.html

Tony D'Sa:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188768.html

Mario Goveia:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188822.html

Lino Dourado gives us his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Another

Highly Controversial Song? 'LAITANA DORLO'
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188691.html

The Coastal Regulation Zone was meant to protect Goan
beaches. But the recent decision by the government to raze
houses of the indigenous kharvi along the beach could mean
destitution for some Goans. Freddy Fernandes writes about CRZ
the destroyer.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188551.html

And finally Frederick Noronha provides a video round-up of
activities around Goa from book launches to meet-ups.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188449.html

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Join discussions by simply posting to goa...@goanet.org

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (22Jan10)

[alexyz fernandes]

News Headlines: Rahul Gandhi - Future PM of India

*** Maternity Ward ***

"We'll call him Rahul...it's a name with a Future..."


To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Priced jobs

[Arwin Mesquita]

Root  cause of Goans leaving GOA below:.

http://www.oheraldo.in/newscategory/Letters/13
*Priced jobs
Willie Severes, Majorda
*The letter ‘Pinching empty pockets’ by Vishwesh Naik (Herald, 5 Jan)
correctly highlights the amount of corruption in government offices these
days. Brilliant students with great academic records are asked to pay huge
sums of money to get a job. One has to pay to get a government job or
migrate abroad if they cannot afford to pay

-

Re: [Goanet] Any arguments against the IT sops?

[J. Colaco < jc>]

Samir Kelekar wrote: Jose has no compuctions changing my words first
and then saying Samir Kelekar
 wrote xx. Jose, all records of posts are in the archives, so such
subterfuge wont  work.

==

Re the following exchange, I notice that Samir is now ducking out. Was
it because he realised that he goofed and made a 'moos' of himself
...like he did in his 'battle' with Rajan Parrikar and Anil
Desai?.

'Changed your words' hanh? Which of your words were changed? Nice try!

No wonder you want "out".

jc

Samir wrote: Jose   DOESNT want (the) status quo of Goa of 1960
NOT to be changed,.

JC's response: I agree. That is indeed my position. Is yours the opposite?

[Goanet] Kissing the priests' hands

[Antonio Menezes]

JoeGoaUk (Jan 19 ) asks '' Devache Munxeamche ami umao ghetat gai ?
( Do we now kiss  hands of the priests  as we used to do in olden times? )
Salus Correia (Jan 21 ) replies:  We used to neither because we ''assumed
priest was holy'' nor because  we '' considered priest as God'' but because
''those hands are blessed, holding the consecrated host each day,(hence)
they are holy receptacles which hold the body of our God while on the
altar''.
(So) ''We are kissing a holy receptacle and not the actual hands of a
priest''

AM is perplexed:  So hands are blessed and become holy receptacle. Are not
hands  a projection of brain power or controlled by brain ? If a brain is
polluted
by ideas of casteism, can the hands remain pure and hence be a holy
receptacle of God?

[Goanet] Monte music fest at Old Goa from February 5 to 7

[Goanet News Service]

Monte music fest at Old Goa from February 5 to 7
TNN, 22 January 2010, 06:26am IST


PANAJI: The Monte music festival 2010 organized by Fundacao Oriente and 
Cidade de Goa will be held at the Chapel of Our Lady of Mount, Old Goa, 
from February 5 to 7.


The festival presents Indian and western classical music in the old 
heritage chapel with the Chorao and Divar islands in the backdrop.


Performances will be in the chapel and in the courtyard. According to 
organisers, the inaugural concerts will be a guitar and sitar fusion at 
sunset in the courtyard by Manuel Leao (guitar) and Ustad Chhote Rahimat 
Khan (sitar) followed by a violin and piano recital by Pheroze Mistri 
and Delia Varga inside the chapel.


February 6 will feature Kuchipudi danseuse and cultural activist Shallu 
Jindal, the Sta. Cecilia choir of the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol 
with 16 members and 14 ensemble players and 15 guest singers led by Fr 
Romeo Monteiro. The evening will end with a performance by the Rodrigo 
Leao Quintet from Portugal.


The concluding day will feature a 'tabla tarang' by Amit Bhonsle with 10 
tablas, a vocal recital by mezzo-soprano Viola da Cunha accompanied by 
Alan Peach on the piano. The festival will end with a performance by the 
Goa State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pheroze Mistri.


All performances organized in the chapel will require passes, which can 
be collected from Fundacao Oriente during office hours from February 1. 
The organisers will provide a shuttle service to the venue from Gandhi 
circle, Old Goa, in order to prevent traffic congestion during the festival.



http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Monte-music-fest-at-Old-Goa-from-February-5-to-7/articleshow/5486518.cms