[Goanet-News] Goa news for May 19, 2010
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa govt refuses ban on Sanstha till home ministry examines charge sheet - Daily News Analysis ooks-eight-Sanatan-Sanstha-men-for-Goa-blast/articleshow/5942645.cmsusg=AFQjCNHqQwoWTTo2Hj9-8twatiAGB7szUwNIA books eight Sanatan Sanstha men for Goa blast http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_goa-govt-refuses-ban-on-sanstha-till-home-ministry-examines-charge-sheet_1384676usg=AFQjCNEFVKgkt-jwAkPLe3JULSHU5Hv__A *** Goa HSSC Results 2010 Goa CET Results 2010 Declared - Tafreeh123.com xam-results-2010/usg=AFQjCNHozA2fcBuF0XQyM6-89A4DZQFiMgSSC Exam Results 2010 For Goa http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://tafreeh123.com/goa-hssc-results-2010-goa-cet-results-2010-declared.htmusg=AFQjCNEFFKb1kBuk5akUfBkigGGt5XqDgw *** Goa CET Results 2010 (DTE Goa Exam Results 2010) - Online PR News (press release) ay-2010 GCET (Goa Common Entrance Test) is conducted by the DTE (Directorate of Technical Education), Government of Goa. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/36143-1274117647-goa-cet-results-2010-dte-goa-exam-results-2010.htmlusg=AFQjCNE5J6AYjjIDaHYfx9QW0MPb0-096A *** Sesa Goa tumbles as Govt reverses earlier nod - Hindu Business Line c-of-Goa-mines-below-ground-water-table-level-official/Article1-545479.aspxusg=AFQjCNFfy4j3TmW1Nadn-KWjfGEZLJ5uPg60 pc of Goa mines below ground water table level: official http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/05/19/stories/2010051953441001.htmusg=AFQjCNHHe0tpj_j-eevzifPowDDm5a1qBQ *** Katy Perry to get married in Goa? - Hindustan Times erry-russell-brand-wedding-170510.htmlusg=AFQjCNFh_uRppz4qs6QDGffx-UCdoFwvuwWhere Is Katy And Russell Heading For Wedding? http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/europe/Katy-Perry-to-get-married-in-Goa/544863/H1-Article1-544677.aspxusg=AFQjCNGJNjJfmG0bMVTCcDMRo9ATSLCgmg *** Govt appoints flying squads - Times of India ensitive zones in Goa. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5946897.cmsusg=AFQjCNFmSqujFwVwV-JMIxaWuXf4VruyWw *** Goa women's panel to probe 'blouse-ripping' cop - Hindustan Times ipping' policeman to be probed by GSCW http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Goa-women-s-panel-to-probe-blouse-ripping-cop/Article1-545264.aspxusg=AFQjCNHTfb4IL7EaMnN17IFyckUedi0m4Q *** Four teams in I-League relegation zone to know fate on May 28 - Times of India eague season in the round 26 fixtures ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Four-teams-in-I-League-relegation-zone-to-know-fate-on-May-28/articleshow/5946482.cmsusg=AFQjCNEgjf8c_TklonX4nOe-UZnGbZSgUA *** Goa ups fee for technical education by 10-20% - Times of India eats-may-be-increased/articleshow/5942686.cmsusg=AFQjCNHMSGiKLidPlORWd1wi4l4-XNimQA'Engineering seats may be increased' http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-ups-fee-for-technical-education-by-10-20/articleshow/5942669.cmsusg=AFQjCNEMkNAgGLRAgWL8rg3tWFvjKhcogg *** Sesa Goa melts down 5.8% - Moneycontrol.com neycontrol.comSesa Goa touched an intraday high of Rs 390.50 and an intraday low of Rs 366. At 15:02 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 366.40, down Rs 22.9, or 5.88%. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/buzzing-stocks/sesa-goa-melts-down-58_458594.htmlusg=AFQjCNHW1iZbQqw2yxq8kB5ShnFEu_xSOA Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet-News] ResearchLink: History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics (Marian Josephine Gracias)
History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics Gracias, Marian Josephine 2000 This dissertation examines selected literature by and about Anglo-Indians (Eurasians) and Goan Catholics from India and the Indian diaspora, focusing on its preoccupation with the history of these communities as a site of contested identifications. Especially polemical are perceptions (due to communalist stereotypes or internalisation) of Anglo Indians and Goan Catholics as mimic or intermediary communities who ended up capitulating to British and/or Portuguese colonialist structures respectively. Larger issues for both communities in India and in the diaspora also involve questions of racial or cultural hybridity, and the slippage between religion and culture, particularly the linking of conversion to Christianity with colonisation, Westernisation, denationalisation, and non-Indianness. I argue for a more layered understanding of the concepts of mimicry, hybridity, and resistance in relation to identifications from these communities. By choosing literature set in times of national crisis and historical change (in India, and in East Africa for the Goan diaspora), I have been attentive to the varying ways in which literary characters and narrators confront, project, or elide contradictions of proximity and difference in the production of racial, cultural, and national identity. The main literary texts in the discussion of Anglo-Indian identifications include John Masters' Bhowani Junction, Manorama Mathai's Mulligatawny Soup, Stephen Alter's Neglected Lives and Allan Sealy's The Trotter-Nama. In these texts, I have examined how the narrative opens up or circumscribes the agency and racial identifications of Anglo-Indian characters. As well, I make some references to Rudyard Kipling's Kim and selected work by Ruskin Bond. The central literary texts in the discussion of Goan Catholic and diasporic identifications include Lambert Mascarenhas' Sorrowing Lies My Land, Kiran Nagarkar's Ravan and Eddie, João da Veiga Coutinho's A Kind of Absence: Life in the Shadow of History, selected writing by damian lopes, and Peter Nazareth's In a Brown Mantle and The General is Up. I also dwell in some detail on selected short stories by Lino Leitão, and Violet Dias Lannoy's Pears from the Willow Tree. I examine the role of Anglo-Indian and Goan Catholic women literary characters, making the case that, for the most part, it is male characters who are given political and narrative complexity in terms of negotiating colonialism and nationalism, and that women characters, when central, are imaged as mediating grounds to advance or block access to male characters who are competing over nationalist and colonialist discourses about race and sexuality. An exception is the poetry of Eunice de Souza where there is critical reflection on the position of Goan Catholic women. Where relevant, I draw from particular areas of cultural studies, postcolonial and feminist theories (including those dealing with psychoanalysis), and writings about Indian history and nationalism. Writings from these areas offer pertinent insights on ambivalence in the production of subjectivity, and on the construction of Indianness in relation to arguments on colonialism, gender, caste, class, secularism, and the religious right (especially the discourses of Hindutva). While the identifications and identity of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics appear in the genre of history, these communities are largely absent or peripheral in the area of literary analysis, cultural studies, and postcolonial theory pertaining to India. Therefore, I hope that a study of these communities will contribute to the discussion of religious and multiracial identifications that is increasingly relevant to the field of postcolonial and cultural studies. https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/12996 Feedback to the scholar: mjgrac...@yahoo.ca
[Goanet] Art should prevail.
Art should prevail. Best wishes for Madam Dahanukar. Election for Bombay Art Society won by Artist panel. Panel backed by MNS lost. Average presence for periodical election was around 250 but this time 628 people took part. Artist from Rajasthan and other parts specially came. Last few years Maharastra Navanirman Sena people had made special efforts to control Bombay Art Society. Modetail in Marathi by Kavita Mahajan at link below. http://chinhatheblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post_16.html Shrikant Vinayak Barve
[Goanet] Golf update -- Damodar take
Is Damodar Shenvi a self-seeking liar? Is Damodar Shenvi playing the self-appointed referee between the people of Talpona and the Delhi based Monark Private Limited. Or is he unofficially doing a paid job for the company? Just a freewheeling doubt. Even as the members of the Poinguin panchayat including the sarpanch did not attend the Talpona villagers meet, (may be they were never invited) one panch Damundar Shenvi made a late appearance and tried hard, though unnecessarily and unsuccessfully, to convince the locals that the golf course is the need of the hour for the glory of the village and the well being of the villagers. Why? Again just a freewheeling doubt. Mr Shenvi, while defending the golf course at blessed Talpona, said the company has already given a written undertaking that they would provide employment to the locals. “But in a hurry I forget to bring the copy to show you now” he added. I don’t understand why Mr Shenvi was in a hurry to attend the meeting particularly since, on his own admission, he was not invited. He says he was informed about the meeting by his colleague at work Deu Metri from Talpona. Why did he have to justify the project to the locals? Does he think it is a god-sent opportunity that holds the key to the prosperity of the locals. May be he has some stake in the project. May be. Or may be not. Just a freewheeling doubt. Enthused by what could be the content of the letter, when I visited his place for a copy of the letter (regarding employment of locals) he was not around but later he came to my place with the letter dated March 27, 2010. Strangely the letter (copy) that is signed by V M Trehan does not have an outward number. I wonder if I will even find an inward No. at the panchayat office. The letter head simply says Monarch Hotels Limited without any sort of logo on the mast head. The Text Quote “It will be our pleasure and also our duty to employ the local people of the village Poinguinim and surrounding areas for our hospitality project at Talpon. We assure you of our commitment and continued support for development of (the) region and *employment of local amenities for business development*. (Italics mine: what local amenities and whose business development. Just a freewheeling doubt.) Wishing you all the best and hoping that people of village poinguinim would co-operate with us.” Unquote A copy of the letter is addressed to Mr. Vikas Desai Now why would Mr Shenvi keep a copy of the letter addressed to the V P Poinguinim handy with him at his house. I am sure none of us will have in our house copies of letters addressed to our office. He certainly didn’t intend to show it to the people of Talpona because he did not even know there was going to be a meeting. And even assuming that he knew, what is Mr Shenvi’s motivation to play the advocate for a Delhi company? The division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa has taken suo moto cognizance of the threat for the turtle nesting sites at Galgibaga from the proposed bypass road on NH 17. What about the proposed golf project. Should we really, against all common sense, force our beautiful land into the jaws of the Delhi land sharks? Well for some unsuspecting youth the answer is decided by a few pegs and some chicken legs while for the others it is the compelling lure of the fast buck. Regards Tony Martin
Re: [Goanet] Blueberrry Hill to Porvorim Hill
Dear Diana, Firstly, with due respect I would like to remind you that we have been liberated from the colonial regime in 1961 and therefore inherited the right to dissent which arises from our freedom of expression. Telling me to shut up would have worked in Salazar's regime and not in Indian democracy. If conflicting opinions get perceived as sabotage then God save us. Secondly, we are too small an entity to sabotage the endeavours of powerful Goan activist stalwarts like you. Please bear with us as we have absolutely no experience about politics, agitations and police lathis and therefore our views may seem rubbish to you. You must be appreciated for doing something to save Goa. We are yet to start doing something besides creating awareness on Panchayati Raj as claimed by you. If anyone cannot understand why we keep endeavouring to sabotage (in your words) then in a democracy we respect people's freedom to clarify. regards, Soter
[Goanet] Who is Dean?
All drawings and designs are within laws of the land and genuine doubters are welcome to check details from my office. Dean Well, who knows you may be an angel. But who are you beyond architect...@mozaic-design.com and you talk about your office. That's funny Tony Martin Copy/Content Writing http://www.facebook.com/tonymartingoa Galgibaga, Canacona
[Goanet] Foxes, Henhouse, Chickenfeed
To Goanet - Dean D'Cruz architecture at mozaic-design.com wrote: For Soter, ( and his audience on Goanet ) I have been aware of Soter's tirade against Goa Bachao Abhiyan for a while now, lashing out at almost all who genuinely work towards a better Goa. I happen to be his current target and it saddens me to be drawn into needless e-mail exchanges when there are so many villains and burning issues to deal with. However I do so to clear the name of Poonam and myself in the latest attempt at raking up controversy. We watch daily how corruption destroys our land, illegal mining, police brutality, unscrupulous builders, garbage, and this man sees it a victory by 'discovering' my name as an architect for a house! To satisfy people’s curiosity, this is a renovation of a single house for a client with a Goan wife. His only fault at this point is to have a muslim first name and work in Dubai. All drawings and designs are within laws of the land and genuine doubters are welcome to check details from my office. The generally distrusting may use RTI before making a mountain out of a molehill. I suggest Goanet kindly check such slander to see if it comes supported with any basis, we are tired of people who simply cry wolf time and again. Dear Dean D'Cruz, Where exactly is the slander you accuse Soter of? You acknowledge that you are the architect on the project Soter cited. Which means you affirm what he wrote. SO WHERE IS THE SLANDER, big guy? As for all drawings and designs being within the laws of the land - Bwahahahahaha. Nice try, D'Cruz. Every goddam building project in Goa is within the laws of the land. That is because THERE ARE NO LAWS OF THE LAND. You must think we common folk are not quite as smart as you are. The law in India is whatever the govt wants it to be. And what the govt wants it to be is what the builders who bribe them want it to be. Papers are manipulated, rules bent, changed, and then when all else is exhausted there is the ultimate ace up its sleeve - it is called REGULARIZATION. So one can destroy everything in Goa and still claim that it is within the laws of the land. Thank you, Dean D'Cruz, for this nugget of wisdom. Then you do what every self-respecting fox guarding the henhouse does: mount the high horse (ah, the joy of mixed metaphors) and squirt jets of self-righteous indignation. Who are these villains that you and your cohort have thus far held to account? Your Quixotic conquests are not visible to the naked eye. As for burning issues - Goa is burning alright. Burning with all the greed and fraud wrought by the real estate lobby. Soter is absolutely right. My own RTI inquiries have shown that architects from Goa have been enabling the projects while masquerading as fighters against the construction lobby. D'Cruz-bab, does the phrase conflict of interest mean anything to you? Warm regards, r - part of Soter's audience
Re: [Goanet] Slander does not help
Dear Dean, Firstly, you have admitted your agencies/partners role in the designing of the project and therefore I would be interested to know where the question of slander arises in me reporting the fact. Whether all is fair and pure is what the people of Cuncolim will establish in the days to come. Secondly, you state that, I happen to be his current target and it saddens me to be drawn into needless e-mail exchanges when there are so many villains and burning issues to deal with. Who are these villains please name them? Who are those who complain about villains and also share the table with those very villains? Let the people of Goa know it. Is there some thing called ethics in architecture and certain universal principles or is it just the law that determines the right and wrong? Are not those who exploit the present TCP Act and show the loopholes to their clients, also villains in the destruction of Goa? Is saving Goa only about hill slopes and eco-sensitive zones? Why not Goan culture and livelihood sensitive zones? Should the laws in Goa be enacted so as to only regulate DLF and Rahejas and not the local scamsters who swamp local inhabitants with buildings all round, block their access so as to corner them into parting with their land? I have said it before to some scoundrels and state it again. Soter is not 'bekar' to waste precious time targeting certain elements in GBA. Soter has not jumped onto government committees and struck consultancy deals. It is sad that some Goa Bachaos also double as Goa Hatao and this is what compels us to speak out. If mere reporting of a fact on goanet creates nervousness we cannot help it. -Soter
Re: [Goanet] We Need To Pray For Our Clergy
On 18 May 2010 11:11, Freddy Fernandes ffernandes@emaar.ae wrote: We Need To Pray For Our Clergy RESPONSE: Prayers alone will not make amends, nor make for better clergy! We must and should castigate all who fall out of line. Most of us hold our clergy in high esteem and it is because of this, we expect much better from them, than from a lay person. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Talking Photo: New Fast Track Court in the City
Talking Photo: New Fast Track Court in the City ? There were 31,042 cases pending in the two district and subordinate courts in Goa as on January 1, 2009. A majority of these were civil cases In order to clear up the backlog, a new City Fast Track Court set up at Panjim. It’s Digambar Govt efforts to expedite hearings particularly in North Goa where there are about 21,000 cases pending. (South Goa being over 10,000 cases). In Goa there are about 50 courts (3 fast track) Here is the newest addition City Civil and session court http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4618443130/sizes/l/ Also, check this pic for more details http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4618443130/ ‘Sotachem sodanch zoit zaum’ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (19May10)
** Museum Week ** Mr. Victor Hugo Gomes...teacher said to Preserve this Virgin soil of Goa...Because the Govt and the Mine Mafia is hell-bent on destroying Green Goa! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Were colonial Goans, sour grapes?
FN: ''But literacy was ( and still is ) regarded as the ability to sign one's name.'' Somewhere in South Salcete, there was one bhatkar who owned vast land. Though he educated his sons, he himself was an illiterate person. His educated sons apparently convinced him to undertake a daily literary activity. What all he had to do , was to practise writing his full name which would not only serve as his signature but also be in the eyes of the Portuguese officials, a literate person. To his fellow villagers, he was simply known as ''assinatura''bhatkar.
[Goanet] Agitation should not go wayward. Lokmat May 19 2010
Andolan Bharkatu naye, Agitation should not go wayward. http://epaper.lokmat.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=19_05_2010_004_001mode=1 In today’s (May 19, 2010) editorial Lokamt Marathi daily , although new to Goa, but having highest Goan readership has raised a very valid point. Demonstrations, agitation are essence of Democracy. Those who lead the demonstration should .take every step that agitation does not go wayward due to their egoistic and aggressive approach. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has met the delegation of the demonstrator. He also gave assurance to look into the matter with due sympathy. He was also right to refuse to meet people outside. It was the duty of the delegation to control the feelings of agitating group. Agitators were so violent that they attacked Police and went to the extent that few lady constables cloths were tore down, “Kahi Mahila Constabalche kapade fadale” and few were injured. My comments : Democracy is most beautiful gift to law abiding citizens. We must preserve it. If we want good governance it is not only duty of Administrator and Politicians but agitators should take up most care that agitation in no way take a violent turn. आंदोलाकांची मजल महिला कॉन्स्टेबळांचे कपडे फाडण्यापर्यंत जाते हि फार लाजिरवाणी गोष्ट आहे. कायद्याचे पालन करण्यार्या सामान्य जनतेला लोकशाही हे एक वरदान आहे. चांगले शासन जर आपल्याला हवे असेल तर ती जबाबदारी फक्त नोकरशाही व राजकारण्यावर टाकून चालणार नाही. आंदोलन कर्त्यांचा म्होरक्यांनी योग्य काळजी घेतली पाहिजे कि आंदोलन कोणत्याही परीस्तीतीत हाताबाहेर जाऊ नये. योग्य संयम हाच यशस्वतेचा पाया आहे. Shrikant Vinayak Barve
[Goanet] Ek Kovita: Oxe Toren Monis Astat?
Oxe Toren Monis Astat? Kavllean, morak porathlem Mor-mama Tujim sundor pankham mhaka di Vir zavn bhonvtam Moran, kavlleak mhontlem, Oddechim pankham lailear Kavllo mor zat’lo? Undran, hotiak sanglem Hoti-mama Tuje bhaile dant mhaka di Potbhor jevonn chorun khatam Hotian, undrak mhontlem, Mhoje dakhovpache dant Ani khavpache dant veg-veglle. Sunnean, makddak vinoylem Makodd-mama Hea-tea zhaddancher Uddneo marunk xikoi Makddan, sunneank mhontlem, Eka zagear bosun Dhoniank visvaxi ravunk yena? Nustean, kul’lek vicharlem Kul’le-mummy Tuka dha payem asun Tujean ubean dhanvunk zaina Kul’len, nusteak zap dili, Dekhunuch voir sortoleank Sokoll aptichem kam’ mhojem Lino B. Dourado (Utodd'dekar) http://aitaracheokaskuleo.blogspot.com/
[Goanet] Fly Goa 1077
So it is final. Dial 1077 from monday for the flying squad to tackle filling of low lying areas and illegal construction on hill slopes. Announcing is one thing and implementing is another. All depends on the connectivity of BSNL. If you hear All lines on this route are busy Hea marga voileo soglleo line-i kamant guntleat then you may keep dialling till the illegality is complete and no proof on site. The catch word is 'illegal'. So if you get permission to fill a low lying area or construct on a hill slope it will not be a case for the flying squad. There are no base-line maps notified about low lying areas and slope gradients in Goa. So it is left to a civil servant to discern what is low lying and a hill slope which largely depends on his eyesight and mental frame. Any how, let us wait and watch how the government initiative flies in the next week. There is no doubt that the benefit of 1077 will be fully utilised by citizens. -Soter
[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: New Board member - AJIT DESAI
We are very pleased to announce that Ajit Desai has joined the Board of Goa Sudharop. Ajit lives in San Francisco Bay Area, California, and frequently visits Goa. Ajit's educational Background: MBA (Gen’l and Fin’l Management)Harvard Business School MSE (Chem Engineering) Princeton University B. Tech (Chem Engineering) IITechnology, Bombay Ajit was born in Benaulim with his ancestral home in Narve, Bardez. His family moved to Mumbai when he was about 5. His father was a teacher. He writes my parents gave us a great education and grounding in sound family values. All schooling in Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society High School. Got top honours in Indian School Certificate, the successor to Senior Cambridge. Then stood 2nd in IIT Entrance Exam and entered Chemical Eng Dept at IIT Bombay. Graduated second in class, got a scholarship to Princeton. Ajit is married to Asha nee Kudchadker who was born and raised in Assolna. Her father is Dr. Shantadas Kudchadker who practiced in Assolna and has since moved to Curchorem. He has two daughters Shoma and Reena. Shoma is an Emergency Medicine Physician and Associate Professor at Los Angeles County Hospital - USC Medical School. Reena is a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County. Ajit loves to travel and his wife Asha loves gardening. Ajit's career accomplishments are impressive: Mergers Acquisitions: Acquired four companies worldwide within a 2 year period for MPBio doubling sales. Helped grow WSI from $3mm to $170mm in Sales through 4 acquisitions and organic growth over a five year period. Business Development: Licensed technology and products, Deal making, Strategic Alliances. General Management: Managing for growth, P L responsibilities, organization skills, people development. Built three organizations from ground up. International:General Manager of Company in UK. Acquired company in France and integrated it with parent organization. Product and Technology marketing in Europe and Asia. Business Development in China, India and Singapore. Industry Experience: 15 years in Medical Industry – Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Devices and Diagnostics, Life Science Reagents. 5 years in Aerospace and Automotive industry. Please join us in welcoming Ajit to the Goa Sudharop Board. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Cabin Trip - Important Update
Hello everyone, We have great news! We have received an overwhelming response to the GOA Cabin trip on September 24-26. Unfortunately, we have to cut off attendance due to this amazing response. We're at capacity. The site has very strict rules about head count. And so, any checks received after today (May 18, 2010) will not be included in the listing. Please see the attachment for the names of people whose checks we have received and who have a cabin confirmed. If you are on the attached list, we would like you to please reply only to colacom...@hotmail.com as soon as possible with the following details: 1) Name of the person(s) attending 2) No of Adults 3) No of Children (under 18) 4) Contact telephone No. 5) e-mail address Please provide the following information to colacom...@hotmail.com mailto:colacom...@hotmail.com We also wanted to inform you that because we have exceeded the minimum number of people, the camp site requires that we pay an additional amount for each person above the standard allocated number for the group site. It is possible that depending on the total number of members, from your responses to Mira, that we may have to charge an additional (small fee) amount per cabin. Once we receive the above responses from all of you attending, we should be able to estimate the additional amount and will let you know accordingly. We will provide details regarding food and other events in the next few weeks. THANK YOU for your responses and sending in your checks so quickly. We appreciate the support and look forward to another fun GOA event. Audrey All the post budget analysis and implications Sign up now. http://news.in.msn.com/moneyspecial/budget2010/
Re: [Goanet] Fred on Bleddy Goans.. and all that
Reading Fred's analysis of Godfrey Pereira's Bleddy piece, it seems to to me that Fred has struggled to find the right words to describe it. He has labeled it, albeit half-heartedly, as viral marketing, a missive and a wake-up call. To me the piece is nothing but Godfrey's angst against the prevailing conditions in which Goa finds itself today. Not just Godfrey but anyone returning to Goa after two decades will be shocked and angry to see the changes, most of it for the worst. There are bright spots such widened roads, etc. But, by and large, the deterioration of Goa's beaches, its cities and some villages because of the influx of migrants and because of the state is witnessing a tourist bonanza is an eyesore I see Godfrey's piece as a slap-in-the-rear for Goans to move foward and save their state from further deterioration. The piece perhaps served as pen-prick into the naked buns of khasti-clad Goans, and it perhaps hurt more since it came from a non-Goan. People from outside Goa have been mooning over Goa more than Goans themselves. Those who live in Goa has taken it for granted, a sin we all commit when we are too comfortable with the surroundings. Looking at Goa from a distance and having been to Goa very often during my stay in Dubai, I saw that the changes are part of an economic upheaval. The democratic forces are also in action with NGOs and other village-based groups taking up arms and fighting as hard they can to stop further changes in the name of development. Now development itself is a controversial word. How best to develop Goa? Nobody seems to have the answers. Some would want Goa to be free of polluting industries or maybe have industries that have passed environmental safeguards. Goa is going downhill. And perhaps it would need the hands of all to push it up or prevent it sliding further down, just as we used to push the cranky old Camiao (spelling?) when it would suddenly stop midway on its route from the villages to the cities. Goa is a new Camiao but its wheels are greased with money, thanks to the corrupt politicians and the corrupt businessmen. I don't understand why Godfrey is hard on Goan women and why he is angry that they send their sons to foreign countries. How much difference would it had been if these sons had stayed in Goa to fight Goa's cause? Maybe for someone like Godfrey who left Mumbai to USA for the same reason of leading a good life or earning more money, Goans working in the Middle East are feeding their families and sending their children to schools back home. Is it then a sin to sweat in the Gulf sun to earn more money? Nationalistic passion is one thing, putting bread on the table is another. Perhaps Godfrey should leave the USA and join his community is fighting Essel in Borovli. Easier said than done. Fred agrees with Godfrey that Goans are to be blamed for what has happened and keeps on happening in Goa or to Goa. Things happening in Goa are not mysterious; they don't happen in a vacuum. The development, whether good, bad or lopsided, is there for all to see and take into account. From a developmental perspective, Fred takes an unwarranted leap into the dirty world of race and caste politics. For God's sake, oophs, for Goa's sake, let's not extend the points made by Godfrey and give it racial undertones. Goans not trusting each other or the Catholic, the Hindu or the Muslim not trusting each other and not coming together for our long-term interest are not reasons for Goa's environmental problems, the focus of Godfrey's piece. No expat Goan worth his salt will propose that Goa remains in its picture-postcard state. We expat Goans, like Goa-based or India-based Goans, are concerned, and would want to see a good balance between new development and retaining of age-old institutions and habitat that holds our heritage and culture. If expat Goans raise their voices, the local Goans hit back saying if we want to do something in Goa we should come to Goa and not just offer advice from foreign shores. Expat Goans are caught in a Catch-22 situation. When Fred says skyline is important he means perhaps that Goa should not have high-rise buildings or any monstrous edifice that would prevent Goans from getting a clear view of the sun, the moon or the stars. True, Godfrey's piece had a mixed reaction. I was one who felt he was not fully aware of some of the campaigns Goans have launched. Some of these campaigns have gained positive results, some have failed and some are sill being carried on. Godfrey is reinforcing the stereotype that Goans are lazy by his use of the much-loved as well as much-maligned word, susegad. I have had many East Indian friends and have gone into East Indian villages and forgive me for saying that Goans and East Indians share the trait of being laid-back. Like Goans, East Indians love the bottle. No wonder sometimes when Bollywood portrays a Catholic male character who is drinking to
[Goanet] Daily Grook #702
DAILY GROOK #702 = GREASE SLEAZE = by Francis Rodrigues latin romeos gals do play, they all use oil of olay! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great Konkani pop hits GOA: PEDRO FERNANDES: Tel.2226642 FURTADOS: Tel.2223278 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119017685910 _ MSN Dating: Find someone special. Start now. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729707
Re: [Goanet] Blueberrry Hill to Porvorim Hill
Ok Soter, in the light of your self confessed inexperienced we understand. I guess like all of us, you will learn as you go along in life. Diana reply-type=original Dear Diana, Firstly, with due respect I would like to remind you that we have been liberated from the colonial regime in 1961 and therefore inherited the right to dissent which arises from our freedom of expression. Telling me to shut up would have worked in Salazar's regime and not in Indian democracy. If conflicting opinions get perceived as sabotage then God save us. Secondly, we are too small an entity to sabotage the endeavours of powerful Goan activist stalwarts like you. Please bear with us as we have absolutely no experience about politics, agitations and police lathis and therefore our views may seem rubbish to you. You must be appreciated for doing something to save Goa. We are yet to start doing something besides creating awareness on Panchayati Raj as claimed by you. If anyone cannot understand why we keep endeavouring to sabotage (in your words) then in a democracy we respect people's freedom to clarify. regards, Soter --
[Goanet] Another pic - how dare you..
Another pic - How dare you.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4620388709/
[Goanet] Konkani Liberation Convention
Sir, Kindly give publicity to the following press note. thanking you, Marcel M D'Souza Convenor, Ad hoc Sutke Samithi, Mangalore. 9448627490 GENESIS, Ist Main, 4th Cross, Subhasnagar, Pandeshwar, MANGALORE - 575 001 PRESS NOTE History has been cruel to the Konkani people. For reasons as varied as natural calamities, political oppression and cultural suppression, Konkanis have had to suffer many a migration, settling in various regions of the west coast of India. Through centuries, the language came to acquire many more varieties than an average Indian language, with regard to the number of dialects, scripts, customs and traditions. This variety has made Konkani beautiful and unique. While the time-tested and successful mantra of India’s unity – namely – ‘unity in diversity’ should have been also Konkani’s mantra for unity, a small minority of Konkanis have defeated all efforts towards unity, by attempting to thrust their lipi variety on all others and in the bargain have tried to destroy all other varieties that exist. They have, time and again, declared that the Devnagari Lipi is the only true lipi for Konkani and that unity among Konkanis can be achieved only if everyone gave-up their lipi and adopted the Devnagari lipi. In pursuance of this fascist policy – they have established the All India Konkani Parishad and made it an exclusive club of ‘Devnagari Wadis’; they have taken over the Konkani Advisory Board of the Kendr Sahitya Akademi and have ensured that Konkani literature only in the Devnagari lipi is given the Sahitya Akademi Awards; mischievously, added the clause ‘as written in Devnagari’ in the Language Act of Goa; have unsuccessfully, tried to confuse the Govt. of Karnataka while introducing Konkani in the school curriculum, in Karnataka; above all, in the name of unity, have succeeded in dividing the Konkanis through their ‘script politics’ and have done irreparable damage to Konkani literature. The eminent Konkani Litterateur Shri Edwin J. F. D’souza, who is one of the 2 General Council members for Konkani at the Sahitya Akademi, has now taken-up the issue of the wrong policy that the Akademi has been practising – namely giving awards to a script and not to the language – at the highest level and the matter has now been referred to the ‘Language Development Board of India’ for resolution. We are hopeful that, at long last, justice will be done. An Ad-hoc Committee consisting of Konkani litterateurs/activists has been formed to pursue this issue. The Ad-hoc Committee has convened a Convention called ‘Suttke Samaavesh’ (Liberation Convention) to discuss this grave issue and chalk-out a plan of action to liberate Konkani from such damaging policies. The Convention will be held on Sunday, May 23, 2010, at St. Aloysius College Auditorium, from 10am to 4 pm. Delegates from Goa, Mumbai, Bangalore, Mysore, Kerela and from coastal Karnataka will be participating. ‘Unity in Diversity’ will be the motto of the Convention – as against the ‘one script’ politics that has ruled Konkani all these years.
[Goanet] ResearchLink: History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics (Marian Josephine Gracias)
History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics Gracias, Marian Josephine 2000 This dissertation examines selected literature by and about Anglo-Indians (Eurasians) and Goan Catholics from India and the Indian diaspora, focusing on its preoccupation with the history of these communities as a site of contested identifications. Especially polemical are perceptions (due to communalist stereotypes or internalisation) of Anglo Indians and Goan Catholics as mimic or intermediary communities who ended up capitulating to British and/or Portuguese colonialist structures respectively. Larger issues for both communities in India and in the diaspora also involve questions of racial or cultural hybridity, and the slippage between religion and culture, particularly the linking of conversion to Christianity with colonisation, Westernisation, denationalisation, and non-Indianness. I argue for a more layered understanding of the concepts of mimicry, hybridity, and resistance in relation to identifications from these communities. By choosing literature set in times of national crisis and historical change (in India, and in East Africa for the Goan diaspora), I have been attentive to the varying ways in which literary characters and narrators confront, project, or elide contradictions of proximity and difference in the production of racial, cultural, and national identity. The main literary texts in the discussion of Anglo-Indian identifications include John Masters' Bhowani Junction, Manorama Mathai's Mulligatawny Soup, Stephen Alter's Neglected Lives and Allan Sealy's The Trotter-Nama. In these texts, I have examined how the narrative opens up or circumscribes the agency and racial identifications of Anglo-Indian characters. As well, I make some references to Rudyard Kipling's Kim and selected work by Ruskin Bond. The central literary texts in the discussion of Goan Catholic and diasporic identifications include Lambert Mascarenhas' Sorrowing Lies My Land, Kiran Nagarkar's Ravan and Eddie, João da Veiga Coutinho's A Kind of Absence: Life in the Shadow of History, selected writing by damian lopes, and Peter Nazareth's In a Brown Mantle and The General is Up. I also dwell in some detail on selected short stories by Lino Leitão, and Violet Dias Lannoy's Pears from the Willow Tree. I examine the role of Anglo-Indian and Goan Catholic women literary characters, making the case that, for the most part, it is male characters who are given political and narrative complexity in terms of negotiating colonialism and nationalism, and that women characters, when central, are imaged as mediating grounds to advance or block access to male characters who are competing over nationalist and colonialist discourses about race and sexuality. An exception is the poetry of Eunice de Souza where there is critical reflection on the position of Goan Catholic women. Where relevant, I draw from particular areas of cultural studies, postcolonial and feminist theories (including those dealing with psychoanalysis), and writings about Indian history and nationalism. Writings from these areas offer pertinent insights on ambivalence in the production of subjectivity, and on the construction of Indianness in relation to arguments on colonialism, gender, caste, class, secularism, and the religious right (especially the discourses of Hindutva). While the identifications and identity of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics appear in the genre of history, these communities are largely absent or peripheral in the area of literary analysis, cultural studies, and postcolonial theory pertaining to India. Therefore, I hope that a study of these communities will contribute to the discussion of religious and multiracial identifications that is increasingly relevant to the field of postcolonial and cultural studies. https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/12996 Feedback to the scholar: mjgrac...@yahoo.ca
Re: [Goanet] Another pic - how dare you..
On 19 May 2010 08:11, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Another pic - How dare you.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4620388709/ COMMENT: Thanks to the pic posted, the woman can now be charged with assault on a Policeman -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] Goa Sudharop: New Board member - AJIT DESAI
Congratulations, on recruiting an accomplished Ajit Desai to join the Board of Goa Sudharop. On 19 May 2010 01:52, George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com wrote: We are very pleased to announce that Ajit Desai has joined the Board of Goa Sudharop. Ajit lives in San Francisco Bay Area, California, and frequently visits Goa. Ajit's educational Background: MBA (Gen’l and Fin’l Management)Harvard Business School MSE (Chem Engineering) Princeton University B. Tech (Chem Engineering) IITechnology, Bombay Ajit was born in Benaulim with his ancestral home in Narve, Bardez. His family moved to Mumbai when he was about 5. His father was a teacher. He writes my parents gave us a great education and grounding in sound family values. All schooling in Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society High School. Got top honours in Indian School Certificate, the successor to Senior Cambridge. Then stood 2nd in IIT Entrance Exam and entered Chemical Eng Dept at IIT Bombay. Graduated second in class, got a scholarship to Princeton. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Pentecost Sunday
16-May-2010 Dear Friend, Our common everyday experience tells us that unless we are connected to a source there is no power or life. We may have the best cell phone but it is useless without the connection, we may have the best of lights and fans but without the electrical connection nothing happens. We may have the costliest TV set but it remains lifeless unless we have an activated connection. We may use a lot of words but we do not communicate unless we are understood. Have we a connection with our God? We are promised a life-connection in the Holy Spirit. Let’s come alive with His Spirit this weekend! Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: Pentecost Sunday ‘Send forth your Spirit! Renew the earth!’ 23-May-2010 Acts 2: 1-11 1 Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13 John 20: 19-23 Today’s first reading gives a dramatic description of the first Pentecost experience. Pentecost marks the birthday of the Church. The disciples had gathered in one room when suddenly the Spirit descended upon them in the form of tongues of fire, and the fearful band of apostles were transformed into a community of fearless faithful believers and evangelizers. They were no longer the same; instead of hiding to protect themselves they go out fearlessly to proclaim the good news, no matter what the cost or consequences. They live in the Spirit and they are now led by the Spirit to proclaim in life and death the good news. Film: ‘Being John Malkovich’ -1999 In the very strange 1999 surrealist movie Being John Malkovich, someone discovers a portal into Malkovich's mind, enabling visitors to see and experience things through his body and to influence his actions. He becomes aware of what's happening and finds the portal himself. At the climax of the movie, there is a bizarre but powerful scene when he enters the portal, being swept down a dark tunnel with a roaring sound to emerge as a participant/observer in his own world. He discovers that everyone has his face and his voice, and every word spoken is his name. Connections with the Pentecost story: - the paradox of the creator entering his own creation by an unexplainable power; - the potential of the portal to connect people in an unprecedented kind of indwelling; - the portal is exploited by those who find it - selling access, allowing it to be used to violate someone's integrity - reminds me of Simon the Sorcerer (Acts 8), and all who abuse the gift of the Spirit for their own ends or to manipulate others. - seeing the face of Malkovich everywhere reminds me of the Spirit making Jesus present through us in a new and all-encompassing way. We are recognisably Christlike, though still ourselves, and all we say and do is 'in his name'. It's a frightening moment in the movie, because Malkovich has no wish to become omnipresent as a Christ-figure, but the image is powerful. From film insights by Marnie Barrel in ‘The Text this Week’ In today’s Gospel Jesus comes to his disciples on the first day of the week to begin a new chapter in their lives. The disciples out of fear had barricaded themselves within closed doors for fear of the Jews. Jesus breaks through their defences and comes to them and His first greeting is “Peace be with you!” Pentecost, meaning fiftieth day, was originally a Jewish feast that marked the harvest festival. The Jews commemorated the grain harvest at this feast. Pentecost commemorated the fruit of the harvest, the fruit of the Spirit given to us at Easter. The fruits of the Spirit are peace, joy, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. But greater than all these gifts is the ‘first fruit’ of the harvest, the Holy Spirit. The gospel depicts Jesus giving the first fruit of the spirit to his disciples. Jesus ‘breathed’ on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” The disciples were filled with Joy. They also received the forgiveness of their sins and were empowered to go out and share the spirit of reconciliation with others. The gift of the Spirit was the gift of reconciliation binding them together with God and with one another. While renewing his promise of sending the spirit, Jesus always stresses obedience as a condition for receiving the spirit. “As the father has sent me, so I am sending you. I came to do the will of him who sent me…if you love me you will obey me…” The channel that links us to the spirit is obedience! “Pentecost: the Spirit of God poured out as gift on the apostles made them, who had cowered indoors in terror, into a great people, jubilantly singing God’s praises. Here indeed is the Church, a new humanity, alive with a new breath, telling the world about a new, undreamed of, crowning happiness. Good news about the forgiveness of sin, news about what eye had never seen, nor ear heard, nor had man’s heart hitherto experienced. This is not a time for fear, for withdrawal into oneself; rather it is the time for the Spirit to
[Goanet] AMENDING THE GOA TOWN COUNTRY PLANNING ACT
It is good that the Goa Government has decided to include some legal experts on the proposed committee to suggest amendments to the Town and Country Planning Act. It would however be very improper to include on this committee advocates who have represented the interests of land sharks including the promoters of controversial mega projects and SEZ’s. Such legal experts on the Committee should make full disclosure if they have represented or continue to represent builders, real-estate developers, SEZ promoters, etc. The Government should instead seek the guidance of some distinguished former Advocate Generals and some designated senior advocates. The assistance of some retired District and High Court Judges could also be sought. The input of some senior professors of our two law colleges may also come handy. It is high time our Governor Dr. S.S.Sidhu and Chief Minister Digambar Kamat realize that many problems our State is currently is plagued with including the RP 2021 fiasco could be resolved once Goa get’s an honest, upright and competent Advocate General. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
[Goanet] Talking Photos: Drums for sale, Junta House, Fidalgo, Inox, Poltodcho Munis etc
Talking Photos: Drums for sale, Junta House, Fidalgo, Inox, Poltodcho Munis etc Drums for sale - Rs.450 only http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4614400391/sizes/l/ Junta House http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4616132410/sizes/l/ Fidalgo http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4615519159/sizes/l/ Inox – No one except http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4618443504/sizes/l/ another http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4621204664/sizes/l/ Poltodcho munis – Daily 2 shows (not at Inox) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr4/4621201114/ at Miramar Circle http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4607523918/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] 60% of Goa's mining is below ground water table
60% of Goa's mining is going on under the ground water table according to the top official in Ministry of Environment and Forest South zone office in Bangalore Ms Sarita. She was speaking at the joint meeting in Goa International Centre, Dona Paula between Government officials, Mining companies and various groups protesting against open cast mining in Goa. The gathering was called by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest to find the solutions over wide ranging controversies related to mining industry in Goa. This industry is in the middle of intense criticisms from wide range of quarters for taking Goa toward desertification by ruining its Forests and Water sources. These allegations got confirmed yesterday when Ms Sarita disclosed publicly that the Map of Minerals and Map of Forest matches for India and it ought to be a policy decision as to diversion of forest for mining purpose. With her disclosures the myth of sustainable mining got busted. Both mining companies as well as few government officials were advocating 'sustainable mining'. There was lots of discussion on legality of mines as the representative of the Goa State department of Mines and Geology A.T. D'souza argued that all the mines in Goa are legal under one law or the other. Representative of Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association Glen projected that the mining industry in Goa is concerned about the illegal mining. However during discussions when he was asked to identify illegal mines in Goa by Sebastian Rodrigues and Fr. Maverick Fernandes he had no reply to offer and maintained silence. Perhaps his homework was incomplete. Later it emerged from discussion that illegal mines are those that do not posses Environmental Clearances from Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) according to case law in force. Earlier number of points that are objectionable regarding mining industry in Goa was placed before the gathering of nearly 60 people. Carmen Miranda from London, Dr. Claude Alvares of Goa Foundaation, Shankar Jog from Sancorda, Dilip Hegde from Quepem, Ramesh Gauns from Bicholim, Cheryl de Souza from Maina - Quepem, Rama Velip from Colamb, Anthony D'Silva from Ambelim, Shamsunder Naik from Advalpal, Rajendra Kerker from Keri-Sattari and Advocate Norma Alvares spoke at the meeting pin pointing various gross illegalities of mining industry in Goa. Chief Conservator of Forests (Central), Mr. K.S Reddy took the initiative to invite the participants and acknowledged the role of Carmen Miranda and Dr.Claude Alvares in pursuing this idea of a meeting. He said in his introductory remarks that NGOs in Goa are looking at the mining industry in holistic terms rather than at individual mines. Secondly they were looking at mining industry over a longer period of time in terms of its implications and consequence for ecology. Dr. Claude Alvares asked Mr. Reddy to take action on various violations of law recorded by the government committee headed by Goa Chief Conservator of Forest, Mr. Shashi Kumar in his visits to 54 mines. He said MoEF has granted Environmental Clearances for 130 mines in Goa and actual number of mines actually operating cross the 150 mark. Cheryl de Souza said that various wild animals like monkeys are attacking her horticultural farm in Maina because of mining nearby has destroyed forest. The issue of reckless driving of mining trucks also came up for discussions. 'If State cannot deal with truck drivers on roads, how will it deal with Anil Agarwal of Vedanta?' Dr. Alvares questioned. The most number of public criticism were against department of Mines and Geology for their partisan role. 'There are whole lot of incompetent bunch of people in Department of Mines and Geology. They do not do their job. Beginning with the director Lolienkar their salaries must be withheld' Dr. Alvares remarked. Advocate Norma Alvares who has been handling mining cases in High Court for the past 20 years said that State must have independent monitoring mechanism and not rely upon the periodic compliance reports and EIA reports prepared by mining companies alone. Mining companies in their response had no response to any of the charges leveled against them and spoke through Glen of Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association and Sachin Tendulkar of Goa Mineral Foundation. They highlighted some of the charity works they are doing in mining belt and calling it Corporate Social responsibility. They played video of 15 minutes duration that was objected to by Carmen Miranda as not dealing with the questions raised on mining and trying to divert the issues involved. One of the scenes on the pictures is about training of youth in technical skills by Fomentos and and how these youth are absorbed in their own mining company! Another scene was about service of water supply to mining affected villages by mining companies in tankers. Their film however misses the point that it the same
[Goanet] We Need To Pray For Our Clergy
In responseto: Message: 1 Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 17:42:37 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] We Need To Pray For Our Clergy Yes, you are absolutely right Gabe, the guilty should be punished and there are no two ways about it, but as Christians is it not our moral duty to pray for our Clergy ? If you believe in the power of prayers, prayers can help us become better people, the secret of prayer is pray for others more than one prays for himself, only then the results will be there for everyone to see. May God enlighten us all Freddy Agnelo Fernandes The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
Re: [Goanet] Another pic - How dare you..
Thanks Gabe, Fyi, Counter charge… The Goa State Commission for women (GSCW) will probe allegations that the police Inspector had molested an agitating woman at Porvorim on Monday by ripping off her blouse. “We will conduct an enquiry into the incident and then decide on the future course of action. I have called a meeting of the members for the same” said Chairperson of the state commission Ezilda Sapeco. Olinda Pereira, 48, had alleged that she was manhandled and molested by Porvorim PI Devendra Gad, who also tore off the sleeves of her blouse. (TOI dtd 19/5/100) Torn sleeve can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4618033575/ This pic reminds me of a Bollywood film/song (1973) JEISE KO TAISA MILA, Disshumm KAISA MAZA AYA Disshumm http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4618646874/ Quote: On 19 May 2010 08:11, JoeGoaUk joegoauk at yahoo.co.uk wrote: Another pic - How dare you.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4620388709/ COMMENT: Thanks to the pic posted, the woman can now be charged with assault on a Policeman song/film clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn5GPABpXuY joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Hey You Goan People Why Have You Forsaken Me ?
Hey You Goan People Why Have You Forsaken Me ? As some of the Activists in Goa were busy arranging the meeting at Blueberry, the electronic media was busy spreading the news about the meeting, hopes were high, it did not matter, who initiated the meeting, it did not matter who the speakers were, nor did their stature matter, the only thing that mattered was the unity of Goans in the face of adversity. It was indeed a good call but what turned out was much to be desired. out of over a million Goans, not even a few hundreds thought it was wise to attend the meeting, just a mere hundred odd people !! Is this the way to save Goa ? Mother Goa calls on each one of us Hey, you Goan people, why have you forsaken me ? I am sure Digu bab and his contemporaries must have had a hearty laugh, as the expected roar of a lion turned into a mere meow of a cat. With just a hat full, did anyone think that Digu bab would be shaking in his pants ? I am sure our erstwhile crooks must have been celebrating thinking about the lack of support the movement had, they must be surely fancying their chances at the next election. I am sure that was the reason why Digu baba did not take the rally seriously. Mother Goa calls on each one of us Hey, you Goan people why have you forsaken me ? In coastal Goa and the eastern border of Goa, Goans have been subjected to such ridicule that it's become a do or die situation for survival, and still our activists could muster just a hundred odd supporters. How can just a hundred odd gather courage and strength to join the rally, when the whole of Goa is up in arms ? There is definitely something oddly wrong with the activism in Goa or the people have given up all hope. Mother Goa calls on each one of us Hey you Goan people, why have you forsaken me ? For any movement to succeed, the movement has to attain a momentum and that momentum is attained by mass participation. What happened during the Opinion Poll ? What happened during the Konkanni movement ? Don't we know, what was the cause of success of these movements ? Unity of Goans, was the key component to success, no matter what caste, creed or status we were, we fought as Goans, wanting to preserve our identity. What do we see today ? Our Goan Identity is surely eroding away at a breakneck pace and what do we bleedy Goans do ? Why me ? Let someone else fight for our cause, and this attitude down the decades has brought us all the misery that we are mired in today. Even though we are armed with the knowledge of the enormity of the abhorrent state of affairs in Goa, we still fail to fathom the consequences that await us at our very doorstep. Inaction against the perpetrator would amount to an affront to our suffering Goan brothers and sisters. Mother Goa calls on each one of us Hey, you Goan people, why have you forsaken me ? Are we Goans just by birth or are we Goans by blood ? It's time to make ourselves counted in the fight to preserve Goa and our Goan Identity, the only way to achieve it, is either through a mass movement or by getting rid of this corrupt Government and replacing it with a competent one. It not just enough to say I love Goa or Save Goa, more than words deeds are important, participate in large numbers and support the Save Goa movement, so that, Mother Goa will not have to ever say, Hey, you bleedy Goan people, why have you forsaken me ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
[Goanet] Goan Welfare Society Announces Scholarship in Goa
Goan Welfare Society Announces Scholarship The GWS Annual scholarship Awards for top ranking Goan students, will be awarded to students of Standard X who secure the highest and second highest aggregate marks at the examination conducted in Goa- April 2010. The GWS awards are donated by Mr. Mrs. Sam Alphonso – Patron member of the Goan Welfare Society. Only Students of Goan origin are eligible to apply for the awards.. All those who qualify for the awards are requested to submit their application along with photocopies of marks sheet certified by their school authorities, copies of their passport, copies of their birth certificate and that of their parents, in proof of their origin addressed to Alex Wilson Coelho, President of Goan Welfare Society, P.O.Box 1335 Safat 13014 – Kuwait within two weeks from the date of declaration of the results 2010. The application may be sent by post or hand delivered to any of the new GWS managing committee members as per the convenience of the students. The GWS awards are instituted as a goodwill gesture in order to encourage goan students to do well in their academic career. We wish to convey our best wishes to all aspiring students – Good Luck to all. For further information please contact Tel: 22429435 or 67065878 after 5pm or email: goanwelfaresoci...@gmail.com
[Goanet] Communidade plots available to Assagao Gaonkars.
To all Assagao Gaonkars, the last date for applications for Assagao Communidade plots on sale is 15th June 2010. I thought that the above information may be of value to some of you in more ways then one. There is a lot more information that you will need to know. I can be contacted at this address rui.n...@gmail.com.
[Goanet] nice development
Goa has more casinos than Las Vegas, I read somewhere. I don't know a thing about casinos (on land or water) but I was surprised to learn this fact as it shows that we are even more developed than Las Vegas! Goa as No. 1? Unfortunately, there is a footnote. The casinos have been spewing raw sewage into the river which in turn is eaten by the fish and then by the wealthy folks residing in Panaji and its environs. Non-Panaji residents will have to be content with fish which eat chemical pollutants, I guess. Anyway, I'm curious to know if the fish taste better? In the old days before the Age of Sulab and flush toilets, pigs would do the work of the fish. My friend who swears by the taste of the sausages of the the pre-sewage pigs is willing to bet his last rupee that sausages made from farm pigs don't taste as good! Is it true of fish-curry? Does the shit in shit-kodi have a deeper semantic meaning and has its fame and flavor travelled worldwide? Celebrate life!
[Goanet] Alternative to Violence
The recent incident at Porvorim Secretariat by the Village Groups needs to be viewed carefully by Goans. Let’s not believe the Deceitful/Corrupt Goa Government, as they are only too keen to tarnish genuine protestors, so as to continue with the destruction of Goa for personal gains. Anyway on the topic of Violence, it is definitely wrong, but we need to find an alternative not only to Violence but for argument sake, an alternative to peaceful means as well. We see a common statement around the World and India in a particular, where Governments ask to renounce violence and ask for peaceful ways to solve issues (including dialogue), but in many cases activists are forced into violence after trying desperately via peaceful manner and dialogue? See the Goa Scenario, our current Chief Minister and most of the Ministers never keep their promises, manipulate facts/situations, constantly sabotage genuine action for Goa, intimidate activist by abuse of the machinery including Quasi Judicial bodies, Police etc Court Cases are taking too long to deliver justice; and is a classic case of Justice delayed Justice Denied. So may I ask again, what alternative can we give to these activists who are being checkmated at every point? Democracy is being abused via migrant vote banks, communal basis, ignorant gullible voters. Again, I am not advocating the Violence option but am only asking if there is another option, other than the violent the peaceful one; the latter which obviously not working in Goa? Needless to say these activists are not fighting for only themselves, but for all of Goa and Goan; from the Anti-Goans!! Arwin Mesquita (UAE) -- 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] Goa and it's villages being destroyed - Call Digambar's flying squad to the rescue (another of our CM's cruel jokes)
In response to: Message: 1 Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 12:17:06 +0800 From: roger dsouza rdsg2...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Goa and it's villages being destroyed - Call Digambar's flying squad to the rescue (another of our CM's cruel jokes) Effective flying squads, express courts and good governance are just myths in Goa, they can never be facts unless we Goans change our perceptions and our prerogatives and get our priorities right. Who are responsible for electing these imbecile ? We Goans, aren't we, the people who have facilitated the rise of this enormous aberration ? And I won't be surprised if the very same people are back in power after the next election as well. You, Arwin, Rajan, Florian and others can vent and pent as much as you'll can, but we Goans will never change. At the Blueberry how many people from Carmona, Colva, Benaulim, Majorda, Cansaulim, Vasco and North Goa were there ? How many people who are affected by mining were present ? In whole of Goa only a hundred handful are affected by the miners-builders-politicians-police nexus ? This was indeed a crude joke played by Goans on the Activists. Time to ponder isn't it ? Are we all barking and screeching at our own shadows ? Looks like the bogyman in mining and mega-projects was just a fiction of our imagination. If most of Goa is affected by mining, mega-projects or the anomalies in the RP, why were they not present at the Blueberry ? Is it, Hanv maka, ani Dev somestank ? If this is our Goan mentality, then there is surely no hope for Goa. With all due respect for your concern for Goa, it is high time we stopped blaming our politicians, and accept that we Goans have failed ourselves and introspect on way and means to correct ourselves. It's a pity, our very own Activists, who all claim to love Goa and are willing to do anything to save Goa, unfortunately cannot even work together to save Goa, they have the same aim, they have the same gusto, they are genuine in their own ways so what the duck is the problem to work together ? If whole of Goa is united Digu kaka and his thirty nine foot soldiers can be brought to their knees in no time, but for the moment it looks to be only a pipe dream. Only if we Goans can get our act together and walk in unison and fight as one unit only then will we be able to salvage what's left of Goa, till then our politicians, will make hay while we Goans keep on bickering combi vo tantem Freddy Agnelo Fernandes The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
[Goanet] from india environment portal - EIA report on controversial Jaitapur nuclear power plant at Ratnagiri
To: Goanet You must be aware that the public hearing on proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project (at Ratnagiri district) by NPCIL was stopped by the villagers yesterday. As, they were not given copies of the project's EIA report (as per the rule) This EIA report is not in the public domain as yet. But the India environment portal has this. It has been highlighted on the Portal home page alongwith other related information at http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in If this is of interest to your network,please check out http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in. This report is also available at http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/306103 India Environment Portal Centre for Science and Environment Ms. Kiran Pandey CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: ki...@cseindia.org ext:233
Re: [Goanet] Alternative to Violence
Dear Arwin, If you are looking for an alternative to the many things you have listed, you will have found it in PPS Cheers floriano Coordinator from PPS to PPS 9890470896 floriano.l...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Arwin Mesquita arwinmesqu...@gmail.com To: Goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: [Goanet] Alternative to Violence The recent incident at Porvorim Secretariat by the Village Groups needs to be viewed carefully by Goans. Let’s not believe the Deceitful/Corrupt Goa Government, as they are only too keen to tarnish genuine protestors, so as to continue with the destruction of Goa for personal gains. Anyway on the topic of Violence, it is definitely wrong, but we need to find an alternative not only to Violence but for argument sake, an alternative to peaceful means as well. We see a common statement around the World and India in a particular, where Governments ask to renounce violence and ask for peaceful ways to solve issues (including dialogue), but in many cases activists are forced into violence after trying desperately via peaceful manner and dialogue? See the Goa Scenario, our current Chief Minister and most of the Ministers never keep their promises, manipulate facts/situations, constantly sabotage genuine action for Goa, intimidate activist by abuse of the machinery including Quasi Judicial bodies, Police etc Court Cases are taking too long to deliver justice; and is a classic case of Justice delayed Justice Denied. So may I ask again, what alternative can we give to these activists who are being checkmated at every point? Democracy is being abused via migrant vote banks, communal basis, ignorant gullible voters. Again, I am not advocating the Violence option but am only asking if there is another option, other than the violent the peaceful one; the latter which obviously not working in Goa? Needless to say these activists are not fighting for only themselves, but for all of Goa and Goan; from the Anti-Goans!! Arwin Mesquita (UAE) -- 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/
Re: [Goanet] Hey You Goan People Why Have You Forsaken Me ?
Dear Freddy, You are spelling out P P S PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY PEOPLE'S POWER SYSTEM. If Goa (the buffulo herd) has to survive the attack on its 'calves' ( decimation of its posterity) by the pack of LIONS ( 40 at Vidhan Sabha), the pack of Crocks in its rivers ( High Commands from Delhi, Nagpur Maharashtra), PPS must take hold of every knook and corner of Goa in a jiffy. PPS is a self funding movement designed on the slogan: 'Small money from a lot of people makes better sense of belonging and participation than a lot of money from one person). The onliest way to go is PPS Cheers floriano coordinator of from PPS to PPS 9890470896 floriano.l...@gmail.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM - Original Message - From: Freddy Fernandes ffernandes@emaar.ae To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:44 PM Subject: [Goanet] Hey You Goan People Why Have You Forsaken Me ? Hey You Goan People Why Have You Forsaken Me ? As some of the Activists in Goa were busy arranging the meeting at Blueberry, the electronic media was busy spreading the news about the meeting, hopes were high, it did not matter, who initiated the meeting, it did not matter who the speakers were, nor did their stature matter, the only thing that mattered was the unity of Goans in the face of adversity. It was indeed a good call but what turned out was much to be desired. out of over a million Goans, not even a few hundreds thought it was wise to attend the meeting, just a mere hundred odd people !! Is this the way to save Goa ? Mother Goa calls on each one of us Hey, you Goan people, why have you forsaken me ?
[Goanet] Theresa Almeida's article
About Portuguese rule circa 1961, dictators maybe, but never ruthless. Bernice Pereira
[Goanet] Fw: Fred on Bleddy Goans.. and all that- comments as posted on www.goasu-raj.org
- Original Message - From: Godfrey Pereira To: Floriano Lobo Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:49 PM Subject: RE: [Goanet] Fred on Bleddy Goans.. and all that- comments as posted on www.goasu-raj.org Hey Floriano, if you can please post this reply of mine somewhere. Thank you so much for keeping me in the loop Will keep in touch. It's Spring Time here in The States. I can't wait till I come back to Goa. It will happen soon. Hope that you are doing fine. Hello to your family. Vaya Con Dios my friend Peace Godfrey Pereira _ Whoever this guy Eugene Correia is, he does radiate some good light. Hello Eugene, Peace from The Jersey Shore.. Once again I would like to stress, this artcle was not an anti Goan piece. It was a gut scream that hoped to wake up somebody, anybody, hopefully The Goans, to the pain I felt. I do not have any problem, with Goan mothers because their sons work in The Gulf and Canada. What I was trying to say is despite the cash flow that some or many Goan mothers receive, being silent, and being being apathetic is not an option for the Goan WOMAN right now. Women are STRONG. They can influence their men. They can literally turn things around. Perhaps I could have explained it better. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa. And, I don't need to leave Jersey and New York to help my East Indian Community. What I have done to help in that fight, I know, so we will let that go for now. I do not see myself as an East Indian to begin with... but when I see a place like Goa being raped... I cannot be silent and run to America. That is why I wrote what I wrote. How can you stay silent when you see a sign saying Indians Not Allowed in Goa. How? Where were the Indian voices, THE GOAN VOICES, when these signs were put up. Where? You can criticize me all you want, at least I cried out aloud, in pain and anger and shame, when I seen this injustice. I could have walked away... I am not a Goan, hell I am not even an Indian Citizen, but my heart beat is Indian and many, many parts of my consciousness lie strewn all over Goa, that's why...I am what I am. If you want to shoot the messanger, go ahead, shoot me but after that, you had better stand up and do something about your silence. My anger and frustration is better than the collective silence that I was hearing. The Goan sound of silence here, my friend is a terrifying state of fatal lethargy. And lastly, Yes I am aware of some of the campaigns that have been run. The proof my friend is in the pudding. And right now, from human feces and urine in the Mandovi river to openly corrupt politicians and police and miners and foreign drug runners, the Goan Pudding is looking like Bibic, left out in the sun too long, the scavengers are moving in. And The Goans are watching this tragedy with a funeral like silence that is frightening. If you do not have a problem with that, then my friend, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. Peace Godfrey Pereira From: floriano.l...@gmail.com To: godfrey.pere...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fred on Bleddy Goans.. and all that- comments as posted on www.goasu-raj.org Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 17:48:30 +0530 Comments: Well done, Eugene. Not because you have mentioned my name. Names do not matter when Goa is fighting the hands that are strangulating her. Yes, Godfrey Pereira has opened a lot of eyes and ears here in Goa, mine too. That is why I have been one of the first ones to thank him profusely, but importantly, not to ridicule or dismember our very own Goans. Sometimes, things have to be taken in stride, forgive people et al. The least I can say is thank you for overlooking my little indiscretions towards you. But then, not to justify them, I have been always looking at the larger interest of Goa and Goan. My consistency will prove this. Today, Goa needs the replay of the 'BATTLE AT KRUGER' available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM, thanks to Dr. Ferdinand dos Reis Falcao. And the need of the hour is the furtherance of the PPS movement. Once again, thank you for being objective. B/rgds Cheers floriano Coordinator of: from PPS to PPS 9890470896 floriano.l...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Eugene Correia gene_corr...@yahoo.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fred on Bleddy Goans.. and all that
Re: [Goanet] Introducing a new service on GoanVoice
Rene, I don't think you got the gist of what I was trying to say ... It was meant to be just a little fun comment on what I thought was an interesting observation - nothing more. Didn't you notice the little smiley at the end? You need to view the younger generation on GoaNet with a different angle! By the way, I was in Goa about two weeks ago and made some even more interesting observations. I shall post about my trip shortly - had been busy catching up with work. Cheers, Jim F New York. -- Original message -- From: goan...@yahoo.co.uk Dear Jim , With respect ... please tell us as - what was the purpose of your post ? Are you trying to tell us that we Goans should not support members of our Goan Community in the good they do ? Goan Voice is doing a great service , I am sure you will agree .. all this does not come free ! We talk about UNITY - is this the way we promote UNITY ... IN OUR Goan COMMunity ??A nice word goes a long way ... be kind. ... spread a little happiness - make people happy : ( :-life is too short - tomorrow may not be ours. Lets support the good our Goans do for our Goan Community ... wherever that may be. Jim , I am sure you meant no harm :- ) rene Message: 12 Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 00:52:02 + From: Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Introducing a new service on GoanVoice Message-ID: 051820100052.10266.4BF1E4B20001EA6A281A22243322829B0A02D29B9B0EBFC9CFCF0109 070...@att.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Is there some sort of SWAPS deal going on in here? On one side of the deal, you have Ms Carvalho sending stuff on behalf of Mr Fernandes - example, the note below. While on the other side, you have Mr Fernandes, sending out Ms Carvalho's writings. Interesting observation, isn't it? But hey, who the bleep care's . :) Jim F New York. -- Original message -- From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com Dear Members, Eddie Fernandes has introduced a brand new service on GoanVoice UK. Now, you can put out a personal ad, anything from advertising a business service,?to an event such as a book launch, exhibition, sale of furniture?or birthdays, anniversaries?and public thank you notes, for just 5 UK pounds. Details are here: http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ GoanVoice UK has a world-wide audience which spans from the Goan Diaspora in ... ... ... rene barreto Goanworld : http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/ WORLD GOA DAY 20.8.2010 WORLD KONKANI DAY WORLD ALLAINCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS ==
[Goanet] nice development
Goa has more casinos than Las Vegas, I read somewhere. I don't know a thing about casinos (on land or water) but I was surprised to learn this fact as it shows that we are even more developed than Las Vegas! Goa as No. 1? Unfortunately, there is a footnote. The casinos have been spewing raw sewage into the river which in turn is eaten by the fish and then by the wealthy folks residing in Panaji and its environs. Non-Panaji residents will have to be content with fish which eat chemical pollutants, I guess. Anyway, I'm curious to know if the fish taste better? In the old days before the Age of Sulab and flush toilets, pigs would do the work of the fish. My friend who swears by the taste of the sausages of the the pre-sewage pigs is willing to bet his last rupee that sausages made from farm pigs don't taste as good! Is it true of fish-curry? Does the shit in shit-kodi have a deeper semantic meaning and has its fame and flavor travelled worldwide?
[Goanet] Shiv Sena at Mapuca Market
Dears A few days ago, there was a write up on Shiv Sena demanding all non Goans to vacate the Mapuca Market. After that there has been no news at all. Could someone shed some light as to what happened, and is the Mapuca market cleared of all the non Goans, making more space for shoppers, and allowing more Goans to sell their wares there? Reply will be appreciated. Cheers Jerry Fernandes
[Goanet] Goa news for May 20, 2010
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Pune connection in Goa blast chargesheet - Expressindia.com ovt-refuses-to-ban-hindu-group-74634.htmlusg=AFQjCNG7RNllNnHa6SUBBJQuNTZuTjKMVgGoa govt refuses to ban Hindu group http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/pune-connection-in-goa-blast-chargesheet/620701/usg=AFQjCNFW_hnosN-B_n9VMhL-5PSFSXrQVg *** Sesa Goa tumbles as Govt reverses earlier nod - Hindu Business Line irm-forced-to-stop-goan-operations/usg=AFQjCNHFjvtAeveCGprn5cT6YywUpYrL1AMining firm forced to stop Goan operations http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/05/19/stories/2010051953441001.htmusg=AFQjCNHHe0tpj_j-eevzifPowDDm5a1qBQ *** CM said I don't depend on your votes, say angry locals - Times of India jUKzFNFSJFYkHu3bvhzdnPQThe 'aam aadmi' chief minister in Goa and other cynical ironies http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/CM-said-I-dont-depend-on-your-votes-say-angry-locals/articleshow/5951458.cmsusg=AFQjCNF0dx3IEIblZoqRKGKN6T5CDjrwoQ *** EXCLUSIVE: It Is Not A Surprise To See AFC Scrap Delhi Tamil Nadu Projects ... - Goal.com ndia/news/141/asia/2010/05/19/1933026/afc-scraps-delhi-tamil-nadu-projects-from-vision-asiausg=AFQjCNF4cYnpkmdEvM3B_ZCg26JKu6QghwAFC Scraps Delhi Tamil Nadu Projects From Vision Asia http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2010/05/19/1933028/exclusive-it-is-not-a-surprise-to-see-afc-scrap-delhi-tamil-nadu-usg=AFQjCNGew_yTBvY5nB_9UpRIc5VEnWCgiw *** Tamil Nadu students put state on top - Times of India adu/article433953.eceusg=AFQjCNFWrdc9qesWuP7mktCqbMp5AzDBiQChennai region records 92.17 pass percentage in CBSE exam http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Tamil-Nadu-students-put-state-on-top/articleshow/5951340.cmsusg=AFQjCNEBW-utZ4S3HKqnyUpDF37JfkYiOQ *** Goa tops region in CBSE Class XII results - Times of India ill-announce-12th-class-results-for-year-2010/usg=AFQjCNFpvnhh2IQUS2yCUEKcNRm1BoF76wCBSE Will Announce 12th Class Results For Year 2010 http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Goa-tops-region-in-CBSE-Class-XII-results/articleshow/5951477.cmsusg=AFQjCNE1-rCQTJRQyDPITTLRXXMwU22e7g *** Goa industry mulls conveyor belts to transport ore - Economic Times onomic TimesPANAJI: Mining industries in Goa are mulling the possibility of setting up a network of conveyor belts to transport ore from the mining pits to the port ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/metals--mining/Goa-industry-mulls-conveyor-belts-to-transport-ore/articleshow/5948385.cmsusg=AFQjCNGDV2cQd5N5vBGEe-tUpJvKlQP6PQ *** 'Springs, fields will die if Chiunim Dongor is mined' - Times of India Mand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Springs-fields-will-die-if-Chiunim-Dongor-is-mined/articleshow/5951450.cmsusg=AFQjCNGbBYpNn2tfcakW-5dZP4CXaXvTRg *** Rechristening of Goa - Times of India mes of IndiaIn a reflection of the demographic changes the state is undergoing, new colonies and wards being carved out in Goa's towns and villages are more likely to ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Rechristening-of-Goa/articleshow/5951467.cmsusg=AFQjCNHVC4YAGrljWUCxNWbd8kcB-5XsOA *** 'Switch to trailing stop when Sesa Goa touches Rs 360' - Economic Times onomic TimesET Now caught up with Deepak Mohoni, director, trendwatchindia.com, to find out his views on the outlook of Sesa Goa. You have a target of Rs 360 and a stop ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/views/recommendations/Switch-to-trailing-stop-when-Sesa-Goa-touches-Rs-360/articleshow/5948445.cmsusg=AFQjCNHeub74npgOMVUkbvbRhGcNS3apkA Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] GT 'Debate' Soddun Konn Pollon Ghelo? Hanv vo Borges bab?
GT ‘DEBATE’ SODDUN KONN POLLON GHELO? HANV VO BORGES BAB? ( May 14, 2010 hea disa GOA Net hacher ailole Borges babachea zabab-ak poilo “DEBATE’ hache vixim zabab ditam. Ho zabab lamb aslolea karannank lagon tannem ghatlolea heram bogllanttancher uprant uzvadd ghaltam) Amchea Borges babachi ti zolmanchich sonvoim zaun asa. Apnnem pap korop ani tem pap zata zalear dusreancher lottovn ghalop. ‘Gomantak Times’ (GT) hea Inglez potracher tannench suru kelole bhasabaxecher bariksannen niyall kelear tem sid’dh zata ani hanvem ‘Debate’ korunk avhan dilolem ti ‘DEBATE’ soddun konnem poll kaddli tenvuim provar zata. Amchea Borges babak ek duens asa. Hem duens mhunttlear zor konn Dalgado Konknni Akademy (DKA) Romi lipicher onit zalea tacher zhuzpak rochlea mhunttlear taka to “Lipirog” rokddoch zata. Goychea Rajbhas kaideak lagon Romi lipintle Konknnicher onit kelea mhunttlear Borges baba bhitor to ‘Lipirog’ rokddoch ustota. Ani oxench GT hea Inglez potracher ghoddlem. Hanvem teach vixoyacher GT-cher ek lekh boroilolo. Borges babacho ‘Lipirog’ ustolo ani rokddench tannem GT potrak ek chitt boroiloli. Hi chitt Junache 10 tarker 2009 hea disa porgott zali. Tea disa hi chorcha suru zali. Te chittik hanvem zabab daddlo to sokol ditam: Ho mhojo poilo zabab: First Reply to S. M. Borges’ Letter on Gomantak Times dated 17th June DISSEMINATING IGNORANCE Mr. S. M. Borges’s letter – Disseminating ignorance - published on your daily dated June 10, 2009 is the result of frustration. I say it is frustration only because he has unnecessarily mixed the payment I get as a columnist with the issue in question. My friend Mr. Borges gets excited immediately if any one states that DKA was formed to fight the injustice meted to Konkani in Roman script. It is because he is wearing glasses through which he can see only Konkani in Devnagori script and nothing else. I have always stated that Konkani in Roman script should be given equal status with Konkani in Devnagori script in the Official Language Act of Goa. My friend Mr. Borges opposes it with all his might because his ultimate aim is to see the end of Konkani in Roman script as soon as possible. Mr. Borges has a lot of time to write letters after letters and he feels that everyone else too lives in the same way. Every minute is precious to me and hence I would not like to waste my precious time in answering questions of Mr. Borges who is not any authority to decide on the issue. Nevertheless I am prepared to clear all the issues in the confused mind of Mr. Borges regarding Konkani in Roman script. Let us have a one to one, face to face live debate on this issue in the presence of the media – printed as well as electronic – and the people. If that happens then only we shall be in a position to state who is disseminating ignorance, false information and manipulated history. I give first preference to Mr. S. M. Borges organize this debate and if he is not able to do so then I take the responsibility to organize the same. If agreeable then Mr. Borges may contact me on my cell phone 9822170102. Tomazinho Cardozo Candolim Potrancher bhasabas korun tancho moladik zago pidder korcho nhoi ani ekach borobor ‘sot’ kitem ani ‘fott’ kitem tem uzvaddak yeunche khatir hanvem “DEBATE” korunk avhan dilem. Hanv somzololom ki amcho Borges bab ti ‘debate’ korpak raji zatolo mhunn. Punn na! Kitem kai mhunttlear tannem mhaka GT potracher zabab diun sodanche porim mhaka kaim proxn kelet. Poile aplea proxnnanche zabab di ani zabab dilea uprantuch ‘Debate’ korum-ia. ‘Debate’ korinastana poll kaddpachi hi tachi yevzonn asli. Hanvem taka GT potrar dusro zabab dilo to sokol ditam: Second Reply to S. M. Borges’ Letter on Gomantak Times dated 17th June LET’S HAVE THE DEBATE – NO ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ ! From the letter of Mr. S. M. Borges ‘Let’s have the debate, Tomazinho, but …?” (Gt June 17) one comes to the conclusion that Mr. Borges is not willing to have a debate otherwise he would have not put conditions to answer his questions before the debate. In fact the debate is proposed in order to get all answers from me as well as from Mr. Borges. Then why there is a need to answer him in advance? Or is it an excuse to avoid to discuss the matter in public because it could lead to the exposure of lies perpetuated by Mr. S. M. Borges and others of his like regarding Konkani in Roman script? Once again Mr. Borges displays his frustration by linking the issue of the proposed debate to politicians. He says in his letter, “ Politicians thrive on media exposure, so it will be cruel to deny Cardozo his craving.” The whole of Goa knows that I have left politics long back but it is Mr. Borges alone who keeps on harping on my political life because it suits him to defame the politicians and get the mileage from it if possible. In fact Mr. Borges has been appointed to some statutory bodies by the politicians only who according to him crave for
[Goanet] CM to Goans: I don't need your votes. Do what you want.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/CM-said-I-dont-depend-on-your-votes-say-angry-locals/articleshow/5951458.cms Some quotes from people in high places have been remembered across generations. If you don't have bread, eat cake is one of them. The Goa CM's latest quote is the newest addition to the list.
[Goanet] I am not dependent on your votes:CM Digambar's shocking insult to us Goans
Look at the sheer arrogance and of the Goa CM and the MLAs that we have voted to power as our representatives! The shocking treatment meted out to the Goan village activists who stood up to voice their opinions is a clear indication of the Goa Government’s cavalier attitude and total disregard to the voices of our Goan villagers. In a clever move the Goa CM insisted that he would meet with a small group of women activists at the Secretariat and then humiliated and attacked them in the most disreputable manner and then set the Goa police to outrage the modesty of our Goan Women who stood up to voice their opinions all this in broad daylight. No wonder Goa today is at it’s worst with there being no law and order to speak of. Just about every crooked and devious scheme has the blessings of our Ministers who want to promote their interests in order to benefit from the kick-backs that they get from the real estate and Mining lobbies Digambar has the gall to tell our Goan villagers that he doesn’t depend on their votes. The stash of funds that our politicians receive form these lobbies is what they use to buy votes and get their power so what do they care about Goan interests? Isn’t the CM and the MLAs answerable to the Goan people and listen to and address their grievances? Do they care? Of course not! The following article is from the Herald: I am not dependent on your votes: CM Digambar’s words draw ire of village groups HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 18 Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has found himself in the centre of a controversy over his statement “I am not dependent on your votes” to a delegation of five women from the village groups who went to see him over land-use violations on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Edwin Pinto, who is one of the persons in the forefront opposing land illegalities, said, “This is serious. We are Goans and the women who went to put forth their grievances to the CM were Goans. If he is not dependent on Goan votes, how will he look after Goan peoples’ interests,” Pinto questioned. He said the five women members were furious and angry and came and told us what had transpired between them and the CM in his chamber at the Secretariat. “The CM has to clarify on what he meant by his statement that he was not dependent on our votes. Then we have to see whether he was riding on the wave of migrant votes,” Pinto asserted. Carmen de Miranda from Loutolim, who was one of the members who went to see the CM, narrated, “He refused to look into our demands and said we had no appointment to see him. At that point of time I asked him during elections they never took appointment to come to see us for votes. He told us point blank he wasn’t dependent on our votes at which we were confused and didn’t know what to say. He further said do what you’ll want and didn’t care.” Zarina da Cunha, Judy Rebello, Swati Kerkar and Carmen Correia were the other four women who were part of the delegation. They said the CM’s behaviour towards them was cold and bitter. They said the CM was responsible for unleashing a reign of terror on the people, who had gone to redress their grievances, by using the police force. “We were taken to the police station where the men and women were kept in one cell and were never even offered food,” they narrated. Neri Fernandes said he had accompanied the women to the CM’s chamber. “After the meeting when we were walking back three political leaders Subhash Shirodkar, Deepak Dhavilkar and Reginaldo Lourenco also gave us a cold shoulder,” he mentioned. Croyden Madeira said the water provided at the Porvorim police station was muddy. Our basic human rights were not taken care of, he stated. The village groups have called for action against Porvorim PI Devendra Gad who has been accused of manhandling women activists time and again. Goa Bachao Abhiyan member Prajal Sakhardande said the people had elected the Government so that it will look into their problems. “But the opposite was happening. The people are left to fend for themselves. Hills are being cut down blatantly and the authorities are turning a Nelson’s eye to the activity,” he mentioned. The village groups have ridiculed the flying squads stating the same were mere eye wash and pressed for some members of the village groups to be included in them. Edwin Pinto said the village groups had come together in a strong way to save Goan hills and fields for the next generation. “We are sure to take this fight to its logical conclusion. The CM’s statement has bolstered us to take up the challenge and wage a war against the illegalities in our villages and in between if there was aggression the Government will be responsible,” he observed.
[Goanet] Craponisation of Goa -an attemtp to salvage culture
Blinded by the term 'liberation' for 48 years Goans are now coming to their senses and making some attempts to defend their dignity and culture. One Miguel Braganca is at the forefront of this salvation . BC Andrew Pereira, TNN, May 20, 2010, 03.49am IST PANJIM: The names they are a changin’. In a reflection of the demographic changes the state is undergoing, new colonies and wards being carved out in Goa’s towns and villages are more likely to call themselves some nagar or the other instead of the traditional vaddo. Nagar is not a native word. It is a suffix given to the name of a settlement in other parts of India, mostly North India, says horticulturist Miguel Braganza who is passionate about local history. Forgive a Saxttikar if he looks askance at hearing of the existence of a Kargil in Sao Jose de Areal, or a Bardezkar of being asked to look for a Shanti Nagar in Socorro. A few years ago, locals in Sao Jose de Areal did wake up to find that a part of their village was named Kargil by migrants living there. The name was even displayed on local buses, serving the migrant population in the area, until the south Goa district administration put an end to it. In Mapusa, a young student at St Xavier's college was amused to see the address of his rented house on his electricity bill. Situated behind the college premises, the house address on the bill read Fukat Nagar. Trust the politicians not to be behind in their quest to leave a legacy. A field in Margao, locally known as Calgonda, was given away for a slum settlement and christened Babu Nagar. Subsequently, the migrants changed it to Azad Nagar. On Betim’s hills north of the River Mandovi exists a Ram Nagar, while every second new colony in Porvorim is being termed as a nagar. Says history lecturer Prajal Sakhardande, Ram Nagar is a village in Belgaum. On Porvorim plateau, the new colonies that have sprung up are Jai Nagar, Vidya Nagar and Shanti Nagar. Recently, a landscape contractor said he was executing a project at a Patel Nagar in Porvorim. The village of Socorro has been given a Shanti Nagar and a Sai Nagar, courtesy a government scheme to convert comunidade land for housing plots. Another government scheme, ostensibly to give land to Goans from the lower income group, but which was lapped up by migrants, was named Indira Nagar in Chimbel. There’s another Fukat Nagar created in Sancoale and existing for years. The migrants have constructed illegal huts on comunidade land and are not paying a single paisa for it. Neither are they contributing anything by way of government taxes. Hence, the name Fukat Nagar which has been accepted by those concerned, says social activist Simon Carvalho. After Zuari industries came in and called the land Zuari Nagar, the trend was followed by others. Today, besides our vaddos, we have a Shanti Nagar, a Upas Nagar and a Queeny Nagar, Carvalho says. Travel to Assonora by bus, and you will hear the conductors calling it Alsanwadi, says Braganza, adding, The migrant labourers living in the village call it by that name, and the bus conductors have already adapted to it for their customers. __._,_.___
Re: [Goanet] Konkani - devanagri or Romi?
Dear friends, Discussion on this topic has indeed been going on for a long time. Yet, regretfully, abysmal ignorance thereon persists unabated; in fact, because of the non-serious participation on the internet, it has become extensive as well. The present post is a sample of this situation. Let us analyse some of its salient contents. the Romi is the real Konkani of Goa. 1. To the best of my knowledge, Konkani is the name of the language spoken by people living in a part of the western coastal belt of India called Konkan. Like any other language it has many dialects which are spoken in certain localities or by members of certain groups, like professions, ethnicities etc. 2. Now, is this Romi a language? If yes, where is this name recorded? I cannot claim to know the name of every language in the world but must confess that I have not heard of this one. Is it a dialect of Konkani? If yes, where is it SPOKEN (like Aldona, Agonda, Satari, Sanguem) or by which community (like fisherman, carpenter, brahmin, charddo, kunnbi, velip, Christian, Hindu etc.)? 3. What characteristics or attributes make it real as against others which may be unreal? Borges ... has been writing endlessly, his strong love for the devanagri Konkani Could I please see a sample or two from my endless writing wherein I have expressed my strong love for the devanagari Konkani whatever the last two words might mean? his correspondence is mostly in romi (not the writing) but the pronounciations What is this supposed to mean? Is there something called 'romi pronunciations'? Could I be favoured with a sample of this as well? I was under the (mistaken?) impression that romi stands for a script which is used for WRITING; but here Jerry qualifies it with not the writing. Hence my curiosity. Trust Jerry will help. I wonder why he does not write his mails in devanagri,(he may use the romi script as goanet does not support the devanagri font) What is the meaning of this? How can I use romi script to write in devanagari? Would it be too much to expect a clarification? Most of what is being said on doordarshan TV, ... just flies over my head and makes me wonder if that is the Konkani or Marathi or whatever language it is. Most of what I heard being read in the Church also flew over my head, as it is not in the Konkani language I speak at home or in the local marketplace. I too wondered whether it was Latin or Greek or whatever language. But years of dinning into my captive ears has made it intelligible; my cerebral computer has now become adept at translating the Church medium into my domestic lingo. So, if Jerry were to stick to the doordarshan TV long enough, he would surely understand what is being said, without bothering whether it is in Konkani or Marathi or whatever language. Finally, why add Dr to my name? In the past people have used such appellations to derail a discussion. Therefore please avoid it. I do understand that you cannot avoid mentioning my name, but please remember that the person behind that name is not, and should never be, the subject of discussion. Let us rationally stick to the topic. WHAT is said is important not WHO said it. In fact, WHAT is said should be able to stand on its own, irrespective of WHO said it. Sotachench zoit zatolem. Mog asum. Sebastian Borges On 17 May 2010 Jerry Fernandes jerry...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Netters, This Konkani Romi / devanagri discussion has been going on for quite a long time with no way the devanagris agreeing to accept that the Romi is the real Konkani of Goa. Dr Borges the staunch supporter and the main correspondent on goanet for devanagris has been writing endlessly, his strong love for the devanagri Konkani, but what amazes me is that his correspondence is mostly in romi ( not the writing) but the pronounciations, and I wonder why he does not write his mails in devanagri,(he may use the romi script as goanet does not support the devanagri font) , and I am curious to read and see if I can understand the devanagri Konkani. Most of what is being said on doordarshan TV, in the short time allotted to Goa, just flies over my head and makes me wonder if that is the Konkani or Marathi or whatever language it is. Cheers Jerry Fernandes Sebastian Borges
[Goanet] Goa...Going...Gone? Rechristening of Goa
What do you think would be the new name for Goa? Any Guesses? Thanks to the patronage of our Goan politicians the Goan landscape is fast changing. Soon Goa as we know it will disappear (if it already hasn't) from Gated communities at one end to Fukat Nagars at the other. As for the Goans like the Parsis and other communities will soon be an extinct species! This article is from the Times of India. * Rechristening of Goa Andrew Pereira, TNN, May 20, 2010, 03.49am IST PANAJI: The names they are a changin’. In a reflection of the demographic changes the state is undergoing, new colonies and wards being carved out in Goa’s towns and villages are more likely to call themselves some nagar or the other instead of the traditional vaddo. Nagar is not a native word. It is a suffix given to the name of a settlement in other parts of India, mostly North India, says horticulturist Miguel Braganza who is passionate about local history. Forgive a Saxttikar if he looks askance at hearing of the existence of a Kargil in Sao Jose de Areal, or a Bardezkar of being asked to look for a Shanti Nagar in Socorro. A few years ago, locals in Sao Jose de Areal did wake up to find that a part of their village was named Kargil by migrants living there. The name was even displayed on local buses, serving the migrant population in the area, until the south Goa district administration put an end to it. In Mapusa, a young student at St Xavier's college was amused to see the address of his rented house on his electricity bill. Situated behind the college premises, the house address on the bill read Fukat Nagar. Trust the politicians not to be behind in their quest to leave a legacy. A field in Margao, locally known as Calgonda, was given away for a slum settlement and christened Babu Nagar. Subsequently, the migrants changed it to Azad Nagar. On Betim’s hills north of the River Mandovi exists a Ram Nagar, while every second new colony in Porvorim is being termed as a nagar. Says history lecturer Prajal Sakhardande, Ram Nagar is a village in Belgaum. On Porvorim plateau, the new colonies that have sprung up are Jai Nagar, Vidya Nagar and Shanti Nagar. Recently, a landscape contractor said he was executing a project at a Patel Nagar in Porvorim. The village of Socorro has been given a Shanti Nagar and a Sai Nagar, courtesy a government scheme to convert comunidade land for housing plots. Another government scheme, ostensibly to give land to Goans from the lower income group, but which was lapped up by migrants, was named Indira Nagar in Chimbel. There’s another Fukat Nagar created in Sancoale and existing for years. The migrants have constructed illegal huts on comunidade land and are not paying a single paisa for it. Neither are they contributing anything by way of government taxes. Hence, the name Fukat Nagar which has been accepted by those concerned, says social activist Simon Carvalho. After Zuari industries came in and called the land Zuari Nagar, the trend was followed by others. Today, besides our vaddos, we have a Shanti Nagar, a Upas Nagar and a Queeny Nagar, Carvalho says. Travel to Assonora by bus, and you will hear the conductors calling it Alsanwadi, says Braganza, adding, The migrant labourers living in the village call it by that name, and the bus conductors have already adapted to it for their customers.
[Goanet] Slander and Sunshine
To Goanet - I reckon that what Dean D'Cruz really has an issue with is the sunshine directed at the architect community. So he labels it slander. Let me tell D'Cruz what slander looks like. Slander is when F Noronha attempts to smear a distinguished Goan scientist based in the USA and cast him as a communal bigot. Slander is when a GBA coward hides behind a fake ID on Goanet and throws muck on folks like Claude Alvares without a shred of evidence to back up his claims. (This fellow was swiftly introduced to sunshine.) Slander is when some GBA members (and the omnipresent F Noronha) fabricate malicious gossip that Soter I are recipients of backdoor funding from BJP/Manohar Parrikar or that we are working at their behest. I could go on, but I trust that Dean-bab gets the idea. It is okay to call into question the professional activities of an architect/builder/civil engineer that are a matter of public record for they are part of the very industry that has upended our erstwhile paradise. Given Goa's advanced state of ruin we can no longer make a distinction between good builders and bad builders any more than we can draw a distinction between good miners and bad miners. These cartels have destroyed the land, its culture, its life. The miners, builders, architects, contractors, politicos are all supping from the same fetid pool. Then there is the other point: the Save Goa poseurs have been shown to be deceitful. Case in point, the footsie-dancing ex-convenor of GBA who told Goans one thing in public while cozying up to Digu's govt behind closed doors. Soter and I were both right on that call. D'Cruz and his cohorts have put on this Save Goa schtick for over 3 years now and what do they have to show for it? Bupkiss. Nada. Even after this epic flop, they want no accountability, no questions asked. Some conceit, eh? Anyone claiming to be a Save Goa warrior while concurrently breaking bread with the villains deserves to be challenged. Especially if the claimant has wangled the perfect trifecta - a seat on govt bodies involved in policy making, a seat in the now discredited GBA swamp, and a home within the very industry responsible for Goa's destruction. These fellows use the cover of activism to get a seat at the policy making table to protect their own interests, but when anyone raises concerns they are quick to shout slander. Now, of course, it is a free country, and people are entirely free to ply their trade in any way they deem fit - that is their prerogative. What they cannot do is play on both the teams and then expect the rest of us to hold our peace. Regards, r
[Goanet] Goan Festival - a bit plagiarised
Dear Editor This is Ashuntha Pereira. I recently read a critic that I have Plagiarised Selma's article. I spoke to Selma regarding this matter. I have attached her email. I really regret for this. I kindly request you to delete this link from your website. http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg32688.html Kind Regards Ashuntha - Forwarded Message From: Selma Cardoso lescarval...@yahoo.com To: Ashuntha Pereira ashunthapere...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Frederick Noronha fredericknoron...@gmail.com; eddie eddie.fernan...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, 17 May, 2010 13:34:01 Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Festival - a bit plagiarised Dear Ashuntha, Above is my write-up. You can see how yours is a copy of this paragraph of mine, sometimes word-for-word. I am also ccing this to Eddie Fernandes, on whose webzine my write-up appeared, it was almost two years ago. It doesn't matter to me. Imitation is the best form of flattery. Since then, this write-up of mine has also been used by another Goan website. So it really doesn't matter. I am just flattered. Best, Selma From: Ashuntha Pereira ashunthapere...@yahoo.co.uk To: lescarval...@yahoo.com Cc: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 12:30:52 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Festival - a bit plagiarised d Dear Selma, Hi There this is Ashuntha Pereir from Gantalkatte. I read this comment on goanet about my write up. If you think I have plagiarised your write-up I will ask the web master to delete it. If I have done that I am really sorry. I just wanted to write about Goan Festival and not to plagiarised your write up. To be honest I was not at all aware of if. One of my friend told me yesterday about this. Could please let me know in which site you have seen this.I really dnot remember in which site I have written this. Please let me know. Thanks and Regards Ashuntha Pereira --- On Tue, 7/29/08, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ashuntha Pereira, Gantalkatte The most attraction of the festival was the Goan food fair which served all kinds of Goan traditional food in the hundreds of foods stalls. The food stalls were filled with lot chorizos, prawn para, fish mole, xacuti powder, rechad masala and mango miskut and so on. There was the familiar smell of sorpatel and pulau wafting in the air .The young boys and girls with accent and selling chorizos and other products was really amazing. From: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com To: Ashuntha Pereira ashunthapere...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: feedb...@goanet.org; Selma Cardoso lescarval...@yahoo.com Sent: Sun, 16 May, 2010 15:56:02 Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Festival - a bit plagiarised Ashuntha could you please take it up with Selma lescarval...@yahoo.com ? Thanks, FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 16 May 2010 16:40, Ashuntha Pereira ashunthapere...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi There this is Ashuntha Pereir from Gantalkatte. I read this comment on goanet about my write up. If you think I have plagiarised Selma's write-up could you please delete my wrtie up. If I have done that I am really sorry. I just wanted to write about Goan Festival and not to plagiarised her write up. Please dnt publish my this email on goanet. Thanks and Regards Ashuntha Pereira --- On Tue, 7/29/08, Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ashuntha Pereira, Gantalkatte The most attraction of the festival was the Goan food fair which served all kinds of Goan traditional food in the hundreds of foods stalls. The food stalls were filled with lot chorizos, prawn para, fish mole, xacuti powder, rechad masala and mango miskut and so on. There was the familiar smell of sorpatel and pulau wafting in the air .The young boys and girls with accent and selling chorizos and other products was really amazing. -- Not that I want to create a controversy here, but dear Ashuntha has plagiarised my write-up, mangled it and rehashed it. As the Brits would say, I am a bit miffed. selma
[Goanet] tiatr in Canada
Eugene Correia has raised some very salient points regarding the tiatr in Canada. Seniors have always made up the bulk of patrons at these occasions and it would be a true reflection of the Tiatr Producers to acknowledge their contribution by having seats reserved for the Seniors. I too have been contemplating on the profits made out of these tiatr. If these are going towards enriching only a few individuals, then it it truly unfair and the actors who sacrifice their time and effort should be rewarded fairly for their efforts. Regarding plagiarizing plays written by others, in the guise of preserving the Konkai Language, this is preposterous. and the people or persons doing this can be charged criminally under copyright infringement laws. If one feels that a play is so extraordinary that every Goan should see it, why not make an agreement to either buy the play or let the playwright share in the profits of the Tiatr. In any case, the playwrights do deserve some compensation for their script. Selfishness will lead to the destruction of the whole spirit of tiatr if only a few share in the spoils. Besides, do these individuals declare these profits in their annual Income tax returns? this is an angle which needs to be explored if the proceeds are being pocketed by the top people only. Eugene, Thanks for a fair and unbiased report. Regards..Manuel ( Eddie) Tavares.
