[Goanet-News] Goa news for September 4, 2010
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Tar balls harden, take toll on marine life off Goa - Times of India CmatEPJ7GnEYIWxTYu5_Ag http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHpIWbW1VdDuPn66hqattljv4DgJwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Tar-balls-harden-take-toll-on-marine-life-off-Goa/articleshow/6483130.cms *** Ajay Devgn fined Rs 100 for smoking in public in Goa - NDTV.com f-the-day/ajay-devgn-fined-two-hundred-bucks-for-smoking-in-goa.htmlAjay Devgn fined two hundred bucks for smoking in Goa!! http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGvzDZSgKyntCge_VCi73I7E0rUUQurl=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/ajay-devgn-fined-rs-100-for-smoking-in-public-in-goa-48912 *** 'Illegal mining in Goa cannot be brought to book' - Sify a Vedanta Resources-owned mining company based in Goa - Friday said it ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNENH3Yp5iobTKt2Lti4MY44cSbVNQurl=http://sify.com/finance/illegal-mining-in-goa-cannot-be-brought-to-book-news-default-kjdvEchcihi.html *** After More Than a Decade Shipwreck May be Removed from Goa Beach - Maritime Executive Magazine (press release) 3RmApVM http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHDw6ORqccfkm4Uf6FJXEX-FlzMJgurl=http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/2010-09-02-after-more-decade-shipwreck-may-be-removed-goa-beach *** Goa set to welcome Ganesh Chaturthi in a greener way - Daily News Analysis ily News AnalysisPlace: Panaji http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEeb5KkLv_wPlhlaA2O8IUcu-Defgurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_goa-set-to-welcome-ganesh-chaturthi-in-a-greener-way_1432970 *** 'All animal welfare panels don't use fake vaccines' - Times of India abies vaccine being sold across the counter as alleged by an animal lover in Panaji, the Goa ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGz42pIynpP0-ihJVA1d0nnBgnWIAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/All-animal-welfare-panels-dont-use-fake-vaccines/articleshow/6489456.cms *** Plan to include Western Ghats in heritage list - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: A proposal to consider inscription of western ghats, which run through six states including Goa, in the world natural heritage list, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGWSOrJG6zkaU6h1fy_lS6fPepONwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Plan-to-include-Western-Ghats-in-heritage-list/articleshow/6489439.cms *** Two arrested for duping 40 job seekers from Goa - Times of India P95QHzyFLMand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGW5NOVCGfnwXsAbL6YRNgkNDw1ugurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Two-arrested-for-duping-40-job-seekers-from-Goa/articleshow/6488589.cms *** Tar balls, robberies mar Goa's beach parties - Hindustan Times p to Goa's tourism season, beginning next month, could not have got off to a worse start. With slimy tar balls resulting from an oil spill leaving ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFosIyHRn1pSeUCCk95Y-IUxa6Xiwurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tar-balls-robberies-mar-Goa-s-beach-parties/Article1-595578.aspx *** Eid shopping under way - Times of India mes of IndiaHer shopping's not restricted to Goa though. I get my clothes stitched for Eid in Goa, but I buy the material from Mumbai almost every year. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE2HcrCT9uXYPKsrWneCPM5yf9L1Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Eid-shopping-under-way/articleshow/6489462.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Where the grass is greener (by Augusto Pinto, Herald)
Where the grass is greener By Augusto Pinto Every family passes on some family lore from generation to generation, although the details, if inconvenient and especially if undocumented, will tend to get a little fuzzy, and in the retelling will assume a more dignified form which will enhance the self-esteem of the tale-tellers' families. Among Goan Christians, chances are that their guppas will be linked to foreign lands. This is partly because many Cristaos have ingrained in themselves the belief that 'Goeiam ravum munis zaina' (one cannot amount to anything much, living in Goa). The material benefits that emigration has given to relatives, neighbours and friends has engendered this belief. The Bomoikars, the tarvottis, the Africanders and the Gulfis are some of those who have regaled Goans who have listened to them open mouthed, at some time or another. Some of these tales are hilarious and incredible, and some are full of pain and suffering -- tales of family members who were lost at sea; or were victims of political vicissitudes; or economic disaster. But although all these stories are poignant to the families who have gone through such crises, do they have any importance beyond the sentimental? Here lies the significance of Selma Carvalho's first book: 'Into The Diaspora Wilderness: Goa's Untold Migration Stories from the British Empire to the New World', Goa: Goa 1556 / Broadway Publishing House, 2010. Her research on the Goan diaspora reveals how the Goan Catholic community constructed and reconstructed itself as it emigrated. The 'Diaspora' book examines how and why large numbers of Goan Catholics began to leave Goa from the eighteenth century onwards for economic reasons. This is a phenomenon which continues up to the present, one effect of which is that Catholics are now a minority in Goa, where once their upper classes ruled the roost. Carvalho's story does not explain how and why Goa is slowly becoming a land devoid of innocence, where murder and rape and drugs are the staple diet of the daily newspapers; or why it is becoming the preferred homeland of both an elite cosmopolitan Indian as well as the proletariat of different states, and also a haven for desirable and not so desirable foreigners. But an understanding of Goan emigration, which is what the 'Diaspora' book offers, is an important background to understanding today's immigrant influx into Goa. For Goa's emigrants created the vacuum which others now fill. Carvalho shies away from calling her book a history. It is in fact a well written history of the emigrant Goan community, one which a professional historian would be hard pressed to write. That's because her narration is framed by her personal experiences in four different countries: born in Goa, brought up in Dubai, she graduated in Goa and then went back to the Gulf where she worked; but after she got married, she lived in America for several years before relocating to Britain. Her observations, and the anecdotes of a large circle of acquaintances embellish the book. This is garnished by insights from a wide variety of published sources; and also hitherto unpublished manuscripts. The letters and memos of the political agents of the British that she has unearthed in the British Library reveal much about Goan life of earlier times. At times the book gives the feel of a novel. For instance the second chapter starts: 'As the first peek of summer spread over Europe thawing the ground with lashings of warm rain, Robert Walpole was in a rather exited state.' A pedant might question how Carvalho could know what Walpole's mental state was when he learnt that the Portuguese wanted to sell Goa to the Dutch in 1772, but this style does make for good reading. Her literary grace also results from the book's careful structuring. The text moves deftly between diverse periods of time -- such as the 18th century when the Marquis de Pombal almost sold Goa, to later eras when Goans were going in droves to the British possessions, and later to the Gulf for employment around the middle of the last century. The narrative frequently moves in flashback, to carefully examine for instance, the behaviour of the Afrik'kars as she calls the Goan Africanders, in an omniscient narrator fashion told by Carvalho with the occasional neat turn of phrase that makes the reader to smile. Also, the book moves in space with ease from domestic uncertainties in Goa, to the tarvottis' oceanic home, to East Africa, the Gulf, Europe and to America. The book deals in depth with Goa after the Portuguese had managed to create a well-structured but in-egalitarian colony with a whole lot of inhabitants who had aspirations
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The pao and the glory ... vignettes from contemporary Goa (Vivek Menezes, Time Out)
The pao and the glory ... vignettes from contemporary Goa Vivek Menezes vmin...@gmail.com Turning off 18th June Road, the main commercial strip of Panjim, the streets leading to the enclave of Boca da Vaca are urban and undistinguished, hemmed in with apartment buildings and shops. But in front of the perennial spring which gives the area its name, a narrow road materializes to one side which serves as a portal to another dimension. Take a few steps along, and the city begins to vanish, like a conjurer's trick. Turn the corner altogether, and you're in a timeless village setting, standing in front of palm trees and a visibly ancient house that's surrounded by immense piles of firewood. Now you're hungry, and it takes a second to register that it's because the air is rich with the delicious scent of freshly baking bread. We're outside Padaria Boca da Vaca, a traditional Goan bakery that has occupied this hidden corner for at least 100 years, manned by a family that has been in the trade for centuries beyond. Bread is not just a way to make money, says Sebastiao Frias, current standard-bearer of his family tradition, for my family it has been a way of life for at least 300 years. We're sitting in his tiny balcao, late on an overcast monsoon night. He reminds me that poders, the bakers of colonial Goa, contributed an outsized portion of the taxes in the old Estado da India, and that countless Goan families have become gentrified due to the bakery tradition. Frias himself owns a small hotel in Majorda, but still finds the call of his ovens impossible to resist. I was born in this, he says, I feel the gap in my life when I am away from the bakery. Te poder gele anim te unde gele is a nostalgic Konkani aphorism. Those bakers are gone, and the bread they made too. But decolonization did not mean the end of the bakery tradition of Goa, where every house in every village is still reached twice a day by a network of salesmen on bicycles, who alert their customers by honking pleasantly on bulb horns that have become an iconic sound of the Goan countryside. Even now most bakeries will turn out three or four different varieties like the famous 'unde', toothy egg-shaped loaves, and 'poi', made with whole wheat flour, as well standard 'pao', the golden-crusted little loaves that are undoubtedly Portugal's most successful culinary export in history. In fact, the word has become ubiquitous. The Portuguese word for bread, 'pao' has crossed over to an astonishing array of Asian languages, from Japanese to Marathi, even as those little loaves became subsumed into other food cultures. In Goa, after the colonial take-over in 1510, it was the Jesuits who fostered the baking tradition, says Fatima Gracias, a Panjim-based historian with a particular interest in food. She recounts how new converts from the Chardo (Kshatriya) caste in the Jesuit stronghold of Salcete (in today's South Goa) were taught the trade, and that many of the best known bakers across Goa still originate from a handful of Salcete villages. Gracias says the first established bakers functioned as village magnates, as community financiers. Even outside their homeland, the path to Goan gentrification was lined with biscuit tins. Right until the 20th century (when Parsis and others entered the fray) the profession remained a Goan monopoly across British India, and bread was a primary means by which Goan families entered the middle class. In Bombay, the historian Teresa Albuquerque tells us that Vitorino Mudot, the Father of Goan Bakers made the transition to honoured city elder soon after 1819, when he set up the first private baker's oven. As described by Albuquerque, he lived like a fidalgo or gentleman -- he wore knicker-bockers and a long black coat reaching down to his knees, and he went out only when carried in a stately palanquin! Mudot was a canny supporter of his people, and an entire generation of Goan migrants found board and lodging in his establishment. Many trained in the bakery before heading out to make independent careers in front of the ovens. Inevitably, some of these professionals moved back to Goa. No longer satisfied with being poders, they became confectioners. This is how the delightful Panjim landmark, the Confeitaria 31 de Janeiro, was founded by Andre Mascarenhas after his return from Africa in the early 1940's. The pocket-sized bakery occupies a picturesque nook of the Latin Quarter of Panjim, and draws a steady stream of loyal customers. From behind the counter, the friendly and welcoming Gletta Mascarenhas says I am grateful for these traditions because they have made this family what it is. We are definitely going to keep them up, just as they were passed on to us. By contrast, another landmark Panjim bakery, the
[Goanet] The accused in Vasco Murder Case
Snehal Vincent Dias http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/4955637987/ of Non-mon Khariawado, Vasco (Minister Jose Filip area) 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] Review of Into the Diaspora Wilderness
Dear Jason, I want to use this post to change the subject from Selma's 'Diaspora' book to Dr Andre Rafaiel Fernandes' book 'When the Curtains Rise... : Understanding Vibrant Konkani Theatre', published by Goa 1556 and Tiatre Academy of Goa. The reason is that, in your excellent review of Selma Carvalho's 'Into the Diaspora Wilderness' entitled: 'Opening the Third Eye: Goan History at Into the Diaspora Wilderness' you wrote,By virtue of telling the stories she has, she is forced to mention caste. But having done so, she falls into the old Goan Catholic trap of not discussing caste in public. We pretend innocence about it. As a result, she mentions caste, but fails to attempt a critical discussion of it. This failing is nowhere as obvious as when she discusses its presence among the Goan communities in Africa. Well, your comment made me think of another book published this year related to Goa, written by Dr Andre Rafael Fernandes Ph.D., Associate Professor, at Goa University's English Department entitled, 'When the Curtains Rise... : Understanding Goa's Vibrant Konkani Theatre'. It consists of good documentation, and is interesting in its own politically correct way, but as you comment on the 'Diaspora' book, it fails even more deeply into the old Goan Catholic trap of not discussing caste in public. Do you think it is a good idea to debate tiatr and caste, using the spur of Dr Andre Rafael Fernandes' book 'When the Curtains Rise... : Understanding vibrant Konkani Theatre'. If you are willing, I too am interested in throwing a few ideas into the ring. Anyway Jason, if you are willing and ready, change the subject line to 'Understanding Vibrant Konkani Theatre' and give us your post-modernist views. They should be interesting. ;-) Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] Daily Grook #801
DAILY GROOK #801 = SNIP TRIP = by Francis Rodrigues cutting hair day and night, for a barber - shear delight! *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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] GOA NEEDS A LOKAYUKTA
Goa needs a Lokayukta to ensure public accountability. The clean up would have to start from the top. One of its priorities would have to be to probe the misdeeds of Goa’s controversial Advocate General Mr. Subodh Kantak. The allegations of financial and other improprieties against Mr. Subodh Kantak are plenty. Over the last five years Mr. Subodh Kantak has been paid by the Goa Government over five crores. The tax payer has the right to an explanation of the wasteful and illegal payments made from the public exchequer towards bills raised by Advocate General, Mr. Subodh Kantak. Mr. Subodh Kantak is India’s highest paid Advocate General and such huge payments to an Advocate General of India’s smallest state was unjustified when the Advocate Generals of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat on the average are never paid more that Rs 50,000 a month. While the State Government is not in a position to take up developmental projects and spend money towards the Aam Aaadmi, the tax payer’s money is being squandered on the Advocate General. We have to ensure that expenditure of public funds is well accounted for. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY 2010 REPORTs.... MELBOURNE WGD - DAR Poster - and Konkonn Divo
Goenkars !! It is with great pleasure that i keep on posting events - reports re: WORLD GOA DAY 2010 .. on these Global Goan forums. I do apologize to those who may be bored reading reading these posting - but i have no choice :-) ! This year - our Tenth Anniversary has been one of the most successful year in our World Goa Day history. we have seen more and more Goan Associations participating in these Unique Global Goan celebrations. YOUR support has been our SUCCESS , our Global Goan Success !! God bless Goa and Goans wherever they may be, ... Goans we will always be !! A few reports of WGD appended here.. rene WORLD GOA DAY 2010REPORT MELBOURNE http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/2010/09/world-goa-day-2010-report-melbourne.html 0 AlvitoCoutinho, Gen. Secretary, Goan Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne, Australia. WORLD GOA DAY 2010 World Goa Day was celebrated in Melbourne with a class and finesse befitting the occasion. The Springvale City Hall was once again the venue for the occasion which was held on Saturday 28th August, and proudly presented by the Goan Association of Australia Inc. for the first time. The occasion was graced by the presence of our Chief Guest the Indian Vice Consul, Mr. Rakesh V. Kawra, and his wife Mona. They were warmly welcomed by a record attendance of 400 plus guests. To the surprise of all we had the pleasure of the presence of the Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. Simon Overland. He commended the President, Raul Fernandes for the interest the Association had taken in regards to the Youth of the Community and was extremely impressed by what was being done. He expressed his love for Goan food and for the lovely time he had. The entertainment featured a live band ‘CODA MIX’ and McBers’DJ - disco music. This kept the youth and the ‘young at heart’ continuously dancing on the floor. The popular beat of the music was contagious because it brought everybody on to the floor ‘thrashing’ about from end to end and gyrating to every move. This Goan twist was followed by a sumptuous dinner, catering to the delights of Goan cuisine and also noticeably appreciated by the many non Goan guests who attended the celebration. The President, Raul Fernandes in a short speech emphasized the significance of World Goa Day, to Goans, when he said, quote: “Goa symbolizes a lot of things to a lot of people - to some it is the unique culture developed over centuries of Portuguese rule; to others it is the Konkani language which is now recognised as an official language in the Indian constitution; and to others it is the exquisite Goan dishes and the beautiful beaches that have attracted tourists from around the world…… …but for whatever reasons we may love Goa there is one common thread that binds all Goans……it is our Motherland and we love Goa. By the same token we accept Australia as our adopted country and respect Australian culture and values and we have successfully integrated and assimilated with our Aussie brothers and sisters.” The occasion progressed as a delightful audience, whose insatiable appetite for more music, never diminished or subsided. The MC interrupted the occasion to thank the donors Dr. Harry and Lorna Sewgoolam and Dr.Ian and Maria D’Cruz for their kind donations and to announce the winners of the raffle for half a dozen expensive prizes that were on display This brought the enthusiastic crowd to a stand still. As the winners were called out they received a rapturous ovation. The evening ended in the early hours of the morning, with pleasant memories of an eventful World Goa Day. WORLD GOA DAY - MELOBOURNE - http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/2010/09/world-goa-day-2010-report-melbourne.html WORLD GOA DAY - Dar es Salaam 0 A really beautiful Flyer : http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/2010/08/world-goa-day-dar-es-salaam-tanzania.html Greetings Community, Pls see attached poster * for details on our Grand Finale tomorrow and dont forget tonights Food Fair and some stunning cultural performances from the young and old citizens of our community ! Chairman SavioFernandes Goan Community - Dar es Salaam. * http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/2010/08/world-goa-day-dar-es-salaam-tanzania.html 0 WORLD GOA DAY - VASCO DA GAMA- GOA 0 Goenkars ! The KonkonnDivo Will be out on the 5th of September, 2010 for your copy , please contact YUSUF A. SHEIKH yusuf...@gmail.com for front page view of KonkonnDivo click :
[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Year of the Goan Volunteer Spirit event, Sept 8
Goa Sudharop in association with Sharada Mandir School, Goa will organize a workshop for students in connection with Goa Sudharop's 2010 theme Year of the Goan Volunteer Spirit on Wednesday, September 8, 2010. Venue: Sharada Mandir School Hall SCHEDULE: 9.00 - 9.15am Inaugural Function: Welcome Address by the Principal and address by Executive Director of Goa Sudharop, Mr. Ibonio D'Souza, inaugural formalities. 9.15 - 10.00am Fr. Maverick Fernandes will deliver the Keynote address on 'Making a Difference' 10.00 - 10.45am Sabina Martins will conduct a session for the students. 10.45 - 11.00am Refreshment Break 11.00 - 11.45am Soter D'Souza will conduct a session on 'Responsible Citizenship' 11.45 – 12.30am Pravin Sabnis will conduct a session on ‘Caring for Mother Earth’ 12.30 - 1.00: Valedictory function: Pledge by Participants, Report of the Workshop, Presentation of Certificates, Vote of Thanks Thank you. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
Re: [Goanet] Talking photos: Curious to know about this buildinghistory
Gabriel, The Erlich Pinto you mentioned of the IAF who scouted out the Dabolim airport is actually Mervyn Pinto ,originally of Poona. i beleive he rose to become a Squadron Leader in the IAF. - Original Message - From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Talking photos: Curious to know about this buildinghistory It was the quartel during the Portuguese times, and entrance to it (as were other Portuguese instalations) was open to any Goan, contrary to what it is now. I remember having lost a cap in between the quartel and and the Instituto Vasco de Gama (as IMB was knwon then) whilst returning back from a soccer game when I was a five year old... ah! memories! There was little if any secrecy in most places in those days. I read somewhere that Erlich Pinto was actually able to go to on the tarmac at Dabolim without being challenged, when he was on a spying trip to Goa a couple of months before he actually bombed the place. There was trust in the fellow human being, something that has long been lost. - Original Message From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sat, 4 September, 2010 11:40:58 AM Subject: [Goanet] Talking photos: Curious to know about this building history Curious to know about this building history If it was build during pre-liberation era, just wondering what was here before Army took it over? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
Re: [Goanet] A casteist media bankrupt knowledge economists
Barad wrote; So Sotor, now you cannot drag me into Ravindrabab specific. Secondly my original question was with respect to wider perspective as you had used that line to swipe wider coverage. The line used by you was ..why is it that what the Portuguese did 500 years ago is used to torture the present day christians?. Response: Mr. Barad it is you who are dragging me into something else besides the point. I reiterate that the statement was made in context of Ravindra bab and the resultant debate. If you cannot understand English, I cannot explain in Marathi. Or is your deviation a part of the traditional practice by some Madgaonkars of distracting from topics? -Soter * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] 30 YEARS OF THRILLING JOURNEY - A true-blue story by Agnello A.S Fernandes
:::30 YEARS OF THRILLING JOURNEY::: A true-blue story by: Agnello A. S. Fernandes, Kuwait (Navelim) :::On the occasion of Pearl Wedding Anniversary-4th September 2010::: Closing the apartment door lightly I kept the luggage down and slumped into The sofa. The beads of sweat were beginning to run down my neck in small rivulets. Kuwait’s summer heat was beginning to take its toil. The calendar on the Wall displayed April of year 1977. I had just returned back to Kuwait after A long and tiring vacation in Goa -- my first vacation. The Air India Flight was delayed and my friend who was supposed to pick me up from the Airport got the arrival time confused. I was about to give my sisters some flashbacks of my holidays in Goa when Suddenly the door bell rang. Who could it be? I looked through the viewfinder of our door, irritatingly. Rocky uncle our neighbor of next door stood there as usual with his Immaculate white banyan, partly unshaven, white beard and stripped pajamas. “Yes Uncle?” I said opening the door. “How are you son?” he said and without giving me a chance to respond Continued. “I understand you just arrived by Air India flight” “Yes.” I replied making an effort to cut his conversation short. “Everyone Takes a flight, no one comes walking,” so I thought in my mind. “Is anything wrong uncle” I enquired in a bid to seem helping. “I was expecting my two daughters coming to Kuwait for the first time – on The same flight. Its more than three hours now since arrival time and there Is no news about them. Have you by any chance seen them inside the airport?” I could see anxiety written all over his face. But this was getting on my nerves. I had never met his daughters nor seen Their photographs and how in this world did he expect me to recognize them Among the crowd at the airport? “No uncle.. I was bit in a hurry to get out so didn’t have time to look Around and perhaps more than one flight landed same time and that must be Taking time at the immigration” I said in a bid to comfort him. “Oh that could be.. Anyway thank you” he said and letting out a sigh Walked into his apartment which was next to ours. If this was someone else I would have made a nasty effort to ask him if his Daughters were celebrities or beauty queens that I would recognize them Without even having met before. But Rocky Uncle was different. He was one of Those pleasant neighbors that everyone wished for -- silent, un-meddling and Not concerned what was happening within the next wall of his apartment. He Always believed in the saying ‘good fences make good neighbors’. There were no mobile phones then and I could well understand a father’s Dilemma in this situation but there was little I could do to help him. I didn’t bother to enquire if he had sent someone to fetch them. It was highly Likely they were lost somewhere since they were new. I closed the door behind him and headed for a hot shower. Later, after a Light meal I switched on the TV for updates of local news that I’d missed For the past month. This was the only way those days as mobiles and Internet Was unheard of those days. There was nothing major in the news that drew my Attention and switching off the lights I headed for my bedroom for a well Desired sleep. I had almost forgotten the incident when suddenly it began coming as a Flashback. Two young Goan females on the same aircraft, huh? I began to Curse myself for not being more extrovert and looking around. Were they Beautiful and sexy? Would life be more exciting to have two young females Next door? These and so many other questions kept creeping in my mind but Before I could realize I dozed away in sleep only to wake up next morning. “Utt.. Kitlo nidtai?? Goemchi kanser Kuwait kadttai kitem?” My sister Standing next to my bed tried to awaken me. “Chol thond dhu, dukonar vos ani Kabouz ani il’lem dudh gheun eio”. I looked at the wall clock and was surprised to note that I’d slept beyond The required hours. I had a quick wash and pulling up my normal clothes Headed to our nearest grocery store below our building. As I reached on the First landing of our staircase I saw Rocky uncle climbing up in the opposite Direction. Accompanying him was a young female briskly walking behind him. “Good Morning son” he said. “Good Morning uncle” I responded. “Meet my eldest daughter Neeta,” he introduced the young female like any Proud father would. “Remember I told you yesterday they were on the same Flight as you were? Immigration took them a while to stamp the visas but Both of them reached home safely.” This was the first time I met her, I was startled by her beauty--though beauty isn't precisely the right word in that it connotes certain culturally accepted aspects of form. In the eyes of our culture, she was probably more cute than beautiful. But what I felt was sheer beauty. Something emanating from deep within her
[Goanet] NRIs face tax threat under proposed Direct Taxes Code
NEW DELHI: The new direct taxes code could bring a large number of global Indians under the tax net as it does away with a provision that allowed individuals to escape tax in any country citing double tax avoidance. The new legislation, introduced in Parliament on Monday, says an individual shall be resident in India in any financial year if he is in the country for more than 59 days in that year and has been in India for more 365 days in the four preceding financial years. The new code is expected to come into effect from April 1, 2012. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/personal-finance/tax-savers/tax-news/NRIs-face-tax-threat-under-DTC/articleshow/6482697.cms * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] Attack on Christians in Karnataka
Jason I did notice the unusual number Rs 50 crores per day but discounted it as a typographical error. However,we must not lose sight of the larger picture, which is the sustained attacks on Christians in Karnataka as the latest Independence day speech by BJP MLA Pralhad Remani at Khanapur shows the kind of mindset we are dealing with. Please read the following report: BANGALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday said he had directed his party legislator Prahlad Remani to apologise for his anti-Christian statements on Independence Day. If he does not tender an apology to the Christian community for his statements, action will be taken against him, Yeddyurappa told reporters in Belgaum, around 500 km from here. Remani, member of the assembly from Khanapur in Belguam district, is reported to have said in his speech after unfurling the national flag at Khanapur that Christians must be weeded out. Archbishop of Bangalore Bernard Moras had taken up the issue with Yeddyurappa and Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and expressed deep regret about such statements being made against the Christian community. According to Moras, Remani had stated: There are two things the British left in India after they left, the first one is the partition of the nation and the second one is the seeds of Christianity that are being spread systematically by the Christians through their institutions. People must remain aware and watchful about the spread of these seeds of Christianity and followers of any religion, including Hindus and others, must weed out Christianity. He told Bhardwaj and Yeddyurappa that this information was based on a report submitted to him by Belgaum Bishop Peter Machado. Remani is reported to have stood by his statements when mediapersons asked him about it at Belgaum. The legislator told reporters that Christians under the guise of social service are luring villagers in Khanapur taluk and are engaged in conversions. Karnataka, once known for communal peace, has in recent years seen increasing attacks on churches in several places, particularly in Bangalore and the coastal town of Mangalore, over alleged attempts at conversion. The Karnataka government has set up a commission headed by retired judge of the state high court B.K. Somasekhara to probe attacks on churches in Dakshina Kannada, of which Mangalore is the main town, and other places in September 2008. The Commission is to give its report in about two months. http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/apologise-for-anti-christian-remarks/201077.html http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/apologise-for-anti-christian-remarks/201077.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
Re: [Goanet] NRIs get right to vote
This talk about NRIs and voting ... In the 80s, when I was in London as an Indian citizen, I was invited to join in the local and national voting, as I was a resident of London and a local tax-payer. Besides, I was told, I had a right to vote as a Commonwealth citizen. It appears that though Britain treats (at least in my case, it did) Indian citizens as citizens of the British Commonwealth, India does not seem to want to reciprocate this relationship, when Goans, now citizens of the British Commonwealth, are not accorded this facility when personally in India. - Original Message From: Vivian A. DSouza socorro...@yahoo.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thu, 2 September, 2010 12:55:23 AM Subject: [Goanet] NRIs get right to vote Lets be clear about this topic. I am sure that what the Government wants to do is allow Indian Nationals abroad to vote in Elections in India by absentee ballots. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
Re: [Goanet] EARTHQUAKE Magnitude 7.0 - SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
On 3 September 2010 22:21, Bosco D bos...@canada.com wrote: Surely many Goans in and around Christchurch, NZ - B COMMENT: So far no reported casualties; please see :- http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=150719563newsChannel=GCA-WeekendTopStoriesUK -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] Tribute to My teachers:-informal and formal-Part I
Tribute to My teachers:-informal and formal-Part I Nandkumar Kamat “Sa vidya ya vimuktaye’ ‘Vidya bhoghkari, yasha sukhkari, Vidhya Gurunam Guru” “Vidyadhanam sarva dhanapradhanam” “Gurrursahkshat parabrahma, tasmai sri guruve namah” I was raised in the above tradition in a family of GSB traders where nobody was educated beyond a few standards. Then many formal and informal teachers came to my aid as I charted a turbulent , often lonely course of my career, my life and everything else.who were they, those who kept my hopes and aspirations in this life alive?. On the eve of Teachers' day this is a humble tribute to all of themI am here on NET because of them. :Late Tipu Gavade, 101years, Aksan, Madakai, 1991-3 He educated me on the engineering aspects of Madkaim’s vast khazan lands. He remembered all the details of construction of Khazan bundhs, backwaters or ‘poim’, repair works such as ‘thor’, ‘cupto’ and ‘chonoi’. He remembered Goa of the years of first world war. Before I could interview him for Goa Doordarshan, he succumbed to an accident. Recently I met his daughter in law at Madkaim. : An anonymous yellow cab driver, 1970, Panaji: He taught me honesty at the age of nine years. There was a taxi stand near Imperial hotel, Panaji-old praca. Taxis from St.Cruz used to take passengers in the morning for Re. 0.25. To reach early to school, I used to get a lift. When I gave him an eight anna coin, this driver returned me extra change which without counting I had pocketed. Then he caught hold of my collar and asked me- “Tu odxech kortolo?. would you do this again, return my extra change”. I apologized and returned the extra cash and took a vow not to touch money which does not belong to me. : Shrimati Sindhu Kelkar –my language teacher in high school, 1969: I had a muslim friend-Mirsab in high school in V th standard. On the way back from school to Panaji bus stand he used to purchase ‘panpatti’ (scented betel leaves with stimulants) from a gada (kiosk) near Fazenda footpath. Once he offered me a panppati to taste and I took it without knowing that we were being followed by Mrs. Sindhu Kelkar who was also proceeding in the same direction. When she saw me chewing paan, she gave me an angry look and hurried her steps without saying anything. Next day, in the class she asked both of us to stand up and ordered us to write the sentence- “henceforth we would not consume panpatti or any other tambakhu (tobacco) product in our life (amhi yhapude kadhihi panpatti kinva tambakhu khnar nahi) hundred times, show it to our parents and get their signatures. We did it. I don’t know about Mirsab. He left the school and I lost his track. Since that day I have never touched any tobacco product in my life. : Headmaster, Marxist ideological champion S.S. Khanolkar, 1968-75 An old colleague of comrade B.T.Ranadive, when Sa.Su.Khanolkar took over as Principal of Kasturba Matoshri High school (formerly Kanyashala, a wholly Marathi medium high school till 1980s with excellent Sanskrit teaching facilities) everyone was terrified. He had hair trigger temperament and was a strict disciplinarian. I have seen him losing his temper in the class and slapping my classmates on small academic mistakes. I never got his ‘prasad’. I remember him for identifying and promoting my reading habits. ‘Take what you want, as many books as you wish to read’ he used to call and tell me. He gave me first English dictionary-Oxford’s and advised to learn 10 new words everyday. He threw open the school library for me. Within a few days of arrival every new Marathi book used to reach me. “Sant ani Science’ by Prof. Deshpande was then a controversial book in Maharashtra. It had attacked the casteist approach of Maharashtrian saints. It was heavy stuff for me in VIII th standard. But Khanolkar made me read it and develop an idea of rationalism and literary criticism. He also introduced me to Prof. Narhar Kurundkar’s iconoclastic critical books- Jagar and shivaratra-which discussed the Hindu-Muslim politics in India. Kurundkar’s Jagar can be now matched only with the scholarly tomes of Karen Armstrong. He introduced the system of presenting books as awards for intra school competition. I won several awards in state level elocution and essay competitions only because of his inspiration. He had also admonished me for writing a satirical poem on my classmate. When the girl complained, he called me to his office and said-Can’t you find any other subjects?. Having spent seven years in the high school which lies today in a dilapidated condition - I have come to value his special attention to me in boosting reading habits and creative spirit. : Science teacher Vijay Rajgolkar: 1971-75 Young Rajgolkar from Belgaum under the influence of Soviet brand of Communism was running ISCUS in Panaji with Adv. Arun Nigalye, Ramesh Kolvalkar and others. He was a hardcore rationalist and taught science subjects very effectively. He loaned
[Goanet] Poemoods:10 Taka chanchavan, chachavan mallo!
Taka chanchavan, chachavan mallo! (cathartic poesis) Nandkumar Kamat Two people were discussing in market,’ The ghastly Dourado murder, I heard this sharp statement “taka chanchavan chachavan mallo” What form of cruelty, That creates a Goa of Mahanand, Or the accused, baby faced young boy, Who allegedly stabbed Naresh Dourado, Not once but 45 times? 45 TIMES! We are so sensitive about stray dogs, And vanishing frogs, snakes, butterflies’ But really something else is endangered here, The sanity of youngsters; The generation which is our democratic dividend! Where is our sensitivity when A member of young generation, The post internet, post cellphone generation Plots and butchers another youngster, What really is flowing under our own feet? Currents of sadism? Or A new form of cold cruelty? When I walk to my house at night, Motorbikes speed by, Driven by young people, For no reason yelling at me, Throwing unprintable abusive words, Youngsters, total strangers; Everyday I ignore them-they know our small vulnerabilities, They just love it; What creates such behavior? Pursuit of hedonism? The higher FAR we have permitted; For the world of glamour , fashion, sexcitement, Culture of justifying any means to achieve any end?.. It is awful to read the answers to assembly questions, Giving the figures pharmacywise, villagewise, for over the counter sale, Of anti-pregnancy tablets; The enormous number.. as if a spermatic revolution is overtaking Goa! Higher testosterone levels are creating havoc! To stab another youngster 45 times and watch him bleeding to death, Needs a heart hard as stone, Hands not human but of an evil force! We get worked up on animals, Used for biomedical experimentation, We fall silent often, As individuals, institutions and as a society, With multitudes of lifeless praying places, offering no solace or solutions, When the evil is seen personified... What breeds this evil? It is not easy to stab a person 45 times, And be deaf to his cries begging for life, mercy… The signs are already visible , This society stands condemned, The trail of cruelty is long, The shadow of evil is spreading wide, Shall I search for oysters in Chikhalim bay To find pearls of compassion? A life has been lost, another may rot in jail If found guilty, That won’t change anything, anything…at all... The chain may still continue, But we need an explanation from GOD Of Hindus, Christians, Muslims Oh Almighty, Why have you made hands Which stab a man 45 Times? The men in market said “tazya dollyant rogat na” I see a kid next to me admiring a brand new car, Parked in front of market, She sighs and says softly addressing nobody, ‘Oh , I wish, I had that car’ Who creates such wants? Who creates the greed? What is it that creates the impulse, overwhelming, To stab a man 45 times? How sad,that the idea that’s Goa, is slowly dissolving, It is not a summation of aberrations, Or self consolations to forget as one time exceptions; Together we’re proceeding to face the Apocalypse NOW!. (dedicated to memories of all those unfortunate youngsters of Goa who have succumbed to cruel death) Nandkumar Kamat September 4, 2010 -- Dr. Nandkumar Kamat, GOA -- Dr. Nandkumar Kamat, GOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] Inquisition
Quiet a few articles on the Inquisition appear from time to time on Goanet or in Goan newspapers. These posts invariably start with a reference to the Inquisition in Goa and then a description about the inquisition. When requested for facts, (specifically pertaining to the Goa inquisition, including facts about Crypto-Jews etc.) we are invariably referred to the main Inquisition process in Europe. So I elected to read further about the inquisition in Europe. My main sources are Western Civilizations by Edward Mcnall Burns, Robert E. Lerner, Standish Meacham followed by a monogram on The Reformation by Edith Simon (Time-Life book series). Much of what I read is at variance with what is generally posted on Goanet. Hence I thought I would place for Goanetters paraphrased sections from these books. The time-period referred to is specifically the period of Reformation and Counter-Reformation (also called The Early Modern World from 1500 AD to 1800 AD) during which time the Inquisition occurred. Some of this period of history covers European colonization and the world as it existed during the life of Francis Xavier. I would encourage readers of this post and those interested on the subject to google about the authors for their credentials, and do their own further reading. Before we specifically talk about the period of the Inquisition in Europe, it would help to review the period just prior to the inquisition - called high or late Middle Ages or the Renaissance which set the stage for the Reformation, Counter-Reformation and the Inquisition. Any event or series of events has to be analyzed in the context of the existing factors which shaped events and thinking of the time, rather than today. Also please note the factual information about historical events, rather than a rambling prose of the author's opinions that we often see on Goanet or the Goan press. This topic will be presented in several sections to make it more readable. Comments and feedback are welcome, specially if accompanied with historical facts. Part 2 to follow. Regards, GL * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO: Rising number of suicides in Goa, a cause for concern.
-- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO the fortnightly discussion event since 1999 --- Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 10th Sept. from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa. TOPIC: Rising number of suicides in Goa, a cause for concern. SPEAKERS: Open Discussion. We invite you to express your viewpoint by attending the FRIDAY BALCAO. If you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by email to goad...@gmail.com best wishes, Roland Martins --- Don't miss out on the discussion. Information is power, Share it equitably. Lets make things happen in Goa !! --- GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail to: goad...@gmail.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] A casteist media bankrupt knowledge economists
This is in reply to Goanet Digest, Vol 5, Issue 952, message No: Message: 5, date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010. Sotor wrote: Mr. Barad it is you who are dragging me into something else besides the point. I reiterate that the statement was made in context of Ravindra bab and the resultant debate. If you cannot understand English, I cannot explain in Marathi. Or is your deviation a part of the traditional practice by some Madgaonkars of distracting from topics? My response: Sotor, let me first clarify your queries. I don't know which Madgaonkar(s) are known for distracting from topic(s). I also don't know which distracting Madgaonkar(s) you have dealt with in the past. No, I'm not dragging you into any other thing. I am asking for your clarification to the point and to the line used by you. I do understand English, Marathi, Hindi as well as Konkani. And considering your difficulty in Marathi, you can even explain me in Konkani. You say that you used the line i.e. ..why is it that what the Portuguese did 500 years ago is used to torture the present day christians?. in context with Ravindrabab. So the line adds serious interest in your message. Therefore please explain me how Ravindrabab was torturing Christians for what Portuguese did 500 years ago? And also let me know why Christians tolerated him without any ifs and buts until his last breath? Best regards, U. G. Barad * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
Re: [Goanet] Some sense is being spoken now with respect to Dogs
Patrao Jose, It is not fair to say that Anjali Rao is speaking some sense for the first time here, just because you don't agree with her earlier point of view. One man's solution is another man's problem, and for ideological (or other) reasons, some solutions pointed out by others are not acceptable by us. How would you take to an argument like this: the problem with land in Goa is because there are large areas which are not owned by anyone in particular. This tempts land sharks, politicians and others to attempt to grab the same. Do not let land be commuity-owned and uncared for. Let's have more fences around ever square metre of land in Goa I guess what we want to believe (and argue) just depends on our point of view. FN PS: I am not a dog-lover as Senhor Tony has characterised me. I have never adopted a pet dog in my life (apart from those that have adopted me!) Meaning, they have somehow made a plea for abode. It's just that I believe that dogs also have a right to the planet, just as human beings also claim an (undue) share for themselves. PPS: Please do not quote Genesis 1:26 to me. Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 4 September 2010 03:11, Jose Da Gama Pais dagamap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr Rao. For the first time I see you are speaking some sense here. try whatever you can and see if you can achieve this licencesing mechanism. basically try to give all the dogs some kind of ownership and most of the problems that Goa faces with respect to Dogs will reduce.. Do not let them stray around, be hungry and then you know what end it faces.. please also seek awareness to make sure that all these animals end up as pets.. really and not for pets sake.. you know for sure pets need a lot fo care and do these who keep them have so much of time..??? Hope you and your institute will achieve something other than writing only. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] Tiatr: Last show in Panjim due to unavailability of Hall
Tiatr: Last show in Panjim due to unavailability of Hall When you read that in an Tiatr ad, what it also means? - It means there will be at least 2 more tiatr shows at the same place dates and timing often known to the advitisers are they pre-booked by them. - It’s a gimmick or game played by almost all directors including the top players (I wish I were a Tiatrist to compose a song on this) - It’s a trick of the trade - It’s a lie (or cheating to some extent) - It’s an excuse or tactics to gather people for the show (in most cases) - It’s like taking an advantage of the situation Following is one example randomly selected from newspapers It’s Prince Jacob (Tiatr Kednam Utt’ttolo?) Before and until 29th July 2010, it was stated in the ads that DUE TO UNVAILBALITY OF THE HALL ONLY TWO SHOWS IN PANJIM i.e. 29th July and 1st August. 30th July till 1st Aug ads say DUE TO UNVAILBALITY OF THE HALL ONLY TWO SHOWS IN PANJIM i.e. 1st Aug and 3rd Aug (One more date added) 2nd /3rd Aug DUE TO UNVAILBALITY OF THE HALL ONLY ONE SHOW IN PANJIM i.e. 3rd Aug. 5th Aug till 11th Aug LUCKY BY CHANCE ONLY ONE SHOW IN PANJIM i.e. on 11th Aug. 3rd Sept. next show in Panjim announced i.e. 16th Sept. and this will go on… It was said only two shows in Panjim due to unavailability of hall but so far 4 show staged and 5th scheduled for 16th Sept. Panjim the capital city of Goa It’s sad or very sad that Ponnje has no Tiatr Hall The only Tiatr Hall with Kala Academy is primarily meant for all Art Culture related events for All Goa, All India and International level. KA hall is often fully booked well in advance or one year in advance. There are many fixed annual events held here such as Tiatr Festival/competition about 12 days Khell Tiatr Festival about 10 days Konkani Natok Festival about 15 days Marathi Drama Festival about 15 days Sangeet Samelan about 7 days International Film festival 15 to 21 days (Including closure time for preparation) International Jewelry show 7 days (aa) Above are some of the events I could remember of at the time of writing this. Besides, there are other one or two days fixed annual events such as Tiatr day, Cinema day, Carol singing, mando festival, Natya sangeet. Sugan Sangeet, Bajan, Kirtan, Dances, singing, Puroskar to artistes, Navy Orchestra, State awards, Cultural awards, Conferences, school/college annual days etc etc Putting together all such annual events it could be about 200 days per year leaving behind about 165 days for Tiatr, Natok, drama/plays, shows etc If we or the tiatrists have this ‘Hall’ problem why can they Or their ‘Tiatristancheo sonstthas’ come together and erect a temporary or seasonal full proof tiatr pendal or Mattov? e.g. they could do that here in an open space close to the academy old football ground Look at this pic taken on 31/8/10 something was coming up here Probably F B Pro Hospitality Exhibition (3-5 Sept, Expo ground, next to Kala Academy, Panjim, as per the ad) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk28/4957260087/sizes/l/ The same place, open and w/o structure http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/544597047/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017435827/sizes/l/ I am sure what ever cost incurred can be recovered within a few months. If KA charging about 7,000, they can charge Mattov say 5000. In a month, during weekend only, there can be upto 30 shows which means 30x5000= 1,50,000 per month We have seen fantastic temporary structures like the one with fans and even A/c in the area such as various shopping Malls/ exhibitions etc The temporary or seasonal arrangement until Panjim has another Hall exclusively for Tiatr and Marathi/Konkani dramas etc Tiatr Culture is growing and it is growing very fast. It is only short of an Industtry Status. There are about 20 regular directors staging over 40 different tiatr in a year. There can be over 100 shows of each tiatr. Average could be say 40 shows which means over 1600 shows which is roughly Rs.784,00,000 turnover per annum Also, copying this to Tiatr Academy just incase they decides to come back on this one. Also, to City MLA CCP Other suggestions welcome Note: Some pic included, not available for plain text readers 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The pao and the glory ... vignettes from contemporary Goa (Vivek Menezes, Time Out)
The pao and the glory ... vignettes from contemporary Goa Vivek Menezes vmin...@gmail.com Turning off 18th June Road, the main commercial strip of Panjim, the streets leading to the enclave of Boca da Vaca are urban and undistinguished, hemmed in with apartment buildings and shops. But in front of the perennial spring which gives the area its name, a narrow road materializes to one side which serves as a portal to another dimension. Take a few steps along, and the city begins to vanish, like a conjurer's trick. Turn the corner altogether, and you're in a timeless village setting, standing in front of palm trees and a visibly ancient house that's surrounded by immense piles of firewood. Now you're hungry, and it takes a second to register that it's because the air is rich with the delicious scent of freshly baking bread. We're outside Padaria Boca da Vaca, a traditional Goan bakery that has occupied this hidden corner for at least 100 years, manned by a family that has been in the trade for centuries beyond. Bread is not just a way to make money, says Sebastiao Frias, current standard-bearer of his family tradition, for my family it has been a way of life for at least 300 years. We're sitting in his tiny balcao, late on an overcast monsoon night. He reminds me that poders, the bakers of colonial Goa, contributed an outsized portion of the taxes in the old Estado da India, and that countless Goan families have become gentrified due to the bakery tradition. Frias himself owns a small hotel in Majorda, but still finds the call of his ovens impossible to resist. I was born in this, he says, I feel the gap in my life when I am away from the bakery. Te poder gele anim te unde gele is a nostalgic Konkani aphorism. Those bakers are gone, and the bread they made too. But decolonization did not mean the end of the bakery tradition of Goa, where every house in every village is still reached twice a day by a network of salesmen on bicycles, who alert their customers by honking pleasantly on bulb horns that have become an iconic sound of the Goan countryside. Even now most bakeries will turn out three or four different varieties like the famous 'unde', toothy egg-shaped loaves, and 'poi', made with whole wheat flour, as well standard 'pao', the golden-crusted little loaves that are undoubtedly Portugal's most successful culinary export in history. In fact, the word has become ubiquitous. The Portuguese word for bread, 'pao' has crossed over to an astonishing array of Asian languages, from Japanese to Marathi, even as those little loaves became subsumed into other food cultures. In Goa, after the colonial take-over in 1510, it was the Jesuits who fostered the baking tradition, says Fatima Gracias, a Panjim-based historian with a particular interest in food. She recounts how new converts from the Chardo (Kshatriya) caste in the Jesuit stronghold of Salcete (in today's South Goa) were taught the trade, and that many of the best known bakers across Goa still originate from a handful of Salcete villages. Gracias says the first established bakers functioned as village magnates, as community financiers. Even outside their homeland, the path to Goan gentrification was lined with biscuit tins. Right until the 20th century (when Parsis and others entered the fray) the profession remained a Goan monopoly across British India, and bread was a primary means by which Goan families entered the middle class. In Bombay, the historian Teresa Albuquerque tells us that Vitorino Mudot, the Father of Goan Bakers made the transition to honoured city elder soon after 1819, when he set up the first private baker's oven. As described by Albuquerque, he lived like a fidalgo or gentleman -- he wore knicker-bockers and a long black coat reaching down to his knees, and he went out only when carried in a stately palanquin! Mudot was a canny supporter of his people, and an entire generation of Goan migrants found board and lodging in his establishment. Many trained in the bakery before heading out to make independent careers in front of the ovens. Inevitably, some of these professionals moved back to Goa. No longer satisfied with being poders, they became confectioners. This is how the delightful Panjim landmark, the Confeitaria 31 de Janeiro, was founded by Andre Mascarenhas after his return from Africa in the early 1940's. The pocket-sized bakery occupies a picturesque nook of the Latin Quarter of Panjim, and draws a steady stream of loyal customers. From behind the counter, the friendly and welcoming Gletta Mascarenhas says I am grateful for these traditions because they have made this family what it is. We are definitely going to keep them up, just as they were passed on to us. By contrast, another landmark Panjim bakery, the
