Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Panjim Garden - Garcia da Or ta – Finally thrown open today

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

Wow! what a transformation! Congratulations to all involved. Thank you for the 
photos, JoeGoaUK.

An observation, if I might make: there are plants growing at the base of the 
"lions", which could weaken the pillar in the long term.

On the other hand, could some enterprising sculptor make a bust of Garcia 
d'Orta 
and replace the Ashoka emblem? The Ashoka emblem has got nothing to do with the 
garden, and IMHO, its appropriate place would be the building that houses the 
Goa Legislative Assembly.

Gabriel.


- Original Message 
> From: JoeGoaUk 
> To: goa...@goanet.org
> Sent: Wed, 6 October, 2010 10:50:56 AM
> Subject: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Panjim Garden - Garcia da Orta – Finally 
>thrown open today
> 
> 
>  
> Panjim Garden -Garcia da Orta – Finally thrown open today
>  
> After missing many deadlines, last one being Oct. 2, 
> the garden- Jardim de Garcia da Orta  finally inaugurated today
>  the 5th Oct. 2010
>  

[Goanet] Daily Grook #819

[Francis Rodrigues]

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Re: [Goanet] Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa Student Exchange Program

[Roland Mascarenhas]

Hello Roland (great name!),

This is an interesting post considering I was close to becoming part of the
program in my final year of university as an undergraduate (logistic errors
prevented me from doing so). For those that are unaware about the program,
you can visit www.omgprogam.org. In your argument, you have stated several
reasons why students in Goa should consider being part of the exchange to
visit Ontario, but you have not provided compelling reasons why the opposite
should occur - Canadians going on exchange to see Goa. You do mention,
hoewever, that students "opt instead for reciprocal programs with European
and other better schools."

I believe the primary reason why the OMG program has not taken off is
because a lack of awareness and application to the appropriate demographic.
The OMG program was marketed several years and and its promotion campaign
needs a rejuvenation. Furthermore, in my personal opinion, an extremely
small proportion of Goans in its Diasporas can strongly consider the
program. Beyond the hefty tuition, flight, visa, and accomodation costs, a
minority of Goans are looking at occupations that are focusing on the need
for an exchange. International Relations, Public Policy, Business and
Financial Management are the top occupations where an international exchange
is strongly encouraged and in my personal experience, less then 1% of Goans
are interested in these fields. If they do look at exchanges, they are
looking at universities that tend to be English-speaking and are
internationally accredited (i.e University College London, Trinity College,
Bocconi University or if they're lucky  Cambridge).

Blame it on Western bias, but Indian' colleges and universities are frowned
upon in the West, despite intense competition for spots and often an
orthodox British structure. These educational institutes should not take
heed, when is the last time you have heard a Westerner taking about
world-class universities such as Tokyo University, Australian National
University, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Universite Pierre et
Marie Curie, University of Copenhagen, Karolinska Institute, or Utrecht
University?

Thanks,

Roland












> --
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:35:54 -0400
> From: "Roland Francis" 
> To: 
> Subject: [Goanet] Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa Student Exchange Program
> Message-ID: <4caa56cc.0f79e50a.5b0e.e...@mx.google.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="us-ascii"
>
> This University-level student exchange program has been in operation for a
> while.
>
> Few Ontario students make use of this program with Maharashtra and Goa, for
> obvious reasons. They opt instead for reciprocal programs with European and
> other better schools. However, this program would immensely benefit
> students
> from Goa for the following reasons:
>
> 1. All participating Ontario Universities are of a high standard,
> although some better than others.
> 2. Goa students would pay Goa fees and get to study at a Canadian
> University.
> 3. If a certain grade level is maintained at the Ontario University
> (easily achievable with a little effort), permanent immigration is offered
> after graduation.
>
> More information is obtainable on the program either from websites or from
> the Universities concerned.
>
> My son completed such a program with a Swedish University and he was
> extremely pleased with it. He made many Swedish and other nationality
> friends who keep in touch with him. Also he now has the benefit of a year
> of
> international study experience on his resume which will no doubt give him
> an
> edge with his future.
>
> http://www.omgprogram.org/AboutON.html
>
>
> Roland Francis
> Toronto
> 416-453-3371
>
>
>
Thanks,

Roland Mascarenhas
roland...@gmail.com

[Goanet] Lotteries for Ganesh

[rajendra kakodkar]

 
Dear Goanetters,
 
Does Lord Ganesh need raffles? Is it not encouraging speculation in the name of 
God? Did Tilak, when he started sarvajanik ganeshotsav contemplate lotteries? 
Is it morally right or ethical to lure people with cars to make big monies for 
politician's chamchas? Or is it a much smaller crime compared to that of Digu & 
co? 
 
Read Warren Buffet:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-05/buffett-compares-wall-street-casino-culture-to-church-raffles.html
 
Cheers!
Rajendra

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (06Oct10)

[alexyz fernandes]

***  Mahatma Gandhi on his Jayanti to Politicians  ***

"Every OCt 2 you Pay Me a Visit...
Praise me to the Skies!
But round the Year tell Lies...
By doing just the Opposite!!!"


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[Goanet] tambdimati: the Goa review

[tambdi mati]

Dear Friend,

Use your Facebook account now to get an exclusive preview of
www.tambdimati.com, an online review of art, culture, news and opinion
relating to the smallest state in the subcontinent.

Viva Goa!

VM

Re: [Goanet] Science for sale ...

[Santosh Helekar]

At last, it is refreshing to read something that is sensible and based on sound 
knowledge about the peer review process  from someone else who, like Jose and 
me, is genuinely familiar with it. Contrast what Jeevan has written below with 
the boorish crap from Gilbert, Fr. Ivo, Gabriel and Dr. Falcao in this thread.

Please note the following statement, for example:

QUOTE
And the same for peer reviewers who are all to often in an "I scratch
your back and you scratch mine."
UNQUOTE
Gilbert Lawrence

Do you think this guy has any clue that peer reviewers of all reputed 
scientific journals are required to be anonymous from the standpoint of the 
author(s), as well as each other? Obviously not, but that does not prevent him 
from writing nonsense on Goanet.

BTW, has anyone noticed that this radiation oncologist believes he is an expert 
on the history of the European Inquisition, among many other things?

Cheers,

Santosh

--- On Mon, 10/4/10, Jeevan R  wrote:
>
> In recognized and respected Journals,
> the peer review process is
> performed by more than three Referees who are specialized
> and experts
> in the area under study.  If there are conflicting
> reviews than the
> Editor usually  gets further opinions from other
> experts in the field.
> Besides, even if the paper goes through and is published,
> experts can
> still jump in to publish their opinions on it or the paper
> could be
> revoked if the work is fraud or plagiarized--such things
> have happened
> several times even in top journals with high impact factor
> such as
> Nature and Science.
>
> 


  

[Goanet] BANDRA-- Suburban Queen of Bombay (Worldisround Article)

[eric pinto]

Check out this Worldisround article:
BANDRA-- Suburban Queen of Bombay


http://www.worldisround.com/articles/11446/photo18.html


Photograph 1
Corner Stone for---Steps connecting Hill Road with Mount Mary Road,...


Photograph 2
200-years old Rodrigues House-ancestral home of Herman and Vanita...


Photograph 3
KEEKI MANZIL at Band-stand, Bandra, of MR & Mrs.Kekoo Gandhi, Art-dealer,...


View the rest of this article

http://www.worldisround.com/articles/11446/photo18.html


Bandra--THE QUEEN of Bombay's Suberb.
We begin this article from Bandora as known in yesteryear's, now called 
Bandra, because it is not only the Queen of Mumbai's suburbs but it is 
also our home, from where we have gone almost to all well-known places 
in the world. Whenever we return from our trips, we go to the balcony of 
our home on Mount Mary Road opposite Arabian Sea and mentally see the 
shores of Arabia in the far horizons and remember "Home sweet home, 
there is no place like home"

The idyllic township of...


http://www.worldisround.com/articles/11446/photo18.html


Hosted by Worldisround http://www.worldisround.com/?e

[Goanet] Nuggets - QE II & You

[Mervyn Lobo]

Quantitative Easing or the printing of money is used when the normal
methods to control an economy have failed. Quantitative easing depreciates 
the value of a currency (and all savings) while the country's economy receives 
all the benefits of a weak currency i.e. imports become more expensive and 
exports become more competitive.


The problem with this economic theory is that it will not work for a country 
when a second or third country, and especially if these are competitors, 
also introduce their own QE policy. 


The first round of QE, started two years ago, resulted in the industrialized 
countries competing to lower the value of their currency. The US alone
created 1.7 trillion, yes 1.7 TRILLION dollars out of thin air.


The people who felt the most pain from the QE policy were the savers. 
They earned little or nothing on their savings. 
The people who gained the most were those who held their assets in that 
other currency, that which you cannot print more, namely gold.


A few days ago, the US announced a second round of printing money or QE II. 
Japan replied yesterday. What is going to follow is another competition
on currency devaluation.


Gold will benefit again.


Mervyn1342Lobo
PS. If anyone has the desire to go out and immediately buy some gold, 
please first confirm with your spouse if the time to buy anything is when the 
price is high or when it is low.

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Panjim Garden - Garcia da Or ta – Finally thrown open today

[JoeGoaUk]

 
Panjim Garden -Garcia da Orta – Finally thrown open today
 
After missing many deadlines, last one being Oct. 2, 
the garden- Jardim de Garcia da Orta  finally inaugurated today
 the 5th Oct. 2010
 
All this an hour before the schedule inauguration i.e. 6.30pm
 
City Mayor Carolina Po  also seen 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055107759/sizes/l/
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055725274/sizes/l/
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055106687/sizes/l/
With Ashoka Pillar 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055726312/sizes/l/
Po also seen here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055726998/sizes/l/
The inscription/ plate on the Pillar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055727700/sizes/l/
the top / Tip of the pillar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055109995/sizes/l/

Balloons 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055728540/sizes/l/
 
One of the 4 gates
Middle towards café Tatoo or Club Vasco da Gam
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055111441/sizes/l/
 
With garden bench
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055113099/sizes/l/

At the bandstand – 
Sonia Shirsat getting ready
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055114151/sizes/l/
Traditional Brass Band
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055729714/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055112565/sizes/l/

Extra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055731426/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5055732304/


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For Goan Video Clips 
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[Goanet] Science for sale ...

[Gilbert Lawrence]

 Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcao wrote:

I totally agree with Pe. Ivo and Gilbert and also that there is 'Scientific 
illiteracy' in this forum as quoted.The discussion will not be rational and 
also 
not on the topic the writer tries to convey; obviously as all the critics who 
presume to have knowledge go nit picking here. It is really regrettable as 
instead of sharing knowledge on this Forum, netters are desisted from posting 
facts that are worth the read.


--- GL responds:

Dr. Ferdinando, welcome to goanet, where your writings (above) regarding 
science 
is a breath of fresh air. For a long time it was "one-eyed man is a king among 
the blind". So please do not tell the king that, "he has no clothes."  
Not after 
he spent more than a decade giving goanetters 'Scientific Literacy' - his 
version.

So to state "there is 'Scientific illiteracy' in this forum" is blasphemy, 
which 
in 2010 will get you to the court of Scientific Inquisition.  As proof of this, 
look at Santosh's response posted below.  He suggest, let's forget about Dr. 
Hyman's article; and talk about something totally unconnected (Drs. David 
Gorski's and Robert Burton's articles); ani tea bhair respond "with data and 
references."  I am supposed to do this as 'pirachit' / punishment for 
forwarding 
a link to a very well written article - a.k.a. spreading subversive material on 
science.

Spend your time enjoying the humor of America's and Goa's scientist.  But do 
not 
waste your time with pseudo-intellectual arguments from those whose knowledge 
come from web-surfing and finessed with "Copy and Paste".

In USA, the pharmaceutical industry have bought the politicians, regulators and 
now academic-scientific community. Now these companies take their message 
directly to the public through TV advertisements.  Hence Dr. Hyman's and 
similar 
articles are on-spot; both challenging the medical establishment as well as 
directly educating the public; who often demand the newest drug seen on TV.  
Months later, patients and malpractice lawyers sue the pharmaceutical Co. for 
side-effects and deaths.  Most in America have seen advertisements from lawyers 
who request patients and families treated by these 'approved' drugs to call 
toll-free "1-800-BAD-DRUG" for legal action.

Something that you likely already know. "Never argue with an idiot, they will 
drag you down to their level, and defeat you with experience!"  Dilbert's rules 
of order.

Regards, GL


--- Santosh Helekar wrote:


Why does Gilbert not follow his own advice and refute specific points in Drs. 
David Gorski's and Robert Burton's articles with data and references? Why does 
he abuse physicians, scientists, and the medical profession, instead?

[Goanet] Are our Goa news-outlets off Target ........again?

[J. Colaco < jc>]

Dears,

At the end of the following nooj-item, one finds the following sentence:

"who had allegedly molested a minor girl from the village"

http://www.targetgoa.com/newsd-Can-any-police-constable-file-revision-plea-for-State-asks-Justice-Britto-1187


Considering that this so-called "case" was splashed all over the World
Wide Web courtesy repeated posts on Goanet by Adv Aires Rodrigues, I
wonder whether this (quoted) sentence isn't blatantly prejudicial
against the individual concerned.

This is not the first time that the media-outlet has been less than
diligent in its story related to this matter.

I ask: Is this so-called 'case' before the courts at the present time?

If NOT, why is this allegation persisting?

I suggest that, at best, this biased (IMHO) news-outlet could have
written: "who was alleged by Adv. Aires Rodrigues to have molested a
minor girl from the village" and then gone on to state .what
happened to that "case".

For someone (like yours truly) who works with abused children (albeit
voluntarily) this repeater gutter 'journalism is both disappointing
and disgusting. It is also counterproductive to the interests of the
children who are abused.

BTW: so is this Goa Children's Act http://www.colaco.net/1/gca2003.htm

I hope we all (who live in and visit Goa) realise that as per this
Act,  anyone who dislikes another- can accuse that person of having
molested a child - AND the only way one can defend against this
allegation is to "prove that one did not do it".!

Oh yes, in the meantime, repeated articles will be written accusing a
person of a crime - without a single day in court Even 6 years or
60 years hence.

Brilliant, is it not?

jc

Re: [Goanet] Science for sale ...

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

  J. COLACO < jc> said: Interesting discussion between a reputed Oncologist, a 
brilliant Neuroscientist and a good Priest. 
Two among them are definitely not quacks.   J. COLACO < jc> said:   
  a: I know many priests (mainly Jesuit) who possess recognised qualifications 
in the field of medicine. 
These priests are not quacks. Quacks are quacks. Do I need to spell out the 
meaning of the term "quacks"?  b: Religion is a personal matter. 
Anyone (including a doctor) can talk about religion or the absence of faith in 
religion.  c: Theology, on the other hand, is the area that many 
priests have specialised in. It would be daft for a doctor to talk about 
Theology unless he was also a priest like the Rev Drs. (Jesuits), I know.   
   RESPONSE: It is quite evident that jc has separated Theology and 
religion; and who is entitled to discuss what. 
If that is so may I ask what was the topic of discussion as evident from the 
‘Subject’? Was is surgical procedures, 
line of treatment, differential diagnoses, etc. which only medical doctors have 
qualifications to discuss; or was it a topic for layman’s benefit that did not 
necessitate qualification?
 It is also evident from his previous post that one of the three is labeled as 
‘quack’. That too, a sentence in the negative, which is a trait of negativism; 
one of the sign of certain behavioural disorder. Was this labeling of a netter 
as ‘Quack’ not an intimidation? jc response to this is obviously going to be 
that he did not label any one, but only said that two of them are not.  
  It is very obvious that a couple of netters on Goanet are hell bent in trying 
to tell the Forum that they have absolute knowledge in all branches of Science, 
and will go to all extent, even by deviating from the main topic of discussion 
to satisfy themselves that they have won the discussion.  
When a learned person cannot conduct a discussion in a rational manner, it only 
affirms the possibility of disorder.   As some netter on this Forum had 
said: “Never argue with an idiot, he will pull you down to his level, and then 
win the argument at his level.”





Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
  

[Goanet] Goa news for October 6, 2010

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** RTDC, GTDC to explore joint marketing avenues - Times of
India
oa-to-market-its-tourism-products-mutually/376694.html">Rajasthan,
Goa to market its tourism products mutually
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEFBV6HjAXS7ROqm0hkGihjvLdWWQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/RTDC-GTDC-to-explore-joint-marketing-avenues/articleshow/6688564.cms

*** Goa kicks off its handicraft promotion campaign alongside
CWG - IBNLive.com
NLive.comPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGchlduMBPy9o30KAT6Uqkh87TJMw&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-kicks-off-its-handicraft-promotion-campaign-alongside-cwg/379300.html

*** Russian company in Goa appeals property confiscation - RIA
Novosti
usiness/Russian-company-urges-Goa-govt-not-to-confiscate-its-property/articleshow/6690292.cms">Russian
company urges Goa govt not to confiscate its property
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGAXe0FwGHqWUJbXQJeMRJQE7MZ8Q&url=http://en.rian.ru/world/20101005/160843876.html

*** Indian iron ore mining mess - Goa government is protecting
illegal mining - SteelGuru
postolate-day-church-accuses-goa-govt-of-shielding-illegal-mining/123212/">Social
Apostolate Day: Church accuses Goa govt of shielding illegal
mining
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF5pEaF7on_FxqqcTu_K2KuJUdJdQ&url=http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/Indian_iron_ore_mining_mess_-_Goa_government_is_protecting_illegal_mining/168547.html

*** Official caught accepting bribe in Goa - Sify
aids-epf-office-detains-senior-officer-taking-bribe/380174.html">CBI
raids EPF office; detains senior officer taking bribe
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEdXxADwkofTsBbbIfm2wDksOFYWQ&url=http://sify.com/news/official-caught-accepting-bribe-in-goa-news-national-kkfvaddgbdc.html

*** Airport coach rams into Jet Airways aircraft in Goa -
IBNLive.com
OGxEZHsCJdOUjG8_rPyg
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFdDqA_p2WtUCErWedsL4Jdt1o3BA&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/airport-coach-rams-into-jet-airways-aircraft-in-goa/380639.html

*** Cops pick up two more in shooting case - Times of India
ear-old man from Anjuna is among two persons arrested by police
on Monday in connection with the Anjuna shooting case. ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFCY1R994OAH1I7ru46Yt3icTkwyg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Cops-pick-up-two-more-in-shooting-case/articleshow/6688575.cms

*** Inspect Palolem shore, directs HC - Times of India
4XDuYaJM">and more »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGUXAVv0-uHvC7Qr4vjmXM5RkHWug&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Inspect-Palolem-shore-directs-HC/articleshow/6688585.cms

*** Wendell to design for Goa's tourism security force? - Sify
o-be launched tourist security force (TSF) might be patrolling
the beaches in uniforms by renowned designer Wendell ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGSb5EdpvpECfJK9G78jy9yhnIMkA&url=http://sify.com/news/wendell-to-design-for-goa-s-tourism-security-force-news-national-kkflEdibdcb.html

*** MMC fumes over 'unfair' reservation of wards - Times of
India
mes of IndiaCouncillor and chairman of the All Goa Council
Forum, Carlos Almeida said "no council in Goa is happy with the
reservation of wards". ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFDixTUDTEgfpBk6jwxuxqNbhh8NA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/MMC-fumes-over-unfair-reservation-of-wards/articleshow/6688604.cms


Compiled by Goanet News Service
http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php

[Goanet] Press Conference of MNE at Mapusa on 1 October, 2010 p.m.

[Peter Fernandes]

I love the manifesto of the MNE as detailed by Floriano on the Goanet.  
They have covered most of the immediate requirements of our lovely Mapusa. The 
most important item which has not received their attention is the improvement 
in the Mapusa Fish Market as there in no mention of it anywhere.  Can this 
market be demolished/rebuilt to bring it up to some quality and sanitation 
standards?  During the past rainy season one had to walk in the fish 
market with umbrellas or raincoats because the market was open to the sky from 
the top as it did not have a covered roof   Whilst walking you had to 
almost swim to check which fish to buy and from whom to buy as the floor was in 
such a terrible condition with broken tiles and puddles.  The state of 
this market is so pathetic with the water puddles, open to sky, broken 
flooring, rotten fish on the floor,  spitting around, etc.  
I would request the new MNE to kindly come up with a plan for a decent place 
for the fish vendors and vegetable vendors so that the general public can use 
these clean facilities in our Mapusa Market . I had an opportunity to visit the 
Panjim vegetable market.  The place seems to be quite clean now with all 
the vendors sitting on raised level and doing their daily business, although 
the fish market in Panjim still needs a lot of improvement.  Compared to 
Panjim market, the fish and vegetable markets in Mapusa are in a pathetic 
condition at the moment.  The roads around and to the markets are also in 
same pathetic conditions.  Our only request to the new MNE or whosoever 
wins the coming Municipal elections, PLEASE for the sake of all Mapsenkars, 
Bardezkars and Goans in general who visit Mapusa market, improve the basic 
necessities in the Mapusa Market and God will shower his blessings on you all 


 Peter Fernandes
Message: 1
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 18:58:56 +0530
From: "floriano" 
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"

Subject: [Goanet] Fw: Press Conference of MNE at Mapusa on 1 October,
2010 p.m.

MAPUSA  NAGRIKANCHO  EKVOTT

MANIFESTO
[FOR OCTOBER 31 ELECTIONS TO MAPUSA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL]

PREAMBLE:

1.  The Mapusa Nagrikancho Ekvott re-iterates its earlier stand made out
in the very first paragraph of  the 'Charter of Demands ' submitted to the
Chairperson of the MMC  as the preamble of this document which states as
follows:

[Goanet] Doha Goans Sports Club launch Benevolent Fund

[Doha Goans Sports Club]

Doha Goans Sports Club launch Benevolent Fund
Packed audience for Konkani (tiatr) “Soglleank Nomoskar
DOHA QATAR
One of the Doha Goans Sports Club (DGSC) core objective is to reach
out to the financially unfortunate brethren both in Qatar and Goa.
With this objective in mind DGSC has launched a Benevolent Fund, which
was formally launched on Friday, 24th September 2010, on the occasion
of the Konkani (tiatr) “Soglleank Nomoskar” at the Al Ghazal Club in
Doha Qatar.

“There are times when people are in dire straits and do not know where
to knock for help.  The club will set aside an amount for this
purpose, it is our desire to also get the community involved in such
humanitarian task and we will continue to conduct events to support
this cause,” said the DGSC in their press release.

“After deep introspection, and considering many difficulties and
problems faced by our Goan brethren in the past, Doha Goans Sports
Club came forward to introduce a special and completely separate fund
i.e. " benevolent fund" to help all needy Goans which will be decided
case by case i.e. solely those facing problems specially at the time
of deportation, need of costly medicines/operation and those who
really cannot afford etc,” the press note adds.

On the occasion, the 19-members troupe which arrived from Goa
performed meticulously and displayed enormous skills of superb acting
and singing accompanied by colossal humour and comedy with a moral,
all of which kept the 800-odd Konkani loving spectators spell bound
during the 4-hours entertainment program.

The program which was selected and executed by the club’s P.R.O. &
director of Cultural & Social Affairs, Mauricio Pereira, along with
the club’s Committee Members, commenced with the unveiling of the
club’s banner with logo by Rev. Fr. Anand Castelino who was also the
chief guest.  That was a touching moment for many Goan residents who
well remembered the good old times when the club had excelled in
conducting various Social, Cultural and Sports events.  Fr. Anand
spoke on the need to preserve love and unity in the community and
underlined the importance of keeping alive the Konkani language.
The President, Ambrosio Dias, in his welcome address briefly explained
the need of reviving DGSC which, under circumstances, was forced into
silent mode and lamented over the deprivation of the Goan Community of
leisure diversions since 2003.
During the show prizes to lucky winners were distributed and the club
also announced future Social, Cultural and Sports events.
The very fact that the spectators were still sitting when the final
curtain went down only spoke of the total enjoyment of the show
organized by DGSC.
The Konkani tiatr was the first major activity for DGSC which was revived
three months back.
The next evetn is slated for October 15, wherein an Inter-village football
tournament will be held.

[Goanet] Motorists Beware In Goa

[Roland Francis]

Quote
" The best way to teach the police a lesson is by filing a written complaint
with their higher officials and, a week later, using the Right to
Information Act (RTI) to know the action taken against them. Remember, any
question or application filed under RTI cannot be ignored and no official is
bold enough to ignore the RTI Act.
Praveen Sood (Additional Commissioner for Traffic, Mumbai) 
Unquote
Tony,
In any other country, Commissioner Sood would have faced disciplinary action
for advising to the public "to teach the police a lesson". Goes to
credibility. But then who are we to teach Sood or the Indian authorities how
to do their job.
Roland Francis.
 

[Goanet] LUSOFONIA BRAGANÇA CONCLUSÕES

[lusofoniazores gmail]

  EM ANEXO SE INCLUEM AS CONCLUSÕES DO 14º COLÓQUIO DA LUSOFONIA REALIZADO DE 
25 SETEMBRO A 2 DE OUTUBRO 2010 EM BRAGANÇA E QUE IREMOS COLOCAR
EM LINHA



--
Chrys CHRYSTELLO, An Australian in the Azores/Um Australiano nos Açores 
(Portugal)
drchryschryste...@gmail.com  ; drchryschryste...@yahoo.com.au  
drchryschryste...@sapo.pt
Homepage/página : http://oz2.com.sapo.pt -///Colloquia/Colóquios: 
www.lusofonias.net

Re: [Goanet] Song for the day!

[E DeSousa]

Talking about songs...a little change of pace from the eighties - the weekend 
is 
almost here :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB4DOZF1INo&feature=related

[Goanet] Write up for UGC 35th tournamnet edition held in Kuwait

[Joseph Gonsalves]

*U.G.C 35th Soccer Tourney*



The second week of matches of the 35th edition of the United Goans Centre
rolling trophy tournament was played on October 1st 2010. The tournament was
played under the auspices of the Kuwait Indian Football Federation at the
Shuwaikh fire brigade stadium.

The first match began at 7:15 am between Rawda Boys S.C. and Rising Stars.
The match started at a fast pace with both teams failing to capitalize on
early chances in the first ten minutes. Rising stars started to pass the
ball nicely among them and were moving the ball to all areas of the ground
creating for themselves a lot of attacking chances. Both the teams had a
freekick in the first twenty minutes with Rawda boys just placing it above
the bar and soon it would be Rising Stars chance, the goal keeper produced a
great save to keep the ball out with his fingertips.

Rising Stars continued to add pressure and were rewarded with Fajula scoring
from a nice pass from Sahfiq. To make it 1-0. Within minutes Rising stars
were attacking again and scored a second from mohammed shafiq. Mohamed
Shafiq beat the keeper and his marker with his header to make it 3-0 at the
end of the first half.

The second half began at 7:55 and rising stars wasted no time in attacking.
Fajula shot from inside the Dee forced the keeper to make a good save to
keep the ball out of the net. Rwada challengers created a nice chance when
their striker was one on one with the keeper but he failed to slot one in to
cut the deficit.   The rising stars keeper made a crucial save to make sure
there would be no surprises to come in this match. Towards the end of the
first half No.10 Fajilu scored his second goal of the match from a nice
through ball.  The rising stars were able to keep a clean sheet and win the
match with  a score of 4-0. The match was refereed by KIFF subcommittee by
Edward/Nazareth/Joe.



Rising Stars 4   Rwada Boys S.C 0



 The second match started at 8:35 am where Goa Maroons were taking on
Curtocares. Both teams started the game with equal procession and the ball
was moved around midfield a lot and both teams found it tough to launch an
attack. The defenses of both the teams were doing a good job in dealing with
all kinds of attacks. The first goal was provide by Ian Dsouza who did a
good job to stop the attack and then provided the ball Kennedy who made no
mistake in providing the lead to make it 1-0.

 Goa Maroons steeped up the pace after the first goal and continued
attacking towards Curtocares goal. Their keeper made some good saves to deny
Maroons from scoring again. However No.9 Steven was providing some good
balls from the midfield to the strikers and he provided a good ball to
Kennedy who made no mistake to make it 2-0 in the first half.

The second half started at 9:20am with Curtocares creating more chances for
themselves, but their lack of failing to finish failed to get them on the
scorecard.  No.7 Minguel Moyro was inside the Goa Maroons half and took a
shot from an acute angle to score to make 2-1. With fifteen minutes left to
play, Curtocares were looking for their second goal and they were nearly
gifted a chance when a back pass fell to the feet of the striker of
Curtocares but he failed to find the back of the net. The match finished
with the score line 2-1 and Goa Maroons moves on to the next round to face
either K.G.A or United Goans in the quarterfinals. The match was refereed by
KIFF subcommittee by John/Edward/Rosario

Goa Maroons 2 – Curtocares United 1
Next Friday October 8th, there will be three matches 6:30am Rising Stars Vs
United Friends,
8:00 am KGA against host UGC and Rangers Vs DHL sports club at 9:30am.




-- 
Joseph Gonsalves
Email: peler...@gmail.com
965-94063749

[Goanet] Cultivate the right Conduct.......

[Gina Fernandes]

Every wrong action goes against one’s own 
well-being. It fails to give the peace and 
happiness expected. Sometimes it seems 
difficult to be good, while it is easy to be bad; 
and that to give up the bad things is to 
miss something. Avoid those things that will 
ultimately hurt you, choose those that will give 
you freedom and happiness. Cultivate the right 
conduct and good habits that lead to freedom.
(Sri Paramahansa Yogananda)

[Goanet] NEWS: Citizen journalism course comes to Goa

[Goanet News]

CITIZEN JOURNALISM COURSE COMES TO GOA

India's first teaching programme in Citizen Journalism, a
certificate course launched by the JM Foundation for
Excellence in Journalism, will be held in Goa from November
12 to November 14.2010.

It will be held at the Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers
(IFB), Altinho, Panaji, Goa. The three day empowerment course
is being conducted in Goa, in association with the Goa Union
of Journalists (GUJ).

There is no age barrier, nor any qualification or language
barrier to register for this course.

  There will be three sessions every day, concluding
  on Sunday afternoon.  The course will cover aspects
  like understanding news, verifying, laws that
  impact news gathering (Civic, Police, Consumer and
  Human Rights) and the Right to Information and
  Press Laws. Participtants would also be taught
  basic writing, editing and technology skills which
  wil help write news stories and upload on the
  website.

At the end of the course, participants would get a
certificate, and an email id
(firstname.lastn...@citizenjournalist.com). They would also
get access to www.citizensreport.in, a web platform specially
created for this purpose where their work will get displayed.
This website was inaugurated by Justice (retd) B N
Srikrishna, during the convocation of the first batch of CJs,
on October 2, in Mumbai.

Senior journalists, Aloke Thaore and Shishir Joshi, founders
of the JM Foundation for Excellence in Journalism will be the
course coordinators, along with Goa journalist Frederick
Noronha. Eminent experts from Goa will also be involved in
conducting some of the sessions.

To register, participants have to: 1. Email Name, Contact
Details and CV to citizenjournal...@journalism.org.in 2. Send
a draft or cheque of Rs. 3000 favouring "JM Foundation for
Excellence in Journalism" AND a hard copy of the CV to 302
Shubham Centre "A" CHSL, Cardinal Gracias Road, Chakala,
Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 099.

College students can avail of a 50% discount. They need to
send a photocopy of their present identity copy along with
their CV and a draft of Rs. 1500 for the same. The fee is
inclusive of participation, reading material and food on all
three days.

The last date for registration is October 25, 2010. Those
keen on participating can get more details on
www.journalism.org.in and must see www.citizensreport.in

Contacts:

Prakash Kamat: 94224 43093 (Goa)
Frederick Noronha: 0832 2409490 and 98221 22436 (Goa)(after 2 pm)
Shishir Joshi: 098209 85853 (Mumbai)

[Goanet] Land grab threatens Goan island

[Camillo Fernandes]

From: Eddie Fernandes
>> Subject: [Goanet] Video: Land Grab Threatens Goan Island
> 
> 4 Oct: Video Volunteers. Unholy nexus between a church and a real estate
> developer threatens to make hundreds homeless in Vanxim -- an island on
> Goa's Mandovi River where the local church has sold off an entire island to
> a builder who wants to build a 5 star hotel on it. The planned hotel project
> will leave 78 families that live on the island without a home, as well as
> cause serious environmental degradation to the whole island...3m. 13s. at
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STZUgKGqK5A

 

Comments : Camilo Fernandes

 

The above video shows the sad plight of simple poor Goans who have been duped 
and taken for a ride by the builder in Vanxim with collaboration from 
shockingly the Church.

 

I liked the  best comments in the video  from Devidas Gaonkar reporting for 
IndiaUnheard from Tiswade taluka, Goa given below. 

 

"""EVERY GOAN SHOULD NEVER HIS LAND TO ANYONE FOR MONEY.  MONEY WILL RUNT OUT 
BUT LAND WILL SUSTAIN US FOROVER.  IF LAND IN GOA KEEPS SELLING LIKE THIS, ONE 
DAY ENTIRE STATE WILL BE SOLD OUT."""

 

 I hope his honest comments  make every Goan vow   that no matter what never 
sell your land.  Honestly  this is not easy with today's temptations of 
fabulous prices and often the infighting among families for property.   How 
very true.  If Goans have to survive then we have to sincerely reflect on his 
comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 
  

[Goanet] Project Cookbook - GOA VANCOUVER - Supported by WAGA

[renebarreto]

Global Goenkars !! 


The Great Success we have had with the WORLD GOA DAY celebrations this 
year  - has encouraged many  Goans  to be Proud and keen to share their 
Goan Community projects  with Goans wherever they may be.

One such project  is Project Cookbook, an initiative undertaken by the GOA 
Vancouver and spearheaded by  Villa Pinto,  Dolly Aamann, SharmilaRego and 
Liliana Vaz are compiling the  very first edition of the GOA  Vancouver  
Cookbook; 
a book of mouth-watering delicacies to tantalize even the  "fussiest" of 
palates. So, 

be a part of history in the making!  


Book 
http://www.goavancouver.com/webpages/cookbook.php

latest Newsletter: 
http://www.goavancouver.com/webpages/newsletter2010Fall.php


Villa tells me that she has gathered over 15O reciepes so far , we aim for at 
least  1000 ?  :- )Can we ? I am sure we GOANsCAN !! 


  ... TOGETHER for GOA and GOANS wherever we may be ! 

 Thank you for your time


renebarreto 
WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
=




888
The GOA Vancouver CookBook 
000




The GOA Vancouver CookBook  Project supported by the World Alliance of Goan
Associations is on the move!  With new committee members, our very own 
dedicated  lead organizer, Heather Martin and our youth support, Cori Correia, 
the project  has created a new buzz.

Join the buzz and show that your Association is part of a community to promote 
our love of food, camaraderie and to create a legacy for our youth, submit a 
recipe or two either, on behalf of an Association or individually. Check the 
GOA 



website at  www.goavancouver.com for details.

All the proceeds will go towards GOA's charitable works and our Scholarship 
fund.  The book will also be available to all organizations that participate, 
towards their own fundraising efforts, at cost, directly from the publisher. 
Happy to email details.

So like Rene says LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN!.



Villa Pinto ,
Overall  Coordinator.,
Project Cookbook,
GOA Vancouver - Canada.

Email: cookbook.vancou...@gmail.com 

Address: C/o Heather Martin, 10-7955 122nd 
Street, Surrey, BC V3W 4T4


ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS - CANADA 

oo



 Yes let us  JUST DO IT  let us MAKE IT HAPPEN TODAY !!


renebarreto
Goanworld : http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/
WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS 
==


  

[Goanet] Tell Me About Sarto Esteves.

[Marshall Mendonza]

Selma Carvalho:
Sarto, (as Marshall informed us) is still alive in Bombay and it would be
wonderful if we could interview him and get his views on the years just
before liberation and his views on Goa, 50 years hence.

Augusto Pinto:
What Selma suggests here is something that needs urgently to be done.
However who will do it? For to go to Mumbai and search Mr
Esteves and interview him needs time and resources.
But if anyone of you knows anything do please volunteer with information. If
the address of Sarto Esteves is known then that would
be a start.

Response:

I will post you the address of Sarto Esteves privately. It would be worth
your trip to Bombay. For close to him lives Dr Aloysius Soares Jr. son of
the well known goan Prof Aloysius Soares author of 'Down the Corridors of
Time: Recollections and Reflections' ( Profiles of eminent Goans, past and
present 
).
Not very far, just about 8-10 kms away in Bandra, lives George Menezes, son
of Prof Armando Menezes, and a personality in his own right. I am sure that
you will be able to collect nuggets of information about Goa and goans of
their time. But make it quick. They are all well into their 70's and 80's.

If I can be of any help, please let me know.

Regards,

Marshall

[Goanet] Goan Lenny Gama in the news -- CGames: Scales of injustice create boxing farce

[armstrong augusto vaz]

NEW DELHI


The official weigh-in at the Commonwealth Games boxing competition was
abandoned on Monday after faulty scales showed most of the fighters
were too heavy.

Irate coaches demanded the scales be checked after some boxers tried
to sweat off weight by using saunas or going for runs only to return
and weigh more than before.

"It is a farce, but there is not a lot more we can do, I have never
seen this before," Australia's assistant boxing coach Don Abnett told
Australian Associated Press.

Northern Ireland coach Stephen Friel added that the incident was unprecedented.

"The whole place was in uproar," said Friel. "All of the coaches here
said they had never seen anything like it."

Competition manager Lenni Gama initially tried to brush the issue
under the carpet, saying: "The scales are perfect".

But Gama eventually relented with the weigh-in now set for Tuesday
morning, just ahead of the opening bouts, once the scales are
recalibrated.

It was the latest crisis at the troubled Games, which have been dogged
by worries over threats of terror attacks, corruption, construction
delays, and outbreaks of dengue fever.

[Goanet] Motorists beware in Goa

[Tony de Sa]

Did you know that cops cannot stop you while driving and go on a fishing
expedition for faults like no license, no emission certificate, no lights,
no horn, and then fine you?

Lack of information about this may make a big hole in your pocket.

Check out this link:

http://taxguru.in/general-info/useful-info-for-those-who-drive-a-vehicle.html

-- 

Tony de Sa.  tonydesa at gmail dot com

 ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v

[Goanet] Ayodhaya

[Marshall Mendonza]

Publication: The Times Of India Mumbai;  Date: Oct 3, 2010;  Section: Spl
Report;  Page: 20


CLOSURE?

The Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit has made the
vandals of 1992 into victors of 2010. Can this long dispute ever end?

Manoj Mitta | TNN



   Three days after a Ram idol was placed under the Babri Masjid’s central
dome, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru shot off a letter to UP chief minister
G B Pant directing that the mischief be undone. His reason: “A dangerous
example is being set there, which will have bad consequences.”

   But Nehru’s concerns were overridden by the local administrator,
Faizabad’s deputy commissioner K K Nayar. Even as he acknowledged that the
installation of the idols was “an illegal act”, Nayar refused to remove them
from the mosque. His reasoning was that “the depth of feeling behind the
movement … should not be underestimated.”

   It was against the backdrop of this battle between secular and sectarian
views that the first of the four title suits was filed on January 16, 1950.
In allowing the idols to remain where they were placed on December 23, 1949,
and in placing religious sentiment above the rule of law, the Allahabad high
court verdict 60 years later seems to have preferred Nayar’s position to
that of Nehru.

   Though thousands of pages in this verdict have been devoted to quotes
from Hindu scriptures, it made little effort to examine the illegality of
the 1949 act. The mischief played with the idols, in a bid to convert a
masjid into a mandir, was central to the adjudication of the title suits.

   Yet, the three judges on the bench, despite delivering separate
judgments, adopted the common approach of treating the forcible installation
of idols as a fait accompli. They did not dare question its legality or
validity. This, despite the fact that the bench had, in May 2009, specially
called for and placed on record the original file of the district
administration that dealt with the 1949 episode.

   The verdict could have been radically different had the judges mustered
the courage to analyse this crucial issue. Advocate Anupam Gupta, who
grilled an array of leaders on the Babri Masjid demolition before the
Liberhan Commission, told TOI: “Since the title suits had derived from the
installation of idols, the judges would have had to acknowledge that the
Hindu claim was based on a patent illegality and that nothing said about the
history of the Hindu belief prior to 1949 would have cured this illegality.”

   In its anxiety to be pragmatic or conciliatory, the high court also
pulled its punches on the demolition of the mosque in 1992 although it was a
violent interference with the subject of the title suits. While it dwelt
extensively on the Hindu “bent of mind” in the context of the belief about
the exact location of Ram’s birthplace, the high court did not attempt any
such analysis of the mentality that propelled the demolition.

   As a result, in a major blow to secularism, the high court allowed the
vandals of 1992 to turn into the victors of 2010. This has made a mockery of
the Supreme Court's 1994 declaration while reviving the Ayodhya title suits
after a two-year limbo: “The Hindu community must bear the cross on its
chest, for the misdeed of the miscreants reasonably suspected to belong to
their religious fold.”

   Far from bearing the cross for the demolition, Hindu groups seem to have
intimidated the high court into coming up with a solution that provides much
cause for concern to Muslims and believers of secularism. By accepting faith
as the determining factor for allotting the area under the central dome to
Hindus, the system has shown no remorse to the affected community.

   The high court’s refusal to let the illegality of the 1949 and 1992
events have a bearing on the title suits will mean that there can be no
closure to the Ayodhya dispute any time soon. Its partition scheme has ended
up vindicating, however unwittingly, those very forces that had so brazenly
undermined India’s commitment to secularism. As jurist Tahir Mahmood puts
it, “What had begun as a title suit ended up with a decree of partition.
Religious beliefs and sentiments had triumphed over historical facts and
legal precepts. The judicial anxiety reflected in the judgment is
understandable but its legal tenability is not beyond reproach.”

   The consolation is that the verdict could have been worse if the judgment
delivered by Justice D V Sharma, awarding the entire disputed site of 2.7
acres to Hindus, did not turn out to be a minority view on the bench.
Sharma’s judgment is an unabashed celebration of the fundamentalist Hindu
perspective on the Babri Masjid.

   The Ayodhya verdict actually fits into a pattern displayed by the Indian
judiciary to suppress inconvenient facts. The Allahabad high court’s failure
to examine the implications of the 1949 and 1992 events is reminiscent of an
infamous omission by the Supreme Court in its much touted judgment upholding
Hi

[Goanet] Horticulture Classes in Porvorim.

[eric pinto]

Provided by the Goa Botanical Society.





..  Free horticulture lessons at  THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR [1 km from 
Coqueiro junction, next to XCHR ], Porvorim-Goa on SUNDAY 17 October, 2010, 
from 
10.00 A.M. to 1.00 P.M. 


  Demonstration of how to make beds for raising seedlings of chilli, brinjal, 
tomato, onion, knol-kohl, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce,  the evening of 
Saturday,16 October WORLD FOOD DAY and the morning of Sunday 17 October, 
2010.    

"Earthworm" and  "Green Essentials" will have seeds, manures, organic plant 
boosters, herbal/botanical insect repellants, fungal bio-control agents, the 
Khamba composter, "Leave it" pot, etc on display and sale. There will be  
Rhizobium japonicum symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria for those  who will grow 
Clusterbeans [Tidki], cowpea [Chowli or Alsando] or groundnut/peanuts. 












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Re: [Goanet] Song for the day!

[Jim Fernandes]

Talking about songs ... I am sure most folks on GoaNet may have heard of the 
old man, Ray Charles. Well, I never bought any music by this artist but 
recently I came across his rendition of a song named 'A Song For You'. I must 
say, so got to listen to this one - its a classic!

The song was originally written by Leon Russell, but this guy improvised it and 
sings it better than the original.

Check out an old grainy video here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnm0h_ray-charles-a-song-for-you_music

I finally bought it from iTunes and its worth every cent I paid for it.

Jim F
New York.


--- On Tue, 10/5/10, Gabe Menezes  wrote:

> From: Gabe Menezes 
> Subject: [Goanet] Song for the day!
> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
> Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 3:57 AM
...
...

[Goanet] Fw: BANDRA-- Suburban Queen of Bombay (Worldisround Article)

[eric pinto]

 







Check out this Worldisround article: 
BANDRA-- Suburban Queen of Bombay

Photograph 1
Corner Stone for---Steps connecting Hill Road with Mount Mary Road,...
   
Photograph 2
200-years old Rodrigues House-ancestral home of Herman and Vanita...
   
Photograph 3
KEEKI MANZIL at Band-stand, Bandra, of MR & Mrs.Kekoo Gandhi, Art-dealer,...
   
View the rest of this article Bandra--THE QUEEN of Bombay's Suberb.
We begin this article from Bandora as known in yesteryear's, now called Bandra, 
because it is not only the Queen of Mumbai's suburbs but it is also our home, 
from where we have gone almost to all well-known places in the world. Whenever 
we return from our trips, we go to the balcony of our home on Mount Mary Road 
opposite Arabian Sea and mentally see the shores of Arabia in the far horizons 
and remember "Home sweet home, there is no place like home"
The idyllic township of... 



Hosted by Worldisround http://www.worldisround.com/?e

[Goanet] Here Come the Pious

[Marshall Mendonza]

Here is some disturbing news coming from Kerala. Lets all hope and pray that
these misguided people will see reason and desist from any violent or hate
filled activity.

  http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Coverstory.asp

[Goanet] Fw: India complex, but not compelling.

[eric pinto]

I am no negativist, but spending half the Union's Budget on the Military leaves 
half the impoverished population in 'maoist' anarchy.
  French Quebec's obscure chauvinism saw an exodus of people and capital to 
Ontario and New England, and it continues to pay the price, even as Ontario 
soars.  We should pick up a lesson.   eric.
  

 
--



  
By Haroon Siddiqui 
Editorial Page 
The Toronto Star
   


India has the world's fourth- largest army. Its navy controls vast swaths of 
the 


Indian Ocean. 

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Some more buildings - Margao, Vasco, Valpoi & Panjim

[JoeGoaUk]

Talking Photos: 
Some more buildings - Margao, Vasco, Valpoi & Panjim

Cine Vasco (Now just a memory)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk30/5006970512/sizes/l/
I used to bunk College to go for movies here
Tickets: 1.30, 1.80, 2.20, we often bought in black
Do ka chaar (meaning 2.20 = 4)
Newest one was El-Monte, MPT Road, Sada
Now there is one more SHIVAM (?) next to Joshi building
Or Tilalk Maidan
 
Margao:
Cine Vishant (now Talkie Town) pic taken from a moving bus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk30/5003222907/sizes/l/
My First Movie here was Jangle mein Mangal (?)
We used to run as soon as our train touched Margao Station (old).
Tickets were of same denomination
 
If our train stopped at the signal, Comba near Loyola
we alighted here and ran straight along the tracks
 to Cine Lata. We ran because our train arrived Margao after 2pm
(often delayed) and the show timing was 2.30pm (2..45pm)
Never wanted to miss advertisement/Trailers
Here too we mainly bought in black
do ka tin  i.e. 1.20 more
Tickets were  0.80 (benches), 1.30 & 1.80
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/542262430/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk24/4312374770/sizes/l/
As a teenager, I once went here for a movie title Blue (A)
and found nothing blue in it.  Cine Lata was popular for
English Movies too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk24/4312375248/
 
Then we had Metropole at Clube Harmonia 
 and the newest Blue Pearl (behind Grace Church, Margao)
(both not in operation now)
 
 
This must be a big landlord’s house
At Cumbarjua
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk30/5003190349/sizes/l/

Valpoi Municipality or municipal Council 
(This Pic I had in my data base, uploaded now)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5053375415/sizes/l/
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5053995302/sizes/l/

Goa Police Headquarters
Near Azad Maidan (Froreigners’ Registration etc)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5025069989/sizes/l/

Extra:
Electricity Dept (new)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5025069569/sizes/l/


joego...@yahoo.co.uk 

for Goa & NRI related info... 
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ 

For Goan Video Clips 
http://youtube.com/joeukgoa 

In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] Videos: CBS - Around The World For Free with Jeff Schroeder: Goa

[Eddie Fernandes]

Episode 38: Day 61. Jeff jumps over to the nearby historical town of Panjim,
Goa where  Ernesto serves up a jam-packed day of Portuguese-inspired food,
miraculous saints and a cruise boat dance party. 7m.43s. See:
http://www.cbs.com/originals/around_the_world_for_free_linear/video/?pid=Udg
_h99Gazws4XEnoeLdMOqF0agsw9Ji&vs=Clips&play=true

Episode 39: Day 65 Jeff spends a few more days in Goa helping out Ernesto
and his brother Vasquite with their restaurant ... 4m. 10s.  See
http://www.cbs.com/originals/around_the_world_for_free_linear/video/?pid=iok
befHZxucmBa7ZRqsWweVKcYCvoyaT&vs=Clips&play=true
 
Episode 37: Day 60. Jeff tries to keep his spirits up as the monsoon rains
continue in Anjuna Beach. 4m:52s.  See 
http://www.cbs.com/originals/around_the_world_for_free_linear/video/?pid=paG
ob9t8BVrl5aR61zyiIZM8pp4uvOew&vs=Clips&play=true

Until about a year ago Ernesto ran the restaurant at Club Vasco da Gama at
Municipal Gardens, Panaji.

For a photo of Ernesto and Vasquite see www.goanvoice.org.uk newsletter of 5
Oct. 2010.

Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] India and China

[Vasant Baliga]

India will soon start to outpace China: EconomistIANS, Oct 5, 2010, 01.07pm IST
 WASHINGTON: India will soon start  to outpace China, thanks to a young and 
growing workforce and its "much-derided  democracy" says The Economist. 


The cover story on "How India's growth  will outpace China's" in its latest 
issue attributes "India's surprising  economic miracle" largely to its private 
sector saying, "the country's state may  be weak, but its private companies are 
strong." 


Despite the poor  headlines generated in the run up to the Commonwealth games, 
"India is doing  rather well," the internationally regarded magazine said 
noting, "Its economy is  expected to expand by 8.5 percent this year." 


"It has a long way to go  before it is as rich as China - the Chinese  economy 
is four times bigger- but its growth rate could overtake China's by  2013, if 
not before. 


"Some economists think India will grow faster than  any other large country 
over 
the next 25 years. Rapid growth in a country of 1.2  billion people is 
exciting, 
to put it mildly," it said. 


Citing  demography as one of the two reasons why India will soon start to 
outpace China,  the magazine noted "China's workforce will shortly start 
ageing; 
in a few years'  time, it will start shrinking." 


"That's because of its one-child policy  - an oppressive measure that no Indian 
government would get away with." 


"India is now blessed with a young and growing workforce. Its dependency  ratio 
- the proportion of children and old people to working-age adults - is one  of 
the best in the world and will remain so for a generation," it said. 


India's economy will benefit from this "demographic dividend", which has  
powered many of Asia's economic miracles. 


"The second reason for  optimism is India's much-derided democracy," said The 
Economist noting, "Indian capitalism is driven by millions of entrepreneurs all 
furiously  doing their own thing. 


"Since the early 1990s, when India dismantled the  "licence raj" and opened up 
to foreign trade, Indian business has boomed." 


"Ideas flow easily around India, since it lacks China's culture of  secrecy and 
censorship. That, plus China's rampant piracy, is why  knowledge-based 
industries such as software love India but shun the Middle  Kingdom," 


"Given the choice between doing business in China or India,  most foreign 
investors would probably pick China, The Economist said. 

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Re: [Goanet] Video: Land Grab Threatens Goan Island

[lino dourado]

VACHPI BOROITAT: V-IXTT.COM UPKARAN
 
Sot Lipovncho Proxn?  
Poleach panacher Vanxi vo Ilha de Capao vixim khobor vachlea uprant mhojea 
monak 
khup dukh bhoglem. Gõychea Arsebisp Filipe Neri Ferrao-n hi zomin viklea hache 
sarke purave asat. Purave astana nanv vibaddlem mhunnpak zaina. Igorjen 
lokacher 
oxe toren onit korunk kosloch odhikar na. Zor Ilha de Capao pon'nasa voir lok 
ravta zalear to zago vibaddlolo koso zalo? Zor vibaddlolo zago zalear thoinsor 
ho lok fattlim 300 vorsam thavn koso ravta? Zor to vibaddlolo asa zalear thoim 
golf course, spa ani 7 star hotel koxem zatolem tor? Kull korpi he zomnir kam' 
korun aplem pott bhorpi Gõychoch lok. 

Santa Monica Sonvsthe kodde asloli zomin 'Canon Law' kaidea khal koxi vikun 
khal'li? Ti-i zalear fokot 20 rupia chovrad metr kiteak vikli? Hea molan 
thoinchea lokak vikunk zainasli? Igorjen hi zomin vikchea adim lokak kiteak 
sanglem na? Kullkari  lok Igorjeche dusman? Hem borovp khoreanich Gõychea 
sogllea lokan vachun sot jem lipoupachi kornni kelea ti noxtt korunk ekdom 
gorjechem. 

Tujea potran zor kitem-i sot lipoupache proytn keleat zalear  te kednach sufoll 
zaunche nant. Sot porzollit surya porim; tachea fuddeant fotti kednanch 
tigonant.  

SEBY RODRIGUES, SIOLIM 


 
Sot Lipovncho Proxn?  
LINO DOURADO 
Mogall Seby, Tumchi chitt vachli. Sot ani fott kitem tem jerul V. Ixttacho 
sompadpi fuddlea ankar zab ditolo hi amkam opekxa asa. Na tor, jem tunvem 
boroilam, tem sot koxem amkam gillchem   

Seby Rodriguesache chittik zobab 
Purn sot khoim asa? 
Sot kitem ani purn sot konnachea tabeant  asa tachi chovkoxi korunk ek avhan 
toxench somadhan. Gõyche Igorjen ek Gõycho Zunvo viklo (Goa Church under cloud 
for selling island to resort company by IANS on August 12th, 2010 ) hea 
mathalean ek khobor uzvadda aili  tea vellar amchea monant ek vichitr proxn ubo 
zalo to mhunnlear Igorjen Vanxim zunvear asa ti Igorz vikli kai? hi sôd kelea 
uprant amkam koll'lem ki Igorjen Vanxechi Igorz vikunk na mhonn. 

Ordhem sot gheun, purn sot aplea tabeant asa mhonntat  ani purn sotacher visor 
ghalun chollvoll kortat tankam sufollay koxi melltoli? Igorjen Vanxim zunvear 
zomin kiteak vikchi poddli, hantunt sot urona? Hi sôd korta tankam purn sot 
polleunk melltolem. 

 
SOMPADOK  
 
 






From: Eddie Fernandes
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 4:18:18 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Video: Land Grab Threatens Goan Island

4 Oct: Video Volunteers. Unholy nexus between a church and a real estate
developer threatens to make hundreds homeless in Vanxim -- an island on
Goa's Mandovi River where the local church has sold off an entire island to
a builder who wants to build a 5 star hotel on it. The planned hotel project
will leave 78 families that live on the island without a home, as well as
cause serious environmental degradation to the whole island...3m. 13s. at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STZUgKGqK5A

For a brief video introduction to the Video Volunteers Camp in Goa click
here. http://vimeo.com/6568291

For links, including one to the Google Earth image of the island, visit Goan
Voice UK Daily Newsletter, 4 Oct. 2010 at www.goanvoice.org.uk

Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] India cannot help but be complex

[Mervyn Lobo]

Folks,
For those of you who missed it, here is an article that was part of a
special The Toronto Star did for the opening of the Commonwealth
games. Haroon Siddiqui is the most popluar journalist in Canada.
Mervyn1315Lobo
--


  
By Haroon Siddiqui 
Editorial Page 
The Toronto Star


Arriving in Canada in 1967, I was swept up by the Centennial, especially Expo, 
but was soon distressed to discover that there was no yogurt, only something 
called sour cream, a blob that bloated your tummy. There were few fresh green 
vegetables and no mangoes. No basmati rice. No coriander, cloves or cardamom. 
Nor saffron, which few had heard of and said it could be procured, perhaps, 
around Easter for the seasonal bread.

Informed of this state of affairs, mom in India said: “In that case, son, you 
had better come back home.”

I am glad I stayed. 
At the time, Canadians thought of India as the land of starving people and 
emaciated holy cows. Now the two countries can't get enough of each other, 
Canada needing India more than India needing Canada. Which is why the Star is 
exploring India in every section of the paper today. 

India, an emerging economic and geopolitical giant, might overtake China 
economically within two decades. Wooed by the world, it does need Canadian 
natural resources as well as capital and expertise for infrastructure. 

Canada — besides recruiting skilled Indians as immigrants and using India for 
outsourced call centres — is keen to tap into India's booming $1.3 trillion 
economy (about the same as Canada's).
Canadian politicians and corporate leaders, who never used to return a phone 
call from India, now go on pilgrimages there and attend Indo-Canadian events to 
troll for votes and business. 

Yet India can still unnerve Canadians, as during two current crises — the 
Commonwealth Games, where accommodation for athletes in New Delhi was deemed 
unfit for human habitation; and the scary spectre of Hindu-Muslim bloodletting 
over a 16th century mosque following a court decision Thursday in the 
decades-long dispute.

But to me, all this sounds normal. India is forever in a crisis — and is not. 
Whatever is true of India, the exact opposite is almost always also true: 
Efficiency and chaos. Secularism and sectarianism. Wealth and poverty. Hope and 
despondency. Gandhian non-violence and murderous frenzy. Humanity and cruelty. 
Exploitation and generosity. Piety and prostitution. Dedicated indigenous NGOs 
and corrupt politics.

That's India. 

In fact, India is many Indias, where the good far outweighs the bad. 
India cannot but be complex — an ancient civilization leapfrogging from British 
colonized penury to new economic heights, and slowly shedding centuries-old 
caste-based hierarchy for a culture of Bollywood, cricket and corporate 
celebrity.

India is relevant to Canada.
Our manufacturing base is denuded, especially in Ontario. The American economy, 
on which we've been overly dependant, will likely be in doldrums for years. 

Canada can no longer postpone finding new markets — in Europe and, 
increasingly, 

China and particularly India. 

Go East, young man, says Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of Canada, 
noting 

the shift in the centre of gravity from the West back to the East.
Until the early 19th century, China and India controlled half the world's 
economy, even if that fact has been obliterated from Western conscience. Today, 
China and India are simply going back to the future.
China, with a 2009 GDP of almost $5 trillion, recently passed Japan as the 
world's second largest economy on a quarterly basis. India's is projected to 
overtake China's in the foreseeable future.

Whereas China's economic growth comes mostly from exports, India's emanates 
from 

domestic consumption. That's why it weathered the world economic meltdown. This 
year, its economy is growing at thrice the rate of Canada's.
India has been doubling per capita income every 10 years — something Canada 
used 

to do but doesn't any longer. Our children face the prospect of earning less 
than us.

India is reaping a “demographic dividend.” Half its 1.2 billion people are 
under 

25. In the next 10 years, it will produce between 80 million and 110 million 
new 

workers. China's population, like Canada's, is aging. India's population will 
overtake China's. 

India is democratic. Its entrepreneurial drive comes from the private sector, 
not the state or state-owned enterprises. 

While Canada's trade with the U.S. is suffering, India's with America, albeit 
comparatively small, is growing, to $60 billion a year. So is India's trade 
with 

China, approaching $50 billion. 

But Canada's trade with India is just $5 billion. We have our work cut out for 
us.
Not all is hunky-dory in India.
It has the world's largest number of poor. About 600 million survive on less 
than $2 a day. About 65 million live in slums. About 1.

[Goanet] Today's lesson for women on how to get ready QUICK & Tommorrow's lesson for Goans how to be Quick and save Goa.

[Oscar Lobo]

Guys

Its time we do the magic and miracle “Good Goans to rule Good Goa”

If they can do it, so can we – Just do it not say it!

Time to start “Kathkutleo” tactics and not “Kabadee”

Mog sodanch assundi

Oscar

[Goanet] Fwd: Ruralscapes

[Venantius J Pinto]

A recent cover for HIMAL Southasian.
http://www.himalmag.com/Ruralscapes_fnw82.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/5049651544/

The HIMAL Southasian,
Ruralscapes issue Oct 2010 online: http://www.himalmag.com/

venantius j pinto

[Goanet] Daily Grook #818

[Francis Rodrigues]

DAILY GROOK #818
==
DOUGH SHOW
==
by Francis Rodrigues



success in business so
like a deer hunt works,
you need the first doe
to bring the big bucks!



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[Goanet] Song for the day!

[Gabe Menezes]

Hank Williams half as much as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHUhekG3ubc

Connie Francis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdOr7pvi5EI&feature=related

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.