[Goanet] "Happy Liberation Day" !

[Wilson Wilmix]

“Happy   Liberation Day” !
(An Article by:  Wilmix Wilson Mazarello)

(Day 19th December  2010,…. Time :  8 am)



(Shri Flavio  meets  Ms. Aurol )

Flavio:  “Happy Liberation Day”!

Aurol:  What is so happy about “Liberation Day” ?

Flavio: It is the  19th of December, remember ?

Aurol:  Yes I do remember.  It is the day we Goans fell from the “frying 
-pan”  into the “fire”.


Flavio: What ? Are you suggesting that we were “better off”, during the 
 Portuguese Rule ?


Aurol:  No!  I said , it was like being in a “frying-pan” then  &  now 
it is like being  in  “hot burning fire”.


Flavio: Why do you say that ?

Aurol:  Because then,  I was being robbed by “outside thieves”. That was 
tolerable. But, today I am being  “looted- wholesale”,  by my own 
fellow-Goans. That I cannot tolerate.


Flavio: Oh ! you are talking of “thefts” ? “Thefts” were there during 
the Portuguese Rule ,  too.


Aurol:  Yes they were definitely there during the Portuguese Rule,  but 
the number  of thefts, murders , rapes, and acts of corruption  during 
the last 50 years is 10 times more than those that happened during the 
450 years of  Portuguese Rule.


Flavio: You may be right there, but what I am talking about is not of 
“thefts” and “rapes” . I am talking  about is  that with  “Liberatrion” 
,  our “Human-Rights”  were restored.


Aurol:  What “Human Rights” are you talking about  ?

Flavio: Could you openly criticize the Portuguese Rulers ?,  If you did 
, you would be in jail.


Aurol:  And who says you can criticize the Government now ?  Today ,  if 
 you criticize a Minister X, he sends  goondas  to your house, to beat 
up your entire family. If you criticize a Minister Y, the next day he 
sends the “Income Tax Department”  to raid your house . If you criticize 
a Minister Z , he  sends the “Police” to  arrest you , for  doing 
things you would’nt  even dream of doing.  Do you need to  know more ?


Flavio: No!  No ! but those are “misdeeds”  of  some individual 
Ministers.What I am saying is , things like, you can now, openly 
talk in your own mother tongue Konkani.


Aurol:  Who says we could not openly  talk in  Konkani , then ?  In fact 
more people talked in Konkani then,  than people are talking now.


Flavio: What I mean to say is , you can even write to the Government in 
Konkani now.


Aurol : Is it so ? Well let me tell you my , recent ,  personal 
experiences of writing to the Government in Konkani. Recently, our M.L.A 
came to us and told us that the Government is implementing the ‘Official 
Language Act’ and that if we want our works to be done fast,  then we 
should send all our correspondence to the Government in Konkani. So 
everybody in our village, started writing to all Government Departments 
in Konkani .  Believe me , not only did our works not happen fast, but 
from that day onwards , all our works at the Government Departments, 
came to a ‘grinding halt’.


Flavio: How can that be ?  That’s just not  possible.  Why did’nt you go 
back and  enquire ?


Aurol:  We did. I  myself met one  Mr. Ramalingam, in the Power Dept. 
and  the following is the gist of our conversation :


Aurol:  Sir , why is my  application  not  attended to for the last one 
month ?


Ramalingam:  Did you send your  application  in English , Konkani  or 
Marathi ?


Aurol:  I sent it in  Konkani .

Ramalingam:  (showing me  3 bundles  of applications on his table) This 
 biggest bundle is of  applications  received in  English , this one 
second biggest bundle is of  applications received in Marathi and this, 
 the  smallest bundle is  of  applications received in Konkani.


Aurol: Then my application must be in that bundle.

Ramalingam:  I have attended to all these Konkani applications and there 
is no application bearing your name.


Aurol:  How is that possible ?

Ramalingam : (Bending over the waste-paper basket, next to him , he 
pulled out a crumpled  paper and said to me ) By the way, is this that 
something you are talking about ?


Aurol:  (Recognising my application)  Yes, that’s it. That’s my 
application.


Rmalingam:  But what language is this ? French  or Latin ?

Aurol:  That is my mother tongue Konkani .

Ramalingam : No ! No!  That is not Konkani.  Konkani is this . (showing 
me another application from his table which was written in the Devnagari 
Script).


Aurol:  But my application is in Konkani in the Roman Script .

Ramalingam : What is this Konkani in the Roman Script ?  Madam , I am 
from South India and  I have been given training by the Government of 
Goa , to read & write this Konkani  in Devnagari Script. Anything else 
that we don’t understand is thrown into this ‘ waste-paper basket”.


Aurol: Ok! Thanks for your information . (and I left the Office of the 
Power Dept.)


Flavio:   Is that so ? Then why did’nt you go back and tell that to your 
M.L.A who asked you to write in Konkani ?


Aurol:  I  did. Not only I , but the entire village went to him and told 
him that the only Konkan

[Goanet] Live streaming for Pope's Christmas mass

[Vasant Baliga]

Live streaming for Pope's Christmas massAFP, Dec 23, 2010, 04.38am IST
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI's traditional Christmas Eve mass will be 
streamed live on the Internet in six languages and available on iPhones around 
the world, the Vatican said today. 

The Italian-language mass will be translated into English, French, German, 
Portuguese and Spanish. The pope's "Urbi et Orbi" blessing on December 25 and 
the New Year's Day mass will also be available, the Vatican added in a 
statement. 

There will also be a commentary in Chinese for the Christmas Eve mass and in 
Arabic for the New Year's Day mass. 

The streaming service will be available on www.pope2you.net, www.pccs.va and 
www.vaticanradio.org and "allows anyone, anywhere in the world to follow the 
celebrations and guarantees fast connections," the statement said. 

Benedict has emphasised the importance of social media communications during 
his 
pontificate, which began in 2005. The Vatican now has its own YouTube channel, 
a 
Facebook application called Pope2You and regular podcasts.

Read more: Live streaming for Pope's Christmas mass - The Times of 
India 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Live-streaming-for-Popes-Christmas-mass-/articleshow/7148320.cms#ixzz18u3U9KbL



  

[Goanet] The great onion robbery: 135% mark-up from mandi to retail (ToI)

[rajendra kakodkar]

 
Read: 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/The-great-onion-robbery-135-mark-up-from-mandi-to-retail/articleshow/7147837.cms
 
Speculative traders are making super-profits by fixing prices in the onion 
trade while the government is playing around with ad hoc fixes. On Tuesday 
alone, wholesale traders in Delhi bought onions at about Rs 34 per kg while it 
was sold in retail at Rs 80 per kg. That's a margin of Rs 46 per kg or 135%.
 

Exports are definitely restricting domestic supply. India's exports have 
increased from about 7.8 lakh metric tonnes in 2005-06 to over 18.7 lakh MT in 
2009-10. Onion production has also increased, but at a slower rate, from 86 
lakh MT in 2005-06 to over 121 lakh MT in 2009-10.
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Re: [Goanet] Birds, pigs and dogs on Goanet - also Cane not Abel on Goanet!

[Oscar Lobo]

Senhor Dotor dos Reis Falcao e meu caro amigo Bernado Colaco bab!



Magtam tumcam boree saude anee bolaikee Donia Deva lagee - FELIZ NOVIDADE!



Este não é o momento de dar o melharuco para o tat quando nós nos 
lembramos que o saviour estêve carregado para nós.  Todo o Goans, se o 
Hindu, os muçulmanos ou os protestants têm que juntar forças e livrar 
Goa dos evils e dos perils nós enfrentamos.




É hora de manter nosso "orgulho" e de prejudicá-lo de lado e ajudá-lo 
reter o que quer que está à esquerda de Goa.




(If translated in English it would mean: This is not the time to give 
tit for tat when we remind ourselves that the saviour was


born for us.  All Goans, whether Hindu, Muslims or protestants have to 
join forces and rid Goa from the evils and perils we face.




It is time to keep our pride and prejudice aside (Bhamon, Chamar and 
Marr to be one) and help to retain whatever is left of Goa”)




Amchee Mae muntalee (our mother would say) “Mal-criado”, ateek maeucho 
nah amcho mundkar – I am sure none of us fall in that category.


However, those brought up in Jesuit schools are focussed or rather made 
to focus and FOCUS is what we Goans need – not fight with one another.


We need to learn from our fellow Mangaloreans and Keralites the meaning 
of unity – which is best described like the fish tied to a string –


NISHTANCHEE GHATOO. We need to get rid of that tall poppy syndrome, knee 
jerk reaction and aum vodloh as a New Year 2011 resolution.




Once again MARY’S CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 – Let us stop 
bickering (like whinging Pomees.


Every ethnically Indian has to have little bit of Mahatma Gandhi in our 
hearts – otherwise we are a lost community going astray in a maze of fine


distinction of education, wealth, Caste and Creed.



Oscar C. Lobo JP

Councillor

Melbourne,

Autralia.

Cut the stress and deliver results; together we can make a difference if 
we want to.










-Original Message-
From: Santosh Helekar
Sent: Thursday, 23 December 2010 1:19 PM




I am trying to figure out why we hear this grunting and barking on

Goanet from these non-Indians.



Cheers,



Santosh



On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis

Falcão wrote:

>

>

> Bernado Colaco wrote : < spends lots of time with  the

> birds!  BC >>>

>

> <<< I concur with Dr. Santos

> Helekar.  Just incase someone from

> this mini list does not know who is Dr.

> Helekar, visit this link: 
http://www.methodisthealth.com/nineurology.cfm?id=39399   Season's 
Greetings.  Gaspar Almeida  >>>


>

>

>

> COMMENT : Tenha compaixão Sr. Bernado.

> After all, spending hours, days, months and years, studying ‘Complex 
behaviour


> and disorders’ in birds; there is need of some place for 
displacement. Goanet


> in this case. Otherwise like I quoted once before : “ He who sleeps 
with the


> dog, shall rise with the fleas”.

>

>

>

>

> Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.

Re: [Goanet] Panjim Promenade - Rajen Parrikar

[soter]

The problem is that Goa's intelligensia is bankrupt. They have stuffed their 
brains with all the crap from universities but have lost their ability for 
basic logic. Most of Goa's intelligensia, no matter how  much they curse the 
sytem, prefer to be domesticated by the chambers of dirty commerce. They sing 
the music of their master's choice. Here begins the problem.

Goa should have been the land for inspiring good living habits to other 
Indians. But what we teach them is, how to booze and screw. To walk in the 
middle of the roads and disturb the neighbourhood till 3 a.m. in the morning. 
We have allowed them to behave as if the whole of Goa and goan people is at 
their disposal. We cater to their bad habits and call that tourism. When 
pointed out we have Article 19 of the Constitution cited by our bankrupt 
intelligensia. All indians are brothers and sisters does not give the licence 
to abuse and misbehave.  Do we need Prasads, Ramanis, Lamanis and Pandits to 
teach us culture? 

-Soter

[Goanet] Port Town City - Vasco da Gama

[JoeGoaUk]

Port Town City - Vasco da Gama
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrDgtskR60w

 
Railway station, DB fisrt CM, Fish/fruit Market, Municipality, Cruise etc



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] GOANS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE

[Carvalho]

Dear BC,
You are one of those Goans that makes me ashamed of being one. Not one word 
that 
comes out of your mouth makes sense. To your good luck, water seems to have 
found its own level. You've finally found a cabal of fellow-Goans, all of who 
think exactly like you. 


Best,
Selma



  

Re: [Goanet] Prudent Media debate " PORTUGUESE RULE V/S INDIAN RULE"

[Nascy Caldeira]

Hello J C and fellow Goanettors, Pls read me below, in reply to the twisting of 
postings and facts by the likes of Santosh Helekar and now JC his de facto 
defence minister?

--- On Mon, 20/12/10, J. Colaco < jc>  wrote:
"> Ah well ...let me enjoy this lunch of mine consisting of
> some
> super-delicious dal, rice and cabbage bhaji ...quietly
> . before
> some Ozzie (Oi Oi Oi) realizes that I am quite a primitive
> sub-Harijan."
> jc
>
Nascy:
Well well, Looks like the Truth hurts in various ways. 
I have always stated "against the imposition in open and subtle ways the Bans 
and what not to do etc." I have never spoken or written against the choice or 
tradition of anyone in eating or dress habits; nor have I requested a Ban on 
any of these. I have compared, certainly with other like habits , on this 
planet. Everything is good or bad only when compared; else it is like the makad 
praising his own tail.
Always spoken on the Hindu Indians (specially the evil saffron types) forcing 
their habits and traditions on other 'enlightened' Indians. Will always 
campaign against these saffron and Noe saffron dictators who enforce Bans, in 
spite of hypocritical KC and Helenka. These twisters have the gall!!

Nascy Caldera
presently in Manila.

[Goanet] Paijana - Bakibab Borkar Centenary Prizes distributed

[Sandeep Heble]

JCI St. Inez commemorated the Centenary of Poet Bakibab Borkar by
organizing a series of events for school children upto Std X on the
theme of Goa’s legendary Poet, culminating in a Poetry Recital
competition held at the Goa Museum Auditorium at Patto-Panaji. The
prizes of all the events held during the Centenary programme were
later distributed by noted Poet Shri Ramesh Veluskar along with the
daughters of Poet Bakibab Borkar Bharati Borkar Heble and Mukta
Agshikar, Club President Rupesh Golatkar, Event coordinator Sandeep
Heble, JCI Zone XI President 2011 Jc Saiprasad Naik, Past Zone
President Sadashiv Shirsat, Ajay Buva, Siddharth Sakhardande, Gautam
Shankardas, Sachin Kurtikar and others. On the occasion, Artist/
Writer Naguesh Sardesai was presented the Outstanding Young Person
Award, instituted in the memory of Poet Bakibab Borkar, for his
contributions towards Art and culture in Goa.

Following are the Prize winners:

Art:
1st - Gaurav Chatribin,  2nd - Aishwarya Rath, 3rd - Pauras Narvekar
Consolation: Anjali Saini, Asmee Maruti Prabhu, Siya Kesarkar, Ranjit
Vaigankar, Varun Khadpe, Dharmanand Rajan Acahrya, Sabina Sheikh and
Rushabh Fasalkar.

Essay:
1st - Laxmi Shetye,  2nd - Nurjahan K. Bagwan, 3rd - Gayatri V. S. Kudchadkar
Consolation: Shilpa Gaonkar, Anuja Joshi and Akansha Sukhtancar.

Poetry:
1st - Neha Sangodkar,  2nd - Shaswat Salgaonkar, 3rd - Shivam Borkar
Consolation: Gandha Gharse, Samanta Araujo and Sujal Naik.

Poetry Recital
1st – Devashri Kamat,  2nd – Niriksha Pai Kanae, 3rd – Rushabh Fasalkar
Consolation: Shaswat Salgaoncar, Gandha Gharse and Sujal Naik.

Event Photographs available at:
http://tinyurl.com/paijana


yours sincerely
Sandeep Heble
Event Coordinator, JCI St. Inez
9326129171

[Goanet] Octroi on mining

[rajendra kakodkar]

Quepem municipality has decided to levy an octroi of 2% on mining profit. The 
profit on ore is Around Rs 5000 per ton. So the octroi will be Rs 100 per ton. 
Around 20 lac tonne is transported through Quepem. This means the municipality 
will earn Rs 20 crore a year.
Rajendra
Read: 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/QMC-plans-to-levy-2-octroi-on-mining-cos/articleshow/7147876.cms
 

Re: [Goanet] GOANS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

Talking of birds and Indians (or non-Indians), check this out.

The Indian Myna — pushy and invasive

The Indian Myna, Acridotheres tristis, (also known as the Common Myna, Common 
Mynah, Indian Mynah) has earned the reputation of being one of the worst feral 
animals in Australia. It’s likely that if you live in Sydney, Melbourne, north 
Queensland or Brisbane, you’re already familiar with them. 

http://www.mdavid.com.au/mynahs/mynahs.shtml 

as well as 

The common Indian myna bird is fast becoming Australia's number one feral 
enemy! 
In autumn, mynas start to aggregate in large flocks - providing the perfect 
opportunity to trial a new trap that could finally provide a way to remove 
these 
clever and aggressive pests.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/04/08/2044900.htm


- Original Message 
> From: Santosh Helekar 
> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
> Sent: Thu, 23 December, 2010 12:41:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] GOANS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE
> 
> I am trying to figure out why we hear this grunting and barking on Goanet 
> from 
>these non-Indians.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Santosh
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> 

[Goanet] SVM felicitates Colin Gonsalves of HRLN

[sez virodhi manch]

Check out 5 photographs at
http://amkanakasez.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-behalf-of-svm-sez-virodhi-manch.html

SEZ was a bad idea: Gonsalves
http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/sez-was-bad-idea-gonsalves

Jail SEZ ‘patrons,’ demand activists
http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Local%20News/Jail-SEZ-lsquo-patrons-rsquo-demand-activists/44065.html

--
SEZ VIRODHI MANCH
svm@gmail.com
visit: http://amkanakasez.blogspot.com

Re: [Goanet] GOANS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE

[Santosh Helekar]

I am trying to figure out why we hear this grunting and barking on Goanet from 
these non-Indians.

Cheers,

Santosh

Sent from my iPod

On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis 
Falcão wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bernado Colaco wrote : << spends lots of time with  the
> birds!  BC >>>
> 
> <<< I concur with Dr. Santos
> Helekar.  Just incase someone from
> this mini list does not know who is Dr. 
> Helekar, visit this link: 
> http://www.methodisthealth.com/nineurology.cfm?id=39399   Season's Greetings. 
>  Gaspar Almeida  >>>
> 
> 
> 
> COMMENT : Tenha compaixão Sr. Bernado.
> After all, spending hours, days, months and years, studying ‘Complex behaviour
> and disorders’ in birds; there is need of some place for displacement. Goanet
> in this case. Otherwise like I quoted once before : “ He who sleeps with the
> dog, shall rise with the fleas”.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
> 
> 

[Goanet] ALERT: Cash starved KTC to rent out assets, Big builders to benefit from PPP in Panjim & Margao

[rajendra kakodkar]

Goa Govt has over 50,000 employees on whom it spends Rs 1200 crore a year. 
Considering that there are around 2 lac families in Goa, every family pays Rs 
60,000 a year towards their salaries and pension. What do they give the people 
in return? Digu must answer this while celebrating the 50th year of liberatin.
Rajendra 
 
In response to goadesc post: Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL) is
banking on its unutilized assets to make money to fend off
the financial crisis it has plunged into after implementation
of Sixth Pay commission to its employees.
Dhavalikar said that even if corporation plugs all the revenue
leakages, it is difficult for them to come out of red. ?In this
situation, we are left with the option to look at our assets to
earn revenue,? he said.
With the implementation of sixth pay commission, the
corporation has to shell out additional liability of Rs 1.75
crores per month. 

[Goanet] Panjim Promenade - Rajan Parrikar

[Bernado Colaco]

H Berni,

One should not leave their identity in a vacuum. Since you are ashamed of being 
an Indian for once you can choose to be a Goan.

BC

Right you are!!People who come here draped as tourists are disgusting with the 
most?obvious behavioural patterns.? Recently I was traveling in a metro in 
Dubai 
and in walked two Guju couples.? From the time they got in the train to the 
time 
they disembarked, they behaved as if they owned the train - speaking in the 
loudest voice, screeching on the phone.? This brand of individuals make me 
ashamed of being an Indian.
?
Bernice Pereira

[Goanet] songs with mog

[JANE ALPHONSO]

 





hi guys how r u all i hope all r fine. this is my wish for you all  May your 
world be filled with warmth and good chear this Holy season, and throughout the 
year .Wish your christmas be filled with peace and love .Merry X-mas  pls have 
a blast till it last with mog from jane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8XU9A6DJYs
 Dream Girl-Goan Konkani Song (HD)
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l6t4Q7E0Qc 
Konkani song
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMKFigR3D0
Konkani song_Sacrament Sabalb 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfFF8ZHz1I
Konkani song_Istimosav Rozachem 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqkeO2nfoew

KONKANI SONG (2).DAT 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hn9oX5yeBA
KONKANI SONG (6).DAT 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgq1cTLIymM
KONKANI SONG (7).DAT 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMDF9YUHvus
KONKANI SONG (8).DAT 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz3TLEFbcqA
KONKANI SONG (9).DAT 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHvPL54PFSE
KONKANI SONG (1).DAT 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0oO0z4YVYA
KONKANI JOKES 4 AGUSTIN N SALVY 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW53ueL4Wro
RAJA ANI RANI 13(KONAKNI SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtGCzbfsHCY
RAJA ANI RANI 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ZJr6HuJyw
RAJA ANI RANI 8(KONKANI JOKES

[Goanet] Pioneering Goan Ophthalmologist in The Economist

[Roland Francis]

Clinical Trials for retinal implants manufactured by Second Sight, a
California company,  is being pioneered by a group of Retinal Surgeons among
whom is Lyndon D'Cruz a consultant Retinal Surgeon of Moorfields Eye
Hospital in London.
 
D'Cruz was recently highlighted in Goan Voice.
 
This is a link to the article in a recent issue of the Economist.
http://www.economist.com/node/17647663?story_id=17647663
 &CFID=157430928&CFTOKEN=57847194
 
His work does Goans proud. 
 
Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] 'Goenchi Girestkai' - a collection of Konkani poems

[Goa World]

'Goenchi Girestkai' - a collection of Konkani poems

Photos:http://bit.ly/GoenchiGirestkai

Book of Konkani Poems Released: ‘Goenchi Girestkai’ a collection of 
konkani poems by Maria Pereira was released during the Annual Day 
celebrations of the Young Goans Club on December 9, 2010 at the Palace 
Hotel, Adliya, Bahrain.


Fr. Dinesh Mendonca, parish priest of Sacred Heart Church are vivid 
descriptions of our fading age-old professions like render (toddy 
tapper), poder (baker), padekar (coconut plucker), etc. The poet is 
commendable for portraying her love for our mother tongue konkani by 
producing this book of poems.


Hailing from Cansaulim, Salcette, Goa, Maria Pereira is a longtime 
resident of Bahrain and is an active member of the Konkani Community at 
the Sacred Heart Parish.



Info source & photos
courtesy: Xit-Kodi

Re: [Goanet] Panjim Promenade

[Rajan P. Parrikar]

To Goanet -


Bernice Pereira wrote:
>Right you are!!People who come here draped as tourists are disgusting with the 
>most obvious behavioural patterns.  Recently I was travelling in a metro in 
>Dubai and in walked two Guju couples.  From the time they got in the train to 
>the time they disembarked, they behaved as if they owned the train - speaking 
>in 
>
>the loudest voice, screeching on the phone.  This brand of individuals make me 
>ashamed of being an Indian.   Bernice Pereira

What is stopping Goans from instituting public rules and regulations that would
inhibit public display of boorishness endemic in Indians?  And enforcing those
rules?

The loud blaring of music from the Panjim cruise ships and the attendant 
display 
of coarse behavior are not matter of my private opinion.  It is a public 
nuisance that 
intrudes on the lives of Panjim residents.  For 4 years I have fought this 
menace
with the authorities (Environmental Pollution Board, Collector etc).  There 
would 
be a week or two of lull and then the whole cycle would begin anew, with the 
connivance of the authorities and the police.  Only one other Panjim resident - 
Wilfred
Coutinho - had joined hands to combat this; the rest couldn't be bothered.

I could recount my experience with Swapnil Naik who was the collector (or 
something)
at the time.  A more helpless public official would be hard to find.  He well 
knew  
what was going on but didn't have the stomach to take on the more powerful 
interests.  I think he has now moved up the govt babu chain.  One of the cruise
ship owners was a 'core' member of the bogus Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA).
When I once mentioned this issue to him his response was, "Oh my boats don't
play loud music."  End of story, change of topic.

On the campus of the Old Goa monuments you don't have to wait long to experience
extreme uncouth behavior from visiting Indian tourists.  The ghati guards will
swoop on you if you carry a tripod, but you can lavish the place with your
litter, spit & shit, you can talk loudly and create a racket - that is 
perfectly 
fine.
The Archbishop can put a stop to all this if he grows a spine.  So as to keep 
this
'secular' and provide 'balance', I should point out that Mangueshi has also
become another ghati town like Old Goa.  These are both, for want of a
better term, religious brothels now.

And as we all know, our beaches are the ultimate trash cans 
for the rest of the world.  In just over a week (Dec 31), Sharma-jis and
Chatterjees and Iyengar-jis will descend on Goa, trash the place, and
leave.  Goans will have to clean up after the fact, but of course, we have
the people from the bhangi colony to do the dirty work.  We Goans want to
eat some bangddo and go sleep, man.

Regards,


r

[Goanet] YouTube - Mel Torme - The Christmas Song

[Con Menezes]

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

[Goanet] Arre Baba-Divide and Fool

[Vasant Baliga]

Further to what Rajan wrote on Rahul Baba-Akbar amplifies the hypocrisy.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/123585/Third%20Eye/divide+and+fool.html


The quality of governance is recognised by the management of a crisis; the 
depth 
of a politician measured by his ability to convert a crisis into an 
opportunity. 
A good prime minister controls events; a poor one becomes their victim. Each 
event demands attention, for politics is a daily diet, but all facts are 
obviously not equal. It can take time for a headline to etch its way into the 
national memory; the spectrum scandal took two years to become a scar in the 
collective psyche.
Scars might fade but only if the wound is light; in any case, they never go 
away. It may sound like a paradox, but every politician knows that when 
corruption becomes a joke in the voters' discourse, it is no longer trivial. 
Each time an Indian pays some exorbitant price at the vegetable market, he is 
reminded, at some subconscious level, of the number of zeros in Rs 1.76 lakh 
crore. The figure has become a symbol of merciless greed in a culture of 
elitist 
loot.
A historic event is easily defined; it lives across the lifetime of at least 
one 
generation, and shifts perception and faith imperceptibly but irrevocably. 
Bofors is 25 years old, but still works as a metaphor. The attack on Mumbai on 
November 26, 2008 has changed the attitude of Indians towards Pakistan; there 
is 
no longer space in their spirit for adjustment with a neighbour that breeds, 
feeds and protects callous mass murderers and then trots out self-serving 
theories to justify criminal abetment of terrorism.
A significant charm of democracy is that every political crisis is a public 
carnival, open to censure of a judge, reproof of the victim, anger of the 
preacher and buffoonery of the jester. Do not underestimate the joker; a 
politician may find it easier to survive rage than lethal, viral caricature. 
The 
current crisis in the Congress is too evident to bear repetition, except that 
context is always a useful companion for text. The party has self-destructed in 
its secure southern base, Andhra Pradesh, and fragmented a vital alliance in 
Tamil Nadu, states that catapulted it to power in two general elections. The 
compensation in Karnataka, where the BJP is taking a beating, is insufficient 
in 
electoral terms. But it is the situation in the north which is probably more 
worrisome. The returns from its only reliable northern vote bank, the Muslims, 
have suddenly depreciated. In Bihar, more Muslims voted for the Nitish 
Kumar-BJP 
alliance than for the Congress. A repetition in Uttar Pradesh, where Assembly 
elections are likely to be brought forward to November 2011, could deflate the 
party into corrosive depression.
Digvijaya Singh, the party general secretary for Uttar Pradesh, is a clever 
man. 
It is a bit surprising that he proved to be too clever by half. Imitating Abdul 
Rehman Antulay is not the most intelligent option for anyone who wants to make 
Rahul Gandhi the next prime minister of India. Like Antulay after 26/11, he 
sought to resurrect a conspiracy theory that had become passe even in the Urdu 
papers where it once flourished.
The sheer audacity of an event as astonishing as the Mumbai attacks encourages 
doubt, which is the first step towards conspiracy. But surely Digvijaya Singh 
has common sense, unless he sacrificed that virtue at the altar of power. The 
Urdu paper theory is, in brief, that 26/11 was organised to kill Hemant 
Karkare, 
a brave police officer, because he was on the verge of exposing Hindu zealots. 
This implies that Hindu zealots came to a deal with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose 
leader Hafiz Saeed was so delighted that, with the help of ISI, he armed and 
trained 10 young men, and sent them on Jihad to India so that Hindu zealots 
might be protected! I am not a votary of the exclamation mark, but rarely has 
it 
been more necessary. You have to be scarily bonkers to believe such utter 
nonsense. It is one thing when an editor desperate for circulation takes 
recourse to stupidity. When a man who has been chief minister of Madhya Pradesh 
and could be home minister of India promotes such rubbish, we have to worry 
about the health of our politics.
A historic event such as 26/11 creates a national narrative that might blur at 
the edges but is essentially consistent with the truth. Digvijaya Singh 
compromised the Indian narrative in order to flirt with rabid sentiment.
The irony is the Congress is losing the Muslim vote because it no longer 
understands the Muslim vote. Indian Muslims have seen through the deception of 
decades. They are, at long last, rejecting the politics of fear and demanding 
development. Check out Bihar.


  

[Goanet] Season Greetings from CLP/Instituto Camoes, Panjim

[CLP Instituto Camões]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Feliz Natal e Bom Ano Ano!

Wishes from CLP/Instituto Camoes, Panjim

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

[Goanet] Dona Curiosa believes in Santosh Claus

[Santosh Helekar]

Dona Curiosa sent me and a list of undisclosed recipients the following link:

http://www.dancingsantacard.com/en/?santa=499837

She believes I am Santa Claus. No doubt about it. Santa Claus is real.

Ho, Ho, Ho. Merry Christmas!

Cheers,

Santosh



  

Re: [Goanet] GOANS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE

[Gabe Menezes]

On 22 December 2010 03:06, Bernado Colaco  wrote:

> Now I understand why Santos Helekar chirps a lot, he spends lots of time
> with
> the birds!
>
> BC


RESPONSE: Now that was the cheekiest retort, I have ever seen on Goanet! I
too clicked on to the site and was wondering, put on smile or is it genuine?
It is Santosh, not Santos (not saint) of course, no need to take the Mickey!
I too spent a lot of time with the birds, but heaven forbid that I would
want to pick their brains - their fine feathers and posturing was enough for
me to dance around!

Since it is the season of goodwill, here is my contribution:-

The Birdie Song Tweet(not twit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz6iENNnf08


-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goa news for December 23, 2010

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Rift in Cong over Pacheco return - Times of India
Tx89SGgbMOzew
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG2bPjdP_10K3t001kFqgAkQ_ixqQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rift-in-Cong-over-Pacheco-return/articleshow/7148091.cms

*** Sunburn gets Tourism dept backing - Herald Publications
ourism-industry-welcomes-sunburn-goa-news-default-kmwn4iejhje.html">State
tourism industry welcomes 'Sunburn Goa'
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEtvh7rdr5tpUk-MpgJ8EhUTl-Xyw&url=http://oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/Sunburn-gets-Tourism-dept-backing/44048.html

*** In a first, Goa governor summoned by RTI panel - Times of
India
ZEzc9J6cjfdgVyovA4y1-mA
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEOrLj96Ni8vjBUtg1C5HT6LJEv2w&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/In-a-first-Goa-governor-summoned-by-RTI-panel/articleshow/7148054.cms

*** East Bengal lead league table with win over Salgaocar - Sify
eague charts with a solitary goal victory over Goa's Salgaocar
Sports Club here Wednesday. ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGsZ355CpN-etS7QHxKQMwSTKJOsg&url=http://www.sify.com/news/east-bengal-lead-league-table-with-win-over-salgaocar-news-national-kmwxughefed.html

*** Sesa Goa may gain 8-9 from current levels Mohindar -
Moneycontrol.com
% ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH_LlJxlXfTg-1pkPTHHDlNKq0Wdg&url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/stocks-views/sesa-goa-may-gain-8-9current-levels-mohindar_507794.html

*** Bus fares to Goa rise as season peaks - Times of India
ear-air-fare-to-mumbai-may-cut-big-holes-in-your-pocket_1484982">New
year air fare to Mumbai may cut big holes in your pocket
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH1OjeoV2LchQUPYIcMDYasDHniSA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Bus-fares-to-Goa-rise-as-season-peaks/articleshow/7148344.cms

*** Sale of Goa land to foreigners, mafia in 2010 RTI hall of
fame - Sify
fyPanaji, Dec 22 (IANS) Goa politician Rajan Ghate's expose of a
multimillion rupee scam involving the purchase of high value
coastal land by foreigners, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHYenU66BL2X4ynaVtcOjMapnNK6A&url=http://www.sify.com/news/sale-of-goa-land-to-foreigners-mafia-in-2010-rti-hall-of-fame-news-national-kmwmEhijcjf.html

*** Kamat wants onions sold at 40 a kg - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Returning from his trip to Delhi, chief
minister Digambar Kamat on Wednesday held a review meeting with
the heads of departments of agriculture, Goa ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEzvS5Nf33qfbeJl93QLVFT6Llj5A&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Kamat-wants-onions-sold-at-40-a-kg/articleshow/7147880.cms

*** GRE demands Sinquerim jetty only for fishermen - Times of
India
oa agitation if the Sinquerim fishing jetty is not reverted for
the exclusive use of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEEZ5iBeKKVnC4kJBVyf5OUUXGqoA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/GRE-demands-Sinquerim-jetty-only-for-fishermen/articleshow/7147924.cms

*** Prefer Tata Steel, JSW Steel over Sesa Goa: Gupta -
Moneycontrol.com
V18, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE97EaIDVUqudnyoPlxCAUquMCO3Q&url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/stocks-views/prefer-tata-steel-jsw-steel-over-sesa-goa-gupta_507833.html


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

[Goanet] Layers Of Corruption

[Freddy Agnelo Fernandes]

Layers Of Corruption

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Outraged/entry/layers-of-corruption

Here is a nice and factual article on corruption in India which
explains the periphery, the depth and the conduits of corruption
rampaging India which is  very much applicable to Goa, as Goa is
already become a hub if not the pinnacle of corruption and fraud.

About a year ago a clerk was caught, succumbing to corruption in Goa,
it was all news about our governments efforts to do away with the
monster of corruption but has anything happened in reality ?  On that
particular day I had written about how a herd of corrupt elephants are
allowed to go on rampage whereas a corrupt fly is drowned in a cup of
hot tea.

Once in a long while some poor soul is made an example of but the
elite are untouchable, the above article shows us why.

I know Florian Bab has said a lot about the system, has a lot more to
say too and I am sure he will continue saying it. What a pity ! Goa is
not listening. Kaash hum log samej lete, aaj hi naubat nahim aati

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes

[Goanet] GOANS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

Bernado Colaco wrote : <<>>

<<< I concur with Dr. Santos
Helekar.  Just incase someone from
this mini list does not know who is Dr. 
Helekar, visit this link: 
http://www.methodisthealth.com/nineurology.cfm?id=39399   Season's Greetings.  
Gaspar Almeida  >>>

 

COMMENT : Tenha compaixão Sr. Bernado.
After all, spending hours, days, months and years, studying ‘Complex behaviour
and disorders’ in birds; there is need of some place for displacement. Goanet
in this case. Otherwise like I quoted once before : “ He who sleeps with the
dog, shall rise with the fleas”.




Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.

  

[Goanet] Cong MLAs opposed to Pacheco threaten to topple Goa govt

[Gabe Menezes]

Cong MLAs opposed to Pacheco threaten to topple Goa govt

Panaji, Dec 22 (PTI) NCP president Sharad Pawar''s directive to Goa Chief
Minister Digamber Kamat to re-induct controversial MLA Fransisco Pacheco in
the ministry resulted in a group of 10 Congress legislators tonight
threatening to topple its own government in such an eventuality.

The government would be toppled within minutes if Pacheco, a former tourism
minister, is sworn-in, the MLAs said at a press conference here.

Asserting that they would not bow down to any diktat even if it is from the
party high command, the legislators, led by Public Works Department minister
Churchill Alemao, asked Congress general secretary B Hariprasad, in-charge
of state affairs, to immediately rush to Goa to resolve the crisis.

Along with Churchill Alemao, Congress MLAs Joaquim Alemao, Agnelo Fernandes,
Philip Nery Rodrigues, Fransico Silveira, Atanasio Monserratte, Pandurang
Madkaikar, Manohar Asgaonkar, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco and Chandrakant
Kavlekar are lobbying against Pacheco''s induction.

Goa is facing a fresh round of political instability, ever since NCP asked
both its ministers �- Jose Philip D''Souza and Nilkant Halarnkar, to quit
from the state cabinet.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, earlier this morning, asked Chief Minister Digamber
Kamat to immediately drop the two NCP ministers and swear-in Pacheco.

"Pacheco has a murder case against him. He is also named as an accused in
money laundering case. We don''t want anyone with tainted character in the
cabinet," Alemao said reminding that Congress had dropped its own MLA
Dayanand Narvekar when his name figured in the infamous ODI ticket scam.

The 40-seat Goa Legislative Assembly has 20 Congress, 14 BJP, three NCP, two
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and one independent legislator. (More) PTI
RPS VKV
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4730886

COMMENT: Hmm tail wagging the dog?

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] God and You

[Albert Desouza]

Albert writes:- Christmas means the birth of the Jesus. The word became flesh 
and dwelt into this world.God came into this world in the form of Jesus to 
bring us salvation. Jesus gave us assurance that he would lead us to the 
father.Is our religion bringing us salvaton ? No. As long as the catholics do 
not embrace Jesus in word and in thought no salvation can come to us. In the 
life of Jesus he assured Nicodemus salvation. Today he is assuring us 
salvation. We are after worldly gods. We have been embracing instruments that 
are paganic. No human beings can save us except christ then why do we not 
embrace Christ and holding his hand we go to the Father. God himself has 
promised to become our Father. He has promised salvation to us. He has promised 
to look and take care of us. Let us hold God's hand and fall into an embrace 
with Him and allow God to love and nourish us with his loving self. In this 
christmas let us take a resolution not to care too much for statues but to read 
bible and make it part of our self. Every right step in this world is mentioned 
in the Bible. God speaks to us in the Bible and unless and until we make a 
habit and pray to the Lord our God directly by opening our hearts we will 
remain as strangers in the eyes of God. Amen

[Goanet] ALERT: Cash starved KTC to rent out assets, Big builders to benefit from PPP in Panjim & Margao

[Goa Desc]

 ---
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.


Cash starved KTC to rent out assets
--
Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL) is
banking on its unutilized assets to make money to fend off
the financial crisis it has plunged into after implementation
of Sixth Pay commission to its employees.

KTC Chairman Deepak Dhavalikar said that Goa State
Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) has
been asked to submit a feasibility report to rent out the
properties on Public Private Partnership basis to private
players.

“In the beginning, we will work PPP model for Panjim
and Margao bus stand and properties around it,” Dhavalikar
said adding that Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has given
his nod for the proposals.

“The chief minister has said that the feasibility report would
be ready in next two months,” he added.

KTCL completed three decades of its existence during
Dussehra this year but due to Election Code of Conduct,
there was no function organised to mark the occasion. The
corporation has thus organized a function on Tuesday at
12 noon to mark the occasion.

Dhavalikar said that even if corporation plugs all the revenue
leakages, it is difficult for them to come out of red. “In this
situation, we are left with the option to look at our assets to
earn revenue,” he said.

The chairman said that other state transport corporations
have opted for PPP models to make up for the financial
requirements to run the state-owned transport system.

With the implementation of sixth pay commission, the
corporation has to shell out additional liability of Rs 1.75
crores per month. The KTCL has been dependent on
government funds. The state government has recently paid
Rs 4.50 crores to the corporation rather then paying
Rs 3.75 crores to purchase 20 buses under Jawaharlal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Dhawalikar said that the corporation is supported by state
government as and when they require finances but it has also
inherited a loan liability of Rs 40 crore to Rs 50 crore to the
Goa State Cooperative Bank, which is making dent into the
earnings.

“Once we sign PPP, we will ensure that the existing
shopkeepers and offices are given proper spaces.
There will be no burden on common man,” the chairman said.

“At later stage, KTCL will lease out rest of its unutilized lands
to big builders for the construction of malls, hotels and for other
purpose,” Dhawalikar said.

KTCL since beginning had been planning to provide Ticket
Vending Machines to their conductors along with launching of
interstate online ticketing facility to the public. Chairman feels
that this will control duplications of tickets, which leads to loss
of revenue. “The functioning of both will begin in next couple
of months,” he said.
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[Goanet] Panjim Promenade - Rajen Parrikar

[Bernice Pereira]

Right you are!!People who come here draped as tourists are disgusting with the 
most obvious behavioural patterns.  Recently I was travelling in a metro in 
Dubai and in walked two Guju couples.  From the time they got in the train to 
the time they disembarked, they behaved as if they owned the train - speaking 
in the loudest voice, screeching on the phone.  This brand of individuals make 
me ashamed of being an Indian.
 
Bernice Pereira

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Spirit of Adventure

[JoeGoaUk]

Talking Photos: Spirit of Adventure
 
Today at Vasco 22/12/10

Spirit of Adventure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5282245085/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5282241435/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5282247951/sizes/l/
 
with salt fish
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5282857622/sizes/l/

from the fishing jetty (watch kids having fun in the water)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5282267279/sizes/l/

With JoeGoaUk’s trawler
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5282862862/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5282251743/sizes/l/
 
Previous beauties at the same place
 
NRP Sagres
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk29/5168799107/sizes/l/
 
Deutschland
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk13/2316212891/sizes/l/
 
Star Cruise
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/150431499/
 
COSTA ALLEGRA-Genova
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk/167589160/


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[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Christmas Day

[Jude Botelho]

 25-Dec-2010

Dear Friend,

For children and for adults as well, Christmas is synonymous with gifts and 
presents. We all look forward to receiving gifts especially when they are 
unexpected and undeserved. The most important gift that we receive is the gift 
of the infant child given to us, Emmanuel –God in our midst. Every time we give 
a gift to others we can make God present in our world! Have a ‘Jesus-filled’ 
Christmas! Fr. Jude

Sunday Reflections: ‘Feast of the Christmas –Jesus given to us - the gift of 
gifts! 25-Dec-2010 

Isaiah 19: 1-6Titus 2: 11-14Luke 2: 1-14

The first reading from the prophet Isaiah reminds us that Christ came into our 
world as the dawn on our darkness, so that those who believe in him and receive 
him will receive their saviour as the light of their lives. No one is a light 
unto himself, we all grope in darkness and are searching for the light. To 
those 
who live in darkness there is no greater need than to see the light. The child 
born to us is God’s gift to the world, called by many names: Wonder- 
Counsellor, 
Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Light of the World. May we relish the gift of 
light 
–the light of our faith!

Light In the Darkness
The Christmas image of Jesus is that of a light shining in the darkness. This 
image took on a remarkable meaning for Viktor Frankl, a Nazi prisoner in World 
War II. One morning, very early, he had seen some other prisoners digging in 
the 
cold, hard ground. Frankl writes in Man’s Search for Meaning: “The dawn was 
gray 
around us; gray was sky above; gray the snow in the pale light of dawn; gray 
the 
rags in which my fellow prisoners were clad, and gray their faces… I was 
struggling to find a reason for my sufferings, my slow dying.”  As Frankl 
struggled in the miserable cold to make sense of his suffering, suddenly he 
became totally convinced that there was a reason, even though he didn’t fully 
comprehend it. Frankl describes what happened then: “At that moment a light was 
lit in a distant farmhouse, which stood on the horizon as if it were painted 
there, in the mist of the miserable gray.” At that moment, there flashed into 
Frankl’s mind the words of today’s gospel: “The light shines in the darkness, 
and the darkness has never put it out.” Frankl says that experience radically 
changed his entire prison life. It gave him hope, where before he had only 
despair.
Mark Link in ‘Sunday Homilies’

Today’s gospel reminds us that Christmas, the season of gift-giving celebrates 
the greatest of gifts given to us, the gift of his only begotten son, Jesus 
Christ. The goodness and kindness of God is made incarnate in the gift of his 
son. But the gift of God comes in strange and unsuspecting ways. Many did not 
recognize the gift or refused to believe this was the gift of God. This gift of 
the infant is given to Mary and Joseph who believed and welcomed the gift into 
their lives. The gift comes to those who believe and obey. Mary and Joseph 
obeyed the decree of the governor and left their home and travelled through 
Judea to a town of Bethlehem. The journey was inconvenient and came at the 
wrong 
time because Mary was expecting her child, yet Mary obeyed, because this was 
God’s will for them. Our plans and God’s plan are so very often different, but 
we can make His time our time. When the time came for Jesus to be born there 
was 
no room for him, no home, but the stable. Often there is no place in our lives 
for God, no room in the inn, but He comes into our lives because he wants to. 
God comes not in pomp and splendour but in simplicity and weakness –totally in 
contrast to worldly values of splendour and wealth. When we are in need and in 
weakness we create space for him to enter into our lives. Besides his parents 
those who hear the good news are simple ignorant shepherds. On hearing the good 
news they go to ‘see this thing that has taken place’ and they find “Mary and 
Joseph and the child lying in the manger”. It is not enough to hear but we have 
to believe and journey in faith to find the Lord of our lives. This gift of 
Jesus demands faith, it demands that we go out of ourselves to seek and find 
and 
share this gift with others.

God’s Living Word
“For many, coming home never loses its excitement. The prospect of welcome, 
warmth, and the renewal of love, can energize one’s whole being. Some are never 
able to come. Some choose never to come ever when there is someone waiting for 
them to come. Christmas is when most come. Some cannot come all the way 
themselves and somebody from home goes to meet them. Such a journey is never a 
burden but always a joy. To be at home is to be where one feels one belongs, 
where the vulnerable one feels most secure, where the successful one is loved 
rather than acclaimed, where failure is forgiven, where trust evokes new 
beginnings, where the joy of being related is celebrated, where the bonds bind 
together to face adversity. Christmas is a time of bein

[Goanet] Jazz goes Konkani...

[Frederick Noronha]

Goa, pearl of India,
how you haunt us from afar...

Check out Goa by Jacinta Luis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-7QQ9DSFFE&feature=related

PS: In Goa this season? Join a Goanetters' informal meet on Dec 27, 4 to 6
pm at Institute Piedade (Opposite Bread & More, close to Hotel Mandovi).
Please confirm offline... via email or SMS (below).

Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490

[Goanet] Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography translated into Konkani

[D'Souza, Avelino]

Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography translated into Konkani

The Konkani translation of 'My experiments with truth', the autobiography of 
Mahatma Gandhi, was recently released by Ushaben Gokani, Gandhi's granddaughter 
at a function held at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Among those present were chief 
minister Digambar Kamat, Konkani writer Gurunath Keleker, who translated the 
book, and Fr Muzinho de Ataide 

Auction of usufruct mango, cashew trees: The auction for collection of usufruct 
of 90 mango trees and 105 cashew trees of the government cattle breeding farm, 
Copardem-Sattari, will be held on December 27, at 11am, at the office of the 
assistant director, government cattle breeding farm. The initial bidding price 
for the mango and cashew trees for the period of three years, from January 

2011 to May 2014, is fixed at Rs20,000 and 7,000, respectively. Those 
interested should deposit Rs1000, which is refundable, as entry fee for each 
auction one hour before the start of the auction, states a press note. For more 
details contact the government cattle breeding farm. 

Release Mario Miranda's 5-book series: Architecture Autonomous will release 
cartoonist Mario Miranda's five-book series on January 8, 2011, at the Kala 
Academy. 'Goa', 'Travels', 'Bombay' and 'Best Cartoons Book 1' and 'Best 
Cartoons Book 2' are the titles of the books. According to Gerard da Cunha, the 
series editor, 'none of the pictures appear in the coffee table book Mario de 
Miranda'. Copies of the books can be booked at the at the Kala Academy (KA) 
from December 22 (except on December 25) till the release day, for a 'bargain 
prepublication offer'. The books are hardbound and are priced at Rs 495. There 
will also be a clearance sale of Mario Christmas gifts from December 22 to 24 
at KA. 

Prize distribution at Bal Bhavan: The prize distribution of the drawing 
competition and greeting cards design contest will be held on December 21, at 
3pm, at Bal Bhavan, Campal, Panaji. 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Mahatma-Gandhis-autobiography-translated-into-Konkani/articleshow/7135981.cms

~Avelino

Re: [Goanet] IT IS TIME WE PROTECT WHAT IS LEFT OF GOA TO CONTINUE SAYING - PROUD TO BE A GOAN - FATHER OF GOA, PLEASE HELP - CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON 49 YEAR OF INDEPENDANCE - AZAD GOA! - GOA VOITA

[Oscar Lobo]

Hi Carmen!

Let us back Floriano Lobo for what he is worth in gold!

Perhaps, Soter, Minguel and others clean at heart can join the camp.

Regards

Oscar


From: Carmen Miranda

Hi Oscar
The main issue now is not the actual voting, but voting for whom. Where 
are the alternatives, the decent candidates with vision, guts and honesty?

Carmen

[Goanet] GOANS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE

[Bernado Colaco]

Now I understand why Santos Helekar chirps a lot, he spends lots of time with 
the birds!

BC

I concur with Dr. Santos Helekar.

Just incase someone from this mini list does not know who is Dr. 
Helekar, visit this link:
http://www.methodisthealth.com/nineurology.cfm?id=39399


Season's Greetings.

Gaspar Almeida

[Goanet] Carol for the day

[Gabe Menezes]

Elvis - Silent Night

http://www.godvine.com/Elvis-Presley-Sings-a-Fantastic-Version-of-Silent-Night-96.html

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] ALERT: Central Government refused to release funds for KTCL under JNNURM

[Goa Desc]

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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.


To rebuild Marcel bus stand
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Marcel will get a new bus stand soon with the Kadamba
Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL) all poised to build
the same.

“We want to start work on new Marcel bus stand immediately,”
KTCL Chairman Deepak Dhavalikar said adding that the bus
stand would be constructed at the existing spot.

“We have a huge 10,000 sq metre area at Marcel, which could
be utilized to construct bus stand with good facilities,” Dhavalikar
said. The new bus stand would be built at a cost of Rs 3 crore.

Dhavalikar said that the corporation in one year has decided to
take major steps to strengthen its infrastructure and also provide
better facilities for the commuters.

“Every day, 80,000 people commute by Kadamba. It’s our
responsibility to ensure that they are provided good services,”
Dhavalikar said.

He said that after the implementation of sixth pay commission,
the Corporation has tightened noose around errant drivers and
conductors. “We have increased their working hours from five
and half hours to eight hours. There are so many measures taken
to ensure that they work properly,” Dhavalikar said.

The Corporation has also decided to introduce five low-floor
buses on Panjim-Margao route from this week onwards while
order is placed for two Volvo buses to be pressed on Goa-Pune
route.

Dhavalikar said that they have got a sanction of 20 buses under
centrally sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM) scheme, of which first lot of five buses are
being acquired. “It will take more than a month to get rest 15 buses,”
he said adding that the buses were acquired only after government
released fund of Rs 3.75 crore.

Since last several months, the buses were lying idle at private depots
due to the non payments of funds. The central government refused
to release funds under JNNURM after KTCL failed to execute
certain reforms like having parking and advisory policy for the state,
which Goa could not adhere due to its non metropolitan status.

Recently, the state government has also sanctioned Rs one crore
for six buses with 39 seat capacity to be run on Panjim and Margao
route. The KTCL currently has a fleet on 390 buses, which caters
nearly 80,000 passengers every day.
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[Goanet] Boycott corrupt politicians - Stop entertaining and honouring corrupt Goan politicians

[Camillo Fernandes]

Comments :  Camilo Fernandes  - In response to Rajendra's  mail :
 
If it is true that Remo who is a true lover of Goan and is held in high esteem 
by Goan, an international celebrity,  spoke against the Goa MLAs and then 
invited Digu and other politicians to grace and bless his concert in Margao 
last year, as mentioned by Rajendra Kakodkar in his below mail, then I am 
shocked.  This is the problem with Goans.  They will condemn corrupt 
politicians but wine and dine with them at the first opportunity  when it suits 
them and they stand to gain.  Goans have to practice what they preach.  We cant 
condemn corrupt politicians who are ruining Goa during the day publicly and 
then quietly entertain and celebrate with them for our selfish motives.   If 
celebrities like Remo behave in this manner then one what can we expect from 
the average Goan  who often may not be literate and not welll off.  He can very 
easily  be taken for granted and for a ride by Goan politicians.   I hope this 
mail about Remo's invitation to politcians is forwarded to him as well.  
 

 
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:32:30 +0530 (IST)
From: rajendra kakodkar 
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] Stop honouring and celebrating with corrupt Goan
politicians

The suggestions are excellent. But mere writing on Goanet or NT is not 
sufficient. A movement is needed to make politicians feel the pinch.?A year ago 
Remo?wanted to dump all 40 MLAs in the sea. But a fortnight later he invited 
Digu and other politicians to bless his concert in Margao. Too much talk and no 
action?smells of cynicism.?
?
In our once-in 5-year electoral politics, politicians know that they can buy 
gullible voters with?soro-chicken-dudu bonanza in just one fortnight and then 
mint money in the next 130 fortnights. These voters may not even know what 
goanet is.
?
Rajendra
?
In response to:
?
Camilo Fernandes wrote:?I fully agree and endorse?that we should stop honouring 
our corrupt ministers.? Goans had elected these politicians in good faith that 
they would be saving Goa from ruins but they have let us down by being 
traitors, destory and ruin Goa and are only hell bent in amassing wealth for 
themselves.??Goans associations should?never?invite these corrupt and crooked 
politicians to grace their occasions.?
 
Arwin Mesquita wrote: http://www.navhindtimes.in/opinion/letters-editor-236
*
* Stop Honouring Our Corrupt Ministers
*I AM as guilty as many of my other Goan colleagues as I was part of 
associations celebrating Goa?s corrupt ministers. But I have come to my senses 
and hope that my fellow Goans would do the same as well. Goans are honouring 
Goan ministers in Canada, USA, Europe, Gulf, Goa etc and I really need to ask 
the question, Why? Are we honouring the very people who are responsible for the 
sorry state of affairs Goa is in today?
It is these corrupt MLAs that are responsible for doing serious damage to Goa.