[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The African in Goa: Village Goa beyond the Gãocaria (Jason Keith Fernandes, GT)
The African in Goa: Village Goa beyond the Gãocaria Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com Every month the Xavier Centre in Porvorim hosts History Hour, a platform for local (national and international) scholars to discuss their works. In doing so it provides happy stimulation for a diverse audience. Last Friday the Centre played host to the release of Beyond the Beach: The Village of Arossim, Goa, in Historical Perspective. The work of Dr. Themistocles D'Silva, the book is a history of the village of Arossim from which Dr. D'Silva hails from. The work is clearly a labour of love from one of its native sons, perhaps born from the nostalgia that émigré sons feel for their motherland. Dr. D'Silva's work however also continues a longer tradition, that initiated by his father, Justino da Silva. Justino da Silva, was an archivist of village history, having laboured over the genealogical charts of the prominent families of the village. In his presentation of the work at the Xavier Centre, Dr. D'Silva pointed out that he hoped that his book did not remain an isolated work. On the contrary, he pointed out that there was a need for greater numbers of us to put into writing the histories of our villages, increasing the documentation on the rich histories of Goa beyond the beach. Such histories also go beyond the Goan histories obsessed with the sixteenth century and the Portuguese governance of the territory. Indeed, in the course of the presentation Dr. D'Silva pointed to the urgency of the task given that many of the older generation and their memories are passing away, and that private archives fall victim to the ravages of insects and weather. On this front perhaps Dr. D'Silva was being kind to the custodians of these archives. Though Goan society has produced a number of luminaries, the same intellectual drive that powered these luminaries is not necessarily passed on to the next generation. Many archives have no doubt been discarded into dust heaps and kitchen back-yard fires. What is most interesting in this book, is that Dr. D'Silva has written it by combining the various influences that have moulded him as an individual. In doing so, he brings to the fore a central problem in the manner in which we think about the Goan village, and thus Goan identity. A member of the village elite of Arossim, his book locates the village gãocaria (or Comunidade) as one of the points of departure for his narrative. This is not entirely out of place; the Comunidade was a powerful institution in our history and to speak of a village history without delving into the history of the Comunidade would produce a dull, incomplete history. However to speak of the village from the point of view of the Comunidade alone does not exhaust the history of the Goan villages, since there were (and are) a number of people who while living in the village, were not gãocars ofthe village. What would the history of the Goan village look like if we were to write a village history from their point of view? The threads that Dr. D'Silva draws out gives us a hint into this possibility. Dr. D'Silva points out in his book a fact that has by and large been left unsaid and unspoken in the public sphere about the Goan village. This fact is of the presence of African slaves within our village communities. The few voices that do mention the presence of the African are Dr. Savia Viegas, Valmiki Faleiro, and Margaret Mascarenhas in her novel Skin. While speaking of the presence of the African slave in Goa, Dr. D'Silva manages to point out to us that the Goan village was not an idyllic, happy setting for all. These slaves were ill-treated sufficiently to make them want to escape. And escape they did, into the jungles of British-India where slavery was abolished much earlier than it was in Portuguese-India. Dr. D'Silva made reference to the fact that the failure of their master's to provide a nutritious diet to the slaves forced the latter to poach for fish from the village ponds at night. He also pointed to the fact that these African slaves and their descendants lived at the edges of the villages, pointing to their social marginalization. When we speak of the African slave's presence in Goa's villages, we must recognize that their descendants married local men and women, or if they did not marry, in any case produced babies with local persons. This gives to a good amount of Goans, a history different from those of the gãocars -- who in any case could not have been a majority of the population. When speaking of the Comunidade we often create -- as did Dr. D'Silva -- for the Goan, a Hindu pre-history. If we recognize the presence of
[Goanet-News] Goa news for January 14, 2011
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa police suspend cop caught selling drugs - Sify nspector Sunil Guddler, who was caught on camera allegedly selling drugs to two foreign women. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNF6KWK2lcVqpSwnT5sFZDadc5Iotwurl=http://www.sify.com/news/goa-police-suspend-cop-caught-selling-drugs-news-national-lboaEefhgfi.html *** Goa Inc. sees 10% fall in iron ore exports - India Infoline.com rAAufOkw http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFspkkGbF0XPAM6jkIBoTdDEuPWFAurl=http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Goa-Inc.-sees-10-percent-fall-in-iron-ore-exports/5049007271 *** Amaron Pro Racing for students in Goa over the week-end - Oneindia articipation-in-go-karting-on-the-rise-news-national-lbnq4ffdeei.html'Female participation in Go-karting on the rise' http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFih2YCw3yYFT_AJW-TG4u24jODNgurl=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/13/amaronpro-racing-for-students-in-goa-over-the-weekend-aid0126.html *** Autopsy report claims 6 injuries on Cipriano - Herald Publications KO2vv-g http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEmdBGjT_kBGugjlO3Iya_coM0cRgurl=http://oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/Autopsy-report-claims-6-injuries-on-Cipriano/44755.html *** Flying kites in Karnataka, eyeing tourists like Goa - Sify fyWe want to promote tourism, both international and domestic, in Belgaum and because Goa is such a stronghold for tourism in these parts, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEcbQ4fYVTBddDQxXN6O2QvsF3t5Qurl=http://www.sify.com/news/flying-kites-in-karnataka-eyeing-tourists-like-goa-news-national-lbnjEhdccdc.html *** 'Let CBI probe drug mafia-cops cases' - Times of India olice nexus cases to the Central Bureau of ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHm7ppee-JrU8n9GOOxk7jBn6xegwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Let-CBI-probe-drug-mafia-cops-cases/articleshow/7279944.cms *** US-based stakeholders study Goa's tourism potential - Sify airs of the American tourism ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGh09NKkoDHHmKo32xd0n-0M91BBwurl=http://www.sify.com/finance/us-based-stakeholders-study-goa-s-tourism-potential-news-default-lbntEljccdh.html *** Pakistan onions in Goa markets, but prices still a tearjerker - Times of India mes of IndiaPONDA: For the first time about eight tonnes of onions from Pakistan have arrived in the open markets of Goa. The price of onions, however, is yet to fall. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG3T9pHoUfu3-9iir1cnZIGXpsFNwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Pakistan-onions-in-Goa-markets-but-prices-still-a-tearjerker/articleshow/7279945.cms *** DoE grant for Goans soon - Times of India mes of IndiaStudents who have been born in Goa and that have been living in the state for at least 15 years, can avail of financial assistance under the new scheme. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFSLszh-RZuXUInI9LWjC56nNbcnwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/DoE-grant-for-Goans-soon/articleshow/7280019.cms *** Globe-trotting musician to rock at gospel concert in Goa Velha - Times of India mes of IndiaThis weekend, Prasad will perform in Goa, for the first time as a solo artiste, at a concert in Goa Velha. Along with other bands of national repute, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEb2BbUvFFZuhQJVzGm5DR1ssvg_wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Globe-trotting-musician-to-rock-at-gospel-concert-in-Goa-Velha/articleshow/7279883.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038), Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714), Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David Co (2730326), Vardaan (9527463684) SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim (2417288) MUMBAI: David Co (22019010) PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327) BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800) DELHI: Ritana (24617278) ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com/booksdistri.htm, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ---
[Goanet] CONDOLENCES
CONDOLENCES The President, Members and Players of United Friends Club (UFC) - Kuwait, deeply mourn the sudden and shocking death of our Kuwait based Tiatrist ROSARY FERNS (Beloved brother of Fidelis Fernandes, President of KIFF), expired on 12th January 2011. May the Almighty GOD give strength and courage to the bereaved family to bear this loss. May his soul rest in peace. Cajetan de Sanvordem President United Friends Club Kuwait.
[Goanet] Turturi* GAvpa VEllar Mornnanchi Ghantt Vazli
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/33082 XROD'DHANJOLI Turturi* Gavpa Vellar Mornnanchi Ghantt Vazli. Kal solkalim nigtoch offisan pavlolom. Mhozo mobile vazlo. Landline-i velean to fon ailolo. Hanvem hello mhonllem. “Linobab tuka khobor mevlea?” “Kosli?”, tallo vollkicho mhonntoch, hanvem vicharlem “Rosary Ferns, aiz sokollim kallzache attakan somplo”, khinbhor hanv mono poddlom. Mhojea vatten avaz bond zalolo pollenv, tannem mhonllem. “Mhojean hem sotmandunk zalem nam, dekhun; kaim zannank fon korun khatri khortoch, tuka hi dukhest khobor divnk fon kela” Thoddo vell hanvunch xennololea porim zalom. Monn mhojem Rosary Ferns-a vatten oddun ghelem. Tachi ani mhoji vollok-ixttagott tondda purti astali. Vatter vo bhouxik svatter dodd’dat ten’na, ami eka-mekak hanstea mhukamollan zapoitale. Itlench amchem ixttagottichem natem. Punn tachea tiatr kolek mat hanv unch nodren polletalom. Ek vhodd gavpi, tiatr borovpi, digdorspi ani nattkist to aslo. Dekhunuch, tacho nimnno voznadik tiatr Kuwait Soddun Vetana, Konknni tiatr itihasan Kuwaitan tin pavtti rong-machier gazla, ani he tinui pavtti hanvem tacho tiatr bhouch umedin pollela. Mungllurche sonsthen, dusre khepek tiatr machier haddlolo tedna, Konkan Kala Samithi-Kuwait kharbareanchi, Kon’nod lipin borovpeachi, Lancy Rodrigues, digdorspi Rosary-chi ani tiatran khand marun bhumika kortoleanchi tust korun, hanvem tiatracho vimorson (review) mhojea Aitarachea Katkutleo vibhagan boroilo asa. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/26106 Rosary-cho vavr Bharotachea dusrea pranthanlea lokan vakannla. Tea pasot tacho Kuwait Soddun Vetana tiatr, Kuwait Canara Welfare Association-an, Kuwaitche rong-machier Kon’nod lipichea Konknni somudayek tisre khepek dakoila. Nhoinch itlench, halinch Konkan Kala Samithi-Kuwait Rosary-chea tiatrachi nazuz DVD prothixit (presentation) kel’li ti hanvem polletoch, DVD vixim thoddi-bhov turturi* mavlle thollar (internet-ar) kortololom hi mhoji itsa asli ti, okosmat mhojea ixttan dil’le mornnache khobren turture zagear, mornnacheo ghantto vazoilea vorim mhaka dislem. Konknni palkacho anik ek khoddegant khambo kosllun poddlo. 21 Tiatr borun machier dakoileat ani sabar kantaram kessitir, CD-ir, VCD-ir ghaileant. Punn tacho mon bulgavpi ani portean-portean aikun dista, Veeam Bond sangata gailolo mando 'MOGAN TUJEA LASOTAM', mhojea ugddasan omor urtolo. Deva! Amchea ixttak sorgincho visov divnk, amchim prathonam tuje thaim Hanv ani Goa-world.com Team, somplelea Rosary-chea kuttumbak dukhest bhuzvonn ditat. Lino B. Dourado Turturi* - vakhanni Mando MOGAN TUJEA LASOTAM Gaupi: VEEAM BOND ROSARY FERNS Moga mogan tujea lasotam, Uddtam bostanam sopnam sopnetam Ulounk tujea lagim anv lojetam.. Mog tuzo kortam khoxem sangonk chintitam...} 2 Moga mog tuzo kortam gupitu Mog tuzo rigla re mojea kallzantu Ek pautt dhi maka tujem utoru Sodanch tujem rautolem ditam soputu...(repeat Moga) Ganvchea festak tuka poilolo, Fulam laun mojeaxim ailolo Hath mozo kuddik tujea tenklolo Teach vellar mog tuzo kallzant riglolo...} 2 Moga mog tuzo kortam gupitu Mog tuzo rigla re mojea kallzantu Ek pautt dhi maka tujem utoru Sodanch tujem rautolem ditam soputu...(repeat Moga) Igorjen magnem kortam Devaku Gopant mojea add mhunn mojea Franskaku Mevona tor ghatt zato mojea kallzaku. Konnuch naka ankvar rautolem sasnaku..} 2 Moga mog tuzo kortam gupitu Mog tuzo rigla re mojea kallzantu Ek pautt dhi maka tujem utoru Sodanch tujem rautolem ditam soputu. (repeat Moga)
[Goanet] The Beat Root Blues Band Live at Goa Chitra
The Beat Root Blues Band Live at Goa Chitra With surprise guest artists. The blues is a unique form of music that is getting a revival after decades all across the world. For Goans this music is a rare opportunity and history was created at the Goa Chitra amphi-theatre last December with the “Beet Root Blues Band” performing for the first time in Goa. It was a phenomenal first performance and by public demand this all blues band is all set to rock Goa once again on Saturday 15th Jan. 2011 at the Goa Chitra amphi-theatre as part of The Great Music Revival Concert series 2010-2011. This concert series is a creative initiative to raise funds and bridge the gap between the past and the present with the musical ingenuity of Goa’s own testimony to its rich unforgettable musical past, the concert is scheduled to showcase local and international talent. This band has been billed to perform alongside five time Grammy winner Buddy Guy and other blues legends like Jonny Lang, Shemekia Copeland and Matt Schofield at the Mahendra International blues festival in Mumbai scheduled for the 4th, 5th and 6th of February. The Beat Root Blues Band features Pratish Motwane on vocals/harp, Dave Kelly on guitar, Colin D'Cruz on bass and Claude Abranches on drums. And this time round there will be some surprise guest artistes who will jam with the band. Pratish has been passionate about music and the blues in particular as far back as he can remember. He balances a career in the corporate world where he is on the board of directors of several multinationals, with his music career that took off in New York City where he was based in the early nineties. He returned to India and decided to tilt the scale in favor of the blues forming The Beat Root Blues Band in 2004 and then touring the length and breadth of the country over the last six years belting out nothing but every style of the blues. Dave is a UK based, smoking hot blues guitar player who has toured the world as the wailing guitar in innumerable all blues bands. He will be recording and touring with The Beat Root Boys over the next six months. Dave plays every blues man’s favorite axe the Fender telecaster and actually makes the instrument emote onstage. He has been influenced by all the legends that blues has produced over the years and looks forward to performing alongside some of them when the band performs at the biggest ever international blues festival in Mumbai come February 2011. Colin used to be one of the original members of the band before he moved to Goa in 2008 to set up base as a music producer. He runs a state of the art recording studio from his home in Sangolda and has been recording and broadcasting local talent on Goa's 105.4 FM Rainbow. Pratish reconnected with Colin when he decided to record his own songs and along with the recording project, he decided to go on the road with the band once again. Claude is one of India's drum legends. He has been at it for close to four decades starting off as a nightclub drummer in the early seventy’s. He gigged with just about every jazz/blues artiste in Mumbai and around the country on five star hotel residencies before hitting the concert and festival circuit. He has an amazing feel for rhythm and sinks naturally onto the groove of a song even if he plays it for the first time. The concert promises to fire up the audience once again with some smoking blues right through the evening. Every track they cover shall bare a distinct stamp of each musician’s fire power. Be there to enjoy the sheer energy created onstage through some exciting interplay between four virtuosos and their guests. The event will start at 8.00 p.m. sharp on Saturday 15th Jan. 2011 and is inclusive of dinner. There would be limited entry; members and guests are requested to confirm their booking by 12th of Jan to avoid disappointment. For details contact on 08326570877/ 08322772910/09850446065 or email goachi...@gmail.com. Source: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191981370816047ref=mf Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Song for the day.
Disney - Beyond The Sea (Robbie Williams) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLZGtIuUhrMfeature=fvst -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Monitoring seismic activity at Selaulim
Also see (on google-earth) the colour of Kushavati and distinctly see how it discolours Zuari where the two join. The siltation of rivers may be enough for Pollution Bord to stop all mines around Kushavati. Rajendra 0n Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:26:09 -0500 Reboni Saha reb...@mozaic-design.com wrote: So many words and such mystery...! When will we cut to the chase and simply look at why mines have been allowed so close to the dam? Just look at a google map and mystery may be solved. Our state allows mines to go below the water table drying up whole townships, destroy our freshwater springs, silt our rivers killing marine life, and poison our air leaving people with severe health problems, so why not allow tremors to our dam?
[Goanet] ROAD SAFETY WEEK UPDATE (9): 55-year-old killed by speeding car in Dabolim mishap
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --- TN native killed in Dabolim mishap A 55-year-old native from Tamil Nadu but residing at Galinth-Bogmalo was killed on Saturday afternoon when a speeding car rammed his parked scooter along the Bogmalo road at Alto-Dabolim. According to Vasco police, George Mayday had parked his scooter (GA-02-L-5348) along the Bogmalo road and was waiting for his child to receive him after school. A speeding car Maruti Ritz (GA-06-D-2680), driven by Rohit Prakash Pandey (18), rammed into the scooter from the rear and Mayday was killed on the spot. An eye-witness to the incident said the car was at a high speed, when it rammed into the scooter. “The man was flung to a distance of nearly 10 metres and banged his head on a stone. The car later went off the road,” said Dharamveer. - HERALD 09/01/11 page 1 - -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK -- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa -- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: *goa...@gmail.com* Visit: *http://goacan.blogspot.com *--
[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Who the Bleep cares about us Catholic Goans?
To my knowledge there are two different words: The Konkani word for a prostitute is 'cheddi' - for a widow it is 'randd.' Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna, Goa Mob: 9420979201 It's a telling fact that in Konkani the word for prostitute and widow is the same.
[Goanet] Certain cases taken up on priority basis, says Goa State Commission for Women
--- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --- Cases taken up on priority basis, says GSCW Goa State Commission for Women (GSCW) today said that certain cases need immediate priority, which is the reason why few other cases remain pending. “We go by proper procedure. It is a judiciary proceeding… but there are also cases which require urgent attention such as the incident of a woman who was allegedly beaten up by the police at Bicholim on Sunday,” GSCW chairperson Ezilda Sapeco said referring to statements on delay in inquiries. The commission received 222 cases in 2010 of which 30-odd cases reached logical conclusion. “In almost all cases, we visit the spot in person apart from counselling aggrieved parties in the commission office. We have to send notices, summons, record statements and execute other actions to solve a case…Each case has to be paid special attention and we make it a point to bring these cases to logical conclusion,” she said. The commission refrained itself from probing Nadia Torrado’s death which kept making headlines after alleged involvement of the former tourism minister Francisco Pacheco. HERALD 04/01/11 page 2 - -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK -- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa -- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: *goa...@gmail.com* Visit: *http://goacan.blogspot.com *--
[Goanet] SMILE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , IT'S WEEKEND (13/01/2011)
THIS IS.. A Pakistani tourist (Ayub) after a long walk in one of very fancy clean streets of Delhi found himself needing to urinate very badly. After a long search he could not find any place and eventually couldn't control himself and chose a silent corner of a clean street to release himself. As he was just about to start, from nowhere a Delhi police official (Shivanand) approached him:- Shivanand: Hey, What do you think you are doing here? Ayub: Sorry sahab, baddi jorse laghi hai, I have to pee. Police : No peeing here, okay? Follow me. The Police officer (Shivanand) took him to a beautiful garden nearby with lots of grass, flowers and singing birds around. Shivanand: Pee here as much you want and have a nice day. Ayub: Thank you very much Sir..., that's very nice of you, is this Indian courtesy? Shivanand: No...this is The Pakistani Embassy! Cajetan de Sanvordem Kuwait.
[Goanet] Smart sanitation
I thought members would be interested in the enclosed item. Best regards, U G Barad Smart, eco-friendly sanitation for all By - S Vishwanath THE PIONEER January 12, 2011 The technology choice that China made for sanitation and wastewater management has led to not only blistering economic growth but also rapid urbanisation as it helped Beijing reduce GDP loss that poor sanitation brings The four storied apartments in Dongsheng District of Erdos Municipality in Inner Mongolia, China look like any apartment, all 825 of them. They look the same that is until you use the toilet. Detailed instructions nailed to the door tell you how to use them. The urine diverting toilets flush with sawdust instead of water. Urine is collected in tanks tucked away in the basement of the building and used as a fertiliser in a surrounding agricultural field. The solids are composted and reused also as fertiliser. Grey-water coming from the washing machine and bath is treated at a small treatment plant in the development and reused for landscape use. The people who bought the flats did so knowing fully well the systems of sanitation in place and paid the same market rates as the flats which had conventional sanitation systems. This is China's brave new world of waste and wastewater management. China, and rural China in particular, has been well-known for centuries for reusing human waste as a fertiliser. Legendary tales are told of farmers competing with each other in inviting passers-by to use toilets in their fields so that they could access the fertiliser. There was never any waste only a resource according to the Chinese farmers. This was, however, a small part of the story. Rural sanitation has been a problem for long. In 1996, only about 20 per cent of households had access to sanitation. The prevalence of open defecation, the use of the traditional pit latrines and in general bad sanitation practices, including the application of untreated human waste for agriculture, had led to the high prevalence of intestinal diseases such as worms in the rural population. A focussed attention first on rural drinking water supply improvement then followed by sanitation access improvement has resulted in about 50 per cent of the populace having access to safe sanitation by 2003. The technology choice made for sanitation was also interesting. These included five major types of sanitation systems - the triple compartment septic tank type, the double barrel urn type, the methane generation digester type, the eco-san separate urine faeces collector type and finally the conventional sewer type. While the first and the last are designed exclusively for isolating and treating sewage to safe standards only, the remaining three systems are designed not only for safe treatment but for reuse of nutrients as well as for generation of energy in the case of the methane digester type. Take the case of the urine diverting dry toilets. The UDDT'S have a pan designed that collects urine and faeces separately. In the case of washers the wash water is also collected separately. The first experiment in Guangxi Province started with the construction of 70 toilets in Dalu village in 1997. This was followed by the construction of 10,000 UDDT's in 1998 and then scaled up to the construction of 6,85,000 toilets in 2003. The construction of the UDDT's has thus been mainstreamed as one of the sanitation alternative while providing the nutrients that farmers need for their fields in a safe and hygienic manner. The factors for such a rapid and large up-scaling has been the cultural acceptance of the technology, the water scarcity in the villages also makes the UDDT attractive as it needs no water for flushing, the availability of compost and urine as fertilisers, the technological and political commitment to improve and implement such a system. The methane digester type of toilet, much like our biogas systems, has an innovative component to it. Typically, the toilet of the house is also connected to pig rearing, a poly-house and vegetable cultivation. The Chinese call it the four in one model. Pig effluent and human effluent go into the methane digester that produces biogas for cooking and for electricity for the house usually not connected to the grid. The digested effluent is used as a fertiliser inside the poly-house used for vegetable cultivation by the rural family. More than a million such units have been established and are running all across China. Till the 1970s, China meandered along with a set pattern of slow growth till Deng Xiaoping unleashed the economy. The result, decades later, is not only a blistering economic growth but also rapid urbanisation. More than 46.60 per cent of China lived in urban areas in 2009 and the tipping point of 50 per cent is expected to be reached by 2015. More than 300 million Chinese will move in to cities between 2010 and 2025. This will put a tremendous
Re: [Goanet] Niz Goemkar - Amchem Goem amkam zai
Dear Freddy, Wishes for the New Year et al. BTW, though I usually appreciate what you utter, I would like to disagree with you when you say: It's true, gone are the days of integrity and honesty, today they are just mere tools left in some dark corner gathering dust. The reason for my disagreement is that even Jack de Sequeira was surrounded by person of lesser integrity and lesser love for GOA and Goan Identity. These same persons ditched Jack de Sequeira in favour of the marauder Bandodkar. To cite an example, J.M. D'Souza was the first one to break the Camel's back. :-) followed later by lesser mortals like Orlando Sequeira. I further say that there are a lot more persons of integrity today, in Goa, who have no courage to come forward to call a spade a spade. The reason again is that apart from the fright and fear of the erstwhile Portuguese, the fright and crippling fear of the neo colonizers who, so called, 'liberated' Goa through invasion and annexation where the Catholic Community was terrorized and persecuted, some even paraded half naked and beaten and spat-upon on the streets of Panjim, thus negating the simply swallowed theory of 'Liberation' I am one amongst them (including you) who has defied the natural law of remaining quiet or to refrain from calling a spade a spade. I have even publicly called Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the icon of India, a LIAR w.r.t. promises made to Goa and Goans of preserving the unique Goan identity. I have called Indira Gandhi the collaborator of her lying father who took her father's lies a step forward to go ahead and sanction the most 'could be damaging' to Goa and Goans .. Opinion Poll of 1967. There are others, like Adv. Antonio Lobo ( not related to me ) who has publicly called the Indian Constitution a 'rag' because it has taken away in one hand what it has given to its citizens with the other. Here, I am talking about the amendment of the Constitution of India incorporating therein the Article 31B which created the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution wherein all the laws previously declared to be void by the Courts or deemed to be so were protected after the Parliament of India voted to put them in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, the entries nos. 201 and 202 - the 'Goa Daman and Diu Agricultural Tenancy Act has made the 'tenants' (even of one year duration) the land lords. The person to be blamed for dispossessing the Communidades in general and the land owners in particular is the first CM of the Congress Party (the chronic Mergerite) ..Mr. Pratapsing Raoji Rane, much more deadlier than the Bandodkar duo, who, with the help of Indira Gandhi ( who was enjoying 2/3rd majority at that time in the Parliament) saw it fit to bulldoze these anti-Goan legislations through the Parliament. Hopefully, all those multitude of Goans who are on the top rung of the 'integrity' ladder will follow the leaders who have openly shown their integrity and love for Goa and Goans. Hopefully, it will not be entirely ' A WISHFUL THINKING'. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org - Original Message - From: Freddy Fernandes ffernandes@emaar.ae To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Camillo Fernandes camillofernan...@hotmail.com Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 5:14 PM Subject: [Goanet] Niz Goemkar - Amchem Goem amkam zai My friend Camillo's post Niz Goemkar - Amchem Goem amkam zai is a reminder of the coffin that we Goans are preparing for Goa with great reverence and enthusiasm. The great leader Dr. Jack de Sequeira and those around him were well and truly selfless and not like the self seeking ones that we have today. It's true, gone are the days of integrity and honesty, today they are just mere tools left in some dark corner gathering dust. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Re: [Goanet] Did the internet kill rhetoric?
On 13 January 2011 02:51, rajendra kakodkar rskakod...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Read: http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2011/01/american_political_discoursefsrc=nwl COMMENT: In response to 'reload' the cat comes out fighting with 'blood libel' full read @ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/100613/20110113/sarah-palin-blood-libel-polotical-rhetoric-video-jews-murder-christian-children-blood-rep-gabrielle.htm Believe me you; last year. on this site, we would have had a full double barrel blast, spiel defending Palin. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] LECTURE: 'Art and Environment'
QUOTE: To break the ice on Science related issues, NIO Goa University are organizing a lecture- ?Art and Environment? UNQUOTE RE: What is meant by to break the ice on science ...? And what is Subodh talking about? Art or medicine, or ice? Charudatta Prabhudesai
[Goanet] Nairobi Photos Kenya - Beautiful East African City Photos from 2007 to date
Gabe sent me the link. This has been achieved inspite of the two billion hauled out by Zurich on behalf of Moi. I see significant Aga Khan Ismaili Trust Funds at work. The community pools funds that then finances their hospitals and education spending. eric. Kenya - Beautiful East African City Photos from 2007 to date Except for a few sites this is not the Nairobi we knew. http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-51356.0.html
Re: [Goanet] misfired price blame
This gets complicated. Remember the industrialists; Seems that Gandhi's concern was to keep businesses happy, or was it was only the Birlas?! If he was around and seeing the India of today, its is apropos to speculate that he could have had a second or third awakening -- a major one, much on the lines of people just trying to stay on track. The first being when he was pushed onto the platform at Pietermaritsburg. I hope I will not be considered a spoiler, but the following links are worth looking at and factoring within larger thoughts. Pietermaritzburg: The Beginning of Gandhi's Odyssey http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/Pieter.html ++ Worth knowing: Gandhi - Financial History - Part I http://www.malaysia.net/lists/sangkancil/2000-12/msg00356.html (excpt 1) Gandhi gave his blessing to the abundant wealth of Birla with his teaching on trusteeship, a concept which asserted the right of the rich to accumulate and maintain wealth, as long as the wealth was used to benefit society. Gandhi apparently borrowed the concept of trusteeship from the writings of the American millionaire, Andrew Carnegie, who had used trusteeship to promote capitalism over socialism. (excpt 2) Apparently Gandhi had reasons for publicly seeming to support a party (Swaraj, vjp) which he admitted in private he was against. Similarly, Gandhi voiced radical views against capitalism and industrialism in his public speeches and writing: Industrialism is, I am afraid, going to be a curse for mankind Industrialism depends entirely on your capacity to exploit.[56] ++ Gandhi, Globalization, and Quality of Life: A Study in the Ethics of Development http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/articles/gandhi_globalization.htm ++ He did reject the factory model of industrialization,and rather preferred that a machine be kept idle than a man/person. This I deeply believed from the time I was around 20 that this should have been the model for India, Not having NAM and then chucking it all away. It is know that Gandhi preferred that money be in the pockets of the factory owners rather than extra money in the hands of the workers. I can relate to do if one grooms a society to live a particular kind of life, where the factory owner has specific responsibilities that lead to a comprehensive understanding as well as dispersion of egalitarian values. Imagine if when TV was introduced in Doordarshan had basic civic learning to all of us, not just the poor, as in Lahan Kutumbh Suki Kutumbh! As also along the lines of;defecating (and building the necessary amenities), spitting pan, groping. Its not just the poor -- the wealthy do it too; and mass training would have made the poor see that they too can at time rebuke those to the haveli born (to the manor born).. . Also when we look at the license raj etc., it helps to note that Mrs Gandhi took advice from industrialists -- right so, but who in the first place could not imagine the idea of competition, Most of them simply could not see other ways of operating and furthering a country like India. It was a particular myopia to say the least. Having said that I happen to live in the West, and for what its worth adding -- there are many things that led to it. Personally speaking, some of us are much better out of India than dead. It not fear needless to add. venantius j pinto Message: 9 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:44:12 +0530 From: soter so...@bsnl.in To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] misfired price blame Eric wrote: Had Gandhi lived, there would certainly have been a new freedom movement, with a restoration of a free economy, enterprise without today's crony capitalists. Comments. Definitely. Gandhi would have started a second struggle to free the villages from central domination. We would have had thousands of republics independent and yet dependent on each other. That would have gone against the capitalist interests and so he was silenced by the gun. But Truth remains the Truth, no matter what the government does to conceal it. Operation green hunt and jailing Binayak Sen is not going to curb dissent, it will only increase it. This nation will pay dearly for its economic greed. We are a billion people and not in millions like the west. We need food and water security, not uranium, armament and computer technology. India's green revolution may have created a short term surplus of food but it has poisoned the land and water and rendered it unproductive in the long run. Punjab is a victim of fertilizers and pesticides. Looks like China will bring India to its senses sooner or later. -Soter
[Goanet] Calf injured, dog killed in Bicholim leopard attack
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM, JAN 12 A leopard killed a dog and a calf in Bicholim on Tuesday, causing panic among the residents in the area. According to reports, a leopard killed a dog belonging to one Pandurang Gawde from Walshi Vathadev, Bicholim, on Tuesday night. Gawde later recovered the carcass some meters away from his residence. Speaking to Herald, Gawde said the leopard had attacked his dog some two days ago near his house. “The leopard has been spotted here and it had attacked the dog some two days back and it escaped only because we came out of the house,” informed Gawde. “As the dog was afraid here, he went to my brother’s house which is some meters away from my residence, where the leopard caught the dog,” added Gawde. In another incident reported at Van- Maulinguem at about 1.15 am on Tuesday, a leopard attacked a calf belonging to one Dhiraj Bhide.
[Goanet] India Must `Copy' China Stockpiles Policy to Curb Food Prices: Adani
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-12/india-must-copy-china-policy-to-curb-food-prices-adani-says.html
Re: [Goanet] Rahul's misfired price blame
As Soter says Rahul, the mom's boy, is immature and bound to be confused even on simpler issues leave alone complex price rise. Even seasoned politician like Pranob Muhkorjee on TV was lost exclaiming whether growth was 2.7% or 3.7%? Montek looked worried, not for the price rise, but that the extent to which this food inflation has prolonged threatens to undermine Manmohan and atleast 20 economists stashed in his office. Marlon thinks that government contols of pre-1991 Licence Raj era are gone. They look like gone. But still firmly with politicians through proxies.the business community. Busnessmen make money share with politicians and make Marlon think rosy by buying out media using Radias. Remember, no Ads no Rajdeeps and no Bharkhas. Give alms (NREGA) to BPL, get their votes and return to power. Why otherwise, India with mere 2% of World GDP, has2 in top 5 world richests? 3 in top 10 world richests? 9 in top 50 world richests? Law of averages allows only one Indian to be in the top 50 richests. China with 7% of World GDP, has0 in top 10 and 3 in top 50 world richests. China has similar demographic features as India. And all this without accounting equivalent Swiss bank riches of Indian politicos. Rajendra marlon menezes goa...@yahoo.com said: So are you saying that India should revert back to the days of even greater government controls? If anything, it is the very lack of continued economic liberalization that is in part contributing to this inflation. Some 40% of India's produce gets ruined even before it reaches the market place. The leftists and congress are reluctant to implement reforms because it would go against their vote banks - the mom and pop retail vendors. soter so...@bsnl.in said: Rahul Gandhi now seems confused over the rising food prices. Blaming it on the allies in government is not a mature political statement. The faster he realises that the country is paying for the disastrous adventures of the economist troika of Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Manmohan Singh and PC Chidambaram, the better will it be for the nation.
[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Who the Bleep cares about us Catholic Goans?
Dommic Fernandes wrote: To my knowledge there are two different words: The Konkani word for a prostitute is 'cheddi' - for a widow it is 'randd.' In Salcete the words, rand, randi and randul are all used to mean either prostitute or widow. Hence the famous Salcete mando Pakle te choddun nu re, te eke rand bhaile. Historian Fatima Gracias writes in her book Women of Goa: There were four catergories of women who preformed duties at the temple; Colvontas, Chedvans, Deulinas and Bandens. In Salcete the word Colvont is also used for prostitute very frequently. I know don't if I'm making the correct deduction here but chedvan could have been corrupted into chedvi again to mean prostitute. And since the word chedvan also means girl, the word chedvi could simply be a corruption of the word girl. But this is just my own hypotesis based on phonetic sounds of these words having no bearing to the actual etymology and could be entirely wrong. Best, selma
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 37
An honest politician, India's PM Shri Manmohan Singh, was not voted to power (rather rejected) by our voters. It's madam's goodness that we have him as our PM. This is the state of affairs today and it has come her to stay, until... Fausto Camillo wrote: For those who don't know, Dr. Jack de Sequeira quit politics the day he lost the Santa Cruz constituency seat to Michael Fernandes. Will any of our present day politicians do such a thing? Comment: Thanks for binging back memories of our great selfless goan politicians. But that is history now. Gone are the days where the commandments were taken seriously, 'thou shall not steal' , 'thou shall not covet thy neighbour's wife' and 'thou shall not covet thy neighbours goods'. Today we have talk about 'competitive edge' and 'market share'. Thou shall encroach upon thy neighbours property, thou shall keep thy wife and also enjoy one more, thou shall deceive without getting caught and thou shall be rewarded with the 'Man of the Year'. That is what Goan society has been transformned to, it is called development after liberation. Can we expect this crooked and greedy generation to vote politicians like Dr. Jack Sequeira and others? -Soter
[Goanet] Difference between Complete Finished....
Difference between COMPLETEANDFINISHED Some People Say There Is NO Difference Between Complete COMPLETEFINISHEDBut There IS. When You Marry The Right ONE, You Are CompleteCOMPLETE. And When You Marry The Wrong ONE, You Are FINISHED. AND When The Right ONE Catches You With The Wrong ONE, You Are COMPLETELYCOMPLETELY FINISHED.
[Goanet] Rosary Ferns - The Last Journey
Rosary Ferns - The Last Journey Rosary Ferns. He was into tiatr / singing long before he joined Kuwait. I still remember his tiatr a ‘ladies show’ (don’t remember the title) And this must be in early 70’s when he was just about 18 years old. Although, I heard about him a lot, never had a chance to see him performing live. Last month i.e.28th Dec.2010, we had planned to go Talaulim/Navelim Musical Show in which he was also performing but we could not make it. Again, Rosary was performing for Constatino Crasto in his tiatr TUMCHEM SUKH AMCHEM DHADOSPONN. Rosary Ferns was in Goa since Dec.15. He died at the age of 48. Funeral: The Colva Church was full to the capacity. Many tiatrists spotted Namely, Anthony San, Simon Gonsalves, Peter, Peter De Beanaulim, Mario Menezes, Premanand Lotlikar and his wife, Wilson (Wilmix), Com. Agostinho, Filipe Almeida, Mitta or Cynet, Philu, Mini Mario, C D Silva, Com. Dias, Marcelin de Betim, Minin de Bandar, Bonnie, Marcus Vaz, Roseferns, Victor, Antush, Tari, Cyriaco, Com. Seby, Com. Nato etc I may have missed at least 10 Musician Agnelo Dias played his trumpet Funeral special at the grave. Video – Last Journey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VBVOYqugP4 The end part of the video lip with special added footage With Sons, Song, cemetery etc The pics With Priests. Confrad etc http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5352002481/sizes/l/ Sons: Cynan and Cullen http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5352607710/ view from the main altar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5351990975/sizes/l/ the last journey http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5352005991/sizes/l/ Middle http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5351992967/sizes/l/ Front http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5352652784/sizes/l/ With coffin http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5351989639/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5351988483/sizes/l/ close up- Coffin http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5351985025/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5351986175/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5352593522/sizes/l/ news paper Obituary ad http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr8/5351060098/sizes/l/ he funeral clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VBVOYqugP4 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] GOA SUDHAROP: GEMAI New Year's Eve dance report
Thanks to all who attended and supported the second GEMAI New Years Eve dance in the San Francisco Bay Area, proceeds to benefit Goa Sudharop. GEMAI stands for Goans, East Indians, Mangaloreans, Anglo-Indians. The GEMAI event is an attempt by the WORLD G.O.A.N. Network to reach out to our fellow communities. The event was a complete success. Apologies to those who had to be turned away since the event sold-out. Dance proceeds were approximately $800 and your generous donations received were approximately $7,300 (includes an anonymous donation of $5,000 towards children orphanages/AIDS cause in Goa). The volunteer committee of Joe Acaria Almeida, Oscar Loreen DSilva, Tony and Melanie Moniz, sincerely thank everyone and appreciate their presence, participation, support, help at the event (set up/ cleanup and bar assistance), and donation of raffle gifts including Goa's Kazkar Feni, from Wine Globe and Joanie’s homemade Mid-Night Lemon coconut cookies. We would also like to thank DJ Clint John for his fun music, Stephen Coutts Sr. for emceeing the event, and Malcolm Elaine D'Sa (3D Gourmet Catering) for the delicious dinner and for helping to make this a successful fund-raiser and an enjoyable event. Also thanks to our youth that helped with checking in our guests and with ticket sales.
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (14Jan11)
*** Olinda cries over Onions *** How often I cried when I cut Onions so many Now I hang my head and sigh cos I can't afford any! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] Rahul's misfired price blame
Marlon wrote: Right now, international multi-brand stores are banned from entering the Indian market. Without that, there is not going to be any best of practices expertise and implementation in food processing and logistics management. Comment: Do you think that the world is any better than the past? His Holiness The Dalai Lama's writings title the paradox of our times may help answer your question. We have more degrees, but less sense More knowledge, but less judgement More experts, but more problems More medicines, but less wellness We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often We have learnt how to make a living, but not a life It is only when we withdraw from the 'Mad rush' which Gandhi spoke about, that will we be able to see the contradictions in what is called progress. When we produce for profits that the rotting of food begins, when we produce to sustain ourselves we can enjoy every bit of it. -Soter
Re: [Goanet] WOW - Words of Wisdom
BARROS FAMILY Wish you and your family A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR FILLED WITH LOVE ,JOY,PEACE,HAPPINESS , PROSPERITY , GOOD HEALTH TOO From: meet.emi...@gmail.com To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@zapata.dreamhost.com Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:19:14 +0530 Subject: [Goanet] WOW - Words of Wisdom You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let's celebrate together. (MATTHEW 25:21).
[Goanet] Goa news for January 14, 2011
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa police suspend cop caught selling drugs - Sify nspector Sunil Guddler, who was caught on camera allegedly selling drugs to two foreign women. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNF6KWK2lcVqpSwnT5sFZDadc5Iotwurl=http://www.sify.com/news/goa-police-suspend-cop-caught-selling-drugs-news-national-lboaEefhgfi.html *** Goa Inc. sees 10% fall in iron ore exports - India Infoline.com rAAufOkw http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFspkkGbF0XPAM6jkIBoTdDEuPWFAurl=http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Goa-Inc.-sees-10-percent-fall-in-iron-ore-exports/5049007271 *** Amaron Pro Racing for students in Goa over the week-end - Oneindia articipation-in-go-karting-on-the-rise-news-national-lbnq4ffdeei.html'Female participation in Go-karting on the rise' http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFih2YCw3yYFT_AJW-TG4u24jODNgurl=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/13/amaronpro-racing-for-students-in-goa-over-the-weekend-aid0126.html *** Autopsy report claims 6 injuries on Cipriano - Herald Publications KO2vv-g http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEmdBGjT_kBGugjlO3Iya_coM0cRgurl=http://oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/Autopsy-report-claims-6-injuries-on-Cipriano/44755.html *** Flying kites in Karnataka, eyeing tourists like Goa - Sify fyWe want to promote tourism, both international and domestic, in Belgaum and because Goa is such a stronghold for tourism in these parts, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEcbQ4fYVTBddDQxXN6O2QvsF3t5Qurl=http://www.sify.com/news/flying-kites-in-karnataka-eyeing-tourists-like-goa-news-national-lbnjEhdccdc.html *** 'Let CBI probe drug mafia-cops cases' - Times of India olice nexus cases to the Central Bureau of ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHm7ppee-JrU8n9GOOxk7jBn6xegwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Let-CBI-probe-drug-mafia-cops-cases/articleshow/7279944.cms *** US-based stakeholders study Goa's tourism potential - Sify airs of the American tourism ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGh09NKkoDHHmKo32xd0n-0M91BBwurl=http://www.sify.com/finance/us-based-stakeholders-study-goa-s-tourism-potential-news-default-lbntEljccdh.html *** Pakistan onions in Goa markets, but prices still a tearjerker - Times of India mes of IndiaPONDA: For the first time about eight tonnes of onions from Pakistan have arrived in the open markets of Goa. The price of onions, however, is yet to fall. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG3T9pHoUfu3-9iir1cnZIGXpsFNwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Pakistan-onions-in-Goa-markets-but-prices-still-a-tearjerker/articleshow/7279945.cms *** DoE grant for Goans soon - Times of India mes of IndiaStudents who have been born in Goa and that have been living in the state for at least 15 years, can avail of financial assistance under the new scheme. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFSLszh-RZuXUInI9LWjC56nNbcnwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/DoE-grant-for-Goans-soon/articleshow/7280019.cms *** Globe-trotting musician to rock at gospel concert in Goa Velha - Times of India mes of IndiaThis weekend, Prasad will perform in Goa, for the first time as a solo artiste, at a concert in Goa Velha. Along with other bands of national repute, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEb2BbUvFFZuhQJVzGm5DR1ssvg_wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Globe-trotting-musician-to-rock-at-gospel-concert-in-Goa-Velha/articleshow/7279883.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Rahul's misfired price blame
This is further to my expressed views on Rahul.. any utterance by Rahul is always a misfire. He survived and survives all his misdeeds only because of Gandi tag. Take this tag away; he is big Zero. Even at forty he is proving himself to be Baba-Rahul. Best regards, U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The African in Goa: Village Goa beyond the Gãocaria (Jason Keith Fernandes, GT)
The African in Goa: Village Goa beyond the Gãocaria Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com Every month the Xavier Centre in Porvorim hosts History Hour, a platform for local (national and international) scholars to discuss their works. In doing so it provides happy stimulation for a diverse audience. Last Friday the Centre played host to the release of Beyond the Beach: The Village of Arossim, Goa, in Historical Perspective. The work of Dr. Themistocles D'Silva, the book is a history of the village of Arossim from which Dr. D'Silva hails from. The work is clearly a labour of love from one of its native sons, perhaps born from the nostalgia that émigré sons feel for their motherland. Dr. D'Silva's work however also continues a longer tradition, that initiated by his father, Justino da Silva. Justino da Silva, was an archivist of village history, having laboured over the genealogical charts of the prominent families of the village. In his presentation of the work at the Xavier Centre, Dr. D'Silva pointed out that he hoped that his book did not remain an isolated work. On the contrary, he pointed out that there was a need for greater numbers of us to put into writing the histories of our villages, increasing the documentation on the rich histories of Goa beyond the beach. Such histories also go beyond the Goan histories obsessed with the sixteenth century and the Portuguese governance of the territory. Indeed, in the course of the presentation Dr. D'Silva pointed to the urgency of the task given that many of the older generation and their memories are passing away, and that private archives fall victim to the ravages of insects and weather. On this front perhaps Dr. D'Silva was being kind to the custodians of these archives. Though Goan society has produced a number of luminaries, the same intellectual drive that powered these luminaries is not necessarily passed on to the next generation. Many archives have no doubt been discarded into dust heaps and kitchen back-yard fires. What is most interesting in this book, is that Dr. D'Silva has written it by combining the various influences that have moulded him as an individual. In doing so, he brings to the fore a central problem in the manner in which we think about the Goan village, and thus Goan identity. A member of the village elite of Arossim, his book locates the village gãocaria (or Comunidade) as one of the points of departure for his narrative. This is not entirely out of place; the Comunidade was a powerful institution in our history and to speak of a village history without delving into the history of the Comunidade would produce a dull, incomplete history. However to speak of the village from the point of view of the Comunidade alone does not exhaust the history of the Goan villages, since there were (and are) a number of people who while living in the village, were not gãocars ofthe village. What would the history of the Goan village look like if we were to write a village history from their point of view? The threads that Dr. D'Silva draws out gives us a hint into this possibility. Dr. D'Silva points out in his book a fact that has by and large been left unsaid and unspoken in the public sphere about the Goan village. This fact is of the presence of African slaves within our village communities. The few voices that do mention the presence of the African are Dr. Savia Viegas, Valmiki Faleiro, and Margaret Mascarenhas in her novel Skin. While speaking of the presence of the African slave in Goa, Dr. D'Silva manages to point out to us that the Goan village was not an idyllic, happy setting for all. These slaves were ill-treated sufficiently to make them want to escape. And escape they did, into the jungles of British-India where slavery was abolished much earlier than it was in Portuguese-India. Dr. D'Silva made reference to the fact that the failure of their master's to provide a nutritious diet to the slaves forced the latter to poach for fish from the village ponds at night. He also pointed to the fact that these African slaves and their descendants lived at the edges of the villages, pointing to their social marginalization. When we speak of the African slave's presence in Goa's villages, we must recognize that their descendants married local men and women, or if they did not marry, in any case produced babies with local persons. This gives to a good amount of Goans, a history different from those of the gãocars -- who in any case could not have been a majority of the population. When speaking of the Comunidade we often create -- as did Dr. D'Silva -- for the Goan, a Hindu pre-history. If we recognize the presence of
[Goanet] Contacto Goa this Tuesday, 18th January 2011
Contacto Goa this Tuesday, 18th January 2011 The 67th episode will be broadcast on: RTP international - INDIA, PORTUGAL and other places: Tuesday, 18th January 2011 INDIA - 1:30pm and 8:30pm PORTUGAL - 08:00am and 3:00pm Wednesday, 19th January 2011 INDIA :07:30am PORTUGAL 02:00am Timetable for other countries will be available on-line: www.rtp.pt Our team is still in Kerala this time to meet the Anglo-Indian community. Don’t miss the last episode in Kerala. Note: Please note that the above timings are based on information available on the RTP web site at the time of sending out this release. We suggest that viewers reconfirm exact timings by checking the website www.rtp.pt on the actual day of broadcast or switch on TV earlier. This episode was presented and directed by Nalini Elvino de Sousa, photographed by Jude Fernandes and Nuno Oliveira, produced by Ranjith Leen and edited by Nuno Oliveira. Further episodes of the third series of Contacto Goa will continue to be broadcast every 15 days, on Tuesdays at the same time, as given above. The Contacto team can be contacted by e-mail at contacto...@yahoo.co.in or nalini_portu...@yahoo.com Your comments are always welcome. If you want to watch any of the previous episodes of CONTACTO GOA you can find them on the webpage of RTP at : http://ww1.rtp.pt/multimedia/index.php?tvprog=20155
[Goanet] TAG: Ami Soglle Ek Sweeps Children's Tiatr Festival
First Children’s Tiatr Festival 2010 Award Presentation Function “Ami Soglle Ek” Sweeps Children’s Tiatr Festival Photos: http://bit.ly/ChildrenTiatrFest2010 “Ami Soglle Ek” a tiatr presented by St. Anthony’s High School, Monte De Guirim won the First Prize for performance in the recently concluded First Children’s Tiatr Festival 2010. It was directed by Marciano Noronha. “Teacher Mhaka Palov Di” staged by Abhivyaktte - Panaji, directed by Shantaram Pawar and presented by Abhivyaktte - Panaji secured the second place while “Disha Konn Dakhoitolo” directed by Melvina Joseph and produced by St. Micheal Taleigao Socio Cultural Association bagged the third prize. The Male Best Actor Awards first and second places were won by Netwin Antao and Edmer Barretto both from “Ami Soglle Ek” while Natasha Pereira of “Ami Soglle Ek” and Akshata Bharne of “Teacher Mhaka Palov Di” bagged first and second places respectively. Rojer D’Souza was adjudged the Best Male Actor in Negative Role while Gemma Fernandes won the Best Female Actor in Negative Role. Aloysius Fernandes, who acted as Santu, in “Ami Soglle Ek”, won the Best Comedian Award. The other details of awards announced are as under: Best Stage Setting – Shantaram Pawar Best Light Effects – Manuel Viegas Best Background Music – Orwin Viegas Best Make Up – Shantaram Pawar and Best Costumes – Rockson Best Lyrics Award was bagged by Peter Camilo for his song ‘Vonka Vonka’ while Best Script Award went to Mangala Nadkarni for the script “Teacher Mhaka Palov Di”. Songs (Kantaram) which forms an integral part of the tiatr and which include solos, duets, duos, trios and quartets were also awarded for good performance. In the Best Male Singer category the first prize was won by Derwin Gracias while the second place was bagged by Aloysius Fernandes. Best Female Award, first place was won by Lia Noronha while the second award was bagged by Violet D’Souza. Odele Azavedo and Antonio Lopes bagged Best Duet Award while Lia Noronha and Nikita Machado got the Best Duo Award. The Best Trio Award was bagged by Lia Noronha, Alria Fernandes and Nikita Machado while the Best Quartet Award went to Gemma Fernandes, Joshna D’Souza, Aliston Pereira and Jovito Andrade. Vitorino Araujo was awarded the Best Music Live Band Award while the Awards for Direction were secured by Marciano Noronha, Shantaram Pawar and Melvina Joseph respectively. The Awards were presented by numerous dignitaries from the cultural field of Goa namely Sharon Mazarello, Felcy, Comedian Domnic, Anil Kumar, Alexyz, Fr. Bernardo Cota, Fr. Nevel Gracias, Satish Gawas, Mukesh Ghatwal, and Menino Pires, Director of Information Publicity. The Award Presentation Function turned out to be an entertaining occasion due to comedy skits and comedy songs presented by Comedian Domnic, Comedian Luis Bachan and his party. The function was compared by Tina Costa. Victor de Sa Member Secretary
Re: [Goanet] Who the Bleep cares about us Catholic Goans?? (Domnic Fernandes)
Charudatta Prabhudesai Auroville . South India. Domnic wrote: To my knowledge there are two different words: The Konkani word for a prostitute is 'cheddi' - for a widow it is 'randd.' RE: By implication both mean the same, though technically Domnic is right.
[Goanet] India's misplaced socio-economic development
[Letter published in GT, 14/01/2011] Whatever assuarances the government may be giving to the people, the prices of food commodities just refuse to climb down and stabilise. The climate change offers a wonderful cover up for the mess. This country has been more focussed on procuring nuclear fuel for generating electricity than on working towards food security. The government is totally engrossed with the prospects of super highways by destroying precious agriculture and forest lands instead of focussing on bringing more land under cultivation to combat the climate change impact. At the end of the day, the nuclear fuel and increased road connectivity will not afford cheaper food to the people of this country. The present crisis is a tale of a misplaced socio-economic model of development that this country has embraced after independence by rubbishing the concerns of the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The rich and greedy do not feel the pinch but the poor of this country are paying the price. -Soter D'Souza
