[Goanet-News] BOOKS: Goa Book Club to feature Ben Antao, works of Agualusa
PANJIM: Toronto based author and publisher Ben Antao will be a special guest at the Goa Book Club's meeting on January 20, 2011 (Thursday) at 5 pm at the Broadway Book Centre. Antao. Antao, a journalist in Goa in the 1960s, has authored novels and other texts related to Goa, and recently edited the anthology 'Goa Masala'. His other works include The Tailor's Daughter, The Priest and His Karma: A Novel, Living on the Market, apart from travelogues to Goa and Italy. The Goa Book Club is a joint endeavour of local alternative publishers Goa,1556 and Broadway Book Centre. It meets on the third Thursday of each month at Goa's largest bookshop (Broadway) on 18th June Road and is open to all. Each member present is however required to make a five-minute presentation on any book, new or old, related to Goa, read by them. This month's meeting is also to have a presentation on the work of Angola-born journalist and writer José Eduardo Agualusa (Alves da Cunha, b. 1960) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Agualusa]. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He writes monthly for the Portuguese magazine LER and weekly for the Angolan newspaper A Capital. He hosts the radio program A Hora das Cigarras, about African music and poetry, on the channel RDP África. Agualusa also launched the Brazilian publisher Língua Geral, dedicated exclusively to Portuguese-language authors. The Goa Book Club is open to discussions on all books related to Goa, in any language. More details at http://ttt-goa.notlong.com --- 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-News] India's Elite Africans ... three scholars discuss the issue at London
Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London Thursday 27th January 2011 at 5.30 pm Room G34, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Nearest underground station: Russell Square India's Elite Africans The The dispersion of Africans is generally associated with slavery and the slave trade. Most Afro-Asians have been written out of history. Within this scenario, how was it possible for Africans to rule parts of Asia, not just for a few years but for three and a half centuries? Three scholars will address this issue and consider the current status of Elite Africans in India today. 5.30-5.50 pm From Elite Africans to Ex-Royals: Marriages in the Janjira and Sachin Families Professor John McLeod (University of Louisville, USA) 5.50-6.10 pm The Invincible Fort of the Sidis of Janjira Dr Faaeza Jasdanwalla (Aberystwyth University, Wales) 6.10-6.30 pm Elite Africans in India: the Route to Power Dr Shihan de Silva (Institute of Commonwealth Studies) 6.30-7.00 pm Discussion RSVP to troy.r...@sas.ac.uk (Events Publicity Officer) Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Some books from Goa,1556 http://bit.ly/euv3g8 --- 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 ---
Re: [Goanet] HOW POLITICIANS FOX AAM ADMI?
Rajendra commented: With a revolution against corruption threatening to erupt and with the possibilities of Lok Ayukta, government losing control over CBI and Gram-sabhas getting more powers, this perhaps could be the last term for the politicians to resort to large scale excesses (of omissions) and yet go scot free by stashing Swiss and Lichestein banks. Comments: Very convincing arguments against UPA but what is the reality? We have not forgotten political history of 1974-76 and 1999 - 2002. It all turned out to be old wine marketed in new bottles to a gullible public. Jayprakash Narayan in his writings 'Towards Total revolution' has spoken about how once in power political parties are busy amassing wealth to win the next elections while their pro-people claims dissolve overnight. So what we have learnt is that if one is an ass, the other is an arse. Swiss bank revelations may see much more than is being complained about. Hope it is not the case of the pot calling the kettle black. Soter
Re: [Goanet] Churchianity
Dear GoanettersIn the first case one must read the bible, meditate on the word of God and God will reveal about His kingdom to us. Today Pope, Bishops are living in Palaces like Kings.Priests are moving about in cars which they actually cannot afford and have huge bank accounts. Christianity is not all these. Christianity is a simple life where man builds up a rapport with God through other human beings. Love is the hub of Christianity. Today there is no love in the catholic faith. The bread does not change into the body of Christ and if you believe in this then you belong to the old Egyptian religion of God ra in which those days the priest used to make wafers of wheat and with magnifying lens would transfer the sun's rays on the wheat wafer and bake it. Then it was distributed to the members as body of sun god ra. When I look at the purple cap of the bishop it reminds me of the bishop of the clan of ra and not christian people. I hope you dear fr.ivo has understood what I am trying to express. Palaces, riches of the world is not God's domain. albert ry re From: icsouza@bsnl.iinChris To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:45:43 +0530 Subject: Re: [Goanet] Churchianity From: Joao Barros-Pereira joaobarrospere...@gmail.com The Pope lives in a palace and has a luxurious lifestyle. *Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God,* said Jesus Christ. The Pope obviously thinks differently! He has more in common with a CEO of a global corporation or Head of State than Jesus of Nazareth. ** If you claim to be anti-Christ, why do you quote Jesus? You are quoting Jesus outside the context. Jesus speaks of the hardened rich who are not open to others. The Pope is surely not. Wealth is not his personal possession. He is also the Head of the State, as he is the spiritual Father of the Christian community. The Pope is within the Church and for the Church. This is Christianity, not Churchianity... Every Sunday priests claim, and millions of Roman Catholics pretend, the host and wine are really the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Now, that's taking a lie a bit too far even for a psychologically divided people, wouldn't you say? We Roman Catholics, millions and millions of us, have nothing to lose but our chains, our lies! **Not only every Sunday, but every day and every moment of a day, the Christian believes in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. There are reasons to believe. You will not know it, because you had not Christian education...You cease to be a Catholic. if you do not believe it. You claim to be anti-Christ... The representative of God, the Pope speaks for God or so I'm told by the Roman Catholic Church. Does God speak only through him and his priests and never through ordinary mortals?...Where is the truth? ***Do you accept authority in the secular world? Then what is your problem? How would you answer: Where is the truth? The Pope speaks for God, he is the final authority, together with the episcopal body, to interpret the Christian Revelation (Scripture and living Tradition). Only the priestly class is happy as it provides them with a job, an opportunity for service... **Priesthood is a vocation within the Christian vocation. Ex-priests and ex-seminarians are not at a loss for secular jobs. It is one of the best and most difficult services on earth. Joao Barros-Pereira aka The Anti-Christ Have a nice Sunday! **Again, you are the anti-Christ, trying to spoil our Sundays... Regards. Fr.Ivo
[Goanet] ADARSH SOCIETY BUILDING
The Ministry of Environment Forests has issued orders for demolition of this illegal structure within 3 months.The usual tactics by vested interests in government are, to issue illegal permissions, and if that is challenged/does not work, regularise the fait accompli. Or use the excuse of costs,utility,job creation potential, innocent victims etc to fine the culprits and make more money in the bargain.No one is sent to jail or feels the pinch and they power on, bulldozing every impediment (including Laws Rules) in the path with absolute impunity! Whats more a precedent is set. The Congress is already on the back foot dealing with massive corruption as scam after scam surfaces.This will be a test case with the world watching since it clearly involves high level Defence Officers,politicians,bureaucrats, legal procedures and multiple agencies. Every argument/ploy will be used since it is also a very high rise building, high costs, environmentally sensitive area with security concerns and is a building fait accompli. Will shielding/protecting the Chief Ministers and high officials from the ruling party by delaying demolition, changing laws etc which has become the norm, be resorted to? After all in Goa,the Supreme Court demolition order could be thwarted by ordinance in the Cidade de Goa case! The Adarsh scam could be Turning Point in our fight against rampant corruption that is corroding the nation's soul if complete demolition is accomplished ( Experts have precisely demolished bigger buildings )and all those responsible feel the heat! Big order for a large change in India's aam admi's fight against this virulent cancer.
[Goanet] Song for the day!
HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL !!! TAVARES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wcixnwEiikfeature=related -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] BOOKS: Goa Book Club to feature Ben Antao, works of Agualusa
PANJIM: Toronto based author and publisher Ben Antao will be a special guest at the Goa Book Club's meeting on January 20, 2011 (Thursday) at 5 pm at the Broadway Book Centre. Antao. Antao, a journalist in Goa in the 1960s, has authored novels and other texts related to Goa, and recently edited the anthology 'Goa Masala'. His other works include The Tailor's Daughter, The Priest and His Karma: A Novel, Living on the Market, apart from travelogues to Goa and Italy. The Goa Book Club is a joint endeavour of local alternative publishers Goa,1556 and Broadway Book Centre. It meets on the third Thursday of each month at Goa's largest bookshop (Broadway) on 18th June Road and is open to all. Each member present is however required to make a five-minute presentation on any book, new or old, related to Goa, read by them. This month's meeting is also to have a presentation on the work of Angola-born journalist and writer José Eduardo Agualusa (Alves da Cunha, b. 1960) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Agualusa]. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He writes monthly for the Portuguese magazine LER and weekly for the Angolan newspaper A Capital. He hosts the radio program A Hora das Cigarras, about African music and poetry, on the channel RDP África. Agualusa also launched the Brazilian publisher Língua Geral, dedicated exclusively to Portuguese-language authors. The Goa Book Club is open to discussions on all books related to Goa, in any language. More details at http://ttt-goa.notlong.com
[Goanet] A Tribute to Chris Perry
A Tribute to Chris Perry Sonia Sirsat, Anthony San, Sucorro de St. Cruz, Mukesh to participate in the Musical Show “Chris Perry – Konkani Git-Songitacho Patxay” (The Emperor of Konkani Song Music) a Musical Show produced by Kala Mogi Candolim will feature the singing sensations of Goa namely Sonia Sirsat, Anthony San, Socorro de St. Cruz besides Clarissa, Sonia Fernandes, Shaik Amir, Maria Cardozo and Irene Cardozo. Directed by Tomazinho Cardozo the music is arranged by Mukesh Ghatwal. The show will be staged today i.e (19th January 2011) at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on 20th January 2011 at Kala Academy, Panjim and on 28th January 2011 at St. Thereza’s Open Air Hall, Candolim. All shows will start at 7:00 pm. The Musical Show “Chris Perry – Konkani Git-Songitacho Patxay’ will delight the audience with songs originally composed by Chris Perry and sung by numerous singers including Lorna, Usha Utap, Olavo, Seby and others in the past. The immemorable songs of Chris Perry will be rendered by Sonia Sirsat, Anthony San, Socorro de St. Cruz and others. The show is presented with the support of Tiatr Academy of Goa. It has been also supported by HCN, GTDC, Tourism Department and Dalgado Konknni Akademi. There are no tickets. The programme is open to public. The seating in the auditorium will be on “First Come First Serve” basis. Tomazinho Cardozo President
[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Annual Ganapathi Mauze memorial scholarship
Congratulations to Manjit Borkar of STD X, from St. Thomas High School, Cansaulim, who was awarded the first annual GANAPATHI MAUZE memorial scholarship in memory of GOA SUDHAROP supporter, the late GANAPATHI MAUZE. The award was made on Jan 5 at the Annual Awards function in Goa. Ganapati passed away in 2010 and was based in the USA, originally from Cansaulim. His friends endowed a scholarship in his name, the annual interest to be awarded annually to one meritorious student from St. Thomas High School, Cansaulim. Both the school and student were chosen with the family's blessings. Goa Sudharop Building a better Goa www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] India's Elite Africans ... three scholars discuss the issue at London
Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London Thursday 27th January 2011 at 5.30 pm Room G34, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Nearest underground station: Russell Square India's Elite Africans The The dispersion of Africans is generally associated with slavery and the slave trade. Most Afro-Asians have been written out of history. Within this scenario, how was it possible for Africans to rule parts of Asia, not just for a few years but for three and a half centuries? Three scholars will address this issue and consider the current status of Elite Africans in India today. 5.30-5.50 pm From Elite Africans to Ex-Royals: Marriages in the Janjira and Sachin Families Professor John McLeod (University of Louisville, USA) 5.50-6.10 pm The Invincible Fort of the Sidis of Janjira Dr Faaeza Jasdanwalla (Aberystwyth University, Wales) 6.10-6.30 pm Elite Africans in India: the Route to Power Dr Shihan de Silva (Institute of Commonwealth Studies) 6.30-7.00 pm Discussion RSVP to troy.r...@sas.ac.uk (Events Publicity Officer) Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Some books from Goa,1556 http://bit.ly/euv3g8
Re: [Goanet] FW: UK: Wife 'beaten' by Indian diplomat immune from prosecution goes into hiding
Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote: Lots of comments from Indian Women’s Groups in: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/india-uk-diplomatic-row-justice-vs-immunity/188340?cp In the programme a possibility was raised of UK applying to extradite the husband after his return to India as he will no longer have diplomatic status there. I cannot believe it will wash. Some of the interesting developments today: UK has once again requested waiving of diplomatic immunity which the India Govt. has again refused. The claim has been made that the wife is using the incident to claim asylum in the UK. Comment: Thanks Eddie for that. As far as the alleged 'wife beater' diplomat is concerned, I cannot see how the UK Govt can unilaterally, post ipso facto and retrospectively expect India to waive diplomatic immunity. Both countries have signed the Vienna Convention on the matter and IF they are really serious, should bilaterally sign a waiver agreement wrt specifically identified serious crimes. Unless the someone in the UK Govt is really bright (or perhaps not), this 'request' is a bit of grandstanding. It might interest us to know that ALL kinds of crimes (under immunity) are committed by folks who then claim diplomatic immunity. Just look at a simple thing like Parking anywhere you wish .so what if they get ticketed? They have diplomatic immunity. That certainly was not the rationale for the Vienna Convention wrt diplomatic immunity. The following might also be an interesting avenue to explore: He has diplomatic immunity in the UK .not in India ...does he? But then ...Who will Bell the Cat? My question was not so much directed at Women's Groups' reaction towards the alleged wife beater - because all the facts of the case are not yet known. My question was related to the pompous Deputy High Commissioner, Rajesh Prasad, who is reported to have BERATED Paromita for letting the incident go beyond the family. He reportedly also told her, We have decided you WILL GO to India on forced leave ... and if she was stubborn then there had been incidents where a car comes and picks up families and simply puts them on a flight against their will... This behaviour is akin to that of ruthless dogs? jc
[Goanet] Talking Photos: 0.3MP pics
0.3MP pics I changed my camara setting to 0.3mp to capture Udupi bill I forgot to reset to 8MP and all these pics captured in 0.3MP This Kavllo eating ‘addsor’ Crow http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/5366054575/ This live stock is sold Rs.50 for 6 Kombe pilam / Chickens http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/5366054491/ These mannkyo (squids) going for Rs.140 a Kg http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/5366054393/ Hio Lakichio Kulio sold Rs.50 per Vantto Crabs http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/537184/ He visonn (King fish) sold for Rs.1200 – 2000 each Or Rs. 200/kg http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/537080/ Him Sungttam (Prawns) sold for Rs.260-400 per Kg http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/5366054177/ This size prawns sold for Rs.400/kg http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/536918/ There were two ‘Chonnak’ weighing about 4kg each and they were sold for Rs.2000 each == Udpi Bill inserted in this pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/536826/sizes/l/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Fw: Goinkars Own Academy Christmas New Year Get-together
Global Goenkars !! A post from the President of the Goinkars Own Academy - Karcahi Pakistan. email : goinkars_own_acad...@yahoogroups.com; their website http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goinkars_own_academy/ 000 People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. - George Allen rene barreto WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS == - Forwarded Message From: deborah santamaria debbie.santama...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 3:40:53 PM Subject: Goinkars Own Academy Christmas New Year Get-together Dear All, View photographs of Christmas New Year get-together held on 16th January 2011 at St Anthony's Church premises. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goinkars_own_academy/ regards Debbie PS: Please forward photographs taken at the event so that the same can be uploaded to the Goinkars website
Re: [Goanet] New nominations at www.theglobalgoanawards.org
Help us improve. For feedback suggestions send email to feedb...@theglobalgoanawards.org. --- On Tue, 1/18/11, Inacio DSilva inaciodsi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Inacio DSilva inaciodsi...@yahoo.com Subject: New nominations at www.theglobalgoanawards.org To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 7:00 PM New nominations at www.theglobalgoanawards.org Rene Baretto (Social Activist of the Year) http://www.theglobalgoanawards.org/showNominees.php?nomineeCategory=1start=1 Agnelo Fernandes (Cultural Award of the Year) http://www.theglobalgoanawards.org/showNominees.php?nomineeCategory=5start=3
[Goanet] FW: NIZ GOENKAR'S interview with Advocate Aires Rodrigues
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:55:37 +0530 Niz Goenkar's Interview with Advocate Aires Rodrigues -- see link below http://nizgoenkar.blogspot.com/2011/01/interview-with-aires-rodrigues.html#comments
[Goanet] Goa's image in Germany
Dear reader, first of all we wish you a happy New Year! Please find in this newsletter some relevant information on Goa and Germany which we have found in the international press. We would like to thank those of our friends and members who have contributed to this. Best regards IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa For any enquiries or suggestions please contact i...@igsg.org Lieber Leser, zunächst wünschen wir Ihnen ein Frohes Neues Jahr!. Wir haben, zum Teil dank der Hinweise aus dem Kreis der Interessierten und unserer Mitglieder, in der internationalen Presse wieder einige Informationen zum Thema Deutschland-Goa gefunden, die Sie sicher mit Interesse lesen werden. Mit besten Grüssen Ihre IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa Für Fragen oder Anregungen kontaktieren Sie uns bitte: i...@igsg.org *Goa** of former days is no longer:** dishonoured**, betrayed, sold out * The leading national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports about the situation in Goa 40 years after the beginning of the Hippie Culture in Goa. Goa of that days is no longer, writes the FAZ, asking who destroyed the paradise. In the seventies life in Goa was easy, cheap and colourful: cosy and warm-hearted amongst beautiful people. But now the former garden of Eden of the hippies is burning, has beendishonoured, betrayed, sold out, says FAZ. Along the famous Goa beach you feel like being at Ballermann (German denomination for an infamous entertainment mile in Majorca, Spain, with very loud music, sex and alcohol) after an earthquake: footpaths in the streets do not exist, only red dust. Tens of thousands of Indians walk up and down, the groups of males revealing to be mostly voyeurs, reports the German newspaper. Meanwhile some Goans feel like strangers in their own land saying: People of Delhi and Bombay come only to Goa to have more fun than they can have at their own places. New buildings full of flats are waiting for speculators from Delhi or Bombay. Without the agreement of the Ministers and Chief minister the criminality wouldn't get out of hand cites the newspaper: They are greedy, want money. To read the complete article in German please follow the link: Die Blumenkinder gehen in Rente, FAZ 1.1.2011http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_FAZ_BlumenkinderRente-en.htm * * *Das Goa von einst gibt es nicht mehr: geschändet, verraten, verkauft* Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) berichtet über das Goa 40 Jahre nach dem Einzug der Hippiekultur. Der Wandel ist enorm. Das Goa von einst gibt es nicht mehr, meint die Zeitung und fragt: Wer hat das Paradies zerstört? Das Leben im Goa von damals war leicht, billig, bunt, voller Wärme und Geborgenheit. Man war umgeben von schönen jungen Menschen. Das Paradies, in dem sie Zuflucht fanden, ist zerstört. Ihr Garten Eden brennt, ist geschändet, verraten, verkauft. Entlang von Goas berühmtem Strand sieht es aus wie am Ballermann nach einem Erdbeben: Gehwege entlang einer Straße gibt es nicht, nur roten Staub. Zehntausende Inder promenieren auf und ab, die Männergruppen entpuppen sich zumeist als Spanner und Voyeure. Manche Goaner fühlen sich zwischen all den Fremden fremd im eigenen Land, behauptet die FAZ und zitiert: Die Leute aus Delhi und Bombay kommen nur, weil sie hier mehr Spaß haben können als zu Hause. In Appartementblocks stehen Neuwohnungen für neureiche Spekulanten aus Delhi oder Bombay bereit. Ohne Billigung der höchsten Minister und des Ministerpräsidenten wäre die ausufernde Kriminalität hier nicht möglich, zitiert die FAZ. Die sind gierig, wollen Geld. Für den kompletten Artikel klicken Sie bitte hier: Die Blumenkinder gehen in Rente, FAZ 1.1.2011http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_FAZ_BlumenkinderRente-de.htm *Goa** getting overcrowded* Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, reports in an article that Goa is getting overcrowded. Only time will tell whether commercial expansion and crime will harm Goa's pristine image and beauty and thus ruin it as a tourist destination concludes the article. The complete article in English can be read here: Is Goa still a safe place? Deutsche Welle, 20.10.2010http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_DW_IsGoaStillASafePlace-en.htm *Goa wird übervölkert* Ein englischer Beitrag der Deutschen Welle über Goa als Touristenziel spricht von der drohenden Übervölkerung Goas. Nur die Zeit wird eine Antwort darauf geben, ob das Image von Goa als touristisches Ziel durch die zunehmende Kriminalität und kommerzielle Expansion ruiniert wird, meinen die Autoren des Artikels. Für den kompletten Artikel klicken Sie bitte hier: Is Goa still a safe place? Deutsche Welle, 20.10.2010http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_DW_IsGoaStillASafePlace-de.htm * * *Sorrowful news: Prof. Veronica Rodrigues** passed away*** Veronica Rodrigues, Senior Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) passed away on 10
[Goanet] ‘Partition’ in the office of Dy. Collector, Panjim
‘Partition’ in the office of Dy. Collector, Panjim Strange are the ways of functioning of this office (also referred to as ‘in the court of Dy. Collector) Purchasing a piece of land? Many of you may think the whole buying or owning process ends when all parties sign on a property document called 'sale Deed' This is just a beginning as there involved so many other procedures. After Sale Deed, then comes ‘Mutation’ followed by ‘Partition’ When one buys a portion or piece of existed land property, it needs to be sub-divided so as to show two different owners with the sizes of land they own. The new owner will have his separate Form 1IV and a separate survey plan with new survey number etc. Whereas, the old owner or the seller or the landlord property/plan will n ow show a revised plan, reduced to that extent. And this process is called ‘Partition’ and it can take weeks or months or years, often depending upon how much an applicant willing to pay unofficially. e.g. some time ago, a Dy. Collector named Agnelo at Pernen completed a ‘mutation’ process in just two weeks time (otherwise it takes minimum of 2 months and Max. Upto 2 years or more) he was later on suspended for a short term and then soon transferred in the South. The’Partition’ process is pretty much same as ‘Mutation’ where notices are served to the interested parties (all people names that appear in form I IV, the landlord or landlords/Landladies, tenant (if any), House or houses belonging to anybody as shown on the form 114.. Besides, if the original landlord or seller is not alive, then all his legal heirs i.e.. wife, sons, daughters and their spouses etc. E.g. if landlord dies without making a will etc, then all his property r egistered in the name of his wife and say 8 children by way of ‘inventory proceedings’ or ‘Deed of Succession’ . Which means, in this case, 17 notices are required to be sent to landlords alone Viz Wife, 8 children and their 8 spouses individually by registered A/D costing around Rs.25 each. Ok. Coming back to Panjim Dy. Collector’s Office or Court. Acting on behalf of my friend, we have forwarded a file for ‘partition’ (We also assured him ‘cha panni’) The officer or the clerk incharge is so lazy that it took him nearly one month to allot a case number and that too after 3 visits/reminders. As if that was no enough, it took him nearly 6 months to hand out the letter/ notice copies of which are posted to the interested parties. Visits were made to the office every two weeks and each time he gave some pretext or the other. Most common was ‘he was too busy’ At one time he even told us not to come here again and instead he will phone us. Seeing that no phone call received despite waiting for 5 weeks, we chased him on one Thursday and the liar said ‘where were you? Your notice was ready since you did not show up, i had to tear it off upon expiry’ To that we said, ok we are coming this Monday to collect. But he r eplied back to say not to come on Monday but Wednesday. When we were there on Wednesday morning, guess what happened this time? The bast**d is on long sick leave effective from this Wednesday we were told. I am sure, he knew about this beforehand (a surgery/operation on him was booked before hand). No one at the office able to tell when he is coming back (we know about the operation on the very first day though) nor anybody else is deputed to look after his affair in his absence. We visited every Monday only to see if he is resumed back to duty Eventually, we saw him after 6/7 weeks but at this time our notice was ready Probably, he was told by his colleagues how angry we were. Notices were finally posted after 6 months from the date of submission of our file. This job can be done just in a week’s time or less but it took him 6 months. Afte the two weeks period lapsed (to raise objection if any), we visited him 2 weeks later.i.e. 4 weeks after posting notices. We asked ‘Any objection received?’ he said ‘no’ Did you get all AD cards duly acknowledged? He said ‘I don’t know’ for which we were told to look for it in the junk boxes lying at the reception area. We said ‘if we knew this before i.e. that we had to look for ourselves. we would have come within a week’s time but one month is too long and as such time consuming to search for in the 3-4 large boxes full of letters and AD cards – see pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk35/5366053457/sizes/l/ (if if could not find what we are looking for, the peon hand over some more boxes) We managed to trace most of the letters/AD cards of the 15+ After the first sitting in the court of Dy. Collector, we went to enquire what was the out come as we were not told anything in the crowded court room. (About 40 cases are booked at the same time same day and the court room sitting capacity is about 25 many people seen standing including the lawyers and there is room to move forwards or
Re: [Goanet] Cipriano Fernandes - Press statement for kind favour of publication
Date: 15 January, 2011 To, The Editor, (Herald/GT/NT/TOI/Gomantak/Pudhari/Tarun Bharat . Via Post) Panjim-Goa. Sir, Sub: Press Note for Kind Favour of Publication The Goa Su-Raj Party whilst condoling the police custodial death of Cipriano Fernandes of Moira, sympathizes with his family and friends. I have seen Cipriano grow up in Moira, says Floriano Lobo, the General Secretary of the Party. Though Cipriano may have had his faults, to have been done to death in police custody is indeed shocking, says he. Floriano Lobo further re-iterates that Cipriano had no history whatsoever of epilepsy or any illness and was indeed fit as a fiddle, being a sea-faring person. If at all he had suffered epilepsy type fits needing to be hospitalized, these fits have certainly resulted from the severe physical abuse and injuries received while in police custody. The Goa Su-Raj Party is demanding full and proper investigation of this custodial death amounting to murder, preferably through a judicial inquiry so that the concerned police personnel are brought to book. In the meantime the Party demands that these police personnel who were in charge of handling Cipriano be put on immediate suspension. Thanking you, Yours truly, for Goa Su-Raj Party (Floriano Lob) General Secretary/Spokesperson PS: Published by GT 18/1/2011 It is not ENOUGH that GOOD, HONEST citizens contest elections. It is not ENOUGH that GOOD, HONEST citizen voters elect good, honest representatives. GOA urgently needs 'GOOD, HONEST, DISCIPLINED SYSTEM of GOVERNANCE'. Wherein, even a dishonest person is forced to be good, honest n disciplined, or to QUIT. Only through PPS can such 'good, honest n disciplined system of governance' be identified and accepted. PPS GOA =PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY = PEOPLE'S POWER SYSTEM for a date in 2012 Display the 'PPS' sticker on your vehicle today, to reject political madness tomorrow. http://www.goasu-raj.org/gen/articles/70.asp http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/254068/1043608998/name/roadmap_goa-su-raj_party.pdf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/attachments/folder/132590897/item/64224316/view
Re: [Goanet] Churchianity
From: Albert Desouza alizadeso...@hotmail.com ...Today Pope, Bishops are living in Palaces like Kings.Priests are moving about in cars which they actually cannot afford and have huge bank accounts. Christianity is not all these. Christianity is a simple life where man builds up a rapport with God through other human beings. Love is the hub of Christianity. **Dear Albert, What is the time in which you are living? Why should priests not have cars in the twenty-first century? If they cannot afford to buy cars, there is someone who will help them in their work. If they cannot afford to buy cars, how do they have huge bank accounts (as you allege)? Pope and Bishops are living in their historical houses. Do you mean that the Bishops should live in huts? In several dioceses of India, Archbishops' houses are small, though there is so much work going on in those few rooms. Why should they not have better houses? Today there is no love in the catholic faith. **That is the only place where you find genuine love... Mother Teresa would have not worked for the poor of the poor in our poor country, if she had not found love in the Catholic Faith... The bread does not change into the body of Christ... **It is a pity that you proclaim Bible, on the one hand, and deny the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, on the other hand. I hope you, dear Fr.Ivo, have understood what I am trying to express. Palaces, riches of the world are not God's domain. **Not at all. Wealth is God's gift. You should understand better the Word of God, when you are complaining that Christians are not living it. Regards. Fr.Ivo From: Joao Barros-Pereira joaobarrospere...@gmail.com The Pope lives in a palace and has a luxurious lifestyle. *Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God,* said Jesus Christ. The Pope obviously thinks differently! He has more in common with a CEO of a global corporation or Head of State than Jesus of Nazareth. ** If you claim to be anti-Christ, why do you quote Jesus of Nazareth? You are quoting Jesus outside the context. Jesus speaks of the hardened rich who are not open to others. The Pope is surely not. Wealth is not his personal possession. He is also the Head of the State, as he is the spiritual Father of the Christian community. The Pope is within the Church and for the Church. This is Christianity, not Churchianity... **Not only every Sunday, but every day and every moment of a day, the Christian believes in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. There are reasons to believe. You will not know it, because you had not Christian education...You cease to be a Catholic. if you do not believe it.
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Tristao B Cunha, A C L de Souza and the Goan separatist identity (Selma Carvalho)
Tristao B Cunha, A C L de Souza and the Goan separatist identity Selma Carvalho lescarval...@yahoo.com In 1957, Tristao de Braganza Cunha, generally considered as the Father of Goan nationalism, through his newspaper *Free Goa*, would take a potshot at another Goan giant, A C L de Souza, the unofficial doyen of Goans in Kenya and founder of the newspaper *GoanVoice*. When T B Cunha returned to India from Portugal in 1953, following his imprisonment at the infamous forte de Peniche located north of Lisbon, it seems he had swopped one fort for another, for he operated from Fort 166, Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Bombay, his Free Goa newspaper; available for a subscription of Rs 3 per year in India and Rs 4 per year in Africa. From Bombay, he railed against the Portuguese, against Salazar, the Church, the Padrado and the Estado. His impassioned, satirical editorials reveal at times a dry sense of humour, which saves the newspaper from becoming a pamphleteer's dirge, although he himself would have been happy with such a label. The backdrop of the Free Goa versus Goan Voice imbroglio traces back to politics in Kenya. It is easy but facile to say that the shambolic nature of Indian politics in Kenya was a result of the British rule and divide Colonial policy, for it uncannily represented politics in India; divisive and communal. The Muslims had split from the Hindu dominated East African Indian National Congress and increasingly sought minority representation for themselves under the banner of the Muslim Association, and while the Christian remained largely apathetic to politics, he too under the leadership of A C L de Souza, had lobbied since the mid-forties for separate Goan representation in the Municipal councils (such a representation for one Goan did exist prior to 1928). This was persistently denied to Goans by the British and they'd been advised to contest for these seats under representation allotted to the larger Indian community. In 1957, A C L de Souza, then seventy-four, through his newspaper voiced his struggle with the reality of the situation in Kenya where Goans were encouraged to enroll on the Indian electoral rolls but had been unwilling to follow such a course and very few Goan names appeared on the Indian electoral roll. The reaction from *Free Goa* was swift, condemning with rhetorical vigour the Goan confusion. Judging by this, it said, the Goan in Africa does not wish to be what he is: Indian, inspite of all the kicks he gets from the British... Goans must drop the mask and cease pretending to be British, Portuguese, etc. in order to affirm what they really are: Indians and only Indians. It is difficult to decipher whether the Letter from Africa was Cunha's voice or that of a correspondent. Either way, given the tight editorial control the sixty-six year old Cunha exercised on *Free Goa*, his acquiescence with the sentiments expressed is without doubt; some months later it read: Dr A. C. L de Souza is a well known Goan to whom the whole Goan community is greatly indebted. But what is most detestable in him is his communalist spirit and lack of political character, as a communalist he has sought to alienate the Goans from other Asian communities almost hostilizing them and favouring the British policy of divide and rule. But despite Cunha's staunch faith in Goans being firmly Indian, the Goan in India of Cunha's time was politically disenfranchised from power; a point made well by A Mitra in *Free Goa* itself. Mitra wrote, When Mr Lal Bahadur Shastri requested Mr Moraji Desai to give a Goan the Congress ticket for a seat in Parliament, Mr Desai turned it down. Then some Goan Catholic leaders of the Liberation Council of Bombay approached the High Command in Delhi with a request for a Congress ticket; they also were refused... the Congress leaders of Mysore claim Goa and her port of Marmagoa for Karnataka and yet they refused a Congressman who has worked in Bangalore for several years. These leaders call the Goans outsiders but have no hesitation in claiming Goa: a strange contradiction. It seems, it was not just the Goan who harboured a separatist identity; he was often on the outside looking in. Ironically, both T B Cunha and A C L de Souza died the following year in 1958, just two months apart from each other. De Souza never lived to see Kenya get its Independence in 1963. The man who had once wondered what the role of the Goan was in Kenya was spared the indignity of knowing the Goan had no role in Kenya and watching thousands of Goans leave shortly following independence. T B Cunha died just three years short of Goa's Liberation, disowned by the Catholic Church by then and buried as result at a Church of Scotland cemetery in Bombay. It's difficult to imagine what his reaction would have been to know that immediately following
[Goanet] Mhojem Svopon (2)
MHOJEM SVOPON (2) Rajki Girgirem: Hya disamni rajki khobro aykun svopnam poddlim: Koslo goddbodd amchya Goeyant bhitor sorla? Pon'nasvya vorsa amchi svotontray ozunii puray zaunk na? Ami amchyach payeancher ubhim ravunk xikunk na! Yeke vatten, montri duddu komaytat, gungi vokhdam vikhunk adar ditat, dusre vatten pulismama gungi vokhdam gheun Goyeam bhayr poryant pavtat. Goyencho vikas khoym pavla? Itle mhoyne thoddinch nanvam aykunk yetat. Goyenche projechi seva na! Serkari khattyamni broxttachar motthya promannan cholta! Konnoch sampoddna: pulismama, montri, gungi-vokhdam-vikhpi, serial-killer, bondkhonnint konnyeklyak jivexim marlyat te pulis. Vhodd humannem, vichitr humannem! Dezembrache 19ver, 1961 vorsa, amkam suttka mellya, ti khoym pavlya? Anyek svopon poddlem tem hem: SAGRES mon'var aylam (Novembrache 12 tem 16 poryant, 2010 vorsa), ten'na thoddyamni bohiskar kelo, ponn khup zonnamni tya 150 tornnya portugez som'dir-mhavirank yevkar dilo! Tancho koslo gunyanv aslo? Tanni ani tanchya purvozamni kaynch borem korunk na? Suttke-zuzharyamni kitem borem kelam? Amkam suttka dilya? Ponn surokxa diunk na, atam roddtat kityak? Ithiyas tanni xikcho! Kitem borem aylam, kitem vaytt aylam, tacher lokx dovorchem! Tanchem aykun mhaka dukh bhogli: eklo suttkezuzhari, zo tankam yevkar diunk sodinaslo, uprant tanche borabor jevunk-piyevunk fudde sorlo! Tankam khup chuki amche modim mell'lyot: yeradari xist nastona cholta, gayo ani padde xharamnim ghustat, sunnim-mazram rostyancher firtat!... Obsuyog matr odik motthya promannan zaynant!... Ho vhodd chomotkar! Konn amkam nivartolo? Janerache 16ver, 1967 vorsa, amchem mannkulem Goym Mharaxttrant vilin zavpachem suttlem! Xabas Goyenkarank ani sorv fuddaryank, je koxtt kaddun hem zoyt fuddem vhelam! Dr.Jack de Sequeira (Abrilache 20ver , 1915-Outubrache 17ver, 1989)-cho puttlo Kongotte (2007 vorsa), Dona Paula, ani Ponnje (adlya Vidhan Sobheghorant, Dr.Willie De Souza Mukhel Montri aslo ten'na) pavlo, to odik vistarcho! Taka Father of the Opinion Poll, hem nanv poddlem. Poylech khepim hanvem mhojem mot Goyenchye suttke khatir dilam! Goym buddon vetelem aslem, tem Bharatachya nokaxyant Mharaxttrachya pottant rigtelem aslem! Suttkezhuzari varyar urtele aslet! Firngi Goyeam aylyat, dekhun Goyenchi osmitay amam Goyenkarank mell'li! Hi osmitay vegvegllya ronganchi! Ti amim samballum-ya! Itlyan mhojem svopon somplem! Mog asum di! Fr.Ivo
Re: [Goanet] WHICH SUJAY GUPTA (Herald Editor Weekend?)?
Jason Pereira aksed,Is this Gupta same as the one who was spearheding campaign for CIDADE ordinance and had fied 500 karod suit on mining activist Seby? Yesterday Herald carried his interview with Digu? Has his heart changed? Or has Herald changed?Comment:Goa ka log ajeeb hai. They suffer from dementia. Kick them in the backside, they cry and they are yours once again in a few days. All it takes is a little a little laag ( fuss)and ego pumping.Shameless and spineless! That is exactly why the corrupt rule endlessly and migrants thrive.-Soter
[Goanet] QUERY: Family roots....
A query -- A friend whose paternal roots are in Velsao (Fernandes) and maternal family hails from Ponda would like to know of any hints by which to trace a family tree. Any pointers you could offer would be much appreciated! FN Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Some books from Goa,1556 http://bit.ly/euv3g8
[Goanet] TAG: Prince Jacob Narrates his Life Experiences
Prince Jacob Narrates his Life Experiences Photos: http://bit.ly/ewvfhq “One has to work hard with sincerity in order to achieve success in life” said Mr. Prince Jacob, the most popular tiatr artiste of Konkani stage. Mr. Jacob was speaking during the programme ‘Meet the Artiste’ organized by Tiatr Academy of Goa, yesterday i.e 17th January 2011 in TAG’s Conference Hall, Campal, Panjim. Prince Jacob disclosed that his childhood was a struggle and could not even continue his studies after SSC due to financial constraints in the family. He had to go to work at the young age and hence face challenges of life at an early age. Prince Jacob is a self made man who sincerely worked with determination in order to achieve success and attain celebrity status. According to Mr. Jacob, he joined the tiatr stage for the first time at a very tender age of 13 years in the play “Chuk Hanvem Adharli” written and directed by Rosario Dias. His acting particularly his comedy actions were highly appreciated by the tiatr goers. As his comic roles were appreciated by the people, he continued to act as a comedian on the tiatr stage. Prince Jacob is a man of determination who takes up challenges and risks in order to present on the stage something new and something different. This attitude in him compelled him to learn magic and the art of illusions which subsequently he made use of in his tiatrs thereby mesmerizing the tiatr audience. He came across a handicapped person who did not have hands and who used to do all his works with the help of his legs. Prince Jacob wrote a special play on the life of a handicapped and displayed how a handicapped person can live a normal life and that such a person deserves full respect from the society. He did not stop there only because he wanted to base one of the stories of his tiatr on the faithfulness of a dog. He took the help of his friends to get a trained dog and according to the requirements of the activities of the dog he wrote a script of a tiatr, the hero of the tiatr being the dog. The dog did the lead role and surprised the tiatr audience. After sometime when the dog expired, Mr. Jacob considered it was not an irrational animal but a rational artiste of his tiatr who expired. Besides this, Prince Jacob had the courage to translate a Marathi Drama ‘Sahi Re Sahi’ and stage it as a tiatr entitled ‘Rupnnem’. This experiment too kept Prince Jacob at a higher level in comparison with other artistes of tiatr stage. Besides being innovative on the tiatr stage Mr. Prince Jacob has another side in his life where silently he does a lot of social work as far as poor and weaker sections of society are concerned. He makes use of certain percentage of his earnings to help the poor and the needy. Prince Jacob has very high regards to his elder brother Humbert, who, he says was responsible in helping him in all aspects including education when his childhood was facing numerous challenges. He answered numerous questions put forth by his numerous fans and well wishers who attended the programme in large numbers Victor de Sa Member Secretary
Re: [Goanet] Churchianity
Dear Joao, All I will say is that 'YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY' And for the past 2000 years 'they' do the 'elbow exercises' every morning, intaking wine in the remembrance that HE raised a toast to his friends, ONCE UPON A TIME and then do exactly the opposite of what HE wanted done. :-) Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 - Original Message - From: Joao Barros-Pereira joaobarrospere...@gmail.com To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 3:42 PM Subject: [Goanet] Churchianity Churchianity A Goanetter would like to know if we Goans are half-baked Christians ...? The answer to his query is a simple Yes, of course. Can a psychologically divided being be anything else other than a half-baked Christian ...? The Pope lives in a palace and has a luxurious lifestyle. *Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God,* said Jesus Christ. The Pope obviously thinks differently! He has more in common with a CEO of a global corporation or Head of State than Jesus of Nazareth. Every Sunday priests claim, and millions of Roman Catholics pretend, the host and wine are really the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Now, that's taking a lie a bit too far even for a psychologically divided people, wouldn't you say? We Roman Catholics, millions and millions of us, have nothing to lose but our chains, our lies! The representative of God, the Pope speaks for God or so I'm told by the Roman Catholic Church. Does God speak only through him and his priests and never through ordinary mortals? Apparently so. Joan of Arc, a simple country girl, was burnt at the stake for saying God gave her a message for her people. While one Pope declared Joan a witch and sent her to a fiery grave, another declared her a Saint! Where is the truth? Some people are now probably getting angry, angry reading all this criticism against the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. If it is so, it is only natural. I could go on and on. A psychologically divided being is a battlefield, pulled this way and that way Only the priestly class is happy as it provides them with a job, an opportunity for service; poison them first and then 'save' them, gives the priests a sense of respectability, and lots and lots of patients as well as a lifelong vocation. The prisoner, however, has only one cure and way to salvation and, that is, to make a quick exit! Asking the Church for help and expecting salvation through them when the priestly Church itself has divided and imprisoned us psychologically is like asking the Prison Guard for the keys to the cell so we can all be free. Joao Barros-Pereira aka The Anti-Christ Have a nice Sunday!
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (19Jan11)
*** Tales of Goa Today - I *** He dropped doing his MBA...says he makes more money pushing Drugs To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Goa news for January 19, 2011
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa NCP demands state Home Minister Naik''s resignation - Oneindia ome-minister-involved-in-drug-trade-ncp-news-national-lbrw4jbbcgb.htmlGoa home minister involved in drug trade: NCP http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGC-4GAEH4f1Sf5bPGcF2iMZ2o6OQurl=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/18/goancp-demands-state-home-minister-naiksresignation-aid0126.html *** Goa ready to give govt jobs to Tillari project affected people - Oneindia oa-to-provide-employment-to-people-hit-bytillari-aid0126.htmlMaha asks Goa to provide employment to people hit by Tillari http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFPlus9N-9SPLizjQ0fXNW2pE55Jwurl=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/18/goaready-to-give-govt-jobs-to-tillari-project-affectedpeop-aid0126.html *** HC directs NDPS court to give Dudu as hearing - Times of India ay extension to file a chargesheet ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGY7DwNGi-kzFWEE1DeaQTfOHQJigurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/HC-directs-NDPS-court-to-give-Dudu-as-hearing/articleshow/7315971.cms *** Businessman beaten by mob for molesting Russian woman in Goa - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFBQD5G7N72zkK8nsrLc0_-s7DTjwurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/businessman-beaten-by-mob-for-molesting-russian-woman-in-goa/538502.html *** HC issues notices to Goa govt, CBI in drug nexus case - MSN India ourt-issues-notices-in-goa-drug-nexus-probe-case-news-national-lbsoEifijfc.htmlHigh court issues notices in Goa drug nexus probe case http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEKoZUpXwNfcj6y8c9APMD0f54nYwurl=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4813962 *** Hold Sesa Goa: Devang Mehta - Moneycontrol.com Equity Sales, Anand Rathi Financial Services. Mehta told CNBC-TV18, On Sesa Goa we have a hold ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHj2t6U7ky_QQ5aKy2L1q-uUQr_fAurl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/stocks-views/hold-sesa-goa-devang-mehta_514214.html *** Student, senior citizen die in 2 accidents - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: A student of Goa Institute of Management (GIM) died in a freak accident in the early hours of Tuesday, while a pedestrian was knocked down by a jeep ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH_V0AxL3zAWBXdc21cl8BHdDZYVQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Student-senior-citizen-die-in-2-accidents/articleshow/7315662.cms *** Karnataka cops raid Colva nightclub - Times of India mes of IndiaCOLVA: The Karnataka police who are investigating the seizure of 26 kg of drugs from a head constable of Goa police in Belgaum a week ago, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH16iqBh9mPXIUnKALR3euskPRO7Qurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Karnataka-cops-raid-Colva-nightclub/articleshow/7315752.cms *** Tagore's notes to echo in restored 450-year-old Goa chapel - Sify ased Portuguese cultural institute Fundacao Oriente and hosted within the restored precincts ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFKC8neqhwfWIoN6spy9QoON1dZogurl=http://www.sify.com/news/tagore-s-notes-to-echo-in-restored-450-year-old-goa-chapel-news-national-lbstOnddjad.html *** BIS to set up office in Goa - Times of India WZ_bMand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNESEXX55CZpsOTmYL7BrKQdKiSmUQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/BIS-to-set-up-office-in-Goa/articleshow/7315456.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Leading citizens speak up on graft, lack of governance (ToI)
This is quite pessimistic a view. If nothing was being done, we would have complained too. We seem to be in perennial lament. An initiative of this nature is to be cautiously welcome. Agreed it is not enough; it could be a starting point. While capitalism has been rapacious and uncaring in many parts of the planet, at least some on this list have have shown an interesting degree of social concern in the past. See http://www.azimpremjifoundation.org/home.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Aga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._N._Srikrishna Of course, if you didn't know or follow their actions closely, you could easily dismiss the above as mere websites and cyber-claims. I guess it took some time before people started speaking out against the Robber Barons of the US [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist)] could be challenged, or the Thames could change gears away from being a filthy sewer! FN Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On 18 January 2011 09:45, George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Too little too late? Trying to close the barn door after the horses have bolted? Where were these leaders the last few decades? Corruption is not new in India.
[Goanet] Crosslee Menezes - One man band
One Man Band - Crosslee Menezes - Goa Crosslee Menezes is a singer and performs as a One-Man-Band. He sings songs beginning from the 50’s. He has been praised by people for his easy listening, soothing vocals, slow Jazz and Country songs. In 1996, he participated in a singing completion organized by Remo Fernandes and was awarded first place for Original Song. From 1999 to 2009, he was the lead singer for the Big Country Band in Goa. In 2006, Crosslee released his first music album, ACCBA. From August 2009 until September 2010, he has performed as a One-Man-Band on Cruise ships for Grand Circle Cruise Lines and was awarded the Employee of the month for July 2010 for achieving the highest ratings among all One-Man-Band performers on GCCL cruise ships. Learn more about Crosslee at: http://crosslee-menezes-goa-one-man-band.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-man-band-crosslee-menezes-goa.html Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendre (TSKK) Awards
Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendre (TSKK) Awards THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR B.B.Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa - 403 521 Phone (0832) 2415857, 2415864 Email:tskk...@gmail.com [Dr Pratap Naik, S.J., Director - Cell: 09850658565] Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendre (TSKK) Awards On Wednesday, 26 January 2011 at 5pm the annual awards presenting function of Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) will be held at its premises at Alto Porvorim, Goa. Mr. Cyriaco Dias the veteran well known Tiatrist, Konknni film artist and freedom fighter of Goa will be the Chief Guest and will confer the awards. TSKK will honor the veteran Konknni Tiatrist Mrs Ophelia D’Souza as the twenty-first recipient of TSKK’s prestigious Antonio Pereira Konknni Puroskar (APKP) 2011. Mrs Ophelia D’Souza will receive this award for the year 2011 for her valuable and immense contribution to Konknni Tiatr and films. The award consists of a shawl, memento and cash Rs. 25,000/-. Mrs Ophelia Cabral was born on 08th November 1938 at Socorro, Bardes, Goa. She was the daughter of Alberto and Leena Cabral. She was a student of Victoria School, Mahim, Mumbai where she had opportunities to act and sing in the concerts. The school authorities were amazed at her skill of acting and singing. In 1954 for the fist time she acted in Konknni Tiatr Apurbayechi Sun of A.F. Rod. She improved her performance from tiatr to Tiatr. She was offered roles by many Tiatrists. The public fell in love with Ophelia in C. Alvares’ Tiatr Avoycho Xirap. Since then she became the main actress for almost 60 Tiatrs of C. Alvares. She has done a variety of roles ranging from tragedy to comedy. She is also a good singer and her songs are recorded on HMV Records and All India Radio. She is rightly called the Queen of Tragedy of Konknni Tiatr. She is an intense actress and one that believes in studying her role thoroughly before deciding on how best to portray it. She has also acted in Konknni films Amchem Noxib, Nirmonn, Bhunyarantlo Monis, Boglantt and video film Mogachi Faxi. She married to her co-Tiatrist, Bab Peter D’Souza in 1975. She has written and directed two Tiatrs. She has received a number of awards and felicitation from various organizations. She is the sister of Miss Mohana, the film star of over 40 Hindi feature films. At present Ophelia lives in Mahim, Mumbai with her daughter and grand children. Every year TSKK gives an award Konknni Martir Floriano Vaz Puroskar for the best Konknni book of the calendar year written in Roman script. The award consists of a memento, citation and cash Rs. 5,000/-. For the year 2010 Turo, short story book of Mr. Vincy Quadros from Raia, Goa has been selected. He is one of the most talented writers of Konknni in Roman and Devanagari scripts. At present he is the vice-President of Goa Konkani Akademi. He regularly writes to various Konknni journals in Roman and Devanagari scripts. He has written seven Konknni books. He has edited a number of Konknni journals like Jivit, Kamgarvanni. He was a Managing Committee member of Dalgado Konknni Akademi and Konknni Bhasha Mandal, Goa. He has done M.A. in Sociology. He has successfully organized Konknni literary programmes and taken part in various Konknni conferences as a resource person. He has received a number of awards for his books and for his contribution to Konknni from various Konknni organizations. From this year Dr. Jack Sequeira Puroskar for the contribution of a young Konknni writer to Konknni in Roman script has been instituted at TSKK by Fr. Conceção da Silva, the Parish Priest of Carambolim and the well known Konknni retreat preacher. The award consists of a shawl, memento, and cash Rs 5,000/-. Mr Jose Salvador Fernandes has been chosen for this award of 2010. He has done M.A. in Konknni and he worked as a Konknni lecturer in Carmel College, Nuvem; and Fr. Agnel College, Pilar. He was the chief reporter and news editor and translator of V. Ixtt Konknni weekly from 2003 to 2010. He worked as an editor of Konkan Mail journal for three years. He was the Executive Member of Konknni Bhasha Mandal, Goa. For the last five years he is the Secretary of Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA). He has worked as a language editor for a number of Konknni books published by DKA. He is an efficient translator from English to Konknni. He has contributed articles to a number of Konknni journals like Gulab, V. Ixtt, Goencho Ulo. He has written and acted in one act Konknni plays. Since 2008 he contributes Konknni articles on various subjects every Saturday under the column Son’varachim Sungttam to www.goa-world.com. He has begged a few Konknni prizes in various competitions. Salvador is a talented, active and silent worker of Konknni. At the award function Master Aaron Jack Fernandes, a XII standard student from Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School, Sanvordem will be given the Lourenço Umbelina scholarship. Mother Theresa Brass Band
[Goanet] Director General of Police on leave as cops face heat
From Times of India 19 Jan. 2011: DGP Bhimsen Bassi left for Delhi on January 15 ... This is being seen as an attempt to save face amidst allegations of inaction by top police officials ... Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar said, I don`t see the DGP taking serious interest is his work... Chief minister Digambar Kamat defended Bassi and said, He must have had some meetings in Delhi, besides personal work ... Full text at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/DGP-on-leave-as-cops-face-heat/a rticleshow/7315981.cms == Comment: Is Goa's Director General of Police seeking to escape to Delhi permanently? He has some job interviews lined up this week: From: Indian Express. 17 January 2011. Director General of Police, Goa, B S Bassi, is the top contender for the Special Director's position at the CBI in Delhi ... Bassi whose retirement is due in 2016 is also seen as a future Delhi Police Commissioner ... Full text at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/security-stays-up-us-steps-down-a-little/7 38444/0 Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet] Let Tots Enjoy Their Infancy And Childhood
Let Tots Enjoy Their Infancy And Childhood It was cold and drizzling, on my way to office around 7 AM, today, I witnessed cruelty at it’s worse, an Indian mother cruelly pulling a staggering tiny tot, in uniform, who was half a sleep and crying at the top of his voice, it looked like he was being forced to do something that he didn’t have a clue to, I felt that at that age he should have been comfortably sleeping in the warmth and security of his bed, the kid must have hardly been three or three and a half years of age. This heartless act erupted an emotional volcano in me. The educational stress on students today is enormous, we have seen how students are burdened to excel, along with their own expectation, the students are further pressurised by the expectations of their parents and sometimes by their sibling’s as well. Today the students are really struggling to cope up with all the expectations around them and sometimes succumb to it, leading to mental breakdowns and even suicides. I remember our days at school, we did not have any pressure from our parents, even though very few of them were educated, we were left to ourselves to cope up with our studies and we did just fine, there were no suicides, there were no mental breakdowns and we enjoyed our education, there were a lot among us who turned out to be good medical professionals, sportsmen, engineers and even scientists, so if all this can be achieved without putting any pressure on the students, then why are the kids of today become victims of educational stress ? Serious thought must be given to this aspect, no doubt the number of children have increased and so has the competition, but haven’t the number of professional institutions and the number of seats increased ? The facilities for overseas education has also increased and improved, so why do we tax our children so much ? It horrifies me, every time I come across small tots carrying bags that look bigger and heavier then themselves. It is enough tragedy that kids hardly completing age three, are pushed into Nurseries and then schools with lots of homework as an appendage, and then made to carry heavy loads on their backs, which could affect their very growth physically and mentally, kids today are deprived of freedom even in infancy, forget about childhood altogether. Reflecting on the above, there could be two causes, one, there could be something seriously wrong with our educational system, or two, the egos of the parents keep on getting bigger and bigger as they demand more and more from their kids, so that they don’t lag behind their colleagues, friends or even their own relatives. Sometimes it is the case of working parents, who have very little time for their tots, that no sooner they begin to walk, they are just dump into nursery schools, so that they don’t have to be guilty of not giving quality time to their little ones, this trend has become more of a fashion, when the parents brag about how very young their kids are, and how well they do at their respective nurseries. Have the parents ever realized that they are sacrificing their children’s infancy and childhood for their own comfort ? It the height of hypocrisy when parents claim that they have put their little tots into nursery schools for the good of the children. We don’t need a degree in child psychology to say that, it is certainly not in the best interest of the child to be put into nursery schools at such a tender age, whose wellbeing at that age should be with and around the parents as much as possible. In the last couple of years, I was fortunate to watch two great Hindi movies relating to today’s education, and they are both Aamir Khan’s movies. The message that he gave in both his movies was an ideal lesson for parents, both the films were very practical and engrossing, as Aamir being the perfectionist he is, we couldn’t expect anything less from him, I am sure all of you must have guessed the names of the two movies, yes, “Three Idiots” and “Taare Zameen Par”. These two movies are a must see, for every parent whose kids are studying and absorb the essence of those movies. Putting pressure on our children so that our dreams come true, is not the best way to mould our children and their future, we have to see and try to develop and enhance their skills and fulfill their dreams. This is the duty of every parent or else we may drive our child to a mental breakdown or even loose our child to suicide. Why do we not allow our kids today to enjoy their infancy and childhood without forcing them into the grind ? Life itself is a burden when we have to face the world, to move on in life, it’s a never ending process that ends only in the grave. So let’s not push the yoke on such little tots, give them space and time to enjoy their infancy and childhood, they will have enough struggles ahead, let infancy and childhood be theirs, to live and enjoy. Are the children given any free time by their parents ? I know a good
Re: [Goanet] Leading citizens speak up on graft, lack of governance (ToI)
George said: Too little too late? Trying to close the barn door after the horses have bolted? Where were these leaders the last few decades? Corruption is not new in India. Comment:Are baba, this is an era of knowledge economy and social entrepreneurship. It is about joinning the loot, selling your knowledge and expertise to the looters and making your buck first. When you have had enough till your ripe old age, start making the right noises and become a champion of the people. It is achievement both sides. it is about Man of the year and Man of the millenuieum.-Soter
[Goanet] WHICH SUJAY GUPTA (Herald Editor Weekend?)?
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:03:12 -0800; jason Pereira wrote : Is this Gupta same as the one who was spearheding campaign for CIDADE ordinance and had fied 500 karod suit on mining activist Seby? Yesterday Herald carried his interview with Digu? Has his heart changed? Or has Herald changed? Jason COMMENT : The heart never changes. We have been breeding and feeding a lot of chameleons since December1961. We have been fascinated by their exotic coulours, specially those from across Goan borders. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
[Goanet] COMMENT: Towards Ruin: The Coast Is Finally Clear (Dr. Claude Alvares, in OUTLOOK)
OPINION Towards Ruin: The Coast Is Finally Clear Regularisation rather than regulation has become the norm in our coastal policy. What a foolish government! CLAUDE ALVARES COMMENTS Indira Gandhi’s concerns about protecting the ecology of India’s coasts, which held sway for almost 20 years, are being subverted under a regime supervised by her daughter-in-law and grandson. Claude Alvares—who has been involved with coastal ecology issues for decades—provides a stinging critique of the way the present dispensation is actively undoing one of India’s most significant environment regulations. Who remembers? In November 1981, Indira Gandhi issued a stern letter to all the chief ministers of India’s coastal states stipulating that nothing should be allowed within 500 metres of the high tide line (HTL) in order to maintain the beauty and ecological integrity of the nation’s beaches. As long as she was alive, no one dared to challenge the directive. It was finally replaced in February 1991 by a special notification under the Environment Protection Act which defined the stretch of 500 metres from the HTL as “coastal regulation zone” and introduced severe restrictions on new developments. Within a year of the notification, then Union environment minister Kamal Nath was ready to bring it down. As is usually done, a committee was appointed headed by B.B. Vohra. Kamal Nath abused the committee’s report to notify changes, some as drastic as allowing construction of resorts within 200 metres of the HTL. Several of us moved the Supreme Court, and got the infamous amendments struck down. But the environment ministry was relentless. By the time Jairam Ramesh had arrived, the notification had been amended 25 times in less than 20 years, each amendment diluting it further. (If you want something to compare this with, the Constitution of India was amended 90 times in the space of 60 years.) Through the 25 amendments, almost everything that Mrs Gandhi frowned upon was gradually allowed in the coastal areas, including SEZs and IT parks in a classic illustration of the fable about an Arab, his tent and a camel. In the fable, after seeking the Arab’s approval for bringing its feet into the tent, then its head, then its hump, the camel finally edges out the Arab from the tent altogether. It was the NDA regime that decided to do away with the CRZ law altogether (it was Mrs Gandhi’s initiative, after all). So, one more committee was formed under M.S. Swaminathan. When it was done, the Swaminathan report castigated the environment ministry for the 25 amendments and said they were all in the nature of unwarranted dilutions. Nevertheless, rather mysteriously, it recommended scrapping the notification altogether and substituting it with a fresh notification called the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) notification. We found out later through RTI applications that the final chapter proposing the CZM notification had been inserted by a separate sub-committee after the last meeting of the Swaminathan committee! The replacement of the NDA government with the UPA regime made no difference to the move to dismantle the CRZ, even though the leading lights of the UPA were, as we all know, daughters-in-law or grandchildren of Mrs Gandhi. When the CZM notification was notified in 2008 for receiving objections, the revolt against it was huge. More than 8,000 letters were received, including objection letters from the chief ministers of almost all the coastal states. Several consultations were held in various cities by the environment ministry through the Centre for Environment Education (CEE). The CEE filed a detailed report saying that the public opinion expressed in all the consultations—especially from the fishing community—was unanimously against the new draft that sought to replace the 1991 CRZ notification. The CRZ notification of 1991 has been amended 25 times in some 20 years (the constitution has been amended 90 times in 60 years). The environment ministry brought in Swaminathan again to undo the damage. He was now asked to head a new committee to recommend scrapping of the CZM notification, which he dutifully did. When I met him in July 2009, just after he had taken charge, Jairam Ramesh expressed astonishment that the eminent scientist could put forward two diametrically opposite recommendations within one year. But the report gave the government an opportunity to wriggle out of a difficult situation. The government thereafter allowed the CZM to lapse and announced proposals to amend the 1991 notification instead. Purportedly in response to this, a “pre-draft CRZ notification”, a sort of trial balloon that we can safely call a “daft” CRZ notification, was circulated in April 2010 which allowed construction even within 200 metres of the HTL, and several other monumental stupidities. In response to the charges of the fisherfolk that their views were not considered, Jairam announced a series of fresh consultations on the
[Goanet] ‘Zatrotsav’ commences with pomp at Mapusa
‘Zatrotsav’ commences with pomp at Mapusa HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, JAN 18 The 76th ‘Zatrotsav’ of the famous Bodgeshwar Temple in Mapusa commenced on Tuesday with traditional pomp and religious fervour amid police security. The purohit performed the pooja at noon, as people from all walks of life thronged to the temple to offer their prayers to the deity. Among the dignitaries those visited the temple are Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Mapusa MLA Francis D’Souza, Mapusa Municipal Council Chairperson Sudhir Kandolker and DySP Sammy Tavares. The Zatrosav will culminate on Wednesday at 11 pm after ‘Aarti’ and ‘Prarthana’. Surrounded by greenery, it is a small shrine dedicated to Kanakeshwar Baba or Bodgeshwar, locally known as Bongini. Thousands of devotees flock to the temple. The God is regarded as Angavani, to whom vows are made and who fulfills desires of the devotees. On fulfillment of desires, people offer presents (flowers, bananas, etc) to the God as promised by them earlier. Mapusa Police station posted several police personnel at the temple to maintain law and order. DySP Sammy Tavares visited the site of Bodgeshwar Temple on Tuesday morning and had a look at the security arrangement. Giant wheel and stalls of sweets, fruits, flowers, toys, utensils, tea, snacks, cold drink, etc, have been set up opposite the Bodgeshwar Temple. http://oheraldo.in/news/Local%20News/lsquo-Zatrotsav-rsquo-commences-with-pomp-at-Mapusa/44897.html
[Goanet] Which Sujay Gupta?
Everything changes dear! Varem marta te votten sup dhorunk zai! Punn aiz vareak legit konn ravona ani bhatak/tandllank pasun fenacher varem ghaltat... Mol konnem tori halim kallar pollelam? Fausto Jason Pereira wrote: Is this Gupta same as the one who was spearheding campaign for CIDADE ordinance and had fied 500 karod suit on mining activist Seby? Yesterday Herald carried his interview with Digu? Has his heart changed? Or has Herald changed? Jason
[Goanet] Statue of opinion poll stalwart Desai to be erected in Cuncolim
Statue of opinion poll stalwart Desai to be erected in Cuncolim File photo shows late Shabu Desai lighting the Jothi before criss-crossing the state during the Opinion poll to drum up support in favour of maintaining Goa's separate identity. HERALD REPORTER MARGAO. JAN 15, 2011 The very mention of the historic Opinion Poll brings back memories of the contribution of many leaders, including Jack de Sequeira to protect Goa's identity. Cuncolkars will pay homage to a worthy son of the historic village, freedom Fighter late Shabu Desai, for his outstanding contribution to the Opinion Poll movement on January 19 - the day the Opinion Poll result sealed the fate of the anti-merger campaign and retaining Goa's unique identity. Come January 19, and the citizens of Cuncolim will erect a permanent statue of late Shabu Desai opposite the Post Office. The statue will be unveiled at the hands of Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Pratapsing Rane in the presence of Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao, Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik on Wednesday (Jan 19/11) at S pm at a function organized by the Shabu B Desai memorial Committee headed by freedom fighter Madhukar Desai. Says Treasurer of the Committee and the guiding force behind building Shabhu's memorial, Moti Desai: Late Shabu was a hero of the Opinion poll, who envisioned an innovative idea to retain Goa's separate identity. Shabu traversed the length and breadth of Goa with the Jothi in the name of Shree Shantadurga Kunkallikarin to oppose Goa's merger with Maharashtra. He said this Holy Jothi created a favourable atmosphere in both North and South Goa, where most of the Hindus were inclined towards the merger due to their affiliation with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, then espousing the state's merger with Maharashtra during the Polls. This unique campaign launched by Desai turned out a big success in polling sizeable votes against the merger, Thus, Goans decided with thumping majority to maintain Goa's independent identity, Moti added. The Shabu Desai memorial committee has appealed to the people of Cuncolim in particular and all Goans in general to attend the statue unveiling ceremony in large numbers and pay tribute to this Hero of the Opinion Poll 1967. Source: Herald, Goa - Jan 16, 2011 INVITATION Shabu B. Dessai Memorial Committee Opinion Poll 1967 Cuncolim, Salcete, Goa Cordially invites you for the Statue unveiling ceremony of Late Shri Shabu B. Dessai Freedom Fighter Hero of Opinion Poll 1967 on Wednesday, 19th January 2011 at 5:00pm at Old Bus Stand, Cuncolim, Goa at the Hands of Shri Pratapsingh Raoji Rane (Hon Speaker - Goa Legislative Assembly) Guest of Honour Joaquim Alemao Minister of Urban Development Shri Shantaram Naik MP Rajya Sabha Shabu B. Dessai Memorial Committee Moduccora B. N. Dessai - President Moti R. Dessai - Treasurer Shripad G. Dessai - Secretary Source: Herald, Goa - Jan 19, 2011
