[Goanet] Toxin from GM crops found in human blood: Study : North: India Today

[Con Menezes]

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/toxin-from-gm-crops-found-in-human-blood/1/137728.html

[Goanet] Goa news for June 3, 2011

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Balli riots: BJP gives Rs 1L to each victim's family - Times
of India
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http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEw62opoxUz2MNPJz9uMylxn_OObA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Balli-riots-BJP-gives-Rs-1L-to-each-victims-family/articleshow/8702149.cms

*** 'Ekvat' to perform at Panaji on June 4, Margao on June 5 -
Times of India
usic-troupe-to-perform-in-goa/710731.html">Portugese music
troupe to perform in Goa
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGoAB7PEGxQboYxoeouYogsHO15dA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Ekvat-to-perform-at-Panaji-on-June-4-Margao-on-June-5/articleshow/8702041.cms

*** Cauvrem violence: NHRC seeks report from Goa govt -
IBNLive.com
NLive.comPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE5A1k5DsRkp99Q2s-h3aT3C3LKNg&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/cauvrem-violence-nhrc-seeks-report-from-goa-govt/710838.html

*** Nifty off lows; Sesa Goa, IDFC, Sterlite, DLF down -
Economic Times
own opening tracking global peers, as investors bought stocks
available at lower levels. The downward correction was led by
rate sensitive sectors while defensive FMCG space was ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE1mqR1utdXZXl-PLJh9OVybAzCMA&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/market-news/nifty-off-lows-sesa-goa-idfc-sterlite-dlf-down/articleshow/8690957.cms

*** 'Press photography in Goa's illegal mines risky' - iNewsOne
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http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHU36TjSX567Km2kczRgQTvy8EKpw&url=http://www.inewsone.com/2011/06/02/press-photography-in-goas-illegal-mines-risky/54915

*** I-League Stat Attack: Salgocar maintain Goa's dominance -
TheSportsCampus.com
ndia/news/1064/i-league/2011/06/03/2514919/goalcom-special-who-is-salgaocars-player-of-the-season">Goal.com
Special: Who Is Salgaocar's Player Of The Season?
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHliEkqNW3L3UA4MH2K6mBzp5b0Cg&url=http://www.thesportscampus.com/2011060213406/articles/i-league-salgocar-maintain-goas-dominance

*** NCP asks for roll-back of grants to English - Times of India
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http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGOUi2bYgYi2ZWK-xob5Lb22bBDww&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NCP-asks-for-roll-back-of-grants-to-English/articleshow/8702062.cms

*** NGOs to back Baba Ramdev with satyagraha - Times of India
orruption legislation, more than 20 NGOs have come together in
Goa to carry out a parallel hunger strike in solidarity at Azad
Maidan, Panaji, on June 4. ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHG0L2M9ZPK-PPIScm84APLaYhHJQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NGOs-to-back-Baba-Ramdev-with-satyagraha/articleshow/8702199.cms

*** NGOs want forest policy corrected - Times of India
ourism projects in forest areas inhabited ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGZZqI97iPvAO1XjRNGTx1TIMd6jQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NGOs-want-forest-policy-corrected/articleshow/8702197.cms

*** Rains lash state, uproot banyan tree in Mapusa - Times of
India
eeded respite from the sweltering heat. "These are just
pre-monsoon showers and similar showers including thunder
showers are expected to continue in the state for the next ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFKEuPDghJDtuOea9LcsWEWXp5kzw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Rains-lash-state-uproot-banyan-tree-in-Mapusa/articleshow/8702158.cms


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

[Goanet] Song for the day

[Gabe Menezes]

 Will you still love me tomorrow - The
Shirelles

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

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Reservation policy for jobs in Goa

[armstrong augusto vaz]

Needed to know more about the reservation in Goa after the Tribal fiasco in
Balli
so the tribals have got 12 percent reservation, that leaves 88 for others
so  88 percent is divided between OBC's, ST, SC and others ? and what about
the Bandhari Samaj
besides reservation for handicapped people and children of freedom fighters
do the tribals do not come under the ST category?
and what is the percentage of reservation for Christians
NB: Christian reservation (although officially caste system is not
recognised by the church)

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Techie, blogger, millionaire (FN)

[Goanet Reader]

Techie, blogger, millionaire

By Frederick Noronha

  I last met Deelip Menezes when he was a seventh
  standard Don Bosco schoolboy who drew arty pictures
  using a typewriter! Had he not mentioned the
  interview which emerged in the GT/Weekender over 23
  years, I would have surely not connected that
  schoolkid with the confident Alto Porvorim techie
  who has just sold his software company to a
  prestigious US corporate.

Largely overlooked in Goa itself, this development has drawn
attention from the global tech media.

Graphic Speak gfxspeak.com said: "US-based and NASDAQ-listed
company 3D Systems recently acquired a small Goan software
development company called SYCODE. SYCODE owner Deelip
Menezes is an influential and popular blogger on the CAD
software industry. See his blog at http://www.deelip.com.
Deelip will now be the country head of 3D Systems India.

It added: "The products are good, but not earth shaking.
There are only five employees, and one is the CEO's
driver/gofer. Goa is the boondocks for India software
development. It is obvious 3D Systems didn't buy these
companies for any of the usual reasons."

Given the nature of this story, I asked Deelip to explain his
work and its implications in non-geek terms. "Everybody knows
what CAD (Computer Aided Design) is. I started a company
which makes plug-ins for CAD applications. We customise CAD
applications for the end users," he explains.

  Their plug-ins allow data-exchange. "I have got
  customers ranging from lone architects to NASA and
  Boeing," he says. Boeing? "Even German aerospace is
  my customer," he says, promptly adding, "They don't
  know I'm a small firm in India. The internet helps
  me hide that, and I've used that to my advantage."

As Graphic Speak put it: "By our count they have 241 separate
products, with such enticing names as 3DM Import for
SolidWorks or VTK Export for AutoCAD. The customer base
includes one-person machine shops, Boeing, and everyone in
between. Sycode products fill tiny niches, and they seem to
do it well. You don't write 241 such programs unless you have
(1) figured out how to crank them out like doughnuts; (2)
make them dirt-simple to use, and (3) have a revenue stream
large enough to expand the product line."

  For us in Goa, this could be a thrilling story for
  other reasons. Deelip (35), educated entirely here,
  has done it from a tiny place like Goa. He's young
  too, having passed from the Goa Engineering College
  in 1997.

"There are no odds against me. I could do the same thing from
jail. I'm not joking," he smiles, in reply to a query. "You
give me a computer, and an internet connection, I could do
the same thing from jail or Antarctica."

Flush with the success of getting recognised by Silicon
Valley and South Carolina, he points out that, soon enough,
he never moved out of Goa. He readied his passport in the
third year of engineering itself; but migration didn't
happen. So, he worked for just a couple of years at ACGL, the
bus-building firm in Goa, and then went into entrepreneurship.

Deelip is a mechanical engineer. "Half my class went on ship.
Half went to the US and began working in software companies.
Just a handful started from the scratch." He sees the problem
as one of mindset. "We have the knowhow, the technology, the
resources. We work one day extra each week, and don't have
two months leave (each year) as in the US," he points out.

He's willing to share his lessons without hesitation.

Deelip wrote on his blog recently: "Even after selling two of
my companies, by no means do I consider myself an expert in
buying and selling businesses I would like to share what
I learned from a couple of people.

"Of all the people I talked to, probably the best advice I
got was from SolidWorks co-founder Jon Hirschtick
(@JHirschtick). He said to me, 'You will get the best price
for your company when you do not need to sell it'

  "As Jon was speaking to me on the phone I realized
  that what he was saying was precisely what I wanted
  to do with my life. I had been developing small
  plug-ins and utilities for about a dozen years now
  and I really didn't want to do that for the rest of
  my life. I had absolutely fantastic visions for
  both my companies and I wanted to take them to the
  next level and beyond."

Besides his local Goa company (sycode.com), he has a US
company, which works on 3-D printing. "You can print
something like this," he points to a mobile phone, "and it
will get printed by layers."

He told the story of their acquisition by 3DSystems.

"They didn't want to acquire just our software. They wanted
to acquire *us* -- me and my [US-based] partner," says he.
"One of my conditions was I didn't want to leave India. I
don't want to leave Goa actually,"

[Goanet] Drishti lifeguads at Holant Beach have no watch tower yet

[JoeGoaUk]

Drishti lifeguads at Holant Beach have no watch tower yet

Two years on and there is no watch tower of their own.
They take shelter at a nearby beach hut
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790300443/in/photostream



joego...@yahoo.co.uk 

for Goa & NRI related info... 
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For Goan Video Clips 
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In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] 5th June is World Environment Day

[Goa Desc]

---
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.
---
 
5th June is World Environment Day
http://www.unep.org/wed/
http://www.unep.org/wed/challenge/india.asp
http://www.unep.org/wed/infomaterials/downloads/WED_PACK.pdf
---
Source: Social Issues Calendar 2011

GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE
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===

[Goanet] Welcome to Holant beach

[JoeGoaUk]

Welcome to Holant beach 
 

Latest vidoe
watch a video clip here – Holant beach 2nd June 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1FwcGa8no
 



A beautiful picnic spot, a sort of natural and safe sea water 
swimming pool for both young and old.
And to add to your safety, there are two lifeguards too 
closely watching your every movement at sea.

 

This is a small beach often busy all days of the week but if possible 
avoid the crowded weekends.
The beach is mainly visited by locals (Goans) making a very popular 
picnic spot which includes bathing. 
Today Thursday 2.6.11, we visited the beach around noon.
We had bath and then we had lunch at the only restaurant 
Copacabana on the beach.

We had our Goan Xit-coddi there for Rs.70 per person. 
The Mackerel curry was so good that I end up drinking all the 
leftover from the curry bowl
(Reminded me of the comedy by Com. John d’ Silva). 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/5790759012/
 

Last time we visited the beach in 2008 (see pics, links provided in the blog)
 




Holant Beach today 2nd June 2011 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790865812/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790852304/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790855282/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790296739/sizes/l/
 

Lifeguards closely guarding the beach revellers into the sea
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790864614/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790865812/sizes/l/
 

The restaurant / Shack
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790860446/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790304877/sizes/l/
 

Drishti lifeguards at the hut not of their own
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790300443/
 

a water tank in the sky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5790301415/
 

More Ready to view pics at this blog
http://joegoauk.blogspot.com/2011/06/holant-beach-2611.html


 


Latest vidoe
watch a video clip here – Holant beach 2nd June 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1FwcGa8no
 


there are atleast 2 more


joego...@yahoo.co.uk 

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

[Goanet] Is 'Anchal' really a 'factory' or a residential premises.

[JoeGoaUk]

Good point.
Perhaps,  rules are relaxed to ST?
 
To me, from the station road, it appeared as if a large community hall
 
Pics of Achal
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/5786436268/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/5785881661/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/5786437936/in/photostream
The other (Adarsh..)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/5785886061/in/photostream
 
Quote:
[Goanet] Is 'Anchal' really a 'factory' or a residential premises.
Watching video clips of the arson at 'Anchal' makes me wonder whether Anchal 
can be considered
 to be a 'factory' or a residential premises.
If it is/was a factory for processing cashew nuts, then as far as I know
from my visits to cashew nut processing factories in Bicholim (which are
proper factories), the building does not seem to be an appropriate one for
the processes involved.
If it can be called a factory, was there a mandatory fire inspection done?
An interesting question.
And if it is a residential building housing a cashew processing factory, 
can the risks to the residents of the building be justified?


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] Is 'Anchal' really a 'factory' or a residential premises.

[Tony de Sa]

Watching video clips of the arson at 'Anchal' makes me wonder whether Anchal
can be considered to be a 'factory' or a residential premises.

If it is/was a factory for processing cashew nuts, then as far as I know
from my visits to cashew nut processing factories in Bicholim (which are
proper factories), the building does not seem to be an appropriate one for
the processes involved.

If it can be called a factory, was there a mandatory fire inspection done?
An interesting question.

And if it is a residential building housing a cashew processing factory, can
the risks to the residents of the building be justified?

-- 
Tony de Sa.  tonydesa at gmail dot com

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Re: [Goanet] Nudge nudge, wink wink....

[Gabe Menezes]

On 2 June 2011 14:58, Roland Francis  wrote:

> Now that you have clarified your position Gabe, to your question " all the
> more reason for asking the question where will the £38k be spent, don't you
> think so?", the answer would be:
>
> Since the money was awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund,
> ASK THEM!
>
> The essence of straight-forwardness is it not?
>
> Roland.
> Toronto


RESPONSE: Roland this is what you wrote previously:-

For both Selma and Eddie it has been a journey of love for why else would
these two people sacrifice of their own time and money for the cause?

We were on the subject about the grant (i.e. the cause) -  now you are
making it out that you were talking generally about their disposition?

Lastly, I don't need to ask on what basis the grant was awarded or where the
money is going - the answer lies with what was put in the forms, requesting
the grant and where the money would be utilised. It seems pretty clear that
this is a difficult if not impossible one to answer!

No need to ask a third party when the answer is with the applicant. I shall
call it a day on this one; It is for the Members to take up the issue, they
have emailed me to say they are not at all happy that such communication was
made in the public domain instead of to them in the first place. I have
pointed to them their first Port of call.


DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Floriano was a denationalised Goan who gave his life for Bharati Bhasha

[SOTER]

Santoshbab wrote:
"It looks like Soterbab has now adopted the predictable path of throwing mud 
at people with whom he disagrees, associating them rhetorically with his 
worst political opponents and their atrocities, equating Samir and his 
family with Narendra Modi, etc."


Comment:
This is the craft of Goa's .., diverting topics. Mud is thrown at 
people in Rivona and surrounding areas, that is why they are screaming. In 
Karnataka mud throwers get recognition with ministerial berths. I never 
equated anyone with Modi, it is you who trying to do so. I was only trying 
to point out similarities and contradictions in your arguments. You forget 
that Goa is a small place where what gets whispered in Margao will be heard 
amplified in Karwar and Sawantwadi. Probably, Christians like me have a 
problem deciphering the secular from the communal as we do not have any 
exposure to communities? Isn't it Santosh bab?


-Soter D 

[Goanet] Cruising for a cause: "GOAN ROCKIN TO BOLLYWOOD ON THE BAY"

[George Pinto]

All invited. July 2, Saturday, San Francisco, California, Fisherman's Wharf, 
Pier 43.5, see http://goasudharop.org/images/Goa-Cruise1.pdf

As the sun sets on the spectacular San Francisco Bay, and the city lights 
illuminate the night sky, cruise by Alcatraz, the Golden Gate bridge, The Bay 
bridge on one of the most memorable evening cruises in the world. Join many 
others for an unforgettable evening.

The "GOAN ROCKIN TO BOLLYWOOD ON THE BAY" cruise is from 6:15-9:15pm. All 
invited. Net proceeds to benefit Goa Sudharop. Please buy your tickets now.

Ticket prices includes cruise, soft-drinks/juices, dinner (grand Indian 
buffet), DJ dancing. All welcome. No-host cash bar (alcohol) available.

Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011
Cruise Company:   Red & White Fleet, Pier 43.5
Name of Vessel:   Harbor Queen/Princess
Boarding: 6:15-6:30pm
Sailing in calm waters:   6:30-9:00pm
Disembarkation:   9:00-9:15pm

Ticket price:
Ages 23+:$75
Ages 6-23:   $55
Under 5: Free

Please note if you have registered for the Goan Convention from July 2-4, the 
cruise is INCLUDED in the registration and you do not need to
separately register for the cruise. The above prices are cruise only. Tickets 
sold first come, first serve basis. Ticket prices are not tax-deductible but 
donations to Goa Sudharop above ticket prices are.

You can pay on the Goa Sudharop website at www.goasudharop.org and click on the 
"Click here to DONATE" button (PAYPAL) or you can mail a check payable to "GOA 
SUDHAROP" and mail to our Treasurer, Acaria Almeida at:

   ACARIA ALMEIDA
   P.O. Box 6144
   MORAGA, CALIFORNIA, 94570, USA
   Phone: 925-324-0513
   Email: acariaalme...@yahoo.com

Please pass this email on to your friends and family. Please mark your
calendars.

Thank you.

Goa Sudharop
www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] Nudge nudge, wink wink....

[Roland Francis]

Now that you have clarified your position Gabe, to your question " all the
more reason for asking the question where will the £38k be spent, don't you
think so?", the answer would be:

Since the money was awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund,
ASK THEM!

The essence of straight-forwardness is it not?

Roland.
Toronto.



Gabe Menezes wrote:
say no more. Ask a straight forward question and one get a rigmarole of
an answer. I had neither questioned any body's integrity nor their undoubted
goodness!

I had not questioned accountability; what I asked, has not been answered.
The term voluntary could well be a misnomer - readers could misconstrue that
work is done free of charge - when in fact it could well be quite the
opposite. For instance I could volunteer to serve in the Armed Forces - that
does not mean I do not get paid!

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] The Catch - Unaided schools may not get grants in 2011-12

[Nascy Caldeira]

Dear Goanetters,
 
Well, here is a solution!
Stop all aid to the Marathi Schools; let the bloody Maharastra Govt. pay for 
these if at all.
Or Tax, a big tax, on these Marathi Schools. 
Then also tax additional, all those who supported these pro Marathi moves in 
the years gone by.
 
Deport Shashikala, Karmali and other communalists out of amchem Goem.
 
There will then be enough money in the kitty to meet the additional exoenditure 
for implementing the new Primary English Medium Policy. 
 
WHY NOT?
Marathi wallahs can migtrate to adjoining Marasthra areas or go settle in 
Dharavi Mumbai, and improve the Slums there. 
 
Goa is for modern Indians of Goan origin; not for retrogade, primitve beliefs 
type.
Rise my fellow Goans; defeat these primitives! let us all have Real Freedom!
 
Nascy Caldeira.

From: SOTER 
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Thursday, 2 June 2011 1:14 PM
Subject: [Goanet] The Catch - Unaided schools may not get grants in 2011-12

Unaided schools may not get grants in 2011-12
Gauree Malkarnekar, TNN | Jun 1, 2011, 04.58am IST

PANAJI: It has belatedly dawned upon the state government that no budgetary 
provision exists to bear the substantial burden involved in extending grants to 
the 138 unaided English primary schools in Goa. Such schools eligible for 
grants, are now unlikely to get aid in the academic year 2011-12. 

Contrary to the chief minister's claims that there would be no additional 
financial burden, education minister Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate admitted that 
financial implications are involved in implementing the new policy. 

"We are working out the modalities in implementing the new policy. Many aspects 
like appointment of teachers have to be looked into. We are finalizing the 
norms to allow government aided schools to accommodate English as medium of 
instruction along with Konkani and Marathi. It will happen. Allocating grants 
to unaided English schools will take time as no special provision was made in 
the budget," Monserrate said. Unaided schools may not get grants in 2011-12 
Gauree Malkarnekar 

Financial burden 

Announcing grants to schools with English as a medium of instruction, chief 
minister Digambar Kamat had said aid will be made available to existing unaided 
English medium schools if they meet the infrastructure requirement as per the 
education rules and if they are willing to adopt Konkani or Marathi as 
compulsory subject in a phased manner from Class I in 2011-12. 

The education minister has realized now that it is easier said than done. 
Monserrate told TOI the process of inspecting the 138 unaided schools to verify 
if they meet the infrastructure and teacher qualification norms will take time. 
Besides, there are major financial implications involved for which budget 
provisions could not be made as the decision came after the budget was drawn, 
he said. 

Sources said the financial burden estimated in implementing the new policy is 
over ` 20 crore. With less than a week to go for schools to reopen, the 
four-member committee set up by the state to work out modalities and oversee 
implementation of the new policy has been unable to hold its first meeting even 
six days after its constitution. 

Education secretary V P Rao, a member of the committee, is in Delhi attending 
to official work and is expected in Goa on Wednesday. The committee is likely 
to meet on Thursday, just four days before the academic year begins on June 6. 

Circulars will be issued to schools only after the committee works out the 
modalities of implementing the policy. The directorate of education has been 
flooded with inquiries since the declaration of the policy from the 138 unaided 
English primary schools and 198 aided Konkani and Marathi primary schools. The 
inquiries pertain to the procedure to be followed in availing grants in case of 
unaided schools and making the shift in medium with regard to aided Konkani and 
Marathi schools. 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Unaided-schools-may-not-get-grants-in-2011-12/articleshow/8673087.cms

[Goanet] Nudge nudge, wink wink....

[Gabe Menezes]

say no more. Ask a straight forward question and one get a rigmarole of
an answer. I had neither questioned any body's integrity nor their undoubted
goodness!

I had not questioned accountability; what I asked, has not been answered.
The term voluntary could well be a misnomer - readers could misconstrue that
work is done free of charge - when in fact it could well be quite the
opposite. For instance I could volunteer to serve in the Armed Forces - that
does not mean I do not get paid!

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Interesting piece of software - to catch Laptop (Mac) swipers

[jose colaco]

This story may be of interest to those among us who are Apple/Mac enthusiasts.

The software designer may find more users for a PC version.

http://thisguyhasmymacbook.tumblr.com/


jc

ps: If you are in possession of a second-hand, borrowed or stolen Laptop, 
please be appropriately attired if in front of the machine (;-)

[Goanet] SENIOR'S SUNDAY 5th JUNE, 2011 + MENU 2

[renebarreto]

SENIOR'S SUNDAY 5th JUNE, 2011 + MENU 2

* Savio Fernandes

Hello Seniors ,

Looking forward to  meeting you all this Sunday

details : 
http://whatsongoanworld.blogspot.com/


Savio Fernandes
Chairman

PS : Food will be on sale as per the menu above  for the rest of us !
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WORLD GOA - KONKANI DAY -20TH of AUGUST, EVERY YEAR.
GOAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DAY 

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Re: [Goanet] Old Goa photos: African students en route to the US (courtesy Luis Assis Correia)

[Frederick Noronha]

Dear John, Abigail and others:

Thanks for the kind response. Those images were shared with me by Luis
de Assis Correia , whom I'm grateful to. Such
images do help us understand the past, and we really need to have more
of such useful pictures in the public domain, or at least, easily
accessible.

Meanwhile, may I request anyone with interesting pics (depicting the
Goan community in another country or from another era, the Goan
reality from the past,  historic photos including prominent persons,
in unusual settings, etc) to kindly share the same and place these in
the public domain. Needless to say, I will also share what is
available with me too.

Coming next: a Goan wedding, in Brazil, in the 1950s. --FN

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

On 2 June 2011 10:20, john menezes  wrote:
> Dear Frederick,
> Abundant thanks. These photographs are really worth it.
> Regards,
> John

Abigail wrote:
> nice to see Rita Faria. have heard so much about her
> from my Dad who is so proud to be Goan:)

Re: [Goanet] Floriano was a denationalised Goan who gave his life for Bharati Bhasha

[Santosh Helekar]

It looks like Soterbab has now adopted the predictable path of throwing mud at 
people with whom he disagrees, associating them rhetorically with his worst 
political opponents and their atrocities, equating Samir and his family with 
Narendra Modi, etc. These are clear signs, as always, of a person who does not 
have a valid rational argument. This type of craziness on both sides of a 
manufactured political or religious issue is also why I am reassured that the 
majority of people in all religious communities in Goa, who tend to be moderate 
and sober, will never fall for the empty
alarmist rhetoric, and for what is being sold through it to the public at
any given time.

Cheers,

Santosh

--- On Wed, 6/1/11, SOTER  wrote:
>
> Santoshbab wrote:
> "1. Believing that writings by individuals in the Goan
> media reflect reality
> and majority opinion, and in turn influence public opinion
> in any
> significant way."
> Comment;
> You have hit the point Santoshbab. The reality in Goa is
> what the majority
> want projected and everyone to believe. The minority views
> are to used as
> tissue paper as and when required and then cast out as
> rubbish.
> 
> "2. Believing that the issue of medium of instruction is a
> religious issue."
> Comment:
> Has any political issue ever been a religious issue in Goa,
> Mr. Helekar? The
> communities get polarised by fluke, isn't it?
> 
> "3. Believing that people like Samir Kelekar who are
> strongly in support of
> Konknni primary education are communal-minded folk who want
> to ostracize or
> denationalize Catholics."
> comment:
> How can Samir Kelekar be communal? The Kelekars are highly
> secular entities
> in Goa's political history. Is Narendra Modi communal?
> Never. It was the
> Congress that caused the riots in Gujarat to put the blame
> on Modi, isn't
> it? It is the Congress in Madhya Pradesh that is targetting
> christians to
> discredit the BJP government, isn't it? It is the Congress
> that wants a
> Greater Goa to teach the Romi konknniwallas a lesson, isn't
> it? There is
> nothing communal in this country, it is all the creation of
> the corrupt
> Congress, isn't it?
> 
> "4. Believing that controversies dredged up by fringe
> political activists
> and organizations, such as the Sagres controversy occupy
> the minds of
> regular Goan folk for more than a millisecond."
> Comment:
> That is the problem, Santoshbab. The minority memory is
> that of a
> millisecond because they do not read marathi newspapers and
> Sunapranta.
> Their attention gets diverted in a milisecond.
> 
> Santoshbab, upkar korun heo nhiddecheo gullieo amkam divum
> naka baba. Only
> remember that we are not gullible christian fools to buy
> your out-dated
> merchandise. Please don't pretend to be naive and innocent
> about what is
> happening around.
> 
> -Soter D'Souza
> 

Re: [Goanet] re-st marys ssc derecognition-ACTION PLAN-v shall overcome..

[Dr. Frederick J. de Souza]

Dear Steven,

Great job done. Congratulations to you and your team.

I wish you the best in your struggle and pray that you come out victorious.

Frederick  J. de Souza

Re: [Goanet] Floriano was a denationalised Goan who gave his life for Bharati Bhasha

[Eugene Correia]

Was Floriano Vaz a "martyr"? Many sources claimed that Floriano was at
the wrong place at the wrong time. Some of the people who were
involved and some who knew what happened said that they were unware
what went wrong on that day in Margoa. If I remember right, the police
blamed some miscreants for inciting violence and, hence, the police
force resorted to firing. I am not sure if I read somewhere that
Floriano was chased to his house and shot at. Perhaps those with
better memory can shed light on this issue. However, since he got
killed by a police bullet, it served well for the Konknni protagonist
to make him the poster boy of the Konknni movement. Even today, those
who were in the Konkani movement don't speak openly for fear that they
would be targets of the Pro-Konknni groups.
This unfortunate incident or accident, if some are believed, put
pressure on the government as the killing added further momemtum to
the agitation.
Just as it may true in some cases of freedom fighters who were only
freedom shourters, Or perhaps, some of them may have just thrown a
stone from a safe distance. Floriano was perhaps an unwilling
participant.
During riots, particularly the famous 1992 Los Angeles riots, many
blacks got killed not for their role in the anti-police agitation but
for looting. These killed youths were portrayed as those who died for
a cause.
The riots were sparked after the police who beat up Rodney King, a
black man, were found not guilty.
I know that an award has been instituted in Floriano's name and, I
believe, some compensation was paid to the family. The Floriano case
deserve careful study in the context of the Official Recognition for
Konkani movement.

Eugene Correia

[Goanet] Medium of Instruction- importance

[Nascy Caldeira]

Dear Goanetters,
Some persons are asking to speak/ converse in Konkni;
 as if that is any criteria to decide on the medium of Instruction
 in Schools, at whatever level.
 
I am not shy of talking/writing in Konkni; rather 
keep away from doing so as I am not very literate 
in Konkni; However I am more literate in Hindi. 
Why??
 
I did all of my primary and high school (then 11 
years leading to matriculation) in Bombay with 
English as the medium of instruction. Then after 
India became so-called Independent;
(still not independent; in fact more dependent) 
a lot of changes came to pass by way of subjects. school 
texts etc. One of the changes was the cumpulsory 
teaching/ learning of Hindi at the secondary 
level, until passing out. but was not made a 
cumpulsory subject for the passing out Board 
exam. This was good then, but at the expense of the
regional language. This is,  as 'complex' as India is!!
 
The point I wish to make here is that Only Hindi, the 
supposedly national language was made cumpulsory; 
not Marathi the regional language or mt of 
Maharastrians.and of course there was no Konkni.
 
U see that India, constituted as at present is a 
very diverse country, united with very diverse 
sub cultures and languages. And these variations 
cannot be compartmentalised, nor should they be; 
as the whole country is ONE. So how do say 
Bengalis/ Tamils/Keralites etc.learn, thru what 
Tongue whilst in Goa?? The majority would opt for 
learning in the most convenient way for them. 
Thus arose a lot of problems in Bombay then, when 
the Chavan Govt. (I think) introduced medium of 
instruction Marathi for everyone.
 
 At once there was a hue and cry about this silly 
stupid Order. All English medium schools and 
Parents of these schools, united under the newly 
formed Swatantra Party then, (as an alternative 
to the INC.) They went to court and the High 
Court then declared that mother tongue as Medium 
of Instruction cannot be made cumpulsory, by 
Govt. decree. It is the Parents that have the 
Right to Decide the Medium of Instruction for 
their 'minor' children and  not some Govt. rules.
It was also declared that the mother tongue be 
defined as the language spoken in the Home. So 
who decides the language spoken in the home? or 
who does not have the right to speak whatever 
language they like at home? All the Parents 
decided their spoken language at home was the 
English language; and so the staus quo remained; 
the absolute right  of the Parents.
And more importantly declared that the Govt. of 
the Day has the obligation to aid/ fund these 
schools like any other.
 
Besides these legal/ sensible considerations; 
there is the consideration of merit in medium of 
instruction language. All Indian languages are 
under developed even today when compared to the 
leading languages in our world. So who would not 
use a modern highly developed and international 
world language like English (a Ticket to Heaven) 
as medium of instruction for their children, more 
so when it is possible and readily available in 
India that abounds in English parlance and 
literature. The Times of India, English edition 
is the largest selling English Daily in the 
world. So it is and in every way an Indian 
Language. Whoever says it is alien and or foreign 
and etc. are all "Idiots of the highest order".
By all means teach regional language and Hindi in 
schools but not at the cost of English learning. 
It is important to learn English from grade one; 
so as to be proficient early enough for future 
learning, keping in mind that all higher laerning 
in India is in English.
Anything else smacks of 'apartheid and 
segregation' in the learning sphere. India is 
infamously notorious for this.
 
If Indians do not change their way of looking at 
the world, then they are primitive and would 
remain that way. Who is, one of them, who 
does not want to develop and catch up with the 
world? Or is it that only the elite want to develop and 
keep others down in segregated  lowly schools, to 
keep doing your servile work??
 
The present Goa Govt. decision is the best and 
correct one, on Medium of Instruction. Where 
English is medium, there is a cumpulsory subject 
of Konkni or Marathi as second language and vice 
versa. Where Konkni or some other Indian language 
is the medium, then Engish must be learnt from 
grade one.
Any person or group, who does not agree to this 
is 'A Communal bastard'.
Live and Let live! Down with Casteism, 
Communalism, Segregation and Apartheid, in Indian 
Life! 
Anyone not agreeing to this is an affront to 
modern Indians, and should therefore be asked to 
go drown themselves with a granite stone tied 
around their necks.
 
Nascy Caldeira.

Re: [Goanet] Quixotism on Goanet

[Santosh Helekar]

Dear Josebab,

I cannot tell you what to think. But even if Samir favors Marathi over
English, which I don't believe to be true, I would not automatically
conclude that his position is a communal one. It could simply be
because he favors the promotion of indigenous Indian languages, with
the understanding that kids would learn English in high school no
matter what. If I remember correctly, Samir did his primary education
in Konknni, and his entire extended family fought against relegating
Konknni to be a dialect of Marathi.

My other observation is that non-Catholics are not by default
predisposed to be against English. In fact, my informal conversations
with friends, relatives and politicians in Goa on a recent visit,
convinces me that non-Catholics are not a monolithic group when it
comes to most political issues like this. I would venture to say that
those who have a strong opinion against government support of English
primary education are in the minority.

Cheers,

Santosh

--- On Tue, 5/31/11, J. Colaco  < jc>  wrote:
> 
> My dear Santoshbab,
> 
> I would have had NO problem IF Samir's "strong support" was
> for
> Konkani primary education without a proviso.
> 
> If I have read him correctly, he is also in "strong
> opposition" of
> English primary education.
> 
> All this - as it relates to NOT supporting the provision of
> grants for
> English medium primary schools.
> 
> His primary reason for denying grants for English is that
> Konkani (or
> whatever is being taught as Konkani) is the mother tongue
> of Goans.
> 
> If that is so, WHY are grants for Marathi medium schools
> NOT objected
> to by Samir? Is it because Marathi is the mother tongue of
> Goans?
> 
> I have thought about which community is interested in
> Marathi medium
> schools and which English medium schools . and come to
> the
> conclusion that the position taken by the English
> antagonists
> including Samir is a communal one.
> 
> I would love to hear why I am likely to be wrong.
> 
> jc
> 

[Goanet] My thanks to Mervyn Maciel for his support in securing the grant

[Carvalho]

I would like to personally thank Mervyn Maciel for all the quiet but determined 
support he lends to Goan causes and projects. Mervyn put his full weight in 
getting the former District Commissioners of Kenya to support our proposal for 
a grant to study the East African Goan Community. Their support doubtless went 
a long way in securing us the grant.
 
As Mervyn knows, work on the proposal started six months ago. It is very 
detailed with a full set of agreed objectives alongwith a detailed plan on 
expenditure. The fund will be audited by The Heritage Lottery Fund, which is a 
public sector institution and their accounts are a matter of public record. 
 
We hope to build on the work of previous academics who have paved the way for 
us. Knowledge can never be a surplus. We can only grow as each passing 
generation hopes to know more about its own past. Our past is the guiding torch 
to our future. Without it, we would be lost.
 
I sincerely request the support of all UK Goans be it is volunteering or 
wanting to be interviewed. Your stories are important and need to be recorded 
and preserved so that generations that come after us, will learn from them. 
 
Best,
Selma

Re: [Goanet] The Goan Association (UK) awarded historic grant

[Frederick Noronha]

On 2 June 2011 04:54, Roland Francis  wrote:
> You ask why such a study would be needed especially when Sheila
> Mascarenhas-Keyes ("our Sheila" to you) has completed a similar study. You
> then link a brief description of Sheila and her study. This is where there
> is definite foot-in-the-mouth. Anyone bothering with the link would discover
> that "our Sheila" wrote about entrepreneurship and that her mandate was to
> study British Indians and British Chinese entrepreneurs and discover ways of
> reducing productivity gaps between the UK and USA, France and Germany.

It should be Dr. *Stella* Mascarenhas-Keyes. From a 1999 interview
below. Thanks to Goacom.com for archiving it for me:

http://www.goacom.com/news/news99/mar/msg3.html

GOANS HAVE MIGRATED, ON A LARGE SCALE, FOR OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS

London-based Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes was born in Kenya, and like
many Goan expatriates, came back to discover her roots. Over the
years, she's undertaken much research on migration out of Goa.
Her work would allow her to claim the position of being among the
foremost researchers on Goan out-migration.
During a recent visit to her home region, she spoke to FREDERICK
NORONHA, explaining the significance her past work and her future
plans. Excerpts:

-
Q: You've done considerable research on Goan migration. Where all
has this taken you, and where are you headed?
-

Since 1977, I've been looking at the Goan community in different
landscapes. For instance, I initially started off looking at
Goans in London. That was quite a minimal, sociological study.

Then, moving on, I came to Goa to study international migration
from Goa. I worked in one particular village for an inter-
generational study over why people from Goa went overseas over
the last century.

I stayed in the village as a participant. In the course of that,
I found something else. A majority of those who went out overseas
were Catholics, though some Hindus did go to elsewhere in India.
At the same time, a large number of in-migrants from other parts
of Goa were coming into the areas vacated (by out-migrants) to
undertake the jobs. So there was a transformation going on.

-
Q: You did work on the position of women in Goa too...
-

Yes. Subsequently, I wrote a couple of papers analysing the
position of women and how their identity had changed over time.
Then, I was involved in writing up the PhD, drawing on the almost
20 months study done in Goa. Both anthropological and historical
sources. Some work in the archives in Lisbon and interviewing
some families, besides some minimal work in Australia and Canada.

After the PhD, I was involved in other jobs and had four
children. But in 1992, I came to Goa for about six weeks, and was
particularly concerned to see what was the impacts of the Gulf
War on Goan migration, and on those who had returned.

-
Q: What next, then?
-

Now, I've just received a scholarship from the Gulbenkian
Foundation, to bring all these studies together into one book.

What I'm going to do is... looking at linkages between Goa and
the different locales in which Goans are spread. Both
historically and at the moment. And links between communities in
different areas.

Also, the issue of the Goan identity. What does it mean in a
community that is dispersed in space, but still has a memory of
its ancestry.

-
Q: There are no figures or statistics about Goan migrants
worldwide. What would be your guess?
-

A: Yes. It's very difficult to say. The problem is that Goans are
not a category in any official statistics (abroad). Apart from
East Africa until the end of colonial rule. I'd not like to
hazard a guess.

In London, when I did the study over two decades ago, I know
there were something like 10,000. It may have increased since. Or
decreased.

-
Q: How old would you rate Goan emigration to be?
-

Large scale migration abroad -- there's always been periodic and
sporadic migration -- has really been over the last 100 years. In
terms of scale, both in terms of numbers and remittances and
socio-economic impact (this has had a big impact). One of the
things that is not evident elsewhere is the role of women in
migration, as in Goa

-
Q: You've written on how Goan mothers had sacrificed to ensure
their children had a good education

[Goanet] Floriano was a denationalised Goan who gave his life for Bharati Bhasha

[Bernado Colaco]

Derrepente utlo amcho sorop. First time charging against Velingkar after being 
charged down by Nascimento.

BC

Moderates  and centrists are by definition people who do not make loud noises.  
They are not easily antagonized or provoked by the extremists on both  sides of 
a worthless religious or political issue just before an  election. But rest 
assured that it is because 99% of Goans are silent  moderates, who do not march 
on the streets and call for bundhs, that  extremists like Bernado and Velingkar 
remain marginalized, and not able  to enact the imagined nightmares and scares 
of sensitive Goanetters.

Cheers,

Santosh

[Goanet] Is anything ever communal in Goa? - Story from Hyderabad

[SOTER]

Hyderabad couple harassed for 'adopting' a Muslim girl
NDTV Correspondent, Updated: June 02, 2011 09:49 IST 


Hyderabad:  Papalal is a painter from Hyderabad and four almost four years, his 
family has been facing harassment.

Reason? Papalal found a little girl at the blast site near Gokul chat centre in 
Hyderabad in August 2007 and brought her home.

As no one came to claim the child, Papalal and his wife have been taking care 
of her as their own eldest daughter, even after they realised that she was 
probably born to Muslim parents.
 
"Only after she came to our home, I became pregnant. Even if I haven't given 
birth to her, she will always be my eldest daughter,'' says Sonia's foster 
mother Jayshree. 
Love above religion, however, was not acceptable to all. Both fundamentalist 
Muslim and Hindu groups objected to a Muslim child being raised by a Hindu 
couple.
 
"They want us to give the child away to an orphanage. Which religious text has 
said something like this? Hindu or Muslim makes no difference to us. We will 
never give her away,'' says Papalal.

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the local police to ensure 
the family's safety but social harassment and threats have continued.
 
A 3-member advocate commission appointed by the SHRC has directed that the 
child should either be legally adopted or handed over to the child welfare 
department. For Papalal, this is not a choice he needs to think about. He 
already considers Sonia as his daughter and will soon legally adopt her. 

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/hyderabad-couple-harassed-for-adopting-a-muslim-girl-109635

[Goanet] SMILE................... IT'S WEEKEND (02/06/2011)

[CAJETAN DE]

TRAGEDY..
 
Goa's Education Minister (Babush) was visiting a school. He enters in Std: IV 
class room and asks: 
 
Babush: Students, could anyone give me an example of a "TRAGEDY".

A little boy (Ghafoor) stands up and offers:
 
Ghafoor: If my best friend who lives next door was playing in the street when a 
car came along and killed him, that would be a TRAGEDY.

Babush: No, that would be an ACCIDENT.

A girl (Rashmi) raises her hand:
 
Babush: Yes...
 
Rashmi: If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off cliff, killing 
everyone involved ... that would be a TRAGEDY.

Babush: I m afraid not, that is what we would call a GREAT LOSS.

The whole class room was silent; none of the other children volunteer.

Babush: So..What ? Isn't there anyone who can give an example of a TRAGEDY?
 
Finally a boy (Micky) in the back raises his hand: 
 
Micky: (In a timid voice) If an airplane carrying Educational Minister 
Babush and Ex. Chief Minister Parrikar were blown up by a bomb, THAT would be a 
"TRAGEDY".

Babush: (Beams) Wonderful!.. Marvelous! And can you tell me WHY that would 
be a TRAGEDY?

Micky: Well, because it wouldn't be an ACCIDENT and it certainly wouldn't be a 
GREAT LOSS!
 
Cajetan de Sanvordem
Kuwait.

[Goanet] The deadliest driving mistakes you can make - Source MSN cars

[Camillo Fernandes]

The deadliest driving mistakes you can make
Swerving  The most common fatal mistake made by drivers is perhaps the most 
simple: not staying in their own lane - i.e., running off the road or drifting 
into the adjacent lane.
 
Speeding :  Racing, driving faster than the posted speed limit or simply going 
too fast for road conditions - speeding - comprises the second highest cause of 
death in fatal crashes. The worst-case scenarios invariably involve speeding 
without wearing a seat belt or a motorcycle helmet. Fatality rates for speeding 
motorcyclists are shockingly high: speeding is a factor in more than one-third 
of motorcycle fatalities. That risk doubles if the driver and passengers don't 
wear helmets.
 











Not wearing a seat belt :  Despite the fact that seat belt use is far more 
prevalent than even a decade ago - not to mention being legally required - a 
third of people who die in car crashes failed to buckle up. Without a seat 
belt, car drivers and passengers put themselves at risk of being ejected from a 
vehicle, and 76% of the time the ejection ends in death.
 












Running red lights :  A whopping 75% of car crashes occur in cities, according 
to the Insurance Research Council. The most common cause of these accidents? 
Hitting the accelerator pedal when the light turns red. Of the myriad types of 
collisions that can result, head-on and side-impact collisions are the most 
dangerous.

Erratic or reckless driving :  At its mildest, we're talking about weaving and 
tailgating; at its most severe, this kind of driving involves steering down the 
wrong side of the road and grossly exceeding the speed limit. Reckless driving 
can bring fines, jail time - and death.
 











Overcorrecting :  You get panicky when the wheels of your 4x4 hit the rumble 
patch on the shoulder of the motorway, so you throw the steering wheel in the 
opposite direction to get the car back on the road. This is a classic example 
of overcorrecting or oversteering, and it's a particularly perilous manoeuvre 
when you're behind the wheel of an SUV driving at high speeds. Consider it a 
rollover waiting to happen.
 












Inattentive driving :  Eating, talking on a phone, typing text messages and 
fumbling with the car stereo all fall under the umbrella of inattentive 
driving. Of these bad habits, mobile phone use behind the wheel is becoming 
standard practice despite a three-points-and-a-fine penalty. Surprisingly, a 
hands-free device isn't any better. "You'd think using a hands-free phone would 
be less distracting," said Anne McCartt, author of a study published in the 
British Medical Journal. "But we found that either phone type increased the 
risk."
 












Failure to give way :  For drivers aged 70 and above, failing to give way while 
merging into traffic is the top cause of crashes.
 












Driving while drowsy :  "Driving a vehicle when you are fatigued is as 
dangerous as driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs," National 
Transportation Safety Board acting chairman Mark Rosenker said, after a fatal 
highway accident in the US in 2003 in which a college student who had been 
awake for the previous 18 hours was driving a carload of fellow students at 
5am. More traffic fatalities occur during the hours when most people are 
accustomed to being asleep (3am to 6am) than at any other time of day.
 












Drinking & driving :  Young drivers are particularly prone to drinking and 
driving: the 21- to 34-year-old set is responsible for well over half of 
alcohol-infused fatal crashes. Not surprisingly, the decision to get behind the 
wheel while intoxicated is made most often at night and on the weekends. 
Alcohol is also a factor in half of pedestrian traffic deaths - both drivers 
and pedestrians are the culprits.  SOURCE :  MSN cars

 
 

 










 









 
 

 









  

[Goanet] Balli locals want Parrikar’s apology

[Gabe Menezes]

Balli locals want Parrikar’s apology

TEAM HERALD

teamher...@herald-goa.com
Margao: Balli locals on Wednesday demanded an apology from Leader of the
Opposition Manohar Parrikar for allegedly labelling them as “goondas”.
Vishwanath Faldesai told media at Balli that they will not allow Parrikar to
visit Balli in the future unless he tenders an apology for his comments
against locals and Desai community.
“Who is Parrikar to call the locals as goons? Does he have any evidence to
prove that the locals are goons?” Vishwanath questioned.
Demanding to know why these leaders are targeting Desai community, he
further said that the ongoing agitation is not of UTAA, but pure politics
played by BJP leaders.

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Picnic at Khandepar River - with Goans singing, cooking etc

[patricia pereira]

Seems like a fun place.  Enjoyed the photographs.
 
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:55:32 +0100
> From: joego...@yahoo.co.uk
> To: goa...@goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] Picnic at Khandepar River - with Goans singing, cooking etc
> 
> Picnic at Khandepar River - with Goans singing, cooking etc 
> 
> It’s Summer time
> Picnic Time
> Bathing time
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783911964/sizes/l/
> 
> 
> We never heard of this popular and busy picnic spot.
> All we knew was ‘kolem’ near Dudhsagar and we been there at least 
> twice by Train.
> 
> This spot (Khandekar or handepar river ) is about 8-12 kms from Ponda city.
> 
> In the pics/ video clip you will see two spots.
> The usual popular one is about 3-4 kms before the dam or bundh which
>  is situated in the spice plantations. 
> 
>  
> 
> Unfortunately, we did not enjoy the flow at the dam as today (31.5.11).
> was the day when they remove the plates to level the river water flow due 
> to oncoming monsoon.
> There may be a charge of Rs.10 per head for visitor picnicking at dam/bund 
> area (spice plantation but there is nothing much to see).
> 
> 
> 
> Loud music, dance, food like pulay, biryani (one can see in the clip a 
> group carrying a large ‘anddo’.
> One can even see spot frying of rechad bangdde’ etc on a gas stove.
> Weekend must be pretty crowded here. We visited on Tuesday.
> About 10 minutes walking involved from the main road as no vehicle 
> allowed inside.
> No food or ice creams availabe around. One has to carry his own.
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here are some pics
> Spot frying stuffed Mackerels (Rechad Bangdde)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783961464/in/photostream
>  
> 
> Xit Koddi or having lunch in the river
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783390041/in/photostream
> 
> diving time
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783931800/in/photostream
> 
> 
> The video – Singing, eating, bathing etc
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e3S5Bn0LiY
> or HD
> http://youtu.be/1e3S5Bn0LiY?hd=1
>  
> 
> The dam or bundh across the river –Khandepar
> All plates were removed one by one today 31.5.11
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783825926/sizes/l/
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783250693/sizes/l/
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783228467/sizes/l/
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783205997/sizes/l/
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783742264/sizes/l/
> 
>  
> 
> Large palm fruit plantation (looks like date trees).
> Looks very beautiful as they are grown in rows.
> I think Palm oil extracted from palm fruits. See pics.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783315055/sizes/l/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783847468/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5783889494/
> Palm fruit when taken off the tree
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2503101073/
> 
> 
> More info
> The main source of Opa water works is River khandepar originating 
> in Karnataka flows through Dudhsagar water fall. 
> It serves about 30% of the Goa’s population (portable water) 
> including Panaji and Agxi.
> There are 21 mines in one kilometre radius of Khandepar River, 
> so water lever may soon dries up.
> Opa water works is the first water treatment plant of Goa. 
> Its operation started during Portuguese regime in 1957
> It’s about 2 kms away from here (we have not visited opa treatment plant)
> 
>  
> 
> Ponda Khandepar codar khodar kodra Vaktem opa 
>  
>  
> 
> watch more pics on blog here
> http://joegoauk.blogspot.com/2011/06/picnic-at-khandepar-river-with-goans.html
> 
> 
> 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] COLUMN: Does this government lack legal eagles to interpret law?

[Nisser Dias]

Does this government lack legal eagles to interpret law?

By Nisser Dias
nisserd...@gmail.com
SMS to 9422437029


The government specially some of the Congress legislators, members of 
the adhoc committee of FORCE and parents are optimistic that their 
demand for English as one of the medium of instructions (MOI) would be a 
reality very soon. And rightly so it should be as the demand for it from 
parents of school going children is genuine. As we are on the threshold 
of a new academic year, parents who had beat the scorching sun to show 
solidarity with the church backed movement of parents irrespective of 
caste, creed, religion and region are expectantly awaiting the final 
approval from the Union government. Even though chief minister and his 
cabinet colleagues have dropped enough hints that centre will grant the 
demands of the parents, would it not be imperative to ask whether the 
state government is set to print text books in English or is the ploy of 
the government to wait at the eleventh hour to carry out the exercise or 
is it a ploy by the government to postpone inclusion of English as 
medium of instruction by another year which means buying time till the 
next assembly elections.


Parents must be reminded that chief minister Digambar Kamat comes from 
the RSS cadre who in turn strongly advocate instruction at the primary 
level in mother tongue. One should not forget that as a politician the 
chief minister might be with the parents for the votes but his heart and 
soul and ideology is with the RSS. Secondly he has made his thoughts 
very clear that he does not depend upon the Goan voters for his victory 
at the election. So can we trust this man to do any positive for the Goa 
and Goans?


Then there is PWD minister Churchill Alemao who was instrumental in 
forcing the change from English to Konkani and Marathi way back in 1991 
through his splinter group which formed the Progress Democratic Front 
(PDF) government. Today he is singing a different tune not because he 
realises the difference between instruction in English or mother tongue 
but because he has too much at stake. He has to first get himself 
elected at the same time he has to oversee that the victory of his 
daughter, his brother and nephew. This is a clear indication that a 
opportunist politician like Churchill has not extended his support for 
English for the love of students or parents but for his own sustenance 
as he has made politics his livelihood. He does not only earn his butter 
and jam and more from politics, he earns his daily bread from it. Thus 
Churchill Alemao had no other option but to support the stand taken by 
parents. Basically his support for the cause was more for personal 
reasons then the genuine cause, so a turncoat like him simply cannot 
take the credit, if at all English is included as MOI.


Be that as it may, the CM taking a delegation of the interested parties 
to Delhi is not at all accepted. Members of the adhoc committee of FORCE 
who have been severely criticized for repeatedly extending the 
deadlines, in its wisdom went to Delhi, maybe in a bid to stop parents 
spilling on the road. They may have returned empty handed or rather with 
assurances and hope from the Union government that their wishes will be 
granted.


But the fact that the government of Goa had to take a delegation to 
Delhi to find solution to the issue does not speak very well of the 
Digambar Kamat led government. It is a known fact that the chief 
minister along with his entourage of ministers and interested parties 
had to wait on the Human Resources Development minister Kapil Sibal only 
to interpret the Right To Education Act speaks volume of lack of 
administration capabilities and political acumen of Digambar Kamat.


Chief minister along with the Education minister Babush Monserrate 
should have first consulted lawyers here to interpret and explain the 
RTE Act to them. Our chief minister should not have made a mockery of 
Goans by waiting on Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal to throw light on the 
RTE Act. In the words of chief minister himself it is stated that HRD 
minister told him that RTE does not speak about any language as 
compulsory medium of instruction. Does state that boast of have 98 
percent literacy rate needs the Union minister to interpret the Act. Has 
our  government lost faith in the legal advisers appointed in the 
departments, has it lost confidence in the law department or has it lost 
all the trust in the capabilities of the of the office of the 
controversial advocate general of Goa? The chief minister is morally 
responsible to give answers to these questions.


After said and done, after dragging the reputation of Goa and Goans 
through muck the chief minister still awaits the decision of the centre. 
Atleast at this stage we needed chief minister Digambar Kamat to display 
some leadership qualitites but he failed us throughout. If Goa is set an 
example as a model state to the rest of

Re: [Goanet] Old Goa photos: African students en route to the US (courtesy Luis Assis Correia)

[john menezes]

Dear Frederick,
Abundant thanks. These photographs are really worth it.
Regards,
John

[Goanet] Museum Week held at MOCA

[Goanet A-C-E!]

The Museum of Christian Art at Old Goa (MOCA) recently celebrated Museum 
Week from the 15th-22nd of May 2011 around International Museum Day.


On this occasion a collection of Holy Pictures and religious memorabilia 
belonging to the Late Amalia Aida de Santa Rita Vas, and photographs of 
all the Parish Churches of Goa from the book by Jose Lourenco were on 
display throughout the week from 15th-22nd May at MOCA.


On 15th May amateur and professional collectors displayed their 
collections on Collectors’ Day - from 4.00 to 6.00 pm. Daniel D’Souza, 
Dan Driscoll, Ana Maria Goswami, Karishma Alvares, Earl Lourenco, Mia 
Marie Lourenco, Kirk Lourenco, Linnet Serrao, Tagore Gracias, Prita and 
Sunil Sardesai exhibited their ceramic landscapes, religious icons and 
articles, bronze curios, currency notes, stamps, coins, pencils, frogs 
souvenirs, spoons, perfume bottles and miniature bottles. The matchbox 
collection of Late Fernando Carmo de Santa Rita Vas was also displayed. 
The afternoon was spent interacting with the Collectors and learning 
about their collections.  This was followed by a Musical Evening at 6.15 
pm by Joanne Fernandes – Kingfisher Voice of Goa 2009 who enthralled 
those present with her Gospel songs.


On 18th May (International Museum Day) MOCA in collaboration with 
Bookworm hosted full day activity for children. The morning started with 
the activity ‘Cholta Cholta’ – walking into the past at Holy Hill, Old 
Goa. The children learnt about architectural styles, art, and history 
and sketched while they walked. The afternoon was spent listening to a 
story of a reliquary box in the Museum and then children crafted their 
own recycled memory boxes to take back home.


The Museum Week concluded on 22nd May with SEQC’s ‘Matters of the Art’ a 
quiz on Art & Culture conducted by Aniruddha Sen Gupta.



Museum of Christian Art
Convent of Santa Monica
Old Goa  Goa  403402
www.museumofchristianart.com



Goanet A-C-E!
Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment

[Goanet] Song for the day.

[Gabe Menezes]

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PRETEND
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-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Daily Grook #962

[Francis Rodrigues]

DAILY GROOK #962
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by Francis Rodrigues




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like poor mrs octomom
u can go into ovaload!




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[Goanet] AN ABSURD REASON BY TH CLP

[Aires Rodrigues]

The decision of the Congress legislature Party (CLP) to handover the
Balli case to the CBI as the local police will not be able to conduct
a fair investigation casts an aspersion on the credibility of the
entire Goa Police. Handing over any case to the CBI is the prerogative
of the Government but the reason given in the Balli case is uncalled
for. If the CLP itself doubts the capability of the competence of the
Goa police to conduct a fair probe  we would be seeing demands for all
sorts of cases to be handed over to the CBI.

We have some very competent and efficient officers in the Goa police.
There are also some officers who prefer to act as “ constables” of
Ministers and MLAs. It is the political interference in the day to day
working of the Goa police that has corroded its functioning.

The Police should be given a free hand to investigate every case but
the Ministers and MLA’s virtually control every decision taken at the
police stations in their constituency. Infact  the police are bound
and gagged. It is a shame that officers over the years have been
manipulated and tamed by the powers to be and just have to dance to
the tunes of those in power.

The frequent transfer and victimization of reputed police officers at
the instance of politicians has to stop. It affects the morale and
credibility of the entire police force. It has to be ensured that
police get their independence and are not controlled or manipulated by
politicians. This is what has been envisaged and directed by the
Supreme Court of India.

Aires Rodrigues
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