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Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: How foreign is foreign... the truth about English in India (and Goa) :: FN

[erssmaha...@yahoo.com]

Very correct.
SSM
Sent from my Nokia phone
-Original Message-
From: Amita Kanekar
Sent:  21/06/2011 9:31:19 am
Subject:  Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: How foreign is foreign... the truth about 
English in India (and Goa) :: FN

M-o-I should be one for all

I would like to clarify with respect to the earlier articles on the 
English-as-medium-of-instruction issue that the 'anti-English' group is 
not seeking a general block on English medium in primary schools, but 
only in government-run primary schools. In the Indian reality this means 
that the rich have a choice and can educate their children in English as 
they can afford private education, while the poor have to study in 
Konkani. This is blatant discrimination favouring the already 
privileged, as everybody knows that English education gives a person a 
big headstart in India as well as the world. If Konkani is to be 
enforced as the medium of instruction in Goan primary schools--and there 
are some convincing arguments to show that students benefit by doing 
their early education in their native language--this has to be across 
the board, i.e. private schools should also have to run their primary 
sections in Konkani.

Amita Kanekar




On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Goanet Reader wrote:
HOW FOREIGN IS 'FOREIGN'?

Or, why politicians shy away from the truth over English in India (and Goa)

By Frederick Noronha
f...@goa-india.org

SOME TIME in 2003, the then Goa chief minister Manohar
Parrikar followed the footsteps of politicians like
Shashikala Kakodkar (during the short-lived PDF regime of
1990) in his stand against English-language education. He
said at a Marathi meet that "English cannot be the
mother-tongue of Goans". Since the early 1990s, politicians
of different hues have been blocking primary education in
English largely on the grounds that it is a "foreign language".

[Goanet] Good Letter for Overseas Goan Agents of Corrupt/Tainted Politicians

[Arwin Mesquita]

http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=498&boxid=23353609&uid=&dat=6/21/2011



(Ref above Link) This is a Good Letter for reading; particularly for
Specific Overseas Goan Agents (UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman etc) of
Corrupt/Tainted Goan Politicians. These Agents are more than happy to
publicize themselves via dances, tiatrs, festivals, sponsorships etc with
known Anti Goan Politicians who are (A) Destroying Goa, its Land,
environment, identity and (B) Are the main reason via their faulty/corrupt
policies, for Goans to leave Goa in the first place!!



Also the various sponsorship that’s these corrupt politicians give to their
overseas agents to publicize themselves is actually “illegitimate money”;
obtained via wide-scale looting from the taxpayer and various destructive
activities like for instance the horrific scale of mining in Goa which is
(a) Devastating the environment on a catastrophic scale, (b) Rapidly turning
many areas from Brown to Green, (c) devastating hills/fields/agriculture,
(d) Turning water-bodies/rivers brown and sucking them dry, (e)
Contaminating the air (f) Health Hazards for people in those areas and soon
for rest of Goa etc; all for keeping a very few Politicians Filthy Rich and
using this money to buy out Goan voters, vote-banks and remain power. *Overseas
Goans, I request that you please do think of all the latter, when you dance
to the tunes of Goan festivals, dances and attend Tiatrs that are sponsored
by “illegitimate money” of known corrupt politicians; which is facilitated
via their agents in your respective Overseas Country.*



These Overseas Goan Agents are exercising their "democratic right" in giving
tacit approval to the Criminal/Corrupt Politicians to continue with their
Anti-Goan activities and hence, these selfish agents are also "part and
parcel" in the destruction of Goa and its Identity.



Maybe many Overseas Goans can’t be fully involved in Goa but at least we can
do our bit for Goa in our respective overseas country, by speaking out and
discouraging such Outrageous Publicizing of Destructive Anti Goan
Politicians by their agents. The choice lies with each one of us and
whatever we do or don’t do, will shape up the future of Goa and Goans!!
Arwin Mesquita (UAE).
-- 
Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/

Please also see below:
1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/
2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/
3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/
4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO:
http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html
5. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686
6. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/

[Goanet] Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is considered to be one of the first
"Indian" poets to write in English. It is also said: "His ideas had a
profound influence on the social movement that came to be known as the
Bengal Renaissance in early 19th century Bengal."

It is thought that Derozio was generally considered an Anglo-Indian,
being of mixed Portuguese descent, but he was fired by a patriotic
spirit for his native Bengal, and considered himself Indian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Derozio

Does anyone know of any references in Portuguese to this man or his
work? There's surprisingly little around in English! FN

FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm)
#784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India
http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org

[Goanet] Fw: YouTube - Feast of St. Anthony, Siolim Goa (19.6.11)

[Con Menezes]

Dear Joe,
I am one of the many,  I am sure,  who appreciate  videos of happenings in Goa 
posted by JoeGoaUk.
This  particular video of the Feast of St. Anthony in Siolim  gave me the 
feeling that I was  there 
participating  in all that was being celebrated.
Thank you Joe.
Abracos
Con

Subject: YouTube - Feast of St. Anthony, Siolim Goa (19.6.11)



http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=OyaX4fswfzU

[Goanet] Sharon flies to Ethiopia

[Wilson Wilmix]

Sharon Mazarello the Producer and Director of the film ‘TUM KITEM 
KORTOLO ASLO?  flew into Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) this evening to 
participate in the Addis International Film Festival 2011, accompanied 
by Wilmix Wilson Mazarello, the Co-Producer of the film.


Sharon’s Konkani Film “TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO ?” has been selected to be 
screened at the Addis International Film Festival 2011.


Although the  Film Festival will take place over 4 days from the 23rd 
June  to 26th June 2011 , the 2nd day of the Festival  ie. 24th June 
2011 -  2.05 pm to 4.05 pm will be a proud moment for all of us Goans 
and Konkani lovers  as “TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO ?” will actually be 
screened  at Gullele Sub-City Youth Center Cinema Hall, in the presence 
of an elite group of Film makers  from all over the World.


Till date “TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO ?” is only the 2nd Konkani Film to be 
screened at an International Film Festival, the first  being 
”PALTADDCHO MUNIS” of  Laxmikant  Shetgaonkar.


Best wishes  from Goans and Konkani speaking people all over the world 
go with Sharon & Wilson  as they travel to the African Continent as 
ambassadors of the Konkani Film Industry of Goa.


Sharon,  whose fans   identify  her as the “Voice of Goa”, 
revolutionized singing in Konkani  Tiatrs  now brings  more name, fame & 
recognition to all Tiatrists of Goa , with this  rare “filmy” achievement.


Out of over more than a 1000 Films submitted for selections  at the 
Addis International Film Festival  “TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO ?” was among 
the few that reached the final round of selections and has now been 
finally selected for the Festival.


Along with Sharon Mazarello’s  “Tum Kitem kortolo Aslo?’ from Goa 
(India) some of the other Films that have been  selected   at the Addis 
International Film Festival   include :-


1) Water First   by Amy Hart (U.K)2) Woman in White by Gry Winther 
(Cuba)   3) The Trial  by Joan Robinson (Australia)  4) The Wages of 
Debt  by Jean Pierre Carlon (France)  5) The Son of the Sea  by Roberto 
Aznar  (Spain)   6) The New South of Italy by  Pino Esposito  (Italy) 
7) The 10 conditions of Love  by Jeff Daniels ( China)   8) Second 
chance by Busang Motsumi  and Shike Olsen (South Africa)  9) Presumed 
Guilt  by Roberto Hernandez & Geoffry Smith  (Mexico)  &  10) No one 
Bothered  by Josephine Boxwell (U.K.)


When asked how she felt about receiving this rare honour, Sharon humbly 
answered “It is an honour for Goa & Konkani” and then added “ When put 
to the  test Goan Film makers  CAN measure up to any international 
level”.  While at the Festival , they  expect to learn a lot more on 
Films by interacting with all the International Film Producers of the World.


“Three Cheers”  for Goan Film Producers.!!!


Kind Regards,
Wilmix

Re: [Goanet] There cannot be another Goan Revolution

[Joe lOBO]

Santosh,
 What SOTER  has  failed  to mention  about  the  1961 annexation of  Goa 
by the  Indian  army is  that  it  came  about  as  the  then  PM 
Jawaharlal  Nehru embarrased by  his  inability  to  persuade   vast 
sections  of  Goans  in  Goa ( notably  the  Catholics who  aquiesced  to 
the  idea of  Portuguese  citizenship as  equal  citizens  who  were 
represented in  Lisbon by goan  representatives in  a  federal  parliament 
as being  from  an  overseas  province  rather  than  a subjugated  colony ) 
to  engage in  bloody  revolution. Goans resident  in  India , loyal  to 
India  were  urging  the   " freeing  "  of  goa  from  what they saw as 
domination by   an European Portugal with  goan middle class of beauracrats 
acting in consort with them.I remember the editor of  the  Goan Tribune in 
Bombay  then , (  was  he  a  Soares ?? ) even  exhorting the brave  ones 
in Bombay  to  join  the  satyagrahis in their  forceful forays  into Goa .
 Santosh , you  cannot deny  that  after  India , ignoring the U.N.   " 
liberated " Goa and used  a Military   governor  to  rule by Presidential 
decree for  over  a year. That is  the  style  of  a  military  occupier 
keeping  down a  conquered  people.  The  fact  most senior  positions  in 
goa  were  advertised   first  in  Delhi  and  other  states  so  that 
competent  goans  in Goa  then  could  be  bypassed for for  out-of- state 
Indians  has  been  swept  under the  carpet in the  media.   Follwing  that 
our hindu  goans  including  that  Shri Bandodkar  agitated   for 
Goa to  be   merged  into  Maharashtra  so  as  to  share  the 
spoils  of  conquest  with  his   marathi  kith  and  kin   with scant 
regard  for the  different identity  that  Goa  had  by  virtue of its 
450 -year history.  Remember  the  "  Zalas  Pahije ! " cries  that wer 
raised  in the  then Bombay regarding  Goa  being  swallowed by  them ?


- Original Message - 
From: "Santosh Helekar" 

To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" 
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] There cannot be another Goan Revolution


It appears that in the following various Indian communities such as Rajputs, 
Lingayats, other Hindus and Muslims are being portrayed negatively. Ramani, 
a Goan name is also dragged into the mix. Among the communities that are 
quite predictably left out are non-Indians such as Russians.


Cheers,

Santosh


--- On Sat, 6/18/11, SOTER  wrote:


It was in 1946 that Ram Manohar
Lohia raised the banner of revolt at Margao against the
Portuguese Government. All that the revolution could acheive
fifteen years later was a forced intrusion by the Indian
Army into Goa which in international fora was considered as
an annexation. The reason was obvious. The band of marathi
socialists deputed from across the borders could not win the
hearts and minds of the Goan people. As this fact became
clear, the possibility of the Portuguese Government granting
autonomy to Goa became a cause for nervousness for an
ambitious and greedy Maharashtra. Panic set into its ranks
leading to an armed take over of Goa. It is for this reason
that the so called freedom fighters still do not feel
liberated from the Portuguese and find every excuse to
disturb the peace of this State.

Sixty five years later there cannot be another political
revolution with a Gupta as the Goan Opinion maker, a Pandit
as the Goan historian, a Vagela as Goa's activist, a Sharma
as the Goan educationist, a Ramani as the embassador of Goan
culture, a Gauda as the Sarpanch, some Khan as the
Goan industrialist, a Bajpai as the custodian of Goan
properties, Gundurao as your Goan banker, a Sonak as the
Goan legal advisor and the rest on the migrant wagon
refusing to accept Konkani as their mother tongue. This is
the irony. The fruits of a revolution started 65 years ago
can be seen in a Baba and a Togadia dictating the medium of
instruction for Goans and a Montek Singh Ahluwalia charting
the course of Goan economy. A Malia heightens the spirits
and an Advani defines Tourism. The chain does not end here.
Every damn decision on the life and livelihood of Goa has to
be activated by a Sonia or a Gadkari sitting in Delhi. It is
an era where in the lion sits with the lamb, the socialists
and communists embrace the communalists at Azad maidan. All
thatis possible are micro revolutions to wipe out the traces
of the true Goan people.

The connotation of the word revolution in liberated Goa has
also been redefined in the context of globalisation and
liberalisation. To be a modern day revolutionary for Goa one
needs to qualify as a boot licker, pimp, broker, fraudster,
yesman, conman for the ruling class/castes and their
supporting class of industrialists. These results and titles
conferred upon Goans gets published in Goa's news journals
manned by agents from beyond the borders. The only other
title that comes cheap if one does not qualify for the above
is the title of 'Nax

[Goanet] The MoI debate

[SOTER]

Sandeep has been extremely modest in his portrayal of the MoI controversy as 
merely being one of Culture V/s Freedom. Knowing the mindset of certain 
elements fuelling this controversy and going by their past adventures, the 
'Culture' is only a secular excuse just like that of 'Corruption'. Larger 
missions for political and social poisoning get camouflaged in this veiled war. 

There are some who are busy administering sedatives on goanet to allay the 
fears of the minorities in Goa while the cancer is allowed to spread. We would 
like to make it clear that we do not generalise this malaise to the whole of 
any community as there is a sizeable chunk which frustrates these forces in 
their adventures in as much as a chunk which is absolutely naive or at least 
pretends to be naive and succumbs to these forces. But we are also aware of a 
significant chunk of writers, professionals, teachers, government servants and 
those from other fields  that collaborate in the programs overtly or covertly 
for vitiating the peace in the State by spreading false propaganda against 
minorities. 

As Abraham Lincoln said:
"It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time;
you can even fool some of the people all of the time;
but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."


-Soter D.

Re: [Goanet] St. Anthony's Feast Day at Siolim

[Mervyn Lobo]

Antonio Menezes  wrote:
> Why not celebrate on the 13th June ( i.e. Monday this year )  
> as was celebrated on the 19th. Simple any feast day falling 
> on a week day is celebrated on the following sunday.



Antonio,
The good folks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania head out to a mission, 
St Anthony's church on the 13th, regardless what day of week it is.
That church used to be a tiny chapel on the outskirts of town when
I was a teenager. Thanks to donations, it is a fully fledged church today. 



> Siolim was most probably known as the village of Shiva i.e. 
> Shiva-le or Shivo-le.  And God Shiva has a king cobra round 
> his head. Perhaps it was a warning to the new converts to
> forget Shiva's reptitian devotion.




Not to forget that on the top of St. Anthony's, Siolim, there is
a statue of St. Anthony trampling a serpent. I was told that there
is no other such statue of St. Anthony in the world.

Here is the link to JoeGoaUK's picture..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5848181930/


Mervyn

[Goanet] FIR: Documents attestation is quicker abroad at Indian Embassy than at home Collectorate (North Goa).

[JoeGoaUk]

FIR: Documents attestation is quicker abroad at Indian Embassy than at home 
Collectorate (North Goa).
 

At India High Commission in London it takes just one day.

And to get same document authenticated by Collector 
back home it takes more than 3 days.
 

Here how it works:

In UK : London
Take you document in duplicate, Passport & photograph – 
be there in the early morning Q (which is quite normal at
all Embassies)
At the counter, sign, pay 17 Pounds and submit - 
Come back around 4pm for collection
 

At North Goa Collectorate: Panaji
Take your above document in duplicate, affix Rs.40 worth
 ‘Special Adhesive ‘ Stamps and application on plain paper
Present it before the clerk (Dept. No. 6) who will then 
endorse it. You then proceed to Cash counter
to pay a fee of Rs.5 (five only). Be there before 4pm as 
the cash counter closes at 4. You then go the another counter 
(Counter 1 , Entry) to submit you documents.
You go back to ask when the document will be ready for collection.
You will be told – come not tomorrow but day after.
When you go there for collection on the third day at 4pm, 
they may still say ‘not ready’
In our case, we were told that the collector is busy in the meeting and
 that we can either try waiting or come back on Monday (which is after 6 days). 

We decided to wait and try our luck as we come from far away.
Took an empty bench outside collector’s chamber. 
After about 40 minutes, we saw some people coming out 
from a section including Uniformed PI. 
One of them ask some of us who we were waiting for? 
We pointed a dept towards our right. 
About 10 minutes later, seeing some staff members around, we asked – Has the 
Collector come out yet? 
‘Yes’ they said ‘it was the same person who was asking 
you who you waiting for..’ 
We rushed to his office and enquired – 
We were then told to go in and get it signed as our 
document (along with many others) lying on his desk.
 

We waited and it paid our efforts and patience. 
 
Not everybody will be so lucky though!
 

If Addl. Collector (Shri. NARAYAN SAWANT) takes 3 days or more 
for attestation, I wonder how long does the Collector (Shri R. MIHIR VARDHAN) 
take, one week?

In North Goa Districtrict (Panaji) – There is one Collector 
and two Additional collectors
(second one being Shri. Amarsen Wamanrao Rane)
 

Attested document by London and Addl. Collector (Scanned)
Can’t even make out what the rubber stamped info says*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/5854389660/sizes/l/

 

Note: This First Hand Information (FIR) is posted in the interest of 
general public (including Aam Admi) so that everyone knows what it 
takes even for a simple job like this.
 

*After making efforts, including zooming 200% etc this is 
what got or assume

I do hereby certify that under section 32? of the Indian 
Stamp Act ...? that this document? Is duly stamped. The ??? 
fee of Rs.5 paid vide receipt nodated  in this office, Panaji
Date:
Sd/ N R Swant

Also, copying to Collector, I am sure I will never get a reply 
as in all Govt. depts inclduding Ministers, MLAs, CCP etc

http://northgoa.nic.in/collector.htm
 

Shri. R. MIHIR VARDHAN
District Collector
North Goa District Collectorate,
Collectorate Building,Panaji, Goa (India) - 403001
Tel. + 91- 832 - 2223612 , 2225383,2225083, 2427690
Fax: + 91- 832 - 2426492
Email: coln@nic.in


joego...@yahoo.co.uk 

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

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

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

[Goanet] Goa Maroons Crowned Champions in a Spectacular Finish: J.P. D'Mello KIFF League in Kuwait

[gaspersWorld ®]

:::Kuwait Goans finish 2nd, Rising Stars take 3rd place:::
By Gasper Crasto 
 
Kuwait: Goan Overseas Association (G.O.A) popularly known as Goa Maroons won 
the prestigious J.P. D’Mello Memorial KIFF League Trophy defeating Kuwait 
Goan Association (KGA) 4-3 in the final played at the ‘Peace & Friendship’ 
Stadium on 10th June 2011. 
 
The season ending match of the Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF), was 
balanced in terms of performance in the first half. However it was Maroons 
who surprised KGA with an early lead. Prolific scorer Kennedy Ferrao broke 
the KGA off-side trap by a mile and took his time to round off the 
goalkeeper before tapping into the empty net. 
 
On the other hand Maroons goalkeeper Guilerme Gomes was able to defend on a 
number of occasions. KGA who steadily organized themselves in the second 
half showed class, character and a superb fighting spirit, attacking from 
all ends with medio Bernard Pires dazzling in the centre. Ismayil, Luis Dias 
Vitorin Menezes, Valente, Jacob Dias, Edward Dias, Cristo Colaco, Tiago 
Fernandes, Anil Thakuri and Vico D’Souza also excelled for KGA. With minutes 
left for the final whistle KGA drew level through Josse Fernandes who headed 
home from a corner kick taken by Bernard (1-1). 
 
The extra-time produced no result which sent the teams into a penalty 
shootout. Maroons, already declared season’s champions for a super 
performance throughout, were determined to finish on a high. Goalkeeper 
Guilerme saved the last penalty in the tie-breaker to clinch victory for the 
Champions. Ian D’Souza, Gabriel Fernandes and Bonny Niasso scored for 
Maroons, while only Valente and John Costa were on target for KGA. 
 
Later, Goa Maroons President Raymond D’Sa expressed great joy in the victory 
and on winning the Trophy, a record equaling fourth time for Maroons in the 
League history. Navelim Youth Centre is the other team with maximum titles. 
Maroons coach Julio Cardoso told that such achievement comes with great 
efforts by the players, noting that the title was a remarkable end to a 
memorable league by KIFF which is played on league cum knock-out basis. 
 
:::The Champion team:::
 
Goa Maroons comprised of Guilerme Gomes, Carlos D’Sa, Ian D’ Souza, Gabriel 
Fernandes, Regi Rodrigues, Sandy Fernandes, Terence Carvalho, Patrick Pinho, 
Bonny Niasso, John Ferrao, Elvis D’Souza, Joe Rebello, Joseph Correia, 
Albert Pereira, Jose Savio Pereira, Everest Rodrigues, Valentine Gonsalves, 
Jerry Mello, Julio Cardoso, Steven Rodrigues and James Figueira. 
Coach: Julio Cardoso 
Team Manager: Assumption D’Sa 
 
The final was officiated by John Furtado supported by Victor Andrade and 
Roland Fernandes on the lines. 
 
Shri Vidhu P. Nair, Charge D'Affaires Indian Embassy was the chief guest at 
the event while Mr. A. C. Roy, Chief Operating Officer Gulf Cable and 
Electrical Industries Co. Was the guest of honor. Special invitees present 
on the occasion were Mr. Huzefa (Asst. Marketing Manager of Al Mulla 
Exchange) and Kevin Simoes, Joseph and Elvira D’Souza, ex-President of KIFF 
Mr. V.K. Vohra, UFC President Cajetan Pereira, CRC Chinchinim President 
Bosco Leitao, Navelim Vice-President Luis D’Silva, Rising Stars President 
Lawry Pinto, Cajie of Skynet, etc. 
 
The teams were introduced to the guest of honor Mr. A.C. Roy and other 
dignitaries. National Anthems of Kuwait and India were played with great 
respect and honor while a set of white doves were set free to mark the event 
a minute’s silence was observed in remembrance of J.P.D’Mello. 
 
A special attraction of the evening was a dance program performed by about 
20 children from Ballerine's School of Dance under the direction of 
Choreographer Sudhi Frantero. DJ Mario entertained the spectators with some 
catchy numbers. The function was compered by Gasper Crasto. 
 
KIFF President Fidelis Fernandes addressed the teams and emphasized on the 
need for unity and support to the federation to carry out KIFF activities 
smoothly. While applauding the support he received from his committee, he 
expressed wholehearted gratitude towards Gulf Cable and Electrical 
Industries for backing the Federation, and also thanked Al Mulla Exchange 
for their tremendous support all season. 
 
Mr. A.C. Roy also voiced his appreciation. KIFF Vice-President Clifford 
Pinto proposed a vote of thanks at the prize distribution ceremony thanking 
the sponsors, affiliates, referees and specially the media for the coverage 
given to Indian football in Kuwait. The news on the league has been covered 
by Kuwait’s Arab Times, www.indiansinkuwait.com, http://mangalorean.com/, 
http://www.goa-world.com/, etc, among others. 
 
Earlier, Rising Stars beat United Friends Club (UFC) 3-0 to win the hardline 
finals for a 3rd position in the league. Prakash, Shafeeq and Lusiano scored 
for Rising while UFC were strangely found wanting, conspicuous by the 
absence of some star players. 
 
An exhibition match of young kids from the Salmiya Co

Re: [Goanet] Goenchea Rakchondaracho Awaz

[floriano]

I shall make a statement here that Eugene suffers from an acute defficiency 
of 'common sense', though, through no fault of his.


If at all Goa Su-Raj Party is seen as 'impotent' through Eugene's eyes, then 
it is a fact. Because Eugene is impotent himself in his thinking capacity.
If at all GSRP is seen as impotent, it is also because GOANS have shown the 
streak of impotency in not recognizing a fire brand that is require for the 
purpose of  solving  Goa's acute  problems. Compare the entire political 
spectrum of GOA with GSRP and one does not have to be a scientist to realise 
that  what I am saying is true.  based on facts.


Eugene must know that for a winning horse to run the course, the 
course/track must be provided, the start and finish line demarcated, 
suitable winning jockey provided as also the cheering crowds along with 
those who will commit suicides as the after effects of the race.


In the same manner, Eugene must realize that GRA is the winning horse 
(because there is nothing like it as of now). The rest I leave it to 
Eugene's imaginations.



Cheers
floriano
GRA/GSRP
9422060347
www.goasu-raj.org

PS: Race horses are strapped with eye shutters ( godeachim oklam) so that 
the direction of its vision is controlled. GRA's (initial/formative) vision 
was similarly being directed in a direction that would split GOANs rather 
than unite them for the cause that it was cobbled together in the first 
place. Therefore it was essential to remove this strapping altogether so 
that the horse can see in all directions, place itself on the winning track 
and gallop for the WIN.


And BTW1:
NGOs in GOA  are multiplying in a manner that they are putting the  amoeba 
to shame.
By common sense, all of Goa's ills should have been addressed a long time 
ago with so many NGOs in existence. But the fact is that the ills are 
increasing by the day.

The analogy is like this:
NGOs are competing with each other to clean  the 'shit' that is coming down, 
courtesy the 'government'
The rat race with the NGOs is such that they are pleading with the 
Government to send more shit downwards so that they can be busy, grow fat 
etc.
Therefore, enter Goa Su-Raj, the 'shit' will STOP coming down altogether and 
the NGOs will have nothing to clean.
That is the time when those leading the NGOs will abandon the cleaning and 
go look for a JOB to sustain themselves.
BTW2 Most persons who grow fat being NGOs will starve if shit stops coming 
down. Because they do not have any trade in hand to sustain themselves.





- Original Message - 
From: "Eugene Correia" 

To: 
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goenchea Rakchondaracho Awaz



If we take Floriano's logic that "NGOs are all about making business
and furthering their own causes rather than of Goa and Goans at some
point in time," it would be right to believe that the GRA is also of
the same mould.


Eugene Correia 

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Re: [Goanet] The MOI debate

[Santosh Helekar]

I would like to add an important point to what Sandeep has nicely laid out 
below. It is important to recognize that this debate, like all other political 
debates, has been hijacked by activists and partisans who resort to 
unproductive extremist rhetoric and hyperbole. Those who call others 
denationalized on one side, and those who call anybody who disagrees with them 
communal on the other side. Both need to be rejected. 

Cheers,

Santosh

--- On Mon, 6/20/11, Sandeep Heble  wrote:

>
> Let me add a few points of my own to
> this whole Konkani (& Marathi) vs
> English MOI debate.
> 
> 1. This appears to be a case of Culture vs. Freedom. Which
> one must
> get the preference? In my opinion, Freedom and Independent
> thought are
> more important. Therefore, I support the right of the
> parents to
> educate their children in the language of their choice.
> What the
> UNESCO says may not be applicable in a Country where there
> are more
> than a 100 languages with thousands of dialects.
> 
> 2. The Konkani which is being taught in schools for the
> last 20 years
> is an alien dialect for many Catholics. It is not their
> mother tongue.
> Learning this was virtually an ordeal for most Catholic
> children,
> creating confusion in their minds, both at home and in
> school. Yet,
> the community was gracious enough to accept this very
> sportingly.
> Their opposition, hence, is justified. The Devnagiri
> Konkani
> protagonists need to understand their grievances, which are
> genuine.
> 
> 3. When I was in school, there was an option for a third
> foreign
> language. My brother chose French- was good at it- and got
> a
> scholarship to visit France. Today, he speaks French
> fluently. I too
> chose French, and scored well in my SSC. Now, it appears
> that students
> do not have this option to choose a third language, since
> Konkani (or
> Marathi) has been made compulsory till standard X. I find
> this stance
> of the Government highly objectionable, since it denies
> those who wish
> to learn a foreign language their legitimate right to do
> so.
> 
> 4. The claims that those who are opting for English as
> their language
> for Primary Education are getting denationalized are
> baseless. Such
> statements are creating divisions in the hitherto cordial
> relations
> being enjoyed by the two major Goan communities and needs
> to be
> severely condemned by one and all.
> 
> In conclusion, let me simply state that Culture can be
> promoted in a
> variety of ways and not just by insisting the primary
> language be in
> the mother tongue. Since growth of a language is important
> to preserve
> the culture of the land, both the warring groups need to
> sit together
> and work out an amicable solution to ensure that the
> Konkani language
> flowers and prospers. This constant fighting will lead us
> nowhere. Let
> better sense prevail.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sandeep
> 

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: How foreign is foreign... the truth about English in India (and Goa) :: FN

[Amita Kanekar]

M-o-I should be one for all

I would like to clarify with respect to the earlier articles on the 
English-as-medium-of-instruction issue that the 'anti-English' group is 
not seeking a general block on English medium in primary schools, but 
only in government-run primary schools. In the Indian reality this means 
that the rich have a choice and can educate their children in English as 
they can afford private education, while the poor have to study in 
Konkani. This is blatant discrimination favouring the already 
privileged, as everybody knows that English education gives a person a 
big headstart in India as well as the world. If Konkani is to be 
enforced as the medium of instruction in Goan primary schools--and there 
are some convincing arguments to show that students benefit by doing 
their early education in their native language--this has to be across 
the board, i.e. private schools should also have to run their primary 
sections in Konkani.


Amita Kanekar




On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Goanet Reader wrote:
HOW FOREIGN IS 'FOREIGN'?

Or, why politicians shy away from the truth over English in India (and Goa)

By Frederick Noronha
f...@goa-india.org

SOME TIME in 2003, the then Goa chief minister Manohar
Parrikar followed the footsteps of politicians like
Shashikala Kakodkar (during the short-lived PDF regime of
1990) in his stand against English-language education. He
said at a Marathi meet that "English cannot be the
mother-tongue of Goans". Since the early 1990s, politicians
of different hues have been blocking primary education in
English largely on the grounds that it is a "foreign language".

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] (Another) Room With A View

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[Goanet] Goa news for June 21, 2011

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Media twisted DGP Arya''s statement on Balli : Goa police -
IBNLive.com
NLive.comPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG5EjLQdpwIVKCk-LbKXQl8iEHv0w&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/media-twisted-dgp-aryas-statement-on-balli--goa-police/731462.html

*** Security guard killed in Goa mine collapse - The Hindu
e HinduThe body of a security guard was removed on Saturday from
the debris at the accident site of the Cuddegal iron ore mine of
the Fomento group in Sanguem taluk of south Goa, where a wall
surrounding a tailing pond collapsed on Friday due to heavy
rain. ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHRD4sC5NtXYGThFCFiqsvHfMLRFg&url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2116243.ece

*** Must increase entrepreneurial base in Goa: Raikar - Times of
India
that includes women entrepreneurs, enhancing the employment
opportunities for Goan youth and bringing transparency in the
organizations that are part of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and
Industry ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH_cxqh8bjdfQHWtIrWlae91yeahQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Must-increase-entrepreneurial-base-in-Goa-Raikar/articleshow/8908264.cms

*** GFA seeks more time from AFC for Vision Goa project - Times
of India
mes of IndiaPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEO4aYXARE2u1CBIFCRV4CKqWwuDw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/GFA-seeks-more-time-from-AFC-for-Vision-Goa-project/articleshow/8926352.cms

*** High drama marks Revolution Day celebrations across the
state - Times of India
MyKArv6ikmgvS676yXbeLL9lw
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHeTnRkucS13saBHmI4B0DMrA9Q6w&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/High-drama-marks-Revolution-Day-celebrations-across-the-state/articleshow/8908132.cms

*** On the Beach: Goa Attracts Brits on Exotic Holidays -
Sacramento Bee
eleases/on-the-beach-goa-attracts-brits-on-exotic-holidays-124174199.html">On
the Beach: Goa Attracts Brits on Exotic Holidays
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHXQx6_exWtw4cZE6A0Q1mu_98k_A&url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/20/3713004/on-the-beach-goa-attracts-brits.html

*** Goa: Opponents of English vow to intensify protest -
IBNLive.com
econd-revolution-coming-this-time-to-promote-Konkani/articleshow/8918275.cms">The
second revolution coming, this time to promote Konkani
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFUhVVZzWZxamdSPNN9TzK8WWRisQ&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-opponents-of-english-vow-to-intensify-protest/731391.html

*** Goa Maroons crowned champions in spectacular finish KGA
settle for 2nd; Rising ... - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
 in the final played at the 'Peace & Friendship' Stadium
recently ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGyQnPZnVPe0eitOsiw4dd8oW18Cg&url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/170503/reftab/36/t/Goa-Maroons-crowned-champions-in-spectacular-finish/Default.aspx

*** Sesa Goa expects the global deficit in iron ore continuing -
SteelGuru
eelGuruSesa Goa Ltd, with continued exploration, has seen its
iron ore reserves expand by 53 million tonnes to a total of 306
million tonnes by end of fiscal 2011. Despite an adverse impact
of the Karnataka ban and extended monsoons in Goa on its
operations ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEBHAPkBrk9UoI5D7jqmHTHw6F50A&url=http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Sesa_Goa_expects_the_global_deficit_in_iron_ore_continuing/210437.html

*** GOA Report Calls for Improvement within Auto Recall Process
- Auto Remarketing
ar buyers of a defect," posing a ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE4OYSQ1yX6qbCFWf77h_UIcIvvcA&url=http://www.autoremarketing.com/content/retail/goa-report-calls-improvement-within-auto-recall-process


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[Goanet] TACKLING PANAJI’S GARBAGE SHOULD BE A PRIORITY

[Aires Rodrigues]

The current debate on whether Panaji should have a football stadium
needs a careful consideration. More urgent though is the question
whether the already congested  city can sustain and cope with a
football stadium. A full fledged stadium on the outskirts of the City
may be an idea. Possibly the uncultivated fields along the Panaji -
Ribandar causeway could be considered as it would still be within the
jurisdiction of the CCP.

The Corporation of the City of Panaji has virtually clogged all the
city’s open spaces. Panaji’s priority should be to find a permanent
solution to the alarming garbage crisis. Infact the CCP should not
allow any further projects which generate garbage including a stadium
untill the garbage issue is resolved. The CCP needs to identify a site
for its garbage disposal plant within its jurisdiction rather than
unjustly dumping its burden on the neighbouring villages. Sadly the
Campal grounds may be the only venue available where the CCP's garbage
may have to be rested.

Aires Rodrigues
T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat
Ribandar - Goa - 403006
Mobile: 9822684372

Re: [Goanet] Goenchea Rakchondaracho Awaz

[Eugene Correia]

If we take Floriano's logic that "NGOs are all about making business
and furthering their own causes rather than of Goa and Goans at some
point in time," it would be right to believe that the GRA is also of
the same mould.
Floriano wants to straddle two stools, but he risks falling in between
them. He also tries to have the best of both worlds.
So Floriano wants to "render all NGOs out of work by drying out their
resources which comes from potentially impotent ruling political
parties which are in perpetual circulation."
As far as I know, the Su-Raj party is "impotent" in Goa's political
field. This so-called political party that seeks to show itself as an
NGO can definitely give ulcers to political observers. In my
dictionary, a political party is nothing but a political party and an
NGO is nothing but an NGO. Mix them up and you create an unpalatable
dish. The GRA has not yet won the people's hearts and minds. I don't
know what tomorrow will bring  for this newest baby on the front of
NGOs fighting to save and preserve Goa. I have said before that with
so many NGOs in Goa, Goans have been served a good alphabet soup.
Goans can take their pick which NGO they want to support and which
NGOs they want to throw in the dustbin.
It seems that item no 1 has been framed conveniently to allow -Raj
party or any other political party that does not have a representative
in the assembly. Why did it not say that no representative of a party
which contested the elections should be allowed to be a member of the
GRA?
Floriano's only qualification to be part of GRA is his failure to win
an assembly seat.. I have no axe to grind against the GRA. I only
pointed out what I thought was a folly on having the secretary of a
political party, in this case the Su-Raj Party, as the secretary of
the GRA.


Eugene Correia

Re: [Goanet] Indian English

[Santosh Helekar]

--- On Mon, 6/20/11, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão  
wrote:
> 
> COMMENTS : There cannot be dialect and styles of the English language. >There 
> can be only corrupted or rather spurious versions by different >people or 
> nations with inclusions of words from  local languages.
> 

There are nearly 200 dialects of the English language around the world. There 
are at least 35 dialects of English in the United Kingdom alone. Oxford English 
has many words borrowed or derived from several foreign languages in it, 
including Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, and of course, Sanskrit.

Cheers,

Santosh

Re: [Goanet] Indian English

[Naguesh Bhatcar]

It is amusing to see how an initial innocuous posting on the use of English 
bypeople of Indian origin, has led to the current thread! It has now digressed 
into a clash of egos to a class warfare, to whatever thenext contributor to the 
thread, may think of changing it into!
For those that have forgotten the initial posting, it was:
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:36:40 +0400> From: eugene.corr...@gmail.com> To: 
> goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Indian English> > How true………> > > 1. 
> 'Passing out'> > When you complete your studies at an educational 
> institution, you> graduate from that institution.> > You do not "pass out" 
> from that institution.> > To "pass out" refers to losing consciousness, like 
> after you get too> drunk, though I’m not sure how we managed to connect 
> graduating and> intoxication.

Naguesh Bhatcar





  

[Goanet] The great land grab: India's war on farmers

[Gabe Menezes]

The great land grab: India's war on farmers
Land is a powerful commodity that should be used for the betterment of
humanity through farming and ecology.
Vandana 
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*In India, the state forcibly acquires land from farmers and hands it over
to private speculators, real estate corporations, mining companies and
leisure industries [EPA]*

"The Earth upon which the sea, and the rivers and waters, upon which food
and the tribes of man have arisen, upon which this breathing, moving life
exists, shall afford us precedence in drinking."
- Prithvi Sukta, Atharva Veda

Land is life. It is the basis of livelihoods for peasants and indigenous
people across the Third World and is also becoming the most vital asset in
the global economy. As the resource demands of globalisation increase, land
has emerged as a key source of conflict. In India, 65 per cent of people are
dependent on land. At the same time a global economy, driven by speculative
finance and limitless consumerism, wants the land for mining and for
industry, for towns, highways, and biofuel plantations. The speculative
economy of global finance is hundreds of times larger than the value of real
goods and services produced in the world.

Financial capital is hungry for investments and returns on investments. It
must commodify everything on the planet - land and water, plants and genes,
microbes and mammals. The commodification of land is fuelling the corporate
land grab in India, both through the creation of Special Economic Zones and
through foreign direct investment in real estate.

Land, for most people in the world, is *Terra Madre*, *Mother Earth*, *
Bhoomi*, *Dharti Ma*. The land is people's identity; it is the ground of
culture and economy. The bond with the land is a bond with *Bhoomi*, our
Earth; 75 per cent of the people in the Third World live on the land and are
supported by the land. The Earth is the biggest employer on the planet: 75
per cent of the wealth of the people of the global south is in land.

Colonisation was based on the violent takeover of land. And now,
globalisation as recolonisation is leading to a massive land grab in India,
in Africa, in Latin America. Land is being grabbed for speculative
investment, for speculative urban sprawl, for mines and factories, for
highways and expressways. Land is being grabbed from farmers after trapping
them in debt and pushing them to suicide.

*India's land issues*

In India, the land grab is facilitated by the toxic mixture of the colonial
Land Acquisition Act of 1894, the deregulation of investments and commerce
through neo-liberal policies -  and with it the emergence of the rule of
uncontrolled greed and exploitation. It is facilitated by the creation of a
police state and the use of colonial sedition laws which define defence of
the public interest and national interest as anti-national.

The World Bank has worked for many years to commodify land. The 1991 World
Bank structural adjustment programme reversed land reform, deregulated
mining, roads and ports. While the laws of independent India to keep land in
the hands of the tiller were reversed, the 1894 Land Acquisition Act was
untouched.

Thus the state could forcibly acquire the land from the peasants and tribal
peoples and hand it over to private speculators, real estate corporations,
mining companies and industry.

Across the length and breadth of India, from Bhatta in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to
Jagatsinghpur in Orissa to Jaitapur in Maharashtra, the government has
declared war on our farmers, our *annadatas, *in order to grab their fertile
farmland.

Their instrument is the colonial Land Acquisition Act - used by foreign
rulers against Indian citizens. The government is behaving as the foreign
rulers did when the Act was first enforced in 1894, appropriating land
through violence for the profit of corporations - JayPee Infratech in Uttar
Pradesh for the Yamuna expressway, POSCO in Orissa and AREVA in Jaitapur -
grabbing land for private profit and not, by any stretch of the
imagination, for any public purpose. This is rampant in the country today.

These land wars have serious consequences for our nation's democracy, our
peace and our ecology, our food security and rural livelihoods. The land

[Goanet] The MOI debate

[U. G. Barad]

Sandeep wrote: What the UNESCO says may not be applicable in a Country where
there are more than a 100 languages with thousands of dialects.

My query: Which countries in the world have only one language and only one
dialect?

Sandeep wrote: Now, it appears that students do not have this option to
choose a third language, since Konkani (or Marathi) has been made compulsory
till standard X. I find this stance of the Government highly objectionable,
since it denies those who wish to learn a foreign language their legitimate
right to do so.

My suggestion: Start collecting 52,000 plus signatures of parents in support
of removing imposed compulsory learning of Konkani and/or Marathi and send
it to Digu or Church-Hill. They will immediately remove the imposed
compulsion of learning Konkani and/or Marathi. 


Sandeep wrote: Since growth of a language is important to preserve the
culture of the land, both the warring groups need to sit together and work
out an amicable solution to ensure that the Konkani language flowers and
prospers. This constant fighting will lead us nowhere. Let better sense
prevail.

My query: Knowing that there would be agitations why did Digu government not
take warring groups and other stakeholders into confidence before
implementing unilateral decision on MoI, and that too in contradiction to
what his government promised in the recently concluded assembly session. 

U. G. Barad

[Goanet] The masks begin to drop

[Camillo Fernandes]

Soter in his well written below post has exposed the so called hyprocrical 
leaders who preach one thing and practice another.  They think Goans are 
ignorant and can easily be taken for a ride.   As he writes,  "the people of 
Goa will give a befitting reply to all these forces."  These communal forces 
have nothing better to do than to take up minor issues  just to divert the 
attention from the real serious problems facing Goa.
 
Camilo Fernandes
 
 
From: "SOTER" 
To: 
Subject: [Goanet] The masks begin to drop

For several years the communalists and mergerists had managed to conceal their 
true faces behing secular masks. They mingled within secular initiatives and 
made the right noises at the right places. For the last several months these 
masks have begun to drop one by one no sooner they discovered that their 
gimmicks have been exposed. It has been our persisitent accusation that the 
Congress is as Communal as the BJP. The likes of Uday Bhembre, Prashant Naik, 
Arvind Bhatikar have had a field day by taking unsuspecting people for a ride. 
But it is not possible for these masks to remain in place specially when one is 
on a public platform. 
The arrival of the Sagres Ship and the Medium of Instruction were the perdect 
occassions that helped expose this duplicity which lay concealed for several 
years and poisoned Goan society from beneath in the name of nationalism. It is 
high time that the likes of Uday Bhembre, Prashant Naik and Arvind Bhatikar 
must join the BJP rather than pretend to be aloof from any mischief and calling 
the BJP communal. The cunning Arvind Bhatikar thought that he could even trick 
the Archbishop of Goa into parading himself at the anti-corruption rally in Goa 
by citing the example of the Archbishop of Delhi. But he miserably failed. 
There are other dumb mergerists and communalists who continue to hold on to the 
mask by making statements through other mouth's and parade themselves on the 
pavements of Panjim as upright and unbiased. Their masks have started hanging 
half way. 
In the days to come the people of Goa will give a befitting reply to these 
forces.
 
-Soter D.
 

 
  

[Goanet] Delhi among the greenest capitals - Source Business Standard

[Camillo Fernandes]

20/06/2011
Delhi, the green capital
Delhi: The state forests department has pulled off a significant achievement by 
increasing Delhi’s forest cover ten fold in the past 16 years.
 Delhi's green cover has increased from 2 per cent to more than 20 per cent in 
the last 10 years," Shiela Dixit had announced this Tuesday, addressing a 
Business Standard function. It is a striking achievement, especially since 
Delhi is the country's second-largest metropolis by area and third-largest by 
population, and has seen several large-scale infrastructure projects in recent 
years -- even though the chief minister was not exactly right about the time 
frame. 
It was in 16 years, from 1993 to 2009, that Delhi's green cover had jumped from 
22 sq km to 299.58 sq km, that is, from 1.48 per cent of its geographical area 
to 20.20 per cent -- a ten-fold jump.
No wonder Delhi has the distinction of being among the greenest capitals in the 
world, and despite its urban sprawl, is home to as many as 430 bird species. 
How did this come about? 
 
"The main reasons for the increase in forest cover...is new plantation," says 
the State of Forest Report, 2009. Of these, Bhatti Mines is the showpiece of 
successful afforestation and eco-restoration, primarily through the efforts of 
the 132 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) -- the Eco Rajputs. In the last 
10 years, the Eco Rajputs have planted 1.1 million saplings in the abandoned 
mines spread over 2,100 acres in the south of the state.
Densification of the forest cover in The Ridge, described as the lungs of the 
city, is a more recent initiative, as are the plantations along the national 
highways, and important junctions such as ITO Chungi, which were undertaken in 
the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, and around 175 water bodies in the 
national capital region.
There is, of course, far more that can be done. "There is potential to plant 
along 40 km of the riverfront," says a senior official of the state 
government's forests and wild-life division. "But it is all in the hands of the 
Delhi Development Authority."
 
The government has also created a Bambusetam, an area dedicated to various 
bamboo species, at Garhi Mandu. Damaged by intense flooding in the last two 
years, it had 27 species of bamboos including the Black Bamboo, Giganticus and 
Guadua. The plan now is to shift it to a 10-acre site in Asola.
But it is the policy of "compensatory afforestation" that has yielded the most 
results. A provision that goes back to the Delhi Preservation of Tree Act, 
1994, and later strengthened by a state cabinet decision of 2010, it entails 
the plantation of 10 trees for every one tree that is felled. 










Under the scheme, five of these 10 trees are planted by the forests department 
and five by the person/institution which felled the tree. In addition, the 
latter deposits Rs 28,000 for every tree felled, half of which is refunded at 
the end of five years if the plantations are found healthy and thriving. Under 
this scheme, forests have been planted on behalf of large infrastructure 
companies. 

For instance, for Delhi Metro, the forests department has planted trees on more 
than 250 hectares in Kakrola, Issapur, Mungeshpur, Rewla Khanpur, Najafgarh 
Drain, Rajokri, Aya Nagar, Hindon Cut and many other sites since 2004.
 
Similarly, for the Delhi Airport, Bus Rapid Transport system, National Highway 
Authority, Indian Oil Corporation, etc.
Not everyone is convinced, of course. "Compensatory afforestation," says Pradip 
Krishen, environmentalist and author of Trees of Delhi, "is a whole lot of 
bull. Lovely old-growth trees are cut down, and someone plants 10 trees in 
their place. More often than not, what's planted is a weedy tree of no 
ecological value whatsoever, chosen because it's not browsed by cattle or 
goats. 
The people who plant it feed their efforts into the system -- so many trees 
planted, etc. But within a few months at most, they stop looking after these 
trees. What do you think happens? In most cases -- and partly because the 
choice of species is wrong to begin with -- the trees die."
 

 








 

 








  

[Goanet] Savio Here - Wildtrek Adventures

[Savio Fernandes]

Wildtrek Monsoon Mania. Let’s go to Amboli before the rest of Goa
does, and bathe in the falls, visit Hirankeshi, Sunset point,
Mahadevgad in solitude.  Accomodation travel and masti @ Rs. 900/- on
multiple sharing and Rs. 1200/- on twin sharing . After overwhelming
response of last weekend, Wildtrek repeats the monsoon, magic and
mists of Amboli, once more. Departure Saturday 25th June 4.00pm and
return back Sunday 26th June 5pm. For bookings and details contact
9822123458,9822155805.

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Monsoon fury, Miramar, Festa Chonne, Khajem etc

[JoeGoaUk]

Talking Photos: Monsoon fury, Miramar, Festa Chonne, Khajem etc
 

Posted wrong link earlier..
Framacia Ananta (Est. 1949)
Panjim, goa (waterbury's compound)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/584073/sizes/l/

Monsoon Furry – Retaining wall collapsed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5845480824/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5845479188/sizes/l/

coconut tree fell on the road
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5844930459/sizes/l/

The dark sky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5845698084/sizes/l/

 

Deserted look – Miramar beach at night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5845697092/sizes/l/

This is also Miramar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5852346654/sizes/l/
 

Can you see the rain?
DB Road infront of Old GMC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5845699458/sizes/l/
 

Festa Chonne or
Deva Payamkoddche chonne or
Saibinni payamkoddche Chonne
Rs.40
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5848479053/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5848473751/

Festa Kaddyo – boddyo mix or
Khajem or dos
Rs.80
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5849033128/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5849034770/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5848472483/

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] There cannot be another Goan Revolution

[SOTER]

S. Helekar continues:
"Soterbab appears to be creating his own exclusive reality here, one that no 
other person who objectively reads my posts in this thread would be able to 
recognize. I merely pointed out that Ramani was a Goan name that was dragged 
into the mix. I never used the word "exclusively". Here is that pertinent 
post of mine:"


Comment:
We do not understand English, Helekar bab.

S. Helekar continues:
In any case, I noticed that Soterbab was not able to state clearly a single 
conspiracy theory that he believes in, let alone give any evidence grounded 
in the reality that is not exclusive to his own eyes and ears, nor his 
imagination. What's more, he wants me to take him at his word and receive 
the wisdom that he, as a self-proclaimed non-politician, has received from 
the horse's mouth and the mouths of all the genuine Hindus and non-Goans he 
knows.


comment:
Please go around Helekar bab and see for yourself if you have any eyes and 
ears in place. I never in the least expect you to take me for my word and my 
wisdom. Lest you may be also accused of being an anti-national and an out 
caste.


-Soter D. 

[Goanet] Regrets - July 5 morning

[George Pinto]

INTERNATIONAL GOAN YOUTH CONVENTION, July 2-4, 2011, San Francisco, California.

If you attend the convention we expect you will wake up July 5 and regret the 
fun Goan Youth convention is over and you have to return to life as usual. If 
you did not attend the convention we expect you will wake up July 5 and regret 
you did not attend. Too late then, wondering what if...

You still have the opportunity to sign up. See convention details on website: 
http://goasudharop.org/node/729. Convention details on FACEBOOK: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200042253351727. 

What are Goan Youth are saying -
QUOTE:
The Goan Youth Convention will be a great 3 day fun-filled event that captures 
what it is like to be a young Goan today and provides the unique opportunity 
for volunteerism and further development of our careers through social and 
professional networking (Kurt, Moraga).
UNQUOTE

OPTIONAL pre-convention tours are available, see details at 
http://goasudharop.org/images/Tours-Brochure.pdf. Please sign up directly with 
the tour operators.

Please book now. You DO NOT have to stay at the hotel to attend the convention 
and can stay with family/relatives/friends or any other hotel and commute if 
you wish. Please pass this email on to family/friends.

Goa Sudharop
www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Talking photos: Posreacher Sakor, tanddud, godd etc

[JoeGoaUk]

Talking photos: Posreacher Sakor, tanddud, godd etc
 

besides, sakor, tanddud, godd..what else you get at Siole Posrear (shops)? As 
seen on many shops at Church Square, Siolim
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5850655228/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5850101235/sizes/l/
clue: you have to have two, three or four wheelers for this
Imagine, it catches fire with many people around..
Police taking hafta, that’s for sure because there was one in the 
road just infront
 

II
Water tapping, toddy tapping, phone tapping
And this is what power tapping?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5851795097/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk41/5852344724/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

Re: [Goanet] The masks begin to drop

[Tony de Sa]

@ Soter,
Wasn't this the same Bhatikar who wrote a series of articles parodying
Parrikar in Rajan Narayan's Goan Observer?

Tempora mutantur.

How times change.

-- 
Tony de Sa.  tonydesa at gmail dot com

Re: [Goanet] Goenchea RAKHONDARANCHO Awaz floriano

[floriano]

Eugine,

You must not grow ulcers at the very mention of a political party.
These ulcers vanish when the balm from political parties like Congress, BJP, 
NCP, MGP, Janata Party and now Janata Dal (U) of Nitish Kumar comes a 
walking, splashing money.


FYI Goa Su-Raj Party is basically a NGO registered as a political party 
because we have found that NGOs are all about making business and furthering 
their own causes rather than of Goa and Goans at some point in time. The 
main idea of registering a NGO as a political outfit is to render all NGOs 
out of work by drying out their resources which comes from potentially 
impotent ruling political parties which are in perpetual circulation.


Kindly read the  item no. 6 below in conjunction with item no. 1

cheers

floriano

GRA/Goasuraj





(1) GRA has pledged to keep away from MLAs and political parties currently 
in the


Assembly.

(2) . GRA is not apolitical either.

(3) . GRA wants elected politicians to transfer

power back to people.

(4) . GRA pledged to take all issues plaguing

Goem, Goemkar and Goemkarponn.

(5) . GRA is not backed (even covertly) by

any business lobby.

(6) . GRA is not backed (even covertly) by

any political lobby either.

(7) . GRA believes: every Goemkar is




- Original Message - 
From: "Eugene Correia" 

To: 
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goenchea Rakchondaracho Awaz floriano



The GRA says:

GRA is not backed (even covertly) by any business lobby

GRA is not backed (even covertly) by any political party.
--
GRA replaced GBA because, as you'll felt, GBA was not performing its
job. I still remember the group Goa Protectors which, if I am not
mistaken, had MLA Victoria's son as one of its key leaders. This group
proved to be bunch of toughies whose aim was to intimidate and hurt
those they thought were public enemies or enemies of the leaders.

Eugene 

[Goanet] Lorna sings - Grateful to God for her golden voice etc

[JoeGoaUk]

Lorna says she is grateful to God for her golden voice 
Also, says all her songs composed by Chris Perry
In the end she says ‘ We all will die one day but Lorna’s songs 
will always survive..’
See more (on screen display)

 
Lorna, tusi great ho! 
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0azH1j-Ac

HD
http://youtu.be/2q0azH1j-Ac?hd=1

Long Live Lorna
Long Live Konkani
Long Live Goa
 

More Lorna’s pics and videos here / blog
 

Lorna - The Goan nightingale
http://joegoauk.blogspot.com/2011/06/lorna-singing-grateful-to-god-for-her.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] Song for the day

[Gabe Menezes]

 Xavier Cugat Siboney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zraRqOr1Do
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] St. Anthony's Feast Day at Siolim

[Antonio Menezes]

Why not celebrate on the 13th June ( i.e. Monday this year )  as was
celebrated on the 19th. Simple any
feast day falling on a week day is celebrated on the following sunday.

Siolim was most probably known as the village of Shiva i.e. Shiva-le or
Shivo-le.  And God Shiva has
a king cobra round his head.Perhaps it was a warning to the new converts to
forget Shiva's reptitian
devotion.