Re: [Goanet] Translation of the Poem

[Gabe Menezes]

On 14 July 2011 13:03, Herohito Coutinho  wrote:

> Noman
>
> Saan aami saan deva
> Kortat tuka noman deva
> Vechnuk aani dekh bori
> Shikap aani reet khori
>
> Shikpak dee baal jait deva
> Avoi bapui gurujan amche
> Tuje sasayen khoshen ravche
> shanti di sukh, piray deva
>
>
>
>
> We are small, small God.
> We worship  you God...
> Votes and good manners..
> Study and right manners..
>
> To study and win give us strength God.
> Mother Father, Teachers are ours.
> We remain happy with your blessings..
> Give us  Peace Harmony
> and Love God.
>

COMMENT: Thank you, Your Heavenly Highness Emperor Hirohito.

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 630

[Victor Rangel-Ribeiro]

My dear Gabriel,
Lea and I had no idea that your dear mother had passed away. We had met her for 
the first and last time some years ago in Astoria, Queens, New York, and been 
quite struck by her personality and her quiet dignity. Please accept our 
deepest 
condolences.
Very best regards,
Victor and Lea




From: Gabriel De Figueiredo 
To: francis d' souza 
Cc: "" 
Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 12:26:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 630

Hi Francis,

My apologies. In my grief, I forgot to put in the surname. "Madame" Figueiredo 
she was, taught at Don Bosco, Panjim, 1964-1985, thereafter tutored many more 
students regularly at her residence in Panjim until, I believe, a few months 
ago. She is also the aunt of the Salesian director, Fr Ian Figueiredo.

PS My regular email account seems to have been hacked into recently, hence this 
new id.

Gabriel de Figueiredo

Count appear On 05/07/2011, at 3:11 PM, "francis d' souza" 
 wrote:

> 
>  
> > 8. Madame is no more (gde...@optusnet.com.au)
> > Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:48:01 +1000
> > From: gde...@optusnet.com.au
> > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> > Subject: [Goanet] Madame is no more
> > Message-ID: <201107050548.p655m1vm001...@mail12.syd.optusnet.com.au>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > 
> Are you refering to 'Madame' who taught French at St. Britto's too...
>  
> Probably Fredrico can throw some light on this subject..
>  
> Regards
> Francis

[Goanet] Goenkar summons Police Commissioner, Sir Paul.....

[Gabe Menezes]

...Apparently a letter requesting him to attend a meeting on Tuesday before
the Home Affairs select Committee chaired by Hon Keith Vaz M.P. This is only
hours before a more important meeting will take place. The Culture Select
Committee  summoned the Murdocchs and their C.E.O. Rebekah Brooks to appear
before them.

This in regard to the breakdown of relations between the Politicians, the
Police and the Press, in this instance the News of the World. Also the
ongoing scandal of bribes paid, cosy relations between Police and Press and
the M.P.s

Phone hacking: Murdochs agree to appear before MPs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14148658

Menezes cousin also had his
phone hacked into.
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] An interesting Experience: Noise pollution

[Gerald Fernandes]

“Noise Pollution complaint? Go to the Bombay High Court”!Allwyn Fernandes 
02 May 2011, 12:17 PM IST 




  
 


 


  

 

Forty years ago when I first accompanied a friend to a police station to report 
adulteration of milk, we ended up being treated as criminals rather than 
complainants. How much have Mumbai’s police stations changed since then? Not 
much, I am afraid.
 
The externals may have changed in that some police station buildings are better 
designed and better built, like the one at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), or 
the one at Powai in the swanky Hiranandani Gardens area. But attitudes inside 
remain the same as they were 40 years ago.
 
The men seated at their desks inside still need to be trained to understand 
that they are there to enforce the law without fear or favour and that it is 
their duty to register complaints from law-abiding citizens. Happily, I found a 
woman police office on duty at the entrance to the Powai police station more 
understanding and positive. She agreed wholeheartedly with me that my complaint 
had substance and directed me to the desk officer. That’s where I ran into a 
blank wall. 
 
I had gone there on April 23 to draw the attention of the police officer on 
duty to the possibility of firing of crackers at Easter Services at my local 
church after 10 p.m. that evening. This is a nefarious practice that had 
somehow developed over the years. Crackers have no role to play in Christian 
religious services. I tried reason, persuasion, everything. But to no avail. 
Then in 2008, I decided to use the law to file a complaint against my parish 
priest under the Environmental Protection Act. The act makes the firing of 
crackers after 10 p.m. a non-bailable offence
.
But filing an FIR is not an easy task. The local police would not act! They 
told me, “Christians are such good people. We have least trouble with them when 
we do bandobust duty.”
I said I was there to report a violation of the law, not canonize anyone. They 
would not budge.
So, I approached higher-ups, including the police commissioner and the then 
State Home Secretary, Chandra Iyengar. They issued the necessary directives.
Even then I ran into difficulties. But, finally, the priest was summoned to the 
police station to answer my charges that he had violated the law. He was taken 
aback that a member of his community would haul him before the law. He wept, 
begged for mercy, vowed never to do it again. But I was not willing to relent 
at that stage.
 
In any case, the firing of crackers stopped at Christmas and the next Easter 
services. But it was resumed in December 2010!
So, back I went to the Powai police again on April 23 to tell the officer on 
duty that he should warn the parish priest that should even one cracker be 
fired, he would have to spend the night in jail.
I was directed to the duty officer in charge of the bandobust. He seemed most 
indifferent. He took an inordinately long time to read what I had written, then 
told me to "go to the High Court".  I told him I did not need his advice on 
what I should do. I wanted him to accept my letter and give me an 
acknowledgement. I would insist on it. And I would be at the church service to 
observe any infringement of the law. And I would come back to insist on an FIR 
if even one cracker was fired. “You can be sure of seeing me again,” I told him.
He still wanted to know what I wanted him to do. I said: warn the parish priest 
before the service that he would be held responsible if even one cracker was 
fired. I see no reason why those already asleep, young or old, should be 
disturbed because we are celebrating a feast.
 
He told me: "We don’t accept such letters. Go to the high court". I told him he 
had to give me an acknowledgement and I expected him to act on the issues 
raised in the letter and that he could be sure I would come back again if even 
one cracker was fired. All along, he kept me standing. He did not have the 
courtesy of offering me a seat as a senior citizen. Not that I needed it. I am 
still fighting fit.
 
After another five minutes he said he would have to consult his boss.
He came back a changed man within five minutes!  The boss had been pulled up by 
the Bombay High Court a year ago for failing to act on a complaint of noise 
pollution by an IIT professor against a nearby temple. The law is the same for 
all. So the boss man must have told him to take the complaint seriously.
 
What a change in the officer now! He offered me a seat. He called a constable 
and told him to get an acknowledgment. He told the constable sitting at the 
computer to take down a letter to the Parish Priest warning him he would be 
held responsible for any crackers. He called the head constable going for 
bandobust duty at the churchthe machinery had been set in motion. By then 
the acknowledgement came and I left.
 
Needless to add, no crackers were fired that night! But why do citizens have to 
face such hurdles to get th

[Goanet] GOA: Nearly 6 cms of rain in the past 24 hours... 92% humidity

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

-- Forwarded message --
From: DIRECTOR INFORMATION PUBLICITY 

WEATHER REPORTS Panaji, July 14, 2011

Max. Temperature                                26.9 Deg. C
Min. Temperature                                22.3 Deg. C
Relative Humidity                               92 %
Rainfall past 24 hours                          059.4 mm
Seasonal Total                                  1147.4 mm

Forecast: Intermittent rain or shower with heavy rain in some areas would occur.

Special weather warning: Heavy rain would occur at isolated places
during next 48 hours.

Weather warning for fishermen of South Maharastra Goa Coast valid next
24 hours is : winds will be westerly to southwesterly speed 46 to 60
Kmph. Temporarily reaching 80 Kmph in Gust Squall. Sea will be rough
with westerly to southwesterly waves. Fishermen are advised not to go
out in the sea during next 24 hrs.

DI/NB/MP/SM/MP/SSN/531
--
DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY.
THIRD FLOOR,UDYOG BHAVAN,
NEAR AZAD MAIDAN, PANAJI GOA
PHONE-0832-2422675
0832-2226047
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[Goanet] Comment by a Newspaper Publisher

[Gerald Fernandes]

"NEWS IS SOMETING THAT SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE WANTS TO SUPPRESS. THE REST IS 
ADVERTISING".
 
Late Lord Radcliffe

[Goanet] India’s total corruption value.

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

A rough estimate of India’s total corruption value.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goaghantis/5937182360/in/photostream




Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.   

[Goanet] Re : Churchill Alemao Criticised for acquiring Paddy Fields

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

Arwin Mesquita

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:34:06 -0700

http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=738&boxid=53744687&uid=&dat=7/14/2011

 

COMMENT : The Supreme Court of India was
very clear in it’s Order dated 5th July 2011.

QUOTE:

The apex court said a “sinister campaign”
has been launched by various state governments to take advantage of the law
against the poor people for taking away the land and giving it to builders
where multiplexes, malls, posh residential complexes are developed which are
beyond the reach of common men.

“Do you think judges live in fools’
paradise”? snapped a Bench when senior advocate P P Rao responded to a question
that the residential complexes were being developed for the “needy”.

“You are building hotels, malls,
commercial complexes, townships where common men have no access. Does it come
under the perception of public purpose for which the land has been acquired?

UNQUOTE

http://www.indiajournal.com/?p=8034




Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.   

Re: [Goanet] mumbai serial blasts

[olya.lopes]

Nicely put .. 
This is very true 
"The sympathy and concern vanish quicker than the incidents and all the pain 
and agony has been forgotten."

Other than close family & friends ... we have a tendency to get over horrors 
pretty quickly 

-Original Message-
From: Nelson Lopes [mailto:nellope...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 1:48 AM
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: mumbai serial blasts

MUMBAI SERIAL BLASTS
Mumbai has been targeted 13 times in the last 20 years. The sympathy
and concern vanish quicker than the incidents and all the pain and
agony has been forgotten.  It is natural that public memory is short
and life h as to move on with necessary and unpredictable incidents.
They say that Mumbai bounces back to normal but is there anything one
can do about daily routine ?Mumbai has been  soft target again and
again because it is commercial capital and business hub of India The
damage to life and property is designed to cripple the economy. The
motives have not succeeded in spite of regular assaults on the city
The loss of human lives defies  economic computations like material
assets and cannot be compensated with its real worth,. Any way in
India  human life is at maximum  discount. The suffering is individual
and personal to the families with catastrophic effects immeasurable.
The Govt help at the most is only soothing balm The crowded situation
of Mumbai and lack specific distinct identity of persons any where is
an ideal situation to go undetected   in the occurrence of such blasts
Rarely they will be spotted at the time of planting these devices and
the modus operandi is cleverly disguised every time. The quick
response to the   post operations to the blasts have increased
significantly. The prevention by way of intelligence gathering,
penetrating the sleeper modules of the terrorists ,scanning of
internet communications ,monitoring of phone messages should be given
preference. Not much has been learnt from our past experiences in
these matters, The initial enthusiasm soon gives place to cynicism
,lethargy and sustained  inaction The violators seem to be provided
with all the rights and justice of a democratic citizen, over the
prolonged years at a considerable costs, forgetting that those who
perish in these ghastly incidents have been denied the basic right of
safety by the state .we have time and again demonstrated to the world
that Indian democracy is more for the rights of perpetrators of
dastardly crimes against the humanity The punishment to these
terrorists should be quick ,and serve as deterrent  and the normal
rights available to the citizens , must be suspended. for any
meaningful progress.
Nelson lopes Chinchinim 9850926276


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[Goanet] Parrikar smacks of pimp’s mentality

[Rupert Coutinho]

*Parrikar smacks of pimp’s mentality*

**

Parrikar’s assurance to settle the issue of regularising the houses at
Indira Nagar in Chimbel is cheap, disgraceful and is a mind of frustration
of a desperate and disillusioned CM-in-waiting.  Can Goans accept that their
land be taken away and given free of cost to outsiders? These acts are more
worst than even the prostitution and murders. The areas will only be another
breeding ground for slums, thrash and crimes to flourish in the social
environment.



Parrikar knows how to change the rules of the game and has been the master
of it which is now taken as a precedent and a useful guidance by some of his
successors vis a vis the Navelim farmers protesting against rehabilitation
of migrants on their agricultural lands with another anti-Goan from Varca
calling the shots. Parrikar’s image is waning and with the rise of Axis of
Evil and some lunatics from Bedxellolem Bharatiyancho Saunstha, his cosmetic
image of Good Politician and God Governance has been unmasked and exposed.
An old octogenarian is a PM- in-Waiting at the Rape Capital of the world but
everyone knows for sure that the day will never come and RSS will have to
write a chapter in their Ideological History glorifying an ex-dy-PM who
remained forever-in-waiting. Ethnic Goas too will be blessed immensely if
they keep Parrikar forever as the CM-in-Waiting & as a chapter to remember
for he could not change and prevent the takeover of Goan land by outsiders
despite having ruled comfortably for over 4 years.



Cheers!!

Rupert Coutinho

[Goanet] On Secularism: Moving beyond Goa’s politics of personality

[Jason Keith Fernandes]

 On Secularism: Moving beyond Goa’s politics of personality(A version of
this post was first published in the Gomantak Times 13 July 2011)


The opportunity popped up, some days ago, to read the reflections of Dr.
Oscar Rebello  on the Medium
of Instruction (MoI) ‘controversy’. The discussion in this column will focus
not on the issue of the inclusion of English as a State-supported MoI, but
on Dr. Rebello’s observations that have some implication for the manner in
which we in Goa understand secularism.


In his column, Dr. Rebello argued that ‘*Uday Bhembre; Arvind Bhatikar;
Prashant; Pundalik & Hema Naik; N. Shivdas and many other stalwarts in the
BBSM movement specially the youth brigade I know well, are the finest,
secular and principled individuals in Goan society. Just because they take a
position on a cultural issue does not make them communal. Indeed, if the
crazy bats from the Sangh were to run riot terrorizing minorities in Goa,
some day, these individuals would be in the front line of fire defending
secularism*.’


This is an interesting formulation of secularism that Dr. Rebello proposes;
it suggests that one is secular not because of what one does, but because of
who one is. Or rather, one is secular because of one’s history, and based on
the understanding of that history of one’s actions in the future. The
actions in the present, both seen and unseen, can be safely ignored when
determining a person’s secular credentials.


Dr. Rebello’s is not a unique position, but shared especially among some
members of the diocesan hierarchy in Goa. A suggestion that the actions of
one of these gentlemen, but especially Dr. Bhembre, verged on the communal,
one is greeted with a stunned silence, followed by ‘But he is one of Goa’s
most secular individuals!’

There is no need to debate Dr. Bhembre’s secular credentials. Indeed,
perhaps there is a need for us in Goa to move away from the politics of
personalities and of the personal. This column would like to however,
challenge these understandings of secularism that are based on this cult of
the personality.


To counter this focus on the personality, perhaps we should recognize that
secularism is not an inherent quality in any of us. It is a process that we
engage in, where we continuously try to rise above the politics and
interests of our personal locations, and work to make the public space more
accommodating of the choices of others. We do not impose our own social,
familial and other prejudices onto the public space. It must be emphatically
stressed, that to be able to do so is not an easy task; which is what makes
a secular society so difficult to reach. Secularism, is the rough and narrow
path of the pilgrim. It is not a pedestal we can climb on it (though, it has
to be recognized, one can also so easily fall off pedestals!)


To recognize secularism as a process, rather than as a state-of-being, would
allow us to recognize the fallacy of Dr. Rebello, and segments of the Goan
Church hierarchy’s, understanding of secularism. One could very well be
un-secular, or communal, despite one’s previous contributions to the fabric
of the Goan public sphere. Indeed, when one challenges the idea that a
person is inherently secular, then one is able to evaluate, based on the
actions in the present, if this individual’s actions in the past, were an
attempt to be secular, or were in fact even then mixed up in a more
restricted social agenda. The problem with many a secular society, not just
in Goa or in India, is that all too often, in the attempt to forge a secular
society, the preferences of a segment of people gets foisted, often
unconsciously, as the secular ideal. The sad truth is that when these groups
are faced with the realization that their idea of the secular is not shared
by others, they are too entrenched in their positions to now make way for
dialogue. The case of the MoI ‘controversy’ in Goa, is perhaps a case in
point.


Much energy has been invested by the people mentioned by Dr. Rebello in the
paragraph extracted from his essay, to set up Konkani as the basis of a
secular society in Goa. What they have, perhaps unwittingly, not realized
however, is that Konkani does not capture the extent of the desires of much
of the populace, and neither have the contours of official Konkani managed
to encompass the various Konkanis that exist in Goa. Thus, as harsh as it
may be, despite the value of their past commitments, and their antipathy to
the extremism of the Sangh, their ‘a position on a cultural issue’ could in
fact make their position contrary to the realization of a secular public
environment. Indeed, it is precisely our positions on cultural issues, not
our family or personal history that makes or breaks our commitment to the
realization of a secular society.


Dr. Rebello makes another interesting observation in his essay. He argues
that ‘*In India it is simple. The majority Hindu can choose to be comm

[Goanet] English: An Indian Language

[Comma Consulting]

This article is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com
 )


you can reach the person managing the list at i...@comma.in


Thursday, July 14, 2011


English:
  An
Indian Language 


 

So here we go again. Language chauvinists in Goa have launched disruptive
protests against the state government's proposal that will allow primary and
secondary schools to offer English as a medium of instruction. This is in
addition to Marathi and Konkani.   

 

A bunch of rabble, associated with the Hindutva forces, stopped traffic in
Panjim and threatened to hold the state hostage to their misbegotten
worldview. It's not just about Goa, it's all over India. Same people who
protested against the screening of the film Slumdog Millionaire; same people
who assaulted women coming out of a bar in Mangalore; same people who
renamed the airport and the railway terminus in Bombay; same people who
renamed Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

 

English, both the language and our cultural heritage, is a convenient horse
to flog. Increasingly, though, the burgeoning middle class is embracing it
as the key to success in a modernizing country. Thus, while politicians go
on renaming sprees, "Indianizing" names of city streets and entire cities,
real estate developers across the country sell their projects with
Western-sounding names such as "Provence," "Belvedere" and what have you. In
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, I have actually seen commercial and residential
properties called "Manhattan" or "White House."

 

Coming back to the Goa language disturbances, even the normally rational
Manohar Parrikar, opposition leader and erstwhile chief minister, backed the
obscurantist protest. He said if children are educated in English, they look
down on their parents who don't speak the language. He is right.

 

The problem with the English language is it subversive. To accept it is to
accept the cultural and philosophical worldview of the Enlightenment. For
example: reason, courtesy, egalitarianism and dissent. In the Hindutva
worldview, these are not values that are accepted. Instead the focus is on
superstition, indulgence, exclusivity and conformism. Children schooled in
the English language do not easily buy into backwardness.

 

If you look around today, journeyman classes that offer students
English-language proficiency are burgeoning everywhere. Parents and their
children know that to make their way in the world, English is essential.
They have no time for chauvinist arguments against the language. They just
want their children to get ahead and like all solid middle class Indians
place their faith in education. 

 

This is why the Goa government's bold move is admirable. Clearly, the state
government understands that people want the choice to choose English as a
medium of instruction. Given the state's high level of literacy and per
capita income, the pro-English segment is sizable and has rallied behind the
government.

 

English has always been an Indian language. In recent years, the number of
people who use English as the lingua franca has increased exponentially. A
new form of the language has taken shape that incorporates Indian idioms. We
are like this only. And it is increasingly accepted. R K Narayan is an early
example; Salman Rushdie thrived on it.

 

Today global literary salons celebrate Indian writers in English bringing
Indian cultural flavours to the world. I can name at least a dozen and their
number is probably in the hundreds. So it is bit of madness for people in
India to dismiss English as a foreign language. Supreme Court judgments are
in English as are government policies. They may be translated into various
languages but in the first draft they are written in English.

 

Vernacular chauvinists, who disparage the use of English in India, are
products of a feudal mindset that portrays India as a long-suffering victim
of colonial oppression. They draw inspiration from the jingoist ranting of M
S Golwalkar in his aptly titled book, "Bunch of Thoughts" and amazingly
enough also from the Luddite fulminations of Mohandas Gandhi in "Hind
Swaraj." Their India is a closed and diffident victim of unchaste
foreigners. Today, such postures appear ridiculous and out of touch with the
new, resurgent India. 

 

Protests like the one in Goa flare up now and again, led by fringe groups
that are communal and chauvinist. But they fly in the face of what citizens
want. The protestors assume that the vast majority of the Indian population
has no use for English. They are right; only a small section of the
population use English in their lives. However, English is the language of
aspirations. Even a semi-literate family in the rural areas knows that for
their children to get out of the rut, the passport is proficiency in
English.

 

Unlike yesteryear, when the language of Milton and Shakespeare was a mark of
elite status, i

[Goanet] Translation of the Poem

[Herohito Coutinho]

Noman

Saan aami saan deva
Kortat tuka noman deva
Vechnuk aani dekh bori
Shikap aani reet khori

Shikpak dee baal jait deva
Avoi bapui gurujan amche
Tuje sasayen khoshen ravche
shanti di sukh, piray deva




We are small, small God.  
We worship  you God... 
Votes and good manners.. 
Study and right manners..

To study and win give us strength God. 
Mother Father, Teachers are ours.
We remain happy with your blessings..
Give us  Peace Harmony 
and Love God. 

[Goanet] Goan writes to P.M.

[Gabe Menezes]

...Goan Chairman of the powerful Home Affairs Select Committee wrote to the
P.M. giving advice...

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news/110712-letter-to-prime-minister/

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Re: [Goanet] keith vaz lice on BBC

[Gabe Menezes]

On 13 July 2011 09:54, Eddie Fernandes  wrote:

>
> Check these links:
>
> Headline: John Yates was thrashed and trashed by a merciless chair (Keith
> Vaz)
> 13 Jul: The Independent (UK).  Mr Andy Hayman had been in charge of the
> investigation into phone hacking - an investigation remarkable for the lack
> of investigating. He was in the words of the Chairman of the Parliamentary
> Select Committee, Keith Vaz, "More Clouseau than Columbo." . Hayman was
> following the new head of counter terrorism John Yates. Yates was thrashed
> and trashed by a brilliantly merciless chair. Keith Vaz dismissed him by
> saying: "In the view of the committee, your evidence was unconvincing." .
> Read:
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/simon-carr/the-sketch-john
> -yates-was-thrashed-and-trashed-by-a-merciless-chair-2312699.html
>
> Channel 4 video clip 1m. 03s. See:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Rv3u9Zrlo&feature=player_embedded
>
> For a BBC video clip of edited highlights, 8m. 16s. See:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14130069
>
> Problems with the links?  See www.goanvoice.org.uk Newsletter of 12 July
> 2011
>
> Eddie Fernandes


RESPONSE: Yes he is currently on a roll; will probably pull out of the
Global Goans Convention; if he has not done so already. There are more
important things to attend to, than Goans - the State beckons!


-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Fwd: Churchill Alemao Criticised for acquiring Paddy Fields

[Arwin Mesquita]

http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=738&boxid=53744687&uid=&dat=7/14/2011


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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] The Code of Conduct Must Be Enforced Not Just Hung On The Wall

[Freddy Fernandes]

The Code of Conduct Must Be Enforced Not Just Hung On The Wall

 

I am sure many of us when young, were much impressed by the intrigue and the
escapades of Robin Hood and wanted to emulate him, even though he was barred and
outlawed by the then selfish and self centered Prince John who ruled in the
absence of his elder brother King Richard the Lion Hearted of England. Robin
Hood use to rob the rich and help the poor. Robin Hood was our childhood hero. 

 

In contrast what should we call our police in Goa who actually should have been
our heroes but somehow end up robbing even the loved ones, of the dead and the
survivors of a tragedy ? Pathetic and gruesome ! In the days of the Wild West
shooting people in the back and robbing the dead was considered to be the worst
crimes, which were unacceptable in society even then, but today our very own
protectors and the adjudicators of the law do the despicable. 

 

I am sure the tragedy at Cabo-de-Rama last week, must have rocked many a minds,
swelled many eyes and shattered many a hearts, tragic as it indeed was our
police could only think of how to induce pecuniary benefits, instead of
consoling and easing the pain of the loved ones of the unfortunate dead and the
horrified surviving friends, it was torture and anguish that they were put
through by our greedy and corrupt police. Just because many of the police had to
pay huge amounts to get into their uniforms, does it justify asking for bribes
form the grieving and the anguished ?  Were the Authorities bribed to fleece the
unfortunate ? Homes, families and neighbourhoods are shattered, life will never
be the same for these surviving children and the parents of the dead and all
that our police can think of is money ? Disgusting and repulsive indeed !

 

I request the Authorities in the police and the home department, to infuse and
implement the code of conduct that hangs on the wall of every police station and
the Law machinery, let it not be a show piece for the visitors to read but for
the inmates to apply and follow, and the motto "to protect and to serve the land
and its people by upholding the law with honesty and dignity" be the weapon of
goodwill. If our police can be our heroes why would we need a Robin Hood ? Only
then can we "Dil khol ke bol Satyameva Jayate" !

 

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes

 

 


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[Goanet] Song for the day

[Gabe Menezes]

 Perry 
Como-Magic
Moments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ND3oghPL5M&feature=related
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DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] SMILE.................. IT'S WEEKEND (14/07/2011)

[CAJETAN DE]

SO I………
 
A young woman (Libru) was worried about her stress-related habit of biting her 
fingernails. Her friend (Sakru) advised her:- 

Sakru: Look Libru, to get rid of this habit you got to take up yoga. 
 
Libru: Do you think it will work? 
 
Sakru: Yes I am positive.
 
Libru did as advised by her friend (Sakru), and soon her fingernails were 
growing normally.

One fine day……
 
Sakru: So Libru, did yoga had totally cured your nervousness?. 

Libru: Well, to be frank with you "NO", but now I can reach my toenails so I 
bite them instead.
 
Cajetan de Sanvordem
Kuwait

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