[Goanet] Song for the day

[Gabe Menezes]

Back from Sunny Algarve - boy it's expensive there!
sherry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AapxXRlsdwA
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] 15 minutes of exercise a day can extend life by three years | Reuters

[Con Menezes]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/us-exercise-taiwan-idUSTRE77E69L20110816

[Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi

[Bernado Colaco]

Book No. 19 - Get out of Goa by B. Colaco - Ole Xac Publications.
 
 
BC
 
 
 
01. Song of Goa - Crown of Mandos by Jose Pereira, Micael Martins &
Antonio da Costa
02. The Many Faces of Sundorem - Women in Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
03. Feasts, Festivals and Observations of Goa by Maria de Lourdes
Bravo da Costa Rodrigues
04. Mirror to Goa by Donna J Young
05. Picture-Postcard Poverty by Kalaand Mani & Frederick Noronha
06. The Last Prabhu by Bernardo Alvino de Souza
07. Aroma, from the Goan Kitchen by Shilpa Sinari
08. Reflected in Water, Writings on Goa Edited by Jerry Pinto
09. Modern Goan Literature by Peter Nazareth
10. Into the Diaspora Wilderness by Selma Carvalho
11. Veni, Vidi...Goa by Luis S. R. Vas
12. Cozinha de Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
13. Home Style Cuisine by Joyce Fernandes
14. Temptations
15. A Culinary Escapade of Goa by Odette Mascarenhas
16. Delights from Goa by Aroona Reejhsingham
17. Goan Dishes by Sudha S. Amonkar
18. Hansun Khellun Xikum by Pratap Naik SJ

[Goanet] Youth support to Anna Hazare showed their maturity:

[U. G. Barad]

I would like to thank Sandeep Heble for posting this item on Goanet.  I do
not wish to spoil the impact, but I wonder if Aroon Purie knew this all
along, or is it only now he realized the level of maturity.  I hope he, and
his magazine, will, in future, treat the youth as mature.

 

Best regards,

 

U.G.Barad

 

 

[Goanet] Goans need to follow suit...

[Gabe Menezes]

...Please read on...but first we need decent honest people to come forward.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/latvia-strikes-blow-to-corruption-in-system-by-voting-out-oligarchs-view.html

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Portugal is race blind, but not for the right reasons

[Gabe Menezes]

Some would like to think race is not an issue in Portugal, but by failing to
collect data we are burying our heads in the sand

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[image: Supporters of Portugal's prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho]
Supporters of Portugal's prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho. Photograph:
Rafael Marchante/Reuters

A number of English-language news outlets have recently highlighted
the "reversal
of traditional migration patterns"
 between Portugal  and its former
colonies such as Angola  and
Mozambique .

What they miss is that migration to Portuguese-speaking
Africa is
hardly a new trend. Over the past few years, these countries have witnessed
a significant surge in Portuguese arrivals, with the inflow of remittances
from Africa rising sharply. According to the economist and now minister of
economy Álvaro Santos Pereira, it increased 254-fold between 1996 and 2009.

Angola is now one of the favourite destinations for Portuguese migrants:
about 100,000 Portuguese live there, whereas in Mozambique the estimates
point to 20,000. In both cases the trend is the same: officially, there are
now more Portuguese living in those countries than Angolans and Mozambicans
living in Portugal (about 26,000 and 3,000 respectively). The trend can also
be explained by the increase of Portuguese investment in these countries.
Angola, for one, is the main importer of Portuguese products outside Europe.

In Portugal, the mainstream media has reported the new migration wave as a
kind of new El Dorado . In glossy
magazines, successful migrants are pictured wandering around big villas,
bossing around teams of servants. But, particularly in the Angola case,
there's another part of the picture that you'll only get if you chat with
some of the Portuguese who flee there to live in a non-democratic country
which now dictates economic rules to its former colonisers. The reversal of
power relations between the former colonised and former colonisers may
finally force Portugal to confront the issue of race.

This represent a considerable cultural shift. For years, modern Portugal has
been struggling to find a way of talking about national identity and race.
Even though Portugal has racial profiling, race crime and the daily
subordination of black people by whites, most Portuguese would deny that
their country has significant "racial problems" – that's what they have in
America, France or the UK. Such attitudes are a hangover from the
dictatorship years and the "luso-tropicalism" ideology created by the
Brazilian Gilberto Freyre in the 1950s, which spread the idea that the
Portuguese were better colonisers – and that ongoing British or French
soul-searching over race was a result of "bad colonising".

Unlike America, Portugal has never got its head around hyphenated
identities. There are luso-africanos, but you'd be pushed to hear anyone use
that compound on the street, and it's even controversial in an institutional
context. The term "black-Portuguese" is unheard of; the word "race" itself
so rarely mentioned that it sounds strange and foreign. The terms you do
hear people use are "second-generation immigrants", "immigrants' offspring"
or, with cosmopolitan pretension, "new Portuguese". It sends out a clear
message to non-white Portuguese: however hard you try, you'll always be
newbies in this country (conveniently ignoring the fact that a black
presence in Portugal dates back to the 15th century).

There are ideological reasons behind this attitude too. Some argue that
identifying people by their race is discriminatory. There seems to be a
similar logic behind the fact that Portuguese authorities keep no data on
ethnicity or race. Take the recently released census data, which confidently
predicts the population is now heading for more than 10 million, but remains
completely race blind. Unofficial figures are contradictory and unreliable.
(There could be 300,000 black Portuguese, I was told a year ago by one
researcher. Another

[Goanet] Mind power and corruption

[soter]

ANIL K RAJVANSHI | Sep 19, 2011, 12.00AM IST

The first casualty of corruption is governance. Corruption cannot be stopped 
only by making better and harsher laws. Laws need to be implemented efficiently 
and this can happen with good governance. A better way to reduce corruption is 
for each of us to reduce our greed. With reduced greed and better 
implementation of existing laws, corruption can be effectively capped. 

Besides fuelling corruption, greed for resources and material objects is also 
creating an unsustainable lifestyle. An emotionally satisfying and decent 
lifestyle is possible with much less energy consumption than that of the US. 
This will put much less pressure on the earth`s resources and reduce pollution. 
Simply follow the maxim of "simple living and high thinking". 

The basis of greed is desire. Desire manifests itself in different forms like 
lust, aim, ambition, control and goal. However, the driving force is the same - 
power, fame, money and control. 

The brain develops right from birth and fast expanding neuron numbers form 
memory pathways. This process is accomplished by sensory perception with inputs 
from the senses helping form memory. We are hardwired to increase our 
experience and memories and this is the basis of desire. 

An outcome of desire is possession. We feel a need to possess whatever we 
desire - whether it is a person, object or idea. Possession helps in 
maximisation of experience. As we absorb experience through our senses, the 
brain processes this information. It is during this process that we "decide" 
whether our desires are fulfilled or not. Fulfilment of desires therefore helps 
us in releasing the "possessions". Unfulfilled desires lead to frustration and 
this makes us want more. This leads eventually to more control and greed, the 
major causes of corruption. 

When concentration on a single thought is carried out regularly and 
continuously for a long time, it helps produce a powerful mind and this is the 
essence of yoga. This allows us to think deeply and concentrate whereby we can 
get "lost" in processing that information. Such a mind also makes us sensitive 
and humble, changes our priorities in life and helps us focus on getting 
personal happiness through mental peace rather than satisfaction of material 
needs. Besides, it reduces our insecurities and hence gives us a feeling of 
calmness, well-being and happiness. 

A powerful and sensitive mind becomes empathetic to its surroundings and gives 
rise to the desire to give back something to society and help less fortunate 
fellow beings. 

Creation of a powerful mind should start from childhood when brainpower is at 
its peak. When we focus on reading, thinking and contemplation, we can grow to 
be better human beings and form a gentler and more sustainable society. A small 
individual step towards a corruption-free society should therefore start being 
taken in school. 

With their resources and wealth, captains of the corporate world can create 
conditions for job generation and for improving the quality of life. For this 
they need to reduce their greed and not get caught in keeping up with the 
Joneses by acquiring bigger jets, higher turnover, greater profit - the wish 
list goes on. 

Only when all of us become internally secure and reduce our greed would we be 
able to give something back to society and lay the foundation for a sustainable 
and corruption-free India. 

anilrajvan...@gmail.com 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Mind-power-and-corruption/articleshow/10045490.cms

[Goanet] Doctors, Nurses Often Use Holistic Medicine for Themselves

[Con Menezes]

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/579680/?sc=dwhn

[Goanet] Alzheimer’s & Dementia Prevention: How to Reduce Your Risk and Protect Your Brain

[Con Menezes]

http://www.helpguide.org/elder/alzheimers_prevention_slowing_down_treatment.htm

[Goanet] Liturgical Reflections for Sunday 25 Sept, 2011

[Richard D'Souza]

Liturgical reflection for Sunday 25 Sept, 2011 from Pedro Arrupe
Institute, Raia, Goa.
Available at http://liturgy.deepenyourfaith.in


26th Sunday Sept 25, 2011

Ez 18:25-28; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32

Spiritual Track: Fr. Edwin D'Souza SJ
The whole life of Jesus was a constant ‘yes’ to the Father’s will,
even when it did cost him his life. We Christians are today called to
do the same, to follow Christ by a full ‘yes’ to the promptings of the
Spirit in our lives, inspite of all the pressures we face in our
modern times. And the sooner we find the secret of living for God, the
better will it be for us in every way. St Augustine has this beautiful
sentence in his book of ‘Confessions’: “Too late have I loved you, O
Beauty ever ancient and ever new, too late have I loved you.”

The gospel parable which introduces the theme of conversion begins
with a question addressed to the leaders of his time, inviting them to
reflect on it and respond. The context is rather polemical: Jesus had
just chased the merchants from the temple, and symbolically cursed a
fig-tree that was not yielding fruit. The leaders represented by the
fig-tree are indignant. They ask Jesus by what right he is acting in
this way. Jesus is fully aware that He is about to be rejected by the
very men who should have welcomed him.

The parable of the two sons depicts two kinds of people in the world.
Those who just speak but do not practise, and those whose actions and
behaviour are far better than their words and promises. We can
identify the two sons thus: the rough sincere son or the polite liar.
Here empty words are not enough if they are not backed up by
corresponding action.

The parable has much in common with that of the prodigal son, and is a
clear comment on the rejection of Jesus, of his message and person by
the leaders of the Jewish people, and its acceptance by the outcastes
of society and the sinners.

Here the enemies of the Lord are put on the spot, not to embarrass
them, but to bring them to conversion. He simply presents a case and
makes them draw their own conclusions. They see the son who promises
readily and then goes back on his promise, stands for them.

Throughout their history prominent leaders of the Jews had been saying
‘ Yes’ to God and then going back on their promise, but the sinners
and tax collectors who at first listen to Him repent and do his will.
The Pharisees have always resented His association and weakness for
such sinners who had a rough exterior but a good heart, like the
Samaritan woman, Zachaeus and the woman who was a sinner.

The gospel parable comes alive today and continues to probe and find
the Pharisee in our hearts. Like the religious leaders in the time of
Jesus, we may think we are so well versed in the practices of our
faith that self-righteousness sets in. It is so easy to give a show of
the externals of sacrifice, of religion and other practices performed
automatically, when words and actions lose their meaning, and we may
fail to appreciate the relationship of religious practices to daily
life.

This was the case during the stay of Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa.
He attended Christian services in a church close to his lodging. After
some time he made the observation: the congregation did not strike me
as being specially religious; they were not really devout or
committed, but appeared to be worldly-minded people going to Church
for a sort of recreation and according to custom. He who admired
Christ and the Sermon on the Mount concluded there was nothing in
Christianity which he already did not possess.

The Word of God in the parable is relevant for all times, yesterday,
today and tomorrow. They remain a challenge to us. With which of the
two sons do we identify; the rough sincere son (the sinners turned
saints) or the polite liar (the nominal Christians).

Scriptural Track: Fr. Ronnie D'Souza SJ

The readings of today point in the general direction of taking
personal responsibility for one’s actions. In the Old Testament, the
Israelites believed that they were often punished because of the sins
of their ancestors. The authors of the books of Deuteronomistic
History (Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings) for instance, put the blame
for the destruction of the Northern and Southern Kingdom squarely on
the corrupt Kings and the ruling class, thereby emphasizing collective
responsibility for their failures and the state they are in. However
these early notions of collective responsibility also included the
idea that such responsibility was passed down from generation to
generation. Hence, the poor Jews sitting in Exile blamed their fate on
the sins of their ancestors – in order to make sense of their
suffering and shame. It is in such a context that the Prophet Ezekiel
who was among the first people to be deported to Babylon, begins to
visit the various Jewish settlements and encourages them not to loose
hope. Ezekiel will be one of the first prophets in the Old Testament
who begins to emphasize per

[Goanet] Francis Sequeira and Forever Living Products

[Cecil Pinto]

For the past few years one Francis Sequeira, based in Mumbai, has been
trying to convince me (and many others) by e-mail to join a Network
Marketing company called Forever Living Products. I have consistently
refused to join.

Francis has since become more aggressive in his campaigning, and since
I still refused, has started sending mails out falsely quoting me.
This was brought to my notice by a friend who he had copied in one
such mail.

I will be taking legal action against Francis. If any of you have had
similar experience with this Francis Sequeira please let me know so I
can use it as evidence.

I have also informed Forever Living Products about this agent of
theirs and his strange recruitment methods.

Cheers!

Cecil

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[Goanet] Youth support to Anna Hazare showed their maturity:

[SOTER]

Yes, the Youth today are over mature. It is said that, wisdom comes with age. 
Did the youth not act maturely in our days when it came to bringing governments 
to their knees. Do we not remember the marks scandal and the 50% bus fare 
concession agitations. Who brought down the alleged molestor minister? Who 
brought down the Shashikala government? 
 The pathetic state of the value system of many of those youth leaders who are 
adults today are there for all to see. So the problem is whether maturity 
amounts to wisdom.

-Soter

[Goanet] MINING IMBROGLIO IN GOA

[godfrey gonsalves]

Can there be smoke without a fire?  With  90 of the 336 mining leases operating 
in Goa  as per the Directorate of Mining records and only nine having requisite 
licences others allowed to operate as "deemed" post 2007 (pending renewal of 
leases ) Justice M. B. Shah's ( retd Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court )  
3 day mission in Goa is clearly to unearth the  sadistic  rape of our tiny  
land rich in bio-diversity  following the  heavy demand for low grade iron ore 
to meet China's need.  The meteoric rise of 9 millions metric tonnes of ore 
mined in the last fiscal 2010-11 speaks volumes of the illegalities.
 
Indeed a few merchants  whose  greed runs rough shod over native sentiments, 
and environment concerns, caring a hoot to the ethical norms  of  endearing a 
sustainable development have damaged the fair name of the mining industry in 
Goa in the recent past.
 
Mining in Goa had graduated  from the late fifties to  date as a 
fair avenue  for employment generation besides earning the much needed foreign 
exchange.  The irony of the situation is that unlike other parts of the country 
 it still continues  in the hands of a few private players and remains a 
blessing in disguise for the fragile enviroment of this State.
 
There has been a reasonable  improvement in wages,  living conditions as well 
though much much more ought to be provided to those that have shifted from 
agrarian livelihood to mining.  Development comes with a few sacrifices but it 
must be with a human face albeit sharing the bounty is the corollary. 
 
Even in the arena of environment degradation much  was expected from the mining 
industry as a quid pro qua to the affected people living in the Central 
and western ghat region of the State. The divide is obvious those that stay 
away from these lands have suffered for the comforts of those living away; to 
the extent that the unaffected ones  have developed thick skin towards the 
sufferings of those within the precincts and periphery of the mining areas.
 
Appeasement through doles for those that squeal are no relief to the misfortune 
of those in these under-developed regions of the State.  Clearly a rural urban 
shift is witnessed  since the last decade with the eventual vaccum being filled 
in by migrants from backward districts in  the country where stark poverty is 
the order of the day and ones earning does not go higher than half a dollar.
 
Obviously the magnitude of the crime  witnessed in the recent years is in 
collusion with the Central and State Government machinery thus the findings  
will reveal much more and heads will begin to roll
 
The rule  book was  thrown to the winds for far too long  by these ' fly by 
night operators " and politicians of all shades and colours followed suit. 
Obviously in a world where materialism and ostentatious display of wealth 
rules; those  who could not beat them ( the unscrupulous ones ) reluctantly 
joined them to share the bonanza and have now  unwittingly come under the 
scanner.  
 
Justice Shah  Commission recommendations will perhaps lay down the rules for 
the mining industry to be followed post Golden Jubilee year of our Liberation.
 
For now a moratorium on mining is  a must as a first step  to help create a 
conducive environment.  Those that adhere to the rule book may then be allowed 
to resume operations.  
 
While those that have shared the booty need  to be taxed heavily even penalised 
and the funds so recovered ploughed in   restoring the damage caused in the 
last five fiscal years. The unscrupulous ones have all raised hands clamouring 
for regularisation as recently witnessed at the first and only  public hearing  
and this opportunity must not be lost.
 
For when the State itself indulges in criminality  can others be expected to 
lag  behind in a system that has decayed beyond rectification?
 

GODFREY J. I. GONSALVES,
BORDA, MARGAO, 403 602, GOA. (INDIA)
+91 98221 58584 (24 HRS) 
gonsalvesgodfre...@yahoo.co.in

Re: [Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi

[Alfred de Tavares]

Another most conspicuous omission:  Domnic's "GOA".

It brings, so vividly, before the uninitiated Goan village life...customs,
current...bygone

Chacha

> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:21:26 +0100
> From: ole_...@yahoo.co.uk
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi
> 
> Book No. 19 - Get out of Goa by B. Colaco - Ole Xac Publications.
>  
>  
> BC
>  
>  
>  
> 01. Song of Goa - Crown of Mandos by Jose Pereira, Micael Martins &
> Antonio da Costa
> 02. The Many Faces of Sundorem - Women in Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
> 03. Feasts, Festivals and Observations of Goa by Maria de Lourdes
> Bravo da Costa Rodrigues
> 04. Mirror to Goa by Donna J Young
> 05. Picture-Postcard Poverty by Kalaand Mani & Frederick Noronha
> 06. The Last Prabhu by Bernardo Alvino de Souza
> 07. Aroma, from the Goan Kitchen by Shilpa Sinari
> 08. Reflected in Water, Writings on Goa Edited by Jerry Pinto
> 09. Modern Goan Literature by Peter Nazareth
> 10. Into the Diaspora Wilderness by Selma Carvalho
> 11. Veni, Vidi...Goa by Luis S. R. Vas
> 12. Cozinha de Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
> 13. Home Style Cuisine by Joyce Fernandes
> 14. Temptations
> 15. A Culinary Escapade of Goa by Odette Mascarenhas
> 16. Delights from Goa by Aroona Reejhsingham
> 17. Goan Dishes by Sudha S. Amonkar
> 18. Hansun Khellun Xikum by Pratap Naik SJ
  

[Goanet] Brain Scans Reveal Why Food Looks Tastier When You're Hungry - - TIME Healthland

[Con Menezes]

http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/20/the-hungry-brain-why-food-looks-tastier-on-an-empty-stomach/?xid=healthland-daily

[Goanet] Goa news for September 21, 2011

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Sporting Clube de Goa blank Chirag United Kerala - Times of
India
mes of IndiaPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGVABK_ZJ4XzjNQUCTtf0fUMfzWzw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Sporting-Clube-de-Goa-blank-Chirag-United-Kerala/articleshow/10056854.cms

*** Salgaocar ride past HAL 4-0, Pailan beat Mumbai FC 2-1 -
iNewsOne
 to register their maiden win in the 33rd Federation Cup
football championship Tuesday. Pailan Arrows, the youngest team
in the Federation Cup, defeated Mumbai FC 2-1, ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHvKd4hl0pdu8JlL-ZoH9-ss0EjDg&url=http://www.inewsone.com/2011/09/21/salgaocar-ride-past-hal-4-0-pailan-beat-mumbai-fc-2-1/77949

*** Illegal mining: Cong faced with Karnataka like situation in
Goa - Hindustan Times
ike situation in Goa, where charges of illegal mining has come
to haunt chief minister Digambar Kamat. Kamat, who has been
holding the mining portfolio for the past 12 years, has come
under ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGWEvjurdUPwJ-FXM0ngrsHM9_nkA&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Illegal-mining-Cong-faced-with-Karnataka-like-situation-in-Goa/Article1-748234.aspx

*** Meditating on the beaches of Goa, Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar-style! - Daily News & Analysis
raAuSPiIUTuAQ90s5-Z6A
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF5flkvLhm2rvILgrQSZi2Ss04cIw&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_meditating-on-the-beaches-of-goa-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-style_1589596

*** Draft Goa Lokayukta Bill submitted to CM - Zee News
M
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNERz2ZPZG129K9UdrOcUuGlqKk2_g&url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/draft-goa-lokayukta-bill-submitted-to-cm_732451.html

*** Number of polling booths in Goa to go up - IBNLive.com
NLive.comPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEt882MPMOPdqgWHo9iIOnSe-ixHg&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/number-of-polling-booths-in-goa-to-go-up/829818.html

*** Goa Govt signs MoU with ICICI Lombard to provide health
Insurance to all Goans - digITal Goa
Goa government has launched a one of a kind initiative wherein
health Insurance cover will be provided to all residents of the
state. The family residing in Goa for more than 5 years can
avail the benefit of these scheme. ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHiBGeUHS0GzYO-dvfaoO33aAWA3Q&url=http://www.digitalgoa.com/ca_disp.php?id=2023

*** Business thins out at Goa's traditional barbers - Al-Arabiya
rabiyaGoa's 'barbearias' date back to Portuguese times and have
become as much of a tourist attraction in the state . (Photo by
AFP) By Lita Barretto Laxman Arondekar, from the resort state of
Goa, has got to a point in life where he knows what he wants
from ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGiM1pLlAmdhFyoZ5CFGsCWD7rBMw&url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/20/167801.html

*** Goa to host World Gaming Festival from Sept 23 - Times of
India
mes of IndiaPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEyVZ89JAt2kM7y45FpUEZBcIx86Q&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Goa-to-host-World-Gaming-Festival-from-Sept-23/articleshow/10050252.cms

*** FKCCI, BCCI to meet Goa CM - Hindu Business Line
ndu Business LineThe Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (FKCCI) and Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (BCCI) are to hold joint interactive meet with Goa
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) at 4 pm on September 23
at Panaji. ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEo58LWP6VL3oFQiplCpwdhk2gmOw&url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article2470978.ece


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

Re: [Goanet] Can Truth be hired by a Mob

[Gerald Fernandes]

Personally speaking , I was present in Court  on another occassion to hear a 
Constitutional disagreement,  when  a leading , so called eminent ,Counsel made 
a representation in Court that the action taken by Government was supported by 
the PEOPLE as elected in the Elections duly held. I am personally grateful (as 
many others of my thinking)   when the Honourable Justices remarked " THAT THE 
WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS SUPREME WHEN EXPRESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA"
 
LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA! MAY HER PEOPLE EVER PROSPER. LONG LIVE THE 
REPUBLIC OF INDIA, THAT IS BHARAT.

[Goanet] Re : Youth support to Anna Hazare showed their maturity:

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:57:35 -0700, SOTER wrote : <<< Yes, the Youth today are 
over mature. It
is said that, wisdom comes with age. Did the youth not act maturely in our days
when it came to bringing governments to their knees. Do we not remember the
marks scandal and the 50% bus fare concession agitations. Who brought down the
alleged molestor minister? Who brought down the Shashikala government? The
pathetic state of the value system of many of those youth leaders who are
adults today are there for all to see. So the problem is whether maturity
amounts to wisdom.-Soter>>>

 

COMMENT : Soter is very much correct. Physical growth is defined in
terms of ‘Maturity’, and not mental growth. If only a quarter of our so called
politicians and activist had any trait of discernment, Goa wouldn’t have been
in such dire straits.



Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.

  

[Goanet] World Economy.

[eric pinto]

To D. Valmimki,  re. the scary predictions in the links.
We now need to prepare for just about anything.
It had not been predicted twenty years ago that there would be millions of 
autos on the road in India and China, competing for the same few barrels of oil 
pumped out of desert sands.
We bid for metallic ores, coal and grain to meet the needs of a growing middle 
class in urban areas that proliferate across the landscape.
 When it comes to food, we have far less arable land per capita than does North 
America or Russia or Australia, and make do with far less of naptha based 
fertiliser, the real key to meeeting the need for grain.
 Reality calls for managed population levels that reflect these facts.  A 
cursory look at the numbers point to supply lanes that offer staples to no more 
than a billion bodies in both India and China, combined.
 It is up to us, we either pull it off ourselves, or we allow Malthus to laugh 
in his tomb.   eric.

[Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi

[eric pinto]

I spent four days four stranded days in their harbour on a Lloyd Triestino 
'dhow' with a dead engine, in 1972, an enemy citizen denied permission to 
disembark : not a memorable act I want to reward, but will gift them copies of 
'Goa' and Valmiki Faleiro's book along with a few more, if my credit with 
Fredrick is good.  A co-thank you to Selma.  eric.
  

From: Alfred de Tavares <

Another most conspicuous omission:  Domnic's "GOA".

It brings, so vividly, before the uninitiated Goan village life...customs,
current...bygone

Chacha
>  
>  
> 01. Song of Goa - Crown of Mandos by Jose Pereira, Micael Martins &
> Antonio da Costa
> 02. The Many Faces of Sundorem - Women in Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
> 03. Feasts, Festivals and Observations of Goa by Maria de Lourdes
> Bravo da Costa Rodrigues
> 04. Mirror to Goa by Donna J Young
> 05. Picture-Postcard Poverty by Kalaand Mani & Frederick Noronha
> 06. The Last Prabhu by Bernardo Alvino de Souza
> 07. Aroma, from the Goan Kitchen by Shilpa Sinari
> 08. Reflected in Water, Writings on Goa Edited by Jerry Pinto
> 09. Modern Goan Literature by Peter Nazareth
> 10. Into the Diaspora Wilderness by Selma Carvalho
> 11. Veni, Vidi...Goa by Luis S. R. Vas
> 12. Cozinha de Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
> 13. Home Style Cuisine by Joyce Fernandes
> 14. Temptations
> 15. A Culinary Escapade of Goa by Odette Mascarenhas
> 16. Delights from Goa by Aroona Reejhsingham
> 17. Goan Dishes by Sudha S. Amonkar
> 18. Hansun Khellun Xikum by Pratap Naik SJ

Re: [Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi

[J. Colaco < jc>]

I'd like to add this delightful book I received last month

Goa Remembered by Pantaleão Fernandes

Positively Brilliant pictures too

jc

 eric pinto  wrote:

I spent four days four stranded days in their harbour on a Lloyd
Triestino 'dhow' with a dead engine, in 1972, an enemy citizen denied
permission to disembark : not a memorable act I want to reward, but
will gift them copies of 'Goa' and Valmiki Faleiro's book along with a
few more, if my credit with Fredrick is good.  A co-thank you to
Selma.  eric.

[Goanet] Seminar on 'Role of Youth in Political Decision Making' held

[Sandeep Heble]

A One Day Seminar on 'Role of Youth in Political Decision Making' was
held on Sunday, September 18 at the International Centre, Goa (Dona
Paula).

The seminar was organised by 'The International Centre Goa (ICG)' in
association with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung – India and Media
Information and Communication Centre of India.

Sessions were held on the following topics:

Session 1- 'Engaging Youth in Political Process: Do Political Parties
Exploit Youth for their own Interests?',
Session 2- 'What Ails our Democracy? Youth Perception and Presumption',
Session 3- 'Youth Converting Electoral Democracy into Participatory
Democracy through RTI - The most Potent Weapon' , and
Session 4- 'Portrayal of Youth in Media: How Real? How Distorted?'

The sessions were chaired by Valmiki Naik, Malisa Simoes, Akhil
Parrikar and Suraj Shenai, core committee members of 'India Against
Corruption(Goa Unit)'.

--
Report of the seminar as below:
Source:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2466836.ece

Media urged not to stereotype the youth

‘Portrayal of youth in a negative way is harmful'

Pic: India Against Corruption youth convenor Valmiki Naik speaking on
‘Role of youth in Political Decision Making' in Dona Paula on Sunday.

Instead of targeting youth for revenue-centric content on one hand,
which perpetuates stereotypes such as youth was “good for nothing”,
media should make concerted efforts to give more youth-centric
coverage with emphasis on concerns of youth such as unemployment and
challenges.

This was the gist of debate on a lively session on “Portrayal of Youth
in Media: How Real? How distorted?” which was part of a day-long
seminar on “Role of youth in political decision making” held at The
International Centre Goa (ICG) on Sunday in association with Friedrich
Ebert Stiftung – India and Media Information and Communication Centre
of India.

Seminar was inaugurated in the morning by GIC Director Nandini Sahai
in the presence of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, India senior advisor
Rajeshwar Dyal.

Youth from different colleges participated in the seminar in big number.

Giovanni D'Cunha said youth was being in negative way in the media or
just glamourised, and both ways it led to public forming an unbalanced
perception about youth. This only enhances stereotypes, he said.

Lionnel Fernandes echoed the sentiments and said the media had been
giving a negative spin to media issues causing “disturbed perceptions”
of youth today leading to wrong policies and laws affecting youth.

In its habit of “selling news of conflict” which “sells”, the media
targets the youth, who were biggest consumers, without realising the
damage it did to youth because of portrayal of a negative image, he
said.

Suraj Shenai, who chaired the session, emphasised on high level of
participation of youth in the recent Anna Hazare's movement against
corruption and hailed media for projecting that. He said youth had
been focussed but the problem with media at times was that it talked
of success without talking about the process.

In the session on “Youth Converting Electoral Democracy into
Participatory Democracy through Right to Information (RTI) – a potent
weapon,” Santoshi Chari said and added that people needed to see RTI
as a pathway to change. Social activist and advocate Albertina Almeida
stressed on the need to work collectively to use the RTI law.She said
society should make efforts to ensure that marginalised sections of
society come forward and make use of the RTI to fight injustice.

Mere getting information was not the purpose of the RTI but using the
information to ensure that the perpetrators of corruption were brought
to book, she said.

On “What Ails our Democracy? Youth Perception and Presumptions,”
Bakita Naik said social and economic inequalities were not seriously
addressed by democracy even after 60 years.

Priyanka Naik attributed growing corruption in the system for lack of
accountability of the democratic system to the people which in turn
was the fallout of low social awareness among the people.

Shainice Pinto said although public was the main pillar of democracy,
growing pendency of cases in courts and corruption in judiciary
frustrated people. She suggested electoral reforms such as right to
recall as some of the solutions to the ills.

Tushidas Pai said more people and youth in particular should take
interest in the affairs of the democratic functioning.

Earlier in the morning, guiding the youth in the session on “Engaging
youth in political process: do political parties exploit youth for
their own interests?”, Rahul Tripathi, Assistant professor, Department
of Political Science, Goa University, said the youth should strive to
join the system and work for change.

[Goanet] ON THE STATE OF GOA'S ROADS

[Aires Rodrigues]

The threat by the PWD Minister to blacklist errant contractors
carrying out substandard road works is just another ploy nobody will
buy. We need to know what action has been taken against engineers who
are supposed to ensure quality control in all works executed. A few
years ago we were told that 80% of the budget was towards road works
carried out and 20% slipped out by way of commission. Looking at the
condition of the roads today it looks like the figures have reversed.
Politicians should find a more honest way of sending voters by the
droves to Vailankanni  and Shirdi rather than making the people of Goa
to bear the brunt of a bumpy ride on crater ridden roads. Public Waste
department is indeed what PWD truly stands for.

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

[Goanet] China`s Warning

[Nelson Lopes]

CHINA`S WARNING
In a second time in a week China has issued a second warning and it is a
serious matter It wants India not to prospect for oil in south China sea The
permission for the same is with agreement with Vietnam India has not
transgressed any International law or maritime lawThere appears to be a
dispute between Vietnam,Philipines and China The energy  and control of
maritime interests are the  driving  force behind the warnings.Whether this
is saber rattling or mere posturing, it is to be seen The tough and measured
response of India is to be watched China is needling India regarding border
issues in the North East on settled  occupation and laying a false claims
Talks going on  for ages have not resolved any satisfactory outcome.and
according to the Chinese are disputed territories Confrontations are
not preferred to negotiations and both countries must strictly follow
International standards
On the other hand P.O Kashmir according to the Chinese is not  a disputed
territory and it is constructing roads , tunnels ,railway lines. It is fully
aware about our concerns and position These are double standards of the
dragon,because it suits their plans The USA hidden plans of free movement
into Afghanistan is an enigma wrapped in mystery India may not be able to
take on two powerful Nations simultaneously  The strategic significance on
our borders is a serious matter and yet we mildly protest and pretend that
it is not an issue China is taking serious umbrage of our legal engagement
in Vietnam ,South China sea as it is disputed, but merrily conducting
activities in P.O. Kashmir a disputed area in spite of knowing our
sensitivity
India has once again granted most favoured Nation facility in trade. India
has a large difference in trade balance in favour of China but that has
not deterred our policy makers. The dumping of substandard or rejected goods
in Indian market. This in turn is destroying and shutting down our own
Indian Industries and creating unemployment
nelsonlpes Chinchinim

Re: [Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi

[lyrawmn]

 
Add to your list:
Traditional Taste of Goa Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian
by Mrs. Kumudini Usgaokar and Mrs. Sharma Sardesai
Published  by Fomento Foundation Goa, 2000
 
Vasco Pinho's  Snapshots of Indo-Portuguese  History  series  
 Panjim Then and Now  I,  II, III [2009]
 
Best,
I. Nunes
 

From: Alfred de Tavares 
To: Bernardo Colaco ; GOANET Lists 

Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi


Another most conspicuous omission:  Domnic's "GOA".

It brings, so vividly, before the uninitiated Goan village life...customs,
current...bygone

Chacha

> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:21:26 +0100
> From: ole_...@yahoo.co.uk
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] A gift... of Goan books to Karachi
> 
> Book No. 19 - Get out of Goa by B. Colaco - Ole Xac Publications.
>  
>  
> BC
>  
>  
>  
> 01. Song of Goa - Crown of Mandos by Jose Pereira, Micael Martins &
> Antonio da Costa
> 02. The Many Faces of Sundorem - Women in Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
> 03. Feasts, Festivals and Observations of Goa by Maria de Lourdes
> Bravo da Costa Rodrigues
> 04. Mirror to Goa by Donna J Young
> 05. Picture-Postcard Poverty by Kalaand Mani & Frederick Noronha
> 06. The Last Prabhu by Bernardo Alvino de Souza
> 07. Aroma, from the Goan Kitchen by Shilpa Sinari
> 08. Reflected in Water, Writings on Goa Edited by Jerry Pinto
> 09. Modern Goan Literature by Peter Nazareth
> 10. Into the Diaspora Wilderness by Selma Carvalho
> 11. Veni, Vidi...Goa by Luis S. R. Vas
> 12. Cozinha de Goa by Fatima da Silva Gracias
> 13. Home Style Cuisine by Joyce Fernandes
> 14. Temptations
> 15. A Culinary Escapade of Goa by Odette Mascarenhas
> 16. Delights from Goa by Aroona Reejhsingham
> 17. Goan Dishes by Sudha S. Amonkar
> 18. Hansun Khellun Xikum by Pratap Naik SJ

[Goanet] The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains | SharpBrains

[Con Menezes]

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/08/22/10-habits-of-highly-effective-brains/

[Goanet] Tintin in the land of Black Money(humour column)

[Sandeep Heble]

Tintin in the land of Black Money
Aditya Sinha
The writer is the Editor-in-Chief, DNA,
based in Mumbai


Tintin and his philosophical white fox terrier Snowy had reached
Marlinspike only to discover that Captain Haddock was on a fast unto
death. “Not even Loch Lomond whisky?” Tintin asked his friend.

Captain Haddock gravely stroked his beard. “Not until they bring back
the Black Money.”

“Captain,” Tintin exclaimed, “this could be another adventure with a
colour in the title! Like Land of Black Gold, The Black Island, Red
Rackham’s Treasure, The Red Sea Sharks, The Crab with Golden Claws or
even The Blue Lotus.”

“Don’t forget The Castafiore Emerald.”

“But, surely, the ‘emerald’ there is not an adjective but a noun,”
Tintin sniggered.

“Don’t call me Shirley,” Haddock replied. “In any case, you’re
digressing from the topic at hand, the recovery of Black Monies
secreted away in foreign banks by corrupt and venal politicians.”

“Oh. How much money would that be?”

“Billions of blistering barnacles, how should I know?” Haddock roared.

“Well, in which banks is it stashed?”

“Ten thousand thundering typhoons, how do you expect me to know that?”

“If you don’t know how much black money there is and where it is
hidden, then how in the world do you expect anyone to bring it back?
Maybe you should ask the prime minister to do something.”

“Cuthbert Calculus?” Haddock said before dropping his voice to a
whisper. “I’m not sure about him. He’s highly intelligent, but appears
to be deaf. His ministers are looting the government, there is crisis
after crisis, but he reacts as if he didn’t hear anything.”

“Maybe he has capable deputies.”

“Capable isn’t quite the word. He’s put two men on the job, the
finance minister and the home minister.”

“You don’t mean…”

“Yes, Thomson and Thompson. Even as we speak they must be hot on the
heels of some money-launderer or terrorist or real-estate developer or
pick-pocket or child molester or even marketing executive.”

“Captain, if they’re twins, then why are their names spelled differently?”

“Again you’re digressing, Tintin. The point is to bring Black Money back home!”

“But Captain, in Flight 714, Rastapopoulous couldn’t get the secret
Swiss bank account number out of the millionaire Laszlo Carreidas even
though he used truth serum!”

“True.”

“Captain, wouldn’t it be simpler perhaps to enact legislation; to have
a Lokpal or a Corruption Commission; to put an effective check on
corrupt public servants in the bureaucracy or at the political level
by investigating cases, framing prosecution and pursuing exemplary
punishment that will act as a deterrent and bring probity to our
public life? After all, wouldn’t it be easier to frame pre-emptive
policy to prevent future CWG or 2G scams rather than the impossible
task of tracking down stolen money, even if Thomson and Thompson are
up to it?”

“Tintin, are you a reporter or an edit writer?” Haddock asked. “A
Lokpal might just add another layer of bureaucracy. It might not
prevent Jolyon Wagg and his family from another 2G scam. And it may
not satisfy the people. After all, our country appears to be having a
crisis of confidence at the moment.”

“Woof-woof,” barked Snowy. (Translation: Yes, I agree Captain, the
leaders seem to have dishonoured the Social Contract, and have
therefore lost the Consent of the Governed. Quite obviously Plato’s
ideal of a Philosopher-King is ineffectual and no one follows Immanuel
Kant’s Categorical Imperative. We Indians seem to share Aristotle’s
disdain for democracy.)

“Though I agree with Snowy, I’m afraid Prime Minister Calculus is lost
in his own world, roaming the corridors of South Block with his
pendulum, searching for something that isn’t black money.”

“Maybe he’s pretending to be deaf.”

“No,” Haddock said. “If I had to listen to an Italian lady sing
ear-splittingly day and night even I’d go deaf.”

“You don’t mean…”

“Yes, I mean the Milanese Nightingale, Bianca Castafiore. It’s
incessant, the ‘Ah! My beauty, past compare! These jewels bright I
wear!’”

“Do you think The Jewel Song from Faust has anything to do with black money?”

“Tintin, don’t even utter it if you value your life,” Haddock
whispered, looking over his shoulder.

“Captain, it’s a hopeless wish, this recovery of black money. And with
all this drama — fasting, dancing, asylum-applying — do you think the
government is ever going to tighten the leaky ship that it is? That it
will even bring forth a Lokpal?”

“No, I guess not,” Haddock said, dejectedly.

“Then why continue?”

“Now that I’ve retired from a life at Sea, I figure the best way to
make Rs 1,000-crore is to become TV’s foremost yoga-master. What
better way to get more eyeballs, and thus more revenue, than to have a
high-pitched, all-news-channel confrontation with the government? The
longer it goes on, the more people will tune to my channel. My empire
will grow!”

“But Captain, what will you do with all that money?”

“Stash it in a foreign tax haven, of course.”

Sou

[Goanet] Song for the day

[Gabe Menezes]

Here is a nice oldie, off to Bournemouth with the Merton Seniors.
LES PAUL & MARY FORD - Mr. SANDMAN.wmv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qtYcSwTN7Y&feature=related
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Certain 'senior moments' may signal mental decline - USATODAY.com

[Con Menezes]

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/alzheimers/story/2011-09-18/Certain-senior-moments-may-signal-mental-decline/50437216/1?csp=obinsite