[Goanet] Konkani song for the day

[Edward Verdes]

Aikat Mozo Tavoits nice to hear Lorna and her old songs specially the
ones she sang with Chris Perry...
love the musicthose songs will always remembered for years to come.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCCz5NX5jfA

Eddie Verdes

[Goanet] 108 ambulance attitude

[JoeGoaUk]

108 ambulance attitude

Last night we observed this..
We found Ambulance staff  GA- ...2062 (Driver) behaviour very strange or
rude.
A young man (Pradeep) from Betim (Babatiles) Porvorim,met with an accident.
Another bike (driven by his colleague) knock him down.
Suffered injuries badly hurt his back and some injuries seen ‘ skin peeled off
with blood’.
He was transferred into the 108 on a stretcher, the doctor
(lady) gave him injection we are told (by the victim’s younger brother) 
and said he will feel better in about 3 hours time.
Victim repeatedly pleading that he has terrible pain in this waist (bendant).
The 108 driver said ‘don’t make drama, come out (of 108),
we have only one 108 right now’
(nattkam korinaka, utt and bhair yo,..) The victim say ‘No..it really hurts..’
The driver ordered infront of the lady Paramedic to remove him from 108 and 
lay him on one of the newly installed promenade benches opp. Iffi Hangar 
or Reliance Webworld, Campal.
Police were also involved, there were discussions going on with 3 other 
colleagues and the police (3). 4th police was in civil dress (came
later) who parked his bike on the promenade, Police jeep was also there.
Accident must have occurred around 9.50pm, we were there till around 10.30 
or till a pvt car took the patient..we did advise them to take the victim 
to the hospital for Xray etc as they were planning to take him home or one 
of his colleague’s home.

The victim and his colleagues (hindi speaking) appeared
to be from migrant community

We also saw the 108 driver arguing with some one loudly
over the phone once he took the driver’s seat.
Police were also asking his colleagues to take him off
the site as soon as possible

I am also copying this to 108, just incase I get a reply..

joego...@yahoo.co.uk 

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[Goanet] Once upon a feast... audio report : http://archive.org/details/MiaMarieLourenco

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

Once Union a Feast: Children's Writing from Goa, India (December 1, 2012)

26:511 minutes

A children's book (ISBN 978-81-923042-3-6) by Mia Maria Lourenco, written
when she was 12 years old, and published by Bookworm Publishing of Goa,
India.

THE STORY: Aquina is all excited about the next day's feast at the village
church. She joins her friends in cleaning the church and its statutes.
Little does she know that her excitement will soon turn into anxiety and
that the morning of the feast will turn into a thrilling adventure. To her
rescue come Caetan the sacristian and Brownie, her pet dog with a most
unusual talent. Feasts are celebrated with great solemnity and gaiety in
Goa and are memorable events for every child.

THE WRITER: Mia Marie Lourenco wrote this story based on her mother's tales
of her childhood days. Mia loves singing, strumming the guitar, writing
poetry and playing with her school friends at Fatima Convent in Margao, Goa.

THE ILLUSTRATOR: Fatema Barot Mota is an alumni of Sir J.J. Institute of
Applied Art and IDC, IIT Bombay who moved to Goa in 2007. She works as a
Graphic Designer and enjoys working on projects like these in her wee hours.

THE PUBLISHERS: Bookworm Publishing is a division of Bookworm, a Goa-based
organisation devoted to making reading a joyful and necessary experience
for children. Story books are at the heart of Bookworm's efforts to build
literacy and creative thinking skills in children in and out of school.
Other projects include a library, the Book Treasury that lends books to
institutions serving children and the Mobile Outreach Programme that takes
books to children who have no opportunity to access books.
http://www.bookwormgoa.in Sale proceeds from Bookworm Publishing support
library work in schools and community.

This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio

Recorded by FN/Frederick Noronha
Date: 2012-12-01
Keywords: goa, india, writing for children, books that reflect goa, mia
marie lourenco, fatema barot mota, bookworm publishing, velim, stories set
in velim, stories set in goa

http://archive.org/details/MiaMarieLourenco
Email m...@bookwormgoa.in
bookworm_...@yahoo.com

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[Goanet] Dump English !

[eric pinto]

Dotorbab - one can make a better case for Mandarin !   The Anglo world 
is history. Tata/Jaguar will soon be in China, a blasphemous thought. 
Ford and GM predominantly Asian, as will Mittal who is winding down
in Britain, France and the US.
   Our folk have switched from Hollywood to Bollygood.   eric.



From: U. G. Barad 
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org 
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:55 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Introduce English later.



I thought members on this list would be interested in the enclosed article.



Best regards,



U. G. Barad



Introduce English at later stage, says report on primary education



http://www.indianexpress.com/news/introduce-english-at-later-stage-says-repo
rt-on-primary-education/1030879?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_t
erm=sep_free&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=Mailer



            Should English be introduced as a medium of instruction in Class
I? May be not, suggests a study on the teaching of English in government-run
primary schools. Reason being that teaching of English in most government
primary schools is no more than a teacher reading aloud from a textbook with
no effort to develop listening or speaking skills in children, familiarising
them with the rhythm and joy of poetry, contextualise grammar, or pay
attention to learning gaps.



Policy planners need to 'rethink' about introduction of English as a medium
of instruction from Class I, the study commissioned by the Union Human
Resource Development Ministry said.



English has been introduced at the primary level in 27 states, it is a
subject in Class I in 18 states, and the medium of instruction in Nagaland,
Jammu and Kashmir, and government model schools of Chandigarh and
Maharashtra. While the early introduction of the language is in response to
people's aspirations for quality education, experts opine that the language
must be introduced at a relatively later stage and the mother tongue must be
the medium of learning at primary level.



Conducted by the National Council of Educational Research & Training
(NCERT), the study says, "Teachers in all the states/UT have fallen into
what is called 'the textbook trap'. The teachers and students were entirely
dependent on the books." 



Most teachers begin their lessons by reading from textbooks, finish lessons
abruptly, do not teach word/sentence patterns, resort to local languages and
offer no opportunity to children to listen to spoken English or speak in the
language. In classrooms, the participation of students in the learning
process was less in all states except Tamil Nadu. 



At Level I - classes I and II - children only knew a few English words and
phrases, could not read, write or speak simple and short sentences in
English or narrate experiences, exchange ideas in the language even though
they could recite poems and songs. 



The study, covering J&K, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh and Union territory of Chandigarh notes the 'dismal picture'. It
recommends correctives, including training teachers to teach English as a
language, usage of multi-media for training to avoid transmission loss,
certificate programmes, focus on phonetics by teacher trainers and creative
usage of textbooks, among other things.

[Goanet] IFFI in Goa – A vision for the future

[JoeGoaUk]

Open forum
At inox Courtyard 29/11/12
Topic:
IFFI in Goa – A vision for the future
Armando Gonsalves (Heritage Jazz), Nandini Shahay (Director 
International Centre of Goa), Mike Pandey (Film Director IDPA), 
P Krishnamurthy (Information Secretary IAS / Parrikar), 
Shankar Mohan (iffi Director) & Dnyanesh Moghe (Digant – Konkani film Director)

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC6Gc27xdEc

Talk about..
Film Culture
Goa Brand
Music Festival
Festival Complex
Iffi Hangar
Inox / old GC in 2004
Monohar Parrikar
etc


joego...@yahoo.co.uk 

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

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

[Goanet] Why Rolly talks Funny ! And "True"

[eric pinto]

Abjads are scripts that have no vowels, but consonants only, usually around 
22.  They are derived from the 
Proto-Sinai Semitic that dates back to around 1500 BC, first found in todays 
Syria.  The script
ushered a revolution in that the common person could now communicate with very 
little learning.
Early cuneiform and glyphs called for scribes who trained for years.  This 
Ugarithic gave way to the
Greek and Aramaic writing systems.  Greek evolved into Latin - Europe's 
everyday script, and Cyrillic, whilst
Aramaic fathered India's Brahmi and Hebrew.
    The Greeks were the first to introduce vowels, giving the world the first 
"true" alphabet around 900 BC.
Brahmi is said to have developed around 300 BC.
To create a abugida for Canadian tribes in 1840, James Evans used Devnagiri 
letters combined with 
features of Pitman shorthand !  Bosco, a Flora Fountain Clare's grad did his 
mission bit for Evans.
    Yesterday's NY Times informs us that the Armenian 
prosecutor, Kbilashvilli, a good friend of our Aires,
would prosecute the PM, Zhvania, for corruption: notice the missing "a" in both 
names.  Harish is a common
Armenian name, invariably spelt Hrish, even in the US.
    I plan on asking Cecil to lead a rescue mission to 
Yerevan. eric.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet] Dabolim over Mopa

[Jose Colaco]

On Nov 30, 2012, at 7:31 PM, manuel tavares  wrote:

1: I think jc has come up with a brilliant idea and it makes sense.

2:  MP owes his election success to the people of Goa in particular to the 
Christians.

3:  He therefore is in a situation where the Goan people can demand and he has 
to accede to their demands at least this one time.

4:  . to ensure that the right and sensible decision is negotiated in 
relation to the Dabolim issue. If jc can coordinate this meeting or meetings in 
order to facilitate this, then hats off to him 

5:  We have, however to find an honest group of politicians 

-- COMMENT ---

Dear Mr. Tavares,

Sir,

Is it possible that I am being given credit for words which are not mine?

re#3: have WE heard of the following:  kam zalem, voiz melo or (in Marathi) 
Kama purta Mama? Have we forgotten that Bhau used the very same device over and 
over again. Were the Mooshkiths the only ones who were 'made Moos' of? 

re#5: when you find one such elected person, please let me know. 

BTW: have you, of late, seen any notices of Art contests for children or 
morchas for them or invitations to Sal_Azare from the Hacktivists? 

Oh Oh . Table Tennis championships must be on.

jc