[Goanet] Book Club - 16th April to discuss The Book of Joshua
The next Book Club will meet on 16th April at 8.15 p.m. to discuss The Book of Joshua by Tanya Mendonsa. Hope to see you and do remember its potluck :) Diviya
Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames
-Original Message- From: Luis Vas Sent: March-28-13 8:54 AM Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). RESPONSE: The original article published in The Tribune (06 Jan 2010) was titled OK tata bye-bye by Pushi Chowdhry, a Rawal Pindi born Sardar who is a Doon School and London University alumnus. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100106/edit.htm#5 Scroll down to read at the above link. Pushi wrote a humorous column about himself in London in the 60s on August 27, 2011. - B
[Goanet] BOOKWORM - Source : goastreets.com
BOOKWORMby Sujata Noronha and Elaine Mendonsa on Mar 28, 2013..Driving Literacy with a Red Van A red van laden with books rolls into the village amidst clouds of dust. A curly haired lady steps out and greets the curious kids standing around. Good evening! How are you? she calls out. I am fine, replies a lad. Out come the books, and more children pour out from the shanties, crowding around to look at the pictures and words that will eventually reshape their world for good. Bookworm's MOP (Mobile Outreach Program) was born out of the realization that a large number of children in our community do not have access to good reading material or creative opportunities that enhance learning. Through our work at the Bookworm library and the School Book Treasury Program (SBT) we realized that it was imperative to identify places in Goa with children with the least exposure to books, learning and creativity. Despite years of schooling, thousands of children struggle with reading, writing and independent creative thought. Bookworm centers all of its literacy goals around the all-powerful medium of story books with our bright red van as ambassador. MOP takes books, stories, art and craft activities to under privileged children in seven different locations - Chimbel, Merces, Taleigao, Tonca, Cacra, The National Association for the Blind - St. Cruz and Chicalim. The program has sessions at these locations once or twice a week depending on needs and human resources. The sessions are thoughtfully constructed, involve careful book selection and lesson planning and are steeped in what Bookworm does best : 'literature―literacy intersection'. Sessions typically include greetings, warm up songs, book returning and free browsing of books. Discussions lead up to the theme of the story and the reading aloud of a story for the week from a blown-up copy of the book. After the reading, we have discussions to reinforce the learnings from the story. We also conduct art or craft activity based on the story read aloud. And of course, we offer book lending where every child enrolled in the program is allowed to take a book home for a week. MOP is completely free of charge for the children. For most of the MOP children prior to the program, their only exposure to print was the piece of newspaper that their peanuts or other food items came wrapped in, text books that are incomprehensible and religious/calendar material. MOP changes that. MOP children now have access to some of the finest books available for children from leading publishers within and outside the country. Books are rotated and exchanged from the larger Bookworm pool on a regular basis by the volunteers. Our findings show us that many children are struggle readers or not able to read at all, and in significant ways the MOP sessions are also meaningful literacy sessions. The program has been running over the last 2 years. We started with a six month pilot program with 3 different sites. The pilot program was an intense learning experience and the program evolved from there. How do we gauge the success of our outreach program? From a practice point of view, we assess our children on the program for literacy skills and we have evolved our own library checklist that assesses both the intervention we do (in terms of read aloud time, types of books, care and selection of books and children response to books.) Softer indicators are the fact that the sessions are always well attended and the children have a big sense of identity with the program. Book lending, book talk and participation in book related activities is high..One of our significant activities with the children of Chimbel, was a mini jumble sale. For this, the MOP children managed and sold jumble that Bookworm collected for its annual sale in Panjim. Thus they understood that some of the funds for our program come this way, they learnt what it is to manage and execute a plan, and also connected with the community. The sense of identity with this work is quite significant. We are in constant need of dedicated and committed volunteers who will assist at the MOP sites. Another crunch we face is, funding. Bookworm supports resources in the form of books. However, the need for volunteers, stationery and other material means we require a more stable source of funding. We have not approached the government for assistance. We are beneficiaries of small private donations but are now in need of serious funding as our programs grow and diversify. We appreciate help from individuals and organisations in terms of resources, volunteering and financial support to expand the reach and intensity of the program. While Bookworm has a team, the program requires volunteers for these programs. Being on the sites is a 'hands on' experience, therefore, the more hands, the better! We view any mistake we may make as a learning experience. MOP is a program that requires deep
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[Goanet] Good Friday at various Churches - Video
Good Friday at various Churches Britona, Pomburpa, Olaulim, Carona, Aldona, Moira, Mapusa, Bastora, Socorro (Porvorim) 3.50pm – 7.30pm 29th March 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmyaBMSZ05k blog – more pics added http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2013/03/good-friday-at-mapusa-aldona-bastora.html For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] New Aldona - Calvim bridge - A progress report
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Re: [Goanet] Two short story writers in Portuguese
Very sorry to hear about your illness, Alfred!Best wishes for a quick recovery,Victor --- On Wed, 3/27/13, Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Two short story writers in Portuguese To: GOANET Lists goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 5:33 PM Rico, you have made my day. Will reply soon with not one but a bushel of Walfridian lore. Am, mercilessly, laid down--read attached to bed--with my breathing problem--much aggravated...augmebted by 'athros' and diabolic diabetes. I am, p'haps, quite the last one of that generation,...that painted the town scarlet... Ask Pio, verilly the last of our man-of-the-bar. Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm From: fredericknoron...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:37:33 +0530 To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Two short story writers in Portuguese A friend was on the lookout for information about two Goans who wrote short stories in Portuguese: Walfrido Antão and Augusto do Rosário Rodrigues. If anyone could share a brief bio of these writers, I'd be very grateful. FN -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org Goa,1556 titles: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2 Links to my books: http://fredericknoronha1.wix.com/fngoaindia
[Goanet] Parsi Surnames
Dear Victor, You may be right. I merely forwarded a message I received. Wishing you and family a happy Easter Regards Luis Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames Message-ID: 1364588643.82939.yahoomailclas...@web120702.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Dear Luis,? ? Where did you come across the Parsi surname, Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist.?. ? ?Regards,? ? Victor --- On Thu, 3/28/13, Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames To: Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 8:54 AM Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world! A Goan
Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames
Dear Victor, Consider visiting http://parsiiranisurnames.tripod.com/id29.html Go to the Left Rail, scroll down; click on ~ TRADE / PROFESSION ~ Total = 434 http://parsiiranisurnames.tripod.com/id35.html, which will brings one to: http://parsiiranisurnames.tripod.com/id35.html Pan right to see the alphabet categories lower in the abecedary; and the origins spelled out. There are more categories. The list has been researched and complied by Burjor Miocher Daboo, and the email id given is burkhur...@gmail.com The article posted on Goanet may be found in its entirety at: http://zoroastrians.net/category/names-surnames-more/ venantius j pinto Message: 11 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:24:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames Dear Luis,? ? Where did you come across the Parsi surname, Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist.?. ? ?Regards,? ? Victor --- On Thu, 3/28/13, Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames To: Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 8:54 AM Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world! A Goan End of Goanet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 202 **
[Goanet] SONVARCHIM SUNGTTAM : Xem'bor Rupiancho Tiatr !
www.goa-world. comGULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ http://www.colaco.net/ http://www.live365.com/index.live SON’VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: XEM’BOR RUPIANCHO TIATR! -Jose Salvador Fernandes Tea disachea poilea bhagant, Moddganvam kam’ begin zalem. Monant mhonnlem, Ravindra Bhovona koddchean ek pasoy marun yeum-ia.Paskanchea nimitan, tiatrancho novo kall suru zauncho asa. Mellta zalear, don-chear tiatrancheo tiketti poilinch kaddun dovrum-ia. Ravindra Bhovonaxim pavtanch, ixttak fon kelo- “Moddganv Ravindra Bhovonaxim asam.Novea tiatrancheo tiketti kaddunk toyaren asam. Tuka-i kaddtam, yetolo mum?” “Pãy poddtam. Fuddarak, mhaka soddun anik konnak-ui tiatracheo tiketti kadd! Mhaka mat kaddum naka.” Ixttacho tallo chike ragacho koso laglo. “Kiteak? Tikett xem’bor rupia kelea dekun? Tachi tuka kiteak dasti? Tikett hanv kaddtam nhoi?” Ekach vangdda hanvem tache mukhar tin prosn manddlole, tantuntlea ekachi tori to mhaka zap ditolo ti sarki aikunk yeunchi mhonn, hanvem fonacho ‘volume’ vaddoylo. “Prosn xem’bor rupia tikett kela to nhoi. Hotelant gele zalear ami khaunk-piyeunk xem’boriam voir moddtanv...” “... ani dhados zaun bhair sortanv,”tachem sangnnem sompche poilinch hanvem mhojem zoddlem. “Hoi, hotelantlean dhados zaun bhair sortanv, punn tiatr polletoch mat monan dhadoxi asonanv!” Ixtt anik-ui gombhirtayen uloylo. “Mhonnche?” Gaddiechem chalu aslolem injin bond korun hanvem umollxiken vicharlem. “Tiatramni atam vhoddlemxem ani boremxem oxem kitench dakoynant oxea motacher hanv pavlam.” “Zalear, tiatr pollevpache dis bhorle tuje. Atam kitem-i ani kitlem-i borem tiatrantlean dakoylem mhonn tuka avoddchem nam.” Hanvem tachea monacho sumar kaddcho proyotn kelo. “Kiteak avoddchem nam? Tiatramni sabar vixoyancher gaylolim kantaram mhaka avoddtat,” ixttan vell ogddaynastanam sanglem. “ Zalear tiatracheo kotha-vostu (plots) tuka kiteak avoddonant tor?” Hanvem tache monache bãynt anik-ui khol vecho yotn kelo. “Tiatrantlea bara gitanche bara vixoy astat mhonn, bara tiatrantlea nov tiatranche tori vixoy nov bhasanche astole mhonn koslich khatri asonam.Fattlim sabar vorsamchoddan chodd tiatrancho vixoy fokot ghorabo...ghorabeantlim zhogddim...mog mog kornnaranchim zhogddim tancho fuddar ghat korta takach ghat korop...hem sogllem ekech bhaxen porot-porot dakoylolem polleun, atam tiatrank vochun disonam! Adlea tiatristanche tiatr polleun monak ji dhadoskay bhogtali toxi atam bhagonam!” Ixtt monantlem sangun mekllo zalo. Punn taka titleacheruch soddunk mhaka khuxi nasli. Dekun hanvem taka mhonnlem – “Tiatr borovpianchem mhonn kitem asa tem zannam-i tum? Tanchea monant zo vixoy yeta, tea vixoyak te tiatrachem rup ditat ani machier dakoytat. Tantum tankam kiteak bottam dakovp?” “Tujea-i monant borem yeta am... Soglleach tiatr borovpianchea monant ghunvun-firun toch-toch vixoy ailo zalear, tiatr pollevpiank tantum koslem noveponn distolem? Aple koxttanche duddu khorchun tiatr polleunk yeun, tanche kolek urba ani ut’tejon ditolea tiatr pollevpianchea monancho-i tannim vichar korunk zai oxem disonam tuka? They can’t take us the audience for granted. We know the value of our money. ” Ixttan machier yevpi tiatr kola-kruticher matso tori veglle toren vichar kela mhonn mhaka disunk laglem. “Itlo kall tannim tiatr pollevpianchea monancho vichar korunk nam mhonn az meren tiatr jivo urla oxem tuka dista?”Hanvem ixttak urfatto prosn korun taka ulovpant sanddpachi vatt sodun kaddli. “Tiatr pollevpiank tiatr pollevpa xivay anik koslo-i upay aslolo zalear, az meren tiatr jivo urcho naslo! Mhonntoch, faleam toso ek upay nirmann zalozalear-ui, tiatr pollevpi khuinchech poristhitint tiatra pasun pois veche nhoi mhonn tiatramni sogllea angamni apli bazu ghott korunk naka asli? Ti keloli disonam hich mhoji khont asa. ” Mhozo ixtt mhaka vicharam khatir ek-ekuch mud’do ditalo. “Tunvem hi khont kednam-i tujea avddichea tiatristank ugtaylear borem zatolem. Tankam-ite vixim chintunk ani vichar korunk boreak poddtolem. “ Hanvem ixttak bud dili. “Tankam toxem sanglear mannsugi asa?”Ixttan tallo chike bodlun mhonnlem. “Kiteak?” “Ek pavtt tiatr polletanam, tea tiatrachea ‘plot’-ant chuk asloli mhojea monak somzoli. Tiatr somptoch tiatrachea borvpiak vochunte chukichi khobor sangli.Tannem mhaka, ‘tunvem kitle tiatr boroyleat?’ oxem vichartoch mhojea monant ek vichar yeun gelo – machier git gayta to ‘off tune’ gayta mhonn aikotoleak kollta, tednam to aikopi git gavpich asunk zai oxem nasta. Sarkem mum?” “Sarkem. Punn atam xevttim vochun tujem mhonn’nnem kitem? Tuje khatir tikett kaddum vo naka?” Ixtt tiatrak ailolo mhaka zai aslem. “Sanglem nhoi tuka hanvem? Mhaka atam tiatr polleunuch disonam!” Ixtt aplea motak thir aslo. “Tiatrantlim kantaram mat avoddtat mhonntalo tum. Kantaram tori aikunk yo mhonntalom...” Hanvem ixttak dusre ritin tiatrak yevpacho
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Sodiem
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Sodiem' One scene, many moods. Sodiem is a tiny ward in the village of Siolim in north Goa. I explored this luscious setting over a period of many months, photographing it in varied conditions. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2013/03/30/sodiem/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
[Goanet] URGENT PRESS STATEMENT. Welcomes Pope washing women's feet.
URGENT PRESS STATEMENT. I was delighted to read the news article with different headlines in todays' several newspapers Pope washes women's feet , breaks church rule Pope Francis has set the tone and lived by example by this gesture on women empowerment which needs to be accelerated in the church of today. I recall a personal episode in the late 1990's when the Late Fr.Hugh Fonseca, one of the few activist Priests during his time, was the Parish Priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Orlem, Malad West and I was the Chairman of the Parish Pastoral Council of the said Parish. Fr. Hugh Fonseca also thought many of us the role activism has to play for a just society and always guided and supported us in taking stands against injustices of every kind. At the Parish Council meeting it was decided that on Maundy Thursday ritual, during the Mass the Priest would wash the feet of the 12 Female House Workers. We had located the 12 female house workers from the Parish and on the appointed day when we reported early, Fr. Hugh Fonseca said : I knew this would happen Some Parishioners had complained to the Bishop about this and Fr. Hugh Fonseca was told by the concerned Bishop that washing of the Female House Workers was against the Cannon Law and was directed to abandon such a move. Fr. Hugh Fonseca was much ahead of his time and while he relented keeping in mind his obedience to his Bishop, he washed the feet of the 12 Male House Workers at the altar. But directed me to wash the feet of the selected Female House Workers at the same time in the midst of the community below the altar. Holy Father's actions at the Holy Thursday ritual sets an example and a message to ensure that women are given their due place in the church of today. Dolphy Dsouza - 9820226227 Immd. Past President THE BOMBAY CATHOLIC SABHA 43, Kalina, Santacruz East, Mumbai 400 029. Email: dolphydolph...@gmail.com
[Goanet] Mopa v/s Dabolim By: Lawrence Fernandes [Herald- People's Edit - 30/3/13] - Non-edited version - Comments
From: Lawerance Fernandes [mailto:glenm...@sancharnet.in] Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:57 PM To: 'Editor Herald' Subject: Mopa v/s Dabolim To, The Editor, O Herald o, Goa. Dear Sir, I shall be thankful if you could kindly publish following article in your esteemed Daily in an appropriate column according to your choice. Mopa v/s Dabolim There has been so much said and written and rumored on the above subject and recent being our Chief Minister Mr. Parrikar's statement that even Matanhy was in favour of Mopa. I would not like to bring late Matanhy nor Alina in this fiasco but would like to present few very very true facts for the benefit of Herald readers, especially Goans residing in Goa and other parts of the world. Matanhy and myself we were very close to each other and often discussed various topics concerning Goa's past, present and future too. He was a man full of knowledge and not only a good teacher as his students remember him, but he had a treasure of documents with him which no other Goan would have leave alone politicians. Here is a document he handed over to me few months before he left us for his heavenly abode. This is a letter dated 24/11/1998 ref SAP/1/98-VOL-III by Shri P.R. Bumb (Secretary Airports) to Government of Goa -Secretariat Panaji. Quote Dear Shri Gupta, Kindly refer to your D.O. letter No. AAI/02/13/96 ARII(P) dated 20th October, 1998, addressed to Shri S.R. Sharma, Chief Secretary regarding construction of Airport of International standard at Goa. In this regard the Government of Goa feels that besides two sites suggested in the report prepared by the Airports Authority of India, a third alternative could be to upgrade the existing airport at Dabolim to International standards and the Ministry of Defense could be asked to direct Navy to hand over its control to the Airports Authority of India to use it as Civil Airport. As a first step in this direction, the present A.T.C. could be handed over to the A.A.I. immediately for which the A.I.I. may be in a position to provide necessary staff/equipments. It is, therefore, requested that the Ministry of Civil Aviation may be moved to consider this view point and take an early decision in the matter, before the Govt. of Goa takes a view about the suitability of the two new sites suggested. Unquote D.V. Gupta was the Chairman Airports Authority of India - New Delhi, then and a copy was also forwarded to Shri P.V. Jayakrishnan - Secretary to Govt. of India - Ministry of Civil Aviation - New Delhi. And that is not all, on February 21, 2000 Francisco Sardinha - Chief Minister of Goa, then, wrote a letter to Mr. Sharad Yadav - Minister for Civil Aviation - Government of India - New Delhi: Quote As you know, Goa has, over the years, become one of the most important tourist destination not only for international tourists but also for the domestic market as well. At present Goa Airport handles on an average 3,000 domestic flights and 500 international flights per year. The international flights consist mainly of direct chartered flights bringing in Goa more than 1 lakh tourists per year. There is immense scope for introducing scheduled international flights which will not only add to the attraction of Goa but will also bring in the higher spending tourists who generally do not consider chartered flights as a means of vacation travel and so on.He further adds: On this basis, I understand that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has already moved a Cabinet Note proposing for construction of New International Airport at Mopa, Goa. The proposal is presently with Cabinet Secretariat, awaiting consideration by the Union Council of Ministers. I wish to request you for your intervention in the matter for an early decision in the interest of our State. And the most interesting is this one written on 1-5-2000 by Shri A.V. Chaturvedi - Deputy Secretary to the Government of India - Ministry of Civil Aviation - New Delhi to the Chief Secretary Government of Goa: Quote I am directed to say that the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 29th March, 2000 has approved: (a) Setting up of a new airport of international standards at Mopa in Goa as per the institutional framework mentioned below. (b) Closure of existing airport at Goa for civilian operations on commissioning of new airport and (c) A commitment that the proposed airport at Mopa will be declared as international airport on its commissioning in case it has all the necessary infrastructure Facilities required for an international airport and so on. I need not comment on all the stuff written above but I leave it to the readers who will judge for themselves the true facts, lies, assurances etc. but only one thing is for sure both the Congressmen and BJP are involved in telling lies to the common public that even if Mopa comes up Dabolim will remain is proved beyond doubt like in a song Adios Amigo which says when
[Goanet] RedRidingHood
For practical political reasons (realpolitik) Constantine swallowed the granny and dressed up as Christ. Indeed Christ is not Jesus but only a handful of rrhoods notice the difference. Regards Ricardo Nunes Message: 8 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:01:46 +0100 From: Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com To: GOANET Lists goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] do you know this ? Message-ID: blu175-w43695c5c1a9e188cacce0cb1...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Those early popes were presumably the Catacomb Popes, dear Maria Alfred de Tavares From: amferns_n...@hotmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:07:20 + Subject: [Goanet] do you know this ? Jesus Christ was a rejected jew. The jews had their own beliefs. After Jesus died and went to heaven his followers were just 11. But they had to swim against the current. They called themselves believers. Till 64 AD when Nero was the emperor he persecuted the christian community. He even set fire . Christians were put to death. There was no christianity in Rome. Nero wanted that people should adore him and burn incenses before him. Polycarp was one of them who was put to death. Many told him to save his life by burning incessence before Nero. Till 312 AD the christians lived a very hopless life. Then one day Constantine King had a vision and show Christ and he won the war and from 312 AD christianity was supported by him. So actually Christianity in Rome was born in 312 AD and I do not think Simon Peter would have lived that long to become the first pope.
[Goanet] Matanhy wanted Navy to vacate Dabolim airport
Matanhy wanted Navy to vacate Dabolim airport Amidst growing and sound opposition expressed against Mopa airport through the media and editorials, it is time running out for the Government to take a pause and address the question raised by people of Goa, before it evolves into a popular movement. To state that Dabolim will continue inspite of Mopa, is foolhardy. It is the duty of any elected Government to listen to the voices of the people. More so, the ‘already controversial Mopa airport’ was not part of the BJP Government’s election manifesto and therefore has no mandate. It is a shocking tribute by the CM to say on the floor of the house, that ‘Matanhy was in favour of Mopa airport’, and that too on his first death anniversary. Matanhy’s views and statements on Dabolim and Mopa airport are clear, well published and on record. “Matanhy was totally against Mopa and said that Goa is too small for another airport”. He insisted that the Naval occupation of Dabolim is illegal and should be forced to vacate. He wanted Dabolim to be wholly returned back to the civilian Government. He believed that Mopa will be a disaster for Goa just like the Konkan railway, which inspite of tall claims, is running in crores of losses even after 15 years of operation. The very fact that KPMG has been asked to work on a revenue model for the Mopa airport, means that it is not a feasible project and how to make it feasible is being looked at ! ‘Any consultant for that matter, will be willing to provide feasibility report on paper, for a fee’. Goa already receives more tourists than its population. The filth and garbage generated is out of control, road congestion leading to accidents, inadequate parking spaces, water shortages, mounting crimes and robberies, gambling, drugs and prostitution on the rise, we must learn to cater only what we can manage. Turning Mopa into an export hub is a contradiction, as agricultural land is rapidly under assault by real estate mafias and farmers are being marginalised. Needless to add, the poorest people in Goa are commonly farmers. More importantly, a project of such a huge magnitude, which involves displacement of thousands of people dependant on agriculture, loss of livelihood, destruction to the environment, and in the long run losing a centrally located Dabolim airport; must be put up for serious debate, and if necessary, even decided by a referendum. Geraldo Oliveira
[Goanet] BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY - Goa/Mumbai Bus
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY http://afternoondc.in/city-news/better-safe-than-sorry/article_79023 Bus operators avoid accident prone Mumbai-Goa Highway, adding time and extra miles to ensure passengers reach alive and well After a bus plunged into a river on the Mumbai-Goa Highway recently, killing 40 passengers, some major bus operators on this route have started plying their buses via the Mumbai Pune Expressway, and the rest too are planning to follow suit. Considering the safety of passengers, drivers and the buses to be more important, the operators are ready to bear the extra costs arising out of the increase in distance of about 70 km, which also extends the journey time by as much as 1 to 2 hours. There have been several accidents along the Mumbai-Goa Highway due to several reasons like single narrow road, steep curves, over speeding at blind curves, overtaking, etc. As the drivers are always trying to complete their journey within 12 hours, most resort to over speeding, putting themselves and the passengers in constant danger of death or injury. The distance to Goa via the Mumbai- Goa Highway is 615 km and via the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, it increases to 690 km, but the roads on the expressway are broader and hence, safer. Aziz Sheikh, Operation Officer of Neeta Travels, said, Neeta Travels has been plying all its buses via Mumbai Pune Éxpress Highway since the last 2-3 months are. Our buses too have been involved in accidents on the older route, resulting loss of life and property. The Mumbai Goa Highway is accident prone because of the narrow roads, steep curves, ghats, increase in traffic movement, over speeding and dangerous overtaking by motorists. Since passenger safety is most important, we are now using the Mumbai-Pune route, and after passing Pune, we go via Satara, Karad, Kolhapur. After us, other bus operators too have started following this much safer of travel between Mumbai and Goa. Comment: I mostly travel by bus from Mumbai to Goa, the last I travelled by the illfated bus was in Mid Jan this year. The Mahakali bus drivers are safe and their buses are year old, however I must say that the Mumbai-Goa Highway is accident Prone in some places, where the roads are narrow and mostly important the bridges are dangerous and very old, including The one where the bus fell off. Work is going on at a snails place to make it 4 lane but it will take some more years. There are 2 drivers in each bus working on shift of 5/6 hrs each, what I have mostly seen is that if the first driver Is slow, the next driver tries to make up for the time lost and make sure they arrive the destination early. There is also one conductor/cleander who mostly does the other work, and also stays with night driver to keep him awake, so the question of driver falling asleep does not arise.
