[Goanet] The Goan Gene in Bollywood movies
The Goan Gene in Bollywood movies Raji Monisha Goa's stereotypes busted Yaya Mayaya to the city I have come to love, thanks to Hindi movies. The sun, sand, the jade green sea, ooh!l ah! lah! music, spirits flowing free, parties and just letting yourself go. I have never ever questioned Bollywood's authority on Goa. A town that teenagers escape to, party-goers love and mothers hate- Baazigar Goa has always fascinated me with its beaches, booze, bikinis, thugs, drugs, mean streets and cold-blooded murders. Goa, Goa Gone. Goans to me could be people straight off the Irish Coast, true-blue small towners. Everyone knows everybody and their Eduardo, and interfere in each others business. Sorry! No MNCs here. The biggest hangout could be the palm -lined bar called Mariner's Paradise, surrounded by the all protecting church and a bakery, pharmacy, cloth store, caji's beef steaks at the shack, and antique shops.The last word in hospitality? Uncle D'Souza and Aunty Pereira. Jesus ka Wasta! They are ever welcoming and offer pork vindaloo and kokum curry when they are not praying to the RIP grave at their doorstep. Goa has to be a Christian town or so Hindi films will have you believe. You can't help but fall in love with the good-looking Goan Christian women who wear frocks and happily go doubles with the local guy on a cycle. They speak English easily where others struggle. A peg of the spirited variety never deflects their moral compass and they play the piano, do the foxtrot, wear a cross and bright red lipstick sent to them by Andrea aunty from London, hug, kiss, walk around with umbrellas when the sun gets hot, hot and hotter and actually reflect the spirit of all things: Freedom that's Goa. Zaroor yeh uska style Hoyenga. You can find them dancing with gay abandon to Maria Pitache (I found out that Pitache means something obscene in the urban dictionary) at Goan weddings when Johny marries Maria and blends easily with booze and all that frolicking. They are bold, they are courageous, they are openly flirtatious and they are Goa's very own Lilly, Julie or Maria. Full story at: http://www.goanspirit.com/index.php/writer-s-flow/267-the-goan-gene-in-bollywood-movies ~Avelino
[Goanet] Subsidising China's incursion
Today the chinese incursion may have reference to Goan iron ore. 51 years ago this region also faced a similar situation because of the Indian invasion of Goa. Like india taking the law, china also decided to take the law in its own hand. 5 decades later this area has the potential to be a hot bed for a nuclear confrontation. BC http://www.thegoan.net/View-From-Afar/Subsidising-China%E2%80%99s-incursion/Column-Post/00205.html It?s been two weeks now that some fifty Chinese soldiers crossed the Line of Actual Control and set up a few tents in Ladakh?s Depsang valley. As usual, India?s ever sensationalist media accused the government of being unable or unwilling to counter the incursion. And, once again, India?s relations with China fell prey to hyperventilation, shouting matches and finger pointing on TV, missing the bigger, long-term picture.
Re: [Goanet] Death Notice
Dear Gabe On Monday I received an email from the undertakers requesting that a funeral notice be inserted in Goan Voice regarding a death. The announcement stated that: The person had died of multiple organ failure That the deceased had no immediate family in London That the body would be cremated I published the announcement and was contacted by relatives in London of the deceased who pointed out: That the cause of death was in dispute and a claim of negligence had been lodged against the hospital many months ago That the relatives in London and had not been consulted or approved of the funeral arrangements That they suspect that the hospital is anxious to cremate the body to destroy the evidence. The hospital claim that the decision is based on costs. There were many other gravely disturbing allegations made some of which I am not in a position to reveal and/or verify. Accordingly I called the funeral directors on Friday but they refused my requests to reveal: Whether they had possession of the body By whose or what authority the hospital had or would release the body. The name of the person who had asked them to arrange the funeral. I therefore told them that I would amend the Funeral notice to indicate the status was uncertain and asked them to let me know of developments. I was informed that they would do so. I have a responsibility to the Community and it is my duty to alert them to changes that may take place. However, since then, more allegations have come to light so I have deleted the funeral notice. I have been unwittingly involved in a few acrimonious family disputes in announcing deaths and the one principle I have followed is that the next of kin have the final say in the Goan Voice announcement. In cases of doubt, I have sought proof of this. In this instance the name of the person who authorised the funeral is being withheld. I find that unacceptable. Would you have acted differently? Eddie Fernandes === -Original Message- Sent: 04 May 2013 22:29 *Stephen Gomes: Status uncertain* 9 Dec. 2012. Tooting Broadway, London. STEPHEN GOMES. Bachelor, aged 90, ex Mombasa E.A.R. H. Died at St Georges Hospital. The Funeral that was previously announced may be postponed. http://www.goanvoice.org.uk Comment: The man has been on ice for 5 months and the status is uncertain with no link click on here? Goan Voice should be more pronounced and come out and tell us why the status has changed to uncertain and may be postponed. I phoned the undertakers and they are set to go - this discredits Goan Voice...perhaps Goan Voice knows some thing that escapes us? Please clarify or foreever be discredited. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes .
Re: [Goanet] How Goa subsidised China's Ladakh incursion
Constantino Xavier constantino.xav...@gmail.com writes: Subsidising China's incursion http://www.thegoan.net/View-From-Afar/Subsidising-China%E2%80%99s-incursion/Column-Post/00205.html We know little about the Chinese military campsite, but it is probable that the steel poles and stakes that hold the PLA tents, as well as the officers? steel spikes were manufactured with Indian iron ore. It would be good to know to what extent Goan iron ore contributed to the Ladakh incursion. According to the Goan Mineral Ore Exporters' Association, Goan iron ore exports in 2011 amounted to 43.27 million tonnes. According to the Factbox on Reuters, China imported 642 million tonnes of iron ore in 2011 (#1 importer in the world) China also produced 1.2 billion tonnes or iron in that year (#1 producer in the world). It is quite possible that Goan iron ore, which amounted to about 7% of all Chinese imported iron ore in 2011, was used for all the steel poles and stakes that hold the PLA tents,as well as the officers steel spikes.. The irony of this present situation is that since the Indian iron ore exports have stopped for various well known reasons the market price of the iron ore has soared.(See the chart on Index Mundi).This has helped those still exporting in Australia and Brazil while hurting the importers in China and the European Union who have had to pay the higher prices. According to the Financial Times The disappearance of Indian supply has seen world prices soar to $155 a tonne, an increase of more than three quarters since last September. The rise has swelled profits of Australian and Brazilian iron ore miners such as Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue. “Today maybe it’s $40 higher than it would have been [with Indian supply]”, says Jim Lennon, chairman of commodities research at Macquarie in London, who thinks higher prices will continue this year. “It’s a significant impact, no doubt about it . . . while India loses $10bn plus earnings on its balance of trade by not exporting, other iron ore producers are receiving massive windfalls,” he says. On the other hand The Hindu-Business Line, reports that the President of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations states that India must target $100-billion per year exports to China by 2018 a target which requires a compounded increase of 30% year over year in order to address the widening gap between Chinese imports and exports to India. It is quite a complex situation, with no readily available easy solutions. Regards, E. Reference Links: http://gmoea.com/ http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/01/27/ironore-exporters-idINL3E8CK1WK20120127 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c25abe2c-7a94-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz2SNZA4OU7 http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=iron-oremonths=120 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/india-must-target-100b-exports-to-china-by-2018-fieo/article3999024.ece
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day...
Andre Rieu Amazing Grace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GInf0lXsyKY -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Turkey...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIibMBP_nW4 A rather sad tale (from any way you view it) from Turkey. Is Goa on a much different road? FN
[Goanet] Insight - Speed money puts the brakes on India's retail growth
(Reuters) - Hong-Kong entrepreneur Ramesh Tainwala spent 18 months operating branded clothing retail stores in India before deciding it was impossible to succeed without paying bribes. Full read @ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/uk-india-retail-insight-idUKBRE94400V20130505 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] New Cafe Tato 's fine dining, Margao - Goan Fish Curry Rice
Cafe Tato 's fine dining, Margao (new) Café Tato Veg Non-Veg Tato Holdings opp New South Goa Collectorate Margao, Goa Newly opened on 19th April 2013 at the hands of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar We visited on 3rd May 2013 blog http://joegoauks-fish-curry-rice-restaurants.blogspot.in/2013/05/cafe-tato-s-fine-dining-margao-new.html Goan Fish Curry Rice A good value for money not just for its presentation but taste too. I mean authentic Goan - My type of Meal tray Fresh Visonn curry, Fresh Pamplitt fry, Fresh tisrio sukem, Kismur, Orsande dal.. All for Rs. 120 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/8705551825/in/photostream Tips: Beware of Traffic cops, Keep your car away, there is no parking.. Tato on NH 17 opp New Collectorate, Margao http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/870943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/870271/in/photostream/ A view from the top floor http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/8705554675/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/8705553821/in/photostream/ My type of meal http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/8705551825/in/photostream/ plate http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/8705552743/in/photostream/ Beware of cops http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/8706672650/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice3/8706670858/in/photostream/ A short video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwNp8qKbtz8 blog http://joegoauks-fish-curry-rice-restaurants.blogspot.in/2013/05/cafe-tato-s-fine-dining-margao-new.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Roland Francis: Goans and the Indian Army - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
Roland Francis: Goans and the Indian Army - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source: Goan Voice UK , Daily Newsletter 5 May 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk The recent passing away of Major General Eustace D'Souza PVSM of Velsao Goan heritage, Lahore (undivided India) and Bandra Bombay, at age 91, brings to mind the noble tradition of Goans with meritorious and decorated service in the Indian Army that began with a Goan general in a Deccan Mughal force of the seventeenth century. Joining as a young officer at age 22, Eustace D'Souza saw action in Italy during WWII, as part of the occupation of defeated Japan in 1946, in the 1948 operations when Pakistan tried to take over Kashmir, in the Punjab border war in 1951 that started the Hindu Muslim partition slaughter, in 1965 driving China out of Sikkim and in the 1971 war when India helped create Bangladesh. He was also an avid sportsman playing soccer, cricket and field hockey, becoming a national selector for that latter game. D'Souza's outstanding achievements reads like the other brilliant records of the 42 Goan generals in the Indian Army led in rank by a chief -Sunith Rodrigues of Curtorim and two vice chiefs - Kevin D'Souza of Mapusa and Stanley Menezes of Sangolda. The Indian Army is till today a much admired force, comprising 1.3 million men and the third largest army in the world after China and the US. In an otherwise bleak scenario of corruption and society ridden by caste and divisions, the army remains a beacon of unity and professionalism. It has been completely apolitical and only on one occasion more than 2000 years ago, in 185 BC has an Indian commander overthrown the government of the day. Traditionally, it is the senior of the three branches of the Armed Forces. Several times after independence from Britain, the army has fought successful skirmishes, battles and wars. Except for a humiliating defeat at the hands of China in 1962 which was the result of both political and military mismanagement, it has acquitted itself with credit in the military actions of 1947-48, in 1965, 1971 and 1999. It has sent forces for international peacekeeping in Korea, Indochina, Gaza, Lebanon and Congo. With operation Vijay, It obliterated 450 years of Portuguese presence in a matter of days with few casualties and tried to keep the peace in Sri Lanka but facing a bitter, street fighting guerilla force against which it was unable to retaliate, had no option but to withdraw. It routed a Sikh rebel force in operation Bluestar of 1987 ending a long and violent terror campaign against the state. The Indian Army owes a huge debt of gratitude to the British for its formation, training, discipline and many traditions. For example, the army lives apart from society, in camps and cantonments and therefore maintains a strict neutral distance from the people it protects. No other armed force in the world has been able to maintain such a non-fraternizing policy. That gratitude was paid back in large measure when Britain was able to raise an Indian force of over 2 million men, the largest army in the history of the world, fighting alongside the Allies in all theaters of war and in a few that no other British unit was present. If Britain granted India its independence, it was not only due to Gandhi's and Nehru's long political struggles but also due to a grateful empire that wanted to be fair to a subject-nation whose soldiers laid down many thousands of lives in a war not their own. There were many Goans who even in the early days of British rule, lived outside of Goa. Given preferential treatment like the Anglo-Indians and Parsees for their loyalty and western ways, they reciprocated in large numbers by joining the officer class of the police, the armed forces, the railways and other branches of government that kept India together. Anglo Indian boldness was always taken for granted, but the myth of the timid Goan and the meek Parsee was shattered by the bravery of these two minority communities. Goan valor in war and fairness to the lower ranks written on regimental logs is replete with deeds of men like Gen Eustace D'Souza of the Marathas. Goan fame in the Indian Army must have attained a unique moment in the 1965 battle for Chinese occupied Sikkim when all three vital high altitude mountain passes to Gangtok the capital on the ancient Silk Road were all commanded by Goans - Lt Gen Stanley Menezes (later Vice-Chief), Maj Gen Sidney Pinto and Maj Gen Eustace D'Souza. Like the Goan identity, those exploits which make all Goans proud, will soon disappear since educated, intelligent and brave Goan men no longer look at careers in the Armed Forces, finding the lure of higher salaries in the private sector irresistible instead. But happily, what has been written in an army's annals can never be erased or forgotten. =
[Goanet] Equal status
There is lot of discrimination in our churches when it comes to catholics, believers and other non christians. It is necessary for a priest to announce in the church openly that those who have not received baptism should not go for communion ? what is the priest trying to boast ? Once my friend and I went to believer's prayer meeting. my friend was called by her parish priest and threatned that any death taking place they will not burry the body in the cementrty. why are they black mailing ? is it because they have a fear that they may loose their followers ? Those who are roaming with dark glares on their eyes refrain from answering this mail others if logically sense prevails will try to debate
[Goanet] A note fot..
A note fot.. as in Lot fot (Lotat/Loot korat ani dukhoiat (fontui marat) zoxxem soddean cholta mojea priy deshant (as in the entity Goa) + + As part of my relatively quiet, solo birthday (誕生日, Japanese, tanjoubi) celebration”…I am pruning (as in, chop, chop) my FB Friends list; and do understand what being busy means, as also the notions that we carry and hold about time, place and all the redolent metaphysics; so do feel free to send a request if you wish to reconnect. Oh, the realization, that life and friendship is better as a two way street! I have not always been the quick learner across the board as I mistakenly thought I was, besides also not being born into a shrewd east wind family--unlike the many whom I appreciate for their specific qualities. No wishes puhleeze. Sank you. Venantius J Pinto
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: How Much Gold Does a Goan Need? (Fatima M Noronha)
BOOK EXTRACT How Much Gold Does a Goan Need? By FATIMA M NORONHA fatimamnoro...@gmail.com THE GUN, if that is what it was, was held to my third thoracic vertebra. I did not have the curiosity to look round into the gunman's face. He may have noticed my heirloom earrings swinging rhythmically as I walked briskly ahead of him, but he made no attempt to snatch them. His attention was elsewhere. That is how you may yet see me, on very special occasions, sporting my grandmother Luisa's filigree earrings. Exquisitely worked gold chrysanthemum petals surround a tiny sapphire in the open flower which dangles an inch below the delicate bud on the lobe. Nowadays even my middle class friends and relations go in for diamonds and platinum and bank lockers, but a few decades ago we all believed in gold: gold with pearls, gold with cameos, gold with corals, gold with the ubiquitous green stone, gold toned down with silver and revved up with marcasite chips. Goans have always been particular about their jewellery. Workmanship counts for much more than the material. It is not as elsewhere in India, The dowry was three kilograms of gold. Thanks to the brilliant Marquis of Pombal, women in Goa inherit a share of family land, so gold is almost only decorative. In those days I was so fond of the metal that I carried my entire hoard of it on my only visit to my brother in California. Two delicate bracelets, the harp-shaped studs my musical Aunty Ninette gave me, my parents' gift of thick gypsy rings, Avòzinha's sapphire-punctuated danglers, all accompanied me around the Wild West. Twenty-two carat, wow! raved our American friends. Here it's all fourteen carat. Many of the women wanted to know more about my gypsy earrings with the embossed money plant round the edges. They asked about the traditions that produced such ornaments. They wanted to know how much such jewellery cost. How would I know? Gold was always a gift, its price unknown. Like a jet black dress, it was always classy, regardless of price. On weekends my brother drove me around the magical countryside or to a musical performance in San Francisco. During the week our lifestyle was austere. Since Des worked late at the lab, I used the Santa Clara County transit system and got to know Palo Alto and Stanford on my own. I admired the efficiency of the bus drivers who could count the fare as each passenger dropped coins into the transparent box, and hand out a ticket and a greeting without missing a beat. It was cold and sometimes scary walking home from the bus stop those winter evenings. My way led down a bright street lined with pretty houses and gardens, then over a humped bridge across a creek and suddenly along a darkened lane. Struggling students and petty criminals could afford the rents in those apartment blocks on our side of the creek. One evening it was so cold I wrapped my black cashmere shawl round my head and shoulders. A car followed me over the dark humped bridge. The brakes screeched. Ma'am! Ma'am! yelled a panicky voice. With that black thing over your head you can't be seen! I almost hit you! To think that I had carefully dressed all in black, considering it fashionable! Even so, that Saturday, when we went to the guitar concert, I wore my black ensemble again, including the new square-toed shoes -- like a prison warden's, a friend told me later. From the typewriter ribbon box which served for coffer, I took out the filigree earrings, although gypsy rings might have gone better with acoustic guitars. Our friend Annie wore a Dracula cape. Des wore the one jacket he owned. Our dandy cousin Ian was with us for the weekend and his red scarf was the only colourful touch to our foursome. Off we drove to San Francisco to see and hear Al di Meola, John McLaughlin and the newcomer Paco de Lucia who turned out to be the most impressive of the three. It was so chill and gusty when we came out of The Warfield Theatre that we ran along the three streets that separated us from the little silver Fiesta in the parking lot. Des was taken aback to find a window open. He quickly searched the car for ominous signs but, reassured that the music system and glove compartment were intact, he said, Thieves don't come in through an open window but through a double-locked door. Immediately all of us had thieves on our minds. That very afternoon the postman had seen a tall dark man in blue jeans -- I said howareyadoin' to someone of that description I met yesterday on our staircase, said Des, climbing out of the apartment manager's ground floor window. Being Indian, I never could understand the logic of American windows: even when closed they are all glass, not a single grille or bar to deter thieves.
[Goanet] Warning signs for UK immigrants
The UK Independence Party has made huge electoral gains and declared itself the official opposition - largely at the expense of the Tories - as Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to win back Conservative voters who had defected. With UKIP averaging 26% of the vote in county council polls, leader Nigel Farage said he was astonished by the party's breakthrough, and put it down to what he described as the total disconnect between the career politics of Westminster and ordinary people on the streets. UKIP is actually speaking the language of millions of ordinary voters, he told Sky News' Boulton Co programme. Speaking in his Oxfordshire constituency, Mr Cameron said he would work really hard to win back voters who switched support. The Conservative leader said all the mainstream political parties had major lessons to learn. David Cameron visiting Oxford University David Cameron has pledged to win back voters who switched support to UKIP For the Conservatives I understand why some people who have supported us before didn't support us again, they want us to do even more to work for hard-working people to sort out the issues they care about, he said. More to help with the cost of living, more to turn the economy round, more to get immigration down, to sort out the welfare system. They will be our focus, they are our focus, but we have got to do more. Asked if he stood by his fruitcakes attack on UKIP, Mr Cameron said: Well, look, it is no good insulting a political party that people have chosen to vote for. Of course they should be subject and they will be subject to proper scrutiny of their policies and their plans. -- Eugene
[Goanet] Rape accused MP denies allegations
Conservative MP Nigel Evans has denied allegations that he raped a man and sexually assaulted another. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons said he could not understand why the claims had been made by two people he considered his friends.he considered his friends. == eugene
