[Goanet] ANTI CORRUPTION BRANCH SEEKS TO CLOSE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FORMER DoP SHOBHA DHUMASKAR
As expected, buckling to political pressure, the Anti Corruption branch (ACB) has now sought to close the cheating case that was registered on 24thApril last year against Goa’s former controversial Director of Prosecution Shobha Dhumaskar. The Government has apparently come to the rescue of Shobha Dhumaskar in gratitude for her helping ruling politicians last year. It may be recalled that Shobha Dhumaskar had on 29th May last year issued a circular directing all APPs and PPs to withdraw criminal cases pending against politicians. Accordingly criminal cases pending against some current Ministers and MLAs including Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly Mr. Rajendra Arlekar were swiftly withdrawn. After taking over a year to investigate the case, the ACB has now while seeking to close the corruption case against Shobha Dhumaskar informed the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act that though the case against Shobha Dhumaskar was partly true the evidence was weak to charge sheet Mrs. Dhumaskar. This case only confirms that the ACB has become a caged parrot of the political bosses. Judge Anuja Prabhudesai of the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act will now have to decide whether to direct the ACB to file the charge sheet against Shobha Dhumaskar or allow the case to be closed. On March 22nd this year, a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice R.P. Sondurbaldota had given the ACB six weeks to complete the probe against Shobha Dhumaskar. The Court directions came after it was submitted that though the F.I.R of cheating was registered against Shobha Dhumaskar on April 24th last year, that the ACB under political pressure was dragging its feet in the investigation. Despite an F.I.R of cheating and corruption registered against Shobha Dhumaskar, the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar instead of suspending her had high-handedly given her two extensions in service along with a hefty pay hike, apparently to get her to withdraw criminal cases pending against ruling party politicians. The F.I.R was registered against Shobha Dhumaskar on the directions of the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The F.I.R was registered against Shobha Dhumaskar under Sections 420, 474 of the Indian Penal Code and also Section 13 (1) (d) (i) (ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The complaint against Shobha Dhumaskar pertains to a 76 sq mts flat at ‘Mutual Apartments’, at Panaji leased by her in a manner showing undue favoritism and causing loss to the State exchequer. Documents revealed that Shobha Dhumaskar went out of the way to lease that flat without issuing a public advertisement. The then Director of Prosecution had taken the flat on a five year lease for an initial rent of Rs 30, 000/- a month with an annual rent hike of 10% every year, despite the PWD stating that rent is revised only every five years. The premises taken on lease was a residential flat with no permission given to use the premises for any other purpose, while Shobha Dhumaskar misled the Government that the flat was an office premises. It may be recalled that the then Director of Prosecution Shobha Dhumaskar had also in a very controversial legal opinion given on 22nd Feb 2010 opined that the son of Goa’s then IGP Mr. K.D Singh should not be charge sheeted in an accident case and that the case be closed as it would be difficult to prove the case in Court. On 4th December 2009 Mr. Siddharth Singh, the former IGP’s son while driving his father’s official vehicle to a night club at Vasco, crashed the vehicle while also damaging two electricity poles. The repair of that damaged Toyota Innova itself cost the State exchequer Rs 4, 33, 200. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] My future in people's hands - Churchill - goacom.com
My future in hands of people: ChurchillPublished on Friday, 17 May 2013 11:04 Saying that he has left his political future in the hands of the people, former PWD minister Churchill Alemao on Thursday said that he would soon come out to oppose Mopa.The proposed airport at Mopa would spell doom for Goa and its economy, he said.He was addressing his supporters and workers at his birthday-cum-I League championship celebrations at the Blasco Executive, Navelim on Thursday which was attended by a host of political leaders including former chief minister Ravi Naik, MLAs Vijai Sardesai and Reginaldo Lourneco, UGDP leader Radharao Gracias, Babu Azgaonkar, Bishuth Themudo, Adv Mike Mehta and others.Referring to the request made by UGDP leader Radharao Gracias and Fr Erodiano Fernandes to take the initiative to oppose the Mopa airport, Churchill said, “I will come out with my people to oppose Mopa. The proposed airport would spell doom for Goa. Lakhs of people will be on the streets if Mopa becomes a reality. Two airports cannot co-exist in a small state like Goa,” he asserted amidst applause from his supporters.“I am indebted to my people for having reposed their faith in me. I am encouraged that all of you have remained with me. I will make a comeback in politics only if the people want. My people will decide whether I should return to politics (or not),” he said.While raising the host in honour of Churchill, Fr Erodiano Fernandes urged him to take up the airport issue, saying it was he who had laid the foundation for the movement against the proposed airport. “Let us all unitedly under the leadership of Churchill oppose Mopa airport. Churchihll will also get support from the people,” Fr Fernandes said.In his address, Radharao Gracias called upon Churchill to take up the airport issue, saying that those who are agitating against the airport are the very same people who had campaigned for the BJP and Alina. “It is high time that we don’t allow ourselves to be fooled. I have a strong feeling that those who are now agitating against Mopa are the front men of the BJP, who are out to split the secular votes in the coming Lok Sabha polls,” he said, adding that the airport issue was a political one hence and should be fought by the politicians.Earlier in the day, Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo along with his wife took part in the Eucharistic celebrations at the Varca Church on the occasion of Churchill’s birthday
[Goanet] Fw: Sergey Brin and Larry Page: The genesis of Google | Video on TED.com
Subject: Sergey Brin and Larry Page: The genesis of Google | Video on TED.com http://www.ted.com/talks/sergey_brin_and_larry_page_on_google.html
[Goanet] BBC News - Breast cancer: What is the risk?
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[Goanet] Goa's young radicals (The Goan; May 18)
The Goan View from Afar - Constantino Xavier http://www.thegoan.net/View-From-Afar/The-young-radicals/Column-Post/00220.html May 18, 2013 Ten or twenty years ago, “anti-India” feelings in Goa would be restricted to a marginal and minority group of people. Mostly elderly “armchair activists”, they were either simply ignored or accused of harboring resent for the 1961 liberation and a nostalgia for the “good old times” under the Portuguese colonial regime. Those few that then denounced uncontrolled immigration from the rest of the country, surging crime rates, environmental degradation, or the collapse of a truly civil society, were immediately labeled as “pro-Portuguese” – which, by default also meant “anti-Indian” – and also as reactionaries unable to come to terms with the undeniable economic progress Goa has experienced in the last five decades. There is no doubt that many older Goans nurture a deep resentment against what happened in 1961. I have written before that India’s military action offered Goa a valuable negative liberty from the oppression of a colonial and fascist regime in Lisbon, but, at the same time, that annexation through conquest also denied Goans the agency to conquer their positive liberty, for example by freely deciding their political fate within or without either Portugal or India. What is new today, however, is how this resentment is growing well beyond a tiny declining group of elderly Goans. The many Goa groups on Facebook offer a good sample of these voices. There you will find comments that may not be overtly ant-Indian, but often extremist in their denunciation of non-Goan tourists and immigrants who visit or settle in the state – “ghantis” and “bhingtas”. The trendiest phrase around seems to be to describe Goa as India’s “colony” which reflects these youth’s dangerous ignorance about the true history and nature of colonialism. This sentiment is also fueling demands for special status, mainly under the umbrella of the Goa Movement for Special Status. Just ten years ago, people would laugh at that idea, then made by only a handful of anonymous activists. Today, it is the rallying cry of all major parties. Similarly, while opposition to the new (second) international airport at Mopa, in the extreme North of the state dates back several years, it is now succeeding in galvanizing the public against the Navy, which controls the originally civilian Dabolim airport since 1962 and is thus being pressured to move to INS Kadamba in Karwar. All this indicates unprecedented levels of mobiliaation among Goan youth, which are adopting more radical causes and slogans that, only a few years ago, were absolutely unthinkable. When, in 2007, at the height of the Save Goa movement, I met a young Goan who professed his “hatred” against India and called Goa his “only motherland” I thought of him as a curious and rare exception – a “radical”. I am no longer sure he is that much of a loner today. Often the root of such discontent is a very specific issue, however small or complex: lack of professional and education opportunities; illegal land conversion and environmental degradation; the rise in urban slums for immigrants; the surge in violent crime and insecurity associated to gangs; the beach belt colonized by Russians and foreign mafias; the unruly social and sexual behavior of drunk Indian tourists on the beaches and narrow roads; or maybe even a small, personal experience of alienation – simply because, as Samuel Huntington reminded us, “for peoples seeking identity and reinventing ethnicity, enemies are essential”. As these young Goans struggle with their identity in a society undergoing rapid and massive transformation, many will not resist the temptation to create new enemies. It remains to be seen to what extent democratic politics and civil society will be able to respond to this extreme discontent. As an outside observer, I can only monitor these trends – and confess my worries at the alarming radicalisation of a cross-section of young Goans, independent of their caste, class and religion. Xenophobia, bigotry and violence have only rarely found fertile ground in a Goa that for centuries has been a cosmopolitan and liberal melting pot for different cultures and identities. So it must continue. http://www.thegoan.net/View-From-Afar/The-young-radicals/Column-Post/00220.html
[Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans (The Conclusion) - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
Roland Francis: Gulf Goans (The Conclusion) - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter, 19 May 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk The entry into Bahrain seems to have been the proverbial opening of the floodgates for Goans in India to work and eventually settle abroad via the small states of the Persian Gulf. Although there was a trickle even before Bahrain that flowed to the other emirates specifically Dubai and Kuwait, it was Bahrain that proved to be the milestone and the watershed for the Goan community. It was the sixties and seventies. There was not enough economic activity in India to sustain the growing population and to provide jobs for the legions of young men and women making their exits from secondary schools and higher education. Oil that was discovered in the Arabian Peninsula thirty to fifty years before, was slowly bearing fruit. Construction in the desert cities was the first to create demand for employment along with the oilfield and drilling industry with finance and banking not far behind. What better opportunity for educated Indians who the Arabs favored since they were hard working, non-political and non-trouble makers. Among the Indians just as the British had, the Arabs preferred Goans. They were westernized, the job seekers were mostly Christian (people of the Book), and they were the perfect means to build businesses that were raring to go with all that spare money flowing into the local economies from oil exports. The British too who were no longer the masters of that region but to whom the Arabs still looked up to as demi-Gods, naturally themselves looked to Goans as their underlings and for their office staff. A Bombay bank worker whose pay on the high side was about Rs 500 per month, now could suddenly expect 8 to 10 times that salary if he secured a Gulf position. The word spread and soon Gulf recruiters were reaching out to Goa through their existing Goan network. Some Goans in key positions saw an opportunity to help their village folk and it became common in some villages for every idle boy to find a job in their sponsors company. This was especially fortuitous for the folk back in Goa and Bombay since these were the bleakest years of the era where India had decided that they were not going to import a single item if the exporter was not willing to transfer sophisticated technology to help in Indian manufacture. Coupled with some other silly prohibitions like that of liquor and gold, the average Bombay resident would have killed to enjoy a carton of State Express 555 cigarettes, a 'Made in England' box of chocolates, a French perfume and of course the ubiquitous bottle of Johnnie Walker which was good as gold at a wedding reception. All this and more the Gulf Goan could bring back. It was Santa Claus coming home to please the relatives and as any Goan knows, there were many outstretched hands that needed to be filled. Such situations were not without their own humor. New houses got built, the Goan economy stimulated, progress commenced. All on the dime of the Gulf Goan remittance. The mines were in operation of course but on a low key since Japan and the rest of the world didn't care for Goa's poor grade ore and China was still in its manufacturing infancy. What the Portuguese didn't possess to drive the market, Arab oil now did. The fact that later on money would flow, albeit not in the right places or the right areas is all due to the corruption that India festers in. Gulf money was clean, Goans were hardworking but times were going to change mostly for the worse from then on. There would be more money coming Goa's way but it would not be clean and only a few would enjoy its ill-gotten fruit. =
[Goanet] patmar
My mother Ana Angela Joana (born Drago) from Anjuna, would oftten tell us as we sat at Morgim beach some 40/50 years ago watching the patmars passing by that their original name was pato marinho and was then shortened to patmar as it was easy for people. Apparently her father owned 2/3 of these.
[Goanet] Son'varachim Sungttam: Khuim Ghel'lo Khuim Nam, Kitem Haddlem Kaim Nam...
‘KHUIM GEL’LO KHUIM NAM… KITEM HADDLEM KAIM NAM…’ - Jose Salvador Fernandes Krikettiche khellgoddi Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila ani Ankeet Chavan hankam Indian Premier League (IPL) hantum ‘spot-fixing’-a khatir sampddayle, ani krikett khellachea mogan pixe zalole ani vhanvun gelole khubxe bharoti matxe bhannar aile. Sabar zonnamni aplo rag ugtaylo. Aplea rajyantlo nanvosto khellgoddi mhonn Keroll rajyan Sreesanthak Keroll rajyachea sortinchea prochara khatir taka jahiraticher dakoylolo…. To-ui kaddun udoylo. Her desantlea dusreamni Bharotak lojechim bottan dakoylim! Toxem polleunk gelear, krikett khellachea mollar hem jem kitem ghoddlam tem novem nhoi. Hache poilim-i osleo kesi zaloleo asat… punn dusrea desantlea krikett khellgoddiam som’bondan… Atam tich kes Bharotant ghoddlea dekun itlo vhoddlo boball… Krikett khellachea mollar ghoddloli hi gozal mhollear bharoti lokacho ani desacho anik ek harso! Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila ani Ankeet Chavan hannim ‘spot-fixing’ korpachem dhaddos kiteak kelem? • Duddvanchi axea: Krikett khellant khellgoddiam khatir khub duddu ghollta…. Tea khellgoddiank khell jikhlear-ui duddu melltat ani khellant up-ostad zalear-ui duddu melltat. Tea bhair duddvanchea rupan her faide… her sovloti… mhonnche dudduch duddu…. he khatir, rajki mollar-ui duddu korunk sompeponn asa oxem chintun khubxe zonn vinchnnuko loddounk fuddem sortat toxe krikett khellant-ui khubxe zonn bhitor sorunk ravtat… khella vangddach duddvanchea mogan.. duddvanche axen…. Ani ekdam mon’xak duddvanchi axea zatoch, taka anik-ui duddu zai dista. Ani oxem disunk lagtoch anik-ui duddu add-vatten zomounk to add-vattenuch veta. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila ani Ankeet Chavan geleat toxe…. • Ontoskornacho Tallo: Khubxe zonn aplem jivit dhormacher, devacher adarun manddtat ani aplea jivitachi naka asloli xim’ hupunk vochonant. Punn anik-ui oso ek vorg asa, zo devak mandinam … punn ontoskornak mandta. Ontoskornacho tallo aikun to aplem jivit jiyeta. Aplem ontoskorn sangat dinam zalear, to teo-teo gozali korinam. Ontoskorna promannem aplem jivit jiyeunk taka konnachech porvangiechi goroz poddonam. Punn kaim zonnank tanchea jivitant dev-ui lagonam ani ontoskorn-ui lagonam. Ani oxe toreche monis jivitachi xim’ hupun monisponn denvoytat, moniskullak lojek ghaltat tosleo gozali adartat. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila ani Ankeet Chavan adarleat toxeo…. • Bhroxttachar: Don dis adim krikett khellachea mollar uzvadda ailole te lojek ghalpi ghoddnniek, mhojea motan lojecho bil’lo asunk favonam. Karonn, Bharotant je toren bhroxttacharachim veg-vegllim rupam asat, toslench hem-ui bhroxttacharachem ek rup. Mhonntoch, he ghoddnniek lagun bharoti nagrikamni aplea kallzak vhoddlo dhoko gheunchi matui goroz nam. Dusrea utramni, Bharotant bhorxttacharchim mullam-pallam khella moidanar legit patoll’leant hantum koslem ojap ani vichitrponn? Bharotachea khubxea, ani bhou korun bhouxik ani unchlea podar aslolea nagrikank ho bhroxttacharacho oso laglo asa. Zalear krikett mollar, unchlea panvddear pavlolea khellgoddiank-ui to laglo zalear tantum koslench noveponn nam oxem mhonnchem poddta. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila ani Ankeet Chavan hankam to bhroxttachar khub porno, novo nhoi… Mull borem aslear kandd borem asta mhonntat! Duddvanche axen ontoskornak pallo dinastanam bhroxttachar korop hi chal khubxea zonnamni apnnaylea…. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila ani Ankeet Chavanachi ti uzvadda ailea… veg-vegllea mollamveleanchi lipun asa… sampoddta to chor… nam sampoddnam zalear XXX todd mhonntat tosleo gozali heo. Heo gozali Bharotant itleo chalteo ani sodancheo zaleat, tankam atam orth urunk nam… gombirtay urunk nam… teo az ghoddtat… faleam choukoxe khatir lambnner poddtat… tea mhonnosor khubxim vorsam dhanvtat… ani teoch gozali porot ghoddtat… vegllea rupan.. vegllea mon’xam udorim… Zalear, ‘Spot-Fixing’-ache gozalik kiteak itlem mhotv diunk zai? Ani nagrikamni ti itli gombirtayen gheunk zai? ‘Khuim gel’lo khuim nam…kitem haddlem kaim nam’ mhonntat tosleo gozali heo! Jai ho Bharot!
[Goanet] Goa news for May 19, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Ford Ecosport: Look out, it's all go in Goa - New Zealand Herald he-ford-ecosport-with-ecoboost-1277941.htmlDriving the Ford EcoSport with 1.0L EcoBoost compact SUV in India http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHdnbFbbc59e6ryoQbfIOdBF1q8Rwurl=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news/article.cfm?c_id=9objectid=10884294 *** Double murder: Victims' daughter sexually abused, say Goa cops - Indian Express ear-old girl and her four-year-old brother were strangled and dumped along a ghat section on Goa-Karnataka border, but both survived. Their parents had been murdered before that. Osban Fernandes and Ramesh Bhagwe have been arrested for ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHQASdIjEFDsl4_ooNjSqXBR9iZhwurl=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/double-murder-victims-daughter-sexually-abused-say-goa-cops/1117579/ *** BO report: Gippi falls, Go Goa Gone balances - Hindustan Times oing audience its business dropped by a good 60 percent on weekdays. Go Goa Gone started slow ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHpCxGACbDhesJjGLW4KuQvpQzkvQurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/BO-report-Gippi-falls-Go-Goa-Gone-balances/Article1-1062172.aspx *** Ordinary start for AURANGZEB, GO GOA GONE collects 20 crore! - GlamSham nd), even during the weekdays, thus netting a creditable 20 crore (given the radically new genre) in its first week. Given the very reasonable 9-10 crore ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGX4PwdbChIOr0LWpmhMhiCu1oUEgurl=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/13/may/18-news-ordinary-start-for-aurangzeb-go-goa-gone-collects-20-crore-051302.asp *** Goa is India's only state where petrol is cheaper than diesel - Indiatvnews - indiatvnews.com vIMned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHKkk_X3_ZPMG_xSRDwwUB3E9hJfgurl=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/goa-is-india-s-only-state-where-petrol-is-cheaper-than-diesel-23042.html *** HIV-affected people in Goa get wake up call - Business Standard siness StandardThis novel scheme has been launched by Goa State AIDS Control Society (GSACS), a Government body, for the People Living With HIV (PLHIV), a national network of persons affected by the disease. GSACS has launched SMS alert service for the PLHIVs in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHkTfM_E-6A_44L1md7ufsM-Ac9fQurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hiv-affected-people-in-goa-get-wake-up-call-113051800176_1.html *** Goa govt mulls rail links to boost public transport - Times of India outh Konkan railway route is being considered by the state government to improve the public transport system. This connectivity is expected to feature ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGajxk1gD_wbbYTx5ad28hKhb12FAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-govt-mulls-rail-links-to-boost-public-transport/articleshow/20127998.cms *** Maharashtra bus operators to stop Goa operations - Herald Publications rald PublicationsBELGAUM: Snubbed by the Goa government, private bus operators in Mumbai, Pune and other parts of Maharashtra are almost certain to call off operations to Goa from Monday, to support the growing opposition to Goa's entry tax. The final decision to stop ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG8CpwCOzcg3AXI7i13WMH-4_Yh9wurl=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Maharashtra-bus-operators-to-stop-Goa-operations/74651.html *** Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles? - Firstpost June to do some serious business #148; brainstorm a winning formula ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEOxSqiug0UcwUHC6AGs-OhJU62RAurl=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/goa-meet-will-the-bjp-finally-find-a-way-out-of-its-troubles-794491.html *** No re-think on Mopa: Parrikar - Herald Publications rald PublicationsHe asserted that the government would insert a clause in the Request for Proposal (RFP) that Dabolim would always remain operational and promised to build four and six lane highways connecting North and South Goa within the next four years. Addressing ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEOnqq1RtzdstR-FrAaN-WiKKztZAurl=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/No-re-think-on-Mopa-Parrikar/74652.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Need help Konkanim
Spake Venantius: #1 Wynken, Blynken and Nod (names created from Wink, and Blink. Nod, we know) For the second and third I am leaning towards Zopko ani Zuko. Any ideas for Wynken? Dear Venantius, Doll'kuro, Jem'kuro, ani Gorm'ezzo are my offerings for the trio. There is no right and wrong here but just what sounds best and best fits the context. Doll'kuro etc are not so short and terse as Wink, Blink, and Nod but as far my feel for it goes zopko, zuko and whatever don't sound very nice unless you can come up with a brilliant third of the triad. What is needed in the circumstances are words which rhyme well as a triad even if they are not very terse. So it would be better to go in for alliteration in order to get the right trio. Ergo 'Doll'kuro, Jem'kuro, ani Gorm'ezzo' BTW: If you are translating something it would be good idea to offer the 'whole' and not just 'parts' as that would enable readers to get an idea of the context. I'm sure I've missed a post somewhere but I guess you have mentioned somewhere that you are translating: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Dutch Lullaby) *by Eugene Fieldhttp://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/menu.html (1850-1895)* Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe--- Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. Where are you going, and what do you wish? The old moon asked the three. We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we! Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod. The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea--- Now cast your nets wherever you wish--- Never afeard are we; So cried the stars to the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod. All night long their nets they threw To the stars in the twinkling foam--- Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, Bringing the fishermen home; 'T was all so pretty a sail it seemed As if it could not be, And some folks thought 't was a dream they 'd dreamed Of sailing that beautiful sea--- But I shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod. Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head, And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one's trundle-bed. So shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the misty sea, Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod. Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
Re: [Goanet] If cow slaughter is not banned in Kerala why is it banned in Goa?
Are you naive, pretending to be, or is this related to saying something and having your cake too? Dude, the assholes will be assholes. I could not care whether you guys eat beef, or buff (alo), or horse (ghodde khav), or ajgar, or ghorpad, or rand dukor or each other (happening proverbially, although cannibals do not eat their own); otr WHATEVER. I told someone today that I could get killed for saying some of the things I say. Having said that--someone go for it. I do come on and off. Send your best though. Better send them with those koitos. AKs are shortcuts. The ban has nothing to do with strategy. Its is simply tompunc. Keep stabbing, keep poking. It is a simmering hatred. As long as their own so called moderates do not say anything vociferously among one possibility, then something else had to rear itself. That reveals the paucity of our so-called civilization. Now anyone from Kosambi down can take me on, and I do not have anything against Kosambi. Point being try it. No point in keeping on being mennacho munis, On the other hand f*^ beef. One should be willing to chuck it. These are pathetic battles. Keep boycotting their koko meme, And as we said harshly AND which I will repeat on and off: Vadhuchya pho(!)*^%$# cho* firavnyachi krupa karavi. Screw this shit. Enough is enough. I am so glad I am not in India. Then we hear crap like: Ami bhivona. WE know that and thats fine. One is not stupid to imagine that. venantius j pinto Message: 2 Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 20:33:47 +0530 From: Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] If cow slaughter is not banned in Kerala why is it banned in Goa? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_slaughter_in_India
[Goanet] Inevitable Comparison.Undeniable Similarities!
The entire comparison and similarities of UPA II's Bharat Nirman and NDA's India Shining spines round two phrases: 1) Rose by any name smells the same; 2) History repeats itself. NDA initiated India Shining (IS); much before Lok Sabha polls were due, saying there is nothing political in it but a simple attempt to attract international investments! Then NDA went on to advance the election by few months and the rest is history. Similarly, UPA II initiated 'Bharat Nirman (BN) when elections are one year away calling it as an attempt to bring an appropriate perspective to the people about the UPA II government!! The NDA had hired leading ad agency Grey Worldwide to design India Shining campaign, while NDA roped in Bollywood's top names: Director Pradeep Sarkar and lyricist Javed Akhtar. India Shining campaign cost was funded entirely by the government. The initial costing for Bharat Nirman is initially pegged at Rs 185 crore and IB Ministry is bearing the cost! India Shining was an attempt to hard-sell the optimism of an economy on the upswing, while Bharat Nirman is an attempt to restore the feel good factor of the 9% growth story from UPA 1. In India Shining, 60-second Ad video boasted of the steps it had taken to boost the economy, stabilize prices, expand road and telecom networks, create health infrastructure and promote basic free education. India Nirman, makes all similar claims but prefers to add one more claim that of restoring social cohesion, a reference to 20 year old Godhra communal violence that took place in 2002. Bharat Nirman may not have the assertiveness of India Shining but the campaign is a pathetic attempt to sweep the controversies, corruptions, scandals of the past three years under the carpet!! A slick film direction and a lyrical jingle cannot erase the disgusting odor of various corruptions, scandals nor can make up for UPA II's non-performances. Makers and producers of Bharat Nirman appear to have forgotten the king makers - voters! Today, people are more than aware of soaring food prices and declining economy! People have realized that although the government has changed hands, the problems haven't changed!
[Goanet] GOACAN welcomes the Oil Companies decision to appoint 10 LPG distributors in the villages of Goa
--- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --- - GOACAN welcomes the Oil Companies decision to appoint 10 LPG distributors in the villages of Goa. - GOACAN welcomes the decision of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited to appoint 10 LPG distributors in the villages of Goa under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitrak (RGGLV) Scheme as it is the first step towards dismantling the present monopoly of the existing LPG distributors in Goa and also providing relief to the harassed LPG consumers. In a advertisement in the local newspapers dated 12th May the locations of Diwar, Chimbel, Anjuna, Arpora and Allorna covering the Talukas of Tiswadi, Bardez and Pernem in North Goa District and Velim, Quepem, Poinguinim, Dharbandora and Collem covering the Talukas of Salcete, Quepem, Canacona and Dharbandora in South Goa District have been announced. GOACAN is of the opinion that unless more LPG dealers are appointed in different parts of Goa the present problems of poor service and harassment of the consumers will continue unabated. It may be recalled that GOACAN had launched a sustained campaign from October 2012 through protest actions, letter petitions and delegations to the District Collectors Dy. Collectors to lobby for the appointment of new LPG distributorships under the marketing plan of the Oil Companies. GOACAN had also written to the Chief Minister Civil Supplies Minister of Goa, the Chairman Managing Directors of the three Petroleum Companies and three Members of Parliament from Goa seeking their intervention in the matter. The problems faced by the LPG consumers were then also highlighted discussed by MLAs from all political parties in the just concluded session of the Goa Legislative Assembly. Meanwhile GOACAN is awaiting the appointment of at least 10 more regular LPG distributors who will then cater to the city based consumers who are presently facing hardships due to the inability of some of the existing distributors to provide efficient service. **--** GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK --**--- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa --**-- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: goa...@gmail.com Visit:h**ttp://goacan.blogspot.com** **--**--- **
[Goanet] Hira Talkies, Bicholim Cine Radhakrishna, Sanquelim
Hira Talkies, Bicholim (under renovation) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8745427704/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8744306363/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8744307545/in/photostream/ Cine Radhakrishna, Sanquelim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/8742940961/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/8744059534/ more here http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.in/2013/03/cinema-houses-of-goa-old-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
Re: [Goanet] No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore
Bab Gabe, I feel we really missed the point. These are the rituals which will not benefit dead person nor his/her family. Biblically, prior to our death we have to surrender to Christ in order to be saved. About the second coming, Bible says For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: So let us concentrate on our salvation. God bless. - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:32 AM Subject: [Goanet] No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/us-singapore-burial-idUSBRE8AQ07M20121127 Comment: In goa it is three years in our Navelim grave then into a niche in the wall that too only the skull and some other bones deemed important. What is it in Aldona, Moira and other Bardez villages? Just before I arrived in Singapore in 1978 they had dug up a huge cemetery and built a huge housing estate - many were reluctant to buy there - now it is a forgotten story! Please read:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_cemeteries_in_Singapore -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] patmar
Thank you Gilda, thank you very much. I am collecting words from Portuguese that have embeded themselves into Concani, and such contributions help exceedingly. Hear all Ye, lovers of our AMCHI BHAS, and put in your bit. Thanks, Chacha, soon, may be, a Doutor em Concanim. Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 15:11:20 +0100 From: gildaan...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] patmar My mother Ana Angela Joana (born Drago) from Anjuna, would oftten tell us as we sat at Morgim beach some 40/50 years ago watching the patmars passing by that their original name was pato marinho and was then shortened to patmar as it was easy for people. Apparently her father owned 2/3 of these.
[Goanet] English?
I came across the enclosed item, where it says that the students started to learn English only in the last 4 years of their studies. I read somewhere that students who went private Telugu schools do much better than those who go to private English schools. Best regards, U. G. Barad. Destitute, orphan students outclass rest in Andhra Class 10 exams Author: Sreenivas Janyala Publication: The Indian Express Date: May 18, 2013 URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/destitute-orphan-students-outclass-rest-in -andhra-class-10-exams/1117439/ POOR, destitute and orphan students from the SC and ST community, studying in schools run by the Andhra Pradesh government's social welfare department, have performed extremely well in the SSC or class 10 exams this year, beating the general pass percentage and outperforming students tutored in expensive private coaching classes. Results for the 2012-13 academic year declared Friday showed that of the 14,019 students from the department's residential schools who appeared for the exams in March-April, 13,213 passed a staggering 94.25 per cent against the general pass average of 88 per cent. Of the 279 such schools in the state, 101 schools secured a 100 per cent pass result. According to the AP Social Welfare Residential Education Society which runs these schools, 273 students scored 9.5 to 10 out of 10 GPA or 595-600 marks out of 600. At least 20 per cent students got A2 grades, while 10 per cent got A1 grade. These students have created history this time... 273 students scoring 95 to 100 per cent is no mean achievement considering their family backgrounds and the fact that a majority of them took to English only four years ago, said Dr R S Praveen Kumar, secretary of the society. Eighty-seven per cent of the students studying in our schools belong to extremely poor SC families, the rest are from ST and other backward communities. Their parents are either manual labourers or daily-wagers.'' Kumar credited the success to the 'P5' programme introduced last year to turn around education in government schools in the state. This included training teachers better, using technology to teach, and organising lectures by native community and academic experts, he said.
[Goanet] Flash Mob at Miramar
Flash Mob at Miramar 19.5.13 at 5.38pm near footbridge / Opp Sharada mandir School PPS sponsored FLASHMOB in the city http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8754146150/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8753024735/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8754152270/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8754155192/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8754158014/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8754161120/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8754164040/in/photostream 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
