[Goanet] AN INDISCIPLINED CHIEF SECRETARY
Discipline is vital to the success of any administration but Chief Secretary Mr. B. Vijayan who is heading the bureaucracy in Goa is not leading by example. Mr. Vijayan who came to Goa in Nov 2010 completed his two year tenure way back but has just refused to move out of Goa despite his transfer order having been issued. After having sent repeated reminders asking Mr. Vijayan to swiftly shift to Arunachal Pradesh, the Union Home Ministry has now reportedly issued him a show cause notice for having failed to comply with the directives. My spy camera in the corridors of power has revealed that Mr. Vijayan who is due to retire in Sept next year is now contemplating taking VRS and is eyeing the post of State Chief Information Commissioner which will enable him make Goa his retirement nest for the next five years. Mr. Vijayan may succeed in this mission as he has obligingly been bending and bowing down to all the dictates of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar by signing on the dotted line Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Alexander's Ragtime Band - Dixieland Crackerjacks - YouTube
Your weekend musical entertainment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvXQ6MBh_2s
[Goanet] Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, three other Indians on Forbes’ philanthropy list - Mumbai Mirror
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/news/india/Kiran-Mazumdar-Shaw-three-other-Indians-on-Forbes-philanthropy-list/articleshow/20358088.cms
[Goanet] Mumbai's Dharavi slum industries thrive - Channel NewsAsia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mumbai-s-dharavi-slum-industries-thrive/684002.html
[Goanet] Kuwait Tiatristanchem Bhirem Toair zalea dakhounk |Tiatristanchi Moladik Kala 2
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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
Xavier Cugat - Always In My Heart my Mom's fav. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOt_c-J_BdQ -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Kishwar Desai on Lancelot Ribeiro
Eugene Correiahttps://www.facebook.com/eugene.correia.3?hc_location=stream Given below is the last two paras of a column by Kishwar Desai, author of Sea of Innocence, based on the Scarlett murder case in Goa, in an Indian newspaper today. She touches on Lancelot Rebeiro's work. Lancelot was half-brother of Francis Newton D'Souza, the acclaimed Goan painter/writer. Even in the UK we are wondering whether the easy access to pornography on the Internet could be one of the reasons? B ut let's move on to more pleasant things. We attended a wonderful restrospective of artist Lance Robeiro, J.N. Souza's brother at the resplendent Asia House. And what an amazing exhibition it was. It was obvious that the artist deserved much more recognition during his lifetime than he had ever got. His daughter Marsha Rebeiro had put the exhibition together with the tireless Betty Yao, who is also a member of the Pan Asian Women's Association. Rebeiro was born in Bombay, but in his early paintings the jewellike colours of the churches and houses belong obviously to his original Goan heritage. Even more interesting was the fact that he had painted in so many different styles in his lifetime that it looked almost like the exhibition was of four or five different artists and not just a single one. Now one hopes that Rebiero's work will return to India, especially to Goa. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have these paintings hung -however briefly -in the home and the place where he was born? Eugene
[Goanet] Son'varachim Sungttam: Sorkar ani Porza
SON’VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: SORKAR ANI PORZA - Jose Salvador Fernandes Gõy Vidhan Sobhechi fattli vinchnnuk 2012 vorsa zali. Motdaramni, Kongres Pokxa kodde Gõy rajya khatir vavrunk ani raj cholounk favo te tankiche ani kopxieche monis nam te polleun, tea pokxak panch vorsancho visov dilo. Bharotiya Janata Pokxak (BJP) sodrier haddlo. Fattlea vorsantlea Mars mhoineant. Mhonnche, ek voros tin mhoineacho - pondra mhoine - kall sorlo. Hea pondra mhoineamni, BJP sorkaran Gõy rajyache udorgoti khatir kitem melloylem, zoddlem ani xarti pavoylem tem konnak khobor nam. Svota BJP-kui tachi mahiti asa zalear khobor nam. Gõy rajyacheo vinchnnuko lagim pavta-pavta BJP jairatintlean aplo jahirnamo porgott kortalo. Kongres ani vinchnnuk loddovpi her-ui pokx oxem korpant fattim nasle.Tea jahirnameamni, motdarank bhulounk, fulounk vo potrank posunk zalear khobor nam, aplea pokxak sodrier haddlo zalear, pokx motdaram khatir oxem-toxem kortolo mhonn pott’tiddken ani kinvanttean jahir kortale. Vinchnnukam uprant, zo pokx sodrier ailo, ani jea pokxak atam pondra mhoineancho kall bhorlo, tea pokxan hea pondra mhoineachea kallant apnnem rajyache gadier bosun rajya khatir kitem melloylem, zoddlem ani xarti pavoylem tem, tea pokxan motdarank adlech pott’tiddken ani kinvanttean, jairatintlean sangunk zai aslem. Punn sangpachem nanch zalear anik kitem sangtele? Punn fattlea vorsa BJP sorkar Gõyche sodrier yet porian tem az meren, hea sorkarak khuinchech vatten tharo naslolea porim disun ailam. Poilo prosn upraslo – mullavea xikxonnachem madeom. Tache fattafatt, prosn manddun dovorlolea bhaxen, bekaideachea minacho prosn udelo ani minacheo khonddi bond poddleo. Sorkari tizorimni yevpi yennavoll bond zali. Hea, aplea hata bhair aslolea prosnachi sorkar azun-ui khoros kaddta. Anik khubxea prosnam modem atam uprasla Mopa vimantollacho prosn. Fattlea satolleant Mandoviche nodint ubi zalole M V Casino (Horseplay) botticho prosn uprsala. Mhonnche, BJP sorkar Gõyant he khepek sodrier yet porian, hea sorkarak prosnacher prosnak fuddo korunk poddlam, ani tacho porinnam’ rajyache udorgoticher zala hantum matui dubav nam. Toxem polleunk gelear, her rayjamni prosn asonant oxem nhoi. Astat. Thoddeanche prosn suttoytat, thoddeanche suttun suttonant. Anik kaim zonnanche prosn-prosn sutt’ta-sutt’ta okosmat anik kitem addkholl ubi zata, ani tem sogllem lambter poddta, ani te-te poristhiti promannem padd-ui poddta. Gõycho BJP sorkar fattle pondra mhoine sot’ter asot porian je tache mukhar prosn ube zaleat, te sorkara kodde suttounk zaunk nant. Fuddarak zatole vo nam ti-ui khobor nam. Punn ek mat khorem: sorkaran motdarancher vinchnnuke adim visvas dakoylolo to, atam sodrier yetoch dakounk nam. Dekunuch khubxea prosnamni sorkarak modli nhoi, punn poll-vatt kaddchi poddlea, ani taka lagun Gõyant sodrier aslolo sorkar ‘amcho sorkar’ vo nam tem lok chintunk poddla. Rajyachi udorgot zatoli zalear, sorkara ani vinchun kaddlolea motdaram modim divop-ghevop aschem poddlem. Aichi poristhiti niyall’lear, sorkar apnnak vinchun diloleam koddchean fokot gheta, punn aple vattenchem tankam dinam oxem dista. Dekik: Sod’deak Mopa vimantollacho prosn ubo zala. Porza mhonnta MOPA vimantoll naka. Sorkar mhonnta, nam hanv kortanch! Hanga sorkar aplech porje kodde ‘temam’ khellta kai dista. Oxe torechim ‘temam’ khellche bodlek sorkaran porjechim motam ugtea monan aikololim zalear, Mopa vimantolla vixim aichi ji poristhiti nirmann zalea, ti ghoddie zaunchi nasli. Karonn, apnnem nivddun dilolo sorkar aplea dastiank ani prosnank kan dinam tednam porza rostear denvta. ‘Goans for Dabolim Only’ hi te poristhitichi ugti dekh asa. Sorkar ho porje khatir asta. Dekun, lokxayent porza aplea khatir aslolea porim khuincho-i sorkar vagta tednam, to sorkar rajyache sodrier asun-ui porje mukhar khala poddta. Porza magir taka sodanch tirpe nodren polleta. Tannem suchoylolea yevzonnank virod korta. Taka aplea monantlo bhair ghalta. Sorkar aslo-i sarko, naslo-i sarko uloyta ani vagta. Osli poristhiti khuincheach rajyacher, ani khas korun Gõy rajyacher uprsachi nhoi mhonn opekxa ballgum-ya. . .
Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year
Kill the Jew is part of the historical anti Jewish tirade of Christianity. The practice was observed in Goa on 23rd of June, i.e. on the eve of the Feast of St.John the Baptist. The date is significant and relates to the imprisonment and beheading of St.John the Baptist by King Herod of the Jews. Kill the Jew is reprisal for the slaying of St.John the Baptist ! On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com wrote: Eric, I think there is an inadvertant miss' infra, as our jc would say... Should'nt it rather be 'mar'. 'Mhar' is a cobbler or bamboo-worker by profession which, lamentably, places the group as untouchable---casteless; Whereas, 'mar' is (to) kill; 'mar zudev/zudev mar' thus rendering it as kill (the) Jew. Although casteless, there was never any bitterness/animosity vs the shoe- or baset- makers, in Goa, unless, woebegone, one of them dared enter a Hindu brahmin house through the front door, enter a Hindu temple by whichever door or even cross the shadow of a H. brahmin, however tainted the later may be... Oh...I forgot, if the poor devil dared use a village well...he/mostly, she was done for. Chacha...trying to impress (a bit) on his knowledge of 'castology'. Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 22:58:05 -0700 From: ericpin...@yahoo.com To: joego...@yahoo.co.uk; goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year Kill the Jew ! The practice is banned. Israel had issued a formal protest to the Foreign Ministry several years ago. The government in Goa then responded.eric. On the 23rd June every year, a day before Sao Joao, we also celebrated 'mhar' or 'zudev', an old man made up of straw (with pant, shirt, shoes, hat etc) sitted on a chair, we carried him house to house where we used these pidde to hit or strike the ground saying 'Mhar re, Zud re, ku, ku, ku'. This was a tradition in salcette, don't know it's significance though (Zudev also mean Judev).
Re: [Goanet] Coconut
Hey Mervyn, Your description of Barbados sounds like a mixture of old Zanzibar, Goa and heaven.my question :--is it an expensive tourist trap like any of the other Carribean islands or is it affordable to a middle class person like myself? For one thing it is closer than the rather long 20 hour air journey to Goa and the irritation of a visa visit to the Indian consulate in TO !! - Original Message - From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Coconut Bosco D wrote: Josenotwithstanding this thread leading you and our buddies Mervyn Rico to be flown by Captain Tobias Wilcox on Coconut Airways flight 372 to Bridgetown, Barbados [1], your below comment reminded me of a quote attributed to Steve Jobs aka the Gamechanger: A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them [2] Bosco, 1) If there is a place in the Caribbean that is almost like Goa, it has got to be Barbados. a) For starters, its flag has Poseidon's Trident on it. b) Its fish market - Oistens - has almost the same variety of seafood as the Panjim fish market. More importantly, there are women there who buy the catch as soon as the fishing boats come in, deep fry the same and serve it with a sauce made of bonnet peppers, lime, garlic and coriander with a side order of fried breadfruit. The result is close to heaven. c) Believe it or not, the sea around the island is infested with flying fish. The way you go fishing in Barbados is by renting a dory. When you get to the fishing grounds, the captain instructs you to stand up in the dory carrying a large cardboard panel. Sooner or later you will see a 16 inch flying fish get out of the water i.e. 150 yards away and fly straight towards you. All you have to do is make sure the flying fish hits your cardboard and falls into the boat. The only fish more tasty than a flying fish is Kingfish and Bangares. d) The state of the art cricket stadium there is named after Gary Sobers. e) Almost forgot, the rum, well, if I mention that, the nation will be overwhelmed with tourists and probably lose its charm. As for 2) Well my favourite Apple joke is about the actress Gwyneth Paltrow. She named her first child Apple. A comedian then remarked that if she had a second child, she would have a pair. Mervyn
[Goanet] Some Panjim City news in Pics
This time of the year, waves are behaving badly http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8865932188/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8865927706/in/photostream/ We will not stay off the shore, not even a day during the fishing ban period Says the fishing canoe owners http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8853113398/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8865923002/in/photostream/ New temple spotted at compal grounds, river bank http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8883516506/in/photostream/ city Rain Clouds over doorsdarshan tower http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8892055346/in/photostream/ Can you see the rain? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8864904882/in/photostream/ Designer shopping in the city Allen Solly VanHeusen http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8866005412/in/photostream/ Deltin Casino making the news http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8913581290/in/photostream View from Verem side http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8852437149/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8852488201/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8842346374/in/photostream/ Casino junctions http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8853097662/in/photostream/ Fish drying on footpath http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim9/8865343313/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim9/8865957314/ Miramar road mega project ? – next to Riomar Hotel DB Road http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8762136388/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8762149902/in/photostream/ Another? Very next to Hotel Solmar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8762156052/in/photostream/ Black out at Miramar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8865308795/in/photostream/ Dixtt – Keni DB Road Evil eye suno gaur se Duniya walon buri nazar na humpe dalo chahe jitna zor lagalo sabse aage honge hindustaani http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8762144020/in/photostream/ Jetty Extension, Renovation work http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8871057406/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8871069092/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8870468693/in/photostream/ multi-level Parking http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8870480111/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8871097146/in/photostream/ Under the new Patto-bridge http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8871103936/in/photostream/ At CoP – Captain of Port Jetty http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8871110320/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8722549389/in/photostream/ video - Jetty renovation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMi_uRCkfyc Panjim beef stalls closed http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/8731702242/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/8731700792/in/photostream/ Almeida’s wine stores, Panjim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8642080350/in/photostream/ Tisrio bulk sale on DB road http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8912974213/in/photostream she is upto something http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8912980789/in/photostream/ Who cut this city tree? unsolved mystery http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8904060943/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8891122138/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
[Goanet] Of trees, plants, fruits..
Who cut this city tree? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8904060943/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8891122138/in/photostream Figs, anjir, Rumddam http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8891106258/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8890492203/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8853065690/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8852443287/in/photostream/ the tree grown on the wall http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8853076436/in/photostream/ Mankurad mangoes Rs.800 per doz May 27, 2013, Panjim Market http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8853092098/in/photostream/ Your next choice is Mangilar Rs. 300 now http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8853084186/in/photostream/ On’nos http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8751763990/in/photostream/ coconut tree http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8751770288/in/photostream/ Raw mangoes on a tree at night http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8774162562/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8769363571/in/photostream/ ambeak ek Piklolo ambo http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8806270060/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8795684129/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/8795698945/in/photostream/ a dwarf caju / Kaz http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8750547685/in/photostream/ Normal caju apple http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8751672360/in/photostream/ Musarat Mangoes http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8750562267/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8751686784/in/photostream/ Mango tree but with different leaves http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8752434167/in/photostream/ Totapuri Mangoes http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk72/8818011250/in/photostream/ jackfruit bulbs http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/8736668611/in/photostream/ Mango slices http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8723348100/in/photostream/ Zamllam http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/879625/in/photostream/ Ghonttam http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8723350526/in/photostream/ Carrot dos http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8722232177/in/photostream/ Tree with tie shape pods http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8723642144/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8723644142/in/photostream/ A Tree roots, shoots http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk70/8665843949/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
[Goanet] Educational complex at Navelim
Birth of Higher secondary school at Navelim The little known genesis of Higher Secondary school at Navelim has to be said . A ;private party had applied for opening of Higher secondary school at Navelim The party had no administrative expertise , educational background or infrastructural background The DSE was not even aware of this move nor was it contemplating its presence and much desired foothold in South Goa. I was heading the Secondary school at that relevant time .The then Director of Education Mr S.V.Kurade in his goodness, interests and foresight asked me to carry this message personally to the authorities for an immediate response, failing which the request was in all likely hood would be considered. It was not incumbent upon him to sound the DSE. Accordingly I met the then Ex Officio Chairman of DSE and conveyed the message. The rest is history. It will be seen , as aforementioned, how the Higher Secondary School at Navelim came into existence and not with any particular regional considerations, as expounded vociferously to day. The final decison was of DSE and Fr Rober Vaz only with all good intention but without any consultations and approvals. .The presence of DSE in the South was a much felt need to meet the Educational requirements, opportunities of the students of the surrounding areas,not specifically of the concerned area in particular. The student strength for all these years has been drawn from all over surrounding areas. for its survival. There was never difficulty ofgetting admission for those who sought. It would be academically interesting to know , how many students from Navelim patronised the place in the past years, as a new twist is given under political pressure of appeasement. Fortunately to day, as the result of the first step, the edifice has grown into a full fledged college and Navelim can be justifiable be proud. and reap the benefits. It is the Govt of Goa, which incurs major expenditure and pays rent for the premises and other infrastructural facilities. With the increase in pass percentages and uncertainty of near closing of popular facility at Margao, the pressure to secure admission is real .There must be a sufficient cut off percentage to join Science stream and to be able to cope up with. When the demands are high those obtaining higher marks stand a better chance on merit without discrimination and favouritism .Why in the past there was no clamour to join the institute at Navelim ? Are those who scored high percentages from Navelim seek admission at Navelim as the first preference or are they those, who are refused even an admission form elsewhere? The St Xaviers College at Mumbai in sixties had a policy of reserved quota for catholic students , who could not compete on merit with the very high scores of other students. The admission was however on merit basis of the Catholic students seeking admissions and not as a matter of enforceable right. This was Constitutionally, legally permissible \as the college enjoyed minority status . Such a criteria can be put in place . Goa Govt has a policy of geographical limits for high schools, but it is not fair to deny talented students the choice of Educational Institutions The credit of opening the Higher Secondary School at Navelim, legitimately goes to DSE ,as the founders . I am rather sceptical about any employee claiming, assuming the credit as the founder. Suffice it to say, one can at the best have the honour, privilege of being the first Head and responsible for laying good foundations to stabilise the Institute The Manager Fr Robert Vaz assured and extended full support to provide all the infrastructural necessities and without whom the starting of this facility would at best remain a dream unfulfilled The DSE could not force unilateral decision without his positive and active cooperation Nelson Lopes Chinchinim Click here to Repl
Re: [Goanet] [GOAN-NRI] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year
Hey Joe, Amge mhar Dabolincho Tumge mhar Mopacho Ku re ku Atta-kitti zata Petti chavi katta Amkam kitem potta Ku ku ku
[Goanet] Was there any tea plantation in Goa during colonial times?
- Forwarded Message - From: alan machado Tea needs an elevated and cool region and so is grown in some places on the inland slopes of the western ghats- Kelagur and a few other estates- very limited unlike coffee. Goa does not have this climate though I read some where of some wild coffee bushes- perhaps some experiment Further inland to the south east you get the higher Nilgiri mountains where tea is grown extensively. Then you go to the Himalayas- Assam and Darjeeling. That's it for India Alan Machado Thanks to Frederick Noronha. --- On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:51 AM, William Robert Da Silva wrote: There was once a D(eputy) C(ommissioner), Mangalore, in undivided South Kanara, a researcher in his own right while in bureaucratic harness. His name: H. L. Nagegawda. He translated as many as possible European travellers' -logue into Kannada in many volumes, called 'Pravaasi kann'da Indiaa.' You have material there on Coffee and Tea as discussed by travellers. He also wrote a monograph, Bet'ttadinda bat'ttalige (From Ghat to Glas), the story of divine elixir, kavveh of the Ethiopeans; and chai of Chinese (this latter partly). Later he turned to folklore and established a Folklore Museum, singlehanded. It is worth a visit. In Western ghats, besides Nilgiris, there is Kelaguru and Meguru; Kellaruuruu Matthias's cultivated tea; I have visited and passed days in their estate, celebrating Eucharist in their private chapel, in 1970s. I have also seen the Tea picking, Two leaves and a bud'; the process of various types of tea, until the 'dust tea' is left - famous in south India, cooked with milk, ginger, etc. and drunk. It is not merely boiled but cooked! This tea is called KeLgur Tea.' William -- Forwarded message -- From: Mário Moura Dear My name is Mário Moura, I am a PHD History sudent, I was born, raised and live in Azores, Saint Michael's Island, Portugal as I am completing a seminar on tea production and exportation in the ancient colonial portuguese empire, I wonder if you know if tea has been grown in Goa or elsewhere? Mário Moura __._,_.___ . __,_._,___
Re: [Goanet] Unrest Eternally !
Venantius, I have often seemed puzzled in my mind as to how cremation of an entire body with the solid wooden casket only amounts to a small canister (urn) of ashes. I phoned a couple of funeral parlours in my area who directed me to the crematorium operators to answer my queries. Their answers seem to dodge my question. as to whether the body was removed and the casket resold ( recycled) ?.maybe you could illuminate me - Original Message - From: Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Unrest Eternally ! Hi Mervyn, Now you make very good points. Interesting story on TStrange. Language is very interesting in where a thought points us to. I read this joke recently: A duck goes into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says: Can it put it on your bill. The tidal pool anecdote is really interesting, and STRANGE. The funky bit to my mind (and perhaps yours too) is the relationship of the two to each other, conflated with the tidal pool, undertow and all. Lord this is a riot. Good one. Good idea of the brass band. My brother got a brass band for my Dads funeral. The sad part was that they all looked horribly sad. I did a book on Dads funeral. And imagine that my parents had a ten piece band at their wedding. Anyway, if I was at the funeral then for sure I would have yelled at the people to snap out of it. Thanks for the clarification about Niagara. I am also very please that you did not misconstrue my exhortation to damn your ashes. Thank you. + venantius j pinto Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 16:51:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Unrest Eternally ! Mervyn wrote: VJP, Till this very day, if you are Catholic and you conk off in Toronto and nobody comes to claim your body, Catholic Charities will bury you for free - with all the last rites. I am not sure if the cremation approval started when they started running out of space at paupers graveyards in Europe, but that is my guess. Catholic Charities here have a whole set of lawyers and they will even bury family members together when requested.? This leads me to the story of a lawyer named Thomas Strange who was shopping for a tombstone. After he had made his selection, the stone-cutter asked him what inscription he would like on it.?Here lies Thomas Strange, an honest man and a lawyer, responded our lawyer.?Sorry, but I can't do that, replied the stone-cutter. In this province, it's against the law to bury two people in the same grave, and the authorities would be confused. However, I could put 'Here lies an honest lawyer.'? But that won't let people know who it is protested the lawyer.? Sure they will, replied the stone-cutter. Everyone who reads it will think, 'That's Strange!' -x- The request that conformed into my idea of strange, however, was when I attended a ceremony where the ashes of someone and his mother-in-law were dropped into the same tidal pool.? ? As for cremation, during the process the water component of the body gets vaporized. This condenses and can later fall as rain on someone who is riding his motor-bike home. In my mind, the only better farewell scenario is to have a brass band, with happy musicians, swinging you slowly down the streets of New Orleans. This, I agree, is the height of pretentiousness. Niagara Falls is far more cheaper for my last dispatch. I am also?assured?that some of the participants will next go to one of the casino's there?to enjoy those living moments.? Mervyn PS. Gabe, rest assured that it is perfectly legal to scatter ashes into the Niagara Falls.?
[Goanet] How will this affect Goa?
One notices the tangential but very shifty machinations of the political hacks and hacktivists Some who were very active when the BJP was in minority in Goa and CCP, had numerous political posts which suddenly stopped and converted to sports when BJP majority was obtained in both. Now that the BJP is in minority in the CCP, surely the political posts will resume. Some who were hammering the so called 'Kangress' suddenly have turned their attention to folks like Aires Rodrigues. And then, there were the honest and well meaning 'believers' among professionals who are shocked at 180 degrees that 2013 brought about. Wonder why they are shocked. Did they not know what politics is all about? Nothing personal guys ...just Politics. Let's not have any hard feelings about such minutia. It does not really affect you on foren where you live! So what about the big prize ie the Centre? After calling Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh all kinds of names, they had kind of relented a wee bit. Their Bhangarocho Bhurgo was going to lead them to Operation Vijay 2 in Karnataka aka the State where it had become cool to physically beat up Adult Women who wanted to have a drink in a pub or hold the hands of someone they loved. Nobody from those quarters raised any voice of protest agianst the Moral Policing or of the BJP corruptiondid they? 2013 came and the Women beaters (but Porn fans) got the red card. Oh dear oh dear! They NOW have their eyes focused on the Centre. Their Bhangarocho Bhurgo is facing many stumbling blocks. The main one from the Foot Traveler himself. The one and only one who started it all for them. Ah well AND what of the Congress or Kangress as 'they' like to call it? From my vantage point: A veritable 'tumulto' e 'confusão' is in store. Not very sure HOW it will affect Goa, but affect it will. jc TOI June 1, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/EkDonTeen-1 GWALIOR: Barely two weeks after he embarrassed BJP by saying the party lost Karnataka due to opportunistic politics, L K Advani sought to run down Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi suggesting his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chauhan deserves more credit. Advani reiterated his argument that Chauhan's achievements rank higher as he is the CM of a bimaru (laggard) state, while Modi only improved economically well-off Gujarat. He only made it a better state, Advani said, referring to Modi. Addressing party workers here on Saturday, Advani went a step ahead comparing Chauhan to Vajpayee, discovering a common trait in the CM's humble manner that he said is reminiscent of the saffron patriarch.
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[Goanet] SUNDAY SPECIAL: Konkani music... from two other continents
I DON'T QUITE recall when this reached me, but the date on the cassette cover says 18.11.[20]10. That must have been the time when Mervyn Maciel spoke at the Goa Book Club in Panjim. After lying around on my paper-cluttered desk for a long while, Ricky gave a clue when he mentioned that the Margao Electronics would be able to convert the aging cassette into a digital file. Taking the chance, I did drop it over. Mervyn Maciel, one of the singers on the Jock Sequeira-led initiative, was thrilled when I surprised him with the link. * See cassette cover: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8917181432/sizes/l/in/photostream/ *** Listen to music: https://archive.org/details/suk-ani-duk *** Other mostly Goa recordings: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 * Suk Anim Dukh (Joy and Sorrow) calls itself 'Songs of Goan Life'. There's a photo of the singers on its cover, shot in either East Africa or probably the UK. This gives hint of this initiative -- an attempt to keep Konkani alive among the diaspora community, notwithstanding challenges of distance, language loss, and what not. The lyrics are by Jock Sequeira, and vocalists are Jock himself, Sibila Pinto and Mervyn Maciel. Musicians are Adolfo Saldanha (violin), Alfredo Figueiredo (Portuguese guitar), Denzyl Sequeira (guitar) and Derrick Sequeira (keyboards). By email, Mervyn shared with me that this cassette was done some 20 years ago (a few months before Jock's death). He wrote: He was suffering from cancer and we wanted to 'hasten' the making of this tape. You will notice his voice is not very clear; otherwise he had a wonderful and powerful voice. It was recorded in Jock's home in Wimbledon with the help of his two sons (Denzyl Derrick). There was no proper sound-proofing, and the like. The musicians were our local Goans.Jock was a multi-talented man who did his B.A.B.T. from St. Xavier's in Bombay. Was a prolific writer too both in English and Konkani. Good friend of Lucio Rodrigues and and many others, as Mervyn explained. He went on to say: The songs produced on this cassette were originally struck as 78[RPM] records by HMV in Bombay. We don't have any of the records and had to do most of the recording from memory. Jock moved to Kenya in 1946 and taught in various schools in Mombasa. Was much liked for his oratory and interest in encouraging debating societies/elocution etc. He rose to become EducationOfficer in Kenya and later moved to England where he taught for many years in London schools. He passed away in December 1993. Jock happens to be Mervyn's cousin. Unfortunately, while converting the recording, some of the songs seem to have got skipped from the cassette. Commented Mervyn: Wish we can get all the songs uploaded, especially those about my Dad's death at sea and the others about caste, etc. Also, Jock's farewell to Goa in that song, Vetam, vetam, vetam.Sorry to have set you extra homework, Fred. Anyway, let me try on my next trip to Margao... And if anyone would like to share old Goa-centric resources (music, photographs) with others online, please get in touch and we'll see what best can be done... While on this point, if you have any images or inputs for a write-up on Ahmadi Goans (in Kuwait), please get in touch with aerogirl123@hotmail.comwho is collating information on the subject currently. Any help will be acknowledged. *** Listen to music: https://archive.org/details/suk-ani-duk *** -- 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
Re: [Goanet] Coconut
On May 30, 2013, at 6:29 PM, joe lobo jl...@rogers.com wrote: :--is it an expensive tourist trap like any of the other Carribean islands or is it affordable to a middle class person like myself? For one thing it is closer than the rather long 20 hour air journey to Goa and the irritation of a visa visit to the Indian consulate in TO !! COMMENT: For what it is worth: As one who has been there on Uni work, my impression is as follows: 1: boring 2: expensive 3: cost of accommodation matches neither the quality of the room nor the service 4: beaches of average quality 5: minimum five hour air journey from Eastern seaboard feels like 20 hours 6: waste of time. 7: the working desis I encountered all wanted to know if I could find a job for them out west of them. 8: a walk on the Board Walk indicates hotels 'in tears' ...pun intended. The reasons why after a few trips, I said No Thank you To any more even though they were expenses-paid. True, that I too live close to the beach etc ...but you are right about the rest of the trap bit. If you really wish a quality holiday in these parts: Not inexpensive - Direct Flights Couples ( Jamaica) Sandals ( Bahamas) and Punta Cana (DR), The Cove -Atlantis (Bahamas) or Iberostar Laguna Azul (Cuba) best jc
Re: [Goanet] Unrest Eternally !
Dear Joe, Its jadugiri at least in the West. Things vanish, and are tied to the kind of service one pays for. There are more ashes than the bhik they give back to family. The UTakers will dodge this question. But nothing should stop them from saying that since the urns are normally small that is what people get unless asked for. It also simplifies the process for them for sure. Two instances: In India: I attended Aaji Ajgaonkar' cremation in Chembur. None of her four grandkids from one side were married, and they were fine with me attending it. I stayed there for a long time, and there were more ashes. In the US: I attended my friends mothers cremation and saw the entire casket being put in the furnace at a cemetery in Queens (maybe in Brooklyn). I have no clue what happens if one is not in attendance at the cremation. I am not sure whether you are in India, but some cemeteries in the US have a furnace. C and his wife were down there in the furnace room. I was at cemetery level at a window looking down. The undertaker's man (a freelancer) and a cop--I believe permitted me to watch since he was happy that I knew his role, etc., and all the other cop stuff. Another story for my real old age. Casket or not they still got some ashes, but here is the caveat is I believe you get the amount of ashes based on the urn you purchase in a few days upon visiting the undertaker. Now there could be a law stating that one cannot take home an hando (or say bucket) of ashes. But observe the business side of it: one gets the amount of ashes that fill the urn (not vorn, to make batkht!). Excuse my funkiness. Now, unlike the Japanese and course in India to--in the US one is not part of gathering the ashes of ones own; but possible I would think where there are fewer cremations and smaller places. Considering all the shit with Arthur Andersen, Enron and a slew of other gootmalgiri/ lootmargiri (its all the same mindset) --shortcuts; one simply cannot say whether ones ashes are not mixed with someone elses! Avois, kit munta tum. Voi ge maim mornant to pommerian zalo! The remainder of the ashes must simply be waste or whatever. If there is money to be made, then based on the above--someone is making it (even if it be pennies). Also, people here although they may not say it (if they are even aware), prefer a small urn (certainly sounds better that its synonyms). Now suddenly ones gets into symbolism and the handful of ashes stands for the whole. Avois, a hologram of the mind! Less is More: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Less is a Bore: David Smith In Japan they go picking up small bone fragments and the y-bone. There then tend to bury the ashes in a family grave, although people scatter them to the winds more and more. It is also normal to distribute ashes to various locations: home, company, family grave, etc. See, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_funeral Best. Btw, you made my day in that--I can share this kind of stuff and move on to a project that fell off the table. venantius j pinto Message: 5 Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 21:52:23 -0400 From:joe lobo jl...@rogers.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Unrest Eternally ! Venantius, I have often seemed puzzled in my mind as to how cremation of an entire body with the solid wooden casket only amounts to a small canister (urn) of ashes. I phoned a couple of funeral parlours in my area who directed me to the crematorium operators to answer my queries. Their answers seem to dodge my question. as to whether the body was removed and the casket resold ( recycled) ?.maybe you could illuminate me
Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year
Dear Radharao, Very interesting. Would you know whether or not this ritual was brought on from the time of the Inquisition. Or originated perhaps by an over zealous prelate/ a zealot. Is Judeo/v also also employed to disambiguate (at least in the past) to suggest something else. : ) And yet Goan daughters are named Salome. Have not come yet across a Herodias. venantius j pinto Message: 9 Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 16:03:32 +0530 From: radharao gracias graciasradha...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year Kill the Jew is part of the historical anti Jewish tirade of Christianity. The practice was observed in Goa on 23rd of June, i.e. on the eve of the Feast of St.John the Baptist. The date is significant and relates to the imprisonment and beheading of St.John the Baptist by King Herod of the Jews. Kill the Jew is reprisal for the slaying of St.John the Baptist !
Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year
From: radharao gracias Kill the Jew is part of the historical anti Jewish tirade of Christianity. The practice was observed in Goa on 23rd of June, i.e. on the eve of the Feast of St. John the Baptist. Response: Headline: India cancels 'antisemitic' festival Source: The Jerusalem Post. 12 July 1995 Text: The Indian government has withdrawn funding from the Christian celebration of Judeo, a local custom which has antisemitic overtones. Judeo is traditionally celebrated on June 23 every year. But the Clube Nationale in Panaji, Goa, didn't mark the event this year. Club president Francisco Martins said that several Goan citizens had protested against the celebrations. While pointing out that most people were unaware that the festival was antisemitic, Martins said: We feel this is a positive step as we do not have anything against the Jews. Judeo's origins go back to Portugal's 450 years of colonial rule over Goa. On the eve of the feast of John the Baptist, a procession would consign a straw-and-cloth effigy to a bonfire amid cheers. Local political sources speculate that India's decision is due to the recent normalization of ties with Israel. === On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com wrote: Eric, I think there is an inadvertant miss' infra, as our jc would say... Should'nt it rather be 'mar'. 'Mhar' is a cobbler or bamboo-worker by profession which, lamentably, places the group as untouchable---casteless; Whereas, 'mar' is (to) kill; 'mar zudev/zudev mar' thus rendering it as kill (the) Jew. Although casteless, there was never any bitterness/animosity vs the shoe- or baset- makers, in Goa, unless, woebegone, one of them dared enter a Hindu brahmin house through the front door, enter a Hindu temple by whichever door or even cross the shadow of a H. brahmin, however tainted the later may be... Oh...I forgot, if the poor devil dared use a village well...he/mostly, she was done for. Chacha...trying to impress (a bit) on his knowledge of 'castology'. Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 22:58:05 -0700 From: ericpin...@yahoo.com To: joego...@yahoo.co.uk; goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year Kill the Jew ! The practice is banned. Israel had issued a formal protest to the Foreign Ministry several years ago. The government in Goa then responded.eric. On the 23rd June every year, a day before Sao Joao, we also celebrated 'mhar' or 'zudev', an old man made up of straw (with pant, shirt, shoes, hat etc) sitted on a chair, we carried him house to house where we used these pidde to hit or strike the ground saying 'Mhar re, Zud re, ku, ku, ku'. This was a tradition in salcette, don't know it's significance though (Zudev also mean Judev).
Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year
Amgem mhar Dabolecho Tumgem mhar Mopacho Ku re ku From: radharao gracias graciasradha...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year Kill the Jew is part of the historical anti Jewish tirade of Christianity. The practice was observed in Goa on 23rd of June, i.e. on the eve of the Feast of St.John the Baptist. The date is significant and relates to the imprisonment and beheading of St.John the Baptist by King Herod of the Jews. Kill the Jew is reprisal for the slaying of St.John the Baptist !
Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year
The strong possibility to consider is that fallen apostle Judas Iscariot (Jud), who was a Jew (Judeo Dhormacho). Jude, Judah, Judas all come from the same root). Now if Mar Judeo came before the Inquisition in Goa (1560/61-1774) then in all probability the ritual Mar Judev(o) got compounded with the latter. It could go the other way too. But then one may be able to possibly find the date the ritual began in Church or Confraeria records. Could it also be that Jud/ev is/was also an euphemism in Konkanim. Then there are these phrases to think upon: Mar Jud, Mar Judev. Mhar Judev In the above placement, its as though the aggression builds up! Something seems to be missing. See: Mar Judevak, Mhar Judevak, Mar Judevank... Another conflation could be the Mar with Mhar (Mahar), and I would not be shocked if there is more to this. Many of our festivals albeit less obviously so, now are collaborative, so this rituals could have had similar antecedents, to mean participatory. It may have something to do with Jews, Inquisition, and Judases; while also something learnt under the banner of the Inquisition. My Grand uncle was Padre, Alvaro Lodovico Figueiredo (missionar: Karwar, Dharvar, Parish Priest of Raibandar, on radio, etc). He breathed his last at the Clergy Home in Porvorim. I am not speculating across the board but talking from my faint memory / what I heard as a child in Batim. I had a frightening memory until I was felled. But thats a another story. NOTEs: There were two Judas' among the twelve. The other was Thaddeus/Jude/Judas (patron of Hopeless causes/ ses) and a son of James. Then there is a third Judas, but nothing to do with the twelve, and encountered at a later time. venantius j pinto Message: 1 Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 21:10:24 +0200 From: Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com To: Eric Pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com, Joe GoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk, GOANET Lists goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tradition of Mhar or Zudev celebration on 23rd June every year Eric, I think there is an inadvertant miss' infra, as our jc would say... Should'nt it rather be 'mar'. 'Mhar' is a cobbler or bamboo-worker by profession which, lamentably, places the group as untouchable---casteless; Whereas, 'mar' is (to) kill; 'mar zudev/zudev mar' thus rendering it as kill (the) Jew. Although casteless, there was never any bitterness/animosity vs the shoe- or baset- makers, in Goa, unless, woebegone, one of them dared enter a Hindu brahmin house through the front door, enter a Hindu temple by whichever door or even cross the shadow of a H. brahmin, however tainted the later may be... Oh...I forgot, if the poor devil dared use a village well...he/mostly, she was done for. Chacha...trying to impress (a bit) on his knowledge of 'castology'.
[Goanet] Goa news for June 2, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** 120 jail inmates suffer food poisoning in Goa - Times of India Probe-ordered-into-Goa-prison-food-poisoning-.htmlProbe ordered into Goa prison food poisoning http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFylyR9WebWu10WcPP9uWM9VAGyswurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/120-jail-inmates-suffer-food-poisoning-in-Goa/articleshow/20366034.cms *** Services beats Goa in Hockey India Senior Men National Championship - The Hindu in their first league match of Pool C played at Shiv Chattrapati Sports Complex in Pune on Saturday. Services scored through Siraju AP (7, 13, 25, 26, 32, 61 min), Ved Prakash (16, 69 min), ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEquJnHVdUXuL1jLPKMMMgSHArFSwurl=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/services-beats-goa-in-hockey-india-senior-men-national-championship/article4772525.ece *** IPL spot-fixing: Goa, Assam Cricket Associations urge N Srinivasan to quit - Daily News Analysis ixing scandal. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEjDB4n5uUISpDgRNQC0ebWgav8Swurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/1841435/report-ipl-spot-fixing-goa-assam-cricket-associations-urge-n-srinivasan-to-quit *** Goa govt to seek CBI's help to crack Vasco rape case - Daily News Analysis ear-old girl inside a school toilet in January. The investigations have hit a dead wall as the case could not be solved, state Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHSaTHNOd-3UllRxbglqSbuhVS2MAurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1841368/report-goa-govt-to-seek-cbi-s-help-to-crack-vasco-rape-case *** Goa higher secondary schools to hike intake capacity - Zee News HeQBPMned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHtp60oW--HiES4Zb8SL4pxzDLu3Qurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-higher-secondary-schools-to-hike-intake-capacity_852246.html *** NIT-Goa to come up at Cuncolim - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Land spanning from Cuncolim to Balli has been identified by the Goa government for setting up a National institute of technology (NIT) in the state, said sources. On Friday, after Union minister for human resources development M M Pallam Raju ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHWpI57IOwWlrFEG65hMdeun7XQlwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NIT-Goa-to-come-up-at-Cuncolim/articleshow/20387798.cms *** Heavy rains lash most parts of Goa - Times of India CnjMned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH4KeVak3nPG3pFw6C5Sc1qIKQe4gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Heavy-rains-lash-most-parts-of-Goa/articleshow/20378445.cms *** The Goa Dossier: Ghats Of Perdition - Outlook athed beaches, colourfully shacked and tourist-speckled. Happy, prosperous Goa, where everything seems to be nice. And it's the state with the highest per capita GDP to boot. But wait, there's another Goa too, its emerald greenery raked away ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFQC6g5DsWTKnAXFMTw1Um_SI215gurl=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?285769 *** 'Monsoon may hit Goa before June 7' - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Most parts of the state received heavy rainfall on Saturday morning and if all goes well, the onset of the southwest monsoon over Goa may be a couple of days earlier than as expected on June 7. The monsoon advanced over Kerala on June 1 and ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFKubWzQhR97P0kj2omYJooOY6fxAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Monsoon-may-hit-Goa-before-June-7/articleshow/20387841.cms *** Goa travel and tourism MBA draws students from Karnataka - Times of India 4. With a booming ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEJ2u9BtRbe-XbSIJMXAgaTuBgP7Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-travel-and-tourism-MBA-draws-students-from-Karnataka/articleshow/20365220.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Coconut
joe lobo wrote: Your description of Barbados sounds like a mixture of old Zanzibar, Goa and heaven.my question :--is it an expensive tourist trap like any of the other Carribean islands or is it affordable to a middle class person like myself? For one thing it is closer than the rather long 20 hour air journey to Goa and the irritation of a visa visit to the Indian consulate in TO !! Juju, Obtaining a visa for India in Toronto is not an irritation. The process, to me, is the height of frustration. I have never been able to obtain one without at least three visits to the office. I check on the website for every requirement and yet, when I get there, there is another new requirement that has not been updated on their website. Secondly, they do not accept debit cards, credit cards or cash. The consulate demands a money order or postal order as payment. The guy I buy samosa's from, on the street corner, accepts a debit card payment for six samosa's or $4.50. After you satisfy the Indian consulate with all the documents they require, they tell you to return a day later to collect the visa i.e. one has to take two days or more off work just to get an Indian visa. Only the very adamant traveller will agree to such treatment. The rest, and especially the more affluent, will simply pick another country for their vacation. As far as Barbadoes is concerned, they have free and compulsory education till grade 12 and almost 100% literacy. Their transparency index or level of corruption is as good or better than Canada's. Some of the beaches there have pink coloured sand. Barbadoes does not come cheap. The costs of shooting a wild boar in Barbadoes - left behind by the Portuguese - is far more than the cost of shooting a Dik Dik in Tanzania. I will agree though that wild boar tastes much better. As for the most value for your dollar, my choice is Cuba. Old town Havana is more than reminiscent of Zanzibar. More importantly, there are no loud US vacationers there. The natives are real friendly although they are becoming more commercial every year. http://www.flickr.com/photos/45002663@N00/sets/72157633867406564/ Mervyn1650
[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Priest, Author, Scholar, Scold (obituary, Andrew M Greeley, 85) (NYT)
Andrew M. Greeley, 1928-2013 Priest, Author, Scholar, Scold By PETER STEINFELS Andrew M. Greeley, the Roman Catholic priest and writer whose outpouring of sociological research, contemporary theology, sexually frank novels and newspaper columns challenged reigning assumptions about American Catholicism, was found dead on Thursday morning at his home in Chicago. He was 85 Exuberantly combative, he could be scathing about the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops; at one point he described them as “morally, intellectually and religiously bankrupt.” If the church wanted “to salvage American Catholicism,” he wrote, it would be well advised to retire “a considerable number of mitered birdbrains.” But he could be equally critical of secular intellectuals, whom he accused of being prejudiced against religion, and reform-minded Catholics, who he said had a weakness for political or cultural fads. He wrote more than 120 books, many published by university presses, and countless articles about Catholic theology in both sociological journals and general-interest magazines, often incorporating the latest scholarship. He wrote op-ed pieces and syndicated columns in both religious and secular publications In fact, most of the priests in his novels were virtuous, wise and hard-working. The big sex scenes were generally reserved for married couples rediscovering the redemptive healing of passion after trials and estrangement... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/us/andrew-m-greeley-outspoken-priest-dies-at-85.html?pagewanted=all_r=0 FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org
