[Goanet-News] DEBATE: The Goan In Goa (Ferrao, Fernandes, Menezes Kanekar in Outlook)
Response: The Goan In Goa - Arvind Adiga further perpetuates the very narrowness he warns against in his portrayal of Francisco Luis Gomes, published recently in Outlook R. Benedito Ferrao, Jason Keith Fernandes, Dale Luis Menezes, and Amita Kanekar In his essay The Lusitanian in Hind, novelist Aravind Adiga strives to situate the 19th century Goan writer and politician Francisco Luis Gomes (1829-1869) as an Indian patriot while decrying how most Indians [have] not heard about Gomes, which, to Adiga, speaks more about the narrowness of our present conception of Indianness [...]. Yet, through his essay, Adiga further perpetuates the very narrowness he warns against. In trying to resuscitate national and nationalistic interest in Gomes, Adiga explores the possibility of the Goan polymath's canonicity solely within a prescriptive Indianness hemmed in by Brahmanical, masculinist, Anglo-centric, and ethnocentric preconceptions of what it means to be Indian. In Adiga's estimation, Gomes can only be made legible to the larger Indian imagination if, as a Goan of the Portuguese colonial era, he can be seen as adequately Indian based on elitist particularities of caste and other constricted views of proper national and historical belonging. While Adiga notes how Goa generally registers in popular Indian thought as a landscape of fun, he also pre-empts any discussion of the history of the region apart from modern India, and the impact of such historical regionality upon Gomes' own oeuvre. Instead, when citing Gomes as having written of himself that he was born in India, cradle of poetry, philosophy and history, today its tomb, Adiga rushes to correlate such sentiment with Gomes having penned those words in 1861 which, in turn, would make one suppose [naturally] enough that [the] author was a Bengali Hindu, writing either in Calcutta or London. However, as Adiga interjects, [Gomes] was a young Goan Catholic in Lisbon [...]. Clearly, Adiga endeavours to draw attention to the biases that exist in how perceptions of patriotism connote an Indianness circumscribed by location, coloniality, and religion. Nonetheless, rather than striking a contrast for deeper critical reflection on difference, Adiga's purpose is to collapse all distinction into nationalist similitude as if it were natural. And what is believed to be natural here is that Goa can be a known quantity precisely because there allegedly is no difference between it and British-colonised Hindu Bengal, which at once reveals what the historic, religious, ethnocentric, and colonial default of the nation is as Adiga predicates it in this ostensibly neutral reasoning. There is no denying that there were overlaps, and even collusions, between British and Portuguese colonialisms; but there were also marked differences. Although relegating it to a parenthetical aside, even Adiga must admit that [u]nlike Britain, Portugal gave its colonies the right of representation. This was an opportunity that was not available to the sub-continental subjects of the British Crown, not even to Dadabhai Naoroji who even while he may have been the first Asian in the British Parliament, was able to raise issues about British India only while representing a constituency in London. In contradistinction, it was from his position as a representative of Goa in the Portuguese parliament that Gomes sought to speak about the effects of colonialism on his Goan homeland and about India. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his book *Os Brahamanes*, or *The Brahmins*, written in Portuguese and published in Lisbon in 1866, making it one of Goa's, if not India's, first novels. What might Adiga do with other divergences in histories between the former British and Portuguese Empires in India? Not only was the latter a longer colonisation, witnessing radically different forms of inclusion and exclusion of the colonised, it also resulted in the decolonisation of Goa in 1961, much after British-occupied India. His essay can only sidestep the fraught history of India's democracy in which Goans were not allowed self-determination despite much evidence of efforts in that vein. This is itself a political trajectory within which one could arguably place Gomes' own polemical writing. In his haste to employ a one-nationalism-fits-all approach, Adiga's lauding of Gomes as a forgotten patriot occurs, furthermore, along the lines of an unquestioning maintenance of religious and other supremacies as the default of proper Indianness. One way the article effects this is by privileging narratives of upper caste loss. For instance, Adiga posits the
[Goanet-News] Goa news for September 10, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa set for Ganesh festivities - Herald Publications ay Ganesh Chaturthi with much gaiety and spiritual fervour from tomorrow. Installations of the Ganesha will begin from ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFcgV4Li89p0R4DvAsieszT_vQpDQurl=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-set-for-Ganesh-festivities/79254.html *** Why Goa is looking to go upmarket and banish Brits and backpackers - The Guardian ime state, the hedonistic hippy haven whose promises of sun, sand, cheap beer and drugs transformed it into a magnet for backpackers and budget tourists looking for an alternative to the Spanish costas. With the collapse of the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFnURC2aQuecg9QBwjy60tcNiQ9_gurl=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/goa-banish-brits-backpackers *** Ore exporters in Goa optimistic of retaining buyers - Economic Times decades ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFe1ZMjFwiMIhHP70glQDTRk7wjsQurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/ore-exporters-in-goa-optimistic-of-retaining-buyers/articleshow/22415727.cms *** Sesa Goa slumps; lock-in period ends after merger - Reuters India Shares in Sesa Goa Ltd(SESA.NS) fall as much as 5.9 percent as the lock-in period related to its merger with Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (STRL.NS) ended as of the close of trade on Thursday. That makes 2.09 billion shares in ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGLY_wEXwPmxE7yINhkGfJu-b43Gwurl=http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/06/market-eye-indias-sesa-goa-slumps-lock-i-idINDEE98502E20130906 *** Swissotel pulls out of Goa resort - Daily News Analysis ased hospitality chain, is pulling out of its five-star deluxe resort at Calangute in Goa within six months of launching the property. The hotel will be renamed and operated by the Bangalore-based asset owner, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHqf12xtSz1S9RIZLy9_quYlQazuwurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1886513/report-swissotel-pulls-out-of-goa-resort *** Organisers of Sunburn hawk early bird tickets - Herald Publications rald PublicationsOLD GOA: The Sunburn festival 2013 in Goa is yet to get approval from the state government, but that has not stopped organisers from announcing the sale of early bird tickets from September 11 for the event that takes place in December. While Tourism ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGq9Xq64HCfTfltw8p9lBER1ycyowurl=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Organisers-of-Sunburn-hawk-early-bird-tickets/79297.html *** Goa to achieve water self-sufficiency by 2015: JICA - Times of India yberMedia While the forecasted demand of water in Goa by 2025 is 593 MLD (million litres per day), the total capacity of the water treatment plants in Goa will become 599 MLD by 2015, said A M Wachasundar, project director of the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGUyPk8poPaBXcF1CmRi3_32Zn4qQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-achieve-water-self-sufficiency-by-2015-JICA/articleshow/22424257.cms *** Goa still struggles with PoP idols this Ganesh Chaturthi - Times of India mes of IndiaTraditional artisans are demanding that the government keep a check on 'murtikars' (idol makers) in Goa right from the time they start making idols till their final painting. 'The Goa handicrafts rural and small scale industries development corporation ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFgmjsPmLQ074ulDfOa8Xc3p-HA8Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-still-struggles-with-PoP-idols-this-Ganesh-Chaturthi/articleshow/22424327.cms *** Goa wins five IT-related awards - Times of India yberMedia research e-readiness assessment of Indian states 2013. An official press release by the department of information ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFQV8o5OQq01e00lu_bdDX-dgE7jwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-wins-five-IT-related-awards/articleshow/22424168.cms *** Goa blames BFI for mess - Times of India IBnoMned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEW-4qTG5tpLoZF6lsiKfMNJDWXkQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-blames-BFI-for-mess/articleshow/22384099.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
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NEW If you receive this more than once, please bear with me. I am understaffed and underpaid, that’s why. *September 9- 15, 2013* *Lion Roars – 22* *A cross to bear* Parrkar had fielded eight Catholics of the 24 he had given tickets to last Assembly. Also his deputy CM is a Catholic. But now he does not need them because he's ensconced in power. “We know just how much you love Catholics.” -Singer Lawry Travasso in the tiatr Apunn Apleak Dev Somestank. The DLC has also said that all the 25 unauthorised structures, which are not on the roadsides, have been recommended to be retained as some of them act as traffic islands while others do not obstruct traffic. The logic adopted here by the DLC here again does not make sense because it could be construed that someone could get away in the future with building a religious structure provided it also served as a traffic island. Read Full Story: http://www.goanspirit.com/index.php/lion-roars/lion-roars-2013/374-lion-roars-22 *The marina merry dance* In our column Lion Roars – 21 (Is the MPT chairman also Goa’s shadow tourism minister?) that appeared last week we wrote about how the Mormugao Port Trust Chairman P Mara Pandiyan was selectively leaking out information on the two proposed marinas in Goa. It now appears that there is more to it than that; there are more players or should we say stakeholders helped by an over-eager newspaper. Read Full Story: http://www.goanspirit.com/index.php/bits-bytes/375-the-marina-merry-dance *Mining malaise - 3* *Here comes the sun* On the anniversary of his completing one year in office, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar announced a financial package for the mining industry saying, “Don’t paint all those associated with mining with a black brush. There are at least 20 to 25 percent of mining dependent people who are desperate to just survive. We feel we should step in and help these people.” And that’s been his motto, swatting away criticism that he has been soft on the mining industry that was indicted in a Rs 35,000 crore (1 crore = 1,00,00,000) scam in a report by the M B Shah Commission in September 2012 that brought mining to a halt. To that end, Parrikar has moved heaven and earth to keep the industry happy while he hopes that the Supreme Court gives the green signal to start up mining, so politically for him and financially for the state (which lost a revenue of Rs 125 crore per month), it will be a win-win. Read Full Story: http://www.goanspirit.com/index.php/lead/377-mining-malaise-3 *Dabang Parrikar* Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar like most politicians does not like the media and he uses every opportunity to say so. But unlike most politicians who are afraid of the judiciary, Parrikar does not shy away, albeit foolishly, from taking potshots at them as well. It has rankled with him that the mining industry had to shut shop because of the judiciary and took away a sizeable chunk of his government’s revenue. Read Full Story: http://www.goanspirit.com/index.php/contact-us/letters/111-the-week-that-was/376-dabang-parrikar *Masterchef in teaching* For a long time, Rita Shinde (nee Peres) was consumed with a passion for cooking. But she was limited by her job with the Customs (she was an appraiser) because of time constraints. Two years ago, she decided to embrace her first love wholeheartedly and so she sought voluntary retirement and that’s how ‘Rita’s Gourmet’ was born. She proved that fondness for cooking can alter your perspective, give you the confidence to take the plunge and make you change your career mid-stream (she had worked for 20 years with the customs) and emerge still content. Read Full Story: http://www.goanspirit.com/index.php/travel/379-masterchef-in-teaching -- Lionel Messias Editor, *Goan Spirit*, *Goa's Spirited Online Weekly Magazine.* ** Website:www.goanspirit.com Worked for the best: Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, P.O. Cansaulim, Goa 403712 Tel: 0832-2884484 Mob:9822152164
[Goanet] Featured This Week: Darron Cookie Moore ~ In Your Presence Single Release
(https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-your-presence-single/id692973852) Featured This Week On The Jazz Network Worldwide: Bassist Darron “Cookie” Moore With His New Single “In Your Presence”. (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-your-presence-single/id692973852)Darron “Cookie” Moore is an instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and performer who is an accomplished contemporary jazz, gospel, RB-funk bassist. Having penned his new single “In Your Presence” Moore utilizes the targeted demographic of The Jazz Network Worldwide to support its launch to the musical marketplace. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Darron Cookie began his musical journey at the early age of twelve being reared listening to and being influenced by some of the greatest blues, RB and gospel artists in Motown and music. A significant part of his musical background stems from his studies at Grambling State University and Wayne State University. He considered himself a self-taught musician until he garnered the generous help of his bass teachers/mentors, Kerry Lacey and Lamont Johnson, who taught him music articulation inspiring Darron Cookie to produce and release his first solo project entitled Nothing Else To Say. “It feels awesome living my dream. I love being in a position to share my music with jazz and music lovers worldwide. I'm honored, to share this platform with such great artists. Looking forward to our future together, thanks to Jaijai and The Jazz Network Worldwide says Moore. Cookie has released four albums in his music catalogue to date: Nothing Else to Say (2002), Bass-is Loaded (2003), At Peace (2005) and A New Love (2010). All music from the aforementioned projects were written and arranged by Darron Cookie. His latest release “In Your Presence” is the first single and the title track off of his upcoming CD project. Moore claims that In Your Presence is bound to take his fans on a gratifying musical journey within. “The Jazz Network Worldwide is pleased to share in the promotion of Darron’s new release “In Your Presence”. He has a signature sound and heart for the music he pours into the music world. You can feel it in his playing and in the fervor and excitement he shares to have it be heard worldwide” says Jaijai Jackson, creator and owner of The Jazz Network Worldwide social network. Bassist Victor Wooten’s encouraging words to “Cookie” was “Keep doin’ what you ‘re doin’, you are on the right track” which inspired him to do just that. Darron Cookie has played for numerous concerts and churches in the Detroit Metropolitan and Indiana area. He is currently the bassist for Summit Ministries International and served as their Music Director from (2006-2007). His recent recordings were heard on Marvin Jordan's “Future X” project entitled Higher Ground (2012) and Summit Ministries International's Praise and Worship project, Going In, slated for release in the fall of 2013. Moore credits his unique sound to his sponsors/endorsers C. Henry Steel http://www.chenrysteel.com , Cookie Cottage http://www.cookiecottage.com and YAMAHA, Gallien Kruger, U.S. Music Corp., S.I.T Strings and Sound Technologies. Darron Cookie is a husband and father currently working on projects and playing locally in Fort Wayne, Indiana and regionally around the Indianapolis and Detroit area. You can stay connected to the latest updates from Darron Cookie Moore on Facebook CooknNation and also by following him on Twitter @CooknNation. For bookings, concerts, lessons, seminars, etc., please call 260.580.9370 or email dcook...@gmail.com. For bookings, concerts, lessons, seminars, etc., please call Darron “Cookie” Moore at 260-580-9370 or email dcook...@gmail.com (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSjy4PzoUCofeature=youtube_gdata_player) Click the image to watch a video of Darron Cookie Moore soloing on his bass. To learn more and purchase go to: (https://m.facebook.com/cooknnation) (https://twitter.com/CooknNation) (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-your-presence-single/id692973852) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00EQIW8XE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1378553530sr=8-1pi=AC_SX110_SY165) Visit THE JAZZ NETWORK WORLDWIDE A GREAT PLACE TO HANG at: http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on THE JAZZ NETWORK WORLDWIDE A GREAT PLACE TO HANG, or to opt-out, go to: http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/profiles/profile/emailSettings?xg_source=msg_mes_network
[Goanet] Matoli Bazar Panjim
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[Goanet] GOA HAS BECOME A CRIME HEAVEN
Law and order is key to the prosperity and well being of any society. A small state like Goa could have maintained its peace and tranquility but the current ground realities are a matter of great concern. With no corrective steps being taken we have almost reached a point of no return. Goa is sadly witnessing a total breakdown in the law and order situation. The spurt in the number of rapes, molestation and theft cases is a matter of grave concern. The number of murders and suicides are also escalating by the day. Today women and the young girls in particular are no longer safe on the streets. A lot of cases also go unreported for various reasons. Mostly because of people’s lack of trust and faith in the authorities. Sadly the fear of law is lacking. The buck stops at the door of the Chief Minister who has utterly failed as the Home Minister. May be the Home portfolio needs to be assigned to somebody more competent and capable in order to get the current messy Goa in order. While as Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar had consistently blamed then Home Minister Ravi Naik for the huge number of crimes. Who is to be blamed now, Mr. Chief Minister. Over the last 18 months the crime rate has been swelling with the situation having got from bad to worse. The crime rate bulge is no better even in the Panaji constituency which is represented by the Chief Minister himself. In the wee hours of yesterday morning four bikes, one belonging to our friend Vallabh Narvekar were set on fire in the heart of the city on Atmaram Borkar Road. There is outrage and despair all over on the deteriorating law and order. Time to act, Mr. Manohar Parrikar. Or else it may be Morya soon. Over to you, Mr. Vishnu Wagh. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] An Introduction to Bridge at Associação Académica de Moira
On Saturday, 14 September 2013 Participate in an intellectually stimulating activity *Bridge – the Greatest Card Game* Introduced by *Amaresh Deshpande* This introduction is suitable for kids (above 10 years) and adults. No prior knowledge of cards is required. It is well documented that playing Bridge helps children get considerably better at mathematics and for adults, it can be an intellectually stimulating social activity. Those interested in pursuing the game can then participate in a one-week workshop whose dates will be announced later.* * *Please bring your own pack of standard playing cards.* *Organized by ***Associação Académica de Moira.* **in association with ** Amaresh Deshpande * THERE ARE NO FEES FOR THIS SESSION. Sarpanch of Moira and President of A. A. De Moira, Mr Oswald Cordeiro will inaugurate the program. Those interested can send their names to Augusto Pinto - pintogoa@gmail.comor mobile 98221126350 or (0832) 2470336 or leave it with the caretaker at the Associação Académica de Moira. Please register by Thursday, 12 September 2013. Looking forward to seeing a bridge revolution start in Moira. Cheers -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
Re: [Goanet] DEFENCE FORCES SHOULD VACATE PANJIM
Thank you Stephen Dias for this press note. Hopefully, it will be published. GSRP was formed 13 years ago to do all those things that Goa's successive governments failed to do for Goa and Goans with MGP Party still dreaming about how to take Goa into Maharashtra. In fact, with the HC of Bombay at GOA giving a boot to Goan intellectuals and importing enmass Maharashtrians to work in GOA as also MOPA is what GSRP calls 'THE BACK DOOR MERGER OF GOA INTO MAHARASHTRA. Goa does not need MOPA and Goa urgently needs it's own HC at Goa. Slew of things to be done for GOA and GOANs, which things have been suppressed with the help of CHAMCHAS of Delhi in GOA since 1961 will get on stream once GSRP takes hold of the governance of Goa and only if GOANs realize how their own feet are cut under them by the invading and re-colonizing Lords from Delhi. It is like GOANs saying to their new MASTERS: WE WERE HUNGRY AND STARVED FOR 450 YEARS OF PORTUGUESE RULE IN GOA. NOW THAT YOU HAVE LIBERATED US FROM THAT HUNGER AND STARVATION, WE EXPECT OUR PLATES TO BE FULL SO THAT WE MAY EAT AND LIVE. BUT YOU HAVING DONE US THE FAVOUR OF THROWING OUT THE PORTUGUESE... WHOM BY THE WAY... YOU HAVE ALLOWED TO CREEP INTO GOA LIKE DOGS WITH THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS. THROUGH SIGNING THE 1974 CO-OPERATION TREATY..WE WILL DO WITH A QUARTER OF THE PLATE FULL , ONLY... FOR ONE .. BECAUSE WE ARE USED TO BEING STARVED ... AND FOR THE OTHER .. THAT YOU HAVE TO FEED ALL THOSE UNWANTED AND STARVING IN THE REST OF INDIA, WHO YOU HAVE DUMPED AND DUMPING INTO GOA BY THE HOARDES, AS WELL AS YOUR STARVING ARMED FORCES WHO NEED TO BE FED LIKE PIGS SO THAT THEY MAY ENJOY THEIR HOLIDAYS IN GOA. Furtado is a son of GOA. His late brother, Monte Xavier Furtado had big plans for him, having been the original founder of UGDP which was snatched from his hand and drubbed into the ground. Furtado needs to keep his elder brother's dreams alive. GSRP fully supports him in his endeavour to rid Panjim of the army boots without exception. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org Subject: [Goanet] DEFENCE FORCES SHOULD VACATE PANJIM ARMY BARRACKS TO BE SHUNTED OUT FROM PANJIM. It is heartening to note that Mayor Surendra Furtado is working hard towards freeing Panjim from the clutches of the Defence forces which have occupied prime civilian properties all around Panjim, thus harassing and inconveniencing the common man of Panjim through their intrusive behavior in the heart of the city. It is noteworthy that none of those in the past either Mayors from Municipal Corporation as well as from the Assembly did anything to relieve the acute congestion in the market area of Panjim. Even Manohar Parrikar did precious little to understand the traffic woes of those living and visiting Panjim even though he represented the capital city for nearly 20 years. Being a resident of Panjim since his childhood, Furtado knows and realizes well the problems caused by the army barracks in central Panjim. Why should army have canteens, shops, garages, hospitals, army mess and sales counters in central Panjim? As such service personnel never pay commercial taxes and are afforded subsidized groceries and provisions. The people of Goa have given enough for the defense causes huge tracks of land around Tiswadi at Bambolim, Merces, Verem, Altinho etc We have surrended the prostine Angedive islands too! That was really a great mistake committed by our Goa Government. The residents of Panjim have suffered for far too long the unnecessary presence of service men in the prime commercial area of the capital city. Mr Furtado has successfully initiated the just cause of requesting the Army to vacate these buildings and properties which in fact belong to the Municipal Corporation. While it was a good gesture to allow army to be in Panjim for 50 years shown by local body, it is prudent that the area was once belonging to Camara Municipal de Goa, be now handed over to the residents of Panjim. We require spaces for Panjim vehicles to raise a New Corporation building, for waste management and other civic services. Not only defence personnel, even the Captain of Ports office in Central Panjim needs to be shifted to Marmagoa or Vasco and the vacated premises be used by the C.C.P. I am fully aware that the Captain of Ports failed to maintain the cleanliness of the river Mandovi, which is fully congested with casinos, supply boats and other regular vessels. Frequently accidents do occur due to bad navigation with no supervision from the officials of Captain of Ports, which gives an impression that there is no accountability and no proper register is maintained of their working system. Today, Panjim is degrading fast. The casinos are cooking meals in the heart of the city for their guests visiting their casinos. Earlier it was reported that Almeida Guest House situated just opposite the Panjim Navigation jetty, their casino clients were seen
[Goanet] Reply to Ms A. M. Fernandes
Ms Fernandes, it is obvious you have an axe to grind. Your anti Catholic views are extremely clear but your beliefs and the group you belong to are not. So please clear this anomaly. Regarding the Catholic Church, be advised we are the Catholic Church and the hierarchy of the church functions as a guide and advisory body to the members of the Church. The church does not command or create laws as that would infringe upon our right to free will which is God given. The church does not tie you to the pews nor hold a gun to your head. We do not consider it proper to interfere in people's lives nor stop young boys and seriously accept the random statements young boys make as truth. I know many who would have enjoyed themselves at your expense. Roland being one. Mother Mary? Well your lack of knowledge is acceptable, but your brainwashed ideas being presented a legitimate argument is not. You are entitled to your view and beliefs, you have every right to speak to the world of your beliefs but you must inform your listeners they are your views and those of the group you are a part off or represent. Trying to pass yourself off as a disillusioned Catholic is wrong. Your own statement that Mother Mary was chosen by God to be the Mother of Jesus should stop you in your tracks. If God chooses one young girl from the trillions of creation. It should make you sit up and take notice. There is much about Our Lady you should know and learn. If anyone spoke ill of my Mother I would not be pleased. Bear this thought in mind. Who are you to sit on judgement? Has God given you the right? If not, then refrain from criticising the behaviour and actions of others. It is between them and their God. God created them, He knows their innermost thoughts and secrets, He loves them, and will care for them. Our duty is to help and assist, be available to those in need and Love one another. If you would like to take this discussion further please contact me. God bless and keep you today and everyday, may His light shine upon you and may you know His peace and Joy.Amen Sets me free, my iPad3
[Goanet] RBI new Governor Raghuram Rajan cant fix nine and half years of ruin - firstpost.com
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Re: [Goanet] Migration Watch UK: I am Puzzled. Exactly who do I applaud? 3
Dears Having read the 4 articles related to this topic, I thought I'd post a few comments: [1] Re: The Green, Migration Watch Article (appendix 1): (Further to my previous comment that Britain STILL has the choice of leaving the EU) a: One of the thrusts of Mr. Green's article is that spouses of British nationals are at a disadvantage when compared spouses of other EU nationals. I agree with him. This is a topic he needs to take up with the courts in UK and the ECHR b: The Green paper omits to mention the fact the a large number of British people have migrated south to France, Spain and Portugal (and US, Canada, Oz). [2] Re: The Benedito Ferrao Jason Keith Fernandes paper (Appendix 2) c: I am not sure WHY the paper diluted its thrust by going all over Africa and other British colonies and colonialism. d: Mr. Green's paper was specifically referring to the large influx of Europeans into Britain. e: This sudden influx has dramatically changed Britain, NOT all of it beneficially. f: Britain's infrastructure was not prepared for the significant fraud and squatting by these Europeans (Appendix 3 and 4) g: Is it really xenophobic to be upset by the filthification and rip off of one's homeland? (Never mind the contra argument. Two wrongs do not make a right) h: Ferrao and Fernandes are misrepresenting the facts when they say that Goans and other Portuguese Indians LOST their Portuguese citizenship when Goa was annexed by India. NOT true. i: I am NOT very sure why COLOUR came into this article's headline. Do we know the genetic make up of the Portuguese ...or Goans, for that matter? [3] Re the post by Hartman D'Souza who attended the same school and college in Poona as I did (Appendix 5) j: I disagree with the author that Goans are fleeing anywhere. Traveling for opportunities is not fleeing.. From ancient times, individuals traveled, inter alia, in search of food and opportunity. That, never mind the revisionists, is how the Aryans (and before them, the paleo Mediterranean Dravidians) came to the subcontinent. k: I am not sure about his father 'changing his nationality upon landing in British East Africa'. WHAT did he change it to, IN WHICH YEAR and under WHAT provisions of WHICH Constitution? l: I wonder if the following were and/or illegal acts: exploding firecrackers in the garden of the Portuguese Consul in Mombasa (Trespass with out without criminal damage) and forging his father's signature (fraud). [4] Re the post by Anthony Fernandes (Appendix 6) m: I believe that his statement (I paraphrase) that the Indian passport was FORCED upon (his) parents is a misrepresentation. n: I wish to suggest that when those British East African territories became independent, the non-locals were given options: Obtain Kenyan/Tanzanian/Ugandan citizenship (if you wish to stay on) or stay British/other and proceed. From what I understand, many stayed, many traveled and resettled in the UK with their UK nationality and many applied for Indian nationality and went to Goa. POST SCRIPT: I enjoyed reading ALL the the postings. They demonstrated passion which is always good to read. I hope to read more from these authors. jc Appendix 1 http://news.migrationwatch.org.uk/2013/05/family-permits-for-eu-ctizens-in-britain.html 100,000 dependants of EU nationals resident in Britain entered the UK in the last five years with no conditions attached but with full and immediate access to benefits. The government’s reform of the Immigration Rules require British citizens to be earning £18,600 before they can bring in a spouse from outside the EU so as to avoid any cost to the taxpayer. However, under EU law, they are obliged to provide favourable treatment to EU citizens including those who may never have been resident here prior to moving with their non-EUfamily. Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said “This is a loophole that must be closed and soon. It is absurd that EU citizens should be in a more favourable position than our own citizens. Furthermore, 20,000 per year is a very large number to admit unconditionally, especially compared to the government’s target of tens of thousands for annual net migration. Notes to Editors: 1 More precisely, this applies to EEA nationals. 2 Example: French or Polish citizens living in the UK can marry someone from anywhere in the world and can bring him or her to the UK even if they do not have a job and cannot support their spouse whereas a British citizen must now be earning £18,600 a year. 3 Examples of Abuse – An Indian national from Goa can obtain Portuguese citizenship if their parents were Portuguese citizens prior to 1961. They can then move straight to the UK with their family using an EEA family permit. On arrival they can avail themselves, immediately, of all the benefits available to UK citizens. There is anecdotal evidence that this has been happening quite extensively. Many settle in Swindon, where around 9,000
Re: [Goanet] Tennis at 40
Yesterday was a festival day.. Feast of Mount Mary and celebrated all over the world being a Sunday..all smiles on everybody's faces specially the Goans for Leander Paes and Super-Mom runner up from Goa Cecile coz they both had the love, good wishes and Prayers from all the Goans. Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:08:09 -0700 From: bennetp...@yahoo.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Tennis at 40 Tennis at 40 Flushing Meadows never saw a man winning a Grand Slam title (his 3rd on it) ever, at 40. In fact no one ever did anywhere else in the world, before Leander walked away with it along with Radek Stepanek yesterday. That’s a PAES for you. Bennet Paes Assolna, Goa
[Goanet] Army Barracks in Pangim
The mayor in this case should be complimented. The invading forces continue to have good time in Goa. In Altinho, Pangim they live in luxury with swimming pool, deck chairs etc while our goan brothers and sister live on the precarious foothills just below their barracks. BC It is heartening to note that Mayor Surendra Furtado is working hard towards freeing Panjim from the clutches of the Defence forces which have occupied prime civilian properties all around Panjim, thus harassing and inconveniencing the common man of Panjim through their intrusive behavior in the heart of the city.
Re: [Goanet] [GOAN-NRI] Some movies to watch..
Joe.. you have selected the right nos 1 film, in Madras Cafe but sadly people have been making a mad dash for the one of the most stupid film... chennai expresssome of them I know, included a lady who delivered a baby less than 24 hours after watching the movie!!! because of the crazy amp; false hype undeserving movies are making crores of rupees!!! From: JoeGoaUk lt;joego...@yahoo.co.ukgt; Sent: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 06:42:49 To: goa...@goanet.org lt;goa...@goanet.orggt; Subject: [GOAN-NRI] Some movies to watch.. nbsp; Some movies to watch during this festive season Watch in theatre to enjoy it fully I Assassinationnbsp; of former Indian Prime minister Rajive Gandhi The Plot, the Conspiracy, the foreign hands, rebels, LTF, Tamil tigers, Sri Lanka, Prabakaran, Bomb, decoding of messages etc I remember, back in UK, Srilankan Refugees were regularly sending 100 British Pound every month via direct debit to fund their god figure like leader, this way they carried their mission from the foreign funds. After watching the movie, I felt as if I read anbsp; whole book on this episode run up to the assassination of the Prime Minister. So beautifully depicted in ‘Madras cafe’ With John Abraham etc 4 nbsp; II Satyagrah, andolan, fast unto death, anti-corruption movement, Anna Hazare type movement with his small team including an advocate etc, Protest or hunger strike at Ram Lila Maidan etc Slapping a Collector, Anna going to jail, Press / Media reporting, politicians etc Its based on Anna Hazare movementnbsp; except Anna in ‘Satayagraha’ dies or killed in the end.. nbsp;With Amitabh Bachaan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal 3.5 nbsp; III Remember Amitab Bachaan as angry young man in early 70’s?. Well, this fellow a south Indian is also young angry man, I like his role, full marks to Ram Charan, the son of a politician cum actornbsp; Chiranjeevi Full of Maramari or dishum-dishum a trend which is slowly making come back to bollywood. Of course, full of songs and dances too. Some hot scenes in the bed etc made my day. The villain (Prakash Raj)nbsp; in an angry mood says tonbsp; his interruptive wife or mistressnbsp; ‘ Mona darling, Tera muh sirf ek cheez ke liye kula rakh’nbsp; OMG, we had a good good laugh.. Itsnbsp; ZANJEER based on 1970s Janjeer With hot Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt etc 4 Happy viewing! joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa amp; NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dialnbsp; 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc nbsp;nbsp; __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a new topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___
[Goanet] Brothers and sisters fought but Assagao lost - thegoan.net
http://www.thegoan.net/Goa/News/Brothers-and-sisters-fought-but-Assagao-lost/05802.html
[Goanet] Unbelievable - A teacher's dedication to his students - ndtv.com
An unbelievable, inspirational true story of a dedicate teacher http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/a-teacher-who-swims-through-a-river-everyday-to-get-to-his-students/289464?ndtv_rhs
[Goanet] MOVEMENT FOR SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA----WAS IT ANOTHER CON THAT CAME UNSTUCK?
MOVEMENT FOR SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOAWAS IT ANOTHER CON THAT CAME UNSTUCK? The short shrift given to the Bill seeking “Special Status” for the State of Goa under Article 371 of the Constitution by the collective wisdom of the Parliament of the Republic of India, that is Bharat which is a Union of States, underlines the half-baked, spirit-fuelled, knee-jerk idea proposed by another group of individual busy-bees going under the grandiose name of MSSG (Movement for Special Status for Goa) That the lone Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from Goa had the good sense to withdraw the Bill was a saving grace rather than the Bill having to suffer the ignominy of a crushing defeat were it to be put to vote. The Bill obviously was ill-conceived given the fact that the State of Goa under Part XXI, TEMPORARY, TRANSITIONAL AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS under Article 371-I of the Constitution of India, Goa already has special provision granted in that “Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa shall consist of not less than thirty members” That the Bill was piloted by none other than a Member of Parliament who continues to be Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Judiciary, reflects either adversely on the gullibility of the MP from Goa, or his Kautilyan intent to glad hand citizens of India, resident in the State of Goa as also the Legislature of Goa! It is all the more galling that the Standing Committee of Parliament on Law and Judiciary composed of some of the eminent bright men and women in the legal sphere could not dissuade or prevail upon its Chairman to abandon his mission of tilting at windmills! MSSG must now acclimatize to its self-inflicted, perhaps fatal injury and take into consideration the saner views expressed by two other former eminent Parliamentarians from the legal fraternity who have served with distinction in the national public life – one from South Goa who was the Minister of State for External Affairs, and the other from North Goa who was the Minister of State for Law, Judiciary and Company Affairs. On our part we would strongly suggest that the State of Goa utilize the legislative power conferred upon the State of Goa under: List II, State List under Article 246 of the Constitution gives exclusive power under Entry 18 to the State to make laws relating to “land, that is to say, right in or over land, land tenures including the relation of landlord and tenant, and collection of rents; transfer and alienation of agricultural land; land improvement; and agricultural loans; colonization” to without much further ado or without waiting for ‘Godot’ or without unreasonably waiting for “Manna” to rain down from Parliament on the State of Goa , pass laws to exercise its Constitutional prerogative to the State of Goa and to all citizens of India currently residing in the State of Goa to protect its interests. Other prerogatives under List II could be applied in Stages to achieve the welfare and prosperity of the people of Goa. We submit it is imperative and necessary as a measure of inter-generational equity and precaution to quickly embark on this legislative course of action. It is a decision that requires really brave men and women considering the fact that all political parties, notwithstanding the glib postures and platitudes mouthed by them, utterly depend and rely upon “demographic destabilization” of the Electorate in some form or other to get elected to political power. KOI HAI TAYYAR? HAI KISI MEIN HIMMAT AUR POLITICAL DUM? ( Sancho-Panzas and Mavericks excused. They must continue tilting at windmills)
Re: [Goanet] An Introduction to Bridge at Associação Académica de Moira
Dear friends, One more important thing to note regarding the Bridge introduction program by Amaresh Deshpande at Associação Académica de Moira on 14 September 2013 is that the program will start at sharp 6,30 pm. Particiipants are requested to be in their seats at 6 pm. but latest by 6.15 pm so as not to disturb the gathering. Latecomers may not be allowed inafter this. Regards Augusto On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:39 PM, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, 14 September 2013 Participate in an intellectually stimulating activity *Bridge – the Greatest Card Game* Introduced by *Amaresh Deshpande* This introduction is suitable for kids (above 10 years) and adults. No prior knowledge of cards is required. It is well documented that playing Bridge helps children get considerably better at mathematics and for adults, it can be an intellectually stimulating social activity. Those interested in pursuing the game can then participate in a one-week workshop whose dates will be announced later.* * *Please bring your own pack of standard playing cards.* *Organized by ***Associação Académica de Moira.* **in association with ** Amaresh Deshpande * THERE ARE NO FEES FOR THIS SESSION. Sarpanch of Moira and President of A. A. De Moira, Mr Oswald Cordeiro will inaugurate the program. Those interested can send their names to Augusto Pinto - pinto...@gmail.com or mobile 98221126350 or (0832) 2470336 or leave it with the caretaker at the Associação Académica de Moira. Please register by Thursday, 12 September 2013. Looking forward to seeing a bridge revolution start in Moira. Cheers -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350 -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
[Goanet] Churchill Alemao
Here's Churchill Alemao Speaking... whadafa!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152177796459199 If I am not mistaken, he once said he doesn't know English well because he was educated in Portuguese!!! Oh the lucky Portos, Churchillbab didn't speak in their lingo! shiv kumar
Re: [Goanet] Churchill Alemao
Struck me as a fine example of contemporary (rural) Goan English usage! But, more seriously Personally, I don't think it fair to poke fun at politicians (or anyone) on the basis of their fluency (or otherwise) in a certain language. In our system, which requires everyone to express themselves in English or Hindi, a system which is not fair to all concerned. It could give someone like Shiv or me an upper hand, agreed. And then, there are enough people in cyberspace to poke fun at certain politicians; often based on the already-perceived or previous biases against them! I remember times when a PV Narasimha Rao was praised as the politician who spoke 13 or 14 languages, etc. Yet we all know his real record in ruling the country. Why was he treated with kid gloves? An S. Bangarappa, on the other hand, was dismissed as anything but a chief minister, with a photograph showing him playing a huge drum at some cultural fest! (This is not to claim that Bangarappa was a good politician.) It is very easy to use the media, including the new media, to discredit or lionise certain politicians, and do contrarily to others. At the end of the day, it would be more than fine to ask (i) what is Churchil's stand on the issue of alleged misbehaviour by his football players (ii) what is his overall role as a politician in Goa during a crucial period of social change. But to take pot-shots at him primarily on the basis of his linguistic (in)ability or form of expression, is, in my view, both unfair and reflecting of our own biases. FN PS: From the clip one learns that Churchill is alleging that there was a footballing conspiracy to ground his team. Is this true? True or false, isn't this news? -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org On 9 September 2013 18:39, Shiv Kumar journos...@gmail.com wrote: Here's Churchill Alemao Speaking... whadafa!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152177796459199 If I am not mistaken, he once said he doesn't know English well because he was educated in Portuguese!!! Oh the lucky Portos, Churchillbab didn't speak in their lingo! shiv kumar
Re: [Goanet] Tennis at 40
In the commentary box, John McEnroe described Leander as the best doubles player ever Some praise! CONGRATULATIONS, Leander. From: carmosa...@hotmail.com To: bennetp...@yahoo.com; goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 05:58:57 + Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tennis at 40 Yesterday was a festival day.. Feast of Mount Mary and celebrated all over the world being a Sunday..all smiles on everybody's faces specially the Goans for Leander Paes and Super-Mom runner up from Goa Cecile coz they both had the love, good wishes and Prayers from all the Goans. Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:08:09 -0700 From: bennetp...@yahoo.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Tennis at 40 Tennis at 40 Flushing Meadows never saw a man winning a Grand Slam title (his 3rd on it) ever, at 40. In fact no one ever did anywhere else in the world, before Leander walked away with it along with Radek Stepanek yesterday. That’s a PAES for you. Bennet Paes Assolna, Goa
Re: [Goanet] Tennis at 40
PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com writes: That's a PAES for you. Congratulations to Leander and all the Paes who want to be proud of the achievement of one of their own. And quite an achievement it is- at 40. Write on Bennet Paes. We need more Champs! Are there any more younger ones coming along? Best Regards, E.
[Goanet] His Holiness Pope Francis answers my letter
An open letter to His Holiness, Pope Francis WISHING YOUR HOLINESS WELCOME TO GOA INDIA Stockholm, April 11, 1013 To Our Holy Father, HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS, Apostolic Palace 00120 Vatican City. Your Holiness, I am Alfred de Tavares, an Indian journalist (from Goa) based since four decades in Stockholm, Sweden. I have covered news from all Scandinavia for the Indo-Asian News Service, IANS, the largest independent news service operating from Delhi, India We, in Goa are extremely overjoyed with the news that Your Holiness may visit Goa to pay Your respects to the glorious Jesuit, Saint Francis Xavier, the Patron of Goa, at the next exposition of His Holy Relics, in December, 2013. May the good Lord, through the miraculous intercession of Saint Francis Xavier, grant our wishes. Your Holiness, please allow me to make a great and humble wish. Since Your Holiness has accended the throne of Saint Peter, Your reign has been uniquely marked by the symbols of humanity, poverty, humility and simplicity. Hence, You Holiness, with all due respect, humility and love, I take the liberty to propose that, during Your visit to India, Your Holiness, deigns to use for Your local transportation, the worthy Indian-made peoples' car, NANO, that personifies economy, efficiency as well as environmental requisites to the maximum desired degree hitherto. It is the world's cheapest made personal car and gives the most distance per litre as well as the least detrimental emissions. If Your Holiness accedes to this proposal I am sure that the prestigious Indian global industrial conglomerate, TATA's, the maker of the car, and their emeritus Chairman, Dr Ratan Tata, will, most happily, oblige by providing the reqired additional alterations to render their product a most worthy PAPAMOBILE. And, just one more suggestion Your Holiness: In meeting the public in India would Your Holiness, please adorn a scarf made of khadi, the hand woven textile-material, that Mahatma Gandhi made the symbol of his esteemed Satyagraha, the non-violent movement that he envisaged to gain freedom and independence for India, and indeed, much of the supressed world, without running rivers of blood. Yours, in greatest humility and love, Alfred de Tavares, alfredtava...@hotmail.com, Maltesholmsvägen 83, 1tr., SE-165 55 HÄSSELBY, SWEDEN. Tel: res: 0046 759 6214; Cellular: 0046 70 295 4091.
Re: [Goanet] An Introduction to Bridge at Associação Académica de Moira
I had a chat with Mr Oswald Cordeiro today afternoon and he quite happily agreed to support the bridge initiative in the club. He reminded me about a promise I made about gifting 5 tables to the club and I replied that the moment he came up with a quotation I would see that the promise was made good. He also asked me to organize a chess tournament in the club to which I agreed. In the meanwhile, I wrote to him an sms: Hi Ossie - as Sarpanch of Moira and President of A A de Moira I want you to inaugurate and also participate in the Bridge demo @ 6.30 pm on 14 Sept at Moira Club. With Sarpanch Ossie behind us this is going to be a grand success. In the meanwhile let me inform you that I have already received three entries for the Bridge Demo - two from Saligao and one from Betalbatim (!) Of course the regular card players at the club like Mark Cordeiro, Felipe D'Sa, Francis Nazareth, Nicholas Andrade, John Menezes, Tiago D'Sa, Reis Magos De Souza, Vincent Coelho, have all pledged to be present. But carrom players like Mark, Minguel, Francine et al are also interested to join. But Bridge is not a game only for men but women are known to be keen aficionados so I'm looking forward to a good many females to take part. In fact given that most of us have not played the game I think we should look at it as a whist drive where we could all socialize and we could all come and become part of a new social circle. So I expect a big turnout next Saturday. Regards On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:39 PM, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, 14 September 2013 Participate in an intellectually stimulating activity *Bridge – the Greatest Card Game* Introduced by *Amaresh Deshpande* This introduction is suitable for kids (above 10 years) and adults. No prior knowledge of cards is required. It is well documented that playing Bridge helps children get considerably better at mathematics and for adults, it can be an intellectually stimulating social activity. Those interested in pursuing the game can then participate in a one-week workshop whose dates will be announced later.* * *Please bring your own pack of standard playing cards.* *Organized by ***Associação Académica de Moira.* **in association with ** Amaresh Deshpande * THERE ARE NO FEES FOR THIS SESSION. Sarpanch of Moira and President of A. A. De Moira, Mr Oswald Cordeiro will inaugurate the program. Those interested can send their names to Augusto Pinto - pinto...@gmail.com or mobile 98221126350 or (0832) 2470336 or leave it with the caretaker at the Associação Académica de Moira. Please register by Thursday, 12 September 2013. Looking forward to seeing a bridge revolution start in Moira. Cheers -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350 -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
[Goanet] IN GOA-LATE SEPT: Everyone Is An Artist (ATC Exchange 2.0)
Everyone Is An Artist (ATC Exchange 2.0) An artist trading card (ATC) is a miniature work of art created with the sole intention of sharing and exchanging it with one and other. There are only two rules to creating an ATC and participating in a swap: An ATC should measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches ATCs should not be bought or sold - only exchanged with each other ( you can use all your charm to persuade someone to exchange with you!). Open to any age group and from any background because everyone is an artist. Make one to get one! Better still - make many to get many! The first ATC session was held on 24th August and was supported by the GCCI. The next ATC session is in late September - keep watching this space for updates. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.164216640449465.1073741839.122320347972428type=1 Details from Apurva Kulkarni: deoc...@gmail.com
[Goanet] DEBATE: The Goan In Goa (Ferrao, Fernandes, Menezes Kanekar in Outlook)
Response: The Goan In Goa - Arvind Adiga further perpetuates the very narrowness he warns against in his portrayal of Francisco Luis Gomes, published recently in Outlook R. Benedito Ferrao, Jason Keith Fernandes, Dale Luis Menezes, and Amita Kanekar In his essay The Lusitanian in Hind, novelist Aravind Adiga strives to situate the 19th century Goan writer and politician Francisco Luis Gomes (1829-1869) as an Indian patriot while decrying how most Indians [have] not heard about Gomes, which, to Adiga, speaks more about the narrowness of our present conception of Indianness [...]. Yet, through his essay, Adiga further perpetuates the very narrowness he warns against. In trying to resuscitate national and nationalistic interest in Gomes, Adiga explores the possibility of the Goan polymath's canonicity solely within a prescriptive Indianness hemmed in by Brahmanical, masculinist, Anglo-centric, and ethnocentric preconceptions of what it means to be Indian. In Adiga's estimation, Gomes can only be made legible to the larger Indian imagination if, as a Goan of the Portuguese colonial era, he can be seen as adequately Indian based on elitist particularities of caste and other constricted views of proper national and historical belonging. While Adiga notes how Goa generally registers in popular Indian thought as a landscape of fun, he also pre-empts any discussion of the history of the region apart from modern India, and the impact of such historical regionality upon Gomes' own oeuvre. Instead, when citing Gomes as having written of himself that he was born in India, cradle of poetry, philosophy and history, today its tomb, Adiga rushes to correlate such sentiment with Gomes having penned those words in 1861 which, in turn, would make one suppose [naturally] enough that [the] author was a Bengali Hindu, writing either in Calcutta or London. However, as Adiga interjects, [Gomes] was a young Goan Catholic in Lisbon [...]. Clearly, Adiga endeavours to draw attention to the biases that exist in how perceptions of patriotism connote an Indianness circumscribed by location, coloniality, and religion. Nonetheless, rather than striking a contrast for deeper critical reflection on difference, Adiga's purpose is to collapse all distinction into nationalist similitude as if it were natural. And what is believed to be natural here is that Goa can be a known quantity precisely because there allegedly is no difference between it and British-colonised Hindu Bengal, which at once reveals what the historic, religious, ethnocentric, and colonial default of the nation is as Adiga predicates it in this ostensibly neutral reasoning. There is no denying that there were overlaps, and even collusions, between British and Portuguese colonialisms; but there were also marked differences. Although relegating it to a parenthetical aside, even Adiga must admit that [u]nlike Britain, Portugal gave its colonies the right of representation. This was an opportunity that was not available to the sub-continental subjects of the British Crown, not even to Dadabhai Naoroji who even while he may have been the first Asian in the British Parliament, was able to raise issues about British India only while representing a constituency in London. In contradistinction, it was from his position as a representative of Goa in the Portuguese parliament that Gomes sought to speak about the effects of colonialism on his Goan homeland and about India. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his book *Os Brahamanes*, or *The Brahmins*, written in Portuguese and published in Lisbon in 1866, making it one of Goa's, if not India's, first novels. What might Adiga do with other divergences in histories between the former British and Portuguese Empires in India? Not only was the latter a longer colonisation, witnessing radically different forms of inclusion and exclusion of the colonised, it also resulted in the decolonisation of Goa in 1961, much after British-occupied India. His essay can only sidestep the fraught history of India's democracy in which Goans were not allowed self-determination despite much evidence of efforts in that vein. This is itself a political trajectory within which one could arguably place Gomes' own polemical writing. In his haste to employ a one-nationalism-fits-all approach, Adiga's lauding of Gomes as a forgotten patriot occurs, furthermore, along the lines of an unquestioning maintenance of religious and other supremacies as the default of proper Indianness. One way the article effects this is by privileging narratives of upper caste loss. For instance, Adiga posits the
Re: [Goanet] Churchill Alemao
I have no idea how far Churchill has studied. I know he came from a financiallly backward family. Despite his lack of fluency in English, Churchill manages to get by. There are many politicians, particularly in UP and Bihar, who don't speak a word of English. Like many politicians Churchill is fluent in his own mother tongue. Well, his English pronunciations seem funny, but there are thousands of Goans who speak as badly as him if not worse. Though there are misplaced words in his address, his message is clear. He's not totally incomprehensible. Eugene
Re: [Goanet] His Holiness Pope Francis answers my letter
Lovely one, Alfred! I particularly liked the part in which you generously volunteered -- on behalf of Ratan Tata, no less -- to drive to the occasion. The patriotic plug for the Nano (as also for khadi) is to be much appreciated. For this alone, someone reading this should take the initaitive of nominating you for an NRI award of some Ratna variety. As for the Papal reply (unfortunately it won't show up on Goanet as attachments are not distributed here), what I liked best was the neither-yes-nor-no but only prayers! FN On 9 September 2013 22:47, Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com wrote: Hence, You Holiness, with all due respect, humility and love, I take the liberty to propose that, during Your visit to India, Your Holiness, deigns to use for Your local transportation, the worthy Indian-made peoples' car, NANO, that personifies economy, efficiency as well as environmental requisites to the maximum desired degree hitherto. It is the world's cheapest made personal car and gives the most distance per litre as well as the least detrimental emissions. FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org
[Goanet] Goa news for September 10, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa set for Ganesh festivities - Herald Publications ay Ganesh Chaturthi with much gaiety and spiritual fervour from tomorrow. Installations of the Ganesha will begin from ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFcgV4Li89p0R4DvAsieszT_vQpDQurl=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-set-for-Ganesh-festivities/79254.html *** Why Goa is looking to go upmarket and banish Brits and backpackers - The Guardian ime state, the hedonistic hippy haven whose promises of sun, sand, cheap beer and drugs transformed it into a magnet for backpackers and budget tourists looking for an alternative to the Spanish costas. With the collapse of the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFnURC2aQuecg9QBwjy60tcNiQ9_gurl=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/goa-banish-brits-backpackers *** Ore exporters in Goa optimistic of retaining buyers - Economic Times decades ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFe1ZMjFwiMIhHP70glQDTRk7wjsQurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/ore-exporters-in-goa-optimistic-of-retaining-buyers/articleshow/22415727.cms *** Sesa Goa slumps; lock-in period ends after merger - Reuters India Shares in Sesa Goa Ltd(SESA.NS) fall as much as 5.9 percent as the lock-in period related to its merger with Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (STRL.NS) ended as of the close of trade on Thursday. That makes 2.09 billion shares in ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGLY_wEXwPmxE7yINhkGfJu-b43Gwurl=http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/06/market-eye-indias-sesa-goa-slumps-lock-i-idINDEE98502E20130906 *** Swissotel pulls out of Goa resort - Daily News Analysis ased hospitality chain, is pulling out of its five-star deluxe resort at Calangute in Goa within six months of launching the property. The hotel will be renamed and operated by the Bangalore-based asset owner, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHqf12xtSz1S9RIZLy9_quYlQazuwurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1886513/report-swissotel-pulls-out-of-goa-resort *** Organisers of Sunburn hawk early bird tickets - Herald Publications rald PublicationsOLD GOA: The Sunburn festival 2013 in Goa is yet to get approval from the state government, but that has not stopped organisers from announcing the sale of early bird tickets from September 11 for the event that takes place in December. While Tourism ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGq9Xq64HCfTfltw8p9lBER1ycyowurl=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Organisers-of-Sunburn-hawk-early-bird-tickets/79297.html *** Goa to achieve water self-sufficiency by 2015: JICA - Times of India yberMedia While the forecasted demand of water in Goa by 2025 is 593 MLD (million litres per day), the total capacity of the water treatment plants in Goa will become 599 MLD by 2015, said A M Wachasundar, project director of the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGUyPk8poPaBXcF1CmRi3_32Zn4qQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-achieve-water-self-sufficiency-by-2015-JICA/articleshow/22424257.cms *** Goa still struggles with PoP idols this Ganesh Chaturthi - Times of India mes of IndiaTraditional artisans are demanding that the government keep a check on 'murtikars' (idol makers) in Goa right from the time they start making idols till their final painting. 'The Goa handicrafts rural and small scale industries development corporation ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFgmjsPmLQ074ulDfOa8Xc3p-HA8Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-still-struggles-with-PoP-idols-this-Ganesh-Chaturthi/articleshow/22424327.cms *** Goa wins five IT-related awards - Times of India yberMedia research e-readiness assessment of Indian states 2013. An official press release by the department of information ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFQV8o5OQq01e00lu_bdDX-dgE7jwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-wins-five-IT-related-awards/articleshow/22424168.cms *** Goa blames BFI for mess - Times of India IBnoMned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEW-4qTG5tpLoZF6lsiKfMNJDWXkQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-blames-BFI-for-mess/articleshow/22384099.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] SBS On Demand | TV and Online Video - Test Your Brain S1 Ep3 - You Won’t Believe Your Eyes
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[Goanet] Monsanto-developed corn foiled by pests : Business
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[Goanet] Fw: In Google We Trust - Four Corners
Watch how our movements on the net other devices are tracked by the unseen. Subject: In Google We Trust - Four Corners http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2013/09/09/3842009.htm
[Goanet] Where did you get your name from?
... the origins of some Portuguese-influenced names: http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/portuguese -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org
