[Goanet-News] FEATURE: An Untitled Canvas -- profile of Vasudeo Gaitonde (The Indian Express)
An Untitled Canvas Who was Vasudeo Gaitonde? An artist of the 1950s Progressive movement, who veered away to find his own language of abstraction. An artist so deeply distrustful of labels that he refused to title his works. An artist who said he thought of a painting in terms of music: I hear colours. A son who snapped ties with his family and never looked back. Piecing together the life of India's foremost -- abstract artist and now its most expensive, after his jewel-like painting sold for Rs 23.7 crore at a Christie's auction last month, the highest price an Indian painting has fetched -- brings one up against many walls of silence and accounts of connections lost. Long before the art market began to realise his worth, Gaitonde had shut out the world, preferring the life of a recluse. Born in Nagpur to Goan parents in 1924, Vasudeo was a few months old when his father, who worked in a printing press, shifted to their ancestral village Uscai in Mapusa, Goa, where Gaitonde spent the first five to six years of his life. The family -- four sisters and a son -- later shifted to Mumbai, where Gaitonde went to Gokhale High School on Grant Road and then joined JJ School of Art, graduating with a diploma in 1948. In college, Gaitonde went through the usual rigour, painting figurative works, which are still around. It was only after graduating that he started experimenting with abstraction, the Indian kind that had a touch of spirituality to it. He began with calligraphic drawings, and then experimented with symbols and collages, says Ranjit Hoskote, poet and curator. There was nothing better than to be an artist in Bombay at the time, when the air throbbed with promise of greater marvels. The Progressive Artists' Movement, founded in 1947 by SH Raza, MF Husain and Francis Newton Souza, and which was later joined by Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamsee, Ram Kumar and others, had broken with older traditions, and was forging an Indian modernism. Gaitonde, who was invited to join the group, was in the thick of those fiery debates. He was a short, dapper man, as lean as his conversations. He worked out of a studio at Bhulabhai Desai Institute, a multidisciplinary institute in Mumbai, which was the hub of the Indian avant-garde. Ravi Shankar held music classes there and Ebrahim Alkazi rehearsed his theatre productions. Gaitonde was surrounded by Husain, Mehta, Krishen Khanna and Raza, who all had studios there. Those conversations between the young artists shaped what he wanted to achieve, says Hoskote. But the path he was to carve for himself was different. While many of the Progressives looked to Europe for inspiration, Gaitonde's first solo show was in New York in 1959, and then again in 1963, when he was offered a fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation for a year. Delhi-based Progressive artist Krishen Khanna, who visited his friend Gai in New York a year later, remembers the two of them visiting the studio of the great American abstract artist Mark Rothko to see his brilliant black-and-white works. Unlike many others, Gai did not take up abstracts because he could not get the linear proportions of figures right. He was exemplary in those too, but abstracts is what attracted him. Paul Klee and Rothko were his inspirations, and their influence lent a Zen-like, meditative quality to his canvases, says Khanna. An American critic once called his art non-objective and that description that resonated with him. In the early 1960s, he experimented with a new style, employing palette knives and paint rollers and even torn pieces of newspaper to create semi-abstract forms. Gallery owner Arun Vadehra first met him at his house in Nizamuddin, Delhi in 1992, accompanied by a common friend. He said he was busy. What was he doing, the friend asked. He said, nothing. He wasn't afraid of that reply. For him, there was nothing wrong with doing nothing, says Vadehra. That idea of nothingness drew him to Zen philosophy. In his paintings, nothing was very important, says Vadehra, who also says that he did not use an easel. Gaitonde, though, was not keen on being slotted in either the figurative or the abstract camps. In an interview dated March 15, 1964 to the *The Illustrated Weekly of India*, he had said, I feel I should not wear any label. I moved away from academism to abstract vision because I wanted to develop my sense of pattern and colour…to paint with figures as subjects is a hindrance... my entire outlook changed when I came to know that the Chinese have no epics to boast -- for the simple reason that an epic covers a long period of time. Any abstract feeling -- love, courage,
[Goanet-News] NEWS: Adjacent building starts collapsing, rescue work stopped (Goanews.com)
Adjacent building starts collapsing, rescue work stopped GOANEWS DESK, CANACONA | 06 January 2014 13:49 IST Another building, adjacent to the collapsed building of Ruby Residency, has also started collapsing. As a result, the rescue work has been stopped by the authorities. There is nobody staying in this building as it was also under construction. South Goa collector Venecio Furtado told goanews.com that the painted building adjacent to the collapsed building has started tilting. “We could even notice major cracks developed in the building. The rescue work has thus been stopped”, he said. One house, which is close to this building, has also been evacuated, said Furtado. Even electricity to the whole area has been cut off, as a safety measure. It is a block of four buildings, even having a common staircase, one building of which had collapsed on 4 January, causing major mishap. The adjacent buildings had developed cracks, but the rescue teams had continued its work pulling out people even alive, taking risk. Realising the danger of adjacent buildings collapsing, the authorities had yesterday evening had stopped the work for a while, but then decided to resume it at night. However, Furtado said they had no other option than to stop the rescue work since one building has started tilting. The rescue teams had succeeded in pulling out 45 workers trapped inside, including 17 dead bodies. The authorities have also managed to get information about 10 more workers trapped inside while few more may also be trapped. -- COMMENT ON GOANET@FACEBBOK by Tony Martin: While BJP-basher Tejpal is still languishing in Sada jail I wonder what course the maiden Canacona building collapse disaster will take. I wonder why our local MLA Mr. Tawadkar does not prefer to comment on this grave tragedy. Unless I missed it, I wonder why there is no interview of Tawadkar so far. (BTW we have 20+ news correspondents from the print media in Canacona.) He should have been questioned because he is the MLA and more importantly because he is one of the residents of Ruby residency. BTW everyone knows the incompetent Goa police and in this case they are going that proverbial extra mile on cementing the incompetency tag by arresting a 'poor' supervisor Goa's Mandovi Bridge collapsed after 16 years. Now we have under-construction buildings crumbling down. Quo Vadis Goa? Welcome to a trending new culture called *violations*.
[Goanet] Featured This Week: Vocalist Jimmy Sapienza ~ Azure Te
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[Goanet] what lies ahead?
Dear Eugene I have no issues with your quote. Only I wanted to draw your attention to the context and the person to whom it was made originally. Do continue writing. We find it quite interesting. Regards, Marshall *Dear Marshall, the quote from Johnson is currently applied to politics,* *particularly those who are nuisance value to the party or cabinet. Thepart was in context to Wagh as the party doesn't want him to leave probablybecause he has threatened to join another group or party or may join NCP.The line Churchill defines it well. following the quote has been editedout by the editors. Churchill, as you know, is also known for histroublesome nature and jumping into one party or another or leadingbreakaway groups.I hope my answer satisfies you.Eugene*
Re: [Goanet] GOANS ARE NOT ALLOWED ENTRY IN CASINOS: PARRIKAR (Stephen Dias)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:53:28 +0530 From: Stephen Dias steve.dia...@gmail.com To: Goanet goa...@goanet.org, Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] GOANS ARE NOT ALLOWED ENTRY IN CASINOS: PARRIKAR SHOCKING NEWS FROM PARRIKAR Yesterday on 3rd Jan 2014, I have read in all the local newspapers a news report coming from Parrikar telling Goans that he will not allow an entry into the casinos by February end. This news came to us as shocking and embarrassing to all the Goans especially for those who would like to play or were adapted with the casino gambling eventhough it is not good. It is not fair for Goans only to shut their entry into the casinos as it is not their fault since casinos ships are already having permission to remain in Mandovi by Parrikar and having their offices in the shores of Panjim. It is very simple, how one can be stopped entry into his own house. The first step what Parrikar should have done is sent these casinos out of anchorage away from Mandovi river and then automatically Goans presence in casinos would have been limited or reduced to minimum. By giving such an order that Goans will into be allowed entry in casinos is very much insulting to us. In the same yardstick he could have very well said for no alcohol drinking, no gambling in 5-star hotels, no prostitution, no urination, no defecation, no smoking, no dancing in open streets/roads/halls etc is allowed in this state. I feel he should think twice before such an order is in force. Stephen Dias A GOAN D.Paula Muhuhahaha! By law, citizens from Monaco have been not allowed to enter the (magnificent btw) casino of Monte-Carlo, and that since it was built somewhere end of 19th century. This to protect the morals of the local populace. Cheers HNY ! p+5D! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Real_Monte_Carlo_Casino.jpg
[Goanet] Collapsed building in Goa was opposed as illegal
Collapsed building in Goa was opposed as illegal http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=4746 GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 04 January 2014 *Phase I of Ruby Residency* The building that collapsed in Canacona today afternoon killing many workers has been in controversy over several years now due to alleged illegalities, political patronage and one such collapse of the slab of the same building last year. In spite of stiff opposition to the project of Ruby Residency, the ‘powerful’ builder has apparently managed to construct and sell both its phases while the tragedy occurred today in the second phase of the project. The five-storey building that collapsed today afternoon was part of the sold out second phase. Bharat Developers, the same builder, has also completed two phases of yet another project Bharat Heights, near Chapoli dam. While both these projects are residential in nature, Palolem Plaza, yet another commercial project of Bharat Developers has been opened for sale by the builders. All the three projects have been promoted as either at Palolem beach or in the close vicinity of the beach, which is a world attraction. As its websites states, Bharat Developers and Realtors Pvt Ltd belongs to one British NRI, having 15-year experience in European design and standards while another partner is a Navi Mumbai-based real estate developer. With both the phases of both the projects sold out, the website states that its ‘family’ now consists of 350 households. *Most controversial among these was the Ruby Residency, which was constructed by cutting the hillock behind Chaudi, the market place of Canacona taluka, and even the paddy fields in the area were converted. * *While the locals opposed the environmental destruction, it is alleged the local politicians belonging to the Assembly as well as the Canacona municipality managed to get all the permissions to the project.* Ruby Residency, the first phase of which is ready to move, is now caught up in a controversy since its four floors collapsed today afternoon, killing several workers and injuring seriously the rest. The Residency, having one, two and three bedroom flats, also provides a swimming pool, pool-side restaurant, club house with gymnasium, badminton and basketball court, garden and children’s play area. Bharat Heights, another project in two phases at Chapoli dam, has flats with independent gardens and even penthouses. The Palolem Plaza however has commercial shops as well as high quality resort style apartments, with a swimming pool and other posh amenities.
Re: [Goanet] DISQUIET ABOUT THE AAM AADMI PARTY
Dear Stephen, At least start by saying that you appreciate what Aires is saying. Come on bro, if we cannot do it then who will. People have to see us loviong one another. Now where does that come from? Venantius J Pinto On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Stephen Dias steve.dia...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friend/s I am rather skeptical of all the things going on in different outfits in Goa, and now a new outfit AAP has come into existence with great alarm and fervor. So far nobody knows in Goa what they are upto the game. In the first week of December 2013, there was a meeting at Piedade Institute organised by ---? I do not know his name? with few elements of good writers of Goa and NGO's have also attended. By luck I was invited by Dr. Joe D'Sousa alongwith Mrs Judith and I happened to attend the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Yogesh? from AAP left hand men of Kejriwal. After the meeting there were many reporters from the press and TV and finally the meeting ended with no much funfare?. No reporting was done in the next few days by anybody , probably as no refreshment was given in the meeting it appears to me. This is the story of my visit which had no final outcome. We got to see that the broom is well sweeped of all this garbage of politicians in Goa. I am glad one thing is being adopted by AAP, that No Lal Batti, No Siren , No CM bungalow, No grand accommodation for AAP ministers, Transport at low key, good accountability, no corruption etec etec which is the order of the day. . If these things continue to be kept in full force by AAP than this party should prosper. Already the list is supposed to increase in Goa for subscription etc, and already Dr. Oscar and Remo Fernandes has shown the door to Goans that AAP is the best party. It is good if things goes well otherwise, as Aires feels that it may boomerang to all those who have registered to AAP. We should give them support because they have started well, forget about its consequences, we can always come out from it. Anyway Congress and BJP is already or almost gone to DOGS. THE AAM ADMI IS ALWAYS CONFUSE IN GOA. Stephen Dias On 6 January 2014 05:40, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: The concern regarding the credentials and genuineness of the Aam Aadmi Party (APP) is on account of it being strategically steered and geared by some Hindu extremist *Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh* (*RSS*) pracharaks. We are witnessing it in Goa too. Understandably perception is growing of it being the undercover incognito B team of the BJP with some naïve altar boys drafted in the usual saffron shrewd style to split the anti-BJP secular votes. The background and also lineage of some of the members of this outfit will expose the true colours of these power-thirsty hounds. Today, politics which was meant to be a mission is sadly no longer a straight forward sincere game. It has become a business venture paying very high dividends. Despite the Election Commission’s all out efforts, the political chess board has become as curved, curled and crooked as it can get. The common man should therefore be very cautious and vigilant. Look beyond the curtains and read between the lines while sniffing the political broth that is cooking. In Goa, we have witnessed some of our MLA’s and MPs of the 60’s and the 70’s languish and die as paupers. Over the last three decades however, their breed across party lines has morphed from rags to riches. While the politicians have just got richer and richer, the common man has been mercilessly short changed having to bear the brunt of high inflation, rampant corruption and ever escalating cost of living. Anna Hazare wears the Gandhi cap at all times. In contrast some of these AAP decoys seem to be wearing it only to draw public glare. We even see Arvind Kejriwal now wearing that cap less frequently. Is it because they are indeed more comfortable with the saffron scarf? With the very crucial Lok Sabha elections just round the corner the hidden agenda will soon be all out in the open. While the broom may sweep out some of the old timers, the other end may soon be used to whip the common man. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
Re: [Goanet] DISQUIET ABOUT THE AAM AADMI PARTY
The other end as Aires prefers to call it, is as effective as a sledge hammer giving the desired results without drawing BLOOD. How very appropriate unsuspecting weapon to be used to clobber the AAM AADMI, Uhm?? :-) floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 5:40 AM Subject: [Goanet] DISQUIET ABOUT THE AAM AADMI PARTY The concern regarding the credentials and genuineness of the Aam Aadmi Party (APP) is on account of it being strategically steered and geared by some Hindu extremist *Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh* (*RSS*) pracharaks. Anna Hazare wears the Gandhi cap at all times. In contrast some of these AAP decoys seem to be wearing it only to draw public glare. We even see Arvind Kejriwal now wearing that cap less frequently. Is it because they are indeed more comfortable with the saffron scarf? With the very crucial Lok Sabha elections just round the corner the hidden agenda will soon be all out in the open. While the broom may sweep out some of the old timers, the other end may soon be used to whip the common man. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
Re: [Goanet] DISQUIET ABOUT THE AAM AADMI PARTY
The old guard will not understand. The change is too fast and it better be! The world around us is moving at warp speed and drastic CHANGE (always resisted) is the need of the hour! AAP is more a movement than a party that will learn fast as it tries to stick to its local manifesto and work on the national one. Even the BJP is talking of abolishing Income Tax! Modi has promised Ramdev to consider abolition of taxes to get Ramdevs considerable folowers to vote for him. Nitin Gadakari has a team working on it although they vehemently resisted GST ! I would help the AAP movement to turn into a gale force to sweep away Netagiri, Chamchagiri, Dadagiri and replace it with Aamadmigiri! On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Stephen Dias steve.dia...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friend/s I am rather skeptical of all the things going on in different outfits in Goa, and now a new outfit AAP has come into existence with great alarm and fervor. So far nobody knows in Goa what they are upto the game. In the first week of December 2013, there was a meeting at Piedade Institute organised by ---? I do not know his name? with few elements of good writers of Goa and NGO's have also attended. By luck I was invited by Dr. Joe D'Sousa alongwith Mrs Judith and I happened to attend the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Yogesh? from AAP left hand men of Kejriwal. After the meeting there were many reporters from the press and TV and finally the meeting ended with no much funfare?. No reporting was done in the next few days by anybody , probably as no refreshment was given in the meeting it appears to me. This is the story of my visit which had no final outcome. We got to see that the broom is well sweeped of all this garbage of politicians in Goa. I am glad one thing is being adopted by AAP, that No Lal Batti, No Siren , No CM bungalow, No grand accommodation for AAP ministers, Transport at low key, good accountability, no corruption etec etec which is the order of the day. . If these things continue to be kept in full force by AAP than this party should prosper. Already the list is supposed to increase in Goa for subscription etc, and already Dr. Oscar and Remo Fernandes has shown the door to Goans that AAP is the best party. It is good if things goes well otherwise, as Aires feels that it may boomerang to all those who have registered to AAP. We should give them support because they have started well, forget about its consequences, we can always come out from it. Anyway Congress and BJP is already or almost gone to DOGS. THE AAM ADMI IS ALWAYS CONFUSE IN GOA. Stephen Dias On 6 January 2014 05:40, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: The concern regarding the credentials and genuineness of the Aam Aadmi Party (APP) is on account of it being strategically steered and geared by some Hindu extremist *Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh* (*RSS*) pracharaks. We are witnessing it in Goa too. Understandably perception is growing of it being the undercover incognito B team of the BJP with some naïve altar boys drafted in the usual saffron shrewd style to split the anti-BJP secular votes. The background and also lineage of some of the members of this outfit will expose the true colours of these power-thirsty hounds. Today, politics which was meant to be a mission is sadly no longer a straight forward sincere game. It has become a business venture paying very high dividends. Despite the Election Commission’s all out efforts, the political chess board has become as curved, curled and crooked as it can get. The common man should therefore be very cautious and vigilant. Look beyond the curtains and read between the lines while sniffing the political broth that is cooking. In Goa, we have witnessed some of our MLA’s and MPs of the 60’s and the 70’s languish and die as paupers. Over the last three decades however, their breed across party lines has morphed from rags to riches. While the politicians have just got richer and richer, the common man has been mercilessly short changed having to bear the brunt of high inflation, rampant corruption and ever escalating cost of living. Anna Hazare wears the Gandhi cap at all times. In contrast some of these AAP decoys seem to be wearing it only to draw public glare. We even see Arvind Kejriwal now wearing that cap less frequently. Is it because they are indeed more comfortable with the saffron scarf? With the very crucial Lok Sabha elections just round the corner the hidden agenda will soon be all out in the open. While the broom may sweep out some of the old timers, the other end may soon be used to whip the common man. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] FEATURE: An Untitled Canvas -- profile of Vasudeo Gaitonde (The Indian Express)
An Untitled Canvas Who was Vasudeo Gaitonde? An artist of the 1950s Progressive movement, who veered away to find his own language of abstraction. An artist so deeply distrustful of labels that he refused to title his works. An artist who said he thought of a painting in terms of music: I hear colours. A son who snapped ties with his family and never looked back. Piecing together the life of India's foremost -- abstract artist and now its most expensive, after his jewel-like painting sold for Rs 23.7 crore at a Christie's auction last month, the highest price an Indian painting has fetched -- brings one up against many walls of silence and accounts of connections lost. Long before the art market began to realise his worth, Gaitonde had shut out the world, preferring the life of a recluse. Born in Nagpur to Goan parents in 1924, Vasudeo was a few months old when his father, who worked in a printing press, shifted to their ancestral village Uscai in Mapusa, Goa, where Gaitonde spent the first five to six years of his life. The family -- four sisters and a son -- later shifted to Mumbai, where Gaitonde went to Gokhale High School on Grant Road and then joined JJ School of Art, graduating with a diploma in 1948. In college, Gaitonde went through the usual rigour, painting figurative works, which are still around. It was only after graduating that he started experimenting with abstraction, the Indian kind that had a touch of spirituality to it. He began with calligraphic drawings, and then experimented with symbols and collages, says Ranjit Hoskote, poet and curator. There was nothing better than to be an artist in Bombay at the time, when the air throbbed with promise of greater marvels. The Progressive Artists' Movement, founded in 1947 by SH Raza, MF Husain and Francis Newton Souza, and which was later joined by Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamsee, Ram Kumar and others, had broken with older traditions, and was forging an Indian modernism. Gaitonde, who was invited to join the group, was in the thick of those fiery debates. He was a short, dapper man, as lean as his conversations. He worked out of a studio at Bhulabhai Desai Institute, a multidisciplinary institute in Mumbai, which was the hub of the Indian avant-garde. Ravi Shankar held music classes there and Ebrahim Alkazi rehearsed his theatre productions. Gaitonde was surrounded by Husain, Mehta, Krishen Khanna and Raza, who all had studios there. Those conversations between the young artists shaped what he wanted to achieve, says Hoskote. But the path he was to carve for himself was different. While many of the Progressives looked to Europe for inspiration, Gaitonde's first solo show was in New York in 1959, and then again in 1963, when he was offered a fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation for a year. Delhi-based Progressive artist Krishen Khanna, who visited his friend Gai in New York a year later, remembers the two of them visiting the studio of the great American abstract artist Mark Rothko to see his brilliant black-and-white works. Unlike many others, Gai did not take up abstracts because he could not get the linear proportions of figures right. He was exemplary in those too, but abstracts is what attracted him. Paul Klee and Rothko were his inspirations, and their influence lent a Zen-like, meditative quality to his canvases, says Khanna. An American critic once called his art non-objective and that description that resonated with him. In the early 1960s, he experimented with a new style, employing palette knives and paint rollers and even torn pieces of newspaper to create semi-abstract forms. Gallery owner Arun Vadehra first met him at his house in Nizamuddin, Delhi in 1992, accompanied by a common friend. He said he was busy. What was he doing, the friend asked. He said, nothing. He wasn't afraid of that reply. For him, there was nothing wrong with doing nothing, says Vadehra. That idea of nothingness drew him to Zen philosophy. In his paintings, nothing was very important, says Vadehra, who also says that he did not use an easel. Gaitonde, though, was not keen on being slotted in either the figurative or the abstract camps. In an interview dated March 15, 1964 to the *The Illustrated Weekly of India*, he had said, I feel I should not wear any label. I moved away from academism to abstract vision because I wanted to develop my sense of pattern and colour…to paint with figures as subjects is a hindrance... my entire outlook changed when I came to know that the Chinese have no epics to boast -- for the simple reason that an epic covers a long period of time. Any abstract feeling -- love, courage,
[Goanet] WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: Growing Organic Salads @ Home!
*GROWING ORGANIC SALADS AT HOME* *Eat Garden-fresh Salads, right from your backyard or balcony!* Growing various salad ingredients - like lettuce, salad greens, cherry tomatoes and bell peppers in warmer climates like Goa is challenging - but doing this successfully is certainly possible. Having grown these ingredients for salad connoisseurs, 5-star hotels and cafe's over the last three years, we'd like to share some of the tips and techniques that can bring you success with growing these in your own garden or apartment. *Seeds and limited salad seedlings are available for sale on a first come first serve basis.* Click Here for more details: https://www.smore.com/abkq-start-your-organic-salad-garden *WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 12th, 3-5:30pm* *WHERE: Pinto Organic City Farm (at Pinto Bhat), Santacruz, Goa* *Pre-registration compulsory. Registration Fee, Rs. 500.00 per head.* *Call/SMS Yogita: 99606-43245 OR * *Email: yog...@greenessentials.in yog...@greenessentials.in to pre-register.* *** -- Yogita Green Essentials +91 99606 43245 www.greenessentials.in *On Facebook: *www.facebook.com/greenessentials -- Yogita Green Essentials +91 99606 43245 www.greenessentials.in *On Facebook: *www.facebook.com/greenessentials
[Goanet] AAP Goa Office inaugurated - Remo, Dr. Oscar speaking
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office inaugurated on 5th Jan.2014 at Souza Towers, Opp. Municipal Garden (Garcia da Orta) Panaji Goa ( Near Panjim Church). Remo Fernandes, Dr. Oscar Rebello, Valmiki Naik, Dinesh Waghela etc were present. The office was full to capacity. Over 250 people spotted Video AAP Remo Fernandes Dr. Oscar Rebello speaking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvZZ4xgDxR0 some pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/11793652583/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/11793812544/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/11793392125/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/11794174436/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/11793664133/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] 17 Reasons Pope Francis Was The Most Extraordinary Human Being Of 2013
17 Reasons Pope Francis Is The Most Extraordinary Human Being Of 2013 1276 Pope Francis has been declared Time’s Person Of The Year. Looking back on 2013, he has done some incredibly progressive things to lead the Church. 1. He spoke out against frivolous spending by the Church Source: catholic-ew.org.uk The average set of cardinal’s clothes costs as much as $20,000. In October, Pope Francis urged officials to dress more modestly and to not squander such money. In the same month, he ordered a German bishop to explain how he had spent $3 million on a marble courtyard. Source: globalpost.com 2. He invited a boy with Downs Syndrome for a ride in the Popemobile Source: thehindu.com During a general audience, Pope Francis invited Alberto di Tullio, a 17-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome, to ride in his Popemobile while thousands watched. Source: cbsnews.com 3. He embraced and kissed Vinicio Riva Source: huffpost.com November saw Pope Francis embrace Vinicio Riva, a man scarred by a genetic disease. Fighting agonising pain on a daily basis, such an act restored the faith of a man who says that he is often mocked in public. Source: cnn.com 4. Denounced the judgment of homosexuals Source: cnn.com Pope Francis has stated several times that the Church has no right to interfere spiritually in the lives of gays and lesbians. Though Francis maintained the right of the Church to express opinions on homosexuality, he believes that Christians should not judge or ridicule. Source: cnn.com 5. He held a major ceremony at the chapel of a youth prison Source: incarnationparish.org In March, the Pope held a major Holy Week service at Casal del Marmo jail for minors, rather than the Vatican. During the service, the pope washed and kissed the feet of 12 young offenders to commemorate Jesus' gesture of humility towards his apostles on the night before he died. Source: reuters.com 6. He urged the protection of the Amazon Rainforest Source: nationalpost.com During his visit to Brazil, Pope Francis met with natives who have been fighting ranchers and farmers attempting to invade their land. He encouraged that the Amazon be treated as a garden and protected. Source: nationalpost.com 7. He personally called and consoled a victim of rape Source: catholicvirtue.org A 44-year old Argentinian woman, raped by a local policeman, was one of thousands to write a letter to Pope Francis in 2013. The woman was surprised when she later received a phone call from Francis himself--who consoled the woman and told her, “You are not alone.” Source: catholicvirtue.org 8. He snuck out of the Vatican to feed the homeless Source: newsfirst.lk More recently, it has been discovered that Pope Francis regularly leaves the Vatican at night to feed the homeless. Dressed as an ordinary priest, he joins Archbishop Konrad Krajewski to feed the poor of Rome. Source: huffingtonpost.com 9. He auctioned his motorcycle to benefit the homeless Source: dailymail.co.uk In October, Francis donated his own Harley Davidson motorcycle to fund a hostel and soup kitchen in Rome. Source: ncregister.com 10. He acknowledged that atheists can be good people Source: mercopress.com Earlier in 2013, Pope Francis spoke out against the common interpretation within the Church that atheists, by nature, are bad people. He stated that, “Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good.” After meeting the Pope, the openly atheist president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, compared Francis to a friendly neighbor. Source: theguardian.com 11. He condemned the global financial system Source: tempo.co In May, Francis denounced the global financial system for tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. He believes that, “Money has to serve, not to rule! Source: timesofmalta.com 12. He fought child abuse Source: bbcimg.co.uk The Catholic Church has been rocked in recent years by allegations and admissions of child abuse by members of the Church. Pope Francis became the first Pope to take effective action against such atrocities. He ammended Vatican law to make sexual abuse of children a crime, and he also established a committee to fight abuse. Source: bbc.co.uk 13. He condemned the violence of the Syrian civil war Source: blogspot.com In regard to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Pope Francis asked for peace and declared that, War, never again. Violence never leads to peace, war leads to war, violence leads to violence.” Source: reuters.com 14. He redirected employee bonuses to charity Source: ibtimes.com When a new Pope is elected, Vatican employees receive a bonus. Upon his election, the extra money was given to directly to charity instead. Source: washingtonpost.com 15. He spoke out against the Church’s ‘obsession’ with abortion, gay marriage and contraception Source: indiatimes.in In a
[Goanet] Goan restaurants in Bardez, Goa.
Dear Friends I am asked by a group of 15 people who are scheduled to go to Goa next month. They will be staying in Bardez and would like to know if there are authentic Goan restaurants that cook Goan food by Goan chefs. The group has not visited Goa for some 20 years and are longing to have authentic rice and fish curry, xacuti etc. Can someone please indicate names and addresses if possible of the restaurants? I have told them that the food in Mandovi restaurant is fairly good. Thank you. Regards Oscar
Re: [Goanet] GOANS ARE NOT ALLOWED ENTRY IN CASINOS: PARRIKAR (Stephen Dias)
On Jan 6, 2014, at 3:24 AM, Patrice Riemens patr...@xs4all.nl wrote: By law, citizens from Monaco have been not allowed to enter the (magnificent btw) casino of Monte-Carlo, and that since it was built somewhere end of 19th century. This to protect the morals of the local populace. Comment: GM and HNY No interest in entering Casinos - either to work or play in I know of at least other one country which does not allow locals to gamble in its own casinos. It isn't (from what I understand) related as much to 'morals as to protect the state against having to deal with a citizen who went broke and hence became a burden to the state. This is likely to be challenged on the grounds of discrimination against citizens. Even so, Monaco can legislate for her own citizens. Are there folks known as Citizens of Goa? Or is it that All Indian citizens are prevented from playing in the casino? jc
[Goanet] A diet cure diabetes - dailymail.co.uk
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[Goanet] Maestro Carlos Rodrigues Memorial Musical award
Maestro Carlos(Carlito) Rodrigues memorial music awards (11-11-1911 t0 13-9-1975) Instituted by villagers of Chinchinim, friends and admirers since 15/2/2014 to perpetuate his memory,appreciate , recognize his monumental contribution to the field of music, encourage musical talent, besides putting Chinchinim Village on the musical map of Goa . Maestro Carlos played solo,Alto saxaphone, besides mastery with violin and clarinet. Banda Cecilia de Chinchinim and later Radio Serenaders, the first popular brass band dominated musical scene in Goa till his death and then till 1988 The amount of fund is Rs 35000= is to be enhanced , hence open to contributions by proud villagers of Chinchinim and others . One student each from the 3 High High schools of Sarzora , Chinchinim for profiency in playing any musical instrument wil be recommended by the school with some documents to prove the bonafides If suitable studentis not avaiable in any school, it will be distirbuted to the other/s every year, effective from November 2014 with cetificte of honour The prize is under the auspices of P.C.Trust .The trust is encouraged by the Villagers of Chinchinim oferrng awards for academic excellence, sports, besides granting medical and financial aid, school text books to desrving students Nelson Lopes Chinchinim Like https://www.facebook.com/# ·
[Goanet] Prof Sebastiao E Furtado memorial Ivana Maria Furtado Chess award
Prof.SEBASTIAO EUFEMIO FURTADO MEMORIAL-IVANA FURTADO CHESS AWARD TO the Principal THE AWARD is instituted by the villagers of Chinchinim under P.C.Trust to perpetuate the memory of late Prof, Sebastiao and also to honour Ms Ivana Furtado for her achievements in the game of chess at all levels of the game and motivate young players Students originally from Chinchinim, studying in any Schools in Goa are eligible to apply.this year, Apply to Mr Nelson Lopes, Chairman, P.C.Trust, 603 Dandeavado, Chinchinim, Salcette, Goa. 403715 ., latest by 25January 2014 with the following details. 1-Name, address, Phone numbers 2- Permanent Residential address at Chinchinim and present temporary residential address 3-, Name of the school presently enrolled. 4-Details of participation in tournaments, place, name of the holders of the tournament held during the last year 2012-2013 . 4-Position of winnings etc in the tournaments with xerox copies of certificates if, any 5-Regular coaching, training and duration. The selection will be done by the P.C.Trust and candidates informed about the details of of felicitations
[Goanet] NHM demands ban on cow slaughter
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[Goanet] Carles Boromeu Crasto award
MR CHARLES BOROMEU CRASTO MEMORIAL AWARD (4-11-1938- 9-2-2011) operated by P.C.Trust Instituted on his birth anniversary on 4-11-2013 by daughter, Mrs Smitha, Boromeu Crasto, Dandeavado, Chinchinim. The award is for the FIRST student at SSCE,from High Schools of Sarzora/Chinchinim Village effective from March 2014 SSCE . The corpus is Rs 10,000= People of Chinchinim are the strength of P.C.Trust, encouraging excellence in academic , sports activities, medical and financial aid,text book fund to desrving students ,since 1974 Nelson Lopes Chinchinim Like https://www.facebook.com/# ·
[Goanet] Please Sign Our SGS Online Petition.
Dear Netters, Despite all our dialogue with various elected representatives, the Goa Govt. is going ahead with the land acquisition for the Garbage Treatment Plant (GTP) at the present garbage dump site. Everyone has completely ignored our 5-point charter to shift the GTP to a safer location just 700 mts. away. In view of this, the Saligao Garbage Struggle (SGS) has started a global, online petition at Change.org, from Goenkars worldwide and others concerned about Goa and the planet's environment. The petition is addressed to the following officials: 1. Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister Chairman-High Level Task Force (Garbage) 2. Dilip Parulekar, Saligao MLA Goa Tourism Minister 3. Francis D'Souza, Dy. Chief Minister of Goa Dy. Chairman-High Level Task Force (Garbage) 4. B Vijayan, Chief Secretary-Govt. of Goa. 5. Alina D'Souza, Goa Environment Minister Member-High Level Task Force (Garbage) 6. Eknath Oraskar, Saligao Sarpanch Chairman-Panchayat Waste Management Committee The petition is important first to Saligao and then to the whole of Goa, because our govt. needs to set up Garbage Treatment Plants (GTP) along these lines: - choose the right technology for Goa's climate: temperature, humidity, monsoons etc. - choose the right technology for Goa's garbage: for example, coastal, tourism garbage is different from general garbage. - choose the right location:* not* eco-sensitive zones like hills, plateaus, riversides or close to the High Tide Line and *not* near residential areas. - insist on segregation at source (unbelievably, our govt. is collecting unsegregated, coastal tourism garbage for this GTP!). - shifting this GTP to the safer alternative, just 700 mts. away will establish a precedent for all future plants to be safe for the environment and for people. - if the GTP is not shifted to the alternative site, 700 mts away, the Saligao Garbage Struggle will be forced into a legal battle that will stop work and be a problem for all concerned. Please watch the video online and sign our petition *here. https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/goa-chief-minister-shift-garbage-treatment-plant-protect-people-save-the-environment * or https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/goa-chief-minister-shift-garbage-treatment-plant-protect-people-save-the-environment We urge you to please make your family, friends and acquaintances *aware*of this urgent need and *convince* them to sign our petition. We want quality signers who are convinced about the petition, not mere numbers! We are on Face Book *here https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967*. The Saligao Garbage Struggle (SGS) page is *here https://www.facebook.com/goa.garbage.struggle.* Warm regards and solidarity. Muriel Mario -- there *is* *anOTHERgoa* *at https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967 https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967 *http://www.an*OTHER* goa.blogspot.in http://www.anothergoa.blogspot.in http://www.youtube.com/anothergoa ''' muriel mario, c/o FULKAR, 6/22, sonarbhatt, saligao. bardez. goa. 403511. tel: 0832-2278276 / 240 anothergoa AT gmail.com ''
[Goanet] NEWS: Adjacent building starts collapsing, rescue work stopped (Goanews.com)
Adjacent building starts collapsing, rescue work stopped GOANEWS DESK, CANACONA | 06 January 2014 13:49 IST Another building, adjacent to the collapsed building of Ruby Residency, has also started collapsing. As a result, the rescue work has been stopped by the authorities. There is nobody staying in this building as it was also under construction. South Goa collector Venecio Furtado told goanews.com that the painted building adjacent to the collapsed building has started tilting. “We could even notice major cracks developed in the building. The rescue work has thus been stopped”, he said. One house, which is close to this building, has also been evacuated, said Furtado. Even electricity to the whole area has been cut off, as a safety measure. It is a block of four buildings, even having a common staircase, one building of which had collapsed on 4 January, causing major mishap. The adjacent buildings had developed cracks, but the rescue teams had continued its work pulling out people even alive, taking risk. Realising the danger of adjacent buildings collapsing, the authorities had yesterday evening had stopped the work for a while, but then decided to resume it at night. However, Furtado said they had no other option than to stop the rescue work since one building has started tilting. The rescue teams had succeeded in pulling out 45 workers trapped inside, including 17 dead bodies. The authorities have also managed to get information about 10 more workers trapped inside while few more may also be trapped. -- COMMENT ON GOANET@FACEBBOK by Tony Martin: While BJP-basher Tejpal is still languishing in Sada jail I wonder what course the maiden Canacona building collapse disaster will take. I wonder why our local MLA Mr. Tawadkar does not prefer to comment on this grave tragedy. Unless I missed it, I wonder why there is no interview of Tawadkar so far. (BTW we have 20+ news correspondents from the print media in Canacona.) He should have been questioned because he is the MLA and more importantly because he is one of the residents of Ruby residency. BTW everyone knows the incompetent Goa police and in this case they are going that proverbial extra mile on cementing the incompetency tag by arresting a 'poor' supervisor Goa's Mandovi Bridge collapsed after 16 years. Now we have under-construction buildings crumbling down. Quo Vadis Goa? Welcome to a trending new culture called *violations*.
[Goanet] Maestro Carlos Rodrigues Musical genius
Maestro Carlos (Carlito) Rodrigues He was affectionately known as Carlito Mestre. He was born to Mr Remedios Joao Rodrigues and Mrs Belarmina Fernandes atChinchinim on 11th November 1911 and was among two children. He was happily married to Mrs Argentina Furtado of Deussua, Chinchinim. She was his sheet anchor supporting, untiringly with arrangements for numerous band practices at the residence. He breathed his last with a mild heart attack on 13th September 1975. He was naturally gifted with the talent of singing, right from the very early age and developed his interest with devotion and encouragement. In those days making a career in Music was not profitable, not encouraged or kindly looked upon, but it was with his passion and determination that he pursued it. Nevertheless, much against the advice of his elders, at the age of 21 years, he founded the band called “Banda Cecilia de Chinchinim” with meagre resources, in honour of the patron saint of musicians, St. Cecilia and every year he used to dedicate a holy mass in her honour on 22nd November. Initially, he was engaged locally, playing for functions with moderate success. Gradually, he ventured beyond and was much acclaimed and sought after for his performances He rightly earned the title of “Maestro” being proficient in playing a variety of musical instruments and achieving mastery in solo, alto Saxophone, besides delighting with ease the Violin with his nibble fingers, and Clarinet too. He created his own compositions which received accolades and appreciation from music lovers and composers. Wishing to showcase his talents and in search of greener pastures for a better more comfortable life, he left for Colombo, Ceylon with the then famous band leader from the village Mr Josico Menezes, who had tremendous influence on him and who helped him shape his dreams and future. He played with his band there for two years and which won great acceptance and admiration of people. He was thus conferred with two prestigious Honours in Colombo for his musical renditions Feeling home sick, he returned to his native place, and with his experience, confidently decided to form the new band, baptized as RADIO SERENADERS in 1948. It was a big band of 10 musicians and with favourite nomenclature, he continued to his very end. Recognition and appreciations followed him with great success. It was the leading, most sought after band from North to South Goa and modestly designated as the first, pioneering brass band of Goa. He performed at most important leading venues, popular, prestigious and famous dances and functions. The band added grace, happiness and life to the occasion. The RADIO SERENADERS was in such great demands, that booking in advance was an absolute necessity to connoisseur of music, not to be disappointed. His fame thus spread far and wide and he carved a niche amongst the greatest musicians of all times, till his passing away in 1975. It can be truly said that he stormed the bastion of music scene with his entrance on musical horizon of Goa, that he left many other existing bands far behind. He brought to the music lovers in Goa compositions of famous musicians like Harry James, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miles, among many others. His loyal, faithful band of musicians consisted of Joaquim. 1st Trumpet, (Moira), Degolacao, 2nd Trumpet (Sirlim), Fransquino 2nd alto sax (Mungul, Margao), Pedro Antonio Fernandes, tenor sax (Colva), Baptist Tavares, 2nd tenor sax (Rachol), Piedade Francis Fernandes, Drums (Madel, Margao), Lume Gomes, Banjo, (Navelim) Joao Goes, double bass (Chinchinim); Carmo, Belino and Seby Fernandes, crooners that enhanced the prestige After his death, his sons Mr. Neon and Mr. Lucio carried the torch forward, continuing with the best traditions and the standards set by their father from 1975 to 1988. Mr Neon was proficient in playing with alto saxophone, drums, keyboard, and guitar. Mr Lucio was a part of the band playing rhythm guitar. The transfer of Mr Lucio to Bombay and advent of electronic music, with numerous small groups the economics made survival difficult, However Mr. Neon continues with his musical school, transferring his expertise to the young music enthusiast in guitar, drums, violin and keyboard. I recall with gratitude how Carlito Mestre, voluntarily entertained our meets of youngsters during Christmas and New Year nights, even though he was advised rest. He was a simple, humble unassuming professional, but a great loving, personality He leaves behind his other children Mrs Wenefrida Pereira, Mrs,Marina Fernandes, Mrs. Benecia Diniz, who are well settled in life, with their children professionally qualified. Nelson Lopes Chinchinim, 15-2-2014
[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus
5-Jan-2013 Dear friend, We all like to be affirmed by people, especially by significant people whom we admire and love. We like to believe that we are known and are associated with influential people and clubbed with them. But we do not like to be associated with the poor, the weak and the less privileged of society and keep our distance from them. Jesus, however, preferred to identify himself with the poor, the deprived and the drop-outs of his time. He came to be one with us in solidarity with mankind. At His baptism he identified with sinful humanity and was identified as Son of God. May we cherish being well beloved children of our Father-God!! Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: Feast of the Baptism of Jesus This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased! 12-Jan-2014 Isaiah 42: 1-4, 6-7; Acts 10: 34-38; Matthew 3: 13-17; Isaiah invites the Israelites to hope for a new world where God will reveal his glory. This newness will be brought about by his chosen servant, God's beloved servant, endowed with his spirit. It is not quite certain who this Servant is that is referred to, but it is certain it is not referring to an individual, but to the people itself, Israel, as God's chosen instrument. The prophet is primarily referring to Israel as the chosen one of God. Israel is reminded of its universal mission to be the servant for all nations. The chosen one will not dominate but will fulfill his mission by humble service. This mission looks impossible humanly speaking but will be realized in Jesus Christ the new Israel, the chosen one of God Initiation Rite Remember the initiation rites of our ancestors? In some places, as in the Sepik, even today, they lock teenage boys in an enclosure for a month of isolation. Here their bodies, especially their backs are cut and bled. They are taught to bear pain. They are taught all the labours of the clan. After four weeks they are let out of the spirit house, and now they enter into a new life. That is the life of an adult. Now they can marry. In one place on the Sepik the boys crawled out of the initiation enclosure through the jaws of the imitation crocodile. This is symbolic for being born again into a new life.-Baptism means the same thing: entry into a new life; it also gives us a new status, just like what the initiate has achieved. Frank Michalic in 'Tonic for the heart' All four gospels speak of the preaching and the baptism for repentance of John the Baptist and that of the baptism by John. That Jesus was baptized by John posed a difficulty for the early church, given the fact that Jesus was sinless. John himself was hesitant to baptize Jesus. However the fact of his baptism that it is reported in all four gospel accounts testifies to its authenticity. Jesus did not need to be baptized by John but in choosing to be baptized he symbolized his readiness to be one with humanity, in solidarity with the human race. It was as though Jesus was proclaiming: I am one with you! I am on your side! The Gospel account tells us that the moment of Christ's submission to God's will, the moment he accepted to be one with humanity with its weakness and sinfulness, Jesus was accepting all the consequences: becoming the Lamb of God ready to be sacrificed for the sins of the world. This moment of acceptance also became the moment when the Father acknowledged His son. He gave his sign of recognition and approval. No sooner had he come up out of the water than he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit like a dove descending on him. And a voice came from the heavens You are my son the beloved; my favour rests on you. The baptism of Jesus thus becomes a moment of oneness of Jesus with the human race 'I am on your side!' with God also proclaiming his oneness with his own Son: I am on your side! You are my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. This affirmation was accompanied with signs, the heavens parting, God revealing himself through the descent of the Spirit and through his own word spoken to all who cared to listen and believe. The Servant of God is also the well-beloved Son of the Father. In life all of us need to be affirmed and the most meaningful affirmation comes from those who love us. Solidarity with ... When leprosy broke out among the people of the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the last century, the authorities responded by establishing a leper colony on the remote Island of Molokai. The victims were snatched by force from their families and sent to this island to perish. However, moved by their terrible plight, a young Belgian priest, Damien De Veuster, asked to be allowed to minister to them. Straightaway he realized that there was only one way to do this: that was to go and live among them. Having got permission, he went to Molokai. At first he tried to minister to them while keeping a certain distance. But he soon realized that he had to live among them to gain their trust.
Re: [Goanet] DISQUIET ABOUT THE AAM AADMI PARTY
Though I do not agree on Aires concern, I do have a concern that AAP may be too left for the country at these times. Anyway, hope they get a good number of seats in the parliament to keep a check on corruption. On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.comwrote: The concern regarding the credentials and genuineness of the Aam Aadmi Party (APP) is on account of it being strategically steered and geared by some Hindu extremist *Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh* (*RSS*) pracharaks. We are witnessing it in Goa too. Understandably perception is growing of it being the undercover incognito B team of the BJP with some naïve altar boys drafted in the usual saffron shrewd style to split the anti-BJP secular votes. The background and also lineage of some of the members of this outfit will expose the true colours of these power-thirsty hounds. Today, politics which was meant to be a mission is sadly no longer a straight forward sincere game. It has become a business venture paying very high dividends. Despite the Election Commission’s all out efforts, the political chess board has become as curved, curled and crooked as it can get. The common man should therefore be very cautious and vigilant. Look beyond the curtains and read between the lines while sniffing the political broth that is cooking. In Goa, we have witnessed some of our MLA’s and MPs of the 60’s and the 70’s languish and die as paupers. Over the last three decades however, their breed across party lines has morphed from rags to riches. While the politicians have just got richer and richer, the common man has been mercilessly short changed having to bear the brunt of high inflation, rampant corruption and ever escalating cost of living. Anna Hazare wears the Gandhi cap at all times. In contrast some of these AAP decoys seem to be wearing it only to draw public glare. We even see Arvind Kejriwal now wearing that cap less frequently. Is it because they are indeed more comfortable with the saffron scarf? With the very crucial Lok Sabha elections just round the corner the hidden agenda will soon be all out in the open. While the broom may sweep out some of the old timers, the other end may soon be used to whip the common man. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
