[Goanet-News] GOANexpats: Tony Fernandes, AirAsia and expanding the Indian flying market
GOANexpats: We have a headstart over Tata-SIA: Tony Fernandes AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes thanks the Indian govt for putting people first and not listening to vested interests Tarun Shukla AirAsia founder and group chief executive Tony Fernandes. Photo: S. Kumar/Mint New Delhi: A-year-and-a-half after announcing its India plans, AirAsia India Pvt. Ltd has finally won an airline licence. AirAsia founder and group chief executive Tony Fernandes, who turned 50 last week, said it is the best birthday present he has ever got. Edited excerpts from a telephone interview: Q: You are now the eighth domestic scheduled passenger airline in India. Where does AirAsia India go from here? It's a big day for me personally. It feels great that we have achieved it. I have just turned 50 last week and my son said the celebrations will go on for one week. He told me today dad, this is the last day of your birthday celebration. It's the best birthday gift I could have got, I told my son, a great day to end my birthday celebrations. Now we need to take stock of where we are. We never knew when it was coming. I thank the Indian government for putting people first and not listening to vested interests. The consumer will win. Q: When are we looking at the first flight? It's up to the board to decide now. We have everything in place. The Indian elections are getting over. So let's wait and see. Q: Would you say two-three months, which is typically the time frame to sell flights? Let's see the elections results, there is no rush, we want to make sure that this is something which can work. Q: Is there something that still worries you? No, nothing. We just want the elections out of the way. We need to see the direction of the new government and what policies they bring in. Q: You are referring to the five aircraft and 20 years' experience requirement for an Indian airline to fly international, which some airlines want to be revoked? Yeah, 5/20 would help. Q: How many aircraft is AirAsia India going to fly initially? There would be eight aircraft in six months. Q: You already have one Airbus A320 in India. When is the next one coming? The next one is this month. A few weeks back you were nearly on the edge and wanted to scrap the AirAsia India project in frustration. Until we get it finally, until the fat lady sings (you don't know). I have been through 12 years of this, you go through highs and lows. I never give up. The good always wins in the end. My father somewhere up there would be very proud that I have managed to become the first foreign airline invested carrier in India. I have managed to have an airline in India. Now we have to deliver what we said we are going to deliver to the people. Q: Have you met Subramanian Swamy who has challenged foreign airline investments in a court and what do you have to say to him? I don't know Mr Swamy. Never met him. We will certainly meet one day. He will see the benefits of AirAsia India entry to Indian aviation. He had to do what he had to do. We have to do what we have to do. There is no grudge from our side. We are just happy we got the AOP (air operating permit). Q: The AirAsia licence is subject to a court decision. Does that worry you? I mean the government of India has already decided on allowing foreign airlines to invest in India, so it's the moot point that government of India didn't want new airlines they would not have given licence in the first place. That's what you meant, right? So I don't really see how that ever was an issue. Q: What would you say to rivals like IndiGo and other low-cost airlines in India with whom you will compete? I have seen many airlines before me and many have started after me in the last 12 years. A new Indonesian carrier has just started in our market. I never objected to it. You can't pull back competition. Let the consumer decide who is better. My focus is on my airline not what others do. In a a market of 1 billion people, there are structural issues to correct. It's a big enough market for all of us. I also would like to say Mittu (AirAsia India chief executive Mittu Chandilya) has done a great job -- I mean here is a man with little aviation experience, young and energetic who is thrown into a gang of wolves, he jumped into it and came out well. That's what we do, we empower people. Q: When is the AirAsia India board meeting? In the new few weeks. I should be flying down to India soon. Q: Tata's second airline investment with Singapore Airlines is also starting soon. How will you ensure you don’t cannibalize each other? Well, we haven't. Let's see what happens when they start. We have got a bit of headstart over
[Goanet] MANOHAR PARRIKAR DOES NOT STAND FOR ZERO TOLERANCE TO CORRUPTION
The ethics and moral principles in Goa’s political spectrum is sinking to a very new low. There was high expectation that Manohar Parrikar would have kept his promise to cleanse up the political rot. But his hobnobbing and flirting with the corruption tainted Mauvin Godinho leaves much to be desired. If Manohar Parrikar had vowed that his mantra was Zero tolerance to Corruption, how is he so obsessed with Mauvin Godinho who is well immersed into the infamous Power Scam Case which is now before the Supreme Court. Ironically Mauvin Godinho was charge sheeted in that Power Scam case on the very complaint of Manohar Parrikar himself. That Mauvin Godinho is desperately trying to creep into into the BJP is no surprise. He has been a known defector who would stoop to any level to secure his ever so ambitious political and personal interests. Mauvin Godinho has recently claimed that he was a student leader and social activist. Could he make public his contribution if any to the student movement and social activism? For now all we know is his tale from Rags to Riches. That Manohar Parrikar has bent to such low levels in embracing the A. Raja and Suresh Kalmadi of Goa Mauvin Godinho should be an eye-opener. Infact every Goan must be now trying to figure out as to who is more corrupt, Manohar Parrikar or Mauvin Godinho and as to how this duet could harmonise. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Book Club
16TH MAY 2014 AT 8.15 PM The Book Club will meet to discuss_ THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA_ by ERNEST HEMINGWAYOVER potluck.
[Goanet] India's Gerson da Cunha: Renaissance Man
Pranay Gupte Bestselling author, historian, biographer, foreign correspondent India's Gerson da Cunha: Renaissance Man The name of Gerson da Cunha of Mumbai means a lot to men and women of a certain generation, including mine. Simply put, he is sui generis. He's India's Renaissance Man. He possesses a towering intellect, a warm and giving personality, a voice that has been projected across film and drama theaters in many countries, a mind that has graced the diverse worlds of advertising, strategic communications and social marketing, a brain that developed modern India's mix of telecommunications of sustainable economic development -- particularly in rural areas -- and a heart that has worked relentless in the cause of women's education and empowerment, for children's rights and for trying to restore urban sanity in teeming metropolises such as Mumbai. I thought of these things just the other evening at a dinner hosted by Gerson and his wife Uma, a noted film critic, publisher of a highly regarded film quarterly, and organizer of film festivals. The guests included the film composer and lyricist Vanraj Bhatia, the marketing guru Shashi Kathpalia and his wife, Nayna, the social activist, Madhulika Dash of Orissa, a noted food writer, and the acclaimed photographers Suzanne Lee of Malaysia and Sanjit Das of Kolkata. I was reminded of what President John F. Kennedy said at a White House dinner in April 1962 honoring Nobel laureates of the Western hemisphere: I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. I write about Gerson because he's 83 years old, and is still going strong. A mild stroke hasn't slowed him, nor has the fact that today's generation of public intellectuals seldom acknowledge -- at least not fulsomely -- his stellar contributions. Gerson's door remains open to all, and notwithstanding ingrates he continues to be generous with his counsel and contacts. Gerson da Cunha belongs to a generation of Indians who set about creating and strengthening institutions in advertising and other fields in post-Independence India. At a very young age, he became chief executive of Lintas, a fabled company whose business he grew. Unicef recruited him for South America, where he helped conceive and implement social marketing programs such inoculation for children in Brazil's slums, and healthy motherhood in Central America. After a long Unicef stint -- which included serving at the agency's headquarters in New York -- Gerson returned home and helped his friend, the entrepreneur Sam Pitroda, to implement then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's ambition to streamline India's telecommunications. He wrote newspaper columns, and spoke widely about the importance of primary health care and women's education in India's ambitious development plans. Gerson then turned his attention to urban management. While a large majority of India's 1.3 billion people live in rural areas, the country's rapidly expanding cities suffered from poor management and planning. Gerson formed a nongovernmental organization in Mumbai called Agni -- fire -- that kept after political governors to devote more time and resources for the wellbeing of city dwellers. And all the while, Gerson continued acting in plays and movies, and he continued his column writing. I had the privilege of persuading Gerson to join me in starting a conference newspaper, The Earth Times, for the 1992 Earth Summit. The summit was more formally known as the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. That parlay -- which was attended by 110 heads of state and government, and more than 65,000 civil-society participants -- took Gerson back to his old territory, Rio de Janeiro. His daily columns for The Earth Times appeared under the title, View from the South. They spanned the spectrum of environmental and developmental issues, and they fetched Gerson a new cohort of fans. Indeed, his perspectives helped shape the political dialogue at the summit. We continued publishing The Earth Times until 2003. That's when I shuttered the not-for-profit newspaper, which appeared daily at UN conferences in a dozen cities ranging from Bonn to Cairo to Beijing. It would be no hyperbole to say that Gerson's columns were the most sought-after feature of the newspaper. Now he's back home in Mumbai, still pressing the cause of livable cities and healthy environments for city dwellers. His home serves as a salon for everyone from the high and mighty to everyday citizens. Gerson clearly relishes good company. But I venture to suggest that his visitors get far more out of him and Uma than the couple do. That clearly doesn't bother Gerson da Cunha. After all, he says, his extraordinary and special life experiences are there for him to share and not to hoard. His art-and-artifact-filled living room is enhanced by the
[Goanet] Dubai dreams turn Goa horrors for 11-year-old
http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/dubai-dreams-turn-goa-horrors-for-11-year-old_930855.html -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] GOANexpats: Tony Fernandes, AirAsia and expanding the Indian flying market
GOANexpats: We have a headstart over Tata-SIA: Tony Fernandes AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes thanks the Indian govt for putting people first and not listening to vested interests Tarun Shukla AirAsia founder and group chief executive Tony Fernandes. Photo: S. Kumar/Mint New Delhi: A-year-and-a-half after announcing its India plans, AirAsia India Pvt. Ltd has finally won an airline licence. AirAsia founder and group chief executive Tony Fernandes, who turned 50 last week, said it is the best birthday present he has ever got. Edited excerpts from a telephone interview: Q: You are now the eighth domestic scheduled passenger airline in India. Where does AirAsia India go from here? It's a big day for me personally. It feels great that we have achieved it. I have just turned 50 last week and my son said the celebrations will go on for one week. He told me today dad, this is the last day of your birthday celebration. It's the best birthday gift I could have got, I told my son, a great day to end my birthday celebrations. Now we need to take stock of where we are. We never knew when it was coming. I thank the Indian government for putting people first and not listening to vested interests. The consumer will win. Q: When are we looking at the first flight? It's up to the board to decide now. We have everything in place. The Indian elections are getting over. So let's wait and see. Q: Would you say two-three months, which is typically the time frame to sell flights? Let's see the elections results, there is no rush, we want to make sure that this is something which can work. Q: Is there something that still worries you? No, nothing. We just want the elections out of the way. We need to see the direction of the new government and what policies they bring in. Q: You are referring to the five aircraft and 20 years' experience requirement for an Indian airline to fly international, which some airlines want to be revoked? Yeah, 5/20 would help. Q: How many aircraft is AirAsia India going to fly initially? There would be eight aircraft in six months. Q: You already have one Airbus A320 in India. When is the next one coming? The next one is this month. A few weeks back you were nearly on the edge and wanted to scrap the AirAsia India project in frustration. Until we get it finally, until the fat lady sings (you don't know). I have been through 12 years of this, you go through highs and lows. I never give up. The good always wins in the end. My father somewhere up there would be very proud that I have managed to become the first foreign airline invested carrier in India. I have managed to have an airline in India. Now we have to deliver what we said we are going to deliver to the people. Q: Have you met Subramanian Swamy who has challenged foreign airline investments in a court and what do you have to say to him? I don't know Mr Swamy. Never met him. We will certainly meet one day. He will see the benefits of AirAsia India entry to Indian aviation. He had to do what he had to do. We have to do what we have to do. There is no grudge from our side. We are just happy we got the AOP (air operating permit). Q: The AirAsia licence is subject to a court decision. Does that worry you? I mean the government of India has already decided on allowing foreign airlines to invest in India, so it's the moot point that government of India didn't want new airlines they would not have given licence in the first place. That's what you meant, right? So I don't really see how that ever was an issue. Q: What would you say to rivals like IndiGo and other low-cost airlines in India with whom you will compete? I have seen many airlines before me and many have started after me in the last 12 years. A new Indonesian carrier has just started in our market. I never objected to it. You can't pull back competition. Let the consumer decide who is better. My focus is on my airline not what others do. In a a market of 1 billion people, there are structural issues to correct. It's a big enough market for all of us. I also would like to say Mittu (AirAsia India chief executive Mittu Chandilya) has done a great job -- I mean here is a man with little aviation experience, young and energetic who is thrown into a gang of wolves, he jumped into it and came out well. That's what we do, we empower people. Q: When is the AirAsia India board meeting? In the new few weeks. I should be flying down to India soon. Q: Tata's second airline investment with Singapore Airlines is also starting soon. How will you ensure you don’t cannibalize each other? Well, we haven't. Let's see what happens when they start. We have got a bit of headstart over
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[Goanet] Rat eating at Mumbai airport terminal counter
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[Goanet] Fw: Taking the law into their own hands...
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[Goanet] Holant Beach 7.5.2014
Welcome to Holant beach (Close to Bogmalo and Dabolim Airport, area comes under Velsao-Pale-Issorsim Panchayat) A beautiful picnic spot, a sort of natural and safe sea water swimming pool for both young and old. And to add to your safety, there are two lifeguards too since 2009 closely watching your every movement at sea. This is a small beach often busy all days of the week but if possible avoid the crowded weekends. The beach is mainly visited by locals (Goans) making a very popular picnic spot which includes bathing. Today Wednesday 7.5.14, we visited the beach around 5pm. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJIFwKWjec Pics The beach, bathing, playing etc https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953821729/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953824139/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137175591/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137175591/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953831487/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953865349/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137616432/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953905210/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953863157/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14117357226/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137220581/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14160620603/in/photostream/ Shore with canoe boat, voddem https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953818737/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140529115/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140531865/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140559405/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14160622013/in/photostream/ Chapel view in the background https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14160570153/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14117327576/in/photostream/ With Holy Cross Shrine in the background https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137154541/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140520165/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140543695/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14117350296/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953877029/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14117365576/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140774704/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137639322/in/photostream/ Restaurant copacabana https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/1395388/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137607932/in/photostream/ View of Velsao Dando beach, and Cuelim Hill chapel https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953819820/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137542232/in/photostream/ Lifeguard on guard https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140505115/in/photostream/ Picnickersarea https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953825760/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14117291906/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953854330/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14137226251/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953892609/in/photostream/ Dukor https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953826848/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/14140672854/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk65/13953775047/in/photostream/ More on Holant beach (Past pics and videos) http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2011/06/holant-beach-2611.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc’
[Goanet] BMM condemns arrests of villagers protesting mining in Cavrem
http://bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2014/05/bmm-condemns-arrests-of-villagers.html Call up Quepem police station landline 0832-2662253 and get the latest update on the arrests Bharat Mukti Morcha strongly condemns arrests of 34 mulnivasi people protesting against mining transportation or iron ore in Cavrem village of Quepem taluka On May 8, 2014 without being released till reports last came in. They are split and shifted at police stations in Margao, Vasco etc. According to the reports received Cavrem villagers including large number of tribal people block transportation of ore from Jairam Neogi mine operated illegally since 2007 by Dinar Tarcar. His lease expired in 2007 and Supreme Court in recent judgement has confirmed that all mines in Goa have been functioning without valid leases. This is the same mine where Dora, Sheryl, Karush, Sebastian, Fr.Mathias Protested and few others- were beaten up by mining truck drivers under the direction of mining Contractor Subhas Phaldesai and arrested on October 11, 2008. The first account of Fr.Mathias is available here. Another account by Sebastian is also available. Bharat Mukti Morcha hold that the act of blocking mining transportation by Cavrem villagers is correct and Police has acted only to fulfill the combined will of the mining companies and the Chief Minister who in any case is heading Bamon Raj government that believed in scant respect for mulnivasis like Adivasis of Cavrem, their livestock, forest and paddy fields. Amongst the arrested 34 are 10 women and as per report received till midnight were not served any food or water in police custody at Quepem Police station, Quepem. Shah Commission has pointed out the robbery of Rs.35,000 crore through mining trade. Public Accountability Committee headed by then Leader of the Opposition Mr.Manohar Parrikar has marshaled evidence of illegal mining export of 85 million tones and Rs.3,400 crore loss to the State treasury. Mr.Parrikar however after taking over as Chief Minister has not acted on his own report nor has he recovered Rs.3,400 crore looted by mining companies. He has also avoided any actions to nail those responsible for the illegal export of 85 million tones of iron ore from Goa. What Mr.Manohar Parrikar has provided for Goa is ethically bad leadership for Goa with active promotion of black money and corruption just like his predecessor Digambar Kamat. The rightful place for both these Bamons is behind the bars. They are moving scot free and troubling entire state of Goa only because they are Bamons heading Bamon Raj committed to loot and plunder of Goa. Bharat Mukti Morcha is of the studied opinion that mining in legal as well as illegal way is not sustainable in Goa and every effort must be made to rid Goa of mining curse. Bharat Mukti Morcha also strongly object to the Department of mines trying to create fear amongst public that protests against mining is a contempt of Supreme Court Judgement in Goa Foundation versus Union of India dated April 21, 2014 on mining in Goa. This judgement is already criticized. Bharat Mukti Morcha congratulates Cavrem villagers for their bold action in defense of life that is threatened by mining companies.
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[Goanet] Press Note-TAG to condole Tiatr Artiste Prisco’s Death
*Press Note* *For Favour of Publication* *TAG to condole Tiatr Artiste Prisco’s Death* Prisco Corte a versatile artiste of the tiatr stage and husband of tiatr artiste Rosy Alvares who has done yeomen service to the tiatr stage died on 17th April 2014. Born on 19th June 1962 Prisco began his professional carrier at Mumbai and excelled in acting and singing. Some of the noted tiatr directors whom Prisco has served in their tiatrs are C. Alvares, Rosario Rodrigues, Patrick Dourado,Menino Mario, etc. In order to condole his death and pay respects to his departed soul Tiatr academy of Goa has called for a Condolence Meet on Wednesday, 14th May 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at the Black Box, Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. All tiatr artistes and tiatr lovers are requested to attend the meet. *Victor de Sa* *Member Secretary*
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