[Goanet] [GOANET] OPEN LETTER: QUO VADIS AAP... JUST WHAT THE HELL IS THE TOP LEADERSHIP SMOKING? [OSCAR REBELLO]
Dear Dr Jose Colaco and Dr Oscar Rebello, I have tried to avoid writing controversial letters especially related to politics because each one has their own way of thinking, but just thought I would share my thoughts since I am a well wisher of the AAP party and I am confident that it will clean up the corruption which is ruining our country. With regards to Aam Admi Party (AAP), I happened to get acquainted with this party in Goa during their infancy. I interacted with the tall leader of AAP, Mr. Yogendra Yadav in Goa. We had a meeting at the Goa Chamber of Commerce in Panjim near Cafe Real. There were about 20 to 30 invitees and I was one of those present. The way he put his points across was excellent and superb. I really appreciated this gentleman and predicted he would one day shine in the party. Unfortunately he had to leave this party along with Adv.Prashant Bushan. After the Delhi elections took place, AAP swept the polls with 67 seats (AAP) against 3 seats (BJP). Arwind Kejriwal Leader of AAP nowadays has many internal problems with great leaders like Yogendra Yadav and Prasant Bushan deciding to leave the party. Lots of people are sending Open Letters trying to ensure a patch up since the AAP party seems the best hope for clean governance. Dr. Oscar Rebello also seems to be trying to achieve a patch up. Others are implying that this is part of an attempt to get a ticket, which may or may not be the case. However, I believe that Dr. Oscar quitting his well paying clinic to join into politics will never takes place because he is well settled in Panjim with high charges or fees and an elite patient base. Lastly, in general, I do not agree with the statement made by Dr. Jose Colaco about doctors and politics. Earlier we had a number of Doctors in Goa joining politics, for example Dr. Willy D’Sousa a great surgeon from Saligao who after returning from UK has entered into this political business and also remained for few months as CM of Goa, Dr. Carmo Pegado also joined politics, also Dr. Wilfred Mesquita who is continuing as spokes person in BJP and who is managing to survive inspite of so many hassles, Dr. Jack Sequeira was Opinion Leader of Goa Democratic Party. Dr Luis Prota Barbosa ex-CM also took part in politics and many more. I wish the AAP party all the best and hope that they resolve their differences without allowing others to aggravate the situation. Stephen Dias D.Paula-Goa= Date: 18.3.2015= Message: 5 Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:04:17 -0400 From: Jose cola...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Rajan Parrikar ra...@parrikar.com, campalhealthservi...@gmail.com campalhealthservi...@gmail.com, Dr. Oscar Rebello docosca...@rediffmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Open Letter: Quo vadis AAP... just what the hell is the top leadership smoking? (Dr Oscar Rebello) Message-ID: e8e3d503-f267-424b-9fca-ea0709633...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii An Unsolicited Open Letter to Dr. Oscar Rebello from a Distant ObserverPardon any Typos. This IPad does some curious auto- corrections Dear Sir, I am NOT going to ask you What YOU are smoking or even . IF would benefit from it. I'd merely state the following: Doctors, in general, make very poor politicians. Having observed you over the years, I believe you would do very well NEVER to quit your day job. Politics is not meant for physicians, especially honest and dedicated physicians like you. Three closing points: (1) A team player NEVER writes Open Letters to Party Central, unless he is about to quit OR wishes to draw attention to one's own self (2) it would be an absolute miracle IF you, dear doctor, would win an election from Panjim or thereabouts unless on a BJP, MGP or Congress ticket. (3) Political Parties are not know to give tickets to writers of Open Letters to Central. Hence consider yourself self-disqualified after scoring an own goal. BTW: I hope you noticed that the dissident AAP faction members have requested a meeting with Kejriwal . best jc On Mar 17, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Goanet Reader goanetrea...@gmail.com posted: (Oscar Rebello wrote:) My dear Team AK / Team YY-PB: Permit me to introduce myself. I am an ordinary AAP volunteer from the state of Goa. I haven't quit my job as yet to dive headlong into the world of politics, but many of my friends have. Cheerfully (and often despondently), they are building the organization in the state, brick by brick: step by step and heartbreak by heartbreak. Presumptuously, I have taken it upon myself to speak for them. And the one overwhelming question that is driving a dagger in our hearts, at the moment, is this: Just what the hell is the top AAP leadership in Delhi smoking? Why has it induced this inexplicable crash after that dizzy high of Delhi 2015? Why this messy split in the marriage, when the family is
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Electricity Department, don't pass on the shock to the consumers
Dear FN, There are so many good practices and successful example around. It is only the department which need to be receptive. There is entire solar based lighting and energy production which has been neglected. We need to rally with Roland to ensure a better deal for consumers and environment. Regards, Sachin Dr SACHIN TENDULKAR On Mar 17, 2015 4:52 PM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote: Dr Sachin, How much would that cost? Do you feel the street lighting is well thought of? As below: http://www.beeindia.in/schemes/documents/ecbc/eco3/DSM/Energy%20Efficient%20Street%20Lighting%20Guidelines.pdf The current situation, if one goes by what's being done on the Saligao-Parra road, for instance, seems to be (i) light up the entire place like a christmas tree (ii) spend the maximum amount possible (iii) when the bill comes, pass it on to the consumer I am also surprised that people mostly lack the civic consciousness to volunteer to put off a street light once dawn breaks. We really need to save power just because we have a (probably unsafe) nuclear plant in our backyard, that's no excuse. Or is it? FN On 17 March 2015 at 06:29, Sachin Tendulkar tendulkar1...@gmail.com wrote: Goa Electricity Department also need to avoid wastage of energy by installing light sensor for switching on/ off the street lights which are presently manually done by a driver, electrician and big Tempo. The damage to underground cables need to be recovered from respective department. Many inaccessible meters are billed minimum should stop. Dr SACHIN TENDULKAR -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556
Re: [Goanet] A Stanger In My Own Country- JFR
A siege mentality?! venantius j pinto On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Roland Francis roland.fran...@ymail.com wrote: What gives a very brave man a siege mentality in his own country to the extent that he has to prove his stellar service to his nation? Are things really that bad? Have incidents like the burning down of a few churches in ignorant Hindu pockets of northern India, dastardly rapes of hardworking nuns, criticism of St and Mother Theresa and other similar but isolated incidents really got the community's back to the walls? I felt bad that JFR had to bring forth his contributions both in service and while retired and those of the community, to various aspects of India's progress, it's defence and it's education. It was almost pathetic, for want of a better word, that this great man who easily hobnobs with the most powerful in India would bring out to bolster his argument the incident at an airport in which a Hindu Brahmin couple working in Kuwait, recognized him and showed great respect. JFR must realize that if and when real harassment and persecution of the Christian community and it's institutions come, it will not be from the likes of his colleagues, or from the educated Hindu middle class but from the populous rabble of India's uneducated masses who are susceptible to being brought to a frenzy by criminal and callous politicians. These are the people he must really shut down through his powerful friends but India being a democracy in the worst and weakest sense of that word, will stand helpless while it is being done and only learn in hindsight. Not to say that learning lessons like other countries do, is India's forte, as it's history since independence proves. Personally I think that before such a tragedy can happen, the responsible politicians and their party will be driven out at the polls. If India has shown one thing, it is the deft and wise wielding of the democratic sword when it is time for the vote. Roland. Sent from my iPhone -- + Venantius J Pinto
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26J0uDIGErMspfreload=10 Peaches Herb - Reunited g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Cut-Off
Cut-Off TNN | Mar 18, 2015, 02.00 AM IST Times Panchanama: Guirdolim-Salcete Isidore Domnick Mendes The village of Guirdolim is divided into two parts by a railway line passing through it. This has affected the 3,000-strong population of the village. For every time, they need to get across they have to make do with the daunting task of waiting excruciatingly at the railway crossing until the locomotive passes through. Guirdolim comprises 19 vaddos including Covatem, Kantem, Birbullem, Bandul, Ponsabhat , Mol 11, Modem, Niamorod, Ghod, Mathodi, Gall, Revorda, Bacho, Marrod, Kotting Gainal, Moll 1 ,Roinibhat, Anthoi and Kollos. It shares its borders with the villages of Curtorim, Macasana, Chandor and Assolda. These vaddos are situated on either side of the railway line and are separated from each other once the railway gate closes. For the record, the people of Guirdolim share this agony of waiting at the railway crossing along with the villages of Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim (Mormugao), Sanvordem ( Sanguem), and Seraulim (Salcete), who also have a railway line cutting through their lands. In Guirdolim, the Our Lady of Bethlehem Church, built in 1645, the graveyard and the market is on one side of the railway line, while the village panchayat and the St Francis Xavier chapel is on the other side. Road traffic in this village gets halted in regular frequency of every 30 minutes for the south central railway traffic including locomotive freight carriers and numerous passenger trains, to pass through.Between 7am and 8.30am and 4pm and 6.30pm, there is a serpentine queue of road traffic on both sides of railway gate. Guirdolim villagers, since the past many decades, have been demanding for a solution, either in the form of a rail overbridge and a vehicle underpass. Till date, the solution has eluded them. Around the year, we face the inconvenience of the railway gate closing at regular intervals. Guirdolim is one of the most serene and beautiful villages of Goa. It is disheartening that the villagers are still waiting for a permanent solution, says Fr Jose Gomes, chaplain of St Francis Xavier Chapel. Says Luis R A D'Costa of Mol 11, Our efforts have been futile. We, the people of Guirdolim, have spent energy and time for years pleading with the authorities by asking for a permanent solution in the form of an overbridge or an underpass motorized road. Our demands hardly matter for the powers-that-be. Villagers feel that the separation of Guirdolim from Chandor-Cavorim and the creation of two separate village panchayats; Chandor Cavorim on one hand and Guirdolim on the other, has led to the non-fulfillment of promises on development works in Guirdolim village by politicians. Guirdolim should have been part and parcel of Chandor and Cavorim panchayat. No major work, including a solution to the railway crossing issue, has been given to us, says Antonio Vaz of Moll 1. Villagers blame political parties for the mess. From1977 till 2014, both the Congress and BJP has sent 12 MPs to the Lok Sabha. Congress had 10 MPs including Eduardo Faleiro (5 terms), Churchill Alemao (2 terms), and Francisco Sardinha (3 terms). From the BJP, Ramakant Angle served one 1 term, while current incumbent Narendra Sawaikar is serving his first term. Even during the campaigning for the last Lok Sabha polls in April 2014, BJP's South Goa candidate Sawaikar and then CM Manohar Parrikar, had promised that work on the overbridge in Guirdolim would begin in six months. There is no sign of this promise being fulfilled as of yet with 10 months having passed since the BJP formed the government at the Centre. Guirdolim was carved as a separate unit from Chandor so that the village would get better developed. Unfortunately, development has taken a back seat. A lasting solution to the railway crossing issue looks like a mirage. The people of Guirdolim hardly believe that the authorities will ever deliver on their promise of a rail overbridge, says a young resident, Gillian D'Costa, from Mol 11. The panchayat is with the people in their demand for a solution. The closed railway gate divides our village as they cannot travel from one end to the other. People of Guirdolim have faced unending problems in the absence of a solution to the railway crossing issue. The state government should request the central government to give us a rail overbridge as a priority, says sarpanch Sonia Dias. Concurs Flavia D'Costa, a panchayat member and a resident of Moll 1. Getting a rail overbridge, as soon as possible, would be one of the most important gifts for Guirdolim after we were carved out as a separate village panchayat. Agrees Joe D'Souza of Roinibhat, The authorities, whether the Centre, the state or the local panchayat, have to act in tandem to get the demand for the rail overbridge fulfilled. Cuncolim MLA Rajan Naik is brimming with confidence that before the end of his present tenure in March 2017,
[Goanet] Sene chief Muthalik to ‘ beef’ up strength against supply to Goa
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[Goanet] Open Letter: Quo vadis AAP... just what the hell is: Goanet Digest, Vol 10, Issue 160
Don't despond be cheerful and fight for the liberation of Goa. Forget the chepekars they will waste your time and health. BC Dr Oscar Rebello campalhealthservi...@gmail.com docosca...@rediffmail.com My dear Team AK / Team YY-PB: Permit me to introduce myself. I am an ordinary AAP volunteer from the state of Goa. I haven't quit my job as yet to dive headlong into the world of politics, but many of my friends have. Cheerfully (and often despondently), they are building the organization in the state, brick by brick: step by step and heartbreak by heartbreak.
[Goanet] THE JUDICIAL KNOT
Many may be curious as to why Goa’s very controversial and infamous Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni is toiling so very hard to try and save the beleaguered Mapusa Judge Dvijple Patkar who has now been charge sheeted by the Margao Police. Their fusion is allegedly because of a high stake matter Special Civil Suit No. 31/2013 being heard by Judge Dvijple Patkar in which Atmaram Nadkarni is defending Liquor Baron Vijay Mallya from his Kingfisher Villa at Candolim being taken over by the banks as part-payment of his outstanding debt. Ironically last year on the floor of the Goa Legislative Assembly then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar while strongly lambasting then CBI Court Judge PV Sawaikar had stoutly eulogised Dvijple Patkar as a very skilled and capable Judge. It now reveals that all that blab by Manohar Parrikar was apparently at the instance of Atmaram Nadkarni for being able to successfully keep his prized client Vijay Mallya on judicial life support from the brewing banking vows. Now that the ‘skilled’ judge has been skinned and charge sheeted by his very own police, it is left to be seen what Manohar Parrikar has to say. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
[Goanet] Mumbai: Protest against attacks on Christian minorities in Pakistan India at Azad Maidan, Mumbai today Wed 18 March, 4.30pm
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: From: Save Our Land saveourlan...@gmail.com Dear Friends, Do join in. Enough is enough. Please pass the message around. warm regards, Dolphy D'souza Spokesperson SAVE OUR LAND [SOUL] 09833884227 Protest against attacks on Christian minorities in Pakistan India at Azad Maidan, Mumbai on Wednesday 18 March, 4.30pm Dear All, A demonstration to express our solidarity with the victims of attacks on Lahore's Church will be held in Azad Maidan on Wednesday 18th March 2015 at 4.30 pm. As you are aware two suicide bombers attacked 2 Churches in Lahore on Sunday in which 15 people lost their lives and more than 70 people were injured. The attacks on minority communities be it in India or Pakistan or Bangladesh or Sri Lanka are increasing and it is a matter of concern. A nation must treat its citizens equally without any discrimination. Rape of a 72 year old nun in West Bengal and rising attacks on Churches/ Christians in India are shameful. The incidences are on rise since BJP led government came into power. Avijit Roy, a blogger, was recently killed for criticizing religious fundamentalists. Request to participate and spread word. Regards, Jatin Desai, Feroze Mithiborwala, Dolphy D'souza, Anil Tyagi, Kishore Jagtap, Salim Alware, Jyoti Badekar, Arif Kapadia, Farouk Mapkar, Mayur Thakre
[Goanet] Church and state - Editorial IE Mum March 18th 2015
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/church-and-state-2/ Exactly a month ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke a silence in a speech to a gathering of Christian leaders in the national capital. “We believe there is truth in every religion,” the PM said. His government would ensure “complete freedom of faith,” he said, and would “not allow any religious group, belonging to the majority or minority, to incite hatred against others, overtly or covertly”. On Tuesday, as the PM expressed concern and sought immediate reports on the vandalisation of an under-construction church in Kaimri village in Haryana and the rape of a 71-year-old nun in Nadia district of West Bengal, it seemed sadly evident that minority anxieties had once again been stoked. A month later, the task of the prime minister and his government — of speaking to these insecurities and assuaging them — has only grown more urgent. In these columns, on Monday, former Punjab DGP Julio Ribeiro, who helped this nation win the battle against terrorism in the state, wrote movingly about being part of a community that feels under siege, on a “hit list”, in its own country. “Today, in my 86th year, I feel threatened, not wanted, reduced to a stranger… I am not an Indian anymore, at least in the eyes of the proponents of the Hindu Rashtra”. He wrote of the “systematic targeting of a small and peaceful community”, of “extremists” who were “emboldened beyond permissible limits by an atmosphere of hate and distrust”, and campaigns such as “ghar wapsi”, attacks on Christian churches and schools in the nation’s capital, and the declaration of Christmas as “Good Governance Day”. In such an atmosphere, the same narrative of fear and anxiety seems to join the attack on the Haryana church to the crime perpetrated in West Bengal. In this climate, moreover, even though law and order is a state subject and it is the responsibility of the Manohar Lal Khattar and Mamata Banerjee governments to ensure that the guilty are quickly brought to book, the onus is also on the Modi government. Ever since it took over last year in May, after a comprehensive victory on the promise of change, the Modi government has seemed sincere in many of its efforts to reinvigorate the India story that was seen to be sagging for several reasons, including a political Centre that seemed to have lost its energy and the plot. But an essential part of the India story is made up of the space and respect it accords to its minorities. At a time when a minority community is feeling under siege, this government and its institutions must honour and underline that reality and promise — they are bound by the Constitution to do so.
[Goanet] RAISING STANDARDS
In today's polarized atmosphere,it behooves our Press and electronic media to raise their standards,not lower it! It is essential to remain neutral and give different points of view a level playing field. Talk shows should be controlled so the subject is equally balanced between the Hindutva forces and equal number of counter arguments on the panel! I am surprised to find that even newspapers like TOI give headlines of only VHP pronouncements on attack on Hissar church, holding sexual exploitation of nuns a Christian culture and even Haryana CM saying the priest of the church that was demolished was luring Hindu youths by promising them brides!(TOI 17Mar). I may state that allowing anaap shanap statements must stop! You obviously cannot build a temple in a Gurudwara like in the Vatican? And plenty of Hindu Godmen are associated with rape corruption and other crimes. Good reporting would print incendiary headlines after getting a response from the said priest, and if the church was being built illegally. Further these statements are communal and no action is taken, neither the Press follows up!It is shameful that even someone like Julio Rebeiro who protected the RSS from insurgent forces in Punjab feels unsafe in his own country whom he has risked his and his family's lives to serve! NO ONE IS PERFECT. How long will the BJP live in denial?
[Goanet] ban on cow slaughter
Ban on cow slaughter 1) Cows are reared primarily for milk production. After their productive period if ban is imposed, the economics of maintaining them makes no sense to those who depend on the byproducts of animal husbandry. Slowly the rearing of cows will die a natural death and the Govt. in future will have to dispense special subsidy for rearing and maintenance after their productive period. Otherwise the poor farmer will not be too enamoured,enthusiastic to perpetuate the culture and sentiments of HOLY COW syndrome. May be the rich will have to adopt cows to continue cow sentiments or import them. And supply to temples as living deities. It may also lead to depletion of regional gene bank. The Govt. should pay adequate compensation to such cows and open up cow farms for rehabilitation The dung cakes were used as fuel, organic compost and in generation of gobar gas, the hide for tanneries, bones for bone meal fertilizer, meat for various products, and fat for candles and soap manufacture. In villages cows are also in use for ploughing fields, cattle carts and others use for begging exploiting religious sentiments. Anti cow slaughter will be against farmers, agriculture, and agro industries It is not enough to cite constitutional provisions and religious sentiments without simple mechanism to dispose animals after productive period adequate compensation and maintenance. These cows disowned by farmers are street hazards and forage on other cash crops causing nuisance and loss. This legislation which is much harsher than other criminal offences, is gloated upon by Hindu Chauvinists and the avowed intention of P.M to explore the possibility of all India application is pandering to Hindutva agenda for narrow political gains it is covertly and obliquely designed to hit hard the minority community, who depend on this trade for a living and earnings form exports. Some states have modified laws preventing cow slaughter Hindus cannot hold their antagonistic attitudes towards beef eaters . Many Hindus outside India are not choosy about eating beef and pork are non plus. I know of Hindu families cooking pork for their children without consuming themselves Hindus in Coorg,H.P etc have beef as their diet. In the Arab countries pork sale is restricted to non Muslims is available in stores but is not banned. In Goa many times people are seen gobbling sausages at bars and then washing their mouths with the flavor of peppermints. One sided view with eye on electoral politics will be lopsided with disastrous consequences Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
[Goanet] Mumbai loses its Goa double-decker train to Southern Rly
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?edorsup=Supqueryed=820009ed_page=5boxid=34587id=76968eddate=2015-3-17ed_date=2015-3-17ed_code=820009wintype=popup Mumbai loses its Goa double-decker train to Southern RlyOn a different track | Cash-strapped CR can’t afford to run the AC double-decker with empty berths, so it is moving it to a route ‘where returns are better’ Binoo Nair @nairbinooThe much-hyped double decker rake which was used on the hugely popular Mumbai-Goa route a few times by the Central Railway (CR) and Konkan Railway will now become the pride of Southern Railway’s fleet, because the CR cannot afford to run the train empty with its current finances.On Monday, CR completed the formalities to hand over the double-decker rake’s last two coaches to Southern Railway.Ten of its other coaches as well as the single power-car that powers the air-conditioned train was sent to Chennai a few days ago.The two coaches could not be sent with the earlier lot as they had to be sent for a periodic overhaul and other maintenance procedures.The handover marks the end of what officials called an ‘uneventful’ run of the double-decker rake in both CR and KR.In fact, the rake had a bad time right from the word go, as its very first trip between Kurla LTT and Karmali in Goa was a failure with just 100 of the 960 seats getting sold. This was in August last year.The Ganpati season last year, when the train was used for 20 premium market-controlled fare trips between Mumbai and Goa, was also a resounding failure, with occupation of the train hovering around the 19-percent mark between August and September.“We cannot be emotional about any train. If for some reason it is not doing well on a particular zone or route, then we need to shift to some other route where the returns might be better. The railways is cash-strapped and we cannot allow a new product like an air-conditioned double-decker rake to suffer from poor occupancy,” said an official in the know.The other problem, according to the officials, was to give a permanent slot to the train since KR’s route is already packed with long-distance and goods trains.The train was brought to the city in May last year, and tested on the Konkan Railway route between Roha and Madgaon on May 20-21 to see how the rake — which has a height in excess of the normal long-distance trains — fared on the route with 68 tunnels.The Research Design Standards Organisation (RDSO) — the railways’ apex technical authority — gave its technical clearance to running the train on the Mumbai-Goa route in June.Published Date: Mar 17, 2015
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCjTWYoRTzMspfreload=10 Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] Ghor bhav - a discussion on the term and concept
Kurkurit means = fresh crunchy? -Original Message- From: Joel DS joe...@gmail.com Sent: 17-03-2015 04:32 PM To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Ghor bhav - a discussion on the term and concept Dear Cecil, There are many words that don't have exact meanings in other languages. I wonder if DIFLO, TEFAM, MALTI, KONNFO, MELGOR, MEVNNO, DOSKO, TIKLEM, MISKUTT, MUTTAME, BHORLA (slang), KURKURIT (slang), ETC have exact terms in other languages. We don't have one-word Konkani meanings for many English words. You've done well in coining GHOR-BHAV/GHOR-BHOINN. Congrats! Let's go ahead and add a few more interesting words to Konkani. Cheers! On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com wrote: GHOR BHAV Very often it happens here in Goa that when all siblings have settled abroad, or are working abroad, one brother (or sister) either takes on or is given the responsibility of looking after the aging parents and the family house and property. Is there a term for such a brother who stays back? Maybe on the lines of 'ghor zanvuim' (house son-in-law). Can he be called ghor bhav or ghor bhoinn. Have I just coined a term that will soon come into popular usage? Do you know of any ghor bhavs? -- This post above from me on Facebook elicited interesting comments and responses. Below is a selection. Does anyone here on GoaNet have any opinions on the term/matter? -- Irineu: There have been cases but the term you coined has not been known. Should we credit you with the term? Cecil: You don't have to credit me when you use it while speaking but if you use it while writing you have to put- (c) Cecil Pinto. This is only till October 2015 after which I will generously declare it Public Domain and everyone can use it without acknowledging my coining of the term. Example of usage, My ghor bhav [(c) - Cecil Pinto] Edwin said Mummy insisted on being taken by taxi for all the ladainhas and so to please send some more money. Joy: Very true, something to ponder on. It is a sacrifice Cecil: Joy, I don't know about sacrifice. In some cases the siblings abroad contributed handsomely towards the upkeep of parents and house and the ghor bhav [(c) - Cecil Pinto] would have an additional source of income which allowed him to live a better lifestyle. Margarida: gosh Cecil so many of these around Goathey sacrificed and stayed behindbut when it comes to division of propertythey all come back ouncing on the GHOR BHAU anim BHOIN Cecil: Margarida although I like the sound of 'ghor rakhno' it sounds somewhat like a cowherd's job. I COIN A NEOLOGISM AND SUDDENLY EVERYBODY IS A LEXICOGRAPHER AND WANTS TO COIN SIMILAR TERMS AND TAKE CREDIT! Bah! Anthony: padiser bhau vo bhoin as unsucessfull to settle else where ! Cecil: Anthony, not always was the ghor bhav [(c) - Cecil Pinto] 'padisher'. Very often he had no desire to go abroad - for example someone like me. He often, by his presence in Goa, provided an opportunity to his siblings to enjoy a better lifestyle abroad without having to worry about matters back home. Joy: Cecil Pinto, understand personification! Ghor mazor is a term commonly used in konkani referring to people tied down to the house responsibility Cecil: Joy, please understand I am a cunning linguist. The term 'ghor mazor' refers to someone who likes to stay at home. It has no connection with 'responsibility'. Till today the term 'ghor mazor' has only been used online once and so it qualifies as a Googlewhack because if you put it without quotes in Google it produces only one result. http://issuu.com/goa-streets/docs/web_f8d57a34d71b21/20 . Now look at the usage there. It was in a QA to an agony aunt column which was written at the time by Jose Lourenco and has a sexual connotation. Gabe: The one who stays behind should inherit lock stock and barrel imho. Michelle: My brother is ghor bhav (c) cecil pinto) but he does not look after anyone. My mum looks after him. Arsenio: Ghor iramo Cecil: Arsenio, irmao is an elder brother. A ghor bhav [(c) - Cecil Pinto] is not always the eldest brother. Cecil: Side topic: The word 'irmao' is a loan word from the Portuguese language and means brother. In Konkani it conventionally means elder brother or is used as a term of respect for a unrelated elder male. Some people argue that it means 'brother' and not 'elder brother'. I am not sure of this. The fact that you will never call a younger male 'irmao' says something, no? Savika: Cecil Pintothis is unfair to those who collectively share responsibility towards their parentsand an encouragement to those that are waiting to shed responsibility to a prime person in the family Cecil: What is unfair Savika? The practice? Why? It works for so many people. What is your exact objection? Savika: Cecil Pinto, Yes the words that
[Goanet] Dietary Preferences and the minoritized groups
On the issue of banning beef, see http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2015/03/dietary-preferences-and-minoritized.html www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com == @DaleLuisMenezes
[Goanet] 50 years on - Sound of music cast today - dailymail.co.uk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2999408/Our-lives-really-interwoven-Fifty-years-Sound-Music-actors-played-von-Trapp-children-remained-lifelong-friends.html
[Goanet] Goa news for March 18, 2015
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa can't scrap Oct. 2 as official holiday: Congress - The Hindu _f7p4tkN0aQvJkl8q-PNmUjwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778769055698ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHfvqUAcjO1hvasq4qYqxd8hayZXgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778769055698ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gandhi-jayanti-no-longer-a-holiday-in-bjpruled-goa/article6995979.ece *** Environment ministry revokes suspension of Goa mines - Livemint gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGVt9_9lvAO_YpcPIKvQqc0r4w7igclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774410276ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/FRAg9DGSJJv8vQYQS8fCLI/Environment-ministry-revokes-suspension-of-Goa-mines.html *** Second H1N1 Swine Flu death reported in Goa - India.com ear-old man became the second victim to succumb to swine flu in Goa this year. The man, whose identity was not revealed by the state directorate of health services, died at a government hospital last night. He hailed from Sanguem ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHOb2bBblw7Q88-GIZz-tn-Hg7s1gclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774385359ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://www.india.com/news/india/second-h1n1-swine-flu-death-reported-in-goa-319366/ *** Mining resumption necessary for steady Goa budget: CM Laxmikant Parsekar - Economic Times gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNE0S3bfWSYWfgGurQUYYngScjKnRAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778769642951ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/mining-resumption-necessary-for-steady-goa-budget-cm-laxmikant-parsekar/articleshow/46587958.cms *** Goa budget to focus on job creation: CM Parsekar - Business Standard wclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778773382446ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGdZLxEPluhgtzPf36ITFKpN9fTJQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778773382446ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/goa-budget-to-focus-on-job-creation-cm-parsekar-115031700642_1.html *** HAL to Explore Goa as Helicopter Manufacturing Hub: Union Minister Manohar ... - NDTV gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFINPqpv1Y_sAGLZvsBF5WsrH_sKQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778772115574ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hal-to-explore-goa-as-helicopter-manufacturing-hub-union-minister-manohar-parrikar-747246 *** Govt to ban FB updates on Goa holidays - Times of India n application on Facebook while visiting the place. This has come as a rude shock to ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHdfSQloAdNUxAyZd84NCl0Xl5G4Qclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778772906204ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/mocktale/Govt-to-ban-FB-updates-on-Goa-holidays/articleshow/46581645.cms *** Gandhi Jayanti holiday issue: No need for inquiry, says Goa CM - indiatvnews.com (press release) (blog) diatvnews.com (press release) (blog)The list, which was released on Saturday by the General Administration Department (GAD) of Goa government, had evoked strong reaction from the opposition benches. The list had maintained all other holidays, except Gandhi Jayanti. Strongly opposing the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGpeN8LaBcZ9Nr6BnPDO2WTFLn6igclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774770986ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/gandhi-jayanti-holiday-issue-no-need-for-inquiry-says-goa-cm-27465.html *** Meat traders want security at Goa border - Times of India gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNEajV9UwpUihqfP-APyHCndTjMkcAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774780765ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Meat-traders-want-security-at-Goa-border/articleshow/46601137.cms *** Goa Budget to focus on industrial investment, job creation: CM - Business Standard siness StandardKeeping the growing number of unemployed youths in mind, the Goa government is looking at giving incentives to attract industrial investment in the upcoming Budget to create employment opportunities, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has said.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHLAHe0S8yCTL8fuhA-K2nrF6rNjQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=-7gIVYDiCYfU3AGp7oDgCAurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/goa-budget-to-focus-on-industrial-investment-job-creation-cm-115031701319_1.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] India's problems.....The Economist.
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[Goanet] LIMERICK NO. 1: Narendra Modi
Afrikaner amchea dar-ar yetat ani ulou martat “HODI”, Te polloitat tum tenca vadtolo zalear xitt-codi; Punn amche Goencar ecdom uxear, Tencam repos cortat utranim char – “Aiz muji tokli fodta, aiconn kitem munta Narendra Modi!” - Shanti Dhoot
[Goanet] Mumbai: Iconic Jer Mahal in Dhobi Talao
A resident of the century old Jer Mahal at Dhobi Talao looks out after it's crumbling facade was torn down by civic workers: http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=76937boxid=29786ed_date=2015-03-16ed_code=820009ed_page=3 click on image view
[Goanet-News] New book tells of one man's encounter with the complex reality of colonial and post-colonial Africa
PANJIM: Goans migrated to Africa for decades, but it is only in recent times that their role there is sought to be more closely understood via the world of books. That this reality was complex, and not unproblematic, became clear at the recent launch of Luis de Assis Correia's memoirs 'Winds of Change Across Africa 1958-1969', published by Broadway Publishing House. Octogenarian Correia, who lives both in Benaulim (Goa) and the UK, narrates his experiences in an Africa, then just in the process of getting Independence, and his encounters with a number of persons who went on to become prominent national leaders in countries like Kenya, Uganda, and even the father of the future President of the United States, Barrack Obama. I've only narrated my history, said Correia. Correia started off life in the world of the travel agency. He narrated his early encounters with Tom Mboya, the East African Airways charter taking African students to the United States, and his experiences in Kenya, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Writer Vivek Menezes appreciated the fact that much more writing is coming out of Goa, which tells many different untold stories. Speakers highlighted the role of Goans in the diaspora -- in Karachi, Ceylon, Republican Portugal, modern Kenya, and more. Book reviewer Augusto Pinto called it a very interesting work, while historian Dr Celsa Pinto called it really a fascinating story. You've really added a lot to what many Goans would (have otherwise) not known, said Pinto, a former Director of Education in Goa. Born in Africa himself, he noted those were tense times for Goans. In some ways (in East Africa or Pakistan), the Goan story has not ended that well, said Menezes. Winds of... is itself dedicated to Tom Mboya and Pio Gama Pinto, the mostly forgotten rare Goan who took the side of the Black nationalist cause, and post-Independence, and paid with his life for his pro-people, radical politics. In his pages, we also encounter the part-Goan Guirim-linked Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi (1911-1990), Kenya's second Vice President for a brief year-and-half in the mid 1960s. Speakers felt the story of Goans in Zanzibar was perhaps yet to emerge. Some questions were asked about whether Goans were clannish, or intermediaries between the White masters and the Black Africans. The Goan encounter with the British via migration, as compared to the Portuguese, was also discussed. So was the contribution of the returning Goan diaspora in Africa also debated, and the impact of migration on out-migrants themselves. Writer Damodar Mauzo felt the perspectives of the humbler Goan migrant had not been adequately studied. 'Winds of Change Across Africa 1958-1969' is by Luis de Assis Correia, and published by Broadway Publishing House, priced at Rs 450. ISBN 9789384298012 ### Other LAC links online: WindsOfChangeAcrossAfrica https://archive.org/details/luis-assis-book-release Online file photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Francisco_Luis_Gomes_District_Library,_Margao,_Goa,_India_04.JPG Old Goa photos: African students en route to the US (courtesy Luis Assis Correia) http://goanet-news.goanet.narkive.com/TpRarM0h/old-goa-photos-african-students-en-route-to-the-us-courtesy-luis-assis-correia Rita Faria in Africa http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5485972991/sizes/l/ https://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com/page/7/?archives-listarchives-type=tags African students en route to the US, probably includes Obama (Sr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5485975755/sizes/l/ Both above from the archives of Luis Assis Correia (Benaulim/UK). In the Navhind Times, a review http://www.navhindtimes.in/tall-tales-bwana-louie/ Headline: Who the bleep cares about Luis de Assis Correia? By: Selma Carvalho https://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg69169.html On the Memorias d'Africa e d'Oriente http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/Catalog.aspx?q=AU%20correia,%20luis%20de%20assis
[Goanet] New book tells of one man's encounter with the complex reality of colonial and post-colonial Africa
PANJIM: Goans migrated to Africa for decades, but it is only in recent times that their role there is sought to be more closely understood via the world of books. That this reality was complex, and not unproblematic, became clear at the recent launch of Luis de Assis Correia's memoirs 'Winds of Change Across Africa 1958-1969', published by Broadway Publishing House. Octogenarian Correia, who lives both in Benaulim (Goa) and the UK, narrates his experiences in an Africa, then just in the process of getting Independence, and his encounters with a number of persons who went on to become prominent national leaders in countries like Kenya, Uganda, and even the father of the future President of the United States, Barrack Obama. I've only narrated my history, said Correia. Correia started off life in the world of the travel agency. He narrated his early encounters with Tom Mboya, the East African Airways charter taking African students to the United States, and his experiences in Kenya, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Writer Vivek Menezes appreciated the fact that much more writing is coming out of Goa, which tells many different untold stories. Speakers highlighted the role of Goans in the diaspora -- in Karachi, Ceylon, Republican Portugal, modern Kenya, and more. Book reviewer Augusto Pinto called it a very interesting work, while historian Dr Celsa Pinto called it really a fascinating story. You've really added a lot to what many Goans would (have otherwise) not known, said Pinto, a former Director of Education in Goa. Born in Africa himself, he noted those were tense times for Goans. In some ways (in East Africa or Pakistan), the Goan story has not ended that well, said Menezes. Winds of... is itself dedicated to Tom Mboya and Pio Gama Pinto, the mostly forgotten rare Goan who took the side of the Black nationalist cause, and post-Independence, and paid with his life for his pro-people, radical politics. In his pages, we also encounter the part-Goan Guirim-linked Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi (1911-1990), Kenya's second Vice President for a brief year-and-half in the mid 1960s. Speakers felt the story of Goans in Zanzibar was perhaps yet to emerge. Some questions were asked about whether Goans were clannish, or intermediaries between the White masters and the Black Africans. The Goan encounter with the British via migration, as compared to the Portuguese, was also discussed. So was the contribution of the returning Goan diaspora in Africa also debated, and the impact of migration on out-migrants themselves. Writer Damodar Mauzo felt the perspectives of the humbler Goan migrant had not been adequately studied. 'Winds of Change Across Africa 1958-1969' is by Luis de Assis Correia, and published by Broadway Publishing House, priced at Rs 450. ISBN 9789384298012 ### Other LAC links online: WindsOfChangeAcrossAfrica https://archive.org/details/luis-assis-book-release Online file photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Francisco_Luis_Gomes_District_Library,_Margao,_Goa,_India_04.JPG Old Goa photos: African students en route to the US (courtesy Luis Assis Correia) http://goanet-news.goanet.narkive.com/TpRarM0h/old-goa-photos-african-students-en-route-to-the-us-courtesy-luis-assis-correia Rita Faria in Africa http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5485972991/sizes/l/ https://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com/page/7/?archives-listarchives-type=tags African students en route to the US, probably includes Obama (Sr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/5485975755/sizes/l/ Both above from the archives of Luis Assis Correia (Benaulim/UK). In the Navhind Times, a review http://www.navhindtimes.in/tall-tales-bwana-louie/ Headline: Who the bleep cares about Luis de Assis Correia? By: Selma Carvalho https://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg69169.html On the Memorias d'Africa e d'Oriente http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/Catalog.aspx?q=AU%20correia,%20luis%20de%20assis
Re: [Goanet] Goanet - Great City?
On Tue, 3/17/15, Cecil Pinto wrote: Dear Mervyn, Your analysis of recent GoaNet posts is very interesting and insightful. But I do not know why you called Roland's post a bauble. Vivian lives many months of the year in Goa and the remaining months in various places in the USA including Baltimore. Even when in Goa Vivian travels around a lot and observes things and gets involved in real-life issues. What does Vivian know about cities and Baltimore and Panjim and Goa as compared to Roland Francis? After all Roland does more armchair research and analysis than any six overseas GoaNetters combined. Cecil, I can divide almost all the the people I know into two groups. Group Eh are those who keep an eye on the future and all its possibilities. Group A are those who only know what they know and spend most of their time reminiscing on the past. Vivian is in one group and Roland is in another. Come to think about it, Goanet itself seems to have morphed into a repository for things of the past. On a very good day, you may find one readable post of current affairs. Sadly, nearly all the people I have met here from Group Eh have gone. Some left with reluctance, others were forced out by common sense. Mervyn BTW, I too find it tough to read the opinion of anyone whose research concludes that there were man eating tigers in the Canadian wilds.
[Goanet] Whatever happened to NOTA...
(None of the Above) in today's Zilla Parishad elections? FN -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556
[Goanet] RIGHT MOVE TO A WRONG LOCATION
The Mapusa Municipal Council will soon be moving to a new premises from its current ancient and dilapidated one. But the new abode is at a very busy traffic loaded and accident prone intersection near the Mapusa Courts. Given that the city is growing so rapidly couldn’t the authorities have planned the move to a more appropriate and less congested location keeping in mind the long term needs of the city? Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
[Goanet] LIMERICK 2 The new government
There are many who Modi’s victory at the polls hate, He does promise to make of India a prosperous state, But he has started his innings With his ideological underpinnings, Acting in ways that will the communal divide inflate. Shanti Dhoot
[Goanet] Goa news for March 19, 2015
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Environment minister Prakash Javadekar reinstates green approvals for 72 ... - Economic Times onomic TimesNEW DELHI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNETjROo0bu_IH-ouAZUvWE8JU8rywclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774410276ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/environment-minister-prakash-javadekar-reinstates-green-approvals-for-72-mines-in-goa/articleshow/46603184.cms *** Goa can't scrap Oct. 2 as official holiday: Congress - The Hindu _f7p4tkN0aQvJkl8q-PNmUjwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778769055698ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICw http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHfvqUAcjO1hvasq4qYqxd8hayZXgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778769055698ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gandhi-jayanti-no-longer-a-holiday-in-bjpruled-goa/article6995979.ece *** Goa ZP election: Polling begins on dull note - Sakshi Post h7p5FCTEA4feNPF-dOOPukJwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774768716ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICw http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFt90Mc-n2QD5wZwEG5bSkEKz5N-gclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774768716ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://www.sakshipost.com/index.php/news/politics/54463-voting-begins-dull-for-goa-zp-polls.html?psource=Home-Latest *** 'Scrapping' of Gandhi Jayanti by Goa government: Congress attacks BJP - Daily News Analysis uled state saying it was a printing error which has since been ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHr8T4Vkyrstd34EmXQYzjs7mhdQAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778774770986ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-scrapping-of-gandhi-jayanti-by-goa-government-congress-attacks-bjp-2069856 *** Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to Explore Goa as Helicopter Manufacturing Hub ... - NDTV ased Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has been asked to examine the feasibility of making Goa a hub for manufacturing helicopters, said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. Speaking to reporters at South Block, Mr Parrikar, who was ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFmv9lbhpjdsmfMnezs6V_qjyK9wgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778772115574ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-to-explore-goa-as-helicopter-manufacturing-hub-defence-minister-747275 *** Govt to ban FB updates on Goa holidays - Times of India n application on Facebook while visiting the place. This has come as a rude shock to ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHdfSQloAdNUxAyZd84NCl0Xl5G4Qclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778772906204ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/mocktale/Govt-to-ban-FB-updates-on-Goa-holidays/articleshow/46581645.cms *** Lifting of suspension on Goa mines a positive, but re-examination of coal ... - Economic Times xamined by ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHp616mD-jv_vNkZQaaujPyzbRuuQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778775178945ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/recos/lifting-of-suspension-on-goa-mines-a-positive-but-re-examination-of-coal-blocks-a-major-setback-taher-badshah/articleshow/46605323.cms *** Sporting Clube de Goa recruit Alber, Glan - Business Standard ielder Glan Martins for the I-League here on Wednesday. Glan, after joining the club from Sesa Football Academy in the summer, has featured in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGGb6ox5GI8ua_Vp-zfm80kmpGvWAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778775651198ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sporting-clube-de-goa-recruit-alber-glan-115031800917_1.html *** Airport runway work forces rescheduling of Goa flights - Times of India mes of IndiaNew Delhi: Holidayers who have booked air tickets to Goa this summer break should get ready for a change of plans. The defence authorities have decided to recarpet Goa airport's runway due to which schedule commercial flights will be allowed only ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFzBICkeALrYgUavPrCIRhmTy5jTQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=fwoKVeCeFeqKwQGa4oHICwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Airport-runway-work-forces-rescheduling-of-Goa-flights/articleshow/46615002.cms *** Meat traders want security at Goa border - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: The Quraishi meat traders association of Goa, comprising 60 members, has requested the government to provide them with security at the Goa border, to be able to bring in live animals into the state for slaughter at the Goa meat complex (GMC).a class=
[Goanet] West Bengal: Cardinal Cleemis rushes to meet violated nun
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: http://www.ucanindia.in/news/cardinal-cleemis-rushes-to-meet-violated-nun/28275/daily Cardinal Cleemis rushes to meet violated nunA 71-year old nun in the convent of Jesus and Mary was gang raped after alleged robbers broke into her residence Friday night.Posted on March 18, 2015, 8:40 AM Cardinal Baselios CleemisNew Delhi: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, is rushing to Kolkata today to meet the nuns of the convent that was attacked last Friday night. The cardinal along with Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Kolkata and local officials will meet the sisters in the convent at Ranaghat, some 80 kilometers from Kolkata, said Father Joseph Chinnayan, deputy secretary general of the conference. A 71-year old nun in the convent Jesus and Mary was raped after alleged robbers broke into her residence Friday night. The gang of six men also ransacked the offices of the school and convent and took away money in an apparent robbery attempt. The elderly nun was injured in the violation and is now recapturing in a hospital. We want to express the solidarity of the Church in India with the sister who was violated in this inhuman and dastardly act, Father Chinnayan said. The senior priest who will accompany the cardinal to Kolkata said the meeting with nuns and local officials will help find the facts more accurately. Police said Monday that 10 men have been detained for questioning but no arrests have been made, even though the faces of four of the robbers were captured in the CCTV. Cardinal Cleemis in an earlier statement said the physical violence inflicted on the nuns, including the rape, were ruthless inhuman acts of which all Indian citizens should be ashamed of.
[Goanet] Untimely rain may kill Alphonso 2nd season
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=76919boxid=28023ed_date=2015-03-15ed_code=820009ed_page=3 Untimely rain may kill Alphonso 2nd seasonFarmers advise mango lovers to buy it in April itself, instead of waiting for May-June as usual Sudhir Suryawanshi @ss_suryawanshiMumbai: If you want to taste the ‘king of Konkan’, the Alphonso mango, this season, do it early.Though the first season of the Alphonso mangoes, in April, will go off well, farmers say getting the mangoes for the second season – in May and June – will be difficult.Premature rains in the region has badly affected the second season.“The first batch has arrived in the market. The current rate is between Rs 300 and Rs 1,000 per dozen. Untimely rains have damaged almost 30% crops. It will affect supply in the coming days. Normally, in the healthy season, we do not get damaged fruits,” said Sanjay Pansare, director at Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC).Pansare himself is a wholesale mango dealer.What’s the buying pattern?Normally, people wait till May and June to get the mango at cheaper rates. “But this year, there will not be a good second season. Therefore, mango lovers should enjoy their favourite fruit now,” says Pansare.Will the price increase?European countries have lifted the ban on mango imports from India. “We are exporting 17,000 boxes each day. Most of them are going to Gulf and Western countries. Very soon, European countries will also start importing the Alphonso. The high demand will lead to price rise,” a mango seller at APMC said.Why did Europe ban imports?The ban was imposed last year after they found some fruit flies. “Actually, in Konkan mangoes, there are no fruit flies. They are found mostly in mangoes grown in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Farmers in these states go for multiple crops. In Konkan, we do not follow a multiple crop pattern. Therefore, we get good quality mangoes,” Dinesh Sawant, a Konkan farmer, said.What about vegetable prices?APMC gets abundant supply of vegetables. As a result, rates are normal. “We receive 700 truckloads a day against the normal supply of 500. Also, due to untimely rains, farmers are bringing the produce to market early,” said Shankar Pingale, APMC director.Published Date: Mar 15, 2015http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=76919boxid=28047ed_date=2015-03-15ed_code=820009ed_page=3 Rains hit crops in Nashik, 9,000 farmers affected Vaishali Balajiwale @dnaNashik: Incessant rains, hailstorm and strong winds have caused heavy damage to crops here. Since Friday, 9,400 farmers have been affected, with Sinnar the worst-hit.This is for the fourth time in a fortnight that bad weather is hitting crops. The bout of rains that began on Thursday continued through Friday and Saturday.Crops like pomegranate, gram, onion, grapes and maize were washed out.Nashik district saw 400mm of rainfall between Thursday and Friday. Nashik received the highest (78 mm) rainfall, followed by Sinnar (42mm), Kalwan (40mm) and Niphad 41mm.“Rabbi crop has been hit the worst, with grapes, onion, wheat, pomegranates and others also being severely,” said collector Jiteendra Kakuste. lMore reports, P2Published Date: Mar 15, 2015===http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=76917boxid=29327ed_date=2015-03-15ed_code=820009ed_page=4 Nature’s fury still haunting NashikShift in polar jet stream, caused by decrease in sun’s activity, leading to unseasonal rains Vaishali BalajiwaleThe vagaries of nature have been causing problems for farmers and the crops repeatedly in the past few years. Unseasonal rains and hailstorm in Nashik district have been witnessed over the past three-four years.The present situation of rains and hail showers has been caused by the shift of polar jet stream, the winds blowing from west to east, southwards. Explaining this Shriniwas Aundhkar, director at Mahatma Gandhi Mission, Centre for Astronomy and Space Technology, Nanded said, “A a normal pattern the polar jet streams blow in India from Afghanistan and Pakistan and cross over Madhya Pradesh and Kanpur. As such the northern regions normally experience unseasonal rains and snow. However, as the north pole is experiencing more snowfall and so are regions up north in India, these winds are being pushed southwards due to the pressure. Presently they are seen blowing over Gujarat and western and central Maharashtra. Hence the hailstorms these regions are experiencing rains and hail storm”.This phenomenon has been witnessed for the last two-three years and has been observed seven-eight times this year itself. He added that the activity on the sun is affecting the earth.“If we observe the last two sun cycles where the sun activity is noted in the form of formation of sunspots it can be seen that normally the range of a sun cycle for sunspot activity is seen over a period of 11-11.5 years. However, the 23rd cycle from 1996 to 2009 ranged for
[Goanet] A Stanger In My Own Country- JFR
In my opinion JFR himself is the cause of all the problems faced by minorities in bharat. The end of bindranwalle in 1984 with the operation of bluestar finished the aspirations of many a Sikh. JFR should have stayed in Bombaim and ended the aspirations of those over the ground world with his 'encounters'. BC What gives a very brave man a siege mentality in his own country to the extent that he has to prove his stellar service to his nation? Are things really that bad? Have incidents like the burning down of a few churches in ignorant Hindu pockets of northern India, dastardly rapes of hardworking nuns, criticism of St and Mother Theresa and other similar but isolated incidents really got the community's back to the walls? I felt bad that JFR had to bring forth his contributions both in service and while retired and those of the community, to various aspects of India's progress, it's defence and it's education.
Re: [Goanet] LIMERICK 2 The new government
On Wed, 3/18/15, Shanti Dhoot wrote: There are many who Modi’s victory at the polls hate, He does promise to make of India a prosperous state, But he has started his innings With his ideological underpinnings, Acting in ways that will the communal divide inflate. -- My response, Shanti Dhoot. The choice was perfectly clear A corrupt party or one with also a religious fervour I wasn't awake When the religious were swayed And now the minorities are really afraid
[Goanet] Panjim is a world class city, Tanzania the next global superpower
Mervyn, as a man of the future, why not dream of Tanzania as the next superpower. Dreams are sometimes made of cooking wine. Cecil can then dream of some way to attract tourists from the next superpower to the next world class city. Have you guys got a talent for waking up together? Sent from my iPhone
