[Goanet] AIFF PREVIEW REPORT: IRAN WILL BE A REAL TEST FOR US, FEELS NICOLAI + 'WE AIM TO BE A TOP TEAM' + PIXS (FOUR ATTACHMENTS).

[AIFF Media]

Dear colleagues,


Please find below the preview report of India’s match against Iran from the
AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Tabriz City, Iran. The U-17 World Cup Team had
defeated Bahrain 5-0 in the first match.


*Also find attached four pictures (CREDIT: AIFF MEDIA)*

1.  India U-16 boys arrive for a training session in Tabriz City, Iran.



2.  The boys gear up at the Dressing Room for a session.



3.  The match against Iran will help us to assess ourselves, feels
Nicolai Adam.



4.  We aim to be a top Team, asserts Nicolai Adam.



*Please credit AIFF Media for the pictures used.*


*Please follow our Official Twitter Handle @AIFFMedia for more exclusive
updates.*


*For further information feel free to contact AIFF Media Manager Nilanjan
Datta on his mobile number (in Iran) on +98-+989108931956.*


Regards,
AIFF Media Team


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*‘CONTINUE SUPPORTING US AND BE CALM’*


*IRAN WILL BE A REAL TEST FOR US, FEELS NICOLAI*


By Nilanjan Datta,
AIFF Media Team


*TABRIZ CITY (IRAN):* A day after the formidable 5-0 victory against
Bahrain and a day prior to the clash against a formidable Iran, Nicolai
Adam, Head Coach, India U-17 World Cup Team feels “it’s important for the
boys to know where they stand and how good they are.”


In a freewheeling interview to www.the-aiff.com, Nicolai spoke at length
about the “tough” clash against Iran, the “encouraging” start, the vision
to be the top Team, his views on Iran, search for “better Players” and much
more. *EXCERPTS:*


*Are you happy the manner your boys responded?*


Yeah, the manner in which they performed was encouraging indeed. But I have
told the boys to stay focused. 5-0 was a good result but we have played
against stronger Teams in Germany during our exposure Tour. But Iran will
be really strong.


*What next after that “encouraging” start?*


Iran will be a real test for us and we are all looking forward to it. It’s
important for the boys to know where they stand and how good they are. They
need to get a realistic view of themselves and their ability to perform as
they stay on track to turn into professional Players.


*Can you elaborate?*


Realistically you need to assess your own capacity in terms of performance.
The goal must be to become better. And in order to see how good you are,
you need to play against top Teams. Our goal is to become the top Team as
we will be playing in the U-17 World Cup. It’s a good way to see where we
are right now.


*What is special about Iran?*


Firstly, they are the hosts and that in itself is a huge advantage.


Secondly, they have a long tradition of Football and are one of the best
Teams in Asia.


Thirdly, they have a lot of experience in terms of preparation as their
Head Coach mentioned. They have been training for the last 10 months in
different environments and that will reap the benefits for sure.


Fourthly, they have a good Coach. He has played in Germany prior and is
also very much experienced about European Football which is extremely
beneficial.


Fifthly, they are much stronger, tall and very physical. It will a very
tough match for us.


*There’s huge excitement back home over the results your Team has been
achieving. How do you react to that?*


I urge all to continue supporting us so that we can prepare professionally
and become better. It’s the generation which will be representing India at
the Global platform and they deserve all the basic amenities and support.
My message to all Indians is to stay calm as we still have a long way to
go. We still have two years left.


*You will be looking for new Players – right?*


I reiterate the scouting process is not finished as yet. The Team hasn’t
been fully built as yet. We are looking for better Players and the process
will continue.


I urge the State Associations to do their homework better when we come for
the second round of scouting. They need to pre-select the best from the
age-group for us to pick as per our needs. Otherwise it’s just a waste of
time, money and energy. And to pre-select Players, they need to go into the
remote areas like I did, and look for them. If you want to find a diamond,
you need to dig into the dirt. We need rowers and not drummers.





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[Goanet] HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI

[Aires Rodrigues]

This Festive Season a very Sincere prayer to Lord Ganesha, the Vigna-harta
(remover of obstacles) to please help ease the sufferings of the poor and
needy, but may the obstacles in the path of those chronic rogues just
multiply manifold. Tathastu, so be it

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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

[Gabe Menezes]

Michael Buble Smile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN2BHR0_pA


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[Goanet] Goa news for September 17, 2015

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Indian Super League: FC Goa Defeat Al Shabab in Friendly
Match - NDTVSports.com
 win over Al Shabab in their second friendly match, ahead of the
upcoming second edition of the Indian Super League (ISL), at the
Al Shabab Stadium in Dubai on Tuesday. (Zico optimistic about FC
Goa's success). Jofre Mateu ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFPMzo9ROWKlJzoaGmZxusDBkZ2Qw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778950564265&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-super-league/news/248635-indian-super-league-fc-goa-defeat-al-shabab-in-friendly-match

*** Goa Chief Minister Extends Greetings to People for Ganesh
Chaturthi - NDTV
ay Ganesh festival would commence from tomorrow. "This is a
special time in our state where families and friends come
together ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNF7Iyf6zLabjWDKytG445syyMnDeQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778949182078&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://www.ndtv.com/goa-news/goa-chief-minister-extends-greetings-to-people-for-ganesh-chaturthi-1218159

*** MMTC to help Goa mine operators sell iron ore in global mkt
- Moneycontrol.com
ffers-to-market-Goan-iron-ore-at-best-price/articleshow/48992546.cms">MMTC
offers to market Goan iron ore at best price
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHY72N3fEdSp4HqgbN5maqgF3Ux9w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778951796737&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/mmtc-to-help-goa-mine-operators-sell-iron-oreglobal-mkt_3104101.html

*** FC Goa settle for 1-1 draw - Times of India
 draw against Ajman FC in their third friendly during the
pre-season tour in Dubai on Wednesday. Chief coach Zico decided
to give several non-regular players a chance to prove themsleves
handing starting spots to the ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFzRv3KEGi8Tjhrya0W59as0-wb8A&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778952107222&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/FC-Goa-settle-for-1-1-draw/articleshow/48992212.cms

*** Report: Sukhvinder Singh to be appointed as new CEO of FC
Goa - Sportskeeda
ootballs-bubble-set-to-burst-as-clubs-fold-salaries-dip-and-players-left-jobless/articleshow/48977507.cms">Indian
football's bubble set to burst as clubs fold, salaries dip and
players ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGe3pi4gK68E2DfaP-cdDQ02wdc6A&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778951165732&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/isl-sukhvinder-singh-appoint-new-ceo-fc-goa

*** Mining scam: Search held at office of ex-Goa CM's close aide
- Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Sleuths on Wednesday conducted a search at
the office of a realtor known to be a close aide of former Goa
chief minister Digambar Kamat in connection with the mining
scam. The Special Investigation Team of Crime Branch searched
the office of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGm6KGfb2Gt1F31m7_RSghS-kYvGg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778951906812&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mining-scam-Search-held-at-office-of-ex-Goa-CMs-close-aide/articleshow/48987933.cms

*** RAISINA TATTLE: Goa to host defence meeting - Daily Mail
ily MailA group of lawmakers will fly to Goa, the home state of
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, this weekend to attend a
meeting of Parliament's consultative committee on defence. The
meeting will be held at naval base Hansa. The parliamentary
panel ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGhWCm2Q8wh1m9qt07jNGx8V6KeuA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3235991/RAISINA-TATTLE-Goa-host-defence-meeting.html

*** These people are on a month long visit to Goa. But not to
party or vacation - IBNLive
NLiveWhile most of us wait for an opportunity to present itself,
some hold it by its horns and make way for greatness. The people
from Mission Rabies are on one such, tireless mission. A team of
veterinarians and volunteers have recently reached Goa to ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGSDE-7m-fcUGeI_dlxIgVKaVwMgA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fPv5VbiTK8vH3gHHubC4CA&url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/buzz/these-people-are-on-a-month-long-visit-to-goa-but-not-to-party-or-vacation-1099622.html

*** Three more sites earmarked for IIT Goa - Times of India
mes of IndiaPanaji: The state government has identified three
possible sites for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
allotted to Goa. The new sites are in Mashe at Canacona,
Poinguinim and Betki at Ponda, sources said. Officials in Goa
are in the process of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHrT

Re: [Goanet] Quran, Bible not central to India’s soul: Union minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma

[Mervyn Lobo]

  From: Robin Viegas 

[Goanet] Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 2015?????

[Bernado Colaco]

I think GSRP is being hypocritical with this audacious wishes when Goans are 
being tormented everyday by the RSS wallahs.
BC


GSRP wishes one and all a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 2015.

GSRP

[Goanet] Easy listening selection.........Jimmy Cliff

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I can see clearly now   
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[Goanet] Chhattisgargh: Church workers accused of sex abuse in central India

[Robin Viegas]

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Church workers accused of sex abuse in central India
 Catholic leaders in Chhattisgarh say allegation is another form of harassment




ucanews.com reporter, BhopalIndiaSeptember 15, 2015


Police in central India have arrested a Catholic priest, nun and lay 
worker accused of sexually abusing a young girl, an allegation Church 
officials say is just another instance of harassment they face in a 
state run by a pro-Hindu party.

Father Joseph Dhanaswami, principal of Jyoti Mission High School of 
Ambikapur diocese in Chhattisgarh state, along with hostel warden 
Samaritan Sister Christ Maria and a maid were arrested Sept. 11 
following a complaint by the mother of a fourth grade student.

Kirtan Rathore, additional superintendent of police, told ucanews.com
 that the arrest was "based on an initial medical report that suggested 
injuries to the private parts of the girl."

"We are investigating. The picture will be clear only after a detailed probe," 
he said.

However, Church leaders denied the charge saying the three were 
arrested in a bid to tarnish the image of the Church and create mistrust
 among people.

Father Antony Bara, vicar general of Ambikapur, told ucanews.com that
 the arrests were made following pressure from right-wing Hindu 
activists.

He also said activists of the Bajrang Dal, a militant Hindu 
organization and youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu 
Council), staged a protest and pelted stones at the school, destroying a
 Marian statue.

Father Bara said the girl was staying in the Church-run hostel and 
was suffering from a skin disease, including around her private parts. 
Since she was not feeling comfortable, she sought permission from the 
hostel warden to go home to stay with her mother.

Before letting her go, the helper at the hostel gave her a bath. When
 the girl went home, her mother lodged a police complaint accusing the 
priest, nun and the helper of sexual abuse, he added.

Bishop Patras Minj of Ambikapur in a statement said that the arrests 
were a clear case of misuse of administrative powers as police officials
 were clearly aware of the false charges.

He also blamed police of acting under pressure to tarnish Christians.

Meanwhile, the Cross Shrine of St. George Orthodox Church in Haldibadi, just 10 
kilometers from the school, was vandalized.

"They managed to break one window of the sanctuary and attempted to 
defile the holy place by throwing stones inside it," said Father Joshi 
Varghese, the church's vicar.

Also, the cross fixed at the top of the shrine was broken as were glass panes 
and floor and wall tiles.

Chhattisgarh was created in 2000, when it was carved out of Madhya 
Pradesh, and both have since 2003 been ruled by the Bharatiya Janata 
Party, the political arm of hard-line groups wanting to create a Hindu 
theocratic state.

The Church says it has since been continuously on the receiving end of 
anti-Christian harassment.

The majority of the region's some 110 million people are Hindus. 
Christians form less than 1 percent of this number and the Church is 
engaged primarily in education and health care among the poor.

Church critics, mostly extremist Hindu groups, allege that Church 
work for the social betterment of the poor is a tactic for conversion.

 

 Related reports
 
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[Goanet] Press note on GITP's GEIT (Goans Empowered with IT) project roll out to the 3rd and final Goan Village School

[Goa IT Professionals]

*160+ recipients marked in Bcc from Goan Press and Media community*



*Project GEIT (Goans Empowered with IT) by GITP to promote IT Education in
Goan Village Schools reaches Dayanand Bandodkar High School, Gokuldem,
Paddi, Quepem*



*Organizers: *Jonathan Pereira 
(Co-Founder, Espressotive), Sudhir Shetty
 (Co-Founder, Espressotive),
Govt. Engineering College Farmagudi Computer stream final year students (Nihal
Prabhu Gaunkar ,  Seeya
Prabhumoni , Pooja Pai
), Pradeep Gaonkar
 (Goa Dept. of IT), Jervis A
Pereira  (Director, GITIC), Sangeeta
Naik  (Digital Goa), Vincent Paul
Toscano  (Industry Principal,
Infosys)



*Date: *12-Sep-2015

*Time: * 10.30am-1:30pm

*Location: *Dayanand Bandodkar High School, Gokulde, Padi, Quepem

*Event photos: *

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*Details:*

Goa IT Professionals (GITP) group’s initiative, titled “Goans Empowered
with IT” (GEIT), to promote IT Education in Goan schools for better
employment in collaboration with the wider Goan IT and academic community
inducted the third and final rural school, Dayanand Bandodkar High School
(Gokuldem, Paddi, Quepem) into the program on 12th September.



The project actively supported by the StartupGoa, GITIC and other
well-wishers aims to expose every child in Goan schools, especially in the
villages, to the career opportunities galore in Computers and related
technologies positively affecting all spheres of human life today. Through
a series of sessions and courses on Computer Programming, App Development,
Robotics, Animation etc. the students will be introduced to this
fascinating world in fun and exciting ways to spark their interest for
further exploration through self-learning. Additionally, this initiative
also aims to help school teachers use IT to make regular subjects more
interesting, engaging and experiential to the students. In the first phase
this year GITP is working with 3 schools in Goa:

1. St. Bartholomew’s High School (Chorao, Tiswadi)

2. Azmane High School (Neura, Mandur, Tiswadi)

3. Dayanand Bandodkar High School (Gokulde, Padi, Quepem)

In subsequent phases of this initiative, GITP aims to reach out to these
charged school children, fuel their creativity and turn it into passion to
bring innovation and employment generation to the village level in Goa.



At the Gokulde school, situated at the foothills of the Western Ghats, many
students still walk 1-2 hours daily to reach their school and yet know
quite a lot about computers and IT in general. Their evident appetite to
grasp and learn new technologies was heartening to our GEIT team and holds
a clear promise to a people-driven economic upliftment of our Goan villages
while also preserving and documenting their local heritage and ancestral
knowledge for posterity.



Our GEIT Introductory session at this school began with a warm welcome by
the Headmaster, Mr. Velip followed by the President of their School Alumni
association, Mr. Pradeep Gaonkar, who is also part of our GEIT team, our
anchor for this school and is one of the most educated villagers from Padi
despite many hardships. From our team, Vincent ignited the minds of the 200
odd kids by talking to them about how IT can transform their lives. Then
Jonathan of Espressotive, supported by Sudhir, took the students on an
exciting ride with their presentation on IT, interesting videos and Google
Cardboard Virtual Reality 3D headset demos for 10 students and 2 teachers.
Subsequently Jervis spoke to the students about the way IT can help them
solve local problems around them.



Finally Nihal, Seeya and Pooja from GEC explained the students in simple
language how computers work similar to the human body and received a very
good response. We are grateful to their GEC Lecturer, Mr. Teslin Jacob, for
encouraging them to support Project GEIT. Even by themselves they now feel
that if they had been through an initiative like Project GEIT in their
school days then it would have made a big difference to their lives today.
And hence they want to give these village school kids what they missed.
Such conviction coming from today’s Goan youth fuels us all at Project GEIT.



Post this school student session, our team met with the school management
and staff. The Headmaster was very enthusiastic about the program and so
were the teachers. T

[Goanet] Self-styled bishops usurp prime Church of North India properties

[Robin Viegas]

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Self-styled bishops usurp prime Church of North India properties 

Actions divert church resources, bishop says.
 

Posted on September 14, 2015, 4:59 PM  





 
   

  
 


  
  
   
 

   


  



 
   
  
   
  
  New Delhi: 
  Self-styled bishops are claiming ownership of the vast assets of 
the Church of North India and causing confusion among members, said the 
head of a Protestant church grouping in northern India.

"Our 
properties are on prime locations in India and worth billions of rupees 
[and] are vulnerable for grabbing," Bishop P. K. Samantaroy of Amritsar,
 moderator of the Synod, the church's highest decision-making body, told
 ucanews.com. The church's vast land holdings were inherited from the 
colonial British authorities.

The sole intention is to divide the
 Christian community and confuse church members, the bishop said, 
alleging that these self-proclaimed bishops had links to land mafias.

These
 self-styled bishops make parallel management bodies of legitimate 
church institutions and claim to be their rightful owners, he pointed 
out.

"They have relentlessly tried to mislead government 
officials and the public at large to fulfill their nefarious designs," 
Bishop Samantaroy said.

"The government ought to see the 
authenticity of the ownership and make efforts to protect church 
properties and institution by all means," he said, adding, "We do not 
have the resources to do it."

The Church of North India was 
formed on Nov. 29, 1970, with the uniting of the Anglican Church and the
 Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Since that day, these 
churches ceased to exist in northern India and the properties they 
independently owned came under the administration of Church of North 
India, officials explained at a press conference in New Delhi Sept. 12.

The church has 27 dioceses across the country with an equal number of bishops.

The issue of self-styled bishops has been troubling the Church of North India 
for some time now.

In
 March this year, Rockus Sandhu, who proclaimed himself as the 
Metropolitan of Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon and chairman
 of the Indian Church Trustees and four others were sentenced to three 
years imprisonment for selling a piece of land belonging to the Church 
of India's Amritsar diocese.

"It is high time we bring this issue
 out in the public. People like Sandhu are misleading members of the 
church and their actions could have serious implications for its 
educational and medical institutions," said Alwan Masih, the Church of 
North India's general secretary.

Sandhu, who is now on bail, is 
also trying to destabilize the Church of North India's Delhi diocese as 
he has declared one of its priests as the bishop of the diocese, he 
said.

Bishop Samantaroy said his diocese is fighting more than 
100 cases related to the sale of property and that there were seven 
self-styled bishops operating in his diocese alone.

"It is very 
unfortunate that the money which should be used for health care, 
education, uplifting the poor and tribal communities goes to fighting 
such battles in court. It is a total wastage of money," he said.

Source: UCAN





  

[Goanet] Pope's UN address comes on the foundation of his predecessors

[Robin Viegas]

From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com
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Pope's UN address comes on the foundation of his predecessors
 Francis set to deliver fifth papal speech to world body on Sept. 25



U.N. headquarters in New York City. Pope Francis will give a speech 
at the U.N. during his Sept. 22-27 visit to the United States. (CNS 
photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)


Dennis Sadowski for Catholic News ServiceUnited StatesSeptember 15, 2015


Pope Francis' address to the U.N. General Assembly Sept. 25 will mark
 the fifth papal speech delivered directly to representatives of the 
world's governments.

His address will come almost 50 years to the day — Oct. 4, 1965 — 
when Blessed Paul VI became the first pontiff to speak to the General 
Assembly in what has become a hallmark of recent papal history.

While the exact content of Pope Francis' message will not be revealed
 until he delivers his address, it's almost assured that topics 
revolving around human dignity that form the foundation of Christian 
life — concern for poor and marginalized people, migrants seeking 
security, care for the environment — will be prominent themes in his 
speech.

Pope Francis' three predecessors who spoke to the General Assembly — 
Blessed Paul VI, St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI — addressed 
issues reflecting the great social and political challenges of their 
era. There is no reason to believe Pope Francis will change course, 
especially at a time when the world is confronting serious challenges to
 the well-being of humanity.

Blessed Paul VI made history in 1965, as the Second Vatican Council 
was ending, when he became the first pope to address the U.N. Outside of
 the significant changes that were about to remake the Catholic Church, 
the world was in the midst of the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war
 formed the backdrop of Blessed Paul's concerns.

Pointing to the U.N.'s charter, which identified the unification of 
countries for the betterment of humanity as a primary purpose of the 
world body, Blessed Paul urged the world leaders to "make yourselves 
equal" in an attempt to overcome pride, which leads to conflict and even
 war.

"Let no one as a member of your organization be superior to others; 
not one over the other. This is the formula for equality Not that 
you are all equal, but here you make yourselves equal. And it may well 
be that for a number of you this calls for an act of great virtue," 
Blessed Paul said.

>From there, quoting President John F. Kennedy, Blessed Paul urged the
 world representatives to put an end to war: "Mankind must put an end to
 war, or war will put an end to mankind."

 

Human rights

At the 34th U.N. General Assembly on Oct. 2, 1979, St. John Paul held
 up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the basis for all 
action by the world body. He argued that each man and woman is "endowed 
with dignity as a human person, with his or her own culture, experiences
 and aspirations, tensions and sufferings and legitimate expectations."

Referencing the declaration, he said, "This document is a milestone 
on the long and difficult path of the human race. The progress of 
humanity must be measured not only by the progress of science and 
technology, which shows man's uniqueness with regard to nature, but also
 and chiefly by the primacy given to spiritual values and by the 
progress of moral life."

He also questioned the morality of the arms race involving both 
conventional and nuclear weapons. He said the willingness of nations to 
seek new and more sophisticated weapons shows "that there is a desire to
 be ready for war and being ready means being able to start it."

In St. John Paul's way of thinking, war was an affront to human dignity and 
infringed upon basic human rights.

Addressing the General Assembly a second time, Oct. 5, 1995, on its 
50th anniversary, St. John Paul had seen that the nuclear tensions of 
the Cold War-era had eased. However, ethnic tensions in places such as 
the Balkans and Central Africa as well as the rise of armed insurgencies
 seeking to impose strict Islamic law throughout the Middle East had 
emerged.

Acceptance of differences among people and cultures became one of St.
 John Paul's key messages to the U.N. He again held up the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights as the guide for world action. Stressing the
 "fundamental commonality" among people, St. John Paul called for a 
sense of solidarity with persecuted people to emerge in U.N. 
deliberations.

He also issued a call for the world body to build a "family of 
nations" that would lead to "mutual trust, mutual support and sincere 
respect."

 

Globalization

Pope Francis' predecessor, Pope Benedict, addressed the U.N. April 
18, 2008, during his only trip to the United States. Pope Benedict took 
the themes of early papal addresses and reiterated the call for the 
respect of human dignity, religious freedom and the just distribution of
 goods to build the human family.

Concern for the lack of "integral 

[Goanet] Fwd: The Navhind Times | iGoa | Email Article

[Stephen Dias]

POSTING OF ARUN DESSAI FROM RTO TO COLLECTORATE

Ref: Arun Dessai has been transferred and posted as Additional Collector-II
in the North Goa Collectorate published in Navhind Times dated 16th Sept
2015

It is interesting step taken by the Govt of Goa by transferring a person
from Director of Transport to Additional Collectorate-II and that too in
North Goa on account of  corruption charges investigations  in his RTO dept.
 I understand that the  Vigilance is on the job on account of their
staff-member  peon Damu taking bribe of one lakh.
Instead of keep RTO Director Arun  in suspension the Govt is looking for a
better posting where he can continue to do his stunts if he is found guilty.
 Is this a solution to get the formalities done by giving a posh transfer
assignment? He could have very well been suspended than to allow him to
continue for a better posting.

Stephen Dias
D.Paula




Arun Dessai Director of Transport has been abruptly transferred and posted
as Additional Collector-II in the North Goa Collectorate


Full Story can be found at
http://epaper.navhindtimes.in/NewsDetail.aspx?storyid=9993&date=2015-09-16&pageid=1

[Goanet] Mistaken identity: Why private schools in India love to name themselves after Christian saints

[Robin Viegas]

From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com
To: 

http://scroll.in/article/755624/mistaken-identity-why-private-schools-in-india-love-to-name-themselves-after-christian-saints

When the principal of a Catholic-sounding school was arrested in Mumbai last 
week, most people assumed it was a Church-run institution headed by a priest. 
The confusion is understandable.Aarefa Johari  · Sep 15, 2015 · 02:30 pmPhoto 
Credit: Shoaib Daniyal79.6KTotal Views On September 11, soon after the 
principal of an institution named St Xavier’s High School wasarrested in Mumbai 
on charges of molesting two boys, some Indians on Twitter began simmering with 
rage. The arrested principal is a man named Rosario Alphonso, and many Twitter 
users took this as an opportunity to unleash a torrent of abuse against 
Christian priests and paedophilia.

A lot of the abuse was channelled through the hashtag #ShameOnJohnDayal, 
specifically targeting journalist and minority rights activist John Dayal who 
had tweeted about the principal’s arrest by asking, who owns the school?

 

Unsurprisingly, many of those who saw news reports on the molestation assumed 
that the school in question – St Xavier’s in Andheri East, Mumbai – is a 
Christian institution whose principal must have been a priest. The assumption 
is not entirely unfounded: most schools run by the Catholic church are headed 
by priests and nuns, and in the past few years, cases of priests getting caught 
for paedophilia have made international headlines.

But in this case, the assumption – and the abuse – was completely off the mark.

As Catholic as it may sound, St Xavier’s High School in Andheri East is 
actually a private school, run by the Ryan Group of educational institutions 
that also include the more well-known franchise of Ryan International Schools 
around the country. The school’s trustees, Grace Pinto and AF Pinto, happen to 
be Christian, but the school itself has no connections with the Church or any 
of its denominations. The principal arrested for molestation is a Christian 
too, but he was not a priest.

Common names

For institutions actually run by Christian church denominations, such cases of 
mistaken identity are a familiar phenomenon. Everywhere across  India, there 
seem to be schools named after popular Christian saints – St Mary’s, St 
Xavier’s, Don Bosco and dozens more. But contrary to expectations, a sizable 
number of them are not the Church-run “convent” schools that they appear to be.

Typically, institutions named St Xavier’s or St Ignatius are run by the 
Jesuits, a Catholic congregation of priests founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 
the 16th century. Don Bosco institutions are run by the Salesians, another 
Catholic congregation.

“But there are many other private Don Bosco schools in India that have nothing 
to do with the Salesians,” said Father Nigel Barrett, the spokesperson for the 
Archdiocese of Bombay, the central body of the Roman Catholic church in the 
city.

In the Mumbai metropolitan region, there are at least eight Don Bosco 
institutions officially run by the Salesian order, but at least four that are 
private and unaffiliated to the Church. Similarly, there Archdiocesan board of 
education runs at least 150 schools in Mumbai and Thane district, but that 
number does not include dozens of other schools named after various “saints”.

“St Xavier’s is a much more common name than Don Bosco among private non-Church 
schools,” said Father Savio Silveira, a Salesian priest at Don Bosco, Matunga.

The Ryan International group, for instance, has at least 10 educational 
institutions named after St Xavier across India, in addition to schools named 
after St Lawrence, St Joseph, St Francis, St Mary and Fr Agnelo.

At times, schools manage to sound like Christian schools even without a 
Christian name. This Hindi-medium school in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, 
for instance, is named after a 19th century Sufi saint – Haji Waris Ali – but 
the choice of “St” as a prefix instead of “Haji” or “Pir” is telling:

St Waris school in Barabanki. Photo: Shoaib Daniyal
What’s in a name?

For church-run institutes, having multiple namesakes among private schools can 
be a double-edged sword. Getting an English-medium “convent” education has long 
been a goal for middle-class Indians, so private schools named on the lines of 
Christian schools can be seen as an acknowledgement of the success of 
church-run institutes.

The Church sees education as a social mission, "but there are some private 
schools who see it as a business, and they use names of saints because it is 
good for business”, said Barrett. “But the problem arises only when there is an 
issue, like this case of child molestation.”

At times like these, the church and the schools that share the same name are 
dragged into the controversy. But there is little that the church has been able 
to do.

In 2011, Salesian priests filed a case against a private trust in Madhya 
Pradesh for registering and c

[Goanet] Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 2015

[Siyona G Gaunkar]

Happy Ganesh Chaturthifor all___


This Festive Season a very Sincere prayer to Lord Ganesha, the Vigna-harta
(remover of obstacles) to please help ease the sufferings of the poor and
needy, but may the obstacles in the path of those chronic rogues just
multiply manifold. Tathastu, so be it

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

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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:30:26 +0430
From: Florian Lobo 
To: BB Goanet 
Subject: [Goanet] Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 2015
Message-ID:
    
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GSRP wishes one and all a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi 2015.

GSRP


From: "Pamela D'Mello" 

Subject: [Goanet] Goa University:Cutting off the roots


http://www.readwhere.com/read/c/6546744

Goa University:Cutting off the roots
The slow whittling away at Goa University's land and stature by the
government, is not the right way to treat an integral state institution
By Pamela D'Mello
The Goan, 14 September 2015

As Panjim expands and spreads into the neighbouring villages, as government
finds the need to put in more infrastructure for some of the major events
(like the International Film Festival of India) that it hosts and other
utilities and for myriad private interests   the state?s premier public
university has been seen as a sitting duck. It has been steadily losing its
campus land, as government finds it convenient to simply help itself to
campus land, rather than search for alternative sites to locate some of its
buildings.

University Executive Council sources admit that the university is all the
time under tremendous pressure from government to part with additional
parcels of its campus. As a state funded university, dependent on
government funds and approvals for all its requirements, including  filling
of faculty posts, service extensions  et al the university finds itself
at a distinct disadvantage.

The current Vice Chancellor has repeatedly pointed this out in the public,
arguing for  the constitution of a task force of citizens to help draw a
master plan to preserve Goa University?s property. From the data, it is
quite clear there is scant respect for the geographic integrity of the
university campus, by the very entity that set it up and is charged with
fostering its present and future growth. Of the 16.30 lakh sq m, the
University was allotted when it was set up in June 1985, it has already
lost 43,000 sq m to four non educational buildings constructed by
government on its campus over the years. The ETDC complex hosting the
electronic testing lab of the central government was granted  a  99 year
lease on 3500 sq m, at Rs 1 per year. The BSNL telephone exchange
occupies  2500

[Goanet] in support................. WILL PANJIM BE CLEAN CITY BEFORE THE SMART CITY PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED?

[Siyona G Gaunkar]

 WILL PANJIM BE CLEAN CITY BEFORE THE SMART CITY PLAN
    IS    IMPLEMENTED?
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:28:33 +0530From: Stephen Dias 
To: Goanet ,     "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb.
    1994!" ,    mridula sinha 
Cc: Laxmikant Parsekar ,    chief secretary
    goa 
Subject: [Goanet] WILL PANJIM BE CLEAN CITY BEFORE THE SMART CITY PLAN
    IS    IMPLEMENTED?

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Dear Miridula Sinha
You Excellency Governor of Goa


Madam,

Kindly go through the letter of Aires ( enclosed),  which we all feel that
Goa Govt should restrict unnecessary wasteful government expenditure as the
Government is going  bankrupt.
As a Governor of Goa,  will you advice Parsekar Government to stop such
wasteful expenditure?
I was told by reliable sources, that you Madam,  have acted on my complaint
to you recently on Swatch Bharat mission, for PANJIM  CLEAN, and that you
have called up for a meeting  with present MLA Sidarth Kunkolienkar and
other dignitaries including Goa Pollution Control Board,  to see that
Panjim is taken on top priority for Swatch Bharat cleanness for which I am
grateful to you .
I am planing to send some more photographs to you shortly, from certain
areas in Panjim showing the MESS.
Hope they start acting on your advice to keep  Panjim clean, good
environment and no pollution,  with minimum expenditure which I doubt that
Panjim or any other city in Goa, will be a  SMART CITY and I am sure that
the plan will never materialized before the forthcoming
assembly  election in 2017 just like the JNNURM and other projects have
failed.
Regards,
Thanks

Stephen Dias
Social Worker
D.Paula
Date: 15th Sept 2015

Re: [Goanet] JoeGoaUK photostream of the Churches.

[Venantius J Pinto]

In the second images, It is surprising that the transliteration of Bom
Jesus in Devnagiri is wrong. The sound of "Bom" must have an -n ending, and
not as it shown in Devnagiri. Jesus should be transliterated as Jesu!

Even in English it ought to be pronounced as we do while speaking in
Konkani, and of course Portuguese although we write it as Bom Jesus (Bon
Jesu).

Venantius



On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Sam Furtado  wrote:

> Thank you JOE GOA for the beautiful photos of GOA CHURCHES.what
> a enchanting views and the panoramic scenes one of the best in the world..
> Sam
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Con Menezes  wrote:
>
> > From my desktop.
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/show/with/3924807660/
> >
> > ---
> > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> > https://www.avast.com/antivirus

[Goanet] Supreme Court refuses to quash Bombay HC order lifting ban on sale of meat

[Robin Viegas]

From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com
To: 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Supreme-Court-refuses-to-quash-Bombay-HC-order-lifting-ban-on-sale-of-meat/articleshow/48998113.cms



NEW DELHI: The Supreme court on Thursday refused to interfere in Bombay HC 
order lifting ban on sale of meat during Jain festival season Paryushan.A bench 
of justices TS Thakur and Kurian Joseph objected to the manner in which the ban 
was being enforced saying that it can't be forced down people's throats.The 
bench said that the authority should be tolerant towards people opposing the 
ban.The bench was hearing a petition filed by a religious body challenging HC 
order on lifting the ban.Join TOI campaign: Ban the bansIn pics: Banned in 
IndiaThe petitioner contended that non-violence is the cherished dream of our 
constitution and it also includes towards treatment to animals.It contended 
that animals should also be treated with compassion and most of the countries 
believe in such philosophy.The bench then remarked "Why compassion only during 
festival and why not all the time".The bench agreed that compassion towards 
animals is growing across the world but any ban on sale can't be forced on 
people."It is happening throughout the country and world. Spirit of tolerance 
is very important and it has to be inculcated in society through reform and in 
a subtle way" the bench said"Compassion should not be there only during 
festival. It has to be shown throughout the year", the SC bench said.TOI's 
complete coverage on meat ban