[Goanet] Your facial bone structure has a big influence.....

[Con Menezes]

 more here  
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-facial-bone-structure-has-a-big-influence-on-how-people-see-you/

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[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: TEAM TO ASSEMBLE IN MUMBAI ON OCT 4 + PIX (ONE ATTACHMENT).

[AIFF Media]

Dear colleagues,


Please find below the list of Players selected to represent the Senior
Indian National Team in the back to back 2018 Russia World Cup away
qualifying matches against Turkmenistan and Oman.


*For all updates of the future U-17 World Cup squad and exclusive pictures
please follow our Official Twitter Handle @AIFFMedia. You will find live
updates of all of India’s matches (across all age-groups) and all other
relevant updates on our Official Twitter handle.*


*Follow and like the Official Page of Indian Football Teams on Facebook at *
*https://www.facebook.com/TheIndianFootballTeam*



*Also find attached a picture (CREDIT: AIFF MEDIA):* India play
Turkmenistan on October 8 in Ashgabat and Oman in Muscat on October 13.


*Please credit AIFF Media for the picture used.*


*For further information feel free to contact AIFF Media Manager Nilanjan
Datta on his mobile number +91-9873185150.*


Regards,
AIFF Media Team


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*AIFF Media Team*


*NEW DELHI: *The following Players will report to Mumbai on October 4
(Sunday) afternoon for Indian National Team’s back to back forthcoming
Russia 2018 World Cup Qualification way matches against Turkmenistan and
Oman.

While India play Turkmenistan in Ashgabat on October 8, the match against
Oman is scheduled to be played in Muscat on September 13.

The list of Players is as follows:

*GOALKEEPERS:*



Subrata Paul, Karanjit Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.



*DEFENDERS:*



Arnab Mondal, Sandesh Jhingan, Aiborlang Khongjee, Dhanachandra Singh,
Lalchhuanmawia, Narayan Das, Rino Anto, Pritam Kotal.



*MIDFIELDERS:*



Eugenson Lyngdoh, Cavin Lobo, Sehnaj Singh, Jackichand Singh, Pronoy
Halder, Francis Fernandes, Rowlin Borges, Bikash Jairu.



*FORWARDS:*



Jeje Lalpekhlua, Robin Singh, Sunil Chhetri.



*Head Coach:* Stephen Constantine.



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Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goa, as Goa was: cleanliness and health two generations ago.... (Domnic Fernandes, Village Anjuna)

[F.B.]

Thanks! Great reading of the good old days in Goa. 
Thought you'd find it interesting to hear that the "natural detergent, 
rintte(small, round, inedible soap-producing berries)."
are now available in France, for use by ecologically minded people. A few 
berries are put into an open weave little bag and put into the washing machine 
with the laundry. Notably they are also apparently effective in a dishwasher!
Cheers
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 Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 8:03 AM
 Subject: [Goanet-News] Goa, as Goa was: cleanliness and health two generations 
ago (Domnic Fernandes, Village Anjuna)
   
BOOK-EXTRACT
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Domnic Fernandes was Goanet's find. After
he started writing his uber-interesting
reminiscences of the Goa of the
yesteryears in cyberspace through this
network over a decade ago, many
appreciated his work. After writing his
first book in 2007 ('Domnic's Goa') and
his second on Mapusa in 2012, Domnic's
latest book called 'Village Anjuna' ISBN
978-93-80739-98-4 gets released on this
weekend. The author invites every
Goanetter and relatives back home for
this function in Anjuna on coming Sunday
evening. Details below. This text is an extract
from his latest book.
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In the middle of the last century, life in Goa was hard. It
was not an easy task, but the people of those times had
neither high aspirations nor did they work themselves to the
bone to become wealthy, as is the case today. People lived
for the day. They depended solely on Mother Nature for their
daily requirements.

RINTTE, THE INEDIBLE SOAP BERRIES

They say: 'Cleanliness is next to godliness' and man has
followed this adage. There were no power laundries around,
but the few clothes owned were regularly washed. Detergents
then were not as abundantly available. So, with what did he
wash his clothes? He made use of a natural detergent, rintte
(small, round, inedible soap-producing berries).

          Practically every ward in Anjuna then had a few
          rintteachim zhaddam (trees bearing inedible
          berries). Once the rintte were ripe and dried on
          the tree, they would fall to the ground, just like
          boram (sweet-sour local berries). Every morning,
          people, especially women, would gather under the
          trees and collect as many rintte as they needed for
          the day. They would sometimes gather extra rintte,
          dry and store them in a panttulo (basket made of
          bamboo), as a contingency stock.

Here is how rintte were used: housewives would fill a bucket
with water, place two handfuls of rintte in it and leave them
to soak overnight for maximum soap extraction. Washing
clothes was an early morning chores so that clothes could be
put out to dry in the open when the sun rose. As soon as
women woke up, they would stir water in the bucket with their
hands in order to check the formation of lather, which was as
good as that of any detergent today. They would keep the
soiled clothes in the bucket for soaking until breakfast for
the family was prepared.

By then, washing the soaked clothes became much easier.

Clothes were washed on a large rôp duvpachi fatorn (stone for
washing of clothes), placed at a height on a pedestal of
stones. Washing was done by pressing and rubbing clothes on a
washing stone, but thick and heavily soiled clothes were
either beaten with a solid, round tonnko (bludgeon)
preferably of bamboo, or they would just swirl and hit the
clothes on the washing stone, every swirl accompanied by a
sound: Shh... S! Shh... S! Shh... S!

In the case of obstinate stains, they would pick some rintte
from the bucket and rub them into the spots, and the stains
would completely disappear. We never used rintte at my home
to wash our clothes, but I would collect and pass them on to
those of my neighbours who could not afford to buy washing
soap. Today, we have dozens of brands of detergents to wash
clothes. Most middle class people use a washing machine.

          In Anjuna, there was a Christian professional
          mainato (Portuguese word) or moddvoll (washer man).
          He was quite short in stature and always wore a
          pair of white shorts and a short-sleeved white
          shirt. As we know, the collar of a shirt gathers
          more dirt than the rest of the shirt, and it was
          worse in those days with heavy dust flying in the
          air from muddy roads. Therefore, the washer man,
          like some people, placed a folded handkerchief
          under collar of his shirt to avoid dirt on the
          collar. He did the laundry of the affluent as well
          as of St. Michael's Church. Because of his long
          association with the church he was allotted a paddy
          field, which he cultivated with paddy.

A Hindu woman from Baga also collected laundry around Anjuna.
Fair in comple

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[Goanet] RAJENDRA ARLEKAR COBBLING ASSETS: A TALE OF RAGS TO RICHES

[Aires Rodrigues]

The BJP lectures loud and sermonizes on Zero Tolerance to Corruption but
has been acting right to the contrary. The latest is the selection of the
grossly very tainted Rajendra Arlekar for elevation as a Minister.


In that disproportionate assets case against Rajendra Arlekar he was let
free by the Court on the technical ground that the Anti- Corruption Branch
had not sought sanction of the government in the case. Obviously the ACB
will never seek a sanction against their own ruling party politician. So
Rajendra Arlekar has a lot to answer on his mountain of assets.


The complaint against Rajendra Arlekar was that by a sale deed dated
26th August
2013 he purchased a 500 sq mt plot at Porvorim on a payment of Rs 72 lakhs
and the sale deed did not reveal the mode of payment as to whether the
amount paid by Rajendra Arlekar was in cash, cheque or draft.

Besides the 72 lakhs Rajendra Arlekar also paid an amount of Rs 2,52,000
towards stamp duty and a further Rs 2,16,280 as registration and processing
fees of that Sale deed.


In an affidavit filed by Rajendra Arlekar before Goa’s Chief Electoral
officer on 9th February 2012 he had shown his income for the year 2010-2011
as Rs 2,76,671 and that of his wife Anagha Deshpande Arlekar who is a
school teacher as Rs 5,87,186. So the purchase of the plot for 72 lakhs
by Rajendra Arlekar was clearly disproportionate to his last known source
of income.


Rajendra Arlekar in that affidavit had shown his total liabilities by way
of loans etc as Rs 30,54,314 and further liabilities by way of Government
dues as Rs 2,64,734 but in his statement of assets and liabilities filed
over a year later on on 31st July 2013 before the Goa Lokayukta his
liabilities were shown as Nil.


Rajendra Arlekar should explain as to how within a short span of just over
a year after becoming Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly he was able
to clear his huge liabilities of Rs 30,54,314 and also liabilities by way
of Government dues of Rs 2,64,734.


Rajendra Arlekar in his affidavit on 9th February 2012 had shown his total
income for the year 2010-2011 as a mere Rs 2,76,671 which prima facie
reveals that Rajendra Arlekar concealed the real income earned by him from
his HP petrol pump dealership “Om Shree Vetobaa” at Vasco.

Rajendra Arlekar has continued with that Hindustan Petroleum petrol pump
dealership illegally after becoming an MLA and Speaker of the Goa
Legislative Assembly.


Clause 7 of the Hindustan Petroleum guidelines specifically requires that a
person selected for the dealership of the petrol pump shall be paying
attention towards day-to-day working of the petrol pump by personally
managing the affairs of the petrol pump.


The guidelines further mandate that the dealer of the petrol pump shall not
be eligible for taking up any other employment. So as soon as Rajendra
Arlekar became MLA he was duty bound to surrender the dealership to make
way for somebody unemployed.


Now the RSS Pracharak Rajendra Arlekar being all set to be a Minister
tomorrow will be eyeing for very lucrative portfolios.  PWD, Transport,
Forest, Environment and Mining may be some amongst in his wish list so that
he further prospers financially and his Acche din continue.

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


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] Global Dances: Azarbaijan

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[Goanet] Easy listening selection: Andre Rieu

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  Tulips from Amsterdam   
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[Goanet] RESENDING: TEAM TO ASSEMBLE IN MUMBAI ON OCT 4 + PIX (ONE ATTACHMENT).

[AIFF Media]

Dear colleagues,


Please find below the list of Players selected to represent the Senior
Indian National Team in the back to back 2018 Russia World Cup away
qualifying matches against Turkmenistan and Oman.


*For all updates of the future U-17 World Cup squad and exclusive pictures
please follow our Official Twitter Handle @AIFFMedia. You will find live
updates of all of India’s matches (across all age-groups) and all other
relevant updates on our Official Twitter handle.*


*Also follow and like the Official Page of Indian Football Teams on
Facebook at **https://www.facebook.com/TheIndianFootballTeam*



*Also find attached a picture (CREDIT: AIFF MEDIA):* India play
Turkmenistan on October 8 in Ashgabat and Oman in Muscat on October 13.


*Please credit AIFF Media for the picture used.*


*For further information feel free to contact AIFF Media Manager Nilanjan
Datta on his mobile number +91-9873185150.*


Regards,
AIFF Media Team


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*TEAM TO ASSEMBLE IN MUMBAI ON OCT 4*


*AIFF Media Team*


*NEW DELHI: *The following Players will report to Mumbai on October 4
(Sunday) afternoon for Indian National Team’s back to back forthcoming
Russia 2018 World Cup Qualification way matches against Turkmenistan and
Oman.


While India play Turkmenistan in Ashgabat on October 8, the match against
Oman is scheduled to be played in Muscat on October 13.


The list of Players is as follows:


*GOALKEEPERS:*



Subrata Paul, Karanjit Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.



*DEFENDERS:*



Arnab Mondal, Sandesh Jhingan, Aiborlang Khongjee, Dhanachandra Singh,
Lalchhuanmawia, Narayan Das, Rino Anto, Pritam Kotal.



*MIDFIELDERS:*



Eugenson Lyngdoh, Cavin Lobo, Sehnaj Singh, Jackichand Singh, Pronoy
Halder, Francis Fernandes, Rowlin Borges, Bikash Jairu.



*FORWARDS:*



Jeje Lalpekhlua, Robin Singh, Sunil Chhetri.



*Head Coach:* Stephen Constantine.



**



*EOM*
















Media Department, AIFF.
Alternate: me...@the-aiff.com
Website: www.the-aiff.com

[Goanet] Part Tragedy, Part Farce: Subramanian Swamy in Goa (Outlook)

[V M]

http://www.outlookindia.com/article/part-tragedy-part-farce/295484

A bizarre, often funny dichotomy prevailed throughout Subramanian
Swamy’s valedictory address at Goa’s Saraswat Vidyalaya’s Sridora
Caculo College of Commerce and Management Studies annual
student-produced festival, Odyssey XII on 28th September earlier this
week.

Part tragedy, part farce, the event was presaged for doom the previous
day, when Swamy tweeted “I shall address a Sangh related public
meeting in Goa on “ISIS Threat: India’s Options”. It was obvious he
comprehensively misunderstood it was actually a management studies
festival attended by young students of all religions and backgrounds.

The next day, a typically Goan pluralistic crowd of higher secondary
and undergraduate students sat dumbfounded through a blistering,
highly inappropriate sectarian harangue by Swamy, who ignored the
students interests, and focus of the festival, and instead played to
the middle-aged cheering section (the talk was open to walk-ins) who
filled the rest of the auditorium at the Charles Correa-designed Kala
Academy complex on the Panjim waterfront.

It was hard not to feel bad for the youthful business studies
enthusiasts, who had clearly worked very hard to make their annual
festival the best in the history of their college. The zealous,
diligent volunteer who ushered us to our seats, which were next to a
contingent of shy, uniformed 12th-standard students, said to us
proudly, “no other management college in Goa has ever achieved
anything of this quality.” Then he admitted his organizing committee’s
unanimous first choice of speaker had been Anand Mahindra. But the
tycoon proved unavailable.

So it was Swamy, striding out rather incongruously to the swelling
accompaniment of The Ramones anthem, ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’, flanked by
stern-faced submachine gun-wielding guards, thus immediately inviting
an unflattering contrast to Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, who
freely circulates in Goa without anything like such ostentatious heavy
metal.

The former Cabinet Minister sat through an impressively slick
student-produced video which raced through synopses of the leading
economies of the world, but then made no mention of it or the
students’ interests and instead jumped right into his analysis of
ISIS. According to Swamy, in two or three years this “world’s richest
terrorist group” will likely be at India’s borders. Then he started to
outline a series of increasingly outlandish recommendations on how to
cope with the threat, and things began to go haywire.

The audience in Goa quickly sorted itself into two camps. There were
the students, but they were outnumbered by a crowd of much older Swamy
fans which was waiting eagerly for favourite applause lines about
Muslims and the Nehru family. When these slams emerged, as they did on
cue, there was much clapping and hooting from the elders. But when
Swamy – to his credit -- returned again and again to a stern
anti-caste message, and praise for Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, it was only the
students applauding, while many seniors looked furious and confused.

It is when Swamy strayed dangerously into areas far from his academic
expertise (his PhD from Harvard is in Economics) that the students
became restive and much more alert. The 76-year-old made the fatal
mistake of repeating a very old canard, “NASA has made study of
Sanskrit mandatory because it is the most computer-friendly language”
and urging the audience to “just go home and Google it.” That is the
exact moment he lost the students for good, as dozens of smartphones
lit up all around the auditorium, and the search engine informed the
audience that Swamy was in fact peddling a much-discredited hoax.

Falsehoods flew fast, but the fact-checking fingers were even fleeter.
While middle-aged faces in the audience bore progressively rapturous
expressions, the students were shaking their heads, first skeptical
then furious at the gibberish on parade. Swamy said all Indians had
exactly the same DNA. But in front of me a student searched “genetic
mapping of India” and the first link she found was to Nature magazine,
which said “there are populations that have lived in the same town and
village for thousands of years without exchanging genes”. She looked
up North-East tribes like the Khasis, and found they are not actually
“from Thailand” as Swamy claimed.

In Scroll.in yesterday, Kai Friese wrote “the fantastical charlatanry
of Hindutva “history” is central to the new National Project”. It was
this unrelenting perversion of Indian history, delivered in such
strident tones in broad-minded, deeply syncretic and tolerant Goa,
which was the most repulsive aspect of Swamy’s address. The students
and many other members of the audience visibly reeled. They were
clearly offended by the message of exclusion that went against the
bedrock of their own culture and identity.

In Swamy’s retelling of “correct Indian history” the only people who
count who ever fought for India were Hind

[Goanet] Mother of mine

[Nelson Lopes]

MOTHER OF MINE

P.M Modi was merely responding to  pointed question from Marc of Facebook.
During the session P.M was momentarily and emotionally chocked with deep
feelings for his mother. Just because he is the P.M  he cannot be hauled up
for not hiding his emotions like a hypocrite. He spoke of his 90 years old
mother attending by herself to daily routine thus far and was applauded by
the gathering. P.M also stressed upon the universal deep influence of
mother and teacher on the life of everyone,. He emphasized further that
every mother sacrifices for the welfare of her children. His background of
poverty , education and rise  is public knowledge and he is not ashamed of
it but rather proud of his humble origins. The Congress does not have to
issue a certificate of the level of his family financial standing or the
nature of domestic work of his mother. Recalling specifically the hard work
of his mother cannot be construed as insult to her by any yardstick. It was
Mani Shanker Iyer, who  in his arrogance, sarcasm offered Modi the position
of tea server at Congress House, thus stooping to such an abysmal low level
of decency, conduct expected of Iyer. Stating the obvious in all humility
is no sin, There is no doubt that Modi is a captivating, mesmerizing orator
par excellence, besides phenomenal reception at all his meetings outside
Country  is the itch affecting his Congress detractors

. P.M does not have to win elections or use it as a ploy to further
election prospects at home. What a charge of disconnect that Modi did not
invite his mother fro swearing in ceremony of P.M. Did he ever invite her
for his ascendancy as the Gujerat C.M. and why that was not an issue ever?
One must consider her desire at her age jostling with the crowd that is not
her cup of tea. If she was indeed invited, then another charge of
propaganda would be leveled against him. Modi is seen many times kissing
her feet and seeking her blessings on auspicious occasions. To prove his
devotion, indebtedness to his mother, the test is not inviting her for
ceremonial functions at which she might not have been comfortable and
rightly preferred not to be made a spectacle. BJP spokesman MJ Akbar in its
characteristic must response and insinuation called the mother as spoiling
the child and destroying the nation. It was retaliation in very bad taste
and no justification The Congress appears to be running out of issues at he
blazing trail of P,M  everywhere he lands and the respect he commands among
community of nation

Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] Outrage as crematorium takes down wooden cross that's been in place for more than 50 years because it might offend non-Christians

[Camillo Fernandes]

> Subject: Outrage as crematorium takes down wooden cross that's been in place 
> for more than 50 years because it might offend non-Christians 
> 
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3254649/Outrage-crematorium-takes-wooden-cross-s-place-50-years-offend-non-Christians.html
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad

[Goanet] 'Xit-Koddi' Bahrain Goans E-Newsletter - 5th Anniversary Issue

[Bahrain Goans]

   Bahrain Goans E-Newsletter 'Xit-Koddi' - 5th Anniversary Issue






With great sense of satisfaction 'Xit-Koddi' celebrates its 5th Anniversary.And 
we hope to be able to continue our work in future. Thanks to our readers and 
all those who have supported us in these 5 years.Click on the link to read our 
5th Anniversary 
Issuehttps://sites.google.com/site/bahraingoans/xit-koddi---sept-oct-2015


  




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[Goanet] [socialissuescalendar] 1st October is International Day of Older Persons.

[Goa Desc]

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family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help CONSUMERS to be better informed about
the impact of SOCIAL ISSUES on their lives.
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​​http://www.who.int/ageing/events/idop_rationale/en/
http://www.who.int/ageing/projects/en/
http://undesadspd.org/Ageing/MadridPlanofActionanditsImplementation.aspx
http://undesadspd.org/ageing/internationaldayofolderpersons.aspx
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/events/international-day-of-older-persons/
http://www.who.int/ageing/consultation/en/
http://socialjustice.nic.in/aboutdivision2.php
http://www.helpage.org/
http://www.helpageindia.org/
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[Goanet] VISHNU WAGH INDECISIVE OF DY. SPEAKER POST?

[Stephen Dias]

--WAGH SHOULD  NOT MOVE FROM HIS ORIGINAL POSITION

I had been interacting earlier with Vishnu Wagh,  MLA of St Andre
constituency, several times on emails and none of them he replied.
Mostly the matters were concerned to public grievances at the Goa Medical
College Hospital as now we understand  that allegedly illegal clinical
trials are going on in full fledged in most of the department of GMC and
why only targeting  two doctors of  one department? ( Navhind Times dt.
1.10.2015).
 I used to address Wagh,  since I understand that he is a Visiting
Chairman Committee for Health appointed by the Government of Goa. Other
matters such as  dhirios , Swatch Bharat city cleanness etc all have failed.
Now is that he has been offered a Dy Speaker post which is just
a sedentary job and he has nothing to do much for the public grievances but
Speaker post which he was eyeing could have been a better responsibility
post instead of Dy. Speaker.
 This new posting for Arlekar  as his new portfolio assignment is transport
and  probably PWD responsibility may be added, that could be of some help
for Panjimites?
Our previous PWD Minister Sudin Dhavlikar allegedly made a MESS of it as
all our Panjim roads especially  D.Paula , Taleigao,  Caranzalem, Miramar
are in dilapidated conditions.The sewage connection appears never to
be materialized just like the Underground cabling after spending huge
public funds. Leave apart other matters like high
rise construction building projects.
Now is that Wagh is indecisive about the Dy.Speaker post, perhaps he is
a wise man not to accept it.  That could stop him firing guns at the
Goa Legislative assembly. I think he should remain as MLA and do his work
as he is well versed with it.
 I still do not understand why  he does not answer my e-mails. Perhaps we
as citizens of Panjim with his help could have taken much more  initiatives
to pull up the Government  pertaining to various alleged illegalities going
on.
My sincere advise to him that he should restrict to his post as MLA only.


Stephen Dias
D.Paula

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[Goanet] WE GOANS NEED TO HAVE Our Vision For Our Goa By: GSRP

[Florian Lobo]

WE GOANS NEED TO HAVE

Our Vision For Our Goa

By: GSRP

It is obvious that Goa needs serious ‘Long-Term Planning’. Goa is
approximately 104 kilometers in length, with an average width of
approximately 35.5 kilometers. Of the 35.5 kilometers width, we have 0.5 Km
(500 meters) wide stretch of the coastal belt as “no development zone” [Coastal
Regulation Zone-CRZ], and an approximately 14 kilometers wide stretch of
mountainous terrain of the Western Ghats region. Within the usable stretch
of approximately 21 kilometers width, we have riverine stretches,
marshlands, swamps, hilly regions, water bodies, agricultural and
settlement lands etc. Therefore, if we are to look at Goa some fifty [50]
years hence and  beyond, we shall have to be precise and diligent
in  planning for the future.



Though centrally administered as Union Territory since Goa’s liberation in
1961 until 1987 when Goa attained Statehood, there has been  hardly any
co-ordinated planning. Whatever planning that has taken place, has been
done on ‘ad-hoc’ basis, the result of which is open for all to see. A good
look at the port city of Vasco da Gama is a valid  example. If this
continues, Vasco da Gama will be the ‘Dharavi’ of Goa  if it has not
already earned this  status.



The present population of Goa is approximately 15 lakhs.  If we are looking
at long-term planning, we need to compute what Goa’s population will be
in  2020, 2040, 2060… etc. If we take Goa’s average population growth at
21.5% [1960 to 1990], and considering Goa’s  population at 1990 mark to be
11,69 lakhs, Goa should have a population of approx. 17 lakhs in 2010; 20 lakhs
in 2020, 25 lakhs in 2030,  31 lakhs in 2040  and a whopping  45 lakhs in
2060. On a progression chart, if this is taken into consideration, serious
thought has to be given to sustained planning, to augment and/or rebuild
new infrastructures, to cope with the increasing demands on utilities like
potable drinking water & water conservation, public health, sanitation &
hygiene, sewerage, public transport, power, housing, road-networks,
eco-system protection, controlled industrial growth for jobs, resources
management, agriculture, fisheries, preservation of forest cover, internal
law and order, disaster management….., the list is long. If this task is
left to the discretion of the parties in power to decide, then we, as a
State, must think again. Therefore, there is a critical need for Goa to
have a concerted program based on long-term planning and a definitive
immutable  road map to follow, though always open to improvisations and
adjustments. The methodology of achieving the aims may change, but not the
aims themselves.



There is no doubt that we have had town planners working since 1961, when
Goa was taken over from the erstwhile Portuguese regime in an un-spoilt,
immaculate and  almost ‘barren’ state as far as development is concerned.
But if the then architects of Goa were serious and committed, Goa’s
development would have been soundly charted on a ‘Systematic Long Term
Planning’ basis, and we would not be saddled with an un-planned and a
‘shoddy’ Goa that is confronting us today. Successive Governments and
Government Ministers have been anything but “Goa-Planning-Centric”. They
have perennially considered the Town & Country Planners’ to be their
personal assistants, and have used them for their own selfish ends to
enlarge their vote banks [to the extent of reducing them to be their
‘errand boys and gals’ who would be ready to  even pick up their groceries
for them if asked to]. How else does one justify the deterioration of the
once beautiful, clean and well organized Mapusa market; the cancerous sore
garbage dumps   of ‘Sonsodo’ and ‘Curca’ in Margao and Bambolim
respectively; the crash metamorphosis of the capital city of Panjim for the
hosting of the IFFI in 2004 and back to serious digging-up of what has been
already built in record time without a care for planning, and the
subsequent flooding in a way never experienced before?  Planning is hardly
seen in our cities, towns and the entire prized coastal belt which sustains
our valuable golden goose, the Tourism Industry and which is the biggest
single employer. What has taken place is not  ‘planned development’ but
‘planned vandalism’. These aspects deserve a serious and critical look with
demands that the administrators act with responsibility and commitment in
order to rectify the million and one things that have been  allowed to go
wrong for the reasons stated earlier.



The need of the hour is, therefore, an urgent and sensible approach to
planning, on the basis of “CLEAN SLATE PLANNING”, wherever possible. Most
of Goa, fortunately, is still untouched. If we seriously put the ‘planners’
to work, and by taking the people, who are, and shall be the beneficiaries,
into full confidence, Goa will become something of a marvel for us all to
admire and feel proud of. WE are a literate State with practically no
labour force. Therefore the Industri

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*** FC Goa coach and Brazil great Zico committed to helping
'develop football ... - The National
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*** Louis Berger Case: Goa Police seeks NARCO analysis tests for
three accused - Business Standard
hief minister Digambar Kamat, ex- PWD minister Churchill Alemao
and project director and principal chief ...
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*** Indian Super League 2015: FC Goa profile, preview, signings,
squad, key ... - International Business Times, India Edition
he-Indian-Super-League-a-chimera.html">Is the Indian Super
League a chimera?
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*** Goa looking for right start against Hyderabad in Ranji
opener - Zee News
eason and are looking good in both batting and bowling
departments. The visitors have a psychological advantage against
Goa having not lost against the hosts in the ...
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*** How to move to Goa  Part 2 - Conde Nast Traveller India
art series on how to relocate to Goa. Read Part 1 here. When
Vivek and I packed our bags and moved out of Bengaluru, I
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*** 'K'taka CM has written to Goa on Baina issue' - Times of
India
ffected persons, said that the Karnataka chief minister has
written to Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar requesting him
to provide rehabilitation for them. On Wednesday morning ...
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*** Houses of over 500 Kannadigas demolished on Goa beach -
India Today
dia TodayA majority of the Kannadigas living in Baina are from
the impoverished districts of North Karnataka. They are
agricultural labourers, who migrated to Goa in search of
livelihood. The Goan government had issued notices to the
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*** Why India's Goa wants its British tourists back - BBC News
C NewsPamela D'Mello explains why India's western state of Goa
is making a concerted effort to woo back tourists from Britain.
In three weeks, Roy Barreto will reopen the restaurant he had
boarded up during the monsoon, in anticipation of a new season
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*** Ex S Goa collector Agarwal booked under anti-graft law -
Times of India
orruption branch (ACB), directorate of vigilance department, has
registered an offence against retired South Goa collector N D
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*** MICE the way forward for Goa hotels:FHW 2015 - Fina