[Goanet] Parrikar, Parsekar, Mahadev speaking

2015-10-03 Thread JoeGoaUk 
  Video:  Parrikar, Parsekar, Mahadev speaking
a selection..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx2FA212Jd8

[Goanet] Fwd: Fwd: SWATCH BHARAT MISSION HELD AT DONA PAULA AREA BY NIO STAFF.

2015-10-03 Thread Stephen Dias 
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   LETTER TO GOVERNOR OF GOA ON SWATCH BHARAT MISSION

REF:  :IN RESPONSE TO A  LETTER FROM MY FRIEND  K.H.VORA SCIENTIST  NIO

Dear Voraji,

 We should work together and meet the Governor of Goa, and may be Chief
Secretary, if possible.
It is very important for a Panjim to become a SMART city , if people now
itself  start working.. Our  NIO is doing  a good work but these local
dailies do not give publicity on Swatch Bharat Mission.  Their headlines
are always and everyday with  molestation cases, Louis Berger, and other
dirty  politics which are not of interest for India prosperity.
Who will tell these Editors.
 I expect Mridula Sinha to intervene and pull them up.Yesterday I was
disgusted when I was coming from a dinner birthday party of my wife late
hours in the evening and saw so many cars parked just on the roads near the
Session Court Panjim  on both the sides of the road, and also at Captain of
Ports side road near navigation Dept,, Excise Dept, By-lanes etc..
  There was  hardly  any space for my car  to pass within these cars parked
both the sides,  near Session Court Panjim.  You see these vehicles are for
Casinos gambling having  all  states registration numbers.
They know that Court is closed for the day and the same road is used for
these illegal activities and I found some drivers drinking ( on Gandhi
Jayanti Day),  sleeping, vomiting and urinating near their vehicles. No
Police is found around. If I complain or send mails to Ministers or even CM
nothing works. CCP Mayor and Commissioner appears to be sleeping.
In this way how we are going to achieve Panjim as " SMART CITY". Better
they forget it. Or we should start working right now by keeping  these
vehicles out of city limits and roads to be repaired with proper drainage
etc Vehicles coming to the city are saturated. One way traffic system is
temporary and little improvement is seen but not a permanent solution
parking will never be succesful in panjim city.
Now is that Arlekar our new Minister of Transport just sworn- in yesterday
will he put in order? Earlier Minister Dhavalikar did nothing for Goa and
 PWD is in a MESS. Hope the vigilance dept also check them, just like what
they did to Goa Medical College Hospital "Clinical trials" illegalities.
May be Voraji we shall  meet one day at our pensioners office in D.Paula,
and go to Raj Bhavan with prior appointment and inform her.
At least Datta Prasad Naik, Mandal President and  BJP leader has started
something good, who had several meetings and debates in Channel TV, and
also with the PWD officials. I hope  Taleigao Sarpanch Panchayat, and MLA
of Taleigao  Jennifer Monserrate, including Atanasio Monserrate do similar
work and put the city in order with good roads will no corruption and
garbage.


Stephen Dias
D.Paula
Mob: 9422443110

-


On 3 October 2015 at 08:11, Kamlesh Vora  wrote:

> Dias,
> Your interest in swatch Bharat, Goa, Dona Paula are welcome. We need to go
> thread bare in all aspects. May be we can meet on Monday or tuesday at
> about 1100 hrs in pensioners office for discussions Vora
> On 03-Oct-2015 7:47 am, "Stephen Dias"  wrote:
>
>> Hon Smt Mridula Sinha,
>> Governor of Goa
>>
>>
>> DEAR EXCELLENCY MADAM GOVERNOR OF GOA
>> MRIDULA SINHA
>>
>> We, NIO staff and scientists are disheartened and completely discouraged
>> with the PRESS in Goa for not honoring our efforts which is being done for
>> the cleanliness of the DIRTY roads  with lost of garbage and plastic
>> materials, in Dona Paula and surrounding areas and that none of these
>> Editors in local daily newspapers have published these  photos of both the
>> events..
>> Kindly pull them up as it is need of the hour that  SWATCHH BHARAT
>> MISSION TO GET MOMENTUM AND SUCCESS IN GOA.
>> Hope, Your Excellency Governor of Goa,  Smt Mridula Sinha ,  will pass on
>> the message to all the Editors in Goa to see that this Mission is going
>> successful and that lots of publicity is needed.
>> If this is not done I will be forced to forward the message to the Prime
>> Minister of India Narendra Modi, for his information that Goa Government is
>> not upto the arms for publicity of his MISSION.
>> This is a second time that NIO has conducted and participated for this
>> Swatch Bharat Mission, one was on 9th June and another was yesterday on
>> Gandhi Jayanti Day , and that nothing is happening in our Goa dailies AND
>> OUR EFFORTS GOES IN VAIN.
>> WE,  PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP PANJIM CLEAN WHEN THE CCP IS UNABLE TO DO ANY
>> JOB., .HOW GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE PANJIM AS SMART CITY WHEN THE
>> ROADS ARE IN SUCH A BAD CONDITION.
>>
>> Stephen Dias
>> Retd NIO SCIENTIST
>> D.Paula
>> Mob: 9422443110
>> Date: 3.10.2015
>>
>>

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[Goanet] NEW ARRIVAL OF CASINO SHIP "LEXICON" IN RIVER MANDOVI

2015-10-03 Thread Stephen Dias 
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To,

Your Excellency

Respected Madam,

Smt Mridula Sinha

Governor of Goa





In continuation to my earlier correspondence to you,  exhibiting the
pollution and degradation of Panjim caused by Casinos and haphazard parking
of vehicles from all over India and choking the streets, thus making Senior
citizens, women and children extremely impossible to reside in the “heart
of Panjim city”. To add to the nail of coffin of woes of Panjimites,  I put
before you a photo of a 400 seater ship, which is presently anchored at
Panjim jetty, and has been granted permission by Captain of Ports last week
and sadly without permission of Goa State Pollution Control Board (
GSCPB),  Goa State Biodiversity Board ( GSBB),  GCZMA, and NIO,.

 You are aware that under Swatch Bharat Mission, we need to keep our rivers
clean and also our surroundings of Panjim city.

As such  people visiting this ship “ LEXICON”  ( photo enclosed ), have
left Panjim jetty of garbage after the inaugural ceremony which was held on
26th September , 2015 from which Captain of Ports and other officials, were
present for the party which was held on Saturday evening with loud music
and with food and drinks flowing. On Sunday morning residents living around
the Captain of Ports and Custom House, were shocked to see garbage, open
urination, vomiting at their door steps. This is a slap to the Swatch
Bharat mission as such due to casinos these cars were parked all night with
driver sleeping in it, with Air-conditioning ON, and early morning they
defecate, urinate etc. How can you achieve your goal in such conditions, I
would earnestly request your Excellency to join me along with the concerned
affected citizens on a surprise late evening visit to see how Panjim is
suffering degradation.

Please take action by instituting a vigilance enquiry against COP officials
immediately to ensure that Panjim does not degrade further due to
lackadaisical approach of COP who has choked both rivers as well as the
street of Panjim allegedly due to his negligent ways.

I am forwarding this letter to other agencies or officials to take
appropriate action.

With kind regards,



Stephen Dias

Former Scientist of NIO

Resident of Dona Paula and originally from Panjim.

Mob: 9422443110

Date: 4th October , 2015



Copy to:



1) Chairman Pollution Control Board  ( to check pollution)

2)  Traffic Cell, ( To keep traffic under control)

3) Chief Secretary of Goa ( administrative orders )

4) CCP ( to get rid of garbage menace)

5) Chief Minister of Goa  ( for law and order  and vacating Casinos )

6) Urban Development and Dy. CM ( enforcing law)

7) NIO (  keeping the Goa rivers under check)

8) Tourism ( To keep away bad tourists)

9) Goa Court (  Enforcing justice  under the Law)

[Goanet] Attn Eric: proprietarios

2015-10-03 Thread Amy Amelia da Cunha 
can you please make readable...the contents that are non readable..

would be very helpfulthanks Eric


Amy.



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Re: [Goanet] NEW ARRIVAL OF CASINO SHIP "LEXICON" IN RIVER MANDOVI

2015-10-03 Thread Venantius J Pinto 
Seawolf the Bulu. Show it some butt.

Venantius J Pinto

On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Stephen Dias  wrote:

>
> -
>
> To,
>
> Your Excellency
>
> Respected Madam,
>
> Smt Mridula Sinha
>
> Governor of Goa
>
>
>
>
>
> In continuation to my earlier correspondence to you,  exhibiting the
> pollution and degradation of Panjim caused by Casinos and haphazard parking
> of vehicles from all over India and choking the streets, thus making Senior
> citizens, women and children extremely impossible to reside in the “heart
> of Panjim city”. To add to the nail of coffin of woes of Panjimites,  I put
> before you a photo of a 400 seater ship, which is presently anchored at
> Panjim jetty, and has been granted permission by Captain of Ports last week
> and sadly without permission of Goa State Pollution Control Board (
> GSCPB),  Goa State Biodiversity Board ( GSBB),  GCZMA, and NIO,.
>
>  You are aware that under Swatch Bharat Mission, we need to keep our rivers
> clean and also our surroundings of Panjim city.
>
> As such  people visiting this ship “ LEXICON”  ( photo enclosed ), have
> left Panjim jetty of garbage after the inaugural ceremony which was held on
> 26th September , 2015 from which Captain of Ports and other officials, were
> present for the party which was held on Saturday evening with loud music
> and with food and drinks flowing. On Sunday morning residents living around
> the Captain of Ports and Custom House, were shocked to see garbage, open
> urination, vomiting at their door steps. This is a slap to the Swatch
> Bharat mission as such due to casinos these cars were parked all night with
> driver sleeping in it, with Air-conditioning ON, and early morning they
> defecate, urinate etc. How can you achieve your goal in such conditions, I
> would earnestly request your Excellency to join me along with the concerned
> affected citizens on a surprise late evening visit to see how Panjim is
> suffering degradation.
>
> Please take action by instituting a vigilance enquiry against COP officials
> immediately to ensure that Panjim does not degrade further due to
> lackadaisical approach of COP who has choked both rivers as well as the
> street of Panjim allegedly due to his negligent ways.
>
> I am forwarding this letter to other agencies or officials to take
> appropriate action.
>
> With kind regards,
>
>
>
> Stephen Dias
>
> Former Scientist of NIO
>
> Resident of Dona Paula and originally from Panjim.
>
> Mob: 9422443110
>
> Date: 4th October , 2015
>
>
>
> Copy to:
>
>
>
> 1) Chairman Pollution Control Board  ( to check pollution)
>
> 2)  Traffic Cell, ( To keep traffic under control)
>
> 3) Chief Secretary of Goa ( administrative orders )
>
> 4) CCP ( to get rid of garbage menace)
>
> 5) Chief Minister of Goa  ( for law and order  and vacating Casinos )
>
> 6) Urban Development and Dy. CM ( enforcing law)
>
> 7) NIO (  keeping the Goa rivers under check)
>
> 8) Tourism ( To keep away bad tourists)
>
> 9) Goa Court (  Enforcing justice  under the Law)

[Goanet] BJP’s JUNGLE RAJ NEEDS TO BE CLAMPED

2015-10-03 Thread Aires Rodrigues 
The law is that all the footpaths have to be left unobstructed at all times
for the pedestrians to use. Infact the thrust today is to even make the
footpaths accessible by wheel chair for the disabled.

Contrary to the law and common sense,  the BJP by a sheer act of arrogance
and abuse of power erected over a fortnight ago a huge welcome arch at the
entrance of Mapusa just near the Gandhi Chowk obstructing the footpaths on
both sides of the road.


When the matter was brought to the attention of the Mapusa Deputy Collector
Pundalik Khorjuvekar he promptly directed the Mamlatdar Madhu Narvekar to
act immediately. The Mamlatdar has however refused to remove the illegal
welcome arch just because it has a large full size portrait of his
political masters Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Chief Minister
Laxmikant Parsekar on either side. Infact Manohar Parrikar has reportedly
phoned the Mamlatdar and warned him of dire consequences if the arch is
removed. So acting as a caged parrot Mamlatdar Madhu Narvekar has kept his
mobile phone shut for the last two days.


Having promised good, clean and a transparent administration, the BJP now
is violating every law possible with impunity. Democracy and the Rule of
law cannot be subverted and throttled in such a high-handed manner. Power
having gone to their head, the BJP leaders need to be brought to their
senses.


As Goa goes to the municipal polls on 25th of October it would be an
opportunity to thrash the BJP candidates at the ballot box. Let us hope
some new faces are elected along with some good experienced hands.


At Mapusa, the BJP has been ruling the Municipality for the last

five years and the condition of the city is a crying shame. It is atrocious
that the ruling councilors are having the audacity to seek re-election
after having miserably failed on all counts in taking care of the city that
they were entrusted with. May the will and power of the people prevail.


We need to be ever so vigilant and raise our voices against every
illegality that we see and regardless who the perpetrator of that crime is.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

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[Goanet] IFFI2015 delegates Registration started, fees hiked from 300 to 1000

2015-10-03 Thread JoeGoaUk 
  
IFFI2015 delegates Registration started.
Registration Fees gone up from Rs.300 to Rs.1,000 (Late fee 500 extra if 
registered after 5th Nov to 15th Nov.) Self financing tactics?
IFFI2015 starts 20Nov - 30Nov
Opening/Closing Ceremony at Shyama Prasad, Taleigao/Bambolim
Auto renewal emails with PIN No. not received yet
if anyone received, please let us know

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[Goanet] Ban on conversion: BJP MPs to introduce private member Bills | The Indian Express

2015-10-03 Thread Robin Viegas 
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com
To: 

From: cedricprak...@gmail.com
To: cedricprak...@gmail.com




http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/ban-on-conversion-bjp-mps-to-introduce-private-member-bills/#






BJP MPs — Yogi Adityanath in Lok Sabhaand Tarun Vijay in Rajya Sabha — will 
introduce private member bills in their respective Houses to stop religious 
conversions and go for a debate on the issue in next session of the Parliament.



The MPs made this announcement on Friday during a conference on ‘Dharmantaran 
Rashtranataran Hai’, organised at the Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, to 
observe the death anniversaries of former chief priests of temple — Mahant 
Digvijay Nath and Mahant Avaidyanath.



Speaking to The Sunday Express, Tarun Vijay said: “While I will present the 
Bill in Rajya Sabha, Yogi Adityanath will do the same in the Lok Sabha. Debates 
will be held on the issue in the Parliament on the lines of Thomas Jefferson’s 
famous Freedom of Religion Act-1786.”



He claimed that it was essential to put a stop to conversions of Hindus and 
raise a voice to safeguard their existence as faithful Hindus. “I plan to 
introduce a private member Bill with like-minded MPs to stop conversions… Many 
MPs from other parties have shown interest. I am trying to build an all-party 
consensus by holding discussions with them,” Vijay said while refusing to 
reveal names of the “like-minded” MPs.



“My line of argument is that religion must remain a matter of personal choice. 
But in India, it has become a political tool in the hands of foreign powers, 
who are targetting Hindus to fragment our nation again on communal lines. This 
has to be resisted in national interest and in the interest of all minorities 
in India,” he added.



Claiming that in India, religious conversion is a planned conspiracy, Vijay 
said: “Such areas get cut off from the country and Hindus are reduced to a 
minority… Jammu & Kashmir is an example where Hindus were forced to leave their 
houses… anti-national and separatists forces are active there…” Hindu majority 
is an essential guarantee for the flowering of democracy, constitutionalism and 
pluralism, he claimed.



While addressing the conference, Yogi Adityanath said religious conversion was 
an “anti-national act” and it must be stopped. “An aggressive campaign is 
required for ghar wapsi of those Hindus, who had converted to other religions 
in the past,” he added.



“The recent Census data shows that in India, Hindus’ share in the population 
has for first time reached below 80 per cent.. this was an alarming situation… 
The Niyogi committee of 1956 and other such commissions set up till 1999, had 
indicated about the consequences of a fall in the population of Hindus. But the 
governments did not any pay heed to it for votes and power,” said Adityanath, 
while adding that Hindus cannot leave it only to the government to maintain 
national unity and prevent religious conversion but should themselves take 
initiatives.



He further said that mahants Avaidyanath and Digvijay Nath had opposed 
religious conversion of Hindus.




Fr. Cedric Prakash sjDirector
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[Goanet] ‘Why is Modi silent?’ Rivals criticise PM over Dadri lynching

2015-10-03 Thread Robin Viegas 




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

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/why-is-modi-silent-rivals-criticise-pm-over-dadri-lynching/story-6gstxStVhLcltyTcK16clJ.html

Dadri/New Delhi, PTI |  Updated: Oct 02, 2015 22:46 ISTUnion minister Mahesh 
Sharma speaks after meeting the family of Iqlakh, who was beaten to death by a 
mob. (PTI)Prime Minister Narendra Modi came under heavy criticism on Friday for 
his silence on the lynching of a man over suspected beef consumption, with 
opposition leaders contending he should have at least condemned the grisly 
incident that has sent shock waves across the nation.
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, who visited Bishada village near Dadri in Uttar 
Pradesh, the scene of the crime which has outraged the nation, to console 
Mohammad Ikhlaq’s family, questioned Modi’s silence on the “pre-planned murder”.
“We had expected that the least the Prime Minister, who talks of ‘sabka 
saath-sabka vikas’ (inclusivity)’, would tweet to condole Iqlakh’s murder.
“Yesterday (Thursday), he had tweeted to condole famous singer Asha Bhosale’s 
son’s death. The ‘sabka saath-sabka vikas PM’ should have at least sent his 
condolences in a tweet if he believes in pluralism and upholding of law,” the 
controversial Hyderabad MP said.
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress also assailed Modi for keeping quiet after 
the Monday night killing of Iqlakh by a rampaging mob of 200 people, which 
dragged him out of his home to the street and stoned him to death over 
allegations of cow slaughter and beef eating.
Read: Akhilesh, Owaisi, Sharma visit Dadri after lynching: What they said
TMC MP Sultan Ahmed demanded that Modi make a statement on communal incidents 
in the country in order to stop RSS and other outfits from “disrupting” 
communal harmony.
“We want to know why is Narendra Modi silent on the recent killing of a person 
only over rumours of consuming beef. This is nothing but spreading communal 
poison in the society and disrupting the fabric of the country,” TMC MP Sultan 
Ahmed said.
“Modi keeps on speaking about each and every issue. But he stays mum on various 
communal incidents. He should speak up in order to stop RSS, VHP from 
destroying communal peace.”
The Congress also demanded that the Prime Minister speak up and condemn the 
attack.
“The Prime Minister tweets on every issue, but has not said a word about the 
incident. He should break his silence and condemn the incident”, party 
spokesperson RPN Singh said.
CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said his party is surprised at Modi’s 
“silence” on such “irrational and intolerant” killing of innocent people.
Amid rising political temperature over the incident that has sent shock waves 
through the country, Bishada continued to be under media spotlight, while 
remaining under the protective shadow of the gun.
Contingents of Provincial Armed Constabulary and state police were 
strategically deployed across the village where prohibitory orders banning 
assembly of five or more people continued to be in force.
District magistrate M P Singh claimed the situation was under control and 
reasoned that the incident should be treated as a “solitary case” and not a 
communal clash as no other Muslim family was affected.
Read: Dadri lynching: Shaken to the core, Muslims plan to quit village
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[Goanet] Goa news for October 4, 2015

2015-10-03 Thread Goanet News Service 
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Goa 265/4 in 88 Overs: Live Cricket Score, Goa vs Hyderabad,
Ranji Trophy 2015 ... - Cricket Country (blog)
6 Group C match between Goa and Hyderabad at Porvorim. Hyderabad
batted first on Day One after Goa won the toss and elected to
field. Hyderabad ended the ...
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*** ISL 2015: Can Zico guide a revitalised but ageing FC Goa to
the title this season? - Firstpost
icked by the Brazilian footballing legend Zico, is one of the
pre-tournament favourites ahead of the second season of the
Indian Super League. The Margao-based franchise had contrasting
moments during the ...
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*** Israeli With Cartridges Held at Goa Airport - The New Indian
Express
ay scan around 2.45 p.m., a police spokesperson said. After a
preliminary inquiry, Eliyan, who was on his way to Delhi from
Goa, was ...
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*** Jan Dhan Yojana's seeds were sown in Goa in 2001: Parrikar -
The Hindu
Bw
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*** Goa, Maha, K'taka cops to strengthen network - Times of
India
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*** Goa eyes Rs 500 crore central funds to develop tourist
circuits - Economic Times
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*** Houses of over 500 Kannadigas demolished on Goa beach -
India Today
dia TodayThe Goa government has demolished 157 huts, which had
come up at the Baina beach in the last 10 years. The affected
Kannadiga families have sought the intervention of the Karnataka
government and bail them out of crisis. A majority of the
Kannadigas ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNG1hYZZmlvLZB_S1FEi0CTS0f_tiQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52778961556690=_GQQVoDVN9eT3QG2no-ABw=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/157-houses-of-kannadigas-razed-from-baina-beach-goa/1/486529.html

*** 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
of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNE1F6IX6vJ5zfQ6PeSk-pZiPcg4yw=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52778959368361=_GQQVoDVN9eT3QG2no-ABw=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34311423

*** Gaikwad arrest by Maha irks K'taka - Oherald
onda in Goa to look for Gaikwad's wife who was residing in the
Sanatan Sanstha Ashram since 2012 but left without learning of
her whereabouts. The officer said there was no family enmity or
property disputes that can ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNHfwF4hmnJ236pJWrV-Zks1-iHzbA=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52778963641906=_GQQVoDVN9eT3QG2no-ABw=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Gaikwad-arrest-by-Maha-irks-K%E2%80%99taka/94223.html

*** GBA names 31 probables for GOA Goodwill international
competition - Stabroek News
abroek NewsSome 31 amateur boxers have been named in a list of
probables to represent the nation at the Guyana Olympic
Association (GOA) International Goodwill Competition which will
be hosted here next month. However, as a prerequisite to
representing the 

[Goanet] GOACAN to launch a Senior Citizens Rights Awareness Campaign from 1st October.

2015-10-03 Thread Goa Desc 
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Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.
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GOACAN to launch a Senior Citizens
Rights Awareness Campaign from 1st October
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On the occasion of the International Day
of Older Persons 1st October, GOACAN
will launch a Senior Citizens Rights
Awareness Campaign. The year long
campaign which will cover all 12 Talukas
of Goa will focus on the full implementation
of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents
and Senior Citizens Act - 2007 &
Goa Rules 2009.

GOACAN volunteers will reach out with
information to senior citizens encouraging
them to make identity cards with the
Department of Social Welfare, use reserved
seats in public transport, seek consumer
education and assert their rights to safety.
Special emphasis will be put on the avenues
available for redressal of grievances at the
Village & Taluka level.

GOACAN volunteers will raise issues faced
by Senior Citizens at the Gram Sabha
meetings of the Village Panchayats and with
candidates during the forthcoming Municipal
Elections.

Adequate representation in all Planning &
Development Committees, comprehensive
health & recreation facilities, availability of
adequate toilets in all markets & bus stands
and the establishment of Day Care Centers
in all Village Panchayats & Municipal Councils
under the UMMID Scheme of the Department
of Social Welfare are some of the issues that
will be raised during the Campaign.

GOACAN will submit suggestions for action
by the District Committees of Senior Citizens
chaired by the respective District Magistrates
so that the United Nations theme for 2015
"Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the
Urban Environment"  will be appropriately
addressed.

GOACAN will also promote the use of the
Senior Citizens Helpline 1090 and highlight
the salient points of the Action Plan for the
Protection of Life and Property of Senior
Citizens by Goa Police for its effective
implementation in both Districts of the State.
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GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK
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promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa
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GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601
GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507
mailto: goa...@bsnl.in
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[Goanet] Antonio Costa: A Goan Prime Minister for Portugal? (Times of India)

2015-10-03 Thread eric pinto 
Antonio Costa: A Goan Prime Minister for Portugal? (Times of India)
   
    
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Antnio-Costa-A-Goan-prime-minister-for-Portugal/articleshow/49200092.cms

There will be fingers crossed on these distant shores on Sunday,
October 4, when elections are held for all 230 seats in the Portuguese
parliament, the Assembleia da Republica.

Pedro Passos Coelho's ruling centre-right coalition faces a powerful
challenge that has been brewing for years from Antonio Costa, the
popular and charismatic three-term mayor of Lisbon, of the Socialist
Party. In the balance is Konkani history. The result could be the
first Goan head of state.

Costa is the 54-year-old son of the ferociously anti-colonial writer,
the late Orlando da Costa, whose classic 'O Signo da Ira' is set in
the Margao neighborhoods he grew up in the 1930s and 40s. Later, when
studying in Portugal, the senior Costa became a staunch opponent of
the Salazar dictatorship, member of the (then outlawed) Communist
Party, and a well-known Lisbon intellectual who retained life-long
affection and connection to his ancestral Goa.

His son is a political prodigy. Antonio Luis dos Santos da Costa has
been Portugal's minister of parliamentary affairs, minister of
justice, and minister of internal administration. He headed his
party's list for the 2004 European elections then served on the
committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs, before
becoming one of just 14 vice-presidents of the European Parliament.

In 2007, Costa gambled big. He ran for Lord Mayor of Lisbon, the
troubled centerpiece of an urban area where nearly 30% of Portugal's
population lives. After winning, he immediately moved his office to
Mouraria, a notoriously crime-infested locality, where he started
getting rid of the drug-peddling and prostitution that used to
flourish all around. Similar efforts steadily extended city-wide.

Despite the prevailing wrenching national economic crisis, Lisbon has
transformed: it is now the safest, cleanest, greenest, and most
livable big city in Europe. Its mayor has been re-elected three times.

When Costa won the right to lead his Socialist Party in September
2014, it seemed certain he would sweep to power in the 2015 elections.
But despite the prime ministerial candidate's overwhelming personal
popularity, things have not quite turned out that way.

One big reason is what happened in Greece. Like other recent European
elections, Sunday's referendum revolves around so-called "austerity".
But unlike Greece—where the electorate rebelled against economic
adjustment being forced on the country by the reviled "troika" of
lenders (the European Commission, European Central Bank, and
International Monetary Fund)—Portugal has already undergone three
years of punishing austerity, and emerged to "say goodbye" to the
measures.

A few days ago, the country's credit rating was upgraded just below
investment grade, an achievement the ruling party is using to deflect
criticism about the ongoing recession, record unemployment, and an
extraordinary wave of emigration.

That last factor is also playing against Costa. Portugal is rapidly
emptying of young voters who are his support base. Hundreds of
thousands of under-30s have migrated since the financial crisis became
entrenched. It's a crisis for the country, which could lose two
million people in a few decades, but it is also a crisis for Costa.
Almost all of those votes would have gone to him, and now almost none
will. In the last election, just 20% of Portuguese living abroad cast
absentee ballots.

Even if polls show the incumbents leading, don't make the mistake of
betting against Costa. In the campaign's last debate, he nimbly forced
Passos Coelho on the defensive to win the day. "Over the past four
years, the country has reverted 13 years," said Costa, who (while
lacking the handlebar moustache) increasingly resembles his father. He
said, scornfully, "The government has created a lot of jobs for
nurses, but they are in the UK not Portugal."

When this writer encountered Costa in a Lisbon museum in 2014, he
spontaneously invited me to the stunning 19th century City Hall, where
grand portraits of his predecessors looked down upon us. We sat next
to each other on a sofa, and the mayor gently asked typical Goan
questions about which village I came from, while telling me about his
family in Margao. Then he shared with me his dreams about developing
much stronger connections between Europe and India, with Goa and
Portugal bridging the two great entities.

His eyes were shining with excitement. I allowed myself to dream about
a newly-elected Costa making his first official trip to India, even
all the way to Goa. Orlando da Costa of Margao's son, now the prime
minister of Portugal. That improbable, unbelievable twist of fate
could be just around the corner.
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[Goanet] Beef ban is an attempt to impose upper-caste culture on other Hindus: Kancha Ilaiah

2015-10-03 Thread Robin Viegas 




From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com
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http://scroll.in/article/714661/beef-ban-is-an-attempt-to-impose-upper-caste-culture-on-other-hindus-kancha-ilaiah

The claims that only Muslims and Christians eat the meat of cattle is 
empirically and historically false, says the Dalit political scientist.Ajaz 
Ashraf  · Mar 19, 2015 · 08:40 amPhoto Credit: Youtube.com167.4KTotal Views 
Professor Kancha Ilaiah burst into popular consciousness with his bestseller 
Why I Am Not a Hindu – A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture and 
Political Economy. Currently the director of the Centre for the Study of Social 
Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urdu University in 
Hyderabad, Ilaiah peels away the layers of meanings shrouding the ban imposed 
on cattle slaughter in some states.

Do you think a ban on beef is a cultural imposition on certain sections of 
Hindus, Muslims and Christians?
It is definitely a cultural imposition, more particularly on indigenous groups 
– tribals and Dalits. The question of cultural imposition on Muslims and 
Christians comes later.

Why do you say that?
Historically, all Indian masses, including the Brahmins, used to eat beef, both 
in what is called the Vedic and the post-Vedic period. Gautam Buddha rebelled 
against this tradition because during his time there was a huge consumption of 
beef by the priestly class. Buddha asked people not to kill cows for sacrifice, 
not to kill beyond what they needed for consumption. From that stage to the 
modern period, most of the untouchables, for instance, the Dalits in south 
India, sustained themselves on beef in summer, when there used to be massive 
food scarcity. They would eat even dead or diseased cattle.

In my own village, when I was a child, there were about 70 to 80 Dalit 
families. I remember they used to have full-stomach food in summer only when 
they were given cattle either sick or dead. They never received rice, millet or 
any regular food. This situation continues even now.

As for Muslims, meat has been a historical and religiously accepted food. 
Again, all Muslims were and are not as poverty-stricken as Dalits were. They 
have other food resources.

So Muslims and Christians are not the only consumers of beef in India, as is 
often made out?
Yes, and this can be seen even today. In the city of Hyderabad, during the 
month of Ramzan, Muslims eat haleem, whether of lamb or beef or chicken, only 
after they break their fast at sunset and after the evening prayers. But the 
other communities, including the Brahmin youths, start eating haleem at 4.30 
pm. A major portion of beef-haleem in restaurants popular for this savoury dish 
is consumed by non-Muslims even before the iftaar time. In essence, beef is 
consumed in much higher quantities by non-Muslims than Muslims. The consumption 
of beef by Christians in India is very little.

Culturally, what is being attempted is to use the state – that too, a 
democratic state – to destroy their food culture, their protein availability 
and food choice. “Their” stands for Dalits, Muslims, Christians and all those 
whose food habit included beef or who want to eat it. Choice is very important 
in a modern democracy.

I respect those who don’t want to eat beef or mutton. There are two communities 
who definitely don’t eat meat – Brahmins, particularly South Indian Brahmins, 
and Banias. They have become vegetarians over a period of time. What do you 
think will happen if tomorrow a dictator thinks that even plants have life and 
concludes that killing plants is worse than slaughtering one animal? After all, 
to feed a family you need to kill several lady’s fingers, several brinjals, 
several tomatoes. But if you kill a bull, an entire family can survive on it 
for a week.

What are the ideas driving this cultural imposition?
These ideas were generated from the later Shaivite tradition with 
Shankaracharya. This was in response to Buddhists being beef-eaters and 
practising certain food restraints. Buddhists were never vegetarians. The real 
vegetarians were the Jains. But to counter the so-called theory of violence of 
Buddhists, Shankaracharya started a vegetarian campaign among Brahmins and 
upper castes. It was this campaign of Shankaracharya that turned the Brahmins 
of South India, much before those of North India, into vegetarians.

But that was in the past. What is the idea driving this cultural imposition 
today?
Today, South Indian Brahmins, even those educated in modern institutions, 
remain culturally embedded in their families. Their mindset operates as 
negatively on food culture as it does on the practice of untouchability. Even 
the best of the educated Brahmins or Banias practise untouchability, so deeply 
ingrained is the idea in them. This idea constitutes the RSS [Rashtriya 
Swayamsevak Sangh] ideological agenda for establishing cultural hegemony. To 
achieve this goal, the RSS has, among other things, turned beef into a 
Muslim-Hindu

[Goanet] Liberal Hindus, arise: Reclaim your faith from extremists

2015-10-03 Thread Robin Viegas 
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com
To: 

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bloody-mary/liberal-hindus-arise-reclaim-your-faith/

Does Hinduism sanction killing in its name? Do the shruti and the smriti — the 
heard texts and the remembered texts — anywhere speak of Holy war? Has Hinduism 
in its long evolution ever spawned violent cults like the Islamic State? 
Instead, the Bhagavad Gita, hailed by ministers of this government as the soul 
of India, is an intensely argued contest between two intellectual positions on 
the need for killing. Arjuna went into battle but remained agonized about 
bringing death.
Yet those apparently Hindu organisations accused of killing in the name of 
“injury to Hindu sentiments” seem deeply enamoured of the violent strains of 
Islamist extremism. So enamoured are they that they are desperately trying to 
become wannabe Islamists, deriving perhaps an ersatz inspiration of machismo 
from the bloodthirsty cults that insult the progressive ideals of Islam. It is 
maddeningly and paradoxically ironic that those seeking to supposedly defend 
Hinduism against Islam and Christianity are adopting exactly the same tactics 
as the violent cults of those two noble Semitic faiths. India must become 
another Lebanon, they seem to proudly proclaim.
Ekam Sat Vipraha Bahuda Vadanti: Truth is one, the wise call it by many names 
is the magnanimous Vedic ideal which can be read as a modern interpretation of 
secularism which accepts multiple routes to the divine. Culture Minister Mahesh 
Sharma likes to call himself modern but not westernised; if so why has he 
failed to imbibe the modern progressive message of the Rig Veda? Those acting 
in the name of Hinduism, the so-called defenders of “the faith” are mirror 
images of the monotheistic supremacist versions of Islam and Christianity that 
they apparently oppose. Wannabe Taliban and wannabe crusaders are in fact 
destroying the respect for multiple truths that has always characterised 
sanatan dharma.(Picture courtesy: PTI)The brutal Dadri lynching, the 
unspeakably tragic, numbing, and horrifying death of the innocent Akhlaq and 
the grievous injury to his 22-year-old son Danish should make every Hindu bow 
his head in shame, to cry out loud, to scream in anguish and demand to know, 
what is happening to Hinduism? Where is the philosophy of Bhartrihari, of 
Ramakrishna Paramhansa, of Meera, of Krishna Chaitanya and of Gandhi? Where is 
the glorious tradition of vaad, vivaad and samvaad? Where is the tradition, 
that if there are differences, the impulse to dialogue and argument enshrined 
in every Hindu text?Does the heart of every Hindu not break when we hear the 
soft spoken Sartaj, IAF engineer, elder son of Akhlaq, solemn and dignified, 
asking only for justice for his father, a father killed because he had 
apparently organised a feast on his holy day? Does collective guilt and remorse 
not wrench our insides when we see young Danish lying unconscious after two 
brain surgeries simply because he happened to celebrate his festival? Who are 
these mobs who are acting in the name of Hinduism? Why are they killing in the 
name of Hinduism? Why are they seeking to monopolise the majestic philosophies 
of Hinduism?
Every liberal Hindu, every legatee of Vivekananda and Tagore, of Ram Mohan Roy 
and Sri Aurobindo, must stand up and seek an answer, must shout out loud: why 
are you killing in our name? As the late veteran journalist Prabhash Joshi 
cried out after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, “Yeh to Raghu-kul nahin.” 
As my devout Hindu grandmother fearfully whispered after the demolition, “How 
could they destroy a house of god?”
Author Makarand Paranjape in his insightful book ‘The Death and After Life of 
Mahatma Gandhi’ argues that Nathuram Godse who assassinated the Mahatma to 
defend an apparently Hindu cause was in fact flying in the face of Hindu 
tenets. Does Hinduism sanction parricide or the killing of a father figure? The 
only father figures killed in the epics are the evil Kansa by Krishna and to an 
extent the killing of Bheeshma by Arjuna but not without agonising soul search. 
Had Godse been a true Hindu, he would not have killed Gandhi, but he did so 
only because he was ideologically distant from Hinduism, and instead believed 
in a disconnected and enraged individuality that permitted the killing of a 
father. Patricide, Paranjape points out, is not true Hinduism.
An ersatz machismo about religion is fashionable. Mostly male communal bigots 
exult about 56 inch chests on social media and threaten women and minorities 
with a range of vicious abuse as if such abuse confers a certain virtual 
virility. Kanwariyas block traffic and swarm around the streets, prancing and 
hollering at anyone who dares to come in their way. At temples swarms of young 
men swagger around threateningly as if they are a self- appointed army of the 
deity. Godmen collect frenzied supporters armed to the teeth, ready to rush 
into violent

[Goanet] A Sewing Machine, Murder, and The Absence of Regret

2015-10-03 Thread Robin Viegas 




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

http://www.ndtv.com/blog/basehara-village-carries-no-shame-1225235

How can all this be normal? How can life on the streets of Basehara village go 
on, as if nothing happened here, and whatever happened was not wrong? It has 
just been two days since a massive mob pulled someone out of his house and 
killed him. Before killing him, they made him run to the farthest corner of his 
home. They broke down his door with such beastly force that instead of giving 
way at its hinges, it cracked right down the middle. They smashed a sewing 
machine and used it to beat the man to pulp. There were not just violent, 
savage people in that mob, but also angry and powerful men. Their blood boiled 
in such seething rage, and that hot blood flowed into their hands, giving it 
such inhuman strength that they bent the grills that barred the top-floor 
windows as if they were made of flimsy wire. The bricks that had been used to 
raise the heavy wooden bed had been taken out.
 
The bloody sights inside that room tell the story of how deep-seated was the 
hatred in the hearts of those who killed Mohammad Akhlaq. Could such fury, such 
bestial savagery have ridden on just a rumour that Akhlaq had eaten beef? 
Basehara village has never had any history of communal tensions that can 
explain this killing. There are no history sheeters or criminals in this 
village. Mohammad Akhlaq's home sits right in the middle of a Rajput 
settlement. Surely this means there must have been a semblance of harmony here. 
Then how could one sudden rumour cause Akhlaq and his son to be dragged out of 
their home and beaten, their heads smashed with bricks? The son is fighting for 
his life on a hospital bed right now. Doctors say his condition is critical.
 
Everywhere, it is the same story that can at any moment set fire to our 
country. An announcement is made on a loudspeaker. WhatsApp is used to spread 
videos of cow slaughter. A calf goes missing. People get angry. Then pieces of 
meat are discovered - at times outside a temple, and sometimes strewn outside 
mosques. How many riots have these pieces of meat caused, how many people have 
they killed? Both Hindus and Muslims. We all know how this works, and yet, each 
time, we become violent over these same stories. Who are these people who 
manage to create this hatred inside us?
 
Dadri is right next to Delhi. Basehara village is clean and well-maintained. 
How is it possible that no one looked bothered by what had happened here? How 
is it that I didn't find a single person who looked ashamed or had even a shred 
of remorse? Why was no one distraught that thousands of people from the village 
could have been transformed into a killer mob? By the time I reached Basehara, 
most of the village's young men had disappeared. Some said their sons are 
unwell. Others said their sons were not in the village. The villagers blame 
four or five outsiders for instigating the violence. An announcement was made 
over the temple loudspeaker, and within minutes thousands had collected. This 
narrow street would not have held them all. The mob must have spilled over, all 
across the village. Yet, when I asked why so many people listened to a small 
group of outsiders, I was met with silence. No one saw this massive crowd. No 
one recognised them. Everyone says those who have been arrested are innocent.
 
Only the courts can decide who is guilty, but the manner in which Basehara 
village has returned to normalcy makes me think that the police will never be 
able to identify the people who made up that murderous crowd. In any case, when 
have the police ever been successful in such cases? Even if forensic 
investigations identify whether it was beef or mutton, what difference will it 
make? The crowd has already delivered its judgment. It has already killed 
Akhlaq by beating him to pulp. How can Akhlaq's daughter forget how her father 
was beaten to death right before her eyes? His old mother was also beaten by 
the crowd. There are deep wounds on her eyes.
 
The Dadri incident will get lost under the glory of some foreign trip or some 
clever rhetoric in an election rally. But, those of us who can think need to 
think today. What has happened that we are unable to rationally explain things 
to today's youth? Elders in the village say, even if it was beef, it was for 
the police to take action. But the young men of Basehara go straight to the 
issue of sentiment and beliefs. The way they react to emotive issues clearly 
shows that someone has already done some spadework here. Someone has planted 
the seeds of a poisonous  tree, which is bearing fruit in their minds now. They 
are not even willing to listen to the Prime Minister's statement that 
communalism is poisonous.
 
Prashant is a typical young man who wanted to click a selfie with me. He is 
handsome and works as an engineer. As soon as the selfie-session was over, 
Prashant said no one should play with anyone's

[Goanet] Review of Matata books

2015-10-03 Thread Eugene Correia 
My review of Braz Menezes' two books in the  Matata trilogy. The review
appears in the current issue of Goan Review, published from Mumbai.
Unfortunately, some typos escaped my attention.

Eugene

[Goanet] DSS Pension scheme completes 15 years

2015-10-03 Thread JoeGoaUk 
 
 
Inaugural function of 15th year celebration of Dayanand Social Security Scheme 
(DSS) at Kala Academy on 2.10.2015.
A scheme of financial assistance to senior Citizens (Freedom from Hunger) that 
was first started on this day (2001) with Rs. 500 per month, then 750, 1000 and 
currently 2000 per month. 120 beneficiaries mainly in their 80s who have been 
receiving pension for last 15 years, 10 from each talukas were also felicitated 
on this occasion 

Meena naik Goltekar Director Social Welfare, MLA Kiran Kandolkar, Dy, CM 
Francisco D'Souza, CM Laxmikant Parsekar, Social Welfare Minister Mahadev Naik, 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, MLA Subash Phaldesai, Panjim MLA Sidhart 
Kuncolienkar and Sudhir Mahajan IAS secretary were present on the dais.
 
DSS Beneficiaries - Some stats
As on date as per the Minister Mahadev Niak
 
97,199 Sr. Citizens (15th Sept  this was given as  96,327 NT)
28,829 widows (28,755)
10,424 handicapped (10,406)
295 AIDS/HIV (215)
114 Orphans (113)
136,566 Total
= 27+ crore per month
 
Inter-caste marriage 1 lac each (22 cases)
Handicapped marriage 50,000  each (25 cases)
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An older lady said to CM Parrikar ' Because of your pension, I started getting 
a cup of tea in the house'

Another Bar owner said 'Your monthly pension has helped some of my customers to 
clear off their debts as they were drinking at my bar on credit'

Another father from Canacona said ' I have 3 sons, two working in Margao and 
one is Parrikar who sends me Rs.2000 every month'

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