[Goanet] Easy Listening selection......Christmas Carol

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 Mary’s Boy Child. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdQd5XpZbvs

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[Goanet] AIRR REPORT: LANKAN CHALLENGE FOR INDIA ON CHRISTMAS DAY + PIXS (SEVEN ATTACHMENTS).

[AIFF Reports]

Dear colleagues,


Please find below a preview report on India’s opening match with Sri Lanka
from the SAFF Suzuki Cup.


*Also find attached seven pictures (Credit AIFF Media).*


*India begin their campaign in the SUFF Suzuki Cup against Sri Lanka on
Christmas Day.*


*The average age of the Indian National squad has gone down considerably.*


*Danny Deigan is a hard task master.*


*Sunil Chhetri is all about the strength, the determination and his spirit.*


*Constantine doesn't believe in shortcuts.*


*Sumit Passi, an AIFF Academy product is never willing to go down without a
fight.*


*The three Muskeeters add to the character in the Team.*


*For all updates of the National Team 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*



*For more information, feel free to contact Mr. Nilanjan Datta, Media
Officer, AIFF, on +91-9873185150.*


Regards,
AIFF Media Team


--


*#BacktheBlue #IndianFootball*


*Lankan challenge for India on Christmas Day*


By Nilanjan Datta,
AIFF Media Team


*THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (TRIVANDRUM):* “Look at his face. He looks a
schoolboy,” uttered Sunil Chhetri pointing to Lallrinzuala. “He reminds me
of Bhaichung-*bhai *when he first came in,” Chhetri adds. Zuala, just 18,
smiles.


“Who’s your idol – Jerry Zirsanga or Mama (Shylo Malsawmtulanga)?” Chhetri
carries on the conversation.


“Yourself,” Zuala points his finger at Chhetri. This time Chhetri seems a
bit embarrassed; but quips back: “Who are your other favourite Players?”


“Lalrindika Ralte,” Zuala informs. The conversation thereafter revolves
around Football in Mizoram and the quality Football which Mama has played
over the years.


At the practice session, another Mizo – the irrepressible Jeje Lalpekhlua
is the first one to hit the ground. The others follow. Pritam Kotal,
Narayan Das, Rowlin Borges, Pronay Halder, Holicharan Narzary, Gurpreet
Singh Sandhu, Kaushik Sarkar, Thongkhosiem Haokip, Sumit Passi are all
below 23. When did India last have it for a Senior Team? Ever?


Post morning practice, the journalists gather around the National Coach.
“When I took over I had to make a choice -- either to continue with the
tried and tested whose average age was around 30, or to rebuild the squad.
I opted for the second despite being aware that it won’t deliver you
immediate results,” Constantine waves his hand.


“We have lost Sandesh (Jhingan who’s also an U-23 Player), Lobo (Cavin) and
Seityasen Singh. Anas pulled a hamstring and we had to release him too.
Besides, there are a number of guys whom we need to be careful with,”
Constantine states.


“I could have easily played Jhingan and Lobo. They could have played in
this Tournament and their presence would have certainly strengthened my
squad. But if I played them here they would have missed the next six
months,” this time Constantine shakes his head.


In the Footballing World, the true definition of a Coach stays in
protecting his Players and not exploiting them for short term results, any
sensible one will reiterate umpteenth times.


After the initial silence, someone queried: “What’s your opinion about Sri
Lanka?”


“They play a defensive formation and will hit us on the counter attacks.
They have some decent Players and work extremely hard.


There are no easy games for us -- in fact, against anybody. I expect Sri
Lanka to give everything they have. We have to be patient and see what
happens,” the Coach uttered in one breath.


Even as the boys worked on the set plays, the tireless Goalkeeping Coach
Rogerio Ramos, who it seems can stay on the field for more than 24 hours
worked ruthlessly with his Keepers. The best part stays that his Keepers
wait for his ruthlessness. They know, it makes them better – they die for
it.


Referring to a question whether Subrata (Paul) can push Gurpreet (Singh
Sandhu and retain his position under the citadel, Constantine hits back
hard. “If Subrata didn’t have a chance he won’t have been here. I have
never had any attachment for Players of what they have done in the past,”
he states sternly.


“It’s all about NOW,” this time his voice echoes in the large room.
Everyone needs to be the type of Player which suits the National Team.”


The Sun by 9am is quite scorching despite it being December. Even as a cold
shower stays the best thing after the session at around 35 degrees, the
Players go and sit out in the ice bath.


Forget the snow and the Reindeers but nevertheless the heat doesn’t stop
the smiles of the innumerable Santa Clauses smiling from over a hundred
hoardings all over in the City. All of a sudden you remember the cakes, the
wines and the turkeys and start

[Goanet] Goa news for December 24, 2015

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** ISL: FC Goa players hold key to Elano case - Times of India
ight case against Chennaiyin FC captain Elano Blumer, alleged to
have assaulted and abused FC Goa co-owner Dattaraj Salgaocar.
Salgaocar filed a first information report (FIR) with the Margao
police that ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEXy15ukRgs2lSMqu8v5Fwl8927_w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779013208359&ei=jDx7VtiSDIay3gHcv5XACw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/ISL-FC-Goa-players-hold-key-to-Elano-case/articleshow/50292365.cms

*** Referee, Materazzi's brutal tactics to blame for ISL loss:
FC Goa - IBNLive
arnished-isl-hits-back-at-fc-goa/">Image tarnished, ISL hits
back at FC Goa
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFPLcMyRpvDuSiCLlzSPG8tpfaXzg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779010290009&ei=jDx7VtiSDIay3gHcv5XACw&url=http://www.ibnlive.com/footballnext/news/referee-materazzis-brutal-tactics-to-blame-for-isl-loss-fc-goa-1180051.html

*** Goa police issues lookout notice for Remo Fernandes - Times
of India
ut' for him in Goa!
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNE2RnXqa9er2CPmI4tk9YN5kidX6A&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779013315214&ei=jDx7VtiSDIay3gHcv5XACw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-police-issues-look-out-notice-for-Remo-Fernandes/articleshow/50298494.cms

*** Goa church disagrees with govt over land plan - Business
Standard
021 is seriously deficient and in conflict with the powers of
the local self-governments, as guaranteed by the Constitution of
India...The government is not serious in scientific planning ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFJSHNLhrCedepO6bl1uTutT2iYVw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779013571427&ei=jDx7VtiSDIay3gHcv5XACw&url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/goa-church-disagrees-with-govt-over-land-plan-115122300197_1.html

*** HC asks Goa govt for rule changes on iron ore transport -
Business Standard
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*** Don't allow EDM fests in Goa till organisers pay tax dues:
NCP - Economic Times
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http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHr7P9RAmN7iarn7bxe4MpquwLtTg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779014273144&ei=jDx7VtiSDIay3gHcv5XACw&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dont-allow-edm-fests-in-goa-till-organisers-pay-tax-dues-ncp/articleshow/50294474.cms

*** Goa told to fix Games dates, NSFs to get Rs 5 lakh annually
- Business Standard
porting event and has not yet fixed the dates despite repeated
request from the IOA. The IOA had warned Goa in August that the
Games may ...
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*** Goa government caps sand extraction limit at 1400 cubic
metres per licence holder - Economic Times
overnment-caps-sand-extraction-limit-for-licence-holders-1450847527">Goa
government caps sand extraction limit for licence holders
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFp2MW4kQPOb4jTIW4A0ObJCeEaug&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779013965185&ei=jDx7VtiSDIay3gHcv5XACw&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/goa-government-caps-sand-extraction-limit-at-1400-cubic-metres-per-licence-holder/articleshow/50292313.cms

*** Goa-made cakes selling fast in K'taka's Dharwad - Times of
India
ade plum cakes to share with my friends and relatives. Cake is a
symbolic sweet to celebrate Christmas," he said. Willson Mayli,
headmaster of Bassel Mission School, says local palates are
developing a taste for Goan ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNG6Nh89Z3sP4cBU001dxNErDhZ1kQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779014625874&ei=jDx7VtiSDIay3gHcv5XACw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-made-cakes-selling-fast-in-Ktakas-Dharwad/articleshow/50303547.cms

*** Parulekar announces project to spruce up Goa's coastline -
Times of India
mes of IndiaMARGAO: Tourism minister Dilip Parulekar on Tuesday
declared that 

[Goanet] A dramatic book about the devastations of mining in Goa (Augusto Pinto)

[Goanet Reader]

By Augusto Pinto
pinto...@gmail.com

  Consistent with Hartman De Souza's background in
  theatre, Eat Dust* is a very dramatic book about
  the devastations that mining has caused in Goa.  It
  reads like a documentary in print, for his
  descriptions of landscapes before and after mining;
  and encounters with people feel like a camera is
  recording what he is doing.  At the same time, his
  style is full of adjectives and metaphors that aim
  to persuade you to think his way.

For us in Goa the basic story of the degradation caused by
mining is quite familiar, but Hartman adds a personal touch
to it as he weaves his sister Cheryl's fight against five
powerful mine-owners who wanted to devastate her farm in
Cawrem, Sanguem taluka, into the narrative.  Along with this
are struggles of other mining activists with the governments
who were totally bought out by the mining lobby.

Although I get the feeling that the audience for *Eat Dust*
are Indians outside Goa, the book is a great primer to the
people of Goa because it does not just focus on mining but on
the social and political and historical context in which the
mining is carried out.  Hartman is pretty bitter about the
role of the elite in Goa and about the way they have remained
silent spectators.

  To understand this Hartman points his fingers at
  not just mining and the infrastructure and the
  tourism and real estate lobbies but he regards the
  greatest danger of all to be "consumerism".  What
  that means is all of us who are hooked on to the
  good things of life all of which cost money, money
  which has to be got somehow or the other to feed
  our greed.  The poor who sell their land to
  mine-owners for a pittance become part of the
  problem because to survive they then buy trucks to
  transport ore for a livelihood and now have a stake
  in the destruction of the environment.  The middle
  classes don't have the time to care much one way or
  the other.

So what Hartman is saying is that while the demoniacal greed
of the mine-owners is definitely deadly, the common people
also have no clue as to what they are doing while the
intellectual class (you and I) who may be able to see what is
happening have all also let Goa down.

The author is quite bitter with the approach taken by NGOs
such as Goa Foundation of Claude Alvares who have used the
legal route to stop the illegalities of mining.  By the end
of the book he seems to be accusing Claude to have sold out
by abandoning the ideal of stopping mining and of being
willing to accept that mining is okay if regulated and if the
money goes into the State's coffers.  I think this is a bit
unfair as the Shah Commission which the author praises for
its role in stopping mining for a while would never have been
appointed without the ground work done by Goa Foundation.

  Among the institutions which are seen to be playing
  a dubious role in the rape of Goa is the Catholic
  Church.  It does not raise its considerable voice
  and allows the Gavdes who are the ones most
  directly affected by mining to suffer.  And nobody
  seems to care about the long term loss of a basic
  necessity of man through mining: water.

But what is done? Hartman advocates force.

Hartman's family who bravely try to display the courage of
their convictions by literally putting their bodies on the
line by for instance chaining themselves to the gate of a
mine in Cawrem discover that such attempts are too feeble to
work.  His octogenarian mother Dora participated in this
incredibly crazy protest.  However the problem was that this
was not properly prepared and neither was it widely known
thanks to the stranglehold the mining lobby have over the
media.  Maybe Hartman has a point but unless there is a huge
mass opposing mining such physical displays are easy to get
rid of.  And there are lots of Right wing actors who will be
happy to disrupt mass mining protests.

  At the end of the day this is a book that needs to
  be distributed read and discussed widely in Goa.
  Right now mining may not resume at the ruinous rate
  it was formerly used to, because the demand for the
  low grade ore of Goa has gone down and so have the
  prices for this commodity.  But there is no saying
  that it won't resume in future -- and then what?

--
Eat Dust: Mining and Greed in Goa
Hartman de Souza
Pp 288. Rs 350
HarperCollinsIndia

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[Goanet] Fw: Delhi more polluted than Beijing.

[Con Menezes]

From: Con Menezes 
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 11:15 AM
To: con menezes 
Subject: Delhi more polluted than Beijing.


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/05/world/asia/delhis-air-more-polluted-than-beijings.html

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[Goanet] Fw: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

[Con Menezes]

What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

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[Goanet] Thank You for your music Remo

[Sandeep Heble]

Thank You for your music Remo

The issue of citizenship is being blown out of proportion. Remo is a singer
of International fame and repute and we have always loved him because of
his songs, not for anything else. If not for his music, we would not have
even known who he is. Just another citizen like millions of others, that is
who he would have been. So many voluntarily give up their Indian
Nationality to opt for citizenship of other Nations, does that become an
issue? We all have our friends or relatives in foreign countries who have
gone there for better prospects and we have respected their choice. Have
they ceased to be our friends or relations simply because they have
exercised that personal choice?

What religion one follows or whether one even believes in God or not, what
food one eats, what clothes one wears, what culture or lifestyle one
follows, what language one speaks, which State or Country one wishes to
travel and settle down in are all matters of personal choice. Likewise with
citizenship. We cannot and should not hold anything against an individual
simply because he or she wishes to exercise that personal choice or
freedom. Our Constitution gives us certain rights and privileges and so
long as these rights and privileges exercised are within ethical and legal
standards prescribed, it shouldn't concern anyone. The manner in which
Remo's citizenship is being debated and blown into an issue is a bit sad.
Is Remo an elected representative or a Government official? Has he
committed any crime? Why should the singer who's brought such great fame
and pride to Goa be singled out in this fashion?

The only charge against Remo is of uttering a few harsh words to the minor
girl involved in his son's accident. As of now, this is merely an
accusation and Remo has outrightly denied having said the same. No
independent witness has corroborated this and it is easily possible there
could have been a misunderstanding in interpretation of words. But is the
charge so serious so as to warrant a look-out notice against him or to
charge him under sections which prescribe imprisonment for up to 3 years
and/or a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh? This cant be real! We are a Country with
a bright future and our democracy cannot be reduced to a level where law is
used in such a draconian manner against an individual. The citizenship
issue which is being raised as follow-up to the accident incident is on
similar absurd lines.

The Mangeshkar family left Goa to settle elsewhere but we are still proud
of their Goan roots and adore them. The Auditorium in Kala Acadamy is named
after Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar and we are proud of him. We are proud of
Lata and Asha. So many Goans have likewise settled in different parts of
the world and have made name and fame there. We are proud of their
achievements and accomplishments and that is how it must be. Slogans and
rhetoric on the basis of Nationality and religion are old clichés now. Such
rhetoric used or misused few decades back is no longer relevant today. It
does not strike chords with the current generation which is smarter. Now,
TV and technology has brought us closer. Messi, Ronaldo, Sharapova,
Federer, Beatles, Elvis, Whitney, Usain Bolt are household names for the
present generation. The fan following for them may even surpass our own. We
are proud of our Nation but we also recognize talent and achievements of
others wherein lies our real strength and greatness. The greatness of human
values to overcome other divisive boundaries. Political boundaries are but
one such division. Even if Remo may be divided from us because of political
boundaries, the human values must unite us with him and with his music.

Remo must be recognized for what he is and for what he always has been, a
singer par excellence having a unique style of his own. A style of music
which is a fusion of so many different forms. We grew up listening to
Remo's songs from albums like Pack that smack, Bombay City, O Meri Munni
and so many more which became huge hits. His wonderful rendition of Konkani
& Portuguese songs like Undra mujhea mama & Maria Pitache, his Bollywood
numbers like Humma Humma, Pyar to hona hi tha, Huya Ho and not to forget
the legendary track which he ends his concerts with, Dekho Dekho yeh hai
Jalwa have made him one of Goa and India's most loved singers. From a 'just
another local lad from Siolim' to have achieved so much, he has been
inspirational in every sense. His song, 'Vote: Tit for Tat', composed
specially to encourage people to vote corrupt out became viral, like so
many of his other socio-political songs to expose the various evils
prevalent in our land. Remo has not only been a musician of acclaim but is
also an activist whose love for Goa cannot be questioned.

'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' is an ancient Indian thought which means the entire
world constitutes but one family. Divisions are but man made and must
slowly cease to exist as Nations and World progress. Like John Lennon's
immorta

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] DEBATE: History... that's only in the movies (Aakar Patel, in ToI)

[Wendell Rodricks]

It is a sumptuous film.
And the director has every right to create his version as he has many factors 
to consider from investors to the public making the movies hit. Those that want 
to portray another Bajirao are free to do so. Not that Iamcarrying a candle for 
the film nor Hindi cinema staying  truthful to history. The end was a sob drama 
for janta consumption, who doesn't like lovers who die or killed off at the 
end?, It has been done ad nauseum in poetry, literature, film
As for a great Hindu nationalist, history is written and tweaked depending who 
is writing it.
In my research for Moda Goa, it was as if. history writers were writing about 
different events depending on the victorious or loosing sides 
At this time of Hindu pride,it is natural for some to push the cause for Hindu 
Nationalism
W

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On 22-Dec-2015, at 3:00 AM, Goanet Reader  wrote:

> http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/aakarvani/bajirao-the-great-hindu-nationalist-thats-only-in-the-movies/
> 
> Bajirao the great Hindu nationalist -- That's only in the movies
> Aakar Patel in Aakarvani | India | TOI
> 
> I think I'll write about Bajirao Mastani today. I have not
> seen the movie, nor do I intend to (only one Gujarati makes
> the cut as director of watchable pap and that is neither
> Sanjay Leela Bhansali nor Sajid Nadiadwala, but Manmohan
> Desai, a true master). However, I have read Bajirao Mastani's
> reviews and one of them said to my alarm, that the film
> "explores the romantic side of 18th-century Maratha general
> Bajirao Ballal Bhat, who fought and won 40 battles against
> the Mughals with an aim to create a unified Hindu kingdom or
> Akhand Bharatvarsha".
> 
>  Whoa, hold it right there. First, the Marathas only
>  ever wanted a Marathi kingdom for themselves. It
>  was not unified, hardly *akhand* and never Hindu.
>  The Marathas were despised by other Hindu rulers,
>  and disliked by non-Marathi Hindus as well, as
>  history shows us.
> 
> Bajirao and the Marathas campaigned for one thing alone, and
> it was called *chauth*. It meant a fourth of all revenue from
> other kingdoms, no matter what the faith of king and subject,
> and at collecting this Bajirao and the rest were efficient.
> 
> Maratha extortion caused Jaipur's Ishwari Singh to commit
> suicide in December 1750. Sir Jadunath Sarkar (the Manmohan
> Desai of our historians) writes of what followed in his
> four-volume classic, *Fall of the Mughal Empire*: "On 10
> January, some 4,000 Marathas entered Jaipur... (and)
> despising the helpless condition of a king propped up by
> their arms, seemed to have behaved towards Jaipur as a city
> taken by storm. Suddenly the pent-up hatred of the Rajputs
> burst forth; a riot broke out at noon, and the citizens
> attacked the unsuspecting Marathas. For nine hours slaughter
> and pillage raged."
> 
> The Marathas first invaded Bengal in 1742. Of their
> behaviour, the *New Cambridge History of India* tells us that
> "all authorities, both Indian and European are agreed". A
> contemporary writer calls them "slayers of pregnant women and
> infants" and Sarkar has recorded their gang-rape of Hindu
> women, inexplicably stuffing the mouths of their victims with
> dust and breaking their arms and tying them behind their
> backs. The only Indian to try and protect his subjects
> against the Marathas incidentally, was the Mughal governor
> Ali Vardi Khan. So much for Akhand Bharat.
> 
>  But I must say that the Marathas did not behave
>  differently from any other ruler or warrior
>  community, and the idea of a unified Hindu
>  sentiment exists only in the imagination of those
>  who get their history from the movies.
> 
> What the Marathas did striking north from the south, the
> Sikhs did in the opposite direction (they called their
> extortion 'rakhi', or protection, and it was 10% for all
> Indians). It is undeniably true on the other hand that the
> Marathas were originals.
> 
> It is important for this romance between Bajirao and Mastani
> that she knew how to ride well because there were no
> palanquins and howdahs travelling with the Marathas as there
> were with the Mughals.
> 
>  The Marathas were the Mongols of South Asia, always
>  on horseback, and with no infantry and no giant
>  camp behind. Even the scavengers who followed them
>  around, the bargis, rode. When the monsoons ended,
>  the Maratha army, about 40,000 men, rode across the
>  Narmada and Tapi, the border that marked off the
>  Deccan, and attacked 'Hindustan'.
> 
> Shivaji always organised this on a particular day: Dussehra
> (Bal Thackeray continued this tradition of declaring war on
> other Indians with his fiery Dussehra speeches). After

[Goanet] Merry Christmas!

[Naguesh Bhatcar]

Wishing all  Goanetters around the world, a Merry Christmas and a Happy and 
Prosperous 2016!

 Naguesh

Naguesh Bhatcar
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[Goanet] Support Children Living with HIV in Goa at Christmas

[Peter F. Borges]

Dear Friends,

Warm Greetings from Human Touch. Human Touch wishes you a Blessed Christmas
and a Happy New Year 2016.

I wish to introduce to you my organization, Human Touch. We are a
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youth led organization based in Goa. We are a small NGO with five
​
years of developmental work with young people, looking for expansion
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of our initiatives in Goa.

We work on programmes in substance abuse, HIV and livelihood/care and
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support programmes for people living with HIV in Goa. We have special
programmes for HIV prevention programmes and work with adolescents living
with
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HIV.

I would like to let you also know that Human Touch enjoys Special
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Consultative Status at the UN Economic and Social Council. We are also
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empaneled by Tata Institute of Social Sciences for National CSR Hub
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which makes us considered for projects under CSR initiatives of CPSEs.

We are also awarded Platinum Seal for Transparency and Public
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Accountability by Guidestar India at the recently concluded Blue Dart
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World CSR Congress recently and Credibility Alliance certified us for
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Basic Norms.

Do visit us at https://www.facebook.com/HumanTouchGoa. Our Christmas appeal
is available on crowdfunding website at
http://humantouch.ketto.org/humantouchchristmasappeal. Do support us in our
work.

Peter F. Borges
Founder & CEO

Human Touch,
H. No. 77/3, A 5-S 2, Queeny Realty,
Queeny Nagar,Pale, Velsao – Goa, 403712
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[Goanet] A NOT SO VERY CHEERFUL CHRISTMAS

[Aires Rodrigues]

Christmas 2015 – The now beleaguered Padma Shri Remo Fernandes chilling in
Portugal, his victim Helan D’Souza enduring all that inflicted pain in Ward
105 at the Goa Medical College in Bambolim and Goa’s great warrior Fr
Bismarque Dias also in that neighbourhood but languishing in that malfunctional
morgue and at the mercy of a huge brigade of rats and other rodents. Quo
Vadis Goa.


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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[Goanet] The joy of not knowing (Samar Halarnkar in Mint)

[V M]

http://linkis.com/www.livemint.com/Lei/Jghsu

It was Naomi Duguid (pronounced Do-good) who introduced me, earlier
this month, to “the joy of not knowing”. I was very struck by the
phrase because (a) it appeared an apt motto for someone who has
written six books on global culinary journeys (her seventh is due next
year) and (b) it is sound advice for those of us who get our joys from
sameness and believe there isn’t much left to experience.

A strapping, adventurous and amiable Canadian, Duguid persuaded me to
accompany her—one sunny morning in Panaji (we were both there for the
annual Goa Arts and Literature Festival)—to the city’s sprawling
vegetable and fish market. I must confess that despite being of Goan
origin and making many visits to Goa, I had never ventured into the
Panaji market.

I love markets, and I sighed with pleasure at the sight of fruits and
vegetables known and unknown and the opportunity to practise my
sketchy Konkani. As we walked through the produce section, Duguid
busied herself with photographs and interrogated, through me, vendors
garrulous and taciturn, men and women. Since this was Goa, where many
foreigners make their home, and the people are generally more
accommodating of obvious outsiders, Duguid could wander and photograph
at peace without being stared at or mobbed.

After a coconut break, where the chatty vendor told me the sweetest
water came from coconuts that grew on trees beside rivers, we found
ourselves in the spice section. We marvelled at the varieties of
chillies and fragrant piles of triphal and kokum, both souring agents
used in Goan cuisine, particularly fish curries.

Now, Goan fish curries hold few mysteries for me. I know all there is
to know; the thin caldins, the sour coconut-less ambotiks and, best of
all, my grandmother’s fish curry. But since I was buoyed by Naomi’s
philosophy, I listened carefully when Vallabh Kolvekar—an unsmiling,
young man who ran a stall in Panaji market’s spice section—asked if I
would like to see a home-made garam masala.

Garam masala, I thought. Why would I want that? I make my own, and,
moreover, what’s so special about a collection of ground spices? That
was a pretty arrogant thought, imbued with the Indian know-it-all
quality.

“Sure,” I said to Kolvekar, trying to look interested, “let’s see it.
Who makes the masala?”

He frowned. “I make it.”

Kolvekar gravely offered me a handful of spice. I smelt it. My eyes
widened. Smelling a spice is like tasting a wine. Multiple flavours
and bouquets were evident; I could discern red chilli, cinnamon and
clove. Kolvekar said it contained 18 spices. I asked for 200g. He
wrapped it in a plastic bag and handed it over, along with some shiny,
juicy-looking kokum, which I bought because my stocks were running
low.

Kolvekar and I discussed his masala. So, I could use it for a fish
curry without coconut? Hmm, that was not quite right, he said, because
this was a masala that was best with coconut, the base of most Goan
fish curries.

When I returned home, I discarded my wariness of coconut, aided by the
news that it was rapidly being taken off cardiac danger lists, and the
result was one of the tangiest, tastiest fish curries to have emerged
from my kitchen. It was even better than my long-standing version of
ajji’s fish curry, and that is saying something.

It was good to use someone else’s knowledge, to let go of what I knew.
That, in a limited way, is what the joy of not knowing can do for you.
Used in full measure, Duguid told me, it was fuel for travel,
discovery and new journeys.

“I suppose it starts with getting clear of the idea that I am, or that
I should be, in control or on top of things,” Duguid told me on email
after she returned home. “You could view it as a relinquishing of
responsibility, but I think of it as an opening out. If I don’t know,
and admit that and enjoy that, then it gives me the impetus to go out
and ask questions and be curious. I am very curious about how things
work and about all kinds of details. If I’m not afraid to show others
that I don’t know, that leaves me free to ask all kinds of questions,
very obvious ones, without worrying that they might seem foolish or
superficial or make me seem ignorant.”

I could not agree more.

Goan fish curry with Vallabh’s Panaji market masala

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

1kg kingfish (surmai) or any other firm sea fish, cut into fillets or
slices with bone (I prefer bone because it imparts greater taste)

1 coconut, grated or cut into small pieces

15 pieces kokum, soaked in a little warm water

1-inch piece fresh ginger

20 pieces garlic, chopped fine

4 tsp (5 if you like it spicy) Vallabh’s garam masala (replace with
any other red-chilli-based masala)

2 tsp vegetable oil

Salt, to taste

Method

Grind the coconut, ginger, salt and garam masala in a food processor
with half to one cup of water. After grinding, the coconut masala
should be thick.

In a medium-hot wok, heat the oil and add the chopped garlic. Sauté
but do

[Goanet] Rare Full Moon on Christmas day.

[MD]

Rare Full Moon will brighten the sky on Christmas day: Lunar event is the
first in 38 years and it will not  happen again until 2034.

In Goa moon rise can be any time after 5.09pm.

MD

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[Goanet] Goanet: Participation in Make in India Week

[Gilbert Lawrence]

GL responds:
Great post!
One of the few post on Goanet that seeks to take good idea and make it great 
for the benefit of Goans.  
I hope Goa IT professionals are taken up on their offer and I wish all 
participating the very best with great success. 
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Regards,GL


From Goa IT Professionals www.goaitpro.org


We would like to keep you informed of the message we have conveyed to the 
concerned departments of Govt of Goa.

We are notifying the concerned departments well in advance. Goa Govt is 
expected to have the administrative framework in place for participating in 
such events. Our IT Policy is expected to be ready before the summit.

While other states would be participating in this event, Goa cannot afford to 
lose out on the opportunity. Let the world feel the idea of Goa as an 
Industrial Investment destination. The need to attract sustainable and 
eco-friendly industries to Goa and provide employment to Goan youth within the 
state is too important to be ignored.

Goa IT Professionals would be more than *willing to provide any assistance* 
that is requested in making this effort a success. We can help in 
conceptualizing the presentation, booth or any other form of participation.


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Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] A dramatic book about the devastations of mining in Goa (Augusto Pinto)

[David de Souza]

Great review. 
Seems like you are better Augusto. Happy Christmas, while I'm about it. Stay 
safe in the new year baba.
dd


On Dec 24, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Goanet Reader wrote:

> By Augusto Pinto
> pinto...@gmail.com
> 
>  Consistent with Hartman De Souza's background in
>  theatre, Eat Dust* is a very dramatic book about
>  the devastations that mining has caused in Goa.  It
>  reads like a documentary in print, for his
>  descriptions of landscapes before and after mining;
>  and encounters with people feel like a camera is
>  recording what he is doing.  At the same time, his
>  style is full of adjectives and metaphors that aim
>  to persuade you to think his way.
> 
> For us in Goa the basic story of the degradation caused by
> mining is quite familiar, but Hartman adds a personal touch
> to it as he weaves his sister Cheryl's fight against five
> powerful mine-owners who wanted to devastate her farm in
> Cawrem, Sanguem taluka, into the narrative.  Along with this
> are struggles of other mining activists with the governments
> who were totally bought out by the mining lobby.
> 
> Although I get the feeling that the audience for *Eat Dust*
> are Indians outside Goa, the book is a great primer to the
> people of Goa because it does not just focus on mining but on
> the social and political and historical context in which the
> mining is carried out.  Hartman is pretty bitter about the
> role of the elite in Goa and about the way they have remained
> silent spectators.
> 
>  To understand this Hartman points his fingers at
>  not just mining and the infrastructure and the
>  tourism and real estate lobbies but he regards the
>  greatest danger of all to be "consumerism".  What
>  that means is all of us who are hooked on to the
>  good things of life all of which cost money, money
>  which has to be got somehow or the other to feed
>  our greed.  The poor who sell their land to
>  mine-owners for a pittance become part of the
>  problem because to survive they then buy trucks to
>  transport ore for a livelihood and now have a stake
>  in the destruction of the environment.  The middle
>  classes don't have the time to care much one way or
>  the other.
> 
> So what Hartman is saying is that while the demoniacal greed
> of the mine-owners is definitely deadly, the common people
> also have no clue as to what they are doing while the
> intellectual class (you and I) who may be able to see what is
> happening have all also let Goa down.
> 
> The author is quite bitter with the approach taken by NGOs
> such as Goa Foundation of Claude Alvares who have used the
> legal route to stop the illegalities of mining.  By the end
> of the book he seems to be accusing Claude to have sold out
> by abandoning the ideal of stopping mining and of being
> willing to accept that mining is okay if regulated and if the
> money goes into the State's coffers.  I think this is a bit
> unfair as the Shah Commission which the author praises for
> its role in stopping mining for a while would never have been
> appointed without the ground work done by Goa Foundation.
> 
>  Among the institutions which are seen to be playing
>  a dubious role in the rape of Goa is the Catholic
>  Church.  It does not raise its considerable voice
>  and allows the Gavdes who are the ones most
>  directly affected by mining to suffer.  And nobody
>  seems to care about the long term loss of a basic
>  necessity of man through mining: water.
> 
> But what is done? Hartman advocates force.
> 
> Hartman's family who bravely try to display the courage of
> their convictions by literally putting their bodies on the
> line by for instance chaining themselves to the gate of a
> mine in Cawrem discover that such attempts are too feeble to
> work.  His octogenarian mother Dora participated in this
> incredibly crazy protest.  However the problem was that this
> was not properly prepared and neither was it widely known
> thanks to the stranglehold the mining lobby have over the
> media.  Maybe Hartman has a point but unless there is a huge
> mass opposing mining such physical displays are easy to get
> rid of.  And there are lots of Right wing actors who will be
> happy to disrupt mass mining protests.
> 
>  At the end of the day this is a book that needs to
>  be distributed read and discussed widely in Goa.
>  Right now mining may not resume at the ruinous rate
>  it was formerly used to, because the demand for the
>  low grade ore of Goa has gone down and so have the
>  prices for this commodity.  But there is no saying
>  that it won't resume in future -- and then what?
> 
> --
> Eat Dust: Mining and Greed in Goa
> Hartman de Souza
> Pp 288. Rs 350
> HarperCollinsI

[Goanet] Fw: Road tripping in Portugal

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[Goanet] Goa news for December 25, 2015

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

*** Report spells more trouble for Goa - The Indian Express
uper-league/top-stories/Club-owners-stand-with-ISL-isolate-FC-Goa/articleshow/50306280.cms">Club
owners stand with ISL, isolate FC Goa
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*** Goa Archbishop voices concern over 'intolerance' - Business
Standard
siness StandardVoicing concern over the "increasing dose of
intolerance" holding sway over the lives of people, Archbishop
of Goa Filipe Neri Ferrao today called for better understanding,
reconciliation and peace as enshrined in the message of
Christmas. "Sadly we ...
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*** On Christmas eve, Goa Guv calls for promoting peace,
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*** Sid Mallya and Sophie Choudry party hard in Goa - Times of
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*** Gujarat, Goa lead in buying sexual wellness products - Times
of India
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*** Goa celebrates Christmas with joy and fervour - The Navhind
Times
e Navhind TimesMany churches in Goa held outdoor services with
night vigil from 11.30 pm followed by Eucharistic celebrations.
The carols sung by various groups provided musical backdrop to
the celebrations. The eve of the Christmas also witnessed Santa
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*** Goa: Congress to be more aggressive against BJP in 2016 -
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ed state government. "In 2016, the party will be more
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*** Goa police to get forensic lab by March 2016: DGP - Times of
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mes of IndiaPanaji: Delay in obtaining forensic reports during
criminal investigation will soon be a thing of the past as Goa
police is likely to commission a forensic science laboratory by
March 2016. Director general of police T N Mohan said the
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*** HC asks Goa govt for rule changes on iron ore transport -
Business Standard
siness StandardFollowing a petition filed by truckers'
associations, the Goa bench of the high court here has asked the
state government to frame new rules for transportation of iron
ore, whereby truckers' working hours could be raised. "The state
government has also ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGM-NWx7EGp5U0OXByMGe3RHmWVkQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779014808184&ei=C458VoDYNoKd3QHWuZ2gBw&url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/goa-bench-of-bombay-hc-asks-state-govt-to-form-new-rules-for-transportation-of-iron-ore-115122300753_1.html

*** GOA BRIEFS - The Navhind Times
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