[Goanet] The Bride price.

[Con Menezes]

Interstingdocumentary for those who formerly in East Africa,

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/592470083781/the-tribe-the-bride-price
Watch full screen for optimal viewing.

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[Goanet] Easy listening selection........Ben E. King.

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   Spanish Harlem   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOoutJtMCi8

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[Goanet] A Day in the life of Suket Dhir.....Indian fashion designer.

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[Goanet-News] From verdant lands to burnished deserts (Devika Sequeira, Times of India)

[Goanet Reader]

Hartman De Souza's book *Eat
Dust: Mining and Greed in Goa*,
released recently, chronicles
the worst of the mining years
in Goa and comes at a time when
the industry finds itself at
the crossroads

Devika Sequeira

The idea that a hill just disappeared left me fuzzy-headed.
How does one come to terms with the deliberate destruction,
in peacetime, of agricultural practices and the everyday life
of people whose only crime is that they live here? Or the
wasteful hacking of trees, the seismic upheaval of mud, the
conscienceless blasting of aquifers? -- from *Eat Dust: Mining
and Greed in Goa* by Hartman De Souza; published by Harper
Collins

The upheaval in the years preceding and following the peak in
mining in Goa was indeed seismic. Three years after the
September 2012 ban, iron ore mining is far from even a modest
restart. And it isn't the non-profit Goa Foundation’s
petition against the renewal of 88 leases that's holding up
the horses (as the BJP MLAs would have us believe), but the
crash in iron ore prices globally. The ugly spat between
Goa's biggest mining major Sesa Goa and the truckers
currently is a portent of things to come.

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who used the
  mining 'crisis' to turn the pool of
  mining-dependent into government-dependent and
  consequently harnessed their votes in the last
  year's Lok Sabha election has read the signals
  correctly: Goa needed to look beyond mining to
  other avenues of job creation. The global recession
  in the mining industry could drag on for years, he
  said in Ponda recently, warning that a recovery
  could be a long time coming.

If you take the road to Rivona via Cawrem these days, you
could drive for miles accompanied by nothing but silence and
sweltering heat, passing only the occasional vehicle. A
little over three years ago, it was impossible to negotiate
this stretch of road without feeling the weight and menace of
marauding mining operators, with thousands of trucks lined up
and the visibly expanding scars on the landscape.

For those like Hartman De Souza whose family lives and runs a
farm "where once all was verdant" the land would in no time
turn into "burnished orange deserts" as the mining got more
intense in the five concessions operating between Maina and
Cawrem.

Part memoir, part travelogue, part reportage, *Eat Dust* covers
the crucial years of the super boom in Goa's mining industry
starting 2006 and peaking frenziedly in 2010-2011.

"I saw this chronicle as a factual blow-by-blow account of
what actually happened on the ground -- left behind like
photographs in monochrome and sepia. Only when there was
nothing left here, except the pockmarked ravages of open-cast
mining, would everybody know how this part of Goa had been
upended in a frenzy fuelled by greed," he writes.

Theatre personality, teacher and journalist, De Souza says he
wanted to speak "for the earth’s injured voice" and in so
doing he spares none of the players: not the politicians, not
the mining mafia -- and not even the local media.

It chronicles the complicity of politicians such as Digambar
Kamat and the gamut of officials who were more than willing
to facilitate the illegalities ("in the Age of Greed, the
forest officials couldn't see the forest for the ore") and
the quick turnabout of his successor, Manohar Parrikar. It
notes with the advantage of hindsight, the remarkable "growth
(as in wealth) stories" of Joaquim Alemao, Dinar Tarcar, the
Timblos -- and many others indicted by the Shah Commission
for illegal mining.

  It also talks of the rarely spoken of 'role of the
  media' -- in this instance, a particular editor of
  a regional daily, better known for his brand of
  made-to-order journalism. "Within months of handing
  the Catholic population of Goa to the BJP on a
  platter," the man jumped ship and went to work for
  a publication owned by one of the biggest mining
  companies, De Souza writes.

Is mining in Goa at the crossroads? Only temporarily perhaps.
Were international prices or iron ore to rebound, so would
the industry. But till then, it is only the small players who
will feel the weight of the recession, not the big-timers
whose ill-gotten profits have already been funnelled into
real estate, hotels, company shares -- and more recently in
starting new media ventures and even investing in a football
team.

  *Eat Dust* is not the personal anguish of its writer
  alone. It is a lament for Goa and the class of
  politicians and unconscionable people it has been
  saddled with who drive the state's agenda. Whether
  mining resumes or not, this document of those
  shameful years will remain.

END

This article first appeared in the Times of India on Jan 4,
2016

[Goanet] From verdant lands to burnished deserts (Devika Sequeira, Times of India)

[Goanet Reader]

Hartman De Souza's book *Eat
Dust: Mining and Greed in Goa*,
released recently, chronicles
the worst of the mining years
in Goa and comes at a time when
the industry finds itself at
the crossroads

Devika Sequeira

The idea that a hill just disappeared left me fuzzy-headed.
How does one come to terms with the deliberate destruction,
in peacetime, of agricultural practices and the everyday life
of people whose only crime is that they live here? Or the
wasteful hacking of trees, the seismic upheaval of mud, the
conscienceless blasting of aquifers? -- from *Eat Dust: Mining
and Greed in Goa* by Hartman De Souza; published by Harper
Collins

The upheaval in the years preceding and following the peak in
mining in Goa was indeed seismic. Three years after the
September 2012 ban, iron ore mining is far from even a modest
restart. And it isn't the non-profit Goa Foundation’s
petition against the renewal of 88 leases that's holding up
the horses (as the BJP MLAs would have us believe), but the
crash in iron ore prices globally. The ugly spat between
Goa's biggest mining major Sesa Goa and the truckers
currently is a portent of things to come.

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who used the
  mining 'crisis' to turn the pool of
  mining-dependent into government-dependent and
  consequently harnessed their votes in the last
  year's Lok Sabha election has read the signals
  correctly: Goa needed to look beyond mining to
  other avenues of job creation. The global recession
  in the mining industry could drag on for years, he
  said in Ponda recently, warning that a recovery
  could be a long time coming.

If you take the road to Rivona via Cawrem these days, you
could drive for miles accompanied by nothing but silence and
sweltering heat, passing only the occasional vehicle. A
little over three years ago, it was impossible to negotiate
this stretch of road without feeling the weight and menace of
marauding mining operators, with thousands of trucks lined up
and the visibly expanding scars on the landscape.

For those like Hartman De Souza whose family lives and runs a
farm "where once all was verdant" the land would in no time
turn into "burnished orange deserts" as the mining got more
intense in the five concessions operating between Maina and
Cawrem.

Part memoir, part travelogue, part reportage, *Eat Dust* covers
the crucial years of the super boom in Goa's mining industry
starting 2006 and peaking frenziedly in 2010-2011.

"I saw this chronicle as a factual blow-by-blow account of
what actually happened on the ground -- left behind like
photographs in monochrome and sepia. Only when there was
nothing left here, except the pockmarked ravages of open-cast
mining, would everybody know how this part of Goa had been
upended in a frenzy fuelled by greed," he writes.

Theatre personality, teacher and journalist, De Souza says he
wanted to speak "for the earth’s injured voice" and in so
doing he spares none of the players: not the politicians, not
the mining mafia -- and not even the local media.

It chronicles the complicity of politicians such as Digambar
Kamat and the gamut of officials who were more than willing
to facilitate the illegalities ("in the Age of Greed, the
forest officials couldn't see the forest for the ore") and
the quick turnabout of his successor, Manohar Parrikar. It
notes with the advantage of hindsight, the remarkable "growth
(as in wealth) stories" of Joaquim Alemao, Dinar Tarcar, the
Timblos -- and many others indicted by the Shah Commission
for illegal mining.

  It also talks of the rarely spoken of 'role of the
  media' -- in this instance, a particular editor of
  a regional daily, better known for his brand of
  made-to-order journalism. "Within months of handing
  the Catholic population of Goa to the BJP on a
  platter," the man jumped ship and went to work for
  a publication owned by one of the biggest mining
  companies, De Souza writes.

Is mining in Goa at the crossroads? Only temporarily perhaps.
Were international prices or iron ore to rebound, so would
the industry. But till then, it is only the small players who
will feel the weight of the recession, not the big-timers
whose ill-gotten profits have already been funnelled into
real estate, hotels, company shares -- and more recently in
starting new media ventures and even investing in a football
team.

  *Eat Dust* is not the personal anguish of its writer
  alone. It is a lament for Goa and the class of
  politicians and unconscionable people it has been
  saddled with who drive the state's agenda. Whether
  mining resumes or not, this document of those
  shameful years will remain.

END

This article first appeared in the Times of India on Jan 4,
2016

Re: [Goanet] desire for learning religious texts

[Venantius J Pinto]

Dear All,
Do consider: Must it always be this and must it be that? Seriously people,
say whether you are doing it in your own milieu. Responsibilities have to
be on our shoulders too, and more than equally.

Many of us learn to play an instrument, dance, etc. Everyone does not learn
to play the electronic organ in the seminary and then leave for open
pastures, find the youngest most impressionable woman and settle! Has
happened, yes. Some things happened about of LUCK. But not for all. The
POINT is that we have to learn to rise to certain levels. That takes work,
often spurning accompanying ridicules.

Talk to me and I will put anyone in touch with my sister-in-law in Goa who
can help remedy lackadaisical religious perspectives.
Or contact them directly. Anna & Valentine Coelho.

The church has slowly woken up. Very slowly. The pace is beyond pathetic.
Will it ever be a juggernaut in Goa. Do not bet willy-nilly on that
happening. BUT HOPE, AND PRAY FOR ITS CONVERSION. That chariot is rolling
over you though.

Make the connectives, and set in place correctives.

—Venantius J Pinto

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Nelson Lopes  wrote:

> The first miracle of wine at Cana Request from mother Mary,  Jesus though
> reluctant at first asked the disciples to fill the jars with water They
> heard him and obeyed .jesus wants us to hear him .Everyone is endowed with
> the gift to learn, but to varying degrees parents and individuals got out
> ofthe way to acquire skills and formal education at all costs. it is not
> the same enthusiasm when it comes to acquire spiritual or religious
> education, The investment in religious books, magazines, literature is on a
> different footing Some do not have even the Bible read it daily or have
> aplace of Honour in our homes we watch all tyes of Channels for soap opera
> et al, but how often do we switch on or subscribe to religious broadcasts
> or are even aware of their existence. The first religious teachers ought to
> be parents ,but they have transfered this responsibilty to schools ,
> teachers and Sunday Cathechism Fortunately now a days there are seminars
> courses, on religion and Books, People are not very eager to be educated,
> interested on the Bible, when Churches conduct such facilities on heir
> premises , Faithfuls depend on Sunday messages, novenas, residential  and
> non  residentials retreats for their relgious growth and sustenances of
> their beliefs Religion and learning of the Texts  must be considered as
> priority, when opportunity presents itself The children must be initiated
> in the same way formal education is treated Mere following of rituals and
> tradition one does not imbibe deep faith
> Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
>

[Goanet] Goa news for January 18, 2016

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Mining ban made Goa govt borrow just half of okayed limit:
Laxmikant Parsekar - Economic Times
ews-india/goa-chased-by-locals-us-tourist-falls-in-field-dies/">Goa:
Chased by locals, US tourist falls in field, dies
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEyZQTjeA8rSrE4C3lPyUsZAYlt8g=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029114044=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mining-ban-made-goa-govt-borrow-just-half-of-okayed-limit-laxmikant-parsekar/articleshow/50582648.cms

*** I-League: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0 DSK Shivajians: Pereira
earns a point in ... - Goal.com
ine... Sporting Clube de Goa and DSK Shivajians play out a
goalless draw in a round two clash of the I-League 2015-16 at
the Fatorda stadium in Margao, Goa, on Sunday ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEr5LXNkj2IOzyfkQu2XQ3Po_zcfg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031181418=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/sporting-goa-vs-dsk-shivajians/2176880/report

*** Goa barking up wrong tree, feel many - Daily Pioneer
ecognise the coconut palm as a tree has shocked and rattled
botanists and environmentalists in the country. "Coconut trees
on the picturesque seashores of Goa are its natural
fortification from disasters like ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNH1byvcjFrwiotME21nNCol9-00mA=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031379805=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/goa-barking-up-wrong-tree-feel-many.html

*** Pramod Muthalik's ban in Goa extended - The Hindu
ased fringe rightwing Hindu outfit "Sri Ram Sene" and any of his
associates or members within the jurisdiction of the north ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGse9EEsqqgHx17UFvOW4MUiaMNbw=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030641221=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pramod-muthaliks-ban-in-goa-extended/article8112617.ece

*** US national death: Consulate team in Goa to oversee probe -
Daily News & Analysis
ear-old Caitanya Lila ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGt8iSa_1NgYF903RkI86bXdVBBcQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030919703=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-national-death-consulate-team-in-goa-to-oversee-probe-2166728

*** IRCTC and Goa Tourism launch a special carnival charter
coach for Goa Carnival ... - India Today
t...@intoday.com. January 15, 2016 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFswaTZqzbaADkIdgQVgU1gYqVSHg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029942885=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/irctc-and-goa-tourism-launch-a-special-carnival-charter-coach-for-goa-carnival-2016-dilip/1/571100.html

*** Goan is Portuguese PM, score settled: Dy Speaker - The
Indian Express
Q=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030451525=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEHr6Tgxryo_Oa7clfPcwzU5H2tvg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030451525=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/goan-is-portuguese-pm-score-settled-dy-speaker/

*** Goa's solar mission - The Navhind Times
fi, Science Film Festival of India, which concluded on Sunday,
had an exhibit on solar energy that attracted several onlookers.
The display by Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) got the
thumbs up from visitors as they contemplated on solar ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNHWl01Xg3mb5JFYX_iu0kHTCYo6UQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031355421=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goas-solar-mission/

*** The other side of Goa - The Statesman
aQ_M=0=us">and more »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNH4XPf2zSQFYwiafiXwh4ftW4PIog=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031533733=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/evolve/the-other-side-of-goa/117075.html

*** Angela and Ian Szczypka spent £2300 getting rescue dog from
Goa to UK - Daily Mail
onth process ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFnmk1qFvUkK1NZ8xsxXqZllSDq2w=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3403766/Dog-lovers-rescue-18-month-old-mongrel-India-spotting-injured-puppy-beaches-Goa.html


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[Goanet-News] Goa news for January 17, 2016

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Say sorry for favouring Goa merger with M'ashtra: MLAs to
MGP - Business Standard
ver opinion poll was held in Goa on January 16, 1967 to decide
whether the then Union Territory should remain a separate
geographic entity or merge with Maharashtra. A majority of
people voted against the merger. Goa became a ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGcMw73opvqXKsOa4Lmbzt40kD-eQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030451525=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/say-sorry-for-favouring-goa-merger-with-m-ashtra-mlas-to-mgp-116011600708_1.html

*** Mining ban made Goa govt borrow just half of okayed limit:
Laxmikant Parsekar - Economic Times
aVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEyZQTjeA8rSrE4C3lPyUsZAYlt8g=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029114044=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mining-ban-made-goa-govt-borrow-just-half-of-okayed-limit-laxmikant-parsekar/articleshow/50582648.cms

*** IRCTC and Goa Tourism launch a special carnival charter
coach for Goa Carnival ... - India Today
t...@intoday.com. January 15, 2016 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFswaTZqzbaADkIdgQVgU1gYqVSHg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029942885=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/irctc-and-goa-tourism-launch-a-special-carnival-charter-coach-for-goa-carnival-2016-dilip/1/571100.html

*** Pramod Muthalik's ban in Goa extended - The Hindu
ased fringe rightwing Hindu outfit "Sri Ram Sene" and any of his
associates or members within the jurisdiction of the north ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGse9EEsqqgHx17UFvOW4MUiaMNbw=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030641221=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pramod-muthaliks-ban-in-goa-extended/article8112617.ece

*** US national death: Consulate team in Goa to oversee probe -
Daily News & Analysis
ear-old Caitanya Lila ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGt8iSa_1NgYF903RkI86bXdVBBcQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030919703=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-national-death-consulate-team-in-goa-to-oversee-probe-2166728

*** Govt bans foreign tours of ministers, officers till budget -
The Navhind Times
aVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGSkNediTInwQxTBAxZ9wu9eJkAhA=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031241212=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.navhindtimes.in/govt-bans-foreign-tours-of-ministers-officers-till-budget/

*** Three Goa MLAs seek opinion poll on coconut being classified
as palm - Economic Times
ed government based on their majority on the floor of the House
passed the legislation.
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEN3a27XWnee6LD7NvacrJShyVm9A=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031379805=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/three-goa-mlas-seek-opinion-poll-on-coconut-being-classified-as-palm/articleshow/50608557.cms

*** The other side of Goa - The Statesman
e StatesmanGoa, Goa, Goa! That was my reaction when I got the
chance to visit this beautiful coastal state for the first time
a year ago. I did all I could to explore almost every popular
destination, like its famous Baga, Calangute, Vagator and Anjuna
beaches ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGc-eV5BFe089a690nXEzyWkWHAkg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031533733=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/features/the-other-side-of-goa/117075.html

*** Goa may forever be lost to insatiable greed of mining giants
and developers - Daily News & Analysis
ily News & AnalysisIt is likely that a crested serpent eagle
flying at its highest can see the whole of Goa  a little
more than a hundred kilometres from the north to the south at
its longest, and some forty or so from the east to the west at
its widest  with just ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFB8J4goAXwbwgETXQzc6zIqvf5AA=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-goa-may-forever-be-lost-to-insatiable-greed-of-mining-giants-and-developers-2166255

*** AAP decision on contesting Goa polls in March - Business
Standard
=0=us">and more »
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[Goanet-News] Goa news for January 18, 2016

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Mining ban made Goa govt borrow just half of okayed limit:
Laxmikant Parsekar - Economic Times
ews-india/goa-chased-by-locals-us-tourist-falls-in-field-dies/">Goa:
Chased by locals, US tourist falls in field, dies
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEyZQTjeA8rSrE4C3lPyUsZAYlt8g=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029114044=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mining-ban-made-goa-govt-borrow-just-half-of-okayed-limit-laxmikant-parsekar/articleshow/50582648.cms

*** I-League: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0 DSK Shivajians: Pereira
earns a point in ... - Goal.com
ine... Sporting Clube de Goa and DSK Shivajians play out a
goalless draw in a round two clash of the I-League 2015-16 at
the Fatorda stadium in Margao, Goa, on Sunday ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEr5LXNkj2IOzyfkQu2XQ3Po_zcfg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031181418=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/sporting-goa-vs-dsk-shivajians/2176880/report

*** Goa barking up wrong tree, feel many - Daily Pioneer
ecognise the coconut palm as a tree has shocked and rattled
botanists and environmentalists in the country. "Coconut trees
on the picturesque seashores of Goa are its natural
fortification from disasters like ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNH1byvcjFrwiotME21nNCol9-00mA=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031379805=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/goa-barking-up-wrong-tree-feel-many.html

*** Pramod Muthalik's ban in Goa extended - The Hindu
ased fringe rightwing Hindu outfit "Sri Ram Sene" and any of his
associates or members within the jurisdiction of the north ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGse9EEsqqgHx17UFvOW4MUiaMNbw=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030641221=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pramod-muthaliks-ban-in-goa-extended/article8112617.ece

*** US national death: Consulate team in Goa to oversee probe -
Daily News & Analysis
ear-old Caitanya Lila ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGt8iSa_1NgYF903RkI86bXdVBBcQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030919703=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-national-death-consulate-team-in-goa-to-oversee-probe-2166728

*** IRCTC and Goa Tourism launch a special carnival charter
coach for Goa Carnival ... - India Today
t...@intoday.com. January 15, 2016 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFswaTZqzbaADkIdgQVgU1gYqVSHg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029942885=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/irctc-and-goa-tourism-launch-a-special-carnival-charter-coach-for-goa-carnival-2016-dilip/1/571100.html

*** Goan is Portuguese PM, score settled: Dy Speaker - The
Indian Express
Q=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030451525=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEHr6Tgxryo_Oa7clfPcwzU5H2tvg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030451525=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/goan-is-portuguese-pm-score-settled-dy-speaker/

*** Goa's solar mission - The Navhind Times
fi, Science Film Festival of India, which concluded on Sunday,
had an exhibit on solar energy that attracted several onlookers.
The display by Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) got the
thumbs up from visitors as they contemplated on solar ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNHWl01Xg3mb5JFYX_iu0kHTCYo6UQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031355421=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goas-solar-mission/

*** The other side of Goa - The Statesman
aQ_M=0=us">and more »
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*** Angela and Ian Szczypka spent £2300 getting rescue dog from
Goa to UK - Daily Mail
onth process ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFnmk1qFvUkK1NZ8xsxXqZllSDq2w=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=CzKcVqHsENXK3gHMy4iQCQ=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3403766/Dog-lovers-rescue-18-month-old-mongrel-India-spotting-injured-puppy-beaches-Goa.html


Compiled by Goanet News Service
http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php

[Goanet] Local dailies

[Nelson Lopes]

LOCAL DAILIES

In a small state of Goa we have unusually a number of dailies in Engllsh,
Marathi ,Konkani,etc. Should they devote a major part of their content to
the happenings around Goa and serve as educators, informers, opinion
builders to the local populace. It is often felt that it is not the case,
Then why do we have to have local dailies at all, if they prominently do
not prioritize local contents. Some news papers by their exposure appear as
more national and international even in field of sports. It is true that
such a spread of content increases our horizon of world to day, which is
shrinking in dimension. Still those that do not satisfy local concerns are
not appreciated or subscribed too, because the national papers avaiable at
the same costs are much more exhaustive It is also argued that such a
narrow definition of local dailies suffers from infirmities, because it
meets the needs of those  who look for a broader outlook and overview in a
nut shell. it is not advisable to trash any type of news , views that paper
is basically inclined to support based on its inception and inclination of
patronage of the establishers  and this is amply evident by readers
choice.There is no hiding of the reality and truth, that dailies constantly
trash what is not favourable to their very existence, principles of
foundations, Of course some appear to be unbiased in their  overt
presentations wich  once again a secret and couched by hidden agenda, which
is not discernable   on surface to common perceptions Is it not a fact that
readers label some dailies as Govt mouth piece bidding at their call for a
few crumbs of advertisement revenue?. In such an eventuality the daily is
ethically hiding behind objectionable but objective analysis exposure. One
is at a loss to learn that the local daily is giving ample, prominent space
to gory details of murders, rapes, et al, at national, international
levels, ignoring more important and beneficial local coverage that affects
are day to day living

Some social  media platforms appear to be limited by their nomenclature and
naturally would censor such political ,religious, uncomfortable news, views
taking shelter of their domain nomenclature. It is patently unfair for the
same reasons. It is expected not to apply scissors’ of  censorships, dust
bin syndrome, unless it is scurrilous or defamatory  in nature, which will
cause embarrassment, liability and invite legal sanctions . I have even
presented some international news papers to our local dailies, Many such
papers glorify their own affairs  in their respective states and hardly
refer to happenings outside their National boundaries.  In one example the
election of Sonia Gandhi received  just a few lines, but Sharuk Khan
received much more space in the same edition I will present all our Goan
English dailies on my next visit and show how broadminded we are in
informing readers about National International and local content to be
better informed people However if the daily is confined in a state, it
should allot more coverage to local content of all shades, in all fields
otherwise it ceases in its scope and existence

Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

Re: [Goanet] desire for learning religious texts

[Venantius J Pinto]

Sorry,
Oooh, they went gmail. No more sanchar net.

Valentine & Anna Coelho, Soccoro.
valy...@gmail.com

—vjp

[Goanet] GOA'S TWO IMMORTAL HEROES

[Gilbert Lawrence]

From: Aires Rodrigues 
Subject: [Goanet] GOA?S TWO IMMORTAL HEROES

Though Dayanand Bandodkar may have initially been for merging Goa with 
Maharastra, he respected the people's verdict and later with Dr Jack Sequeira 
as the fiery voice of the Opposition they toiled with a vision and passion 
towards the development of Goa. Unlike many of today's politicians who are 
self-centered, they had relentlessly raised and pursued issues concerning the 
backward, down-trodden, and neglected communities of Goa. Leaders of their 
integrity, honesty and commitment, we may now never see in this arena of 
political pygmies.



GL Responds:
Nice balanced factual write-up.
The question is at the time, (when these individual were alive) did the critics 
of these individuals appreciate their work and the long-term benefit of their 
actions. 
Or did the critics do everything to demonize the individuals and the impeded 
benefits of their work?
I think the critics of government action should understand the actions taken 
today is for the benefit of the next generation and not necessary for the 
benefit of the 60+ year olds or even the present generation.   Goa and Goans 
need a harmonious progression to create an economy and jobs and to compete with 
India and the world of the 2020's and 2030s.
The "nakare saiba" posts often read as the 21st century lamentations of the 
"susegad Goan" of the Portuguese era.
BTW, the Kholapur and Sholapur of Maharastra are far advanced to what they were 
in 1960s.  Goa with its port and location has the potential of being the 
"Singapore of India".  Singapore did not get to its present situation by being 
"nakare saiba".
Best wishes, Regards, GL

[Goanet] Easy listening selecting selection..........Cliff Richard.

[Con Menezes]

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 Lucky lips.   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7erMvROCaSM

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[Goanet] RP OR RIP - FREESTYLE PLANNING AGAIN AFTER 10 YEARS

[GBA office]

*Goa Bachao Abhiyan*

C/o 77, Defence Colony, Alto Porvorim-Goa

goabachaoabhi...@gmail.com

*17th Jan 2016*



*The GBA demands that the process of revising the plan be kept in abeyance
- until an Act is passed for peoples participation and ecological
protection as is part of our international commitment against global
warming.*

Unless the methodology for ecological protection, criteria for development
and peoples participation as per the 73rd & 74th amendment is clearly
stated in a new Town & Country Planning Act, Goa will descend into oblivion
with repeated unrest and scrapping of plans.

The Act must include the following for clarity -



a) Methodology for peoples participation and accurate data gathering

b) Balanced committee comprising  of Ecologists, Economists, Sociologists
and civil society  members, to avoid conflict of interest.

c)  Clear criteria for processing  inputs.

*Planning cannot be done on arbitrary comments invited in 49 days, through
a virtual stampede of applications for change of personal land use. Any
regional planning exercise needs dedication and years of work. The GBA
rejects this retrograde step and warns of more corruption, injustice and
court cases to follow as people ask why one is favored over the other. *

So greedy is the intent that the government makes no attempt to disguise
its action even as it repeats a 10 year old blatant scam to sell more land
into 'settlement' areas.



*GOVERNANCE THROUGH UNPLANNING - MAKING PLANNING IRRELEVANT*

*The GBA objects to the hurried passing of Acts and proposed bills with no
scientific rationale but for bypassing balanced development and the people
of Goa. Interfering with the status of the coconut tree to favor
developers, legalization of unauthorized structures to garner votes, a
modified Forest Bill to allow further degradation through development
rather than management, all add to the myopic list already existing.*

*Section 16 & 16A of the TCP Act* that allows conversion of land 'for the
purpose of public projects'. 'Public interest' was made vague with the
inclusion of 'Public-private projects' or 'PPP'.

*Outline Development Plans ( ODP's ) -* Municipalities, actually a subset
of the Regional Plan are increasingly usurping surrounding areas and being
treated as another entity with no regard for Ecologically fragile areas.

*20% increase in FAR* ( built up area ) for hotels and institutions, passed
by the BJP government in 2012. This was passed under the guise of 'budget'
and revenue, but interferes wrongly with land use, as extra area means more
traffic and larger roads conveniently forgotten in the description.

*Eco -Tourism Zones* gives license to build on Ecologically protected
areas. Guidelines were suddenly notified three months ago through an
emergency act of passing an 'Ordinance' even when the same government could
not work on methods and criteria for the RP in 4 years!

*Investment Promotion Board* *Act* sidesteps all democratic norms,
mentioning clearly that it can override the Regional Plan, and any scrutiny
by courts.



*The GBA demands for the interest for sustainable development, that all
policies and Acts fit into a master regional plan which includes peoples
participation, as is practiced by developed nations.*



Sabina Martins - Convenor
 Reboni Saha -
Secretary

[Goanet] desire for learning religious texts

[Nelson Lopes]

The first miracle of wine at Cana Request from mother Mary,  Jesus though
reluctant at first asked the disciples to fill the jars with water They
heard him and obeyed .jesus wants us to hear him .Everyone is endowed with
the gift to learn, but to varying degrees parents and individuals got out
ofthe way to acquire skills and formal education at all costs. it is not
the same enthusiasm when it comes to acquire spiritual or religious
education, The investment in religious books, magazines, literature is on a
different footing Some do not have even the Bible read it daily or have
aplace of Honour in our homes we watch all tyes of Channels for soap opera
et al, but how often do we switch on or subscribe to religious broadcasts
or are even aware of their existence. The first religious teachers ought to
be parents ,but they have transfered this responsibilty to schools ,
teachers and Sunday Cathechism Fortunately now a days there are seminars
courses, on religion and Books, People are not very eager to be educated,
interested on the Bible, when Churches conduct such facilities on heir
premises , Faithfuls depend on Sunday messages, novenas, residential  and
non  residentials retreats for their relgious growth and sustenances of
their beliefs Religion and learning of the Texts  must be considered as
priority, when opportunity presents itself The children must be initiated
in the same way formal education is treated Mere following of rituals and
tradition one does not imbibe deep faith
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] Goa news for January 17, 2016

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Say sorry for favouring Goa merger with M'ashtra: MLAs to
MGP - Business Standard
ver opinion poll was held in Goa on January 16, 1967 to decide
whether the then Union Territory should remain a separate
geographic entity or merge with Maharashtra. A majority of
people voted against the merger. Goa became a ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGcMw73opvqXKsOa4Lmbzt40kD-eQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030451525=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/say-sorry-for-favouring-goa-merger-with-m-ashtra-mlas-to-mgp-116011600708_1.html

*** Mining ban made Goa govt borrow just half of okayed limit:
Laxmikant Parsekar - Economic Times
aVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEyZQTjeA8rSrE4C3lPyUsZAYlt8g=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029114044=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mining-ban-made-goa-govt-borrow-just-half-of-okayed-limit-laxmikant-parsekar/articleshow/50582648.cms

*** IRCTC and Goa Tourism launch a special carnival charter
coach for Goa Carnival ... - India Today
t...@intoday.com. January 15, 2016 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFswaTZqzbaADkIdgQVgU1gYqVSHg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779029942885=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/irctc-and-goa-tourism-launch-a-special-carnival-charter-coach-for-goa-carnival-2016-dilip/1/571100.html

*** Pramod Muthalik's ban in Goa extended - The Hindu
ased fringe rightwing Hindu outfit "Sri Ram Sene" and any of his
associates or members within the jurisdiction of the north ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGse9EEsqqgHx17UFvOW4MUiaMNbw=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030641221=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pramod-muthaliks-ban-in-goa-extended/article8112617.ece

*** US national death: Consulate team in Goa to oversee probe -
Daily News & Analysis
ear-old Caitanya Lila ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGt8iSa_1NgYF903RkI86bXdVBBcQ=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779030919703=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-national-death-consulate-team-in-goa-to-oversee-probe-2166728

*** Govt bans foreign tours of ministers, officers till budget -
The Navhind Times
aVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGSkNediTInwQxTBAxZ9wu9eJkAhA=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031241212=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.navhindtimes.in/govt-bans-foreign-tours-of-ministers-officers-till-budget/

*** Three Goa MLAs seek opinion poll on coconut being classified
as palm - Economic Times
ed government based on their majority on the floor of the House
passed the legislation.
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNEN3a27XWnee6LD7NvacrJShyVm9A=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031379805=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/three-goa-mlas-seek-opinion-poll-on-coconut-being-classified-as-palm/articleshow/50608557.cms

*** The other side of Goa - The Statesman
e StatesmanGoa, Goa, Goa! That was my reaction when I got the
chance to visit this beautiful coastal state for the first time
a year ago. I did all I could to explore almost every popular
destination, like its famous Baga, Calangute, Vagator and Anjuna
beaches ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNGc-eV5BFe089a690nXEzyWkWHAkg=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=52779031533733=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/features/the-other-side-of-goa/117075.html

*** Goa may forever be lost to insatiable greed of mining giants
and developers - Daily News & Analysis
ily News & AnalysisIt is likely that a crested serpent eagle
flying at its highest can see the whole of Goa  a little
more than a hundred kilometres from the north to the south at
its longest, and some forty or so from the east to the west at
its widest  with just ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t=R=us=AFQjCNFB8J4goAXwbwgETXQzc6zIqvf5AA=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331=i-CaVqC_H4_J3gHJtLmYDg=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-goa-may-forever-be-lost-to-insatiable-greed-of-mining-giants-and-developers-2166255

*** AAP decision on contesting Goa polls in March - Business
Standard
=0=us">and more »
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Compiled by Goanet News Service
http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php

[Goanet] GOA’S TWO IMMORTAL HEROES

[Aires Rodrigues]

It would be very appropriate that a statue of Goa’s first Leader of the
Opposition Dr Jack Sequeira finds a place alongside the first Chief
Minister Dayanand Bandodkar at the Secretariat Complex in Porvorim.
Successive governments despite their assurances have done nothing in memory
of Dr Jack Sequeira. But for Dr Jack Sequeira’s then tireless efforts
during that historic Opinion Poll which was held on 16th January 1967,
  Goa today would have been languishing as a mere district if not taluka of
Maharashtra with less than a handful of MLA’s representing us.



Though Dayanand Bandodkar may have initially been for merging Goa with
Maharastra, he respected the people’s verdict and later
with Dr Jack Sequeira as the fiery voice of the Opposition they toiled with
a vision and passion towards the development of Goa. Unlike many of today’s
politicians who are self-centered, they had relentlessly raised and pursued
issues concerning the backward, down-trodden, and neglected communities of
Goa. Leaders of their integrity, honesty and commitment, we may now never
see in this arena of political pygmies.



Dayanand Bandodkar and Dr Jack Sequeira dared to speak from their heart and
always walk the talk. Only a few of such politicians still remain in our
midst and will also be always remembered for the good they have done for
Goa. About the rest and in particularly some of the current politicians in
power who have been steering and navigating Goa down the tube there will be
no obituary to write and no land remaining to even raise a Samadhi, leave
alone a statue.



It is imperative that students today in our schools and colleges should be
made aware of the very rich and invaluable contribution to Goa by Dayanand
Bandodkar and Dr Jack Sequeira. They cannot be consigned as our forgotten
heroes. Jack Sequeira and Dayanand Bandodkar must be rolling in their
heavenly abode at the way Goa is being uncaringly misgoverned today.



As a school student I had the privilege of interacting with both Dayanand
Bandodkar and Dr Jack Sequeira.  I recollect with nostalgia witnessing
those great debates by Dr Jack Sequeira in the Legislative Assembly and the
pointed but witty replies by Dayanand Bandodkar. Today the Goa Legislative
assembly has been reduced to a classroom kept entertained with the tales of
Birbal being narrated.



Politics today is no longer a mission, not even an honest profession. It
has been abridged to a scoundrel’s last resort. It has become a ruthless
business, with morals and ethics twisted, thrown to the winds, and long
buried deep in the slush of ignorance and thuggery. Those belonging to a
genre of politicians with qualities of head and heart cannot survive in
today’s political pitch as he has to be thick skinned and a hypocrite to
the core. Having to be always ready to breach and bend all the rules to
survive.



It is distressing to see and be witness to the continuing rampant
destruction and devastation of Goa. In 2012 the BJP promised a ‘Parivartan’
and ‘ache Din’, but Goa is sadly by the day just getting further corroded
beyond recognition. It should have been the endeveaour of those in power to
at least salvage and safeguard what remains of Goa. Unfortunately Goa is
getting defaced at an electrifying speed. Posterity will never forgive the
current rulers for their selfish and dubious role in this irreparable
damage and destruction of what was once a beautiful Goa, the Paradise of
the East.

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


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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] A Conversation

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'A Conversation'

The sun gives the mountain some love.

A fleeting exchange between the sun and the mountain Reykjaneshyrna near
Krossnes on Iceland's remote Strandir coast.



You may view the latest post at
http://blog.parrikar.com/2016/01/16/a-conversation/

Warm regards,
Rajan Parrikar
ra...@parrikar.com

[Goanet] Press Statement for kind favour of Publication - *SUDIN DEMANDS AN APOLOGY FROM PORTUGAL ...

[Bernado Colaco]

 


4) For destroying Goa's pre-Portuguese era  'GAOKARIES aka COMUNIDADES'
through the implementation of the Tenancy Act, 1964 as a matter of
vote-bank politics,  and for presently  being a part and parcel of the BJP
government which wants to legalize illegal structures on Comunidade land to
appease its migrant vote-bank.

5) For metamorphosing our coconut tree into a plant;
6) Destruction of hills in the name of development therefore limiting the 
production of our  much revered  Health Drink called Caju Feni.
BC