[Goanet] Vivid Lights festival in Sydney.

[Con Menezes]

  
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/vivid-sydney-2016-heavy-traffic-expected-as-lights-afl-and-rugby-come-to-cbd-20160527-gp5kg0.html

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[Goanet] The Birth of an Empire: The East India Company.

[Con Menezes]

  
http://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/video/489515075553/Birth-Of-Empire-The-East-India-Company-S1-Ep1-Birt

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[Goanet] Easy listening selection........Swinging Safari.......Billy Vaughn.

[Con Menezes]

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfb2rV_uXVY

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[Goanet] Food of India.

[Con Menezes]

  
http://www.sbs.com.au/food/programs/food-safari

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[Goanet] Video: Manohar Parrikar's reply during discussion on Agusta-Westland

[Albert Peres]

RM Shri Manohar Parrikar's reply during discussion on Agusta-Westland 
deal in lok sabha, 06.05.2016


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECtR8U0-wc0

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[Goanet] 'Loretta' takes cue from 200-year-old Goan 'tiatr'

[Goanet News]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Loretta-takes-cue-from-200-year-old-Goan-tiatr/articleshow/52440497.cms

 'Loretta' takes cue from 200-year-old Goan 'tiatr'

TNN | May 26, 2016, 12.19 AM IST

New Delhi: The journey of tiatr began when a Goan landed in Mumbai in
the late 1800s to find a better job. An Italian travelling theatre
company hired him and they travelled around India presenting many
shows. When the company had to head back to Italy, this Goan was
entrusted with a box of the costumes used during the performances.
Inspired, he returned to Goa and created tiatr, the highly popular
genre of the Goan theatre.

Over 200 years, the genre has taken many shapes, addressed many more
issues and consistently been a voice of the people. Sunil Shanbag, a
director-playwright from Mumbai, is geared up to stage Loretta-in
Mumbai and Delhi-that is inspired by the essence of tiatr. Loretta is
the second of the five productions being staged under the Aadyam
banner this year.

Shanbag aims to recreate the Goan genre in its geographical and social
context while giving the audiences a heady dose of comedy. " Loretta
addresses substantial cultural issues with the help of distinctive
features of the genre. It will see familial and social issues being
dealt with in a manner that's typical of tiatr."

Widower Antonio Piedade Moraes, a landlord in Goa in the 70s and a
votary of the Konkani language, is protective of his island. His son
Rafael, who returns from Mumbai with his Anglo-Indian girlfriend
Loretta after completing his education, doesn't quite share his
father's love but Loretta's strong need for roots makes her relate to
Antonio. The play reaches an amiable conclusion, and in the process,
the characters undergo transformation.

Shanbag added, "The simplicity of the genre is deceptive. The
narratives may be straight and the characters may grow in an
uncomplicated way, but the issues that are dealt with often have so
many layers. Loretta shares these similarities with a typical tiatr
performance and it is my contemporary, urbane interpretation of the
genre."

Apart from music, among the unique characteristics of the genre are
the side shows that happen at the front portion of the stage,
traditionally giving those backstage some extra time. "The side shows
were message-laden in the guise of being distractions. Seen in the
context of their time, they were the space where sometimes caustic
comments and scathing sarcasm on institutions and positions of
authority in society and politics were made," said Shanbag.

Re: [Goanet] The Odd, The Strange and The Ugly

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

On 27 May 2016 at 11:25, Roland  wrote:

> This is the way the world was in the early morning of Friday, May 27.


Correction: this is the way the media you read (or listen to) told you the
world was. On Friday, May 27.

Today, competitive pressures, the tabloidisation of news and the closing
down of newspapers specially in the West (among other factors) are pushing
the media to focus on the bizarre. If they told you about the perfectly
normal people leading perfectly normal lives across the planet, that would
be boring, right?

FN


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[Goanet] Goa news for May 28, 2016

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Dual Citizenship: Centre To Notify Authority In Goa To
Resolve Issue - NDTV
o-get-four-special-boats-for-coastal-security/">Goa to get four
special boats for coastal security
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEiP-7ENb8O3WI-02SYQ31y5_Fmog&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779120464138&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/dual-citizenship-centre-to-notify-authority-in-goa-to-resolve-issue-1412929

*** Goa minister's take on drugs sparks row - Business Standard
ews/aap-should-not-be-underestimated-says-goa-chief-minister-laxmikant-parsekar-1411166">AAP
Should Not Be Underestimated, Says Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant
Parsekar
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFcoS82pRdDl0ac2dODwk6wF91NHQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779120356181&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/goa-minister-s-take-on-drugs-sparks-row-116052700705_1.html

*** Project Goa Will Bring Virtual Reality To Any Smartphone -
Popular Science
uality virtual reality for the average consumer, by making the
smartphone-based experience better. Nod, the tech startup
developing Goa, hopes to tap into the enthusiasm around VR ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHiT-coqUspZDeVUFploS_cnMKuoQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779119253197&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://www.popsci.com/project-goa-wants-to-make-vr-for-rest-us

*** Two girls kill themselves in Goa - Times of India
ear-old girl from Old Goa allegedly ended her life because she
failed her Class IX exam. In the other ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEp4cE51iwaPAgtBk12VZ3KdNcYMg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779120280218&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Two-girls-kill-themselves-in-Goa/articleshow/52463086.cms

*** Extra Time India  This Champions League final screening in
Goa is something you wouldn't want to miss! - Goal.com
al.comThe San Siro might be hosts of the Madrid Derby in the
finals, featuring ten time European champions Real Madrid taking
on the giant killers in Atletico Madrid, but fans in hundreds
will be cheering for their idols in Goa. Real have a tremendous
fan ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEIBesoO0zYYkG_-DzehfoBncuybg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2016/05/26/23933302/extra-time-india-this-champions-league-final-screening-in-goa-is-

*** Four arrested for IPL betting in Goa - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa police on Wednesday late night arrested
four persons from a starred hotel in Porvorim while allegedly
accepting bets in Indian Premier League (IPL) match between
Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrise Hyderabad. On receiving
information that ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNE7YiVsXSg2bHatLcM7bkSslPwK8g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779119676855&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Four-arrested-for-IPL-betting-in-Goa/articleshow/52454750.cms

*** South Goa zilla panchayat unhappy with BJP govt - Times of
India
lection promise of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHg9jpHg3YoHI_ZGNGWuMM5z49fvQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/South-Goa-zilla-panchayat-unhappy-with-BJP-govt/articleshow/52473193.cms

*** Ponda girl top scorer from Goa at BITSAT - Times of India
mes of IndiaPanaji: Goa saw its best score so far at BITSAT by a
female student, when the last day to answer the test ended on
Thursday. Manasi Paste of Panaji's Mushtifund Aryaan Higher
Secondary School scored 387 out of 450, also emerging as the top
scorer known ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGHctYJacZ7nZYW3n0f2Di4qYeL1A&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779119972971&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Ponda-girl-top-scorer-from-Goa-at-BITSAT/articleshow/52457431.cms

*** Turtles set for a safe haven in Goa - Times of India
mes of IndiaPanaji : Goa's first turtle conservation reserve at
Galgibaga beach appears to be closer to realisation with Goa
coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) granting approval in
principle to a provisional management plan for conservation and
protection ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNF1qp5pbZQpx391nBojN7wKeJQfsg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=f9hIV4jQHJKd3QHYm6rQDg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Turtles-set-for-a-safe-haven-in-Goa/articleshow/52440735.cms

*** Impossible to oust BJP in Goa: Timblo - The Hindu
e HinduNewly formed party, Goa Forward is of the view that it
would be difficult to ke

[Goanet] Nehru's death anniversary

[Eugene Correia]

Nehru, the Liberator
Remembering Nehru as the Liberator of Goa from Portuguese rule. I remember
that fateful day. I was in Goa for the summer holidays when news came
flashing on the radio. On my way from Bogmalo to Vasco, I think I saw the
Indian tricolour flying half-mast. As all politicians have their faults,
like us all, Nehru had his too. However, it is ridiculous to blame him for
Goa's freedom, as he was under pressure not only from defence minister
Krishna Menon but the many Goan organizations working for the Liberation of
Goa to take military action. Portuguese had ignored repeated requests to
leave Goa peacefully.
In the pro-Portuguese website, Niz Goenkar, A. Veronica Fernandes, under
heading Nehru Were Cheated by Nehru, that the PM didn't fulfill his
promise. The quote attributed to Nehru is not dated but said, "Somewhere in
mid fifties, speaking in the Parliament, Premier Nehru said..."
In his newest article on NG, Veronica has blamed Portugal for Goa's woes.
Blame the past and present political masters, but largely the blame rest on
Goans for what Goa has become.
As for history, I don't give a dime to Veronica's knowledge. I have seen
him as a player for the Sesa Goa football team. I believe he was activist
for Konkani in Kuwait, now settled down in Goa.
Whether Goans should have been given referendum or not is a political
matter. Yes, legally the Supreme Court said it was "annexation".
Unfortunately, Nehru died just two years after the Liberation. If Goa had a
referendum and if Goa had been a new country, would it make much of a
different? Goans would rule Goa, just as it is been done today. Would the
result be different, politically?
Goa was a part of India. India, as many ignorant Goans believe, did come
after the British left. It wasn't united but divided into many kingdoms.
The unification of India, was like many other nations, even the US and
Canada.
As one Jack said on NG that "The root cause of Goa gone to dogs its is
Goans selling for hafty price their land, houses and even childrens for
Indian dogs."
For Mathew Fernandes said that "Jack will be none other than Urine Korea."
(That's the nickname NG has given me).  This Mathew has said many things
against me in an earlier post on the Konkani Tiatr and Tiarist FB page. He
is one of the many supporters of Goa Su-Raj Party, who has a big presence
on Niz Goenkar, a site that allows use of foul language.
Moving forward is the only option to Goans now and not harking back to old
days. History cannot be undone, but Goa make itself proud again within the
Indian framework.
Special Status is another issue, and those who want to know why Goa doesn't
qualify must do some reading on Indian constitutional history and politics.
Even Floriano is rubbing the Special Status issue. Even Goans in Goa are
not united in fighting for this cause, as there are two groups. One of them
is sort of aligned to GSRP and the other is loyal to Alina Saldanha.
Floriano pet peeve is "ajeeb Goans". May I ask him in what context Nehru
said that Goans were "ajeeb." DId Nehru mean we Goans are "strange" or we
Goans are "different"?
To the best of my knowledge he was basing his words on the knowledge that
Goans had a 'syncretic" culture, both Portuguese and Indian. Just like
Pondicherry (now Puducherry), where there are still traces of French.
Here is Jack's post on the same FB page:

Jack
Thursday - May 26, 2016

Lazar(DLP) Nehru is death and gone this type of blaming exercise of Nehru
won't help..Nehru never told Goans to sell their properties/Houses to
Indian dogs..beleive me in Moira 50% houses/land is owned by
non-Goans..Moira is village of Floriano(Goa Su-Raj)who is trying to conquer
Goa even without wining a panchayat seat in his village...he cannot prevent
non-Goans marginalising Goans in his villageso educate Goans not to
sell their properties to non-Goans just b'cas of money.We all known Nehru
is son of bitch but it wont help writting against him until and until Goans
stop selling what is left of their to non-Goans.
--

It's better not to twist things to serve one's political goals. If Goans
feel they should vote GSRP to 'save" Goa, so be it. That's the way
democracy works. There could be no Delhi-based "high commad" for GSRP, but
the commander-in-chief sits in Moira.

Eugene Correia

[Goanet] Families fighting back over alcoholism, says new book

[Goanet News]

Alcoholism not only affects persons suffering from it, but throws entire
families off guard -- socially, emotionally and financially. But the good
news is that families are fighting back and 'living again', says a new book
on the subject.

Freelance journalist Maria Viency Cardozo of Raia, Salcete, says there is a
need for new understandings into both the life of an alcoholic and "his
(or, occasionally, her) family".

Her book 'Diamonds Under My Feet', to be released on  Saturday May 28, 2016 at
4.45 pm, at the Ravindra Bhavan Margao, focuses on stories of families that
have been battling alcoholism both in Goa and elsewhere.

She talks to wives, widows, children and even a husband of people suffering
from alcoholism, and how they managed to cope with the little spoken about
disease. Her 144-page book takes the story to Raia, Morjim, Fatorda,
Miramar, Gogol, Campal, Porvorim, Nuvem, Mangalore, Lucknow, Loutolim,
Shiroda, Rawanfond, Bangalore and elsewhere.

Some in the book believe they benefitted from groups like Al Anon and
Alateen, which work to helps the families and teenage children of
alcoholics respectively.

Among the methods referred to are the Twelve Step programme for recovery
from addiction, compulsion or behavioural problems. The process revolves
around admitting that one cannot control one's alcoholism or addiction,
recognising a Higher Power that can give strength, examining past errors,
making amends, learning to live a new life with a new code, and helping
others cope.

The book priced at Rs 200 is published by Goa,1556 in association with
Golden Heart Emporium (Margao) and Saturday's release function is open to
the public.

Contacts for the author Maria Viency Cardozo at viency8...@yahoo.com
9822125826 or 9326137344.

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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Lísa

[Rajan Parrikar]

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

A spontaneous portrait session.

This morning on the ferry to the island of Hrísey in Eyjafjörður, north
Iceland.


You may view the latest post at
http://blog.parrikar.com/2016/05/27/lisa/

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

[Goanet] Mutation / form I & XIV - This time it was done within a month

[JoeGoaUk]

 
Mutation / form I & XIV

This time it was done within a month (Actual 40 days though)

Part V
This was a straight forward case. Father-mother give a small piece of land to 
their son by means of Gift deed. Only two parties son and the parents and I 
thought there was no need to send notices to parents as this was come to son 
from parents as gift deed. They said notices are required to be sent as per 
rule.
click on pic for more
New mutation File case prepared and went to handover Panaji Mutation office on 
Friday.
I was told, today is not the day for my village to accept files, come back on 
Tuesday or Thursday

more here

http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.in/2014/08/mutation-form-i-xiv.html

[Goanet] Redevelopment Alert! How Builders make Bakras of Flat-owners

[Robin Viegas]

From: b sabha 


From: G R Vora mailto:grvo...@gmail.com>>




25.5.2016

Dear all,
As per your request I am forwarding the article by housing activist - Mr 
Krishnaraj Rao, on how builders cheat flat owners while redeveloping their 
buildings.

Please read the trailing mail.

Regards.

G R Vora
Cell:  09869195785





From: Krishnaraj Rao mailto:sahasipadya...@gmail.com>>



Mumbai, 25th May, 2016: While we are sitting in the comfort of our homes, an 
unfolding tragedy is transforming proud flat-owners into paupers and destitutes 
who will die in tiny rented homes, senior citizens homes or in the houses of 
their children, and the memories of the flats that they once owned will be 
cremated with them. In the name of redevelopment, millions of flat owners are 
being led like sheep to the slaughter – not only humble salaried workers, 
unthinking housewives, aged pensioners, over-dependent widows, but also 
doctors, lawyers, CAs, MBAs, MNC executives, bureaucrats, businessmen, 
tech-savvy housewives and career-women. Cooperative housing societies are full 
of financial illiteracy, ignorance of ground realities, overconfidence and 
gullibility. The redevelopment mantra of cooperative housing societies is: "jo 
sabka hoga, woh hamara hoga, bharosa rakho" i.e. "What happens to others will 
happen to us, so have faith."


A few thousand builders with names like "Shah Group of Builders", Kamala Group, 
etc, exploit these millions of bakras to build up their fortunes. In the 
building industry, "group" does not mean a company and its subsidiaries, it 
just just means a motley bunch of builders temporarily collaborating to hunt 
down a society of flat-owners like a pack of hungry wolves surrounding a flock 
sheep.


>From the point-of-view of a builder, redevelopment is like hunting or trapping 
>sheep. Every builder actually thinks in terms of taking over or "acquiring" a 
>society and its assets. (Indeed, there are estate agents who specialize in 
>"society-acquisition" i.e. bundling up the society-members in agreements, and 
>transferring it to the highest-bidding builder.)


Please remember, redevelopment is basically a cooperative housing society 
(owner and possesser of the land and building) giving a civil contract to 
demolish their old building and reconstruct a new one while utilizing extra FSI 
and TDR. Since housing societies can't afford to pay the contractor, they give 
him permission to construct extra flats and sell them to make a profit.


Yes, these contractors need to draw up architectural plans and get dozens of 
permissions and clearances from the civic authorities, and also mobilize 
multi-crores of project finance. Because of the lengthy, weighty and complex 
nature of this relationship, societies enter into lengthy contracts called 
Letter Of Intent (LOI), Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU), Development 
Agreement, Alternative Accommodation Agreement (also known as Individual 
Agreement or Tripartite Agreement), "Irrevocable Consent", Power Of Attorney 
(POA) etc.


BEWARE, MISCHIEF IS IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS


These contract documents are typically drafted by lawyers paid by the 
contractor/builder. By the wordings of the various documents, the nature of the 
actual contract (i.e. the contract of a property-owner with a civil contractor) 
is distorted. What emerges from the clever wordings is a different sort of 
contract, wherein the civil contractor appears like an equal party with the 
society, and not a mere contractor. The wordings make the builder seem like a 
purchaser or owner of the premises, to whom the society hands over all control. 
Words and clauses are included to endow the "builder" with all sorts of rights 
and entitlements over the property, stripping the housing society and the 
flat-owners of all their legal rights, including the right to revoke the 
contract if the builder fails to perform his contractual obligations. 
Unfortunately, almost all the society members sign on these papers without 
reading and understanding the implications; and the few who protest are also 
eventually forced to sign by the sheepish majority.


After this paperwork is stamped and registered, the flat-owners come to believe 
that the builder is now the whole-and-sole owner and possessor of their 
property. So, society members and office-bearers start thinking of their 
redevelopment contractor as a "dhani", "mai-baap", benefactor and an absolute 
owner and possessor of the plot and building. People lose all sense of control 
over the society and its property, which is actually their collective property.


Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer start behaving like the builder is an 
all-knowing, all-powerful god who can do no wrong. Anybody who criticizes or 
questions the builder's competence or intention is treated as a public enemy; 
the entire society gangs up and socially boycotts them.


Flat-owners are hypnotized into believing that they have got an "exchange 
offer" from the po

[Goanet] Assam Salesians pray for alumnus chief minister

[Robin Viegas]

From: b sabha 


http://www.ucanindia.in/news/assam-salesians-pray-for-alumnus-chief-minister/32243/daily
Assam Salesians pray for alumnus chief minister | UCAN 
India
www.ucanindia.in
Salesian Provincial Father V M Thomas said it was historic moment for the state 
and the Salesian family.



Salesian Provincial Father V M Thomas said it was historic moment for the state 
and the Salesian family.
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Guwahati:

The Salesians in Assam prayed for their former student and Assam's new Chief 
Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, on the eve of his oath taking as the 14th Chief 
Minister of Assam heading the BJP-AGP-BPF coalition government.

After the prayers, Guwahati Salesian Provincial Fr. V M Thomas said, "This is a 
historic moment for the state and the Salesian family when one of our own 
illustrious alumni is taking the reins of the state".

"Don Bosco is the reason we are here," he told the members of the Salesian 
Family which has more than 30 constituent bodies all over the world.

Fr. Thomas also added that three Sonowal brothers had studied at Don Bosco 
School, Dibrugarh and that the school had waived the fees for one of the 
brothers and educated him free.

Fr. Thomas recalled Sonowal addressing some 60 leaders of the province during 
their provincial chapter on February 20 last where he spoke about the moral 
values he had learnt at school.

"I have become what I am because of the education I received at Don Bosco," the 
provincial quoted him as saying in the meeting.

Fr. Thomas said he has confidence that Sonowal will build "a civilisation of 
love, peace and justice ushering in a new era of hope and development for the 
aspiring youth."

Salesian Sister Grace, superior of St Mary's Guwahati, recalled that Sonowal as 
the MP of Dibrugarh frequently helped their Little Flower School in Dibrugarh, 
the release said.

The prayer meet at the Salesian Provincial House was attended by some 80 
Salesian priests and brothers, sisters, alumni office bearers and Salesian 
cooperators.

Source: Business 
Standard

[Goanet] Political parties only view for power

[Nelson Lopes]

Political parties only vie for power

When parties are out of power they feel the pinch of unemployment, loss of
power, position and authority, Congress party has ruled India for close to
six decades, When out of power they blame the now  ruling party, of which
they  themselves were specific targets. Congress now feels self assured
that they are projecting as the responsible opposition. For the first time
in the History of independent India, BJP/NDA introduce the virus of
blocking Parliament for longest spell so far., Bjp/NDA now finds it
opportune to blame Congress of regressive methods. For too long Congress
considered as their right to perpetually rule India and it did so with
vengeance with decimated opposition. The  resentment of naming very project
etc under Nehru -Gandhi family is because of appropriation of all
development. Not that all their policies have not contributed towards
growth and development as propagated by the ruling party, but that is the
way the politics survives, The BJp/NDA are resting on the pedestal created
by the previous party. The trends in Indian politics have demonstrated that
the idea of permanent place in politics is farfetched.  In Delhi AAP, a new
party has obliterated both the Congress and BJP, in fact mauled, decimated
them very badly. In Kolkata, Tamilnadu, and Kerela the major parties
fortune are on decline. The BJP/NDA is under illusion that aspires for pan
India  foot prints like before and it is not going to happen anymore with
the rise of local, regional parties, which  is the flavor of times .The
BJP/NDA has won the majority in Lok sabha elections on a diet of speeches,
promises, slogans, which are wearing out. The ruling party is   going lock,
stock and barrel to demolish Congress party, specially the leadership of
Sonia and Raul, smarting under the assumption that they will have a free
run in the absence of leaderless Congress .The demise of National parties,
as a monolith is already evident in some states. BJP forgets that itself is
sheltering under one leader of Narendra Modi. There is no other leader in
BJP who can assume the mantle of this charismatic individual or appear of
even coming close to him. The regional parties are a force to be reckoned
with and only broad Based alliances can be a hope of retaining power base
in future, The NDA with uncharacteristic coalition in Kashmir is an example
of strange bedfellows coming to gether to share power in an unholy alliance
of convenience. Like the Congress the BJP is also experimenting with
defections to capture power by the back door. The results in Bihar by
mahaghatbandan has shown the BJP about its arrogance and drunk on majority
in Lokh Sabha, as a permanent flag or badge to display

The electorate day in and day out is fed up with BJP and Congress resorting
to blame game at every point, as if that is the cause of political
paralysis, The ruling parties are using the state machinery to silence and
coerce the opposition parties into meek submission The energies and
strategies are used to show the opposition in bad light ,as if to explain
their inability towards growth and development

The religious, food, National and patriotic intolerance is a regressive
approach, as constructive energies are frittered away on non issues. The
idea of secularism is subjected to subjective interpretation

Look at  the massive price rise across the board on all commodities that is
burdening the Nation, but there is no debate about the control or about
mechanisms to check the spiral. It is not a priority for any party.
Everything seems to be normal about the crushing effect on average citizen
.Parties are securing win by offering goodies that are a burden on every
citizen ,pandering to  a few, to control power. These popular gimmicks are
eating into the vitals of economy. The trouble with India since
independence has been overdependence on National monolithic parties, which
must change and it has happened in recent electoral outcomes

Both BJP and Congress must realize their utopian dreams of all India
presence is a myth  not sustainable for  too long The change of parties at
very elections alone will ensure accountability, The progress, reforms,
growth, development are not parameters to continue with another term
Winston Churchill lost after winning the war and Indira Gandhi bounced back
to power after a short exile on excesses of emergency
Nelson Lopes  Chinchinim

[Goanet] How Good A Speller Are You?

[Linken Fernandes]

The US National Spelling Bee 2016 has been won jointly by two  boys of
Indian origin, Nihar Janga and Jairam Hathwar. Seven of the ten who entered
the last round were desis, aged 11 to 13. I wonder if any child of Goan
parentage has ever participated. (Incidentally, you can catch repeats of
the telecast on ESPN.) This year's bee seemed particularly tough. I would
not have lasted long. How would you have fared? Check yourself against the
words the contestants faced, culled from
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/may/27/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy-the-usas-national-spelling-bee
:

myoclonus, the irregular involuntary contraction of a muscle usually
resulting from functional disorder of controlling motor neurons.
pneumatomachy, which is a denial of the Holy Spirit.
hirundine, an adjective meaning of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
comitatus, a body of wellborn men attached to a king or chieftain by the
duty of military service.
moshav, a Hebrew word for a cooperative community of farmers.
vasopressin, a pituitary hormone that acts to promote the retention of
water by the kidneys and increase blood pressure.
esquisse, a first usually rough sketch.
chaussure, a word for footgear.
epistaxis, a word for bleeding from the nose.
galego, a Wolof word meaning bush baby.
illicium, a Latin word meaning first spine of the dorsal fin.
chubasco, which is a severe squall of rain.
guyot, a flat-topped submarine mountain.
panachure, a French-derived word meaning mottling.
palagonite, a basaltic glass that is more or less altered and devitrified
and that occurs with volcanic ash in the form of a basaltic tuff.
Wehrmacht, a word for the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to
1946.
ptyxis, a word for the way in which an individual leaf is folded in the
bud.
levirate, a custom of the ancient Hebrews and other peoples by which a man
may be obliged to marry his brother’s widow.
soogee, a Japanese-derived word meaning a clean rope yarns used to wash
with.
betony.
Venetic, an ancient language of NE Italy.
amanitin, a highly toxic cyclic peptide produced by the death cap that
selectively inhibits mammalian RNA polymerase
chalazion, a cyst in the eyelid.
hypozeuxis, a rhetorical term for an expression or sentence where every
clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
rhinolophid.
ptyalism, an excessive production of saliva.
calamistrum, in spiders, a row of specialized leg bristles used to comb out
fine bands of silk.
theriaca, an antidote to poison.
iiwi, a Hawaiian honeycreeper with a long, down-curved bill and mainly
bright red plumage.
prochoos, a tall slender ancient Greek jug used especially to hold water
for washing hands.
shubunkin, a goldfish of an ornamental variety, having black spots, red
patches, and long fins and tail.
epergne, an ornamental centerpiece for a dining table, typically used for
holding fruit or flowers.
gisant – a recumbent effigy on a tomb depicting a prominent deceased person
in the process of dying or as a corpse.
kakiemon, a type of Japanese porcelain.
poitrel, a medieval often richly decorated piece of armor used to protect
the breast of a horse.
caracal, a type of cat found in Africa and Asia.
bailliage.
ekka, a light two-wheeled, one-horse, one-passenger carriage used in India.
aplustre, the curved ornamented stern of an ancient Greek or Roman ship.
Collyridian, one of a heretical sect in the 4th and 5th centuries chiefly
in Arabia that employed women as priestesses to offer sacrifices in the
form of rolls of bread to the Virgin Mary.
Quillon, the crossguard on a sword.
nasaump, an Algonquin word meaning kernels of hulled corn.
chaoborine.
launeddas, a Sardinian triple clarinet.
berceuse.
usucapion, a mode of acquiring title to property by uninterrupted
possession of it for a definite period (as one year for movables or two for
immovables) under a title acquired in good faith.
geländesprung, which is a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one
plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the
ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
schepen, a type of municipal officer in Holland.
achalasia, the failure of a ring of muscle to relax.
cypraeiform, ripieno, lerot, melilot, giallolino,
harmattan, a dry dust-laden wind in Africa. appetitost,
fothergilla, keurboom, ergataner, biniou, gyttja, taoiseach,
chremslach, uintjie, whau, a New Zealand tree of the family Tiliaceae,
gerrhosaurid, drahthaar,rafraîchissoir, a table of the 18th century having
a cooler for bottles and shelves for plates,ayacahuite, doab, lygaeid,
krausen, promyshlennik, écorché, villancico, doab, lygaeid, myiasis,
Stymphalian,  parinari, ynambu, pavonazzetto, kjeldahl, guignolet,
phulkari, haab, Hohenzollern, juamave, Groenendael, Mischsprache,
tetradrachm, zindiq, euchologion, Feldenkrais, the name of a somatic
educational system, gesellschaft, a world for social relations based on
impersonal ties, as duty to a society or organization.

[Goanet] Press Release of GOA PCC

[Ulhas Parab]

Kindly publish the attached Press Report on 52nd Death Anniversary
Celebration of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru held on 27th May 2016 at Congress
Huse, Panaji.

With Regards
Dr. Ulhas Parab
Gen. Secretary, GOA PCC

[Goanet] The sad death of Sudesh Shetty | Toronto Star

[Roland]

This is the channel that most young people use these days when wanting to 
immigrate to Canada:

Enrol and complete a 2 year program in a Canadian community college, take up a 
job and hope that your permanent residency application will go through. Didn't 
work for poor Sudesh Shetty.

Didn't realize that immigrants in Canada send $24 billion dollars of their hard 
earned after-tax money back to their families and countries. Quite a chump of 
change, that.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/05/26/the-sad-death-of-sudesh-shetty.html

Roland Francis
Toronto.

[Goanet] The Odd, The Strange and The Ugly

[Roland]

A man in Saudi Arabia shot dead a Jordanian Doctor who had helped to deliver 
his child. Several days after the birth, he called the doctor to thank him, but 
shot him dead instead. He was hopping mad that a female doctor or nurse could 
not be found to do the job.

A man sitting on a squat toilet in his home in Thailand was bit on his private 
part by a 10 ft cobra emerging from the plumbing. Bleeding and in pain, he 
forced the cobra's jaws open, struggled with the snake assisted by his wife and 
managed to escape. He promises to convert to a sitting toilet immediately.

A Govt survey in Andhra Pradesh has revealed that 74% of households believe 
there is no corruption. Couple that with a statement by the state's Chandrababu 
Naidu that increase in sins was responsible for the rise in temple earnings.

Defending the rise on the number of attacks on gays in Ghana, a Muslim cleric 
says gay sex disgusts Allah and causes earthquakes.

Reacting to the claim of a senator from Maine that she was part native Indian, 
Trump called her "Pocahontas" at a public meeting. "That is derogatory" yelled 
a member of the audience, also native.

This is the way the world was in the early morning of Friday, May 27.

Roland Francis
Toronto.

[Goanet] Trump Rattles World Leaders

[Roland]

Lame duck President Obama is making silly pronouncements about contender Donald 
Trump.

"International leaders have good reason to be rattled by Trump" 

Comments: Right on he is, but it's not the way he meant it. Let them be 
rattled. Trump has indicated the American cow will no longer be offering its 
teats to every passing mouth.

"Trump has shown a cavalier and ignorant attitude towards world affairs".

Comments: And where did Obama's learned attitude get America? Deeper into the 
trillion dollar sinkhole with the "reward" of helpless Americans getting their 
necks severed by desert ragamuffins. Trump didn't get to be a billionaire 
riding on ignorance.

"Foreign leaders were surprised at his nomination".

Comments: The American people may be dumb about geography but wise when it 
comes to self-preservation. No more jobs signed away by globalization and wars 
bankrolled by suckered American workers.


BBC news excerpt:
US President Barack Obama has said that international leaders "have good reason 
to be rattled" by pronouncements made by the Republican White House contender, 
Donald Trump.
Speaking on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan, Mr Obama said Mr Trump had 
shown a cavalier and ignorant attitude towards world affairs.
Mr Obama said foreign leaders were surprised by his nomination.

Roland Francis
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] Another Quest: "Where do we Goa from here"

[Patrice Riemens]

Hi Pierre, et all,

Thanks for the info. I think I've seen that book, and anyway it's 
apparently downloadable as pdf for free from some Google site (I guess 
need to become a Google-serf for that of course):


https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1v7C3ciU3bwqCUqTClnh5E69Pdmn8B0LHmpwKegnV#rows:id=1

Looking for it I found this, for the truly interested:
http://www.global-gallivanting.com/5-books-read-learn-goas-hippie-past/

I am now slowly building up a view on the history of tourism in Goa, 
befoere december 1961, during the 'hippie' period, and up to now. 
Renewed interest for the latter (the 'advanced zombie stage' ;-) was 
triggered by my Ruigoord friend and writer Hans Plomp telling me members 
of the Ruigoord community (an artist village at the outskirts of 
Amsterdam, known for its festivals and the 'Amsterdam Balloon Society' 
whose 'Magic/Air Bus' hit the beaches of Goa in the early 1980s)


So thanks for all contributions up to now ... and looking fwd for more! 
(esp. on tourism in Portuguese times)


Cheers, patrizio & the Dinosaurs!


Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 09:47:43 +0100
From: Pierre Moreira 
To: goa-research-...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Subject: Re: [Goanet] [Goa Research Net] RE: Another Quest: "Where do
we Goa  from here"





Hello there.

I've recently red a very interesting book related to the first Goa
hippies : "Eight finger Eddie : the hippie history of Goa and
Kathmandu" by "Earthman",  (Copyright ? 2015 Earthman All rights
reserved. ISBN: 1517634423 ISBN 13: 9781517634421). A former 1970s
hippie himself, "Earthman" wrote a kind of biography of "Eight Finger
Eddie", an American hippie who landed in Goa on 1964 and became a kind
of guru for dozens of followers... On 2008, Earthman interviewed
"Eight Finger Eddie" who was still living modestly in Anjuna beach (at
Joe Banana's) where he finally died during the winter 2008-09, aged
83... It's really a fascinating book which describes how these strange
Westerners mingled (or sometimes not) with locals, renting beach
houses or sometimes only a simple "balc?o" for less than 5 US$ a month
when the common monthly income was 3 US$... No electricity in Anjuna
till late 1970s, no proper road to Mapsa and its cops, no "beach
culture" amongst locals, allowed these hipp
 ies to live almost naked, smoking all kind of grasses... Why
Kathmandu ? Just because of the Indian tourist visa rules which
imposed to these first "tourists" traveling to Nepal in order to
purchase a fresh six-months visa at the local Indian consulate... (And
to smoke more local grass there too...)
This book has also a big set of pictures from those "golden days"
I purchased my sample as an ebook in amazon (free advertisement) but
you might find it somewhere else...
Pierre.

On 24 May 2016, at 10:59, Patrice Riemens patr...@xs4all.nl 
[goa-research-net]  wrote:


Hi All,

Reading Luc Sala's collection of essays on festivals, autonomous 
zones,
hippies, etc.(*) triggered one of my old liens of inquiry - yes, 
'hippie

tourism' in Goa (now in -very- advanced zombie stage I guess). I have
noticed, in nearly all reports/remembrances/essays, etc. on the
phenomenon, usually in connection with 'Goa Trance' music - that the
understanding, or even interest, for Goa's society & history is very
poor, to keep it diplomatically. This of course reflects the
(deliberate) 'bubble' character of the whole phenomenon.

As I am interested in correcting the perspective somewhat, I'd like to
ask the first 'history' question: Was there any tourism, and any 
effort
at tourism promotion in pre-liberation and/or invasion (everybody 
happy?

;-) times? I have vaguely heard of a Portuguese hotel called 'A
Caravelha' (where?), but for the rest I couldn't find anything bw of
searching (wrong s-terms maybe) ...

So, has anyone on Goa/Research/Net funky stories? (please mail me 
-also-

privately)

Thanks and Cheers, p+5D!

(*) Full text on:
http://www.lucsala.nl/festivalization.pdf

the s/l quote is from the book

***

Re: [Goanet] Trump's Foreign Policy Platform

[Mervyn Lobo]

Roland,
Donald Trump’s campaign website listed 7 reasons why America should make
Canada the 51st State. The points break down into economical and security
reasons.

Below is summary of the outline:


1. Oil. Canada is rich with oil. They are our largest importer of crude
oil. Therefore, for economical and security reasons, Canada needs to be the
51st State.


2. Canada’s Border with the Antarctic is very long. For security reasons
pertaining to Russia, we need that border. Also, there is oil there.


3. Population. Adding Canada would be equivalent to adding another
California except much colder. To compete against the Chinese, we need a
bigger population to consume. Millennials aren’t having as many babies, so
making Canada America’s baby solves that problem. Our land mass will double
overnight.


4. Maple syrup. Another natural resource that’s worth its weight in gold on
the open market.


5. Beaver pellets. Global warming isn’t real, and people will need to keep
warm. Why pay beaver pellets when we could buy them for cheaper? That’s
common sense.


6. Hockey. We already have a majority of the NHL teams; we should have the
rest.


7. Vancouver and Toronto steal too much of our film and television
production. Netflix in Canada is also streaming the new Star Wars movie a
year before God’s Land. Enough is enough and it’s time for a change.


As we move further into the century, it is America’s right and a necessity
to expand. Mexico is lazy and full of rapists. That leaves Canada as our
only option, and I’m the only politician not afraid to say it.
-

Mervyn

Re: [Goanet] Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal - COMMENTS

[Eugene Correia]

Dear Floriano,

I will wait and watch. Maybe, the sun will rise on the party, maybe not in
my lifetime. If it does take "Goa's helm" in the next elections, it would
be a surprise. But surprises are part of politics. The AAP is also
promoting Good Governance. Modi promised Good Governance too. In the run-up
to the elections, each party makes lot of promises, and the the party that
wins fulfills some of them.
I got involved in a fracas on a forum where the adversaries provided a clue
that they are supporters of GRSP. What that sort of supporters, I hope GRSP
does not stand for Goonda-Raj. If abuse and name-calling is the trait of
these people who feel that GSRP  is the 'right" party for Goa, I think
these people are delusional. One poster on this site said that he spoke to
many Goans who admitted never having heard of GRSP, and the party has
existed for a long time. The association of this party to a nasty website
further erodes the image of the party. See the language on the website, and
it should shame GSRP to have its banner on the website.
Whatever you and your party does is your and your party business. I am an
observer from outside. With new players like AAP and Forward Bloc, Goa's
politics will be murkier.

Eugene




On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Floriano Lobo 
wrote:

> Eugene,
> Goa's elections have always been messy. Goa's catholic Church voted for
> Congress all these 34 years. Of late because it did not want the BJP. But
> in 2012 the tables were turned over Congress and BJP was voted in because
> the Catholic Church did not want Congress any more. Now it can go back  to
> Congress or AAP because it does not want BJP any more.  But Goa has never
> considered its own alternative, all the time yo yo ing with the National
> Parties who care a damn for Goa and Goans. GSRP will be around as long as
> it can hold its own steam. This elections, it will not be bothered who Goa
> votes in. It has its own priorities to take care of. It is going full swing
> with minimum 30 candidates and shall be ready to form Goa's government with
> least hassles because it is a planned programe how it shall move after
> elections shud it get the majority mandate. But most will think that GSRP
> is dreaming. Yes. That is right. It has been dreaming for 2017 to come
> having been getting itself ready in all respects to prove itself. It has
> done that by proving that it stand by its founding resolved and not wavered
> the least bit. Taking over Goa's helm will only be a matter of time. Just
> you wait and watch. Thanks for your inputs.
> Rgds
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Eugene Correia 
> wrote:
>
> > Floriano, thanks for the clarification. Maybe, the AAP wants to ride on
> its
> > success. Hence, it was any other coalition partner to play second fiddle,
> > not as equal partner. If it contests all the seats, we must wait and see.
> > Right now, there's lot of hype and hoopla. The situation in Goa is fluid,
> > and it will remain so till the election day. Need to know who is among
> the
> > 40 on AAP list.
> > With Goa Forward, the Goa elections is really going to be messy. Goa is
> > going the all-India way.
> >
> > Eugene
> >
> > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Floriano Lobo 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Eugene, let  me say that your opinion is not correct. GSRP had two
> > sittings
> > > with AAP. And we discussed only two points which are the constitutional
> > >  points with GSRP. "We say that we shall make only 5 member cabinet
> [art.
> > > 34 of the constitution]. Tell us where you want to meet with us on
> that"
> > > ... we asked Pankaj Gupta of AAP. We also told Pankaj Gupta that we are
> > not
> > > averse to the adjustment on this one but it cannot be full 12. That
> some
> > > self-sacrifice must be seen if GSRP is involved. The second point was
> > > GSRP's  article 38 of the constitution, which says that GSRP will not
> > give
> > > Govt corporations to MLAs but hire qualified persons on hire and fire
> > basis
> > > to run these to  make them profit centers.  "Tell us where you want to
> > meet
> > > us on this one, we told him, "and then we shall discuss the seat
> sharing
> > > arrangements et al." Pankaj Gupta told us that he has to talk this
> matter
> > > with his High Command i.e. Kejriwal. He is  coming  to Goa, he said,
> and
> > > we shall arrange a meeting, then. Nothing happened. Looks like it is
> AAP
> > > that is the one who wants to go it alone in Goa. Don't you think so?
> > > GSRP is always open to aliances. But it will not dilute its firm points
> > > which are the mainstays of this Party. GSRP is not POWER-HUNGRY. It it
> > was,
> > > then it would be in the Assembly a long time ago and it would  be
> > > blacklisted too for not adhering to the founding principles.
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Eugene Correia <
> > eugene.corr...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't think opinion writers should focus on Goan parties. If Goa
> > Suraj
> > > > wants to win vote

[Goanet] Vanxim revolts in completion

[Sebastian]

After incessant struggle for the past six years people of Vanxim has 
comprehensively gone against the combined might of the Office of the Archbishop 
of Goa that carried on sale in mafia style, Mahendra Gaunekar, a Bamon who not 
only purchased Vanxim but also sold it to Ozone corporate from Bangalore, and 
Ozone Corporate itself that has deployed various corporate tools to manage and 
control public opinion. Braving all this odds Vanxim has revolted in splendid 
manner. 78 villagers from Vanxim signed the petition to the Chief Minister of 
Goa on 23rd May 2016, birthday of murdered Fr.Bismark Dias and gave entry today 
27th May 2016 in the Secretariate followed by the Press Conference addressed by 
Maggie Silveira, Cosme Afonso and Aaron D'mello, all from Vanxim. We present 
scanned copy of this historic seven page document.


http://bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2016/05/vanxim-revolts-in-completion_27.html




  

[Goanet] India may lose more than Rs 3 lakh crore of GDP if global food prices double: UN report

[Roger D'Souza]

India may lose more than Rs 3 lakh crore of GDP if global food prices
double: UN report The report said the world is likely to suffer from more
volatile food pricing because of climate change, rising populations and
incomes. [image: India may lose more than Rs 3 lakh crore of GDP if global
food prices double: UN report]

A United Nations report has estimated that India could lose $49 billion
(more than Rs 3 lakh crore) of its GDP if global food prices double, PTI
reported. India will see the second highest loss after China, which is
estimated to lose $161 billion of its GDP because of volatile food prices.
The report said the world is likely to suffer from more volatile food
commodity prices because of several reasons, including climate change and
rising populations.

The UN Environment Programme-Global Footprint Network report, titled ‘How
food prices link environmental constraints to sovereign credit risk’, said,
“In the future, the world will likely suffer from higher and more volatile
food prices as a result of a growing imbalance between the supply of and
demand for food. Rising populations and incomes will intensify the demand
for food, while climate change and resource scarcity will disrupt food
production.”

The report looks at 110 countries to assess which ones face the worst risk
from an imbalance in food supply and demand. While China and India would
have the highest loss in terms of money, five African countries face the
highest loss in terms of percentage of GDP – Benin, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire,
Senegal and Ghana.

United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner said,
“Fluctuations in food prices are felt directly by consumers and reverberate
throughout national economies. As environmental pressures mount, it is
important to anticipate the economic impact of these stresses so that
countries and investors can work on mitigating and minimising risk.”

[Goanet] Full text: Boycott Vedanta-sponsored Jaipur lit fest's London edition, writers urged in open letter

[Roger D'Souza]

Full text: Boycott Vedanta-sponsored Jaipur lit fest's London edition,
writers urged in open letter The mining company has been implicated in
international human rights violations, claims a letter signed by dozens of
writers, academics and activists. [image: Full text: Boycott
Vedanta-sponsored Jaipur lit fest's London edition, writers urged in open
letter] Image credit:  Facebook/Jaipur Literature Festival

An open letter

signed by dozens of academics, authors and activists around the world has
urged writers to reconsider attending the Vedanta Jaipur Literature
Festival London 2016, saying the event's title sponsor is infamous for
human rights violations around the world.

"Are you aware that Vedanta's activities are destroying the lives of
thousands of people in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan,
Karnataka and Punjab and also in Zambia, South Africa and Australia?" the
message asks prospective participants.

Vedanta Resources is metals and mining company headquartered in London, and
has often been under scrutiny

for its human rights and environmental record. The allegations against it
include dangerous working conditions, destruction of crops, unlawful
exports and widespread environmental damage, among others.

The letter points to accidents at the company's factories, its
irregularities in obtaining environmental clearances and its efforts to
out-muscle locals in legal battles, citing examples from Chhattisgarh,
Odisha, Goa and Rajasthan. It claims Vedanta is trying to "create
favourable public opinion" by sponsoring events such as the Jaipur lit fest
and the International Film Festival of India.

The letter notes that "literature does not exist in a vacuum" and that
writers and artists "also have responsibilities". It urges writers to
"withdraw from involvement in this discredited and damaging PR campaign,
rather than lending [their] name to it".

Here is the full text of the letter:

Dear All,

We are deeply shocked and dismayed to hear that you have agreed to
participate at the Jaipur Literature Festival claiming to be "The Greatest
Literary Show on Earth " which has 'the
world's most hated company
'
Vedanta as its key sponsor. Are you aware that Vedanta's activities are
destroying the lives of thousands of people in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Goa,
Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Punjab and also in Zambia, South
Africa and Australia? Are you also aware that Zambian villagers are
currently taking Vedanta subsidiary KCM to court in the UK, accusing it of
consistently poisoning their water over the last decade
?

In 2011 Zambian High Court Judge Phillip Musonda said he wanted to make an
example of Vedanta for their 'gross recklessness' in polluting the River
Kafue without remorse, and highlighted 'KCM's don't care attitude whether
human life which sacrosanct in our constitution was lost or not.' In 2014
Vedanta 69% owner and Chairman Anil Agarwal was caught on video
 bragging to businessmen at a
Bangalore conference that he had bought the Zambian copper mines at a
fraction of their value and was making $500 million each year despite
declaring a loss in Zambia. The Zambian government reacted by auditing the
mines, and discovered vast tax evasion schemes and asset stripping

.

In Korba, Chhattisgarh, India between 40 and 100 workers
 died at Vedanta
subsidiary BALCO's aluminium smelter complex when a chimney under
construction collapsed on them in September 2009. The subsequent judicial
inquiry into the incident found Vedanta guilty of negligence and using
sub-standard materials and construction methods. However, Vedanta's lawyers
suppressed the report which was leaked by activists in 2014
.

In Odisha, India a nineteen year struggle by indigenous communities, Dalits
and farmers led to a historic victory in 2014 when Vedanta was stopped from
mining the sacred Niyamgiri hills for bauxite. Vedanta's attempt to secure
the mountain through State Owned OMC was rejected by the Supreme Court
again on May 6, 2016. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd had built the 1 mtpa Lanjigarh
refinery at the base of the Niyamgiri hills in 2004, and even expanded it
six fold, despite having no permission to mine bauxite from the hills
above

[Goanet] Goa news for May 27, 2016

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Goa Board Class 10 Results Declared @gbshse.gov.in - The
Indian Express
qHonR3gHVvgo
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHpFaBOoIviZD1gwUuaKuLxD_lA6g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779116153498&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://indianexpress.com/article/education/goa-board-class-10-results-declared-gbshse-gov-in/

*** Finally, an IIT in Goa; to be operational in 2016-17 - Times
of India
7. The tweet comes a ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNE2U7-8JzjtrKJL7S2Q7_T1EEo7rw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779118455445&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Finally-an-IIT-in-Goa-to-be-operational-in-2016-17/articleshow/52440768.cms

*** Mr and Mrs BJP-Congress aur Kejriwal in Goa - Times of India
(blog)
qHonR3gHVvgo
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHEvR2jDikbHFEHDkiqaBqDzGsETA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779119850929&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/twinkle-twinkle/mr-and-mrs-bjp-congress-aur-kejriwal-in-goa/

*** Project Goa Will Bring Virtual Reality To Any Smartphone -
Popular Science
uality virtual reality for the average consumer, by making the
smartphone-based experience better. Nod, the tech startup
developing Goa, hopes to tap into the enthusiasm around VR ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHiT-coqUspZDeVUFploS_cnMKuoQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779119253197&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://www.popsci.com/project-goa-wants-to-make-vr-for-rest-us

*** Extra Time India  This Champions League final screening in
Goa is something you wouldn't want to miss! - Goal.com
al.comThe San Siro might be hosts of the Madrid Derby in the
finals, featuring ten time European champions Real Madrid taking
on the giant killers in Atletico Madrid, but fans in hundreds
will be cheering for their idols in Goa. Real have a tremendous
fan ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEIBesoO0zYYkG_-DzehfoBncuybg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2016/05/26/23933302/extra-time-india-this-champions-league-final-screening-in-goa-is-

*** Four arrested for IPL betting in Goa - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa police on Wednesday late night arrested
four persons from a starred hotel in Porvorim while allegedly
accepting bets in Indian Premier League (IPL) match between
Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrise Hyderabad. On receiving
information that ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNE7YiVsXSg2bHatLcM7bkSslPwK8g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779119676855&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Four-arrested-for-IPL-betting-in-Goa/articleshow/52454750.cms

*** 'Goa could be first state with a sand dune park' - Times of
India
u12toM&authuser=0&ned=us">and more »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHV9SiRk-hqNfU6KZYV5uyr_krohA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779118896330&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-could-be-first-state-with-a-sand-dune-park/articleshow/52440948.cms

*** Class XII student starts studying 18 hrs a day after hearing
about IIT Goa - Firstpost (satire)
rstpost (satire)Jhansi: 16 years old student of class 12th,
Sanjay Vashishth, has started studying 18 hrs a day after the
announcement of an IIT in Goa. Sanjay, who earlier spent time
only with his phone and laptop has removed the dust off his
books and started ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHCq_9Z4U3dcpWa0QyWlnEiHCBYqg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://www.fakingnews.firstpost.com/2016/05/class-xii-student-starts-studying-18-hrs-a-day-after-hearing-about-iit-goa/

*** Goa to submit devpt plans to Union govt - Times of India
evel high-powered steering committee headed by the chief
secretary, R K Srivastava approving the Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) State Annual
Action Plan (SAAP) on Thursday, the corporation of ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFmpSBusNWOeMVVylbQNKCKBvyZXQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779119678076&ei=_YZHV-iqHonR3gHVvgo&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-submit-devpt-plans-to-Union-govt/articleshow/52457350.cms

*** Impossible to oust BJP in Goa: Timblo - The Hindu
e HinduNewly formed party, Goa Forward is of the view that it
would be difficult to keep BJP away from regaining power in the
state Assembly elections due next year, if other
like”minded forces do not come together. "Unless there is
an alliance, it is ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNE8NTLWNVLl-GEIxBHdW_cfp1fQDQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day.....Frank Sinatra - Forget Domani

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPkL7cw7J7Q

G



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 26 May 2016

[goacom newsclips]

Goacom Newsclips

Rakshanda case: Dy CM assures family of strict action against guilty.

Mapusa: Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza,  who is also Health Minister
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1WVKTaq.


Security loopholes at every step at Vasco railway Station.

Like Goa’s porous borders, even the railway station in Vasco which is a gateway 
into the state
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1Z29gAz.


Record 90.93% pass SSC examination.

Breaking all previous records, 90.93 per cent of the students
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/22q4Bug.



My priority is to desilt all drains, nullahs before rains : new Mapusa CO.

The new chief officer of Mapusa Municipal Council Clen Madeira
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1Uf6oPk.


PWD minister’s delay in reducing bitumen prices caused multi-crore loss to 
exchequer.

Following the expose by Herald on March 6, 2016, the state government
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/22q4ZJo.


Guide against cybercrimes to keep people on the guard.

With several people falling prey to cyber crime-related frauds, the Goa police 
department
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/248XNAs.


Utilisation certificate hurdle in using MPLADS funds: Shantaram.

Stating that the construction projects proposed through the usage of Member of 
Parliament
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1TYgSjm.


Girls fare better in SSC exams.

Girls fared better in the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education 
(GBSHSE) Class 10th examination
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1U96kOh.


Centre gives nod for Goa IIT; campus to come up at Loliem.

Welcoming the Union cabinet’s approval for setting up the nation’s prestigious 
Indian Institute
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1XUW4ze.


Science, English sheets evaluated digitally.

Answer sheets of two subjects Science and English were digitally evaluated with 
the assistance
Click here to read more...  http://bit.ly/1Z2d0Sw.

Click below link to read more articles
Goacom.com/

[Goanet] MARGAO JMFC ACQUITS RAILWAY PORTERS BOOKED BY INSPECTOR DATTAGURU SAWANT

[Aires Rodrigues]

In a major setback and embarrassment to Senior Crime Branch Police
Inspector Dattguru Sawant the Margao Judicial Magistrate First Class
Vijayalaxmi Shivolkar has acquitted the two Margao Railway Station porters
Mohammed Samsher Alam Sayyed and Mohammed Abass Sayyed who were in 2013
booked by him for allegedly selling substandard helmets.



Dattaguru Sawant is the Investigating Officer in the infamous Louis Berger
case and was also in the forefront probing the recent rape case against
Santa Cruz MLA Babush Monseratte.



In 2013 while as Police Sub-Inspector at the Konkan Railway Station in
Margao Dattaguru Sawant allegedly booked the two railway porters under
section 379 and 420 of Indian Penal Code after they refused to give him a
free helmet that he demanded.



Acquitting the porters of all charges, Judge Shivolkar in her judgment has
observed that the evidence on record against the porters was neither
reliable, credible nor trustworthy. Judge Shivolkar in her order has also
observed that Dattaguru Sawant despite various summons issued to him had
failed to remain present in Court.



The two porters have also filed a complaint of extortion against Dattaguru
Sawant before the three member State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA)
headed by Retired Justice RMS Khandeparkar with the next hearing scheduled
on 3rd June.



The two porters in their complaint have alleged that Dattguru Sawant
on 1st September
2013 had demanded a free helmet from the goods consignment that had arrived
at the Railway Station and as it was refused Dattaguru Sawant arrested and
implicated them in a false and fabricated case which was not only a grave
police misconduct but a severe police atrocity.



The porters in their complaint have sought directions by the SPCA to the
Director General of Police to register an F.I.R besides disciplinary action
against Police Inspector Dattaguru Sawant.



Dattaguru Sawant known to be linked to the RSS was inducted as a Police
Sub-Inspector in 2002 during Manohar Parrikar’s first term as Chief
Minister but his appointment was set aside by the High Court as illegal.
The matter is now pending before the Supreme Court since 2004.


Dattaguru Sawant was later dismissed from service in 2004 for allegedly
extorting money at Mapusa but managed to get reinstated in 2006.

Dattaguru Sawant reportedly had a criminal record even before joining the
Goa Police with an F.I.R registered against him in 1999 at the Panaji
Police Station for having along with some BJP activists sprayed black ink
on the then Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Shantaram Naik at the
entrance of Cafe Bhonsle in Panaji.

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[Goanet] JUDGES SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE

[Aires Rodrigues]

In a move towards transparency and accountability, the Judges of the
Supreme Court of India in 2009 began making their assets and liabilities
public on the court’s website. However of the current 29 Supreme Court
Judges four of them have not yet made their assets public which include
Justices  RF Nariman, Abhay Manohar Sapre, Uday Umesh Lalit and Amitava Roy
in addition to the recently appointed four other Judges.



On 2nd September 2009 the Judges of the Bombay High Court had decided
through a unanimous resolution of the full court to make their assets
public. But despite almost seven long years having elapsed the veil of
secrecy over the assets and liabilities of Judges continues with the High
Court defaulting in complying with its own resolution.



As is required to be done by all other public servants, the assets and
liabilities of all Judges and their kin should be displayed annually for
public analysis and scrutiny. Time for Judges to act transparently. It
would then facilitate to identify and cleanse the Temples of Justice from
the rotten apples plaguing it. Judges surely would not forgive those who
default or fail in being clean and upright. Should they not lead by example?



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] AIFF REPORT: WAS NEVER LOOKING TO AVOID ANY TEAM, ASSERTS NICOLAI + PIX (ONE ATTACHMENT)

[AIFF Media]

Dear colleagues,


Please find below a report wherein Head Coach of the Indian U-17 World Cup
Squad Nicolai Adam says that he was not looking to avoid any Team in the
AFC U-16 Championship.


Also find attached a picture: Our goal stays the same, states Nicolai Adam.


Please credit AIFFMedia for the picture used.


*For all updates of the National Team and exclusive pictures please follow
our Official Twitter Handle @AIFFMedia at **https://twitter.com/AiffMedia*



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



Regards,
AIFF Media Team




*‘OUR GOAL STAYS THE SAME’*


*Was Never Looking To Avoid Any Team, Asserts Nicolai*




*GOA:* India U-16 Head Coach Nicolai Adam said he wasn’t looking to
“avoiding any particular Team,” in the AFC U-16 Finals. Moments after India
were drawn in Group A with Asian Powerhouses Iran, Saudi Arabia and United
Arab Emirates, Nicolai maintained that all he wants is a “good Competition.”



“There was no question about avoiding any particular Team. I was perhaps
the most relaxed person in the hall and all I want is good Competition
which will augur well for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he said.



Will you label Group A as the ‘Group of Death?’



This isn’t a Group of Death at all. This is us plus 15 other Best Teams
from Asia. I don’t know how many times I have met Iran as opponents and
they are there again in our Group,” he stated.



India had last met Iran in the AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Tabriz in a match
which Iran won 3-0.



“I don’t have any idea about Saudi Arabia and UAE. I will try to gather as
much information as we can about them and then sit down to analyse them and
find out the solution to beat them” Nicolai saids about India’s other two
opponents in Group A.



The AFC U-16 Finals kick-off in Goa on September 15, 2016 with the Final
slated to be held onOctober 2, 2016.



“When I see the whole matrix, they are all good Teams. You just have to
play them one by one. Our goal stays the same – qualifying to the U-17
World Cup on merit. We will ready and fit for the Championship,” Nicolai
added.



With the AIFF Youth Cup having been concluded, the India U-16 Team are
proceeding to exposure Tours to Germany and Norway as part of their
preparation for the Championship.



“We have a lot of ground to cover. Right from our May 28 morning when we
land in Germany at 8am in the morning, we will start. The same day
at 6pm we will have our first session. What it basically means is that
there isn’t much time to rest,” Nicolai quipped.



Below are India’s fixtures for the Tournament:



September 15, 2016: India vs UAE – September (7pm).



September 18, 2016: Saudi Arabia vs India (7pm).



September 21, 2016: India vs Iran (7pm).





Media Department, AIFF.
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