[Goanet] Indo German Goa, German Language Class – Press Release

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Press Release


*German Language Class*

Level: Beginners. The course is organized by IGSG Indo German Friendship
Society Goa and will be conducted by a German teacher (professional
language teacher) at Agnel Ashram, N.H. 17, Verna. From January 19, 2016 on
Tuesdays and Fridays from 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm. For registration contact
9763365050 or langu...@igsg.org



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[Goanet] German Week Goa December 2015 - New events

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*Text auf Deutsch weiter unten.*




*8th German Cultural Week Goa 2015 **6 - 12 December 2015*

*Organized by IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*



Here are some items of the programme.
For continuous updates please check our website www.igsg.org or
www.facebook.com/igsg.org



*Opening Lunch of German Cultural Week Goa *

*December 6 (Sunday) 1 pm *

*Baba's Wood Café, Bela Goa Annexe, opp. Carasid pastry shop, Miramar,
Panjim*

For our opening lunch this year we have chosen Baba's Wood Café in Panjim.
It is an Italian restaurant managed by Ms Maria from Milan (Italy) and
specialising in traditional pizzas, pasta and home made gelato, situated at
Miramar. Open to members and friends of IGSG - Indo German Friendship
Society Goa. Limited number of participants. Preregistration required.
Please contact.




*Bakery Course by German Ladies *
*December 7 (Monday) 9:30 pm till lunch time Agnel Ashram, NH 17, Verna*

Three German ladies will show the participants of the class how to prepare
three typical German cakes (Bavarian Prinzregententorte, apple cake,
biscuit roll)  and a German full wheat bread.
Prinzregententorte is a Bavarian torte, which consists of at least six,
mostly seven, thin layers of sponge cake interlaid with chocolate
buttercream. The exterior is covered with a dark chocolate glaze. The
Prinzregententorte is very popular in Bavaria, available in cake shops all
year round.
Registration fee. Preregistration required. Please contact.





*Guided tour to a German company in Goa*

*December 8 (Tuesday)  from 11am to 12pm *

*Location: Plot N4, Phase IV, Verna Industrial Estate*

There will be a guided tour of the offices and the factory of the German
company “Putzmeister Concrete Machines” based in Goa, on Limited number of
participants. Preregistration required. Please contact.



*Drawing competition among the students of Vidya Vikas Academy on the Theme
“GERMANY”*

*December 9, Wednesday, 4 pm*

*Vidya Vikas Academy, Shree Damodar Educational Campus, Margao*

Closing ceremony and Prize distribution of the Drawing competition among
the students of the school Vidya Vikas Academy on  the Theme “GERMANY”. The
prizes were sponsored by Deutsche Welle, Germany's international
broadcaster. Entry free.





*Filmscreening: "Fack Ju Göhte" (Suck me Shakespeer) *

*December 10 (Thursday) 6 pm*

*Art Chamber, Castelo Vermelho, Gauravaddo 115/a, Calangute*

Director: Bora Dagtekin, color, 113 min., 2013, German with English
subtitles

After a 13-month stretch in prison, the crook Zeki Müller is looking for
the loot from his last robbery. He applies for a position as a janitor at
the school, since, as it happens, the money is buried under the new school
gym. However, Zeki lands a job as a supply teacher. He has to deal with a
naive trainee teacher and problem kids who can’t even spell “Fuck you,
Goethe” correctly. Thus, the young man unintentionally embarks on a career
in education. Bora Dagtekin’s wild farce was the most successful German
film of 2013. Entry free.




*Oktoberfest *
*December 12 (Saturday), 6 pm Venue: Club Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal
Garden, Panjim*

Entry free, no registration required (Right of admission reserved). Food
and drinks from 6 pm onwards.

Enjoy:

• Imported German beer "Paulaner" and local beer

• Authentic German food: Wiener (German sausages), Sauerkraut, German
potato salad, Pumpernickel with original Black Forest ham or German cheese,
and more…

• Genuine German schnaps from the Black Forest (kirsch), apricot licor,
eggs licor Verpoorten, herbal liqueur Jägermeister

• German pastry: Imported Christmas stollen and German cakes made by German
ladies

• Tombola with phantastic prizes and souvenirs from German institutions ...

• and for your Christmas celebration at home: the famous Christmas stollen
made by German baker Klaus Bredt



*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*

Mobile: 9763365050  Email:i...@igsg.org, www.igsg.org  facebook.com/igsg.org




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DEUTSCH



Hier finden Sie einige Punkte des kommenden Programms.
Für weitere Programmpunkte schauen Sie bitte auf unsere Webseite
www.igsg.org oder besuchen Sie uns auf Facebook: www.facebook.com/igsg.org



*8. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa 2015*

*6. - 12. Dezember*

*Organisation: IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*



*Eröffnungsessen der Deutschen Kulturwoche Goa*

*6. Dezember (Sonntag), 13 Uhr*

*Baba's Wood Café, Bela Goa Annexe, opp. **Carasid pastry shop, Miramar,
Panjim*

Für das Eröffnungsessen haben wir in diesem Jahr das Baba's Wood Café in
Panjim ausgewählt. Dieses italienische Restaurant wird von D. Maria aus
Mailand geführt. Die Küche ist auf traditionelle Pizzas, Pasta und
hausgemachtes Eis spezialisiert. Das Restaurant liegt auf dem Weg nach
Miramar, kurz vor Gaspar Dias rechts und gegenüber der Konditorei Carasid.

Für Mitglieder und Freunde der IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa.

Begrenzte 

[Goanet] Indo German Goa: Visit to VW Pune, German Classes, Kochkurs für Deutschsprechende

[IGSG Goa]

*Newsletter of **IGSG (Indo German Friendship Society Goa)*



*Deutscher Text weiter unten*



Dear reader,



Our 7th German Cultural Week and Oktoberfest, in December 2014, was a great
opportunity for everybody to get in touch with the Goan German speaking
community!

Please read below information about our planned visit to VW Pune, about
German classes for beginners in Goa and, for the first time in Goa, a Goan
Cooking Class for German speaking participants.

We wish you a Happy 2015!



*German classes for beginners at Verna, Goa, 15 Jan – 10 Febr 2015*

IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society Goa will conduct a German language
course for beginners from 15th January until 10th February 2015, twice a
week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 5 pm. Venue: Agnel Ashram
Educational Complex, N.H. 17, Verna South Goa. The course will be held by a
German professional language teacher.

After successfully concluding the 16 hours course the participant will
understand and use familiar everyday expressions in German. He/she will be
able to introduce himself/ herself as well as ask others about themselves,
e.g. what their name is, where they live, which language they speak and
what they like to do, and will be able to respond to questions of this
nature and report about a third person. He/she will be able to interact in
a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is
prepared to help.

For registration please contact: i...@igsg.org or phone: 9763365050.



*Stammtisch in North Goa on January 18, 2015*

The first IGSG Stammtisch for North Goa will be held on January 18
(Sunday), 2015 at 10 a.m. at Coffee Heaven, Arpora. Anybody interested in
German-Goan friendship is welcome to chat over the excellent brunch served
at this restaurant.

Coffee Heaven is located in Arpora, next to the Saturday Night Market,
Arpora Main Road. For any further information please call: 9763365050.



*Goan Cuisine. Cooking class at Verna for German speaking participants,
January 26, 2015*

*Goanesische Spezialitäten-Kochkurs für Deutschsprechende in Verna*

*26. Januar 2015 (Montag), Beginn 8:00 Uhr. Ende gegen 17:00 Uhr*

In dem Kochkurs, der von IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa
veranstaltet wird, führt eine Profiköchin den Teilnehmern die Zubereitung
ausgewählter traditioneller goanesischer Gerichte vor.

Gegen 8:00 Uhr werden die Teinehmer gemeinsam auf dem Fischmarkt in Margao
einkaufen. Gegen 12 Uhr können die Teilnehmer in der Nähe des Kursortes
einem Toddysammler bei seiner Arbeit zusehen und Näheres über diesen
Prozess, seine Produkte und Utensilien erfahren.

Die Teilnehmer werden bei der Zubereitung der Gerichte zuschauen und diese
dann in gemütlicher Runde verspeisen! Für Anfänger geeignet.

Auf dem Menü-Plan stehen: Starter, Fischgericht, Fleischgericht und
Nachspeise. Zum Tee: eine Süss-Speise.

Getränke während des Kurses: Feni-Cocktail (alkoholisches Getränk aus
Kokospalme), Bier und Softdrinks.

Die Rezepte werden den Teilnehmern auf Deutsch zur Verfügung gestellt.

Teilnehmerzahl: maximal 15

Teilnahmegebühr: Rs 1000/-

Melden Sie sich bitte per E-mail (i...@igsg.org) oder telefonisch an
(9850452073).



*Visit to Volkswagen India plant in Pune: February 11, 2015*

IGSG (Indo German Friendship Society Goa) is planning a visit to Volkswagen
India plant, located in the industrial hub of Chakan, Pune. The plant is
one of the most modern facilities of Volkswagen Group where the visitor
gets a chance to experience German engineering, made in India.

If you are interested in this visit please register by email (i...@igsg.org),
with your name, address, email and mobile number and the option you pretend
(for options see below). The payment should be done only AFTER you get our
confirmation.

Last date of Registration January 15, 2015.



*Option A *

*(Full package excluding travel arrangements to Pune) Rs 9 000 per adult
(inclusive Hotel Tax):*



Inclusions :

§  2 nights (10th and 11th) accommodation in a double room (executive
room) with
breakfast in 4* Deccan Rendezvous - http://www.deccanrendezvous.com/ .

§  Transfer from airport / train / bus station to hotel and back

§  *On February 11:*

§  Trip at 9:00 am from Hotel Deccan Rendezvous to VW Plant in Chakan and
return to hotel at about 12:30 pm.

§  Visit of the VW Plant in Chakan from 10.00 to 12:00 am

§  Guided visit to Pune, starting at Hotel Deccan Rendezvous at 4:00
pm (duration of the visit about 2 hours).

§  Closing dinner at 8:00 pm at Hotel Deccan Rendezvous. A very good spread
of Veg and Non veg / Indian / desserts etc., a total of about 10 dishes +
desserts  starters (drinks to be paid separately).



Exclusions :

§  Flights / trains / bus to  from Pune



*Option B *

*(without hotel, without travel) Rs 4 000 per adult:*



Inclusions:

§  *On February 11:*

§  Trip at 9:00 am from Hotel Deccan Rendezvous to VW Plant in Chakan and
return to hotel at about 12:30 pm.

§  Visit of the VW Plant in Chakan from 10.00 to 12:00 

[Goanet] Guided visit to Trindade's Exposition. Panjim, 2 January 2013

[IGSG Goa]

PRESS RELEASE





*Guided visit of Trindade's Exhibition in Panjim, 2 January 2013***



There will be a guided visit of the exhibition António Xavier Trindade – a
painter from Goa (1870-1935) at the premises of the Fundação Oriente at
Filipe Neri Road, 175, Fontainhas, Panjim.

The visit will be conducted by the Delegate of the Fundação on 2 January
2013 (Wednesday) at 4:30 pm. and is organized by IGSG - Indo German
Friendship Society Goa in collaboration with Fundação Oriente, as well as
Indo Portuguese Friendship Society Goa, LSG - Lusophone Society of Goa, British
Business Group Goa and Circolo Italiano Goa.

Fundação Oriente invites the participants to taste the famous Portuguese
beer Superbock at the end of the visit.

Previous registration required. Limited number of participants. Please
contact 976 336 50 50 or i...@igsg.org

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*Since 24 November 2012 the Fundação Oriente, located in Panjim, is holding
the exhibition António Xavier Trindade – a painter from Goa (1870-1935).
The exhibit shows a set of 29 oil paintings, watercolours and drawings
belonging to a collection of 144 works. Known as the Rembrandt of the East,
António Xavier Trindade is considered one of the five important artists of
India of his time. The painter’s work is paradigmatic of the crossing of
Eastern and Western cultures and Trindade was regarded as one of Bombay's
leading realist painters at the turn of the century. Sanguem-born Trindade
was professor at Mumbai's J J School of Art.*


Phone 976 336 50 50
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[Goanet] German journalist at Calangute on 20 December 2012 (Thursday)

[IGSG Goa]

*PRESS RELEASE***

*German journalist launches book at Calangute about Modern Day Catholicism
in Goa*



IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa  in collaboration with Goa,1556
will launch the book of German journalist Christina Fernandes *Passion in
Paradise: Modern Day Catholicism in Goa* at Literati Bookshop and Cafe,
Calangute on December 20 (Thursday), 2012 at 5.45 pm.



Most people, foreign as well as Indian, think of Goa as a place with
unlimited sun, sea and sand, where beaches and the famous laid back
lifestyle, or sossegado, awaits. But behind this facade lies a different
kind of Goa. Most of its people, no matter their creed, are devoutly
religious and have strong ties to their cultural traditions. Faith in
various forms plays a major role in the lives of most Christians as well as
Hindus. This book written by Christina Fernandes a German journalist who
has done an MA in Photojournalism at the University of Westminster in
London, explores the lives of Catholics in Goa today and aims to describe
the way people live their faith. Passion in Paradise depicts the symbolism,
which plays such an important role in the way the Catholic faith is
practiced by Goans today. Its images show the celebration of customs on
special days as well as lived faith in everyday simple rituals. The book
also documents various Hindu-Catholic syncretic practices that Goans engage
in and aim to explain how and why these came into existence. Passion in
Paradise represents the author's first steps in a journey through the
fascinating complexity that is Catholicism in contemporary Goa.



For information please contact 976 336 50 50 or i...@igsg.org

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*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*

i...@igsg.org
www.igsg.org

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[Goanet] German journalist at Calangute on 20 December 2012 (Thursday)

[IGSG Goa]

*PRESS RELEASE***

*German journalist launches book at Calangute about Modern Day Catholicism
in Goa*



IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa  in collaboration with Goa,1556
will launch the book of German journalist Christina Fernandes *Passion in
Paradise: Modern Day Catholicism in Goa* at Literati Bookshop and Cafe,
Calangute on December 20 (Thursday), 2012 at 5.45 pm.



Most people, foreign as well as Indian, think of Goa as a place with
unlimited sun, sea and sand, where beaches and the famous laid back
lifestyle, or sossegado, awaits. But behind this facade lies a different
kind of Goa. Most of its people, no matter their creed, are devoutly
religious and have strong ties to their cultural traditions. Faith in
various forms plays a major role in the lives of most Christians as well as
Hindus. This book written by Christina Fernandes a German journalist who
has done an MA in Photojournalism at the University of Westminster in
London, explores the lives of Catholics in Goa today and aims to describe
the way people live their faith. Passion in Paradise depicts the symbolism,
which plays such an important role in the way the Catholic faith is
practiced by Goans today. Its images show the celebration of customs on
special days as well as lived faith in everyday simple rituals. The book
also documents various Hindu-Catholic syncretic practices that Goans engage
in and aim to explain how and why these came into existence. Passion in
Paradise represents the author's first steps in a journey through the
fascinating complexity that is Catholicism in contemporary Goa.



For information please contact 976 336 50 50 or i...@igsg.org

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*5th German Cultural Week Goa 2012
9-16 December
with Oktoberfest on 16 December*

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*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*

i...@igsg.org
www.igsg.org


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[Goanet] Oktoberfest on 16 December (Sunday) in Panjim

[IGSG Goa]

*PRESS RELEASE*

* *

*Oktoberfest on 16 December (Sunday) in Panjim *

As the closing highlight of the German Cultural Week IGSG - Indo German
Friendship Society Goa organizes the traditional “Oktoberfest Goa” on 16
December (Sunday) 7 p.m. at Clube Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal Garden,
Panjim. Open to all, entry free. Food from 7 p.m. onwards.

German beer and authentic German food made by German caterers:
Rindergulasch (beef goulash), Frikadellen (German meatballs), Bretzel,
“Currywurst”, Kartoffelsalat (potatoe salad), Sauerkraut (pickled cabbage),
German pastry: Käsekuchen, Apfelstrudel, Christmas cake Stollen, German
Christmas cookies. There will be Goan food as well. Contact: 9763365050 or
i...@igsg.org



*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*

www.igsg.org

i...@igsg.org

9763365050

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*5th German Cultural Week Goa 2012
9-16 December
with Oktoberfest on 16 December*

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*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*

i...@igsg.org
www.igsg.org


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[Goanet] Austrian Correspondent in India screens film in Benaulim

[IGSG Goa]

*PRESS RELEASE*



Indo German Goa - Cycling in Panjim

Austrian Correspondent screens Film at Benaulim



*First Indo German Goa - Cycling in Panjim*

IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa is organizing an Indo German Goa -
 Cycling in Panjim on* 9 December (Sunday*) 8.30 a.m. in collaboration with
Goa Cycle Club. An early morning practice to warm up for the German
Cultural Week. The race will start at Campal Ground and end at Azad Maidan
(via Dona Paula) with prizes for the first three. Contact: 976 336 50 50 or
i...@igsg.org



*Austrian Correspondent in India screens film in Benaulim*

Oh Delhi - City of Chaos a documentary film directed and produced by
Alexander Lorenz, Foreign correspondent in India of the Austrian
Broadcasting Corporation will be screened at Goa Chitra in Benaulim on *10
December (Monday)* 6 p.m. Mr. Alexander Lorenz will present and comment the
film with the duration of 30 minutes. The event is organized by IGSG - Indo
German Friendship Society Goa. Contact: 976 336 50 50 or i...@igsg.org



*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*

www.igsg.org

i...@igsg.org

9763365050

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*5th German Cultural Week Goa 2012
9-16 December
with Oktoberfest on 16 December*

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*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa*

i...@igsg.org
www.igsg.org


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[Goanet] 5th German Cultural Week Goa 2012 - Full programme

[IGSG Goa]

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*



5th German Cultural Week Goa 2012

*9 - 16 December*

* *

*Oktoberfest, 16 December, 7 pm, Panjim*

Dear reader,

please join us at our German Cultural Week Goa, 9 - 16 December, 2012. You
will certainly find something interesting for you, your family and friends.
Please, find the full programme below or at



5th German Cultural Week Goa 2012http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2012-en.htm



For any additional information please feel free to contact us:

Phone: 9763365050 or i...@igsg.org



Best regards

IGSG

www.igsg.org



5. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa 2012

*9. - 16. Dezember*

* *

*Oktoberfest am 16. Dezember, 19 Uhr, in Panjim*

Liebe Freunde,

halten Sie sich die Woche vom 9. bis 12. Dezember frei: Die Events sind
abwechslungsreich, sicher ist für Sie etwas dabei! Weiter unten das
Programm der Woche. Sie finden es auch unter:



5. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa 2012http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2012-de.htm



Wenn Sie Fragen haben, rufen Sie uns doch einfach an oder mailen Sie uns:

9763365050 oder i...@igsg.org



Beste Grüsse

Ihre IGSG

www.igsg.org



*Programme*

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*9 December (Sunday) 8**.30 a.m.***

*Indo German Goa - Cycling in Panjim*

*Route will start at Campal Ground and end at Azad Maidan (via Dona Paula).
Prizes for the first three. *

*In collaboration with Goa Cycle Club *

Cycle with us in an early morning practice to warm up for the German
Cultural Week. Everyone welcome. Previous registration required. Please
contact.

* *

*9 December (Sunday) 12.30 p.m.*

*Inaugural Lunch of German Cultural Week Goa*

*At “Casa Miguel Vicente d'Abreu”, Panjim*

Built in the 19th century, every stone of this Pombaline Portuguese house
tells a fascinating story of its colonial past. Miguel Vicente de Abreu
(1827 - 1883) was a Goan intellectual and Provincial Associate of the Royal
Academy of Science of Lisbon.

Previous registration required. Limited number of participants. Please
contact.

* *

*10 December (Monday)** 9.30 a.m.***

*Traditional German Home Pastry Class by German Ladies*

*Agnel Institute of Food Crafts and Culinary Sciences, Agnel Ashram, Verna*

Learn the traditional art of German pastry and how to make some of the
famous traditional German cakes, such as marble cake, apple tart, almond
cake and Linzer torte. Watch the German ladies prepare the cakes at a
high-end non-professional pastry class.

Previous registration required. Limited number of participants. Please
contact.



*10 December (Monday)** 6 p.m.***

*Oh Delhi - City of Chaos - Première screening of film documentary.
Duration 30 minutes*

*Goa** - Chitra, Mondo-Waddo, Benaulim*

Documentary directed and produced by Alexander Lorenz, ORF's Foreign
Correspondent in India (Oesterreichischer Rundfunk - Austrian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Mr. Alexander Lorenz will present and comment the film.

This is also a good opportunity for those who are interested in visiting
the Chitra Museum one hour before the beginning of the screening.



*11 December (Tuesday)** 4.30 p.m.***

*Notable Goans: the activity of Dr. Julião Menezes in Germany between 1920
and 1938. By Flaviano Dias, Senior journalist and former correspondent of
PTI in Goa*

*Club Vasco da Gama, Opp. **Municipal** Garden**, Panjim*

Dr. Julião Menezes was a significant and serious contributor to Goan
political thought and activism. He attended Berlin University in the
1920’s, graduated in medicine and took active part in the Indian Students’
Union in Berlin, along with Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia who was the secretary of
the Union.

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*12 December (Wednesday) **4 p.m. *

*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa seeks answers on issues
concerning pollution in Goa from the Chairman of Goa State Pollution
Control Board (GSPCB). - A round table with Germans, Goans and Mr. Jose
Noronha, Chairman of GSPCB. At the end of the meeting there will be an
informal chat with Newsmen.*

*Goa** State Pollution Control Board, 1st Floor, Dempo Tower, EDC Patto
Plaza, Panjim*

Degradation of the environment is a growing concern in Goa. The discussion
about this is endless and there is a myriad of plans trying to halt the
degradation. But garbage problems, water pollution and mining pollution
continue to increase and have practically no solution. Other countries and
regions in the world with similar climate, economic development and social
fabric have solved these problems a long time ago. Why not Goa?



*13 December (Thursday) 7 p.m.*

*IGSG has great pleasure in presenting a film on Pina Bausch*

*Castelo Vermelho, Art Chamber, Gauravaddo 115/a, Calangute*

Philippina Pina Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German
performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet
director. With her unique style, a blend of movements, sounds and prominent
stage sets, and with her elaborate cooperation with performers during the
composition of a piece (a style now known as Tanztheater), she became a
leading influence since the 1970s in the 

[Goanet] Letter of the German Foreign Ministry to IGSG Goa

[IGSG Goa]

*5th German Cultural Week Goa, 12-16 December 2012, with Octoberfest 16
December*

*5. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa, 12.-16. Dezember 2012, mit Oktoberfest am 16.
Dezember*

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*


Dear reader,

here is our newsletter with news and press articles.

These are the topics:

   1. Letter of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs to IGSG concerning
   visa facilitation
   2. Press review regarding the letter of a German citizen to CM Parrikar
   3. Swiss daily reports about Portuguese tracks in Old Goa
   4. German newspaper on Siemens factory in Goa
   5. Goan students 'benefit' from German Ex-banker
   6. German drug addict describes drug scene in Goa
   7. No helmet: how to deal with the Goan traffic police
   8. Austrian newspaper: Castes, crows, corruption

*1. Letter of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs to IGSG regarding visa
facilitation*

After IGSG had sent a petition regarding visa facilitation (read the
petition* here http://www.igsg.org/Petition.htm*) to the Indian Ministers
of Home Affairs, External Affairs and Tourism a copy of the same was handed
over to the German Minister of Foreign Affairs in Berlin. In its answer to
IGSG the German Foreign Ministry informs that the matter regarding visa
facilitation is of the sole responsibility of the issuing country.
Nevertheless the Ministry has contacted the Indian Embassy in Berlin in
this matter. The embassy informed that a change in this visa rule (two
months' gap) is not foreseen, but that under special circumstances the two
months' gap can be surpassed. Please read the letter here:* *Letter of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
IGSGhttp://www.igsg.org/Seiten_ab-2012-10/Petition_Antw-Ausw-Amt_2012-08-01_en.htm



*2. Press review regarding the letter of a German citizen to CM Parrikar*

The letter of a German citizen to Chief-Minister Manohar Parrikar
complaining about the drug and noise situation in Anjuna and first turned
public by IGSG through internet (read the letter
*herehttp://www.igsg.org/de/Brief_Parricar_2012-05_en.htm
*)was widely referred to in the Indian and local press. We have chosen four
articles for you. The regional daily Herald comments on the fact that the
author does not refrain from giving names of those who act behind the gas
chamber. The national paper The Hindu and online agency IBNS transcribe
large parts of the letter, whereas the Indian news agency IANS refers to a
spokesman of IGSG who claims that drugs should not be the main attraction
for German tourists to Goa and explains that Germans felt uncomfortable
because of the garbage scattered everywhere. According to IANS the spokes
person also criticizes that Indian men from outside Goa harrass German
ladies on the beach. Please read the four articles
herehttp://www.igsg.org/Seiten_ab-2012-10/press_2012-10-01_Parrikar-PressReview-en.htm
.

* *

*3. The renowned Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports about Portuguese
tracks in Old Goa*

The renowned Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung in its section Travel has
published an article about Goa with the title Portugal in India. The
author Friedemann Bartu writes that Goa, besides being a travel
destination, reveals in the former capital Old Goa the tracks of Portugal.
Referring that the former capital had close to 300.000 inhabitants in 1565,
more than Lisbon and even more than London at that time, the article
summarizes the history of the peak and the decadence of Old Goa concluding
that in 1961 the 450 years of the colonial presence of Portugal in Goa
ended within 48 hours. Please read the full article (in German): Portugal
in 
Indienhttp://www.igsg.org/Seiten_ab-2012-10/press_2012-10-01_NZZ_Portugal-in-Indien-en.htm



*4. German newspaper TAZ on Siemens Healthcare factory in Goa*

The German newspaper TAZ publishes an article about Siemens Healthcare, a
branch of  Siemens, comparing activity and prices of Magnetic Resonance
Tomography (MRT) and the chance of providing such technology in India
through their own strategic Siemens Agenda 2013.

Through the process of  Re-engineering  Siemens now produces similar
scanners in Goa. Hemant Usgaonkar, director of Siemens Healthcare in Goa,
explains how the process works in the Siemens Goa factory: eliminating all
sophisticated extras from the devices, restricting them to their basic
functions. By doing so Usgaonkar is able to sell lots of such devices at
affordable prices on the huge Indian market. Please read the full article
(in German) here: Die Rippen von Frau
Patelhttp://www.igsg.org/Seiten_ab-2012-10/press_2012-10-01_Siemens_Die-Rippen-en.htm



*5. Goan students 'benefit' from German Ex-banker*

The article tells the story of German Rudolf Schwartz who founded the
Indian Students Educational Aid Foundation in 1991 in Siolim, providing
financial assistance for the education of the bright and needy and
technical education for dropouts. Please read the full article (in English)
here: German students 'benefit' from German

[Goanet] Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister Parrikar

[IGSG Goa]

* *

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*



Dear reader,

here is some new information for you about our activities and some press
articles related to Goa and Germany.



These are the topics:

   1. Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister Parrikar
   2. Obituary of German composer and pianist Hans-Udo Kreuels on Professor
   Noel Flores
   3. Meeting Multinational Cooperation in Goa
   4. Intensive German Classes at Verna
   5. Hellmann Healthcare Logistics launches new shipping service from Goa
   6. Zuari Holdings selects Uhde India for NPK Plant Revamp
   7. German Magazine reports on BJP victory in Goa
   8. German Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation analysis of election in Goa



*1. Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister Parrikar citing
drug-rave-spots, names of heavy weights in Anjuna and problems with
Indian tourists*

A German citizen, frequent tourist visitor of Goa, has written a letter to
Mr Manohar Parrikar, new chief minister of Goa, referring several
disturbances in Anjuna and citing drug-rave-spots and names of  local
heavy weights who cause nightly nightmares to local inhabitants and
peaceful tourists. Drug trafficking and drug-rave-parties give Anjuna Beach
the bad reputation as being the best drug spot at all in Goa - spread
worldwide in international travel magazines and via social networks. Goa is
called the paradise-turned-disastrous little state writes the author of
the letter.

Another aspect referred to in the letter is related to Indian tourists.
Tourist-Security-Force (seen only once in five months at Anjuna Beach) is
urgently required writes the author. Thousands of Indians walk up and down
the beaches, the males revealing to be mostly voyeurs. Indian male tourists
molesting single female tourists is the order of the day and night. To make
matters worse Indian male tourists prefer to shot pictures of naked little
foreign children with hidden camera. Foreign tourists got angry about this
quite often and once even forced the Indian tourists to delete the
pictures.

IGSG has received a copy of this letter.You can read the letter in English
here: Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister
Parrikarhttp://www.igsg.org/de/Brief_Parricar_2012-05_en.htm



*2. Obituary of German composer and pianist Hans-Udo Kreuels* *on Professor
Noel Flores*

We are pleased to publish an obituary on Prof. Noel Flores written by the
German composer and pianist Mr Hans-Udo Kreuels and kindly sent to us
through The Institute for Keyboard Studies of the “University of Music and
the Performing Arts Vienna”, Austria (Institut für Tasteninstrumente der
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien). Professor Flores was a
teacher at this Institute. Mr. Hans-Udo Kreuels was a former student of
Professor Flores.

Please read the obituary (in German) as well as a tribute (in English) to
Professor Flores in Navhind Times: Obituary of German composer and pianist
http://www.igsg.org/de/Noel-Flores_Nachruf_2012-06-10-en.htmand Tribute
in Navhind Timeshttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-06-10_Noel-Flores-en.htm



*3. **Meeting Multinational Cooperation in Goa*

The British Business Group Goa, the IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society,
Goa and the Indo-Portuguese Friendship Society organized a meeting at Hotel
Fidalgo, Panjim, on 10 May 2012 to discuss their concerted efforts to
engage in common activities.

Representatives of the three groups presented their groups and the ongoing
activities and the projected ones. Some new ideas were discussed with the
participants and a Common Platform of the groups was suggested.

You can see some pictures of the meeting here: Meeting Multinational
Cooperation http://www.igsg.org/de/Meeting-Fidalgo_2012-05-10_en.htm



*4. Intensive German Classes at Verna*

In May there was another German Course for Beginners organized by IGSG
together with Agnel Technical Education Complex Verna, given by the German
native speaker Frau Daniela Kailuweit. This time it was an intensive course
with 2 hours every day. At the end the 44 participants were given a
certificate of the skills they acquired in German.

See pictures here: Intensive German Classes
http://www.igsg.org/de/GermanLanguageClasses.htm



*5. Hellmann Healthcare Logistics launches new shipping service from Goa*

Hellmann Healthcare Logistics, the vertical solution of the German Group
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, which caters for the pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and medical device sectors, has announced that it is now able
to offer sea freight solutions from the south west Indian region of Goa,
which Hellmann will use as a gateway port.

The Goa Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association (GPMA) is encouraging
pharmaceutical manufacturers to use Goa as a gateway port. Read the
complete news (in English) here: Hellmann Healthcare Logistics launches new
shipping service from
Goahttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-06-10_Hellmann-en.htm



*6. Zuari Holdings selects Uhde India for NPK Plant Revamp*

Zuari Holdings has selected Uhde 

[Goanet] Science and Technology Goa - Germany 12 Feb. 2012

[IGSG Goa]

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*



Dear reader,

moving on with our activities we have the pleasure to announce the

* *

*1st Meeting Science and Technology Goa - Germany*

*12 **February 2012 (Sunday), 4:30 pm*

Organized by IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society, Goa with the
collaboration of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Staff Club, Goa,
at NIO Seminar Hall, at Dona Paula, Panjim.

A very informal get together of people with similar interests and
experiences.

Open to all scientists, researchers, students - also Germans - and their
friends, involved or interested in science and technology with the link Goa
- Germany.

There will be few talks from NIO including overview of NIO's activities,
research projects, relation with Germany, experience, etc.

Previous registration required: i...@igsg.org or call 9763365050

* *

*German Language Course at Carmel College, Nuvem*

A German language course for beginners has been held with success during
the past weeks in collaboration with Carmel College, at the premises of the
College in Nuvem.

Pictures of the closing ceremony held on February 2, 2012 can be seen at:

German Language Classes http://www.igsg.org/de/GermanLanguageClasses.htm



*Goa election 3 March, 2012 - explained in German*

A special talk to German speaking people regarding the upcoming elections
in Goa and the backgrounds of the sometimes trickery and confused
socio-political landscape in Goa. An attempt to discern and clarify what is
going on.

On 19 February (Sunday) at 4 pm, venue to be fixed.

Previous registration required: i...@igsg.org or call 9763365050

* *

*Petition*

Please support with your signature our Petition to the Government of India
regarding the issue of the two months gap and visa facilitation for
retired foreigners:

http://www.igsg.org/Petition.htm

* *

*Press articles*

* *

*Declarations of the General Consul of Germany in Mumbai Dr. Heldman about
Goa*

In two articles the General Consul of Germany in Mumbai Dr. Leopold-Theodor
Heldman is referred to be making statements regarding some problems in Goa,
especially those related to the tourism industry. Mr Dean Menezes has been
appointed as the new Honorary Consul of Germany in Goa:

Please read the two articles (in English) under:

Goa's crime scene is not as bad as other parts of the
worldhttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-02-07_NovoConsul-en.htm

Garbage keeps Germans away from
Goahttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-02-07_Herald_Garbage-keeps_Consulate-en.htm



*Siemens starts two new factories in Goa*

Germany-based Siemens AG's Indian arm, Siemens Ltd, today said its two
factories in Goa, which were set up at an investment of Rs 200 crore, have
started production. Please read the full article (in English) under:

Siemens' new factories in Goa commence
productionhttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-02-07_Siemens-en.htm



*Foreigners in Goa*

A short article in the Goan Daily Herald about the positive contribution of
Germans and other foreigners in Goa (in English) under:

Foreigners in Goa: a positive
contributionhttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-02-07_Herald_Foreigner-positive-contrib-en.htm





Liebe Leser,

wir möchten Sie heute auf weitere Aktivitäten unseres Vereins aufmerksam
machen, sowie auf zwei Artikel aus der lokalen Presse.



*1. Treffen Science and Technology Goa - Germany*

*12. Februar 2012 (Sonntag), 16.30 Uhr*

Veranstalter: IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society, Goa in Zusammenarbeit
mit dem National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Staff Club, Goa. Ort: NIO
Seminar Hall, Dona Paula, Panjim.

Diese Veranstaltung ist als informelles Treffen für Teilnehmer mit
ähnlichen Interessen und Erfahrungen konzipiert. Es steht allen, auch
deutschen, Wissenschaftlern und Studenten - und ihren Familien und Freunden
- offen, die in irgendeiner Weise in Wissenschaft oder Technologie mit dem
Link Goa-Deutschland zu tun haben oder daran interessiert sind.

Das NIO wird bei dem Treffen einen Überblick über seine Tätigkeit,
Forschungprojekte, Beziehungen zu Deutschland usw. geben.

Anmeldung erforderlich unter

i...@igsg.org oder 9763365050



*Deutschkurs im Carmel College, Nuvem*

Der Deutschkurs im Carmel College ist erfolgreich durchgeführt worden.
Bilder von der Abschlussfeier mit Zeugnisübergabe finden Sie hier:

Deutschkurs Januar 2012 http://www.igsg.org/de/Deutschkurse.htm



*Die Wahlen in Goa am 3. März: auf Deutsch erklärt*

Viele Deutsche, die hier ihren Winter oder auch nur einen Kurz-Urlaub
verbringen, lesen zwar die Tageszeitung, haben aber oft Schwierigkeiten,
die manchmal etwas verzwickten und oft verwickelten Gegebenheiten in der
soziopolitischen Landschaft Goas zu durchschauen. Bei diesem Treffen, das
auf Deutsch stattfindet, soll ihnen mehr Klarheit verschafft werden.

Am 19. Februar (Sonntag) um 16 Uhr. Ort wird noch bekannt gegeben.

Anmeldung erforderlich unter:

i...@igsg.org oder 9763365050

* *

*Petition*

Wenn Sie sich unserer Petition in Sachen Visum mit 2-Monats-Gap und
Visum 

[Goanet] German language course in Goa - Photo gallery of German Cultural Week Goa 2011

[IGSG Goa]

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*



Dear reader,



*the 4th German Cultural Week Goa 2011* was an absolute success - once
again. Have a look at the photo gallery: German Cultural Week Goa
2011http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2011-en.htm



*We are pleased to announce a German Course for beginners* which will be
held in January 2012 at Carmel College, Nuvem. The first meeting will be
held on January 3rd, 4 pm, at Carmel College. For more information please
contact 9763365050 or write to i...@igsg.org



*Reminder: If you agree with our petition to the Government of India *regarding
visa facilitation for Germans and other European citizens please subscribe
at: http://www.igsg.org/Petition.htm



*The next German Cultural Week Goa 2012* will be held from December 12 -
16. The Oktoberfest is traditionally on the last day: December 16.



We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Kind regards,

IGSG





Liebe Freunde,



*die 4. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa 2011* war auch in diesem Jahr ein grosser
Erfolg, Schauen Sie sich doch mal die Fotogallerie an: Deutsche Kulturwoche
Goa 2011 http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2011-de.htm



*Im Januar veranstalten wir einen* *Deutschkurs für Anfänger* im Carmel
College in Nuvem. Ein erstes Treffen findet am 3. Januar um 16 Uhr im
Carmel College statt. Weitere Infos unter Tel. 9763365050 oder i...@igsg.org



*Nur zur Erinnerung: Wenn Sie unsere Petition an die indische
Regierung*zwecks Erleichterungen bei der Visa-Vergabe an Deutsche und
andere Europäer
unterstützen wollen, können sie dieselbe unter folgendem Link
unterschreiben: http://www.igsg.org/Petition.htm



*Die nächste Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa* hat schon ihren Termin: vom 12. -
16. Dezember 2012 mit dem Oktoberfest wie immer am letzten Tag: am 16.
Dezember.



Wir wünschen Ihnen jetzt schon ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und ein gutes
neues Jahr.

Ihre IGSG

-- 

*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa
*i...@igsg.org
www.igsg.org


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   Protect Goa's natural beauty

Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve

  Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php

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[Goanet] Oktoberfest in Panjim, Goa, and Petition to the Government of India

[IGSG Goa]

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*



Dear readers,

*Petition to the Government of India*

At a press conference in Panjim today the Indo German Friendship Society
Goa presented a Petition of Germans and citzens of the European Union to
the Governement of India asking for the facilitation of Visa emission. The
well visited press conference was a good opportunity for the Europeans who
were present to explain to the journalists the difficulties these citzens
are facing when applying for Visas for staying in India.

Read the full petition and give your support by signing the same at:

www.igsg.org/petition.htm



*Prost Oktoberfest in Panjim! *

*Come on and join us!*

*Sunday, December 11, from 7 p. m. onwards, at Clube Vasco da Gama, opp.
Municipal Garden, Panjim*

*Entry Free*

The much awaited Oktoberfest will be held on Sunday, December 11, from 7
p.m. onwards at Clube Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal Garden, in Panjim.

For the first time our Oktoberfest will have authentic German food made by
a German caterer. Come and taste it! Music and a quiz with lots of
interesting prizes will entertain you.

Open to all, entry free. Right of admission reserved.



Best regards

IGSG





Liebe Freunde

*Petition an die indische Regierung*

Auf einer Pressekonferenz in Panjim legte die Indo German Friendship
Society Goa heute eine Petition deutscher und anderer europäischer Bürger
an die indische Regierung vor, in welcher sie um eine Erleichterung bei der
Erteilung von Visas für Indien bittet. Die anwesenden Europäer konnten bei
dieser Gelegenheit den Journalisten erklären, welche Schwierigkeiten Sie
bei der Beantragung von Visas und für den Aufenthalt in Indien haben.

Wenn Sie diese Petition unterstützen wollen, lesen Sie bitte den vollen
Wortlaut und unterschreiben sie dieselbe unter:

www.igsg.org/petition.htm



*Prost Oktoberfest in Panjim! *

Sonntag, den 11. Dezember, 19 Uhr, im Club Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal
Garden, Panjim

Eintritt frei

Das lang erwartete Oktoberfest steigt am 11. Dezember um 19 Uhr im Club
Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal Garden, in Panjim.

Zum ersten Mal werden wir echtes deutsches Essen haben, das von einer
deutschen Catererin zubereitet wird. Christstollen vom deutschen Bäcker
wird es auch geben! Oktoberfestmusik, Live Musik, ein Quiz mit
interessanten Preisen und natürlich viel Bier. Und vor allem, Gelegenheit
mit Goanern zu sprechen, die an Deutschland interessiert sind, und alte
Bekannte zu treffen, die sonst man nicht so oft sieht.



Beste Grüsse

Ihre IGSG

-- 

*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa
*
*Coming event:
4th German Cultural Week Goa with Oktoberfest
4. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa mit Oktoberfest
6 - 11 December 2011

Films, music, meetings, Oktoberfest with bazar
Filme, Musik, Vorträge, Oktoberfest mit Bazar*

**

Contact: i...@igsg.org

www.igsg.org


**

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Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve

  Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php

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[Goanet] 4th German Cultural Week Goa 2011 - Full programme

[IGSG Goa]

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*



Dear reader,

please join us for our German Cultural Week Goa, 6 - 11 December, 2011. You
will certainly find something interesting for you, your family and friends.
Please, see the full programme at



4th German Cultural Week Goa 2011http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2011-en.htm



For any additional information please feel free to contact us:

Phone: 9763365050

i...@igsg.org



Best regards

IGSG





Liebe Freunde,

halten Sie sich die Woche vom 6. bis 11. Dezember frei: Die Events sind
abwechslungsreich, sicher ist für Sie etwas dabei! Schauen Sie doch mal
nach:



4. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa 2011http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2011-de.htm



Für Fragen rufen Sie uns einfach an oder mailen Sie:

9763665050 oder i...@igsg.org



Beste Grüsse

Ihre IGSG

-- 

*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa
*
*Coming event:
4th German Cultural Week Goa with Oktoberfest
4. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa mit Oktoberfest
6 - 11 December 2011

Films, music, meetings, Oktoberfest with bazar
Filme, Musik, Vorträge, Oktoberfest mit Bazar*

**

Contact: i...@igsg.org

www.igsg.org


**

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   Protect Goa's natural beauty

Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve

  Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php

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[Goanet] German Oktoberfest and Bazar in Goa, December 11, 2011

[IGSG Goa]

*Deutscher Text weiter unten*

* *

*Come and join us for**

*

*4th German Cultural Week 2011 Goa*

*December 6 - 11, 2011*



*Oktoberfest and Bazar Goa*

*Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 7 p.m. *

at Clube Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal Garden, Panjim

Open to all, entry free (Right of admission reserved)
German music, Quiz with many interesting prizes (sponsored by German
broadcaster Deutsche Welle)

German food specialities made by a German Caterer in Goa: Rindergulasch
(Beef Goulash), Frikadellen (German meet balls), Kartoffelsalat (authentic
Potato Salad), and others.

Goan specialities too.

Beer galore.

Food from 7 p.m. onwards



The full programme of the week featuring other highlights and activities of
the week will be released soon.



i...@igsg.org

Tel. 9763365050

*Feiern Sie mit uns!*



*4. Deutsche Kulturwoche 2011 Goa*

6. - 11. Dezember 2011



*Oktoberfest und Bazar*

11. Dezember 2011 (Sonntag) 19 Uhr

im Clube Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal Garden, Panjim

Eintritt frei

Deutsche Musik, Quiz mit Preisen (unterstützt von der Deutschen Welle),
viel Bier.

Deutsche Spezialitäten (von deutschem Caterer in Goa): Rindergulasch,
Frikadellen, Kartoffelsalat, usw.

Goanesische Gerichte

Essen ab 19 Uhr



Das Gesamtprogramm der Woche wird in den nächsten Tagen bekanntgegeben.


i...@igsg.org

Tel. 9763365050

-- 

*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society Goa
*
*Coming event:
4th German Cultural Week Goa with Oktoberfest
4. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa mit Oktoberfest
6 - 11 December 2011

Films, music, meetings, Oktoberfest with bazar
Filme, Musik, Vorträge, Oktoberfest mit Bazar*

**

Contact: i...@igsg.org

www.igsg.org


**

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   Protect Goa's natural beauty

Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve

  Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php

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[Goanet] Mining in Goa in German Press

[IGSG Goa]

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 Goanet Classifieds 
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   Enescil, a Brazilian engineering firm requires Engineers, Architects

and Draftsmen, proficient in AutoCAD, for their new office in Goa

   Those interested can email enescil@gmail.com by 15 November 2011

 Selected candidates will be sent to Brazil for 2 months training

---



*Deutscher Text siehe weiter unten*



Dear reader,

Preparations for the 4th German Cultural Week in Goa (December 7 – 11,
2011) are almost finished. We will soon be able to send you the final
programme.

*The Oktoberfest and Bazar will be on Sunday, December 11. Open to all,
entry free.*



We are pleased to draw your attention to three articles which have recently
been published by the German and Goan press as well as to a TV series on
Vasco da Gama's Journey to India and a letter sent by the German citizen
Mr. H. Muster to the Indian Ambassador in Berlin.



*DEUTSCHE WELLE (Germany's National Broadcaster): Surface mining in Goa
holiday idyll*

Goa, the smallest state in India, is known as a vacation paradise. But now
things come to the iron ore industry has become. In surface mining, and
without regard to environmental damage.

Please find the complete article (in English) here:

Surface mining in Goa holiday
idyllhttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-10-28_DW_Minas-en.htm



*DIE WELT (German Daily): 14-year-old German raped - Minister's son free*

An Indian minister's son who allegedly raped in Goa in 2008, a German
youth, is again at large. After the fact, he dipped a month as long.

Please find the complete article (in English) here:

14-year-old German raped - Minister's son
freehttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-10-28_DieWelt_Monserrate-en.htm



*HERALD (Goa) - Putzmeister: Leading by technology*

German company Putzmeister, based at Verna Industrial Estate in Goa, is
hoping to revolutionalise the Indian construction industry with their
concrete machines. An interview to managing director Michael
Schmid-Lindenmayer was published in the Business Section of the Goan daily
Herald: Please read the full article (in English) here:

HERALD Putzmeister: Leading by
technologyhttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-10-28_Putzmeisterr-de.htm



*NDR (German TV broadcaster): Vasco da Gama and Portugal's departure into
the unknown*

In July 1497 the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departed from Lisbon to
one of the most adventurous voyages of world history. With four ships the
28-year-old captain wanted to find a sea route to India - on the eastern
route around Africa.

Please find more elaborate resumes (in English) and the link to the four
films (in German) here:

Vasco da Gama and Portugal's departure into the unknown
http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-10-28_NDR_Film-VdaGama-en.htm



*LETTER of the German citizen Mr. H. Muster to the Indian Ambassador in
Berlin*

In his letter (in German) Mr. Muster focuses on three subjects. He
complains that it is difficult for tourists to obtain visas for India
especially for longer periods. He also says that many tourists would like
to come to India two or even three times a year, but that this is almost
impossible because of the two month's gap between visas.

The second subject of his letter are Goa's waste and waste water problems.
Mr. Muster compares the rich state of Goa to the clean and neat town of
Sirsi/Karnataka where roads are extremely well maintained and digs along
the roads drain the surface water - to the contrary of what he observes in
Goa. In the end Mr Muster complains about Goan taxis and tucktuck not
having meters and thus tourists being cheated.

Mr Muster ends his letter with the sentence: It is due to Goa that the very
positive image of India is turned to be a negative one.

Mr. Muster's letter is accompanied by articles on the matter from the Goan
press (in English)

Please find the letter (in German) and the press articles (in English) here:

LETTER of the German citizen Mr. H. Muster to the Indian Ambassador in
Berlin http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-10-28_H.Muster-en.htm



Kind regards

IGSG

i...@igsg.org

Mobile: 9763365050

___



Lieber Leser, liebe Leserin,

es geht mit schnellen Schritten auf die 4. Deutsche Kulturwoche in Goa (7.
– 11. Dezember 2011) zu. Das endgültige Programm werden wir Ihnen bald
zusenden.

*Den Termin für das Oktoberfest mit Bazar können Sie sich schon vormerken:
Sonntag, 11. Dezember. Eintritt frei.*



Heute möchten wir Sie auf drei Artikel hinweisen, die kürzlich in der
Presse in Deutschland bzw. Goa veröffentlicht wurden, sowie auf eine
NDR-Filmserie über Vasco da Gamas Weg nach Indien und einen Brief von Herrn
H. Muster an den indischen Botschafter in Berlin.



*DW ONLINE Tagebau im Urlaubsidyll Goa*

Zerfurchte 

[Goanet] Russians in Goa: Newsletter IGSG

[IGSG Goa]

Dear friends,

today we would like to draw your attention to an article of Deutsche Welle -
Germany's International Broadcaster, about the Russians in Goa (in English).
For the complete article please follow the link: The Russian love affair
with Goa http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-02-22_DW_Russians-in-Goa-en.htm



We are also pleased to inform you about the constitution of the following
working groups in our Society:

*Leadership and Excellence* Group

Promoting young leaders in Goa

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Günter Hommel - Email contact lea...@igsg.org



*Language and Translation* Group

Dedicated to the promotion of the German language

Coordinator: Mrs. Margarete Hermanns Xavier - Email langu...@igsg.org



*Environment  Technology* Group

For a better environment and development of technology in Goa

Coordinator: will soon be appointed - Email: env...@igsg.org



A *Feinschmecker *Group

German food culture

Coordinator: Mr. Ubaldo de Souza - Email gour...@igsg.org



If you have proposals for any of the groups please feel free to contact the
coordinator.



Best regards,

IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa



-



Liebe Freunde,

heute haben wir einen Artikel der Deutschen Welle für Sie. Es geht um die
russischen Touristen in Goa. Der Artikel (auf Englisch) behandelt u.a. die
angeblichen mafiosen Tätigkeiten einiger  russischer Bürger in Goa. Für den
vollständigen Artikel folgen Sie bitte dem Link:

The Russian love affair with
Goahttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-02-22_DW_Russians-in-Goa-de.htm



Weiterhin können wir Ihnen die Bildung folgender Arbeitsgruppen in unserem
Verein bekanntgeben:

*Leadership and Excellence* Group

Zur Förderung junger Talente in Goa

Koordinator: Prof. Dr. Günter Hommel - Email: lea...@igsg.org



*Language and Translation* Group

Zur  Förderung der deutschen Sprache

Koordinator: Frau Margarete Hermanns Xavier - Email: langu...@igsg.org



*Environment  Technology* Group

Ein Beitrag zur Umwelt und zur Förderung der Technologie in Goa

Koordinator: wird bald ernannt - Email: env...@igsg.org



A *Feinschmecker *Group

Deutsche Esskultur

Koordinator: Herr Ubaldo de Souza - Email: gour...@igsg.org



Falls Sie Vorschläge oder Beiträge für diese Gruppen haben, wenden Sie sich
bitte an den jeweiligen Koordinator.



Mit besten Grüssen

Ihre

IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa


*4th German Cultural Week Goa*
*4. Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa*
7 - 11 December 2011
Films, music, meetings, Oktoberfest with bazar
Filme, Musik, Vorträge, Oktoberfest mit Bazar
Contact: i...@igsg.org
www.igsg.org

[Goanet] Goa - Image in Germany

[IGSG Goa]

Dear reader,

first of all we wish you a happy New Year! Please find in this newsletter
some relevant information on Goa and Germany which we have found in the
international press. We would like to thank those of our friends and members
who have contributed to this.

Best regards

IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa

For any enquiries or suggestions please contact i...@igsg.org



Lieber Leser,

zunächst wünschen wir Ihnen ein Frohes Neues Jahr!

Wir haben, zum Teil dank der Hinweise aus dem Kreis der Interessierten und
unserer Mitglieder, in der internationalen Presse wieder einige
Informationen zum Thema Deutschland-Goa gefunden, die Sie sicher mit
Interesse lesen werden.

Mit besten Grüssen

Ihre

IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa

Für Fragen oder Anregungen kontaktieren Sie uns bitte: i...@igsg.org



*Goa** of former days is no longer:** dishonoured**, betrayed, sold out *

The leading national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
reports about the situation in Goa 40 years after the beginning of the
Hippie Culture in Goa. Goa of that days is no longer, writes the FAZ, asking
who destroyed the paradise.

In the seventies life in Goa was easy, cheap and colourful: cosy and
warm-hearted amongst beautiful people.

But now the former garden of Eden of the hippies is burning, has
beendishonoured,
betrayed, sold out, says FAZ. Along the famous Goa beach you feel like being
at Ballermann (German denomination for an infamous entertainment mile in
Majorca, Spain, with very loud music, sex and alcohol) after an earthquake:
footpaths in the streets do not exist, only red dust.

Tens of thousands of Indians walk up and down, the groups of males
revealing to be mostly voyeurs, reports the German newspaper.  Meanwhile
some Goans feel like strangers in their own land saying: People of Delhi
and Bombay come only to Goa to have more fun than they can have at their own
places.

New buildings full of flats are waiting for speculators from Delhi or
Bombay. Without the agreement of the Ministers and Chief minister the
criminality wouldn't get out of hand cites the newspaper: They are greedy,
want money.

To read the complete article in German please follow the link:

Die Blumenkinder gehen in Rente, FAZ
1.1.2011http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_FAZ_BlumenkinderRente-en.htm

* *

*Das Goa von einst gibt es nicht mehr: geschändet, verraten, verkauft*

Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) berichtet über das Goa 40 Jahre
nach dem Einzug der Hippiekultur. Der Wandel ist enorm. Das Goa von einst
gibt es nicht mehr, meint die Zeitung und fragt: Wer hat das Paradies
zerstört?

Das Leben im Goa von damals war leicht, billig, bunt, voller Wärme und
Geborgenheit. Man war umgeben von schönen jungen Menschen.

Das Paradies, in dem sie Zuflucht fanden, ist zerstört. Ihr Garten Eden
brennt, ist geschändet, verraten, verkauft. Entlang von Goas berühmtem
Strand sieht es aus wie am Ballermann nach einem Erdbeben: Gehwege entlang
einer Straße gibt es nicht, nur roten Staub.

Zehntausende Inder promenieren auf und ab, die Männergruppen entpuppen sich
zumeist als Spanner und Voyeure. Manche Goaner fühlen sich zwischen all den
Fremden fremd im eigenen Land, behauptet die FAZ und zitiert: Die Leute aus
Delhi und Bombay kommen nur, weil sie hier mehr Spaß haben können als zu
Hause.

In Appartementblocks stehen Neuwohnungen für neureiche Spekulanten aus Delhi
oder Bombay bereit. Ohne Billigung der höchsten Minister und des
Ministerpräsidenten wäre die ausufernde Kriminalität hier nicht möglich,
zitiert die FAZ. Die sind gierig, wollen Geld.

Für den kompletten Artikel klicken Sie bitte hier:

Die Blumenkinder gehen in Rente, FAZ
1.1.2011http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_FAZ_BlumenkinderRente-de.htm



*Goa** getting overcrowded*

Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, reports in an article
that Goa is getting overcrowded. Only time will tell whether commercial
expansion and crime will harm Goa's pristine image and beauty and thus ruin
it as a tourist destination concludes the article.

The complete article in English can be read here:

Is Goa still a safe place? Deutsche Welle,
20.10.2010http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_DW_IsGoaStillASafePlace-en.htm



*Goa wird übervölkert*

Ein englischer Beitrag der Deutschen Welle über Goa als Touristenziel
spricht von der drohenden Übervölkerung Goas. Nur die Zeit wird eine Antwort
darauf geben, ob das Image von Goa als touristisches Ziel durch die
zunehmende Kriminalität und kommerzielle Expansion ruiniert wird, meinen die
Autoren des Artikels.

Für den kompletten Artikel klicken Sie bitte hier:

Is Goa still a safe place? Deutsche Welle,
20.10.2010http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_DW_IsGoaStillASafePlace-de.htm

* *

*Sorrowful news: Prof. Veronica Rodrigues** passed away***

Veronica Rodrigues, Senior Professor at the National Centre for Biological
Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) passed away on 10

[Goanet] Goa's image in Germany

[IGSG Goa]

Dear reader,

first of all we wish you a happy New Year! Please find in this newsletter
some relevant information on Goa and Germany which we have found in the
international press. We would like to thank those of our friends and members
who have contributed to this.

Best regards

IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa

For any enquiries or suggestions please contact i...@igsg.org



Lieber Leser,

zunächst wünschen wir Ihnen ein Frohes Neues Jahr!.

Wir haben, zum Teil dank der Hinweise aus dem Kreis der Interessierten und
unserer Mitglieder, in der internationalen Presse wieder einige
Informationen zum Thema Deutschland-Goa gefunden, die Sie sicher mit
Interesse lesen werden.

Mit besten Grüssen

Ihre

IGSG – Indo German Friendship Society, Goa

Für Fragen oder Anregungen kontaktieren Sie uns bitte: i...@igsg.org



*Goa** of former days is no longer:** dishonoured**, betrayed, sold out *

The leading national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
reports about the situation in Goa 40 years after the beginning of the
Hippie Culture in Goa. Goa of that days is no longer, writes the FAZ, asking
who destroyed the paradise.

In the seventies life in Goa was easy, cheap and colourful: cosy and
warm-hearted amongst beautiful people.

But now the former garden of Eden of the hippies is burning, has
beendishonoured,
betrayed, sold out, says FAZ. Along the famous Goa beach you feel like being
at Ballermann (German denomination for an infamous entertainment mile in
Majorca, Spain, with very loud music, sex and alcohol) after an earthquake:
footpaths in the streets do not exist, only red dust.

Tens of thousands of Indians walk up and down, the groups of males
revealing to be mostly voyeurs, reports the German newspaper.  Meanwhile
some Goans feel like strangers in their own land saying: People of Delhi
and Bombay come only to Goa to have more fun than they can have at their own
places.

New buildings full of flats are waiting for speculators from Delhi or
Bombay. Without the agreement of the Ministers and Chief minister the
criminality wouldn't get out of hand cites the newspaper: They are greedy,
want money.

To read the complete article in German please follow the link:

Die Blumenkinder gehen in Rente, FAZ
1.1.2011http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_FAZ_BlumenkinderRente-en.htm

* *

*Das Goa von einst gibt es nicht mehr: geschändet, verraten, verkauft*

Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) berichtet über das Goa 40 Jahre
nach dem Einzug der Hippiekultur. Der Wandel ist enorm. Das Goa von einst
gibt es nicht mehr, meint die Zeitung und fragt: Wer hat das Paradies
zerstört?

Das Leben im Goa von damals war leicht, billig, bunt, voller Wärme und
Geborgenheit. Man war umgeben von schönen jungen Menschen.

Das Paradies, in dem sie Zuflucht fanden, ist zerstört. Ihr Garten Eden
brennt, ist geschändet, verraten, verkauft. Entlang von Goas berühmtem
Strand sieht es aus wie am Ballermann nach einem Erdbeben: Gehwege entlang
einer Straße gibt es nicht, nur roten Staub.

Zehntausende Inder promenieren auf und ab, die Männergruppen entpuppen sich
zumeist als Spanner und Voyeure. Manche Goaner fühlen sich zwischen all den
Fremden fremd im eigenen Land, behauptet die FAZ und zitiert: Die Leute aus
Delhi und Bombay kommen nur, weil sie hier mehr Spaß haben können als zu
Hause.

In Appartementblocks stehen Neuwohnungen für neureiche Spekulanten aus Delhi
oder Bombay bereit. Ohne Billigung der höchsten Minister und des
Ministerpräsidenten wäre die ausufernde Kriminalität hier nicht möglich,
zitiert die FAZ. Die sind gierig, wollen Geld.

Für den kompletten Artikel klicken Sie bitte hier:

Die Blumenkinder gehen in Rente, FAZ
1.1.2011http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_FAZ_BlumenkinderRente-de.htm



*Goa** getting overcrowded*

Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, reports in an article
that Goa is getting overcrowded. Only time will tell whether commercial
expansion and crime will harm Goa's pristine image and beauty and thus ruin
it as a tourist destination concludes the article.

The complete article in English can be read here:

Is Goa still a safe place? Deutsche Welle,
20.10.2010http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_DW_IsGoaStillASafePlace-en.htm



*Goa wird übervölkert*

Ein englischer Beitrag der Deutschen Welle über Goa als Touristenziel
spricht von der drohenden Übervölkerung Goas. Nur die Zeit wird eine Antwort
darauf geben, ob das Image von Goa als touristisches Ziel durch die
zunehmende Kriminalität und kommerzielle Expansion ruiniert wird, meinen die
Autoren des Artikels.

Für den kompletten Artikel klicken Sie bitte hier:

Is Goa still a safe place? Deutsche Welle,
20.10.2010http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2011-01-17_DW_IsGoaStillASafePlace-de.htm

* *

*Sorrowful news: Prof. Veronica Rodrigues** passed away***

Veronica Rodrigues, Senior Professor at the National Centre for Biological
Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) passed away on 10

[Goanet] German Cultural Week Goa 2010 and 2011

[IGSG Goa]

Dear reader,

first of all we wish you a very good year 2011!

We are pleased to inform the date of the next German Cultural Week Goa:



*4th German Cultural Week 2011 in Goa with Oktoberfest and Bazar*

*7 - 11 December 2011*



The 3rd German Cultural Week Goa 2010 once again was a big success. The
collaboration of many of you surely contributed to this. We have put a Photo
Gallery of this Cultural Week on our website. To see the picture please
follow the link: German Cultural Week Goa
2010http://www.igsg.org/de/events-12-01-09.htm
.



Kind regards

IGSG Indo German Friendship Society, Goa





Lieber Leser,

wir wünschen Ihnen ein gutes Jahr 2011!

Der Termin für die nächste Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa steht schon fest:



*Vierte Deutsche Kulturwoche 2011 in Goa mit Oktoberfest und Bazar*

*7. - 11. Dezember 2011*



Die Dritte Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa 2010 war wieder ein grosser Erfolg,
nicht zuletzt dank der Mitarbeit vieler von Ihnen. Jetzt sind die Fotos auch
online. Hier ist der Link: Deutsche Kulturwoche Goa
2010http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2010.htm



Herzliche Grüsse

Ihre IGSG Indo German Friendship Society, Goa
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[Goanet] German Oktoberfest and Bazar, Goa

[IGSG Goa]

*Come and join the cheer and Prost!*

*German Oktoberfest and Bazar Goa is coming up*

*12 December (Sunday) 8 pm *

*at Clube Vasco da Gama, opp. Municipal Garden, Panjim*

Dear reader,

we are close to the *Grand Finale* of our 3rd German Cultural Week Goa with
German Oktoberfest and Bazar.

We hope to see you there enjoying Indo-German-Goan buffet with Frikadellen
(meet balls), Gulasch and Kartoffelsalat (potatoe salad), German music,
German pastry, Knackwurst (franks) and watching screening of beautiful
German sceneries and landscapes.

Please find below the complete programme of the Cultural Week.

We have two more press articles about this week's events which might be of
interest. Please follow the links:

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-09_ToI-Germans-Invade-de.htm

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-10_Hold-your-nose-en.htm

Best regards

IGSG – Indo-German Friendship Society, Goa

9960822490



Liebe Leser,

am Sonntag ist das grosse Finale unserer 3. Deutschen Kulturwoche Goa, mit
Oktoberfest und Bazar. Wir freuen uns, wenn Sie kommen. Es wird ein Buffet
mit deutschen, goanischen und indischen Gerichten geben mit Frikadellen,
Gulasch und Kartoffelsalat, ausserdem deutsche Musik, deutsche Backwaren und
Knackwurst. Dazu werden auf einem Bildschirm deutsche Landschaften
projiziert.

Weiter unten schicken wir Ihnen nochmal das Gesamtprogramm der Woche.

In der Presse sind inzwischen u.a. zwei weitere Artikel erschienen, die wir
für Sie online gestellt haben unter:

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-09_ToI-Germans-Invade-de.htm

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-10_Hold-your-nose-de.htm



Mit herzlichen Grüssen

Ihre IGSG – Indo-German Friendship Society, Goa

9960822490

*3rd German Cultural Week, Goa*

*8th – 12th December, 2010*



*Organised by *

*IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society, Goa *

*www.igsg.org*



*Programme*

*08 December (Wednesday)*

* *

*Rally Panjim to Anjuna with a VW Bulli, one of the forerunners of the
modern cargo and passenger van,*

*celebrating 60 Years of VW Bulli – 40 Years of the first arrivals of Bullis
in Goa – The arrival in 2010 of a German Bulli by land from Germany to Goa*

*11:30 a.m.* *- The rally will start at Municipal Garden in Panjim at 11:30
am. It will be flagged off by Mr. Manoj Caculo, Director of Caculo
Automobiles, the Goa Agents of Volkswagen cars*

At 1 pm there will be a lunch in Anjuna and a presentation of slides of the
recent land tour from Germany to Goa in 2010 by the German Niels Meves and
his family. Anyone is free to join the rally with his car or motorbike.





*09 December (Thursday)*

* *

*Traditional German Home Pastry Class by German Ladies*

*9 a.m.* *- Clube Vasco da Gama, opp. **Municipal** Garden**, Panjim*

A morning class that allows you to learn how to make some of the famous
traditional German cakes, such as Bienenstich (Beesting) or the Engadiner
Walnusskuchen (Engadin Walnut Pie). Watch the German ladies prepare the
cakes at a high-end non-professional pastry class.

Previous registration required. Limited number of participants. Please
contact.

* *

*Germans in Goa, Goans in Germany: their percepcion of the environmental
problems in Goa. Roundtable.*

*Chief Guest: **Mr Aleixo Sequeira, Minister for Power and Environment.*

*5 p.m.* *– Clube Vasco da Gama, opp. **Municipal** Garden**, Panjim*

German residents in Goa and Goan residents in Germany have a special
perception of the environmental problems faced in Goa. Their opinion could
be relevant for an approach in solving some of the present problems in Goa.

Entry free

* *

* *

*10 December (Friday)*



*Presentation: From the Arabian to the Baltic Sea - A Story of Indo-German
Friendship*

*The experience of a DAAD fellow in Germany. *

*10:30 a.m. - Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Agnel Technical
Education Complex, Verna*

Professor B. R. Srinivasan from the Department of Chemistry, Goa University,
visited Germany as a scientist under DST-DAAD (Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India – DAAD German Academic Exchange Service)
Indo-German exchange project.

Entry free



*Dr. Elisabeth Dessai Prize in the Opportunity for Women and Promoting the
Environment 2nd Edition. **The function will be presided by Mr. Digambar
Kamat, Chief Minister of Goa*

*5 p.m. - N. D. Naik Hall, Pajifond, Margao (next to IDBI Bank and BIG G
shopping ctr.)*

The Prize is funded by Dr. Venkatesh Dessai, an eminent Goan surgeon at the
Academic Hospital of the University of Düsseldorf, Germany, and husband of
late Dr. Elisabeth Dessai. Dr. Elisabeth Dessai, a German, was an eminent
social writer dealing especially with the problems faced by women in Germany
and in Goa and was actively raising her voice in environmental issues. The
prize is awarded every year and is administered by IGSG.

Entry free

* *

*German Film: Fontane Effie Briest (with English subtitles). Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder*

*6 p.m. -* *N. D. Naik Hall, Pajifond, Margao (next to 

[Goanet] Goa - Germany, press news

[IGSG Goa]

Dear reader

Please find below two news on the garbage situation and the German tourists
in Goa, distributed by the agencies Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) and Press
Trust of India (PTI).

The same topic is dealed with in the Goan newspaper Herald. Please follow
this link:

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-05_Herald-Garbage-en.htm



The Goan daily Navhind Times reported about the upcoming German Cultural
Week. Please follow the link:

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-05_NT-Goan-German-Ties-en.htm



We are please do inform that the German Consulate General, Mumbai has
included our programme in Consulate's Journal. Please visit:

www.mumbai.diplo.de/news and www.mumbai.diplo.de/journal



We are complementing this newsletter with the programme of our 3rd German
Cultural Week Goa 8 – 12 December 2010 (find it at the end). We do hope you
will find something of interest in this programme and we are looking forward
to see you at our German Week.

Kind regards

IGSG Indo German Friendship Society, Goa



Lieber Leser,

wir senden Ihnen zwei Nachrichten über das Müllproblem und die deutschen
Touristen in Goa, die von den Nachrichtenagenturen Indo-Asian News Service
(IANS) und Press Trust of India (PTI) verbreitet wurden.

Das selbe Thema wird auch in der lokalen Tageszeitung Herald behandelt. Den
Text finden Sie auf unserer Website unter:

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-05_Herald-Garbage-en.htm



Die Tageszeitung Navhind Times bringt eine Vorausschau auf die Deutsche
Kulturwoche Goa. Text unter:

http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-12-05_NT-Goan-German-Ties-en.htm



Wir freuen uns, dass unser Programm auch vom Generalkonsulat der BRD in
Mumbai bekannt gemacht wird. Schauen Sie doch mal ins Journal des Konsults
unter:

www.mumbai.diplo.de/news und www.mumbai.diplo.de/journal



Wir ergänzen diesen Newsletter mit dem Programm unserer 3. Deutschen
Kulturwoche Goa 2010 (siehe weiter unten). Sicher finden Sie darin etwas für
Sie Interessantes.

Herzliche Grüsse und vielleicht bis bald.

Ihre IGSG Indo German Friendship Society, Goa




*'Filthy, expensive Goa no longer attracts German tourists'*

Panaji, Sat, Dec 4 05:07 PM *(IANS) *Goa is no longer a favoured tourist
destination for Germans because it is 'expensive and dirty', the Indo-German
Friendship Society Goa (IGFSG) said Saturday.

Speaking to reporters here at a press conference called to announce a
weeklong celebration to mark the arrival of the first German hippies to Goa
sixty years ago, IGFSG president Aurobindo Xavier said Goa's inability to
tackle the garbage disposal issue had affected Goa-bound tourist traffic
from Germany.

'A lot of the feedback that the society gets is that Germans no longer want
to come here because Goa cannot solve its garbage problem,' said Xavier, who
teaches at a university in Munich.

Garbage and other waste is disposed in the open in Goa, which has no garbage
processing plant. Strewn garbage and heaps of litter is an ugly, but common
site along the state's roads and near sites of tourist interest.

'A lot of German tourists, who have come to Goa in the past, say that it is
now time to bid Goa goodbye,' he added.

The earliest wave of tourism in Goa, which evolved with the coming of the
hippies in the 1960s, contained a majority of German tourists who in the
1970s were attracted by the pristine beauty of its beaches. British tourists
got the Goa-bug in the early eighties and after a couple of decades,
Russians outrank every other nationality when it comes to foreign tourist
numbers here.

The number of German tourists over the years have witnessed a steady
decline, according to Xavier. 'The garbage situation and the increase in the
number of Russian tourists has led to the decline of German tourists here.
Also, other beach destinations like Thailand are much cheaper than Goa,' he
said.

Goa in 2005 received nearly 15,000 German tourists, but the number has
shrunk considerably over the last five years, according to Xavier.

Goa received 2.4 million tourists annually, out of which nearly half a
million are foreigners.



*Germans say goodbye to Goa due to filth: Experts*

Panaji, Dec 4, (*PTI*) The filth on Goa beaches and expensive holidays have
made the state less preferred vacation gateway for the Germans, an expert
said.

The Germans who have arrived on their holiday in Goa recently have written
on our website that they are saying good bye to the state, Aurobindo A P G
Xavier, President, Indo-German Friendship Society, Goa, told PTI.

He said that the website run by the society (www.igsg. org) has been
receiving articles by German visitors who find the state as filthy.

Moreover, it's expensive destination. Tourists find Thailand cheaper than
Goa, so they have now changed their choice, Xavier, a Goan-based in
Germany, said.

Xavier is amongst the batch of Goans who were studying in Portugal when Goa
was liberated from Portuguese rule.

He later travelled to Germany to eke out living and has made the European

[Goanet] 3rd German Cultural Week Goa - Pressclips

[IGSG Goa]

Dear reader,

we are pleased to send you two press clips related to our upcoming 3rd
German Cultural Week in Goa 8 - 12 December 2010 and which have just been
distributed by the  news agencies Press Trust of India (PTI) and India
Blooms News Service (IBNS).

We do hope you will find something of interest and we are looking forward to
see you at our German Week.

Kind regards

IGSG Indo German Friendship Society, Goa



Lieber Leser,

anbei senden wir Ihnen zwei Pressclips zu unserer 3. Deutschen Kulturwoch
Goa (8. - 12. Dezember 2010), die gerade von den indischen
Nachrichtenagenturen Press Trust of India (PTI) und India Blooms News
Service (IBNS) verbreitet wurden.

Sicher finden Sie im Programm etwas für Sie Interessantes.

Herzliche Grüsse und vielleicht bis bald.

Ihre IGSG Indo German Friendship Society, Goa





*German traveller takes route taken by hippies in 60s*

Sat, Dec 4 06:24 PM

Panaji, Dec 4 (PTI)



The road route taken by the hippies from Germany to reach Anjuna in Goa way
back in the 60s was revisited by a German traveller last week to mark the
four-decade of the community''s arrival in this beach haven. Niels Melves,
50, along with his wife and two children, arrived in Goa by Volkswagen (VW)
Bulli, a car-model that was hot-favourite with the hippies in those days.

Melves travelled for almost a month with his family before touching Goan
soil this week, Aurobindo A P G Xavier, President, Indo-German Friendship
Society, Goa, told PTI. The German traveller will lead the symbolic
motorcade drive from Panaji to Anjuna on December 8 as part of the 3rd
German Cultural Week planned in Goa. Hippies from European countries first
arrived here sometime in the mid-60s putting Goa on world tourism map.

They would take a tedious road route that went through countries like Iraq,
Iran and Pakistan before entering Indian territory and then to Goa. Xavier
said that Germans have had trade relations with Goa since 16th century and
they used to trade in horses, silk, spices and other goods.

Besides, the Germans were the ones to introduce printing machines in Goa or
for that matter in India, he said. Some Germans made Goa as their home after
three ships in which they were travelling sunk off Mormugao coast during
Second World War in 1944.

They settled here and got married to Goan women, Xavier said. Incidentally,
Germans account for the major chunk of tourists coming to Goa from European
countries.





*Motor rally for hippies in Goa*

India Blooms News Service

Panaji, Dec 4 (IBNS)



Indo-German Friendship Society (IGFS) Goa will be holding a rally along the
North Goa coastal stretch with V W Bulli – one of the forerunners of the
modern cargo and passenger van – to mark the arrival of Hippies in Goa.

Addressing a press conference to announce the 3rd Cultural Week beginning
from December 8, President Aurobindo Xavier said that the motor cart rally
will embark from Panaji to the beach town of Anjuna – where Hippies first
settled in mid-60s.

“The first German to start the Hippy culture in Goa was some 65 to 70 years
ago. To mark this occasion, a German native is traveling to Goa via land
route,” he said.

50-year-old Niels Melves along with his family will be arriving Goa after
crossing Iraq, Persia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan in a Volkswagen Bulli
car via land route.

“Germans settlers in Goa will join the rally along with many other Goan
residents. We have invited German Consulate General in Mumbai to grace the
event, but the presence is uncertain as of now,” Xavier said replying to a
query on attendees at the rally.

The week-long event will have round table conference on environmental issues
in Goa, presentation on Indo-German friendship, guided visit to the factory
of the German Company Siemens in Goa and others.

IGFS was launched in Goa in 2006 to strengthen the friendship between
Germany and India, especially Goa.



(Reporting by John Edwards)
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*3. Deutsche Kulturwoche 2010, Goa
3rd German Cultural Week 2010, Goa
*8 - 12 December 2010
Filme, Musik, Vorträge, Bazar, Oktoberfest
Films, music, meetings, bazar, Octoberfest
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Newsletter
Preparation of the 3rd German Cultural Week in Goa (December 8 – 12, 2010)
is almost finished. We will soon be able to send you the final programme.

Es geht mit schnellen Schritten auf die 3. Deutsche Kulturwoche in Goa zu
(8. – 12. Dezember 2010). Das endgültige Programm werden wir Ihnen bald
zusenden.

News
*X-Ray devices produced by Siemens Goa are much cheaper and better for the
Indian market** than those made in Germany. Siemens getting smart*
The online edition of the German newspaper Die Welt explains the new
Siemens initiative baptized getting smart which consists in increasing its
production in other countries. The consequences of this new strategy for the
German market are shown.
Detailed examples are given in relation to India and China. One of them is a
report about the activity of radiologist Tanksale of Vasco da Gama, Goa and
the Siemens X-Ray device. Doctors like Tanksale are the future customers of
Siemens, writes the newspaper. The article quotes Hemant Usgaonkar, manager
of Siemens in Goa. Mr. Usgaonkar considers that the Siemens factory  of
Verna, where the X-Ray devices are produced, is very important for Siemens.
In his opinion this Goan factory, with its  80 employees, is ready to
produce at least one new product yearly. Usgaonkar says that X-ray devices
imported from Germany are more expensive, and not better for the Indian
market than those produced in Goa.
Read the original German text here:
*Wie Siemens Deutschland den Rücken
kehrthttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-07-04_Siemens_DieWelt-en.htm
*

*Ein importiertes  Röntgengerät aus Deutschland ist teurer und weniger
adäquat **für den indischen Markt als eins, das in Goa hergestellt
wird. Die Smart-Strategie von Siemens*
Flucht ins Ausland: Siemens lässt immer mehr Produkte in Indien und China
entwickeln. Das stört den Betriebsfrieden in Deutschland.
Die Online-Ausgabe von Die Welt berichtet ausführlich über die neue
Siemens-Strategie, die Smart getauft wurde, und bringt Beispiele aus China
und Indien. Für Indien berichtet sie vom Siemens-Werk in Verna, Goa und
zitiert einen zufriedenen Kunden aus Vasco da Gama und den Betriebsleiter
des Werks Hemant Usgaonkar:
Lesen Sie hier den Originaltext:
*Wie Siemens Deutschland den Rücken
kehrt*http://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-07-04_Siemens_DieWelt-de.htm

*
Bosch acquires 33,000 square meters of land at Verna Industrial Estate/Goa*
Investment of 4 million euros in new plant
*Please read the press release at the end*

*Bosch erwirbt 33.000 m2 Baufläche im Industriepark Verna/Goa*
Vier Millionen Euro werden in neues Werk investiert
*Lesen Sie bitte den Pressrelease am Ende*


*Robert Bosch Foundation in Goa*
The Institute for the History of Medicine of the Robert Bosch Foundation
Stuttgart Germany has organised an exhibition on ‘Homoeopathy – A Medical
Approach and Its History’ in collaboration with Shri Kamaxidevi Homoeopathic
Medical College and Hospital, Shiroda – Goa.
Please read the full story of Navhind Times here:
*Wonders of 
Homoeopathyhttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-05-26_Homeopathy_Navhind-en.htm
*

*Robert Bosch Stiftung in Goa*
Das Institut für Geschichte der Medizin dr Robert Bosch Stiftung hat in
Zusammenarbeit mit dem Shri Kamaxidevi Homoeopathic Medical College and
Hospital, Shiroda – Goa eine Ausstellung mit dem Titel Homeopathie – Ein
medizinischer approach und seine Geschichte veranstaltet.
Bitte lesen Sie den Originaltext auf Englisch in der Navhind Times Online
hier:
*Wonders of 
Homoeopathyhttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2010-05-26_Homeopathy_Navhind-de.htm
*

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*Bosch Press Release*

*Bosch Packaging Technology*

*Bosch builds new plant in India*

· Bosch acquires 33,000 square meters of land at Verna Industrial Estate/Goa

· Investment of 4 million euros in new plant

· Annual production capacity will increase

 Verna/Goa – Bosch Packaging Technology, one of the leading suppliers for
total solutions in packaging and process technology, has acquired 33,000
square meters of land in the Verna Industrial Estate to build up its new
plant. The company is planning to invest four million euros. Speaking at the
announcement, Karthik Viswanathan, Managing Director of Bosch India said:
“This investment will fuel our ambition to grow in the packaging industry.”

Bosch's Packaging Division started its Indian operations in Bangalore in
1995 before moving to Verna/Goa in December 2007. By the end of 2012 Bosch
is aiming to have a fully operational plant integrating the whole Indian
production. With the new plant the division will see an increase in the
production capacity and its number of 

[Goanet] Pictures of German Week in Goa

[IGSG Goa]

We are pleased to inform that our website has been updated with photos and
press clips of the 2nd German Cultural Week, Goa, 9 – 13 December 2009.

Please follow the link:

http://www.igsg.org/de/CultWeek2009.htm



Unsere Webseite ist aktualisiert worden. Fotos und Presseberichte der 2.
Deutschen Kulturwoche Goa, 9.-13. Dezember 2009 finden Sie unter

http://www.igsg.org/de/Kulturwoche2009.htm



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