Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Modi's Attempt to Woo the Christian Community (Ram Puniyani)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

No surprise, it is election time soon, so what a better time to try to appease 
this minority community, which otherwise is being openly discriminated all the 
time by the BJP-RSS alliance throughout India with full impunity.
Finally he has decided to host a nice party for Christmas - one day in a year 
maybe where no Christian was murdered in is beloved Bharat.
He and his henchmen do not care about Christians in India, he only uses various 
communities for his personal, selfish gains.
Like his friend dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, they will do whatever is 
possible to stay in power. Looks like the attempt to jail Rahul Gandhi for 
alleged defamation did not go that well, unlike Alexei Navalny's jail term, 
thanks for the last few remnants of true democracy in the country - the Supreme 
Court.
Having family members and friends as priests and nuns working as missionaries 
and nurses in various parts of India, I do get a total different story of 
events that are completely different from what is being published by the BJP 
controlled press.
Just hope that Christians in India do not fall for Modi's Bollywood style 
charming acts.
Next show, Ramadan.


From: Goanet-News  on behalf of Goanet 
Reader 
Sent: 04 January 2024 22:01
To: goa...@goanet.org 
Subject: [Goanet-News] Modi's Attempt to Woo the Christian Community (Ram 
Puniyani)

Ram Puniyani
ram.puniy...@gmail.com

On December 25, 2023, Prime Minister Narnedra Modi invited
many Christians for an interaction and to greet them.  He
lauded the community for their social work [1] and hailed the
inclusive teachings of Lord Jesus Christ.  He also went on to
recall his long association with the community leaders. A
couple of days later in Kerala nearly two hundred Christians
joined the BJP.  The Hindu newspaper reports, "A meeting of
the BJP State leadership in Kottayam here on Monday decided
to launch a 10-day-long Sneha Yathra, which seeks to win over
the community by explaining its position [2] on various
issues, including the Manipur violence." At the same time,
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan was on the dot when he stated
that, "Things have reached such a pass in Manipur that a
section of people...  Christian community cannot live  We
have seen the state Government and Central Government
maintaining silence." (I E Jan 2, 2024, Mumbai)

  As the next general elections are approaching, the
  RSS-BJP have activated their attempts to woo the
  Christian community.  As such the present plight of
  Christian community is reflected in various
  national and international reports and indices of
  religious freedom.  Two incidents of persecution
  take place every day as per the Vada Na Todo
  Abhiyan (The Don't Break Your Promise Campaign).
  In UP "...100 pastors and even ordinary men and
  women, are in jail under charges of [3] illegal
  conversions when all they were doing was
  celebrating birthdays or conducting Sunday prayers."

The Government is also investigating agencies against
Cardinal and Pastors as per the memorandum cited above.
According to the United Christian Forum, a total of
302 attacks [4] took place against Christians in the first
seven months of 2022.  A petition filed by Archbishop Peter
Machado, National Solidarity Forum and Evangelical Fellowship
of India, states that the "State has failed to take immediate
and necessary action against groups that have caused
widespread violence [5] and used hate speech against the
Christian community, including attacks at their places of
worship and disruption of prayer meetings."

The United States Commission on International Religious
Freedom (USCIRF) has, for the fourth consecutive year,
declared India as a country of particular concern [6] and
asked the US Administration to draw up their policies
accordingly.

As per Open Doors in South Africa, "Since the current
government came to power in May 2014 pressure on Christians
has risen dramatically  Hindu extremists attack others
with impunity, using extreme violence in some area.
Increasing numbers of states are also implementing
anti-conversion laws, supposedly to stop Hindus being
forcibly converted to other religions [7], but in reality,
they are often used as an excuse to harass and intimidate
Christians  Being a pastor is one of the riskiest
vocations in the country today.  Hindu extremists target them
with violent attacks to sow fear in the wider Christian
community."

The present plight of Christian community is rooted in the
Hindutva discourse where Islam and Christianity are regarded
as foreign religions.  The RSS's second Sarsanghchalak, M.S.
Golwalkar in his book The Bunch of Thoughts states that
Muslims, Christians [8] and Communists are an internal threat
to Hindu nation.

The RSS propaganda in Shakhas is conducted on these lines.

With the increase in intensity of Hindutva activities, the
anti-Christia

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] The Short Films of Vince Costa

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Fred,
Please go to sleep, you need some rest my friend! ??

From: Goanet-News  on behalf of Frederick 
Noronha 
Sent: 05 October 2023 19:50
To: Goanet 
Subject: [Goanet-News] The Short Films of Vince Costa

Chotrai Khellpolloinarank Chotrai: the Konkani street plays of Salcete
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The 'Sontreo' [Umbrella] Festival
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Talking Myths -- Rakhno (the protector of Goan villages)
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Talking Football with Jacinto Barreto Miranda
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Story of Faith
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Being Chorao
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Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s olfactory skills, study finds.

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Hi Augusto,

I did just generalise the word anglers as both those who fish with both rod and 
net. In the west, both activities slightly overlap, hence perhaps my overlook.

But you are absolutely correct in the case of Goa, the worst damage is being 
done by these people who catch fish with nets whose holes that are too tiny to 
ensure all fish sizes are caught.

Still worse are these trawlers that have nets that should be classified as 
illegal as these quantities of fish caught is by the tonne as opposed to a few 
hundred kilos by the sluice guys and a few kilos (if not grammes) by the 
private anglers.

Real anglers are the ones who can easily take the lead and show sustainable 
fishing by example.

One cannot rely on these useless governments with corrupt ministers for whom 
fishstocks depletion is the last thing on their agenda. Only committed people 
can make such a change for a better future.

Is anyone doing anything about this in Goa?

Regards,

JP





From: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com  on behalf 
of augusto pinto 
Sent: 13 August 2018 13:33
To: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Goanet
Subject: Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s 
olfactory skills, study finds.

A couple of comments about this thread:
1) Themistocles mentions that  'catfish' is 'tigur' in Konkani. Catfish is 
usually called 'sangott'. I'm not sure what  tigur (or thigur as we pronounce 
it in North Goa) is called in English although it might well may be a variety 
of catfish. Wonder whether someone can clarify.

2) Joao Cota blames (among others) anglers for fish depletion.An angler is 
defined as a person who fishes with a rod and line. I doubt whether the volume 
of fish caught by anglers can cause fish to be seriously depleted. What is more 
likely is that over-fishing may be be caused by the nets used in ponds and 
'manos'es (sluice gates) which are commercially auctioned off to the highest 
bidder.

Augusto




On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Joao Paulo Cota 
mailto:joao_c...@hotmail.com>> wrote:

This unfortunate situation in Goa is not just caused by pollution but also due 
to overfishing and lack of fishing laws. Anglers catch tiny young fish...


From: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com<mailto:goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com> 
mailto:goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com>> on 
behalf of Eric Pinto mailto:eric...@gmail.com>>
Sent: 13 August 2018 05:22
To: Goa Book Club
Cc: Goanet
Subject: Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s 
olfactory skills, study finds.

Yes. Our water bodies including rivers have become highly polluted. Many 
anglers complain that what they once caught is not available anymore.


On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 23:27 Themistocles D'Silva, 
mailto:themisdsi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Recently, there has been lots of publicity on fish treated with formaldehyde.

There are also other fishy stories. 1. Fresh water fish in local ponds have 
disappeared because the catfish (tigur) have been eating them. So people 
stopped eating tigur !!!  Nothing can be further than truth.


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Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s olfactory skills, study finds.

[Joao Paulo Cota]

This unfortunate situation in Goa is not just caused by pollution but also due 
to overfishing and lack of fishing laws. Anglers catch tiny young fish and will 
always find a recipe to cook these. These fish are deprived from growing up as 
adults and procreating, thereby depleting fishstocks. At the end, these very 
same morons complain that there is not fish in the waters!

The notion of sustainable fishing that involves throwing back live young fish 
back to the water just does not sink in on local angler's mindsets. The excuse 
on forums that 'if I don't take it home, somebody will' does not help the 
argument.

I personally think that although many things in Goa are only getting worse - 
environment, corruption, etc - there is always a glimmer of hope if there are 
responsible people always ready to make a stand for the right thing to do. 
Awareness is key to anything in life. Like protesting and getting complaints to 
the fisheries department to take action against pollutants being thrown in 
fresh water bodies, having new laws prohibiting use of small holed nets, 
introduction of fishing seasons, etc are essential if one wants to see fish in 
the fresh waters of Goa. One can make one government body check another...

Else, nice images of the past - fish, animals, birds - would be the only thing 
left for future generations to see.




From: goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com  on behalf 
of Eric Pinto 
Sent: 13 August 2018 05:22
To: Goa Book Club
Cc: Goanet
Subject: Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s 
olfactory skills, study finds.

Yes. Our water bodies including rivers have become highly polluted. Many 
anglers complain that what they once caught is not available anymore.


On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 23:27 Themistocles D'Silva, 
mailto:themisdsi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Recently, there has been lots of publicity on fish treated with formaldehyde.

There are also other fishy stories. 1. Fresh water fish in local ponds have 
disappeared because the catfish (tigur) have been eating them. So people 
stopped eating tigur !!!  Nothing can be further than truth.

It is the responsibility of the educators to enlighten the public with facts 
and not myths. Check the acidity and impurities of water in our ponds.

Read this study.


https://daily.jstor.org/will-fish-lose-their-sense-of-smell-in-acidic-oceans/?utm_term=Will%20Fish%20Lose%20their%20Sense%20of%20Smell%20in%20Acidic%20Oceans&utm_campaign=jstordaily_08092018&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email

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Re: [Goanet] [goamusician] Emiliano Da Cruz

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Hi Joel,Great compilation of one of the greatest musicians Goa has ever 
produced.Emiliano was a family friend for over half a century, music being the 
main connection between our families.Further to what Paulo Dias mentioned on 
his reply, I was the one holding the cassettes at Emiliano's request. It was 
very unfortunate that Goan Association UK refused to let these cassettes be 
even given for distribution for donation for the man who gave so much for 
everyone, including themselves, and yet they allowed pirated music of Emiliano 
to be played and sold openly at the Goan Festival to the Goan public, thus 
depriving the man of his rightful meagre copyright earnings. When challenged, 
they protected those who sold his pirated music...I have just met Emiliano 
earlier this year and was very sad to see him so unwell as he had serious 
health issues. However, we shared our jokes and stories as we usually do, 
despite him struggling to breathe. He gave me a signed copy of his latest album 
with the condition I play it and give him my honest feedback. I did and oh boy, 
it was another one of his great soothing music CD's.Emiliano had three loves in 
his life: his absolutely wonderful wife Lilian + his family he adored, his 
music and his farm + animals. He gave me a tour of his new farm, showed me his 
special breed pigs, and he then pointed to me his home made bio-gas plant that 
provided the household free gas the whole year round! His recycling business 
from the hotels too was an ingenious way to reduce waste and simultaneously 
recycle plastic, provide food waste for his pigs and compost organic waste for 
the plants, etc. We compared notes on cultivating techniques and 
energies/renewables, and he confided about his business expansion plans 
too.Music aside, the man was a born genius on sustainability and he did it his 
own way, the only way he knew - simple, practical, effective - Emiliano's way.I 
was shocked when I was told of the news today, like all of us who knew him 
closely surely did.Hope we shall remember him for the great contribution he 
made to Goan music and hope his great works that he so cherished with his ever 
faithful band shall live forever.RIP my dearest friend.Joao Paulo Cota


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Re: [Goanet] Quackery on Herald

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Dr Ferdinando,I personally think  you ought to have a serious chat with the 
Goanet admin and sort out your differences or whatever you have with them 
directly and in private.I think the general Goanet reader is definitely not 
interested in hearing about your problems with either them or with any other 
private fellow member on a regular basis, however genuine it actually sounds to 
be. I had cut down my Goanet ubscription to just a digest, purely because it is 
virtually impossible to handle the sheer amount of useless emails flying 
around, especially on people trying to settle scores with each other.Please 
refrain from voicing your grievances to the community immediately. In a 
democratic forum, you basically have two choices: either you sort out your 
differences amicably with Goanet admin else you just leave the group.It is not 
rocket science for somebody of you IQ to have realized that... even as late as 
now! :-)Kind regards,JP
From: drferdina...@hotmail.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Subject: FW: [Goanet] Quackery on Herald
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:18:18 +0530




Goanet has a "BLACK HOLE" where mails sent to it gets lost in cyberspace.
I've experienced it before too.
This below mail was sent twice to Goanet but has not been posted yet. This is 
the third time I'm sending, let us see if it appears or disappears.
The 'blackhole' is for goanet to grind their axe where Rules & Regulations 
cannot.

Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
From: drferdina...@hotmail.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Subject: FW: [Goanet] Quackery on Herald
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:56:40 +0530





From: drferdina...@hotmail.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] Quackery on Herald
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:55:56 +0530






Santosh
Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Sun Jan 26 17:08:46 PST 2014 wrote:

1. Falcao
got his medical degree from the same medical college from which I got mine,
namely Goa Medical College.

2. Please let me know if you need any more accurate credible information 
exposing quack practices such as these.

Cheers,

Santosh


RESPONSE:
1.  WRONG!  I did not get my Degree from Goa Medical College, The "University 
of Bombay" awarded me my Degree in 1975. Maybe Mr. Helekar got his from Goa 
University, I am not aware. 
A medical Institution  does not produce all doctors of the same calibre as a 
factory. 
The product of any institution depends on the intelligence of the student.
2.  According to Mr. Helekar, all these doctors cited in the  below websites 
are "Quacks", including the WHO doctors.


http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/videos/news/Acupuncture_122313-1.html


A new study finds that acupuncture helps alleviate
joint and muscle pain, stiffness and hot flashes in women taking anticancer
drugs called aromatase inhibitors.

https://www.mja.com.au/insight/2013/6/acupuncture-research-needs-new-approach

A German study, published in the Annals of
Internal Medicine, found that acupuncture led to statistically significant
improvements in disease-specific quality of life and antihistamine use after 8
weeks of treatment compared with sham acupuncture and with rescue medication
(the antihistamine cetirizine)

http://aim.bmj.com/content/early/2013/12/02/acupmed-2013-010435

Randomised
clinical trial of five ear acupuncture points for the treatment of overweight
people

Professor Sabina Lim, Research Group of Pain and
Neuroscience, WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, East-West
Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, South Korea; 
l...@khu.ac.kr







Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. 


  

Re: [Goanet] Punjabi NRI meet

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Try bribing Goanet moderators the 'non Goan' Indian way, you might get lucky in 
getting your posts published! :-)JP

From: drferdina...@hotmail.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] Punjabi NRI meet
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:02:38 +0530




Time and again I have brought to the attention of the forum that the below 
rules of Goanet are blatantly flouted by the moderators only on posts by a 
particular member. But when someone else posts something useful, but not Goan; 
it is rejected. Why have Rules? Just state like the Editors of certain Goan 
newspapers do: "Will be published at the discreetness of the Editor"!



http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=9

 

RULES

 

Post material which is relevant to Goa and Goans.



In the event that the volume of emails in a day is high, posts on topics
directly pertinent to Goa and Goans and those of higher quality will be given a
preference. 



Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. 

  

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Hope is not a strategy: The demand for Mopa (Rahul Basu)‏

[Joao Paulo Cota]

This excellent article by Rahul Basu gave a realistic picture about MOPA that 
could mean gloom and doom for Goa if this huge project backfires.Evaluating 
these future traffic projections, if these are represented graphically, a 3.5m 
to 28m would represent an 8 fold traffic increase in simple terms! Analysing 
the last 10 years figures and extrapolating this data till 2035, is this really 
achievable even then? Most likely not. So, MOPA could easily become a white 
elephant project if it does not attain a critical traffic level requirement 
when it starts operating.The world economy - its cyclic recessions, 
deterioration in foreign traveler’s budgets due to pensions and savings 
problems – also would have an effect on (overseas component) traffic 
projections. Goa too is not a guaranteed touristic destination in the future, 
worldwide competition is intense and tourists always seek better deals and 
options. Recent rapes, murders, drugs, Mafia, high crime in Goa does not help 
the case…The Indian economy depends upon a lot of work outsourced from the 
West. If this work dries up, there would be less inflow of foreign revenues. 
The high domestic output cannot sustain itself in twenty years times. Hence 
even domestic air travel might not increase to unrealistic levels in the future 
due to economic corrections – when a developing economy attains ‘developed’ 
status.MOPA also needs to be a main hub for some major airline(s) to stamp its 
mark in the highly competitive airport market. Airlines too have to balance the 
books between fuel efficient aircraft and fuel costs. The trend now seems to be 
for wide bodied aircraft. Would MOPA be able to accommodate A350’s A380’s and 
Dreamliners? Considering these being fuel efficient, would the high costs 
transportation of aircraft fuel to an isolated MOPA be sold at competitive 
rates? Who can guarantee that?Having worked at architectural/construction 
management level role in large airport projects in the UK, I cannot emphasize 
enough the need to careful study, plan, design and finally build it based on 
real figures based on real data.So far, all MOPA projections are based on 
cuckooland data. And hope! JMOPA airport project would not mean just the 
airport building itself. One would also need to take into consideration the 
seamless interface with the associated infrastructure thrown into the equation: 
roads, bridges, rail, retail, hospitality, etc.Even if that whole 
infrastructure is built around MOPA, what would be the impact on the 
environment and also on existing tourist infrastructure elsewhere in Goa far 
away from MOPA? Who has accessed it properly? And what about that long journey 
for the tired overseas tourist, who, after having had a long trip, would be 
expected to make yet another long journey from MOPA to anywhere they need to go 
to?ICAO's report needs to be carefully studied by a panel of air industry 
specialists and Dabolim needs to be looked at again – with the Navy possibly 
making its long overdue exit. Goa is too small to cater for two major airports. 
Period. A wrong decision could potentially mean a huge economic disaster that 
Goa can hardly afford.I sincerely hope these irresponsible ministers involved 
in the decision making start putting their electoral and financial 
‘projections’ aside, and instead start thinking of better ways to improve life 
in Goa. Stepping aside and making room for newer, fresh blood into Goan 
politics could be a good start too. It is a part of the evolution process. Kind 
regards,Joao Paulo Cota
NB: Remember that Goan minister in the 1980's who went some place (Singapore I 
think) and saw traffic lights for the first time in his life? As soon as he had 
returned back to Goa, he made sure there were traffic lights all over Panjim 
literally overnight. Result? Total gridlock across Panjim. This is the result 
when you have irresponsible people in power unqualified to make proper 
decisions involving public money. Money that is not theirs to waste.
 

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] NEWS: Agencies join hands to salvage Goan handicrafts industry (PTI)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Sometimes one wonders if any Government in Goa really have any competent 
minister with a bit of 'grey matter up there' to come up with any long term 
plans for anything really, not just handricrafts.
Whilst it is not rocket science for any touristic destination to realize that 
are tremendous commercial benefits of linking its mainstream industry - tourism 
- with the artisan industry, what has the GHRSSIDC been doing then after all 
these years?
When I moved to Goa in 1980's, I was involved with this department in a way due 
to one of my craft hobbies and I did ask the then department director why can't 
this industry, so rich and full of talented people, could not be promoted any 
further? Apparently then, there was just one main handicrafts centre in 
Bicholim and when I visited them, the crafstmen told me that the Govt hardly 
gave them any marketing support. Apparently ministers just come for the 
occasional visit and that was it. When I queried with the director what the 
Govt's plan was, he just mentioned that there are limited budgets, etc. 
However, they were not short for cars and posh furnished offices... but not 
with wares from Goa!
With the tourism industry at its saturation stage today and considering the 
fact that the Goan handicrafts market being literally flooded with cheaper 
Kashmiri, Rajasthani and other North Indian wares - heavily 'subsidized' by the 
Kashmiri mafia who use it as a frontline to sell their drugs - won't it now be 
a bit of an uphill task for the GHRSSIDC to actually try to achieve what they 
are set out to do? Would the Russian mafia tourists, illiterate, uncultured and 
ignorant in their vast majority, then the Israeli drug addicts 'military' 
tourists - basically, the bulk of foreign Goa tourism today, actually buy these 
wares?
It would be an utter disgrace that some of these talented craftsmen I met might 
no longer be in the trade, as it would be economically unviable to make a 
living under such appaling conditions.
Before these new GHRSSIDC plans are put in place, was any case study made for 
this sudden change? Considering now that the local output would be increased, 
has the Goverment planned all the other bits - marketing, advertising campaign, 
etc? Or would ware just pile up unsold in warehouses?
I hope that these poor artisans and crafstmen won't be victims of yet another 
incompetence fiasco, as these are trademarks of certain Govt officials who are 
just day dreamers and hardly last a mandate in power. 
Would anyone still remember that Goan minister who went to a trip to the Far 
East and was so impressed with the traffic lights systems therein that he 
literally instructed traffic lights to be implemented across Panjim overnight? 
I was one of the many drivers caught in the traffic chaos that soon followed, 
as no proper traffic flow analysis was done in the Panjim area. That is a 
typical case of Government plans that normally endup in disaster and wastage of 
public money.
Hope they can get things right for the Goan Handicrafts. Things would have not 
reached the 'salvage' status if moroons and incompetent politicians would have 
not been in power for so long.
JP Cota

 
  

"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you don't 
know". --M. Lin 


 

> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:55:52 +0530
> From: news.goa...@gmail.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet-News] NEWS: Agencies join hands to salvage Goan handicrafts 
> industry (PTI)
> 
> Agencies join hands to salvage Goan handicrafts industry
> PTI | 11:03 AM,Mar 28,2011
> Panaji, Mar 28 (PTI) Various government-funded agencies and non-profit
> organisations are working together to revive the handicrafts sector in
> Goa, and to link it with the tourism industry. "One third population
> of Goa is dependent on the tourism.Handicrafts are a very important
> component of hospitality industry. Many joint efforts are being
> planned to promote both in Goa," state tourism director Swapnil Naik
> said. The South Asia Foundation (SAF), a non-profit organisation,
> along with state government''s Goa Handicraft Rural and Small Scale
> Industries Development Corporation (GHRSSIDC), is working on several
> initiatives to establish a market for Goan handicraft items. SAF''s
> Jitendra Deshprabhu said the efforts were on to set up `Goa Crafts
> Village'' at Pernem taluka. "This would be a unique crafts village,
> only of its kind in south Asia. Almost 200-250 artisans would be
> provided with residence-cum-workshed structures here," he said.
> Deshprabhu further added that the space would also be provided for the
> artisans from other South Asian nations. South Asia Foundation has
> decided to join hands with Delhi-based National Institute of Fashion
> Designing for the skill upgradation of local artisans. GHRSSIDC
> Chairman Sameer Salgaocar said that a `Shipgram'' was being planned
> near Panaji, on the same lines. Goa Industry, Trade and Commerce
> Director Sanjit Rodrigues s

Re: [Goanet] Damodar Ghanekar... Konkani dictionary ... March 17

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Thanks for the news.
Just wanted to know if anyone is familiar with an exhaustive Konkani 
dictionary written by the late Prof Lourdino Rodrigues from Santa Cruz? 
I recall, when I moved to Goa in 1981, both me and my brother had to 
learn English and we were lucky to have him as our English teacher (via 
Portuguese) for a few months. However, he was very busy writting a major 
Konkani work and I not aware if it has ever been published or not. He 
was on his last states of writing it, but sadly, on his last stage of 
his life too.
The last I heard, his son Tensing Rodrigues was an Economics professor 
teaching in Panjim.

Thanks,
JP


"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you 
don't know". --M. Lin

Re: [Goanet] NEWS: The "national" media "rediscovers" Goa... Comment in India Today

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Aroon Purie,
Nice article that highlights the real current situation in Goa.
However, everyone should realize that if Goa needs to be clean, it is 
just not for the benefit of tourists who want to come down and hopt to 
have a great time.


Goans too like cleanliness, like it existed in the good old Portuguese 
times, but most of the filth currently present in Goan beaches have been 
attributed to Indian tourists. The last time my family visited Calangute 
beach, we just had to retract our steps as there were all sorts of dirt 
on the sand and it was just unsafe to walk amongst the debris on it. We 
decided to observe for a while and clearly saw with our own eyes Indian 
tourists spitting pan on the beach, throwing bottles and other rubbish 
all over the place with total disregard to any civilized rules. Surely 
they would never do that in their backyard, wherever they may be in 
Hindustan.


Average Goans, Hippies and general Western tourists have manners and 
take care wherever they go.


Perhaps the challenge would be to fine these filthy fellow citizens that 
come to Goa, pollute it and then go back to their native places - only 
to then comment on how bad the state of Goa is. These people should 
clean up what they leave behind else they should be welcome - not - to Goa.


Goa does not need to be more 'Indianized' than already it has been. All 
corruption and sleeze have been Indian imports that then allowed foreign 
imports like drugs and prostitution to flourish.
On insight, if the Portuguese would have been in Goa till date, things 
would definitely different today. Probably not as developed, but 
definitely not as corrupt and filthy!


And these filthy Indian tourists would have accounted then for a lot of 
extra revenue to the local exchequer!

JP




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Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Pious Outrage over Commonwealth Games Shame (Madhu Kishwar, Manushi)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Dear Prof Kishwar,

Many thanks for your absolutely superb and well researched article.
It is obvious that most people share your view on India's way of life, 
as documented by you.


I have no doubts that however rich India might be someday, it will 
never, ever, ever be at par with any Western nation in terms of quality 
of life.


In the time I lived in Goa, fully 'Indinized' now, I have never found 
any aspect of life where corruption was not involved. That was not the 
case under Portuguese rule. Even on the day I have returned back to 
Europe, I had to pay a police clearance certificate, and I was asked by 
the non-Goan Goa Police desk clerk if I could add a 20 rupee note (some 
pocket money in 1994) to the 5 rupees fee! To that, I have just replied 
that when I would return to visit Goa, I would definitely get him some 
bubblegum. To which he nodded happily!


As the rich get richer and more powerful, as the police and government 
departments get more greedy, corruption will never be stamped out as 
without it, these so called 'leaders' would never be in their 'richie 
league' and would just be nobodys - like the vast illiterate people who 
elect them to power. Many times, many of these are paid to exercise 
their 'democratic' right!


Sad, such a huge nation with endless resources to make it amongst the 
league of great nations... but as corruption will never be stamped out, 
it is doomed to be just another nation where it might throw in their 
weight in world issues, but will never call the shots and pride itself 
in being a place anyone would be happy to live in. A place where the 
rich would not care if they have to bulldoze a few slums to make way for 
a nice garden... overlooking yet more slums!


Kind regards,
Joao Paulo Cota


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don't know". --M. Lin







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Re: [Goanet] An invite from Goanetter-author Selma Carvalho...

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Oh dear...
Fred, do you really think it is worth being a good Samaritan 24/7?
Told you, not worth the trouble! :-)
Good luck with the launch Selma! Please be kind to Fred... he needs 
enough motivation to be able to publish more books!

JP



"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you 
don't know". --M. Lin

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Goa-launch of the well-received *Into The Diaspora
Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho on Aug 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 11
am at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Meet the author, buy a signed
copy (only Rs 295 in Goa till stock lasts).
http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] CONTROVERSY: Costs and benefits -- Goa's NRI Commission, expenses and activities

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Hello,

Firstly thanks Aires for obtaining - as you always do at the end - details that 
one would never think they would be ever known to the common man.

Whilst I have my reservations on the actual efficiency of this NRI cell, I did 
note a few things on the expenses list that would need further clarification. 
For example, both Director and Commissioner went to the Toronto Convention. 
Their details are as below:

 

> 3. Eduardo Faleiro, Commissioner for NRI Affairs
> Canada
> July 21-Aug. 01, 2008
> To attend International Goan Convention 2008 in Toronto from
> 23rd to 27th July 2008
> Rs 8,89,514=00
> 
> 4. U. D. Kamat, Director for NRI Affairs
> Canada 
> July 21-Aug. 01, 2008 
> To attend International Goan Convention 2008 in Toronto from
> 23rd to 27th July 2008
> Rs 2,33,364=00

 

Both men spend the same amount of time there, but why are Faleiro's expenses be 
nearly FOUR times more than Kamat? Isn't this  a conference when they sit, 
listen, talk and the only 'work' involved isn't just to sit down and go through 
notes? So, what are these extra expenses for?

 

Again both these officers plus the Chairman toured the Gulf in 2007. Once more 
Faleiro's expenses are many times higher than the other officers. Why? Can he 
explain why such a huge disparity in expenses?

 

> 2. Eduardo Faleiro, Commissioner for NRI Affairs
> Kuwait and Qatar
> Nov. 05-14, 2007 
> To meet Goan expatriates, identify their grievances and other
> issues affecting them and to study the labour markets in
> Kuwait and Qatar
> Rs 4,52,272=00
> 
> 3. VAdm John C De Silva (Retd),Chairman, Overseas Employment
> Agency of Goa Kuwait and Qatar
> Nov. 05-14, 2007
> To meet Goan expatriates, identify their grievances and other
> issues affecting them and to study the labour markets in
> Kuwait and Qatar
> Rs 1,70,775=00
> 
> 4. U. D. Kamat,
> Director for NRI Affairs
> Kuwait and Qatar 
> Nov. 05-14, 2007 
> To meet Goan expatriates, identify their grievances and other
> issues affecting them and to study the labour markets in
> Kuwait and Qatar
> Rs 1,94,479=00


If one looks at the sheer amount of domestic flights, and the staggering 
amounts of money involved, one just wonders, if the same job could have been 
done over the phone/internet and with minimal travelling. Have these people 
ever heard of video-conferencing, Skype perhaps? I am not equating their 
attitud to arrogant British MP's buying duck houses or porn at the cost of 
public expense, but general Goan public could surely benefit for all the money 
saved by overspending of these greedy 'men in power'.

 

With austerity affecting virtually every local Goverment in the world, it does 
look like nothing seems to affect the budgets of the Goa Government and its 
subsidiary agencies!

 

I am not a Goan taxpayer but all these figures can make any Goan overseas 
wonder if all these officers should be sent for a special crash course on 
efficiency, austerity and discipline to maximize work and minimize expenses - 
and have an overseeing body watching over their shoulder afterwards. 

 

And I wonder how many times all these 'men in power' turn up at work at 9am 
every working day! 

Aires, fancy some more investigative work? :-) Keep up the pressure my good 
friend, everyone will eventually realize they will not get away with murder... 
at least without being exposed first!

 

Kind regards,

Joao Paulo Cota


  

"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you don't 
know". --M. Lin 


 

> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:23:00 +0530
> From: goanetrea...@gmail.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet-News] CONTROVERSY: Costs and benefits -- Goa's NRI 
> Commission, expenses and activities
> 
> CONTROVERSY: Lawyer Aires Rodrigues recently targeted the Goa
> NRI Commission, raising a number of queries about its
> expenses, priorities and achievements. NRI Commissioner
> Eduardo Faleiro shared his complete reply with Goanet, which
> is put out here in the interest of wider debate, specially
> among our many expat readers. Comments and feedback
> (including suggestions) are welcome, and can be posted at
> goa...@goanet.org
> 
> Openquote:
> 
> The request of Adv. Aires Rodrigues contained in reference
> dated 31/05/2010 may please be seen at Pg. 1/C.
> 
> The replies to the information has been prepared which is as
> under:-
> 
> Sr.No Information Sought Reply
> 
> 1. Total amount spent by the Government of Goa on the
> Commissioner for NRI Affairs and his office from 23/02/2006
> to date
> 
> As per attached Annexure-I
> 
> 2. Details of all overseas trips made by Commissioner of NRI
> Affairs from 23/2/2006 to date and the trip wise expenses
> incurred on hi

Re: [Goanet] Traditional Eco-Friendly Sao Joao to be held at Salvador do Mundo.

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Sometimes we have to examine the usage of the word 'Eco' with a bit more 
insight.


People may try eating a few traditional things on a coconut shell for 
that function only; after they go back home, they will carry on eating 
on plastic or glass ware regardless. Can't really blame anyone, it is 
just too impractical to use coconut shells for eating.


Also, if everyone ate their meals on banana leaves, a simple maths 
exercise would easily prove this to be an unsustainable practise and 
that there would be no banana trees left in India in no time. And with 
less photosynthesis, I wonder where on earth the bananas would get their 
nutrients


What would make 'Eco' sense would be to recreate the old practises of 
packing food into simple, non plastic packaging. If people would take 
jars/cloth bags to the local shops to get them refilled with grains, 
rice, veggies, etc. then it would make more sense. A step further, once 
could grow own vegetables on back gardens, reuse rain water, compost, 
insulate houses sensibly, use more solar/wind energy and turn kitchen 
bottles upside down for that 'last drop' when they are nearly finished!
Even designed my Porvorim flat so that the breeze alone with just two 
windows open, ventilates the whole area without any need of any fans.


I would call al this a proper usage of the word 'Eco'.

Regards,
JP


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don't know". --M. Lin





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Re: [Goanet] Goanet highlights... Tracking Goans down the Nile.. (by Selma Carvalho)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Selma,
I assume that in your articles series of on Burton, you will also give 
readers some insight about how vile, drunkard and a true pig this 
Englishman was. Sometimes one wonders how Knighthoods can be bestowed on 
such low life adventurers, but history is never short of controversy.

I shall definitely follow your column with interest!
Kind regards,
JP Cota


"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you 
don't know". --M. Lin

Re: [Goanet] Reprints of Goa-related books available from AES, Delhi (long)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

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Dear Fred,

Thanks for the list, I thought it would never end!
Some of the titles are just masterpieces in their own right, and I 
thought they would never be ever available for general reading, leave 
alone private ownership. I would like to order a few of these, but I 
thought of double checking with you something: who are these publishes 
(private / govt) and do they reprint with copyright consent from the 
previous publishers, estates, etc?


I know that reprints in India that I have are nowhere close to the 
stunning original lithos and engravings, but before I add such material 
into my Goa related library, I really wanted to be sure these books are 
reprinted with copyright.

Many thanks,
JP




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Re: [Goanet] COMMENT: Of Goa, mafia politicians and crime (Jay Dubashi, in the Organiser)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

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   Happy New Year Twenty-Ten

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Dr Dubashi,
This is one very fine piece of reading. Sad, but true facts, and you 
have nailed it very well.

Good day,
Joao Paulo Cota



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Re: [Goanet] Goa Portuguesa : A Goan Restaurant by Deepa (Mahambre) Avachat in Mumbai.

[Joao Paulo Cota]

I cook Goan dishes myself, and always try to make them authentic and more 
refined to perfection everytime I hit the pans. However, having just read a few 
of 
the ingredients these chaps use on their so called 'Goan' dishes, I am 
absolutely 
sure they are only using the 'Goan' and 'Portuguese' brand names purely for 
commercial exploitation.

Here in London, there are a couple of restaurants they are Goan and have Goan 
cuisine. Apart from a few dishes, which, everything else is rubbish. The owners 
are 
non-Goans...

Interesting enough, same brand of non-Goans are the first to rush for Hindi 
movies 
that depict Goans as drunks, loose women, maids, etc... when the truth is so 
far 
from what their narrow minded film directors perpetuate. But for commercial 
gains, 
oh yes, Goa and Goans are OK.

Silly Indian hypocrytes...

http://www.goaportuguesa.com/


"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you don't 
know". --M. Lin 

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Goan music: a long, twisted, and often colourful road across time (Valmiki Faleiro, Herald)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Fantastic (early) Christmas day reading and absolutely superb compilation of 
Goan musical knowledge!
Thanks Valmiki and wishes to everyone for a great festive season!

Joao Paulo Cota




"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you don't 
know". --M. Lin

Re: [Goanet] Kowtowing to the super-censors (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Vidyadhar, congrats, very good article indeed.

Joao Paulo




"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you don't 
know". --M. Lin

Re: [Goanet] FOOTLOOSE: Derek Almeida's The Bomb Within (Gomantak Times/Weekender)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

Derek, please try to write something smaller and to the point. Good theme, 
but far too many words...


JP


FOOTLOOSE / Derek Almeida

-
The bomb within

Gomantak Times, June 1, 2008

IT WAS ON Thursday that members of the Goa Bombard Abhiyan
met in a secluded room in Caranzalem to bomb the interim
report on the Regional Plan and declare war on the Task
Force. 

Re: [Goanet] Lead me to the broker (Rajiv Desai)

[Joao Paulo Cota]

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Brilliant article, well researched!

JP Cota



"The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you don't 
know". --M. Lin
  Lead me to the broker
  Rajiv Desai
  Tuesday, January 30, 2007 22:47 IST

  PANJIM: The long Republic Day weekend saw hordes of aliens from Delhi
  descending on this small, pristine state of 1.5 million people. 

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-news] Goa news for July 1, 2006

[Joao Paulo Cota]

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