[Goanet] Overseas ......
Dear Fred/Goanetters ! PIO v/s OCI Card. What's most suitable ? Regds Percy Ferrao Ealing Road. ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] OCI
Dear Mario, Thanks your email on the OCI card. Is it true that USA/UK will not be in a position to provide consular protection to its citizens in thier country of second nationalality, and to what extent ? Regds Percy Ferrao Ealing road ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] OCI
Dear Vivian, Any answer to wheter foreign income is taxable in India if one has an OCI card. Kindly let me know. Thanks Percy Ferrao Ealing road ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] Licence....
Can a foreign passport holder of Indian origin still retaining his/her valid Indian driving license allowed to drive/ride in India ?? Percy Ferrao Ealing Road. ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] Rude Mumbaikar (courtesy Mid-day) From Percy Ferrao, Ealing Road
anil thakraney - A study suggests Mumbai is the rudest city in the world. (Too bad they forgot to cover saadi Dilli, that place would win hand's down in such a poll it's only in our capitol city that you can get shot down because you scraped past a Maruti Esteem on Chandni Chowk). I actually agree with their findings I think our city has lost it in terms of basic courtesy and civic behaviour. People are becoming increasingly crude and disgusting in public places. However, instead of trashing the citizens, I actually empathise with them. You work your butt out earning taxes to run the nation, and all you get in return is shoddy roads and pathetic living conditions. And you're expected to help careless dudes when they spill papers on spit-laden streets? You travel hours to get to work each day, in the most trying circumstances, at times you drown in open nallahs laced with dog faeces and rat piss, and all you get in return is a slum-surrounded dabba that you self-deceivingly call home, and you're expected to say a cheery hello to equally angsty strangers? You have a government that looks the other way when you are in deep trouble, that does nothing to worry about improving lives of people who own this city, and is instead more worried about filling up its own coffers, apart from spending all its energies demolishing dance bar girls and wardrobe malfunctioned models, and you're expected to say a sweet thank-you to the drunk, abrasive, ghoos devouring clerk at the ration card office? No thanks, I say. As the world sniggers at aamchi Mumbai post the survey, they would do well to remember that Parisians, Romans and Londoners would do far worse in similar circumstances. Forget thanks and sorry, the sort of expletives they'd fart out on the streets, even I, with my solid reputation for poor taste intact, would find unprintable. Forget accusing them for being rude, I salute Mumbaikars for keeping their heads in what could be the worst surviving conditions in any city in the whole wide world. But is it THAT bad? I am often blasted for being overtly negative about stuff, after all, some would say, nice, nice plans are afoot for the city. The PM was down to inaugurate the Metro, we'll soon have a brand new airport, there's that sea-link project, Marine Drive is set to get a stunning make-over, Dharavi will soon start resembling Manhattan, etc, etc. Cool, super, sounds great to me too, but I am afraid, going by the past record (and since the same bunch of jokers continue to head all our political parties), all this is plain cheap talk, uttered simply to achieve two things: strengthen assorted vote banks, and slime off most of the funds that will get generated for the various projects. Consider this: we have built geometrically incorrect flyovers over both, Worli and Mahim, at huge cost to the tax payer, but no one was held accountable, and life just goes on. We cannot get the much needed Peddar Road flyover going because a nightingale won't sing. The so-called sprucing up of our existing domestic airport is taking millenniums to get done. God alone knows when (and if at all) the Bandra-Worli sea link project will get completed. And instead of paying serious attention to our totally crumbled local train network, we are busy dreaming of a Metro. Here's what will eventually happen: Every single project will, as has always been the case, get badly stuck in a quagmire of executive lethargy, inter-party carping, dirty politics, rabid corruption, mindless public interest litigations and slums revolts. And worse of all, because the government wants to prove it's serious about development, roads will get stupidly dug up and left in that state for years together (it's the same situation in Bangalore where I am currently located, and where the good doc has arrived to make all the right noises about growth and development, as he leaves mind-numbing traffic snarls in his wake) making the average Mumbaikar's miserable life even more degraded than it already is. And they expect the citizens to be polite and well-mannered at all times like the Londoners and the New Yorkers? &[EMAIL PROTECTED] @*%, is all I can say. - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20060630/2ce02e53/attachment.htm ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] Excess baggage
Air New Zealand says new system will nab overweight bags Tue Nov 7, 4:08 AM ET Air New Zealand is to introduce a new electronic baggage system, which the airline has said would collect five million dollars (3.3 million US) annually from overweight baggage. The system will automatically calculate the weight of baggage being checked through and any applicable charges, Air NZ executive Norm Thompson said. "This new X-bag system is designed to ensure that we more closely control baggage weight and fuel use. Every extra kilo carried on an aircraft means extra fuel burned," he said Tuesday. Air New Zealand currently carries about a million kilograms of excess baggage domestically each year, costing 2,200 dollars per kilogram in fuel. Fuel makes up 35 percent of the airline's total costs. Thompson said it was "categorically not a revenue-gathering exercise" but check-in staff were reported to have been briefed on how to deal with passengers angered by the new system. Air New Zealand domestic travellers are charged five dollars per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of baggage over the allowable 20 kilogram limit. Percy Ferrao Bridgewater Road - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20061113/eb42b677/attachment.htm ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] Yahoo! News Story - Air New Zealand says new system will nab overweight bags - Yahoo! News
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[Goanet] BBC E-mail: Facebook criticised by Archbishop
* G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html Percy Ferrao saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Facebook criticised by Archbishop ** Social networking sites, texting and e-mails undermine community life, Roman Catholic leader Archbishop Vincent Nichols says. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/8180115.stm > ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail < http://www.bbc.co.uk/email > ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future or want to know more about the BBC's Email a Friend service, please read our frequently asked questions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4162471.stm
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- BOOK RELEASE: Medieval Goa by Teotonio R. de Souza Will be re-released after 30 years on August 21, 2009 at 5:15pm at Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry Hall, near Azad Maidan in Panjim, Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com - --- On Mon, 8/17/09, percy ferrao wrote:Courtesy times of india, by Anand Soondas Don’t make a big deal of Shah Rukh’s detention Anand Soondas Saturday August 15, 2009 After a long time actor Salman Khan has come up with a real gem. On hearing about Shah Rukh Khan being questioned by US security at Newark, New Jersey, he said it’s good that the country has such a tight set-up. And that ``there has been no attack after 9/11 because of this.’’ Salman has a point. SRK might be an icon to Indians and many in the subcontinent, even to the desi diaspora spread across the globe, but to America he’s just a visitor. We may be convinced he cannot be involved in anything that’s remotely violent, but the guard given the responsibility of stopping something like 9/11 from happening in his country again will want to take no chances. And what is the possibility that he’s a die hard fan of the Khan and Bollywood? Very slim. Interestingly, the same day that SRK was detained in Newark, there came news that the great Bob Dylan, who was wandering around Long Branch, near New York City, sometime back, was asked for an ID by two cops too young to know who he really was. When he couldn’t furnish one, he was taken right back to the resort where he was putting up and staff there vouched for him. And America is Dylan’s own country. Was there a furore? Not that I know of. Not even a little blowin' in the wind. SRK says he’s ``upset and angry’’ because it was his Muslim name that caused all this. Thousands of Muslims are made to go through extra security checks everyday in America and a host of Western countries. Is he equally upset at that? He's probably just pissed that it happened to him, India's mega star. We all know how a lot of Muslims have been subjected to prejudice around the world because many countries see terrorism as an Islamic phenomenon. Yes, it is uncalled for, unjust and maybe wrong. But America is a country that takes the killings of its people with the seriousness it deserves, unlike India whose record on this is shameful, to say the least. Also, because most of the perpetrators of 9/11 were Muslims, America thinks it has to be doubly careful where they are concerned. Had the terrorists been Jews, perhaps it would have looked at Jews with similar suspicion. I was much more aggrieved at President Kalam being frisked. But that’s a dated debate. There are two layers to the SRK incident and we must peel them off with care. One, it is quite ridiculous that Indians feel their icons and superstars are everybody’s icons and superstars. What the heck? If Jet Li came to India tomorrow, the man on the street here would probably call him ‘`Chinky’’ and not give a second look. For that matter, what if Gérard Depardieu came travelling. How many would know him? Matt Damon was here recently and there wasn’t a traffic jam in Delhi. These guys are huge back home. Moreover, America doesn’t have a culture of fawning the way India has. Mike Tyson was treated like a common rapist and spent most part of his youth in the slammer. Winona Ryder was sentenced to a three-year probation for shoplifting. Chinese born Hollywood actress Bai Ling was fined US 200 dollars for petty theft. More importantly, we are actually aggrieved because we are ``not like them’’. Well, guess what. It isn’t a virtue. We should be like them and take the security of our country and its people with solemn, no-nonsense professionalism. Frisk Brad Pitt when he lands in India next. Give Tom Cruise the same dose. Don’t spare Bill Clinton either. Isn’t he an ex-prez just like Kalam? Who’s stopping you and what’s stopping you? Colonial hangover? Or is it plain lethargy and callousness. Looks like both. We are just whimpering over here like hurt puppies because we feel, ``Oh, but we don’t do it to them’’. Oh no, we don’t. And it’s a scandal. We should. I’ve seen white men – and women – get away in India with murder. Indian women can’t get into some discos wearing a sari. And bouncers will frown at you if you are dressed in a kurta. Have you seen what some of these firangs have on them? No one bats a eyelid. So instead of making SRK’s detention an issue, we should think of upgrading our own security set-up. There’s a lesson in this. And it is a positive one. A day after our own 26/11, there was hardly any security at CST in Mumbai. It can’t get worse than that. The bottom line: Stop fawning, shed the colonial hangover and make no compromise where the country’s safe
[Goanet] Greetings !!
August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary Happy 15th anniversary Goanet Percy Ferrao Harrow Road, London
[Goanet] The Challenge of Saving Goa - Percy Ferrao - OHeraldo 26sept2009
The Challenge of Saving Goa: The case of Canaguinim By Percy Ferrao It has now become a norm in Goa, wherever open land is visible (land already a scarce commodity), that the draconian law of acquisition is carried out with impunity by allegedly corrupt politicians in league with rapacious builders and unscrupulous public servants, for the construction of mega housing colonies and other destructive development, with the barest respect to maintaining setbacks, sewerage and proper roads. Huge tracts of land are acquired for a pittance or compensation never paid to poor farmers and backward communities who are unaware of their rights. The land thus acquired is surplus to what is required for the projects so the excess is reported to be sold on to greedy builders to build shopping and housing complexes. Land records have been distorted and even the thumb impressions of the dead have been fudged and forged, and there have been instances where landlords have become tenants, and vice-versa, overnight. I had the opportunity of meeting Fr Henry, the parish priest of St. Sebastian Church, Canaguinim, for the past three years, at the GOA festival in London, A devout person, Fr Henry sees the villages of Canaguinim, Nuem and Cabo de Rama as scenic, serene, unpolluted and peaceful. But with no schools or even a primary health centre, and an erratic power and water supply, their inhabitants have migrated to cities for better education facilities for their children and those living in the village have their children travelling more than 20 km everyday to school and colleges. When the villagers of Betul-Naqueri passed resolutions in the Gram Sabha recently to altogether scrap the Food Park project, in spite of fierce resistance from the authorities, they are stumped as to why the land acquired using the urgency clause (the clause is designed to be used only in case of earthquake or natural disaster) for the food park’s auxillary service has not been returned to its rightful owners. A large part of this land is agricultural, the owners being mostly from the backward class communities who have toiled hard for generations to undertake the cultivation of coconut and other fruit trees, and who have been miserably compensated. The information accessed under RTI indicates that the auxiliary services for the Food Park project are related to real estate development. According to information obtained, the company wishes to set up club houses, apartments, villas, resorts, malls, BPO and IT/BTS plots. There is hardly any mention of any food processing units! The development, with the attendant huge influx of migrants, will have an adverse effect on the social, cultural and environmental situation, putting more stress on the already overburdened infrastructure like power, transport, sewerage system and garbage which is already a monstrous issue in other parts of Goa. The prime land acquired by the GIDC must be given back to its rightful owners. Any major project, if it is to enjoy local consent, needs first to undergo a thorough preliminary study, to be presented to the local panchayat or government for evaluation. Where, though, is the feasibility study that shows, at the very least, that there really are all those unemployed Goan youth who are trained, qualified and prepared for such projects? Despite huge cash offers running in lakhs to dissuade Fr Henry from spearheading the opposition, he and the villagers of Canaguinim stand resolute in their campaign to see such disastrous projects scrapped. Fr Henry is a Manglorean, yet has Goa in his heart. He says that if the government is serious about developing the village and its inhabitants it should first build schools and other educational institutions, primary health centres, hospitals and other, non-polluting cottage industries which will employ the local people. He cites, as an example of what is going wrong, the ONGC (Offshore Natural Gas Company), which has acquired 22 acres of prime, sea-facing land in Canaguinim, where locals are yet to find employment even after more than 15 years. The central government has been serious in razing down illegal structures within the CRZ zone, and yet the state government is bent on constructions in the Betul/Canaguinim coastal areas. The residents of Betul, Naqueri and Canaguinim have already been having problems in finding land to build dwellings for themselves as a result of expanding families, and in such a situation our politicians are acquiring the already scarce land for destructive development. Electricity and water are commodities that have been already stretched to the limit and an overload will most certainly will cause a total collapse of the infrastructure. Twenty years ago, our state politicians kept junketing off to Singapore for ideas and inspirations to make Goa another Singapore, a model state in India. But today we are witnesses to lop-sided development
[Goanet] Cricket world cup
Winners South Africa Player of the tournament Dale Steyn/Jacques Kallis Percy Ferrao
[Goanet] Plot for Sale
Sea facing Plots for sale at Cabo de rama. Goa. 3000 and 4000 sq mt respectively @ Rs 5000/- per sq mt only for GOANS. contact percyfer...@yahoo.com
[Goanet] Plot for sale
Plot for sale; 550sq mts at Sinquetim Navelim, for details contact Percy Ferrao . _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
[Goanet] Plot for sale
Plot for sale only for Goans at Kaneguinim (Cabo de Rama) pls contact percyfer...@yahoo.com
[Goanet] Plot
Will be in Goa (Assolna) from 15th Oct to 1st Nov. If interested in the Kaneguinim plot pls contact me on email percyfer...@yahoo.com Percy
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Shop 32 sq metres available in the heart of Margao for 40 lakhs. please email twig...@gmail.com
