--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C) to maintain the moratorium on issuing further environmental clearances for mining activities in Goa
http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho se...@goanet.org Hartman D'Souza brings us yet another informative article on the ravages caused to Mother Earth by mining, this time in neighbouring Maharashtra. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192050.html Nisser Dias examines the tenuous grip of the current CM on his own administration and the chaos which usually reigns. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192043.html Selma Carvalho looks at a Passage to India and rape, in her weekly column. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192023.html Our architectural heritage is what give Goan towns and villages its unique look and is an important aspect of our cultural preservation. This is something the government of Goa doesn't seem to understand. Much like its blatant disregard for the environment, it also shows a blatant disregard for old buildings which need to be preserved instead of demolished. Heta Pandit writes an open letter to the CM and asks unsettling questions about the destruction of heritage building around Panjim. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/191992.html Freddy Fernandes examines India's internal security and asks the questions, Who is a Naxalite? http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/191918.html Pre-Liberation era engineer Vitorino Pinto reminisces about town planning in 50s Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192010.html Freddy Fernandes talks about people's empty stomach and politicians empty promises. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192079.html A problem which many Goans are unaware of is the near civil-war raging in India between the Centre and Maoists. This debate hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai on IBN-CNN, gives an insight into this problems which is fasting spreading to other parts of India. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192058.html Keeping with the topic, an article by Sahlil Tripathi was sent in by Dr Barad, which begins with the sentence, "A naïve admiration for the Maoists is emblematic of the tendency in some among the Indian intellectual class toward left-wing utopianism." http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/191961.html Here is a list of Great Goans provided by Anthony. See if you agree or disagree with his list. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192044.html Lino Dourado gives us his Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Amchi Jib Khobram-Potr. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192016.html Vivek Menezes writes about the Russian revolution taking places in parts of Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/191882.html Goa is a mess, says activist-advocate Aires Rodrigues in an article titled, The state of Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/192042.html Will Goan courts ever hold politicians responsible for their actions? Even if their actions resulted in vandalizing a police station? Avelino D'Souza sent in an article about a Goan Minister who incited a crowd to attack a police station. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-April/191921.html Subscribe to Goanet at: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org