goanet-digest Monday, July 8 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4139
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Heroic lives
Fw: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of values
[Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Illegal construction
[Goanet] LINKS: Groups and organisations working on AIDS
[Goanet] On Civilizations!
[Goanet] Tony Call-Kuwait Goan Tiatrist.
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 06:42:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Heroic lives
Frederick Noronha writes:
"This observer must be among the most devoted of
non-devout readers
interested in issues related on religion."
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Dear Fred,
That is excellent news. I think many of us would be
interested in knowing more about Goan participants in
Mother Teresa's continuing work, if you happen to come
across some information.
Also, news about any other Goans who lead lives of
exemplary and heroic virtue. It is always nice to read
history in the making: especially when it comes to
unsung heroes and heroines.
Of course, most of us know of many charlatans and
frauds, but it is always nice to be reminded of
basics.
Thanks and regards,
Joel Almeida
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:54:55 +0530
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Subject: Fw: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid of values
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> From: <Vijay de [EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Herald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: GoaNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:19 AM
> Subject: [Goanet] Parrikar: Under guise of secularism education is devoid
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> > INTERVIEW: UNDER THE GUISE OF SECULARISM, EDUCATION IS DEVOID OF VALUES
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> > The BJP-led coalition government promises to give a better governance in
> its
> > second term. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar says a vision document for
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> > next ten years is in the offing and that development will be in a
planned
> > manner. In an interview with Vijay de Souza, the chief minister dwelt on
> > issues like political stability, education, saffronisation and
> > accountability. Excerpts.
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> VISION DOCUMEMT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN THE OFFING, CLAIMS PARRIKAR.
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> Herald, 4 July, 2002
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> Q. You have always been stressing on education- right from the days you
have
> been in the Opposition. What exactly is your vision of education in Goa- a
> sector where crores of rupees are spent by the government annually.
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> A. We never stressed on quality. Always on quantity. I have started
changing
> this.
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> Comments:
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> I have a suggestion to make to you, Mr. Manohar Parrikar. You will do
better
> if you drop the "I" syndrome. A core politician like you, who is a
> technocrat by profession should leave the changing of 'education' in GOA,
> for the better, to the eminent "educationists" and "academicians", of
> whom GOA certainly has no dearth. I can understand you suggesting changes
> in the technical education. If ideologues of RSS like you interfere in
> education matters, it is bound to be saffronised. And no amount of denying
> this will help. On the contrary, as the education minister, it would be
> proper for you to organize brainstorming sessions by the academicians and
> educationist of GOA and let them come up with a "WHITE PAPER" on Goa's
> futuristic education policy, the syllabi, the teaching techniques et al.
Goa
> Su-Raj Party will do that at the very first opportunity. Goa requires
> educated practical people rather than high funda crammers who stand like
> sore thumbs in the highly competitive practical field.
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> As regards your stand on Goa's freedom struggle and its freedom fighters,
> governments and politicians, again, should not interfere in the heroics.
> There are freedom fighters, who were, and are, real and sincere . And
there
> are many others who are hypocrites and fakes. As an enterprising CM of Goa
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> where you can help is to weed out the fakes and let the genuine ones seek
> their own levels to claim the glory for their patriotism. This is an
> exercise for real GOANS. A point to make here is that though freedom
> fighters rid GOA of the colonial rulers, they have achieved nothing
better
> than to hand it over to the hypocrites and free-booters, when they
> themselves have been satisfied in receiving commendations, year in and
year
> out, and of course, their fat pensions. The real freedom fighters should
be
> ashamed to call themselves freedom fighters in Goa's context. I know of
one
> who is and who has been humiliated at your very hands in the recent past.
> And not many Goans and the 'real' freedom fighters are going to forget
that
> in a jiffy. That brings us back to "who should talk about freedom fighters
> and heroes and who should not"
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> Goa Su-Raaj.
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:23:27 -0600 (MDT)
From: Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWS FROM PAKISTAN Illegal construction
Greetings, All. I thought you might want to share this story with some of our
ex-Karachiwallahs. There are a total of 27 poor Catholic families from 41 households
living on the 117 Depot Lines compound in Saddar, Karachi who are facing possible
eviction from their homes and harassment at the hands of a land mafia overlord.I
encourage everyone to lobby on their behalf. People can send their letters of support
to my other email address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best regards Robin Fernandez
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KARACHI: The clandestine construction of a wall on an army-controlled residential
compound near Empress Market has raised hackles among its mainly Christian
inhabitants, as the custodians had earlier frozen all construction and repair work
there. The construction ban was imposed some years ago because officials said they had
been ordered to demolish the 117 Depot Lines compound.
Residents say the wall, erected four days ago under the nose of the army's guard
commander on the compound, is the handiwork of a former watchman who has illegally
occupied part of the compound. They claim that Iftikhar Ahmed erected the wall ahead
of what they suspect to be a well-orchestrated plan to seize more land.
"Iftikhar plans to use the wall to occupy more territory," said one Christian resident
whose family has been living there for the past 70 years. Nearly all the 27 Christian
families out of 41 house dwellers have lived on the 117 Depot Lines compound since the
1930s. "He has tricked the army guards posted there by putting a curtain over the
freshly-constructed walll," he said.
Iftikar Ahmed, who secretly built a bungalow in the far corner of the compound as well
as second-hand garment stores in the 1990s, runs a pay-phone facility on the premises.
These constructions are neither legal nor accounted for in the original design plan,
residents say.
The latest infringement of the construction freeze has angered the 41 compound
residents because the army and local authorities have prevented them from carrying out
urgent repair work. "Our compound gutter is in need of repairs and two roofs down here
must be replaced," said another resident. Construction experts warn that if the
ceilings of two buildings in the compound aren't fixed, roof cave-ins could occur in
the event of rain. The compound residents have also been stopped from repairing their
sewer line. Yet, they say,no authority has taken notice of the illegal encroachment
and construction of shops and a bungalow by Itikhar Ahmed, who came to the site as a
watchman some 25 years ago.
Almost a decade ago, residents allege, Iftikhar broke open the front-door lock of
deceased compound resident William Almeida's house in block no 117/46 and seized
control over his flat. In the summer of 2000, Iftikhar acquired the keys of a house
occupied by Soli Manna, a Parsi resident of block no 117/45, from the retired
assistant quarter-master of Army Station Headquarters Arif Abbasi. The keys were
handed over to Abbasi by Soli's sister Gulubaiji upon his death. According to one
resident, Iftikhar has occupied altogether one-third of the built-up area of the
compound. Originally the 15,000-square yard compound belonged to Parsi philantrophist
Eduljee Dinshaw who moved to India in 1965. Since his departure the compound was
declared an enemy property by the Pakistan government, but his 40 or so tenants
continued paying rent to the local authorities via the court until December 1980.
Eleven years later, the property was taken over by the army.
Over the past two decades, the residents of 117 Depot Lines have lived through periods
of uncertainity when development plans advocated the demolition of the compound homes.
In February 14, 2001, the inhabitants were told to leave their homes or risk being
thrown out by army and city land officials. The residents were in deep shock after
they were told not to expect any compensation. They decided to take the matter to
court and within a week won an injunction that forbade the authorities from
dispossessing them. But the court that passed the injunction also said those
residents' homes could be demolished later after a proper notice was served to them.
With the status of the compound remaining unchanged in subsequent months, the
residents are bitter over the fact that no official attempt has been made at
relocating them.
"Iftikhar has terrorised all the other inhabitants of 117 Depot Lines. He has
arrogated the position of sole spokesman for the compound dwellers and did not allow
us to form a joint action committee. He has beaten up two individuals who challenged
him and attempted to slap a young girl across the face," said a female resident. "We
want the authorities to be fair to us. If they allow one man to build shops and walls,
then why do they disallow us from carrying out simple repair work?"
A young resident who was threatened with dire consequences for allegedly squealing to
the press about the illegal constructions said Iftikhar drew much of his support from
political leaders. "But we have had corruption-busting army rule since October 1999
and yet Iftikhar continues to pull the strings," he said.
The majority of the residents say they want to continue living on the compound but
they would be willing to vacate if the authorities work out some reasonable
settlement. "We just want a little compensation if we are evicted from our homesor
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:17:07 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] LINKS: Groups and organisations working on AIDS
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Below is a list of groups working, or who have worked, on the HIV/AIDS issue
in Goa... both official and non-official:
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Goa State AIDS Control Society * OPD Block * Old GMC Complex * Panjim
Phone 437286 or 422519 Fax 422518 Project Director: Dr Prakash Kanekar
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BLOOD BANKS: GMC Blood Bank, Bambolim 403202
Phone 223037 or 2244444 1/2 Extn 2187 Dr Suresh S R Mandrekar
BLOOD BANKS: Hospicio Hospital Blood Bank, Margao 403601
Phone 705754 or 705664
Dr N V Markande / Dr Bandana Pandey 226277(R)
BLOOD BANKS: Asilo Hospital, Mapusa 403507
Phone 262372 or 265119 Fax 262211 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr S P Prabhu Desai 223444 (R)
BLOOD BANKS-PRIVATE: Salgaocar Medical Research Centre
Airport Road, Chicalim, Vasco da Gama 403711
Phone 540083 or 540218 Officer: Dr Tito A R Souza
BLOOD BANK-PRIVATE: Shri Sai Central Boodbank Laboratory
817(2), Santoshi, Opp O Coqueiro, Alto Porvorim, Goa 403501
Phone 412083 or 225030 (Panjim lab). Dr H. C. Karapurkar
BLOOD BANKS-PRIVATE: Dr Fonseca's Laboratory Blood Bank
Vanarai Apts, 1st Floor, Tambdi Mati, St Inez, Goa 403001
Phone 427735 or 226468. Dr C E Fonseca
DISTRICT NODAL OFFICER: Dr Anand R Sawant, Chief Medical Off (TB)
18th June Road, Panjim. 403001 Ph 224787
DISTRICT NODAL OFFICER: Dr Vandana Patankar, Health Officer, STD Clinic
Hospicio, Margao. 403601. Phone 705774 or 705754.
STD CLINIC: Dept of SKIN & VD, GMC. Bambolim.
224441 Extn 2239 or 2092 or 2002. Or phone 225227 Dr MFM Miranda
STD CLINIC: STD Clinic at Hospicio Hospital. 403601
Phone 705664 or 705754 Dr Vandana Patankar
STD CLINIC: Asilo Hospital, Mapusa
Ph 265119 or 262372. Dr B C Das
BAINA STD CLINIC, Near Police Station, Vasco Dr AP Mendonca
VOLUNTARY TESTING CENTRES:
GMC-Dept of Microbiology Ph 224441/2 Extn 2187 Dr Savio Rodrigues
Hospicio-Blood Bank Ph 705754 or 705664 or 735972 Dr Vandana
NGOs:
* Saad Alashiro, Housing Board Complex, Journalist Colony,, Porvorim
Tel 410864 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Jan Ugahi, Malbhat, Margao. Tel 737167 Deepali Naik/Gregory D'Souza
* Lifeline Foundation, Indiranagar, Chimbel c/o Dr A Fernandes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Rishta, Umtawaddo, Baga Road, Calangute. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel 227953(R) or 9823 258456
* Desterro Eves Mahila Mandal, Baina. Tel 511396 or 9823 087114
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Vasco Anti-Aids Assn, Behind D'Souza Bar, Baina Beach Tel 514378
Contact: Asha Vernekar
* Visionaries, Colva. Ph 777610 Shrikant Padiyar
* ZRZ, Jannat Gali, Baina Beach. Tel 519951 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Humsafar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* GCP+, 1 DMello Apts, Near BPS Club, Margao
Goan Community for Positive People. Arun Tomar
* FXB-India, Francois Xavier Bagnoud-India Ph 501495 or 512959
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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:24:44 +0000
From: "James Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] On Civilizations!
Folks,
I was referred to this excellent article from the New York Review of Books.
It contrasts Orientalism and Occidentalism (yes, investigating the schisms
among the "isms"), given the soul searching that continues to pervade the
discourse in the US. Those of you who are familiar with Samuel
Huntington's seminal piece ("The Clash of Civilizations") and are looking
for some summer reading will find the following piece interesting.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15100
Enjoy,
James
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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 19:29:51 +0000
From: "A. Veronica Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Tony Call-Kuwait Goan Tiatrist.
TONY CALL – SENIORMOST KUWAIT TIATRIST.
Antonio Cabral popularly known as Tony Call is one of the well known Kuwait
Goan tiatrists who before coming to Kuwait in November 1959 with Portuguese
Passport as a citizen of India Portuguesa had acquired name and fame for him
by acting in many Tiatros. Not only in Goa with topmost professionals but
also in Bombay he acted with topmost tiatrists of that time. From the very
early age in his Candolim Village at Orda St. Cruz Vaddo, Tony Call started
showing small skits or dramas during the feasts of the Chapel of St. Cruz.
During those days he was burning with fire to show his stage talent and
organising such shows with no hired curtains but by using “sezareanchim
chedram and kapddam”; with no hired chairs but “sezareanchim bankinam,
stoolam ani kodelam; with no ticket but “funkott”. From the early age he
had great capacity to organize such shows with the participation of his
colleagues. Being one of his admirers the then great Tiatrist and “ghanv
bhav” of Tony Call, the late Alexinho de Candolim first time inducted Tony
Call into his Tiatr in 1951 when Tony Call was just a school boy, the tiatro
was “To Bhavtto Dhormancho” which was the best tiatro of Alexinho de
Candolim. During those days people just used to flock to see Alexinho de
Candolim’s tiatros and best of the tiatrists of those days were part of
Alexinho’s drama, some of them were Aristedes Dias, M. Dod De Verna, Lucian
Dias, Bom Jesus, Jacinto Vaz and Miss Julie. In this tiatro Tony Call
rendered one beautiful solo “Madr” which was composed by Alexinho de
Candolim himself. When he sang this song with his the then angelic
appearance and melodious voice Tony Call’s fame went far and wide and
immediately the late C. Alvares inducted him in his yet another best Tiatr
“Jurament”. During those days Candolim was the home of some of the topmost
tiatrists, even the legendary Minguel Rod acquired “tiatristpon” when he
mixed up with the then well known tiatrists from Candolim. Minguel Rod that
time was doing his tailoring apprenticeship at Candolim near the Church.
Before coming to Kuwait, Tony Call in 1958 came to Bombay when relationship
between Goa and Bharat was not good. The officials of the Bharati
Government in Bombay were keeping strict vigil on Tiatrists in Bombay
because during those days when Bharat Serkar was trying to forcibly capture
Goa some of the Goan patriotic tiatrists were strongly opposing this move of
Bharat Serkar, these tiatrists from the Stage were showing their disgust of
Bharat Serkar’s ambition of forcibly annexing Goa. For this reason Konkani
stage that time was looked with suspicion by the Chamchas of Bharat Serkar
who used only the Goans to do this chamchagiri. Some of the tiatrists who
were opposing Goa’s swallowing by Bharat were banned entry into Bombay and
other parts of Bharat and those who were showing their opposition to Bharati
dadagiri over Goa in the name of fake liberation were kept under strict
surveillance, one of them was the late Kid Boxer who finally was deported to
Goa. Before coming to Bombay Tony Call rendered one song in Goa in praise
of Portuguese and because of this Tony Call was also looked upon with
suspicion in Bombay though Tony Call was a non-political artiste and he
liked Goa and Goan ways of life very much. When he reached Bombay this news
spread everywhere and immediately C. Alvares and others inducted Tony Call
in their dramas though he did not last long in Bombay as he was preparing
leaving for Kuwait.
When Tony Call came to Kuwait he first time acted in Ahmadi in 1961 at
Naklistan Club in a drama staged by the then mighty tiatrists Joe Luis and
Romaldo de Siolim. Then again he acted in Romaldo’s drama staged at Ahmadi’s
Hubara Club in 1963 where he rendered solos. Gradually the number of Goans
working at Ahmadi Oil sector started thinning out and thereby Goan
activities at Ahmadi started lessening. Hence in late sixties Tony Call
shifted his tiatros to Kuwait City at Church Hall where the late Bishop of
Kuwait gave all the facilities for such programmes as he liked Goans very
much for their simplicity. In 1971 Tony Call staged at Church Hall his
drama “Voklen Naddlo” followed by “Melelim Moronk Na”, both were instant
success. Earlier in 1971 he produced his Disc with Alfred & Rita Rose where
he rendered beautiful songs - solos, duos and duets. In 1975 he brought
Alfred and Rita Rose to Kuwait who were the first visiting tiatrists to
Kuwait and during their stay they staged their two tiatros – one:
Angounnechi Vokol and the other: Bangaracho Hoti, both at Church Hall.
Tony Call had unique distinction of being the first Goan to perform on
Kuwait TV and also first tiatrist to display his stage talent on Kuwait TV
in early seventies when he rendered one Konkani solo and performed a duet
with the then beautiful actress Theresa. In mid seventies, Tony Call along
with his wife Josephine participated in Arabic serial shown by Kuwait
Television, this was another unique record Tony Call has created.
Regarding the ongoing tiatrists politics in Kuwait, Tony Call showed his
total disgust for tiatrist using the terminology such as “To Aslear Aum
Nachona”. According to Tony Call genuine tiatrists who want promotion of
Konkani Stage and Konkani language will never use such anti-tiatr policies.
He said during his time there were no such politics, everyone was
co-operative to promote tiatro and thru Tiatro Konkani. In Kuwait, this
beautiful art of tiatro was promoted in many respects by Tony Call. Tony
Call not only staged his dramas in Kuwait but also promoted new and young
artistes. He is very much responsible for keeping tiatro alive in Kuwait. If
some of the tiatrists in Kuwait became famous, it was only because of Tony
Call who gave them opportunities to show their talent. Though Tony Call
performed so much in Kuwait, he always appreciated the efforts of his
colleagues in helping him to promote tiatro and showed great appreciation
for Mendes Bros and F.X. Pereira for their performances on the stage and
receiving total support from them. He also showed his admiration for Alfred
and Rita Rose and rated Alexinho de Candolim as all time great tiatrist.
While concluding, Tony Call lamented that the present day tiatrists have
totally forgotten oldies like him who have done so much for the cause of
Konkani Tiatro.
As a metter of interest besides being a tiatirst, Tony Call was a very good
soccer goalkeeper in Goa representing his school and village Team Candolim
in 1st division. During those days there were only two divisions-primeiro
and Segundo, Candolim Team had a great team then having in its rank 4
Portuguese Pakles from Aguada and all 4 were highly skillful. The team
strength was so great that time that all the opponents were afraid of
Candolim and greater strength of this team was based on Tony Call under the
bar. Having no choice, once in Panjim, one Paklo out of desperation kicked
Tony Call on his face and broke some of his teeth but Tony Call never let
the ball slip from his hands. Then gradually Tony Call stopped playing
first class soccer. His forte lies in diving for the ball from one end of
the post to the other.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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