[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A Question of Privilege? (FN, in Herald)

2009-08-13 Thread Goanet Reader
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com --

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa's Taliban... At Our Cultural Crossroads

2009-08-13 Thread Goanet Reader
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com --

[Goanet] REVIEW: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro. Loving Ayesha (Peter Nazareth, in World Literature Today)

2009-08-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro. Loving Ayesha World Literature Today, Jan-April, 2004 by Peter Nazareth New Delhi. HarperCollins India. 2003. 223 pages, ill. Rs250. ISBN 81-7223-446-5 VICTOR RANGEL-RIBEIRO was born in Goa in 1925 and emigrated to the United States in 1956. A journalist, teacher, music con

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Books in Goa: promises and perils of publishing (FN, in Goa Today)

2009-08-18 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Apartment for sale in Campal/Miramar area, Panaji, Goa. Spacious 3 bedroom flat

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Postpartum depression: Complications after the birthing of the Hindutva project (Jason K Fernandes)

2009-08-19 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Apartment for sale in Campal/Miramar area, Panaji, Goa. Spacious 3 bedroom flat

[Goanet] The Politics of Intimidation (Vidyadhar Gadgil, in the Herald)

2009-08-21 Thread Goanet Reader
August 20 - WORLD GOA DAY Celebrating the inclusion of Konkani in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution on August 20, 1992 For a list of World Goa Day events see:

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The syncretic tradition of Goan art (VM in Herald)

2009-08-23 Thread Goanet Reader
The syncretic tradition of Goan art Goan art has developed from a universalist tradition that has defied narrow boundaries of culture and religion. By Vivek Menezes vmin...@gmail.com August 20, 2009 was a proud day for democracy in India, as our little state of Goa showed the

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Life, as it was then... in Karachi

2009-08-23 Thread Goanet Reader
LIFE, AS IT WAS THEN... IN KARACHI By Lt. Gen. EA Vas, PVSM I was born on May 15, 1923 in Karachi, a small port with a cosmopolitan population: a majority of Sindhi Muslims, many Sindhi Hindus, some Hindus from elsewhere in India, a few Christians and Parsis, and a sprinkling of Jews. The Christ

[Goanet] Musical history in the making (VM, in the Herald)

2009-08-27 Thread Goanet Reader
August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary Musical history in the making Goa has made immense contributions to Indian music, and a su

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Church properties, overlooking the potential (FN, in the Herald)

2009-08-27 Thread Goanet Reader
August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary Church properties, overlooking the potential DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/Frederick Noronha Church pr

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Rivals and neighbours... the Portuguese and other European powers

2009-09-01 Thread Goanet Reader
RIVALS AND NEIGHBOURS: THE PORTUGUESE AND OTHER EUROPEAN POWERS By Teotonio R de Souza AFTER a first century of nearly undisputed mastery over the western Indian ocean, and after a sufficiently long spell of prosperity, misfortunes began falling thick and f

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Cross pollination: a look at a new nuanced portrait of Goa's Catholics (VM in TimeOut Mumbai)

2009-09-03 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Folk religion and Hindutva: another view after the Goa campaigns (Vidyadhar Gadgil in Herald)

2009-09-05 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goans in Pakistan, the small community which made a difference (Menin Rodrigues)

2009-09-10 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Gambling Away Our Future (VM, in Herald)

2009-09-11 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Migration out of Goa -- who, where, and the issues faced

2009-09-11 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for le

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: 'The Denationalisation of Goans'... some insights (Nishtha Desai, Lusotopie)

2009-09-15 Thread Goanet Reader
aste also appeared to be a factor influencing the participation of Goans in the nationalist movement. Christian freedom fighters believed that chardos were more receptive to nationalist thinking than were the bamonns. 20. F.L. GOMES, Selected Works of Francisco Luis Gomes, Memorial Volume, Bombay

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Naxalites and Manmohan... another view (Fr Ambrose Pinto SJ, in SAR News)

2009-09-16 Thread Goanet Reader
Manmohan Singh and Naxal-Maoist Upsurge Clash Of Models Of Development What are the Naxalites and the Maoists really fighting for? Why are they at loggerheads with the government which has declared them the biggest threat to the security of the country while they see the Manmohan Singh-led governm

[Goanet] Beware, adultery is a crime (Chhotebhai)

2009-09-16 Thread Goanet Reader
Beware, adultery is a crime Chhotebhai noronha...@dataone.in For all you guys with extra libido, here's a dampener. If you are having an affair with your neighbour's wife, you could end up with five years in jail, even if it is a consensual sexual relationship. There is a rider though. If your ne

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Rulers' Home (FN, in Gomantak Times)

2009-09-26 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD The Rulers' Home Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org It comes in a packaging of its own, and even its thin glossy box is printed in four colour. This is the Goa Department of Information and Publicity's book The Raj Bhavan. At the time of its release, it was in the news, over

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Star strummer, remembering Tony Gomes and his talent (Walter Menezes, GT)

2009-09-27 Thread Goanet Reader
y: Tony Gomes' daughters, Bernadette D'Souza, attorney, New Orleans and Nancy Paes, University of New Orleans and his sister, Luciana Gomes e Fernandes.) END OF ARTICLE Pic 1: Mrs Indira Gandhi, Raj Kapoor and Tony Gomes (from family album, occasion not known) Pic 2: Tony Gomes (seated, t

[Goanet] Tina Costa's tribute to Tony 'Cu Cu Ru Cu' Carr (AIR FM Rainbow)

2009-09-28 Thread Goanet Reader
Notes from AIR FM Rainbow's tribute (by Tina Costa) to Tony Carr, who passed away recently. The tribute was broadcast on September 15, 2009 (9 to 9.30 pm). Feedback to Tina Costa at tinaco...@rediffmail.com * * * Many of you must be aware of the demise of singer, Tony Carr of 'Cu Cu Ru Cu' fame.

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Threat on Goa's semi-lawless beach belt (VM, in Herald)

2009-09-29 Thread Goanet Reader
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: Alternative Publishing - Is it viable to traditional publishing? WHERE: Art Lounge - Sunaparanta, Near Lar de Estudantes, Altinho, Panaji WHEN: September 30, 2009 - 5:30pm http://www.faceb

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Remembering Tristão Brag ança Cunha (by Armando Felix Pereira)

2009-10-01 Thread Goanet Reader
g his law studies with honours at the Faculty of Law, Lisbon University, he decided to open his law office in Lisbon rejecting an invitation to act as Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Labour. Though now 86, he is still active, working a minimum of 35 hours a week. Goanet Reader

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Taking another look, at Goa (FN, in Gomantak Times)

2009-10-06 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The caring, helping musician: Filipeneri 'Filu' Fortes (by Nisser Dias)

2009-10-06 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

[Goanet] No health without mental health (Karl de Souza)

2009-10-10 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

[Goanet] Goanet Reader :: Round Table on Church Properties, a statement (Document)

2009-10-13 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- Goa: Return of the North-South Divide (Maria do Ceu Rodrigues, in EPW)

2009-10-14 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A new source of terror? (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

2009-10-17 Thread Goanet Reader
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wed

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Thought Police ... and the politics of exclusion in today's Goa (FN, Herald)

2009-01-19 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Merger Issue and the Opinion Poll of 1967 (Bosco D'Mello, Toronto)

2009-01-19 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: So why target Sebastian Rodrigues now? (Vidyadhar Gadgil)

2009-01-24 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Meet Victor Hugo Gomes, at Goa's ... newest museum (Savia Viegas)

2009-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing is waiting to be translated -- Maria A. Couto (Intv with FN)

2009-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- SHORT STORY: Hippy Girl by Chandrakant Keni. Translated by Augusto Pinto.

2009-02-03 Thread Goanet Reader
Hippy Girl By Chandrakant Keni - This is a slight reworking of Augusto Pinto's translation of the late Chandrakant Keni-bab's (arguably) most famous short story, done for Goa Today in 1991. Later, it was reproduced in the Jaico

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Crossroads of Religions: Shrines, Mobility and Urban Space in Goa (Alexander Henn)

2009-02-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Crossroads of Religions: Shrines, Mobility and Urban Space in Goa ALEXANDER HENN International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 32.3 September 2008: 658-70 The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com. Abstract Wayside shrines -- representing Hindu and Catholi

[Goanet] Schools of controversy (Frederick Noronha)

2009-02-09 Thread Goanet Reader
Schools of controversy A state which lacks any ability or attempt to provide the bulk of its people with productive jobs, has no right to clip their wings, educationally. DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/By Frederick Noronha It's that time of the year when parents -- mothers specially -- scu

[Goanet] A German falls in love... with Cantaram

2009-03-01 Thread Goanet Reader
A German falls in love... with Cantaram What happens when the guys from the Buena Vista Social Club take a trip to the Balkans? Believe it or not, they end up in Goa. A German lady sound recordist uncovers this reality when she ran into the Konkani 'cantaram' (as the popular form of music, unknown

[Goanet] Revisiting Baina: a forgotten chapter (book extract, from Picture-postcard Poverty...)

2009-03-05 Thread Goanet Reader
Revisiting Baina: a forgotten chapter Most Goans remained unaware of it, pretended it didn't exist, or just thought it was not "their" problem. But -- till it was speedily and brutally demolished -- this squalid and sleezy underbelly of this touristic State showed up another side of Goa. Bang on

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: 'Robber Barons' and Crony Capitalism in Goa (Vidyadhar Gadgil, in the Herald)

2009-03-14 Thread Goanet Reader
'Robber Barons' and Crony Capitalism in Goa The capitalist class has acquired a complete stranglehold over Goa, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The abominable ordinance recently brought in by the Goa Government to change the land acquisition law and save the illegal portion of

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing in English offers a mirror, to understand the past (interview, FN)

2009-03-15 Thread Goanet Reader
to leave out the Konkani and Marathi literature. I really wished I could have read them, or at least had them in translation. ENDS - GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quali

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Printing in Goa: back to the future (Noel D'Cunha, in PrintWeek)

2009-03-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Printing in Goa: back to the future Despite being the first to install a printing press in India, Goa's progress to print prosperity has been a slow one. But with industrialisation, it is now making up for lost time, Noel D'Cunha reports Goa has a very spec

[Goanet] CONTROVERSY: Taking caste seriously (Jason Keith Fernandes, in Gomantak Times)

2009-03-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Taking Caste Seriously Why the Goan Fitna needs a rigorous caste-based analysis By Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com Subsequent to the conclusion of the public meeting held on March 13, 2009 at the Clube National against the Ordinance amending the Land Acquisition Act, a little gr

[Goanet] Saibinn :: A short story by José Lour enço

2009-03-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Saibinn :: A short story by José Lourenço joseloure...@rediffmail.com Francis, having just returned from lighting the firecrackers, stood below his balcão and glowered away. The Saibinn, the annual ceremony honouring the Queen of Angels, was under way inside the house, where the hall was packed so

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Recycling, via second-hand books (FN, in Gomantak Times)

2009-03-19 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD: Recycling, via second-hand books Second-hand bookshops have been playing a little-noticed role along the Goan coast, writes FREDERICK NORONHA. Are Goans innovators and imitators? Maybe we're a bit of both, and are quick to grab an opportunity. But credit needs to be given for a

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Hate speech and the law: can it curb this menace?

2009-03-20 Thread Goanet Reader
Hate speech and the law: can it curb this menace? By Vidyadhar Gadgil vgad...@gmail.com The law has not proven to be much of a deterrent to those engaging in communal propaganda, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The prompt action taken by the Election Commission (EC) against Varun Gandhi, BJP candidate for

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Too broad roads, garbage dumps? No thanks, say Parra villagers

2009-03-22 Thread Goanet Reader
terguerilla.com/ --------- GOANET-READER WELCOMES contributions from its readers, by way of essays, reviews, features and think-pieces. We share quality Goa-related writing among the 14000-strong readership of the Goanet/Goanet-news network of mailing lists. If you appreciated the thoughts

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Ben Antao's market ... (by Augusto Pinto)

2009-03-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Ben Antao's market By Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com A profile of Ben Antao and a review of: Living on the Market By Ben Antao Published: 2008 Publisher: Palabras-Press, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Cover Design: Rick McKenna 238 pages, Canadian $ 25.00 In 2008, the Velim-born Ben Antao came out

[Goanet] DEBATE: Taking caste seriously: being anti-brahmin is not enough

2009-03-25 Thread Goanet Reader
Taking caste seriously: being anti-brahmin is not enough Jason Keith Fernandes jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com It is something of an article of faith in some circles to place the ills for much that is happening in Goa at the feet of the Saraswats. These circles indicate that the Saraswats have always

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The tails of two parties (FN, Herald)

2009-03-30 Thread Goanet Reader
THE TAILS OF TWO PARTIES DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/Frederick Noronha After surveying the dismal scenario of Goan politics, the writer argues that the State needs more politics, not less of it -- but of a different kind. ELECTIONS ARE ONCE again round the corner. To be frank, we citizens don't have a clue

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Whose Blood is This? Mourning the Death of Gregory Fernandes

2009-04-01 Thread Goanet Reader
Whose Blood is This? Mourning the Death of Gregory Fernandes By R. Benedito Ferrao 12ch...@gmail.com Our community has long had its share of travelers, migrants, and a storied diasporic existence, with Goans employed in so many different capacities the world over. We readily remember such promine

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Thinking About Babush: Mapping the terrains of the operation

2009-04-06 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Psephology and the election connection (Mario Cabral e Sa)

2009-04-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Caste, an old story that mostly never gets told

2009-04-08 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Time erodes memories -- rediscovering the Goa we all forgot (Victor-Hugo Gomes)

2009-04-08 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Begin the Beguine: The Music of 'El Dourad' (by Francis Rodrigues)

2009-04-10 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] A cry from Moira: we shall not be urbanised ... (long)

2009-04-12 Thread Goanet Reader
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical refer

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The doctor with the golden, healing touch (by Xavier Cota)

2009-04-13 Thread Goanet Reader
THE DOCTOR WITH THE GOLDEN, HEALING TOUCH: CARLOS BARRETO By Xavier Cota xc...@sancharnet.in Hundreds of people who streamed in and out of his residence and the mass of humanity which overflowed Margao's Holy Spirit Church for his funeral last month, were a small testimony to arguably the best or

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Thank You, Podonn (tribute to Fidelis D'Souza, Pilerne)

2009-04-13 Thread Goanet Reader
Thank You, Podonn In Memory of Fidelis D'Souza of Pilerne, Goa [24 April 1962 - 9 April 2009] I am privileged to speak about Podonn and about what he meant to me and what he meant to all of us at home. Fidelis was actually my elder sister Vanessa's godfather, or Podonn, but for all of us nieces h

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Waiting for Narayan... a story from the Goa of the past

2009-04-13 Thread Goanet Reader
WAITING FOR NARAYAN: A STORY FROM THE GOA OF THE PAST By Tony Fernandes tonfe...@hotmail.com Those were the good old days of April sunshine and humidity in Cumbiem Morod, Guirim, a village not far from Mapusa in Bardez, Goa. The schools were closed for the summer and I was looking forward to enjo

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Protest is no fun sport (FN)

2009-04-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Protest is no fun sport DEVIL'S ADVOCATE / By Frederick Noronha It's time someone called the bluff of Goan industry. GCCI chief Nitin Kuncolienkar, otherwise an amiable person in his own right, is stretching things a bit to far by blaming a disgusted citizenry for the many protests that have come

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Sausage Men of Arpora (Vivek Menezes, GQ)

2010-05-07 Thread Goanet Reader
The Sausage Men of Arpora By Vivek Menezes for GQ vmin...@gmail.com Sunrise an hour past, and the heat is already mounting under the coconut palms that canopy above the piggery at St. Anthony's Orphanage outside Mapusa in North Goa. The atmosphere reverberates with squeals and deep bass grunts, a

[Goanet] One tree, many trades: the versatility of the coconut in Goa (Victor Hugo Gomes, ToI)

2010-05-13 Thread Goanet Reader
One tree, many trades: the versatility of the coconut in Goa Victor Hugo Gomes Curator, Goa Chitra Museum victor.h.go...@hotmail.com This article covers some 11 traditional trades and all centering around the coconut tree. Most are dead and the rest could end soon, cautions the author. In Goa, t

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Bleddy Goans ... and all that (FN, Herald)

2010-05-14 Thread Goanet Reader
Bleddy Goans ... and all that DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/Frederick Noronha It has been quite awhile since I've seen a piece of text stoke up so much heat and emotions in a positive way. More so, one that did not go about merely raking up divisions of religion or cas

[Goanet] ResearchLink: History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics (Marian Josephine Gracias)

2010-05-19 Thread Goanet Reader
History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics Gracias, Marian Josephine 2000 This dissertation examines selected literature by and about Anglo-Indians (Eurasians) and Goan Catholics from India and the Indian diaspora, focusing on its

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Protest, Parrikar and Digubab (FN, in Herald)

2010-05-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Protest, Parrikar and Digubab Chances would have looked bright if our politicians weren't so smart at using others, writes FREDERICK NORONHA Suddenly, the politics of protest has changed quite drastically in Goa. Ten to 15 years ago, villagers not wanting the Konkan Railway to pass through their

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The joke is on us (FN, in Herald)

2010-06-09 Thread Goanet Reader
The joke is on us Frederick Noronha/Devil's Advocate Just before going to bed last night, I read this one-liner on Facebook. It simply said: "The person who called Goa 'rape capital' is about to be the mayor of that capital if proved guilty." It would

[Goanet] India, the hype and the reality... (Radharao Gracias)

2010-06-29 Thread Goanet Reader
We are not great, we have to strive to become great By Adv.Radharao F.Gracias It was sometime at the beginning of the nineteenth century that a soldier in Napoleon's army when asked to justify the incessant wars that France launched against its neighbours gave the classic reply which immortalized

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Symphony in blues: "Western" music in India and more (VM)

2010-07-02 Thread Goanet Reader
Symphony in blues: "Western" music in India and more Vivek Menezes vmin...@gmail.com June 11, 2010, and a bright midsummer evening in Moscow. We're in one of the iconic buildings of the Russian capital, the opulent Hall of Columns, with its spectacular crystal chandeliers ablaze with light for Ru

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Maoists -- it's time we faced the bitter truth (Adv. Radharao Gracias)

2010-07-02 Thread Goanet Reader
THE MAOISTS: IT'S TIME WE FACED THE BITTER TRUTH Adv.Radharao F.Gracias itsme_radha...@rediffmail.com I grew up in the sixties and the seventies of the last millennium. And those were wonderful years to grow up in. There was revolution in the air. Everywhere. The world was split between East, Wes

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: History of abuse (Hartman de Souza, Frontline)

2010-07-03 Thread Goanet Reader
COVER STORY :: HISTORY OF ABUSE HARTMAN DE SOUZA hartman.deso...@gmail.com GOANS once used the Konkani word "mandkulem" to refer to Goa, a word also used to denote a baby just beginning to discover the world. The tiny region, barely 100 kilometres in length and some 40 km at its widest, was full

[Goanet] Goa-llll... football fever fights the rains in Goa (FN)

2010-07-05 Thread Goanet Reader
GOA-... FOOTBALL FEVER FIGHTS THE RAINS IN GOA Frederick Noronha f...@goa-india.org On a rainswept night, as the wind howls outside and heavy drops clatter on the tall roof, football fans sit glued to a giant TV screen at the Clube Gaspar Dias, a club at Miramar beach on the outskirts of Goa'

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

2010-07-15 Thread Goanet Reader
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 o

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa's Michelangelo (VM)

2010-07-22 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa's Michelangelo By Vivek Menezes vmin...@gmail.com The Goan monsoon arrives heaven-sent, a blessing from the divine. This year there's more reason for gratitude -- the rains have brought the return of Dr. Jose Pereira to his homeland, carrying a stunningly beautiful new suite of artworks. 'Ep

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: One of Goa's foremost intellectuals, Dr Jose Pereira... (Gerard D'Souza, Gomantak Times)

2010-07-27 Thread Goanet Reader
'THE FORCES DESTROYING GOA ARE MUCH STRONGER THAN I AM' One of Goa's foremost intellectuals, Dr Jose Pereira, also known as Goa's Da Vinci, inaugurated his painting exhibition at Porvorim last week. In an exclusive interview, this polymath (who has published 24 books on theology, history of art, a

[Goanet] The Lost Supper -- another view (Allwyn Fernandes)

2010-07-28 Thread Goanet Reader
The Lost Supper -- another view By Allwyn Fernandes allwyn.fernan...@gmail.com I know this is going to upset many, but I must raise it. Ancy D'Souza has written a letter to Jaideep Bose, Editor of The Times of India protesting against the cartoon titled "The Lost Su

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: To a time that was: remembering an unusual chef from Raia (Lesley A. Esteves)

2009-04-20 Thread Goanet Reader
To a time that was: remembering an unusual chef from Raia By Lesley A. Esteves les...@outlookindia.com This spring, a bowl of prawn curry served to me on a quiet beach in far south Goa brought tears to eyes. Not because the curry was magnificent, which it was, but because I had made friends with

[Goanet] The Goan legacy... living on in Uganda (Esther Namugoji, in New Vision)

2009-04-22 Thread Goanet Reader
The Goan legacy... living on in Uganda (Esther Namugoji, in New Vision) PHOTO: Goan Legacy -- Joe Fernandes of Caltex, Wampewo Avenue displays a map of Goa THEY owned bakeries, bars and contributed significantly to Uganda's civil service, education and economy. When President Idi Amin ordered Asi

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Kharvis, a Bamon and Others (Augusto Pinto, on Damodar Mauzo's writing)

2009-04-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Kharvis, a Bamon and Others A profile of Damodar Mauzo and a review of Tsunami Simon [Bimb Prakashan, Goa, 2009. Rs. 180.] BY AUGUSTO PINTO pinto...@gmail.com A more or less blissful ignorance about each other's cultures characterises the various peoples who make up Goan society. As a result Goa

[Goanet] In search for the Furtados... poets of prominence from Goa

2009-05-06 Thread Goanet Reader
IN SEARCH FOR THE FURTADOS... POETS OF PROMINENCE FROM GOA Writer and translator Augusto Pinto sent in this note I am looking for information about the poet from Pilerne, Joseph Furtado. Born 1872; died 1947. Active 1892-1947. Before asking, I'll let you know what I already know. Jo

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: A wide-angle view of Goa (FN, in The Printed Page/GT)

2009-05-08 Thread Goanet Reader
A wide-angle view of Goa THE PRINTED PAGE Parmal, the publication of the Goa Heritage Action Group, is out in its seventh issue. It's a pity such useful publications are not read and noticed more widely, says FREDERICK NORONHA. You could blame it on the poor (and not growing) reading habits of u

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Africa, India, trade and a Goan author (FN)

2009-05-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Africa, India, trade and a Goan author THE PRINTED WORD/By Frederick Noronha Robert S Newman, the anthropologist from Marblehead, MA. who has written quite a bit on Goa, calls our region "a land of migration and exile". It has been so for centuries. In some of his other writings, he has suggested

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: ... there isn't a true Congressman in Goa (Nisser Dias)

2009-05-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Believe it or not: there isn't a true Congressman in Goa The recent election results are a mandate for Congress to inculcate discipline in its elected representatives, writes Nisser Dias [nisserd...@gmail.com] The Indian National Congress has put up a good show at the 2009 Parliamentary elections

[Goanet] Goan, be exclusionary

2009-06-04 Thread Goanet Reader
Goan, be exclusionary DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/ Frederick Noronha For a small place like Goa, where we are always short of critical mass, you would think that every individual counted. One would have thought that we all would be trying to widen the circle, involve more people, and be more inclusive. Inst

[Goanet] Questions before the Church: the wealth of the religious

2009-06-05 Thread Goanet Reader
Questions before the Church: the wealth of the religious By Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in Dr. Teotonio De Souza's article "The Political Economy of the Church" -- see http://bit.ly/fyG7q, and Herald 23-05-2009 -- is a trenchant critique of the Church in Goa. De Souza s

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: On why Goans mourn their recent past... (Paulo Varela Gomes)

2009-06-19 Thread Goanet Reader
ON WHY GOANS MOURN THEIR RECENT PAST (AND PRESENT)... AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES Rochelle Pinto, BETWEEN EMPIRES, Print and Politics in Goa. Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2007. 299 pp REVIEWED BY Paulo Varela Gomes paulovarelago...@gmail.com 'Between Empires. Print and Politics in Goa' is one of

[Goanet] The Writing on the Wall: "Goan" Mining in Times of Globalisation (Vidyadhar Gadgil, Herald)

2009-07-03 Thread Goanet Reader
The Writing on the Wall: "Goan" Mining in Times of Globalisation By Vidyadhar Gadgil Goa's mining sector poses new environmental challenges under the sway of globalised capital, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The Rs1,750-crore deal transferring all shares in V S Dempo & Co Pvt Ltd to Sesa Goa has been gr

[Goanet] Goa Cursed By Its Mineral Wealth (Emily Bild, Corpwatch)

2009-07-03 Thread Goanet Reader
Goa Cursed By Its Mineral Wealth by Emily Bild, Special to CorpWatch April 23rd, 2009 Cartoon by Khalil Bendib Set on India's west coast, Goa is renowned as a beach paradise popular with Indian and foreign tourists alike. Just a few miles inland from the qu

[Goanet] THE PRINTED WORD-A book tour of Goa (FN)

2009-07-03 Thread Goanet Reader
THE PRINTED WORD/A book tour of Goa Frederick Noronha On the past weekend, one had the chance to undertake a 'book tour' of Goa. It was not a 'complete' visit, nor did it end up at many of the big, deserve-to-be-visited book outlets in our small State. But, one did end up running into a number o

[Goanet] The great Goan land scam (Himanshu Upadhyaya in IndiaTogether.org)

2009-07-04 Thread Goanet Reader
GOVERNMENTS AND SEZS: The great Goan land scam Goa's land allocation policy to SEZs has been indicted for massive irregularities by the Comptroller and Auditor General. The list of violations is more or less a case the fence eating the crop, finds out Himanshu Upadhyaya. 30 June 2009 - In an audi

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: No dying with dignity ... when a minority faces discrimination in Goa (Vidyadhar Gadgil)

2009-07-11 Thread Goanet Reader
NO DYING WITH DIGNITY: WHEN A MINORITY FACES DISCRIMINATION IN GOA The denial of a kabrastan to the Muslim community in Salcete is a violation of the right to die with dignity, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The kabrastan issue has once again come to the forefront of public debate in Goa. Hanging fire for

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Inquisition, a beating stick?

2009-07-13 Thread Goanet Reader
The Inquisition, a beating stick? DEVIL's ADVOCATE/Frederick Noronha There's no point getting defensive about the realities of the past. But what happens if these 'realities' are not quite accurate, and, in fact, based on a whole lot of myth? Goans have long debated the Inquisition. Once again,

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Tristao B Cunha, A C L de Souza and the Goan separatist identity (Selma Carvalho)

2011-01-18 Thread Goanet Reader
Tristao B Cunha, A C L de Souza and the Goan separatist identity Selma Carvalho lescarval...@yahoo.com In 1957, Tristao de Braganza Cunha, generally considered as the Father of Goan nationalism, through his newspaper *Free Goa*, would take a potshot at another Goan giant, A C L de Souza, the unof

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Goa you see... beyond the waves, raves and five-star enclaves (Val Souza)

2011-01-19 Thread Goanet Reader
The Goa you see... beyond the waves, raves and five-star enclaves Val Souza val...@hotmail.com Goans are probably more clued in, but most other people's notion of Goa is centred on waves, raves and five-star enclaves. I too was much like that all these years, until a visit to the other side of Go

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The new age of whistleblowing: advantage, Wikileaks (Spider, Karachi)

2011-01-21 Thread Goanet Reader
The new age of whistleblowing: advantage, Wikileaks How WikiLeaks infiltrated the society and turned the tables on the institution that helped create it The irony that the internet -- an offshoot of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), an effort supported by the United States

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Nationalistic historiographies, in Portugal and Goa, have come in the way of understanding our past -- Angela Barreto Xavier

2011-01-25 Thread Goanet Reader
Nationalistic historiographies, in Portugal and Goa, have come in the way of understanding our past -- Angela Barreto Xavier >From Margao to Lisbon. Goa-born Angela Barreto Xavier's academic journey has taken her to being a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Becoming Portuguese: Colonialism wrapped in gender, race, religion and caste (R. Benedito Ferrao)

2011-01-31 Thread Goanet Reader
Becoming Portuguese: Colonialism wrapped in gender, race, religion and caste R. Benedito Ferrao 12ch...@gmail.com The Identity Malaise My father had invited his Portuguese teacher to dinner just before she was to return to her native Portugal. Looking back on her trip, the tale she found the mos

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Queen of Jackfruit Recipes ... (Shree Padre)

2011-02-10 Thread Goanet Reader
Queen of Jackfruit Recipes: Geethakka This housewife can make 300 jackfruit products! How many recipes can anyone make from world's biggest fruit -- the jackfruit? We don't know. But what we can vouch is that Geetha Narasimha Bhat (46) of Sagar, Karnataka -- Geethakk

[Goanet] Goanet Reader -- The Portuguese produced immense knowledge about India: Zupanov [FN]

2011-02-18 Thread Goanet Reader
The Portuguese produced immense knowledge about India: Zupanov History looks towards understanding "Catholic Orientalism" For THE PRINTED WORD|Frederick Noronha Catholic Orientalism? Can I hear you ask "what's that?" In a noisy Cafe Prakash, the unofficial press club of Panjim, Dr Ines Zupanov pa

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