The final kick in the nuts of Goans was dealt in the naming of the bridge.
Regardless of
your political beliefs, objectively speaking, Mr. Vajpayee was inconsequential
to Goa and
Goans. Just like the Bengali geezer Shyam Prasad Mookerjee. Would it have
killed them
to name the bridge after, sa
[Posted in the Goa Speaks Facebook group.]
Spoiler: A whole lot of nothin' (mostly).
I did not attend the musical performances at the Bandodkar Grounds or
the performances hosted on Santa Monica by Shubha Mudgal and
cannot remark on those. Shubha had invited me to those but I was
unfortunately
[I have been posting these on the Goa Speaks Facebook group these days.]
I spent 2 years in Goa from 2006-2008. In Nov 2007, I filed a PIL in the
High Court in an attempt to redress the civic health of Panjim. Only a handful
of people stepped up to offer assistance (you know who you are). The re
I saw the column by Vivek Menezes on the commandeering of space in
the Adilshah Palace by the "Smart City" apparatchiks. None of this
surprised me.
In 2015 I attended the "Smart City" symposium at Hotel Fidalgo where
the then-MLA Kuncalienker made the laughable claim that Goan activists
were p
GOENKARPORN
Announcing a new project - GOENKARPORN - a tribute to the hardworking honest
politicians and activists of Goa who have made Goa the shining beacon of
deolopment for India and beyond.
A song with a video is planned. We invite entries for the lyrics of the
masterpiece to-be celebrating
Frederick Noronha wrote:
>More importantly, I think we're missing out crucial questions about luxury
>and other 'investments' in today's Goa. I'm therefore eager not to get
>derailed off the topic due to invectives of a personal kind. Do we know how
>many hotels along the Goa coast are owned by p
Letter to Manohar Parrikar
Dear Manohar-bab,
Please resign, go away, and spend time with your family and grandchildren.
As your true friend I bring you some bad tidings, and a piece of unsolicited
advice.
Your credibility is today in the toilet, your reputation stained, your legacy
one of cor
I just sent this to Goa Speaks. - r
Goans to Manohar Parrikar: "F U"
I did not follow the 2017 Goa election. Spending time in Goa’s fetid
political swamp is not my thing. I did it once - in 2012 - to my lasting
regret. A friend just sent me the results and BJP’s setback warmed
my heart. After
To Goanet -
http://www.targetgoa.com/RAJAN-PARRIKAR/The-Sun-Rises-in-the-West-nbsp-/1891
r
To Goanet -
A tribute to "The Greatest Nation" -
http://pindelski.org/Photography/2015/07/04/the-greatest-nation/
Regards,
r
To Goanet -
Just checked Goanet after a long time.
VM's article does not scratch even the surface of the issue. There are
deepercomparisons to be drawn from the Greece debacle and the situation in Goa
than treated by VM. This excellent article by Michael Lewis from 2010 provides
a window. In sev
To Goanet -
Recently I posted these snippets elsewhere and would like to deposit them
here for the archives.
*I recall there is a brief mention of DD Kosambi in the memoirs of the
great mathematician Norbert Wiener. I may have the book on my shelf and if I
find it I will post the excerpts (
To Goanet -
The Museu do Oriente in Lisboa has just published a beautiful catalogue titled
"Jóais da Carreira da Índia." In it they have featured a photograph of mine
(after purchasing the license from me), the one of Devki-Krishna of Mashel.
This is posted here only 'for the record.' The Portug
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.org/misc/Another-bad-year-for-Goa.pdf
*Another Bad Year For Goa
by
Rajan Parrikar(December 2014)
2014 brought home to Goans the full extent of the debacle of
Manohar Parrikar. Here was a man to whom Goans had given a
clear mandate to clean house, preserve what
Before the Goan Hindus chase Gompoti bappa out of the house
and usher in nustem. Pious GSB ladies must have already started
grating coconut for the 'hooman.' Exactly one minute after the
final "ghalin lotangan" tonight, out goes G-bab and in comes
viswon and bangdo. Good show, my dear mogal ba
To Goanet -
So news is that yet another IIT is coming up in India (at this
rate in another 10 years there will be 500 IITs and India will
no doubt have an embarrassingly high number of Nobel Laureates)
and this time it is in Goa. There goes another large chunk of
Goan land, given away to the "Ce
To Goanet -
The crass, unthinking remark attributed to Manohar Parrikar where he likened
the ordeal of a rape victim to the tribulations faced by an entrepreneur has
drawn
howls of indignation. Turns out that he did not say what the press report
has claimed. Now, Manohar-bab hasn't exactly sh
To Goanet -
There are a couple of typos (hopefully Bevinda will fix them soon).
This was written yesterday before news broke out that 6 parasites
from Goa will be sucking 89 lakhs out of us to live it up in Brazil
with the blessing of IIT genius Manohar-lal.
http://www.targetgoa.com/RAJAN-PARRIKA
To Goanet -
There are a couple of typos (hopefully Bevinda will fix them soon).
This was written yesterday before news broke out that 6 parasites
from Goa will be sucking 89 lakhs out of us to live it up in Brazil
with the blessing of IIT genius Manohar-lal.
Target Goa: Goa, Lisbon, Zurich
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nsoon-work/
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mages were processed on an uncalibrated MacBook Pro; I may have to rework
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this event. On Day 1 we were given a tour of the [...]
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Opera House and Hotel at daybreak. By the time I got my tripod and
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gosa Range.
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tip to the lighthouse Fontur. An astonishing array
of bird life is found here in the summer, including [...]
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Monsoonal green in Divar, Goa.
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To Goanet -
See the photo in this news item, published on March 3 without my
permission and without attribution -
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=14331&boxid=145254984&uid=&dat=3/3/2014
My original photo was from this blog post -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/12/10/sweat-of-the
rrikar.com/blog/2014/02/23/more-sunshine/
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Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Sunshine'
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Hrólfsson.
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graph. But the Canon EOS 5D was a
landmark camera and the image stabilization feature of the EF 24-105L lens
helped. [...]
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alal Ghosh.
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Grand.
See my earlier post on the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
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Stormy seas ahead.
Monsoon romance at Payyambalam beach near Kannur, Kerala, June 2007.
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ab-catcher/
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e across a stranded local. He had set out on
a ptarmigan hunt (permitted a few times a year) in [...]
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and women participate in the festivities, the
womenfolk assume the primary role. The central theme of Dhalo [...]
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Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Salon Al Fresco'
In Keri, Goa.
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h 28 miles one-way drive on a
severely washboarded route, the urge to come back with a photograph can be
[...]
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s the real deal.
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Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Udder Massage'
Otherwise known as milking.
In the village of Majorda, Goa.
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Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Lone Fisherman'
Morning in Goa.
On River Chapora in the village of Siolim, Goa.
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To Goanet -
JC-bab,
Based on the conditions prevailing at the time, I made what I thought was
the right choice. Based on the outcome today, I was wrong in that judgement.
What more can I say?
Regards,
r
>
> From: Jose Colaco
>To: Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet -
The return of Manohar Parrikar to power in March 2012 was greeted with
overwhelming relief and widespread optimism in Goa. He had been given a clear
mandate by Goans to take charge, clean house, and usher in a new kind of
political climate. They had forgiven the blunders and exces
To Goanet -
If one wants to understand Arvind Kejriwal’s sudden rise and why he is now a
credible
threat to Narender Modi’s ascendency to PMship, look no further than Manohar
Parrikar
and Goa.
But first, a small digression: I have the utmost contempt for Kejriwal’s breed,
the scheming
left
ield in the plane of the salt pan.
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sula in Iceland. The church has a reputation for bringing
good luck to those who add to its coffers.
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C when the Nath Panthi movement
flourished in Goa. This sect also established their presence [...]
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rama comes into view soon past what is known
as Hell's Gate. The road drops into Death [...]
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01/05/at-dantes-view/
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range are seen to the east. Not seen (behind
me) is the magnificent Striped Butte, [...]
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Gleðileg Jól, Feliz Natal, Merry Christmas!
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Candids of my niece.
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-in-eyjafjordur/
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anged when Goa's mining mafia commandeered the area. For
the past five decades these environmental assassins, under the guise of helping
Goa's economy, [...]
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conditions.
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come targets of builders and their politician friends.
As a result, farming activity in Goa has been decimated rendering [...]
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To Goanet -
Recycling an old post -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/12/20/december-03-1901/
r
nacles are archived here.
From: Death Valley and the Northern Mojave by William C. Tweed and Lauren Davis
(Cachuma Press, 2003)
As dawn approaches, the [...]
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To Goanet -
Two years ago, it was reported that Tejpal's associates had effectively
blackmailed Goa's then-CM Digambar Kamat into parting with 30 lakhs
of Goa taxpayer rupees to fund his tamasha at the Grand Hyatt. Digu,
being the pig that he was, meekly complied. The astonishing thing was,
ther
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Furtado House'
18th C mansion in a Goan village.
See this account for historical details.
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atn (north Iceland), we had finished dinner
when we espied a faint flicker in the skies. Soon there were [...]
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2013). It is often called
"Batman Mountain" (see second image below).
The sunset at Stokksnes last week was memorable. This headland [...]
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To Goanet -
I just read the news that Oscar Rebello's father was knocked down in a terrible
road accident in Panjim. How many more of our people must and will die before
the powers-that-be recognize that road safety, not Mopa, is the most urgent
issue of the day? Deathly roads, filthy hospital
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Icy world.
Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Öræfi, south Iceland, earlier this evening.
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st at
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l draws on the tale of Krishna destroying
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In the Nevada desert.
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ly shy and
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to the old
Liceu (Lyceum) buildings where my uncle did his pre-medical schooling. The
complex [...]
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Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'The Cowherd'
On a mountain pass.
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atures the highest cliff face in Iceland, with a
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d a way to cure this.
Once a common sight, today not-so-common, since coconut orchards are being
depleted at [...]
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pretations of a single frame taken looking westward along
Ísafjarðardjúp are offered.
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en so does the embodied soul cast off worn-out bodies and take on others that
are new.
Chapter 2, Shloka 22 [...]
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scape around me drenched by the low sun, was an unforgettable
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niak wet behind the ears at the time, Ron was the adult in the
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ngton
Post, 2010:
The story is told that the elephant-headed Ganesha and his brother Kartikeya,
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in pass of Chorla Ghat, and then a brief foray
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hes of Goa (Amazing Goa Publications, 2006), José Lourenço cites
the structure as an example of the "Mannerist Neo-Roman style" [...]
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ers/
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Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Angling'
Not just a man's pastime.
Seen on a drive through the village of St. Estevem, Goa.
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To Goanet -
I don't know if the announcement has been posted on Goanet.
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r
PS: I remember meeting him c. 1987 when he was visiting his parents at their
large home
in Campal.
ins in the wee hours of
the morning so that the policemen charged with preventing the fight can also
place [...]
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sessing of great charm and beauty, has been
transformed into just another Indian town, a sorry [...]
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My good friend Thomas Pindelski, who lives a few miles up the highway, has a
post up
today on his site (see link below) that strikes me as having some relevance to
Goa. To wit,
the part describing the laying of a new road.
Our builders and contractors in Goa have been reluctant to adopt new
n the wild near termite mounds in the forested
hills of rural Goa. Taxonomically they come under Termitomyces.
The narrow window of [...]
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Taken this morning (Sunday) at the Chapel of the Mount Mary, Old Goa.
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To Goanet -
Yesterday on a whim I went again via Chorla ghat to Surla (my 3rd excursion
this week).
I took my little nephew along as I wanted to show him the deeds of his fellow
Goans and
countrymen (and parenthetically in my mind, to train him in "How not to be a
modern Indian").
The Ladk
planet, larger than Africa's
Cape Buffalo. It is called govo redo in Konkani. My first instinct was [...]
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