To Goanet -
Let me get one thing out of the way - why did the village delegation
think that Digambar Kamat is the guy to approach to address their
problems?
I mean, here is a guy WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESS,
who has given the keys to Goa away to the miners and the builders
and the
To Goanet -
Is anyone surprised at Digu asking you Goans to vamoose? Why?
Many moons ago I had reported here how the Deputy Mayor of
Panjim (of Gujju extraction) had told Goans to go take a hike. He
was effectively telling us that we are politically irrelevant to him.
Later when I was
To Goanet -
It is not uncommon to encounter people in Goa who tell you -
Goa must change, it cannot remain the same as before
- or some variation of it. (Yeah, but who gave YOU the
mandate to change Goa?)
The first thing to realize upon encountering this line is that
the utterer has a bridge
To Goanet -
Dean D'Cruz architecture at mozaic-design.com wrote:
For Soter, ( and his audience on Goanet )
I have been aware of Soter's tirade against Goa Bachao Abhiyan for a while
now, lashing out at almost all who genuinely work towards a better Goa. I
happen to be his current target and it
To Goanet -
I reckon that what Dean D'Cruz really has an issue with is the sunshine
directed at the architect community. So he labels it slander. Let me tell
D'Cruz what slander looks like. Slander is when F Noronha attempts
to smear a distinguished Goan scientist based in the USA and cast
To Goanet -
Soter D'Souza wrote:
The latest news is that Cuncolim is
on the boil once again. A permission granted for a residential project to one
Dubai based Tariq Chauhan of Dharul Khalil, Aligarh U.P. by the Cuncolim
Municipal Council is now suspected by villagers to be more of a madrasa
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/05/11/hanuman-of-advalpal
Regards,
r
To Goanet -
Soter D'Souza wrote:
There is a lot of ash flying into my mail box as a result of the recent
volcanic eruption
within GBA. Can someone help me to understand as to what are GBA's objectives?
What is the structure and process of Regional Planning that it advocates? What
is it's
To Goanet -
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100507/india_nm/india483210
r
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/05/05/trail-of-borate-death-valley
r
To Goanet -
So the wealthy Goan builder from Panjim now wants to seal the
St Inez creek and build a hospital with foreign collaboration
to help the needy.
The rural health centres in Goa, once fairly well maintained and
staffed, are today in an advanced state of decay and dereliction.
If one
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/04/20/trona-pinnacles-moonrise-moonscape
Regards,
r
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To Goanet -
My photo essay on Huffington Post -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rajan-p-parrikar/varanasi---indias-holy-ci_b_498218.html
ps: It should go up on the Religion
To Goanet -
Dr. Anil Desai has accurately summed up the deceit of the
ex-Convener of GBA Dr. Oscar Rebello here -
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-March/191418.html
It is curious that Herald would not publish Dr. Desai's column.
It was in Herald that Dr. Rebello first
To Goanet -
Augusto Pinto pinto...@gmail.com
If I am not mistaken (and I could be, as I am saying this from memory
as I don't have the books here at home) the comments should more or
less apply to a Church or Chapel of Saint Catherine that is next to Santa
Monica convent. Also I would
To Goanet -
Dear JC-bab,
I have left my response to your comment -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/03/26/chapel-on-the-hill
This topic is a redux, and keeps appearing with periodicity
on the internet; there are many good discussions of it on the
web. I will simply record here that I
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/03/26/mary-mount-chapel-then-and-now
r
To Goanet -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/23/grigory-perelman-rejects-1m-dollars
r
To Goanet -
JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk writes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtypanjim4/4451576196/
Dear Joe,
Thank you for forwarding this to me and pointing me
to the comments.
We should have all the ghatis in Saligao deposit the products
of their metabolism every morning at Admin
To Goanet -
Two years ago I had a testy exchange with a Bengali dweeb at a
meeting called by the Chief Secretary to enforce the High Court
directives issued in the Panjim PIL ruling. This Bengali was the
secretary in one of the concerned departments and he was babbling,
in effect telling me why
To Goanet -
That would be Frederick Noronha (allegedly a journo).
Today he quotes Ashok Malik to buttress his point (although
nobody quite knows what his point is).
Now two can play this game. Here is Ashok Malik paying
a glowing tribute to Veer Savarkar, the personification of
Hindutva -
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/03/16/storm-clouds-over-zuari
r
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/03/13/panjim-promendade-3
r
To Goanet -
I have started blogging at The Huffington Post. My first post is this -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rajan-p-parrikar/ganesha---god-of-knowledg_b_492149.html
ps: I expect to have other aspects of Goa (churches, temples etc) featured in
posts in the coming weeks months.
Regards
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/03/08/palm-fronds-and-the-church
ps: These scenes in Goa will soon be history. In my recent visits
to the hillock, concrete can be seen jutting through the foliage.
r
To Goanet -
The clusterfoxes of the GBA 1.0 fraud have a charming way
of wishing away the scam they pulled on the people of Goa.
Yesterday they released the 1.0 version wrapped in stinking
fish wrapper with the label GBA 2.0.
GBA 1.0 scammers lead by Dr. Oscar Rebello were in
full flower at
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/03/04/definition-of-heaven
r
To Goanet -
I see that Reboni Saha has offloaded some litter in today's
Herald (03/03/2010). She asks, Are you serious, Mr. Chief Minister?
Well, Ms Saha, why SHOULD he be serious? When the
GBA had the govt on the mat in Dec 2006, the GBA leadership
drove the movement into a ditch, and with
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Samir Kelekar
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To Goanet -
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Samir Kelekar
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To Goanet -
Selma Carvalho wrote:
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To Goanet -
Mitigation of poverty
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To Goanet -
Dr. Anil Desai wrote:
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To Goanet -
Arwin Mesquita wrote:
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Selma Carvalho wrote:
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To Goanet -
Selma Carvalho wrote:
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To Goanet -
From my friend, Dr.
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To Goanet -
Alfred de Tavares
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To Goanet -
Dr. Anil Desai
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To Goanet -
Samir Kelekar wrote
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To Goanet -
With Digu Co in
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To Goanet -
Dr. Anil Desai
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To Goanet -
My letter in the
To Goanet -
On the occasion of Valentine's Day.
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/02/14/lovebirds-2
r
To Goanet -
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, so goes an old cliché.
In the case of Indians, replace patriotism with constitution. For
a people renowned for breaking laws and violating rules at every
step and every waking moment, it is risible, not to mention predictable,
to see
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/02/11/temple-in-the-forest
r
To Goanet -
Dear Valmiki,
You may be right about the coconut heist and its link to
that douchebag par excellence Partap Singh Gill.
It has been so many years. I am sure if I bother a couple
of folks in Goa (then PWD engineers in charge of Cabo
maintenance) they will be able to furnish all
To Goanet -
Admin, Frederick Noronha wrote:
Incidentally, Rajan Parrikar was also claiming that the house belonged
to Kiran Dhingra (the former Chief Secretary of Goa):
http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg23099.html
But then, what's a few facts when it comes to Rajan-style
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/01/24/ganulo
r
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/01/17/moira-church
Regards,
r
To Goanet -
American citizen presses button and CCP moves to clear
squatters at Azad Maidan in Panjim. Picture taken yesterday -
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/CCP-PanjimPIL.jpg
r
To Goanet -
Dr. Anil Desai wrote:
Your life seems to revolve around people making money. Are you in some sort
of financial difficulty? Just the way goanetters pitched in when you were
summoned to the floor of the assembly, we can start an appeal for help. For
your information, I have been
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/01/12/brahma-of-goa
r
To Goanet -
Dr. Anil Desai wrote:
Response: I do not like to blow my own trumpet but apart from occasionally
participating in legitimate debates about the future of Goa, like Rajan, I
have always tried to do my bit for Goa. Next time you visit Goa, visit Priol
and Mangeshi. There are a few
To Goanet -
Until Goan Observer inadvertently let the cat out
of the bag, nobody knew there was a new dog pony
show in town.
Ladies Gentlemen, we give you the Saturday Night Club,
a secular brothel offering secular orgasms and
free koptel paid for by secular builders secular miners
and
To Goanet -
Dr. Anil Desai wrote:
Samir,
Your attacks on Rajan are getting a bit tiring now.
Boring, too. The guy punches with all the force of a wrinkled old prune
on dialysis.
Couple of days ago, I
saw our PM promising votes for NRIs. I am sure this will include PIO as well
as OCI
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To Goanet -
Arwin Mesquita wrote:
Samir.. if what you say is true (I hope its not) then I
suggest you and those who dont care about Goan Identity
give up the proud to be Goan part if your slogan.
Arwin
Arwin,
Continue with the splendid work you have been
doing. Leave Kelekar alone -
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/01/10/shubha-mudgal-a-portrait
r
To Goanet -
Now that we have decisively established that there is absolutely
nothing Samir Kelekar can do about my American citizenship,
my opportunism my undying love of greenbacks except
babble from Bengaluru, we move on to more important
matters.
Now then, what is the way forward? The
To Goanet -
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes wrote:
Where is Babu Kavlekar, who promised that his government
will not let a single structure be demolished by CRZ ?
You've got to be kidding. Babu K is busy expanding his
own mansion. This was in Feb 2008 -
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To Goanet -
My response to Dr. Oscar Rebello's lies has been published
in the Dec 31, 2009, issue of Herald. (There is also one more
letter in support of Rebello authored by a coward unwilling
to sign his/her name.) Below is the complete unedited letter.
The published version can be seen
To Goanet -
Let me complete the set of Goanet highlights ignored in Goanet's
'official' list.
Goa Bachao Abhiyan - 3 years of deceit (Part 1/2) -
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187272.html
Goa Bachao Abhiyan - 3 years of deceit (Part 2/2) -
To Goanet -
I. Nunes wrote:
Mr. Parrikar,
I tend to think that Oscar Rebello's mea culpa has been
done with an eye towards a future political run.
He has gained name recognition with tacit help from the press.
The Goan press is compromised by its incestuous relationships
to politicians,
To Goanet -
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=31658cid=13
Cabal's footsie dances
In his article `The Drums of War' (Herald, 23 Dec), Dr Oscar Rebello
confesses that he and the GBA danced footsie with Digambar Kamat's
government. While this may come as a shocking revelation to some,
I
To Goanet -
Melvyn Ferrao wrote:
We should be congratulating Dr. Rebello on speaking his mind out. He has
confessed to his past mistakes publicly, which shows his sincerity.
He has done no such thing.
First of all, his confession (and we are being loose with the word)
was buried deep as
To Goanet -
Why is the Goan media still devoting column-inches to what
this charlatan Dr. Oscar Rebello has to say? After he has
confessed in his own words to collaborating with the govt
thus betraying the Save Goa movement?
Ashwin Tombat and Derek Almeida - when are you two
fellows going
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/12/26/coasting-over-san-francisco-bay
r
To Goanet -
GBA's ex-Convener Dr. Oscar Rebello has finally admitted
what I told Goanet long ago - that he and his cohorts at
GBA were playing FOOTSIE with Digu's govt.
In rambling kindergarten-level doodle in today's Herlad,
Dr. Rebello finally comes clean, using the the same term
To Goanet -
For Part 1, see -
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187272.html
Part 2
Recently the GBA made some noises about backing the
Dabolim people against the DLF construction project. I saw
the name of TCP's Ahmad Morad once again bandied around.
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/12/20/december-03-1901
r
ps: Near the cross now one finds paan and gutka spit. Of
course, with a steady stream of ghati pissers and defecators.
Great job, Goans!
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/12/19/barges
r
To Goanet -
From the American Museum of Natural History.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U
r
To Goanet -
December 18, 2006, Azad Maidan, Panjim: site of a massive rally
called by the newly-formed GBA to resist the destruction of Goa
planned by the Goa govt in collaboration with real estate and mining
mafias. I was there on the stage with my camera documenting
the proceedings. See -
To Goanet -
The maintenance of the Old Goa complex and its surrounding
areas is appalling. Which Catholic Church dimwit decided to turn
over the reins of Old Goa to the Indian govt? (Rhetorical
question. JC furnished the answer some time back on GX.)
The Indian govt is able at only one
To Goanet -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sunrise-in-old-goa
r
To Goanet -
We were happy. But we wanted to be happy and rich. That
was a mistake. - an Icelandic woman.
That quote comes from Meltdown Iceland, a book I have just
finished reading. (See - http://tinyurl.com/meltdowniceland)
The island went bankrupt last year, the first major casualty
of
To Goanet -
Socorro, that's where.
In November I made a few forays into this beautiful village to
photograph its church. Socorro is the home of my amigo Soter.
It is also the native village of Goanet's Vivian D'Souza and his
lovely wife Alda.
Now - I have seen Goa's destruction first
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