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TOURISTS UPSET AS GOA BEGINS TO ACT OVER FOREIGNER LAND DEALS
By Pamela D'Mello
Panaji: The Goa home department says it has begun the process
of examining some 200 land sale deeds purchased by foreign
nationals in North Goa for FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management
Act) violations.
FEMA provisions,
won by the Goan
doctor for his discovery and combat of the bubonic plague in
distant Africa in 1903!
[This article was written some years back, and is being recirculated.
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Delhi - Goa - Delhi
I've had friends tell me I'm nuts to walk from a job and profile in
Delhi and traipse to Goa and lessness. Then I've had them say they would
kill to do it. Funny, I've felt similar ambivalence.
SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI
I stood knee deep in
it is true that John looks effeminate in The Last
Supper, this is quite in keeping with other paintings by this
homosexual artist. Indeed, even John the Baptist was
portrayed in a feminine way by Da Vinci. Note that neither
John nor John the Baptist have womanly bodies in these
paintings.
Panjim from space
By Nandkumar Kamat
The Navhind Times
Sitting before my desktop at the Goa University, I can clearly watch on
the screen the whole campus from space, including the tiled roof of our
faculty enclave and all the landmarks.
I can see the shadows of the transmission towers of the
on of Freedom of
Religion at the highest level of the Catholic Church.
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In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local
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By Pamela D'Mello
Panaji, Goa: A series of high profile projects flagged by the Goa
government have run into trouble with local protestors --- largely over
perenially-contentious land acquisitions.
The latest in a line of
Manipur and
all those thousands denied of their human rights in all parts
of the country.
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By Pamela D'Mello
asianage at sancharnet.in
Panaji (GOA): As real estate in this popular tourist paradise
gets increasingly snapped up by foreign and domestic buyers
-- steadily skewing traditional ownership patterns
-- the rumblings of disconten
onal, who studied in Goa (St Britto's Mapusa
and Government Polytechnic, Panjim) before shifting to the
Far East. He was one of the very early batches to get
involved with the field of computing in Goa, and has been
doing Goa proud with his work in Singapore.
elf of a 30 year itch
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There is nothing to fear from Brown or Da Vinci. What we
should be afraid of is our own ignorance.
The author is the former National President of the All India
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Go ahead, plan a grand marriage, but plan
the finances in advance, to make the big
day truly memorable, writes CEDRIC SILVEIRA
Susan and Vivek got recently married in the grandest of
fashions. Reception at a five-star hotel, a list of i
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studied at the prestigious National Law School of India in
Bangalore, and spent time in Europe. Now back in Goa, apart
from other things, he spends time contemplating the riddles
and mysteries of understanding the complex reality of this
tiny r
thin India.
All of which will also add value to 'Destination Goa'.
Finally, like in Switzerland, things will become so
expensive, it will no longer be possible for Goans to afford
living in Goa and some of us may have to move to Maharashtra
or Karnataka, as is also already happening.
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attributes his interest in the written word, in large part,
to the library at his old school, St Britto's at Mapusa.
Britto's alumni network is in cyberspace at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/britto Many other schools in
Goa ar
d like to remove the garbage
and the filth and work to conserve certain areas. Maybe in Goa... I
don't know.
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GRAPHY
Ali, B. Sheik
Goa wins freedom. Bambolim, Goa: Goa University, 1986
(Has article 'Role of Press in the Freedom Struggle in
Goa,' by P D Xavier)
Brito Aranha, Pedro Wenceslau de, 1833-1914
Subsidios para a historia do jornalismo na provincias
ultramarinas Portuguesas. Lisboa: Impr
anachronic idealism, unadjusted to
modern, pragmatic realism where the only thing that really
matters is rapid material progress, feverish industrial
activity producing more and more wealth, drowning in rivers
of money...all other values be damned.
Unfortunately, my vision is clouded and my optio
otherwise contribute positively to society.
He is known to many who studied, like him, at Britto's and
Xavier's in Mapusa and was in the scouting movement in the
'seventies.
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contacted via email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or at her website:
http://www.wairua.com/ruth
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s, and stay for 2-3 months.
Lately because I'm doing work all over India, my trips have
become less," says he.
Contact Anand at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0938 1029496 vbanand.com A
collection of V B Anand's photographs are at
http://fn.goa-india.org/vbanand
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real culprits. Also sought is the right of the
Guddemol Muslims to resume prayers stopped by the
local police, and providing them with land (which
they will buy) to build a mosque.
Goanet's Vidyadhar Gadgil, campaigner Arun Pandey, GT
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here is a high level of soil erosion and
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k "FN" Noronha is a Goa-based writer, active in cyberspace,
who writes on issues both within and beyond Goa. Email
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ed, brain-dead, model that has wrecked too many beautiful places
around the world already. If there could possibly be an upside to something as
scary as the avian flu, it lies here; let it be an airborne reality check for
those who will engineer the future of Goan tourism. (ENDS)
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ystems.
* Flexible in its planning to cater for expansion and
change.
* Modern, and uses state of the art technology.
* Visually interesting with wonderful streetscapes,
unfolding views, surprises, vistas.
* Urban in character.
* Inspired by the region.
* Meant primarily for people, the services and traffic
being secondary. Ser
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is and returned to settle-down in Goa in late 2004, while in his thirties. VM
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HOR: VM is an early Goanetter, who put his money where his mouth
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regularly writes for the Goa and Mumbai media.
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hey really
put their heart into it. The third thing would be Goa being
small, it would be more easy to manage a network among
panchayats.
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has written much by way o
r more
different meanings).
To opt for a particular interpretation effectively closes off
all other interpretations to the reader. Any text is open to
many readings, none of which repeats another. Therefore, when
you read the book you may understand the text in a totally
different way than I have und
Cornel DaCosta, PhD, is an author, consultant and specialist
in university education, London, England. Review written on
January 5, 2006. The weblink for On Thin Ice is
http://www.booklocker.com/books/2194.html ISBN 1-59113-826-4
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is currently retired and lives in Carona in Aldona, Goa.
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ess your thoughts. Here is
your chance. Visit the bulletin board of the Knowledge
Commission and post your inputs. We assure you your thoughts
matter." See you all at www.knowledgeforgoa.com.
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ardo Faleiro is a lawyer, and politician. He has served
for many terms in the national parliament (at New Delhi),
representing both the South Goa constitutency, and Goa in the
upper house (the Rajya Sabha). His role in highlighting
issues related to communalism in the past decade is
particularly n
ds us just how perilously far gone we are.
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She has contributed to journals in India and abroad.
The above essay is reproduced, with permission, from Parmal.
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his wife and two children, and writes about the place besides
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make amends.
It's never too late...
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we've been experiencing, under the bright lights in Fatorda,
Goa's traditional favorite game is finally getting a much-needed
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promised land and it finally
dawned on me that trips to Goa would never be the same again.
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as soon as I left Bombay on the steamer boat, from now on,
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ings and queens, to the Goencho Bazaar. At the bazaar
everybody took photos of them and cheered with joy. Till today,
they are still good friends with Tim and Pav and we still celebrate
them at the Goencho Bazaar, each year.
Written and illustrated by Andrea Duff (Age: 8 years).
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young man when Goa transitioned out of Portuguese colonial rule. He
subsequently migrated to Canada, where he is currently based.
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: Life in the
Shadows of History, Yuganta Press, Connecticut, 1997.
2. Joao da Veiga Coutinho, Uma espécie de ausLncia, Cotovia,
Fundacao Oriente, Lisboa, 2000.
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period of history.
Priced at the equivalent of a little over two dollars,
it's something worth adding to your collection. These
films also underline why it's important to have
multiple versions of history being recorded and told.
We need also m
a's tourism site is really fantastic, and includes recipes for all
the food carefully described in "The Sixth Night".
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The writer Zoe Ackah is editor of 'The Epoch Times',
a Canadi
Luckily the government of Goa's tourism site is really fantastic, and includes
recipes for all the food carefully described in "The Sixth Night".
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The writer Zoe Ackah is editor of '
te-run TV network.
Mauzo's recently translated-into-English and Sahitya
Academi-published hardbound book 'Karmelin' (Rs 125, 2004, ISBN
81-260-1918-2) is available for sale in Goa (at Broadways and
elsewhere). His stories have also been featured in Manohar Shetty's
Ferry Crossing
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