Hi folk We are researching the birth and growth of the Diocese of Mylapore which is celebrating its 400th year this year.
Born out of the Goa diocese and later run under the padradao and then becoming the Diocese of Madras-Mylapore, the diocese has had a colourful history but little has been compiled on it. Now, mere functions are lined up. A bunch of us keen on history and heritage are working on this project. We are looking for contacts with the Jesuits run Historical Research Centre in Goa, Archiodiocese of Goa ( priests who have done church history projects), any NGOs with support from Portugal who have done work in this area, families whose men and women worked in this diocese here. Frederick Noronha, my journalist friend, has bene of some help. We welcome your leads - ph nos, email IDs, addresses etc Cheers Vincent D Souza Madras (Chennai) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Vincent D'Souza's popular column - Jottings. Now on a blog. http://vincentsjottings.blogspot.com MYLAPORE TIMES - neighbourhood news weekly, every Saturday, 30,000 copies e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KUTCHERIBUZZ - web site for classical music and dance. http://www.kutcheribuzz.com News - Features - Pictures - Quiz - Sale of albums. 77, C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai-600 018. Ph: 91-44-24982244. Fax: 91-44-24671122. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > From: Goanet Reader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Goanet > Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:47:43 +0530 > To: goanet-news@goanet.org > Subject: *** In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract > localprotests > > In small Goa, big developmental projects constantly attract local > protests > 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 projects to hit a road block is a long pending > tourism industry effort to lay out an 18-hole international standard > golf course. > > While the government-private joint venture identified land on a > sprawling sea face hilltop in south Goa, the areas's local MLA has > stated that villagers were opposed to giving up the 10,000 sq m > required. Negotiations are still on to clear the green for the golf > course, projected as necessary to scale up Goa's tourism market to high > spending business and leisure travellers. > > Days earlier chief minister Pratapsing Rane dismissed statements from > regional opposition parties, who said the government's project for a > North-South six lane expressway would leave many homeless. He said road > mapping authorities had taken care to ensure the trajectory would affect > minimum houses. > > Critics though point out that the parallel highway, initially > conceieved to complement a new airport, was superflous since the airport > itself is now temporarily on hold. > > The state's critical rural landscape would be affected by the 90 metre > wide tarmac ribbon, losing farm space to bitumen, they say. One regional > party has threatened to campaign against the expressway, even as the > administration indicated it was going ahead with ground pegging > exercises. > > Another mega project to situate an information technology park in a > suburban village plateau has met with protest, since the site includes > green patches which attract birds and birdwatchers. > > Big developmental projects constantly attract local protest, since > scenic placid self contained villages react to ceding public and private > farm and and green areas to urbanisation and commercial activity, > > Rumblings had initially greeted a IT habitat project laid out in the > upmarket Dona Paula residential area, home to the state's whose who. The > project inauguration however went through, earlier this year. Projects > for a cricket stadium had to be shifted while contentious centralised > garbage dump sites were abandoned following protests. > > In the political race to demonstrate development milestones before an > upcoming election, the Congress party sees itself as a victim, paying > the price for being more democratic and therefore a soft target for > protestors. > > "Activists only come out of the woodwork when the Congress is in power" > says Congress MLA Jeetendra Deshprabhu, referring to the calm that > previous regimes enjoyed. (ENDS) > > Pamela D'Mello is Goa correspondent for The Asian Age. > > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
