[Goanet] Congress Sardinha wins LS bypoll from Goa
Congress Sardinha wins LS bypoll from Goa Panaji, Nov 03: Congress candidate Fransisco Sardinha won Mormugao constituency Lok Sabha bypoll by 40,000 votes on Saturday. He defeated his close rival Wilfred Mesquita of BJP. The counting for the October 31 Mormugao constituency Lok Sabha bypoll began here today at 0800 hours. The Congress and the BJP are in a straight fight with each other for the seat in South Goa district. The seat fell vacant after the then Congress MP Churchill Alemao resigned on May 8 this year to join state politics. Congress has fielded Fransisco Sardinha against BJP's Wilfred Mesquita. Two Independents - Hamza Khan and Jawahar Dias are also in fray. Bureau Report http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=405246sid=REGsname=news=Congress%E2%80%99%20Sardinha%20wins%20LS%20bypoll%20from%20Goa Sanny de Quepem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Bjp shown the door --
BJP shown the door Well written reply to Vinay Natekar from Minguel deserves Kudos I am totally disappointed that GOASURAJ has stooped so low to say may BJP wins. Thant congres is bad is anybody's guess, but wishing the comunial cancer like BJP to resurface is disastrous. I am happy, not that Sardinha has won, but that the south goan electorate has show the BJP the door. I guess the so called best CM Manohar parrikar should pack his bags and take sanyas along with all his other BJP zealots and cohorts. There is no place for communial elements in GOA! Not now, not never! Regards Cedric da Costa Dubai __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Sonia congratulates Kamat on Mormugao victory
Sonia congratulates Kamat on Mormugao victory Press Trust Of India Panaji, November 03, 2007 Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Panaji called Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat to congratulate him for the party's victory in Mormugao Lok Sabha bypoll. Just now I got a call from Sonia Gandhi congratulating me for the victory. This is a victory of all the party workers who worked overtime, Kamat told mediapersons outside the counting station in Margao town on Saturday. Refuting the BJP's allegation that the low voters turn out showed people's no confidence in the state government, the chief minister on Saturday said that the victory has proved that the Goan voters are with them. Kamat also lauded its alliance partner Nationalistic Congress Party (NCP) for their share in the campaigning. NCP leaders campaigned with us throughout, which anointed our victory, he said. Though he did not comment directly on other two alliance partners -- Save Goa Front (SGF) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) who had declared their support to the Congress candidate. I presume everyone worked for us and that is why the Congress got victorious, he mentioned. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=51558e74-c7f2-4764-924a-0655cd634d62Headline=Sonia+congratulates+Kamat+on+Mormugao+victory Sanny de Quepem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet] In support of Dr Wilfred Mesquita's call for a hunger strike ton Nov 4
Mesquita to go on hunger strike tomorrow MARGAO, Nov 2: BJP candidate Dr Wilfred Mesquita has informed that he would go on a day's hunger strike at the Lohia Maidan on November 4 to atone for the sins of the enemies of Mother Goa, who have supported the Special Economic Zone. He asked all the people to join the movement to save Goa. [H] jc's response: I second the call by Dr Wilfred Mesquita to go on a day's hunger strike to 'atone for the sins of the enemies of Mother Goa' i.e. 1. Those who have supported/support the Special Economic Zone 2. Those who wanted/want to merge Goa with another State 3. Those who worked/work against the Konkani spoken and written by Goans 4. Those who consistently disrupt governance in Goa by bringing down Governments 5. Those in power who do not pay their bills (be it at restaurants et al services) 6. Those who migrate from one political platform to another as a matter of 'principle' and 'interest'. 7. Those who bribe and then complain of corruption. BTW: Please Eat before you start the day's fast. No food will be allowed until Night becomes. 'Liquid Refreshments' will be served all day long. Stocks (left over from campaign) limited. Please come early. PN: ONLY those who do NOT have to WORK on Monday November 5, 2007 - need attend. sincerely jc PS: I had a feeling that my good friend Dr Wilfred Mesquita would probably lose this election. My other good friend Aires Rodrigues has made it an art (and probably science) of picking the losing candidate to support.
[Goanet] Remo Fernandes to be conferred with ICONGO award
Remo Fernandes to be conferred with ICONGO award Press Trust Of India November 03, 2007 Noted pop singer Remo Fernandes has been chosen for the coveted `Karamveer Puraskar' this year conferred by ICONGO. ICONGO, a Delhi-based confederation of NGOs, will be honouring the singer under the category Artistes 4 Change award during their two-day conclave scheduled in Delhi from November 25. The singer has been on the forefront of various movements in Goa and had hit the headlines when he declined the state government award this year. Remo has been vociferous on spending public money on festivals like International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Commenting on the award, he said, it gives a wonderful feeling because it is not given for my music's chart positions or sales figures; but rather for the socio-political contribution which the content of my music has made to the society. My songs have tried to give out positive messages about drug, AIDS, women exploitation, communalism and corruption; and having this aspect of it appreciated and awarded is particularly satisfying, much more so than receiving a film or music industry award, the singer told PTI. Appreciation is the greatest encouragement and motivation to do better, whether you are a sweeper or a company director. Everyone needs a pat on the back once in a while, and I see such a award as just that a pat on the back for a job well done, Remo said. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=8577769d-66f6-4397-9a9c-4b1ce8fcbd61Headline=Remo+to+be+conferred+with+ICONGO+award Sanny de Quepem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet] GOAN POLITICAL ISSUES
GOAN POLITICAL ISSUES Mesquita to go on hunger strike tomorrow BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 2 BJP candidate Dr Wilfred Mesquita has informed that he would go on a days hunger strike at the Lohia Maidan on November 4 to atone for the sins of the enemies of Mother Goa, who have supported the controversial Special Economic Zones. He has asked all the people to join the movement to save Goa. Mesquita had disclosed plans to go on a hunger strike on November 4 irrespective whether he succeeds in the bye-polls or not. http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3757cid=26 Digambar cabinet likely to witness a re-churn NT Staff Reporter Panaji, Nov 2 With the by-election to the Mormugao (South Goa) parliamentary constituency over, the Congress leadership would now have to do a balancing act by acting against those who worked against the party and also keep the partymen happy as well as strengthen the functioning of the government. The Congress leadership is quite irked at stance of Save Goa Front, a constituent of the government, as its leaders and workers worked against the Congress nominee in the by-poll. The Congressmen have demanded action against the SGF leader, Mr Churchill Alemao and demanded that he be dropped from the cabinet. According to the sources in the party, if the Congress nominee fares below par in the constituencies represented by SGF, the chorus for removal of the SGF leader from the government would only grow louder and the party would soon have to take a decision to please the Congressmen. The Congress sources further said that the party high command was aware of the anti-Congress work of Mr Alemao and his party men and that action against him could depend on the election results. They also went on to add that even if no immediate action is taken against Mr Alemao, it would follow at appropriate time. Though any threat to the Congress-led government headed by Mr Digambar Kamat has been ruled out at least for the moment in case of party nominee being defeated at the hustings, the party has geared up to face any eventuality. The Congress party has already drawn a contingency plan by withdrawing the case for disqualification against the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs, Mr Ramkrishna Dhavalikar and Mr Pandurang Dhavalikar, in case it has to take action against Mr Alemao and drop him from the cabinet. The sources in the party, however, said that no conditions have been put forward by the MGP MLAs. According to the Congress leaders, both the MGP legislators want their voting rights in the House restored for extending support to the government and the party leadership has acceded to their request. Mr Ramkrishna Dhavalikar, however, said that the case him and his brother was dropped because there was no substance in the case filed against them. He hastened to add that it was for the Speaker and the Supreme Court to decide on the matter. The sources also said that there could be a minor reshuffle in the ministry and one of the ministerial colleagues of the Chief Minister could be axed. The possibility of dropping one of the Alemao brothers has not been ruled out to accomodate one of the Dhavalikar brothers. According to the sources in the party, the Congress leadership would now have to focus on the issues raised by the partymen and take actions against those who worked against Mr Francisco Sardinha, the party nominee for the elections and president of Goa Pradesh Congress committee. Mr Sardinha has said that the SGF has worked against him. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=110315 S Goa LS by-election result today NT News Service Margao, Nov 2 It may be a question of a few hours, on Saturday morning, for Goans to know who will represent them to the Centre from Mormugao constituency. Fate of Mr Francisco Sardinha (Congress) and Dr Wilfred Mesquita (BJP), apart from two independent candidates will be known within couple of hours of counting, which will be taken up tomorrow morning. Counting of votes of the South Goa parliamentary by-election will begin at 8 a.m and the whole process is expected to end by 11 a.m. According to the assistant returning officer, Mr Venancio Furtado, counting will simultaneously begin in five halls three in Damodar College of Commerce and Economics and two in Kare College of Law. Both the national party candidates expressed confidence of winning the by-poll. The Congress candidate, Mr Francisco Sardinha said he will stick to his stand of winning with a margin of 15,000 odd votes. The BJP candidate, Dr Wilfred Mesquita was brimming with confidence and said that he would win by a margin of at least 10,000 votes. I will definitely obtain a lead of 4,000 votes in Vasco and Mormugao, Dr Mesquita emphasised and added that he would lead in at least 14 to 15 other constituencies. Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India has in a communiqué informed Goas Chief Electoral Officer that the lone vote
[Goanet] Sardinha wins bye-elections
SARDINHA WINS BYE-ELECTIONS Francisco Sardinha of Congress wins the South Goa Mormugao Constituency bye-elections according to information reaching www.goa-world.com team in Kuwait Releated observations: It was an election with a difference. Perhaps for the first time in Goas electoral history beginning 1962 when Goans voted post liberation for the Village Panchayats in Goa the turnout was dismal. Just 36.2 % Blame it on several things a) disillusionment of the voters over the political sommersaults of the elected representatives or b) Goa Defacement of Property Act which literally ensured that there were no banners posters and nothing to reveal to the eye of an election seen in public places; d) then there was the delayed notification of the Government of Goa announcing only as late as 25th October, 2007 vide Gazette notification of a public holiday to the whole state; but later a confusion of sorts the paid public holiday was sought to be modified only to cover establishments in South Goa and to keep workers in industrial establishments of the Government out of the purview of the paid holiday which was believed to have been turned down by the Chief Minister who holds the industry portfolio but only as late on the afternoon of eve of polling day. e) considering that both candidates were Cristao Bamonns they are not known to spend funds and many say they would opt to stash away electoral funds for their winter forays. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/16210 - Forwarded by Gaspar Almeida, www.goa-world.com http://www.calizz.com/ http://videos.howstuffworks.com/georgia-aquarium-video.htm TODAY'S BIBLE READING http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] BJP defeated in Mormugoa LS, Lanji assembly constituencies
BJP defeated in Mormugoa LS, Lanji assembly constituencies Panaji/Bhopal, Nov 3 (UNI) The BJP today suffered defeat in October 31 byelections to Mormugoa Lok Sabha constituency in south Goa and Lanji assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Francisco Sardinha won the Mormugao seat with about 41,000 votes over his BJP rival Dr Wilfred Mesquita. Kishore Samrite of the Samajwadi Party defeated BJP's Dhareshwari Bhatere, wife of former minister Dilip Bhatere, by a margin of 3734 votes in Lanji assembly constituency. Mr Samrite, who came on the third spot in the 2003 election, wrested the seat from BJP with a margin of 3734 votes, netting a total of 28,779 votes as against 25,045 votes polled by his nearest BJP rival Dhareshwari Bhatere, widow of former minister Dilip Bhatere (BJP), whose death caused the byelection. http://inwww.rediff.com/newshound/ga.html Sanny de Quepem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Malaria risk in Jamaica and Goa
Malaria risk in Jamaica and Goa (02 November 2007) The National Travel Health Network and Centre has reported an increased risk of malaria in Jamaica and Goa. An outbreak involving 370 cases was reported in Kingston, Jamaica, in December 2006 but was believed to have subsided. However, two new cases have been identified in the Kingston area in the last few weeks. Goa has also seen a rise of malaria cases in residents since last year. During the first six months of 2007, there were 788 cases. In the same period of 2006, there were 240. There have also been a few cases of malaria in travellers to Goa as recently as August. ABTA is encouraging agents and tour operators to inform their clients of the risk of malaria in these regions. http://www.worldtravelguide.net/news/2967/news/Malaria-risk-in-Jamaica-and-Goa.html Sanny de Quepem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet] BJP HUMILATED AT LS bye polls
PONDA TALUKA Ponda 1483 Priol (-) 1665 Marcaim (-) 846 Shiroda 633 MORMUGAO TALUKA Mormugao 567 Vasco-da-Gama 333 Cortalim 3255 SALCETE TALUKA Loutolim 3982 Benaulim 4395 Fatorda 1708 Margao 3370 Curtorim 6725 Navelim 2899 Velim 4470 Cuncolim 3255 SANGUEM TALUKA Sanvordem 1356 Sanguem -1001 QUEPEM TALUKA Curchorem 2562 Quepem 2196 CANACONA TALUKA Canacona 465Poinguinim 712 It was quite obvious that the MGP Dhavalikar brothers could not direct their voters to vote for the INC and hence the voters appeared to have voted for their near ideological partner the BJP and got a lead in the constituencies of Priol and Marcaim in Ponda Taluka. In Sanguem taluka the BJP took a lead given that the constituency has been under a BJP MLA for well nigh two terms and the Van vasis forest dwellers have been well cultivated as grass root workers in this region did well. But unfortunately for the BJP the real blow came to them in some of the Constituencies held by their MLA's viz; Mormugao, Fatorda, Canacona, and Poinguinim where the INC took leads. Contrary to the common belief that the SGF would play spoil sport the leads for the INC were convincing in Curtorim and Navelim. Similarly in the case of Benaulim where the NCP MLA reigns supreme there was no signs of the SGF or the UGDP having tilted the votes to the BJP camp ; the same appears to be the scenario in Loutolim, Cortalim Velim and Quepem. In conclusion one could read from this bye elections the following scenario a) those who were disillusioned with the current politics in the State stayed away from the EVM's b) the secular votes of SGF UGDP NCP and an Independent appears to have easily gone to the INC c) similarly the MGP votes went to their near ideological partner the BJP Since as already stated all regional and national parties contested against each other in the 2nd June 2007 Assembly elections; except for the pre election partners viz the INC and the NCP it was difficult for any sitting MLA either in the oppositon or the BJP to campaign for votes in favour of the INC or BJP for the 2 Lok Sabha Mormugao Parliamentary Constituency For the BJP it must be clear that the secular votes cannot be expected to go for the right wing hindu fundamentalist party notwithstanding their efforts to show a peace flag in the Catholic bastion of Salcete. Another major reason that the BJP did not succeed even in their own homeground talukas in Novas Conquistas arties was owing to its soft polarisation agenda that started since 1994 and was reinforced during their rule since 24th October 2000 which had clearly attempted to divide the voters on two planks a) Catholics and Moslems ---as voters of INC and other secular based pAnother major reason that the BJP did not succeed even in their own homeground talukas in Novas Conquistas arties viz SGF and UGDP b) Hindus as voters of the BJP and MGP . Hence the offer of the BJP seat to a Catholic was seen by the voters as a betrayal of their leadership just to grab power at any cost. Credibility of Mr Manohar Parrikars suffered a downfall having hobnobbed with the likes of Mr Antanasio (Babush ) Monseratte, and the Churchill Alemao overnight under the guise of Goa Democratic Alliance to grab power in the State despite his pre election assurance that they would sit in the Oppostion if they did not get a majority. He proved that his was not a party with a difference. Even the BJP High Command Mr L K Advanic and Mr Pratap Rudy overseeing the BJP desk in Goa had rebuked Mr Parrikar for his lack of foresightedness in the July August 2007 drama to bring down the INC NCP government. From now on it would be ideal for the Opposition and the Ruling alliance to take note of the peoples disgust and bring about a reasonable attempt at governance a message which His Excellency the Governor of Goa Mr S C Jamir had given to the elected representatives of Goa Legislative Assembly at the time of Budget presentation. For the INC NCP combine led by Mr Digamber Kamat they should realise that cultivating the SGF and the UGDP instead of the MGP Sudin and Deepak Dhavalikar would be the ideal situation for stability and have a cohesive vote bank in the Velhas Conquistas talukas not vice versa. This is even conceding the fact that the writ of Mr Alemao on his personal capacity till this dates runs beyond his constituency and that of Monseratte in Taleigao Santa Cruz Panaji and eventually whole of Ilhas (Tiswadi)and Dhavalikar brothers within the Ponda taluka. While other MLA's are mere paper mascots who flourish only under the prosperity of their party symbols to win an election and have no charisma of their own. GODFREY J. I. GONSALVES, BORDA, MARGAO, 403 602, GOA. (INDIA) +91 98221 58584 (24 HRS) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html
[Goanet] David vs Goliath (Selma)
Selma, Unless you can create the WHOLE universe, then perhaps giving advice to God, isn't such a good idea. After you have answered your dilemmas below, perhaps you can tackle the following. It is difficult to understand GOD. He makes such beautiful things as women, and then he turns them into Wives. Kind Regards, GL --- Carvalho If religion was indeed guided by the hand of God, or the word of God, then its inequitable dissemination, belies any justice on the part of this God. Either he is apathetic to some societies or unable to reach them due to some connectivity problem. Which goes back to what Khushwant Singh has been saying for eons, given God's total indifference he is either not omnipotent or omniscient.
Re: [Goanet] David vs Goliath
--- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hitchens' response doesn't cut it because it accepts the false premise of his opponent that the only God that counts as the real God is the particular one that he worships. -- Santosh, I think you are mixing up Hitchens with Gilbert. Gilbert who has been consistently donating blood obviously has had the circulation to his brain cut off from this activity :-) Hitch, on the other hand, doesn't suffer from a real God syndrome. You've missed the point of both the question and the response. The Fijian man was postulating that the arrival of Christianity has had a civilising effect on his society (which it might well have had, at least through the prism of his own eye). He has assumed this to mean that ergo Christianity is the real religion. Hitchen's response was that had Christianity been a divine religion, it's dissemination would have been earlier and, more evenly and simultaneously spread across the world. A more fitting response would have been Frazer's viewpoint that anthropologically speaking, evidence points to the fact that all societies evolve to arrive at the same moral values. Some just take a lot longer. The Fijians would ultimately stop using human flesh as canapes before dinner, even without the help of interventionist missionaries. This being a debate, perhaps it's hard to come up with good responses thinking on your feet as it were, whiskey glass in hand. selma __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Rajan Parrikar;s Photo Exhibition in Panjim
Wow ! What a spectacular exchibition of photographs taken all over Goa by Rajan Parrikar. He is not a professional photographer, at least that is what I believe, but the photographs are excellent, in composition, subject, background etc. His love for Goa shows in his comprehensive coverage of various parts of Goa. This is a must see for our Goencar bhau (including me) who think that Goa starts and ends with the relatively narrow and crowded districts close to the ocean. Rajan has journeyed to the interior of Goa as well as the coastal districts and chosen a wide variety of subjects to photograph. There is Tambde Surla temple, there are the remains of the ancient port built by the Kadambas along the Sal river, there are portraits of ordinary people in the hinterland. It was wonderful talking to Rajan in whom I found a fellow Goaphile who is so passionate about Goa, I asked him if he was going to publish a book with his photographs. He told me that he was planning a Cyber gallery. Congratulations on a job well done Rajan. Vivian A. D'Souza __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Good Old Bosco!
Dear Bosco, RESPONSE: Arre Cedrico, ye kitem..good old Bosco. It didn't take much for the moderators to straighten your lame 'shempdi'. Nevertheless you should be proud of yourself - not only did you learn what is 'PLAIN TEXT' but you also learnt quickly that alongwith your right to write freely comes the need to write responsibly. Bravo!! You think you should take the credit yet? I have the good/bad reputation of being the untamed! Plain text rich text! Ahmen! ...hv had enough of it, glad it is over with now! I take responsibility for any act that I may decide to commit...writing included... After a while i thought to myselfthat some of the moderators have xhempdis that will never be straightenedmaybe its too late in the day! and trying to iron it out felt maybe my xhempdi would be damaged or bent... No threats my friend but some mild abuses...yes! and never consider threats of any nature as hollow...you never know! and no, decided not to waste my precious money on a phonecall to canada, as other better ways/opportunities of spending/investing the money came by...but am sure our ways will cross some day, if not Goa, Canada or Dubai! Yup! at times like the weather Goanet is dull, at times it ROCKS! of late there are various supporters of various entities in Goan politics that are after my butt...i get heavy laden mails and veiled threats to or not to go after them...but the fight will continue...let Goa and Goans brethe once again! free fresh air...free from corruption, fresh from political pollutionwhat say? So decided to rock with it while it rocks...anyways they dont make good old rock songs any more... But good luck to you, and cheers if you are going to be in Goa for the annual meet! Foodlands has some good food and nice shakes! Wish i could make it to Goa in Dec like the previous years, but this year can't do it...would have definately met up with you and your team of m o d e r a t o r s ! Regards Cedric da Costa Dubai __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (3NOV07)
CM Kamat: Govt to review SEZ Electorate: GOOD Or GOANS will Review you and your Govt. To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] Portuguese TV soap codenamed Imperius to be filmed in Goa.
Pelo que li da sua autoria e porque graças a si aprendi algo que ignorava e me levava a expressar opiniões erradas, julgava-o mais auto-confiante. Quando falei em publicitar, óbviamente não implicava que o fazia por qualquer tipo de interesse comercial. Pretendi tão sómente que não fosse mais alguém a divulgar uma qualquer Telenovela, a que os americanos tão bem chamaram de soap opera. Julgo que conhece as razões para essa denominação. E da minha parte não há qualquer aborrecimento. E não fora o meu vício, chamemos-lhe assim, em ajudar os outros a pensar, não com afirmações constantes mas com perguntas, eu teria um método muito melhor do que usar a tecla de apagar. Era o de bloquear as mensagens do vosso forum. Assim nem sequer as via. E já agora. Foi alguém do vosso forum que fazendo algo que diz bem com o grupo, pescou o meu endereço de email provávelmente quando eu pesquizava sobre a história da minha família. Assim entenderá o vosso forum e o que estou a tentar fazer Com muitos cumprimentos João Botelho Gomes - Original Message - From: Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!' goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: 'Joao Botelho Gomes' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:31 AM Subject: RE: [Goanet] Portuguese TV soap codenamed Imperius to be filmed in Goa. Creio que está enganado. Eu não estou a publicitar nada. No máximo estarei a dar uma informação da filmagem de uma telenovela portuguesa em Goa. Mas olhe, fica aqui um conselho para que não fiquemos mais aborrecidos. Quando não gostar dos emails que receber via goanet, até porque acredito que sejam realmente de um nível inferior ao exigido pela sua inteligente pessoa, tem ao seu dispor uma tecla no seu teclado chamada delete. Prima-a. Vai ver que funciona. E assim escusa de estar a queixar-se para este nosso forum. Achei engraçado o que disse: este não parece ser o seu forum mas o nosso. Então se não considera Goanet o seu forum, o que está aqui a fazer? Com os melhores cumprimentos. Paulo Colaco Dias. -Original Message- From: Joao Botelho Gomes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 October 2007 23:36 To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: Re: [Goanet] Portuguese TV soap codenamed Imperius to be filmed in Goa. Meu Caro Faça-me um favor: Não publicite aquilo a que em inglês se denomina Soap e em português Telenovelas. O vosso forum já tem um nível intelectualmente baixo, não necessita de mais Soaps mas de assuntos de interesse intelectual. Entre outros e dada a natureza da questão os, por exemplo, nossos grandes dramaturgos. Em nome de um nível minimamente aceitável de interesses intelectuais e de um número muito maior do que possa acreditar de pessoas que se interessam por assuntos sérios (e, já agora o bom humor também tem o seu lugar) ficar-lhe-ei extremamente grato. Até porque tenho Filhos e Netos que implicam uma luta quotidiana na ajuda à sua, deles, elevação intelectual. Melhores cumprimentos João Botelho Gomes No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.10/1091 - Release Date: 24/10/2007 14:31
Re: [Goanet] URGENT NEED OF CHURCH AND A PRIESTS HOUSE IN ANDAMANS REMOTE HILLY AREA
Hi Mr.A Fernandes ! Definitely besides Patience;Silence is definitely golden!And I do believe in it and will stop here. I will stop here about this topic and wait patiently till the proper address details arrive.I am in no way related to Pilar nor or am I a father or a brother or a nun of Pilar society or work there.I 'm just an ordinary person like you Mrs.Virgy who is in a far away country ,away from India ;overseas for her earning a better living and visits my beloved Goa with my whole family every year and never failing to visit Old Goa and Pilar churches where we hear masses ,say prayers offer offer masses too ;though this is our personal matter but just to clarify your doubt .We've been doing this every year for nearly 18 years or more.This is just to clearify your doubt about being asscoiated with AndamanPilar/funds etc.etc.So please be sure that I'm just a reader of the net like you.I do agree with you COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IS GOOD BY ALL MEANS IF ITS PUT TO GOOD USE AND NOT OTHERWISE.Lot of GOOD HAS BEEN DONE BY MANY MANY PEOPLE by reaching out to others through this va luable net but definitely Patience and silence with discretion is great. I hope I'm clear to you and am writing with malice to none. A reader of the net:Mrs.Virgy Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:58:14 +0400From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: URGENT NEED OF CHURCH AND A PRIESTS HOUSE IN ANDAMANS REMOTE HILLY AREACC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Ms. Virgy,Many thanks for your detailed explanation, which is accepted in all humility even though it is difficult to digest many reasons assigned to it.. By the way, are you associated with Pilar Father's office and/or writing on behalf of the Society? It is very sad that while we wait for bank account to be opened in remote areas for whatever reasons, people including the missionaries there are suffering. Novenas can wait as the dire urgent needs of these remote places certainly have higher priorities, as the subject suggests. Surely Pilar Fathers have account or could open one for the said purpose in Goa. Objective is to reach help to those in urgent need and catch with the administrative problems later including blaming the communications shortcomings in India and in remote problems. Regarding offering of Masses and payments thereof, it was a priest there who told us to pay the lady, not anybody else. SURELY, PATIENCE IS THE MOTHER OF ALL VIRTUESbut undue delays for lack timely actions and excuses for inactions has many disadvantages including credibility of urgent needs. Please do not blame computers or latest technology for lack of timely actions. Surely, it is because of computers and fast technology we are able to spread our appeals for the needy around the globe. Do not also cast blame on the Computers users as Idle lot, at least they use their time wisely instead of many people wasting time on idle gossips and watching soap operas on TVs.. Objective of this writing is not to belittle anyone but to request urgent timely response so that we all can reach out to those in dire need.Hope you understand Thanks for your patience and hope to receive proper details and not waste time writing emails defending each other. Kind regardsTony On 10/29/07, peu De [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All!PATIENCE IS THE MOTHER OF ALL VIRTUES!You must be knowing theres a wide difference between communication in Indian telephone lines and the working system too unlike overseas countries and for that matter non govenmental organisations and more so remote areas and also areas which are not government associated.Also I'm not sure whether the Fr.Agnelo's novena/preparation have begun or no ;hence they are busy.Also since recently the Verna group has reconciled they were busy with the reconcilaation work/conferences and the follow up etc.It should be understood.Also I have told you that the Remote Andaman church in charge is on his personal holiday so unavailable easily due to communication gap and I was told they have yet to open an account in the new place specifically for this remote church.They have just gone there to this new church newly ;just in Sept.not yet got a strong hold there becos the people there are poor and illiterate and in a very bad shape.Nobody wants to go there.Let us pray instead for the two priests who went there and struggling to bring people to God and help them with their daily problems although they have no basic amenities. Another point is whenever every year I went to Pilar in Nov/Dec and gave masses they issued me a receipt becos I went at the proper office time and gave.This I do every year now for nearly1 8 years and was issued a receipt.Do not hand over for that matter anything to anyone at all and blame anyone or for that matter tarnish the image of anyone just becos we have the facility to send emails at the flick of the button.AGAIN I REPEAT PATIENCE
[Goanet] GOA NEWS: GENERAL
GOA NEWS: GENERAL Kundaim voter can now heave a sigh of relief BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 2 The lone voter in Kundaim polling booth, Hemant Fadte should be a relieved man now. For, the Election Commission has ruled that his vote should be taken up for counting only if the margin between the first and second candidate after completion of counting of votes in all other polling stations, is one. This means that Fadtes vote would be taken up for counting only if the margin between the two main candidates - Francisco Sardinha and Dr Wilfred Mesquita - is one vote after completion of counting of votes in all other polling stations. Given that the possibility of a one vote margin between Sardinha and Mesquita appears remote, Fadte should hopefully be a relaxed man. For, if the election authorities had to count his vote along with other votes, his preference for the candidate would have been known, thus violating the voting secrecy. The Election Commission dispatched its communiqué to the Chief Electoral Officer, Goa after the Returning Officer of Mormugao Lok Sabha Constituency, Mihir Vardhan today. Vardhan had sought guidance from the Election Commission to the unusual situation in view of the clear-cut provision in the Representation of Peoples Act, dealing with secrecy of voting. http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3767cid=26 Quepem quack granted anticipatory bail PANJIM, NOV 2 (HR) The Bombay High Court at Goa on Friday allowed the anticipatory bail application of a homeopathic doctor from Quepem against whom local doctors has filed complaint alleging that he is a quack. The Justice N A Britto granted the application of Dr Peter Fernandes practicing in Quepem. His counsel Adv Arun Bras de Sa submitted that doctors from petitioners area namely Dr Arun Sankow, Dr Milagres Fernandes, Dr Umesh Netravalkar, Dr Deepak Dangui and Dr Deepak Lotlikar, mischievously and malafidely in order to settle professional score and professional rivalry had filed a false complaint against him with the Disciplinary Committee of Goa Medical Council (GMC) stating that he was a quack and had no professional degree to practice medicine. Petitioner however claimed to have First Class Final Year Bachelors degree in Homeopathy, Medicines and Surgery (BHMS) and he has also registered himself with the Goa Board of Indian system of medicines and homeopath and also with Karnataka Board of Homeopathy System of Medicines and the Maharashtra Council of Homeopathy. http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3768cid=26 Sanguem petrol pump closure causing hardship to motorists HERALD CORRESPONDENT SANGUEM, NOV 2 The sudden closure of the lone petrol pump at Sanguem town due to lack of stocks has caused severe hardship to motorists in the area. Residents from in and around Sanguem are puzzled over the non-availability of petrol in Sanguem, especially since petrol pumps all over the State get regular stocks of petrol. The closure of the lone petrol pump in Sanguem constituency has forced motorists to travel to Curchorem to fill fuel. Disputing the no-stocks claim, some locals alleged that the petrol pump was allegedly sealed by authorities, after the pump owner failed to comply with certain formalities. When some residents confronted the owner over the abrupt closure of the pump, the pump owner accused the residents of threatening him and warned them not visit the petrol pump again. A resident, Dilesh Sambhari, however, lodged a police complaint with the Sanguem Police Station, accusing the petrol pump owner of threatening him with dire consequences. Another resident, Antonio Carvalho, urged authorities to permanently close down the petrol pump and to issue fresh permission to another individual to open a petrol pump in Sanguem. http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3766cid=26 NUSI Wockhardt Hospital commissioned at Cuncolim BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 2 - A new 180-bedded super speciality hospital, NUSI Wockhardt Hospital, was commissioned at Panzorcone-Cuncolim on Friday, marking a new chapter in health care in the State. NUSI Wockhardt Hospital, Goa would offer comprehensive solutions in the super specialities of brain spine, bone joints, and critical care including, Minimal Access surgery general surgery, Urology Nephrology, medical surgical Oncology, Gynaecology, Pediatrics Pediatric surgery, critical care emergency care, interventional Radiology, besides preventive health care, backed by a team of eminent physicians, consultants and surgeons with an appropriate back up of professional nursing and paramedic talent. The hospital was commissioned at the hands of the General Secretary of Norwegian Seafarers Union, Jacqueline Smith, in the presence of the General Secretary of National Union of Seafarers of India, Abdulgani Y Sarang. On the occasion, Sarang announced that a new wage agreement has been recently reached with the ship owners, which would increase the
[Goanet] Goa Government: No change in Cabinet says CM.
Report in THE HIUNDU on the Net of 03 November, 2007 based on PTI report Regional Kamat rules out Goa cabinet reshuffle Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Friday ruled out a reshuffle in the state cabinet rejecting speculation about the same. There are rumours being spread by certain media reports about Cabinet reshuffle... There is nothing on card at this juncture, Kamat said on Friday. At the same time, he added, if at all something is to be decided (reshuffle), it will be done only after party high command approves the change. There were reports in some local dailies about possible move by the government to drop Public Works Department (PWD) minister Churchill Alemao from the Cabinet. Almeo had reportedly campaigned against Congress in Mormugao constituency Lok Sabha by-poll on October 31, which led to low turnout of the voters. The reports also said that Alemao was likely to be replaced by former PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar. I presume that all my alliance partners have worked for Congress candidate. The low turnout was due to political insignificance attached to the by-poll, the Chief Minister said. Kamat also said the by-poll cannot be taken as a referendum on the state government. The government was formed in June this year which followed toppling games... After that it rained and just now we are in a position to start developmental works, he said, clarifying that his government will make all efforts to provide good governance and development in the state. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
Re: [Goanet] Kudos to Floriano
From: Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Kudos to Floriano now that you have declared him patriot no 1 please raise your voice against the likes of gadgil and sabnis who seem to have taken up cudgels against Rajan simply because of his politcs This is a typical comment from Bhandare who tends to see the world in unidimensional colours. I have never cast doubt on Rajan Parrikar's abilities and skills nor his commitment to improve Goa, in fact, I have appreciated both in the past. What I have questioned are his politics, and the chauvinistic and communal ideas he spouts, which can only lead to disaster. The distinction between the two obviously escapes Bhandare. Unfortunately I am out of town at this time, else I would certainly have gone for the exhibition. But I have seen the photos at http://www.parrikar.org/images/deathofgoa/index.html as well as the various photos to which he has posted links from time to time, and been quite impressed. Also, his knowledge of Hindustani classical music appears impressive, see http://www.parrikar.org/. If only he were to abandon his communal and chauvinistic posturing... -- Question everything -- Karl Marx
[Goanet] Why did Willy Lose ?
Hi Manohar, I am wondering why Wilfred Mesquitta lost the Election. There may be a few possible reasons: 1. He may not be a Holier Than Thou Candidate - Did you check if he had any extra maritial affairs in heavly Catholic Goa ? Apparently Not - and No Bill Clinton-like Hanky Panky here - considering that my mom's Seeda Sada Holier Than Thou cousin Dr Jose Colaco in the Bahamas considers him a good friend. see below. 2. Christao Goenkars do not like the term MGP - Why should we have Maharashtrawadi in the name of Goa's leading party ? Its probably time to proudly rename you party THE GOMANTAK PARTY You must be in mourning - Please accept my sincere apologies. Its time for a party name change now otherwise you may be the next political casualty and Goa will be deprived of an excellent Chief Minister or some other dadagiri local Gaon Goon smuggler Congresswallah render or cuzner may be elected CM next. We Goans just cant let that happen ! Best Regards, Your fellow Goan IITian friend, Dr Carmo D'Cruz, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida Message: 6 Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 06:16:39 -0400 From: J. Cola?o jc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] In support of Dr Wilfred Mesquita's call for a hunger strike ton Nov 4 To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Mesquita to go on hunger strike tomorrow MARGAO, Nov 2: BJP candidate Dr Wilfred Mesquita has informed that he would go on a day's hunger strike at the Lohia Maidan on November 4 to atone for the sins of the enemies of Mother Goa, who have supported the Special Economic Zone. He asked all the people to join the movement to save Goa. [H] jc's response: I second the call by Dr Wilfred Mesquita to go on a day's hunger strike to 'atone for the sins of the enemies of Mother Goa' i.e. 1. Those who have supported/support the Special Economic Zone 2. Those who wanted/want to merge Goa with another State 3. Those who worked/work against the Konkani spoken and written by Goans 4. Those who consistently disrupt governance in Goa by bringing down Governments 5. Those in power who do not pay their bills (be it at restaurants et al services) 6. Those who migrate from one political platform to another as a matter of 'principle' and 'interest'. 7. Those who bribe and then complain of corruption. BTW: Please Eat before you start the day's fast. No food will be allowed until Night becomes. 'Liquid Refreshments' will be served all day long. Stocks (left over from campaign) limited. Please come early. PN: ONLY those who do NOT have to WORK on Monday November 5, 2007 - need attend. sincerely jc PS: I had a feeling that my good friend Dr Wilfred Mesquita would probably lose this election. My other good friend Aires Rodrigues has made it an art (and probably science) of picking the losing candidate to support.
Re: [Goanet] David vs Goliath (Selma)
Hi Selma, The cat is out of the bag. Now we know who you were thinking about (Kevin Saldanha) when you were watching this debate.:=)) Likely others have seen the debate on You-Tube, now that the link has been posted on Goanet and elsewhere. I especially liked Dinesh's argument towards the end of the debate about atheists chaffing under the Do's and Don'ts of religion. And thus atheism is a moral rebellion against God (rather than a theological or intellectual one). An small example of this rebellion (to the Do's and Dont's) was seen in the posts on consensual sex on Goanet from the same group of individuals. Yet none had any arguments when the social / legal (non-religious) reasonings against consensual sex were presented. Dinesh's comparison of the moral chaffing of atheists is similar to the point I made on Goanet. This was about the chronic Saturday night 'bebdo' who claims God does not exists. This because the bebdo finds it too difficult to attend church on Sunday. OK! Christopher Hitchens like other atheists / agnostics / humanists etc. etc. have read a few smart books while sipping on their martinis.:=)) And as written, many think he was doing it during the debate.:=)) Kind Regards, GL --- Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, well, thanks to Kevin Saldanha, I too watched this debate. As an agnostic I, ofcourse, found snarly Hitchens to be a powerhouse but I must admit our Goan bhau Dinesh held his own. V'tius, I'm buying the book anyway. --- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend, I had the chance opportunity to watch a nationally televised debate of David vs Goliath proportion. This was not the politicians running for President. Rather it was a debate at Kings College in New York City between Goenkar Dinesh D Souza and British-American Christopher Hitchens.
Re: [Goanet] BJP or Congress
Although Congress has since won the South Goa Lok Sabha seat, some have expressed surprise at Floriano's statement that he hoped the BJP won. This is like arguing over what colour lip-stick to put on the corpse. While Goa was looted over the last two decades and she was on life-support few came to her rescue, worse she was being raped repeatedly in broad daylight as her sons and daughters abandoned her to the criminals. The same thieves and scoundrels were regularly voted in regardless of which party they represented. Now as the last ounce of life oozes out of her veins, she is still being raped and we are arguing over the colour of lip-stick to make the corpse look pretty. Regards, George
Re: [Goanet] David vs Goliath
Hi Selma, How come Gilbert donates blood for consumption by others? Doesn't he follow the moral precepts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy? Your most recent point regarding Hitchens is well taken. Now as far as cannibalism is concerned, the evolutionary and archeological records show that while it has being practiced by humans and hominids throughout the ages, these have been very rare occurrences. It is a rarity even among other mammals. It is virtually unheard of among non-human primates. Only a few instances have been recorded among wild chimpanzees, all involving infanticide. Cheers, Santosh --- Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Santosh, I think you are mixing up Hitchens with Gilbert. Gilbert who has been consistently donating blood obviously has had the circulation to his brain cut off from this activity :-) Hitch, on the other hand, doesn't suffer from a real God syndrome. ... The Fijians would ultimately stop using human flesh as canapes before dinner, even without the help of interventionist missionaries.
[Goanet] Squabbling Goan Style Should Stop !
Hey Guys, Cut this Crap ! Its hogging precious bandwidth and getting us Goenkars mad at each other. What say Cedric Pereira, Vece Paes, John Zuzic Correia ? We had a way to deal with such guys at NIS Patiala in the mid 70s. We would Dhap the guys with Rajinder or Surjit's heavy hockey sticks and they would straighten up by day's end ! (Our Goanet moderators like Bosco are doing a great job ! And they are keeping all of us squabbling Goans together, BTW) ! We tried that at IIT Kharagpur - and it works ! We won the Inter IIT Gold Medal in 1980 ! Balbir Singhji , Joaquim Carvalho - This kind of squabbling is endemic to Indians - we need to Lick our hockey team to shape up by the time of Beijing Olympics and win the Olympic Gold ! That's what Good Ole Bandra Goan Hockey Coach Oliver Andrade of Velim used to do ! What is your opinion ? No velvet gloves to grab Gold in Beijing ! Best Regards, Dr Carmo D'Cruz ex IIT Kharagpur and NIS Patiala now Indian Harbour Beach, Florida ex IIT Kharagpur and NIS Patiala now Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
[Goanet] Goa news for November 4, 2007
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Fingers crossed as evms decode verdict in S Goa - Herald Publications [20 hours ago] BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, NOV 2 #148; Will the Mormugao Parliamentary bye-election verdict go in favour of the aam admi Government or in favour of those who ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3753cid=10cid=1122548768ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** Sporting Clube de Goa enters quarterfinals - Hindu [Nov 2, 2007] NEW DELHI: Nigerian strikers Olushola Ogundare and Boniface Ambani kept the Indian army under measure as Sporting Clube de Goa defeated Army XI 2-1 and ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/03/stories/2007110357001900.htmcid=1123068657ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** By-poll: Cong wins Goa LS seat - The Statesman [2 hours ago] 3: Congress today won the Mormugao Lok Sabha by-election in Goa with a considerable margin of 4 votes defeating the BJP. Congress candidate Mr Fransisco ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2theme=usrsess=1id=175370cid=1122887829ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** \'Goa may organise IFFI on its own in some time\' - Hindu [Nov 2, 2007] Panaji (PTI): Goa mayorganise entire International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on its own in near future, Chief Minister Digamber Kamat suggestedon ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200711021521.htmcid=1123030119ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** Goa to review SEZ policy - Economic Times [Nov 1, 2007] 1 Nov, 2007, 2030 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: Goa Government would review its special economic zone (SEZ) policy taking into consideration advantages and ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Goa_to_review_SEZ_policy/articleshow/2509675.cmscid=1123085135ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** Wanted: A chief guest for film fest - Times of India [47 minutes ago] Dharmendra is being seen as a BJP man; both the state of Goa and the IB ministry will prefer someone affiliated to the Congress or is non-political. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Wanted_A_chief_guest_for_film_fest/articleshow/2515694.cmscid=1123111868ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** Kamat rules out Goa cabinet reshuffle - Hindu [Nov 2, 2007] Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Friday ruled out a reshuffle in the state cabinet rejecting speculation about the same. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200711021223.htmcid=1123111308ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** Arunkumar to lead Goa in Ranji - Navhind Times [Nov 2, 2007] Home advantage should favour Goa as the new skipper is optimistic of the teams chances against Haryana as Arunkumar complimented the selectors for choosing ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=110327cid=0ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** Goa firm launches print-on-demand option for authors - Economic Times [Nov 1, 2007] PANAJI: A firm here has launched a cheap and hassle-free online publishingservice which allows people to create their books themselves and on their own ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Media__Entertainment_/Media/Goa_firm_launches_print-on-demand_option_for_authors/articleshow/2511122.cmscid=1123033735ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA *** Goa-TN match drawn - Navhind Times [3 hours ago] PANAJI: The 3-day Goa-TN match in U-15 Polly Umrigar trophy ended in a draw today with the teams getting a point each. Goa were 181 for 9 in 133 overs in ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=110414cid=0ei=ewQtR4j_LoKcrQOYsLnJCA Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Who's Sins Dr Mesquita?
Who's Sins Dr Mesquita? If Dr Mesquita has any morality in his character, or if he has any sanity left in him he should atone for his sins for being a constant party hopper... I guess this defeat or rather drubbing at the hands of Sardinha should ensure that political chemeleons like Mesquita are finished from the Goan politics for good. Three months ago it was SGF, now it was BJP...watch out which political party the likes of Dr Mesquita will swing or lend their backsides at the next hustings. If there needs to be any atonment for any sin, its the biggest sin that Dr Mesquita needs to ask pardon for is letting the communial BJP ride on his shoulders at the recent elections. The game of parrikar and co was to finish you politically and for good and they succeeded. Dedicate your hunger strike to atone the sins committed by your BJP against the minorities and the virus of communial politics that the BJP spreads. It is little surprise then thatthe electorate dumped these evildoers... Death to the communial BJP in Goan politics for ever. Cedric da Costa Dubai __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet] David vs Goliath (Elephant)
Santosh Helekar wrote: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this is a good point. In the western world there is no shortage of voluntary / free kidney donors from total strangers. While in India there is no shortage of kidney donors ... but for a price. It appears that the good point the above statement is trying to make is that it is not just religion that makes someone good, but it is the right kind of western religion, which coincidentally happens to be that of Gilbert. Poor Indians practice the wrong religion - evidently a less moral one. --- Folks, The only time I like kidneys is when it is in my sorpotel ;-) I detest the thought of someone else's kidney functioning in my body. I especially detest the thought of a dead mans kidney in my body. If organ transplants were kosher, it would have been clearly stated in the Bible and other religious books. In fact, the scenario of someone else's kidney working in me is more disgusting than the thought of a dead mans organ(s) in my stomach. Mervyn3.0 PS. In my previous life, I witnessed a man crawl into the belly of a just killed elephant. He emerged five minutes later, all covered with blood, with the elephants liver. The liver was given to the elders of the village who has little or no teeth left to chew on regular meat. Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca
[Goanet] Tribute to a true Goan: HERALD(Goa), Nov 4, 2007
TRIBUTE TO A TRUE GOAN By Valmiki Faleiro Hoary Hospicio, South Goa’s major public hospital, opened on December 13, 1867, in a thatched hut. Yes, a single thatched hut. A saintly Catholic priest, Antonio Joao Miranda, a Margaoite who lived on the same street as I am now privileged to, started it at a time when the town reeled under an epidemic of the dreaded small pox. Dozens were dying. Disposing the dead was difficult: people feared the contagion. In tattered cassock and ragged leather chappals, Pe. Miranda, after whom Margao’s main entry thoroughfare is today named, not only tended the sick and buried the dead, but went door to door beseeching the wealthy Margao gentry for alms for his ‘Hospicio do Sagrado Coração de Maria.’ Like his ‘Gaudi’ patients, he lived on ‘ambil’ and frugal meals. The institution, under a Trust, received funding from the colonial regime much after the Padre had demised. Such were pioneers. Let us pan to the present. Hospicio was nationalized in the late 1960s. It is since begging for both official attention and facilities. Money was well spent in the 1980s, on a new block behind the old, now heritage, structure. The present morgue was added. Times still were when ministers inaugurated only major public projects, not urinals and, as we shall see, compound walls. Then Health Minister, Dr. Wilfred de Souza, caused a flutter when he insisted on ‘inaugurating’ the morgue. He didn’t do it the way Margao’s irrepressible stormy petrel, late Jyoti Sarmalkar, wanted him to. Dr. Willie cut a ribbon and spoke about caring for the dead, even if he forgot that those still alive in the by-now notorious public hospital, where one went in vertically but emerged horizontally, also cried for care. Goa’s current Health Minister is a young man in a tearing hurry. Watch how he left all other ministers way behind with a rapid-fire major policy decision to hand over public land in the GMC for a super speciality private enclave. More on PPP (Public Private Participation), Goa style, another day. Given the speed at which the young Rane wants to spend public money, I have no doubt the proposed District Hospital in Margao will soon be a reality. And the hoary Hospicio, history. I have an honest suggestion to my friend, Digu, the Chief Minister. When the new hospital is ready, pay a fitting tribute to the old Hospicio premises. In the heritage part, house a South Goa branch of the Dept. of Archives and Archaeology, an urgent need. Old civil registration records, re-shifted in mixed wisdom from the erstwhile Psychiatry Hospital at Altinho-Panjim, need better handling than what they receive at the crammed Sub-Registrar offices in South Goa. The impression that these records, pertaining largely to Goa’s Christian minority, are systematically being destroyed, must be allayed. Margao also needs a sub-Central Library. House one in the new block of the Hospicio. Pretty certain Pe. Miranda would be pleased. UZGATTAN: One has heard of public projects, big, small and insignificant -- from a wayside bus shelter to a public WC block -- being inaugurated by our worthy ministers. But, inaugurate a compound wall? The North Goa Member of Parliament, Sripad Naik, not long ago inaugurated a compound wall built around a college campus at Mapusa. The wall was funded from his ‘Local Area Development’ kitty. Pray, how does one inaugurate a compound wall? Simple, fix a plaque to the wall and unveil it! Even routine repair work of old public utilities like roads, are now being inaugurated by our worthies. The trend, I believe, was started by Luizinho Faleiro, a past master at appropriating credit to himself, even if none was due. But then, I guess, that singular skill -- of appropriating or misappropriating -- is the true hallmark of today’s authentic politico. DROWNING DEATHS: We entice people from India’s hinterland to our land of beaches and booze. A fatal combination for those who have never seen an ocean, and liquor so cheap. A handful of untrained and underpaid lifeguards -- however gallant their individual rescues -- could have never stemmed the alarming tide of sea drowning deaths. Goa Tourism Development Corporation and its ex-chairperson, Fatima de Sa, did well to recruit and train a hundred lifeguards. That would have earned them accolades anyway. But the GTDC did not stop there. It went overboard with a series of large newspaper ads with macabre titles. Was that necessary? Have our Babus lost all sense of proportion and sensitivity? DEMOCRACY: In the tailpiece last Sunday, I had spoken of low voter turnout for the Oct 31 poll. We must thank the migrants; else, the figure wouldn’t have crossed 20 percent. Time Digu started work, and not only for the migrant Aam Aadmi. Even if decisions for the good of Goa cost him the chair. After all, as he rightly said, CMs are not permanent. (ENDS) The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at:
[Goanet] ...........Who is to blame ????????
Dear Goemkars ! I am taking the liberty of sharing with you a post which was made on GOA NRI - I thought I d share it with as many of our Goans - as i possibly can. We all seem to be fired up to do something GOOD ? but ...many of us are not prepared to stand up against the injustice that seems to prevail around us in Goa ..and in the Goan communities around us. All we do is blame our Goan Politicians - but , I believe that our Goan Leaders everywhere have do have to take the blame for the situation our Goan Community is in today. We do not even get a response to our emails ! ...? rene Dear Rene, This is the beginning of the turn in the tide. Three of my fellow alumni at St. Britto HS, Mapusa, ... BOB Sandip Jacques, Director of Transport; BOB Prakash Azavedo, Asst. Director of Transport-South [Margao] and BOB Roland Martins of GoaCAN [Goa Consumer Action Network] ...are on the cutting edge of this change. When Jesuit products like BOBs get into action, there is very little that can stop us. Superintendent of Police [Traffic], Atmaram V.Deshpande, has also supported this programme. This is not a Traffic Safety Weak type of event that one sees every first week of January ... this is about strengthening of the enforcement system. The GSCC, as the name suggests, is for Children's rights. It is the product of the Goa Children's Act, 2003 ...a parting gift of Secretary [Woman Child], Ms. Rina Ray, to Goa. Of course, the Manohar Parrikar regime moved the Bill and made it in to a law. The spade work and the subsequent promotion of its implementation was done by Rina Ray, who was also Secretary [Finance] and was able to leverage that position to help Women and Children in Goa. Any politician understands money. If fully grown up men take Sh*t from bus conductors, they deserve it.Can not half a bus-load of men teach one lousy bus conductor a lesson? Then why don't they. In fact, why can't men and women take up for the children instead of waiting for the Government to enforce laws ...because it is convenient to park one's seat while the kids stand with their bags on their shoulders? Even those who are scared to soil their hands could send a post card to the RTO or just call Police Control Room vehicle on toll free number 100 to complain. Call the police and give them the bus number and where it is and to what town it is proceeding. Almost everyone has a mobile phone these days. Use one. Mog asundi. Miguel renebarreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] co.uk wrote: WHY .Just children , why should we not have the BUS conductors TREAT every one with respect ? It is only ...because WE Goans are prepared to take all that sh...t from the bus conductors. WE ARE Long on TALK ...and short on ACTION... Please tell me I am wrong ! rene = = = The GoaN ALLIANZ : http://goansofaustr alia.blogspot. com/ If we cannot help ourselves , there is none to help us. 000 000 - Original Message From: Miguel Braganza miguelbraganza@ yahoo.co. in GSCC guidelines may 'bend' rude bus operators to mend their ways BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 1 - The bus operators who treat school children travelling in their buses quite rudely for they pay half ticket - now may have to mend their ways. The Goa State Commission for Children (GSCC) which works for promotion and protection of child rights in the State The Commission observed the bus operators do not permit students to enter the buses until all the seats have been occupied as they pay only 50 per cent fare as provided under rules. This means that all children are only permitted to stand in buses. Children then have to make their way into the buses with heavy bags/raincoats and are pushed into buses that are packed over permissible limits. Some students have also complained that the bus conductors are rude and at times even subject them to sexual harassment. Adults who travel in these buses also allow for this unjust practice to continue as if it were only fair that they be allowed to sit since they are paying more, pointed out Commission. RECOMMENDATIONS *It should be made mandatory in all buses (both public and private), to allow children to enter the buses and be seated and to be treated equal to passengers who pay the full fare. Mog asundi. Miguel .
[Goanet] B-grade falsehoods
B writes to Floriano: now that you have declared him (Rajan parrikar) patriot no 1 please raise your voice against the likes of gadgil and SABNIS who seem to have taken up cudgels against Rajan simply because of his politcs There you go Chinmay Bhandare with your WHITE LIES once again... I CHALLENGE YOU to show me where I have taken up cudgels AGAINST Rajan Parrikar, on Goanet or elsewhere... if you had read our few exchanges they have been mutual concerns on environment or nostalgia. You would have realised that I know Rajan since childhood and that I appreciate his love and passion for Goa. But you know nothing what it means to love our motherland and at the same time be tormented by the attacks on it. You are a habitual liar and a racist one at that. Because you have been exposed as a B-grade liar, you want to appropriate other people's goodwill. Sucking up to Floriano or Santosh or Rajan will not help. They and others on Goanet are witness to your irrational armchair prejudices about every progressive thought. And more importantly you are consistently inconsistent Just last week you were offering your apologies for insulting me... And yet you continue to utter blatant falsehoods. can't you get yourself some sense of shame? Go B, fly your kites somewhere else Goanet stands testimony to your unwarranted personal attacks on all who speak for humane rationalism... Go look in the mirror and say SHAME to yourself... But that would be asking for too much from one with so little... You have been caught with your (intellectual) pants down... again and again... that makes you an exhibitionist, B. and a silly one at that! I really feel sorry for you Pravin Pravin K. Sabnis visit: www.unlearningunlimited.blogspot.com www.poems-pravinsabnis.blogspot.com www.monday-muse.blogspot.com Flying to Bangalore or Bhopal? Search for tickets at http://in.farechase.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet] Macacas !
CORNEL DACOSTA wrote: I too visited Cuba and found much to commend about it---but then, I am a left-winger. But I also believe in criticising things too. For example, I was genuinly surprised that there was so little public transport by way of bus provision across the main cities and people would wait for anything like three or more ours to travel between destinations with which I became familiar. Yes, I know about the famed health service and Cuba's offer, including to the USA in a crisis but I wish there were more buses! As I happened to travel by private taxi all over, and there always was spare capacity, I instructed each driver to pick up passengers en route and drop them appropriately. Such people were most grateful to a tourist like me and I wish they did not have to rely on my kind of 'charity and generosity'. Just one small other point, I noted how much Cuba was like the Soviet Union that I had driven around for three weeks in 1968 including the distinctive smell of the petrol and the rationing system for petrol as well as the friendliness of the people. As to the health system in America, I can't wait for Hillary to make it. --- Hi Cornel, One of the first thing I noticed in Cuba was that the buses were converted Russian SAM transporters. The ordinary Cubans were benefiting from collapse of the cold war (at last). I once worked for a military contractor in Tanzania. We built shelters for the SAM transporters. At the time, the Russian Colonels did not let us get closer than ten feet to the vehicles. Those state secrets now operate as buses in Cuba. You may have noticed that it is customary for Cubans to line up on the roadside looking for a ride to work. Any truck that is going empty will stop and people climb into the truck for a free ride. Unlike their neighbours, Cubans have no fear that the truck drivers or anyone else will molest them. While transport services may be of laughable standards compared to the western world, I feel the real measure of their standards is to compare them to other islands in the Caribbean, much in the same way that one does not compare the standards in Goa to the west but rather to the neighbouring states in India. I spent some time in the good ol' USSR in 1984/85. During that period, two or three Soviet leaders died and everyone in the USSR was unsure of what was going on until the official announcement a few days later. I took a flight from the USSR to India. When I arrived in Delhi, the immigration officer told me that since I held a foreign passport, he would not allow me out of the airport. I had previously told him I was planning on visiting the Taj Mahal and then proceeding to Goa by train. When I asked him why he would not let me out, he told me that Indira Gandhi had been shot a few days earlier and that Hindus were still stopping trains and killing Sikhs and vice-versa. One thing communism has achieved in Cuba is that it has almost wiped out religious and racial discrimination. Another thing that communism has achieved there is Cuba's medical services. Countries that provide free medical services that are better than Cuba's can be counted on the fingers of one hand. As far as Hilary is concerned, if she is elected into power, I will be shorting all the HMO's. When Bush 43 was elected, I switched my entire hign risk portfolio to oil stocks. When the US invaded Iraq, I added the arms manufactures to my portfolio. When Bush and co decided to stop publishing the amount of money they were printing, I shorted the US dollar. As you can guess, there is a lot of money to be made on the outcome of US politics. Coming back to Macacas, I read that the Deputy Mayor of New Delhi got killed by a Macaca attack last month. Apparently, large groups now live in New Delhi. The Deputy Mayor was trying to flee an attack by the monkeys in his home when he slipped and fell two stories. Maybe Rajan is right, a six lane highway will only make it easier for the inhabitants of the less developed areas to arrive in and destroy the current way of life of Goa's residents ;-) Mervyn3.0 Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com
[Goanet] David vs Goliath (Cannibalism)
-- Santosh Helekar wrote I submit that the only thing that prevents you from doing it is the instinctive disgust you feel in your stomach. (about cannibalism) GL responds: If cannibalism causes the instinctive disgust you feel in your stomach, then certainly all human cultures all over the world and all through history should feel the same INSTINCTIVE disgust you feel in your stomach about cannibalism. And perhaps this innate instinct should be most apparent in isolated societies not influenced / instructed by some 'outside thinking'. Unless one is postulating that human instincts are different in different parts of the world and during different time periods based on some genetic / evolutionary characteristics. In the debate, I agree that the topic kept changing between morality, religion and Christianity. The was specially visible in the speaker that was losing the debating point, and elected to fudge and change the topic. Kind Regards, GL
[Goanet] HOUSES BY THE SEA
Looks like the builders are going to be creating even more havoc. One interesting statement herein: Over 40 per cent of our bookings until now have been made by Goans. I wonder how much truth there is in this or is it just a claim by the builders to blunt opposition? - Indian Express, Saturday, November 03, 2007 HOUSES BY THE SEA Kavitha Iyer Sun, sand and lassitude—that was what Goa used to be. But it has suddenly woken up... THEY serve up the same luxury of sea views and salt spray, but one year ago you could hardly speak of Juhu and Calangute in the same breath. One is home to the cream of Mumbai and Bollywood, with residential real estate rates here making it to global charts. The other is on every globetrekker's annual December agenda, a pristine Goa beach skipped by the winter and the moral police. Now, unbelievably, the two unlikely rivals are neck to neck in the realty market. Goa's big story is no longer the foreign tourist returning unerringly. It is the cold mathematics of real estate, more fashionable here than in any Tier Two town and pricier than ever before. In Panjim, where prices have doubled in a year and developers are fielding enquiries from Europe, New Delhi and Bangalore every day, apartments in well-planned townships are demanding—and fetching—Rs 10,000 a sq ft. Goa's real estate is quickly moving away from its original tag as holiday home property, says Anuj Puri, managing director of property consultants Jones Lang la Salle Meghraj. Puri confirms there is keen interest among foreign buyers too, perhaps a lot of the tourists now want to just stay back. But Goans, earning the highest per capita incomes in the country, are for the first time beginning to live the big city life. Over 40 per cent of our bookings until now have been made by Goans. We were surprised ourselves, says Poonam Bhandari, heading sales for Gera Developers, a Pune major just beginning the construction of Astoria, a premium apartment complex and Gera's first residential project outside Maharashtra. Ditto at Aldeia de Goa, a hugely controversial project of Mumbai-based Dynamix Group. In Phase I, 42 per cent of our buyers were Goans seeking to shift residence into this gated community—for the lifestyle, the amenities and the security, says Brigadier SCK Puri, director at the lavish project of plots and readymade tiled-roof homes on thoughtfully landscaped slopes on a 140-acre estate adjoining the sea. The others were from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore while another 30 per cent belonged to the UK and the Middle East. Depending on the view, plots in Aldeia de Goa could set you back by about Rs 40,000 to Rs 55,000 a sq m—up from Rs 15,000 a sq m two years ago. Little wonder then that with such huge returns expected, the big daddies from New Delhi and Mumbai are making their first forays into uncharted Goan realty. Parsvnath is undertaking a mega residential project, DLF is expected to soon announce plans for a mall, the Rahejas of suburban Mumbai are developing an IT Park. That the IT economy is dramatically changing the realty market in this once-tranquil region is obvious, everybody agrees. IT firms readying to occupy properties like the Rahejas's IT Park in Goa are going to campuses for fresh recruits. Do they want to work in Hyderabad, Nagpur or Bangalore? More and more fresh recruits are opting for Goa, says Anuj Puri. A stint of a few years in an exotic workplace like Goa appeals to all youngsters. The other reason is, of course, that the tourism economy continues to boom. After the Bali bombings especially, Goa remains a favoured destination. The state Government may have backed off on the Regional Plan—it involved contentious development permissions—for now, but its IT policy remains focused, say officials. Foreign investments, more BPOs, IT parks, world class bandwidth and hundreds of kilometres of fibre optics top the agenda for RP Pal, secretary for Information Technology. Technology infrastructure to match the first world, is what he is concentrating his energies on, so that Goa is able to slug it out with Mumbai and Pune not only in the real estate market, but also for a bigger chunk of the outsourcing pie. But whether as a young techie's dream job-with-dream-home attached or as an ideal location for second homes, the stress for builders is now on the luxe trappings of city living, coupled with lush views and sunsets. Sea views alone are passé. Professionally managed complexes of apartments or villas come complete with jacuzzis, piped music in the lobby, jogging tracks, tennis courts, swimming pools—one construction site is perched precariously along the Dona Paula cliffs, with swimming pools overlooking the azure sea—and gymnasiums. Just-launched, Astoria will be a resort-style residence with landscaped gardens, a swimming pool with a swim-up bar, a landscaped walking track on the roof, a barbecue area, a hotel style lobby, rooms for a concierge, service elevators and solar lighting wherever
Re: [Goanet] David vs Goliath
From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] David vs Goliath The Fijians would ultimately stop using human flesh as canapes before dinner, even without the help of interventionist missionaries. Anthropological and ecological research has indicated that cannibalism may be a feature of small, isolated island societies, and develops almost inevitably there. Many of the Pacific islands had independently developed into cannibalistic socities, where cannibalism was not restricted to members of other tribes, but even turned inwards. (Of course, cannibalism also has a ritualistic dimension, which is why it is also found in non-isolated-island societies. So, cannibalism in such societies probably stopped not because of the alleged 'civilizing' influence of Christianity but because these societies came into contact with the larger world and no longer had an isolated island ecology. Incidentally, the pig is considered to be the closest approximation to human flesh, which is why in many of the Pacific islands human flesh is called 'long pig'. This is something that the Daniel Day Lewis character talks about in Scorcese's Gangs of New York. -- Question everything -- Karl Marx
[Goanet] Kudos to Floriano - minor correction
Floriano: Pravin Sabnis has NOT taken up cudgels against Rajan I am sorry his name inadvertently sliped through The error is regretted and so is the inconvenence caused to pravin.. regards B __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Mhozo ganv, Kudaim ganvkaram bhoxen keddna zatlo kai?
Mhozo ganv, Kudaim ganvkaram bhoxen keddna zatlo kai? Kudaimkarank xebaski dita titlich toddi zatli, Fonddem vattarant Kudaim ganvchea lokan Otumbrache 31ver Lok Sobheche pott-vechnnukecher bohixkar (boycott) ghalun ek itihas rochlo. Ekvottachim pallam ghott asot zalear konnemnuch tim uspunk zainant mhonn tannim Lok-Sobheche pott-vechnnuke (by-election) disa dakhoun dilem ani yer susegad Gõykarank zagrut zavnchem lisanv xikoilem. Mot divpacho ek povitr kaido punn mot diteleak vo nivddun haddtolo protonidi broxtarrachea chiklant bhuskelolo asa zalear, povitr mot divn bhoxttavop zalem nam?. Mhonnchem, onek torechem vhodd pap. Pokeo fogetti lasun ritea aidonacho avaz korun porjek fottovpache dis khobar zale mhonn Kudaimkaranim pott-vechnnukecher bohixkar ghalun ek lojechem thapott Gõychea fuddareancher vazoitanam, atam dor ek Gõykaran ap-apnnalea ganvant chotrayen ekvott samballpacho vell pavlla mhonnn ugddas kela. Kudaim Panchayat vangddeanim zomniche kuddke (plots) favo taka dinvk zai aslele tem soddun apnnalech ghorcheank dilele mhonn, Kudaim ganvkaranim dor ek Panchayat vangddeancher gherao ghalun tankam rajinamo divpa sarko kela. Hi tanchi ekvottachi buneadd pollevn ami kitem tori niallchem asa. Punn mhojea ani tujea ganvant vhodd akharachem chintop aslele Kudaim ganvkaram sarkele monis mellot kai? 2806 motdarank, sorkari odhikareanim vinonti kelli asatanam bi, ti tannim kannar ghenastanam mot divnk bhair sorle nant. Ani hachem karan mhonnlear fattim ganvkaram ani Tapobhomi vangddeam modim zalle kestanv mittovpak khoincheach rajkarnnean tankam adhar korunk nam. Nhoi mhonn nit mellunk tozvit keli nam. Zalear ami nivddun kaddlele fuddareancho faido koslo? Aplea svarta khatir amdar-montri eka pokxantlo kaddun dusrea pokxant vetanam tannem motdarsonghantlea loka thaim vicharunk zai. Oxem te kortat kai? Nam!!. Mollob ani zomin ekttaim zait punn hanv Kongressak kednach bhitor sorchonam oxem ulovpi amche fuddari, bhonkar khontt marun poisalear pasun anink don mar mhonn sangun portean tech pokxachem bhanxirem ghevn tondd puspi asat. Oslea fuddareank ganvant paim porian ghalunk dinvk favo nam. Ani oxem korpak Kudaim ganvche bhav-bhoinam thaim ami xikchem asa. Gõyant rajki mollavelem girgirem pollelear khoreanich amchea fuddareank totvam (principles) asat vo nam tem somzunk ghevpak chedddent muttpi lhan por porian zannam zavnk xoktelem. Ganvche Sorpanch, panch ani yer fuddareank aplea voten oddcheak, amdar-montri nadbudichim kepsulam (vach: poixeanchim bondolam) divn tanchea modim duspot korunk Indiechea mapar poilo zago Gõychea rajkarnneanim ghetlolo asa. Kudaim ganvchea loka porim ekvott ghoddunk yevpak amchea ganvchea fuddareankuch kidd lagleli asa zalear amchea ganvchi suddarnni ani boreponn khoim zatelem? Kaim vorsam adim Banavle motdarsoghant mhozo ek lagxilo soiro eka famad rajkarnnichea virudh Gõyche Vidhan Sobhechea vinchnnuk loddoipak ubo ravlolo. Mhagelea soireak 75 tokke Utoddde ganvchea lokan patimbo dillo. Punn dusre vatten ganvche 25 tokke borelo xezari ani ixtt amche dusman zale. Mhozo soiro venchnnukek toddeach motanim harlo. Virudh ravlelea umeddvarea thaim mhojea soirean eleksanvam vellaveli dusmankai visrun ekvottachi ani ixttagotichi soi keli. Punn ixttagott portean zhoddtanam dog-ainim Banavlechea motdarsonghatlea lokachem chintunk nam. Tankam lagun kaim ixtt aslele dusman zale. Bore xezari ghorabe eka mekak virudh kele. Ani aiz meren tem toxench urlam. Mhojea soirea thaim ek dis voilo prons kelo zalear tannem mhaka soroll oxem sanglem. Nhoi hanvem nhoi mhonn mhojea virudhi umedvaran amkam lagun tumi dusman zanvchem oxem kennach sangunk nam. Hanvem sanglelem itlench. Tumi mhaka nivddun kaddpak tumchem mot divnchem. Ani oi! Mhojea soireachea utranim sot asa. Kiteak? In politics, no permanent friends nor enemies. Ani hem amkam dolle bhor dison yeta. Kudaimkaram bhoxen dor ek ganvant ekvott ghoddun ani aploch adav chintele ollxig fuddareank permanent out kele tor amchem mhellem politik sudortolem mhonn oxem mhaka toddem bhov dista. Lino B. Dourado http://www.goa-world.com/goa/poems http://www.mail-archive.com/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=gulf-goans_yahoogroups_comrestrict=exclude=words=Lino+B.+Dourado __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet] Sit Right Backside Arrangements
Sit Right Backside Arrangements Where you are seated, and who you are sitting with By Cecil Pinto Many moons back I had written about my entrepreneur friend Michael D'Costa whose latest unconventional business, at the time, was Mood Guests on Call, which basically consisted of sending specific paid guests for weddings and parties to define and enhance the required ambience. Since then Michael has moved on and now runs Sit Right Backside Arrangements. What exact service does SRBA provide? I plan out the exact seating arrangement at the wedding reception in advance, in consultation with the groom and bride and their families. Why don't you just join me for a client meeting Cecil? So off we go to the house of Edwin and Priscilla Alvares whose son Savio is down from Kuwait and will be marrying Marushka Rocha, daughter of Cajetan and Lucy, who works at a Call Centre in Mumbai as a senior supervisor. The meeting is at the Alvares residence. Present are also Savio's two sisters and Marushka's family friend and childhood pal, Australia-returned David, whose presence Savio obviously resents. My friend Michael rolls out a huge blueprint on the Alvares' dining table and begins his spiel. Ok now here we have the band and stage. Here's where the bride and groom sit. This is the buffet and this is the bar. Here are the toilets and here is the main entrance to the venue. Now I have set up arrangements of tables seating twenty, twelve, eight and four respectively all over the place. David asks, How come all the tables are rectangular? Don't you have round tables for receptions like we have down under? Michael gives him a disgusted look, This is a Rs. 250/- per-head-everything-included wedding and not a five star extravaganza. All you get are 4-seater square collapsible tables that we join together to make bigger rectangles. What's this rectangle near the bridal bench?, asks Lucy That's for people to deposit their wedding gifts But the invites say - No presents please, says David. In Goa that doesn't matter. People still have to get rid of unwanted gifts lying around the house. It's a cyclical tradition. Anyway let's proceed. This large table here facing the stage from the left is for the Alvares family and this on the right is for the Rochas. What's this table here near the toilet?, asks Marushka That's for your call centre friends from Mumbai. We kept them as far as possible from the bar as Mumbaikars don't know how to drink decently when in Goa. And they're sure to end up puking, so the toilets are nearby. What's this 4 seater table between the stage and the kitchen? That's for Odette and Agnelo. They're crazy about dancing and rush to the dance floor at the first note of each set sounds. They might trample over anyone in the way so we kept them close to the stage. They and their kids love to eat well too, so we made sure they have access to the snacks. In fact this entire line of tables near the buffet table is for the hogs who want to stuff themselves silly before everyone else and then go for second and third helpings. You know Gregory, the Farias, Santan's wife, Dr. Naik… How come you've seated Dr. Naik away from his brother and their family? Dr. Naik likes to eat non-veg but his elder brother is a strict vegetarian and doesn't approve, so best to keep them apart. Where's Uncle Pascu going to be sitting? Here, equidistant from the bar and the toilet. He loves to drink so that's that and with his kidney problem he has to urinate frequently so that's that Why is the Bhagat family seated so far away from the stage? There are so many bald headed males and females with sequined sarees that they will cause a flare in the camera lens if they are close to the lights. And this big table in the middle of nowhere? That's for the Pintos. Doesn't matter what you specified in the invitation, the entire joint family will come, as well as any of their visiting relatives or friends. Speaking of which I've put an extra chair on the Paes table. Their aunt from Germany is staying over and they asked if they could bring her along. How very polite of them. Why is the Chodankar family kept so far away from the Fernandes? They're neighbours. Don't you know that they're not on talking terms ever since Sunil tried encroaching on the Fernandes backyard while building his garage. In fact that's why I've kept the Baptistas away from the D'Costas. Ever since that loan surety incident they don't even accept the Our Lady statue from each other's house and it has to go via the Gomes house. And why is our young hero Dominick and his college going cousins kept seated right under the main light Aha! You noticed that they are also far away from the bar. To access the bar they will have to go past their strict grandfather's table. The waiters have been given instructions to serve only soft drinks and limited beer to their table. These post pubescent boys get weird after a few drinks and when girls refuse to dance with them
