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On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 14:28, Frederick Noronha
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> A massacre in Angola that followed a split in the governing MPLA party not
> long after independence has been shrouded in secrecy and fear for more than
> four decades. But some of those affected are coming together to
Some hoohah was made in Goa when some tinpot politician labelled Seby a
Naxalite. In Goa, the way the government has been siding with the mining
companies, trampling over the rights to of people to their livelihood, it
may well go this painful way. The way the police and the mining goons have
The below should interest people worried about mining in Goa.
Hartman
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*IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA*
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No. 1785, I.A. No. 2152 in I.A. No. 1785, I.A. Nos.
The article below should send the shivers down the spine of those who know
that the mining of ore is destroying Goa. Now that Manmohanji has got this
huge mandate from the people, and Montek Singh Alhuwalia may be minister of
finance, expect even more of the same, shareholders of companies, and
With the few posts doing the rounds of Wendell and a few others giving the
finger to Sujay Gupta, I trust some will have read Emily Bild’s excellent
article that Cecil kindly posted on Goanet. (
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15351).
The article above will put matters in context and
This note below was sent to me by my old friend and colleague from New
Delhi, John Dayal. I am sure this will soon be a hot topic of discussion on
Goanet, and trust that John's writing will be a strong platform on which to
build this.
Hartman
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Readers will appreciate I am sure, the article below that appeared in The
Hindustan Times today, written by Carmen Miranda, and titled An Uphill Task.
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Older than the Himalayas, the Western Ghats are recognised globally not only
for their biological diversity but
Appended below is an article by Sudhirendar Sharma, which will be of
interest to those Goans wanting to know why the Western Ghats need to be
saved from 'development'...
Hartman
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A Manifesto With A Difference
By Sudhirendar Sharma
Political commitment to
Th article below, written by Thomas L. Friedman in The New York Times was
posted on a discussion site by Carmen Miranda, a Goan who lives and works in
London. In her message she said that although the article was on Costa Rica,
it had implications for Goa,and specifically the Western Ghats.Carmen
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom
of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute
http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical
Augusto/Venantius,
I'm happy to join this campaign to honour Joseph Furtado. Some years back,
The Other India Press, Goa, reprinted Lambert Mascarenhas' Sorrowing Lies my
Land. Wouldn't they be interested in taking this up? Worth asking them it
seems to me...
Does anyone out there know what
The posting by Mario Rodrigues, appending the newsreport on the CAG findings
of allotment of land for SEZs has me in a quandary.
Now that CAG has exposed these irregularities, what is the next course of
action to them, and indeed, to all the Goans who've been saying there was
hanky-panky in the
Dear Save Goa Campaigner (I like your ID!),
1500 Crores from Fomento for denying us access to the beach?? This seems
perfectly reasonable. Why can't we do this through the courts, like they did
with Seby?
Hartman
This posting refers to two recent ones; by Marshall pointing us to the
news-report on The Supreme Court staying the infamous Cidade Ordinance (also
carried by Goanet in its news service), and to Arwin's short but angry
outburst against the villains of the piece, the now infamous Timblos who own
While those in Goa fume at the audacity of the state government to take
sides with a company (off ill-repute if you consider their track record in
wrecking the environment or appropriating a public beach), they would be
more shocked if they were to know how industry, courtesy its strong lobby at
Sorry, was a bit tied up and couldn't respond to recent events in Collomb,
and more specifically the two patently ridiculous arrests Seby and
John reported, and the recent postings by Samir and Venantius. I'm in touch
with Venantius on this mining issue and more about this as and when it
happens,
I must first and foremost say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading Floriano's
recent post advicing his son and his friends to gather stones and let our
ministers and their functionaries have it. His further admonition that they
tell the cops not to lathi them too much made me think of the daus when
Dear All,
The way our famed Western Ghats are disappearing thanks to ridiculous
industrial priorities that pour scorn on the environment, is not something
suffered only by us.
I have just received a mail from Rhea Mungal rhea.mun...@gmail.com, who
has been coordinating a strong public campaign in
Thanks to the net, for the first time, Goans are speaking like they have
never done before, and this is only a good sign, because there is a
groundswell building up, fuelled not by Goans who refuse to open their
mouths, but by thinking Goans who are now saying that enough is enough.
Arwin
Hartman writes:
Hi, I have just received a mail from River Research Centre Kerala
rrcker...@gmail.com, who are organizing a very interesting meeting. Details
below for those concerned about the Western Ghats:
Dear Friend,
We are contacting you because we are aware of your concern for our
at all, that this damage can
be repaired. For that to happen though he would have to be able to see
beyond the end of his wife’s diamond-studded nose.
Hartman de Souza.
Hey Mohit, I am really happy you had your second honeymoon at the Cidade de
Goa.
Yes, it is a pretty nice place isn't it? Neo-Goan-Modernist architecture of
Charles
Correia, beautifully and even tastefully maintained.
But that beach on which the hotel is built, that was public way, way
: Hartman de Souza hartman.deso...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Cidade ordinance
To: ni...@cseindia.org
Cc: soter so...@bsnl.in, Soter deSouza so...@sancharnet.in, Rajan P.
Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com, Miguel Braganza braganza.mig...@gmail.com,
Mand Goa mand...@gmail.com
PANAJI: Environmentalists have suggested planting of more trees, use of
vermiculture to reduce waste at source and tapping of renewable energy to
offset carbon footprints and counter the effects of global warming. If
India's temperature rises by 2 degrees celsius, there will be millions of
Hartman writes:
As many of you will probably know there has been an online petition against
open cast mining in Goa, and the unnecessary harassment meted out to Seby
Rodrigues, whose only crime has been to consistently oppose our corrupt,
short-sighted, greedy mining industry in Goa.
While many
integrity, it was his
refusal to comment on the issue of illegal mining, which anti-mining
activists allege is rampant in Goa’s mining belt.
Hartman de Souza
What Venita Coelho writes in her latest column is truly inspiring. How the
land sharks who had eyes on prime real estate for their gated colonies, must
be ruing the day they accidentally turned her into an activist!
From what she writes, it appears the GBA put their weight behind the Moira
Hi, just got this mail from my old friend Godfrey Pereira, ex-journalist in
Mumbai, and now living and working in the US of A...very funny...
Dear Romans,
Slumdog millionaire swept everyone off the floor at the Oscars. Now
everybody wants to be a Slum dog. It is the new in thing.
My
in the venture.
With this proposed Football Academy, we have the chance of genuinely making
some of our young footballing talent become millionaires through their
natural talent, but sadly, we have politicians at the helm of football with
their eyes on their own petty gain and power-struggles.
Hartman de
-- Forwarded message --
From: Cynthia Stephen cynste...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Subject: mining in the time of booms
To: Hartman de Souza hartman.deso...@gmail.com
Friends:
I do not know how many of you think you are personally affected by the
situation
in, to actually be the change we all want. You will also understand what
'corporate social responsibility' really is.
Hartman de Souza
According to a press communiqué issued by the management of the Cidade de
Goa hotel, on February 16 about '900 employees, associates and family
members of the hotel marched peacefully to Raj Bhavan to call upon the
Governor, the Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition to save their
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sue4000/petition.html
Just a short note to explain that when people open the link above and read
the petition, they also see the following disclaimer:
I would like to categorically state that although an advertisement of the
BJP accompanies this petition, neither
-- Forwarded message --
From: Dilip Simeon dilipsim...@gmail.com
Date: Feb 14, 2009 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: What's Advani got to do with an online petition?
To: hartman.desouza hartman.deso...@gmail.com
Harty, the bjp has a team of software experts who are doing this - they
place lka
Samir, thanks! Not too sure what the hell is happening here. Have just
received two mails from people saying they went to sign the petition but saw
no ads. One asked whether he was missing something. Maybe the BJP software
crew going subliminal!
Doesn't answer my question though. If this
Comments from Hartman de Souza about the Save Goa's environment from
open-cast mining Petition:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sue4000http://www.petitiononline.com/sue4000
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Dear Sir/Madam,
It is disturbing to me who launched
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S *
ANKA SERVICES
For all your Goa-based media
.
The error has been corrected in my head.
Hartman de Souza
when he wrote I may not agree with what you
say, but I will defend to death your right to say it.
Hartman de Souza
Circulate Widely
http://blog.orissaconcerns.net/2008/12/jingle-bells-redux/
Breaking every law
The mobs came asking blood
O'er the fields we ran
And very few got away
The police stood and watched
While Bajrang Dalis torched
Our houses by the night
And people by the day
Oh, jingle bells, jingle
Hartman writes: Just received the article below from a friend. It's very
beautifully written and very eloquent, and strange though it may seem, is
signed 'Anonymous'. Somewhere in the article, towards the end, the writer
says that where Mumbai goes, the rest of the country follows. How true.
Was there at gateway... i guess the Indian youth have become masters in
mental masturbation. ... or we are all CEO's... i.e we know how to give
direction...( and when it comes to implement... ahem...) ...
Reuben, hello, thank you for posting that communication from your friend at
the gateway.
Fred writes in response to Teotonio:
As you would be aware, it is standard journalistic practice to adapt
the title -- either to fit the space available, or to make it a bit
more tempting to read.
In the case of your article, the original title was UNWRAPPING GOAN
IDENTITY.
To this, I added the
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S *
Renew your wedding vows in Goa,
or gift a
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S *
ANKA SERVICES
For all your Goa-based media
me it is very likely that the
police will stand by as silent spectators while the mining security guards
and the truckdrivers specifically target and maim certain protestors.
Hartman de Souza
inherent in something as
basic as mud.
It does not appear that the mining corporations responsible for the
non-profits that funded this art exhibition have understood this.
Hartman de Souza
Wow! Very nice! So beautifully written I was carried away, transported to
being the 'nightchild' that I am, feel, know to be, will die as.
I'm not as lucky as the author's parents. I actually feel, being a
third-generation Kenyan, that I'm a black man trapped in an Indian skin,
living in a
…Activism' is picking on individuals as targets. The current obsession is
with Babush Monserrate, rather than what he represents…In fact, the
sensational nature of this case could well deflect public opinion from wider
processes Goa is struggling with. Corruption, the hegemony of a small group
household to the cars,
she sought an audience with the chief minister, telling him what a minister
in his government was about to do. He told Cheryl his hands were tied, he
was helpless…
Hartman de Souza teaches theatre arts at the Mahindra United World College
in Paud, Maharashtra.
Note: The cumulative impact of mines in South Goa
*By the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi*
*October 6, 2008*
Mining has historically played a pivotal part in Goa's economy. Mineral
sector, specifically iron ore mining is significant foreign exchanger earner
for the state.
I have just read the Times of India Goa edition.
It is reported that the police searched Cheryl's car and found a chopper and
a bottle of pepper spray. I trust the police will see this in the light of
earlier complaints filed by Cheryl with them, that she had been threatened
and once even waylaid
(The following article is both urgent and timely. It's author, Dipankar
Gupta,
teaches sociology atthe Center for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal
Nehru University , New Delhi, India. His expertise is in Social
Anthropology. He has been Chairman, Centre for the Study of Social Systems,
and
Would like to post this mail received by feminist theologian, Cynthia
Stephen, in Bangalore( Cynthia Stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED]) :
Dialogue: With whom? Will the Real Leaders please stand up?
The situation in our country is poised over the brink: even as a section
celebrates the successful
Selma wrote:
In a book by Robert Gregory, documenting the role played in Asians in
African politics, he writes,
Many Goans claimed to be fully of Portuguese rather than Indian descent.
Many Goans were quick to learn English, adopt European dress even for women,
and live and eat in European
the Regional Plan.
People, shouldn't we be getting exercised about larger issues here and keep
our nit-picking under tighter control?
Regards,
Hartman de Souza
There have been quite a few strong postings on the communal violence in
Orissa. I would like to share with all of you something written by my friend
Cynthia Stephen, from Bangalore.
*Obsequies for the Innocent*
Cynthia Stephen
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear
-- Forwarded message --
From: Hartman de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Subject: Fwd: [Goanet] Take a look...
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Mario Goveia, George Pinto, Rajan P. Parrikar, if you honourable gentlemen
are ever in Pune please look me up
JC, whoever you are, salama!
I was staying away from this pao and that pao until you brought this
'ghatii' bit up and more importantly , that it's Marathi word equivalent to
'Pahadi' and 'Hill-Billy'. Actually my grandmother told me that the word
used to describe her family was 'ghatan' people
Response for Iggy's query:
Indians may have travelled on special colonial passports. For instance,
Goans living in Kenya before it's independence used 'passports' of the
British Protectorate of Kenya.
Hartman
JC thanks for taking the trouble to respond. Your point 4 is stunning, and
what I like most is the palpable anger that comes through. Just to get one
thing clear though, I don't think the discrimination has ended, if anything
it has become even worse.
Your article on 'Caste' is extremely
Phew, what I'm reading is not very good news. My dad, God bless his soul,
used to say that if you have one Goan, that makes a 'solo', two Goans make a
'duet'. But if you have three Goans, then you have three 'Clubs' (Groups,
Organizations).
There's some nice thought going around on how Goans
The Re-colonisation of Goa
Rajiv Desai
It's a lazy Sunday afternoon in Ucassaim. We are sitting in the garden with
our friends, Wendell and Jerome. It is surprisingly cool and a gentle breeze
is swaying the coconut palms; another bucolic day in our charming little
village. Wendell is holding
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