Re: [Goanet] NIO DIRECTOR Dr. SWA NAQVI \ Rs.. 50 LAKS

2014-08-12 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Was wondering what all this was abou. It is sad what national institutions like the NIO are coming to, where science seems to take a back-seat to greed. It is a pity that GT is not online. Some interesting stuff appears there, which other papers don't seem to want to touch. Date: Tue, 5 Aug

Re: [Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Internet Rules Laws

2009-10-25 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] OFF TOPIC: Internet Rules Laws Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe The internet has matured into a world of its own, and like the real world, it obeys certain immutable laws. Here are 10 of the most important.

[Goanet] Herald editorial on Goa bomb blasts

2009-10-19 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, Editorial, 19 Oct 2009 Disingenuous defence Lightning doesn’t strike twice. But, in the case of the Sanatan Sanstha, apparently it does. For, it says it has ‘nothing’ to do with the bomb blast, just as it had ‘nothing’ to do with the blast last year in Thane. When activists of the Sanstha

[Goanet] Tackle terrorists with iron hand

2009-10-17 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream

[Goanet] Herald editorial and reports on Kerkar issue

2009-08-18 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Apartment for sale in Campal/Miramar area, Panaji, Goa. Spacious 3 bedroom

[Goanet] How the NRI has fallen from grace

2009-08-17 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
- BOOK RELEASE: Medieval Goa by Teotonio R. de Souza Will be re-released after 30 years on August 21, 2009 at 5:15pm at Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry Hall, near Azad Maidan in Panjim, Goa

[Goanet] A Question of Aesthetics and Freedom of Expression

2009-08-15 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com

[Goanet] It's showtime for secularism (Herald)

2009-08-13 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com

[Goanet] Sherlock Holmes in Goa

2009-06-30 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
The outbreak of quizzing in Goa has given rise to grave concern in the highest circles. Sherlock Holmes (assisted, as usual, by the redoubtable Dr Watson) was called in to tackle the problem. For more details, check out http://fakeer.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-case-of-the-crazy-quizzer/ For a

[Goanet] Is Religion Above Criticism?

2009-02-22 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 20 February 2009 When religion is seen as being above criticism, it becomes a tool of oppression, argues VIDYADHAR GADGIL When journalist Johann Hari wrote an opinion article in The Independent, UK, titled ‘Why should I respect these oppressive religions?’, lamenting the ever-shrinking

Re: [Goanet] The bait-and-switch - defrauding Goans once again

2009-01-23 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
* 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

[Goanet] Aldona villagers to create ideal development plan

2008-12-14 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Navhind Times, 15/1/2008 PANAJI- Aldona villagers on Sunday decided to work out what the ideal pattern of development of their village should be, and ask for time for the public feedback to be extended till March 31, 2009. This was decided at a meeting organised by the Aldona Bachao Abhiyan at

[Goanet] Aldona Bachao Abhiyan, public meeting on RP 2021

2008-12-13 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
The Aldona Bachao Abhiyan is organising a public meeting at the Parish Centre, Aldona, on Sunday, 14 December at 4.30 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the draft Regional Plan - 2021 with specific focus as to how it affects Aldona. Apart from a number of noted speakers from Aldona, the

Re: [Goanet] Indians - expert losers...

2008-11-29 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Subject: [Goanet] Indians - expert losers... The only Indian presence of any significance came in the form of that charlatan Deepak Chopra. His first order of business was to diss India. Are Indians truly programmed to be losers or what? Well, maybe...it's an open question. But what is

[Goanet] The 'natural' order of things?

2008-10-22 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 17 October 2008 The 'natural' order of things? We need to change our laws to decriminalise homosexuality, argues VIDYADHAR GADGIL Efforts to get homosexuality decriminalised are now reaching their final stages, with the hearing in the Delhi High Court on the petition filed by Naz

[Goanet] Don’t damn us FOR NOTHING

2008-09-29 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
TOI, Panjim, 30 Sept 2008 Don’t damn us FOR NOTHING Francisco Colaco laments the fact that communal harmony is vanishing as communal hatred goes on the ascendant Alyque Padamsee, when asked about the spate of violence against Christians, in a recent interview to a popular TV channel, said:

[Goanet] Knocking on Goa's Doors

2008-09-20 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 19 Sep 2008 Knocking on Goa's Doors by Vidyadhar Gadgil Hard on the heels of the communal violence in Orissa, we have an outbreak of communal violence in Karnataka. In both cases, it is the Christian community that has been attacked and the purported reason has been protests against

[Goanet] It’s rain thunder against communa l violence

2008-09-18 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 17 Sep 2008 It’s rain thunder against communal violence HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, SEPT 16 — Such was the resolve of the people to say no to communal violence that they didn’t budge even an inch when a short spell of heavy rain threatened to disrupt a meeting called by the Council for Social

[Goanet] And now, Karnataka

2008-09-17 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, Editorial, 16 Sep 2008 And now, Karnataka… The ongoing communal violence against Christians in the Kandhamal district of Orissa and the Bajrang Dal-led attacks on Christians in Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere and Chikmagalur districts of Karnataka can no longer be seen as 'spontaneous'

Re: [Goanet] O Dear Dears

2008-09-08 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: augusto pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] O Dear Dears In Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1140: Roland Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the thread A Need To Soothe the Mind whilst responding to some comments made by Miguel Braganza, made the following brutish comments: One more

[Goanet] St Estevam turns Ganeshotsav into harmony initiative

2008-09-08 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 7 Sep 2008 St Estevam turns Ganeshotsav into harmony initiative HERALD CORRESPONDENT ST ESTEVAM, SEPT 7 - The picturesque island of St Estevam, just two km from Marcel, took a giant step for communal harmony, when Parish Priest of the St Estevam church was the chief guest for the

Re: [Goanet] Manmohan lets Indians dow

2008-09-07 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Sandeep Heble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Manmohan lets Indians down I chose to counter the part where you averred that members of the Nehru clan would have dealt with the riots more sternly, a statement which, based on historical facts, appeared to be demonstrably false.

[Goanet] Togadia to conduct Orissa 'yatra' despite SC objection

2008-09-06 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Times of India, 4 Sep 2008 Togadia to conduct Orissa 'yatra' despite SC objection NEW DELHI: Facing flak from the Supreme Court over his proposed 'yatra' across Orissa with the ashes of slain VHP functionary Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia on

[Goanet] A TRIBUTE TO D D KOSAMBI: Historian And Partisan Of The Oppressed

2008-09-05 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
A powerful tribute from a great Indian historian to the one who blazed the trail. --- A TRIBUTE TO D D KOSAMBI: Historian And Partisan Of The Oppressed - Irfan Habib 31 JULY this year would have been Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi's 100th birthday; his birth centenary is, therefore, a fitting

[Goanet] Religion and the Public Sphere

2008-09-05 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 5 Sep 2008 Religion and the Public Sphere Vidyadhar Gadgil The controversy in Sainagar, Porvorim, over the worship of Lord Krishna at an open plot belonging to the residents of Sainagar has once again brought to the forefront the issue of the role of religion in the public sphere

[Goanet] Orissa: Crocodile Tears?

2008-09-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, Panjim, 3 September 2008 Editorial Crocodile tears? Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik says recurring communal violence has tarnished the image of his state. In an interview with Indian Express, Patnaik yesterday said: The attack on the ashram, as well as what happened thereafter, I

Re: [Goanet] violence in Orissa --- what were the cops doing?

2008-09-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Subject: Re: [Goanet] violence in Orissa --- what were the cops doing? Root cause of the communal riots in India is the tendency...? Gee, which alternative universe did you grow up in? The above outburst and the rest of the material spewed in the above post indicates that my remarks

[Goanet] WHO’S THE REAL HINDU?

2008-08-31 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
WHO'S THE REAL HINDU? by Karan Thapar (Hindustan Times August 30, 2008) Does the VHP have the right to speak for you or I? Do they reflect our views? Do we endorse their behaviour? They call themselves the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, but who says they represent all of us? This Sunday morning, I want

Re: [Goanet] WHO?S THE REAL HINDU?

2008-08-31 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Subject: [Goanet] WHO?S THE REAL HINDU? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WHO?S THE REAL HINDU? Ans: The Hindu Doctors (including the health officer) and the staff at Chicalim Hospital who put God before a dying man (child) are the real heroes, I mean the real Hindus. This was a deplorable incident,

Re: [Goanet] Origin of words

2008-08-26 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Origin of words To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vidyadhar Gadgil says.. JoeGoaUK replies: If you or anyone come across such incidences like name calling etc (past and future) just register it with GN also cc to JoeGoaUk. Thanks for the response, Joe. Did this in the past

[Goanet] Sangh Parivar runs amok in Orissa

2008-08-26 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
The Telegraph August 27 , 2008 Editorial LOVE FOR HATE When the caretaker of an orphanage run by Christian missionaries is burnt alive by a Vishwa Hindu Parishad mob in the Bargarh district of Orissa, the obvious reference point is the Graham Staines murder. Yet even that was the result of the

Re: [Goanet] Origin of words

2008-08-19 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Origin of words Dear Goanet, Please register my protest on this one. Where are the GN's Rules? Anyway, i will boycott Goanet for 7 days to show my resentment. Quite right, Joe, such posts need to be condemned, and I join with you in

Re: [Goanet] Land conversion scandal: document for North Goa

2008-07-06 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Land conversion scandal: document for North Goa This is the document I referred to in an earlier post. I have photographed all the pages and then consolidated the jpegs into a pdf file. Thanks, this is very useful. -- Question

[Goanet] ‘Goa is definitely being polarized’

2008-07-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
‘Goa is definitely being polarized’ TOI, Panjim, 5 July 2008 Alexandre Moniz Barbosa Panaji: The communal tension at Margao last week shocked largely because what triggered it off was a minor incident that had no bearing on the happenings. This is rather alarming, for though the variety of

[Goanet] Margao needs peace with freedom and justice

2008-07-01 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 30 June 2008 Margao needs peace with freedom and justice by Ranjan Solomon The incidents of last week involving mainly the Bajrang Dal and its members were unfortunate but should come as no surprise. It was clear for many months that the Rumdamol Housing Board was on the boil and that

Re: [Goanet] Anglo?

2008-06-26 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Anglo? Is it true that cricket administrator A F de Melo was Anglo-Indian? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_de_Mello_%28cricket_administrator%29 In Ramachandra Guha's book on cricket, 'A

[Goanet] Terror’s new face

2008-06-19 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 19 June 2008 Editorial Terror's new face The arrest of sevaks of the Sanatan Sanstha, a religious group that is behind the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti for planting bombs in theatres at Thane and Vashi brings a new dimension to terrorism. Seven people were injured when one of the bombs the

[Goanet] The Rape of Goa...as a tool to Save Goa?

2008-06-18 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Gomantak Times, 18 June 2008 The Rape of Goa...as a tool to Save Goa? The Rape of Goa, a photo documentary, by Rajan Parrikar is filled with images of violence. It speaks of a violence done to the earth, as hills are cut and forests 'shaved' off. It speaks of the violence done to local

[Goanet] Sanatan Sanstha under Goa police scanner

2008-06-17 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Navhind Times, 18 June 2008 Sanatan Sanstha under Goa police scanner By GLENN COSTA NT NETWORK PANAJI: The Goa police on Tuesday decided to inquire into the activities of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha after the arrests of some persons on the suspicion of planting explosives

[Goanet] Anti-intellectualism and the Goan environment

2008-06-13 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Gomantak Times, 11 June 2008 Anti-intellectualism and the Goan environment Jason Keith Fernandes To be an academic and an 'intellectual' is not necessarily about abstract thinking irrelevant to everyday life. On the contrary intellectualism is about asking hard questions and thinking issues

[Goanet] Enforcement of laws can save hills

2008-06-10 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
TOI, 9 June 2008 Enforcement of laws can save hills snip Chief Town Planner Morad Ahmed claimed that the TCP will revoke any licence if it is found that facts have been misrepresented. Passing the buck to the panchayats regarding the ground reality being different in comparison to the

[Goanet] CTRL. ALT. SPEW

2008-06-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
This supports the theory (for which we have a lot of data from this very forum) that the internet is becoming the medium of choice for hate speech. Like, you can say all the horrible things you want, as long as you avoid four-letter obscenities (though they are okay too, as long as they are not

[Goanet] GBA’s unity paramount

2008-06-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, Editorial, 5/06/08 GBA’s unity paramount It comes as a huge sigh of relief to Goans in general that the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) is united and determined in purpose to act as a watchdog in the formation of the Regional Plan 2021. At a meeting on Tuesday, the organisation ironed out

[Goanet] The sheer size of land deals

2008-06-03 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, Editorial, 3/06/08 The sheer size of land deals It seems one Geetanjali Khosla, a real estate broker from New Delhi, has filed a case of cheating against one Sydney D’Souza and one Prashant Borkar, both of Alto Dabolim, for cheating. Ms Khosla’s complaint alleges that the two were

[Goanet] Infrastructure Development: To What End?

2008-06-01 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 30 May 2008 Infrastructure Development: To What End? By Vidyadhar Gadgil The agitation against mega-projects in Goa, which are changing the character and nature of Goan villages and causing tremendous ecological damage, is acquiring greater strength and spreading to every nook

[Goanet] Constitutional Theft of the Powers of Panchayats

2008-05-29 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Gomantak Times, 28 May 2008 Constitutional Theft of the Powers of Panchayats Jason Keith Fernandes The Constitution of India, ladies and gentlemen, has been stolen. It was stolen perhaps right from the very moment it was adopted, but being the all-encompassing document that it is, it has been

[Goanet] GBA rejects interim report

2008-05-28 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Navhind Times, 28 May 2008 NT NETWORK PANAJI: The Goa Bachao Andolan, on Tuesday, rejected the interim report submitted by the task force, questioning the methods used to formulate it, say highly placed sources in the task force. The GBA has alleged that the 73rd and the 74th amendments have

[Goanet] GBA opposes interim report of panel on regional plan

2008-05-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
TOI, Panjim, 28 May 2008 GBA opposes interim report of panel on regional plan TIMES NEWS NETWORK Panaji: Goa Bachao Abhiyan has finally broken its silence over the interim report of the task force on Regional Plan 2021, stating that the methodology adopted by the panel in its preparation was

Re: [Goanet] Bombay VT to Goa by Train book online

2008-05-25 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Bombay VT to Goa by Train book online Right now, one can book ticket online on Konkan Railways for Konkan Kanya from anywhere in the world (i think) Some corrections to this mail, I book tickets on Indian Rail online quite frequently.

Re: [Goanet] The Rape of Goa - now view it online!

2008-05-22 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- The Rape of Goa - A photo documentary

[Goanet] Salcete thunders again

2008-05-19 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest Promenade, D B Bandodkar

[Goanet] Are the people supreme or is the 'government'?

2008-05-17 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest Promenade, D B Bandodkar

[Goanet] Chasing a False Dream: The 'Development' Trap

2008-05-16 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Road, Panaji, Goa 16-18, May 2008 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073789.html --- Herald, 16 May 2008 Chasing a False Dream: The 'Development' Trap by Vidyadhar Gadgil

[Goanet] Babu flayed for remarks on gram sabha resolutions

2008-05-16 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest Promenade, D B Bandodkar

[Goanet] ‘Development issues under state purvi ew’

2008-05-15 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- 5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest Promenade, D B Bandodkar

[Goanet] CM declares war on the Goan people!

2008-05-14 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Panchayats cannot revoke approved projects: CM Herald Reporter PANJIM, MAY 13 – Literally giving thumbs down to villages opposing mega housing projects, the government today declared that if a project has been given permission after clearing all technical approvals, the panchayat has no

[Goanet] Govt, gram sabhas on collision course

2008-05-13 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Though these articles are not for some reason available on the traditional interface, they can be salvaged from the TOI epaper. - TOI, 13/5/08 Govt, gram sabhas on collision course Projects already okayed can’t be opposed: Minister Sanjay Banerjee Raju Nayak | TNN Margao/Panaji: The state

[Goanet] Anti-realty fire spreads across villages

2008-05-12 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
TOI, Panjim, 12 April 2008 Anti-realty fire spreads across villages MARGAO: Even as the Benaulim gram sabha adopted two resolutions on Sunday demanding revocation of construction licenses of two building projects, the agitation against mega projects appeared to be spreading across the coastal

[Goanet] Battle lines drawn: Government versus the people?

2008-05-12 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Today's Times of India has a report on the Benaulim meet which was a grand success. And right next to this is Babu Azgaonkar waxing eloquent on the government's right to do something totally opposed to people's wishes (for some reason this is not in the online edition). He even goes so far as to

[Goanet] Housing in Goa: For the elites or for the masses?

2008-05-08 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 8 May 2008, Editorial Affordable housing needed urgently Everybody wants a slice of Goa. That's the reason real estate prices in the state have been skyrocketing over the last few years. And the world has joined this new gold rush. With large developers from other parts of the country

[Goanet] Politicians ganging up in favour of 'development' projects opposed by the people...

2008-05-05 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Churchill for all-party meet on projects BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 4 – PWD Minister Churchill Alemao has favoured an all-party meeting to discuss the opposition brewing up against development projects across the State. Alemao told Herald on Saturday that he has requested Chief Minister,

Re: [Goanet] Goenkars: How to protect your PC

2008-05-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Goenkars: How to protect your PC How to protect your PC Mark Bridge Upgrade your system The newest version of an operating system is the safest. Windows users with ancient hardware should upgrade to Windows Vista or Windows XP with

Re: [Goanet] Carona's concrete party called off (photos)

2008-05-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Carona's concrete party called off (photos) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii For now, the party is off thanks to the villagers of Carona-Aldona. Thanks for these

[Goanet] Acron project shown the door in Moira too

2008-05-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Navhind Times, 3 May 2008 Acron project shown the door in Moira too NT News Service Mapusa, May 2 Tremors of the controversial Acron project, being shown the door by the villagers of Aldona unanimously at its gram sabha meeting held last Sunday, were also felt in neighbouring Moira. The Moira

[Goanet] People’s power prevails, Benaulim t o axe three housing projects

2008-05-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 3 May 2008, p. 1 People’s power prevails, Benaulim to axe three housing projects BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 2 – Benaulim Panchayat on Friday finally bowed down to the demands of local villagers against controversial mega housing projects approved by the body. Amidst uproar and bedlam,

[Goanet] Character encoding limitations on Goanet

2008-05-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
The character encoding format used by Goanet seems to have a number of limitations. This can be seen from the fact that FN's name in Devanagari becomes a series of question marks on Goanet. Maybe that is a little esoteric, but even simple cut-paste jobs of items from websites get mauled by Goanet,

Re: [Goanet] GMAS Why Goa Su-Raj Party is part of GMAS

2008-05-01 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Subject: Re: [Goanet] GMAS [Goa's Movement Against SEZ] Why Goa Su-RajParty is part of GMAS. When the call was given by Matanhy Saldanha for a concerted opposition to the setting-up of 18 SEZs in Goa, Goa Su-Raj Party did not have to think twice about being part of this opposition.

[Goanet] Seize the Day!

2008-04-30 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Gomantak Times, 30 April 2008, Editorial Seize the Day! Aldona is the latest sign of democracy in action On Sunday the gram sabha of Aldona village passed a resolution forcing the panchayat to withdraw all permissions granted to Acron builders who have plans to construct six three-storey villas

Re: [Goanet] My Goa Photos (a reply)

2008-04-28 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Subject: Re: [Goanet] My Goa Photos (a reply) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Photos are free to any Goans who write about Goa. But should they make a profit out of it, then only I may consider.. Payment only if profit made - and it should come from their conscious. Whoever uses my photo,

[Goanet] Margao turning into communal flashpoint; NCM told

2008-04-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 27 April 2008, p 3 Margao turning into communal flashpoint; NCM told BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, ARPIL 26 – The commercial capital of Goa, Margao, is fast turning out to be a flashpoint of communal violence, stated members of the Christian Muslim Dialogue for Life (CMDL) in a submission

[Goanet] Aldonkars dump Acron's project

2008-04-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Aldonkars dump Acron's project Gomantak Times, April 28, 2008, p. 1 [Print edition has a photo of the Gram Sabha accompanying the report.] BY A STAFF REPORTER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Slug: GRAM SABHA SUPREMACY Blurb: The sarpanch, panchas were indicted for clearing the over- Rs-50-lakh project

[Goanet] WHEN GRAM SABHAS TOOK A STAND... (Long)

2008-04-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Yesterday was a big day, as Gram Sabhas across the state took a stand against anti-people 'development'. Herald, Monday, April 28, 2008 has bunched together on p. 2 reports from a range of Gram Panchayats across Goa: Aldona, Santo Estevam, Cansaulim, Majorda, Pilerne, Keri. They have missed out

[Goanet] ABA delegation meets CS, opposes housing project

2008-04-26 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 25 April 2008, p. 5 ABA delegation meets CS, opposes housing project A delegation from the Aldona Bachao Abhiyan met Chief Secretary J.P. Singh on Thursday and presented to him a petition signed by 1617 people opposed to the controversial housing project at Carona-Aldona. The ABA

Re: [Goanet] More photos of Goa going down

2008-04-26 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] More photos of Goa going down These photographs (as earlier ones) are absolutely fantastic. Do keep them coming! One thing I wanted to know was about the licensing terms. Since nothing is explicitly stated, one assumes that they are

Re: [Goanet] A thank you to you ....

2008-04-25 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] A thank you to you We thought that one way of paying a tribute to her memory, and also looking out into the future, would be to set up a small online venture that encourages young people here

Re: [Goanet] Soter D'Souza: The silence of GBA is frightening,

2008-04-24 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is why some of us admire Soter, FN. That he is no liege boy to any party or politician, Unlike some people we know, who are acolytes and worshippers at the shrine of a particular politician and party? And who, in a classic case of the pot

[Goanet] Communalism in Goa: Just say no!

2008-04-24 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 24 April 2008, Editorial Just say no! In a time when religious intolerance is increasing, it comes as a breath of fresh air when ordinary people stand up to say no to those who propagate that the people who worship differently from you are the `enemy'. In that sense,' the faithful of the

[Goanet] Unearthing the Goan Idiom

2008-04-23 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 23 April 2008 MARIA AURORA COUTO - Bragança Pereira’s book is about a heterogeneous, interdependent society exposed to all kinds of cultural influences—Portuguese, Christian, from the Indian mainland and Europe—which adapted in varying degrees, yet retained many of its local

Re: [Goanet] TCP exposed for lenient attitude towards violators

2008-04-23 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
This is obviously a hot issue right now. All the papers have news on it today. Sunaparant has it as the lead item on page 1. Does this mean that there is hope for villages exposed to hill-cutting by corporate marauders, like Aldona, Siolim and so many others? Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote: TCP exposed

[Goanet] Hill-cutting activities to figure at Aldona Gram Sabha

2008-04-23 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
, Marie D'Souza, Vidyadhar Gadgil and Benjamin D'Souza (members). -- Question everything -- Karl Marx

[Goanet] WEBSITE OF ALDONA BACHAO ABHIYAN GOES ON-LINE

2008-04-22 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
The website of the Aldona Bachao Abhiyan is now on-line. The URL is http://savealdona.wordpress.com/. Do check it out. Pasted below is an extract from the website which gives some information about it. --- Note This is a very basic website, put up by a team of volunteers. It has been done

[Goanet] Invitation for Ethnography of Goa, Daman and Diu Book Release Function

2008-04-21 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
[Please circulate widely] Penguin Books India and Institute Menezes Braganza cordially invite you to the launch of Ethnography of Goa, Daman and Diu, Volume 2 (Etnografia da India Portuguesa Vol 2) by A.B. de Braganca Pereira Translated by Maria Aurora Couto The book will be released by Dr. Jose

[Goanet] THE DESECRATION OF GOA: A MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE

2008-04-18 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Herald, 18 April 2008 THE DESECRATION OF GOA: A MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE By Vidyadhar Gadgil Aldona is the latest in the seemingly unending list of Goan villages to be rocked by the scandal of anti-people development. One of the most pristine of Goan villages, it is not as if it had remained

[Goanet] Signature campaign against hill cutting gains momentum

2008-04-17 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=2760cid=26 Herald, 18 April 2008 Signature campaign against hill cutting gains momentum HERALD CORRESPONDENT PORVORIM, APRIL 17 – The Aldona Bachao Abhiyan (ABA) has already collected over 1,000 signatures in an ongoing drive to request the Chief Town

[Goanet] Aldona news: Residents up in arms aga inst conversion ‘overdo’ by developers

2008-04-16 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Note: This appeared a day ago in the Madras edition of the Hindu; today (16/4/08) it is in the Mangalore edition, which is what we get in Goa. In Panjim, you should be able to get the Hindu at Varsha bookstall and in Mapusa at the newspaper between the Taxi stand and Syndicate Bank. Anyway, I am

[Goanet] The Goan Observer's Take on the Desecration of the Aldona hill

2008-04-14 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Extracts from Stray Thoughts by Rajan Narayan in Goan Observer, Saturday, April 12-18, 2008 COUTO OPPOSITION AND a few stray thoughts on how even the Coutos have joined the battle against the land sharks. In the past, Alban Couto has always been reluctant to come out openly against the

[Goanet] Aldona Bachao Abhiyan seeks GBAs support for preventing illegal land sale

2008-04-14 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=041520 Aldona Bachao Abhiyan seeks GBAs support for preventing illegal land sale NT Staff Reporter Panaji, April 14 The Aldona Bachao Abhiyan (ABA) core group met at Carona on April 13 called on the authorities to prevent the breach of law

[Goanet] DARE TO WALK A DIFFERENT ROAD

2008-04-06 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
unspoilt environment and and natural beauty. We have a literate, well-informed, socially engaged population which is deeply attached to its land and culture. By Vidyadhar Gadgil --- There is a sense of desperation creeping into Goan society

Re: [Goanet] Update on PIL concerning the city of Panjim

2008-04-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Update on PIL concerning the city of Panjim See - http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=1964cid=26 Minutes of the meeting with the Chief Secretary on Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Re: [Goanet] PARRIKAR v/s PARRIKAR : The interview

2008-04-04 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Amidst some other rather pressing preoccupations, finally managed to find the time to see the interview. Much food for thought here (127 minutes of it!), and a few more viewings will be needed to process and analyse it. But that's another story for another day. Meanwhile, it is clear that the

[Goanet] Clean up Goa

2008-04-03 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2item_no=210538version=1template_id=40parent_id=22 Gulf Times, Wednesday, 2 April, 2008, Hope of justice for Gujarat riot victims AKB Krishnan snip Clean up Goa FOUR decades after catapulting to the world’s tourism map for its

[Goanet] Norms of Civilized Discourse [Was Re: MP and Panjim]

2008-04-03 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim --- Vidyadhar Gadgil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As to what he does through his inflammatory talk against migrants and poor people and his repeated statements branding entire communities as 'savages' 'filthy', etc

[Goanet] Six feet of land

2008-04-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Gomantak Times, 29 March 2008 Six feet of land by Vidyadhar Gadgil In one of Leo Tolstoy’s most well-known stories, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” (James Joyce once described it as the finest story ever written), he presents to us a greedy protagonist named Pahom, who is offered as much land

Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim

2008-04-02 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] MP and Panjim Here in Goa too we hear about shacks which disdain Indian clientele, of certain localities having become foreign (esp Russian) colonies, of communities not mixing like before etc etc. It is not a good sign at all. Yes, you

Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim

2008-04-01 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
Apologies in advance for a long mail, but Dr. Virgnicar has raised some very vital issues, and I have tried my best to address them. From: anand virgincar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim You lived in UK during the rivers of blood days . I live here in a

[Goanet] Using search engines and reading archives

2008-04-01 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: anand virgincar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim (was Why Manohar Parrikar is not CM today) My comments : As I said , the days of flinging accusations at MP on Goanet without providing factual proof are long gone. I will answer some of the

Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim

2008-03-31 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim (was Why Manohar is not CM today) Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote: As usual, when you don't have anything really meaningful to say, the strategy is clear -- engage in invective, ridicule, labelling and ad hominem

Re: [Goanet] MP and Panjim (was Why Manohar Parrikar is not CM today)

2008-03-29 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
To Goanet - What's this, Comrade Einstein, a devastating comeback or what? Of course, the MLA of Panjim is the very first fellow I took my case to. What's more, I found out that he was already seized with the issues. As usual, when you don't have anything really meaningful to say, the

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Why Manohar Parrikar is not CM today...

2008-03-27 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
From: anil desai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Fwd: Why Manohar Parrikar is not CM today...and will You say that the pro-Parrikar campaign is getting desperate. You must be living in a fantasy world. Look at the current political situation in Goa. You are missing the point. You

[Goanet] Deconstructing tourism image of Goa

2008-03-24 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
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