To Goanet -
Announcing the launch of my new photography
website. The URL is -
http://www.parrikar.com
and the blog is at -
http://www.parrikar.com/blog
Best viewed in Firefox or Safari. I have not tested
for Google Chrome since the Mac version is not yet
available. IE, needless to add,
To Goanet -
I have received several emails about the 'slow'
download times of my website.
Having the option of viewing large-sized images
on screen necessarily translates to those files being
large in size (between 300-500 KB). Even this is
a compromise as these are at the lower end
of the
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no issue whatsoever with his talking to
Goan Catholics.
r
- Original Message
From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 4:19:10 PM
Subject: Thus spake the foreign perfusser
To Goanet -
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To Goanet -
GBA saves Goa once again! Hurrah. In the
latest battle, GBA's booklet-waving warriors
sent Goa's builder-politico bandits scurrying
into exile and restored Goa to its former
copasetic glory.
So what's with this latest GBA stunt, eh?
I'll take this booklet a little more
To Goanet -
As part of the ongoing contempt petition against
the CCP apropos of my PIL on Panjim, the Amicus Curiae
has asked for a fresh round of photographs taken
on Feb 11, 2009. The request is urgent. Now I
could do this myself, but I won't. I would like
to see if there are volunteers
To Goanet -
This issue has been around for a while but
only today I am getting around to writing
this note.
Anytime you pay for anything in cash in India,
the rounding off of the tendered change
is decidedly cockeyed - and in 9 out of 10 cases
it favours the business or store or restaurant.
A
To Goanet -
Two scofflaws flew into Goa, checked into
Hotel Fidalgo, and then took a stroll around
town looking for homes to rob. You can't
make these things up.
They broke into a home in Caranzalem but the
lady of the house got back just in time and
foiled their plans.
Whether you are a
To Goanet -
In today's Times of India (Goa Edition) there is a paid
supplement on the occasion of Dayanand Narvekar's
birthday. Among the several paeans to the man is
one written by Suresh Gundu Amonkar with the sub-header
Narvekar - Man of Integrity. A more shameless piece
of schlock would be
. Remember, once the city is
beyond the tipping point there will be no pulling
back.
Regards,
r
- Original Message
From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:02:02 PM
Subject: PIL on Panjim - volunteers sought (URGENT
To Goanet -
I just peeped into Goanet after a long time and
saw one Merwyn someone quote the doofus Tom
Friedman who in turn is quoting the Indian doofus
Shekhar Gupta. Some years ago we had Friedman
take an inane, trite quote of Nandan Nilekani and
parlay it into a book. That has made
To Goanet -
The following, I am told, are the 'new' numbers
for the CCP enforcement squad (please don't laugh).
You can call them to report any nuisance in the city
of Panjim.
Carminho Rebello: 9011000339
Girish Talwar: 9011000343
Regards,
r
To Goanet -
I received the following link from Norman Matloff, professor
of Computer Science at the University of California-Davis,
in response to my asking him for his reaction to the latest
litter by Tom Friedman. Prof. Matloff has been a longtime
critic of the H1B visa programme and its
To Goanet -
While I agree something should be done about this, there is implicit in
joegoauk and Rajan Parrikar's rhetoric a seemingly simplistic fascist
'Exterminate the Vermin!' kind of solution which I do not find very healthy.
It is, however, explicit that anyone who thinks this
has
To Goanet -
The event is scheduled to begin this coming Sunday
at Campal grounds. You are cordially invited. Knowledge
of Saibaba's life, his message, or his teachings not
essential - in fact, such knowledge will disqualify you.
On the other hand, to gain entry you must display a
talent for
To Goanet -
V. Raghunathan's work Games Indians Play (Penguin books, 2006)
is an entertaining little book. I read it first during a Delhi-Bangalore
flight in 2006. The author looks at the quagmire that is India
through the lens of Game Theory, in particular its special case
known as
To Goanet -
The willingness to prostrate - or force someone to - before
another is characteristic of Indians. This morning after a
photo shoot at Institute Menezes Braganza, I sauntered
across for a breakfast at Hotel Mandovi when, out of
nowhere, a couple of guys sprang up. One offered a
Hartman de Souza wrote:
In any civilized country, the Timblo-led 'peaceful march'
would have been seen as contempt for the constitution.
Touche!
As you may have realized by now, India is not a
civilized country. And the Goan pols govt bureaucracy
in tandem with real estate builders miners
To Goanet -
Have the poders been using Fair Lovely to season
the poie? It has certainly become fairer but not
lovelier. To sample the authentic brown wheaty
poie, you have to now look to the small villages
away from the bigger urban centres. I was in
Parsem early morning today and got to
To Goanet -
JoeGoaUk wrote:
Now, this is at nite (as one of my regulars)
Free for all sleeping zone
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3286538238/
Thank you again, JoeGoaUk. Goans will not wake up
until the ghatis finally come park on their their doorstep.
And they soon
To Goanet -
What is the status of the building project in Taleigao
that will add 1000 flats (!!) to the village? If allowed
to proceed, this will spell an unmitigated disaster on
several fronts.
The builder and a top Goa govt official were allegedly
observed cozying up recently in the VIP box
To Goanet -
Cecil Pinto wrote:
planning and preparation of the product is very often done by the
women folk (and hired help) how can it still be labelled a 'male
dominated' industry? In many cases the wives and daugters even helped
out with delivering the bread. It was a family enterprise rather
(Please ignore earlier post. Resubmitting after correcting a few typos - r)
To Goanet -
Refer to this post -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoenchimXapotam/message/18692
This is an outrage. The Chimbel ghatis are to get free
flats from the Goa govt, the Davorlim ghatis may come
into the same
To Goanet -
Hartman de Souza wrote:
Anju Timblo has been steering with distinction the
Cidade de Goa hotel. She comes from a distinguished
family in Delhi, known for its adherence to the
law, and indeed, for practising it in court.
I agree with the spirit of H de Souza's post. However,
To Goanet -
Published in today's Herald under Letters.
The brazen attempt by the Goa govt to upend the order
of the Supreme Court concerning a hotel in Dona Paula
must be roundly condemned. CM Digambar Kamat's
stated motive of saving jobs is utterly bogus and
is a transparent attempt at
To Goanet -
It has been reported that the Goa govt has
just spent around 4 crores of rupees on an
advertising blitz in European media markets
to prop up the tourism industry for the rest
of the season.
Goans abroad should consider mounting a
counter campaign against the Goa govt. This
could
To Goanet -
Read this important article in today's Herald.
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=17535cid=14
The hotel owners, the Goa govt and the Taleigao sarpanch
at the time (was it Somnath Zuwarkar?) were all complicit
in this scam on the people of Goa. The actors involved
deserve to
am pleased with this very modest achievement,
I am not uncorking any champagne.
Warm regards,
r
- Original Message
From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:56:59 AM
Subject: The Courts Retrieve a Beach - by Norma
To Goanet -
Soter D'Souza wrote:
But by then the common man will be immunised to into
tolerating the casino culture and we always have the politicians
with an alternative distractor in their pockets. It could well be the
lollipop of 'Special status' which is softly cooking on low fire on
To Goanet -
Hartman,
You can rest assured that this proposed Football Academy
is a land scam and an opportunity for kickbacks. How come
EVERY project in Goa involves land and construction - and
ministers brokering the deals? Like the industrial estates
this will also end up being a welfare
To Goanet -
Floriano Lobo wrote:
I mentioned three items that will lead to the demise of
Goa and Goans. 1)Mining, 2) Comunidades, and 3) National parties.
I do not disagree with the above. But the catalogue
is incomplete. Uncontrolled migration, both ghatis
and wealthy bhaile (leading to
To Goanet -
Praful Patel, Civil Aviation Minister, says that
both Dabolim and Mopa are on. Incidentally, this
schmuckface Patel has no qualms socializing with
owners of airlines such as Vijay Mallya. They are
quite open about it, and few in India call them
on it.
If Mopa comes about we will see
To Goanet -
Soter wrote:
A. R. Rehman's statement at the Oscar's, I had a choice between
hate and love, I chose love and that is why I am here today, shows
the greatness of this man.
But his music certainly does not show any. It is
astonishing that this noise-making mediocrity is
To Goanet -
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2009/feb/24video1-oscar-tax-exemption-for-rahman.htm
I guess this is what makes him 'great' ? (taking all
the sops tossed his way when he can afford to
pay up, unlike the rest of us 'ordinary' folk who
have to pay our dues.)
r
To Goanet -
Refer to this post on GX -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoenchimXapotam/message/18921
If this is true that it provides a rationale for
people to mount an insurrection. For by amending
laws inorder to justify broken laws (thus actively
aiding and abetting criminal behavior), the
To Goanet -
Venantius Pinto wrote:
I would like to share an email response from Madhav Chari..
Rahman's orchestrator will be able to deliver work for the film, but he will
not be able to compose a piece of one hour or 45 minutes that has integrity
and complexity of structure of a modern
To Goanet -
Venantius Pinto posts for Madhav Chari:
One salient fact I wanted to point out was: to make good
music at a high level of musicianship you need to be grounded
in at least one form of music at a non trivial level (that means
within that form you would be considered a good musician
To Goanet -
That is what the Goa govt is plainly telling Goans
through its initiative to promulgate an ordinance
to help Timblo Cidade de Goa. In other words,
your Regional Plan will make for a nice toilet
paper roll.
In recent times two classes of people have emerged
as the major
-world experience of
Dr. Desai yet they didn't want him because in their
Augean stables he was thought to be pro-BJP.
Regards,
r
Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@... wrote:
That is what the Goa govt is plainly telling Goans
through its initiative to promulgate an ordinance
to help Timblo
To Goanet -
Floriano Lobo wrote:
Dear Rajan,
Through all this binocular gazing,
Did you see a little David (with his shrunken lolly) braving
it with a sling-shot??
If you have missed out, your binoculars need focussing.
:-))
floriano
goasuraj
Dear Floriano,
Not to worry, my
To Goanet -
One of the biggest scandals in post-Liberation Goa is being
enacted in Goa right now by the Goa govt to help Timblo and
Cidade de Goa get around the violation of established law.
But where are the supposed keepers of Goan conscience?
Where is Aravind Bhatikar and his posse of
To Goanet -
mario rodrigues wrote:
I know you cannot be a policemen for entire GOA, especially
to Timblo who also happens to be your friend...
Let me see if I understand you correctly: since Floriano
is a friend of Timblo, it is okay for Floriano to give
Timblo a pass. Correct?
Timblo is
To Goanet -
The criminal intervention by the Goa govt to help
Timblo and Cidade de Goa subvert the judgment
of the highest court in the land has far-reaching
consequences for Goa and Goans.
It ends even a semblance of any rule of law and
opens the floodgates for all the big national
builders
To Goanet -
Ashley Delaney wrote:
Dean D'Cruz will be presenting a talk and discussion along with Architect
Tell Dean D'Cruz that the Regional Plan will make
for a good toilet paper roll. If he does not get
it still, have him write to me and I shall go over
it slowly for him.
D'Cruz should
To Goanet -
Floriano,
Refer to -
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/174630.html
The GT letter you have posted does not square
with the fiery rhetoric you have been giving us
about Goa Suraj. Your verbal pirouette around Timblo
is embarrassing when you should
To Goanet -
Floriano wrote here -
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/174671.html
But don't you give me a lecture on the appropriateness of
Goa Su-Raj's stand on this issue. I know what I am talking
about. If your vision sees all pink, then I cannot help it.
Get
To Goanet -
Refer to this post -
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/174695.html
Floriano,
Rant to your heart's fill. I don't want to waste
my time on you following this post. What is now
plainly evident is that Goa Suraj is another zany
addition to the
To Goanet -
Venantius Pinto wrote:
In this regard, allow me to point to a recent piece I
illustrated on the Kosi. The original is 24' 3 wide x 4.75 tall,
and done in sumi.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/3329345828/sizes/o/
Brilliant.
r
To Goanet -
The good news - Indian intellectuals are breaking loose
from Marxist academic thuggery and finding fresh
directions of inquiry. The bad news - with the advent
of the mall and real estate culture, India doesn't
care anymore for its great philosophic and intellectual
traditions.
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To Goanet -
Frederick Noronha wrote:
How does one turn egalitarian with a squatter relieving himself by the
riverside -- a dehumanising act for any human being, even one who
might not be articulate enough to make his point that he's compelled
to do so (by situation or the lack of infrastructure)?
To Goanet -
Frederick Noronha wrote:
Nice photo. But your labelling reveals the bias.
Thank you, Dr. Einstein. What will you reveal
next, that Christmas falls on Dec 25 ?
Why portrait of a Gaudi?
Because it is a portrait of a Gaudi.
It should be Portrait of a Goan.
It should also be -
To Goanet -
Dec 23, 2007: In a press conference held today in Panjim,
Goa's Movement Against SEZs (GMAS) has asked all tourists
to stay away from Goa after Dec 27. Those tourists already
here have been warned to leave the state by Dec 27, as
things could take an ugly turn following the Goa
To Goanet -
Thank you, Cecil, for the marvelous portrait, and for
your dazzling display of wit. And welcome aboard. We,
the promoters of Caste Vision, are delighted to have
you with us. Merry Christmas!
While on the subject, a portrait of a Catholic X (X to
be filled in as soon as caste is
To Goanet -
GMAS is justified in kicking it up a notch higher. Petitions,
hunger strikes, yatras have not had the slightest impact.
Au contraire, the government has notified yet another
SEZ during this time. It is clear that this corrupt govt led
by Digambar Kamat has no intentions of
To Goanet -
Saw the midnight mass at three places - Saligao, Moira, and
Aldona, in that order. Some photographs of the celebrations -
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/xmas-saligao.jpg
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/xmas-moira.jpg
To Goanet -
I do not advocate the use of violent means in the fight
against SEZs. And as I understand it, neither does
Matanhy Saldanha, notwithstanding the malicious
propaganda unleashed here by the likes of Miguel
Braganza. Calling on the tourists to leave Goa or
to stay out of it does not
To Goanet -
Standing ovation, please.
A puddle of tears is what I find myself maroooned in right
now after reading this devastatingly moving spiel. So moving
that I hear a portion of the neighborhood bull's anatomy
'moved' in appreciation, too.
Regards,
r
Santosh Helekar wrote:
To Goanet -
The GBA was ...and remains... an Apolitical grouping of individuals
concerned about Goa.
Not true, unless you have your own private definition of apolitical.
The GBA never was, and so has not remained, apolitical.
The co-convener of GBA, Shridhar Kamat, was public unmasked
as an
To Goanet -
Santosh Helekar wrote:
Even closer portraits merely serve to paint a
superficial public self-portrait of being egalitarian.
What is much harder is knowing what it is to be the
person in the portrait. I would have said putting
yourself in her shoes, but I realized that she has
spent
To Goanet -
Today I received a moving email from one belonging
to the original inhabitants of the Island of Mumbai. He
wishes to remain anonymous. He said he occasionally
reads Goanet and he felt motivated to write to me after
reading my SEZ is a monster, not a rat remark here.
For he
http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=5111
Remo Fernandes, a popular pop star and playback singer from
the state of Goa, has added his voice to the 'Save Goa Campaign'
and has made an appeal to Indian and foreign tourists to stay
away away from Goa this year in order to keep the state
To Goanet -
Miguel Braganza wrote:
the truth will not be hidden for too long.
You mean, like the truth about GBA's bogus apolitical
claim that could not be hidden for long? I agree. If
Matanhy Saldanha does adopt violent means, we will
know soon.
Matanhy has never been as smart as he
To Goanet -
Frederick Noronha mischievously wrote:
Very nice pictures, as usual technically perfect. But if I could allow my
mean side to show, and raise a non-inconsequential query... on what basis
did you opt for these three villages (over others)? Was it random,
geography-based (in which case,
To Goanet -
Just got back from an impromptu press conference held in
Panjim this evening (Wed. Dec 26). Matanhy Saldanha (GMAS)
and Manohar Parrikar (BJP) addressed the (mostly) broadcast
news media. Some highlights:
- Manohar Parrikar dared the Digambar Kamat govt to
arrest Matanhy. Said
To Goanet -
More importantly, GMAS has succeeded in injecting the
SEZ issue into the national headlines and letting India
know that the Goan people are vehemently anti-SEZ.
The Goa govt may now try one or both of the following:
one, lie to Madam Sonia that BJP along with a few disgruntled
folk
To Goanet -
See -
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1141319
What has become of our beloved land? I won't shed a tear if
tourism is wiped off the Goan map. Who are these politicians
facilitating the drug cartels?
Regards,
r
Selma wrote:
One has to wonder if such a move was not
pre-meditated and designed to handicap the Goan
Catholic community in the South. This vote-bank is
most dependent on the revenue of tourists as well as
being a Congress vote-bank.
Wonder no more. The BJP used its highly secret weapon -
Wonder
To Goanet -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,2232255,00.html
The day of reckoning arrives. The suspense is killing me.
Will the foot soldiers of GMAS excavate those caches of Stinger
missiles and Howitzers stashed away at the bottom of the
Blue Bellie building to the right of the St
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