Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-02-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 2/22/11, Bosco D bos...@canada.com wrote: RESPONSE: Nah!! Rajendra's 6 friends living in Goa can assess corruption better than Transparency International (TI) because unlike TI they do not apply a 'Corruptions Perceptions Index'. They live in Goa/India and have to endure and

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-02-22 Thread Bosco D
-Original Message- From: Santosh Helekar The surveys conducted by Transparency International are more scientific and better at assessing the level of corruption at any given time than talking to 6 friends. RESPONSE: Nah!! Rajendra's 6 friends living in Goa can assess corruption

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-02-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sun, 2/20/11, Bosco D bos...@canada.com wrote: RESPONSE: Where does it leave the supposed 14 scientific surveys of thousands of people in India?? Are those surveys anymore scientific than the 6 friends that Rajendra spoke to on Dec 27, 2010 [1]?? Perhaps I am missing something here.

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-02-21 Thread Frederick Noronha
Agreed that six people is too small a base... but TI being better is little consolation! *http://bit.ly/e777xW* * * ... it is unclear what exactly the CPI [Corruption Perception Index] is measuring, when sources which measure such different aspects of corruption are averaged together. It is a bit

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-02-20 Thread Bosco D
On Mon Dec 27, 2010, Santosh stated: Dear Rajendra, Are you suggesting that your own perception and that of six of your friends captures the corruption trend better than an index derived from 14 scientific surveys of thousands of people in India? Let me put it this way. Transparency

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-02-13 Thread rajendra kakodkar
Read the reply I got from Transparency International about India's CPI:   Dear Rajendra,   Thank you for your interest in Transparency International’s (TI) work and specifically your enquiry regarding India ’s scores on the Corruptions Perceptions Index. Your email was passed on to me, as I am

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-02-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, rajendra kakodkar rskakod...@yahoo.co.in wrote:   2. Given its methodology, CPI is not a tool that is useful for trend analysis or for monitoring the changes in the perceived levels of corruption over time for all countries. Can it also mean that despite CPI going up

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-01-01 Thread rajendra kakodkar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' With

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2011-01-01 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' With

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-29 Thread Bosco D
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' With Foreword

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-29 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' With

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
Here are answers to Ferdinando's questions. 1. Moral studies for most children in the world are conducted by their parents. Most schools in India or anywhere else do not have moral studies as a subject. Those convent schools in India that were teaching moral science as a subject before 1961

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-28 Thread rajendra kakodkar
Dear Santosh,   You seem to have not read my previous post properly or completely. Please read it again. May be I was not adequately clear. For your ease, I am reframing the part for more clarity: Transparency International (TI) in the same CPI report says: Given its methodology, CPI is

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
NEW BOOK: Patriotism in Action: Goans in India's Defence Services. With Foreword by Gen SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, ADC (retd) former Chief of Indian Army Staff and Governor, Punjab Administrator, Chandigarh UT. See details below of where the book is available. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

[Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-28 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' With

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-28 Thread J. Colaco jc
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' With

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' With

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-27 Thread rajendra kakodkar
Goanetters annual year-end meet is on Dec 27, 2010 (Monday) from 4-6 pm at Institute Piedade (near Hotel Mandovi, opp Bread More) in Panjim. Do come along. RSVP via SMS 9822122436, f...@goa-india.org or 2409490 (after 2 pm). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

[Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-27 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Goanetters annual year-end meet is on Dec 27, 2010 (Monday) from 4-6 pm at Institute Piedade (near Hotel Mandovi, opp Bread More) in Panjim. Do come along. RSVP via SMS 9822122436, f...@goa-india.org or 2409490 (after 2 pm). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
Dear Rajendra, Are you suggesting that your own perception and that of six of your friends captures the corruption trend better than an index derived from 14 scientific surveys of thousands of people in India? Let me put it this way. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-27 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão: On second thought,  We may be able to stop corruption. But we will  need the help of Nandakumar  to counteract Portuguese influence which brought corruption to Goa and India. COMMENT: Dr. Falcao is being quite unfair for the following reasons: 1: Nandkumar has

[Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-26 Thread cyril D'Souza
Goanetters annual year-end meet is on Dec 27, 2010 (Monday) from 4-6 pm at Institute Piedade (near Hotel Mandovi, opp Bread More) in Panjim. Do come along. RSVP via SMS 9822122436, f...@goa-india.org or 2409490 (after 2 pm). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To

[Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-26 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Goanetters annual year-end meet is on Dec 27, 2010 (Monday) from 4-6 pm at Institute Piedade (near Hotel Mandovi, opp Bread More) in Panjim. Do come along. RSVP via SMS 9822122436, f...@goa-india.org or 2409490 (after 2 pm). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-26 Thread J. Colaco jc
Goanetters annual year-end meet is on Dec 27, 2010 (Monday) from 4-6 pm at Institute Piedade (near Hotel Mandovi, opp Bread More) in Panjim. Do come along. RSVP via SMS 9822122436, f...@goa-india.org or 2409490 (after 2 pm). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [Goanet] How to get rid of Corruption

2010-12-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
Goanetters annual year-end meet is on Dec 27, 2010 (Monday) from 4-6 pm at Institute Piedade (near Hotel Mandovi, opp Bread More) in Panjim. Do come along. RSVP via SMS 9822122436, f...@goa-india.org or 2409490 (after 2 pm). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *