goanet-digest Thursday, April 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3813
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Facilitation counter at Goa Passport Office
[Goanet] IMA Tiswadi gets new executive...
[Goanet] national theatre festival, delhi 2002
[Goanet] First Salesian presence in the Gulf region is in Kuwait
[Goanet] LINK: Birdwatching trip, Goa, Apr 14
[Goanet] FEATURE: An 'upheaval' in Konkani, Goan novel gets a prestigious
translation...
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:21:31 +0530
From: "pib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Facilitation counter at Goa Passport Office
PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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FACILITATION COUNTER AT PASSPORT OFFICE
Chaitra 21, 1924
Panaji ----------------------
April 11, 2002
Passport Office, Goa has set up a Facilitation Counter in its premises at Dayanand
Smruti Bldg., Swami Vivekanand Road, Panaji in order to assist the public in filling
and preparing various forms and applications in a clear and legible manner. This will
avoid mistakes and resultant difficulties to the applicant.
Shri C.R. Jambhale, Passport Officer, Panaji has appealed the applicants to avail of
this facility against the approved rates. These rates have been displayed in the
Passport Office.
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PIB/PANAJI/SVJ/VRG/L-225 W-80
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:36:12 +0530
From: "pib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] IMA Tiswadi gets new executive...
PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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NEW EXECUTIVE OF IMA, TISWADI
Chaitra 21, 1924
Panaji ----------------------
April 11, 2002
The new Executive Committee of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Tiswadi Branch
has recently installed at a ceremony held on board Santa Monica, recently.
Dr. Govind Kamat, a leading gynecologist has been selected as the President of the
Association for the year 2002-03 and Dr. Rajendra Tamba, State Epidemiologist from the
Directorate of Health Services, as the Secretary while Dr. Sanjay Sardesai, a leading
Radiologist will be the Treasurer of the Committee. Dr. Steven Dias, Vice President,
Dr. Lourito Menezes, Joint Secretary and Dr. Jayant Bhandare, Dr. Satish Bhale, Dr.
Sham Talwadkar and Dr. (Mrs.) Chitra Juwarkar are the other members of the Executive
Committee.
Dr. Damodar Bhounsule and Dr. Rajan Cuncolienkar, have been elected as the State
Representatives.
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Date: 9 Apr 2002 17:21:09 -0000
From: "brian mark mendonca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] national theatre festival, delhi 2002
newsfeed from delhi
konkani lovers in delhi were disappointed when the only entry
representing goa state for the annual national theatre festival
(mar 16-april 8) was in hindi. 'bhagwadajjukiam' by the kala
academy school of drama, goa was staged at 'sammukh' one of the
theatres of the national school of drama (nsd), the organisors of
the festival, on 7 april 02 at 7.30 pm. bhagwadajjukaim is a play
written by an obscure classical indian poet called bodhayan (4-6
century). the plot steeped in indian mythology is about a pseudo
sanyasi and the machinations of yama the god of death(with
hilarious results). the hindi translation was by nc jain.
one expects at national platforms like this goan culture be
showcased. like the tiatro for example. padmashree josalkar the
director, when queried backstage, held that play was anyway part
of the students acting course and since no one had done bodhyan
they decided to do it. the other play in konkani was 'too serious'
she said.
to me the play, albeit flawlessly performed, was more if not
entirely in the spirit of yakshagana performance of kannada
theatre. one fails to see why the goa entry should pander to the
aspirations of a neighbouring state, thus being an apology for its
own cultural and artistic heritage. that too when karnataka was
represented by abhinaya taranga from bangalore and abhivykta,
mangalore who both performed in kannada. perhaps ms josalkar has
some answers coming as she does from the third generation of the
Gubbi company, the theatre family of karnataka. she joined KA in
1987 as lecturer , western drama and was made director of the
school of drama in 2001.
a memorable moment for delhites was in march last year (2001) when
rangmell of KA staged a tiatro- adaptation of brecht's 'three
penny opera' entitled 'teen paisancho tiatr' why can't KA send
more troupes? the same is true for the world book fairs. in both
cases the state agencies fiddle while other states exert
themsleves to their utmost to present their best quality.
or should i be happy the play wasnt in kannada?
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:51:41 +0530
From: "Tejprasarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] First Salesian presence in the Gulf region is in Kuwait
FIRST SALESIAN PRESENCE IN THE GULF REGION IS IN KUWAIT
by Tony D'Souza, sdb
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Kuwait, April 08: In response, particularly to the invitation of the
local Catholic Bishop Francis Micallef and the large community of
Indians settled in Kuwait, the Salesians of Don Bosco have been
negotiating for an educational presence in there since June 1998. The
responsibility of establishing this presence in the Gulf region was
entrusted to the Province of Mumbai by the late Rector Major, Fr. Juan
Vecchi who provided all the necessary financial assistance and
encouragement through the Councilor for the Missions, Fr. Luciano
Odorico.
Under the Sponsorship of Brigadier Mohammed Juma, the required
permission for establishing a school affiliated to the Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, India, was finally obtained on
17th March, 2002. The approved name of the school is Indian English
Academy School. It is situated in Salmiya which has a big Indian
population.
On 6th April, 2002, the gates of Indian English Academy School opened
to welcome its first batch of students. The 350 students (and their
numbers are growing daily), have been admitted to the Kinder Garten and
Primary section (Stds. I - VI) and are mainly expatriate children coming
from the different states of India, from Pakistan, Bangladesh, the
Philippines and the Arab world (Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen) and
ofcourse, a few from Kuwait as well.
The two salesian pioneers, Fr. Donald Fernandez as Principal and Fr.
Derrick Misquitta as administrator have got off to a good start with the
assistance of a select teaching and administrative staff from India and
the rest locally engaged.
As elsewhere, the reputation of Don Bosco, the Educator has spread far
and wide here. Don Bosco Past Pupils from various countries are
residents in Kuwait and have certainly brought credit to the Salesian
method of education through the witness of their own lives and their
enthusiasm to help out at this pioneering stage. The rush for Admissions
is still on and expected to increase in the years ahead.
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Tej-Prasarini is the Centre for Media Education and Provincial
Information Office of the Don Bosco Province of Mumbai. It disseminates
information and produces media resources for social analysis.
Darryl D'Souza, sdb
Director
TEJ-PRASARINI
Don Bosco Communications,
Matunga, Mumbai - 400 019
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://tejonline.com
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:00:57 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] LINK: Birdwatching trip, Goa, Apr 14
Southern Birdwing will conduct another WildGoa natural history field trip
by boat, on Sunday, April 14.
Venue is the Cumbarjua river.
Birds commonly seen there include the gery heron, purple heron, green
heron, osprey, curlew, black-headed ibis, white necked stork, night heron,
red shank, green shank, peregrine falcon, black winged kite, six species
of kingfisher including the white-collared kingfisher which is only found
in this river and the neighbouring Chorao island, apart from many other
waders and raptors like the marsh harrier, eastern steppe eagle, booted
hawk eagle, greater spotted eagle, lesser spotted eagle have also been
seen.
The Cumbarjua river is also natural habitat and home to the marsh
crocodile, or Mugger.
This trip will also include a session of mangrove replanting along the
bank, in an effort to conserve the declining mangrove forests.
The field trip commences at 7.30 am on Sunday from the fuel pump at the
Cortalim ferry point, and ends at 11.30 am. Participants will be charged a
nominal fee. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 02:44:55 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: An 'upheaval' in Konkani, Goan novel gets a prestigious
translation...
AN 'UPHEAVAL' IN KONKANI, GOAN NOVEL GETS A PRESTIGIOUS TRANSLATION
By Frederick Noronha
PANJIM, April 10: Goa's Konkani language got a prestigious translation, with
Pundalik Naik's The Upheaval ('Acchev') just becoming the first novel to get
translated into English by the Oxford University Press publishing house.
This novel looks at peasant life in the Ponda taluka of Goa, against the
changing landscape of modernity and industrialization "which has fragmented
village communities". It was originally published in Konkani in 1977.
Freelance journalist and prizewinning translator Vidya Pai rendered the
Konkani text into English. This, together with the fact that it has a
weighty publisher behind it see Konkani writing reaching out to the wider
audiences it otherwise lacks."
"(T)he first Konkani novel to be translated into English, 'Acchev' is a
landmark in the history of the language for its amplitude and depth...
Critics have hailed this as 'a near-perfect work', and the elegant English
translation retains the nuances, lilt, humour and poetic rhythm of the
original," say the publishers.
Just out from the Press in Delhi, Volvoi (Ponda)-based author Naik says the
book was "against the destruction of humanity and nature", and it therefore
"had to be written in my mother tongue". Comments Naik: "I am happy that my
novel will now reach a wider audience in this English translation".
But getting the work published was no easy task.
"An unknown translator trying to place an unknown book by an unknown writer
in an unknown language didn't seem to make publishing sense and I gathered a
sheaf of rejection slips," comments translator Vidya Pai, in her note at the
start of the book.
This reference is obviously to travails that writers have to face in a small
language, yet to find a sufficiently large market of its own, and divided by
the existence of various scripts and dialects -- inspite of recent efforts
to push a form of standardisation.
Translator Pai also points out that during a workshop for award winners of a
national translation contest, other Indian languages "spoke of regional
writers and books that had been translated from their languages (while) we,
the Konkani writers, remained tongue-tied".
"We could boast of no organised attempts to translate Konkani writing into
English, to give it a wider readership. We had no translated titles to
display," she notes.
Translating 'The Upheaval' was conceived as a "small step to bridge this
gap". But as Pai herself notes, the book had a "long, often depressing,
gestation and a fairly-stormy birth".
Pai says her "mythical ancestor" fled southwards from Goa to escape intense
religious intolerance of the Portuguese centuries ago. In doing the work,
she found it "difficult enough" to comprehend the "culture, ethos and idiom
of language of the various Goan communities encountered in the book".
Says she: "If this translation introduces the reader to a Goa quite apart
from the cliched world of fun, frolic and feni, if it arouses interest in a
language marginalised by history's tide, if it inspires the Konkani reader
who has lost touch with his roots to seek to savor it in its original form,
this book's purpose will have been met."
Maria Aurora Couto, now based in Aldona, writes about "the Konkan, its
people, their language" in a 20-page introduction to book.
Konkani speaking communities have a "spread on the coastal belt (of western
India) which stretches along the west coast from Wasai (Bassein) and
Sindhudurg (Malwan) in Maharashtra, North and South Kanara in Karnataka to
Kochi (Cochin), Quilon and Alleppey in Kerala", she notes.
Besides, urban centres like Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Mumbai and Delhi "also
have a a considerable Konkani-speaking population who, despite merging
linguistically into the language of the State, nevertheless sustain cultural
links through community activity in samajs, associations and kendras".
Explaining the setting, Ms Couto -- incidentally the wife of former advisor
of the Goa Governor, Alban Couto -- notes that Naik's novel is set in the
village of Ponda in the so-called New Conquests "where Portuguese influence
was insignificant".
"It is no surprise that the socio-political thrust of his novel has less to
do with colonisation than with the changing landscape of Goa which began
with the mining boom in the 1950s," she comments. Naik wrote the novel at
the age of 25.
This novel's opening scenes are "palm trees, toddy tappers, bird song, rice
fields, a tenant farmer's sweaty body, clods of earth in freshly ploughed
fields watched by an ubiquitous figure of the Goan rural scene, the
scarecrow".
Naik has himself worked with many creative forms -- including poetry, short
stories, novels, plays and is also a screenwriter. He has 40 books to his
credit and two films.
This 144-page book is priced at Rs 295 and is available from OUP
(www.oup.com) in New Delhi.
Expected to reach out to a wider audience -- not just in Goa -- the book
assumes that the reader would not be familiar with local terms and nuances
from the Konkani language.
Its three-and-half page glossary explains terms like 'tavern' (small village
liquor shop where men gather to drink and to gossip after the day's work is
over), 'vaddo' (cluster of houses forming a part of a village), 'sompo'
(crude porch), and 'yajman' (host).
It also introduces terms like 'chumbal' (length of cloth wound tightly into
a disc and placed on the head while carrying heavy loads), 'dhalo'
(religious festival of song and dance), and Jalmi (literally, one who
creates, but here a descendent of the founder of the village who officiates
as a priest in ceremonies conducted to appease the spirits).
Its cover carries an illustration by Mohan Naik, courtesy the
Calangute-based Art Chamber 'Galeria de Belas Artes', titled 'Peasant Family
in Goa'. (ENDS)
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Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783
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