goanet-digest Tuesday, April 23 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3873
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[Goanet] Sadhu Shilanand pioneers new approach in evangelisation
[Goanet] 21 Apr: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
[Goanet] re: Ancestral remedies & Santosh
[Goanet] Support this restaurant
[Goanet] 23 Apr: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:21:18 +0530
From: "sarnews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Sadhu Shilanand pioneers new approach in evangelisation
SAR News Apr. 23, 2002
Sadhu Shilanand Pioneers a New Approach in Evangelisation
New Delhi: SAR News
A Jesuit Brother, Sadhu Shilanand, calls it "Masihi Satsangh," which literally means
Christian fellowship groups. It is a pleasant mixture of charismatic movement and
traditional Indian style of katha-kirtan, or story-telling through songs.
As a zealous missionary, Sadhu Shilanand is clear about his vision and mission:
evangelisation of village folks through proclaiming the life and message of Christ
through ways and means in which the people understand and feel at home.
Sadhu Shilanand, born Silvester D'Souza at Mangalore, has a team of five lay people
who are clued up on his vision and mission of evangelisation, the life and message of
Jesus Christ and the catechism of the Catholic Church.
Sadhu Shilanand told SAR News that he worked with a veteran Jesuit missionary, Fr. Ed
Mann, in the village mission in Bihar and from his method of preaching and catechising
the village people, he has learned a lot and developed his present method of
evangelisation.
"With this new approach, evangelisation has been taking place effectively in Patna
Diocese since 1998," says Sadhu Shilanand. He has the whole of the four Gospels and
the Acts composed in the form of traditional Ram Katha in local Bhojpuri and Maghi
dialects, which even the illiterate villagers can understand.
Usually his five-member team consisting of an animator, a singer, a preacher and
drum-beater goes to a village or to a hostel in the village. The drum-beating and
singing, usually late in the evening, begin to attract villagers. When people gather,
the team acts out a real scene from the lives of the local people and then again with
the help of the people, the scene is analysed. The animator leads the dialogue with
the people. The message of the enacted scene is reinforced through singing and
appropriate conclusion leading to repentance, reconciliation, etc. The people also
participate actively as the final songs which usually involve dancing to the tune of
the songs and drum-beating.
"One village in my parish has only one Catholic family. But now after a programme by
the Masihi Satsangh team, more and more people are keen to accept Jesus as their
Saviour," says Jesuit Father Augustine of the Catholic Church at Basanni Kothi, Bihar.
Another Parish Priest, Fr. Mathew Uzhuthal of Catholic Church, Mokama, Bihar wrote to
Sadhu Shilanand: "Mr. Arun and Mr. Ajay, your team members, are really talented and
hard working. They sing and speak to people convincingly and consistently the Catholic
interpretations of the Bible passages in the dialect of the people. This helped even
the illiterate people in the village to understand the message which they want to
convey."
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:03:10 +0530
From: "Aloysius D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 21 Apr: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
Hi Goans everywhere,
I hope these "ornamental plants" are not of medicinal value -- our
American friends are known to buy something that they will investigate
thoroughly and then patent -- subsequently charge us royalty to use these
same plants or their extracts -- refer the medicinal value of NEEM,
TURMERIC (HALDI), GINGER, GARLIC, ETC
Cheers
Aloysius D'Souza
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From: Joel D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:08 PM
Subject: [Goanet] 21 Apr: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
> GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
> 21 APRIL 2002
>
> EXPORT OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: Cosme Pharma Limited, a unit of Cosme Group
of
> Companies, released their first export consignment of ornamental plants
> recently. The company bagged an export order for ornamental plants from a
> USA-based biotechnology firm and entered into an agreement on regular
> exports. (H)
>
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:13:10 -0000
From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] re: Ancestral remedies & Santosh
Jose wrote:
> Dear Santosh,
>
> do you remember a "treatment" for childhood asthma
> which as doing its rounds in Goa....i.e. The hapless
> child was made to drink blood of a chameleon?
>
It's not a chameleon Jose. It is some kind of a monitor lizard. In
Konkani I believe it is called gaar. Yes, I do remember that cure
well, although I never had a first-hand experience of it. In
retrospect, I would have loved to have that memory rather than the
experience. Actually, there is another asthma remedy from other parts
of the world that is more amusing to me than the blood of gaar, and
that is swallowing a whole live fish. Have you seen that being done?
Cheers,
Santosh
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:18:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: V M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Support this restaurant
Greetings all.
Fred Noronha has persuaded me to resubscribe to this
forum, and I'm happy to see some old-time
correspondents still contributing here.
Anyway, I'm back after spending ten extremely hot days
in Goa - coinciding with that BJP national conference.
It was rather interesting to see giant cut-outs of the
leadership of that party on the streets of Panjim, and
to have the view from my car windows literally
saffronized with party flags festooned every few
yards.
The highlight of every trip to Goa for us is,
naturally, the food. It was mango season, and we made
sure to eat as many as we could get our hands on. And
there was plenty of fish available, especially my
favorite little velhos which I consumed in vast
quantity - entire schools of them disappeared into my
appreciative gullet.
The purpose of this post, however, is to tell you all
about my #1 culinary discovery on this trip to Goa -
the newish little restaurant in Caranzalem called 'O
Cozinheiro'. It takes a little bit of finding, since
it's off the main road and tucked into a corner of
that accessible village, but do persevere.
Here's the thing - Goan restaurants are plentiful but
very few feature cooks who really take pains to
interpret the local cuisine in a meticulous and
attentive manner. I always eat at Florentine, for
example, the now-legendary dive in Saligao, and the
food there is consistently fine, but it isn't
particularly carefully made. The same can be said of
Martin's Corner in Betalbatim in the South of Goa.
Good food, good ingredients, but perhaps lacking in a
certain professional element that could take the food
from simply good to eye-opening, to world-class.
It is a small irony that Floyd Cardoz has taken New
York somewhat by storm with his elegant and daring
interpretations of Goan (at least Bombay Goan) dishes
with an eye towards haute cuisine, but Goa has lacked
a chef (or chefs, if we want to be greedy) with the
confidence to do something similar at home.
Now, I'm not comparing a celebrity,
classically-trained, chef like Floyd Cardoz to Joe
Martins of 'O Cozinheiro', and most likely young
Martins would be appalled at the very idea. But let me
put it this way - Cardoz himself would surely like
Martins' food.
O' Cozinheiro features a menu of straight up Goan
standards, from chicken cafreal to all the various
fish and crab and shellfish dishes, and a range of
starters. Everything is reasonably priced, maybe 10%
more than Florentine but still a fraction of what
you'd pay at a hotel. But what distinguishes its food
from that of any other restaurant I've been to in Goa
is the minute care taken with each ingredient, Martins
is clearly someone who loves his Goan culinary palette
and takes immense pride in displaying in the best
light possible. He carefully marinates and ages his
meats, his fish is prepared with a light and expert
touch. Let me give you this example of his
attentiveness - not content with the (good) quality
of bread commercially available, Martins makes his own
by going through the arduous process of mixing his
batter and proving it in climate-controlled
conditions, and then making it fresh to serve hot to
his delighted customers. It's the best bread in Goa,
and that's saying something.
Why am I taking the (entirely unsolicited) step of
giving Martins such a public appreciation on the
Internet? Because he should be supported, and because
I am entirely confident that his food will win you
over as it did me. In fact, my first meal there was so
revelatory and singular that I made it a point to
revisit a few days later to re-test. No disappointment
whatsoever.
It's a small restaurant, extremely neat and clean even
though the decor can most charitably be described as
'homey'. But Martins is doing something quite special,
and he deserves to have his efforts rewarded. Go there
the next time you're in Goa, make it a point to have a
meal at 'O Cozinheiro', I am sure that you will be
entirely satisfied by the experience, and I dare say
that you'll wind up as captivated as everyone I know
has been.
I happen to have the address handy - O Cozinheiro,
Near Football Ground, Caranzalem, Ilhas. Telephone -
228234. Check it out.
VM
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:09:16 +0530
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 23 Apr: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
23 APRIL 2002
ORDINANCE ON CONTINGENCY FUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Senior counsel, SK Kakodkar,
yesterday argued before the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court, that the
'Contingency Fund' ordinance promulgated by the Governor, Mohammed Fazal, is
"unconstitutional" in as much as it provides to divert the State's revenues
from its constitutional route into the 'Consolidated Fund'. (H)
CONG, NCP MAY JOIN HANDS: The Nationalist Congress, which is eager to crack a
seat-sharing deal with the Congress Party will step in the election arena of
Goa for the first time. The preliminary talk in this direction has been
already held between Dr Wilfred de Souza and Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
chief Nirmala Sawant recently. (GT)
PIGGY-BACK RIDE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar ridiculed the Congress for
their piggy-back ride on the NCP stating that even before the poll campaign
of the BJP commenced, the Congress had developed cold feet. (GT)
CENTRE TO DECIDE KHALAP ISSUE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said
that Law Minister Ramakant Khalap's issue vis-�-vis BJP, had been referred to
the party's central leadership. (H)
DR MESQUITA STAKES CLAIM: Dr Wilfred Mesquita, former Revenue minister, who
won the 1994 elections from Vasco constituency, has caused a flutter by
staking his claim to contest from Cortalim constituency on the Congress
ticket. (GT)
JUST FIVE ZP MEMBERS: Just five out of the total 20 members of the South Goa
Zilla panchayat deliberating and finalizing the budget proposals for the
2002-03 financial year would seem strange for many. This is even more
surprising given that the zilla members had been vocal in demanding more
powers from the government. (H)
NEED TO STREAMLINE 'OUT OF COURT' MECHANISM: The Chief Justice of India
designate, Justice BN Kirpal, has suggested to the Goa State Legal Services
Authority to experiment with 'mediation' as an alternative disputes redressal
forum has been introduced by Andhra Pradesh and emphasised on the need to
streamline the 'out of court' mechanism. (H)
CLASH IN BENAULIM: Supporters of ex-MLA of Benaulim Churchill Alemao and
Mickky Pacheco had a minor clash but prompt action by the Colva police
averted an ugly situation. (GT)
TWO INJURED IN DIVAR: Tow persons (Antonio Menezes and Chowdury) were injured
when two scooters collided with each other near the Fr Soares ground at Divar
on Sunday. (H)
MGP TO CONTEST 27 SEATS: MGP president Shashikala Kakodkar expressed the view
that the party should contest 27 seats out of 40 and leave the rest to other
parties. (GT)
LINESMAN ELECTROCUTED: A linesman (Alleluia Araujo) attached to the
electricity department, Sancoale, died of electrocution yesterday when he had
climbed an electric pole to rectify a fault. (GT)
KONKANI POETRY PRESENTATION: Three leading Konkani poets-Nutan Sakhardande,
Nayana Adarkar and Maya Kharangate-will present their poems at a programme
organised by the Kala Academy on April 25 at 5 pm under the banner of
Sahityaprakash at the Black Box. (GT)
CIVIL SUIT ON GARBAGE: Husband and wife duo-Levin and Sheroline da
Costa-filed a civil suit against Margao Municipal Council, Comunidade of
Margao and Manovikas Public Charitable Trust praying to restrain dumping of
garbage at the dump at Sonsoddo. (GT)
CAR VANISHES: A Marutii car belonging to Simon Fernandes literally vanished
into thin air at Miramar, just fifteen minutes after it was parked. (GT)
BJP WEBSITE: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday opened the party's
official website www.goabjp.com at the BJP's Panjim office. (GT)
HEAVY SHOWERS AT CANACONA: Heavy pre-monsoon rains lashed many parts of
Canacona on the night of April 22. The showers lasted for about two hours and
was accompanied by lightning and thunder.
CHANGE IN RAJ BHAVAN NUMBER: The new telephone numbers of Raj Bhavan, Goa,
will be the following from 1 May, 2002: 453501/2/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/99.
KONKANI WRITER BAGS AWARD: Konkani short story writer Prakash S Pariekar from
Sattari, has won a prestigious national-level Katha ward for creative fiction
in Konkani, for the year 2001, for his short story "Chandrakor" recently. (GT)
S P O R T S
DEMPO CLOSER TO NFL BERTH: Dempo Sports Club collected full points by
defeating State Bank Travancore, by a solitary Goa, in the Second Division
National Football League in Pondicherry. Dempo now head the league table with
12 points from 4 matches. (GT)
D E A T H S
20 Apr: Cuncolim: OLIVER LR COUTINHO, husband of Olfrinda, father of
Olwin, Rovina/Navil.
22 Apr: Chicalim: MELBA DE AZAREDO, sister/sister-in-law of late
Manuel/late Lucilla Sequeira, late Angela/late Rozendo, late Verodiana/late
Jose Miranda, late Ramiro, late Olivia/late Octaviano, late Alzira/late Mick,
Francisco.
22 Apr: Santa Cruz: ALELUIA ANTON JOAO DE ARAUJO, husband of Felicidade,
father of Manuel and Ruzai. Brother of Minguel/Brigita Buzin (Kuwait)/Luiza.
22 Apr: Goa Velha: MARIA JULIA HELENA NOVAIS E NUNES, mother of
Pedrinho/Conceicao, Inacinho/Rita.
G O A W E A T H E R
Min Temp : 28.4 deg C (83.1 deg F)
Max Temp: 33.1 deg C; Relative Humidity: 79% (yesterday-Panjim)
Weather: A rather bright morning, after nearly a week of hazy weather.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
Daily Goacom News Clippings also at: http://www.goacom.com/news
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