goanet-digest Wednesday, April 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3876
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Re: [Goanet] re: Ancestral remedies & Santosh
[Goanet] Presidential Elections in India
[Goanet] Ancestral Home Remedies
[Goanet] HERALD: Tuesday Tunes
[Goanet] Live Konkani Music
Re:[Goanet] Ancestral Home Remedies
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:37:56 +0000
From: "Nagesh Bhatcar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] re: Ancestral remedies & Santosh
>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
>
A lot of people go to Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, where a family
administers this live fish treatment to thousands of asthma sufferers.
Once a year, when this event is held, this live fish stuffed with
medicines, is virtually pushed down the throat of any willing asthma
patient!
The website http://www.fish-medicine.org/ provides all the info on this
treatment.
Nagesh
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:37:51 -0400
From: "Mervyn Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Presidential Elections in India
TONY BORGES wrote:
>DR. LEO REBELLO OF BOMBAY TO CONTEST
>PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN INDIA
>Please read on and support
>
>Whereas, Dr. Karan Singh and Mr. V.P.Singh (the two other contenders) have
>passed their prime, Dr. Leo Rebello - who turned 52 on April 11, if elected
will
>be the youngest President of India. He represents three minorities :
Christians
>(by birth), Parsis (by marriage) and Humanitarians (by choice).
>
>Dr. Leo Rebello is highly qualified, well-traveled in some 51 countries,
written
>25 books, has 30 years of solid all round social work experience. He has
met
>several world leaders and his contribution to Humanism in Health is widely
>known. He has once again been nominated for a Nobel and recipient of many
>international awards.
Mr. Borges,
Please tell me this is not the same Dr. Leo Rebello who wants to cure aids
by "music therapy."
Regards
Mervyn Lobo
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:57:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: bernadine decosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Ancestral Home Remedies
And here's another one of those great ancestral home
remedies - it does work.
For a earache, put three or four drops of breast milk
in the ear that is aching, from a mother who is breast
feeding.
I remember giving my breast milk on 3 ocassions when
some family friends asked me to give few drops of
breast milk to stop their ear-ache.
It did wonders....the ear-ache had gone.
Yeah....we need to compile all these remedies so that
our future generations can always put them to use -
these are far less harmful than modern day medicines,
antibiotics etc.,
Bernadine
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:11:35 +0530
From: "Frederick Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] HERALD: Tuesday Tunes
www.oherald.com dated April 23, 2002
TUESDAY TUNES
Officials are in, MLAs are out?
IF IT WERE an ex-MLA and a bureaucrat, who were lined-up for an audience
with the chief minister at the latter's official residence, who among the
two would it have been to be granted the meeting first?
In normal circumstances, of course the politician. But not any more... at
least not since the Goa Legislative Assembly was dissolved.
It so happened that a top-rung bureaucrat bumped into an ex-MLA of the BJP
in the gallery outside the CM's chamber at 'Mahalaxmi'. Both, had to meet
the CM. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, this is what the
resigned-looking ex-MLA had to say to the bureaucrat: "You should see him
(CM) first. You people have the priority now."
The statement had the bureaucrat looking embarrassed, and searching for
words, but before she could utter any, the CM's office boy walked up to her
with a message from the boss to see him!
Give-and-take of leaks
SOME HUMBLE BUREAUCRATS may feel uncomfortable with their new found
superiority over their political counterparts, like the one referred to
above. Wonder if her sub-ordinates, would feel the same way once a recent
circular that promises officials of the 'joint-secretary' rank for cabins
fitted with air-conditioners, is implemented.
With the politicians suddenly vacating cabins at the secretariat, the
government has discovered that air-conditioned offices are now in excess.
This, apparently, is why the government has suddenly felt that
joint-secretaries too deserve cabins with ACs.A Superintendent of Police,
recently, 'leaked' information about such a government circular. The leak,
obviously, was inspired by a jealousy-driven desire that it would result in
adverse publicity. Nice try, Mr SP!
Saffron clue?
THERE ARE SEVERAL legends about the origination of Goa, rather 'Gomant' as
it is referred to in the Mahabharata. One such legend speaks of an arrow
shot from a peak of the Sahayadri by Parasurama - the sixth incarnation of
Vishnu. This arrow, endowed with special powers, pushed the sea backwards,
making Goa emerge.
The site www.republicday.org, has reproduced this legend which also speaks
of present day Benaulim as the "Bann-halli" spot, meaning, where the arrow
fell.
Wonder, whether it is this legend that inspired the present day, former
legislator of Benaulim, to rediscover the pre-historic origins of his
constituency. How else then, can one explain cutting of Congress lines and
into the saffron political turf?
Goan for Presidency!?
WHO IS IN the race for the Indian presidency?
We've heard of Dr Karan Singh, Dr P C Alexander and even Dr Farooq Abdullah.
But should we mention of Dr Leo Rebello......"Leo who?" would be the instant
response. Read this un-verified posting on the net, that is reproduced
hereunder, and, who Dr Leo is, will be discovered we hope.
"Whereas, Dr Karan Singh and Dr P C Alexander (the two other contenders)
have passed their prime, Dr Leo Rebello - who will be 52 in April - if
elected will be the youngest President of India. He represents three
minorities : Christians (by birth), Parsis (by marriage) and Humanitarians
(by choice).
"He is highly qualified, well-traveled in some 51 countries, has written 25
books, has 30 years of solid all round social work experience. His
contribution to Humanism in Health is widely known. He has once again been
nominated for a Nobel and recipient of many international awards.
He also has clean habits, is a vegetarian and teetotaler and linguist, who
speaks fluent Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujarathi and Konkani."
"Dr Leo Rebello is a statesman and not a politician and his heart beats for
India. He is not self-serving and he will not compromise. All over the world
there are young leaders. Only in India old men are elected even though the
Constitution of India provides 35 as the minimum age for that august post of
President of India."
In Modi mode
SO NATIONAL LEADERS would once again make a bee-line for this tiny state, in
order to campaign for their respective political parties. CM Manohar
Parrikar in fact announced, that Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley
would be the star speakers for the party in Goa. Just a small thought, had
Mr Modi been invited too?
Playing it safe!
IT'S STRANGE HOW thorough Goan politicians can be when it comes to the Code
of Conduct or elections, rather.
Last week, sports journos who drove upto the bungalow of Minister for
Forests Prakash Phadte, at Altinho to attend a press conference called to
announce the first-ever West Zone Tennis Ball cricket championship, were in
for a surprise when officials humbly said the venue was shifted to a
prominent city hotel.Sample this now in vogue "off-the-record" explanation
provided by a high-profile official. "The minister did not want the press
conference to send wrong signals with the Code of Conduct in place." Both
the official and Mr Phadte probably had a point. The press conference was
due to be followed by the "customary" dinner.
When in Rome....
THOSE POLITICIANS AGAIN! At a musical evening, not far away from the capital
city, a veteran politician who spearheaded Goa's Konkani agitation, ended-up
ruffling a few feathers. Things were well and truly under control, right
from the start but whispers of discontent went around no sooner the
politician rose-up to, in the compere's words, "say a few words."
For the first time, at least publicly, the politician addressed in Konkani.
Nothing wrong with her language though, but quite a few purists raised their
eyebrows in surprise. "Why this sudden change," many sought to know. None
besides of course the politician had the answers. One thing for sure, the
politician gave credence to the popular belief that "when in Rome, behave
like the Romans do."
Wonder what former Chief Minister Churchill Alemao would have done, if he
was the Chief Guest. Goans, do you still remember the maiden Konkani speech
in Parliament?
Premises galore
IT'S ELECTION TIME and for aspirants for Congress nominations, it's time to
try out all possible ways and means to breast the tape in the race for
tickets. One such innovative idea that has clicked on the minds of aspirants
in Mapusa is to let their premises to be used as party offices.
Strong contender for the Mapusa ticket, Mathew Braganza, is one such
Congressman. A former mayor, Mr Braganza, has allowed the party to locate
its North Goa District Congress Committee office in his premises at Braganza
House, opposite the KTC bus-stand.
Another of Braganza's likes is the former Calangute MLA, Srikant Malik, who
contested as a Congress nominee in Saligao the last time round. Mr Malik, is
reported to be keen to contest from Calangute again, and has allowed the
party to use his premises as a block office. Only, it is located in Mapusa
and not Calangute, and is being designated the 'Mapusa block campaign office
' of the Congress. What's queer though of the 'NGDCC office' and the
'campaign office' of the Congress in Mapusa, is that they are both located
in the same building - Braganza House. Indeed, when it rains, it pours
office premises for the Congress.
Tailpiece
Politics makes for heady wine
Goa is ready to brew
The grapes are ripe and
The time is right
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:38:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ulysses Menezes - GOA-WORLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Live Konkani Music
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:43:39 -0000
From: "santoshhelekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re:[Goanet] Ancestral Home Remedies
- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], bernadine decosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Yeah....we need to compile all these remedies so that
>our future generations can always put them to use -
>these are far less harmful than modern day medicines,
>antibiotics etc.,
>
Not if you count the careful and caring application of cowdung on the
freshly cut umbilical cord of an infant. Those who have encountered
this seemingly harmless act of healing have more often than not found
out that the curative powers of cowdung, if any, are well masked by
its smell and its potential to produce tetanus.
It is important not to go overboard with the mythical effectiveness
and harmlessness of home remedies. Somebody has to compile them
because of their cultural value - their value as a heartwarming
component of our rich tradition, and for sheer amusement. But as for
their usefulness in the treatment of genuine medical conditions,
their chances of therapeutic success might charitably be slightly
better than of music curing an AIDS patient. And many of these
remedies can pose a significant threat to one's life.
For example, another addition to stomping breech boy and other home
remedies is a deceptively innocuous and silly little Goan folk
remedy, whose name I consider to be a triumph of our homegrown Goan
imagination. This remedy is fittingly called mithacho goo (Hey, this
did pass Herman's filter!). It's use, as far as I know, is limited to
little girls with infected newly pierced noses. The whole idea behind
this remedy is to separate the dirt from common salt, and apply it to
the purulent bleb on the pierced nose of a hapless child. In every
instance that I have seen it used, the poor victim ended up with a
nose twice as infected and horribly swollen, crying to be rescued by
the dreaded antibiotics.
Cheers,
Santosh
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