goanet-digest Tuesday, April 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3910
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[Goanet] Re: India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002
Re: [Goanet] Rules and Regulations
Re: [Goanet] Old Wedding Customs ....BIKAREANCHEM JEVONN...IV
[Goanet] COLOUR OF GOAN MANGOES
Re: [Goanet] Why women cry
Re: [Goanet] Re: India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002
[Goanet] FEATURE: Holidays with a difference for students off the Goa coast
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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:46:26 -0400
From: "Mervyn Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Re: India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002
>India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002
>"Those having dual citizenship will enjoy all rights and privileges on a
par
>with Indian citizens, including right to property etc, but will not have
>political rights nor the right to run for political office. They may also
be
>barred from appointments in strategic areas like defence, atomic energy
>etc," he said.
Folks,
I am almost at a loss for words.
The above has got to be the most hilarious piece I have read in a long time.
If I am reading this properly, India wants to create a class of citizens
that are citizens, but not really citizens? Is there any citizen of the US
or Canada who is going to agree to become a citizen of a country where he
does not have ALL the rights that other citizens enjoy?
>Keeping in mind the January announcement by Prime Minister Atal Bihari
>Vajpayee on grant of dual citizenship to non-resident Indians (NRIs), a
>concerted effort is being made by the government to ensure that a law is
>enforced to this effect before January 2003, which marks the anniversary of
>Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa.
This paragraph is just got to be the icing on this (fruit) cake news
release.
If I have understood the logic of the Indians, to celebrate the aniversary
of Mahatma Gahdhi's return to India, India is going to create a special
class of citizens that will not have the rights to run for political office?
I thank my stars I live in Canada.
Mervyn Lobo
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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:30:01 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Rules and Regulations
In a message dated 04/29/2002 11:41:27 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< Netters - I've been remiss in reminding you all of GoaNet's Rules and
Regulations. Please read them and follow them - they are few and
reasonable.
Thanks - Viviana >>
Yes, Thanks - Viviana!
Better Late Than Never :-)
And do keep that club handy!
I for one was frustrated with those cross-postings which hogged the bandwidth
and from a few publicity hounds :(
Pat de Sousa
Maryland, USA
PS: Remember the good old folks literally riddling people through with their
riddles.
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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:29:59 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Old Wedding Customs ....BIKAREANCHEM JEVONN...IV
In a message dated 04/30/2002 8:26:16 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The intention behind the service is to remember and pray for the dead
ancestors (also masses are offered for the souls of the dead ancestors,
close relatives of the family and even the old deceased faithful servant
of the family) on this important occasion of their house, through the
medium of these beggars representing them, the needy >>
Dear Fr. Nascimento:
Your recordation of such historical facts is truly a tribute and honour to
our Proud Goan Heritage :-)
We have vivid memories of a similar ceremony in Karachi, on the actual
Wedding Day, when the married Goan couple would go outside with a bottle of
fine Scotch Whiskey or other liquor. The bottle would then be broken in the
compound, as I understood, to appease the souls of their beloved dead. We too
followed it.
Your labour of love in documenting these customs definitely helps develop a
keen awareness, especially among some who have lost touch with reality, of
these rich and noble traditions. Our colourful heritage is fraught with rich
and noble sentiments!
I couldn't but shudder when a local priest in our parish dared preach from
the pulpit about the antiquity of feeding the beggars. He expressed doubts
if anyone these days would condescend to such customs. Ah, the difference
between East and West :(
Back in Karachi, Thursdays (Juma-raat), or the night before Friday, beggars
would converge around shops and homes. And yes, many of them were treated by
honest locals to similar bikareanchem jevonn :-)
Many thanks, Fr. Nascimento, for these inspirational postings.
We will pray for your good health. Blessings.
Clare & Pat de Sousa
Maryland, USA
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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 18:59:11 +0530
From: "Nash & Carol Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] COLOUR OF GOAN MANGOES
No problem about the explanation offered by you: it is plausible, yes,
> > although I don't believe that the yellow colour (as opposed to the red
> one) has anything to do with it.
It is quite amusing that so many of our Goans are engrossed in the correct
name and colour of our favourite Goan Mangoes. The reality is that, the Goan
Mangoes have almost turned Saffron colour.
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Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 08:39:23 +0400
From: "Sunila Muzawar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Why women cry
What a beautiful message this is. I have sent it to some of my friends.
Thanks to Eddie for sending it.
Cheers,
Sunila
>From: "Eddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Goanet] Why women cry
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:23:13 +0300
>
>Dear Friends,
>Here's another one for Mothers day....
>
>Why are you crying, a young boy asked his Mom?
>
>"Because I'm a woman," she told him.
>
>"I don't understand," he said
>
>His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will, but that's
>O.K.".....
>
>Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does Mom seem to cry for no
>reason?".
>
>"All women cry for no reason," was all his Dad could say......
>
>The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.
>
>Finally he put in a call to God and when God got back to him, he asked
>"God,
>why do women cry so easily?"
>
>GOD answered.....
>"When I made woman, I decided she had to be special. I made her shoulders
>strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet, made her arms gentle
>enough to give comfort......
>
>I gave her the inner strength to endure childbirth and rejection and the
>rejection that many times will come even from her own children.....
>
>I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going and take care of her
>family and friends, even when everyone else gives up, through sickness and
>fatigue without complaining.....
>
>I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all
>circumstances. Even when her child has hurt her badly......
>
>She has the very special power to make a child's boo-boo feel better and to
>quell a teenager's anxieties and fears.....
>
>I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite faults and I fashioned
>her from his rib to protect his heart.....
>
>I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but
>sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him
>unfalteringly......
>
>For all of this hard work, I also gave her a tear to shed. It is hers to
>use
>whenever needed and ! it is her only weakness....
>
>When you see her cry, tell her how much you love her, and all she does for
>everyone, and even though she may still cry, you will have made her heart
>feel good.
>
>She is special!
>
>Let your mother, sister, women friend know this and also men so they will
>understand about what a wonderful thing a woman is.
>
>Each day is a mountain that must be climbed; with courage each step gets
>easier.
>
>Love your Mother Always and keep her Smiling!!!
>
>Eddie Verdes
>Saudi Arabia
>
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Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 09:24:28 +0400
From: "Sunila Muzawar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002
Can you really see many stars in the sky in Canada ?
As a kid I remember being told stories from the Arabian Nights and most of
them described the clear skies at night with beautiful stars. When I came to
Dubai I discovered that that was a myth as far as Dubai was concerned at
least because I am lucky if I can count more than 5 stars in the sky on any
night here.
Now my Goan sky is so beautiful. It is blue during the day ....so much so
that you don't know where the sky ends and the sea begins. And at night it
is as if the stars are having a party....there are so many out there that
you cannot even begin to count. But I certainly thank them for being there.
In fact, every vacation I dream of looking up into the beautiful Goan sky.
;-)
Cheers,
Sunila
>From: "Mervyn Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Goanet] Re: India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:46:26 -0400
>
>
>I thank my stars I live in Canada.
>
>Mervyn Lobo
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Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 11:11:07 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: Holidays with a difference for students off the Goa coast
Holidays with a difference for students off the Goa coast
By Frederick Noronha
PANAJI (Goa), April 30: For over a hundred students in Goa, the summer heat
and holidays took them to the beachside with an unusual mission: learning
from scientists what secrets the shores holds under their sands.
In late-April, the students, in two batches took part in a 'summer course',
being organised by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography.
"We aim to create an awareness about the seas, flora and fauna and the
sensitive ecosystem such as mangroves (tropical maritime trees that grow in
coastal areas). It includes lectures, films slide shows and field trips to a
beach and mangrove area," said NIO scientist and course coordinator
S.R.Bhat.
Students are being given a chance to work in the lab to analyse the samples
they have collected during field trips and prepare observation reports.
The National Institute of Oceanography, one of the 38 constituents of the
Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is an
oceanographic research organization based at the Dona Paula locality of Goa,
some eight kms from here.
In an attempt to make its skills better known to denizens of this coastal
state, NIO recently announced short duration summer courses for the students
of classes VIII to XII.
NIO said it got some 100 students responding by the due date, and requests
from another 25 students came afterwards.
In the already-concluded first batch, some 49 students -- 21 girls and 28
boys. They came from some 25 different schools, as far apart as Assonora,
Calangute, Mapusa, Margao, Panjim, Pernem, Ponda, Porvorim, and Dona Paula
itself.
NIO provided the students with free copies of articles and excerpts of the
topics relevant to the subject proposed for the course, like benthic
fauna,algal blooms and mangroves.
Students taking part in this unusual summer break were also provided with
free observation sheets, lunch, tea and snacks and free transport for field
work and to reach them to the Panaji bus terminus at the end of each day.
Bhat says this short course of four days would just touch upon water,
sediment and the associated environment such as mangroves, but possibly
enough to "enkindle an interest about seas around youngsters and to make
them realise their importance".
NIO, he said, was enthused by the "overwhelming response" and was
considering holding such courses on a regular basis.
NIO director Dr.Ehrlich Desa, now at the helm of a research centre sometimes
critiqued for not making its work widely known to the local community, has
been behind pushing such outreach activities for students and others.
Desa told students that the NIO has been one of the "finest institutions of
ocean" research and a place for the younger generation to choose for their
career developement.
NIO, he noted, is also open to visitors during other days of the year. It
has formal Open Days on NIO foundation day on 25 January, National Science
Day on 28 Februray, National Technology Day on May 11 and CSIR Foundation
Day on 26 September.
Desa invited the students to make use of NIO library, computer facility and
interact with the scientists. This should be done as a matter of right from
this publicly funded laboratory, he suggested.
Students were made familiar with the Institute activities, and were given
guidelines on field and lab work.Forenoons of two days were devoted for
field work, including a visit to the beach -- for a different kind of joy
though -- and a mangrove area.
Once in the field, students were divided into smaller batches. One group
studied beach fauna using methodology followed by the marine biologists. The
second observed sand dunes and vegetation, while the third got involved in
beach profiling by laser track and dumpy levels.
During the field trip, to Chorao -- an island off Panaji which is a densely
populated mangrove area -- students studied mangroves and plankton.
Chorao island's ferry boat, normally just used by the commuters to cross the
Mandovi river that divides the island, was this time used as a platform to
demonstrate the water sampling method for analysis of plankton (floating
minute animal and plant organisms in water) and its chemical composition.
Afternoons were used to carry out lab observations on the samples collected.
Students were later given a two-minute slot to present highlights of their
observations, learnings and suggestions (ENDS)
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