goanet-digest Tuesday, June 11 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4068
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Urgent help to trace a missing boy
[Goanet] Goa Day 2002 & Rene
[Goanet] regarding goanew
[Goanet] COLUMN -- Whose Sorry Now
[Goanet] Addressing Cecil Pinto & the community
[Goanet] Goa Day 2002 & Rene
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:15:02 -0600 (MDT)
From: Wordsworth Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Urgent help to trace a missing boy
HELP TRACE MISSING BOY
Aaron Madeira, a young boy of 15 years, staying in Caranzalem Goa, is
missing since 9 June Sunday. It appears that Aaron, a student of Don Bosco
High School, Panjim, might have run away from home after seeing his results.
Aaron is 5.6ft in height, wheatish in complexion and usually wears a red cap.
According to two of his seniors in school, they spotted in Vasco late
evening, on 9 June, Sunday, close to the Railway Station. Aaron could
possibly have taken off to BANGALORE or MUMBAI as he is fairly familiar
with the place, having been there on a holiday earlier.
Any information on his whereabouts may be forwarded to the nearest police
station or on tel: (0832) 221506, 221758.
ILIDIO DE NORONHA
Res: E-2/S-2, Martins' Enclave, Caranzalem, Goa. 403 002.
Tel: 91+832+220787; Mob: 9822159441
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:43:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Goa Day 2002 & Rene
Dear Rene,
I was delighted to see GOA DAY 2002 messages and the related celebrations (Dr. Colaco,
etc.). I
plan to celebrate GOA DAY here in the San Fran with friends on Aug 3 (my schedule does
not permit
a Aug 17, 18 celebration here). Perhaps we will also remember GOA DAY in New York at
the July 2
dinner.
Keep up the good work.
George
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:07:10 +0530
From: Ashley Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] regarding goanew
Could some kind soul kindly explain what this means? is is like making
panjim to look similar to Vigan????
thanks
Ashley
At 12:04 AM 6/11/02 -0600, you wrote:
>TWINNING OF PANJIM WITH VIGAN: The Panjim Municipal council has in
>principle approved the proposal for the twinning of the city of Panjim with
>the city of Vigan in Philippines, as proposed by the Ambassador of India in
>Manila, Philippines. (H)
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Ashley Delaney (Don't upset me! I'm running out of places to hide the
bodies.)
Res: Abreovaddo, Saligao, Bardez Goa. India. 403511
Ph.(R) 0091-0832-409580 Mobile: 9823014976
MSN MESSENGER: delaneyashley , Yahoo ID: ashleywiz
Instant mail!!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:07:03 -0400
From: "M Mascarenhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] COLUMN -- Whose Sorry Now
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Precedence: bulk
Margaret Mascarenhas
Who's sorry now
So now we know. We know that the Goan electorate is a lot more
politically savvy than the parties give them credit for. We know that
Goans have once again delivered a fractured mandate, and left the
Assembly hung out to dry. In the process; regional parties made a bit of
a come-back and the national parties were taught a lesson.
The Congress learned that most people are sick of the same robber
barons, and that relying exclusively on the communal card to win votes is
really stupid. The NCP learned that 1 out of 15 is a joke and that they
had better come up with an election agenda that isn't complete
gibberish. The BJP learned to pay as much attention to Fundamental Rights
as to fundamentalists, not to count their chickens before they hatch, and
that arrogance is not bliss.
For some reason Dr Willy de Sousa, the NCP's one-man-show, continues to
insist that his own version of politics does not constitute
defection. Which has led me to the conclusion that the doctor could use
an English lesson. The standard dictionary definition of defection
is: desertion/abandonment of one's leader, or side, or cause. That is to
say: it is the act of departing, not the destination, that is
relevant. Whether one leaves to join another party or to form a new one,
has nothing to do with the price of tea in China. Leaving, quite simply,
constitutes defection, not to mention a betrayal of the electorate. I
can't be positive, but I'd be willing to wager that under this
definition, Dr Willy is the biggest defector on Planet Earth. Also: if
he wants to be Speaker, it might be a good idea for him to learn the
meanings of words.
Incidentally, "winnability" is not a word.
And, speaking of words, while the heat was on, veteran columnist Mario
Cabral e Sa likened the antics of Goa's political hopefuls to a "naughty
can-can", where the participants perform a zany dance, kick up their
heels, and then turn around and expose their tushes (hey, guys, shake
your bootie)-the most apt and hilarious campaign analysis I've read to
date. I nearly fell on the floor laughing.
Some analysts are of the opinion that the BJP emerged from the election
fray with a slight majority based predominantly on the outstanding
administrative performance and squeaky clean personal record of Manohar
Parrikar during his unelected tenure as CM. (Just about everyone agrees
that there was never any question of him losing in his own
constituency.) The stats seem to show that the voting public is
increasingly disillusioned with the Congress' refusal to divest itself of
the taint of defection politics and widespread corruption, and that a
considerable portion of the secular vote went to the BJP for this
reason. (Personally, I think it is pathetic that out of one billion
people, the Congress can't find a single Indian to serve as its national
leader.)
Other analysts have gone so far as to say that, had it not been for
Gujarat and the rabid communal mumbo-jumbo emanating from the VHP,
Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Vajpayee, the BJP would have won, at the
very least, three more seats in Goa. Certainly, the BJP had it's act
together on the campaign front -website, front page ads, brochures,
rallies, and seemingly tireless footwork-which, by comparison, made most
of the other parties seem lazy, confused and/or ridiculous.
Anyway, Goa now has, for the first time, an elected BJP CM, and only time
will tell whether he is up to the task of running Goa effectively and
fair-mindedly. It would be nice if he would follow the 5-point plan of
Nandkumar Kamat (Navind Times, June 3), but I'm not holding my breath.
Meanwhile, I'm trying not to contemplate nuclear war and have switched
my focus to the three Fs: Fashion, Football, and Fish-Curry-Rice.
Wendell Rodricks has apparently retired from a brief stint in politics
and opened his new showroom at Altinho, followed by a fun-filled party at
the Ozone Bar. Those of you with adequate cash flow will rush up and
stake your claim to a designer original; those of you without, well.what
the hell is that you're wearing?
Goa Foundation has released the long-awaited revised fourth edition of
Fish, Curry and Rice (at Hotel Nova Goa (hard and soft-cover, priced at
Rs 750 and 500 respectively). Those who attended the launch, received an
attractive one-time-only discount.
All over Panjim, on June 1st, people were panicking and phoning each
other because they didn't have TenSports. I myself was ready to pack my
bags and move to the suburbs, which were already 'on the ball', so to
speak. But the Panjim connection finally kicked in for the inaugural
ceremony (the BOOM song failed to turn me on). The World Cup got off to
an exciting start, with some unexpected results: Senegal beat France, the
defending champions, 1 to 0, and Germany whipped Saudi Arabia's butt, 8
to 0. But I have eyes only for Brazil and Argentina.
http://mmascgoa.tripod.com
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:03:01 +0000
From: "Herman Carneiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Addressing Cecil Pinto & the community
Mr. Pinto:
Vivian's email, which represents the views of the admin team, was spot on
the point. It's the only thing we're concerned about and it's simple. We
will reinstate your membership to Goanet if you agree not to post
advertisements. We have made it clear that we are not interested in your
money - we just want you to stop taking advantage of Goanet.
Commercial posts include noncommercial and commercial subject matter that
has URL links to the poster's commercial interests that may be displayed in
the email message, i.e. in the body of the message, subject, the signature
file, etc.
Membership on Goanet is contingent upon the rules and regulations and we
hold everyone of our members to them. We are not going to comment any
further on this issue, in private or in public.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I would like to apologise to the new members and those of you who are not
involved in this issue to waste your bandwidth. Thank you for your
continued support and dedication to the community.
I also want to reiterate something I said a while back. Goanet was setup to
unite the community. Those of you who aim to divide our community have no
place on Goanet.
Sincerely yours,
Herman Carneiro
Ob behalf of the Goanet Admin: Vivian Coelho
Frederick Noronha
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:12:58 -0700
From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Goa Day 2002 & Rene
> Dear Rene,
>
> I was delighted to see GOA DAY 2002 messages and the related celebrations
(Dr. Colaco, etc ..........George Pinto
We continue receiving messages ................and I am proud and pleased
to share these mesages with you .
Over the past few years Goa has seen an unprecedented errosion of its
cultural, architectural and environmental heritage. I strongly urge Goans
everywhere to support the conservations efforts of NGOs and individual
activists in Goa. In fact, I encourage you to become individual activists;
write letters to the editors of newpapers, and to the Government of Goa,
join and/or contribute funds to the NGO of your choice which is working for
the preservation of Goa.
Margaret Mascarenhas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mmascgoa.tripod.com
MASCARENHAS is a consulting editor, columnist and novelist,
the author of the best-selling novel, Skin, Penguin India's first fiction
title of 2001.
She grew up in Venezuela, went to college in the US and currently divides
her time between Goa and California.
She is working on her new book, Passion Fruit. *
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rene
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