goanet-digest Wednesday, June 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4071
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[Goanet] Public Hearing on Cattle in Goa - 14th June.
[Goanet] Re: [goancauses] Perishing Goa Net Admin Team
[Goanet] All I need is Love
[Goanet] FEATURE: Kala Academy, showcase of hidden talent
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:22:52 +0530
From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Public Hearing on Cattle in Goa - 14th June.
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Public Hearing on Cattle in Goa - 14th June.
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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CATTLE
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
The Central Government has established a National Commission
on Cattle (Rashtriya Govansh Ayog) with the following terms of reference.
a) To review there relevant laws of the land (Centre as well as States)
which relate to protection, preservation development and well being of
Cow and its progeny and suggest measures for their effective
implementation.
b) To study the existing provisions for the maintenance of Goshalas,
Gosadans, Pinjrapoles and other organizations working for protection
and development of cattle and suggest measures of making them
economically viable.
c) To study the contribution of cattle towards the Indian economy and
to suggest ways and means of organizing scientific research for maximum
utilization of cattle products and draught animal power in the field
of nutrition
and health agriculture and energy and to submit a comprehensive scheme
in this regard to the Central Government.
d) To review and suggest measures to improve the availability of feed and
fodder to support the cattle population.
The Commission has been empowered to seek public opinion in matters
covered by the terms of reference and to accept memorandum and
representations in this regard. Public hearing will be held by the Commission
as per details given below.
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Date: 14th June 2002
Time: 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Departmental Farmers Training Centre, Curti Ponda Goa
Contact Person: Dr. Savio Sequeira Vaz, Dy. Director (Planning)
Tel. No. 0832 426691 (O) 0832 730749 (R)
Organizations Institutions and individual citizens are invited to depose
before the Commission and/or to give written representations and
suggestions on any aspects of protection, preservation and development
of Cow and its progeny and related issues.
Sd/-
Member Secretary National Commission on Cattle
Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:08:58 +0000
From: "Joao Paulo Cota" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Re: [goancauses] Perishing Goa Net Admin Team
Hi Uly,
... perhaps the word 'efficiency' could be the answer to your question! ;-)
Keep up your good work.
Joao Paulo Cota
>I noticed the admin team is getting smaller and smaller ? :)
Uly
p.s. are 4 people enough to handle a so called four
digit membership. :)
>Herman Carneiro
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>Ob behalf of the Goanet Admin: Vivian Coelho
> Frederick Noronha
> Eddie Fernandes
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:03:22 +0100
From: "C Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] All I need is Love
POP legend Paul McCartney wed former model Heather Mills at an Irish castle
on Tuesday in a sumptuous affair that included fireworks, feasting, friends
and celebrities.
Wedding bells pealed shortly after 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) signalling that the
ex-Beatle and his bride had tied the knot.
Intermittent rain was the only negative factor as celebrities and family
members gathered for the wedding in a lavish lakeside ceremony at 17th
century Castle Leslie in the Irish border county of Monaghan.
The wedding ceremony itself took place at St Salvator's church, within the
grounds of the 1,000-acre estate.
The band which has been touring with McCartney in the United States was due
to play and there were rumours McCartney and Mills might well take a boat
out on to the castle's private lake to view a mammoth fireworks display.
Women in Indian costume were seen heading to the castle grounds and were
expected to dance or serve a vegetarian feast, which would be accompanied by
crates of champagne and washed down with 150 kegs of Ireland's celebrated
black Guinness stout.
Among the celebrities was former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, dressed in a
frilly white shirt and jeans, who flew into Belfast airport and was
chauffeured to the castle.
Chrissie Hynde of rock group the Pretenders, 1960s fashion icon Twiggy and
former Beatles manager Sir George Martin were also among the 300 guests as
were guitarist Eric Clapton and pop veteran Sir Elton John.
Despite the star-studded guest list, McCartney had stressed that the wedding
would be first and foremost a family occasion.
The sleepy village of Glaslough, where Castle Leslie is located, has never
seen anything like it, and activity had reached fever-pitch, with Ireland's
World Cup victory against Saudi Arabia adding to the excitement.
"It's hectic -- good for business, though," said food van owner Brendan
McKenna, whose "Big Macca" burgers were selling for three euros ($2.84)
each.
McCartney's spokesman Geoff Baker said it was possible that McCartney could
take to the stage himself. "You never know. We've got Macca (McCartney),
Ringo and guests like Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour -- who knows what
could happen," he said.
The evening was due to culminate in a fireworks display, which a team of
experts flew in several days ago to set up. There were reports that the
couple would then be whisked away by helicopter to a secret location to
begin their honeymoon.
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Thought for Today
"I am convinced that my life belongs to the whole community;
and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever
I can,
for the harder I work the more I live."
.... George Bernard Shaw
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2002 21:48:57 +0530
From: Mayuresh Pawar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: Kala Academy, showcase of hidden talent
BY MAYURESH PAWAR
KALA ACADEMY, a platform to showcase and exhibit the hidden talent in the
field of music, dance, drama, etc has helped the Goan artists to a great
extent at the national and international level. With a vision to promote
Indian classical and western music as well as the theatrical arts, the
academy was started way back in the mid 1980s.
The re-discovery and revival of Goan cultural identity is both an anguishing
and yet exciting process. The commingling of cultures has left the Goan
society more enriched than impoverished. There has been a remarkable
re-assertion of the native and folk forms. The various influences at work on
the Goan culture reveals the inherent richness and unique features which
have nurtured the arts in Goa.
A section of the media has consciously or unconsciously presented Goa, as a
state having the western style of living and that, its population spends
most of its time in fun, frolic and fiesta.
The culture means the total accumulation of material objects, ideas, symbols,
beliefs, sentiments, value and social forms which are passed on from one
generation to another in a given society.
Today the academy, after a period of almost 30 years has emerged out, as the
key source wherein, the Goan community has seen bearing fruits of its
valuable efforts.
Unlike the academies operating in other States of India and which have their
activities confined to a restricted canvas, the Kala Academy has a
distinctive character of imparting training in various faculties such as
vocal and Indian instrumental music, including sitar, tabla and harmonium.
There is also provision for teaching Indian dance forms such as Kathak and
Bharatnatyam. Besides, training in western instruments like guitar, violin,
piano and cello.
The academy has different faculties and sections like the administrative
programme and development, technical division, school of drama Rangamella, a
repertory company, rural music centre etc and is fully funded and operated
by the government of Goa.
The propagation of Indian classical music in Goa made rapid strides due to
the positive attitude of the hindu community towards music. The Indian music
made its way in each and every hindu house, elite or otherwise. The
traditional Indian music in Goa was inherited from various maestros like
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Ravi Shankar, Pt Jitendra
Abhisheki, his disciple, Ajit Kadkade and many others.
Besides, Indian classical music, the propogation of western music in Goa also
made rapid strides, essentially due to the response of the Christian
community towards music. As against the Indian classical music, the study
and practice of which was restricted to certain non-elite sections of Hindu
community, the western music reached every Catholic house - elite or
non-elite.
There was a time when the practice of music or similar art forms, except of a
devotional nature was not appreciated by the Hindu society. There was no
such inhibition in the Catholic society with the result that, at least one
vocalist or an instrumentalist per family inherited the musical knowledge
from the maestros like Anthony Lobo, Varala Caiado, Domnic Pereira and many
more.
The influence of western music is very strong on Goan secular music and this
is very much evident in phrasing of the tunes and in the style of singing in
two voices.
No Hindu festival - big or small, is complete without staging of a drama in
which all sections of the community participate with enthusiasm and
sometimes with a feeling of offering something to the deity through their
performances. Every Hindu house in Goa, with marginal exceptions will have
at least one member in the family participating in a drama, sometime or the
other during his lifetime.
Presently, Kala Academy has the professional theatrical group performing
Marathi drama on regular basis, as is the case with musical Konkani tiatr
(Konkani drama). It is a peculiar form of drama, which has been in vogue
since long time.
The presentation of the story element of the drama is interspread with
musical interludes and humorous skits, which have no bearing on the main
story. It is claimed that, the tiatr owes its organ to Spain, where such
types of dramatic performances were held in olden days. It is the Catholic
community which is mostly engaged in tiatr performances, which are very
popular in Goa and always attract full audience.
According to the member secretary of Kala Academy, S V Rane there were hardly
25 students who enrolled into these faculties, but in last few years, the
number of students has crossed over 400. "The students really take interest
into these faculties and nurse it's ambition to become maestros," he says.
As a result, Mr Rane added that, some our ex-students working with the
Doordarshan (DD), All India Radio (AIR) and few are even working with this
institution. While, some are giving private tuitions, he divulged.
Some students give-up their courses mid-way, elaborating this, Mr Rane feels,
"Their parents think that the wards would not succeed in their life like the
others, who have choose an engineering or the medical stream."
If we apply the parameters of this clear and exhausive definition to Goa, he
opines adding that, there should be no doubt about the basic Indian
classical music character of Goan culture. "This is because the entire
Indian film industry depends very much on the Goan artists for theatrical
and instrumentalists for orchestral support to the musical score," Mr Rane
explains.
It is a matter of great satisfaction for every one in State that, the
development of art and culture in Goa has derived the desired support and
encouragement from the State government and the people with the result that,
Goa can once again, look forward to enrich the high traditions set up by its
erstwhile artists, who brought name and fame for Goa.
However, our future task would be to absorb the best from various culture
patterns likely to influence Goa without letting our ever devoted to
the-state-of-art culture suffer in its essentials.
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