goanet-digest Friday, August 9 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4210
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In this issue:
[Goanet] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM
[Goanet] NEWBOOKS: Using the Internet in India... DotCon
[Goanet] Osmitai Jyot
[Goanet] Curb religious structures along road: Mathany
[Goanet] Re: [The Goan Forum d-list] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM
[Goanet] Klez
[Goanet] Fhulrani-"Bonsai"
[Goanet] NEWS: VHP cooks up Christianity story, dishes it out in tribal belt
[Goanet] Pakistan -- Four killed in another attack
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 08:33:01 +0530
From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM
ST. MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM
On World Goa day the St. Mathais Sports club and villagers will celebrate, a
unique Family Bonderam on Sunday 18th. August 2002.
The origin of this festival dates back to the times even before Portuguese
landed in Goa, more than four hundred years ago. During the time when
Portuguese established their supremacy in Goa, this event took a colourful
turn and people started parading the borders with flags accompanied by brass
band. Men carried with them mock guns made out of hollow bamboos "Fottas"
and for bullets they would use small seeds called "Tefflam"
The villagers of St. Mathais has kept up this tradition till today. To cater
to the taste of modern generation they have added attractions of various
groups performing traditional folk songs and dances, konkani songs, fancy
dress, etc.
After the positive feed back the organizers received last year from the
large crowd and on the internet, this years Bonderam will again provide a
platform to SPORTS, acknowledge great players and teams, in MUSIC promote
talented young singers, musicians and bands and in TIATR to give an
opportunity to upcoming singers, comedians and applaud great performers of
past years.
At the time of going to press, Anthony San, the well-known konkani actor and
singer has confirmed his participation to perform this year, also the
minister for Town and Country Planning Mr. Atanasio Monserate, lovingly
called Babush will be the guest of honour along side the local MLA Mr.
Pandurang Madkaikar who will be the Chief Guest.
This festival is unique in that every family will participate, just for the
fun of it and not for any cash prizes but only healthy competition amongst
the groups, so everyone can enjoy and let their hair down and have a good
time. There will be strictly no floats, but instead groups, and troupes are
encouraged.
Organiser Justin Coutinho, disclosed that through Bonderam it is hoped that
Goans globally will remember the past, the present and plan their future to
maintain its traditions and unique culture. Joe Vaz added "We need to bring
out the positiveness in us , shun the negatives and march forward, no one
person is larger than the actual event, so lets all get-together to keep
this great festival alive for future years to come.
"VIVA BONDERAM" a song especially composed for the bonderan harvest festival
will be featured this year.
"The Islanders" being from the beautiful island of Divar but presently
residing in Canada has come up with this C.D. Log on to: www.goasu-raj.org
for all the information about this years bonderam.
Issued by:
Public Relations Cell
Goa Su-raj Party.
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Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:30:16 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWBOOKS: Using the Internet in India... DotCon
The Penguin Guide to Using the Internet in India
Pratik Kanjilal
The Ultimate Guide fo rIndians Online
* Get something done on the net, don't just cruise it
* Research rather than browse
* Communicate rather than chat
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Dot.con
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The greatest story every sold
There are two popular myths about the Internet. One is that
it appeared from nowhere in the 1990s. The other is that it was a
triumph of American enterprise. In fact, the Internet's history
goes back to the Cold War and it was built and operated by the
US government. It wasn't until the early 1990s that the private
sector showed any interest. And once it did, things quickly
got out of hand. John Cassidy's Dot.Con sets out to understand
what happened.
The speculative boom wasn't just about goggle-eyed day traders
trying to get rich on the Nasdaq and goateed twenty-five-year-olds
playing wannabe Bill Gates. It was also about a lone superpower
that thought it had discovered the secret of eternal prosperity.
It was about a group of pundits who were out to make their
names by promoting the next 'big thing'. It was about
investment bankers desperate to cash in on an unprecedented
source of revenues. It was about a mass media willing to puff
hopeless companies in return for corporate advertising. It was
about economists who refused to learn the lessons of
history and policy-makers eager to take credit for things they
didn't properly understand. Above all, it was about ordinary
investors enticed by the prospect of instant wealth. The Internet
bubble reflected something about almost all of us, and what we thought
about ourselves, as the twenty-first century dawned.
During this initial period John Cassidy gained a reputation for
consistently intelligent adn sceptical reporting on the
Internet economy. His unwavering sense of the dubiousness of the boom,
and his pursuit in interview of all the individuals involved from
Alan Greenspan down, has proved amazingly prescient. Dot.Con brings
this tumultous episode vividly to life and shows how it was that the
most hairbrained and impossibly imprudent schemes could once have
seemed so attractive
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Both extracts above from PenguinPost (journal of Penguin, India)
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Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:04:34
From: Sandesh Prabhudesai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Osmitai Jyot
Konkani Bhasha Mandal's
GOA YUVA MAHOTSAV 2002
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Over 50 organisations and institutions have decided to take up state-wide
awareness campaign with 'Osmitai Jyot' (Torch of Self-identity) from 15th
August to 19th December, on the burning issue of Mhadei river, on the
occasion of Osmitai Year.
A meeting held in this regard in Margao on last Sunday also welcomed the
government announcement to celebrate the whole year as the Self-identity
Year, as a tribute to Shenoi Goembab, on the occasion of his 125th birth
anniversary.
The meeting of students and youth felt that identity of any region is not
decided on the basis of language but the lifestyle of the people,
environmental aspects, its inherent natural beauty, art, culture,
literature, folk art and several such aspects. Language is just the medium
used to express these various facets of the identity.
The meeting also felt that issue of river Mhadei is just not an
environmental issue but an onslaught on the identity of Goa. It is thus a
bounden duty of all the artists in the state to get organised and fight to
preserve our identity, using their artistic, literary and cultural talents.
The meeting also complimented the Vivekanand Kala Sadarikaran Manch, who
had organised Konkani Bhasha Mandal's seventh Goa Yuva Mahotsav in Sattari
this year, for beginning a street play campaign on the Mhadei issue. The
Mahotsav has also appealed to all the students and youth to take
inspiration from these youth and organise various programmes in their
respective villages and institutions on the issue of Mhadei and self-identity.
Organised with the similar spirit, the 'Osmitai Jyot' will begin from
Valpoi by organising a programme of public rally and cultural programme on
the Independence Day, which will end on the Goa Liberation Day, where the
next Mahotsav will be held.
The Valpoi programme will be organised by the Vivekanand Kala Sadarikaran
Manch in the afternoon on 15th August, inviting all the 13 groups of
Sattari that had participated in the festival, besides 43 other groups from
all over the state.
Followed by a public rally on the independence day will be a cultural
bonanza, where young artists will perform street plays, mime, Konkani Pop,
songs and several other forms, depicting various aspects of Mhadei issue,
life of Shenoi Goembab and the aspect of self-identity. The 'Osmitai Jyot'
will also have a poster exhibition along with it, depicting all these aspects.
Konkani Bhasha Mandal and the young local organisers will announce the
detailed programme shortly and from time to time, states a press not
released in this regard.
7th August 2002
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SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, D-13-A, Govt. Quarters,
Altinho, Panaji, GOA 403 001
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Website : <GoaNews> http://www.goanews.com
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:18:28 -0700
From: "rene barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Curb religious structures along road: Mathany
Curb religious structures along road: Mathany
Heraldo on Line
PANJIM, AUG 8 - Cortalim MLA Mathany Saldanha has appealed to the Town and
Country Planning minister to curb the construction of religious structures
along the roads.
"The more religious we are, the more corrupt we become," he claimed, while
speaking
during the debate for grants to the Town and Country Planning Department, in
the
legislative assembly today.
He also urged, that the government should plan roads for the future, instead
of indulging
in haphazard development. "The government should also draft a land
management policy,"
he suggested.
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:28:48 +0100
From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Re: [The Goan Forum d-list] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM
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From: goasuraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: GoaGoans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Goa
World Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 4:03 AM
Subject: [The Goan Forum d-list] ST MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM
>
> ST. MATHAIS TRADITIONAL BONDERAM
>
> On World Goa day the St. Mathais Sports club and villagers will celebrate,
a
> unique Family Bonderam on Sunday 18th. August 2002.
>
> The origin of this festival dates back to the times even before Portuguese
> landed in Goa, more than four hundred years ago. During the time when
> Portuguese established their supremacy in Goa, this event took a colourful
> turn and people started parading the borders with flags accompanied by
brass
> band. Men carried with them mock guns made out of hollow bamboos "Fottas"
> and for bullets they would use small seeds called "Tefflam"
>
> The villagers of St. Mathais has kept up this tradition till today. To
cater
> to the taste of modern generation they have added attractions of various
> groups performing traditional folk songs and dances, konkani songs, fancy
> dress, etc.
> ---------------(snipped)---------------<
Dear Su-Raj,
Please note that the correct name of the village is "S. Mathias" and not
"St. Mathais".
Jorge
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:51:35 +0200
From: Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Klez
Folks -
I've been in email/Netscape hell for about 10 days now because of the
Klez worm. I can't delete any messages from my Inbox, so I think that
the Trash index files are corrupted. I've rebuilt them to no avail.
I've been at the Kaspersky site for Klez removal but I can't get that
to work either even though I've downloaded Undoklez.com and unzipped
it.
Can anyone offer any suggestions??
Viviana
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 12:27:14 +0000
From: "DR. Sudhanshu Saigal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Fhulrani-"Bonsai"
Hello List members,
The third episode of FhulRani will be telecast on 9th August 2002 at 7.15
p.m. DD Konkani channel.
I will be interviewed by Ms. Amita Salatri and will give viewers a brief
introduction to the "Real Art of Bonsai". The cameraman has very lovingly
filmed some of my Bonsai trees.
Feedback is welcomed
sincerely
Dr. Sudhanshu Saigal
Convenor: Bunjin Goa
(a group of Bonsai enthusiasts)
Official Chapter- Panjim Goa of the Indo-Japanese Association Bombay
Inquire about Beginners Classes in the True Art of Bonsai, at #453165
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 01:24:14 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: VHP cooks up Christianity story, dishes it out in tribal belt
>From the IndianMediaWatch mailing list... news from Goa's backyard...
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Thursday, August 08, 2002
Indian Express
SPECIAL REPORT
VHP cooks up Christianity story, dishes it out in tribal belt
Anti-missionary campaign launched in Maharashtra
village with a little help from the local media
N. GANESH
RAIGAD, Maharashtra, AUGUST 7:
''Four-hundred-and-fifty tribals in Raigad convert to
Christianity? Houses, loans distributed.
Impression of Jesus found on the tea-cup of tribal
household indicates slow conversion by the missionaries.
Tribal community unite against conversion by
missionaries.''
There are some of the screaming headlines from Raigad
Times, a supplement of Ratnagiri Times, a local
Marathi daily.
Inside a small office on the first floor of a bungalow
in Mangaon, sits Arun Pawar, the correspondent of
Raigad Times, who has been filing ''exclusive and
investigative'' reports on tribal conversions.
Pawar, who is also a member of the Mangaon Gram
Panchayat, is not able to tell exactly where the conversions
took place. He does not give the names of the families
that have converted for house and money.
''I never said that tribals have been converted, it is
in the process. Through the articles, I was trying to
wake up the people to the slow conversions of the
tribals that is being done by the Christian missionaries
under the name of social work,'' he says.
The man who sits next to him interrupts the
conversation: ''Talk to me. I am the one who has given all the
stories to him. I know more than what he knows.'' He is
Ravindra Korde, the district chief of the VHP, and has
no qualms in saying that it's the VHP that has been
behind the propaganda.
Asked whether he could cite one instance of a
conversion, he replies in the negative. ''I do not have
figures right now with me. You can get it from me later,''
he says.
''I have heard about some conversions in Uran and its
neighboring areas that happened four years ago,''
Korde says triumphantly. Incidentally, his organisation
has been trying to recruit youths through their ashrams
but the campaign has met with little success.
''What is the need for the tribals to go to schools
run by missionaries where they are taught about
Christianity and Jesus. They could learn at our
institutions,'' Korde says.
It's about a month now. Almost everyday, the newspaper
has been carrying reports on conversion and
missionaries. It has already had an impact. Already non-tribals
in three villages - Gaulwadi in Roha; Waki in Kolhad;
and Nilaj in Mangaon - have blocked the social workers
from the Catholic church from entering nearby tribal
hamlets. The result: the balwadis and youth empowerment
schemes there have come to a standstill.
And tension ripples along the tribal belt. ''Tribals
have little choice as they have to depend on non-tribal
land-owners for their bread and butter. The non-tribal
community which is associated with the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad have their own interest in disallowing the
social organisations from educating the tribals,'' says a
member of Amardeep, a social organisation floated by
the Catholic church, which has been working among the
tribals for the the last 12 years.
Ulka Mahajan of Sarva Hara Jana Adolan, a Raigad-based
social organisation, says: ''Why is the issue of
conversions bring brought up now? I believe somebody does
not like the tribals getting organised.
They don't like the fact that the tribals have
mustered courage to voice their problems.'' Tribal leader
Laxman Hilam, a member of the gram panchayat, minces no
words. ''Now they talk of conversions. Where were these
people earlier? Did they ever come to see how we
survive in this adverse conditions,'' asks Hilam.
At Kathewadi, 65-year-old Gunaji Hilam is clear about
what the Church has done. ''First of all, we do not
know what the Christian religion is and neither have the
members of the organisation shown any interest in that
regard. We know that after they came, our children who
were earlier loitering in the wild are now getting
educated. We are able to save our income, we know what
our rights are and we are not afraid of the sahebs,'' he
says.
URL:
http://www.indian-express.com/full_story.php?content_id=7312
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 02:15:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robin Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Pakistan -- Four killed in another attack
KARACHI: Four people were killed and another dozen
injured in a grenade attack on a Presbyterian
Church-funded hospital in the ancient town of Taxila,
some 30 kilometers from Rawalpindi.
Witnesses said the attackers hurled two grenades in
the direction of Christian staff who were coming out
of a chapel located on the hospital premises. Three
nurses died on the spot. One of the three assailants
was also killed in the attack when the grenade he was
carrying exploded. A hospital worker said Friday that
shortly before the chapel service ended the men were
involved in a scuffle with guards who told them to
clear the area.
Reporters who reached the site were told by witnesses
Friday that the assailants announced they were from
the violence-racked city of Karachi. They were quoted
as saying that more Christian institutions would be
targetted in the days to come--chilling words that
were uttered earlier by the slain suspects in the
Mureee school attack. Officials have not yet commented
on their reported remarks.
Christian rights activists believe there is some
symbolism in the latest target of
terrorists--Taxila--because the patron saint of
Pakistan St Thomas began his missionary work in the
Asian subcontinent from here. "We cannot lose sight of
the fact that it was in Taxila that St Thomas planted
the seeds of Christianity," said Naveed Anjum, a
church pastor in Karachi. "One can also see that the
cycle of violence is growing," Anjum pointed out.
Friday's attack was the fourth attack against
Christian targets in 11 months and the second in 96
hours.
Founded in 1922 by Dr. J.B. Martin, Christian
Hospital, Taxila, is currently the largest eye service
hospital in the world. Some 587 of its 766 beds are
reserved for eye patients. Over 102,000 patients come
to the hospital each year.
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