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***************************************************************** Check out http://www.freenewsgoa.net -- the newsperson's news-site FreeNewsGoa.Net... for news you otherwise won't get. ****************************************************************** o Journo's Diary: Pleasures of Goa which Pune could not give One can argue at length, about the credibility of a sinner's tale. The sinner being this reporter, and the 'sin' in question - being part of a press entourage on a government sponsored jaunt, oops... sorry, a technical tour of National Highway - 4A, Pune-Mumbai expressway and inspection of NH-17, by the honourable PWD Minister Ramkrishna Dhavalikar and officials from the Public Works Department. A fascinating story on how the media works, from Mayabhushan Nagvenkar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). o Katha from Delhi: 21 languages for the 21st century? No Konkani writer was here to represent Konkani amchi mai bhas at the recently concluded workshop organised by 'Katha' a Delhi-based centre for the promotion of Indian languages, held from October 20-22, writes Dr Brian Mendonca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. o Saffron forces get legitimacy in Parrikar's two-year tenure In Goa, the mood was sombre and the celebrations down to a minimum, to mark Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's two years in power on in late October, writes Devika Sequeira of the Deccan Herald. o On Being Half Goan: What's the Fuss About? Linda Ekman, the writer of this article, is a psychology graduate from the University of London and is doing postgraduate studies. She wrote the article in 2001 in the Goan Overseas Digest, then in print, now online. o Good, Bad and Ugly: Politics of Christian Conversions in India There is a thin line between the constitutional right to propagate and the derived right to convert and be converted. Granted that these are fundamental rights enshrined in the Indian Constitution, the debate skirts around it and circles around methodology, the argument being that if some of the means are bad and are prohibited the problem would have resolved itself, writes Alban Couto a senior official, now retired back to his family home in Aldona. He can be contacted via email macouto at goatelecom dot com o Court takes a look at Goa's mining-bloodied interior Three writ petitions filed by ordinary villagers affected by mining in different parts of Goa came up for hearing before the Bombay High Court in the past year. The good news is that in each case, the Court came down heavily on the conduct of the mining companies involved and took firm steps to provide relief to petitioners and to the environment, writes environmental lawyer Norma Alvares who can be contacted via email oib at goatelecom dot com. Goa's press was once mining dominated; but now the media has no commercial-interest-at-stake alibi for not taking up this issue. ---------------------------------------------------------- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 05 onwards: Wendell Rodrigues Festival. Altinho, Panjim Nov 05 Bobbin lace-making training, Don Bosco's Panjim (till 17.11) Nov 06 Richard Stallman, free software guru, speaks Farmagudi 4 pm Nov 06 Bob Fitts, gospel music singer, Navelim grounds, 6 pm Nov 06 Fr Britto's health courses, Pilar. Till 10.11. Later Chicalim. Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal ----------------------------------------------------------
