TODAY IS JANUARY 13, 2015
1666: French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrived
in Dhaka and met Shaista Khan.
1893: U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS
Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet
Constitution.
1898: Émile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
1939: The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square
kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71
people.
1942: Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is
30% lighter than a regular car.
1951: First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen
begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
1964: Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting
in 100 deaths.
1964: Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is
appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
1978: U.S. Food & Drug Administration requires all blood
donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
1982: Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a
Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th
Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing
78 including four motorists.
1985: A passenger train plunges into a ravine in
Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in
Africa.
1986: A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South
Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul
Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
2001: An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
2012: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off
the coast of Italy. There are 32 confirmed deaths
amongst the 4232 passengers and crew. [Many staff from
Goa!] Courtesy: Wikipedia
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TECH HOUR TALK ON RASPBERRY PI IN PANJIM TODAY (Wed, Jan 13)
There will be a talk on Raspberry Pi and using
GNU/Linux and FOSS for embedded systems development during
the Tech Hour session to be held on Jan 13, 2015 Tuesday at
5 pm at Broadway Book Centre, Panjim (18th June Road).
Tech Hour is an event organised by the Free Software Users'
Group, Goa.
The Raspberry Pi is a credit card-sized single-board
computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation
with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic
computer science in schools.
Speaker at the event Pranav Pai Vernekar, founder of
Inventrom -- http://www.inventrom.com -- at
Mala-Fontainhas, Panjim, will focus on how kids could start
developing robots and the Internet of Things applications
in their school years itself. There will also be a demo by
students to inspire others.
This talk is open to all -- specially teachers, school
students and parents interested in encouraging their
children to enter this field -- but please confirm
participation via SMS 9822122436 or [email protected]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16079152870/
Jan 14-18, 2015: The Story of Light Festival (SOL)
has been conceptualized by a group of scientists,
artists and educators who believe that science and
philosophy need a common ground. The universe is a
magical place and its truest stories should no
longer remain hidden behind equations and
intimidating dialogues. We want to take the
conversation to the general public through art and
design. And we plan to do this by telling the
oldest story in the universe -- The Story of Light
-- from 14 to 18 Jan 2015 in Panjim city, Goa, an
ode to The International Year of Light!
http://thestoryoflight.org/ #thestoryoflight
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thestoryoflight
Crowdfounding link:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-story-of-light--2
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THE STORY OF LIGHT Festival
Bringing together 45 Artists and Scientists from 14
Countries, The Story of Light Festival (Goa, India) Creates a
Magical Playground for the United Nations International Year
of Light 2015
The year 2015 has been declared The International Year of
Light and Light-based Technologies by the United Nations
(Light2015.org), and The Story of Light (thestoryoflight.org)
marks one of the first-large scale international events in
their calendar. SOL is also the first art-science-convergence
festival to be conceived and hosted in India.
The festival applies light -- its beauty and universality and
its connections with science, technology, nature, culture,
spirituality, history, and cosmology -- as a medium to shift
paradigms and perspectives. SOL will be held in India's
tourism capital of Goa from 14-18 January 2015, where nearly
100,000 tourists, students, and local residents will have
completely free access to everything from large-scale public
installations to curated screenings and mind-bending workshops.
The Story of Light (SOL) Festival (14-18 January 2015), an
initiative of The Story Of Foundation, is India's first
science-meets-art festival, being conducted in Panaji, Goa,
in partnership with the Corporation of the City of Panjim.
The festival curators, a consortium of scientists, artists
and educators, will showcase 45 public installations,
workshops, and performances from various parts of India and
around the world including Australia, Brazil, The Czech
Republic, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK,
and the US. These 45 projects will be built with the local
context in mind during a one-month pre-festival period
starting 15 December, 2014, where the organizers, artists,
and educators come together to co-create the festival
experience.
Located across major hubs in Panaji, the capital of Goa, the
festival will transform the two-kilometre stretch from
Miramar Beach, to the Promenade, to Panjim Church into a
creative, entertaining and educational space. A children’s
area with unique and educational activities, a screenings
tent, and a concert stage will all add to the festivities.
The program presents visual play, dance performances,
installations with light and colour, photography workshops,
and live projections, all directed at teaching us a little
something about the universe in fun and interactive ways.
The festival is not-for-profit and completely free for all to
attend. http://thestoryoflight.org/press-kit/
Official festival website: http://www.thestoryoflight.org
Website of the Intl Year of Light: http://light2015.org
Contact The Story of Light Team: [email protected]
The idea was conceived by Jaya Ramchandani (educator) and
Nash Paul D'souza (designer). They are interested in the
convergence of Art and Science as well as disseminating
methods of informal learning. [email protected] and
[email protected]
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* Jan 9-18: FOLK FORMS AND HANDICRAFTS: Lokotsav2015, the
annual festival of folk music/dance forms and handicrafts,
will be held from Jan 9-18, 2015 at Darya Sangam, Kala
Academy, Panjim. Around 400 folk artists will present folk
dances and music of their States; 600 craft persons will be
displaying their handicraft. Folk artists will perform and
craftsmen will display their skills. More than 500 stalls
will exhibit handicraft items. The event stays open from
10 am to 10 pm from Jan 9-18, 2015. Traditional food items
will be on sale too.
* Jan 11-13: Taste of Goa Festival. Garcia da Orta Garden,
http://on.fb.me/1sckret [email protected]
THE CIRCUS COMES TO MAPUSA: Gemini Circus. First
time in Goa with American and African artists.
Daily 1 pm, 4 pm, 7 pm. Tickets Rs 500, Rs 300, Rs
200, Rs 100. Advance booking Rs 500 and 300, 9 am
to 6 pm. Ph 9960851788. Near Gandhi Chowk, Mapusa.
* Jan 13, 10.30 am. Press conference by advocates at entrance
of Bombay High Court at Goa in Altinho over the current
issue to recruit 15 Judicial Magistrates First Class (JMFCs).
* Jan 14: Every church, chapel in Goa will ring their bells
Churches and chapels all over the archdiocese of Goa will
celebrate the canonization of Goa's first Catholic saint,
St Joseph Vaz, by happily ringing their bells at 9am on
Wednesday, January 14, divulged the vice-postulator of the
'Cause for Canonization of Blessed Joseph Vaz', Fr Eremito
Rebello. TNN http://bit.ly/bellsgoa
* Jan 14-20: Students' Parliament competition. In professional
and degree colleges at the Assembly Complex, Porvorim.
Starting from Jan 14 at 10.30 am.
* Jan 14-21: Eight-day annual utsavam of Sree Ayappa Temple, Vasco.
* Upto Jan 15: Rosaries display, Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa.
* QUERY: DID YOU LIVE IN MOMBASA? A project has been started
to gather info about buildings in Mombasa towards a book
that "will bring together historical and contemporary
photographs, historical accounts and interviews to present
a unique account of Mombasa and Asians' contributions to
the city". If you have memories of Kenya's second city
(and port of global significance for over a thousand years)
please check out the Facebook page Mombasa's Best Buildings
or email [email protected] [Via
jeannehromnik at gmail.com ]
* Jan 12-16: Senior National Baseball Championship
* Jan 16-18: Assavri Kulkarni will hold a food and product
photography workshop from Jan 16-18, 2015 from 3.30 pm to
5.30 pm at CHOGM Road, Assavri Kulkarni Photography Studio,
Alto Pilerne, North Goa. The workshop will cover product and
food shoots with techniques of light painting, splash
photography, etc. Details from 9823140996 or
[email protected] http://www.assavrikulkarni.com
* Jan 17: As part of the arts festival Sensorium, Sunaparanta
talk by film director Ritesh Batra on the making of The
Lunchbox. 7 pm at Sunaparanta -- Goa Centre for the Arts.
The director, Ritesh Batra will deconstruct four pivotal
moments in his film and show photos of the dabbawallahs he
photographed while researching his script.
* Jan 17: Launch of the book *Mirage and Other Stories*
(Damodar Mauzo) by the Peepal Tree, a translation-only
imprint of CinnamonTeal Publishing. 3.30 pm. Dr FL Gomes Dt
Library, Navelim. A discussion on how translations should be
approached, the mechanics of translations and the copyright
issues involved in translating works is also planned.
Details Leonard Fernandes <[email protected]> Ph
+91 98503 98530
* Jan 17: Member's Day at The Goan Institute, SFX Street,
Dabul, Mumbai 400002 Ph 22070434.7 pm at SFX Church, followed
by get-together at 8 pm.
* Jan 17-18: Goa Yuva Mahotsav. Peddem. http://bit.ly/yuvamahotsav
* Jan 17-18: SEQC third edition of its annual quizzing
festival, boldly titled QuizStock, held in association with
the International Centre Goa. Details http://seqc.blogspot.in/
* Jan 14-18: Story of Light Festival. Along Mandovi river stretch
* Jan 15: Makarsankranti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makar_Sankranti
* Jan 17-18: Marriage workshop, Progressive Parents Forum,
Hotel Alua, Merces, 9am to 5pm. Register on 08888831555
* Jan 17-18: Festival of Tribal Culture: Adv Joao Fernandes
has announced that the Christian Adivasi Sangatna, Quepem
will be organise a two days tribal festival on Jan 17-18,
2015 at the Football Ground Copelabhat, Deao, Quepem
starting from 3 pm on Jan 17. The festival will offer
traditional food stalls, traditional games, lok ustav and
more. Details to follow. Contact: [email protected]
* Jan 18: Workshop on Marriage a Melody 10am-12.30 pm at
Menezes Braganza Inst, Chinmaya Mission.
* Jan 19-Feb 19 [KONKANI COURSE]: Broadway Book Centre, Panjim
will conduct a Certificate Course in Romi Konknni for
Beginners, with the assistance of competent professional
teachers. From Jan 19-Feb 19 (both days inclusive) from 2.30
pm to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday, at Broadway Book Centre,
Panjim. This course is for those who do not know Konknni or
know very little of it. Based on modern linguistic methods
of learning and teaching a language. Speaking, reading and
grammatical information will be given importance. Resource
persons: Dr. (Fr.) Pratap Naik, SJ, and Jose Salvador Fernandes.
Contact 9881810832.
* Jan 20: Launch of Tomazinho Cardozo's five books on tiatr
Goychea Somazacho Arso. Inst Menz Braganza Hall. 4.30 pm.
* Jan 28-31: National School Chess Championship, Mahalakshmi
Temple, Bandora, Ponda [email protected]
* Jan 18: Rivona feast
* Jan 19: KA one-act play contest for secy and HSS schools.
* Jan 22: Nautical tourism conference, CII Goa at Cidade de
Goa resort, Dona Paula, 9am to 5.30, platform to attract
private investment in this segment. Eunice Fernandes
08698959777 free regis, email [email protected]
* Jan 23: Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr, Alto Porvorim annual
awards function, 5.30 pm. This year's awards to Antonio R
Fernandes, Alvaro Gomes, Nevena Furtado, Fr Louis Alvares,
Jack Fernandes.
* Jan 25: Pilar feast
* Jan 29: Hanuman Zatra, Mala, Panjim.
* Jan 30-31: Natl seminar on HIV/AIDS at Goa College of Home
Science. Larissa [email protected] 09763551279
* Feb 1: Picnic for members of the Goan Institute (Dabul,
Mumbai Ph 22070434) . Picnic to Gorai. Dep 7 am. Register
before Jan 29, first come first serve.
* Feb 11: Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal hearing.
* Feb 13: Panjim assembly constituency elections, to find
replacement for former chief minister Manohar Parrikar in the
seat. Notification by Jan 19. Last date for nomination Jan
27. Nominations scrutiny on Jan 28. Last date for withdrawal
Jan 30. Counting of votes, Feb 16.
* Feb 13: Carnival at the Goan Institute. Dabul Mumbai,
Ph 22070434. Collect entry cards before Feb 11.
* Feb 20-22, Goa Short Film Festival Carnival, by Goa
Talkies, short film comp, open to all including school
students. Topics for students Feel Goa, Love Goa, and Goa
on Road. Enter before Jan 24, call 9822481047 / 9370502132
* Mar 1: Goa Marathon 2015
http://www.meraevents.com/event/nise-gel-goa-marathon-2015
* Interested in books on Goa? Join the Goa Book Club, it's
free http://groups.google.com/group/goa-book-club
* New Goa Univ course on Indian Folk and Tribal Art Practices
http://bit.ly/gu-folk-tribal 9823058433 or Prof Parag Datta
Parobo [email protected]
Prince Jacob's tiatr KAXIANVKAR/COFFINMAKER Pune
(Nehru Memor Jan 16, 6 pm); Bandra (Manik, Jan 18
2.45 pm); Borivali (Thackrey H, Jan 19 8.15 pm);
Parel (Damodar Hall, Jan 20 8.15 pm); Vile Parle
(Dinanath H Jan 21 8.15 pm); Malad (St J's Ch Gr,
Jan 23 6.30 pm); Chembur (SSFA Hall, Jan 24 7.30
pm); Bandra (Jan 25 2.45 pm); Matunga (Jan 25, 8.15
pm); Bandra (Manik H, Jan 26 2.45 pm); Girgaum
(Sahita Sangh, Jan 26 8.15 pm). Ph Tony Martins on
9322702839 or 9320308669 or 98200003173.
Tiatrs and new Konkani music in town: * No Ullu Banawing
(Francis de Tuem's CD; Rs 200, 20 songs) * Char Fator ek
Rosto by Urbano Carvalho * Aitim Natalam album * Bab Jose's
forthcoming album Aas (Greed) * Menino de Bandar's 40th tiatr
Maim * Birthday Gift * Col de Velim's To Khuim Asa? * Ace
comedian Sally's Grandpa Xapai * Jezuchem Povitr Rogot by
Simon Gonsalves * Goy Goykaranchem an eye-opening tiatr
conceputalised, written and directed by Irineu Gonsalves *
Peter Roshan's Family Day * Elvis Carmen's Girest Bhikari *
Alphonso Simon's Mozo Vaur Somplo * maRIO Menezes'Eke Fottik
Xembhor Fotti * Here We Go * Hem Tumchem Sarkem Nhoi by
Roseferns * Pai by Comedian Agostinho * Menino Mario's Joker
* Amche Vattechem Jevonn * * John da Silva's Zall * Evon &
Rochelle Fulgodem Cheddum * * Alphone Simon's Mozo Vaur Somplo
QUERY ABOUT MOSHI: Tony de Sa of Moira, Goa
[email protected] is eager to know if there are any readers
of this newsletter who are based in Moshi, Tanzania,
specially those who have been based there prior to 1961.
The Copylefted Goa Book Planner: Download for free
https://www.scribd.com/doc/251404885/The-Copylefted-Goa-Book-Planner
* Uptil Jan 16 (from Jan 12): Block printing workshop,
tie-and-die, at Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panjim 2.30-5.30pm
Contact [email protected].
* Animal Husbandry & Vet Services (see schemes)
http://www.ahvs.goa.gov.in/documents/citizencharter.pdf
LINKS TO SOME WEBSITES: Nirmal U Kulkarni, Herpetologist and
Wildlife Photographer. Member, Goa State Wildlife Advisory
Board. 6 Hiru Naik Bldg, Duler, Mapusa, Goa- 403507, India.
http://goawildwatch.blogspot.com http://www.wildernest-goa.com
http://www.mhadeiresearchcenter.org http://www.swapnagandha.com
* Matrimonial site: Click 'register' and post your profile for
* free. To view member profiles, select age group, community
* and click 'find my soulmate'. Membership for one year, Rs 400
* for ladies and Rs 500 for gents. http://rcmatrimonials team
GOANET SPECIAL: Goa Old Book Digitisation Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG2cI-HXaUc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3apK4-dQqgE
Stevens, the Kristapurana ... and negotiating religious
space in past centuries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo5PRLtxUDM
NEW BOOK: Anthology of travel writings on Goa published
recently by Rupa. Edited by Manohar Shetty
[email protected]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/16084037126/
NOTE FROM CARMONA: Carmona villagers in Salcete, Goa, are
attempting to build up a Farmers' Club that seeks to promote
local agriculture, and also protect local farmers' land and
taking up issues of village concern. They're looking for a
tie-up to share ideas and information with other village
groups and individuals. Also seeking relevant
agriculture-related information. Contact via
[email protected] (Blair).
VIDEO LINK: Discussion on the Delhi church fire NDTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvxw2Oi-vFQ
EBOLA HELPLINE: The Directorate of Health Services has
established a 24 X 7 Helpline numbers (9423842200 /
9423843300) to provide information to the public on Ebola
Virus Disease. As per Directorate of Health Service no case
of Ebola Virus Disease has been reported from anywhere in
India, including Goa till date. No passenger of any category
has travelled from Ebola affected Countries to Goa since
October 02, 2014, according to an official press note.
NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK was launched in Goa on Jan 12. Days
after heavy traffic jams clogged roads due to the tourist
year-end rush.
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TRIBUTE TO A GOANETTER, DR RAMAMURTHY RAUT DESAI [by Dr
Francisco Colaco of Margao [email protected]
Dr Ramamurthy Raut Dessai died peacefully on 2 Jan, 2015. He
was the pioneer of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Goa. An
outstanding student, he obtained his MCh (Thoracic) with
flying colours as a student of the prestigious KEM Hospital,
Mumbai. When the whole world beckoned him he decided to
return to his beloved Goa.
Those were the days when I had acquired my first Echo 2D
machine and the Salgaocar Hospital had started a
Cardiothoracic Unit at Chicalim. With the feedback I gave
him and with his own acumen and experience, despite limited
facilities, he performed with great success surgeries like
open and closed mitral commisurotomies, PDA ligations, ASD
and VSD closures, Coarctation repair and Valve Replacements.
He was so devoted to his patients that he spent night after
night at their bedside to provide them the best
post-operative care. Beneath a temperamental and at times
abrasive mien he had a compassionate heart. He never went
after money. He never overcharged his patients and his meagre
earnings were hardly a match to his hard work and commitment.
In his thirties, I happened to diagnose him to be suffering
of 'hypertrophic cardiomyopathy', something that had been
overlooked at the GMC and even at the KEM Hospital. He was
always grateful to me for having alerted him and took the
illness in its stride. He continued to work with the same
dedication, until, in the end, a couple of brain strokes had
him homebound. He became the Goa State IMA president, won
many awards and was felicitated as the most outstanding
doctor in Goa. He rose to the peak as a Rotarian and did a
lot of community service to the poor.
Dr Raut is credited for having successfully inserted the
first permanent pacemaker in Goa in a patient with complete
heart block. In his death, Goa has lost a pioneer of sorts
who always endeavoured to explore new territories and open up
a way for others to follow.
We mourn the tragic death of this stalwart and offer our
heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. --FC
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