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GOANET HIGHLIGHTS by Cornel DaCosta Mr Digambar Kamat now leads the Government of Goa as the 19th Chief Minister of the State. A number of very informative articles about what the people of Goa could expect from Kamat's leadership are well presented on Goanet. Currently on Goanet, there is an interesting debate about Flags, Colonialism and Sleeping in History. A small clue to this discussion to whet readers' appetite is the following..."[Some] people have a serious identity crisis brought on by four hundred years of brainwashing by both the state and the church. They are trying to assert their distinctiveness the only way their limited grasp of their own history allows them to..." Such a view, is of course, strongly challenged by several posters. Are the current migrants to Goa simply filling in the "blanks" left by those who have left Goa for the Goan Diaspora? Once again, there is a lively debate on this theme illustrating how capital and labour move in search of pastures anew. Goan Voice (UK) readers are urged to participate in this and other debates on Goanet. In particular, the 'thorny' view that, "what migrants are doing to Goa is "wrong" but what we are doing to the rest of the world is "right" needs much exploration. In a succinct piece titled New Advances, Dr Gilbert Lawrence, an oncologist of Goan origin practising in America, tells us that, "over the the last two decades there have been significant advances in bioengineering and computer-assisted targeting of the radiation beam...permitting high doses of radiation to the tumour while avoiding or reducing the dose to the surrounding normal tissues..." Dr Gilbert particularly draws our attention to the Cyber-Knife that can deal with tumours that are normally difficult to reach without surgical incision. Cancer sufferers the world over, must yearn for information about new forms of treatment and I strongly support the good doctor's sentiment that, we should encourage other Goanetters to place similar posts to inform the rest of us about advances in other fields. Finally, prior to Eddie's (editor of Goan Voice, UK) departure on a short holiday, he telephoned me to say that the number of hits the Goan Voice now receives is really staggering, not only from the UK but also from India, Canada, the Middle East, Australia/NZ and America. With the latter in mind, here is news from Goanet that, mangoes from India are now available in the US after a ban of 18 years. Recently, the fruit was officially introduced in New York by Vayalar Ravi (Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs). At this occasion, the culinary expert, Madhur Jaffrey said that "mangoes in exchange for nuclear fuel was a fair deal" Would our American readers of the GV(UK) and Goanet agree with this view? More details can be found at the Goanet archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ Or to subscribe to Goanet, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
