Rajan, I deeply respect your determination in drawing Goan readers attention with vivid pictures of Goa going down the pan. I even agree with some who regard Goa now as a toilet. It saddens me as a Goan.
I try and remind myself that Goa should not concern me any more because a) I was born and raised abroad and know nothing of Goa but my village and an area of 5 miles radius around my village. b) Much of the family property have been wrested from the family by the Mundkar laws so I have nothing to come to. c) The last time I visited Goa I felt for the first time an eerie feeling of a 'gaonkar tourist' in my own back yard. d) Foreign interests have muscled into the fabric of the towns and villages. e) The Hindu and Catholic Goans who share the same cultural negative characteristics of our Goanness are resigned to their fate. f) That corruption has penetrated every aspect of social, commercial and political life in Goa. g) Development appears in the main to be rag tag uncontrolled making Goa a potential area for a hazard. h) A society deeply divided resigned to their fate and keeping their heads down outnumbered by the influx of migrants and itinerant tourist. i) A political system that panders to voters who enable them to gain power and get on the gravy train. j) No one is accountable for their actions or concerned of the consequences. k) That I am all right Jack and Goa deserves the fate it has brought upon itself. Unfortunately, reading and seeing the demise of Goa gets to become unbearable. This posting is a release of my pent up feelings. It helps me understand why it is like it is and reconcile myself to it rather then muster up action from Goans. What you read here is me talking aloud to myself. It hardly matters if you agree with me or not. The demise of Goa has been brought on upon ourselves by the very nature of the Goan character. I do not distinguish between the Hindu and Catholic. They both demonstrate the same characteristics when you scratch under the surface. The reason we are in this situation I see is because a) Salazar the Portuguese dictator did not really much care for the Goa. The Goans did not so why should he have as a Portuguese. The Goans have always been a type of minion Yes Sir no Sir three bags full Sir. Had Salazar shown any wisdom he would have given Goa Self Rule. Goa could have stayed on good terms with India and Portugal while controlling its own borders and independently forged its own development. That opportunity was missed and Goans in Goa or abroad at the time did nothing to make it happen. This is characteristic Goan behaviour. It's the I am all right Jack position. In the event India liberated Goa and to the winner the spoils of war. That stands to reason. Salazar lost face internationally and the goodwill of the people of Goa. The man was a monster. It is difficult to imagine now how this man could have gone unchallenged in Goa or in Portugal. However, his actions and stupidity sealed the fate of Goa. b) Goan history shows that we were never a seriously united group or force that carried any clout. We slept with our enemies and friends alike. The Goan is a spineless, feeble minded individual with delusions of grandeur who take pleasure in measuring up to other Goans and not the outside world. Go to a Goan club and you will hear people boast of their achievements. It is never about projecting the youth and the future or about the dangers that face the community and its expected consequences. Oh no, its about petty point scoring and pitted against each other. A Goan meeting is not about strategy, tactics and logistics of dealing with the present or future. Goans are natural born traitors. Looking up our ancestors and forefathers no real attempt was made to sit at the conquers table as equals or near equals. It has been more like picking what fell off the table or going elsewhere to find richer pickings that fell of other tables. We have nothing to be proud of when it comes to our ancestors and parents who cloistered themselves in the grin and bear it of religious teachings. I feel sure that armed with sticks Goa could have been liberated by the Goans themselves. In a nutshell you, I and our forefathers are to blame for our current demise. Whinging about it now is just graffiti on the wall. Rajan I am not putting the mockers on what you have to say. I admire your courage and persistence. The root cause of our situation is deep in the Goan psyche. As for the Goan high flyers, there is one last opportunity. India is on the ascendancy. Being a Goan has given us an edge. It is important that those who have this advantage take a flyer to rise with India and make their mark. Of course it will mean working to higher standards then we have been accustomed to but I am sure that that can be ironed into our character. As for the others I am afraid Hindu or Catholic Goan it is time to read the tea leaves in the tea cup. I am sorry that it has come to be this way but we in the end have only ourselves and our leaders to blame. Our politicians are in it for themselves. They are peas from the same pod. regards rn I should not be posting here as I write under a pseudoname. It matters not whether this posting gets posted or rejected. I have got what I have wanted to say off my chest. On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:09 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send Goanet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Goanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Do State politicians live to eat? - 1 (Lionel Messias) > 2. Re: Catholic Goeankars N.B. 'Respect atheists' says Cardinal > (Gilbert Lawrence) > 3. Exclusive Luxury comes to Majorda (Rajan P. Parrikar) > 4. job vacancy in UAE (edwardingoa) > 5. Marxist Separatist anti-development calls (Carvalho) > 6. THE RAPE OF GOA BY RAJAN PARRIKAR (Bonefacio Lopes) > 7. Begin learning Konkani Online http://www.savemylanguage.org/ > (Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com) > 8. Dilliwallah threatens locals in Korgaon (Rajan P. Parrikar) > 9. Indians greenest citizens of the world! (Sachin Phadte) > 10. Re: F N Souza's museum still a dream (Pandu Lampiao) > 11. 40th anniversary of the promulgation of the Encyclical > "Humanae vitae". (Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:33:09 +0530 > From: "Lionel Messias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Do State politicians live to eat? - 1 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 > > Do State politicians live to eat? > > > > Making a meal of it ?1 > > > > Study your politicians' food-spend sheet (the second in the series) and > you > are made to believe they have dedicated their lives to literally perform > between gourmet meals while working up an appetite for the next, all for > the > sake of Goa's development. Rs2,44,503 was spent between May 2004 and April > 2008 on dining out ministers and MLAs, this time by Pratapsing Rane. Add > that to the Rs7,77,968 (see Herald May 6 'Do State politicians live to > eat') > between July 2004 and January 2008 spent by Digambar Kamat to entertain > our > politicians; it works out to a whopping Rs10,22,471. There's more to it. > And you still don't have a garbage disposal in your vicinity. While you > contemplate on that imagine the garbage created by all that gorging. > > > > September 2006 was an expensive month for the tax payer as Rane's > entertainment bill was a sizzling Rs9,68,100 that included a Rs6,38,948 > shindig he threw for some lawyers and a Rs2,47,500 jamboree for some > French > teachers who came calling. Rane also overindulged the Global Goans > Convention 2007 throwing a Rs4,51,980 bash which, added to the Rs37,54,670 > spent by the NRI commissioner Eduardo Faleiro who assembled together a > select few non-resident Goans in Goa for what fundamentally was a > back-slapping event, is an indication of how crores of your precious > rupees > are wasted on the hoity toity while the hoi polloi can scramble for a few > crumbs. > > > > If proof be needed, check this out. On June 15, 2006 Rane spent > Rs5,30,975 > dining out UNDP delegates including members of the Planning Commission. > This > figure includes a Rs52,995 dinner hosted by the Chief Secretary JP Singh > for > the Planning Commission members only on June 14. > > > > Could anybody be that hungry to gorge on such humungous amounts of food? > Over three nights on June 21 and 22, call it monsoon magic because surely > the rains must have given them an appetite, a total of Rs2,15,891 was > spent > dining out a Parliamentary Standing Committee, ironically enough , on > social > justice and empowerment. > > > > > > > > Pratapsingh Rane > > > > 04.05.04 -dinner for Prof. Arthur G. Rubinoff, Toronto University at > Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs7,097. > > > > 05.07.04 ?dinner for 16 invitees at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs9,951. > > > > 13.08.04 ?dinner for 12 invitees at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs9,218. > > > > 23.09.04 -dinner for a visiting doctor at Fort Aguada ?Rs9,625. > > > > 02.01.05 ?dinner for Prabhakar Narvekar, ex-member, IMF (International > Monetary Fund) at Cidade de Goa ?Rs7,651. > > > > 04.02.05 ?lunch for ministers at Hotel Majestic ?Rs4,833. > > > > 26.02.05 ?dinner for invitees at Cidade de Goa ?Rs33,307. > > > > 28.02.05 ?lunch for MLAs at Caf? Ritz ?Rs2,230. > > > > 03.03.05 ?lunch for MLAs at Caf? Ritz ?Rs2,556. > > > > 02.03.05 ?lunch for MLAs at Caf? Ritz ?Rs2,155. > > > > 04.03.05 ?lunch for MLAs at Caf? Ritz ?Rs2,465. > > > > 07.06.05 ?lunch for ministers, MLAs, select journalists at Cidade de Goa > ?Rs99,859. > > > > 19.06.05 ?dinner for Kirit S. Parikh, Planning Commission at Fort > Aguada?Rs11,138. > > > > 02.07.05 ?dinner for Justices SN S N Variava, Dalveer Bhandari at Fort > Aguada ?Rs27,225. > > > > 09.07.05 ?lunch for Dr. Pailoyami, cardioligst at Cidade de Goa ?Rs5,771. > > > > 12.07.05 ?dinner for editors at Cidade de Goa ?Rs26,463. > > > > 14.07.05 ?lunch at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs10,880. > > > > 22.08.05 -lunch for officials at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs3,520. > > > > 24.08.05 ?lunch for officials at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs3,520. > > > > 30.08.05 ?dinner for select journalists (local, national) at Mandovi > ?Rs26,066. > > > > 01.09.05 ?lunch at Cidade de Goa at Rs26,175. > > > > 14.09.05 ?dinner for Vice Chancellors at Cidade de Goa ?Rs60,681. > > > > 22.09.05 -dinner for 150 at Shankar Chaya Bar ?Rs9,960. > > > > 29.09.04 ?dinner at Goa Marriott ?Rs14,861. > > > > 17.10.05 ?dinner for international conference on culture of knowledge at > International Centre ?Rs26,618. > > > > 25.10.05 ?lunch for Planning Board, Goa at Sher-e-Punhjab ?Rs17,500. > > > > 14.11.05 -dinner for young US politicians at Fort Aguada ?Rs63,000 (UK > Worah, the Health Secretary also splurged Rs15,210 on them at the Goa > Marriott.) > > > > 21.11.05 ?lunch for five at FABR, Sinquerim ?Rs.5,625. > > > > 03.12.05 ?dinner for sub-jr. National Kabaddi Championship players at > Damador Restaurant ?Rs35,000. > > > > 12.12.05 -lunch for Nagaland, Mizoram cultural troupe at Kala > Academy?Rs6,050. > > > > 19.12.05 -lunch for WB Speaker at Cidade de Goa ?Rs3,482. > > > > 09.01.06 -dinner at Kala Academy at Rs3,300. > > > > 10.01.06 -dinner for ten at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs8,985. > > > > 26.01.06 -lunch for social workers at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs37,800. > > > > 07.02.06 -dinner for 12 at FABR ?Rs15,946. > > > > 13.02.06 ?lunch for minister, others at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs6,000. > > > > 22.02.06 -dinner for Sonia Gandhi at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs47,725. > > > > 22.03.06 -dinner for ministers, MLAs at Sher-e-Punjab -Rs14,225. > > > > 13.04.06 -lunch for Keith Vaz at Cidade de Goa ?Rs11,374. > > > > 20.05.06 -dinner for 50 at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs36,000. > > > > 10.06.06 -dinner for Chief Justice of India and HC Judges at FABR > ?Rs1,04,164. > > > > 15.06.06 ?dinner for UNDP delegates and Planning Commission at Taj Exotica > ?Rs4,77,980 (On June 14 the Chief Secretary JP Singh also spent Rs52,995 > entertaining Planning Commission members.) > > > > 22.06.06 ?dinner for Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice & > Empowerment at Cidade de Goa ?Rs55,615 (On June 22 JP Singh spent Rs52,594 > on lunch while Subhash Shirodkar spent Rs1,07,682 on dinner on June 21.) > > > > 21.07.06 ?lunch for 65 at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs23,400. > > > > 31.07.06 ?lunch for ministers, MLAs at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs16,200. > > > > 05.09.06 ?lunch for member, Planning Board at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs23,400. > > > > 07.09.06 -dinner for French teachers at FABR ?Rs2,47,500. > > > > 08.09.06 -lunch for 42 ?Rs15,120. > > > > 11.09.06 ?lunch for 5 at FABR ?Rs4,612. > > > > 29.09.06 ?lunch for ministers, officers at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs20,520. > > > > 30.09.06 ?dinner for West Zone Inter State Badminton Championship > officials > by Luan Caterers ?Rs18,000 (Digambar Kamat also spent Rs18,000 on > September > 29) > > > > 30.09.06 ?dinner for 200 lawyers at Taj Exotica ?Rs6,38,948. > > > > 05.10.06 ?lunch for 20 at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs9,720. > > > > 19.10.06 ?lunch for 15 at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs4,500. > > > > 24.10.06 -dinner for 15 at Ritz Class ?Rs5,250. > > > > 05.12.06 ?lunch for ministers, MLA at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs9,720. > > > > 14.12.06 ?dinner for MLAs, social workers at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs24,480. > > > > 03.01.07 ?dinner for Global Goans Convention 2007 at Taj Holiday > ?Rs4,51,980. > > > > 05.01.07 -lunch for ministers at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs11,520. > > > > 23.01.07 ?lunch at Sher-e-Punjab Rs7,200. > > > > 31.01.07 -dinner for JBIC delegates at FABR ?Rs72,563. > > > > 08.02.07 ?dinner for EWW India Forum at Tax Exotica ?Rs6,28,929. > > > > 08.02.07 ?breakfast for Lisbon Vice Mayor at Cidade Goa ?Rs5,145. > > > > 12.02.07 ?lunch for minister at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs5,400. > > > > 15.02.07 ?lunch at Goa Marriott ?Rs70,300. > > > > 02.03.07 ?dinner for Malaysian tourism minister at FABR ?Rs86,940. > > > > 05.03.07 ?lunch for ruling ministers, MLAs at Sher-e-Punjab Rs12,240. > > > > 20.03.07 ?lunch for ruling ministers, MLAs at RM Canteen ?Rs10,100. > > > > 14.04.07 ?dinner for State Kabaddi Championship by Arti Caterers > ?Rs45,000. > > > > 14.04.07 ?lunch for 15 at Sher-e-Punjab ?Rs8,663. > > > > 20.04.07 ?lunch for 6 at Mandovi ?Rs14,515. > > > > > > > > Total spent on entertainment was Rs39,72,941 of which entertaining Goa's > ministers and MLAs cost Rs2,44,503 between May 2004 and April 2007. > > > > The government's food bill so far: > > > > Digambar Kamat Rs36,47,744 > > > > Pratapsing Rane Rs39,72,941 > > > > Total Rs76,20,685 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:13:17 -0700 (PDT) > From: Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Catholic Goeankars N.B. 'Respect atheists' says > Cardinal > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I tried reading the full text of the Cardinal's speech that was kindly > web-linked as well as the abstracts that were posted. > The writings?were "Latin to me" with some Greek philosophy.? > Aum supurlo Goenkar murree. > The discussion on Goanet is a classical example of: > "The?eyes see and the brain reads?& understands what the mind knows" > This idiom is?taught in first year medical school. > I am man-enough to admit that I do not understand the concepts. > Regards, GL > ? > ------------- Fr. Ivo C da Souza > ? > Read the full lecture and try to understand it. Like Dr. Santosh and > Cornel you have not understood well the full lecture. > > ------------?Roland Francis > ? > I?too along with Santosh and Cornel feel that you are?completely spinning > what the Cardinal said. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 00:14:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Exclusive Luxury comes to Majorda > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > To Goanet - > > But not for the Majorda-kars. Only if you are > a bhailo flush with cash. > > http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/majorda-1.jpg > > http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/majorda-2.jpg > > http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/majorda-3.jpg > > It is learnt that a new hotel project (by a Gujarati) > is underway in the village. And the file for another > residential project of luxury villas is said to have > been cleared - this one by a builder who fancies > himself as a "thinker" on land owned by a mine > owner. > > Warm regards, > > > r > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:47:22 +0400 > From: edwardingoa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] job vacancy in UAE > To: "edward lopes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Looking for a data entry female on fathers /husband visa who has knowledge > of adobe frame maker > write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Best of the Web: Your Eye on the World > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Join me on You Tube to listen to music videos > http://www.youtube.com/edwardlopes7 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:00:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Marxist Separatist anti-development calls > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > --- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Authoritarian separatist Marxist rule is also > > non-existent in Goa, but I don't see you objecting > > to > > the emotional, frustrated calls for that kind of > > nonsense. > ------------------------------- > > Dear Mario, > I'll leave you to prattle on about zoning laws in Goa. > Obviously you are unaware that hundreds of laws exist > in India and in Goa, but the problem is none of these > are adhered. > > Now, coming you your assertion that I am in tacit > approval of a Marxist, separatist state, obviously you > have not been reading my posts or preferring not to > understand the content of them. I have never embraced > Marxist ideology nor called for the seceding of Goa. I > am a Nehruvian nationalist. > > Secondly I have never been what is popularly refered > to in Goa as "anti-development". While you were away, > it was just Philip Thomas and me, keeping the > capatilist voice alive. The "anti-development" stance > is extremely short-sighted and misguided. > > For instance, Panjim had a good opportunity to convert > one of the older medical building into a shopping > arcade. Due to the misguided sentiments of some Goan > doctors, this project was impaled in the heart and > discarded. Well, you and I both know that the > conservation of heritage building in the West, is > dependent almost entirely on shopping arcades, hotels, > bars and restaurants or antique galleries taking them > on, restoring them, preserving aspects of their > architecture (usually the facade) and remodeling the > rest to operate as commercial ventures. > > Goans have to compromise, they have to recognise what > is a true investment opportunity and what is not. I > don't want to be insolent enough to suggest what is > best for Goa, but I do agree with you that from an > outsider's perspective, the "anti-development" > backlash that is going on, will be absolutely be > detrimental to Goa in the long term. > > selma > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: 13 May 2008 10:42:35 -0000 > From: "Bonefacio Lopes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] THE RAPE OF GOA BY RAJAN PARRIKAR > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > It's a good thought on this photo documentary , but i think if we title it > GOAN RAPISTS rather than rape of goa, we have read that Goa is being raped > over and over again but never really hit out the names of those who rape > Goa, be it by real estate, mining mafia's or be it with the help of some > god fathers be it in the Govt or great grand fathers overseas, with lots of > muscle and money power. > > It's time we raise the curtains properly by naming those who rape Goa > ,that will be a hit documentary movie and later leave it to the wild/wildest > imagination of the Goans if they do have such wild imagination to decide > what's wrong with their mother land GOA and what needs to be done to rectify > such acts which in long run will benefit the future Goenkar generations and > the present too. > > Bonefacio > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:52:47 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Begin learning Konkani Online > http://www.savemylanguage.org/ > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > http://www.savemylanguage.org/ > > Tags: Konkani Dictionary, Learn Konkani Language > > > The best way to learn a new language, is to use word lists that have > words from a specific category. > This makes it easier to learn new words, as they are all related. > I have found this set of wonderfully categorised Konkani words. There are > around 50 categories, ranging from ?Food & Drink? to ?Slang Used With a > Baby?. (The latter being especially useful if you have kids of your own) > Ofcourse there are other lists like ?Kitchen Utensils? and ?Home > Furnishing? !!!! > Hope you enjoy learning the Konkani Language. > Location: > > Konkani Dictionary Page > > http://konkanilanguage.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/learn-konkani-langugage-online/ > > > - Forwarded by www.goa-world.com > > > > > Goa's Pride - http://www.goa-world.com > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuCMjzYA3_U > Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter (Since 1994) archived at > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ > Moderated by Gaspar Almeida & presented by Ulysses Menezes > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74XIrwvbwCQ > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 00:42:07 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Dilliwallah threatens locals in Korgaon > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > To Goanet - > > What is the fellow doing in Korgaon in the first > place? The vermin has infected even the most > rural & peaceful parts of Goa now. > > ***** > http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3908&cid=26 > > PERNEM, MAY 12 ?A native of Delhi but residing at Korgao-Pernem > was arrested on charges of threatening to assault the panchayat secretary > and panch. > > The incident occurred when Panchayat Secretary Bhiva Thakur issued > a notice of illegal construction of a compound wall. The accused, > Farukh Sheik, however, refused to accept the notice. He later rushed > to the panchayat office and allegedly abused Mr Thakur and Pancha > Rajmohan Shetye, besides attempting to assault them. > > Following a police complaint, Pernem police arrested Mr Sheik > and he later released on bail granted by the Pernem court. > > Meanwhile, about 100 residents of Korgao recently met to protest > over the presence of a non-Goan, who has purchased a house and > land in the village. The locals have demanded a special gram sabha > over the issue. > ***** > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:58:25 +0530 > From: Sachin Phadte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Indians greenest citizens of the world! > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > > I thought this item would interest us all. > > Sachin Phadte > > > Indians greenest citizens of the world! > http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09green.htm > May 09, 2008 > > Indian and Brazilian have the most environmentally-friendly lifestyles, > according to a new global survey. > > American customers scored lowest in the survey from the National > Geographic Society, and the international polling firm GlobeScan, which was > aimed at examining the impact of individual consumer behaviour. > > ?The Greendex gives us an unprecedented, meaningful look at how consumers > across the globe are behaving,? National Geographic quoted Terry Garcia, its > executive vice president of mission programs, as saying. > > ?We hope people will be inspired to look at how their own behaviour is > affecting the environment and take steps to minimize their environmental > footprint,? Terry added. > > The findings are based on Internet surveys of consumers in 14 countries, > which together represent more than half of the world?s population and use > about 75 per cent of its energy. > > The behaviours of individuals were compared in four key areas: housing, > transportation, food, and consumer goods. > > Indian and Brazilian consumers scored 60 each on the > sustainable-consumption scale, followed by China (56.1). > > Customers in the US were found to be the most wasteful with a score of > 44.9 on the sustainable-consumption scale. > > Mexico, Hungary, Russia [Images], Great Britain, Germany [Images], > Australia, Spain, Japan [Images], France [Images], and Canada [Images] were > the other countries involved in the study. > > The researchers also conducted face-to-face studies in Egypt and Nigeria, > but the two countries were not scored because of their differing > methodology. > > While Indians were found to have the greenest food habits on account of > less meat consumption and high consumption of fruits and vegetables, > Brazilian topped in the category of housing because they typically have > smaller homes, rarely use air conditioning or heating, and rely heavily on > on-demand, tankless water-heating systems. > > Chinese, who heavily rely on bicycles or walking, scored highest on > transportation behaviours. > > Nick Nuttall, a spokesperson for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), > welcomed the index results. > > ?It is certainly illuminating and perhaps overturns the common perception > that it is only consumers in the rich countries who are environmentally > aware and eco-active on the High Street and in their purchasing habits,? he > said. > > He hopes that the survey can help spur governments to develop in less > wasteful and more environmentally conscious ways. > > ?Thus there is an urgent need to ensure that this economic growth does not > echo the 20th century growth of North America, Europe, and Japan and that > developing economies are given the technologies and the creative financing > needed to avoid the mistakes of the past,? he said. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch hottest Bollywood videos, clips, movie tailors, star interviews, > songs and more on MSN videos. > http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:41:25 -0400 > From: "Pandu Lampiao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] F N Souza's museum still a dream > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Will someone care to explain why Goa does not name roads, gardens etc > after a few of our sprinkling artists both visual and musicians? We > have names of some Endian figures who have no meaning nor relevance to > our life for crying out loud! Gandhi, Nehru could well be some cheezy > Bollywood heros for all one cares. Damn them. Their names have no > relevance in Goan life. > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:02 AM, D'Souza, Avelino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Dear departed > > Georgina Maddox > > > > The late F N Souza is making big bucks but his museum still a dream > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 04:21:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] 40th anniversary of the promulgation of the > Encyclical "Humanae vitae". > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > TECHNOLOGY CANNOT SUBSTITUTE THE ACT OF MARITAL LOVE > > VATICAN CITY, 10 MAY 2008 (VIS) - Benedict XVI received participants in > an international congress being promoted by the Pontifical Lateran > University in Rome to mark the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of the > Encyclical "Humanae vitae". > > Recalling that the Encyclical was published by Pope Paul VI on 25 July > 1968, the Pope highlighted how "the document soon became a sign of > contradiction", and pointed out that "it constitutes a significant show of > courage in reiterating the continuity of the Church's doctrine and > tradition". > > "The truth expressed in 'Humanae vitae 'does not change", he said, > "quite the contrary, in the light of new scientific discoveries its teaching > becomes more relevant and stimulates reflection on the intrinsic values it > possesses". > > The Holy Father affirmed that "in a culture suffering from the > prevalence of having over being, human life risks losing its value. If the > practice of sexuality becomes a drug that seeks to enslave the partner to > one's own desires and interests without respecting the times of the beloved, > then what must be defended is no longer just the concept of love but, > primarily, the dignity of the person. As believers we could never allow the > power of technology to invalidate the quality of love and the sacredness of > life". > > Natural law, he said, "deserves to be recognised as the source > inspiring the relationship between a married couple in their responsibility > to generate children. The transmission of life is inscribed in nature and > its laws stand as an unwritten norm to which everyone must refer". > > Nascent life, said the Pope, "is the fruit of a love capable of > thinking and choosing in complete freedom, without allowing itself to be > overly conditioned by the sacrifice this may require. From here emerges the > miracle of life which parents experience in themselves as they sense the > extraordinary nature of what is achieved in them and through them. No > mechanical technique can substitute the act of love that husband and wife > exchange as a sign of the greater mystery, in which they are protagonists > and co-participants of creation". > > After recalling the sad episodes that sometimes involve adolescents > "whose reactions display their incorrect appreciation of the mystery of life > and of the dangerous implications of their actions", the Holy Father > expressed the hope that young people "may learn the true meaning of love and > prepare for it with appropriate sexual education, not allowing themselves to > be distracted by superficial messages that prevent them appreciating the > essence of the truth at stake". > > "Freedom must join with truth, and responsibility with strength of > dedication to others, also through sacrifice. Without these principles the > community of man does not develop and there is a risk of being trapped in > oppressive selfishness". > AC/ANNIVERSARY HUMANAE VITAE/... > > - Forwarded by www.goa-world.com > > > Goa's Pride - http://www.goa-world.com > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuCMjzYA3_U > Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter (Since 1994) archived at > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ > Moderated by Gaspar Almeida & presented by Ulysses Menezes > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74XIrwvbwCQ > > > > > End of Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 554 > ************************************** >
