* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 Old GMC Building, Panjim. June 24, 4.30 pm Children's Day (with Bookworm). June 25, 5 pm Mario's medium analyzed. Short films on Mario. Featuring the first public appearance in Goa by Amruta Patil, graphic novelist and Goa Art College graduate. Her recent graphic novel, 'Kari' (Harper Collins) earned wide acclaim. July 26, original play by the Mustard Seeds Arts Company (5pm)
* * * 2008 Goan International convention currently on at Mississauga University of Toronto (UTM), July 23-27, 2008. http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:21 +0530 From: "Tony de Sa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Shyam Benegal had bought a property in my neighbourhood, but there was no hype about it! > Mario asks: > Who the heck is Shyam Benegal? > Tony wrote: > Are you suggesting that we niz Goans, most whom have our own houses should buy up every property put up for sale? Or that we do not appreciate Goa? Come on , Sir! > Mario responds: > I am suggesting that either you and your friends buy every property put up for sale or someone who can afford to is going to do so. That's life in modern India. What are you complaining about? > I have no idea whether you appreciate Goa or not. You certainly oppose its economic development. > Tony wrote: > While the family or the blacksheep of the family who sold the house may have benefitted, the gains to the exchequer are probably devalued because as every one who knows how these sales are made will tell you payments are made in 'black' and 'white' with the tax being paid on the latter while the former, which is tax free is more. Mario, the tragedy of our Goans is that if only we knew how to snarl or wield a chhapal in the manner of the Bengalis or a Kukri in the manner of Gorkhas, Goa would not have been in the mess that it is now. ;-) > Mario responds: > You may not know how to snarl or wield a chappal, but you all are pretty good at using the crab mentality to tear people down - as illustrated by your characterization of the seller to Celina as a "black sheep". Perhaps, rather than snarl and wield chappals it may behoove you all to elect honest politicians so that there will be no more "black" and "white" money. > BTW, I bought a property in Goa recently and there was no mention of "black" or "white" money. I used "green" money in the transaction:-)) > Tony wrote: > How come then, Goa which boasts of having umpteen film stars, politicians, influential and rich people as 'new Goans' has been allowed to go to dogs? Or don't they care enough for Goa to make that vital call? > Mario responds: > Goa is going to the dogs because of both - some old Goans and some new Goans. Other old Goans and new Goans are helping it to boom economically. The trick is to know the difference. A Goan, old or new, who bribes an official and gets a permit to build an ugly structure that does not fit its environment defaces Goa. Someone like Celina, who likes Goa enough to buy and re-furbish an old Goan house helps Goa. > Why don't you walk over to Shyam Benagal's house the next time he's there and tell him precisely whom to call. Personally, I would go ask Celina to make the call, but then I'm not a Moidekar:-)) > Tony wrote: > And as a parting shot, may I add, I have lived in Goa, immediately post liberation as a young boy, till date; and with a heavy heart I have seen it go to dogs before my very eyes because of the influx of the hordes. > Mario responds: > If you have been in Goa all that time, then you have been part of the problem, which means Goans who did not elect honest politicians and allowed corruption in Goa to flourish. > Besides, based on your complaints, it seems that you have not taken advantage of so many opportunities over all those years that created the economic vacuum that non-Goans had to fill. Economic vacuums work just like the physical kind - something or someone fills them as soon as possible. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** http://www.GOANET.org **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tri Continental Film Festival 2008 July 25 - 30, 2008 Goa, India http://www.moviesgoa.org/page/tri_continental/ http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricon/schedule_2008.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
