Goanet Highlights - December 14 to December 20, 2008 Compiled by: Selma Carvalho
http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1119 The post of the week was by Freddy Fernandes who asks "Whether the Goan Render [1] has gone into oblivion?" The Render is a toddy-tapper and this traditional trade is now on the decline. 1: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085171.html Those Goanetters in Goa during the festive season can meet up at the Seasonal Goanetters Meet [2], scheduled for 3.30 pm on January 6, 2009 at Mandovi Hotel. 2: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085249.html JoeGoaUK delights us almost everyday with his photo-documentary of Goa.Here he captures the simple Goan meal [3] at a family restaurant. 3: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085377.html Averthan D'Souza tells us about "Back to Economic Basics." [4] 4: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085420.html One of the more spirited debates on Goanet revolves around Sonal Shah [5] and whether she has been the target of a Indian Marxist smear campaign. Here US based Mario Goveia argues in her favour. 5: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085290.html Venita Coelho presents a road-map to the future and tells us how to critically examine the RP2021 [6] at the grass-roots level. 6: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085313.html Frederick Noronha examines the facts and postulates that secularism [7] may indeed be skin-deep in Goa. 7: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085356.html Mervyn Lobo writes nostalgically about Tanzania [8], the home of his childhood, in an essay entitled, Africa through Goan eyes. 8: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085386.html Cecil Pinto ponders on whether "responsible mining" [9] could be the answer to Goa's environmental woes, in "Can mine-owners be the new heroes?" 9: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085435.html Father Ivo C da Souza pays tribute to Professor Carlos da Cruz [10], the Unknown Freedom Fighter. 10: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085432.html Selma Carvalho writes why the Right to Convert [11] is a basic right in any civil society. 11: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085437.html Albertina Almeida keeps us informed why the Citizens Initiative for Communal Harmony(CICH) [12] have demanded the immediate suspension of the police officers who entered an all-girls school in Vasco. 12: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085447.html Melinda Powell gives us a brief account of the "Christimes" [13] the community outreach programme conducted on 18th December, 2008. 13: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085458.html http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1119 Send your feedback to [email protected] To subscribe to Goanet: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org http://www.goanet.org Where Goans Connect
