Situation and events at Baina beach area
The situation at Baina beach has been going from bad to worse with repeated
human rights violations. Details are given below, as you read on the
gravity of the situation and the need for urgent action will become clear.
The last (and most recent) update
Sometimes one needs a poet to put social reality in perspective. Here is
the great Telugu leftist poet Varvara Rao on the recent reservation
controversy. Got it off another mailgroup, don't know who the
translation is credited to. Please circulate widely.
Lucky
You are born rich
To say
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On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 22:02 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: "domnic fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] "TAP DANCE"!
> To: goanet@goanet.org
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Wonder when Domnic is going to compile all his pieces as a
On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 08:58 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] Domnic Fernandes' articles and upcoming book
> Over the years hundreds of people
> have been asking Domnic to compile all his articles into a book.
> Domnic and
> myself have h
On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 12:59 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: "Clinton Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] What's happening to Goanet?
> Enough of this nonsense. The past few months have seen Goanet
> discussions
> degenerate into mindless nonsense, name calling and foul language. I'
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t-finding committee into the Sanvordem violence, present a white
paper identifying those responsible and take firm action to bring the
perpetrators to book.
In a joint statement, Ramesh Gauns and Vidyadhar Gadgil said that for
the past month, citizens of Goa have been demanding that the government
const
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> Subject: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Of Goans, Indians and
> foreigners: Goa's racism and reverse-racism
That was a very thoughtful and interesting article, though one may not
agree with all its viewpoints. There is a crying need for just such a
rational debate on this whole issue.
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Questio
A new breed of missionary by Scott Baldauf
Christian Science Monitor, 1st April 2005
& Response
A new breed of missionary
A drive for conversions, not development, is stirring violent animosity
in India.
By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com
Doesn't this stuff below come under Goanet's prohibitions? What are the
moderators doing?
Not that I have any strong difference with what is stated, but people
who write stuff like this should learn to be even-handed and not target
one particular brand of irrationality, while zealously defending t
Anti-smoking fascism
There seems to be a wilful blindness among our citizens regarding the
government proposal to ban images of smoking in film. Rather than
condemning the step, theyt cheer our would-be censors on.
The state in India has taken upon itself the role of the arbiter of
public moralit
x27;t think that
such is the case at all.
Let us just accept that each of the deplorable phenomena you describe
above took place (including the Inquisition), and that 'religion' was
often advanced by the proponents of each of them as being a
justification, irrespective of the
With respect to the homeschooling issue, Viviana makes sense when she
says that homeschooling is not only those right-wing religious fanatics;
yes, there is much to homeschooling than that.
But a fact remains. Go to Google directory, find the homeschooling
section, and see what's there -- a good 8
Maybe the BJP (or, rather, the Sangh Parivar) has not actually demanded
the 'return' of temples, but they have been displaying their usual
penchant for fishing in troubled waters; and in case the waters are not
troubled, stirring them up first.
Take 3 news items noted over the past few months.
1
rther information on the Video Forum contact Prakash Lohale, O.P.,
at the above tel. no. or at email [EMAIL PROTECTED], or Vidyadhar
Gadgil at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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y and illegal action was taken.
Yours sincerely,
Vidyadhar Gadgil
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straight along for about 600 metres, past St. Xavier's School.
The DTC is a cream-coloured building on the right.
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On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 11:03 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Message: 7
> From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] Protestors attack Goa police station; calls
> demolition a sacrilege
> http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=20597
>
> Protestors attack G
Unless we act soon and present a united front against communal forces,
we seem to be heading towards becoming another Gujarat
I couldn't agree more with Sandeep. A few of his points seem to need
some clarification though.
On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 20:51 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: sandeep
Without getting into this debate between Miguel and Sandesh, some points
do need to be made.
Sandesh's secular credentials are undoubted, his track record speaks for
itself, and all who know him would agree with this.
That said, giving a regular weekly column to Subhash Velingkar is
scandalous. W
This may be helpful in shedding some light on the issue of caste in
Christianity in India.
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Fr. Ambrose Pinto on Christianity and Dalit Liberation
Father Dr. Ambrose Pinto is a Jesuit priest, now based in Bangalore.
Earlier, he served as the Executive Director of the Indian Social
Institute
Teotonio's request may strike many as peculiar, but is not off the
topic. While not supporting a deterministic viewpoint (i.e. a person's
views on caste are determined by her/his caste), caste background can be
an important ingredient of how one relates to the issue of caste.
Not sure how this wor
Dear Cecil,
Most of us (this covers Goanet as well) personally have no caste
feelings, and do not discriminate between people on basis of religion,
caste, etc. Naturally, we are perplexed as to what everybody is going on
about. This was once explained to me by a Sociology Prof. (no less!) as
being
Forwarded Message
> From: DOMINICAN TRAINING CENTRE - MORIA GOA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Vidyadhar Gadgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Murder of Democracy
> Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:46:53 +0530
> Video Forum: March Screeni
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For Immediate Release
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March 19, 2005
For more information contact:
Dr. Ashwini Rao: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ms. Sapna Gupta: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
Shri Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister
Government of India
South Block,
On the claim of religion to be above criticism, this recent piece by
Salman Rushdie says it all.
The Telegraph - March 20, 2005
THE TROUBLE WITH RELIGION
- Wherever religions get into society's driving seat, tyranny results
Salman Rushdie
Exception to European secularism
I never thought of myse
I personally would agree with the view that when it comes to marriage,
Indians in general (and this includes all castes and creeds) are among
the most prejudiced of all people. Even using the examples Fred gives
(Gujrati with Punjabi etc.), there are very few people who marry outside
their own grou
Cecil has painstakingly researched and proved to me that the quote from
Marx which I use as my email signature is not really a direct quote from
Marx.
http://www.uta.edu/english/cgb/marx/faves.html
In 1865 Karl Marx filled out a "self-portrait" questionnaire that was in
widespread circulation. On
[Published under the title "Faith accompli" in The Tribune on April 3,
2005 ]
Goan festival of communal amity under secular stress
Shiv Kumar
Just 30-minutes away from the famed Calangute
beach, a small hamlet in Siolim, Goa is bravely
struggling to maintain a centuries old tradition
that enj
NY Times July 9, 2005
Leading Cardinal Redefines Church's View on Evolution
By CORNELIA DEAN and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
An influential cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, which has
long been regarded as an ally of the theory of evolution, is now
suggesting that belief in e
Herald, Panjim, 24th July 2005
How the Sangh is controlling Goa?
BY Nityendra Y Kamat
PANJIM, JULY 23 — When BJP’s national secretary Sudheendra Kulkarni, a
close aide of now controversy-ridden national President L K Advani,
accused the RSS of “micro-managing” the BJP and remote-controlling its
le
On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 00:16 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Nobody seems to have noticed a touch of irony when Saligao villagers
> (and the local panchayat) embark on a 'garbage collection
> drive' (mainly
> plastics). The waste from the villa
On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 23:09 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Is plastic being recycled in Goa even on a small scale? i.e. someone
> collects the plastic for a
> fee and then turns around and sells it in bulk to the plastic
> manufacturers for reuse. I kn
This new Roman script Konkani is bizarre. It really appears like
shooting oneself in the foot. Mere phonetics should not drive one to
such absurdities; after all, we read and write English accurately enough
in Roman script, even though it is far from phonetic. (George Bernard
Shaw once suggested th
On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 08:54 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Subject: [Goanet] Paes-Navratilova win easy
This matter has come up before this on Goanet, without any meaningful
action. While all these sports-related articles are doubtless
interesting, what do they have to do with Goanet? -- as such
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 20:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Re: [Goanet] Paes-Navratilova win easy
> Mr/Ms V. Gadgil, who objects to news of Leander Paes' activities,
> obviously
> is unaware that Leander Paes is a Goan playing world-class tennis, and
> as such
> his successes are of intense
Looks like the Inter-Country Adoption racket has arrived in Goa. Today's
Gomantak Times has some very disturbing articles on a 'children's home'
in Carona called Preet Mandir, excerpts from which are posted below.
What are they doing with the babies that they obtain? Well, it seems
that they have
> Would anyone know (a) the birth and death dates of the famed scholar
> of
> Buddhism and Pali language Dharmanand Kosambi of Sancoale (1876-1947)
Date of birth: 9 October 1876
Date of death: 24th June 1947
Some of his publications (all in Marathi, please excuse any errors in my
transliteration,
On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 14:08 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: "Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] Re: Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi( 1907-1966)
> I am sending the dates of birth as well as death of Damodar
> Dharmananda
> Kosambi( 1907-1966). He was born in San
On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 21:45 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A lawless IT industry?
> Rane said the policy proposed to exempt IT entrepreneurs from the
> purview of
> several labour and factory laws like the Goa Pollution Control Act,
> Factories
> Act, Maternity Benefits Act, Control Labour Regul
On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 22:44 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Musings on crossing a hundred
> For his September 9, 2005 birthday, he had the company
>of his children and grandchildren from Geneva,
>Switzerland, Perth and Montreal and Toronto. Now,
>doesn't that say something about G
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