RE: [GOANET] Aldona-net in operation
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- hi this is suzane n m from aldona, its nice to know regarding the St. Thomas Boys N Gals School n m proud to say that i was a student of St, Thomas Gals School Aldona n my Brother who is still continuing to study there n who is in Std 12th in the boys School. its a great feelin to know about aldona n the happenings there. plz continue to do your good job. n keep me informed suzane
[GOANET] 04 FEB 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS February 04, 2003 IT'S A RECORD: GOA NETS 150 CR: The state achieved a record revenue collection of Rs.150 crore, including Rs.59 crore in sales tax, in a single month during January 2003. Speaking to reporters on February 3, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar claimed that this reflected buoyancy in the economy and tourism, industry and other sectors were looking up and revenue from tax and non-tax sources had gone up. Parrikar said a record Rs.56 crore revenue had been collected in a single month during 2000 when the one-time payment vis-a-vis the sales tax waiver had been implemented during Faleiro government's tenure. (GT) SAUDI CEILING PLAN TO HIT INDIAN MIGRANTS: Indians working in Saudi Arabia would be the worst hit by the kingdom's plans to put a 20 per cent ceiling on the number of expatriate workers and their dependents. The unprecedented plan, which would be executed within 10 years, was taken by the manpower council chaired by the Interior Minister, Prince Naif, yesterday (Feb 2), Riyad's Arab News said. (UNI report in NT) RIDE ON WHEELS OF DISCIPLINE: Bus owners in North Goa have decided to introduce discipline in the operation of their fleet from 10 February with the cooperation of the government agencies and the traveling public. North Goa Bus Owners' Association president Vishnu Rama Naik stated that from Monday onwards commuters would be charged the government approved fares and that they would be issued tickets accordingly. The bus timings would be strictly adhered to. (GT) QUALITY OF MEALS TO BE MONITORED: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar on February 3 said that a trained person would be entrusted with monitoring quality of food packets being given to primary school children in the Sattari taluka under the state mid-day meal scheme. (NT) CALANGUTE COPS SEIZE CHARAS: The Calangute police seized 1.3 kg of charas valued at Rs.1 lakh from a 21-year-old youth, Dola Singh (a Kulu Manali native), near the Calangute beach at 2.35 pm on February 3. (NT) GARBAGE DUMPING IRKS SALIGAO RESIDENTS: Indiscriminate dumping and burning on Saligao plateau of plastic wastes generated by hotels and establishments in the coastal belt has angered residents and raised fears among them of health problems. Even as dumping of garbage started in the mid-eighties, the quantum of plastic wastes and frequency of trips by vehicles have increased in recent years. Saligao Civic and Consumer Cell has challenged before the Bombay High Court at Goa the use of the plateau for garbage disposal by the Mapusa Municipal Council and Saligao panchayat. (GT) RS.ONE CRORE FOR GARDEN: Canacona MLA Vijay Pai Khot has promised grant of Rs.1 crore to the Canacona Municipal Council for stetting up a garden with all kinds of amenities. (GT) CREDIT GUARANTEE CEILING HIKED: The Goa cabinet on February 3 hiked the State's credit guarantee amount ceiling from the current Rs.550-crore level to Rs.700-crore. Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar indicated that the government may resort to market borrowings in order to fund some infrastructure projects to be implemented through the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation. (H) HOPE FOR VEHICLE THEFT VICTIMS: Goan victims of vehicle theft can now look forward to a higher probability of recovery with the commissioning of the Motor Vehicle Verification Counter at the Goa police headquarters in Panjim. The facility is linked to the Delhi-based National Crime Records Bureau, which co-ordinates information on stolen and recovered vehicles nationwide. (H) SURVEY OF NAVELIM DRAINS: The Navelim Sarpanch, Anna Carneiro, has said she will write to the Salcete Block Development Officer to assist the panchayat body in conducting inspection of four drains constructed in the village way back in the 90s. (H) MANDREM BEACH: Mandrem Sarpanch Vishwanath Shirodkar has complained that the work of cleaning the Mandrem beach assigned to one contractor by the Tourism department has not been completed within the stipulated time and the beach remains littered with plastic bags, plastic bottles and other rubbish. (GT) MMC WARNS HOUSE TAX DEFAULTERS: Household owners in Margao, beware! If you haven't paid your house tax this financial year, clear the same before this month-end or face action by way of seizure of movable and immovable property by officials of Margao Municipal Council. (H) UP RESIDENT KILLED: One Papu Chawan (20), hailing from Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly done to death by three youngstersShailesh Virdikar, Gurudas Borkar and Umakant Jogle--in their 30s near Power House, Aquem-Margao on Sunday. (H) WOMAN DIES: A 36-year-old womanSandya Ravindra Bandekardied after accidentally
[GOANET] TAI CHI COURSE AT BB CAFE
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- TAI CHI COURSE AT BB CAFE: Martial Arts Master Martin Poetz a 4th Dan Black Belt who has studied the martial arts in both Europe and Japan will be conducting Tai Chi Classes for Beginners and Advanced students at the Between Breaths - BB for short - Centre in Arpora. Beginners: 9.30am - 10.30 am Advanced: 10.30 am - 11.15 am Martin also conducts advanced karate sessions between 7.30 am - 9 am at BB, Mondays and Fridays. For registration details: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / call 2275733 / contact the BB Stall with a Butterfly logo at Ingo's Saturday Night Market; about 50 feet away! HOW TO GET THERE MAP VISIT WEBSITE: www.pranaline.com
Re: [GOANET] Family-tree information
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Tariq Siddiqui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Monday, February 03, 2003 4:03 PM On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha wrote: At least up to mid-1940s the birth registries in Goa used to specify the race. I have with me a xerox copy of a birth registry of 1920 which mentions of white race (de raca branca in Portuguese) and another of 1944 which mentions of Indo-Aryan race (de raca indo-ariana). Jorge, Out of curiosity, were these the only two classifications available to the registrars when it came to race? Also, was there any criteria to determine race or merely skin color? -Tariq Tariq, I'm afraid I don't know if there were other classifications nor what were the criteria followed to determine the race. I think that for the registrars all Goans were white or Indo-Aryans. I wonder however whether they classified differently the Kunnbis who are usually thought to be the autochthons of Goa and of Dravidian stock. Jorge
[GOANET] ...Pardon Ma'am, but your slip is showing...
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- This would suggest that at one time Goans were a much varied ethnic group with a lot of Portuguese and other Europeans, not to mention Hindus and Muslims.- GL Why the mix-up of religion and nationality / origin?. Since when did Goan = Christian? Lawrence
[GOANET] For those asking questions about the Catholic Faith ...
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- For all those asking questions about the Catholic Faith ...here are a few eye openers.. AMEN: The only part of a prayer that everyone knows. BULLETIN: Your receipt for attending Mass. CHOIR: A group of people whose singing allows the rest of the congregation to lip-sync. HOLY WATER: A liquid whose chemical formula is H2OLY. HYMN: A song of praise, usually sung in a key three octaves higher than that of the congregation's range. RECESSIONAL HYMN: The last song at Mass, often sung a little more quietly, since most of the people have already left. INCENSE: Holy Smoke! JESUITS: An order of priests known for their ability to found colleges with good basketball teams. JONAH: The original Jaws story. JUSTICE: When kids have kids of their own. KYRIE ELEISON: The only Greek words that most Catholics can recognize besides gyro and baklava. MAGI: The most famous trio to attend a baby shower. MANGER: (1) Where Mary gave birth to Jesus because Joseph wasn't covered by an HMO; (2) The Bible's way of showing us that holiday travel has always been rough. PEW: A medieval torture device still found in Catholic Churches. PROCESSION: The ceremonial formation at the beginning of Mass consisting of altar servers, the celebrant, and late parishioners looking for seats. RECESSIONAL: The ceremonial procession at the conclusion of Mass - led by parishioners trying to beat the crowd to the parking lot. RELICS: People who have been going to Mass for so long, they actually know when to sit, kneel, and stand. TEN COMMANDMENTS: The most important Top Ten list not given by David Letterman. USHERS: The only people in the parish who don't know the seating capacity of a pew.
Re: [GOANET] Family-tree information
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Prof. Bryan Sykes at Oxford University has identified a total of 36 groups or clans, each representing a single female ancestor through a direct maternal line. A mitochondrial DNA sequencing will determine your maternal clan. Likewise a Y-chromosone analysis will determine your paternal lineage. A study of randomly selected individuals in a localized population -like Goa - would be interesting. Check www.oxfordancestors.com for more details. The book by Prof. Sykes entitled The Seven Daughters of Eve gives more details. T.D'Silva __ on 02/04/2003 12:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- In a message dated 02/03/2003 1:18:42 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Out of curiosity, were these the only two classifications available to the registrars when it came to race? Also, was there any criteria to determine race or merely skin color? My first US Driving License listed my Race as Code '2' The Race/Color Code (listed on the reverse of the driving license): 1. Black, Colored, American Negro 2. White Caucasian, Asiatic Indian (Natives of India and some Arab countries) 3. Mongloid, Oriental Asiatic 4. Mongloid, American Indian Such documents, as Goa's birth registries, can barely identify one's roots. They are designed to serve an intended purpose. And the old era changes, yielding place to new. Meticulous research is needed to delve into family history and available records for developing a family tree. And a continuity commitment is essential to justify such an effort. Colo(u)r, like beauty, is only skin deep. Caste and race, just as blinders, obfuscate the real life situation. It is who or what we are that make our mark in history! Proud to be a Goan: Pat de Sousa Maryland, USA
RE: [GOANET] FW: Welcome to the Goanet mailing list
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Hi Goan folks, This is another member joining you guys. I introduce myself as Agapito D' Silva hailing from Assolna, Ambelim. Currently I am located in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. I am working for Hidada Ltd. As all of you say that you want to keep in touch with Goans, the same I want too. Though I am old subscriber to this Goanet but kindly include me in your mailing list. So I shall await receiving n keeping in touch with u. Cheers men Agapito D' Silva Tel +966 2 6374450 x 171
[GOANET] INDIAN RUPEE EXCHANGE RATES.
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- EURO 51.56 U.S.A. 47.77 U.K. 78.50 JAPAN (100 YEN) 39.73 CANADA 31.44 SWISS 34.86 AUSTRALIA 28.07 NEW ZEALAND 26.16 DENMARK 6.93 NORWAY 6.89 SWEDEN 5.59 SAUDI ARABIA 12.74 BAHRAIN 126.88 KUWAIT 159.82 OMAN 124.08 QATAR 13.13 U.A.E. 13.01 TAIWAN 1.38 HONGKONG AND MACAO 6.12 SINGAPORE 27.43 MALAYSIA 12.57 THAILAND 1.12 SOUTH AFRICA 5.64 KENYA (100 SHS) 61.95 TANZANIA (100 SHS) 4.71 UGANDA (100 SHS) 2.55 GOLD ( PER OZ.) 17,899.73 SILVER ( PER OZ.) 230.73
[GOANET] NEWS-GULF: Saudi Arabia to put cap on expatriates
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- It would be plain and simple if they could substitute the Saudi work force for expats. The turth is that the Saudis all want managerial positions or positions where they have little or no work to do. It seems that they feel it is a given right for them to obtain such positions. I worked in Saudi Arabia for over 7 years and met very few Saudis who were willing to work. Many of them that did work were second generation Palestinians who became Saudis. Cheers Gabe Menezes Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:03 PM Subject: [GOANET] NEWS-GULF: Saudi Arabia to put cap on expatriates Saudi Arabia to put cap on expatriates By Mridula Krishna, Indo-Asian News Service Dubai, Feb 3 (IANS) Saudi Arabia, which hosts the largest number of Indian workers in the Gulf, has announced plans to put a 20 percent ceiling on the number of expatriate workers and their dependents in the kingdom.
[GOANET] Simon DSilva
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Can I have email address of SIMON DSILVA ? Rgds Rocky
[GOANET] Re: [konkaniforum] Kuwaitche Igorjent 'Mobile' fon kiteak vaztat????????EK VINOD
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Mogal Lino-bab, Tuxi chitt vazli, ani tuka amche basen borounk aum zaite tras corun boroitam kiteak avem kednach konkanin borounknam. Kitem vait dislem zalear sozmun vor. Hea disanim mobile phones soggleam lagim asat. Pun zon eklean chintunk zai ki apon atam igorgent voita tednam tenim phone bond korunk zai ou tea phonak vibrator asa zalear tea modeacher dourounkzai. Tosle vostu amchea Canadian gavant zainant kiteak log anga zaito sudorlla. Amchem goemche bauv godieh lokak dakounk sodta zatole ki tenchea lagin celular phone asat mun ou teka itle phone call eatat mun. Tum ek kam khor ani ek poster kor ani igorgechea darar mar ki sogleanim aple phone bond corche mun igorjent bitor shorchea adim or padrick sang ek anunce kor mhun. Khoxi lagli tuka moji koncanim. Dev borem korum Wilson Soares Calgary Canada --- lino dourado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HANS PAPIA! Nigteach-United Club of Utorda-hannim ghoddun haddil'le Ek Anki Konkani Nattkulea Spordhan sangil'lo ek vinod... KUWAITCHE IGORJENT 'MOBILE' FON KITEAK VAZTAT Dormik monxeani itkem saglem astana-i bi Kuwaitche Igorjent mobile fon kiteak vaztat?... Hem mhaka ghelea Sunkrarak thavn gomun ailem. Povitr missachi bhett choltana sodanch mobile fon vaztat ani mhojea osle devbogtti prannichem miss piddear zata. Oxem Kuwaitche Igorjent cholta mhonnon, ghelea Sunkrarak mhojea eka ixtta sangata Ahmadi igorjean missak ghelom. Missak pavpak matso vell zalllo. Dev amchea thaim uloita. Pativacho xermavn chalu aslo. Hanvem mhoje kan fuloile. Bhurgeano sovnsar adhunik (modern) zala. Amchea thaim atam mobile fon asat. Tacher zaite torecheo 'messages ietat. Calls ietat. Kitlea baxen kollam astat? Pativan prons bhurgeank ghatlo. Ahmadi igorjent vetele bhurgeanchem khub oprub mhaka dislem. Zitle pavtt pativ vichar kori titleach pavtti tim bhurgim uxearkaen zap ditalim. Ek eklean zap divn sanglem. Receiving calls, dialled call, inter national calls, local call, blind call, missed call. Jitleo mobile fonar sovloti astat titleoi tannim ek eklean sangun kadleo. Ani koslem call asa?. Bhurgim ogi poddlim. Hanvem mhojo hat ubarlo ani mhonnttlem. Death call. Tea pativan mhojem aikink na. Kiteak havn ani mhojo ixtt fatlea daraxim ube asle. Shuuu Ogi rav mhojea uzvea bazuk axillle ixttan xidkailo. Thodde vellan mhoje ixttan vicharlem. Death call mhonnttlelem kitem re? Fon vazta ani zap dina tedna somzuchem to monis melo. hanven sanglem Pativ fuddem bhurgeank sangtalo. Heach toren Dev amchea thaim uloita. Nhoi mobile fona velean ponn. Mhojea ixttak hanvem luhan vichar kelo Dev sarko gorib kitem. Mobile fon ghevnk zaina? Xermavn cholltana hanvem vichar mandlo . Mhojo ixtt mhaka tirxea dolleani pollevnk laglo Dev amchea darar marta. Dev amkam zagoita, utoita. Talleacho avaz matxe mottean korun, My dear children God is calling usOxem to pativ mhonnta thoinch asa. Konnacho mobile fon vazlo. Kuwaitche igorjeant fon vaztat mhonn Ahmadi igorjent ghello devbogtti porot disturb'!!! Itki thidok mhaka marli, ragan mhonntlem Please switch off the mobile. Shuuu ogi rav. Mhojo ixtt chalovlo. Toxeam mhonno naka Kiteak? Aikunk naim tuvem pativ kitem sangta tem? God is calling us. So that is Gods call = http://www.goa-world.net/poems http://www.goa-world.net/poems/lino __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
[GOANET] Fw: [konkaniforum] Poem: Goeam etam, Goeam etam..
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- - Original Message - From: Augusto Gracy Morais [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:26 AM Subject: [konkaniforum] Poem: Goeam etam, Goeam etam.. Goeam etam, Goeam etam.. Don muineachi rojea meulea gue Maim Goeam etam aum, Goeam etam aum.. Don vorsam oxim koxim zalim passar Ganva bhair kam korun pordexi bhessar Dis bhor vaur, gormecho tap, hinvacho bhar Atam don muine susseg, moujen jivit sar Maink nessonk guetlea viludachi saddi Putachi apurbai pou'n urben marteli uddi Makam ani kiteak re baba? Bexttoch dakoita nett Bhaili saddi nesson festak polloi ticho jet Manank festak guetla vistid tambddo Stylish moche, kallo belt, make-up zambddo Bhavan sanglam aplea kott zavo kavo Pursanvank hacho jetuch pollouk zavo Cher, tiki, kalafurancho gharan poddla vas Chokletti, badam, pista, began dista ras Bleddi, cigarancho bandla motto bhoro Ur'rak ani cigar, Pai Carnaval fuloitolo boro Ani teka.um...bhangarachi mudi voir thik azul Dolleank dolle meutoch, aum sarkoch zatolom gul Don vorsam uprant zateli bhett porot Chint'tam kitem bogot jernam porot ami mevot Hea vorsa raunchonam zatam aum kazar Tuka mhojem korun guetam sobhemazar Kazar fuloitolom moddun zaitech ozar Ekvott amcho veguinch zaunk sodanch kortam rozar Chear voramchem viman aiz kiteak soukas danvta Goeam veguim pavonk zai, Goencho moipas makam ravta Nodor tujer ghalunk, kitlo axeta aum Don vorsam somplim go, Goeam etam aum, Goeam etam aum.. . With love to Goa and Goenkar Gracy Morais Ribandar _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [GOANET] ...Pardon Ma'am, but your slip is showing...
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Thanks for picking the important technical point! In keeping with the title of the subject above, it would have been easier for me to have stated that at the peak of Goa's grandeur, Everybody and his mother-in-law were living in Goa. Just kidding! Regards. GL From: Lawrence Rodrigues Subject: [GOANET] ...Pardon Ma'am, but your slip is showing... This would suggest that at one time Goans were a much varied ethnic group with a lot of Portuguese and other Europeans, not to mention Hindus and Muslims.- GL Why the mix-up of religion and nationality / origin?. Since when did Goan = Christian? Lawrence
[GOANET] thanks and let me know the dues
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[GOANET] Let both Marathi and Konkani prosper, says Ramakant Khalap
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- --- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 --- -- Let both Marathi and Konkani prosper, says Khalap -- by Ramnath Pai Raikar One of the prominent leaders of the Marathi language movement and chairman of the reception committee of the just-concluded 8th Konkan Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Mr Ramakant Khalap told The Navhind Times that the literary conference of such dimension was held in Goa after a long time and that it was highly successful in giving the much needed boost and impetus to the movement. We need to maintain the tempo of this movement in the future and see that the objective of achieving the status of an official state language for Marathi is fufilled at the earliest, he said. Talking about the action plan, Mr Khalap said organisations and individuals committed to propagation and development of Marathi would be meeting very soon. They would chalk out a road map for implementation of the conclusions arrived at the Sammelan. Activities in this direction could include enhanced educational programmes, strengthening of primary education system, promoting literary activities among the people of Goa. The text of the Official State Language Act is in an ambiguous form, Mr. Khalap said. It is for the state legislative assembly to amend the existing Act and make Marathi the joint official state language along with Konkani, he said. He hoped that some day enlightened Goans would endorse the amendment through their representatives. The law would also provide for education at primary level in either of the two languages compulsorily, thereby preserving and conserving the real asmita or asmitai of the state, Mr Khalap said. The real identity of the state is composite, homogenous, characteristic of the Goan people. In the absence of this characteristic the increasingly cosmopolitan demography of Goa will drown not just Marathi but also Konkani, and thereby everything else for which Goans stand, fight and dream about, he observed. Almost all the speakers at the recent literary conference had stressed on the need for supporting both the languages in Goa. In fact, the president of the Sammelan dwelled upon how the spoken languages over a period of time had become literary languages and therefore Konkani's emergence, first as a literary language and subsequently as an official language was in the normal course of events, he said. As an effort to find an amicable solution to the language issue, I, as the deputy chief minister of the Progressive Democratic Front had proposed the use of Konkani and Marathi as the media of education at primary level with government-aided support. Mr Churchill Alemao, one of the leaders of the Konkani movement, had also supported this move. However, certain sections started an agitation in favour of English, which was as violent as the agitation of the Konkani-Marathi language movement, in 1986, Mr Khalap stated. The development of Konkani language does not depend upon the status given to it by any law, but on its use by people at all levels, Mr Khalap concluded, adding that if Konkani had suffered today, it is because of 'Konkaniwadis' who kicked away the golden opportunity to propagate Konkani language through Konkani education at all levels. This has resulted in majority of the students dropping out of schools, without proper knowledge of Konkani, Marathi or even English language and ending up as peons, cooks, waiters and butlers, or turning into vagabonds and castaways, open to all vices, he noted. Mr Khalap also lamented that the Konkani language as it stands in Devnagari script today, has no use for the Catholic population of Goa. In 1987, when the Official State Language Bill was being considered, I had proposed through an amendment that Roman script should also be permitted for Konkani, for initial period of 10 years. Had this been done, the Sahitya Akademi awards would have been won by authors writing in Roman Konkani, instead of a small minority writers contributing in Devnagari script, he bemoaned. Our purpose in giving the status of a state language to Marathi is to preserve the vibrant and culturally rich local heritage linked to this language, Mr Khalap added. --- The Navhind Times 5/02/03 page 1 --- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation +
[GOANET] Fr. Britto's basic course on NATUROPATHY in MOIRA 15/16February
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[GOANET] BRIEfnCOUNTERS: Goa ... growing up in 'intellectual orphanage'
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- GOA'S CURRENT GENERATION IS GROWING UP IN AN 'INTELLECTUAL ORPHANAGE' DATTA DAMODAR NAIK, apart from being a South Goa businessman, has been long involved with public issues and social life here. Among the landmarks in his life he lists his involvement with the student movement (1971-75) and his links with the Jayaprakash Narayan movement from 1975-79. In 1985, he supported the electoral campaign of Uday Bhembre against Babu Naik. Later, he has spells in the Congress (1989-90), and the Samata Andolan, a local organisation working for social reform (1993 onward). Recently, Naik published a collection of essays titled 'Zai kai Zui?' He explained to FREDERICK NORONHA fred at bytesforall dot org about his priorities and concerns. Naik sees his book as a collage of multiple experiences in day-to-day life. Excerpts: -- FN: How would you describe this book? What is its focus? -- 'Zai kai Zui' is a collection of short essays and short stories. It has 24 essays and stories on wide range of subjects. The first essay is on the 'afternoon' which captures the mood of that time of the day when alone at home. The second essay is on the marigold flower, which has a special significance in Goa's cultural life. It is a symbol of agrarian Goan society and can be appropriately termed as flower of Goa. (Other essays deal with the craving for Goan food, sleep and sleeplessness, the stages in the life of a girl child, a short story on social activist and poet Safdar Hashmi and his sister, the accidental death of a dog, the death of schoolboy-acquaintance Mandar, female foeticide, Santa Claus and Christmas which the author terms his favourite Indian festival, etc.) One is an essay on various aspects of sleep, and sleeplessness. (My view sees) death as an unending sleep. I don't believe in rebirth and heaven or hell and the existence of a soul. Death is the end of life. In the Hindu community, there is a practice to close the eyes of a dead body if they are open and put sugar in the mouth after death. (This is a ritual I like as it) signifies the desire that the unending sleep be sweet and peaceful without any awakening. The essay on 'gol-gumat' (Goa's traditional round drum) takes a philosophic turn. It compares the philosophy of the straight line and the curve. Every straight line has a dream to be a curve and every quadrilateral or triangle has a dream to be a circle. I like the 'gol-gumat' more than the Taj Mahal because every time one looks at Taj Mahal it is the same, while the 'gol-gumat' like Picasso's painting reveals different dimensions each time one looks at it. One essay is on the 'Cross of Flowers (Fulancho Khuris)' which was there on Bambolim Plateau without any roof overhead. (Personally, I) dislikes the huge church built to accommodate the cross and feel that the cross should have been under the sky and part of nature. 'Naggva' is a short story about a daughter of a migrant worker. It ends on a very optimistic end when Siddapa's wife Kaveri, after the death of Siddapa, leaves Goa for her distant village in Karnataka with a sole determination that she will enrol her daughter in a primary school in her village. Naggva promises the author's daughter that she will send a postcard in Kannada when she is able to write. We are eagerly waiting for that postcard. -- FN: What prompted you into writing it? -- My love for my mother tongue: Konkani. -- FN: To the reader who is not aware of your work, could you please give a short background of your writing? -- I started writing as a columnist for Konkani daily, 'Sunapranth'. In the initial phase, I use to write about cultural, political, social issues, atheism, the need to oppose the caste system and sometimes about philosophy and psychology. In order to lend variety in the column I started writing travelogues and later short essays and short stories. -- FN: How does this compare with your earlier writing? -- My very early writings were in Marathi. Early writings in Konkani were about the Goan economy and one also wrote series of articles on the subject of management. -- Since your days as a student leader, do you feel that your writing reflects a
