[Goanet]20 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 20 July 2003 MGP SPLITS, MADKAIKAR FORMS OWN PARTY: In order to circumvent the Anti-Defection Law and also to avoid being expelled from the MGP, Transport Minister Pandurang Madkaikar yesterday split from the parent MGP and formed his own splinter group, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (Nationalist). A stage was set for Madkaikar's expulsion from the MGP, following his decision to cross over to the BJP. (WE-GT) MY WORKERS SUPPORT ME: UGDP MLA from Benaulim, Mickky Pacheco, speaking to Weekender, said that his joining the BJP was imminent and it was only a matter of time for him to formally join the party. He also said that his workers were supporting the move. (WE-GT) VIOLENCE AT DISCO IN BENAULIM: A disco at a hotel near Maria hall, Benaulim turned into a free-for-all, involving two groups of youth from Mumbai and Margao shortly past midnight of Friday. Three persons, Christopher Alwyn Sergee and Satyanarayan Nanjappa, both from Malad-Mumbai and their friend, one Sylvester O Gomes from Comba-Margao are cooling their heels in the Colva police lock-up. They are facing charges for causing grave injuries and issuing threats to kill. (H) IMPLEMENT RULE RELATING USE OF HELMETS: Hundreds of people, particularly young two-wheeler riders, die every year due to head injuries, sustained in road accidents, but hardly few care to use helmets which could save them from head injuries and their lives. The rising number of deaths of people, many of whom are young, has drawn attention of the state Governor, Mr Kidar Nath Sahani, who has recently written to the state government to look into the matter and implement the rule relating to compulsory use of helmets by motorcyclists. (NT) OVERFLOWING SEWAGE CONTAMINATES WATER SOURCE: Devotees and tourists visiting Shree Kamakshi temple at Shiroda, face serious threat to their health because of the sewage water overflowing from the septic tanks of the Kamaxi Niwas building in the vicinity of the religious complex. The sewage water flow, from the building situated along the slope leading to the temple, has virtually become the source of contamination of natural water bodies in the area such as the temple well and the tank. (NT) KHALAP FILES FOR BAIL: Former Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank Limited chairman and former Union Minister Ramakant Khalap and former MUCB assistant general manager AK Punge yesterday filed anticipatory bail applications in connection with the misappropriation case registered against them by the CID/Crime Branch, Panaji. (WE-GT) VERNA-DABOLIM 4-LANE HIGHWAY: The 10.7-km stretch of the four-lane highway from Verna to Dabolim Airport would be thrown open for traffic on October 2, 2003, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. This was decided during the review meeting held, yesterday, at the Mormugao Port Trust convened by the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Mr Shripad Naik. (NT) NEW CONCEPT TO HELP CHILDREN TACKLE MATHS: When the 9-yr-old Manasvi Wadhava took one minute and twenty seconds to solve eight mathematical sums without any calculator or piece of paper, it came as a pleasant surprise to everyone present. Parents and enthusiasts who attended a demonstration on Universal Concept Mental Arithmetic system (UCMAS), had a mind-boggling experience as the organisers showed how the concept can be used to teach mathematics to children using the Abacus. (NT) META STRIPS: CASE AGAINST 11 ACCUSED WITHDRAWN: Amidst the looming political crisis, the United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) had good news in store for them on Saturday, particularly for its Cortalim MLA, Mathany Saldanha, a leading figure in the Anti-Meta Strips agitation. Seven months after the government decided to withdraw certain cases against Anti-Meta Strips activists, as categorically demanded by the UGDP at the time of lending support to the BJP-led Coalition, a Fast Track court headed by Assistant Sessions Judge, Pramod Kamat, has granted an application moved by the Prosecution to withdraw a criminal case against Auda Viegas and 10 others. (H) EMPTY MILK SACHETS SCHEME: In the year 2002 at the height of anti-plastic drive, Goa Dairy had decided to join the campaign against the use of plastic and a scheme was formulated to accept its milk sachets from its consumers. The offer was - return 100 milk sachets of Goa dairy to your booth manager and in exchange earn one packet of 500 ml Goa dairy milk. One year later it seems the humble offer of the Dairy has not done well as expected for neither the booth managers nor the people showed enthusiasm in the scheme. (H) NOT PAYING TAXES REGULARLY: The Goa government has initiated measures to recover Rs.5.50 crore pending as arrears in the form of motor-vehicle taxes since the Transport department's inception. (WE-GT) LANDSLIDE IN RATNAGIRI: A landslide was reported at the Ratnagiri stretch of the Konkan Railway route on Friday night, disrupting rail services for a few hours. KRC Manager, Public
Re: [Goanet]INFRASTRUCTURE: D-Link's vision, Goa's gain...
Aloysius, Although it is still modest, the reverse brain drain back to India is already happening. As India opens up and offers more opportunities for us expats, I think we will see more and more of us returning back to the motherland. The taiwanese goverment did provide a lot of support in getting things started. In that sense, India has not done too bad in the software field and played its cards right - with very little government intervention. However, one does not see similar things happening in the semi-conductor industry in India, and if anything, India would probably be wasting its resources trying to get into this field. In my opinion, the government should stick to providing the basics - good infrastructure, good education etc. Should the government be providing explicit support for a particular industry? Should it be picking winners? Some times, they get it right, but most of the time it is wrong and the white elephants that result become a drain of tax payers money. On the other hand, I do think that investment in such things as good education has a higher probability of returning better economic returns in the long run. Things are tough in the semi-conductor industry at the moment and my company is in the thick of it, but we (and hopefully I :) will survive. Marlon --- Aloysius D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Marlon, How are you -- read something not too encouraging about your company -- hope it has not affected you One additional reason for Taiwan's success in the electronics field -- most of the Taiwanese electronic engineers who were trained in the USA came back to Taiwan set up units to feed the US mother companies and then the world --of chourse the Taiwanese government very strongly supported and encouraged these moves -- Can we hope for similar development for India and for Goa in particular Cheers Aloysius D'Souza ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Free/Libre and Open Source Software links from Goa, India...
--- ILUG-Goa's GNU/Linux links: From Goa, India --- (Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. To run the program for any purpose. To study how it works, and adapt it to your needs. To redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour. To improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.) ILUG-Goa http://www.ilug-goa.org http://www.ilug-margao.org Mailing-list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa To subscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Teach-Yourself-Linux To join: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List of software available in Goa http://sofall.vze.com (Ajay Cuncoliencar's site) For CDs in Goa: Clinton Vaz klintvaz at gmx.net Ph 2736828 or 9822123535 Possible speakers from ILUG-Goa: Tech: Gurunandan Bhat (2461520, 2453199), Arvind Yadav (2415460/61), Arvind Clement (2700891 or 9422018922), Dr Anil Seth (2741872), Prof George Easaw of GEC (2319185), etc. For an entire list of possible speakers and other GNU/Linux contacts, ask FN (fred at bytesforall.org). For links across India http://www.linux-india.org Linux India network Check out the three mailing lists on this site (LIG-Linux India General for news, LIH-Linux India Help for tech help discussions, and LIP-Linux India Programming) Free Software Foundation-India http://gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends The mailing list, fsf-friends, is as above. Project Resource Centre Get ideas on what could be a good GNU/Linux project http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/prc Coverage of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) in the tech press: Linux For You, monthly, Rs 50 with CD DeveloperIQ, monthly PCQuest, Digit/Chip, etc also offer occasional coverage. Mostly available in Panjim. Enquire Varsha Bookstall: 2425832 Free Software and Open Source Free Software http://fsf.org/ Open Source http://www.opensource.org/ Some useful sites explaining various terms: http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/frames.html The New Hacker's Dictionary http://www.salon.com/tech/fsp/glossary/index.html Salon's Free Software Project, Glossary http://www.walthowe.com/glossary/ Walt's Internet Glossary http://www.tucows.com/help/glos.html Tucows Glossary http://www.fdt.net/support/q-z.html Florida Digital Turnpike Glossary of Terms Q-Z http://www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/acro/index.htm The UNIX Acronym List Some FLOSS information sites: GNU http://gnu.org Linux http://www.linux.org/ Linux Journal http://www.linuxjournal.com Newsforge http://newsforge.com Open Source Initiative http://www.opensource.org Richard Stallman http://stallman.org Slashdot http://slashdot.org Most successful FLOSS projects and technologies Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org SuSe Linux http://www.suse.com Red Hat Linux http://www.redhat.com Apache (world's most popular web server) http://www.apache.org Mozilla (wonderful web browser) http://www.mozilla.org Openoffice.org (wordprocessing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, data charting, formula editing, file-conversion) http://www.openoffice.org Koha (integrated library system) http://www.koha.org/ Sendmail (most widely used mail server) http://www.sendmail.org Postfix (newer mail server) http://www.postfix.org BIND (program for turning host names into IP addresses) http://www.isc.org/ PHP (general purpose scripting language, specially suited for Web development, and can be embedded into HTML) http:/www.php.org/ Perl (high-level programming language, favourite tool of sys admins) http://www.perl.org/ MySQL (most popular open source database in the world) http://www.mysql.com Samba (file and printer sharing) http://www.samba.org/ Zope (application server, specializing in content management, portals and custom applications. Zope enables team to collaborate in the creation and management of dynamic web-based business applications like intranets and portals) http://www.zope.org/ -- ## # ILUG-Goa meets in Panjim (Goa) on the fourth Saturday of each month, # # from 4 to 6.30 pm, at the Computer Society of India, Goa chapter. # # Location: Third Floor, Naguesh Apts, Opposite Hotel Navtara, Market# # Area, Panjim 403001. In Margao, we meet on the second Saturday of each # # month at Adarsh Vidyalaya School. There are also meetings held at # # the Goa Engineering College, depending on timings suitable to # # students at Farmagudi. We would support the setting up of similar # # user-groups in other areas of Goa. Membership open to all. # ##
Re: [Goanet]Re: Info Technology (re. IT experts or cyber-coolies)
I think that the Indian economy in its present state, is unable to employ all of the Engineers that the Indian Engineering schools produce. I had read a report in the Times of India a few months back, that said that India had thousands of unemployed Engineers. The report had mentioned that India had a surplus of 55,000 from a shortfall of 27,000, just a year earlier. Here is the article.. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=19809146 I have come across some really talented Engineeres and Software professionals who have had to return to India, due to the downturn in the US economy. They are being recruited quite easily by the subsidiaries of American companies in India, and especially in Bangalore. Well, although in essence it is fair to say that folks leaving the shores should pay for the subsidised schooling they have received in India, each individual does contribute to India's economy directly or indirectly. A few thousand dollars every year, go a long way in contributing to India's foreign exchange. It would be wrong to say that every Engineer that the Indian Engineering schools including IITs produce, is successful in the US. The world's top notch brains come to the US and the competition is quite stiff. One only hears about the success stories, but there will be many more that don't succeed as well. The world is really becoming smaller, with the advancement in technology. and if there are incentives enough, I am sure that Indians will not want to leave their homeland. Nagesh Bhatcar [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fred makes an excellent point. India has lost tremendously because of the brain-drain. It is a fairness issue: why should Indian taxpayers subsidize the US economy? A poor rebuttal is that US-based Indian engineers give back to their alumni (IIT) or start companies in India with US technology. But that is not an even exchange. Not even close. Even if it was close, why should the Indian taxpayer be made to front the money for such a global transaction? George --- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4. If you're a taxpayer back in India, it makes eminent sense to agree that tonnes of money from the state's exchequer shouldn't go into a highly subsidised tech-education system that produces some of the best engineers in the world, but of whom upto 80% leave India for greener pastures abroad. If they want to leave, by all means. Let them pay for their highly-subsidised education and leave. Should Indian money go to subsidise the already-affluent West by way of providing them top class skills for free? _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]The Goa Lokayukta Bill 2003 - Comments Suggestions - by: Goa Su-aj Party
GOA SU-RAJ PARTY The beacon for Good Governance D.O. 2nd. Floor Karekar Bldg. Angod Mapusa 403 507 Ph: (0832) 2266111 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.goasu-raj.org Place: Mapusa. Dated: 20th. July, 2003 To, The Secretary, Legislature, Goa Legislature Secretariat, Alto Porvorim- Goa. GOA LOKAYUKTA BILL 2003. Comments Suggesstions Preamble: By the use of the word public functionary the entire spectrum of government, social, educational, non governmental institution heads and governing bodies are sought to be brought under the investigative purview of the proposed Lokayukta Bill, 2003. It would be better explained if those which are not included are mentioned here, as these are few and far between. One such is the Goa Police. Therefore, it is to be deduced that the Police Department is incorruptible. Take an example of the Director or the Administrator of the Education Department which is the governmental administrative body. The Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2003 will naturally bring these heads under its purview for mal-administrative and corruption investigations. Now then, there is The Goa School Education Act, 1984 of the Government of Goa in force (as amended upto September, 2000). Article 28 of this Act stipulates as under: 28. Protection of action taken in good faith.- No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Administrator, Director or any other person authorized by the Administrator, Director or any other person authorized by the Administrator or Director for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule made thereunder. How does the Lokayukta get around investigating the Director of Education or the Administrator for mal administration or corruption when the Act gives him immunity from persecution.? The Archdiocese of Goa runs the Diocesan schools and therefore the Archbishop of Goa becomes the natural head of the Diocesan Society of Education. The Bill has powers to investigate the Archbishop or the officers appointed by him. Again, The Goa Public Men's Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1988 and Rules, 1993 (Incorporated upto Amendment Act, 1997) is in existence. We would like to know how many convictions have taken place under this Act and how much has this set-up cost the exchequer until now. Was not this Act brought in to install retired justices and give them salaries and perks at the cost of the exchequer when this office has been totally impotent in convicting brazen corrupt public men? Is the proposed Lokayukta Bill going to perform miracles in obtaining convictions when all this fabulous investigative activity undertaken will ultimately land in the domain of the corrupt in the Legislative Assembly? The competent authority mentioned in the Bill seems to be toothless in obtaining penal proceedings against the investigated corruptors. Is not this Bill intended to bring about harassment of heads of institutions other than the government run institutions who will not automatically enjoy immunity under the legislature? This Bill which is superficially intended to do good, will purposefully do a lot of bad, especially play havoc with heads of institutions unconnected with corruption and corrupt practices. By all means haul up the corrupt at all levels but make sure they are convicted and taken out of circulation. If that cannot be done, then throw out this Bill through the window even before it goes to the select committee and before more precious rupees of the exchequer is wasted. Besides, what is the composition of the said Select Committee? Will it be the same as the Select Committee of the Goa Ground Water Bill, 2001, where the said select committee was represented by MLAs and no experts in the field were included? If the main objective of this Bill is to put behind bars the leaders of the opposition political parties for their past corrupt activities and amassing of disproportionate assets and wealth, if they do not stop making trouble for the current government, i.e. fall in line as declared by the Chief Minister in his public address at Bicholim recently, , then there is the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Why cannot the government use these established agencies to catch the corrupt politicians of the opposition rather than going round about way with this impotent Lokayukta Bill? Who has looked and evaluated the declarations of assets by the government employees which are piled up in the dusty cupboards of the respective departments? Has that exercise borne any fruit in curbing the ever increasing disproportionate assets of the government employees? The fountainhead of corruption is the Legislative Assembly where MLAs spend large amounts of money to win elections and then sustain and percolate corruption to the lowest levels of administration to make good on their election investments. Bring all the MLAs under the
Re: [Goanet]IT (re. IT experts or cyber-coolies)
Hi Fred, my response is marked R for reply... --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gilbert, It's interesting how issues get all mixed up, above. 1. Hindutva is not a religion, as you seem to suggest. It's a politicised ideology. Believing otherwise is like treating anti-Semitism, Zionism or the Ku Klux Klan as a religion. R: Agree, but neither is Hinduism. I refer to it as a buzzword used by hardline hindu fanatics who are now trying to equate it with nationalism. 2. What's wrong in working as a coolie, if the pay is good... This is an argument we often adopt for *others*. Would you like your children to get jobs as coolies? I wouldn't. If it's not good for us, it shouldn't be justified for others. R: I believe in the dignity of labour. Praful Bidwai has used the term in a derogatory manner with reference to IT workers. Why bring my children into the debate? 3. Can the pay be good for jobs like this? Even good is a relative term? How many people in the West would like to remain as coolies if they got a chance to move out of that occupation? Do we opt to forget what indenture labour meant to a previous generation of Indians, and under what conditions they were taken there? A: How on earth can you compare an IT worker who has gone abroad to work, as an Indentured labourer of the last century? We do not forget the harsh conditions they faced at that time, but don't forget that their offspring have become Prime ministers and millionaires in countries like Mauritius/ Fiji. So maybe it was not such a bad thing after all! 4. If you're a taxpayer back in India, it makes eminent sense to agree that tonnes of money from the state's exchequer shouldn't go into a highly subsidised tech-education system that produces some of the best engineers in the world, but of whom upto 80% leave India for greener pastures abroad. If they want to leave, by all means. Let them pay for their highly-subsidised education and leave. Should Indian money go to subsidise the already-affluent West by way of providing them top class skills for free? A: Their skills didn't come for free. I say this from personal experience, although I agree that their education was subsidised. We can debate about the brain drain until the cows come home, but Ill leave it at that as this has already been debated a lot in the past. What is the *tonnes of money* you refer to? The percentage of GDP spent on education in India is a disgrace. I prefer to spend money from the exchequer on any form of subsidised education, than on the thousands of other wasteful ways it is being done right now. Have you seen the Govt. security being provided to VHP and top Shiv Sena leaders who are non Govt. people. Who pays for it? PS: BTW, did you study in India? I did, am grateful for it, and am still paying back the debt... There are a hundred-and-one ways to do this. A: Yes I did. And there was no debt involved. I have paid Income tax for 35 years and the Govt. is my debtor because I have not received the social security returns one would expect from being a good citizen for such an extended period. A citizen has rights and obligations, but he also expects some social returns from the State. Sorry to say, these have been found to be wanting. Buts that's another story. Cheers, Gilbert. ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]RE: Rice Part II
Rice Part II This is a second of a four part series on rice the staple food of Goans Eco-systems for rice growth. There are generally four eco-systems for rice growth in India and the world. Low-land Eco-system. Up-land Eco-system. Flood-prone Eco-system. Irrigated Eco-system. Rain-fed low-land kharif rice is the kind usually grown in India, and makes up 25% of the world's harvested rice. In an up-land ecosystem, rice is cultivated in non-flooded, well-drained soil usually following de-forestation. Crop yields are low and suffer from lack of moisture and inadequate nutrition. In a flood-prone ecosystem, rice is planted in the rainy season in fields which are flooded by rivers and sometimes tides in river mouth deltas. The latter regions have salinity and toxicity problems. But rice is often the only crop that can be grown in these flood-prone areas. In an irrigated system, rice is grown during the dry season in level and bunded fields with water control. The crops are heavily fertilized and yields are high. Rice grown under these conditions account for 55% of the world's harvested rice and 75% of world production. The expansion and stability of rice supply and price are due to advances in farming techniques, genetically engineered seed, and preservation of the harvest. India has four broad climatic regions based on the amount of rain. The Konkan coast of India and Assam have heavy rains. As rice yields are based on rain, any erratic precipitation during the vegetative period is disastrous. For example, crops are damaged by submergence due to high rainfall. Rice regions of India: Southern Peninsula. Mountain zone Indo-Gangetic plain Desert region The genus of rice is Oryza. Cultivated rice belongs to three species- Sativa, Glaberrima, and Rufipogon. The O. sativa is the most commonly cultivated variety. Rice farming has two basic steps: it is first planted in puddling soil and later transplanted as seedlings. Puddling breaks down the soil. Seedlings are grown separately at a higher density and now grown in a nursery. One-to-six-week-old seedlings are transplanted in standing water for higher yields and to give the plant a head start over competing weeds. Transplantation is adjusted to the planting calendar. The transplanting of seedlings used to be done manually (a back-breaking chore) but now it can be mechanized. Rice is a labor-intensive crop which requires human and animal efforts and is undertaken in small, irrigated, terraced paddy fields. Paddy needs a hot growing season, inundation of the field with water during parts of the growing season, and hence an abundant supply of water from heavy rains. In short, Goa's monsoon season is ideal for the growing of rice. Other factors for increased productivity of rice are land, soil, fertilizer and seeds. Most farmers cannot afford the investments for maximum production as they are unsure of the price support for their produce. But in areas of assured water supply, the farmers use short-duration, high-yielding modern varieties of rice, fertilizers, and improved agricultural practices. Technology in rice growth: Since 1960, high-yielding varieties of rice were introduced. Genetically engineered rice now being studied can result in very specific changes in a precise trait without affecting the overall performance or characteristics of the plant. The changes may improve disease and pest resistance, change nutritional or production qualities and its starch content or add value (vitamin and phyto-nutrients) to the grain by producing an alternative product in the seed. A germplasm bank can be the storing center for all kinds of crop germplasm. In the field of agriculture, advances are achieved through biotechnology and genetic engineering. After improving rice yields which resulted in the green revolution, efforts are being made to produce fungal, bacterial, viral, insect and herbicide resistant varieties. There are advances in the development of saline and drought tolerant varieties of grain and pulses which can increase agricultural productivity. If successful, the world will go through a second green revolution. The development of saline tolerant varieties is achieved by transferring genetic material from mangroves which tolerate high salt to different rice seeds which make them tolerate increased salinity. This is a major breakthrough since rising sea levels due to global warming are a concern. Saline tolerant varieties would definitely help raise the production of rice and other pulses in coastal regions. Modern molecular biological techniques can create drought tolerant crops by transferring the gene from prosopis and other plants which grow in dry areas. There is much room for research and advancement - a great field for those interested in agriculture and genetics. These fields are great opportunities that should attract Goan youth given their natural ties to the land. PS. Check out the Goaworld web site for Goan
[Goanet]RE: Info Technology (re. IT experts or cyber-coolies)
Re: Info Technology (re. IT experts or cyber-coolies) Response: As one IIT professor who disagrees with the two articles below once said on international TV. India either has the option of a brain drain OR brain in the drain. The professor preferred and was proud that it was bran drain. As regards the economics of brain drain, again India is way ahead. The dollar repatriation of Indians aboard to support their families, villages, temples and churches, business, alumni etc, and their own retirement exceed several billion dollars a year. In fact, India could do even better, if it did not have the inflation and did not devalue it currency every few years. Every time India devalues it currency, the NRI deposits take it on the chin. Of course, India is killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Regards, GL George writes: Fred makes an excellent point. India has lost tremendously because of the brain-drain. It is a fairness issue: why should Indian taxpayers subsidize the US economy? A poor rebuttal is that US-based Indian engineers give back to their alumni (IIT) or start companies in India with US technology. But that is not an even exchange. Not even close. Even if it was close, why should the Indian taxpayer be made to front the money for such a global transaction? Frederick Noronha writes: If you're a taxpayer back in India, it makes eminent sense to agree that tonnes of money from the state's exchequer shouldn't go into a highly subsidised tech-education system that produces some of the best engineers in the world, but of whom upto 80% leave India for greener pastures abroad. If they want to leave, by all means. Let them pay for their highly-subsidised education and leave. Should Indian money go to subsidise the already-affluent West by way of providing them top class skills for free? ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]NEWS: Films, concert to mark Mother Teresa's sainthood process
Films, concert to mark Mother Teresa's sainthood process By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) The city's small but vibrant Christian community has drawn up a gala plan to commemorate Mother Teresa's beatification, an important step towards her sainthood. The beatification that will allow her to be called the Blessed will be held at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on October 19. It's a huge occasion for us and we mean to celebrate it in the right manner, says Fr. C.M. Paul who is organising a festival of films on Mother Teresa from November 1 as part of the commemorations. Alongside this will be organised a music concert, a children's rally and a special mass at a downtown public ground. The beatification ceremony, after which the final process of canonisation can begin, will be beamed on a giant screen for the people here to catch the action live. The film festival, which Fr. Paul claims to be the first of its kind for a sainthood candidate ever, will showcase such documentaries as 'Mother Teresa - Her Legacy', 'Mother Teresa and Her World', 'In The Name of God's Poor', 'Mother Teresa's First Love' and 'Something Beautiful For God.' The main draw of the festival could be the controversial Channel 4 film 'Hell's Angel', based on Christopher Hitchens' book Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice. The live telecast of the ceremony is to be followed by a music concert dedicated to the nun. Several of the city's musical bands will perform at the Mother Teresa Homage Concert. A march by schoolchildren to Mother Teresa's tomb here has also been planned, said Herod Mallick, chief organiser of the rally. Missionaries of Charity (MoC), the order founded by Mother Teresa to work among the poor and diseased, will honour her with a spiritual ceremony on November 8. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910. She came to the city in 1929, began a life dedicated to the service of the poor and dying, and was widely considered a living saint. She founded the MoC in 1949, a year after which it received the Church's approval. MoC has about 650 centres in 123 countries run by about 4,000 nuns and sisters. She received the Nobel peace prize in 1979. Mother Teresa died here in 1997 and royalties and heads of state attended her funeral. --Indo-Asian News Service ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]The meaning of Chakra
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:40:31 +0100, Fernando Peres da Costa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Mr. Lobo, Not that I am so terribly erudite in such matters. But I do know for certain, that Chakra was the symple metallic gadget that was used by Mahatma Gandhi and other true fighters for Indias Independence, for spinning cotton-material for use by Indians for their dresses, thus obnviating the need to import cloth from England. Besides, the cotton or linen cloth is much more agreeable for our body and best suited for Indian climate. Hope this contributes a wee bee of info,with regard to the the Chakra. ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet-news]19 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 19 July 2003 BROKE HELMET RULE, SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES: The police had flagged down on Wednesday one John F Pinto at Cortalim junction for riding beyond the speed limit without a helmet. The police imposed a fine of Rs.100 under the Motor Vehicles Act. A few minutes later, Pinto was lying unconscious while his friend, colleague and pillion rider, Sudesh Rao was dead after the rider apparently lost control of his Bullet motorcycle on the Verna-Cortalim slope. (GT) MARGAO TEACHERS TO REGULATE TRAFFIC: School-teachers will now do more than just classroom teaching. Students can now expect to see their teachers regulating traffic after school hours till they are in safe custody of their parents. This decision was taken by the Margao traffic cell after two students were killed in road mishaps. (NT) UGDP SPREADS CLOAK OF SECRECY: In an attempt to counter the plans of two of its MLAs to join the BJP, the United Goans Democratic Party presidium yesterday too 'certain decisions' to protect party's interests and to create mass awareness against the defections by going on the streets. (GT) PLEA FOR MICCKY'S DISQUALIFICATION: Congress MLA Jitendra Deshprabhu has claimed that UGDP MLA Francisco alias Mickky X Pacheco had incurred disqualification as he tendered his resignation from the original party and had thus voluntarily given up his membership. Deshprabhu told reporters that he had filed a petition for Pacheco's disqualification before the Speaker of the Goa Assembly. (GT) CONG WILL NEVER TASTE POWER FOR NEXT 4 YEARS: UGDP's Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco on Friday threw a gauntlet at the Congress Party, say9ing the party will not return to power in the next four years. What apparently made an infuriated Pacheco to train his guns on the Congress was the petition filed against him by the Congress party. (H) MAPUSA'S GARBAGE PROBLEM: Even as Mapusa town breathed easy after the Mapusa Municipal Council yesterday lifted its garbage, which was lying unattended for two days, a permanent solution to the long-festering problem remained hazy. (NT) MEAT COMPLEX PROFITS FROM RAIDS: Raids by the department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services on illegal slaughter houses has come good for the Goa Meat Complex. From an average of 30 animals per day that were brought in by the local traders, the number has now gone up to around 50 per day. (H) EVEN CBI COULD NOT CRACK THIS MURDER: Nilesh Govind Borkar would have been 27 if he had not been found on 28 December 1993 floating in a bloated condition near the Borim bridge with his limbs tied. The tenth standard student had gone to meet a friend but never returned home alive. Murder most foul but almost 10 years later justice is yet to be done.The police officials till believe that Nilesh orchestrated his macabre death. (GT) KHALP, 13 BOOKED: The Crime Branch has booked former Union law minister and ex-chairman of the Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank Ramakant Khalap and 13 others in connection with the Rs.3.5 crore Baneragatta loan scam. (H) DISEL-SAVING DRIVERS: The Kadamba Transport Corporation introduced diesel saving schemes for drivers in February. Under this scheme drivers who obtain a mileage of 4 kms per litre and above in mini bus category will rewarded every month. SV Naik, dy general manager, said that the Corporation can save Rs.22 lakh per year. (GT) KNEE-REPLACEMENT SURGERY: The Goa Medical College Hospital yesterday added another feather to its cap by successfully performing the first-ever knee-joint replacement surgery on a woman, 60-year-old Ms Ana Maria Braganza of Vasco da Gama, opening a new chapter in its history. The operation which lasted three hours was performed by Doctors SM Bandekar, S Nadkarni, R Kalvalkar and Gelia. (NT) NO PROPOSAL TO ALLOW PRIVATE CLINICS: The Health Minister, Dr Suresh Amonkar, yesterday denied that there was any proposal for allowing the GMC doctors to set up 'private clinic' at the GMC and added that a suggestion in this regard was made by the GMC doctors. Dr Amonkar said that the government was studying the GMC doctor's suggestions before taking a formal decision. (NT) CARAMBOLIM LAKE WORK: While directing the Conservator of Forests to monitor and co-ordinate the work of de-weeding of Carambolim lake, the Panjim bench of the Bombay High Court has also asked the Konkan Railway Corporation to fence its property there to prevent garbage from entering the lake. (H) ONE SURRENDERS: Baptist Fernandes of Copelbhat-Ambaulim, who had allegedly attempted to murder Conceicao Fernandes by stabbing him on July 14, has surrendered to the Quepem police. (H) EX-GRATIA PAID TO KIN OF KRC VICTIMS: Balance ex-gratia amount from Rs.1 lakh was paid to the kin of 39 passengers, who lost their lives in the accident of the 904 UP Karwar-Mumbai central holiday special train over Konkan Railway route. (GT) GULAB AWARDS: Nine Goans who excelled in certain fields will be honoured at a function organised by Gulab,
[Goanet-news]GOANVOICE-UK: Newsletter. Issue 2003-29. July. 18, 2003
http://www.goanvoice.org.uk Newsletter. Issue 2003-29. July. 18, 2003 COMMUNITY NEWS [swindongoans.jpg] 15 Jul. Evening Advertiser. Feature article on the Swindon Goans. Excerpts: Goans are willing to undertake low skilled and often lower paid work. Four years ago there were around 50 Goans in the town and that has now grown to around 1,000. The [Swindon] Goan Association provides support for newcomers and organises social events#8230; Once a month a Konkani mass is held at the Holy Rood Church and 300 people attend regularly#8230; For full text, 911 words and another photograph click here. Of the four nominations in the Public Sector Excellence of the 2003 Asian Jewel awards, there were two Goans, Rabi Martins and Joe Da Gama. The citations are quoted in their entirety below: [rabimartin.jpg] Name Rabinder Martins. Position Councillor. Organisation Watford Council. Born in Goa, educated in India, East Africa and Ireland. Rabinder has lived in the UK since 1967. He has been active in community politics since 1971. In his time he has been on the Executive of the UKIAS, Secretary President and Chair of the Goan Association (UK) and chair of the London Association for Asian Youth He is a councillor and Cabinet Member on Watford Borough Council and member of the Local Government Association Equalities Executive. At the national level Rabinder is a spokesperson on Race for the Liberal Democrats and chairs its Race Equality Advisory Group He is also Vice Chair of the National Association of Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Councillors and an independent advisor on Race and Diversity to the Metropolitan Police Service. [joe.jpg] Name Joe Da Gama. Position Commander. Organisation The Royal Navy. Joe Da Gama joined the Royal Navy as an Engineering apprentice in 1977 when there were virtually no Asians in the service. Exceptional academic and leadership ability were quickly recognised with special selection for officer training just a year later. Attaining an Honours Degree in Engineering and qualifying as a Chartered Engineer, he has been rapidly promoted to the rank of Commander after fulfilling a number of demanding appointments both at sea and ashore Presently the Diversity Policy Officer for the Royal Navy, Joe has been the catalyst for cultural change embracing diversity in the service. 11 Jul. Watford Observer. Headline: Council says no to sex shop but yes to more lapdancing. Chairman of the licensing committee Councillor Rabi Martins said there was no conflict between the two decisions. The sex shop would have been in entirely the wrong location in a residential area he said. The lap dancing club already has a licence for three nights a week and is something that we've had very few complaints about. [Patricia.jpg] 13 Jul. Sunday Telegraph (Australia). Patricia Rozario OBE laughs a lot. She laughs easily and often because, she says, she's happy. The Bombay-born (based in Britain for the past 25 years) Rozario still has a spicy Indian lilt to her impeccably modulated voice - this makes her laugh again, then explain: My family originally came from Goa and we were steeped in the western tradition of music. There were always gatherings around a piano. My mother played and sang and my father was musical.#8221; For full text, 622 words, click here. [uma.jpg] 14 Jul. The Daily Telegraph. Headline: Mother goes first in race to become a Tory MP. Excerpts: Uma Fernandes had to beat off a family challenge to be selected as the Tory candidate for the Brent East by-election. First she had to persuade her daughter, Suella Fernandes, 23, a Cambridge and Sorbonne-educated lawyer, not to put her name forward. You should let Mummy have a chance, she told her. Now daughter and father will help to distribute leaflets. [Uma is Mauritian, Her husband is Christie Fernandes - Assagao and Nairobi (Dr Ribeiro School - Class of '63)] For full text, 548 words, click here. From Tina Rodrigues: Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. We thank Fr Joe and Fr. Michael for the Holy Masses and all those who attended and contributed to the event. Your offering of UKP250 is being distributed equally between The Great Ormond St Hospital - Children Cancer Fund; The Orphanage in Goa; St. Paul's building fund; Sisters of the Poor, Manor Road, London N16; and Peter's Pence The Annual Goan Festival takes place on 27 July #8211; see the Events section for details. You attention is drawn to the ban on bringing food or drink to the premises as there are ample catering services. Donations: UKP10: B.J. Sequeira; Gabe Menezes; Lavender da Costa Fernandes; Leo Carvalho; Leonard Mascarenhas; Lionel Vaz; Lira Exano Pereira; Peter Machado; Sylvia Fernandes; Uniece Barros. UKP15: Olga Pinto. UKP20: Justin Dourado. DEATHS 12 July: Colva, Goa: LUIZA RODRIGUES E BARRETO, wife of late Constancio, mother of Nicolau/Faustina (UK), Carlota/late Valerio Gonsalves.
Re: [Goanet]INFRASTRUCTURE: D-Link's vision, Goa's gain...
Hi Marlon, How are you -- read something not too encouraging about your company -- hope it has not affected you One additional reason for Taiwan's success in the electronics field -- most of the Taiwanese electronic engineers who were trained in the USA came back to Taiwan set up units to feed the US mother companies and then the world --of chourse the Taiwanese government very strongly supported and encouraged these moves -- Can we hope for similar development for India and for Goa in particular Cheers Aloysius D'Souza - Original Message - From: marlon menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet]INFRASTRUCTURE: D-Link's vision, Goa's gain... It is great to see Goa on the technology map. Ironically, I am in Hsinschu, Taiwan at the moment, a few hundred meters from D-link's main production center over here. Taiwan has been incredibly successful in developing its semi-conductor industry. Hsinchu is Taiwan's equivalent of America's silicon valley and Goa's modest Verna Industrial park. The government did a lot of things right here - it provided the infrastructure, had a good university close by and cultivated close ties with US industry. But, then, it tried to replicate this successful model in another Science park called Tainan - but by most measures it has failed to duplicate the success of Hsinchu. The article fails to mention one set of ingredients that is critical for success, but which is very difficult to predict or control - timing and good luck. Governments cannot do it all. One big reason for Hsinchu's success was that it positioned itself as a low cost high technology center starting in the mid 80's, just when the tech boom was beginning to explode. Tainan came in at the tail end, just when the torrent of outsourcing began to move to mainland China, coupled with the ongoing technology depression. In the US, and in the tech industry in particular, outsourcing to India (and China) has become mantra. In the 1980s, the talk was all about moving production to Mexico. Some polititians talked about the giant sucking sound of America's industrial capacity moving south of the border. Today even the Mexicans (and India) has to deal with the intense competitive pressure from manufacturing in China. Many, however, seem to suggest that the long term economic challenge posed by India to the west is even more insidious. So what if a lot of the manufacturing capacity was moved to Mexico and then to China - after all, there was very limited knowledge transfer out of the country. Furthermore, it forced the US to adapt to the new realities of lower costs overseas (unlike perhaps much of western Europe or Japan) and forced it to move on to new, more prosperous economic avenues. Today, a lot of IT, financial and customer related services are being moved to India. Again, not a big deal as far as the US is concerned - it is cheaper than having to import labor from India. There is of course a lot of pain, with a lot of pre-existing jobs in the US being lost to the cheaper but equally productive Indian worker. The problem is that many companies are also moving a lot of their RD to India. Companies like GE, Intel, Oracle etc are vastly expanding their RD facilities in India. Ask any professor from a reputable engineering university in the US and they will generally admit that most of their best students are Indian (invariably from an IIT). Ironically, India's inability to provide a decent education for a bulk of its population has resulted in severe competition to get into its top-notch universities, which has resulted in this hyper-educated elite, which is highly prized in the west. For the last 40 years, the US industry (via its universities) simply imported these workers to the US. They are now realizing that they can utilize this resource even cheaper by simply getting their work done in India. As we all know, it is ironic that while countries like the US long ago recognized the value of India's educated elite, most Indian companies did not or were unable to do so. Happily, even this is changing today, with many Indian companies gaining the confidence (or the ability) to invest in RD to create their own products and services. Take for example Tata and its Indica automobile. This is by no means a cutting edge product, but it invested in developing its own internal technical capabilities to develop this car. To be fair, India has had decent RD capabilities for a long time, but most of it was limited to the relatively minor military-industrial complex. Commercial RD in India is still at an infancy stage and it will probably be at least a decade if not much longer before the business of intrinsic knowledge creation becomes significant here. Another issue is the quality of the RD. What is cutting edge for one country may be on the path of become
[Goanet]BROKE HELMET RULE, SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES
Folks, When the cops see you riding without a helmet in Canada, they bundle you into the cruiser, take you down to the station, and then charge and fine you. Your motorbike arrives later on a tow truck. The total cost to such a rider is not less than $500. In addition, your insurance premium immediately doubles or triples (i.e. is you can still find someone interested in insuring you.) BROKE HELMET RULE, SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES: The police had flagged down on Wednesday one John F Pinto at Cortalim junction for riding beyond the speed limit without a helmet. The police imposed a fine of Rs.100 under the Motor Vehicles Act. A few minutes later, Pinto was lying unconscious while his friend, colleague and pillion rider, Sudesh Rao was dead after the rider apparently lost control of his Bullet motorcycle on the Verna-Cortalim slope. (GT) John was stopped and fined. Then he was released (still helmetless.) Does this make sense to anybody? Mervyn __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]GOA SUDHAROP VICE-PRESIDENT ON CHOIR TOUR OF ENGLAND
GOA SUDHAROP VICE-PRESIDENT ON CHOIR TOUR OF ENGLAND Filomena Saraswati Giese, the Vice-President of Goa Sudharop Community Development will be part of a choral tour of England from July 13 to August 2nd with the Choir of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Berkeley, California. She and her husband, John, have been part of the wonderful music and organ recital program of St. Mark's for a number of years. California-based Goa Sudharop Community Development has partnered with Rene Baretto in the Goa Day celebrations as well as developing the Goa Day website. She will be meeting with Rene Barreto and other Goans from July 13-18 before the tour starts. She will also spend a week in Lisbon from Aug. 2-Aug. 11 and hopes to meet Goans there to talk about Goa Sudharop. She can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The St. Marks' Choir raised over $20,000 through an all-day Hymnathon to subsidize their singing tour of various historic locations in England. Filomena hopes that some Goans living near these sites will come to hear the Choir and meet her. Her itinerary for this tour will be: Monday 21 July: St. George's, Windsor - 5:15PM Evensong Tuesday 22 July: Chichester Cathedral - 5:30PM Evensong Wednesday 23 July: Chichester Cathedral - 5:30PM Evensong Thursday 24 July: Claire College, Cambridge - 4:30PM Evensong Saturday 26 July: St. Edmundsbury Cathedral - 5:30PM Evensong Sunday 27 July: St. Edmundsbury Cathedral - 10:00AM Sung Eucharist Sunday 27 July: St. Edmundsbury Cathedral - 3:30PM Evensong Wednesday 30 July: Gloucester Cathedral - 5:30PM Evensong Thursday 31 July: Gloucester Cathedral - 5:30PM Evensong All are welcome ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
Re: [Goanet]GOA DAY A Life of the Mind
I would like to agree with George fully an this, and I wouldn't call it preaching However, serious issues can be accomodated along with picnics and festive functions which would be reason enough to get together in large numbers. Floriano Dear all, It is heartening to see so many worldwide celebrations of GOA DAY and events planned. May I suggest what the good author Victor Rangel-Ribeiro (Tivolim) once said to me in an email, that Goan events have a life of the mind element too. It is not enough to have another excuse for a picnic and dance. What is needed (please excuse my preachy tone), are events where serious issues facing Goa and Goans are discussed. Wherever Goans find themselves, their future history (if I may call it that) is shaped by the decisions they make today. A little serious reflection on the various challenges we face as individuals or as a group will go a long way to enchaning the effectiveness of GOA DAY. A simple open group discussion or forum would seem to suffice. Goan expat associations need to move in that direction and fill the void. Without being elitist, we need cerebral celebrations too. Regards, George __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]I don't have any friends in France
Dear Goanet I'm Goan, working here in France at a place called Cabannes. I am far out from major or small cities. It's been 10 months working here, but couldn't find where Goans are. If you have any contact with them via email please pass my emails address as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking forward to hea from you soon. Agnelo Fernandes _ Are you a geek? Do gizmos make you grin? http://www.msn.co.in/Computing/Gizmos/ Click here! ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]19 JULY 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 19 July 2003 BROKE HELMET RULE, SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES: The police had flagged down on Wednesday one John F Pinto at Cortalim junction for riding beyond the speed limit without a helmet. The police imposed a fine of Rs.100 under the Motor Vehicles Act. A few minutes later, Pinto was lying unconscious while his friend, colleague and pillion rider, Sudesh Rao was dead after the rider apparently lost control of his Bullet motorcycle on the Verna-Cortalim slope. (GT) MARGAO TEACHERS TO REGULATE TRAFFIC: School-teachers will now do more than just classroom teaching. Students can now expect to see their teachers regulating traffic after school hours till they are in safe custody of their parents. This decision was taken by the Margao traffic cell after two students were killed in road mishaps. (NT) UGDP SPREADS CLOAK OF SECRECY: In an attempt to counter the plans of two of its MLAs to join the BJP, the United Goans Democratic Party presidium yesterday too 'certain decisions' to protect party's interests and to create mass awareness against the defections by going on the streets. (GT) PLEA FOR MICCKY'S DISQUALIFICATION: Congress MLA Jitendra Deshprabhu has claimed that UGDP MLA Francisco alias Mickky X Pacheco had incurred disqualification as he tendered his resignation from the original party and had thus voluntarily given up his membership. Deshprabhu told reporters that he had filed a petition for Pacheco's disqualification before the Speaker of the Goa Assembly. (GT) CONG WILL NEVER TASTE POWER FOR NEXT 4 YEARS: UGDP's Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco on Friday threw a gauntlet at the Congress Party, say9ing the party will not return to power in the next four years. What apparently made an infuriated Pacheco to train his guns on the Congress was the petition filed against him by the Congress party. (H) MAPUSA'S GARBAGE PROBLEM: Even as Mapusa town breathed easy after the Mapusa Municipal Council yesterday lifted its garbage, which was lying unattended for two days, a permanent solution to the long-festering problem remained hazy. (NT) MEAT COMPLEX PROFITS FROM RAIDS: Raids by the department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services on illegal slaughter houses has come good for the Goa Meat Complex. From an average of 30 animals per day that were brought in by the local traders, the number has now gone up to around 50 per day. (H) EVEN CBI COULD NOT CRACK THIS MURDER: Nilesh Govind Borkar would have been 27 if he had not been found on 28 December 1993 floating in a bloated condition near the Borim bridge with his limbs tied. The tenth standard student had gone to meet a friend but never returned home alive. Murder most foul but almost 10 years later justice is yet to be done.The police officials till believe that Nilesh orchestrated his macabre death. (GT) KHALP, 13 BOOKED: The Crime Branch has booked former Union law minister and ex-chairman of the Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank Ramakant Khalap and 13 others in connection with the Rs.3.5 crore Baneragatta loan scam. (H) DISEL-SAVING DRIVERS: The Kadamba Transport Corporation introduced diesel saving schemes for drivers in February. Under this scheme drivers who obtain a mileage of 4 kms per litre and above in mini bus category will rewarded every month. SV Naik, dy general manager, said that the Corporation can save Rs.22 lakh per year. (GT) KNEE-REPLACEMENT SURGERY: The Goa Medical College Hospital yesterday added another feather to its cap by successfully performing the first-ever knee-joint replacement surgery on a woman, 60-year-old Ms Ana Maria Braganza of Vasco da Gama, opening a new chapter in its history. The operation which lasted three hours was performed by Doctors SM Bandekar, S Nadkarni, R Kalvalkar and Gelia. (NT) NO PROPOSAL TO ALLOW PRIVATE CLINICS: The Health Minister, Dr Suresh Amonkar, yesterday denied that there was any proposal for allowing the GMC doctors to set up 'private clinic' at the GMC and added that a suggestion in this regard was made by the GMC doctors. Dr Amonkar said that the government was studying the GMC doctor's suggestions before taking a formal decision. (NT) CARAMBOLIM LAKE WORK: While directing the Conservator of Forests to monitor and co-ordinate the work of de-weeding of Carambolim lake, the Panjim bench of the Bombay High Court has also asked the Konkan Railway Corporation to fence its property there to prevent garbage from entering the lake. (H) ONE SURRENDERS: Baptist Fernandes of Copelbhat-Ambaulim, who had allegedly attempted to murder Conceicao Fernandes by stabbing him on July 14, has surrendered to the Quepem police. (H) EX-GRATIA PAID TO KIN OF KRC VICTIMS: Balance ex-gratia amount from Rs.1 lakh was paid to the kin of 39 passengers, who lost their lives in the accident of the 904 UP Karwar-Mumbai central holiday special train over Konkan Railway route. (GT) GULAB AWARDS: Nine Goans who excelled in certain fields will be honoured at a function organised by Gulab,
[Goanet]Mother Tongue Konkani loves you.
I really do appreciate Veronica and his compatriots for coming up with events such as one act plays and solo singing competitions, among the new comers who participate in the solo singing competition, I wish all the best to the singers specially Savio, Nelson, Conchita whom I know very well. I wish all the directors of one act play my utmost respect in their efforts, so do I congratulate all the guest artists a special mention Sanny, Nelson, Ronnie, Querobina etc. I wish all the best to all participants not forgetting Konkani heritage Kuwait for their good work, let 8th August be a memorable one. Francis De Verna Kuwait Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
[Goanet][Fwd: accom rqstd] from Gerry Monteiro
Original Message Subject: accom rqstd From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, July 19, 2003 2:41 am To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Request to Canada's Goans in Toronto/Brampton Am planning to visit Canada early Sept and would appreciate any help for a room to stay in initially for 5/6th Sept and then from 11th-17th Sept. Have been invited for a wedding and am taking this opp to revisit. Thanks Gerry Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Old Portuguese documents help Goa Forest Dept win case after 29 years
--- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:2252660 --- -- Forest Dept succeeds in property case after 29 years --- The Department of Forests, after a long drawn legal battle, has succeeded in safeguarding its possession of 384 hectares of forest land in Mangal village, Quepem Taluka.The battle which has been on for almost 29 years concluded recently with the dismissal of the petition of Y D Chowgule who has been contesting against the Forest Department on the submission of him being the rightful owner of the said area under dispute. The plaintiff submitted that he was the exclusive owner in possession of 12 properties which were purchased by him and has had 'exclusive and peaceful possession' until the forest department started 'disturbing' his possession. He submitted that the forest department had no forest in the area of 384 hectares and that the forest department has no right to hold the 300 cashew trees illegally planted by them. As per the petition, the cause of action arose on December 30, 1972, August 4, 1973 and August 9, 1974 where the plaintiff has been praying for reliefs of declaration, mandatory injunction and removal of 300 cashew trees including permanent injunction against the government to refrain from interfering in the plaintiff's possession of the said properties. According to the defendants, the plaintiff's properties fell within the government forest situated at Mangal known as Chanfeacho Dongor and Codelavho Dongor which forms part of the land notified as National Forest by the then Portuguese government in gazette dated January 11, 1951. And the said land was brought under the purview of the Indian Forest Act 1927. The government submitted that the plaintiff has unlawfully encroached in the suit properties and tried to grow coconuts, mangoes and pineapples and several offences had been booked against him. The government denied that the plaintiff was the owner of the suit properties which are belonging to the government and has further stated that they are the owners and possessors of the said properties. The Communidade of Bali who had also impleaded itself as a party to the civil suit, claiming ownership rights over the suit lands, was also dismissed. The forest department relied on old Portuguese documents notifying the Mangal forest areas as 'Mata National' where after liberation cairns were erected along the forest boundary during 1964-65. In 1969 a timber coupe was auctioned by the forest department in Mangal Forest and a cashew plantation was raised in this coupe. The attention of the court was also drawn to alleged attempts made by agents of the plaintiff to damage the cairns. The District and Sessions Court, South Goa, after going through the case relied on evidence of eyewitnesses examined on behalf of the government and documents produced which showed that the forest at Mangal belongs to the government and has been under the government administration with a definite name at least from the year 1951. The court observed that the government having so considered that the forests belonged to it should could continue maintaining it for better protection of the environment. It expressed the view that the Communidade nor the plaintiff can be allowed to lay a claim to the said forest with inauthentic documents. The suit was accordingly dismissed in favour of the Forest Department by District and Sessions Judge , South Goa, N A Britto.The Forest Department was represented by advocate F Colaco. Chief Conservator of Forests Dr D Pandey speaking to Herald on the landmark judgement stated that this order would go a long way in ensuring protection of forest lands in Goa and the government's commitment in safeguarding the same if it was confronted with similar cases in the future. -- HERALD 19/7/03 page 3 -- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect
