[Goanet-news]27 MAR 2004: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 27 March 2004 GOACOM VIDEO NEWSCAST at http://www.goacom.com/news goacomNews25 Mar H I G H L I G H T S - MGP left high dry - EC directs state govt. to change returning officer - CM says letter produced by Congress is forged - Celebration in Goa as India beat Pakistan in cricket match. Website: http://www.goacom.com Webzine GoaNOW: http://www.goacom.com/goanow Daily Clippings: http://www.goacom.com/news TRANSPORT SECY NAMES N GOA COLLECTOR: The Election Commission of India has appointed Transport secretary, Amit Yadav, an IAS officer as the new North Goa district collector and returning officer for the North Goa parliamentary constituency. Two days ago, Election Commissioner BB Tandon had asked the State government to immediately replace SS Keshkamat as the district collector and returning officer of the Lok Sabha elections for the North Goa constituency as he was on extension of service. (H) EC PROBE TEAM COMING: A two-member committee headed by Dr PC Kapoor, Secretary (Health), Government of India, is arriving in Goa tomorrow (March 28) to hold an independent inquiry into the episode of spying on opposition members in the State. (GT) PANJIM FEELS THE PINCH AFTER TALEIGAO DELINKS: The delinking of Taleigao from the jurisdiction of Panjim seems to have cost the Corporation of the City of Panaji dearly. The loss has been calculated at approximately Rs.1 crore. This was clearly indicated in a balanced budget presented and approved by the Corporation for the year 2004-5. Last year the PMC had presented a Rs.11.75 crore budget. This year, however, the budget revenue and expenditures have been balanced to the tune of Rs.10.46 crore. (H) HEATED DEBATE WITNESSED AT CCP MEET: The meeting of the first Budget Estimates of the Corporation of City of Panaji for 2004-05 witnessed a heated debate over various issues besides the budget. Two councilors, Ms Patricia Pinto and Ms Ruth Furtado, raised questions over why the Corporation should shoulder the burden of making payments to architects engaged by the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation for the work of the International Film Festival of India when GSIDC had kept the Corporation completely in the dark over IFFI project. (NT) TWO TRAWLERS DESTROYED IN ALDONA FIRE: Two fishing trawlers, parked along the river at Aldona-Carona were completely destroyed, when a fire broke out this evening. Three fire tenders were pressed into service to extinguish the fire. (NT) WOMAN'S BODY RECOVERED IN VASCO: Vasco police have recovered a dead body of an unknown woman from the Old Vegetable Market on Thursday evening. (NT) ARCHBISHOP CALLS FOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER, DISEASE: The following is a message of the Archbishop on Campaign against Hunger and Disease: We are, by now, well integrated into the spirit of the Holy Season of Lent-a time when we are called in a very special way to introspect sincerely and reflect deeply on the meaning and the purpose of God's precious gift of each human life.Most of us know that this Archdiocese is full-heartedly involved with Caritas India in the campaign of the Church against Hunger and Disease dedicating the Fifth Sunday in Lent to this cause. This year, the theme is Give us, today, our daily rice! (NT) CONG MAY MOVE THE GOVERNOR FOR DISMISSAL OF STATE GOVT: The Congress is likely to submit a memorandum to Governor Kidar Nath Sahani today demanding the dismissal of the BJP-led government for spying on the activities and movements of opposition members and blatant violation of model code of conduct for the coming Lok Sabha polls. (GT) TWO CR INDIVIDUALS GET INSURANCE COVER: The Life Insurance Corporation of India has extended the insurance protection to more than 2 crore individuals in the current financial year, by 15 March 2004. (GT) HMS GLOUCESTER CALLS ON GOA: The Royal Navy's Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer HMS Gloucester came alongside at Mormugao Port Trust's berth number eight at about 3 pm yesterday. The state-of-the-art vessel will remain in port for a fortnight before hading out to sea to participate in Exercise Varuna. (GT) TALEIGAO SARPANCH, DY ELECTED: Jannu Mahadev Rosario and Elsa D'Cunha were unanimously elected as sarpanch and deputy sarpanch respectively of Taleigao panchayat on March 26. Jannu's name was proposed by Jennifer Monserrate, wife of Town and Country Planning Minister and Taleigao MLA Atanasio Monserrate and seconded by Candid Dias. (H) USE PHONES TO WIN OVER VOTES: For the next few weeks, the usual Hello in a phone call could well be followed by Vote BJP. The IT-savvy Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has now requested party workers to phone friends and relatives residing in other parts of South Goa and to convince them to vote the BJP candidate to power. Tell them that you and many others have decided unanimously to vote BJP and see that your relative or friend votes for the BJP. Take care that the phone call does not exceed
[Goanet]Peace in Goa
I would like to second the calls to let Goans live in peace and agreement ... and. let our (Goan) history continue to be in bewilderment. However, while we live in harmony and blissfully unaware, others are writing our Goan history. And in some situations we accept as true what the 'outside experts' have written and interpreted. This was my surprise discovery in my research on the INQUISITION IN GOA. If you followed the thread on the inquisition in Goa - the only response I could get from native Goans including those who wrote about the Goan inquisition was You come and do the research yourself. This instead of: I have not read/ come across the specific information and hence we do not know the answer to that very good question. =:)) However much we love our grand-mothers, our first task is to put an end to our Grand-mother's legends! :=)) By repeating the myths / kaneos, we provide fodder for outsiders to come in and start a fire in Goa's community as pointed out in the recent response/ post from Tariq. So Goans should wake up and start smelling the coffee. 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-news]Goa elections website online...
-- Forwarded message -- MEDIA CENTRE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, ALTINHO, PANAJI-GOA. PRESS NOTE GOA ELECTIONS WEBSITE LAUNCHED March 26, 2004 A new website has been launched by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Goa with the URL http://www.electionsgoa.nic.in. The website is designed to answer most of the queries that citizens may have regarding the election process viz. How do they enroll as a voter? Where do they get an Electors Photo Identity Card? Where do they go to vote? An important feature of the website is that the entire Electoral Roll of Goa is available on it in PDF(read-only) format, allowing everyone to access the roll right from their home. Anyone can even search for his/her name in the roll. The website also features the contact addresses and numbers of all election related officers in Goa and important statistics of previous elections, both for Lok Sabha and State Assembly. Feedback and comments are solicited in helping us improve the website further. Media Centre/PR/BSB/PKP/JSP/SR/JA/2004/36 ## # 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 elections website online...
-- Forwarded message -- MEDIA CENTRE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, ALTINHO, PANAJI-GOA. PRESS NOTE GOA ELECTIONS WEBSITE LAUNCHED March 26, 2004 A new website has been launched by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Goa with the URL http://www.electionsgoa.nic.in. The website is designed to answer most of the queries that citizens may have regarding the election process viz. How do they enroll as a voter? Where do they get an Electors Photo Identity Card? Where do they go to vote? An important feature of the website is that the entire Electoral Roll of Goa is available on it in PDF(read-only) format, allowing everyone to access the roll right from their home. Anyone can even search for his/her name in the roll. The website also features the contact addresses and numbers of all election related officers in Goa and important statistics of previous elections, both for Lok Sabha and State Assembly. Feedback and comments are solicited in helping us improve the website further. Media Centre/PR/BSB/PKP/JSP/SR/JA/2004/36 ## # 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]Goa related books... new
Some interesting Goa/Goan-related books which I just came across in the latest (Jan-Mar 2004) edition of *Penguin Post* published from New Delhi: 101 Folktales from India Eunice de Souza In every corner of India, there is a wealth of folktales, funny, fabulous and fantastical. In this collection, Eucine de Souza brings together one hundred and one wonderful stories, both familiar and unknown. Their subjects are diverse -- how the world was made, how kings should rule, the tales of wise and foolish men and women, and animal fables. Some stories are about well-known heroes -- Akbar and Birbal, Vikram and Betal, Tenali Raman -- which some introduce new ones, like Gulaba Khan, the brave man from the hills, and Paramvir, the reluctant guru from Andhra Pradesh. There are also sundry appearances by the devil, beautiful temptresses and supernatural creatures. This is a true collector's item, encompassing the entire range and diversity of the oral tradition in different parts of the country, and with bold and vivid illustrations by Sujata Singh. ISBN 0670 049670Format: Demi Hardcover PLC pp: 304 Puffin Rs 350 Publication: January 2004 --- Goa, and the Blue Mountains Or, Six Months of Sick Leave Richard F Burton (Reprint) First one gentleman chastised his spouse, then another, and then another. To judge by the ear, the fair ones did not receive the discipline with that patience, submission, and long suffering which Eastern dames are most apocryphally believed to practise. ... and so goes this one-of-a-kind travelogue. Victorian explorer Richard Burton is best known for his translation of the *Kama Sutra* and his writings on Africa and West Asia -- but his first book, published in 1851, was *Goa, and the Blue Mountains*. After he was expelled from Oxford for unruly behaviour, Burton joined the British Indian Army and spent five happy years in Sindh before an attack of cholera sent him south of the Nilgris. Ever obsessed with discovery, he renounced the comforts of a steamer to amble down the coast in a pattimar. Burton was no cloistered bara sahib; he was a master linguist who studied Arabic at Oxford and went on to learn Gujarati, Marathi, Persian, Telugu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto and Portuguese. Yet he was a man of his time, and a curmudgeonly with in the bargain. No one escapes his nit-picking gaze: the Portuguese or mestizos of Goa, the Hindus or Muslims of Malabar, the Todas or -- certainly not -- the British of the Nilgiris. He matchless drollery makes his adventures and misadventures a hilarious and transporting read. With an introduction by Burton-expert Dane Kennedy, the escapades of this incorrigibly Englishman will have you laughing out loud in your train compartment. ISBN: 0143 031775 Format: B Paperback pp: 272 Penguin India Rs 250Publication: February 2004 -- --- March 2004 | Frederick Noronha, Freelance Journalist Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa| Goa India 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 1 2 3 4 5 6| 7 8 9 10 11 12 13| Email fred at bytesforall.org 14 15 16 17 18 19 20| Writing with a difference 21 22 23 24 25 26 27| ... on what makes *the* difference 28 29 30 31 | http://www.bytesforall.org --- CHECK OUT USENET http://www.algebra.com/~scig/approved/threads.html --- ## # 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 related books... new
Some interesting Goa/Goan-related books which I just came across in the latest (Jan-Mar 2004) edition of *Penguin Post* published from New Delhi: 101 Folktales from India Eunice de Souza In every corner of India, there is a wealth of folktales, funny, fabulous and fantastical. In this collection, Eucine de Souza brings together one hundred and one wonderful stories, both familiar and unknown. Their subjects are diverse -- how the world was made, how kings should rule, the tales of wise and foolish men and women, and animal fables. Some stories are about well-known heroes -- Akbar and Birbal, Vikram and Betal, Tenali Raman -- which some introduce new ones, like Gulaba Khan, the brave man from the hills, and Paramvir, the reluctant guru from Andhra Pradesh. There are also sundry appearances by the devil, beautiful temptresses and supernatural creatures. This is a true collector's item, encompassing the entire range and diversity of the oral tradition in different parts of the country, and with bold and vivid illustrations by Sujata Singh. ISBN 0670 049670Format: Demi Hardcover PLC pp: 304 Puffin Rs 350 Publication: January 2004 --- Goa, and the Blue Mountains Or, Six Months of Sick Leave Richard F Burton (Reprint) First one gentleman chastised his spouse, then another, and then another. To judge by the ear, the fair ones did not receive the discipline with that patience, submission, and long suffering which Eastern dames are most apocryphally believed to practise. ... and so goes this one-of-a-kind travelogue. Victorian explorer Richard Burton is best known for his translation of the *Kama Sutra* and his writings on Africa and West Asia -- but his first book, published in 1851, was *Goa, and the Blue Mountains*. After he was expelled from Oxford for unruly behaviour, Burton joined the British Indian Army and spent five happy years in Sindh before an attack of cholera sent him south of the Nilgris. Ever obsessed with discovery, he renounced the comforts of a steamer to amble down the coast in a pattimar. Burton was no cloistered bara sahib; he was a master linguist who studied Arabic at Oxford and went on to learn Gujarati, Marathi, Persian, Telugu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto and Portuguese. Yet he was a man of his time, and a curmudgeonly with in the bargain. No one escapes his nit-picking gaze: the Portuguese or mestizos of Goa, the Hindus or Muslims of Malabar, the Todas or -- certainly not -- the British of the Nilgiris. He matchless drollery makes his adventures and misadventures a hilarious and transporting read. With an introduction by Burton-expert Dane Kennedy, the escapades of this incorrigibly Englishman will have you laughing out loud in your train compartment. ISBN: 0143 031775 Format: B Paperback pp: 272 Penguin India Rs 250Publication: February 2004 -- --- March 2004 | Frederick Noronha, Freelance Journalist Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa| Goa India 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 1 2 3 4 5 6| 7 8 9 10 11 12 13| Email fred at bytesforall.org 14 15 16 17 18 19 20| Writing with a difference 21 22 23 24 25 26 27| ... on what makes *the* difference 28 29 30 31 | http://www.bytesforall.org --- CHECK OUT USENET http://www.algebra.com/~scig/approved/threads.html --- ## # 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]Request
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:09:11 -0600 (CST) --- - --- - Hello! My name is Daniela Ferrero from Mexico Federal Distric.I'm 30 years old.I work as a law secretary. A friend of mine last month travel to Goa and he told me about the people ,the place and their culture .I 'm interesting to know more about them so i looked on the web some information and there i found the group addrees. I would like as i told you before know more about goans and their culture and probably in the fututre visit the place. Thanks for give me this opportunity. Daniela Ferrero ## # 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: Temples and Churches
A church is not built because there is a burnt temple and surrounding land that is available. I have previously described the physical and religious impediments to building a church EXACTLY OVER the temple. The church is built to meet the needs of a surrounding catholic community. So it is very likely that after the event of 1567 (burning of the temples and fleeing of the local Hindu population), the villages were slowly re-populated over the next 50 years by Portuguese and remaining natives. To meet the growing needs of the faithful, the church was built in the village. The location of the church was most likely dependent on the way the village expanded and grew with roads and / or river traffic. Thus there was no direct relation to the physical action of burning / destruction of the Hindu temple and the building of the present Catholic church many many decades later. Also it is very unlikely the location of the two is on the EXACT SAME SPOT. Much of the controversy can be ended if we do not connect the religions. All power to Goan Hindus to build more temples and some replicas if they so choose. They do not need anything from another religion to do so. And the same applies to Muslims and Catholics. Regards, 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 # ##
RE: [Goanet]From Rahul Alvares
Great project, Rahul. I very much applaud your activity, as I did/do your Mama's and Papa's. How are they and the Goa F. Holding up better than the bridges over our rivulets? Your info on snakes has been widely circulated. Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, 2004-04-03 The whole newsletter will be a highly experimental in its starting and so I would love it if you could send criticisms, comments, ideas and other things that you would like to know about and that I should include or exclude to make it better. Still doubtful? Check out my site www.geocities.com/rahulsnakesite/index.html If any of you have your own sites then i would be happy to incude links to your sites on my site as well. Take care Best wishes Rahul Alvares _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 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]BJPs Closed-Door Campaign for Demolishing of Christian Churches in Goa.
Ha! What is going on in our beautiful Goa these days? Am I just dreaming in my sleep? A great shock to all goans living in Goa, middle east, Europe, Africa, America and other parts of the world and as well as in India to know that CM Manohar Parrikar and his troupe along with non-goans in the hinduvta gang, conducting a closed-door campaign in South Goa by adopting false promises to peace loving goans in Goa just as the high priests of Jews did to Jesus in crucifying him on the cross. The aforesaid closed-door campaign is to nail every Christian and Muslim on the cross. Recently I was reading in the goas dailies that CM Manohar Parrikar and his lembddo Deputy Digambar Kamat (Karwarcho ghanti like Timblos parrivar) of Margao, with some 80 idiots conducting closed-door campaign in the minority dominated Salcete to win votes for BJP. Instead of developing electricity in Margao and salcete, now Digambar Kamat is thinking to develop other Salcete villages with the help of crook CM Manohar Parrikar by false promises. Beware my fellow goans, please do not fall into the hands of the devils who are ready to demolish our churches in Goa which was built by the Portuguese. These are the same peoples who once kept a bomb in the Vasco Church in Goa. Instead of catching the culprits, they blames Pakistani ISI's and made propaganda that ISI is behind the scene. Recently some BJP idiots carried a rampage in St. Jose Areal Chapel too. Also they burnt the Muslim paryer place in porvorim. Why still justice is not done so far? All goans should watch carefully and should not fall into the prey of these stupid idiots ruining the peace and harmony in Goa. But keep in mind that CM Manohar Parrikar and his BJP are the number one enemy of the Christians and Muslims in Goa and India. Now time is ripe to open our eyes and not to bow down in front of CM Manohar Parrikar, karwarcho ghanti Digambar Kamat and other hinduvta monsters for their closed-door campaign; otherwise we will be no more in our own Goa for the coming days ahead. BJP is trying desperately by hook or crook to win the votes in Salcete by deleting the Christians and Muslims names in the election rolls. Last time did the same thing in whole Salcete as well in Margao too by adding ganti people and deleting Christian and Muslims by Digambar Kamat and his BJP. My Clear warning to CM Manohar Parrikar, Digambar Kamat and those who follow them for their closed-door campaing to demolish our churches in Goa that bloodshed will be spilled every corner of the villages and all over Goa. Do not under-estimate goans as succegad, they will do anything if churches are been demolished. This is not Ayodhea to built ram temple on the demolished mosque. Whole world is watching what is going on in Goa.. Beware! Afonso Santana Piedade _ Easiest Money Transfer to India. Send Money To 6000 Indian Towns. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/42198.asp Easiest Way To Send Money Home! ## # 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]MATARPON ALBUM RELEASED IN KUWAIT.
RELEASING OF KONKANI ALBUM CD CASSTTE MATARPON The much awaited 11th Konkani Album MATARPONN by Rosary Ferns was released at Hotel Village Inn at 8.00 p.m. on 25th March 2004 in the form of CD Audio Cassette. Rosary Ferns is the first expatriate Goan and possibly the first Konkani artiste to release his Audio Cassette by being in a foreign country. He also carries the unique distinction of producing and releasing the first ever Konkani CD and that too in Kuwait some years back during the Mando Festival function held at Hotel Plaza organized by Kuwait Konknni Kendr. This historic CD was released thru the hands of yet another Konkani promoter, Konkani lover and Konkani supporter Raymond DSa from Apora Bardez and in Kuwait the president of Goan Overseas Association. The function for the release of Rosarys 11th Album was attended amongst others by well known Tiatrists Marcus Vaz, Bab Agnelo, Domnick Araujo, Manuel de Santa Cruz, Ms Sandra Fernandes Bernard Fernandes. The Album was released jointly thru the hands of Chief Guest Lawry Pinto and Guest of Honour Frankie Sequeira, the former is the president of Youth Recreation Centre (Rising Stars) and Gen. Sec. of prestigious Indian Arts Circle, while the latter is the president of Bombay Boys Club and both are social worker who volunteer to help many of the good causes in the community. The Album Matarponn produced by Sinaris in Goa and dedicated by Rosary Ferns to his brother Fidelis Fernandes with special thanks to Mickey Pacheco (Minister for Sports and Tourism Goa), Lawry Pinto, Frankie Sequeira and Luis Cardoso (Kuwait Konknni Kendr). Musical score for this Album was provided by well-known Maestro Josinho. Matarpon consists of 10 songs of which 5 were played during the function. The title song rendered by Rosary Ferns revolved around different phases of human life leading finally to Old age. This is somewhat similar to what Shakesphere depicted 7 stages of life in his last tragi-comedy drama As You Like It. The 2nd song Fuddar Tuzo Kor by Naphie Rod is on her regret over the betrayal of her lover. The 3rd rendered by Prince Jacob Tourist mocks the tourism industry in Goa. The 4th Bhau-Bhau rendered by Bab Andrew describes the split in the family life because of the dispute creating daughters-in-law. The 5th Kazari by Rosary Ferns along with his young niece Jessica speaks of the girls regret for unknowingly falling in love with a married man. The 6th Goa by Rosary Ferns along with his singer sister Antonette, Lawry and Andrew. describes the greatness of Goa. The 7th is the duet rendered by Jessie Dias and C. DSilva Inam Khoxttancho in which they both lament the ingratitude of their son. The 8th is the solo Melody King on the late Alfred Rose in which Rosary describes Alfis greatness. The 9th Bhogsonnem by Melody Prince Lawry describes the love of forgiveness of a mother towards her son. The 10th by Naphie Rod on Vasco Portrust-an. It was earlier rendered in Kuwait as Mando during the Songit Sanz organized by Kuwait Konknni Kendr a year back. It is a very romantic song and one does not get tired to listen to this song and moreover it was very nicely rendered by Naphie Rod with her mellifluent voice. The other songs which earlier rendered in Kuwait were Matarpon during the same Songit Sanz and it was acclaimed as the best in that Songit Sanz. Later on it was also rendered during the last Goa Day Function held at IAC Funaitees by Goan Welfare Society; it was done on kind request of GWS. Goa is yet another beautiful song earlier rendered in the Musical Show organized by Konkani Heritage Kuwait. A genuine Goan will never shy away from listening to this song a thousand times. Yet another song which was earlier rendered in Kuwait was Melody King during the recently organized Musical Show by Lawry Pintos Club Youth Recreation Centre. During the function a galaxy of speakers rendered their speeches in praise of Rosary Ferns. Mr. Fidelis Fernandes the President of Konkani Heritage Kuwait in a brief speech welcomed the gathering and conducted the ceremony of releasing the Album. While speaking he gave detailed explanation of his musically conscious family, his fathers encouragement for them to promote dramatic art and how his youngest and last brother Rosary Ferns alone in the family carried forward this art. Fidelis also told how Rosary Ferns was named after the death of their eldest brother who died at an early age. Rosary Ferns then spoke at length about this Album and thanked everyone who helped him to produce this Album. In a special way he thanked and lauded the contribution of his brother Fidelis for helping him to move ahead in promotion of his talents. He also thanked Fidelis for organizing this function for releasing his Album. This function was organized on behalf of Konkani Dramatic Art Lovers. Elvino Rodrigues the president of
[Goanet]Mr Churchill Alemao ex -CM/MP appointed KRCL Goa Staff Association chief
At a meeting of about 76 staff from Goa region of the Konkan Railway Corporation limited held on 25th March,2004 at the St Sebastian Church Hall at Aquem Alto Margao ex CM and former Lok Sabha MP and now Indian National Congress MP candidate for 26 April 2004 14 Lok Sabha General Elections from the Mormugao Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency ,was unanimously selected to head the new association KONKAN RAILWAY Corporation Ltd GOA STAFF ASSOCIATION, apparently to safeguard and promote the interests of Konkan Railway personnel in Goa region. There are three regions of the KRCL Goa Karnataka and Maharashtra . The other members of the committee will be selected shortly. It may be recalled that the Konkan Railway in Goa was conceptualised during the brief tenure of the Progressive Democratic Government of ex Chief Minister Dr Proto Barboso in 1989 of which Mr Alemao was one of the members. At the Central Government the Prof Madhu Dandavate of Rajwada Maharashtra Konkan region and Mr. George Fernandes were also responsible for the making the Konkan Railway a through corridor for the people along the Konkan upto Thiruvantahpuram in Kerala which prior to its coming to reality the people of Goa had to depend on a meter guage railway connection to outside Goa. Later there was an agitation for taking the route via the central talukas of Ponda Quepem etc for an area of a mere 21 kms which the agitationists felt would decongest the high density populated areas along the coastal and most develpoed talukas while promoting the hitherto remote underdeveloped areas. Further it was felt that the present route would not be viable because the braod gauge was simultaneously approved and hence the duplication of railway network along the same corridor especially from Verna in Salcette to Margao. Ironically it was the Catholic community led by the Church in its support for social issues which was branded as anti-nationalists by the upper caste majority community so that they would gain supremacy in matters of employment and other benefits of rail concessions etc . These same people similarly did not support the Meta strips issue because it promised high wage island job opportunities for this community who are a mere 3% but corner jobs for their kith and kin with ease . However when they realised that the bahujan samaj lower caste Hindus would be empowered by way of employment in the Nylon 6 6 and they would not get domestic help for their household they immediately sought the support of the Catholic community and the Church and were considered as nationalist once the Nylon 6 6 was out. It is hoped that with Churchill at the helm, of affairs the Catholic community will regain their lost respect with the KRCL a) landlosers in Goa getting opportunity with KRCL in Goa region b) employment to the people of Goa in Goa region and c) other safety measures will be implemented with the team work of all employees; There is also a need to take up certain issues of general interests the rail timings the quota for passengers travelling vide the Netravati Express and the perenial rush of seats from Yeshwantpur to Goa(Bangalore) in Karnataka. There is also a huge financial loss to tourists arriving in Goa who rush to visit the capital city not knowing that Panaji is merely an administrative headquarters and does not have much to offer a tourist who has come to enjoy the beaches or indulge in eco tourism or adventure tourism. Further incase they do need to visit Panaji then the ideal station for them to alight would be the Karmali (Old Goa Station ) for disembarking and not Margao. Hence the Konkan Railway should ensure that a huge board viz; PANAJI ROAD STATION is put at Karmali Station and on all tickets to and from this station so that the tourists would get down at the nearest station Karmali and not Margao. Mr Alemao should also ensure that the approach roads to Konkan Railway via Malbhat - Appolo Victor Hospital from Old Railway station or the St Sebastian Church and from Hotel Palace near Our lady of Rosary Church and the new road via the ESIS Hospital and Rajendra Prasad is completed fast before the monsoons. With the Exposition and IFFI due in November to January 2005 Mr Alemao should ensure a team of staff from Goa to man the vital points in Goa. He should also ensure that tourist making it to Dudhsagar are not exploited with high fare structures. Presently the Konkan Railway station is dominated by nearly 95% non Goans and this does not reflect the Goan ambience to the tourist both domestic and foreign on arrivals. Infact there have been remarks made by tourists that Goans are over tolerant and subservient to the dictates of non goans and the malaise of being replaced by non Goans in every field. This must change and NOW. It is also hoped that Mr Alemao will also ensure that the people of Goa need not go with a begging bowl to demand tickets or other concessions from
[Goanet]Cultural symbols of Goa
What would most Goans, of whichever religious community, accept as their common cultural symbol or symbols? Each community can also think of its own cultural symbol. But what would unite all as Goans? Teotonio R. de 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 # ##
Re: [Goanet]Cultural symbols of Goa
The crab. --- Teotonio R. de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would most Goans, of whichever religious community, accept as their common cultural symbol or symbols? Each community can also think of its own cultural symbol. But what would unite all as Goans? Teotonio R. de 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 # ## __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ## # 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: Anyone can be a SAINT
Joe wrote: Sant Tukaram said.. moko kaham dundo, meim to tere passi hum I don't think Tukaram's sayings were in Hindi. His mother tongue was Marathi. As far as I know all his abhangs (devotional songs) were in old Marathi. Cheers, Santosh ## # 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:Re: Flowery warnings!
(Diana the Flower wrote: Actually, the exhibition encompassed botanical species of Goa. And no, the Lurker's Forum chief was not an exhibit. But it appears that a Kerala coconut specimen sneaked in as an exhibit by masquerading as one of our renowned Benaulim nuts. On cursory examination, the judges declared that it was definitely not the real McCoy, but a poor and pallid imitation. Now as we all know, persistence is bred into the Kerala coconut. When last heard of, although this Kerala coconut had turned a bit rancid, it was firm in its resolve to stay close to all things Goan in the hopes of imbibing through osmosis that much desired quality of Goanness. We at Goanet can only doff our hats to such determination and wish this Kerala coconut good luck in this persistent endeavour. Diana) Actually, Diana, it's a reverse osmosis -- so that the Goan flowers acquired the irresistible Kerala flavour and fragrance and bear delectable fruits and nuts! Regards, RKN _ Contact brides grooms FREE! http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Only on www.shaadi.com. Register now! ## # 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]Pass the Flame, unite the world
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[Goanet]CRIME WATCH:Lady, 2-year-old son murdered at Anjuna
-- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ -- - Lady, 2-year-old son murdered at Anjuna - In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old woman and her two-year-old son were murdered on a hillock along the Baga-Anjuna coastal belt. According to Anjuna police, some villagers had noticed two men and a woman along with a child proceeding to a hillock at about 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday. A short while later, some foreigners heard screams and rushed to the site only to see the woman being assaulted by the two men. They tried to nab the culprits, who however managed to flee from the scene under the cover of darkness. The foreigners then alerted Anjuna police, who rushed to the site. The woman, however, died of injuries while being shifted to the Asilo hospital, here. On Wednesday morning, when a police team visited the scene for purpose of investigations, the police noticed the body of a two-year-old boy, lying about 100 metres from the place where the woman was found. An autopsy on the two bodies established that while the woman died of head injuries caused by some blunt force, the child was strangulated to death. Anjuna Police Inspector, Lawrence D'Souza informed Herald that the police will register a case of murder (Section 302) against unidentified persons, who have committed the gruesome crime, on completion of preliminary investigations. Meanwhile, police has requested the public to provide information which would help in establishing the identity of the woman and her child. The woman is about 5.3 feet in height and was wearing a yellowish printed saree and a cream-coloured blouse. The child was wearing a blue-coloured Reebok baby suit. PI D'Souza is investigating the case. HERALD 25/3/04 page 1 === 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 respect to others # ##
[Goanet]EDC subsidiarys Goa Antibiotic Ltd. MD suspended for fraud
-- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ -- --- EDC subsidiary's MD suspended for fraud --- Managing Director of Goa Antibiotic Ltd, a subsidiary of EDC, has been placed under suspension in connection with a financial fraud. Managing Director of EDC, P S Reddy, when contacted, confirmed that GAPL's MD S V Vernekar has been suspended by him pending inquiry. GAPL is located at Tuem Industrial Estate in Pernem taluka. He also stated that two senior level officers have tendered their resignation. Their resignations have been accepted and now inquiries would be initiated against them, he informed. Following the unearthing of a financial fraud, the authorities had asked four senior level officers to quit within a time-frame. Two have quit and two others are likely to go, sources said. ]The fraud, according to sources, involves the purchase of air handling equipment. The company from where the equipment was purchased is now virtually non-existent, it is learnt. Mr Reddy also stated that a police complaint will be filed soon on the fraud. - HERALD 25/3/04 page 1 - === 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 respect to others # ##
[Goanet]Football in Goa
Folks, The current, (25 March 2004), issue of FACTS (the Swiss news magazine), has a 639 words long article in German about Marco Pitta, a Swiss professional footballer who signed up as trainer of the Churchill Brothers team in Goa 10 months ago. From a very poor quality machine translation it appears that he is thoroughly disillusioned. He talks of dusty everyday life ... delayed payments of salary ... lack of order and punctuality ... the waste everywhere ... bribery and corruption ... lack of enthusiasm among Goans for football. He hopes to sign up with another team in Goa for the next season. This article does not appear on the magazine website http://www.facts.ch Pick up the magazine locally or write to me for the German text. Cheers, Eddie Fernandes ## # 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]Church over Temple
From what I know of the case of Moirá, the main village church is not on the exact spot, neither very close to the original spot. Very near the original spot was built a road-side cross, and quite close to it is the chapel of St. Sebastian. Curiously, when the Bl. Sacrament has to be removed from the Chuch, the tradition requires that it be kept in the Chapel of St. Sebastian On the same spot as the old main temple stood a huge banyan tree till very recently. The housing spree got rid of it some years ago. The sites chosen to build the new churches were generally located on or close to river margins to (1) take advantage of river transport for building material; (2) to enable the religious superiors of the Orders, who controlled the parishes of Goa in the early centuries of conversion, to pay annual visits to the churches. It would be interesting to know from other village cases, if they generally follow a similar pattern. Teotonio R. de Souza -- From: Sachin Phadte Subject: [Goanet]Church over Temple Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:12:33 -0800 ..asks whether the churches were built on the EXACT spot where the temples stood. I do not know for a fact, but it would seem obvious that if a temple was destroyed to build a church in its place, then the spot where the church would be built should be the EXACT spot. ## # 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][ilug-goa] Wireless Networks Workshop at VIT-GOA
Hi All, Two Day workshop on Wireless Networks will be conducted at KReSIT, IIT-Bombay on the 27th and 28th March 2004 (Saturday and Sunday) from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm. This event will be transmitted LIVE at the Virtual Institute for Training(VIT), Goa University, Goa. Registration is mandatory. Registration fee is Rs.100. Workshop will cover topics like GSM, GPRS, CDMA, WLL, Blue Tooth, 802.11/16, WAP, Adhoc and Sensor Networks. Along with technical talk by distinguished academicians from IIT Bombay and executives from top notch companies in the wireless domain, there will also be invited talks from leading service and technology providers. Please find attached a detailed schedule of the workshop in doc format. Please register by Friday evening 8.00 pm. Registered participants will be receiving certificates from IT Association, KReSIT, IIT Bombay. Rs. 100 paid as registration fees does not cover the course material and refreshments. For registration and more details contact:- VIT-GOA Tel. 2451972 or 2415264 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also visit http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/ita/workshops/Convergence04/ C U at the Workshop! Milind Anvekar [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/0XFolB/TM -~- To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/ * 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/ ## # 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]AMAZING GOA: A fort, a taluka, a sweet, fishing and a Kadamba king
Jose Lourenco's work. Worth supporting, IMHO. FN Which beach does the Tiracol Fort overlook? [ Querim (Keri) beach ] What is the smallest taluka in Goa? [ Mormugao (109.1 sq.km) ] What is the sweet of rice containing coconut shredding and jaggery, packed in jackfruit leaves, called? [ Fole / Pudde ] How many people in Goa are dependent on fishing for their living? [ Approx 40,000 ] Who rescued the Kadamba king Shasthadeva II in the storm that wrecked his ships in the Mandovi river in 1005 AD? [ Modamod/Mohamed, a Taji (Arab) merchant and ship repairer based in the Chimbel-Ribandar area. ] [195] ## # 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]AMAZING GOA: A fort, a taluka, a sweet, fishing and a Kadamba king
Jose Lourenco's work. Worth supporting, IMHO. FN Which beach does the Tiracol Fort overlook? [ Querim (Keri) beach ] What is the smallest taluka in Goa? [ Mormugao (109.1 sq.km) ] What is the sweet of rice containing coconut shredding and jaggery, packed in jackfruit leaves, called? [ Fole / Pudde ] How many people in Goa are dependent on fishing for their living? [ Approx 40,000 ] Who rescued the Kadamba king Shasthadeva II in the storm that wrecked his ships in the Mandovi river in 1005 AD? [ Modamod/Mohamed, a Taji (Arab) merchant and ship repairer based in the Chimbel-Ribandar area. ] [195] ## # 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 Museum
Take a test. Randomly select five passengers from each bus arriving at KTC bus stand in Panaji from any destinationeven from Miramar or Santa Cruz. Ask each of them to give you the directions to the State Museum[ which is hardly 500 metres away from the KTC bus stand]. If 10 % of the people can tell you exactly where it is located and how to get there on foot or by vehicle, I am your fairy godmother. ;-) GOA STATE MUSEUM: The long history of a small geographical entity called Goa showcased with exhibits at the Goa State Museum, a prestigious project of world importance, is yet to attract tourists, both domestic and foreign. Is it a museum or a morgue? The State government agencies both academic and those connected with tourism promotion have failed to motivate people to visit this centre of great heritage and knowledge. Housed in a stately edifice at the Pato Plaza, a massive commercial complex along the Rua de Ourem canal, the museum has seven spacious galleries. (Jagdish Wagh in GT) Can we have some signboards near the KTC bus stand, please. Could someone list it in the tourist brochures? Can the GTDC buses on package tours of Old Goa or Ponda not stop ther for a while?? Can the schools not be invited to visit the state museum the same way they visit the Goa Science Centre? None of the answers are actually expensive. No one is giving it a damn,it seems. Viva Goa. Miguel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 ## # 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 # ##
