[Goanet]State of the Sex Trade in Goa - 1
- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! - - 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/ -- --- Demolition of Baina cubicles was a mistake, says DIG --- by Shaikh Jamaluddin The sex trade has come to stay. And it is a fact. Even senior police officials admit it. However, the deputy inspector-general of police, Mr Ujjwal Mishra feels that the greatest mistake committed by the state government was demolition of the cubicles at Baina in Vasco. Before the demolition, the sex trade was confined only upto Baina, but now it has spread to other parts of the state. Mr Mishra stated, The ripples of this mistake are being experienced in every nook and corner of the state. You see, there are some known infamous places in Mumbai, Hyderabad and elsewhere. But the governments of these states have not gone for demolition of these structures. The governments are not willing to take action as they are aware of the repercussions and aftereffects of their actions. Mr Mishra felt that the government should have initiated some health and civic measures through non-governmental organisations, or involved other agencies to improve hygiene there. 'Uprooting' the whole area was not the solution and was not advisable also, Mr Mishra observed . A certain sex racket in the state might not have been exposed had the police not arrested and rescued a minor girl from Bangladesh who was brought here on the pretext of providing a job abroad. She was dragged into the racket by three women involved in the flesh trade at Porvorim, Mr Mishra informed. Dwelling upon the sex racket, the DIG said, We went deep into it and arrested a number of people, interrogated many others linked directly or indirectly to the oldest profession, so it was time to pull the shutters on the chapter. But in case if we get some or the other clue we will not hesitate to net them. On college girls turning to the flesh trade in Goa, Mr Mishra stated, I heard rumours making rounds that college girls staying in hostels and as paying guests are also engaged in entertaining sex hungry tourists visiting Goa from different corners of the nation. If these girls are selling their bodies for money we cannot do anything. However, he said, You know the call girls who were released earlier after their arrest from Parra had landed up in the police net once again. You will be astonished to know what they said 'we are doing it for money, are you providing the same to us?' What any one can do in this situation. He said this is a money spinning trade for all those engaged in it. There are thousands of young and middle-aged persons linked either directly or indirectly to the sex entertaining groups. Besides, there are thousands of other people who are thriving exclusively on the earnings of solicitors of call girls. If you see, this is a major social evil which spoils our youth at a very tender age and as a result there are many HIV cases spotted amongst Goans. It is very terrible thing happening in Goa and we see there is no solution in sight, he added. -- The Navhind Times 17/8/05 page 1 -- --- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK --- an initiative of GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE to promote civic and consumer rights in Goa --- GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goacan.org ---
[Goanet]Regarding tracking of persons in Goa
Hello, I went to Mandrem, Goa in January this year. I stayed at Kimayas place and booked the rooms for the same time next year. But now Ive lost her e-mail and cant confirm that Im returning around Christmas/New Years Eve. Can I somehow use Goanet to track her e-mail? I know that its a hotmail-address, thats all. But perhaps someone on your mailing list knows of her? Sincerely, Silas Goettler DK-2200 Copenhagen Denmark
[Goanet]World Goa Day Has Come to Stay - a reflection
WORLD GOA DAY HAS COME TO STAY by Basilio Magno (Spain) The World Goa Day celebrations going in its sixth year on 20 August 2005 is a social triumph for the Goan cummunities the world over. It is a phenomenal event born out of nothing, just few e-mail epistles by its founder, UK based Rene Barreto, blasted on all Goan nets the unmistakable message of the virtues of Goan unity and the love of Mother Goa. This had mesmerized all the presidents of the Goan Associations to fall in line with his call in the year 2000, and year by year their number has grown abundantly. Last week the Goan Association Gemany joined in for the first time and celebrated the Day with a Konkani Music Show by artistes from Goa. Rene's noble idea would have died a natural death had it not been for the internet collaboration of Goanet.org, Goa-Goans, Goa-world, etc, which helped to propagate the idea to Goans in every corner of the world. His leadership instinct told him that he would need a theme-song or an anthem for the event. Having had known that I had composed a song for Princess Diana and the King of Spain, Rene thought of me and e-mailed to me a request to compose a piece similar to the one you composed for Lady Diana. As there was nothing else to go by in the maiden year, my song Proud to be a Goan took the centre stage. It had become a hit having been hosted on Goa- world.com website, sung by me accompanied by a Spanish band. Thanks to Mario Fernandes of Goan International, who combined the celebration of Goa Day with the Bonderam festival at Sao Mathias island, Divar, premiering Proud to be a Goa, all Goa newspapers carried the story and printed the lyrics of the song. The o HERALD o daily had splashed on its front page the story by Francis X. Ribeiro on 20 August 2000: GOANS TO OBSERVE 'GOA DAY' AROUND THE WORLD TODAY. THEME SONG PROUD TO BE A GOAN TO BE PREMIERED AT BONDERAM. and followed up: Goans all around the globe will be observing August 20 as Goa Day, an idea conceived by Rene Barreto of Goan International who is based in London, with the objective of bringing together Goans form different parts of the world. To mark the Goa Day, celebrations will be held from Kenya to Maryland (USA), London to Bahamas and Harare to Goa at the Sao Mathias island, Divar. To make this a memorable day, a special song (end of this story) has been composed by famed Goan songwriter Basilio Magno, residing in Spain. Basilio who is still recovering from his long illness, was determined to produce something worthwhile. Within a week after being requested by Rene, this former Irving Berlin of India came out with the theme song for Goa Day, titled Proud to be a Goan, a theme he always wanted to propagate to the younger generation, who very often are shy to say, 'I am a Goan'. Within these six years Goa Day has rightly changed to World Goa Day, and has come a long way in popularity. We may say World Goa Day has come to stay, it being fixed in the Goan psyche, and there is no fear of losing the date. However in his farsightedness Rene has established this year Alliance of World Organisations and has entrusted it to a successful organiser in Canada -Oscar Furtado. Rene has always been a lover of Goa. Some years ago he had oganised Goan Jamboree, taking a large number of Goans from London for a picnic in Goa. Not long ago he founded the Goan Musical Society in London, of which he is the founder/president. Musically it is carried on by Joao Paulo Cota, which is doing great job in projecting Goa's musical image in Britain. The name of Rene will go down in the annals of Goan social history as the man who singlehandedly unified the Goan communities the world over and has inspired them to work for the upliftment of Goa and the Konkani language. Others may now also claim to have dreamed of the idea but Rene with hard work and organizing ability has made it the Goan reality. And that is the fact we cherish. My message for the World Goa Day 2005 is that we Goans should shed our colonial complex be it Portuguese of British and proudly start speaking in Konkani with each other at home and at Goan functions. Let's not forget that a community without a language of its own becomes a pariah community. The Goans have a very rich language and the only Indian language written in Roman script. It is our special heritage. A move is afoot spearheaded by the Dalgado Konkani Academy presided by the former MLA Tomazinho Cardoso to seek recognition for the Roman script for Konkani along with the Devnagiri script. Let's collaborate in the letter campaign and make it the theme of WGD 2005, making everyone conscious of the need of Roman script not only for Konkani but for all Indian languages to face the challenges of the cyber age we live in. The song Proud to be a Goan can be downloaded from the website www.goaday.comIts copyright has been gifted to Rene and
[Goanet]RE. CHURCH BEING SILENT ON THE ROMAN SCRIPT KONKANI
RE. CHURCH BEING SILENT ON THE ROMAN SCRIPT KONKANI Let me ask our Goanetters if you are really Goans !!! Does it only mean that either You or your ancestors happen to originate from Goa makes us Goans. The language Is one factor which binds a family and so to say the community together. How many of us do write in Roman Script Konkanni on this newsletter to Goanet ? Pity, I feel I am more on an English language mailing list. Does the Church in Goa use Devnagiri Script for all their liturgical books ? No, Its the Roman Script. Ixtt and other Roman Script konkani Magazines are brought out by the Clergy. The Church has kept the Roman Script konkani alive by using it daily. The Church has and is using the local language whereever its present. In the Suburbs Of Mumbai from Dahisar onward where the local East Indian community speak Marathi, The Church has all its Doctorine and liturgy in Marathi. I feel sad to see how our own Goans who have no pride for their mother tongue Konkanni are also trying to rob this small Comminuty of East Indians of the Marathi Church services and impose English on them!!! We feel degraded to speak in our own House let alone outside. Look at the people from other Indian States. They proudly Speak their mother toungue in public. Its not The Church which has remained silent but its the Goan people who have Betrayed their mother tongue Konkanni. Spare The Church of joining Politics which is dirty. Look around the world at what wonders Peoples Power can do. First of all lets Start using our mother tongue proudly which we have betrayed. Kind regards to all Goans Rosario Abel Fernandes Margao Goa
[Goanet]RE: *** Konkani movie ?Padri? to hit the screens in September (De vika Sequeira, in Deccan Herald)
Where can we in London purchase a copy of the film please. Thanks Felicia Kemp London
[Goanet]Congratulations Simon Gonsalves
Congratulations Simon Gonsalves The goa-world.com team (Kuwait) joins Konkani tiatr lovers and congratulates the very talented Simon Gonsalves for the excellent presentation of captivating sceneries and artistic impressions (using state-of-the-art tools) for the Konkani tiatr Bhurgim - Mai-Paichem Sukh held last Friday in Kuwait. In fact Simon's creativeness were the highlights of the evening and a great blessings in disguise which saved the day. Simon Gonsalves had earlier shown his talents in his own Gods Gift Everly Production's TUZO GAUM MHOJEM NAUM in Kuwait in November 2004. Blessed with oodles of talent, creative ability, versatility and a wide range of related performance skills Simon Gonsalves has carved a niche for himself. After the success of TUJEA KALLZAK VINCHAR staged in 2002 in Kuwait, for Simon Gonsalves there is no looking back. While the rich script boasts about family values, culture, traditions, the cast mix of versatile artistes, also proves his penchant for selection of artistes and musicians. The scenes and the stage settings were the added attraction at this competition. Simon Gonsalves is also well known for backstage acumen, he has won much appreciation and awards for the splendid stage settings for his one act plays DEVACHO GUTT DEV ZANNAM (Best Director - 1st Prize Winner - 2003) and MOGACHI ZHOR (2nd Prize Winner and Best Script Writer Award Winner - 2004) at the annual one-act Konkani play competitions organized by United Club of Utorda-Kuwait. One of the talented young actors popular today who can play good guy, bad guy, and any character role with equal aplomb, Simon Gonsalves, continues to regale the audiences with a chameleon like ability to lose himself in the roles that he plays. Popularly known with a penchant for playing bad guys, and any character dangerously benchmarked on edge psychotics, and he enacts it so well ! He has also directed three tiatrs back home. He has also won the best actor and best stage setting prizes for his brother's Felix Gonsalves' tiatr RESPET DIAT for KHK's one-act play competition not too long ago. Simon Gonsalves has created an unique record also by presenting one CD of his third album DEVACHIM DENIM (Ronny Socorro Productions) to each and everyone present for his tiatr TUZO GAUM MHOJEM NAUM in November 2004 in Kuwait. This Konkani tiatr will also be released all over Goa in the first half of 2006. His earlier Konkani Albums FOKONNAM and MHOJO BHAU were well received and had enchanting Konkani songs penned and sung by him. Gaspar Almeida Associate, http://www.goa-world.com/ Moderator, Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter (since 1994)! Links: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.culture.region.india.goa/22469 http://www.goa-world.com/ http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans (Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter) UPCOMING EVENTS IN KUWAIT: COMEDIAN PHILIP'S TUM VHOIR AUM SOKOL In Musical - 16th Sept. 2005. It's a P.V. Production's presentation. CRYSTAL FOCUS CLUB presents SUMMER JEANS BASH - 9th Sept. 2005. Upcoming Shows in Kuwait: Navelim Youth Centre-Kuwait will hold their traditional grand gala 'NYC Nite' on 1st September 2005 at Hotel Crowne Plaza starting 8.00 pm. Comedian Philip's TUM VHOIR AUM SOKOL on 16th Sept. 2005. Remember it's P.V. Production's second musical show with talented guest artistes/singers/ musicians from Goa and London and a JUMBO cast from Kuwait.
[Goanet]Re: Goa government is an email away...
Dear Editor, Good day to you, Just this small piece of information, which I would like to share with you. In the section concerning Government emails, you have missed out that of Captain of Ports. It is : captainofports at eth.net You may try out response from the department. Regards Jude
[Goanet]Re: TREMENDOUS RESPONSE - FOR SEND AN EMAIL - KONKANI ROMAN SCRIPT
All Readers; I'm exhilerated; Clenched fist brandished; WE SHALL TRIUMPH! not by bigotry or Dogma, but reason shall always prevail. WEDS On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 godfrey gonsalves wrote : We are enthused by the emails recieved for Konkani Roman script.
[Goanet]Goa Today available in Mumbai
Goa Today is available at Cosma Co. - Dhobitalao, Jack of all stall, Byculla and Salu Sons, Bazar Road Bandra in Mumbai. Or else call 22630139 Fausto
[Goanet]re: darryl and hospital bills
I just posted what I was told to me over the phone by an ex-colleague. I believe he was on a respirator or maybe heart-lung machine at the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra, and earlier to that at a Malad hospital. He was a resident of Malad. I am not aware of the details, such as TOI insurance, etc. I didn't query my friend about all this. We were talking about the death and the funeral. But I am told by someone else whose family member was on a heart-lung machine that it cost them Rs 3000 for 15 minutes, just before the person died.Eugene C Eugene, perhaps the news item appended below will help Darryl's family. Lawrence - Publication: TOI Mumbai Date: 18/08/2005 Section: Pg 02 - City Page Number: 2 HC to state, BMC: Submit list of missing, dead in floods Mumbai: The Bombay high court has directed the state and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to furnish a detailed list of people who have died or are missing since the July 26 floods. Hearing a public interest litigation filed by an NGO called Project Smita, a division bench of Chief Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice S J Vajifdar directed the authorities to submit the list by August 22, when the court would next hear the matter. The PIL was filed by Bollywood filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt, Soni Razdan, Ashok Pandit, Vinta Nanda and ad guru Alyque Padamsee. “The city was unprepared for the disaster. That was the reason for the loss of lives and property,’’ said the judges. “Unfortunate events like this may not recur but still we have to come up with a disaster management plan.’’ The judges also remarked that the weather bureau would have to consider setting up sophisticated equipment for forecasting. Majeed Memon, counsel for the petitioners, submitted a list of 42 NGOs. The court has directed the state to take their assistance for rehabilitating flood victims. Meanwhile, BMC counsel K K Singhvi assured the court that there was no epidemic in the city or suburbs and the corporation was providing adequate medical aid to victims. Singhvi’s appeal for a gag order on the media publishing personal articles on BMC commissioner Johny Joseph was rebuffed by the judges. The court has asked the state, BMC, the Centre, the meterological department and the railways to reply to other issues raised in the PIL in three weeks time. The petitioners have sought compensation for victims, implementation of a disaster management plan, upgrading storm water drains and improved coordination between different government agencies. TNN See http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA1LzA4LzE4I0FyMDAyMDU=Mode=HTMLLocale=english-skin-custom
Re: [Goanet]Welfare pension.
From: Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet]Welfare pension. Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:27:41 +0530 Nasci, this is an assumption which isn't particularly true. For instance, you can eat a free meal on Sundays at the (Sikh) gurudwara at Betim, while Goa still doesn't have a Salvation Army soup kitchen ;-) Nasci: Free meals and soup kitchens aren't the type of 'Charities' that I am talking about. For these free meals etc. the poor persons have to travel, something they can least afford; so these are really not that helpfull, in the ordinary lives of the poor. The Charities which are doing a very good job, are 'Caritas' and 'St. Vincent De Paul Society'; There may be more of the type operating in Goa. The Salvation Army in Kolkotta for instance provides, clothes, food, medicines and even accomodation. If there is no Salvation Army type Chaity in Goa, then surely they can be approached to set up similar facilities in Goa for the poor and not so poor like students and persons working away from home, etc. Then again it will be a great help if the Govt. can grant tax free status to individuals and Companies donating help towards these worthy causes, like is being done in advanced countries. However it should also be remembered that the Income Tax structure iin India, is not really a burden on individuals and corporations etc. as compared to Developed countries. Fred: Christians might be a bit more 'organised' than the others. But that's little cause for looking down (or did I read your statement wrong?) on others. Nasci: I am not looking down on anybody or community! However I do want other Communities to 'wake up' and undertake to organise genuine Charieties or to at least support them. Nasci Caldeira Melbourne Fred: Charity can also refer to the act of giving money, goods or time to such a charitable trust or other worthy cause. PS: Let's not turn this into another my-beliefs-are-better-than-yours debate, though.
[Goanet]Deknni
The recent interest shown on Goanet about traditional mandos and dulpods is heartening for the researcher into Goan Song, which also includes the Deknni. Lovers of Goan Song might be interested in the history of the most popular of deknnis, Aum saiba peltorhi voitam, which is the song of a temple dancer at the ferry of Shiroda [Mannke tary, the ferry at Mannkem], on her way to a wedding somewhere in Salcete (presumably Curtorim) of a man named Damodar, Damu. She is pleading with the a philanderer or flirtatious ferryman to help her get to the wedding. The credit for popularizing Aum saiba goes to Mestre Lourenço (Lourencinho) Henrique L. Dias, leader of the Banda Nacional de Salcete, who died around 1930. His band was in great demand at upper class weddings, especially for the contredanses de honra. Aum saiba was introduced as one of these contredanses at a wedding, probably that of Prazeres da Costa (Musmbikarthe Mozambican), in the early years of the 20th century, under the title Bailados do Concão (Dances of the Konkan). It was later published under that title by the composer Carlos Eugénio Ferreira at the Casa Rangel, Bastora, in 1926. The deknnis probable date is therefore the last decades of the 19th century. Though the temple dancer was from Shiroda, the composer was evidently from Salcete, and hence the song is in the dialect of that province (as are most deknnis). The following is the text and translation of Aum saiba and the related deknni Ge, ge, ge, ge,ge: 1. Aum saiba peltorhi voitam Damulea lognank voitam 2. Paiantulim painzonn'm ditam Tariry voichi vatto dakoi 3. Atantuleo pattuleo ditam Tariry voichi vatto dakoi 4. Golleantuly' gollsory' ditam Tariry voichi vatto dakoi 5. Nakantuli noti ditam Tariry voichi vatto dakoi Maka saiba vatto dakoi Maka saiba vatto kollonam Damulea mattvant kolvontantso fell/mell vo Damulea mattvant kolvontantso fellu/mellu 1. I am going to the other bank, sir, I am going to Damus wedding. 2. I will give you the anklets from my feet. Please show me the way to the ferry. 3. I will give you the bracelets from my wrists. Please show me the way to the ferry. 4. I will give you the necklace from my neck. Please show me the way to the ferry. 5. I will give you the ring from my nose. Please show me the way to the ferry. Show me the way to the ferry, please. I do not know the way. In Damus pavilion, there is a dance/meeting of the dancing girls. COR 1: Ge ge ge ge ge Ge ga saiba Maka naka go Maka naka go 1. E muja fulants' pormollu Ge ga saiba 2. E muja nakatso notu Ge ga saiba 3. E muja golleantuli gollxiri Ge ga saiba 4. E muja atanchim kanknnam Ge ga saiba 5. E muja paianchim painzonnam Ge ga saiba COR 2: Maka naka go Maka naka go 6. E muja poleatso beiju Ge ga saiba COR 3: Maka zai-i go Maka zai-i go CHORUS 1 DANCER: Take it, do please take it, sir! FERRYMAN: I dont want it, no, I dont want it! DANCER: 1.This my flower chaplet, Take it, please sir! CHORUS 2 FERRYMAN: I dont want it. No, I dont want it (I dont want them)! DANCER: 2.This nose ring of mine, do please take it, sir! 3. This necklace of mine, do please take it, sir! 4. These my bangles, do please take them, sir! 5. These my anklets, do please take them, sir! 6. A kiss from my cheek, do please take it, sir! FERRYMAN: Yes, I want it, yes I do!
[Goanet]Re: Goanet digest, Vol 1 #2443 - Message 5
We have recieved several replies from Mumbai Pune etc and the upsurge is tremendous. GODFREY J I GONSALVES Borda Margao Goa Send a rakhi to your brother, buy gifts and win attractive prizes. Log on to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html
[Goanet]Re: *** Goanet News Bytes * Aug 17, 2005 * Panjim gets tough on garbage: pay more, segregate, no packing biodegradable garbage in plastics
On 17/08/05, Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [GOANET NEWS BYTES * AUG 17 2005 * DATELINE GOA] ..o POLICE CLAIM CLINCHING EVIDENCE AGAINST BJP TRIO: Police say they have clear enough evidence against BJP's Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Satish Dhond and Rajendra Ganu in the case involving the forgery of Velim (independent) MLA Filipe Neri Rodrigues. According to police evidence, it appears that Tanavade presented the forged document, Dhond committed the crime and Ganu was an accomplice in the entire proceedings. (Herald) The government of Manohar Parrikar of the BJP was sought to be salvaged, on the claim that the Independent MLA Rodrigues was actually a BJP member, which is what the case is all about. RESPONSE: Now we shall wait and see what action the present Government will take with regard to these 'gentlemen' bringing the house into disrepute. Also we shall see what action the Police take with regards to taking this very serious matter to the Court. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * Aug 17, 2005 * Panjim gets tough on garbage: pay more, segregate, no packing biodegradable garbage in plastics
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[Goanet]WORLD GOA DAY 2005 - PORTUGAL PROGRAM
00 WORLD GOA DAY 2005 PORTUGAL PROGRAM FULL DETAILS at : Programa em Português: http://goaday.goamog.com/Programac-o-2005.html English Version of Program: http://goaday.goamog.com/2005-Program.html 000 rene barreto __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[Goanet]shortage of burial space
from Mumbai Miror --- Bury the coffin! Catholic priests advice against ostentatious funerals and the use of elaborate coffins to promote environmentally clean burials When you drop dead, drop in: reads an invitation to a funeral parlour in Mumbai. But a movement for less ostentatious funerals that has taken root in Vasai, on Mumbais outskirts, portends a deadly blow to the flourishing business in coffins and funeral paraphernalia. For the last one and half years, Catholic priests and laity in Vasai have been promoting the idea of environmentally clean funerals that does away with coffins. One of the priests spearheading this idea is father Francis Britto who edits a local community journal called Suvarta. Britto says that simple funerals agreed with the idea of a clean environment that his magazine promotes. The graveyards in Vasai are small and there are no fixed family graves. The use of closed coffins creates a problem because the body does not decompose fast and the grave cannot be reused for a long time. Getting rid of coffins saves wood and trees, said Britto. At least two parishes in Vasai, Our Lady of Lourdes in Shirlaiwadi and St Michaels in Manickpur, have already implemented the concept and ten more have recently decided to promote the idea. The movement is now on full swing, declared Britto. Though the church has promoted the idea, it has not declared it as official policy because of concerns that many members would see it as an offensive on old practices. We support the idea because it is hygienic and environment friendly. However, we do not want to force the practice on the people; the idea will have to be promoted slowly, said father Michael DSouza, parish priest of St Judes Church at Jari Mari, Kurla. In Mumbai, churches have not started experimenting with the idea; but church leaders said that they are watching the developments in Vasai with interest. DSouza says that he would like to implement the idea at his parish. My congregation is largely poor and cannot afford elaborate funerals. We suggested the idea of simple funerals; but it is yet to become popular. People are worried about what their relatives and friends would say if they do not give their dear departed a nice funeral, said DSouza. Like in most cities, burial space in Mumbai is shrinking, forcing communities like Christians and Muslims to reuse graves more frequently. Teak wood coffins take years to disintegrate and is a hindrance to the practice of rotational use of graves, said Britto. To get over the problem, some churches have allowed cremations, provided the people who demand it for their dead relatives sign an undertaking that they have not abandoned the belief in the resurrection of the body, says father Tony Charanghat, spokesperson for the archbishop of Mumbai and editor of Catholic community weekly Examiner. Charanghat added that the spiralling costs of funerals and shrinking burial space are two primary reasons why the church wants to encourage the idea. For instance, the cost of an elaborate coffin could go upto Rs 20,00. The cost of coffins has been skyrocketting and the richer you are, the more and elaborately decorated the coffin is. Rich people like to show off with the best coffins, he said. For the Catholic community, the issue is an emotional one. It is certainly a sentimental issue, says Joseph Dias, resident of Kalina and member of Catholic Secular Forum, a community organisation. One option midway could be the use of bio-degradable materials for making coffins. This will maintain traditions and also take care of modern day problems like lack of space and environmental pollution, he added. Despite the arguments in favour of tradition, priests say that the use of coffins is a largely urban practice. There is no compulsion to use a coffin. It is a new practice, said DSouza. Dias said there is nothing in Christian scriptures that make the use of coffins compulsory. Whether we like it or not, we will have to think on this issue, he said. The idea has even the backing of Michael Pinto, whose family has been in the undertaking business for nearly a century. It may not be good for my business; but simpler funerals are a very good idea. It will save the trees, he said. * Manoj R. Nair writes on the multiple communities in Mumbai Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[Goanet]A message for World Konkani day
THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR B. B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim GOA - 403 521, INDIA (0832) 2415857, 2415864 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website:www.tskk.org A MESSAGE FOR WORLD KONKANI DAY On 20th August 1992 Konkani was included in the Constitution of India. Since then our mother tongue Konkani got the official status as one of the Offical Languages of India. to remember this historical event let us celebrate it as WORLD KONKANI DAY. I have no better words than the words of 19th century Italian Jesuit Konkani scholar Fr. A.F.X. Maffei (12.11.1844 - 31.05.1899) who worked in Mangalore. In his Konkani grammar of May 1892, Konknni Ranantlo Sobit Sundor Tallo or A Sweet Voice From The Konkani Desert pages x to xi he has said: In fact, Konkani is a really beautiful, graceful, and, so to say, a smiling language, but, being uncultivated, its beauty is hidden. Let us call this queen, confined to a desert, among us, by study and we shall soon perceive sounds of sweetness. Let us hope that the Konkani race, so distinguished in other respects, will one day awake to a full knowledge of the hidden treasure they possess, and beginning to cultivate their beautiful language, as all civilised nations do, add to other elements this still wanted element of civilization. Will they still bear that foreigners dig their treasures while they remain indifferent lookers on? Let them understand that what we, foreigners, do in this respect, is directed to point out the nobility of their language and consequently to ennoble their race. For this purpose their co-operation is required, but co-operation in union This dream of Fr. Maffei has remained unfulfilled. We Konkanis (Konkani speakers or people of Konkani origin) of the world together can fulfill his lovely dream. Hail Konkani. Hail Konkanis. Pratap Naik, S.J. Director
Re: [Goanet]Goanet Reader: Fitting in -- colonial official to anthropologist (by Robert S Newman)
--- Goanet Reader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FITTING IN: COLONIAL OFFICIAL TO ANTHROPOLOGIST Taking a closer look at writing that goes back a century By Robert S. Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... that its culture was utterly unlike that of neighboring India, as if Goa had sprung from the sea like some Venus on a seashell! There is one thing I dislike about Robert Newman and his writings, brief though my acquaintance was with them after having a quick read through half of his book (Umbrellas etc). And that is the dismissal of opinions of some Goans in the manner mentioned above. I have equally read from some publications by authors / visitors other than Goan who say that once they crossed the border into Goa it was like moving into a different environment altogether. Ah well, chaque un a son gout (I hope I got the French right - after all my mother taught me the language aeons ago!) ... Major Leal launches into a discussion of other improvements that are needed in his jurisdiction. The word Estado refers to O Estado da India Portuguesa, the official name for Goa and the small enclaves to the north. Just a note saying that the above proves that Goa was called the Estado da India Portuguesa (something like what Hawaii is to the US today) long before 1947 - some people claim that Portugal had suddenly turned Goa into its overseas state in 1947 to prevent it from being claimed by Nehru... Thus being Estado da India Portuguesa, the Goeses were Cidadões Portugueses, like it or not. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Wendell Rodricks expresses his SOLIDARITY with Goans world wide in his message ...for WORLD GOA DAY 2005 !
88 Wendell Rodricks expresses his SOLIDARITY with Goans world wide in his message * GOANS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES * London. Hyderabad. Muscat. Toronto. Bombay. Paris. Kuwait. Los Angeles. Delhi. Bangalore. Dubai.. Goans all over are tied to the motherland in many ways. Some have properties. Some relatives. Some just memories and nostalgia. As a proud Goan, I am always touched by the warmth of Goans I meet during my travels. They so willingly open their doors, arms and hearts, that it is overwhelming. On World Goa Day, I want to thank Goans for just being Goan in every sense of the word. Being Goan in a warm, smiling, intelligent and cultural manner. Also for loving Goaso tenderly across the oceans and borders. Goa needs the Goan Diaspora more today than ever before. While we continue to live our cultural heritage, it is sad to see the deterioration of the land and Goan values. Corruption, neglect and apathy has taken its toll on Goa. It is in this area than you my fellow Goans in the Diaspora can help. Go to the correct people to help in causes ~ Please do not entertain and pamper the politicians who ruin Goa. Save your hospitality and purses for people who do things for Goa. Before making a donation, ask where your money is going and whether the organization has a good reputation. Do not succumb to corruption ~ I know too many innocent diaspora Goans who are misguided to pay bribes while in Goa. Take a local Goan along to the public office and demand your rights. Write to a local paper and name the corrupt official. You can get work done by not bribing. Bribes corrupt our system. Keep Goa in the news worldwide ~ Those who are in position to voice an opinion in the media should use the media to highlight the good and bad in Goa. Expose our wrongdoers. Praise the ones who work for a cause. At the moment we have a garbage problem. Talk out it in the national and foreign press. It is a matter that needs to be rectified. Goas main earner is tourism. It is at stake if the garbage issue is not addressed. Donate information, not money ~ Very often Goans in Goa need information and technology more than a donation in cash. Teach your villagers an alternate method. Talk about new technologies. Gift a computer-aided gizmo to your local Panchayat. Contribute constructively ~ Restore a section of the temple or church personally (or have a trusted person do it). Build a library for the villages. Pay for cataract operations for the old. Do your bit in small ways by doing and not donating. It is important to do what the people need. So ask around first. People who live in Goa have different needs. Sometimes all they will ask for is if someone can help them carry their bazaar from the city to the village. Begin a corpus fund for Goa ~ If every Goan worldwide donated a dollar, it would be a staggering 1 million a month. That is 12 million a year. Sufficient money for the Diaspora Goans to build a hospital or bridge, make roads and solve a garbage disposable problem for the entire state. Sufficient money to make your case heard among those in power in the state. Repair and restore the old homes ~ They are heritage monuments. Please restore them and rent them in season to your own friends. Ignore family disputes. Just do it. I saved my grandmothers house from ruin and the emotional satisfaction was enormous. Take an active part in Goan culture. I know many Goans who make silent contributions to Goan art, literature, music and dance. These are our cultural pillars. They need to be strengthened. We can only go forward if we realize the rich culture we have inherited. Do not condemn Goa ~ Work for it. Too many Diaspora Goans come to Goa and only criticize the way things are and how the locals do nothing for Goa. Please remember that local Goans live in a climate of resignation. So instead of criticising, do something constructive. Protect the Goan environment ~ Even from across the border, you can save Goas air, land and water. Keep your Goan friends updated with information by email. We need modern information on how to save and improve Goas natural assets. For all of you who do any of the above, God bless you Viva Goa !!! 000 WORLD GOA DAY 2Oth of August ,2005 000 Wendell Rodricks is one of India's most prolific couturiers. His minimalist chic style is a range among the celebrity set and his prices are anything but haute. ...more at : http://www.fashionindia.net/designers/wendell_rodricks/ 00 VIVA GOA DAY ! you too can share a message by visiting our website www.goaday.com or by
[Goanet]Margao Citizens Facilitation Centre yet to be commissioned
- 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/ --- Facilitation Centre awaits formal nod Yet another deadline expired on Monday, but the Rs 50-lakh Citizen's Facilitation Centre a pilot project funded by the Goa government is awaiting commissioning at the Margao Municipal body. MMC Chairperson Doris Texeira attributed the delay to technicalities, saying that the process of feeding entries into the computers is still on. Sources in the know, however, say the agency engaged in setting up the Centre has almost completed the work and is awaiting for the formal commissioning of the project. Texeira says the CFC may be commissioned after the end of the ongoing Assembly session, adding that the Municipal staff needs to be trained adequately before it is inaugurated. Initially, the Civic body had announced plans to commission the CFC on December 19 last year. Given that the Council later realised that the software and hardware wasn't ready as yet, the date was postponed again. The Chairperson says that the Council had plans to commission the CFC on August 6, but postponed again due to technical reasons. The CFC has been set up with know how from the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation at a cost of Rs 50 lakh. The project is fully funded by the government. According to municipal officials, the CFC would ensure transparency and accountability and a hassle-free administration. Benefits accruing to the municipal body includes optimum use of manpower; increase in revenue; creation of effective management and information system. Sources said that documents such as birth and death records, trade licence, construction license, occupancy certificates etc will henceforth will be dealt with by the CFC. -- HERALD 17/8/05 page 4 -- --- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK --- an initiative of GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE to promote civic and consumer rights in Goa --- GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 2252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goacan.org --- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.9/72 - Release Date: 8/14/2005
[Goanet]Isabel de Santa Rita Vas sends her message of SOLIDARITY to GOANS WORLD WIDE on the occssion of WORLD GOA DAY 2005
99 o From: Isabel Vas [EMAIL PROTECTED] WORLD GOA DAY celebrations in Panjim , Goa Dear Rene From me and the rest of the Mustard Seed Art Company, Goa, here go the very best wishes on the occasion of World Goa Day. Goa is today a place of many challenges and equally a location of many possibilities. Goans in Goa as well as the diaspora join hands in celebrating what is and what can be. As theatre people would say, on the 20th of August BREAK A LEG or all the best to all of us. And congratulations, Rene, for enthusiasm and leadership in boosting this celebration world-wide. Isabel de Santa Rita Vas. X WORLD GOA DAY - a DAY FOR GOAN SOLIDARITY 8 ABOUT : Isabel de Santa Rita Vas a Vincent Xavier Verodiano Laureate Ms. Rita Vaz is a theater personality, playwright, and lecturer in English literature at the Dhempe College of Arts and Sciences. She also lectures at the Goa College of Architecture and at the Goa College of Music. Ms. Vaz is actively involved with 'Positive People' (an NGO dealing with AIDS-related issues) and with the Research Institute for Women (an organization concerned with the study and research of women's issues in Goa). In addition, she is associated with the Mustard Seed Art Company, a theater group that fosters and projects artistic talent in the local We look forward to working with Isabel through the ALLIANCE OF WORLD GOAN Organisations in the coming years. rene barreto www.goaday.com 00 xx Realted Links : http://www.goacom.com/community/positivepeople/personnel.html --- http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news/2005-March/001167.html -- WORLD GOA DAY events in PORTUGAL Details at http: //goaday.goamog.com/Programac-o-2005/Sabado-dia-20-de-Agosto-2005.html == Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[Goanet]India crash out of medal race
India crash out of medal race Last Updated: August 16, 2005 21:43 IST India were dumped out of the medal race by world champions Germany who scored a clinical 2-1 win in a crucial league match of the eight-nation Rabo Trophy hockey tournament in Amstelveen on Tuesday. The second successive defeat of India, who had lost their opener to Spain 1-0, meant they would now play for the classification matches for the 5-8 places in this prestigious championship. India are slated to play their last league game against arch-rivals Pakistan on Thursday. In another match, Olympic champions Australia demolished Asiad gold medallists South Korea 7-1. Germany, who led 1-0 at the breather, scored through Mitthias Witthaus (4th) and Niklas Meinert (48th) while Kanwalpreet Singh scored for India in the 41st minute. Indian captain Dilip Tirkey, who has clearly looked under pressure in the tournament so far, failed to trap the ball and sharp shooter Watthaus' angled shot from a half volley landed high in the Indian net. The early goal proved to be a wake-up call for the Indian strikers who tried hard to regroup for the equaliser but mistrappings and poor interceptions once again proved to be their bane. The Germans could have gone 2-0 up in the 18th minute but the goal was disallowed since the ball came off the stick of Bimal Lakra. The Germans earned their first penalty corner 10 minutes from the half time but the Indian defence managed to thwart the fleet-footed rivals this time to ensure they went into the break trailing by just one goal. The second half was marked by some real shoddy display by the Indian forwards with right-winger Prabhjot Singh, star striker Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur guilty of missing several gilt-edged chances. The Germans, however, were not be reined in as they scored their second goal seven minutes later after forcing their second penalty corner. Meinert gently pushed in the ball from right to seal the fate for India. Coming into the match after a 1-0 defeat against Spain in their opener, India needed to pull off a win against the European powerhouse to remain in contention for a top place finish, but the usual story of chances going abegging meant another disappointment for the men in blue. But credit must also be given to the German defence, especially their talented goalkeeper Christian Schulte who came off with some good saves but in the 41st minute when Kanwalpreet Singh slammed home with a neat shot from a penalty corner to have the score levelled at 1-1. Australia, who led 4-0 at half time, scored through Grant Schubert (5th and 70th) Michael McCann (18th and 25th), Travis Brooks (22nd), Liam de Young (50th) and Rob Hammond (68th) while Hong Eun Seong got the consolation for Korea in the 64th minute. The Koreans, fresh from their big triumph over England in the opening match of the tournament on Sunday, found the men from Down Under too hot to handle as they caved in to their rivals continuous sorties and superb off the ball runs. Aussie strikers McCann, Jamie Dwyer, Brent Livermore and Grant Schubert moved up in tandem, propelled by their midfielders, to wreak havoc in the rival defence. At the other end, their goalkeeper Stephen Mowlam was outstanding under the bar as he foiled all the Korean attacks in the second half with great confidence. Scores: Germany 2 (Mitthias Witthaus 4th min, Niklas Meinert 48th min) beat India 1 (Kanwalpreet Singh 41st); Australia 7 (Grant Schubert 5th min, 69th min, Michael McCann 18th min, 25th min, Travis Brooks 22nd min, Liam de Young 50th min, Rob Hammond 68th min) beat South Korea 1 (Eun Seong Hong, 64th min). -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - August 17, 2005!
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[Goanet]Certificate Procurement Service
Extract from Goanet News Bytes * Aug 16, 2005 * : Goa Genealogical Society (GGS) was started in May 2005. It says: Right now we are setting up the GGS Certificate Procurement Service to help all budding genealogists in Goa and around the world get any Civil or Church paper from Goa. Troy Alphonso and team's work was highlighted by Rene Barreto of World Goa Day. Rene says: This need came about - after he found it difficult to access the information he was looking for in Goa. Generally people with the patience to spend up to a few hours looking for records that should be there but aren't in the right place. To join this network send in a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The society is a cyber based organisation and is a part of the Alliance of World Goan Organisations. Do believe a clarification is in order. The *Certificate Procurement Service* is my brainchild. see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoaGenealogicalSociety/message/55 and above Lawrence
