*** BRIEfnCOUNTERS: A Legacy of Blood ... in Dhaka
Mas-ca-ren-has? queried a curious Chat Ramilo, obviously struggling
with the many syllabyles of the name, as I showed her the book cover.
Given the Philippines' Spanish colonial heritage, she might have found
the name faintly familiar. But, seeing it at Dhaka, Bangladesh obviously
caused the astonishment.
Actually, one wasn't personally surprised. Like Radharao Gracias, the
maverick legislator from South Goa, my hobby too has been (or should I
say had been?) to keep track of POGs (people of Goan descent) across the
globe, doing all kinds of odd and unusual things.
When I saw Anthony Mascarenhas' book Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood at
the Dhaka airport, I didn't think twice before picking it up. That I
wanted to get done with the few Taka left in my pocket, before leaving
back for home, further convinced me to take along a copy of the book. It
was priced at Taka 490, and the Taka-Rupee exchange rate is roughly
ten-to-seven favouring the rupee.
Quite unexpectedly, it didn't end up in my collection of unread books.
Maybe one has long underestimated how fascinating contemporary history
(particularly that pertaining to living memory) can be to me myself.
Maybe one was just bored and had a lot of time to catch in between
journeys (thanks to the navy control of Dabolim and the few slots they
allow for incoming flights, in reality). Maybe it was just that Anthony
Mascarenhas writes so well, in a gripping almost-cinematographic format.
As I waited through a four-hour delay for the Bangladesh Biman
to Kolkata, while rushing to catch the last evening flight to
Mumbai, and also while killing time till the 4:30 am check-in
procedures start at the unearthly hour for the flight to Dabolim,
one kept reading. This exciting story was another excuse to take
a slow bus home, and avoid adding to the (already heavy) load of
fossil fuel emissions. On reaching home, one was within 20 pages
of finish!
Mascarenhas is a journalist of Goan origin, who was based in Pakistan,
went on a tour with the military, and was shocked by what was going on
in Bangladesh. He subsequently shifted to the UK, wrote for some major
papers there, and told the story of what was going on in then East
Pakistan. By some accounts (using this term because I'm not sure), he
was *the* journalist who broke the story about the genocide in East
Pakistan.
There are differing perspectives of how many people were killed in the
civil war that led (with some nudging by India, for its own
geo-political interests) to the break up of Pakistan and the formation
of Bangladesh.
My colleague Partha Sarkar, who co-founded the crazy experiment called
BytesForAll almost seven years ago with me, drew attention to the
slaughter of Bangladeshi intellectuals just before the Pakistani army
moved out of that country. But whether it was three million killed in
East Pakistan/Bangladesh (seen by some as an exaggerated figure) or one
million, the figure is huge enough to warrant serious concern. If you
keep in mind the five million Jews figure of World War II, things fall
into context.
This book is about how, after the break-up from Pakistan, the
Bangladeshis themselves ruined things for themselves. It promises to
reveal issues like who killed Mujib (many who grew up in India in the
'seventies would find this a familiar name), who was responsible for the
jail killings, and how General Zia was assassinated.
It is a shocking story of how Bangladesh went in for so many coups in
such a short period, the elected rulers ruined things and betrayed
aspirations, and how military men went in for coup after coup.
Mascarenhas writes in a fascinating style. This book (Hodder and
Stoughton, UKP 4.95 net in the UK, ISBN 0-340-39420-X, pp 186, first
published in 1986) is a follow-up to his 'The Rape of Bangladesh', which
I'm still waiting to read.
Says the cover: Anthony Mascarenhas, a veteran journalist, has been
closely associated with Bangladesh from the start of its freedom
struggle. In 1971, he left Pakistan to expose in The Sunday Times the
atrocities committed by the Pakistani army in the province which is now
Bangladesh. That article, and his subsequent book, The Rape of
Bangladesh, created a world-wide sensation. In 1972 he won Granada's
Geraldl Barry Award ('What the Papers Say'), and the International
Publishing company's Special Award for reporting the genocide in
Bangladesh. After serving 14 years on The Sunday Times, he is now a
freelance writer.
Anthony Mascarenhas' work about Bangladesh is linked to quite a few
pages in cyberspace. In my favourite collaboratively-crafted Wikipedia
itself, there are links to:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh:_A_Legacy_of_Blood
and other pages also offer references to his work, such as
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_coups_in_Bangladesh
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman
Mascarenhas writes in his preface to his book: This is a true story; in
many ways a text book of
[Goanet] Free Cataract Surgeries at Mapusa
Dears , It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that the operations under MG#058106 for 242 IOLTs [Cataract surgeries] are being resumed with the first camp scheduled for 03-04 June, 2006 for 15 to 20 beneficiary patients coming from economically poor sections of society. The Press note has been published verbatim in the GT [Gomantak TIMES] of 29 May, 2006 page A-4 under the Headline Cataract Surgery programme by Rotary Club which gives a true and correct picture of the programme facilitated by the yeoman service of Vrundavan Hospital, its management and staff. [ It does the operations for a small fraction of the normal charge of Rs.12,000/- to15,000/- per operation in Goa]. Patients may be referred to Rtn. Pamela Aiyar Cabral at Cabral Communications, SKYLARK Bldg., opposite the Court, Mapusa,or Vrundavan Hospital, near Sports Complex, NH-17 bypass, Peddem-Mapusa, to be screened for eligibility and medical fitness, respectively, as per the routine procedure followed thus far. The service is open to persons living in any part of Goa. If you know a person who has a cataract, and cannot afford the cost of the operation, refer him to us. It is our privilege to serve. The Rotary motto is 'SERVICE Above Self' and it is the theme adopted for this its 101st year of activity ending 30 June, 2006. The eyesight of the needy is the primary concern of the Matching Grant project No.58106 funded jointly by our club in Rotary District 3170, RC of Solvesborg-Sweden in Rotary District 2400 and The Rotary Foundation [TRF] that also funds the 'Pulse Polio' or 'Polio Plus' programme world wide.. Rtn. Miguel Braganza Club Secretary,RCM Mapusa-Goa. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Da Vinci barks, The Caravan moves on
Its Really true that The Da Vinci Code is a page turning thriller. I really enjoyed reading it at start. But in the closing pages was really confused and shaken. This novel is so nicely woven that the reader is made to believe that what he is reading is not fiction but fact. Could all this be true about my faith ? The letter 'M' in the Last Supper, the marriage of Christ, the Lineage still in existence etc etc. It than occurred to me that the painting of The Last Supper done by Leonardo Da Vinci was done centuries later and surely Leonardo was not around during the time of Christ. That brought me out Of confusion and to my senses that its only a work of fiction. Well today we have people being beheaded for blasphemy, people suing for defamation etc etc. Since Christ Is not around to defend and if at all he was around physically he would have tolerated all this nonsense and shown The other side of his Cheek. Let the dogs bark, the Caravan moves on. R Abel D Fernandes Margao, Goa _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] GOAN MEDICS
GOAN MEDICS By MARCOS GOMES CATAO Not withstanding VOLTAIRE's mordant quip that Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.,medicine has never lost its pristine allure, possibly because, if properly exercised, in the right spirit, it remains one of the most idealistic and altruisitic of professions: Louis is Pasteur's painstaking work in the chemistry of life(the basis for the work of Lister, Roux and others;) the fatal abnegation of Marie Curie's radium research; the tenacious inquisitiveness of Alexander Fleming's mind have all been beacons that have illumed the vision of generations of students contemplating their future, without forgetting the soul-stirring Albert Schweitzer, celebrated organist, eminent BACH specialist, superb doctor and Christian evangelist who preferred to labour in distant, God-forsaken Lambarene (French West Africa) rather than accumulate wealth exercising any one of those professions. And, even to-day the inspiring example of of doctors working selflessly at great personal risk of life as associates of 'Medecins sans Frontieres' (Doctors without borders) in locales of war, pestilence and famine all indicating that the original Hippocratic creed still prevails on the whole. But the ravages of Time have taken a toll:in many countries, fortunately not all, the diaphanous veil of Idealism is being rent by a creeping wave of corrosive materialism. Fifty years back I read a revealing joke in the Journal of the American Medical Association' that ran as follows: The visitor goes to see the doctor at his house, finds him out and meets his six years old daughter. Father is at the hospital, she says he has a very busy day there. How so?. Oh, he has a tonsillectomy, an appendectomy and a hysterectomy to-day. My, my!Those ae very big words for a little girl like you .Do you know what they mean? Oh, yes.The tonsillectomy means fifty dollars, the appendectomy means two hundred dollars. The hysterectomy is best of all: it is one thousand dollars. I could not imagine then that there would come a time when, in certain countries, the last sentence of the little girl would epitomize the prevailing philosophy in medical practice. Fortunately, by and large, GOAN doctors have not fallen prey to such sentiments, possibly due to the solid ethical foundations bequeathed them by their forefathers and fathers(general term used, no offence meant to feminists.) Goans have always taken to the medical profession in a big way ever since the first graduates rolled out of GOA MEDICAL SCHOOL in 1846. .Dozens and dozens of others followed over the years, moving out to town and village, hospitals and sanatoria, as 'Delegados de Saude(Govt.Health Officers) in GOA and other Portuguese possessions. Who among us of an older generation can fail to remember the harried village doctor doing his rounds on the bicycle, standard leather bag strapped on the back seat? Or the town doctor who, at the end of a particularly hard case would be recompensed for his diligent labours with a live chicken or a huge bunch of bananas which he accepted with no lack of grace and a paternal smile on his face? And then, that gravest of all occasions, the 'Consulta'(experts' Consultation?) when the attending family physician,wrestling with baffling imponderables to arrive at a confident and precise diagnosis, would request the host to convene one or two other collegues and, when they arrived, all would huddle together discussing and arguing in hushed tones, sometimes with magesterial gestures until they arrived at a consensus, while from afar we watched and admired their learning and wisdom, bemoaning our own ignorance. And when the others had gone, the home doctor would sit and scribble out the prescription tailored for the occasion based on his deep knowledge of pharmacology acquired at the school benches and honed by experience: not for him the cut and dry, one-for-all formulations peddled by avid, commissioned salesmen. Those days are now gone, replaced by cold machines in even colder hospitals. Among the GOAN international trail blazers, Dr.GAMA PINTO deserves pride of place. Born in Saligao, he achieved great fame as an ophthalmologst in Portugal, and then went on to occupy the Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of Heidelberg(Germany,)then in the forefront of medicine.. He presided over the Ohthalmological session of the International Congress of Medicine held in Berlin in l890.When we went to Germany, we made it a point to visit Heidelberg to see the town where the GOAN banner had been raised with such distnction such a long time back.. Dr.BETTENCOURT RODRIGUES also ranks high among the early Goan pioneers. Born of Goan parents in the Cape Verde Islands, where his father was posted, he did not attend GOA Medical School but
Re: [Goanet] Interview with Dr. Filomena Sarawati Giese
I am greatly appreciative of Goa Sudharop and the efforts of its members including Filomena's but I couldn't quite figure out her interview. It seems to me that Goa Sudharop directs its efforts towards the education of young people of Goa but at least in the interview she doesn't mention any conversations she had with young people. If she did and she failed to mention it I would be interested in knowing her opinion. Its they who are the future of Goa. What is their forte and what are the areas they lag behind - it would help all Goan associations to better focus their efforts. After reading her interview I got the impression that she was actually pessimistic but her optimistic character did not allow her to be so.This is in response to Fred's question FN: So is your view of Goa pessimistic, optimistic, or a mix of both? Why so? From my conversations with the young people in India, I come back to the USA with a great deal of admiration for their ambitions, their savvy and their academic achievements.When I compare them to their Western counterparts I feel they lack in a few areas but do immensely better in others. Apropos The future lies in building a bridge between Catholics, Hindus, Muslims to save the values we share. We're not really doing that. I do wish we could do more my question is: Did Filomena speak to any Hindus and Muslims? In Fred's interview she has only mentioned Catholic Goans - I would be interested in knowing what feedback she got from other communities. Finally how does Filomena think her life would have been if her parents had not taken her to Singapore at the age of five. I was raised and educated in Goa so I am interested! Helga Subject: RE: [Goanet] Interview with Dr. Filomena Sarawati Giese Hello George and Fred, Thanks for the letting me know about the interview with Dr. Filomena Giese. I was happy to read about her new perspectives on Goa in the light of her travels through North India. I was happy to know of the roles her parents played in developing her Goan Identity. However, I was surprised that Filomena made no mention of her sister Ligia Brito who like her has been a dynamic force for Goan causes in the San Francisco Bay Area. May their tribe increase. May Blessed Joseph Vaz continue to bless Goan causes, especially his canonization! _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: ROAD CARNAGE IN GOA
Dear Goanet, Perhaps road carnage in Goa can be reduced if the Clergy is roped in to speak out against careless driving in Goa. If they join the campaign, priests, nuns, schoolteachers, lecturers and professors might play a major part in reducing road accidents which cause death and injury in Goa. Regards! Martinho de Souza 14 Chuculba Crescent Giralang ACT 2617 AUSTRALIA _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: Viva Goa
MessageYes Mr Frances, It is exactly the sentiment which we all Goencars have. The mederator should take care to keep this site PURELY concerning GOA nadn its various aspects. NOTHING ELSE PLEASE. I am not born in Goa but have spent my 23 years in Goa and am determined to spend my last years in Goa too. Its an amazing culture - susegad and carefree - not involving in any controversy and minding its own business. Articles like Dan Brown has no place in this culture - please. With Regards, Soumo Chatterjee _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: Re: [Goanet] Road carnage -- GOVT. MUST ACT !
Dear Mario, Thank you for the kind words. Going by the response I received on this forum, I feel the issue has generated thought, now just on Goanet but in Goa. As you say, if each one of us sets an example - whether on the road or with the pen - Goa will certainly slow down on this madness and who knows, may start turning to be a safer place. We cannot help the way people elect their government (unless of course we are willing to jump into the cesspool, as once by happenstance I did - and rescued myself at first opportunity) but we certainly must press, like a Portuguese friend said in a private mail, for *mindful and sensible lawmaking; skillful, but stronghanded, enforcement.* I am, by the way, a hopeless optimist. Regards, Valmiki On Sun, 28 May 2006 Mario Goveia wrote : However, the one ingredient that is critical to a solution is the one that is out of your control. That is the careless civic attitude of the population at large and consequently of the government that they elect. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: Shocking reaction
thanks Ms Meera Noronha, for the inane response - First your husband writes articles which are religiously provoking, critisises other religions while being shocked and grossly unable to face faction concerning your own, and over that now your husband needs you, his wife, to fight for him. Good team work. Please do not reply as I am not in the least interested to converse with you narrow minded people. I knew Goans to be broad minded - educated and sensible people - you MUST be an exception in the basket. With Regards, Soumo Chatterjee _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] RE: Viva Goa
Dear Meera, I apologize for your having to see my response to your husband's article. That could not have been nice. My ignorance led me to believe that the letter was exclusively written to the 'gatekeeper' of Goanet and I had no idea that it was mass posted. My issues with your husband's article are many - but it is a free world and he is entitled to his opinion. My major gripe was with the 'moderator' of Goanet. Your husband's article was an editorial on a very explosive topic to an audience (mostly international Goans) who are intelligent and broad minded (as are my local Goencars) and have already made up their views on Dan Brown and Catholicism - the latter has its good points and its bad - we Goans are, after all products of the inquisition and have made our peace with that. Mr. Noronha's article was not factual nor broad minded - it was what it was - an editorial that deserved to printed anywhere else but on Goanet...and I will not refute his article in this letter. I long for hobor (news) news of my ghor (my homeland), the place I want to be buried. Posting articles such as your husband's piece is off putting and aggravating and does not serve the purpose of this weekly email - that I look forward to. Yes, I said the following: I enjoy the pieces on our history and the debates on Roman script vs Devnagari, Goans in the diaspora etc and this homesick Goencar meant it. I don't want to know about Dan Brown and the visceral reaction he brings out in your husband - I want to know about Goa - the political situation, the garbage disposal situation, Goans surviving accross the globe, how are culture lives on in the next generation (because it is fast getting wiped out in Goa), the shenanigans of Messrs. Montserrate and Alemao etc. Please leave us this little real estate that we have found - lord knows this may be all we have - after all it is becoming impossibly expensive to afford to live in Goa anymore - I hardly recognize the place I spent my childhoodand no one speaks Konkani anymore - what's that all about? Viva Goa Frances _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: Re: [Goanet] Just curious
Dear Tony, When you read Goanet online (as I do since broadband happened here) it's easier to click *reply* than to open the mail client and message privately. Regards, Valmiki On Sun, 28 May 2006 cornel wrote : Hi Tony Re your curiosity, the request for good wishes came on Goanet and it seemed sensible to reply to the same in my case. I also go through Goanet rapidly and don't always worry about the niceties of being particularly correct especially, if I reply to a composite email which has many names largely unknown to me. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Just curious On 27/05/06, Anthony M Barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must thank the gentleman who brought the 10th wedding anniversary of Cecil and Beatrice to our attention on goanet. Cecil has two well known e-mail IDs and yet the subsequent wishing on goanet that followed escapes my simple mind. I am aware that curiosity killed a cat. But it is also true that curiosity is what gave us some incredible modern inventions. Just for curiosity's sake, could anyone of those who wished Mr and Mrs Pinto on goanet tell me why they preferred to make their personal greetings on a public domain despite having his personal mail? Please, it's nothing beyond plain curiosity. Tony Martin RESPONSE: Elementary my friend, we wanted the Whole Wide World to share in this joyous occasion. Then each and everyone of us wanted to be counted on this forum as having felicitated. (i.e. those that wished, it to be so!) -- DIE DULCI FREURE, DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Public Access to Khola Beach Denied
And what are our *famad* Kankonkars doing? Must we every time appeal to Claude Alvares? On Sun, 28 May 2006 prajal sakhardande wrote : dear goans public access to the khola beach in the canacona taluka near cabo de rama fort denied by a bombay based company called saanika investments n management company _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Is anyone taking note in Goa?
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003411.html The Coming Care Drain: Nurses in the Immigration BillHealth and Medicine Everyone knows the 'brain drain,' I presume — the flight of educated professionals from the Indian subcontinent in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s to the west. A number of the immigrants were doctors, who were in desperately short supply at a time when the U.S. population was spiking. My own family was part of that event, which admittedly must have hurt the progress of health care in India itself (though I don't know if this has ever been formally studied). And while there now are, perhaps, too many doctors in the U.S., there aren't enough nurses. According to one statistic in today's New York Times, there were 118,000 nursing vacancies in U.S. hospitals last month, and the deficit could reach as high as 800,000 in the next decade. Now the U.S. Senate's immigration bill contains a clause that will remove the immigration cap entirely for qualified nurses from India, the Philippines, and China. The lack of qualified U.S. nurses is due mainly to the lack of places to train them; nursing schools turn away scores of applicants since there simply aren't enough Professors of Nursing around. But despite the severe shortage, the American Nurses Association is opposed to the current measure, which it calls outsourcing. The repercussions on the health care systems of the affected countries could be severe, even if there is some overall benefit to the local economy: The flight of nurses from the Philippines, a former American colony, has provided a huge boost to a weak economy, through remittances. Some government agencies there have encouraged the export of nurses, who send home billions of dollars each year to their families. A nurse in the Philippines would earn a starting salary of less than $2,000 a year compared with at least $36,000 a year in the United States, said Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan, a medical professor at the University of the Philippines who led the country's National Institutes of Health. He said the flight of nurses had had a corrosive effect on health care. Most Filipinos died without medical attention in 2003, just as they had three decades earlier. (link) For the Philippines, there's already a care drain. The same may be in store for India if this bill passes and goes through the House, as seems likely. Incidentally, there is already a recruiting company, called RNIndia, that specializes in bringing Indian nurses to U.S. hospitals. And Abhi talked about another side of this issue here. -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 -- Photographs from Goa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/popular-views/ _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Of lungis and kashtis...
Can a 'lungi' be marketed in the West? Take a look at this surf kilt. http://www.surfkilt.com/whatsurfkilt.html Any suggestions on Goa's traditional garb? FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Governors pleasure is others pa in:
Well said, Sandeep. I had doubts when I read the report, as I had heard from friends who know him personally that the current incumbent in the Cabo is a thorough gentlemen. Congrats on holding up the truth. Valmiki On Sun, 28 May 2006 sandeep heble wrote : Sub: Letters to Editor To suggest that the averments in the report have even a grain of truth in them is to fly in the face of facts. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Answer to Noronha's Da Vinci Code article
Bernardo, I don't know about the Talmud, which is just as much under attack as the Bible, but, from Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses to the Danish cartoons more recently, we all saw what happens when someone disrespects the Koran, even in fiction. Mario. --- Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One imagines if the same faith was met by the Talmud or the Koran. Would Dan Brown do it? BC -- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you can forward this message to C. Noronha. I think we all have to remember that this is a page-turning novel, a detective story. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] RE: Abade Faria, TGF and World Goa Day 2006
Dear Jorge, Thank You very much for the e-mail and jpeg attachments please vide http://www.colaco.net good wishes to all jose From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It gives me great pleasure to let you know that CTT - Correios de Portugal= is going to put into circulation on the 31st of this month, 250th birth anniversary of Abbe Faria, a postcard (inteiro postal) depicting the Abbe's statue in Panjim, and that on that very day one will be able to obtain, at their Philatelic Department, a commemorative stamp. I understand that, for the purpose, high resolution photographs of the said monument in Panjim were supplied by Cecil Pinto and Isabel Santa Rita Vaz. =20 I am attaching JPGs of both the postcard and the commemorative stamp. =20 Maybe Casa de Goa (Lisbon) will disseminate this news to all their members who are reachable by e-mail. And maybe Fred and Joel will like to make it known to the Goan press and Joel places the two pictures in his Goa Daily Clippings (on-line). Further, I ask Fr. Delio de Mendonca to feel free to divulge the news during the History Hour to be held on June 1st at the XCHR and put up for public view images of the attached documents. =20 Regards to all. - Jorge _ Enter the Windows Live Mail beta sweepstakes http://www.imagine-msn.com/minisites/sweepstakes/mail/register.aspx= _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goa news for May 29, 2006
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa tourism dept to go ahead with golf course plan (Business Standard India) In order to attract 'high standard' and 'up market' tourists in Goa, the state tourism department is going ahead with its plans to set-up a golf course on the Betul-Naqueri-Quittol plateau. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1093 *** Check credentials of foreigners buying realty in Goa: NYC (Business Standard India) Pursuing the matter on foreigners buying immoveable property in Goa, Nationalist Youth Congress (NYC) has submitted representations to various authorities including Reserve Bank of India (RBI), District Collector and police authorities to ensure that documents submitted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) are verified before sale deeds are registered. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=11bKeyFlag=INautono=1149 *** Monsoon rains may hit Mumbai by Thursday (The Hindu) Widespread rains with scattered heavy to very heavy rains are expected to start in Konkan, Goa and the Gujarat region around Thursday. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/05/29/stories/2006052902991500.htm *** MMs Spanish debut (The Telegraph) Mumbai, May 27: Mahindra and Mahindra has launched Mahindra Goa, Mahindra Pickup and Bolero Pickup at the Madrid Auto Show today. The company would start its retail sales in Spain in June this year as part of a tie-up with Sino Motors. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060528/asp/business/story_6279719.asp *** Goa grand plan to go 200 up on Cannes (The Telegraph) Cannes, May 28: Although it will be many years before Goa can claim to be an Indian Cannes, the former Portuguese resort will out-Cannes Cannes in at least one respect. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060529/asp/nation/story_6282275.asp *** Vinci Code not likely to be screened in Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 25: Controversial film The Da Vinci Code is not likely to be exhibited in Goa, according to movie theatre sources. The movie is slated for countrywide release tomorrow. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052620 *** Two drowning cases in N Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 28: Two drowning deaths were reported in North Goa district today. While the first incident, involving a three-year old girl took place in Malim-Betim, the second case, wherein a 17-year old girl died was reported from Calangute. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052953 *** Goa may have power generation station (Navhind Times) Margao, May 27: With rising power requirements, the Centre has decided to have a number of coal-based mega-power projects across India. And one such 4000-megawatt coal-based power generation station is likely to come up in Goa, the state Power Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat informed. http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=newsStory_ID=052814 *** Goa needs 50 Mega Watt additional power supply (Yahoo! India News) Panaji, May 27 (ANI): In order to meet the power demand in the state, the Goa Government will try to ensure connectivity to the Karnataka-based Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant during Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's state visit on June 3. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060527/139/64lbn.html *** A favoured haven ¦ for paedophiles (Sunday Herald) INDIAN beach capital Goa risks becoming a new Asian hub for child sex tourism because of its lax attitude to paedophiles, say activists. http://www.sundayherald.com/55993 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
RE: [Goanet] BRIEfnCOUNTERS: A Legacy of Blood ... in Dhaka
FN, May 28, 2006. PS: If you know more about Mascarenhas, please share it with Goanet goanet@goanet.org -- a place to discuss all thinks (even remotely) Goan. Fred, Anthony Mascarenhas was a senior journalist for the Sunday Times (UK) and I vividly remember reading his articles in the 1970's and being spellbound by them. In Dec 2001 I came across an item in the Daily Mail (UK) about Cynthia and Yvonne Mascarenhas of London. I managed to track them down and discovered that they were the daughter and wife of Anthony! They told me that Anthony had died in 1986 and that he had traced his Goan roots to Sangolda. From: http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2002/Jan/issue2/ From The Daily Mail Dec. 24, 2001. HEADLINE: Christmas dinner around the world: Cynthia Mascarenhas, 38, is a chef. She is single and lives with her mother Yvonne, 70, a widow, in a four-bedroom house in Ladbroke Grove, West London. Cynthia says: Our Christmas meal is a traditional Goan buffet. There is a Sorpotel curry, which is a definitive Christmas dish made with pork and lambs' liver and thickened with spices, and a chicken curry with Masala paste, coriander, cardamoms and white wine vinegar, so it's hot, sour and spicy. Then there's a fish curry with snapper fish cooked with king prawns, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander and lemon grass, thickened with coconut milk. The main meat dish is a honey roasted suckling pig stuffed with breadcrumbs, chicken livers, raisins, almonds, pistachios, dried coriander, cumin, cinnamon, chilli, garlic and onion. We balance the rich curries with sweet pilau rice infused with saffron and mixed with caramelised onions, pistachios, raisins and almonds. We also serve a tomato and onion salad and a raita yoghurt mixture made with tomatoes and strewn with sweet paprika, garam masala and cayenne pepper. Steamed rice dumplings called sannas are served for dipping in the curry sauces. Light and fluffy, they're made from ground rice, coconut milk and 'toddy' (a fermented coconut juice), moulded into balls and steamed in banana leaves. For pudding we have bibic, which is a layered coconut custard cake infused with cardamoms, and brightly-coloured marzipan sweets called kuswars. With coffee, we have deep-fried pastries, called newris, made with fresh grated coconut, unrefined sugar, raisins and sesame seeds. ... Cynthia Mascarenhas is the daughter of the late (died 1986) Anthony Mascarenhas, the renowned Sunday Times journalist. Her father traced his roots to Sangolda and her mother hails from Aldona. = Eddie Fernandes _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] HEART-TO-HEART: From Princess to Pauper
Every Goan is passionate about Goa! Every other resident of any other place is passionate about the place they live. The difference is most other successful people and communities do something about their passion and channel their Passion into ACTION. Now that one has identified the problems (see below), don't talk about them. Do something at the GRASS ROOT LEVEL. Everybody Goan wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. If we can learn from others, which I love to do, I am amazed about the grass root interest in the USA on issues concerning individuals. Now is spring and summer and every weekend there are events, to raise awareness and MONEY for causes like: diabetes, heart, cancer, missing children, domestic violence, hospice, etc. etc. and every public interest project. And ordinary people support them with 5- 100 dollar donations. Those seeking the donations work for the donated money by running, riding bikes, baking, cookies or cake sale, spaghetti or chicken dinner, conducting auctions, etc. These are just a few ideas for the grass root to take action and control of their own environment and predicament rather that relying or passing the buck to someone else. Kind Regards, GL --- Ethel Da Costa: I'm passionate about Goa, even if I do believe I'm a world citizen. And so are 70 per cent of the people who live and work in Goa and passionately stand up for this State. People whose forefathers and grandfathers build their homes and stature off the sweat of their brow, so that their grandchildren could benefit from the fruits of their toil. A toil that is going waste today, because the curse of politics that afflicts our lives and the future of Goa. Saddled with shameless opportunists and vote bank politics, the fate of the fragile coastline of North Goa continues to sit on the brink of impending environmental disaster, and the possibility of locals who make a living off the coastal belt losing their bread and butter, permanently. Goa is a tourism dependent state, like it or not, its certified. The world comes to us to chill. Even at the cost of our taps running dry, our power supply blowing up our electric appliances, the drug mafia and sex tourism hitting an all time high. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes: Goa government's Rs 1 million football holiday
GOA GOVERNMENT'S RS 1 MILLION FOOTBALL HOLIDAY By Marcus Mergulhao [EMAIL PROTECTED] Herald, May 28, 2006 PANJIM, May 27: A State that drags its feet on the Campal stadium, keeps salary of a boxing coach on hold for months, and dilly-dallies on clearing organisational bills, has more than enough in its kitty to fund an eight-member delegation for the FIFA World Cup in Germany. -- IN TODAY'S NEWS * 2 teachers caught at tuition classes, Curchorem/Quepem.H * Now read Bible in Konkani, release on June 4. (H) * I'm not eyeing CM's post, says Ravi. (NT) * Frequent power failures affect services at GMC (NT) * Goa may have 4000-Mw coal-based power station. (NT) * Pre-monsoon showers dampen 'purmentachem fest' (GT) * Bailancho Saad suggests measures for riot victims. (GT) -- The Goa government will spend close to Rs 1 million as the Sports Authority of Goa funds an eight-member delegation, including three ministers, on a royal German holiday. The team comprises of Sports Minister Pandurang Madkaikar, Power Minister Digambar Kamat, Panchayat Minister Subhash Shirodkar, Loutolim MLA Aleixo Sequeira, SAG executive director V M Prabhudesai, SAG treasurer Mario Pinto and Arjuna award winners Brahamanand Shankwalkar and Bruno Coutinho. Except for Bruno and Brahmanand, the remainder of the six members will leave for Germany on June 7, in time for the opener between hosts Germany and Costa Rica at the World Cup stadium in Munich. The two Arjuna awardees, both Directors of Coaching, will leave on June 9 and sample the excitement World Cup provides when Italy and Ghana square up in Hanover. While no financial details were being made available, Herald understands that the junket could cost the exchequer Rs 1 million. This would include airfares (approx Rs 32,000 each), internal travel, accommodation (approx Rs 2,650 per day), and a daily allowance of $75 (approx Rs 3500). The delegates have got tickets for only one or two matches at the most, but the delegation will be soaking in the World Cup atmosphere for almost a fortnight. There is so much to do apart from just watching the matches. We will be looking at the infrastructure, studying their organizational capabilities and meeting officials. It will be an experience of a lifetime, justifies Prabhudessai. Besides, Prabhudessai claimed, they had contacts within the German Football Federation who could provide for additional tickets once they touched Germany. -- EXPENDITURE DETAILS: Per person Total for 8 Airfare Rs 32,000 Rs 2,56,000 AccommodationRs 2,650 Rs 3,18,000 Daily allowance Rs 3,500 Rs 4,20,000 -- That, however, seems a bit far-fetched as fans all around the world are bidding thousands of euros for tickets online, even though organisers have warned that they risk being turned away at the stadiums. For security reasons, tickets for the World Cup are personalised with the buyer's name and are not transferable except under special circumstances. (ENDS) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Fw: TIMOR LESTE
--- Anthony and Nolette de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: TIMOR LESTE It's no big deal that Australia has sent troops to reestablish order in Timor Leste for, during the Second World War, the Timorese saved hundreds of Aussies fighting the Japanese. Australia is merely returning the favour. Martinho NASCI responds: To throw more light and put the latest 'East Timor' crisis in proper perspective; I am copying todays news items in Australia, numbered 1) and 2), so Readers can form their own opinions. 1) AUSTRALIAN troops struggled to impose order in Dili today as gangs of East Timorese continued to burn and destroy houses and attack ethnic rivals. Thousands of refugees have flocked to the city's airport and to churches to escape the violence and to hear religious leaders call for unity and an end to fighting. The Australian military pledged today to disarm all Timorese gangs, soldiers and police in Dili and urged refugees to return to their homes where they would be protected. But violent outbreaks continued, with gangs armed with machetes and knives torching and smashing houses, and attacking vehicles on the road to Dili. While Australia says it currently has enough troops in East Timor, the United Nations has said a greater military force may be needed to curb the violence. In some cases, Australian convoys drove past rampaging armed gangs today, apparently because there were not enough troops to halt the violence. Attackers also melted away into houses and alleyways as soldiers approached, seemingly tipped off by spotters on the streets. A column of three armoured personnel carriers and one four-wheel drive this morning carried Australian troops into the south-western suburb of Surik Mas, where several burning houses cast plumes of black smoke into the otherwise clear morning sky. Australian soldiers searched homes beside a banana plantation as, just 100 metres away, a gang of 20 young men and children - so-called westerners - smashed their way into an abandoned home belonging to rival easterners. Wielding machetes and poles, and hurling boulders, the gang tore down steel gates and fences and began carrying out statues of the Virgin Mary and Christian crosses before setting fire to the house. One balaclava-wearing man claimed the house being targeted belonged to East Timorese defence force chief Taur Matan Ruak. We have to take them out because we are going to burn everything, and it would not be good to leave it there, one man said of the statues and crosses. Ruak armed civilian easterners to exterminate westerners, said another man, who called himself Jose Antonio. The rivalry between those from the east and west of the country is just one of the volatile elements the Australian force must deal with, and is believed to stem from divisions between those who supported the nation's battle for independence from Indonesia and those who opposed it. As they pillage and destroy, armed bands of youths chant The west is great - an apparent reference to a disgruntled band of ex-soldiers from the western part of the country who have been blamed for initially igniting the violence in Dili. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri claims the violence is also an attempt to depose him, and rioters said the violence would not end until he had been removed. He is a communist, we hate him and he should be killed, said a man wearing a khaki t-shirt over his head and dark sunglasses. Almost the full force of 1,300 Australian troops backed by Malaysian and New Zealand soldiers is already in East Timor, and Australia says up to 50 more Australian Federal Police will be sent to Dili to help police the capital. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the East Timor police force no longer existed as a functional body. They've become completely dysfunctional, Mr Downer told the Nine Network. The country's United Nations special envoy, Sukehiro Hasegawa, said even more troops and police might be necessary to restore order if the current violence continued. I would not rule out the need for more security forces if the Timorese people cannot resolve their difficulties, he said as truck and busloads of UN staff were evacuated from the city. The commander of Australia's Operation Astute, Brigadier Mick Slater, said Australian soldiers had started to disarm the Timorese military and police, and would also strip the gangs of their weapons. We will be disarming everybody in Dili, he told reporters in Dili. The only people in Dili carrying weapons will be the international forces, said Brig Slater. We have enough soldiers now to do what we have to do. If we need more we will get them. Soldiers disarmed two men armed with military automatic rifles in the eastern suburb of Becora today. But the violence continued, with AAP witnessing one group beat a man on the street across from the city's main heliport. The attackers melted away into nearby houses as a column of three Australian troop carriers roared past, and reappeared
Re: [Goanet] Road carnage -- GOVT. MUST ACT !
--- Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Road carnage -- GOVT. MUST ACT ! By Valmiki Faleiro A Government committed to the welfare of its citizens will not sit pretty when two citizens die and eight suffer injuries in 10+ road accidents, every (average) day. Goa does have a Government -- legislature and executive, twin arms that make and enforce the law. From the opening piece on Road Deaths, March 5, this column has seen some causes. In this concluding part, let's look at some areas where the State must step in. Mario observes: Valmiki, As one who has accepted the situation on the Indian roads as a fact of life, I nevertheless admire your passion for this important subject. Even ONE life a day due to road carnage is too much and has a ripple effect on an entire family. Your solutions read like a how to manual based on reason and common sense. However, the one ingredient that is critical to a solution is the one that is out of your control. That is the careless civic attitude of the population at large and consequently of the government that they elect. Politicians, with competing demands on their attention and only interested in being re-elected, have no incentive to exhibit leadership on anything unless their constituents ask for it at the grass roots level. I have no idea how one goes about changing the fundamental attitudes of an entire population, especially one like India's, where - as a group - one of the most intelligent populations in the world curiously have little or no civic sense whatsoever. However, keep up the good fight. If each person whom you touch with your words and actions stops to consider what you have to say and thus becomes a little more aware, believe me, you are making a positive difference and actually saving lives. It may be impossible to quantify in the short run, but, each life your campaign saves by someone being a little more careful the next time they are out on the roads, makes all that you do worth it. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] TIMOR LESTE
Martinho I have read about Australian interests in untapped oil in the region and the tensions this has generated. I doubt that Australia is merely returning the favour. If I am not mistaken, your John Pilger takes a rather different view. Cornel - Original Message - From: Anthony and Nolette de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:48 AM Subject: [Goanet] TIMOR LESTE It's no big deal that Australia has sent troops to reestablish order in Timor Leste for, during the Second World War, the Timorese saved hundreds or Aussies fighting the Japanese. Australia is merely returning the _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] The Building of our Nation
--- Tom Carolina wrote: The building of our nation starts in our homes, places of worship and should move in our place of employment. It is the responsibility of our government to enact laws where each and every citizen has the same rights and benefits, right from the maid or houseboy working in our home. Mario observes: Tom Carolina, Is there a contradiction between the building of the nation starting in homes, places of worship and places of employment, and the necessity of passing new laws to protect the rights and benefits (?) of everyone? I believe the constitution and legal system already protects the rights of everyone, at least theoretically, but to demand that everyone receive the same benefits rather than the same opportunities smacks of a socialist system that India is trying to get away from. Politicians and government bureaucrats have no natural incentive to solve any problem that does not further their own personal careers. However, I agree with you that private homes and places of worship and employment should be the starting points, especially by paying those who work in such places a competitive wage and treating them with respect. The ripple effect from such a starting point would go a long way towards building a better nation. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] The Building of our Nation
Tom In your post below, it is unclear to which nation you refer. Is it India (Goa), or China (Hong Kong)? Please will you clarify? Cornel DaCosta, London, UK. - Original Message - From: Tom Carolina [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:45 AM Subject: [Goanet] The Building of our Nation Land to the tiller, living wages to the worker is the motto on which are nation is built. Agriculture lands tenanted becomes the property of the tenants and residential property rented out becomes the property of its tenant. The employees of private and public enterprises have their weekly day off, fixed working hours, provident fund or pension, bonuses, housing and car allowances and other fringe benefits. To improve further they have the unions and thus allows them to fight for their rights and improve their benefits; they owe it not only to themselves but to their families to improve themselves. But what about the children and adults who build our roads, so that we can drive our cars, build our apartments which provide us comfortable living. They are employed in poor hygienic surroundings, long hours in the construction sites, live in shacks without any sanitation, no fixed working hours. We can see in our markets young boys and girls who help carry our bags, free boarders in our convents and schools, house maids and house boys working in our homes and places of worship. Do they have any rights of their own.Precious time that they had to be in schools is wasted toiling on the construction site, homes and places of worship. Are there any laws to cover their welfare. The building of our nation starts in our homes, places of worship and should move in our place of employment. It is the responsibility of our government to enact laws where each and every citizen has the same rights and benefits, right from the maid or houseboy working in our home. Tom de Sousa in Hong Kong. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] BATTLE LINES DRAWN TO SAVE COMUNIDADES
At a seminar on WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAS POWERS TO AMEND THE LAW OF THE COMMUNIDADES organised by the Association of Componentes of Comunidades (founded in 1995) office at c/o G-5 1st Floor Madhuban Hillview Housing Society Tambdi Matti St Inez Panaji, www.geocities.com/goacommunidades/communidades.htmlthe Institute Menezes Braganza Hall this rainy (outbreak of monsoons( evening at 1630 hrs today 28/5/2006 Sunday)most of the ebthusiastic gaonkars shareholder from almost all of the 224 Comunidades in the 10 talukas of both the Velhas and Novas Conquistas of Goa (exluding Sattari where the Comunidade stands abolished) were apprehensive that there was NO CLEAR PLAN OF ACTION on the cards by the organisors to stall yet another Bill introduced in the Goa Legislative Assembly during its last session IN mARCH 2006 an insertion of Article 334 - B (by way of an amendment to Article 334-A )whereby Government of Goa now proposes to acquire large tracts of land belonging to the Comunidades for public purposes. This Bill has since been referred to the Select Committee but would surely pass thro in July/August monsoon session if the Goans do not act now, For given the mind set of most our 40 legislatures when it comes to land grab and past performances of a) the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party since its introduction of the Agricultural Tenancy Act 1964 which gave tenants of communidades deemed landowners status (when Comunidades were mere agricultural association of co-operative type and had no landlord status b) the Indian National Congress since 5.1.1985, introduced the Article 334 A where any one with domicile of 25 years annual income of 25,000 and did NOT own any residential area or build site within a radius of 8 kms (as affirmed merely by a sworn affidavit not by documentary evidence or verification) of the Communidade concerned could obtain Communidade land . This has helped ONLY THE NON GOANS mostly bureaucrats and others migrants to the Union Territory and now State since 1987. Subsequent amendements on25.11.1985 reduced the domicile limit to 15 years and the whole process of allocation of land to be completed within six months c) the Bhartiya Janata Party coalition too on 4.7.2001 sought to REGULARISE all ILLEGAL ENCROACHMENTS EXISTING BEFORE 15.6.2000 AND later vide an amendment has enhance the annual income limit to 3,50,000 finally now the latest attempt is by the coalition government d) the Indian National Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Independent combine is the proposed amendment to Code of Communidades 15.4.1961 This Code is still prevalent in Goa post Liberation 19.12.1961 as the State (Union of India) was bound to accept covenants and agreements preceding in terms of Article 295 read with Article 372 (2 ) of the Constitution of India as was well settled following a judgement of the Supreme Court on 9.8.1965 (ref AIR 1966-8-SC--42-446 in WP No 120 of 1965 conquest and not liberation of Goa The panel members had this to say: Dr J C Almeida ex Chief Secretary of Govt of Goa -- began his deliberations on a negative note stating that IT IS TOO LATE NOW EVERYTHING IS OVER and went on to rabble out the history of the Communidade from 8500 BC (he has to his credit a volumnious treatise on the Comunidades of Goa with statistics of each of the 224 comunidades) which put many in the audience to make up their lost siesta and were found snoozing; it was during his tenure that the Government conceded land to Zuari Industries Ltd (then ZACL), Ciba Geigy and Taj Hotel Aguada invoking article 303 of the Code of Comunidades Adv Bernard D Souza a practicing Advocate spoke of the rampant corruoption in the Communidade Administration and cited an incident at the Admininistrative Tribunal the appellate court on comunidade matters where the judge was brokering a compromise of monetary benefits to the litigant and the opponent as a quid pro qua, so much for ones expectation of justice at the hands of these quasi judicial bodies when it comes to Comunidade land; He sounded positive on averting the proposed amendment 334 A but said that only after the Bill is passed could one consider the forum of appeal in the judiciary; He ended up stating that it was never too late to begin the war to save communidades Mr Percival Noronha ex Grade I officer of the Government of Goa and President of the Friends of Astronomy club began with a story of a Portuguese friend (since expired ) who had predicted a requiem for the Comunidades once the Indians conquered Goa and this came true at a lightening speed when the first act of the MGP CM Dayanand Bandodkar a confirmed mergerist was to introduce the Agricultural Tenancy Act 1964 and confer deemed tenant status on the cultivators of land belonging to comunidades when they were components of a co-operative body Mr Floriano Lobo founder member of the Goa Suraj Party and a builder by profession (earlier he
[Goanet] Da Vinci Code movie: Should it be banned in Goa?
Though Freedom of expression is enshrined in the Constitution of India as a fundamental right, time and again, this right has been placed under siege, giving its way to demands from right groups. Under pressure from such groups and often to suit its own political interests, the Government too has acted as a collaborator in this assault on freedom of expression. Despite its clearance by the censor Board and the Indian Government with a disclaimer, the decision by the Rane Government to once again refer the release of the Da Vinci Code movie in Goa to his Cabinet is one such classic case of collaboration, or to put it in other words, an inherently ingrained timidity in the face of pressure from rights groups. Goa is well known as a liberal progressive State. It is today a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India. If at all the Cabinet decides to ban the movie in Goa, this move will be detrimental to the healthy growth of civil society and will be seen as a victory for bigotry. Moreover, such an act will open the Pandoras Box, developing a new phenomenon with menacing proportions, with more and more Right-wing groups emerging and acting as the cultural policemen, deciding what is good and what is bad for others. Doest the Rane Government wish to create a situation where democracy itself is threatened by such self-styled community leaders who will then decide what books other should read, what films others should watch, what paintings others should buy and what food others should eat? Goa is a free society which boasts of a progressive democracy. Goan Christians, like the rest in the World, are by and large a tolerant and self-confident community. The Government should not cave in to the antics and demands of bigots and religious fundamentalists, who are but a few, as it will not augur well for either Goas reputation as a permanent venue for the Film Festival or the Christian community. The Da Vinci Code is just a movie based on a book. It is nothing but a thrilling piece of fiction rather than any vicious attack against Christianity. On the ground of protecting religious susceptibilities, the Rane Government should not take the extreme action of banning the movie. The Government must note that blasphemy is an outdated notion, whereas freedom of expression constitutes one of the central principles of liberalism. Goa should not acquire the dubious distinction of banning this movie when it has been premiered at the Cannes Festival, when it has been released worldwide including in Christian dominated Countries and when even the Vatican has not demanded its outright ban. If the Government, in its misguided wisdom, does decide against the screening of this movie in Goa, the result will be catastrophic. The Pandoras Box will be opened and Goa will be dragged into an age of unreason -- a new Dark Age. Cheers Sandeep Heble __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] TIMOR LESTE
Bernardo Can you please help me to understand what exactly you mean in your sentence below? Thanks Cornel - Original Message - From: Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:19 AM Subject: RE: [Goanet] TIMOR LESTE Macau is not polarised and is flourishing. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] BRIEfnCOUNTERS: A Legacy of Blood ... in Dhaka
Mas-ca-ren-has? queried a curious Chat Ramilo, obviously struggling
with the many syllabyles of the name, as I showed her the book cover.
Given the Philippines' Spanish colonial heritage, she might have found
the name faintly familiar. But, seeing it at Dhaka, Bangladesh obviously
caused the astonishment.
Actually, one wasn't personally surprised. Like Radharao Gracias, the
maverick legislator from South Goa, my hobby too has been (or should I
say had been?) to keep track of POGs (people of Goan descent) across the
globe, doing all kinds of odd and unusual things.
When I saw Anthony Mascarenhas' book Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood at
the Dhaka airport, I didn't think twice before picking it up. That I
wanted to get done with the few Taka left in my pocket, before leaving
back for home, further convinced me to take along a copy of the book. It
was priced at Taka 490, and the Taka-Rupee exchange rate is roughly
ten-to-seven favouring the rupee.
Quite unexpectedly, it didn't end up in my collection of unread books.
Maybe one has long underestimated how fascinating contemporary history
(particularly that pertaining to living memory) can be to me myself.
Maybe one was just bored and had a lot of time to catch in between
journeys (thanks to the navy control of Dabolim and the few slots they
allow for incoming flights, in reality). Maybe it was just that Anthony
Mascarenhas writes so well, in a gripping almost-cinematographic format.
As I waited through a four-hour delay for the Bangladesh Biman
to Kolkata, while rushing to catch the last evening flight to
Mumbai, and also while killing time till the 4:30 am check-in
procedures start at the unearthly hour for the flight to Dabolim,
one kept reading. This exciting story was another excuse to take
a slow bus home, and avoid adding to the (already heavy) load of
fossil fuel emissions. On reaching home, one was within 20 pages
of finish!
Mascarenhas is a journalist of Goan origin, who was based in Pakistan,
went on a tour with the military, and was shocked by what was going on
in Bangladesh. He subsequently shifted to the UK, wrote for some major
papers there, and told the story of what was going on in then East
Pakistan. By some accounts (using this term because I'm not sure), he
was *the* journalist who broke the story about the genocide in East
Pakistan.
There are differing perspectives of how many people were killed in the
civil war that led (with some nudging by India, for its own
geo-political interests) to the break up of Pakistan and the formation
of Bangladesh.
My colleague Partha Sarkar, who co-founded the crazy experiment called
BytesForAll almost seven years ago with me, drew attention to the
slaughter of Bangladeshi intellectuals just before the Pakistani army
moved out of that country. But whether it was three million killed in
East Pakistan/Bangladesh (seen by some as an exaggerated figure) or one
million, the figure is huge enough to warrant serious concern. If you
keep in mind the five million Jews figure of World War II, things fall
into context.
This book is about how, after the break-up from Pakistan, the
Bangladeshis themselves ruined things for themselves. It promises to
reveal issues like who killed Mujib (many who grew up in India in the
'seventies would find this a familiar name), who was responsible for the
jail killings, and how General Zia was assassinated.
It is a shocking story of how Bangladesh went in for so many coups in
such a short period, the elected rulers ruined things and betrayed
aspirations, and how military men went in for coup after coup.
Mascarenhas writes in a fascinating style. This book (Hodder and
Stoughton, UKP 4.95 net in the UK, ISBN 0-340-39420-X, pp 186, first
published in 1986) is a follow-up to his 'The Rape of Bangladesh', which
I'm still waiting to read.
Says the cover: Anthony Mascarenhas, a veteran journalist, has been
closely associated with Bangladesh from the start of its freedom
struggle. In 1971, he left Pakistan to expose in The Sunday Times the
atrocities committed by the Pakistani army in the province which is now
Bangladesh. That article, and his subsequent book, The Rape of
Bangladesh, created a world-wide sensation. In 1972 he won Granada's
Geraldl Barry Award ('What the Papers Say'), and the International
Publishing company's Special Award for reporting the genocide in
Bangladesh. After serving 14 years on The Sunday Times, he is now a
freelance writer.
Anthony Mascarenhas' work about Bangladesh is linked to quite a few
pages in cyberspace. In my favourite collaboratively-crafted Wikipedia
itself, there are links to:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh:_A_Legacy_of_Blood
and other pages also offer references to his work, such as
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_coups_in_Bangladesh
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman
Mascarenhas writes in his preface to his book: This is a true story; in
many ways a text book of
[Goanet] Show
My Dear Gabe With due respect to your opinion I must say what you think is elementary makes little sense. Well by your logic if all of the 7000 odd goanetters decide that the Whole Wide World should share in the joyous occasion and greet each other on their wedding anniversaries and birthdays (why not?) just to be counted. Certain things can be easily understood by those who have a little sense. Others will try their pretentious best to SHOW love or affection. Tony Martin On 27/05/06, Anthony M Barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must thank the gentleman who brought the 10th wedding anniversary of Cecil and Beatrice to our attention on goanet. Cecil has two well known e-mail IDs and yet the subsequent wishing on goanet that followed escapes my simple mind. I am aware that curiosity killed a cat. But it is also true that curiosity is what gave us some incredible modern inventions. Just for curiosity's sake, could anyone of those who wished Mr and Mrs Pinto on goanet tell me why they preferred to make their personal greetings on a public domain despite having his personal mail? Please, it's nothing beyond plain curiosity. Tony Martin Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 00:51:41 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] RESPONSE: Elementary my friend, we wanted the Whole Wide World to share in this joyous occasion. Then each and everyone of us wanted to be counted on this forum as having felicitated. (i.e. those that wished, it to be so!) -- DIE DULCI FREURE, DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England ** Anthony M Barreto aka Tony Martin Freelance Writer and Author Primrose Galgibaga, Canacona, Goa -- 403728 M: 9422390701 R: 91-0832-2632012 * __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Just curious
Hi Tony Re your curiosity, the request for good wishes came on Goanet and it seemed sensible to reply to the same in my case. I also go through Goanet rapidly and don't always worry about the niceties of being particularly correct especially, if I reply to a composite email which has many names largely unknown to me. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Just curious On 27/05/06, Anthony M Barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must thank the gentleman who brought the 10th wedding anniversary of Cecil and Beatrice to our attention on goanet. Cecil has two well known e-mail IDs and yet the subsequent wishing on goanet that followed escapes my simple mind. I am aware that curiosity killed a cat. But it is also true that curiosity is what gave us some incredible modern inventions. Just for curiosity's sake, could anyone of those who wished Mr and Mrs Pinto on goanet tell me why they preferred to make their personal greetings on a public domain despite having his personal mail? Please, it's nothing beyond plain curiosity. Tony Martin RESPONSE: Elementary my friend, we wanted the Whole Wide World to share in this joyous occasion. Then each and everyone of us wanted to be counted on this forum as having felicitated. (i.e. those that wished, it to be so!) -- DIE DULCI FREURE, DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] CAN SOMEONE BUTTONHOLE HON EDUCATION MINISTER ABOUT THIS?
http://autofeed.msn.co.in/pandorav3/output/News/8fb78e26-e276-424c-b9d3-a3f5 1dfb7213.aspx Parl panel suggests one IIM in each state Source: PTI. New Delhi, May 28: With controversy raging over OBC quota in higher education, a Parliamentary panel has suggested setting up at least one IIM in each state and increasing number of seats in existing ones. Government should create more opportunities for students in the country by opening at least one IIM in each state and increase the number of seats in existing IIMs, the Standing Committee on HRD said in its report. Noting that almost 15 to 20 per cent of the faculty posts were lying vacant in the IIMs, the Committee said the vacancies that would arise due to retirement could always be accounted in advance and steps taken to fill them as soon as it arose. The Committee, therefore, wonders what prevents the IIMs from filling up the vacancies. Interestingly, the Department admits that there is no shortage of trained faculty, it said. Recommending that the Government and the IIMs should ensure that all the faculty positions were filled up at the earliest, it said if the IIMs could not fill the vacancies the Committee may be apprised about the reasons for the delay. The Committee recommended that the government should chalk out a plan in consultation with IIMs to ensure that over a period of time the IIMs become self-supporting and not depend on government for normal functioning. While IIMs at Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kolkata were generating their own resources for their functioning, government provides financial assistance both under plan and non-plan to IIMs at Indore, Lucknow and Kozhikode. --- Why not an IIM in Goa? Pronto! _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] re Forward Timor Leste ....or Is it Backward?
Frederick [FN] Noronha Sent: 26 May 2006 21:48 Here's another perspective on what's happening in another former Portuguese colony. Without intending to bait our Lusostalgic friends, could one ask whether there was something specific about Portuguese colonialism that left behind strongly polarised, violent, almost-futureless societies when compared to others (apart from French colonialism too, to a degree ... where we also saw violent implosions like the Portuguese case?). FN From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fred, I agree with the opinion of Damien Kingsbury. Unmet expectations: You see this in a lot of postcolonial countries, jc's contribution to this topic: Here's another perspective on what's might be happening in the minds of some of us. Without intending to bait our Lusophobic friends, could one ask whether there is a place on this earth where there was/is no conflict? Portuguese colonialism may have left behind strongly polarised, violent, societies, but what is their present status when compared to what the Portuguese found them when they reached there? Do we know ? I submit that ALL places in this world have tensions. Many of these tensions have been/are artificially subdued by Military Action, Dictatorships or Forced Federations e.g. Yugoslavia, USSR et al Uprisings occur, they are always put down violently. When we do it, it is in the interest of national defence and security, When they do it, it is an act of ruthless dictatorship. When we rebel, we are the freedom fighters, When they do it, they are terrorists. The basic principles in inter-personal relationships are as follows: 1. As long as there is Plenty, there is Peace. 2. As long as there is a semblance of Equality, there is Peace. 3. As long as there is dialogue, there is Peace. 4. As long as there is Press Ostrichism, there is Peace. 5. Unfairness always leads to resentment. 6. Violence always begets more Violence. 7. Most problems can be solved peacefully - IF there is the will 8. Unfortunately, there is Greed, Avarice and Malice. 9. and the falacious belief that We are good, They are horrible. Dear Paulo, until our Lusophobic friends provide us with info suggesting that: a: the former Portuguese colonies were peaceful and sans ethnic violence ante the arrival of the Portuguese b: there presently is peace and tranquility in Kashmir, Palestine, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Burundi, Congo, Dafur, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan etc etc I will wonder WHY this Lusophobic query is being repeated here. Unless we are in need of anti-helminthic meds. Is it not time to accept Our Own past with the past of Theirs, acknowledge that there are Sinners, Saints and SinnerSaints among ALL of us. Time to grow up and Move on. Is it not? sincerely jc _ Join the next generation of Hotmail and you could win the adventure of a lifetime http://www.imagine-msn.com/minisites/sweepstakes/mail/register.aspx _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
RE: [Goanet] Interview with Dr. Filomena Sarawati Giese
Hello George and Fred, Thanks for the letting me know about the interview with Dr. Filomena Giese. I was happy to read about her new perspectives on Goa in the light of her travels through North India. I was happy to know of the roles her parents played in developing her Goan Identity. However, I was surprised that Filomena made no mention of her sister Ligia Brito who like her has been a dynamic force for Goan causes in the San Francisco Bay Area. May their tribe increase. May Blessed Joseph Vaz continue to bless Goan causes, especially his canonization! Fr. Ariosto Coelho www.SpiritualDirection.org Fred, thanks for your interview with Dr. Filomena Sarawati Giese. See http://www.goanet.org/post.php?name=Newslist=goanet-newsinfo=2006-May/ datepost_id=001617 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.2/349 - Release Date: 5/26/2006 _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Save our Children Park - Campal ............( see Photos speaking)
This is in just two days time See pic Sea water crossed the paedestrian path right into the trees/shades near the benches See pic Nearest trees seen above likely to washed away soon See pic Some damage to the existing retaining wall seen above Check rest of the photos here.. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joegoauk/album?.dir=fc22re2.src=phstore=prodid=.done=http%3a//uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joegoauk/my_photos [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] RE: Goa: A favoured haven .
Goa's deputy chief of police, speaking at a UN conference last month, said Goa has got the tag of 'favoured haven' for paedophiles. However, he added that the state, which receives two million foreign visitors each year, This may not be correct. The general impression is that it is domestic tourists who number about 2 million (i.e. 20 lakhs. Foreign tourists are placed at only about 3-4 lakhs per year. How can the Goa police chief get this number wrong? Strange. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] It was lightening on Friday morning...
Barely sixty to ninety minutes after hitting the sack following an as-usual late night, one hard lightening and thundering in the pre-dawn hours of Friday. It was just past 5 am, time to get up, and unplug the ADSL modem (yes, now some villages too have broadband in Goa) from the power mains. One also had to delink the telephone line connected to it. It's the time of the year when the monsoons are just setting in. The pattern of the rain can be almost predictable. It heats up throughout the day, and, almost unfailingly, precipitates by evening or at night. On Saturday, after we finished our GNU/Linux meeting at the scenic Goa Science Centre at Miramar, one had to rush home... the laptop should get wet on the two-wheeler; what would we do for demos if it did? Conveniently, it rained quite heavily as we spent some idle minutes (an hour?) chatting at the Cafe Prakash. When it was time to move on (Cafe Prakash is fairly unforgiving in its 8 pm closing time), the rain had almost stoped. It will start again. Just see by the time you reach Porvorim, Soter predicted. It turned out to be an accurate prediction. It rained for maybe two or more hours on Saturday evening. The weather here has cooled. Just before the rains, it had become almost unbearaably hot and humid. The cool winds of much of April and May had gone, and it was getting really sultry. Everyone writing out from Goa was talking about the heat, it seemed. Now the rains are here. Almost. Probably these are what the weatherman would term pre-monsoon showers. Given the human condition, we are prone to grumbling. Earlier it was the heat. Now it will be the floods, heavy rains, and breakdowns in the power and telephone networks. Not to forget flooded urban areas of Goa. Meanwhile, if you're reading this in Goa, don't forget that the beginning of the monsoons (and it's end) is the time for lightening. Which means you need to take care of your computer equipment and your modem. (My monitor just wouldn't come on, complained Glen. And my computer itself wouldn't start, said Soter, yesterday.) Humidity levels are high. Try to use your equipment regularly. But, when there's lightening striking, make sure your computer is off. And also disconnect both your modem and computer (and also your TV) from the power mains, as well as from the telephone line. A number of modems have been lost to lightening... and apparently it can strike your sensitive and costly equipment very easily if left connected (either to power or phone) when there's lightening overhead. --FN -- -- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 -- Britto's old boy? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brittos _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] Re: Da Vinci Code': Christians catch the fundamentalist
Aristo Many thanks for an informative reply. I was not aware about the tsunami situation and evangelisation of people at their most vulnerable. The Catholic Church should be ashamed of itself on this count. From very early in my life I had the kind of thoughts you raised about the nonsense of the true faith etc but neither my teachers nor the priests were able to give me an adequate reply except to say you must ask God to help you to believe what we teach. Of course, they were barely educated in the true sense of that word, but merely schooled. Cornel PS At least you had the good luck to be stopped by an attractive lady with an interest in converting you. I am nevertheless puzzled that you couldn't get her phone number on an easy pretext. Better luck next time Viviana permitting!! The UK is the most secular country in Europe and we don't get accosted to hear the word of the Lord except by weary looking Jehova Witnesses who sometimes call at homes on sundays. Their naiviety is truly embarrassing. - Original Message - From: Aristo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:42 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Da Vinci Code': Christians catch the fundamentalist Cornel George, I very much agree with the both of you. So I don't have anything interesting to add by contradicting. But I would like to add to why I think Christians are more prone to evangelisation. Right from Catechism, when we are too young to make an informed choice, we are brainwashed into thinking that our Hindu and Muslim friends are destined to hell, and we should pray for their lost souls and help to save their souls. This continues in adulthood when we pray for the pagan brothers sisters during the Let-us-Pray section of the mass, and the thoughts we imbibe during childhood require a certain strength to shrug off. This arrogance that Christianity is the best (and only) religion and everyone should follow it to be saved is almost inbred. Most tend to keep this thought dormant while engaging with non-christian brothers and sisters, a few reject it, and a few enlightened and pro-active ones become evangelists. Now what I find the most repulsive form of evangilisation is that practiced my a FEW missionaries. They follow the policy of 'Food in the left hand, and a Bible in the right', either both or nothing. This was confirmed during the various stories* that came out during the voluntary efforts of many groups post the Tsunami in south India. Helpless people had no choice but to convert. Jesus taught of an UNCONDITIONAL love. Yet these misguided missionaries believe they are doing the work of Jesus. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Fw: Da Vinci CODE...please read and ACT
- Original Message - From: Sam Oommen Abraham (NPCC) Please take the time to read before you consider watching the Da Vinci movie. "PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL'S SCHEMES" (Ephesians 6:11) The Da Vinci Code book holds two destructive and dangerous propositions: 1) An attack on the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ The novel claims that Jesus is not God but merely human and that He married Mary Magdalene, had a child with her and their lineage continues on until today. 2) An attack on the integrity of the Bible the sole authority of the Christians' faith The novel claims that Emperor Constantine manipulated and excluded in the Canon the Gospels that prove Jesus is mere human and not God. Any bible scholar would attest that this is totally untrue for the Holy Scriptures already existed before Constantine's time and the process of Canonization involved councils of church fathers for over a long period of time under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. These are two major lies, among so many others, that novelist Dan Brown presented as historical facts which clearly aim to deceive people and undermine Christianity. This is more than an attack on our faith as Christians; this is an attack on our God, the Lord Jesus Christ! It's amazing that 2 thousand years ago; Paul was battling with the same lies. Read his letter to Timothy as false teachers were spreading the same deceptions: "..stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer nor devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work..They do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm." (1 Tim 1:3-7) "The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come from hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared with hot iron." (1 Tim 4:1-2) "If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies.. men of corrupt mind who have been robbed of the truth and who think godliness is a means to financial gain" (1 Tim 6:3-5) Church history tells us that the apostles and hundreds of Christian martyrs died fighting for our faith. They defended the Gospel of Christ even to death. Now we face the same false teachers, irreverently trivializing the truth of the Bible and attacking the very Divinity of our Lord. The Da Vinci Code is clearly an affront to the truth we hold faithfully. Are we ready to defend this truth? Months ago, when a cartoonist made a caricature of the prophet Mohammed, Muslims worldwide raised a ruckus in defending their faith. Such is their commitment. How about us followers of Christ? How committed are we to our faith? How far does our commitment to our Lord Jesus go? Author Dan Brown got $5 million as his book was made into a movie. Clearly, he had created such a controversy that he garnered huge earnings out of it. Remember Paul's warning against people who use controversies for financial gain? Brown has cunningly turned such deceptions into a moneymaking venture. The question is, Why are we going to pay for a movie that we know is blasphemous and insulting to our Lord and at the same time contribute to the earnings of these propagators of falsehoods? Are we going to participate in this venture by seeing a movie that seeks to destroy the testimony of Jesus Christ? Are you going to contribute and encourage Hollywood producers in making more movies that are an affront and makes a mockery of your faith? THIS IS A CALL TO BOYCOTT THE MOVIE, The DA VINCI CODE. In Athens, Paul was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols (Acts 17). The Da Vinci Code book is an instant bestseller and the movie is now being so hyped-up it may well be a sure hit. Does this cause us to be greatly distressed that such falsehood is in our midst? Paul used this opportunity as a point of dialogue to share the Gospel among the Athenians. For non-Christians who would see the movie, let us then use it to share the truth of the Gospel. Paul urges us "to preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction" (2 Tim 4:2). Let us show our commitment as followers of Jesus. Let our voice be heard that we will not tolerate a Hollywood movie that slanders Christ. Let us exercise our righteous anger in defense of our faith. Let us overcome evil with good. P.S. please forward this to anyone who will stand up in defence of their faith. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing
[Goanet] Goa: A favoured haven . for paedophiles. By Tom Sullivan in Goa
The concern is that such articles attract rather than deter paedophiles. The situation is not helped by the complacency of the authorities (police and government), the rampant corruption, poverty, the local attitude towards outsiders and the low value put on childrens welfare. = Excerpts: Goas deputy chief of police, speaking at a UN conference last month, said Goa has got the tag of favoured haven for paedophiles media reports suggest hundreds of paedophiles travel regularly to the region children are hired out for between £500 and £1000 a month the younger the child the higher the price ... beach shack restaurant owners were filmed on hidden camera offering underage boys for sex for as little as £8 a night. 698 words. http://www.sundayherald.com/55993 Source: The Sunday Herald (Scotland). 28 May 2006 at http://www.sundayherald.com/55993 Headline: A favoured haven for paedophiles By Tom Sullivan in Goa Full text: INDIAN beach capital Goa risks becoming a new Asian hub for child sex tourism because of its lax attitude to paedophiles, say activists. Child welfare groups claim paedophile cases go unreported and prosecutions are rare despite strict child protection laws and mounting evidence of a thriving child sex industry. Only two foreigners have been jailed in Goa since their first paedophile case hit the headlines over a decade ago. Less than ten suspects, almost all elderly European men, including several Britons, have ended up in court. Goas deputy chief of police, speaking at a UN conference last month, said Goa has got the tag of favoured haven for paedophiles. However, he added that the state, which receives two million foreign visitors each year, has not had a single reported child sex abuse case involving a foreigner since 2003. It is impossible to know the full extent of child sex abuse in Goa, but media reports suggest hundreds of paedophiles travel regularly to the region. It costs about £350 to traffick children from poorer Indian states such as Bihar and Orissa. When they arrive in Goa they are hired out for between £500 and £1000 a month the younger the child the higher the price. The children of impoverished migrant labourers are also at risk, easily lured by paedophiles, sometimes with the consent of their parents. We see foreigners giving money and gifts to children or their families and then going off with them, said Mathew Kurian, founder of a local child rescue group. But when we report it to the police they refuse to act. They wont even file a case unless they have concrete evidence. An anti-paedophilia group, Childrens Rights in Goa (CRG), has documented a string of cases where suspects have jumped bail, escaped custody, intimidated witnesses or been acquitted due to lack of evidence. There is a fear of damaging Goas reputation as a tourist destination, explained the groups director Nishtha Desai, adding that the police are often reluctant to charge suspects. We have complained about suspected paedophiles but none have been charged, she said. In one case we raided a room accompanied by the police in Calangute [Goas busiest resort]. We found a British man in bed with a 13-year-old local girl. We could not do anything as there was not enough forensic evidence. Desais organisation has called for suspected paedophiles to be denied entry visas. Surely they should be prevented from coming back here? As far as we know nobody has been stopped. Measures to tackle child sex tourism in other Asian countries have been more successful in securing extraditions and prosecutions. Stricter law enforcement in Thailand and Sri Lanka could lead to more paedophiles coming to the coasts of India, said a spokesman for the UN Office for Drugs and Crime. Anti-sex tourism campaigns aimed at beach resorts and hotels have had some success, said Desai, but they have also led sex offenders to become more secretive. Now we have more reports of houses in villages being used rather than hotels. They are less overt. A high-profile sting operation by the news magazine Tehelka caused an uproar in 2004 when beach shack restaurant owners were filmed on hidden camera offering underage boys for sex for as little as £8 a night. The magazine tracked sex tourists from Germany, France, Holland, Sweden and the UK and exposed a bogus event management company used to hire out children. Children are also sent to houses ostensibly as domestic servants, accompanied by a female pimp posing as their mother. Other paedophile rings run bogus child shelters and orphanages. CRG has identified at least 50 registered homes which it wants investigated. A ruling earlier this year by a Bombay court saw two Britons given six-year jail sentences and heavy fines for abusing street children in a home that they ran. For activists such as Desai it was a rare piece of welcome news. It was a very positive signal from the courts. I hope it
[Goanet] ADC- May 28
Khandar boson kaan khavop...Konkani Proverb To bite at the ear while sitting on the shoulder. Pretending to be a sincere friend and working to ruin him. Edward Verdes Chinchinim/Mumbai/KSA _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] UAE Indian Expat Football League
ZUARI HOLD ST MARYS : EXPAT SOCCER Zuari Football Club held young St Marys Boys to a two all draw in an exciting game of the first UAE Indian Expat Football League played at the Dubai Club for Special Sports. The League organized by Gulf International Promotions has reached the last stages before teams play in the knock out rounds. Top eight teams will play in the main event while the bottom eight teams will play in the plate event. The league is sponsored by Gulf Eternit Industries and co-sponsored by Pehla, Firstnet, Al Awael, Lipton, Nike, Sun Sand Sports, Al Rawabi, Masafi, and Tiffany. Zuari F C led by Savio Cardozo played a spirited game to hold a high flying St Marys Boys to a two all draw. Zuari took a shock lead through striker Oswald Fernandes but Roy Das scored a gem of a goal for St Marys to change ends at one all. On resumption St Marys took the lead through Keegan D'Costa only to see Avlon Dalgado score a well deserved equalizer for Zuari. Zuari are in eleventh position while St Marys are in fifth place. Both teams have one game remaining in the league round. Desert Cubs put up a spirited display before going down to Phoenix Loutolim by one goal to two. Mejo Jose opened the scoring for Loutolim but Mammen George equalized. Moses D'Silva scored the all important goal for Loutolim to take them into twelfth position. Desert Cubs remain in fourteenth place. SFX Old Goa did not turn up for their game against Varca FC who collected all three points. In an exciting game between two old rivals Vaxim Divar managed to get the better of Siolim United by one goal to nil. Both teams had equal exchanges but Randel Pereira ensured Divar took all three points with a well taken goal. Siolim slipped into fourth position while Divar languish in ninth place. In a day full of drawn games, fifteenth placed Dragon All Starz gave a good account of themselves holding St Anthony in thirteenth position to a goalless draw. Sunil Chandran and Abdul Rasheed played well for Dragons while Sandy Fernandes and Jude D'Souza played their part for St Anthony. Eighth placed Dubai Republicans led by Gordon D'Silva played their hearts out to hold a strong Almoe team to a goalless draw. Savio Buthelo and Suresh Pereira gave their best for Almoe but could not convert their determination into goals. Almoe are in sixth position with one game left in the league. Seventh placed Cansaulim pulled out all stops to hold a strong Vaxim Divar to another goalless draw. Benit D'Souza, Prashant Morajkar and Remedious Furtado put up a spirited performance to hold the Divar team led by Randel Pereira. In a tense game Copy Corner Sporting just managed to scrape a 2-1 victory over a spirited Zuari team. Anwer Ali opened the scoring for Copy corner and Mohammed Kareem consolidated the lead a few minutes later. Never say die Zuari fought back and were rewarded when a penalty was awarded for an infringement in the goal area. Hardworking Lynton D'Souza made no mistake from the spot. Zuari lads tried their best to find the equalizer but Copy Corner held on to take all three points. Copy Corner have completed their games and are on twenty seven points. St Marys Boys put up a much better display in their second game defeating a determined Emirates Flight catering team by two goals to one. Striker Roy Das opened the scoring for St Marys in the fifth minute with a solo goal. Sebyton Colaco put Emirates Flight Catering on level terms in the tenth minute . Both teams went in search of the winner in the second half and persistence paid off for St Marys when vice captain Keegan D'Costa scored the winner . Zyco Dubai lying in third position could not find space In their game against Cansaulim and had to settle for their seventh draw in the league. Cansaulim who slipped to seventh position in the table with two games in hand did well against the Zyco team who tried their best to penetrate the Cansaulim defence led by Travolta Morais and Michael Fernandes. Phonix Loutolim were in top form against hard playing Copy Corner and secured a well deserved one all draw. Mohammed Kareem opened the scoring for the Copy Corner team and the teams changed ends with a one nil lead. The second half was a different story with the Loutolim team having maximum possession and were duly rewarded when Moses D'silva found the net with a well taken goal to split the points and earn a well deserved draw. In the last game of the night Varca FC swamped a helpless Desert Cubs by four goals to nil. Although Desert Cubs did put up a spirited display but they could not contain the speedy Varca forwards. Shane Thomas opened the scoring with Clifford D'Costa adding another one just before half time. On resumption Sean Fernandes finished off a good pass from Steven Gurung and Shane Thomas put the final touches with a well taken goal in the last minute. Varca climb to second position in the table with a better goal
[Goanet] GOENKARANCHEM DAIZ
Friends ! A report from Edwin Pinto - The Secretary - GOENKARANCHEM DAIZ is appended here below. GOENKARANCHEM DAIZ will be participating in this years WORLD GOA DAY celebrations. Please support them in any way you can and be PROUD to be a GOAN. rene oo If one is to capture the essence of that unique phenomenon called Goenkarponn, there is no better representation than an audience gathered together to watch a traditional tiatr. As the lights dim and the band strikes up, a cross section of Goans from all walks of life, united in happy anticipation, sit together, to watch a form of entertainment that gives expression to their singular Goan identity. Only a true blooded Goan can identify with, appreciate and enjoy the scenes, characters and jokes as they unfold upon the stage, expressing with characteristic Goan sentimentality, emotion and often sharp, colloquial humour the hopes, dreams, fears, unfulfilled aspirations of the community and even perceived social injustices . GOENKARANCHEM DAIZ was born of a strongly felt desire to recreate that rapport, empathy and most of all, that sense of shared heritage and belonging in the larger community of Goans. Goa has produced Generals in the army, Admirals in the Navy, nuclear scientists, ambassadors, financial wizards and supercops who have done their homeland proud.. Yet, despite all the talents and resources at our command, we do not seem to have succeeded in pulling together as an amalgamated entity. GOENKARANCHEM DAIZ was conceptualised as a catalyst organization that would strive to build bridges to various sections of our Goan community, both in Goa as well as other parts of the world, so that we may function as a cohesive amalgamation, bound together by our common identity, history and heritage. It will also be our endeavour to serve as a binding force and create a platform that would facilitate Goans to put their strengths and talents to use for the good of Goa and the Goan community. And I think we have made a significant if small start in the setting up of our library, which in itself is a symbol of what Goans can achieve when they come together in a spirit of co-operation. The driving force behind this entire effort of course, needs no introduction. Antonio Piedade da Morais, is a well known Konknni mogi, and a die hard lover of all things connected with his Goan ancestry and heritage. Morais Babâs steadfast belief that our Goan identity is strongly rooted in our shared history, culture, and most of all our beloved âmaim bhasâ, motivated him to build up over the years, a collection of Konknni literature ranging from the oldest to more modern works and other connected books, documents etc. at his own cost. Along the way, he received a few books from writers, publishers, other institutions and interested individuals by way of donations. Morais Babâs deepest desire was to put this treasure at the service of the community in general and scholars, writers journalists, students of history and Konknni in particular. He hoped that these books would also serve as a ready source of resource material to help keep our history objective and factual, particularly in these troubled times. It was at this point that yet another son of Goa, Afiano Fernandes, played a part in fulfilling this vision by generously offering his spacious premises at MIDAS TOUCH, opposite the Margao District and Sessions Court, rent free, to house the library until permanent premises could be found. As word of Morais Babâs vision spread, it succeeded in capturing the imagination of a host of other enthusiastic Goenkars. They responded overwhelmingly, donating valuable old books from their family collections, others chipping in with furniture like cupboards, tables, chairs, fans and other equipment, which has together enabled us to put this unique library together for the benefit of the community Today, we can take pride in the fact that this entire library, comprising around 3,500 books, has been set up entirely through the contributions and donations of our large hearted fellow Goenkars The enthusiasm generated by this endeavour drew together a group of around 50 Goans, who today form a registered organization called GOENKARANCHEM DAIZ, a non political, non religious body embracing Goans of varying shades of opinion, but united in common love of their shared âGoenkarponnâ. This little group of enthusiastic Goenkars decided to take the vision even further by endeavouring to construct a permanent complex â a house of Goan cultural heritage which can be used to showcase and promote not only the Konkani language, but also Goaâs literature, culture, history, art and folklore in addition to our traditional flora and fauna, so that we may preserve and perhaps help pass on to future generations the common Goan
[Goanet] RE: *** Goanet Reader: Just talking IT won't do... (Alan Andrews)
The artilcle presented was excellent. Perhaps the only flaw would be the sad fact that somebody changed his Goan surname as an excuse for a 'pen name'. One should not be ashamed to use one's own real surname, even if writing from overseas about Goa and Goans. I do not see how an 'Andrews' would be any better... or any worse than a 'Dias'!!! Joao Paulo Cota The more you know, the less you know, because the more you know you don't know. --M. Lin From: Goanet Reader JUST TALKING I.T. WON'T DO. CAREFUL PLANNING CAN GIVE GOA THE IT BASE By Alan Andrews Recently, the online version of The Navhind Times daily [1] carried news that a firm in Goa allegedly duped Goans to the tune of crores of rupees. Scandals of similar nature abound in many countries, so when one first read about the scandal one was not surprised. And one will not be surprised if history repeats itself. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] HEART-TO-HEART: From Princess to Pauper
This is the story of a happy princess, who unwittingly got grounded on one stormy night on the shores of Goa. She fretted and she fumed, she groaned and she moaned unable to get her feet off the sandy bank, lamenting with the wind into the silent night, chasing locals and tourists with her wailing songs. Is she a ghost ship, a victim of avarice, a pawn in vote bank politics? Flashbulbs popped to take her story to newsprint. Much ink poured over her sob story. Quotes and misquotes, a dozen photo ops for eager-beaver shutterbugs in the papers. Un-consented celebrity status thrust upon her, she hoped for a prince to rescue her fate, every hopeful turning into a frog at the first kiss. So, NGOs shouted her abuse, fence sitters tut-tutted, while politicians made a fast buck. Inspiring many articles and poems of her unfortunate fate, the has-been-princess-now-turned-pauper no longer makes headlines. Yes, of course, did I forget the disco lights thrown at her at a recent party bash to hint that maybe she could be a useful prop? Im passionate about Goa, even if I do believe Im a world citizen. And so are 70 per cent of the people who live and work in Goa and passionately stand up for this State. People whose forefathers and grandfathers build their homes and stature off the sweat of their brow, so that their grandchildren could benefit from the fruits of their toil. A toil that is going waste today, because the curse of politics that afflicts our lives and the future of Goa. Saddled with shameless opportunists and vote bank politics, the fate of the fragile coastline of North Goa continues to sit on the brink of impending environmental disaster, and the possibility of locals who make a living off the coastal belt losing their bread and butter, permanently. Goa is a tourism dependent state, like it or not, its certified. The world comes to us to chill. Even at the cost of our taps running dry, our power supply blowing up our electric appliances, the drug mafia and sex tourism hitting an all time high. Even if the honourable Tourism Minister issues a State sound ban on public parties at public places after 10.00pm (and turns a blind eye to parties with political blessings till 4.00am), without providing alternatives to those making a living in the restaurant, club and entertainment industry. Why doesnt the Tourism Minister, who is also the Environment Minister, moot a special entertainment zone (like in other tourism dependent countries) so one can respect the laws of the land and yet provide a place for tourists and high- spenders who spend on tourism related activities to ensure tourism thrives? With no long-term intelligence applied to popular politics now given the mad rush for seats -- much tide has flowed beneath the River Princess steadfastly eating into the sea bank. Despite judicial representation made in the Court based on a report by the Goa State Pollution Control Board under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA), on the environmental implications of the River Princess to the coastline of North, and a special law passed at the Assembly for the protection of environment (all these laws on paper mean nothing), she continues to rot and dangerously alter the natural course of the sea. If you see closely, an artificial sand bank around the ship has affected the natural flushing mechanisms of the sea, disrupting Nature to work its own way. Environmental activists like Claude Alvares laments the steady ruin of the Sinquerim-Candolim beach now littered with broken liquor bottles and debris of corroded metal. If the ship breaks up on its own, weve lost the beach for the next twenty years, or maybe for all time, as pieces of corroded metal will spread all over the coastal line making it dangerous for swimming and walking, he states forcefully. Citing vote bank party politics and corruption for inaction against the removal of the ship, because its too late now, Claude believes a systematic, supervised breaking down of the ship by certified government recognised experts in the field, is the only way to save the beach and avoid a potential environmental disaster. But there are no takers in the Government. There are highly qualified ship breakers in Kerala who can do a good job, within a month, and clear the ship through an arrangement of selling back the scrap, with no cost to the government. Breaking down the ship is the only option now and it has to be done fast, he explains. The Tourism Minister must put mind to action with a team of dedicated environmentalists to save the coast of North Goa. With another monsoon around the corner and cock-eyed focus on long-term tourism planning for Goa, the River Princess might just decide to teach us a very ghastly lesson. Is it time to say God save Goa.? (ENDS) == The above article appeared in the May 28, 2006 edition of
[Goanet] Public Access to Khola Beach Denied
dear goans public access to the khola beach in the canacona taluka near cabo de rama fort denied by a bombay based company called saanika investments n management company this is encroachment of our right to natural heritage prajal sakhardande-history-heritage lover _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] a photo of dada rane
requested sir, i am one among dada rane's family.i am in need of a photo ofdada rane since i had not got it from many places where i searched. so sir, please provide me the famous photo of dada rane. thanking you. you can send it through mail it is as follow [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Read all Goanet messages at: http://www.goanet.org/archive.php?name=Newslist=goanet _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
[Goanet] Re: I have a theory about men!
Hi Elisabeth, You may have a point here. But I guess it is pop psychology that various perfectionist and micro-managaging characteristics (towards others work) stem from ones own inadequacies, and are not necessarily confined to any gender or race. Also, I am afraid I have to disagree with you on the point where men who dig big cars and TV's suffer from PDD. For example, have you ever heard an African American say Damn, Im gonna have to get me one of them mini-coopers!? No way, everything goes BIG with them. (Im talking about Hummers). And you know that they certainly don't suffer from PDD! Now I realise what Ive said is racist, but this is one racial generalisation that I think they'd let slide!! Cheers, Aristo. Original Message From: Elisabeth Carvalho ... For instance there is the PDD man who constantly cheats on his wife or significant other to prove to himself what a man he is. _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
