[Goanet-News] Goa news for January 6, 2009
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Dutch woman complains of rape in Goa - Sify [Jan 4, 2009] Panaji: A 24-year-old Dutch woman has complained to the Goa police that she was drugged, robbed and raped by a group of Nigerians on the New Year's eve near ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14830020cid=1286988447ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNF8oxEy32TFG5SqbX89GR0MIazMZw *** Goa minister\'s wife files bigamy complaint - Times of India [Jan 3, 2009] PANAJI: A bigamy complaint has been filed against high profile Goa Tourism Minister Francisco Pacheco by his estranged wife, who has provided documents to ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bigamy_complaint_against_Goa_minister/articleshow/3930811.cmscid=1286773009ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNGbvQ69j58oNWmli4wEUGD7ecjA2Q *** Pawar holds meeting with NCP leaders\' in Goa - Indopia [10 hours ago] NCP is fighting North Goa Parliamentary seat in coalition with the Congress. Entire discussion was surrounding the elections,a NCP leader said. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/469336/National/1/20/1cid=1286829232ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNFad1ti-UcIbEuhg2U2svvr0uBfGw *** Global tsunami strikes Goa - Economic Times [3 hours ago] PANAJI: Global meltdown has spelt hard times for Goas hospitality business. Despite a near-full occupancy for the year-end celebrations, hotel earnings in ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Global_tsunami_strikes_Goa/articleshow/3940012.cmscid=1287097862ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNED9wDeHFxVPAdpMtMyK05rv_6ovA *** Goa among 12 States for NCERT text books - Herald Publications [20 hours ago] Students in Goa and a dozen States in India altogether will read National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books in government-run ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=14995cid=2cid=1287021892ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNEt_KwjndjyetGvycrLcH7Il7-REQ *** Goa chief minister to meet Kamal Nath on SEZ issue - Thaindian.com [11 hours ago] Panaji, Jan 5 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will meet union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath next week in Delhi to reiterate his ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/goa-chief-minister-to-meet-kamal-nath-on-sez-issue_100138570.htmlcid=1287212206ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNGXx0OvW1brDWlFYnGe6a0dxIhLFw *** North Goa rally to hold South - Gulf Daily News [Jan 3, 2009] NORTH and South Goa played to a 2-2 draw in their annual friendly match played on Friday at the East Riffa open grounds. North came back fromtwo goals down ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=239339Sn=SPORIssueID=31290cid=0ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNGMtIo3U5SDMq0Z-4jhDv1NS_yCkg *** Reis Magos fort: Plea on JMFC order rejected - Times of India [1 hour ago] Subsequently, the Goa Environmentand Ecology Trust (GEET) and Shiv Senas Taleigao chief Sainath Shivram Jalmi had raised an objection to the construction ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Reis_Magos_fort_Plea_on_JMFC_order_rejected/articleshow/3940079.cmscid=0ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNE_t6UIlCtb8fx54iCv7nIwhMtJrA *** Last seen in Goa: The Death of Stephen Bennett - Independent [Jan 4, 2009] The police in Goa called it suicide. But Stephen Bennett's sister believes that thugs controlled by local drugs gangs murdered her brother. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/last-seen-in-goa-the-death-of-stephen-bennett-1225197.htmlcid=0ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNFZa1Y5WLokRtEaIGjrNo885244Yw *** Goa not hit by transporters\' strike - Times of India [1 hour ago] PONDA: The nationwide indefinite transport strike, which began on Monday, has not yet affected the supply of essential commodities to the state as the Ponda ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Goa_not_hit_by_transporters_strike/articleshow/3940074.cmscid=0ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNHY2pVSNONfyI2PeUWI_MNCt7cFvA Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Extramarital affairs major cause of strife between spouses
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:50:31 -0500 From: Goanet News Service n...@goanet.org Extramarital affairs major cause of strife between spouses NT NETWORK Posted on 2009-01-05 Mario incredulous: Get out of here! In Goa? Must be some mistake:-)) Where is Fr. Ivo when you really need him?:-)) More importantly, why didn't Cecil Pinto, who keeps a sharp eye on the sex..., er, social situation in the Fatherland, tell us about this growing assault on Goan women, perhaps on men, too? NT NETWORK: There is a case wherein two women were married to a man and both marriages took place in the same taluka and in the same sub-registrar's office. After the case went on for some time the husband died but the case is still on to prove who is the actual wife. Mario still incredulous: I guess both marriages also took place at the exact same time with the man standing in the middle:-)) No wonder they can't tell which one was first. NT NETWORK: Ms Rao argues that there is no penalty that is normally enforced on such marriages so people can get away, and adds, also proof becomes a problem and ego comes in the way of acceptance. Mario observes: Proof is always a problem. Unless there is DNA evidence just because he was sleeping with someone, in a court of law could simply mean he was sleeping with someone:-)) What could be more innocent than that? My client has no idea how she got in his bed, your Honor; the empty feni bottle proves he was fast asleep. Besides, after emptying a feni bottle, what are the chances there is any further DNA evidence? I move to dismiss this scurrilous slander on my client.
[Goanet] Orissa riots: SC says won't allow minority persecution
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Excerpts: The Supreme Court ordered authorities in Orissa on Monday to provide security to thousands of Christians who fled their homes after some of the worst religious violence in decades last year, officials said. The ruling appeared to back criticism from Christian leaders that the state government had failed to provide enough security for scared Christians still living in camps and forests. The top court also barred the state government, run by a coalition of a regional party with Hindu nationalists, from withdrawing troops from riot-infested zones without permission of the central government http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-37293820090105?sp=true The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not allow persecution of minorities and asked the Orissa Governmenthttp://www.indianexpress.com/special/government,%20india/to resign if it was unable to protect Christians who were targeted in recent riots that followed the assassination of a VHP leader. We are secular country. We cannot allow persecution of minorities, a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/orissa-riots-sc-says-wont-allow-minority-persecution/406904/ While Maoists have claimed responsibility for the killings and the Christian organisations have denied any role in the crime, some Hindu organisations have held the minority community responsible for it. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/supreme-court-asks-government-to-ensure-orissa-christians-safety_100138591.html
[Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org *Santosh Helekar:* I wonder if Frederick has checked the accuracy of the toll numbers he has listed here with a Muslim, a Buddhist or some other non-Christian campaigner. As a journalist, I understand it is his responsibility to have at least two independent sources for any factual information he provides his readers.Cheers,Santosh Response: Hear ye all men and women!!! Next time any hindutvawadi goon attacks you or tries to burn your home or property or attempts to rape a member of your family, please remember to call for at least two independent witnesses, preferably not belonging to your religion. Otherwise if the media publicizes your misfortune, your word and that of the journalist will count for nothing, as per some of our wisemen (of Gotham) on Goanet. Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] Wrecking Panjim, Wrecking Goa
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Actually what I heard is: - Sharda Mandir school is being shifted to Taleigao - A 5 star hotel will come up at where the school now is at Miramar - Collaboration between Babush and Salgaoncars That's why the gaddos that peformed a very vital service for decades were removed suddenly and a pedestrian walkover is plannned in the area. Also the gaddos from near National Theatre are also being relocated to the New Panjim Market because the theatre which is CCP property is going to give way to a mall. Babush controls the Corpporation and so the mall will be his to control. Of course all this I got from a disgruntled Miramar stall owner in a period of five minutes casual conversation yesterday. Wonder what the truth actually is. A gaddo owner from near National said that they were plans to create a Food Court near the Children's Park and allocate him a stall there. He wanted to know how he is going to learn to make Bhel Puri now when he has been running a gaddo all his life. He would have to therefore sub-let to a non-Goan. Intersting rumours and opinions around Panjim these days. Cheers! Cecil = Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:31:05 -0800 (PST) From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com Subject: [Goanet] Wrecking Panjim, Wrecking Goa To: goa...@goanet.org Message-ID: 709929.95215...@web30402.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To Goanet - Plans to wreck Goa are now in warp drive. News is that a mall is being planned in Miramar - gadde owned by Goans have been forcibly cleared by a politician-thug (who has become the patron of throngs of ghatis). That is not all - a flyover or something to that effect is being planned to link Miramar directly to a five-star hotel in Miramar. All this in partnership with a well-known Goan magnate, it is alleged. Elsewhere - a marina on San Jacinto mooted by 4 politicians lead by Yuvraj, seconded by the champion of Gaudo community. The web extends far beyond. Many current and ex-politicos, activists, wannebe activists, have-beens, never-will-be's etc are in on the take, with wads of cash distributed like prasad to keep the potential troublemakers in good cheer. r
[Goanet] Fwd: Extramarital affairs major cause of strife
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Rina Mukherji rina.mukhe...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:49 AM Subject: Extramarital affairs major cause of strife To: goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org Apropos the item related to extramarital affairs and bigamy. There is a lot of callousness involved on he part of officials when a person can effect bigamous liaisons at the same sub-registrar's office. Of course, this phenomenon is by no means confined to Goa alone. It is obvious that there is no checking done of individuals who apply to the Registrar of marriages when they want to get united in holy matrimony! Rina Mukherji Kolkata
[Goanet] Kandhmal nun identifies rape accused
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090078895
[Goanet] Churchill Goan Identity
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org PWD Minister Mr. Churchill Alemao is right; Romi Konkani must be incorporated in the Official Language Act, to preserve Goan Identity. But then, if Mr. Alemao is really serious about protecting Goa's Identity, then I request him to fight against other critical issues, which are seriously destroying Goa's Identity. For instance, Large Scale land sales to non-goans mega-projects favouring outsider, not only brings in un-necessary migrant work force but also brings in majority non-goan settlers. Surely if the latter is not stopped or restricted, we Goans will soon be a minority in Goa; I hope we all appreciate that Romi Konkani will not be relevant, if Goa ends up with a Non-Goan majority!! Arwin Mesquita (UAE) -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/
[Goanet] Karkare family is ready to forgive Kasab!
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Excerpts: She said her family is willing to forgive Kasab, the main accused of Mumbai terror attacks. He is only 21 years old and he should be given an opportunity to change his ideology, said the martyr's wife. She also referred to the Malegaon blast case which was being probed by her husband and said the family had felt humiliated when he was criticised by various political parties on the issue. He was criticised by various political parties, by people from every side, it was humiliating and sorrowful for us. But I know my husband was right. He had proof, so he was comfortable. He was a very strong person. http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1775270
Re: [Goanet] Skin-deep understanding of secularism
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Mervyn Lobo mervynalobo at yahoo.ca Sat Jan 3 17:26:37 PST 2009 What on earth is a Marxist intellectual? I did a goggle of the term and it seems like only two people have used it before. Santosh Helekar wrote: When I did a Google search for Marxist intellectual I got 14,100 hits. Please see: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=%22Marxist+intellectual%22btnG=Search Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:54:27 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca Santosh, The goggle search works well today. 14,300 hits. Mario observes: Clearly this new search engine, previously showing only 2 hits, today beat Google by 200 hits:-)) However, isn't Marxist intellectual an oxymoron, based on the less than splendid success of Marxism? A Marxist is someone who reads Marx. An intellectual is someone who understands Marx - adapted from a quote by Ronald Reagan:-))
[Goanet] Ref: The Good That Happened to Goa in 2008
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Dear Goanetters, The year 2008 is gone and done with, there was an article on Goanet about the highlights of 2008, but unfortunately the highs seem to have eluded me in that post because what I saw were all the lows. Since then I have been trying to think and pen down the best of the good that happened to Goa and Goans in 2008, unfortunately I seem to have gone blank. I was down in Goa for a month in May, traveled most of Central and South Goa but just cannot remember anything good that had happened. Is it my pessimism ? Or have I developed a new phobia, against seeing anything good, apart from the acrophobia that already I suffer from ? Or may be, after I left, there could have been some changes for the better, please let us know, so that, we can say oh ! at least that was good that happened in Goa or to Goa in 2008 Freddy Agnelo Fernandes The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __
[Goanet] Kingfisher to fly daily Mumbai-London non-stop
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Kingfisher to fly daily Mumbai-London non-stop PTI MUMBAI, JAN 4 Expanding its overseas operations, Vijay Mallya-run private air-carrier Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday. We are set to launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow, a Kingfisher Airlines spokesperson said today, adding that, the flight has almost 100 per cent occupancy. Mumbai-London is the airline's second overseas route after its Bangalore-London flight was launched in September last year. The airline has deployed a brand new Airbus 330-200 aircraft, configured in two classes, Kingfisher First and Kingfisher Class. The Mumbai-London flight will take off from Mumbai at 1.50 pm (IST) and arrive at Heathrow's Terminal 4 at 5.55 pm (GMT), the spokesperson said. The return flight from London will leave at 8.30 pm (GMT) and arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Terminal the next day at 11 am (IST), he said. Kingfisher has also plans to launch Mumbai-Hong Kong operations from January 12 and the Mumbai-Singapore flight from January 16. Kingfisher flights from Bangalore and Chennai for Sri Lanka capital Colombo will start from January 19. http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=14955cid=27
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: Hear ye all men and women!!! Next time any hindutvawadi goon attacks you or tries to burn your home or property or attempts to rape a member of your family, please remember to call for at least two independent witnesses, preferably not belonging to your religion. Otherwise if the media publicizes your misfortune, your word and that of the journalist will count for nothing, as per some of our wisemen (of Gotham) on Goanet. I humbly request Marshall to kindly not resort to name-calling. I think Marshall does not understand why journalists have an ethical obligation to make sure that they have two independent sources before they report something as fact. It is to protect people's rights, including a victim's right to privacy. It is also to guard against the spread of rumors and false allegations, and to prevent incitement of communal/sectarian feelings and violent action. The sarcasm in the above post from Marshall misleads people as to what they should do in the event that they become victims of a crime. I think it is best for any person who is attacked by a Hindu, Christian, Muslim or any other kind of criminal to take the following steps: 1. Call for help, and seek medical help. 2. Call the police, and lodge a detailed criminal complaint. 3. Cooperative fully with criminal investigators and any independent judicial inquiry. 4. Don't politicize or communalize the crime against you because your privacy will be lost, and politicians and activists will misuse you for their own selfish purposes by distorting everything you say in the print media and the internet. 5. Don't call a press conference if you want to maintain your privacy and your dignity and self-respect. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] Karkare family is ready to forgive Kasab!
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:44:26 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com Excerpts: She said her family is willing to forgive Kasab, the main accused of Mumbai terror attacks. He is only 21 years old and he should be given an opportunity to change his ideology, said the martyr's wife. Mario responds: My heart goes out to Mrs. Karkare for this very commendable example of India's dharma and karma in action. Her husband was a true Indian hero who paid with his life while his country and leaders and superiors let him down. I wish someone would tell the Pakistanis about her genuine nobility in the face of a devastating personal loss. Regarding Kasab, now that he has been exposed to sane people, hopefully including some Indian Muslims, a pawn like Kasab may change the vile and hateful anti-India ideology that every Pakistani seems steeped in while growing up, as part of their basic education. However, what about the 4,000 plus Indians that have been killed by Pakistani jihadis since 2004, and the many more that will be killed in the future if surviving Indians keep forgiving their killers instead of working to stop them? Pakistan is a failed state that has tolerated terrorists, used terrorism against India in Kashmir, and continues to menace its neighbors on both sides. Far too many Indians and Afghans have died as a result.
[Goanet] CATHOLICS IN GOA IN PERIL - OLA 1987
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Dears, The subject line is rather misleading as the script, dialect and language issues are not necessarily on religious lines. Of course, there have been worse subject lines on Goanet in recent years. I AM RETAINING A SMALL SECTION OF GODFREY'S POST TO AVOID THE NEED FOR REPEATING THE FACTS, DEBATABLE THOUGH THEY MAY BE. It is the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the Official Language Act, 1987 on 04 February, 2009. Three days later, the pro-Devanagri only ABKP will have its session at Kundapur in Karnataka state ...a state that has rejected the alleged supremacy of Devanangri script and adopted the Kannada script for teaching Konkani in schools. Devanagri is an option for teaching Konkani, but it is not exercised even in one school in Karnataka to date. The Goa Assembly session begins one day after the OLA, 1987 anniversary. The former MGP minister-turned-Congress CM who saw the OLA Bill through is now the Speaker, the Independent MLA of Margao who guided the KPA in that era is the Chairman of the Congress Think Tank, the KPA President is the IPP of the Goa Konkani Akademi and all three swear by the OLA, 1987. The lone Goa Congress MLA of that era is now a retired hurt former CM and some other leaders of the KPA are now gearing up for another movement The Goa Konkani Akademi has been reconstituted on New Year's Day 2009. No one has seen tomorrow, but one is hopeful of a new dawn. Status quo of the last term ... molestation of the OLA, 1987, but no consumation seems to be on offer in the various cultural bodies, from Kala Academy [Art Culture Dept] to Goa Konkani Akademi [Official Language Dept] with crumbs being thrown but not even on par with those given to the Marathi Akademi. these issues have been debated on the HCN programme CROSSFIRE aired yesterday and tonight [05 Jan. 2009]. There are requests to put out the video on Youtube. That will depend on the HCN policy on the matter. Perhaps, HERALD can host the Youtube clip on its website or give it to GoaMag [www.goamag.net] to host on its site or give it to any other Goa-linked website. The site that hosts it will get famous overnight. Mog asundi Miguel Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:22:31 +0530 (IST) From: godfrey gonsalves gonsalvesgodfre...@yahoo.co.in Subject: [Goanet] CATHOLICS IN GOA IN PERIL - OLA 1987 Message-ID: 814391.79503...@web95302.mail.in2.yahoo.com It is now becoming increasingly certain almost 22 years after the Official Language Act 1987 was passed with the sly insertion of sec 2c -- (Konkani means Konkani in devanagari script) that it was only the Saraswat Brahmins who have benefited and continue to benefit from this Act. Likewise the non Saraswat Brahmins too owing to the insertion of desirable knowledge of Marathi. A look at the staff complement in the teaching institutions like Goa University etc, the Goa Konknni Akademy, the Directorate of Art and Culture, the Kala Academy, Doordarshan , All India Radio, almost all Government offices the Saraswat Brahmins have found employment prospects for their? RAW (read relatives and wives) though just 3% of the population. It is the Catholic community that has been in the forefront of the Opinion Poll of 16th January, 1967, the Ramponkar Movement, the KPA - language agitation of 1986, the Konkan Railway route, the Meta strip, the PDA's , the Regional Plans, the demand for implementation of the 73rd and 74th amendment to the Constitution giving powers to Village Panchayats and Municipalites the SEZs. mega projects, etc . It is not that these Catholics want NO DEVELOPMENT as is made out to be by the Saraswat Brahmins; indeed the vociferous protests is to ensure sustainable development and maintain the identity of Goa and Goans. ?*** This article Too soon to rejoiceby this writer appeared on the Bombay (now Mumbai) national daily INDEPENDENT on 10.09.1992 and later was reluctantly published by the HERALD on 01.10.1992 *** Too soon to rejoice The inclusion of Konkani in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution brings no immediate benefits to Goa' s Catholics who use the Roman script, says Godfrey Gonsalves * The inclusion of Konkani in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution has fulfilled the ambition of
[Goanet] Vavraddeancho Ixtt Puroskar 2008
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Vavraddeancho Ixtt Puroskar 2008 Pri. Lactancio Almeida Puroskar Pri. Nevel Gracias-ak: Dor satolleak Konknni Oparinchea Bhanddarantlem kitem bhair sorta tem pollevnk ani vachunk Konknni porza vatt pollevn ravta. Aplea padriponnachea muniariponnachea vavrant gul'l zal'lo astana-i, Konknnicho vavr fuddem vhorunk Pri. Nevel aplem borovp chaluch dovorta ani oparinchi somzonni vachpeank divn, Konknnichi goddsann dusreank dita. Xennoi Gõybab Puroskar Alexyz-ak: 1982 Konknnichi chollvoll suru zali tednam, Alexyz-an aplea veangchitram (cartoons) udexim Gõykarank ekvottan samballun dovrunk zaite proyotn keleat. Dor disa aplea veangchitram udexim Gõychi osmitai ani sonvskrutai samballunk Alexyz-an sodanch thokos ghetla. V. Ixttacho Kherit Puroskar Pio Esteves : Amcho sangati borovpi ani sodanch V. Ixtt satolleacher dor satolleak aple lekh boroita bogor soglle torecho sohokar amkam dita. Tachea vavrachi tust korun V. Ixtt-an taka kherit puroskar bhettoila. Firgojechem Potr V. Ixtt Puroskar Vaskuchem Bhagevont Andre Firgojechim LHARAM - Pri. Jose Antonio Costa St Estevam Firgojechi ZAP - Pri. Olavo Souza Gõyche Arkidiosezintlea firgozamni lhan-lhan firgoz-potram porzollit kolle koxe uzvaddak ietat. Him Firgoz-potram nhoich firgozkaranchim punn Konknni bhaxechi seva kortat. Him potram Konknnichea vavrant ek bollvont hatiar. Hea Firgoz-potram modlim; Vaskuchem “Lharam” ani “St. Estevanchi Zap” hankam V. Ixtt-acho puroskar favla. V. Ixtt Sotkar: Sorgest Zito Almeida: V.Ixtt-acho vavr ani prochar korunk sorgest Zito thokos ghevn vavurlo. V.Ixtt pormollunk ani folleunk tacho sodanch usko aslo. Aiz zorui amcho boro ixtt amche modem na, torui astana Konknni ani kherit V.Ixtt-a thaim tachea seve vavrachi thoknnai korta. Bonaventure D'Pietro: Khas vixoyancher toxench sonvsarachea novlancher bhor ghalun, tea-tea vixoyachi foddnnixi divnk Pietro bab sodanch vavurta. Hea tachea kherit vavra khatir tacho bhovman kelo. Diogo Fernandes, F X Ribeiro: V.Ixtt-acher dor satolleak uzvaddak ietole borpavollicher aplem mon ani mot spoxtt korunk, V.Ixtt-achea ‘Vachpi Boroitat' vibhagant chitti dhaddtat. V.Ixtt-ak adar ke'lea bodol, tacho bhouman kelo. Tornattim Boroupi: Amchim tornattim Konknni bhaxentlean boroupam korun, aple avoi-bhaxe thaim aplo mog, opurbai dakoitat. Hi obhimanachi gozal. Tanchea boroupam udexim amche fuddle pillgek-ui Konknnichi goddsann lagunk ani Konknni bhas fuddem vhorunk, az V. Ixtt novim borovpi mhonn sotkar kelo. Roman Rodrigues, Selza Lopes, Esmeralda Fernandes, Micheal Fernandes, Dyster Almeida, Oswin Gonsalves. Cristo Menezes: Lhanponnich thaun Konknni mog tachea kallzant riglo. Konknni vixim boroupam ani her sorospot punzaunk, ektthaunk ani samballunk tacho ek kherit gunn. Oslea mahan mon'xacho sotkar kelo. Roseferns, Felcy, Alfred Fernandes: Gõy, Konknni ani tiatr Gõyche sonvskrutaye thaim ek lagxilo som’bond zoddta. Ho Konknnicho vavr fuddem vhorunk tiatrist bhavamni vhodd umed dakoil'li asa. V. Ixtt-an tanchea vavrachi tust korun, tancho bhovman kelo. Somaz-sevok: Somaz-sevent vavrpi aiz zaite monis asat. Somaz-seva korunk ani to vavr apnnaunk ek avhan. Punn toslea vavrant misoll asloleancho bhovman unnea promannan zal'lo ami polletanv. Toslea mon'xacho ul'lekh korun, V. Ixtt-an tacho bhovman kelo. Jason Keith Fernandes: Gõychea somajik vixoyancher bhasabhas korunk ani nirnnoi ghevnk zantteanchi zobabdari ani titleach promannan amchea tornnateanchi. Jason he drixtten panvlam marta. V. Ixtt-an tacho bhovman kelo. Soter D'Souza: Ganvchem, ganvkaranchem sudarop korunk Panchayati raj gorjechem. Punn panchayati udexim amche hok'k samballunk ani vistarunk, Soter baban Goykaram modem zaiti zagrutai vaddoilea. Te khatir V. Ixtt-an tacho bhovman kelo. Roland Martins: RTI ani GOACAN heam sobdancho avaz aikotoch amkam rokddoch Roland Martins-acho ugddas ieta. Vegllea somajik vixoyancher Gõykaramni zaitem korum ieta, hem dakoll korunk Roland dan-mon ghalun vavurta. Somajik proxnnancher Gõykaram modem zagrutai haddunk ani vankddem asa tem nittayer ghalunk tacho sodanch usko zalo dekhun V.Ixtt-an tacho bhovman kelo. Rosario Estibeiro: Veg-vegllea vixoyancher lokx ghalun, potrancher chitram udexim zagrutai haddunk Rosario bab sodanch vavurta. V.Ixtt-a sovem tacho lagxilo sombond aslolean, tacho bhovman kelo. Fitz D'Souza: Unchlem xikxonn ghetlea
[Goanet] Wrecking Panjim, wrecking Goa
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Cecil, The rumours are not entirely false as a CCP Corporator had mentioned this to me a few days back. A pedestrian walk-over has been proposed to be built somewhere near the Sharada Mandir School, to make it easier for the school children to cross-over. By inference, the school therefore may not be shifted. There is also a proposal to create a Food Court near the Children's Park area and along the River Mandovi promenade. While a few city gaddas may be allotted space here, most of the others will be rehabilitated in the new Market complex. The National theatre lease has expired and the CCP is likely to take possession of the premises in the near future. Nothing has been planned there as yet. It is pertinent to point out that all this cannot happen without the tacit support of the city MLA. We need to wait and watch what his reaction to this is going to be. Cheers Sandeep -- Cecil Pinto wrote on Goanet: Sharda Mandir school is being shifted to Taleigao A 5 star hotel will come up at where the school now is at Miramar A pedestrian walkover is plannned in the area Also the gaddos from near National Theatre are also being relocated tothe New Panjim Market because the theatre which is CCP property isgoing to give way to a mall A gaddo owner from near National said that they were plans to create aFood Court near the Children's Park and allocate him a stall there
[Goanet] Wrecking Panjim, Wrecking Goa
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org To Goanet - Plans to wreck Goa are now in warp drive. News is that a mall is being planned in Miramar - gadde owned by Goans have been forcibly cleared by a politician-thug (who has become the patron of throngs of ghatis). That is not all - a flyover or something to that effect is being planned to link Miramar directly to a five-star hotel in Miramar. All this in partnership with a well-known Goan magnate, it is alleged. Elsewhere - a marina on San Jacinto mooted by 4 politicians lead by Yuvraj, seconded by the champion of Gaudo community. The web extends far beyond. Many current and ex-politicos, activists, wannebe activists, have-beens, never-will-be's etc are in on the take, with wads of cash distributed like prasad to keep the potential troublemakers in good cheer. r
[Goanet] Remembering - Monday-muse (5 Jan’09 )
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org MONDAY MUSE (5 January 2009) REMEMBERING The film “Ghajini” delves into a case of anterograde amnesia. The memory of the hero is reduced to a recall of just fifteen minutes, following a violent attack by the killers of his girlfriend. To avenge the past as well as remember his present-day plan, the protagonist uses memory pegs in terms of Diaries, Polaroid photo-images, permanent tattoos on his torso, scribbled notes and memory alerts on his mobile. While the film takes creative liberty to tell its tale of fiction, it has a lesson for us… Consider our own predicament. There are times when we are seized with a passion and a mission to respond to a challenging situation. It could be a brazen terrorist strike… or a shameful act of corruption… or the murder of humanity in a communal riot… or an exploit of exploitation… or a criminal lapse in governance! But, as time passes our noble intentions begin to detach from our consciousness… we suffer from memory loss of our own cause… Righteous intentions need to be guarded against loss of focus… Like the protagonist in the film, we need to use memory pegs… We need to maintain dairies that account for what we are thinking, what we are doing and what we are going through… We must document our dreams and plans through notes, sketches, photographs, blogs, etc… We must surround ourselves with knowledge resources like books, quotations, vision and mission statements, and the like. Amnesia patients may have no choice but to prop up their memory with methods and mechanisms… But for the rest of us, “remembering” is about making a choice… We can choose to remember what we believe in or we can choose to forget to walk our own talk…It is all about putting in the crucial extra effort to fasten our thoughts, plans and actions with the glue of a convergent memory… To BE BETTER at remembering what we tend to forget… Peg in extra effort today, lest the future be one of regret! - Pravin K. Sabnis 5 January 2009, Goa, India. A life coach with a passion to connect people to their passion potential, PRAVIN K. SABNIS employs creative competencies in theatre trekking in his UNLEARNING UNLIMITED workshops conducted for leading corporate other groups. The MONDAY MUSE series (based on JCI-India’s annual theme) was started on the first Monday of the year 2004. Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/
Re: [Goanet] Forum manners
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: From what you, Fred and Melvyn wrote, much of what GX posts appear to be is guided by nothing more than petty vengeance, retribution and attention-starved opportunism. Hi Gilbert, Are you sure these adjectives are not a better description of the above post and the state of mind of the supurlo Goencar himself? Otherwise, why would anybody want to denigrate GX on Goanet, particularly since Melvyn was mainly referring to posts on Goanet. He joined GX on December 30, 2008, just one day before his post on manners appeared on Goanet. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] CATHOLICS IN GOA IN PERIL - OLA 1987
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org It is now becoming increasingly certain almost 22 years after the Official Language Act 1987 was passed with the sly insertion of sec 2© -- Konkani ( means in devanagari script) that it was only the Saraswat Brahmins who have benefited and continue to benefit from this Act. Likewise the non Saraswat Brahmins too owing to the insertion of desirable knowledge of Marathi. A look at the staff complement in the teaching institutions like Goa University etc the Goa Konknni Akademy, the Directorate of Art and Culture, the Kala Academy, Doordarshan , All India Radio, almost all Government offices the Saraswat Brahmins have found employment prospects for their RAW (read relatives and wives) though just 3% of the population. Catholics conversant with the English script have been nearly eliminated from the police force and other Government offices. Ironically this is despite the fact that Catholic electorate in the Velhas Conquistas of Salcete, Mormugao, Bardez and Ilhas (now Tiswadi) talukas are responsible for electing successive secular Governments in the State. It is now either the Saraswat Brahmins or the non Saraswats Brahmins from the Novas Conquistas of Ponda Sanguem Canacona Bicholim Pernem Quepem, or Sattari that fit in at second place. With almost 14 MLA’s in the ruling dispensation of a minimum of 21 out of 40 needed to rule the State being pitted against one another they have only allowed this dismal situation for the Catholic community to flourish. It is the Catholic community that earned Goa its unique identity and admired the world over for its reach East and west traditions . It is this community which has been in the forefront of the Opinion Poll of 16th January, 1967, the Ramponkar Movement, the KPA - language agitation of 1986, the Nylon 6’6, the Konkan Railway route, the Meta strip, the PDA’s , the Regional Plans, the demand for implementation of the 73rd and 74th amendment to the Constitution giving powers to Village Panchayats and Municipalites the SEZ’s mega projects etc . It is not that these Catholics want “NO DEVELOPMENT “ as is made out to be by the Saraswat Brahmins; indeed the vociferous protests is to ensure sustainable development and maintain the identity of Goa and Goans. The Catholic community has also surged the Bank deposits, through the toil and sweat of their brow overseas which has helped the traditional “posorkars” general stores traders graduate to “ self titled industrialists” and refurbish their image in western outlook relegating their traditional dhoti/coat The monetary prowess of the Catholics has rendered all Government postings in Velhas Conquistas “lucrative” because the bureaucracy throws the hat for any service rendered and get their coffers full Catholics realize that the time to strike and strike deep before the community is eliminated from the Goan sphere. 2009 promises just that if one is to believe the tremors *** This article “ Too soon to rejoice “by this writer appeared on the Bombay (now Mumbai) national daily INDEPENDENT on 10.09.1992 and later was reluctantly published by the Goa based Herald daily on 1.10.1992 under the caption “ Myth and Reality of Konkani “ The things to come were forseen by this writer almost 16 years ago and in similar letters to editor in local dailies just after OLA 1987. Therefore to state that to agitate is too late is a misnomer, the writings on the wall were clear the date the OLA was passed. It is only that some desire to beat them others preferred to join them . Please read on *** Too soon to rejoice The inclusion of Konkani in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution brings no immediate benefits to Goa ’s Catholics who use the Roman script says Godfrey Gonsalves * The inclusion of Konkani in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution has fulfilled the ambition of many who speak this language. But the benefits of this may reach the 30 percent Catholics in Goa only by the turn of this century, despite their active participation, emotionally and financially for the cause of Konkani. Konkani was in use in Goa much before the advent of the Portuguese
[Goanet] 19th All India Konkani Literary Conference - 7-8 Feb 2009
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Kelekar to open Konkani conference 5 Jan 2009, 0243 hrs IST, TNN PANAJI: Jnanpith awardee Ravindra Kelekar will inaugurate the 9th all-India Konkani Literary Conference on February 7, to be held at Kundapur in Karnataka. The conference is being organized by the All India Konkani Parishad where Karnataka chief minister Dr B S Yediyurappa is likely to be the chief guest. The conference follows close on the heels of Ravindra Kelekar bagging the prestigious Jnanpith Award. His copious writings include a novelette, the transcreation of Mahabharata in two volumes, travelogues, biographies and several collections of essays. The conference will be presided over by Ramesh Velluskar, a popular Konkani writer and poet. Velluskar has bagged several awards from Kala Academy and Konkani Bhasha Mandal. He was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for Savulgori, a collection of Konkani poems, in 1992. Union minister of state for labour Oscar Fernandes and home minister of Karnataka V S Acharya will be the guests of honour. Digamber Kamat, chief minister of Goa will be the chief guest at the valedictory function on February 8. R V Deshpande, former industries minister of Karnataka will be the guest of honour. President of All India Konkani Parishad and member of the Rajya Sabha, Shantaram Naik will also be present. (The Times of India) Presented by Ulysses Menezes, www.goa-world.com Moderated by Gaspar Almeida Goa World Goa Mog Goa SuRaj Super Goa (em Português) TGF Writers' Sketchpad www.colaco.net www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI Mahableshwar http://www.mahables hwar.com St. Mary's High School - Mt Abu, Rajasthan India http://www.abusms. com
[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO:International Year of Sanitation (IYS):need for a peoples agenda in Goa.
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org - Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO - Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, Greetings for the New Year 2009 ! We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 9th January from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa Goa. TOPIC:International Year of Sanitation (IYS): need for a peoples agenda in Goa SPEAKER:Open Discussion We invite you to express your viewpoint by attending the Friday Balcao event but if you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by post to FRIDAY BALCAO Post Box 78, Mapusa 403 507 or by email to goad...@bsnl.in best wishes, Roland Martins --- Don't miss out on the discussion. Information is power, Share it equitably. Lets make things happen in Goa !! --- GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto:goad...@bsnl.in - Working On Issues Of Development Democracy = __._,_.___
[Goanet] A writer's blog
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Zena Costa's blog: about Goa, football and life http://zenacostawrites.wordpress.com/ -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Santosh, Here's what you might not have fully grasped: That victims call press conferences precisely because that may be the only way to get the police to register the offence. They are fully cognisant and do not need us to advise them that they are at risk of losing their privacy in the process. That is a price they are willing to pay to get justice in India. That is also a price that they are also willing to pay knowing that inevitably politicians will want to take advantage of their situation. Mostly, there is no such thing as independent judicial inquiry in India. See the inquiry that has absolved Narendra Modi of the Gujarat carnage. If there is such an animal (and there sometimes is) then the report just gathers dust. Perhaps your advice is better suited to Texas. Even then, I am doubtful, things in the redneck state being what they are. Roland. On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: 1. Call for help, and seek medical help. 2. Call the police, and lodge a detailed criminal complaint. 3. Cooperative fully with criminal investigators and any independent judicial inquiry. 4. Don't politicize or communalize the crime against you because your privacy will be lost, and politicians and activists will misuse you for their own selfish purposes by distorting everything you say in the print media and the internet. 5. Don't call a press conference if you want to maintain your privacy and your dignity and self-respect. Cheers, Santosh
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps your advice is better suited to Texas. Even then, I am doubtful, things in the redneck state being what they are. Hi Roland, I hope your long distance assessment of India is not anything like your doubts about Texas. In either case, I would prefer to trust the opinion of a journalist who actually lives in India, and practices his profession in an ethical and impartial manner to the best of his abilities e.g. Valmiki Faleiro. But I tend to agree with you regarding the politicization of judicial inquiries such as the inquiry pertaining to Narendra Modi. That is why nobody should trust campaigners and spokespersons for religious organizations and political activists. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com: As a journalist, I understand it is his responsibility to have at least two independent sources for any factual information he provides his readers. I think Marshall does not understand why journalists have an ethical obligation to make sure that they have two independent sources before they report something as fact. Could Santosh tell us where he derrived this understanding from? I am quoting a statement, attributing it to the person who made it, and also clearly stating his affiliations. Just as I have quoted the conflicting views and claims of others elsewhere in the article. But I tend to agree with you regarding the politicization of judicial inquiries such as the inquiry pertaining to Narendra Modi. That is why nobody should trust campaigners and spokespersons for religious organizations and political activists. In situations where the State has sided with the forces communalism, it is precisely the perople whom you seek to de-legitimise who have played a key role in allowing the truth to emerge. But, of course, I would not like to get caught up in one of those endless, hair-splitting arguments, but instead focus on the substantiative issues raised. FN
[Goanet] VIDEO: Born out of war: Goan-style fast food at Santa Cruz!
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Born out of war: Goan-style fast food at Santa Cruz! In between a busy evening's business, along the Santa Cruz main road in Goa, Jose Dias explains what Goan fast food is shaping out to be. Jose runs Iramo's, near the village church, which deals in an unusual range of usually-made-at-home non-veg food. As Goan food faces competition from diverse cuisines, here's an interesting venture. His uncle started the first such outlet (Umao's) after the Gulf War in 1990 saw him back in Goa. Jose served there, before branching out. Today, the handcarts in the locality are opening up a new form of fast-and-inexpensive food, where each snack is priced at between Rs 18 to 38 (with bread), and tasty! Check it out for yourself... . http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZtrVlR4HJEfeature=channel_page A story set in the Dakotas, written by an Irish author, published in Goa Anthony (Tony) R. McGill is a scientist, who, after retiring, authored a novel set in the Dakotas. Interestingly, he got it edited and published in Goa, India, where he spends the wintry months as a refugee from the cold weather. He talks about his book, and the story it tells... http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=yxrGx46-aCAfeature=channel_page Drowning in books... a story from an Italian library Lucilla Conigliello is from the Biblioteca di Scienze Sociali at Florence in Italy. She outlines the amazing scale of operation of this centre for books, and shares her views after a visit to India (mainly Karnataka and Goa) on holiday here. Incidentally, it was a book experience that drew her to Goa in the first place, she says http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=CyAOCi-QSwYfeature=channel_page Theatre... in Ireland and Goa Kenya-born Goan expat Savio Sequeira stav...@gmail.com has been working in theatre in Ireland and is keen to promote it in Goa too. Here he talks of his plans and experiences in India's smallest state, and what could be done here http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=WdipRpWqkvwfeature=channel_page -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] VOA News - Discrimination Against India's Outcastes Remains Endemic
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Hi Goanetters, http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-05-voa12.cfm Disappointing! rubygoes
[Goanet] Thus spake the foreign perfusser
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org To Goanet - You are referred to this blog entry someone forwarded to me today - http://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2008/12/getting-to-know-goa-slowly.html The author Amardeep Singh, an American perfusser, has presumably been shooting the breeze in Goa with some Goan blogheads. Apparently after a few days of this arduous activity, he is now a Goa expert. To mark his newfound insight into the land, he had issued a professorial proclamation: ...that Goa most definitely is not being overrun with big-time real estate development projects... Clearly I, and many others, who have been traveling the length and breadth of Goa, have been hallucinating. All those thousands of photos I shot and displayed, the mountain of papers I obtained through RTI - they must be wisps of our imagination somehow magically transformed into physical matter. What you have been seeing with your eyes, dear Goans - just don't believe it. Check your body temperature, it may be the flu. Mr Singh, on the other hand, with the benefit of his fawning Goan informants and superior intellect, has divined that all is fine and dandy in Goa. Rest easy, Goans. The foreign perfusser has spoken. r
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Roland Francis wrote Perhaps your advice is better suited to Texas. Even then, I am doubtful, things in the redneck state being what they are. Roland, I invite you to visit and experience Texas for yourself. The people there are the friendliest residents of the approx 30 states I have visited. The friendliest are those from the group you use derogatory names to describe. Lastly, Goans fit in easily in Texas. The majority of the people have Goan sounding names and look like Goans too. Mervyn3.0 __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Frederick FN Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote: Could Santosh tell us where he derrived this understanding from? From sources too many to remember in the American news media. But here are two that I found just now, elsewhere: 1. An article entitled The three foundations of journalism at - http://www.rap21.org/article18465.html Here is the pertinent quote under the subheading Accuracy: Accuracy: Every journalists code stresses the need for accuracy. There are no prizes for being fast and wrong. Writing for a journalist is the skill of presenting information clearly, concisely and effectively. It is based on hard facts, so the reporter must know how and where to find reliable information. A critical challenge is how to reconcile conflicting accounts of the same event. Many journalistic organisations insist on the two source rule that means that every fact must be confirmed by two independent sources before it can be taken as reliable. 2. An article entitled Media and Conflict in the Philippines from the Committee of Concerned Journalists at - http://www.concernedjournalists.org/media-and-conflict-philippines Here is the pertinent quote under the subheading Dispassionate Reporting: Recognizing the fallibility, if not the occasional deceit of sources, individual reporters and various news organizations develop standards for testing the truthfulness of a story. Are two or more independent sources providing the same information? Did the journalist see and hear the evidence himself or herself or get it secondhand? What are the credibility, reputation and motivation of the source? Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] Goa news for January 6, 2009
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Dutch woman complains of rape in Goa - Sify [Jan 4, 2009] Panaji: A 24-year-old Dutch woman has complained to the Goa police that she was drugged, robbed and raped by a group of Nigerians on the New Year's eve near ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14830020cid=1286988447ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNF8oxEy32TFG5SqbX89GR0MIazMZw *** Goa minister\'s wife files bigamy complaint - Times of India [Jan 3, 2009] PANAJI: A bigamy complaint has been filed against high profile Goa Tourism Minister Francisco Pacheco by his estranged wife, who has provided documents to ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bigamy_complaint_against_Goa_minister/articleshow/3930811.cmscid=1286773009ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNGbvQ69j58oNWmli4wEUGD7ecjA2Q *** Pawar holds meeting with NCP leaders\' in Goa - Indopia [10 hours ago] NCP is fighting North Goa Parliamentary seat in coalition with the Congress. Entire discussion was surrounding the elections,a NCP leader said. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/469336/National/1/20/1cid=1286829232ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNFad1ti-UcIbEuhg2U2svvr0uBfGw *** Global tsunami strikes Goa - Economic Times [3 hours ago] PANAJI: Global meltdown has spelt hard times for Goas hospitality business. Despite a near-full occupancy for the year-end celebrations, hotel earnings in ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Global_tsunami_strikes_Goa/articleshow/3940012.cmscid=1287097862ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNED9wDeHFxVPAdpMtMyK05rv_6ovA *** Goa among 12 States for NCERT text books - Herald Publications [20 hours ago] Students in Goa and a dozen States in India altogether will read National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books in government-run ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=14995cid=2cid=1287021892ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNEt_KwjndjyetGvycrLcH7Il7-REQ *** Goa chief minister to meet Kamal Nath on SEZ issue - Thaindian.com [11 hours ago] Panaji, Jan 5 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will meet union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath next week in Delhi to reiterate his ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/goa-chief-minister-to-meet-kamal-nath-on-sez-issue_100138570.htmlcid=1287212206ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNGXx0OvW1brDWlFYnGe6a0dxIhLFw *** North Goa rally to hold South - Gulf Daily News [Jan 3, 2009] NORTH and South Goa played to a 2-2 draw in their annual friendly match played on Friday at the East Riffa open grounds. North came back fromtwo goals down ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=239339Sn=SPORIssueID=31290cid=0ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNGMtIo3U5SDMq0Z-4jhDv1NS_yCkg *** Reis Magos fort: Plea on JMFC order rejected - Times of India [1 hour ago] Subsequently, the Goa Environmentand Ecology Trust (GEET) and Shiv Senas Taleigao chief Sainath Shivram Jalmi had raised an objection to the construction ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Reis_Magos_fort_Plea_on_JMFC_order_rejected/articleshow/3940079.cmscid=0ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNE_t6UIlCtb8fx54iCv7nIwhMtJrA *** Last seen in Goa: The Death of Stephen Bennett - Independent [Jan 4, 2009] The police in Goa called it suicide. But Stephen Bennett's sister believes that thugs controlled by local drugs gangs murdered her brother. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/last-seen-in-goa-the-death-of-stephen-bennett-1225197.htmlcid=0ei=CqZiSYjIJJGQmAfT7P3oAwusg=AFQjCNFZa1Y5WLokRtEaIGjrNo885244Yw *** Goa not hit by transporters\' strike - Times of India [1 hour ago] PONDA: The nationwide indefinite transport strike, which began on Monday, has not yet affected the supply of essential commodities to the state as the Ponda ...
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (06Jan09)
* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * * Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org On colliding with a Bull.. Idiot! Does not know this is Road Safety Week To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
