[Goanet-News] GOANET OBITUARIES: Marie (Simoes Mendonca, former Olympian
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com DEATH :: MARIE MENDONCA D.O.B 15.11.1933 Wife of Late Gilbert Mendonca, Sister/Sister-in-Law of Mathew/Josephine, Late Anna Finch/ Thomas, John/Carmen Simoes Carmen/ Laval Fernandes; Aunt of Michael Kathleen Finch, Jude Fernandes Bernard Simoes. Expired on 8th January 2009. Funeral Cortege leaves residence, ' SERENE HAVEN' Dona Paula at 4:00 P.M. for Mass at St. Michaels Church, Taleigao, followed by burial. MARIE REPRESENTED India in first and second Asian games taking honours in High Jump and Javelin throw. She was Captain of Indian hookey team at the World games in Kandy (Ceylon) and at Melbourne Olympics in 1956 at the MCG. She was honoured by Sports ministry of Goa in 1990 for her contribution to Indian Sport. Worked as hockey coach for Womens Hockey team in Western Australia (1969-1972) [Msg received via Anthony John Simoes, her brother at Dona Paula, former cost engineer in Australia, and long-time campaigner over environmental issues in Goa, specially during the 1990s. Messages via bernard.sim...@yahoo.com]
[Goanet-News] Goa news for January 10, 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sexy Mischa Bartons body-baring act in Goa! - Spicezee [5 hours ago] The sensuous actress, who is in Goa for shooting of the film, has posted some eye-popping snaps on her official website. Gorgeous Barton is wearing nothing ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.spicezee.com/articles/story20294.htmcid=1291132621ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNHTFmNo-mEdjIyIDLL_hLQDAXBycQ *** Fuel crisis blows over - Times of India [51 minutes ago] After the Goa government invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) late Thursday night, the Civil Supplies Department officials accompanied by ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Fuel_crisis_blows_over/articleshow/3958246.cmscid=1291275578ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNFbW_lct4R-omHlkgITFUXpI2O25w *** The Goa SEZ See-saw - Times of India [51 minutes ago] Goa's SEZ saga continues, even a year after chief minister Digambar Kamat announced that his government was going to do away with Special Economic Zones. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/The_Goa_SEZ_See-saw/articleshow/3957673.cmscid=1291462644ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNEBSrQkAkTxBENfsWurNblctysMqQ *** The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook has been launched - HospitalityBizIndia [14 hours ago] By HBI Staff http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=3098sid=1cid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNGbcID-BIbMA2QxBrGoXf7_3_Xo2Q *** Former Goa CM Faleiro being considered for AICC berth - Times of India [Jan 8, 2009] NEW DELHI: Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro is being considered for an AICC berth in a revamp of the party setup which is likely to take place ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Former_Goa_CM_Faleiro_being_considered_for_AICC_berth/articleshow/3953420.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNFKcZ9YKKHxJ3b3uwXjK5avBVFopQ *** Arrival of charter tourists drops - Times of India [52 minutes ago] PANAJI: Though the number of charter flights which arrived into Goa in 2008 was almost the same as that of 2007, the arrival of charter tourists into the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Arrival_of_charter_tourists_drops/articleshow/3958235.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNF-TuCeoraahvZXbKbEz7Qg88fBmA *** In Goa? Don\'t forget to see the stars - Hindu [18 hours ago] But a couple of decades later, the Association of Friends of Astronomy (AFA) in Goa has much to cheer about: 2009 is the International year of Astronomy. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200901091123.htmcid=1291247421ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNEpYbimwd571ax1Sb7p6lGWESIP0g *** Goa runs risk of losing JNNURM funds - Times of India [8 hours ago] Goa is one of the most inefficient states in India when it comes to timely and judicious utilization of centrally sponsored schemes. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Goa_runs_risk_of_losing_JNNURM_funds/articleshow/3957265.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNFilPwXwX-_USmzy6N79GkUmIlLZg *** Goa HC against govt officials praising politicians in ads - Times of India [1 hour ago] Giving directions for the proper use of public funds, the high court of Bombay at Goa directed that no advertisement appreciating the work of an individual, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Goa_HC_against_govt_officials_praising_politicians_in_ads/articleshow/3958703.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNEEy8rCCl8LioXfAI7r6W1VY4m3_Q *** Black market hits gold in parts of Goa - Times of India [23 minutes ago] In Tiswadi, it was not just petrol pumps located in Panaji, Caranzalem and Old Goa that had cash boxes jingling, but illegal outlets, especially at Goa ...
[Goanet-News] Saligao Serenade goes live on the Internet (via Val Souza)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Saligao Serenade goes live on the Internet http://www.saligaoserenade.com Saligao Serenade, a website-cum-blog celebrating the history, traditions, culture, folklore and people of Saligao - a colourful village in Goa, India - was formally launched in Mumbai in the last week of December 2009. The main author of the essays featured on Saligao Serenade is Fr Nascimento Mascarenhas, the well-known Goan priest and historian from the village, who has written much on the history of the Catholic Church in Goa. The essays have been selected from the vast number of postings by Fr. Nascimento on the Saligaonet mailing-list between 2001 and 2005, and some additional material that he has been working on subsequently. Selection and editing of the essays has been done by Val Souza, a seasoned Indian Information Technology journalist based in Mumbai, but with roots in Saligao. Also featured on the site are sketches by Mel D'Souza, an artist and author originally from Saligao and currently in Canada. Saligao Serenade was formally launched on 27 December 2009 by Fr Nascimento's brother Michael Mascarenhas and sister-in-law Lina, on the occasion of the couple's Golden Jubilee Wedding Anniversary celebrations in Mumbai. The website is organised into various categories, covering History, Culture, Customs Beliefs, People, Religion, Village Matters and Nature. Saligao Serenade welcomes original article submissions on subjects connected with the village, in addition to comments on the existing posts. New essays will be added every week on the site, which is managed and maintained by Val Souza. Saligao Serenade is accessible at www.saligaoserenade.com. Source: Val Souza val...@hotmail.com http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en
[Goanet] Sports City: Neura Rejected and Dhargal accepted?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Sports City: Neura Rejected and Dhargal accepted? National Games to be held in Goa in 2011 It’s as mega- project costing about 600 crores. Rs. 500 crore already sanctioned to Goa by the Centre. What’s sports city? It’s a Sports City and Games Village with major stadia to host athletics, football, hockey, a cycling a shooting range, tennis courts, two to three indoor stadia for volleyball, basketball, handball, fencing, table tennis, shopping malls, a five-star hotel to accommodate the delegates and officials, a bus stand with a vast parking area etc etc for about 12,000 players and 2000 officials and delegates etc Sports city is now officially out of Neura ref. CM and SM Why Neura rejected the sporty city? As per the news items and the local MLA, the proposed land to be acquired was ‘cultivable’ However, locals from Neura says ‘it was opposed because about 250 houses were to demolished to make way for the sports city’ and there was no mention about so called ‘cultivable land’ etc. Misguided by vested interests?? So, the sports minister (SM) – Manohar Azgaokar took it to his own constituency ‘Dhargal’ in Pernem Taluka. The new site facts: - Area 15-20 lacs sq mtrs (at Neura it was 10 lacs) - Vast portion of the area belongs to Prabahudesai also a SAG executive - Vast portion of land is barren or uncultivable. - Close to the MOPA international Aiport (ready in 7-10 years) - Close to Railway station - Close to NH - 15km from Mapusa., 25 from Panjim Which could also mean - More value to Pednem Land So, the Dhargal locals accepted the Sports City without any opposition? I really thought so until I read today’s GT which says ‘ Proposed Sports City at Pernem hits a roadblock’ What’s the opposition this time? The proposed Sports City will result in mass destruction of mango and Caju plantations for which the villagers worked hard to grow the crop for more than 25 years. The affect area is about 5 lacs sq mt in Virnoda village. So are there any leaders or politicians behind the opposition this time? The two MLAs (BJP) Dayanand Sopte (Pernem) and Laxmikant Parsekar (Mandrem) They also say 10-12 lacs sq mt land is sufficient but there is a move to acquire 22 lacs. “We wont allow such project to come up in our area by destroying huge green area on which lies the plantations, on which livelihood of many families depend’ says Parsekar Has anybody got anything in their mind, I mean another site for Sprots City? Be quick, the time is fast running out! How about Sanguem or Quepem Taluka? Btw, what is the correct pronunciation for ‘Sports’ I thought it was pronounced as in ‘fORTS’, pORT-town, airPORT etc I see many Indian TV news readers pronounce it as ‘spot’ (pot as in tea-POT) like ‘beauty SPOT’ or ‘on the SPOT’ Sports City also reminds me of the Remo's popular song 'Bombay city' joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Goanet Top 15 (December 2008)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goanet Top 15 (December 2008) 1. Joegoauk 94 2. MarioG 77 3. Miguel 69 3. Marshall 69 4. Santosh 62 4. FN 62 5. Venatius 47 6. Barad 44 7. Samir 41 8. Ruby 39 9. Goa pride/world 33 10 Sandeep 25 11. Alexyz 22 12. Srikantt 21 13. Francis 19 13. Roland 19 14. Carvalho 17 14. Freddy 17 14. Gilbert 17 14. Antonio 17 15. Floriano 16 Goanet news etc 109 = 899 = 61% of the total 1471 Prev. stats http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/170787.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Long Live the King
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Sandeep Heble: Life is a celebration- to be influenced positively by everything good that surrounds us, to appreciate the various diversities of the world including our own and to live and enjoy it to our fullest. Let's learn to love and celebrate it. Response: I agree with you entirely. Life is short. We should make it sweet. Thanks for bringing back nostalgic memories of the music scene gone by. I too loved the Beatles, Elvis, Jim Reeves, ABBA, Engelbert, Carpenters, James Last, Cliff Richard, Boney M. I did not have much exposure to hindustani music, till much later when I heard Md Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Saigal. Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] Goanet Highlights - December 28, 2008 to January 3, 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goanet Highlights - December 28, 2008 to January 3, 2009 Compiled by: Selma Carvalho - elisabeth_car at yahoo.com * Goanet Poll * What was the most hyped story of the year in Goa in 2008: [ ] Aires Rodrigues' campaigns [ ] Attacks against Christians [ ] Babush versus Panjim police [ ] Instability in the Congress [ ] Scarlett Keeling case [ ] Semana da Cultura Portuguesa [ ] Terror-threat to Goa To Vote click here: http://tinyurl.com/Goanet-Poll http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=1133 Frederick Noronha interviews the doyen of Goan writing in English, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro[1]. 1: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085950.html JoeGoaUK in his photo-documentary gives us a glimpse into the new face of New Year's celebrations[2] on Goan beaches. 2: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086028.html JoeGoaUK also brings us some of the more zany decorations and creative cribs [3] of Goa December 2008. 3: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/085969.html Santosh Helekar offers a counter-punch [4] to Frederick Noronha's earlier article on Skin-deep secularism with his rebuttal in Skin-deep understanding of secularism. 4: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086062.html Frederick Noronha, in an article entitled, Communal cauldron : Goa isn't doing enough to hold things in check [5] writes: Misunderstandings mark relationships between Goa's three main communities. If the 20th century in Goa was spent in caste battles -- Brahmins versus Chardos among the Catholics, and Bahujans versus the 'upper' castes among the Hindus - now the focus is going to building suspicion among different religious groups. 5: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086069.html Samir Kelekar on the sad demise of Professor Kashinath Kelekar [6]. 6: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086077.html Miguel Braganza, takes another look at the Romi v/s devnagiri script controversy in his Konkan Curry: Affirmative Action. [7] 7: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086086.html Lino Dourado, gives us his Aitaracheo Katkuleo, this time about the Novea Vorsant. [8] 8: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086097.html Valmiki Faleiro, in his continuing series of Goan Surnames [9] takes a looks at the genesis and evolution of Hindu Goan surnames. An extract from the article reads: We find old Goan surnames in 16th century Portuguese records. Cited here, largely, is a sampling from Salcete. The most common generic Gaud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) surnames were Nayak/Naik, Pai/Poy, Prabhu/Porob and Xennai/Shenvi/Sinai. 9: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086091.html George Pinto announced Goa Sudharop [10] Awards to take place at the Mandovi Hotel on January 6, 2009 commencing at 4pm. 10: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-January/086100.html http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=1133 Send your feedback to goanet at goanet.org To subscribe to Goanet: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org http://www.goanet.org Where Goans Connect
[Goanet] Letter to Vanessa Mulquiney - Saving the Xacuti
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com A few years ago Supermarket giant Sainsbury in the UK came up with a Xacuti product and labelled it Keralan Xacuti. Selma Cardoso and BC 'Luftwaffed' Sainsbury and forced this massive company to change the name to Goan Xacuti. As for the spice girl shown on the mag, it is a common pic to appear on travel mags published in the UK which refer to Goa and clearly post 61 Goa has been truly lamanised. It is a good sign that the pro bharats on this forum are now fighting for the last escudo of Goan identity. (except for the bhatcar from Saligao without birth roots in Goa) BC
[Goanet] Thanks for Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Subject: Thanks for Goa On witnessing ground realities, I salute genuine activists in Goa, fighting against Mega-Projects, water/land contamination, destruction of fields/sand dunes on beaches/water bodies/wild life/hills/environment/ecology etc Thanks for selflessly fighting, to save our Beautiful Goa its Prized Identity. The activists refuse to be cowed down, intimidated by the Specific MLA's/Police, Government, Panchayat all other challenges. See my findings: (1) Strategy is to frustrate activists make them give up!! Vested interests tire down activists by constant delaying/intimidation tactics. (2) False Police cases on most activists; why no action till date, if cases are genuine? (3) Exception of some, majority corrupt panchas adopt delaying tactics for inspection etc to give time to the builders. (4) Respective quasi-judicial government bodies constantly over-ride Gram Sabha resolutions, postpone dates, no show etc (5) Government bodies supposed to uphold the law delay inspection certificates many times manipulate the same (6) CRZ norms constantly violated by Builders in collusion with Specific MLA's/Police, Where are the enforcement agencies to protect our beaches? (7) Opposition from some misguided Goans, who I appeal to look at the big picture for Goa Goans i.e. we can have a good today bright tomorrow via right/sustainable development; let's not destroy Goa for short term gains!! We inherited this beautiful land its identity, from our ancestors are responsible for the same to our future generations (8) While many are concerned only with their careers, businesses, families etc these activists spend a lot of their personal time, money incur a lot of sacrifice for the benefit of all Goans; including those working (directly or in-directly) against Goa. (9) These activists are an inspiration hope to us all; especially to those who think that nothing can be done to Save Goa. Arwin Mesquita (UAE) -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/
Re: [Goanet] Editorial in today's Gomantak Times - by Derek Almeida
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com WE Goans need to take the offensive instead of a defensive for Seby and all activists. Put them in an international tribunal for the rape of a land Can someone in the Goan daispora do this for us Goans?? It is shame what the Timblos and Sujoy are doing. They should be socially blacklisted. And along with them the politicians and a Chief Minister who supports their deeds We should put them in the dock in the Hague and expose them for the criminals they are for ruining our land This is a good excuse for all Goans to band together and fight this obnoxious lobby Wendell Rodricks 2009/1/7 Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com Goliath versus David Among the many stories in the Bible is one of David versus Goliath in which David a puny youth slays the Philistine giant with a sling stone. David goes on to become King of Israel. In far away Colamb, a similar battle is underway. A wiry Green is making life difficult for a giant mining company. Enter a new vice president of communications and the battle is taken to a new level – the legal level. The end is awaited. Will David (the green activist) succeed in slaying Goliath (Sociedade de Fomento Industrial Private Ltd)? To think that the blogspot run by Seby Rodrigues has caused a loss of Rs 500 crore to Fomentos, which has a mining lease in Colamb village is hilarious. However, the fact that the company has gone to lengths to file a defamation suit against Seby for reports published on his blog is proof that this Siolim-based green is a thorn in the flesh of the mining company. The petition filed by the company lists blog entries which are defamatory to it. We do not intend to discuss whether these entries are indeed defamatory or not. A court of law is the right platform to test this charge, and if found guilty, Seby will have to face the penalty decided by the court. There aren't any other issues involved because the blog is not anonymous. In that respect Seby plays with a straight bat. The nature of the battle that is presently underway depends on where you are standing. If placed on legal footing, the mining company appears to be in the right as it has all the permissions to go ahead with mining in Colamb. If you stand shoulder to shoulder with the villagers of Colamb and green activists then the company comes out as the 'bad guy' ripping up their lives and damaging precious forestland and fields. If you love green Goa and have no stake in the mining industry you will stand with the Greens. On the other hand if you have a truck or two, a tyre repair shop or a metal fabrication unit, you will sympathise with the miner. Taking sides is a hazardous job in this situation because the positions taken by the dramatis personae are extreme. There is no middle path here. The Rs 500 crore defamation suit alters the equation a bit. While we agree that every aggrieved party has a right to approach the courts for redressal, in the case of Seby Rodrigues we question why the case was filed in Kolkata and not Goa? Both Seby and Fomento are based in Goa, the mine in question is in Goa, why go to a far off place like Kolkata? One does not have to be Arun Shourie to conclude that the purpose is to transport Seby to a place where he has virtually no support and no access to friendly lawyers and to make it financially difficult for him to run the case. Hence the court case has two objectives –- defamation and harassment. This approach was adopted to silence Rajan Narayan when he was editor of 'O Herald' and leaders of the anti-Meta Strips agitation. It might be important to recall that an earlier attempt to neutralize Seby by labeling him as a Naxalite failed when the proof failed to match up to the charge. Then, Seby emerged victorious and the sobriquet 'Naxalite Seby' was stuck on him by those who wished to easily identify him in a state which probably has a thousand Sebys. Nobody is questioning the technicality of whether the case can be filed in Kokatta or not. But, if justice is the issue then the case should be transferred to Goa where it can be heard. In other words, the Vice-President (Communications) who has filed the case, should also play with a straight bat. -- 7th January 2009 - Gomantak Times = -- cell: +91-9422443029 Office hours: +91-832-2420604 Office email:rns.wend...@gmail.com email%3arns.wend...@gmail.com
[Goanet] The war against terrible taste
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com The war against terrible taste Goa Police Guidelines to identify terrorists By Cecil Pinto On its website the Goa Police Department has a colourful new page titled Let's fight Together To Keep Goa Terror free! The first part deals with 'Identifying a Terrorist. I am quoting verbatim, typos and all. By clothes unsuited for the season of the Year e.g. wearing a coat or jacket in summer. This line has obviously been slipped in by a Hindutava supporter to target Catholics. Everyone knows that however hot the summer may be Goan Catholic males will wear proper thick padded suit coats on every possible occasion – wedding, feasts, ladainhas, even funerals. They will sweat by the bucketful, perspiration further compounded by dancing and drinking, but the suit will remain on till the end of the function. Most Goan Hindu males on the other hand wear sensible ethnic clothing more suited for the climate. May 17, 2009 - Panjim News Desk: The wedding of Manuel Pereira from Agacaim with Rhea Concessao from Santa Cruz was rudely interrupted when an entire company of armed Border Security Force guards barged in and arrested all the guests on the dance floor. Fortunately MLA Francisco Silveira, wearing a double breasted fawn suit with a red shirt, purple tie, white shoes and maroon socks, was one of those arrested. He managed to phone the IGP while, standing in a colourful line-up outside Cotta Mansion, and got the whole misunderstanding sorted out. Claimed Deputy Commandant Ganbir Singh, We were following Goa Police instructions. All those people were obviously uncomfortable in their clothing and we suspected they might be concealing some arms underneath. A Public Relations Officer from the Police Department has this to say, The women guests from Agaccaim particularly were wearing clothes totally unsuitable for the season. Long skirted maxi dresses, multi-layered suits and dresses made of that thick furry material. The flashy shining outfits were not only mismatched for the climate but also posed a security risk due to their metal content. Santa Claus and King Momo with their bulky outfits and headgear also become prime suspects. Of course the police also need not patrol the beach areas, where foreigners wear little or no clothing. On the other hand Indian female tourists who wade into the water fully clothed pose more of a risk to themselves than others. The second guideline in the Police document on Identifying a Terrorist says, A person trying to blend with his surroundings by his dress and behavior, Though he doesn't belong to the group. Wow! This places almost everyone under suspicion and we're going to start the Insider/Outsider debate all over again. The Bengali sitting at Edwin's Bar at Aldona, not knowing he's being fed made up legends. The Trax full of married stags from Andhra Pradesh trying to get entry into Lounge Fly Discotheque. Uday Bhembre at a Tiatrist's conference. A native Goan vendor on the beach. The unregistered voter at the Moira Gram Sabha has of course been arrested before. The last form of identification in the document is Anything protruding unnaturally under this clothing as these could be arms or Explosives. Excuse me Mr. Pinto. There's something colossal protruding above your waistband. Could it be your paunch? No! In that case Sir I will have to ask you to please lift up your shirt. 'Ok! Check So it is your paunch No, these are my abs. Feel it. It's tough, unlike a paunch which is flabby and soft. Abs? You call these abs? What Shah Rukh and Amir have are abs! These also are abs. Just more extended than normal. I overdid it on the Tummy Trimmer. Excuse me ma'am. Please get off your bike and let us check the protrusion in your jean pockets What protrusion? That's my mobile phone. Can't you make out the shape? It will take me forever to get it out of my tight pants Then what do you do if someone calls you? I have my handsfree kit here! Excuse me Ma'am there's a fishtail protruding from the back of your slacks. These are low waist jeans and haven't you guys ever heard of thongs? Excuse me young man, there's something protruding in the front of your trousers. Gimme a break guys. She's my date and she's wearing a thong. Something says I'm going to get lucky today! In the next section on Identifying a Suspicious Vehicle we have this revelation, A vehicle parked suspiciously for a prolonged time in a central place or in a
[Goanet] Jazz Concert by Caravan Quartet
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Alliance Francaise, Panjim is organising a Jazz Concert by CARAVAN QUARTET at Marquinez Palace, (Old GMC Complex), Campal, Panaji, Goa on 19 January from 7.30 pm to 9 pm. ALL ARE WELCOME Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami -- next part -- - -- next part -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.5/1883 - Release Date: 1/8/2009 6:05 PM
[Goanet] Conflicts
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Reading about the conflict in West Asia, It is my view that the conflict is more about land and territory than religion. Muslims and Jews have never had a history of conflict until Israel was forcibly set up in 1948 in Palestine, thereby displacing millions of Palestinians. Otherwise, the Jews were always persecuted in Christian countries like Russia, eastern Europe, Germany, France, Poland. In fact Jews and Muslims share many common similarities. Both wear skull caps. Both grow beards. Both wear distinctive clothes. The birth of both religions took place in the same region. Both abhor pork and pork products. Both only eat kosher / halal meat. Both take names from the Old Testament eg: Jacob and Yacub, Abraham and Ibrahim, Joseph and Yusuf. Unless and until the injustice done to the Palestinians is rectified, I do not see any end to the conflict.which has been going on for more than half a century and shows no signs of abating even as entire new generations of Jews and Palestinians are being born and drawn into the conflict. Injustice and the fight for scarce resources are some of the main reasons for conflict in this world. Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] Long Live the King
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:10:31 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com I agree with you entirely. Life is short. We should make it sweet. Thanks for bringing back nostalgic memories of the music scene gone by. I too loved the Beatles, Elvis, Jim Reeves, ABBA, Engelbert, Carpenters, James Last, Cliff Richard, Boney M. I did not have much exposure to hindustani music, till much later when I heard Md Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Saigal. Mario observes: Marshall, Beatles, Elvis, Jim Reeves, Cliff Richard? I thought these would all be before your time. You must be older than you write or found your Dad's collection:-)) Are you perhaps old enough to remember Happy-Go-Lucky Greg?
[Goanet] Fwd: Conflicts
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote In fact Jews and Muslims share many common similarities. Joseph and Yusuf.--- Eric replies: Marshall understates, it is one common religion, an enigma rolled into ironies ! Spread over a wide area, the out-of-Africa Semites were essentially Hindu: Think 'Temple to OM' in Egypt's 'Shiva' Oasis, where Vaskan-Tamil is spoken to this day. Both groups honour a common Father, Avram(Abraham). A benign laissez-faire Faith evolved in an unkind terrain, and the Devas were firmly in place after Persia was settled. One has to consider the arrival of monotheisim in the region a calamity, when seen in the context of the consequent upheavals of the last two millenia. Credit here is shared by both Abe and Zoroaster, and violence by the latter's group drove the Persian Hindus who survived into the eastern desert - Afghanistan, and then into India. A millenium later, in a cute twist, we exported Buddhism to Bamian !The Semitic groups had long competed and clashed with the northern Hatti-Kadesh (Hittites). These Aryas/Kavkasians posed the threat that sent Abraham across a thousand mile desert trek from Ur/Basra to Kannan(Cannan), where the Habrus first confronted Samson-Arafat and his Philistines. The desert is unforgiving, but new 'prophets' extended hope through their endless vicissitudes. Mohammed was determined to be the last, but Bahulla and his Bahais,in Iran, along with Ahmed and his Ahmadis in Karachi are a reminder that 'hope springs eternal in the human breast.'eric. A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!
[Goanet] Goa Sudharop function was not Goanetters Meet
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com FN: Hi Cecil, Is your interest here to raise genuine questions or just rake controversy? I don't see such initiatives as a pissing contest, and there's no competition here in fact. We are indeed grateful to George Pinto for encouraging Goanetters to meet alongside the GoaSudharop.org meet. CP: As a regular poster (supporter and advertiser) on GoaNet, resident in Goa, and one who has attended at least the last six GoaNetters meetings I asked a genuine question and Frederick labels it a 'pissing contest'. What contest? Am I competing with Frederick? Why would I want to? Even if he insists on his paranoia showing he should be careful with his language. Pissing contest indeed! - FN: I would like to delude myself into believe Goanetters also added some little value to their function. Melinda has appreciated the videos. But we cannot quantify that before auditors like you. CP: I am not an auditior but a bystander who did not come for the GoaNetters meet and hence would like to know what was discussed and who attended. If a meeting was held at all. Was it? Why the silence? - FN: I really wouldn't know the intentions of the people who came (and what exact part of the function they intended to be present for). But a rough headcount tells me 84% or so people named in the photographs have, at one time or another, been associated with Goanet. And we are prouid of that link. CP: And 100% of those who attended have been into Panjim at one time or another so does that make it a Ponjekars Meet? I am not talking about being proud of any link. Just answer my simple question. How many people attened the GoaNetters Meet that was well advertised, and what exactly was discussed. -- FN: As far as people who didn't show up go, I was very disappointed to learn that Joseph 'Boogie' Viegas was in Goa on Jan 6, planned to make it to the Mandovi's, but didn't make it there. As old-time Goanetters (oops!) would know, Boogie was one of the early tech pioneers of the Net in Goa in the mid-1990s. It was he who sold me my first USR (US Robotics) modem, in times when a 14.4 kbps modem would cost Rs 14K! If someone who knows Boogie reads this, please tell him I was silently cursing him beneath my breath :-) Not for selling me a modem that worked well, but for not turning up! He would recall that we had a cyber-skirmish in those way back days... over organising a Goanetter's meet then! CP: Thanks for the long diversion but it doesn't answer my question. --- FN: Really, I would not place too much emphasis on judging by numbers whether the Goanetters' meet was a grand success and largely attended. For the record, I myself went for the GoaSudharop.org event, and just was happy to meet other persons whom I know as email IDs and say hi to them. CP: 1) For one who constantly boasts about thousands of GoaNet members, and runs other Goa related discussion groups (where he is not in control) down, I find it strange that numbers are suddenly not important. 2) As a representative of, and often spokesman for, GoaNet Administration, and the only resident in Goa, I find it strange that you try to duck the question. How many attended and what was discussed? Or was this meeting also, like so many internal moderation mechanisms, something the GoaNet subscribers need not be told details about? 3) Regular annual attendees of the GoaNet meet like Vivian D'Souza and Miguel Braganza did not attend. I wonder why? Since Frederick is the singular (strange no?) representative of GoaNet in Goa maybe it could be something to do with his functioning? - FN: Should we be bothered about how many people Goanet attracts for a meeting in Goa? (Average of 20 to 40 in each year ...) CP: If the figure suddenly drops to little or nothing we have to look at the only Admin reresentative in Goa for answers. -- FN: I think we should be concerned about how much networking we manage to do... and how many good causes these ultimately result in inspiring. Without all that backbiting, lastwordism, one-upmanship and one-on-one fights that simply bore everyone else to death in cyberspace apart from building negative social capital. CP: Nobody is denying that GoaNet is a great thing. My only concern is how come a forum with more than 10,000 members cannot get get 10 people together for a GoaNet meeting in Goa. Or is there something wrong with the
[Goanet] Is Goa ready for Participatory Denocracy? [fungoa.blogspot.com]
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goa seems to be splitting apart at the seams. The very fabric that holds our society together, our government seems no longer concerned with fulfilling the aspirations of the people. Our government consists of a motley bunch of purely selfish individuals making up a Representative Democracy. They are an insult to the “Goan” both in Goa and abroad. The current situation in Goa calls for a participatory democracy to bring about a clean system of governance... Read the entire article, Link provided below: http://fungoa.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-goa-ready-for-participatory.html
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:19:11 +0530 From: Frederick \FN\ Noronha f...@goa-india.org I expect more from individuals like Dr Santosh Helecar, whose recent priorities seem to have included jumping to the rescue of the VHPA Inc-linked Sonal Shah, to seek to discredit John Dayal and Vijay Prashad, to question activists and campaigners, to proffer lengthy arguments that deny the possibility of a polarisation along communal lines specially in Goa, et al... Mario responds: Fred, Wouldn't you be far more productive, not to mention, honest, if you trained your sights on Narendra Modi and the VHP instead of continuing to slander an American woman whose only connection to the VHP is that she raised funds in the US for earthquake victims in Gujarat. Furthermore, you continue to discredit John Dayal by mentioning him in the same sentence as Vijay Prashad. Unlike Dayal, who can only be accused of bias, Vijay Prashad is one of the most hard working termites in the foundations of the capitalist system that sustains the economies of the free world, provides virtually all the considerable private charitable donations in the free world, and sustains his own profession and position at an American university. This guy feeds on the very system that he seeks to discredit and destroy. Here is a quote from Wikipedia that sums up how cockeyed this guy's thinking is: Prashad offered a communist view of Mother Teresa's missionary work in Calcutta, designating her as a representative of the collective 'bourgeois guilt' of western nations. In the same article he also commented on Mother Teresa's alleged links with Charles Keating and Michele Duvalier (wife of Baby Doc Duvalier). Denouncing the 'cruel rule of capital' he also offered the view that the communists of Calcutta were the 'real nameless Mother Teresas who conduct the necessary work towards socialism, for the elimination of poverty forever'. If communism was so successful in eliminating poverty, more countries would be adopting it, rather than relegating it to the thrash heap of history, where it really belongs, after all the untold misery it has caused already. A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx - Ronald Reagan.
[Goanet] Confused over language usage.
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Respected Editor, Its very funny as to why so much time is wasted in discussing usage of language.United States is a union of fifty states and has only one language-English.Bharat has twetyfour official languages and yet no common language for the nation.(HINDI is not yet official National Language).It was wonderful to read at The Swami Vivekananda Retreat at Ridgley(NY) that one should learn Sanskrit English along with one's mothertongue.Bharat as such has good chance to follow Swamiji's advice and unite languagewise. With best regards, Deo Borem Korum. Shyam V.Bale,Mumbai.
Re: [Goanet] Long Live the King
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote Mario observes: Marshall, Beatles, Elvis, Jim Reeves, Cliff Richard? Are you perhaps old enough to remember Happy-Go-Lucky Greg? Eric wonders: What happened to all those nice folk who mailed an endless stream of birthday song requests to good ol' Greg in Colombo from the 'Kolar Gold Fields' ! He was Dutch Burger, and I believe he got the dispatch from Mrs. Bandaranaike for chiming out Lady is a Tramp, three times, on election day. He came to town, once, and Bombay threw him a big one at the Metro cinema. I also have fond memories of Hamid and Amin Sayani who recorded the 'Binaca Hit Parade' out of a studio in Colaba. eric.
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com --- On Thu, 1/8/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Fred, Wouldn't you be far more productive, not to mention, honest, if you trained your sights on Narendra Modi and the VHP instead of continuing to slander an American woman whose only connection to the VHP is that she raised funds in the US for earthquake victims in Gujarat. Furthermore, you continue to discredit John Dayal by mentioning him in the same sentence as Vijay Prashad. Unlike Dayal, who can only be accused of bias.. Frederick has finally admitted elsewhere that his views are politically motivated and biased, and that the same is true of everybody else. So I guess that should settle the issue as to why he has to hear from the other side(s) on Goanet. Why independent corroboration of facts, copied and pasted here, is necessary. And why journalists, activists and campaigners need to be questioned and criticized in public forums. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] God Sucks
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com God Sucks Over 75 posts on ‘God Sucks’ (related) appeared on Goanet Which could mean the creator of the thread and those upto 74 who followed it. (includes JoeGoaUk) admit that.. God Sucks It’s from the Mythology or Epics with no evidence whatsoever.. So, God Sucks 2008 years ago, so the Bible say, Son of the God born and died at 33, risen on 3rd day gone to heaven on 40th day assuring 2nd Coming. When coming? Nobody knows. So, God Sucks God says 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (how many of us keep?) We go to UK or Gulf etc for money and not for God Work on Sunday, and you get almost double pay. After all, it’s the money we are after not the God. God Sucks Honour thy father and thy mother. (Do you?) Why not? God Sucks ? Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. (what about you?) Do we really care? Why not? Because God Sucks Everywhere you see Gomtis and crosses Then come desecration Followed by communal tension Followed by political reaction God Sucks Adam bridge or Ram bridge or Ram sethu over India –Srilanka Supreme court says there is no evidence what so ever to prove there was a Ram bridge It is then become a National Issue i.e political advantage. God Sucks Funds from the Temple Fund-Petti or from the donations or from the political Party donation in the name of the God are misused or diverted to personal use by the very God men. Why? Because for them.. God Sucks Church collection, donations, forced donations from bridegrooms, house to house imposing min of two tiatr tickets of Rs.100 each etc God’s Funds are misused God Sucks Money so collected (including foreign trips/funds) in the name of God, Priests used it to buy flats to rent, cash advances against high interest charges, bought cars, laptops etc Godmen stealing God’s money? Why? Because for them too.. God Sucks Some Godmen or priest plunder Gods – old antique statues etc Why? Because.. God Sucks Consuming Alcohol and gambling is Haram in my religion Bur we drink and play matka or play Lotto too. Who cares? God Sucks Most Muslim countries against America Because most American are Christians God Sucks People going to meet God at Meca where some of them die in stampede How the God can possibly see or allow people dying right into His Courtyard? God Sucks Hindus going to worship their Gods and Goddesses, they too die in stampede and on road. People die on the way to meeting God? God Sucks I can have as many women as I want say a married Goa minister But the God says ‘Thou shall not commit adultery’ Who cares about God? God Sucks Minister taking oath.. I, Joethechor, do swear in the name of God that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of.GOA... and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. ..and the looting starts from the very next day The minister swear upon God… Who is God? God Sucks Many Govt. Servants, Police take bribes and live a posh life. Their wives and children know about their father/husbands taking bribe but never bothers to question him. Taking bribe is a crime against man and God. Who cares? We want money not God God Sucks After reading all this, you may now say... It’s not the GOD but it’s JoeGoaUk who really sucks. Well, you may be right about that. But what about you? Put you right hand right into your conscious and ask yourself.. Remember, when we do which we are not supposed to do.. in a way, it does imply that God really sucks. Think about it. joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Urbanisation... other States, and Goa (some comments)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com It's not just Maharashtra that's facing land loss in the hands of urbanisation. Most states in India are also grappling with this problem. In Kerala, for instance, there was a hue and cry when paddy fields were bought by the 'Gulf-returned' Malayalees, to construct swank bungalows. The government tightened the screws on them. Goa, too, witnessed a similar trend, when its paddy fields gave way to apartments, housing colonies and resorts. http://20twentytwo.blogspot.com/2008/11/urbanisation-of-maharashtra.html * * * In states like Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tamil Nadu more than 35 per cent people live in urban centres. But only 20 per cent of people in Uttar Pradesh live in cities, only 14. 3 of Orissa is urbanised and 10 per cent of Bihar lives in urban centres. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20070831filename=newssec_id=50sid=38 -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] Richard Francis Burton...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Who's this guy, and what's his connection with Goa? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton Richard Francis Burton· Biographies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Richard Burton, portrait by Frederic Leighton, National Portrait Gallery Born19 March 1821(1821-03-19) Torquay, England Died20 October 1890 (aged 69) Trieste, Austria-Hungary Resting place St. Mary Magdalen's Church, London, England Nationality English Known for Exploration, Writing, Languages, Orientalist Spouse(s) Isabel Burton (1861-1890) Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages.[1] Burton's best-known achievements include traveling in disguise to Mecca, making an unexpurgated translation of The Book of One Thousand Nights and A Night (the collection is more commonly called The Arabian Nights in English because of Andrew Lang's abridgement) and the Kama Sutra and journeying with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans, guided by Omani merchants who traded in the region, to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. He was a prolific author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including travel, fencing and ethnography. He was a captain in the army of the East India Company serving in India (and later, briefly, in the Crimean War). Following this he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa and led an expedition guided by the locals which discovered Lake Tanganyika. In later life he served as British consul in Fernando Po, Damascus and, finally, Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) in 1886. ENDQUOTE THE ANSWER comes from the Other India Book Store otherindiabookstore.com Goa-books catalogue: Goa and the Blue Mountains or Six Months of Sick Leave: By Richard F. Burton Pp.368 (1991) HB Rs.365 Before his more notorious other writings, Burton wrote these impressions of Goa, Malabar, Calicut and the Nilgiris. -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] VOA News - India Promises Action to Prevent Fraud After IT Industry Shaken by Scandal
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[Goanet] This 4in1 casino boats pic used in GOAN OBSERVER is mine
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[Goanet] America - The Altruistic Society
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Mario's many pronouncements like the one below about America being an altruistic society reminds me of what was once said about his hero Ronald Reagan: George Washington never told a lie, Richard Nixon never told the truth and Ronald Reagan never knew the difference. Roland Francis Toronto +1 (416) 453.3371 On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Unlike Dayal, Prashad benefits from the munificence and freedom of American academia, funded by the fruits of capitalism, while busily working to undermine the fundamental philosophies of freedom and capitalism that made America the altruistic society that it is today.
Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: If communism was so successful in eliminating poverty, more countries would be adopting it, rather than relegating it to the thrash heap of history, where it really belongs, after all the untold misery it has caused already. Comment: By this logic, if an honest bureaucrat in India were so honest that things improve, more bureaucrats would be emulating him, rather than pressuring his superiors to transfer him to the trash heap of remote postings where his example would not matter. A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx - Ronald Reagan. Comment: Ronald Reagan also said: I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. Roland Francis Toronto +1 (416) 453.3371
[Goanet] Fatalities from terrorism and violent left-wing extremism in 2008
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com There is a very good Indian national security think tank, the Institute for Conflict Management, with an anti-terrorist website called South Asia Terrorism Portal (http://satp.org/). I have been reading articles on it off and on for the past few years. They keep track of terrorist activity in India and its neighbors on a month to month basis, and provide an estimate of the fatalities directly attributable to terrorism and violent left-wing extremism each year. The 2008 estimates have just come out. I have calculated the total number of fatalities among civilians and security force personnel as a direct result of terrorism and violent left-wing extremism. The top ten Indian states with such fatalities are as follows: DEATHS OF CIVILIANS AND SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL Assam --- 240 (directly due to terrorism) Maharashtra - 198 (directly due to terrorism and left-wing extremism) Jammu Kashmir - 159 (directly due to terrorism) Manipur - 144 (directly due to terrorism) Jharkhand --- 113 (directly due to left-wing extremism) Chhattisgarh 102 (directly due to left-wing extremism) Orissa -- 100 (directly due to left-wing extremism) Rajasthan 80 (directly due to terrorism) Gujarat -- 57 (directly due to terrorism) Bihar 56 (directly due to left-wing extremism) The raw data from which these numbers were obtained are located at: Fatalities from terrorism - http://tinyurl.com/7dcbkh Fatalities from violent left-wing extremism - http://tinyurl.com/vlwext Cheers, Santosh P.S. Please independently corroborate the numbers I have provided from other neutral sources.
[Goanet] Conflicts
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:09:37 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com Reading about the conflict in West Asia, It is my view that the conflict is more about land and territory than religion. Muslims and Jews have never had a history of conflict until Israel was forcibly set up in 1948 in Palestine, thereby displacing millions of Palestinians. Mario responds: Marshall, This baseless codswallop proves what I said to Roland the other day, that the Palestinian propaganda machine has been pretty successful. You can't create a view out of whole cloth while ignoring all the facts. The partition of Galilee into Israel and Palestine was no more fair or unfair than the partition of India, depending on one's point of view. It was brokered by the Brits and ratified by the UN. While Indians and Pakistanis accepted their partition, with massive displacement and mayhem on both sides of the border, the Arabs never did accept Israel's right to exist AND MOST OF THEM STILL DO NOT. Kashmir would probably gone to Pakistan or stayed independent if the planned referendum had been allowed to take place - but the same jihadi mentality could not wait in Kashmir, just as it could not wait for any negotiation of grievances through the UN in Palestine. In both cases they decided to take the law into their own hands and force the issue in their favor. I recall speeches at Israel's inauguration where their leaders reached out their hands in friendship to the Arabs - to no avail. No Muslims were displaced until five Arab armies, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt invaded Israel simultaneously to push the Jews into the sea right after Israel was formed in 1947. They got their butts kicked instead, and the rest is history. If the Arabs had accepted Israel back then they would have had more territory than they have now and the whole area would have experienced peace and prosperity because the Palestinians are just as enterprising, and hardworking as their fellow-Semites, the Jews, as we see on a daily basis in the US. However, just as in Kashmir, Iraq and Afghanistan, a small number of homicidal Muslim radicals have caused untold misery for millions. There will never be peace in the region until Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad are taken down or neutralized one way or another. This is because their founding charters all include the elimination of Israel, by force if necessary. They have no intentions of living in peace alongside Israel, and even their maps of the region exclude Israel. None of this is going to happen if the gullible around the world treat them - the aggressors - as if they are victims. The REAL victims are the innocent Palestinians they have intimidated into abject sheep and use as human shields when Israel retaliates.
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (10Jan09)
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[Goanet] Goa news for January 10, 2009
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sexy Mischa Bartons body-baring act in Goa! - Spicezee [5 hours ago] The sensuous actress, who is in Goa for shooting of the film, has posted some eye-popping snaps on her official website. Gorgeous Barton is wearing nothing ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.spicezee.com/articles/story20294.htmcid=1291132621ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNHTFmNo-mEdjIyIDLL_hLQDAXBycQ *** Fuel crisis blows over - Times of India [51 minutes ago] After the Goa government invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) late Thursday night, the Civil Supplies Department officials accompanied by ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Fuel_crisis_blows_over/articleshow/3958246.cmscid=1291275578ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNFbW_lct4R-omHlkgITFUXpI2O25w *** The Goa SEZ See-saw - Times of India [51 minutes ago] Goa's SEZ saga continues, even a year after chief minister Digambar Kamat announced that his government was going to do away with Special Economic Zones. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/The_Goa_SEZ_See-saw/articleshow/3957673.cmscid=1291462644ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNEBSrQkAkTxBENfsWurNblctysMqQ *** The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook has been launched - HospitalityBizIndia [14 hours ago] By HBI Staff http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=3098sid=1cid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNGbcID-BIbMA2QxBrGoXf7_3_Xo2Q *** Former Goa CM Faleiro being considered for AICC berth - Times of India [Jan 8, 2009] NEW DELHI: Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro is being considered for an AICC berth in a revamp of the party setup which is likely to take place ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Former_Goa_CM_Faleiro_being_considered_for_AICC_berth/articleshow/3953420.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNFKcZ9YKKHxJ3b3uwXjK5avBVFopQ *** Arrival of charter tourists drops - Times of India [52 minutes ago] PANAJI: Though the number of charter flights which arrived into Goa in 2008 was almost the same as that of 2007, the arrival of charter tourists into the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Arrival_of_charter_tourists_drops/articleshow/3958235.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNF-TuCeoraahvZXbKbEz7Qg88fBmA *** In Goa? Don\'t forget to see the stars - Hindu [18 hours ago] But a couple of decades later, the Association of Friends of Astronomy (AFA) in Goa has much to cheer about: 2009 is the International year of Astronomy. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200901091123.htmcid=1291247421ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNEpYbimwd571ax1Sb7p6lGWESIP0g *** Goa runs risk of losing JNNURM funds - Times of India [8 hours ago] Goa is one of the most inefficient states in India when it comes to timely and judicious utilization of centrally sponsored schemes. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Goa_runs_risk_of_losing_JNNURM_funds/articleshow/3957265.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNFilPwXwX-_USmzy6N79GkUmIlLZg *** Goa HC against govt officials praising politicians in ads - Times of India [1 hour ago] Giving directions for the proper use of public funds, the high court of Bombay at Goa directed that no advertisement appreciating the work of an individual, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Goa_HC_against_govt_officials_praising_politicians_in_ads/articleshow/3958703.cmscid=0ei=DOxnSfr_A4rKlQS8r6XPDQusg=AFQjCNEEy8rCCl8LioXfAI7r6W1VY4m3_Q *** Black market hits gold in parts of Goa - Times of India [23 minutes ago] In Tiswadi, it was not just petrol pumps located in Panaji, Caranzalem and Old Goa that had cash boxes jingling, but illegal outlets, especially at Goa ...
Re: [Goanet] God Sucks
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Re: [Goanet] Stirring the communal cauldron
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ANKA SERVICES For all your Goa-based media needs - Newspapers and Electronic Media Newspaper Adverts, Press Releases, Press Conferences www.ankaservices.com kam...@ankaservices.com Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: If communism was so successful in eliminating poverty, more countries would be adopting it, rather than relegating it to the thrash heap of history, where it really belongs, after all the untold misery it has caused already. Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:53:26 -0500 From: Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com By this logic, if an honest bureaucrat in India were so honest that things improve, more bureaucrats would be emulating him, rather than pressuring his superiors to transfer him to the trash heap of remote postings where his example would not matter. Mario responds: Whereas my observation has a foundation in actual recent history, the problem with your comment is with its premise. An honest bureaucrat is virtually an oxymoron. Since you haven't noticed, amazingly after having lived in India and Canada, nothing improves under a bureaucracy, because that would make the bureaucrat obsolete. A bureaucrat's career advancement comes from making the problem bigger, or at least maintaining the status quo. This is one of the reasons that India went mostly sideways for 50 years and was a contributing factor to the implosion of the old Soviet Union. Roland wrote: Ronald Reagan also said: I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. Mario responds: I think this shows that Reagan was not only honest but had a sense of humor, both traits I would highly recommend to you.
