[Goanet-News] Goa news for April 8, 2009
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sri Ram Sene banned in South Goa - Times of India http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Sri-Ram-Sene-banned-in-South-Goa/articleshow/4358773.cmscid=1325400312ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNHuqv2J5yeX7Q_5AD4JDNlyk9mUmQ *** Goa ministers splurge taxpayers\' money - Times of India http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa-ministers-spend-taxpayers-money/articleshow/4361486.cmscid=1326585454ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNFixNYu0PS5VaBT_uhDpQJRf8ik-w *** Facility in Goa to maintain MiG 29 K - Hindu dmiral JJ Bedi, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/07/stories/2009040758162000.htmcid=1327764756ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNGibh7ssiYpkqgyGSria7Z5aalPnQ *** Sardinha promises a bullfighting arena - Times of India http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Sardinha-promises-a-bullfighting-arena/articleshow/4368476.cmscid=1327755039ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNEc1kHE0Zpbd42tmHprnoGicjkUVA *** Ad pros lap up the fun under the Goa sun - Times of India http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Ad-pros-lap-up-the-fun-under-the-Goa-sun-/articleshow/4363299.cmscid=1327313812ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNER68I8VPBJFVeEdZ31IQ5Mo9Tykg *** Drug dealer hunt in Goa after death - The Press Association ast London, was found dead in his Goa hotel room on Sunday. His live-in partner Anne Francoise, a French national, informed police they had gone to sleep in their rented room after taking heroin. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hEuSE3VXBlfvlX3TvruItQqGo40wcid=1328583565ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNGGHi9fiR-OOfGZTBtQ__ikGnVnQQ *** Sesa Goa Q4 cons PAT seen at Rs 389.8cr: Angel Broking - Moneycontrol.com neycontrol.com, IndiaAccording to the research firm, Sesa Goa's March quarter consolidated sales are expected to go down by 16.1% to Rs 1430 crore on YoY basis. The company's consolidated net profitis expected to go down by 52% to Rs 389.8 crore on YoY basis. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/brokerage-results-estimates/sesa-goa-q4-cons-pat-seen-at-rs-3898cr-angel-broking/392089cid=1328373492ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNFSTTJLO5DgQHDhq2XEDo6U2YCtjQ *** Nokia Airtel Promo With Abhay-Raima Wins Bronze At Goa Ad.Fest - Planet Bollywood.com irtel ad featuring Abhay Deol and Raima Sen has broken the clutter and won the Bronze at the Goa ad fest. Airtel is always known for making ads which leave an impression on peoples mind. Their last ad featuring Madhavan and Vidya Balan was ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=n040709014311cid=1328461526ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNEfqbJPnRwbyhhzoRVRoGVMSGw66w *** 84% Goa primary schools without headmasters - Times of India mes of India, IndiaPANAJI: Of the 1121 primary and middle government and aided schools in Goa, 949 or 84.65% operate without a headmaster or a head teacher. This was revealed by datacollected by the National University for Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/84-Goa-schools-without-heads/articleshow/4363801.cmscid=0ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNHsILaLutOBoqpz0VQXddbPEigpcg *** Goa candidate omits unpaid loans in affidavit - Thaindian.com aindian.com, ThailandPanaji, April 7 (IANS) Jitendra Deshprabhu, the Congress party candidate fromNorth Goa, has not stated in his affidavit that he owes Rs.15 million to two banks. He says the loan was taken by his company, not by him. Deshprabhu was booked by the Crime ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/goa-candidate-omits-unpaid-loans-in-affidavit_100176554.htmlcid=1328423459ei=-uHbSeifEoHMgAPK1_yoDQusg=AFQjCNFZWJvF0noqQ0nXtx0uRzdnLaJFYQ Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Caste, an old story that mostly never gets told
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Caste, an old story that mostly never gets told By Kalanand Mani and Frederick Noronha In power earlier this decade, Goa's BJP government ran into an unexpected issue. They needed speedy firefighting to solve a vex atious caste problem that broke out, of all places, in a crema torium. 'Upper' and intermediate caste Hindus from Verla-Canca, Bardez objected to 'lower' scheduled-castes being cremated in a common area. To complicate matters, local authorities initially seemed to initially support this stance by offering to build 'another crematorium' for the Dalits. The latter mainly comprised of the basket-weaving Mahar community, who have a lowly place in the caste hierarchy. Earlier, 'upper' castes questioned the Dalits plan to cremate their dead in a crematorium they said they had been built, but with part State funding. 'Upper' castes argued that the Dalits earlier would bury their dead for generations, not cremate them. In reply, the Dalits said that earlier they were simply too poor to afford fire-wood to cremate their dead. But now they could afford it. Discrimination even after death? ''One Dalit was cremated on August 15 (2001). In the second case, on September 11, there was strong opposition to another attempt to cremate a Dalit at Verla-Canca,'' social activist and writer Dadu Mandrekar said. Some years earlier Mandrekar was in the news for facing threats from the Shiv Sena, who didn't like the tone and tenor of his Dalit campaigns on social rights. Former leaders of students organisations in Goa -- some involved then in launching a Goa People's Front -- called on influential local Hindu religious leaders. People's Front convenor advocate Satish Sonak later quoted religious leaders as criticising ''caste discrimination'' in the Verla-Canca crematorium as ''most disgraceful acts'' which had no basis in Dharmashastra. Some 25 activists -- many ex-student leaders of the 'seventies generation in Goa -- called on religious leaders to impress on their disciples the need for equality and humanity. Ex-judge Dharmadhikari also visited the village. After coming under the media glare, a truce was called. Villagers pledged to stand united against discrimination, as the media reported. * * * Dalits, at the extreme lower end of the caste ladder, have occasionally made it to the headlines for the discrimination they face. But others like the aboriginal communities of Goa -- Gavdas, Kunbi, Velips and Dhangars -- might simply not get the focus. One mystery is even how these communities had to wait look, till around 2004, for them to be included in the Scheduled Tribes list. In December 2001, the Lok Sabha Secretariat Committee on Petitions noted that these four communities ''have been categorised as tribes by sociologists and historians from time immemorial.'' It argued that even during the long tenure of Portuguese rule, the Gavda, Kunbi, Velip and Dhangar communities were treated as tribes. Noted the panel: ''Certain communities from Daman and Diu have been notified as Scheduled Tribes in relation to Goa whereas local ethnic communities of Goa have been left out.''[http://164.100.24.208/ls/committeeR/Petitions /12th/CHAPTERIII.htm] Writes Anita Haladi: ''Though the Gavde may have originally been the owners of land, the development of formal ownership patterns led to the ownership rights ultimately being transferred to the upper caste landlords or 'bhatkar' as they are known in Goa, which resulted in the deprivation of natural ownership rights of the Gavde.''['Unchanged plight of the original Goans' (in The Transforming of Goa, Norman Dantas, ed)] Editor of the book, the late journalist Norman Dantas commented, ''The Gavda alienation from the land, according to some sources, was primarily caused by the formation of gaonkari, the village communities formed by higher castes who came to Goa after the original settlers and staked land ownership rights to the virtual exclusion of the lower 'conquered' castes. Individual 'bhatkar' ownership is believed to have come later.'' By some coincidence -- you could also interpret it as a play of power -- Goa has sited a number of its 'development' projects in land predominantly occupied by its subaltern communities. Government has acquired large tracts of land -- where paddy was cultivated by the community -- in Verna and Quelossim. Similar was the case when it
[Goanet-News] NEWS: Goans got sucked into Brit colonialism, says Kenya ex-politician Fitz De Souza
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Goans got sucked into Brit colonialism, says Kenya ex-politician Goanet News Fitz De Souza, former deputy Speaker of the Kenyan parliament, says Goans formed the backbone of the British colonial administration in East Africa, and suggested they could have been more critical of White colonialism in the 'dark continent'. Speaking here during a function last weekend, the Kenyan lawyer and ex-politician, said, You may not like what I'm going to say. But Goans in fact were the backbone of the British administration in East Africa. Britain could not have ruled Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania without the Goans. The Chief Secretary and Cabinet were only Europeans, the district commissioners were from Oxford or Cambridge. But the army of clerks -- from district clerks, to prison clerks and law clerks -- came from Goa, he said. They had a lot of power in that country. Anybody could not open a shop or get a gun license without a Goan's approval, he said. He criticised the British for their complete racism, and said it was they who planted the idea that Goans are not Indians, but Portuguese and that Indians were crooks and thieves while the Goans were honest. Unfortunately, many Goans believed in that, said Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza (born 1929, Mumbai), often known as Dr. F. R. S. de Souza. Souza, who made these comments at the International Centre Goa during a Friday evening function, was an important figure in the campaign for independence for Kenya, a member of the Kenyan parliament in the 1960s and Deputy Speaker for several years. He helped provide a legal defence for those accused of Mau Mau activities, and he was one of the people involved in the Lancaster House conferences held to draw up a constitutional framework for Kenyan independence. Born to a Goan family in Mumbai, de Souza lived in Zanzibar before settling in Kenya in 1942. Fitz de Souza took a first degree in England and trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. As a young man in 1952 he joined a team of lawyers from various Commonwealth countries, lawyers educated in England but not born there, defending Kenyans accused of Mau Mau activities by the British colonial administration, in a series of trials including that of Jomo Kenyatta. Feelings in the country were running high, with some settlers of European ancestry disrupting any legal process for people they considered assassins, while other people in Kenya were convinced of bad faith amongst those involved in the all-white British prosecution. In this atmosphere, de Souza and an Asian colleague faced implied allegations of 'encouraging' defendants to criticise police witnesses, but judges at the East African Court of Appeal supported them, praising their assistance to the court. For part of the 1950s Fitz de Souza was studying for a PhD at the London School of Economics and was politically active both there and in Kenya. His doctoral thesis was on Indian Political Organization in East Africa (1959). He knew Kenyatta and was a major figure in the movement towards an independent Kenya. He has been described during this period both as a freedom fighter and as someone organiz[ing] Africans and Asians against the colour bar, according to online tributes to Souza. In the early 1960s he was a legal adviser at the Lancaster House conferences in London where Kenyatta and the Kenyans worked with the UK Colonial Secretary, Reginald Maudling, and his team to develop a constitution for the country. De Souza was an elected member of the Kenyan Parliament even before full independence in 1963, and Deputy Speaker of the Lower House from June 1963. He left this post in 1970, spent many years in private practice, and is now semi-retired. Souza has been quoted saying in a Pulitzer prize-winning book written by Caroline Elkins that he believed at least one hundred thousand Kikuyu disappeared at the time of Mau Mau, in a form of ethnic cleansing on the part of the British government. ENDS
[Goanet] Review: The violin from Venice visits an audience in Panjim
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) The violin from Venice visits an audience in Panjim Les Menezes welcomes the growing Italian cultural influence in Goa and in particular, the musical experience of deeply felt performances of rarely heard solo violin music from Venice. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Send in your feedback to the _/ writer: les.mene...@gmail.com _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ This Church with all those marvelous steps has been standing here in the heart of this wonderful city for longer than the oldest music I am playing tonight, enthused the young exuberant violinist Sara Michieletto who has Venice and music making in her blood. Her teacher, Volpato, is from the old Venetian school of violin and she is a member of both the La Fenice Orchestra and the La Fenice String Trio, Venice. She has toured the world with the String Trio and with the Italian Chamber Orchestra and Salvatore Accardo. Her enthusiasm for the violin wraps round you in a warm embrace. She breathes the violin and her total living in the light of the violin, creates an irresistible aura. Panjim's famous Church of the Immaculate Conception, thanks to the ever encouraging Fr Antim Gomes, welcomed a capacity audience, on March 30, to her very special solo violin recital of music from Venice, ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi, and Dr Dal Negro, the Consolato Italiano Onorario di Goa, who bring Italian artists working in India to Goa should take a bow, for making it possible for us to experience the Sara magic. Dr Angela Trezza from the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi says that the Centre is keen not to impose Italian music and culture on the Indian people but rather to create a dialogue through working together. She added Sara was an ideal choice because Sara has studied Indian music and acquired a deep love for it and in this context, has chosen her music very carefully to strike a chord with her Indian public. Sara began the recital with a rarely heard piece by the famous self-styled 'violin amateur', Tomaso Albinoni whose Adagio has found an endearing place even in the hearts of people on the fringes of Classical western music. Her rich tone and assured performance immediately settled the audience into a cosy evening of musical treasures. Francesco Guarnieri with his feet in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, unknown to most audiences, found a passionate voice in Sara's deep exploration of his varied expressivity, in three of his twelve Capriccios. The soundscapes of the sparkling colours of a Venice Carnival, a foggy day in Venice and the rhythmical movement of a gondola on water took us on meditative, introspective journeys into self. A rare treat indeed. Even more adventurous was Nildo Sanvido's 'Sur Place' (2005), which challenges our hearing with just one note (E flat) kept for more than ten minutes with everyday sounds (lovingly brought to life by four of our budding musicians) and position shifts on the violin and in body rotation, creating subtle variations. The music expresses the soul of the present and appeals to our actual being -- a meditative sonic journey. It was a pity that some of the sounds were lost at the back of the church owing to problems with the microphone placement. Giuseppe Tartini is famous for his 'Devil's Thrill' violin sonata. We were privileged to experience a very Indian sounding piece 'Marco Polo Wandering', which made me wonder whether he was exposed to Indian music during his visit here. Sara played it sitting down in front of the main altar and reproduced the Indian sounding sonorities very convincingly. Some people complained that they could not see her from the back. Tartini's 'Allegro Assai' was a showstopper, played from a copy of the original manuscript. Sara's vigorous, vibrant performance of the double stops and virtuosic passages, was a sheer delight and was repeated as an encore that brought the audience to its feet. Sara's project in India entitled 'The Strains of Violin' in collaboration with the Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IICCI) and under the patronage of the La Fenic Theatre (Venice) sets out to share the experience of the violin sound through live performances of a wide range of music from Venice. Her extensive background of music and theatre, enables her to achieve a holistic approach to education. The main focus of her project is getting children
[Goanet] Konkanni Kovita - Avoi
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Avoi Sorv-xirext vorthi khorni votvota Avoiponnachi Avoi asta ek devi apurbayechea burgeamchi Apleach kusveant pallun zolom dinvunchi Bouv vorthi ani moladik kornni eka Avoichi Avoiponnache besar ti soglich murgot'ta Tichem purai jivit ekdomunch bodolta Nov muinem pasun kusveant gevun bounvta Prosud janvchea vellar koxtantlean ti sukh gheta Dis asleao rati korun, rati asleo dis korun Aplea burgeam khatir gham varovoun Tanchea nazuk jivachi sodd ghevun Lhan aslim vhodlim khelim koxht dogd sonsun Avoicho mogacho thav amkam kedinch melcho-nam Tichea mogacho jur pasun fari-korunk zaunvcho-nam Apnamkuch unnem korun burgeank potbor khavoita Oxem fokot eka Avoicheach jivitant goddta Ihan aslim vhodlim pollovun avoi sontosta Tori pun burgeamchi dasti khorit asta Burgeamchea fudarachim sopnam sopneta Sonvsarant thankam ek sukhi jivit anvddeta Jivitachea kuichai paunvdear avoi borobor asta Sukant toxim dukant amkam sangat ti dita Piddeant amkam ek borvanso zata Amchea kosleai ulleak rokdich ti pauvta Ghorabeant chodxim burgim avoi sangata asta Avoiche bore gun tankam ek mollachi dekh zata Burgieak borim monxam korunk avoichean ghotta Avoi vorvimch amchean ek boro somaz ghodunk eta Burgim vhadon vhodd zatoch avoik marchim nui xilam Tichea oskotayient, tujea ghottayien tika marumdi paulam Tichea zantea-ponat zanvchim ami apurbayiechim ballam Tichea mogan respet-man boromdi amchim mona-kalzam Lhan aslim vhodd khorunk jivit jieali koxhtamchem Tichea abaung tiagachem foll ami tika dinvchem Jivitant ami kednach mol na korchem Amchea Aviochea vorthea dudachem Jivitache tilsanjer dukhi jivit tika na divunchem Mattea voilem vojem somzun azilant na sodchem Urlelem jivit famili sangata kuxhallkayien sarchem Magtam sontosachea pain'neatuch jivit tichem sompoichem 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] Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa Occasionally, I do get this type of requests. This one has come from a lady from London I am quoting it below in original including the subject line etc Would some one come back on this here or write to me privately please? Thanks, Quote: Subj: Dev Tuka Boro Dis Divum Hello Joe, I hope you don't mind me contacting you direct, but I've been a silent subscriber to Goanet for a few years now and enjoy your photographic input immensely. I've been visiting Goa now for the last nine years and have made some wonderful, lifelong friends. Along the way I've picked up some Konkani, merely pleasantries etc etc. I wonder if you know of anyone in the Greater London area who would be prepared to teach a novice? Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Dev Borem Korum === 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 Reader: Caste, an old story that mostly never gets told
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Caste, an old story that mostly never gets told By Kalanand Mani and Frederick Noronha In power earlier this decade, Goa's BJP government ran into an unexpected issue. They needed speedy firefighting to solve a vex atious caste problem that broke out, of all places, in a crema torium. 'Upper' and intermediate caste Hindus from Verla-Canca, Bardez objected to 'lower' scheduled-castes being cremated in a common area. To complicate matters, local authorities initially seemed to initially support this stance by offering to build 'another crematorium' for the Dalits. The latter mainly comprised of the basket-weaving Mahar community, who have a lowly place in the caste hierarchy. Earlier, 'upper' castes questioned the Dalits plan to cremate their dead in a crematorium they said they had been built, but with part State funding. 'Upper' castes argued that the Dalits earlier would bury their dead for generations, not cremate them. In reply, the Dalits said that earlier they were simply too poor to afford fire-wood to cremate their dead. But now they could afford it. Discrimination even after death? ''One Dalit was cremated on August 15 (2001). In the second case, on September 11, there was strong opposition to another attempt to cremate a Dalit at Verla-Canca,'' social activist and writer Dadu Mandrekar said. Some years earlier Mandrekar was in the news for facing threats from the Shiv Sena, who didn't like the tone and tenor of his Dalit campaigns on social rights. Former leaders of students organisations in Goa -- some involved then in launching a Goa People's Front -- called on influential local Hindu religious leaders. People's Front convenor advocate Satish Sonak later quoted religious leaders as criticising ''caste discrimination'' in the Verla-Canca crematorium as ''most disgraceful acts'' which had no basis in Dharmashastra. Some 25 activists -- many ex-student leaders of the 'seventies generation in Goa -- called on religious leaders to impress on their disciples the need for equality and humanity. Ex-judge Dharmadhikari also visited the village. After coming under the media glare, a truce was called. Villagers pledged to stand united against discrimination, as the media reported. * * * Dalits, at the extreme lower end of the caste ladder, have occasionally made it to the headlines for the discrimination they face. But others like the aboriginal communities of Goa -- Gavdas, Kunbi, Velips and Dhangars -- might simply not get the focus. One mystery is even how these communities had to wait look, till around 2004, for them to be included in the Scheduled Tribes list. In December 2001, the Lok Sabha Secretariat Committee on Petitions noted that these four communities ''have been categorised as tribes by sociologists and historians from time immemorial.'' It argued that even during the long tenure of Portuguese rule, the Gavda, Kunbi, Velip and Dhangar communities were treated as tribes. Noted the panel: ''Certain communities from Daman and Diu have been notified as Scheduled Tribes in relation to Goa whereas local ethnic communities of Goa have been left out.''[http://164.100.24.208/ls/committeeR/Petitions /12th/CHAPTERIII.htm] Writes Anita Haladi: ''Though the Gavde may have originally been the owners of land, the development of formal ownership patterns led to the ownership rights ultimately being transferred to the upper caste landlords or 'bhatkar' as they are known in Goa, which resulted in the deprivation of natural ownership rights of the Gavde.''['Unchanged plight of the original Goans' (in The Transforming of Goa, Norman Dantas, ed)] Editor of the book, the late journalist Norman Dantas commented, ''The Gavda alienation from the land, according to some sources, was primarily caused by the formation of gaonkari, the village communities formed by higher castes who came to Goa after the original settlers and staked land ownership rights to the virtual exclusion of the lower 'conquered' castes. Individual 'bhatkar' ownership is believed to have come later.'' By some coincidence -- you could also interpret it as a play of power -- Goa has sited a number of its 'development' projects in land predominantly occupied by its subaltern communities. Government has acquired large tracts of land -- where paddy was cultivated by the community -- in Verna and Quelossim. Similar was the case when it
[Goanet] Orphaned...
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) A little over 21,000 photos (a few are not mine!) on my Flickr account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ Out of these: With comments394 Without comments 20,796 Favorited373 Not favorited 20,817 Please spare a moment -- if you have one -- to visit [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/] and either comment or favourite one of the photos there. You might have to create a Flickr log-in, a one-minute process. FN -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org
[Goanet] THE RIGHT VIEW: An England in India goes to the polls
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) THE RIGHT VIEW An England in India goes to the polls 1 Apr 2009 Tarun Vijay Times of India After six decades of independence, India is virtually ruled by a lady who is originally a westerner and doesn’t have a command of any Indian language unless supported by a written text in Roman. And she has become the only hope to bring back the remnants of what was once a grand old Congress party led by Mahatma Gandhi back to power through her speeches in broken Hindi addressed to India’s predominant rural voters. She is credited with having helped the Congress win 145 Lok Sabha seats and 26.21% votes in elections held in 2000, became the head of a 219-member coalition drawn from 16 parties and ruled India from her home with Manmohan Singh acting as her nominee Prime Minister. So much so that an American embassy publication spread out her picture on one full page and Manmohan Singh was relegated to a corner passport size. It created embarrassment and corrections were made in later editions. The flexibility of Indian voters, if one can describe this attribute modestly, is amazing. The west’s overpowering influence in recent times can be said to have begun in 1615, with a visit of Sir Thomas Roe, England's first official ambassador to India, who secured privileges for the East India Company from Jehangir, son of Akbar. India would never be the same again. The east, the far-east and the immediate neighbourhood, once such a hub of Indian cultural influence that it became known as Indochina, was turned to lesser importance and faded away from Indian priorities. It was only after five decades of independence that a look-east policy was devised but it still remains feeble compared with our western fixations. The presence of a colonial power that set the cultural agenda too and gave new westward dreams of an upwardly mobile life to a common Indian drove the Indian journey and fixed our dreams to Vilayat. It seriously affected the status of our languages. Once a nation that had the most scientific and ancient language, Sanskrit, perfect on parameters of grammar, vocabulary and phonetics, and had preserved the age-old reservoir of Hindu wisdom and scholarship – India was 80% literate before the British rule, with astounding contributions in astronomy, mathematics, life sciences, arts and theatre, literature, sea warfare, and mind-boggling wonders in architectural superiority, all attained in languages common Indians knew and spoke – India is run on a language that was never hers, was in fact imposed through coercion shutting the old and time-tested centres of Indian learning calling them as “dead, useless centres of obscurantism”. The new contemporary rulers of any variety or colour or ideology, look at Sanskrit and other Indian languages with disdain and would never prescribe books of ancient wisdom like Vedas or the Upanishads to be taught in Indian schools under a heritage programme fearing loss of Muslim votes. Bharat, the glorified “golden bird” famous in Arabic and Greek fables, has become a poor translation of Romanized western elitist ideas. An India, that’s what it is known as. Though the world over our ancient books are highly respected as the gift of India, India and her politicians take them as merely Hindu scriptures, that may invite the wrath of the minorities if promoted through state apparatus and patronage. Though Sanskrit remains the language of solemnizing birth, marriage and ensuring a heaven-bound journey after death, an upwardly mobile elite of Gurgaon-Bangalore variety won’t have time or inclination to understand it. It’s of no use – no employment, no social status, no political benefit is gained through it. In any elite circle of decision making, whether it is governance, media, arts and culture or literature, it’s simply elevating and profitable too, to shun speaking an Indian language and use English with a foreign accent to register a powerful presence and of course facilitate success. And more the American slang, the more “awfully impressive” it becomes. Newspapers and magazines compete with each other to publish on their front pages any garbage churned out by any author recognized and awarded in Britain or New York, but never ever they would give that space and honour to an Indian language writer of greater eminence. This change in the contours of Indian political scene and social behaviour has occurred so subtly that mostly it has been either ignored or
[Goanet] Talking Photo: Pl identify (looks like another type of fan)
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) If this is not a fan then what is it? Bigger pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3421428267/sizes/l/ or smaller pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3421428267/ 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] Music from Goa!
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Hi, here's a new mando from Goa called Pedrucho Kombo: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/21/909601/pedrucho%20kombo.mp3 The track produced by Colin D'Cruz features: Neville D'Souza...flute Tony Dias...keyboards Colin D'Cruz...fretless bass/acoustic guitar Lester Godinho...percussion Enjoy music from Goa!
[Goanet] cooking with mog
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Hi guys This is for you all mog from jjandson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVISYNEJLs goan ambotik part1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JR2hNbUt9Q goan ambotik part2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMWVhDnBovc goan ambotik part3
[Goanet] Daily Grook #369
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) DAILY GROOK #369 __ PRISON POISON __ by Francis Rodrigues nu bistros on la rue avoid a pasion-aztec, for high-end bars do not a parisian make! _ puns word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _ _ Experience all of the new features, and Reconnect with your life. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650730
Re: [Goanet] Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:28:34 + From: joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa Are Joe baba, Te morie sollaié (slié) Muga, (dried shark-strips). Bin'ne solla amotika ugdas ailo and tonant boyenkar udkan sutlint... Alfred Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa Occasionally, I do get this type of requests. This one has come from a lady from London I am quoting it below in original including the subject line etc Would some one come back on this here or write to me privately please? Thanks, Quote: Subj: Dev Tuka Boro Dis Divum Hello Joe, I hope you don't mind me contacting you direct, but I've been a silent subscriber to Goanet for a few years now and enjoy your photographic input immensely. I've been visiting Goa now for the last nine years and have made some wonderful, lifelong friends. Along the way I've picked up some Konkani, merely pleasantries etc etc. I wonder if you know of anyone in the Greater London area who would be prepared to teach a novice? Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Dev Borem Korum === 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 _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx
Re: [Goanet] God and science
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Now, if Beauregard could find similar results from testing Santosh and Kevin and Sandeep and Samir, even Selma, he may have a valid point:-)) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:31:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Based on current evidence, chances are pretty good that if the right areas of our brain are electrically stimulated we would also have mystical experiences. The reality we experience is a construct of our brain. Mario wonders: Santosh, Arre, yaar, now you have really gone and done it! If you and cloistered Carmelite nuns can have the same kinds of mystical experiences when your brains are stimulated then Dr. Beauregard and Fr. Ivo are going to endlessly claim that you may have been a Carmelite nun in your previous incarnation and are moving backwards on the path to Rama:-)) The last time my brain was externally stimulated the mystical experience I had would probably lead me, too, towards hell:-)) Santosh wrote: That is why independent physical tests are needed to ascertain the presence of an objective reality apart from us. Mario responds: I know what you mean. The objective reality I experienced after my brain was stimulated was quite physically stimulating as well:-)) Unfortunately, my mystical and physical experiences would be of no use to either Beauregard or Fr. Ivo:-))
[Goanet] Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3424436508/sizes/l/ Some Clues availabe in this pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3422236564/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3422237258/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/241091342/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3294977710/sizes/l/ 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] NEWS: Goans got sucked into Brit colonialism, says Kenya ex-politician Fitz De Souza
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Goans got sucked into Brit colonialism, says Kenya ex-politician Goanet News Fitz De Souza, former deputy Speaker of the Kenyan parliament, says Goans formed the backbone of the British colonial administration in East Africa, and suggested they could have been more critical of White colonialism in the 'dark continent'. Speaking here during a function last weekend, the Kenyan lawyer and ex-politician, said, You may not like what I'm going to say. But Goans in fact were the backbone of the British administration in East Africa. Britain could not have ruled Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania without the Goans. The Chief Secretary and Cabinet were only Europeans, the district commissioners were from Oxford or Cambridge. But the army of clerks -- from district clerks, to prison clerks and law clerks -- came from Goa, he said. They had a lot of power in that country. Anybody could not open a shop or get a gun license without a Goan's approval, he said. He criticised the British for their complete racism, and said it was they who planted the idea that Goans are not Indians, but Portuguese and that Indians were crooks and thieves while the Goans were honest. Unfortunately, many Goans believed in that, said Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza (born 1929, Mumbai), often known as Dr. F. R. S. de Souza. Souza, who made these comments at the International Centre Goa during a Friday evening function, was an important figure in the campaign for independence for Kenya, a member of the Kenyan parliament in the 1960s and Deputy Speaker for several years. He helped provide a legal defence for those accused of Mau Mau activities, and he was one of the people involved in the Lancaster House conferences held to draw up a constitutional framework for Kenyan independence. Born to a Goan family in Mumbai, de Souza lived in Zanzibar before settling in Kenya in 1942. Fitz de Souza took a first degree in England and trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. As a young man in 1952 he joined a team of lawyers from various Commonwealth countries, lawyers educated in England but not born there, defending Kenyans accused of Mau Mau activities by the British colonial administration, in a series of trials including that of Jomo Kenyatta. Feelings in the country were running high, with some settlers of European ancestry disrupting any legal process for people they considered assassins, while other people in Kenya were convinced of bad faith amongst those involved in the all-white British prosecution. In this atmosphere, de Souza and an Asian colleague faced implied allegations of 'encouraging' defendants to criticise police witnesses, but judges at the East African Court of Appeal supported them, praising their assistance to the court. For part of the 1950s Fitz de Souza was studying for a PhD at the London School of Economics and was politically active both there and in Kenya. His doctoral thesis was on Indian Political Organization in East Africa (1959). He knew Kenyatta and was a major figure in the movement towards an independent Kenya. He has been described during this period both as a freedom fighter and as someone organiz[ing] Africans and Asians against the colour bar, according to online tributes to Souza. In the early 1960s he was a legal adviser at the Lancaster House conferences in London where Kenyatta and the Kenyans worked with the UK Colonial Secretary, Reginald Maudling, and his team to develop a constitution for the country. De Souza was an elected member of the Kenyan Parliament even before full independence in 1963, and Deputy Speaker of the Lower House from June 1963. He left this post in 1970, spent many years in private practice, and is now semi-retired. Souza has been quoted saying in a Pulitzer prize-winning book written by Caroline Elkins that he believed at least one hundred thousand Kikuyu disappeared at the time of Mau Mau, in a form of ethnic cleansing on the part of the British government. ENDS
[Goanet] April Fool
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) *April Fool* *By Tony de Sa* The Ides of March have come and gone, and the month of April and spring are well under way. Many of us must have been victims of April Fool jokes on the first of April. April Fool jokes vary from the garden variety to the more sophisticated ones. There are all kinds of April Fool pranksters, but none can outshine a college friend of mine, whom I shall call Peter for the sake of anonymity. When it came to April Fool jokes, Peter left rival pranksters miles behind. Months of planning and preparation went into his pranks. I first became a victim of Peter’s April Fool jokes when I was a student of St Xavier’s College when it was located in Bastora. For a few days, Peter had been promising to take me for a treat to Mapusa. On that April Fools’ day, he finally invited me for an ice cream in Mapusa. Accordingly, we bunked our classes and went to Mapusa on his scooterette. At the ice cream parlour, Peter ordered two large tubs of chocolate ice cream. The owner informed us that only one large tub was available and the rest were small tubs. Peter generously offered to have a small tub and asked the man to give me a large tub. Both settled down to tuck into our respective tubs. I dug my spoon into the tub and was about to put it in my mouth when I realized that the tub was filled with mud and that the tub had only a thin layer of ice cream on top of the mud. I swore at Peter, who was happily grinning and chanting “April Fool, April Fool”. Peter had roped in the ice cream man for this enterprise. Of course, as compensation, I was offered a large strawberry cone to make up for being fooled. Over the years, Peter became a celebrity of sorts for his bizarre jokes; a memorable one was when he decided to commit ‘suicide’. Exams come around April. For a few days before April Fools’ Day, Peter had been complaining that he was feeling desperate because he couldn’t study and was contemplating suicide. Everybody brushed this aside as Peter’s tomfoolery, and so no one took him seriously – till one afternoon when everybody in the house heard a big splash in the well. On trying to figure out the source of this sound, Peter’s sister was horrified to find a pair of old bathroom slippers, a banian and a scapular on the well wall. Immediately, Peter’s constant grumbles came to mind, and when she couldn’t find him in his room a hue and cry was raised. The neighbouring village lads were called and the swimmers among them dived into the well in search of Peter. Peter’s mother, sister and other relatives were sobbing bitterly and everyone was at their wits’ end. A few enterprising souls even tried to poke bamboo sticks into the well in the hope of snagging Peter’s body, but to no avail. After this commotion died down and before any serious steps could be taken like calling in the police from Mapusa, Peter walked in, cool as a cucumber. When the commotion, hue and cry died down, he revealed that he threw a big stone into the well and jumped over the compound wall to hide in an aunt’s house. Another time, he and a friend covered themselves in bedsheets and lit torches near their faces, inside the bedsheets, and sat on the parapet wall of a culvert after dusk. There were no street lights then and the culvert was situated near a junction. They had a ghostly eerie appearance in the dark. Soon a group of teenagers returning from an outing in Calangute came near the junction. One of them told the others in a shaky voice that there was something sitting on the culvert wall. They bolted away from the place. Soon a couple of drunks came that side and one told the other, “I think I can see an evil spirit”. The other, with drunken bravado, told him that he was not afraid of spirits, evil or otherwise, and that he would see him home. So they started seeing each other home several times. Various people had varied reactions to the apparition. Some bolted, others cursed, some crossed themselves frantically and started murmuring prayers, and some even tried to throw stones. At this, Peter and his friend decided to beat a strategic retreat. Peter’s pranks are legend and I could fill a whole book telling you about them, but they will have to wait for another day. [This piece appeared in Herald on 08/04/2009] -- тσηу Tony de Sa Ph: +91 832 2470 148 M: +91 9975162897 E: tonydesa at gmail dot com 'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.' -Chinese proverb
[Goanet] 5% TAX ON FOREIGN INCOME FOR NRI STARTING 2009 -10
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) [Goanet] 5% TAX ON FOREIGN INCOME FOR NRI STARTING 2009 -10 I refer to this post appeard in Goanet and a few mails received by me privately. I always considered myself NRI taxation expert. Never I remember reading about the proposal for 5% Tax on foreign income of NRIs nor I ever seen any notification from the Indian Income Tax Dept in this respect. I have a good news to all worried NRIs. Whether you vote for me or not (in the ensuing general elections) No NRI will pay Tax on their Foreign Income now 2009/2010 or next year 2010/2011 In order to impose such new Foreign Income taxes, it has to be proposed in the general budget first, allow for discussion and then implementation (if agreed by the majority) and the process takes not less than one year as new taxes, if any, are always made effective from a start of future financial year April/March. For any financial advice please come to the expert JoeGoaUk. His fees are nominal It’s only 1% of your total investments/Income* * Terms and conditions apply Note: Those written to me privately may take this as the only intimation 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
Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:16:35 + From: joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits AMBADDÉ? Mostly greener but develop yelow red hues as they rippen. AT Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3424436508/sizes/l/ Some Clues availabe in this pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3422236564/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3422237258/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/241091342/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3294977710/sizes/l/ 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 _ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us
[Goanet] God and you
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Albert writes:- We still do not try to understand that God has created you and me. The creation cannot be above the creator and therefore the Roman Catholic church itself should turn itself in the direction of the LOrd and our Master. People are disillusioned with blind faith the same which the Israel were bounded by paganism . We are victims of witchcraft, superstitious belief and idol worship. Today the Mary sydrome will not last long and the Roman Catholic Church will collapse like the pack of cards. Already there is a warning in the sky which every Catholic should see. The sunami, bomb blast, earthquakes must be taken a bit seriously. Why do you mourn! When Jesus rose from the dead, the apostles were searching in the tomb for the body when Christ made his appearence. Why do you search for me among the dead ? Has anyone see the people when they enter the church for mass or any service ? very serious. Everyone is mourning. sad faces, bored faces. The priest enters the church as a director of a company . What follows is a drama. Unless the clergy feel for honesty among themselves and search for the Lord who once told Moses I am who am!!! and unless you build a raport with God the father doomsday will be near. A time will come when we might have to run to the mountain for shelter. Mary never promissed us heaven or to reach us to the Father. _ So many new options, so little time. Windows Live Messenger. http://www.microsoft.com/india/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx
Re: [Goanet] The hunting-Marshall season...
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Marlon, I think you did cross the line, more than a wee bit, there. However, you eschewed the taint of Judas by choosing to deliver the man without subterfuge. Should that be considered mitigating a potential betrayal however unsolicited? Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, 2009-04-08 Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:42:29 +0530 From: mmendonz...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] The hunting-Marshall season... Marlon Menezes: can anyone provide me with personal details on Marshall, such as hisphone number, address etc? I would like to help him in his fightagainst the extremist hindutva forces, but posting his contact detailson various hindu forums. He can then get acquainted with these peopledirectly and stop bothering us with his paranoia. Response: In a debate, arguments ought to be met with counter arguments supported by facts, logic and reason. Resorting to tactics of intimidation and veiled threats of inciting physical violence does not speak well of the person or the forum where it was posted. Regards, Marshall _ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us
[Goanet] Furtado's music... on Facebook (a link)
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) India's oldest and best music store. The biggest distributor for musical instruments in India dealing in the worlds best brands. Indian Instruments, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Pianos, Flutes, Violins, Music Books etc etc. Located at Jer Mahal, Dhobi Talao in Mumbai. Furtados JVPD - Music Square, Subedar House, Plot No.-24, CTS No 106-A, JVPD Scheme, Mumbai-4000 49 Tel: 022-26211801 022-26211802. With branches in Pune, Bangalore, Mangalore, Panjim, Gurgaon. Contacts http://www.furtadosonline.com i...@furtadosmusic.com -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org Sent from Pune, MH, India quot;Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.quot; - Henry Ward Beecher
[Goanet] LETTER TO THE NEW C.S
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Dear Mr. Hauzel Haukhum, You have come to head the Goa Administration at a critical time in its history. Our bureaucracy, supposed to be the steel frame ,is rusted and lacking in basic discipline. The previous incumbant Mr J.P.Singh apparently had no time/ was unable to bother himself with the nitty gritty of administration . Kindly note the following: a)There is no fear of the law, rules and regulations. b)The administration is slack, no one is punished or fears consequences for dereliction of duty! c)Transparency and accountability are alien concepts. d)There is generally no action without complaint. e) Complaints are stonewalled. There is cover up and people are frustrated if they complain. f) In fact the complaint is leaked to the defaulter, and there is no one to protect the righteous citizen. g) Departments work at cross purposes, and within one compartment is unaware what the other is doing. h) Transfers of important personnel (one can understand if its for election duties) is routinely done at the drop of a hat. i) There is absolutely no handing over/taking over procedures followed, even if incumbents have plenty of time to do so.Consequently administration is in shambles. EACH POINT DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION. 2. If you could crack the whip immediately and show you mean business with your vast experience, and establish routine good administration, and we dare to hope excellence in due course, you will be doing Goa proud and our nation a great service. Thanking you, Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
[Goanet] What Fan Is This?
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) From: alfredtava...@hotmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org; goa...@goanet.org Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:42:41 +0200 Subject: Re: [Goanet] Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa Sorry Joe, the answer below is to your querry about the fan/ainó: hit the wrong button. Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:28:34 + From: joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa Are Joe baba, Te morie sollaié (solié) Muga, (dried shark-strips). Bin'na sollam amotika ugdas ailo and tonant boyenkar udkan sutlint... Alfred Konkani Tutor/help needed in London/Goa Occasionally, I do get this type of requests. This one has come from a lady from London I am quoting it below in original including the subject line etc Would some one come back on this here or write to me privately please? Thanks, Quote: Subj: Dev Tuka Boro Dis Divum Hello Joe, I hope you don't mind me contacting you direct, but I've been a silent subscriber to Goanet for a few years now and enjoy your photographic input immensely. I've been visiting Goa now for the last nine years and have made some wonderful, lifelong friends. Along the way I've picked up some Konkani, merely pleasantries etc etc. I wonder if you know of anyone in the Greater London area who would be prepared to teach a novice? Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Dev Borem Korum === 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 _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx _ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx
[Goanet] Oliver Rajamani Quintet 18th 19th of April, 2009...
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Armando invited you to Oliver Rajamani Quintet 18th 19th of April, 2009 on 18 April at 19:00. Event: Oliver Rajamani Quintet 18th 19th of April, 2009 Jazz in Goa What: Performance Host: Heritage Jazz Start Time: 18 April at 19:00 End Time: 18 April at 23:00 Where: Gonsalves Mansion -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org Sent from Pune, MH, India quot;Nothing is more powerful than habit.quot; - Ovid
[Goanet] Foot washing
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Foot washing JOE: Father, if not too late, please count me in tomorrow’s feet washing ceremony (Maundy Thursday). FATHER: OK, you are in. Infact I was looking for the twelfth one. Be there before 3pm JOE: Thanks father, I will take half day at work and will come straight to the Church. FATHER: Make sure you wash your feet properly.. JOE: What? I thought that was your job.. 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] LETTER TO THE NEW C.S
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) I too would like to be one of the signatories to this letter. Very well said. Yes, each point/dept deserve attention Mr. Hauzel Haukhum, is the new Chief Secretary of Goa who took charge as from today. Contact details Phone No's: 91-832-2419402 Fax: 91-832-2415201 Email : cs-...@nic.in Quote: [Goanet] LETTER TO THE NEW C.S John Gomes johnericgomes at yahoo.com Wed Apr 8 11:41:23 PDT 2009 Dear Mr. Hauzel Haukhum, You have come to head the Goa Administration at a critical time in its history. Our bureaucracy, supposed to be the steel frame , is rusted and lacking in basic discipline. The previous incumbant Mr J.P.Singh apparently had no time/ was unable to bother himself with the nitty gritty of administration . Kindly note the following: a)There is no fear of the law, rules and regulations. b)The administration is slack, no one is punished or fears consequences for dereliction of duty! c)Transparency and accountability are alien concepts. d)There is generally no action without complaint. e) Complaints are stonewalled. There is cover up and people are frustrated if they complain. f) In fact the complaint is leaked to the defaulter, and there is no one to protect the righteous citizen. g) Departments work at cross purposes, and within one compartment is unaware what the other is doing. h) Transfers of important personnel (one can understand if its for election duties) is routinely done at the drop of a hat. i) There is absolutely no handing over/taking over procedures followed, even if incumbents have plenty of time to do so. Consequently administration is in shambles. EACH POINT DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION. 2. If you could crack the whip immediately and show you mean business with your vast experience, and establish routine good administration, and we dare to hope excellence in due course, you will be doing Goa proud and our nation a great service. Thanking you, 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] Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) No, it not amballe. Check here it original colour http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3425191844/sizes/l/ Chek here when they are raw with tree/branch/leaves Pic no 4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/241091342/sizes/l/ Quote: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits Alfred de Tavares alfredtavares at hotmail.com Wed Apr 8 11:37:58 PDT 2009 AMBADDÉ? Mostly greener but develop yelow red hues as they rippen. Talking Photos: Please identify these fruits http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3424436508/sizes/l/ Some Clues availabe in this pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3422236564/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3422237258/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/241091342/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3294977710/sizes/l/ 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] Goa news for April 9, 2009
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Poll panel #152;disapproves of Goa chief ministers conduct - SINDH TODAY http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/84713.htmcid=1329297629ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNFaCjKxapQ3HAGE3bJYXOgpKwR-Hw *** SEZs needed to tackle unemployment in Goa: industry lobby - Thaindian.com http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/sezs-needed-to-tackle-unemployment-in-goa-industry-lobby_100177057.htmlcid=1329106573ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNGs3bOGFaOi2v52NF19pV-9o0shcw *** Drug dealer hunt in Goa after death - The Press Association ast London, was found dead in his Goa hotel room on Sunday. His live-in partner Anne Francoise, a French national, informed police they had gone to sleep in their rented room after taking heroin. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hEuSE3VXBlfvlX3TvruItQqGo40wcid=1328583565ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNF0-lCOqBpANjNel5lnClnEdduAfQ *** SpiceJet begins cargo operations from Goa - TMCnet Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has added Goa as a new destination to its existing network of domestic cargo operations. Cargo operations have always been a great source of ancillary revenue for ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-spicejet-begins-cargo-operations-from-goa-/2009/04/07/4114758.htmcid=1328937824ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNFJ8oUJLsIZYHFmWFSUTl27qS7HHw *** Iron ore exports from Goa up 15% on Chinese buying - Business Standard ich state, which contributes about 40 per cent to the overall iron ore shipments from the country, is estimated to ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/iron-ore-exportsgoa15chinese-buying/354463/cid=1328576807ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNH4gV2IJzxbavwrBAVPGZT97AhENg *** Nokia Airtel Promo With Abhay-Raima Wins Bronze At Goa Ad.Fest - Planet Bollywood.com irtel ad featuring Abhay Deol and Raima Sen has broken the clutter and won the Bronze at the Goa ad fest. Airtel is always known for making ads which leave an impression on peoples mind. Their last ad featuring Madhavan and Vidya Balan was ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=n040709014311cid=1328461526ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNFGWjtekcv23lRfPfFMwEc03kHKiQ *** We want power and funds by right : BJP panchayati raj cell - Times of India mes of India, IndiaPANAJI: The panchayati raj cell of the Bharatiya Janata party will demand the withdrawal of the amendment to the Goa Panchayati Raj Act being made to empower the panchayat secretaries and which will reduce the powers of the elected representatives. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/We-want-power-and-funds-by-right--BJP-panchayati-raj-cell/articleshow/4377132.cmscid=0ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNEmU2V29mBLPvEBNkvWWOc3m5zi9Q *** Influx of migrants must be stopped: Shiv Sena - Times of India mes of India, IndiaPANAJI: There is injustice everywhere but only we in the Shiv Sena raise our voice although we have neither an MLA nor an MP in Goa. That is why people should vote for us and give us a chance to prove our performance, said Upendra Gaonkar, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Influx-of-migrants-must-be-stopped-Shiv-Sena-/articleshow/4371833.cmscid=0ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNEl3lwh1gXf-_KyaEQC15oK1BpqYg *** Goan liquor seized - Times of India mes of India, IndiaMANGALORE: Officials of excise department on duty at Anamod check point in Joida taluk of Uttara Kannada district late on Tuesday detected an attemptto smuggle in Goan liquor into Karnataka. K Bheemappa, joint commissioner (excise), Mangalore division ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mangalore/Goan-liquor-seized/articleshow/4376535.cmscid=0ei=ezPdSYjLFoHoQq_PwI0Kusg=AFQjCNEeFJOTCQ6HkT0Q_dtTqcZSWxq3ag *** Mystery over Georgian queen\'s relics at Old Goa continues - Times of India mes of India, IndiaOLD GOA: Scientists have conducted a DNA analysis on bones believed to have been relics of Georgian queen Ketevan preserved in St Augustine's complex at Old Goa, but the mystery continues as a matching analysisof her other relics
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Time erodes memories -- rediscovering the Goa we all forgot (Victor-Hugo Gomes)
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) TIME ERODES MEMORIES: REDISCOVERING THE GOA WE ALL FORGOT By Victor-Hugo Gomes victor.h.go...@hotmail.com The author is in the process of setting up a new museum in Benaulim, called the Goa Chitra. It looks at the Goa of the yesteryears, and what made it so different. While collecting the agricultural implements that forms the major display at Goa Chitra, I realized that Goans were losing much more than historical artifacts -- they were losing evidence of their forefather's wise lifestyles. Our heritage, just not our culture, had a system of self-rule called the gaunkaris, which is thought to have originated in the 1st century B.C. These were primarily agrarian societies. The principal role of these local governing bodies was to maintain and upgrade land quality, protect fishing ponds and waterways, and maintain an intricate system of embankments (bunds) that protected reclaimed land known as khazans, from inundation by saline tidal waters. This system produced not only an effective means to administer the communal lands but developed intricate and ecologically sound system of agriculture. It utilised both fertile and barren lands for the benefit of its people. Farming methods were based on the prevailing season and the quality of the soil. Agricultural activities and techniques were adapted to suit the soil, rainfall, level of solar radiation and other elements of nature, a process referred to as gott and loosely translated as photoperiodism. Farming implements were carefully and intelligently developed to suit soil types and with a healthy respect for the environment and animals that ensured that the system was sustainable and ecologically sound. Over the years the gaunkari institution went through various phases of transition and its evolution in each phase was dependent on the ruler of that time. But never in our history was this system ever tampered with. During the Portuguese colonization it came to be known as Communidades. Being part of this rich heritage, it saddens me that today the Communidade system is completely undermined. Land conversions both illegal and legal have led to large development projects with scant regard for sustainability and severe degradation of the eco system. Lesser recognised but equally devastating is the loss of hundreds of years of accumulated wisdom in agrarian practices, the rich tradition of implements, tools, arts, crafts and heritage of our ancestors and their sensitivity to the environment. The conception of Goa Chitra -- a museum that is currently taking shape in Benaulim -- is based on many dynamics. One amongst them is my love for Goa. The other is combating daily criticism whether my investment has been futile. What energies the project are stories that I encountered while on this sojourn. Each implement has a tale woven with the fabric of our rich history. FROM THE DHANGAR OF NETURLI On my many visits to Neturli (Netravali), I encountered an implement with the Dhangar community that looked like a sieve. It was beautifully crafted and had seen many years of work. It lay in a corner near the Gotli, a fence made from sticks called Corvam. I was instantly drawn to it. I wanted to acquire it. Following my gaze, the dhangar Baburam, who was proudly displaying his herd, seemed reluctant to part with it. On inquiry I learnt that the cane woven basket was known as Dhali that was used to heat Nachni (Millet) during monsoon. It was kept on a wooden frame called Ottu to heat nachne before processing. This implement was last used in the early 60's. Dhangars are nomads who travelled and camped near hilly areas. They would clear a 50 to 100 sq mts patch of natural forest and then burn it on site to provide natural manure. The land was then cultivated, usually with coarse grains like zonlle and nachne (millet), their staple food, for a period of one to three years. Than it was abandoned and the cultivators moved on to another patch of forest. They would return to cultivate the same area only after a period of 15-20 years, which would give the land sufficient time to regenerate. This is referred to as kumeri farming. Many of the implements they used for such harvest were indigenously designed keeping in mind the land, environment and their animals. Though the Portuguese wanted to stop this practice in Goa, their policy remained largely on paper as no
[Goanet] Mystical experiences in Goa
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: If you and cloistered Carmelite nuns can have the same kinds of mystical experiences when your brains are stimulated then Dr. Beauregard and Fr. Ivo are going to endlessly claim that you may have been a Carmelite nun in your previous incarnation and are moving backwards on the path to Rama:-)) Mario, By Jove, I think you've got it! Mystical experiences can be elicited by a variety of natural means in normal people. Besides electrical stimulation there are other artificial means of evoking them. Indeed, there is a treasure trove of psychedelic literature on mystical experiences that people have had in Goa. Here is a nice description of one such experience: QUOTE Visualize yourself dancing for hours without interruption, overflowing with bliss. Suddenly, that, which you've believed until than represented reality to you, explodes into a world of psychedelic imagery and leaves you within swirling energy patterns, that appear everywhere throughout matter. And when the world starts to glow, you've somehow recognized the symbols, that lead to specific reactions and caused an entire universe to tremble into pieces, unfolding itself anew from within. The world and the suffering of the body are swallowed by a raging kundalliny, down into a silent abyss of darkness. That, which lies beyond death holds the space for the suns of our souls to shine forth in limitless freedom. After you've passed through the gateway of your delusory fears and have surrendered all false self images to the ONE among the many, you gladly exchange your entire life for that one eternal moment you've just experienced! In fact, it would be a worthless life without having starred into the eyes of eternnces will carry you directly into the arms of the infinite. Once tapped into the ultimate and formless life-potential, that exists within each of us, anything one imagines, creates itself instantaneously by thought. That's why it works that when through certain sounds and/or subliminal messages memories are retrieved, one (re)lives certain experiences and/or (re)learns from them. Generally it is good to live through as many incarnations as possible during a night of dance, before arriving at sunrise, hopefully unified. Once purified, you can join in the dance of the celestial beings within the kingdom of the ultimate and enjoy the freedom of existing anywhere, anytime simultaneously. You can enter the universal mind-lattice once your body/mind is completely relaxed, transparent. It happens the moment pure energy moves through you. It moves you! Through the vibrating sound movements in the music with the golden light that opens the door to the galactic insight, you can travel far across and throughout space. Boundaries of time dissolve and unfolding entities present themselves as an opening to the interface, to carry you in between dimensions, free of personal intentions. UNQUOTE More later. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) On 23rd of April the electorate of Goa gets to exercise their franchise to send two MPs to the Lok Sabha. Over the last few years there has been a total breakdown of governance in the State with soaring levels of corruption. Digambar Kamat’s only priority has been to safeguard his chair at the cost of the State. It has been virtually the Bombay High Court at Goa that has been bringing solace to Goa’s Aam Aadmi by keeping a check on the mounting illegal and unconstitutional decisions taken by the Government. Goa has been a witness to public demonstrations almost every day. The Congress government has been bringing out people to the streets. So the forthcoming election is an opportunity to teach a lesson to a party that does not respect people’s wishes and aspirations. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
[Goanet] Your pictures on Flickr
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Hi Frederick Would love to see and appreciate your pics, but can't access Flickr from here. Can you post on another site? Thanks Louise
[Goanet] Goans got stuck into Brit colonialism
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) In East Africa both British and Portuguese the Goans showed their marketability. Therefore the powers there employed them. Instead of encouraging young Goans of today with the virtues possessed Fitz is apologising. One wonders for what? Is it bad to be honest? With the goodwill created isn't it easier for young Goans to get jobs around the world? Even in Bombaim Goans were employed for similar virtues as described by Fitz. I have heard comments from both blacks and whites about Goans and they say that we are different from those of the sub-continent. BC Fitz De Souza, former deputy Speaker of the Kenyan parliament, says Goans formed the backbone of the British colonial administration in East Africa, and suggested they could have been more critical of White colonialism in the 'dark continent'. Speaking here during a function last weekend, the Kenyan lawyer and ex-politician, said, You may not like what I'm going to say. But Goans in fact were the backbone of the British administration in East Africa. Britain could not have ruled Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania without the Goans. The Chief Secretary and Cabinet were only Europeans, the district commissioners were from Oxford or Cambridge. But the army of clerks -- from district clerks, to prison clerks and law clerks -- came from Goa, he said. They had a lot of power in that country. Anybody could not open a shop or get a gun license without a Goan's approval, he said. He criticised the British for their complete racism, and said it was they who planted the idea that Goans are not Indians, but Portuguese and that Indians were crooks and thieves while the Goans were honest.
[Goanet] Daily Grook #370
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) DAILY GROOK #370 __ COW KNOW-HOW __ by Francis Rodrigues eat lotsa grass today to get a milky ooze, that's the best whey to go, if we chews! _ puns word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _ _ Experience all of the new features, and Reconnect with your life. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650730
[Goanet] Democracy and the Small Car - must read especially in the Goan context!
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) *Democracy and the Small Car The political role of the small car is as important as its environmental impact. * Economic Political Weekly April 4, 2009 vol xliv no 14 The collapse of public transport in the past few decades has been a stark feature of almost all urban areas in India. Significantly though, this matter has only found tangential reference in public discourse through issues like urban air pollution. Independent India has witnessed a sixfold rise in its urban population, and even though urbanisation remains low by the standards of the industrialised countries, close to 300 million of our citizens live in urban areas. It is important to realise that in order to thrive cities are crucially dependent on easy and inexpensive mobility of its residents over its urban space. Unfortunately, like other public infrastructure, public transport has been grossly neglected by city administrators, state and central governments, and this neglect has impacted the urban poor the most. The ability to travel within the city is essential to actualise the economic and cultural potential of the place. Residents need to travel for work, for education, for socialisation and for procuring the needs of daily life. The more the areas of the city are within the easy reach of a particular citizen, the further her potential ability to increase choices of work, residence, consumption and socialisation. Increase in either the time or money required for such travel proportionately reduces the urban citizen’s ability to participate in civic and economic activities of the city and thus impacts adversely on her. As cities have expanded and distances within each urban space have increased manifold, the ability to travel these distances has reduced. The public transport in cities which independent India inherited was slowly allowed to wither away. The older metropolitan areas still retained a rudimentary public transport system based on buses but these were built on truck chassis and were never enough to handle the growing demands on public transportation. The emergent cities and semi-urban areas were largely left to depend on “innovations” which were mostly diesel machines fitted onto a locally assembled chassis of three or four wheels known by different names in different parts of India. All in all, public transport in urban India has been a disaster – overcrowded, slow, unsafe and often, unavailable. It is in this context that one needs to view the growing numbers of private vehicles, both two-wheelers and cars. In 1951 there were five private vehicles for each bus in India but today there are 80 private vehicles for each bus. Not only have municipal administrators and governments neglected public transport, they have actively subsidised private transport through fiscal, administrative and planning measures. Road tax on buses, even when calculated on the basis of passengers carried, is 10 to 12 times that on cars. In a city like Delhi, buses only use 5% of the city’s roadspace but carry close to 60% of its travelling public, while cars and two-wheelers ferry only 20% of its population but hog threefourths of its roads. Ultimately then, the neglect of public transport shows itself as a class issue where investments in urban mobility – flyovers, parking lots, wider roads, smaller pavements, etc – are all focused on easing the mobility of the middle classes in urban India. The orchestrated media campaign against faster and safer bus services through the Bus Rapid Transit corridors only indicates the strength of class interests seeking to mould urban transport systems. It is in this twin context of the centrality of mobility to urban living and the collapse of urban public transport that the popularity of the recently launched Tata Nano should be understood. It is worthwhile to remember Ratan Tata’s oft repeated statement that the inspiration for the Nano was the struggling middle class family perched precariously on a two-wheeler. Such a family, while owning personal transport, would welcome an improved public transport system which would enable them to travel in the city in comfort and safety. By enabling them ownership of a car, the Nano secures this archetypal family firmly to the interests of that class which hogs the privileges of the class-divided road. It would be a mistake to take no notice of this political function of the Nano. The Nano, despite its overt sympathies for the underprivileged road user, will only further skew the class divides which fracture our cities, apart from increasing pollution and
[Goanet] Shark skin
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents) Can anyone get me some cured/dried shark skin please. I can do the curing bit myself. It is to soften the edge off of brushes for inking woodblocks. BTW, you can also grind wasabi on it. venantius
