[Goanet-News] NEWS: Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins (Economic Times)
Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins 16 May 2009, 1359 hrs IST, IANS Print http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4539081.cms?prtpage=1 http://ad.in.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2%7C3AEE%7C0%7C0%7C%2a%7Ca;214094634;0-0;0;35940541;31-1%7C1;31131442%7C31149318%7C1;;%3fhttp://www.emailwithease.com EMail javascript:void(0) Discuss Share javascript:void(0) Save javascript:showdivlayer(4539081,'topdiv'); Comment http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4539081.cms#write Text: PANAJI: Goa re-elected both its sitting MPs with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning one each of the two Lok Sabha seats in the state. The common characteristic in the victories of both the candidates - Shripad Naik (BJP) and Francisco Sardinha (Congress) - were their massively depleted margins as compared to their last wins. Naik won the North Goa seat with a margin of 6,471 votes, a startling drop from the massive margin of nearly 58,000 votes in the 2004 elections. Sardinha, who was elected to parliament from South Goa during the 2007 by-poll, has retained his seat with a lead of 12,516, a far cry from his earlier margin of 40,902 votes. While Naik's rival Jitendra Deshprabhu (NCP) has already conceded defeat, a technical snag in one electronic voting machine (EVM), which has 462 votes clocked in, has kept the Election Commission from officially declaring the results of the North Goa constituency. Naik polled 131,775 votes and Deshprabhu got 125,304. The detailed break-up of votes polled as per assembly segments will be available only by evening, election officials said. Speaking to reporters, Deshprabhu said the contest with Naik was a healthy contest. It was a good fight. I am grateful for all the Congress workers and leaders who supported me. I will introspect and see where I went wrong. Chief minister Digambar Kamat described the Congress victory in South Goa as a victory of Congress party policies.
Re: [Goanet] Media Priorities: On Goa Being an Unsafe Place
Hello George, What you say is true Fish and other foods have become expensive. Our own NRIs are a cause as well. They just pay whatever the Fish seller asks because they can afford it whereas the local goan may not afford it.No doubt tourism has brought some level of prosperity to some sectors butr along wiuth it has come associated evil such as paedophilia, Aids and STDs as well. The unfortunate problem is that the govt officials are all not committed to the state but to themselves and are busy filling their pockets as fast as possible.Even at the Sarpanch level this is true.Unless we get a young bunch who are well educated entrepreneurs at govt level with a commitment to make GFoa a proud state that it once was and still is, we will have to bear with all the momsense that goes on around us. Godfrey Rasquinha Dubai UAE - Original Message From: George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com To: Goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:04:24 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Media Priorities: On Goa Being an Unsafe Place Hi Godfrey So far there has been no will shown by the powers-that-be to make Goa a safe place for tourists or to vigorously pursue justice (Scarlet). It is true that a decline in tourism will affect livelihoods but on the other side locals will benefit. Fish and other foods will be less expensive for locals if tourism declines. Currently, a pomfret can be around Rs 150/- at the Siolim tar if available. How many locals can afford this? It is a livelihood versus lives connection. Even if livelihoods related to tourism will be impacted, the benefit of saving domestic and foreign tourist lives by not coming to Goa is a benefit. Not to mention the adverse impact on the ecology/environment and rampant illegal construction created to support the influx of tourists, some of whom stay on and the migrant labor which supports the influx. I think tourism to Goa needs to discouraged for a number of reasons stated above, until a sustainable development plan can be implemented. Right now, it seems the worst of every aspect is allowed and the local Goan is made to suffer. Why should local Goans suffer because of tourism and the tourist be at risk of crime at the same time. George
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Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0
Joe-bab, I don't think so. --- On Fri, 5/15/09, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2INC - 0 To: goa...@goanet.org Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 11:37 PM Score BJP - 2 INC - 0 Just got a phone call saying BJP won both seats. But the ECI website http://eciresults.nic.in/ is not working since morning saying srver too busy. 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] Thanks for People of India For giving clear lead to one formation.
Thanks for people for India for ging clear lead for one formation instead of hung parliament. Congratulation to Congress for getting 200 Parliamentary seats. Now we can hope that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh can take clear cut decisions for good of India. Shrikant Vinayak Barve Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] GOACAN organises LPG Consumer Rights Awareness action in Margao.
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be better informed CONSUMERS. -- -- GOACAN organises LPG Consumer Rights Awareness Action in Margao -- The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) as part of its ongoing LPG Consumer Rights Fortnight held an awareness action at Margao with the participation of consumer forum volunteers from South Goa. Displaying banners and distributing information slips to the consumers the Forum volunteers emphasised the importance of the LPG consumers reading their rights and writing their complaints. The volunteers briefed the LPG consumers that they are entitled to get home delivery of the gas cylinders for Rs. 334.52 inclusive of transport charges for the first 5 kms. They were also informed that transport charges of Rs.1/- per km could be collected from the consumer only if the delivery of the cylinder is beyond 5kms as per the guidelines of the Directorate of Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs. Many consumers were unaware that such a facility is the right of consumer and agreed to book for the refill of the cylinder with the concerned LPG dealer instead of waiting on the road with the empty cylinder. LPG Consumers were also pleased to know that when they book a home delivery for a refill, a computerised bill is issued giving the name address of the consumer which is delivered alongwith the cylinder. Some consumers were critical of the Central Govt. for fixing the price of the Cylinder at Rs.334.52 as this resulted in them paying Rs.335/- which meant 48 paise extra per cylinder refill. This might seem a small amount but considering that there are a near three lakh LPG consumers in Goa the outflow from the consumers is almost Rs.1,50,000 per month. The volunteers also briefed the consumers that since the domestic LPG cylinders supplied in Goa contains 14.2 Kgs, the cylinder weight can be checked by the consumer at the residence at the time of delivery as every transporting vehicle is provided with a mobile scale by the Petroleum Companies. Majority of the consumers were unaware of the importance of the bi-annual mandatory safety check of equipment that needs to be done at the residence of the consumer on payment of Rs. 40/- only by the authorised mechanic of the Petroleum Company. The Forum volunteers further informed that such a safety check ensures the validity of the insurance cover provided to the consumer by the Petroleum Company and consumers must be alert to stop unauthorised persons from conducting such checks and duping the consumers. The Forum Volunteers also provided consumers with safety literature prepared by HP Gas Bharat Gas and impressed upon them the importance of using only Suraksha LPG Hoses at their residences. Meanwhile GOACAN has appealed to LPG Consumers to write their complaints if any in the authorised complaint book of the Petroleum Companies provided at every dealers showroom and send copies of the same by post to GOACAN Complaints Cell, Post Box 187, Margao Goa 403 601 or by email to goa...@bsnl.in. -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK -- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa -- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: goa...@bsnl.in --
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Totapuri Message: 8 Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 01:28:46 + (GMT) From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [Goanet] What variety of Mangoes are these? To: goa...@goanet.org Message-ID: 988379.17068...@web25906.mail.ukl.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 What variety of Mangoes are these? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3534208879/sizes/l/ We called it 'Belgaumche Ambe' Whereas some call it Bombil or bombe or Bomboimche ambe These mangoes usually arrive in Goa mid May and available through out the monsoon June/July/Aug Also, seen this variety grown in Goa too When kids, we remember stoning/stealing these raw mangoes from a bhatkar compound. Raw mangoes taste sweet (not too much sour like any other raw mangoes). We often said it is like 'Katlecho' (Coconut). Any one? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3534208879/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] Flying Indians, Flying Goans.
Roland Francis wrote (May 14 ) : ''Would Goanetters please share their own experiences '' Well, it was on the 18th November, 2004, my wife and I were travelling by BRITISH AIRWAYS from Boston to London on our way back to Mumbai. At about 9.00 pm Boston time, a male steward appeared with 2 dinner packets. On being asked why he was serving us before other passengers he bluntly told us it was vegetarian food which we did not ask for our tickets clearly showed non-vegetarian food. This East ender just shrugged off his shoulders as if nothing else he could do but we should swallow the British concoction of vegetarian food.. We refused and made him take back those two packets and that was the end of it. Just before landing in London I told the Chief Stewardess about the incident so she placed in our hands a sheaf of papers to jot down our complaint. We refused as we did not wish to beg for a third rate British meal. Antonio
[Goanet] Smoking Gun for Iraq war
The Saddam and Al Qaeda alleged links and training. The source of the information which led to the disastrous Iraq war? Answer: False information obtained by Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Please read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/mr-cheney-you-did-not-kee_b_203013.html
[Goanet] Why can't the Catholic Church shake free of a 200-year-old conspiracy theory? - By George Johnson - Slate Magazine
Goanetters, All about Pope Benedict, Our Lady and Angels and Demons. http://www.slate.com/id/2218430?wpisrc=newsletter rubygoes
[Goanet] Goan Delegation Meets new Ambassador of Kuwait H.E. Ajai Malhotra
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Goan Delegation Meets new Ambassador of Kuwait H.E. Ajai Malhotra Wednesday, May 7th. 2009 will be a red letter day for the Goan Cultural Centre when a delegation from the Executive Commitee paid a courtesy visit to accord a grand welcome to the H.E.Ajai Malhotra, the newly appointed Ambassador of India to the State of Kuwait. Goan Cultural Centre is a popular Goan NGO in Kuwait dedicated to the promotion and flourishment of charitable, educational, cultural, sports and social welfare activities among the Indian in general and Goans in particular in Kuwait. In a very warm and cordial exchange of greetings and views, H.E. Ambassador Malhotra emphasised that the Indian Embassy would extend full assistance and cooperation to the different Indian organizations in Kuwait for the realization of the aims and objectives that have been outlined in the interest and for the benefit of the Indian expatriate community in Kuwait. The Goan delegation came in for a surprise when H.E Ambassador Malhotra told that he once had an occasion to visit the beautiful Indian State of Goa and that he was highly impressed by the architectural structures of the temples and churches. H.E. Ambassador Malhotra had also a word of praise to the great hospitality of the people of Goa. Popular musical and Goa State award winning troupes like Kepemchim Kirnnam, Members of Goa Assembly (Vidhan Sabha), Top Konkani singers, mimicry artistes, musicians and comperes have graced Goan Cultural Centre’s cultural and food festival programmes, summer queen gala events and annual Christmas Tree programme which is always a entrance free for children and their parents to share in the happy tidings. At the end of the session, the Goan delegation as the registered Goan NGO with the Embassy of India-Kuwait expressed its gratitude and appreciation to H.E.Ambassador Malhotra for his valuable time despite his extremely busy schedule and wished him a pleasant abode during his tenure in Kuwait. Picture shows (L-R): Ms.Felia Afonso, Head of Social Cell; Casimiro Afonso,Vice-President; Carmo Santos,Chairman; H.E.Ambassador Ajai Malhotra; Ms.Trupti Marshall, General Secretary; Suresh Naik,President and Ms.Carrie Santos, Head of Educational Cell. (As published by ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009 with photo) Also as reported in http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/newsindetail.asp?2463=22021 Goa World http://ishare.rediff.com/music/Classical/goemkar-remmie-colaco/420382 www.colaco.net www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/ The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
[Goanet] Mumbai's tiffin-technology heads for the New World
A PIECE OF INDIA IN USA AND CANADA! It's tiffin time! On the heads and bicycle racks of an army of delivery men, more than 200,000 shiny tiffin boxes course like quicksilver through the grotty streets of Mumbai each day. Like clockwork, these stackable metal pots arrive at the desks of the city's hungry office workers at 12:45 pm precisely. Considered the world's most ingenious meal distribution system - a recent Forbes magazine survey found that only one in six million deliveries is misplaced - the century-old tiffin lunch delivery network is integral to the cultural life of Mumbai. And now, from Boston to Burnaby and from Calgary to Cambridge, the tiffin is taking off across North America, with Metro Vancouver leading the way. On Granville Island, Curry 2 U proprietor Shaffeen Jamal says the tiffin trend is going gangbusters. When I first started I was maybe doing 50 a week, he says. Now I'm doing 1,250. At the popular South India restaurant Chutney Villa on Broadway at Main,Vancouver restaurateur Chindi Varadarajulu says she's just ordered in another shipment of tiffin carriers to keep up with demand. You're sick of the finger food, you're sick of the pizzas and the sandwiches, this is a healthy - and tasty - option, says Varadarajulu, who now offers lunchtime delivery and corporate catering a la tiffin. A lot of customers will buy a tiffin for their leftovers. Others will come in just to buy the empty containers, she adds. I've had to order another 250 from India .. they're so popular. In Calgary, Aly Ramji has named his restaurant after the cylindrical aluminum containers. Tiffin Curry and Roti House has just doubled its presence in the city on the strength of its lunchtime Tiffin Club, with a food court outlet at Mount Royal College expanding on the original restaurant on 28 Street SE. It's picked up incredibly, says Ramji, originally from Vancouver . Our tiffins are pretty unique too, they come in a thermos container - being from Calgary , the winters are cold here and we want your food to be hot! The tiffin is a remarkably simple concept. Originating with the British Raj in 19th Century India - the word 'tiffing' in antique English means to eat between meals - the tiffin typically comprises three or four separate hot and cold insulated compartments. In India , they are also called dabbas, and are delivered every lunch hour by some 5,000 dabbawallahs (literally, box carriers) in Mumbai alone. Typically, they contain rice in one compartment, Dal or curry in another and other items in the third or fourth tiers such as naan, vegetables or a dessert. Just this month, the tiffin arrived in the U.S., with a leading restaurant chain specializing in Indian cuisine launching 'Tiffin Meals,' a new home and office meal delivery service in Boston and Cambridge . With a click of a mouse, patrons now can order quality, home-style Indian food every day for lunch, the Boston based One World Cuisine restaurant chain said while launching the service patterned on Mumbai's dabbawallah carriers. The launch of Tiffin Meals allows us to better serve our customers, whether in our restaurants, their homes or their offices, said Amrik Pabla, president of the One World Cuisine group. But unlike his counterparts in Metro Vancouver, who refill their customers cleaned tiffins at a considerable discount, Pabla serves up his Indian food in disposable, microwavable plastic containers. Varadarajulu firmly believes that it is the green factor of the reusable aluminum tiffin carriers that will firmly entrench the tiffin trend here. The biggest reason it will take off is the environmental reason, especially in Vancouver , she says. We recently catered to a group of 75 at a government office. Can you imagine, if they weren't ordering the tiffins, these people would have had three plastic containers each - that's a lot of plastic. Both Ramji and Jamal concur. We draw a lot of people who want to be environmentally friendly and are aware of the waste that's involved in plastic lunch containers, says Ramji, who has a degree in environmental sciences and has always been conscious of the problems we're facing. Adds Jamal: I used to put 100,000 foam plates into the landfill every year. Now, I've put in a dishwasher that cost me 3,000 bucks and that is it. The idea is I want you to think green, be more responsible, and also buy your loyalty by asking you to come back to refill your tiffin. Varadarajulu says she is not surprised the time-honoured tiffin is making a mighty comeback. India is the cool thing, she explains. People are looking to India for the next thing, whether it's movies, travel, music, spirituality, or food...
[Goanet] NEWS: Cumbharjua EVM snag, but BJP's Sripad Naik has clear victory margin (Dajiworld)
*Saturday, May 16, 2009* *1:59:52 PM (IST)* Panaji: North Goa Lok Sabha Result on Hold */By Our Special Correspondent Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji/* *Panaji, May 16:* The results for the North Goa (Panaji) Lok Sabha seat were kept on hold after one of the electronic voting machine (EVM) developed a technical snag. Election officials stated that EVM from Cumbharjua constituency with 462 votes developed technical problem during the counting. But the results available so far as given clear victory to BJP candidate Sripad Naik against his nearest rival Jitendra Deshprabhu of NCP. Naik is leading with a margin of 5893 votes in the constituency. The sitting MP and former union civil aviation minister for state Sripad Naik would get the hatrick from the constituency, once he is declared elected, officially. NCP, which fought the election in alliance with Congress, could not make much dent despite the firm support of leaders like Vishwajeet Rane, who had assured whopping margin in the five assembly constituencies. BJP managed to get retain its traditional bastions of Mandrem, Bicholim, Mapusa, Siolim, Saligao, Porvorim and Panaji. Deshprabhu, congressman-turned-NCP candidate, polled fair in the assembly constituencies of Pernem, Poriem, Thivim, Aldona and Calangute, which are traditionally Congress-NCP bastions. Accepting the defeat even before official announcement, Deshprabhu said that it was a close fight. “I am thankful to all the voters who supported me. All the congress-NCP leaders worked for me but somehow I could not sail through,” he added. BJP’s Sripad Naik said that he managed to get the victory beating the anti incumbency factor, which always rules in the elections. “This is historic victory especially because it’s a hatrick for me,” he said thanking his voters.
[Goanet] Shripad Naik makes history with hat-trick in Goa
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Shripad Naik makes history with hat-trick in Goa Shri. Shripad Naik Lok Sabha MP Office: 2444510, 2444088 Residence: 2425301, 2422669 Address: Vijayshree, H. No. 111, St. Pedro,P.O. Velhagoa - 403 402 Goa. Email: Date of Birth 4th October, 1952 Place of Birth Adpai, Ponda Taluka Spouse's Name Mrs. Vijaya Shripad Naik Children Three sons Educational Qualification B.A. Permanent Address Vijayshree House No. 111 St. Pedro, Old Goa - 403 401. Present Address 7, Raisina Road , New Delhi-110 001. Positions Held 1984-1993 Sarpanch, Village Panchayat Durbha 1988-1990 General Secretary, BJP, Goa Pradesh 1990-1995 President, Bharatiya Janata Party 1994-1999 MLA, Madkai Constituency and Leader of BJP Legislature Party 1990-2000 Member of National Executive, BJP Elected to 13th Lok Sabha, Panaji Constituency 1995-1996 Public Accounts Committee Committee delegated legislation. 1999-2000 Standing Committee on Transport Tourism Consultative Committee on RDA Committee on Absence of Members from Sitting of the House 2000-2004 Sworn in as Union Minister of State First in the Ministry of Agriculture And then in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Minister of State for Finance Extra Curricular Activities Holder of NCC 'C Certificate Best Cadet Best Shooter Kabaddi and Volleyball State player Best Swimmer Social Cultural Activities Chairman, Shikshan Prasarak sangh Durbhat Sharada English High School, Durbhat, Goa. Member of Managing Committee of Educational Institutions Founder, General Secretary, sai Prarthana Mandir Trust, Ribandar, Goa. Member, Mandovi Education Society , Betim Member Old Goa Education Society, Old Goa. Member, Probodhan Education Society, Porvorim, Goa. Chairman, Sumangal Urban Society, Durbhat, Ponda, Goa Founder General Secretary, Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad President, Vidhyarthi Nidhi, Goa President, Goa Rife Association Member of Adpai Yuvak Sangh http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/profile.php?memberid=41 Goa World http://ishare.rediff.com/music/Classical/goemkar-remmie-colaco/420382 www.colaco.net www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/ The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
[Goanet] NEWS: Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins (Economic Times)
Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins 16 May 2009, 1359 hrs IST, IANS Print http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4539081.cms?prtpage=1 http://ad.in.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2%7C3AEE%7C0%7C0%7C%2a%7Ca;214094634;0-0;0;35940541;31-1%7C1;31131442%7C31149318%7C1;;%3fhttp://www.emailwithease.com EMail javascript:void(0) Discuss Share javascript:void(0) Save javascript:showdivlayer(4539081,'topdiv'); Comment http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4539081.cms#write Text: PANAJI: Goa re-elected both its sitting MPs with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning one each of the two Lok Sabha seats in the state. The common characteristic in the victories of both the candidates - Shripad Naik (BJP) and Francisco Sardinha (Congress) - were their massively depleted margins as compared to their last wins. Naik won the North Goa seat with a margin of 6,471 votes, a startling drop from the massive margin of nearly 58,000 votes in the 2004 elections. Sardinha, who was elected to parliament from South Goa during the 2007 by-poll, has retained his seat with a lead of 12,516, a far cry from his earlier margin of 40,902 votes. While Naik's rival Jitendra Deshprabhu (NCP) has already conceded defeat, a technical snag in one electronic voting machine (EVM), which has 462 votes clocked in, has kept the Election Commission from officially declaring the results of the North Goa constituency. Naik polled 131,775 votes and Deshprabhu got 125,304. The detailed break-up of votes polled as per assembly segments will be available only by evening, election officials said. Speaking to reporters, Deshprabhu said the contest with Naik was a healthy contest. It was a good fight. I am grateful for all the Congress workers and leaders who supported me. I will introspect and see where I went wrong. Chief minister Digambar Kamat described the Congress victory in South Goa as a victory of Congress party policies.
[Goanet] Earlier trends... BJP had been declared leading... and Congress fear of internal damage
[This was an earlier trend. The Congress has since been declared winner in South Goa. --FN] BJP leading in both seats in Goa 16 May 2009, 1138 hrs IST, IANS Print http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4538408.cms?prtpage=1 http://ad.in.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2%7C3AEE%7C0%7C0%7C%2a%7Ca;214094634;0-0;0;35940541;31-1%7C1;31131442%7C31149318%7C1;;%3fhttp://www.emailwithease.com EMail javascript:void(0) Discuss Share javascript:void(0) Save javascript:showdivlayer(4538408,'topdiv'); Comment http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/BJP-leading-in-both-seats-in-Goa/articleshow/4538408.cms#write Text: PANAJI: Early trends in Goa Saturday indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in both Lok Sabha constituencies of the state, bringing some cheer to the party that was on a downturn, as indicated by national voting trends. While BJP's former union minister of state for finance and sitting MP Shripad Naik led from the North Goa seat by 9,775 votes from his nearest Nationalist Congress http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/BJP-leading-in-both-seats-in-Goa/articleshow/4538408.cms# Party (NCP) rival Jitendra Deshprabhu, the party's Narendra Savoikar was leading in the South Goa seat - which used to be a predominant Congress stronghold - with a slender margin of 800 votes ahead of his Congress rival Francisco Sardinha, at the end of three rounds of counting. While the BJP polled 36,556 votes in North Goa, the NCP - which is contesting in Goa in alliance with the Congress - has polled 26,781 votes in the same constituency. The usual political fanfare around the counting centres located in Panaji and Margao is missing this time round in view of instructions from the Election Commission of India which has directed strict security arrangements. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/BJP-leading-in-both-seats-in-Goa/articleshow/4538408.cms * * * [NOTE: Results have since been announced, BJP in North Goa and Congress in South.] *S Goa: parties edgy* *HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MAY 15* Internal ‘sabotage” by some party leaders has come to haunt the Congress in its traditional bastion in South Goa Lok constituency, with just less than 24 hours to go for counting of votes.While the BJP apparently is keeping its fiingers crossed, unsure about the extent of the so called damage that would cause harm to the Congress prospects. Indeed, the Congress camp has taken the “damage” factor into account, while saying that party candidate, Francisco Sardinha will scrape through with a small margin. Sardinha himself admits that he would win the polls, but with less margin. The reason for the perceived small margin according to Sardinha is that some party leaders did not work for the success of the party.“I will win by a less margin. The margin may come down to 15-20,000 votes. I admit that I will not get the same margin like in the bypolls”, he said. Admitting that everyone talks about the damage done by Congress leaders, Sardinha, however, exuded confidence that the so-called damage would not damage his electoral prospects. “May be some leaders tried to do the damage. But, the Congress would win”, he added. His rival candidate, BJP’s Narendra Sawaikar feels the poll results would be a close affair, saying it can go either way. But, he also exuded confidence that he has the better chance towin the seat this time. “People only talk, the BJP flag will once again fly high in South Goa. I too believe I will win by a small margin”, he said. Sawaikar’s confidence comes against the backdrop of sabotage by many Congress leaders. “No. If we win, we will win on a positive note. We are not bothered about the damage or sabotage within the Congress camp. We are very positive about BJP’s positive agenda for south”, he added. Notwithstanding Sawaikar’s denial of the fact that the BJP is banking on the internal damage caused to the Congress from within the party fold, all eyes are focused on the crucial taluka of Salcete, which is expected to decide the fate of the Congress candidate. Congress leaders say the party should have a smooth sailing if the damage factor fails to work against Sardinha. Party leaders also hope that the battle is not one sided in favour of the BJP in Sanguem, Canacona and Ponda talukas. While the counting of votes would decide the fate of Sardinha and Sawaikar, it will also give an insight how much the UGDP succeeds in making a dent in the Congress’ traditional stronghold of Salcete. http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=21774cid=2
[Goanet] GOAN WELFARE SOCIETY AGM NOTICE- 2009
Dear Members, Attached is the AGM notice scheduled for Friday 29th May 2009 at the Goan Gymkhana. For and on behalf of the GWS Joyce
[Goanet] Congress takes South Goa, Shripad Naik wins in North
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Sardinha,Shri Francisco Constituency : Mormugao(Goa ) Party Name : Indian National Congress(INC) Father's Name Shri Caetano Sardinha Mother's Name Smt. Rosa Maria Menezes Date of Birth 15.04.1946 Place of Birth Curtorim, Distt. Salcete (Goa) Marital Status MARRIED Date of Marriage 23 May 1976 Spouse's Name Smt. Columba Sardinha No. of Sons 3 Educational Qualifications B.Sc., B.Ed. Educated at Chowgule College, Bombay University (Maharashtra) profession Educationist Permanent Address Curtorim, Salcete, Goa - 403 803 Tels. 2786282, 2786955, 2456192, 9822198222 (M), 9423886900 (M) Present Address AB-90, Shahajahan Road, New Delhi. Tels. (011) 24642366, 9822198222 (M) Position Held 1977-1994 Member, Goa Legisative Assembly 1980-1994 Cabinet Minister for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Civil Supplies, Education, Irrigation, Rural Development, Science and Technology, Finance, Power and Planning, Goa 1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs 1998-1999 Member, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committee-I on Power 1999-2000 Chief Minister, Goa 1999-2007 Member, Goa Legislative Assembly Leader of Opposition 2005-2007 Speaker, Goa Legislative Assembly November 2007 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha in a bye-election 5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs Public Distribution Special Interests Sports and games Favourite Pastime and Recreation Music, reading and watching sports (including Dirreo)! http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3914 Goa World http://ishare.rediff.com/music/Classical/goemkar-remmie-colaco/420382 www.colaco.net www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/ The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
[Goanet] Son'varachim Sungttam: Cheddvam-ostoreanchea monant kitem xizta konn sangot?
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Son'varachim Sungttam: Cheddvam-ostoreanchea monant kitem xizta konn sangot? -Jose Salvador Fernandes Khubxe pavtti mhonnlolem aikolam – Devak khuim tin gozali khobor nant. Poili, Don Bosko Sonvsthe kodde itlo duddu khuincho, dusri gozal Jezvit Sonvstheche padri sumara bhair huxar koxe, ani tisri, cheddvam-ostoreanchea monant kitem xizta. Oi! Cheddvam-ostoreanchea monant kednam, kitem xizot ani xizta tem sangunk bhouch, bhouch moskil. Pondra-solla vorsam fattli gozal. Moddganvchea Gandhi markittant gel’lom. Sanjechea chear vorancho vell zal’lo. Markittant modinch lokacho ek vhodd zomo. Konnak kitem zalem kai mhonnit hanvuim tea zomeant bhorti zalom. Polle zalear kitem? Att-tis-cheallis vorsanche pirayechi ostori roddtali. Ani zomo zavn ubo aslolo lok tiche churchure kortalo. Hanvem ekleak vicharlem, “kitem zalem tika? Kiteak roddta ti?” “Bazarak ailole kodden tichem khuim pakitt marlem.” Magic show-acho kitem item chuktolea vori tannem mhojea tondda kodde pollenastana, te ostorecheruch nodor thiravn sanglem. “Atam mhaka ghov tapoitolo…… bazarak mhunn tannem mhaka satxim rupia dilole…. bagantuch dovorlole…. konnem tori bag chorun vhelem…. Atam ghora vochunk mhoje kodde poixe nant… hanv kitem kortelim?,” oxem ulovn ti ostori hunddkea-hunddkeamni roddtali. Tichem roddop pollevn mhojem kalliz matxe hal’lem. Matso movall’lom. Monant mhonnlem hanv mhunn kitem korunk xoktam? Bolsant bazra itlech duddu ghalun ailolom…. Tantuntle tika dile zalear, bazrak unnem zaunche nasle? Mhoji konnuch naslole te ostorecho itlo husko kortana, tea zomeantlo eklo-i monis tika koslich – duddvanchi vo suchovnnechi – mozot korunk fuddem soronaslo. Ti ravun-ravun tich-tich gozal sangtali ani porot-ui roddtali ani thoim hajir aslolo zomo tiatr pollelolea vori tichem ‘acting’ polletalo. Monant mhonnlem, avoi zait ti mhoji. Mhoji-i avoi oxich oddchonnek sampoddloli zalear tika-i konnem adar diuncho oxem mhaka dischem naslem? Zaum, konnachi tori avoi astoli ti. Punn xevttim mhojech avoi sarki avoi nhoi ti? Dekun, ek doyall kornni korum-ia mhonnit hanv fuddem sorlom ani tichexim vochun sanglem, “tuje kodde ghora vochunk poixe nant nhoi? Chol, mhoje kodde iskuttor asa, hanv tuka vhorun pavoitam.” Aplea dolleantlean vhanvtolim dukham hatantlea lensak puxit tinnem “dev borem korum baba” oxem hanvem mhonnlem. “Tum khuinchi?” Hanvem tika proxn kelo. “Kunkolle, Kombantli.” Tinnem babddeponnan zap dili. “Chol tor, hanv tuka pavoitam.” Hanvem tika ghora pavoupachem aiteponn dakoilolem pollevn tichea mukhamollar matso uzvadd ful’lo. Ti mhojea fattafatt cholun yeunk lagli toxi, nigtoch tiatr sompun ghorche vattek laglolea porim thoim zomlolo lok aple vattek laglo. Tika pavounche khatir Moddganvchean Kunkolleche vatter astana ti ostori mhaka, “atam mhaka ghov tapoitolo…… bazarak mhunn tannem mhaka satxim rupia dilole…. bagantuch dovorlole…. konnem tori bag chorun vhelem….. hanv ghora kitem sangtelim? Bhirant dista…..” “Bhiyeum naka…. Oxem khubxea zannank ghoddta. Thoddeo gozali amchea hatant nastana ghoddtat. Atam te satxim rupia chorun vhele mhunn ami kitlo-i vell-kall mathear hat dovrun boslear te duddu amkam kitem porot melltole? Atam asum-di, te gozali vixim chodd chintum naka.” Hanvem tika moral support divpachem anik ek borem kam’ kelem. Fuddlim tin-chear minttam amche modem ubem zalolem moneponn moddche khatir, hanvem tika vicharlem, “ghora bhurgim asat dista nhoi?” “Oi re baba, tankam yetana khavnk haddtelim mhunn sangun hanv ghorantlean bhair sorlelim. Punn….” Tinnem aplem ulovp purem korunk na khorem, punn tichea tea ulovpan mhojea kallzak anik-ui churchurailem. Monant mhonnlem, bazar faleam korcho; hi ghora pavche poilim tichea bhurgeam khatir vatter kitem-i ghevn ditolom. Ani uprant, oxeoch gozali korit ami Kunkolle bazarant pavlim tednam tinnem mhaka apunn zavn, kaklut dispa sarkea tallean sanglem, “baba, bhurgeam khatir chear ‘ice-cream’ ghevn dita? Lhan-lhan bhurgim mhojim, maim khavnk haddteli mhunn axevn ani dolleant tel ghalun vatt pollet ravtolim.” Adinch tichea ani tichea bhurgeam khatir movall’lelem kalliz mhojem atam anik-ui movall’lem. Hanvem iskuttor sttendar kaddli. Moneamnich, att-dha panvlanchea ontrar aslolea dukonar gelom ani chear ‘ice-cream’-iechim kopam eke potient ghalun ghevn ailom. Ti poti tichea hatant dili. Skuttor chalu keli ani Kombant vochpachi vatt dhorli. Kunkolle thavn Komba veche vatter astana ti ek-ui utor ulovnk na. Mhaka-i tem kainch vegllem disonk na. “Tujea ghora vochpacho rosto khuinchean to mhaka sang, sarki ghora vhorun pavoitam.” Zalear titlean tinnem mhaka kitem mhonnchem? “Tum mhaka hangach denvoi. Ghora kodde yeum naka. Ghorant konn na. Lokan tor pollet zalear, lok mhojeo khobro pordesant aslolea ghovak pavoitolo. Tum porot voch.” Oxem ulovn ti fottfottit, choriam koxi cholot geli ani ek-dusrea ghorachea addosak nanch zali. Hanv tika
[Goanet] Best Wishes to Goa's PWD Minister Churchill Alemao
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Shri. Churchill Alemao Best wishes to Goa's PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on his 60th birthday, today, 16th May 2009. May the Almighty God bless you with good health and cheer, always. Kuwait Goan Association (KGA) Managing Committee, Members Players Date of Birth May 16, 1949 Place of Birth Varca Positions Held Past Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa in November 1989; Became the Chief Minister of Goa from March 27 1990 till April 14, 1990; Nominated Cabinet Minister from April 1990 till December 1990 portfolios held were Tourism, Irrigation, Sports and Youth Affairs and Official language; Member , Committee of Petitions 1991-92. In the year 1994 elected from Benaulim constituency. Elected as Member of Parliament from Mormugao constituency. Again in 1999 elected from Benaulim Constituency to the Legislative Assembly and was the Minister for Industries, Tourism, Irrigation and official languages. Current Vice President of Congress Party, President of Varca Sports Club, President of Goa Employees Congress Trade Unions; President of All Goa Trawlers Association; Vice President of Goa Football Association, Vice President of Sports Authority of Goa; Chairman of the Governing Body of the Sports Authority of Goa; President of State Advisory Committee of the N.S.S.; Chairman of the Advisory Board for effective implementation of the Goa, Daman and Diu official Language Act. 1987; Member of Goa State Committee on Environment; For the first time in Goa a Goan - Shri Alemao was nominated as Patron in the Rovers Cup Committee; Interest Areas Special interests Football, Volleyball, Cricket and also to build up football, Volley ball and cricket. Languages known English, Konkani, Hindi and Marathi. Hobbies Sports and fishing http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/profile.php?memberid=40 Goa World http://ishare.rediff.com/music/Classical/goemkar-remmie-colaco/420382 www.colaco.net www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/ The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
[Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0
Sorry guys I was wrong. My apology. After reading a post saying BJP leading is both constituency, 10 minutes later I got a phone call to say BJP won both seats. I asked him several times and he says yes and that he saw it on TV doodharshan showing BjP 2 Cong 0. I post that post at around 10.15 and I left to attend a 50th wedding aniversary mass/celebrations. At 12.30 I found out I was wrong from the gatherered guests there. Time now 3.30pm Next time I would be more carefull. Goa score: BJP 1 INC 1 Shripad Sardin are the winners. Lesson learnt: Next time don't say anything unless you are 100% sure. In my case I was only 90%
[Goanet] Slumdog kids back on the street
Name and fame lasts but for a short while. Azharuddin, the boy from the slums of Bombay who played a leading role in the movie Slumdog had his 'home' demolished by the municipal authorities. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Slumdog-kids-back-on-streets/articleshow/4529434.cms
[Goanet] Xed'do
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3534359463/sizes/l/ In xastti we call 'Xil'lo' What about you? When kids, we were after them to kill and then crucify them. 'Te Devak eddaitai' 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] Xed'do
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3534359463/sizes/l/ In xastti we call 'Xil'lo' What about you? When kids, we were after them to kill and then crucify them. 'Te Devak eddaitai' and we believed that.. 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] RESULTS DAY IN INDIA
Lots of news to read over on this webpage. Results day in India http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8051847.stm In pictures: Congress celebrates in India http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8053261.stm Olga Maciel _ View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/
[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO: Making organic farming a peoples movement in Goa.
- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO - Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 22nd May from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa Goa. TOPIC: Making organic farming a peoples movement in Goa. SPEAKER: Miguel Braganza - horticultural consultant. We invite you to express your viewpoint by attending the Friday Balcao event but if you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by post to FRIDAY BALCAO Post Box 78, Mapusa 403 507 or by email to goad...@bsnl.in best wishes, Roland Martins --- Don't miss out on the discussion. Information is power, Share it equitably. Lets make things happen in Goa !! --- GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto:goad...@bsnl.in -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy =
[Goanet] The Goanet Hugo Chavez Award
FN wrote: [1] Incidentally, Robert Mugabe is today considered the pariah of the 'international community'. We've seen the impact on the Zimbabwean economy etc Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 13:07:33 -0400 From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com FN does not tell us if he (FN) too admired him and on what basis? Mario adds: Of course Fred admires Mugabe based on how he blames the impact on the Zimbabwean economy on the international community, not on old Robert the Red and his retrograde economic and social policies. Nooo! Tyrants are perfectly OK with Fred:-)) Either that or he mentioned Mugabe in a discussion of Marlon because Marlon reminded him of Mugabe:-)) I don't know about you, but I can surely see the resemblance:-)) Jose wrote: I don't what it is about these Goa Journos. Mario responds: Now, now, Jose! No broad brushes, please. Remember what I wrote about you just a couple of days ago when I was advising another dotor:-))
[Goanet] On Orissa
Just now I read a report on the net, titled: 'Many Kandhmal victims alive'. The link is: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Many-Kandhmal-victims-alive/article show/4511671.cms I think the important part of the article is: Explaining the wide gap between its own and Cheenath's toll figure, the state said: The petitioner's list included the names of RSS activists -- Dhanurjaya Pradhani, Ajit Kumar Mallick and Prabhat Panigrahi -- allegedly killed by naxalites. Further, 10 persons, declared dead on Cheenath's list, were found alive, the state said, adding the archbishop's list also included three persons killed in police firing as well as two policemenField inquiries from tehsildars and local police about missing names from the official list of those killed during the riots revealed that in 10 cases, persons are still alive, in 25 cases persons have died because of chronic and other medical problems, in 12 cases reference/history of persons with reported names could not be traced in villages mentioned against their names, and in two cases villages mentioned could not be located, the Patnaik government said. I wonder why it is necessary to exaggerate, and resort to lies, to make one's case. Clearly there seems to be a dangerous agenda in all this. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Science links Religion and Health
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 17:14:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com Conclusion. Church attendance appears to be beneficial for maintaining cognitive function of older persons. Church attendance moderates the impact of clinically relevant depressive symptoms on subsequent cognitive function. Mario observes: As an older person who attends church every Sunday, I am delighted to read this scientific conclusion, though I thought it was my cognitive function that was leading me to go to church - not the other way around:-)) Now I can't wait to see the results of a similar study that examines the effects of regular attendance at one's bridge club on one's cognitive function:-))
[Goanet] Goanet Fidel Castro Award
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:57:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Marlon Menezes Basically, what Mario is saying below is that people who happen to be muslims are different from the rest of humanity and that only the christians (apparently only those in the US qualify) have the task and ability of doing what is right. Mario responds: No, basically that is not what I am saying. What I AM saying is that the US has led efforts to liberate millions of Muslims in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, whereas Marlon and the entire left wing worldwide has supported the tyrants who oppressed them. What about this does Marlon fail to understand? Marlon wrote: With faulty, if not bigoted logic like this, is it any wonder that this is the same Mario that was preaching the threat of global cooling some time ago, or who claimed that Saddam was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the US? Mario responds: Since I was able to show that it was Msrlon whose logic was faulty, I can now show that his memory is also faulty as I said no such thing about global cooling or made any claim that Saddam was responsible for 9/11. These are all blatant calumnies that Marlon tries to proffer from time to time, showing that either his motives are scurrilous or his memory is failing fast. Marlon wrote: With Mario suggesting that all muslims as being morally deficient, with Marshall fear mongering about hindu fundamentalists hiding behind every pixel in cyberspace and with Nasci name calling all non-christians as belonging to uncouth cultures, the seeds of Goanet's Mario-Marshall-Nasci axis of evil is being set! Mario responds: I have no idea what Marshall or Nascy have said and they can answer for themselves. However, chances are that Marlon is subjecting them to the same slander he is subjecting me to when he falsely accuses me saying that Muslims - whom I defend - as being morally deficient, while he continues to support the brutal tyrants that oppress them, whom I have called morally as deficient as those who support them. Since Fred has edged out Marlon for the Hugo Chavez Award for staunch support for tyrants above and beyond the call of duty, Marlon is now the leading candidate for the Fidel Castro Award for left wing propaganda above and beyond the call of duty:-))
Re: [Goanet] OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS
Averthanus L. D'Souza wrote: OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS. Averthanus L. D'Souza. Here are statements in the above article that are totally absurd, illogical and/or false: Either there IS a God or there is no God. Richard Dawkins should make up his mind which. Saying that there is probably no God only exposes his own ignorance and dim wit. What kind of logic and rationality allows one to conclude that someone is a dimwit just because he does not possess absolute certainty about the truth or falsity of a faith-based belief? They claimed that the use of condoms reduced the chances of the spread of AIDS - in complete contradiction of all the studies which show that AIDS is spreading even faster, in spite of (and maybe because of ) the widespread use of condoms. The claims that AIDS is spreading even faster is utterly bogus. The implication that condom use is not at all effective in preventing AIDS is equally false. The truth is that global AIDS incidence is declining. The prevalence is declining or leveling off in most countries, including those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Condom use, while certainly not 100% effective, is in part responsible for these declines. After many years of battling this dreaded disease, the medical establishment came to the realization that it should place far more emphasis on the prevention of the disease, rather than on curing it. The purely medical approach to malaria has been conclusively proven to be inadequate. This is one of the most ridiculous of false dichotomies I have ever read on Goanet. Prevention is a medical approach. Without specific medical knowledge about the cause of a disease, how would one know what to do to prevent it? How would we adopt measures to get rid of mosquitoes in the case of Malaria? What is even more absurd is the author is oblivious of the fact that condom use is a preventive measure against AIDS, even in cases of monogamous relationships wherein one of the partners has already been infected with HIV? Read in its proper context, Pope Benedict's observation makes eminent sense and deserves the appreciation of everyone, including self-professed atheists and men of medicine, who often refuse to see beyond the point of their noses. The claim made by the Pope that condom use even aggravates the problems, as far as AIDS is concerned, is demonstrably false. School children who are just beginning to mature are encouraged to experiment with sex. . Now even unnatural same-sex activities are been promoted. The above claims are hyperbolic and false. Nobody is actively promoting sex among school children or same-sex activities. It is not at all surprising that the distortion of sex has resulted in many medical and sociological (and psychological) diseases. A rhetorical statement that is not supported by any factual evidence. There are many who will vociferously defend homosexuality as being natural but unless they can demonstrate that heterosexuality is abnormal, they will fail to be convincing. An illogical statement! Whether homosexuality is natural, unnatural or supernatural has no bearing on the fact that heterosexuality is natural and normal. That homosexuality is a normal natural variation of sexuality has been demonstrated by countless studies. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] Glaucoma: Prevention - MayoClinic.com
Glaucoma prevention tips. Con http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/glaucoma/DS00283/DSECTION=prevention
[Goanet] Study suggests salt might be 'nature's antidepressant' | Science Blog
Is Salt Nature's Anti-depressant??? Con http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/study-suggests-salt-might-be-natures-antidepressant-19352.html
Re: [Goanet] Flying Indians, Flying Goans
My dear Mervyn, Uncharacteristically, you appear to have jumped the gun wrt Roland's statement.. Roland is quite right. Jet Airways does not have to reserve posts for the so-called 'Scheduled Castes and Tribes'. Neither does the other good airline in India i.e. Kingfisher. One can know that just from reviewing company policies and advertisements for vacancies. good wishes jc [1] Roland Francis wrote: Jet Airways crew are all Indian but all obviously well selected. No scheduled castes and scheduled tribes PREFERENCE there (the bane and curse of Air India once upon a time!). [2] Mervyn Lobo noted: Roland, I find it fascinating that you can announce that Jet Airways does not have any scheduled castes or tribes on its crew. How are you able to do this? Are you able to discern the scheduled castes by: 1) Their professional training? 2) Their poise? 3) The service they provide? 4) Their resemblance to Barrack Obama?
[Goanet] Mahaquizzer 2009 -- now in Goa!
The annual all-India open quiz competition Mahaquizzer, organised simultaneously in 12 cities across India by the Karnataka Quiz Association, will be held in Goa for the first time on the 24th of this month. Read all about it here, and do forward this to anyone who might be interested. In particular, we need to get the information out to school and college students. Prizes will be awarded in each city for the Best Quizzer, the Best Woman Quizzer, the Best School Quizzer and the Best College Quizzer. Event: Mahaquizzer all-India open quiz Venue: Hotel Manvin, 5th floor, Souza Towers, Opp Municipal Garden, Panjim Date: May 24, 2009 Time: 9.30am to 11.30am Warm regards, Aniruddha -- Beware of dogma. Trust in dogs. Aniruddha Sen Gupta House no 912, Philips Cottage, Near Damian de Goa Showroom, Bairo Alt, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa 403 501 Tel: 0832-2415449
[Goanet] The People Have Spoken - ....Fr. Cedric Prakash, sj (16th May, 2009)
The People Have Spoken The People Have Spoken! - Fr. Cedric Prakash* The people of India have once again spoken! In an unprecedented and totally unexpected result, they have voted back to power (and in a very decisive way), the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Today, is indeed, the triumph of Indian Democracy! Whilst there is naturally, plenty of cheering among various sections of the people, on the one hand and back room analysis on the other, what is evident is that the people of the country have also given the UPA a life-line. This life-line is a mandate to complete unfinished tasks and also perhaps to tackle head long those responsibilities that they were afraid to touch during the past five years in office. These would include: a.. to ensure that the Constitutional rights and the freedoms of every single citizen of the country are guaranteed and protected. b.. to lessen the widening gap between the rich and the poor, caused by lop-sided and anti-people development projects. c.. to closely monitor the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, (specially in States like Gujarat which has paid scant attention to this important initiative for the rural poor). d.. to widen the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) in an effort to stop corruption and for greater transparency in public life. e.. to put into place immediately a law against Communal Violence and ensure that the powerful and vested interest including politicians are brought within the purview of this law. f.. to translate the Right to Food Campaign, into very concrete action where the poor have access to timely and good quality food supplies. g.. to ensure the independence of the Judiciary, the CBI, the Election Commission and other Statutory bodies providing them with the motivation and the freedom to exercise total impartiality. h.. to legislate as soon as possible on Compulsory Primary Education and the Reservation for Women in Parliament. The UPA has a clear task cut out before it. The people of India have truly spoken out loud and clearly! It is definitely a vote for change, a vote for a better India. If the UPA fails to live up to the expectations of the people, they may not be given another chance. So jago re now! (*Fr. Cedric Prakash, sj is the Director of Prashant, the Ahmedabad-based Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace) 'PRASHANT' (A Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace), Near Kamdhenu Hall, Drive-in Road, Ahmedabad 380 052, Gujarat, India Tel: 079 66522333 / 27455913 Fax: 079 27489018 Email: sjprash...@gmail.com www.humanrightsindia.in 16th May, 2009
Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0
Joe-bab, hell will freeze over before South Goans elect BJP. And please, BJP supporters, HJS supporters, RSS church-goers, don't write to me personally. I'm not interested in your narratives especially about the HJS. Hell will freeze over before you convince me that any of the above are good for the country. proud shastikaan, selma --- On Sat, 5/16/09, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2INC - 0 To: goa...@goanet.org Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 5:09 AM Sorry guys I was wrong. My apology. After reading a post saying BJP leading is both constituency, 10 minutes later I got a phone call to say BJP won both seats. I asked him several times and he says yes and that he saw it on TV doodharshan showing BjP 2 Cong 0. I post that post at around 10.15 and I left to attend a 50th wedding aniversary mass/celebrations. At 12.30 I found out I was wrong from the gatherered guests there. Time now 3.30pm Next time I would be more carefull. Goa score: BJP 1 INC 1 Shripad Sardin are the winners. Lesson learnt: Next time don't say anything unless you are 100% sure. In my case I was only 90%
Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0
Dear Selma, If my memory serves me right, Salcete did elect a BJP - a few years ago - before the Modi and co came on the scene. It is my belief that IF the BJP had kept Modi away from Goa, it would have still won the North Goa Seat, and stood a good chance of giving the Congress a good fight in the South - esp as Matanhy was there to divide the Sashti votes. Additionally - Vajpayee was and still is a different person that Advani. At least ...so sayeth the masses of India. All I can say is I hope the Congress learns from the criticism and does better than last time. And yes nice to see that the Commies got 'sorted out' ...and sent to the corner to 'Go behave themselves. jc == Selma Carvalho wrote: Joe-bab, hell will freeze over before South Goans elect BJP. proud shastikaan, selma
[Goanet] Kuwaitis mourn the missing in Iraq
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Kuwaitis mourn the missing in Iraq Kuwaitis say their missing loved ones will not be forgotten After Iraqi troops occupied Kuwait in August 1990, hundreds of Kuwaitis and nationals of other countries went missing. The Iraqis were forced out by an international coalition in February the following year, but as the BBC's Christian Fraser reports from Kuwait City, many people have still not been found. Ahmad Esa Matar remembers all too clearly the day the Iraqi soldiers took his 17-year old-boy. They came early in the morning, he said. Six o'clock, while Khaled was still in bed. Nineteen years later, the day is fresh in the memory and still painful to recount. I saw him later that day, in the prison, said Ahmad. He was tired, they had beaten him around the face. He cried when he saw us. He said he thought he'd be killed. That was the last time I saw him. Does Ahmad think about that day a lot? Too much, he said. Every day - for 19 years. I have a missing brother and a cousin who was found and DNA identified. How can I ever have any sympathy for the Iraqis? Iqbal Relative of missing Kuwaiti Khaled's body was recovered from a mass grave in Samawa in Iraq in 2004. He had been blindfolded and shot in the head. But the return of the body for burial in Kuwait has helped Ahmad and the family to start rebuilding their lives. There are plenty of other families in Kuwait who are still clinging to the hope that their loved ones might yet return. Iqbal still waits for her brother Amman - even though she knows deep in her heart that he is dead. Hope is what drives me on, she said. It keeps me strong. But it also twists the agony. I hate the Iraqis for what they have done, she said. I have a missing brother and a cousin who was found and DNA identified. How can I ever have any sympathy for the Iraqis? It is thought that all the prisoners of war were executed within three days of Iraq's withdrawal in February 1991. Saddam Hussein's henchman Ali Hassan al-Majid - otherwise known as Chemical Ali - had ordered that they should be buried in mass graves in different provinces of Iraq. Retrieved and identified We started with 605 missing Kuwaitis or third country nationals, said Ibrahim al-Shahin, Vice President of the National Committee For POW Affairs. Now we have retrieved and identified the remains of 236 people, who were brought from mass graves in Iraq and buried in Kuwait. There is no sign of hundreds of Kuwaitis who went missing The remaining 370 or so are still open files with the International Committee of the Red Cross, listed as missing until it is proved they are dead. The Kuwaitis have built a museum in memory of those who were killed. Around the walls are the portraits of all those who went missing. A piece of black tape has been stuck across the corner of some frames, signifying those who have have been found and returned. Adel al-Abduljader from the Committee for POWs showed me around the museum and the photographs of the mass graves they have excavated. The sites were identified from information supplied by coalition forces and the Iraqi authorities. They are pictures that echo the horrors of the Nazi death camps. 'No mercy' The prisoners were lined up and ordered to kneel, blindfolded, said Mr Abduljader. And then they were shot twice in the head. Women and men together. No mercy. Identification of the remains can provide some comfort for the relatives Each row was covered with a thin layer of sand before the next victims were brought forward. The job of identifying the remains is now in the hands of the Ministry of Interior's Criminal Evidence Department. In one case, where three brothers were found in the same grave, they carried out facial reconstruction to identify the remains. Each set of bones is given its own number, said the deputy director of forensic evidence, Brigadier Dr Fahad al-Dosari. The number corresponds to a date and place where the body was found. These are the sites we have excavated so far - Samawa 89 bodies, Karbala 78, Ramadi 25, Amarah 33 and Kuwait 2, he said, going through his list. On one occasion a doctor who was working with us identified his brother from the bones we had found. But the team has not returned to Iraq since 2005. The information from the Iraqi government has dried up and it is dangerous to travel without guaranteed protection. The Iraqis set fire to Kuwaiti oil wells when they withdrew We would go back tomorrow, said the Brigadier. We have all our tools. We have our team. We are ready. The Vice President of the POW committee, Ibrahim al-Shahin, accuses the Iraqi government of dragging its feet. We feel the new government in Iraq should really look at this matter more sincerely. We hear a lot from them in meetings about how they are also the victims of Saddam. We understand that. But we tell them that we are dealing
Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0
OK Goanet punters (you know who you are), Since I seem to have won the Rs 500 per wager with regards to the correct guess of: South Goa - Congress North Goa - BJP I give you two choices of what to do with your losing bet: Send it to the Assgao Church in your name or Send it to the charity of your choice in your name. Regards, Roland. -- Roland Francis http://roland-torontogoan.blogspot.com +1 (416) 453.3371 --- On Sat, 5/16/09, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Goa score: BJP 1 INC 1 Shripad Sardin are the winners.
Re: [Goanet] Konkni's Twins
Dear Wilsonbab, Many thanks for your kind and thoughtful words. Readers are a writer's only strength. Fully agree that our Catholic youngsters need to pick up Devanagri for better competitiveness at the national level. Particularly in the central Civil Services (IAS, IFS, etc.) -- which have not seen many Goans after some great lights from the ICS days and even after 1947. A cousin of mine (born and brought up in Madhya Pradesh) is in the rank of Addl. Secretary to Govt of India/Chief Secretary to a big state, though currently on deputation with a UN body. Do hope to write on Konknni some time again and will surely echo your point -- without the use of the word 'Catholic' of course! Else I'll have all the Hindu Brahmins pouncing on me again at Goanet :-) Regards and best to you, v - Original Message - From: Wilson Coelho wilson_coe...@hotmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:25 PM Subject: [Goanet] Konkni's Twins Dear Mr. Faleiro, Have been a silent admirer of your esteemed postings and the knowledge that you share. I do fully subscribe for your views and opinion expressed. I wish to add that Devnagiri must be given due importance due to the fact that the script will help particularly the catholics to learn Hindi and be something at all India level i.e to rise and shine in the Indian cadres and not confined to Goa. We need effective and qualified Goan administrators and not be ruled by others. It is for sure Devnagiri will help our sons and daughters to outshine at all India level. With all my best wishes Wilson Coelho
Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0
JC, The North Goa seat did go to the BJP. The South seemed likely that it might go to BJP but something similar happens all the time. My father has this story to tell of back in them days when the MGP thought they would win in the South. The counting started, and they were ahead, the celebrations began in earnest. Then ofcourse came the thick of the thick, the deep of the deep South. Petoi uzok. Not one vote was lost. Congress was truimphant. This scenario is repeated I suspect every election. The South is still a Congress bastion. My only problem is, will we now have a bull fighting ring right next to the Old bus prassa. best, selma --- On Sat, 5/16/09, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0 To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 10:02 AM Dear Selma, If my memory serves me right, Salcete did elect a BJP - a few years ago - before the Modi and co came on the scene. It is my belief that IF the BJP had kept Modi away from Goa, it would have still won the North Goa Seat, and stood a good chance of giving the Congress a good fight in the South - esp as Matanhy was there to divide the Sashti votes. Additionally - Vajpayee was and still is a different person that Advani. At least ...so sayeth the masses of India. All I can say is I hope the Congress learns from the criticism and does better than last time. And yes nice to see that the Commies got 'sorted out' ...and sent to the corner to 'Go behave themselves. jc == Selma Carvalho wrote: Joe-bab, hell will freeze over before South Goans elect BJP. proud shastikaan, selma
Re: [Goanet] Goa Score: BJP - 2 INC - 0
Selma Carvalho: JC, The North Goa seat did go to the BJP. Dear Selma, I did not expect North Goa to go anywhere else - not in 2009. However, as my earlier post noted: Salcete (South Goa) did elect a BJP - a few years ago - before the Modi and co came on the scene. My comment was in response to this from you to JoeGoaUK (who appears to be an anonymous BJP supporter). You, Selma noted that hell will freeze over before South Goans elect BJP It is my understanding that in 1999, Ramakant Angle (BJP) was elected as the MP from South Goa. In 1998, Aires Rodrigues (whom I liked immensely till he became what he is today) suggested in a trans-Atlantic telephone call that I join him and work to elect the BJP in South Goa. I suggested to him then (i.e. 1998) that politicians are users. They are not the type of company educated individuals should keep. I also suggested to Aires that the BJP would use him and dump him - as soon as his usefulness is past. Anyway I have digressed. All this to suggest that in 1999 Hell (not even the extremely filthy and slumified Margao gardens) froze over after Ramakant Angle (BJP) was elected from South Goa. jc
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[Goanet] G’bye Goa: Kols/Kunnbis -- HERALD (Goa), May 17, 2009
G’BYE GOA: KOLS/KUNNBIS By Valmiki Faleiro The last major pre-Aryan group to settle in Goa were the Kols. They followed the Asuras from Chota Nagpur and, on arrival, subjugated them to lord over the land. Asuras were milder people. Kols were fierce, a “semi-savage” hunting tribe. (‘Kol’ means wild pig.) The tribe name ‘Kol’ got corrupted to ‘Kul,’ ‘Kulvadi,’ ‘Kulmi,’ ‘Kulambi’ and ‘Kunnbi.’ Kols were sub-grouped as Velips, Zalmis and Gaunkars – actually occupational caste names, also common among Asuras/Gawdas. Velips handled religious affairs, Zalmis handled other specific tasks, while Gaunkars, regarded more intelligent, took up farming, hunting and assorted survival activities for the community. Rev. John Wilson thought ‘Kunnbi’ comes from ‘Krishmi’ (tillers of land; also plough.) German anthropologist Gustav Oppert denounced the theory and said ‘Kunnbi’ came from ‘Ku’ (mountain), hence a mountainous tribe that originated in South India, where indeed they are known as ‘Kurumbars.’ Rest of India, Kunnbis are found in Maharashtra, Gujarat and pockets of north India. They tilled land, by the slash-burn-cultivate system (‘Kumeri’), yet in use in hilly areas of hinterland Goa. And cropped cereals like millet. Like earlier Asuras/Gawdas, their tools and implements were of wood or stone – pointed, sharp-edged or blunted, as per need. Units of measurement of produce – by weight or volume – like Kudov, Khandi, Kumbh, revolved around the numbers 12 and 20 – like 20 smaller units made a single larger unit (viz.- 20 khandis equal one kumbh.) Note the Ks in Ku, Kunnbi, Kurumbar, Kumeri, Khandi, Kumbh! Once regarded a sub-caste of Marathas, Kunnbis considered themselves just below Dhangars, but superior to Molvolls (washermen) and Nhavi (barbers.) At their weddings, a barber would wash the feet of the bridal couple and apply vermillion to the guests while a washerman would spread a clean cloth for the couple to sit for the ceremonies on the ground. End of the day, the washerman and barber would carry the child bridal couple on their shoulders, dancing to music by Mhars. Kunnbis, including Christian, shun pork (save a wild boar) and beef, if not so scrupulous about a plump bandicoot or a monitor lizard. They were mostly vegetarian. Kols worshipped the Earth Goddess, represented by the anthill, ‘Roen,’ renamed ‘Sateri’ and ‘Bhumika’ after her capture by Indo-Aryans. They also worshipped trees like the ‘Peepal’ and ‘Vod’ (and, perhaps in acknowledgement of the status of original settlers, the ‘Kel’ tree of Mhars, but in the lowest rung of their female deity hierarchy.) Other deities worshipped were Mahamaya and Ravalnath, and those of earlier tribes – Betal, Nagesh, Navadurga and Mallikarjun. Saptakoteshwar was a deity of the Velips. They also worshipped the dreaded tiger, as deity ‘Vagro.’ A temple to ‘Vagro’ was demolished by the 16th Century Portuguese in Utorda, Salcete. It was Kols who first followed the twin-deity cult of ‘Gram Dev’ (village deity) and ‘Kul Dev’ (family deity.) They conducted religious affairs by themselves, no latter-day Brahmin ‘bhats.’ They offered fowls in sacrifice – a white rooster for the Sun God, red or black one for other deities, including ‘Chando,’ the Moon God. Billy goats were also sacrificed. They did witchcraft (‘Ghadiponn’) and human sacrifice. Outright sacrifice was later toned down to hanging men from wooden stakes, with iron hooks pierced into the back (as in Madkai-Ponda) or rapidly rotated from a wheel (as in Poinguinim-Canacona.) The blood- letting was banned by Gov. Joaquim Fernando Pestana on Dec 6, 1844. Another custom. If a pregnant woman died, her legs were broken and the body taken out of the house not through the main door, but through a hole punctured into a side wall (resealed immediately after the cremation.) The path to the cremation ground was then strewn with thorns and, by way of abundant caution, millet was strewn along the way – all because, if the dead one (the poor ‘Alvatin,’ despite her broken legs) overcame the thorns on the way back home, she would slip and fall on the millet. And even if Alvatin overcame that, she would find no way inside the house, because the passage by which she had left was now only a blind wall! P.S.: Margao activist Siddarth Karapurkar asks (Herald, 10 May) if fish from sewage- contaminated Xelpem lake is fit for human consumption. If pigs that feed on we-know- what are safe, why would Xelpem fish be otherwise? My thought. (ENDS.) The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=330 == The above article appeared in the May 17, 2009 edition of the Herald, Goa
[Goanet] Independents fail to find favour in polls in Goa
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)
Independents fail to find favour in polls
Two independents in the fray in North Goa and six in south Goa fared poorly and
lost their deposits as they failed to curry favour with the
electorate as in the past Parliamentary elections.
Two lone female candidates in each of the two constituencies, Martha D'Souza in
Panaji and Smita Praveeen Salunkhe in Mormugao segments were among independents
who failed to cross the 4,000-vote mark.
In North Goa, Martha D'Souza, polled the highest among independents in both
constituencies 3,219 votes while the other independent Narcinva Surya
Salgaonkar polled 1,529 votes.
In South Goa, Hamzaz Khan polled the highest, 2,536 votes while Mulla Salim
mustered 1,771 and Jawahar Dias 706, Derrick Dias 679 and Francis Antonio
Fernandes 547.
In the past, it was only Roque Redualdo Antonio da Costa, an independent who
contested the Mormugao seat in 1971 and bagged 44,156 votes in South Goa, who
nearly upset Erasmo de Jesus Jack Sequeira. The UGDP nominee who garnered
58,401 votes, was the only party candidate among five independents then.
Among other independents who had fared well but failed to make the mark in 1971
in Mormugao were Monju Balkrishna Naik Gaonkar who polled 8,833 votes which
remains one of best performance by an independent.
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[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Kalchi Nari Surokxit Asli, Punn Aichi Nam!
Kalchi Nari Surokxit Asli, Punn Aichi Nam! Kalchea Gõyant sanjechea tinsani velar, koslich bhirant nastona ekmuli bhonvunk, Gõyche ostorek ugto marg aslo. Punn, aichea Gõyant disa uzvaddan khun ani bholatkar zatat te Gõychea disaleancher vachlear, Gõychi nari surokxit nam mhunn kollta. Adlea surokxit Gõyant, ganvchea tintear bosiveli dhenvun, kallokacho kosloch bhem nastana kalchi ostori ghorchi vatt eksuri choltali, kiteak; cholun vetole vatter, soglech ganvche vollkiche melltale, ani ghora meren pavounk thodde adhar ditale. Punn, aichea Gõyant rosteancher on-Gõykar subeij zalolean ratchea vellar rosteancher ganvkar disonant ani kallokacho faido gheun cholun vetole eksuri ostorecher, ken’na ani kosi ghuri ghalop (attack) zait tem mat sangunk zaina. Dekhunuch, surya dharer vechea adim bail mon’xen ghora bhitor aslear, odhik borem zait. Aplea lagim kitlem porian bhangar-xingar asa tem lokak kollche khatir, kalchi ostori apnna thaim aslolem bhargar dasti vinnem hatak-golleak choddoitali, punn aichea ostorechea golleak lhanxi bhangarachi sorpoli dislear, golleantli sorpoili natak zavnchem zavn, thodde khepek jiv porin luksonank pavo sarko zata. Choddxe ostoreank hatak-golleak bhangar ghalpachi umed asta. Thoddeo ostoreo bhitorli mustaki ghalunk visrot, punn apnnalea angar bhangar choddoilea viret ghorantlim bhair sorchinant. Chorank odd (attraction) zata toxe bhangar ghalchem nhoi mhunn, khubdam pulisanchi xiddkavnni asta, punn ti monan laun gheta konn? Jedna chorancho hat bhangaracher veta tednam mat roddunk bostat. Ani az Seemak, ghora pavunk vell zal’lo. Tigelo ghorkar Suresh soglloch kachabull zavn, vontir humkovtolea godielicher portean-portean nodor firaitalo. Ani tatuntlean Aii, ken’na yetli kai mhunn bhurgim vicharun sottaitalim. Moddganvchea Kadamba bos stendar sanjechea 6 voranche sodam bhaxen bosir choddlear, ganvche tintear pavunk 40 minutam lagtalim ani bosiveli dhenvun bhitorlea rostean cholun ghora pavpak,15 minutam zai aslim. Sanjechim 7.40 voram vazlolim. Suresha-cho jiv golleamxim pavill’lo. Ofisant, kamacher vell zalo vo 6 voranchi bos chukli zalear soroll fon korun apnnalea ghorkarak, ti kollit kori. Punn az toxem ghoddunk nam. Laginch aslole igorjichi ghantt vazli ani ratchim 8 voram zalim mhunn Sureshak kolit kelem. Ghanttichea avazar tagele kallzache lubddub (heartbeats) ghantti itlea netan vazunk lagle. Monan vorixtt chintnamni ghuntter kelo. Ani tatunt gusmolun fugar zavnche adim, ek tori naka sokoilo ‘dose’ ghevnchem oxem Sureshak dislem ani jevnnache kuddint vochun kazu urrakache botleak hat mat tannem ghatil’lo. Itlean……. “Aii…….”, Salant bosun TV polletelea bhurgeancho avaz, tachea kannar poddlo. Hatant ghetil’li urrakachi bolt, porot zagear dovorli. To salant ailo. Kedov meren bailechea uskean tollmolltolo ghorkaracho jiv, apnnale bailek pollevn khuxi zaunchea bodla tika pollevn, ek ragabhorit vag koso zalo ani soroll tannem tika vicharlem “Tuka kitem dislem? Mhojem moronn zalem? Hanv somplo? Golleantlem mangalsutr khoim xen’noilem? ” Seemachea nagddea golleak pollevn Sureshan ekar-ek vichar kele. Tannem vicharlolea pronsnank zap di-nastana Seeman apnnalea polkean (blousant) hat ghalun, kurpetichea bhitor lipoun dovorlolem mangalsutr, bangarachi kanknna ani her vostu kaddun Suresha mhorean aslolea mezar dovorleo. Oxe toren vostu lipovpachem kharan, Sureshan vicharchea adinch, tinnem taka sanglem. “Bos tintear pavil’li ten’na tuka fon korunk sodi hanv. Bosiveli dhenvlim ten’na mhaka kollun ailem mhagelo mobile fonachi bettri ‘dead’ zali mhonn. Pormesvorachem nanv ghevn ghora vattek laglim hanv. Az bosint sogot lok konn eklo Shirodecho Mahanand Naik mhonnlolea mon’xachi gozal kori. Tannem 9 choliam thaim ixttagott zoddun tankam lognachi as dakhoun tanchem bhangar-duddu lutun nnovui zonnank jivinch kapleo khoim. Adim tintear thavn ghora yevpache vattek amcho ganvkar melltalo. Atam rostear ratcho on-Goykaruch (vach: gantti) dista. Bosint ghuttmuttun kortolea tea marrekar kunni Mahanand-achi gozalichi yad zali. Bhieli hanv. Beg-begim mhageleo bhangaracheo vostu kaddleo ani kurpetin lotleo. Bailanchi sugur tizori hi. Xi baye! Kitlo dharun kallzacho monis re to. Ani Gõychi pulis kitem kortali kai? Ekach mon’xan 9 ostoreancho kunn korit porian? Atam Gõyant bail-mon’xek khoinsoruch surokxea nam……ani nhoi mhunn apnnalea kudd ghorant.” Tichea mhorean aslolea Sureshak matso dukhlun tinnem mhonnlem. “Age. Oxi kiteak dukholtat ge mhaka? Taplixi?” “Mhojea polkean hat ghalun, tumi sonspotat kitem?” “Polletalom, kurpeti bhitor chukun bhargarachi vost bha urlea kai mhunn” “Puro, puro. Chance genakat. Mhageleo vostu sugur astat.” Lino B. Dourado
[Goanet] Goa news for May 17, 2009
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Bipasha Basu swimming in Goa - Oneindia anned in Goa, Bipasha Basu has been catching up on her swimming lessons after pack-up, while shooting for Ajay Devgan's home production, All The Best, directed by Rohit Shetty. Says the actress, I like to swim in the night but ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2009/bipasha-basu-swimming-140509.htmlcid=1351548052ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNHol-eXJHPCxSA-ho7xe1AjHmAbnw *** Goa re-elects sitting MPs, albeit with depleted margins - Economic Times lected both its sitting MPs with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning one each of the two Lok Sabha seats in the state. The common characteristic in the victories of both the candidates - Shripad Naik (BJP) and ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4539081.cmscid=1352409276ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNHoXsYUrUQzya9Nr5SIwKCq2It-yQ *** Last updated at 9:08 PM on 16th May 2009 - Daily Mail p tension. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1183330/Here-headlines--massage-GMTV-newsreader-Priya-Kaur-Jones-tells-went-holistic.htmlcid=0ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNEW5kUHE99MzeyA8eSwdKlgVG8gKw *** Maharashtra continues work on Virdi dam - Times of India mes of India, IndiaSATTARI: While Maharashtra continues to work on the Virdi irrigation project, Goa's share of water from the project still remains unclear. It may be recalled that from last year, work on the irrigation project has been progressing full steam by the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Maharashtra-continues-work-on-Virdi-dam/articleshow/4536927.cmscid=0ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNH7G0UR-jm-YboS1mfjZV51KkSu_g *** State\'s regional parties perform dismally - Times of India mes of India, IndiaAll three regional parties, including Goa's oldest political outfit and one which ruled the state for 17 years, theMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) fared poorly in the 13th Lok Sabha polls and their candidates lost their deposits miserably. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/States-regional-parties-perform-dismally/articleshow/4540787.cmscid=0ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNGG516qbQcNOBWr_Jeu00jFyRZoNg *** Goa: Advocate Rodrigues serves legal notice against Goa tourism ... - Indlaw.com dlaw.com, IndiaAdvocate Aires Rodrigues today served a legal notice, demanding that Goa Tourism Minister Mickey Pacheco be charge sheeted for allegedly assaulting a junior electricalengineer on [July 15, 2006] , to the Chief Secretary of the state. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.indlawnews.com/newsdisplay.aspx?c9ab68cb-d9c9-4f8f-8285-3d870484bfd1cid=0ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNEMQwtuV2OhTvGQkI3jJfgyMzIh1Q *** 2 chapters in History text book under review - Times of India mes of India, IndiaPANAJI: The two chapters termed objectionable by teachers and parents in the controversial' standard VII NCERT history textbook are being reviewed for deletion by a reviewer of the Goa board. A committee appointed by the Goa Board of Secondary and ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/2-chapters-in-History-text-book-under-review/articleshow/4540806.cmscid=0ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNG18tSyvbYABT-8jBlpFoBjtwesWA *** The sound of young music in Goa - Times of India mes of India, IndiaYouth from all over Goa come together under the guidanceof Rev Fr Peter Cardoso, ex director of Pilar Music Academy. Kishore Bawse, assistant GM of SBI, Margao was there to support the encouragement of musicschooling amongst the youth of Goa. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/The-sound-of-young-music-in-Goa/articleshow/4535889.cmscid=0ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNE8JBiu7xED2bZjMziUtr3gzMUs-w *** EVM develops snag, result on hold for North Goa seat - Business Standard siness Standard, IndiaPTI / Panaji [May 16, 2009] , 17:57 IST The results for the North Goa (Panaji) Lok Sabha seat were kept on hold after one of the electronic voting machines (EVM) developed a technical fault but the BJP candidate Sripad Naik is leading the count. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=61960tp=oncid=0ei=ekwPSo27OaXmNfCt8f4Musg=AFQjCNHSi5j_yrd-waey283kUBIS2Jzpqg *** You\'ve got to Goa! - Canada.com the former Portuguese colony on the southwestern coast of India -- late at night on the train, in the rain. We took a cab from the station to the city of Mapusa and, after hearing the prices from cabbies for taking us the rest of ...
[Goanet] Lok Sabha Elections - Goa Proves the Pintos Wrong
By the by: I probably got the Goan MP results right: BJP - south goa and Congress north Goa. Correct me if I am wrong. In TV they showed one BJP and one Congress. wrote upkamath to me. Congratulations U.P.Kamath. Come and collect your prize in Moira. I had said BJP would get both seats. The only person willing to actually wager with me was Cecil Pinto who said both would go to the Congress. Fortunately neither of the Pintos lose anything although I'm willing to offer Cecil a cold cold cold drink in commiseration as I've proved that he can be wrong.. Coming back to the results, if one looks carefully it was a close thing which could have gone any which way. Now Sardinha will possibly become a Minister as he has the skills. Although I like Shripad Naik as a person, much more than Sardinha who is an arrogant so-and-so, he is the sort who should be in State and not National politics. Menorah Paprika is someone who could have benefited Delhi. Shripad Naik IMNSHO after two terms in Parliament still does not have a clue about what being an M.P. is all about. The local BJP wallahs are however quite happy that he is safely out of the way in Delhi and not messing up their lives here in Goa. Actually his presence locally could have made quite a few Congress guys like Ravi Naik and Dayanand Narvekar nervous so they too will be happy with the results. Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
