Re: [Goanet] Just how bad is aspartame? | Grist
The web article provided below, like many other articles from the same source, contains bogus information. Please do not be misled by it. Cheers, Santosh --- On Fri, 6/10/11, Con Menezes cmene...@tpg.com.au wrote: http://www.grist.org/scary-food/2011-02-14-just-how-bad-is-aspartame-the-leading-u.s.-fake-sweetener
[Goanet] Evolution of Education (Indian special)
The evolution of Education; This is what Goa Government wants to follow: In the olden days they used to teach times table, handwriting, reading, writing … There were classes of Physical Education, Morals, Practicals in plantations, practicals in Industrials and hoisting of the National flag before starting of classes…. Read here a recount by a Maths Professor: Last week, I bought a product that cost me $15.80. I gave the cashier $20.00 and gave her 80 cents to avoid her giving me more change. The cashier took the money and kept staring at the cash register, apparently not knowing what to do. I tried to explain to her that she needed to return to me $5:00, but she was not convinced and called the manager for help. She was with tears in her eyes when the manager tried to explain and she apparently continued unable to comprehend. Why am I recounting this? Because I am testifying the evolution in maths teaching since 1950, which is thus: 1. Teaching of mathematics in 1950: A firewood vendor sells a truckload of firewood for $100.00. The cost price is equal to 4/5 the price of sale. How much is the profit? 2. Teaching of mathematics in 1970: A firewood vendor sells a truckload of firewood for $100.00. The cost price is equal to 4/5 the price of sale or $80.00. How much is the profit? 3. Teaching of mathematics in 1980: A firewood vendor sells a truckload of firewood for $100.00. The cost price is $80.00. How much is the profit? 4. Teaching of mathematics in 1990: A firewood vendor sells a truckload of firewood for $100.00. The cost price is $80.00. Tick the correct answer that shows profit: ( )$20.00 ( )$40.00 ( )$60.00 ( )$80.00 ( )$100.00 5. Teaching of mathematics in 2000: A firewood vendor sells a truckload of firewood for $100.00. The cost price is $80.00. The profit is $20.00. Is it correct? ( )YES ( )NO 6. Teaching of mathematics in 2009: A firewood vendor sells a truckload of firewood for $100.00. The cost price is $80.00. If you know to read put a ‘x’ on $20.00. ( )$20.00 ( )$40.00 ( )$60.00 ( )$80.00 ( )$100.00 7. In 2012 it is going to be like this: A firewood vendor sells a truckload of firewood for $100.00. The cost price is $80.00. If you know to read put a ‘x’ on $20.00. (If you are a politician or from Schedule caste/Schedule Tribe, Freedom Fighter, socially challenged or from any other special minority community, you need not answer.) ( )$20.00 ( )$40.00 ( )$60.00 ( )$80.00 ( )$100.00 And if one scoundrel tries to disrupt a class and the teacher punishes him, the parents get infuriated as the teacher caused psychological trauma in the child.
[Goanet] Daily Grook #969
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[Goanet] Manohar Parrikar
Please get your facts right everyone. Manohar Parrikar studied in Marathi till secondary education and went on to join the country's premier university. His children did their primary schooling in Marathi and are doing well in their fields. He is supporting local languages for the reason that they help in building the fundamentals of the child that helps in further education. He is still Goa's best CM ever considering the administrative efficiency, dedication and commitment he showed in his short-lived tenure. People brag about communalism but conveniently ignore the good things he did such as building infrastructure for St. Xavier's feast or IFFI. This tag of communalism should not be applied to BJP in Goa. Please do not ignore that there are fan clubs on Orkut and Facebook for Parrikar, but not any other past CM and understandably none of the current CM. The members are educated Goan youth who are not fools but people who see hope unlike internet warriors who only know to type long criticising emails in online forums and cannot differentiate between bad and better. It is time Goans unite and vote in favour of administration for a better future. Melvyn Ferrao Agacaim
Re: [Goanet] Mayem Lake, Swans, ducks etc - Pics Video
Dear Joe, Swans have very long necks and elegant bodies. These are ducks! Thanks for the pics anyway. I enjoy looking at all the photographs you share with us. Warm regards, Victor From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sat, June 11, 2011 7:40:43 PM Subject: [Goanet] Mayem Lake, Swans, ducks etc - Pics Video Mayem Lake, Swans, ducks etc - Pics Video Mayem Lake is a popular tourist spot Well known for Pedal boating etc First time I ever visited this spot was during my school picnic It’s about 3-4 kms from Bicholim Bus Stand Some latest picsSwans, ducks at Mayem Lake The procession of swans http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822513574/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822515388/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5821954321/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822519826/sizes/l/ middle of the lake http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5821952799/sizes/l/ Lake view from GTDC resort side http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822511950/sizes/l/ Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbn9Bx3oAvU HD http://youtu.be/Zbn9Bx3oAvU?hd=1 Mayem lake is one of the popular tourist spots. In Bicholim Goa The lake view (s) from diff. Angles http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822047367/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822610286/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822050459/sizes/l/ GTDC Resort – Mayem Lake View http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822616898/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822618546/sizes/l/ Rooms tariff http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822654076/ Mini children park http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk40/5822049307/sizes/l/ My prev. Clip (2006) http://youtu.be/ZQ4Co9AJe0c Latest improved version coming later Prev. Pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauksix/236243718/sizes/z/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauksix/236244352/sizes/z/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/236830357/sizes/l/ Some ready pics available here http://joegoauk.blogspot.com/2011/06/welcome-to-mayem-lake.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Gen JRF Jacob's new book... ( An Odyssey in War and Peace: An Autobiography)
http://www.dailypioneer.com/345168/Arms-and-the-man.html AGENDA | Sunday, June 12, 2011 | Email | Print | | Back Arms and the man June 12, 2011 9:17:26 AM An Odyssey in War and Peace: An Autobiography Author: Lt Gen JFR Jacob Publisher: Roli Price: Rs 350 Brutally frank in his opinion, Gen JFR Jacob spares no one — neither his colleagues, nor his superiors in the Army — in this remarkable book, writes Ved Marwah There are not many people like Gen JFR Jacob in today’s world. He is an extraordinary person. Not many would think of writing a book at the age of 88. Brutally frank in his opinion, he has spared no one — neither his colleagues, nor his superiors — in this book. The author is, more than anything else, a good human being. His holding of many top positions in the Army, besides being the Governor of Goa and Punjab, has not made him arrogant and opinionated, though his latest book may give a few readers that impression. I have known him for many years since his days as Army commander. He is a warm person and I have no doubt that his controversial opinions about important persons are given without any malice. Also, these opinions cannot be ignored as they have been made about persons who have played vital roles in events like the 1962 India-China war and the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. There are not many Army officers in India today who have served in so many war theatres. Gen Jacob was personally involved in some of the major pre- and post-Independence military operations and his criticism or praise is based on his long experience in various parts of the world during World War II and later in the Northeast, Jammu Kashmir and in West Bengal against the Naxals. But the most fascinating part of the book is his account of the 1971 India-Pakistan war in which he played a key role as one of the top Army generals. Gen Jacob has made a few uncomplimentary remarks about his then seniors, the Eastern Army Commander, Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Arora, and the Chief of the Army Staff, Gen Sam Manekshaw. He has also some harsh things to say about Lt Gen BM Kaul, who was the favourite of then Defence Minister VK Krishna Menon. His conduct of the 1962 operation against the Chinese in the Northeast which cost India so much humiliation is too well-known to reiterate, but the fact that he was a scheming Army officer who knew how to ingratiate himself with political masters makes an interesting read. Our political rulers should learn a thing or two from this bitter experience. Personal and party loyalty should not be allowed to supercede national interest. Inexperienced and incompetent civil and military officers can play havoc with the system with disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, our political masters continue to fall for flattery, false sense of loyalty and manipulations of unscrupulous men and women to appoint them to key posts. Maybe during the 26/11 assault in Mumbai, the tragic human loss could have been mitigated and India’s humiliation on TV screens all over the world avoided had more experienced and competent officers been in command of Mumbai Police in 2008! We are sadly familiar with the goings-on in the civil administration, but that such things are happening even in the Army come as a shock. “Fixing officers” because of personal reasons doesn’t appear to be an uncommon practice, as revealed in the book. Gen Jacob decided to enter politics after his unhappy experience in the commercial world. He joined the BJP and was appointed the Governor of Goa after the party came to power at the Centre. But here again he did not take leave of his principles and integrity to oblige his political benefactors, and was promptly told to “get lost”. His brief description of various political characters with whom he interacted makes a good read. It shows his ability to judge people. But taking this knack to suggest what appears as simplistic solutions to complex problems like Left-wing extremism is going too far. The Army might have made decisive contribution, as claimed by him, in controlling the outbreak of Naxalism in West Bengal in the late 1960s, but today it is a much more difficult and complicated problem. In fact, the induction of Army into Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand where I have served and toured extensively could complicate and aggravate things further. Induction of the Army into these areas must be considered only as a last resort. The solution lies in strengthening the police and the intelligence agencies working in these areas, and training and equipping them to fight these extremists. But more importantly, there is need to develop an integrated strategy, taking into consideration all aspects of the problem — economic, social and political. Delivery of socio-economic justice to the poor, and not the use of brute force, is the key to tackling this growing menace. The author has vast military experience that stood him in good stead in planning sound strategies to win battles, but when he
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Ranantlim Zonvaram Ganvant Koxim Pavlim?
Ranantlim Zonvaram Ganvant Koxim Pavlim? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/34793 Poircha Budhvarak, disaleancher chappun ail’li bhatmi vachli. Don bhirakull ranvoti hoti, Mysore-cha xarantlea Bamboo Bazarant bhitor sorun, thoincha vattharant ravpi ponchavon (55) vorsancha mon’xak pamyam thalla mandd’ddoun akttak jivo marlo. Urleli tiddkechi thodd-fodd-modd korun bhouch akant ani kampero lokacher haddlo. Him zonglantli monzat xarant pavpachem kharan mhonllear, atam ganvan ravpi mon’xamni ranantlea monzatichea zagear rig ghetlea. Dekhun ranvoti monzat tiddkelea. Halincha vorsamni Gõyant osle kauz zaleat ani zatat. Amcha Gõyantlea zonglantli vo ranantli monzat ganvant yevn, lokacher attak korun kuddik dukhavoll ditat. Bichole ganvant eka bibttean (leopard) dogam mon’xacher guri ghatleli. Voizacho ilaz tankam dinvcho poddlo. Bibtte, gorvancha gottean yevn tras kortat mhunn zaite pavtti ami, paperar vachlam. Poiginium, Kanakon taluken, makodd ani dusrim ranvotti zonvoram xet-mollar bhitor sorun pikavollicho nas kortat. Eka vorsa 80 lakhachem luksan kel’lem asa. Halinchea khallar, makodd; mon’xancherui akromon kortat. Verna Electronic City bandun zatoch, thoinsorle makodd Verna-Consua ani lagsorlea ganvamni maddancher ani yer dusrea zhaddancher sust boslele dollebor distat. Ganvan bhonvtat. Adim zonglantli monzat ganvan pavlear ganvti sunnim tankam dhanvdavun galtalim. Punn atam toxem nam. Sunnim ani makodd ixtt-mitram zaleant. Tumi-i zonvoram ani ami-i zonvoram. Zogddim nakat xantin jiyeya. Zonvarank ravpachea zageavelim zhaddam khatortoch, tankam khanancho unnav poddta ani ranvoti dhukor pikavolllicha disamni pik khavunk ani borobor pik padd kortat ti, amkam Fonddem-Keri ganvantlea ghoddnechi yad korta. Tor hi ranvoti monzat ganvan kiteak yeta? Gõyant zonvaranche zage, ran-dongor khatrun vhodd prokolp ani imaroti ubeo keleat. Ganvantlo moniszat dongor choddta ani ranantli monzat ganvan denvun yeta. Lutt marpi ani Gõy chorun khobar korpi Rajkarnni Gõychi soimbik svato ani zhaddamni bhorlele zage, udorgotticha nanvan pokrun padd keleat ani kortat. Susegad jiyetelea monzatik pisandur kelea. Adim ganvan disti poddonaslolim zonvoram halinchea khallar chodduch disunk laglea. Hem oxench chol’lem zalear, mhonnchem; monzatik ravpacha zageavelim zhaddam-rukh khatrit ravlear, falleam ranantli monzatichi pontton ganvan aili tor, tedna kitem zatolem tem chintpak, konnui tori ek boro fuddari Gõyant asa kai? Porvorim ganvant challis mon(is)zaticho ek prannisongralay (zoo) asa. Gõychi udorgott ani boreponn korcha khatir veg-veg rupachi ani karnnanchi ek-ek mon(is)zat dor ek motdarsongantlea lokan pattoun dilea. Segid panch vorsam hea mon(is)zatik Gõychi porza funkot posta. Somzun, irlem tori ginean yevn favo tea porim vagtoli kai mhunn. Punn dhukrancha golleant mottiam konnem mhonntleant? Kitloy dhuilo zalear dhukor chiklan lollpacho nam mhonn asta? Papianno!!! Hea pavtti tori ginean asloli, dusre bhaxen xiklole monis Porvoriche ‘Vidhan Sobhen’ daddpacho yont korumya. Corruption free Goa Vidhan Sobha 2012 oxem korunk dor ek Gõychea nagrikacho kaido asa---Na tor, vagache dollin fuddlim panch vorsam choddvoddeamni sarumya. Lino B. Dourado
[Goanet] Jury awards $136.8 million in genetically-modified rice lawsuit
Is this the beginning of the end for organic food?? http://www.jerebeasleyreport.com/2011/04/jury-awards-136-8-million-in-genetically-modified-rice-lawsuit/
[Goanet] Song for the day.
Jo Staffordhttp://www.youtube.com/artist/Jo_Stafford?feature=watch_video_title - Taking a Chance On Love, 1958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goJHdNkEiRgfeature=fvst -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar
On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:07:23 -0700 Melvyn Ferrao wrote:Please get your facts right everyone. Manohar Parrikar studied in Marathi till secondary education and went on to join the country's premier university. His children did their primary schooling in Marathi and are doing well in their fields. He is supporting local languages for the reason that they help in building the fundamentals of the child that helps in further education. He is still Goa's best CM ever considering the administrative efficiency, dedication and commitment he showed in his short-lived tenure. People brag about communalism but conveniently ignore the good things he did such as building infrastructure for St. Xavier's feast or IFFI. This tag of communalism should not be applied to BJP in Goa. Please do not ignore that there are fan clubs on Orkut and Facebook for Parrikar, but not any other past CM and understandably none of the current CM. The members are educated Goan youth who are not fools but people who see hope unlike internet warriors who only know to type long criticising emails in online forums and cannot differentiate between bad and better. It is time Goans unite and vote in favour of administration for a better future. Melvyn Ferrao Agacaim COMMENT : In the first place, I appreciate very much this post as it has been written in Oxford English and not “American”. But the contents of the post are subjective. I would like to be clarified on a few points therein from the writer. 1- May I know what is meant by ‘local languages help in building the fundamentals of a child”? Can ‘read, write, sit, stand, wait, morning, etc.’ be detrimental if taught in English? Or is it detrimental when a child is taught in Marathi/ Hindi to call strangers by “Chacha or Chachi” and when they grow up call everyone “Uncle Aunty”? Is that correct English definition by Oxford? 2- May I know any primary school that teaches in roman script Knonkani which is the local language of more than 50% in Salcete, and lesser in other Talukas? 3- What or which are the fundamentals that help in further education? Do we have further education in local languages? Do we have books in any field of science in local languages? 4- People have not ‘bragged’ about communalism (bragging is boasting), they complain that Parrikar is Communal, and also very vindictive. He had proved his communalistic fascination by trying to brainwash children’s mind with the circulation of the notorious untrue CD on Inquisition in all schools; and raids on establishments of well known personalities from Salcete; one of whom is a Hindu. Well, people have not tagged BJP in Goa as Communal; but branded it. 5- People on internet and online forums may not know difference between “bad and better”; but they surely know the difference between the “worse from the bad”, because Goans on internet, be they from any community, are aware of what is happening in the rest of India where communalists are governing. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
[Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity?
By Cyprian Fernandes Title: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity? Source: Goan Voice UK newsletter, 12 June 2011 at www.goanvoice.org.uk [For a photograph and brief bio of the new Goan Voice UK columnist, check the website]. Full text: Having been born and raised in Kenya, a little before the baby-boomers, I am often baffled when Goans in Kenya, both pre and post-independence, are supposed to have suffered a crisis of identity. There was never any doubt: a Goan is a Goan. That is non-negotiable. Goans know their ethnic identity which probably comes more easily than their national identity: such as British, Australian, German, US, Malaysian, Thai, Kiwi, Kenyan, etc. The passport cannot unGoan a Goan. This dual identity is part of the Goan DNA and in the case of the East African Goans it was a gene that was often acutely prejudicial: as in I am a Goan, not an African, Muslim, Hindu (Indian), Punjabi (Sikh) etc. This prejudice was also religion based, Goans being next to godliness through their near fanaticism of Roman Catholicism. Even amongst the Goans there is a separation by degrees of prejudice. The Goans will probably go down in history as one of the peoples who fell in love with their colonisers: Vasco Da Gama and his successors. Having been taught by the British to think they were a separate because they were a class above the rest of the non-whites, Goans were in awe of the imperialists. It was never their fault. This gene of prejudice, which is still alive today, especially in Goa and the rest of India, goes back several hundred years: rich man, poor man, the caste, the untouchables, fair man, dark man, holy man, and infidel. In Goa, the added dimension of Bardez vs. Salcette, I am Portuguese because I have some Portuguese blood in my ancestry or because I speak Portuguese, took Goan prejudice to new heights. Goans, like other South Asians, would pack their daughters off to India rather than suffer the shame and disgrace of inter-marriage with another South Asian. Marriage to African was unthinkable. Fortunately, the children of baby-boomers have eradicated that prejudice. The world over Goans marry blacks without blinking their Goan eyelids. But the DNA still lurks among the parents, but what can you say, what can you do, you can't tell them anything. When considering the question of a Goan identity, this gene of prejudice looms large. Goans abroad swear that the umbilical cord still ties them to their mother country. To newer generations, Goa is that little place on the West Coast of India. When a Goan asks a white Aussie, where do you come from, he will answer Australia. When a Goan asks another Goan the same question, he or she will say, Aldona, Majorda, Benaulim etc. If you want to know the nationality of a Goan, you have to ask: What country do you live in? Similarly in those early days before and after independence in Kenya, a Goan was a Goan. He was not British, Portuguese, Kenyan or anything else. There was no identity crisis. Briton, Portugal, India, Africa have all disowned the Goan at one time or another. Kenyan Independence put an end to the privileged position Goans enjoyed with the British. Bundled as Indians, they had to become Kenya citizens or leave. Thus by early 1962, Goans who had Portuguese passports were already heading for Lisbon. Those that did not, were returning to Goa, leaving some of their children behind, especially those in good jobs. The big crunch came in 1967: From midnight November 30, anyone who was not a Kenya citizen, even if he or she was born in Kenya, would need an entry certificate to stay in Kenya and a work permit to work. By 1967, fearing the threat of deportation, 1000 Asians a month were arriving in England. In March, 1968, the Labour Government delivered the final insult (Goans felt particularly let down) by virtually cancelling the British Passport: holders were required an entry voucher to enter Britain. So they were told that they were not British, not Kenyan, Ugandan, Tanzanian (even if they were born in these African countries) and all they had to fall back on was their ethnicity. Stripped of everything else, they had four choices of nationality: British, Indian, Portuguese, Kenya but only one choice of ethnicity. Hence I am a Goan. This is the sanctuary that no living soul can take away from the Goan and it is only in Goa that a Goan can walk a truly free person. See, there is no crisis of identity: I am a Kenyan, British, Australian Goan of Indian origin. PS: My children are Aussies but they know they are of Goan stock. Comments to Cyprian Fernandes: skip...@live.com.au
Re: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar
I expected some one (other than me) to challenge this drible about MP. That you have risen to that occasion is commendable. Thank you Dr. Ferdy. You make excellent points Cheers floriano GRA/goasuraj 9422060347 www.goasu-raj.org PS: I had asked MP over an email to do three things for Mapusa since he was the Mapusa boy. 1. To straightenout the public toilet call Kadumba bus-stand. 2. To stop sewage of Mapusa getting into the Mapusa river, poisoning it. 3. To straighten out the Mapusa (WORLD FAMOUS) market which is the pride of Goa. He was very promt in replying to that email. He said quote Floriano, you will see a big change in Mapusa before Christmas unquote. I was happy. At least my email got answered. I waited well after that Christmas. Nothing ever happened. So I sent him another email. Quote Manohar, pls tell me which Christmas did you mean? Unquote. As Goa's CM Manohar Parrikar has done SWEET NOTHING FOR MAPUSA, his home town. They say, CHARITY STARTS AT HOME. I don't think this WISDOM is written in his book RSS BOOKET. - Original Message - From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão drferdina...@hotmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org; i...@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:07:23 -0700 Melvyn Ferrao wrote:Please get your facts right everyone. Manohar Parrikar studied in Marathi till secondary education COMMENT : In the first place, I appreciate very much this post as it has been written in Oxford English and not “American”. But the contents of the post are subjective. I would like to be clarified on a few points therein from the writer. 1- May I know what is meant by ‘local languages help in building the fundamentals of a child”? Can ‘read, write, sit, stand, wait, morning, etc.’ be detrimental if taught in English? Or is it detrimental when a child is taught in Marathi/ Hindi to call strangers by “Chacha or Chachi” and when they grow up call everyone “Uncle Aunty”? Is that correct English definition by Oxford? 2- May I know any primary school that teaches in roman script Knonkani which is the local language of more than 50% in Salcete, and lesser in other Talukas? 3- What or which are the fundamentals that help in further education? Do we have further education in local languages? Do we have books in any field of science in local languages? 4- People have not ‘bragged’ about communalism (bragging is boasting), they complain that Parrikar is Communal, and also very vindictive. He had proved his communalistic fascination by trying to brainwash children’s mind with the circulation of the notorious untrue CD on Inquisition in all schools; and raids on establishments of well known personalities from Salcete; one of whom is a Hindu. Well, people have not tagged BJP in Goa as Communal; but branded it. 5- People on internet and online forums may not know difference between “bad and better”; but they surely know the difference between the “worse from the bad”, because Goans on internet, be they from any community, are aware of what is happening in the rest of India where communalists are governing. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. =
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] This morning
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'This morning' The atmospherics were different this morning at sunrise (which was at 1:54 am). The same Kaldbakur mountain at Bjarnardalur in Önundarfjörður seen here yesterday, now draped in the warm light of the early sun. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/06/12/this-morning/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
[Goanet] Healing The Gut With The Five R's
http://www.healthiertalk.com/healing-gut-five-rs-4094
Re: [Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity?
I am a Kenyan, British, Australian Goan of Indian origin. Dear Eddie, Kindly do correct a slight error by adding the word 'subcontinental' after Indian and Origin lest people misunderstand you. :-) Cheers floriano GRA/goasuraj 9422060347 www.goasu-raj.org PS: Excellent write-up - Original Message - From: Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com To: 'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!' goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 3:21 PM Subject: [Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity? By Cyprian Fernandes Title: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity? Source: Goan Voice UK newsletter, 12 June 2011 at www.goanvoice.org.uk [For a photograph and brief bio of the new Goan Voice UK columnist, check the website]. Full text: Having been born and raised in Kenya, a little before the baby-boomers, I am often baffled when Goans in Kenya, both pre and post-independence, are supposed to have suffered a crisis of identity. There was never any doubt: a Goan is a Goan. That is non-negotiable. Goans know their ethnic identity which probably comes more easily than their national identity: such as British, Australian, German, US, Malaysian, Thai, Kiwi, Kenyan, etc. The passport cannot unGoan a Goan. Hence I am a Goan. This is the sanctuary that no living soul can take away from the Goan and it is only in Goa that a Goan can walk a truly free person. See, there is no crisis of identity: I am a Kenyan, British, Australian Goan of Indian origin. PS: My children are Aussies but they know they are of Goan stock. Comments to Cyprian Fernandes: skip...@live.com.au
[Goanet] Goan is an identity
Thanks Eddie, All said and done, we are Goans irrespective of where we live -- Goa, India, U K, Canada, USA, Australia, or any other country. Ekvat -- the group of singers, dancers and musicians from Portugal -- who gave us a concert of Goan music and dance at NCPA, Bombay and earlier at Goa, Bangalore and Delhi -- have proved that you can shift a Goan to any country but he will remain a GOAN. VIVA Aloysius
[Goanet] (goanet) Manohar Parrikar
Congratulations to Mr Ferrao on the post below. After reading some of the most vitriolic, jingoistic and communal posts on the subject of MOI, I am glad that some one has had the sense to state some simple facts in plain English. The other simple facts are: No one including Goa government ever stopped parents from sending their children to primary schools where MOI was English. So far, parents would have had to pay for this privilege since it was decided by successive governments including congress governments that MOI should be either Konkani or Marathi which were accepted as regional languages. All children studying in Goa had access to secondary schools where MOI was English. This was not a privilege reserved for the children of Manohar Parrikar, Shashikala Kakodkar or Uday Bhembre as it was repeatedly written by protagonists of English as MOI for primary schools. All these schools are and have always been fully funded by the dept of education, govt of Goa. I wish more people like Mr Ferrao took the trouble of writing regularly on this forum. Anil Desai From: Melvyn Ferrao melvyn.fer...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org, Goanet goa...@goanet.org, goenchimxapo...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar Message-ID: BANLkTi=c8aJms-3JQixpCc2QR2H=neu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Please get your facts right everyone. Manohar Parrikar studied in Marathi till secondary education and went on to join the country's premier university. His children did their primary schooling in Marathi and are doing well in their fields. He is supporting local languages for the reason that they help in building the fundamentals of the child that helps in further education. He is still Goa's best CM ever considering the administrative efficiency, dedication and commitment he showed in his short-lived tenure. People brag about communalism but conveniently ignore the good things he did such as building infrastructure for St. Xavier's feast or IFFI. This tag of communalism should not be applied to BJP in Goa. Please do not ignore that there are fan clubs on Orkut and Facebook for Parrikar, but not any other past CM and understandably none of the current CM. The members are educated Goan youth who are not fools but people who see hope unlike internet warriors who only know to type long criticising emails in online forums and cannot differentiate between bad and better. It is time Goans unite and vote in favour of administration for a better future. Melvyn Ferrao Agacaim
Re: [Goanet] DIGAMBAR KAMAT'S FOUR YEARS AS GOA CM A DISASTER
Dear Barad, Do you mean that the 'right Govt. decision' on MOI has brought Konkni and Marathi wadis together into GOONDAISM?? Then you are possibly right. Because that is what the Saffron, BJP, MGP and other like groups have done; they targeted Transport and Roads blocking; so as to prevent people from going about their lives. What Barad, you support this goondagiri and lawlessness and holding people hostage. This is the gutter level' of politics that YOU UPHOLD?? You must be blinded by saffron turned RED! You should ask all these leaders and organisers of the Bundh to resign and never to seek political position again. Then you would be right. Ask your supporting Aires to sue them and get them a free lunch in Jail at the cost of Maharasthra, not of Goa. All real Goans want highly Developed Language English as MOI and local/regional language KONKNI as a language subject from class one to class TEN, for proficiency in both languages!!. We do not want Govt. to subsidise learning of Marathi in Goa, EVER. All Marathi wadis should be deported to neighbouring Maharastra regions; as Maharasthra is so BIG and amchem Goem is so Small. We have no place for these underdeveloped un-enlightened trouble makers, who want to govern only for their kind from Goa and not for the real Goans. Please try and absorb fully, in extent and meaning what I have tried to convey here. We Goans Do Not Want Non-Goan Infiltrators to be permanently in Goa. All the Saffronites please Go out of Goa and keep Goa modern in thought and living ways! Nascy Caldeira. From: U. G. Barad dr.udayba...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] DIGAMBAR KAMAT'S FOUR YEARS AS GOA CM A DISASTER Yes Nascy, it's disaster for Digu as well as for congresses. Why don't you think that his decision on language issue has brought Konkani vadi and Marathi vadi together which no CM of Goa could ever do! And for very sure he will be back to BJP - survival of fittest - he has studied only this theory how to drill GOA with mining - remember he is the only person with 14 years of experience as Minister of Mines!!! Best regards, U. G. Barad
[Goanet] The Feast of Pentecost
THE FEAST OF PENTECOST *Fr.Dr.Ivo da C.Souza After the feast of Easter, we are celebrating the feast of the Pentecost. It is the commemoration of the pouring down of the Spirit of the Risen Lord. Pentecost is the turning-point in the salvation history. Luke describes the mission of the church and its inauguration (Lk 2:1-41). It is the era of the Spirit. Pentecost inaugurates the era of the Church with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Originally, Pentecost was an agrarian feast of harvest (Nb 28:16; Ex 23:28). It was called the feast of the first-fruits (HAG HASHABBUOTH) and was celebrated on the fiftieth day, seven weeks after the Passover. It was one of the three pilgrimage feasts, but already in the Old Testament it became the feast of the Law-giving (or renewal) of the Covenant. Even at Qumran, it was the feast of the law and covenant of Essenes. It was called the feast of the oaths (HAG HASHEBBUOTH). The feast of the first-fruits became feast of oaths. Also, in orthodox Judaism, it became the feast of Law-giving or Covenant. The main elements are sound (v.2) and tongues of fire. The onlookers began to “speak in tongues” (v.4). Is it xenolalia (gift of foreign tongues) or glossolalia (they began to speak in other tongues, v.4)? It is speaking in tongues, it is not to communicate, but to praise God (cf.v.11). Love united the onlookers, as it will unite humankind throughout human history and shape world history. The feast of Pentecost commemorated the Sinaitic Covenant, fifty days after leaving Egypt. An interesting rabbinical text from Exodus Rabbah shows how the Jews understood it: It is said: 'God thunders wondrously with His voice' (Jb 37:5). What does 'God thundered' mean? When God gave Torah on Mt.Sinai, he did for Israel great things with his voice. What happened? God spoke and his Voice resounded throughout the world, Israel heard the Voice coming to them from the South: they ran South to meet…” According to a rabbinic tradition at the promulgation of the Law, the Voice of God was heard by all nations, as we have already seen. It was divided into 70 languages, corresponding to the 70 peoples of the world. This tradition is recalled by the miracle of the gift of tongues. Fire-like tongues rested on each of the disciples. This may be related to a Jewish legend, based on Ex 20:18: All the people 'saw' (perceived) the Voice, which came as a flame and was articulated into ordinary speech. The association fire/word (or law) is found also in a Jewish legend, according to which fire appeared on the head of famous Rabbis, engaged in the study and interpretation of the Law (eg.Rabbi Johannan said that Voice of God split into 70 tongues/voices, so that the nations might understand. God spoke on Sinai-(Horeb) like a thunder and his Voice resounded throughout the world). Today we are witnessing a revival of the charismatic movements. They help us to imbibe our Christian Faith for which we are grateful. The Church of the Holy Spirit brings today to our mind the work done by the missionaries. The Church of Margão was founded by the Jesuits in 1564. The church was destroyed by fire during the invasion by the Muslims in 1571. The present church building is the fifth one and was built in 1675. The fair is useful for the provision (purument) during the rainy season. We need also provision for our values and courage during the difficult times that we are facing in India and in Goa: rampant corruption, criminality, thefts, murders, rapes, political gimmicks… May we witness to the human and Gospel values in the chaotic situation in which we are in Goa and in India!
Re: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar
Melvyn, (and goanetters note) People do not vote for administration; they vote for persons who are candidates of political parties or independents. Manohar is a member of RSS the Gandhi killers. Have U taken the time to read the BJP party manifesto: it is pure fascism of the casteist saffron variety! Nazis indeed ! They work for 'Hindu only' supremacy in India; All others are third class residents, not even considered full Indian citizens, once these fascists get full power. We are not worried what this dictatorial fascist leader brute studied and in what language. We and the Parents of children have the Right of Choice of language and MOI, for their children who are minors! This is guaranteed in the Indian Constitution. No govt. of the day can discriminate FUNDING for education on basis of MOI, starting from Primary levels. Now the Funding is available, and rightly so! If your saffron fascist, casteist Manohar is 'so educated', how come he chooses to 'Discriminate' and sides with the other Communalist woman, Shashikala?? He should be going to School all over again, this time thru an advanced language school like English. And you too; for putting 'this nonsense' before Goans. Let him be a member of goanet, and discuss/debate; let him be answerable to 'Meet the Press' Q and A programs, so that all his cunning anti people stuff can be exposed. Melvyn, the above are the FACTS. What Facts are you talking about; his private facts and private stuff; we are not interested. Will you and your Manohar now answer our questions? Why has there to be a BAD Party and Bad leaders? Why can these people reform and do good for all; and then win the hearts of all Indians? Embrace the Harijan/ Dalit. Come On Now. It is their avowed policy of fascism. All other so called 'good stuff, is only a means to an end, for the fascists. Is this what you want? Now will you join the anti saffron casteist BJP and RSS forces, and expose their EVIL? or you want to lick their behind and ultimately get trodden with their Hitler Boots? Think man Think! Nascy Caldeira From: Melvyn Ferrao melvyn.fer...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, 12 June 2011 1:36 AM Subject: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar Please get your facts right everyone. Manohar Parrikar studied in Marathi till secondary education and went on to join the country's premier university. His children did their primary schooling in Marathi and are doing well in their fields. He is supporting local languages for the reason that they help in building the fundamentals of the child that helps in further education. He is still Goa's best CM ever considering the administrative efficiency, dedication and commitment he showed in his short-lived tenure. People brag about communalism but conveniently ignore the good things he did such as building infrastructure for St. Xavier's feast or IFFI. This tag of communalism should not be applied to BJP in Goa. Please do not ignore that there are fan clubs on Orkut and Facebook for Parrikar, but not any other past CM and understandably none of the current CM. The members are educated Goan youth who are not fools but people who see hope unlike internet warriors who only know to type long criticising emails in online forums and cannot differentiate between bad and better. It is time Goans unite and vote in favour of administration for a better future. Melvyn Ferrao Agacaim
[Goanet] Congress launches campaign against Hazare, Ramdev
Congress launches campaign against Hazare, Ramdev PTI Senior Congress leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday hit out at Anna Hazare and Ramdev over the civil society's anti-corruption movement, accusing them of undermining democratic institutions and did not spare the BJP either. Mr. Mukherjee while announcing Congress' plans to launch a nationwide anti-corruption campaign took on BJP saying it was backing Hazare and Ramdev to gain support of people after its debacle in the recent Assembly polls and accused the party of providing logistical support to their agitations and resorting to unconstitutional practice. The Constitution has given the power to legislate only to Parliament and the state Assemblies. If 5,000 or 6,000 people dictate from outside what the Parliament ought to do, this will weaken democracy, he told a press conference. The campaign is seen as a bid by Congress to counter the movement by Mr. Hazare and Baba Ramdev. In hard hitting remarks targeting BJP, Mr. Mukherjee said, when the parties are rejected by the people and if they want to resort to unconstitutional practice it is totally unacceptable. They are providing logistic support to all those agitations. He however did not name the party. In a democratic system, in a democratic society, everybody has a right to agitate on certain issues which he feels right or wrongThose who want to dismantle the process of Constitution, Congress party will fight against them, he said. Mr. Mukherjee also ruled out acceding to Mr. Hazare's demand for videography of the drafting process of the Lokpal Bill, saying this was not possible in view of the fact that the drafting committee members will express their views freely. Their views, however, would be available on audio recording, he said. Referring to Mr. Hazare's August 15 deadline for the passage of the Lokpal Bill, Mr. Mukherjee said, we have suggested that the Bill be tabled in Parliament during the monsoon session. But who can say when the House will pass it? The Parliament is supreme. Mr. Mukherjee said the audio-recording of every meeting of the drafting committee was available on the website of the Department of Personnel and if people are interested, those can be heard from the websites. Every word is audio-taped. When required, those may be published together, he said. The Congress and its allies have formed governments in three states after the Assembly polls. So, the BJP supported the fast of Anna Hazare. The CPI(M) Polit Bureau took a resolution supporting him. Some political parties also extended support, Mr. Mukherjee said. Mr. Mukherjee, who released a document in English containing his party's views on the issue, said the Congress was launching an awareness campaign all over the country. The documents will be made available in other languages. Debates, discussions and seminars would be organised right from the district to the block levels to put forth our views, he said. Asked why the government had earlier held talks with Mr. Hazare and Baba Ramdev, he said, We gave them a chance, because if you do not talk to them, you will be accused of arrogance. Now that you have talked, it is said that you are weak. To a question whether the situation now was similar to the situation that prompted the Centre to impose Emergency in the Seventies, he said, It is not exactly the same, but there are some similarities ... But I can assure that there will be no repetition of Emergency. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2098822.ece
[Goanet] Goa news for June 13, 2011
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Greens hop along to catch Goa's frog poachers - Economic Times RoLZ7ZgVWNrQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGHMDtFOMpqLoe7jLeW_tUmo6wjXwurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/the-good-earth/greens-hop-along-to-catch-goas-frog-poachers/articleshow/8802978.cms *** NIO to implement ballast water reporting system at major ports - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHM41CWQTBF8nly0Z3l-By9x90yiQurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/nio-to-implement-ballast-water-reporting-system-at-major-ports/723897.html *** Sporting Clube clear AFC licence criteria - Hindustan Times eague is assured after the newly promoted club passed the Asian Football Confederation's strict licensing criteria. A high profile AFC delegation led by Competition Director Tokuaki Suzuki and ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGaNU8lzcuWIWwVT6s7pHqfB7OtHgurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sporting-Clube-clear-AFC-licence-criteria/Article1-708750.aspx *** ACC to take up all plastic, rubber waste from Goa - Moneycontrol.com neycontrol.comPublished on Sat, [Jun 11, 2011] at 09:43 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEaSdLkADgktHo8aBlp2dBE4qewKQurl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/acc-to-takeall-plastic-rubber-wastegoa_556568.html *** IMD warns of rough weather off Goa coast - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHXP2eRxU21RhM_gstQTQo_Yf0CCgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/imd-warns-of-rough-weather-off-goa-coast/724055.html *** 'Assembly tickets only to candidates with clean record' - Times of India o-address-issues-raised-by-protestors-over-jaitapur-issue_1554151Govt to address issues raised by protestors over Jaitapur issue http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEeBO_lXnjHbCVa2YllsdDoahZQuAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Assembly-tickets-only-to-candidates-with-clean-record/articleshow/8819144.cms *** Goan youth have good future ahead: Armando - Times of India ndia-can-play-like-barcelona-new-coach-colacoIndia can play like Barcelona: New coach Colaco http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGJEA_7qVt176ApkfvwsvtgiVpo7Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Goan-youth-have-good-future-ahead-Armando/articleshow/8815046.cms *** Motorized 'trikes' to collect dry waste in pilot project at Divar - Times of India o-door in Divar to collect segregated dry waste. The pilot project has been ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEC5LEMW8qqHARpoUttZaveCP7CYQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Motorized-trikes-to-collect-dry-waste-in-pilot-project-at-Divar/articleshow/8819011.cms *** Government silent on fate of French and Portuguese in schools - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa University's French and Portuguese departments are set to die a slow and steady death after the introduction of Konkani/Marathi as compulsory subjects under the government's new education policy. By making Konkani or Marathi a compulsory ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGXTa3LM-TisHpk8LH1-z7xb-CYsQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Government-silent-on-fate-of-French-and-Portuguese-in-schools/articleshow/8819040.cms *** Goa board urges DTE to extend admission dates - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Following concerns expressed by students and parents, the Goa board of secondary and higher secondary education has requested the directorate of technical education (DTE) to extend dates for admissions to professional colleges by a few days to ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFNuKYhSQRJcwQqDvNxtiLcKhkS5Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/Goa-board-urges-DTE-to-extend-admission-dates/articleshow/8819066.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Written Konknni
We know that there are people who want to promote only the Devanagri script for Konknni. We also know that there are people who want to promote both Devanagri and Roman scripts. There are still others like me who want Konknni to be written in all five scripts used by its speakers, namely Devanagri, Roman, Kannada, Malayalam and Arabic. The question I have, however, is, are there any individuals or groups in Goa who demand that it only be written in Roman script? If so, who are these people, and what is their rationale? On another front, it is well known that Konknni is spoken in many dialects. While there are attempts made to standardize the usage, the current trend in its growing literature is to accept all variations of utterances. Given this fact, could someone tell me if there are people in Goa who believe that only their own dialect is the correct one, and the only one that needs to be recognized and promoted. If so, who are these people, and what is their rationale? Cheers, Santosh
Re: [Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity?
floriano wrote: Kindly do correct a slight error by adding the word 'subcontinental' after Indian and Origin lest people misunderstand you. COMMENT: Thank you Floriano. I am not sure, however, if Eddie can make that change. The author of the article must make the change. He may first make that change in his own mind. That, I submit, is not a very easy thing for Goans. In any event, before the author even considers making a change, he may wish to revisit a few points in his own mind: a: What are Pakistanis, Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis? b: What are Tibetans? c: What are the people of the Andamans? d: What doe the author mean by the term 'Indian'? e: When did the country 'India', legally come into being? What was it before? f: How about the Aryans and the Greeks et al .who came and settled in what is now the Republic of India? Are they Greeks, Iranians, Israelis or Eastern Europeans? That is why Goans classify themselves as Goans. Then they assign their new nationality. For those who are of post 1947 (post 1961 in Goa's case), it is quite easy to state that they are Goans of Indian origin. For those who do not fall in the above category, the primary question is: What do you mean by the term 'Indian'? Please do not tell me that there is a race called Indian .or (except for the tribes and other natives) there is anything called a 'pure Indian'. jc
[Goanet] Daily Grook #970
DAILY GROOK #970 == BOOK CROOK == by Francis Rodrigues on library robbin' i wldn't be hooked, 'cause for certain you will be booked! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great Konkani pop hits GOA: PEDRO FERNANDES: Tel.2226642 FURTADOS: Tel.2223278 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119017685910
Re: [Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Who the Bleep cares about my last column?
Selma wrote:- This project was spear-headed by Cliff Pereira, Eddie Fernandes and myself under the aegis of the Goan Association (UK) headed by Flavio Gracias as President and a team of board members. All of us feel strongly about preserving our oral stories for future generations of Goans. Cliff is a Historical-Geographer and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He has done incredible research into world-wide Goan communities, works closely with learning institutions in the UK, organizing exhibitions, lectures, workshops and has had several papers published. Eddie Fernandes needs no introduction. He has kept the Goan community connected for the past ten years through the GoanVoice UK newsletter. He works tirelessly to keep a diasporic community, such as ourselves, informed of events emanating from Goa and happening across the diaspora. Work on the proposal to submit to the Heritage Lottery Fund began almost six months ago. Mervyn Maciel got us the support of former District Commissioners of Kenya, who vouched for the need for such a project before the stories die with us. The devilishly handsome Tony Luis, as President of Croydon Seniors, Father Francis of the Goan Chaplaincy and the Young London Goan Society all lent their support for the proposal. As usual, the community rallied round. We are indeed strong when we want to be. So I ride into my hazy horizon to take up new responsibilities as a core-member of the 'Histories of British Goans' project. The project work will be spread over a course of two years. Primarily it will involve interviewing Goans and some non-Goans from colonial East Africa. These stories will be archived in leading British institutions who will partner with us. Already we have partnerships with the Royal Geographical Society and Bexley Archives to conduct workshops. We hope to build a website to disseminate recorded interviews across the Goan diaspora. Our objectives also include recording your stories in a book and a photo-exhibition. Ambitious plans, I know. But it is not the team that will be responsible for making it a success. As usual, it will be your support that will make it a success. So write to us to volunteer, or if you wish to be interviewed. Get your children involved. They will learn much about their own past and about their family histories. Free training will be made available for those who volunteer and their work will be viewed across the world. More details will be forthcoming about the project as they unfold. Register your interest by sending an email to britishgoansproj...@yahoo.co.uk So what can I say now, besides thank you. Do leave your feedback at carvalho_...@yahoo.com COMMENT: What has been advertised today on GVUK is at total variance with what you had posted previously. This is not a purely voluntary scheme, on the contrary, some one will get paid! I don't know, if this is being done to placate the G.O.A. Members or if this is to make things more transparent! I don't know whether I should congratulate you or commiserate with you. I am a founder member of the G.O.A. in the U.K., in case, people ask what is it to do with me. Here is the advert that appeared; readers it's make your mind up time *Vacancy: Project Manager - Histories of British-Goans Project* The Goan Association (UK), with the support of the Heritage Lottery Funding, will embark on a two-year project recording and archiving the oral-histories of British-Goans. The successful applicant for the post of Project Manager will have to recruit, train and lead a team of volunteers to conduct audio and video interviews, conduct interviews themself, edit and upload the output onto a website designed for the purpose, write summary transcripts, liaise with external providers to arrange workshops and training, scope the direction and methodology of the project, undertake archival and field research, undertake all administrative tasks relating to the project, generate publicity, provide curatorial input for a photo-exhibition and collaborate on a publication. They will convene and chair meetings of the core-team. Candidates must be fluent in English with good knowledge of Konkani, and be computer literate. They must be familiar with Goan history and that of its Diaspora in East Africa, have some experience in undertaking research, conducting interviews, managing a team, maintaining a website and transforming raw data into a fluid narrative of the experience. They will work from their own home office without supervision. Salary: UK£ 500 per month plus related travel expenses. The candidate is expected to work 17 hours per week and additional hours required to meet the agreed objectives of the project within its life-time, will be volunteered. They will report to the President of the Goan Association (UK). Applications, with a CV, to be sent by post to: Mr Flavio Gracias, 76 Middleton Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 8BS
[Goanet] California dreamin
INTERNATIONAL GOAN YOUTH CONVENTION, July 2-4, 2011, San Francisco, California. The California Napa Valley Wine Country tour on July 1 (Friday) is a pre-convention OPTIONAL tour in one of the most scenic places on earth. The tour has a limited number of seats and is popular. Please book NOW to avoid any disappointment. Please sign-up directly with the tour operator, see details http://goasudharop.org/images/Tours-Brochure.pdf. Also note other OPTIONAL tours on the flyer. The last day to get the discounted convention hotel rate of $165 per night plus tax is June 15, 2011. This rate is good for July 1, 2, 3 nights. After June 15 the rates go up. Please book now. You DO NOT have to stay at the hotel to attend the convention and can stay with family/relatives/friends or any other hotel and commute if you wish. The last day to get the early-bird rate for registration for the convention is also June 15, 2011. See convention details on website: http://goasudharop.org/node/729. Convention details on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200042253351727. After June 15 the rates go up. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] Mayem Lake, Swans, ducks etc
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote: Dear Joe, Swans have very long necks and elegant bodies. These are ducks! Thanks for the pics anyway. I enjoy looking at all the photographs you share with us. Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, When the question is swans, it is always a mute one. The reason being that the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland owns all of those. When I first saw JoeUKGoa's pictures, I thought I had better keep mute as to the missing swans as I was taught at an early age that it was treason to dispatch any of the Queens swans and the crime punishable by death. Here in Toronto, swans are considered a pest and the wildlife authorities oil their eggs so that they do not hatch and increase in population. I fully expected people in India to have a more gastronomical method of looking after the Queens property and hence, the explanation in the lack of swan's in JoegoaUK's pictures. If this above all reads as non-sense, here a link: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_the_Queen_of_England_own_all_the_swans As far as JoeGoaUK is concerned, I too am a fan of all his pictures. I appreciate what he provides here. And that too for free. Mervyn1532Lobo
Re: [Goanet] DIGAMBAR KAMAT'S FOUR YEARS AS GOA CM A DISASTER
Nascy Caldeira wrote: All Marathi wadis should be deported to neighbouring Maharastra regions; as Maharasthra is so BIG and amchem Goem is so Small. We have no place for these underdeveloped un-enlightened trouble makers, who want to govern only for their kind from Goa and not for the real Goans. Riposte: Nascy, are you willing to have in retaliation all the Goans in Maharastra deported to Goa so that they can earn 5,000 rupees a month in the same job that probably pays them 50,000 a month in Bombay? Why don't you take the fight to Bombay and persuade Bal Thackeray to allow the city to become politically independent of Maharashtra since it is the economic engine of the country, is cosmopolitan and should justifiably belong to all Indians rather than to Maharashtra alone? Let Parrikar and the BJP alone. Only they can save India, not Manmohan or Sonia's Congress. I would go one step further and ask the entire Catholic community in Goa to join the BJP. That is the best way to prevent their communalistic tendency and to and remove the mats from under the feet of Catholic criminal politicians like Churchill, Monserrate, Pacheco, Victoria and their like who the community tends to tolerate because they are Catholic. I have heard Catholic voters comment that they require people like Churchill to counter people like Narvekar and Ravi Naik. Such is the logic of people who think they are Catholic, Hindus and Muslims before they think of themselves as Indians. Roland. Toronto.
[Goanet] For kind favour of publication: ENTRANCE TEST FOR M.Sc. IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
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Dear Sir, I will be grateful if you please publish the enclosed in your issue and oblige. With many thanks and kind regards, Yours sincerely, Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sá PRINCIPAL St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science Commerce, Xaviernagar, Mapusa - Goa - 403507 - INDIA. ENTRANCE TEST FOR M.Sc. IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY The entrance test for M.Sc. Physical Chemistry in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, will be held in the College on 17th June, 2011, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The last date for submitting application forms is 15th June, 2011, upto 12:30 p.m. The handbook with application form is available in the College Office. For details refer to the notice on the Notice Board. Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sá PRINCIPAL St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science Commerce, Xaviernagar, Mapusa - Goa - 403507 - INDIA.
[Goanet] Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders - Telegraph
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[Goanet] Beware of this fake Gmail warning - DO NOT RESPOND TO IT
http://hoaxandfraud.blogspot.com/2011/06/fwd-gmail-account-warning.html
[Goanet] Song for the day
Frank SINATRA - Forget Domani (Reprise Recordings 68) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivNrnq-PLhQ -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Are Goa Journalists Now In Mortal Danger?
It is a sad bit of news that India has now been featured in the 12th rank of the 2010 Impunity Index of unsolved journalist murders. The brazen daylight killing of veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey of Mid-Day Times has shocked that city. While riding on a motorcycle, he was surrounded and shot five times. This means that organized crime is no longer operating by its own rules: Avoid harm to female relatives of rivals. Don't kill police officers. Keep off journalists. The stakes are getting bigger and established crime-lords who are in 'exile' overseas are less able to control their operations. This was experienced in the US after the Italian Mafia weakened and ceded power to the central and south American gangs, the Jamaican posses, the Russian and East European mafia and several lesser outfits. Goa is ripe and ready to suffer fallout from the Bombay criminal chaos for the following reasons: Funding for crime comes from Bombay. The Land mafia is seeing the vast areas in Goa they can grab. The Mining Mafia is raking in untold wealth and will not brook any popular opposition. The Digambar Kamat Govt is impotent in key areas of administration. The politicians in Goa comprise of well known criminals and abettors. The classical politician-criminal-police nexus. The Goa police have been ineffective against crime from liberation time. Lately they have indeed become part of it. The Goa CID has a conviction rate of zero percent. It will start with the murder of one courageous journalist (I mean the section that cannot be bought) to intimidate the entire press fraternity. That always works and democracy will suffer as a consequence of that threat. If Aires Rodrigues can be attacked in a restaurant in broad daylight, why not a journalist? Without any delay, prominent citizens should form a statewide Committee to Protect Journalists and save lives that are important to the functioning of democracy. Roland Toronto.
Re: [Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity?
Dear JC I am a post August 15 1947 baby having been born on 2 August, 1947. Therefore I am not 'Indian' but 'subcontinental Indian' if at all, a tribe of sorts, if you may. Besides, Goa had nothing to do with India as of 15 August 1947 as my GOA was India (subcontinental) Portuguesa, a separte country by itself or a Colony of an independent country called Portugal under the aegis of the United Nation Charter. Therefore I do not consider myself a Citizen of India since 1961 but a citizen of Goa (minus the tag Portuguesa). Therefore I shall be overjoyed to flash my GOAN PASSPORT rather than any other forced down upon passport. The question is: when am I getting one?? and who is going to give it to me?? Cheers floriano GRA/goasuraj 9422060347 www.goasu-raj.org PS: I guess I shall have to be the Goa's Shanana Gusmao to achieve this. :-) - Original Message - From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: skip...@live.com.au Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity? floriano wrote: Kindly do correct a slight error by adding the word 'subcontinental' after Indian and Origin lest people misunderstand you. COMMENT: Thank you Floriano. I am not sure, however, if Eddie can make that change. The author of the article must make the change. He may first make that change in his own mind. That, I submit, is not a very easy thing for Goans. In any event, before the author even considers making a change, he may wish to revisit a few points in his own mind: a: What are Pakistanis, Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis? b: What are Tibetans? c: What are the people of the Andamans? d: What doe the author mean by the term 'Indian'? e: When did the country 'India', legally come into being? What was it before? f: How about the Aryans and the Greeks et al .who came and settled in what is now the Republic of India? Are they Greeks, Iranians, Israelis or Eastern Europeans? That is why Goans classify themselves as Goans. Then they assign their new nationality. For those who are of post 1947 (post 1961 in Goa's case), it is quite easy to state that they are Goans of Indian origin. For those who do not fall in the above category, the primary question is: What do you mean by the term 'Indian'? Please do not tell me that there is a race called Indian .or (except for the tribes and other natives) there is anything called a 'pure Indian'. jc
Re: [Goanet] Cyprian Fernandes: Goans - What Crisis Of Identity?
On 12 June 2011 09:15, floriano floriano.l...@gmail.com wrote: Dear JC #1: I am a post August 15 1947 baby having been born on 2 August, 1947. #2: Therefore I am not 'Indian' but 'subcontinental Indian' if at all, a tribe of sorts, if you may. ===COMMENT Dear Floriano, I will consider the posting in #1 as a typo, and merely substitute the prefix pre where you have it as 'post'. It also depends where you were born. Place of birth, most often, is crucial to the accordance of nationality and/or visa. For instance, if you were born on August 16, 1947 but in Pakistan, August 16, 1947 in Bombay or December 18, 1961 in Moira would all have different significance for nationality . The basic question (repeat): What does the author mean by the term 'Indian' . and on what basis? Then the other questions. Is it not so? jc just for info, I can legitimately call myself a Goan of Indian origin who had and has reaffirmed Portuguese nationality (pre-and post Dec 19, 1961 respectively)
Re: [Goanet] DIGAMBAR KAMAT'S FOUR YEARS AS GOA CM A DISASTER
Hey Roland, Goans in Bombay or Mumbai or anywhere else are not asking for Konkni to be one of the 'State' Languages, nor are they asking for Konkni as MOI. We Goans do not 'make slums' in other places; we help each other and build Community clubs like KUDDS etc. for those who can't make it on their own. Most importantly We Goans Assimilate!! Goans, Catholics and Hindus are in Bombay when it was a 'Province ' under the Raj; and are an important part of Bombay's growing up and social and cultural and political life. Bombay became part of Maharastrah only after thr re organisation of states; and Gujarat that was part of Bombay Province became another state. Lets not go there; there is so much history that I have lived through! Catholic Goans have No Segregation and Apartheid; in eating and living spaces! About Bombay becoming Separate from Maharashtra is another issue altogether! Roland, It makes no sense putting different varied issues under one 'Goan only' topic and in response to my post! Will U desist form this! An Everyone has views and opinions; let us not put these in one basket; then all become 'rotten' to the lowest common denominator. Do not air your and others views in response to my posting and make it look like mine, OK? See ya! Nascy Caldeira From: Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com To: 'Nascy Caldeira' nascy...@yahoo.com.au; 'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!' goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Monday, 13 June 2011 5:51 AM Subject: RE: [Goanet] DIGAMBAR KAMAT'S FOUR YEARS AS GOA CM A DISASTER Nascy Caldeira wrote: All Marathi wadis should be deported to neighbouring Maharastra regions; as Maharasthra is so BIG and amchem Goem is so Small. We have no place for these underdeveloped un-enlightened trouble makers, who want to govern only for their kind from Goa and not for the real Goans. Riposte: Nascy, are you willing to have in retaliation all the Goans in Maharastra deported to Goa so that they can earn 5,000 rupees a month in the same job that probably pays them 50,000 a month in Bombay? Why don't you take the fight to Bombay and persuade Bal Thackeray to allow the city to become politically independent of Maharashtra since it is the economic engine of the country, is cosmopolitan and should justifiably belong to all Indians rather than to Maharashtra alone? Let Parrikar and the BJP alone. Only they can save India, not Manmohan or Sonia's Congress. I would go one step further and ask the entire Catholic community in Goa to join the BJP. That is the best way to prevent their communalistic tendency and to and remove the mats from under the feet of Catholic criminal politicians like Churchill, Monserrate, Pacheco, Victoria and their like who the community tends to tolerate because they are Catholic. I have heard Catholic voters comment that they require people like Churchill to counter people like Narvekar and Ravi Naik. Such is the logic of people who think they are Catholic, Hindus and Muslims before they think of themselves as Indians. Roland. Toronto.
