[Goanet-News] Sounds of Goa... music from a small region
The (Amazing) Sounds of Goa Goa has long been a meeting (or is it clashing?) point of global cultures. At a home party in January 2012, these are the unusual sounds we came across at Stalin and Jessica's home. First, the rain-maker is a Malaysian thick yellow bamboo stalk, into which nails and pebbles are filled. Next come even more unusual sounds from across the globe... Stalin explains that the percussion instrument is a non-traditional one invented by some Swiss friends (and called a 'Harm')... http://www.archive.org/details/TheamazingSoundsOfGoa Lusostalgia -- The Best of Chico Fonseca - Chico Fonseca. Fontainhas Panjim-based singer-guitarist keeps alive the music of another era in this former Portuguese colony. Here, he sings in Portuguese (including Brasilian), Konkani, Italian and Spanish . Contact Chico on +91-832-052 or +91-9823525063 http://www.archive.org/details/Lusostalgia--TheBestOfChicoFonseca Mario Fernandes... on culture, music, drama and sports in today's Goa - Recorded by FN/Frederick Noronha During a noisy evening session at the Cafe Prakash in Panjim (Goa), returned expat Mario Fernandes explains about how he struck roots back in Goa, after his family was out of the region for a century or more of migration. Some unusual ideas, and fascinating results received from consistent work in the village areas of Goa.(The interview ends with one of the Cafe Prakash regulars asking Mario if he was undergoing a confession! Cafe Prakash is considered to be the unofficial press club of Goa, a... http://www.archive.org/details/MarioFernandes...OnCultureMusicDramaAndSportsInTodaysGoa Rui Lobo, the Guitar goes Konkani - Recorded by FN/Frederick Noronha Goa-based IIT-educated engineer Rui Lobo prefers to keep aside his prestigious engineering degree and create music. Or teach it to the young. Rui is the moving spirit behind the Guitar Guild Goa. Below are some of his creations. http://www.archive.org/details/RuiLoboTheGuitarGoesKonkani Television, radio in India and Goa - Recorded by FN/Frederick Noronha Jeffrey A. Manuel, the former station director of Radio Indigo (Goa) and current managing partner of The Market (we'll find the market for you), talks to students at the Pilar College on Feb 23, 2012 about the television and radio scene in Goa and the rest of India... http://www.archive.org/details/TelevisionRadioInIndiaAndGoa The Stuti Choral Ensemble, Goa, performs at the Maquinez Palace (Sept 25, 2011) - The Stuti Choral Ensemble, Goa and MLS' Baroque Ensemble (String and Flute). Recorded by Frederick Noronha. The Stuti Choral Ensemble of Goa performs under the direction of Miguel Cotta, LTCL, and piano accompaniment by Pearl Viegas, ATCL, and the MLS' Baroque Ensemble (Strings Flute) led by Ashley do Rego, LTCL. Performance recorded on Sunday, September 25, 2011, with permission from Dr Eufemiano Miranda. http://www.archive.org/details/TheStutiChoralEnsembleGoaPerformsAtTheMaquinezPalacesept252011 Prof Lucio Rodrigues... talking on Goan folk music in the US (1960s) LUCIO RODRIGUES (1916-73) was one of the few outstanding Konkani essayists. An authority on Goan folklore, he contributed several articles in English and Konkani to various periodicals and broadcast many talks. Besides serving as Professor of English in colleges in Bombay and Goa, he was Visiting Professor of Folklore at Indian University in 1969. Rodrigues' essays in English and the English translations of his Konkani essays were posthumously published under the titles *Of Soil and Soul* and *K... http://www.archive.org/details/ProfLucioRodrigues...TalkingOnGoanFolkMusicInTheUs1960s The Festival Orchestra at the Kala (Goa, 2012) - Recorded by FN/Frederick Noronha A recording from the Musik Fest Indo German Confluence II, organised by the Indo-Grman Educational and Cultural Society of Goa and the Guitar Guild Goa (GGG), in collaboration with the Kala Academy of Goa. This event saw the performance of The Festival Orchestra, 2012, with members of the Goa State String Orchestra (GSSO), the Nuremberg Music University and the Frankfurt Opera House, conducted by Ulf Klausenitzer... http://www.archive.org/details/TheFestivalOrchestraAtTheKalagoa2012 The Top Dog Brass Band... Live (Goa, India) - Top Dog Brass Band. From Dresden, Germany.Marc Hartmann (Sousaphone), Matthias Peuker (drums, vocals), Paul Berberich (baritone sax), Paul Griesbach (tenor sax), Arne Fischer (trombone), Andreas Uhlmann (trombone), Sascha Mock (bass drum), Bernhard Seifert (trumpet). At the Kala Academy, Goa's centre for the arts and music, on February 21, 2012. This is part of the Indo-German Confluence II Musik Fest organised by the Indo-German Educational and Cultural Society of Goa, and the Guitar Guild Goa (GGG) in collaborati... SPACE, a society for promoting arts, culture and education in Goa- Recorded by FN/Frederick Noronha Terence Jorge and team introduce the work of SPACE, the Society for Promotion of the Arts, Culture and Education, which
[Goanet-News] NEWS-GOA: Election related cases registered on March 3, 2012
Election related cases registered on March 3, 2012: Cognizable Cases Registered in North District - * Porvorim Police Station Cr.No. 32/2012 u/s 341, 506, 171-F r/w 34 IPC. Ritesh Naik resident of Quitla complained that on March 3, at Part No.17 18 Quitla Govt. Primary School, Anthony Borges and Premanand Mayekar, both r/o Porvorim being government servants with their common intention obstructed and threatened the voters against voting and sent them back home without casting their votes in Part No.17 18 Govt. Primary School, Quitla by using undue influence on the day of poll. Accused Premanand Mayekar r/o Donwado has been arrested and is in Police custody. Investigation of the case is in progress. * Porvorim PS Cr.No. 33/2012 u/s 171-F, 506 IPC section 129 of Representation of People Act, 1951. On March 3, Smt. Anvari Bhanu r/o Penha de Franca lodged her complaint to the effect that at Polling Booth Part No.38 of 9-Porvorim Assembly Constituency, accused Gokuldas Halarnkar being a government servant (BLO) used undue influence on the vote for BJP party at the Polling Station of Part No.38 of 9-Porvorim Assembly Constituency while on election duty and in the process the noted accused person also instigated and threatened the voters mostly senior citizens to vote for BJP candidate. Further investigation is in progress. * Bicholim PS Cr.No. 55/2012 u/s 188 IPC section 130 of Representation of People Act, 1951. On March 3, at 09.20 hrs, Brendon D’Souza, PSI, Sector Officer for 3-Bicholim Assembly Constituency complained that at 09.00 hrs, accused Prashant Shankar Chari r/o Gaonkar wada, Bicholim was found canvassing within the distance of 100 meters of Bicholim Municipal Council building outside Polling Booth No.25 for 3-Bicholim Assembly Constituency on the day of poll and also violated the order of Election Commission of India. Further investigation is in progress. Accused arrested and released on bail. * Old Goa PS Cr.No. 29/2012 u/s 171-E, 511, 188 r/w 34 IPC. At 06.30 hrs Shri Prabhakar Desai, Senior Executive Magistrate for 16-Mayem Assembly Constituency complained that at 06.30 hrs, accused 1) Anant Shet r/o Mayem 2) Kashinath Satardekar r/o Tirthabag Mayem and 3) Kishor Gaonkar r/o Bhatwadi Curchirem with their common intention were found carrying in their possession in the car bearing Registration No. GA-04-C-0469 campaigning material of the BJP and Cash of Rs. 3,47,500/- selectively sorted and packed in a number of envelops bearing name of individual and organizations thereby attempted to bribe the voter and violated/disobeyed Model Code of Conduct issued by Election Commission of India. The cash has been retained by the complainant for the purpose of depositing the same in the government treasury. Accused Kashinath Satardekar and Kishor Gaonkar were arrested and released on bail. * Panaji PS Cr.No. 74/12 u/s 356, 379, 509, 354 r/w 511 IPC. At 09.20 hrs a lady lodged a complaint to the effect that at 08.39 hrs, near the Polling Station at Government Primary School, Massano de Amorem North Wing Panaji accused Yatin Parekh candidate of Panaji Constituency outraged her modesty and tried to molest her. In the complaint it also stated that the accused further snatched away her magalsutra and identity card . Investigation of the case is in progress. * Panaji PS Cr.No. 75/12 u/s 130(i)(a)(e) of Representation of People Act, 1951. At at 12.10 hrs Yatin Parrekh, Candidate of Indian National Congress, Panaji Constituency, complained that at 08.30 hrs, accused Mrs. V. Naik r/o Gharse Tower, M.G. Road Panaji and other BJP Supporters of Panaji Constituency headed by accused person were campaigning at Polling Station at the Government Primary School, Massano de Amorem North Wing Panaji Goa. They were also wearing BJP membership badges which contained the name and symbol of the party. Hence accused violated the order issued by the Election Commission of India. * Ponda PS Cr.No. 68/2012 u/s 188 IPC Sec. 133 of Representation of People Act 1951. At 13.00 hrs Rajendrakumar Pandit, Sr. Executive Magistrate for 19-Valpoi Assembly Constituency complained that at 11.30 hrs at Tisk Usgao, accused Virendra s/o Jaganath Mahalkar r/o Avantinagar Tisk Usgao, Driver of Sumo No. GA-05-D-4371 used for carrying elector/voter for free conveyance for the purpose of voting at Polling booth No. 19/31 to 19/46 thereby violated Model Code of Conduct issued by Election Commission of India. Accused arrested on 03.03.2012 and released on bail the vehicle attached for the purposed of further investigation. II) Cognizable Cases Registered in South District * Verna P.S. Cr. No. 27/12 u/s 171-C Sec. 188 IPC: On At 12.03 hrs, Gourish
[Goanet-News] FEATURE: Catholics hold key to next government in Goa (Bosco de Souza Eremita, UCAN)
Catholics hold key to next government in Goa The preference to BJP, however, is out of frustration over the “gargantuan corruption” under the Congress rule. Posted on March 2, 2012, 11:15 AM By Bosco de Sousa Eremita Panaji: As Goa goes to the polls to elect its 40-member legislative assembly on Saturday, Catholics in the western Indian state are getting special attention from unexpected quarters. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian people’s party), the main opposition in the current assembly, and its chief ministerial candidate Manohar Parrikar have realized a bitter truth: No government can come to power in Goa without the support of the Catholic community that dominates the state’s southern region. Efforts were made in the past to dilute this Catholic influence by forcing the controversial alignment of the Konkani Railway through this sector, despite opposition from the Church and environmentalists. But the expected influx of migrants in the area, especially in Salcette taluka, was minimal. True, the state’s Catholic population has dwindled from 29 percent to 26 percent in the last decade, but the political clout some constituencies command in this region even today has convinced the BJP that it would be better to woo, rather than antagonize, Catholics. For the first time, in the run-up to the March 3 elections, the BJP has given six of the 31 seats it contests to Catholics. It has also given six seats to its regional ally, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). Both the parties believe predominantly in Hindu ideology though with varying degrees--the MGP being more moderate, while the BJP being a far-right Hindu party. However, the BJP has foisted just three BJP candidates and offered two to MGP in Salcette – a traditional Congress bastion. The parties have left three seats in the area. This apart, Parrikar has gone the extra mile to put Catholics at ease. Last month, he went touring south Goa, visiting Catholics homes, even spending a night or lunching with them. He admitted that he blundered during his previous tenure as the chief minister, where he was accused of trying to cancel Good Friday as a public holiday, besides bringing out a CD on Goa’s freedom struggle that projected Catholics in poor light. Now, however, he is wooing Catholics, reminding them that it was the BJP government that met the deadline of a new bypass to Old Goa in time for the Exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier. Linette Carvalho, a Catholic insurance employee, says she had seen Parrikar “watering the surface of the tarmac before the asphalted strip was cast. He was personally supervising the construction of the road, so that it was ready in time of the Exposition.” At election rallies, Parrikar swears that facilities at the next Exposition would be even better “than any government has done.” Another effective ploy adopted by the BJP was to rope in the support of a popular daily among the Catholics, where the paper has seen a flagrant pro-BJP slant. The BJP candidate for the St Andre constituency has in his manifesto promised to declare the Procession of Saints and the Feast of St Anna at the Church of St Anne in Talaulim as state festivals. The fact remains that with a significant presence of Catholics wresting some constituencies from the BJP plank, the community has let down their guard. Some BJP loyalists were denied electoral tickets in favor of new Catholic entrants in the party. The polling pattern on March 3, however, will clearly indicate that BJP’s popularity is on the rise. “I will vote for the BJP, even if they may be communal. Who said the Congress is not communal? Corruption by Congress has crossed limits. The Congress must be kicked out,” said a member of a diocesan commission who asked not to be named. The preference to BJP, however, is not out of love for the saffron party, but rather frustration over the “gargantum corruption” under the Congress rule. Foremost is the mining scam billed to be over 250 billion rupees, which has resulted in illegal mining, destruction of fertile arable fileds, pollution of air and water, health hazards, unemployment due to a status quo on mining, road deaths, parched hilly terrain and destruction of homes due to floods triggered by indiscriminate mining. This apart, the Goa Regional Plan 2012 – a land use plan – has seen an uprising in almost all villages, after even paddy fields and hill slopes were identified for construction activity. A Catholic cabinet minister in charge of Town and Country Planning was exposed for evading some 100 million rupees tax in fraudent land transactions, where he converted huge tracts of land to builders and payoffs were in land/built up areas and cash. Even on the contentious issue of the medium of instruction in primary schools, the Congress backtracked in court despite a cabinet decision that grants would be given to schools, irrespective of medium of instruction, with the 50-odd diocesan schools being
[Goanet-News] POLL 2012 PREDICTIONS: Hung Assembly In Goa... (India TV-C Voter Survey Project)
Goa : BJP 16-18, Congress 13-15, NCP 1-3, Others 6-8 seats. http://www.indiatvnews.com/news_print.php?id=13858smod=mainmod=1 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] The list system
In our present day electoral system, Parties field candidates for the Assembly./ parliamentary seats. The candidates need not be only party candidates, but may also be independents owing/ not owing allegiance to any party. Some nations prefer the List System. In the list system, parties as a whole contest for the elections. At the time of nomination, the party fields a list of candidates which is not more than the total number of seats in the house. The candidates are listed in order of preference. At the polls, the voters vote for the party of their choice. The number of seats won by the party is proportional to the number of votes polled. If the elections to the Goa Assembly were conducted on this basis for the 40 seats and say BJP got 52.5 percent of the vote and say Congress got 35 pc of the vote and the rest (i.e. 12.5 p..c) went to Trinamool, then each party would have the following numbers of candidates in the Assembly: BJP 21 seats, Cong 14 seats and Trinamool 5 seats. Thus the Assembly would comprise of the first 21 from the BJP list, first 14 from the Cong. list and first five from the Trinamool list. The List system is followed in Israel. Here the issues are more simple. One votes for a party ideology. One gets the benefit of the best candidates of the various victorious parties. -- ** Tony de Sa tonydesa at gmail dot com ** --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Elections and the Candidates
To enter the 'esteemed' Goa Legislative Assembly, the 'steam' needs to be generated by the voters, by the people, and not by the would be legislators. If one is going to be a GOOD legislator, it depends on his/her capabilities and his/her ability to think of GOA and it's people and not of himself/herself. Therefore, those who go visiting every household and knocking on every door during election times are PHONEYs. In fact the people of the constituency ( the ones who count) should be knocking at every door to sound the voters to vote for the person they want as their LEGISLATOR. Many a persons have asked me when I contested in 2005 in Taleigao and 2007 in Aldona as to why I did not visit households. And many a persons have asked me why Julius Pereira (Aldona) or Annabelle Pereira (Taleigao) have not visited households [Elections 2012]. And my answer to them has been 'YOU NEED A GOOD LEGISLATOR to look after the affairs of Goa and Goans. So you should be visiting the Candidates and not them to you. If you will cast your vote if the candidate begs for it at your door, then please don't vote for our candidate/s. Vote for Narvekars and Jennifers and take what you get. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 PS: GRA-GSRP is going to change this mind-set of the people about candidates making house-to-house calls just before elections. Also, there is not going to be noisy campaign vehicles trying to attract attention of voters ( which does not). And there will be no distributing of money and laddos but asking the voters to contribute towards the election expenses of our candidates to make the process participatory and not one sided. Voters should not be pampered by candidates. It has to be the other-way-round. Makes Sense? Mostly, It will not. Therefore, this is our DEMOCRACY, where Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the champion of India's DEMOCRACY is on record for having said that THE VALUE OF A VOTE IN INDIA IS THE PRICE OF A MEAL And Narvekars, Babushes, Parrikars etc of GOA are proving him right. Double Cheers - Original Message - From: Peter Fernandes peter.brit...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:02 AM Subject: [Goanet] Elections and the Candidates Candidates come to your door only during Election time, to inform you to vote for them and later forgets you for the next five years. For any help if you go and sit at their door you are neglected. It happened to me with our ex MLA Dayanand Narvemkar. All of them need your help only during election time. I go home every year in December for Christmas Feast and New year. For past three years this young lad stepped my door to wish me and my family for Christmas. He not only stepped in my house but I saw him entering every Kristaum house in my Vaddo. He now is the Independent Candidate in Porvorim Constituency. Mr Rohan Kaunte wish you best of luck and sure you will be elected to power. After getting elected don't neglect the people from your constituency. Keep up your good work by visitting each house the same way. Thank you. Regards Peter Fernandes --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa Elections 2012 - Fast, fast
Dear goanet readers, For the sake of all of those in Goa who are dying to partake of alcoholic liquid refreshment banned for the sake of clear heads in the election process that should be completed by sunset, can I ask all the ladies who are allocated as managers for the counting process to do this fast, fast. As you know most Goan men do not feel properly dressed without a watch on their hand, even then things run late and it is not Portuguese timing. There are five other States in India also voting today but their results cannot be declared until Goa State finishes its counting process. Is this part of the special status or is it because we are considered slow? Either way, hopefully, we will know the results fast, fast, latest 5 March 2012. On that date, may be the best candidates take up office in Goa and give all Goykars a brighter future. Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 3 March 2012 melvynfernan...@virginmedia.com --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Bindi Su Launch on Saturday 10th March
[1]Follow us on Twitter [2]Friend us on Facebook Bindi Su Launch March 10th, 2012 5:30PM Bookworm New Library Space in Taleigao Links: 1. http://www.twitter.com/BookwormGoa/ 2. http://www.facebook.com/nijumohan Address: C/17, 266, Santissmo Vaddo,( Near St. Michael Church ), Taleigao. Goa - 403302 Tel: 9823222665 [3]Bindi Su Bindi Su is the first of a series of ‘early readers’ children’s books to be published by Bookworm. The aim of these books is to help children find their world, particularly that of Goa, within the book, whilst enabling first steps in reading and thinking. Links: 3. http://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536id=2b5c45f20de=267f869d46 [4]Forward to a Friend [5]Update Subscription Preferences [6]Unsubscribe Links: 4. http://us4.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536id=c734e9129ae=267f869d46 5. http://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/profile?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536id=b9437b8b6be=267f869d46 6. http://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536id=b9437b8b6be=267f869d46c=c734e9129a Copyright © Bookworm 2012 All rights reserved. You are receiving you are a friend of Bookworm Goa. Bookworm C/17, 266, Santissmo Vaddo, ( Near St. Michael Church ), Taleigao Panjim 0 Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?aid=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536afl=1 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Angry Goans flock to anti-graft crusades
Angry Goans flock to anti-graft crusades TNN | Mar 3, 2012, 03.11AM IST PANAJI: The hype and publicity created by the Team Anna campaign in its fight for the Jan Lokpal Bill some months ago has not been lost. It has helped draw in the crowd when its crusaders stepped onto Goan shores to spread awareness before the March 3 election. In Vasco, around 250 persons crammed into the hall at Vidhyadhiraj Bhavan. The audience comprised youth, students and educated people. No election candidate or politician was present. Ravika Singh, a student, said, Though we have no right to vote, by coming here we gained immense knowledge. Kiran Bedi informed us about the 49 (O) rule which speaks about 'no vote'. We can inform parents and friends about this. They can opt for this if they find that nobody in the list is an appropriate candidate to vote for. Dr R Menezes said, At times, it so happens that we vote with a sense of responsibility, but the person fails to live up to our expectation. Bedi asked Vascoites to organize town hall meetings once every three months with the help of IAC members and question their respective MLAs about what work they had undertaken as this would bring about a sense of accountability in them. The public meeting at Ponda-Tiska on Wednesday evening saw almost 5,000 people from Ponda and surrounding areas in attendance. People belonging to all political parties attended the meeting despite there being public meetings of their own parties held elsewhere. Vijay Gaonkar, a resident of Khandepar, said he had attended the meeting to express his support to the movement initiated by the crusader Anna Hazare. The India Against Corruption (IAC) movement dreams of a corruption-free government and I support the cause. The movement does neither support nor oppose any political party. However, the movement is against graft and I wholeheartedly support the movement, he said. T Narendra, a resident of Ponda, said the meeting had propagated voting for a good candidate rather than abstaining from voting. Voting is our right and we have to use it. But while casting our vote, we have to wisely choose the candidate on his personal merits and not by the name of the party, Narendra said. People from Bicholim and surrounding areas enthusiastically came out in large numbers to support the crusade against corruption. While people are known to be paid for attending a politician's rally, it was an entirely different scenario in Bicholim on Wednesday. I am confident that the agitation undertaken by Anna Hazare and his team will definitely end in success one day. I have attended this meeting to support this cause, said Dr Guruprasad Kapadi, a dentist from Bicholim. Another voter from Bicholim, Kamlakant Tari, said, We will help in this agitation to see a corruption-free country by the year 2014. In Margao, a packed audience gathered at the Narcinva Damodar Naik hall. Fr Mousinho Athaide told TOI that Goans should now retrospect. Team Anna is in Goa, only trying to tell voters that change can be brought about by electing good candidates and not through voting on party lines. Electing corrupt people from corrupt parties will only lead to further deterioration of the state which has already lost its natural charm to ills like illegal mining and deforestation, said Athaide. The overwhelming response at Margao only proved that people want to be part of the movement leading to a revolution. Goans are no longer sussegad and will show some of the worst politicians the door this time, said Rukma Dessai, a young voter from Margao, adding that she hoped that the IAC activists have sent out the right message at the right time. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Angry-Goans-flock-to-anti-graft-crusades/articleshow/12117328.cms --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] The list system
Hey all, This list system as u call it is certainly Not suited to a multi cultural, muti religion place like India; where all sorts of ideologies, liberal, fascists etc come up. It is definitely not conducive to minority rights 'protection' either. It can and will lead to Brutes' majority Rule and suffocation of the Minorities! Nascy Caldeira From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com To: Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994 goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 7:08 PM Subject: [Goanet] The list system In our present day electoral system, Parties field candidates for the Assembly./ parliamentary seats. The candidates need not be only party candidates, but may also be independents owing/ not owing allegiance to any party. Some nations prefer the List System. In the list system, parties as a whole contest for the elections. At the time of nomination, the party fields a list of candidates which is not more than the total number of seats in the house. The candidates are listed in order of preference. At the polls, the voters vote for the party of their choice. The number of seats won by the party is proportional to the number of votes polled. If the elections to the Goa Assembly were conducted on this basis for the 40 seats and say BJP got 52.5 percent of the vote and say Congress got 35 pc of the vote and the rest (i.e. 12.5 p..c) went to Trinamool, then each party would have the following numbers of candidates in the Assembly: BJP 21 seats, Cong 14 seats and Trinamool 5 seats. Thus the Assembly would comprise of the first 21 from the BJP list, first 14 from the Cong. list and first five from the Trinamool list. The List system is followed in Israel. Here the issues are more simple. One votes for a party ideology. One gets the benefit of the best candidates of the various victorious parties. -- ** Tony de Sa tonydesa at gmail dot com ** --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Polling day Panjim - A short tour
Electronic Voting Machine http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6802689370/in/photostream/ Polling Stations: Home Science (Cop on mobile) Use of mobile not allowed with 10 metres http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6948798633/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Pharmacy College http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6802690446/in/photostream/ St. Inez, Happy Kids Nursery http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6948801539/in/photostream/ PWD Tonca http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6802691800/in/photostream/ Sleeping Cop, Azad Maidan http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6948802727/in/photostream/ Collectorate, Panaji http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6802688476/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6948806343/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6802693226/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6948805065/in/photostream/ a short video – Panjim Polling Stations tour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlIsDXtebew 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 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] THINKING ASYMmETRICALLY ABOUT CHINA: Report in the 7, Issue 221
Arre baba bharat instead of fighting the chinese give your people toilets and stop them from coming to Goa so that you do not have to build extra toilets. Anyways the chinese are going to stick chopsticks in all your orifices, it is only a matter of time. BC For long, India has seen itself as an equal to China. Delhi's sense of strategic parity with Beijing has been boosted by the recent international chatter about the rise of China and India in the same breath. Sections of India?s strategic community in India, however, have been deeply conscious of the rapidly widening hard power gap in China's favour. While Indian economy has done rather well in recent years, the Chinese economy has performed a lot better. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] BJP to win?
Exceptionally high turn out - Davorlim - Navelim 100 percent turnout. Furthermore Wily's party could take votes away from Congress, which will benefit BJP. We shall see, it appears that Goans are fed up with corruption. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] PARRIKAR SHOULD BE BOOKED
Mr Shantaram Naik M.P., Secretary AICC in a complaint filed before the Chief Electoral Officer has complained that Shri Manohar Parrikar has given an interview to a television Chanel near a polling booth, stating that people are coming in high percentage in order to vote against Congress Government. Mr Naik has stated that this canvassing near polling booth violates sections 126 and 130 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Since Mr Parrikar has committed cognizable offence, he deserves to be arrested. If such offences are taken lightly, the Commission will not be doing justice to the concept of holding free and fair elections. SHANTARAM NAIK SHANTARAM NAIK M.P. 3/3/2012 Secretary, AICC, Camp: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Congress House, Panaji --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Good Bye Congress Thank You for Nothing!!!
The land that was once known as PEARL OF THE EAST is sadly fast becoming a LAND OF THE PIMPS Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 - Original Message - From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Good Bye Congress Thank You for Nothing!!! Sandeep Heble sandeephe...@gmail.com wrote: Good Bye Congress Thank You for Nothing!!! POSTED BY DR OSCAR REBELLO | RESPONSE: Oscarbaba, Once upon a recent time, you were coddling with the Kangress Kaka Now you are saying ...Good Bye Congress What is next? Good Bye Kangress and BhojePee? jc --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] NEWS-GOA: Election related cases registered on March 3, 2012
Election related cases registered on March 3, 2012: Cognizable Cases Registered in North District - * Porvorim Police Station Cr.No. 32/2012 u/s 341, 506, 171-F r/w 34 IPC. Ritesh Naik resident of Quitla complained that on March 3, at Part No.17 18 Quitla Govt. Primary School, Anthony Borges and Premanand Mayekar, both r/o Porvorim being government servants with their common intention obstructed and threatened the voters against voting and sent them back home without casting their votes in Part No.17 18 Govt. Primary School, Quitla by using undue influence on the day of poll. Accused Premanand Mayekar r/o Donwado has been arrested and is in Police custody. Investigation of the case is in progress. * Porvorim PS Cr.No. 33/2012 u/s 171-F, 506 IPC section 129 of Representation of People Act, 1951. On March 3, Smt. Anvari Bhanu r/o Penha de Franca lodged her complaint to the effect that at Polling Booth Part No.38 of 9-Porvorim Assembly Constituency, accused Gokuldas Halarnkar being a government servant (BLO) used undue influence on the vote for BJP party at the Polling Station of Part No.38 of 9-Porvorim Assembly Constituency while on election duty and in the process the noted accused person also instigated and threatened the voters mostly senior citizens to vote for BJP candidate. Further investigation is in progress. * Bicholim PS Cr.No. 55/2012 u/s 188 IPC section 130 of Representation of People Act, 1951. On March 3, at 09.20 hrs, Brendon D’Souza, PSI, Sector Officer for 3-Bicholim Assembly Constituency complained that at 09.00 hrs, accused Prashant Shankar Chari r/o Gaonkar wada, Bicholim was found canvassing within the distance of 100 meters of Bicholim Municipal Council building outside Polling Booth No.25 for 3-Bicholim Assembly Constituency on the day of poll and also violated the order of Election Commission of India. Further investigation is in progress. Accused arrested and released on bail. * Old Goa PS Cr.No. 29/2012 u/s 171-E, 511, 188 r/w 34 IPC. At 06.30 hrs Shri Prabhakar Desai, Senior Executive Magistrate for 16-Mayem Assembly Constituency complained that at 06.30 hrs, accused 1) Anant Shet r/o Mayem 2) Kashinath Satardekar r/o Tirthabag Mayem and 3) Kishor Gaonkar r/o Bhatwadi Curchirem with their common intention were found carrying in their possession in the car bearing Registration No. GA-04-C-0469 campaigning material of the BJP and Cash of Rs. 3,47,500/- selectively sorted and packed in a number of envelops bearing name of individual and organizations thereby attempted to bribe the voter and violated/disobeyed Model Code of Conduct issued by Election Commission of India. The cash has been retained by the complainant for the purpose of depositing the same in the government treasury. Accused Kashinath Satardekar and Kishor Gaonkar were arrested and released on bail. * Panaji PS Cr.No. 74/12 u/s 356, 379, 509, 354 r/w 511 IPC. At 09.20 hrs a lady lodged a complaint to the effect that at 08.39 hrs, near the Polling Station at Government Primary School, Massano de Amorem North Wing Panaji accused Yatin Parekh candidate of Panaji Constituency outraged her modesty and tried to molest her. In the complaint it also stated that the accused further snatched away her magalsutra and identity card . Investigation of the case is in progress. * Panaji PS Cr.No. 75/12 u/s 130(i)(a)(e) of Representation of People Act, 1951. At at 12.10 hrs Yatin Parrekh, Candidate of Indian National Congress, Panaji Constituency, complained that at 08.30 hrs, accused Mrs. V. Naik r/o Gharse Tower, M.G. Road Panaji and other BJP Supporters of Panaji Constituency headed by accused person were campaigning at Polling Station at the Government Primary School, Massano de Amorem North Wing Panaji Goa. They were also wearing BJP membership badges which contained the name and symbol of the party. Hence accused violated the order issued by the Election Commission of India. * Ponda PS Cr.No. 68/2012 u/s 188 IPC Sec. 133 of Representation of People Act 1951. At 13.00 hrs Rajendrakumar Pandit, Sr. Executive Magistrate for 19-Valpoi Assembly Constituency complained that at 11.30 hrs at Tisk Usgao, accused Virendra s/o Jaganath Mahalkar r/o Avantinagar Tisk Usgao, Driver of Sumo No. GA-05-D-4371 used for carrying elector/voter for free conveyance for the purpose of voting at Polling booth No. 19/31 to 19/46 thereby violated Model Code of Conduct issued by Election Commission of India. Accused arrested on 03.03.2012 and released on bail the vehicle attached for the purposed of further investigation. II) Cognizable Cases Registered in South District * Verna P.S. Cr. No. 27/12 u/s 171-C Sec. 188 IPC: On At 12.03 hrs, Gourish
[Goanet] A short tour to Panjim Polling Stations (new link)
a short video – Panjim Polling Stations tour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9xKIH19p-c earlier video took too long to process, hence removed and re-uploaded 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 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Happy Kids Nursery
To Goanet - JoeGoaUK wrote: St. Inez, Happy Kids Nursery http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6948801539/in/photostream/ Brought back so many memories! It is the only old chawl to have survived in the area. The surroundings today have the look of a concrete slum (thank you, Kamat Destroyers, for nothing). I remember the days... after dark you had to first cross the cemetery (our pace and heart rate always quickened at that location). Then you came to the fork in the road. The right limb took us home to Tadmad. The left limb took you to 'tambdi mati.' It was then a feared route (after dark), heavily wooded and deathly still. All gone now, with the slumification of St Inez/Taleigao. At any rate, a little beyond the fork was the Happy Kids Nursery School, started in the early 1970s in her (then) home by the late Mrs Kunda Chitre with active participation of her late husband Dr. Vijay Chitre, two exceptional human beings. Dr. Chitre later went on to become Head of the Biochemistry Dept at Goa Medical College. Their son Dr Vivek Chitre (my dear old childhood friend) is today in the UK and daughter Dr. Vidya Chitre teaches at Goa Dental College. There is so much of local history to be recorded (before the upstarts begin inventing their 'contributions'). r --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] The list system
Hey all, This list system as u call it is certainly Not suited to a multi cultural, muti religion place like India; where all sorts of ideologies, liberal, fascists etc come up. It is definitely not conducive to minority rights 'protection' either. It can and will lead to Brutes' majority Rule and suffocation of the Minorities! ? Nascy Caldeira I do not see why this system should not protect minority rights. Concerted efforts have been made by some of the 'Majority' to do away with minority rights, but minorities are still protected. Making a sweeping statement that it can and will lead to Brutes' majority rule does not make it so. If you have a justification for making such a statement, I will certainly be glad to try and follow your reasoning. Although the present day majority can snuff out minority rights, it hasn't happened yet. THE POWER OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY -- ** Tony de Sa tonydesa at gmail dot com ** --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Goan expats want total change of blood (mayabhusan)
I take Selma's characterisation of me as a right royal whinger as a compliment. Is there a guise under which an object assessment is done? A writer is either objective or not. I don't wear any guises or masks. If Selma thinks I am whinger, I think Selma is a wingnut. Coming back to the main issue, this is final time I am asking you to sustain your charge that I used someone else's words, quotes, paras in my article. Or, are you implying I used something from your post or posts? If so, please let me know from which post. Over the past week or more I have not read most of the posts on goanet as I was busy with lot of things, including writing some opinion pieces. Eugene --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Who is going to come?
Dear Cecil, Five years down the line and your piece still reads as fresh as ever. If like me one has not noticed the publication date at the bottom, it is only when one gets to the paragraph below that one realises that the article is three years old (HCN has been neutered and goa plus is not on TV and Arvind Bhatikar is no longer on Prudent): So now I get watch my ‘stomach full’ of Goa 365, Herald News Channel, Prudent Media and even Goa Plus which intermittently appears between scratchy pirated Hindi movies on a channel called X5. Prudent has definitely been providing us viewers with the best election coverage. I had decided to boycott Prudent because it was owned by the dastardly Timblos but then I couldn’t avoid Sandesh’s innovative, provocative, entertaining and fair coverage. Now I have decided to boycott only what Arvind Bhatikar says and writes. Good going man! If the articles still read well despite passing the best by...then it is time to consider putting them together as a book. Cheers Augusto On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Cecil Pinto wrote: Who is going to come? Strangers in the line, exchanging glances By Cecil Pinto Over the last few days I have been following the local TV coverage of Goa election campaigning very keenly. Ok, ok! Maybe not as keenly as the coverage of IPL cheerleaders, but the former has been far more revealing. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] WYSIWYG - What You See is What You Get (Gallery Gitanjali)
Gallery Gitanjali invites you to WYSIWYG - What You See is What You Get, a multimedia exhibtion with paintings, drawings, assemblages, sculptures, combines and installations curated by Miriam Koshy-Sukhija. Explore the Art of Seeing with artists from Goa. Opening on March 10, 2012 at 7 pm, the works will remain on display until March 20, 2012. Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas, Panjim, Goa www.gallerygitanjali.com WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get The artist perceives what is yet unseen while looking into the world. She sees that which is possible embedded in what is real ,bridging with memory and imagination the yawning gap between seen and unseen realms.* She speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives: To our sense of pity and beauty, delight and pain. With this act of creation she imbues the mundane and commonplace with new meaning and adds resonance to the sterile thus transforming them into the vital. The cornerstone of any work of art is the artist's perspective, her ability to see beyond surface realities, to look with the mind’s eye with the deepest voice of the soul. It is what she sees and interprets in a situation, in a moment, in a state of being, in an object, in her house, city, state, nation, world or even in herself. WYSIWYG aims to peel away the blinkers of conformity and cliché with which the everyday is perceived by sharing the artist’s unique perspective with you. Her ability to capture the fleeting moments where the subject and its significance come together in a striking or dynamic way to create works that are shocking, provocative, witty, poetic, ironic, dark, conceptual, realistic, representational, relational in a variety of media which include the conceptual and the traditional. * Paraphrased from LAURA SEWALL The question is not what you look at but what you see. Source: Miriam Koshy Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Woman hurls kids into Goa river, then jumps in
I am Sorry...that life was so hard for her that she could not cope, that her love for her kids was expressed in this tragic manner. May Peace be with all. - Original Message - From: Goanet News Woman hurls kids into Goa river, then jumps in India Blooms News Service Panaji, Mar 1 (IBNS) In a dramatic episode, a troubled mother in her late thirties reportedly hurled her toddlers into Zuari River before jumping in behind them Wednesday evening. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Special Status for Goa - A must
Special Status for Goa - A must The recent utterances by Pranab Mukerjee and Nitin Gadkari that there is no provision in the Constitution of India for Special Status, must not only be condemned and rejected but taken very seriously by Goans. It only confirms that the central parties and its leaders are not at all bothered about Goans and their identity. Goa is too insignificant for them and their only interest is to capture power with empty promises and rule the state, which is clearly evident by their descending on Goan soil, only during election time. Octogenarian Pranab Mukerjee, having served decades in power, must gracefully retire from active politics and devote time to his other interests like Poetry, so that a young generation of new politicians will emerge, to better understand the needs and aspirations of our State and its future. It is a shame that not even one of our 40 MLAs, has the guts to refute such remarks, which is an insult to Goans. However, bravo to our MP, Shantaram Naik, who alone has the courage and rightly pointed out, that Special status is possible, by bringing in Constitutional amendment. It is time to tell the central leaders that they would be unwelcome to Goa, if the demand for Special status is ignored, in spite of the unanimous resolution adopted by the Goa Legislative Assembly. Constitutional changes become necessary with the advent of time and therefore we elect parliamentarians to do the job. How and why, in number of instances constitutional amendments and ordinances are rushed to protect the rich and powerful, bypassing existing laws and even Supreme Court verdicts; can Pranab Mukerjee or Nitin Gadkari explain to the people of Goa ? The basic tenets of a Constitution is to safeguard the ethnic identity and well being of its people. In a vast country like India with diverse culture and ethnicity, it is all the more imperative, to protect its minorities from being displaced. For this reason, many smaller Indian states like, Assam, Mizoram, Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh etc. are protected by granting Special status under the very same Constitution. Goa, being one of the tiniest states of India, with very limited land resource, sensitive ecology and a small ethnic population, which in the last 50 years is dwindling below the ‘community survival ratio’, (around 1 birth for every 2 deaths) makes it a fit case to demand Special status. India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru rightly stated that Goa’s unique identity must be preserved. While more than half the damage is already done, Special status remains the only alternative to safeguard our scarce agricultural and forest lands from the multinational companies who are out to convert our villages, hills, forests and urbanise the entire state. Land ownership is fast changing hands and if this trend continues, Goans will soon be wiped out only to be recorded in history books. The first demand for Special Status was made by none other than Matanhy Saldanha in 2004 under Goa’s Movement for Special Status. Subsequently, this issue has become popular, gaining momentum during last 2 elections and in this particular election, is on every party’s manifesto. The unanimous resolution passed by the Goa Assembly is a strong case and must be pursued by the new Goverment relentlessy with the Centre, and this can happen only if our elected represenatatives are sincere, honest and committed to this great cause for Goa’s identity and survival. Goans won the first battle to safeguard its unique identity at Opinion Poll. It is crucial time to stand unitedly once again for its very survival. Where there is a will there is way. Geraldo Oliveira --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] COLUMN: Stand Up, Speak Up: The brave shall inherit Goa
Stand Up, Speak Up: The brave shall inherit Goa By Ethel Da Costa Knock….knock, knock ….is the persistent drumming on my door early morning. Pissed to be dragged off my cup of tea on a Sunday morning -- my I-don’t-care-to-be-disturbed day of rest, especially if it’s a neighbourhood political wannabe trooping around these days who has suddenly discovered your existence – I storm to my door and peek out of the peep hole to give the intruder a thunderous piece of my mind. The sight is distorted. I rub my eyes, rub the dust off the peek hole… the vision is still distorted, I peer again ..concentrating…What I see is unexpected…That’s no smiling neta. I almost think it’s a slip of the eye…On a Sunday? Really? I see the familiar face….but why am I alarmed? And the pounding of my heart, did it just catch a breath in my chest? I pull on the door chain, cautious, and open the door…It couldn’t be. Not on a Sunday. I’ve had a hard week. Come on. But it is…..and I can’t shut the door, like you would knock a sales man off your doormat. It is a moment when the merry chirping of birds greeting the early morning, drops dead silent, instinct requiring a moment to decide: flee or fight. I’m usually the fight person, so I open the door wide… A familiar nod of mutual respect, no words of greeting required. I go back to my tea, now limp cold in my steaming cup. I pour another for my Sunday visitor….and wait…in silence. There are no words needed for kindred spirits.. I see twitching of the fingers as the hand reaches out for the cup…I help. It must have been a long walk, knowing the pathetic state of transportation in the State. Have you noticed that the desperate improvement of this vital infrastructure has not featured on any political manifesto so far? Sure, they want to change the language we speak and teach?!! .. My mind shoots off, rambling, crunching the political paperwork I have been reading off my desk these days. My visitor fidgets, finally looking me straight in the eye to arrest my attention… ’Why have you been silent?’ She finally asks me. ’I have been listening to your anguish, and seeing the distorted threads of your dreams’…’You, who see so clearly…why are you silent?’ ’Comforting yourself with monotony and writing tears of anguish into empty pages’….’Why are you silent, child?’ In reflex I almost turn to snap…but my tongue is alien in my mouth…lifeless. The warm tea doing nothing to beat life into it. She torments, ’I heard your anguish tears the day the waters of Calvin swallowed the lives of our little children.’ ’Yes, my heart cried, but you were sobbing, so loud, I had to pause the tide flowing coursing its way across the belly of Goa.’ ’And your anger...your rage…it never fails to make me smile, because you don’t give up.’ ’I had to come see you.’ ’Yes, on your Sunday, to make you understand that it has to come to pass.’ ’For man’s greed and abandonment of his spiritual greatness will exert the toll from the innocent…on the soil you love so much.’ ’Those little children are safe, don’t grieve.. but I cannot promise you that your Goa is safe. It has to come to pass.’ ’And it is not your fault.’ ’But I have come to tell you that the brave will have to stand up, stand guard, for it is who you are, because you see clearly’… Since my last column went to print, much has changed of my beloved Goa. And in retaliation, so have I. Like a child fighting with her mother, the very evils we wrote of, lashed about, spoken freely in foresight have stolen the sleep from our eyes. We have laid our little children into their early graves, we have abused our young women into frightening adulthood, we have turned our streets into killer neighbourhoods, we have dug up our forests into death traps, waiting to break open and swallow us alive…The people we love into an existence of selfishness, where friendships and loyalty are measured by how many parties you attend and who you suck up to. Celebrating mediocrity of thought, art and life as a norm…Jostling for foot space to be noticed in newspapers, insecure about who gets the best seat at the front row, who drives the best-est wheels, which latest technology their brats take to school. Yes, I have been silent…watching, fretting, watching…waiting…let them all go to hell. But Goa and her young, those I meet when I meet them, over a lecture at a college class, a meeting room, my work or chill space, looking for inspiration, looking to aspire, looking for a spark that will sing with my soul. Will YOU, young Goa, be the voice of Goa’s anguish? To put your foot down and say, ’We’ve had enough?’ WTF?’ I raise two young in my own home. I seek everyday to see a reflection of who we are in their eyes, to know if I can be privy to the adulthood that awaits them. Have I done enough? Do I need to do more? The parents of Calvin, I know for certain, had a dream for their own, for the toughest test of life is
Re: [Goanet] [goawriters] please vote for me for writing award judged by Gish Jen
Dear Vivek, Congratulations on a marvelously thought-out piece. I will naturally vote for it. I was particularly intrigued by your reference to Naresh Fernandes, who recounts in his marvellously engaging book, by 1916 there was an almost entirely Goan orchestra playing at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay. That orchestra was started by my father, Oscar Rangel Ribeiro, at Dorab Tata's request. He tells the full story of how the group was started in volume 2 of his memoir, which covers the period 1909-1921. The memoir names some of the musicians and tells how they were recruited, and also talks about Dorab's initial salary offer for the players and how that amount was changed to a higher figure. The Bombay Chamber Orchestra was founded by Edward Behr in 1924. A group photograph in my possession is reproduced in Goa: Aparanta, published by Goa Publications in 2008. Dominic Pereira, my teacher for a while, was one of the violinists, as was Sebastian Vaz, my future father-in-law. You rightly point out that later, Dominic became the concertmaster of another orchestra full of Goans, the Bombay Philharmonic, but obviously are not aware that Sebastian Vaz became the concertmaster of the far more important Bombay Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jules Craen. The BSO was later conducted by Mehli Mehta, and accompanied such international stars as Yehudi Menuhin in major concertos. The BPO was founded and led by the conductor Cecil Mendoza. Yet another orchestra was founded around 1950 by Victor Paranjoti, who also founded the Bombay Madrigal Singers. I must now buy a copy of Naresh's book for my own library and compare his account with my own memories of the Bombay music scene, covering the period 1939-1956. It should be an interesting exercise. Warm personal regards, Victor -Original Message- From: vmingoa vmin...@gmail.com To: goawriters goawrit...@yahoogroups.com; goanet goa...@goanet.org; goa-book-club goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, Mar 2, 2012 10:52 am Subject: [goawriters] please vote for me for writing award judged by Gish Jen Dear Friends, My essay on Patricia Rozario, the Monte Music Festival, and the history of western classical music in India has been nominated for the annual Arts + Literature Prize at 3QuarksDaily.com, to be judged by the renowned Chinese-American writer Gish Jen. The public voting round is now open, and I'd greatly appreciate your support... The essay - Adagio in Blues - is here: http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/02/adagio-in-blues.html And voting is here: http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/3-quarks-daily-2012-arts-literature-prize-vote-here-.html Thanks very much in advance! VM -- #2, Second Floor, Navelkar Trade Centre, Panjim, Goa Cellphone 9326140754 Office (0832) 242 0785 Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goawriters/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goawriters/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: goawriters-dig...@yahoogroups.com goawriters-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: goawriters-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (3Mar12)
*** Vote for the Candidate with a Conscience *** So you can Knock the Others Unconscious To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] ART EXHIBITION: Angelo da Fonseca - THE PASSION AND GLORY (XCHR)
XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH cordially invites you to a Panel Discussion and Inaugural of Angelo da Fonseca THE PASSION AND GLORY An exhibition of selected paintings curated by Savia Viegas DATE : Saturday, March 10, 2012 TIME : 5:30 pm VENUE: Xavier Centre of Historical Research B B Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa CHIEF GUEST Dr. António José Marques Sabido Costa Consul General of Portugal in Goa will inaugurate the Exhibition in the presence of GUEST OF HONOUR Rev. Fr. Rosario Rocha SJ Jesuit Provincial of Goa PANELISTS Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, Damodar Mauzo, Viraj Naik Source: http://www.xchr.in/ Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Who is going to come?
Dear Augusto, I have been urging Cecil to collect his columns into a book for years, but he does not listen. Perhaps we should start a petition? Nah!!! Regards, Victor From: augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Who is going to come? Dear Cecil, Five years down the line and your piece still reads as fresh as ever. If like me one has not noticed the publication date at the bottom, it is only when one gets to the paragraph below that one realises that the article is three years old (HCN has been neutered and goa plus is not on TV and Arvind Bhatikar is no longer on Prudent): So now I get watch my ‘stomach full’ of Goa 365, Herald News Channel, Prudent Media and even Goa Plus which intermittently appears between scratchy pirated Hindi movies on a channel called X5. Prudent has definitely been providing us viewers with the best election coverage. I had decided to boycott Prudent because it was owned by the dastardly Timblos but then I couldn’t avoid Sandesh’s innovative, provocative, entertaining and fair coverage. Now I have decided to boycott only what Arvind Bhatikar says and writes. Good going man! If the articles still read well despite passing the best by...then it is time to consider putting them together as a book. Cheers Augusto On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Cecil Pinto wrote: Who is going to come? Strangers in the line, exchanging glances By Cecil Pinto Over the last few days I have been following the local TV coverage of Goa election campaigning very keenly. Ok, ok! Maybe not as keenly as the coverage of IPL cheerleaders, but the former has been far more revealing. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] The list system
Mogal Tonybaba, re: the List system, I invite you to refer to the Constitution of India wsr to Electoral Law and ascertain whether there are any provisions for such a method of election or selection at the Lok Sabha/Vidhan Sabha level. A number of countries around the world have received calls for 'proportional representation'. These calls have almost always come from third and fourth placed parties. I do not see the major parties working up enough energy to organise the appropriate amendment needed in order to make it happen. Even in the UK, the Liberal Party which is presently in the governing coalition, is having a tough time making it happen. ps: besides for intellectual debate, I see no reason for me to contribute further on this 'pie in the sky' (at the moment) idea of Lists. jc --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Why I Voted For Goa.
For March 3rd (Goa Election Day), I have done something that I never thought I would do in my life. I flew specially for 2 days, so as to Vote for Goa. Some commended me, Some were inspired, Some were surprised, Some were confused, Some laughed and Some Mocked or were sarcastic; So I got it all. The main thing however was what I wanted to do from within, for the land of my birth and for the Great Hope I have, that we can really change things for the better; with more Goans just doing their little bit. Too often we complain, accept the status quo, compromise on our values or principles or current state of despicible politicians or give in to our poor political mentality and then wonder things don't get better for Goa. Whilst results are still not out, I feel that I have still won because I voted to register what I truly want for Goa, which includes my individual protest against all the serious issues of enormous implications in Goa today. Many say sometimes true change is not possible in Goa to which I do not agree, as I strongly believe that the more people we inspire for this seemingly impossible task, the higher are our chances to realise the Outcome we truly desire. However to do so, we have to first start with ourselves!! Arwin Mesquita, UAE. Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] POLL 2012 PREDICTIONS: Hung Assembly In Goa... (India TV-C Voter Survey Project)
Goa : BJP 16-18, Congress 13-15, NCP 1-3, Others 6-8 seats. http://www.indiatvnews.com/news_print.php?id=13858smod=mainmod=1 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Hotmail - roypacheco2...@live.com
Roy pacheco roypacheco2...@live.com wrote: Who is eligible to vote in the up coming election? Is it the residents of Goa,Russians,Israelis and the countless foreigners? if they are not allowed to vote,how come they have a resident permit? RESPONSE: Baba Pacheco! Ask yourself this question: Are all residents of the US allowed to vote? Then tell yourself this: Many nations allow ONLY citizens to vote. Some even have 'constituency registration' requirements for each election. IOW Not every riding has a Red Riding Hood (:-) jc --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Who is going to come?
On 3 March 2012 23:37, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Augusto, I have been urging Cecil to collect his columns into a book for years, but he does not listen. Perhaps we should start a petition? Nah!!! Regards, Victor Dear VRR, When we last met up at a social occasion, I just planted an idea or two in this connection on Cecil's Home Minister. From what one understands, our common friend JL is on the job. I do not think he has too many options left over this now. FN --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] How Dilli (and Tai) understands MoI
One must understand that we are dealing with atrasada mentais for the last 50 years. What we see is the spread of sewage in Goa. BC Re: While parents are demanding a choice, the ones opposing say those promoting English don't respect India and it's culture. China today has the largest number of English-speaking individuals in the world, including USA, because the Chinese authorities are systematically promoting the language in their country. Does the above mean that the Chinese authorities and their English-speaking citizens disrespect their country and culture? --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa news for March 4, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** UP, Goa break voter turnout records - Zee News urnout-records-in-up-goa-ec-high/919736/New turnout records in UP,Goa,EC high http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHr19tMv5aeOKuS-60iWucQLMzgDwurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/up-goa-break-voter-turnout-records_761997.html *** 62 percent polling in final phase of UP polls; Goa records 81 percent - KanglaOnline nglaOnlineLUCKNOW, Mar 3 (ANI): Over 62 percent polling was recorded in the seventh and the final phase of polling on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, while a massive turnout of voters was recorded in Goa assembly polls with over 81 percent polling ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG5KB8gY2ZKEhfLjZl1h6MN_LTNqwurl=http://kanglaonline.com/2012/03/62-percent-polling-in-final-phase-of-up-polls-goa-records-81-percent/ *** Goa Elections 2012: 75% votes cast till 4 pm - Moneycontrol.com ember Assembly amidst tight security. The polling started at 7 am and till 4 pm 75 per cent people cast their vote. A total of 10.25 lakh voters, spread over two districts - North Goa and South ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFv7TU-DUXse0Yyzlq2QAE9FSfLKAurl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/goa-elections-2012-42-votes-cast-till-noon-_676181.html *** At 81.43%, Goa records highest voting ptercentage - Times of India ews/Goa/Goa-skips-siesta-to-vote-80-turnout/Article1-820073.aspxGoa skips siesta to vote, 80% turnout http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHZ3ot3sNCiBqpqQ3g4CnsvJnOFmwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/At-81-43-Goa-records-highest-voting-ptercentage/articleshow/12128701.cms *** Final round of crucial vote held in UP, Goa - Gulf Times ainted Congress Party-led national government. Results of the polls staged ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEaX4nYcZ4FW07i6-ztfAvZ6SGE5Qurl=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2item_no=490233version=1template_id=40parent_id=22 *** Restaurant review: Goan Regional menu at Namaaste Kitchen - Foodepedia with regard to both climate and cuisine- and it's that very region we're off to tonight. Culinarily speaking, that is. March sees Namaaste Kitchen and its sister venue, Salaam Namaste, roll their regional ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFKayHcacdiFtz88kMw5iODax62Zwurl=http://www.foodepedia.co.uk/restaurant-reviews/2012/mar/Namaaste_Kitchen_Goan_Give_It%20_A%20_Try.htm *** Of quaint Goan culture - Deccan Herald ccan HeraldSavia Viegas' second book, Let me tell you about Quinta, represents Goan life and culture which has evolved over generations and centuries of varied histories. As Wessex in Hardy's novels, Malgudi in RK Narayan, the Lake District in Wordsworth, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH5Tz7GfPRSDO62g09uMPvsbpFGRgurl=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/231782/of-quaint-goan-culture.html *** Police register 10 poll-related cognizable cases - Times of India mes of IndiaWhile 7 cases were registered by the North Goa police, three were registered by the South Goa police. Police registered cases against two candidates who were contesting the elections. Old Goa police registered an offence against BJP candidate from ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHS7p50ffym5rBAXDF3hbMjUcHTHQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Police-register-10-poll-related-cognizable-cases/articleshow/12128863.cms *** Tourism hit as election fever grips Goa - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI/MAPUSA: Election fever raged across Goa but for the state's tourism, it was a dampener, both for tourists who were denied their alcohol and for tourist establishments, which lost on business. While the business of beach shacks and hotels in the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFZIyrDu-UdAjK-SbsvS2GqdofZbgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Tourism-hit-as-election-fever-grips-Goa/articleshow/12128803.cms *** Goa's unusual stories on business, politics and Russian mafia - Economic Times ear-old St Francis Xavier ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFQOo4NlGdyymywgFnUfPSliaZmngurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/goas-unusual-stories-on-states-business-politics-and-russian-mafia/articleshow/12126679.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] GOA Toronto 42nd Anniversary Celebration - Friday, May 4, 2012
Hi there, GOA Toronto invites you to its 42nd! anniversary celebration to be held on Friday, May 4, 2012 at Europa Convention Centre. Please see attached invitation flyer. Looking forward to meeting you there. The Goan Overseas Association, Toronto Invites you to join them in celebrating their 42nd Anniversary Friday, May 4, 2012 6.30 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. Join us for a fabulous and sumptuous sit down dinner featuring Caldo Verde Soup, Salad, Roast Chicken, Veal, Roast Potatoes, Vegetables and followed by a delicious Fruit Table, Cake, Coffee Tea Dance and party the night away as live band “Night Fever” bring their current and classic dance numbers!! Exciting Entertainment and Fabulous Prizes including golf excursion, blue ray DVD, and lots more! Tickets: Members $35 Non Members $40 Europa Convention Centre 7050 Bramalea Road, Mississauga, (Bramalea/Derry Rds – NW corner) http://www.goatoronto.com/ --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Some fish curry Rice, Sungttam, Lepo, Bombil..
Some fish curry Rice, Sungttam, Lepo, Bombil d'Costa Restaurant, Verna I simply love these lepo (Sole fish or tongue fish) Reminds me of my mother's ‘aksol’ I love it http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6792308143/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6942893911/in/photostream/ These Sungttam (Prawns) we ate for Rs.100 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6792305551/in/photostream Our next visit it was 150 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6796779452/in/photostream/ Their fish curry rice http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/679235/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6792314233/in/photostream/ Be careful! This is the rear of the restaurant. I saw someone (a customer) falling down from 1.6mtr height. Straight on to the floor (there are no railings) It could have been worst but escape with minor injuries but sure he had some bed rest and medications. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6796780854/in/photostream/ this is to the right of the restaurant Virtually in the pond, looking thru the window, one can see water below http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6796782960/in/photostream/ There are fields at the back, this pic was captured http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk51/6945927883/in/photostream elsewhere.. These lepo from EKO Arossim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6883603313/in/photostream/ masala fry http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6883607629/in/photostream/ Their bombil (bombayducks) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6883605717/in/photostream/ Yesterday being dry, we had fish curry rice in this bar n restaurant (except no bar items served) Sagar, above geeta Bakery, Panjim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukfishcurryrice2/6950501307/in/photostream/ Bon appetite 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 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] The heights of sycophancy
Same with the Fatorda stadium (should really be named after Monte Cruz) and the Vascu stadium should be named after some legends of Goan football who brought joy and excitement to the folks of the days gone byor maybe Benao, the unsung hero from the commentary box. Today, we pay a buck to watch some sub-standard local, deshi and Afrikan imports? There is no joy in the game!! The politician or the mathematician whose name dons the stadium.wot do they know of football? Pardon me for repeatinghad we celebrated our own heroes, we may not have gotten to this sorry state. On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: To Goanet - 30 crores of butter - http://www.newslaundry.com/2012/02/30-crores-of-butter/ PS: Every single school, college, institution, whatever, in Goa named after Nehru, Indira Gandhi her spawn should be stripped of their names. Can you imagine receiving a degree from a Rajiv Gandhi University, named after a drop-out brat, whose family has stolen untold wealth from Indians? (Even Mahatma Gandhi's name on roads etc should be taken down, but for an entirely different reason. Hint: for the same reason that the gold idol of Manguesh at Mangueshi is a travesty of what Shiva represents.) r --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] FEATURE: Catholics hold key to next government in Goa (Bosco de Souza Eremita, UCAN)
Why are we drafting singular principled theorised articles like this? It is a compartmentalised way of life. Politics is not about trusting a specific Religion to do its job for the state, its the PERSON/INDIVIDUAL with the right principles that brings in efficiency and foresight! The lack of this fundamental difference is the very reason Democracy seems to be a 'failure' in Goa India this current century. Karen On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Goanet News wrote: Catholics hold key to next government in Goa The preference to BJP, however, is out of frustration over the “gargantuan corruption” under the Congress rule. Posted on March 2, 2012, 11:15 AM By Bosco de Sousa Eremita Panaji: As Goa goes to the polls to elect its 40-member legislative assembly on Saturday, Catholics in the western Indian state are getting special attention from unexpected quarters. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] And you thought it was a fight to save Goa?
Goa Election 2012: Fight between BJP and Congress during polls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVKRHUiXv0sfeature=related --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Why I Voted For Goa.
WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD M.K. Gandhi GSRP, the future of Goa has iconized the above, enough to put on the cover page of it's CONSTITUTION and as a baseline of it's (Party's) letter head. in the past 12 years. All we can say is 'very well done' to Arwin. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 - Original Message - From: ar...@liwastores.com To: Goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 2:47 AM Subject: [Goanet] Why I Voted For Goa. For March 3rd (Goa Election Day), I have done something that I never thought I would do in my life. I flew specially for 2 days, so as to Vote for Goa. Some commended me, Some were inspired, Some were surprised, Some were confused, Some laughed and Some Mocked or were sarcastic; So I got it all. The main thing however was what I wanted to do from within, for the land of my birth and for the Great Hope I have, that we can really change things for the better; with more Goans just doing their little bit. Too often we complain, accept the status quo, compromise on our values or principles or current state of despicible politicians or give in to our poor political mentality and then wonder things don't get better for Goa. Whilst results are still not out, I feel that I have still won because I voted to register what I truly want for Goa, which includes my individual protest against all the serious issues of enormous implications in Goa today. Many say sometimes true change is not possible in Goa to which I do not agree, as I strongly believe that the more people we inspire for this seemingly impossible task, the higher are our chances to realise the Outcome we truly desire. However to do so, we have to first start with ourselves!! Arwin Mesquita, UAE. Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Photo History of Goans in East Africa
Hi Mervyn ! Goans in East Africa were not only multi-talented in sports, but also in music and in the case of Toronto's singer Henry Braganza- a former well known Nairobi field hockey player and table-tennis stalwart - it was in the family as his sister - Alice Dsouza and her daughter were well known badminton players. Alban Fernandes not only captained Tanzania in cricket and field hockey, but also had the unique distinction of captaining the East African teams in both games at some test matches. Unfortunately I do not know the period; and whilst the late Armand Chic Saldanha from Tanzania represented East Africa - (he was once the 12th man for the Tanzanian cricket team)- I do not know of any other goans from Tanzania who represented East Africa in either games. Basil D'Cunha -the leg spin bowler was one of the few goans to represent Kenya; but Uganda - at one moment- was represented by five goans. These included Captain and Vice -Captain - Peter and Charlie DeSouza, the all-rounder - Lawrence Fernandes and the fast bowler and ex- Barclays Banker- Michael D'Sa who died in New York city last year. I do not remember the fifth goan , but it could be a Norman Quadros who became the East African table- tennis champion champion in the sixties after beating Kenya's top player - Bandari. May be some ex- Kenyan or Ugandan goanetters or the Toronto Star's Norman Da Costa could shed some light on the subject. Cheers. Tony --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] We know vote you did yesterday (TOI)
We know vote you did yesterday TNN | Mar 4, 2012, 04.17AM IST When it mattered, Goa rose spectacularly to the occasion. On Election Day, the state's residents chucked aside with a vengeance the perception of being 'socegado', and lined up before polling booths in every nook and cranny of Goa. From youth to nonagenarians, four-fifths of a million stood resolutely for change. Sunday Times of India visits a few key constituencies to catch the vibe It's a neck-and-neck fight in the 23 constituencies of North Goa between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Maharastrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) alliance and the Congress-NCP one, with a slight edge to the former. Political observers say that the huge turn out was due to anti-incumbency and also due to strict poll monitoring system. In Pernem, Sports minister Manohar (Babu) Azgaonkar is said to be on a sticky wicket. Former Vasco MLA Rajendra Arlekar who shifted to the SC reserved seat of Pernem, is likely to become MLA again. In Mandrem, though, it could be anybody's game. BJP president and sitting MLA Laxmikant Parsekar was in a close contest with Congress Dayanand Sopte and Trinamool Congress Sameer Salgaocar. In Bardez, out of seven constituencies, BJP expected to do well. Observers say that Siolim and Mapusa are likely to be retained by the BJP candidates and sitting MLAs Dayanand Mandrekar and Francisco D' Souza. BJP also expects to retain Saligao, which witnessed an intense fight involving independent Tulio de Souza and NCP Suresh Parulekar. Congress-NCP alliance candidates were on a strong footing in Aldona and Tivim. In Porvorim, Independent candidate Rohan Khaunte was engaged in a close encounter with BJP candidate Govind Parvatkar and NCP's Fermeena Khaunte. In a late evening development, supporters of Rohan had a celebration in Porvorim claiming victory. Calangute also witnesssed a close tie between Michael Lobo who is supported by Calangute sarpanch Joseph Sequeira and sitting MLA Agnelo Fernandes. The fight was so intense that Fernandes filed a compalint of threat to kill against sequeira. Analysts say that a photo finish is to be expected in St Cruz, where the fight is between education minister and Congress candidate Antanasio 'Babush' Monserrate, MGP candidate Dinar Tarcar and independent candidate Rudolf Fernandes . Meanwhile in Ponda, the MGP is likely to retain both seats by Dhavlikar brother, Marcaim: Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavlikar and Priol: Pandurang 'Deepak' Dhavilakar. Panaji Except for a stray incident between a candidate an opposition worker, polling was largely peaceful in the capital, where the mostcommon complaint was the slow pace of voting. I have been standing at one spot in this line for 20 minutes. The line is not moving ahead. It should (ideally) be fast, said a middle-aged voter who requested anonymity. BJP candidate Manohar Parrikar said The high turnout is to throw the government out. People want change. I can sense that. The snail pace voting did not escape Parrikar's attention. The speed (of voting) is slow. My agents are giving feedback to the election commission, said Parrikar. Congress candidate Yatin Parekh too felt the high turnout would aid his prospects. People are looking for change, said Parekh. Cumbharjua Cumbharjua's voters came out in strong numbers to exercise their franchise on Saturday. One voter said that two major candidates were running neck-and-neck with a former MLA having a slight edge. At another polling booth, a voter told STOI there was no major anti-incumbency in the constituency. There were serpentine queues in many polling booths and voters seemed exasperated about the new procedures (fingerprinting and photography) introduced for this election.We have the EPIC card plus the voter's slip, said an elderly voter. Why do they need these additional measures? he questioned. Asked his thoughts on the high voter turnout, independent candidate Bismarque Dias, a priest, said, It is fantastic. I have great confidence. The people's decision is my victory. We have given them a choice. Poriem, Valpoi Voters thronged the polling booths of Sattari's Poriem and Valpoi constituencies where the fates of the father-son duo of Pratapsingh and Vishwajit Rane are on the line. The turnout in Poriem left the Congress hoping their speaker in the legislative assembly will retain his fiefdom of over three decades, while the BJP is also hopeful that people have voted for Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane. At Invrem, a hamlet of the village panchayat of Thane-Dongurli, over 80% voters voted. The villagers are largely dissatisfied as their land rights' issue is yet to be solved while a proper rehabilitation package has also yet to be given after the ban on kumeri cultivation.Vishnu Yeshwant Gawas, 67, said, This time we have decided to vote for the BJP as our MLA representing us for over three decades has failed miserably in solving our land ownership issue.
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Kópasker
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Kópasker' The picturesque village of Kópasker (Kópa = seal pup, sker = skerry) on Öxarfjörður in northeast Iceland was nearly wiped out in a severe earthquake in 1976. Sparse in population (135, at last count) and remote, an air of melancholy pervades the air. The area is very rich in birdlife. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/03/04/kopasker/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
