[Goanet-News] Garden Central Gallery, Panjim
Garden Central Gallery, Panjim (Where Music Art Very Freely Interact...) at the 1st Floor, Dr Ribeiro Bldg, Near Hindu Pharmacy, Above Baba Travels, Cunha Rivara Road, Panjim, Goa 403001. Contact Rui Lobo lobo...@yahoo.com or 9921 372036. A neat initiative! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157629288382238/ Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Twitter: @fn or http://twitter.com/fn --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet-News] English-to-Portuguese translation (short stories, volunteers)
Wanted volunteer translators who can translate a single children's story into Portuguese (from English). See http://groups.google.com/group/learn-portuguese-goa/browse_thread/thread/1cc1d16a1d26a649 Do get in touch if you could help! f...@goa-india.org Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On Twitter: @fn or http://twitter.com/fn --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet-News] BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa's offshore casinos (IANS)
BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa's offshore casinos IANS Panaji: Once having resisted offshore casinos tooth and nail as a moralistic opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government in its budget has both slapped and caressed the increasingly powerful casino lobby in Goa. In his budget speech, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday reduced the entry fee to offshore casinos from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500, clearly paving the way for increased footfalls to the gambling hubs, but also increased the annual offshore casino licence fee from Rs 5 crore to Rs 6.5 crore. While the casino industry has said the budget was against it, popular perception as well as the opposition suggests that the reduction of the steep entry down to a quarter would increase footfalls at the six operational offshore casinos parked in the Mandovi river, which flows along the capital. I propose that the entry fee for both onshore and offshore casinos to be Rs 500. With this, entry fees collected from offshore casinos would get reduced… However to compensate such reduction in revenue, I propose to enhance the licence fee of offshore casinos to Rs 6.5 crore per year, thereby bringing in additional revenue of Rs 9 crore, Parrikar said. Parrikar said he had proposed a reduction in the high entry fee because it leads to incidents of avoidance of payment of such fees and there was no government mechanism to regulate and keep a head count on customers entering the casinos. A spokesperson for the casino industry in Goa, Shrinivas Nayak, told IANS that the sector was the unfortunate victim in Parrikar's otherwise populist budget. The land casinos licence fee has been increased from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 2.5 crore. This is unheard of. Our fee increase is also not a good sign, Shrinivas said, adding that the increase in entertainment tax from 10 percent to 15 percent would deter investors to invest in Goa, which is evolving as a tourism and entertainment hub in the country. On one hand they want investors but then they hike taxes like this. This is a lesson for those who want to invest in Goa, perhaps they should think twice now, said Shrinivas, who operates the offshore unit Casino Pride. Hubert Gomes, a dentist who contested the March assembly polls as an independent candidate from Benaulim, 40 km from here, said perhaps the only flaw in the entire budget presentation was the reduction in casino entry fees. The only thing I did not like in today's budget is (the) reduction of casino entry fee from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500. This will certainly encourage more Goans to visit casinos and lose their hard earned money, Gomes said. Congress spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu said the reduction of licence fee was an ominous sign for the local population. They (BJP) have reduced licence fee for offshore to Rs 500. He (Parrikar) wants more accessibility to the casinos for Goan youth…Will the BJP women's wing which had accused the Congress of floating these casinos now oppose their own government and stop youngsters from frequenting casinos? Deshprabhu said. Parrikar, however, claims he will soon move a legislation which will restrict resident Goans from entering the offshore casinos. As a measure of prohibition on entry to all casinos operating in the state of Goa, I propose to bring an appropriate legislation to prevent the entry of residents of the state as well as youth under 21 years of age, Parrikar has said. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/goa-bjp-budget-blows-hot-and-cold-on-casinos/243119-37.html * * * --- 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 news for March 28, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa BJP to ask CM to rollback decision on casino entry fee - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNENE93Ggbfsevj3zFKgs5vEi__i9gurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-bjp-to-ask-cm-to-rollback-decision-on-casino-entry-fee/980233.html *** Centre wants states to follow Goa, cut share of petrol tax - Hindustan Times slashing the prices by Rs 11 a litre by bring down the value-added tax that goes to the state exchequer. budget presentation - Rajasthan ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFMGJw7mGTFnN4inRy-GQTp1OFKAQurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Centre-wants-states-to-follow-Goa-cut-share-of-petrol-tax/Article1-831804.aspx *** Goa Budget 2012: Liquor prices to shoot up - Zee News ost booze, are set to go up marginally from the next month, owing to a substantial rise in warehousing rates as proposed in the state budget. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar increased the Value ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFisc_rRLF9qz01ZnLcrTGxbXHxAgurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-budget-2012-liquor-prices-to-shoot-up_766452.html *** Poor quality cans lead to formalin leak at GMC - Times of India ormalin-leakage-forces-authorities-to-evacuate-hospital.htmlFormalin leakage forces authorities to evacuate hospital http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEHA1M9Kbrt0hP3uu5pJfESOjeBKQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Poor-quality-cans-lead-to-formalin-leak-at-GMC/articleshow/12434512.cms *** Kashmiri traders get 'Stranger Roll' I-cards in Goa - Hindustan Times ndustan TimesPolice in Goa are issuing identity cards to traders coming from Kashmir under a special category Stranger Roll. Many Kashmiri businessmen, who have set up their ventures in tourists' mecca called Goa, claim the new identity card has shooed away their ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHLqB1sXMi7UKp48A3mIKw9NRkFvAurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Srinagar/Kashmiri-traders-get-Stranger-Roll-I-cards-in-Goa/Article1-831722.aspx *** Goa`s Urrack season sets the tipsy tone - Zee News e NewsTwo parts of Urrack and one of fermented cashew juice distilled again makes Feni, says Minguel Braganza, Secretary, Botanical Society of Goa (BSG). BSG has been promoting Urrack amongst tourists and also encouraging locals, who have been into this ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHIXqjGVj5aPp9KRrjjyUBbX6VXygurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-s-urrack-season-sets-the-tipsy-tone_766413.html *** Rs 7500 penalty on labour dept public information officer by GSIC - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: The Goa state information commission (GSIC) has imposed a penalty of 7500 on the public information officer (PIO) of the labour department, government secretariat, Porvorim. The case dates to August 31, 2010, when Ganesh Chodankar of the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG55vwKaKjYSfq3ZhLoA5o4jQ-djAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Rs-7500-penalty-on-labour-dept-public-information-officer-by-GSIC/articleshow/12434744.cms *** Procedure for organ donation - Times of India mes of IndiaIn Goa, there are relatively high instances of kidney failure and the number of patients afflicted with kidney diseases, according to some estimates, is around 12000 with around 200 cases being added every year. Under these circumstances, it becomes ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFZwkQ1JYKaJWZyLF2ecgaylroMUQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Procedure-for-organ-donation/articleshow/12434509.cms *** Welcome Goa govt's measures to improve governance - Moneycontrol.com V18 that he welcomes the measures proposed to improve governance by the Goa government in their Budget. This is a very bold and promising Budget, and this is a very welcome step, he said.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEYmbFU4hSkPa1OqI0yRTPY3s0zxgurl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/welcome-goa-govt39s-measures-to-improve-governance_685631.html *** Tough for other states to follow Goa example? - Deccan Chronicle ccan ChronicleBy PAWAN BALI It may be difficult for other states to follow Goa's example to cut VAT on petrol by Rs 11, according to analysts. In India the VAT or sales tax on petrol and diesel varies from state to state. It is highest in Andhra Pradesh were the tax ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEDlunAXaFu4ZzH5LIs5NtXegPu2Aurl=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/tough-other-states-follow-goa-example-278 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger
[Goanet] Goa tops international charts!
Saxophonist Colin Laguna form Netherlands has been a regular visitor to Goa ever since his mother first brought him to Goa as a four year old child. He has ancestoral roots in Goa and has always felt at home on every visit. He heads the saxophone department in the Holland College of performing arts and also leads his own modern jazz quartet in concert all over Europe. He performed for the first time in Goa this season after meeting up with Jazz Goa's Colin D'Cruz who featured his namesake at several gigs around Goa. Laguna consistently raised the performance bar for the local band Jazz Junction with his amazing virtuosity and this prompted D'Cruz to have his amazing talent tapped and taped right here in Goa. He offered to record Laguna if it was a composition inspired by Goa and 'Spiritual Pathways' began to take life in Jazz Goa's studio in Sangolda. Pianist Tony Dias added some sensitive piano playing to Laguna's amazing melody driven by D'Cruz's singing fretless bass. The overall production turned it into a world class tune and the track currently tops thousands of entries in the international jazz charts. You can hear Spiritual Pathways on the radio station at www.jazzgoa.com Checkout Spiritual Pathways on the international jazz charts: http://www.soundclick.com/genres/charts.cfm?Genre=JazzsubGenreID=268latest200=true --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Tiatrist Remmie Colaco Laid to Rest
Sanvordem, 26th March, 2012 Goodbye, Remmie Colaco, 10 priest concelebrated Mass with Fr. James as Main celebrant andFr. Trindade preached the Xermao (homily). At the end of the mass, Remie’s orginal song ‘Ankvar Moriechem Dhuk’ with his voice was played in the church. Tiatrist carried the coffin to the cemetery and Mike Metha and TAG’s president Tomazinho Cardozo spoke at the grave. Many tiatrists spotted such as Rico Rod, Sabina, Anil Kumar, Fatima, Platilda, Jessie dias, Cyriaco dias, Mike Metha, Josephine, Jr. Rod, Marcelin de Betim, Wilson (wilmix),Sharon Mazarello, Clara, Patrick dourado Jane, John Claro, Anthony San, Victor (AVA), Hortencio Pereira, Natto, Tomazinho Cardozo, Irene, Joy, Victor D'Sa (TAG), A friend, Leslie, Filipe Pereira, Teotonio d’ Costa, Willy Goes, Abdonio, Osvy Viegas, Minin de Bhandar, C D Silva, Cajetan de Curtorim etc CCP councilor Surendra Furtado also spotted. Blog http://joegoauk-konkani-tiatr-vcds-films.blogspot.in/2012/03/goodbye-remmie-colaco.html Following are some pics (more pics and video also coming soon) Tiatrist carrying Remmie Colaco http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7017780535/in/photostream/ Tiatrist at the cemetery http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7017783183/in/photostream at home with family members http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6871672566/in/photostream/ Wife and 3 daughters http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7017776735/in/photostream/ What was really missing was Funeral Brass Band (playing popular songs of Remmie's etc) Some even moaning for not providing drinking water facility particularly to those who come from far and wide. Blog http://joegoauk-konkani-tiatr-vcds-films.blogspot.in/2012/03/goodbye-remmie-colaco.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 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Goa budget
On 26 March 2012, Eugene Correia stated the following: [1] A cursory glance at the budget highlights, as reported in Navhind times, is unbelievably good. It seems too good to be true. But a budget can be presented as a grandiose plan but there's a gap between what is proposed and what can be achieved. The timeframes for some of the outlined projects seems unrealistic given the way things move in Goa, no matter how much the CM will push. [2] While presenting the budget, [P]arrikar said he has fulfilled the promises made in the manifesto. Dear Parrikar, a promise is fulfilled only after the end result. Shifting the promises from the manifesto into the budget is NO fulfillment; COMMENT: 1: The BJP had a pre-election manifesto. 2: The populace voted the BJP in. 3: Mr. Parrikar has now presented a budget. 4: That is how approval is obtained for projects. 5: Not very sure what the naysayers are about. 6: Instead, should they not be occupying themselves with One question for Mr. Digambar Kamat i.e. IF Mr. Parrikar is able to achieve any of this, WHY weren't you? SUGGESTION: While one should always remain vigilant for excesses of politicians, one would do well by getting over the denial. jc --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Retreat at Baga and Raia
Retreat at Baga and Raia The Jesuit Fathers of Pedro Arrupe Institute will be organising two retreats - one in North Goa, and the other in South Goa. The first one will take place from 30th March Friday (7 pm) till 1st April Sunday (1 pm) at Baga Retreat House in preparation for the Passion Sunday liturgy. Participants are free to stay at the Baga Retreat House or commute up and down. The Holy Week Retreat will be held at Pedro Arrupe Institute, Raia from 4th April (Wed evening 5:30 pm) and will go up until Easter Sunday, 8th of April till 8:30 am. This retreat is live-in and will include the celebration of the Holy Week services. To register email deepenyourfa...@gmail.com or call 8805570108, 2776917, 2858323, 2776998 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Kannadiga could be future CM of Goa: Kore
Kannadiga could be future CM of Goa: Kore TEAM HERALD teamher...@herald-goa.com BELGAUM: Claiming that a sizeable presence of Kannadigas in Goa made a crucial impact in the recent Goa assembly elections, Rajya Sabha MP and KLE Society Chairman Dr Prabhakar Kore has not ruled the possibility of a Kannadiga at the helm of Goan politics in future. The day is not far when a Kannadiga could become the chief minister of Goa, said Dr Kore. He was addressing a press conference at Belgaum on the occasion of the inauguration of the Rs 35 crore KLE Charitable Hospital (Belgaum South. This is KLE's second charitable hospital that will provide free health care to the poor and downtrodden for over 500 patients from the region. Union Minister for Health Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad will be inaugurating the hospital. Indicating that number of Kannadigas in Goa is escalating, Dr Kore said the presence of Kannadiga voters in every constituency of Goa, which is between 3000 and 7000, made a vital difference. During the last elections, Kannadigas had supported Congress, but this time the verdict favoured Bharatiya Janata Party and this was perhaps the deciding factor that led to BJP's cakewalk in Goa, stated Kore. The flamboyant and influential Lingayat leader, who has crossed over to the BJP after he was offered the seat of the Upper House of the Parliament, is equally influential among the Kannadigas in Goa. It may be recalled that during last assembly election in Goa, Dr Kore was the party observer of the Congress. When asked if the Kannadigas would play a pivotal role in Goa's politics he quipped: Why not? Goa may also have a Kannadiga as the chief minister. http://heraldingoa.blogspot.in/p/local-news.html --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa Meditation Group Introduction Materials
Harish Rao is conducting an introduction on the Shambhala path of meditation Tuesday 27th March , 7 pm @ Art Chamber, Calangute Those who are interested to join the group, kindly RSVP to: 9823217435 Or confirm by email Thank you Rudolf Ludwig Kammermeier Art Chamber Calangute, Goa, India ph: 9823217435 www.goa-art.com From: goa-meditation-gr...@googlegroups.com [mailto:goa-meditation-gr...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Harish Rao Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:02 AM To: goa-meditation-gr...@googlegroups.com Subject: Goa Meditation Group Introduction Materials Hello new members! Thank you for being part of the Goa Meditation Group. Over the coming weeks, I will be updating this thread with information, links, and materials which will assist you in your own practice and spiritual journey of meditation. Please email me any questions you have and I will gladly answer them! In this email you are receiving a brief introduction of the Goa Meditation Group which is an Invitation Only Group (so all of your posts here and information shared is only seen within the confines of this group). Also, attached is a brief background on the Buddha of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, which will give you some basic foundation background on the practice and study we are following. Finally we are following the Shambhala path of meditation, and the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Shambhala is a wide network of spiritual practitioners and meditators who are committed to the idea of Enlightened Society. There will be plenty of information I will be providing to you on Shambhala as well. For now you can read more about Shambhala on the LA Shambhala website - http://la.shambhala.org/ -- Harish Rao Director HARVIK, LLC Global Messaging Center : (310) 844-6675 India Mobile: +91 9225935960 Fax: (413) 556-2812 skype: harish_rao This e-mail message may contain privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, and is intended only for the person(s) named. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, and any attachments, and notify the sender by return e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, disclosure or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Windows to the City’s Soul – 7
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Windows to the City’s Soul – 7' The next stop in our quest for the essence of Panjim. All posts on Panjim are consolidated here. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/03/27/windows-to-the-citys-soul-7/ 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 ---
[Goanet] Email id -Mr. Manohar Parrikar
Could you please share the email id /telephone numbers of Mr. Manohar Parrikar? Regards Vivek --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Goa Speaks on Facebook
Dear Frederick, That is great. Congratulations!. Regards Georgina --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] How`s this for a bribe in defence force circles ??
If you remember the Bofors heavy gun scandal that was swept under the carpet since it implicated then PM, Rajiv Gandhi. here`s another recent one for you :--- http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/14-cr-bribe-offer-cbi-probe-on-army-chief-to-give-written-statement-190299?pfrom=home-lateststories --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Song for the day...
Lucky Duckies - Tão bom Cartas de amor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJJ7JJFaLmYfeature=related Cartas de Amor - Trio Odemira Nice guitar.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeBiPxY8W2c Here's another take: JOANNA(BRASIL) - 1995 - CARTAS DE AMOR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=533Or4XixBkfeature=related -- 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 ---
Re: [Goanet] Matanhy - some more memories
Yes I remember that programme. Some learned person on that documentary kept referring to present-day Catholics as these Portuguese people ... --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Bailancho Saad on Budget 2012
BAILANCHO SAAD-GOA (A Women’s Collective) SF-4, Goa Housing Board res cum com Complex, Journalist Colony, Porvorim, Goa Tel:2410864 Email:saad_...@sancharnet.in Dated: - 17th March 2012 PRESS RElEASE Bailancho Saad evaluated the Goa Budget -2012 today, to ascertain whether the demands of the women for budgetary allocation, to curb crimes against women were met. Bailancho Saad states that the budget is a let down as no demands raised by Bailancho Saad are met. While the CM sanctioned 60 motorcycles to look after the welfare of animals, no budgetary allocation has been made for vehicles, infra structure, personnel for various state bodies to stop crimes against women. This demand was vociferously raised at several public programs, held on International Women’s Day, but the CM has turned a deaf ear. Law and order is a state subject, and the women have a right to protection and environment free of crime. The State government cannot abdicate its responsibility and delegate it to NGOs members opined The government has in fact presented a budget which primarily depends on revenue generation from vices such as gambling and alcohol which promotes violence against women. Bailancho Saad strongly condems the decision of providing sops to casinos by reducing the fees to Rs 500 from Rs 2000 to generate dirty revenue by encouraging gambling. Bailancho Saad strongly condemns the decision of reducing the casino fees which would lead to increase in gambling. Bailancho Saad has observed that the heavy dependence of budget spending on excise revenue, leads to immense pressure for resource mobilization on the excise department to meet budget targets. As a result more liquor licenses get granted, laws on bar timings violated, alcohol outlet permitted close to educational institutions and religious institutions contrary to law, cheap liquor sold in sachets at Rs5 and Rs 8 to promote drinking , no control on production and no bodies to check its purity, open drinking outside whole sale shops , government sponsored wine festivals. sponsorship of school sports by alcohol companies , illegal and surrogate advertisements etc to promote sale and consumption of alcohol. The expenditure in the budget is envisaged at the cost of aggravating violence against women with no strong mechanism to mitigate it. The budget has not spoken of speedy disposal of domestic violence cases and justice for women nor has provided for Protection Officers under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. Bailancho Saad demands that the 'ladli lakshmi' scheme which promises one lakh at the age of 18, to a girl child for marriage, be *delinked* from marriage as it endorses dowry which is against the law. It will also result in early marriages of girls at 18 to avail the money and cut short their higher education. Bailancho Saad states that a woman should have a right to choose how she wants to use the money, whether to set up a business, pursue a career, get married or do both. The scheme is proposed only for girls born hence forth. No provision is made for the girls attaining 18 years presently. BS pointed out that while the intention to save the girl child is good, the scheme should not promote dowry evils and treat women as objects. BS also called for changing the name of “kanya daan “ scheme to give ‘kanya maan” .The bal rath to all schools was a welcome decision and asked it to be implemented in the rural areas on a priority basis ,to provide safe transport schools and to check dropouts especially of girls. The budget allocations in the name of women by way of Rs 1000 to beat inflation and freezing of prices for LPG are actually benefits for families *routed* through women. A vast number of rural women suffer from anemia and give birth to low birth weight babies and eat left overs, after family members have eaten. These issues have to be addressed. Bailancho Saad hopes that the CM will note and take progressive steps. Sabina Martins For Bailancho Saad --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Goa budget
Correct me if I err ... Erasmo Sequeira was the son of Jack de Sequeira. He was an MP for Goa at one time, and also sported a beard, a shorter one gthan the father. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Goa budget
I had read the news regarding the SC judgement in the Erasmo de Sequeira case but would this decision be bearing on cases where the owners have lost their property to the caretakers if the owners now approach a court? Lawyers on the forum should throw some light. I was told also to seek justice in court but I knew that it would take long, long time and lot of money. Imagine taking two decades for the brother-sister litigation. The property in this must be worth lot of money and it was probably worth fighting for. Shocking indeed that the de Sequeira family had to go to court to settle their property problem. That the case went to the highest court in the land shows that the Maria Fernandes was bent on taking it the full distance. The central government had also promised that NRI cases would get a fast-track court in settling property disputes but nothing has happened. Now the Parrikar government has assured to protect NRI property. It does not, however, mean that the party which is on the losing side seek justice in a court or make an appear to a higher court if a decision in a lower court goes against the party. 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] GOA BUDGET 2012
Gerald Fernandes wrote: a: My only fear for Goa is that fellow citizens of India resident in other States of India would sorely want to legititimately register on the Electoral Rolls of the State of Goa, India, whilst some Goans across India are wanting to accquire other Nationalities. b: Unless the BJP as a POLITICAL PARTY replicates this Budget in neighbouring Karnataka, and the POLITICAL combination of Cong- NCP replicates it in Mahaashtra, Goans would be swamped by DEMOGRAPHIC DESTABILISATION . c: Goans would perhaps become STRANGERS in their own land. Neighbouring States are a bare minimum , Leave alone the Hordes from across the world! BANGARACHEM GOA WHICH IN THE FIRST PLACE BROUGHT OUR SUBJUGATION!! IS THERE NEED FOR A MORE NUANCED APPROACH? d. Nonetheless a great effort. A budget with MATANHY written all over it. IS IT A STRATEGIC BLUNDER Too much of a good thing? A PLAN IS A TRAP TO CAPTURE THE FUTURE. METHINKS , ITS BETTER TO TAKE ONE SIP AT A TIME! COMMENT: 1: The 'non-NUANCED' events of 1961 gave ALL Indians the right to move into Goa IF they so desired. 2: The alleged logic in #s (b) and (c) is best described as Hunh?. 3: What? Goans 'strangers' in Bharat? 4: Is GF suggesting that Bharatis be (constructively) restricted or dissuaded from moving to Goa? 5: For our continued reading: http://www.colaco.net/4/GoaLib18.htm jc --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Hope on the horizon
At last there seems to be some hope on the horizon. Farmer and agriculture-friendly inclusions in the new Government's budget are a welcome sign indeed! Encouraging farming and local agriculture, farmers clubs, floriculture, etc. instead of polluting industries will reap large dividends for Goa in future. Employing latest technologies which are also suitable to Goan conditions can further maximise yields (especially of our local varieties of vegetables and fruits), encourage more local entrepreneurs and promote self-sufficiency in agricultural produce for the state. DM --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Not happy about casinos
To Goanet - Instead of asking casinos to pack up and leave Goa, Manohar Parrikar has rolled out the welcome mat for them. Parrikar must be asked to clarify his position especially given that he had opposed casinos not long ago. The proposal to ban locals from entering casinos is a bad idea. Government should not be in the business of legislating morals after first enabling the very lifestyle it wants its citizens to shun. r --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] ART-A-TAT, SUMMER CAMP Art and Recycling workshop for kids series 1 - April 16th to April 22nd 2012
greetings from art escape, Art escape Summer camps workshops for kids is back again! ART -A -TAT LEARN BY DOING workshops! LOTS OF NEW STUFF TO BE MADE MORE FUN LEARNING. One week ART and RECYCLING summer workshop in an action packed format created by *Art Escape along with the creative consultant for the award winning Tv show M.A.D and F.A.Q on POGO* This is the first of a series of workshops structured to provide a hands-on approach to ART DESIGN where the participants will explore painting, sculpture, recycling, pottery,yoga,gardening,theatre,dance,music play some innovative art games and then jointly produce large installations for an exclusive ART EXHIBITION on the 22nd, to celebrate EARTH DAY. *and yes, there IS a certificate of completion of this Creative Module* Added Activity - The kids shall be provided with lunch and a snack, but this shall be also a make your own lunch and snack activity. Fee for the Workshop - Rs.3000 per child. for anyone whos really interested in sending their kids and for any reason is looking for a revision in fees, do speak to us, we aspire to understand all situations to be able to develop this into a meaningful service/activity over the years. special discounts for group bookings. *HURRY UP ! LIMITED SEATS ! THE RUSH IS ON...* Note : Parents shall not be allowed to stay with the children during the workshop. Spread the message, love peace, facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/322939931101936/ look at last years summer camp documentation. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.215498805128137.64168.163206737024011type=3 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.218893818121969.66122.163206737024011type=3 Art escape team Call for any queries/directions etc vinesh 9323590051 Darryl 9881568756 Sandra 989228 Deepak 8007744944 mail: i...@artescape.in -- Art Escape Waddi beach, Benaulim South Goa www.artescape.in ART ESCAPE FACE BOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-escape-goa/163206737024011 -- *Art Escape * *ART ESCAPE Goa*, a back to basics eco resort, an art design hub with an innovation centre and a knowledge sharing experiential platform. *The Inspire trust* , will host an environment created to facilitate, motivate, nurture and inspire those who would like to experience, exchange, share learn all forms of art design. Vaddi beach, Benaulim South Goa for latest updates https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-escape-goa/163206737024011 www.artescape.in -- 'Save Paper. Print Only If You Must!' Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to Vinesh Iyer Architect/Researcher Co- Founder Director, *De FACTO PVT.LTD* Made Designers architects designers +91-9323590051 *Mumbai Studio:* A 1 ,Dimple Apts,1st Floor, Prabhat Colony,Road NO 2, Santacruz (east), Mumbai 400055. INDIA www.defactoarchitects.com http://www.defactoarchitects.com *Goa Studio:* Co- founder Director :*Inspire trust Art escape pvt.ltd.* *ART ESCAPE Goa, a back to basics eco resort, an art design hub with an innovation centre and a knowledge sharing experiential platform.* *The Inspire trust* , will host an environment created to facilitate, motivate, nurture and inspire those who would like to experience, exchange, share learn all forms of art design. Art Escape ,Waddi beach, Benaulim South Goa www.artescape.in (shortly updated) for latest updates https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-escape-goa/163206737024011 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Goa tops international charts!
Hi, Please find the link to the article we uploaded on our website. http://ragatorock.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=359%3Ajazzing-goacatid=23%3Aindependent-artistlang=en Nirjhar Kasar Raga To Rock 9167624034 On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Nirjhar Kasar editor...@gmail.com wrote: http://ragatorock.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=359%3Ajazzing-goacatid=23%3Aindependent-artistlang=en On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Editor edi...@ragatorock.com wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Jazz Goa jazz...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM Subject: Goa tops international charts! To: zz goa...@goanet.org Saxophonist Colin Laguna form Netherlands has been a regular visitor to Goa ever since his mother first brought him to Goa as a four year old child. He has ancestoral roots in Goa and has always felt at home on every visit. He heads the saxophone department in the Holland College of performing arts and also leads his own modern jazz quartet in concert all over Europe. He performed for the first time in Goa this season after meeting up with Jazz Goa's Colin D'Cruz who featured his namesake at several gigs around Goa. Laguna consistently raised the performance bar for the local band Jazz Junction with his amazing virtuosity and this prompted D'Cruz to have his amazing talent tapped and taped right here in Goa. He offered to record Laguna if it was a composition inspired by Goa and 'Spiritual Pathways' began to take life in Jazz Goa's studio in Sangolda. Pianist Tony Dias added some sensitive piano playing to Laguna's amazing melody driven by D'Cruz's singing fretless bass. The overall production turned it into a world class tune and the track currently tops thousands of entries in the international jazz charts. You can hear Spiritual Pathways on the radio station at www.jazzgoa.com Checkout Spiritual Pathways on the international jazz charts: http://www.soundclick.com/genres/charts.cfm?Genre=JazzsubGenreID=268latest200=true --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Fwd: The Tree, movie screening.
Dear Friends, The *Alliance Francaise*, Panjim and Art Chamber cordially invite you to a Movie screening, * The Tree* (L'arbre, 2010, English with French subtitles) by Julie Bertucelli with Charlotte Gainsbourg. * Sunday 1st of April 2012*, 7.30pm, Art Chamber - Galeria de Belas Artes Castelo Vermelho Gauravaddo 115/A, Calangute. The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, eight-year-old Simone denies this reality. She is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house and speaks to her through its leaves. But the tree becomes more and more invasive and threatens the house. It must be felled. Of course, Simone won't allow... Duration : 100mn, with Charlotte Gainsbourg. Inline image 1 DO NOT MISS, Free and open to all. Regards, Karine Christophe. -- Deputy Director. Alliance Française, Panjim Panjim 403 001 Goa. Tel +91 832 2420049 http://panjim-goa.afindia.org/ -- Rudolf Ludwig Kammermeier Art Chamber, Galeria de Belas Artes Gauravaddo 115/a Calangute, Goa - India --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Shantaram Naik.... laughable
Shantaram Naik laughable Reacting to the news item about Our Member of Parliament Mr. Shantaram Naik issuing press notes taking credit to the date changes seems laughable at a point in time were he as our representative in Praliament could have taken up so many issues after the defeat of his party. Our representatives are paid through our taxes not for this but to take up much serious issues like economic benefits for people they represent. Can some body clear my thinking …..does Mr. Shantaram has the right to representative us in parliament when the Govt. which elected him has been defeated. Or he has to resign with moral responsibility and create a vacancy for a new innovative person to take seat. Jani. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] FUELLING CORRUPTION
STOP FUELLING CORRUPTION In UP, notorious mafia Don having 48 criminal cases pending against him,has been made Minister in charge of prisons.His first act was reportedly to visit a jail and pull up jail officials.He has expressed displeasure about the quality of food and ordered installation of water coolers immediately. He has given guidelines of upkeep of prisoners and facilities for inmates on severe penalty if not complied. It is no secret that MPs as law makers consider themselves above the law and cutting across party lines together with pliant bureaucrats seeped in corruption, are able to help/cover themselves if caught. This has to stop! We have the task of removing and voting in the right Legislators to represent us and be able to ensure power does not make them forget the voters and behave like arrogant rulers. This is hapenning in Parliament where Team Neta is censuring Team Anna. For 40 years they have managed to keep the Lokpal bill in abeyance,and finally due to pressure from Baba Ramdev (whom they neutralized)and the Anna Hazare movement which they tried to stamp out like they did the Tehelka expose, a weak bill was passed in the Lok Sabha and scuttled in the Rajya Sabha. They promised to bring it up in this summer session, but they propose to discuss it further,and hope more such analysis will lead to paralysis! Enough of time has lapsed since the winter session and nonsense made of Sense of House resolution!We cannot tolerate/sit and watch those fighting corruption be harassed or eliminated. There is nothing left to discuss, since all parties and everyone knows the nitty gritty and what are the i mportant issues namely the independence of the CBI and a fair procedure to chose a Lokpal who will be an independent entity so everyone from the PM to the peon will be made accountable!The next game is consensus.Everyone must/will be made to agree with the Congress by hook or by crook. Since Parliament has been reduced to numbers, Anna joining with Ramdev( on issue of Lokpal and black money) will have the numbers, not to mention the victims/ us fed up citizens, to force them to see the writing on the wall for an urgently passed strong Lokpal bill. To tackle the cancer of corruption Electoral,Police and Administrative reforms must follow. It is only we the people who can do it. The Parliamentarians in their arrogance cannot see the writing on the wall. The people have not lost faith in Democracy and Parliament but in the Systemic corruption and Parliamentarians ! --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Height of disgusting journalism - Herald
On 22 March 2012 22:53, SOTER so...@bsnl.in wrote: Below is the disgusting editorial in one of Goa's popular newspaper. The editorial appeals for no political party to field candidates against the BJP in the Cortalim by-polls. Is the BJP or any political party in this country known to restrain themselves from contesting a by-poll after the demise of a Congress MLA or MP? Are we Goans being considered as morons? COMMENT: (I am sure my views about this are known) Soter, why are you so upset about this? When did the Heraldo or the NT graduate to 'newspaperhood'? And which opposition politician is going to take this Heraldo's suggestion seriously? One never knows A Germano or a Mooshkith might suddenly turn up in Cortalim. jc ps: Yes, the 'bhaille' folks at the Heraldo most likely believe that most of its readers (i.e. Katlick Goans) are morons. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Seminar on Panchayati Raj
If at all people do not want to be utterly misguided and fooled, they should give a 'WIDE BERTH' to this self-interest based PANCHAYAT RAJ SEMINAR organized by CSJP with Soter as it's main ingredient. The actual Organizer of this is an outsider who has made himself very comfortable in GOA and going by the name of PEACEFUL SOCIETY. Why am I saying this? I have been a SOCIAL ACTIVIST all my life and I have a record of 7 successful Public Interest Litigations in the Bombay HC of Goa since 1997, two of which are concurrently running... WP/580 of 2009 in Court No 2 - Justice Reis and WP/737 of 2011 - Division Bench Court No. 1. with me appearing in person. While the 580 is concerned with CRZ violation at Calangute and Baga by hotels, the 737 is the Mapusa Comunidade having sold it's agricultural field (Morod) to Raojee Rane in lieu of 1050 square meters or thereabout of built-up area, property which it cannot sell. But the above two (CSJP's Fr. Maverick Fernandes and Soter D'Souza) have maligned my name with the Parish Priest of Moira Fr. Simpliciano Fernandes just because I gave a pat on the back because he wanted to select a village panel for the up-coming Panchayat elections. They (Fr. Maverick Fernandes and Soter D'Souza ) poisoned his mind by telling him not to associate himself with whatever Floriano Lobo is doing because he is a corrupt politician PERIOD. Whereas, I could have taken a couple of crores OF RUPEES which were offered to me by the ex-owner of Calypso to stay his demolition (WP 236 of 2007 which is clubbed with WP/580 of 2009) by just not following up the matter, being the sole aggrieved party, but went ahead with the demolition to the extent of more than 4 crores of rupees. The new owner has presumably re-built on the same and therefore the need for WP/580. And whereas, the Church to which these people are connected has sold the entire Souto Maior Properties to Model Builders, Panjim which properties were willed to the Church for the use of the poor and down-trodden. And whereas, the Vanxim Island is sold to Gaunekar for 37 lakhs in a deal which is more shaddy than the shade itself. Who are these people sermonizing and organizing SEMINARS for ??? I have qualified into POLITICS because these NGO's and institutions are shaddy and misguide people. They live off the proceeds of people's donations by hocking JESUS CHRIST not having no trade in hand to earn their daily bread. And, I have always been a votary of VILLAGE CITIZEN'S PANEL for the Panchayat elections on a Citizens' MANIFESTO. These two persons have shot down the MOira Panchayat Project because I was decent enough to tell Fr. Simpliciano Fernandes to involve Fr. Maverick Fernandes and Soter D'Souza. BEWARE: SENSITIVE CITIZENS WHO WANT TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THEIR VILLAGES . PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE STAY AWAY FROM THIS POISON WHICH IS DISHED OUT TO YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. Amen. Cheers floriano goasuraj www.goasu-raj.org www.gragoa.com PS: These two poisonous snakes have also told Fr. Simpliciano Fernandes that I have hi-jacked the GRA movement and therefore he should not associate himself with me. It was alright for the GRA to be dumped into the lap of BABA RAMDEV and the JANA-JAGRUTI SAMITY ( which is responsible for the Margao bomb blast). - Original Message - From: SOTER so...@bsnl.in To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:56 AM Subject: [Goanet] Seminar on Panchayati Raj Press release The Department for Governance, Council for Social Justice and Peace is organizing a seminar on the topic “Effective Citizenship in Local Self-Governance” on Saturday, 31st March 2012 at Clergy Home, Margao and on Monday, 2nd April 2012 at the Institute Piedade Hall, Panjim. The timing for the seminar on both the days is at 3.30 p.m. The seminar will impart valuable information on local self-governance to citizens in view of the forthcoming election for constituting new Village Panchayat Bodies. The seminar is open to public. Those desiring to participate in the seminar may register their names with the Council for Social Justice and Peace by phoning 2422821 during office hours or via e-mail to csjp...@gmail.com. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] GOAN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT(My reply to Rose Fernandes)
I'd like to share the comments a friend made(in a private message to me), after seeing my reply to Rose Fernandes. Here's an extract from his message: As usual, a most eloquent statement from a Goan mzee! However, the last line needs amplification. I don't think that it was SOME Goans who CHOSE to treat the African as 'inferior'; it was almost every Goan living in an urban environment, including yours truly, who had that prejudiced attitude. But that was the status qou during the colonial era as you quite rightly pointed out. I was only enlightened when Tanganyika gained Independence, and I CHOSE to become a Tanganyikan citizen shortly thereafter. What is shameful is when SOME or MANY Goans today, unlike you and me, keep reminiscing about the good old days without nary a sense of remorse or a feeling of guilt or a sense of gratitude towards the African who was relegated to the lowest rung in society in his own land while we prospered at his expense. What is even more tragic is that when the African got freedom, the majority of the population found themselves far worse off than in the colonial days, as a result of dishonesty, fraud, corruption, and tribal rivalries of their own leaders. Today's news on the BBC is about the discovery of oil in the Turkana Distist of Kenya (see below). You (and I) will thank the Good Lord for finally showering his blessings on the Turkana - the prospect of women in decent clothing instead of goatskin skirts around their waists, men driving in air-conditioned cars, air-conditioned homes with piped water, hospitals, schools, etc. Then we look back at independent African countries and ask ourselves; is our wish just a dream? Will the lure of oil wealth spawn tribal rivalries, border disputes, warfare, land mines and killings of innocent people? And will the survivors still be living the same way they did when you were a Karani? I hope and pray that BEFORE they pump the first drop of oil out of the ground, the tribal chiefs sit down around a table, with a British District Commissioner (or a Bwana Karani) as the Chairman, and agree to maintain peace. Otherwise it will just be another oil-rich Nigeria where poverty is still rampant. Like many predictions I made in the past, I am going to retain a copy of this message that I will track in years to come. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Women bankers riskier - Bundesbank study
The image of women as safer managers who are less likely to fritter away a bank’s finances is wrong – and politicians should take note, according to a Bundesbank research report. Board changes at banks that result in a higher proportion of female executives “lead to a more risky conduct of business”, concluded the authors of an extensive study http://www.bundesbank.de/download/volkswirtschaft/dkp/2012/201203dkp.pdfof German finance houses released by the country’s central bank. They also find that younger executive teams increase risk-taking – but more PhDs in management suites have the opposite effect. The results, which counter the popular image of women managers as less likely to take risks, could prove politically controversial. Ursula von der Leyen http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad2e176a-f8d1-11e0-a5f7-00144feab49a.html, Germany’s labour minister, is among European politicians pushing for stronger measures to increase female board representation. Such political pressure is based on a desire for greater gender equality, the report’s authors note, but the impact on corporate behaviour is discussed less. Their findings “suggest that a public policy debate must take this impact into consideration”. The three authors are Allen N. Berger, of the University of South Carolina; Thomas Kick, of the Bundesbank; and Klaus Schaeck, of Bangor University. Although it published the report, the Bundesbank said on Tuesday that the results “do not necessarily reflect the views of the Deutsche Bundesbank or its staff”. The Bundesbank has one woman – Sabine Lautenschläger, deputy president – on its six-person board. Explaining their controversial findings, based on an analysis of German bank executive teamshttp://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/acc15442-32eb-11e0-9a61-00144feabdc0.html from 1994 to 2010, the report’s authors suggest a main reason is that women executives tend to be “significantly less experienced” than male counterparts and that a lack of experience drives risk taking. Another explanation could be that, with women still rare in boardrooms, their inclusion breaks up a clubby atmosphere. The authors write: “If group members come from heterogeneous backgrounds in terms of experience and values, this might increase the potential for conflict inside the group and hinder decision-making.” The obstacles women face in entering bank boards could also include accepting a higher risk exposurem, they add. They are probably on less controversial ground in arguing that a decrease in the average board age increases risk taking – and that regulators should take a closer look at the ages of bank executives. According to the study, a five-year reduction in the average age of a board’s members increases the ratio of risk-weighted assets to total assets by 2.66. Their conclusion that more executives with doctorates reduces risk taking is attributed “to the fact that better educated executives employ more sophisticated risk management techniques and adjust the business model accordingly”. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd4a3ac0-77f6-11e1-b437-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_europe/feed//product#axzz1qKBOaB26 Comment: hmm, I thought so, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! g -- 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] Ten Ways In Which Novels Can Change Your Life :6.30 pm on Friday, the 30th of March, at the Gallery Gitanjali
*PRESS RELEASE* The novelist Chandrahas Choudhury will give a talk called *Ten Ways In Which Novels Can Change Your Life* at 6.30 pm on Friday, the 30th of March, at the *Gallery Gitanjali http://www.gallerygitanjali.com/, Fontainhas, Panjim. *The event will be the third in the gallery's series of literary events called *Between The Lines.* * * Choudhury is the author of the novel *Arzee the Dwarf* (HarperCollins, 2009), which was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth First Book Award. He is also the Fiction Poetry editor of the magazine of politics and the arts *The Caravan http://www.caravanmagazine.in/*, and reviews Indian fiction for the *New York Times *(where he recently wrote about Amitav Ghosh's *River of Smoke*http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/books/review/river-of-smoke-by-amitav-ghosh-book-review.html, the subject of the first two *Between The Lines*events) and other newspapers. In keeping with the spirit of a city that is home to influences from all around the globe, Choudhury will flesh out his arguments about what novels can give us with examples from novels around the world. A more detailed note about the talk is provided below. * Ten Ways In Which Novels Can Change Your Life* Chandrahas Choudhury argues that novels, more than any other form of writing, offer a complete education in all the arts of the human self and the problems of human society. How so? By reading novels, we are, through all the means and maneuvers of storytelling, given a contemplative education in the range and depth of human choice and human perspectives, and a vantage point on the human mind as it sparks and leaps through thought.The narrative structures of novels allow us to contemplate all the pleasures and problems of the human experience of time. By offering us language worked up to the most subtle and complex meanings and vivid and musical sounds of which it is capable, novels teach us to cherish language, showing us how better language leads to better thought. By showing us the ways in which memory works in human beings, and how human decisions are always contingent on particular constellations of circumstances as much as on overriding beliefs and principles, novels allow us to develop a more rewarding understanding of time. Novels demonstrate to us how doubt is just as useful a human virtue as certainty, and that the good life must respect both rationality and passion. By tracking experiences that lie behind closed doors or within human minds, they instill in us an awareness of the importance of the private life of individuals to the health of society. And by never offering any explicit advice (unlike self-help books), novels in fact offer the best kind of support to readers -- the confidence that trusts the adult reader to make up his or her mind after considering all the evidence. The wisdom of the novel is not the wisdom of answers, but that of questions. Choudhury will make his points with concrete examples from novels by a wide range of writers, including Orhan Pamuk, Irene Nemirovsky, UR Ananthamurthy, Chekhov, Ashwaghosha and David Mitchell. -- Thanks Regards Miriam Koshy Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas,Panjim, Goa-403001 India www.gallerygitanjali.com 00919823572035 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Kannadiga could be future CM of Goa: Kore
And why the hell not??? When GOANs themselves point fingers at their own as CORRUPT??? When they are NOT .. and instead work with Mani's and Ayers to promote their own prospects??? Even to the extent of hocking Jesus Christ in the bargain Cheers to Goans floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org www.gragoa.com - Original Message - From: SOTER so...@bsnl.in To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:21 AM Subject: [Goanet] Kannadiga could be future CM of Goa: Kore Kannadiga could be future CM of Goa: Kore TEAM HERALD teamher...@herald-goa.com BELGAUM: Claiming that a sizeable presence of Kannadigas in Goa made a crucial impact in the recent Goa assembly elections, Rajya Sabha MP and KLE --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Goa budget
Eugene Correia wrote: I had read the news regarding the SC judgement in the Erasmo de Sequeira case but would this decision be bearing on cases where the owners have lost their property to the caretakers if the owners now approach a court? Lawyers on the forum should throw some light. Dear Eugene, Your question is very good but intriguing, all the same. May need a few more details. A Supreme Court ruling sets Precedent for future rulings of lower courts .but NOT of those of the Supreme Court - even though a previous ruling can be quite 'persuasive'.. If there are previous High Court rulings which have been appealed (or have leave to be appealed), the Precedent applies. If not .most likely NOT. Of course, it all depends on ALL the facts of each individual case. hope this helps. jc ps: I have NO idea why Jack's name was introduced here. Are we so prejudiced that ..? --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] India’s university system in ‘deep crisis’
Here is a nice article about the current state of College system in India. By Rama Lakshmi, Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 AMALIGARH, India — After studying for two years to be a teacher, Anam Naqvi found out that the degree her school offers is worthless. Now, instead of attending classes and finishing a mandatory internship, she and her classmates protest every day outside the gate to their university in the northern city of Aligarh.It is a story being replayed across many Indian cities. Poorly regulated, unaccredited and often entirely fake colleges have sprung up as demand for higher education accelerates, driven by rising aspirations and a bulging youth population. Read the full text: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-university-system-in-deep-crisis/2012/03/20/gIQAzUOgdS_story.html Naguesh Bhatcar --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Shantaram Naik.... laughable
jan feb janif...@gmail.com wrote: Shantaram Naik laughable Can some body clear my thinking …..does Mr. Shantaram has the right to representative us in parliament when the Govt. which elected him has been defeated. RESPONSE: I am not sure that I will succeed in clear your thinking. However, I could suggest that you please read the relevant section in the Indian Constitution For starters, please be advised that a Govt (as in the Executive) did NOT elect Mr. Shantaram Naik. For more advanced review, please read the topic on the 'Separation of Powers'. Google it and you will enlighten yourself wrt the difference between the Parliament (legislature) and the Govt (the Executive). jc --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Shantaran Naik.....laughable
J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com Thanking you Hon'ble J.Colaco Its an indirect election. The legislature/legislator group which elected him is no longer there so? he has to resign with moral responsibility and create a vacancy for a new innovative person to take seat. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Casinos
To Goanet - From the link posted by Aires - http://www.targetgoa.com/newsd-Shock-and-awe-also-rage-over-Parrikar-s-blatant-about-turn-on-his-earlier-anti-off-shore-casino-stand-3605 Delta Corp is the largest gaming company in India seems to have made the government an offer it could not refuse. Delta's promoter Jaydev Mody surrounded by sten gun wielding three deep ring of bodyguards is laughing all the way to the bank. In fact his company's shares surged a the Bombay stock market today. Which begs the question - who really is this Mody guy? And why does he need rings of gun wielding bodyguards? If you move around with this level of security in Goa, you have some explaining to do. I remember this name from around 2006/2007, when there were allegations that he had filled up a field next to his house in Nerul to build a helipad. Some may recall the photos I had posted. So many rotten outsiders have found a refuge in Goa, and what's more, they know how to play Goans. A donation to a temple here, a chapel there, is all it takes to buy off the Goan. r --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa's offshore casinos (IANS)
BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa's offshore casinos IANS Panaji: Once having resisted offshore casinos tooth and nail as a moralistic opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government in its budget has both slapped and caressed the increasingly powerful casino lobby in Goa. In his budget speech, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday reduced the entry fee to offshore casinos from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500, clearly paving the way for increased footfalls to the gambling hubs, but also increased the annual offshore casino licence fee from Rs 5 crore to Rs 6.5 crore. While the casino industry has said the budget was against it, popular perception as well as the opposition suggests that the reduction of the steep entry down to a quarter would increase footfalls at the six operational offshore casinos parked in the Mandovi river, which flows along the capital. I propose that the entry fee for both onshore and offshore casinos to be Rs 500. With this, entry fees collected from offshore casinos would get reduced… However to compensate such reduction in revenue, I propose to enhance the licence fee of offshore casinos to Rs 6.5 crore per year, thereby bringing in additional revenue of Rs 9 crore, Parrikar said. Parrikar said he had proposed a reduction in the high entry fee because it leads to incidents of avoidance of payment of such fees and there was no government mechanism to regulate and keep a head count on customers entering the casinos. A spokesperson for the casino industry in Goa, Shrinivas Nayak, told IANS that the sector was the unfortunate victim in Parrikar's otherwise populist budget. The land casinos licence fee has been increased from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 2.5 crore. This is unheard of. Our fee increase is also not a good sign, Shrinivas said, adding that the increase in entertainment tax from 10 percent to 15 percent would deter investors to invest in Goa, which is evolving as a tourism and entertainment hub in the country. On one hand they want investors but then they hike taxes like this. This is a lesson for those who want to invest in Goa, perhaps they should think twice now, said Shrinivas, who operates the offshore unit Casino Pride. Hubert Gomes, a dentist who contested the March assembly polls as an independent candidate from Benaulim, 40 km from here, said perhaps the only flaw in the entire budget presentation was the reduction in casino entry fees. The only thing I did not like in today's budget is (the) reduction of casino entry fee from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500. This will certainly encourage more Goans to visit casinos and lose their hard earned money, Gomes said. Congress spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu said the reduction of licence fee was an ominous sign for the local population. They (BJP) have reduced licence fee for offshore to Rs 500. He (Parrikar) wants more accessibility to the casinos for Goan youth…Will the BJP women's wing which had accused the Congress of floating these casinos now oppose their own government and stop youngsters from frequenting casinos? Deshprabhu said. Parrikar, however, claims he will soon move a legislation which will restrict resident Goans from entering the offshore casinos. As a measure of prohibition on entry to all casinos operating in the state of Goa, I propose to bring an appropriate legislation to prevent the entry of residents of the state as well as youth under 21 years of age, Parrikar has said. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/goa-bjp-budget-blows-hot-and-cold-on-casinos/243119-37.html * * * --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Kannadiga could be future CM of Goa: Kore
To Goanet - Why look at only Kannadigas? How about the ghatis from Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa? Since there are more security guards from Jharkhand today than Goans themselves, it could become a straight contest between a Jharkhandi and a Kannadiga. But wait, the guys from Rajasthan lining up the Goan roadside with sugarcane carts may also have an ace up their sleeve. And let's not forget the fellows from Chattisgarh, the ones who have changed their name from Vijay Yadav to Victor D'Souza to become instant Goans. r --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Garden Central Gallery, Panjim
Garden Central Gallery, Panjim (Where Music Art Very Freely Interact...) at the 1st Floor, Dr Ribeiro Bldg, Near Hindu Pharmacy, Above Baba Travels, Cunha Rivara Road, Panjim, Goa 403001. Contact Rui Lobo lobo...@yahoo.com or 9921 372036. A neat initiative! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157629288382238/ Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Twitter: @fn or http://twitter.com/fn --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Seminar on Panchayati Raj - False allegations
Just in case that some may contrue silence as admission of guilt, I inform that the accusations of Floriano are untrue and out of context. Further, anyone interested in the matter to malign my name may contact the parish priest of Moira for the real story. -Soter D'Souza --- 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 (28Mar12)
~ Budget 2012 - Freebies Galore ~ From Zero the CM is my Hero! Mine too...except for one Zero...He forgot to mention his Zero tolerance... ...for Corruption! 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] Goa news for March 28, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa BJP to ask CM to rollback decision on casino entry fee - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNENE93Ggbfsevj3zFKgs5vEi__i9gurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-bjp-to-ask-cm-to-rollback-decision-on-casino-entry-fee/980233.html *** Centre wants states to follow Goa, cut share of petrol tax - Hindustan Times slashing the prices by Rs 11 a litre by bring down the value-added tax that goes to the state exchequer. budget presentation - Rajasthan ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFMGJw7mGTFnN4inRy-GQTp1OFKAQurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Centre-wants-states-to-follow-Goa-cut-share-of-petrol-tax/Article1-831804.aspx *** Goa Budget 2012: Liquor prices to shoot up - Zee News ost booze, are set to go up marginally from the next month, owing to a substantial rise in warehousing rates as proposed in the state budget. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar increased the Value ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFisc_rRLF9qz01ZnLcrTGxbXHxAgurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-budget-2012-liquor-prices-to-shoot-up_766452.html *** Poor quality cans lead to formalin leak at GMC - Times of India ormalin-leakage-forces-authorities-to-evacuate-hospital.htmlFormalin leakage forces authorities to evacuate hospital http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEHA1M9Kbrt0hP3uu5pJfESOjeBKQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Poor-quality-cans-lead-to-formalin-leak-at-GMC/articleshow/12434512.cms *** Kashmiri traders get 'Stranger Roll' I-cards in Goa - Hindustan Times ndustan TimesPolice in Goa are issuing identity cards to traders coming from Kashmir under a special category Stranger Roll. Many Kashmiri businessmen, who have set up their ventures in tourists' mecca called Goa, claim the new identity card has shooed away their ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHLqB1sXMi7UKp48A3mIKw9NRkFvAurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Srinagar/Kashmiri-traders-get-Stranger-Roll-I-cards-in-Goa/Article1-831722.aspx *** Goa`s Urrack season sets the tipsy tone - Zee News e NewsTwo parts of Urrack and one of fermented cashew juice distilled again makes Feni, says Minguel Braganza, Secretary, Botanical Society of Goa (BSG). BSG has been promoting Urrack amongst tourists and also encouraging locals, who have been into this ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHIXqjGVj5aPp9KRrjjyUBbX6VXygurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-s-urrack-season-sets-the-tipsy-tone_766413.html *** Rs 7500 penalty on labour dept public information officer by GSIC - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: The Goa state information commission (GSIC) has imposed a penalty of 7500 on the public information officer (PIO) of the labour department, government secretariat, Porvorim. The case dates to August 31, 2010, when Ganesh Chodankar of the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG55vwKaKjYSfq3ZhLoA5o4jQ-djAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Rs-7500-penalty-on-labour-dept-public-information-officer-by-GSIC/articleshow/12434744.cms *** Procedure for organ donation - Times of India mes of IndiaIn Goa, there are relatively high instances of kidney failure and the number of patients afflicted with kidney diseases, according to some estimates, is around 12000 with around 200 cases being added every year. Under these circumstances, it becomes ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFZwkQ1JYKaJWZyLF2ecgaylroMUQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Procedure-for-organ-donation/articleshow/12434509.cms *** Welcome Goa govt's measures to improve governance - Moneycontrol.com V18 that he welcomes the measures proposed to improve governance by the Goa government in their Budget. This is a very bold and promising Budget, and this is a very welcome step, he said.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEYmbFU4hSkPa1OqI0yRTPY3s0zxgurl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/welcome-goa-govt39s-measures-to-improve-governance_685631.html *** Tough for other states to follow Goa example? - Deccan Chronicle ccan ChronicleBy PAWAN BALI It may be difficult for other states to follow Goa's example to cut VAT on petrol by Rs 11, according to analysts. In India the VAT or sales tax on petrol and diesel varies from state to state. It is highest in Andhra Pradesh were the tax ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEDlunAXaFu4ZzH5LIs5NtXegPu2Aurl=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/tough-other-states-follow-goa-example-278 Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger
[Goanet] To Sir, with love :: Memorial service in honour of Matanhy Saldanha
TO SIR, WITH LOVE :: MEMORIAL SERVICE IN HONOUR OF MATANHY SALDANHA The former students of Mr Matanhy Saldanha have put together a memorial service titled 'To Sir, With Love', to pay tribute to their beloved Sir Matanhy after his untimely and shocking death last week. The service will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 7pm at Don Bosco's, Panjim. The memorial service will begin with an Eucharistic Celebration by Fr Ian Figueiredo, Provincial of the Konkan Province, with the participation of many past pupil priests. This will be followed by a Condolence Meet at 8 pm. The meet will include sessions on Nostalgic Memories and brainstorming of ideas to carry on the ideals and mission of Sir Matanhy. Well known as an activist-politician, Matanhy was also a full-time teacher from 1974 to 2008 at Don Bosco High School, Panjim. In the course of his teaching stint, he inspired generations of students with his idealism and activism, leaving a lasting impression on their hearts and minds. 'To Sir, With Love' is a spontaneous effort on the part of several of his students to honour their beloved teacher. Students, friends and well-wishers of Mr Saldanha are invited to participate. Source: Don Bosco High School, Panjim - http://dbhspgoa.edu.in/introduction_details.php Goanet Events www.goanet.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Moncada style revolution only way to save Goa
In July 1953 Fidel and his band of liberators made a brave attempt to oust the Batisita regime which was a puppet of the crony yanks, this was the start of the Cuban revolution. Goa needs some of this revolution to save us from ghantinization. I believe Capt Geraldo and Col Cyril could be the Castro bros. BC --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Shantaran Naik.....laughable
On 27 March 2012 13:18, jan feb janif...@gmail.com wrote: Thanking you . Its an indirect election. ..The legislature/legislator group which elected him is no longer there so? he has to resign with moral responsibility and create a vacancy for a new innovative person to take seat. RESPONSE: Please vide the Constitution. jc --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa : Jewel In India's Crown
Saw this on the u-tube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Q84VX8qGMfeature=player_embedded This is the blurb on Goa Why Goa? Over the past few years, Goa has attracted the eyes of many people looking to avoid the high costs of the Western world. And for most people, the thought of living in one of the most popular tourist destintions in the world is too good to resist. If you think you are one of those, AmarPre can help you realize your dream… Goa : Jewel In India's Crown Goa is one of the most popular travel destinations, known the world over for its picturesque beauty, sun-drenched beaches, colonial Portuguese heritage, mouth-watering cuisine and friendly people. It is easily the preferred destination in India, with everything from film festivals to music concerts to adventure sports as regular features. What a lot of people don't know is that away from the hustle and bustle of city life is a place where you can relax and forget about all your troubles. The peace and calm will surely appeal to you, if you're looking for a place to live, or simply as an investment. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Give Goa Assembly right to legislate on land transactions by amending Art 371
Give Goa Assembly right to legislate on land transactions by amending Art 371 Mr Shantaram Naik while participating in the budget debate in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, strongly pleaded for amendment of article 371 to provide special provisions for Goa (commonly called special status) to empower Goa legislature to enact a law regulate land transactions in the state. He said that Russians, Israelis and our own land mafias are coming down to Goa with tons of money to buy villages after villages. Goa Government did make an attempt in this regard by amending Land Registration Act but the bill was not assented to by the President of India in view of a Supreme Court decision which has categorized such a legislations as unconstitutional. Therefore, it is only an amendment to article 371 which can make a law on the subject as constitutional, he said. Mr Naik suggested that Shipping companies, State Governments and Central Government should create a common fund for the purpose of providing appropriate pension to the families of seamen who suffer immensely for earning their livelihood living away from their families. Refering to the speech of the Leader of Opposition Shri Arun Jetley, Mr Naik said if Congress can get votes by misusing CBI, as alleged by Leader of Opposition, then he would advise his party to go ahead and get the votes, said Mr Naik. He pleaded with Shri Jetley not to indulge in such baseless allegations. Participating further Mr Naik said that since coalition governments have become inevitable in this country, Constitution of India needs to be amended to include a special chapter on the governance under coalition regimes which will lay down the responsibilities of coalition partners and other related issues. Mr Naik urged upon the Finance Minister to introduce Direct Tax Code Bill and the Goods and Services Tax Bill at the earliest. Mr Naik said that budgetary allocations can be meaningful only if quality of the projects being implemented is checked, delays are avoided and corrupt practices involved therein are curbed. Mr Naik welcomed the commitment made by the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee to lay on the table of the House a White paper on black money. He said that the opposition parties who are not appreciating the efforts made by the government in this regard, despite complicated international laws and conventions, may perhaps get an idea regarding the efforts made by the government. Mr Naik suggested that the Central government should implement only those Central Schemes and enact those Central legislations which they can fund to the extent of 100% as, Mr Naik said, it is not fair to presume that States would be able to share a portion of the burden of these schemes and legislations. Mr Naik pleaded for a strong legislation to take the State Government which hijack Central schemes and project them as their own scheme without mentioning to the people that funds for schemes are sent by Central Government. Mr Naik said that it is very difficult for the States to share 50% burden of Right to Education Act, which is a Central legislation. Mr Naik said that Goa’s development suffers as the State does not have a separate cadre of All India Services, and that, the officers of present AGMU ( Arunachal, Goa, Manipur and Union Territories) cadre cannot do justice to Goa as, due to their short stint there is no commitment involved. Mr Naik also pleaded for a legislation to regulate funds under Members of Parliament Local Area Development and said that readily built premises should be allowed, after proper valuation, to be allotted as community halls, etc. in order to avoid delays. He also pleaded that a small percentage of total funds should be permitted to be given in cash to the needy during natural disasters. SHANTARAM NAIK --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] GRACEFUL TIATRIST REMEMBERED - Remmie Colaco
From: Francis Fernandes Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 GRACEFUL TIATRIST - Remmie Colaco The most graceful tiatrist of yesteryears Remmie Colaco is no more. The Konkani loving audience of Bombay and Goa just loved and admired him for his talent, gracefulness, and dedication. In my belief and personal opinion, as long as the tiatrist world is alive Remmie Colaco will never be forgotten. May his soul rest in peace. Such Konkani stage singers, actors, writers and directors come up with hard dedication through their humble beginnings and they rise above the skies, and he was one of them - Remmie Colaco. [Remmie Colaco in Kuwait, KGTS president, Francis de Verna see at the right] A simple human being with God gifted talent he was a law abiding citizen of India who always knew his responsibilities. When Kuwait Goa Tiatristanchi Sonvstha (KGTS) invited Remmie Colaco for one of their shows in Kuwait, he was the most disciplined actor among the guest artistes, and received much applause his performance, grace and his self composed songs. Almost six decades nows, I have witnessed Remmie much acclaimed tiatr 'Sathvo Sacrament' when I was just 12 years in Bombay in 1955. Remmie Colaco's passing away is another setback to the tiatrist fraternity. So many tiatrists have left this world leaving behind their beautiful memories, compositions, songs and dramas, and their hallmark for the love of Konkani stage and its upliftment, Remmie Colaco's was one of them, who can never be forgotten. May the Almighty God give strength and courage to his bereaved family to bear the loss. Ho zaun assa eok verse Remmie Colaco-chea cantaracho. Bhoini Anquarponar anson nachon uddo, Anquarponar chedhe galit tuka vedo, Thujea rupacher chedeanchi nodor podo, Tum sobitful soboitaleim vado. Thodeach tempan tuvem athak ghalun chudo, Thujea kazari jivitak keloi fudo, Gaum sodun vetana kalliz thujem vodo, Resperac tum vetana dukani rodo Maim paichea garant theomp thujo thodo, Aiz thujo fudar focot chedo. Oslea sobdhanim Konkani cantaram gaupi aslo, Remmie Colaco, Tachea othmeank Deu sorginchem sukh favo corum. FRANCIS DE VERNA (Francis Fernandes, Kuwait) [All pictures/photos courtesy archives of efforts by Gaspar Almeida, goa-world.com - Photos by Riwon Gomes, professional photographer, and KGTS] http://www.goa-world.com/goa/tiatrtiatrist/p49.htm --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Unintended consequences
To Goanet - The problem with making Goa a hub for casinos and gaming is that it will attract the worst and most criminal elements to it. (If it hasn't already - why is Mr Mody walking around with gun-toting bodyguards?) Had it been one or two land-based casinos buried in some corner of a 5-star hotel, that would have been one thing. But Goa seems well on its way to becoming a hub, supporting multiple floating as well as land-based operations. We are playing with fire. The Indian underworld has most likely already set up shop. If not, it will soon come in, rest assured. And once this casino monster becomes big and powerful, there will be no stopping it. There will also be space opening up for auxiliary industries (think escort services, high end call girls etc). Recall how the mob took over Las Vegas once (see Casino, starring Robert de Niro, for one adaptation of the story). It took a major FBI operation to put these guys out of business and to clean up Vegas. No such clean-up will every happen in Goa/India. Manohar-bab did not start this. But he has the chance and the mandate now to permanently kick casinos out of Goa. The most charitable spin I can put on his latest sops for casinos is that he wants to quickly generate revenue and put it to work on the other goodies he has promised Goans. My response to that: you cannot think of revenue in isolation. You have to think about the consequences, especially long-term effects of short-term expedients. This is a losing gamble (pun intended). My hope is that Goans will call or write to him with their views. r --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] English-to-Portuguese translation (short stories, volunteers)
Wanted volunteer translators who can translate a single children's story into Portuguese (from English). See http://groups.google.com/group/learn-portuguese-goa/browse_thread/thread/1cc1d16a1d26a649 Do get in touch if you could help! f...@goa-india.org Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On Twitter: @fn or http://twitter.com/fn --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Goa has fourth highest road density - Goa budget proposes more roads
PANAJI: Goa has the fourth highest road density in the country among states with a road network stretching 2,854.94 km per 1,000 sq km of area. Kerala with a road network of 5,268.69 km per 1,000 sq km surpasses all other states while Tripura with a road density of 3,026.23 km per 1,000 sq km ranks second, as per figures of the year 2008 in economic survey 2011-12. Assam, which was in fourth position since 2003, as per available figures, has displaced Goa with a density of 2,936.51 km per 1,000 sq km of its area. But Goa has a higher road density compared to its bigger neighbours, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Karnataka has an average road network of 1,331.94 km per 1,000 sq km while Maharashtra has even less coverage of 725.75 km for the same parameter. Goa has a land area of 3,702 sq km, Karnataka 1,91,791 sq km and Maharashtra 3,07,731 sq km. The length of the highways passing through Goa spans a total of 262 km in the state and covers NH 17 from Patradevi to Polem (139 km), NH 4-A from Panaji to Molem (79), NH 17-A from Cortalim to MPT (16.50) and NH 17-B from Farmagudi to MPT (38.5 km). In addition, there are major district roads and roads crisscrossing the rural and urban areas. But the union territories have even better road density than bigger states. Delhi ranks first among the states and union territories with a density of 19,931.89 km per 1,000 sq km while Chandigarh is a close second with 18,578.95 km per 1,000 sq km. Puducherry and Lakshadweep have road density of more then 5,000 km per 1,000 sq kms. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-24/goa/31233512_1_sq-km-density-nh-17-b --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa's offshore casinos(IANS)
'Autocracy' has started slipping it's feet in the shoes of 'Democracy' As expected. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org www.gragoa.com - Original Message - From: Goanet News news.goa...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:28 AM Subject: [Goanet] BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa's offshore casinos(IANS) BJP budget blows hot and cold on Goa's offshore casinos IANS Parrikar, however, claims he will soon move a legislation which will restrict resident Goans from entering the offshore casinos. As a measure of prohibition on entry to all casinos operating in the state of Goa, I propose to bring an appropriate legislation to prevent the entry of residents of the state as well as youth under 21 years of age, Parrikar has said. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Not happy about casinos
-Original Message- From: Rajan P. Parrikar Instead of asking casinos to pack up and leave Goa, Manohar Parrikar has rolled out the welcome mat for them. RESPONSE: Casinos are cash-cows all over the world. Was a good move to increase licence fees on the casinos. Perhaps close to an additional Rs 40 crores for the state treasury that will help pay the dole to Goan housewives, retirees, Petrol discount, etc, etc. Surely he has irked the casino owners. Parrikar must be asked to clarify his position especially given that he had opposed casinos not long ago. RESPONSE: Reduction in the entry fee to Rs 500 is bound to increase foot-traffic in the casinos. Surely the casino owners must feel placated, no? The proposal to ban locals from entering casinos is a bad idea. Government should not be in the business of legislating morals after first enabling the very lifestyle it wants its citizens to shun. RESPONSE: Parrikar said there was no government mechanism to regulate and keep a head count on customers entering the casinos. How would the subject legislation be enforced? Nevertheless, the sore sights on the Mandovi should be moved out into the Arabian Sea..really offshore!! I guess MP's every move will be over-analysed and mis-steps magnified by the media and his detractors. - B --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Remmie Colaco - Last Journey (Pics and Video)
More pics and Video 27/3/12 Video – Remmie Colaco - The last journey Sanvordem, 26th March, 2012 Video - Remmie Colaco, last journey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86fYetJ2dPY Timeline: Stating with Residence, family, Priest, departure 2.01 Arrival at the Church. Tiatrists carry the coffin inside the church Anil Kumar, Osvy, Abdonio, Patrick, Mike Metha, Cajetan de Curtorim, Marcelin etc Followed by red confrad 3.45 Mass service starts with Fr. James few words 6.35 Fr. Trindade Homily (part), Grotto, footage of people leaving for Cemetery also shown simultaneously 14.12 offertory, External Church, Church bell,Tabernacle, Communion 16.58 Playing of ‘Ankvar Moriechem Dhuk’ song (some pics also added) 20.54 off to Cemetery, uphill, Tiatrist are seen carrying coffin etc 22.17 at the Cemetery, grave 22.48 Mike Metha speaks, Remmie was Schoolmate of Shami kapoor.. 23.57 Tiatr Academy President Tomazinho Cardozo 25.51 Final rites/prayers with Fr. Domnic Alvares 26.21 Lowering the coffin into the grave (Mechanically), Goodbye Remmie Coalco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86fYetJ2dPY Some more pics or visit blog http://joegoauk-konkani-tiatr-vcds-films.blogspot.in/2012/03/goodbye-remmie-colaco.html at home with family members for the last timehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874777298/in/photostream/ Residence http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874683724/in/photostream/ At the Church – Mass, Prieste etchttp://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874683724/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020803907/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020819831/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874724808/in/photostream/ Fr.James http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020812105/in/photostream/ Fr. Triandade Monteiro http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020831299/in/photostream/ The people http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874722708/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874739514/in/photostream/ the Church Guardian Angel, Sanvordem http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020817835/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020836837/in/photostream/ to the cemetery http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874750016/in/photostream/ tiatrists Carry coffin http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874752736/in/photostream/ TAG President http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020893237/in/photostream Mike Metha http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020866251/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020873315/in/photostream/ Others http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874777298/in/photostream/ crowd at the Cemetery http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020890799/in/photostream/ Final resting place -Grave http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874800072/in/photostream/ Vandalism in the Cemetery – Recently in the news http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/6874810728/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr11/7020926849/in/photostream/ blog for more pics and videos http://joegoauk-konkani-tiatr-vcds-films.blogspot.in/2012/03/goodbye-remmie-colaco.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 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
