[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal? (Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR)
The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal? Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR desmonddeso...@hotmail.com Society in Goa is passing through an unprecedented metamorphosis akin to a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Like other institutions in society, the Church in Goa is convulsed by the need for radical change to fulfill her mission in society. The Goa Church Synod (February 2002) articulated the direction of renewal. But has the renewal lost out to revivalism? A question of whose perspective Was colonization of Goa by the Portugese (1510-1961) an asset or a liability for the Church in Goa? The native Americans protested the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America (1992) that established the faith in the American continent. They perceived colonization as an unmitigated disaster. Actually, from their perspective, they discovered the explorer on their beaches. He thought he had reached India. In return for their naïve hospitality, they received plunder, rape and near extinction. A question of whose perspective! The 500th anniversary of the Portugese colonization of Goa (2010) and the establishment the Latin Catholic Church was celebrated without much fanfare. From whose perspective was it perceived? The Portugese colonizers transplanted the same imperialist, triumphalist, Christendom model of the Church from Europe to Goa. The burgeoning faith of the new converts was saddled with sophisticated Roman Canon law, the imported, emotionally-charged, southern European, popular devotions and novenas to the saints and an elaborated belief system expressed in abstract, Greek philosophical categories. As one foreign missionary priest after many years in India and seeing the number of Goan priests and bishops all over the entire sub-continent and beyond remarked, Those Portugese kicked the faith into you Goans. They did a good job all the same. Over the centuries, the faith of the converts made them like little Davids, burden with Goliath's mighty armour. Instead of their faith blossoming from the soil of their deep Hindu religio-cultural heritage that is still very much alive today, and in solidarity with their non-converted Hindu brothers and sisters in Goa, they were transformed into aggressive, arrogant colonials, alienated from their brothers and sisters of other faiths and infected with the holier-than-thou attitude of the colonizers. Catholic Goans are much more comfortable in the West than in Goa. Whether the content of faith and the operating model of the Church brought by the colonizers is an asset or a liability today, is a question of whose perspective one listens to in the Church. Continuity or discontinuity with the past? Since the renewal process of the Church initiated by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), many serious efforts to break with the colonial past have been attempted. But studies show that the greatest blocks to genuine renewal are the traditionalism of the clergy and the lethargy of the laity. Both these blocks are consequences of their colonial past. The clergy generally find it extremely difficult to accept a more participative, co-responsible and socially committed Church with the laity. This is understandable, since the older model of the Church and the content of faith has produced a Blessed Joseph Vaz (1651-1711), a Venerable Fr Agnelo D'Souza (1869-1927), both totally indigenous priests and many eminent clergymen. Both by tradition and training, they are deeply attached to the pyramidal model of the Church, with its rituals, traditions, devotions and practices, which is the only one they know. The laity however, are deeply divided about the pace and direction of change that renewal demands. A paradigm shift in faith formation is needed. They need a more inductive reflection on the daily realities of life to discover the challenge of God acting within these realities, rather than the traditional deductive process of learning abstract truths of faith by heart. Their faith, befitting their minority status in Goa (about 25% of 1.6 million), demands an appreciation of the seeds of God's Word present in other faiths, so that they grow in understanding and respect for them. Further Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world as a constitutive dimension of faith (Synod on Justice in the World, 1971), is largely absent. Some of the more enlightened laity support and participate in the renewal process as a genuine and necessary expression of the Catholic Church in Goa. But the vast majority are caught up in the revivalist spiritual awakening that is sweeping Goa. Initiated by the Catholic Charismatic Movement (CCR) more than twenty-five years ago,
[Goanet-News] NEWS: Non-local has no right to build in CRZ: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority
Non-local has no right to build in CRZ: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority TNN Apr 22, 2012, 01.29AM IST PANAJI: A non-local person who purchases land within 200-500m of the high tide line but is not a traditional inhabitant or plying a traditional occupation cannot construct a dwelling unit or a farmhouse in CRZ area. The new CRZ 2011 regime laid this down in law, but the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority has made it watertight in a landmark order recently after a Delhi-based resident applied to it for construction of a farmhouse within the CRZ of Mandrem village. Merely purchasing land within 200-500m in CRZ areas for purpose of putting up a construction, cannot confer traditional rights on the purchaser as equivalent to a person belonging to local community/traditional inhabitant of that area, nor can such rights be claimed for the purpose of putting up a dwelling unit/farmhouse in terms of CRZ Notification 2011, GCZMA member secretary, Michael D'Souza has stated in his order. As per the CRZ Notification 2011, the construction of dwelling unit/farmhouse, etc in CRZ areas shall be only for local community/traditional inhabitants of the coastal areas, the order notes. Rakesh Sahani, a Delhi-based resident, had filed a writ petition in the high court seeking directions to be allowed to construct a farmhouse in Mandrem. After NGO Goa Foundation opposed the petition, the court disposed of the matter, referring it to GCZMA to decide. GCZMA while rejecting the application, in an order dated March 28, 2012, ruled that CRZ 2011 permits only traditional inhabitants along the coastline to construct or reconstruct their dwelling units. The traditional rights and customary uses while regulating construction activities of dwelling units in the coastal areas evidently discloses the law-framers intention that construction of dwelling units have to be within the ambit of traditional rights and customary uses prevalent and practiced in the concerned locality, i.e. the coastal area, the order states. Pointing out that it cannot be expansively used to refer to non-traditional individuals, the order further states, Obviously it will relate to the persons engaged in traditional occupations in such locality which would include fishing, toddy tapping, plantation, etc.
[Goanet-News] Village sketches in cyberspace...
Canada-based Mel D'Souza, a Goan from Brampton, ON., recently illustrated a book on the Saligao village authored by the writer-priest Fr Nascimento Mascarenhas. While quite a few deal with village specificities, many illustrate charming stories from a Goa we know. Of the town criers from the past, age-old children's games, traditions, the village life, farming, local springs (fountains), music teachers, old-style transport, brass bands, Parashurama and St Francis Xavier, nuns and singers (including the nightingale of Goa Lorna, who traces her roots to this village). My own favourite is called Mackerel Sky. It discusses the old belief that a bloody-red sky at sunset means a lot of mackerels (bangdde) in the market the subsequent day. Of course, today we have far too many fishing trawlers, mechanisation and development and overfishing, and too few mackerel! But check out what the artist has done to convey this image -- in black-and-white! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/7105368139/in/set-72157629515952866 See his charming sketches here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157629515952866/ Contacts for Mel: Tel (905) 793-6123 mel.dso...@sympatico.ca PS: Over the last four years, I've been focussing on getting into print more interesting, community-driven Goa-related books. There is still a lot of work waiting to be done here, and few hands to do it... but still, it is very satisfying work. See some of the output here: http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books If you'd like to discuss an idea or how it could be possibly turned into a book, please get in touch. -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org On Twitter @fn or http://twitter.com/fn
[Goanet-News] Goa news for April 24, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa govt starts repaying its power dues - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHIAIZ3uQdONHQ0Hu4_5fiatQIpgwurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-govt-starts-repaying-its-power-dues/989665.html *** Kolaveri wins two awards at Goa Fest - Times of India ciaDPpR3qUDM36AO5Vmo4oMuQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHDXYTKocGWzIZrh6g59Y-tW7AXgQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Kolaveri-wins-two-awards-at-Goa-Fest/articleshow/12838239.cms *** 2 mines in Goa asked to shut down for polluting a rivulet - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNErWGMDQQqsfRVQ33GmrbiXUNBCOgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/2-mines-in-goa-asked-to-shut-down-for-polluting-a-rivulet/989659.html *** BJP's conduct of panchayat polls undemocratic: Goa church - TwoCircles.net alangute-poll-proves-prejudice/articleshow/12844530.cms'Postponing Calangute poll proves prejudice' http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNELtxylnEwDg091WidxpCnAo__J_Aurl=http://twocircles.net/2012apr23/bjps_conduct_panchayat_polls_undemocratic_goa_church.html *** UK national's death in 2010 raises questions - Times of India ndian-state-Denyse-died-accused-massive/story-15890478-detail/story.htmlPolice in Indian state where Denyse died accused of massive corruption http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHMxR4D0MiDNAqbBczgG02xtpg16gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/UK-nationals-death-in-2010-raises-questions/articleshow/12844730.cms *** Goa Cong MP takes on PMO over rehabilitation of villagers near N-plant - Daily Pioneer ocation of villagers living in the sanitised zone surrounding the Kaiga nuclear plant. The sterilised zone of Kaiga project will have to be ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGD8rrlA_mjLazD7OvKgNcre17DAwurl=http://dailypioneer.com/nation/60042-goa-cong-mp-takes-on-pmo-over-rehabilitation-of-villagers-near-n-plant.html *** Japan International Co-operation Agency: 50% work orders issued - Times of India UQ7l47MZamM http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHFOYnRgEoJVwvCUKwqbI0Wb54_2wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Japan-International-Co-operation-Agency-50-work-orders-issued/articleshow/12844410.cms *** Goa University placement fair - Times of India mes of IndiaSemester IV/VI students across all disciplines at the PG departments of Goa University seeking placement facilitation are requested to register for participation in the placement fair, scheduled on May 5. UG semester VI students of B Com, BCA, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEwMudIBBBu9ece7hdqeorEGn6J5gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Goa-University-placement-fair/articleshow/12844212.cms *** South Goa preps up forces to tackle monsoon maladies - Times of India mes of IndiaMARGAO: The South Goa collector, ND Agarwal, has directed all line departments like the PWD, sewerage, water supply, electricity, etc to work out an action plan to meet any eventualities during the monsoon. The action plan should focus on the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEvsZ79j4dHpLEfyQkXQqFuDIr_BAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/South-Goa-preps-up-forces-to-tackle-monsoon-maladies/articleshow/12844247.cms *** Goa State Urban Development Agency to now take urban development decisions - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: The state government has reconstituted the general body of the Goa state urban development agency, which has the power to take policy decisions for implementation of various urban development schemes and programmes financed by the state and/or ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEfrpDsAginmR2QNePH_fCNyQgsqwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-State-Urban-Development-Agency-to-now-take-urban-development-decisions/articleshow/12844433.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
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[Goanet] Time to include Goa in our National Anthem JANA
I guess this writer feels left out of the Union of Corruption? It is believed that the song (Jana...) was written by an English gentleman by the name of Rabindranath Tagore. Our Goan National Anthem goes like this: Heróis do mar, nobre povo, Nação valente, e imortal, Levantai hoje de novo O esplendor de Goa! Entre as brumas da memória, Ó Pátria sente-se a voz Dos teus egrégios avós, Que há-de guiar-te à vitória! Às armas, às armas! Sobre a terra, sobre o mar, Às armas, às armas! Pela Pátria lutar BC It's high time to add GOA to our National Anthem JANA GANA MANA NOW! I think the following line can be modified to include GOA with little effort: Panjaba Sindhu GOA Gujarata Maratha and the rest will sound fine.
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Markarfljótsgljúfur
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Markarfljótsgljúfur' Canyon of the Markarfljót river (fljót = river, gljúfur = canyon), over 100 metres deep, in the Icelandic Highlands. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/04/23/markarfljotsgljufur/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet] Pottam borem nam munn...
In Panjim, when an emergency like JGUK's arises, forget the public conveniences. I wrote to GN about them long ago. Do what Panjim savvy people do. If a friend's residence is not handy or not available, then use the good hotels like the Mandovi or Fidalgo's. In the Patto area go to Central Library. In Porvorim go to Education Department or the Secretariat. Most newly commissioned Government offices outsource the cleaning departments. Then there's always Domino's .. How do you know what was on the walls was only paan spitting? Thanks for the photographs despite your biological emergency. Needs to be sent to the mayor of Panjim. No way to better ruin one's weekend than to picture the capital town in the minds of those of us old enough to do so, with what it was before the hordes came in. Tell me that in modern india this is synonymous with progress. Agni 5 with a reach to Beijing and all that. Just noticed in TOI that Odisha appears to be the new name for Orissa. With public facilities like this, better Goa's new name be Gaan. -- ** Tony de Sa tonydesa at gmail dot com **
[Goanet] The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal?
Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR wrote: [1] Was colonization of Goa by the Portugese (1510-1961) an asset or a liability for the Church in Goa? [2] The native Americans protested the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America (1992) that established the faith in the American continent. They perceived colonization as an unmitigated disaster. [3] A paradigm shift in faith formation is needed. They (the laity) need a more inductive reflection on the daily realities of life to discover the challenge of God acting within these ealities, rather than the traditional deductive process of learning abstract truths of faith by heart. Dear Fr. Desmond, It is always good to read scholarly articles. Your was a long but exquisitely fascinating article. I do have a few points to make wrt the points (yours) that I have listed above: re #1: Is that an oxymoronic question or what? Would there be a Church in Goa without the 'colonization of Goa by the Portugese'? I ask you to (please) reflect on the following: (a) Has the Catholic Church done anything beneficial for the betterment of the poor and downtrodden on the subcontinent? (b) As an example, have you reviewed the lives of the poor and oppressed Parava pearl-divers on 'Fishery Coast' before their encounter with St Francis Xavier? (c) Has the Catholic Church esp the Jesuits (never mind that infamous VideoCD) not been instrumental in leveling the playing field for the poor oppressed by the apartheid caste System AND for women ...by way of education? re #2: I wonder if the 'protestors' are aware that the person known as Christopher Columbus may not have been named Christopher Columbus, and that the said person is NEVER known to have set foot of land held by native Americans of North America. BTW: If you visit the native American communities, they are flush with 'casino' funds but heavily beholden to alcohol. There is so much money that there is NO impetus to study. Do you agree with the nonsense that America is an unmitigated disaster? Would you have preferred Goa to remain the constant battlefield of the Hindu Vijaynagris and the Muslim Golcondis .with the women caught in the midst .as toys for the victors till the next battle? re #3: I am sorry but the Church in Goa missed the boat a long time ago i.e. during the time of Raul. The hierarchy of the Church resected the main artery for the transmission and formation of 'Faith and Values' i.e. the family. It did so by forcibly introducing a strange hyperSanskritised form of Konkani into the conduct of the liturgy. So, young and not so young Goans went to Sunday mass and heard priests either struggling to preach or preaching in the strange-Konkani, and when they returned home, there was silent bewilderment. For a decade+, Nobody followed a word, after that Nobody really cares. BTW: Additionally, (that VideoCD apart) even Catholic priests (present and ex) would be slamming the Church without even attempting to present a reasonably balanced picture. It just became the fashion to do so. Hence, Goan Catholics attend Mass to 'fulfill the obligation', but many were just 'outstanding Catholics' as in 'standing out of the church' Catholics. I would be outstanding too, if I did not know Marathi (the present Church Konkani IMHO is a bad sounding nasal dialect of Marathi). What also would drive me 'outstandingness' is the long boring sermons delivered listlessly (Redemptorists like you are known exceptions to 'boringness') and the example (or lack of it) set by the clergy. (The sale of Church property the hand over of the Old Goa churches are topics by themselves) Despite protestations to the contrary, I submit to you that RC priests are technically unequipped, and hence, incompetent to offer meaningful guidance on 'the daily realities of life'? For instance: What do priests really know about some of the common problems which affect Goan Catholics i.e. Marriage Contraception? Time to pray in silence. The damage has already been done. Thank you for nothing Raul! jc
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[Goanet] NEWS: Non-local has no right to build in CRZ: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority
Non-local has no right to build in CRZ: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority TNN Apr 22, 2012, 01.29AM IST PANAJI: A non-local person who purchases land within 200-500m of the high tide line but is not a traditional inhabitant or plying a traditional occupation cannot construct a dwelling unit or a farmhouse in CRZ area. The new CRZ 2011 regime laid this down in law, but the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority has made it watertight in a landmark order recently after a Delhi-based resident applied to it for construction of a farmhouse within the CRZ of Mandrem village. Merely purchasing land within 200-500m in CRZ areas for purpose of putting up a construction, cannot confer traditional rights on the purchaser as equivalent to a person belonging to local community/traditional inhabitant of that area, nor can such rights be claimed for the purpose of putting up a dwelling unit/farmhouse in terms of CRZ Notification 2011, GCZMA member secretary, Michael D'Souza has stated in his order. As per the CRZ Notification 2011, the construction of dwelling unit/farmhouse, etc in CRZ areas shall be only for local community/traditional inhabitants of the coastal areas, the order notes. Rakesh Sahani, a Delhi-based resident, had filed a writ petition in the high court seeking directions to be allowed to construct a farmhouse in Mandrem. After NGO Goa Foundation opposed the petition, the court disposed of the matter, referring it to GCZMA to decide. GCZMA while rejecting the application, in an order dated March 28, 2012, ruled that CRZ 2011 permits only traditional inhabitants along the coastline to construct or reconstruct their dwelling units. The traditional rights and customary uses while regulating construction activities of dwelling units in the coastal areas evidently discloses the law-framers intention that construction of dwelling units have to be within the ambit of traditional rights and customary uses prevalent and practiced in the concerned locality, i.e. the coastal area, the order states. Pointing out that it cannot be expansively used to refer to non-traditional individuals, the order further states, Obviously it will relate to the persons engaged in traditional occupations in such locality which would include fishing, toddy tapping, plantation, etc.
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day.
Natalie Colehttp://www.youtube.com/artist/Natalie_Cole?feature=watch_video_title Nat King Cole - When I Fall In Love (Spanish version) I hope you like this as much as I have; gave me goosebumps; daughter singing with long dead and gone Papa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKVNpsvRUfofeature=fvwrel -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] Pottam borem nam munn...
Ah Tony baab, wait till you get to Kanada. Public toilets are rare (they are plain expensive to operate)...except in shapping-malls...restos do have 'em but for customers only. Must say d/town Toronto is wee better equipped that way.for quick relief do keep an eye for alley-ways, under bridges, over bridges, water fronts etceven seen a guy relive himself next to a parked car at College/Spaidana in broad daylight this summa. Yonge street is a free for all between Bloor to the waterfrontand do mind the gap, you may water our very own loitering goldm'n s*cks of nearly Bay street..*weenk weenk* Ah, Lundon is another storythe 'tin can' at Trafalgar Sq. thought covered (its a pay tai-let), gives a feeling of doing it in the open a-la-migrants in Moira, Candolim, Murmagao etc. A better option there is the Tate Modern but you never know which dead artist could be in the stall next to youFr-cix Bacon, amcho Souza???that won't be a pleasant ya? You could be developing this into a niche tourism thingmaybe a guide book is on the cards...what next, a book deal? **com to Go-a, com to Go-a.. tai-lets are niiice** On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com wrote: In Panjim, when an emergency like JGUK's arises, forget the public conveniences. I wrote to GN about them long ago. Do what Panjim savvy people do. If a friend's residence is not handy or not available, then use the good hotels like the Mandovi or Fidalgo's. In the Patto area go to Central Library. In Porvorim go to Education Department or the Secretariat. Most newly commissioned Government offices outsource the cleaning departments. Then there's always Domino's ..
Re: [Goanet] Goanet The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal?
I beg to disagree with the good Father. Indisputably, the Church has been run in the past by the intellectuals, who turned God's word into undecipherable theology and doctrine, which they used to shut out the laity from true participation in the Church. Hence the recent swing towards revivalism, is a natural thirst of the people for the living word of God rather than being subject to intellectual dissertations and treatises like we have been in the past. In fact, even the present Pope has successfully obliterated the easy to understand and use language of the Mass and taken it back to the ponderous and obsolete structure of the distant past. What the Church needs perhaps, is to inculcate integrity in its workings and fundamentals. Whether it is a inculturated or European colonial or revivalist or renewed Church, there is not much difference and it really does not matter if it does not have integrity and humility. For example, the Church in Goa, is still silent on its various misdemeanours like selling of land etc. How can the Church have any moral authority if it does not openly and humbly apologise for the past and admit its human failings. Merely expecting the world from the laity and imposing burdens on them, does not help, even if the Church's top leadership has changed its direction, but only intellectually, and not emotionally from the heart. Diana Pinto Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR wrote Since the renewal process of the Church initiated by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), many serious efforts to break with the colonial past have been attempted. But studies show that the greatest blocks to genuine renewal are the traditionalism of the clergy and the lethargy of the laity. Both these blocks are consequences of their colonial past. The clergy generally find it extremely difficult to accept a more participative, co-responsible and socially committed Church with the laity. This is understandable, since the older model of the Church and the content of faith has produced a Blessed Joseph Vaz (1651-1711), a Venerable Fr Agnelo D'Souza (1869-1927), both totally indigenous priests and many eminent clergymen. Both by tradition and training, they are deeply attached to the pyramidal model of the Church, with its rituals, traditions, devotions and practices, which is the only one they know. The laity however, are deeply divided about the pace and direction of change that renewal demands. A paradigm shift in faith formation is needed. They need a more inductive reflection on the daily realities of life to discover the challenge of God acting within these realities, rather than the traditional deductive process of learning abstract truths of faith by heart.
[Goanet] Village sketches in cyberspace...
Canada-based Mel D'Souza, a Goan from Brampton, ON., recently illustrated a book on the Saligao village authored by the writer-priest Fr Nascimento Mascarenhas. While quite a few deal with village specificities, many illustrate charming stories from a Goa we know. Of the town criers from the past, age-old children's games, traditions, the village life, farming, local springs (fountains), music teachers, old-style transport, brass bands, Parashurama and St Francis Xavier, nuns and singers (including the nightingale of Goa Lorna, who traces her roots to this village). My own favourite is called Mackerel Sky. It discusses the old belief that a bloody-red sky at sunset means a lot of mackerels (bangdde) in the market the subsequent day. Of course, today we have far too many fishing trawlers, mechanisation and development and overfishing, and too few mackerel! But check out what the artist has done to convey this image -- in black-and-white! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/7105368139/in/set-72157629515952866 See his charming sketches here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157629515952866/ Contacts for Mel: Tel (905) 793-6123 mel.dso...@sympatico.ca PS: Over the last four years, I've been focussing on getting into print more interesting, community-driven Goa-related books. There is still a lot of work waiting to be done here, and few hands to do it... but still, it is very satisfying work. See some of the output here: http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books If you'd like to discuss an idea or how it could be possibly turned into a book, please get in touch. -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org On Twitter @fn or http://twitter.com/fn
[Goanet] Fwd: Goa-CAP:PRESS RELEASE
-- Forwarded message -- From: Gitanjali Gallery gallerygitanj...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM Subject: Fwd: Goa-CAP:PRESS RELEASE To: Miriam Koshy miriam.ko...@gmail.com -- Forwarded message -- From: P.Madhavan madha...@goa-cap.com Date: Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:49 PM Subject: Goa-CAP:PRESS RELEASE To: gallerygitanj...@gmail.com *PRESS RELEASE * * * *April 21, 2012, Goa:* Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP) India Foundation (IFA) for the Arts presents highly anticipated Exhibition “ *NOTES OF AN ALCHEMIST*” by the Artists of the ALTlab Photography Residency on 27th April, 2012 at Gallery Gitanjali, Panaji, Goa. When the invention of photography was announced in Paris in 1839, the artist Paul Delaroche stated that, “from today, painting is dead”. 170 years of painting since that time have proved Delaroche wrong however the initial announcement did change the way painters approached their art. They moved away from realism and evolved new ways of looking at the world – Impressionism, Cubism and Surrealism to name a few. And now photography world is on the crossroads but this time within the frame. Hundred and seventy year-old tradition of wet and smelly chemicals in the darkroom is succumbing to the commercial challenge presented by the new technology of electronic imaging. Again history will prove it wrong by moving ahead in the approach. As industries withdraw their interest from silver based image-making and re-invests in electronic media, the traditional practices of analogue photography will revert into the hands of the dedicated photographic artists, experimenters, and craftspeople. Emerging from long experience, Goa Center for Alternative photography designed a residency titled ALTlab with an emphasis on alternative photography to support artists who want to explore and experiment with the changing approach of medium which is snowballing into a new movement in photography. In short, ALTlab is for film (traditionalist) photographers who are scattered across India, working hard but in isolation to develop the skill to produce emotions and to convey a meaning in their works; for digital (modernist) photographers who are looking for alternative ways to express and; for the artists of any medium who want to use the dark space and silver to create. The 60 day residency was participated by highly talented artists, Poornabodh Nadavatti (Bengaluru), Tashi Lepcha (Sikkim), Uzma Mohsin (New Delhi), Tanima Das (Assam), who experimented on, daguerreotypes, Van dyke brown process, cyanotypes and Gum Bichromate, without distraction, engaging in an interdisciplinary approach to both the investigative process and the production of work. The highlight of this year's ALTlab 2.0 residency was the forty kilometer walk by the artists, right from the Calangute line to Aldona, moving on to Bicholim and finally concluding at Sirigaon for over 3 days to explore Goa and its culture. This exhibition *NOTES OF AN ALCHEMIST* is the reflection of this walk. Apurva Kulkarni an eminent artist and an art teacher is the mentor in residency, who skillfully led the discussions, provided creative inputs to the artist concepts and guided them to this exhibition. P. Madhavan 9689041602 -- *Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP)*, House No. E2 / 268, Dongorpur (Royal Village), Near St. Alex Church, Calangute, Goa, India. www.goa-cap.com -- Thanks Regards Miriam Koshy Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas,Panjim, Goa-403001 India www.gallerygitanjali.com 00919823572035 -- Thanks Regards Miriam Koshy Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas,Panjim, Goa-403001 India www.gallerygitanjali.com 00919823572035
[Goanet] Challenge to the Church in Goa
Fr. Desmond de Sousa CSsR ( April 22) asks : '' Was colonization in Goa by the Portuguese ( 1510 - 1961 ) an asset or a liability for the Church in Goa ? For the last fifty years, the liberated ( from confrarias ) Church in Goa has rendered wonderful service to the Catholic community by providing ( albeit with Government funds ) primary cum secondary schools in each village . Churches today are overflowing with parishioners every Sunday morning not to mention generous collections. The colonial Church, run by Portuguese for four and half centuries , did not even bother to bring literacy to the Catholic masses.Though they had parochial school in 3Rs i.e. Reading, writing and arithmetic , the students were always sons of upper caste confraria members. It is no wonder there is a saying in Konkani among the Catholics which run as follows:- ''' Padri-cho sermao-uch aikon tum munis zaumcho na , escola-che bankar-ui bosonk zai.'''
Re: [Goanet] Time to include Goa in our National Anthem JANA GANA MANA - Pañjāba Sindhu GOA Gujarāṭa Marāṭhā!
Since Rahul Dravid has retired, may be we could remove his name from the anthem (Dravida-Utkala-Banga) and insert Goa over there? Nigel. On 22 April 2012 13:00, Nascy Caldeira nascy...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Silviano! This is a very clever and well explained suggestion! U should get all the support from the Govt. of Goa and all Goans in general; except may be the 'marathi-wadis'! We Goans can just ask the Goa Govt. to interact with the Delhi Govt and then complete the job. Nascy Caldeira From: Silviano Barbosa goa...@hotmail.com To: goanet goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, 22 April 2012 4:26 AM Subject: [Goanet] Time to include Goa in our National Anthem JANA GANA MANA - Pañjāba Sindhu GOA Gujarāṭa Marāṭhā! It's high time to add GOA to our National Anthem JANA GANA MANA NOW! I think the following line can be modified to include GOA with little effort: Panjaba Sindhu GOA Gujarata Maratha and the rest will sound fine. -- Nigel Britto http://twitter.com/#!/nigelbritto
[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO to focus on a Citizens Manifesto for the forthcoming Village Panchayat Elections in Goa
-- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO the fortnightly discussion event since 1999 --- Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 27th April from 4pm. to 6pm. at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa. TOPIC: Citizens Manifesto for the Village Panchayat Elections. SPEAKER: Open Discussion We invite you to express your viewpoint by attending the FRIDAY BALCAO. If you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by email to goad...@gmail.com best wishes, Roland Martins --- Don't miss out on the discussion. Information is power, Share it equitably. Lets make things happen in Goa !! --- GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail to: goad...@gmail.com
Re: [Goanet] Vol 7, Issue 403 Time to include Goa in our National Anthem, Silviano Barbosa
Great lines, Charu. Someone updating Kolaveri... Goa-vori-di! Cheers.
Re: [Goanet] Goanet The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalismor Renewal?
Dears, Let me offer my two bits on this great 'intellectual' and 'faith-bound' discussion/debate. All said and done, the Catholic Church, has, according to me, forgotten everything about the kind of life that ' JESUS CHRIST' lived and the principles that he died for. The Catholic Church is only 'HOCKING' the name of 'JESUS CHRIST' by enacting dramas, day-in-and-day-out which gives it the immunity to worship the 'DEVIL' and do everything that is against the principles of the living and dying Jesus Christ, one of them being, in Goa's context, the selling off lands [Souto Maior Estate - Vanxim Island in Goa] which were willed to the Church for the benefit of the 'common man' and which has been pointed out by JC [not Jesus Christ]. I believe that the 'CATHOLIC CHURCH' will do better if it tried to UNDERSTAND the very meaning of the 'last supper' which is the culmination sum total of Jesus's life and which is is enacted as the everyday mass [ hollow ritual] for the consumption of the common man, to UNDERSTAND what He [JC] meant when He had raised the wine laden cup in the last toast to His disciples. What the so called Catholic Church is doing is just a mockery of those words 'DO IT IN MEMORY OF ME'. In all probability, the Catholic Church is doing just the opposite, where, perhaps, no one, but no one has ever been ready to die for the principles that Jesus Christ Himself set and lived by, but are USING HIM AND HIS LIFE as some SUPER HUMAN phenomenon, which things are not possible for a mere mortal to follow, meaning, I am a weakling and therefore I surrender to all vices'. Plus there is some fantastic thing like 'the Confession', a veritable laundry machine which says however much muck ladden you may be, go thro this laundry machine and you come out dazzling clean'. And, there is 'joke' to it where a young boy goes for a confession and says he has sinned. From the confessor: 'was it Mary? so on and so forth, untill the young man comes out to boast to his waiting friends I have four more names Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org www.gragoa.com PS1: I may be a little out of context here, because I haven't read through the long and arduous writing of Fr. Desmond De Souza, since anything like this I believe, without being offensive, is a pure waste of time. PS2: When I say 'JC' I do not mean Jose Collaco - JC:-) - Original Message - From: Edwin/Diana Pinto eddipi...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanet The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalismor Renewal? What the Church needs perhaps, is to inculcate integrity in its workings and fundamentals. Whether it is a inculturated or European colonial or revivalist or renewed Church, there is not much difference and it really does not matter if it does not have integrity and humility. For example, the Church in Goa, is still silent on its various misdemeanours like selling of land etc. How can the Church have any moral authority if it does not openly and humbly apologise for the past and admit its human failings. Merely expecting the world from the laity and imposing burdens on them, does not help, even if the Church's top leadership has changed its direction, but only intellectually, and not emotionally from the heart. Diana Pinto Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR wrote Since the renewal process of the Church initiated by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), many serious efforts to break with the colonial past have been attempted. But studies show that the greatest blocks to genuine renewal are the traditionalism of the clergy and the lethargy of the laity. Both these blocks are consequences of their colonial past. The laity however, are deeply divided about the pace and direction of change that renewal demands. A paradigm shift in faith formation is needed. They need a more inductive reflection on the daily realities of life to discover the challenge of God acting within these realities, rather than the traditional deductive process of learning abstract truths of faith by heart.
[Goanet] The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal? (Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR)
Subject: The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal? (Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR) Dear Fr Desmond I have given your article some serious thought and feel that it is not an either or situation. Perhaps the question to be framed is who is to request changes and if it is at all correct for the hierarchy to put forth ill advised changes as we have sadly seen in the New Community Bible project or changes to come from the laity. Post VC II apparently for all the talk of laity empowerment in fact it is the heirarchy who have taken upon themselves to act in a destructive manner with venerable customs and novenas which enrich the Catholic faith. The focus on psychology and new age in the literature availabkle in Catholic bookstoress is sadly illustrative of the above statement. One would be hardpressed to obtain a copy of any unabridged work of St. Alphonsus, Butlers lives of saints, Alphonsus Rodriguez SJ and Louis of Granada. There are several things that I feel are sadly lacking in the Catholic church as it is in India and among them in no particular order: a) A celebration of our Martyrs, Sister Rani Maria, Fr Bernard Digal (Odisha), Fr Thomas P (AP). Not even a photograph is put up in any parish office to remind us of them. A fraction of the effort and energy in this direction (rather that effort put in terms of what is currently put in for yoga classes, introduction of Indian scriptures in the NCB etc.) would deepen our Catholic faith manifold. b) The danger in revivalism is I consider marginally less than ill-advised changes made to the liturgy and literature by those who want to push particular changes like adaptation to Indian culture. Here unfortunately what passes for culture often has deep spiritual significance for Hindus (and therefore what passes for adaptation is considered by many as a sin against the first commandment) and in addition to estranging Catholics, I believe annoys fundamentalist among the majority. Goan Catholics in particular have no need to be apologetic of their Catholic faith, but need to be apologetic of colonialism and the deep wounds inflicted on the Hindu community, and there is a very marked distinction here, which is confused or perhaps easily misunderstood (by me) from your article. Revivalism is not necessarily Charismatic, it also comes from a heartfelt conversion to the truths of our faith. c) I had touched upon this point earlier as it is very close to my heart, there have been converts to Catholicism earlier. In the case of John Henry Cardinal Newman, it was on account of reading Athanasius and Augustine among the other fathers of the Church and his tract which he wrote at 44-45 literally forced him to resign his office. In fact when he became a Catholic at 45 he scarcely knew any Catholics. The power of religious reading is totally discounted in India. St. Pauls, ATC, Anand Press and Clarentian publication publish many sources but please scan the books available in stores in Bombay, Goa etc. It is most difficult to find a book which is written by a master of spiritual life like any of the Ascetic works of St. Alphonsus, Athanasius, and modern mystics like Serv. Of God. Benigna Consolata, S. Josefa Menendez. How then can we get one Newman into the Indian Church, or an Ignatius, a St. Augustine, or so many other notable converts. Your Holy Founder, emphasises this point in is work Selva For the spiritual reading he may use the Knowledge and Love of Jesus Christ by Father St. Jure, or CHRISTIAN PERFECTION BY FATHER RODRIGUEZ, books that are filled with piety and unction. He may also read other works; but let him, above all, read the lives of the saints, as the life of St. Philip Neri, of St. Francis Borgia, of St. Peter of Alcantara, and the like. In the books that treat of spirituality we see virtues in theory, while in the lives of the saints we see them in practice; and this will stimulate us more efficaciously to imitate the saints. St. Philip Neri never ceased to exhort his penitents to read the lives of the saints. How many saints, such as St. John Colombini, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Teresa, have been induced by the reading of such books to consecrate themselves entirely to God ! So why is it surprising that the faith and our religion is in self-destruct mode, books like the Great Promise attached are no longer in print, and I feel it is deliberate as I have provided soft copies of books, (to so many) to St. Pauls who published it, right upto the 70's. How can you castigate the laity for being anti-intellectual when they have not tasted the sweetness and unction of the Catholic faith. Nature abhors a vacuum the space left empty is filled but by what?-New Age, Yoga, attempts at inculturation, heresy and sects. Before the seeds of God's Word in other faiths is learnt, perhaps, just perhaps, our faithful need to be acquainted in at least a perfunctory manner with
[Goanet] Alfred Rose Musical Bonanza
Alfred Rose Musical Bonanza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFf5aQeqlQ rita rose alria pravin ethan anthony san young chico jr.chico caira trisca hortencio pereira kenny rajendra prabhudesai.. 22nd April 2012 pics etc http://joegoauk-konkani-tiatr-vcds-films.blogspot.in/2012/04/alfred-rose-musical-bonanza-2242012.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Pottam borem nam munn...
As my grand-mother would say, avois mujea saibab!!! There are strict rules I follow when in Goa. 1. Never have a meal just before leaving the house. 2. Never have a meal outside a 20 minute car-drive radius. 3. Always carry enough money to buy coffee in a five-star hotel so I may also use their loos. 4. Carry phone numbers and detailed addresses of all friends in the town areas should I have a pottam borem nam type emergency. What is it with Indians and hygiene? Even those Arabs who used to do it in the sand and cover it up have now built toilets that resemble Taj Mahals, while we are still obviously squatting our way to civilization. best, selma
[Goanet] SDM Bicholim slams Sesa Goa at Advalpal
-- Samir Umarye *PRESS RELEASE*] Sesa Goa and Lithoferro mines have been ordered to shut down mining operations, repair the nullah they destroyed and re-direct the water they diverted away from the nullah. The SDM Bicholim has acted on a complaint filed by Advalpal villagers and Goa Foundation under section 133 Cr.PC. A show-cause notice on villagers’ complaints was originally issued on 25 May, 2006. The final order under Section 133 Cr.PC was issued on 16 April 2012. Lithoferro ordered to shut down mining operations which have impacted on the public nullah. The Police Inspector has been ordered to ensure that the mine working is forthwith stopped. Lithoferro mines are directed to pay the cost of rehabilitating the nullah diverted by them. They have been ordered to restore the water through the original nullah. Sesa Goa has been ordered to stop mining on Face III. (Faces I and 2 were already shut following High Court orders.) The Executive Engineer has been directed to ensure that no further disaster takes place at the nullah passing through the village. The villagers of Varchavadda and Kolamb had filed a detailed complaint against Sesa Goa, Lithoferro and Salgaoncar Mining Industries, alleging the mining operations which were being carried out on the hill behind their settlement had become a permanent danger to their lives and peace of mind. They had alleged widespread disruption of nullahs and creation of conditions leading to flooding. Following the complaint, the first notice to the companies was issued on 25 May 2006. Further during proceedings, a subsequent notice was sent to various authorities on 29 April 2008 asking for detailed technical reports. The apprehensions of the villagers came true when the village was flooded on 6 June, 2009 and mining debris and silt flowed into people’s homes. Thereafter, the SDM was transferred. Levinson Martins, the new SDM resumed hearing of the complaint based on High Court’s orders in writ petition filed by Akash Naik and Goa Foundation. Site inspection was carried out by the SDM on 4 April 2012. Pursuant to the site visit and examination of the reports from the various statutory authorities, the SDM (and Deputy Collector) has come to the finding “that the mining companies, i.e., M/s Lithoferro mines and M/s Sesa Goa have failed in providing adequate precautionary measures to prevent overflow of mining silt/dumps into the nullah passing through Advalpal village. Further, the mining company M/s Lithoferro has indulged in mining in such a way that the very natural course of the original nullah is diverted which is further endangering the Advalpal Amthane nullah which was otherwise also endangered by M/s Sesa Goa mining activity at Phase III, besides due to their dumps at Phase I and Phase II, and therefore there is nuisance which is required to be regulated.”(Target Goa)
[Goanet] A Prayer of Humility
Received this on a thank-you bookmark from the family of the recently deceased Rui Alemao of Navelim, Nairobi and Muscat. Based on a prayer of Ignatius of Loyola I found it soothing to ponder. With apologies to our atheists, here it is: Take O Lord and receive All my liberty, my memory, my understanding And my entire will All that I have and call my own. You have given it all to me To you Lord I return it Do with it what you will Give me only your love and grace That is enough for me. Roland Francis 416-453-3371
[Goanet] Is this the summer berry called bendsem? Take a look.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/6961010854/in/photostream Apologies if I posted this earlier. Am trying to hunt down this rarely seen summer berry...called bend-shem. This picture was taken last year and I cannot remember where I found these berries. Thank you.
Re: [Goanet] Time to include Goa in our National Anthem JANA GANA
Hmm What is important for Goa, is it the special status or Jana Gana Mana adiyata jaya hai.? Oscar Lobo Melbourne. From: Silviano Barbosa MANA - Pa?j?ba Sindhu GOA Gujar??a Mar??h?! It's high time to add GOA to our National Anthem JANA GANA MANA NOW! I think the following line can be modified to include GOA with little effort: Panjaba Sindhu GOA Gujarata Maratha and the rest will sound fine.
[Goanet] Goa news for April 24, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa govt starts repaying its power dues - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHIAIZ3uQdONHQ0Hu4_5fiatQIpgwurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-govt-starts-repaying-its-power-dues/989665.html *** Kolaveri wins two awards at Goa Fest - Times of India ciaDPpR3qUDM36AO5Vmo4oMuQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHDXYTKocGWzIZrh6g59Y-tW7AXgQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Kolaveri-wins-two-awards-at-Goa-Fest/articleshow/12838239.cms *** 2 mines in Goa asked to shut down for polluting a rivulet - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNErWGMDQQqsfRVQ33GmrbiXUNBCOgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/2-mines-in-goa-asked-to-shut-down-for-polluting-a-rivulet/989659.html *** BJP's conduct of panchayat polls undemocratic: Goa church - TwoCircles.net alangute-poll-proves-prejudice/articleshow/12844530.cms'Postponing Calangute poll proves prejudice' http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNELtxylnEwDg091WidxpCnAo__J_Aurl=http://twocircles.net/2012apr23/bjps_conduct_panchayat_polls_undemocratic_goa_church.html *** UK national's death in 2010 raises questions - Times of India ndian-state-Denyse-died-accused-massive/story-15890478-detail/story.htmlPolice in Indian state where Denyse died accused of massive corruption http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHMxR4D0MiDNAqbBczgG02xtpg16gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/UK-nationals-death-in-2010-raises-questions/articleshow/12844730.cms *** Goa Cong MP takes on PMO over rehabilitation of villagers near N-plant - Daily Pioneer ocation of villagers living in the sanitised zone surrounding the Kaiga nuclear plant. The sterilised zone of Kaiga project will have to be ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGD8rrlA_mjLazD7OvKgNcre17DAwurl=http://dailypioneer.com/nation/60042-goa-cong-mp-takes-on-pmo-over-rehabilitation-of-villagers-near-n-plant.html *** Japan International Co-operation Agency: 50% work orders issued - Times of India UQ7l47MZamM http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHFOYnRgEoJVwvCUKwqbI0Wb54_2wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Japan-International-Co-operation-Agency-50-work-orders-issued/articleshow/12844410.cms *** Goa University placement fair - Times of India mes of IndiaSemester IV/VI students across all disciplines at the PG departments of Goa University seeking placement facilitation are requested to register for participation in the placement fair, scheduled on May 5. UG semester VI students of B Com, BCA, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEwMudIBBBu9ece7hdqeorEGn6J5gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Goa-University-placement-fair/articleshow/12844212.cms *** South Goa preps up forces to tackle monsoon maladies - Times of India mes of IndiaMARGAO: The South Goa collector, ND Agarwal, has directed all line departments like the PWD, sewerage, water supply, electricity, etc to work out an action plan to meet any eventualities during the monsoon. The action plan should focus on the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEvsZ79j4dHpLEfyQkXQqFuDIr_BAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/South-Goa-preps-up-forces-to-tackle-monsoon-maladies/articleshow/12844247.cms *** Goa State Urban Development Agency to now take urban development decisions - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: The state government has reconstituted the general body of the Goa state urban development agency, which has the power to take policy decisions for implementation of various urban development schemes and programmes financed by the state and/or ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEfrpDsAginmR2QNePH_fCNyQgsqwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-State-Urban-Development-Agency-to-now-take-urban-development-decisions/articleshow/12844433.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] MELBOURNE: GAA to celebrate 10th edition of World Goa Day
Oscar Lobo was appointed President of the Goan Association of Australia, Inc (GAA) at their recently held Annual General Meeting on 14 April 2012. The GAA will also be celebrating the 10th edition of World Goa Day. Goans in Melbourne...are proud to present the 10th Anniversary celebration of World Goa Day - Goans own annual dinner dance extravaganza!!! 7 pm sharp, 25th August @ Springvale City Hall 397 - 405 Springvale Road, Springvale. MELWAYS: 80 - A11 Music from Goa to keep your feet tapping by Joe his Soul-Mates Relish the Goan Buffet specially spread for you by Silver Platter This is the night of nights, the night when Goans get together to show off their roots, their culture... Come, and enjoy yourselves to your heart’s content: Meet more Goans and their friends thanever before, here in Melbourne... Enjoy the good music, relish the magnificient buffet spread, and importantly, just have fun: You will think you are transported back to Goa for the day!!! Flyer: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-GEukNSKtDIWk50VkVUN2JwZnM Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
Re: [Goanet] Pottam borem nam munn...
Arre! Joe, Don rupoi dilo pores, ek rupia pamper ghen bandpa num tuem ? Pis fuimcho. Dusre chance-ak rau attam. Nice day. BMV From: JoeGoaUk Pottam borem nam munn... Aum ing eilom ani soddsosddit bitor gelom ani somtench der bond kelem Kit sangoch tumkam? Sorbontem choin, mak zata tem pasun zaina zalem, Oiliam kit kai munliari, tea derak don burak ani asai bhailean son funkott picher choupak.
Re: [Goanet] Nak tokli bonk bombli zangodd...
Nak tokli bonk bombli zangodd... (JoeGoaUk)... hey Joegoa U.K.!, You missed food! Charudatta Prabhudesai Auroville . South India.
[Goanet] Locals should get Priority in Jobs in Kaiga and Seabird projects
Locals should get Priority in Jobs in Kaiga and Seabird projects Authorities managing recruitment of personnel in Sea Bird and Kaiga projects in Karwar has to give priority to the people of the State of Karnataka and more particularly people Uttar Kanara District in the matter of recruitment, said Mr Shantaram Naik M P and Secretary AICC in charge of Karnataka and Kerala Inaugurating party workers conferences in firstly in Ankola and then in Karwar on Friday Mr Naik said that it is only if local people are associated with Central Government projects that the locals will feel affinity towards the projects. Mr Naik assured the party workers to raise the issues relating to compensation of the land losers of Sea Bird project in the Rajya Sabha. Mr Naik said that the sterlised zone of Kaiga project will have to be increased and the families who reside in the additional area have to be shifted by giving them appropriate package. Mr Naik appealed to the party workers towards the goal of winning all the six assembly constituencies of Uttar Kanara District. Shri R V Despande ex-minister said that he has met the Defence Minister on the issues relating to Kaiga and Sea Bird , and that, he was now happy that Mr Naik is ready to help them in this regard. President of Uttar Kanara District Congress Committee President Mr Bhimanna Naik, Shri manjunath Kunoor ex- M P , MLC Shri S.L.Ghotneker , Shri Satish Sail and others addressed the conference. Released through the office Of Shri Shantaram Naik M.P.
[Goanet] Mopa - a stake through the heart of Goa
To Goanet - I see that Manohar Parrikar has gone ahead with Mopa. This is it - he can no longer be counted on as a steward of Goa's well-being. It is as if he wants to complete the task the past Kangress govt left unfinished I will have more to say in my next post shortly. r
[Goanet] CSJP calls for public hearing on delimitation of wards
CSJP calls for public hearing on delimitation of wards TEAM HERALD teamherald@ herald- goa. com PANJIM: Denouncing the forthcoming panchayat polls as being sabotaged by partisan political interests, a peeved Council for Social Justice and Peace ( CSJP) has convened a public hearing on April 28 for citizens and village groups aggrieved over delimitation of wards. The present panchayat elections on May 16 cannot be claimed to be free and fair. The CSJP expresses its dismay and apprehension over the manner by which the polls are being sabotaged by partisan political interests and arbitrary and non- transparent functioning of the Directorate of Panchayats ( DoP), stated a press note released by CSJP Executive Secretary Fr Maverick Fernandes. CSJP had alerted the State government well in advance about the approaching panchayat elections and the need to carry out urgent electoral reforms to ensure a free and fair electoral process. The manner in which the Goa State Election Commission has exempted corrigendums issued by the Directorate of Panchayats from the Election Code of Conduct and then using this excuse to postpone elections in a village panchayat brings into question the neutrality of this independent institution in Goa, added the CSJP press note. The CSJP has voiced its objection to the undemocratic and unjust manner of functioning of the State Government and its various agencies involved in the conduct of the Village Panchayat elections. The present elections to the panchayats on May 16 cannot be claimed to be free and fair. The CSJP has decided to organise a public hearing on April 28 from 10.30 am to 1 pm at Caritas Goa Holiday Home, St Inez, Panjim for citizens and village groups aggrieved by delimitation of wards of the panchayats. Those citizens and village groups interested in participating at the hearing are requested to contact the CSJP during office hours on phone 0832- 2422821 or email at csjpgoa@ gmail. com, the press note adds.
[Goanet] summer berry called bendsem
Message: 7 Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:54:29 +0530 From: Edgar Silveira ed...@goencar.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Is this the summer berry called bendsem? Take a look. Message-ID: calhmluk-gs39v9dvbttzdfm4pr3hker4_8egru0udbclffs...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/6961010854/in/photostream Apologies if I posted this earlier. Am trying to hunt down this rarely seen summer berry...called bend-shem. This picture was taken last year and I cannot remember where I found these berries. Thank you. The picture is of a wild fruit, what we may call 'vovLam'. These are not shrub berries; rather the vovlam tree grows to a height. BeNsam are of two varieties, purple and white when ripe, these beNsam are juicy berries. (Like smaller varieties of Zamblam). Bensam shrubs, if allowed, grow into midsized trees. Varieties of cute little birds flock on these to devourer these Bensams during rainy season and children also relish them. White varietiy are generally not consumed by humans. There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many spices may have become extinct or rare. MD
Re: [Goanet] Mopa - a stake through the heart of Goa
Surprising the voices against this airport are muted. Not one person has spoken against this move. Reading between the lines, it appears a move to reward the elected rep from the area (the big margin win in the elections?...reward to keep the hard core saffron quiet?...me thinks so). One thinks Dabolim is just fine...kick the daf-ience southget a few clear heads to re-organize the present set up (which is truly chaoticit appears like a large gathering of hungry pigs trying to get the the 'dhoan'). Limit the taxi driversthe whole of Goi with their taxi is lining up there. C'mon, this airport lands a 747 from St.Petersburg though one must admit the take off it a wee heavy. Look at it another way, there is the moneyed lot, read mining and Conq-ress.. from Goi had gobbled up a whole district in north of the bordernot sure the move is in sync with the present CM or speculation.take a guess. An acquaintance who went on a visit says its soo cheap and beautiful, one cannot go wrong; the poor chap is beating is beating his chestmissed out on deal coated with sugar and honeyapprox 15 small ones (l) gets you 5 acres...conversion no problem!!! On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com wrote: To Goanet - I see that Manohar Parrikar has gone ahead with Mopa. This is it - he can no longer be counted on as a steward of Goa's well-being. It is as if he wants to complete the task the past Kangress govt left unfinished I will have more to say in my next post shortly. r
Re: [Goanet] Mopa - a stake through the heart of Goa
It's time to say good-bye to Dabolim our dearest. It will go in the hands of the Indian Navy lock-stock-n-barrel. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org www.gragoa.com PS: Was late Matanhy Saldanha privy to this scheme of things? I wonder ! If MOPA can be delayed till 2017, Goa Su-Raj will scrap it out-right including putting a ban on mining, whatever may be the consequences, Goa will more than survive. - Original Message - From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:25 AM Subject: [Goanet] Mopa - a stake through the heart of Goa To Goanet - I see that Manohar Parrikar has gone ahead with Mopa. This is it - he can no longer be counted on as a steward of Goa's well-being. It is as if he wants to complete the task the past Kangress govt left unfinished I will have more to say in my next post shortly. r
[Goanet] Mopa - a stake through the heart of Goa
Why hold this against M. Parrikar? This does not surprise me in the least. These are compulsions of politics. Men with principles and emotions have no place in this scheme of current politics. Those with principles and who follow ethics are fools. Long live the Goan dream! - Soter
Re: [Goanet] summer berry called bendsem
Thank you for clarifying. Am not sure where I got these berries/fruit from..likely the bills of Sancole. There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many spices may have become extinct or rare. So what are the berries aside from the chunna, kandem, charrem? On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:15 AM, MD mmdme...@gmail.com wrote: Message: 7 Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:54:29 +0530 From: Edgar Silveira ed...@goencar.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Is this the summer berry called bendsem? Take a look. Message-ID: calhmluk-gs39v9dvbttzdfm4pr3hker4_8egru0udbclffs...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/6961010854/in/photostream Apologies if I posted this earlier. Am trying to hunt down this rarely seen summer berry...called bend-shem. This picture was taken last year and I cannot remember where I found these berries. Thank you. The picture is of a wild fruit, what we may call 'vovLam'. These are not shrub berries; rather the vovlam tree grows to a height. BeNsam are of two varieties, purple and white when ripe, these beNsam are juicy berries. (Like smaller varieties of Zamblam). Bensam shrubs, if allowed, grow into midsized trees. Varieties of cute little birds flock on these to devourer these Bensams during rainy season and children also relish them. White varietiy are generally not consumed by humans. There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many spices may have become extinct or rare. MD
