Re: [Goanet] F.I.R TO BE FILED AGAINST PANDURANG NADKARNI FOR FALSIFYING HIS BIO-DATA
On 15 June 2012 12:17, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: A First Information report is being filed against Mr. Pandurang Rauji Nadkarni for falsifying the biodata submitted for the post of State Information Commissioner (SIC). Mr. .P.R.Nadkarni had intentionally misrepresented his biodata while concealing vital information that would establish that he did not possess the high eminence required as per the RTI Act for the post of SIC. ... Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372 RESPONSE: You keep it up my man; the rest of us outsiders can only marvel at your fastidiousness... -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Caste and Christianity
Caste and Christianity by David Mosse (available at http://www.india-seminar.com/2012/633/633_david_mosse.htm) THE theme of caste and Christianity raises the broader issue of the relationship between caste and religion, each in itself a difficult term. But perhaps we can start with a sociological observation that has been rather obscured by various theoretical and ideological elaborations of caste. The observation is that a person's caste is determined by lineage, to a lesser degree by occupation, perhaps by residence, but it is usually unthinkable that which god or gods a person worships or believes in, the faith that they have, is determinant of caste identity.1 Nonetheless, the idea that caste is a matter of religion, that it is a Hindu institution if not actually part of Hinduism, has had extraordinary influence. This idea which may have its roots in the exigencies of 19th century Protestant missionaries2 was, during the 20th century, solidified into administration and social theory as a dominant view. It was held in contrasting variants by Mohandas K. Gandhi and his political opponent, Bhimrao R. Ambedkar. Despite the unequivocal findings of Justice Ranganath Misra's Commission on the subject, which concluded that 'the caste system should be recognized as a general social characteristic of the Indian society as a whole, without questioning whether the philosophy and teachings of any particular religion recognize it or not,'3 the idea of caste as Hindu underlies the continued and wholly unjustified exclusion of Christian and Muslim converts from the Indian state's statutory concessions and protections as 'Scheduled Castes'. Add to this the fact that in several parts of India Christians are so predominantly Dalit that the segregation of and discrimination against Christians and Dalits is one and the same. Little remains standing today of Louis Dumont's once-pivotal theoretical edifice that founded caste on religious ideas of purity and impurity, while treating caste practices among non-Hindu groups as merely residual 'hangovers'.4 His ontological separation of the religious from the political was an impediment to grasping changing forms of caste. We also now know that caste evades both structural definition as system and revisionist characterization as 'colonial invention', that it is widely variable in form, reappears in modern institutions (even within the Christian priesthood) in the absence of any of its putative ideological underpinnings, and even where explicitly denied. *R*egardless of this, scholarship on Christianity and caste tends to assume that religious affiliation provides a primary mode of social identification; that we can have a sociology of Indian Christians. In fact, despite 'communal' legal-political constructions and an elite Christian discourse,5 the churches in India have failed to engendered separate social-political identities or to bring into social existence the Christian 'imagined community.' (The exceptions are certain coastal communities where caste and Christian religion became mutually defining.) Many sociologists have nonetheless sought to examine and explain caste practices among various Indian 'Christian communities', often in terms of deletion or depletion of an 'original' Hindu form: Christians they say do not hold notions of bodily or caste pollution (something that is in fact highly variable), or that Christians may have caste but there is no caste system among them.6 Taking religion as fixed and making caste the dependent variable is, however, mistaken. Caste and Christianity have in fact interacted in historically and regionally specific ways, shaped by various political projects, each of which poses a different sociological question. Both caste and Christianity have been changed by these interactions. *R*ather than framing the issue in terms of the nature of caste among Indian Christians, it is often more fruitful to ask about the Christian influence on the experience of caste; or instead of asking whether or how Christianity in India has accommodated caste (a missiological question), to ask how caste has accommodated Christianity as part of its particular cultural politics (an ethnographic question). There are potentially many starting points and directions in which to take this kind of enquiry, and much of the rest of the article is particularly shaped by the experience of Christianity and caste in Tamil South India. My own work has traced a four-hundred year history of Christianity-caste interactions, focusing on Catholicism in southern Tamil Nadu.7 This begins with the 17th century Jesuit mission of Roberto Nobili that was particularly exercised by its converts' preoccupations with caste rank, and regarded some accommodation of the culture of caste as necessary to ensure the prestige of Christianity without which the mission would be consigned to the impure social periphery of outcastes, fisherfolk and foreigners. To this end, these Jesuits argued
Re: [Goanet] Clare Mendonca, and Kumkum
Dear FN and Goanetters, I'm guessing Dr Kale means *Kunku* (1937) which was also released in a Hindi version titled *Duniya na Mane* (The Unexpected), directed by V. Shantaram. I've done some research and found some articles in the *Times of India* about *Duniya* from 1937. Film reviews at this time were uncredited, but these are almost certainly by Clare Mendonca. I've attached the pdf files which you can share with Dr. Kale. On the subject of Goan film musicians - you might have come across Gregory Booth's book *Behind the Curtain: Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios*(2008). The book begins with Mr. Anthony Gonsalves born in 1927 in Majorda and a major violinist, music arranger, and composer in the Bombay film industry. Hope this helps. Looking forward to more such conversations! cheers, Debashree. On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoron...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Goanetters and Debashree, Just off the phone from a chat with Dr Pramod Kale of Pune. He noticed your (Debashree's) work on Clare Mendonca, the film-critic of the 1930s and 1940s and was wondering if she would have written anything on the Hindi-Marathi film Kumkum (splg?). Incidentally, Dr Kale said this film had a team of Goan (Bombay Goan?) musicians playing some of the music. Dr Kale is an interesting person himself. I first got to know him because of a lengthy (and academic, but interesting) piece on the Goan tiatr he wrote in the Economic and Political Weekly. His father, K. Narayan Kale, was one of the prominent members of the Prabhat Talkies, one of the early film companies that resettled from Kolhapur to Pune (if I got it right) and went on to influence Marathi cinema and drama and more. In fact, Dr Kale still lives at Prabhat Lane in Pune! If anyone knows anything more on this, please share. Dr Kale is a senior citizen and prefers to use the phone for communication rather than email. So please understand... FN -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings -- Debashree Mukherjee Phd Candidate (ABD) - Dept of Cinema Studies Tisch School of the Arts New York University dm1...@nyu.edu
[Goanet] Football, Basketball, TT, Chess, Carrom, Art during NoMoZo(17 June on 18 June Road)
Panjim Sports Festival Committee in association with 'Aamchi Panaji' initiative and Panjim Table Tennis Club, Friends of Basketball, Chess Activity Centre and JCI St. Inez will be organizing the following events during 'NoMoZo 2' which will be held on Sunday 17th June (9am to 1pm) on 18th June Road, Panaji: Football(3-a-side), Basketball(1-on-1 Free Throws), Table Tennis, Rapid Chess, Carrom and Child Art. The events will be held from Susheela Building point to Samrat Theatre junction with the activities open to all participants. Attractive prizes will be on offer to the winners. Entries will be on spot. The event has been supported by the Directorate of Sports Youth Affairs and SAG. yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Secretary, Panjim Sports Festival Committee and Event coordinator 9326129171
[Goanet] SBS On Demand - Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India S1 Ep1
Enjoy this documentary on India. http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2245246941/Caroline-Quentin-A-Passage-Through-India-S1-Ep1
[Goanet] Kalaakulotsav
‘KALAAKULOTSAV’ – THE THEATRE FESTIVAL (PRESENTED BY) KALAAKUL - THE ONLY KONKANI REPERTORY --- Mandd Sobhann, with a view to improve and enhance the standard and quality of Konkani Theatre, has established ‘Kalaakul’ – the only Konkani Theatre Repertory, anywhere in the world. Shri Christopher D’souza, a graduate of the Neenasam Theatre School, is its fulltime trainer. 8 boys and 2 girls served in Kalaakul’s 1st term, ending on June 30, 2012. 4 full length and 3 short plays were produced in one year and 20 performances of these were presented by the first batch. A Theatre festival titled ‘Kalaakulotsav’ is planned on June 23 24, 2012, at the Don Bosco Hall, Mangalore. 3 chosen plays will be presented in those 2 days. This will be a great opportunity for all those who are interested in theatre to witness the standards achieved by Konkani Theatre. Entry is Rs.100/- (for 3 plays) and Rs.50/- (for any one play). As Mandd Sobhann has no other resource but people’s contribution to conduct its multifarious activities, we sincerely appeal to you to contribute Rs. 2,000/- and be a Patron of this unique Konkani Theatre Festival – ‘Kalaakulotsav’ ‘Dev borem korum’ For more details contact – 0824-2230489 / 2232239 email : mandd_sobh...@yahoo.com
[Goanet] Are Vitamin Water Companies Scamming You? « Bel Marra Nutritionals | Health Advice | Natural Health Products
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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day
Tony Orlando - I'd Never Find Another You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z790cHeNSFU -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] CALIFORNIAN GOANS :::: Cooking competition.
CALIFORNIAN GOANS Monday, 25 June 2012 13:00 in PDT Californiangoans Annual Cooking competition 2012 will be held on 25th June during our San Joao event.Register now to take part in the cooking competion.You can submit upto 3 dishes.Portion should be half Aluminium tray(128oz=3.6kgs=8Lbs).Cash prizes to be won.All dishes should be prepared and should be brought to the event by 1pm.If you are interested in taking part in the cooking competition plz send a message, text or on Facebook to Ruie Fernandes(510-300-5104) or Joseph Lourence(510-825-5567) by the 10th of June. Californian Goans fb - Californian Goans https://www.facebook.com/vivacaliforniangoans 0 Rene Barreto WORLD GOA DAY FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-GOA-DAY-2012/229979347069295 0 WORLD GOA - KONKANI DAY -20TH of AUGUST, EVERY YEAR. GOAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DAY 0 0
[Goanet] Health, Wealth ani Ghuspott
HEALTH FRAUD -1 http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/protectyourself/healthfraud/default.htm http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/ucm255474.htm Examples of FDA Warning Letters that cite unapproved or unsubstantiated claims, tainted products or other health fraud* - related violations *The FDA defines health fraud as the deceptive promotion, advertising, distribution, or sale of a product represented as being effective to prevent, diagnose, treat, cure or lessen an illness or condition, or provide another beneficial effect on health, but that has not been scientifically proven safe and effective for such purposes. HEALTH FRAUD -2 http://www.propublica.org/series/dollars-for-docs http://www.propublica.org/article/drug-companies-reduce-payments-to-doctors-as-scrutiny-mounts Stanford University took disciplinary action against five faculty members identified by ProPublica who had taken money to deliver drug company speeches, a violation of university policy. Cephalon, a relatively small Pennsylvania company that specializes in pain, cancer and central nervous system drugs, paid physicians nearly $9.3 million in 2009 for speaking and consulting. That figure dropped to $5 million in 2010. AstraZeneca cut its spending on speakers from roughly $22.8 million in the first half of 2010 to about $9.2 million in the second half. Both companies cited business reasons for the decline. (By now we know of the Indian big time docs and their ghuspott) jc
Re: [Goanet] GOAN CULINARY CLUB - The Goan food connect
Heartiest congratulations to those involved in this great initiative. My we form a Confrarias type of association and our standards improve. BC Dear All , Permit me to share a post that appeared on the Navhind times of the 14th June, 2012 and carried by the Goan Voice UK too. Thanks to all of you who have supported us, we hope many more will support the cause in the years to come. rene Navhind Times - Goa The Goan food connect Published on: June 13, 2012 - 22:25 More in: * iLIVE My grandmother was a fabulous cook closely followed by my mother. And is it not always so? The previous generation seems to have got their cooking right and try as we might we cannot replicate “that taste”. Here to help all of us struggling to get our Xacuti, Kodi and Caldin just right is the Goan Culinary Club Goa Chapter, which aims at preserving, promoting and standardising Goan cuisine for Goans, now and forever By Anuradha Das | NT BUZZ While Goans are crying themselves hoarse that their culture is losing out to the various influences (cultural invasion including the Western and Indian), while Goans are fighting fiercely for the survival, growth and continuity of their mother tongue, no thought is being given to another aspect that is as intrinsic to this land as its culture and language - its food. And the fault does not lie only in Goan homes where Goan cuisine competes with Continental, Thai, Chinese and other more popular Indian cuisine to win favour with the younger generation. The fault also lies with public eating places – shacks, restaurants and hotels – that are marketing Goa to visitors through so called “local” food. “What is authentic Goan food?” questions Odette Mascarenhas bluntly. “Do even we Goans have an idea?” “Look at what is marketed as Xacuti; as simple as that. We have been to so many places and been shocked at what is being passed off as this very fundamental Goan dish,” grouses Odette, saying that while it is understandable that there is a Goan Hindu and Goan Catholic variation of the dish with sub variations depending on whether the dish is cooked in North Goa or South Goa, what local eateries are passing off if beyond understanding. “In restaurants and star hotels in Goa there modified version of Goan dishes - more suitable to the foreign or non-Goan palette – are being marketed. Look at the Punjabis. Do they modify their chicken makhni to suit the world’s taste buds?” shoots Odette, winner of the 2008 Gourmand World Cook Book Awards. This apparently is not the end of Goan culinary woes. Young Goan chefs, training in the industry, do not want to specialise in Goan cuisine. Why? Because there is no market for Goan food. Not in the star restaurant in Goa or anywhere else. If you want to cook and sell Goan food then your best options are a small restaurant or shack. So, in short, mastering Goan cooking does nothing to further careers in the hospitality industry. “Nobody knows anything about Goan food. When I was in Paris to receive the Gourmand award I was asked what Goan food was like. The people there knew about Indian food, but not Goan food,” says Odette. With all this background, when Rene and Maria Baretto, co-founders of the Global Goan Club, a club that links Goan Associations all over the world and keeps Goan updated about what is happening where with the community, approached Odette to save and promote Goan cuisine, it was a meeting of minds on the same wavelength. And from this meeting was born the Goan Culinary Club Goa Chapter, with Odette and Joe Mascarenhas as co-founders. Slyvester D’Souza, Sheila Bar and Restaurant, Michael Mascarenhas, Flying Dolphin, Peter Fernandes, O Coqueiro, Edia Cotta, Alila Diva, Chef Rego, Taj, Mariotts, Resort Rio, Grand Hayatt and several other like-minded Goans are members of the club. The aim of this club is to educate people in what is authentic Goan cuisine while promoting the same worldwide. “It was important to revive the pride we have in our food,” says Odette, whose one hope for this club is that somewhere in the distant future it will have helped standardise local fare while maintaining indigenous authenticity. “We will take it one step at a time. First we have decided to convince professionals in the food industry to standardise the taste of Goan food. After all they are our ambassadors to the visiting world,” says Odette, co-founder of the Goan Culinary Club Goa Chapter, who is making it a point to tell star hotels that they have to at the very least have a corner for Goan food. “Just imagine, they are catering to tourists in Goa and don’t have Goan food on their menu. And if they do, it tastes nothing like the authentic stuff.” For starters the club has standardised the reichado masala, Xacuti (both north and south Goan) and prawn curry. Caldin and cafreal are on the list next. “At club gatherings, chefs from various hotels and restaurants
[Goanet] Congress Clean Up
The Congress Party was humiliated in the recent Assembly Elections because of its complete Apathy to Goan's and one would have thought that they, particularly the leaders and senior congress politicians would have learnt their lesson but I don't think so this is the case. South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha is supporting slums, Babu Azgaonkar is supporting the congestion at Gandhi Market and so on. Whilst the BJP must be careful on supporting religious fanatics there appears to be some sort of governance now, as compared to the complete mis-governance during the failed/pathetic Congress Rule. If the Congress party wants to revive itself, There needs to be a complete overhall of the Congress in Goa and most of the current bunch of in-competent/corrupt Congress Politicians should be expelled from the party!! Arwin Mesquita, UAE. -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. Rape of Goa : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html 5. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686 6. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/
[Goanet] Children Walking Tall - Goa
http://travelchatter.dailymail.co.uk/2012/05/campaign-for-more-sun-protesters-call-on-help-from-cameron.html A group of optimistically bikini-clad ladies held up handwritten signs calling for an improvement in the weather, with one cartel stating: 'Mr Cameron, show us the light'. The bizarre protest is part of a campaign by brothers Rob and Paul Forkan, who were orphaned by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. The pair are hoping to raise money to build an orphanage in Goa, India, as a tribute to their parents and are hoping to add to the proceeds by selling specially-designed flip flops - something that surely must have been hindered by the lack of sunny weather. Rob Forkan, who founded the brand Gandys Flip Flops, said: 'The poor weather and the current economic climate haven’t exactly put people in the mood for the beach. We thought it would be interesting to combine the two issues with a protest in jest. Hopefully we will cheer even Parliament up!' Ten per cent of the proceeds from sandals, which feature a footprint as part of the branding reflecting Mrs Forkan’s favourite poem, Mary Stevenson’s Footprints in the Sand, go to Children Walking Tall, a charity that helps slum and street children in Goa. Rob said: 'Our goal is to open an orphanage for the 10th anniversary of the tsunami, which gives us about two-and-a-half years. When we lived in India we used to spend time working in orphanages so we got to see what it was all about from an early age. After what we’ve been through, we really want to give something back.' The brothers have invested all of their savings in the brand and have already generated a great deal of interest from high street chains at home and abroad. There’s also a documentary about their story in the pipeline. To see the work they do in Goa: http://www.childrenwalkingtall.com/
[Goanet] MoI - After one week of praises comes the statesmanly googly?
Decision on medium of instruction is temporary: CM TNN | Jun 16, 2012, 01.34AM IST PANAJI: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that the challenge on the medium of instruction (MOI) issue is not over for him, as educationally it is an important issue and the present decision is temporary. Recalling the challenge in trying to sort out the issue, he told reporters that an academic authority will be set up in a week's time to sort out the issue in the context of Section 29 (2) of the RTE Act, 2009. Section 29 (2) states that the medium of instruction shall, as far as practicable, be in child's mother tongue. The education sector was a disturbing one for a year due to the MOI issue, said the chief minister, who also holds the education portfolio. While pointing out that the run-up to drafting a decision on MoI was hectic, Parrikar said, I had to consult people of diverse views. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Decision-on-medium-of-instruction-is-temporary-CM/articleshow/14159134.cms
[Goanet] BJP govt soft towards Sangh Parivar elements:
Having read various forum comments from Goans one can conclude that the RS will be given a hiding in Goa. This may finally bring our disjointed youth together and with good leadership may end the flow of ghantis into Goa. BC MARGAO: In the wake of the opposition to the plans of Shri Ram Sena to set up a unit in Goa soon, Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco chose to remind the present government that the erstwhileg Congress government had earlier banned the entry of the outfit in Goa and demanded that such a ban be put in place again. The Congress government had banned the entry of Shri Ram Sena chief Pramod Mutalik on April 1, 2009, but the new BJP government in Goa is completely soft towards fundamentalist elements especially the ones backed by the Sangh Parivar, said Lourenco, while addressing mediapersons on Thursday.
[Goanet] Talking photos / Video: Farmers at work (field)
Talking photos / Video: Farmers at work At Velsao - Pale 16.6.2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379314244/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379316762/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379318786/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379321422/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379324008/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379326558/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379329336/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7379331598/sizes/l/in/photostream/ identify the birds sound in the background A short Video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91dlQypafcc 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] Short animated history of Goa
Used as a curtain raiser at the Bangalore Goan Association's tribute to Mario Miranda at their recent function. Created using cut-out animation of Mario's illustrations by four students of School of Art Animation, Goa supported by Arch Gerard da Cunha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1tR5jIZ5ig
Re: [Goanet] The Curious Case of Ashley do Rosario and Journalism in Goa
Gary Azavedo wrote: Dear Bhushan, Of course, my former colleague, Mr Ashley do Rosario is most welcome to approach my editor, Mr Rajan Narayan (his former boss). Since Mr Rajan Narayan IS DEFINITELY WILLING to offer Mr Ashley do Rosario certain responsibilities that the senior journalist, Mr Ashley do Rosario could meet and discuss with Mr Rajan Narayan in person as soon as possible. Dear Gary, Not being a journalist, I was lost within the 'sentence construction' towards the latter part of the above post from you. It is possible that a few words were inadvertently left out. I gathered, nevertheless, that you are reaching out and trying to help your colleague, Ashley. That, I submit, is most gracious of you. I commend you unreservedly for that. You are, indeed, a very good and kind man. May your tribe increase. I wonder though: Is Mr. Narayan offering Ashley a paid position at the Goan Observer? If so, is it that difficult for him to do so directly (or even via Goanet)? PN: Anybody who offers a position, can protect himself/herself by making a conditional offer. Accordingly, this business about willing to offer but first come and talk to me is quite demeaning to anybody esp a decent Goan journalist like Ashley. PN2: No, I am not referring to the significant 'Goan funding' which went into GO, nor this from 2000 http://www.colaco.net/1/RaulSaga1.htm best jc
[Goanet] SBS On Demand - Indian Film Festival: Vidya Balan
Indian film festival in Melbourne Australia http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2243508760/Indian-Film-Festival%3A-Vidya-Balan
[Goanet] GSRP comments on vital issues reported in Goa's Newspapers - June 16, 2012
June 16, 2012 MINING: TOI - Goa 'MINING CANNOT BE STOPPED: PARRIKAR [It is an issue of economics] [SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENT SHOULD NOT BE SOURCE FOR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS] HERALD NOTHING HAS CHANGED. THE SAME MINING STORY CONTINUES [Everything done without IBM Mines Dept Knowledge; no officer on site; no regular inspections; ore extracted above environment clearance limits, claims Alvares] [New Mining Policy before next season: Acharya] [New Mining leases after comprehensive Policy: CM] COMMENTS: Certainly, mining and economics has gone forward at a trot since the Portuguese times when they dished out mining leases like hot cakes. They (freedom fighters) drove out the Portuguese, erased/demolished their remembrances from Mala- Fontainhas but preserved their mining leases and enhanced them 100 folds. Why? Economics. Digambar Kamat was mining minister (BJP) under Manohar Parrikar and continued under Congress. It was ECONOMICS. Manohar Parrikar in opposition, no mining benefits and therefore whipped himself against mining wanting to bring all illegal mining to a stop and putting the illegal mining barons behind bars. Why? NO ECONOMICS. Goans believed in these crocodile tears, brought back Manohar Parrikar. Now they see that the crocodile tears have dried out. Now mining cannot be stopped or vice versa Environment cannot be protected at the cost of ECONOMICS from mining. It is suitcases full of ECONOMICS for the BJP (not the government). It is simple. It does not take a bright IIT'an to understand that ECONOMICS is everything. Now we hear a different tune of 'NO MORE POLITICS'. [Ujea adim dumvor?? aka smoke before fire???] Goans very well know that when the 'CAT' has had it's fill, the finest of mice dangled before it's eyes cannot make it move. The comprehensive new mining policy will never ever harm no mining barons of the past but will, on the contrary, encourage new - budding ones to step in with new leases. To hell with Goa's Environment. Let us make merry while the sun shines on the BJP with GOAN gone GA GA over IIT'an Manohar Parrikar. The avatar of GOD Almighty Himself. THEY SAY, WHERE THERE IS WILL THERE IS A WAY. Support for Environment should not be a source for ECONOMIC PROBLEMS? How is this instead? Stop all mining activity in Goa. If mining is destroying Goa's Environment; people's lives and GOA'S wild-life. If those who are sustained by this massive destruction of Goa are rank outsiders, then let it lie buried where it is whether Manohar Parrikar's Government or the Central [Delhi] Government likes it or not. Let the Government of the day instead put into order the functioning of every public utility which serves the people of Goa on day to day basis and which is definitely not financed by the mining industry but by the tax-payer's own money. Until such time mining should stop. Goa Su-Raj Party will do exactly this. There are other avenues that can generate economics that will sustain GOA. Goa does not need to sustain the Fat Cats in Goa and in New Delhi too. A date with GOA SU-RAJ PARTY in 2017 floriano lobo Gen. Secretary/Spokesperson GSRP 9890470896/9422060347 www.goasu-raj.org *** GOA SU-RAJ PARTY - GSRP Is interviewing PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES (all 40 Constituencies of Goa) for Elections 2017 [Saturdays Only] at Party's City Office, 2nd. Flr. Karekar Bldg, Above Indian Overseas Bank, Angod-Mapusa. For further details call 9890470896 or 9422060347. Let us endeavour to set up GOA'S effective High Command in Goa. www.goasu-raj.org
Re: [Goanet] Short animated history of Goa
Hi Eric good to see you back in action. Roland. Roland Francis 416-453-3371 -Original Message- From: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com Sender: goanet-bounces@lists.goanet.orgDate: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:14:49 To: GOA2goa...@goanet.org Reply-To: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com, Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Short animated history of Goa Used as a curtain raiser at the Bangalore Goan Association's tribute to Mario Miranda at their recent function. Created using cut-out animation of Mario's illustrations by four students of School of Art Animation, Goa supported by Arch Gerard da Cunha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1tR5jIZ5ig
[Goanet] Moi
*for kind publication in Goanet, * *appeared in Goan Observer 16 June* * * *MOI* THE MOI issue is still controversial, judging by the opinions in the media with emphasis on it being a temporary decision. But, is it? CM Parrikar has made it clear that his decision to grant financial support to parochial schools where the medium of instruction is English is an administrative and not an educational solution. The formulation of the curriculum is the job of educators and not the CM. The people who are in favour of the native language have time and again made reference to the importance of the universal pedagogical principle of educating children in their native language. It is, no doubt, a valid language principle but it applies to children in all schools of Goa. We, of course, have a serious problem because in private primary schools children are allowed to be educated, not in their native languages of Konkani or Marathi, but in English! This, no doubt, is an educational problem. All schools will have to follow the same language policy and whether they get financial aid or not is a separate issue. The supporters of the universal pedagogical principle of educating children in their mother tongue, to be consistent with their educational philosophy, will have to demand the shutting down of all English medium primary schools. So far no one has uttered a single word! No educational committee anywhere in the world will have two different opinions on this point as it is illogical and contradictory to have two opposite educational principles, one for private schools and another for non-private schools. Another word for this is discrimination. The implementation of the language policy of the government will have to be the same for all schools, government or not. As the government does not want to politicise the language issue-and a wise decision too-the only other choice available to the government would be to shut down all private primary schools where English is used as the medium of instruction so the universal pedagogical principle is consistent for all schools. Or allow for multi-lingual primary education. Is there another choice? *Joao Barros Pereira, Japan.*
Re: [Goanet] Moi
Dear Joao Barros, A few queries for the purposes of clarification: 1: what % of Goans have Marathi as their mother tongue? i.e. speak Marathi with their mothers 2: what % of schools in Goa are Marathi medium? 3: what do you mean by children ALLOWED to be educated In English? 4: are you SERIOUS about demanding the shutting down of schools which teach in English medium? IF so . ALL I can say is WOW! jc spoke Marathi at home and around Konkani with my mother but delighted that I attended an English medium school Pardon any Typos. This IPad does some curious auto- corrections On Jun 16, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira joaobarrospere...@gmail.com wrote: *for kind publication in Goanet, * *appeared in Goan Observer 16 June* * * *MOI* THE MOI issue is still controversial, judging by the opinions in the media with emphasis on it being a temporary decision. But, is it? CM Parrikar has made it clear that his decision to grant financial support to parochial schools where the medium of instruction is English is an administrative and not an educational solution. The formulation of the curriculum is the job of educators and not the CM. The people who are in favour of the native language have time and again made reference to the importance of the universal pedagogical principle of educating children in their native language. It is, no doubt, a valid language principle but it applies to children in all schools of Goa. We, of course, have a serious problem because in private primary schools children are allowed to be educated, not in their native languages of Konkani or Marathi, but in English! This, no doubt, is an educational problem. All schools will have to follow the same language policy and whether they get financial aid or not is a separate issue. The supporters of the universal pedagogical principle of educating children in their mother tongue, to be consistent with their educational philosophy, will have to demand the shutting down of all English medium primary schools. So far no one has uttered a single word! No educational committee anywhere in the world will have two different opinions on this point as it is illogical and contradictory to have two opposite educational principles, one for private schools and another for non-private schools. Another word for this is discrimination. The implementation of the language policy of the government will have to be the same for all schools, government or not. As the government does not want to politicise the language issue-and a wise decision too-the only other choice available to the government would be to shut down all private primary schools where English is used as the medium of instruction so the universal pedagogical principle is consistent for all schools. Or allow for multi-lingual primary education. Is there another choice? *Joao Barros Pereira, Japan.*
[Goanet] 18th June Road all set for NoMoZo
18th June Road all set for NoMoZo Panjim 17th June 20129-1pm http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7381624724/in/photostream what is NoMoZo? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7381622398/sizes/h/in/photostream/ 30 Cars = 1 City Bus http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/7381626672/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Last month’s NoMoZo Dayanand Bandodkar Marg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEOkGalVSw 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] Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister Parrikar
* * *Deutscher Text weiter unten* Dear reader, here is some new information for you about our activities and some press articles related to Goa and Germany. These are the topics: 1. Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister Parrikar 2. Obituary of German composer and pianist Hans-Udo Kreuels on Professor Noel Flores 3. Meeting Multinational Cooperation in Goa 4. Intensive German Classes at Verna 5. Hellmann Healthcare Logistics launches new shipping service from Goa 6. Zuari Holdings selects Uhde India for NPK Plant Revamp 7. German Magazine reports on BJP victory in Goa 8. German Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation analysis of election in Goa *1. Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister Parrikar citing drug-rave-spots, names of heavy weights in Anjuna and problems with Indian tourists* A German citizen, frequent tourist visitor of Goa, has written a letter to Mr Manohar Parrikar, new chief minister of Goa, referring several disturbances in Anjuna and citing drug-rave-spots and names of local heavy weights who cause nightly nightmares to local inhabitants and peaceful tourists. Drug trafficking and drug-rave-parties give Anjuna Beach the bad reputation as being the best drug spot at all in Goa - spread worldwide in international travel magazines and via social networks. Goa is called the paradise-turned-disastrous little state writes the author of the letter. Another aspect referred to in the letter is related to Indian tourists. Tourist-Security-Force (seen only once in five months at Anjuna Beach) is urgently required writes the author. Thousands of Indians walk up and down the beaches, the males revealing to be mostly voyeurs. Indian male tourists molesting single female tourists is the order of the day and night. To make matters worse Indian male tourists prefer to shot pictures of naked little foreign children with hidden camera. Foreign tourists got angry about this quite often and once even forced the Indian tourists to delete the pictures. IGSG has received a copy of this letter.You can read the letter in English here: Letter of a German citizen to Chief Minister Parrikarhttp://www.igsg.org/de/Brief_Parricar_2012-05_en.htm *2. Obituary of German composer and pianist Hans-Udo Kreuels* *on Professor Noel Flores* We are pleased to publish an obituary on Prof. Noel Flores written by the German composer and pianist Mr Hans-Udo Kreuels and kindly sent to us through The Institute for Keyboard Studies of the “University of Music and the Performing Arts Vienna”, Austria (Institut für Tasteninstrumente der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien). Professor Flores was a teacher at this Institute. Mr. Hans-Udo Kreuels was a former student of Professor Flores. Please read the obituary (in German) as well as a tribute (in English) to Professor Flores in Navhind Times: Obituary of German composer and pianist http://www.igsg.org/de/Noel-Flores_Nachruf_2012-06-10-en.htmand Tribute in Navhind Timeshttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-06-10_Noel-Flores-en.htm *3. **Meeting Multinational Cooperation in Goa* The British Business Group Goa, the IGSG - Indo German Friendship Society, Goa and the Indo-Portuguese Friendship Society organized a meeting at Hotel Fidalgo, Panjim, on 10 May 2012 to discuss their concerted efforts to engage in common activities. Representatives of the three groups presented their groups and the ongoing activities and the projected ones. Some new ideas were discussed with the participants and a Common Platform of the groups was suggested. You can see some pictures of the meeting here: Meeting Multinational Cooperation http://www.igsg.org/de/Meeting-Fidalgo_2012-05-10_en.htm *4. Intensive German Classes at Verna* In May there was another German Course for Beginners organized by IGSG together with Agnel Technical Education Complex Verna, given by the German native speaker Frau Daniela Kailuweit. This time it was an intensive course with 2 hours every day. At the end the 44 participants were given a certificate of the skills they acquired in German. See pictures here: Intensive German Classes http://www.igsg.org/de/GermanLanguageClasses.htm *5. Hellmann Healthcare Logistics launches new shipping service from Goa* Hellmann Healthcare Logistics, the vertical solution of the German Group Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, which caters for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sectors, has announced that it is now able to offer sea freight solutions from the south west Indian region of Goa, which Hellmann will use as a gateway port. The Goa Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association (GPMA) is encouraging pharmaceutical manufacturers to use Goa as a gateway port. Read the complete news (in English) here: Hellmann Healthcare Logistics launches new shipping service from Goahttp://www.igsg.org/de/press_2012-06-10_Hellmann-en.htm *6. Zuari Holdings selects Uhde India for NPK Plant Revamp* Zuari Holdings has selected Uhde
[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Family and Friends at the Ballpark Day, July 8 (Sunday)
FRIENDLY REMINDER - This Thursday (June 21) is the last day to RSVP AND pay for your tickets for the game on Sunday, July 8 at the Oakland Coliseum, California. Goa Sudharop's FAMILY FRIENDS AT THE BALLPARK DAY is Sunday, July 8, 2012. Please mark your calendars and come enjoy professional baseball in glorious California sunshine. The Oakland A's vs Seattle Mariners. All invited (Goans, non-Goans). No membership required. A number of tickets have already been sold, get yours today. See details below on the event and at http://goasudharop.org/images/baseball_flyer1.jpg DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2012 (RSVP PAYMENT DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JUNE 21). TAILGATE PARTY BEFORE THE GAME (Optional): 11am-1pm GAME: 1:05pm onwards WHERE: OAKLAND COLISEUM 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, California, USA, 94621. TICKETS: $22.50 each for the game, does not cover Tailgate party Since it is a throwback to the 1950's game, first 10,000 fans get a free old Oakland A's cap. Tailgate party - we will sell hot dogs/buns, drinks, chips, cookies. We will not sell alcohol but you can bring your own or buy at the stadium. These are prime tickets (Lower Box) and are discounted by the Oakland As from the normal price. We will sit together as a group and Goa Sudharop will be recognized on the giant screen during the game. Limited number of tickets available so get your tickets now. First-come, first-serve. For tickets, please email Candace Albuquerque at candace.albuquer...@students.dominican.edu and she will coordinate payment for tickets with you. For more information on the Coliseum, including paid parking and public transport, see http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/oak/ballpark/index.jsp Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] How Bamons used and discarded catholics in Goa - Part 1
http://bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2012/06/how-bamons-used-and-discarded-catholics.html Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar declared in a Television interview to prudent media channel that those passing out in English medium will have to pass exams in Konkni and Marathi if they want government jobs. This is a latest brahminical diplomacy of the Saraswats in Goa. Saraswats and bamons have effectively used language as a weapon to further their policy of divide and rule. At a time when Goa was witnessing the end of Portuguese colonial rule and ushering of Indian brahmanical colonial rule in 1961 language was not an issue of dispute. Two main languages that people in Goa used includes Marathi and Roman Konkani. There was no dispute on this. Devnagri script konkani was not in existence then. bhahujan samaj used marathi while catholics used Roman script konkani for communication. Bamons and saraswats in Goa dreaded the possibility of Goa merging in Maharastra as Bhahujan samaj was all for it. Bamons of Goa plotted against this possibility and organised church and catholic population - who is today demanding English as mediums of instruction - against Bhahujan samaj. Moneyed bamon V.M.Salgaonkar spent 45 lakhs of rupees to fund this agitation of mobilizing votes against merger with Maharastra during opinion poll of January 1967. For this purpose he got Catholic mulnivasis to vote en mass against merger with Catholic Bamon Dr. Jack Sequeira as a leader. This is the first instance wherein bamons used Catholics of Goa to further their agenda of dominance. Even though bhahujan samaj and Catholics are both mulnivasis, both shudras, both parties allowed Brahmins to manipulate themselves. Then again in 1986 in a violent fights leading to loss of life and blood was fought. Two groups of mulnivasis fought this fight and both the groups lost the battle. One group of Shudras - Bhahujans who used marathi was fighting for making Marathi as official language of Goa. The Second group of Shudras - Catholics who used roman scripted konkani was fighting for making Konkani as official language of Goa. Konkani was declared the winner but not the Roman script konkani. Devnagri konkani, the language of Bamons was declared official language of Goa. Both the parties of Shudras lost in the battle. Bamons won. Mulnivasis lost. Eurasian Brahmins won. This is the second instance wherein bamons used catholics of Goa to further their agenda of dominance. Even though bhahujan samaj and Catholics are both mulnivasis, both shudras, both parties allowed Brahmins to manipulate them. This happened mainly because both parties failed to realize that they are being used by bamons and did not recognize bamon as their hereditary enemy. While bamons recognized mulnivasis - who they classified in manusmriti as shudras - as their hereditary enemy.
