[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Affordable housing: no easy way out over a vexing problem (Eduardo Faleiro)
Affordable housing: no easy way out over a vexing problem Eduardo Faleiro lokseva...@gmail.com There is a genuine concern in Goa about the non-availability of land to the sons of the soil, particularly those belonging to the lower and middle income groups. In Panjim and some other areas, the cost of land may go up to Rs 100,000 per square metre and in Salcete, Bardez and Tiswadi no land below Rs. 2000 per square metre is available except perhaps in some very remote areas. The Supreme Court of India has pronounced in several judgements that the State has a duty to provide adequate facilities for shelter to every citizen so that the fundamental right to life is meaningful. In Goa, a special provision under Article 371 of the Constitution was sought for this purpose. Neither the Union Government nor the main Opposition Party agreed to the demand. However, the State Government itself can take several measures to provide affordable housing. Why are prices of land so high in Goa? One of the reasons is the large scale purchase of land by outsiders. In July 2007, Government disclosed in our Legislative Assembly that as per the records of the Land Registrar, 562 foreigners from 27 countries had bought 21.44 lakh sq mts of land in Bardez taluka during the previous three years. In Salcete, within the same period, 482 foreigners from 22 countries purchased 12.44 lakh sq mts of land. Most of the other talukas have witnessed a similar sharp rise in the number of foreigners buying land in Goa. Morjim is now known as 'little Moscow' and Arambol might well be named 'little Tel Aviv'. According to RBI guidelines, foreigners can acquire immovable property in India only if the concerned individual has established a place of business in this country according to FERA or FEMA, the property is necessary to carry such business and all applicable laws, rules, regulations and directions have been duly complied with. It is reported, however, that many foreigners evade these requirements. The National Security Council Secretariat has cautioned that real estate projects by foreigners in Goa might include drug trafficking, gun running and prostitution and that some foreign drug cartels are attempting to turn Goa into a base for their activities. Government should scrutinize all land deals by foreigners and if they find any illegality, confiscate the property and impose punishment on the offender and his local associates, if any. The economic benefits as well as the social costs of tourism need to be evaluated. It is necessary to formulate a development strategy which provides employment to our people whilst being less dependent on tourism. Another reason for the high cost of land is inadequate implementation of the Industrial Policy. According to the Goa Industrial Policy, the mission of the Industrial Policy is above all to create sustainable employment for the local youth in the State. This does not appear to have been achieved to any significant extent, though large tracks of land and other facilities are provided to industries. Information Technology enterprises seem to be the most suitable for the youth of Goa in view of the rather high literacy rate in this State. IT industries require smart work rather than hard physical work. These are the industries of the Knowledge Society and they will continue to grow. Affordable housing is a most important concern across the world. Planning mandates in the United Kingdom have generated 20 to 30 percent of all affordable units built over the last decade. South Africa distributes free plots for houses to its poorest income group. Singapore provides public housing for more than 80 percent of its population. In India, in Rajasthan for example, the State Government makes available thousands of houses as well as plots to people belonging to different income groups. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has proposed that the statutory right to shelter should be included in the forthcoming Five Year Plan. In Goa, an Action Plan needs to be drawn to provide affordable housing to the average Goan. It will require an efficient Housing Board, interest rate subsidies and other financial devices to make housing affordable to all. (The writer is a former Union Minister).
[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 21, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa legislators sing songs, pay musical tribute to Rajesh Khanna - TwoCircles.net S2AOFVOq5A0MAcP6OElMA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHyPNKWtgDbw_1HGGUSbgUALYq1CQurl=http://twocircles.net/2012jul19/goa_legislators_sing_songs_pay_musical_tribute_rajesh_khanna.html *** Muthalik will be arrested if he enters Goa: Parrikar - New York Daily News M-asks-Army-to-vacate-land/articleshow/15043095.cmsGoa CM asks Army to vacate land http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHsGBW4RIdzCFjr_Jj7kTahp5r1QQurl=http://india.nydailynews.com/article/cde0b028d16391e2dd9ecab0cecc7827/muthalik-will-be-arrested-if-he-enters-goa-parrikar *** Goa is not becoming a heaven for prostitution, says chief minister - Times of India R62Tzdo3K_4aVcAmQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEuvnUohCcjXITW4vG03bXS67mG5Qurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-is-not-becoming-a-heaven-for-prostitution-says-chief-minister/articleshow/15057497.cms *** Constable suspended for assaulting lady home guard - Times of India ooked-for-assault-on-woman-home-guardConstable booked for assault on woman home guard http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG9j9j-xeaC2hdpRAFW0RWeUJa3Ngurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Constable-suspended-for-assaulting-lady-home-guard/articleshow/15065418.cms *** Medicines at Goa medical college to be low-cost - Times of India mes of IndiaPORVORIM: The Goa legislative assembly on Friday passed a resolution to sell medicines at discounted rates to patients at the Goa medical college and hospital (GMC), Bambolim. The private members' resolution was moved by St Andre BJP MLA Vishnu ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHkw2vFpRZ3__-rsa7hZDNg5627jwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Medicines-at-Goa-medical-college-to-be-low-cost/articleshow/15065122.cms *** Goa fishermen pray ahead of new fishing season - IBNLive.com NLive.comPanaji, Jul 20 (PTI) The fishermen community today sought blessing of St Francis Xavier, the patron saint of Goa, ahead of the restarting of fishing season from July 31. The special mass was held today at Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa, which was ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHcHgmsrUdwMwjQx0rcUKAOLKoNpgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-fishermen-pray-ahead-of-new-fishing-season/1025246.html *** Decks clear for 'parivartan' regime to rule South Goa zilla panchayat - Times of India mes of IndiaMARGAO: With the resignation of the chairperson of South Goa zilla panchayat, Maria Rebello, on Wednesday, decks are now cleared for the 'parivartan' regime to take the reins of power in the second tier panchayati raj institution. Though there is no ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHOYlqrYEY2vtGtECnZN5vw7qwiLwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Decks-clear-for-parivartan-regime-to-rule-South-Goa-zilla-panchayat/articleshow/15065318.cms *** Goa government taking measures to curb traffic congestion at Panaji - Times of India ane flyover from the Merces/Chimbel bypass junction connecting both the old and new Mandovi bridges.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGLHwXgYFDEeXK6cnx0zY-trGGXewurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-government-taking-measures-to-curb-traffic-congestion-at-Panaji/articleshow/15056930.cms *** Malaprabha farmers will meet Goa CM - Times of India anduri Horata Samiti, which is fighting for the implementation of the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project that provides for diversion of water from Kalasa and Banduri Nala to Malaprabha river has decided to meet Goa chief minister Manohar ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFioz6LThJfG10Oi-H3irNHGZk6JQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Malaprabha-farmers-will-meet-Goa-CM/articleshow/15067685.cms *** Goa government taking measures to boost water supply in Goa - Times of India onstruction 50MLD water treatment plant at Assonora is fully commissioned this year so that Bardez taluka gets additional water. A new 20 MLD water treatment plant at Guirim near Mapusa has been ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNF9jsB0HZcTle6LeM56MuTzz14wfQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-government-taking-measures-to-boost-water-supply-in-Goa/articleshow/15058461.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 22, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa is not becoming a heaven for prostitution, says chief minister - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is also the home minister, on Friday refuted that Goa is becoming a heaven for prostitution among Indian and foreign nationals in the name of tourism. Parrikar's statement came in response to a starred ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEuvnUohCcjXITW4vG03bXS67mG5Qurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-is-not-becoming-a-heaven-for-prostitution-says-chief-minister/articleshow/15057497.cms *** Goa legislators sing songs, pay musical tribute to Rajesh Khanna - TwoCircles.net 6:32pm. India Politics. By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,. Panaji : In his sad death Wednesday, yesteryears superstar Rajesh Khanna breathed ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHyPNKWtgDbw_1HGGUSbgUALYq1CQurl=http://twocircles.net/2012jul19/goa_legislators_sing_songs_pay_musical_tribute_rajesh_khanna.html *** Tourists in Goa not allowed to smoke - eTurboNews lastic-may-get-you-fined-5000/articleshow/15065347.cmsLittering plastic may get you fined 5000 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHdKllzeUInrXG45-xhEanPHhoU5Qurl=http://www.eturbonews.com/30266/tourists-goa-not-allowed-smoke *** Bebe spares United blush with late goa - The News International Updated 2036 PKT From Web Edition. CAPE TOWN: Substitute Bebe scored two minutes into stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Manchester United at Ajax Cape Town on Saturday in the second ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGwd-3UYmc7u7gW8_JT-7hlsxaIjwurl=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-59886-Bebe-spares-United-blush-with-late-goa *** Shettar to talk to Goa CM on water row - Deccan Chronicle avalgund on Saturday that the inter-state water dispute between Karnataka and Goa would be resolved through mutual discussion, despite the tribunal set up by the Centre to look into it . http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFuPOqGuSNiBSWDs7HSaIj5ZfuJ4Aurl=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/shettar-talk-goa-cm-water-row-682 *** Monsoon magic in Goa - IBNLive.com (blog) asti.htmlMonsoon masti http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE2Zw8VV6ZNsNN9ELnhfDDELfSJuAurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/oindrilamukherjee/2965/63717/monsoon-magic-in-goa.html *** Travel long distances across Goa by boat soon - Times of India easibility report for operating ferry services along viable routes through the inland waterways of Goa. The EoI states that ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGy60CfoPjVt4TDtiT8KK8PhMqTgQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Travel-long-distances-across-Goa-by-boat-soon/articleshow/15085559.cms *** Heritage code now in English - Times of India mes of IndiaMARGAO: Fifty years after Goa's liberation from Portuguese rule, Goa has finally got the Code of Comunidades translated from Portuguese into English language. Pursuant to the directives of the high court of Bombay at Goa, the state government has ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGjvXmW1yK2GyeHktTgPkPpuZ_RVwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Heritage-code-now-in-English/articleshow/15085529.cms *** Five held at Goa airport for passport irregularity - IBNLive.com NLive.comPanaji, Jul 21 (PTI) Five persons, including three women, were today nabbed from the Goa airport for allegedly forging a stamp on their passports, police said. The sleuths of CID (Immigration) department arrested all the five before they could board ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFSlMABlH022MHuSJgdMdLk2nmxAgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/five-held-at-goa-airport-for-passport-irregularity/1025615.html *** Arambol gets ready to tackle natural calamities - Times of India ased Saritsa foundation's ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEaXBOL8dJN1RUsqxNIiyDR6hJmtAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Arambol-gets-ready-to-tackle-natural-calamities/articleshow/15085350.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Rule of One (Devika Sequeira, in Herald Review)
Cover story: Rule of One Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com An intriguing story has been doing the buzz in media circles here. An ambitious new BJP minister from South Goa who accepted a gift for an official favour received a visit from a party functionary. Acting on instructions from the chief minister, the BJP man asked the embarrassed minister to make over the 'gifted' amount to the party treasury. The shamed politician also received a signed receipt for the Rs 50,000. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's admirers -- currently they are legion -- see this as yet another example of his unimpeachable integrity and resolve to keep his band in line. To his critics, these are glaring instances of the second-time CM's obsessive need to crack the whip to show who calls the shots. After years of fragmented governance (two power changes to be precise since Parrikar's 2000-2004 stint) we have a single power centre and a modicum of sanity in administration, a senior bureaucrat tells me. He sees this as good for Goa. Another official who was regularly kicked around in the whimsical administrative shifts and reshuffles -- a ploy used by most politicians to keep state civil servants on a leash -- also expresses relief that there is someone in command -- at last. Surprisingly, the praise for the new chief minister is also tempered with a large degree of uneasiness among those in his administration, just four months after his takeover. At the core of this is the question of his sincerity to his new secular avatar given his quiet yet resolute moves to delegate key institutional positions to men who are deeply saffron or Saraswat or both, and the extent of his commitment to the stack of pre-electoral promises. His body language may have changed, but has his ideology? a former Congress minister who has rubbed shoulders with Parrikar for years, asks. The question is relevant to those on both sides of the divide. Among the mostly faceless line-up of new BJP legislators the politically travelled Vishnu Wagh stands out and is the only one willing to speak candidly: The chief minister is a far more accommodating politician than he was earlier, he says. I can understand his compulsion on the medium of instruction (MoI). It was a promise he had to keep, and some compromise was to be expected. But Wagh sees little clarity in Parrikar's MoI decision favouring Diocesan schools. Will it continue or is there a time-frame for the assistance? BJP cadres are not happy, he says, and within the RSS there is even more resentment over the decision. Conceding that Parrikar is on tricky gradient on the mining issue, the BJP MLA says one doesn't get the picture that the government is tackling it with an iron hand. The chief minister's twists and turns on mining in the current session of the state assembly lend credence to the suspicion that having used the issue politically to shame and sink the Digambar Kamat government, the BJP leader is likely to adopt a far more forgiving approach with the cash-rich mining marauders now that he is at the wheel. Don't forget, one of his bureaucrats stresses, that at least five BJP MLAs (Nilesh Cabral, Ganesh Gaonkar, Subhash Phaldesai among others) have interests in the iron ore export business. Mining and casino funds fuelled a large dose of the March 3 election campaign and its fallout is showing on government policy, he says. One of the biggest advantages of the clear mandate is that Parrikar can be his own man. In his previous stint as chief minister he was hampered by the pulls and counter-pulls of coalition politics, says UGDP leader Radharao Gracias. With the Cabinet in his control and the likes of the Dhavlikars in check, Gracias expects we'll see more and more of Parrikar and less and less of his other Cabinet colleagues. Even a senior minister like Francis D'Souza, the number two in the ministry line-up, is hardly seen, he points out. Parrikar makes a good administrator, but he is so distrusting of his colleagues and their abilities to perform in government to the point of being contemptuous, Wagh believes. He looks down on others. I've never seen him taking advice from anyone, he says. The chief minister's compulsive need to be in absolute control, vet every file and make every decision, is a major irritant for his officials. One of them said he had been waiting days for an appointment with the overburdened head of government, even though there were urgent matters to clear. With a judicious mix of accommodation and ideology, Manohar Parrikar has managed to reinvent his political persona pre-March 3, cultivating the image of a balanced politician and new-found
[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 23, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Manohar Parrikar for gaming commission to regulate casinos in Goa - Times of India R62Tzdo3K_4aVcAmQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGpqyEDz6mr0q0kst-EIZxrq1qVwAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Manohar-Parrikar-for-gaming-commission-to-regulate-casinos-in-Goa/articleshow/15099475.cms *** Goa legislators sing songs, pay musical tribute to Rajesh Khanna - TwoCircles.net 6:32pm. India Politics. By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,. Panaji : In his sad death Wednesday, yesteryears superstar Rajesh Khanna breathed ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHyPNKWtgDbw_1HGGUSbgUALYq1CQurl=http://twocircles.net/2012jul19/goa_legislators_sing_songs_pay_musical_tribute_rajesh_khanna.html *** Prez poll Live: Sangma claws back, wins in Goa and Chhatisgarh - Firstpost member Assembly Chhattisgarh, 39 votes went to Mukherjee while Sangma ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHiI-N-r1pzdpki5txiOKYlLJAMJAurl=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/prez-poll-live-sangma-claws-back-wins-in-goa-and-chhatisgarh-386192.html *** State information commissioners to have judicial background - Times of India tays-appointment-information-commissioners.htmlSC stays appointment of Information Commissioners in CIC http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEUZXUmPc1ePSBt6w0H2Vn1J_SuCQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/State-information-commissioners-to-have-judicial-background/articleshow/15091743.cms *** Vinod Phadke wins Goa Cricket Association presidential election - Cricket Country tories/Vinod-Phadke-elected-as-president-of-GCA/articleshow/15096127.cmsVinod Phadke elected as president of GCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHXtRiDIwq3jXG_4dY94a926UDt6Aurl=http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Vinod-Phadke-wins-Goa-Cricket-Association-presidential-election/16473 *** Startup Life In India's Organized Chaos - TechCrunch chCrunchIndia is a woman, so told us a young Indian a while ago in Goa. We were sitting in one of the countless restaurants scattered along the Goan beach and heard for the first time a phrasing of India in one sentence that actually explained something ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFZdZ5Islza8rete0C-vVyVn8teHgurl=http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/22/startup-life-in-indias-organized-chaos/ *** Kashinath Jhalmi passes away - Times of India sVIGakcTg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFXdYaV-FR1-8jq-qWs6O-KIj9G8wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Kashinath-Jhalmi-passes-away/articleshow/15099570.cms *** Sao Mathias locals lament poor medical, ferry services - Times of India ld Goa and Divar-Sao Pedro to facilitate transit of islanders to far off places of work. The issue of urgent repairs to the Divar-Sao Pedro ferry wharf, which has several ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGuJdkWmAyxK9x5w9e_9Q8vbIid8gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sao-Mathias-locals-lament-poor-medical-ferry-services/articleshow/15099528.cms *** Goa on top of Tamil Nadu tourists' list - Deccan Chronicle ccan ChronicleGoa on top of Tamil Nadu tourists' list. Despite the controversies rocking this picturesque coastal union territory in India, Goa's beaches, culture, carnival and nightlife continue to drive a bulk of visitors from Tamil Nadu. Besides Goa, Chennai ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGcnIy_9hcaZGCuONw_ArLpUHJ_pAurl=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/goa-top-tamil-nadu-tourists%E2%80%99-list-718 *** Goan coaches join hands to form state association - Times of India uhyAJyWMand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGJRb8O4NEkQP6aBzTcMuZOuBngkQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Goan-coaches-join-hands-to-form-state-association/articleshow/15092421.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
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[Goanet] GOVERNOR URGED NOT TO ADMINISTER OATH TO DR PRADEEP PADWAL AS SIC
Goa Governor Mr. P.V.Wanchoo has been urged not to administer the oath of office to Dr. Pradeep Padwal as State Information Commissioner inview of a Supreme Court order last week. Dr Pradeep Padwal who was appointed as State Information Commissioner on 19 th July would assume office only after being administered oath of office by the Governor. In a letter to Governor Wanchoo it has been pointed out that the Supreme Court on 19th July has directed the government not to appoint any more information commissioners till it decides on the plea making it mandatory that Information Commissioners be persons with a judicial background. A Bench of the Honourable Supreme Court comprising Justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar passed the order to this effect while reserving its judgment on the petition by Mr. Namit Sharma challenging the validity of the appointments of Information commissioners with no knowledge and experience of law and without a judicial background. The issue being now under the consideration of the Supreme Court it would not be appropriate for the Governor to administer the oath of office to Dr. Pradeep Padwal as State Information Commissioner. The Right to Information Act requires that the Information Commissioner should have wide knowledge and experience of law. Dr. Pradeep Padwal had no knowledge and experience in law whatsoever and obviously no judicial background. The State Information Commissioner would be drawing a salary equivalent to that of the Chief Secretary of around Rs 1, 20,000 a month. It is therefore important to ensure that the person appointed did not become a liability and embarrassment to the State for five long years. The Right to Information Act being a vital evolving law it is imperative that the Information Commissioner be a person with a very sound legal background as was rightly mandated in the RTI Act itself. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] 10 Benefits of Power Napping, and How to Do It | Ririan Project
Remember the Goan way of after lunch siesta.here's how it benefits us! http://ririanproject.com/2007/09/05/10-benefits-of-power-napping-and-how-to-do-it/
[Goanet] The Smells of an Era - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
22 July: Goan Voice UK. By Roland Francis. As you travel to far-away countries to make a life and as you adapt to new experiences, it is natural that things that you once took for granted, become a jaded memory. In a similar way, as you go through the passage of years, it would be logical to assume that childhood memories remained exactly what they were - childhood memories. Full text, 621 words at www.goanvoice.org.uk Daily Newsletter of 22 July 2012 and this week you have music to set you in the mood - go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iBj0Of_5Ns#t=03m20s Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet] Song for the day
BRIAN HYLAND GINNY COME LATELY (A SIMON PAYNE PRODUCTION) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGb78NEGSogfeature=related g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] Waghik ailli Ragh!
Tony de Sa wrote: All those who support the British and Pork n geese imperialist bandidos are running dog lackeys. Thus spake the Chairman Mao of blessed memory -- Tony, Here is a reminder of the brutality of colonialism. Mervyn2012 x London’s High Court hears of castration, rape and beatings in the Empire July 17th, 2012 ESTELLE SHIRBON — Reuters * Three elderly Kenyans who were tortured in detention under British orders in the 1950s took the witness stand in London’s High Court on Tuesday in poignant scenes that conjured up the darkest days of the end of Empire. They are seeking damages from the British government, which has been trying for three years to block their legal action for fear that it could encourage countless other former colonial subjects to come forward with similar claims. The claimants, now in their 70s and 80s, suffered acts of brutality including castration, rape and beatings during a ruthless crackdown by British forces and their Kenyan allies on rebels from the Mau Mau movement fighting for land and freedom. One of the three to take the stand was Paulo Nzili, 85. In his 20-page witness statement, he gave excruciating details of how he was castrated at Embakasi detention camp by a white settler called Mr. Dunman and nicknamedLuvai, which in Mr. Nzili’s Kikamba language means “merciless person.” “They tied both of my legs with chains and … pinned down both my hands. Then Luvai approached me with a pair of pliers which were more than a foot long and castrated me,” he said in the statement, which was based on his oral account. Mr. Nzili was not asked to revisit his abuse on the stand, but to confirm he had recounted his story to the people who drew up the statement, and to confirm he had signed it, which he did. Jane Muthoni Mara, 73, confirmed the thumb print on her witness statement was her own. The document makes horrifying reading, with details of sexual abuse including rape using a bottle full of boiling water. Dressed in a skirt and cardigan, both with colourful patterns, and a red-and-yellow head scarf, Ms. Mara spoke so softly that the judge politely asked her to speak up. Tens of thousands of rebels were killed during the British crackdown and about 150,000 Kenyans, many of them unconnected to the Mau Mau, were detained in brutal camps referred to as “Britain’s Gulag” by Harvard historian Caroline Elkins. The first claimant to take the stand on Tuesday was Wambugu Wa Nyingi, 84, who was arrested in 1952 and spent almost a decade in detention at various camps run by the British and staffed jointly by British guards and Kenyan “loyalists.” In his statement, Mr. Nyingi described severe beatings as a routine part of life in the camps. Tall and frail, he was helped to the witness stand by his interpreter. He answered questions from Guy Mansfield, the government’s counsel, who focused on two topics: the fact that some perpetrators of abuse were Kenyans, and that after independence successive Kenyan leaders were hostile to Mau Mau veterans. Mr. Nyingi became animated in discussing the issue of how Kenya’s first two presidents, Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi, had oppressed veterans of the armed struggle for independence. “We were not allowed to meet in public. We were still in prison … because we were not allowed to talk freely,” he said, jabbing his fingers on the stand for emphasis. His evidence was a stark reminder of how divisive the Mau Mau movement remains in Kenyan society. Tuesday was the second day of a 10-day hearing. The court is not being asked to make a ruling on the substance of the Kenyans’ allegations but to decide whether a fair trial can be held so long after the events. The British government’s position is that the case was filed too long after the time limit for making a claim. The claimants’ lawyers argue that as there is a mass of documentary and other evidence on the period, a fair trial is possible. The government has used legal arguments to try and stop their claim. That strategy has been denounced by South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has accused Britain of hypocrisy for criticizing the human rights record of other countries while refusing to face up to its own. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/londons-high-court-hears-of-castration-rape-and-beatings-in-the-empire/article4424253/
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Sunim Poryan Mogan Poddtat
Sunim Poryan Mogan Poddtat Sunim sodanch apnnale dhonyank visvaxi ani mogachim astat. Thoddim sunim ghorchea lokachim mitr zatat zalear, xezarchea lokan suneank bori avdhan (attention) dilear to lok disti poddlele pavtti sunim xempddi haloun zapoitat kai distat. Suneachim bhavnnam (feelings) amchean molavunk ani tharavunk zainant. Zeddna ghorchem zonvar sunem, ghorvam kivam mazor eka mekak melltat teddna tanchea modim sombond ghoddun yetat. Zaite pavtti ami pollelam, sunim bhettlim mhonntoch boncheak boncho tekoun tim kitem tori eka-mekak sangtat vo ekamekachi vollok ditelea porim distat. Dekun, suneanchim bhavnnaxil odd (emotional attraction) pollevn tanchea ixttagottik ami 'puppy love' mhonntat. Ani heach khatir 'sunim poryan mogan poddtat' mhonnpan, hanv chukttam oxem mhaka zalear disona. Amchea xezarchea vaddean ravteli Sacrament timaim igorjek, posrear kivam bosik vetoli zalear, amchea ghor-bhattantlea paim-vatten tika vochunk poddtalem. Amchem ghor upptana mhoje avoyk zapoilea xivay arpar zainasli. Tea vellar ticho tallo aikun amcho kutroM-dem, boslolea koddcho ubo ravun ekuch dhanvnni bhair ghaltalo ani porot bhitor yevn mhoje avoyk vo mhaka hum-hum-hum korit kitem tori sanglolea porim lagmaro zavn porot bhair vetalo. Tea vogttar mhaka distalem M-dem-ank, Sacrament timaychi ekdom vollok asa mhunn. Sacrament timai-ank ek dhuv asli. Khoinchay cheddeak dipkavpa sarki, tiche kuddir akaran rosroxit sobitay pankleli. Tichea suropaek bulpak konnai ektea xezarchea cheddeak, tichea lagsor ubo ravun ulovpak kivam ghorachea durga lagim sorpak, kaposidad zai nasli. Ani hachem kharan mhonnlear tangeli kutri (female dog) Izmoll, Sacrament timaimche ektech dhuvechi koddok rakon kortali. Cheddo vo dhaddlo dislear, te pois astanach kutri bhukunk suru kortali. Ken’nai durgache getixim vochun dant korkoraytali. Punn hanv dislo zalear mhaka ti kutri ken’nanch bhonknasli, nam mhunn, dant korkorainasli. Vellean, haddki-tiddki xempddi korit ani tokli vhoir kaddit ghorant bhitor sorunk yevkar dita kai diso. Ani thodde khepek ghorjechea kama khatir hanv pavun sorlom zalear, Sacrament timaichi dhuv ani hanv hatak dorun gozali martat tor, kutri Izmoll amkam mekllim soddun bhair vochun bostali. Ek dis, amchea bolkavant bosun teddnanchem Uzvadd disalem vachtalom. Sanjeachea panch voranche bosir Moddganv thavn Sacrament timai pavun sorleli. Mhaka zapoilea uprant mhoje avoyk motten ulo marun khobor ghetli. Tea vogttar tichea avazar, amcho kutro M-dem tika mellunk bhair yetolo kai dislem. Punn tacho pott’toch naslo. Uzvadd potr vachpan hanv gul’l zalolo astana, ken’na Sacramentachi dhuv yevun mhojea fuddean ubi zali hi bilkull mhaka zannui na zali. Jeddna tinnem mottean mhaka zap keli teddnam mat bhitor aslolo amcho M-dem 'jet-speed'-ir bhair yevn timaiche dhuveche vistidak aplem ang ghostilem ani tichea sangatak aileli kutri Izmoll-a sondder apli sondd tenkoili (beij dilelea porim) ani paim vhoir kaddun don-tin pavtti udna ghetlim ani tim dogaim pand upptton dusre vatten igorjixim pav meren, thoinch ubo ravun tankam polloit ravlo. M-Dem-achi vagnnunk mhaka vichitr disli. Sacarment timai Moddganv savn aileli ten’na tinnem avaz kelolo tea vellar, M-Dem ghorantlo bhair sorunk nam. Atam tichi dhuv igorjek dhormik zomatek vetali tea vogttar, tichea sangata kutri Izmoll asli. Amgelo chor Izmoll-achea mogan bha poddunk nam mhu? Mhoji kurusidad vaddli ani hanv bariksannin pollevnnik (observation), vella pormonnem bolkavant bosunk laglom. Sacrament timai igorjek, posrear kivam bosik vetali ten’na tigeli kutri tichea sangata astali. Avoyk zapoitali tea vogttar amcho premi M-Dem khinna bhitor bhair yetalo. Timainxim lagmodi kelea uprant kutri Izmoll-ak kismitaylo. Hem natok sodanchem zaun ghel’lem. Mhonnchem, amcho kutro timaiche kutriche mogan aslo. Agostachi 15 tarik. Bharot des svotontr zalolo itihasik dis. Tech porim Saibinn Maimche kuddi-otmeasoit sorgar choddlole porbe dis. Hea disa, amchea ganvant xetta pikecher axirvadd ghalun poilem konos katortat. Ganvche vhoddil dol-tas vazoun vadd-vaddeant bhovun povitr udkan benjar kelelem poilem konos vanttat. Tea vorsakui donparchea 12.10 vaztam, amche ghoraxim dol-tas vazoit pavle. Bharotachi svotrontrai punn amchea M-Dem-ank mat tea disa suttka mellonasli. Ghoraxim yevn dol-tas vazoitoleank attakar korta mhunn, mhoji avoy taka bandunk ghaltali. Konos ghevn oltorir dovortana M-Dem khoim asa ti vaspus hanvem, avoy lagim keli. Dol-taschea avazar bandlole kodden mottean bhonkpi kutro, kiteak ogi zalo tem hanv chintunk poddlom. Avoyn mhaka sanglem, tinnem sokall savn taka pollenvk nam. Tika dislem to mhojea sorxim asa vo hanvem taka bandunk ghatla. Hanv tenxonnar poddlom. M-Dem dusrea suneam porim hanga thoim heddpi nhoi aslo. Mhozo husko vaddlo. Avoychea dolleant dukham bhorlim. Taka sodunk bhair sorlom. Sacrament timaychea kutri 'Izmoll'-achi yad zali. Tanchea ghora dixen cholunk laglom. Timaychea ghoraxim pavunk ek lhanso
[Goanet] Mr Gracias Saldanha - RIP
Mr Gracias Saldanha (Saligao) Founder Chairman Emeritus of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd expired on 21st July 2012 and buried on 22nd July 2012. He is survived by his wife Blanche, daughters Cheryl and Blossom and sons Glenn and Mark. Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] Goa news for July 22, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa is not becoming a heaven for prostitution, says chief minister - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is also the home minister, on Friday refuted that Goa is becoming a heaven for prostitution among Indian and foreign nationals in the name of tourism. Parrikar's statement came in response to a starred ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEuvnUohCcjXITW4vG03bXS67mG5Qurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-is-not-becoming-a-heaven-for-prostitution-says-chief-minister/articleshow/15057497.cms *** Goa legislators sing songs, pay musical tribute to Rajesh Khanna - TwoCircles.net 6:32pm. India Politics. By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,. Panaji : In his sad death Wednesday, yesteryears superstar Rajesh Khanna breathed ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHyPNKWtgDbw_1HGGUSbgUALYq1CQurl=http://twocircles.net/2012jul19/goa_legislators_sing_songs_pay_musical_tribute_rajesh_khanna.html *** Tourists in Goa not allowed to smoke - eTurboNews lastic-may-get-you-fined-5000/articleshow/15065347.cmsLittering plastic may get you fined 5000 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHdKllzeUInrXG45-xhEanPHhoU5Qurl=http://www.eturbonews.com/30266/tourists-goa-not-allowed-smoke *** Bebe spares United blush with late goa - The News International Updated 2036 PKT From Web Edition. CAPE TOWN: Substitute Bebe scored two minutes into stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Manchester United at Ajax Cape Town on Saturday in the second ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGwd-3UYmc7u7gW8_JT-7hlsxaIjwurl=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-59886-Bebe-spares-United-blush-with-late-goa *** Shettar to talk to Goa CM on water row - Deccan Chronicle avalgund on Saturday that the inter-state water dispute between Karnataka and Goa would be resolved through mutual discussion, despite the tribunal set up by the Centre to look into it . http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFuPOqGuSNiBSWDs7HSaIj5ZfuJ4Aurl=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/shettar-talk-goa-cm-water-row-682 *** Monsoon magic in Goa - IBNLive.com (blog) asti.htmlMonsoon masti http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE2Zw8VV6ZNsNN9ELnhfDDELfSJuAurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/oindrilamukherjee/2965/63717/monsoon-magic-in-goa.html *** Travel long distances across Goa by boat soon - Times of India easibility report for operating ferry services along viable routes through the inland waterways of Goa. The EoI states that ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGy60CfoPjVt4TDtiT8KK8PhMqTgQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Travel-long-distances-across-Goa-by-boat-soon/articleshow/15085559.cms *** Heritage code now in English - Times of India mes of IndiaMARGAO: Fifty years after Goa's liberation from Portuguese rule, Goa has finally got the Code of Comunidades translated from Portuguese into English language. Pursuant to the directives of the high court of Bombay at Goa, the state government has ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGjvXmW1yK2GyeHktTgPkPpuZ_RVwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Heritage-code-now-in-English/articleshow/15085529.cms *** Five held at Goa airport for passport irregularity - IBNLive.com NLive.comPanaji, Jul 21 (PTI) Five persons, including three women, were today nabbed from the Goa airport for allegedly forging a stamp on their passports, police said. The sleuths of CID (Immigration) department arrested all the five before they could board ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFSlMABlH022MHuSJgdMdLk2nmxAgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/five-held-at-goa-airport-for-passport-irregularity/1025615.html *** Arambol gets ready to tackle natural calamities - Times of India ased Saritsa foundation's ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEaXBOL8dJN1RUsqxNIiyDR6hJmtAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Arambol-gets-ready-to-tackle-natural-calamities/articleshow/15085350.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit....
I relate to your point. My concern is with detail; what is termed, pedantic. On the one hand, desiring to see how things/ notions/ and sometimes, what pass off as idea, are fleshed out; elaborated upon; along with tangential meanings, pointed out or discovered. In any case we got to hear of your example: The pun (not sarcasm) is 'the lowest form of humor. Thank you. In fact that too was true in India. And there are others. Things change with time. Often notions are labelled and get disseminated, simply on account of some ones (more often than not a poet or writer, at a given point in their trajectory) distaste of a figure of speech or such. venantius j pinto Message: 8 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:42:55 -0300 From: DAN DRISCOLL driscoll@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit Interesting, if perhaps somewhat pedantic exchange; but my college informants from long ago had it as The pun (not sarcasm) is 'the lowest form of humor. Honorable Keith Vas seems to be doing a good job of holding the mirror up to the Olympics Organizers. On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote: Awesome. Often, people do not understand sarcasm (not suggesting you); and others take what is not intended as such to mean so. Therein, perhaps exists the notion, along with with who employs it: that sarcasm, is the lowest form of wit. The following is an educative piece, on how sarcasm works (how it is employed). How Sarcasm Works by Shanna Freeman http://people.howstuffworks.com/sarcasm1.htm Understanding and Learning Sarcasm Most of the time, when you say something sarcastic, the person that you're speaking to understands your intention. But how? Since they can't rely on the words for the message, listeners pick up on other cues. When we say something sarcastic, we often use a very specific tone of voice. Important elements of spoken sarcasm include intonation, or how you vary the pitch of your voice, and stress, or how you emphasize certain words. When English speakers express sarcasm with the word Thanks!, they often use a nasal tone. Some researchers say that this nasal tone shows a connection between sarcasm and extreme disgust, to the point where the speaker is expelling something nauseating and he or she wants to remove it not only from the mouth but also from the nose [source: Haiman]. Sarcasts of all languages use what Haiman calls inverse pitch obtrusion. This occurs when the speaker pitches a stressed syllable lower than the other words in the sentence. Take our weather example from the last section: Sincere: Pitch: High Great weather, huh? Sarcastic: Pitch: Low Great weather, huh? The pitch of the word great in this sentence changes depending on whether you're being sincere or sarcastic. A sarcast might also stress the word great heavily, to show that it's anything but great. CONTINUED AT, http://people.howstuffworks.com/sarcasm1.htm venantius j pinto Message: 1 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:22:01 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit On 19 July 2012 21:52, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote: A sarcastic benison** from MP Keith Vaz.: Keith Vaz of the Labour Party, the longest-serving Asian MP in Britain, and chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, was even more scathing. When Buckles told the committee that he was ?disappointed?, Vaz replied that?s what he usually felt when his football team didn?t win. ?Isn?t there a better word?? asked Vaz sarcastically. http://tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=hub280712London.asp **bessao (blessing) +++ vjp RESPONSE: The Home Affairs Select Committee, waded into the hapless man. Vaseline Vaz is so squeaky clean that he returned thousands of pounds having bought items such as cushions from John Lewis How's that for sarcasm? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. -- End of Goanet Digest, Vol 7, Issue 636 **
[Goanet] Never a dog moment
http://tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Ws210712Animal.asp “Poisoning, or maiming of the strays that were being fed is also reported sporadically,” says Padmaja Bundla of CHFA. I am reminded of Tippu, a three-legged stray whom we fed (Dad would give him choce left-overs and occasionally fresh meat) was bludgeoned to death about 40 years ago. This happened at BPT Quarters, Wadala Mumbai, India. He was one of us, essentially an equal with me—the older brother in the family. He had lost one of his front legs in an accident on the railway tracks, in the shunting yard; and was one of the fastest dogs I have ever seen, He often followed us home to the fourth floor (third floor in the US). venantius j pinto
[Goanet] De Chirico and the sacred_from LOsservatore Romano
It is not easy to approach de Chirico's work from the viewpoint of the sacred. What a url below. Like going to Sanvordem from Batim! These boys/ and girls at the VAT sure need to get their act together. And btw one cannot click on the picture to get a larger image. So out with your magnifying glasses, if one is even around, or Zoom in and... Lets PRAY for them, and all at the Vatican. Seriously. http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetaillast=false=path=/news/cultura/2012/165q12-De-Chirico-e-il-sacro.htmltitle=De%20Chirico%20and%20the%20sacredlocale=en ++ vjp
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Rule of One (Devika Sequeira, in Herald Review)
Cover story: Rule of One Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com An intriguing story has been doing the buzz in media circles here. An ambitious new BJP minister from South Goa who accepted a gift for an official favour received a visit from a party functionary. Acting on instructions from the chief minister, the BJP man asked the embarrassed minister to make over the 'gifted' amount to the party treasury. The shamed politician also received a signed receipt for the Rs 50,000. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's admirers -- currently they are legion -- see this as yet another example of his unimpeachable integrity and resolve to keep his band in line. To his critics, these are glaring instances of the second-time CM's obsessive need to crack the whip to show who calls the shots. After years of fragmented governance (two power changes to be precise since Parrikar's 2000-2004 stint) we have a single power centre and a modicum of sanity in administration, a senior bureaucrat tells me. He sees this as good for Goa. Another official who was regularly kicked around in the whimsical administrative shifts and reshuffles -- a ploy used by most politicians to keep state civil servants on a leash -- also expresses relief that there is someone in command -- at last. Surprisingly, the praise for the new chief minister is also tempered with a large degree of uneasiness among those in his administration, just four months after his takeover. At the core of this is the question of his sincerity to his new secular avatar given his quiet yet resolute moves to delegate key institutional positions to men who are deeply saffron or Saraswat or both, and the extent of his commitment to the stack of pre-electoral promises. His body language may have changed, but has his ideology? a former Congress minister who has rubbed shoulders with Parrikar for years, asks. The question is relevant to those on both sides of the divide. Among the mostly faceless line-up of new BJP legislators the politically travelled Vishnu Wagh stands out and is the only one willing to speak candidly: The chief minister is a far more accommodating politician than he was earlier, he says. I can understand his compulsion on the medium of instruction (MoI). It was a promise he had to keep, and some compromise was to be expected. But Wagh sees little clarity in Parrikar's MoI decision favouring Diocesan schools. Will it continue or is there a time-frame for the assistance? BJP cadres are not happy, he says, and within the RSS there is even more resentment over the decision. Conceding that Parrikar is on tricky gradient on the mining issue, the BJP MLA says one doesn't get the picture that the government is tackling it with an iron hand. The chief minister's twists and turns on mining in the current session of the state assembly lend credence to the suspicion that having used the issue politically to shame and sink the Digambar Kamat government, the BJP leader is likely to adopt a far more forgiving approach with the cash-rich mining marauders now that he is at the wheel. Don't forget, one of his bureaucrats stresses, that at least five BJP MLAs (Nilesh Cabral, Ganesh Gaonkar, Subhash Phaldesai among others) have interests in the iron ore export business. Mining and casino funds fuelled a large dose of the March 3 election campaign and its fallout is showing on government policy, he says. One of the biggest advantages of the clear mandate is that Parrikar can be his own man. In his previous stint as chief minister he was hampered by the pulls and counter-pulls of coalition politics, says UGDP leader Radharao Gracias. With the Cabinet in his control and the likes of the Dhavlikars in check, Gracias expects we'll see more and more of Parrikar and less and less of his other Cabinet colleagues. Even a senior minister like Francis D'Souza, the number two in the ministry line-up, is hardly seen, he points out. Parrikar makes a good administrator, but he is so distrusting of his colleagues and their abilities to perform in government to the point of being contemptuous, Wagh believes. He looks down on others. I've never seen him taking advice from anyone, he says. The chief minister's compulsive need to be in absolute control, vet every file and make every decision, is a major irritant for his officials. One of them said he had been waiting days for an appointment with the overburdened head of government, even though there were urgent matters to clear. With a judicious mix of accommodation and ideology, Manohar Parrikar has managed to reinvent his political persona pre-March 3, cultivating the image of a balanced politician and new-found
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 7, Issue 636 - ExoticGoa - e-mag launched by Rohan Lobo
Dear Mr. Tavares, Thanks for your uplifting and encouraging words. Pleased to hear that you enjoyed my magazine. This motivates me to do my best in the upcoming Issues. It gave me a great pride to feature Calangute, my birth place and home town in my first edition. I will keep in mind your suggestions and will focus on featuring different villages and hopefully will cover all of Goa’s villages. With your permission, I would like to feature your village. Please send me at your earliest convenience, anything pertaining to your village, as my next issue is due in August. Recently, I met with a serious accident and am recovering at home. Hopeful I will be able to post my next issue as planed. Dev Borem Korum Sincere Regards Rohan Lobo http://www.exoticgoa.co.in/exotic-goa-magzine-issue1/index.html website www.exoticgoa.co.in Blog http://www.goankrazy.blogspot.com/ Twitter @exoticgoa email loboro...@gmail.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/goa.meu.amor Message: 5 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:48:33 -0400 From: manuel tavares duk...@bell.net To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] ExoticGoa - e-mag launched by Rohan Lobo Message-ID: blu0-smtp11d3483788e8a42b1c3cf7a6...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I would like to congratulate Rohan Lobo on the publication of the first edition of his e-magazine. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am truly impressed. Keep up the good work. I am sure that in time it will grow and become a premier source of knowledge and entertainment throughout the Goan community worldwide. True the first edition comprised of a variety of topics on Calangute. This is expected as the birth place of this effort is Calangute. May I suggest that future editions dedicate space to feature a village each so that the whole of Goa's villages and towns can be featured in time thus giving a showcase of the villages and their uniqueness. This will also broaden the readership and stimulate interest from all corners of Goa and the Goan Diaspora scattered throughout the world. Thank you once again for this marvelous effort. Manuel ( Eddie) Tavares.
Re: [Goanet] Konkani's first free audio novelette
Apologies for the error below. It should read: PS: There is no Bardezi script, agreed. But isn't it a fact that Romi mostly uses the Bardezi DIALECT (and hence is closely connected with it) while Devanagari is mostly Antruzi-influenced? ... (It is Bardezi dialect). FN Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca pointed out: . But isn't it a fact that Romi mostly uses the Bardezi script FN, The above may make sense to you but I am left bewildered!
Re: [Goanet] Waghik ailli Ragh!
Mervyn Tony et al, May I suggest that, the nomenclature of the ISM having been noted, those in control of the purse and power strings will do the Mao Mao on anybody who threatens to replace them. Kronto claimed to be holier and better than Pronto. Pronto, apparently, had raped 15 women while Kronto had raped a mere 13. As far as I am concerned, both are wicked. jc Not a historian but a wide reader of history with the knowledge that history often times depends on the alleged historian. Pardon any Typos. This IPad does some curious auto- corrections On Jul 21, 2012, at 9:14 PM, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote: Tony de Sa wrote: All those who support the British and Pork n geese imperialist bandidos are running dog lackeys. Thus spake the Chairman Mao of blessed memory -- Tony, Here is a reminder of the brutality of colonialism. Mervyn2012 x London’s High Court hears of castration, rape and beatings in the Empire July 17th, 2012 ESTELLE SHIRBON — Reuters * Three elderly Kenyans who were tortured in detention under British orders in the 1950s took the witness stand in London’s High Court on Tuesday in poignant scenes that conjured up the darkest days of the end of Empire. They are seeking damages from the British government, which has been trying for three years to block their legal action for fear that it could encourage countless other former colonial subjects to come forward with similar claims. The claimants, now in their 70s and 80s, suffered acts of brutality including castration, rape and beatings during a ruthless crackdown by British forces and their Kenyan allies on rebels from the Mau Mau movement fighting for land and freedom. One of the three to take the stand was Paulo Nzili, 85. In his 20-page witness statement, he gave excruciating details of how he was castrated at Embakasi detention camp by a white settler called Mr. Dunman and nicknamedLuvai, which in Mr. Nzili’s Kikamba language means “merciless person.” “They tied both of my legs with chains and … pinned down both my hands. Then Luvai approached me with a pair of pliers which were more than a foot long and castrated me,” he said in the statement, which was based on his oral account. Mr. Nzili was not asked to revisit his abuse on the stand, but to confirm he had recounted his story to the people who drew up the statement, and to confirm he had signed it, which he did. Jane Muthoni Mara, 73, confirmed the thumb print on her witness statement was her own. The document makes horrifying reading, with details of sexual abuse including rape using a bottle full of boiling water. Dressed in a skirt and cardigan, both with colourful patterns, and a red-and-yellow head scarf, Ms. Mara spoke so softly that the judge politely asked her to speak up. Tens of thousands of rebels were killed during the British crackdown and about 150,000 Kenyans, many of them unconnected to the Mau Mau, were detained in brutal camps referred to as “Britain’s Gulag” by Harvard historian Caroline Elkins. The first claimant to take the stand on Tuesday was Wambugu Wa Nyingi, 84, who was arrested in 1952 and spent almost a decade in detention at various camps run by the British and staffed jointly by British guards and Kenyan “loyalists.” In his statement, Mr. Nyingi described severe beatings as a routine part of life in the camps. Tall and frail, he was helped to the witness stand by his interpreter. He answered questions from Guy Mansfield, the government’s counsel, who focused on two topics: the fact that some perpetrators of abuse were Kenyans, and that after independence successive Kenyan leaders were hostile to Mau Mau veterans. Mr. Nyingi became animated in discussing the issue of how Kenya’s first two presidents, Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi, had oppressed veterans of the armed struggle for independence. “We were not allowed to meet in public. We were still in prison … because we were not allowed to talk freely,” he said, jabbing his fingers on the stand for emphasis. His evidence was a stark reminder of how divisive the Mau Mau movement remains in Kenyan society. Tuesday was the second day of a 10-day hearing. The court is not being asked to make a ruling on the substance of the Kenyans’ allegations but to decide whether a fair trial can be held so long after the events. The British government’s position is that the case was filed too long after the time limit for making a claim. The claimants’ lawyers argue that as there is a mass of documentary and other evidence on the period, a fair trial is possible. The government has used legal arguments to try and stop their claim. That strategy has been denounced by South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has accused Britain of hypocrisy for
[Goanet] Matanhy Saldanha statue proposed at Upasnagar
Matanhy Saldanha statue proposed at Upasnagar Proposal to install Matanhy Saldanha statue at Upasnagar junction and name it as Matanhy Saldanha Chowk /Junction put forward before Velsao Panchyat Gram Sabha held today 22.7.12 It was accepted by one and all. The Sarpanch of Velsao-Pale-Isorsim Mrs. Fatima Pereira also appealed members to come forward with a suggestion as to how best they can spend Rs.10 Lac Golden Jubilee Grant they got from the Government. It has to be utilised on a single project within next two months (which is two months extension sought by the Panchayat to utilised the fund) Not many people attended the Gram Sabha Meeting. There were about 55 only The Juction at Upasnagar, current also know as Queeny Nagar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621342248/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621340364/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621343922/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Pics Sarpanch Fatima Pereira with Secretary Ratnakar Govekar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621336784/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621330538/in/photostream/ With Agnelo, Ramponnkar leader http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621338840/in/photostream/ Matanhy Saldanha Statue / Chowk – Proposed by Salu http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621338120/in/photostream/ Sanpanch and panchas with secretary http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621337542/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk56/7621335394/in/photostream/ 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] Sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier
Sacred body of St. Francis Xavier Old Goa, Bom Jesus Basilica a short clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_egxtjza9o 7in1 pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra4/7623616990/sizes/l/in/photostream/ SFX Exposition 1994-95, Goa India. Next Expo 2014-15 Death Burials: St. Francis died on December 3, 1552, at age of 46. He was first buried on Shangchuan Dao's beach (China). His intact body was taken from the island in February 1553. It was temporarily buried (2nd time) in St. Paul's church in Malacca on March 22, 1553. His body was once again removed shortly after April 15, 1553 by his friend Pereira and took it at a his place On December 11, 1553 (after one year from death) the incorrupt body of Francis Xavier was shipped to Goa. The body is now in the Basilica of Bom Jésus in Goa, where it is placed into a glass / silver casket. Exposition: (Once in 10 years) The silver casket is lowered for public viewing only during the public exposition, which most recently took place in 1994-95, 2004-05. Next would be in 2014-15. The Exposition last about 6 weeks from late Nov to Early Jan. 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] [JudeSundayReflections] 17th Sunday of the Year
22-Jul-2012 Dear Friend, This Sunday's readings centre on food - an essential commodity of life. It is said some people live to eat, while others eat to live! Is eating the main purpose of life or is there a bigger and better purpose? In our world today we have an unequal distribution of resources. While a major section starve and wonder from where they will get their next meal, a small minority enjoy sumptuous meals and worry more about how to diet! The imbalance is man-made and occurs when we only think of ourselves and our needs first. Our God gives of his bounty and expects us to share his gifts with others. Have a sharing weekend! Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: Seventeenth Sunday: He provides for all people through our sharing 29-Jul-2012 Readings: 2 Kings:4: 42-44 Eph.4: 1-6 John 6: 1-15 In the first reading we find the prophet Elisha surrounded by his disciples, about a hundred in number receiving the yearly first fruits of the harvest, about twenty loaves of bread made from the first barley harvested. These loaves of bread were totally insufficient to feed the hundred persons present. Yet Elisha orders his servant to lay them in front of the crowd for their meal. The servant objects but Elisha insists and all those present ate as much as they wanted and there were still some leftovers. The church recalls this Old Testament episode to stress that while Elisha fed a hundred men with twenty loaves, Jesus fed five thousand with just five loaves! This was to be a sign of things to come with the coming of Jesus. That's my onion! There was this rich lady who lived on her own and led an impeccable life as far as the externals of religion were concerned. She went to mass daily, found little or nothing to confess when she went to confession because, as she repeatedly asserted, she never bothered anybody. Eventually she died and to her horror and surprise found that she had been assigned to hell. She went to the devil and complained bitterly about her treatment, explaining how she had lived a virtuous and utterly blameless life on earth and claimed there must be a mistake. Satan inquired of Peter and was told there was no mistake, the woman was utterly selfish and self-centred and she was where she belonged. But Peter conceded, that if she could think of one single act of kindness, heaven would be open to her. After a few days of examination the woman returned in high spirits, saying that she could recall one good deed she had done. One day, she said, as I was cooking the dinner a beggar came to the back door. He was hungry and I gave him an onion. Peter checked and found that it was true and Peter said to Satan. We are going to lower the onion at the end of a rope. Tell her to clasp it and then we'll pull her up here. Needless to say the woman was overjoyed as the rope was lowered with her onion dangling on the end of it. She grabbed the onion. As she was being pulled up, some of her companions, seeing the opportunity of getting out with her, clung to her. Let go, let go, she shrieked, kicking out at them, that's my onion. With these words, That's my onion, the rope snapped and she fell back, with her onion, into the arms of Satan, who said to her, That rope was strong enough to save both you and your brothers, but it was not strong enough to save you alone. James A Feeban from 'Story Power' The Gospel begins on the note that a large crowd kept following Jesus oblivious of their hunger and other bodily needs. It is Jesus who was concerned about their need and said to Phillip, Where are we going to buy bread for these people to eat? Jesus knew what he would do but he wanted to see what his disciples would do. Were they concerned? Would they trust him to do the needful? For Phillip feeding the crowds presented a problem that had no solution. He was thinking of the problem and how he was going to solve the problem with the resources he had. Phillip's attitude is often our own each time we come across a problem. The problems are too big and we and our resources are too small, so we don't even attempt to look at the problem. Then there is Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, who sees the problem but he also sees some solution. He knows a boy who has only five barley loaves and two fish. He knows that this is woefully inadequate but he brings it all the same to Jesus. Jesus could have fed the multitude without the help of his disciples and their meager resources but He needed their involvement; he needed whatever they could offer. The little that they put into His hands became more than enough, through the power of love, which is the power of God. The same call goes out to us believers today: What are we doing about the problems facing people today? Too often we are thinking of the immensity of the problem. We are ashamed of the little resources we have, not realizing that God can only work with us and through us when we know we can't
[Goanet] Goa news for July 23, 2012
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Manohar Parrikar for gaming commission to regulate casinos in Goa - Times of India R62Tzdo3K_4aVcAmQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGpqyEDz6mr0q0kst-EIZxrq1qVwAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Manohar-Parrikar-for-gaming-commission-to-regulate-casinos-in-Goa/articleshow/15099475.cms *** Goa legislators sing songs, pay musical tribute to Rajesh Khanna - TwoCircles.net 6:32pm. India Politics. By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,. Panaji : In his sad death Wednesday, yesteryears superstar Rajesh Khanna breathed ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHyPNKWtgDbw_1HGGUSbgUALYq1CQurl=http://twocircles.net/2012jul19/goa_legislators_sing_songs_pay_musical_tribute_rajesh_khanna.html *** Prez poll Live: Sangma claws back, wins in Goa and Chhatisgarh - Firstpost member Assembly Chhattisgarh, 39 votes went to Mukherjee while Sangma ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHiI-N-r1pzdpki5txiOKYlLJAMJAurl=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/prez-poll-live-sangma-claws-back-wins-in-goa-and-chhatisgarh-386192.html *** State information commissioners to have judicial background - Times of India tays-appointment-information-commissioners.htmlSC stays appointment of Information Commissioners in CIC http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEUZXUmPc1ePSBt6w0H2Vn1J_SuCQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/State-information-commissioners-to-have-judicial-background/articleshow/15091743.cms *** Vinod Phadke wins Goa Cricket Association presidential election - Cricket Country tories/Vinod-Phadke-elected-as-president-of-GCA/articleshow/15096127.cmsVinod Phadke elected as president of GCA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHXtRiDIwq3jXG_4dY94a926UDt6Aurl=http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Vinod-Phadke-wins-Goa-Cricket-Association-presidential-election/16473 *** Startup Life In India's Organized Chaos - TechCrunch chCrunchIndia is a woman, so told us a young Indian a while ago in Goa. We were sitting in one of the countless restaurants scattered along the Goan beach and heard for the first time a phrasing of India in one sentence that actually explained something ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFZdZ5Islza8rete0C-vVyVn8teHgurl=http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/22/startup-life-in-indias-organized-chaos/ *** Kashinath Jhalmi passes away - Times of India sVIGakcTg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFXdYaV-FR1-8jq-qWs6O-KIj9G8wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Kashinath-Jhalmi-passes-away/articleshow/15099570.cms *** Sao Mathias locals lament poor medical, ferry services - Times of India ld Goa and Divar-Sao Pedro to facilitate transit of islanders to far off places of work. The issue of urgent repairs to the Divar-Sao Pedro ferry wharf, which has several ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGuJdkWmAyxK9x5w9e_9Q8vbIid8gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sao-Mathias-locals-lament-poor-medical-ferry-services/articleshow/15099528.cms *** Goa on top of Tamil Nadu tourists' list - Deccan Chronicle ccan ChronicleGoa on top of Tamil Nadu tourists' list. Despite the controversies rocking this picturesque coastal union territory in India, Goa's beaches, culture, carnival and nightlife continue to drive a bulk of visitors from Tamil Nadu. Besides Goa, Chennai ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGcnIy_9hcaZGCuONw_ArLpUHJ_pAurl=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/goa-top-tamil-nadu-tourists%E2%80%99-list-718 *** Goan coaches join hands to form state association - Times of India uhyAJyWMand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGJRb8O4NEkQP6aBzTcMuZOuBngkQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Goan-coaches-join-hands-to-form-state-association/articleshow/15092421.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Heart Attacks and No Warning Signs - Video - iHealthTube.com
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[Goanet] Fwd: [Cleo_Odzer] Cleo's Home Movies from Goa, 1970s (Part Two)
Cleo Odzer's home movies from Goa, India in the 1970s (30 minutes). In the 1980's and 90's, Cleo produced a series of TV shows for Manhattan Public Access TV. This is the second episode she produced about Goa. Cleo wrote about her time there in the book, Goa Freaks, and many of the people from the book can be seen in these videos. -- Forwarded message -- From: STEVE C curtisdes...@yahoo.com Date: Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:19 AM Subject: [Cleo_Odzer] Cleo's Home Movies from Goa, 1970s (Part Two) To: cleo_od...@yahoogroups.com ** This is Part Two of the famous home movies Cleo took in Goa, India in the 1970s (30 minutes): http://youtu.be/tsg3jXbkJ_A In the 1980's and 90's, Cleo produced a series of TV shows for Manhattan Public Access TV. This is the second episode she produced about Goa. Cleo wrote about her time there in her book, Goa Freaks, and many of the people from the book can be seen in these videos. Unfortunately, Cleo used several songs in the video which YouTube has identified as copyrighted material, so the video is blocked in Germany. I may have to edit the video and replace the soundtrack with copyright-free music. I'll also try to post it to Facebook (GoaHippyTribe). So far Part One has not turned up. Enjoy! __._,_.___ Reply to sendercurtisdes...@yahoo.com?subject=Re%3A%20Cleo%27s%20Home%20Movies%20from%20Goa%2C%201970s%20%28Part%20Two%29| Reply to groupcleo_od...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Cleo%27s%20Home%20Movies%20from%20Goa%2C%201970s%20%28Part%20Two%29| Reply via web posthttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cleo_Odzer/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwb21hZnN1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3NTQzMzI0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTYxOTY5NgRtc2dJZAM0MDEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzQyOTM2MjE4?act=replymessageNum=401| Start a New Topichttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cleo_Odzer/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZDQ4YmU2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3NTQzMzI0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTYxOTY5NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNDI5MzYyMTg- Messages in this topichttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cleo_Odzer/message/401;_ylc=X3oDMTMzMWJobDh1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3NTQzMzI0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTYxOTY5NgRtc2dJZAM0MDEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzQyOTM2MjE4BHRwY0lkAzQwMQ--( 1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cleo_Odzer;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOW9zNzAwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3NTQzMzI0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTYxOTY5NgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzNDI5MzYyMTg- [image: Yahoo! Groups]http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNDR2bWtvBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3NTQzMzI0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTYxOTY5NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM0MjkzNjIxOA-- Switch to: Text-Onlycleo_odzer-traditio...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional, Daily Digestcleo_odzer-dig...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest• Unsubscribe cleo_odzer-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe • Terms of Use http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . __,_._,___ -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (23Jul12)
Truly Rajesh Khanna was Bollywood's 1st Reel Life Hero... No Doubt! But reading his number of affairs...His broken family...Loneliness...His Real Life was a __! Pray he Rests in Peace!! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Fashion of the Gods - A review of Moda Goa by Wendell Rodricks
Fashion of the Gods Devdutt Pattanaik I was browsing through famous fashion designer, Wendell Rodrigues wonderful book on Goan fashion — Moda Goa. In tracing earliest fashion that may have existed in the Goan region, we enter the realm of mythology and discover images of gods still worshipped who display what would have been the clothes of our ancestors. I say our ancestors, and not just ancient Goan clothing, because I realised the same clothing would have been seen across India. Goa, like much of the Western coast of India, is associated with Parashuram, the Ram who held an axe, and belonged to the clan of Bhrigu sages. It is postulated that he is perhaps a mythic embodiment of sages who brought the Vedic way of thinking to a land that was otherwise inhabited by hill tribes (there are cave drawings and markings in Goa that can be traced to the Stone Ages). What did Parashuram and the sages wear? It was probably ‘valkal’ — fabric made by beating the leaves and bark of the banyan or pipal fig trees. They may have also used animal hide. And bedecked themselves with flowers (Lakshmi’s lotus), and leaves (Hanuman’s Arka) and seeds (Shiva’s Rudraksha). What stands out in the later period is the use of unstitched cloth draped in various way around the body, and extensive use of jewellery. Both these fashions indicate rise of settled communities because spinning, weaving, dyeing, mining, smelting and smithy demands expertise. Some of the images — the most spectacular being that of Bhairava, known locally as Betaal — reveal guardian gods and fertility goddesses who wear nothing but huge chunky jewellery. Was this reality or artistic fantasy, we will never know. But many tribes around the world wear jewellery and expose parts of the body that modern society considers private. A common dress worn by the tribes even today, and could have worn in ancient times, is a simple woollen blanket thrown over the shoulders and a loin cloth around the genitals, or a sarong wrapped around the waist. Were these the clothes that the vanars or ‘monkeys’ of Kishkinda wore when they encountered Ram and Lakshman? With the rise of what is called the classical, or pre-Islamic period, comes the use of men and women draping cloth mostly cotton, sometimes Indian silk and occasionally shimmering expensive Chinese silk with gold threads interwoven — one cloth for the poor to cover the lower parts, two cloths for the slightly rich to cover upper and lower bodies, and three clothes for the very rich to cover even the head with a veil or turban. Gradually, women in Goa, as in many parts of the Deccan, wore the eight or nine-yard sari, the upper and lower garment fused into one, wrapped creatively, the lower part like a dhoti and the upper part like a shawl draped across the breasts. It is interesting to see how the dress of the gods changes with time. The fashion of the gods influenced the community and the community influenced the gods. Typical of Goa and Karnataka, the Shiva-linga is covered with huge brass and silver masks. And the face looks like a Maratha warrior complete with moustache and turban. And the goddesses have a classical half-moon-shaped nose-ring, which is common in Maharashtra too. Interesting too is the importance of cosmetics, especially pastes and unguents to wash the body and keep away body odour. Hence the practice of giving daily baths with oil and water and unguents to deities, a reminder of what the devotees are also supposed to do. One does not realise how much knowledge is locked in the temples of India. We just have to look and I am glad Wendell did. Source: http://www.mid-day.com/columnists/2012/jul/220712-Opinion-Devdutt-Pattanaik-Fashion-of-the-Gods.htm
[Goanet] Is it right for fish vendors to oppose their eviction from the Margao old fish
Is it right for fish vendors to oppose their eviction from the Margao old fish market? My take: If they were there for last 11 years or ever since the market was shifted to SGPDA, then it is Local authority's fault for not taking action against them for all these years. Just because they are Goans they don't get automatic rights to be there. 2-3 years ago, I saw there were about 10 fish vendor on Cine Lata Road, looks like it is now gone up by 3-4 times. For that matter, in Margao, fish is sold everywhere e.g. At communidade building (opp MMC and can be seen from Municipality), Rua Francis Loyola Road(Jackris, Goldsmiths, Menezes Farmacia Road) on the public walking pathway/ corridors, Opp TG Borcar (near Pimpal katta), Near Railway over bridge etc I have pics of each of the above places on the net including Cine Lata Road. Looks like the officers or inspectors concerned are not doing their job properly or they must have allowed them on payment of bribes or haftas all these years. Action should also be taken against them. Cine lata Road, 2-3 years ago http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk24/4312356784/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk24/4312375854/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Communidade Building http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk32/5163876970/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk32/5163876048/ corridors –rua de Francis Loyola http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk28/4938428262/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk32/5185238623/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk32/5185839736/ opp TG Borcar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk32/5185237429/ Near Railway overbrige http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk37/5577992685/ you may forward this mail to Margao MMC officers, if they ae on email ID, may also copy in to me. Thanks 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] Kashinath Jalmi passes away
Kashinath Jalmi passes away July 23, 2012 PONDA: Former Opposition leader and minister Dr Kashinath Jalmi breathed his last at GMC Hospital in Bambolim on Sunday. He was 62 and is survived by his wife and a son. The three-time MLA, who was also the law minister, was admitted in GMC last Saturday after he suffered a heart attack. He was reported to be critically ill and was put on ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit. His mortal remains were taken to his residence at Khandola-Marcel on Sunday evening and people from all walks of life thronged to his residence to pay their respects. The final rites will be held in Marcel on Monday. Dr Jalmi was first elected to the State Assembly in 1984 from Cumbharjua constituency and from Priol constituency in 1989 and 1994. He has also served as the sarpanch of the Tiverem Orgao Panchayat. Mourning the sad demise of Dr Jalmi, Minister for Cooperation and Priol MLA Deepak Dhavlikar said: “Dr Jalmi was a very good politician and had worked hard for the MGP”. “He was a very good friend of mine who helped me a lot when I contested from Priol constituency. I feel it was due to his efforts, I got elected from Priol in 2007. It will be difficult to forget Dr Jalmi who took efforts in strengthening MGP. I mourn his sad demise and pray to Almighty to give strength to his family to overcome his death”, said Dhavlikar. Former chief minister Ravi Naik said: “I have lost a good friend and a legislator. He fought for the poor section of the society. May his soul rest in peace and my sympathy to his family”. United Tribal Association’s Alliance Convenor Govind Gaude said Dr Kashinath Jalmi was the hero of the ST community. “He tirelessly worked to get the status of ST for Gawda, Kunbi and Velip community. He even went to Delhi to correct some technical issue and got it done at the Centre”. “His death is a huge loss to the ST community. He was a thinker, a good legislator and a good human being. He had devoted his life to the people. He was the founder member of the Gomant Gaud Maratha Samaj. May his soul rest in peace and pray to Almighty to give strength to his family”. http://www.oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Kashinath-Jalmi-passes-away/62165.html
[Goanet] President Pranab
President Pranab Landslide win for Mukherjee, garners 69.3 p.c. votes Heavy cross-voting in Karnataka Swearing in on July 25 July 23, 2012 NEW DELHI: Pranab Mukherjee was on Sunday elected the President in a bitterly-contested but one-sided poll, trouncing P A Sangma by a huge margin to begin a new journey after over four decades of active political innings. In an election that caused divisions in the Opposition NDA and the Left, the 76-year-old UPA nominee Mukherjee secured a vote value of 7,13,763, garnering 69.3 per cent of the total 10,29,750 valid votes polled. Rival P A Sangma, who was backed by BJP and some other Opposition parties like AIADMK and BJD, trailed far behind with 3,15,987 vote value in the polling that saw heavy cross-voting against him by BJP MLAs in Karnataka in favour of Mukherjee. The run-up to the election was bitter with the Sangma camp accusing Mukherjee of forgery and raising question of office of profit violations only to be rejected by the election authorities. Affectionately called dada, Mukherjee will be the first leader from West Bengal to occupy the top Constitutional post. He will be sworn-in as the 13th President on July 25 in the Central Hall of Parliament, taking over from Pratibha Patil. A veteran of politics and art of governance, Mukherjee was the troubleshooter for the UPA in the last eight years and brings a wealth of experience to the top Constitutional office having held various key positions in the party and government at the Centre. I declare that Shri Pranab Mukherjee has been duly elected to the office of President of India, Returning Officer and Rajya Sabha Secretary General V K Agnihotri after more than seven-hours of counting that went on expected lines. In brief comments after being elected, Mukherjee pledged to protect, defend and preserve the Constitution. I will try to justify in a modest way as I can to be trustworthy. He said he was overwhelmed by the support he got from people, not limited to the electoral college comprising MPs and MLAs. I have received much more from the country, its political establishment and Parliament than what I have given. Greetings poured from all over with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and senior Ministers making a beeline to his 13, Talkatora Road residence. Vice President Hamid Ansari called him to congratulate. Sangma, a former Lok Sabha Speaker who split from his party NCP to contest the election, congratulated Mukherjee and wished him success. However, he alleged that the election was exceptionally partisan as the UPA lured states with packages, inducements and threats. He did not rule out moving court on the election. PTI http://www.oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/PRESIDENT-PRANAB/62164.html
