[Goanet-News] Goa news for January 3, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Hegde: Reason for not appointing Goa Lokayukta not justifiable - Times of India ackage-for-mining-halt-affected-people-in-goa_820223.htmlSpl package for mining-halt affected people in Goa http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGC1DQLkl2wC0Ijj7sET2jIwgLSrAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Hegde-Reason-for-not-appointing-Goa-Lokayukta-not-justifiable/articleshow/17866378.cms *** A Harley ride from Vizag to Goa - Times of India mes of IndiaWhile for most of us, the festive revelry might have ended on December 31, for the Harley Owners Group (HOG) the big party is on January 31 in Goa. What's more, the HOG celebrations will merge with the India Bike Week, one of the biggest bike fests in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGvmWF7e7yLH1ctQhv4mAXNkjvCCAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/A-Harley-ride-from-Vizag-to-Goa/articleshow/17830706.cms *** Collector chucks fake cop out of South Goa for two years - Times of India oa-mining-firm-in-the-dock/68783.htmlSouth Goa mining firm in the dock http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGmXAqtCNVjBrhSM8fNpoJUzMM9IAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Collector-chucks-fake-cop-out-of-South-Goa-for-two-years/articleshow/17838243.cms *** Goa gain three points as Ranji tie ends in draw - Zee News ay Ranji match against Assam ended in a draw on the final day at PCA ground here on Tuesday. Goa now have 16 points from eight matches while Assam, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFA2HeoJL5Q5ONksIm3J42RVXY7zgurl=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/domestic-cricket-2012/ranji-trophy/goa-gain-three-points-as-ranji-tie-ends-in-draw_754333.html *** Probe into Goa New Year eve shooting - Newstrack India Mned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGxUtqS7fhxaa79i29pVpPMXmcObQurl=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/02/320--Probe-into-Goa-New-Year-eve-shooting-.html *** Drunk Goa Police driver suspended for accident - Newstrack India bSKk580Mned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG9WLvp3dolnFxg0dJBEiJKpUJKcgurl=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/02/312--Drunk-Goa-Police-driver-suspended-for-accident-.html *** NSA cases under S Goa collector's scrutiny - Times of India JlXhw8jKMned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG1HdJeEq6TU6olxJgxMh1XYZC5oAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NSA-cases-under-S-Goa-collectors-scrutiny/articleshow/17850076.cms *** Mumbai: Family's New Year Bash in Goa Turns Tragic as Father, Son Drown - Daijiworld.com ijiworld.comThe Fernandes family left for Goa on December 21 and after much travelling and sightseeing, they reached Dudhsagar river. Wishing to enjoy a swim, Clive dived into the water and was later joined by his father. Recounting the horrible incident, Clive's ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFyU-iSGSiS95Bk99Sn0k1-73F96gurl=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=159788 *** Hot deals: Delhi, Goa, Hawaii, Phuket - Northern Advocate ay tour departing Delhi, India and taking in Agra, Jaipur, Pushkar, Udaipur, Mumbai and Goa, including 12 nights' hotel accommodation, one overnight sleeper train, one night's stay at a heritage property, one breakfast, three ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFqaaapg0Bqcj_N87CUPhnfj1Z9kgurl=http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/hot-deals-delhi-goa-hawaii-phuket/1703424/ *** Traffic jams tourists, mars the Goa experience - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI/CALANGUTE/MARGAO: The New Year experience tourists flock to Goa for was marred by traffic jams caused mostly by the narrow roads leading to the state's famed beaches. That the state's infrastructure, especially roads, hasn't quite kept pace with ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEPz7gcHa-sltJqjT5uGjpjXdVVtQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Traffic-jams-tourists-mars-the-Goa-experience/articleshow/17849811.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] GOA'S LIBERATION IN RETROSPECT By: Adv. Antonio Lobo
Many peaceful freedom fighters who would not have been termed as terrorists today were arrested and thrown in jail without trial in Salazar's Goa. Several were killed by Salazar's police. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au It should also be noted that the guy who arranged the seminar on Portuguese colonies (20 Oct 1961), P.D. Gaitondo, left Goa for Europe soon after he lost the election (for the Congress, a trouncing to remember). Why Gaitondo took this step is anyone's guess. Also, one needs to remember that these so-called freedom-fighters would be termed as terrorists in today's world, and they would have been arrested and thrown into prison without trial in today's India for doing the same things they did in Salazar's Goa. Note: It has been said that the seminar mentioned above probably forced Nehru's hand as the African delegates requested him to first look after his backyard before meddling in Africa's issues.
Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar -issue 1080
How GSRP will clean the Touristic messy scene in Goa. 1. Airport and all entry points into Goa shall be tightened to check visitors coming in do have hotel bookings/reservations, guest house, rented place, government dormitories, friends etc. If they do not have this requirement, then they shall not be allowed to enter into Goa or at least make such arrangement first at the entry point and then leave. The reservations/accomodations shall be cross-chequeed. If this is not practicable, then representative/s of such accommodation/s shall be required to be present at the entry-point. This will stop people coming in by bus loads and vans, eating, defecating and sleeping in fields, vacant plots, and, what is worse, in parks, gardens and on promenades like Panjim, Campal and Miramar, etc. There is no one to stop this in Goa because we have Indian Governing System where any and all Indians are welcome, even beggars. 2. This system of entry into Goa shall be well advertized before the tourist season commences so that there should be no EXCUSE. 3. Vigilance shall be vested with the 'Tourist Police' with the Toursist Police well equipped and sensitized. If any serious lapses do take place because of the negligence of the Tourist Police personnel, then the Chief of the Tourist Police force will be AXED on immediate basis without questions asked. Just like India requires a very strong deterrent for rape, which according to GSRP must be 'physical castration' of the culprit/s at the site of hanging and then hanged or handing over of the culprit/s to the 'PUBLIC' to do what it wants to do with them. If we want to arrest this 'rape' trend which has gone out of hand, rapists should not be even alive to contest elections. To start with, all parliamentarians and state legislators who are accused of rapes mush be CASTRATED forthwith, dismissed. Only then the Law should be passed against RAPES as above. The so called weeping Sonia Gandhi is for the public consumption and those who write about it in editorials are suspects of child abuses. India cannot ever come out with a strong enough deterrent and Rapes will be common place UNLESS one or two PARLIAMENTARIANS and STATE LEGISLATORS are given the same experience that the BRAVEHEART has suffered. During the Portuguese era in Goa, it must be remembered that there were not even robberies, forget about murders and rapes. If at all these had happened, then the culprits were made to wish they were not BORN in the first place. There was no chance given to repeat anything like this. There was an instance when the Portuguese Commandant of the Military outpost in Altinho Panjim was shot dead by the armed guard on duty because the Commandant walked in, in a drunken state and not heeding to the 'HALT' command. The Guard was promoted. He happened to be a Mozambican Black. This shit Indian Rule that we experience in Goa and elsewhere in the name of Democracy will never come close to what law and order the Portuguese have given to Goa and Goans. Try to do this, what is happening in India and especially our Goa in Singapore. It is a fully Democratic Country but our Goan Charlies who visited Singapore on a study tour which includes Pratapsing Rane, came back to say that Singapore is a POLICE STATE. Here, in Goa, the Police wants to sleep or if they don't want to do that, they are forced to go to sleep by these such like Politicians like Rane, Ravi Naik which includes the IIT'an Master Brain MANOHAR PARRIKAR. The reason is VOTES. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org - Original Message - From: Bernice Pereira bernicepere...@yahoo.com To: Goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:25 AM Subject: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar -issue 1080 Mr. Rajan Parrikar has described these miscreants very aptly. Not only Miramar, you must see Anjuna and other villages. It is totally traffic locked, one cannot move out of the vlllage. The roads are absolutely unsafe for pedestrians thanks to these drinking and drugging devils for whom Goa is a paradise, for us paradise lost. Our own children swear never to come here again during this time. In what way are these scums of the earth supporting the economy? They drive away foreign tourists, (no decent foreigners come here in December, except for the very low budget ones), they live on the beaches and mess them up, they scream and shout on the roads during the entire night not letting anyone sleep in peace. Please something must be done to curtail these terrible people. Oherwise Goa can only be labelled as an unsafe, lawless state. Bernice Pereira
[Goanet] Invite for Workshop and Public Meeting (Jan 2 2012) Where India Fails Its Survivors PLEASE COME !!!
Dear Friend, Wishing you an action filled year, 2013 and also a reminder to stand and support for justice whenever the occasion demands. You might recall that The Bombay Catholic Sabha was one of the few organisations in Mumbai who had raised resources for the victims of the Gujarat pogrom and also for the Kandhamal victims of crimes against humanity. Please join in for this campaign on Wednessday, January 02 at 2.00 p.m. at St. Xaviers College, CST. More details of the programme in the leaflet below. warm regards, Dolphy D'souza Immd. Past President- The Bombay Catholic Sabha 09820226227 - Original Message - From: Teesta Setalvad To: Teesta Setalvad Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 6:48 PM Subject: Invite for Workshop and Public Meeting (Jan 2 2012) Where India Fails Its Survivors PLEASE COME !!! -- Teesta Setalvad 'Nirant', Juhu Tara Road, Juhu, Mumbai - 400 049 http://teestasetalvad.blogspot.com/ www.cjponline.org www.gujarat-riots.com www.sabrang.com
[Goanet] Goa Sudharop scholarships
4 scholarships were given to meritorious and needy students. Rs. 5,000/- one time cash award presented at the Goa Sudharop award function, Dec 30 at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. 1) MISS SULABH NAIK OF STD. VIII, FROM CAVELOSSIM, 2) AKASH VAMAN BORGAONCAR OF STD. X, FROM VALPOI, 3) MISS OLIVIA CARDINHO OF STD. X, FROM SIOLIM, 4) ALEIXO COUTINHO OF STD. IX, FROM NUVEM. These are separate from the FFE scholarships. Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar -issue 1080
Goa, YOU, have voted enough for the NATIONAL PARTIES And what have you GOANS got? Now, hence forth, at least in 2017, you vote for GSRP the only Goa's own Party that is capable of setting-up GOA'S OWN HIGH COMMAND IN GOA. Then and only then, this, what you GOANS do not like will stop HAPPENING and pronto. Because, these sensitive decisions will be taken in your own GOA [not Delhi, Nagpur Baramati, UP, Bihar etc] by Y O U as GOA's Own High Command in your GOA. Cheers and Happy New Year floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org - Original Message - From: Bernice Pereira bernicepere...@yahoo.com To: Goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:25 AM Subject: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar -issue 1080 Mr. Rajan Parrikar has described these miscreants very aptly. Not only Miramar, you must see Anjuna and other villages. It is totally traffic locked, one cannot move out of the vlllage. The roads are absolutely unsafe for pedestrians thanks to these drinking and drugging devils for whom Goa is a paradise, for us paradise lost. Our own children swear never to come here again during this time. In what way are these scums of the earth supporting the economy? They drive away foreign tourists, (no decent foreigners come here in December, except for the very low budget ones), they live on the beaches and mess them up, they scream and shout on the roads during the entire night not letting anyone sleep in peace. Please something must be done to curtail these terrible people. Oherwise Goa can only be labelled as an unsafe, lawless state. Bernice Pereira
[Goanet] Cribs - Velsao, Majorda, Utorda
Cribs - Velsao, Majorda, Utorda Velsao Belem, Utorda Monteiro Ward, Majorda Adao http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXgwY9rl9cI 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] Cribs from Margao Area - Agalli, Mungul..
Margao: Largest crowd puller St. Anthony Boys of Agalli – Bypass Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpouKB_heOs Fultim Fulam, Agalli, near Chowgule College http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79RNImC_q6o Mungul Lake (Colva Road) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l97k85uTZ6w All Pics and videos http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2012/12/christmas-cribs-in-goa-2012.html
[Goanet] Press Release on CII Task Force on Women's Safety
Dear Esteemed Member of the Media, I would be most obliged if you could kindly carry the appended Press Release on CII Task Force on Women's Safety in your esteemed newspaper. Regards, John Fernandes CII Goa State Office. CII Forms Task Force on Women's Safety To go deeper into the subject of creating a safe environment for women, CII has set up a Task Force led by Mr Subodh Bhargava,Past President CII who will lead the initiative and consult civil society, students and women's groups apart from industry and submit its report to the authorities at the soonest. This was announced by Mr Adi Godrej, President, CII in a press statement issued today. The CII Task Force would also provide inputs to the Government formed Task Force, which is being Chaired by the Union Home Secretary, the CII release mentioned. The release said that crimes against women are of deep concern to all citizens of the country; this needs to be contained quickly and efficiently. Industry feels strongly that everyone should be safe through maintenance of good law and order. CII is deeply saddened at the passing away of the young student who was savagely brutalised in a moving bus in the most heinous manner. CII salutes the enormous fighting spirit of the brave girl, who put in her best in her battle for survival and in spite of her very painful and irritrivable condition, provided enough evidence which helped in nabbing the culprits. CII feels that the collective emotion that this incident has given rise to should not be allowed to dissipate. It is now time for all citizens of this country to stand together to create a regime which ensures that such heinous crimes never gets repeated. The Press release went on to say that CII feels that this can be done if, apart from other things, the legal system is deterrent enough to potential perpetrators of such crimes. This can be done if the judicial system ensures two things - that punishment is meted out swiftly and definitively within a specified time frame, say three months. Secondly the nature of the punishment should be exemplary and strong enough deter potential perpetrators. The CII release said that the apex industry body would work with business, industry and civil society in recommending contours of such a regime. CII will also look into aspects other than the law which have an overarching impact on attitudes and mindsets. Mumbai 2nd January 2013 -- Disclaimer This message, including any files transmitted with it, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any unauthorized use, review, storage, disclosure or distribution of this message and/or its contents in any form is strictly prohibited. If it appears that you are not the intended recipient or this message has been forwarded to you without appropriate authority, please immediately delete this message permanently from your records and notify the sender. CII makes no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this message and accepts no liability for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, arising out of or due to use of the information given in this message. -- -- Disclaimer This message, including any files transmitted with it, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any unauthorized use, review, storage, disclosure or distribution of this message and/or its contents in any form is strictly prohibited. If it appears that you are not the intended recipient or this message has been forwarded to you without appropriate authority, please immediately delete this message permanently from your records and notify the sender. CII makes no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this message and accepts no liability for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, arising out of or due to use of the information given in this message.
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[Goanet] Ban tourism in Goa?
My suggestion, about consideration for a ban on tourism in Goa, until proper rules are worked out, got diverted! Rather deliberately diverted by JC Nancy (both being two sides of same coin!!!).. at list in Goanet forum.although views expressed in Goanet hardly counted in actual politics I would like to bring the same subject back on track with the appended article. Best regards, U G Barad Rich, powerful hive off tourism profits in Goa: Church Author: IANS Publication: Gulf News Date: December 28, 2012 URL: http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/rich-powerful-hive-off-tourism-profits- in-goa-church-1.1124924 Church says government needs to pursue ethical tourism initiatives The rich and the powerful hive off profits earned by Goa's multi-million dollar tourism industry leaving virtually nothing for the indigenous inhabitants of the state, the influential Catholic church in Goa said on Friday. Speaking at an annual civic reception in the Bishop's House here, Archbishop Reverend Filipe Neri Ferrao said the state government needed to pursue ethical and holistic tourism initiatives. Our people seem to be systematically dispossessed by the powerful and the rich, who see their own profits as being of higher value than the people of the land, Ferrao said. Our anxiety stems from the fact that too few of benefits seem to percolate down to the genuine holders of rights over tourism, that is, the original inhabitants of our coastal areas where the bulk of tourism happens. Admitting that the Church was unable to suggest concrete technical guidelines to make tourism sustainable, Ferrao said the development in the sector should not only consider economic, but also ethical issues. Goa hosts about half a dozen offshore casinos and over a dozen onshore casinos, and active promotion of Goa as a gambling destination has attracted considerable ire of the Church. We would like to see the development accompanied by ethical guidelines which inspire respect for the people, Ferrao said. He suggested that the growth plan of the tourism sector take into consideration the interests and the wellbeing of the local people, particularly those who were adversely affected by the tourism industry. He added that if those in traditional occupations were being displaced by the new circumstances created by increasing tourism activity then they should be allowed to run small businesses along the coast in order to compensate for their displacement. With over 25 per cent of the state's population being Roman Catholic, the Church has a significant sway in Goa, which also attracts over 2.6 million tourists annually.
[Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes
Good suggestions Floriano if they are put into effect. Also people messing around in public places should be heavily fined to serve as a deterrent. Fines are the best solution. Has anyone seen the stinking fields around the Anjuna flea market. How can we remain apathetic to this awful mess. Bernice Pereira
[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Feast of Epiphany
2-Jan-2013 Dear Friend, Adventurers and risk takers have always fascinated us. Somehow we are captivated by their sense of adventure and sometimes we envy them. The story of the Wise men is a story of wise men who set out on a journey led by a star, not knowing what they would find! Surely people may have thought them crazy to follow a star, yet for those wise men, that journey was worth it for they found what they were seeking- the Lord. Have a life-long adventure finding God! Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: Feast of Epiphany God is revealed in Jesus to all people of earth! 6-Jan-2013 Readings: Isaiah 60: 1-6Eph. 3: 2-3, 5-6Matt. 2: 1-12 Isaiah, the prophet of hope tells his people that they will not be forced to live in the darkness any more. The Lord himself will come into their lives. They do not have to go anywhere they have the privilege of God coming to them. The Lord's coming will be their blessing. Your sons shall come from far away, and your daughters shall be carried on their nurses arms. Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice. The wonderful news that is given to us is that God takes the initiative of coming to us, He loves us so much he wants to reveal himself and he reveals himself to all those who are ready to open their eyes and see their God. Taking my picture A small girl walked daily to and from school. Though the weather one morning was questionable and clouds were forming, this child made the daily trek to the elementary school. As the day progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and lightning. The mother was worried that her child would be frightened, walking back home from school, and she herself feared the electrical storm might harm her child. Following the roar of thunder, lightning would cut through the sky like a flaming sword. Being concerned, the mother got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school. Soon she saw her child walking along, but at each flash of lightening, the child would stop, look up at the sky and smile. One followed another, each time with her child stopping, looking at the streak of light and smiling. Finally the mother called and asked, What are you doing? Her child answered, I'm smiling for God. He keeps taking pictures of me. Tomi Thomas in 'Spice up your homilies' In the Gospel we have the story of the wise men, who travelled all the way guided by a star to the birthplace in Bethlehem to see the new born king. This story has perhaps lots of messages for us. First of all there is King Herod, who was known to be a very insecure person, who felt threatened by his own wife and son so he murdered them. When he hears that there is a new born king he is worried and his desire to know where this king is born is motivated by his desire to get rid of him. Our insecurities and our desire to be in control can come in the way of discovering God in our midst. We have to let go and let God come into our lives on His terms. Next we have the wise men from the East, who have seen a star, a sign that seems to have a message for them. Perhaps many others had seen this star that was different from the other stars in the heavens, perhaps many knew that the star foretold the coming of the Messiah, but only these wise men believed that it would lead then to the Messiah. It requires faith to start off on a journey, it requires faith to leave the familiar, comfortable, known, home surroundings and journey to the unknown, risky destination. The star guided them for a part of the journey and then when they reached Jerusalem it seemed to disappear for a time so that their faith was once again put to the test and they had to once again rely on God's guidance through Herod and his chief priests to find the new born king. In the journey of faith there is no guarantee and cent percent certainty. When they set out again with the instructions from Herod's men they were once again guided by the star to the place where Christ was born. But the star led them not to a palace but to a stable. They could again have doubted, and questioned but they believe that this child, born in a stable was the new born king. They bowed down in faith and humility and worshiped this new infant and offered the gifts they had brought from distant lands. Artaban's gift There's a story called The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke. It's about a fourth person who is supposed to accompany the other three wise men on their journey to search for the newborn King. The name of the person is Artaban. As Artaban prepares for the journey, he takes with him a bag of precious stones to give to the baby King. On this way to join the other three wise men, Artaban stops to help a poor person. The delay is just enough to make him miss his rendezvous with the others. Artaban never does catch up with them. He constantly runs into people who need help. And he always stops to help them. Eventually,
[Goanet] SBS On Demand | TV and Online Video - Welcome To India Ep1
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Re: [Goanet] The sermon at Colva Church at the 9.30 am Christmas Day Mass
Hello Valley Faleiro Compliments of the season to you.Thanks for your suggestion that the Bishop speaks to the priests. I am not sure I understand what you mean by the priest having a 'modern day mentality' for surely it cannot be acceptable for a priest to suggest that rape is the fault of women. Also, given the number of students protesting in Delhi with regard to the rape of the poor girl there, I doubt very much whether the youth at a youth mass would tolerate Fr Oliver Fernandes preaching that women are to blame for rape. My issue isn't that he made that statement at the Christmas mass (though it was inappropriate), but that he made that statement at all.
[Goanet] Fw: Will 2013 get us out of the gutter ?
hi joe i think this matter has to be reported to the police, as it involves money and costs sally Sally Intercontinental Travel BOOK FLIGHTS and PAY ONLINE - FOR YOUR SCHEDULED WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS Website: www.sallyintercon.co.uk === Goa India Enquiries: goa@sallyintercon.co.uk === Tel: 0208 451 0777 -schedule flights: 0208 451 6817 (10 am -6 pm) === - Original Message - From: Joseph Rebello To: Ramona Rebeiro Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 11:01 AM Subject: Fw: Will 2013 get us out of the gutter ? A word from Mr. Melvyn Fernandes, Planet Earth, Thornton Heath, County of Surrey, United Kingdom Dear Friends, Goans Countrymen/women, please lend Mr. Melvyn Fernandes your kind sympathic Goan ears for an Honest to Goodness start to 2013. Lets's not brood about 2012 by trying to rid ourselves once and for all of the familar gutter politics, which apparently is alive and kicking, only in this great city of London, UK so help us ( Christao Goans ) God !! *Have you thought what's it like for today's Goans to. Becoming a Mirror Image of Christ ? *Will it .be like looking for a needle in a haystack - Idioms - by the Free (for Goans) === Message Received: Jan 01 2013, 06:13 PM From: Melvyn Fernandes To: goanet-owner [goanet-owner] , goa...@goanet.org By kind Courtesy of Mr. Fernandes, Niz Goenkar Goanet Subject: Will 2013 get us out of the gutter? Dear readers Having just enjoyed a wonderful evening in London, United Kingdom, bringing in 2013, what struck me most was when wishing a Happy New Year to everyone, this was going to be just that A WISH. Let me explain, only yesterday I was advised that gutter politics had been used in the form of text messages to patrons wishing to attend the function organised by Viva Goa Entertainments in Harrow (who partly fund the administrative support for handicapped children in Goa) informing them it had been cancelled. This strategy could only be to steer patrons away so that they could buy tickets for another well established organisation which I can only describe as Helping Poor Children Stay Poor as, having been a community worker in the last 35 years, I have never seen any accountability publically for this fund raising event in the name of charity. Both organisers may wish to comment and share their views with us. Usually one would target those indulging in such activities and expose them for the world to see but not on this occasion. Our entire community needs to take collective responsibility for such behaviour, those that indulge in such activities and equally all the rest of us who have and are still continuing to allow such behaviour to thrive unchecked, unaccountable and unchallenged not just in the United Kingdom but in other parts of our world. Will there ever be a day when our community comes out of the gutter into the light, when our faith can be honestly reflected in all the things we do? In the Bible, Matthew (12:33) recorded what Christ said You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? In addition to 2013 being the Year of Faith, perhaps it can also be a start of honesty and reflection in our thoughts, words and deeds to get us all out of the gutter we continually find ourselves in. Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 1 January 2013
[Goanet] Daman: Headed Nowhere
Is Goa going to suffer the same fate as Daman and slowly but surely die? Sent to you by Gerry via Google Reader: Daman: Headed Nowhere via The Flesh Made Word by Gerard de Souza on 1/2/13 BY GERARD DE SOUZA ger...@herald-goa.com DAMAN: A massive arch spanning across the Vapi-Daman Highway is the only indicator that one is entering the Union territory of Daman with the dust, haze and dirt filled ambience surrounding the industrial township of nearby Vapi continuing unfettered way into what was once a Goa-like district. And indeed nearly five centuries of shared history, right up to 1987, when Goa was separated from Daman and Diu and Daman can’t help but think it has been given a raw deal. Faced with poor quality tourism, lack of accountability from government officials, civic issues like garbage and maintenance and most of all a rapid decadence of its rich culture and heritage coupled with a mass exodus of its original inhabitants Daman has already lost its battle to preserve its character. Cultural death of Daman Far outnumbered and sidelined, the Catholic community of Daman is quite content to live their peaceful lives in the fort area, away from the hustle and bustle of Nani Daman, the business area of Daman or at least it superficially appears so. But scratch the surface and a sense of resignation has already set in. “Real Daman has gone to the graves,” says Pelino Machado one of the few living reproducers of Daman folk music. “There was a particular Daman folk music similar to your mando that was sung in Portuguese in these areas. Nobody wants to be taught this. We also have a particular dialect of Portuguese. Today it is fading off. Everyone just wants to go to London, no matter what they do there,” Machado adds. The Daman dialect called the Língua da Casa (language spoken at home) is an Indo-Portuguese creole that survives only among the Catholic families who speak it but only among themselves and at home. With around 50-70% of Daman Catholics, especially those of Moti Daman settling abroad, the future of this unique language is indeed grim and in all likelihood will go the way of other Indo-Portuguese creoles like that of the creole languages spoken in Baçaim (Vasai), Salsette Island (Mumbai) Thana, Chevai, Mahim, Tecelaria, Dadar, Parel, Cavel, Bandora (modern Bandra), Gorai, Morol, Andheri, Versova, Malvan, Manori, Mazagão, and Chaul which are now all extinct. The only surviving creoles are the Diu Indo-Portuguese, which is itself almost extinct, the Daman Indo-Portuguese (Língua da Casa), the Kristi Korlai Indo-Portuguese, the language of some 1,000 Christians in an isolated area around the village of Korlai in Raigad District of Maharashtra and the Vypin Indo-Portuguese: in the Vypin Island, near Kerala. “Our language is unique. Even if you were to know the Goa Portuguese, you wouldn’t be able to fully understand what we are saying,” Dr Jaime Pereira a former teacher native of Daman, but currently working in Goa said. So bad is the situation that today for any social or cultural functions the community has to source music bands from either Mumbai or Goa, or rely on a disc jockey to add music to the air. However, owing to a close knit community which comprises around 600 Catholics still living in Daman (out of a population of around 35,000), the language is not dead yet. “We continue to speak Portuguese at home. Even in Goa people have given up speaking Portuguese. We are very proud of our culture,” Maria de Ceu Guedes, a former teacher said, adding that they continue to have daily Mass in Portuguese, say their prayers in Portuguese even though many priests sent here from the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman struggle to muster Portuguese and learn as they go, egged on by the community, who wants the Mass in their language. Daman also continues to however fiercely hold on to traditions like making a special dish for Christmas called ‘cozido’ a dish that is easy to make made of meats and vegetables because ‘people are too busy sharing sweets and good tidings on Christmas day, that they have no time to cook’ and another dish called val nascido made on the occasion of the feast of St John de Baptist. The main reason for the death of the language and culture is, besides the fact that it is not taught in schools, the mass exodus of people and more so Catholics from Daman. “Half of our community has gone to London. Mainly for better job prospects,” Gabriel Guedes a principal at a privately run school in Daman said adding that the Portuguese provision giving citizenship to descendents of their erstwhile territories had only helped the exodus. This despite rapid industrialisation of Daman, which while bringing in blue collar jobs failed to attract white-collared jobs that the Catholics, who enjoy a relatively higher social and economic status, prefer jobs in the service sector. The lack of private sector jobs within coupled with the discrimination they are now beginning to face for getting
[Goanet] (The All-India Konkani Dance Contest)
PRESS NOTE GOA AUDITIONS of YAYA IND-YA MAYAYA (The All-India Konkani Dance Contest) on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, at 10a.m. --- The Goa Auditions of Yaya Ind-ya Mayaya - the First All India Konkani Dance Contest, will be held on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at 10a.m, at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. With prizes worth over Rs. 5 lakh, it is a great opportunity for all Goan dancers (within the age group of 15 to 35) to earn name, fame and money. Those who have not yet registered can do so on the day of the contest, at the venue, between 9a.m. to 10 a.m. At 10 a.m lots will be drawn and the contest will begin. No registration will be accepted after the lots are drawn. Goa Auditions are the first of the 7 Auditions being held in different places in India. 00000 WORLD GOA - KONKANI DAY -20TH of AUGUST, EVERY YEAR. GOAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DAY 0 0
[Goanet] 83+ and still going strong..
83+ and still going strong Meet Minglu de Merces 2.1.2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVFMMD3GOQA in 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCgYlM8jCE 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFyFoiBLyo 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrtIepn2Cg 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
Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar -issue 1080
Nice, in theory, but how do you expect this to be policed? Visas? Policing may be fine at airport, but what about people coming by road? By train? Seems impractical to me. There'd be large queues of traffic at the border; and there would be a need for border police presence on trains. As it is, it appears that Goa Police conveniently disappear from the bridges allowing these out-of-state vehicles to travel recklessly overtaking every possible vehicle on the bridges without care, especially on the 31st. All racing to reach their north Goa destination as soon as possible so that their thirst for mhaja may be quenched... In addition, would such policing be legal, since Goa is now considered part of India? From: floriano lobo floriano.l...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Bernice Pereira bernicepere...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2013 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar -issue 1080 How GSRP will clean the Touristic messy scene in Goa. 1. Airport and all entry points into Goa shall be tightened to check visitors coming in do have hotel bookings/reservations, guest house, rented place, government dormitories, friends etc. If they do not have this requirement, then they shall not be allowed to enter into Goa or at least make such arrangement first at the entry point and then leave. The reservations/accomodations shall be cross-chequeed. If this is not practicable, then representative/s of such accommodation/s shall be required to be present at the entry-point. This will stop people coming in by bus loads and vans, eating, defecating and sleeping in fields, vacant plots, and, what is worse, in parks, gardens and on promenades like Panjim, Campal and Miramar, etc. There is no one to stop this in Goa because we have Indian Governing System where any and all Indians are welcome, even beggars.
Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes
Are there any functional public toilets in the area? From: Bernice Pereira bernicepere...@yahoo.com To: Goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thursday, 3 January 2013 2:56 AM Subject: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes Good suggestions Floriano if they are put into effect. Also people messing around in public places should be heavily fined to serve as a deterrent. Fines are the best solution. Has anyone seen the stinking fields around the Anjuna flea market. How can we remain apathetic to this awful mess. Bernice Pereira
[Goanet] Goa news for January 3, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Hegde: Reason for not appointing Goa Lokayukta not justifiable - Times of India ackage-for-mining-halt-affected-people-in-goa_820223.htmlSpl package for mining-halt affected people in Goa http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGC1DQLkl2wC0Ijj7sET2jIwgLSrAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Hegde-Reason-for-not-appointing-Goa-Lokayukta-not-justifiable/articleshow/17866378.cms *** A Harley ride from Vizag to Goa - Times of India mes of IndiaWhile for most of us, the festive revelry might have ended on December 31, for the Harley Owners Group (HOG) the big party is on January 31 in Goa. What's more, the HOG celebrations will merge with the India Bike Week, one of the biggest bike fests in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGvmWF7e7yLH1ctQhv4mAXNkjvCCAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/A-Harley-ride-from-Vizag-to-Goa/articleshow/17830706.cms *** Collector chucks fake cop out of South Goa for two years - Times of India oa-mining-firm-in-the-dock/68783.htmlSouth Goa mining firm in the dock http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGmXAqtCNVjBrhSM8fNpoJUzMM9IAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Collector-chucks-fake-cop-out-of-South-Goa-for-two-years/articleshow/17838243.cms *** Goa gain three points as Ranji tie ends in draw - Zee News ay Ranji match against Assam ended in a draw on the final day at PCA ground here on Tuesday. Goa now have 16 points from eight matches while Assam, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFA2HeoJL5Q5ONksIm3J42RVXY7zgurl=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/domestic-cricket-2012/ranji-trophy/goa-gain-three-points-as-ranji-tie-ends-in-draw_754333.html *** Probe into Goa New Year eve shooting - Newstrack India Mned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGxUtqS7fhxaa79i29pVpPMXmcObQurl=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/02/320--Probe-into-Goa-New-Year-eve-shooting-.html *** Drunk Goa Police driver suspended for accident - Newstrack India bSKk580Mned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG9WLvp3dolnFxg0dJBEiJKpUJKcgurl=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/02/312--Drunk-Goa-Police-driver-suspended-for-accident-.html *** NSA cases under S Goa collector's scrutiny - Times of India JlXhw8jKMned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG1HdJeEq6TU6olxJgxMh1XYZC5oAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/NSA-cases-under-S-Goa-collectors-scrutiny/articleshow/17850076.cms *** Mumbai: Family's New Year Bash in Goa Turns Tragic as Father, Son Drown - Daijiworld.com ijiworld.comThe Fernandes family left for Goa on December 21 and after much travelling and sightseeing, they reached Dudhsagar river. Wishing to enjoy a swim, Clive dived into the water and was later joined by his father. Recounting the horrible incident, Clive's ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFyU-iSGSiS95Bk99Sn0k1-73F96gurl=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=159788 *** Hot deals: Delhi, Goa, Hawaii, Phuket - Northern Advocate ay tour departing Delhi, India and taking in Agra, Jaipur, Pushkar, Udaipur, Mumbai and Goa, including 12 nights' hotel accommodation, one overnight sleeper train, one night's stay at a heritage property, one breakfast, three ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFqaaapg0Bqcj_N87CUPhnfj1Z9kgurl=http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/hot-deals-delhi-goa-hawaii-phuket/1703424/ *** Traffic jams tourists, mars the Goa experience - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI/CALANGUTE/MARGAO: The New Year experience tourists flock to Goa for was marred by traffic jams caused mostly by the narrow roads leading to the state's famed beaches. That the state's infrastructure, especially roads, hasn't quite kept pace with ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEPz7gcHa-sltJqjT5uGjpjXdVVtQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Traffic-jams-tourists-mars-the-Goa-experience/articleshow/17849811.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] GOA'S LIBERATION IN RETROSPECT By: Adv. Antonio Lobo
Doubt it. If the peaceful freedom fighters did not heed the command to halt at the border, and did not heed the warning shots, they would be killed as the Indian Border Police do today at India's borders. How many people were killed in Bombay by the Bombay police after the failed invasion of 15th August 1955? What did the Indian Police do just last week to a peaceful protest in Delhi? From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2013 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] GOA'S LIBERATION IN RETROSPECT By: Adv. Antonio Lobo Many peaceful freedom fighters who would not have been termed as terrorists today were arrested and thrown in jail without trial in Salazar's Goa. Several were killed by Salazar's police. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au It should also be noted that the guy who arranged the seminar on Portuguese colonies (20 Oct 1961), P.D. Gaitondo, left Goa for Europe soon after he lost the election (for the Congress, a trouncing to remember). Why Gaitondo took this step is anyone's guess. Also, one needs to remember that these so-called freedom-fighters would be termed as terrorists in today's world, and they would have been arrested and thrown into prison without trial in today's India for doing the same things they did in Salazar's Goa. Note: It has been said that the seminar mentioned above probably forced Nehru's hand as the African delegates requested him to first look after his backyard before meddling in Africa's issues.
Re: [Goanet] Passport renewal and hassles
Nelson, Practical problem faced by our fellow Goans regarding obtaining a passport. Please write to: Commissioner for NRI affairs, Dr Wilfred Misquita Secretariat Alto Porvorim Bardez Goa Send copies to: 1) Director, Commissioner or NRI affairs Office Mr Ulhas D KamatSecretariat Alto Porvorim Bardez Goa 2) Police General of Goa Police Headquarters Panjim 3) Chief Passport Officer 4) Margao MLA 5) Cuncolim MLA 6) Goa Home Minister 7) Goa Chief Minister 8) Goanet and all other Goan forums When you get replies please post them on Goanet and other Goan forums. Best wishes Cip From: Nelson Lopes nellope...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 5:03 PM Subject: [Goanet] Passport renewal and hassles Renewal of passport, delays and harassment Why a lady applicant applying for renewal and with 6 International trips is sent for police verification? The Margao police Station looking after Colva, Benaulim,Margao cares to inform.The witness has to be present in person and sign his photo ID in their presence with telephone number, hence another visit There is no direction that police verification is also needed from Cuncolim police station. The CID Margao casually suggests to visit the other police station and not as amust, The Cuncolim police station says it will not inform by phone. The applicant must personally visit to check the arrival of documents The second police station wants signed photo ID of witness, Resident certificate of applicant, Epic. At both the police stations oral deposition on no criminal offence is recorded.There are no registers of criminal records to verify from.. Who will voluntarily implicate oneself, knowing that there is no possibility of verifying records available at hand. The trouble for personal presence of the witness can well be avoided, if these requirements are part of the application What is the purpose of submitting to two police stations, duplicating the same process, in case of the lady applicant as aforesaid mentioned From 29/10/2012 to 31/12/2012 , help desk and status report of passport office , continuously mentions to contact the S.P District, South Goa. Both the police stations in writing state the No and date of submission of their report by 305/16-11-2012 , 440/12-11.2012 respectively Inquiry with the Passport Officer, after along wait, directs to check from Panjim town police station The Panjim Police closes for inquiry by 12. a.m unknown to the Passport office or the applicant and hence another mindless visit. Police only recheck the information already submitted to the passport office. When the applicant has submitted and complied to the requirements, why should the individual be held responsible , instead of the Police and passport office? When the reports do not reach after a certain period, the Passport Officer should inquiry or issue the document in default. why hold the applicant to ransom, harassment, delay and to and fro movements ? Why treat normal, average citizens as criminals, when the reports are on oral depositions and not based on verifiable registers of criminal records? Applicants are sent back for not possessing of Ration card, when the same is not shown as absolute requirement. The police requirements should be incorporated as a part of online information, for better compliance and information of the applicants, specially those , who may not be literate Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
[Goanet] The Week | Let her death lead to a safer India
This sad episode in the tangled and twisted saga of Indian sexuality has started a trend towards realization that one cannot live in a society where a section of the population (Women) is marginalized to such an extent that they do not feel safe and that they feel that they are a mere objects of sex to be used and discarded by unscrupulous males for the sheer pleasure of the latter.This is but one case which has been brought to light, there are indeed numerous others which due to shame and religious and other biases never come to light. India and indeed the whole of the middle eastern and eastern world have and are still relegating women to the status of servant or even slave. The total attitude that men are superior to women must be viewed in a different concept and women must take their place in society equivalent to men. Enough lip service has been paid to this subject and it is now time that society recognize the vital and significant role women play not only in the propagation of the human race but in every aspect of life. In the same context, the abortion of female fetuses must also bee looked into and stopped. This is already showing up in society where many males are looking for partners and there are few females available thus tipping the balance which could lead civil strife and even kidnapping and trading of women if allowed to continue. Trafficking of women is another aspect of life which should be looked into with a view of totally ridding society of this dreadful scourge. One is of the opinion that slavery was abolished a long time ago but this assault on women from every angle shows that indeed in this male dominated world, it exists to this day and steps to irradiate it must be taken otherwise we are no better than the beasts of the jungle without compassion or morals towards our own womankind. The Kam asurt mentality which prevails in India must cease. There are laws passed but unless these laws are enforced and those found in conflict of these laws vigorously punished, such injustices and sad occurrences will persist. Manuel ( Eddie) Tavares.
[Goanet] The unspeakable truth about rape in India - Courtesy NY Times
The Unspeakable Truth About Rape in India Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:03 AM PST On Dec. 16, as the world now knows, a 23-year-old woman and a male friend were returning home after watching the movie “Life of Pi” at a mall in southwest Delhi. After they boarded what seemed to be a passenger bus, the six men inside gang-raped and tortured the woman so brutally that her intestines were destroyed. The bus service had been a ruse. The attackers also severely beat up the woman’s friend and threw them from the vehicle, leaving her to die. The young woman didn’t oblige. She had started that evening watching a film about a survivor, and must have been determined to survive herself. Then she produced another miracle. In Delhi, a city habituated to the debasement of women, tens of thousands of people took to the streets and faced down police officers, tear gas and water cannons to express their outrage. It was the most vocal protest against sexual assault and rape in India to date, and it set off nationwide demonstrations. To protect her privacy the victim’s name was not released publicly. But while she remains nameless, she did not remain faceless. To see her face, women had only to look in the mirror. The full measure of their vulnerability was finally understood. When I was 26, I moved to Mumbai. A commercial and financial megalopolis, it has its own special set of problems, but has, culturally, been more cosmopolitan and liberal than Delhi. Giddy with my new freedom, I started to report from the red-light district and traveled across rough suburbs late at night — on my own and using public transit. It seemed that something good had come out of living in Delhi: I was so grateful for the comparatively safe environment of Mumbai that I took full advantage of it. The young woman, however, will never have such an opportunity. On Saturday morning, 13 days after she was brutalized, this student of physical therapy, who had, no doubt, dreamt of improving lives, lost her own. She died of multiple organ failure. India has laws against rape; seats reserved for women in buses, female officers; special police help lines. But these measures have been ineffective in the face of a patriarchal and misogynistic culture. It is a culture that believes that the worst aspect of rape is the defilement of the victim, who will no longer be able to find a man to marry her — and that the solution is to marry the rapist. These beliefs aren’t restricted to living rooms, but are expressed openly. In the months before the gang rape, some prominent politicians had attributed rising rape statistics to women’s increasing use of cellphones and going out at night. “Just because India achieved freedom at midnight does not mean that women can venture out after dark,” said Botsa Satyanarayana, the Congress Party leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Change is possible, but the police must document reports of rape and sexual assault, and investigations and court cases have to be fast-tracked and not left to linger for years. Of the more than 600 rape cases reported in Delhi in 2012, only one led to a conviction. If victims believe they will receive justice, they will be more willing to speak up. If potential rapists fear the consequences of their actions, they will not pluck women off the streets with impunity. The volume of protests in public and in the media has made clear that the attack was a turning point. The unspeakable truth is that the young woman attacked on Dec. 16 was more fortunate than many rape victims. She was among the very few to receive anything close to justice. She was hospitalized, her statement was recorded and within days all six of the suspected rapists were caught and, now, charged with murder. Such efficiency is unheard-of in India. In retrospect it wasn’t the brutality of the attack on the young woman that made her tragedy unusual; it was that an attack had, at last, elicited a response. Sonia Faleiro is the author of “Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay’s Dance Bars.” Courtesy : NY Times
Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar-issue 1080
If Goa is currently considered a part of India, no problems. But Goa does not have to do is to entertain any riff-raff just because it is Indian. Does it? That is why Special Status is very much the need of the hour for Goa. Where there is will, there is a way. Whether it is railway stations, entry points, airport or seaport. The vigilance must be there not to make Goa a hotch-potch of India. I agree, that this is a manmoth task, but accost this situtation with planned caution, and the message sent will be just right. Do not take GOA for GRANTED And, This can and will be done when Goa has it's own High Command in Goa. Not otherwise. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org - Original Message - From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 5:20 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar-issue 1080 Nice, in theory, but how do you expect this to be policed? Visas? Policing may be fine at airport, but what about people coming by road? By train? Seems impractical to me. There'd be large queues of traffic at the border; and there would be a need for border police presence on trains. As it is, it appears that Goa Police conveniently disappear from the bridges allowing these out-of-state vehicles to travel recklessly overtaking every possible vehicle on the bridges without care, especially on the 31st. All racing to reach their north Goa destination as soon as possible so that their thirst for mhaja may be quenched... In addition, would such policing be legal, since Goa is now considered part of India? From: floriano lobo floriano.l...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Bernice Pereira bernicepere...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2013 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] uncouth Indian hordes strike again by Rajan Parrikar -issue 1080 How GSRP will clean the Touristic messy scene in Goa. 1. Airport and all entry points into Goa shall be tightened to check visitors coming in do have hotel bookings/reservations, guest house, rented place, government dormitories, friends etc. If they do not have this requirement, then they shall not be allowed to enter into Goa or at least make such arrangement first at the entry point and then leave. The reservations/accomodations shall be cross-chequeed. If this is not practicable, then representative/s of such accommodation/s shall be required to be present at the entry-point. This will stop people coming in by bus loads and vans, eating, defecating and sleeping in fields, vacant plots, and, what is worse, in parks, gardens and on promenades like Panjim, Campal and Miramar, etc. There is no one to stop this in Goa because we have Indian Governing System where any and all Indians are welcome, even beggars.
Re: [Goanet] GOA'S LIBERATION IN RETROSPECT By: Adv. Antonio Lobo
Here is a partial list of peaceful Goan freedom fighters who were arrested and imprisoned in Salazar's Goa: Nilkanth Karapurkar Guilherme de Souza Ticló T. B. Cunha Purshottam Kakodkar Telo de Mascarenhas According to a historical report nearly 1500 peaceful protesters were arrested and jailed for expressing their opinions and disagreements in public. It is embarrassing to see the various contortions presented in this forum to explain the murders and brutality committed by Salazar's police and agents with regard to peaceful protesters and other innocent Goans. Cheers, Santosh From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au Doubt it. If the peaceful freedom fighters did not heed the command to halt at the border, and did not heed the warning shots, they would be killed as the Indian Border Police do today at India's borders. How many people were killed in Bombay by the Bombay police after the failed invasion of 15th August 1955? What did the Indian Police do just last week to a peaceful protest in Delhi?
[Goanet] A year of leadership failure-CSE News Bulletin (Jan 3, 2013)
=== Fortnightly News Bulletin (January 3, 2013) === 2012 went by with some really ominous portents, says Sunita Narain in her editorial in Down To Earth this fortnight. Governance infrastructures have been collapsing, regulatory institutions are being dismembered, and the political leadership is losing its ability to face the very people who elect it to power. The magazine follows up in the same vein with a cover piece on how governments are stepping up Internet surveillance even as global discussions focus on freeodm of expression. There's the good news too: Down To Earth online attempts to temper the dark clouds of despondency by searching for -- and finding -- stories of hope and belief. Read these at http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/lets-usher-2013-hope-2012. Scroll down for more from the magazine and from CSE... and wishing you a very happy new year! To subscribe to this newsletter, or any of our other newsletters, please click on http://cseindia.my2.in/cseindia/?p=subscribe To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just click http://www.cseindia.org/content/please-enter-your-email-id-unsubscribe-cse-newsletter If you have any questions or concerns about newsletter subscription, please contact Vikas Khanna at vi...@cseindia.org === EDITORIAL: A year of leadership failure by Sunita Narain == The last image of 2012 is protesters storming the bastion of Delhi, outraged at the brutal rape of a young girl and the culture of violence against women. This outburst by the educated middle class, many of them young women, was spontaneous as much as it was leaderless. But as we move to the next year, we need to think about the response of the government to this protest and others. We need to understand if the Indian state has any clue about what is going on under its nose—and feet. In this case, on the first day people had gathered, peacefully but resolutely, to register their anger. The educated middle class was innocent, and arrogant, enough to believe it should be allowed to march to the grand presidential palace, a symbol of power and compassion in their eyes. But the government reacted with horror. It used water cannons and tear gas shells to quell the protest. The next day, the numbers swelled, social networks got busy calling for a gathering and sadness for the young victim turned into anger against the callous state. Still not all was lost. Even the next day, protesters’ congregation was peaceful in the beginning. But as it happens in such situations, something (or some miscreants) provoked the crowd. It became ugly. Now the tear gas shells rained on them; television screens flashed visuals of police brutality as they beat protesters, including young women, with batons. In all this, there was absolute silence from top politicians. Nobody walked into the crowd, held a megaphone and shared the grief of the people. Nobody came out to explain that the government would indeed take the required action to fast track conviction of the vile rapists and beef up security across the city; that it would make its people feel safe. Instead, politicians and bureaucrats hid behind their many-layered security walls. The irony was there for all to see. The disgust grew. To make amends, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her heir Rahul Gandhi decided to meet a few “representatives” to convince them of government’s intent. But the fact is that this “movement”—for want of another word—has no representatives. It is leaderless. It is just a collection of people brought together by a common anger. They needed to talk to all, not some. The home minister—to whom the capital city’s police reports—added insult to injury by arguing that if he had “spoken to this motley crowd, next time there would be demands for government to speak to Maoist insurgents”, equating outraged ordinary urban citizens with violent secessionists. Clearly, nothing speaks more of the government being completely clueless, hapless and out of touch with its own people. This was not the first and last time it happened in the past year. Take the protest against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. As the plant came close to commissioning, protesters blockaded the plant and held vigils and rallies to say that they believe the plant is a hazard to their life and livelihood as fishers. In this case, unlike the middle-class Delhi protesters, it is fisherfolk who are agitating. They have seen what happened in Fukushima on their television screens. Whether right or wrong, these ordinary Indians are convinced of the dangers of nuclear power. They need answers. They need assurance from their leaders. But instead what they got is first disdain—what do the illiterate know about complicated nuclear affairs. Then
