[Goanet-News] Goa news for March 25, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Dempo SC vs Sporting Clube de Goa Report - Goal.com India eague crown. Incidentally Dempo had beaten ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG-TvF9q-j-ruk6GDNv-HzR2VZ9ywurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96713/dempo-sc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/report *** Goa govt expects 100k tourists during Shigmo festival - Business Standard siness StandardGoa Tourism Department is expecting one lakh domestic and international tourists for float parades to be held across the state during the spring festival of 'Shigmo'. State Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said that the parades have been advertised ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEfh_S7DYZhGgic7EvXx0iEjw88jAurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/goa-govt-expects-100k-tourists-during-shigmo-festival-113032400313_1.html *** Amendments in Goa Lokayukta Bill unfair: Santosh Hegde - Economic Times losure-ex-lokayukta-hegde-against-financial-aid_837574.htmlMining closure: Ex-Lokayukta Hegde against financial aid http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEbk7T7nFHdQCsVTYdunCDrMU300Aurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/amendments-in-goa-lokayukta-bill-unfair-santosh-hegde/articleshow/19171513.cms *** Go Goa Gone: Saif Ali Khan turns a zombie hunter - Times of India li-khan-luke-kenny-zombie-films-to-have-box-office-clash.htmlSaif Ali Khan, Luke Kenny zombie films to have box office clash http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEPA0IvyXJZhIVqGwF-ac2m5Jlk9gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Go-Goa-Gone-Saif-Ali-Khan-turns-a-zombie-hunter/articleshow/19166076.cms *** A guide to Goa's unspoilt beaches - The Guardian ay war in 1961). There is a large population of Catholics, so ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGDT9bUMN2yrkp1mS3IT9B_9wqe4gurl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2013/mar/24/guide-to-goa-s-unspoilt-beaches *** Coasting to Goa - Times of India oint that one would eagerly undertake a journey for. The fact that it has some ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHmj-eD4Fjzf7DtQ0ECgRGHyAxIpwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/Coasting-to-Goa/articleshow/19166198.cms *** Goa trip to take a toll - Daily News Analysis ily News AnalysisBeach lovers, the next time you plan a visit to Goa, do factor in an extra expenditure besides accommodation and booze#148;toll#148;if you're going by road. Starting April 1, all vehicles entering Goa from Maharashtra and Karnataka will have to pay a toll tax.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHafqKL6zVzQRmuFG3Fp4UnPjpePwurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_goa-trip-to-take-a-toll_1815342 *** Dempo SC vs Sporting Clube de Goa LIVE Commentary - Goal.com India eague season, four consecutive wins could be quite comforting for Sporting Clube de Goa at the current stage of the competition when every point makes a big difference. The Golden Eagles have ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEwylYoti-oYBLRoyK0GaCAUrFKIQurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96713/dempo-sc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/play-by-play *** Dempo SC vs Sporting Clube de Goa Preview - Goal.com India Sporting Clube de Goa Preview: Can the defending champions revive their title hopes? Armando Colaco's side have fallen considerably behind in the quest for the top honours while coming face-to-face with their city rivals on Sunday.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEvYunSpCYLP-oGBaWvoJnBxQCQFgurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96713/dempo-sc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/preview *** 'Passport sub-office in South Goa soon' - Times of India ffice in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEHCafcRniTXLdyTse3-X8doqGwvgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Passport-sub-office-in-South-Goa-soon/articleshow/19180027.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] ADVOCATE GENERAL ATMARAM NADKARNI ACCUSED OF LYING TO THE SUPREME COURT
Benjamin Franklin had said “A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats” It should be the endeavor of every officer of the Court to ensure purity of justice and that in the judicial system no person howsoever high should ever do anything to be above the law. It is expected that the Advocate General of the State being the First Law officer would lead by example in always being very truthful and ever so honest to the Court. On 4th December 2012 it was submitted before the Supreme Court that Advocate General of Goa Atmaram Nadkarni being unwell was unable to appear. Accepting the submission at face value, a Division bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya adjourned that matter recording personal difficulty of the Advocate General to appear before the Court. However, shockingly the fact of the matter is that on 4th December, 2012, the Advocate General Mr. Atmaram Nadkarni was very much in the pink of health and even appeared before the Bombay High Court at Goa in various matters. If this is the blatant misleading manner in which the Advocate General of Goa seeks to adjourn matters, it is a very sad reflection of the sordid State of affairs. It also shows the kind of respect which Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni holds for the Supreme Court, despite being the first Law Officer of the State. Copies of the High Court orders showing his presence in Goa while the Supreme Court was falsely misled that he was unable to appear before the Apex Court, have all been now sent to the Chief Justice of India so that he is aware of the manner in which the Supreme Court was taken for a jolly ride and that too by Goa’s Advocate General, the highest paid in the country. Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir has been urged to ensure that such malpractices are nipped in the bud by sending a message to all that there cannot be hide and seek with the judiciary nor the judicial system. By the way, that case before the Supreme Court which Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni manipulated and managed to adjourn is a very high profile case. Let us leave it that, without mentioning more details. It may release a gory can of worms that may sting the Advocate General ever so badly. I am also reminded of the words of William Faulkner “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] EARTH HOUR Is Today!
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[Goanet] After Goa Carnival's samba, get ready for Shigmo cymbals
After Goa Carnival's samba, get ready for Shigmo cymbals Goa, Sun, 24 Mar 2013IANS Panaji, March 24 (IANS) Now that the Goa Carnival's samba season is well and truly over, get ready for the deafening cymbals of Shigmo, often referred to by historians as the Goan adaptation of the Holi festival. The lull of post-carnival Lent in Goa will be broken by the Hindu spring festival, which, like the carnival, is marked by street parades, colour and fanfare and the ring of traditional instruments. The 14-day Shigmo will get under way on Holi, March 27. Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said close to Rs.1.75 crore has been invested to organise this year's celebrations, as part of the state government's effort to promote Goa as a cultural tourism destination. We want to ensure that Goa's traditions and culture are brought out from villages and showcased to tourists who come here. Our job is to bring to the fore the real Goa with Shigmo celebrations, Parulekar told IANS. Parulekar said the festival would attract 100,000 tourists to the state. The Goa Carnival and Shigmo share several common practices like parades of floats where khells (plays) are depicted. Khell was originally a Shigmo custom. It was enacted on the ground itself in pre-Portuguese days. The Portugal-inspired carnival later started enacting these plays on float parades, said renowned theatre artiste and former speaker of Goa assembly Tomazinho Cardozo. The traditional khell traces its origins to the classical Yakshagana dance of Karnataka and is based on old Hindu tales with a Sutradhar or narrator and a jester called a Kodangi, he added. The Shigmo procession begins with brass bands reminiscent of the Maratha conquerors, followed by a series of Kunbi (an indigenous Goan tribe) folk dances performed by women bedecked with gold and wearing brightly coloured sarees. Long before Christianity arrived, Hinduism was the major religion practised by Goa's people. Shigmo is a proof that Goans were fun-loving people much before the arrival of the Portuguese. Besides a unique form of entertainment, Shigmo is also a cultural exhibition of Goa's history from time immemorial, according to historian Anil Naik. Men march with tall and colourfully draped wooden poles to the beat of drums, while others dance with decorated umbrellas. Both men and women in elaborate costumes, representing various deities, can also be seen during Shigmo parades, which are held in all major towns in the state. The procession culminates in a march of illuminated floats, atop which larger than life mechanical figures represent important deities and some even re-enact historic and mythological feats. And this is just the kind of culturally rich and vibrant fare that the state's Shigmotsava committee, which organises the festival, wants to promote. Goa is so rich in culture. Our effort is to ensure that through Shigmo, the village culture of Goa, is there for everyone to see, said Srinivas Dempo, who heads the Panaji Shigmotsava Committee. (Mayabhushan Nagvenkar can be contacted at mayabhusha...@ians.in) http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/03/24/71--After-Goa-Carnival-s-samba-get-ready-for-Shigmo-cymbals-.html ~Avelino
[Goanet] Goans get married the Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool way - source : firstpost.com
Goans get married the Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool wayBy Mayabhushan NagvenkarFootball isn’t just about kicking the ball around, draining draught with your mates or kissing your favourite club jersey when your team scores a goal.Three young couples from Goa have just upped the pitch and sharpened the curve of passion for the beautiful game.From exchanging vows on football pitches to slipping in football matches in honeymoon itineraries, this refreshingly trendy marital passion for football — English and Spanish teams in particular, seems not a bit out of place in Goa.Especially when four of the state’s club teams rank within top 10 in the I-league, India’s premier football league. West Bengal, you got that!Take Anish Quenim for example.A rugby player, but a football enthusiast, he chose Anfield, the home ground of English Premier League club Liverpool to marry his girlfriend Natasha Mistry.The hallowed grassy square where Liverpool captain Steven Gerard’s searing shots invariably send raptures of excitement through the spines of thousands of Kopites (that’s whatLiverpool fans call themselves) is where Anish pledged his scorching love for his wife.The backdrop at Krushnan and Reema’s marriage.“Since I was a little boy, I used to say, if I marry, it will be a princess and it will be in a kingdom and that ‘kingdom’ for me was always Anfield. Today, I’m glad I achieved both dreams. I always wanted to step on the Liverpool pitch someday, if not as a player, if not as an owner, if not as staff then at least as one of Liverpool FC’s most passionate supporter,” Anish told Firstpost.The Goan lad, who runs a chain of hospitality businesses, including a lounge bar and diner, a beach club in partnership with renowned entertainer DJ Aqeel, features on the British football club’s official website as one of the star fans.“Anish Quenim and Natasha Mistry made the 6,800-mile trip from Goa to tie the knot at a ceremony inside the club’s L4 home. After making their vows, it was off for a tour of the world-famous stadium before a wedding breakfast in one of the boxes overlooking the hallowed turf,” the website says.Anish calls it a fairy-tale story. One that followed the story of how the couple really met: “We had seen each other in college, however never got a chance to interact. One fine day, many years later we bumped into each other at a traffic light in south Bombay, exchanged smiles, found each other online and the rest is history,” Anish said.If Anish’s story of passion for Liverpool amazes you, wait till you hear the lengths 29-year-old Reema Kamat went to indulge her husband-to-be Krushnan, a Manchester United fan… er sorry, a “fanatic”, she insists.“In our room we have a floor to ceiling-length cabinet full of Manchester United merchandise. A miniature of the stadium, players… the whole gamut,” says Reema, a marketing and communications manager with the Goa Marriott.And no, she’s not complaining.Constantly hanging out with her husband and common friends who are Red Devils fans, Reema has also been ‘dyed’ red.Her wedding on February 15, 2009, had a beautifully crafted logo, which was a medley of Hindu symbolism and Manchester United logos and signs.“It looked like a perfectly normal wedding backdrop with an Indian motif,” she says.But the devil in this case lay in the details. Fine details which were cleverly crafted into the backdrop by Reema and the vendor who designed the backdrop.The words ‘Manchester United’ were replaced with the names of the bride and groom; Krushnan and Reema. The quirky Devil with a fork in the middle was switched with a traditional image of Lord Ganesh. And the two footballs on the sides were replaced by two Swastikas.Anish Quenim and Natasha Mistry made the 6,800-mile trip from Goa to tie the knot at Anfield. Photo credit: Liverpool FCAn Arsenal fan who made it to the wedding almost tottered with shock, when he realized that he was caught shaking hands with the bride and groom against the United backdrop.And as irrepressible as Man United fans come, the wedding backdrop was only the kick-off to Krushnan-Reema’s ‘match’.Their finale was a honeymoon to Old Trafford in England, home to their favourite team, which appears all set to win the Barclays Premier League this year: “Our honeymoon was incorporated with two football matches. We went to the club’s museum too,” Reema says.And those who can’t make it to the European shores learn to make do in Goa itself with all gusto.Emmanuel Soares of Chinchinim is one of those Goans who wear football jerseys to work, play, sleep and perhaps even in his dreams. A sailor, who works onboard an ocean cruise liner, the 29-year-old married his childhood sweetheart a couple of months back wearing spiked football studs instead of formal shoes and a Chelsea scarf around his neck.The theme for the wedding was all ‘Blue’ after the club’s colours and the cake shaped after the digit ‘8’ — the number
[Goanet] Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature | TED Playlists | TED
This talk is on 'Sleep' ..important for us all. http://www.ted.com/playlists/31/jill_bolte_taylor_10_talks_on.html
[Goanet] BBC News - The Indian town with 6,000 widows
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[Goanet] World Bank Appoints Kaushik Basu Chief Economist
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Re: [Goanet] Who exiled the Goan Intellectual? (Jose Lourenco)
Regarding Jose Lourenco's question: My Brother: Not all who left were Great Goans or Great Intellectuals. Some of us little Goans just left because the spirit so moved usand there is no guarantee we will not return either because childhood memories of sweet mangoes and warm breezes and bright skies and friendly faces still persist. We love comfort zones! and what better comfort zone is there than the one you were born and raised in? Not everybody likes to get out of their comfort zone and move into the unfamiliar zone! and yet, Mr. Genographic tells us: You've come a long way baby! a 75,000 year journey form the fertile African Rift valley to the busy banks of the river Sal - and on and on? Should you desire to decipher the reasons why, consider the carrot and stick theory, which requires more carrot and less stickno point in blaming the noble bystanders. Best Regards, E. by Jose Lourenco joselourenco1...@gmail.com Did the gauddis and kunnbis toiling In yonder fields throw you out? Or did the kharvis on sandy shore Weigh you with fish scales And find you wanting? Did the escrivao frown Over horn rimmed glasses? Did the posorkar hold back his sugar And did the toddy tapper fail To read your footnotes? Did the bent backs at the tavern Scorn Descartes and Proust The smell of earth and their sweat Intolerably incomparable with Champagne and Chardonnay? Did they not pay for their matchbox And their candles and their jaggery? Humble tax to the great exchequer That would pay for your books And the noble flights of your mind? Did the primeiro grau school teacher Cast thee out with stern rule in hand Or the bhat, singing of god?s glory? Did the baker shove his be-jingled staff Up your enlightened arse? You left, O great Goan To walk with kings and poets And to shine like a martyred star With glowing angst and exile-chic But They, unmindful, toil on. NOTE: Jose Lourenco, engineer-turned-writer and editor of Goa Streets[1] recently shared this poem of his on the occasion of World Poetry Day via the Goa-Book-Club, an open-archived network promoting the book and the written word in Goa. You are welcome to join this network by signing up here [2].
[Goanet] Goa news for March 24, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Centre is not my boss, says Goa CM Manohar Parrikar - Times of India png http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG3v2K8hBzoqk3hd0YmkMuC2VLD6gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Centre-is-not-my-boss-says-Goa-CM-Manohar-Parrikar/articleshow/19111775.cms *** Mayoral poll row clouds budget session (Goa Newsletter) - Newstrack India eztKsfzHymV00GFgamr3fzfQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGUhCWnSc0ubDursTNffbC2hKEK-gurl=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/03/23/154--Mayoral-poll-row-clouds-budget-session-Goa-Newsletter-.html *** Goa pvt bus operators demand tax hike rollback, threaten strike - Jagran Post ay strike notice would be served to the government on March 25. If the State Government fails to fulfill our demands, we will ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG3K7SAP6-OS3tG7YRGYzzAew1OfQurl=http://post.jagran.com/goa-pvt-bus-operators-demand-1364033269 *** Must see tourist destination: Dudhsagar Falls of Goa - indiatvnews.com diatvnews.comNew Delhi : Goa is one of the foremost tourist destinations of India, though it is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population.. Goa is is famous for beaches and water sports, but I will suggest you should not miss the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGpwNAX_8pcLONmJuNclY9iV2qUBwurl=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/must-see-tourist-destination-dudhsagar-falls-of-goa-20989.html *** Check out: Saif Ali Khan as blonde in Go Goa Gone - Hindustan Times Go Goa Gone starring Saif Ali Khan, Kunal ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFT9rjTf_RJNZhEP0cz8dhhGdrHpgurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Check-out-Saif-Ali-Khan-as-blonde-in-Go-Goa-Gone/Article1-1030951.aspx *** Bike rides, Bebinca, bikinis sum up the spirit of Goa - Times of India mes of IndiaEven if you have seen the best of beaches, you'll still have a lot unseen till you arrive in Goa. You become a local here in a matter of a day even if you have no one to host you. In Goa you learn on your own, fend for yourself, burn your skin in the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNF2GnCuOcb0bQSxNeIbKU1z0tW5OAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/Bike-rides-Bebinca-bikinis-sum-up-the-spirit-of-Goa/articleshow/19129015.cms *** Cong accuses Goa govt of 'backdoor legalisation' of mines - Moneycontrol.com neycontrol.com[Mar 22, 2013] , 09.23 PM IST. Cong accuses Goa govt of 'backdoor legalisation' of mines. Goa unit of Congress today termed stamp duty collection by the state government as backdoor legalisation of mines. Source: PTI. Share · Tweet · Share on Tumblr ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEk2onDq44jmAcC7p7L2NiFM4lMogurl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cong-accuses-goa-govtbackdoor-legalisationmines_842074.html *** Goa Board holds poll for general body for 2013-17 - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education held elections on Saturday to vote for 22 out of the 40 members on its general body to serve for the term from 2013 to 2017. The board elected today will become operational from July ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHIUR6IyOhDaT4_JnUAY8byBlDHpQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-Board-holds-poll-for-general-body-for-2013-17/articleshow/19158995.cms *** Casino culture taking root in Goa: Tourism minister - Daijiworld.com GMned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGYmEICwGZaMpSoCZ9_vPp8UyY6OAurl=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=168193 *** Sukhbir picks Goa for April 4-7 'chintan' conclave - Hindustan Times ducated Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has decided for his salt-and-pepper-beard-sporting leaders, who will head for Goa in April a haven for honeymooners.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGWz5WLR8UjN73L4XgY9DplIoC4zQurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Sukhbir-Badal-picks-Goa-for-April-4-7-chintan-conclave/SP-Article1-1030674.aspx Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Francisco D'Souza's Meteoric Rise. Inevitably Outside Goa? (from Times of India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Francisco-DSouzas-meteoric-rise-Inevitably-outside-Goa/articleshow/19136720.cms In just a few weeks, the very Goan name of Francisco (Frank) D'Souza has abruptly emerged right amidst the most famous and admired titans of global business. While IT industry insiders and observers have long admired the spectacular trajectory charted by D'Souza at Cognizant Technology Solution Corp, the multinational services provider and outsourcer, the 2013 results of Glassdoor.com's global survey of more than 5,00,000 corporate employees marked an unprecedented milestone. The 44-year-old was rated 6th best CEO in the world, polling significantly ahead of legendary tycoons like Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. In breaking entirely new ground for Indian industry, D'Souza also outranked Larry Page of Google, and Tim Cook of Apple, who helm the giant corporations which define the current era of the information age. This eye-opening news came right on the heels of another amazing breakthrough for Cognizant's deceptively boyish-looking CEO. Last month, he agreed to join the board of General Electric, the third-largest company in the world, with bewilderingly huge multinational interests in energy, technology, finance, and the consumer and industrial sectors. It is the first such appointment in Indian corporate history. As the youngest member of GE's board, D'Souza has become firmly established as one of the most admired business visionaries in the world. Looking back now, D'Souza's childhood uncannily suited the making of a globetrotting multinational executive. While the family roots are in Anjuna, his father Placido D'Souza grew up in Pune, and travelled the world for more than three decades in a stellar career for the Indian Foreign Service. The elder D'Souza served in Switzerland, Indonesia, Kenya, Ethiopia, as Indian ambassador to Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Zaire, Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea, as consul general to New York, and high commissioner to a slew of Caribbean countries as well as Hong Kong and Macau. In the wake of his father's career, Francisco lived in 11 different countries, studying in local schools, and often in the local language. His childhood was divided across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, which he has explained forced him to always survive and thrive in a 'flat world' long before the flat world came into vogue. After two business degrees (including an MBA from Carnegie Mellon), D'Souza plunged straight into information services and technology, from the beginning characterized by an extraordinary willingness to adapt and reconfigure, as well as a rare appetite for risk in order to pursue distant goals. What D'Souza has already achieved for Cognizant is one of the greatest corporate stories of our time. The company only came into being in 1994, more than a decade after most of its competition had already been firmly established. As recently as 2007 (when he took over as CEO) annual revenues totalled $1.4 billion. It has been a stratospheric ride, as Cognizant scorched all competitors to grow to more than $7 billion in revenues in 2012, an astonishing 30% compounded annual growth. Often expanding at double the rate of its competition, Cognizant has now outpaced Wipro and Infosys, while adding more than 1,00,000 employees in just five years. The company is now a member of the Fortune 500, the FT 500, the Standard and Poor's 500, and the Forbes Global 2000. Corporate dream runs like this are always diplomatically credited to a team effort. But everyone acknowledges that Cognizant's secret weapon is its dynamic CEO. He has consistently dared to tweak, shake up and reconfigure existing strategies to pursue avenues that his competitors had not even considered (like building venture-capital structures within his own company, and repeatedly seeking advice from successful innovators from other industries). It is surely these characteristics which attracted GE's leadership, and earned such impressive plaudits in Glassdoor's survey. Quite ironically, these are also attributes we are in desperate need of in D'Souza's ancestral land. For a very long time, Goa's business affairs have been distinguished by a stubbornly defended status quo, resulting in a paralyzing stasis that continues to benefit only a handful of entrenched interests. Those with get up and go are almost always forced to literally get up and go, and leave the state. Thus, we see virtually no value added to Goa's economic scenario for generations, with rampant nepotism, cronyism, corruption, and nakedly selfish exploitation of community resources still defining business as usual. But stories like those newly written by Francisco D'Souza demonstrate it is not like that elsewhere, even just across the border in other states of India, where innumerable sons and daughters of Goa are experiencing an entirely different 21st century. What is it
[Goanet] These type of addresses receive no posts or letters..
These type of addresses receive no posts or letters.. Except occasional visitors say 4 times in 3 years i.e. 1 Month and 3 Anniversaries. 453, AMFT, Cansaulim Ex Chief Minister of Goa http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra4/8585464394/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra4/8584363005/in/photostream/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Song for the day...
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[Goanet] Primary Education in Portuguese Goa: An Historical Perspective (Richard Cabral, 2013 :: New Delhi, Concept)
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[Goanet] India hotel jump woman recalls ordeal
Bad press for India today; please read: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21914192 Visa cost now £90 - cost to Thailand zilch! Goa will soon notice a real down turn in British visitors the next Season. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Roland Francis: Heaven Knows Your Future, Mr. Fernandes - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
Title: Heaven Knows Your Future, Mr. Fernandes By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 24 March 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk When the majority of Goan families had little in the way of affluence, they had each other. Mother and father raised their brood usually along with an unmarried and disadvantaged relative and sometimes a posko or poskem - an adopted child that may have crossed their path unintentionally. They stopped all activity at the evening Angelus bells, then gradually recommencing until later when they would all huddle together for the family rosary. After, Dad would open the small wall cupboard to pour himself a shot of well matured feni while Mum and the children would help lay the dinner table. While the parents had their own chairs, others would squeeze on the wooden benches beneath the simple spread of rice, vegetables and some curried or fried fish. Retiring to the cemented balcony at the entrance to the home, they would stretch and talk under the starry skies until sleep first gently nudged the most tired. Whatever troubles beset the family would rest solely on the broad shoulders of the parents who would never drop even a hint to any of the others even if the problem belonged to one of them. It seemed prayer, toil and St. Francis would solve everything and even when it didn't there were no recriminations that destroyed the family peace. Mum and Dad eventually aged to infirmity. It was the custom of the eldest son to take over their care and he did the job uncomplainingly without expectation of any reward of asset transfer which in any case would devolve to all of the sons. That's just the way it was, Portuguese civil or family law notwithstanding. In any case the assets, mainly the land and house amounted to almost nothing. Brothers and sisters maintained the family bond and passed it on to their children. Eventually all that changed with the times. The price of land and homes in Goa escalated to dizzying heights. Families grew and accommodation got beyond the reach of average incomes. In the fight for space, elders are the first casualty. Goan Christians are mostly working folk. Except for a few, they are hardly entrepreneurs or business people. With high inflation, increasing medical and education costs and rising gasoline prices, belts have to be tightened and the old and infirm are the first to suffer. In certain areas where property prices have especially skyrocketed, families prefer to sell ancestral property, divide the proceeds and go their own way. Couples want to be independent with no added responsibilities. Father and mother cannot manage on their own and in a short time end up in old age homes. In many cases the younger adults have to relocate to other cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad or Gurgaon because they are either in transferable jobs or have found employment in these booming cities. Goa has no meaningful opportunity for the well-educated and skilled except in the stagnating and unregulated tourist sector which lacks any kind of self-discipline. They are unable to take their parents along because of their uncertainties in these newly expanding cities. Jobs in India are no more secured than in more advanced countries. If the stress levels in these parts are high, in India they are higher since employers while their hands are somewhat tied in the west, have unfettered slave driving opportunities in their outsourced destinations. Then there are Goans who see their future in immigrating to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and lately the UK in large numbers. They need capital to tide them over the initial difficult phase and they tend to entice or force their parents out of their ancestral home with the promise of providing them with a place to live with them in their new countries. Once settled, those old folks become either babysitters or a burden and a nuisance to their good life, or perhaps they are still struggling and their parents would seem to add to the problems. In some countries where medical costs are high as in the USA or where senior or long term care homes have to be partly paid for as in Canada and the UK, problems are aggravated. Thankfully, Goans long established in the Diaspora, especially those from Africa who came with young children in the 50s to the 70s are relatively unscathed from such issues. The parents now old, have worked here for a part of their lives and their friends and support circle live among them. There are no unmanageable expectations and no emotional trauma of sudden separation from a community they have lived a lifetime with. Everybody wishes that when they get old, a heart attack, stroke or rapidly spreading cancer quickly takes them away. No one wishes to linger in suffering or worse still be a burden, either financial or otherwise to their loving children. But the reality is that we live longer than ever before and until euthanasia becomes as common as cremation, or Pope Francis threatens
[Goanet] Moira Musings: The Povoacao Temple Fest and My Wish List for the Moira Club
If you come to Moira there are some huge banners announcing in Marathi that from today there are going to be festivities at the Shri Devi Sateri Devasthan in Povoacao which is close by to the Moira Church. On Monday there is a play called Mog aso karta piso; on Tuesday it is Papa ek Papa; and on Wednesday - Gharchi gazal gharchya ghara. All three are Konkani plays and although the Konkani will be in a different dialect to what the Christians speak at least it will be understandable to one and all. This is a welcome change from the time the Temple Nataks were all in Marathi. One thing I note, and I'm not sure if I'm altogether pleased with this - all the cultural activities that take place in the vilage are organized on communal lines. The Catholics will have their tiatrs or hops around the occasions of feasts; the Hindus will have their nataks and cultural programs around the temples feasts and zatras. Why is it that we cannot organize ourselves in the villages on a non-sectarian basis? In urban and beach areas this is happening no doubt to some extent and if one went to a disco, one may not be able to tell the community of the dancers there. I wish this cultural apartheid did not exist in the villages. This is why I wish that the Moira club would be more pro-active in this direction. As of now it is identified as the hangout of Catholics only, a result of some gerrymandering by the managing committee which still hangs on to power desperately, through these means. It is a pity that it cannot be the common meeting place of all in the village. As of now, only the Panchayat and the School to some extent are secular bodies where all citizens have equal rights. Thank God that sports at least has not been infected by this communal virus. At least in theory. Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
[Goanet] Palm Sunday - Panjim (Procession)
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[Goanet] Restrictions restrictions
Heavy restrictions are imposed by local panchayats on any Goan legitimately owning a property and wanting to build a bungalow on it. People are waiting for years to acquire these permissions and the so called officials are so indifferent and rude. However, when it comes to these non Goans, permisions are very easily granted to build multi-storey structures. Who is the Government supporting? Bernice Pereira
[Goanet] Goa news for March 25, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Dempo SC vs Sporting Clube de Goa Report - Goal.com India eague crown. Incidentally Dempo had beaten ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG-TvF9q-j-ruk6GDNv-HzR2VZ9ywurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96713/dempo-sc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/report *** Goa govt expects 100k tourists during Shigmo festival - Business Standard siness StandardGoa Tourism Department is expecting one lakh domestic and international tourists for float parades to be held across the state during the spring festival of 'Shigmo'. State Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said that the parades have been advertised ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEfh_S7DYZhGgic7EvXx0iEjw88jAurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/goa-govt-expects-100k-tourists-during-shigmo-festival-113032400313_1.html *** Amendments in Goa Lokayukta Bill unfair: Santosh Hegde - Economic Times losure-ex-lokayukta-hegde-against-financial-aid_837574.htmlMining closure: Ex-Lokayukta Hegde against financial aid http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEbk7T7nFHdQCsVTYdunCDrMU300Aurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/amendments-in-goa-lokayukta-bill-unfair-santosh-hegde/articleshow/19171513.cms *** Go Goa Gone: Saif Ali Khan turns a zombie hunter - Times of India li-khan-luke-kenny-zombie-films-to-have-box-office-clash.htmlSaif Ali Khan, Luke Kenny zombie films to have box office clash http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEPA0IvyXJZhIVqGwF-ac2m5Jlk9gurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Go-Goa-Gone-Saif-Ali-Khan-turns-a-zombie-hunter/articleshow/19166076.cms *** A guide to Goa's unspoilt beaches - The Guardian ay war in 1961). There is a large population of Catholics, so ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGDT9bUMN2yrkp1mS3IT9B_9wqe4gurl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2013/mar/24/guide-to-goa-s-unspoilt-beaches *** Coasting to Goa - Times of India oint that one would eagerly undertake a journey for. The fact that it has some ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHmj-eD4Fjzf7DtQ0ECgRGHyAxIpwurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/Coasting-to-Goa/articleshow/19166198.cms *** Goa trip to take a toll - Daily News Analysis ily News AnalysisBeach lovers, the next time you plan a visit to Goa, do factor in an extra expenditure besides accommodation and booze#148;toll#148;if you're going by road. Starting April 1, all vehicles entering Goa from Maharashtra and Karnataka will have to pay a toll tax.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHafqKL6zVzQRmuFG3Fp4UnPjpePwurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_goa-trip-to-take-a-toll_1815342 *** Dempo SC vs Sporting Clube de Goa LIVE Commentary - Goal.com India eague season, four consecutive wins could be quite comforting for Sporting Clube de Goa at the current stage of the competition when every point makes a big difference. The Golden Eagles have ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEwylYoti-oYBLRoyK0GaCAUrFKIQurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96713/dempo-sc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/play-by-play *** Dempo SC vs Sporting Clube de Goa Preview - Goal.com India Sporting Clube de Goa Preview: Can the defending champions revive their title hopes? Armando Colaco's side have fallen considerably behind in the quest for the top honours while coming face-to-face with their city rivals on Sunday.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEvYunSpCYLP-oGBaWvoJnBxQCQFgurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96713/dempo-sc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/preview *** 'Passport sub-office in South Goa soon' - Times of India ffice in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEHCafcRniTXLdyTse3-X8doqGwvgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Passport-sub-office-in-South-Goa-soon/articleshow/19180027.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Government in ICU Oxygen supply might go out of supply anytime!
MY REPLY: Below written comment(s) are not in line with subject line. Hence no reply posted. U. G. Barad Jose Colaco wrote on Fri, 22 Mar 2013 On Mar 20, 2013, at 6:45 AM, U. G. Barad wrote: Now the biggest question before every Indians (including Goans) is: why should Indians allow Kongress to grant everything that their allies are asking? Is survival of Kongress more important than stability survival of India! COMMENT: I agree. Instead, the recent CCP example developed by the 'Kongress' in Goa should be followed. Talking about 'stability' which 'Kongressman' was it who made deals with anyone and everyone ' for the sake of stability of gorrment in Goa'? Selective ostrichism and outrage are indeed hallmarks of 'Transparency, Fairness and Honeshty'. Ain't that a phakt ! jc
Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Heaven Knows Your Future, Mr. Fernandes - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
On 24 March 2013 15:42, Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote: Title: Heaven Knows Your Future, Mr. Fernandes By: Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice UK Daily Newsletter 24 March 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk When the majority of Goan families had little in the way of affluence, they had each other. Mother and father raised their brood usually along with an unmarried and disadvantaged relative and sometimes a posko or poskem - an adopted child that may have crossed their path unintentionally. They stopped all activity at the evening Angelus bells, then gradually recommencing until later when they would all huddle together for the family rosary. After, Dad would open the small wall cupboard to pour himself a shot of well matured feni while Mum and the children would help lay the dinner table. Thanks are due for valuable input from Marshall Mendonza of Poona and Bombay, Company Secretary and a good cyber friend. = I have often heard about this well matured and well aged Feni. This is what the experts say about alcoholic spirits:- Unlike some wines, distilled spirits do not agehttp://cocktails.about.com/od/cocktailspeak/g/aged_spk.htm (or mature) in the bottle. This means that your 20 year old, *unopened* bottle of 18 year Scotch will taste the same as it would have the first day it was bottled. However, like beer certain liquors can go bad and after months or years almost any spirit in an opened bottle may lose some character, punch and flavor. To really answer this question we need to break it down into a few categories of distilled spirits and other bottles in the liquor cabinet. *Answer:* *Base Liquors:* The base liquors http://cocktails.about.com/od/cocktailspeak/g/Liquor.htm (brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka and whiskey) are typically the most stable distilled spirits and can be stored for a long time. Unopened, these bottles have an indefinite shelf life but once opened they may begin to lose certain flavor qualities over the years. For a full read please go to : http://cocktails.about.com/od/stockyourbar/f/liquor_storage.htm Brandy, whisky and some other spirits are aged in Oak Barrels - some which were previously used for Sherry, Wine, Port...it is also from the wood and previous wine barrels that the spirit gets its distinctive taste. I have had Sri lankan Feni' which is matured in wooden barrels made from Teak. The colour of the spirit is golden. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
