[Goanet] Heart problems, eye strain, high blood pressure - dailymail.co.uk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2396201/Heart-problems-eye-strain-high-blood-pressure--ailments-BERRY-good-year.html
[Goanet] CM rescuing casinos - timesofindia.com
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/CM-is-rescuing-casinos-Aam-Aurat-Admi-Against-Gambling/articleshow/21888220.cms
[Goanet] FW: Charudutta Ram Prabhudesai sent you a video: Goa: A case for mining
Mining ban, Kha SheNN Charudatta Prabhudesai Auroville . Charudutta Ram Prabhudesai sent you a video: Goa: A case for mining Charudutta Ram Prabhudesai has shared a video with you on YouTube Goa: A case for mining by ibnlive There have been massive agitations in Goa after mining activities were banned in the state. Help centre • Email options • Report spam ©2013 YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066
[Goanet] Womb service: How surrogacy still carries stigma in India | South China Morning Post
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1296130/womb-service-how-surrogacy-still-carries-stigma-india
[Goanet] India's unfair obsession with lighter skin | World news | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/aug/14/indias-dark-obsession-fair-skin
[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 21st Sunday of the Year
16-Aug-2013 Dear Friend, Whether we admit it or not, we like to consider ourselves as special people, more knowledgeable and likeable than others. Conversely, we tend to look down on people different from us and exclude them from our company. We like to believe we belong to an elite club and should be treated accordingly. God has different criteria from ours, for entry into His kingdom, He excludes no one! Have a grateful weekend thanking God for his open invitation to his kingdom! Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: 21st Sunday of the Year: “All are welcome here! Enter by the Narrow gate!” 25-Aug-2013 Readings: Isaiah 66: 18-21Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13Luke 13: 22-30 The first reading from the last part of the Book of Isaiah is a prophecy of consolation for the community of Israel that had been gathered again after the exile, but who were still experiencing difficulty and uncertainty about their future. The prophet proclaims a glorious future in which mankind’s covenant with God is opened to the whole human family. Returnees from every part of the then known world, who had been scattered would return to Jerusalem. Nations of every culture and race will lead the Israelites home. Salvation is extended to all the ends of the earth. For it is through holiness that one will enter the city of God. Jerusalem! My Happy Home! A little boy always wanted to visit the place where heaven and earth meet. He could see quite plainly from his mother’s cottage and he thought the place where heaven came down to earth must be very beautiful. With his eyes fixed on the horizon, ‘the meeting place of heaven and earth’, he began, one day, to walk. He walked on and on until he became very tired. He found himself in a valley where the horizon lay hidden from view. A cottage was near and a woman was standing in the door. He told her of his quest, and she pointed out a house not so very far away. “There it is,” she said, “only hurry; it will soon be dark.” He hurried on and was soon climbing the hill that led to his own home. And there in the doorway was his mother waving to him. “My own home,” he thought to himself, “is the place where heaven and earth meet.” Frank Michalic in ‘1000 Stories You Can Use’ The key idea of St. Luke’s gospel is a symbol of Christian life: a pilgrimage to our heavenly home. We are constantly on the way to the heavenly home. We must make sure that we are on the right way and that we are moving in the right direction. Will everyone reach their final destination? Will everyone who journeys be saved? Jesus never answers the question about the number to be saved. He stresses rather the effort to be made on the journey and that the way is narrow and not easy. Secondly, Jesus speaks about the closed door, namely people cannot take for granted that just because they are along the way, just because of set rituals and practices, they will be saved. There is nothing that definitely guarantees automatic salvation. There are neither reserved places nor favoured people whose salvation is guaranteed. Yet, on the other hand, no one is excluded from heaven. God has no favourites because everyone is a favourite of God! Heaven will be full of surprises. Many who are despised on earth will find themselves in heaven and many who considered themselves holy and better than others, may not find themselves among the chosen ones in heaven. The Jews had considered themselves the chosen ones of God and that their God was only the God of Israel. Jesus reminds them that many pagans and prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God, while many of the Jews who rejected God and his chosen Messiah, will be excluded from God’s kingdom. “Those who are now last will be the first, and those who are now first will be the last.” The last shall be first! Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress, was known as the ‘poor little rich girl.’ Since her mother died when she was five, Barbara Hutton described her childhood as an unhappy one. She said, “Though I had millions of dollars, I had no mother and no home.” Nor was her adult life a happy one. She was married seven times and was a princess three of those times. A virtual recluse, she died in 1979 at age 66. A newspaper article summed up her life with the words: “Barbra Hutton died unmarried and alone, a symbol of the cliché that money does not buy happiness.” By way of contrast, consider the life of Dorothy Day. She was known as “the mother of the faceless poor of the city’s offscouring.” She always felt she existed for a special purpose. She discovered that purpose when she became a Catholic at age 30 and dedicated her life to help the poor. Dorothy Day founded and edited the Catholic Worker newspaper, went to prison as a suffragist and pacifist, and established farm communes and hospices for the dispossessed. When she died in 1980 at age 83, Time magazine called her a “secular saint”. Barbara Hutton and Dorothy Day illustrate somewhat the
[Goanet] Roland Francis: A Lifetime of Bondage - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
A Lifetime of Bondage. By Roland Francis. Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 18 Aug 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk One of the reasons that facilitated movement to the Diaspora was the long established system of the house servant in Goa. Most often this was a woman from a poor family with more children than their parents could handle. She was offered to the household for a lifetime of servitude since education in those days was accessible mostly to the land-owning class and there were no laws requiring that children be educated until a reasonable age. A life span of service was not always the case though. In later years after the 1960s some of these women would move on to get married usually to a field worker or mine laborer and if she was fortunate, to a settler in Bombay or a seafarer. In some cases this servant was an adopted girl, a 'poskem' of whom I have written in a previous column. These were more fortunate. Although they did the same chores as that of a servant, there was always a kind of family moral obligation hovering somewhere between a servant and a real family member that resulted in a little better treatment. A few families who were more Christian, with their faith extending beyond the Sunday mass and their charity beyond provision of a minimum sustenance, treated their adopted family member almost as good as their own. I know of some of these few who gave their servant-poskems the family name and left them the same legacy as they did for their biological children. This is more likely to have happened if the child was brought as an infant rather than at 6 or 7 years old which was the norm. The job of a servant in Goa was all hours, all days all year. While the rest of the family had breaks in routine on Sundays, feast days, visits of the scattered family and fun times of that sort, the poor servant would actually have to do double her normal work when the family celebrated. If someone was kind enough to give a little tip for extraordinary services rendered, it was usually inadequate but considered lavish enough by the giver to share that information with one and all. The servant would be reminded of it for the rest of the year. None of that right hand not knowing what the left was doing. Talking of money, if the family considered itself generous, they would set aside a small sum every month towards adulthood and marriage, considering even that a favor. That monthly amount was nothing compared to the real economic worth of that individual but few stopped to think of that inadequacy and unfairness. As family members got older, the servant doubled up as the long term care provider (all for free) with all the ugly work that the situation entailed. Senility made the servant's tasks all the more onerous. Nevertheless, there were more complaints than appreciation for all this from the lady of the house. When visiting family members and friends in Goa, I used to marvel at the diligence and hard work of faithful, sincere servants but if I mentioned my awe of these individuals I would be countered with petty faults and trivial failings which I was often tempted to compare with those of the householders, but being a guest prevented me from doing that. The Mangaloreans have a system that Goans would do well to emulate. If the mother dies and the father is incapable of looking after the children financially or otherwise, or worse if the children were left orphans, the maternal uncle would according to custom take in his sister's offspring and bring them up as his own family. As such children grew older and did well for themselves; they would treat these adoptive parents in a much more loving way than would their cousins, the biological children. In such a situation, orphans in the Goan community would be left to fend for themselves either with a religious order or with some priest or other relative 'magnanimous' enough to take care of them. One would have thought that with the passage of time and people from Goa becoming materially well off, attitudes with their domestic helpers would have changed for the better. Unfortunately they haven't. Whatever changes have occurred are due to a shortage of supply and the natural driving up of wages and demands in level with other menial occupations. In my opinion, adequate compensation for their work is still not being practiced - rather the moaning and complaining of the employers has ratcheted upwards. I have often heard overseas Goans telling long winded stories of how difficult it is to get domestic help in Goa. What they conveniently omit is what they consider an attractive wage is wage below what a human being requires to keep body and soul together in today's Goa. What they should realize is that every human being's desire to improve their lot, just as they did theirs, should not be out of reach of their domestic help as it once was. -
[Goanet] Arso review in Konkani
~Kaim nattkuleancho hangasor hanv ul’lekh korunk sodtam. Maim hea nattkuleant, Alroy-ak sirvis mellunk ek lak farik korunk zai asta. Punn te itle duddu taka mellttole zalear tannem poilim Saibinn mãycheo murteo moddunk zai asta ani Saibinnicher bhavarth dovorpant kaim boreponn ani faido nam oxem soglleank kollit korunk zai asta. Alroy oxench korta ani rokddoch taka aksident zata. Toxench Tallnni hea nattkuleant, ji zaun asa kanni dog supurlea bhavanchi, tanchi avoy tankam promannikponnan lisanv korunk sangta ani apunn bazarant veta. Eklo bhav tallnnek sampoddta ani aplea ixttam barabor khellpak veta ani thoimsor buddun morta. ‘Devan-khast-laili’ osle vichar Pri. Michael Fernandes-a sarkea tornattea padrin soddun diunk zai. Amchea jivitant unneponnam asat, chuki ghoddtat hem monant dhorun ami amchem jivit jiyeunk zai, oslem novsorlolem chintop khub gorjechem.~ Check http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2013/08/ek-anki-updes-ani-sondex.html Dale Find my writings @ www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com --- Push thought to extremes -Louis Althusser ---
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day.....
The Stylisticshttp://www.youtube.com/artist/the-stylistics?feature=watch_video_title - I'm Stone In Love With You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7qRCqvltU g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Hindus, Chrisitians refuse converted woman burial
U G Barad: I can well understand that the Hindus not allowing the burial in the cremation grounds Response: Dr Barad, I quote from the report: 1. DSP Ratneshwar Thakur said Kanti's husband, Shiv Prakash Ram, first decided to bury the body as per Christian tradition at the village burning ghat because there was no cemetery there. However, the villagers stopped him from digging a grave. The DSP said they told Ram that they could only allow a Hindu funeral at the ghat and advised him to cremate his wife as he was the only Christian in the village. 2.Ram then decided to bury her body in his own orchard, but this, too, was opposed by Hindus. The villagers refused to let Ram use his residential plot as a graveyard because the house has an old Shiva temple, a police source said.' Now I have to ask you: 1. Are you in agreement with the refusal of the villagers to permit burial at the *village burning ghat * in the absence of a cemetery? 2 .Are you in agreement with the objection to Ram burying his wife in* his own orchard?* * * Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] A public shame?
George Pinto: Goa has thousands of lawyers but only a few of them active in social justice causes, some in Goan cyberspace. Why is a such an educated community largely missing-in-action in the fight for rights, equality, various social justice causes (anti-corruption, etc.), the fight against MOPA, and in designing sound public policy? ?Generally they are absent in the development of Goa and Goans while the political class and large business houses ruin Goa. This is quite a serious indictment on the Goan legal community.? Response: Why pick on lawyers and the legal fraternity. Why are the CA's, doctors, engineers, bankers, businessmen, professionals et al silent? It is a basic attitude and mindset - as long as it is not my personal problem, let someone else fight it. One does not need a legal background or education to stand up for what is right. It needs just motivation and perseverance. We are witness to what Aires Rodrigues has been single-handedly doing. The latest has been the withdrawal of the Information Commission members following his intervention. Floriano is another one battling for Goa. The RTI is a great tool to bring about good governance. You do you need legal knowledge to use it but simple common sense and alertness. May I suggest that Goa Sudharop conduct RTI workshops and educate the people on how to use it. Here in Bombay, Mr Shailesh Gandhi, former CIC has been conducting workshops which are well attended. He is very obliging and I am confident he will accept your invitation if you conduct workshops in Goa. I am willing to speak to him if you desire. regards, Marshall
[Goanet] A new mango variety
New Mango Variety A new hybrid variety of mango is being developed by by a Goan agriculturist of Poona agricultural Vidyapeeth .The scientist is known as Carlos of Goan decent .It is being named as PAROICAR, PAROI-(seed) Car abbreviation for Carlos. It is seedless variety, a world wonder product bound to catch the world attention by storm and draw attention of MANGO PEOPLE of Robert fame It is cross breed between alphonso and macurad ,the two famous Goan varieties in great demand. Congress is aghast at the possible glorification and advantage to any individual in disguise with its perfect orange colour is suspicious. Allergy to names is a common fear of apprehensions Why a catholic, Carlos is playing second fiddle on purpose to some one is not understandable or appreciated, They wonder, whether this diabolic research plan is funded by some political agent, to give electoral mileage It is fibrous, slightly bitter and sour to taste at the moment and with short shelf life and smacking of political flavour The initial field trials to be conducted in Goa because of conducive environment is thwarted by the stiff opposition, demanding entry tax. Mean while Carlos is disgusted with his efforts and attempts to give political tinge He has received invitation and funding from another state, if he can assure to rename it and alter the specific orange colour genes Some are of the opinion the name is most appropriate for adverse propaganda, being seedless, disadvantageous for propagation Carlos is intending to apply for patent in USA and weighing is options to migrate with the enticing offers of citizenship and financila grants. The Govt is bent upon frustratinfg his moves, citing brain drain. What a headless idea to discourage seedless Mango variety by the MANGO PEOPLE, Carlos is hell bent in retaining the nomenclature and its tinge, while agreeing to work on the other parameters His annoyance is appreciable for imputing motives to nomenclature with perfect Goan flavour [image: New Mango Variety A new hybrid variety of mango is being developed by by a Goan agriculturist of Poona agricultural Vidyapeeth .The scientist is known as Carlos of Goan decent .It is being named as PAROICAR, PAROI-(seed) Car abbreviation for Carlos. It is seedless variety, a world wonder product bound to catch the world attention by storm and draw attention of MANGO PEOPLE of Robert fame It is cross breed between alphonso and macurad ,the two famous Goan varieties in great demand. Congress is aghast at the possible glorification and advantage to any individual in disguise with its perfect orange colour is suspicious. Allergy to names is a common fear of apprehensions Why a catholic, Carlos is playing second fiddle on purpose to some one is not understandable or appreciated, They wonder, whether this diabolic research plan is funded by some political agent, to give electoral mileage It is fibrous, slightly bitter and sour to taste at the moment and with short shelf life and smacking of political flavour The initial field trials to be conducted in Goa because of conducive environment is thwarted by the stiff opposition, demanding entry tax. Mean while Carlos is disgusted with his efforts and attempts to give political tinge He has received invitation and funding from another state, if he can assure to rename it and alter the specific orange colour genes Some are of the opinion the name is most appropriate for adverse propaganda, being seedless, disadvantageous for propagation Carlos is intending to apply for patent in USA and weighing is options to migrate with the enticing offers of citizenship and financila grants. The Govt is bent upon frustratinfg his moves, citing brain drain. What a headless idea to discourage seedless Mango variety by the MANGO PEOPLE, Carlos is hell bent in retaining the nomenclature and its tinge, while agreeing to work on the other parameters His annoyance is appreciable for imputing motives to nomenclature with perfect Goan flavour] https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=555495224512754set=gm.10151575964070885type=1relevant_count=1ref=nf ** Like https://www.facebook.com/groups/goans.forever/# · · Unfollohttps://www.facebook.com/groups/goans.forever/#
Re: [Goanet] Maan: Translation of Ch.1 of Goencho Mull Avaz
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrao's response to Adv. John Fernandes published in the Navhind Times Panorama of 18 August While I certainly empathize with the sense of loss of the sacred ‘maan’ felt by my Gaudda brethren and welcome a discussion on the issue, I wish that the same be done with true openness of heart and mind. ‘An error is an exaggerated truth’ reminds an old adage. It might be certainly true that as alleged by Adv. John Fernandes, some ‘maans’ especially in his village of Ambaulim, came under attack from certain priests he named. Yet his charge that the Church had some kind of conspiracy to deliberately destroy the culture and unity of the Gawdas is totally erroneous. Even the concerned Priests who acted against the ‘maans’ were motivated by renewal as well as the love of the community that they were serving. Some even tried to Christianize the practice by introducing Christian prayers. This does not mean the loss of heritage carries no responsibility in the Church. The issue is a complex and one that profoundly involves identities, ignorance, pain and trauma of loss. Hence, it brings its own discomfort to a public discussion of this kind. I hope that the publication of the book of Adv. John as well as this discussion is therapeutic to our society. New insights from the scholarly world, might help us to understand the pain of the Gaudda community articulated by Adv. John Fernandes. We might see the ritual of ‘maan’ as the thirdspace as described by Edward Soja. Contemporary critical studies have experienced a significant spatial turn. Scholars have begun to appreciate space and interpret spaciality of human life with the same emphasis that was bestowed on the relationship between time and history on the one hand and social relations and society on the other hand. The geographical / spacial imagination of humanity is diverse and profoundly political in that it renders space as the site of conflict of knowledge and power. Thus the spaciality, historicality and sociality are intertwined. The firstspace is the real material space; the secondspace is the imagined and interpreted presentations of the material space. While the thirdspace is the intimately lived space. Edward Soja declared ‘thirding-as-othering’. It is space that allows its inhabitants to become other or stand up to their own most intimate identity. In the same train of thought, the thirding into the ‘maan’ becomes a site or abode which relates and construes the intimate life and identity of the Gawdas and loss of it might become a pain of loss of self. The thirdspace being a transgressive space certainly challenges the established borders and as such can become vulnerable to be perceived as disruptive. These complexities around the loss of maan have to be carefully scrutinized before indulging into any kind of blame outbursts. The articulation of the pain of loss of ‘Maan’ is definitely a praise worthy and noble gesture. But the fixation of culpability is a bit early exercise. But, it also brings to the fore the depth and intensity of the affliction felt by the Gawda community. While we are carefully looking at the loss of maan felt by our brethren, it is important to understand how a sense of shame that is felt and imbibed by this community is equally responsible for the loss of ‘maan’, dance, music, dress and other cultural motifs. This shame dynamism cannot be wished away as the community is steadily getting absorbed into the mainstream society. The issue being complex as the Gawda today seems to have to become like the other, the dominant one. That is why, it is also important to consider what might be called as ‘auto-othering’. That is, the Gawdas themselves abandon their sacred traditions in order to respond to the feeling of inferiorization bestowed on them by our society. Hence, the questions raised by Adv. John are highly thought provoking and are indeed relevant. To the Church they invite for a soul searching interrogation of its role towards the Gawda community and the other tribal people of Goa. It is indeed a call of the conscience to bring to realization the dream of the present Holy Father Pope Francis, ‘the church of the poor’. As the church has been concentrating in building communion through the small Christian communities, the questions raised by Adv. John is a God given opportunity to look with compassion on the Gawda community and consider their plight and work to bring healing and solace to them. [Rev Dr. Victor Ferrao is Dean of the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol and is author of the recently published Being a Goan Christian: the Politics of Identity, Rift and Synthesis , Broadway Book House] On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:07 AM, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: Book excerpt: Maan / Maand By Adv. John Fernandes Translated by Augusto Pinto (Adv. Joao alias John Fernandes, Christian Gawda activist, has compiled the folk songs of the Christian
[Goanet] GOA NEEDS TO PROTECT THE INTERSTS OF GOANS
Leena Mehendale who Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is trying to appoint as Goa’s State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) had been rejected by the Maharashtra Government for the same post there. In its wisdom the Maharashtra Government on 6th June 2012 for reasons best known had discarded the name of Leena Mehendale. So why is Manohar Parrikar so keen to usher a rejected retired bureaucrat from Maharashtra for the coveted post in Goa. Appointing Leena Mehendale as Chief Information Commissioner would also be pointless as she would not be able to function unless a State Information Commissioner is also appointed. The law requires that the State Information Commission has to be a multi member body. The Chief Information Commissioner holds office for a term of five years or till attaining the age of 65, whichever is earlier. So, if the Goa Government succumbs to the lobbying and appoints Leena Mehendale who was born on 31st January 1950, the government besides sadly opting for a non Goan with no knowledge of Konkani would effectively have her for a very short tenure of just over a year. It is surprising that Leena Mehandale who is currently a member of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Mumbai is hectically lobbying for the post of CIC of Goa. Goa can definitely find a son of its own soil to do justice to this very important post that oversees the implementation and enforcement of the Right to Information Act in the State. It’s time for Goa to protect and salvage the interests of Goans. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Naval Wing parked in Mumbai to shift to Seabird Karwar after the submarine blast.
Taking the cue from GOA, http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/union-government-of-india-the-defence-ministry-in-particular-shift-navy-to-seabird-karwar-or-to-belgaum now Mumbai wants the Navy to shift to Seabird Karwar. Read all about it in the Mumbai Mirror http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/cover-story/Time-to-move/articleshow/21886859.cms PPS: PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL SANITY PS: If the people refuse to become politically 'SANE', politics will remain dirty + more. ONLY DABOLIM - NAVY GET OUT WITH MOPA - SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA IS ONLY A SHOUT VIVA GOA - VIVA GOEMKARS Amchem Goem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHvEkxLCmc
[Goanet] A public shame? - II
The Chartered Accountant community in Goa, although not large in numbers, as a profession is conspicuously silent on promoting sound government fiscal policy. While no one suggests they have to align with a particular political party, there is nothing to preclude them from promoting sound fiscal policy in Goa. Successive Goan governments have short-changed the public and the Goan treasury is considered in shambles by any neutral observer. What a shame that such a fiscally educated Chartered Accountant community remains a sideline player, abdicating its social responsibility role. Even without the corruption element in Govt. spending, there is much the Chartered Accountant community can do (in a political neutral way) to educate the public on how the budget works, where govt. income, expenditures occur, and how prudent fiscal policy can put Goa on a strong fiscal footing. Will the Chartered Accountant community in Goa rise to the task or be viewed as minding its own business interests? Do they have the courage to speak fiscal truths? George P.S. one can add bankers and financial service providers, and ask the same questions.
[Goanet] CITIZENS' PETITION AGAINST MOPA AIRPORT IN GOA
I wish the ever-loquacious Floriano Lobo would have employed restrained in using certain terms in his petition to the prime minister and the defence ministry. Firstly, the petition is more of a lecture to these concerned ministers and also insulting to their understand of the Mopa issue. Check it out, But, may I put forth the argument against Mopa in more succinct manner so that the point that is made may be much clearer?? Lobo loves to use extra words when it's not required. Remember additional a in Su-Raaj, and now additional ?, perhaps to emphasize his questioning. Further down he states: .. how GOANS feel that they are being taken advantage of by India in the name of GOA’S SO CALLED LIBERATION from the Portuguese. It must be clearly understood that Goans wanted the Portuguese out of Goa but did not want another colonizer in. Mind the words taken advantage of by India and Goa's so called liberation (capitalized to add emphasis), and colonizer in. Isn't it out of place to tell the PM and the defence minister that India's takeover is nothing but a so called liberation? Calling India a colonzier is insulting and hurtful. An appeal must try to win the hearts and minds of those it's addressed to. It shouldn't show arrogance. Did India connived with Portugal to sign treaty or did the Portuguese willingly sign it? It doesn't serve the peition's purpose in aligning such motives to the Indian government, especially when trying to win the PM and the defence minister to one's cause. I wouldn't be surprised if the government doesn't entertain such a letter cloaked in a mocking tone and showing disrespect to the country. Eugene Correia I wish the ever-loquacious Floriano Lobo would have employed restrained in using certain terms in his petition to the prime minister and the defence ministry. Firstly, the petition is more of a lecture to these concerned ministers and also insulting to their understand of the Mopa issue. Check it out, But, may I put forth the argument against Mopa in more succinct manner so that the point that is made may be much clearer?? Lobo loves to use extra words when it's not required. Remember additional a in Su-Raaj, and now additional ?, perhaps to emphasize his questioning. Further down he states: .. how GOANS feel that they are being taken advantage of by India in the name of GOA’S SO CALLED LIBERATION from the Portuguese. It must be clearly understood that Goans wanted the Portuguese out of Goa but did not want another colonizer in. Mind the words taken advantage of by India and Goa's so called liberation (capitalized to add emphasis), and colonizer in. Isn't it out of place to tell the PM and the defence minister that India's takeover is nothing but a so called liberation? Calling India a colonzier is insulting and hurtful. An appeal must try to win the hearts and minds of those it's addressed to. It shouldn't show arrogance. Did India connived with Portugal to sign treaty or did the Portuguese willingly sign it? It doesn't serve the peition's purpose in aligning such motives to the Indian government, especially when trying to win the PM and the defence minister to one's cause. I wouldn't be surprised if the government doesn't entertain such a letter cloaked in a mocking tone and showing disrespect to the country. Eugene Correia it's not required. Remember additional a in Su-Raaj, and now additional ?, perhaps to emphasize his questioning. Further down he states: .. how GOANS feel that they are being taken advantage of by India in the name of GOA’S SO CALLED LIBERATION from the Portuguese. It must be clearly understood that Goans wanted the Portuguese out of Goa but did not want another colonizer in. Mind the words taken advantage of by India and Goa's so called liberation (capitalized to add emphasis), and colonizer in. Isn't it out of place to tell the PM and the defence minister that India's takeover is nothing but a so called liberation? Calling India a colonzier is insulting and hurtful. An appeal must try to win the hearts and minds of those it's addressed to. It shouldn't show arrogance. Did India connived with Portugal to sign treaty or did the Portuguese willingly sign it? It doesn't serve the peition's purpose in aligning such motives to the Indian government, especially when trying to win the PM and the defence minister to one's cause. I wouldn't be surprised if the government doesn't entertain such a letter cloaked in a mocking tone and showing disrespect to the country. Eugene Correia
[Goanet] High Blood Sugar Linked to Dementia - NYTimes.com
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/high-blood-sugar-linked-to-dementia/?src=recpb_r=0
[Goanet] Why Spring Water « Find A Spring
We have many springs in Goa I knew of two in Saligao..in Salmona Molembhatt...do they still exist??... watch this short video. http://www.findaspring.com/why-spring-water/
[Goanet] T.J. Lobo: A Lasting Legacy
18 Aug: Herald. In 2011, Selma Carvalho sat with Thomas Joaquim Lobo, then 102 years old and listened to him talk about his life. Thomas was born in 1909 in the small village of Parra. Nothing auspicious marked his birth which foretold of the incredible journey which lay ahead. As the 20th century opened, Goa was economically devastated. Whether a son of the soil or born into privilege, almost every family was discreetly impoverished, sustained only by an unwavering faith in God. Money was very, very tight, Thomas volunteers candidly. Thomas, who spent much of his adult life in Kenya, passed away in June 2013, a few weeks short of his 104th birthday. http://bit.ly/17AmQQF For a six minute video clip in which he (and his daughter) talk about life in Goa, moving to Bombay in the 1920s and living in remote districts of Kenya, http://bit.ly/IZNDhX
Re: [Goanet] GOA NEEDS TO PROTECT THE INTERSTS OF GOANS
On Aug 18, 2013, at 1:12 AM, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: In its wisdom the Maharashtra Government on 6th June 2012 for reasons best known had discarded the name of Leena Mehendale. So why is Manohar Parrikar so keen to usher a rejected retired bureaucrat from Maharashtra for the coveted post in Goa COMMENT: Because a: She is proficient in Marathi, which is the official language of Goa, and the vast Minority on Goans understand it b: Information is best provided in a medium which is not understood by the 'commoners' c: She is highly qualified, and NO Goans are. d: In Canada, they would definitely appoint me as Information Commissioner in Quebec esp if I did NOT speak French. jc Not Quoting Tim
Re: [Goanet] Goanet: :Lifetime of bondage
It was interesting reading about this topic. Since I was not born nor lived in Goa, I did not experience or see this terrible practice.. I now spend most of the year in Goa and have not seen anybody having indentured servants or adopted servants. I gather that this may have been the practice in the distant past. No longer. People are far more enlightened and there are more opportunities for people to get gainful employment. I truly hope that this despicable practice no longer exists in Goa. I have seen youngsters, perhaps pre-teens working in chai-wallah type restaurants. I was under the impression that nobody can hire anyone below the age of 17. But I am told that child labor is very prevalent in India, despite the authorities attempts to stamp out the practice.
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 559
RE; Charudutta Ram Prabhudesai sent you a video: Goa: A case for mining Arey baba administrador saibaa, kai boro video discussao mure haven tumkam itlea maye mogan dhadlelo. Video lipoyloy? Ani tem ujwadaylan teka reference munta to kitem? Aytaaru? Charudatta Prabhudesai Auroville .
Re: [Goanet] Goanet: :Lifetime of bondage
I am not sure if there was any practice of 'indentured or adopted' servants in Goa. What I know is that (a) some children from large families (say from Karwar and Sadashivghad areas) would be quasi-adopted by Goan families. In return for board, lodge (and in many cases, schooling) these children would join the other members of the household in performing the household chores. Like in a normal Gaussian distribution, their treatment was dependant upon the household they lucked in or out into. Whatever that may be, I know of only very few cases in which they were truly adopted by the family. My understanding is that they were the perpetual 'interns' when it came to work: Earliest to Rise, Last to Rest. The tradition of Bonded Labour still exists esp in North and Central India. The age under which childhood labour is prohibited by Law in India is 14 years. There are additional age barriers wrt employment in dangerous industry. I had the opportunity to see (first hand) the various eateries (Udipis, Goan 'cafe's) in post 1966 Goa which had numerous children (could not be more than 9 or 10 years of age) sleeping on the floors of the restaurant after they were shut for business. While I gave up patronising those eateries ( some hole in the wall) after seeing that, I often wonder what would have happened to those kids (some with 8-12 siblings), had it not been for these eateries and those who took in as 'poskems'? That reality, despite all the Chak Chak, may be the reason why it has been very difficult to enforce the under 14 yrs labour-prohibition; let's not forget Some of these exploited kids support families 'back home'.just like many of the exploited Gulf-Goans. The status quo at the moment: while the rich get richer, the REST are getting relatively and effectively impoverished watching the wealthy blow their funds on large and multiple (some, 10 storey) dwellings and parties which boast of free flowing alcohol and vulgar feasts of food. And we call it democracy! jc On Aug 18, 2013, at 5:12 AM, Vivian A. DSouza socorro...@yahoo.com wrote: It was interesting reading about this topic. Since I was not born nor lived in Goa, I did not experience or see this terrible practice.. I now spend most of the year in Goa and have not seen anybody having indentured servants or adopted servants. I gather that this may have been the practice in the distant past. No longer. People are far more enlightened and there are more opportunities for people to get gainful employment. I truly hope that this despicable practice no longer exists in Goa. I have seen youngsters, perhaps pre-teens working in chai-wallah type restaurants. I was under the impression that nobody can hire anyone below the age of 17. But I am told that child labor is very prevalent in India, despite the authorities attempts to stamp out the practice.
[Goanet] Article on Mary Sequeira in OHeraldo
Check the Review section of today's OHeraldo (epaper) for my article on the double international Mary Sequeira (need D'Souza), now 81, who is to be honoured on Aug 29 with the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement in sport. Late but better than never. Eugene
Re: [Goanet] A public shame?
Hi Marshall, you must have missed my second Public Shame -II posted today on CA's. More to follow :-)) There is plenty of blame to go around. Yes, I agree the RTI route is a good tool, something being considered. George - Original Message - From: Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com Response: Why pick on lawyers and the legal fraternity. Why are the CA's, doctors, engineers, bankers, businessmen, professionals et al silent? It is a basic attitude and mindset - as long as it is not my personal problem, let someone else fight it. May I suggest that Goa Sudharop conduct RTI workshops and educate the people on how to use it.
[Goanet] Osvy Viegas singing on Tapott, pics included
Tiatr TARVOTTI stage pics with Osvy Viegas singing on TAPOTT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im97nmE66dE A tiatr by Samuel Carvalho joego...@yahoo.co.uk
[Goanet] Hindus, Chrisitians refuse converted woman burial
Marshal in 'Atypical style' of diverting attention from main subject poses me 2 questions e! He must re-read my covering lines on this subject which reads as follows: 'I can well understand that the Hindus not allowing the burial in the cremation grounds, but their objection to the other areas does not seem to be fully justified. However, the position taken by the various churches is quite worrying.' In fact Marshall should have answered: 'Why the position taken by the various churches is quite worrying? Will Marshall answer this question? U G Barad On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: Response: Dr Barad, I quote from the report: 1. DSP Ratneshwar Thakur said Kanti's husband, Shiv Prakash Ram, first decided to bury the body as per Christian tradition at the village burning ghat because there was no cemetery there. However, the villagers stopped him from digging a grave. The DSP said they told Ram that they could only allow a Hindu funeral at the ghat and advised him to cremate his wife as he was the only Christian in the village. 2.Ram then decided to bury her body in his own orchard, but this, too, was opposed by Hindus. The villagers refused to let Ram use his residential plot as a graveyard because the house has an old Shiva temple, a police source said.' Now I have to ask you: 1. Are you in agreement with the refusal of the villagers to permit burial at the *village burning ghat * in the absence of a cemetery? 2 .Are you in agreement with the objection to Ram burying his wife in* his own orchard?* Regards, Marshall
[Goanet] DOCUMENTATION OF 'SHANTI' FUSION BAND PERFORMANCE ON 17TH AUGUST AT 'THE LIVE MUSIC PROJECT' DETAILS OF REVIVAL OF SITAR PROJECT IN GOA
*SATURDAY WE CELEBRATE POST INDEPENDENCE THE BEGIN THE CELEBRATION OF WORLD GOA DAY* *BACKGROUND OF THE SHOW:* This is part of ART ESCAPE INTIATIVE OF REVIVAL OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC STARTED 3 YEARS AGO ALONG WITH YOGRAJ NAIK –SITAR PLAYER TEACHER. During the season EVERY MONDAY IS DEDICATED TO INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES WITH ARTIST FROM AROUND INDIA GLOBALLY WHO COME SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH AUDIENCE. *Presently we have a proposal ready SITAR SANWARDHAN* *(REVIVAL OF THE SITAR IN GOA) looking for funding for the project.* The aim of the project is to inspire the age group of 10-16 years (5th to 10th standard) towards Hindustani classical music, To introduce traditional music forms, sitar as one of the instruments. To conduct introductory sitar sessions (90 min) in 300 schools in 3 years. Each session will have a module of introduction to the instrument, popular songs played on the sitar traditional ragas.To inspire minimum of 300 students, 1 student from each workshop to take up sitar/other classical instruments to perform, teach keep the tradition alive. *‘GOA’S ONLY FUSION BAND’ – ‘SHANTI’ LIVE* Shanti beyond silence is a Music group performing fusion music. It is an excellent fusion of Indian classical and western music, interspersed with Indian folk music. Some of the compositions use Marathi Natya sangeet , the essence of the Natya geet is sung vocally the root Raga of the song on which the song is based is than elaborated on instruments and fusion of the mood of the song is done with western music. - *ACTION AT THE SHOW:* The project is the brainchild of SITAR MAESTRO Yograjji, who is the disciple of Ustad Shahid Parvez, all the compositions are composed by him performed all originals a couple of experimental cover. THE AUDIENCE WAS AMAZED BY THIS PERFORMANCE WHICH FELT LIKE THE SITAR ROCK SHOW LIVE. We had 120 + people for the show from Goa other parts of the country as it was a long weekend lots of tourists around. GREAT WORLD FUSION MUSIC PERFORMANCE BY YOGRAJ NAIK ON ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC SITAR,VISHNU – KEYBOARD,SANTAN CARVALHO – DRUMS,EDWIN BRAGANZA – BASS DOUBLE BASS. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO YOGRAJ THE TEAM TO be a part of 'THE LIVE MUSIC PROJECT' TO SUPPORT OUR PROJECT. A GREAT EVENING OF FUSION MUSIC. NEXT WEEK WE WOULD BE MOSTLY FEATURING A YOUNG BAND FROM GOA - WILL CONFIRM THE DETAILS IN THE NEXT 2 DAYS PERFORMING ORIGINAL MUSIC BLUES,JAZZ, PROGRESSIVE ROCK , FUNK MORE. AUGUST END SEPTEMBER WOULD BE FOCUSSED ON ORIGINAL ARTIST PERFORMANCES ARTISTS COMING FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. -- 'Save Paper. Print Only If You Must!' Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to Vinesh Iyer Architect/Researcher Co- Founder Director, *De FACTO PVT.LTD* Made Designers architects designers +91-9323590051 *Mumbai Studio:* A 1 ,Dimple Apts,1st Floor, Prabhat Colony,Road NO 2, Santacruz (east), Mumbai 400055. INDIA www.defactoarchitects.com http://www.defactoarchitects.com *Goa Studio:* Co- founder Director :*Inspire trust Art escape pvt.ltd.* *ART ESCAPE Goa, a back to basics eco resort, an art design hub with an innovation centre and a knowledge sharing experiential platform.* *ART ESCAPE Pune,* will host an environment created to facilitate, motivate, nurture and inspire those who would like to experience, exchange, share learn all forms of art design. Art Escape ,Waddi beach, Benaulim South Goa www.artescape.in join our Facebook page for latest updates Artescape Goa https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-escape-goa/163206737024011 Artescape Pune https://www.facebook.com/ArtEscapePune
[Goanet] APARTHEID
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[Goanet] Mass for the Soul?
SUB; MASS FOR THE SOUL The parish Priest of Panjim Immaculate Conception Church made the following announcement before the commencement of the Mass on 15th August 2013 on the Feast day of Our Lady of Assumption. 1. The Mass is offered for the soul of Antonio Jose Vaz and Nascimento Vaz. 2. Intention for the Feast of Our Lady of Assumption. 3. Intention for the Independence of our State of Goa. It is heartening to note that some priests take their own liberty to say the Mass for the soul, also on Christmas Day, and on Easter Sunday which is not correct. Bishop as well as Director of Old Goa Liturgical Centre should instruct their priests who disobey their instructions and offer masses for the souls on those above mentioned days. Agnelo Dias from Portais State Cultural Awardy (Music) in 2013.
[Goanet] Fwd: Camp Seely - Sept., 13-15, 2013
Camp Seely is coming up please make sure you book your cabins. Those of you that have reserved a cabin please do not forget to send in your checks. Thanks, Donovan President GOA LA -Original Message- From: goansofamerica goansofamer...@aol.com Sent: Sun, Jul 28, 2013 5:24 pm Subject: Camp Seely - Sept., 13-15, 2013 Hi All, Camp Seely will be held Friday September 13th – Sunday September 15th : 1. We will not be putting the bookings through “Paypal” 2. Please make checks out to “Goans of America” 3. $165 for a cabin of 4 or less. $180 for a cabin of 5 4. If you are single, and need to form groups, please email me and we can put singles together in one/two cabins 5. Please send checks to my address – Donovan Rodrigues, 1645 Melissa Way, Anaheim, CA 92802 6. If you have special needs please let us know and we will try and accommodate as best as we can 7. L.A. Parks and recreation has a limit on people attending and we will be paying additional charges for anything over 125 people 8. Day campers (if any) will be expected to pay $30 per person as well as bring a meal to share for Saturdays common dinner. 9. The L.A. Goa is a nonprofit organization and all individuals attending will be responsible for their own insurance needs. 10. We will have a certified nurse for basic first aid situations and most probably a catholic priest that will say mass on Sunday morning More details to follow, once the checks are in. Thank you, Donovan Rodrigues GOA President LA
