[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Christmas 2013

[Rajan P. Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Christmas 2013'

Gleðileg Jól, Feliz Natal, Merry Christmas!














You may view the latest post at
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2013/12/23/christmas-2013/

Best regards,
Rajan P. Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Santosh Helekar and international law

[Cyrus A. Jose Sanches]

Santosh Bab,
I have refrained from this discussion as I did not wish to turn a discussion 
into an argument. You have taken a stand and unfortunately in trying to prove 
yourself right you have missed the bus. Please stop flogging a dead horse. The 
'accurate information' may be accurate but in the present day and especially 
after the UN charter of 1947 which India is a signatory to, your information 
amounts to 'mis- information' 
Please read the following regarding India's annexation of Goa. Please google.
Bear in mind Operation Vijay occured on 19th Dec 1961
1) "Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and 
Peoples
Adopted by the UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV), 14 December 1960"
2) 
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=zd5nwF7o3_8C&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=annexation+of+goa&source=bl&ots=jeuwfnknpN&sig=CVXsbOxoWmF0kM_HGarAHlEPkUc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-ou3UuXCMYuPrgeukYDADA&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=annexation%20of%20goa&f=false
The above link is to a book By Alina Kaczorowska
3) Regarding the 1962 act of GOI you refer to earlier. Please read Article 49 
of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
4) US President Kennedy told the Indian ambassador to the US, “You spend the 
last fifteen years preaching morality to us, and then you go ahead and act the 
way any normal country would behave People are saying, the preacher has 
been caught coming out of the brothel.” 
5) The New York Times on 19 December 1961, stated "With his invasion of Goa 
Prime Minister Nehru has done irreparable damage to India's good name and to 
the principles of international morality." 
6) The USSR supported India and vetoed the UN resolution in the security 
council. Brezhnev happened to be touring India at the time of operation Vijay. 
There is more then enough information to prove without doubt that India was in 
breach of The UN Charter and unfortunately set a precedence. 
The GOI annexed Goa not for any love of the Goan People, but to prevent the US 
from gaining a deep water port in the India Ocean. The " Liberation" was an 
annexation. India had no intention of liberating Goa. India wanted the Port of 
Goa for its strategic location. Period.
You are mixing two issues
1) Did India commit aggression on Goa?
2) Is Goa historically a part of India?
Your contention that Goa is a part of India and as such India has the right to 
annex Goa is wrong as the UN charter of 1947 clearly puts an end to all such 
ideas, concepts and actions by Governments, the Charter accepts the land areas 
of all countries as final from the day the Charter came into effect.
This charter was operational, effective and signed by India. Therefore as per 
the UN and International law India committed an act of aggression. 
During the Liberation of Goa, the Sikh battalion involved were so joyous they 
liberated a number of Goans of their possessions, vehicles, and underwear. They 
were punished by the Indian Army.
2) Historically Goa has never been a part of India. As India became a nation in 
1947. the so called Boundaries of 'India' you refer to kept changing depending 
on the whims and fancies of various rulers across much of recorded history. 
Infact the Mughals were Pathan, and the Adil Shah was Persian. There was a lot 
of mix and match going on in India and the world, before the UN came into 
existence. Especially after World War 2 the loss of life prompted world leaders 
to end aggression in every form and solidify boundaries, so that wars and 
Aggression would end. Nations would know their boundaries and respect the 
boundaries of others. Guess who set a precedence?
The people of Goa have a connection to India as our ancestors have at some 
point in time lived in various parts of India. So there is a familial 
relationship. But that is not sufficient reason for annexation. 
This situation can be argued till the cows come home. One must be pragmatic and 
accept
1) without a plebiscite, Goa remains an annexed state
2) all Goans born before Dec 1961 and to goan parents who were born in Goa 
before Dec 1961
Are Citizens of Portugal. UN charter, Geneva convention etc.
>(QUOTE
> Every person who or either of whose parents or any of whose grand parents was 
> born before the twentieth day of December, 1961, in the territories now 
> comprised in the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, shall be deemed to 
> have become a citizen of India on that day.
> UNQUOTE) Before the twentieth day of December they were citizens of which 
> country?
3) the GOP is not giving us a facility, nor gifting us a ticket, but accepting 
its responsibility.
4) The GOI accepts all Goans residing in Goa as citizens of India 
5) so theoretically Goans have dual citizenship. Portugal has no Issue with the 
same, the GOI 
does not accept dual citizenship. 
6) either the GOI gives all Goans dual citizenship. Or those accepting a 
Portuguese passport 
must surrender their Indian passport. 
There are of course more options that would not only addres

[Goanet] With ban on mining activity, Pissurlem returns to farming

[samir umarye]

-- 
Samir Umarye

BICHOLIM: Switching over to another livelihood is never an easy option and
returning to an occupation after a gap of 20 long years is even more
difficult, especially when the two occupations differ sharply from one
another.

People from mining- affected areas at Pissurlem in Honda- Sattari have
resumed farming activity after a gap of about 20 years and acknowledging
the difficulties in this transition, the deputy collector has convened a
meeting with the farmers on December 27 to address and resolve their
problems and challenges.

It may be stated that Pissurlem is a mining affected area where farming was
one of the prominent occupations for a number of generations.

“ There was a time when about 150 farmers cultivated this land and dairy
farming was also one of the important secondary occupations in the area,”
ex- Pissurlem sarpanch Vishwasrao Desai told Herald.

With the arrival of mining activities, a number of farms in Pissurlem were
left uncultivated for past over 20 years as farmers abandoned their
traditional professions in 1994 and switched over to the more lucrative
mining- related activities.

Their fields were further affected when silt from t h e nearby mining c o m
- p a• y entered into the fields and the only relief for the affected was
some compensation from the mining company.

These mining activities came to a grinding halt last year and the locals
were left with neither mining nor farming activity in Pissurlem for their
livelihood.

In a desperate bid to make ends meet, locals in Pissurlem then decided to
return to their age- old profession by cultivating their fallow fields.

Although wells dried in the village due to mining activities, forcing
villagers to rely on water from tankers, the villagers are fortunate as a
lake that lies in close proximity to their fields survived the onslaught of
mining activity.

Some locals decided to take up farming once again after mining came to a
grinding halt and sought the assistance of an unlikely ally: a mining
company.

“ The farmers came together and with the help of the panchayat and the
mining company, fenced about 5 acres of land for cultivation. We have about
90 acres of land and we have begun cultivation on 5 acres of land so far.
This is just the first step and by next year, we hope to cultivate the
entire stretch with the help of the locals and the support of the
government,” said Desai.

“ We have already submitted a memorandum to the deputy collector demanding
to de- silt the lake and the springs so that next year, we can take up
farming at a larger scale.” Hanumant Parab, another villager, stated that
the mining company would be asked to divert water from the mining pits so
it could be used for farming.

Locals of Pissurlem in the taluka of Honda- Sattari return to farming
activity after a gap of 20 years, ever since mining activity came to a halt
due the ban on the same.

samir umarye bicholim

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Having a Servant Is Not a Right

[augusto pinto]

Jose Colaco quoted me as follows:
"On Dec 22, 2013, at 2:52 AM, augusto pinto  wrote:

(1) ' I think that Ananya Bhattacharyya is being a little simplistic when
he says that "Having a servant you cannot pay a decent wage cannot be a
birthright".

(2) 'The fact that one can employ a servant at below the minimum wage level
means that there is more  supply than demand for them. '

(3) 'Otherwise they would hardly agree to work at that wage level.'"

He then commented:

"I will skip # 3 above as it is beyond my comprehension.

Re #2: As the 'minimum wage' is set by law, it follows that paying an
employee below the minimum wage is not only exploitative, it is also in
contravention of the law."

My dear jc

I think you should first look up the lawbooks before trying to throw them
at me.

But for your better understanding,  let me refine the second point I
made: (2) 'The fact that one can employ a servant at below the minimum wage
level set for industries, means that there is more supply than demand for
them. '

Now if you had taken the trouble you would find that the law regarding
minimum wages vary from State to State, and also for different categories
of workers. Most States prescribe the lowest minimum wage rate - for -
"unskilled
workers of all industries"

Domestic servants do not come under the category of "unskilled workers of
all industries" Hence their employers do not have to abide by this minimum
wage law; and hence are not in contravention of any law.

Prescribing a minimum wage for industries does not ensure that everyone
will be employed in those industries.

Hence a desperate workforce will go to wherever they can get employment
including working as domestic servants, ragpickers, commercial sex workers,
and other more criminal options.

I hope point # 3 that I made above is now within the ambit of your
comprehension.

Having said this, I should make it clear that I do think that domestic
workers should also be afforded a minimum wage by law to prevent
exploitation, although I suspect that this is easier said than done.
Augusto



-- 


Augusto Pinto
40, Novo Portugal
Moira, Bardez
Goa, India
E pinto...@gmail.com
P 0832-2470336
M 9881126350

[Goanet] Mayem MLA Shet serves ultimatum, threatens to resign

[samir umarye]

-- 
Samir Umarye

BICHOLIM: Deputy speaker and Mayem MLA Anant Shet has stated that if the
state government fails to solve the problem of custodian of evacuee
property during the winter assembly session to be held in the month of
March next year, he will 'prefer to stay with the people of Mayem village
and will act as per their guidelines'. While addressing mediapersons at
Bicholim, Shet also said that he will resign from the post if the villagers
so demand.

He said that chief minister Manohar Parrikar is 'very keen to solve this
problem as early as possible' and no any other government had taken such a
keen interest in the custodian of evacuee property issue. The Mayem MLA
pointed out that it was only the BJP, during its tenure in 2003, that
supported the people in saving their residential houses from demolition by
passing a special ordinance.

Shet lauded the efforts of the Mayem Bhuvimochan Nagarik Kruti Samiti and
the freedom fighters' association for agitating in a peaceful manner. He
advised the two groups to continue their agitation in the same manner and
expressed confidence that the chief minister will find a solution to the
vexed issue.
On Liberation Day, the samiti had demanded Shet's resignation on the
grounds that the BJP had failed to keep the promise of resolving the
evacuee property issue by December 19.(toi)

[Goanet] CHIEF MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR ACCUSED OF HAVING MASTERMINDED ATTACK ON BJP MLA VISHNU WAGH

[Aires Rodrigues]

It is now crystal clear that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar discreetly
masterminded the December 19th high handed attack on his own BJP St Andre
MLA Vishnu Surya Wagh. With this Manohar Parrikar has lost all moral
authority to continue as the State’s Home Minister.


The Home portfolio should be immediately entrusted to Deputy Chief Minister
Francis D’Souza to pave way in enabling a free and fair probe into the
dastardly attack on Vishnu Wagh which has put Goa in further bad light.


Tivim MLA Kiran Kandolkar’s name is unnecessarily being linked to the
attack. This vicious attack was pre-planned by Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar in conjunction with his RSS brigade to silence the very outspoken
and secular Vishnu Wagh.


It is very appalling that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has been misusing
the police force to spy and monitor the movements of his own Ministers and
party MLAs. This does not augur well in a democracy and for a State that
has just celebrated 52 years of its so called Liberation.


Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should not stoop so low in fueling petty
political fights and disrupting peace in the State. He may one day get the
taste of his own bitter medicine.


On the double standards being adopted by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
less said the better.  While the Chief Minister coerced the police to burn
the midnight oil in the Tarun Tejpal case, he is yet to visit that 7 year
old little Vasco girl who was brutally raped on January 14th last year and
with that case hushed up with political blessings.


In Goa, crimes including rapes, dacoities and murders have become the order
of the day over the last 21 months of BJP rule. Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar has failed on all counts with his one man autocratic rule and high
levels of arrogance while unleashing his communal agenda and destroying
Goa’s secular fabric.


It is dismaying that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was not trusting and
taking his own Ministers and party MLA’s in confidence. Contrary to good
established democratic traditions, Manohar Parrikar was also showing no
respect to the Opposition while having demanded it all when he was the
Leader of Opposition.

The people across Goa are now repenting for having voted the BJP and having
trusted a deceptive Manohar Parrikar who has by his endless U turns reneged
on his much hyped promise of a Parivartan by way of good governance and
Zero tolerance to corruption.


Aires Rodrigues
T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat
Ribandar - Goa - 403006
Mobile: 9822684372

[Goanet] Preliminary Programme “India and the Lusophone Market” International Congress, January 14 and 15, 2014 – Goa, India

[LSG]

*Texto em português mais em baixo*



Dear reader,



We are very pleased to announce the Preliminary Programme of our “India and
the Lusophone Market” International Congress, January 14 and 15, 2014 –
Goa, India.



Key ideas of the Congress, authors of the Main Presentations and of the
Short Presentations as well as information about the Inaugural Session and
the Social events can be found
here



Please read about the Congress
here



We would like to invite you to join us for our Congress and to welcome you
to Goa to an exciting and stimulating event!



Kind regards



Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG)

i...@lusophonegoa.org

www.lusophonegoa.org

_





Estimado leitor



Temos o prazer de anunciar o Programa Preliminar do nosso Congresso “Índia
e o Mercado Lusófono” Congresso Internacional, 14 e 15 de Janeiro de 2014,
Goa, Índia.



Poderá ler 
aquisobre
as Ideias-chave do Congresso, os autores  das Comunicações Principais
e das Comunicações Breves bem como informar-se sobre a Sessão Inaugural e
os Eventos Sociais.



Sobre o Congresso leia por favor
aqui



Gostaríamos de lhe convidar a juntar-se ao nosso Congresso e desejar-lhe as

boas-vindas em Goa num evento atraente e estimulante!



Cumprimentos cordiais



Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG) - Sociedade Lusófona de Goa

i...@lusophonegoa.org

www.lusophonegoa.org






*“India and the Lusophone Market” *
*International Congress January 14 and 15, 2014 – Goa, India*

[Goanet] Goa news for December 23, 2013

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Goa tourism: Drug trade & infrastructure woes ail the
sector; in dire need of ... - Economic Times
hrA
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHEHWkPvwEE9-Xe3B53geYpNxDaXA&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/goa-tourism-drug-trade-infrastructure-woes-ail-the-sector-in-dire-need-of-a-boost/articleshow/27740123.cms?curpg=2

*** Ancient bone relic in Goa church might be of Queen Ketevan
of Georgia - The Hindu
ear-old bone relic kept in St. Augustinian Church in Goa is
likely to be a remnant of Queen Ketevan of Georgia (eastern
Europe), who was born in a royal family in 1565 in the medieval
...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGiI3DB7LUqxkit9VlkZ4zzdtTVxg&url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ancient-bone-relic-in-goa-church-might-be-of-queen-ketevan-of-georgia/article5490392.ece

*** Three foreign women robbed in Goa - NDTV
TVThree foreign women robbed in Goa. All India 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHlq3ZkhbT6K4n3zHhTga-QLmA75A&url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/three-foreign-women-robbed-in-goa-461387

*** Narendra Modi may follow Santa Claus into Goa - NDTV
1uKGhJRv1fMBVM-Sw
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH4uWpRYqjjzE5wHLYd5nZ7NvGUvg&url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/narendra-modi-may-follow-santa-claus-into-goa-461830

*** Kerala bowled out for 273 against Goa - Cricket Country
FxubLKkA
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFv0hKSzno4i2Dcs4d4ZMn9KFiWug&url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/ranji-trophy-2013-14-kerala-bowled-out-for-273-against-goa-78316

*** Goan, not forgotten - Stuff.co.nz
anned French hippy tells me that in the 1970s he and his cronies
set up a temporary squat in the church's back rooms, even
dressing up in the World Heritage UNESCO site regal ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHNImkNJmvFlTV6V-t1KZpBLW6llw&url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/asia/9547052/Goan-not-forgotten

*** Modi may follow Santa Claus to Goa - IBNLive
NLivePanaji: BJP prime minister hopeful Narendra Modi may follow
Santa Claus' footsteps to Goa this season, party sources said on
Sunday. The Gujarat Chief Minister is scheduled to attend one of
the three wedding related ceremonies of his Goa
counterpart ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGdZZREZV8qfVhn9_VHZhzLYYOMsg&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/modi-may-follow-santa-claus-to-goa/441035-37-64.html

*** On IM radar: Tourists in Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and
Goa - Times of India
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http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFOT_xjCilkbo6l-9XTPgxcbX1gFg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/On-IM-radar-Tourists-in-Delhi-Rajasthan-Maharashtra-and-Goa/articleshow/27762284.cms

*** MHA asks Goa to choose DGP from 3 IPS officers - Times of
India
ns with the ministry of home affairs (MHA) over the posting of
IPS officers appears to have paid off with Goa being sent a list
of three IPS officers to choose from for the post of Director
...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHvz2Q-K26elJiEVitza-BLaiEr_Q&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/MHA-asks-Goa-to-choose-DGP-from-3-IPS-officers/articleshow/27759917.cms

*** Bone relic in Goa church might be from Georgian Queen: DNA
study - The Hindu
ear-old bone relic kept in St. Augustinian Church in Goa is
likely to be a remnant of Queen Ketevan of Georgia (eastern
Europe), who was born in a royal family in 1565 in the medieval
...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFTzrgNBsr3xJrFUt8BhTDICqUaOQ&url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/bone-relic-in-goa-church-might-be-from-georgian-queen-dna-study/article5489964.ece


Compiled by Goanet News Service
http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php

[Goanet] Fw: A spectacular rendition of the Indian National Anthem

[Con Menezes]

Subject: A spectacular rendition of the Indian National Anthem


SALUTE TO THE CREATOR OF a GREAT NATION

This is a spectacular rendition of the National Anthem released through the 
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

This version is the whole song and not just the first stanza. The talented 
singers are a delight to listen to! The meaning is also explained so 
beautifully in English. (10.03 mins.)



http://www.youtube.com/embed/JltFQS9kFXA




ENJOY!!!


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[Goanet] Voice of Goa, Gladrin Fernandes singing

[JoeGoaUk]

Kingfisher's voice of Goa 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3gKUhIS3I




For Goan Video Clips 
http://youtube.com/joeukgoa 

In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] Meet some Bomboikar Tiatrists Betty Naz, Sucorine, Tita Pretto..

[JoeGoaUk]

Meet some Bomboikar TiatristsSome Tiatr video clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ZmZkshSBI


Betty Naz, Sucorine, Tita Pretto, Abee, Salferns, Carrie, Tony Martins, 
Michael Martins (of Zeemix Trio), Francis Fernandes

Extra: 13 awardees pics and some footage on Tita
 
Tiatr konnem Laila Uzo by Late C Alvares
Directed by his daughter Capucina Alvares

More here
http://joegoauk-konkani-tiatr-vcds-films.blogspot.in/2013/12/tiatr-academy-honoured-13-senior.html

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] Sleep Therapy Seen as an Aid for Depression - NYTimes.com

[Con Menezes]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/health/treating-insomnia-to-heal-depression.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2&;

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[Goanet] Selma Carvalho: Adrift in an alien land - Portuguese passport-holding Goans arrivals in the UK

[Eddie Fernandes]

22 Dec: Herald (London Post). Selma Carvalho writes, 

"I have come to meet a Goan couple who live in a rented room . It is what
the English would contemptuously describe as 'third world' and yet this is
the life so many invisible immigrants endure in Britain. 
 
Portuguese passport-holding Goans arrive in an already depressed UK economy,
where jobs are difficult to find and the slightest downturn leads to layoffs
or reduced hours. To survive, they borrow from banks and relatives or worse
still, from quickfix money lending agencies charging usurious rates of
interest. Burdened with financial problems, unable to cope in an alien
country and cast adrift by their inability to communicate in English, they
spiral into debt, drink and depression. 

There is also currently a crackdown on landlords renting rooms and sheds
unfit for habitation. All this will make it that much more difficult for new
Portuguese passport-holding Goans contemplating a move to England."  

Full text, 891 words, + photos at http://bit.ly/1bYZlV6

Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Christmas Day

[Jude Botelho]

21-Dec-2013

Dear friend,

If you light a candle under a floodlight, who cares? Where there already is a 
great light, who wants a flickering wick of new light? We live under the blaze 
of neon lights, and arc lamps, so sometimes we don't realize that we don't see 
clearly what is sometimes in the shadows. It is only in a blackout that we 
appreciate the importance of a flickering light or burning candle. On the other 
hand, "those who live in a world of darkness are specially prepared to "see" 
whatever light may seek them out. Christmas is a feast of the birth of the 
light of the world. May we acknowledge our darkness and seek the Light! Wishing 
you an enlightened Christmas! Fr. Jude

Sunday Reflections: Christmas Day "Today a Saviour is born! Light of the World! 
Glory to God in the highest!" 25-Dec-2013
Isaiah 9: 1-6;          Titus 2: 11-14;          Luke 1: 1-14;

The prophet Isaiah reminds us that Jesus came to bring the Light to a darkened 
world! "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. In the light 
of his light we can see ourselves and others more clearly. We all have darkness 
within us, which means that we all have potential to "see" the light. The 
surprise of the Incarnation is the light it sheds on the whole landscape of our 
common life: all are "made glorious" because "a child as been born for us, a 
son given to us". Here is the Light that redefines "family," and reshapes our 
vision of what it means to belong to one another within the People of God.

Jesus pitched his tent among us
The custom of placing lighted candles in the windows at Christmas was brought 
to America by the Irish. When religion was suppressed throughout Ireland during 
the English persecution, the people had no churches. Priests hid in the forests 
and caves and secretly visited the farms and homes to say Mass there during the 
night. It was the dearest wish of every Irish family that at least once in 
their lifetime a priest would arrive at Christmas to celebrate Mass. For this 
grace they hoped and prayed all through the year. When Christmas came they left 
their doors unlocked and placed burning candles in the windows so that any 
priest who happened to be in the vicinity could be welcomed and guided to their 
home through the dark night. Silently the priest would enter through the 
unlatched door and be received by the devout inhabitants with fervent prayers 
of gratitude and tears of happiness that their home was to become a church for 
Christmas. To justify this
 practice in the eyes of the English soldiers, the Irish people explained that 
they burned the candles and kept the doors unlocked so that Mary and Joseph, 
looking for a place to stay, would find their way to their home and be welcomed 
with open hearts. The candles in the windows have always remained a cherished 
practice of the Irish, although many of them have long since forgotten the 
earlier meaning.
William Barker in 'Tarbell's Teacher's Guide'

Surrounded by silence, surrounded by the night, the Word who is with God - who 
is God - is made flesh. To those who accept him 'he gave power to become the 
children of God'. This is the very heart of the mystery we celebrate at 
Christmas. We have here no myth, no mere ideology; the Messiah, our Lord and 
Saviour, is born at a definite time and place. The presence of the Lord in our 
history is a permanent call to return to the sources of our faith. Jesus is 
born in Bethlehem, surrounded by shepherds and animals. His parents had come to 
a stable because they had not found a place in the inn. There in marginality, 
the Son of God entered history, the Word became flesh. We are concerned not so 
much with the details of his birth as with the central fact of Mary, 
ever-virgin wife of Joseph, tending her child. By this means the mystery of how 
this unique first-born of mankind entered into our world, is safeguarded. God's 
feeling for the little and humble people
 is shown when it is to poor shepherds that the birth of the Good Shepherd is 
first announced. The 'sign' given to them is Poverty in person, a sign that 
must find a profound echo in their hearts. For the shepherds, the message the 
Lord has sent them means that 'this thing that has happened' is real, this 
thing is true. They hasten with all speed and find what their hearts seek: not 
riches or power, but the Child, the reality of the sign given to them. That is 
enough for them, for they are in harmony with him. Indeed they become the first 
missionaries of the gospel, telling this good news to all in the neighbourhood. 
From the first Christmas on, we cannot separate Christian faith from human 
history. The incarnation of the Son of God is the heart of the message of 
solidarity with everyone, especially with the marginalized and the oppressed. 
It is a proclamation of hope -a hope that may appear insignificant for us 
historically, like the birth of the child
 we celebrate at Christmas. But this hope is the seed of li

[Goanet] NEW INCENTIVES TO STUDENTS UNDER P.C.TRUST

[Nelson Lopes]

New incentives  by donors under PEOPLE OF CHINCHINIM TRUST
Mr Sacramento Mariano Luis(Lewis) memorial prize founded by daughter Mrs
Lolita/Sataninho Rodrigues,r/o Bamado Chinchinim, since 20/12/2013,
effective from March 2014 SSCE, Goa Board examinations. The Principal
amount is Rs 10,000=
First student amongst the  High schools of Chinchinim/Sarzora will be
eligible

DESERVING STUDENTS FUND
Mr Abhay and Mrs Sujal Angle r/o Dandeavado Chinchinim have donated Rs5000=
since 13/12/2013 towards thIS fund, for uniforms, notebooks, dictionaries,
school bags, compass boxes etc

The P.C.TRUST is bringing out a souvenir on the felicitation function in
January 2014, celebrating 40 years of service to the students of the
schools of Chinchinim Village
We will appreciate your good wishes at Rs 1000= black page, Rs 1500=
coloured page and Rs 500=  The address Mr Nelson Lopes 603, Dandeavado
Chinchinim

THE PEOPLE OF CHINCHINIM CONTINUE TO BE OUR PILLARS, STRENGTH OF FOUNDATION
AND SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGE,MENT

Re: [Goanet] Facts that unite Goan Indians

[Santosh Helekar]

Here is accurate information regarding the history of citizenship and 
international law. Citizenship has been recognized since the time of the Greek 
city states and the Roman empire. Ever since conquerors have granted 
citizenship to the people living in their conquered territories. International 
Law was first codified in 1840s. Jeremy Bentham is responsible for that term. 
An 1861 statement of this law with specific regard to citizenship states the 
following:

QUOTE
§ 11. It may be laid down as a general rule, that the inhabitants of a 
conquered territory who remain in it, become citizens of the new state; for 
justice would seem to require that the rights of citizenship should be given 
them in return for their allegiance. But this general rule of justice must 
yield to the conditions upon which the conquered are incorporated into the new 
state, and to the peculiar character of the institutions and municipal laws of 
the conqueror. It could not reasonably be expected that the conquering state 
would modify or change its laws and political institutions by the mere act of 
incorporating into it the inhabitants of a conquered territory. The inhabitants 
so incorporated, therefore, may, or may not, acquire all the rights of citizens 
of the new government, according to its constitution and laws. It may, and 
sometimes does, happen, that a certain class of the citizens of the conquered 
territory are, by the laws of the new
 state, precluded from ever acquiring the full political rights of citizenship.
UNQUOTE

Those who want a pdf copy of the book giving the above statement are free to 
write to me privately to request it.

Cheers,

Santosh


 On Friday, December 20, 2013 8:55 PM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão 
 wrote:
 Hide message history

> COMMENT:
> 
> May I ask
> Shri. Helekar if there was any International Law in the year 1510 or 1543 or
> 1788 for there to be any legal obligations for a decision by the people on
> citizenship?
> 
> Was there
> any term “citizenship” in that era? 
> 
> Was there
> any global communication in that era? If not, when did it start? And when was 
> “Citizen’s
> Rights” established?
> 
> May we know
> how accurate is this “accurate” comment?Or is it accurate that you are trying 
> to 
> state that the Indians in the 20th century were as retarded as the people of 
> the 
> 16th century?
> 
> Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.                           
>

[Goanet] The Ice Storm

[roland.francis]

It was going to come like in 1998, from Texas, to hit Toronto and surrounding 
areas in Southern Canada and last night it did. 

20 to 30 mm of rain falls and hits the cold ground and turns to ice. Tree 
branches sag with the weight, crack and break and take power lines down with 
them. 250,000 people in Toronto have woken up without power this morning and to 
slick and icy roads outside. Driving on them however slowly would be hara-kiri.

Last night before going off to bed we made sure the flashlights were placed 
stategically all over the house and I went to the garage and kept the camping 
gas stove ready for the morning coffee. On waking up I saw what we were warned 
about. Power was off and some branches of the two huge ash trees in my backyard 
had snapped and fallen on to the large deck. No damage except cutting and 
clearing for me after the storm is over. The neighbor's tall fir tree is 
leaning precariously over his neighbors house but like the coconut, the fir 
bends but does not easily break. Luckily the hot water is still running but 
that will get exhausted after the tank in the basement depletes.

Electricity restoration is announced for 72 hours in stages. That means some of 
us Torontonians will get it back after Christmas day. Nothing like this 
situation to appreciate how dependent on the 'juice' we have become. The house 
will get cold but fortunately ice storms when the temperature is between minus 
1 and plus 1 celsius. All homes (not buildings) are built of wood decorated 
with brick outside which keeps them warm, unlike if they were made from 
all-brick or cement.

The ice storm of 1998, the last time such a thing happened, saw 100 mm of rain 
compared to today's 30 so the intensity would have been three times greater. 
Toronto's mayor wanted to call out the Army which later made us the laughing 
stock of Montrealers to whom all this seems like a cake walk since they are 
used to worse weather than us. 

So if you are lighting a bonfire there in Goa on Christmas eve, blow us a wish 
or two through George Pinto's and Philomena Giese's Venerable Jose Vaz for some 
season's cheer.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Roland.


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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day…..

[Gabe Menezes]

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Mariah Carey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaVtSHrP888

g



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Experience at Jet Airways

[Joe Lobo]

Roland,
If  what  you  say is  true..you  are  making  the  C.B.P.A.  sound 
like  a  Canadian  Gestapo.i  ask you  which  sane-minded goan  is 
anxious  to  import  anything  unhygenic / disease causing product to this 
fair  country.  Thank  you  for  your  advance  warning  anyway.
- Original Message - 
From: "roland.francis" 

To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Experience at Jet Airways


Canada Border Protection Agency are very strict about bringing in ANY 
animal or plant products (no exceptions) into Canada in any form including 
cured, cooked, vacuum packed or even canned.


If you answer 'yes' to the disembarking card question, they will 
confiscate it. If you declare as not caring any if these, their sniffer 
dogs will suss it out and besides confiscating, they will fine or can even 
deny entry to tourists.


Gone are the days of bringing any foodstuff in from Goa and it's all for 
the better considering the poor state of product and hygiene there.


Some Asians (including Indians) however persist in trying. For them 
there's a black mark with mandatory (rather than random) inspection of 
their baggage every time they enter for the next 6 years.


Roland.



Sent from Samsung Mobile

 Original message 
From: "Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão" 
Date: 20-12-2013  5:24 AM  (GMT-05:00)
To: goa...@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet]  Experience at Jet Airways



Jim, a year
or so back, Jet Airways had banned cured meats in the check-in baggage. So
Goans who carried sausages were offloaded of their sausages. 

Re: [Goanet] Vanny Bourne and Paper Roses

[Gabe Menezes]

Wow! Muito obrigado.

g


On 21 December 2013 23:41, roland.francis  wrote:

> This is for Gabe who has been continuously sending us a song a day for a
> long time now.
>
> Vanny (Vanessa) Bourne typifies the  Anglo from Bangalore even though she
> emigrated to Australia in 1987 when she was only 10.
>
> Goa in my day had Vanny Bournes too - naive, innocent and pretty as eye
> candy but unlike Anglo Indian girls, the damsels from Margao, Panjim and
> Vasco especially pre 1961 had a major hangup on 'caste' and family. Their
> Anglo counterparts were devoid of this. Perhaps Alfred Tavares may disagree.
>
> Hear Vanny's songs without missing her Connie Francis' Paper Roses, a
> number the AIs claim is amost their community anthem for the popularity it
> once enjoyed.
>
> www.vannybourne.com
>
> Happy memories Gabe.
>
> Roland.
>
> Sent from Samsung Mobile




-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Reportagem em Goa p Dra.Helena Balsa ( a s memoria ).-1999.

[Gabe Menezes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9e3jOAQLM

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Having a Servant Is Not a Right

[Jose Colaco]

On Dec 22, 2013, at 2:52 AM, augusto pinto  wrote:

(1) ' I think that Ananya Bhattacharyya is being a little simplistic when he 
says that "Having a servant you cannot pay a decent wage cannot be a 
birthright".

(2) 'The fact that one can employ a servant at below the minimum wage level 
means that there is more  supply than demand for them. '

(3) 'Otherwise they would hardly agree to work at that wage level.'

COMMENT: 

I will skip # 3 above as it is beyond my comprehension.

Re #2: As the 'minimum wage' is set by law, it follows that paying an employee 
below the minimum wage is not only exploitative, it is also in contravention of 
the law.

I agree with Ananya. If one cannot afford to (say) dine at a 7 star restaurant, 
one should consider eating at a little road side cafe . at home..or 
just Fasting on that day.

A few years ago, a 'ton' of professionals from South India turned up at a 
Caribbean island and offered to work without pay. All they were asking the 
island's govt to do was to pay Board and Lodge. The island actually had 
vacancies it could fill with about 75% of the professionals. It could have 
exploited the situation and justify it on 'market forces'. To that country's 
credit, it did not do so. It found employment for all the applicants at the 
base salary for that profession.

Many countries recognize that the 'financially strapped' would agree to any 
contractual terms. When one is desperate, one is desperate. In order to protect 
the disadvantaged, these countries have enacted UCTA ( unfair contract terms 
Acts).

In the index situation, the mega-problem would not have arisen if it was just a 
question of under-paying. The main issue here which attracted attention is one 
of possible Fraud in Declaration, and possibly of 'leaning on' the weaker party 
which could mean anything from assault to whatever.

BTW: for all the (justifiable) complaints women have about exploitative men, it 
is quite ironic that those who harass daughters-in-law most - appear mainly to 
be women, those who treat the household help badly are mainly women and those 
who are super-harsh to female juniors at the work place reportedly are mainly 
women bosses; and I am not referring only to folks like Indira, Maggie and 
Aquino. (Please note that I have seen a few good mothers-in-law and a fewer 
number of good female bosses)

Ask any woman this question: Would you prefer a Man or a Woman as your boss at 
work? Do tell us what answers you receive. 

jc

[Goanet] happy christmas

[Nelson Lopes]

Christmas is a very special reason
Wishing friends we know here, joy, peace and happiness of the season,
In my thoughts friends you are throughout the year ,
be it far,  dear and yet so near
Nelson Lopes, Chinchinim

[Goanet] GOANET REFORMAT: Re: Having a Servant Is Not a Right (John Eric Gomes)

[Goanet Reformat]

 John Eric Gomes :

I agree. If you see her father ( retired bureaucrat) voiceferously
defending her on TV talk shows and having her power of attorney in
Mumbai, he illegally got her a flat in Adarsh building. Being a dalit
like Maywati also typifies, is like reverse snobishness and power to
be a law unto oneself! The VIP syndrome exhibited once again!

NOTE TO POSTER: Pls trim the earlier msg before replying.

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Having a Servant Is Not a Right

[augusto pinto]

While I too think that servants should be paid decently and also their
status should be better, I think that Ananya Bhattacharyya is being a
little simplistic when he says that "Having a servant you cannot pay a decent
wage cannot be a birthright".

The fact that one can employ a servant at below the minimum wage level
means that there is more  supply than demand for them. Otherwise they would
hardly agree to work at that wage level. There are also other perks like
food, clothes and housing, no matter how bad, which come with the work. If
one enforced a minimum wage then it would deprive this class of the
sustenance which it provides them now.

However compared to some other states, in Goa the case is quite the
opposite and it is pretty difficult to get anyone, let alone domestic
servants, to work at the minimum wage level of 180 per day - which would
amount to Rs 5400/ per month. Most of the programs like NREGA which are
meant to provide employment to unskilled labor go abegging in Goa because
the wage rate in the market is much higher.

As for the status of domestic servants I think it will take a while for
societal attitudes to change, as happened in Portugal where there are no
longer criadas or servidors but only empregadas da casa. But they will
change.

Augusto

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Augusto Pinto
40, Novo Portugal
Moira, Bardez
Goa, India
E pinto...@gmail.com
P 0832-2470336
M 9881126350

[Goanet] Whipping up delicious dishes, AND Russians tourists- thegoan.net

[Camillo Fernandes]

http://www.thegoan.net/India/Bombay/Whipping-up-delicious-recipes/06917.html


http://www.thegoan.net/Goa/Cover-Story/Goa-has-had-tourists-for-years-Never-have-we-looked-at-those-from-one-country-with-so-much-fear/06941.html