[Goanet] My opinion piece in today's OHeraldo

[Eugene Correia]

OHeraldo, Jan 4, 2014

political pulse
EUGENE CORREIA


What lies ahead?

Political pundits and those who are anti- AAP are awaiting the results of
Arvind Kejriwal’s many promises, including making Indian politics
corruption free and introducing better governance. The AAP is a new twist
to Goa's politics. Where it goes depends upon its success in making inroads
into the public mind and heart A s the year drew to a close, the Vishnu
Wagh incident where he was beaten up allegedly by members of his own party,
sums up what ' s wrong with Goa's politics. The MLA has been a thorn in the
BJP’s side and his verbal outbursts has made the party nervous, more so
those who held power. His fight and his predicament of which way to turn,
perhaps for some political gain, is the same of those in the forefront of
making Goa a better place to live and work in. But like many others who
left the Congress to jump on the BJP bandwagon, Wagh may not be further
welcomed into the Congress. Joining the Aam Admi Party ( AAP), if he's
welcome, can be an option for him in the current circumstances.

Or he can start another party as plodding alone in Goa’s political scenario
can be a losing proposition.

The AAP could be a thorn in BJP's side. The party has come out flying in
Delhi and has staked a claim to the MP seats in North and South Goa. If the
party succeeds, there could be a new thrust in Goa's politics. It could
spring a surprise if its candidates defeat the sitting MPs, just as it
sprung a surprise by ousting the Congress government in Delhi.

AAP has on board two faces that are easily recognizable in Goa-- that of
popular singer Remo Fernandes and activist Dr Oscar Rebello. The latter has
earned some political stripes and public admiration. Remo's disdain for
politicians is wellknown through his album " Politicians don't know how to
rock ' n' roll." If the AAP nominates him as a candidate for one of the Lok
Sabha seats and he wins, then perhaps he would be fully a politician. Can
he then " rock" Goa’s politics? It's sometimes necessary to be inside
politics to change politics. Let's remember what US President Lyndon B
Johnson said during the civil struggle, " It's probably better to have him
inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in." Politics
can be strange. Political pundits and those who are anti- AAP are awaiting
the results of Arvind Kejriwal’s many promises, including making Indian
politics corruption free and introducing better governance. The AAP is a
new twist to Goa's politics. Where it goes depends upon its success in
making inroads into the public mind and heart. Dr Oscar Rebello has said
that AAP should take up the regional plan. The development of Goa is the
way ahead for any party that comes to power.

How to go about it should be the priority for such a party.

Would the AAP take away the supporters of The United Goans Democratic Party
( UDGP) and the Su- Raaj party, both heralded as local entities? No doubt
the UGDP was a potent opposing force at one time but it has lost its sting,
though some electoral success has kept its flag flying.

The " third space" in Goa's politics that these parties occupied may well
be gone in the new hands of the AAP. Groups such as the newly formed Goa
for Goans ( GFG) and the Save Goa Front ( SGF), which contested the
elections, may lose their already tenuous influence in Goa. Whatever comes
in the future, the AAP presence in Goa may have sent shivers down the spine
of such parties and groups as well as put the national parties on notice.
The winds of change that blew over Delhi should come down Goa's way. To
cleanse the Goa government's augean stables is of prime importance. The
Manohar Parrikar government has failed so far to live up to expectations
and it's unlikely the Congress can make any significant inroads. It has
injected John Fernandes, a former Rajya Sabha MP, into its bloodstream.
Fernandes is no " newbie" to Goa's politics but he's been in the shadows
for too long, only occasionally making his voice heard. The Congress, it
seems, wanted an uncontroversial person at the helm, and Fernandes fitted
the bill. But will he wield real power in a party dominated by those who
have been former chief ministers and ministers? Some of its MLAs behave
like " chotta nawabs" and run their constituencies with unchastened power.
The Congress High Command has turned a Nelson's eye to the abuse of these
Congressmen. But Rahul Gandhi has set the ball rolling to make Congress the
party it once was and may be to steal a march over AAP in the fight against
corruption, which is endemic in India.

Goa's economy may have been shattered and the all- powerful Goa Chamber of
Commerce and Industry ( GCCI) has requested the centre to come to the aid
of Goa. In hindsight, one has to consider what J C Almedia, former chief
secretary, noted that Pratapsing Rane, then the CM, gave wrong financial
statements to the Rajiv Gandhi government at the centre. Now the chicken
has come hom

[Goanet] ANNOUNCEMENT: The ICG Winter Veggie Seedling Sale TOMORROW Sat 4th Jan

[Yogita Mehra]

Hello,

I request you to please publish this listing for our event TOMORROW 4th Jan
2014.

Thanks for your support.

**
*KICKSTART YOUR KITCHEN GARDEN IN THE NEW YEAR*

*The ICG Winter Veggie Seedling Sale*
Get your vegetable seedlings & seeds *TODAY*!

Getting your vegetable garden started can be challenging if you don't have
access to seedlings - because germinating seeds for transplanting into your
beds and pots can be a challenge.

To help Goa's organic kitchen gardeners kickstart their gardens for 2014,
the International Centre Goa and Green Essentials are pleased to announce a
new initiative - the ICG Community Nursery at Dona Paula. The nursery will
begin by offering seasonal vegetable saplings for sale - cabbage,
cauliflower, broccoli, tomato, basil, lettuce, endive, pak choy and others
are available for this season.

*DETAILS*
*WHERE: International Center Goa, Dona Paula*
*WHEN:Saturday, 4th January 2014, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM*
*Contact 99606-43245 for details.*

Limited seedlings are available on a first come first serve basis.
Cabbage
Basil
Lettuce
Pak Choi
Endive
Broccoli

*Vegetable seeds also available.*

*



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[Goanet] Off Topic: Video: Interviews with Chris Hadfield

[Albert Peres]

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

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on George Stroumboulopoulos (CBC TV)
Published on Oct 30, 2013 (30 mins)
When retired astronaut Chris Hadfield was in the red chair he talked 
extensively about his time on the International Space Station, his 
family and more. Here's the full interview.


---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl91SwwN_L0
Chris Hadfield in Studio Q (CBC Radio1)
Q with Jian Ghomeshi
Published on Nov 1, 2013
After a fascinating few months aboard the International Space Station, 
he cemented his reputation as a remarkable communicator as well as a 
veteran astronaut. He joins Jian at the desk in Studio Q to talk about 
his book 'An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'.


--
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[Goanet] Aging and Depression

[Con Menezes]

Is there a link between depression & aging?
More here..
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/aging-depression.aspx

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Re: [Goanet] And The Corruption Goes On

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

Jeep scandal of 1948 was the beginning. Just one year after India's 
independence. The same bloke then spread unfounded rumours about Goa before 
invading it. Just so that he could continue in power. 




On Friday, 3 January 2014 8:17 AM, roland.francis  
wrote:
 
The Indian Armed Forces was once the bastion of everything good about India. 
Courage, loyalty, selflessness, equality, discipline, endeavour to excel.
>
>But over the years like every other institution in the country, the qualities 
>that had made it unique have been corroded. 
>
>The latest scandal that has caused the government to cancel the Augusta 
>Westland helicopter deal reaches up to even a former chief of the air force S 
>P Tyagi.
>
>In a highly disciplined force where obeying orders can mean laying your life 
>on the line, it is imperative that the ones giving those orders must be above 
>moral reproach. Alas, some Indian commanders have not been meeting that high 
>standard lately.
>
>If India was not prepared for China in 1962 then one can say with all the 
>corruption scandals unearthed in recent years in the forces,  that should a 
>two pronged Pakistan-Chinese intrusion occur, India will be humiliated. 
>Already China has warned of war if India absorbs Bhutan which India has no 
>choice but to do to prevent China encircling its North East territories. This 
>has been downplayed in the Indian media. 
>
>Roland.
>
>
>Sent from Samsung Mobile
>
>

[Goanet] What the CIA (and others) learnt about Goa...

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

Goa after Bandodkar (1973)
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1973NEWDE09451_b.html

Questionable manoeuvering on all sides (in Goa assembly, 2005)
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05MUMBAI370_a.html

Goans explain decisions to scrap SEZs (2008)
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08MUMBAI544_a.html

Maximo Dias, and "peaceful independence" in Mozambique
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1973LOUREN00674_b.html

Spinola: Portugal's "great national tragedy was 'amputation of Goa'
(which might never have occurred had Spinola's federation of
autonomous states been in effect at the time"
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974LISBON00778_b.html

Rumours that Vassalo e Silva might take over as Governor Gen of Angola
after coup in Portugal
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974LUANDA00306_b.html

"While (Samora) Machel is the focal point of power, he leans heavily
on a small group of Marxist-oriented mulattos and Goans in formulating
policy."
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976MAPUTO00888_b.html

In de Nittis' view, Govt of India position [on appointing bishops]
might have been influenced by groups in Bombay "who call themselves
Catholic" and who favour a national church. He made no mention of
Goans in this connection, indeed, in discussing the Church in Goa, he
said that the problem was that the Goan Catholics, particularly the
middle-aged and elderly clergy, considered themselves outside the
mainstream of Indian life...
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976NEWDE17870_b.html

Goans migrating to Venezuela via Portugal
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976GENEVA09114_b.html

Goan iron ore mining industry and export trade (no document available)
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974BOMBAY+A-70_b.html
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974BOMBAY02889_b.html

Data sought following 74 days of unusually high-tides in 1974
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974NEWDE04093_b.html

Fertilizer plant pollution in Goa, report on
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975NEWDE05381_b.html

National marine science policies, India
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976NEWDE13660_b.html

Other states:

The bio of Indian ambassador Eric Gonsalves
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975NEWDE10544_b.html

Congress in Himachal passes anti-conversion bill
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07NEWDELHI80_a.html

Karnataka church attacks rooted in politics (2008)
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08NEWDELHI2513_a.html

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[Goanet] Goa news for January 3, 2014

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Post Bigg Boss Gauhar, Kushal welcome New Year together in
Goa - India Today
oss-7-love-story-gauhar-khan-kushal-tandon-in-goa-2014-01-01-1.533182">Bigg
Boss 7 love story: Gauhar Khan, Kushal Tandon in Goa
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHLHrm2yltiyIpLDrcqfjkWEpWBFg&url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/post-bigg-boss-gauahar-kushal-welcome-new-year-together-in-goa/1/334022.html

*** J&K qualify, edge Goa by 0.001 - ESPNcricinfo.com
nnings lead, needed to beat Tripura on the last day or ensure
they kept their score in the second ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGpzNAXBOYlVSuFb8RhPEJ4mJKEkg&url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/706401.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

*** Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar are Goans by origin, says
Goa Chief Minister ... - Daily News & Analysis
odi-to-address-rally-in-goa-on-jan-12/1214180/">Narendra Modi to
address rally in Goa on Jan 12
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF6cYxqjqFEWvKKlh8TxY2C6M3VPA&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-sachin-tendulkar-sunil-gavaskar-are-goans-by-origin-says-goa-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar-1944256

*** Goa's politicos find 'no threat' in AAP appeal - Times of
India
inger-musician Remo Fernandes and general physician-cum-
activist Oscar Rebello-to AAP's fold on Saturday, political
outfits in Goa opine the latest ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH0_0Qjz1q550SO6X0Hwhuf_oCUOA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goas-politicos-find-no-threat-in-AAP-appeal/articleshow/28253780.cms

*** Goa collect six points with win over Andhra - thatsCricket
icket win over Andhra to finish their Group 'C' league
engagement with 28 points and kept themselves in the fray for
the knock stage of the Ranji Trophy, here Wednesday (January 1).
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEBmNaGnu4seaYNmXUsOQjIfhXuoA&url=http://www.thatscricket.com/news/2014/01/02/goa-collect-six-points-with-win-over-andhra-070367.html

*** After attack by party cadre, Goa BJP MLA to form social
front - Business Standard
olitical front for backward sections of society. Wagh, who
represents St Andre constituency, was manhandled by a ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHaw3HoUwThhAglt7wQ-fnr32SWew&url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/after-attack-by-party-cadre-goa-bjp-mla-to-form-social-front-114010200240_1.html

*** Will make Goa drugs free: Tourism minister - Times of India
o-be-made-safe-clean-family-destination-tourism-minister-22758">Goa
to be made safe, clean family destination: Tourism Minister
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGfNg8F2uSOhvyiSvssM8qc1HuRAQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Will-make-Goa-drugs-free-Tourism-minister/articleshow/28242628.cms

*** No kidding: Goa casinos come with creches - Times of India
ear-old twins from Mumbai playing with an assortment of toys as
their nanny watches a grainy Marathi black and white film on the
mounted telly. The parents are out ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEGYEr8EbnH9zxYtsugo4YSMWn4Ig&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/No-kidding-Goa-casinos-come-with-creches/articleshow/28302893.cms

*** 187 rankers at Goa varsity's 26th annual convocation - Times
of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Around 187 rankers and 66 medal winners will
receive their awards at the 26{ t}{ h} annual convocation of Goa
University (GU) on January 7 at the varsity's Jubilee Hall.
Ashank Desai, former alumni of GU affiliated Goa Engineering
College and ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGV8qywDl88pqIv-9TW-iOv-Q2wXA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/187-rankers-at-Goa-varsitys-26th-annual-convocation/articleshow/28253952.cms

*** Identity papers must for guests at religious centres in
North Goa - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: The hotels, lodging and boarding, private
guest and paying guest accommodations of all religious bodies in
North Goa will now have the right to deny admission to any
person in their premises if he or she fails to produce the
requisite ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG9_jRXU6yoxRVNAcOnpw5yJj6dSA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Identity-papers-must-for-guests-at-religious-centres-in-North-Goa/articleshow/28288905.cms


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

[Goanet] College Choir function on Saturday, Jan 4, at Panjim

[Frederick Noronha]

College Choir function on Saturday, Jan 4, at Panjim

Goanet

It faced its first audiences in December 2012 after being
formed in March of that year.  Its birth came about almost
accidental -- when a film crew wanting to include a choir
performance.  Today it is called the College Choir.

"There are today 18 members in the choir between the age of
17-22 years.  We call it the College Choir of the Kala
Academy, because its members come from diverse colleges of
Goa," says the 79-year-old live wire Jean Kalgutkar, who
trained the group.

It was initially made up of Kala Academy students. Later,
more were recruited by word of mouth.  "We expanded it, and
started meeting other interested people.  Some of the
original members dropped out too," says Kalgutkar.

What were the challenges in putting together such an
experiment?  Says she: "Out of 18, nine could not read music.
So I would play it on the piano, and they would record it on
their phones and the learnt it at home.  The phones were a
great help, most have a recording facility today!"

But Kalgutkar has gratitude for other reasons too: "They
learn very quickly.  They're musical kids.  They pick up
melodies very fast."

Kalgutkar has been in Goa for the past 12 years, after moving
down from Mumbai.  She told this correspondent: "I have no
regrets at all.  One of the high point of the stay here has
been the starting of this choir.  For the first time in my
life, I'm training a four-part choir.  Otherwise, in the last
40 years, I've been teaching a girls school -- first in
Bombay, at the JB Petit School and then I came here it was
the Kala Academy, which had a girls choir with only young
boys who have soprano voices.  I've always longed to train a
four-part mixed choir."

Kalgutkar is to be 80 in May 2014, and has been teaching
music from 1968.  "Before that, I was a housewife.  When my
mother-in-law came to live with us, I felt free to go out of
the house, she completely took over the household duties."

Jean started off as a piano player for a singing teacher, in
Girton High School at Grant Road.  Then taught at the Convent
of Jesus & Mary's and St Anns's, both located in Bombay
(Mumbai's) Fort locality.  Then came her stint at the J.B.
Petit School.  "It was a fantastic school.  The principal was
an educationist of the best kind, letting children talk of
everything.  A very open and stimulating school.  I really
enjoyed my 14 years there," she reminiscences.

Health issues prompted her to come to Goa. "Pollution and
dust got to me.  I was on heavy medication," she adds.

Says Kalgutkar, sprightly and with an infectious style of
inspiring her musical students: "I think senior citizens can
contribute more than young people, who are tied down with
children and household duties.  We're free, with no
responsibilities, and lots of free time.  More senior
citizens should come forward and do something.  Like raising
literacy levels in underpriviledged areas." She has also
taught at the Hamara School for the underpriviledged for
awhile, in Panjim government colony, at Sant Inez.

What are her views on musical education in today's Goa?

Says she: "I don't find it satisfactory.  I don't find the
Trinity College (of London) syllabus developing the
musicianship of a child.  We perhaps need to follow the
continental method, which could offer a better all-round
musical education, than the British."

She rues the demise of the Church's promotion of music
education, that exists in the Goa of the past, and allowed so
many from here to flourish in the field of music.  "At the
school level music should be a subject, taking the place of
the old parish musical training that they got," she suggests.

Kalgutkar adds: "But overall, I have a problem about Western
music.  It's made out to be the only music in the world.
It's so sad that we faintest idea of what goes on in Indian
music, which is even derided.  I feel very strongly that,
specially in Goa, if you're not Westernised you're not
considered cultured.  As if Western culture is the only
culture in the world!  The wonderful tradition of Indian
music is completely unknown to our [the Catholic] community."

She says: "Children are sometimes so backward where rhythm is
concerned.  On the other hand, you seen ten-year-old boys
sitting in the tabla class who can play complex rhythms on
the tabla.  Why can't we learn from them?"

  ---
  The College Choir performs on Saturday, January 4,
  2014 at the Kala Academy Black Box, at 6.30 pm.
  The event is unticketed and open to all (priority
  for those entering early).  This will be followed
  by an hour of community Carol singing.

[Goanet] And The Corruption Goes On

[roland.francis]

The Indian Armed Forces was once the bastion of everything good about India. 
Courage, loyalty, selflessness, equality, discipline, endeavour to excel.

But over the years like every other institution in the country, the qualities 
that had made it unique have been corroded. 

The latest scandal that has caused the government to cancel the Augusta 
Westland helicopter deal reaches up to even a former chief of the air force S P 
Tyagi.

In a highly disciplined force where obeying orders can mean laying your life on 
the line, it is imperative that the ones giving those orders must be above 
moral reproach. Alas, some Indian commanders have not been meeting that high 
standard lately.

If India was not prepared for China in 1962 then one can say with all the 
corruption scandals unearthed in recent years in the forces,  that should a two 
pronged Pakistan-Chinese intrusion occur, India will be humiliated. Already 
China has warned of war if India absorbs Bhutan which India has no choice but 
to do to prevent China encircling its North East territories. This has been 
downplayed in the Indian media. 

Roland.


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[Goanet] Fwd: Registration Form for ONB 116 : Western Music in dialogue with Philosophy, History and Arts. Part II

[augusto pinto]

More Fun courses offered by Great Masters at Goa University in Jan & Feb
2014 open to the public with their registration links

*Ustad Baha'ud-din Dagar*: *Concept of Dhrupad in Indian Classical Music*:
http://www.unigoa.ac.in/uploads/content/VRPP/CourseDetails/DagarCourseJan10_18.pdf

*Jeet Thayil:* How to Read& Write a Poem:
http://www.unigoa.ac.in/uploads/content/VRPP/CourseDetails/JeetThayilCourseJan03_09.pdf

*Romila Thapar: Revisiting Ancient Indian History*:
http://www.unigoa.ac.in/uploads/content/VRPP/CourseDetails/RomilaThaparCourse.pdf

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mYafkpWXs2pxB9Bj9pKcWoPXqrooxoqpMUAiH91SkV8/viewform

Santiago Lusadi Girelli: Western Music in dialogue with Philosophy, History
and Arts. PartII:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mYafkpWXs2pxB9Bj9pKcWoPXqrooxoqpMUAiH91SkV8/viewform

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[Goanet] Fr. Inacio Almeida passes away - goacom.com

[Camillo Fernandes]

http://goacom.com/goa-news-highlights/16700-fr-inacio-almeida-passes-away   
  

[Goanet] Illuminated Leadership, Wise Governance, And How The Jesuits Invented Modern Management

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

Illuminated Leadership, Wise Governance, And How The Jesuits Invented
Modern Management
http://forbesindia.com/article/ie/illuminated-leaderhip-wise-governance-and-how-the-jesuits-invented-modern-management/33707/0

The spiritual SAS
Simon Callow finds Jonathan Wright's account of the Jesuits engaging
but not illuminating
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/31/featuresreviews.guardianreview6

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[Goanet] Welcome to Britain...

[Gabe Menezes]

….all E.U. Passport holders - including our Portuguese Passport
holders….Keith Vaz.

*http://tinyurl.com/o2r59c5 *

*Be prepared to work and you should be okay!*


*When I first came down we were living 3/4 to a room in Muswell Hill
(Church Crescent) albeit we had a a dining living room as well.*

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Gopal Kharvi - Guinness World Record Holder.

[Jagotik Konknni Songhotton]

Guinness World Record holder, our own Konkani, *Shri Gopal Kharvi*, will be
felicitated by Jagotik Konknni Songhotton, at the *First General Body of
‘All India Konkani Writers’ Organisation’*, on *Jan. 19, 2014*, at *12.30
noon*, at *Kalaangann, Mangalore*.



As only 4 have responded to our repeated requests, we have been able to
mobilize only a small amount.



I, therefore, once again request you to contribute generously to this
effort. Please note that a poor man like Gopal Kharvi ended-up spending
more than Rs. 13 lakh, which he borrowed from banks and other institutions,
to achieve this record feat. It is our duty to support him and show that we
are proud of a Konkani who has achieved the impossible against all odds.



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[Goanet] SHANTARAM NAIK INAUGURATES SMART BOARD AT NAVELIM UNDER MPLAD

[Shantaram Naik]

*Shantaram Naik M P*

*2137, Near Swami Math,*

*Gogol, Margao, Goa*

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*02/1/2014*





*SHANTARAM NAIK INAUGURATES SMART BOARD AT NAVELIM UNDER MPLAD*



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Mr Shantaram Naik M P said that Smart Boards are the most modern
instruments of teaching and schools and the teachers have to make maximum
use of such instruments FOR IMPROVING THEIR TEACHING.



Mr Naik addressing the students and teachers of VIVIDHA Higher Secondary
School at Navelim in North Goa said while inaugurating a Smart Board given
to the school under MPLAD , that it is at his instance that the Smart
Boards were included under the MPLAD Scheme and that so far he has
recommended 4 such boards for North Goa and six for South Goa ,at a total
cost of SIX  lakhs 18 thousand rupees.



Mr Naik said besides Smart Boards he has so far recommended 31 Digital
Cyclostyling machines at a total cost of 46 lakhs 19000 rupees for both the
districts of Goa.



Mr Naik assured that VIVIDHA School will soon get school furniture and
other electronic items they have requested.



Mr Naik suggested that the Government should include operation of Smart
Boards in their training programs and also said the school PTAs too, should
take interest in cooperating with management in this regard.



Mr Naik said as a part of fulfilling Late Shri Rajeev Gandh's dream of
strengthening local self bodies, he appeals to the Panchayats and municipal
bodies to come forward with their proposals for infrastructure, which he
will be glad to recommend.



Shri Pratap Gaunco , Manager of VIVIDHA said that Mr Naik has never been
wanting in giving helping hand to the institution. Principal Shri Ramesh
Sinari gave a welcome address. Shri Babu Naik proposed a vote of thanks.



Zilla Panchayat Member Shri Laxmikant Parab ,Shri Subhash gaunco and Umesh
Gaunco members of the institution ,besides supplier Shri Osman Lobo were
present on the occassion.





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