[Goanet-News] 8 Facts About Goa That Might Just Blow Your Mind (Dielle D'Souza, Goa Streets)
8 Facts About Goa That Might Just Blow Your Mind by Dielle D'Souza 07/02/2014 For a pea-sized state, we have enough watering holes to saturate a small ocean. According to a 2013 count, there are 7078 bars licensed to serve alcohol in Goa. Adding in the unlicensed ones would take the number much higher. Visitors and tourists, especially from neighbouring states, head to the first one they see. Ask the old folk; they will tell stories of passengers disembarking the Bombay-Goa ship at the Captain of Ports jetty in Panjim and heading straight to the nearest pub. The only difference: it was all in good spirit (no pun intended!) and they were a little less unruly back then. 2. India’s smallest state has the highest per capita income By Indian standards, we are ‘poishekars’ (literal translation: ‘with money’). A 2012 census indicated that Goans top the country’s per capita income index at Rs 192,652 on average per year, with Bihar at the bottom with just Rs 24,681. Now you know the reason behind numerous complaints of “increasing migrant labour”. It’s all about money. 3. The Se Cathedral in Old Goa is Asia’s largest church It was commissioned to show off Portuguese wealth. The colossal white structure in Old Goa proved it. Stretching 250 feet in length and 181 feet in breadth, the 16th century cathedral houses eight chapels within its confines, with the final edifice larger than any church in Portugal itself. The Portuguese Viceroy Redondo had commissioned it to be “a grandiose church worthy of the wealth, power and fame of the Portuguese who dominated the seas from the Atlantic to the Pacific”. Did the job, he did. 4. India’s first printing press was in Goa Way back in the 1500s when only a smattering of people went to school, let alone knew how to read and write, Goa was churning out dozens of pages of the written word. According to a letter to St Ignatius of Loyola, written in 1556 by Father Gasper Caleza, a ship was sailing from Portugal to what we now call Ethiopia carrying a printing press to help with missionary work. The vessel called at the bustling port of Old Goa, but the printing press never left and the city’s Jesuit College of St Paul began operations using that very machine. 5. Goa’s naval aviation museum houses one of the world’s three surviving Sealand amphibian aircrafts India has 7,516 kms of coastline, shared by nine states, yet holed up in the tiniest one is a museum holding our nation’s naval aviation treasures. Located in Bogmalo, the museum houses 13 aircraft, including the Short Sealand Mk 2, the only one in India and one of three known surviving Sealands in the world. The other two are housed at the Air Museum in Belgrade, Serbia, and at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Holywood, Northern Ireland. 6. Christianity in Goa preceded Portuguese times Portugal was initially not really interested in spreading their faith. Someone had already initiated the process long before they got here. Goan historian Rev Dr Hubert O Mascarenhas proposed the theory that early Indian Christians, followers of St Thomas the Apostle, brought Christianity to Goa. Relics of their peculiar equal-armed crosses are still found across the state. Another historian, Rev Dr Jose Cosme Costa, suggests that the Portuguese later blazed their way through every faith – including Indian Christianity – existing in Goa at the height of their power. They destroyed all vestiges of Indian Christianity’s following and imposed on the people their own form of the religion. Some of the early Christians who resisted fled Goa. 7. One of the great pioneers of modern hypnotism was a Goan Abbé Faria, or José Custódio de Faria, a Goan Catholic monk, was one of the pioneers in the scientific study of hypnotism. He furthered the work of Franz Mesmer, who believed that hypnotism worked through “animal magnetism”. Abbé Faria was the first to understand that the phenomenon worked by the power of suggestion. Now known as Fariism, his idea reigns supreme to this day. Another interesting factoid: This scientist-monk from Candolim was a revolutionary leader in France in the 19th century. He was later imprisoned, suffered solitary confinement, appointed a professor after his release and retired as a chaplain. A stroke took his life in 1819, and this Goan intellectual giant lies in an unmarked, unknown grave, somewhere in Montmatre, in the north of France. 8. Konkani is written in five different scripts Goa’s official language has the rare distinction of being written in five different scripts Within the state, Konkani is read and written in the Roman script as well as in Devnagiri. Goans who fled persecution centuries ago to settle in Canara (Mangalore) in Karnataka, took with them their religion, culture and language too. Today, they still speak Konkani but write it in the Kannada script. Konkani is also written in Malayalam and Arabic script. http://www.goastreets.com/8factsaboutgoa/
[Goanet] Goa news for February 15, 2014
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Iron ore samples to be stocked for e-auction in Goa on Monday - Economic Times uctioned on Monday, in which almost half a million of ore is likely to be sold. Apprehensions had been raised over the first ever online auction. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGkbK_mkIStwkH0mRJFLoulZS7I1Acid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/iron-ore-samples-to-be-stocked-for-e-auction-in-goa-on-monday/articleshow/30413908.cms *** Goa CM lays foundation stone for Rs 13.5-crore primary health centre at Shiroda - Times of India hiroda under the Goa Football Development Council, announced the construction of a sports complex at Shiroda within the next six months and clarified on the proposed bridge connecting Shiroda to ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGaCDtd9X_8Q3mE7M7KBEkpHKOcpgcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-CM-lays-foundation-stone-for-Rs-13-5-crore-primary-health-centre-at-Shiroda/articleshow/30405990.cms *** Essay oa inside out http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHiMMEIIQlMlmRV5CwsnrHjgXQvFQcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/RtRbDsifyPr4WJBVYYdpLL/Essay--Goa-inside-out.html *** Goa civil service officers' association deplore arrest of 3 senior bureaucrats ... - Times of India mes of IndiaPNAJAI: The Goa civil service officers' association is planning to petition the Manohar Parrikar government over the arrest of three bureaucrats including additional collector (north Goa) in connection with the Canacona building tragedy. The ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGnNHfkZGhAfUx5QJsUszn6dYmL5Acid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-civil-service-officers-association-deplore-arrest-of-3-senior-bureaucrats-in-Canacona-building-tragedy-case/articleshow/30368415.cms *** Goa International Travel Mart to be bigger and better this year - Times of India o-face networking among travel trade, hoteliers and other stakeholders from Goa with leading travel agents from India and abroad. He said efforts of the tourism department in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGkJDftBUzPFWSkz5xXcGmSfXomgAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-International-Travel-Mart-to-be-bigger-and-better-this-year/articleshow/30360498.cms *** Activists call for lifting of ban on mining in Goa - Hindu Business Line DuzKMauthuser=0ned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG2wXsHfxCLFEude8Qm7EE9i4uh-wcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/activists-call-for-lifting-of-ban-on-mining-in-goa/article5681687.ece *** Hotels With History in Goa, India - New York Times w York TimesHalf an hour before our plane touched ground in Goa, a crew member announced that we would be turning around and flying back to Mumbai. It was the middle of monsoon season, and the rain and lightning had grown so heavy, the pilot no longer thought it ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFO44fOfiGZ0YlkZ9BGFKNxNDTkAAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/travel/hotels-with-history-in-goa-india.html *** Goa mining workers delegation meet mines minister - Times of India attached to All India Trade ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEjBGpDy-JXyB4EARUksAcp5GXkEAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa-mining-workers-delegation-meet-mines-minister/articleshow/30314169.cms *** 11 cos to bid for 1m tonnes of iron ore in Goa - Times of India uctioning. The state government has decided to e-auction 1 ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEXYZDrlI-3sk8aDVMKBAZUgCIjOgcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/11-cos-to-bid-for-1m-tonnes-of-iron-ore-in-Goa/articleshow/30360168.cms *** Village child panels in Goa clueless about their existence - Times of India ong training programme for 120 VCC members on 'Role of village/city child committees in protecting children' organized by Children's rights in Goa (CRG) in Mapusa on Monday. The constitution of ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEGteHd6YHxEwkbORQJCia03mnRSAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Village-child-panels-in-Goa-clueless-about-their-existence/articleshow/30359981.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] A penguin, Portugal, a distro of Linux, and Hindus in India!
This odd link ties together a type of penguin, Portugal, a distribution of Linux, and Hindus in India! http://trivia.serendip.in/trivia/gentoo -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com
[Goanet] ROLE OF ADVOCATE GENERALS IN THE ILLEGAL MINING SCAM SHOULD ALSO BE PROBED
The role of Goa's two Advocate Generals Subodh Kantak and Atmaram Nadkarni must be probed in the illegal mining scam case. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) currently probing the alleged over Rs 30,000 crore illegal mining scam should examine the legal opinions tendered by former Advocate General Subodh Kantak and the current Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni who was also Goa's Advocate General from 2000 to 2005. It needs to be investigated whether the Advocate Generals had given legal opinion to the benefit of the mining barons and to the detriment of Goa's exchequer and its best interests. There ought to be a probe into the assets acquired by Subodh Kantak and more particularly that of Atmaram Nadkarni. It is highly objectionable and outrageous that Atmaram Nadkarni despite being the Advocate General of Goa blatantly continues to be the legal Messiah for the mining companies including Sesa Goa- Vedanta which is one of those indicted in the illegal mining scam as per the Shah Commission report. The SIT should investigate whether Subodh Kantak and Atmaram Nadkarni misused their high Constitutional position as a cloak to allow the illegalities by the mining companies. The SIT must intensely quiz the former and current First Law officers of the State to examine and establish the sources of the huge assets acquired by them. In a clear conflict of interest the current Director of Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya continues to be the Officer on Special duty (OSD) to the Advocate General. The SIT should also probe whether Atmaram Nadkarni was discreetly using and manipulating Prasanna Acharya to the benefit of the mining lobby in their illegal Acts. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Bitter melon
The talk about keireiteam. Is it also known as Bitter melon? --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
[Goanet] Billy Elliot the Musical - London - YouTube
Weekend musical 'Billy Elliot' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Z84ZVvT3g --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
[Goanet] All India Radio organises Konkani Poetry Session on Valentines Day
All India Radio organises Konkani Poetry Session on Valentines Day Mumbai, Feb 15: All India Radio, Mumbai organised a Konkani poetry session on Valentines day at Churchgate, Mumbai. Konkani Poets Mrs. Aruna Rao, Mr. Ancy DSouza Paladka, Miss Philomena San Francisco, Mr. Murulidar Betrabet, Mrs Vasudha Prabhu, Mr. Sudhir Kodkani, Mrs Shyamala Bhat, Mr. Dada Madkaikar participated in the poetry session and recited their poems.Dr. Savita Bhat Moderated the session. Mr. Krishna Kamat was the co-ordinator -- Ancy S. D'Souza, Paladka E2-139 Diwan Apt 3, Navghar Near Railway Station VASAI ROAD EAST Thane Dist - 401 202 Cell: 9320733213, 902898 Email: anc...@gmail.com, salu...@gmail.com -- next part -- All India Radio organises Konkani Poetry Session Valentines day Mumbai, Feb 15: All India Radio, Mumbai organised a Konkani poetry session on Valentines day at Churchgate, Mumbai. Konkani Poets Mrs. Aruna Rao, Mr. Ancy DSouza Paladka, Miss Philomena San Francisco, Mr. Murulidar Betrabet, Mrs Vasudha Prabhu, Mr. Sudhir Kodkani, Mrs Shyamala Bhat, Mr. Dada Madkaikar participated in the poetry session and recited their poems.Dr. Savita Bhat Moderated the session. Mr. Krishna Kamat was the co-ordinator -- Ancy S. D'Souza, Paladka E2-139 Diwan Apt 3, Navghar Near Railway Station VASAI ROAD EAST Thane Dist - 401 202 Cell: 9320733213, 902898 Email: anc...@gmail.com, salu...@gmail.com
[Goanet] Beat diabetes with these 7 foods - dnaindia.com
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[Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths
Anybody know how Goan crew on cruiseliners are dying in droves? What is the cause of death of so many young men about whom g men Sent from Samsung Mobile
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
Desafinado - by George Michael and Astrud Gilberto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxNVFICqMbA g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] 8 Facts About Goa That Might Just Blow Your Mind (Dielle D'Souza, Goa Streets)
8 Facts About Goa That Might Just Blow Your Mind by Dielle D'Souza 07/02/2014 For a pea-sized state, we have enough watering holes to saturate a small ocean. According to a 2013 count, there are 7078 bars licensed to serve alcohol in Goa. Adding in the unlicensed ones would take the number much higher. Visitors and tourists, especially from neighbouring states, head to the first one they see. Ask the old folk; they will tell stories of passengers disembarking the Bombay-Goa ship at the Captain of Ports jetty in Panjim and heading straight to the nearest pub. The only difference: it was all in good spirit (no pun intended!) and they were a little less unruly back then. 2. India’s smallest state has the highest per capita income By Indian standards, we are ‘poishekars’ (literal translation: ‘with money’). A 2012 census indicated that Goans top the country’s per capita income index at Rs 192,652 on average per year, with Bihar at the bottom with just Rs 24,681. Now you know the reason behind numerous complaints of “increasing migrant labour”. It’s all about money. 3. The Se Cathedral in Old Goa is Asia’s largest church It was commissioned to show off Portuguese wealth. The colossal white structure in Old Goa proved it. Stretching 250 feet in length and 181 feet in breadth, the 16th century cathedral houses eight chapels within its confines, with the final edifice larger than any church in Portugal itself. The Portuguese Viceroy Redondo had commissioned it to be “a grandiose church worthy of the wealth, power and fame of the Portuguese who dominated the seas from the Atlantic to the Pacific”. Did the job, he did. 4. India’s first printing press was in Goa Way back in the 1500s when only a smattering of people went to school, let alone knew how to read and write, Goa was churning out dozens of pages of the written word. According to a letter to St Ignatius of Loyola, written in 1556 by Father Gasper Caleza, a ship was sailing from Portugal to what we now call Ethiopia carrying a printing press to help with missionary work. The vessel called at the bustling port of Old Goa, but the printing press never left and the city’s Jesuit College of St Paul began operations using that very machine. 5. Goa’s naval aviation museum houses one of the world’s three surviving Sealand amphibian aircrafts India has 7,516 kms of coastline, shared by nine states, yet holed up in the tiniest one is a museum holding our nation’s naval aviation treasures. Located in Bogmalo, the museum houses 13 aircraft, including the Short Sealand Mk 2, the only one in India and one of three known surviving Sealands in the world. The other two are housed at the Air Museum in Belgrade, Serbia, and at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Holywood, Northern Ireland. 6. Christianity in Goa preceded Portuguese times Portugal was initially not really interested in spreading their faith. Someone had already initiated the process long before they got here. Goan historian Rev Dr Hubert O Mascarenhas proposed the theory that early Indian Christians, followers of St Thomas the Apostle, brought Christianity to Goa. Relics of their peculiar equal-armed crosses are still found across the state. Another historian, Rev Dr Jose Cosme Costa, suggests that the Portuguese later blazed their way through every faith – including Indian Christianity – existing in Goa at the height of their power. They destroyed all vestiges of Indian Christianity’s following and imposed on the people their own form of the religion. Some of the early Christians who resisted fled Goa. 7. One of the great pioneers of modern hypnotism was a Goan Abbé Faria, or José Custódio de Faria, a Goan Catholic monk, was one of the pioneers in the scientific study of hypnotism. He furthered the work of Franz Mesmer, who believed that hypnotism worked through “animal magnetism”. Abbé Faria was the first to understand that the phenomenon worked by the power of suggestion. Now known as Fariism, his idea reigns supreme to this day. Another interesting factoid: This scientist-monk from Candolim was a revolutionary leader in France in the 19th century. He was later imprisoned, suffered solitary confinement, appointed a professor after his release and retired as a chaplain. A stroke took his life in 1819, and this Goan intellectual giant lies in an unmarked, unknown grave, somewhere in Montmatre, in the north of France. 8. Konkani is written in five different scripts Goa’s official language has the rare distinction of being written in five different scripts Within the state, Konkani is read and written in the Roman script as well as in Devnagiri. Goans who fled persecution centuries ago to settle in Canara (Mangalore) in Karnataka, took with them their religion, culture and language too. Today, they still speak Konkani but write it in the Kannada script. Konkani is also written in Malayalam and Arabic script. http://www.goastreets.com/8factsaboutgoa/
[Goanet] TAG's Tiatr Festival opens at the hands of Tiatrist Platilda.. Pics and Video
Tiatr Academy of Goa 5th Popular Tiatr Festival from 14th February 2014 to 25th February 2014 at 3.30 pm at Gomant Vidya Niketan Margao. Inaugural Tiatr by Pascoal Rodrigues 'NOXIB VIKTEM MEVONA' Prince Jacob, TAG's President, Chief Guest Platilda, 3 judges Shirish Naik, Jess Fernandes, Joe de Cavelossim, Vice President of TAG Joe Rose, Victor De Sa and Joy Fernandes of TAG http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523596264/in/photostream/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523237053/in/photostream/ Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OGJW-6u9RM blog http://joegoauk-konkani-tiatr-vcds-films.blogspot.in/2014/02/tags-5th-popular-tiatr-festival-opens.html Prince Jacob and Platilda http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12535710643/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12536085414/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12535724773/in/photostream/ Jr. Pascoal Rodrigues http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12521612075/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12521735253/in/photostream/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12522105214/in/photostream/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12521624065/in/photostream/lightbox/ Pascoal Rod http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523169515/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523313243/in/photostream/ Andrew and Pascoal Rod http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523608884/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523250463/in/photostream/ with Milton Fernandes http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523622804/in/photostream/ Valency D’Souza http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523139175/in/photostream/ Jose - Valency http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523146105/in/photostream/ Milton - Valency http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523643964/in/photostream/ with Sofia http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523306823/in/photostream/ Andrew, Jack de Colva, Kalliz de Orlim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523157995/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523287873/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12533680493/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12534060284/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12533577505/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12533703053/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12533710043/in/photostream/ 4in1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12533732693/in/photostream/ Evon http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523174555/in/photostream/ Joseph – Rafael http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12534088414/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12533723863/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12533610175/in/photostream/ one of the 3 Judge – Shirish Naik http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12535730273/in/photostream/ GVN Ticket counter http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr16/12523319343/in/photostream/ 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] Goa University choir steals the show at the Monte Music Festival (Nigel Britto, ToI)
Goa University choir steals the show at the Monte Music Festival Nigel Britto,TNN | Feb 12, 2014, 02.08 AM IST The words of Mahatma Gandhi were set to Gregorian chant, and Christian texts to litanic 'Bhakti'; a crop of Goa's finest orchestral talents provided the accompaniment, and two of its most promising sopranos, the solos. As a contemplative piano began the Goa University Choir's concert at the Monte Music Festival on Sunday night, a row of lit candles lent an air of sanctity to the setting. A sitar, tabla, bansuri and percussion only added to the mystique. On the festival's third and final day, the choir, in only its sophomore concert, indelibly stamped its mark as the defining performance of the 12th edition of the festival. Its programme was heavily-themed and well-structured - titled Da Pacem Cordium (in English, 'Give peace to every heart'), it was presented as a dialogue between the musical traditions of the East and the West, and was divided into three parts - The Inner World, The Ravages of War Between Men, and The Peace. For instance, the title piece, Da Pacem Cordium, and another Gregorian chant, Ubi Caritas, were performed thrice, differently, in each of the sections. Rarely in the history of the Monte Music Festival has the chapel been so packed. On a normal day, there are inevitably people who leave performances midway, thus making room for those prowling about outside. But Sunday was not a normal day; the choir held the audience spellbound, notwithstanding minor problems in tuning and coordination. Listening to their masterful interpretations of fare ranging from Jenkins to Rutter, it was a little difficult to believe that the choir is only a few months old. Under the guidance of Santiago Lusardi Girelli, who holds the Anthony Gonsalves chair at the Goa University, it has with astonishing speed achieved a level of refinement out of reach for many nascent ensembles. This was especially evident when the choir hit its peak in the second section, 'The Ravages of War between Men'. Here, the ensemble was emphatic in its operatic grandeur, and executed it with unremitting intensity. The choruses rang out spectacularly and cleanly. During its Dies Irae of Britten's majestic War Requiem, the ensemble's flinching staccatos and soaring power threatened to peel the paint off the walls of the 16th century Capela do Monte, before sparing and exploding past them to spill on to the large flight of stone steps that lead up to the chapel. The choir also seemed especially proficient in singing from Jenkins' The Peacemaker. It cropped up several times in the repertoire, and appropriately so, considering this concert's theme - in its full form, the Welsh composer's work features texts from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Anne Frank and Mother Teresa, apart from Gandhi. That the Goa University choir has a flair for the avant-garde was evident from its debut concert, 'Hanacpachap', in August, when it sang in quaint tongues like Quechua and Nahuatl. This time, Girelli's use of Indian instruments was exquisite, limited to embellishing the choir rather than announcing their presence with garishness. Even the other instruments kept a nuanced low profile throughout, whether the piano (Ingrid-Anne Nazareth), or the chamber orchestra (led by Ashley Rego). Commendable performances by the two sopranos, Chriselle Mendonca and Kim Costa, also left a significant mark on the concert. The choir's concert was the final act of the three-day Monte Festival, which saw a number of performances from Goan and Indian artistes. Other highlights of the festival were a Portuguese guitar recital by Franz Schubert Cotta and Siddharth Cota, a violin concert by Anupriya Deotale, the Cecilian choir from Bangalore, a Bharatnatyam recital by Sharanya Chandran and a mando presentation by Goenchim Kirnnam and Porvorechim Sobit Fullam. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-University-choir-steals-the-show-at-the-Monte-Music-Festival/articleshow/30239585.cms
[Goanet] US Commission: India in Tier 2 for Curbs on Religious Freedom
Extracts: USCIRF STATUS: Tier 2 TIER 2 : Afghanistan Azerbaijan Cuba India Indonesia Laos Russia BOTTOM LINE: Justice for past incidents of sectarian violence targeting Muslim, Christians and Sikhs has not been achieved fully. Anti-conversion laws adopted in some states have led to higher incidents of intimidation, harassment and violence against religious minority communities, particularly Christians and Muslims. In addition, rape has become a common feature of communal violence. There has been no large-scale communal violence against religious minorities in India since 2008, and in recent years the Indian government has created special investigative and judicial structures in an effort to address previous such attacks. Nevertheless, in the past year, progress in achieving justice through these structures for the victims of past incidents continued to be slow and ineffective. In addition, members of religious minority communities, including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and Jehovah's Witnesses, reported an increase during the reporting period of intimidation, harassment, and violence, particularly in states with anti-conversion laws. Based on these concerns, USCIRF places India on Tier 2 in 2013. India had been on USCIRF's Watch List since 2009. Unquote: http://www.uscirf.gov/images/2013%20USCIRF%20Annual%20Report%20(2).pdf For report on India, please refer to Pgs 229-234. Regards, Marshall ps: Be prepared for hindutva trolls to rubbish the report
Re: [Goanet] 8 Facts About Goa : Abbe Faria
8 Facts About Goa That Might Just Blow Your Mind by Dielle D'Souza 07/02/2014 7. One of the great pioneers of modern hypnotism was a Goan Abbé Faria, or José Custódio de Faria, a Goan Catholic monk, was one of the pioneers in the scientific study of hypnotism. He furthered the work of Franz Mesmer, who believed that hypnotism worked through âanimal magnetismâ. Abbé Faria was the first to understand that the phenomenon worked by the power of suggestion. Now known as Fariism, his idea reigns supreme to this day. Another interesting factoid: This scientist-monk from Candolim was a revolutionary leader in France in the 19th century. He was later imprisoned, suffered solitary confinement, appointed a professor after his release and retired as a chaplain. A stroke took his life in 1819, and this Goan intellectual giant lies in an unmarked, unknown grave, somewhere in Montmatre, in the north of France. Don't forget the Count of Monte Cristo bit: http://abbefariacountmontecristo.blogspot.it/2010/09/chapter-1-abbe-faria-real-count-of.html
Re: [Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths
Roland Francis writes: Anybody know how Goan crew on cruiseliners are dying in droves?? What is the cause of death of so many young men about whom g men? Comment: Please provide supporting data. Regards, E.
[Goanet] Tourism crisis on India’s ‘cocaine coast’ (Toronto Star)
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/02/15/tourism_crisis_on_indias_cocaine_coast.html India's beach-filled state of Goa is a big draw for foreign tourists. But a rise in drug violence is threatening sun-seekers and local businesses. GOA, INDIA—The American tourist sipping a frosty beer by an oceanside shack had been in Goa for only a few hours when a man sidled up to him and asked if he wanted to buy drugs. . . . . . .
Re: [Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths
Roland may be right and I am sure he will direct us to the source of the information jc Sumith Gawashttp://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/Cruise_Ship_Deaths/Sumith_Gawas.html - 22, from Collem, Goa, India was aboard P O Arcadia here he worked as a junior waiter on Friday, July 16, 2010 when he was found hanging in his cabin. http://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/Cruise_Ship_Death_Statistics/Deaths_By_Crew_Age.html On 15 February 2014 09:24, E DeSousa ejd...@att.net wrote: Roland Francis writes: Anybody know how Goan crew on cruiseliners are dying in droves?? What is the cause of death of so many young men about whom g men? Comment: Please provide supporting data. Regards, E.
Re: [Goanet] Any Goans in Holland
thanks will do that Armstrong On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com wrote: Armstrong, enquire of Amilcar da Costa. He is on goanet, etc. His lady is Dutch they have been living much there; still do, I suppose. Don't you go dutch all the way.Their genebra (ould yonge) is potent poteen, indeed. I should know. AT Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:13:23 +0300 From: armstrong...@gmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Any Goans in Holland Hello, Are there any Goans or Goan Association's in Holland, Wish to meet them as i will be there for a week. thanks Armstrong
Re: [Goanet] Religious Persecution in India: Are you sure?
Basilio Monteiro wrote: I would like to offer a few random (not exhaustive) thoughts for consideration about the complex issue of religious persecution in India. It is a sensitive and provocative issue. Of course, a few Catholic priests and nuns get killed, and that is painfully sad; the murder of a priest or a nun in the hands of a non-catholic is not necessarily an act of persecution. Basilio has presented a reasonable case on the issue of religious persecution in India. It should throw some light on why the claims of some Indian and foreign religious organizations/activists about widespread religious persecution in India against Christians in particular, are by and large exaggerations and distortions, although incidents of violent crimes or harassment involving religious fervor and discrimination do occur and have occurred from time to time throughout history. To provide a global perspective on this issue, I give below the list of countries in which there is actual persecution according to an international Christian organization that monitors persecution of Christians around the world. North Korea Saudia Arabia Afghanistan Iraq Somalia Maldives Mali Iran Yemen Eritrea Syria Please see http://www.opendoorsusa.org/persecution/about-persecution The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom which makes lists of countries with particular concern about religious freedom based on complaints made by political and religious activists around the world has provided the following list of such countries in its latest report: Burma China Eritrea Iran Iraq Nigeria North Korea Pakistan Saudi Arabia Sudan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Please see: http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=1456Itemid=1 Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] AAP Rally at Margaso with Remo Fernandes
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[Goanet] ROLE OF THE ADVOCATE GENERALS IN THE ILLEGAL MINING SCAM MUST BE PROBED
The role of Goa's two Advocate Generals Subodh Kantak and Atmaram Nadkarni in the illegal mining scam case must be probed. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) currently probing the alleged over Rs 30,000 crore illegal mining scam should examine the legal opinions tendered by former Advocate General Subodh Kantak and the current Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni who was also Goa's Advocate General from 2000 to 2005. It needs to be investigated whether these Advocate Generals had given legal opinion to the benefit of the mining barons and to the detriment of Goa's exchequer and its best interests. There ought to be a probe into the assets acquired by Subodh Kantak and more particularly that of Atmaram Nadkarni. It is highly objectionable and outrageous that Atmaram Nadkarni despite being the Advocate General of Goa blatantly continues to be the legal Messiah for the mining companies including Sesa Goa- Vedanta which is one of those indicted in the illegal mining scam as per the Shah Commission report. The SIT should investigate whether Subodh Kantak and Atmaram Nadkarni misused their high Constitutional position as a cloak to allow the illegalities by the mining companies. The SIT must intensely quiz the former and current First Law officers of the State to examine and establish the sources of the huge assets acquired by them. In a clear conflict of interest the current Director of Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya continues to be the Officer on Special duty (OSD) to the Advocate General. The SIT should also probe whether Atmaram Nadkarni has been discreetly using and manipulating Prasanna Acharya to the benefit of the mining lobby in their illegal Acts. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Goa news for February 16, 2014
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa police to file charge sheet against Tarun Tejpal on Feb 17 - Indian Express ditor Tarun Tejpal who was accused of sexually assaulting his woman colleague last year. The charge sheet would be filed before Principal Additional Sessions court judge Anuja ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHIq2-MhFxtL9wAUuzL5ogXS4UDnwcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/goa-police-to-file-charge-sheet-against-tarun-tejpal-on-feb-17/ *** Iron ore samples to be stocked for e-auction in Goa on Monday - Economic Times uctioned on Monday, in which almost half a million of ore is likely to be sold. Apprehensions had been raised over the first ever online auction. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGkbK_mkIStwkH0mRJFLoulZS7I1Acid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/iron-ore-samples-to-be-stocked-for-e-auction-in-goa-on-monday/articleshow/30413908.cms *** Tourism crisis on India's 'cocaine coast' - Toronto Star ealing resorts and businesses bearing names such as ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFCcxVrGl1_PrWDH7yObxtEi9f6lwcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/02/15/tourism_crisis_on_indias_cocaine_coast.html *** Centre assured flexi-funding to Goa's water augmentation schemes: Dhavalikar - Times of India unds to the state, Goa PWD minister Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar said on Saturday. Dhavalikar ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHALmCoh2CW1t0rcewXc2jx-I1tVgcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Centre-assured-flexi-funding-to-Goas-water-augmentation-schemes-Dhavalikar/articleshow/30474343.cms *** With Goa on the world terrorism map, are we prepared to fight the scourge? - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: We are not at all prepared to fight the threat from terrorists who can launch attacks against targets in Goa, including vulnerable soft targets like beaches, restaurants, hotels and market places, especially where tourists congregate. These ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGVnSqaF1FQNAzVj_qW-YZl72KUGQcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/With-Goa-on-the-world-terrorism-map-are-we-prepared-to-fight-the-scourge/articleshow/30432291.cms *** Goa to celebrate the 'Power of Love' - Times of India alentine's day programme, hopes to bridge ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFlYQHEZIhMFfD4_0c6U9jPS5TmiAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-celebrate-the-Power-of-Love/articleshow/30485995.cms *** Hotels With History in Goa, India - New York Times w York TimesHalf an hour before our plane touched ground in Goa, a crew member announced that we would be turning around and flying back to Mumbai. It was the middle of monsoon season, and the rain and lightning had grown so heavy, the pilot no longer thought it ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFO44fOfiGZ0YlkZ9BGFKNxNDTkAAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/travel/hotels-with-history-in-goa-india.html *** Imperiled Liberties: Why the Wendy Doniger case matters to Goa - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Penguin India heralded a dangerous new era for academic and artistic freedom earlier this week, by agreeing to withdraw and destroy Wendy Doniger's book, 'The Hindus: An Alternative History', in settling a lawsuit filed by Shiksha Bachao ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEz0mgYqXHB-48BN1y4aGk0WSU4bAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Imperiled-Liberties-Why-the-Wendy-Doniger-case-matters-to-Goa/articleshow/30485978.cms *** Goa mining workers delegation meet mines minister - Times of India attached to All India Trade ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEjBGpDy-JXyB4EARUksAcp5GXkEAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa-mining-workers-delegation-meet-mines-minister/articleshow/30314169.cms *** Congress, NCP in Goa spar over seat sharing for Lok Sabha elections - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Old alliance partners in Goa, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, continued to spar over the contentious issue of seat sharing for the upcoming Parliamentary elections. Goa has only two Parliamentary constituencies, North Goa and ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE6191QkmJUk25Ia-6reRYgHlIGhQcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Congress-NCP-in-Goa-spar-over-seat-sharing-for-Lok-Sabha-elections/articleshow/30479693.cms Compiled by
Re: [Goanet] Religious Persecution in India: Are you sure? (posted in the GX Fourm)
Basilio: a few Catholic priests and nuns get killed, and that is painfully sad; the murder of a priest or a nun in the hands of a non-catholic is not NECESSARILY an act of persecution. Santoshbab: Basilio has presented a reasonable case on the issue of religious persecution in India. It should throw some light on why the claims of some Indian and foreign religious organizations/activists about WIDESPREAD religious persecution in India .. QUESTIONS: Granting that there might be activist generated hyperbole, 1: what, dear Basilio, would convert any 'murder of any Catholic priest or nun ( or a non religious Catholic person) into an act of Religious Persecution? (Basilio probably did not read my question the first time around) 2: have such events occurred / been occurring in India ? 3: are Catholics in certain parts of India being threatened / assaulted because of their faith? 4: are Catholics in certain parts of India being forcibly re-converted? 5: is ONE solitary case or are Ten or a Hundred cases too few to get worked up about ? 6: are we saying that the (reported) Law in some Indian states preventing voluntary conversion from Hinduism, constitutional or even moral? jc
Re: [Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths
Please read the obit columns of the Herald for any 2 week to one month period for elucidation. Roland. Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: E DeSousa ejd...@att.net Date: 15-02-2014 9:24 AM (GMT-05:00) To: estb. 1994! Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: roland.fran...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths Roland Francis writes: Anybody know how Goan crew on cruiseliners are dying in droves?? What is the cause of death of so many young men about whom g men? Comment: Please provide supporting data. Regards, E.
[Goanet] ‘Padrinchem naum uboun naye’
‘Padrinchem naum uboun naye’ During our ‘dotorn’ time (Catecheses) we learnt.. ‘Devachem naum ghorjebhair tonddar gheun naye’ (do not swear upon God, unnecessarily) This could mean ‘one may take God’s name only when there is absolute necessity’ But my mother.. My mother always said ‘Padrinchem naum uboun naye’ (even if they are wrong) (Do not tarnish image of the priests, come what may) Look, she has very cunningly omitted the word ‘Ghorjebhair’ (unnecessarily) By not saying ‘Padrinchem naum ghorjebhair uboun naye’ When asked ‘what if when there is an absolute truth in it?’ She replied ‘God will take care of it..’ Well, that was then and was about you and me (Laity) v/s the priests. Now, how about the Priests v/s priests? I mean, Priest tarnishing image of another priest. Kaim Padri, Padrinchench naum uboitat tedna..? Tanchea Main-Pain temkam dhek xinkounk nam gai? Ou tankam hache voir Seminarint xinkounn mevonk nam gai? Kaim vosam fattim, hanvem mhojea dolleani kud poilam ani kanani aikolam.. Eke firgojent Pad Vigar ani Pad Kur eka sunnia-mazra baxen zogoddttale Eka-mekak gaddiemcho xinvor ghaltale – Tum Chell**cho, Tum Fo*r*cho etc Jedna tea tea vellar misache vedir te xermao sangtale, tendna temi uloilolim pozllim utram amchea kanar sadtalim ani azunui sadtat. Now, why I am telling you all this? Few days ago, I heard a similar episode around Velsao. I am also told a nun is also involved along with a priest and few others. I really don’t know the truth, people seems divided over this issue. Defamatory leaflets also distributed in the people homes it seems. Even if someone is wrong, where is the forgiveness? Even if they are wrong, who are we to punish them? Can’t we just leave them to God’s justice or to the law of the land? Padri Devachea fattlean Dev, not any longer? We listen to Xermao after Xermao But Padrimche Xermao Vhoniek nhuim, muntat ti khobor sot kori. joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
Re: [Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths
Roland is not wrong on this. In fact, just a few days back someone was pointing it out to me (was it Angela Ferrao?) I too had wondered about this trend, but admittedly it struck home when we discussed it. You don't expect young men in their 40s, 30s or even 20s reaching the obituary columns with one case approximately every two or three months! This does seem strange... FN On 16 February 2014 04:38, roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com wrote: Please read the obit columns of the Herald for any 2 week to one month period for elucidation. Roland. Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: E DeSousa ejd...@att.net Date: 15-02-2014 9:24 AM (GMT-05:00) To: estb. 1994! Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: roland.fran...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths Roland Francis writes: Anybody know how Goan crew on cruiseliners are dying in droves?? What is the cause of death of so many young men about whom g men? Comment: Please provide supporting data. Regards, E. -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2
