[Goanet] (News reports) Govt. scales down Christmas day plans/ Delhi Archbishop concerned over controversies surrounding Christmas/ Press statement by Delhi Archbishop

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http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=After-TOI-report-govt-scales-down-Xmas-day-16122014001046

Dec 16 2014 : The Times of India (Mumbai)After TOI report, govt scales down 
Xmas day plans, schools to stay shutAbhishek ChoudhariNagpur:The Union human 
resource ministry on Monday whittled down activities planned for Navodaya 
Vidyalayas as well as other CBSE schools on December 25 to just a “voluntary 
online essay competition“, casting aside the planned declamation contest, quiz 
contest and film screenings in Navodaya schools--activities that would have 
required these schools to be open.The change of plan seems to have been 
triggered by the TOI report on a circular issued by the Navodaya Vidyalaya 
Samiti on December 10, asking Navodaya schools to hold a series of activities 
on Christmas Day , which the Samiti said would be observed as `good governance 
day' to mark the birthday birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan 
Mohan Malaviya. The Samiti comes under the HRD ministry .The report led to 
opposition MPs protesting against the move in Parliament. In the Rajya Sabha, 
finance minister Arun Jaitley denied the report by maintaining that the only 
school activity planned on Christmas was a voluntary online essay competition. 
In the Lok Sabha, parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu said the same, 
and asserted that all schools would be shut for Christmas.However, by 
afternoon, the circular issued by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti on December 10--the 
document which alerted TOI about the move--was out on the net. The circular 
issued by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti on December 10 clearly established that 
it had been planning a raft of activities on Christmas, ma king it apparent 
that it was on ly an afterthought to limit activities to an online es say 
competition. The Samiti had also sought a compliance report from the schools, 
showing that observ ance of `Good Governance Day' with activities wasn't ex 
actly voluntary . G S Bothyal, commissioner of the Samiti, who had issued the 
December 10 circular, sent out a comm. unication to deputy commiss ioners late 
on Monday evening which said, “Since CBSE has not yet issued any circular so 
far regarding the activities to be undertaken on December 25, you are requested 
to await the issuance of the (same) before taking any further action.“ A 
statement issued by the HRD ministry said, “This is to clarify that CBSE has 
not directed any schools to remain open on December 25. All schools will follow 
their vacation schedule including holiday on December 25 as specifically 
clarified by CBSE.“Naidu said in his statement that Navodaya schools were 
residential schools, and some of them don't have winter breaks. In such 
schools, while there will be no classes, students “will have the opportunity to 
participate, if they so wish, in the essay competition“. When the principal of 
a Navodaya school was asked if there was a fresh circular from the HRD ministry 
, he said the school would do as has been stated in Parliament. Maha rashtra 
chief minister Devendra Fadnavis declared in the assembly that schools in the 
state would remain closed on December 25.“I spoke to human resources minister 
Smriti Irani over the matter and she clarified that there was no need to keep 
schools open for the competition as the entries would have to be submitted 
online,“ he said. In Parliament, Congress MP from Kerala K C Venugopal raised 
the issue during Zero Hour while questioning the Samiti's circular and wanting 
to know why schools have been asked to conduct activities on Christmas Day .In 
the Rajya Sabha, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury disputed Jaitley's claim that only 
an online essay competition has been planned for Christmas, and said the plans 
were much more than that. Venugopal told TOI, “Why are they silent on the 
Navodaya circular and completely denying it? Does this mean that Navodaya 
commissioner G S Bothyal announced activities for December 25 on his own 
without taking his ministry into consideration? Congress party is meeting on 
Tuesday morning and this will be one of the issues discussed. We shall 
certainly follow it up till things are crystal clear on whose plan it was to 
have these activities at Navodaya on Christmas Day .“The HRD press note on 
Monday doesn't mention the December 10 circular at all.When TOI tried to get in 
touch with Bothyal, who issued the circular, on Monday , his office said he had 
gone to the ministry and was expected back by 4.30pm. Repeated calls after that 
went 
unanswered.==http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=No-school-on-Christmas-Day-TOI-is-not-16122014012072

Dec 16 2014 : The Times of India (Mumbai)No school on Christmas Day? TOI is not 
the one who is `misleading'Abhishek ChoudhariNagpurHow Can Declamation 
Contest Be Held Online?Referring to a TOI report that drew attention to a 
circular issued b

[Goanet] Kids Carols Singing on the beach

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[Goanet] Watching Live at Azad Maidan - ISL match

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  17.12.14 
Hero Indian Super League 
FC Goa v/s Atletico de Kolkata

video
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[Goanet] What's right (or wrong) about Litfests? Boom Media from GALF...

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http://boomlive.in/whats-right-lit-fests/

Lit fests are mushrooming. Do they encourage the habit of  reading or
merely preach to the converted? Boom spoke to a few eminent writers
and poets at the fifth Goa Arts And Literature Festival and found out
what they get out of these plethora of festivals.

[Goanet] Goa's fight for independence from Portugal - BBC interview with Libia Lobo Sardesai

[roger dsouza]

Goa's fight for independence from Portugal

*16 December 2014* For just over 14 years, Goa remained under Portuguese
rule despite the rest of India having won independence from the British in
1947.

Despite a long political campaign for freedom, Goa was only set free when
the Indian army marched across the border into the western territory in
December 1961.

Libia Lobo Sardesai, who ran the Voice of Freedom radio station in Goa, was
part of the political struggle to win independence.

She tells Witness of the last days of Portuguese rule and the
"intoxicating" feeling of winning freedom at last. Please click on the link
below.

Witness * is a World Service
programme of the stories of our times told by the people who were there.*


*http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30297213
*

[Goanet] BJP Agenda is Regression, Not Growth BY PRABHAKAR TIMBLE

[roger dsouza]

BJP Agenda is Regression, Not Growth

Posted by: Navhind Times in Opinion

*BY PRABHAKAR TIMBLE*

It is getting apparent and patent day by day that the ‘temple’ party which
repositioned itself under the slogan of development and “sabka vikas” is
moving backward and is gearing to take the Indian Hindus to the
discriminatory, regressive and traditional past rather than an equitable,
progressive and scientific future. The six months of political ‘parivartan’
made possible due to the pull of Hindu mobilisation by “hindutva” forces
and the push provided by the emerging middle class putting the eggs of
their aspirations in the Narendra Modi-led BJP incubator could end making
both the social segments worse off than before. The freedom-loving Indian
Hindus and the beneficiaries of the guarantees provided by the Indian
democracy could well be in the trap losing their freedom and creativity
under the onslaught of the right-wing ‘hindutva’ brigade.

Six months of the new dispensation have not brought new ideas on the table.
On the other hand, India’s past is becoming the agenda of India’s future.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the saffronites are in a haste to
convert their communal agenda into an action plan under the cover of
development and nationalism. It is true that one cannot judge the
performance of any government in such a short time. However, the initial
footsteps of the NDA government do not show that they are in the direction
of growth and development. The play on the drums of Hindu, Hinduism,
Hindusthan has been given top priority. This is followed by slowly
dismantling the idea of composite India by pulling curtains on the rich,
secular and tolerant heritage. The process of decimation of Mahatma Gandhi,
Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Babasaheb Ambedkar which was within the
confines of RSS properties has been brought to the national stage. The
footprints that the BJP wants to leave will prove detrimental to the Indian
Hindus and the middle class as the fundamentalist elements of the Hindu
society take control to monitor the knobs of education, human resource
development, history, culture and internal law and order. Liberal
economics, intolerant and hate politics and regressive social frames seem
to be the agenda of the BJP government.


Nathuram, Gita and Ghar-vapasi
Nathuram Godse, a right-wing activist who shot the father of the nation
Mahatma Gandhi thrice in the chest at point-blank range, is being eulogized
by hosting a ‘Shaurya Diwas’ in Maharashtra by Bajrang Dal, an affectionate
branch of the RSS tree. A BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj says, “Nathuram Godse
was a patriot just as Mahatma Gandhi was. I believe Nathuram Godse was also
a nationalist.” Granting that each individual has the freedom of choice and
expression, these incidents though look small and stray, indicate the
intolerance and hate penetration of the right-wing forces. We are fortunate
that the BJP law maker did not demand that the day of assassination of
Mahatma Gandhi be observed as ‘Patriotism Day.’ We are told there was a
move to declare the ‘Christmas Day’ as a ‘Good Governance Day’ and there
were failed attempts to make a small beginning in this direction by roping
in school students and educational institutions. These are indicators of
the new, polluted and corrosive thinking.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj wants the nation to accept that the
“Bhagwad Gita has answers to everybody’s problems and that is why the
Bhagwad Gita should be declared as a Rashtriya Granth (holy scripture).” In
reality, the Gita is not the supreme scripture. All schools of thought of
the Hindu religion don’t accept it. It is one of the many texts available.
There are many interpretations of this scripture and there are many
additions and alterations made to the Gita. Such outbursts show the
ideological and cultural agenda of the government and it cannot be
dispensed as the wish-list of an individual. If at all, anything is a
national scripture for a democratic government, it has to be the Indian
Constitution.

The issue of reconversion or ‘ghar wapasi’ at Agra and Aligarh will keep
the nation on the boil. Undoubtedly, freedom of religion includes the right
of choice of religion. Missionaries of all religions are associated in
facilitating conversions. The issue creates social tensions when political
forces play a clandestine role.


Think twice, watch out

All the above has absolutely no link with ‘vikas’ (development) and
national pride. But, issues such as the above are now pushed forward by the
right-wing organisations as the climate is considered ripe for the “hidden”
agenda. The way the matters are being allowed to erupt and handled shows
presence of political patronage.
I do not wish to conclude these as threats to India’s secular democratic
fabric. This is too trivial and this track is overbeaten. The threat of
such fanatic elements is more 

[Goanet] Goa news for December 18, 2014

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** ISL: Atletico de Kolkata beat FC Goa to reach final - Times
of India
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*** Romeo: Coaches encourage players to dribble in Goa -
Goal.com
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*** Goa's fight for independence from Portugal - BBC News
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*** ISL semi-final, 2nd leg: FC Goa vs Atletico de Kolkata -
Preview - Zee News
eg semi-final clash between Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) and FC
Goa, both teams will again take the field here Wednesday with
everything to play for -- the winner of the tie going through to
the Indian Super League (ISL ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNH2CvbF1LmCd1Elh5wz-nN8ADP8eQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=DSCSVODKMMnuwQG-6ICYCg&url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/isl-semi-final-2nd-leg-fc-goa-vs-atletico-de-kolkata-preview_1515881.html

*** Goa Congress' media strategy: Start a news channel, cajole
journalists - Firstpost
oor chintan-baithak held in Goa over 13-14 December, which was
attended by the party's state top brass and All India Congress
Committee (AICC) observers, the Congress has resolved to start a
cable news channel as well as identify and tap a ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGARhXRwyZnYTWjGFGSgzVlKwafEQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778684643912&ei=DSCSVODKMMnuwQG-6ICYCg&url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/goa-congress-media-strategy-start-a-news-channel-cajole-journalists-1851495.html

*** Zico: FC Goa will be able to defeat Atletico de Kolkata -
Goal.com
inals on Wednesday evening. It must be noted that along with
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*** Goa revisited - Khaleej Times
aleej TimesI am in Goa, the most enchanting State in the union
of India, though Malayalis  who belong to the enticing south
Indian State of Kerala  would contest that claim. And December
19 is an important date for Goa. On that day, 53 years ago,
Indian troops ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHNN35bnO5CzSYkwD7HM9mpA89D5A&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=DSCSVODKMMnuwQG-6ICYCg&url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2014/December/opinion_December28.xml§ion=opinion

*** ISL: FC Goa-Atletico de Kolkata rivalry faces a decisive
moment - Times of India
mes of IndiaMARGAO: Between FC Goa and Atletico de Kolkata, the
feeling is mutual. And it's not really a good one. The Indian
Super League (ISL) has franchisees and fans with great dislike
for each other, and healthy rivalries, like the Maha derby
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*** Sachin Tendulkar vs Sourav Ganguly in ISL final - Times of
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*** Falling Russian currency to hurt Goa tourism - Business
Standard
4 charter flights from Russia a week. This year we are seeing
14-15 flights a week, and the aircraft do not have a full load.
There have been many cancellations this year. The impact of fall
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[Goanet] CCP workers strike day 2

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Re: [Goanet] [WildGoa] RE: [Aamchi Panaji] Air Pollution in Goa: Comment from Maya de Souza

[DARRELL SEQUEIRA]

Maya, 

Thanks for your input. I support all that you say but it is well known to most 
staff in the concerned authorities and while public education is constantly 
needed, particularly for change in the long-term, more of it will not change 
much in the immediate future. 

The better results strategy is naming and shaming, focus on specific issues, 
feedback to society and action for change.       

But then you also have to contend with the sensitivities and sense of values of 
the average resident and Indian tourist in Goa. Take noise pollution, for 
instance. The public buses that ply the narrow roads in my village firmly 
believe that it is their God given right to startle and keep the whole village 
awake by hooting continuously as they ride by, no matter the time of night and 
day. As far as I know, nobody has objected, possibly because most of the 
villagers are not disturbed (Indians love noise) or because they have no trust 
in the Panchayat or police to take action. (What to do, its like that only in 
Goa, syndrome). If you want to hear a musical discord take a little time off at 
the Mapusa bus stand, the place where the hooters congregate and hoot to 
kingdom come right under the window of the RTA office, assuming it has not 
moved. Leave it to you to imagine what the hooters are saying. (Continuous dog 
noise is another similar issue). Once again, a sense of values and the comfort 
of impunity and bribery solution to all evils in the face of the law. By and 
large, we are not a society in which the rule of law prevails. Another aspect 
of our civilization. We are an ancient civilization, remember?         

The option, a rapid results approach is implement the law (noise pollution, 
public nuisance etc.) and demand better laws and penalties.     
The common approach to an issue is to pretend that things are being done. Today 
we have great activities to clean up our India. About time wouldn't you say but 
at best the campaign will only have limited and localized success for the 
simple reason, in the case of Goa, that people are not offered a proper, 
efficient, consistently working system to dispose off their garbage. Segregate 
and then what? Clean an area and how long will it take the spoilers to make it 
filthy and smelly again? Like noise, do the majority of Indians love and feel 
comfortable in smelly filth, one might ask. Again, a matter of values of the 
majority, implementation of the law, and a progressive approach of our leaders. 

The fight must go on as we must never allow the spoilers to take over Goa.   

DarrellEnvironmental Ecologist.   

  From: "'Tallulah D'Silva' tallulahdsi...@gmail.com [wildgoa]" 

 To: aamchipan...@googlegroups.com; 'Maya de Souza'  
Cc: wild...@yahoogroups.com; missiongreen...@yahoogroups.com; 'goanet' 
 
 Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:58 AM
 Subject: [WildGoa] RE: [Aamchi Panaji] Air Pollution in Goa: Comment from Maya 
de Souza
   
    Thanks for sharing this VM

Tallulah D'Silva,
www.missiongreengoa.blogspot.com
www.environmentallywrite.blogspot.com
www.architecturert.com
Global Shaper (World Economic Forum) http://www.globalshapers.org/

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Behalf Of V M
Sent: 26 November 2014 06:58
To: Maya de Souza
Cc: aamchipan...@googlegroups.com; wild...@yahoogroups.com; 
missiongreen...@yahoogroups.com; goanet
Subject: [Aamchi Panaji] Air Pollution in Goa: Comment from Maya de Souza

NOTE: Maya de Souza is of Goan origin and lives in London. She works as a 
senior environmental policy adviser in the UK government, and cycles across 
London to work in Westminster from her home in Tufnell Park most days of the 
week. For many years, she has been involved in local politics as a member of 
the Green Party of England and Wales, and has been on the party's national 
executive and policy committee.
Maya was one of London's first Green Councillors, winning a seat in the London 
Borough of Camden in 2006 and holding it in 2010, before standing down in May 
this year. As a local councillor, she played a lead role in several working 
groups including one on air quality, as well as being an active member of the 
Culture & Environment scrutiny committee over a number of years where she 
pushed for more sustainable systems of travel, amongst other things. Maya is a 
founder member of a couple of local environmental groups including Highgate 
Climate Action Network and Transition Dartmouth Park. Contact:
mayadeso...@hotmail.com

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As European cities battle with their air quality and China takes steps to 
reduce the numbers of cars in its cities is it time for Goa to leapfrog ahead?

We don't normally think about places like Goa, not urban conurbations but 
collections of towns and villages, as places suffering from air pollution. But 
for anyone to who has been to Goa recently, they will know why we need 

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Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 710 - Attn Bernado Colaco aka BC

[Jose]

On Dec 16, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Bernado Colaco  wrote:

I just wonder if JC is now the new poodle of the BJP. A while ago he was 
defending Parrikar who abandoned Goa with his tail down. BC

RESPONSE: 

Dear BC,

I am sure that English Reading and Comprehension courses are available in Macau.

BTW: Remember your previous canard? You repeatedly stated that I (jc) was 
Chairman / Member of some Bandodkar Committee for the propagation of Marathi - 
while I was still in secondary school circa 200 miles north of Tiracol?  Well, 
I hope that this time you (BC) have enough time to search the sources you said 
you had. You may also research Bondollam.com and Feku.org

Sincerely

jc
BTW: I love Marathi but NOT its harsh nasal dialect being peddled as Kokkni. 

Earlier, JC had written the following:

In response to Edwin/Diana Pinto's post:

1: I know Wilfred Mesquita, personally. He is an extremely nice person, in
person, and one who will do NO personal harm to anotherexcept perhaps
in self defence.

2: He is also a professional. His main profession is 'Politician'.

3: Basically, he is an MG; Never mind the record that he is now a BJP after
he was a Congress after he was an MG etc etc.

4: Look at his political history. He has been a consummate survivor of many
a political upheaval. In short, a Man for Any Season. Is that any different
from any of the others who pulled one coup after another in post-1961 Goa
in order to suit their own political, financial and power interests?

5: To his credit and to the best of my knowledge, Willie is not personally
corrupt. He never was. You agree or not?

6: So, please leave his pronouncements alone. He is hardly speaking for
himself. He is not the owner of HMV, just a convenient patron.

7: Willie was never a great debater or presenter...never. And he will tell
you that. But, like his Pa (Maurelio), he is a shrewd reader of the 'tea
leaves'. He knows that in the field of politics, the electorate is fickle,
very fickle. For, one can do all the good there is to do, there is no such
thing as a discerning and loyal electorate. So, Willie looks after Willie.
I support him for looking after himself.

8: About Dabolim/MOPA et al,  I believe that from his vantage point
residence a near stone's throw from Dabolim Airport, he knows two things:
(a) The Navy ain't giving back Dabolim to Goans; the "spoils of war"  are
almost never returned. (b) Mopa will happen.:

9: So, being the ultimate pragmatist, Willie has accepted the inevitable as
a 'fait accompli' and is acting accordingly in the interest of Willie.

10: I write this, not because I agree with Willie's politics but because I
agree with his assessment of things present and things in the near future.

jc

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[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Politics, Politicians, Politicking



No doubt about it. Our politicians are smart. They know how to fool the
voter and get elected to office. The voter is easily fooled!


Take, for instance, the Regional Plan. Where is it? Hiding? Prior to
elections we were promised it would be taken care of quickly, but was it?
Are Goans expected   to keep quiet indefinitely? Is this moral or immoral?
It is neither. In the unforgettable words of the former Congress Party
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to Goans: "I do not need your votes," his
sentiments it appears are unexpressed but shared by the majority of
politicians in our progressive state which is rushing towards the goal of
development with a level of intelligence similar to lemmings.


Politicians, all over the world, are neither moral nor immoral. They are
amoral. If they have to say something to achieve their goal - the means to
the end - namely, the story they tell  - well, it is nothing more than a
story! The goals, of course, are various. For some, it is money, for
others  power, and still others, power and money. There is of course
another group who is not interested in money but ideology. They seek power
to achieve their ideological goals.To which group does your MLA belong?


Almost all politicians, ideological or not, have a hidden agenda and also a
hidden inferiority complex. They need the voter to feel a sense of
self-worth; their egos are slavishly dependent on the voters, their
followers. They learn to hide their dependence on the voter even though
they humbly kiss the feet of the voter before the elections and kick his or
her behind after! Hidden inferiority complexes and hidden agendas provide
an accurate enough description of the behavior of politicians everywhere.
Great speeches and assurances aside.


A study of the history of Goa's Regional Plan is interesting, and reveals a
lot. Deputy CM Francis D'Sousa says the plan has to be in place by 2017.
Why? Is it a lucky number? He says the process will start in January of
next year. But when will it end, when will it be notified? Meanwhile, the
government is in the process of building wide roads - 10 metre and even 20
metre roads - through our villages! Machiavellian  brilliance?


Goans are a confused people today. Earlier, the Congress Party tried to
sell them a make-believe heaven which resembled hell more than anything
else, and this political party was deservedly rubbished, to be replaced by
another which promised to undo all the wrongs created by the evil party of
looters under the garb of secularism. Today, unfortunately, the two appear
to be similar with regard to their goals, and for this reason Goans are
confused and dizzy because of the U-turn on several major issues. Broken
promises!


Will Goans achieve the Special Status which Mathany Saldhana was fighting
for single-mindedly for the last two years of his life only after a lot of
Goa's land is no longer in Goan hands? The major issue today in Goa, more
than the garbage mess which is becoming synonymous as well as an icon of
this government, is the aberration of an international airport which the
government stubbornly insists is something we need even after two expert
committees have declared it cannot be viable without the closing down of
Dabolim airport which is expected to collapse on its own weight.


And, as if this is not enough, a golf course is on the way, in an until now
beautiful Goan village with a small population which will deplete further
the available water resources in a state where there is already a shortage
of water. Not to ignore the chemicals and the poisoning of the land which
go together like a Romeo and Juliet tragedy. Add a 76-crore bridge for this
village which already has a bridge for a very small population but which
the government claims is necessary! All this makes no sense to anyone
except the government. Unless Goans actively protest the arbitrary taking
over of their villages in the name of development, the ground from under
their feet might well disappear along with their villages. Development, of
course, means more often than not their own personal bank account
development! Other than this explanation or the world is made of coconut
chutney, nothing makes sense!


Is the art of governance simply a matter of having power and doing whatever
one likes simply because it has the power? If one has political connections
does it mean procedural matters and the law are unimportant with regard to
major projects? Are only people who do not have the necessary connections
expected to follow the rules? Does the public have to shut up, and the
government will listen up only at the time of elections? If the government
does not show respect for proper procedure and the law, is this a good
model for the State? And Goan society?


If the BJP government would like to continue for another term and keep the
sacred trust of the people until the next election then upholding the law
and having respect for proper procedure and

[Goanet] Killer junction

[Isidore Mendis]

Killer junction
Dec 17, 2014, 02.00 AM ISTREAD MORE Sumita Lotlekar|Siridao-Palem|Isidore 
Domnick Mendes|Goa Velha|Francisco Silveira
Isidore Domnick Mendes

Bordering the villages of Bambolim, Curca and Goa Velha on one end and the 
Arabian Sea on the other, the coastal village of Siridao-Palem is inhabited by 
2,423 people and has 7 vaddos or  wards: Jesus Nazareth or Ward 1 , Modlo Vaddo 
or Ward 2 , Firguem Bhat or Ward 3 and Modlo Bhat or Ward 4 ( in the beach side 
i.e., Siridao) Puter or Ward 5,  Choker or Ward 6 and Diwar or Ward 7 ( the non 
beach side Palem)

During the past seven years, the intersection lying on National Highway 17 (NH 
17) has become a death trap as more than 35 young and old lives from this 
village have been lost and the killer junction has also left wounded and 
injured scores of its locals. Nevertheless, the biggest irony for this peaceful 
and prosperous village of Tiswadi taluka is that neither the past Congress or 
the present BJP state government is least interested to protect the lives of 
its people.
Everyday, in the mornings and afternoons, the movement of children studying in 
the two village schools i.e. Our Lady of Rosary in Firguem Bhat and government 
school at Palem is severely affected as there is no subway.

The foundation stone for this subway was laid way back on April 12, 2008, by 
former chief minister Digambar Kamat in the presence of the erstwhile MLA 
Francisco Silveira.

Numerous representations by villagers, who are mostly fisherfolk, for building 
of a vehicular subway, have fallen on deaf years. "The junction has become a 
virtual death trap because pedestrians, riders and drivers have either been 
mowed down or grievously injured by speeding vehicles at the intersection. When 
we come to the intersection to cross the road, we are not aware what our fate 
will be," said Sumita Lotlekar of Modhlo vaddo.

Even the policeman manning the traffic at this deadly traffic intersection has 
been by-and-large transitory in nature. "Successive state governments have been 
completely indifferent to the lives of sons and daughters of the soil of 
Siridao-Palem. Forget about they being permanently present, the cops are hardly 
seen controlling and directing both the heavy and light vehicles moving at a 
terrific speed at the deadly unmanned junction of NH 17," says Chandrakant 
Lotlekar of Modhlo vaddo.

Like erstwhile chief minister Digambar Kamat, Manohar Parrikar too before being 
inducted at the Centre as defence minister, kept on giving empty assurances 
both inside and outside the assembly on the construction of the said passageway.

According to sources, just before the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, a meeting 
was chaired by then chief minister Manohar Parrikar and attended by all the 
panchayat members and sarpanchas of St Andre constituency, in which, Parrikar 
made it clear that the work of the proposed subway would begin in right earnest 
in September 2014.

But, all these assurances whether issued by Digambar Kamat or Manohar Parrikar 
have remained empty promises. The public works department (PWD) continues to 
display callous attitude on this vexed issue.

"For how long will the state government remain a mute spectator to the deaths 
and injuries occurring in the households of Siridao-Palem? Why don't the 
authorities, at least, now act to fructify the dream of passageway for both 
vehicles and pedestrians at the intersection?" asks Pedrina Afonso of Firguem 
Bhat.

Siridao-Palem panchayat is just one of the many panchayats in Goa facing the 
brunt of the villagers because of the government backing down on undertakings 
it gave to the people. "The panchayat is completely unaided and helpless to 
redress the people's grievances in which the state government had pledged to 
construct a subway. Due to the non-delivery of promises by the state 
government, villagers vent out their anger on the panchayat. Like other village 
panchayats, Siridao-Palem panchayat too is like a sub-post office with a 
mandate only to stamp on a set of papers. The local self government is only a 
nominal head whereas the government departments be it police, TCP, PWD are real 
executives," laments sarpanch Antonio Jose Afonso.

The sarpanch further adds "A lot of lives have been sacrificed at the killer 
intersection. The need of the hour for Siridao-Palem is the coming up of the 
much-needed subway."

When contacted, St Andre MLA Vishnu Surya Wagh said, "Getting the subway in 
Siridao-Palem and the state-of-art rural health centre in Azossim-Mandur have 
been my two most important priorities since becoming the St Andre MLA. 
Nevertheless, it is also being thought to construct a flyover straight from 
Bambolim to Goa Velha junction, which would not lead to destruction of any 
houses as earlier envisaged in the widening of road by NHAI (National Highway 
Authority of India), but, at the same time also completely minimize the flow of 
vehicular traffic on the existing NH 17 a

Re: [Goanet] Beggars beggars everywhere in the Capital City

[Sam Furtado]

Dear Joe,

Thanks for your photography and the videography.

Your photos on "BEGGARS BEGGARS EVERYWHERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF PANJIM"
is really and eyesore to the people of Goa as well the tourists who flock
to Goa in search of fun, frolic and entertainment.

These beggars who are migrants must be shunted out of the State Goa or
imprisoned for six months and then externed once and for all to deter them
from coming back to Goa and once again start begging, as this was the
punishment meted out to Beggars in Mumbai city and elsewhere in
Maharashtra..

Some years back Begging was considered a crime in Mumbai and as a matter of
fact the Government of this state had promulgated that Begging is a crime
and that all Beggars should be shunted out of the city limits of Mumbai and
elsewhere or else imprisoned as convicts..

The remedy for the Goa Government should be; to come out with a plan to
make begging a crime and shun beggars from all the places in Goa and from
its pristine beaches or elsewhere in Goa would further deteriorate and
degrade Goa's good reputation and peace loving people.

Begging is also the handy work and patronization of all sorts of elements
from other parts of India who are trying to make a fast buck by bringing in
migrants from other parts of India with a job promise and labour and slowly
turning them as beggars to serve their own purpose and cause as this gives
them easy money to live at the cost of others in Goa for free.

Begging has really become an eyesore and a menace to the Peace loving
Society in Goa but this is also patronized by Crime mafia at al.

This begging which is mostly encouraged by some Goondas as well with the
blessings from political nexus in conjunction with the local lords to serve
their own cause and various nefarious activities in mind with reasons only
God knows must come to an end, and put a FULL STOP must be put to it.
Otherwise Goa will gradually GO DOWN THE LANE TO GUTTERS as already this
has happened in Mumbai city.

To being cleansing;  some initiative must be taken by some strong lobby in
Goa by filing a PIL in court so as to stop this begging menace and other
nefarious activities of the migrants etc.   The guilty must be punished
severely for creating nuisance and marring the Public life of Goans and
allow them to move freely with their heads held high as Goa belongs to only
Goans and not outsiders, though India may reign supreme..

Unless good Governance, unity and a sense of camaraderie prevails amongst
PEACE LOVING GOANS, NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE FOR GOOD BUT further damage
the ecological factors, its environs and further Goa themselves would be
shunted out of Goa gradually with calamitous events.

SO ALL LIKE MINDED PEOPLE OF GOA WAKE AND UNITE TO FIGHT FOR GOOD
GOVERNANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF GOA AND SHUN ALL BAD ELEMENTS AND THEIR
ACTIVITIES OUT OF GOA ONCE AND FOR ALL..  or else we all Goans will forever
be DOOMED from our own mother land.

Sam Furtado





On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:27 PM, JoeGoaUk  wrote:
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> Beggars beggars everywhere in the Capital City
>  migrant beggars
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> Today’s pic
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim9/15415015023/
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> child begging
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[Goanet] TIRACOL - PERNEM PROJECTS ( MOPA AND BRIDGE ) IN TROUBLE?

[Stephen Dias]

*HC issues notices to Govt, Leading Hotels on PIL against Golf Course
project*

*First major legal challenge to controversial golf course and villa
project; tenants with help of Goa Foundation move court against tenanted
lands being used for golf and hotel project*

*TEAM HERALD*

PANJIM: A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice
Ravindra Manohar Borde and Justice F M Reis, today issued notice on a PIL
filed by the St Anthony’s Tenants and Mundkars Association, Tiracol,
challenging the construction of a golf course by Leading Hotels on lands
covered under the Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964.

Notices were issued to the State of Goa ( through Chief Secretary), Chief
Town Planner, The Town and Country Planning Department, the Goa Pollution
Control Board and the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority,
Collector North Goa, Mamlatdar of Pernem and Sandip Ganguly of Leading
Hotels and his company and other representatives.

Other petitioners include Anthony Mendes, a Tiracol resident and a tenant,
and the Goa Foundation. The Court fixed the next hearing of the matter on
January 12.

The PIL has challenged the Leading Hotels’ purchase of the land alleging
that it had sought to bypass the provisions of the Goa Agricultural Tenancy
Act and Goa Land Use Act.

The petition states that through questionable proceedings in lower courts
and connected administrative decisions, 95% of the land in Tiracol village
– which was earlier tenanted – has been shown to be purchased by the
Respondent resort company which proposes to install a golf course and hotel
project. The petition challenges the diversion of these lands for use of a
golf course in explicit violation of the provisions of both these Acts.

The petition alleges that the entire land area of Tiracol village
admeasures some 13,84,000 sq mts, and the tenanted land comprised 11,27,097
sq mts of the total.

Subsequently, several of the deemed tenants filed applications under the
provisions of the Act to obtain orders in respect of the purchase price
under the Act and for mutation.

The Association became aware in 2011 of some efforts being made by agents
of Leading Hotels to illegally free tenanted lands from the provisions of
the Tenancy Act and immediately took steps to inform the authorities of the
nature of the land and the bar on its conversion to non- agriculture.

The Association wrote to both the Collector and the Chief Secretary,
enclosing all relevant Forms 1 & 14 which belonged to members of its
association and which were tenanted.

The petition has alleged that “ it is the experience of common people that
when powerful actors are at work and politicians get involved, law is
subverted and made useless. Inconvenient documents including earlier
proceedings before the Mamlatdar were withheld from the Civil Courts.
Efforts were successfully made to show the tenancies as “ wrong entries”
and thereafter to procure appropriate orders for getting “ tenancy- free
certificates.” It alleged that in this case, entire batches of applications
for tenancy free status were disposed of on a single day, en masse, by the
Deputy Collector of Pednem.

The petitioners have prayed that the High Court invoke its inherent,
extraordinary, revisional jurisdiction to quash and set them aside.

They have also challenged Town Planning permissions for the golf course,
consent to establish golf course issued by the Pollution Control Board,
Environment Clearance issued by the State Environment Impact Assessment
Authority ( SEIAA) and sanads issued by the Collector, North Goa.

Petition points Leading Hotels Purchased land bypassing Goa Agricultural
Tenancy Act and Goa Land Use Act Petition challenges the diversion of these
lands for use of a golf course in explicit violation of the provisions of
both these Acts How land got transferred 95% earlier tenanted land
purchased by Leading Hotels Oct 2007: Irrevocable Power of Attorney
instruments signed by the tenants handing over all rights of representation
to their tenanted lands to the managers and agents of the resort group Rs
33 crore: That is all Leading Hotels paid for 12,18,000 square meters of
land u u u u u

[Goanet] Fw: SHUN DECORATIVE PROCEDURES

[John Eric Gomes]

The Union Home Minister has issued directions to the police to shun obsequious 
practices like the fashion of junior staff escorting their bosses for official 
functions or Meetings!This was needed by the British, the Home Ministry says, 
to show superiority, but now they are our own brethren. Very good! Now if only 
this could be extended to the politicians to shun the VIP syndrome and other 
consequent privileges as vestiges of the Raj, and recognize them as practices 
that demean the citizens,I would salute our politicians.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 710

[Bernado Colaco]

I just wonder if JC is now the new poodle of the BJP. A while ago he was 
defending Parrikar who abandoned Goa with his tail down. BC

In response to Edwin/Diana Pinto's post:

1: I know Wilfred Mesquita, personally. He is an extremely nice person, in
person, and one who will do NO personal harm to anotherexcept perhaps
in self defence.

2: He is also a professional. His main profession is 'Politician'.

3: Basically, he is an MG; Never mind the record that he is now a BJP after
he was a Congress after he was an MG etc etc.

4: Look at his political history. He has been a consummate survivor of many
a political upheaval. In short, a Man for Any Season. Is that any different
from any of the others who pulled one coup after another in post-1961 Goa
in order to suit their own political, financial and power interests?

5: To his credit and to the best of my knowledge, Willie is not personally
corrupt. He never was. You agree or not?

6: So, please leave his pronouncements alone. He is hardly speaking for
himself. He is not the owner of HMV, just a convenient patron.

7: Willie was never a great debater or presenter...never. And he will tell
you that. But, like his Pa (Maurelio), he is a shrewd reader of the 'tea
leaves'. He knows that in the field of politics, the electorate is fickle,
very fickle. For, one can do all the good there is to do, there is no such
thing as a discerning and loyal electorate. So, Willie looks after Willie.
I support him for looking after himself.

8: About Dabolim/MOPA et al,  I believe that from his vantage point
residence a near stone's throw from Dabolim Airport, he knows two things:
(a) The Navy ain't giving back Dabolim to Goans; the "spoils of war"  are
almost never returned. (b) Mopa will happen.:

9: So, being the ultimate pragmatist, Willie has accepted the inevitable as
a 'fait accompli' and is acting accordingly in the interest of Willie.

10: I write this, not because I agree with Willie's politics but because I
agree with his assessment of things present and things in the near future.

jc

[Goanet] Minister Mickky Pacheco speaking.. breaks down, say sorry with joined hands etc

[JoeGoaUk]

 
 No matter how people look at them (Politicians), they still enjoy a good 
support of many..
..and that is the fact.

Be it Churchill, Babush or for that matter Mickky

Minister Mickky Pacheco speaking
Thanking to ‘Laxmi’ Parsekar, Manohar Parrikar and others
Admitted making several mistakes
Breaks down
Say sorry to Parrikar with joined hands 
BJP is not communal but Cong is, Mickky being witness to it
Assures to stay with BJP for years
‘I got respect and support for last 2.5 years that he never got the same during 
last 7.5 years’ 
Etc etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUptBBUBC0o

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[Goanet] Goa’s CM bats for anti-environmental projects: asks greens not to raise red flags against hotel, airport projects; Parsekar’s personal interest projects are under public scrutiny

[roger dsouza]

*Goa’s CM bats for anti-environmental projects:  asks greens not to raise
red flags against hotel, airport projects; Parsekar’s personal interest
projects are under public scrutiny*



*Says activists must look at projects with a sympathetic view as they
contribute to employment and revenue generation *

17 Dec, 2014,

PANJIM: Reacting to sustained opposition to projects such as the proposed
Mopa Greenfield International airport and the private hotel project at
Tiracol, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday appealed to the
people, especially activists, not to raise unnecessary objections to such
projects stating this would hinder the State’s development.

Simultaneously, he said the government is committed to promoting
pollution-free and environmental-friendly projects in the State.



“The government is fully conscious about conserving the environment. But
that does not mean we should start opposing each and every project without
any study,” Parsekar said, towing the Manohar Parrikar line, and added
“continuous opposition to developmental projects is a major hindrance in
running the State.”



Parsekar said it could be any project – airport or hotel -- but “If it is
planned on a barren plateau, we should not oppose it. We should look at
such projects with a sympathetic view as they contribute to employment and
revenue generation.”

The chief minister was speaking at the inaugural of the day-long workshop
on ‘Role of Media and NGOs in Environment Conservation’, jointly organized
by the Goa State Council for Science and Technology (SCST) and Goa Union of
Journalists (GUJ).



Expressing concern over the hue and cry being raised by some people,
unnecessarily, on proposed developmental projects without ascertaining the
factual position, Parsekar said, “The jobs in government departments have
reached a saturation point. Now, we have to look at the private sector to
create employment. We should invite environment-friendly projects.”



The Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study of the Mopa airport is
currently being undertaken and the preliminary report has given a green
signal to government for executing the project.



The chief minister said the government is committed to create greater
awareness about the importance of environment and efforts in this direction
are already being initiated. “We need industries but at the same time, we
should also take care of the environment so that ecological balance is
maintained,” he said.



Parsekar urged the Department of Science and Technology to prepare a road
map for settling environment issues in the State.



*Parsekar’s personal interest projects are under public scrutiny (Editorial
Herald)*

17 Dec, 2014,

So the heat is getting to him.Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar chose a
discussion on the role of the media and NGO’s in Environment Conservation
to basically say that environmentalists were disrupters of development.



And without mentioning either projects, he referred to the Mopa airport
project and the Tiracol Golf and Resort project, both in his political
backyard of Pernem taluka and asked activists not to raise ‘unnecessary
objections’.



Look at his words: “The government is fully conscious about conserving the
environment. But that does not mean that we should start opposing each and
every project without any study of it. Continuous opposition to
developmental projects is a major hindrance in running the State."



If this was a general statement, it would have been a good ground for a
healthy and meaningful debate. But since it is no secret that the elephants
in the room are two projects that are being challenged for the right
reasons, by the right people with the right intentions, his stand is
perile. But Parsekar is no child when he says that projects are being
opposed by those who have no study of it. In fact he is under pressure
because there indeed has been too much study of both projects- the Mopa
airport project and the Tiracol Golf Course which has caused this reaction.
In case you didn’t notice, his remarks coincided with the Goa bench of the
Bombay High Court issuing notices to the his Government, in a PIL filed by
the villagers of Tiracol and Goa Foundation against the manner in which
tenanted lands meant for agriculture were sold for the Golf Course
projected against the Goa Tenancy Act and the Goa Land Use Act.



The Mopa airport project has almost become a private or at the very least a
private interest project for the Parsekar family with land prices in and
around the airport area leapfrogging five times, while those who lands are
being taken away, got one-fifth the same land prices as compensation. The
Environment Impact Assessment for the Mopa project should have been done as
soon as the land was identified, not after the Request for Qualification
was announced. And the initial EIA report which is still subject to a
public hearing, there were shocking gaps and discrepancies noticed by most
environment experts.



The EIA 

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*** ATK's task cut out against Goa - The Hindu
uper-league-2014/news/234624-isl-atletico-de-kolkata-look-to-trump-fc-goa-s-home-advantage">ISL:
Atletico de Kolkata Look to Trump FC Goa's Home Advantage
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGfuW4jX6EThYz3I_JWe6ESgs66LQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778684022827&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/indian-super-league-2014-atletico-de-kolkata-versus-goa-fc-2nd-leg-semifinals/article6698744.ece

*** As it happened: ISL - Atletico de Kolkata vs FC Goa - Times
of India (blog)
emifinal-preview-form-fc-goa-clash-depleted-atletico-de-kolkata-1848749.html">ISL
semifinal preview: In-form FC Goa clash with depleted Atletico
de Kolkata
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFbZhT9sbN3u32ADx4Umeinjx6jDw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778681428492&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/liveblog/45513440.cms

*** Some tourists come to Goa only for drugs: Parsekar - Times
of India
tates/goa-cm-calls-for-strict-vigil-on-drug-pedlars-posing-as-tourists/article6697618.ece">Goa
CM calls for strict vigil on drug pedlars posing as tourists
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFOAlgjKgnO1s0z3PakHUCgzED2sA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778684801041&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Some-tourists-come-to-Goa-only-for-drugs-Parsekar/articleshow/45541163.cms

*** SpiceJet flights cancelled in Goa; Hundreds of passengers
stranded - The Hindu
00 passengers were stranded at the airport by 6.30 pm and
officials of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) were in touch
with SpiceJet management to ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEW3h2EtbN2f0ztswsqlgK4w7fAmA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778682159910&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/spicejet-flights-cancelled-in-goa-hundreds-of-passengers-stranded/article6697876.ece

*** Jofre: The pitch in Goa will suit both teams - Goal.com
uper-league/top-stories/ISL-ATKs-Jofre-Arnab-hope-to-get-fit-for-second-leg-semis/articleshow/45526143.cms">ISL:
ATK's Jofre, Arnab hope to get fit for second-leg semis
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHZQG9U0pSVK9G3fqxyMqJ14idXQg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778685305787&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2014/12/16/7119832/jofre-the-pitch-in-goa-will-suit-both-teams

*** Visa on Arrival At Goa Airport To Boost Tourism - NDTV
n-Arrival (VoA) within ten days of the commencement of this
facility by the Centre, offering a glimmer of hope to the
sagging tourism in the state, officials said today. The VoA
facility was ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNF8T7QGGDAAEF5YIikNTtq2pjKogQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778684218706&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/visa-on-arrival-at-goa-airport-to-boost-tourism-635236

*** Sunburn Goa 2014 to attract Bollywood shine - Economic Times
ized full 2014 line-up
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGi4YhT7QOdK55aNxN8JKWFW0ZNJg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778684634238&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/45532545.cms

*** Goa Congress' media strategy: Start a news channel, cajole
journalists - Firstpost
rstpostPanaji: If you can't beat them either join them or own
them; this appears to be the media roadmap for the Congress in
Goa, even as the party also admitted that it has been unable to
"utilise" the media effectively in the propagation of its
ideology.http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGARhXRwyZnYTWjGFGSgzVlKwafEQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778684643912&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/goa-congress-media-strategy-start-a-news-channel-cajole-journalists-1851495.html

*** Fares skyrocket for Dec end, early Jan Goa flights - Times
of India
p to the new year's eve will burn a hole of up to 15,000 in the
traveller's pocket. While the airfare to fly out of Goa before
December 31, 2014, is still within reach, the fare ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHA3lY5ZNbdWyw8EG9H7AYVCwJ-TA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778684480591&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Fares-skyrocket-for-Dec-end-early-Jan-Goa-flights/articleshow/45528208.cms

*** ISL: FC Goa ready for Kolkata's challenge - Times of India
 ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNE-C123bqUgVMzXVYHBnD1wzlE1Qw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=jM6QVPhVyuLAAfn6gZgF&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-supe

[Goanet] IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING ALL OVER!

[Marshall Mendonza]

*IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING ALL OVER!*

*-Fr. Cedric Prakash sj**



It's finally HAPPENING ALL OVER!

Not that the intelligent Indian IS SURPRISED!



Everything is ON EXPECTED lines!

The "events" are meticulously planned and are being strategically executed



Plenty of thinking has gone into MAINSTREAMING the BUNCH of THOUGHTS

of Golwalkar, Sarvarkar and Hegdewar.



So they begin by demonising the minorities.

"Tell A LIE A THOUSAND TIMES and people will believe you"



The strategy of the Nazi Goebbels is evidently clear

Then the divisive games are plenty: "WE" or "THEY"

Either you are “sons of Ram” or “ILLEGITIMATE children”

They create a sense of ‘MAJORITARIANISM’

This COUNTRY belongs to ‘US-kind-of-attitude’

So they talk about Sanskrit; and myths and lies of how advanced we "have
been"

(They will send THEIR CHILDREN to ENGLISH-medium schools and to "phoren"
lands)

Our HRD MINISTER has studied "three days" in YALE and then goes to an
ASTROLGER!!!



They conveniently forget that we have a Constitution wedded to SECULAR and
DEMOCRATIC principles!

So the BHAGWAD GITA has to be the Sacred Book and

It is NO LONGER the CONSTITUTION

They suffer from selective amnesia

and have to be reminded that the ARYANS FIRST INVADED India

*They forget*:

that Sardar Patel had BANNED them

that Nehru contributed greatly to India's ALL-ROUND DEVELOPMENT

that GODSE is NOT a patriot but ONE OF THEM who MURDERED  Mahatma Gandhi

that Ambedkar led thousands of Dalits to the Buddhist fold

Yes. they forget plenty..



And then they begin their "GHAR-WAPASI" programmes

With FORCE and FRAUD with huge bribes...

creating of course a LAW AND ORDER PROBLEM



While ALL WILL SCREAM and YELL and SHOUT

They will very CONVENIENTLY say (with the MEDIA in their pockets)

WE NEED AN ANTI-CONVERSION LAW in the Country!!!

Just like the ONE in GUJARAT!



So should we ban “all conversion” or only “forced conversions?”

So overnight, they attempt to throw out ARTICLE 19 and ARTICLE 25 of the
Constitution

Desperately trying to DESTROY the PLURALISTIC FABRIC

and the SANCTITY of DIVERSITY of our Country



They send out an official circular saying that Christmas is a “working day”

And of course they deny itbecause telling lies is their forte.

So Christmas is indeed a holiday!

And some morons, will clap with joy

Since a ‘big favour’ has been done to them.



They will RUN WITH THE HARE and HUNT WITH THE HOUND

The "big guy" will continue to talk ALL KINDS OF CRAP

with his "acchhe din" still fooling some of the people

But the fact is that HE IS ONE OF THEM

LEOPARDS NEVER CHANGE THEIR SPOTS!!!

His BLUFF WILL BE CALLED ONE DAY

Indians ARE indeed MORE INTELLIGENT

and will certainly see through things



It is still NOT late for the REST OF US to RISE UP as ONE

and with TAGORE to strongly say, ‘WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!!’

and to pray,

"*Into that heaven of FREEDOM my Father: Let my COUNTRY AWAKE*!"


(December 16th 2014)







*(* Fr. Cedric Prakash sj is the Director of PRASHANT, the Ahmedabad-based
Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace)*



Address: ‘*PRASHANT*’, Hill Nagar, Near Saffron Hotel, Drive-in Road,
Ahmedabad 380 052

Tel. (079) 27455913, 66522333Fax: (079) 27489018

Email: sjprash...@gmail.com www.humanrightsindia.in

[Goanet] Almanac 2015

[Eric Correia]

Dear Mr Frederick FN Noronha,

Thank you for keeping us informed about all the activities going on in Goa.
we would like to inform you that the Almanac De Parede 2015 is on sale.

with regards,

Eric Correia.

[Goanet] Fw: India's public health system

[Con Menezes]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30490823

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[Goanet] Fw: Music for today......Michael Buble

[Con Menezes]

  Michael Buble  with a medley of Christmas songs.  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRM7FJ0HD9c

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[Goanet] EventsInGoa: Goanetters meet Dec 29 * Carols in the air * Prince Jacob in Mumbai * GoaPex begins tomorrow * More Nachom-ia Kumpasar...

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

  Today is Wednesday Dec 17, 2014. Day 3 of Week 51
  of the Year 2014.  Indian Civil Date 1936
  Agrahayana 26 (budhavara). Islamic date 1436 Safar
  24 (leap year) yawm al-arb'a'. French Republican
  Date: Annee 223 de la Republique/Mois de Frimaire,
  Decade III Jour du Sextidi.

  -
* DEC 29: a Goanetters' meet in Goa. Dec 29, 11 am. At Alto
  Porvorim.  Meet other Goanetters, encounter the historic
  resources of the Xavier Centre of Historical Research. Venue:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Centre_of_Historical_Research
  If you're planning to visit Goa, or are already here, drop
  an email to goa...@goanet.org
  -
* Dec 17: Inter univ comp on water resources management, ICG,
  Dona Paula, 10 am, for under grad students 17-22 years
  details with TERI 8800286575
* Dec 17: Fashion Nite. Grand Hyatt, 6 pm.

  EVENTS ANNOUNCED AT SHORT NOTICE:
* Dec 17 Goa University Women's cricket team trials,
  University ground 2.30 pm
* Dec 17: Senior state baseball team's selection trials for
  men and women, Panchayat Ground, Borim, by Goa Baseball Assn
* Dec 17:  Selection trials for state school gymnastic team
  by Dept of Sports and Youth Affairs, U-14, U-17, U-19 (boys
  and girls).  and U-19 boys acrobatic team, Vidhya
  Probodhini HS, Porvorim, 10 am

* Dec 17: GFA Knock out tourn, Sporting Clube de Goa V Sesa
  FA, Cuncolim ground, 3.45 pm
* Dec 17: GFA 2nd division Mormugao zone,Vaddem SC v.
  Quellosim SC, Chicalim ground, 4pm
* Dec 17: GFA U-14 First Division, SAI v Churchill Bros SC,
  Varca ground 4.15 pm; Goa United SA v Dempo SC, Poriat
  ground, Calangute, 4.15 pm
* Dec 17: IFL semi final match, Additional live sreenings at
  Clube Vasco da Gama, Panjim from 7 pm, Azad Maidan Panjim,
  Acacia Palms, Colva, Sao-Pedro-Divar Ferry point, Ribandar etc
* Dec 17-Dec 22: Goa Consumer Expo, Aguiar Ground, Sadar,
  Ponda, 10 am to 9 pm household items
* Dec 17: Christmas carol singing choir, Anthurium Room,
  Bougainvilla Retirment Hermitage, Nachinola, 5.30 pm

* Dec 17: Mario Menezes tiatr, Eke Fottik Xembhor Fotti,
  3.15 pm Pai Tiatrist Hall, Margao M: 9822164904
* Dec 17: Seminary Day at Saligao.
* Dec 17: FC Goa V Athletico de Kolkata, IFL Semi final,
  Fatorda Stadium. 7 pm.  Giant screenings near Marlet Bar,
  Loutolim, Betalbatim Panchayat, AA de Majorda Hall, church
  ground, Nuvem, near Verna Church, near Nagao panchayat.
* Dec 17: Lusophone Film Festival, Chowgule College, Margao,
  The Last Flight of the Flamingo, 5.30 pm, and Our Father's
  Land, 7 pm, Journey to Portugal 5.30 pm
* Dec 17: Christmas Fiesta, 2014 with Diocesan Society of
  Edn and Dir of Art and Culture, Ravindra Bvn, Margao 10 am
* Dec 17: Ek Lagna Uprant, Konkani drama by Kala Chetna
  Volvoi, at RB Curchorem, at 13th All Goa Konkani Drama Comp
* Dec 17: RUST launch of new festive collection, Sangolda.
* Dec 17: Marathi drama contest Ek Tha Guru. Kala Academy.
* Dec 17: KB Hedgewar HS annual day, Kala Academy
* Dec 17-18: School of Drama's play prodn. Kala Academy.

  Prince Jacob's tiatr KAXIANVKAR/COFFINMAKER Pune
  (Nehru Memor Jan 16, 6 pm); Bandra (Manik, Jan 18
  2.45 pm); Borivali (Thackrey H, Jan 19 8.15 pm);
  Parel (Damodar Hall, Jan 20 8.15 pm); Vile Parle
  (Dinanath H Jan 21 8.15 pm); Malad (St J's Ch Gr,
  Jan 23 6.30 pm); Chembur (SSFA Hall, Jan 24 7.30
  pm); Bandra (Jan 25 2.45 pm); Matunga (Jan 25, 8.15
  pm); Bandra (Manik H, Jan 26 2.45 pm); Girgaum
  (Sahita Sangh, Jan 26 8.15 pm).

* Ongoing (Till Dec 21): Goa Shopping Festival, Merces,
  Panjim-Old Goa bypass road 10.30am to 9pm, jewellery,
  flowers, furniture, bags, household goods.
* Ongoing (Dec 17-24) Plant exhibition, Merces Ground,
  Panjim-Old Goa bypass,10amto 9pm.  East West Nursery, all
  ornamental plants
* Ongoing-Till Jan 2: Simple Complex, exhibition of Pierre
  Legrand.  Gallery Gitanjali, Fontainhas.
* Ongoing-Till Jan 9: Centre for Incubation & Business
  Accleration, Six week prog for entrepreneurs.  CIBA, Verna.
* Ongoing-Upto Dec 21: Mural design course at Goa Univ Intl
  Guest House, daily 2 to 5.30 pm.
* Ongoing-Upto Jan 15: Collection of unique rosaries on
  display at Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa.
* Till Dec 20: Christmas Spl Ballroom dance classes by Dr
  Martin, Don Bosco sch hall, 7-8.30 pm ballroom...@gmail.com
* Ongoing Dec 16-18: Ravindra Bhavan Margao organizes star
  making 3 pm to 5.30 pm. For students from Std V to IX.
  Entry forms at office. Fee Rs 20.
* Ongoing: The Good Shephard Organisation, Fatorda, star and
  crib competition.
* Ongoing: Till Dec 18, admissions for certificate course in
  Romi Konknni for beginners, Romi Lipi Action Front office,
  Margao, 2.30-5.30 pm, Ages 15-70 preferred.
* Dec 17-27: Vamona Sinai Navelkar exhibition at Casa Goa,
  Calangute 11