[Goanet] Samir Kelekar today filing his nomination.
Dr. Samir Kelekar to file his nomination papers today morning, 11am, 27the January as the people's candidate for the fourth coming Panaji by-election. We will be marching from Azad Maidan to the office of the returning officer after paying rich tribute to the Martyrs memorial. Plz join us to strengthen the people's democracy.
[Goanet] Lorna LIVE in Cuncolim
26.1.15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlDk-0cx-mM For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Watch Online Live: UK Parliamentary Debate on Corruption in Goa
Tues. 27 Jan: 4pm - 4.30pm. House of Commons sitting in Westminster Hall. Debate on Confiscation of property from British nationals in Goa and corruption amongst government officials. Introduced by Tim Loughton, Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham. Go to http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=17057 If you miss watching it live, you will find it in the archive. Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet-News] TRIBUTE: 'Goa's Michaelangelo' passes away at 84
'Goa's Michaelangelo' passes away at 84 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4817982590/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4817359575/ We have fond memories of Dr Jose Pereira, the the multi-faceted scholar and author, among the tallest Goan intellectuals of this generation, who passed away in the United States earlier this morning (our time). Dotor Ze Pereira, as he was known, was a magnificent human being and a brain that shaped our understanding of Goa in ways we would have never anticipated without his work. His life-long friend, the late Alban Couto, pays a tribute to him here [http://bit.ly/alban-tribute] sometime around 2008, in the context of the Borda art work. That essay has a title referring to Pereira as Goa's Michaelangelo. On a personal note, I had been following some of Dr Pereira's work since my college days, and we got to meet -- thanks to the growth of the internet -- over a dozen years back, when he was working on the frescoes in Borda. The above photos and the article below relate to this encounter. Subsequently, fate gave us the opportunity to co-publish two of Dr Pereira's books on Goan music, on the mando and dulpod, which he co-authored with his fellow-Curtorkar and cousin Pe Antonio Costa and the late maestro Micael Martins. http://bit.ly/songofgoa http://bit.ly/undramujamama We will definitely miss the contributions of this great man, but are grateful for the days he spent with us. A lot of happy memories... Frederick Noronha Founder, etc. Goa,1556 PS: Condolences, messages and memories can be sent in via sofiapeart...@gmail.com -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha * * * SCENES IN THE SACRISTY [c. 2001] A US-based expat artist's gift of love to Borda By Frederick Noronha LIKE A HOMING PIGEON, Dr Jose Pereira has remained obsessed with returning to this tiny chapel at Margao's Borda locality over the past two decades. It took him work spanning 21 years to complete frescoes in the sacristy here. Next, he enthusiastically wants to contribute more in an unusual art style that comes all the way from Italy. Frescoes are pictures made by painting on wet plaster (basically, a mixture of sand, lime and water) on a wall or ceiling. Some of the famous frescoes are in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, by Michelangelo. Back in Goa recently, this seventy-year-old US-based expat describes himself as a theologian, cultural historian of Indian culture, and last but not the least a fresco painter. After he retires shortly from the Jesuit-run university of Fordham, he plans to spend more time completing the only frescoes that exist in Goa. (Others are known to exist in India are at Santiniketan, the univarsity set up by Tagore.) Frescoes are the most permanent method available (to an artist), says Pereira. On preparing the lime and sand in a special way, the art virtually becomes 'part of the wall'. It's a very successful marriage between painting and architecture, says he. Some have lasted since 3000 BC. But, even in polluted cities like ours, they could easily last 500 years, he explains, when asked. As he displays his work, Pereira explains what makes frescoes so unique. Pure chemical pigments are etched into plaster, when it is still wet. This means, the artist has to plan his work carefully, and execute it speedily while the medium is still wet. Frescoes are an Italian discovery, if you could call it that. They first blossomed in the 13th century, and grew popular in Central Europe and Spain too. But frescoes have hardly been used outside of Europe. What makes this art-form so fascinating to him, and kept him glued at the task since 1979? Partly, it was something about the kind of results that frescoes give. Its luminosity, and the fact that the pigment forms an intimate bond with the wall itself, is interesting. Also, there was a desire to emulate the great masters, laughs Pereira, half-jokingly. Some famous fresco artists were Michaelangelo, Tiepolo and the Spaniard Goya. Not surprisingly, Pereira eagerly looks forward to his retirement, and the work he could do at Borda. If he had the time all these years, all the past work could have been finished in a six-month straight run. But, doing this during the US summer holidays -- which unfortunately coincides with the trying monsoon period in Goa -- meant things were tough. He had to spend years creating it. Why Borda? His roots are in Curtorim, and Pereira says he had always been looking for a vault to paint his frescoes on, till he came across Borda. There, he was encouraged by the then parish priest, Martinho Noronha, to go ahead with the work. Frescoes call for a lot of homework and preparation, some of which was done in his studio back in NY.
[Goanet] RIP Dr. Jose Pereira
Dear friends, Today we lost a singular Indian of his generation, and one of the true giants of Goa's art and culture. Dr. Jose Pereira's monumental work and contributions are irreplaceable building blocks of the continuing quest to understand and appreciate Goan identity. A small personal tribute: some favourite photos of Dr. Pereira in Goa are attached here, as is a column from 2006. RIP Dr. Jose Pereira. VM -- Being Indian with Dr. Jose Pereira in Borda -- A tonsured Brahmin pandit on a sanctified church wall? That's what we find in a corner of the marvellous, highly orginal fresco that enlivens the sacristy of the St. Joaquim Chapel in Borda. It's just one feature of this remarkable modern contribution to Goa's sacred art, a richly detailed Celebration of Food that takes in the sources of Goan staples (coconut, fish, etc), indigenous producers and sellers, and soars to a compelling image of a peaceful Christ entombed in a garden paradise. All this is the singular creation of Dr. Jose Pereira, the linguist, scholar, writer and artist who is himself aGoan original of the highest order. He writes about his work, the production of food is thus envisaged as a eucharistic sacrifice of the earth's first fruits, performed not in confining temples but on the wide earth and under the open sky. It's a consistently thought-provoking painting, easily among the most interesting modern public artworks in India. I hate Goa, says the lean, aquiline Pereira. But so much of the septuagenarian's life work belies the attestation, including authoritative works on our distinctive variant of neo-Roman architecture, on mando, on much-loved Konkani. The level of sheer scholarship is unusual, especially in our times. The amazing polymathic curiosity - spanning languages, cultures, religions - is inimitable. His published works are so many that a simple listing fills six dense pages.Their breadth is enough to encomapass 16 separate categories, ranging from Theology Philosophy: Buddhist to Language and Literature: Sanskrit. In between is a lifetime that has included lots of serious art - Pereira studied at the J. J. School before plumping for Sanskrit. His medium of choice is fresco buono - the painstaking technique utilized by the great Renaissance and Baroque masters. It makes the painting an architectural element, the image literally becomes part of the wall, it fuses with the structure itself. The artist paints on a layer of wet plaster, the fresco emerges in true form after the surface dries and the intended pigments are revealed. Nothing can be hurried - it is art by minute accumulation, imagemaking that hearkens back to the earliest religious paintings that were imprinted or carved painstakingly on cave walls. If Dr. Pereira has never been to Usgalimol, Goa's riverine site of some of the world's best Mesolithic art, he should head there immediately, he might find some ancient resonance with his contemporary Celebration of Food. We Goans are irrevokably the result of a great mish-mash, a gradual accretion of influences and borrowings. Pereira emboidies this both intellectually and instinctively - his epic in Borda illustrates it throughout. It is deeply Catholic, but grounded in Indian reality, it expresses deep feeling for the Konkan even while seeking the category-free exultation that characterizes the best religious art. It is fully from one tradition but serves many in its universality. It makes a serious bid for the eternal, it has a gutsy, very appealing ambition. But it is also more. It is a contribution to Goa's Catholic heritage from a man who was born into the most idealistic era of Indian nationalism, a GoanBombayite who threw himself into Sanskrit scholarship because he wanted to really understand what it was to be Indian, and the mother language seemed to be the embodiment of Indianness. This is also a man who hastily decamped from Portugal because he insisted (to an audience that included the Patriarch and the Governor) that while Goa was Latin, it was not a slavish copy of the Portguese variant but novel in its own right. In a dim corner of Curtorim is a stunning self-portrait executed decades ago. It is Jose Pereira in classic pose - back arched, gazing inquisitively, calmly, unblinkingly at the viewer. It poses a wordless challenge to the viewer. Who are you? What are you? The calmness is what is most unnerving, you know that the painting's subject has figured it all out. No Goan alive knows those fundamental answers better than Dr. Jose Pereira, let us all hope that he continues to share them with us in his writing, his art, and in longer, even more fruitful visits to his precious homeland.
[Goanet] HERALD EDITORIAL INSULTS NGT?
Whatever may be the sufferings of Goans during the Wine Festival 2015 of Grape Escapade yesterday ( 26th Jan) on account of stopping sales of wine on this day, we could not help it, because of NGT judgment came in force, but the whole crowd was crying for it. I have seen some people carrying empty tins of coca-cola/pepsi filled with scotch and Indian whisky and drinking openly at the ground. Nobody objected them and there were no policemen seen at the venue. Only few of us sincere Goans suffered of not getting wine bottles at these empty stalls, since they were asked to stop the sales. We were patriots and obeyed the orders from the NGT. All those probably were the tourists who made their best to drink at the festival from empty tins and were found filling up from the hidden bottles but Goans suffered. What a disgusting scene at the Campal parade ground? Now today, Herald newspapers comes with an Editorial against the judgement and directly insulting the N J T...! Owner of Herald Mr Raul Fernandes does he has any hold with the Editor when such a great insult to NGT appeared in Editorial column just on second day of 66th Republic Day? Dr. Joe told me that he has called Raul and fired him left and right for such an act. Dr. Joe D'Sousa also mentioned me that he is willing to sign a petition in case somebody takes up this mater against Herald because he has no financial back up for a petition in the Court. Stephen Dias D.Paula == FROM HERALD DATED 27TH JANUARY 2015 EDITORIAL *The State failed to protect Goa’s spirit, at the wine festival* The National Green Tribunal may have indeed delivered judgments which have helped those fighting to protect our fragile environment, but there will be very few in Goa who will be able to fathom its executive decision in declaring Jan 26 a dry day and issuing a diktat that no wine could be sold at a pre- planned, popular wine festival backed by the tourism department of Goa. It took a serial activist to file one of his petitions, asking for the Wine festival- which has been conducted successfully and is a very popular initiative- not to be held because the temporary structures like stalls caused CRZ violations. The NGT in its wisdom also went a step further and decided to declare that Jan 26 would be a dry day in Goa and hence no wine would be served. The questions that one needs to ask is who has benefitted from this order except perhaps the petitioner, whose chest has been puffed up at knocking down yet another victim. Granted that some of this petitioner’s interventions have indeed helped the state and its people, but that is no long term insurance against silly and detrimental moves such as these. These moves undo and make even those who admire activists turn into cynics, questioning the ulterior motives of activists. The Grape Escapade wine festival is far from an open air bar which celebrates the orgy of drinking. Wine drinking is one of the most genteel and socially acceptable forms of behavior and indeed a major tourism draw. The other components of music and food compliment the drinking and sale of wine, culminating in a grand three day festival, which incidentally draws a large number of locals. The NGT in Pune cannot get that. The wisdom, vision and common sense of activists who influence and dictate such decisions need not be commented upon. But if judicial bodies which are creatures of the highest judiciary take executive decisions like this, then the democratic balance of power between institutions gets disrupted. The order also comes on a day when Prime Minister Modi and US President Barrack Obama, were focusing on easing strangleholds in order to do smooth business for economies to prosper. This tone is applicable to the smallest fraction of this universe, which could be a simple festival aimed at drawing locals and tourists alike to Goa. The Judiciary cannot, and cannot be allowed to be a detached spectator to this process, even as it otherwise plays such a fine role in preventing the brutality of the government in steamrolling processes aimed at protecting India’s natural resources. There appears to be a strong and a growing absence of balance in the judiciary, which is critical to responsible growth. If the judiciary gave more and more judgments which prevented multi- billion dollar corporations to fuel their greed by taking decisions not sustainable to the environment, they would be respected. But if events like a popular food and drink festival, fall victim of uncalled for scrutiny, then this pillar will get looked at by contempt. The GTDC Chairman Nilesh Cabral has rightly decided to seek the Prime Minister's intervention against this kind of judicial activism by the NGT. It’s clear that he doesn’t have much hope from his Chief Minister who could have stood his ground and allowed the wine festival to continue and allow sale and consumption of wines, but chose to do nothing. This
[Goanet] Exercise recommendations unrealistic?
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Re: [Goanet] DEFENCE MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR MISUSING AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT
On Jan 25, 2015, at 6:35 PM, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: The AVRO can be used only for official work by the Defence Minister besides the Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air force. The AVRO is a twin engine turboprop aircraft having a capacity of 48 passengers with a maximum cruise speed of 452 km an hour. COMMENT: Whatever the veracity of what Aires has stated (vide supra), I wonder why the DM is flying in this 'Slow Poke Rodriguez' ( from Speedy Gonzalez ) plane. It is slow and quite uncomfortable to fly in. He should be flying in a decent aircraft..not in a Kadambaesque hawai-jahaz. jc
[Goanet] A MILESTONE BY AMERICA
It took a Barack Obama to visit India for Manohar Parrikar to finally learn how to dress to the occasion. Better late than never. A stack of ‘make in India’ suits and shoes are now on order for the Honourable Defence Minister. Thank you America. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
Re: [Goanet] Not so sorrowing lies the tourist season (Rose Fernandes)
Very well said, Rose ! This alleged Tourist product known as Goa ...has been pimped out by vested interests post 1961. We don't have to be geniuses to determine what really happened, as a result, to Goa and Goans. Hope Lalu Prasad builds a lake in Bihar, Hypes it and invites ALL the Indian tourists including the Noise and Ghann Makers from Bollywood to do their thing there .and leave Goans to enjoy what ever little is left of their beloved Goa .in Peace. jc On Jan 25, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Rose Fernandes mel...@orange.net wrote: Recent reports are reaching us in the UK via various media that the tourist season in Goa is in sorrow mode. No-one however should be killing the fat goose, because after all these years, the fat goose has finally got it just right, laying the perfect golden Win-Win egg. The first win, our Niz Goykars in Goa must be rejoicing that their land is gradually being returned to them to live in peace. It must have been horrendous all these years to live in a place where a large amount of people descend during the tourist season causing conjection, traffic jams, loud noise, ear drum bursting music, crowded buses, extra garbage being strewn all over the place not to mention the rise in prices for their local commodities like fish, meat, vegetables and other essentials as well as the all important rise in airport landing fees in Dabolim and taxi fares, that is if you can get one! Rises that probably do not match their purchasing power or salary scales leaving local Goykars all disgruntled, fed up and wishing to obtain a foreign passport at any cost to escape far from the madding crowd rather than dealing with these issues themselves.
[Goanet] TRIBUTE: 'Goa's Michaelangelo' passes away at 84
'Goa's Michaelangelo' passes away at 84 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4817982590/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4817359575/ We have fond memories of Dr Jose Pereira, the the multi-faceted scholar and author, among the tallest Goan intellectuals of this generation, who passed away in the United States earlier this morning (our time). Dotor Ze Pereira, as he was known, was a magnificent human being and a brain that shaped our understanding of Goa in ways we would have never anticipated without his work. His life-long friend, the late Alban Couto, pays a tribute to him here [http://bit.ly/alban-tribute] sometime around 2008, in the context of the Borda art work. That essay has a title referring to Pereira as Goa's Michaelangelo. On a personal note, I had been following some of Dr Pereira's work since my college days, and we got to meet -- thanks to the growth of the internet -- over a dozen years back, when he was working on the frescoes in Borda. The above photos and the article below relate to this encounter. Subsequently, fate gave us the opportunity to co-publish two of Dr Pereira's books on Goan music, on the mando and dulpod, which he co-authored with his fellow-Curtorkar and cousin Pe Antonio Costa and the late maestro Micael Martins. http://bit.ly/songofgoa http://bit.ly/undramujamama We will definitely miss the contributions of this great man, but are grateful for the days he spent with us. A lot of happy memories... Frederick Noronha Founder, etc. Goa,1556 PS: Condolences, messages and memories can be sent in via sofiapeart...@gmail.com -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha * * * SCENES IN THE SACRISTY [c. 2001] A US-based expat artist's gift of love to Borda By Frederick Noronha LIKE A HOMING PIGEON, Dr Jose Pereira has remained obsessed with returning to this tiny chapel at Margao's Borda locality over the past two decades. It took him work spanning 21 years to complete frescoes in the sacristy here. Next, he enthusiastically wants to contribute more in an unusual art style that comes all the way from Italy. Frescoes are pictures made by painting on wet plaster (basically, a mixture of sand, lime and water) on a wall or ceiling. Some of the famous frescoes are in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, by Michelangelo. Back in Goa recently, this seventy-year-old US-based expat describes himself as a theologian, cultural historian of Indian culture, and last but not the least a fresco painter. After he retires shortly from the Jesuit-run university of Fordham, he plans to spend more time completing the only frescoes that exist in Goa. (Others are known to exist in India are at Santiniketan, the univarsity set up by Tagore.) Frescoes are the most permanent method available (to an artist), says Pereira. On preparing the lime and sand in a special way, the art virtually becomes 'part of the wall'. It's a very successful marriage between painting and architecture, says he. Some have lasted since 3000 BC. But, even in polluted cities like ours, they could easily last 500 years, he explains, when asked. As he displays his work, Pereira explains what makes frescoes so unique. Pure chemical pigments are etched into plaster, when it is still wet. This means, the artist has to plan his work carefully, and execute it speedily while the medium is still wet. Frescoes are an Italian discovery, if you could call it that. They first blossomed in the 13th century, and grew popular in Central Europe and Spain too. But frescoes have hardly been used outside of Europe. What makes this art-form so fascinating to him, and kept him glued at the task since 1979? Partly, it was something about the kind of results that frescoes give. Its luminosity, and the fact that the pigment forms an intimate bond with the wall itself, is interesting. Also, there was a desire to emulate the great masters, laughs Pereira, half-jokingly. Some famous fresco artists were Michaelangelo, Tiepolo and the Spaniard Goya. Not surprisingly, Pereira eagerly looks forward to his retirement, and the work he could do at Borda. If he had the time all these years, all the past work could have been finished in a six-month straight run. But, doing this during the US summer holidays -- which unfortunately coincides with the trying monsoon period in Goa -- meant things were tough. He had to spend years creating it. Why Borda? His roots are in Curtorim, and Pereira says he had always been looking for a vault to paint his frescoes on, till he came across Borda. There, he was encouraged by the then parish priest, Martinho Noronha, to go ahead with the work. Frescoes call for a lot of homework and preparation, some of which was done in his studio back in NY.
[Goanet] Fwd: Sporting Clube de Goa complete signing of Miguel Garcia
*Sporting Clube de Goa complete signing of Miguel Garcia* I-League outfit, Sporting Clube de Goa completed their four foreigner quota after signing Portuguese defender Miguel Angelo Moita Garcia at Don Bosco ground, Panjim, over the weekend. Miguel is familiar to Indian football having recently played in the ISL tournament for North East United, although he admits Goa is a little bit warmer than the North East. “When I first came to the North East it was very cool, but soon started to warm up after the first month. Goa’s temperature is even hotter, but I will acclimatize. Miguel was part of the world famous Sporting Clube de Portugal Academy from the age of fourteen. “In Portugal it was an honour to play for the Sporting Club of Portugal and similarly I was attracted to the name and Infrastructure of my new club as they promote a Sporting culture in Goa,” stated Miguel. Miguel started his career as a right back and has now established himself as a centre back, where he will be mostly utilized for the Flaming Oranje. Miguel is a couple of weeks shy of his 32nd birthday, but can remember his teenage years fondly where he roomed and Schooled with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani and Ricardo Quaresma at SCP. As a defender, Miguel had to face the fancy footwork of these formidable wing wizards in training which sharpened his skills, especially his concentration and alertness. Miguel won the Taca de Portugal with SCP in 2007, but the fondest memories of his career to date are the two Uefa Europa League runners up medals he has picked up. The first came in 2005 when SCP narrowly lost out to CSKA Moscow. The second time was playing for Sporting Braga in 2011, where they were beaten by Portuguese rivals FC Porto. Miguel has also played in Italy for Reggina, in Turkey for Orduspor and in Spain for Mallorca. The other Portuguese outfit he has turned out for was Olhanense. “Miguel has played against the top strikers in the world from Alan Shearer to Radamel Falcao. His recent stint in India shows he has the proven credentials to adapt and excel. He also has strong leadership qualities which is important,” remarked Sporting Clube de Goa President Peter Vaz. Miguel looks certain to make his debut against Panjim rivals Dempo Sports Club in the I-League on Tuesday. PHOTO: Sporting Clube de Goa President Peter Vaz welcomes Miguel to the club at the training ground, in Don Bosco Panjim. -- CONNECT WITH US: www.sportingclubedegoa.com www.sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/sportingclubedegoa.officialpage www.twitter.com/sportingoa -- CONNECT WITH US: www.sportingclubedegoa.com www.sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/sportingclubedegoa.officialpage www.twitter.com/sportingoa
[Goanet] LET HIM ENJOY
Dear Aires, Do not waste your time with this fellow; I can only say in Portuguese wordings so that 0thers do not jump on me; COMER AS HOSTEAS QUANDO O PAI E SACRISTAO. Here the Sacristao you know who he is. Lets us see when these Hosteas gets over. Stephen === From the Goanet to Goanet; Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:05:56 +0530 From: Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] DEFENCE MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR MISUSING AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT Message-ID: cahriwmjjmlizyrg83tvahywdqftl2f63oqr8bx75j9zo+gd...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Manohar Parrikar has been deceptively projecting himself as somebody simple with no flunkeys, no security, carrying his own luggage and flying economy class on low-cost airlines. But true to the saying that ?power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely? the Defence Minister has been misusing the Indian Air force aircraft AVRO on some of his very frequent politicking visits to Goa. The AVRO has been ferrying Manohar Parrikar to Goa and remains parked in the naval base at Dabolim Airport till Manohar Parrikar finishes his political chores and is ready to fly back. Manohar Parrikar in gross abuse of power has been craftily fixing some odd defence Ministry related symbolic official functions in and around Goa to be able to camouflage it as an official visit to misuse the AVRO and unnecessarily burden the tax payer. The AVRO can be used only for official work by the Defence Minister besides the Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air force. The AVRO is a twin engine turboprop aircraft having a capacity of 48 passengers with a maximum cruise speed of 452 km an hour. Having left Goa leaving a mind boggling long trail of rampant corruption and nepotism over the two and a half years as Chief Minister, we would now have to keep a very watchful and vigilant eye on all those defence deals being knotted by Manohar Parrikar. The dog?s tail never straightens, does it? Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar ? Goa ? 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires --
[Goanet] Exercise for preventing Diabetes.
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[Goanet] Goa: What lies beyond?
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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day...
Diana Krall - As Times Goes By (with Lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6OJFzXPlnEspfreload=10 g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Goa news for January 27, 2015
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Obama's chewing gum, Modi's turban, giant crab on Goa's float: highlights of ... - Scroll.in X9kh0rqu9uJOMPrLkAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778719542357ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGYN2aRFYD9u2km5-X7Trrp1LZLhQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778719542357ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://scroll.in/article/702481/obamas-chewing-gum-modis-turban-the-giant-crab-on-the-goan-float-highlights-of-the-republic-day-parade *** Republic day celebrations in Goa: Governor warns against onslaught of social ... - Economic Times ourism-social-diseas_n_6544680.htmlTourists Responsible For Social Diseases In Goa, says Goan Governor http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHILps37wRnxdiu--Sm7QbO8iYD0Qclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778723309163ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/goa-governor-mridula-sinha-warns-against-onslaught-of-social-diseases/articleshow/46018839.cms *** I-League: Dempo FC, Sporting Clube de Goa looking for first win - IBNLive eague match when the two clash with each other at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, here on Tuesday. With Australian striker Tolgay Ozbey, defender Haroon Amiri ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGu2sBERM_TW5e82D7A3g1FA7mZjwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778722163288ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ileague-dempo-fc-sporting-clube-de-goa-looking-for-first-win/524966-5-21.html *** India's secret weapon or Obama's 'beast': What WAS that giant crab on the Goa ... - Firstpost authuser=0ned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFgflcPJLbWmRrruusxCEEu41ZiYgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778723885626ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://www.firstpost.com/living/indias-secret-weapon-or-obamas-beast-what-was-that-giant-crab-on-the-goa-float-2064241.html *** Goa IB officer awarded police medal - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Aravind Kumar H Nair, assistant director of intelligence bureau, Goa, has been awarded police medal for meritorious service. Nair is the chief of intelligence bureau, Goa, for the past couple of years. He has also been functioning as the chief ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHUKNLcVPE2xC3c2VjqP8d44p_smAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778723186690ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-IB-officer-awarded-police-medal/articleshow/46015000.cms *** ZimaFest concludes with a bang in Goa - Daijiworld.com a live musical festival here, came to an end with adrenaline pumping acts by Indian artistes The F16's, Madboy/Mink and DJ Nishan. The event, which saw an ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHH1msE6LgAJQASoPJYrUtRgg_cRwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778724350114ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=292770 *** Hosts Goa look to stamp their mark today - Oherald inals, both the teams were clinical. Goa crushed Kerala 4-1 ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGYEchzdzciTbJLvKjRv2BQP5_r2wclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Sports/Hosts-Goa-look-to-stamp-their-mark-today/84047.html *** The State failed to protect Goa's spirit, at the wine festival - Oherald eraldThe National Green Tribunal may have indeed delivered judgments which have helped those fighting to protect our fragile environment, but there will be very few in Goa who will be able to fathom its executive decision in declaring Jan 26 a dry day and ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGE5hFAbKH9_61PWgQYVXF3H5DXPgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778724359617ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/Editorial/The-State-failed-to-protect-Goa%E2%80%99s-spirit-at-the-wine-festival/84013.html *** Goa win T20 plate title after thriller - Wisden India ay leg, with its close finishes and the odd upset. The final winners though, were familiar faces, as Railways topped the Elite Division, and one-day runners-up Goa ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNERn4rzKiSSsTZ5arSndgsthOQAlQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=CdzGVMK3LMW5wAG7lYGAAgurl=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/goa-win-t20-plate-title-thriller/145279 *** Mutalik to approach court against ban on entering Goa - The Hindu indutva outfit while the Centre was granting subsidy on export of beef. The BJP used religion to suit its politics and not vice-versa, he alleged.a class=
[Goanet] Its more of Competition than celebration..
Its more of Competition than celebration I do it because he did it. I am taking about christening, birthdays, weddings and even funerals Not well to do, a friend of mine also did like everybody else. I always wanted to know how he managed to do it. Few weeks later in a pub, he himself disclosed the source 'my child's christening, I did not beg or borrow from anyone, I encashed our own fixed deposit prematurely. Here is an eye opener from Saby de Divar Saby de Divar singing at Cuncolim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgdksK9q4E For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
Re: [Goanet] Isabel Santa Rita Vás on Jose Pereira (see link for images)
Thank you Isabel Santa Rita Vás for your beautiful expression on Prof. José Pereira. Much appreciation VM, for sharing Ms Vás' reflective text. Venantius On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:23 AM, V M vmin...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.tambdimati.com/article/earth-and-heaven-in-conversation/ Earth and heaven in conversation Isabel Santa Rita Vás Limits are challenges, even when the wide world is your canvas. The earth has charmed him with its natural beauty; the things of the earth, its songs, its languages and architecture, have been irresistible realms that he must explore. But the earth was never enough. He needed to cross the limit. He heard the heavens beckon too. And so, Dr. Pereira turned to the study of theology, mythology, the scriptures, the writing of the mystics. He rises above narrow limits of disciplines to achieve a rich and cosmopolitan understanding of culture. The pulse of all his meditative research is best felt transmuted into his art. It is here that earth and heaven enter into intimate conversation. Jose Pereira was born in 1931. His family home is in Curtorim, Goa, but his scholarly pursuits have taken him far and wide. He can be described with many epithets: researcher, author of books on art and architecture, musicologist, linguist. But in his heart, the greatest passion has always been his painting. The themes on his canvasses range from the crucified Christ, to a self-portrait, to classical themes of Hindu art. In his murals we come face to face with all manner of creatures of the earth, and the God who is manifest as nourishment for the soul. He has imbibed the spirit of the great classics he has studied and his paintings reveal the breadth and harmony of his vision. In the Chapel of São Joaquim, in Borda, Margao, we come face to face with frescoes of great exuberance and power executed in 1999. The sheer delicacy and wealth of detail capture our gaze and hold it in thrall. We look with wonder at rural scenes of a Goan landscape that is still recognizable, though fast disappearing in rapidly urbanizing times. Dr. Pereira writes about his work: The production of food is envisaged as a Eucharistic sacrifice of the earth's first fruits, performed not in confining temples but on the wide earth and under the open sky. Vivek Menezes remarks, It is a consistently thought-provoking painting, easily among the most interesting modern public artworks in India. The Chapel at Fatorda, Margao, hosts yet another marvelous work. The paintings on the wall are an offering of colour and form and luminosity, where feeling and thought reveal the earth and heaven in conversation. Dr. Pereira's health began to fail him when he started this work, so he painted only the face of Christ in the fresco technique, with its wide glaring eyes and then surrendered the rest of the work to be painted in acrylic by two art students, Sandesh Shetgaonkar and Sudin Kurpaskar. Jose Lourenco provided technical expertise. 'Why are his eyes so glaring,' Jose Lourenco asked him. 'That's because He is angry,' he replied, 'at what we have done to His creation'. Pereira is a deeply religious man, who believes, like Pascal, in doing little things as great things, and great things with ease, in tandem with the Omnipotence of God. Jose Pereira was an avid learner even as a young man. His interest in his Indian heritage led him to opt for a B.A. (Hons.) in Sanskrit, side by side with a full-time course at the J.J. School of Art. He went on to gain his doctorate in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the University of Bombay in 1958. He then took up the position of Research Associate in History of Indian Art at the American Academy of Benares, Varanasi from 1967 to '69. He was adjunct Professor of East and West Cultural Relations at the Instituto Superior de Estudos Ultramarinos in Lisbon, Portugal. He later joined Fordham University, New York, as a Professor of Theology. The research and the writing never waned. Dr. Pereira has published more than 20 books and over 130 articles of theology, history of art and architecture, and on Goan culture, language and music. Referring to his brilliant mind and scholarship, Maria Aurora Couto notes: It was always a play between mind and heart, serious thought and the earthy humour of Konkani folk song, the wistful lyrics of the Mando, melancholic, speaking of the unattainable, and the richness of an inheritance that has sustained us. I hate Goa, Dr. Pereira has been heard to comment drily. Perhaps it is his very love of Goa that leads him to hate certain trends that he sees emerging in the land of his ancestors. He often laments that the Konkani language may be reduced to a literary artefact. It is this same deep passion for Goan culture and language that has that has inspired him to study the traditional Goan Konkani song, the Mando. Jose Pereira writes about this kind of song, and about the work of
[Goanet] An interview I had conducted with Dr José Pereira, who passed away in New York on January 26
Q: If you were to get a chance to live again, what would you like to come back as? I supposed I could be a computer graphics expert. But then a meditative existence would not be possible. I would not be able to have the vivid experiences that I have had. I am happy to have lived in the time I have lived and have been living. Read the whole interview here... http://bygerarddsouza.blogspot.in/2010/08/forces-destroying-goa-are-much-stronger.html?q=jose+pereira -- Keep Going Gerard de Souza Senior Sub-Editor cum Feature Writer: Gomantak Times Joint Secretary: Goa Union of Journalists Ph 9765853312, 0832-2410815 email: gernal...@gmail.com plus.google.com/+GerarddeSouza/posts Blog: http://www.bygerarddsouza.blogspot.com Revora, Bardez, Goa 403513
[Goanet] Mopa will add to a mere 4.2 million passengers in 40 years
It's all about money honey! Not about viability http://www.goacom.com/goa-news-highlights/24729-mopa-will-add-to-a-mere-4-2-million-passengers-in-40-years -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Easy Listening selection for today............Paul Anka.
‘Diana’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JpWEZ2BQ7I --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
[Goanet] Goa news for January 28, 2015
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** I-League: Dempo Thrash Sporting Clube de Goa 3-0 - NDTVSports.com win over 10-man Sporting Clube de Goa to earn their first win in the third round of the Hero I-League, played at Nehru stadium, Fatorda, here on Tuesday. With Tuesday's win, Dempo have collected 5 points from 3 ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGGPj2pjIqdvHXbkCSZ-SqimDRoNAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778722163288ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/236653-i-league-dempo-thrash-sporting-clube-de-goa-3-0 *** Pramod Muthalik denied permission to visit Goa - Daily News Analysis dHNgx_BgT5ZXR1HfAqLJlUQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778724456730ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFARxlkDbatwhLHU-i-6l-Ww4Vo5Aclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778724456730ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pramod-muthalik-denied-permission-to-visit-goa-2056125 *** Goa Governor blames Western tourists for causing 'social diseases' in state - Daily News Analysis swQHTzIC4CQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHn8jPoZ-Hgf5jR_vSykbw6on1pagclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778723309163ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-governor-blames-western-tourists-for-causing-social-diseases-in-state-2055734 *** India's Biggest Youth Festival in Goa - The New Indian Express e New Indian ExpressIn a quest to Beat The Best, India's young and thriving talent gear up for the finale on 13th 14th February, 2015 to be held at the country's party capital Goa. All Zonal winners will qualify to compete at the VFest grand finale. In sync with the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGYTOlKYE-70MUAGMr5edkCCs2zIQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/Indias-Biggest-Youth-Festival-in-Goa/2015/01/27/article2639358.ece *** India's secret weapon or Obama's 'beast': What WAS that giant crab on the Goa ... - Firstpost authuser=0ned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFgflcPJLbWmRrruusxCEEu41ZiYgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778723885626ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://www.firstpost.com/living/indias-secret-weapon-or-obamas-beast-what-was-that-giant-crab-on-the-goa-float-2064241.html *** Proud Goa loses 2 prominent sons - Times of India swQHTzIC4CQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNE1WpM99DlW-XCjNWS_2v54extTrAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778725058140ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Proud-Goa-loses-2-prominent-sons/articleshow/46035077.cms *** Aqua Goa festival to begin on Jan 29 - Times of India kbs_GMauthuser=0ned=usand more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHyROoYUFBT9UHrr1CdbZT7xov5_Aclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778725079704ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Aqua-Goa-festival-to-begin-on-Jan-29/articleshow/46035085.cms *** Goa named and shamed in British Parliament - Oherald eraldWhen the MP for East Worthing and Shoreham Tim Loughton, raised the issue of confiscation of property from British nationals in Goa and corruption amongst government officials in the West Minster Hall in the British Parliament, many Goan's and those ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHtKTnQtSEVonZvm-wbJBalr9-Jowclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778725058161ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/Editorial/Goa-named-and-shamed-in-British-Parliament/84095.html *** Goa Bloggers' Meet 2015 on Feb 1 - The Navhind Times e Navhind TimesIt will take place at The International Centre Goa, Taleigao Plateau on February 1 between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sessions planned will cover the following topics: Content basics, in a session titled Is your blog naked? by Ulrike Rodrigues, which will ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFztGWlA_3bR7ZdKiWXXKx0WwBJrwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-bloggers-meet-2015-on-feb-1/ *** In an age of drones, kites a big draw in Goa (Human Interest Feature) - Business Standard pitting US drones, good old kites with traditional insignia still fly high. Ask American Ronald Bohart, one of the several international kite enthusiasts who participated in the International Kite Festival held over the Republic ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNF9OE02KjN--uS-0TQOJhTUDrilzwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=jS3IVMj5I-bswQHTzIC4CQurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/in-an-age-of-drones-kites-a-big-draw-in-goa-human-interest-feature-115012700335_1.html Compiled by
[Goanet] Quizzes this weekend
Hi all, The Sunday Evening Quiz Club will hold three quizzes this weekend. On Saturday the 31st of January, Aniruddha Sen Gupta will host the Margao January Quiz at 5 pm at the Urban Health Centre, Margao. The next day, the 1st of February, will see QuizDubai’s BrainBuster, a solo written quiz set by visiting SEQC-ian Dr. Chandrashekar Rao. This will take place at 3 pm at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula and will consist of 90 questions to be answered in 60 minutes. This will be followed by the Panjim February Quiz, which will be hosted by Aniruddha Sen Gupta and will begin at 5 pm. All three quizzes are open to all. For more details visit www.seqc.blogspot.com http://www.seqc.blogspot.com/. Regards, Rajiv You have received this email because you are on the mailing list of the Sunday Evening Quiz Club, Goa. If you no longer wish to receive communication from us, please reply to this email with the word ‘remove’ in the subject line. Visit our blog http://www.seqc.blogspot.com/, follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/SEQCGoa or join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/63983915419?ap=1.
[Goanet] India will succeed so long as it is not splintered on sectarian lines: Obama - TOI
*India will succeed so long as it is not splintered on sectarian lines: Obama* Sachin Parashar,TNN | Jan 28, 2015 NEW DELHI: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday waded into the raging conversion dispute as he reminded the Indian government and people that they ought to ensure freedom of religion as enshrined in Article 25 of the Indian Constitution. While Obama's assertion was more of a nudge than an admonition, he spoke at length about the freedom to be able to practice one's religion, reading out from Indian Constitution which guarantees freedom to practice and propagate religion. Your Article 25 says that all people are 'equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion', said Obama in his address to a largely young audience, hours ahead of his departure. In both our countries, in all countries, upholding this fundamental freedom is the responsibility of government, but it's also the responsibility of every person, he added. The US President went on to say that India was going to succeed so long as it was not splintered on sectarian lines. He recalled the attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin saying that this terrible act of violence had both India and US reaffirming that every person had the right to practise the faith of their choice. To further drive home his point about religious tolerance in India, Obama mentioned the recognition achieved by people like Shah Rukh Khan, Milkha Singh and Mary Kom, all from minority communities, in India. Obama's remarks came during the course of his almost hour-long speech titled India and America: The Future We Can Build Together. According to a report in New York Times, Obama was under pressure from advocacy groups to take up the issue of human rights while in India. Among his audience was Kailash Satyarthi, a fellow Nobel peace laureate. The focus on religion though was just one aspect of his speech in which he made a compelling case for stronger cooperation between India and the US. India and US are natural partners but I believe they can also be best partners, he said. Obama also backed the just concluded negotiations for operationalizing the civil nuclear agreement which he said could help fight climate change through clean energy. He touched upon a number of global issues as he exhorted India to play a bigger role saying with greater power came more responsibility. The United States welcomes a greater role for India in the Asia Pacific, where freedom of navigation must be upheld and disputes must be resolved peacefully, said Obama. While reiterating support for India's candidature for permanent membership of UNSC, he said the two countries could work together for peace and stability in the region, including in Burma and Sri Lanka where, he said, there was new hope for democracy. He also sought closer partnership between the two countries in security and defence. The speech was peppered by references to Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr and also Vivekananda who, he said, brought to the US yoga and Hinduism. Twice Obama addressed the audience as sisters and brothers of India after he referred to Vivekananda's speech in Chicago where he addressed the US audience as sisters and brothers of America. The manner in which Obama invoked his own background and also America's racial segregation in the past in pressing India on issues like women rights and religious freedom helped temper his message which could still ruffle some feathers here. Obama mentioned how his grandfather was the son of a cook in the British army. Even as we live in a world of wrenching inequities, we're also proud to live in countries where even the grandson of a cook can become president, even a Dalit can help write a constitution, and even a tea seller can become prime minister, Obama said, as he recalled how King Jr was introduced in a school as a fellow untouchable when he visited India.
Re: [Goanet] Isabel Santa Rita Vás on Jose Pereira (see link for images)
Wow Isabel..that is positively Brilliant. Thank you Isabel, VM and Venantius best jc On Jan 27, 2015, at 2:09 PM, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Isabel Santa Rita Vás for your beautiful expression on Prof. José Pereira. Much appreciation VM, for sharing Ms Vás' reflective text. Venantius On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:23 AM, V M vmin...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.tambdimati.com/article/earth-and-heaven-in-conversation/ Earth and heaven in conversation Isabel Santa Rita Vás Limits are challenges, even when the wide world is your canvas. The earth has charmed him with its natural beauty; the things of the earth, its songs, its languages and architecture, have been irresistible realms that he must explore. But the earth was never enough. He needed to cross the limit. He heard the heavens beckon too. And so, Dr. Pereira turned to the study of theology, mythology, the scriptures, the writing of the mystics. He rises above narrow limits of disciplines to achieve a rich and cosmopolitan understanding of culture. The pulse of all his meditative research is best felt transmuted into his art. It is here that earth and heaven enter into intimate conversation. Jose Pereira was born in 1931. His family home is in Curtorim, Goa, but his scholarly pursuits have taken him far and wide. He can be described with many epithets: researcher, author of books on art and architecture, musicologist, linguist. But in his heart, the greatest passion has always been his painting. The themes on his canvasses range from the crucified Christ, to a self-portrait, to classical themes of Hindu art. In his murals we come face to face with all manner of creatures of the earth, and the God who is manifest as nourishment for the soul. He has imbibed the spirit of the great classics he has studied and his paintings reveal the breadth and harmony of his vision. In the Chapel of São Joaquim, in Borda, Margao, we come face to face with frescoes of great exuberance and power executed in 1999. The sheer delicacy and wealth of detail capture our gaze and hold it in thrall. We look with wonder at rural scenes of a Goan landscape that is still recognizable, though fast disappearing in rapidly urbanizing times. Dr. Pereira writes about his work: The production of food is envisaged as a Eucharistic sacrifice of the earth's first fruits, performed not in confining temples but on the wide earth and under the open sky. Vivek Menezes remarks, It is a consistently thought-provoking painting, easily among the most interesting modern public artworks in India. The Chapel at Fatorda, Margao, hosts yet another marvelous work. The paintings on the wall are an offering of colour and form and luminosity, where feeling and thought reveal the earth and heaven in conversation. Dr. Pereira's health began to fail him when he started this work, so he painted only the face of Christ in the fresco technique, with its wide glaring eyes and then surrendered the rest of the work to be painted in acrylic by two art students, Sandesh Shetgaonkar and Sudin Kurpaskar. Jose Lourenco provided technical expertise. 'Why are his eyes so glaring,' Jose Lourenco asked him. 'That's because He is angry,' he replied, 'at what we have done to His creation'. Pereira is a deeply religious man, who believes, like Pascal, in doing little things as great things, and great things with ease, in tandem with the Omnipotence of God. Jose Pereira was an avid learner even as a young man. His interest in his Indian heritage led him to opt for a B.A. (Hons.) in Sanskrit, side by side with a full-time course at the J.J. School of Art. He went on to gain his doctorate in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the University of Bombay in 1958. He then took up the position of Research Associate in History of Indian Art at the American Academy of Benares, Varanasi from 1967 to '69. He was adjunct Professor of East and West Cultural Relations at the Instituto Superior de Estudos Ultramarinos in Lisbon, Portugal. He later joined Fordham University, New York, as a Professor of Theology. The research and the writing never waned. Dr. Pereira has published more than 20 books and over 130 articles of theology, history of art and architecture, and on Goan culture, language and music. Referring to his brilliant mind and scholarship, Maria Aurora Couto notes: It was always a play between mind and heart, serious thought and the earthy humour of Konkani folk song, the wistful lyrics of the Mando, melancholic, speaking of the unattainable, and the richness of an inheritance that has sustained us. I hate Goa, Dr. Pereira has been heard to comment drily. Perhaps it is his very love of Goa that leads him to hate certain trends that he sees emerging in the land of his ancestors. He often laments that the Konkani language may be reduced to a literary artefact. It is this same
[Goanet] RIP Dr. José Pereira
RIP Dr. José Pereira. We lost a singular Goan of his generation. There were many singular Goans before the invasion. All left Goa and now we are in the dumps. BC , Today we lost a singular Indian of his generation, and one of the true giants of Goa's art and culture. Dr. Jose Pereira's monumental work and contributions are irreplaceable building blocks of the continuing quest to understand and appreciate Goan identity. A small personal tribute: some favourite photos of Dr. Pereira in Goa are attached here, as is a column from 2006. RIP Dr. Jose Pereira. VM -- Being Indian with Dr. Jose Pereira in Borda
[Goanet] Subject: Re: Not so sorrowing lies the tourist season (Rose
Tourism and the hospitality industry is reported to be Goa's biggest employer and business. Regards, GL On Jan 25, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Rose Fernandes mel...@orange.net wrote: Recent reports are reaching us in the UK via various media that the tourist season in Goa is in sorrow mode. No-one however should be killing the fat goose, because after all these years, the fat goose has finally got it just right, laying the perfect golden Win-Win egg. The first win, our Niz Goykars in Goa must be rejoicing that their land is gradually being returned to them to live in peace. It must have been horrendous all these years to live in a place where a large amount of people descend during the tourist season causing conjection, traffic jams, loud noise, ear drum bursting music, crowded buses, extra garbage being strewn all over the place not to mention the rise in prices for their local commodities like fish, meat, vegetables and other essentials as well as the all important rise in airport landing fees in Dabolim and taxi fares, that is if you can get one! Rises that probably do not match their purchasing power or salary scales leaving local Goykars all disgruntled, fed up and wishing to obtain a foreign passport at any cost to escape far from the madding crowd rather than dealing with these issues themselves.
[Goanet] UK Parliament reveals Goa's land grabbers surpass Zimbabwe's: Report + Video
27 Jan: 16:00 16:00pm. Parliament TV. Introduced by Tim Loughton, Conservative MP who highlighted the case of Les and Sheila Medcroft which also affects many hundreds of other British expats In 2001 the Medcrofts bought the Oceanic Hotel in Palolem, Goa. They went through the legal process and obtained all the licences and certificates. A couple of years ago the Enforcement Directorate claimed that it is built on agricultural land and confiscation proceedings have begun. The Medcrofts started the appeal process and were asked to pay a bribe of £10,000. They declined to do so. The case is still before the Court A lecturer couple from Birmingham took early retirement and bought a hotel in Goa. Years later it is being claimed that it is on agricultural land These are among the 750 British national owning property in Goa who are facing systematic abuse and demands for money under menaces To watch a video recording of the debate (link valid worldwide), advance the counter to 16:00 using the right arrows at http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=17057 For the Hotel Oceanic website, go to http://www.hotel-oceanic.com/ For Sheila Medcroft Facebook page, go to https://www.facebook.com/sheila.medcroft Editorial: Goa named and shamed in British Parliament. 28 Jan: Herald. Very rarely is a small province in a country singled out for special attention, in a manner so shameful. But hearing the speech and the interaction the MP had with his minister, not a single person in our land would have had the heart or the will or the belief to counter what they said or have any defense This particular speech and the Ministers reaction have caused far greater damage to Goas reputation than anything else ever has But the damage has been done by what happened in Westminster on Tuesday 764 words. http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=10796boxid=163131453uid=dat= 1/28/2015 British MP accuses Goa ED officials of harassing his constituents. Part 1. 28 Jan: Herald. Conservative MP Tim Loughton accused Goa officials of corruption while dealing with property cases of British nationals; Says Its the Goan equivalent of the mafia, over 300 cases of property confiscation orders issued; Herald accesses live feed of British Parliament proceedings http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=10778boxid=1681131uid=dat=1% 2f28%2f2015 Part 2. 28 Jan: Herald. http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=10779boxid=164322406uid=dat= 1/28/2015 NRI/ PIOs aren't exempt from this nastiness - dozens of them have been hauled up before the ED on dubious charges of buying 'agricultural, plantation or orchard land' Problems with the links? Check out www.goanvoice.org.uk newsletter of 28 Jan 2015 Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet] Demiss Roussous Nana Mouskouri
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[Goanet] Regional news Unit of ALL India radio Panaji : new email: rnuairpan...@gmail.com
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[Goanet] Tillari displaced begin hunger strike unto death
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM: About 50 people from Sal-Bicholim, who were earlier moved from Tillari during the construction of the Tillari irrigation project, on Monday went on an indefinite hunger strike in protest against the government’s failure to fulfil their demands. “Indefinite hunger strike is the last resort that we are forced to carry out, as the State government has not yet done anything to fulfil our basic demands including a connecting road to the nearby village,” said Devidas Naik from the village. In 2002, about 150 families were shifted from Tillari-Maharashtra to Sal and 204 plots were reserved for them. As per the agreement, the Maharashtra government was given land in Sal to develop and provide all amenities to the displaced residents, before handing it over to the Goa government. “Dodamarg-Maharashtra is close to the plots allotted to us, but we still don’t have a proper connecting road to Dodamarg. If this arrangement was made, everything including a hospital, market and school would have been close to us,” Ramesh Patil, secretary of Tillari Dam Gram Vikas Committee, said. “We are now part of Goa and have voting rights, but if we demand any facilities with authorities, they bluntly tell us to forward our demands to the Maharashtra government,” said Patil. The residents complain that inspite of all their sacrifice the government is not doing anything to help them. “The panchayat is not giving us house numbers without approval from the Town and Country Planning department, while the Irrigation department is not providing us with the IIV Form with our names, which has created all the problems,” added Patil. After the hunger strike on Monday, the irrigation officials visited the site and tried to pacify the villagers. Meanwhile, a special meeting has been called to discuss the issue in the Bicholim BDO’s office on Tuesday. It may be recalled that the displaced families had staged a three-day hunger strike in 2010 to get their houses registered with Sal Panchayat and about 87 houses were given house numbers. The agitators have warned that if their demands are not met, they will continue with their hunger strike.
[Goanet] Fwd: Invite to the Press Conference on 'Goa Tower Run 2015'- 28th January 2015 at Hotel Salida del Sol, Panaji, Goa
*Dear Esteemed Members of the Media,* “Goa is getting ready to run its second Tower Run” We are happy to inform you that CII/YI Goa Chapter and Adventure Breaks are organizing the much awaited '*Goa Tower Run 2015*' along ‘Gera’s Imperium II’, Gera’s Imperium I, Kamat Trade Centre, Star House will conclude at Dempo Trade Centre’ on Sunday, 01st February 2015: at 0800 hrs, at EDC Complex, Patto Plaza, Panaji, Goa. Towerrunning is a sport that involves running up internal staircases of tall buildings, usually seven storied buildings. The objective of this is to promote health and fitness amongst the citizens and the corporate world. This Event is also supported by the ‘Towerrunning World Association (TWA)’. For further information on the Run please visit www.towerrunning.in *We are writing to invite you for a Press Conference on (Wednesday), 28th** January 2015 at 1600 hrs at Hotel Salida del Sol, Panaji Goa* and request you to kindly attend the Press Conference and further cover this unique event as this would add meaning value to our effort in making this event a success. This will be a moment of pride and togetherness for all coming on a single platform to run for the cause of health and fitness. May I request you to kindly send in your confirmation for the Press Conference and give wide publicity to the event through your esteemed print and electronic media. *A line in reply confirming your attendance for the Press Conference will be deeply appreciated.* With warm regards, * Kirit Maganlal Rajesh Salgoankar* Chairman, CII Goa Council Chair, Young Indians Goa Confederation of Indian Industry Goa State Office 502, Unitech City Center, M. G. Road, Panaji, Goa 403001 Tel: 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796 E-mail: cii@cii.in geetika.go...@cii.in -- -- Disclaimer This message, including any files transmitted with it, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any unauthorized use, review, storage, disclosure or distribution of this message and/or its contents in any form is strictly prohibited. If it appears that you are not the intended recipient or this message has been forwarded to you without appropriate authority, please immediately delete this message permanently from your records and notify the sender. CII makes no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this message and accepts no liability for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, arising out of or due to use of the information given in this message.
[Goanet] 10 Questions Modi and Obama should have been asked.
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: From: cedricprak...@gmail.com To: cedricprak...@gmail.com Article: 10 Questions Modi and Obama should have been asked.By: Siddharth VaradarajanPublished in: NDTVDate: January 27, 2015Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/opinion/10-questions-modi-and-obama-should-have-been-asked-654166?pfrom=home-topstories (Siddharth Varadarajan is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University)If you watched the press conference Narendra Modi and Barack Obama addressed on Saturday evening, chances are the same thought went through your mind as mine: what a waste of an opportunity!I mean, how often is it that journalists, especially from India, get to put a question to Modi? Since he became Prime Minister last May, Modi has taken scores of selfies with Indian journalists but not fielded a single question on the record. Not one. In August, he spoke to Japanese journalists on issues of bilateral concern. Last September, he gave an interview to Fareed Zakaria on CNN before his visit to the US, but the interaction had a scripted feel in which an English voice-over took the place of Modi's own Hindi replies. So starved has the Indian media been of the chance to interview their Prime Minister that it had to settle on the next best thing: talking to Zakaria about what his experience with Modi was like. The CNN anchor didn't say much but he did reveal that the deal involved very tough negotiations with the Prime Minister's Office, the details of which he was not at liberty to disclose.As for Obama, the White House press corps frequently interacts with him, but till he landed in Delhi this time, Indian journalists, by my count, have only managed to ask him five questions: three on Pakistanincluding this gem of an exchange, one on job creation, and one, an utter clunker: What is your vision for India in the next decade? And how vital is this relationship for your administration's worldview?When Modi went to Washington, the Indian side refused to allow any questions to be put to him so his press interaction with Obama was limited to the two leaders making their own statements. This time around, the US side was insistent that questions be allowed. Reluctantly, the Prime Minister's Office agreed, on the condition that there be just one question each from the American and Indian media, to be chosen by the White House and Ministry of External Affairs spokesman respectively.The US reporter asked Obama about the Ukraine and Yemen, and then slipped in a question to Modi about climate change. The Prime Minister gave what I consider to be a high-quality answer, the details of which have been reported elsewhere. But the question put to him by the Indian reporter selected randomly about the chemistry between the two leaders was such a dud that it was positively embarrassing. To make matters worse, the reporter congratulated Modi and Obama for having had such an excellent meeting!As I scratched my head in wonderment, I thought, OK, either this presser's been rigged or the selected hacks blew it. Reporters attend a press conference to get news, not to massage the ego of national leaders or let them waffle. So what could they have asked Modi or Obama? Here's my list of ten questions:1. To Modi: Both of you have spoken of a breakthrough in the nuclear deal. Could you tell us what assurances were provided to American companies on the liability front, and whether it's true that your government told the US that Indian victims of a potential nuclear accident will not be able to sue a US supplier for damages even if the accident is its fault?2. To Obama: American law allows nuclear operators to pursue damages from their suppliers in the case of an accident, so why has the US government been resisting this provision in Indian law? And when American nuclear suppliers can be sued in US courts by victims of a nuclear accident -- a California court had admitted a case against General Electric, brought by US sailors for the Fukushima accident - why are you worried about Indian victims suing American suppliers in an Indian court?3. To Modi: In 2008, your party had officially described the Indo-US nuclear deal as a sell-out to America and Ms Sushma Swaraj, who was then Leader of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha, told the media that a BJP government would renegotiate the agreement. Now you are saying this same agreement is the centerpiece of our transformed relationship with the US. What has made you change your mind?4. To Obama: You have sanctioned Russia for violating the sovereignty of Ukraine. Why has the US been unwilling to take any punitive measures against Israel for its illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories?5. To Modi: What does the Indian government think about the secession of Crimea from Ukraine and its subsequent absorption into the Russian Federation?6. To Modi and Obama: Do India and the
[Goanet] Dr. Jose Pereira, RIP
. There are tears in my eyes. A great Goan and someone who I considered a dear master and guru has left a vacuum. I doubt if anyone of this generation can fill his shoes. I will always remember time spent with him in Toronto and in his in Yonkers, New York. He taught at Fordham University, which is run by Jesuits. He posted me photos of the frescoes he was then working. He also gave him his photocopied book of the manuscript of his manddos which came out later in a book. On my visit to his home, he told me that he would want to give his collection of books on Konkani to a library in Goa as long as the library pays for the shipment. I wrote to Fr. Almeida, at the Xaviers Historical Research Centre, and he agree. However, Jose changed his mind, telling me that the priest was a munglurkar. I don't want he was trying to mean by that statement. I have no idea where the books ultimately went. I invited him for the first Goan International Convention in Toronto, in 1988, and he gave a resounding lecture on Konkani. Even Dr. Olivinho Games traced the history of Konkani in his speech, quoting Dr. Jose often, and Dr. Jose and myself sitting quietly in the audience. After the speech we both met Dr. Gomes and it was a warm meeting. He also latter came for a seminar at the Toronto University and the papers from there were compiled in a book edited by Prof. Narendra Wagle Toronto University) and late Dr. Goelho, of Washington. Known as a lay theologian, he later studied Buddhism and was considered an expert on this subject. He travelled to many conferences to give talks on the religion. Besides, he did his doctorate in Sanskrit and studied art at the reputed JJ College of Art. I think he taught in Portugal but was told to go or fired because he said or wrote something that wasn't pleasant to the Portuguese. He was a Goan but he was a through Indian. He studied Indian culture and religions to the hilt, and also wrote a book on Hindu theology. When he was gathering material for his work on the manddos, he used to travel to remote regions of Goa in short pants, as he told me. Many said that he was a crazy person trying to find who wrote the manddos and other details. Some considered him eccentric, as he would not tolerate fools. After Dalgado, Jose's work on Kokani was intellectually stimulating and profound. Dr. Gomes perhaps comes after that followed by Prof. Lourdinho Rodrigues. Dr. Jose belonged to the rae breed of Goans who devoted much of his life to the cause and promotion of Konkani. His book on the churches of Goa, explaining the architecture of some major churches, was splendid to the core. The late painter Francis D'Souza was his big bugbear, asking him questions on spirituality and so forth. But both remained sort of friends, sabre-ratting on religion, one a learned spiritualist and the other a known atheist. I also believe he taught at the School of Oriental Studies in London. I believe his daughter was at the same school. I admit I don't know her. I met his wife, humble and simple, just like the wife of Dr. George Mark Moraes. Both women were patient with their scholar-husbands and I tribute to them. At the Goan Convention, I drove both Dr. Moraes and Dr. Jose in my car to the inaugural dinner. The distance about half an hour was covered by interesting conversation between the two. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to these two great minds tackling issues of Goa's history and culture. I feel a deep sense of loss and my eyes are full of tears.it was a great pleasure and great fortune to have know and shared his company. He would occasionally write to me and address me as Eugenio. That will remain forerver etched in my mind, my dear Sir. You served your time well, and many like me will thank you for your wonderful work for Goa, for Konkani and for religion, be it Catholicism or Buddhism. -- RIP, my dear Sir and Guru. Thanks for the many memories and having me as your humble student and for the warm relationship. --- I think the intelligentsia class in Goa must appeal to the government to erect a statue of Dr. Jose or, at least, a framed portrait of his at the Goa University. It would be the fittest tribute to the man who spent his lifetime on Goan studies and is an inspiration to students. I think it would be something in the future there comes a student who would want to do her or her doctorate on Dr. Pereira. His immense work and his passion for things Goan, be it history, arts and culture was immeasurable, deserve that Dr. Pereira is critically evaluated. The government must also issue a statement honouring him and his work. Perhaps in the future, GALF should considered holding a special session on Dr. Pereira. In the same light, those groups or bodies doing work for Konkani must come together to honour and pay tribute to one of their own. Dr. Pereira's contribution is unmatched, as I think, in this field and laid the foundation for many works by others to follow. A tribute song or songs by tiarists and
[Goanet] Change your perceptions to change your life.
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Re: [Goanet] Lorna LIVE in Cuncolim
On 26 January 2015 at 20:03, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: 26.1.15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlDk-0cx-mM RESPONSE: Nice but sounded familiar:- DORIS DAY - BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILV'RY MOON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8MhLuOee7E DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Fwd: Fw: From the fires of Siridao to frying pan in Swindon - anthing for a good life and job
-- Forwarded message -- From: Stephen Dias steve.dia...@gmail.com Date: 26 January 2015 at 11:29 Subject: Fwd: Fw: From the fires of Siridao to frying pan in Swindon - anthing for a good life and job To: Joseph Rebello asjrebe...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: manoharparrikar manoharparri...@yahoo.co.in, Laxmikant Parsekar laxmikantparse...@gmail.com, dilipparuleker dilipparule...@yahoo.in, vishnusw...@gmail.com vishnusw...@gmail.com, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com, Alina Saldanha alinasaldanha2...@gmail.com, Annand Madgavkar annand...@gmail.com, Judith Almeida judith.almeida1...@gmail.com, Alexandre Moniz Barbosa amonizbarb...@gmail.com, Bevinda Collaço bevin...@yahoo.com, boscoeremita boscoerem...@hotmail.com, Miguel Braganza braganza.mig...@gmail.com, Floriano Lobo floriano.l...@gmail.com Dear Joseph, It was quite disturbing to know what Goans are actually doing what not jobs in Swindon. This is just on account of failure of Goan corrupt politicians to provide jobs for unemployed Goans in Goa. All jobs if any, goes mostly to migrants population outside the state. They come sometimes with forged and bogus documents even at the level of Graduation and Masters who bribe our ministers/mla's in Goa for getting them jobs. These outsiders even do not mind working as peon , LDC's or low paid jobs which our Goans expects only white collar jobs without qualification and those qualified do not get employment in Goa. Look at the Goans in Swindon, these guys are completely different, they are ready to do any kind of jobs over there, no fuss, no shy , and when they come to Goa they start building houses, bungalows etc and are well dressed giving an impression that they are well paid and having white collar jobs. Nobody will ever think or imagine that they were ready to do any kind of work even as laborers, drivers or workers over there, as it is mentioned in the article of Goan Voice, Herald review ( dt 24.1.2015) , but here when they come to Goa their presentation is just different and unbelievable that they do such kind of jobs in UK (Swindon). I was told that in Swindon they even get sausages of Pork from Goa and others massalas. They feel that they are still in Goa land. Whole Swindon is just like Goa it seems. Not bad. Church services also continues to exist in Swindon in lines of Goa. Gossips, quarrels, bebdepon, and fights also continues, it is sad sometimes to believe and know the status of these Goans in Swindon. Can someone starts giving tuitions for the children over there so that they can speak English or at least gets some education over there? Finally i would blame our own Goans and politicians at large who have spoiled this state and brought a sorry figure in the world that Goans are migrants in Swindon and certain parts of other countries. These kind of Goans are forced to do these kind of jobs on account of looking after their families in Goa. And it is nothing wrong. Stephen Dias -- Forwarded message -- From: Joseph Rebello asjrebe...@yahoo.co.uk Date: 25 January 2015 at 15:52 Subject: Fw: From the fires of Siridao to frying pan in Swindon - anthing for a good life and job To: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net Cc: fct11 falconcit...@gmail.com, Bernado Colaco ole_...@yahoo.co.uk, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@gmail.com, Floriano Lobo floriano.l...@gmail.com, Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com, Eric Pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com, Stephen Dias steve.dia...@gmail.com, Cyrus A. Jose Sanches sanchescy...@hotmail.com, Nisser nisserd...@gmail.com, Arwin Mesquita arwinmesqu...@gmail.com, Gasper Almeida gasperalme...@gmail.com, Armando Gonsalves armando...@yahoo.co.in, Elsa Fernandes elsafernandes...@hotmail.com, Bevinda Colaco bevin...@yahoo.com, Bosco D'Mello bos...@gmail.com, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca, Kevin Saldanha veg...@gmail.com, Annand Madgavkar annand...@gmail.com, Dr. Antonio Mascarenhas mascaren...@nio.org, Reginaldo Lourenco reginaldo0...@gmail.com, Roland Francis roland.fran...@gmail.com, radharao gracias graciasradha...@gmail.com, bhanudas sawant bsawant2...@yahoo.com, Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com, Luizinho Faleiro luizinhofale...@gmail.com, Ran Rb goan...@yahoo.co.uk, NRI office Goa commissionernri_...@rediffmail.com, Anil Desai anild...@gmail.com Simplicio De Silva living in Swindon says there are around 12,000 Goans there… Goans have to brave the harsh cold conditions and even a hint of racial behaviorism from their employers who look down on us as Indians… *Siridao to Swindon* www.goanvoice.org.uk - 25 Jan: Herald. … Siridao had a Catholic population of 2000 in 2000. Today there are not more than 300 … Goans in Swindon are active on the Church front. The Holy Rood Church in Swindon is packed with Goans on Sundays …Those who went to Swindon around seven years managed to get a permanent job and many have a second temporary job on
[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 4th Sunday of the Year
27-Jan-2015 Dear Friend, Though most people do not like to be ordered about or told what to do, yet people listen to persons who speak with authority. Of course, people who flaunt their authority are often challenged, but people who exercise quiet authority are listened to. Sometimes authority comes from experience, for others authority comes from within, for still others it comes from who they are and how they live their lives. The prophets of old and the prophetic voices among us derived their authority from God. Have a discerning weekend recognizing the prophetic presence of God in our midst! -Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: 4th Sunday of the Year 'Speaking and Teaching with Authority!' 1-Feb-2015Deuteronomy 18: 15-20; 1 Corinthians 7: 32-35; Mark 1: 21-28; In the earlier part of Deuteronomy Israel was warned about using all kinds of soothsayers and magical techniques to find out the will of God. The divine will was to be made known only through the prophets. Prophesy was to be Israel's special means of communication with God, Yahweh's special gift to his people. The people asked to be spared the ordeal of hearing the voice of God directly. They asked Moses to intercede with God to let His prophets speak on his behalf. Yahweh granted this request and the prophet became a mediator for the people. In the first reading Moses foretells the coming of a prophet who will speak about God's word to the people. Deuteronomy presents Moses himself as the ideal prophet. The prophet can never speak on his own authority, but speaks on behalf of God. The Jews believed that God would raise up in the last days a prophet like Moses. Commonplace ProphetsAn Amos walks the beaten paths of Tekoa, but he hears a divine voice which no other vine dresser in Tekoa ever caught; a Bunyan tramps about England mending pots and pans, but above the din of this lowly task he catches voices that presently are to reverberate immortally through Pilgrim's Progress; a Lincoln steers his awkward raft down the Mississippi and ties up near a slave-auction block. But out of his rough routine labour a voice sounds which no other raftsman ever heard; a Riis tramps the round of a New York reporter in search of news, and out of the ugly tenements through which his duties carry him catches a challenge from the God of social justice which makes him a veritable prophet; and a lad of Galilee at a common carpenter's bench, shaping the same yokes of wood for the necks of cattle which countless other carpenters have shaped, dreams his way into a vision of the coming kingdom of God, when man shall wear the spiritual yoke which he shall shape for them as easily and as gratefully as these toiling bearers of burdens shall wear the wooden yokes which he is now making. In every case the majesty of the commonplace lies not so much in the task itself as in the spirit which the great soul brings to the task.Frank S. Hickman in 'Quotes and Anecdotes' In the second reading Paul is advocating the unmarried state, namely celibacy as an ideal way of life for those looking for an opportunity for contemplation and the apostolate. Paul's contention is that the person who decides to offer himself to the Lord's service should give his undivided attention to the Lord and not be preoccupied with family matters, and that anything that distracts his attention from the Lord should be shunned by him. Paul believed that the duty of providing for a family clashed with one dedicating oneself fully to the Lord. This teaching of Paul may have also been influenced by his belief in the immediate second coming of Jesus. The time was short and one should not be sidetracked by worldly matters. Paul's teaching still holds good for all who wish to make the kingdom the top most priority of their lives. Freedom to serveDuring the early days of the nineteenth century a wealthy plantation owner was attracted by the heartbreaking sobs of a slave girl who was about to step up to the auction block to be sold. Moved by a momentary impulse of compassion, he bought her at a very high price and then disappeared in the crowd. When the auction was over, the clerk came to the sobbing girl and handed her the bill of sale. To her astonishment, the plantation owner had written 'Free' over the paper that should have delivered her to him as his possession. She stood speechless, as one by one the other slaves were claimed by their owners and dragged away. Suddenly, she threw herself at the feet of the clerk and exclaimed: Where is the man who bought me? I must find him! He has set me free! I must serve him as long as I live!Anthony Castle in 'More Quotes and Anecdotes' In the gospel we are told that Jesus in order to get his message across to the people, used the opportunity provided by the synagogue to address the people. Normally any member of the synagogue or an important visitor was given the opportunity to speak to the people.
[Goanet] Isabel Santa Rita Vás on Jose Pereira (see link for images)
http://www.tambdimati.com/article/earth-and-heaven-in-conversation/ Earth and heaven in conversation Isabel Santa Rita Vás Limits are challenges, even when the wide world is your canvas. The earth has charmed him with its natural beauty; the things of the earth, its songs, its languages and architecture, have been irresistible realms that he must explore. But the earth was never enough. He needed to cross the limit. He heard the heavens beckon too. And so, Dr. Pereira turned to the study of theology, mythology, the scriptures, the writing of the mystics. He rises above narrow limits of disciplines to achieve a rich and cosmopolitan understanding of culture. The pulse of all his meditative research is best felt transmuted into his art. It is here that earth and heaven enter into intimate conversation. Jose Pereira was born in 1931. His family home is in Curtorim, Goa, but his scholarly pursuits have taken him far and wide. He can be described with many epithets: researcher, author of books on art and architecture, musicologist, linguist. But in his heart, the greatest passion has always been his painting. The themes on his canvasses range from the crucified Christ, to a self-portrait, to classical themes of Hindu art. In his murals we come face to face with all manner of creatures of the earth, and the God who is manifest as nourishment for the soul. He has imbibed the spirit of the great classics he has studied and his paintings reveal the breadth and harmony of his vision. In the Chapel of São Joaquim, in Borda, Margao, we come face to face with frescoes of great exuberance and power executed in 1999. The sheer delicacy and wealth of detail capture our gaze and hold it in thrall. We look with wonder at rural scenes of a Goan landscape that is still recognizable, though fast disappearing in rapidly urbanizing times. Dr. Pereira writes about his work: “The production of food is envisaged as a Eucharistic sacrifice of the earth’s first fruits, performed not in confining temples but on the wide earth and under the open sky.” Vivek Menezes remarks, “It is a consistently thought-provoking painting, easily among the most interesting modern public artworks in India.” The Chapel at Fatorda, Margao, hosts yet another marvelous work. The paintings on the wall are an offering of colour and form and luminosity, where feeling and thought reveal the earth and heaven in conversation. Dr. Pereira’s health began to fail him when he started this work, so he painted only the face of Christ in the fresco technique, with its wide glaring eyes and then surrendered the rest of the work to be painted in acrylic by two art students, Sandesh Shetgaonkar and Sudin Kurpaskar. Jose Lourenco provided technical expertise. ‘Why are his eyes so glaring,’ Jose Lourenco asked him. ‘That’s because He is angry,’ he replied, ‘at what we have done to His creation’. Pereira is a deeply religious man, who believes, like Pascal, in doing little things as great things, and great things with ease, in tandem with the Omnipotence of God. Jose Pereira was an avid learner even as a young man. His interest in his Indian heritage led him to opt for a B.A. (Hons.) in Sanskrit, side by side with a full-time course at the J.J. School of Art. He went on to gain his doctorate in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the University of Bombay in 1958. He then took up the position of Research Associate in History of Indian Art at the American Academy of Benares, Varanasi from 1967 to ’69. He was adjunct Professor of East and West Cultural Relations at the Instituto Superior de Estudos Ultramarinos in Lisbon, Portugal. He later joined Fordham University, New York, as a Professor of Theology. The research and the writing never waned. Dr. Pereira has published more than 20 books and over 130 articles of theology, history of art and architecture, and on Goan culture, language and music. Referring to his brilliant mind and scholarship, Maria Aurora Couto notes: “It was always a play between mind and heart, serious thought and the earthy humour of Konkani folk song, the wistful lyrics of the Mando, melancholic, speaking of the unattainable, and the richness of an inheritance that has sustained us.” “I hate Goa,” Dr. Pereira has been heard to comment drily. Perhaps it is his very love of Goa that leads him to hate certain trends that he sees emerging in the land of his ancestors. He often laments that the Konkani language may be reduced to a literary artefact. It is this same deep passion for Goan culture and language that has that has inspired him to study the traditional Goan Konkani song, the Mando. Jose Pereira writes about this kind of song, and about the work of Micael Martins, composer and researcher in this field: “A new culture, that of Latin Europe, embellished with music, was implanted in Goa by the Portuguese in the early 16th Century. Quickly assimilated, this musical culture acquired a distinct Goan identity in the 18th Century, one which
[Goanet] Easy Listening selection for today..............Matt Monro.
‘Born Free’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISWOrI0WaLs --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
