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[Goanet] Open Season: Tourism versus Goa (Times of India, 17/9/2018)

[V M]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/open-season-tourism-versus-goa/articleshow/65834894.cms

>From monsoon to sunshine, it’s the change of seasons in Goa. Here are
clear blue skies and calm ocean waters, but alongside now-familiar
piercing anxieties. What foul atrocities will befall India’s smallest
state this year, as the onslaught of tourists descends in unmanageable
hordes? When will the first grotesque crimes against women occur?
Where will traffic snarl most intractably? Just over three decades
after Goa first emerged on the global travel agenda, it is readily
evident its environment, culture and society has paid an
extraordinarily destructive price. Each passing “season” only seems to
make things worse.

How did things get so bad so fast? It required a perfect storm of
government incompetence, private sector irresponsibility, and public
apathy, a vivid real-life example of killing the goose which lays
golden eggs. For decades now, criminal lawlessness has pervaded all
aspects of Goa’s political economy. In the case of the the tourism
industry, this “anything goes” atmosphere has played out with
devastating effect across the coastline, and now extends toxic
tentacles up the rivers right into the hinterland. No accountability.
No enforcement. Drugs, prostitution, gambling, garbage, illegal
construction: do what you want, and no one is going to stop you.

Examine the government data, which amply illustrates a destination
heading straight downhill. Just two decades ago, Goa was among the
subcontinent’s few premium global brands. Today it isn’t even in the
top ten most desired destinations for Indians. Instead, we have a
lowest-common-denominator travel marketplace for the kind of visitors
no destination wants, who drive out every other category. Profits
shrink, while the sheer numbers skyrocket. In 2000, there were 1.2
million arrivals (still manageable in a state with roughly 2 million
inhabitants). In 2013, that number topped 3 million, and all hell
broke loose with leaps of over a million each year. In 2017, an
unimaginable 7.7 million. The damage has been almost incalculable.

Instead of acknowledging the obvious emergency, Goa’s government
displays its characteristic schizophrenia. Members of the cabinet like
Tourism Minister Manohar (Babu) Ajgaonkar declare “we want only good
tourists” and “we will not allow those who do not respect
Goenkarponn.” Yet, he and his colleagues are directly complicit in
allowing casinos to fester and metastasize, with immense toxic effect
on society, culture, and the rest of the marketplace. They also remain
hell-bent on ramming through the absurd “second airport” project at
Mopa, about which Manohar Parrikar promised “Goa can accommodate
anywhere up to 15 million tourists, if we spread them out into the
villages.”

It’s painfully obvious those kinds of numbers will abruptly end to
everything recognizable and unique about Goa, that fragile sliver of
the Konkan coastline which navigated such complex history for
thousands of years, to evolve such an exquisite composite culture with
so much yet to share with the world. But even if the politician’s
promise goes awry (which would not be the first time) there can be no
doubt slow-motion suicide by tourism is taking place anyway. We can
see it occurring elsewhere identically, except only at slightly
different speeds. For example, Mussoorie is a bit further along the
trajectory of irredeemable loss, while Meghalaya is only just starting
along the same slope.

Take a trip to Calangute, microcosm of all that has gone wrong with
tourism. Always heart-stoppingly beautiful as immortalized in Lorna’s
greatest song, the “Queen of Sands” is now barely recognizable. The
approach is filthy and crowded, a gauntlet of aggressive touts. A
garish melee of stalls sprawls everywhere. When you reach the sands,
they are befouled by garbage, a minefield of cow-dung left behind by
wandering strays. Even here, so close to the waves, do not expect the
whispering comfort of the ocean breezes, because there’s an assault of
crass EDM heedlessly blared from all directions. This is Goa in 2018,
besieged by tourism without limits.

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Those were the days, my friend! [Or, did we really live in Paradise?] (Cecilia Mascarenhas)

[Edwin DeSouza]

> Thanks Cecilia - absolutely wonderful and so appropriate for us, growing
> up in our 'Paradise'.
> We had much less but were still content.  Recall the monthly ritual of
> bairi - Castor Oil and then Epsom Salts as we grew older - maybe that was
> what kept us in good health
> Thank you again for telling it as it was in our days.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:35 PM Goanet Reader 
> wrote:
>
>> Those were the days, my friend!
>> [Or, did we really live in Paradise?]
>>
>> Cecilia Mascarenhas
>> cecili...@hotmail.co.uk
>>
>> Lots of controversies when one says we lived in paradise... if
>> only they knew that indeed it was!
>>
>> This is how we Asians grew up in Kenya, Uganda and
>> Tanzania.
>>
>> What a life it was. We were innocent, frank and straight with
>> people at home, at school and within the community and
>> society.
>>
>> Our childhood was like an adventure, exploration, expedition
>> and an unassigned project to accomplish without the present
>> time luxury, hi-fi tools, unbelievable facilities and with
>> not so much help provided.
>>
>> No school loans, grants, financial aid or scholarships.
>> Instead, it was filled with lots of fun, excitement,
>> enthusiasm, trust, expectation, commitment and
>> responsibility.
>>
>> Although not so very easy -- always and filled with some
>> hardship -- life was beautiful and excellent.
>>
>>   Our love and respect for our parents were second to
>>   none, and our respect for our teachers and elders
>>   in the community and society was in our genes. We
>>   gladly looked after our younger brothers and
>>   sisters without any selfish motive and fuss. We
>>   felt it was our prime and moral duty.
>>
>> We attended temples, gurudwaraas, churches, mosques, jamat
>> khannas and prayed regularly and respected all religions
>>
>> We integrated socially and culturally with people from all
>> religions, class or creed.  In essence, we enjoyed life.
>>
>> * To all the wonderful kids who were born in the wonderful
>>   East Africa and survived the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's.
>>
>> * We had mothers who did not check our or their blood
>>   pressure or the temperature every few minutes.
>>
>> * We never saw or wore the present time diapers, nappies and
>>   liners.
>>
>> * We bounced our selves without a bouncer and peacefully
>>   slept without a baby cot.
>>
>> * We sucked cow milk from a soda bottle without being
>>   sterilized or warmed in a bottle warmer.
>>
>> * We slept during our sleep times be it day or night without
>>   monitors or blippers.
>>
>> * There were no nurses or doctors to pamper the mums, babies
>>   and children all the time.
>>
>> * Our baby cribs and bassinets were covered with bright
>>   coloured lead-based paints.
>>
>> * We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or
>>   cabinets.
>>
>> * We rode our bikes without helmets, gloves and guards.
>>
>> * As children we would ride in cars which had no child safety
>>   door locks, seat belts or airbags. Sometimes we sat on each
>>   other's laps, for God's sake.
>>
>> We shared one soft drink with juugus in it, among four
>> friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from that.
>> We would share bhajias, mix, mogo chips and dips or a eat
>> chapatti and rice from someone else's plate of curry without
>> batting an eyelid.
>>
>> We ate jam sandwiches or pickle on bread and butter, raw
>> mangoes with salt that set our teeth on edge or a grilled
>> makaai and mogo and drank orange squash. We ate at roadside
>> stalls, drank madaffu water, ate everything that was bad for
>> us from karangaa, kachri, makaai, muhogo, channa batetaa,
>> bhel puri to maru bhajias and samosas. Yet we weren't
>> overweight and falling sick as we were always outside playing
>> freely and burning our calories, keeping fit, fine and happy.
>>
>> During holidays we would leave home in the morning and play
>> out all day, we were never ever "bored" and were allowed
>> freedom all day, as long as we were back home at a given
>> time. We would dare not be late!
>>
>>   We were innovative and creative making and building
>>   things from and out of scraps and junk of old pram
>>   wheels and bicycle rims, made kites using used news
>>   papers, playing traditional games called santa
>>   kukdi, pakda pakdi, nagel, khokho, hutuutu, thappo
>>   and rounders. Luxury and things related to it were
>>   far beyond our imagination, expectation and reach.
>>   We were taught and groomed to be content.
>>
>> We played, ran and walked barefoot without even being
>> concerned about it, if we got cut and bled we used tincture
>> of iodine or spirit on the wound and it was okay and fine
>> with us. We did not wash our hands ten times a day. And we
>> were okay as well.
>>
>> We did not have PlayStations, Nintendos, X-boxes, video
>> games, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no
>> surround 

[Goanet] Congrats to Milroy Goes and team....

[Frederick Noronha]

Manna Mohie Films presents #WelcomeM1LL10NS, a Milroy Goes film.

Manna Mohie Films in association with Milroy Goes Films presents Welcome
Millions. Production Support Al Productions. Original soundtrack theme
Michael Learns to Rock. Original soundtrack Shashaa Triputi, Amaan Sheikh,
Raj and Vinick. Director of photography Yash Sawant. Production designer
Priya Simoes. Edited by Yash Sawant. Costume designer Kim Pereira.
Dialogues by Milroy Goes and Stephen Lawrence Rebello. Screenplay and
directed by Milroy Goes.

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[Goanet] Goan artist Jezreel Nathan gets featured in Design Fabric

[Frederick Noronha]

Goan artist Jezreel Nathan gets featured in Design Fabric
Memories of her idyllic house in Goa

Jessyl Fernandez
Jezreel at her workstation in Mumbai

Growing up in her ancestral house in Saligao, Goan artist Jezreel Nathan
worked hard to make it in life. Art came naturally to her as a child.
Passing out from her Alma Mater – Lourdes Convent High School, Saligao,
Jezreel graduated in Commercial Art from Sir J. J. College of Art, Mumbai.
Equipped with a degree in art, there was no looking back.  After a stint
with Oglivy and Mather, one of Mumbai’s famous advertising firms, Jezreel
collaborated with artists to design for projects honorarily. That gave her
career the fillip it required. Her art began to be recognised. Some of her
designs were also bought by an online t-shirt store. Moving to Singapore
after marriage, Jezreel began to miss her home in Saligao. Fond memories of
growing up in an idyllic Portuguese ancestral home began clouding her
mind.  That’s when the idea of putting those memories into print was born.
The speciality of her series on Goa is they are done digitally. Each
painting has a story to tell.

In conversation with Ritupriya Basu of Design Fabric, Jezreel reveals that
though she intended to paint these memories a few years ago, she was only
able to do so after settling down to married life in Singapore. Her
memories take her back to 1986 when she was only two years old. Says
Jezreel, “Most of these pieces are drawn from memory and in some of the
artworks, I’ve combined my recollections of my house as I saw it as
two-year-old, as it was when I was a teenager, and as it is today.”

Some of Jezreels illustrations from the series of her Childhood memories of
her home in Goa are given below:

Breakfast

Says Jezreel, “One morning, I sat at my computer with a cup of chai and as
I took a sip, I thought of my grandfather David Nathan, who is my morning
chai buddy back in Goa. I was reminded of the slurping sound he makes while
he takes his first few sips of hot tea and the giant aluminium kettle in
which he’d brew it; sometimes, the kettle was also used as an iron for our
damp school socks when we’d have a power cut, and we had many of those in
Goa.” She also mentions “the black tea mugs with leaves and berries” that
her grandmother wouldn’t allow them to use.

Old Portuguese Red Floor and slaked lime walls

“The floor of my house was red and so was the mud, the walls were painted
white with chuna – a mixture of powdered shells and slaked lime — that
would stain your clothes and skin if you brushed against them.”

The slaked lime walls and the red floor of the house

“I woke up early every morning to the sound of the baker’s horn and ran to
the back gate, where I’d wait patiently for our neighbour, Aunty Idine
(pronounced – Eeeedheen, I think), to take her goats out for a walk. As
they passed my gate, I’d bleat after them.”

The Baker’s cycle

“Kitchen walls blackened up to the roof by soot from using an open wood
fire stove. Millipedes and black hairy caterpillars that dropped from the
roof during the monsoons. There were giant red ants, hornets, wasps and
bees everywhere, always ready to bite and sting. Sticky frogs would hide in
my jeans and in every corner of the house. Mould, fungus and moss
everywhere. We’d have power cuts for days. And of course, poor Internet
connectivity and telephone network because we lived at the foot of a hill.”

 Tamarind Cupboard

“Tamarind with chilli powder, sea salt and sugar was our favourite snack.
We’d actually make a meal of it, leaving nothing for my mom to cook with.
My mom soon became an ace at hiding the tamarind and though she hid it in
the same cupboard, she’d keep switching the dabbas, making it harder for us
to find it without being caught red-handed. We’re still not sure who we
feared more, my mom or the lizards that crawled out of nowhere.”

Jezreel’s paintings are “heavily influenced by her emotions.” says
Ritupriya Basu.

Growing up in the lap of nature made an indelible impression on Jezreel as
a child. “Millipedes and black hairy caterpillars dropped from the roof
during the monsoons. There were giant red ants, hornets, wasps and bees
everywhere, always ready to bite and sting. Sticky frogs would hide in my
jeans and in every corner of the house. Mould, fungus and moss everywhere.
We’d have power cuts for days. And of course, poor Internet connectivity
and telephone network because we lived at the foot of a hill.” Coming from
an “unconventional, quirky and pretty crazy family” only helped make her
experiences more vivid.

“This is where I fell in love with imperfection and found beauty in
dysfunction. All of these experiences played a role in shaping me as an
artist. It allowed me the freedom to create work which to many might seem
incomplete or lazy or incoherent.”

Design Fabric, a ‘go-to publication’ captures and documents creative
explorations taking place in India in the fields of visual art and design.
Ritupriya Basu captured these 

[Goanet-News] Goan artist Jezreel Nathan gets featured in Design Fabric

[Frederick Noronha]

Goan artist Jezreel Nathan gets featured in Design Fabric
Memories of her idyllic house in Goa

Jessyl Fernandez
Jezreel at her workstation in Mumbai

Growing up in her ancestral house in Saligao, Goan artist Jezreel Nathan
worked hard to make it in life. Art came naturally to her as a child.
Passing out from her Alma Mater – Lourdes Convent High School, Saligao,
Jezreel graduated in Commercial Art from Sir J. J. College of Art, Mumbai.
Equipped with a degree in art, there was no looking back.  After a stint
with Oglivy and Mather, one of Mumbai’s famous advertising firms, Jezreel
collaborated with artists to design for projects honorarily. That gave her
career the fillip it required. Her art began to be recognised. Some of her
designs were also bought by an online t-shirt store. Moving to Singapore
after marriage, Jezreel began to miss her home in Saligao. Fond memories of
growing up in an idyllic Portuguese ancestral home began clouding her
mind.  That’s when the idea of putting those memories into print was born.
The speciality of her series on Goa is they are done digitally. Each
painting has a story to tell.

In conversation with Ritupriya Basu of Design Fabric, Jezreel reveals that
though she intended to paint these memories a few years ago, she was only
able to do so after settling down to married life in Singapore. Her
memories take her back to 1986 when she was only two years old. Says
Jezreel, “Most of these pieces are drawn from memory and in some of the
artworks, I’ve combined my recollections of my house as I saw it as
two-year-old, as it was when I was a teenager, and as it is today.”

Some of Jezreels illustrations from the series of her Childhood memories of
her home in Goa are given below:

Breakfast

Says Jezreel, “One morning, I sat at my computer with a cup of chai and as
I took a sip, I thought of my grandfather David Nathan, who is my morning
chai buddy back in Goa. I was reminded of the slurping sound he makes while
he takes his first few sips of hot tea and the giant aluminium kettle in
which he’d brew it; sometimes, the kettle was also used as an iron for our
damp school socks when we’d have a power cut, and we had many of those in
Goa.” She also mentions “the black tea mugs with leaves and berries” that
her grandmother wouldn’t allow them to use.

Old Portuguese Red Floor and slaked lime walls

“The floor of my house was red and so was the mud, the walls were painted
white with chuna – a mixture of powdered shells and slaked lime — that
would stain your clothes and skin if you brushed against them.”

The slaked lime walls and the red floor of the house

“I woke up early every morning to the sound of the baker’s horn and ran to
the back gate, where I’d wait patiently for our neighbour, Aunty Idine
(pronounced – Eeeedheen, I think), to take her goats out for a walk. As
they passed my gate, I’d bleat after them.”

The Baker’s cycle

“Kitchen walls blackened up to the roof by soot from using an open wood
fire stove. Millipedes and black hairy caterpillars that dropped from the
roof during the monsoons. There were giant red ants, hornets, wasps and
bees everywhere, always ready to bite and sting. Sticky frogs would hide in
my jeans and in every corner of the house. Mould, fungus and moss
everywhere. We’d have power cuts for days. And of course, poor Internet
connectivity and telephone network because we lived at the foot of a hill.”

 Tamarind Cupboard

“Tamarind with chilli powder, sea salt and sugar was our favourite snack.
We’d actually make a meal of it, leaving nothing for my mom to cook with.
My mom soon became an ace at hiding the tamarind and though she hid it in
the same cupboard, she’d keep switching the dabbas, making it harder for us
to find it without being caught red-handed. We’re still not sure who we
feared more, my mom or the lizards that crawled out of nowhere.”

Jezreel’s paintings are “heavily influenced by her emotions.” says
Ritupriya Basu.

Growing up in the lap of nature made an indelible impression on Jezreel as
a child. “Millipedes and black hairy caterpillars dropped from the roof
during the monsoons. There were giant red ants, hornets, wasps and bees
everywhere, always ready to bite and sting. Sticky frogs would hide in my
jeans and in every corner of the house. Mould, fungus and moss everywhere.
We’d have power cuts for days. And of course, poor Internet connectivity
and telephone network because we lived at the foot of a hill.” Coming from
an “unconventional, quirky and pretty crazy family” only helped make her
experiences more vivid.

“This is where I fell in love with imperfection and found beauty in
dysfunction. All of these experiences played a role in shaping me as an
artist. It allowed me the freedom to create work which to many might seem
incomplete or lazy or incoherent.”

Design Fabric, a ‘go-to publication’ captures and documents creative
explorations taking place in India in the fields of visual art and design.
Ritupriya Basu captured these 

[Goanet] "In pre-Christian times, the whole world was HINDU" - says RSS Hindu publications

[Eddie]

The BJP/RSS Hindus (or at least their leaders) are a thoroughly muddled, 
frustrated lot.
From time to time, they issue wild statements proclaiming their glorious 
past history. As they make no claim to possessing any scholarship (in the 
western sense), some leader or godman feels free to make all sorts of claims 
without providing any evidence.


An earlier issue of the ‘Vishwa Hindu’ refers to the global spread of Hindus 
in bygone times. Here are some of the great pieces of misinformation 
published:


- Jerusalem was actually Yedushalyam, temple of the lord of the Yadavas;
- The Al-Aqsa mosque was originally a Krishna temple;
- The St.Paul’s cathedral was likewise a Gopal Krishna temple;
- The Notre Dame church was initially a temple dedicated to Devi 
Bhagwati/Parvati/Bhawani;
- Paris was at first Parimeshwariyam, later Parisorium under the Romans and 
finally Paris;

- The river Seine was actually the Sindhu; and
- Nearer home, as is well known, Taj Mahal was really Tejo Mahalay, a Shiva 
temple.


And so on and so forth. The journal then lament how Hindus have suffered 
unimaginable regression and defeat:
“In pre-Christian times all people, everywhere, in the entire world were 
Hindus.”
Read more: 
https://thewire.in/politics/the-plight-of-mohan-bhagwats-lonesome-lion


Given this primitive mindset, the BJP/RSS babus should not wonder why the 
rest of the world regard them with pity & contempt.


---
Eddie

[Goanet] PADMA SHRI SURESH AMONKAR SHOULD BE AN INSPIRATION TO THOSE FIGHTING CANCER

[Aires Rodrigues]

It was such a very pleasant delight meeting up last night with Goa’s Padma
Shri and noted educationist Suresh baab Gundu Amonkar at a function in the
newly renovated Gaspar Dias Hall at Miramar.

I recollect having first met Suresh Amonkar in 1972 when he was a Judge at
an inter-school elocution competition at which I was participating.

Today despite being 80+ Suresh Amonkar stands tall as ever, as always
extremely gregarious and showing no signs of slowing down. All this after
he having battled cancer for over a decade with so many sessions of
chemotherapy.

Suresh Amonkar insists that it’s only very strong will power and courage
that can go a long way in battling cancer and that no one should maintain a
veil of secrecy or shy away over any ailment being suffered including
Cancer.

The very outspoken prolific writer and extremely knowledgeable Suresh
Amonkar has always been a True Goenkar with a very broad outlook.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

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Re: [Goanet] Parrikar's illness contentious issue for the BJP

[Eugene Correia]

Enjoy reading your pieces, and must say you're no "lollipop journalist" as
someone I and you know too well is. You may not be a "muckraking
journalist" as someone termed me, but surely you are analytical and
objective. Life is sometimes a strange pairing.

Eugene

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 10:14 AM Pamela D'Mello 
wrote:

>
> www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/2/14928/Goa-CM-Parrikars-Ill-Health-Contentious-Issue-for-BJP
>
> --
> Pamela D'Mello
> Cell 9850 461649
> http://pameladmello.wordpress.com
>

[Goanet] Press Release_Haryana & Punjab Boxers rule the ‘SBL Road to the Ring’ Semi-Finals

[Gabriel Govind]

Hi,

Please find below and attached the post event press release from the Super 
Boxing League - 'Road to the Ring’ Delhi Semi-Final for your perusal.






Haryana & Punjab Boxers rule the ‘SBL Road to the Ring’ Semi-Finals

New Delhi, 16th September 2018- The ‘SBL Road to the Ring’ contender’s 
semi-finals for the second edition of the Super Boxing League concluded at the 
properties own state-of the art facility in the capital city today. A total of 
47 pugilists (41 men and 6 women) from across eight states were seen in action 
fighting for a spot in the ‘SBL Road to the Ring’ contenders Final due to be 
held later this year in the Delhi. 

The SBL Road to the Ring contender’s semi-finals saw Punjab boxers stamp their 
authority walking away with five out the 12 spots at offer. Following Punjab 
closely were Haryana boxers who booked themselves for the Contenders final in 
four categories while Delhi managed for two spots and Kerala with just one. The 
competition included fights in five weight categories for men & one for women, 
post weigh-ins at the beginning of the trials. 

The boxers were evaluated on the basis of their aggressiveness, ring control, 
fitness, technique, footwork and boxer’s chin (ability to take a hit) over the 
bout that consisted of three rounds of three minutes each.

Punjab’s Vijay Kumar & Vivek Biju from Kerala came out as the winners in the 
Featherweight (57 kg) category while Haryana’s Sanjeet Budhwar & Akashdeep 
Singh from Punjab emerged winners in the Welterweight (66 kg) category. Haryana 
Pugilists Gaurav Pawar & Pardeep Hooda alongwith Punjab’s Harmeet Singh emerged 
victorious in the Middle (72 kg) weight category. Abhishek Sangwan from Haryana 
won the Super Middle Weight (77 Kg) category.

Gaurav Pawar who stunned everyone by his knockouts says, “there were some good 
boxers out their today, but I was better of them all. Winning my fights via 
knockouts and impressing the judges is what I had aimed for. I hope to continue 
with performance and win the SBL title”. 

Delhi boxers Anu & Kirti while Punjab boxers Khushboo & Muskaan booked their 
spots for the Finals of the ‘SBL Road to the Ring’ contender series in the 
women’s flyweight (61 KG) category

Kirti who emerged as one of the best female boxers in the semi-finals said, “it 
was a great opportunity that I had got, so I gave my 100 percent. The judges 
really liked the way I boxed today, and I hope to continue this & improve even 
more by continuing my hard work”. 

The winners from the semi-final round of ‘SBL Road to the Ring’ contender’s 
round will receive training under International and National coaches and under 
the watchful eyes of SBL, to become full-fledged professional boxers and will 
finally compete against each other in the ‘SBL Road to the Ring’ final which 
will take place later this year.

The Winners:

Boxer Name

Place

Weight Category

Vivek Biju

Kerala

Feather Weight

Vijay Kumar

Punjab

Feather Weight

Sanjeet Budhwar

Haryana

Welter Weight

Akashdeep Singh

Punjab

Welter Weight

Pardeep Hooda

Haryana

Middle Weight

Harmeet Singh

Punjab

Middle Weight

Abhishek Sangwan

Haryana

Super Middle Weight

Gaurav Pawar

Haryana

Heavy Weight

Khushboo

Punjab

Female Fly

Muskaan

Punjab

Female Fly

Anu

Delhi 

Female Fly

Kirti

Delhi

Female Fly

 

About Super Boxing League:

2017 saw the launch of the world’s 1st and only Boxing League based on unique 
points-based system. Founded in 2017 by Bill Dosanjh, the only promoter to 
create 2 leagues within a 12-month span, SBL is one of the largest platforms 
for Pro Boxers and the first boxing organisation to feature female fights with 
unique celebrity endorsements from Bollywood, sporting and political 
ambassadors. Till date the company SBL has till date completed 15 live events 
successfully. As a forward-thinking organization, with a clear road map, SBL is 
methodically strategizing to target strategic countries like Pakistan, China, 
Africa, Philippines and Europe in its priority territories.

In 2017 SBL staged 15 events in Sony ESPN (Season 1) and is launching Season -2 
in September 2018. SBL has signed an agreement with Fox Network & Tencent 
providing broadcasting outreach to over 500 million homes in over 18 countries 
achieving a broadcasting outreach of over 500 million +. Following the success 
of debut season in India in July 2017, which enticed local celebrities and HNWI 
associations, SBL is planning to launch in 20 more countries by 2022. SBL aims 
to be a leading digital content company by 2023. The vision is to have the 
first Boxing world cup in 2024 






Regards
Gabriel Govind

[Goanet-News] Another Matata winner for Menezes (Cyprian Fernandes, Herald)

[Frederick Noronha]

Another Matata winner for Menezes

01 SEP 201805:26AM IST

Report by
CYPRIAN FERNANDES

‘Among The Jacaranda’ by Braz Menezes is a novel based on true events.
Cyprian Fernandes, former Chief Reporter of the Nation and author of
‘Yesterday in Paradise’ ‘Stars Next Door’, reviews the book for Café

‘Among the Jacaranda’ is the third in the ‘Matata

series that already comprises ‘Just Matata’ (reissued as an expanded
edition as ‘Beyond the Cape’ 1920-1950) and ‘More Matata’ (1951-1963). The
books are written by Kenya born author Braz Menezes, a former award-winning
architect.

The first three books quickly established a large fan base for Menezes, who
quickly became recognised for imbuing the hero of the books, Lando, with
wit, humour, a sense of adventure, while paying homage to Kenya and
especially Nairobi. No doubt, ‘Among The Jacaranda’ is already assured of a
following; probably more in E-books than the printed variety, both easily
available on Amazon and most E-book platforms.

I am finding reviewing this exceptional trip down nostalgia road a tough
gig. Not only because I get a left-handed compliment but because, like
Menezes, I was born and raised in Kenya and I think the author is a couple
of years older than me. Hence it is easy for me to walk down familiar roads
to familiar suburbs, Goan social clubs, especially the Goan Gymkhana (where
I was a rare visitor) and many, many familiar faces.

Someone questioned the other day why East African Goans over-feast on their
past lives in the former British colonies. History. Just a shared history
and the unbreakable links that a community gives birth to. Even more,
authors like Menezes, Mervyn Maciel (the doyen author of ‘Bwana Karani’)
also act as low-level historians charting the lives and times of Goans and
prove to be invaluable in the absence of any recorded history or documented
almanacs. Even more importantly, fact or fiction based on true events,
serve to enlighten the non-Goans in our respective adopted countries about
everything Kenyan in historical terms.

More importantly, Lando mirrors, to a large degree, the lives of young Goan
men and women who began university life in the 1960s, got their first job,
excelled at sport, or towards the end of the 1950s or early 1960s faced the
heartbreak of being forced to leave the country with their parents on the
onset of independence. On the other hand, there were many young people who
achieved the move to university life overseas and committed themselves to a
future back in independent Kenya. Menezes’ hero, Lando (who, I am sure is
based largely on his own life) did just that.

So if you have the slightest connection (and even if you have no
connection) with Kenya, then hope along for a nostalgic safari.

For a young man who had not travelled much before, there is all the wonder
of a European holiday to explore. You will have to buy the book to enjoy
the details.

Lando, seeking fame and fortune as a future architect, heads for university
in Liverpool in 1964. Even though the UK is running a high fever, fighting
to “keep Asians out”, Lando is unphased. He is aware of it and is concerned
about the treatment and abuse being meted out to Indians who already
settled in the UK. However, Lando is just an observer.

It is not long before our intrepid hero meets a white girl and takes the
first steps towards falling in love over a period of many months. Menezes
takes us on a romantic journey that is rather seamless, without drama of
any kind and the two later head for Kenya to make bliss official at the
wedding ceremony in Nairobi. As I said, it is all very seamless.

On his return to Nairobi, Lando spends as much time as he can at the Goan
Gymkhana. To his delight, most of his friends are still there and club
continues to function in an independent Kenya with little change. These
days, in Sydney, Australia, I chew the nostalgia fat with one of the
friends he mentions in the book: Felix. With a bunch of other ex-Nairobi
friends who meet for bowling each Friday, come rain or shine or whatever,
we celebrate our collective past.

There is much, much more to this valuable contribution to the historical
record of the Goan community in Kenya, especially Nairobi.

I loved it. Because it is everything so familiar. Another winner for
Menezes.
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Another-Matata-winner-for-Menezes/135523.html

[Goanet] Fw: press note

[Olencio Simoes]

 In favour of publication please.
Thank you
Olencio Simoes,General Secretary of Goenchea Raponkarancho Ekvott (GRE),General 
Secretary of All Goa Fisherman Union (AGFU) Vice-Chairman of National 
Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) & Member of National Coastal Protection Campaign 
(NCPC).Address:H.no.344,opposite health center,Ward no.8,Baga,Cansaulim 
Goa.403172.Phone:9158875851.   

[Goanet] "I can guard your body, but not your ideology" - Smita Nair interviews Damodar Mauzo

[V M]

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/damodar-mauzo-interview-5356420/

*Officials investigating the Gauri Lankesh assassination discovered your
name on a hitlist. When were you informed of the threat?*

On July 20, an Intelligence Bureau official contacted me through a friend.
I was told to be alert, especially when I travel to Karnataka and
Maharashtra. He then took down details of my flights for the next few
weeks, including journeys to Pune and Udupi. He said I would have police
protection because my name appeared on some hit-list, and the central
agency had asked its Goa office to keep a watch. The list of names included
Girish Karnad, Kannada writer KS Bhagwan and me.

*You are now a writer with a police patrol team by your side. How have
things changed for you?*

The cops looking into my security said, ‘For the first time in Goa, a
writer is getting a threat. Frankly, we do not know how to tackle it!’
Initially, they were not sure how many police personnel would accompany me.
After some days, they wanted to guard the house and family, too. The
protocol was again changed. A commando, who is a part of my security cover
and walks with a loaded gun, turned out to be a poet. One morning he said,
‘I can guard your body, but not your ideology.’ Later, after fresh
intelligence inputs, the police sought panchayat permission and all the
high shrubs, including two trees opposite my house, were chopped off.
‘Anyone could hide,’ they told me.

I said that I do not want my mobility affected. I go for a morning walk —
four kilometres by the beach — every day. That bothered them greatly
because most writers were killed apparently during the early hours. So now,
a two-wheeler with a beacon follows me on my walks. For the villagers, it’s
a sight.

*What do you think prompted such a threat?*

When we realised that the liberal voice is being scuttled in India, we
thought we should start a movement. So with Ganesh Devy in the lead, a
writer’s march — almost 600-strong — was held on January 30, 2016 at Dandi,
Gujarat. That march had 15 persons from Goa, including me. At Bilimora town
in Gujarat, we stopped and had a public debate, and I chaired the event. I
said that, as someone from Goa, I am proud of its communal harmony but, I
feel ashamed as all the suspects related to the assassinations are
connected with the Sanatan Sanstha, which is headquartered in Goa. They
(Sanstha) responded to my speech in their paper in the days that followed.

*Where else have you been as vocal?*

After Dandi, I was part of the Brahmaputra Literary Festival in February. I
spoke about how it was time for the writers’ fraternity to be aware of the
changes happening in the country, that one language and culture was being
forced upon people. Then, it was the turn of the chief guest, Union
minister of human resources and development, Prakash Javadekar, to speak,
and I sensed he was hurt. He had not taken my statement lightly.

Last year, there was another incident. I was invited by the Sahitya Akademi
for the valedictory session on freedom of speech, especially for writers.
It was chaired by SL Bhyrappa who, according to me, is a known right-wing
writer. When my turn came to speak, unlike the others, I mentioned the
assassination of intellectuals, and also the restrictions on Perumal
Murugan and Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd.  When Bhyrappa spoke, he demolished
whatever I said.

*When did you first hear about the Sanatan Sanstha?*

The 2009 Margao blasts changed it all. We were told the suspects were
carrying skull caps to misguide the arrests and narrative. I will tell you
an incident that happened a few years ago… I was invited to a house-warming
by a friend. At night, stones were hurled at the house. Even as a fight
started outside, I escaped from the window, though my nephew was badly
injured. It was a fight due to personal animosity. But the rumours that
spread hinted otherwise. Next day, six persons walked into my home,
offering their sympathies. ‘You name them as culprits. We will teach them a
lesson.’ Who were ‘they’? ‘They were the Catholics’, the men said. I told
them Catholics were my best friends — the first to respond to any crises of
mine. They returned disappointed. Later, I found out that the men were from
the RSS.

Growing up, I was never told by my mother or anyone from my family that
there was an ‘other’. I played football with Catholics. I went to school
with them.

Do you know Anthony Gonsalves, the musicologist from Bollywood? Anthony’s
sisters called me dudhbau — which roughly translates to milk-brother.
Because their mother literally breastfed me when my mother was unwell. This
is the way I have been brought up. But now I see the RSS and the right
trying to create a divide. But I still have full faith in the Constitution
of India.

*What is your take on the spate of killings of writers and rationalists,
 the arrests of activists and the clampdown on freedom of expression?*

Writers who have originality will 

[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: WE DIDN’T DISAPPOINT ANYONE ELSE BUT OURSELVES: STEPHEN CONSTANTINE

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[Goanet] Another Matata winner for Menezes (Cyprian Fernandes, Herald)

[Frederick Noronha]

Another Matata winner for Menezes

01 SEP 201805:26AM IST

Report by
CYPRIAN FERNANDES

‘Among The Jacaranda’ by Braz Menezes is a novel based on true events.
Cyprian Fernandes, former Chief Reporter of the Nation and author of
‘Yesterday in Paradise’ ‘Stars Next Door’, reviews the book for Café

‘Among the Jacaranda’ is the third in the ‘Matata

series that already comprises ‘Just Matata’ (reissued as an expanded
edition as ‘Beyond the Cape’ 1920-1950) and ‘More Matata’ (1951-1963). The
books are written by Kenya born author Braz Menezes, a former award-winning
architect.

The first three books quickly established a large fan base for Menezes, who
quickly became recognised for imbuing the hero of the books, Lando, with
wit, humour, a sense of adventure, while paying homage to Kenya and
especially Nairobi. No doubt, ‘Among The Jacaranda’ is already assured of a
following; probably more in E-books than the printed variety, both easily
available on Amazon and most E-book platforms.

I am finding reviewing this exceptional trip down nostalgia road a tough
gig. Not only because I get a left-handed compliment but because, like
Menezes, I was born and raised in Kenya and I think the author is a couple
of years older than me. Hence it is easy for me to walk down familiar roads
to familiar suburbs, Goan social clubs, especially the Goan Gymkhana (where
I was a rare visitor) and many, many familiar faces.

Someone questioned the other day why East African Goans over-feast on their
past lives in the former British colonies. History. Just a shared history
and the unbreakable links that a community gives birth to. Even more,
authors like Menezes, Mervyn Maciel (the doyen author of ‘Bwana Karani’)
also act as low-level historians charting the lives and times of Goans and
prove to be invaluable in the absence of any recorded history or documented
almanacs. Even more importantly, fact or fiction based on true events,
serve to enlighten the non-Goans in our respective adopted countries about
everything Kenyan in historical terms.

More importantly, Lando mirrors, to a large degree, the lives of young Goan
men and women who began university life in the 1960s, got their first job,
excelled at sport, or towards the end of the 1950s or early 1960s faced the
heartbreak of being forced to leave the country with their parents on the
onset of independence. On the other hand, there were many young people who
achieved the move to university life overseas and committed themselves to a
future back in independent Kenya. Menezes’ hero, Lando (who, I am sure is
based largely on his own life) did just that.

So if you have the slightest connection (and even if you have no
connection) with Kenya, then hope along for a nostalgic safari.

For a young man who had not travelled much before, there is all the wonder
of a European holiday to explore. You will have to buy the book to enjoy
the details.

Lando, seeking fame and fortune as a future architect, heads for university
in Liverpool in 1964. Even though the UK is running a high fever, fighting
to “keep Asians out”, Lando is unphased. He is aware of it and is concerned
about the treatment and abuse being meted out to Indians who already
settled in the UK. However, Lando is just an observer.

It is not long before our intrepid hero meets a white girl and takes the
first steps towards falling in love over a period of many months. Menezes
takes us on a romantic journey that is rather seamless, without drama of
any kind and the two later head for Kenya to make bliss official at the
wedding ceremony in Nairobi. As I said, it is all very seamless.

On his return to Nairobi, Lando spends as much time as he can at the Goan
Gymkhana. To his delight, most of his friends are still there and club
continues to function in an independent Kenya with little change. These
days, in Sydney, Australia, I chew the nostalgia fat with one of the
friends he mentions in the book: Felix. With a bunch of other ex-Nairobi
friends who meet for bowling each Friday, come rain or shine or whatever,
we celebrate our collective past.

There is much, much more to this valuable contribution to the historical
record of the Goan community in Kenya, especially Nairobi.

I loved it. Because it is everything so familiar. Another winner for
Menezes.
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Another-Matata-winner-for-Menezes/135523.html

[Goanet] Easy listening selection....One Day when we were Young....Richard Tauber.

[Con Menezes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG7NOLQVHyA

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[Goanet] Fw: How South Asian Americans are building a new American Dream.

[Con Menezes]

  Indians from India.  
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/09/south-asian-american-stereotype-kondabolu-simpsons/

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[Goanet] Expectations and disappointments

[Nelson Lopes]

Expectations and disappointments
Come closer to the elections time, the voters feel elated that the power
is now in their hands to decide the fate of politicians..A close number of
family members and intimate friends will be expected to be  convinced to
align themselves with your proposition. That is more easily said than done.
It is advisable not to go on campaigning mode, but rather keep a low key
and listen without comments and taking sides. Most voters have already
decided more on personal and emotional reasons and are not fence sitters.
Those who fought bitterly criticizing each other will be seen embracing one
another. after the election There are no permanent friends and enemies  in
political arena..Endless arguments, heated discussions as to whom and why
to vote result into friends turning to foes. Don`t be left kicking your
wounds for taking sides. Without antagonizing anyone  each one will act
differently.. The personal interests and benefits will outweigh all sound
reasons. The crap that the vote is sacred right in a democracy must be
juxtaposed against those who do not vote at all.. Will voting be ever  made
compulsory?  Standing for long hours in a line to cast your vote is
agonizing.. Those who choose to abstain from voting, appear to insulate
themselves against all disappointments and future shocks .The win sometimes
is by a slender margin. Last time around you probably felt the same thing
and it will be so at every elections and after. May be the politician won
without your vote or otherwise. He will tell you that your vote did not
make any dent. You may be invited by a third party to participate in a
victory rally or attend the  party , no more personal attention or
invitations. All your power is vanished the moment your vote is cast. You
have  no sacred right to recall.  do not be fooled by  that none of the
above option is the solution, it is only a statistic of dissent,not calling
for fresh  elections. The voters may discard old ones  in preference for
new faces, hoping to make  a change for better. But time alone will tell
that is same old wine in a new casket .Is there any alternative to
democratic elections,even though things do not change as expected ? That is
the cause for worry and disappointment and after shocks

The press or electronic media suddenly are wide awake. The Govt
propaganda over controlled media works overtime to highlight developments.
There may be planted stories, paid news and , opinions,views, but the media
barons are at this time not wiling to lose the loyalty of  their readers,
They will appear to be educating voters, readers with a fine  balancing act
maintaining equilibrium. The  critical opinions, views of readers for and
against the electors  and Govt are no more destined to waste paper basket
of the editors. There is a sort of mass awakening of the voters cautioning
them  about the price of eternal vigilance. Political news takes precedence
over revenues, knowing well that  the election time is the  best
opportunity to harvest maximum income with political advertisements,etc
Sometimes and deliberately media is bought, threatened  to toe the line of
least dissent, There is a veil of confusion and fog of doubts  created as
to the facts and analysis of economic growth , progress and other pressing
issues. Propaganda and counter propaganda leaves much to be desired These
are political games played by the players and  media plays a significant
role. In Goa too the dramas and CD`s, Natak`s sponsored by politicians add
to the gossip mill of confusion  It is time for great debates, discussions
and enlightenment of the voters an education on democracy its benefits and
outcomes.

The politicians and parties close their ranks at getting at each others
throat more fiercely than you imagine. They come out of their hibernation
and want to be seen at funerals,  weddings,  sports finals. They have the
time to listen to the woes of their voters, meet them and  are
compassionate to their problems doling out financial help. They explain
that being in the opposition they could not deliver and which fact  they
never factored while seeking votes .Electorate is not oblivious to the fact
that they used all the time and tenure to feather their own nest without
bating an eyelid .They understand very well the perks and privileges of
office and influence and power they wield. This is the reason they want to
continue in office indefinitely, in spite of failing health to carry out
unfinished agenda of acquiring wealth for generations of their dependents.
Incentives to lure the voters is their best strategy, due to which voters
sometimes are blinded and forget it as illegal wealth accumulated at the
cost of the voters and state.
Even as the voters are literate, they continue to fall for calculated
propaganda of misinformation, Selling dreams with false and verbal promises
have led to increase of prices of all essential, daily commodities like
petrol ,gas, transport, food, housing 

[Goanet] Among the Jacaranda book launch

[Eugene Correia]

Braz Menezes launched his third book in the Matata trilogy, Among the
Jacaranda, at a grand function held at Konkan Delight restaurant in
Mississauga on Sept 15.
A good gathering of relatives, friends and well-wishers listened to Menezes
explain the reason and the background to write the Matata (which in
Kiswahili means trouble) series. He said that he wanted to complete putting
reflections and experiences of how some families lived and have come to
terms with Kenya as a free nation. Along with a slide-projection he showed
photos of the Jacaranda tree with full bloom with its glorius purple-blue
color flowers.
He said provided a brief history of Africa and and the land of his family’s
origin, Goa. He said Goa has disappeared from the map after its take-over
by India in1961, but quickly added that his statement was an emotional
outburst.
A QA session followed and he said in a replies to few questions he said he
wanted to write in his old age to put to paper the legacy of Goans in
Kenya, and that the “African Goan” tribe is almost vanished as most have
found new homes in places such as Canada, England and Australia.
One of the “white” person in the diverse group enquired about the current
status of Goa and though Menezes tried to put in perspective it was Zulema
de Souza, a former president of GOA,Toronto, got up to give her opinion on
the present state of affairs, saying that she saw Goa as “culturally and
politically divided” and that the government was sort of provoking the
attack on the Christian churces.
However, Goa isn’t divided as such and “communal confrontation” between the
majority Hindus and the minoirty Christians, largely Catholics, have been
few and far in-between. The communal harmony in Goa is much talked about in
India and often presented as one of the best examples how different
communities can live together in communal peace.
As for the attack on Churches, its the forces of Hindutva movement that are
behind creating communal chaos and disruption in Goa and the rest of the
country. The political arm of the Hindutva combine, the BJP, is in power in
Goa and, needlessly to say, is very protective and defensive of the RSS
whose members are mostly responsible for attack on minorities.
The event was also marked by a celebration of Norma Menezes, wife of Braz,
birthday.

Eugene

Re: [Goanet] Following the ‘Pyde Pyper’ of Art

[Venantius J Pinto]

Hi Iris,
There are a couple of options to avoid sharing a long url.

01.
a. Copy the url
b. Highlight the text (name of the organization, or Pyde Piper, etc)
c. Click the link tab next to the attachments tab/link and paste the
url into the Web address "window."

92. Go to TinyURL.com or some other free service that shortens urls.

Perhaps you already know this, but I also point it out in the hope it may
help others.

Thank you,

Venantius J Pinto

+

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 1:19 PM Iris gomes  wrote:

> Following the ‘Pyde Pyper’ of Art
> (Read the entire article at
> https://www.pruthagoa.com/following-the-pyde-pyper
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>  )
>
> The Pyde Pyper Art Academy at Dona Paula in Goa has been making great
> strides for some years now in revealing the hidden artist within its
> students. Deé Ayn Fernandes, who is a full-time teacher at the institute,
> tells us more about it.
>
> More articles related to Goa at www.pruthagoa.com
>
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[Goanet] Photos of the Week.

[Con Menezes]

   
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/09/photos-of-the-week-hovercraft-racing-mud-wallow-balls-of-fire/569617/?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_campaign=atlantic-photo-newsletter_content=20180914=MzEwMTkwMDgxMjU0S0

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[Goanet] GOA ROADS ARE IN A WOBBLY STATE

[Aires Rodrigues]

In 2003 during his earlier term as Chief Minister it was announced by
Manohar Parrikar that anyone spotting a pothole on any road in Goa would be
rewarded with Rs 1000. Ironically today there is not a road without
potholes all over.

Despite the Bombay High Court having ruled that good roads is a fundamental
right of every citizen, the roads across Goa are in a very appalling state.
Its Potholes and craters galore. Some roads which were hot-mixed just
before the monsoons have been washed away. What a criminal waste of public
funds.

If there had been proper quality control, the roads would not have been in
its current pitiable state. The government needs to wake up from its
slumber and embark upon our potholed roads on a priority.




Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

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