[Goanet] India's DEMOCRACY a farce: over 2500 MPs & MLAs face criminal cases

[Eddie]

India prides itself on being a democracy. Mind you, there is no such word in 
Hindi or for that matter for Parliament, Constitution, election, secular, 
Republic. sedition, contempt of Court,  etc, etc.
In short, Hindi is a relatively primitive language that cannot accommodate 
modern (European) concepts. No wonder the team headed by Dr Ambedkar decided 
to write the Constitution in English.

Note the pompous style of the preamble:
WE,THE PEOPLE OF INDIA having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a 
sovereign secular democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens: 
JUSTICE etc


Do Indians speak like this? Will PM Modi understand the Preamble? (The 
English literacy rate in 1949 was just 12%. )
In fact, the content of the Constitution is far from original. How could it 
be when Indians had no experience of governance?
It was drawn largely from the Government of India Act (1935) and a selection 
of European Constitutions.


Let's now return to the criminal element in the Legislatures.
Data reveals that a whopping 2,556 MLAs and MPs from 22 states are accused 
in cases. If former MPs and MLAs from these states are also included, the 
number rises to 4,442.


The Supreme Court was informed a few days ago that in 174 cases against 
sitting MPs and MLAs, the offences are punishable with imprisonment life.
Other cases against elected representatives include offences under the 
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002, 
Arms Act 1959, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, defamation 
under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and cheating under section 
420 of the IPC.


So how are so many criminals allowed to contest elections? Tragically, these 
criminals have always been needed by the Parties to sustain India's 
cherished democracy.


Read more: 
https://thewire.in/law/sitting-mlas-mps-criminal-cases-data-supreme-court-criminalisation-politics


-
Eddie 

[Goanet] Best Bars in Goa - Outlook Traveller

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/70828/best-bars-in-goa

[Goanet] #2020-GBCC Goa Book Cover Challenge Book 12 - ‘Vamona Navelcar - An Artist of Three Continents’ by Anne Ketteringham

[Dolcy]

#2020-GBCC Goa Book Cover Challenge Book 12 - ‘Vamona Navelcar - An Artist of 
Three Continents’ by Anne Ketteringham 

One of Goa’s greatest gift to the world of art, Vamona Navelcar has made a name 
for himself yet is hardly recognised in his own state. Living in the quiet 
village of Pomburpa, his works have reached the corners of the world. Through 
the book, one can journey along with Vamona to Mozambique where he taught art 
to his students, some who till date keep in touch with him, his struggles in 
Portugal and his return to Goa. Known for his abstract art, he is one of the 
living legends in Goa.

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[Goanet] Images of the California fires...

[Frederick Noronha]

...are really scary. Hope all Goanetters are fine. FN
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[Goanet] Vasudeo Gaitonde and Indian Art’s Scholarship Deficit (Scroll.in, 9/9/2020)

[V M]

https://scroll.in/article/972589/why-the-vs-gaitonde-painting-that-sold-for-4-35-million-doesnt-mean-indian-art-world-is-thriving

Even as the global economy grinds backwards into recession, and Covid-19
rampages across India to devastating effect, the apex of the country’s art
marketplace continues to set new records.

On September 3, Pundole’s, the home-grown Mumbai-based auctioneers sold
Vasudeo Gaitonde’s untitled 1974 oil-on-canvas for 32 crore rupees, just
over 4.35 million dollars. The muted, moody, green-grey-white abstract
painting is now the most expensive Indian artwork ever.

These kinds of prices were unthinkable in Gaitonde’s lifetime. No painting
by an Indian had sold for even one crore when the artist died in New Delhi
in 2001.

In 2002, that benchmark was surmounted at Christie’s auction house in New
York, when Tyeb Mehta’s 1995 tryptich *Celebration* sold for $300,000.
Five years later, the same artist’s iconic 1997 *Mahisasura* crested past
another milestone when it sold for $1.5 million.

Now many other important 20th century Indian painters have joined the
“million-dollar club” including Raja Ravi Varma, Amrita Sher-Gil, Bhupen
Khakhar, Akbar Padamsee, Ram Kumar, Maqbool Fida Husain, Syed Haider Raza
and Francis Newton Souza. At Pundole’s last week, Jagdish Swaminathan
became the latest entrant when his 1993 oil on canvas sold for 9.5 crores
(just under $1.3 million).

Against the backdrop of comparable art marketplaces around the world, it
would appear there’s room for Indian prices to grow. Last year, the 2000
canvas *Knife Behind Back* by Yoshitomo Mara became the most expensive
Japanese painting at $25 million, and China’s prices are even more
astronomical: Qi Baishi's 1940 *Eagle on Pine **Tree* sold for $55 million,
and Qi Bashi’s 1925 set of ink-wash landscapes, *Twelve Landscape Screens*
achieved an eye-watering $140.8 million at auction in Beijing in 2017.

The truly significant difference between those art markets and ours isn’t
at the top, however, but in what’s arrayed beneath. Yoshitomo Mara is 60,
and still painting steadily. His fellow Japanese art stars Takashi Murakami
(58) and Yayoi Kusama (91) – whose artworks also sell for millions of
dollars – similarly remain active. Meanwhile, many living Chinese artists
sell works for over $1 million: Cui Ruzhuo, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhon Chunya, Zhang
Xiaogang, Fan Zeng, Lin Wei, Huang Yongyu, Luo Zhongli, He Jiaying, Liu
Xiaodong, and Ai Weiwei, the biggest international art star of our times.

There’s nothing like that in India, although a few works by British-Indian
sculptor Anish Kapoor, and Delhi-based installation specialist Subodh Gupta
have reached past the million-dollar mark at auction. In addition, there’s
the curious case of Kashmiri artist Raqib Shaw, who moved to the UK in 1998
to attend Central Saint Martins School of Art, and never left, whose
Bosch-inspired *Garden of Earthly Delights III* sold at Sotheby’s in London
in 2007 for what was then over $5 million.

Aside from those outliers, and the handful of 20th century “masters”
there’s troublingly dwindling life in the Indian art marketplace. The boom
that buoyed the first decade of the 21st century quickly plummeted to
crash. An entire cohort of ambitious talent –the Generation X demographic –
has suffered the mortal taint of watching their prices decline. there has
been no recovery. New money now only enters the system to chase the same
old names: Gaitonde, Souza, Mehta, Raza, again and again, ad infinitum.

A couple of years ago, when we were discussing an unfortunate corollary of
this monomaniacal marketplace fixation - the vast proliferation of fakes –
the critic and curator Ranjit Hoskote told me, “One of the worst things
that could have happened to the Indian art world is the celebration of a
handful of artists as representative of some of the most lively and active
decades in postcolonial Indian art [which has] provided the basis for a
process of canon-formation led and driven by the upsurge of auction-house
activity around modern Indian art.”

Hoskote said, “the result is an excessive desire for the work of a few
artists. Since most of them are, rather disobligingly, no longer with us,
the demand for their art is met by other means. This explains the alarming
increase in fakes attributed to Souza, and some of his peers. The market in
modern Indian art simply must liberate itself from its obsession with the
cult of a few über-artists and open itself up to a far wider array of
practitioners.”

Perhaps even worse, and certainly more damaging to its development, is the
Indian art world’s shocking paucity of scholarship and documentation about
its own most valuable assets. There are many million-dollar paintings, but
not even a paltry handful of decent books: zero on Souza, zero on Raza (a
catalogue raisonné is underway), zero on Tyeb Mehta, and only Yashodhara
Dalmia’s landmark 2001 *The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives*
on the movement that spawned 

[Goanet] Behind the Scene Who Helped Angolan, Kenyan. Ugandan Dictators

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

Fred

I agree with your Message: 1Dated: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 21:37:04 +0530

*on thye Subject: Re: [Goanet] The orphans of Angola's secret massacre seek
the  truth

Me-ID: 


:::I want to add a few additional dimension. Kenya's Jomo Kenyetta was
supposedly a communist and event went to Moscow  was it on behalf of the MI
5.Pio was murdered because he became too popular in his African
Constituency .In Urban Areas different tribes converge .President
Julius Nyerere realized what was going on ..through the grape vine I heard
years later that Mwalimu donated to Pio' s widow. :

 In Angola it was a combination of Tribalism and US interest in the
Angolan wealth from Oil:: Sitta and he Friends wanted transformation in an
independent Angola .she paid the Ultimate Price :

:Walfgango  Dourado was driven almost Insane by the Massacre of
Karume's rivals, the killings immediately following the Revolution in
Zanzibarit was Okello who overthrew the Arab Sultan.. My information is
from French Sources and One of the English Medical Doctors from the
University of Dat es Salaam



Regards


Grandolfo

Back in Quepem.

[Goanet] That Fellow Who self identified as a bowl of Green Cheese

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

Gentle, liberal Pope Francis had some words of condemnation for those who
advocate violence, hatred and spreading filth about others. The Bowl of
Green Cheese is actually a hypocrite like the biblical  Phariseethe
ones who could not see boulders in their own eyesSo Christ began to
write in the sand about each of their transgressions they melted away
in shame  ...Bowl of Creen Cheese is possible quite shameless  !!!

He might melt away after elections .perhaps  go to Mecau

Grandolfo

[Goanet] The 2020 Goa Book Covers Campaign - Simply My Way – Bennet Paes

[Maria Fatima Pais]

The 2020 Goa Book Covers Campaign



Day 21: Book 21  #2020GBCC




*Simply My Way – Bennet Paes*



Paes’ first book covers a variety of topics, ranging from historical
migrations and their aftermath on Goa and the Indian sub-continent,
politics, music, business.  It also reflects upon the roots of the Goan
writer, who says it all like it is, from his own life experiences both in
Goa and beyond, in a manner to be browsed over leisurely.



Bennet Paes has also authored *Love ‘n Share It*,  a fictional love story
set in his beloved Sashti  (roughly south) Goa, but within its many folds
is the memory of a Goa lost or at any rate fading.  What is interesting
about Paes’s book is the observational precision with which he narrates
village life.  He provides minor asides to the main narrative by giving us
descriptions of the caste system, the *ladhin* (sung litany), the Goan
*botler* (butler on the high seas) and the ‘*kuhr*’ among other things. The
*kuhr* or *kudd* is uniquely Goan, a sort of halfway house set up in
Bombay, to assist new arrivals into the city, or transiting out of Bombay.
Paes tells us how, often, the *kudds* themselves became gatekeepers of the
caste system besides being gender-segregated, and he notes, that eventually
women set up their own ‘*bailancho-kuhr*.’



Bennet Paes of Assolna, now retired has told it like it is and it seems he
has lived a charmed life.  What adventures! What journeys! What a way to
travel abroad and come back to Assolna to roost! Truly there is nothing
like a native of Assolna.   His early life makes for a fascinating reading,
especially how he researched his deeper roots from north India prior to
transplanting them in the red soil of Assolna.  The author’s long stay in
Kuwait is like a dream that Aladdin on his magic mat would envy.



Maria Fatima Pais

New Delhi

[Goanet] Mao's saying

[Bernado Colaco]

 Mao's saying of power stems from a barrel of gun was to over throw the 
proletariat. Now what we have to do is throw the 3 crackpots who promote 
dacoity in Goa into jail. One of them is a PHD alias permanent head damage, who 
requires urgent anti dementia treatment with cobrel tel.
BC
 Hello, 

What baffles me is that even if one or more were outraged at the violence in 
daylight, how exactly does anyone respond against persons with a gun and knife 
(knives) and risk being implicated despite being innocent helpers?
Here we have Mao's philosophy being played out in broad daylight, "power 
springs from the barrel of a gun".
Darrell.
 
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[Goanet] Entry for Goa Books Cover Challenge 2020

[smita sail]

Dear Organizers,
Let me first of all congratulate you on your initiatives for promoting Goan
literature. I have always admired Frederic Noronha for his love and
dedication to the land and its language. Proud to be a part of this
initiative of yours.
When I initially set off on my research on Goan Literature, I was
apprehensive of finding enough books on Goa's colonial history. To my
surprise, with the guidance  of Noronha and others, I realised the list was
ceaseless, and now I wonder if my lifetime would be sufficient to read them
all!

PFA a file containing comments on the 20 books that I have covered for this
challenge.

Regards
Smita Sail

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Sunrise on the Zuari

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Sunrise on the Zuari'

Morning in Goa.

At 92 Kms, Zuari is the longest river in Goa, and originates in the Western
Ghats.


You may view the latest post at

https://blog.parrikar.com/2020/09/09/sunrise-on-the-zuari/


Warm regards,

Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] APPOLO SUPPLY OF STEROID TABLETS

[Stephen Dias]

The Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration at Bambolim must
investigate of this missing two tablets intact sealed in a 10 tablet strip.
This strip should contains 10 tablet but 2 are forgotten to load into the
strip which shows they are careless and being steroid tablet called DEFSA
or DEFLAZACORT meant for life saving drug should have been extra careful.
This is a second instance of supply and previously a different issue was
with Wellness pharmacy Panjim.
These tablets have been prescribed by our NIO dispensary doctor for
authorised APPOLO pharmacy to a NIO patient.
I suggest FDA should investigate this supply coming from Wallace
Pharmaceuticals and sold through APPOLO pharmacy at St Ines Panjim.
Enclosed photograph

[Goanet] #2020-GBCC Goa Book Cover Challenge Book 11 - ‘Coconut Fronds- Short Stories from Goa’

[Dolcy]

#2020-GBCC Goa Book Cover Challenge Book 11 - ‘Coconut Fronds- Short Stories 
from Goa’

The book is a collection of short stories based on Goa with varied themes and 
languages. The book is compiled from the short story contest organised by 
Fundacao Oriente and has encouraged Goans to get out of their shell and explore 
the world of writing. Besides this book, there are three other books as 
published volumes from the contest over the years since 2012. This book has a 
select 22 short stories from 101 entries for the contest.
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[Goanet] BABUSH MONSERRATE HAS TAKEN US FOR A JOLLY GOOD RIDE

[Aires Rodrigues]

During the 2016 elections to the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) Babush
Monserrate floated the Panaji City Corporation Development Front panel and
through a very glossy manifesto promised the moon to the residents of
Panaji city which includes Ribandar. But the ground reality is that the
state of Goa’s capital city has only deteriorated further.



To the people of Ribandar Babush Monserrate had made five promises.
Building of a new market place, Development of Garden and walkway parallel
to the existing causeway, that the Football ground would be completed,
building of the Hindu crematorium on priority and restoration of old
structures and monuments. The five year term of the current CCP will end in
March next year and there has been nothing done on those five promises.



In that manifesto Babush Monserrate had also assured People’s participation
in the working of the CCP and that Ward Committees for development with
professionals on board would be constituted. But that too has remained a
promise on paper.



I know your problems, I have the solutions and I have the ability to
deliver is what Babush Monserrate had told us. So when he comes to our
doorstep for votes again, we need to confront him with his that 2016
unfulfilled manifesto. Election promises cannot be like China made goods,
without a warranty or guarantee.



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


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] So Much Unity & Diversity Dinesh or DD

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

Dear All
It pleased me no end of the diversity of condemnation over the video
produced by DDI think Eric said he like his Master can only think in
terms of moneythey squeeze out the last bit of humanity with their
greed.
WIKI calls him a Right Winger or something like that .there was a typo
omission... Extremist

Adolfo
PS And here in Goa, the Sustainable Green Movement is gaining ground, Even
Our famous Advocate was in Quepem ..Wish I had known would have delayed
my lesson on how to grow Passion Fruit and Avacado ..

[Goanet] The Orphans of Angola

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

Patrice Thank you for your Message: 7 a few minutes ago dated  Tue, 08 Sep
2020 11:56:08 +0200
on the topic of The orphans of Angola's secret massacre seek the truth
Message-ID: <92baa9e2a6787d2a297cf654ab50c...@xs4all.nl>
::: Thank you for broadening my understanding of what took place in Algeria
Pand the eventual  admission of the French Govt..that it was war not merely
a police action ...whatever it was, it was wrong
 I am hopeful that Angola will rise from the ashes ...the last Human Rights
Report I read makes me optimistic.

Sita Valles is a Goan Joan of Arc.  I wrote a review I have hot seen it
but  I think a shorter review was published. The original intention was a
review article .
Any way see what you get in the following link. I had brought extra copies
of the book. One copy was given to Our Foreign Minister in Tanzania
Professor Kabudi
https://www.awaazmagazine.com/volume-16-issue-3/book-reviews/item/1134-sita-valles-a-revolutionary-until-death
Adolfo
In Goa