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GHOST PUBLICATION ??? Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. Anacleto Viegas, ro...@rediffmail.com on Fri Aug 28 21:21:47 PDT 2015 wrote [Goanet] For favour of publication Adv. Anacleto Viegas
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The Delegation of Goa Pradesh Congress Comprising Dr. Ulhas Parab, General Secretary of GPCC Spokesperson, Shri. Gregory Xavier, General Secretary, Shri. Vijay Pai, Secretary GPCC and Shri. Vaman Chodankar, Office Secretary submitted to Dr. Radhakrishnan, Secretary to Governor of Goa the copy of Goa Pradesh Congress's charge sheet against BJP Government in Goa
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Favour of Publication To, The Editor, Sir, The Managing Committee and Members of Goa’s Movement for Special Status (GMFSS) on 12th January, 2014 at Dabolim Airport presented a memorandum to Shri Narendra Modi, BJP’s Prime Ministerial Candidate and urged him to ensure that the demand for Special Status for Goa under Article 371 of the Constitution of India was included in the BJP’s manifesto for the forthcoming 2014 Parliamentary elections. This press note, the attached memorandum and the photograph kindly be published in your esteemed news paper. Thanking You, Sd/- President (GMFSS)
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MOVEMENT FOR SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA (MSSG) C/o Prof. Sergio Carvalho,2nd floor,Liberty Apartments,Feira Alta,Mapusa,Bardez,Goa-ph:2252682 Date: 15.12.2012 FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION The disclosure made by the Minister of State For Home, MR. Mulapally Ramachandran in Parliament that .. the Goa Government has informed in writing that it is not interested in having a separate cadre ... surely is a step by the Goa Government that undermines the demand being voiced by the people for Special Status for Goa and which the Manohar Parrikar Government says, orally at least, that it supports. The justification given by the Deputy Chief Minister that quote: ... we could be stuck with officers we don't really want and then it becomes difficult to maneuver them around . unquote, is hard to digest and in fact smacks of an administration that is only looking out for pliant and pliable officials who will bend over backwards to carry-out every wish and whim of the politician in power. There are legal ways to control recalcitrant officers provided that the directions of the higher officials are in themselves legal directions. M.S.S.G protests in no uncertain terms this contradictory attitude of the Goa government led by Mr. Manohar Parrikar and wishes to remind the Deputy Chief Minister that even though Goa is a small State, yet it is a State that has what it takes even to become a separate Nation. This is the type of mentality that was prevalent at the time when Goa was sought to be merged with Maharashtra and it is only due to the self sacrifices and tireless efforts of patriotic Goans that tragedy was averted. Perhaps our Government needs to be reminded also that size does not and should not determine what needs to be done for the good of the people and an example in point is the independent nation of Singapore, which has an area of 608 square kilometers (i.e. less than 1/5th the size of Goa) and which has a full fledged administration including defense forces and a foreign affairs ministry. Hence the Deputy chief minister requires to introvert as to what exactly is wrong with the administration in Goa and take corrective measures. The M.S.S.G reiterates that the demand for Special Status involves also the formation of a separate cadre of I.A.S, I.P.S and I.F.S officials and that the sooner the Government of Goa gets behind the move to have such a separate cadre the better it will be for the State. This also extends to having a separate High Court for Goa, keeping in mind that Goa even during the Portuguese era had its own High Court, almost two centuries before any of the High Courts, existing today in India, were created by the British. Any Government that rejects these ideas cannot be in favour of Special Status for Goa notwithstanding pronouncements to the Contrary. Adv Antonio Lobo (Convener)
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FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION On the 7th of July 2012, a group of citizens under the banner of Movement for Special Status for Goa (MSSG), met at Caritas house Panjim, to give a new impetus to the demand for special status for Goa. In this regard, the participants discussed the need to formulate concrete proposals for amendment of Article 371 of the Constitution of India, wherein the special requirements to protect the culture, ethos, the land and the resources of Goa are taken into account. The participants also decided to draw-up a plan of action in order to carry forward the above demand so that the Government in Delhi is seized of the seriousness with which the demand is being made and that Goans will not stop until Goa is granted what late Jawaharlal Nehru had promised prior to Goa's annexation namely, to protect the above-mentioned facets of Goa which are centered around the special culture acquired by Goa down the centuries. At this meeting, the Minister for Urban Development and Deputy CM, Mr. Francis D'Sousa, spoke on the resolution moved by him at the request of late Matanhy Saldanha as well as on the constant attempts being made by Central Agencies to acquire land in Goa for their enjoyment and that his Government had taken a policy decision not to acquire land for such purposes. Member of Parliament, Mr. Shantaram Naik, spoke about the Bill that he had moved in the Parliament of India and the difficulties that he has been facing in getting support for his move. He also spoke about his struggle against the illegal take-over of the airport at Dabolim and the Indian Navy's attempts to acquire further land in Goa. MLA, Mr. Reginaldo Lourenco, spoke on his current resolution and that he was prepared to modify or postpone the resolution in order to have the feedback and councel from MSSG as to the form of the resolution. Earlier, Prof. Sergio Carvalho spoke about the preoccupation of Goans about protecting the environment and the flora and fauna of Goa, he however lamented that no concerted move was being made about the crying need to protect Goa and its assets including the almost extinct species called 'Goans'. Other participants, amongst whom were Prof. P. Sakardande, Ex Speaker Simon D'Sousa, Adv. Andre Pereira, Adv. Ryan Menezes, Prof. Anthony Alvares, Mr. Floriano Lobo, Ms. Annabelle Pereira, Mr. Oscar Noronha, Mr. Altinho Gomes, Mr. Lawrence Fernandes, Mr. Jose Maria Miranda, Adv. Antonio Lobo and others also spoke at length on the subject and the woes facing Goans. It was decided that prior to drawing up concrete programmes and suggestions for the amendment of the Constitution of India, that a follow up meeting should be held in the South of Goa and it was resolved that such a meeting take place on the 14th of July 2012 at Holy Spirit hall in Margao. The meeting was moderated by Adv. Antonio Lobo who was nominated as the Convener of the Movement for Special Status for Goa. Sd/- The Convener (Adv. Antonio Lobo)
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Dale Luis Menezes has made a disclaimer that his piece on Goa Masala is not a full-fledged review. The book is definitely an addition to the growing literature of diaspora Goans. There was a plan to have another edition and Goans were invited to send in their contributions. However, there was a caveat that a writer would have to buy five copies of the book. Each of the contributor of Goa Masala was given a free copy and one or two more at discounted rates, if I remember correctly. The publishers justified by saying that they were giving a platform for Goan writers. Strange logic. As a member of 55 Plus Goan Association, I wrote to the association asking for clarification if the second book was to be published by the association. I was told that it was to be published by A1 Publishing, owned by Ben Antao. Some of us know that Ben Antao has financial stake in Goan Obverser, the weekly edited by Rajan Narayan, and his novels have been published by Goan Observer. I believe the 55 Plus Goan Association got a grant from a Canadian agency to publish Goa Masala in Canada. I was told that this was a one-time grant and, hence, the publishers could give away a free copy and also limited copies at discounted price to the contributors. Since there was no grant coming for the second book, the publishers decided that no free copy would be available and each contributor would be mandated to buy five copies. Some people who I know were aghast at this proposal and said they would not contribute. I myself didn't feel contributing a piece. I thought it was unethical. First, the contributor would not be paid and, second, he would have to buy limited amount of copies. I am not sure where the profits went, or if there were any profits. The book was sold out. There was a proposal to have a second edition if there was enough number of committed buyers. But it hasn't happened. It is, therefore, logical to ask as to where the profits would go if the Goa edition sells well? Will they go to 55 Plus Goan Association or to the publishers? Ben Antao (I am told he is a sleeping member, like many others. of Goanet) can clarify the matter. Dale finds many stories monotonous and would have preferred personal histories of their lives in their adopted land. I don't think many have interesting personal histories to narrate. If they do so, they too would sound monotonous. Some success stories of Goan achievers could have added more spice to the masala but why these achivers did not tell their stories I am not sure. Maybe they were not approached or to use Dale's word coerced into writing. A new series of anthologies called Canadian Voices, edited by Jasmine D'Costa (i think she is Manglorean), based in Toronto, has personal histories, including Indo-Canadians. Canadian Voices released its second volume, recently. Jasmine, whose first work of fiction, Curry is Thicker than Water, made some impact, aslo edited Indian Voices, an anthology. She is from Mumbai and migrated to Canada in 2004. Here she says about herself: My writing career also took off with my first book of fiction CURRY IS THICKER THAN WATER, about diverse stories from India. However, I must say that these stories were so part of my life in India that they would never have been written without my “Canadian Experience.” In a sense, this is Curry from my Maple Tree. While my life here is not perfect and I am discovering the hard life it is to take this leap of faith, faith it is that will keep me at this – my faith that Canada is a fair society that its people are vigilant to keep it so. I am happy to be Canadian and I think that this is the only society that understands that also being Indian is not a contradiction but enrichment of the human race! Remember, the online edition of stories by Goan seniors in UK and Canada edited by a UK-based Rodrigues (forgets her first name). There are some interesting narratives in the edition. Like Dale I too hope that the Goan GenX would provide their narratives to future editions of anthologies published in countries with large Goan population. Eugene Correia
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CANADA’S 55+ PUT PEN TO PAPER By DALE LUIS MENEZES In the recent years it seems that the Goan diaspora is speaking out. This is evident from the fact that a number of books have been published which deal with the history of Goan migration, the causes of such a migration and the experience(s) resulting from settling in a foreign land. These books have a decent ‘visibility’ in the various bookstores in Goa as well as on the internet. I would rate Selma Carvalho’s Into the Diaspora Wilderness as one which articulates migration-related issues in a succinct way (reviewed by me for GT: October 6, 2010). Goa Masala, an anthology of stories by Canada Goans, is one such voice of the diaspora. This book was conceived by the 55 Plus Goan Association (55PGA) of Canada. “Our vision was to capture for the future the many stories that resided in people’s minds, and which otherwise might not have seen the light of the day,” says Rudy Fernandes, the President of 55PGA in the foreword. The book, running into 260 pages contains 41 essays and stories by many prominent Canada Goans above the age of 55. I am of the opinion that the Goa Masala project is a very ambitious one. What it aims to do is to safeguard for the future Canada Goan generations an ‘identity’, a form of Goaness if I may say so. A major achievement of the 55PGA – for which they must be lauded – was that they were able “to get reticent Goans to put pen to paper.” These writings, in a way, are expected to function as the Prehistoric cave paintings containing hunting, fishing and other scenes that were meant for the next generation. At the outset, I should state that I do not intend to do a full-fledged book review. While reading the book, I realized that this was a text essentially dealing in personal histories. These personal histories do help the historians in understanding a larger historical process – in this case migration in general (or migration to Canada in particular). The importance of personal histories that would contribute to a better and nuanced understanding of a larger historical process is stressed by Pamila Gupta from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa when writing about the migration of Mozambique Goans living in Maputo (to which I shall later return). What I was really looking forward to, in this collection, was these ‘personal histories’ against the social, economic and political background of Canada. Let’s call this, the ‘Canada experience’. Most of the writers (including some who were coerced to write) in this anthology have immigrated to Canada from Africa and rather than their ‘Canada experience’, the nostalgic and adventurous reminisces of living in Africa and hunting trips in the African jungles as well as homecoming to or vacations in Goa find a greater print place. While there is certainly nothing wrong with it, the successive repetition of more-or-less the same plot-line renders a good portion of the book monotonous. Along with the ‘African Adventures’ and ‘homecoming’, wouldn’t it have been better if Canada too was featured in the narration? After all, Canada is the country that all the writers have adopted as their new home. The essay, The ‘canonization’ of Manny Sequeira! by Manuel Sequeira makes an earnest (and perhaps only) attempt at explaining his assimilation into Canadian society but falls a little short. Similarly, most of the essays do start promisingly but lack a good ending. Meriting special mention is one particular story that I immensely liked: The Chutney Mutiny by Alice Pinto. The editor(s) of this book could have used their red pens with a greater flourish. One can’t help but notice that the narration is not free flowing in many cases. In the foreword, a disclaimer is added: “The stories featured in this publication have not been fact-checked for authenticity by the 55PGA, the publishers or the editors. Authors of the individual stories assume full responsibility of their own stories.” Maintaining authenticities as well as technicalities is the responsibility, I think, of the editors along with the authors. Consider this confusion: On p. 162, the author, Pliny X. Noronha, writes that, “…a member of our clergy informed that in fact St. Catherine of Alexandria…is the official patron saint of Goa” to which the editor introduces a footnote saying, “She was until recently; today the patron saint of Goa is the Blessed Jose Vaz.” Jose Vaz is only beatified and not canonized ergo; he can’t be a patron saint. I shall now return to the case study of the Mozambique Goans. In 2009, Pamila Gupta wrote an essay, “The Disquieting of History: Portuguese (De)colonization and Goan Migration in the Indian Ocean”, in the Journal of Asian and African Studies (44[1]: 19-47). Due to the dearth of archival and reference material, Ms. Gupta had to rely on life histories of the Goans who had migrated to Mozambique. She uses a “biographical”
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Date: 14th October 2007 To The Editor GOANET Sir, I am forwarding a press note regarding a representation that GaunkarsFirst has before the Chairman, Goa State Finance Commission, Mr. Alban Couto, vis-a-vis Panchayats and their financing. If you require any clarification, I would be most happy to do so. I hope you will give us due coverage in your esteemed web site. Thank You. Sincerely Sd/- Savio Herman DSouza Convenor GaunkarsFirst Office: 0832-2416573 Mobile: 9422063937 __ FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION In a six page representation placed before the Hble Chairman of the Goa State Finance Commission, Mr. Alban Couto, on their views and suggestions which the Commission has sought from the public with regards to the financial resources and devolution of powers to Panchayats, GaunkarsFirst Convenor, Savio Herman DSouza, has elaborately described how the conquest of Goa was not a conquest of her natives or the land and territory of Goa, but a conquest over foreign rule, which is the reason why Goans celebrate 19th December as Liberation Day. The representation states that the land of the 222 private Comunidade villages of Goa, which are governed by their very own laws based on customs and usages codified as Code of Comunidades is not the property of His Majesty or property of the Portuguese Government to be treated as State Property, a pre-requirement for the Government of India to become a successor State to the land, as stipulated under the Constitution of India. Hence, no State Government can impose any State-made bodies such as Panchayats and Municipalities, within the private Comunidade villages of Goa, or laws such as the GDDLRC Act, 1968, which is enacted in order to raise revenue in State property also known as revenue villages, when the Government establishes State Landlordism over a given land by executing State Land Tenure Contracts with the citizens living therein. Such State Landlordism is totally absent in the private Comunidade villages of Goa, he pointed out. He brought to the attention of the Commission that imposition of Panchayats in the private Comunidade villages of Goa is one of the many atrocities committed by the State against native Goans by falsely taking shelter under the color of the Constitution of India. He further mentioned that by such fraudulent imposition of Panchayats in the Comunidade villages, the State Government is continuously committing atrocities, plunder of land resources, ethnocide, destroying and violating the fundamental rights of native Goans to their land, culture and economic resources, and goes against various International Treaties between the Natives and States as enshrined under the United Nations, of which India is also a member. Quoting Article 7 of the Draft United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which denounces ethnocide, cultural genocide and alienation of land of the natives by the State through administrative, legislative or other means, Mr. DSouza appealed to the Chairman and The Goa State Finance Commission to restrict the Acts of the State within villages in a State also called revenue villages as foreseen under the Constitution, of which the private Comunidade villages do not form a part. The representation appealed to the Government to revoke the Panchayat bodies set up in the non-State private Comunidade villages of Goa, the Governmental and non-Governmental organizations to desist from abetting offences against native Goans, direct the Government not to venture into the private Comunidade villages which belong to the Gaunkars and not held by State grant and existed much before the State came into existence, halt the illegal collection of revenue in the private Comunidade villages, inform the Commission that the Panchayats and Municipalities have no authority to issue licenses, collect taxes or issue occupancy certificates and that the Government being the Guardian of the Gaunkars and native Goans cannot cause prejudice to the Comunidades and must honor the Treaty and Obligations it has inherited from the previous Ruler. The representation concluded by stating that it is not expected of a Welfare State to disrespect the existence of the age-old village communities of Goa or perpetrate atrocities against the Gaunkars and natives of Goa by violating their native laws, Constitutional laws and International Treaties and Agreements which makes the Government of India appear as another colonist ruling over the Gaunkars and natives of Goa. sd/- Savio Herman DSouza CONVENOR - Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how.
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All I can say is: Better late than never. It seems that we Goans are finally starting to wake up and starting to understand the real issues. It is good news. Best regards Paulo. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:goanet- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Savio DSouza Sent: 14 October 2007 17:31 To: Goanet Subject: [Goanet] FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION Date: 14th October 2007 FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION In a six page representation placed before the H'ble Chairman of the Goa State Finance Commission, Mr. Alban Couto, on their views and suggestions which the Commission has sought from the public with regards to the financial resources and devolution of powers to Panchayats, GaunkarsFirst Convenor, Savio Herman D'Souza, has elaborately described how the conquest of Goa was not a conquest of her natives or the land and territory of Goa, but a conquest over foreign rule, which is the reason why Goans celebrate 19th December as Liberation Day.
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* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * GARCA BRANCA VACATION ACCOMMODATION LOUTULIM, SOUTH GOA. For RR; modern/clean amenities; serene, healthy and wholesome location Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. Date: 17th August 2007 To The Editor Sir, I am forwarding a press note regarding a representation that GaunkarsFirst has sent to the Information and Technology Minister Mr. Dayanand G. Narvekar in connection with his proposed IT Park project at Socorro. Since there are some legal terms involved, I would be most happy to clarify any doubts arising there from. I hope you will give us due coverage in your esteemed newspaper. Thank You. Sincerely Sd/- Savio Herman D'Souza Convenor GaunkarsFirst Office: 0832-2416573 Mobile: 9422063937 __ FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION GaunkarsFirst the organization championing the cause of the Gaunkars of Goa, has in their Representation to the Information Technology Minister and M.L.A. Aldona Constituency, Mr. Dayanand G. Narvekar, sought to bring to the attention of the Minister how the Comunidade Administrator, a political appointee has misguided the Minister and the Government by approving an illegal resolution purportedly passed by the General Body of the Comunidade, granting land to the Government (IT Ministry) for purpose of setting up IT Park in Socorro falling within the Comunidade Village of Serula. Convenor of GaunkarsFirst Mr. Savio Herman D'Souza, himself a Gaunkar of the said Comunidade of Serula, has stated that the locality of Socorro falls in an absolute private Comunidade Village of Serula and is not constituted by any Government of any State Land Tenure holders and hence is not a Revenue Village of the State Government for the State Government or the IT Ministry to pursue so aggressively such a project as the IT Park, which is to be implemented in Revenue Villages of the State Government only. The representation states that the Government is the Guardian of the Comunidades and is expected to protect the Comunidades from any prejudice. Neither the State-made laws nor the law of the Gaunkars provides any scope for setting up an IT Park in the Private Comunidade Village. Neither is the Managing Committee or the Gaunkars of the Comunidade of Serula competent to grant any land for the purpose of IT Park when the same stands prohibited by law. Such an IT Park can only be set up in the Comunidade Village by the Government by abuse of authority and fraud. The representation went on to say that for several years illegal meetings of the Comunidade are convened, due to which illegal committees are approved even after the Gaunkars have challenged the Administrator for permitting illegal constituents and non-Gaunkars to participate in the meetings of the Comunidade. The representation accused the Government of pretending to be the guardian of the Gaunkars while permitting infiltration of goondas and anti-social elements, bogus constituents and other vested elements in the Comunidade with the connivance and blessings of selfish politicians. The representation went on to state the present manner in which meetings of the Comunidade are conducted are illegal and hence the Gaunkars have not participated in the same. Hence the approval for grant of land for IT Park by the Comunidade is not binding on the Gaunkars. The representation strongly criticized the Government, who being the guardian of the Comunidades, is not expected to take benefit of Comunidade land and its resources to itself by becoming the approving authority of such illegal resolutions of the Comunidade which shall not be binding on the Gaunkars of Serula. Convenor Savio D'Souza summed up the representation by stating that there is no provision in the Law of the Gaunkars to grant Comunidade land either belonging to Serula Comunidade or any other Comunidade in Goa, to the Government, for the purpose of IT Park or any such natured purposes. If the Government or the IT Ministry pursues the matter any further it will be construed that the State Government wants to take benefit of an illegal resolution such as that of grant of land belonging to the Comunidade of Serula to set up an IT Park in Socorro and appealed to the Minister not to add to the Sins of the State. The representation made mention that the current manner in which the Government and/or the Ministry is carrying out atrocities against the Gaunkars amounts to ethnocide and cultural genocide which violates the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to which India is a
