[Goanet]25 NOV 2004: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS Nov 25, 2004 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Dhor ek dis tuzo nimanno dis zalelea porim jie. (Treat each day as though it is your last.) domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] EXPOSITION 2004 PHOTO FEATURE: A small photo feature on the Exposition of the Sacred Remains of St Francis Xavier which opened at Old Goa on November 21. Please Check at http://goacom.com/goanow/exposition/Exposition2004.htm IFFI: PERMISSION FOR FOOD STALLS PENDING: The approval for the putting up of stalls to provide food at the IFFI extravaganza on Miramar beach is still dangling in the balance in view of the ban on holding of food festivals anywhere on the beaches in the State. The Tourism department has assured the Bombay High Court at Goa about a policy decision not to allow any food festival on the beaches. (GT) FILM BAZAAR AT KA: The Film Bazaar being organised by CII in association with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, and National Films Development Corporation, with active support from the Government of Goa, will be held from November 30 to December 8, concurrently with the International Film Festival of India 2004 at the Kala Academy, Panjim. The Bazaar will harness the immense potential demonstrated by the Indian Film Industry to take its place in the global arena. Around 20 international buyers from UK, USA, Romania, Brazil, Mauritius, Paris and Sri Lanka have already confirmed to attend Film Bazaar 2004. (H) MEDLEY OF WORLD CINEMA: The 35th International Film Festival of India in Goa seems to have an impressive variety of Cinema of the World with 60 films from 40 different countries. France has the highest number of films, eight, and the United States comes next with five.Then there are films from Iran, Hungary, Brazil and Bosnia/Herzegovina.There are five Portuguese films which Goans will welcome. (NT) ASHOK AMRITRAJ FILMS: The 35th IFFI will honour a leading filmmaker in Holywood of Indian origin, Ashok Amritraj, by screening his five films - Walking Tall, Raising Helen, Moonlight Mile, Bandits and Binging Down the House. (NT) CROWDS FLOCK TO OLD GOA: With the novenas leading to the feast of St Francis commencing, a sea of devotees it literally was at Old Goa on November 24 morning. The flow of pilgrims for veneration of the sacred relics thinned as the day progressed, only to pick up again the evening. Meanwhile, the Se Cathedral is expected to be packed today for the feast of St Catherine. The feast Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao at 9.30 am. (GT) NOVENAS FOR FEAST: With the commencement today of the novenas of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa, the crowds swelled perceptibly and pilgrims began staying both at the government-arranged camp and within the cloisters of the Basilica of Bom Jesus. The Exposition Commissioner, Mr Bosco George, said at least 25,000 pilgrims visited Old Goa on November 24. The rector of the Basilica of Bom Jesus, Fr Savio Barreto, said that around 11,000 people attended the first mass at 6.30 am and the other masses were also well attended. (NT) KOREAN LASSES AT EXPOSITION: When they left South Korea two weeks ago, little did Park Young Sun and Jung Kyoung Hee expect to visit Old Goa and have the most memorable and indelible experience of their life. They had never heard about Goencho Saib in their country though St Francis Xavier had to sail past their coast on his voyage to Japan. (Alister Miranda in GT) NRIS IN GULF DEMAND VOTING RIGHTS: The NRIs in the Gulf countries have demanded voting rights and budget airlines among other things to deepen their ties with their homeland. Indian Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs Jagdish Tytler recently faced a barrage of questions from the Indian community at an interactive session in Abu Dhabi on the last leg of his 17-nation tour. (GT) BOMB THREAT A WAKE-UP CALL: Tuesday night's bomb hoax at the venue of the International Film Festival of India has woken up the Goa police to the reality that it has an ill-equipped dog squad to handle such situations. Director General of Police, Amod Kanth, told journalists that the Goa police would seek assistance of dog squads from the defence establishments stationed in Goa. (H) SPECIAL SCREEN TO SPREAD IFFI FEVER: To extend the feel of the International Film Festival of India to other parts of the State besides Panjim, a special mobile LED screen has been arranged to screen movies on the North and South Goa beaches. These beaches include Baga, Calangute, Vagator, Vasco-Baina and Colva. The days on which the screening will be done at the respective
[Goanet]Diaspora News
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## A desi dream: Settle Down Under SYDNEY: Buoyed by the Australian government's encouragement to skilled professionals to settle Down Under, the number of Indians immigrating to this country has tripled in the last 10 years. According to the figures released by the Australian Immigration Department, the largest group of immigrants settling in Victoria state has mentioned India as their 'country of origin'. Read the entire article at : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/934816.cms Canada dream still alive for immigrants TINA PAREKH AHMEDABAD: For thousands of immigration hopefuls left out in the cold by the Canadian government, life in the maple country may not be a distant dream anymore. After years of waiting and a protracted legal battle, the country's ministry dealing with immigration issues has held out the proverbial olive branch, saying that a slew of new changes may not affect the prospects of those who had applied before the changes were made. The changes, brought about in June 2002 by promulgation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), had left the fate of about 1.20 lakh applicants, a number of whom were Indians, mostly from Gujarat, hanging in balance. Read the entire article at : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/934874.cms Punjab starts police helpline for NRIs IANS CHANDIGARH: Earlier this year, the Punjabi film Assan Nu Maan Watanan Da , starring singer Harbhajan Mann, depicted the harassment faced by NRIs with property in Punjab. Now, Punjab police have set up a new NRI cell to assist these victims. NRIs will now be able to register complaints in person as well as through public representatives, Indian embassies, telephone, fax and e-mail. Read the entire article at : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/923544.cms --- Goanet - http://www.goanet.org - Goa's premier mailing list is 10 years old
[Goanet]Corrupt govts. learn their lesson
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## There is no point in being very moralistic. Governments that are corrupt, that give contracts on nepotism, that dont respect merit, be told in no uncertain terms that they will dig their own grave. regards, Samir HYDERABAD: The hacker is on the prowl and the government can do little to stop him in his tracks. At least, that's what the IT department - custodian of the government web sites and servers ... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/320561.cms
Re: [Goanet]Re: The world dodged a bullet on Nov. 2
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since you seem so upset that Saddam has been removed by the evil George Bush, you must think he was a great guy and you must therefore also be opposed to freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people. Santosh: This is a pathetic attempt by Mario Goveia to smear someone who disagrees with him. Response: Santosh, I have no intentions of smearing you, just debating the issues, but if the shoe fits I'm afraid I must ask you to wear it. The above seems to be getting out of hand between the two gentlemen. Is it the same logic being followed here? 'You are either with us or not with us' remember these words?? I feel alot of crap is being fed to the citizens of US by the media. But those who have their basic rights, know how all this works:-) So plz spare us. I have trouble even segregating and using the delete button. I suppose fellow netters would agree; that there is nothing Goan about IT:) Cheers, Seb
[Goanet]Dabolim Airport
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Re: Bernado Colaco's and Ivar Fjeld's of Nov 24 A day after complaining that the media are neglecting Dabolim airport matters, I was virtually carpet bombed by articles in today's paper! One article spoke about Kerala's move to develop a fourth international standard airport. Another was about Jet bagging the award for Best Domestic Airline. The third article which was the most tantalising one was outwardly not about aviation at all. It was about Churchill Alemao's visit to Delhi on Nov 22 which he claims was solely to attend a meeting of the Defence Committee of which he is reportedly a member. Let's hope he got to follow up about his memo on Dabolim and that the results are disseminated one of these days in the press or Goanet. In the meantime I came across an issue of Business World magazine (Nov 22) which also has two articles about aviation. One of them talks about Air Sahara's radical plan to start a hub at Hyderabad beginning in 2005 to provide quick connections for passengers flying from North India to South India (including Goa). The other is about the travails of Bangalore's proposed international airport. The latter make one feel that Goa is still in with a chance of re-writing the prevailing rules of the airport development game by pushing for a joint management of Dabolim (along the lines of Honolulu) and a separate construction of Mopa. Finally, a few days ago I came across a report that Gujarat holds the record for the max number of airports (8) and it is anxious to convert one of the 7 into an international airport to complement Ahmedabad. So airport planning and development is in fashion. What is Goa doing about it? A million dollar question, right?
[Goanet]St. Michael's Church in Anjuna, Goa
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Dear Sir/Madam I trust this email finds you in good health. I found your email address on the goacentral website. I am currently putting together my family tree and I believe that my grandparents were married in St. Michael's church in Anjuna, probably between 1913 and 1917. I would be grateful if you could provide me with the email address of the residing parish priest at the church, or even the email address of the church. Alternatively, would you have the email address of the Mapusa deanery? Many thanks for your assistance and time. Kind Regards Vijay D'Souza Sydney Australia alternative email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** IMPORTANT MESSAGE ** This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) or its subsidiaries. We can be contacted through our web site: commbank.com.au. If you no longer wish to receive commercial electronic messages from us, please reply to this e-mail by typing Unsubscribe in the subject line. ***
RE: [Goanet]RE: Questions about Hindu caste?
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## --- Cip Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What type of E D U C A T I O N ? Religious? Academic? ...Theology? ...? Cip a) Teach your current and subsequent generations that caste makes no sense; b) encourage mixing of people from various backgrounds by inviting them to your parties and other social gatherings; c) if by chance, a couple from differing backgrounds happen to fall in love, encourage and nurture the relationship rather than questioning Are you sure you are doing the right thing (wrt backgrounds)? These are but a few ways that can assist in the education. But it all starts with you and me. Cheers, Gabriel. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
[Goanet]The Independent: The world according to Keith Vaz
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## The world according to Keith Vaz Source: The Independent. 25 November 2004 Keith Vaz Keith Vaz, 47, was born in Aden, South Yemen, moving to Britain when he was nine. Before becoming MP for Leicester East in 1987, he was a solicitor. He was a Minister for Europe from 1999 to 2001. What makes life worth living? Seeing my son become the player of the match on a Saturday morning in his local football club or my daughter tap-dancing away around the local school hall. What did your father teach you? My father died when I was 14 and I feel I was a great disappointment to him because I did not become a famous sportsman. Both my mother and father taught me the importance of education. This is something that can never be taken away from you. What is Englishness? England is a great country that has a multitude of languages and cultures. Being English is the rainbow coalition that now brings us together. Do you remember your first kiss? Yes. I was working as a shop assistant in a Dickens Jones shop in Richmond and it happened on a tea break. Is racism against British Asians increasing? Enormous progress has been made during the last 30 years. The British- Asian community, especially the generation that was born in Britain, is at last finding its feet and making its mark. A classic example is someone like Gurinder Chadha, the producing director of box-office hits like Bend It Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice. The second generation will expect more than those who came to this country as first-generation immigrants such as myself. What has been so remarkable has been the way in which society has adapted and changed and modernised itself because of the existence of new cultures. Haute cuisine or home cooking? I much prefer home cooking. Sadly, the best person who ever cooked home food for me was my mother and she died last year. Because of my job I spend much time visiting Indian restaurants and this is the best food that Britain has to offer. What is your advice to Prince Harry? Be yourself. Do MPs deserve their expenses? MPs do not get expenses. They get a salary and they get an allowance to cover the cost of their offices. The allowances in each category are all very strictly drawn. They are all payable on the production of receipts or an undertaking from the MP that they have been properly incurred. Is government by lawyers a good thing? No. It is good that there are many more professions in the House of Commons, and the lawyers currently in the House of Commons are not lawyer like. Do you believe in destiny? Yes. -- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.791 / Virus Database: 535 - Release Date: 08/11/2004
[Goanet]BBC: Call of India lures European workers
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Headline: Call of India lures European workers By Geeta Pandey, BBC News in Delhi Source: BBC News, 24 Nov. 2004 at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4038069.stm The big hall fills with the cacophony of different languages - English, French, German, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish. European companies may be outsourcing work to Indian firms but in one Delhi-based call centre it's Europeans who make up a fair number of the workforce. It's so different from Europe - the culture and the way you live - and I think it's fantastic, says Marie Blomquist from Stockholm. People are so friendly and the food is awesome, everything is great. This Tecnovate eSolutions office recruits at least 10% of its 900 employees from Europe. Its clients come from 11 countries using nine different languages. Entry and mid-level employees are recruited from European countries on Indian salaries to service their native markets from India. Marie Blomquist first visited India two years ago. She came to see Goa as a tourist and was hooked. So when she saw a newspaper advertisement for a job in Delhi, she jumped at it. I like it a lot, says Marie. It's a real good experience for us to be here. It's a good opportunity to work for an Indian company with other Europeans and that's the best part about it. Patrick is 21 years old and Swiss. He's been in India for 10 months now and says he likes it so much he's extended his time by another four months. I'm leading the Swiss team here, he says. We're a team of 13 - French and German Swiss. Marie and Patrick are part of the growing breed of Europeans living and working in India. Prashant Sahni, chief executive officer of Tecnovate, says the way it works is simple. We hire people from various parts of Europe to work for us on Indian salaries and it's been very successful. We get our clients involved in the recruitment process so it's a win-win situation for everyone. As for the people who come to work here, they get a chance to live in a country as unique and diverse as India. Mr Sahni says the European employees are recruited for a minimum period of a year, but many extend their stay. And although the employees are paid local salaries, they receive other compensation in the form of free housing, a furnishing allowance and subsidised meals. Sylvia Sethi, another Swede, says: We live very well. We have a nice guest house. It's better than we thought before I came here. She says the job also provides a great opportunity to travel around India. Our schedule is done in a way that we can travel around and do things in our free time. Also, we get picked up and dropped off for work, a privilege we don't have in Sweden. We also get snack coupons. Marie, Patrick and Sylvia says they've made loads of friends and have the added bonus of getting paid while they do it. Check the photographs at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4038069.stm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.791 / Virus Database: 535 - Release Date: 08/11/2004
[Goanet]Indiamike.com
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## If you want to get involved in animated discussions about tourism and visiting India, then http://www.indiamike.com/ might be the place to go. Thanks to _VM_ for pointing me to this resource, when we met up at that prestigious, luxury unofficial press club in Panjim aka Cafe Prakash. FN Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org
[Goanet]Requirement in Konkan Railway for Personal Secretaries
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## From the Konkan Railway Bulletin dt. 24/11/2004 [Other things being equal, preference will be given to Land Losers of Konkan Railway Project.] http://www.konkanrailway.com/website/bulliten/bultn_vacancies_steno_24122004.htm EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. KR/CO/P/04/2004 Konkan Railway Corporation requires professionally qualified and trained Personal Secretaries for the Officers at its Corporate Office at Belapur. The present requirement is for 7 and reservations will be applicable as per extant rules: Eligibility : 1. Regular 3 year graduation in any discipline from any recognised University, 2. Good command over English, 3. Stenography/Typewriting speed 100/40 w.p.m. 4. Secretarial Practice from reputed institution, 5. Proficiency in use of computer, and various applications. 6. Minimum one year experience in a good organisation is desirable. 7. Stenography/Typewriting in Hindi as additional qualification would be given preference. Duties: Stenography, Independent Correspondence and filling, all secretarial assistance, maintenance of confidential records and operation of all office equipment and fax as necessary from time to time and any additional responsibility assigned. Age Limit: Not more than 30 years (relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC). Selection: Selection will be through written examination, stenography test followed by personal Interview and passing necessary medical examination. Selected candidates will be appointed on temporarily for one year on all inclusive fixed salary of Rs.6840/- p.m. Suitable candidates can be considered for absorption thereafter, in payscale Rs.4000-6000. Application in candidate's own hand writing in plain paper giving all relevant details and enclosing copies of relevant certificates should be sent to the Chief PersonnelOfficer so as to reach before 31/12/2004. Other things being equal, preference will be given to Land Losers of Konkan Railway Project. CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER
[Goanet]Travel Info Request
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## 11/24/2004 To whom it may concern: Can you send me a couple travel brochures? Destination don't matter. Thanks! Luke Nichols 299 Old Oakvale Road Princeton, WV 24740 USA PS- If you received this email in error, I apologize. ln
[Goanet]GOA-MUSIC: Musicians -- old, lonely and forgotten (by Caetano de Abreu)
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## MUSICIAN'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION - The Need of the Hour Caetano de Abreu http://angelav.com The name Tony Cavenders Godinho (Domingos Godinho), is synonymous to the Goan Rock expression of the early `60s, when he regaled the Goan youth with his precise drumming and acrobatic stances on the stage, while performing for the first Goan rock sensation - The Beat 4 - with Remo Fernandes (lead guitar); Caetano `Hank' Abreu (rhythm); Alexandre Rosario (bass); and Tony himself on percurssions. Being a musician with the ensemble of the Academia de Musica (present Kala Academy), under the revered baton of Maestro Antonio de Figueredo, Tony diversified from the classical symphony, to perform for small `Tunas' (youth combos), to finally leave the Goan shores for better prospects in musical proclavities, and head for Bombay (Mumbai) to join the Gay Cabaleros under Emeliano D'Cruz. After performing for the Gay Cabaleros and various Bollywood cine orchestras, Tony headed towards the Sultanate of Oman to launch his own bands of which his Desert Nights is the cynosure of all the Sultanate's Hotel residents and patrons. With an inner drive to do something fruitful to his fellow Goa musicians, as of now, Tony wants to construe a Welfare Association to aid the needy Goa musicians and his appeal conveys the following: They say that dreams come true. Surely this could very well be true, if others join hands without hesitation and especially for a good cause. Years have gone by since different influences and style of music has landed on Goan soil. Not only musicians from different parts of the world, but our very own local bands and artistes keep dazzling the audiences with their performances till date. In the course of time the Goan music scene has given us a host of multi-talented musicians, singers, composers and performers. Some are fortunate enough to still be making a decent living out of this highly unstable profession, while others sadly have been less fortunate, due to maybe highly inflated egos, drinking problems, unsuitable relationships, or simply due to lack of funds. Some have even reached their untimely death due to the lack of monetary fund for treatment or other rectifiable ax maladies. Whatever the reason may have been, at the end of the day we should not forget their priceless contribution to the Goan musical scenario and the fact that he/she has been and still will be an artiste of the Goan soil. To cut the chase short and get to the point, I would like to propose a joint collaboration of the Goan descent Solo artistes, Bands and Orchestral artistes, from all parts of the Globe to form a Goa Musician's Welfare Centre. Funds could be raised by way of sponsorships and by holding yearly Concerts, featuring variegated stage performances. Funds collected are to be used to lend a helping hand to a needy musician or his family left behind on the untimely demise of the said needy musician, who have fallen on hard times. For example, if some musicians (needy) needs treatment for any kind of sickness or ailment and the family cannot afford the same, the family could approach the Committee at the Goa Musicians Welfare Centre with an appeal to avail of the funds ne! cessary for the treatment. We must not forget the recent tragedy of four of our talented who lost their precious lives in a road accident while travelling from state to state for performances in India. In light of such tragedy, if the GMWC could contribute a token appreciation to the bereaved families in recognition of their priceless contribution to music, much could be valued, I am confident with the Help of the Almighty God, and a bit of luck this venture with the help of all the Goan artistes will see the light of the day. To conclude I would like to quote Mr. Caetano de Abreu in his obituary of Alexandria Rosario - When he came into this world nobody knew, and nobody knew when he left. That's life. --Domingos Godinho. Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org
RE: [Goanet]24 NOV 2004: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## CALANGUTE THRASH ANJUNA: Calangute Parish Youth scored a comprehensive 7-1 win over Anjuna Parish Youth, in the Assagao Parish Youth Cup, at Assagao Union ground. (H) == Soccer or field hockey? Tim de Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA
[Goanet]TRAVEL ADVISORY -- printed copies
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## We,at South Goa Public Interest Action Group (SGPIAG) a registered NGO based in Margao,Salcete, South Goa District ,with jurisdiction, at present, over the entire South Goa Parliamentary Constituency have been recieving requests for printed copy of the TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR TOURISTS VISITING GOA. We have not printed any copies of the same for the moment but we are constantly updating the same depending on fresh inputs we recieve from the tourists and others. As already stated we intend to email the same to anyone desirous of the same FREE of cost. Hence do not hesitate to request for the same. For SOUTH GOA PUBLIC INTEREST ACTION GROUP Regd No 171/GOA/2000 dt 12.12.2000 sd/- TERENCE MAZARELO PRESIDENT (SGPIAG) 1st Flr Benlix Bldg Opp Fatima Convent Margao Goa India [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblink http://mumbai.sancharnet.in/manojnd FAX +91 832 2712430 HELPLINE (24 hrs) 9822158584 Tel +91 832 2731373 (O) Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony
[Goanet]: Logic- Light hearted banter /Melinda Coutinho Powell
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Something to break the heaviness of current Goanet debates: - If your father is a poor man, it is your fate but, if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your stupidity. ... I was born intelligent - education ruined me. ... Practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect.. so why practice? ... If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? ... Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak. ... How come abbreviated is such a long word? ... Money is not everything. There's MasterCard Visa. ... One should love animals. They are so tasty. ... Behind every successful man, there is a woman And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two. ... Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. ... The wise never marry. and when they marry they become otherwise. ... Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives. ... Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today. ... Your future depends on your dreams So go to sleep ... There should be a better way to start a day Than waking up every morning ... Hard work never killed anybody But why take the risk ... Work fascinates me I can look at it for hours ... God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends. ... The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget The more you forget, the less you know So.. why learn. ... A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station what more can I say _ Smile and the world smiles with you, Nitpick,insult,indulge in name calling - it's not worth it.Life is too beautiful to be bogged down in a mire. Melinda Coutinho Powell
[Goanet]Brown Indian Band for IFFI
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## THE BROWN INDIAN BAND The Brown Indian Band features Indian classical musicians in concert with jazz musicians. Indian classical music has always drawn parallels with jazz since both forms of music involve improvisation. Indian classical music is melodically and rhythmically rich. Subtle quarter tones and complex rhythm structures are Indian classical musicians forte. Jazz on the other hand, is the most open, alive and evolving form of music where boundaries are contineously pushed back through collaborations with just about any sound of music in the world today. The Brown Indian Band takes the best of both forms of improvised music and spices things up with liberal doses of afro-cuban, latin, funk and closer to home mandoistic grooves, to create an exciting sound of world music. If music is a universal language then The Brown Indian Band stretches the vocabulary in concert! The band is led by bassplayer Colin DCruz who chose the name for the band simply because hes proud about an Indians natural tan. When the whole world wants to be beautifully brown, most Indians unfortunately, are not too happy about their wheatish complexions. So The Brown Indian Band it will be in concert for the IFFI at the Kala Academy, Panjim on the 3rd of December. Colin DCruz is probably the only jazz musician in the country who has performed with just about every other jazz musician in the local circuit. Some of his bands can be reviewed at his website www.hullocheck.com He believes his best is always yet to come and is contineously influenced by evolving forms of rhythm, melody and harmony that invariably surface in his own compositions. The Brown Indian Band has floating personnel that very often features accomplished international jazz artistes blending in seamlessly with local virtuosos. The bands lineup for the IFFI concert will include: Yvonne Gonsalves ..Vocals Scot Andersen... .Vocals Dhiraj Kapadia ... ... ..Basuri Jayson Jones . .Saxophone Gerard Machado. .. Guitar Yograj Naik .. ... .Sitar S. Harikumar . .Violin Carlos Gonsalves Percussion Saish Deshpande ..Tabla R. Subramanium . .Ghattam Ramdas .. .. .Mridangam Lenny Heredia. ..Keyboards Colin DCruz ... .Bass Lester Godinho . . ..Drums live jazz supported by www.jazzgoa.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Nov 24, 2004!
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Dhor ek dis tuzo nimanno dis zalelea porim jie. (Treat each day as though it is your last.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
[Goanet]Dabolim Airport
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Fellow netters. I am not an expert on aviation. I neither have much knowledge of the history of Dabolim Airport. But I am a frequent air traveler, and have received 30-40 persons who have come to Goa on charter flights from Europe. They have not been much impressed with the facilities. In the mid 90-ties, there was a large number of Germans among the charter tourists in Goa. The Germans were what we can call «high-end travelers«, with cash and willing to spend. The main German charter company was Condor, owned by the Lufthansa Group. I 1996 one on schedule incoming Condor flight to Goa was refused to land. The reason: The military commander of Dabolim was holding an exercise on the airstrip. Coming 7000 kilometers from overseas, the captain circled over the Airport, renewing his request for permission to land. The flight finally had to be diverted to Mumbai. The end of the story was that the Condor Management cancelled the whole winter program on Goa. This is not a military secret. Even some national newspapers covered this incident. Today, India receives only 10 per cent of the amount of tourist that's annually visits China. The Chinese has understood that mixing of military airports with civilian and commercial air traffic has its limitations. The solutions; China is in its final stages of building 90 (ninety) new international airports. Sincerely Yours Mr. Ivar Fjeld Ribandar __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
[Goanet]Women Astride - Letter to Editor in Today's Navhind Times (24th Nov)
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Asking for Trouble THE November 23 edition of NT contains two references of women pillion passengers who fell from the two-wheelers they were travelling on. I would hazard a guess that both these women were riding pillion Indian style - sitting sideways with both legs on one side of the two-wheeler. There is nothing illegal about that in India as neither the Motor Vehicles Act nor the Central Vehicles Rules specify as to how the pillion passenger is to be seated. Abroad, however, for example, in the United Kingdom, the Highway Code which contains the rules of the road states, Pillion passengers MUST sit astride the machine with both feet on the footrests. In the past few years I have personally witnessed, at very close hand, two incidents involving women sitting 'side-saddle' on motorcycles. The first outside Fatorda stadium when the woman slipped off the Enfield Bullet and landed on the road, her head millimeters away from the bumper of a Tempo that performed an excellent emergency stop. The woman in the second incident was not so lucky. She was sitting sideways with her legs crossed and as the motorcycle she was on was passing a parked vehicle, her leg slammed into the parked vehicle and she was flung off the bike. She was fortunate to only suffer a fractured right leg. I still find it slightly amusing that our people blame anything and everything, from the authorities to potholes, but never themselves for the accidents on the roads. ANTONIO PINTO, Benaulim ===
[Goanet]Religious labelling on Goanet
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But how the hell can you, as a Muslim, oppose freedom and democracy for fellow Muslims, well knowing that there are very few Muslim democracies, and well knowing that Muslims. There really is a lot of religious labelling going on at Goanet, of which the above posting is but one example. There are plenty more in all the discussions on US elections, Iraq and on the discussion on caste. What I mean by 'religious labelling' is analysing other people's views and postings on the basis of assumed religious affiliation. What does Tariq being a Muslim (if that's what he is, I have never found him identifying himself as such) have to do with the statements he made? How does a person being a Hindu become the basis for criticising the comments s/he makes on caste. And why is another person's being a Christian dragged in gratuituously into the discussion? This approach makes me very uncomfortable. If asked to identify myself, religious affiliation would not even figure in the first hundred items. Okay, I am an atheist, but I think for most people their religious affiliation is not an overwhelming part of their identity, and certainly not of their social and political views. So, let us stop this business of 'X is a Muslim/Christian/Hindu/whatever posting a certain view' and respond to the merits of the argument rather than the assumed religious affiliation of the person making them. Further, why are we assuming some monolithic structure to a faith, which makes all the people of that faith have the same views? Why can't Christian differ with Christian, Hindu with Hindu, and Muslim with Muslim and etc. with etc. on the subject of Iraq or US elections or whatever. BTW, on the subject of whether a person can be identified as a Hindu based on whether s/he believes in God or not, in India the legal position is that anybody born of Hindu parents is 'Hindu', unless converted to another religion. Further, I think one is legally whatever religion one describes oneself as. Suppose X says s/he is Christian, whether going to church or not, believing in God or not, who is to dispute this? Maybe there might be exceptions to this general rule like Zoroastrinism...
[Goanet]RE:RE: Arafat, Palestine etc.
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## (Mario Goveia: We can still disagree with what those mean or what to do about them, but that is what freedom is all about, don't you think?) Yes, Mario! You can continue to parrot right-wing humbug but please don't flood my inbox with such junk. It's an infringement on my freedom! You say you don't know Fred. Nor do you know Santosh, Tariq and Marlon -- otherwise you would not have used the kind of language you did. You used expletives against Santosh and called Marlon a snake. It's a tribute to their education and upbringing that their response was quite civil and dignified. For your edification, all the four of them are bright young professionals, respected in their fields of activity. So next time you're cornered by cold logic, please use more polite language or someone else will reply to pidgin French in chociest Portuguese or spicy Malayalam! Cheers, RKN _ The all-new MSN Search. Get fast and precise results. http://search.msn.co.in Try it now!
[Goanet]Dabolim Airport
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## RE: Ivar Fjeld's Letter of Introduction of Nov 23 This is just to decline with all modesty the credit given by Ivar Fjeld to me for introducing him to Goanet. But, yes, we did chat recently about Dabolim Airport and I did urge him to share his experience on Goanet where a discussion on the subject had begun lately. He was telling me how one of the pioneers of charter flights to Goa, Condor, discontinued its flights when in 1996 it was refused permission to land just because some training flights were underway. I do find that Dabolim matters get low priority in our media. For example the emergency experienced by an IA flight on Saturday is being reported in the press only today (four days later!) To Goanet's credit, it was reported herein on Monday I think. Also even under the best of circumstances (that is when IFFI is not an obsession!) our government does not seem to be paying any attention to the needs of the people for low cost air travel. It needs to work energetically to get everybody concerned around a table to talk directly to each other about their problems at Dabolim. Once these problems are understood clearly perhaps some earnest negotiations can begin to alleviate as many problems as possible.
[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Nov 23, 2004 - Correction!
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Chukh mandun ghevunk ek forkatai nhoi, pun ek takotichi kuru (Admitting an error is not a confession of weakness, but a sign of strength.) Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
[Goanet]hierarchy within Brahmin casteism
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Tim, My knowledge of caste practice among the Catholic Goans is a relatively late development/discovery following my earlier agitation against apartheid and racism in the UK. However, the intensity of my feelings against caste among Catholic Goans is very considerable and akin to any late 'convert' to a cause. However, having been brought up with virtually no Goan Catholic caste awareness at home, or school, I do recall one statement sometimes made i.e. that the Brahmins in Bardez (who migrated for economic reasons from a hilly region) were second class Brahmins compared to the real big powerful and rich ones in agricultural Salcete who did not need to leave Goa for economic reasons. I wonder if you or anyone else can throw any light on the origins or veracity of this statement please? Cornel PS I have read widely and do know about the hierarchies within the Brahmins in the Hindu caste structure.
[Goanet]Iffy Angle on IFFI
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## RE: Money for IFFI (Nov 13) The extract of Ranjan Narayan's piece from GOAN OBSERVER made interesting reading. I seem to have heard the complaint about Goa's lack of a film culture attributed to a foreign film maker long ago. Then it was voiced by a reputed film maker of Kerala. Given the sniping by the Keral and W.Bengal CMs, I would think that the real challenge facing the Goa CM is not about finding money to pay for the extravaganza he has decided in his great wisdom to foist on Goa right from the word Go but to harmonise the viperous factions in the Indian film industry so that they accept the choice of Goa as the permanent venue for IFFI. The Goa CM's mistake might have been to assume that the BJP would return to power and he would have no financial problems vis a vis a Cannes-style IFFI out here. Its odd that the BJP/NDA itself refused to open the purse strings for this event as implied in the Rajan Narayan piece. Btw, the argument that the problem was not time but money is specious because time IS money. No one in his right mind will charge the same rate for something to be done in 6 months as against sixteen (or even sixty) months. The choice was between learning and paying as you go (a long term proposition) or get your ducks all lined up (via integrated infrastructural planning) and go for it. Our honorable CM seems to be going for it alright but like like a bull in a china shop. Let's wish him well for our sakes.
Re: [Goanet]Dabolim Airport
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Master Phil, Goanet is mostly dominated by mumbai and english africkanders and brazil. Most of their postings are for vanity. Important issues are swept under the carpet. B. Colaco Re: Gabriel de Figueiredo's of Nov 22 The challenge is to light a fire under the PEOPLE of Goa about this issue in the first instance. Only then will the leaders get into the act. Right now the prospects look pretty dim to me, at least on Goanet. Btw, is Churchill following up on his letter to the Defence Committee? Hope so. ___ Moving house? Beach bar in Thailand? New Wardrobe? Win £10k with Yahoo! Mail to make your dream a reality. Get Yahoo! Mail www.yahoo.co.uk/10k
Re: [Goanet] Questions about Hindu caste?
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## --- Frederick Noronha(FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a Helecar, Santosh will be seen as belonging to a certain caste (Saraswat Brahmin, in this case), whether he so defines himself or not. There's little he can do about it, short of disguising/dropping his family name which might be both undesirable or still unhelpful. Frederick, I really appreciate your comments. But in my specific case you are entirely mistaken. My current surname, Helekar, does not reveal my caste at all. You see my family has one of those double surnames. My birth record in Portuguese shows both of those names. One of them reveals my caste. I no longer use that surname. It has been deliberately omitted in all but two official documents that I now have in my possession. That is one small way in which I renounced my caste, long before Goanet came into existence and Cipriano Fernandes and Mario Goveia became its enlightened subscribers. Maybe Dr Helecar will enlighten us about this. Though we know he doesn't define himself in religious terms, my point is that he well could, if he wanted to. Frederick, I hope you won't mind if I did what you ask above, another day. Cheers, Santosh
Re: [Goanet]Questions about Hindu caste?
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Rene, The problem of caste belief and practice in Catholic Goa is formidable to eradicate. Many questions asked on Goanet will help to clarify the issue and should lead to eventual action. Patience, my friend, is needed but there is hope on the horizon. However, I do not agree with you, when reading in between the lines of your posts that, hard questions on caste are detrimental to promoting more solidarity among the Goans. I seek real in-depth solidarity, not the surface gloss of 'solidarity' underpinned by caste but which essentially segregates a society. Cornel
[Goanet]Caste and Education
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ## Tim, Yes, education is one key towards the elimination of caste. However, we need also to a) radicalise thinking of the rank and file Catholic Goans, and b) educate our masters, especially people like the Archbishop of Goa and his legions of clergy. The conservatism of the Catholic Church generally, and specifically in Goa, is a major stumbling block in fighting caste. Cornel
