MINING BLUES AND ITS MANY HUES: WHEN P.R. GETS IT BADLY WRONG
By Claude Alvares
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Sujay Gupta's article, 'Green movement has shades of black'
[1] introduces another colour to the Naxalite controversy.
Last week, we were all being called 'red' by the chief of the
'saffron' party,
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PANAJI: The forest deparment's drive to nab frog hunters continued with its
staff nabbing two persons while committing the offence at Palolem on Sunday
night.
RFO Cotigao, Paresh Parab and his team nabbed the duo while on patrolling
duty. A total of 16 frogs were recovered from them. They were
MONDAY MUSE (7 July 2008)
LITERACY
Just the other day, a friend was showing me an interesting statistic about our
state. Goa recorded 82% literacy in the 2001 Census. But the ground reality
also reflected a very strange behavioural trait. Nearly 80% (our estimate) of
the citizens showed a lack
To Goanet -
In today's Herald, Lionel Messias has published his
7th installment of Living To Eat. The government's
food bill from April 2004 to 2007: Rs 1,34,16,340.
It includes meals at most of the high end watering
holes in the state.
This is a good candidate for a PIL. Any takers?
Warm
Both Chris and Ralph totally miss the point or don't
have a point.
First of all, wrt America's oil reserves, it was not
the whacko environmentalists who put in the current
restrictions on oil drilling. California's off shore
bans were placed by the then governor Ronald Reagan -
a republican.
To Goanet -
A couple of related items in today's papers merit
attention and are reproduced below.
The first one in TOI deals with the CCP's sudden
revival of interest in the maintenance of Panjim
(Hint: there's a contempt petition looming. I
shall say no more for now).
The second one in
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they are in a minority.
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I am posting this article only to say one thing. I told you so.
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selma
Dear all,
After going through the TOI report, I guess we all owe Rajan an apology.
All this time, we were foolish to think that Rajan was Anti-migrants.
We now learn that because of Rajan's Petition, not only will the city
be much cleaner than before but the migrants too will have decent
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Dears,
I am sorry to disappoint Little r again. The fact of the matter is
that Sujay Gupta has had to eat almost all his words ...and the bad
taste is still in his mouth. If in doubt, read Dr. Claude Alvares'
point by point rebuttal today in the same newspaper and same space as
where Sujay first
In the message it was reported as follows: More than 1,300,000 tonnes of food
grain - worth millions of dollars - went rotten in storage over the last decade
in India, officials admit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/business/7489816.stm
Now, if one were to analyse the figures, it
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7 Jul 2008, 0732 hrs IST,Preetu Nair Alarmed by incidents of growing racial
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New comprehensive Police Act for Goa soon, says DGP
A new comprehensive legislation to strengthen the Goa police, replacing
the old Police Act of 1961, is underway.
Disclosing this to media persons here today, Director General of Police
B S Brar said the legislation would make it mandatory for
I am posting this article only to say one thing. I told you so.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=07077
selma
The implication of this article is
that genuine industry was previously coming
to Goa. Which industry was coming to Goa before?
Most of the so called industries
which
Saturday, July 5, 2008
A
http://rajivndesai.blogspot.com/2008/07/going-home-thirty-five-years-and-tw
o.html Trip Down Memory Lane
Going Home
Thirty-five years and two months is a long time to stay away from a place
that you hated to leave at all. The thought crossed my mind as I
Benegal gets talking
7 Jul 2008, hrs IST,TNN
Considering his achievements, you would think Shyam Benegal a proud man.
But meeting him, reveals a down-to-earth and amiable person. It is an
easy conversation. The renowned filmmaker was recently in Goa for a film
festival. Unfortunately, ill
2008/7/7 Sachin Phadte [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I wonder if a similar action will be taken for the Hindus in the states where
they are in a minority.
Sachin Phadte
QUESTION: In which State other than Kashmir are Hindus a minority?
Please let us know, I shall try and see what I can do, in terms of
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Talking Photos: Lunch at AnantAshram (Vasco).
Today we had Lunch at AnantAshram, Vasco Da Gama
(behind Vasco Residency or near Garden or behind RTO building, the Road next
to FL Gomes Road, Opp SBI I think, more dtials next time - Ph. 2512087)
We were 4 and ordered
1 Special Fish Curry
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06-Jul-2008
Dear Friend,
Words can be empty and meaningless or they can be potent and life-giving. On
the one hand we hate listening to pompous speakers and glib politicians who
love to address a captive audience. On the other hand we will go to great
lengths to listen to a person we love,
DEATH:
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New comprehensive Police Act for Goa soon, says DGP
A new comprehensive legislation to strengthen the Goa police, replacing
the old Police Act of 1961, is underway.
Disclosing this to media persons here today, Director General of Police
B S Brar said the legislation would make it mandatory for
--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Sandeep Heble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After going through the TOI report, I guess we all owe Rajan an apology.
All this time, we were foolish to think that Rajan was Anti-migrants.
We now learn that because of Rajan's Petition, not only will the city be much
cleaner
Folks,
With Wimbledon over (great men's final) and the Asia Cricket Cup completed
(India lost another final), you have time on your hands. You have visited your
siblings, your in-laws, finished projects around the house and have nothing
planned between July 23-27. By sheer coincidence we have
2008/7/7 Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I am posting this article only to say one thing. I told you so.
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=07077
selma
RESPONSE: Big brother crying wolf, as Rajan stated, good riddance to
bad rubbish. Which Industry, including the polluting, Zuari
2008/7/7 Sandeep Heble [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Dear all,
After going through the TOI report, I guess we all owe Rajan an apology.
All this time, we were foolish to think that Rajan was Anti-migrants.
We now learn that because of Rajan's Petition, not only will the city
be much cleaner than
I spent three years of my college life in Panjim. Being of Shasti origins, my
best friend from San Jose d'Ariel and I, would routinely make a trip to Margao
every weekend. There we would spend endless hours at Peter Stores, buying
knickknacks we didn't need and then heading to Loughinos for a
Thank you Rajiv,
Its always nice to experience someone else's memories in the way the author
has described here. Was this you?
A Trip Down Memory Lane was very nice very pleasant for me to read,
especially when the author mentioned the two lives of the youth the older
man.
Marlon,
Thanks for keeping a keen eye to counter the bogus ideological propaganda on
Goanet.
Cheers,
Santosh
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Anyone who calls these guys whako environmentalists, is probably a bigger
whako himself!
As far as some of the so
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MINING BLUES AND ITS MANY HUES: WHEN P.R. GETS IT BADLY WRONG
By Claude Alvares
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sujay Gupta's article, 'Green movement has shades of black'
[1] introduces another colour to the Naxalite controversy.
Last week, we were all being called 'red' by the chief of the
'saffron' party,
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:08:45 +0400
From: Arwin Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is the need for Goa to preserve her Identity,
Anti-Indian?
Mario responds:
Memo to Arwin:
What Goan indentity are you takling about?
I thought Santosh had put a stake through the heart of
that old shibboleth.
2008/7/7 Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Both Chris and Ralph totally miss the point or don't
have a point.
RESPONSE: For once, I bought your story, lock, stock and barrel!
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I remember travelling in this type of vehicle.
We called it carrier (Karier or Kareth). It was so low that even children
could not travell standing.
One of the popular owners of the Karier was 'Burkulo' ( I m sure our Lapit
While the police have been unearthing the mystery of the ownership of the truck
lying abandoned at the Monte approach road alleged to be containing the cache
of swords;; the temporary shed housing a furniture shop which was partially
razed in an unprecendeted fire late June, 2008 when the
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Thank you Sir Gabe...
Is it with the help of Sonia Gandhi that you will try and do,in terms of
reciprocity?
Apart from JK , Panjab, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Lakshadweep are
Hindu minority states and also in few year GOA could be another.
-Yogesh
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Under pressure from Goa to scrap SEZs,
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THE BOATMAN
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The old boatman steered the boat across the water. He was tired of
rowing. There was no sign of land anywhere, just rooftops, rotting
branches and dead cattle. He looked at the twenty
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Selma has concluded that Goan Catholics must rush to emigrate because
eve teasing is no longer the harmless (and according to her desirable)
past-time that it once was.
This reasoning is surpassed in illogic by Marlon who has concluded
that the US Govt (he means the feds of course) must spend
Yes, one remember 'Bud-kulo' - he was likely from Cansaulim where the
'carrera/caminao' started its morning route to Margao. One only heard
his name but never saw him; if I did see him (he likely collected the
money on the carrera), he was short, under-slept, never smiled and
balding. The drivers
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GL: How many Goans aspired for 'independence (as you define it), WHO were
their leaders and WHAT did they do and WHEN did they struggle to get that
independence.
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