GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER SUN 11 APRIL, 2010
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| Video: Parasail snaps, girl falls 200 metres | ||
 11 Apr: Times Now. Natalia Saldanha, a participant at 'Goafest 2010' event underway in Goa, had to be admitted to the city hospital after she accidentally fell from a height during a water sports activity on the beach, injuring her critically, the organisers stated… 1m. 09s. | ||
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| Kuwait: Football: Goa Maroons retain crown | ||
 11 Apr. Arab Times (Kuwait). Hosts Goa Maroons retained the prestigious Goan Overseas Association Rolling Trophy in the finals played on 26 March 2010… At the prize distribution ceremony, Raymond D'Sa, President of Goan Overseas Association thanked all for their cooperation and sportsmanship… 483 words. | ||
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| Nicole Alvares eyes Femina Miss India crown | ||
 10 Apr: India Forums. Nicole Alvares is known for swaying graciously to dance beats and she has set her eyes on the Femina Miss India 2010 title… Nicole's first tryst with infamy was when her name appeared in the newspapers for being the sweetheart of Alistair Pereira who killed seven people by driving in an inebriated state… 279 words. | ||
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| Video: Vidal Angel interview | ||
 17 Mar: Goa Hippy Tribe. Goa icon, Vidal Angel was a diverse artist and thinker who abandoned the commercial world and his work at Disney and took artistic inspiration from the psychedelic experience of LSD, the beauty of Goa and the family it created… 5m. 40s. | ||
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| The Demons Within. By Frederick Noronha 17 Apr: Tehelka Magazine. It’s time the Catholic Church stopped sweeping scandals under the carpet … the Catholic Church is badly caught in a series of damaging sex scandals that threaten to rip the very plank on which the faith is based… 689 words. Full Text. | ||
| The Neglect of the Mother Tongue 11 Apr: Navhind Times. By Tomazinho Cardozo. In every society the culture, conduct and values are very strongly related to the language spoken… I have closely observed different types of approaches from different Goans to this issue due to whose actions the so called “Goykarponn” or Goan identity is deteriorating among Goans day-by-day… 946 words. Full Text. | ||
| Builder directed to hand over flat in promised size or pay fine 11 Apr: Times of India. The Goa consumer disputes redressal commission has directed a builder, Sagar Builders and Real Estate Developers of Ponda, to pay an aggrieved customer Rs 525,000 with 12 per cent interest and Rs 25,000 towards compensation for harassment and legal costs… 470 words. Full Text. | ||
| Returning home from Goa (2) 11 Apr: Sourze (Sweden). By Birgitta Stiefler. At Palolem, my ten year old son used to go on his own to the restaurant and order breakfast … At night, the restaurant staff slept om the dining tables … I was struck by the kindness we met with … 1217 words. Machine translation. Full Text. | ||
| Foreigners also add to Goa’s crime statistics 11 Apr: Herald. Goa has been in the news worldwide for crimes against foreigners. However, statistics with Herald show that foreigners are no saints, they too have been involved in many crimes including drug trade. In the last five years 608 foreigners have been involved in the criminal cases in the state… 464 words. Full Text. | ||
| Farmers from Goa village oppose land acquisition for stadium 11 Apr: PTI. Farmers in the village Thivim near here have said they would prefer to sow their paddy fields rather than hand it over to Goa Cricket Association(GCA) to build a cricket stadium… 402 words. Full Text. | ||
| Goa NGO warns govt against misusing land acquisition powers 11 Apr. PTI. Goa Bachao Abhiyaan (GBA), a leading green NGO has warned the government against misusing its powers to acquire land for public purpose… 284 words. Full Text. | ||
| WHO THE BLEEP CARES. Weekly column by Selma Carvalho. 76. Who the bleep cares about a Passage To India and rape? My voice has no cause. No great cause to write about; no angst to feel deeply about. Yet, I live in a strangely sinister world which doesn't fill me with optimism. A dark world where Goa seems to have regressed into foetal position. The Goa of my times is marked by an absolving of responsibility. The most fundamental lesson I learnt at my Goan mother's middle-class knee was one of absolute equality. This curly haired, dark-skinned woman grew up in colonial Goa. Yet, she was a firm believer in equality, not just amongst men but between the genders as well. She was singularly determined that her daughter's gender would never stand in the way of her progress in life. If her daughter had a curfew for returning home, then so did her sons. If her sons were to be the recipients of a stellar education then so would her daughter. I don't think my mother was particularly anomalous in this ideology. It rang true for all my Goan girlfriends, who went on to far more prestigious colleges than I ever did. This is something I've prided myself on in being a Goan. This notion of egalitarianism in big things and small. But the idea of equality is a complex one. On the one hand equality can be taken from you and at another level, we can give away our equality. As India was working its way towards Independence, E M Forster was to write his most thought-provoking novel, A Passage to India, which examines these issues of equality; amongst races and amongst gender. The secondary protagonist of the novel, Dr Aziz, an Indian Muslim, finds himself accused of rape by a confused Englishwoman, whose word is sacrosanct and holds more weight than his. To the British, the native, whether Indian or African, across the Empire, was a delinquent whose unbridled and indolent ways had to tamed, if law and order was to prevail in the colonies. The native was incapable of significant thought. Lord Hastings upon embarking in Calcutta in 1814, remarked: "The Hindu appears a being nearly limited to mere animal functions." Above all, the native was thought of as incapable of controlling the lust he felt for the white woman. As the unequal Dr Aziz goes through the farce of the trial, one realizes how equality can be stripped from human beings and how they can become small and diminished in society. Colonialism did that to vast sections of the population. But we live in equally frightening times. Imagine if Dr Aziz could travel forward in time to hear our Deputy Director of Goa Tourism, Pamela Mascarenhas, say: "You can't blame the locals; they have never seen such women. Foreign tourists must maintain a certain degree of modesty in their clothing. Walking on the beaches half-naked is bound to titillate the sense." The very European idea that native men cannot control their lust because they had never seen women "like these" has once again become fashionable. This time, we have stripped ourselves of dignity and equality. Never mind that her statement penalizes the woman and sets back the cause of women's equality by a few centuries but her callous statement is equally damning of men; by infantilizing them and absolving them of their moral responsibilities. In a very perverted way, we are agreeing with what an ignorant Lord Hastings said of us almost 200 years ago. Do leave your feedback at carvalho_sel@yahoo.com | ||