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YESTERDAY ONCE MORE?

TEAM HERALD

PANJIM, April 1: Agitated

Khariwado homeless people

took to the streets in the cap-

ital today late evening at-

tempting to meet Chief

Minister Digambar Kamat to

demand back their land.

As many as 250 locals

reached the city at about 8:30

pm and organized a sit-in

near the Panjim church road

going towards Altinho.

The protesters demanded

that their land be given back

while opposing re-habilita-

tion.

After having a word with

the chief minister, Mormugao

legislator Milind Naik who

>Continued on pg 10

Khariwado homelessstorm Panjim

John getsbail, finallyTEAM HERALD

MARGAO, APRIL 1: The ac-

cused in the Russian woman

rape case, John Fernandes

was on Friday released on

conditional bail by the South

Goa Sessions Court.

Additional Sessions Judge,

>Continued on pg 10

FREEDOM: John Fernandes

(right) along with his lawyer,

Amit Palyekar, after the Ses-

sions Court granted bail.

Pic: Santosh Mirajkar

jOVItO LOpES

PANJIM: The Kapil Dev-led

team India had scripted his-

tory on 25 June 1983 after lift-

ing the Cricket World Cup

trophy at Lord’s.

June 25, 1983 was a Satur-

day when India won the

World Cup for the first time

and April 2, 2011 is also a Sat-

urday and the entire nation is

sure that the magic of 1983

would be recreated at

Wankhede Stadium in Mum-

bai tomorrow.

Dhoni was about a year old

in 1983, Sachin was ten, most

in the current Indian team

were not even born. As they

grew from boys to men tales

of that famous Saturday

must have been told. India

>Continued on pg 10

Saturday Nightfever again

CHaLO paNjIM: People affected by Khariwado demolitions

swarm the streets of Panjim in the company of Manohar Par-

rikar, on Friday.

Pic: Sachin Ambodskar

ON paGE 15

Whole world expects In-dian win, but we are notunderdogs: Sangakkara

25th JUNE 1983: A historic

moment as Kapil Dev lifts the

coveted World Cup in the

company of Mohinder Amar-

nath.

2nd APRIL 2011: Can India

repeat history? A morphed

photo of M S Dhoni lifting

the trophy in the presence of

Sachin Tendulkar.

Sujay Gupta

India: Cricket is a game that

makes us forget. Politics,

pressures, joys, sorrows, hur-

dles, achievements, glory and

failure of our lives are paused

and kept in abeyance as the

nation unites to live just one

reality- the sight of the Indian

cricket team playing a World

Cup final.

1983 to 2011 is a 28 year

time span. Sepia-tinted

memories of those over 35 or

realistically over 40 have put

everything that came in be-

tween, including another

final at Jo berg in 2003 which

India lost, into shade. Some-

how, and from somewhere

there is a nation’s gut feel that

the miracle of 1983, when

India became champions at

Lords, will become the “I told

you” script of 2011, at

Wankhede.

The surge of the crowds

waving the tricolor rushing

from the nursery end of

Lords towards the long room,

chasing the Indian players,

the youngish Kapil Dev and a

gangly Mohinder Amarnath

with a moustache, with the

trophy and a nation united,

with its Gross Domestic Hap-

piness soaring.

This world cup has been

about happiness. From

prince to struggler, from lover

to loafer, from divas to doc-

tors, India has supported this

team with a foundation of

hope. And joy.

If the team of 1983 was a

superb unit and not just a col-

lection of individuals, team

2011 is a superb unit but play-

ing and praying for the tri-

umph of one very special

individual- Sachin Tendulkar.

From the first match against

Bangladesh at Dhaka till the

last against Pakistan at Mo-

hali, Team India has been

desperate to say thank you to

Sachin in his last World Cup,

to give this man the last criti-

cal flicker of glory that needs

to adorn a crown that no one

in cricket will probably wear.

Indian fans, a collection of

temperamental mavericks,

have celebrated like mad but

held back just a bit lest any

untoward reaction to a bad

game or a decision tars the

overall effort. Right now,

there is no existential conflict,

only the calm of a monk who

knows his prayer beads will

do the job.

From 1983 to 2011, Indian

cricket has seen many heroes

and some villains, but the na-

tion has had just one cricket-

ing God. If cricket was just a

bat and ball game where test

matches and ODI’s had to be

won, the collective heart of

the nation wouldn’t have

been on surrender mode to

this game and to this team.

And as we go into the final, to

this man yet again.

>Continued on pg 10

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Nothing ‘personal’

Personal assistants of political heavyweights are

known to have personal ambitions which include

taking on their bosses politically.

Here’s one more. Frederick Borges, the current Pa

to varca strongman wants to contest the forthcom-

ing assembly polls. But not against his current mas-

ter Churchill alemao but his former boss, Water

Resources Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues.

Frederick Borges’ recent birthday celebration has

raised many a political eyebrow. it is widely believed

that Borges plans to contest from the velim con-

stituency in the next assembly elections, repre-

sented by the Water Resources Minister. Borges

was a one time Pa to the Water Resources Minister,

before he landed at the residence of the varca

strongman.

incidentally, Churchill is apparently not in favour of

his Pa crossing swords against his ministerial col-

league in velim. alemao was even conspicuous by

his absence at the birthday celebrations, though

GPCC president Subash Shirodkar came all the way

to extend his best wishes to Borges. Does alemao

have anyone else in mind in velim if he eventually

leaves the Congress before the polls? Watch this

space.

diggu’s damu diplomacy

Why is Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat soft on BJP

MLa Damu Naik the bête noire of his partyman

vijay Sardessai in Fatorda.

Well, Kamat’s soft stance in the tug-of-war between

Damu and Sardessai, sources has something to do

with the caste combination and equations in Mar-

gao and Fatorda.

Kamat knows that Margao is the home for a large

number of voters from the powerful Bhandari

Samaj- Damu’s community. Both Kamat and

Sardessai are Saraswats and the Chief Minister cer-

tainly does not want to convey a message to the

Bhandaris that he is out to politically finish Damu,

least he faces a backlash from the community in

his constituency.

caretaker and carefree?Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat’s move to present

a full budget this time round has trigged specula-

tions of dissolution of the House after the assembly

session before the state goes to the polls around

November-December.

Salcete’s political heavyweights aren’t too pleased.

Not because they are not prepared to face the elec-

torate, but are apprehensive of Kamat in the role of

a caretaker chief minister in the event of dissolu-

tion.

This group of politicos admit in private that Kamat

would then be no longer bound by checks and bal-

ances and enjoy a free hand as a caretaker Chief

Minister.

mickky’s reverse flickEven if the G-10 group of MLas have forgotten their

campaign to keep out Benaulim MLa Mickky

Pacheco’s re-induction into the cabinet, Pacheco

certainly remembers.

after the din in the assembly over the controversial

leasing of the playground to Churchill Brothers, Club

patron and PWD Minister Churchill alemao, sources

say, asked Pacheco why he was opposing this.

Pacheco took the opportunity to remind Churchill,

that the G-10 group too had opposed his induction

into the Cabinet. and, he went to remind the varca

strongman that there’s nothing wrong in opposing a

blatant wrong committed by the government.

ZP power hits mlasSouth Goa Zilla Member Domnick Gauncar has

firmly set his eyes on the Curtorim seat and is brac-

ing up to cross swords against MLa Reginaldo

Lourenco. He has the backing of former Tourism

Minister, Mickky Pacheco too.

Gauncar feels that Zilla Panchayat members should

throw their hat in the ring in the coming assembly

polls to teach the Ministers and MLas opposed to

devolution of powers to the decade old Zilla Pan-

chayats a bitter lesson.

The suggestion evoked support from many a South

Goa ZP members, who reminded all and sundry

that their constituencies comprises of 3-4 Panchay-

ats, enough to upset the apple cart of the incum-

bent MLas.

In Dabolim, the Chief

Minister under pressure

from the deputy Speaker

Mauvin Goudinho and Rev-

enue Minister Jose Philip D

Souza gave back 36,800

square metres of land to a

powerful local individual ear-

marked for airport parking

on the ground that he was a

common man and his settle-

ment land should not get af-

fected.

In next door Margao,

local farmers who used to

eke out a living cultivating

paddy fields in which is

now a bustling market and

shopping complex adjoin-

ing the KTC bus stand

have got nothing. The

South Goa Planning and

Development Authority

(SGPDA) had in the late

90’s roped in a Mumbai-

based builder to construct

a mega market complex

comprising of the PDA

which had no funds to fi-

nance the construction of

the market complex and

hence embarked on a jour-

ney towards privatization.

This builder who had to

construct a market complex

for vegetables, fish, dry fish,

besides stalls for mutton,

chicken and pork on the ac-

quired land, was also allotted

a certain portion of the ac-

quired land.

Rich aam admi triumphs in Dabolim, poor farmers lose in MargaoThis is a story of a rich aam admi and a poor aam admi. In Dabolim, the land of rich common manwith political connections got de-notified while farmers in Margao have seen their prime agriculturalland acquired for a commercial complex. Guilherme Almeida reports.

These imposing business centres have come up on the once-low-lying paddy fields at Margao’s old market area in lieu of the con-

struction of the PDa market complex.

Savio DiaS

mumBaI BuIlder goTn additional land.

n additional 250 FaR to develop.

n Has built a mega bustling commercial complex.

n Sold office space on this very land back to the govern-ment for crores.

n amount spent is more than cost of building independ-ent government office complex.

Poor Farmers goTn Less than Rs 5 per square metre since that was the

rate given to farmers when the Truck terminus was ac-quired in Margao around 2005.

BuIlder Versus FarmerBut more largesse fol-

lowed. He was given an ad-

ditional 250 Floor Area

Ratio (FAR) – while the dis-

placed farmers have been

left out in the cold without

even a stall in the mega

market.

Incidentally, only major

commercial complexes enjoy

the 250 FAR in the city, indi-

cating the close rapport en-

joyed by the private player

with the powers that be.

As if that was not enough,

then Urban Development

Minister in the Manohar

Parrikar government and

now Chief Minister Digam-

bar Kamat vigorously

pushed the proposal to buy

back from the builder space

to house half-a-dozen gov-

ernment offices. Today, one

can find government offices

such as RTO, sub registrar,

Sales Tax, Excise, Land Sur-

vey, Town and Country Plan-

ning housed in the

commercial complex –

thanks to the then govern-

ment’s benevolence.

Even officials in private

admit that the crores of ru-

pees spent to buy the office

space could have been

enough to build a spacious

government building to

house these and other de-

partments.

This bustling commercial

centre has taken concrete

shape exactly on the paddy

fields where local farmers

once eked out a living, be-

fore the government moved

in to acquire their cul-

tivable land for a song for

the market complex little

more than a decade ago.

While the rates offered

then are not known, it’s im-

portant to note that farmers

and locals were paid as low as

Rs 5 per square metre when

land was acquired for the

truck terminus around 2005.

So these farmers would have

got even less.

The member secretary of

the SGPDA Sandeep

Surlekar when contacted

said “I do not know the com-

pensation amount paid or the

nature of the arrangement

with the private builder since

this happened very long

ago.”

But the testimony of the

largesse to this builder and

the injustice to poor farmers

is evident on the main road to

Margao where the bustling

commercial complex is lo-

cated.

Says social activist, Sid-

harth Karaprkar: The other

name for this model of Pub-

lic Private Partnership

(PPP) or privatization is land

grabbing. The government’s

modus operandi is to ac-

quire land of the poor and

farmers by invoking the

Land Acquisition Act in the

name of PPP or privatiza-

tion and hand over the land

for so called development to

rich builders.

The government’s modus operandi is to acquireland of the poor and farmers by invoking the LandAcquisition Act in the name of PPP or privatizationand hand over the land for so called developmentto rich builders.

-- Siddharth Karaparkar

INTerVIeW oF THe WeeK

ZP’s will go on hunger strike, file contempt petition: RebelloIt’s a little over a decade now since the Zilla Panchayats were created in Goa. But successive govern-ments have failed in the devolution of powers and functions to these district panchayat bodies. Heraldfinds out from the Chairperson of South Goa Zilla Panchayat, Maria Rebello regarding their demandsbefore the government and the plan of action.

Herald: You have called

for the boycott of the coming

Assembly polls and favoured

an indefinite strike to force

the government to accept

your long-pending demands.

You think the government

will bow down to your plan of

action.

Maria: Sine the govern-

ment has done absolutely

nothing towards the devolu-

tion of the powers, members

have resolved to go on a

token hunger strike after

Easter to protest against the

apathy towards the ZPs.

Members of both the North

and South Goa ZPs will soon

meet to chalk out the future

course of action.

Herald: Zilla Panchayat

members had also taken the

government to the court over

the inordinate delay in the

devolution of powers.

Maria: The government

had given certain assurances

to the court, but none of the

commitments have been ho-

noured till date. Now, the two

ZPs have now decided to file

a contempt petition in the

High Court.

Herald: The South Goa

Zilla Panchayat has been

vocal in demanding powers

for the district Panchayat

body. What exactly are your

demands?

Maria: As per the 73rd

Constitutional Amendment,

the Zilla Panchayats are enti-

tled for a host of powers and

functions. Sadly, successive

governments have given Zilla

Panchayats less than what is

there in the Panchayat Raj

Act.

Now, we have pressed the

government to allot the de-

partments of Rural Develop-

ment Agency and Primary

health to the Zilla Panchay-

ats.

Herald: The Congress has

claimed that the party is in

control of the South Goa Zilla

Panchayat. You have been a

close supporter of PWD and

RDA Minister, Churchill Ale-

mao. What has been his re-

sponse?

Maria: We have been

knocking the doors of the

Chief Minister, RDA Minis-

ter and the Panchayat Min-

ister on the need to devolve

the powers to the ZPs as per

the 73rd Constitutional

Amendment.

When we last met the

Chief Minister on the day of

the morcha on the opening

day of the Assembly session,

he pointed out that a commit-

tee has been constituted to

study the dissolution of pow-

ers to the two district Pan-

chayat bodies.

The RDA Minister has also

promised the devolution of

the funds to the ZPs. Let us

hope the government takes a

positive decision at the earli-

est.

Herald: You have seen the

functioning of the ZP body

from close quarters. Do you

agree with the view that ZPs

were not required for a small

time state like Goa?

Maria: Members have

said on more than one occa-

sion that it is better to scrap

the district Panchayat bodies

than to leave the ZPs power-

less. In fact, I am also of the

opinion that the purpose of

having ZPs will not be served

if the government is unwill-

ing to give in the powers. ZP

members representing 3-4

village panchayats are being

questioned by the con-

stituents over the pace of de-

velopment. The South Goa

ZP body receives an annual

grant of Rs two crore, which

is not adequate to take up any

projects in the 20 constituen-

cies.

Name them, and you

will find a whole lot

of much-sought

after local vegetables and

fruits in the kitchen garden of

Rachol Seminary -- tucked

away seven kms from the

Commercial Capital.

Be it bananas, pineapples,

papayas, lady fingers, bottle

gourd, brinjals, tambdi bajji,

spinach, onions, pumpkins et

al, they are produced at the

kitchen garden on land admea-

suring the size of a football

ground.

Rachol Seminary a mini food basket

Says Fr Mario Costa, Seminary Prefect: “Apart from

fruits and vegetables, rice is cultivated in our garden,

and the produce meet nearly 75 % of our requirements.

The produce helps to meet the seminary requirements

.”

The garden enjoys a well laid irrigation system,

with water pumped from half-a-dozen wells. Last

year, the sunflower production gave the seminary

a couple of bottles of oil extracted from the flower

seeds. And, not to mention of the kitchen garden

playing host to cashew and sugar plantations.

Adds Fr Costa: “The Seminarians lend normally a

helping hand to the fixed group of labourers em-

ployed. Our boys participate in the paddy sowing op-

erations”.

Take note, manure for the plantations is partly

met from the waste generated in the piggery and

government scheme.

The rich variety of fruits and vegetables at the Rachol seminary kitchen garden.

Apart from fruits and vegetables, rice iscultivated in our garden, and the producemeet nearly 75 % of our requirements.

-- Fr Mario Costa

Savio DiaS

Team Herald racHol

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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: All IndiaCongress Committee’s GoaDesk in-charge JagmeetSingh Brar on Friday saidthat the Congress leaders is-suing statements against theparty in public will be dealtwith seriously.

Addressing the press con-

ference, Brar warned the

Congress leaders to stop crit-

icising the party and the

State Government in public.

“We will come out with

more disciplined party line,

ahead of State election,” he

said.

The Congress leader said

that before making any

statements, party members

need to discuss with the

chief minister and Pradesh

Congress Committee presi-

dent in advance.

Brar admitted that he

himself and the high com-

mand has been receiving

complaints about the Con-

gress leaders publicly

speaking against the party,

rather than addressing their

issues with the party organ-

ization.

“These leaders would be

convinced to stop their

tirade against the party and

if they don’t, the party high

command would be in-

Stop criticising party in public, Congmen warnedformed about their con-

duct,” he quipped.

Prominent party leaders

like Dayanand Narvekar

and deputy speaker Mauvin

Godinho, who is also the

election campaign manager

of the party, were seen voic-

ing their anguish against

functioning of the govern-

ment, in the ongoing State

Legislative Assembly ses-

sion.

Responding to the ques-

tion, Brar said that that he

has received the recording of

the assembly sessions and

will have interaction with the

party members.

Brar said that during his

maiden visit to the State he

has met all the Congress leg-

islators and had discussions

with them over the party

matters.

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goaOur demand is crystal clear that English be allowed as one of the languages to be used asMOI at the elementary level in the school. Wedon’t say that government discontinuesMarathi and Konkani languages.

— FORCE secretary

Goa will be next Jharkhand, if mining issues continues and bullying by the contractors is not stopped. People’s reaction to the issue will be same to that in Jharkhand where Naxalism has taken the roots.

— Manohar Parrikar

Goa I Saturday 2, April 2011

“ “Rozario Estibeiro

liGht effect: Mae de Deus Church at Saligao, illuminated on the eve of the Autism Day (April 2).

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: The Legis-

lators in the Ruling and Op-

position on Friday

unanimously criticised State

Government for failing to

provide solace to the senior

citizens under Dayanand

Social Security Scheme

(DSSS).

The legislators were

speaking on demand of

grants for Social Welfare De-

partment on the floor of the

House.

Mapusa MLA Francis D’-

Souza was the first one who

attracted the attention of the

government to the fact that

several thousand senior citi-

zens in the State were await-

ing to avail the benefit under

the scheme.

“If I am not wrong there

are several applications

pending with the depart-

ment for years now, which

are kept under scrutiny. The

beneficiaries like widows,

handicapped avail the bene-

fit without much effort,” he

said questioning why there

has been injustice.

He was supported by Be-

naulim MLA Mickky

Pacheco who also said that

senior citizens have to wait

for years to get their applica-

tions sanctioned under the

scheme.

Similarly, Cumbharjua

MLA Pandurang Mad-

kaikar urged State Govern-

ment to expedite the

scrutiny procedure, which

would help the department

to approve maximum appli-

cations at a time.

“The applications get

mounted every month. We

cannot neglect, this impor-

tant section of society,” he

said.

Fatorda MLA Damodar

Naik pointed out that cur-

rently around 1.12 lakh peo-

ple have benefited under the

scheme, while nearly 6,000

applications are pending

and 4,000 are been approved

recently.

“But even then, the num-

ber of senior citizens availing

the benefit is the least,” he

said adding that several ben-

eficiaries are not Goans by

origin.

He said that fake docu-

ments are provided by peo-

ple to get the benefit of the

scheme.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: Lawyer-

cum-activist Aires Rodrigues

on Friday filed a caveat before

the Bombay High Court at

Goa to prevent Goa Governor

Dr S S Sidhu in the Right To

Information (RTI) case from

obtaining ex-parte relief with-

out his knowledge.

Rodrigues has anticipated

that the Governor may move

the High Court against the

order of the Goa State Infor-

mation Commission (GSIC)

directing Goa Raj Bhavan to

furnish the information

sought under the RTI Act.

In his caveat, Rodrigues

prayed that no order be

passed without notice to him

on any petition that may be

filed before the High Court

by the Governor or any Raj

Bhavan official.

On March 31, GSI Com-

missioner Motilal Kenny

ruled that the Goa Governor

was a “Public Authority” and

does come within the ambit of

the RTI Act. The commis-

sioner also directed the Pub-

lic Information Officer at Raj

Bhavan to furnish within 30

days the information sought

by Rodrigues under the RTI

Act. Rodrigues had sought

details of action taken on the

complaints made by him to

the Governor against AG

Subodh Kantak. He had also

sought copies of noting sheets

and correspondence pertaining

to the processing of his com-

plaints against the AG.

But he was refused the in-

formation with Raj Bhavan

officials claiming that Gover-

nor is not the Public Author-

ity. Rodrigues had then

moved GSIC.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: The deci-

sion of the Government to

continue the elementary ed-

ucation existing primary

section in the mother-tongue

has not been welcomed by

the parent-formed pressure

group while others claim

that the decision is ‘highly

confusing’.

‘Forum for Rights of Chil-

dren’s Education’ (FORCE)

members have condemned

Education Minister Atanasio

‘Babush’ Monserrate’s state-

ment on the floor of the

House on Thursday endors-

ing status-quo on the current

primary education system.

FORCE secretary Savio

Lopes said that they would

continue their struggle until

their demand is met.

“Our demand is crystal

clear that English be allowed

as one of the languages to be

used as MOI at the elemen-

tary level in the school. We

don’t say that government

discontinues Marathi and

Konkani languages,” he said.

The parents has formed a

pressure group under the

banner FORCE demanding

inclusion of English lan-

guage as the MOI under

RTE and called for a mas-

sive rally on March 21 at

Azad Maidan, which was at-

tended by more than 20,000

parents and teachers.

On Thursday, Babush also

announced provision of an

English teacher for each of

primary schools to

strengthen students’ knowl-

edge about the language.

Educationist Arvind

Bhatikar, however said that

the ‘decision is highly con-

fusing’. He pointed out the

three ‘confusing’ statements

by the minister, which in-

cludes the decision to con-

tinue the present system,

constituting a high-power

state advisory committee

and declaring integrated

policy decision by April 11.

He alleged that the minis-

ter was only trying to find a

way out from the opposite

demands. “The confusion

should be removed and a

permanent ban on reversal

of the present system be im-

plemented,” he added.

RTE states that medium of

instruction at the elementary

stage should be in the mother

tongue, it also quickly adds

‘as far as practicable.’

The educationists, teachers

and parents in the State are

divided over the MOI issue.

While parents including Goa

Church’s Diocesan Society of

Education were batting for

English as MOI, other groups

demanded that elementary

education should only be in

regional languages.

Even the Congress-led Goa

government stood divided

over the issue with one of its

coalition partner - Maharash-

trawadi Gomantak Party

(MGP) warning government

against English as MOI.

While several Congress

legislators openly proclaimed

support to FORCE demand-

ing English as the MOI.

MGP, which is repre-

sented by two of its legisla-

tors in the ruling coalition,

had said that they would not

allow English language to be

recognized as MOI or even

English schools be given

grant or any kind of financial

assistance.

meDium of inStruction

It’s a FORCE against status quoBhatikar says ‘decision is highly confusing’

Monserrate should not be trusted: Tai HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: The forum backing

Konkani and Marathi languages as a

medium of instruction (MOI) in the

primary education, today said that

they ‘don’t trust’ the government’s de-

cision that the primary education

would continue to be in mother

tongue.

Shashikala Kakodkar of the Bhartiya

Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) told

reporters that Education Minister

Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate has not

only created confusion but he should

also not be trusted.

“Till eight days back, the minister

backed a forum demanding English as

the MOI but he suddenly changed. On

Thursday he declared on the floor of

the House to maintain status quo on the

existing MOI. After the assembly ses-

sion concludes, he might again change

his decision. We do not trust him,”

Kakodkar said.

Responding to cut motion on

Thursday Babush declared that

mother tongue will continue to be

the MOI in primary schools, how-

ever, he said that each school will be

provided with an English teacher to

enable the students to learn the lan-

guage.

All other BBSM members have cho-

rused that government should give a

‘guarantee’ that its decision on main-

taining status quo would not change in

future. “Government should conduct a

thorough study and give its final deci-

sion,” said a member.

Uday Bhembre stated that the legisla-

tor is uncertain to take any decision on

education considering his own qualifica-

tion.

“The minister is a school drop out.

While saying that the present education

policy will continue, he also says that he

will declare the policy on April 11 and

further says that he will appoint an ad-

visory council for formulating an inte-

grated policy. He is uncertain,” he

added.

Several Congress legislators includ-

ing the education minister had openly

proclaimed their support for English

as MOI by participating in a rally or-

ganized by ‘Forum for Rights of Chil-

dren’s Education’ (FORCE) on March

21.

Responding to cut motion onThursday Babush declared thatmother tongue will continue to bethe MOI in primary schools, how-ever, he said that each school willbe provided with an Englishteacher to enable the students tolearn the language.

Caveat against Guv in RTI case

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today as-

sured to form a committee to study the issue of Central Com-

mon Entrance Test (CET), which will be applicable for the

admissions in medical college of Goa from 2013 onwards.

The Chief Minister, responding to the private members

resolution moved by Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar,

said before taking the final decision on the matter a commit-

tee would be formulated that will study the issue.

He also said that the committee will guide State Govern-

ment on how to go ahead with CET admissions in Goa.

Kamat said that State Government will decide on the Cen-

tral CET issue after taking abundant precautions that the

local medical students are not affected.

Kamat assured that 50 percent quota will be reserved for

Goan students answering central CET.

The private members resolution tabled by Parrikar

strongly resolved that the State Government should enact a

law in lines with the state of Tamil Nadu to ensure that CET

for admission to medical college at graduate and post-grad-

uate levels is independent of the centralised CET that will

come into force from next academic year, as per direction of

the Apex Court.

Responding to the resolution, the Chief Minister assured

that Goa Government will not hesitate to work out the pat-

tern in lines with Tamil Nadu for the benefit of students.

CM assures to form panel to study CET issue

DayananD Social Security Scheme

MLAs flay Govt for injusticetowards senior citizens

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: As per the provisional

figures of decadal census conducted in

Goa, Sattari’s Codval village has a popu-

lation of just five people while Shiroda is

highest populated village in the State.

Goa has several villages where females

outnumber males.

State Census Director A K Wasnik told

reporters that Pernem is categorised as

a town with minimum population

while maximum people live in Margao

town.

State’s total population is 14, 57,723 of

which 7,40,711 are males and

7,17,012 are females. Seven people

have claimed that they are neither male

nor female.

The data reveals that compared to the

last census, conducted in 2001, there

has been 8.57 percent rise in the fe-

male population as against 7.78 per-

cent of males.

As per the data, there are more num-

ber of people living in North Goa com-

pared to South. Around 8,17,761

people live in North Goa, which include

4,17,536 males and 4,0,225 females.

While in South Goa, the total popula-

tion is marked as 6,39,962, which com-

prises 3,23,575 males and 3,16,787

females.

The enumerators, who completed this

monstrous exercise during February-

March, this year, have found that Cod-

vol village in Sattari has three males and

two females as the revenue village has

only one house.

On the other hand, Shiroda village has

14,030 population (6889-males and

7141-females).

Margao town has recorded highest

population. The provisional figures has

shown that there 87,678 people in

Margao of which 44,528 are males and

43,148 are females.

On the other hand, the least popu-

lated town is Pernem, which has only

5025 people living in it. The town has

2,573 males and 2,452 females.

Wasnik said that Goa’s total population

is 0.12 per cent of India, which was

0.13 per cent as per 2001 Census.

Interestingly, the sex ratio of the State

has also gone up by 7 per cent. There

are 968 females per thousand males in

the 1state.

The Census has listed several villages

which have female population more

than male population. The females

outnumber males in Tiswadi, Siolim,

Cujira, Merces, Juvem Island, Goa

Velha, Menkurem, Karapur and Orgao

in North Goa.

In South Goa, the areas of Salcete,

Canacona, Cuncolim, Nuvem, Cur-

torim, Navelim, Varca, Chinchinim,

Quepem and Sanguem has more fe-

males than males.

‘Probe transport officers’ ill-gotten wealth’ HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: Benaulim

MLA Mickky Pacheco today

claimed that several officers

of Transport Department

have amassed enormous ill-

gotten wealth, which needed

to be investigated through

anti-corruption mechanism.

Speaking on the cut motion,

Pacheco said that every officer

in this department has a god fa-

ther and there are couple of of-

ficers, who have purchased

properties which is dispropor-

tionate to their known source of

income. He said that the slo-

gan of Transport Department

is ‘we strive only on bribe.’

The Benaulim MLA said

that an officer to the level of

deputy director has three vehi-

cles with ‘special registration

numbers’ and also owns three

flats. “He must not be earning

more than Rs 30,000 a month.

How does he afford to amass

wealth,” Pacheco questioned.

Only 5 people live in Codval village: Census

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: The pro-visional data of Census2011 showing India’s sub-stantial population growthwas out on Thursday withGoa recording a growth of8.17 per cent, but thereseems confusion over theinclusion of a cluster ofpeople from Caranzalem inthe Census.

The elite ‘Kavita Housing

Colony’ located at Caranzalem

was allegedly left out of the

process during the survey be-

tween February 9 and 28, 2011

and even during the revised

survey from March 1 to 5, 2011.

Some of the residents allege

that the exercise was flawed

as the entire colony housing a

population of around 60 peo-

ple across 17 houses was left

out of the counting process.

Raghu Pikale, who has been

residing in the colony for sev-

eral years, rued that repeated

reminders to the North Goa

Collectorate hit deaf hears.

“The Census papers are usu-

ally handed over during the

survey, but this time it was

not executed. We send a let-

ter to the Collector on

March 15 but there is no

reply since then,” he said.

Another resident suspects

survey officials involvement in

corruption. “As it is the State

and country is tainted with

numerous corrupt practices.

We suspect this is another

form of corruption,” he said.

The colony, situated in the

Education Minister Atanasio

Monserrate’s constituency

demanded disciplinary ac-

tion against the ‘negligent’

Census enumerators.

Although the population

lives above poverty line, the

inhabitants are apprehensive

that they would be left out

of other benefits as they may

not be considered by gov-

ernment, in lieu of the care-

lessness by the Census

department.

However, B R Keni, residing

in the same colony claimed

that they were included in

the counting process.

Director of Census Opera-

tions (Goa Unit) A K Wasnik

has rubbished allegations

that the colony was left out.

of Census.

Elite Caranzalem colony left out!

Many other legislatorsraised their grievancestowards the scheme andalso demanded hike inthe payment from Rs1,000 to Rs 2,000 permonth.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: It was a

mind boggling performance

by the Indian cricket team

against its arch-rival Pakistan

in the semi-final of the World

Cup on Wednesday, but it was

not so-great performance by

the fans.

At around 2:30am on Thurs-

day amidst celebration on the

streets of Goa after India’s vic-

tory, a Maruti Swift Dzire GA-

07-C-7666 belonging to one

Naresh Naik was allegedly put

in flames near his house at Cor-

lim.

Naik, in his complaint let-

ter to the Old Goa police has

suspected Rajendra More

and Surendra Naik, both

residents of Cumbharjua of

burning his car using petrol.

Police have registered a

case.

Car set ablaze at Corlim

The Maruti Swift Dzire GA-07-C-7666 belonging to Naresh Naikthat was allegedly set ablaze at Corlim.

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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: A new

mediclaim scheme is in the

offing which will be hassle-

free, Chief Minister Digam-

bar Kamat announced in the

Assembly today.

Kamat said that a new

scheme is being framed

with full provision that com-

mon man does not face

problems in availing benefit

under it.

The chief minister made

the statement in response to

Private Members’ Resolu-

tion moved by Fatorda MLA

Damu Naik.

Naik had tabled a resolu-

tion demanding that income

ceiling limit for being eligible

to mediclaim facility to be

enhanced from Rs 1.5 lakh to

Rs 2.5 lakh with effect from

Hassle-free mediclaim scheme in offing: CM

year 2010-11.

He said due to the income

limit of Rs 1.5 lakh many in

need of financial assistance

for medical treatment, are

not able to avail of the benefit

under the scheme.

Also, many applications

are pending sanction even as

though they are genuine

cases.

Deputy Speaker Mauvin

Godinho suggested that the

government should think of

increasing income limit for

availing the scheme, so that

people do not submit false

income certificates.

Upon which Chief Minis-

ter declared that they are re-

visiting the entire mediclaim

scheme — income limits also

to be revised and so people

are able to avail of the

scheme without any hassle.

The government would

also ensure that middle class

income group is able to ben-

efit from the scheme.

“It is the duty of the gov-

ernment to provide health

care for people,” said Kamat

as he assured Fatorda MLA

that enhanced income limit

will be applied in genuine

pending cases.

The resolution was with-

drawn upon this assurance

from the chief minister.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: The gov-

ernment will try to review

the scheme to increase fi-

nancial assistance given for

patients undergoing dialysis

treatment.

“We will try to review the

scheme,” said Chief Minister

Digambar Kamat in the Goa

Assembly during “Question

Hour” while replying on be-

half of Health Minister Vish-

wajit Rane.

Siolim MLA Dayanand

Mandrekar who raised the

question demanded that the

assistance given for dialysis

treatment should be in-

creased.

Currently, the government

gives financial assistance

upto Rs 15000 per month for

patients taking dialysis treat-

ment in government hospi-

tals.

The government also re-

imburses dialysis cost when

treatment is taken in non-

government hospital.

The chief minister said

normally a patient has to un-

dergo dialysis six-seven

times a month and each dial-

ysis cost him Rs 2000. Lib-

erty was given to patients to

take dialysis in private hospi-

tal in the event of complica-

tions.

“But it has come to our

notice that most patients

want to go to private hospital

even when there is no com-

plication,” stated Kamat.

“It’s because GMC is giv-

ing wrong treatment,” re-

torted Opposition Leader

Manohar Parrikar.

Siolim MLA stated that

the assistance given by the

government is not sufficient

as some patients have to

incur expenditure to the

tune of Rs 25-26000 a month.

In view of this suggestion

Chief Minister declared that

scheme will be revisited.

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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: Aldona

MLA Dayanand

Narvekar came down

heavily on Agriculture

Minister Vishwajit Rane

over transfer of Chimbel

farmland to Health De-

partment for setting up

health city and health re-

lated activities.

Aldona MLA also criti-

cized the agriculture minis-

ter saying agriculture has

been neglected during last

four years like never be-

fore.

Raising the issue of

transfer of agricultural

land during “Question

Hour” on Friday, Aldona

MLA asked Chief Minister

Digambar Kamat to quote

Business Rule under

which the transfer has

been made.

And why Cabinet ap-

proval was not taken for

transfer of government

property effected.

Aldona MLA also charged

that agriculture minister

managed to do this because

he also holds health portfo-

lio.

Can the transfer take

place from one depart-

ment to another without

seeking permission of the

government? Narvekar

asked.

Chief Minister Digam-

bar Kamat who appeared

for Health Minister said

they will check up and rec-

tify it.

Earlier, Aldona MLA

questioned the govern-

ment on high expendi-

ture incurred by

agriculture farms while

their income has been

stagnated.

To this chief minister

replied that expenditure is

on higher side because

most of the employees ap-

pointed are on regular

basis.

Farms are not earning

profits as they are centres to

grow plantation material,

seeds and conduct re-

search.

Daya flays Vishwajit over Chimbel farmland transfer

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: Leader of

Opposition Manohar Par-

rikar feared Naxalite-like

movement in the mining belt

considering the harassment

meted out to the locals.

“If the illegal mining contin-

ues and contractors continue

threatening locals then there

is every possibility that people

will react in anger,” he said.

“Goa will be next Jhark-

hand, if mining issues con-

tinues and bullying by the

contractors is not stopped,”

Parrikar stated adding that

people’s reaction to the issue

will be same to that in Jhark-

hand where Naxalism has

taken the roots.

Parrikar pointed out that

the drivers on the mining

trucks, which are mostly

from Jharkhand, operate by

showing bogus licences.

Parrikar fears Naxalite-like movement in mining belt

The government is planning to have a parallelline from Canacona to Pernem through theKonkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL).In order to avoid traffic congestions that mightresult due to this railway line, over bridges atvarious junctions. --Ramkrishna Dhavlikar

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 1: In a major

announcement, Transport

Minister Ramakrishna

Dhavalikar today told the

State legislative assembly

that the Goa government is

planning a parallel railway

line from Canacona to

Pernem for local service.

“The government is plan-

ning to have a parallel line

from Canacona to Pernem

through the Konkan Rail-

way Corporation Limited

(KRCL),” Dhavalikar said.

Speaking to demands for

grants, the transport minis-

ter said that in order to avoid

traffic congestions that

might result due to this rail-

way line, over bridges at var-

ious junctions and railway

lines are also in the pipeline.

The minister had come

under severe criticism from

the opposition benches for

failing to decongest the

roads of the State. The legis-

lators had said that the

Transport Department has

miserably failed to bring dis-

cipline on the road even

though the number of vehi-

cles is increasing.

The minister said that the

Central Road Research In-

stitute has been assigned the

job of suggesting measures

for road discipline. He stated

that the first instalment of

payment to the institute to

the tune of Rs 33 lakh has al-

ready been made. They have

been given a deadline of 15

months to complete the proj-

ect.

Dhavalikar claimed that

various measures are being

adopted to ensure enforce-

ment of rules on the road. He

said that two bus stands are

planned at Quepem and

Sanguem along with an

ultra bus terminal at Mar-

gao.

He also said that the de-

partment has taken up cudg-

els to restrict mining trucks

from violating norms in the

mining belt.

The minister said that the

process to file a criminal case

against unknown govern-

ment officers in the high se-

curity registration plates

(HSRP) case has begun.

“The process of criminal

conspiracy has been re-

ferred for a legal opinion to

lodge criminal complaint

against the culprit and the

same is under progress,” he

said adding that as soon as

the opinion is received fur-

ther action in the matter will

be initiated.

Canacona toPernem parallelrail line drawn

It is the duty of the gov-ernment to providehealth care for people.

-- Digambar Kamat

Sagwad’ in the Goan parlance

means a gift to acknowledge a

favour. Usually it meant a string

(ganthan) of various fishes interwoven

together. Today, it is totally out of context

in relation to speed money, kick-backs,

extortion by police and the scams involv-

ing politicians, bureaucrats, judges,

army generals, yoga and ‘moksha’

swamis. We have thrown out our tradi-

tional art of living. Today, we can boast

of a living art of corruption.

Our spicy stories are those that tell us

of corrupt thoughts. The kick of stories

of kick-backs is akin to the high of a few

pegs of whisky or a shot of marijuana.

Those who talk against corruption

outnumber the corrupt. Does it mean

that they desire to reduce corruption?

Or is it a social party time? Can the na-

tion become rich and prosperous by be-

coming good? Or is it that corruption

has contributed to Goa’s and India’s de-

velopment? A MRI scan of the educated

and professionals is most likely to reveal

a corrupt DNA.

Is corruption anti-development and

anti-poor? Or is it actually anti-rich? To

a little extent corruption is the pipeline

which has provided basic amenities to

the poor in villages and slums in urban

areas.

Today, we speak of respectable cor-

ruption. The receiver honourably re-

turns the bribe if the job is not done. The

corporate and professionals are the

springs which water the corrupt. The

corrupt then channelize the same water

to capture elections, democratic institu-

tions and the pillars of our temples,

churches and mosques including the

cross and the ‘ghumti’ on street corners

and public roads. Even God, if there is

one, showers blessing on the corrupt

and seats comfortably on the throne and

palanquin decked with gold financed by

the corrupt. The corrupt honourably flirt

at places of worship and temples of

learning.

There are areas where we can grow

along with corruption. There are areas

where corruption is detrimental to

progress. The casualty is the quality of

public works, the collapse of regulatory

mechanism and the loss in revenue in

tax, excise and customs windows.

Transparency enabled with use of in-

formation technology can address the

issue of corruption. More control manu-

factures more opportunities of corrup-

tion. Reforms and liberalisation attack

the foundations of corruption.

Nothing could be effective if not ac-

companied by confiscation of ill-accu-

mulated wealth. Corruption is a low risk

and high profit business. There is hardly

any conviction and confiscation. This

bolsters the confidence of the corrupt.

A vote for a corruption free society

needs to be cast everyday when we con-

duct our business and profession and

not once in five years. Do not expect the

poor and the victims of feudal social

structure to fight against corruption.

Their priority is the fight for survival and

basic needs.

The talk by the educated that our pol-

itics and elections are dominated by

money and muscle power irks me. This

power is created in the hands of unwor-

thy politicians by the educated them-

selves. Further, all round the year the

money and muscle power protects the

educated, corporate, landlords and pro-

fessionals.

What keeps me insulated from devel-

oping ulcers in my mind, due to wide-

spread corruption at all levels, are the

couplets written by Janab Nidaf Azli and

immortalised by ghazal singer Jagjit

Singh.

Duniya jise kehete hain

Jadu ka khilona hai

Mil jaye toh mitti hai

Kho jaye toh sona hai

(What we call life is a toy of magic. If you

own it, it is mud. If you sink in it, it is

gold)

Read the vernacular again. You will

find peace in this corrupt world. The

English transformation is corrupted.

The very word carnival translates

into enjoyment, fiesta and cele-

bration, a festival people wait for

annually. Unfortunately, the Goa Carni-

val over the years has turned out to be

far from a true celebration of sorts!

I’m taking this opportunity to com-

ment on this special event, as I happen

to be a part of the tourism and event

business in Goa for the last ten years. It

hurts to see the way we undermine and

ignore opportunities that could not only

add value and flavour to the lives of our

own citizens, but also become an inte-

gral part in the promotion of tourism

from around the country and world into

Goa!

Goa is the only place on this part of the

globe to be known for decades for the

famed carnival celebrations. Unfortu-

nately, due to lack of enthusiasm and

support from the right corners, we have

let this opportunity go by as just another

event.

Take the example of a tiny destination

like Seychelles, who for the first time this

year hosted a carnival, promoted it

amongst its own citizens and the world

and in turn saw a seven per cent growth

in international tourism! Our Goa Car-

nival this year did not even manage to

attract the national media!

The Red and Black dance has for

years been attracting not just elite locals

but also repeat tourists from around the

country, coupled with a sprinkling of in-

ternational tourists and charter repre-

sentatives who partake in the spirit of

this event.

It was most unfortunate to walk into

the venue just after 10 pm, only to find

sad faces mourning in silence. Why can’t

our government take up relaxation of

the Madhya Pradesh Sound Act, which

really destroys the very charm of this

state known for its celebratory attitude.

Last year, I had the opportunity of dis-

cussing with the erstwhile tourism min-

istry, a plan to take the carnival to yet

another level, giving the state the oppor-

tunity to market this three day festival

on all platforms and bringing Goa on the

worldwide carnival map.

Unfortunately this year, our tourism

head-honchos were not even present in

Goa during the carnival. They happened

to be on a road show in the USA, trying

to promote tourism in Goa! Right when

we have an opportunity knocking on our

doors!

Recently claims were made in the as-

sembly of mega plans involving various

departments in creating a road map to

promote Goa internationally. What road

map can one create when we lack basic

direction?

For starters, let us take this festival to

another level, we need to have a task

force created by joining hands between

the ministry, tourism heads, interna-

tional tour operators, airlines and a re-

puted marketing and advertising agency

that can showcase Goa as being the only

place on this side of the globewhere the

carnival is a celebration worth making

into a holiday idea and not a bunch of

hastily created floats and police officers

roaming the streets to stop the festivities

that have been a tradition for decades!

We need support and consistency from

the authorities, who need to take a little

effort in self-education for starters, on

how to take Goa’s tourism to its justified

levels both locally and internationally!

My aim is not to bring about criticism,

rather realisation of the opportunities

we are forfeiting and letting go, whilst we

spend millions on promotion in foreign

trips and wasted efforts.

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From sagwad to corruption

PraBHaKar

TiMBleThe pathetic attempt by Sashikala Kakodkar to politicise

the Medium of Instruction debate and actually divide so-

ciety through her Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Mandal,

will be soundly rejected by the people of Goa for what it is – de-

layed political gimmickry by a politician who is desperate for any

entry in to electoral politics, back door or front door.

Kakodkar and her new found friends on this opportunistic

path, Father Mousinho de Ataide, Father Jaime Couto and

Nagesh Karmali, the desecration man and signboard puller, will

have to contend with a force they have clearly underestimated –

the will of right-thinking parents who want their children of today

to join hands with a new tomorrow. Let Sashikala Kakodkar and

her friends know this once and for all. The movement for English

as a medium of instruction is not communal. It can never be. It is

not even, as Kakodkar or the respected Fathers Ataide and

Couto’s flight of imagination suggests, an attempt to bring in

Konkani in the Roman script through the backdoor.

What does Sashikala Kakodkar gain from this? A few mo-

ments of public attention and some media space. It was her move

to polarize Goan society by alienating English and Konkani in

the Roman script which actually saw the rich admitting their chil-

dren to expensive English schools at the entry level stage or doing

the next best thing – educate their children out of Goa.

But times have changed, Sashikala tai. Chose the language you

want to hear this in, but you will get the same message from Goa’s

parents – Hindu, Christian, Sikh or Muslim, “keep your politics

off the path of our children’s future.”

What are the parents and teachers association asking for? The

simple choice to decide the language of instruction for their chil-

dren rather than force it down their throats by this not-so-subtle

decision to give grants to schools teaching Konkani or Marathi,

but not to those which teach English.

Thankfully, for the sake of Goa’s sanity and good sense, the

Diocesan Society of Education that had earlier opposed English

as a medium of instruction is fully backing it. So are, Sashikala

Kakodkar and Nagesh Karmali please note, Hindu fathers and

mothers, who have no time and inclination for your politics. The

leading voice of last Monday’s mammoth rally, consisting mainly

of parents, was incidentally Premanand Naik.

Hindus have reacted angrily to reports of Father Ataide and

Couto writing to the Archbishop that the movement for English

will divide society. One of them, a common man called Sushant

Chopdekar, who Kakokdar and Karmali will never know wrote

“I belong to the so-called majority community. I was there for the

rally because I believed in the cause. Never even once did I feel

that the rally was on communal lines. Dear Fathers, do not put

fire in Goa and divide society. Let the parents or PTAs decide

which language they want their children to be taught in. ”

Any civilized society listens to the voice of its people.

Chopdekar is the quintessential common man. He is not a rally

leader or an organization head. He is not the son of a Chief Min-

ister or even a former Chief Minister. He is not interested in any

backdoor resurrection. He is in your face and is telling you where

you stand Sashikala tai. Listen to him and not your new friends

or sycophants. It’s actually surprising that you still have a few.

As a newspaper, we have and always will maintain one clear

stand. Take this issue out of the realm of community and politics.

We owe this to ourselves. The preservation of the mother tongue

may be done by learning Konkani or Marathi in class one, or it

may be better preserved by learning the mother tongue from the

person who knows it best – the mother at home. But let that

choice be given to the parent and allow the parent to exercise that

choice by offering institutions that can teach that particular lan-

guage by giving it the same support and help that other languages

get.

This is a call for parity of languages, not a call for dominance.

And you know what, it doesn’t matter what Sashikala Kakodkar

thinks. The people of Goa have thought and delivered that

thought with amazing clarity.

Sashikala tai, you’rerespectfully rejected

What ails dentaltourism?

Regarding Bharati Pawaskar’s expose –

Teething troubles in tourism (Herald,

March 26) on the state of dental tourism

in Goa. As an UK trained dental sur-

geon, I find it hard to justify a lot of den-

tal treatment that is being administered

to Western tourists. My colleagues in the

UK are constantly contacting me re-

garding questionable therapy done in

Goa as ‘dentistry in a hurry’. The

tourism department together with the

health department should take the lead

in registering and monitoring practices

that offer dental services to tourists.

While medical tourism has failed to take

off for obvious reasons – lack of infra-

structure and trained personnel, dental

tourism has quietly been getting repeat

visitors to Goa. Satisfied patients have

been returning, year after year, for their

dental checkups and treatments. This

will change if no action is taken. The

state branches of the DCI and the Indian

Dental Association should also be more

proactive in investigating complaints

made by unhappy patients.

Dr Pascal X Pinto, Panjim

We’ll teach you alesson

The Education Minister has said that

there is no change in education policy,

the medium of instruction will be in

mother tongue (‘Status Quo on

medium’, Herald, April 1). I want a clar-

ification from the Education Minister.

What does he mean by mother tongue?

Is it Konkani, Marathi or Kannada? The

demand of the huge crowd gathered at

Azad Maidan Panjim went in vain. The

government has conceded to the de-

mand of the BBMS and put our children

in a dilemma. Now, the time has come to

teach a lesson to all the MLAs who are

not supporting the demand of the ma-

jority in the coming election.

Marcos Alemao, by email

Peace meet – Agood move

The move by some activists to hold a

peace meet on April 4 on the Medium of

Instruction needs to be commended by

all right thinking Goans. The state is

passing through a dark phase of its his-

tory, with people, irrespective of caste or

religion, having to agitate to preserve

Goa’s identity, ecology, environment and

even livelihood against the evil designs

of the government. The issue of Medium

of Instruction is extremely important for

the children of this state, but let not the

unity that has been shown by the Goans

on various issues affecting the state and

its people, be destroyed by individuals

who wish to fish in troubled waters and

sow discord on those who hold divergent

views on certain issues. What is needed,

as activists rightly pointed out, is a show

of thought and not of strength. It is un-

fortunate that some of these so-called

leaders feel the need to whip up commu-

nal passions to advance their cause,

which has nothing to do with one’s reli-

gion.

Jose Maria Miranda, Margao

MLA mantra: Swearnow, change later

The Revenue Minister intends to reha-

bilitate the inhabitants of Khariwada in

Vasco according to the law. He needs to

answer a few questions. Were these in-

habitants legally occupying that land? If

it was illegal occupation, does rehabili-

tating them not amount to encouraging

law breakers? Every MLA has sworn to

uphold the constitution of the country.

How did so many illegal structures

mushroom, in the first place? The only

reason we have reached this state of af-

fairs is that various arms of the govern-

ment have very conveniently looked the

other way while this has been happen-

ing under their very noses. They have

failed to justify their very existence by

their inaction and must be primarily

held responsible and must face punish-

ment.

D C Dias, Taleigao

Kerosene supply

The Leader of the Opposition was heard

saying in the Assembly that owners of

flats do not use kerosene. This is not

true. There are so many power failures,

especially in villages, and flat and house

owners are forced to use kerosene chim-

ney lamps during the night.

Since the quota is only two litres per ra-

tion card, at times, we are left with no op-

tion but to buy the supply in the black

market as we also cook on a kerosene

stove whenever the gas supply is late.

Jonas Correia, Aldona

For let ters to the edi tor contact us at edi tor weekend@herald-goa.com

The day of reckoning has ar-

rived. After 15 days of intense

fighting, the final war to win

the Cricket World Cup 2011 will be

held on today in Mumbai. India and

Sri Lanka have both won the World

Cup once each – 1983 and 1996.

This is for the first time in the his-

tory of the cricket world cup that two

Asian teams are clashing in the finals.

Both the teams, India and Sri Lanka

are desperate to win the World Cup,

not only for national pride, but also to

give a fitting farewell to two of their

great players – Sachin Tendulkar and

Muttiah Muralitharan. Before the

campaign for the World Cup began,

Indian players said that they wanted

to win the cup for Tendulkar, who de-

spite playing in five world cups, is yet

to be a member of the winning World

Cup team and this could well be his

last hope as in all probabilities, Sachin

may not play in the next World Cup.

Similar is the case with the Lankan

Lions who want to accord a memo-

rable parting gift to one of their great-

est players Murali, who will quit

cricket after tomorrow’s finals. Both

the teams will be relying on their bat-

ting prowess rather than bowling.

Viru and Sachin can be a devastat-

ing opening pair with Viru showing

Pakistan’s strike bowler of the tourna-

ment, Umar Gul, what could happen

if one tries to loudmouth him. Umar

Gul on the eve of the semi-final match

had said that Pakistan’s bowlers

would rip the Indian batting line.

But, if the Indian opening duo

holds the key in the first few overs, the

Lankan pair of Tillakaratne Dilshan

and Upan Tharanga are not to be left

behind, as the opening pair has

notched up two double century open-

ing partnerships in the ongoing World

Cup.

The Indian middle order appears a

bit stronger with Gambhir, Kohli, Yu-

vraj in good form and Dhoni and

Raina to follow.The same however

cannot be said of the Lankans, who

depend heavily on their captain San-

gakkara and Mahela in the middle

order. In the bowling department,

both the teams seem to be evenly

matched.

Every Indian is probably hoping

that Sachin can add some icing to the

World Cup cake, by scoring his 100th

hundred in international cricket. Of

course, there will be many who will

not want Sachin to achieve this feat

today, as everytime Tendulkar scores

a hundred in an ODI, India is jinxed

to lose.

However, every Indian will be hop-

ing that India wins the cup, which will

be a befitting gift to the Little Master.

EducatEdthought

Carnival – Red and Black or a blackout?

lyndon alveS

Sergio Caldeira

The World Cup: D-day for India

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india “The pace of dialogue process between Indiaand Pakistan is very slow. If we talk in crick-eting terms, India and Pakistan are runningfor singles... Today is the time for hittingfours and sixes.

-- Mirwaiz Farooq

You must have heard about Wik-iLeaks where a senior BJP leaderwas quoted as saying that party’sHindutva ideology is opportunistic.Can now anybody believe them?

— Sonia Gandhi

Goa I Saturday 2, April 2011

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SNAPSHOT

A P P O I N T M E N T S

six labourers killedBERHAMPUR: At least six labourers, including four

women, were killed and 13 others injured when a

tractor in which they were travelling fell into a river

in Orissa’s Ganjam district, police said today.

The mishap took place when the tractor carrying

labourers from Nuapada to Goudagotha skidded

off the road and fell into river Bahuda at Patra-

chuda village, 45 km from here last night, they

said.

While most of the injured were admitted to nearby

hospitals, some of them were admitted to MKCG

Medical College and Hospital here.

The deceased were identified as Ranju Sahu (30),

Brundabati Patra (30), Buli Gouda (18), Babu

Sahu (45), Sukanti Sahu (65) and Harihar Pani-

grahi (25), they said.Tension prevailed in the area

soon after the incident as the locals staged a road

blockade.

Four get death rapDEHRADUN: An Uttarakhand court has awarded

capital punishment to four persons including two

brothers and life imprisonment to two others for

killing three police constables six years ago.

Almora District and Sessions Judge Kanta Prasad

sentenced to death Rajendra Singh, his brother

Kailash Singh, Harish Singh and Imtiaz for shoot-

ing to death three police constables, officials said

today.

On January 15, 2005, the three constables –

Girish Chandra, Sanjay Kumar and Mahesh – were

returning with undertrials Rajendra Singh and Har-

ish Singh in a jeep after they were produced in a

Ranikhet court when they were intercepted by

Kailash Singh and others.

Woman burnt to death MUZAFFARNAGAR: A woman was burnt to death al-

legedly by her in-laws over dowry at Toda village,

police said today.

Kawita, wife of Rajbir, was burnt to death by her

husband and in-laws over dowry yesterday, they

said. The father of the victim has alleged in his

complaint that Kawita was set ablaze by Rajbir, fa-

ther-in-law Mahendra, mother-in-law Bhagwati and

maternal uncle Surender.

A case has been registered in this regard and po-

lice has arrested Rajbir and Bhagwati in this con-

nection.

2 girls die as water tank collapsesGHAZIPUR: Two minor girls were killed when a

water tank collapsed in a primary school in Ahirauli

village in Mohmadabad police circle, police said.

Ankita Yadav (8) and Manisha (9) were killed when

the water tank collapsed on them yesterday, they

said.

Both the girls were students of Class II.

Bull gores man to deathBASTI: A septuagenarian man was gored to death

by a bull in Haraiya area here today, police said.

The bull gored the 70-year-old man, causing seri-

ous stomach injuries following which he died on

the spot, they said. The animal was later caught by

the locals and tied to a tree, police said.

One held in Monica murder NAGPUR: The city police today claimed to have

made a major breakthrough in the Monica Kinra-

pure murder case, who was brutally stabbed to

death last month and arrested a person in connec-

tion with the case.

Santosh Sonekar from Hudkeshwar in East city

area has been arrested for the sensational murder

that took place on March 11, they said.

Monica, hailing from Nagardhan (near Ramtek)

was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Nandan-

van in south city area near a private engineering

college. Preliminary reports said it appears to be a

contract killing and also a case of mistaken iden-

tity. The victim was staying in a private girls hostel

in Nandanvan and one of her friend was the target

for rejecting a love-offer.

PTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 1: In

further embarrassment to

Suresh Kalmadi, the

Shunglu panel has slammed

him for setting up a “sham”

Commonwealth Games Or-

ganising Committee with

much lesser accountability

and transparency.

The Committee in its 103-

page sixth and last report

made public today on "Con-

duct of Commonwealth

Games 2010" said it has

found "material changes" in

official documents by

Kalmadi to get the post of

OC chief and also to have

sweeping administrative

control over it.

The OC was constituted

"to retain absolute and un-

hindered control on the

Commonwealth Games,

2010 through a sham society

with much lesser accounta-

bility and transparency even

in comparison to the Indian

Olympic Association (IOA),"

the report said.

“We have therefore no

hesitation in coming to the

conclusion that a document

(relating to appointment for

CWG OC chairman) was

created by Kalmadi or at his

behest in IOA for being

specifically used to secure

his ends, ie Chairmanship of

OC and justification for the

commitments made by him

at Montego Bay without any

authority,” the Committee

said.

The Committee gave sev-

eral instances of Kalmadi’s

approach to get the key post.

“It would be also pertinent

to mention that all attempts

made by Ministry of Sports

to open a dialogue with

Kalmadi between Novem-

ber, 2003 and September,

2004 on the action to be

taken for CWG 2010 were

unsuccessful because

Kalmadi was unwilling to

open negotiation till he was

assured of the Chairmanship

of the OC ttee,” it said.

Questioning the constitu-

tion of OC, the report said,

“On February 10, 2005

Kalmadi got a Society

named Organising Commit-

tee registered under the So-

cieties Registration Act,

1860. This Society, its Mem-

orandum, its Rules, its Exec-

utive Board, its membership

etc. ought to have been ap-

proved by the Group of Min-

isters (GOM). However, no

such approval was taken.”

In one of the meetings

of GOM on March 17,

Kalmadi set up ‘sham’ OC to secure his ends: panel

PTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 1:

The Supreme Court today

pulled up the Centre and the

Rajasthan government for

not taking action against its

officers allegedly involved in

illegal sale of non-service

pattern(NSP) weapons of

army personnel and is-

suance of licences to dubious

persons.

A Bench comprising Jus-

tices B Sudershan Reddy

and S S Nijjar directed them

to file a status report within

four weeks on the probe

against the government offi-

cials, including three IAS of-

ficers, for their alleged

involvement in the scam.

"We are really shocked

and surprised that the issue

did not draw serious atten-

tion from the Centre and the

state government," the

bench said.

NSP weapons are issued

to the army personnel for

their personal use from ord-

nance depots.

The court was hearing a

PIL seeking a direction

against the government for

not taking action against its

officers after the scam came

to light in 2007 when author-

ities in Rajasthan's Gangana-

gar district noticed that

several licenses were issued

to dubious persons, includ-

ing terrorists, smugglers

and rowdy elements by

local authorities without

verification.

Subsequent investigations

by the government revealed

a larger racket in which sev-

eral army officials, including

some holding the rank of

Major Generals, IAS officers

and those belonging to Ra-

jasthan State Service, were

allegedly involved in the sale

of NSP arms to dubious ele-

ments.

The state government in

its report submitted that

there were around 284 ben-

eficiaries in the scam and

they are being interrogated.

The Defence Ministry also

told the court that it has de-

cided to review the proce-

dures for issuing NSP

weapons to army personnel

in view of the finding that

they were illegally sold to un-

scrupulous elements.

SC worried over illegal sale of army weapons

MP loses ‘Tiger State’ tag to KarnatakaPTI

BHOPAL, APRIL 1: De-

spite a 12 per cent rise in the

population of big cats in the

country, Madhya Pradesh

popularly known as the

'Tiger State' witnessed a de-

cline in their numbers re-

sulting in loss of this coveted

status to Karnataka, accord-

ing to the latest tiger census

report.

The big cat population has

dropped to 257 in the latest

tiger census from 300 tigers

in 2006 in Madhya Pradesh.

"The decline in the tiger

population in the state is

mainly due to the loss of 24

tigers allegedly due to

poaching in Panna tiger re-

serve which had as many

striped animals in the year

2006," a forest official told

PTI today.

Efforts are underway to

revive the big cat popula-

tionin Panna. Three ti-

gresses and a tiger had been

trans-located to it from oth-

ers parks since last year and

the exercise seemed to pay

off with two felines giving

birth to five cubs last year.

The famous Kanha Tiger

Reserve too had lost more

than 25 tigers. In 2006, it had

89 tigers which had now

dipped to 60, according to

the latest census, he said.

Reports regarding tigers'

deaths had been trickling in

from Kanha for more than

two years. Forest officials

contend that it was mainly

due to territorial fights

among them.

The 2006 tiger census re-

port had recommended the

state government that

Kanha buffer zone needs to

be extended South-West to

increase the big cat habitat.

This was implemented in

toto, officials said.

Now, Karnataka has wit-

nessed an increase of 10

tigers taking its big cat pop-

ulation to 300, according to

the recent All India Tiger Es-

timation Exercise for 2010.

And MP, which is unhappy

having lost the tiger state tag,

has shot off a letter to the

Wildlife Institute of India

(WII), in this regard.

"I am of view that the tiger

population was more than

what has come out in the lat-

est big cat census given that

we too have an internal

mechanism to monitor

striped animals, Principal

Chief Conservator (Wildlife)

H S Pabla said.

"Something has gone

amiss. We have sent a let-

ter requesting the WII to

check their data base," he

said.

To press his point, Pabla

said that there were 424

beats (areas having big

cat) to monitor the tiger

population in the state in

2006 which has risen to

495 now.

Survey putsAIADMK aheadPTI

CHENNAI, APRIL 1: An

independent survey by a

group of students and pro-

fessors has put AIADMK

ahead in the race for power

in April 13 assembly polls in

Tamil Nadu but said things

could change based on

DMK-led combine's next-

round of electoral strat-

egy.

The survey, conducted

under Dr S Rajanayagam,

Director, `People Studies’,

Loyola College, covered 3171

respondents in 117 of 234

constituencies in Tamil

Nadu.

Investigations by the government revealed a largerracket in which several army officials, includingsome holding the rank of Major Generals, IAS offi-cers and those belonging to Rajasthan State Serv-ice, were allegedly involved in the sale of NSP armsto dubious elements.

2005, the Memorandum of

the OC was circulated by

Kalmadi which the Min-

istry of Youth Affairs and

Sports had framed a few

months back.

“A comparison of the doc-

ument available on the file of

the Ministry with the one

Registered by Kalmadi on

February 10, 2005 shows a

number of material changes

made by him with the object

of concentrating all powers

in his hands,” the Commit-

tee said adding that Kalmadi

appointed himself as chair-

man of OC in perpetuity and

without any consultation

with the government.

RALLYIng FOR eDUCAtIOn: Children shout slogans as they take part in a rally calling for the implemention of compul-

sory education for all children between the ages of 6 and 14, in New Delhi on Friday. The rally, organised by the National

Alliance for the Fundamental Right to Education (NAFRE), UNICEF and Campaign against Child Labour (CACL), de-

manded equality in education in India for all children irrespective of class and socio-economic status.

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biznews “going by this trend, the exports are ex-pected to touch the figures of USD 230-235 billion. Imports may end up to USD350 billion and balance of trade to USD105-115 billion by the end of 2010-11.

-- Rahul Khullar

We expected that Mukherjee will either an-nounce the roll back of excise duty for gar-ment sector or will announce some majorconcession ...but to utter surprise, the Min-ister refused to give any concession.

--Ajit Lakra

Goa I Saturday 2, April 2011

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SNAPSHOT

He’s got a soft spot for India, one thatenabled him to figure out the marketbetter and in turn help raise Škoda’ssales figures in India. Kurt Bento talksnumbers, cars and more with ThomasKuehl, Director and Board Member,Sales and Marketing, ŠkodaAuto India

BOARDROOM

n The sales of Škoda hasjust surged the world over.Does this hold true for thelocal Indian market as well?

It has been a great year forus and in India too we had agrowth of 44.8 per centgrowth in sales over the sameperiod last year too. n What is the reason forthis surge and what doesthis mean for Škoda India?

New and exciting productshave always been key to oursuccess, in addition to ourvalue for money products.The recently introducedFabia and the newlylaunched Yeti have con-tributed significantly to oursales figures. The Superb is agreat product and continuesto be a segment leader whilethe Laura is selling in goodnumbers too. n Škoda has mostly beencompeting in the luxury seg-ment with the Octavia,Laura and Superb. TheFabia has now seen it be-come very competitive.What are your plans withthe Fabia?

The Fabia is a great prod-uct. We have introducednewer engines which are

much efficient. The Fabia willcontinue to be our volumedriver and we intend to ex-pand our network to reachout to more consumers.n What makes the smalland medium size car seg-ment so toughly contested?Since this is probablyIndia’s and Goa’s toughestsegment to compete in, howare you faring?

Pricing has been the keyfactor in the segment. Cur-rently, there are so manyproducts within this segmentall of whom offer differentpropositions at a very com-petitive price.

The new Fabia has re-ceived a great response sincethe time of its launch. Thenew engines are extremelyefficient and frugal. We havethe best in class economywith the 1.2 TDI and the mostpowerful hatch with the 1.6MPI. We have increased ourpresence in this segment inGoa.n The company has re-cently undergone a brandmakeover. What were thereasons for this facelift, andwhat else has changed be-sides that?

The new corporate design,Geneva, is more advancedand crisper. The new-lookcorporate identity and newlogo has a clearer, more pre-cise feel. It will be used by theproducer, importers anddealers in their internal andexternal communications.The Škoda logo, with itswinged arrow central motif,has been given a makeoverwith fresh colours, while thenew Škoda Pro font repre-sents new values.

For advertising, publica-tions, press releases andother forms of communica-tion, all this points to the factthat Škoda is marching for-ward and portraying itself ina more modern and youthfulform. n What does Škoda plan todo over the next few years inGoa? Are there any newcars in the pipeline?

Currently we have two fa-cilities in Goa, which is an im-portant market for us. Themarket has been growingand we are prepared for thefuture. We have ambitiousplans for the Indian marketand shall be launching all ournew cars in Goa too.

Kuehl CuSToMeR: Thomas Kuehl at the inauguration of the new Skoda showroom in

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Aban Offshor, 620, 645.95, 617, 643.3Abb Ltd., 796.8, 796.8, 777.35, 785.2Abg Shipyard, 367, 374, 335.6, 370Acc Limited, 1070, 1098, 1069.95, 1091.85Adani Enterp, 666, 668.2, 652.3, 661Aditya Birla, 816.45, 844.7, 812.4, 824.85Allahabad Ba, 232, 238.95, 225.2, 225.95Alstom Proje, 590.2, 595, 579, 587.8Ambuja Cemen, 148, 148, 145, 146.8Andhra Bank, 150.95, 151.8, 148.8, 151.1Ashok Leylan, 57.35, 58.35, 56.8, 57.85Asian Paints, 2568.95, 2568.95, 2511, 2520.55Axis Bank Li, 1410.3, 1417, 1378.6, 1407.75Bajaj Hindus, 60.15, 76.35, 60.15, 75.95Bank Of Baro, 955.35, 962.85, 941.35, 945.8Bank Of Indi, 476.8, 481.95, 471.55, 480.15Beml Limited, 691.95, 717.6, 683.05, 705.95Bharat Elect, 1693.95, 1695, 1675, 1684.8Bharat Forge, 347.45, 356.9, 345.15, 355.35Bharat Petro, 601.5, 608.95, 597.25, 605.9Bharti Airte, 354.6, 360.3, 353, 355.3Bhel, 2077.4, 2134.7, 2062, 2127.7Bhushan Stee, 439.95, 450.05, 438, 445.8Biocon Limit, 346.95, 357, 345.3, 356.5Bombay Dyein, 367.4, 379.7, 366, 373.95Bosch Limite, 6501.05, 6800, 6501.05, 6659.15Brigade Ente, 89.2, 91.9, 89.2, 89.95Cairn India, 352.1, 355.7, 350.2, 354.35Canara Bank, 628.1, 632, 621.25, 629.35Central Bank, 141, 143.35, 139.65, 142.25Century Text, 353, 371.85, 351.65, 369.75Cesc Ltd, 315, 319.5, 311.5, 316.7Chambal Fert, 79.95, 82, 79.95, 81.8Chennai Petr, 223.95, 233.8, 222, 230.55Cipla Ltd, 322.9, 326.45, 317.2, 319.85

Colgate Palm, 824.1, 829, 816, 825Container Co, 1198, 1226.9, 1193, 1221.65Crompton Gre, 272.5, 276.8, 271, 272.95Cummins Indi, 694.95, 708.9, 687.05, 694.9Dabur India, 96, 97.65, 96, 96.9Deccan Chron, 80.15, 87, 80.15, 86.3Dish Tv Indi, 67.1, 68.2, 66.1, 67.15Divi’s Labor, 678, 695, 626.65, 692.95Dlf Limited, 267.45, 273.9, 267.45, 271.95Dr. reddy’s, 1644, 1658.65, 1601.2, 1617.9Edelweiss Ca, 39.6, 40.5, 39.5, 39.85Educomp Solu, 415, 433, 415, 431.1Eih Limited, 81.4, 82.7, 80.65, 82.35Engineers In, 302.1, 306.1, 302, 305.5Essar Oil Lt, 124.9, 127.45, 124.6, 127.05Essar Shippi, 95.5, 97.65, 94.7, 96.85Exide Indust, 143.5, 148.15, 143, 146.65Federal Bank, 417.85, 422, 410, 420.3Financial Te, 872, 911, 872, 885.15Gail (india), 461.95, 471.6, 458.3, 463.55Gammon India, 118, 119.4, 116.7, 118.4Glaxosmithkl, 2050, 2098.4, 2025.15, 2090.9Glenmark Pha, 284.6, 296, 284.5, 294.05Gmr Infrastr, 41.1, 41.4, 40.25, 40.45Godrej Indus, 183.9, 193.8, 183, 192.65Grasim Indus, 2484, 2548, 2469.9, 2530.9Great Offsho, 258.6, 272.45, 256.95, 270.5Gtl Infra.Lt, 37.25, 37.5, 36.8, 37.35Gujarat Mine, 135.25, 139.9, 134.65, 139.25Gujarat N R, 50.1, 50.95, 49.45, 50.7Gujarat Stat, 100, 102.4, 99.1, 101.85Gvk Pow. & I, 26, 26.9, 25.9, 26.75Hcl Technolo, 476.45, 477, 464, 467.15Hdfc Bank Lt, 2353, 2365, 2323, 2333.75Hdfc Ltd, 699, 710.35, 696.05, 708.2

Hero Honda M, 1595, 1635.4, 1592.65, 1602.75Hindalco in, 209.7, 215, 209.45, 214.25Hindustan Co, 36.3, 37.5, 35.8, 37.2Hindustan Ma, 59.2, 61.2, 59.2, 60.5Hindustan Pe, 352.55, 353.9, 347, 352.35Hindustan Un, 286, 290.05, 282, 283.95Hindustan Zi, 138.4, 138.4, 134.8, 135.65Housing Dev, 176.8, 183.4, 175.9, 182.2Icici Bank L, 1114.8, 1119, 1095, 1102.9Idea Cellula, 67.5, 68, 66.95, 67.85Ifci Ltd, 53.4, 55.25, 52.6, 55.05India Cement, 94.2, 99.5, 93, 98.05India Infoli, 74.7, 78, 73.4, 77.15Indiabulls F, 154.6, 156, 149.25, 153.9Indiabulls R, 125.5, 132.9, 122.85, 131.8Indian Bank, 234.8, 235.9, 229, 229.9Indian Hotel, 84.95, 85.5, 83.8, 85Indian Oil C, 330, 334.5, 325.3, 332.85Indian Overs, 143, 146.5, 141.1, 145.85Indus Dev Ba, 143.4, 145.5, 142, 145.15Indusind Ban, 262.15, 268.5, 259.5, 265.55Infosys Tech, 3235.1, 3256.25, 3208, 3218.15Infra. dev., 155, 160.9, 153.4, 160.1Ispat Indust, 22.55, 24.7, 22.15, 24.45Itc Ltd, 182.05, 184.95, 181.4, 182.5Ivrcl Infras, 82, 83.9, 81.3, 83.2Jai Corp Lim, 163.8, 170, 162.45, 167.9Jaiprakash A, 92.8, 96.35, 91.9, 95.45Jet Airways, 448, 462.5, 443.1, 459.65Jindal Saw L, 205, 206.9, 201, 204.15Jindal Steel, 695, 703.5, 695, 700.7Jsw Steel Li, 918.1, 954.25, 912, 949.6Kotak Mahind, 457.05, 462, 448.1, 451Lakshmi Mach, 2273.9, 2305, 2222, 2240.25Lanco Infrat, 39.8, 40.5, 39.5, 40.1

Larsen & Tou, 1668.5, 1675.8, 1642.25, 1647.05Lic Housing, 226.1, 234.95, 224.2, 233Lupin Limite, 421.95, 421.95, 412.55, 417.15Mahanagar Te, 46, 48, 45.6, 47.8Mahindra & M, 700.5, 716, 697.15, 711.05Maruti Suzuk, 1251.65, 1292.4, 1251.65, 1271.1Max India Lt, 160, 164.9, 158.95, 163.9Moser-baer (, 41.7, 43.7, 41.2, 43.4Mrpl, 65.7, 65.95, 64.25, 65.65Nagarjuna Fe, 28.15, 29.15, 28.15, 29National Alu, 96.6, 96.6, 95.65, 96.15Neyveli Lign, 104.8, 108.85, 104.4, 108.35Ntpc Ltd, 193, 193.1, 188.15, 188.85Oil And Natu, 292.5, 295.65, 290, 293.05Omaxe Limite, 138.2, 139.2, 135.2, 137.1Oriental Ban, 388.95, 392, 382.1, 384.9Pantaloon Re, 260.15, 269.7, 260.15, 267.95Parsvnath De, 45.65, 46.5, 45, 46.05Petronet Lng, 121.05, 125.9, 120.2, 125.25Power Fin Co, 250, 255.8, 240.2, 241.65Power Grid C, 101.35, 105.5, 101.35, 104.85Praj Industr, 72.4, 75.15, 71.8, 74.4Punj Lloyd L, 64.95, 68.15, 64.45, 67.85Punjab Natio, 1215, 1217.15, 1177, 1179.5Rajesh Expor, 109.65, 110.9, 101.5, 105.1Ranbaxy Labs, 445.5, 458.6, 444.55, 450.55Rashtriya Ch, 80.65, 82.3, 79.8, 82Reliance Cap, 586.9, 616, 586.9, 614.25Reliance Com, 110.4, 112.7, 109.4, 111.7Reliance Ene, 1080.5, 1149, 1080.5, 1124.44Reliance Ind, 633.75, 661, 631.05, 652.15Reliance Ind, 1049.05, 1065.9, 1031, 1036.4Reliance Pow, 131.5, 134.6, 131.5, 133.3Rolta India, 138.55, 143.6, 138.55, 142.75Satyam Compu, 66, 66.75, 65.6, 66.3

Sesa Goa Ltd, 292.75, 299.25, 292.75, 298.3Shipping Cor, 108, 113.15, 107.25, 112.1Siemens Ltd, 881, 884.2, 876, 883.25Sintex Indus, 152.4, 160, 152, 159.65Sobha Develo, 295, 301.8, 293.6, 295.45State Bank O, 2765.3, 2774, 2705.1, 2719.55Steel Author, 169.95, 171.9, 168.75, 169.95Sterlite Ind, 173.7, 174.6, 172, 173.9Sun Pharmace, 442.3, 446.95, 441.2, 445.3Sun Tv Netwo, 457.75, 465, 441.1, 445.4Suzlon Energ, 44.8, 49, 44.8, 48.65Tata Communi, 237.95, 250.9, 237.95, 246.75Tata Consult, 1185, 1198.75, 1172.55, 1180.15Tata Motors, 1241, 1249.9, 1234.35, 1241.8Tata Power C, 1325.1, 1339.7, 1311.4, 1317.35Tata Steel L, 623, 629.95, 620.25, 626.6Tata Teleser, 17.2, 17.7, 16.95, 17.35Tech Mahindr, 672, 697, 671, 693.55The Ge Shpg., 264, 272, 262.1, 271.1The Phoenix, 181.95, 189, 181.25, 183.3Thermax Ltd, 607, 639.95, 605.05, 633.95Titan Indust, 3801, 3877.45, 3797.75, 3858.3Torrent Powe, 252.05, 261.5, 247.1, 254.1Tv18 India L, 77.1, 79.4, 75.8, 78.05Uco Bank, 107.05, 109.65, 105.35, 108.65Ultratech Ce, 1104.65, 1131.85, 1060, 1111.25Union Bank O, 349.5, 350, 342.5, 343.95Unitech Ltd, 40.5, 42.15, 40.3, 41.95United Phosp, 152, 152, 148.9, 150.15Videocon Ind, 194, 199.25, 193, 196.4Vijaya Bank, 78.5, 81.5, 78.5, 81.15Voltas Ltd, 182.8, 182.8, 176.5, 178.5Wipro Ltd, 477, 479.6, 470, 476.05Yes Bank Lim, 310.75, 315.9, 308, 312.05Zee Entertai, 123.35, 125.95, 121.75, 125.05

Sachin Ambadoskar

Class on wheelsSBI revises NRI interest rates MUMBAI: Country's largest lender, State Bank of

India, today revised interest rates for deposits by

non-resident Indians across maturities and curren-

cies.

Under the revised rate structure, NRIs will get up to

26 basis points more for deposits in foreign curren-

cies while the rates for deposits in Indian Rupees

have gone down marginally, a release issued here

by the bank said.

A deposit in Euros for a maturity above four years

but less than five years will earn the NRI 3.90 per

cent per annum as against the earlier 3.64 per

cent, the release said, adding that in some cate-

gories, the rates have been revised downward as

well.

Rupee deposits by NRIs till five years have also seen

marginal declines in the interest rate by up to 3

basis points, it said.

New hospital chain by Fortis MUMBAI: Multi-speciality hospitality chain Fortis

Healthcare will soon foray into affordable healthcare

in the tier II and III towns by creating a hospital

chain under a new brand during this year, a top

company official said.

"We are contemplating a new brand that will focus

on the affordable healthcare as we focus and plan

to enter tier II and III towns. The whole idea is about

providing healthcare facilities at an affordable rate

even as the healthcare services is getting dearer by

day. We will soon announce the new brand most

probably in this calender year," Fortis Healthcare's

Regional Director, Ashish Bhatia, told PTI on the

sidelines of a CII Marketing summit here today.

Fortis Healthcare, promoted by billionaire brothers

Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh, currently op-

erates only in the premium segment and has hospi-

tals in major metros and tier I cities.

The brand will be an offshoot of Fortis Healthcare

and will have a different management, he added.

The company is evaluating various models and op-

tions on the brands positioning and operation.

CPI(M) slams new FDI policyNEW DELHI: The CPI(M) today opposed the govern-

ment's new FDI policy, claiming that it would not

only strengthen the grip of foreign multinationals

over Indian companies but also adversely affect

agriculture as farmers would be at their mercy for

supply of seeds.

Asking the UPA government not to pursue the meas-

ures which would "immensely harm our industrial

and agricultural development", the party expressed

strong disapproval of the "unjustified concessions"

given to multinational corporations (MNCs) to set up

new units in the same field of business without ap-

proval of their Indian partners.

Sensex down 25 points MUMBAI, APRIL 1: The

BSE Sensex snapped 8-session winning spree,closing 25 points down at19,420.39, due to fag-endprofit-booking amid rising

crude oil prices despiteheavy buying in realty andmetal stocks.

The 30-share BombayStock Exchange index,Sensex, resumed higher at

19,463.11 and shot up fur-ther to 19,562.55 due topersistent buying on heavycapital inflows from for-eign funds.

However, it declined to

19,382.35 on mild profit-book-ing in Banking, Oil&Gas andIT stocks and closed at19,420.39, showing a net lossof 24.83 points or 0.13 percent.

Exports grow by 50%, crosses $200 bn in FebPTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 1:India's exports grew by animpressive 50 per cent inFebruary, crossing the USD200 billion mark during thefirst eleven months of 2010-11on the back of rising demandfrom the US and other mar-kets.

Exports went up by 49.7per cent year-on-year duringFebruary to USD 23.5 billion,taking the April-February2010-11 figure to USD 208.2billion, an increase of 31.4 percent over the year-ago periodand past the yearly target of

USD 200 billion.Imports also increased by

21.2 per cent in the monthunder review to USD 31.7 bil-lion, leaving a trade deficit ofUSD 8.1 billion, according tothe Commerce Ministry datareleased today.

During April-February2010-11, imports grew by 18per cent to USD 305.3 billionover the same period lastyear. The trade gap for theperiod stood at USD 97 bil-lion.

The exporting sectorswhich performed well duringthe 11 months of fiscal in-clude engineering (81 per

cent), petroleum and oil lu-bricants (34 per cent), cottonyarn and made-ups (43 percent), chemicals (22 per cent)and electronics (40 per cent).

“The growth which we areseeing is basically from themarkets of Asia, Latin Amer-ica and Africa. In these newmarkets demand for ourproducts are increasing,"Ramu Deora, the Presidentof India's apex exportersbody FIEO, said.

However, Deora said thatdemand is still weak in sev-eral European markets.

The US and Europe werethe traditional markets for In-

dian exporters, but after theglobal economic crisis, ex-porters increased their en-gagement in new markets ofAsia, LatinAmerica andAfrica. The government isproviding duty incentives toexporters for these new mar-kets.

Commerce SecretaryRahul Khullar had said thatgoing by this trend, the coun-try's exports are expected totouch the figures of USD 230-235 billion. Imports may endup to USD 350 billion andbalance of trade to USD 105-115 billion by the end of 2010-11.

Oil imports in Februarydipped by 0.3 per cent toUSD 8.21 billion from USD8.24 billion in February 2010.However, non-oil importsgrew by 31 per cent to USD23.48 billion from USD 17.9billion.

During April-February,2010-11, oil imports grew by12.4 per cent to USD 88.17billion from USD 78.41 billionin the same period last year,the data said. Non-oil importsduring the period also wentup, by 20.4 per cent to USD217.12 billion from USD180.33 billion in the corre-sponding period last year.

PTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 1:The Orissa governmenttoday approached theSupreme Court challengingthe Centre's decision to rejectenvironmental clearance toVedanta bauxite mining proj-ect in Niyamgiri Hills.

Challenging the Environ-ment Ministry's order of Au-gust 24, 2010, the stategovernment filed an applica-tion through Orissa MiningCorporation (OMC), con-tending that the Centre's de-cision was in violation of theSupreme Court's previousorder giving a green signal tothe project.

Senior advocate K K Venu-gopal, appearing for OMC,

contended that the order wasillegal, arbitrary and in viola-tion of the apex court's direc-tion.

A bench headed by JusticeR V Raveendran agreed tohear the plea and also sug-gested that the state govern-ment and the miningcorporation may file a con-tempt petition against theCentre if they thought thatthe Supreme Court's orderhad been violated.

In a major setback to theUK-based Vedanta group, theCentre had on August 24 lastyear rejected the environ-mental clearance to its USD1.7-billion bauxite miningproject proposed in Orissa.

The Centre had rejectedthe clearance citing various

violation of forest and envi-ronmental laws and hadwithdrawn its in-principleapproval given to the proj-ect in 2007 by the Ministryof Environment and For-est.

While turning down theclearance, EnvironmentMinister Jairam Ramesh hadsaid, "There has been a veryserious violation of Environ-ment Protection Act, ForestConservation and RightsActs by the Orissa Govern-ment" as also violation ofnorms by the company.

The Centre had said justbecause the ministry hadgiven an in-principle ap-proval to the project in 2007,it could not be treated as faitaccompli.

Orissa moves SC against denial of green nod to Vedanta

Disappointed Ludhiana garment makers start productionPTI

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 1:With the last ditch attempt ofthe garment sector seekingrollback of excise duty fromUnion Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee provingfutile, the disappointed Ludhi-ana-based garment makers todaycommenced production.

It also asked its buyers, includ-ing global brands such as Adidas,Reebok to pay duty componenton placed orders early to meet

their funding demands.Industry representatives

also pointed out several gar-ments makers may also gofor breaking up their units inorder to claim the central ex-cise exemption of Rs 1.50crore, which could lead toprice variation between prod-ucts of small and big units.

Representatives of garmentsector from several places, in-cluding Ludhiana, had metMukherjee on Thursday andstrongly urged him to rollback

the excise duty."I think now the chances of

rollback of excise duty arequite dim," Chamber ofKnitwear & Textile Associa-tions of Ludhiana PresidentAjit Lakra told PTI today.

"We expected thatMukherjee will either an-nounce the roll back of theexcise duty or will announcesome major concession ...butto utter surprise, the FinanceMinister refused to give anyconcession," he said.

J&K exports walnuts to 4 countriesPTI

JAMMU, APRIL 1: Showingdecline in exports of world fa-mous Kashmiri walnuts,Jammu and Kashmir gov-ernment today said that14,85,581 kg of walnuts havebeen exported to four foreigncountries from the state.

Replying to the question inLegislative Assembly, Minis-ter for Horticulture Sham LalSharma told the house that14,85,581 kg of walnuts havebeen exported to four foreigncountries -- the US, the UK,UAE and Nepal -- during2009-10.

bizlifeThe (midday meal) rates were fixed some years ago. Taking into consideration the present inflation, the government should consider increasing this rate now

— Manisha Lanjekar

The bakery business requires constant fires and if we are going to sustain profits, the operating costs through electricity would be high and the reliability ratio doubtful

— Angela Pereira

Goa I Saturday April 2, 20119 www.oheraldo.in

(2001- 2011) – 10 years of Mahila Self Help Group Sahakari Audyogik Sansthan Initial capital of 17,200 in 2001n Record turnover of 90 lakh in 2010-11, highest in 10

yearsn Loan minimum 5,000, maximum 50,000,n Rs 21,70,000 disbursed as advances or loans during

2010-2011n Recovery is 100 per cent till date, not a single faulty

paymentn Bought Maruti Eeco in 2010 for easing transport of

goodsn Hired an office, flat and two shops, all on rental basis

T he next time you walk into the Panjim bus stand or near the Mapusa

fish market, you’ll notice a stall comprising women that dishes out yummy home-made snacks. That is the product of Mahila Self Help Group Sahakari Audyogik Sanstha, an organisation empower-ing women and enabling them to be financially self-sufficient.

With 1077 registered women members, the Mahila Self Help Group Sahakari Audyogik Sanstha, Bardez compris-es of 72 self help groups. A small step was taken in 1996 under the banner of National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI) when 100 odd women came together aiming for economic independence. The sanstha got regis-tered in 1999 and there was no looking back after that. The figures speak

for themselves – in 2010-2011 their turnover had touched Rs 90 lakh.

It was Hemashri Gadekar who took the lead to bring these scat-tered women together under National Co-op-erative Union of India (NCUI). While working as a mobiliser for a co-operative education field project, Hemashri came into contact with several rural women who had no source of income whatso-ever.

Taking an initiative

to promote self help groups, Hemashri then brought all the groups from Bardez together to form Mahila Self Help Group Sahakari Au-dyogik Sanstha. This en-deavour transformed into a large mass movement, mobilising the rural women work force to join hands and earn a living with dignity. They make embroidered bedsheets, children’s garments, besides snacks that are sold at two counters in Bardez.

T h e S a n s t h a a l s o provides midday meals (bhaji-pau, shira and pulao) to more than 3000 students of 13 schools in Mapusa Municipal area. The government pays a marginal amount for the meals.

For the primary sec-tion (standards one to four) it is Rs 3.83 for 100 grams and for the upper primary (standards five to eight) its Rs 5.32 for 150 grams. “The rates were fixed some years ago. Taking into con-sideration the present inflation, the government should consider increas-ing this fixed rate now,” feels secretary Manisha Lanjekar. A commerce graduate, Manisha was 22 and unemployed when Hemashri encouraged her to join up. Today, Manisha confidently handles the banking counter with treasurer Smita Ghadi, earning a descent salary.

Duties are allotted to each member and they all take turns working on the counters on sales. The society has salaried mem-bers as well as a profit sharing ratio for many of the other members. After expenses, the society re-tains 10 per cent on the profits earned and the rest is handed over to the member. Loans are also given for initial invest-

ments. After the amount borrowed is repaid they can keep all that they earn, as profits.

The selling counters at Panjim Kadamba bus stand and Mapusa fish market are open 365 days a year. “Women’s Day on March 8 is the only day we don’t work,” states Vibha, who handles the Mapusa office. Today, they get insurance cover under the Janashri policy and hope to get a plot on comunidade land, which they plan to utilise sur-plus funds and open an old age home and a child care centre.

It seems to be a success story with a difference. Once, they were either unemployed and had no income, today, utilising their inherent potential, a thousand plus women from Bardez collectively walked their way to fi-nancial freedom.

I n another prime instance of the gov-ernment pitching for

infrastructure the state does not need, the state budget has earmarked Rs 75 lakhs to build heli-ports and helipads.

The Tourism Minister might also do himself some good if he reads the concerned Ministry of Environment and Forests rule which permits build-ing helipads in CRZ-I and III only for emergency requirements like pro-viding relief and rescue operations. Helipads can be built in CRZ-II but cannot be used for com-mercial purposes. Also, no fuel storage facilities can be built in any of the three areas.

Having traced the fine line between the forest and trees in the government’s eyes here’s why tiny Goa does not need helicopter rides. Because, a helicopter would cover Goa in mere minutes. And, is thecoastline worth viewing from a height and at great expense? The answer was in the Economic Survey tabled in the Assembly as part of the budget exer-cise. It said: “It is observed that about 15-20 kms ofcoastline is severely af-fected by sea erosion especially the beaches

of Pernem, Bardez, Canacona and Salcette talukas.” In fact going by the government’s inaction where it matters most, Goa may one day not have a normal coastline. In fact luxury helicopter tours in India generally involve bird-watching in sanctu-aries the size of Goa or,

bigger and for pilgrimage tours like the Amarnath Yatra .

The budget also prom-ised river cruises, which means more lucrative contracts for ferry build-ing companies from the River Navigation department even as the river Sal is dying liter-ally and figuratively to be dredged.

Villagers in Cavellos-sim, Velim, Assolna and Betul said that their pan-chayats would definitely object to any river cruises with the same vigor they opposed casinos. A source

close to the Cavellossim Sarpanch pointed out that the fishing com-munity would have to be consulted first. “To begin with our panchayat permitted dredging of only the river mouth in 2007. Work on it started but was never completed after people objected,” says Elton Caeiro, owner of Seagull Resort, “Cer-tainly people will object because they all fear one kind of cruise will lead to another kind and the Sal will become like the Mandovi,” he adds.

Village Panchayats are also likely to object to the ‘construction of leisure fishing points’ accordingto the budget as this also would invite all kinds of new entrants to come in and spoil the tranquility of the river Sal as well as the shellfish catch.As for the Rs 50 lakh pro-posal to beautify Baina beach, the former MLA John Vaz says, “It’s too late for that now. I had cleaned up one-third of the beach in 1995.

Nothing ever happened after that. Thanks to the presence of a huge loco-motive maintenance facil-ity of the Mormugao Port Trust, Baina was never conducive for tourism. Also, about two-thirds of the 1.5 km long beach has nearly 300 houses of mi-grants who use the beach as an alfresco toilet. You need to clear this worst menace first. Any other kind of attempt at beau-tification is an eye-wash.”In fact hoteliers across the board say Goa needs prom-enades like Mauritius and China (Shanghai). Final-ly, there is the fear of the Navy whose Blue Water ambitions is already beat-ing up the governmentblack and blue. Remem-ber, it objected to Mukesh Ambani’s helipads atop the Antilia, his extrava-gant 29-storey home. It will definitely oppose building helipads in Goa.

A dlem podear mele ani te undea ko-bar zalem… so

goes an old Goan Konk-ani adage. And, besides the alarm clock, the hectic honking of a baker with oven hot bread in a bamboo woven basket firmly mounted on his cycle is what we wake up to when we say…good morning Goa!

In medieval times, a kabai (an old Goan dress, now replaced by trousers) clad baker would tread along on foot. With a bas-ket on his head and a pe-culiar stick that he would bang on the ground to herald his arrival.

With the passage of time, the Goan baker has

also seen a major transi-tion in his business.

Africa returned Mario Gil Remy Gomes inher-ited his father’s, French Bakery at Aquem in Mar-gao. Along with his wife Celina, also a daughter of the famous Ferns Bakery at Panjim, Mario has carried on the fam-ily business passionately into the second genera-tion. The Gomes couple claim that to ensure a profit, one has to get per-sonally involved in the trade as the labour force is highly unreliable.

“Goa’s gen next are reluctant to roll their sleeves and put their hands into the flour. Some bakeries have given

their business on rent to outsiders”, says Gil at-tributing it as a major factor for the decline of the business.

With a four member team, French Bakery produces around three thousand pau’s (tradi-tional Goan bread) a day and an estimated one

thousand poie (made out of wheat husks). The maida is procured from Belgaum and Delhi due to its quality.

At Parra in north Goa, Matheus Pereira started Vallankani Bakery al-most 35 years ago. Today, his daughter Agnela Pereira runs the business

and claims that despite its ups and downs, she loves it.

Despite the environ-mentalist’s lament to save trees, the fires in Goan bakeries are still kept alive by wood. An-gela justifies this, saying, “The bakery business re-quires constant fires and

if we are going to sustain profits, the operating costs through electricity would be high and the re-liability ratio doubtful.”

The Goan bakers are united under the ban-ner of one organization called, All Goa Bakers Association. And despite the traditional bakeries struggling for survival in competitive times, the Goa Government has not actually done much to alleviate their plight. “The government talks have been only on paper, there is no actual support to the traditional bakers from any source. There is a power subsidy, but the process is so lengthy and the paperwork so tedious that the ex-

penses incurred is more than the actual amount one recovers,” says Peter Fernandes, Co-ordination Committee Chairman of All Goa Association of Bakers (AGAB) and pro-prietor of Dalima bakers, Margao.

In recent times, pau consumers argue that while the sizes have shrunk, costs have bloat-ed. Agnela counters this by justifying that produc-tion costs including that of flour, transportation, wood and labour have risen sharply. Agnela also states that busi-ness is brisk during the Christmas season and the summer months, but during the monsoon the sales drop and it becomes

very difficult to break even.

Both, Gil and Agnela feel that despite of com-mercialization in the bak-ery business and various types of packaged breads hitting the stands in up market bread shops, the Goan favorite still re-mains the traditional pau and poie.

Amy Fernandes, a Mumbai based law firm executive from Goa says, “The dynamics of Goan bread have changed, whenever we come to Goa we do not find the bread of the yesteryears, but a sad replica of that crispy, toddy laced taste of a hot bread. The toil and passion of the Goan baker of the past is defi-nitely missing. On the other hand, diet, health and weight conscious individuals have shifted their loyalties to branded breads.”

And there it is. The pau was always a favourite, a Goan tradition and a staple on the table, be it breakfast, lunch, tea or dinner. The future however, might be slowly going stale.

SHE MEANS BUSINESS

In a five part series ‘She Means Business’, Bharati Pawaskar, tells stories of women entrepreneurs who may not operate from company boardrooms, but have managed to achieve perhaps more than their corporate sisters. These women have empowered themselves and other women to be self starters on the road to financial independence

The state budget had some eyebrow raising pro-posals for tourism which included building helipads and more river cruises. As Lionel Messias argues, the government should have paused before pushing for helicopter and boat rides, which may lead to private parties making money, but do little to promote tourism

A ride to nowhere

MEALS, SNACKS ‘N’ POWER!

Collective Output

n Midday meals to 13 schools in Mapusa Munici-pal area

n 62 types of snacks by 75 women daily – puran poli, batatawada, laddoo, chik-ki, chakli, shev, paapad, pickles etc

n Festive Foods – dodol, poha, nevri, modak etc

n Embroidery, crochet – bed sheets, table cloths

n Ready made garments – night gowns, baby clothes, woolen

n Catering on order – parties and ceremonies

n Banking Counter – advances/loan transactions

n Agriculture/Horticulture – flowers, fruits and vegetables

Breaking bread the Goan way is a ritual, a way of life. With times changing the poder and his craft have been hit, but the charm of having pau the old way keeps this trade going. Cedric da Costa reports

CLOSURE REPORT PAU WOW

STATS

Price of single pau Rs 2.50 retail (door to door sale), Rs 2.00 Wholesale (at the baker’s)Cost of a truck of wood - Rs 12-14,000/-Estimated bread produced per day - pau - 2000-3000 poie 1000-2000Labour per bakery – bet 3-5 workersIncentive per bread given to bakers doing home deliveries - 50 paise

HOT OFF THE RACK: Mario Gomes inspects a batch of freshly baked pau

Cedric da Costa

HOMEMADE DELICACIES: A group

of women operate the snack counter in Panjim

Sachin Ambadoskar

Rozario Estebeiro

RIVER TRAFFIC: Will the Sal look like this in a short while?

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“People are afraid to protest tomorrow,but there are many who are upset aboutthe speech and what is happening in thecountry right now and a good many ofthem will take to the street.

Ammar al-Qurabi

PTI

JAMMU, MARCH 25 : Jammu

and Kashmir Police has ar-

rested a jail superintendent

for alleged involvement in a

conspiracy to kill a man, who

was pursuing the high-profile

murder case of his nephew

Amandeep Singh, the son of

a former NC legislator.

Superintendent of Ud-

hampur District Jail Mirza

Saleem Beig was arrested at

Jammu railway station

after he arrived from Delhi

yesterday, DIG Jammu-

Kathua Range Farooq

Khan said today.

The conspiracy to kill Sud-

ershan Wazir, who was ac-

tively pursuing the case of

Jail Superintendent held in murder case

Ivory Coast’s strongman Laurent Gbagbo hasintention of resigning, he will not abdicate, hewill take the resistance to the Ivorian people."

Tousaint Alain

FROM PAGE 1

DEATH

NAZARENO

FERNANDES

(Caranzalem)

Born: 31-10-1924 Died: 29-03-2011

Beloved husband of Marilena Fernandes. Loving Father of late Manuel / Angela, Felix / Zita,

Melita/Manuel & Henry/Cynthia. Grandfather of Malcolm, Melroy, Daniella & Denzil.

Passed away peacefully on 29th March 2011.

Relatives & friends kindly accept this as the only intimation

Funeral cotage will leave his residence (Today) the 2nd April 2011 at 2.45 pm to Our Lady of RosaryChapel, Caranzalem for Eucharistic Celebration followed by burial at Taleigao Cemetry.

goanrites@gmail.com 9822122003 / 9822136397

AFP

CAIRO, APRIL 1:Syria

braced for renewed anti-gov-

ernment demonstrations on

Friday despite the govern-

ment announcement a day

before of new measures

seemingly aimed at address-

ing the protesters’ demands.

But analysts said they

were doubtful that the

changes, coming a day after

President Bashar al-Assad

pointedly refused to make

concessions, would amount

to more than window dress-

ing, and activists promised to

go ahead with plans for a na-

tionwide protest on Friday.

Two government an-

nouncements on Thursday

created new committees to

address the protesters’ con-

cerns.

One committee was ap-

pointed to investigate deaths

in Dara’a and Latakia, two

cities where the government

has cracked down on protest-

ers, according to the state

news agency. Syrian Human

Rights Information Link, an

activist organization, has doc-

umented the names of 103

people killed across the coun-

try since the protests began

March 15, including at least

73 in Dara’a and 10 in

Latakia. It was not clear if the

number for Latakia included

protesters killed on Wednes-

day night.

The government also an-

nounced the creation of a

committee to study lifting the

emergency law imposed in

1963 and replacing it with

legislation “that secures the

preservation of the country’s

security, the dignity of citi-

zens and combating terror-

ism,” according to the state

news agency. Lifting the

emergency law has been a

major demand of the protest-

ers. Among its provisions, the

law silences dissent and al-

lows security forces to detain

citizens without charge.

Syrian activists called for

mass demonstrations across

the nation to honor those

killed as they demanded re-

forms in two weeks of

protests. According to The

Associated Press, organizers

using social networking sites

have called for a “Friday of

martyrs” — a reference to

scores of people who have

died in government crack-

downs.

The protest call could be a

critical test of the strength of

the movement, which in a lit-

tle over two weeks has posed

an unprecedented challenge

to the four-decade iron rule of

the Assad family.

The police and the military

have responded aggressively

to check the protests; activists

say at least 103 people have

died. Mr. Assad’s speech to

the nation on Wednesday, in

which he called the protest-

ers dupes and agents of a for-

eign conspiracy, left little

doubt that the hard line

would continue.

Ammar al-Qurabi, a Syr-

ian activist currently in Cairo,

said the speech and the vio-

lence of the last two weeks

could discourage some from

protesting on Friday, but he

said he remained optimistic.

“People are afraid to

protest tomorrow, but there

are many who are upset

about the speech and what is

happening in the country

right now, and a good many

of them will not be afraid to

take to the street,” he said.

“Of course I am nervous;

my people are being killed in

the street,” he added. “The

president’s speech was very

threatening.”

Assad, in his first public ad-

dress since the unrest began,

said the democracy protests

were merely a disguise for a

foreign conspiracy to “frag-

ment Syria, to bring down

Syria as a nation, to enforce

an Israeli agenda.”

He acknowledged popular

demands for reform but in-

sisted that protesters had

been “duped” into damaging

the nation on behalf of its en-

emies, and vowed that the

country would not bow to for-

eign pressure.

“It is clear from Bashar’s

speech that he is threatening

Syrians who go to the street,”

said Radwan Ziadeh, a Syr-

ian human rights activist and

visiting scholar at George

Washington University in

Washington. “He ended the

speech by saying, ‘This is a

battle and we are ready to

fight it.’ But against who?”

That question appeared to

be answered just hours after

the speech, when security

forces opened fire upon pro-

democracy demonstrators in

the coastal city of Latakia, a

stronghold of the ruling Baath

Party and the Shiite Alawi sect

that dominates it. Witnesses

and activists gave conflicting re-

ports of from 2 to 15 protesters

killed.

In one video posted to

YouTube, protesters in Latakia

can be seen and heard chant-

ing, “The people just want free-

dom.” In a second, screaming

demonstrators carry bloody

bodies down the street.

Nonetheless, the Facebook

group Syrian Revolution 2011,

which has more than 100,000

fans, urged Syrians to take to

the streets on Friday. “What we

have understood from the

speech is that we have no

choice but to remove the

regime,” the group said in a

statement posted Thursday.

Syria bracing for renewed protests

analysts said they were doubtful that the changes, coming aday after President Bashar al-assad pointedly refused to makeconcessions, would amount to more than window dressing,and activists promised to go ahead with plans for a nationwideprotest on Friday.

TROUBLED TIMES AHEAD

AFP

MOSCOW, APRIL 1: Ra-

dioactivity from Japan's dam-

aged nuclear reactor has

been detected in the atmos-

phere around the Russian

capital Moscow, officials from

the municipal facility treating

nuclear waste said Friday.

Radon, a company set up

in Moscow to monitor ra-

dioactivity and dispose of ra-

dioactive waste in central

Russia, has been detecting

traces of iodine and stron-

tium isotopes since last week,

deputy director Oleg Polsky

said.

The minuscule amounts

were possible to detect only

via the company's powerful

filtering systems and don't

pose any health risks, he said.

"Starting March 23rd, we

began registering activity,

whose make-up corresponds

to that which comes from ac-

cident situations on nuclear

reactors," the company's

Sergei Gordeyev said.

Detected isotopes include

radioactive Iodine-131 in

aerosol and gas form, cesium-

134 and cesium-137, and tel-

lurium-132, he said at a press

conference in Moscow.

"The isotopes confirm that

it's a process connected with

the accident," said Polsky,

"but these traces are not

dangerous for people."

The earthquake and

tsunami that ravaged

Japan's northeast coast and

left about 28,000 dead or

missing also knocked out re-

actor cooling systems at the

Fukushima plant, which has

leaked radiation into the air

and sea.

Jitters continued

throughout Asia this week

that radiation had drifted

over their territories, even

though they emphasised the

levels were so small there

was no health risk.

Traces of radioactive io-

dine believed to be from

Japan's damaged nuclear

plant have even been de-

tected as far afield as

Britain, officials said Tues-

day.

Moscow detects radioactivityfrom Japan’s nuclear reactor

Starting March23rd, we began reg-

istering activity,whose make-up cor-

responds to thatwhich comes fromaccident situationson nuclear reactors.

--Sergei Gordeyev

PTI

ABUJA, APRIL 1: An oppo-

sition candidate for governor

in Nigeria''s oil-rich southern

delta, who was charged with

treason last weekend, was

released here by a court but

assaulted and rearrested im-

mediately for ''unknown rea-

sons''. Federal HC Judge

Adamu Bello saw no links

between opposition candi-

date for governorship in

Akwa Ibom state, James Ak-

panudoedehe, and the killings

and destruction of property

by political party thugs for

which he was arrested.

Aspirant for governor in Nigeria re-arrested

US worried over prosecution

washington: theUs has expressed deep concern over

continued religious prosecution of minorities in iran.

"we're deeply troubled about reports coming out of iran

that a 20-year sentence of the seven Baha'i leaders was

reinstated on appeal by the prosecutor general.

YESTERDAY ONCEMORE?

For Sachin Tendulkar, tomorrow’s final is a

script ordained by a greater God. A World Cup

final in his hometown. His challenge will be as

much to keep the crowds at bay as much as to

engage them. Greg Chappel, not one of India’s

most loved coaches, in a interview to The

Guardian, London, before he finished his as-

signment said “It is an unnerving experience

to drive out of stadiums and see the streets

lined with people from all walks of life, partic-

ularly those from poorer communities whose

only glimpse of the team would be as the bus

flashes past, and to see their faces light up.

That happens here every day with this team.

Sachin Tendulkar, for example, is still the one

who is most in demand and the way in which

he just copes serenely with it is a lesson to us

all. You know he gives what he can but he has

learned that there is a limit. So he gives that

much and then has to shut himself down.”

Sachin and all of Mahendra Singh Dhonis

boys need to shut themselves down today as

they play Sri Lanka, an amazing opponent.

Shut out even 1983. But 1983 won’t shut them

out. The nation will cry with all the passion at

its command. YESTERDAY ONCE MORE.

Saturday Night feveragain

had come tantalizingly close in 2003 when

they lost to Australia in the finals in South

Africa. Never before has history beckoned so

dearly. The nation hopes it does not become

another so nearly.

Khariwado homelessstorm Panjim

accompanied the locals assured them that

their grievances will be heard. “The CM has

assured to meet the people at 5 p.m. at Mar-

gao,” he told the agitated members.

The locals however refused to disperse and

demanded that they would hold protest till the

CM personally meets them. “We are fed up of

false assurances. Until the government heeds

to our demands, we will not move,” said one

of the locals, whose house was demolished as

a part of the demolition following the High

Court’s order.

Sloganeering continued for more than two

hours even as an armed police squad foiled

the group’s attempt to proceed to the CM’s of-

ficial residence. Opposition leader Manohar

Parrikar met distressed persons and told

them that if the government fails to heed to

their demands by Tuesday, they should shift

their protest to the legislative assembly.

Till going to the press, the protestors were

still on the road blocking the traffic to Altinho.

John gets bail, finally

Vijaya Pol released the accused on a per-

sonal bond of Rs 50,000 with two separate

sureties in like amount. The accused was di-

rected to surrender his passport, if any to the

investigating officer, within two days of his re-

lease till further orders, if the passport is not

already surrenderd before the IO.

The accused was further directed not to

leave Goa during the pendency of the case

without permission of the court.

While granting bail to the accused, the

judge said the possibility of John fleeing from

the State as argued by the public prosecutor

has no basis since the accused has his roots in

Goa and had contested elections as is clear

from the evidence on record.

“Looking at the stage of trial, when all ma-

terial witnesses are examined by the prosecu-

tion, except few investigating officers, it is

clear that in the absence of any apprehensions

that the accused can pressurize the witnesses

at this stage, it is the fit stage to grant bail to

the accused on necessary conditions”, the

judge ruled.

Moreover, the judge observed that there is

no possibility of the accused threatening or in-

fluencing the remaining investigating officers,

specially when the other evidence has come

on record.

“Thus, there is a material change in the cir-

cumstances at present from the time when

the earlier bail application were made by the

accused. Thus, the apprehension shown by

the prosecution and the argument by the pub-

lic prosecutor that the accused is not entitled

to bail since there is a strong apprehension

that he would threaten or influence the wit-

nesses is without any basis”, the judge said,

adding that “even the High Court in its order

dated April 30, 2010 had given liberty to the

accused to apply for bail in the Sessions Court

after the examination of the main prosecution

witnesses in the trial of the accused.

John has been behind bars for nearly a

year and three months after his arrest by the

Crime Branch in January last year after the

Russian woman complained of rape by the

accused.

John and his family members heaved a sigh

of relief after Judge Vijaya Pol ordered his re-

lease on bail. He had knocked the doors of the

judiciary with a bail plea several times, mov-

ing the High Court and the Supreme Court

for bail twice during the last one year.

Curtains on the rape case trial has almost

come down with only the investigating officers

remaining to be examined by the court.

Amandeep's murder, was al-

legedly hatched in Beig's pres-

ence inside Kotbalwal jail, the DIG

said, adding, "Even money was

paid to the contract killers inside

the prison".

The matter came to light

after the arrest of an alleged

criminal Sunny Baba, who is

a member of a gang that had

allegedly been hired by the

main accused in the Aman-

deep murder case, Naggar

Singh, to kill Wazir.

The son of former National

Conference (NC) legislator

Dipinder Kour, Amandeep

had been allegedly shot by

Jatinder Singh alias Raja and

Royal Singh in August 2009.

"We will interrogate Beig in

this regard as we believe that

he was monitoring the move-

ment of local contract killers,

giving them instructions

from inside the jail," he said.

Beig, who is the former su-

perintendent of high-security

Kotbalwal jail had allegedly

helped the accused engage

contract killers locally and

also from Mumbai and Uttar

Pradesh, he said, adding the

deal with contract killers

brought here from Mumbai

and UP was struck at Rs 1

crore, with Rs 10-15 lakh paid

to them as advance.

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“The wedding is quite a dauntingprospect but very exciting and I’m thor-oughly looking forward to it but there'sstill a lot of planning to be done in thelast four weeks. -- Prince William

We need to give attention to the poor people ofthe two countries and that can happen whenthe war phobia ends. We need to work togetherto resolve our real issues. We should look afterthe poor masses of both the countries.

-- Gilani

PTI

TrIPOlI, APrIl 1: Anothertop Libyan leader, Ali Ab-dessalam Treki, has defectedto Egypt and two desertionsin as many days has spreadparanoia among MuammarGaddafi's inner circle, stirringtalk that many others may bepreparing to follow, triggeringa crackdown to stop them.

Treki, a former foreign

minister and ex-president of

the UN general Assembly

who has worked closely with

Gaddafi for decades, an-

nounced his exist on opposi-

tion websites, declaring "it's

our right to live in freedom

and democracy."

Pan-Arab channel Al-

Jazeera reported that

Gaddafi's intelligence chief

and the Speaker of the Par-

liament had fled to Tunisia.

Some Arabic newspapers

said Mohammad Abu Al Qas-

sim Al Zawi, the head of

Libya's Popular Committee,

the country's equivalent of a

parliament, is among the de-

fectors, and reports of other

defections, such as that of top

oil official Shokri Ghanem,

remain unconfirmed.

These officials were part of

the group who had headed to

Tunisia for talks and decided

to stay there.

The new spate of defec-

tions comes in the wake of

desertion by high-profile For-

eign Minister Moussa

Koussa, who once earned the

nickname 'envoy of death' for

his role in the assassination of

the earlier Libyan defectors.

The defections and ensu-

ing speculation underscored

the increasing tension in the

Libyan capital where US and

allied strikes have crippled

Gaddafi's military machine

deployed mostly as a bulwark

against his own people.

New York Times reported

from the city that residents

had reacted in shock and dis-

belief at the defection of

Koussa and there were in-

creasingly open talks among

the public about the possibil-

ity of Brother Gaddafi's exit.

Defections in Gaddafi’sinner circle spreading

PTI

ISlAMAbAD, APrIl 1:Prime Minister Yousuf RazaGilani today said that Pak-istan and India should over-come "war phobia" to addresstheir outstanding issues as a"third power" cannot comeand do it for them.

"We need to give attention

to the poor people of the two

countries and that can hap-

pen when the war phobia

ends," Gilani said while

speaking in the Senate or

upper house of parliament on

his meeting with his Indian

counterpart Manmohan

Singh on the margins of the

cricket World cup semi-final

at Mohali on Wednesday.

"We need to work together

to resolve our real issues. We

should look after the poor

masses of both the countries

and we both have agreed

that, yes, this is the problem,"

Gilani said, referring to his

talks with Singh.

Addressing critics of his

government who have

claimed that the premier did

not raise the Kashmir issue

with Singh, Gilani said: "The

outstanding and the core

issue is Kashmir. So what

other issue can you talk

about? We discussed all is-

sues and we agreed that we

have to take ownership (of

our problems). If we do not

resolve our issues by our-

selves, then a third power

cannot come and do it."

Taking ownership of out-

standing issues will help Pak-

istan and India to address the

problems of the people of

both countries, including

poverty, hunger, disease, un-

employment, law and order

and food security, he said.

Gilani said Singh had told

him that India is ready to

hold talks on every issue.

"Their gesture of sending

an invitation (to watch the

World cup semi-final was

aimed at creating) goodwill in

both countries," he added.

India, Pak should overcomewar phobia, says Gilani

AFP

lONDON, APrIl 1: PrinceWilliam has admitted tobeing so nervous in a re-hearsal for his wedding toKate Middleton this monththat his knees were knockingtogether.

William, who will marry

long-time girlfriend Middle-

ton on April 29 at London's

Westminster Abbey, con-

fessed that Britain's biggest

royal wedding for 30 years

would be "quite a daunting

prospect."

Speaking after a training

exercise at the Royal Air

Force (RAF) base in Angle-

sey, Wales, where he is based

as a search and rescue heli-

copter pilot, the second-in-

line to the British throne

revealed his nerves.

Asked what elements of the

wedding on April 29 he was

worried about, the 28-year-

old replied: "The whole thing."

"I was telling everyone I

Prince William admits to pre-wedding nerves

AGENCIES

lAMPEDUSA, APrIl 1:Italy has transferred 1,716North African migrants -most of them Tunisian - to atemporary camp site in itssouth-eastern Puglia re-gion.

The migrants arrived by

ship on Thursday from

Lampedusa, a tiny island

packed with thousands flee-

ing poverty and unrest in

Tunisia.

A "tent city" has been set

up to accommodate them in

Manduria, a town in the

southern heel of Italy.

Italy's Il Giornale newspa-

per says Rome is planning to

repatriate 100 Tunisians

every day.

Italy moves

migrants

to mainland AGENCIES

TOKYO, APrIl 1: Thou-sands of Japanese and Amer-ican forces joined togetherFriday in a final three-daysweep to search for those stillmissing after the 9.0 earth-quake and devastatingtsunami hit Japan threeweeks ago.

The operation involves 120

aircraft and 65 ships and will

cover the three prefectures

hit hardest by the disaster

that has killed 11,400 people

and left more than 16,500

missing.

The quake and tsunami

also knocked out cooling sys-

tems at the Fukushima nu-

clear plant, causing it to leak

various forms of radiation.

US, Japanese

forces searching

for missing

AFP

HANOI, APrIl 1: At least 13people were killed and sev-eral others trapped beneathlarge boulders after a rock-slide at a quarry in Vietnam,an official said Friday.

Troops were helping the

rescue efforts but the

chances of survival for the

five missing "is very low," said

Ho Duc Phuoc, chairman of

the provincial People's Com-

mittee, the local govern-

ment.

"The search is very difficult

because there are several

huge rocks and we have had

to mobilise soldiers to help,"

Phuoc said.

13 killed in Vietnam rockslide

did the rehearsal the other

day and my knees started

tapping quite nervously," he

continued.

"It's quite a daunting

prospect but very exciting

and I'm thoroughly looking

forward to it but there's still a

lot of planning to be done in

the last four weeks."

He spoke ahead of a visit

on Friday to the base on An-

glesey by his grandmother,

Queen Elizabeth II and

grandfather Prince Philip.

William joined C Flight, 22

Squadron in September and

has so far participated in 12

search and rescue missions.

The missions have included

rescuing someone who fell off

a cliff in Anglesey and some-

one who had a suffered a sus-

pected heart attack.

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sportsGoa I Saturday 2, April 2011

Viva Kerala will take on JCT at Jawahar Municipal Sta-

dium in Kannur on Saturday in Round 20 of I-League

2010-11. The fact that both the teams are fighting to

avoid the drop will make the encounter a very interest-

ing one. JCT are now one point behind Viva Kerala in the

12th position, which is just above the relegation spot.

“This is a fantastic moment and I am

proud of what my team has

achieved. This is the second time

that we have beaten Mohun Bagan.

-- Churchill Alemao, PWD Minister

CHARLES D’SOUZA

Margao, April 1: The tri-

umphant Churchill Broth-

ers, the only Goan team

which won the IFA Shield

for the second consecutive

time, arrived to a tumultuous

welcome from scores of fans,

supporters and football en-

thusiasts in Vasco and Sal-

cete on Friday.

PWD Minister and patron

of the club, Churchill

Aleamo, his son Savio

Aleamo and his nephew,

Warren Alemao were there

at Dabolim to greet the he-

roes on their arrival from

Kolkata with plenty of sup-

porters cheering the team.

Churchill garlanded the

victorious members of the

team and his new Croatian

coach Mamic Droba.

Churchill said, “This is a

fantastic moment and I am

proud of what my team has

achieved. This is the second

time we have beaten Mohun

Bagan in their own den in

Kolkata. The boys excelled

throughout the tournament

and I praise the entire team

and the new coach. I also

thank all supporters in Goa

for backing the club and

showing faith in the team

that they were worthy win-

ners.”

A jubiliant Churchill

Brothers coach Mamic

Droba said that his boys did

a marvelous job to beat the

Kolkata giants in their own

hometown and win the title.

He however, admitted that

he had very little time with

the team but the boys re-

sponded well with the little

coaching that they got.

Odafe Okolie, Churchill

Brothers scoring machine

was also among the goal get-

ters. “We played as a cohe-

sive unit and God helped us

to achieve the feat. I thank

my boss Churchill Alemao

and supporters. I am very

proud of them,” he added.

Rousing reception forChurchill Bros

The vicTorious churchill Brothers players and officials proudly display the All-India IFA Shield which they won for

the second time to become the only Goan team to have inscribed their name on the trophy alongwith PWD Minister

Churchill Alemao, patron on their arrival from Kolkata at Dabolim on Friday.

GFA Second Division: Sesa

FA (Juniors) v. Peddem

Bomm SC, Duler Stadium,

Mapusa, 4 p.m.

Cruz Memorial soccer:

Holy Cross Boys v.

Menezes Boys, Paroda,

Carmona panchayat

ground, 4.30 p.m.

SWC Cup soccer: Nuvem

SC v. Goa Velha SC, Zaino

ground, Velim, 4.45 p.m.

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER

Mapusa, April 1: Dietmar Fer-

nandes saved a penalty in the

59th minute to ensure 10-man

Saligao United held Saligao

Sporting to a goalless draw in

GFA’s 2nd Div League at Duler

Stadium, here on Friday.

United’s Carl Joshua D’-

Sousa was shown a straight

red card in the 59th minute

after handling the ball to pre-

vent a shot from entering the

net from Sporting’s Allen

Gonsalves. Dietmar did well

to tip the resulting penalty

taken by Sporting’s Uday

Naik over the bar for a corner.

Sporting created more

goal scoring chances than

their opponents, but could

not find the back of the net

due to excellent goalkeeping

from the rival custodian.

Within 15 minutes of the

second half, Dietmar deserved

to earn the man-of-the-match

after a splendid penalty save to

keep United in the match.

Ten minutes later,

United’s troubles worsened

when defender Mahesh

Rane had to go off injured.

This match brings an end to

the Bardez Zone group ‘A’ Sec-

ond Division. After three

matches, Laxmi Prasad

topped the group with six

points. Saligao Sporting and

Saligao United are tied on four

points and both have +2 goal

average, although Saligao

United have a superior goal

score and it looks as if they

may have snatched the second

play-off spot. Benny XI fin-

ished bottom with no points.

Dietmar saves 10-man Saligao United

Margao, April 1: St Rock’s

YC, Majorda drubbed Don

Bosco Oratory, Fatorda 4-2 to

enter the semi-finals of All-

Goa SWC Cup inter-village

football at Zaino ground,

Velim on Friday. St Rock led

2-0 at half time.

Agnelo Fernandes scored

a brace. Preston Rodrigues

further consolidated the lead.

Don Bosco reduced the

margin through Vincent

Barbosa.

St Rock made it 4-1 when

Allister Monteiro scored.

Don Bosco managed to

pull one more back when

Rozer Azavedo’s stiff shot

crashed into the net.

St Rock down Oratory, enter semis

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sports “Notwithstanding the loss in the World Cupsemi-final, the Pakistan team today re-ceived a rousing welcome on its returnhome even as the country's media heapedpraise on its remarkable performance de-spite ‘facing much hardship in recent times’.

I don't know how the TV replaysshowed my delivery turning to-wards the leg side because Ihad bowled an arm ball toSachin and it went straight-- Pak off-spinner Saeed Ajmal

Goa I Saturday 2, April 2011

“

SNAPSHOT

friends Circle win

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM -- Friends Circle, Maina defeated Seraulim

Veterians by a solitary goal in Cruz Memorial soc-

cer at Carmona panchayat ground on Friday.

The match-winner was netted by Creston.

autism day swimmingPANJIM – Special Olympics Bharat – Goa will or-

ganise ‘Swim With a Difference’ on the occasion of

World Autism Awareness Day. Malay Samant, a stu-

dent of Lourdes Convent High School, Saligao will

attempt to swim across River Mandovi alongwith

three regular students Abraham John Fernandes,

Vinela Dias and Abigail D’Costa on April 2 from

Malim Jetty to Captain of Ports Jetty at 10 a.m.

peta soccer tourneyPANJIM– The Higher Secondary School Physical

Education Teachers Association (PETA) will organ-

ise their 6th All-Goa invitational PETA football tour-

nament for the staff of DSYA, SAG, veterans, press

and electronic media, referees association, PE

teachers of schools and higher secondary school

physical education teachers from April 10 to 17 at

Rosary Higher Secondary School ground. Details

may be obtained from Oswald D’Costa, PE teacher,

Rosary HSS, Navelim or Chetan Kavlekar, V S

Dempo HSS, Mira Mar.

Candolim pipRossman CruzHERALD CORRESPONDENT

Calangute, April 1: Can-dolim Sports Club scored asolitary goal victory overRossman Cruz SC, Verna tomove into the quarter-finalsof Rusi Daver Rolling Tro-phy inter-village footballtournament organised byAdarsh Yuvak Sangh at Sali-gao Sporting ground, on Fri-day.

Candolim match forgedahead in the 15th minutethrough Joelif Simoes off apenalty.

Verna mounted pressureon the Candolim defense buta goal eluded them. Can-dolim also had their share ofscoring opportunities butVerna keeper, FranciscoAbranches came to his side’srescue time and again. Healso saved a penalty off Joelifin the dying minutes.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

Margao, April 1: NavelimVillagers Union defeatedRaia Sporting Club 1-0 tostorm into the quarter-finalsof All-Goa Curtorim Pan-chayat Cup inter-village foot-ball tournament organisedby Curtorim Gymkhana atCurtorim ground, on Friday.There was no score at halftime.

The teams began on apromising note when bothteams went into the attackmode but it was Raia whonearly found success in the18th minute when strikerEdison D’Cruz’s well exe-cuted free kick was wellblocked by Navelim goal-keeper Jaison Pereira.

After the initial scare bytheir opponents, Navelim re-grouped quickly and had a

chance to surge ahead butstriker Bitu Singh spurnedthe easiest chance afterbeing fed by veteran mid-fielder Domnic Cabral.

Navelim put up a betterperformance in the secondsession and raided the rivalgoal with their strikers tak-ing the pot shots.

A little later, Navelimmuffed an easy chance withstriker Bitu Singh being the

culprit as he ballooned overfrom close range.

The all-important goalcame in the 53rd minutewhen Franky Pereira’s rasp-ing try hit the cross bar andin the rebound Domnic pun-ished the rival keeper with aneat placement.

Stung by the setback,Raia tried their best butfailed to get past the rivalrearguard.

Navelim Villagers trick Raia

a parent of a trainee lighting the traditional lamp to in-

augurate the 20th Summer camp organised by Margao

Cricket Academy at Multipurpose HS, ground, Margao,

Borda in the presence of Sanjay Katkar, president and He-

mant Angle, secretary.

HERALD SPORTS DESK

Panjim, April 1: The Direc-torate of Sports and YouthAffairs has shortlisted thefollowing U-14, U-17 and U-19 boys and girls probablesto attend the Pre-Nationalcoaching camp in Taek-wondo to select the Stateteam scheduled to partici-pate in the forthcoming 56thNational School Games inAndheri, Mumbai from April23 to 25.

U-19 boys: MahamudSahikh (Gaonkar HSS, Raia),Salman Shaikh (GovernmentMultipurpose HSS, Borda,Margao), Siddesh Naik (ShriShantadurga HSS), AshwinMolgund (DCT’s DempeHSS, Mira Mar), StaffordBobo (Fr Agnel MultipurposeHSS, Verna), Sagar Palconda(RMS HSS, Margao), Ab-hishek Kallur (RMS HSS,Margao).

U-19 girls: Debra Gomes(Shrimati ParvatibhaiChowgule HSS, Margao),

Marolif Fernandes(Chowgule HSS, Margao),Tanvi Gaonkalkar (RMSHSS, Margao), ApekshaRaikar (Chowgule HSS,Margao).

U-17 boys: ChandanGawli (Fr Agnel Multipur-pose HS, Verna), VishalRathod (Municipal HS,Vasco), Rohan Harikant(Sharada English HS,Marcela), Sikandar Kodittal(Government HS, Davorlim,Margao), Sandeep Reswal(Rosary HS, Nuvem), Jagan-nath Sagar (Dada Vaidya HS,Curti, Ponda), BhaveshGawas (Sharada English HS,Marcela), Ravindra Mallah(Municipal HS, Vasco), Ran-jan Thakur (Municipal HS,Vasco).

U-17 girls: Jessy George(Fr Agnel Multipurpose HS,Verna), Snehal Vaddar (FrAgnel Multipurpose HS,Verna), Sunita Pujari (Mu-nicipal HS, Vasco), RatnaNaik (Sharada English HS,Marcela), Sai Dessai (Holy

Family HS, Porvorim), AshaKamaladini (Fr Agnel Multi-purpose HS, Verna), An-nandi Reddy (SharadaEnglish HS, Marcela),Senida Fernandes (FatimaConvent HS, Margao), AlifaBi Khan (Presentation Con-vent HS, Margao), SenninalGomes (Manovikas HS,Margao).

U-14 boys: Swayam Naik(St Joseph HS, Margao),Akanshu Dung Dung(Rosary HS, Navelim) Shiv-nath Chauhan (Infant JesusHS), Sherwin Fernandes(Holy Spirit HS, Margao),Kannhaiya Khatavkar(Adarsh Vidhylay, Margao),Parshuram Pujari (Munici-pal HS, Vasco), Rushad Naik(Loyola HS, Margao), Ma-hesh Naik (Sharada EnglishHS, Marcela), Vikas Mayura(Municipal HS, Vasco),Abrose Pereira (St JosephHS, Usgao), Niraj Bhushan(Municipal HS, Vasco).

U-14 girls: SameeraPereira (Fatima Convent HS,

Schools taekwondo probablesMargao), Sadiksha Asnod-kar (Chubby Cheeks HS,Porvorim), Laxmi Sabar(Government HS, Davor-lim), Railiya Mascarenhas(Presentation Convent HS,Margao), Charmaine Men-donca (Fatima Convent HS,Margao), Murial Gomes(Presentation Convent HS,Margao), Salome Pereira(Fatima Convent HS, Mar-gao), Mallika Fernandes (Fa-tima Convent HS, Margao),Mithali Pujari (Mahila andNutan HS), Vidula Dempo(Sharada English HS,Marcela), Gautami Naik (StJoseph HS, Margao).

All those selected may re-port at Multipurpose Hall,Fatorda from April 2 to 21from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. to Guil-son Baptista, APEO at 2.30

AFP

New Delhi, April 1: Praiseand admiration rained downon Sachin Tendulkar andMuttiah Muralitharan onFriday, as cricket's two mostsuccessful performers pre-

pared to bring their WorldCup careers to an end.

India opener Tendulkar,playing in his sixth and prob-ably last World Cup, is des-perate to capture the onlypiece of silverware missingfrom his record-breakingcollection.

Added spice is providedby Saturday's finalagainst Sri Lankabeing played at his

home Wankhede stadium inMumbai where a centurywill make him the first bats-man to score a hundred in-ternational centuries.

"If you bat with Sachinfor 15 games you

have the kindof experienceyou'd haveafter 50games," saidIndia captainMahendraSingh Dhoni

in praise of a man who is justthree weeks shy of his 38thbirthday.

Dhoni, whose teamreached the final by puttingout champions Australia andPakistan in the knockoutrounds, added that Indiahave still to hit top gear asthey aim to become the firstteam to win the World Cupon home turf.

"There is plenty more tocome from us. We gainedmomentum as the tourna-ment went on and we arenow peaking at the righttime."

Muralitharan, the onlymember of Sri Lanka's 1996World Cup winning squadstill playing in the nationalteam, will retire after Satur-day, bringing down the cur-tain on a 19-year careerwhich has yielded 534 ODIwickets.

The off-spinner, who will

celebrate his 39th birthdayon April 17, is an injurydoubt for Saturday's matchafter suffering a series of in-juries throughout the tour-nament.

But with 15 wickets al-ready to his name in thisevent, he is crucial to histeam's chances and is justthree wickets short ofequalling Australian seamerGlenn McGrath's record of71 World Cup victims.

"Murali's presence is al-ways important. He's a big-match player, he's beenamazing for us, so hopefullyif he is fit he will take thefield," said Sri Lanka skipperKumar Sangakkara.

Both sides suffered injurysetbacks on Friday.

Sri Lanka all-rounder An-gelo Mathews was ruled outwith a side strain to be replacedin the squad by Suraj Randiv.

Indian left-arm seamer

Ashish Nehra is also out hav-ing fractured the middlefinger on his right hand inWednesday's semi-final winover Pakistan.

"Ashish is most certainlyout of the final because hehas multiple fractures on afinger in the right hand,"Dhoni said.

A massive security op-eration has beenmounted for the final -- the highest-profilesporting event tobe held inMumbai sincethe deadly 2008militant attackswhich left 166 people dead.

Although no specificthreat has been made for thematch between India andSri Lanka, Mumbai PoliceCommissioner Arup Patnaiksaid he would prefer to takeno chances with the safety ofplayers and spectators.

Sachin, Murali set for farewell

AFP

Miami, April 1: World ten-nis number one RafaelNadal will square off againstSwiss rival Roger Federer ina rare semi-final showdownFriday that will be their firstmatch on American soil insix years.

Spain's Nadal reached thelast four at the $9 million

WTA and ATP Masters tour-nament on Thursday bybeating Czech TomasBerdych 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Eighth seeded VictoriaAzarenka of Belarus beatRussian third seed VeraZvonareva 6-0, 6-3 to clashwith Maria Sharapova whorallied for a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victoryover German Andrea Petkovicin the other semi-final.

Nadal, Fedex clash in semisAzarenka, Sharapova set up final clash Paes-Bhupathi in final

AGENCIES

Miami, April 1: Third seeds Leander Paes and MaheshBhupathi saved a match-point en route to a hard-foughtthree-set win over Oliver Marach and Janko Tipsarevic tobook a berth in the finalin Miami.

The Indian pair won 6-3, 5-7, 11-9 to set up a clash withsecond seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, who defeatedfourth seeded Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner 6-4 6-1 in their semi-final.

FIXTURES

Saturday

West Ham v. Man United

Birmingham v. Bolton

Everton v. Aston Villa

Newcastle v. Wolves

Stoke City v. Chelsea

Bromwich v. Liverpool

Wigan v. Tottenham

Arsenal v. Blackburn

Sunday

Fulham v. Blackpool

Man City v. Sunderland

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sports “On the eve of the mega-final between Sri Lanka andIndia, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today wishedthe Indian cricket team the ‘best’ and expressed hopethat they would lift the World Cup. “We hope they winand bring the World Cup for us. I wish them all thebest”, she added.

Players were not served food ontime at Mohali and had to rushfor it just before the toss prior toIndia-Pakistan semi-final clashon Wednesday

-- Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Goa I Saturday 2, April 2011

AFP

Mumbai, April 1: Sri Lanka

captain Kumar Sangakkara

ramped up the pressure on

World Cup final opponents

India on Friday by claiming the

whole world expected them to

win the showpiece match.

India will try to become

the first nation to win the

title on home soil at the

Wankhede Stadium and so

fulfil the dreams of millions

of fans, all hoping the team

can add to the 1983 success

of Kapil Dev's side.

"They've always been the

favourites, they've got the

best batting line-up in the

world and some fantastic

bowlers," said Sangakkara,

one of world cricket's

shrewdest captains.

"So I think everyone in the

world expects them to turn

up tomorrow and win this

game."

He added: "I don't think

we're underdogs as such. I

think we're a pretty good unit.

"But we have to under-

stand the fact India, for the

last year or two years, have

been tagged as the favourites

by almost everyone to win

the World Cup.

"I'm sure they'll be looking

at themselves as favourites

too. We're just going to come

and play as well as we can."

This will be Sri Lanka's

second consecutive final and

third in all -- they lost in 2007

to Australia, whom they beat

in the climax of the 1996

tournament.

They were all but out of the

contest in Barbados four

years ago after Australia's

Adam Gilchrist's whirlwind

149 -- the highest ever individ-

ual score in a World Cup final.

"Four years ago we were

outdone by a fantastic innings

by Adam Gilchrist. Hopefully

we won't allow a repeat of that

but even if that does happen,

we've got to have the mental

attitude to adjust and get back

into the game," Sangakkara

explained.

The wicketkeeper-bats-

man said winning a second

World Cup would be of huge

significance to the people of

Sri Lanka, where a two-

decades long civil war only

came to an end in 2009.

"It means everything,"

Sangakkara said. "We've

come through a very tough

period, a lot of people have

laid down their lives for our

country, and in this new fu-

ture hopefully we can take

home a World Cup and that

will be even more occasion

for celebration."

Sangakkara will find him-

self playing away from home

for only the second time this

tournament on Saturday.

But he said: "Playing in

front of your home crowd

adds to the excitement, the

passion and the pride that

you feel but the weight of ex-

pectation, when you feel that

the crowd is looking at you to

Whole world expects Indian win, but we are not underdogs: Sangakkara

PTI

Chennai, April 1: The mem-

bers of Indian cricket team

are set to drive out in all new

Sedans if they lift the World

Cup tomorrow.

Hyundai Motor India

Limited (HMIL), which is

also the official 'Car Partner'

of the event, today an-

nounced that all the mem-

bers of the Indian Cricket

team will get the all-new

Hyundai Verna if they man-

age to pull off a victory

against Sri Lanka.

"We will be extremely de-

lighted to felicitate the Indian

cricket team with the all-new

Verna much ahead of its market

launch in the country. This is part

of our continuous effort to bring

passion to cricket," HMIL man-

aging director and CEO Hang-

Woo Park said in a statement.

Team India ready to roll in all new sedan, if champs

do everything right is also

tough.

"We'd love to have played at

home but that's not the way it

is and we've accepted that.

"We'll try to make use of

whatever conditions are out

there for us and I'm sure the

Indian crowd are always

going to be appreciative of a

good game of cricket."

Saturday's match will be

unusual in that both San-

gakkara, who said his team

enjoyed a "very cordial" rela-

tionship with India, and rival

captain Mahendra Singh

Dhoni are both wicketkeepers.

"MS Dhoni has been fan-

tastic for Indian cricket and

world cricket as a whole,"

said Sangakkara.

"It's nice. Wicketkeepers,

sometimes everyone says

they are over-burdened and

it's not the easiest job. But it's

also the most fun, I think,

when you are always in-

volved. It will be an interest-

ing game."

Sri Lankan bats-

man Mahela

Jayawardene faces

a ball in the nets

during at the

Wankhede Sta-

dium in Mumbai

on Friday.

Indian Police commandos stand in a queue in front of an advertisement hoarding with a picture of Harbhajan Singh at The Wankhede Stadium in

Mumbai on Friday.

Indian Gaurang Makwana holds a miniature of Lord Hanuman holding a cricket

bat as Lord Ganesha perches alongside the ICC Cricket World Cup trohy, in

Ahmedabad on Friday.

AGENCIES

Colombo, April 1: Religious lead-

ers have conducted a special

prayer service for the Sri Lankan

cricket team as it bids to win a sec-

ond cricket World Cup in tomor-

row’s final against India

Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and

Christian leaders organized the

service at Vidyalankara Pirivena

(Temple) at Peliyagoda in

Colombo on Friday.

“We urge to our countrymen

unite together and pray for the

cricket team to bring the World

Cup to the country,” said Professor

Venerable Kamburugamuwe Va-

jira Thero, chairman of Inter-Reli-

gious Alliance for National Unity

(IRANU) addressing the media.

“We bless the National team for

their health and guidance to bring

the Cup to Sri Lanka,” said Anglican

Father Sellaih Joseph Jeyaraj. “We

trust on God and hope that they will

bring the cup to Sri Lanka,” said Fa-

ther Jeyaraj after the prayer service.

Lanka religious leaderspray for team

A Sri Lankan priest performs a special prayer ritual wishing the his team agood luck in the final at a Hindu temple in Colombo on Friday.

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sports “India have always been the

favourites, they've got the bestbatting line-up in the world and

some fantastic bowlers-- Kumar Sangakkara

Goa I Saturday 2, April 2011

The International Cricket Council has once againbarred electronic media from covering cricketWorld Cup final for breaching the media guidelines.The reporters present at the ground on Friday wereforced to leave the premises and even stoppedfrom covering the practice session.

JOVITO LOPES

Panjim, April 1: After 28 years

(1983) of winning the World

Cup, India are on the verge of

scripting history. They just

need to thrash Sri Lanka the

way they had beaten Australia

and Pakistan.

Of all the 10 World Cups

played till date, this is the

first time that the finals

would feature both countries

from South Asia. This is

going to be very interesting

and unpredictable match for

sure, pointed out Betul’s die-

hard fan, Cedric Fernandes

who added that India should

bat first and put Lanka

under perssure.

Cricket buffs including

Ivano Almeida of Cuncolim

and cricket coach Hemant

Angle feel that it’s a chance

for India to repeat the magic

with Men-in-Blue led by M S

Dhoni ready for the ICC

World Cup finals against the

Lankan Lions.

Sri Lanka will play their sec-

ond successive final of the

mega event after finishing run-

ners-up to Australia a year ago

in West Indies, stressed Prasad

Fatarpekar, GCA’s secretary.

Kishori Haldankar of

Vasco, president of Goa

women’s cricket cell, opined

that Sri Lanka, the 1996

World Cup winners will be

once again relying on their

three marauding batsmen –

Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar

Sangakkara and Upal Tha-

ranga who will face a tough

bowling attack on an unfa-

miliar wicket.

Chetan Dessai, former

GCA secretary, felt that San-

gakkara’s batsmen have so far

stuttered just once on the way

to the final. And it happened

against the only quality bowl-

ing they faced in the tourna-

ment so far when Pakistan

successfully defended a total

of 277 for 7 in a group game.

Kishor Narvekar, chair-

man of Margao Urban Coop-

erative Bank, highlighted

that Lanka’s bowling has not

been as dynamic as India’s.

Muralitharan is vastly expe-

rienced but at the end of his

career, he isn’t nearly as

threatening as he used to be.

Mendis is not a big spinner

of the ball, so hitting over his

head down the ground

should not be as difficult as

some batsmen make it seem.

Ajit Naik, IDC’s managing

director, did not hide the fact

that the real danger is Lasith

Malinga. He’s the one who

can cause hell for India. He’s

fast but is very clever with

his variety. He’s got a very

good slower ball and the

yorker. India will be very

careful against Malinga.

Merces’ Zogusso Naik,

pointed out that India has got

a good batting line-up, their

morale being at the highest

after the victory against Pak-

istan in the semis.

V M Prabhudesai, SAG’s

Executive Director said,

“There can never be a bigger

match than the final. As

India one step closer to Trophy

Goa’s enthusiastic fans warm up as they get set for the high-voltage India-Lanka final.

Photo: Rozario Estibeiro

Go India Go, conquer the world. Cricket frenzy grips Goans such, it will be a high pres-

sure affair. India must take

advantage of the opportuni-

ties that come their way to

emerge champs.”

Dr Shivanand Bandekar,

head and professor of GMC’s

orthopediac department elab-

orated that Sri Lanka’s strong

top order and its varied attack

will test Indians. But then,

Dhoni’s men would seek to

slice through the rather vul-

nerable middle order.

Fr Wilfred Fernandes of

Don Bosco (Panjim) re-

minded that Lanka have

reached the finals thrice and

won it once. Tomorrow, they

would be all out to deny

India the ultimate victory.

So, they are unlikely to be as

charitable as the Pakistan

fielders who put down

Sachin Tendulkar on four

occasions. In any case,

Sachin stands a rare chance

of scoring his 100th century.

Goans will be rooting for

India. The Government em-

ployees are certainly happy

that it is an off-day for them.

For many others it will be an

unofficial holiday. Absen-

teeism will be at its peak to-

morrow. The markets, the

roads will be virtually empty.

The Maharashtra Govern-

ment has declared a local holi-

day for Mumbai and its suburbs.

In Goa, it could be a half-day for

many since it’s a Saturday.

Goans, like the rest in India,

predict an Indian victory.

When that happens, fans will

be rejoicing. Fireworks will lit

up the sky and crackers rent

the air across the streets.

A repeat of 1983 is possible

and Mahendra Singh Dhoni

could emerge as country's

second World Cup winning

captain. Best of luck. It’s Go

India Go, conquer the world.

PTI

Mumbai, April 1: Ahead of

the World Cup cricket final,

skipper Mahendra Singh

Dhoni today issued a veiled

warning to the Sri Lankan

team that India has not

played to its fullest potential

and ‘there is plenty to come’.

He also said his team is

prepared to take on veteran

spinner Muttiah Muralitha-

ran.

Dhoni indicated that

Pacer S Sreesanth may be

brought into the Indian team

in place of injured Ashish

Nehra for the summit clash

against Sri Lanka in the

World Cup cricket final here

tomorrow.

Giving the Lankans a piece

of his strategy, he said, "There

is plenty to come. Still we

have done quite well in the

tournament. We have won

one game with quite a few

runs in pocket and another

with quite a few wickets. If we

do everything we can it will

be very interesting (match).

"You want to end the tour-

nament on a good note. It's a

big game for all of us. Irre-

spective of what the result is

I am proud of the team I

have," he added.

With swing bowler Ashish

Nehra virtually ruled out of

the grand finale due to a mul-

tiple finger fracture he suf-

fered in the semifinal clash

against Pakistan, Dhoni ap-

peared to indicate his prefer-

ence in the toss up between

S Sreesanth and off-spinner

Ravichandran Ashwin.

"Ashish is most likely ruled out

he's got multiple fracture on one

of his fingers," he said adding that

the choice could be between

Sreesanth and Ashwin.

"If you see the Mumbai

track there's a bit of pace and

bounce for the seamers ini-

tially and there is a bit of re-

verse swing going. The third

seamer can have an impact on

the game. An extra seamer

Dhoni warns Sri LankaSays ‘there is plenty to come’, may pick Sree in place of Nehra means I am able to manoeu-

vre the bowlers," the skipper

said at the pre-match press

conference," Dhoni said.

The skipper, who had sur-

prised everyone by keeping

Ashwin out of the Mohali en-

counter after his good per-

formance in two matches,

said "With a spinner, if you

have three spinners along

with a part-timer you don't

have room for manoeuvre.

But whatever opportunity

Ashwin has got, irrespective

of where he has fared, he has

done really well.

"We have confidence in him

but we are not clear about

whether to go with three

seamers or two seamers and

one extra spinner," he said.

Sreesanth had not played

after the tournament opener

on February 19 against

Bangladesh at Mirpur, and

asked how he can slip into his

groove after such a lengthy

absence from the middle,

Dhoni said it can be done if

one looked at tomorrow's

final as just another game.

Dhoni said, don't look at it

as the final but as another

game. Sree has done well for

us most of the games he has

played, he has done well.

He's one character who can

definitely swing the ball and

get you early wickets."

PTI

Mumbai, April 1: The

ICC's event technical

committee of the World

Cup today confirmed

Suraj Randiv as replace-

ment for the injured An-

gelo Mathews in Sri

Lanka's squad for tomor-

row's summit clash against

India.

The confirmation was

conveyed to Sri Lanka

Cricket (SLC) on behalf of

the committee.

Mathews suffered a strain

to his right thigh muscle dur-

ing the side's semi-final vic-

tory over New Zealand in

Colombo.

Randiv has played in 21

ODIs for Sri Lanka, claiming

22 wickets at an average of

33.5.

The 26-year-old off-spin-

ner from Matara has also

represented Sri Lanka in

three Test matches and six

Twenty20 internationals.

As with all players in the

tournament, the eligibility of

a replacement player is sub-

ject to approval by the ICC

before that player can be of-

ficially added to the squad.

Randiv replaces Mathews

Goa Communications

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For success in science and

art a dash of autism is

essential

- Hans Asperger

Ojem zodd ,soirim godd- Anonymous

BY DOLCY D’CRUZ

HERALD FEATURES

Aparent’s love is unconditional, there is no denying this; and they only want theirchildren to reach great heights. But there are some who expect a lot from theirchildren right from the stage of infancy. And when this eagerness to see a competitivechild grow is met with an unexpected disorder called Autism, few parents don’ttake it too well. Some parents are very understanding and adopt a whole different

attitude to look at things while the others wear a depressed face which even affects the childin the long run.

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterised by impaired social interactionand communication and by restricted and repetitive behaviour. The early symptoms startshowing by the age of three years as autism affects information processing in the brain byaltering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organise. Though there is no properunderstanding of the occurrence of autism in a child, there are methods developed to help anautistic child to learn and do daily activities independently.

Zane Gomez is 17 years old and has adapted to a lifestyle in the busy city of Margao. Astudent of Jyot School, Zane is often handed the responsibility of being the monitor of theclass of differently able students. Carlton Gomez, Zane’s father, shares his experience with hisson and his development. “Zane interacts with specific people; he can read the mind of theperson he is interacting with. If someone is uncomfortable speaking to him, he too doesn’twant to talk. As a teenager, he loves music, sitting and downloading songs on the computerand listening to songs on his iPod. He is fascinated by electronics. Zane is studying in JyotSchool for Special Children, the same school where my wife, Euphrasia is a special educator.”

When asked about Zane’s behaviour in everyday life, Carlton says, “As a father, I give Zanea lot of leniency. I allow him to do whatever he wants as he knows the dangers involved andis very careful himself. Especially when I take him out and we have to cross the road, he willnot just walk away but he will hold my hand firmly. We give him freedom to be independent.Even when he is left alone at home, we instruct him not to open the door for anyone and hedoesn’t walk off from the house also. He loves chatting with my elder daughter who is a BComfinal year student. He is very neat and tidy especially with his bed – it has to be tidy withpillows in the proper place. We take him out very often and tell him to finish his homeworkon time if he wants to go out early. In school, Zane interacts with all children. He knows themby their names and their activities and sometimes he is made the monitor of the class as heis more responsible and independent. They are not encouraged to play sports in schoolbecause some children are hyper.”

Acceptance of autism in a child can be difficult for parents. When asked about their reactionto the revelation, Carlton says, “At first, it was difficult as we didn’t have much knowledge andmost parents don’t. We moved from Hubli to Goa in 2001 and got Zaneassessed by Nandita De Souza, a developmental paediatrician at San-gath. Then with psychiatrist Dr Vikram Patel who told us that Zane

had very slight MR and autism. As far as people are concerned, in the past 2-3 years I havenoticed that people have started accepting autism. Usually we are around Zane and very fewwill look over their heads. Unfortunately, some parents don’t know anything about autism.Doctors say that for every 100 people there is one child with autism. Parents either revolt orgo against their religion by calling their child evil or resort to banishment and some getdepressed. I talk to parents, counsel them and explain that their interaction with the childshows their emotions which, if negative, are not healthy for their development.”

Carlton is also a sports trainer for special children and was a part of the recently concludedstate level athletics and shuttlecock tournament for special children in Fatorda where over300 children participated from different parts of Goa. Calrton also coordinated with Sangathfor ‘Badhte Kadam’, an initiative by National Trust to spread awareness about special children.A week-long rally was organised with over 35 volunteers where every town of Goa waseducated about autism and special children even performed plays and sang songs. Withseveral schools opening in urban as well as rural areas of Goa, autism is slowly but surelygetting recognised and hence accepted in Goa, the only hindrance is the quick judgementpeople make without understanding facts. It’s important to remember that mental retardation,neural developmental disorders and learning disorders are not one and the same.

Understanding Autismand living with it

Mother Teresa’s words, “If you judge people,you have no time to love them” hold true inmany situations, even in the case of childrenwho are autistic. Today, on the fourth annualWorld Autism Awareness Day, Herald speaks toa parent with an autistic child and learns abouthow they have adapted to Goa, a state which isslowly awakening to this disorder

HERALD FEATURES

Travelling along the NH 17 highway you come across a huge billboardjust around the Bambolim slope, promoting Israel as the birthplaceof three religions. But what is happening in this ‘Holy Land’ issomething that none of the religions would propagate. The fightfor control over the land is more than just a religious one, as

Feroze Mithiborwala stated, “It is not a civil war. It is somethingmore.”

Feroze, one of the pioneers in the fight for thecause of the Palestinian people in India, has been a

social activist promoting communal harmony and isdeeply affected by the numerous communal riots that

have rocked the nation and the world. “The fight is notagainst any particular religion, it is against Zionism, andZionism in any form is a threat, be it Christian Zionism,Jewish or Islamic Zionism. We look at Zionism as thecentre of the problem,” said Mithiborwala who was inGoa to talk at the Citizens’ Initiatives for Communal Har-

mony (CICH).

The land is now converted to a land of fear, hatred and war, owing to theIsraeli occupation of Palestine, the building of a 25 feet high concrete wall ora barbed wired fence. “The wall is something that shouldn’t have been thereat all, it is the denial of the basic human right of movement,” he added. Thesegregation of Palestine and Israel by a huge wall has destroyed the livelihoodof hundreds of olive farmers, created rifts between neighbours and even re-stricted people from visiting their families.

What is happening in Palestine can also happen in India, if things are notkept in check. “The scene in the state of Mizoram is a good example, wherethere is a base for the Israeli base of the mafia. Why are they allowed tooperate there? Why do tourists roam with satellite phones?” said Mithiborwala.He also pointed out the infiltration in the coastal line of the state. “The Israelioperations in Goa have been here for quite a long time, and if this is not con-trolled, the scene might become as bad as that of Palestine,” he warned.

At the discussion which was held at the ICG, the people present learnt aboutthe attacks on the locals by the Israeli immigrants for more than just the pastcouple of years. “I have seen some of these immigrants offering bribes andeven using pepper spray on people, around the Mapusa court area,” said oneperson during the discussion while another pointed out the construction of ahospital by an Israeli company in Bambolim, saying that the company has no

prior record of managing a hospital anywhere in India.

The main reason for Mithiborwala to enlighten the Goan population aboutthe conflict miles away from home is to create awareness that if we don’t takea stand now, we might have the same plight as Palestine. “If South Asia doesn’tunite, we will not have a united Asia,” he said, urging the people to participateand support the cause. A land caravan to Jerusalem, titled, ‘Global March toJerusalem is what is planned in the month of April.’ “When millions of peoplebegin to march and say that we don’t want the war, they can’t do anythingmuch. Revolution is in the air, and all this is non-violent; look at Egypt andYemen. Libya was the only place where it got into the violent means by takingup arms. But with a non violent world movement, we can win,” concludedMithiborwala.

A Fight for Justiceand Freedom

When the world unites fora cause, there is little that

can stop them fromachieving it. Feroze

Mithiborwala, a peaceactivist who was down in

Goa to enlighten thepeople about the

Palestine-Israel conflictwhich has beencreating havoc

in the MiddleEastern world

for the pastcentury,

believes so… For the match in Mohali on Wednesday, the city hosted over3,000 guests from across the border. The visitors from Pak-istan had come to the country hoping they would see their

team go on to win the World Cup. They had bought ticketsonline for both the semi and the grand finale. But Wednesday’soutcome when India beat the boys in green took the wind outof their enthusiasm to stay on until the finals. They want to gohome now, but they still have the tickets. And these 3,000-odd tickets are up for grabs

Their possessors want to sell them in black, revealed highlyplaced sources. The black market sales came to light because ofintelligence agencies that were tracking every movement of theseforeigners since the time they set afoot on the nation’s soil.

“The I-Branch of Special Branch1 was tailing an estimated3,000 Pakistani cricket fans who had entered the country,” said an intel-ligence source. “They were selling tickets for the World Cup final between India and SriLanka in the black market.”

“The act of selling tickets in black market is not posing any security threat to thecountry. But it certainly amounts to fraud,” said a senior police officer.

For obvious security concerns, the sleuths had insisted that the online ticket holdersbe physically present to collect their passes from the venue itself, so they can be screened.To make the procedure more secure, the Pakistanis were asked to collect their passes byWednesday or latest by Thursday. They also had to register themselves with the Foreigners’Regional Registration Office within 24 hours of their arrival.

Meanwhile, the Pakistanis found a novel ploy to cash in on the crazy demand for thetickets. Rigorous scrutiny by the intelligence agencies brought forth that a majority ofthe Pakistani cricket fans approached their friends and relatives in Mumbai, who couldcollect the tickets on their behalf, so they could sell the tickets at least eight to ninetimes the printed price. “Once the tickets were collected they could be sold in the blackmarket,” the source said.

But their money-spinner has now been thwarted as Indian agencies have the namesand e-mail addresses through which the tickets were booked. It would not take long forofficials to identify a proxy or a stand-in when they come to collect the tickets, informeda senior IPS officer.

(Courtesy: NDTV)

Three Thousand Pak Fans selling Final Tickets in Black?

Saturday, 2 Apr 2011

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10:00 Saas Bina Sasural10:30 Saas Bina Sasural11:00 Saas Bina Sasural12:00 Koi... Mil Gaya16:00 C.I.D17:00 C.I.D18:00 C.I.D19:00 C.I.D20:00 Adaalat21:00 Comedy Circus Key Taansen22:00 C.I.D

10:30 Dance India Dance Doubles12:00 Choti Bahu14:30 Sanskaar Laxmi16:30 Choti Bahu20:30 Maha Episode21:30 Dance India Dance Doubles23:30 Kahani Ab Tak

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11:00 Zoom Box11:30 Let'z Go!12:30 Zabar 10 13:00 Follywood13:30 Red Hot Countdown 14:00 Garama Garam15:00 Let'z Go!18:30 Follywood19:00 Planet Bollywood 19:30 Page 3 20:00 Link'D20:30 Main Miss India21:00 Club Mix23:00 Let'z Go!

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10:00 The Looney Tunes Show11:00 Chhota Bheem12:00 Krish, Trish and Baltiboy13:30 Chhota Bheem Marathon14:00 Hagemaru Marathon19:00 The New Adventures of Hanuman20:00 Mr. Bean The Animated Se-ries Marathon22:00 Takeshi's Castle22:30 Bam Bam Bam Gir Pade Hum23:00 FAQ

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H O R O S C O P E‘Mumbai Melange 2011’ - AGroup Show of Mumbai Artists,

organised by Gallery Gitanjali will

be held from April 2 to 12 from 9am

to 9pm at Gallery Gitanjali, Fontain-

has-Panjim. Call 9823572035.

‘Offside’, a bouquet of short essays

and miscellaneous writing by John

Aguiar will be released on April 9 at

4pm at the Goa Chamber of

Commerce, Panjim. Call

2422635.

‘Aquino de Braganca: Bat-tles waged, lasting dreams’,

the book will be released on

April 2 at 5.15pm at Hotel Mandovi,

P a n j i m . C a l l 9 8 2 2 1 2 2 4 3 6 o r

9859461649.

‘Norway Open Quiz’, organised by

Norges Quizforbund, Sunday

Evening Quiz Club (SEQC)

and the International Centre

Goa will be held on April 2 from

10am to 12:30pm at the In-

ternational Centre Goa, Dona

Paula. E-mail prog@incentgoa.com.

Call 9765404391 or 2452805-10.

‘Special Provision for Goa–Arti-cle371’, is the topic of the work-

shop, organised by the Asha

Family Responsibilities and

Rights Association and BCC to

be held on April 2 from 4pm

to 6pm at Benaulim Com-

munity Centre, CD GEN

Complex, Benaulim, Goa.

E-mail trustasha@yahoo.co.in. Call

2256445 or 9822166876.

‘Right To Information’, will be the topic

of the workshop organised by

Asha Family Responsibili-

ties and Rights Association

and Villagers of Candolim to

be held on April 3 from 9.45am

to 12pm at St Theresa’s School Hall,

C a n d o l i m . C a l l 2 2 5 6 4 4 5 o r

9 8 2 2 1 6 6 8 7 6 . E - m a i l

trustasha@yahoo.co.in.

Summer Camp April 2011, or-

ganised by Xavier Centre of

Historical Research, Alto Por-

vorim will be held from

April 4 to 30 from 9.30am

t o 1 2 . 3 0 p m . E - m a i l

xchr.events@gmail.com. Call

2417772.

‘A Musical Evening’, a tribute to Ra-

bindranath Tagore on the occasion of

his 150th birth anniversary celebra-

tion, organised by the Bengali

Cultural Association, Panjim

will be held on April 3 at the

Kala Academy, Panjim. Call

2420452.

Class Act 2011, a workshop

for primary school teachers to

promote learning and behaviour in the

classroom, organised by Sethu Centre

will be held from April 12 to 15 at a

venue in Panjim. Registration closes

on April 5. Call 6513749.

‘PhotoFlare2011’, the annual

international photography fes-

tival, organised by Suna-

paranta - Goa Centre for the

Arts and the GEC Photography Club

will be held on April 9 and 10 at Suna-

paranta, Altinho-Panjim. Registration

is open. Call 2421311.

French courses, conducted by Alliance

Francaise will be held in the months of

April-May in Panjim. Registration is

open. E-mail alliance-fr@hotmail.com.

Call 2420049 or 9922813950.

Biggest Summer Dance Camp, or-

ganised by Xtremers Dance Acad-

emy will be held from April 4 to

May 28 from 4pm to 8pm at Panjim,

Margao, Ponda, Vasco, Colva, Bicholim,

Porvorim and Mapusa. A free zumba

fitness trial will be held on April 5 at

6.30pm at Don Bosco, Panjim. Call

9823712572, 09822170820 or

09823469258.

A Preparatory Course for studentsof Portuguese, organised by the Goa

Association of Teachers of Portuguese

will be held for std 10 students and std

8 and 9 from March 25 to May 6 and

from April 15 to May 15, respec-

tively. The courses will be held

at the Institute Camoes, Pan-

j im. Cal l 9011838139 or

9822483778.

Today, find aw a y t o i n -

crease your un-de rs tand ingand enjoymentof your way of

life. Today is all about takingaction, over and over -- andhaving fun with it! Your greatenergy should help propel youthrough all sorts of amazingadventures, as long as youkeep moving.

Things seemw o r s e t h a n

they are. Talk toa mentor or aclose relativeabout it. Life is

all about relationships rightnow -- you need to settle afeud, get closer to someonewho has been drifting latelyor even start up somethingnew. Your energy is almosttotally directed outward.

D o n ' t w a f f l etoday -- it will

only cause youfrustration. Pickone course ofaction. This is a

bad time to make major pur-chases -- unless you have al-ready done all your homework.If you know prices and qualitycold and can go for a scream-ing deal, you should do well.

Communicationis a two-way

street -- so if youwant to knowsomething, justask. Listen care-

fully today -- a friend (or maybesomeone you hardly know)busts out with some uncom-monly powerful wisdom. Andif you catch it when it happens,you can make a very positivechange.

To d a y y o u ' l lmeet someone

who can teachyou a thing ortwo. Keep anopen mind. Your

mind is moving quickly today,and you should find that yourenergy levels are just highenough to keep up with almostany topic of conversation. It'sa great time for you to step upand impress people!

Look out fo rs o m e o n e

whose perspec-t ive confusesyou. Don't shyaway from a de-

bate. You run into the one,last piece of the puzzle today-- almost certainly unexpect-edly -- and your amazing en-ergy helps you put i t al ltogether in a way that keepsyou smiling all day long.

If you are hav-ing problems

with coworkers,now is the timeto start fightingback. Some-

thing new strikes you in a bigway today -- and you are gladit did! It may be that your careeror romantic path takes a newturn, but you are so sure ofyourself that you can't doubtit for a minute.

It's a great dayto start a fit-

ness routine, be-c a u s e y o u rdetermination isstrong. You've

got an altruistic side that atleast one person has forgottenall about. Remind them todaywith a surprise gift or a last-minute save that helps themsee how awesome life can bewith you in it.

Seeking pleas-ure may have

become too higha priority in yourlife -- balance itout. Your energy

is bold and active today, somake the most of it! You mayneed to deal with someonewho's feeling a little shy, butyour great energy should beable to get the two of you gab-bing like old friends.

Some supportyou thought

would always bethere is gone --and you're finewithout it. You

are having some trouble jug-gling family (or a social life)with your career, and todaybrings that contrast into starkfocus. Unfortunately, you'vegot to make a choice -- butyou can regain balance later.

Someone witha very different

l i f e s t y l e h a ssomething toteach you. Beopen-minded.

Your big ideas are all the rageright now -- even if you don'trealize it! See if you can speakto someone in authority in orderto move your plans forwardmore than you could on ordinarydays.

It's time to dos o m e

sleuthing! Puton your mostcharming cam-ouflage. You

feel absorbed by some newperson or project, which is agood feeling --as far as it goes.You may wonder when theobsession will end, especiallyif there's some discomfort in-volved. It won't be long!

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The Ice Cream that grows on trees!The ‘Ice Cream’ mango is a semi-dwarf mango cultivar that originated inTrinidad and Tobago and was later introduced to Florida. The ‘Ice Cream’cultivar was discovered in Trinidad and Tobago, and was later brought tothe United States by Maurice Kong of the Rare Fruit Council International and in-troduced via Florida. It is of unknown parentage and became recognised forits semi-dwarf growth habit – trees can be maintained under 6.5 feet in

height. Because of its dwarf properties, ‘Ice Cream’ isoften grown in a pot. It has become a commonly

sold nursery stock tree marketed to home growersin Florida. The fruit are very small in size, averagingonly eight ounces at maturity and tend to be yellow-

green, lacking any red blush. Ripe Ice Cream fruit aregreen having a flat oval shape with a bumpy surface.

MIND BENDERS

Tongue Twister

Riddle Me ThisI’m a god and a planet, and my name also de-notes something used in an instrument for de-termining how hot you are. Who am I?

How much caramel can a canny

candy-maker cram into a creampie

Last ‘Riddle Me This’ Answer: Throw the ball in the air

Funny Quote“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are

many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”

– Ronald Reagan

DAILY GROOK

SENSE PRETENSE

by Francis Rodrigues

our salon ended in a mess

mixing perfumes of clients,

their so-confused business

no longer makes any scents!

LAFFS

bivouac

PronunciationBIV-uh-wak

FunctionNoun

Meaning

: an encampment for the night, usually under little or no shelter

Example SentenceRob had made his emergency bivouac just at the foot of themountain, in a cosy meadow.

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MOVIE REVIEW

F.A.L.T.U.Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Jackky Bhagnani,Angad Bedi

Director: Remo D’Souza

Rating:

Young, lively and satirical. That, in short,summarises F.A.L.T.U., helmed by direc-

tor Remo D’Souza. He sets his maideneffort (in Hindi, that is; he had directed aBengali film earlier) in a college campus,casts young talents and comes up with afilm that has loads of energy, plus a mes-sage before it concludes.

F.A.L.T.U. gives its take on the educa-tional system, but it’s far from seriousand preachy. With foot-tapping songs and energetic choreography,loads of humour and tremendous youth appeal, F.A.L.T.U. is more of a fun ride that’s wildly aimed at theyouth in particular.

On the flip side, the writing could’ve been tighter. In fact, F.A.L.T.U. vacillates constantly between interestingand implausible moments as four young students decide to set up a fake educational institution within,hold your breath, one day. Also, the writers indulge in too many cinematic liberties, so much so that youlose count after a point. The redeeming aspect is its musical score and the magnificent execution of thesetracks.

F.A.L.T.U. tells the story of a group of friends who are considered a total waste. Thanks to their terriblegrades, Jackky, Angad and Pooja don’t get admission in a college. That’s when Jackky gets a brainwave: Whynot start a University with the help of his friends? That’s how Fakirchand And Lakirchand Trust University(F.A.L.T.U.) takes shape.

Jackky seeks help from a friend, Arshad Warsi, who in turn gets Riteish Deshmukh, a school teacher, toplay the part of the Principal. Jackky’s plans go kaput when several academic rejects show up at the door,hoping for an education.

Remo’s fundas are clear: Let’s entertain! In fact, the film is targeted at the youth and it is this segmentthat will identify with it more than any age-group. The four youngsters get almost equal prominence in thisenterprise. Jackky grabs the opportunity with both his hands and delivers a charming, charismatic performance.His dances boast of unique steps, not the run of the mill kind. Pooja looks lovely and enacts her part withutmost confidence. Angad Bedi is a revelation. Ditto for Chandan Roy Sanyal. Riteish is bankable as always,while Arshad Warsi does well.

On the whole, F.A.L.T.U. banks heavily on the formula that the youth loves. It’s funny, energetic and has abig ace in its smash hit musical score. It offers what the audience desires: Entertainment!

GameCast: Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Sarah Jane Dias

Director: Abhinay Deo

Rating:

Hindi cinema is undergoing a major metamorphosis butthe rules of the game haven’t changed. A whodunit

should keep your interest alive till the penultimate moments.Unfortunately, Game misfires. The problem with Game ismanifold. First and foremost, first-time storyteller AbhinayDeo serves a slick-flick that’s devoid of meat. It’s all aboutnarrating interesting stories and how convincingly theytranslate on celluloid, but Abhinay seems to be under thenotion that stunning locales and vibrant/energetic actionpieces compensate for a tight/cohesive script. No, theydon’t!

Another problem with the film is that the screenplaygoes for a toss after an electrifying first hour. While thefirst hour succeeds in holding your attention thanks tothe interesting twists and turns and flows like a breeze,the second hour simply tests your patience. It’s puzzlingand confusing, with everyone pretending to be SherlockHolmes. Moreover, the second hour is formulaic andtakes the most convenient route to reach the finale.

Game bears an uncanny resemblance to the Dharmen-dra-Zeenat Aman starrer Shalimar and the more recent Luck, but the similarity is limited toa number of people congregating at one place. Actually, Game springs a surprise at the very start, withAnupam Kher spelling out the reasons for inviting the four people on his island. The turn of events thereafter,right till the conclusion of the first half, leave you impressed mainly due to the twists and turns that arehard to envisage.

Game offers Abhishek ample opportunity to prove his mettle. He has delivered some really fine performancesin the past and he gets it right in the first hour. But no actor can rise beyond a weak script and that’sprecisely why he looks far from convincing in the post-interval portions. Kangna acts well and though sheseems to have worked on her dialogue delivery, she stills needs to get her diction right, especially whenshe converses in English. Sarah Jane Dias looks lovely and for a first timer, makes a decent debut.

On the whole, Game is high on style, but low on substance. Disappointing!

Courtesy www.bollywoodhungama.com

HERALD FEATURES

Soul Soufflé, Verna is shaking up a cocktail frenzy thatwill help you soothe those nerves at the India-SLfinals, today. Situated on the banks of the Uddearwaterfall, you can lazily sip on your Passion fruit and

Mango Daiquiri while seated on the breezy lawns with thesounds of the nearby waterfall providing the perfect back-ground score. And with the world cup final upon us, the

scene will be a tad more exciting. Specially created thematic shooters will create the rounds

each time an Indian batsmen hits a Sri Lankan ball out ofthe park. In addition to that, a selection of Lasagnas, Pastas,Steaks, Salads and some hearty Goan dishes will keep theenergy levels up and cheering.

To book your place in the stands, call Soul Soufflé on2782100 / 9404312100.

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Light It Up

BlueCampaign spreading Awareness about Autism

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World Autism Awareness Day is observed onApril 2 every year. Sangath in partnership withother establishments is joining the Light it

Up Blue Campaign which started yesterday and is alsotaking place across the world today. A number of or-ganisation, establishments and buildings are to be partof this campaign which is being held for the first timein Goa.

Autism is part of the Autism Spectrum Disorderswhich are a group of developmental disorders whichinclude Asperger’s Syndrome. These disorders affectthe way a person communicates and relates to peoplearound them. The idea behind this campaign is to raiseawareness for this disorder by turning the lights bluein your workplace, wearing blue to work or even sup-

porting lighting up a building in your neighbourhood. The schools participating in this campaign will have

school assemblies sharing information on autism, somewill make posters and others will visit colleges to createawareness on autism. Schools which are participatingare Disha School, Panjim, Sunshine Worldwide School,Old Goa, Shiksha Niketan, Torda, Keshav Seva Sadhana,Bicholim and Kings School, Margao.

The Betim Cross, Saligao church and the Margaoroundabout will be lighted up with blue lights.

A few restaurants and shops too are taking part inthe campaign by keeping information flyers on theirtables and counters to raise awareness for this disorder.

The idea is to talk about Autism on these days, tospread the word so that children can be detected earlyand get access to care.

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VEvents led by Felix Cor-reia will present ‘Senti-mental Journey ’ – A

Tribute to late Frank Fernand,a musical programme. He issaid to be one of the greatestmusicians of Konkani music.The show is supported by Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) under its scheme ‘RememberingTiatr Artistes of Yester Years’. The show will be staged on April 3 at 7pm at RavindraBhavan, Margao and April 6 at 7pm at DMK Auditorium, Kala Academy, Panjim.

Frank Fernand is a musician of high stature who has provided excellent musicto the Bollywood music industry in the 1960s. The music that he has provided forthe songs of two immortal Konkani movies namely ‘Amchem Noxib’ and ‘Nirmonn’will always be remembered by Goans.

The show will feature veteran Konkani singer Antonette, besides singing sensationsof Anthony San, Socorro de Santa Cruz, Ben Evangelisto, Clarissa, Sonia, Bushka,Young Chico, Trisca and Kyra Pais. Comedy skits will be provided by HortencioPereira and Rony Fernandes. The live band led by Lenoy Gomendes will be in at-tendance.

There are no tickets for admission. It is free for the public. TAG requests loversof Konkani song and music to attend the programme in large numbers.

Free Musical Show toFondly rememberFrank Fernand

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The International Centre Goa hosted the programme ‘the Citizen’s Ini-tiative for Communal Harmony’ which included the screening of adocumentary, titled, ‘The Iron Wall’ which highlights the encroachment

of the Palestinian state by the Israeli state. The building of the gigantic 25-metre high wall, according to the documentary, is a violation of the basichuman right of movement.

The screening was then followed by a discussion of the issue and its rel-evance to Goa, with regard to the Israeli influx into the state. Thediscussion was headed by Mumbai based social activist Feroze Mithi-borwala, a part of the movement, One Asia – United Asia. The discussiondebated the role of the United Nations in the partition of the Pales-tine-Israel state, and about the various activities that are held inthe areas concentrated with Israeli immigrants in the country.

Palestine-Israel Issue discussed at Citizen’s Initiative for Communal Harmony

Roland Martins

Nandini Sahai

Albertina Almeida

Pranab Mukhopadhyay

Feroze Mithiborwala heading the discuss ion

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Israeli researchers have found that a woman’s depression can bring her relationship down as adepressed person can be withdrawn, needy, or hostile-and give little back. But there’s anotherway that depression isolates partners from each other. It chips away at the ability to perceive

the others’ thoughts and feelings and impairs what psychologists call “empathic accuracy”,thereby exacerbating alienation, depression, and the cycle by which they feed each other.

The study by Reuma Gadassi and Nilly Mor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and EshkolRafaeli at Bar-Ilan University revealed a surprising dynamic: “It’s called the partner effect,” saidGadassi, a psychology graduate student. She explained: “Women’s depression affects theirown accuracy. But it also affected their partner’s accuracy”– in both cases, negatively.

Fifty heterosexual couples – some married, some cohabiting, and together an average ofabout five years – participated in the study. First, a questionnaire assessed their levels ofdepression. Then, their interpersonal perceptions were tested both in the lab and in daily life.

In the lab, the couples were videotaped during a 12-minute conversation in which onesought help from the other. Halfway through, they switched roles: the help-requester becamethe helper. In the second portion, the participants made once-a-day diary entries for 21 days,rating a list of negative and positive moods and feelings about the relationship.

From both tests, the researchers found that the more depressed the woman was, the less ac-curately she inferred her partner’s feelings. Men’s own depression did not affect their empathicaccuracy, though that is not to suggest that his blues would have no impact on the relationship,just ‘a different one’,” said Gadassi.

It was in the daily diaries that the most surprising finding emerged: When women were de-pressed and their sensitivities dulled, their partners also became less empathic. When womenare depressed, the relationship suffers more. After all, mutual understanding is the bedrock ofintimacy.

Amobile phone doubling up as a laptop is being hailed asthe gadget that could end iPad’s supremacy in the market.The Motorola Atrix phone can be turned into a proper

laptop by attaching a screen and keyboard, both of which haveto be bought separately.

It has so impressed gadget experts since it debuted at tech-nology fairs earlier this year that it has been dubbed a ‘laptopkiller’. Technology magazine T3 has even snubbed the iPad 2 –Apple’s latest version of its tablet device – to hand the Atrix the‘hottest gadget’ accolade. T3 editor Luke Peters said: “This wasn’tabout products that have been hyped, but about products thatreally disrupt the market. We see the iPad 2 as more of anevolution than a revolution.”

“The Atrix can really reshape how we think about mobile

phones. It’s incredibly powerfuland versatile, and for us it reallyshowed that you can do some-thing different with a mobilephone.”

'”It is also a warning to Applethat mobile phones like theAtrix that run Google’s Androidsoftware are really making abig impact.”

Although the iPad came sec-ond in the poll, Apple still sold out the 399-pound gadget inmany stores within three days, and is warning online buyersthey face a wait of three to four weeks.

One would have thought Bollywood stars would come out in fullforce at the Wankhede Stadium Saturday, but actors Shah RukhKhan and Aamir Khan seem to be the only top stars who will be

cheering the Men in Blue. Shooting schedules will keep big names likeHrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu away from the fieldwhere India and Sri Lanka will play the World Cup final today. Salman Khan, Ab-hishek Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar are planning to watch the game on TV athome.

Aamir, who attended the exciting semi-final at Mohali with his wife Kiran Rao,has requested his director Reema Kagti to give him a weekly off from the shootingtoday, instead of on April 4. “Aamir plans to wear the same clothes that he worefor the semi-finals as he is superstitious about these things while watching cricket,”informed Aamir’s publicist.

Shah Rukh chose to stay at home for the semi-final, and watched it with a hostof other Bollywood celebrities. But missing the match in Mumbai was out of

question, and he will head to the stadiumwith his children, Aryan, 14, and

Suhana, 11.Actress Lara Dutta will add her

share of glamour too at the stadiumeven though her husband, ace ten-nis player Mahesh Bhupathi, willbe busy playing in the finals ofMiami Masters tennis tourna-ment in Florida, US.

Yash Raj Films, one of the leading studios in Bollywood, haslaunched Y-Films to give opportunity to freshers and one ofthe new talents they are introducing is Boney Kapoor’s son

Arjun with Virus Diwan. “I met Shanu Sharma, the casting director.She found me and asked me to audition. I came and qualified andthat’s how I became Virus Diwan,” Arjun said at the launchof Y-Films.

Arjun says it was none other than Salman Khan whodiscovered his acting potential.

“Salman Khan once took me aside and asked if Iwant to be a hero. I was 140 kilos then. I don’t knowhow he found a hero in me. I started training withhim. I was literally with him all time. And he cut meto 85 kilos,” said Arjun. To be directed by Bumpy,Virus Diwan is a tech-based caper where Arjun playsthe title role of a computer hacker.

Before facing the camera, Arjun worked as an as-sistant director.

“I wanted to be in the film industry, so I decidedto be an assistant director. I worked in Kal Ho NaaHo and Saalam-e-Ishq aswell as two of my fa-the r ’ s f i lms ,Wanted and NoEn t r y , ” s a idArjun.

Critics skewered James Franco for a poor job co-hosting theOscars with some saying he looked stoned onstage, but theactor said it was likely low energy, not dope, that was to blame.

Franco, who hosted the world’s top film awards in February alongsideactress Anne Hathaway, told David Letterman on his talk show thathe had thought about his poor reviews and speculation he wasunder the influence of marijuana and he thought he knew why.

“I love her, but Anne Hathaway is so energetic. I think the Tas-manian Devil would look stoned standing next to AnneHathaway...She has a lot of energy,” Franco said on the Late Showwith David Letterman.

Letterman agreed that Hathaway was “very buoyant...veryebullient,” according to a transcript released by the show.

Franco responded: “I think I actually – I haven’t watched itback – maybe I had low energy. I honestly played those linesas well as I could.”

Franco, 32, is best known for his dramatic roles inmovies like 127 Hours, for which he earned an Oscarnomination this year. Letterman said he could empathisewith Franco over the poor reviews, having hosted theshow himself in 1995. When Franco asked him abouthis experience, Letterman replied: “It was horrible...Iwas so bad that they talked for a while about shutting

down the motion picture industry.” Letterman then of-fered Franco some advice, telling him that initially hewould be embarrassed about the performance, but thatit would eventually wear off.

Colombian pop star Shakira pledged $400,000 to help rebuild aschool for girls in Haiti that was severely damaged during thecountry’s devastating earthquake last year. The Grammy award

winner and songwriter announced the contribution during a visit to theHaitian capital Port-au-Prince, where she danced and sang with students of the

Elie Dubois public school.“I’m convinced the key to achieve a dignified future for the Haitian people is

through education,” Shakira said. The students sang her World Cup hit Waka Waka.The star was accompanied by the head of the Inter-American Development Bank,

Luis Alberto Moreno. The Washington-based multilateral lender plans to matchShakira’s contribution in the school rebuilding effort.

The school, housed in a nearly 100-year-old building, suffered significant damageduring Haiti’s January 12, 2010 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people inone of the world’s poorest states. More than a year later, its walls and ceilings showhuge cracks that have forced more than 200 students to study in a nearby building.

Boney Kapoor’s Son Arjunto debut with Virus Diwan

Shakira helps rebuildQuake-hit Haitian Girl’sSchool

Aamir, Shah Rukh to addStar Power at Wankhede

Franco blames Poor OscarJob on Low Energy

Women’s Depression can erode their Intimate Relationships

Mobile Phone doubling up as Laptop could dethrone iPad Sexual

Harassmentaffects Men, Women differently

Astudy has found that women and men deal dif-ferently with sexual harassment, with the fairersex having built up enough resistance to only

find it “bothersome”. The new study by MichiganState University researchers revealed that sexual ha-rassment has become so commonplace for womenthat they do not find it so distressing anymore.

This effect, said lead investigator Isis Settles, maybe similar to the way people build up immunity to in-fection following exposure to a virus.

“When women view sexual harassment as bother-some, it doesn’t seem to be associated with distress,”Settles, associate professor of psychology, said. “Insome ways this suggests that sexual harassment issuch a widespread problem that women have figuredout ways to deal with it so it doesn’t interfere withtheir psychological well-being,” she added.

The researchers examined surveys of more than6,000 women and men serving in all five branches ofthe US military.

Sexual harassment was a problem for both sexes,the study found, with more than 50 per cent of womenand nearly 20 per cent of men reporting at least oneincident of sexual harassment during a 12-month pe-riod.

The survey covered 16 types of verbal and physicalharassment, including offensive stories or jokes andtouching that made the person uncomfortable.

“We were surprised by this finding. We thoughtwomen would be negatively impacted if they sawtheir harassment as frightening or bothersome,” Settlessaid.

Where men were concerned, sexual harassmentwas distressing when they saw it as either frighteningor bothersome.

“People tend to underestimate the impact of sexualharassment on men,” Settles said. Men typically haven’thad a lifetime of experiences dealing with sexual ha-rassment and may not know how to deal with it whenit happens to them,” she added.