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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.
…Says govt will try toincrease financial aidin dialysis treatment
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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“The preservation of the mother tonguemay be done by learning Konkani orMarathi in class one, or it may be betterpreserved by learning the mother tonguefrom the person who knows it best – themother at home. – Edit
We need support and consistency fromthe authorities, who need to take a littleeffort in self-education<None>, on how totake Goa’s tourism to its justified levelsboth locally and internationally!
– Lyndon Alves
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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 [email protected]
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.
KALMADI: MAKIng enDs Meet
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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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world “goa, saturday 2 april 2011
“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.
[email protected] 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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world “Goa, Saturday 2, April 2011
“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
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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
Saturday, 2 Apr 2011
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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
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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?
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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 [email protected].
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 [email protected]. 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
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
[email protected]. 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 [email protected].
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
HERALD FEATURES
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.
HERALD FEATURES
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.