goanet-digest Thursday, August 22 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4231
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[Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza on Destiny!
[Goanet] Devdas & Bombay Dreams
[Goanet] Links: Indian Films
[Goanet] News-Sports: Tirkey, Coutinho, Laxman get Arjuna award
[Goanet] 22 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
Re: [Goanet] Devdas & Bombay Dreams
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:29:07 +0000
From: "James Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza on Destiny!
Folks,
This op-ed by Dinesh appeared in the Times of India, and should raise
considerable heckles! Needless to say, it is characterized by gross
generalizations, but nevertheless, an interesting read.
Enjoy!
James
Times of India August 20, 2002
In the Driver?s Seat of Destiny
Dinesh D?Souza
The conventional wisdom is that immigrants come to America for one reason:
to make money. This notion is reflected in Indian Americans who say, ?I want
to have an Indian lifestyle at an American standard of living?.
It is endlessly conveyed in the ?rags to riches? literature on immigrants,
and it is reinforced by America?s critics, who like to think of America as
buying the affection of immigrants through the promise of making them filthy
rich. But this Horatio Alger narrative is woefully incomplete; indeed, it
misses the real attraction of America to immigrants, and to people around
the world.
There is enough truth in the conventional account to give it a surface
plausibility. Certainly America offers a degree of mobility and opportunity
unavailable elsewhere, not even in Europe. Only in America could Vinod
Khosla, the son of an Indian army officer, become a shaper of the technology
industry and a billionaire to boot. America?s greatness is that it has
extended the benefits of affluence, traditionally available to the very few,
to a large segment in society. America is a country where ?poor? people have
television sets and microwave ovens, where maids drive rather nice cars,
where plumbers take their families on vacation to Europe.
The typical immigrant, who is used to the mind-numbing inefficiency, and
multi-layered corruption of developing countries, arrives in America to
discover, to his wonder and delight, that everything works: the roads are
clean and papersmooth, the highway signs are clear and accurate, the public
toilets function properly, when you pick up the telephone you get a dial
tone, you can even buy things from the store and then take them back. The
place is full of numerous unappreciated inventions: quilted toilet paper,
fabric softener, cordless phones, disposable diapers, and roll-on luggage.
So, yes, in material terms America offers the newcomer a better life. Still,
the material allure of America does not capture the deepest source of its
appeal. Recently I asked myself how my life would have been if I had not
come to America. I was raised in a middle-class family in India. I didn?t
have luxuries, but I didn?t lack necessities. Materially, my life is better
in the US, but it is not a fundamental difference. My life has changed far
more dramatically in other ways.
Had I remained in India, I would probably live my entire existence within a
five-mile radius of where I was born. I would undoubtedly have married a
woman of my identical religious and socio-economic background. I would face
relentless pressure to become an engineer, a doctor, or a computer
programmer. My socialisation would have been almost entirely within my
ethnic community. I would have a whole set of opinions that could be
predicted in advance. In sum, my destiny would, to a large degree, have been
given to me.
In America, my life has broken free of these traditional confines. At
Dartmouth College, I became interested in literature, and switched my major
to the humanities. Soon I developed a fascination with politics, and
resolved to become a writer, which is something you can make a living doing
in America, and which is not easy to do in India. I married a woman of
English, Scotch-Irish, French, and German ancestry. Eventually I found
myself working in the White House, even though I was not an American
citizen. I cannot imagine any other country allowing a non-citizen to work
in its inner citadel of government.
In most of the world, even today, your identity and your fate are largely
handed to you. This is not to say that you have no choice, but it is choice
within given parameters. In America, by contrast, you get to write the
script of your own life: What to be, where to live, whom to love, whom to
marry, what to believe, what religion to practise.
Some critics, both in America and abroad, have noted that this freedom to
shape one?s own life is not an unmixed blessing. Freedom can be used well or
badly. Some Americans do indeed make mistakes with freedom, as the country?s
high divorce and illegitimacy rates suggest. These are unfortunate social
trends, but we should remember that while freedom allows vice its scope, it
also gives greater lustre to virtue.
Those who have tasted the exhilaration of freedom ? which entails
responsibility for one?s own choices and one?s own life ? can hardly imagine
living in any other system. The core American idea is the ?pursuit of
happiness?, which means that happiness is not a guarantee, but that in
America you have a chance to find it for yourself. No wonder that so many
young people throughout the world are magnetically attracted to what America
represents: they find irresistible the prospect of being in the driver?s
seat of their lives. So, too, the immigrant discovers that America permits
him to break free of the constraints that have held him captive, so that the
future becomes a landscape of his own choosing.
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:52:21 +0000
From: "Tim de Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Devdas & Bombay Dreams
Saw Devdas last night in Mississauga at the new Cineplex Odeon at Square
One.
Actually my wife and I were in Jaipur two weeks ago and Devdas was playing
at the Raj Mandir - reputed to be the best movie theatre in Asia.
Unfortunately, after touring the Pink Palace in sweltering heat, we were too
tired that night to take in the movie.
Enjoyed it thoroughly despite the (very) thin story line. A fantasy romantic
tale of unrequited love set in lavish fairy tale sets. The whore (Madhuri
Dixit) was beautiful and the brothels celestial.
I saw it as a celebration of Indian feminine beauty and dance. Of course, it
helped to have Aishwarya Rai, a former Miss World to play the lead role and
one of the queens of Bollwood Madhuri Dixit to play the supporting role as
the whore who also pines for the hero.
No expense was spare for their costumes and jewellry. The choreography was
brilliant and only served to accentuate the beauty of the Indian women. A
feast for the eyes.
Apparently the movie - the most expensive Bollywood has made - cost approx.
Rs. 60 crore. The costumes alone apparently cost Rs. 25 lakh.
In London, we also managed to take in Bombay Dreams - an Andrew Lloyd-Webber
production of a wonderful vivacious musical set in one of Mumbai's slums
against the backdrop of Bollywood - on July 5. The music, composed by AR
Rahman - the "Mozart of India" was excellent. So was the choreography. The
audience was almost 50% Indian.
Outside the theatre, there were two highly decorated Ambassador Bombay
taxis. Nice touch.
I do not think this stage production has the "emotional appeal" to bring it
to Broadway like CATS and The Phantom did. However, I think it will make it
to Toronto.
Indian song and dance is making its presence felt in western mainstream - at
last!
Tim de Mello
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Ontario, CANADA
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:54:56 +0200
From: Eustaquio Santimano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Links: Indian Films
Hello all,
Here is a good resource/database to search for A to Z of Indian Films:
http://www.indofilms.com
Best wishes
Eustaquio
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:33:11 +0200
From: Eustaquio Santimano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] News-Sports: Tirkey, Coutinho, Laxman get Arjuna award
Tirkey, Coutinho, Laxman get Arjuna award
India hockey captain Dilip Tirkey, former India football captain Bruno
Coutinho and stylish middle order batsman V V S Laxman have been named
in the list of 14 Arjuna award winners for the year 2001.
The awardees, chosen by a new selection committee headed by former
badminton ace Prakash Padukone, also includes the shooter Samaresh Jung,
tennis player Sandeep Kirtane and basketballer Parminder Singh.
The new committee was formed following widespread criticism of the
selection procedure for last year's awards.
Micheal Ferreira [billiards and snooker] and Sunny Thomas [shooting]
have been conferred the prestigious Dronacharya award for outstanding
performances as coaches, for the year 2001.
The awards will be presented by the President of India at a function on
August 29.
The list:
Arjuna award: Parminder Singh (basketball), Devendra Joshi (billiards
and snooker), V V S Laxman (cricket), Bruno Coutinho (football), Dilip
Tirkey (hockey-men), Sita Gossain (hockey-women), B C Ramesh (kabaddi),
Kasam Khan (rowing), Samaresh Jung (shooting), Sandeep Kirtane (tennis),
Amir Singh (volleyball), Ramesh Kumar (wrestling), Lt Cdr R Mahesh
(Yachting), K R Shankar Iyer (athletics and cricket - disabled).
Dronacharya award: Michael Ferreira (billiards and snookers), Sunny
Thomas (shooting).
Laxman's epic 281 in the second Test against Australia, which helped
India pull off an incredible come-from-behind victory to level the
series 1-1 in Kolkata, has been given due recognition, while seasoned
Goan striker Coutinho has been rewarded for consistent performances on
the football circuit for several years.
Tirkey is currently leading the Indian hockey team and was also a member
of the gold-winning Bangkok Asian Games squad.
Devendra Joshi, one of the top billiards players of the country, also
found favour with the selection panel for his consistent showing on the
green baize.
Former women's hockey captain Sita Gossain played a key role in the
team's gold-winning effort in the recent Commonwealth Games in
Manchester, while the experienced Parminder Singh has been awarded for
his outstanding peformance in basketball for the last few years.
The selection committee for the Dronacharya award, headed by 1975 hockey
World Cup-winning captain Ajit Pal Singh, recommended the names of
Michael Ferreira and Sunny Thomas for the coach's honour and the
Ministry of Youth Affiars and Sports had not hesitation in accepting the
nominations.
Former world champion Ferreira currently coaches the Indian billiards
and snooker teams while Thomas was the coach of the shooting team which
excelled at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
From: http://www.rediff.com/sports/2002/aug/21arjuna.htm
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:20:33 +0500
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 22 AUG: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
August 22, 2002
ARJUNA AWARD FOR BRUNO COUTINHO: Goa's best known footballer Bruno Coutinho
became the second Goan (after Brahmanand Shankhawalkar) to win the
country's highest sports honour-Arjuna Award-when his name was included in
the 14 awardees' list, announced by the Sports Ministry for the year 2001,
in Delhi yesterday. Bruno has been in the limelight ever since he was 14
when he represented the Indian school team at the international school
tournament in Brunei in 1987. He made his international debut when he
joined Salgaocar Sports Club. In 1989-90, he played in the President's Gold
Cup in Bangladesh. Two years later he captained the Pre-Olympic squad for
the matches held in Hyderabad. Again in the SAF games at Chennai in 1995,
Asia Cup at Malaysia, Eider Nehru Cup in 1997 and SAFF Cup, in Goa, 1999.
Bruno married his long-time girlfriend Nyna Dias on April 21 this year. (H)
THE HAPPIEST MOMENT: "It's the happiest moment in my life. The feeling is
so great that I have no adequate words to express the extraordinary
feeling. It's delightful even though it's a bit tardy," that's how former
international footballer, who captained India five times-Bruno
Coutinho-reacted when told that he was among those selected for the Arjuna
Award. (NT)
RETINAL SURGERIES IN GMC SOON: Health minister Dr Suresh Amonkar said in
the Assembly on August 21 that the Opthalmology department is being
upgraded to perform retinal laser surgeries. (H)
TEMPLE PRIEST VICTIMISATION: The issue of victimization of a temple priest
for performing marriage rituals of a Dalit couple in Khazne village of
Pernem taluka created an uproar in the Goa Assembly with the Congress
staging a walk-out protesting against government refusal to reply to the
matter. (H)
MUSEUMS IN GOA: Minister for Archives and Archaeology Ramkrishna Dhavlikar
informed the House that the State had four museums, of which two (the
Christian Art Museum in Old Goa and the Museum of Pilar Seminary) were
privately run-museums and the other two (the Museum of Archaeological
Survey of India at Old Goa and Goa State Museum) were government museums. (H)
SCHOOL ADMISSION AGE: The State Cabinet On August 21 approved the decision
making the age of admission in the first standard five years and six months
on or before 1 June 2002 onwards instead of six years from 2003 onwards. (GT)
FISH FAMINE: With the fishing trawlers dropping their anchor since August
19 due to a poor catch, the Goa Fishing Boat Owners are planning to request
the State Government to declare a fish famine in the State. (H)
WOMAN HELD FOR DUPING YOUTH: Quepem police have registered an offence
against one Karmala Pillai, resident of Neturlim, Sanguem, who had
recruited 8 youth for jobs in Mozambique under unauthorized placement
services known as Seagull Marines. (GT)
STATISCS DAMN MOPA AIRPORT: While the speakers at a seminar on August 19
asserted that Dabolim was adequate to handle air traffic for the State,
provided its infrastructure was upgraded and sophisticated space-saving
machinery acquired, figures (from Airport Authority of India) indicate that
it accounts for only 1.09 percent of the country's international air
traffic and 1.75 per cent of the domestic flights. Dabolim has been placed
ninth after Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkatta, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Thiruvananthapuram and Ahmedabad. (GT)
DABOLIM IS WORST, UNDERFUNDED: "If the government were to heed the advice
of foreign tourists, who have to endure the totally unnecessary wait upon
arrival and departure, they would
best listen to the Navy. The more comfortable the tourists are made, the
more likely they are to return. At the moment Dabolim is about the worst
under-funded 'airport' that I have encountered on my travels around the
world!" (writes "Smith, Barry K" [EMAIL PROTECTED] in a message
to Goacom News Clippings.)
MIDDLE-EAST TOURISTS: Tourism Minister Francisco Pacheco told the Goa
legislative assembly that the State was making a concerted effort to tap
new tourism markets like the Middle-East. (H)
CHARTERS FROM RUSIA, ISRAEL: The Tourism Minister, Fr Francis Xavier
Pacheco, told the State legislative assembly on August 21 that the
government had no information about the exact number of charter flights to
land in Goa during this year's tourist season but informed that charter
flights from Russia, Israel and Gulf countries would arrive during this
season. (NT)
TOURISTS HURT: More than 24 passengers (from Gujarat) were injured when a
mini bus, in which they were traveling, went off the road after it was
dashed by a truck, at Farmagudi yesterday afternoon. (NT)
MES OFFICER IN CBI NET: Garrison Officer of Military Engineering Services
at Vasco, Pravin Kumar, has fallen in the CBI net while accepting a bribe
of Rs.5,000 from Contractor Umesh Salgaonkar, for sanctioning extension
period for execution of a Navy officers quarters project at Vasco. (H)
MMC TO SELL CARTRIGES: With the guns falling silent, the Margao Municipal
Council has finally decided to dispose of the 2000 cartridges it purchased
four years ago to eliminate stray dogs from the city. (H)
RELIEF TO BANK OF GOA: The State government has decided to provide an
amount of Rs.2 crore as an immediate relief to the Bank of Goa (Mapusa
Urban Co-operative Bank) and appoint an administrator in view of its board
of directors' decision to seek the government help to improve the financial
strength of the bank. (NT)
"THE CONFIDENCE I have got is because Chris had always exposed me with such
a big band. I used to be there right in front and he would be with the band
conducting. He would not be worrying about what Lorna is doing there and I
would not worry about the band. We were really made for each other and
meant for each other." (Singing Sensation Lorna in an interview with
Alister Miranda in GT)
RAKSHABANDHAN FESTIVAL: All over the country, the bond between sisters and
brothers will be renewed today with the festival of Rakshabandhan, which
signifies the bond of protection and is the festival that epitomizes the
love between sisters and brothers. The principal ceremony on this day of
Rakhi Purnima or Raksha Bhandhan is the tying of an ornamental thread,
rakhi. (H)
S P O R T S
CHURCHILL BROS LIFT SERVO GOVERNOR'S CUP: Churchill Bros stuck twice in the
last ten minutes and stunned Dempo Sports Club 2-1 in the finals of Servo
Governor's Cup 2002 at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. Dempo led 1-0 in the
first half. (NT)
TENDULKAR, GANGULY EXCLUDED: The Board of Control for Cricket in India
yesterday ignored its top stars, including captain Sourav Ganguly and
Sachin Tendulkar, while picking 25 probables for next month's Champions
Trophy but players the world over rallied behind the current Indian team
which rejected ICC's terms for taking part in the tournament. (PTI report
in NT)
D E A T H S
21 Aug: Cansaulim: FELICIANO FERNANDES, husband of Venia, father of
Bency, brother/brother-in-law of Clemente (Australia)/Fatima.
21 Aug: Dando-Goa Velha: DOMINGOS FRANCISCO GONSALVES, husband of
Conceicao Maria, father of Perpetual/Peter, Sandra, Assis.
20 aug: Cansaulim-Arossim: JOAQUIM RODRIGUES, husband of Julie, father
of Jerry and Jenny.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 25.7 deg C (78.3 deg F) at Assagao at 7.30 am today.
Max temp: 0.0 deg C, Humidity: 82%, Rainfall 1911.8 mm (Yesterday)
Weather: Quite a bright morning after a couple of light showers last
night.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT=Gomantak Times
Daily Goacom News Clippings also at: http://www.goacom.com/news
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 07:40:25 +0000
From: "Paulo Colaco Dias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Devdas & Bombay Dreams
I share Tim's vision of Devdas: "a celebration of Indian feminine beauty and
dance."... Quite right, beauty and dance at its best. Maybe a bit too long
(almost 3 hours) and also the final was different from the other Indian
films: It was a truly sad final which being an Indian film, it took me
completely by surprise. Surely a different experience.
I was surprised to see Madeira Fortified Wine so famous in the British India
of 1920's ... Devdas used Madeira wine to get drunk in the film.
Best,
Paulo.
>From: "Tim de Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Goanet] Devdas & Bombay Dreams
>Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:52:21 +0000
>
>Saw Devdas last night in Mississauga at the new Cineplex Odeon at Square
>One.
>
>Actually my wife and I were in Jaipur two weeks ago and Devdas was playing
>at the Raj Mandir - reputed to be the best movie theatre in Asia.
>Unfortunately, after touring the Pink Palace in sweltering heat, we were
>too tired that night to take in the movie.
>
>Enjoyed it thoroughly despite the (very) thin story line. A fantasy
>romantic tale of unrequited love set in lavish fairy tale sets. The whore
>(Madhuri Dixit) was beautiful and the brothels celestial.
>
>I saw it as a celebration of Indian feminine beauty and dance. Of course,
>it helped to have Aishwarya Rai, a former Miss World to play the lead role
>and one of the queens of Bollwood Madhuri Dixit to play the supporting role
>as the whore who also pines for the hero.
>
>No expense was spare for their costumes and jewellry. The choreography was
>brilliant and only served to accentuate the beauty of the Indian women. A
>feast for the eyes.
>
>Apparently the movie - the most expensive Bollywood has made - cost approx.
>Rs. 60 crore. The costumes alone apparently cost Rs. 25 lakh.
>
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