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VOL.3 NO.3: JUNE 2001

EdWords
A POSSIBLE TURNAROUND: Lull in rumours of the Goa government falling is quite rare. However, with the arrest of three ministers, things could possibly take the 'traditional' turn.

Greetings

Merlyn Miranda and Victor Fernandes arrive with more greetings.

GOAspice
A totally new feature with a KONKANI QUIZ, beginnings of a KONKANI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY and some little-known yet interesting things happening in Goa.

Youth
GOA SUDHAROP plans a series of activities from July 4...in USA.

Cover Story
NARVEKAR NETTED: Dayanand Narvekar, the former deputy chief minister, the Tivim MLA and the president of the Goa Cricket Association earned the notoriety of being the third sitting legislator, from Goa, to be arrested.

Environment
DOCUMENTING GOA'S BIO-DIVERSITY: Some Goan experts reveal how our ancestors cared for our rich bio-diversity in greater interest of our pristine environment.

History
Reflections on GOA LIBERATION DAY: Dr Rammanohar Lohia sounded the clarion call on June 16, 1946, exhorting the people of Panjim, Goa's capital, to resist and defy the inhuman repressive law.

Musings
THE ROBBOT GOD: Dr Carmo D'Souza returns with a modern problem of experts, where persons are so specialised in their department that they know nothing beyond their limited area.

Forts
AGUADA FORT AN ITS FAMED LIGHTHOUSE: Goa has been known as the land of churches, temples and beaches but it also has several imposing forts.

Friday Balcao
BETTER TO ADOPT THAN ABANDON: People adopting a child solve a social problem, said Mario and Muriel about adoption.
Vijadatta Lotlikar discussed fascinating coco craft.

People
Goans in and out of news.

Tiatr
It's crossed a century but the Goan Konkani Tiatr still lives on. More literary forms of drama surfaced but didn't survive. Scenes from an amateur tiatr "Tufan".

Crime
BENAULIM RISES AGAINST SEX CRIMES: Melita Noronhas says that
the authorities conveniently overlook sexual crimes against children and women, but some NGOs and the concerned public are seriously worried about it.

Feasts
Some feasts celebrated last month.

ArtNOW
Sonia-Usapar, Querozito-Wilson, Goa Headmasters and Nirmal Kulkarni had put on show a number of aesthics paints and photographs last month.

Goa Books
Some more Goa books published.

Entertainment
Lorna sang like she never did in a public show at the Mapusa Milagres Fete.

Kitchendom
We take a short break from the traditional Catholic Goan way of cooking and take a peep into what's cooking in a traditional, elite Hindu kitchen.

Obituary
Remembering fondly those who departed in May 2001.

Last Month
That happened recently.

Urba (Konkani Webzine)
Amcho Konknni vibhag hea mhoinean matso mottvo urlo.

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