[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goan writing in English offers a mirror, to understand the past (interview, FN)

2009-03-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Donna J Young's work is also available online here: Defining Goan identity: a literary approach (by Donna J Young) http://tinyurl.com/dhzqgg  Send your feedback to karmamira...@aol.com * * * GOAN WRITING IN ENGLISH OFFERS A MIRROR, TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST          From the desert state of

[Goanet] Appeal for funds for LCD equipment - from Aldona Catechists

2009-03-15 Thread Cecil Pinto
The Catechists of the Aldona Parish have rendered yeoman service to the community by imparting doctrinal knowledge to our children in: - Preparing them for First Holy Communion - Preparing them for Confirmation - Post Confirmation instructions A need is now felt of acquiring an LCD Projector

[Goanet] Months mind Fr. Mathew Almeida at Loyola Margao

2009-03-15 Thread francis braz
There will be months mind eucharstic service for the soul of Fr. Mathew Almeida Ex-Principal of St. Pauls Belgaum and Loyola H.S. Margao at Loyola Chapel Margao on Wednesday at 18th March at 0645 morningoffered by the EX-PAULITES GOA - Kindly attend Fr. Mathew Almeida 1935-2009

Re: [Goanet] Stop Blaming! Start Owning!

2009-03-15 Thread Seb dc
It is not as simple as that. As per reports, Babush has been distributing sewing machines and bikes prior to the Taleigaon Panchayat elections. Certainly, for the youth a free bike is tempting. The question that needs to be answered --- what would it take a Taleigaon youth to say 'no' to a free

[Goanet] REPLY TO Seb dc.

2009-03-15 Thread ruby goes
Message: 8 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:17:06 +0400 From: Seb dc s...@upcdubai.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] DNA: World: Singapore, Sydney: Expat top spots To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Send me a Visa! and i will hop on the next avl. flight

[Goanet] My association with Public Interest Litigations

2009-03-15 Thread Aires Rodrigues
My association with Public Interest Litigations (PILs) goes back to over three decades. By petitioning relevant authorities, moving the High Court and even knocking on the doors of the Supreme Court, I have succeeded in taking up various issues of public interest. I feel humbled that some Public

[Goanet] Major Indian literary works will be translated into Arabic

2009-03-15 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Major Indian literary works will be translated into Arabic   PANAJI - The Government of India has launched a project to translate major Indian literary works into Arabic, as part of India's cultural diplomacy in the Gulf region. In furtherance of this

[Goanet] GGRM threatens stir over laws

2009-03-15 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
GGRM threatens stir over laws 15 Mar 2009, 0533 hrs IST, TNN PANAJI: Ganv Ghor Rakhon Manch (GGRM) has demanded that the government immediately revoke all legislations and ordinances passed or promulgated by it till date after the Task Force was constituted; including amendments to sections 16

[Goanet] India eyes extended continental shelf

2009-03-15 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
India eyes extended continental shelf New Delhi, March 15: India is expected to submit its claim on extending its rights on the continental shelf in May, a move which will allow it to exploit natural resources upto 350 nautical miles into the deep sea. Government is in the process of

[Goanet] goa, women, sc/st/obc

2009-03-15 Thread Freddy Fernandes
In response to: Message: 7 Date: 12 Mar 2009 09:42:34 - From: jane gillian rodrigues janerodrig...@rediffmail.com http://f5mail.rediff.com/bn/compose.cgi?login=freddyagnelosession_id=5L23PK1KW KPq1hxUtQPVA7TBU7cFJv60FormName=mail_to_individualemail=janerodrig...@rediffma il.com Subject:

Re: [Goanet] Stop Blaming! Start Owning!

2009-03-15 Thread floriano
My dear friend Soter has had a disturbed night's sleep and has got up with a start and a heavy head, nevertheless, a start that will go a long way to help restore normalcy to Goa's erratic and ad-hoc governance. Needless to say that we appreciate it and welcome it all the more. We do agree to

[Goanet] Tourists don't just come to Goa for it's beaches but for it's people too' Says noted Bollywood actor Nana Patekar

2009-03-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
'Tourists don't just come to Goa for it's beaches but for it's people too' Says noted Bollywood actor Nana Patekar Watch him talking very high about Goa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sryLZyyzUpg Nana Patekar is a noted bollywood actor known for his natural way of acting He is known to give

Re: [Goanet] REPLY TO ruby.

2009-03-15 Thread Seb dc
Things are not so bad as you sense them to be.. Nothing sort of ...! Probably its been happening in Afganistan and Iraq. Here even ladies are safe left alone at public places after dark Its like u don't bother me and i don't bother you. Even if there's no democracy, its much safe better,

Re: [Goanet] My association with Public Interest Litigations

2009-03-15 Thread mario rodrigues
Dear Aires, CONGRATULATIONS 30 THANK YOUs, 1 each for every year since 1979 , that will tally if we consider 1 TY as annual thanksgiving. I am sure you will accept my wishes once again and that you would also accept Thank you from me on behalf of the many Goans, who ((a) do not have access

[Goanet] women/sc/st/obc

2009-03-15 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
 My dear Freddy, As per your e-mail below :- First and foremost let me thank you for replying to my mail, which I have not yet read on Goanet, which means that males actualy take note of what we, women write. A politician recently told me, that instead of people complaining about the type

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing in English offers a mirror, to understand the past (interview, FN)

2009-03-15 Thread Goanet Reader
GOAN WRITING IN ENGLISH OFFERS A MIRROR, TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST From the desert state of Arizona in the United States, a researcher zoomed in on the writing of Goa. She recently published a book called 'Defining Goan Identity: A Literary Approach', and had

[Goanet] CONSUMER RIGHTS on Goa DD Live Phone-in program on Monday 16th March.

2009-03-15 Thread Goa Desc
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED -

Re: [Goanet] Family lunch quiz- GG

2009-03-15 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
A lot of us would like to attend. Where will this family lunch and picnic take place? We need to know in order to get there! Victor --- On Fri, 3/13/09, Dr.Joyce D'Souza Shamshudin v...@wananchi.com wrote: From: Dr.Joyce D'Souza Shamshudin v...@wananchi.com Subject: [Goanet] Family lunch

[Goanet] Brother Peter Ratos

2009-03-15 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
Herald (March 14, 2009) had this small advert wishing Bro. Peter Ratos on his 100th birthday. It thanks him for his care through medical prowess. Just came across an old clipping posted a decade ago. Does anyone have more details of this healing religious man?

[Goanet] Good News to Goan in Kuwait - More Flights to Goa

2009-03-15 Thread Wilson Coelho
More Direct Flights from Kuwait to Goa As the summer season approaches, passengers intending to travel to Goa, directly from Kuwait, will be glad to hear the good news, that Jet Airways will commence operation from Kuwait to Goa via Mumbai, on daily basis, with effect from 29th March, 2009.

[Goanet] Goa,women,sc/st/obc

2009-03-15 Thread anesimo56
Dear goanet reader, Looks like this Pseudosecular,Corrupt,anti-poor and anti-goan govt. has turned Goa into paradice overnight! Now i can request all our Goyenkars and all those tourists who have been shying away from Goa to come back. The only thing is, i will make arrangement for their

[Goanet] East Indian songs

2009-03-15 Thread Cecil Pinto
Ever since I expanded my study of 'Picnic Songs of Catholic Goans' to include bawdy songs by other religious communities and regions along the Konkan, I have come across many folk songs that bear an eerie similarity to Goan Konkani folks songs. For example check out this link:

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: 'Robber Barons' and Crony Capitalism in Goa (Vidyadhar Gadgil, in the Herald)

2009-03-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:08:21 +0530 From: Goanet Reader goanetrea...@gmail.com The capitalist class has acquired a complete stranglehold over Goa, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL The abominable ordinance recently brought in by the Goa Government to change the land acquisition law

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing in English offers a mirror, to understand the past (interview, FN)

2009-03-15 Thread Venantius Pinto
Hi Fred, I have a question but I hesitate to ask, since I may have missed the researchers name. Did it appear in the interview? If I did miss finding her name, my apologies for asking. venantius j pinto From: Goanet Reader goanetrea...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing

[Goanet] stand together

2009-03-15 Thread babita angle
hello,we just saw muthalik on prudent media stating that ramsena would like to make a start in goa as according to him goa needs such sensa more than any other place in the country, as we are under lot of western influences. Do we allow such a disastrous plan or nip it in the bud? We need to

[Goanet] Bombay Dying - DNA Editorial - A bargain alternative awaits

2009-03-15 Thread ralph rau
When you get to Dubai you are treated worse than dirt by the natives - Tim Dmello Dear Tim, You are ill informed about Dubai. It is arrogant Kuwaitis who, being the wealthiest per capita, despise all foreigners, even their relatively poorer GCC neighbours. Likewise many Saudis, the poorly

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goan writing in English offers a mirror, to understand the past (interview, FN)

2009-03-15 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Apologies. My error. It is Donna J Young, and you can read her work here: Defining Goan identity: a literary approach (by Donna J Young) http://tinyurl.com/dhzqgg Sorry again! FN 2009/3/15 Venantius Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com:  Hi Fred, I have a question but I hesitate to ask, since I

[Goanet] Weather pictures

2009-03-15 Thread Olga Maciel
Photo gallery (new pictures) http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/gallery Olga Maciel _ 25GB of FREE Online Storage – Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/

[Goanet] A clarification over a very surprising development.

2009-03-15 Thread floriano
Dear Goans, Subject: CLARIFICATION TO WHOSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN. At the outset, please take note of the posts originating from Marshall Mendonca and the response to the same by self. I, Floriano Lobo, do hereby affirm that I am a member of the newly formed MNE (Mapusa Nagrikancho Ekvott)

[Goanet] Trail in the printed word: Goans wrote in 14 different languages (tribute to Aleixo Manuel da Costa)

2009-03-15 Thread Goanet News
TRAIL IN THE PRINTED WORD: GOANS HAVE WRITTEN IN 14 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 11,000 publications, 2000 Goan writers ... Costa collected the details Goanet Features He would have been a hundred this month, but though he died a decade short, this avid collector of names, titles and bibliographic

Re: [Goanet] A clarification over a very surprising development.

2009-03-15 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
Menorah Paprika? Florien Lobo? Dr Virginia? Kitem reh? Spell-check insulting and failing to recognise Goan politicians? This is almost as bad as ... forgetting the interviewee's name (as done by you-know-who earlier today). But don't lose sleep. We can blame it on Microsoft and their

[Goanet] Dubai - A bargain alternative awaits

2009-03-15 Thread Roland Francis
As a long time resident of Qatar myself, I second Ralph Rau's views about the treatment of expatriates by the local citizens. Today, the per capita income of Qataris is the highest in the world not only in monetary terms but also in PPP (purchasing power parity). In 1992 when I left the country,

[Goanet] Panjim shigmo 2009 - floats

2009-03-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Panjim shigmo 2009 - floats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVnrNKJTuXE for pics. pl visit the main posted earlier see link here http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175188.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info...

[Goanet] Goa news for March 16, 2009

2009-03-15 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Cong wants to resolve Maha tickets before Goa - Times of India

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: 'Robber Barons' and Crony Capitalism in Goa (Vidyadhar Gadgil, in the Herald)

2009-03-15 Thread neil rangel
There is only one way to beat the corrupt system. Form a Green Secular Party with following aim: GOA FOR THE GOANS., and fight the elections with the prime intention of securing a corruption free Goa with a strict separation of religion from politics.Excluded from membership will be all

[Goanet] lok Sabha MP.I request to lift the Question about Goa Channel in worldwide.

2009-03-15 Thread Stephen Fernandes
I request to lift the Question about Goa Channel in worldwide all states have their own Channel more than Five, We Request Owner of HCN can make a Worldwide if our Goa Government support with the Love for Goans, So many Year Congress have the MP in Lok Sabha. I Request Madam Sonia Gandhi

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: 'Robber Barons' and Crony Capitalism in Goa (Vidyadhar Gadgil, in the Herald)

2009-03-15 Thread Mario Rodrigues
Great piece by Vidhydhar Gadgil. Keep up the good work. cheers Mario --- Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ ---

[Goanet] CANONIZATION PROCESS OF GOAN PRIEST

2009-03-15 Thread LESLIE ALMEIDA
We are pleased to inform you that canonization process of the late MGSR George Fernandes is on, Fr George hails from Goan, all Goans should be proud of. Leslie Almeida Andrean Notes - March 2009 CANONIZATION PROCESS OF THE LATE MGSR GEORGE FERNANDES For the first time a priest from Mumbai and

[Goanet] Irresponsible journalism!

2009-03-15 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Some newspapers have been publishing a debate of sorts, with public opinion, on the issue of the Supreme Court Order of demolition. The editors should realise that Court’s Orders cannot be a topic for public debate, whereby they are putting unwary individuals to go public with views against a

[Goanet] (no subject)

2009-03-15 Thread madev kandolkar
The Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar who has always been first to pinpoint wrong doings of Kamat government has not found anything wrong with the government decision that set to overrule Supreme court order. His only statement so far has been that government has the right to bring

[Goanet] Recall in-competent Colva Panchas

2009-03-15 Thread Arwin Mesquita
I full support the call by many in Colva to recall the Colva Panchas. Colva is being destroyed by many corrupt panchas in collusion with specific Salcete MLAs and the destructive building lobby; for huge illegitimate profits. Barring the very few, most panchas are clearly are working against the

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (16Mar09)

2009-03-15 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** Election Commission *** *** World Consumer Rights Day *** We'd like the Right to Reject any Candidate who DOES NOT have the QUALITY to be ONE To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Indians celebrate holy while hackers infect PMO's email

2009-03-15 Thread Samir Kelekar
Check this out; and we call India an IT super power. We pay thousands of crores in taxes, but these guys can't even secure their own computers. The implications of this are so mind boggling --- it is a national emergency. If everything that is going on at the PMO goes to China, terrorists, and

[Goanet] Prachit Kallar: RETIR

2009-03-15 Thread lino dourado
RETIR Tuzo xezari duent asa Taka bhett korunk Tum vochunk na   Igorjent retir aslo Thoimsor vochun Retir kela   Ani tea retiran Tujea peleacho Kitlo mog korcho Tem sanglam mhu?   Niyallunk Retira vorvim ek otmik kurpa bhitor sorun jivitachi novsornni (renewal) zata. Punn

Re: [Goanet] Early Inhabitants of Indian sub-continent

2009-03-15 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
I noticed no one clarified / supported Damodar Bale's statement about the earliest civilization of South Asia. His was a new spin on the people of the Indus civilization. I get the impression this distortion of facts is an attempt by Indian nationalists to present Sanskrit and Hinduism as not a

[Goanet] Fw: A clarification over a very surprising development. [ with regrets for the spellcheck contortions on the maiden post]

2009-03-15 Thread floriano
- Original Message - From: floriano To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Cc: a_l...@ymail.com Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: A clarification over a very surprising development. Dear Goans, Subject: CLARIFICATION TO WHOSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN. At the outset,

[Goanet] women/sc/st/obc

2009-03-15 Thread Freddy Fernandes
In response to: Message: 8 Date: 15 Mar 2009 10:58:46 - From: jane gillian rodrigues janerodrig...@rediffmail.com http://f5mail.rediff.com/bn/compose.cgi?login=freddyagnelosession_id=5L23PK1KH KUkpCxxpm8u2Ptkzu35EBu1FormName=mail_to_individualemail=janerodrig...@rediffma il.com Subject:

[Goanet] DNA: World: Dubai bars dancing, kissing holding hands in public

2009-03-15 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1239405 Hi Seb, Read your message re. the happy lifestyle in Dubai despite the absence of Democracy. Bored with the idea of deleting the rest of the messages in the Goanet Bulletin, I choose to reply by sending this article about Dubai. Makes no

[Goanet] Children suffer hunger in Congress ruled India

2009-03-15 Thread Vinay Natekar
It  is a  national shame  that  the Congress party for India  after  its corrupt rule for almost six decades , India is still  distressing  under   poverty  in contrast to the big claims of development. It is a tragedy that India  could have achieved  much progress in economic field but we

[Goanet] Australian jobs protected by freeze on foreign workers | Business | News.com.au

2009-03-15 Thread Ruby Goes
Goanetters, http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,25192244-462,00.html Bad news for wannabe foreign workers. Sorry, you can't come. Try again later. rubygoes

[Goanet] There Will Be An Influx Of Beggars

2009-03-15 Thread Freddy Fernandes
There Will Be An Influx Of Beggars The roadside beggars are ever increasing in Goa, a good number of times, I have seen, Goans being very generous, and rightly so, most of us believe that charity is one of the steps that can help attain eternal life. We see the poverty laden, feel sorry and