Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate....

2011-10-04 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Intresitng... adn I ma subejtc-lnie still! Which catgegory wud yuu placce me innn? Hic! FN On 30 September 2011 08:55, MD mmdme...@gmail.com wrote: Dear JC Can u differcnciate between 'social drinking and drinking to get drunk'? regards MD

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate....

2011-10-03 Thread J. Colaco jc
MD mmdme...@gmail.com asked: Dear JC, Can u differcnciate between 'social drinking and drinking to get drunk'? RESPONSE: What I am really good at - is differentiating between a good Batateanchi Bhaji and a not so good one. BTW: If I am able to get hold of some decent besan (gram flour), I could

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-30 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
This isn't about me (or my comments) anymore. It hasn't been for quite some time now. And, while I don't have anything particularly against the name Fred, it's simply not what I use to call myself. So could someone wanting to take pot shots at one another on the list please be so kind as to keep

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 28 September 2011 16:20, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: Cabbages and cauliflower aside, Ms Nunes, I'm wondering why you always refer to yourself in the third person. It somehow reminds me of Roman Emperors. - I, Claudious the Third, hereby decree that those filthy Goths are

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-29 Thread Carvalho
Gabe Menezes wrote: RESPONSE: I believe it is not used in the third person but is an initial of the person's name. Where on Earth did you figure out that I Nunes was a Ms. and not a Mrs. or even a Mr.? -   Response: Figure out? Why

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-29 Thread J. Colaco jc
 Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: I always thought being Goan meant one can assume without proof people's sexual proclivities, insinuate without proof financial wrongdoing, defame, slander, drag through the mud, ruin and inflict every sort of grotesquery possible on other fellow Goans. I

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-29 Thread lyrawmn
    Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote in response to Gabe Menezes: Figure out? Why do I need to figure it out? I didn't know I needed proof. I always thought being Goan meant one can assume without proof people's sexual proclivities, insinuate without proof financial wrongdoing, defame,

[Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate....

2011-09-29 Thread Eugene Correia
SeLma wrote: Hopefully by December, Eugene will be fully recovered from whatever is currently plaguing him. We can then look forward to having first-hand coverage of the Conference planned in Goa, although Eugene's coverage of conferences/conventions he has not attended is just as detailed and

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate....

2011-09-29 Thread J. Colaco jc
Eugene Correia wrote: [1] her (Selma's) last line says, I just assumed that's what being Goan meant. [2] She has become Our Lady of Assumetion. [3] Glory be! and in his own 'last line' this: Eugene, A Goan who assume he is ten pegs COMMENT: Baba Eugene .10 pegs naka re! One

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-29 Thread Carvalho
Eugene Correa wrote:   Just as it was said to bechick to call oneself gay or lesbian many years ago, it is a fashion statementin recent times to say one is an atheist. It makes that person stand out from the crowd, Being atheist and being a published author does make Selma an outstanding person.

[Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate....

2011-09-29 Thread MD
: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate Message-ID: caa-ye9x-fup4rdfngfhy5zf4tdlex1ohvuxwouuygcqhvk4...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Eugene Correia wrote: [1] her (Selma's) last line says, I just assumed that's what being Goan meant. [2] She has become Our

[Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-28 Thread Carvalho
Cabbages and cauliflower aside, Ms Nunes, I'm wondering why you always refer to yourself in the third person. It somehow reminds me of Roman Emperors. - I, Claudious the Third, hereby decree that those filthy Goths are self-possessed journalists and celibate authoresses, and should be thrown to

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-27 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear I. Nunes, Do you want to remain a critic alone? You should also consider writing something yourself. You might find a valuable pen within. FN On 27 September 2011 06:54, lyrawmn lyra...@yahoo.com wrote: I. Nunes does not ‘do’ colour treatment in prose befitting the chick lit genre,

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-27 Thread lyrawmn
Correction:   On 27 September 2011 06:54, lyrawmn lyra...@yahoo.com wrote: I. Nunes does not ‘do’ colour treatment in prose befitting the chick lit genre, believing that such raising of “creative writing” to new heights complete with abject, obsequious treatment of subjects [read suck up] is

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-26 Thread lyrawmn
Comments: You are right.   I. Nunes does not ‘do’ colour treatment in prose befitting the chick lit genre, believing that such raising of  “creative writing” to new heights complete with abject, obsequious  treatment of subjects [read suck up] is better left to the more  practiced  authoress.

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-25 Thread Carvalho
Ms I. Nunes wrote: Does the fact that the Goan author, Antonio Gomes, is a cardiologist make his literary suggestions valid, credible and true, and hence more acceptable? While I understand your noble intent - waving the flag for Goan achievers who all do Goa proud - omission of the author's

[Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-24 Thread Eugene Correia
Here's what appeared in Letters section of today's Oheraldo: Goa: Debate goes on non-stop With reference to Frederick Noronha’s piece, Goa’s debate that isn’t happening”, I find that the writer has erred because of the use of apostrophe in “Goa’s”. With the dates for elections already announced,

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-24 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Thanks for your feedback Eugene. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org Latest tweet: Catalogue of Museum of Xtian Art, release on Monday Oct 3, 2011 at 4 pm. Archbishop's House... Follow @fn

Re: [Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-24 Thread lyrawmn
Mr. Noronha, In your Op-ed article titled Goa’s debate that isn’t happening you write: As cardiologist Antonio Gomes suggests in his novel ‘The Sting of Peppercorns’, the Goa-Portugal relationship has been complex. Both sides probably lost out in a way, and at times, even gained from it.

[Goanet] On Fred's column on Goa's debate.....

2011-09-24 Thread Carvalho
Eugene Correia wrote:   As a columnist, Fred and those like him, can kickstart a debate on Goa's current status and how postcolonial Goa can march forward. An international conference is scheduled in December to take stock of the situation. All said and done, mere talking at academic conferences