[Goanet-News] Goa news for August 3, 2013

2013-08-03 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** There is no clarity on mining in Goa: PK Mukherjee, Sesa Goa MD - Economic Times onomic TimesSesa Goa, the country's largest private sector producer and exporter of iron ore, is going

[Goanet-News] GOA: Panel discussion on art conservation, August 8, 2013 at Alto Porvorim

2013-08-03 Thread Goanet News
HISTORY HOUR XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Organises a Panel Discussion led by Mr Anupam Sah Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Planning for art conservation movement in Goa at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, B B Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa. Thursday, 8 August 2013 5:30 pm Anupam

[Goanet] Goan tailors in East Africa

2013-08-03 Thread Antonio Menezes
The reason why Goan tailors in the then East Africa were not held in high esteem was because they had little or no knowledge of English language. They hailed mostly from Salcete which in the pre-WW 2 period had . very few English schools. Comparatively other manual workers like caterers,

[Goanet] IS THIS NOT NEPOTISM?

2013-08-03 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The post graduates students of Goa Medical College have over the last few weeks been knocking the doors of the Bombay High Court at Goa and now the Supreme Court in their pursuit for Justice. The government in a well orchestrated sudden U turn decided to scrap the National Eligibility cum

[Goanet] Goa news for August 3, 2013

2013-08-03 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** There is no clarity on mining in Goa: PK Mukherjee, Sesa Goa MD - Economic Times onomic TimesSesa Goa, the country's largest private sector producer and exporter of iron ore, is going

[Goanet] Caitu on borrowed time - www.thegoan.net

2013-08-03 Thread Camillo Fernandes
The Benaulim MLA may have little space to maneouvre in the Portuguese nationality caseNeshwin Almeida | The Goan ,Benaulim01 August 2013 Pic Credit: Sagun GawadeEven as the Benaulim MLA, Caitu Silva is pulling out all the stops to prove that he is not a Portuguese national, the dice appears to

Re: [Goanet] [Goa Research Net] The Goan tailor

2013-08-03 Thread J. Colaco jc
radharao gracias graciasradha...@gmail.com wrote: Likewise those members of the upper castes who cut hair are not barbers but hair stylists or hair dressers! COMMENT: The following might be of interest: 1: Until about 200 years ago, barbers in the UK were the ones who not only cut hair, they

[Goanet] GOA: Panel discussion on art conservation, August 8, 2013 at Alto Porvorim

2013-08-03 Thread Goanet News
HISTORY HOUR XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Organises a Panel Discussion led by Mr Anupam Sah Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Planning for art conservation movement in Goa at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, B B Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa. Thursday, 8 August 2013 5:30 pm Anupam

Re: [Goanet] IS THIS NOT NEPOTISM?

2013-08-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
COMMENT: BY continuing to stay on as long as possible, also here in the U.K., old timers are denying the jobless youth from entering into the workforce. On 3 August 2013 10:42, Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com wrote: The post graduates students of Goa Medical College have over the

Re: [Goanet] [GOAJOURNO] Newslaundry on Herald's epic 'fall'

2013-08-03 Thread augusto pinto
Dear Mayabhushan, The Herald picture was indeed questionable. But I feel the issue was not really one which a person of your talents should have bothered about. Essentially it was an error of judgment of a fresher journalist I feel, committed after the Editor went to sleep. If some young

[Goanet] Newslaundry on Herald's epic 'fall'

2013-08-03 Thread Mayabhushan
http://www.newslaundry.com/2013/08/herald-gets-creative/ *Herald Gets Creative Posted by Mayabhushan Nagvenkar August 2, 2013 in Criticles, Critique | 0 comments * If you thought the announcement of the creation of Telangana by *The Times of India* was somewhat bizarre, you should take a look at

[Goanet] Tall people at greater cancer risk - Telegraph

2013-08-03 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8649756/Tall-people-at-greater-cancer-risk.html

[Goanet] A.R.Dias and Sons, Men's Tailors.

2013-08-03 Thread eric pinto
         On the Esplanade,  Flora Fountain, Bombay. Antonio went  into business a hundred years ago, and catered to a clientele that was almost exclusively Brit expats and Parsee. His son Milagres went on  to turn it into a very Saville Row styled establishment.  He was elected to the City Council

[Goanet] My full support to Dr Baban. You have rightly said in your paper the facts.

2013-08-03 Thread Stephen Dias
Development, tourism to affect fish reserves: NIO scientist PANAJI: Development and tourism along the coast could soon sound the death knell for Goa's fish reserves, said national institute of oceanography scientist Baban Ingole, addressing a workshop on coastal ecology recently. Right from

[Goanet] For kind favour of publication: THE INAUGURAL FUNCTION OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

2013-08-03 Thread ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE COMMERCE-MAPUSA-GOA-INDIA-403507 (Tel:0832-2262356; WEB:www.xavierscollege-goa.com)
Dear Sir, I will be grateful if you please publish the enclosed in your issue and oblige. With many thanks and kind regards, Yours sincerely, Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sá PRINCIPAL ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE COMMERCE MAPUSA - GOA. THE INAUGURAL FUNCTION OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 512

2013-08-03 Thread Charudatt Prabhudesai
Greetings Dear Mr, Radharao Gracias Mr, Radharao Gracias wrote: Among the Hindus in Goa there is a sub caste called shimpi which is corruption of the word shiumpi(tailor). Dear Mr. Gracias I do not think that shimpi is a sub caste like you might have the gold smith caste or SheTs. There

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2013-08-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
MEL CARTER-HOLD ME,THRILL ME,KISS ME (W/LY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHKTw5POsH8 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] POLICE EXAM's in CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

2013-08-03 Thread jorge
Here in Bombay the physical test for candidates aspiring to join the police force are mostly conducted at the kalina police grounds and later on the written examinations for jobs in police force are held in various schools including catholic schools……..for example candidates aspiring to join

[Goanet] ‘Handpicked’ Goan judokas not selected on merit, alleges coach

2013-08-03 Thread Sandeep Heble
‘Handpicked’ Goan judokas not selected on merit, alleges coach Coach accuses Goa Judo Association of “favouritism” and “double standards”, says the association bypassed all selection norms and criteria while selecting four Goan judokas, who will join a 14-member Indian team that will participate

[Goanet] Feast in Old Goa.

2013-08-03 Thread Con Menezes
Dear Joe, Thank you for the video coverage of the feast in Old Goa. Your various wonderful contributions is a tribute to your generosity in providing us Goanetters worldwide to 'attend' such functions in the comfort of our homes via the internet. Gratefully, Con.

[Goanet] Chorla Ghat and Surla Eco-Vandalism- Addendum

2013-08-03 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Yesterday on a whim I went again via Chorla ghat to Surla (my 3rd excursion this week).   I took my little nephew along as I wanted to show him the deeds of his fellow Goans and  countrymen (and parenthetically in my mind, to train him in How not to be a modern Indian).   The

[Goanet] Dadra and Nagar Haveli Liberation

2013-08-03 Thread eric pinto
  I oppose colonialism, everywhere. Sikkim and Bhutan are Tibetan kingdoms, and tiny Sikkim was home to a sizable migrant group of Nepali Dogras who had moved in after  the 2nd War.  Both countries had no army.     Five hundred of the Dogras were supplied with small arms and transported to the

[Goanet] Bhakti Wins Third Place in Dramatic Finish

2013-08-03 Thread Bhakti Kulkarni
To The Sports Editors, Kindly publish following news item in your esteemed publication and oblige. Coming from far behind, GCL goodwill ambassador Bhakti Kulkarni (8) scored an emphatic win over former National Woman Champion Nisha Mohota (7.5) of Petroleum board in the eleventh and final round

Re: [Goanet] [GOAJOURNO] Newslaundry on Herald's epic 'fall'

2013-08-03 Thread Mayabhushan
Dear Augusto Please allow me the liberty to decide the worth of the story I file. baaki mast raho Mayabhushan -- On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 5:22 PM IST augusto pinto wrote: Dear Mayabhushan, The Herald picture was indeed questionable. But I feel the issue was not

[Goanet] Luciano Dias - Final journey

2013-08-03 Thread JoeGoaUk
  01.04.1933 - 01.08.2013 Luciano Dias Brother of Late Aristides Dias Both known for decent singing- Solo, duos etc, Their songs with moral and social messages. Luciano died on 1st Aug. 2013 and laid to rest on 3rd Aug 4.30pm. Lucian was also  to receive Goa State Cultural award on 4th Aug 2013.

[Goanet] IS ADVOCATE GENERAL ATMARAM NADKARNI ABOVE THE LAW?

2013-08-03 Thread Aires Rodrigues
All public functionaries had to file a statement of their assets and liabilities before the Goa Lokayukta by July 31st. The Advocate General who is the First Law officer of the State instead of setting a precedent and being the first to reveal his assets before the Lokayukta has intentionally

[Goanet] Twelve Jharkhand Bonded labourers freed in Margao

2013-08-03 Thread sebastian Rodrigues
For text and pictures visit the links below: http://www.bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2013/07/twelve-jharakhand-bonded-labourers.html Warmest regards, Seby

Re: [Goanet] [Goa Research Net] The Goan tailor

2013-08-03 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Apropos infraa scorned Goan barber's woes... Mario Miranda, the famed late artist was an affable...amiable...unaccrimonious guy.who might be saidwithout a mal-wisher in the world... However, such is not the case...not quite: A few thorns-in-the-butt existed, among them...his

[Goanet] A.R.Dias and Sons, Men's Tailors.

2013-08-03 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
eric pinto ericpinto2 at yahoo.com Sat Aug 3 03:58:25 PDT 2013 On the Esplanade, Flora Fountain, Bombay. Antonio went into business a hundred years ago, and catered to a clientele that was almost exclusively Brit expats and Parsee. His son Milagres went on to turn it into a

Re: [Goanet] Dadra and Nagar Haveli Liberation

2013-08-03 Thread Eugene Correia
I think after his tenure Homi Talyarkhan was sent a governor to Sikkim. But if memory serves me right, he was a journalist and worked for the Free Press Journal where I first began as a trainee/freelancer and later a staffer. I heard many stories about him and one included Johnny Agnelo, the

Re: [Goanet] Bakibab Borkar Chair of Comparative Literature at Goa University

2013-08-03 Thread augusto pinto
Dear All The poster and the press notes about the Bakibab Borkar Chair of Comparative Literature written and designed by Dr Isabel Santa Rita Vaz which are enclosed below (please open or download the enclosures) is one which can enthuse students and also give extra credits to those who are

Re: [Goanet] [GOAJOURNO] Newslaundry on Herald's epic 'fall'

2013-08-03 Thread Jose Colaco
Augusto Pinto wrote thus to Mayabhushan about that awful Heraldo illustration: The Herald picture was indeed questionable. But I feel the issue was not really one which a person of your talents should have bothered about. Essentially it was an error of judgment of a fresher journalist I feel,

Re: [Goanet] Dadra and Nagar Haveli Liberation

2013-08-03 Thread Jose Colaco
On Aug 3, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Eugene Correia eugene.corr...@gmail.com wrote: PS: For JC, please don't start spreading the canard that I am defaming a dead person. Or, in the context of the Toronto Goan convention. as its making the rounds in some obscure and inconsequential mailings lists such

Re: [Goanet] Goan tailors in East Africa

2013-08-03 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Antonio Menezes wrote: The reason why Goan tailors in the then East Africa were not held in high esteem  was because they had little or no knowledge of English language.  They hailed mostly from Salcete which in the pre-WW 2 period  had . very few English schools. Comparatively other manual

Re: [Goanet] CALL FOR AMENDING PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT - Press Note for kind favour of Publication

2013-08-03 Thread floriano lobo
CALL FOR AMENDING PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=10196boxid=17459109uid=dat=8/3/2013 Date: 3 August, 2013 Press Note for kind favour of Publication: The Goa Su-Raaj Party has been shouting from the roof-tops since it's inception in the year 2000 that Goa

[Goanet] Additional a in Goa Su-Raaj Party

2013-08-03 Thread Eugene Correia
Floriano newest Press Release re: Panchayat Raj shows the party has added an a to make it Raaj. May we know what's the reason for the change and when the change took place. Eugene

[Goanet] Homi Talyarkhan

2013-08-03 Thread eric pinto
 Right, Eugene.  He was, however, an MLA in later years, and a minister.  He was the first governor of Sikkim.     Namgyal/Choghyal  Hope Cook died in penury, in Brooklyn.  I did not know this, sad,  being in a position to lend a hand.  Both were pals with Stan, Cal clubs.   eric.

[Goanet] Xavier's Mapusa: Certificate course in scripting and TV anchoring

2013-08-03 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
The School of Media Studies is having a Certificate Course in Scripting Television Anchoring, which beigns on 12th August 2013 and will be conducted every Monday and Friday from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This Course has been designed for all who want to enter the media industry and is open to all

[Goanet] A spiritial harvest in Raia - thegoan.net

2013-08-03 Thread Camillo Fernandes
While Salcette gears up to pack in another day of work, the villagers of Raia will have their steam pressed silken shirts and colourful monsoon dresses as they set out to the field and Church to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Snows on Monday, August 5Neshwin Almeida | The Goan ,Raia Pic

Re: [Goanet] Homi Talyarkhan

2013-08-03 Thread Jose Colaco
Let's remember: two Talyarkhans in this conversation. jc On Aug 3, 2013, at 3:59 PM, eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com wrote: Right, Eugene. He was, however, an MLA in later years, and a minister. He was the first governor of Sikkim. Namgyal/Choghyal Hope Cook died in penury, in

[Goanet] Sikkim Gov. -- Homi second.

2013-08-03 Thread eric pinto
  Jose is right !    eric. From: J. Colaco jc Eric .NOT the first Governor ...but the Second was Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan jc On 2 August 2013 16:09, eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com wrote:             ( Eugene - I cannot remember the name of the