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The star post this week is from Augusto Pinto, who writes an ode to Joseph Furtado, one of Goa’s illustrious poets: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175800.html Selma Carvalho writes about Monsignor Nicholas Soares, the first Indian priest to be in-cardinated by the Archdiocese of New York. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175636.html Roland Francis tells us why a Goan casino may be just the place for a good beating. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175667.html Jason Keith Fernandes gives us a sequel to his earlier article about casteism in Goa, and tells us why being anti-Brahmin is not enough. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175694.html Freddy Fernandes rebuts Vikram Varma’s defense of the Cidade Ordinance. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175692.html Enjoy a spot of classic John D’Silva comedy, posted by Edu’s world: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175752.html Cecil Pinto takes us on a humourous ride in a Nano, the car on everyone’s wish-list this year. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175823.html Responding to a recent letter in a newspaper about the Environmental Taliban of Goa, Soter D’Souza rails against the bankruptcy of Goa’s intelligentsia. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175825.html Lionel Mesias uncovers the rot of corruption that has spread at the Goa Industrial Development Corporation. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175872.html As usual JoeGoaUK provides a breathtaking photo-documentary of the “Passo” as venerated in Goa. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175873.html In a scathing article, titled “Goenkars don’t care”, Valmiki Faleiro, illustrates how Goenkars simply don’t care about the environment. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175885.html Shrikant Brave informs us of Remo’s support for the newly formed Professionals Party of India (PPI). http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175900.html Pravin Sabnis writes about expanding the concept of “understanding” itself in his Monday muse. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175899.html Elections are around the corner and a journalist examines if it could be a lose-lose situation, once again, for the electorate, in: The Tails of two parties. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175914.html Selma Carvalho writes how the great Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has lost the higher moral ground and stands like a ruined fort. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175916.html
