[Goanet] Live jazz news
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- The Starters More jazz night at Eros building, opposite Churchgate station has become the only regular live jazz event in Mumbai. The event takes place on the first wednesday of each month with the house band 'Jazz Junction' featuring accomplished local aswell as visiting international jazz virtuosos. Good food, great company and live jazz, all in a chilled out ambience has made the Starters More jazz night one of the most enjoyable night out in town. Some of the internationally acclaimed artistes who have performed here so far are vocalists Paula Jeanine, Damaris Roser, Najla Shami, Kira Intrator, Helen Jones, saxophonists Jayson Jones, Tala Faral, Carl Clements, trombonist Allen Hermann and trumpet player Martin Dahanukar. Jazz Junction kicks off the first jazz night of the new year on the 4th of January with an impressive lineup featuring Aneela Dias on vocals, Cyril Coutinho on saxophone, Lenny Heredia on keyboards, Colin D'Cruz on fretless bass and Cassy Fernandes on drums. As usual there will be no cover charge. For reservations please call Prema on 9821140611 Hear Jazz Junction mp3 tracks recorded live in concert at http://www.geocities.com/jazzgoa/jj __ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Health matters!
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- High-veg diet 'wards off cancer' Eating at least five portions a day of certain fruit and vegetables could cut the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by 50%, US researchers believe. Onions, garlic, beans, carrots, corn, dark leafy vegetables and citrus fruits were among the most protective foods, according to the study. A University of California team compared the diets of 2,200 people. Cancer experts said previous studies had revealed similar findings, but more research was still needed. More than 10,000 people die each year in the UK from pancreatic cancer. It remains largely untreatable, with the five-year survival rate at under 3%. HIGHLY-PROTECTIVE FOOD Onions Garlic Beans Carrots Dark leafy vegetables Corn Sweet potatoes Citrus fruits The report, published in the Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention journal, said eating five portions daily of the most protective vegetables cuts the risk in half. Or it said eating any nine fruit or vegetables could have the same effect. Raw vegetables were found to be more protective than cooked ones, the study said after conducting interviews with 532 people with the cancer, and 1,700 people who did not have the disease. But researchers acknowledged the results may have been influenced by food which may often be eaten with the vegetables. Report co-author Elizabeth Holly said: Pancreatic cancer is not nearly as common as breast or lung cancer, but its diagnosis and treatment are particularly difficult. Finding strong confirmation that simple life choices can provide significant protection from pancreatic cancer may be one of the most practical ways to reduce the incidence of this dreadful disease. Dr Julie Sharp, cancer information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: Previous research has implied that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables may help to prevent pancreatic cancer. This research adds to these findings, but large-scale studies are vital to confirm whether fruit and vegetables really have an effect on pancreatic cancer risk. And she added other lifestyle factors, such as smoking, also played a key role. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/4554790.stm -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] AIFF should sort out venue problems
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- AIFF should sort out venue problems Newindpress.com December 24 2005 00:00 IST BANGALORE: Knock-out games are held at neutral venues in European soccer. Ditto for games at other big tournaments too. Nowhere in the World is a league game organised at a neutral venue unless the concerned club is penalised for crowd trouble and their 'home' stadium is banned for period from holding home games. In 1996-97, when the first edition of the National Football League was held, the major concern was that clubs here did not have a stadium of their own. In fact, apart from Karnataka, no other state association owns a stadium. As such, it was foolish to plump for the European concept without improvement in infrastructure. In the 10th year of NFL, the schedules were interrupted for want of venues. The Nehru Stadium in Fatorda was built in 1989 in record time for the Nehru Gold Cup International tournament. The State government was totally behind the project. Then Sports Authority of Goa took it over. That brought in cricket from the backdoors into the venue with the GCA laying claims to organise matches. The Salt Lake Stadium, the biggest in Asia with a capacity close to 1,35,000, is another government venture. Problems with the pitch have compounded NFL's problems. The big three of Kolkata football, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohd. Sporting, thus feel the pinch. It is shocking that after completing 100 years, they do not have a stadium which can host their own games. Cooperage, Mahindra United's home at Mumbai, is not any different. It is used more for marriage functions than football. Only JCT can boast of a true home venue as they have their own ground which can have covered stands apart from the stadium in Ludhiana. With the All India Football Federation identifying Bangalore, Delhi and Kozhikode as neutral venues in case of need, the very concept and purpose of the NFL is defeated. Perhaps, the AIFF has no other alternative if they are to keep the NFL rolling. This could well be a short term arrangement. But where is the guarantee that similar reasons will not crop up again. In the 10th year of NFL, the schedules were interrupted for want of venues. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Dempo downs Salgaocar, maintains top slot; Vasco beats MPT
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dempo downs Salgaocar, maintains top slot; Vasco beats MPT Margao, Dec 23 (UNI): A fine brace by Nigerian forward Renty Martin guided formidable Dempo Sports Club to edge past Salgaocar Sports Club 2-1 to maintain their top position in the Hutch Goa Professional Football League Championship at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda here today. Martin scored in the 16th and 43rd minute, while the sole Salgaocar goal came from Fabio Posses. Dempo is now leading the table with 25 points from eight wins and a draw from nine outings, while Salgaocar remained on the same 15 points from 12 outings. In an evenly balanced first session, Dempo shot into the lead in the 16th minute through Martin. Joauim Ambraches unleashed a shot that rival goalkeeper Juje Siddhi could not grab well and it rebounded towards Martin, who pounced upon the opportunity and shot into the net. 1-0. The lead did not last long as Salgoacar restored the parity in the 20th minute through Posses, whose direct free kick found the net 1-1. Dempo consolidated their lead two minutes before the breather. Martin tapped the ball into the net off a well measured pass received from Jules Alberto Dias 2-1. The second half did not witness much of action as the play was restricted to mid-field for the major part. Dempo's midfielder Climax Lawrence received the Timex man of the match award. In the other match played at Tilak Ground, Arlem sponsored Vasco Sports Club blanked bottom placed MPT by 2-0 and earned full points. After a barren first half, Vasco scored two goals through Anthony Pereira in the 60th minute and Francis Fernandes in the 85th minute. Vasco, with this win, jumped to the second spot with 18 points from 10 matches. MPT remained at the bottom with one point. MPT's only consolation was that its goalkeeper Agnelo Noranha was adjudged as the Timex man of the match. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Reach for the beach
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Reach for the beach [December 23, 2005] (The Times of India)This New Year, head for the beach for the Vh1 All Excess, in what promises to be the biggest year-end celebration in Goa! Shiny disco balls no more. A Vh1 initiative, they are taking the party out to the beaches of Goa, where party time is from noon to dawn, all through eight days and nights! It only gets better. This party is on at two of Goa's most popular hangouts Zanzibar, from 4 pm to 10 pm, and then it moves to Tito's from 10 pm until dawn. There is music galore from Indian and international DJs like DJ Nikhil Chinappa, DJ Pearl, DJ Hash, DJ Ryan, DJ Justin from UK, and DJs from San Francisco as well as DJ Loopkin, DJ Mmatt and DJ Maneesh The Twister, to name a few who will be performing from today till January 1, 2006! Adding more colour and excitement to the parties will be international acts from Brazil and Russia like Samba, pole and fire dancers and fire-eaters. DJ Pearl elaborates, We will have DJs from many countries with different styles of music which have a strong beach vibe and is primarily House music. Every DJ treats his music differently and it is going to be interesting to see how people react to their individual styles. It will be fun to play while watching the sun go down and people dancing. As for me, I want to bring in the New Year with very high energy music. But why Goa? Fashion writer, Bandana Tewari says, With the sky above your head, the sea in front of you and sand under your feet, feels much better than having loud music blasting your eardrums.. DJ Nikhil Chinappa agrees, Beaches in Goa are prettier than Mumbai and you don't have cops busting the party at 12 midnight! And you don't have to stress about dressing up. There are no pretensions on the beach. He continues, My idea of a beach party is that the party spirit has to be free, to set the mood right. Get in your beach wear, no makeup required, no hair gel, take a dip in the sea, get out and dance away. And how does Nikhil intend to bring in the New Year? With music of course. A song with a huge string harmony section, really soft, with a rising crescendo, a roll of drums, and a crash. Life's a beach... ain't it? -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Missing link in Akademi awards list
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Missing link in Akademi awards list RAJU NAYAK Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 0116 hours IST PANAJI, DECEMBER 23: When the Sahitya Akademi announced the names of winners of its annual literary awards yesterday, there was one language unrepresented among them. After a controversy arose over the provenance of a poetry collection, the executive committee of the Akademi held back the name of the Bengali award winner. The committee apparently could not ascertain whether Benoy Muzumdar's poetry collection, Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguhha, selected for the honour, was an original work or a compilation of his earlier published work. For the award, the Sahitya Akademi only selects books that have 70 per cent original content as opposed to being a compilation of earlier published work. Professor Gopi Chand Narang, president of the Akademi, only told the media that the award for Bengali could not be announced due to technical reasons. Sources said that executive panel member representing Bengali, Debyendyu Palit, was absent for the meeting in Goa and clarification regarding the Bengali book could not be obtained. As a result Muzumdar's name, initially appended to the awardee's list, was deleted before the announcement. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Air Arabia and Kingfisher partner to offer low fares to the Gulf
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Air Arabia and Kingfisher partner to offer low fares to the Gulf 23 Dec 2005 -UNI Air Arabia and Kingfisher partner to offer low fares to the Gulf New Delhi: Sharjah-based Air Arabia and Kingfisher Airlines today announced a pact under which passengers of both the airlines get to connect to each other's destinations through Air Arabia's website. This means that Indian passengers from five of Kingfisher's destinations will have convenient connectivity to the Gulf. Passengers from Kolkata, Goa, Cochin, Bangalore and Delhi (Kingfisher's destinations from Mumbai) can log on to and select any of Air Arabia's destinations. With one ticket, they will be able to travel on Kingfisher to Mumbai and then onwards to the Gulf on Air Arabia. The fares will result in savings of up to 30 per cent less than other airlines. The fare from Sharjah to the Indian cities will range between Rs 4,990 and 7,490. Air Arabia also offers a convenient visit visa service for all passengers arriving in Sharjah. The low cost international airline recently announced one additional daily flight between Mumbai and Sharjah from December 1 to January 31. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] ARCHBISHOP'S MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS - 2005
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=271 ARCHBISHOP'S MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS Christmas is a feast of joy, a joy that is today celebrated in various and many forms, ranging from the deeply spiritual to the purely secular. At the deepest level, Christmas celebrates the fulfillment of a basic longing of the human heart for God. For we believe that the unseen God took human form in Jesus and became visible to man. By taking flesh, God elevated our human condition and now calls us to re- discover Him in every other human being, specially in the poor and the marginalized, with whom he identified himself in an eminent way through his very birth in a stable. When we succeed in recognizing God in the faces of our sisters and brothers, irrespective of their social or religious background, we become citizens of a new civilization of love, wherein everyone is welcomed, accepted and cherished. Indeed, every Feast of Christmas is a renewed call for all of us to work, hand in hand, for the genuine transformation of our social, political, economic and cultural environment, according to God's plan. May this Christmas strengthen our resolve to help in the realization of this dream that God has for His creation. I take this occasion to wish everyone a joyful Christmas, full of divine blessings and peace that only God can give. + Filipe Neri Ferrao Archbishop of Goa and Daman Archbishop's House, Panjim, December 24, 2005 http://www.archgoadaman.org -- http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=271 http://www.goanet.org -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Congressmen behind sting operation: Alemao
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- OPERATION-ALEMAO Congressmen behind sting operation: Alemao PANAJI, DEC 23, 2005 (PTI) Outlookindia.com Congress MP from South Goa, Churchill Alemao, who was caught on camera in a sting operation into MPLAD project allocation scheme, today alleged his partymen in the state, who feared he may get inducted into the Union cabinet, were behind the operation. My own partymen from Goa are involved in this operation but I have nothing to worry as I am getting full support from the Central leadership, Alemao, the former Chief Minister of the state, told reporters in south Goa. Alemao said the fears that he could be inducted as a Minister in the Union cabinet during next cabinet expansion, prompted his partymen in Goa to plan the operation. Wait and watch, I will prove as to who all are involved in this operation to defame me, said Alemao, addng he has full faith in the Central leadership. I am accountable to the Central leadership only and they know that I am innocent, Alemao said. Refusing to name any state party leader, Alemao said he would not lodge a complaint with the Central leadership but wait for the right time to act against the local leaders. He said he has a tape to prove that the brains behind operation were agents working on behalf of the news channel to make money. Alemao also alleged two persons, who had come to his house during the operation, tried to blackmail him asking for Rs 2 lakh. When they realised that they cannot bribe me, they tried to blackmail me for Rs 2 lakh through two of my friends stating that they have the video recordings of me asking for money, Alemao added. - Forwarded by www.goa-world.com --- Feliz Natal e Próspero Ano Novo Sontosborit Natalam ani Khuxelborit Novem Voros -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Parliament expels tainted MPs
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/23sting2.htm Parliament expels tainted MPs Onkar Singh in New Delhi | December 23, 2005 | 17:09 IST Lok Sabha has expelled 10 members for being involved in the cash-for-questions scam. The MPs were caught in a TV sting operation while accepting money from a non-existing non governmental organisation to ask questions in parliament. Cash for questions scam The expelled members are: Narendra Kumar Khushwaha, Anna Saheb M K Patil from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh (BSP), Manoj Kumar Palamau of Jharkhand (RJD), Y G Mahajan of Jalgaon, Maharashtra (BJP), Pradip Gandhi of Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh (BJP), Suresh Chandel Hamirpur - Himachal Pradesh (BJP), Ram Sevak Singh of Gwalior (Congress), Lal Chander Kol of Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh (BSP), Raja Ram Pal of Bilhaur, Uttar Pradesh (BSP) and Chandra Pratap Singh of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh (BJP). The motion moved by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the expulsion of the members was carried by a voice vote after the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies and the Bahujan Samaj Party staged a walkout. BJP president Lal Kishenchand Advani said that the punishment handed out to the MPs was very harsh and hence he would not like to be party to a bad precedent. Advani then staged a walkout of the House and others followed suit. Prior to the expulsion, the House rejected an amendment by Vijay Kumar Malhotra in which he proposed that the case be moved to the Privileges Committee. In the Rajya Sabha, Chatrapal Singh Lodha, BJP member from Orissa, who was also caught in the sting,�was also expelled. The House debated the report of the Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha, which is chaired by Dr Karan Singh of the Congress party. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley made strong pleas that Lodha be given an opportunity to be heard and the case be referred to the Privileges Committee. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Goencho Ulo Ank #3 - Link
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dears, this is a link to the web pages of GOENCHO ULO Ank#3. Read it. Inform your friends. http://www.fullerlife.in/goenchoulopage1.htm Mog asundi. Miguel -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Re: Goencho Ulo - 3rd edition - AMCHO LOK
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dear Senhor Bernado, The GOENCHO ULO is a Konkani periodical in the Roman script for the promotion of the usage of the Konkani language worldwide. The promoters of GOENCHO ULO [ and I am proud to be one of them] honestly believe that Amchi Bhas Konkani has the best chances of growth and popularisation of its use through the Roman script, specially because this script is known world wide and is adept for Net usage. The fact that the GOENCHO ULO has figured in the Goanet, GoaWorld, Goacom and Fullerlife websites, files, mail lists and archives is proof enough of its international demand. The hard copies, in the simple to read and understand Konkani, are in great demand in Goa. We had sent a few copies to Kuwait, Mumbai and Mangalore. There is a demand for regular supply. Finance and marketing of advertisement space is our limitation at present. Many hands make light work. The support base is increasing with every issue. Perhaps, we can one day reach the 45,000 copies a week level of Mylapore Times, a free sheeter based in Chennai [formerly Madras City.]. It all depends on the stregth of our love for Konkani. We at GOENCHO ULO are for Konkani, we are not against Devanagri script. At present the Goa University's Konkani Encyclopaedia [Mahakosh] is in Devanagri. I have quite a few entries on things agricultural in the four volumes thereof. Many neo-votaries of Devanagri [Fr. Moreno de Souza,sj, and diocesan clergy like Fr.Jaime Couto, Fr. Mousinho de Ataide, et al] do not figure in the Mhakash at all. ;-( The Official Language Act,1987 of Goa, Daman Diu recognises Konkani in devanagri script as the sole official language. It bothers me not. The future of any language is not in devanagri. The GOENCHO ULO is not in devanagri or it wouild not be on so many netgroups and websites. The GOENCHO ULO has nothing Official about it. It is a periodical in our mother tongue, in a dialect we understand in contemporary Goa. No one is forced to read it. The choice is of the reader. The readers world wide are making an informed choice. The choice is clear. It has clearly rattled a few who OPPOSE Roman script to maintain their hegemony. They should learn from Sanskrit experience. It is getting revived by aloowing students to answer the questions in any language of their choice. It is a marks scoring subject at the plus 2 level of school, the pre-university course [PUC]. - Original Message - From: Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Will Ulo be in deva nagiri? (G. Goncalves)So many judases for Goa!! B. Colaco --- Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AMCHO LOK Jayanti-k Konknnitn PhD podvi Jayanti Naik ek boreantli bori Konknni borovpi asa ani xodh lavpachea vavrant tinnem namnna zoddlea. Jayanti mhontto, Eke bailek monachi svotontrai mellona zalear orthik svotontrai mellon faido na. Hi svontontrai mellpak tinnem veovosthit toren xikxit zavnk zai. Konknnintlean poilich Goa Universitintlean PhD podvi mellovpacho man Jayantin zoddlo. We are proud of Jayanti Naik for obtaining the first Ph.D in Konkani from Goa University. It is the first flush in 20 years of the University that has seen 17 convocations without a Ph.D. in Konkani, notwithstanding the fact that Dr.Olivinho Gomes headed the Konkani Dept. for most of this period. The first Ph.D came after his retirement from the Goa University. That is the truth. Just the minor detail that the Ph.D thesis is written in Devanagri does not change it one whit for us. It can be transliterated into Roman script in no time at all.We have been transliterating the rubbish that Subhash Velingkar wrote about the Fontainhas Festival of Art and his vandal creation, Rajendra, in the SUNAPARANT. We have even transliterated the grandiose dreams of Adv. Uday Bhembre in his roadmap to nowhere. Transliteration of the Ph.D. thesis would be a pleasure. We hope to give that privilege to the researcher herself. It will reach a greater audience, worldwide when she does it. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] konkani music
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- my name is jerry harel. a cultural activist from israel with a huge intrest in indian culture and especially music. lately i have become intrested in economic investment in india. i would like to ask you aquestion which is of supreme importance to me : how much should it cost to purchase ownership on one of the konkani music companies which publish konkani music albums on cd's and cassettes ? please answer me . it's very important. i wish you all a merry christmas ! dev bore karun ! -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Goan Voice UK. Daily Newsletter. Saturday, 24 Dec. 2005
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Apostle of the Untouchables to be beatified 23 Dec. Asia News (Italy). The Indian priest, Fr Augustinus Thevarparampil dedicated his life to the advancement of Dalit Christians. Benedict XVI has authorized the publication of a decree recognizing a miracle. 503 words. http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=enart=4929 For a photograph of him see http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Boats, Schools, Orphanages: a Year of PIME Aid for Tsunami Relief 23 Dec: Asia News (Italy). Orphanages, schools, bursaries, boats and psychological support are some of the projects funded by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) thanks to its tsunami campaign ... 2,063,992 euros was raised ... The Rebuilding the Andamans and the Nicobars plan includes a complex with school and a 300-student hostel ... We are doing everything in our power to meet the scheduled July 1, 2006, opening date, said Father Rodrigues from the Society of Pilar ... The fathers of the Society of Pilar are partner in this project, which is expected to take three years. To know more about the various projects underway thanks to PIME's tsunami campaign see http://www.pimemilano.com/ (in Italian only). For text of article, 549 words see http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=enart=4952 Air Arabia and Kingfisher partner to offer low fares to the Gulf 23 Dec: Sharjah-based Air Arabia and Kingfisher Airlines today announced a pact ... Passengers from Kolkata, Goa, Cochin, Bangalore and Delhi (Kingfisher's destinations from Mumbai) can log on to and select any of Air Arabia's destinations. ... The fares will result in savings of up to 30 per cent ... the fare from Sharjah to the Indian cities will range between Rs 4,990 and 7,490. http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=199817cat=India The Bombay to Goa SuperStar Libra Cruise Experience 23 Dec. Business Traveller. Feature article with photographs. http://www.businesstravellerindia.com/200512/exoticretreat01.shtml World Wide Competition: 12-day Exotic India trip. One place on trip departing 22 Jan. Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Khajuraho, Varanasi, Delhi. Does not include flights. Details at http://www.peregrine.info/overseas/genews_os.htm#indian Reach for the beach 23 Dec: Times of India. This New Year, head for the beach for what promises to be the biggest year-end celebration in Goa! Shiny disco balls no more. They are taking the party out to the beaches of Goa, where party time is from noon to dawn, all through eight days and nights! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1344310.cms Thousands fly out of Britain as the great getaway begins 22 Dec: The Daily Express (UK). ... Thousands will be heading to Goa, which has established itself as a value spot for those wanting the best chance of winter sun. Ivan D'Souza victim of the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts '23 Dec: Daily News Analysis. New Zealand resident Ivan D'Souza is in town to get his wisdom tooth extracted. Twelve years ago, D'Souza, 42-year-old businessman, had lower jaw broken in 14 places in the 1993 bomb blasts at Bombay Stock Exchange. D'Souza also lost his right eye. He's still grappling with the horror of Black Friday, as doctors keep discovering and extracting newer glass shards from his body ... Photo and full text at http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1003639CatID=1 Madonna: She's 47 - How Does She Do It? 22 Dec: The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand). Madonna is an excellent example of the fact that age does not have to have a negative effect on your fitness levels ... it was at the height of her obsessive yoga devotion a few years ago that she also had the beefed-up arms her husband, Guy Ritchie, was said to dislike. Her new leaner limbs are likely to be the result of her twice- weekly pilates sessions and visits to the studio of her latest fitness guru, James D'Silva, in St John's Wood, London, where she is hooked up to a gyrotonics machine. It's a medieval-looking contraption with pulleys for the legs and arms. Check out the James D'Silva supplement at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/JamesDSilva.htm Kenya: Eve D'Souza: What celebs want for Christmas 23 Dec: East African Standard. Radio presenter Eve d'Souza describes Christmas as a family affair ... The sexy radio presenter says this will be a special X-mas for her as she will be with relatives whom she hasn't seen in years. My uncle and aunt are coming all the way from Goa, India, to spend time with us. Eve says her best Christmas memories are as a
[Goanet] New News channel in goa.
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dears, There will be a new channel [basically a CD capsule producing agency] that will [illegally] telecast from one of the channels of the local head-end cable TV distributor. Goa TV will join the ranks of Goa 365, Goa Newsline, In Goa , Goan Eye, Goa Plus and other wannabe local channels from 26 January, 2006. Long live the Republic! Viva Republica! Viva Goa. Miguel Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Launch of TV Channel by Bicaji Ghanekar A NEW television channel will be launched on the auspicious day, Republic Day, that is on January 26, 2006. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Sonia Gandhi reads ethics code to MPs
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- http://in.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=/news/2005/dec/23sonia.htm Sonia Gandhi reads ethics code to MPs BS | December 23, 2005 | 03:02 IST Expressing anguish at the recent episodes that have damaged the public image of parliamentarians and of Parliament itself, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday asked party MPs to make a firm commitment to follow the code of ethics laid down for them. Complete Coverage: Cash for Query Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting, she called for scrupulous adherence to the norms to avoid conflict of interest and to the stipulated disclosure requirements. I also want to draw your attention to the widespread impression that MP Local Area Development funds are not being utilised properly. I know many of you are using the funds well, but it is now up to us, individually and collectively, to dispel the mistaken notion of large-scale misuse, said Sonia. Addressing the CPP, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the MPs to see that their own MPLAD scheme was properly implemented. Meanwhile, MPLAD scheme is likely to survive the latest controversy about its misuse that led a section of parliamentarians to demand its abolition. At the all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Thursday to discuss the scheme, most political parties are said to have opposed any move to scrap it. They, however, agreed that some mechanism should be evolved to ensure proper monitoring, sources said. At the CPP meeting, both the prime minister and the Congress president outlined the importance of the social and economic legislations introduced by the United Progressive Alliance government for the uplift of different sections of society. Speaking about the ambitious government programmes in social and infrastructural sectors, the prime minister said MPs must act as watchdogs and custodians of these programmes. I think that we have proved that the policies of the UPA government are growth-friendly, Dr Singh said. The Congress president asserted, We are firmly committed to the UPA-Left coalition at the national level. Our challenge is to ensure that while this commitment is retained, the good work being done by the coalition government yields political advantage for us as a party as well. She told the MPs that if they wished to make any suggestion for the forthcoming Budget, they could send it to the finance minister. Like last year, a pre-Budget interaction between the finance minister and Congressmen will be organised at the AICC soon. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Tehelka.com - Scandal website reinvents itself
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Scandal website reinvents itself By Navdip Dhariwal BBC correspondent in Madras An Indian news website brought to its knees by two years of tax raids and government investigations is now planning to relaunch as a weekend newspaper. The website, Tehelka.com, caused a furore in 2001 when it secretly filmed member's of India's defence establishment allegedly accepting bribes. The exposure shook the government and led to the resignations of the presidents of two main parties in the ruling coalition and the defence minister, as well as some senior bureaucrats. But in a surprise twist, an enquiry into the affair also turned its attention on Tehelka in what its staff saw as an act of government revenge. As a result, Tehelka's editor, Tarun Tejpal, has been too busy dealing with the crises arising from those investigations to cover any stories. But now Mr Tejpal - probably India's most famous journalist - is planning to put the sting back into Indian journalism. Layoffs Two years on and the enquiry has been disbanded. No-one in the government has been charged but Tehelka has virtually shut down. You can have... 3,000 people killed as in Gujarat last year, but there's zero accountability Tarun Tejpal It used to have an office with 120 journalists, that has now been reduced to just three. It had been forced to give up a three-storey office block and borrow office space from supporters. In the last two-and-a-half to three years, we've been at the receiving end of this completely extra-constitutional assault, says Mr Tejpal. Tehelka is promising a comeback as a people's paper. The campaign is taking an eight-city tour across India promoting what it claims is Free, Fair and Fearless Press - India's latest addition to a media which Mr Tejpal says has lost its courage. No scam or outrage of over the past 15 years has led to any kind of accountability, he says. You can have 10 people killed, 100 people killed, 3,000 people killed as in Gujarat last year. But there's zero accountability. The level of harassment Tarun Tejpal says he has endured is unprecedented. In these circumstances you should have journalists digging in their heels and getting tougher and tougher, but on the other hand what we find is actually journalists are becoming softer, he says. N Ram is the editor-in-chief of one of India's most famous newspapers, the Hindu, which is now in its 125th year. He denies the Indian press has gone soft and lost its independence. We admire the Tehelka for standing up and the investigative job that it did. But I think much of the press rallied around him for that matter, Mr Ram says. Mr Ram says there are market pressures on editors - But I think a large degree of independence exists, a lot of space exists in the Indian press.. Crusade Tehelka has become a crusade - for what its supporters say is - the truth. The new Tehelka newspaper still has to meet its launch target of $3m, so it is looking for founder subscribers. Among the eminent Indians who have signed up is VS Naipaul, the Nobel prize-winning novelist, Mira Nair, the award-winning director of Monsoon Wedding, and Khushwant Singh, the famous Indian writer and columnist. Tarun Tejpal says he believes 'sting' journalism - where someone is set up and shown committing an offence - is a legitimate form of journalism. I think in a country like India where we've lost our ability to shame our public figures, we need to be ingenious, we need to be courageous, we need to use the sting to shame people. I think if there were a thousand journalists in India employing sting journalism to catch out people in public office, misusing public money and public power... that will be a great deterrent, he says. If exposing scams and corruption is the editorial line - then Tehelka will certainly be keenly read in India. For a country that fought hard for its press freedom - any new addition that promotes democratic debate can only be a good thing. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/3174460.stm -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls |
[Goanet] Consumer Forum formed in Davorlim in South Goa
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- - Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ --- --- Consumer Forum formed in Davorlim, South Goa --- On 8th December 2005, twenty families of Davorlim,South Goa, got together, to set up the Davorlim Civic and Consumer Forum under the guidance of GOACAN (Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network) at a meeting held at the home of Mrs Flossy Coutinho. GOACAN Co-ordinator Mr Roland Martins who guided the villagers on their Consumer rights and Civic Responsibilities said that governance is a two way process and communities need to be involved and aware of their rights as consumers.He briefed the gathering on different issues in which the Consumer Forum can play an active role such as domestic gas home delivery and safety camps, waste management, road safety and traffic management and urged those present to participate in the decision making process by regularly attending the Gram Sabha of the village Panchayat. Mr Jose Camillo volunteered to be the Convenor, Mrs Melinda Powell the Secretary and Mr Zino Carvalho the Treasurer. Consumers present at the meeting volunteered to handle different service providers like BSNL, Electricity Dept, Post Office and the Social Welfare Dept. for senior citizens identity cards. The consumers present decided from January 2006 to have their monthly Forum meeting on the last Sunday of every month at 4 pm and to prepare a detail list of local issues that need attention from the village Panchayat and other Govt. agencies.The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by Dr Maria Rodrigues. -- --- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK --- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa --- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 9822180182 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goacan.org --- -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 12/16/2005 -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] MYTHS OF FR JAIME COUTO SHATTERED
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Here below is a MEMORANDUM featured on the internet by Fr. Jaime Couto, M.S., B.Ed,. It appears as a follow-up of a new collective Goan Catholics for Devanagri who recently paid their tributes to Mons. Sebastiao Rodolfo Dalgado, a diocesan priest (belonging to the Cristao Bamonn caste) on the occasion of his 150th Birth Anniversary, at a function on Dec.20, 2005, at the Menezes Braganza Hall, Panjim, apparently to counter the growing worldwide support for UNITY IN LANGUAGE (Konkani) DIVERSITY in SCRIPT and the imminent recognition shortly of Konkani in Roman script besides the present Devanagiri by an amendment to the Official Language Act 1987 in the forthcoming Assembly session in January 2006. This is all the more certain, now that Government of Karnataka has accepted Konkani in Kannada script and a notification will follow soon before the next academic year. This writer desires to clarify on a few statements in the MEMORANDUM to set the record right, without malice to the views of Fr. Couto ---as he has every right to hold to his personal views. ** Re: Konkani in Roman Script is being projected as the language of the Goan Catholics. Ans: Surely no Goan in his right senses will deny this although there are many Hindus who too subscribe to both Devanagari and Roman. ** Re: The contenders for the Official Status for Marathi are overjoyed for the present agitation will surely help them achieve their goal! Ans: This is a myth floated by a section of the Hindu Saraswat Brahmins, during the language agitation, to divide the Catholics and the Hindu Bahujan Samaj. It is well settled that Konkani and Marathi are two distinct languages and there is no dispute on this count. The Hindu Bahujan Samaj in Goa from as far as Pernem to Canacona ACCEPT Konkani as their mother tongue (excluding perhaps those from Maharastra who have settled in Goa)but they wanted the recognition of Marathi, because they did not want to accept the sanskritised devanagari script of which the Saraswat Hindu Brahmins were familiar with and have a monopoly. Had the Cristaos familiar with the Roman script stood by their script them and not fallen into the trap of a section of the Hindu Brahmin community by compromising on script i,e accepting Devanagari much of the problems faced by the Cristaos would not be there. Remember today it is only the Diocesan schools that force the Cristaos to teach their children in Devanagiri because of the likes of Couto that are at the helm of policy making for the Church. The sooner the Catholic priests like Fr Couto, remove this fear of Marathi protogonists from their minds, they will understand the ground reality. Fr Couto would do well to accompany this writer and get a clarification on this from Mr Ramakant Khalap, and believe me Mr Ramakant Khalap himself will prepare the Official language (amendment) Act to include Konkani in Roman script as he had always advocated even during the language agitation (ask Mr Tomazinho Cardozo) but the priests like Fr Couto were misled by the likes of Uday L Bhembre (Adv) to achieve their Hindu Saraswat Brahmins agenda of 1939 conceptualised by Adv Manjunath at Karwar and further formalised clandestinely (even without the knowledge of Fr Jaime Couto) by Mr Bhembre and his lobby through the Academic Council for Konkani of the Sahitya Academy New Delhi on the 21st November, 1981,. ** Re: The promoters of this movement also demand that the Schools - which have been teaching Konkani in Devanagri Script for 30 years, amounting to a generation -should switch over to Konkani in Roman Script. Ans: This is untrue and a clear misunderstanding --- let it be clarified again the votaries of UNITY IN LANGUAGE (Konkani) DIVERSITY in SCRIPT (Devanagari/Roman) want both Devanagari and Roman script to move hand in hand. Let the Konkani language taught in primary schools continue to have classes both for Devanagari and also in Roman. But if the Devanagari classes close for want of minimum number of students then Fr Couto should not blame the Catholics for this unfortunate dilema of the votaries of ONLY ONE LANGUAGE ONE SCRIP(devanagari) Re: History shows us that the Catholics, other than the elite, clung to Konkani, that too mostly the spoken one, for want of other options. Ans: True it was the Cristao Bamonns and this includes the
Re: [Goanet] Birthday wishes and Wishfull thinknig
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- On 14/12/05, Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just yesterday it was Mr. Manohar Parrikar's 50th birthday. I join fellow Mhapsekars and other Goenkars in wishing him well. If it is a fight of money and muscle against the strength of morality and character.the BJP will lose, pants down!! The khaki cheddiseems to me more as a relic of the 'Mocidade Portuguesa' [ the colonial NCC] rather than some pre-Portuguese attire. Perhaps, Wendel can design some 'Langoti ' or 'Khasti' based attire for the pseudo Desh Premi punks who want to deface history. Mog asundi. Viva Goa. Miguel Braganza RESPONSE: While the power of money may be true during election time, at least in one instance in Goa, the Church controls who is in power.namely in Navelim. It is known that the present incumbent, who was a nobody, was installed by Church heirarchies. If another and indeed credible Catholic were to stand against the man, with backing from the Church it could well be the makings of 'money does not and is not all' in Politics! -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
Re: [Goanet] Re: *** Goanet Reader: POLITICS GENESIS OF MOPA (Valmiki Faleiro)
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- On 18/12/05, apolinario dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Valmiki I like to add here, Mr. Luizinho Faleiro was working for Zuari Agro chemicals and when he was contesting his first election he did not have money of Rs.35,000?- Now what is he? What is his income? From where he has brought all that wealth? Is there in the Democratic India to question this? RESPONSE: This is a moot point brought up time and time again by all Goans especially those from Goa! If was not through graft that MLA's get to be wealthy then it is at the least through influence and having the inside track. Does anyone know if Mr. Luizinho Faleiro had an inside track to the Verna estate and his ultimate killing on the the sale of land there? Cheers, -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] GOENCHO ULO Christmas issue on the Web.
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dears , The GOENCHO ULO Ank#3 is loaded on the websites of www.fullerlife.in and www.goacom.com . By the time you read this, it will be on the other websites and files where it has been hosted in the past. Anyone wishing to host GOENCHO ULO is free to do so. Please send us the link at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] so we can inform the others and feature it on our masthead in the next issue. No ego problems or exclusivity with us. TEAM : together Everyone Achieves More. Mog asundi. Miguel -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Congratulations and thanks.
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dear Maria Aurora, I have read, with deep appreciation, your article in the Goanet -A world famous artist. Congratulations on this excellent piece. Your articles, as always, are both very instructive as well as inspiring. Please continue to enlighten us with these well-researched and beautifully presented articles. God bless you. Our warmest greetings for this holy Christmas season, and may God continue to bless you in the New Year. Averthan -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Dalgadacho sondex
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dear all, Please make note of the following messages. Thanks. Sebastian Borges 1. A REPORT The Goan Catholics for Devanagri paid their tributes to Mons. Sebastiao Rodolfo Dalgado, on the occasion of his 150th Birth Anniversary, with a Public Session on Dec.20, 2005, at 5-30 p.m., at the Meneses Braganza Hall, Panjim. Fr. Moreno de Sousa S. J. presided over the function, Adv. Udai Bhembre being the Guest of Honour. The Chief Guest, Mr. Froilano Machado, the veteran Freedom Fighter and Ex-Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly had regretted, by a letter, remaining absent, at the last moment, on health grounds. The Convenor of the Forum, Fr. Jaime Couto, welcomed the president, all the other guests and the audience at large. He spoke of Dr. Cunha Rivara whose clarion call to Goans apparently had mobilized, among others, Mons Dalgado for the rescue operation of his Mother Tongue. In his keen endeavour to rehabilitate Konkani to its pristine glory, among many other measures, Dalgado advocated Devanagri as the appropriate Script for Konkani , as the case is with her sister languages descending from Sanskrit. The proof of his strong conviction is the publication of his Komkani-Portuguez Dictionary in Devanagri, at a time when hardly 1% of Goan Catholics knew that script. Today more than 75 % of the educated Goan Catholics are well conversant with Devanagri. Now is the high time, he said, to work to make Dalgados Dream come to fulfilment. This very awareness has given birth to Goan Catholics for Devanagari Forum. Their aim is solely to promote and encourage Devanagari among the present generation with an eye to the next. The second item of the Programme was the release, at the hands of the President, Fr. Moreno, of Dalgadacho Sondex, a bulletin aimed at providing to the Catholics, in special, a platform for their maiden writings in Devanagri. Prof. S. M. Borges, ex-Head of Geology Department of Chowgule College, delivered the key-note lecture on the topic Mons. Dalgadacho Konknni khatir vavr ani haves. After briefly referring to the historical events that adversely affected the development of Konkani, he depicted vividly the miserable condition the language had been reduced to, at the time of Mons Dalgado. Thereafter, he gave a biographical sketch of the great personality. He highlighted his penchant for languages, European as well as Indian, which helped him to deepen the study of Konkani. The long Introductions to his Komkami- Portuguez and Portuguez-Komkani Dictionaries carry the findings of his patient research. The fact that they are written in Portuguese makes them accessible only for those who know that language and the number of these is unfortunately dwindling fast among Goans today. But he assured that a translation of these important documents into English would shortly be made available. He quoted Dalgado as saying emphatically that Konkani should be written only in Devanagri. His Komkani- Portuguez dictionary stands as a witness to this firm conviction. If need be, Dalgado said, Konkani could be transliterated into Roman Script provided that the Jonesian system is followed as it is done regarding its Mother Sanskrit. Further Prof. Borges spoke about the ambitious plans Dalgado had for the development of Konkani. Among them, he mentioned Dalgados noble gesture of providing a fund, from his own savings, for the creation of Konkani Faculties at the Panjim Central Lyceum and at the Rachol Seminary. The necessary quotations and the other details of Prof. Borges speech had been included in the handouts already circulated among the audience. Adv. Bhembre, in a forceful manner, described how Mons. Dalgado and, later on, Shennoy Goembab faced all the odds to put forward their ideals. The bold and adventurous steps they had taken to fight the case of Konkani would rather project them as mentally deranged , Pisse, in the eyes of the public. Fr. Moreno admitted that he has been a writer in Roman Script all his life, but he had strong reasons to favour Devanagri for Konkani. He repeatedly told the audience that Devnagri had been a solid foundation for his writing in Roman Script. The function was compered by Mr. Agnelo de Borim and the Vote of Thanks was by Mr. Xavierito da Costa. For the GOAN CATHOLIC FOR DEVANAGIRI FernandodoRego/ 2. A MEMORANDUM by Fr. Jaime Couto, M.S., B.Ed There has recently been a hue and cry in the allegedly Goan Catholic Community in favour of Roman Script for Konkani. Konkani in Roman
[Goanet] Goan friends in East Africa: Mohamed Osman
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Hi Mohamed, Please call me Frederick (or FN). Do send in your details -- locations and years spent there -- to goanet@goanet.org and there's a fair chance you might run into someone you knew. Best wishes, and thanks for your kind feedback. I consider myself a humble postman, circulating the work of others (mostly) to relevant spots in cyberspace. FN From: mohamed osman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/23 Fri AM 10:38:16 GMT+05:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tracing old friends Dear Mr.Noronha, I've been an avid reader of your very informative writings on Goan history.Recent articles on Sidis in India and the Opium trade in Macau are examples.Superb work! Is there any way I can trace some of my old Goan friends from East Africa through your organization? I've reccomended your site to quite a few friends,Goans included,overseas. With best wishes for Xmas and a Happy New Year, Sincerely, Mohamed Osman Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] A simple hand made Card Just For You
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[Goanet] Keep Trio Kings alive in Tiatr Non Stop Drama
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Keep Trio Kings alive in Tiatr Non Stop Drama When I was Just sitting and thinking about the Future Tiatr in Goa, Today we see just Because of Patrick Dourado's, Samuel Carvaloh's , JR Rod and now Menino de barnar, Marinao fernandes etc, we can see Trio kings on Konkani Stage . My Dream is to be one Unity Group that keep our Trio kings alive in Non Stop Drama, I Beg to my Non Stop Drama writers Directors Mr. Roseferns , Prince Jacob, Mario Menezes, Tony Dias, John D' Silva's, Pascoal Rodrigues, Rafael Noel to be one unity with Tiatr writers Directors take Tiatrists of Tiatr in Non Stop drama Because we see a very long time trio kings coming on Konkani Stage, I beg to all non Stop Drama writers Directors to give opportunity Trio Kings, Trio Princes, William de Curtorim I beg to Invincible Directors Roseferns to keep writing tiatr also. We are in Faith that my Non Stop Drama Writers Directors will solve my problem And will reply to my emails and I believe we will always hear the Voice of Trio Kings, William de Curtorim Tiatr. Some tiatrist our Artist tell the Director not to take William de Cutorim n Trio Kings I want to know why ? let them stay alive with their Daily bread till they die? You came up as their have kept name on Tiatr Konkani stage? Still their voice is on Demand we seen crowd pulling in Dubai, as I was there for the Show in Dubai all the way from Muscat, Today we see the same Artist on the Stage they think there are in heaven, please remember song of M. Boyer n put your step?first time we seen Trio kings in VCD due to Patrick Dourado's n Samuel Carvaloh's. KEEP A LIVE TIATR, KEEP ALIVE TRIO KINGS, WILLIAM DE CURTORIM, KEEP ALIVE TIATRIST OF TIATR,KEEP ALIVE OUR MOTHER TONGUE KONKANI Viva Goa Viva Tiatrist . Yours fellow goan Stephen Fernandes Muscat/ Divar -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Info on this song
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Hi, Could somebody give me more info on this song? kaLiz hem hastha poi nachta poi kumpasar anthraLar sukNim pasun karthath dabrasar hya fulamcho pormoLL gomtha fakath vasak mogachim chinthnam hya monanth zathath pashaar poLoun thuka dongor pasun vonkthalo mogacho uzo! puNN voi thoso tum poi nakai, mujan thuka kains divnk nezo puro puro puro, tum fulancho thuro hya fulanim lipla moipaas amcho tum maka hasoithai, bhuloithai uthranim saang kityaak fuloithai osolya fithrani poLe tem ghor bandhlam moladhik fathrani taslem haum bandthalom mujaa hathani uthram tujim, godaan godam, thyaa musanchya movaan pori poi dharyachim, larar laram, khadpacher bosthath kai borim laram thim sukhachim, laram thim dhukachim ashethat ek korunk kaLzam amchim maNkam mothyam dya magthik bhangar zainachor doLyam mukar asthos muji bomoichi kunvor uzo lai nasthana kithyaak korthai dhumvor sosunk zaina dekun thujya doLyancho pawor chinthun thujem, kaLiz mojem sogLens guspolam kantyani hai deva, vatai maka, bharavlaum sogLyach vatani thuka vichorcho na, thuka haum sandcho na ghot bandtholom moga-chya dorani kaLiz hem hastha poi nachta poi kumpasar anthraLar sukNim pasun karthath dabrasar hya fulamcho pormoLL gomtha fakath vasak mogachim chinthnam hya monanth zathath pashaar Thanks Maurice D. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Balance Sheet of Life
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Balance Sheet of Life Our Birth is our Opening Balance Our Death is our Closing Balance Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities Our Creative Ideas are our Assets Heart is our Current Asset Soul is our Fixed Asset Brain is our Fixed Deposit Thinking is our Current Account Achievements are our Capital Character Morals, our Stock-in-Trade Friends are our General Reserves Values Behavior are our Goodwill Patience is our Interest Earned Love is our Dividend Children are our Bonus Issues Education is Brands / Patents Knowledge is our Investment Experience is our Premium Account The Aim should be to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] A warm Season's Greetings from stephen
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Dear Goanet n team wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas n a New Year 2006 may Lord Jesus bless you'll and Good health and long life and to give Jesus love to other. yours fans Fellow Goan Stephen fernandes n Family Muscat/Divar -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Re: VISION - GOA 2010
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Sadly, there is much truth in what you write. [George Pinto] The grain of truth I see in Averthan D'Souza's satirical post has to do with the centrality of airports in Goa's scheme of things. If we get our airports right we may be in a position to get our society right. Getting our society right should help get our politics right. This in turn will help boost the economy and conserve our ecology bringing us back full circle for another round of the cycle of goodness which Goa deserves in great measure. No doubt life is not as simple or clearcut as this linear sequence pre-supposes. But you get the basic idea, right? Cheers! -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] No fear of Lager Louts
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Hi Goans, There is no fear of - If the decline and fall of Spanish resorts is anything to go by, British lager louts will ensure that the former Portuguese colony is very quickly transformed into the Costa del Goa. - Because the lager louts cannot afford the Goans flight no matter how cheap - unless it goes below £100/-. Then and only then they will have over £100/- to spend on booz. Besides lager louts go to Spain with great drepidation, only because one lager lout has been there another follows, IF THAT ONE LAGER LOUT IN GOA IS TOLD HOW TO BEHAVE - He will put the REAL lager louts OFF going to Goa. Afra. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Famous quotes of Churchill
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Famous quotes of Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy, modernized, learned and practiced by Churchill to improve on his own ideology: Stickly speaking (stickly is a famous churchill word for strictly), I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for yourself. Politics is not just politics, it is an earnest business. One person can make a difference and every person should try. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names If you are going through hell, keep going. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. For more, read the great churchill jokes: http://gaspercrasto.tripod.com/id49.html NYC football news and photos: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf- goans/message/7426 -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] The Abbe Faria debate
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- Practically 250 years later, and some salient facts on Abbe Farias life and whereabouts remain as nebulous as the exact number of luminous Goans in the Goan galaxy. For the most part, there is a fixed number of luminous Goans in the Goan galaxy that just about everyone and everybody is familiar with. Occasionally, a new star pops up -- is either allowed to glow gracefully, left to wither in isolation, or altogether eclipsed by the ever looming twilight of Goanism. Foregoing Goa and seeking domicile in Europe, Abbe Faria was in the right place with the wrong color. If his greatness was eclipsed by the color of his skin, the same was fortuitously spared by the color of his brain. Neither then nor now, is anyone fully aware or acquainted with the color of his brain or its corresponding palette. Dom Martin www.abbefaria.com -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Re: 6th year hand over of Macau
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- On Thu Dec 22 00:21:19 PST 2005, Bernado Colaco wrote: --- 19th December 2005 marked the 6th year of the handover of Portuguese administration to China. In the 6th year still - water supply 24/7 Power supply 24/7 Telephony 24/7 44 year of Goa invasion, Water supply - no reply; Power supply - apply no reply; Telephony - Hello, hello where do we go? RESPONSE: I could be mistaken but that's a poor comparisonMacau - total area - 25 sq km; Goa - 3700 sq km Such a tiny place like Macau is easily navigable by foot and with the billions pouring into the casinos, I would not be surprised if you have fiber (instead of copper) running straight to each apartment in every Edifice on Rua Francisco. That's no excuse for the inadequacies of Water, Power or telephony in Goa. Average households in Goa now have 1 and sometimes 2 or 3 cellphones. Everybody seems to be cutting the cord Nevertheless, Goa is only headed one way - towards bigger and better things with or without people like you and me. As much as some people like you continue to see only the negative things about Goa and Goans, Goans will continue living in and visiting Goa. Not everybody can or cares to migrate to Macau or Canada for that matter. For now..let's loosen-up and meet up at the Roulette table!! Tis the season for some bling-bling and Boas Festas !! ka-chingka-ching. Feliz Natal!! - Bosco -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
[Goanet] Liberation musings ... the many twists and turns in Goa's long story.
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details | || -- An interesting article by Valmiki Faleiro. However , I doubt very much whether all the gasbags he mentioned in the Roll of Honour from 1787 to 1961, with the exception of Mr. Tristao Braganca d'Cunha , were really interested in the welfare of the people in general. VF: In 1862 came, noble Sashti - Navelkar Francisco Luis Gomes' inspiring call for Goa's integration with motherland India. Motherland India, in 1862, was either British India or Princely India of odious Maharajahs. Mr. F.L. Gomes, I believe, had made a speech in the Portugal's Parliament, stating that he hailed from a land which produced some people who were 100% superior. ( but nevertheless of zilch achievements ). No wonder, F.L.Gomes finds a place in the pantheon of original freedom fighters. Antonio. -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --
