[Goanet] Info - Portuguese Citizenship
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Hi!! Need advice/information on following. How can a spouse who is born in the territory other than Goa,Daman, Diu apply for portuguese nationality, when her husband's birth and marriage is transcribed at CRC-Lisboa. Is she entitled to portuguese nationality by default on the basis that her husband birth and marriage is already transcribed OR she has to make a separate application for her portuguese nationality. Is the proof of connection with portuguese community required/ proof of sufficient knowledge of the Portuguese language required. Request of furnish complete procedural guidelines and documentation. Thanks!! Sachin Kelkar
[Goanet] Telecast of mining problems to people documentary today at 7.30 pm
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[Goanet] Are there any Goans in LA - who are prepared to take over the running of LA GOA ?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com I share a post from Ralph Figueiredo - President GOA LA for the last 7 years ! ? RB http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Category: History_of_ Goa http://feedjit. com/stats/ worldgoan. blogspot. com/map/? x=100y=39 w=160h=94 From: Ralph Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] com To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:10:06 PM Subject: Christmas Dance 2008 Hello Everyone, The L.A GOA will not be organizing our annual Christmas Dance this year. We are sincerely looking for a new group to take over running the L.A GOA from the past committee. We (The past committee) have been organizing events and running the association for over 5 years now. Personally, I am willing to stay on as a committee member and help out with the transition as needed. So, if you and your friends would like to contribute towards keeping your association alive and running, please call / email me and I’d love to talk to you about what’s involved. In the interim, the MAA (Mangalore Abroad Association) is organizing a Christmas Dance on December 13th in Orange County . You are all invited to attend. Deadline to pay is December 2nd, so please rush your checks in if you decide to attend. Many of us will be attending. Capacity is limited (First come first serve basis) and the event will sell out. Attached is the flyer and contact information as well. Please direct any event questions to the contact on the flyer. Thank you and we hope to see you there! Comments / suggestions: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] com - - - RALPH FIGUEIREDO (310) 534-0358 [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Poster : The MAA cordially invites you to join us as we celebrate the reason for the season at our ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GATHERING Saturday, December 13, 2008 6:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Festivities and Feasting will begin with a children’s Nativity Tableau at 6:30pm. Dinner, Dancing and “then some” will follow into the night. Do join us at this joyful social event. Gandhi Palace (Tandoor)- (714) 538-2234 1132 E Katella Ave, Orange, CA Members:12 yrs-Adults: $20.00 per person Children:6-12 yrs: $15.00 per person Guests: $30.00 per person Guests: 6-12years:$20. 00 per person After December 2, 2008: $40.00 per person Sodas, Appetizers, Entrees and Dessert are included. Alcohol may be purchased separately. Please send your checks in by December 2, 2008 to: Effie D’Souza, Oakshade Road, Bradbury, CA 91010 = = = = = = = = = = = == rene barreto - WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS = = = = ===
[Goanet] Admin: Please argue on issues, not against persons!
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com So well said! It's one of the reasons I don't write so often on Goanette. People start getting very personal. It is true we Indians or Goans are emotional people, but other people are sensitive too. We should respect their opinions if we want ours to be respected. Sometimes I get this feeling, we have a peg of Fenni and then decide, OK, now I'm going to vent out my unbalanced emmotions. But this is only breeding ignorance!. The best results are only achieved when giving one's opinion without hurting anybody else's feelings. Warm wishes, Isabella- Germany.
[Goanet] Education Minister Goa University
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Dear Dr. Barad, You have misdirected your questions, if the Times of India is to be believed. Please read the banner headlined article Will Mr. Kamat please clarify? with the self-explanatory sub-title CM's 2007 letter to Centre contradicts present stand on Goa Varsity on page 1 of Saturday, 15 November, 2008. Also read Take Goa Univ off Bill, CM to tell Centre with the sub-title State has realised mistake of agreeing to Upgradation:MP [referring to Shantaram Naik's hindsight, which is perfect . as the US Marines saying goes Hindsight is 20/20 ] in TOI of Sunday 16 November, 2008. The CM's letter of 22 November, 2007 was a well kept secret till now. Please send a letter to the CM [and the then Minister of Education to boot!], Shri Digamber Kamat who sent the letter dated 22 November, 2007 [almost one year old today]to the Ministry of Human Resources Development conveying the consent of the Government of Goa for UPGRADING Goa University Central University, reportedly with the concurrence, or prodding, of the Director of Higher Education, Mr. Bhaskar G. Nayak asking whether it had the cuncurrence of the cabinet, ruling coalition and/or the Goa Legislative Assembly as the case may be. There is a window of opportunity to know the truth: Apply for a certified copy of the proceedings of the Goa Legislative Assembly between 01 August, 2007 [the month in which the GOI Ministry of HRD wrote to Govt. of Goa] and 22 November, 2007. If I am not mistaken, there was no Assembly session during this period. The MLAs were elected in June, 2007 and after the monsoon session took a well deserved rest till the winter session, save for the toppling games in July, 2007, led by Mr. Manohar Parrikar of the GDA [not GBA] fame. The main door to the truth would be access to the agenda of the Cabinet meetings to see if the subjected was ever listed for discussion. Goa University's status would not be discussed as Any Other Business or A.O.B. in a cabinet meeting. An RTI with the Cabinet Secretary/Chief Secretary should do the trick for Rs.10/- and stationary costs not exceeding Rs.100/-, including Rs. 12/- for Speed Post to send the RTI application. One simple question and a request will do the trick: 1.Was the proposal for the change of status of Goa University to a Central University and/or its implications on the agenda of any cabinet meeting between 01 August and 22,November, 2007? 2. If YES, please furnish a copy of the relevant Agenda and extract of Agenda note pertaining to the issue. If SECRECY or CONFIDENTIALITY clauses are applied at the Cabinet Secretary level, the last resort is to file an RTI application with the Director of Higher Education ...still the self same Mr. Bhaskar G. Nayak, former Principal of Saraswat College of Commerce Management [now Sridora Caculo College of C M, Khorlim-Mapusa] and of Government Colleges in Pernem and Quepem, who could not take over the post of Principal in Dhempe College for want of a Ph.D in his Curriculum Vitae but now controls the funding of not only 28 'traditional courses'[Arts, Science, Commerce and Management] or Non-Professional colleges, each of them headed by Ph.D holding Principal without a single exception which cannot deny access to the note prepared by it for the CM in this context. For any researcher in caste dynamics of Goa, it offers a wonderful opportunity to study it in the context of the proposed UPGRADATION of the Goa University ...including the dynamics of the ephemeral CITIZENS of Goa INITIATIVE created by Floraino Lobo at the instance of one Dr. U.G. Barad, Mr. Srinivas Kamat, Dr. Jayant Budkuley, Prof. Madhav S. Kamat and others earlier this year. We have discussed the caste divide on the dais at the contributory [your contribution was Rs.50/- besides free speech for the proponents of the opposition to the upgradation, if I remember right] debate in the Institute Menezes Braganza hall, Panaji-Goa, earlier this year. Why treat Atanasio Babush Monserrate now as you treated Floriano Lobo for the debate earlier this year? Floriano had the courage to admit that he had been had ... almost as if in revenge for the way Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque had taken the pseudo Admiral Timmaji in 1510 A.D. there is a moral in the story: 1. Not all Catholics are dumb or slow witted as they are thought/taught to be; and 2. Not all Hindu GSBs are as smart as they think they are! Dr.
[Goanet] Vaya Con Dios
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[Goanet] Pale bye-election prediction
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Miguel Braganza wrote on Nov 7: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.culture.region.india.goa/84169 -- Dr. Pramod Pandurang Sawant,BAMS [Kolhapur], is an ayurvedic doctor and is presently a student of MSW in Pune. He is the BJP man wanting to be the next MLA of Pale-Kothanbi in the Goa Legislative Assembly. Born on 24 April, 1973, this 35 year old Ayurvedic doctor received the Nehru Yuva Kendra's State Youth Award in 1999 [when he was 26 years old] and has worked at the Ayurvedic College at Shiroda-Ponda [reportedly managed by the current Congress President, Subhash Shirodkar] as a Medical Officer. Thereafter, he was an Active BJP worker for the period 1996 to October, 2003 from October, 2008 onwards. If it seems rather clinical, there is a valid reason: Dr. Pramod P. Sawant served in the Government establishement as Ayurvedic Physician under PHC Sanquelim and PHC Bicholim-November 2003 to September, 2008 and could not be officially active in politics. His previous leadership/political experience includes: 1. CR [elected] of S.Y. BAMS at Shivaji University and 2.G.S. [unopposed] of T.Y. BAMS 3.President of a Health Care NGO with projects including i] Manthan ...funded by DEMPO Group 2.AIDS Awareness ...funded by GSACS 3. Rural Information ...funded by Nehru Yuva Kendra 4. Day Care Centres ...funded by Govt. of Goa 5. Village Library ... funded by Govt. of Goa To confirm and for additional information call 0832-2372366 or mobile 9422635922 [Source: Press Hand out of CV at BJP office] - My comment: From past experience, Goans in general choose someone who is of their kind. An educated, young, dynamic leader who has proven himself gets rejected in Goa's politics. People vote for thugs who achieve nothing for the state and everything for themselves. The absurdity of us Goans is evident from the way we vote for someone who runs a goondaraj in Taleigaon. We make one who has ties with criminals our chief minister. That gives them an opportunity to ruin what remains of Goa, and makes us spend all our efforts, day and night in protesting against what they do wrong. All because we are loyal to some party and the country's great leaders of the past belonged to that party. Pale will be no exception. The educated and sincere candidate will be rejected and people will go for their regular favourites one of their own kind. Melvyn Ferrao, Agacaim
[Goanet] To make this Season A Memorable One - GULAB CAROL SINGING COMPETITION in KUWAIT
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com KALA MOGUI KUWAIT GULAB WORKING COMMITTEE Conveys their Special Advance Greetings for the Christmas Season To All Our Supporters Konkani Loving People To make this Season A Memorable One we are organizing an unique GULAB Carol Singing Competition on 19th December 2008 (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. sharp at the Carmel School Auditorium, Kheitan, Kuwait. For details contact Tel: 66502572 / 99391452 / 24726524 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com Entries for the competition will close on 21st November 2008 and a general meeting will be held on 22nd November 2008 (Saturday) for the participants. Goa's Pride - http://www.goa- world.com http://www.yahoogro ups.com/group/ gulf-goans http://www.goa- world.com/ goa/gulab/ Goa's Pride - http://www.goa-world.com http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans Konkani Amchi Mai Bhas Sogglea Goenkaranchi - hench amchem herans. For all Goans, our mother-tongue Konkani, is our pride! http://www.songs-from-goa.at/goa/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ECJrnqPcI
[Goanet] Goans take to local protests to fight ills
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Goans take to local protests to fight ills Ketki Angre Sunday, November 16, 2008, (Panjim) Goa means different things to different people. It is the perfect holiday spot for the reclusive or adventurous, a bohemian rhapsody for the hippie and is viewed as prime land for the mining lobby. But over the years, local protests have gathered momentum there as residents try to save their state. Those are angry voices that one wouldn't associate with Goa's 'sussegad' or laid-back image. A case in point is Cheryl Marina De Souza. Cheryl and her family were barred entry to the mine near her property and she paid for it by being thrown in jail for 24 hours. After further threats from the mining lobby, Cheryl hired a private bodyguard for her daughter Aki's protection. Aki's father is cremated there, there's no compromise on a home, said Cheryl Marina De Souza, resident, Quepem. From retired medical officers to the average farmer or housewife, ordinary Goans are coming together to fight the rape of Goa. They are fighting against illegal mining, land grab, political sleaze, even if it means taking risks. It was in fact a people's protest that actually forced the Goa government to scrap the controversial regional development plan, that would have plundered the natural beauty and wealth of Goa. The people's movement has also spilled into other campaigns. Recently, Goans got the government to scrap the SEZ policies, including three of the seven which were already notified by the Centre. Fundamentally what they are doing is trying to expose the corruption and the very fact that they are sought to be silenced or sought to be assaulted. What it effectively means is that the pressure is working on these guys, said Dr Oscar Rebello, Goa Bachao Abhiyan. Last but not the least, Goa is the only state in India that has a special law for children called the Goa Children's Act. It's a remarkable step that was made possible only after a decade-long determined fight by activists against child abuse. http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080072781ch=1 1/16/2008%2012:22:00%20PM ~(^^)~ Avelino
[Goanet] six reasons why it is difficult to live in Dubai
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[Goanet] Fw: Lucio Miranda's Website
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Lucio was an exponent of the Portugese fado. Played the guitar and sang. The link below will take you to his website. The Music link within it will take you to a selection of songs sung by Lucio. http://www.luciomiranda.in/ STANLEY YVONNE PINTO 153 The Embassy 15 Ali Askar Road Bangalore 560 052 INDIA Tel: +91-80-2220 3320 4114 8153 Mobile +91 98453 95319 (SP) +91 98455 35129 (YP) E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: stanleyvonne Blog: stanleypinto.livejournal.com
[Goanet] Road closed near Holy Family Cathedral - Kuwait
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Road closed near Holy Family Cathedral - Kuwait Note that the only way to go the Holy Family Cathedral in Kuwait City is via the Gulf Road only. The road between the Church and the traffic light (after the Sheraton round-about) is closed. When you are approaching the Church, you can only turn right (towards Watiya Souk) at the Sheraton Traffic light! You cannot drive straight towards the Church. Therefore, you have to drive via the Gulf Road and park on the opposite side of the Church or take a U-turn (new) and park at the Starbucks parking area. If possible, please try to car-pool to avoid parking confusion and delays. Please pass on this info to others in Kuwait and follow the traffic guidelines/signs/ directions. You will save a lot of time !
[Goanet] Two planes escape collision narrowly at Goa airport
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com As many as 356 passengers on board a Moscow-bound Trans-Aero flight had a narrow escape when the chartered aircraft brushed against the wings of another plane at Goa's Dabolim airport Sunday afternoon, officials said. The incident occurred at 2.30 p.m., when the Moscow-bound flight was on the runway, readying for the take-off, they said. The flight's right wing brushed against the tail wing of another chartered flight from Britain, the officials said. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200811161801.htm
[Goanet] At the Kala Academy -- Kesarbai Samaroh, art, ballet...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Programmes at the Kala Acdemy Nov 15 (Sat), 2008 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. DMKM KA-PDS Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar S.S. Samaroh Free 5.30 p.m. 10 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Art Gallery Meghamala A. Chanekar Painting Exhibition Free [Continues uptil Nov 18) Nov 16 (Sun), 2008 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. DMKM KA-PDS Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar S.S. Samaroh Free Nov 17 (Mon) 10 am to 1 pm DMKM KA-PDS Ballet Performance Free Rehearsal (Also on Nov 18) 10 am to 7.30 pm Black Box Chandekar Business Media Pvt. Ltd., Extrusion Summit 2008 Free (Also on Nov 18) 10 am to 2 pm Open Air Auditorium Mushtifund Saunstha Gathering Free Rehearsal 5 pm to 9 pm Open Air Auditorium Mushtifund Saunstha Gathering Free Nov 18 (Tues) 5 pm to 9 pm Open Air Auditorium Alumini Events Children Day Celebration Ticketed Nov 19 (Wed) 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm DMKM KA-PDS Ballet Performance Free -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] Exhibition of Photographs
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Mahesh Nair's Exhibition of photographs showcases the beauty of nature in its breathtaking variety. Particularly the Himalayas and Yellowstone Nationalpark scenes are serene and intense at the same time. Photography has come gradually in place of the fine arts to pay tribute to the beauty of the natural world as a footprint of God's work Start Date: November 21 2008, 7pm End Date: December 12 2008 Location: Art Chamber Galeria de Belas Artes Calangute, Goa Contact Information: Rudolf Ludwig Kammermeier +91-9823217435 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goa-art.com/gallery/Mahesnair/Mnair.htm Goanet AE http://www.goanet.org
[Goanet] German Cultural Days @ Goa, 12-14 December
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com 1st German Cultural Days Goa on 12, 13 and 14 December 2008 The Indo-German Friendship Society (www.igsg.org), Goa is organizing the 1st German Cultural Days in Goa. The events will be held in Pangim and Margão on 12, 13 and 14 December 2008 and will include a presentation on Information about oportunities of Study Research in Germany and a German Alumni Meeting. A Traditional German home pastry class will also be held as well as music events and a roundtable discussion. For programme and more information please visit www.igsg.org or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on behalf of my parents, Aurobindo and Margarete Xavier) Constantino _ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008
[Goanet] Admin : please argue on issues, not persons
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Bella writes: Sometimes I get this feeling, we have a peg of Fenni and then decide, OK, now I'm going to vent out my unbalanced emmotions. Goanet posters should be asked to solve a captcha (filling up a word in an image) or some sort of a puzzle, and only after being able to solve that, the post should go through. People who are in an inebriated state of mind would not be able to pass this stage. regards, Samir
[Goanet] Is Kundapur a remote village in Udupi district, near Mangalore?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Dears, The Sunday Navhind Times of 16 Nov. ,2008, reports thus: Mr Gokuldas Prabhu, briefing the media said that Kundapur village is a remote place, but includes secular Konkani community which loves and respects the language. The TOI report of the same day reported remote village having a huge Konkani speaking population ...and also the Bhandarkar College campus I know that Kundapur is the home village of Mr. Kundapur Dattaram Bhat, the Executive Director of Photophone/PHIL Corporation in Goa. So, it cannot still be a small, remote village with a college. Is the Konkani community always secular or is it only in Kundapur and hence the prefix? What does secular really mean? Tolerance of all religions in one area or absence of religion or exclusion of all but one religion in an area so that the other religions can be tolerated on the outside ... or choosing representatives of other religions who share one's views, though not the religion [as done in quite a few Official language bodies in Goa]? If the All India Konkani Parishad [allegedly an unregistered association] is telling us cock and bull stories about a remote village with a college, the less said about their stand on Konkani [Ek Bhas, ek lipi, ek sanskruti, ek samaj] and the use of internet for emailing prose and poems in Devanagri [Fr. Jaime Couto is the only person who sent me Devanagri fonts and links to rediffmail so that I may read the couple of basic emails in Devanagri he sent to me, obviously with great effort], the better. Nothing has come of their tall promises made at the AIKP session on 10 February, 2007, a t Kala Academy, Panaji, when Dr. Ramdas Nagesh Karmali had made just such a presentation. Possibly the same was done at Cochin in February, 2008. It would be nice if the AIKP actually manages to find some simple way of sending emails and SMS in Devanagri ...and uses it without making the Catholic Church and Goa Government into a donor agency or BPO or both as done for the Primary schools in what is euphemitically called as local language aka Konkani. The other things called local include seedling/sucking mangoes normally used for pickle and the Goan spirit that gets one pickled. So do the GPS [Govt. Primary Schools] in the BPO era. They are used as a last resort ...when one cannot afford the costs of the superior stuff ...just like local mangoes of unknown quality. Incidentally, the AIKP conference and the Carnival are both held in February each year ...and both are partly sponsored by the Government of Goa with the money you and I pay as tax. What a coincidence! Mog asundi Miguel Kundapur meet to discuss promotion of Konkani NT NETWORK Posted on 2008-11-16 Kundapur meet to discuss promotion of Konkani PANAJI - The 19th All India Konkani Literary Conference will be held in Kundapur village of the Udupi district, in Karnataka on February 7 and 8, 2009. The conference will have a number of seminars discussing promotion and expansion of Konkani language at the global level. The president of the All India Konkani Parishad, Mr Shantaram Naik, addressing a press conference on Friday said that the literary conference is being held for the first time in a remote area. However, we have made all arrangements for transportation and accommodation of the participants as well as delegates of the event from Goa and elsewhere, he added. A seminar on effective propagation of Konkani literature through electronic medium would be a highlight of the literary conference, Mr Naik said and added that another seminar would be about the possibility of spreading social messages concerning AIDS, social discrimination, gender discrimination, national integration, literary temperament, nationalism, etc, through Konkani language. The local host for the meet will be Jai Konkani, an organisation working for the development of Konkani in Kundapur, it was informed. Dr H Shantaram is the chairman of the reception committee constituted for the literary meet, while Mr Shyam Karanje is its working president. The president of the working committee, Mr Gokuldas Prabhu, briefing the media said that Kundapur village is a remote place, but includes secular Konkani community which loves and respects the language. He further observed that the Christian community in Karnataka has substantially contributed towards Konkani literature. It was also informed that the Karnataka Governor, Mr Rameshwar Thakur or the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mr S Yediurappa
[Goanet] Goa University or Gone University?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Now on we will have to listen to tunes - we are with people. If Goans don't want Goa University to be converted into Central University we will do every thing possible to scrap the proposal. Although we are going to hear this slogan from Congress party as well as from CM I would only like to pose one question to Mr. CM - What completed you to send the proposal of up grading Goa University to Central University without any consultative process in November 22, 2007. Do you think that Goa University is your property because you are CM of Goa? Goans demand explanation to this very proposal Mr. CM. Goanet Members can read more on this issue by clicking the link provided here below: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Take_Goa_univ_off_Bill_CM_to_tell_ Centre/articleshow/3718581.cms Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] The Exact Role and Definition of Overseas Bharti Goans.
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com On Thu, 11/13/08, Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goans in Goa think they have acquired martyr status for staying on in Goa, and the oft repeated question is, what have you NRIs who ran away to foreign countries done? Native Goans have done the following in the 20th 21st century: 1. Liberated Goa from Portuguese rule. 2. Made Goa as a Union Territory of India instead of merging with Maharashtra. 3. Attained a better status for Goa from Union Territory to State of Republic of India 4. Included the language of our ancestors “Konkani” into the Constitution of India. 5. Help thousands of lazy Goans (who were not willing to work in Goa) to send them to Gulf and other countries to work. Now, they do work abroad but few of them complain calling very hard work for normal work. BTW, Foreign currency remitted by them have benefited India (not directly Goa). Now, have established NRI Commission for them and others. 6. Now, Goans employing tens of thousands non-Goans (Benard Colaco may call them Bhartis) in Goa, particularly in Tourism industry. (Overseas Goans are welcome back but only if they can speak Konkani and compete with them (neither priority nor reservation quota but only competency). 7. At the moment, the ratio between Goans and non-Goans is controllrd - that is about 63:37 8. In Goa, we are lacking menpower at all levels. Unfortunately, we prefer more non-Goans then 'Overseas Goans' so we get them and we make plenty of money. And, to comfort their stay in Goa, we provide them Shelter, Ration card, School with their language as medium, Pan shops, etc. 9. Children born in Goa to non-Goan parents are given entitlement to call themselves as Goans with full status including with all Goa State Welfare Benefits. 10. Bishop of Goa has instructed us to treat non-Goans with Loves, dignity, care, compassion and to share with them. In some Churches regular Masses are said in Hindi on Sundays (may be Calangute Church has given the lead) 11. Taken care of our Freedom Fighters by giving them sufficient pension. 12. Taken care of our Politician by giving them a good pension. 13. Till now we have managed to retain the name of the land of our ancestors as Goa. In near future, the percentage of non-Goans will increase soon to over 50% then we have to change the name of the land of our ancestors to Bharti Goa or similar as per their demand. Unfortunately, then all overseas Goans may have to call themselves as Overseas Bharti Goans. Cip North Goa
[Goanet] More Portuguese than the Portuguese
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Dear RKN, In Portuguese, pinto, is a chicken (young). I do not know whether there is a term for the stage between an older chicken and a cock or hen. Sort of like being a spinster or batchelor. Cock is, torneira. Hen is, galina, as is fowl. Rooster is, galo. Maybe there are other ways to say the same in Brazil, and Brazilian Portuguese. Here RKN, a bonus for you for asking a good question. This is from the Dicionario (accent omited) de Rimas (Rhyming Dictionary) on words ending in into: absinto, Aracinto, cerinto, Corinto, corinto, Filinto, instinto, Jacinto, jacinto, labarinto, lavarinto, Pinto, pinto, plinto, precinto, recinto, terebinto (V. os a, e as ref. em inta). There is a reason why in some words that appear the same the first letter is capitalized. venantius From: Radhakrishnan Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] More Portuguese than the Portuguese Is it true that in Brazil, Pinto means small cock? Cheers, RKN
[Goanet] Argue on issues rather than personalities
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Well said, Frederick. Mervyn M.
Re: [Goanet] Fw: Lucio Miranda's Website
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Thanks Eric for that beautiful link. Lucio looks like those genteel Goan noblemen who if transplanted in 1800's Portugal or Spain would have been equally at home. Would Valmiki Faleiro who would have surely known Lucio please tell us more than his website reveals. The good and the bad if there is. No man's memory is complete without that. God bless you Lucio for enriching Goa and it's culture. Roland. On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:07 AM, eric pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lucio was an exponent of the Portugese fado. Played the guitar and sang. The link below will take you to his website. The Music link within it will take you to a selection of songs sung by Lucio. http://www.luciomiranda.in/
[Goanet] Portrait of an old Goan lady
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com To Goanet - I had stopped briefly for a soda at a small store in the village of Paliem (near Uccasaim, off the Panjim to Mapusa highway - there are several Goan hamlets that go by the name 'Paliem') when this lady walked by. I didn't have my special portrait lens on me, but with a wizened story-of-a-hard-life-lived visage like that I did not want to let go of the opportunity. She readily consented. Her name is Chandrika Zantye - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/chandrika.jpg Regards, r
Re: [Goanet] The Exact Role and Definition of NRI's in Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Bosco, there are a few questions that arise from your post. While my remarks about boorish comments from Samir Kelekar about Overseas Goans according to you do not take the debate forward, is it your opinion that the following remarks he made does? Quote They should also ask what their fathers were doing when freedom fighters were fighting for freedom. Licking Portuguse boots, being Portuguese empregad, or slaves? Their sons are now sitting in Australia and UK and are teaching Indians freedom. Get lost guys, no one in Goa is listening to you. You are not needed. Unquote Perhaps people in Goa who are not listening to overseas goans, are listening to those like Kelekar writing from Bangalore. Bosco, there is no point you can make to me by quoting a paragraph from Cabral e Sa's article in Goa Today. I fully support what he basically says - let us stew in our own juice, we are used to it. You cannot change us. We have elected the Govt and deserve what it dishes out. Any overseas Goan going to Goa to change things in my opinion is like the proverbial fool rushing in where angels fear to tread. It won't take much time for him to lose his innocence and by the time he is ready to change them he has already become a part of the scenery. It's that bad in the hell-hole that Goa has now become. Any going to Goa would be only for the purpose of meeting one's relatives. It doesn't even come close to being merely a holiday destination if one compares to the choices available to us at half the price of going there. I find your following comment quite intriguing: Quote This I believe is the ethos of Goanet - to give a voice to the voiceless. But the hegemony of a few who insist on monopolizing the available bandwidth on a daily basis (for the past several months) drowns out those that need or want to be heard...for eg. Sebastian Rodrigues, Philip Neri, Valmiki Faleiro, Godfrey Gonsalves, Joao Fernandes, Samir Umarye and many-many more.. Unquote What are you saying Bosco? That Goanet should be the exclusive domain of a selected few and that the janta should not be occupying space? Very easy to fix Bosco, in your moderator role. Just cut them off. And who decided that the ethos which means the character, the moral element, of Goanet is to give a voice to the voiceless? Here is what Goanet says it is: Goanet is a general forum for people interested in Goa to meet and talk about Goa. And even if were a place for the voiceless as you say it should be, pray tell how Sebastian Rodrigues, Phillip Neri, Valmiki Faleiro et al are not getting their own voices on Goanet. As Bosco the poster, this post of yours was rather lacking in rationale. Roland. On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: Perhaps it has never ocurred to some of us (NRGs) that there are perhaps hundreds, nay thousands of Goans who share Samir's point of view. Criticism of Samir as an individual is misplaced at best; he is only a single voice of many. While Selma and Gabriel have illustrated their counterview appropriately, resorting to responses as above dont take the debate forward.
[Goanet] Bootlickers !
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Indian minister to attend expat forum's function MINISTER from the Indian state of Goa, Joaquim Alemao, will attend a function being organised today as part of the one-day seven-a-side football tournament for Goan community members at the Doha Stadium. Alemao will be the chief guest at the function. Joaquim, who is the younger brother of former Goan chief minister Churchill Alemao, is currently the president of the Goa Football Association. He is also the Urban Development Minister of Goa these days. Roland.
[Goanet] VHP men attack church and damage it in Mumbai.
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com VHP men attack church in Mumbai 16 Nov 2008, 0130 hrs IST, V Narayan , TNN MUMBAI: Around 20 men, allegedly from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), barged into the prayer hall of a Christian sect at Bhayander at 12.30 pm on Saturday and stripped and thrashed the pastor in the mistaken belief that he was converting people to Christianity. According to the police, eight men have been arrested for the attack on the prayer hall which belongs to the Church of God (from the Pentecostal Church). Incidentally, the prayer hall is adjacent to the Navghar police station at Bhayander, a bustling township just outside the city limits. The attackers, who also damaged the prayer hall and confined 20 persons attending the prayer meeting. Raj Jaiswal (30), an eyewitnesses, told TOI that around 20 people, including 15 women, were in the prayer when someone knocked at the door. We opened it presuming that more people may have come for the prayer, he said. A mob of about 20 rushed in, shouting slogans such as, 'Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra', said Jaiswal, a real estate broker who attended the prayer meeting. They claimed to be from the VHP and said they had information that conversions were happening here. They hurled fithy abuses at us and beat us up, said Jaiswal. Although a Hindu, he attends the prayer meetings for the past seven years since he believes the prayers cured of persistent body ache when doctors failed. The mob stripped pastor Philip Fernandes and thrashed him for trying to convert people. Jaiswal said that he then phoned a TV channel for help. The reporters came in 15 minutes with police officials from the Kanakia police chowkie and Navghar police station who resolved the matter, he said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/VHP_men_attack_church_in_Mumbai/articleshow/3718149.cms
[Goanet] Can Kamat clarify?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Kamat has sold Goa and Goa University including the assets of Goa University to the tune of nothing less than 400 Khokas (Crores) All Goanet members in this forum are most welcomed to contest or raise responses or what ever .on this subject only to save GOA. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Not a Rumour - Narvekar and Parrikar
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Obama has interviewed his opponent Clinton to be Secretary of State. Doesn't politics always make for strange bedfollows ? One other question -Who paid the US college fees and expenses for their kids. Then again we should not be petty. Selfless public service should have some reward.
[Goanet] Confirmed - Manohar Parrikar's son getting married on 19th Dec!
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Dear Mr. Rahul Mehrotra / B J William J as a friend of utpal, Allow me to clarify a few points; 1. Manohar Parrikar's son (Utpal) is working , not studying in the USA. 2. he is getting married to Uma Sardessai on the 19th of dec. for someone who uses a fake id to write , who does not give names correctly , who constantly writes parrikar's son without finding out the name of the son, who wants us to wise up, please note - it is definitely time for us to wise up and not pay heed to anonymous postings on the internet. and this marriage is not the sly .it is a grand function that utpal and uma are celebrating their marriage. just because u are not invited, does not mean u can marry off people in which ever manner u choose! i will post the invite to you! pls do come and lastly, it is an insult to Utpal and Uma when poeple like you write whatever they want to propagate a brand of 'activism', which is dirty and indecent. wise up, rahul or are u williams or just someone else with no spine to accept the truth! over to you! would love to meet u for the wedding. will personally introduce teh couple to you regards sonia kuncalienker -- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:57:18 -0500 From: Rahul Mehrotra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Not a Rumour To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Speaking of Politicians and how we all love to bash each other defending our political parties, be it the Congress or the BJP, would it surprise anyone to know that I have it on Good Faith that Dayanand Narverkar and Manohar Parrikar, two sworn enemies, are marrying their children off to each other on the sly? This is True, it is not a rumour. Their Children are studying in the United States and will be marrying each other Shortly.(Shwetal Narvekar and Parrikar's Son) I guess its only the people who are left standing , wondering what on earth is going on, when there is a slugfest everytime people defend his/her choice of political parties. Wise up, people. --
Re: [Goanet] Not a Rumour
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com It is sickening to note that this forum has become a site for rumour mongering. Rahul has made a categorical statement that Parrikar's son is getting married to Narvekar's daughter on the sly further stating that it is not a rumour. I would like to know from him if he is invited for the same wedding and the likely wedding date and venue. Please don't abuse democracy and feed Goaneters with such bull. Regards, Abhijit Sadekar
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[Goanet] The Exact Role and Definition of NRI's in Goa
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Roland Francis wrote: There have always been some strident voices on Goanet trying to choke off any criticism of Goa by overseas Goans and of their negative experiences there. I am not talking of the likes of Frederick Noronha who have in most circumstances always kept a balanced view. Cecil Pinto: 1) I was wondering when Don Quixote would rush in to the aid of the foot-stuck-in-mouth Joan of GoaNet. Will Roland please give examples of his assertions above. And the validity or invalidity of arguments from either side. 2) We all share your admiration for Frederick Noronhas balanced view. He has his own motivations. Frederick Noronha is not the spokesman for Goans in Goa. Neither am I. Are you the spokesman for all NRI Goans? Do they all concur with your views? -- RF: While I myself prefer to hold off any criticism of Goa, since other than being a Goan, I have little to do with present-day Goa, I do understand when people who have much more closer connections give vent to their feelings. CP: You have chosen well. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Having said that I personally know many NRI Goans who have their heart and their mind in the right place. It is the few ill-informed gasbags who give all NRI Goans a bad name. An easy thumbrule to use to differentiate is whether somebody has to constantly beat their own drum (and that of their families') to show what they (and their families) have achieved and done for Goa. --- RF: For a latest example, Samir Kelekar's absolutely boorish comments on overseas Goans do not reflect well on his PhD. To me the man is as ignorant an ass as they come, son of Gurunath Kelekar or not. CP: It is juvenile language like this by a few NRI Goans that brings disrepute to many honourable NRI Goans. While I may or may not agree with Samir's comments I don't see why his doctorate and parentage have to be dragged into the argument. Are you lacking in these areas? -- RF: Personally, I feel that Goanet as Rajiv Desai recently mentioned, has become far too parochial and less of the pulsating, exciting Goanet it was not too long ago. That was when we talked less of Goan politicians and gangsters and more of the traditional Goaness that now mostly resides with the overseas rather than the local Goan. CP: 1) One could also argue that the GoaNet of eight years back was far better than when some foul-mouthed attention seeking NRI Goans jumped on some 3-4 years back. It is a question of perspective. But change is inevitable. It is for us to work together to make sure that the change is for the better and not start controversies and make dramatic illogical statements just for self-attention. 2) I doubt GoaNet was intended only as a forum to discuss 'traditional Goaness'. 3) Kindly show proof of your assertion that 'traditional Goaness' ..'mostly resides with the overseas rather than the local Goan'. You seem to be going the Selma way too, with dramatic soundbytes that have no logical base. -- RF: Also a source of never-ending amazement to me is the proclivity of, for example Cecil to counter any criticism of situations in Goa with the zealousness of paranoia. You talk about corruption and he talks about how that is not confined to Goa. He has never been outside of India and yet he compares Goan corruption by implication to that say of the UK. Which world is he in? CP: 1) Other than the current discussion please show me recent examples of my 'countering criticism of Goa with the zealousness of paranoia'. Unlike certain vocal people here, I have a real-life life to live and have to work hard for a living to feed my family. I do not have the time or energies to react every time a misinformed blinkered NRI Goan starts whining froma distance about what we in Goa should be doing. 2) I agree I have never been outside of India. How exactly does that disqualify me from pointing out the lack of rational thought in certain postings, and the attention seeking agenda of the posters? 3) As to your question of Which world is he in? let me assure you that my world is here in Goa. Here and now. That is something you will never understand with your fleeting-if-anything relationship with Goa. Shooting off a critical e-mail takes a few minutes. Walking the talk here is another ball game. As for the rest of your posting let me use a word coined by Selma yesterday. It's time for a 'bladderdash'! Cheers! Cecil
Re: [Goanet] Contents of Goanet digest Vol 3, Issue 1749 (Re: Not a Rumour (Cip Fernandes)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Reply to Cip Fernandes : Are you Mr Rahul Mehrotra interested in Shwetal Narvekar? ... and you want to break their love? Your response doesn't make any sense Cip Fernandes. Break their love. LOL. Isn't it time you matured? My point was entirely something else. You don't call each names in public, expect thousands of people to back you up and shout for your support and have your kids married off to each other, that leaves them with no moral standing.
[Goanet] Not a rumor
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Cip writes: Rahul Mehrotra bjwilliamj at gmail.com, Love has no boundries. We live in the 21st century. Children not necessarily have to follow parents Political parties. Can Manohar Parrikar stops his son getting married to Shwetal Narvekar? .Can Dayanand Narverkar stops his daughter Shwetal Narvekar getting married to Mr Parrikar's son? Plus they are both Hindus. Now if one was a Christian and another a Hindu, of course...it might have been considered a secular conspiracy. samir PS: I have been blamed also for posting some responses because some idiot has a Christian surname. I am amazed how deeply communalism is ingrained in some of the posters on this forum.
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1481
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Thanks Paulo for vouching for my existence! Just goes to show the level of doubt that has percolated our thinking! Thanks Mario Jesus Mario B. Fernandes exists and I know him personally and very well. In fact we are both playing for the UK Goan Overseas St. Francis Xavier feast. It is definitely no fake id. Best Paulo Colaco Dias. P.S. RKN, are you sure this guy is using a fake ID? *** _ Searching for weekend getaways? Try Live.com http://www.live.com/?scope=videoform=MICOAL
[Goanet] GBA*s Notice to all Tourists and Goans
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com GBA*s Notice to all Tourists and Goans GBA*s Notice to all tourists Goans, particularly south Goans. North Goa observes ‘Dry Days’ as follows: 24th Nov 5pm onwards 25th Nov all day 26th Nov till 5pm 29th Nov all day What’s ‘Dry Day’? It means no drinking at all ( I mean Alcoholic drinks). It means all license Alcohol selling premises such as Whole sale, retail sales, Pubs, Bar Restaurants, Bar or Abkar, gadhi, sorea dukon etc will be closed on the above days/timings. Why on these days? It’s because of the bye-election/voting that takes place on 26th Nov. at Pale constituency in Bicholim Taluka If 26th is the voting day, then why the hell 24, 25 26th Nov? Sorry, I don’t know, please ask Election Commissioner of India (all affected persons may please attend the public meeting on 22nd Nov at Azad Maidan Organised by GBA*) Why 29th? It’s vote counting day. With electronic voting machines, it should take less than 30minutes to declare the winner. If started say 9am then by 9.30 the official result should be out. Don’t know why the day also is Dry Day. What areas covered under North Goa? Entire North Goa Talukas i.e. Pernem, Satari, Bicholim, Tiswadi Bardez Having a total of 253 villages and 120 Panchayats. Includes Tivim, Mapusa, Calangute, Saligao, Aldona, Madrem, Arambol, Baga, Anjuna,Sanklli, Mayem, Valpoi, Panjim, Porvorim,Miramar, Taleigao, Dona Paula,St.Cruz/Merces, Siridao, Agxi etc etc If voting takes place in Pale, Bicholim tatuka then why ‘dry day’ for other 4 talukas ? Don’t know. Again, ask ECI Find their contact details here http://electionsgoa.nic.in/ We are going to Old Goa Novena starting from 24th Nov.. Well, Old Goa too comes under North Goa. So, no beer or liquor served in the stalls or pubs around that area. Choose any other dates/timings than those mention above and plan your trip to Old Goa accordingly. You can have 'cheuris paum sorpotel paum but no copachem' Incidentally, many IFFI 2008 delegates who come to Goa will also be affected which starts 22nd Nov till 2nd Dec. (they too can join the GBA’s meeting on 22nd Nov) We in South Goa are very lucky.. Ha. ha ha.. Don't laugh! If Churchill and Reginald are disqualified then soon you will face the same fate. North Goans will be lucky then. Ha Ha Ha Any tips? - Traditionally, on Dry Days, they say there always exist a hole in the wall of the Bars or the tavern and liquor always flows through the hole. You could try that in your area and at your risk. - Try stocking on 24th Nov. enough to last you for next 2 days. Again, on 28th do the same. * Did you say GBA? Yes, surprised? It’s Goa Boozers Association So, be there to voice your concern. All are invited to join except BS and it’s members Free drinks will be served [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Portugal and Goa in the 21st Century: Towards an Alliance of the Small
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Portugal and Goa in the 21st Century: Towards an Alliance of the Small Constantino H. Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3 a.m. in South Delhi. I am hugging a Mozambican, both of us with tears in our eyes. It wasn't alcohol fuelling our emotions, but goals; goals scored by men dressed in red, beamed in live from distant Liverpool. Benfica!, we shouted together into the Delhi night. We live in an age of superlatives and hyperbole. Though current financial crisis has exposed shaky foundations in the global financial system, the prefixes lure of the large still surrounds us. No longer restricted to the once imperial West, hegemonic agendas now also permeate the narratives of the 'Rest'. India has its own triumphalism -- popular rhetoric about the emerging 'elephant' or 'tiger', the new 'superpower of the Asian century' -- grand projections that come along with presumptions of long-lasting high economic growth to pay for a blue-water navy and nuclear shields and big arms deals. But my Delhi episode, which took place sometime in 2004, reminds me of the beauty and importance of smallness. More than the specific football institution Sport Lisboa e Benfica, it was a feeling of solidarity and equality which led us in to each others' arms whenever the Portuguese players scored a goal against the British. Those eleven men in red, representing a decrepit Southern European club which insists calling itself Glorios, were playing in freezing industrialised North England, against powerful Liverpool F.C, and the reds were decided underdogs. When the match began, they were dismissed as having 'absolutely no chance', because 'these Portuguese are tiny, and not just in stature'. It was these slurs that instantaneously united my Mozambican friend and myself, that evoking a surge of identification between that Benfica team, and Portugal and Mozambique too. This is the alliance of the small. The alliance of the small I suspect that there is a latent sensibility that binds together the people, cultures and nations that exist towards the margins of across our increasingly megalomaniac world. It is a realization that the very fact of smallness is no longer a handicap, but rather offers a tremendous potential to be explored. How wrong are those nostalgic Portuguese who imagine that their once imperial country retains the slightest importance in the economic arena! How wrong are Westerners who dream about an 'alliance of democracies', as if eternally non-aligned India would fall for that obvious anti-China trap! And how wrong are those Goans who think that 'superpower India' serves as the ideal 'pay-back' strategy to expurgate their post-colonial inferiority complexes! These are golden highways to nowhere. What we need instead are simple paths, narrow but secure, which recover and interlink the plurality of tiny ports and communities created during sixteenth century Globalization 1.o1. Macao, Malaca, and Maputo. Luanda, Lisbon and São Paulo. Goa, Díli, Praia, and Bissau. The crux of the matter is not composed of coordinates and capitals. Above all, this is a deterritorialised community of the small and diverse who are committed to resist the homogenising impulses of Globalization 2.0. Sikh 'Indian-Portuguese' in Lisbon, Goans in Toronto, Mozambicans in Delhi, Timorese in Beijing: these and all other hubs of dislocation and hybridity are the bridge-builders of Globalization 3.0, of an alternative order which preserves the eternal human need to differentiate. Smallness can no longer be construed only in geographic terms; small is also different, exquisite, alternative. Herein lays the specific power of Goa and Portugal and the historical relationship which binds them. Portugal, on the Western flank of the flourishing European Union, and Goa, on the Western flank of powerhouse India share a parallel, peripheral situation. Both neighbour booming world cities such as London, Paris, Frankfurt, and New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Both are small but not insignificant units within their larger geostrategic contexts. And both face the infinite emptiness of vast oceans. Goa and Portugal: One bridge and four pillars When engaging with Goa, the Portuguese like to paraphrase
[Goanet] DO NOT PAY BRIBE
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com DO NOT PAY BRIBE Co-operate with CBI to ensure Corruption Free Clean Public Service Report instances of corruption against Govt. officers, employee, Nationalised Banks, Insurance Co., Air India/indian, Defence, Customs, Telecommunications etc etc Any Public Servant.. - DEMAND BRIBE FROM YOU - IS ABUSING HIS/HER OFFICIAL POSITION FOR PERSONAL GAIN - HAS ACQUIRED/AMASSED HUGE WEALTH BEYOND HIS/HER LEGITIMATE INCOME Inform CBI (your Identify will be kept secret) on 0832 2432932/ 2424433/ Fax. 2434710 Mob: 9423884100 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office of the Supdt. of Police CBI, Anti Corruption Branch Surekha Building, 1st Floor, Near Doordarshan Kendra Altinho, Panjim, Goa - 403 001 Info taken from large Newspaper ad (qtr page) appeared in all Goan english dailies. Pl keep this info handy. Might be usefull on day. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] I have Rs. 5 lacs. Please help!
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com [Goanet] I have Rs. 5 lacs. Please help! Dear Domnic bab, I remember your query on this (quoted below) I said, senior Citizen could get upto to 1% more However most offer .5% There may be some banks who offer 1% more This one offer .75% more http://iob.in/Rates_at_a_glance.aspx Thanks. Will visit your shop (Anjuna) one day for cakes and coffee. Quote: Domnic says.. Hi Joe, Is it 1% more for 60 and above, or .5%? Quote the original post http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-October/082765.html
[Goanet] Talking Photos: Majorda Church etc
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Talking Photos: Majorda Church http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk15/3021971159/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk15/3022801816/sizes/l/ Does anybody know when is the feast at this Church? It looks like the feast at Lourdes Chapel (now church?) is more popular than Majorda Church. So also, St. Rock feast at Calata Majorda near Alberi (home for the aged) Simalarly, never heard of Cansaulim church feast. 3 kings feast at the chapel up on the hill is very popular i.e. Jan. 6 Also, St. Lawrence feast at Arossim chapel on Aug. 10 also popular. As for Velsao, I know which is on Aug. 13/14/15 Also, there is a feast at the Pale Chapel Late Dec. St. Steve (Isteu) [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Goa news for November 17, 2008
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** I-League Preview: East Bengal Sporting Clube De Goa - Goal.com [Nov 14, 2008] Kolkata giants East Bengal host league leaders Sporting Clube De Goa in an eighth round I-League encounter at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata later this ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2008/11/15/964983/i-league-preview-east-bengal--sporting-clube-de-goacid=1270522307ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNGi17DagkWhQAOI7xf04GhCOftIlg *** Planes brush each other at Goa airport - The Statesman [3 hours ago] 16: The wings of two chartered aircraft brushed each other on ground at Goa airport today. Flight operations were affected but no one was injured. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2theme=usrsess=1id=231121cid=1271212010ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNEalYDAJlp1ihkWjEXhfDkzQB91CQ *** Ban on smoking in Goa after tourist season - Times of India [Nov 15, 2008] PANAJI: Smokers in Goa can puff away till the end of the year - despite the law against smoking in public places in the rest of the country as the state's ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Ban_on_smoking_in_Goa_only_after_tourist_season/articleshow/3718692.cmscid=1270563035ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNFdxYnB0ptVULBSGlmjKrDICpBv3w *** Profs, docs turn musicians by night - Times of India [2 hours ago] Be it Goan real estate developer Armando Gonsalves or Punes plasma technologist Max Babi or businessman Orlando Noronha from Goa #148; they have all poured ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Profs_docs_turn_musicians_by_night/articleshow/3720894.cmscid=0ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNEl8JEn__BDZv98NCzTDwvZkV5Qpw *** Goa: A paradise lost? - NDTV.com [Nov 14, 2008] Goa's beaches have always had a bohemian even a dubious reputation as a haven for sex, cheap drugs and beachside raves, drawing both charter tourists and ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080072682cid=0ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNEq2G6-IDLwSDM-Uppzej1TxxMGAw *** Accident: Transaero B744 and Thomsonfly B763 at Goa on Nov 16th ... - The Aviation Herald [6 hours ago] A Transaero Airlines Boeing 747-400, flight UN542 from Goa (India) to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) with 356 people on board, was taxiing onto the departure ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://avherald.com/h?article=41025687opt=0cid=0ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNEz6O2yOCiUpRJhtoOrSdXWMtxJrQ *** Iberia jetliner scratches Transaero fuselage in Goa - ITAR-TASS ASS, Russia - 6 hours agoThe Indian news agency PTI said that the operation of the Goa Airport was suspended for a brief period. Goa, a former Portuguese colony and currently one of ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13278116PageNum=0cid=0ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNG96DmUsRC__m2kXfp8TR2k14E-Tg *** Take Goa univ off Bill, CM to tell Centre - Times of India [22 hours ago] PANAJI: The state government will ask the Centre to delete Goa Universitys name from the Bill pending in parliament regarding its upgradation to a central ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Take_Goa_univ_off_Bill_CM_to_tell_Centre/articleshow/3718581.cmscid=0ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNGh48us9vY0KgaKM4YmqT40a7m8XQ *** Goa to have its own Anti-Terror Squad - Press Trust of India [11 hours ago] Panaji, Nov 16 (PTI) Goa police will have its own Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) since the state was frequently being mentioned as a target by terrorists during ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/EC058B30249DDEA86525750300493422?OpenDocumentcid=1271145316ei=CrsgSZqBG5fcMbeo0eIDusg=AFQjCNEo2XEa-wWQkBNrwAZVoeGJ2e2gzg *** Two planes escape collision narrowly at Goa airport - Hindu [11 hours ago] ... had a narrow escape when the chartered aircraft brushed against the wings of another plane at Goa's Dabolim airport Sunday afternoon, officials said. ...
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (17Nov08)
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[Goanet] A historical perspective on Non Resident Goans
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Antonio made an informative post when he talked about remittances from Bombay prior to liberation. Let me add to that. These remittances of the British India Rupee not only bolstered the Goan economy but they also made up for the perpetual shortage of Goan Rupee in circulation. In 1942 Governor Cabral decided to make BI Rupee illegal tender in Goa. This caused a dire shortage of cash. Shop-keepers could no long pay taxes. They gathered infront of the Secretariat and begged the Governor to rethink. By 1954, the Financial times listed remittances from overseas Goans as crucial to making good Goa's trade deficit. By the 1990s, a strange thing happened in Goa. There was a skewed Investment to Savings ratio. Foreign exchange remittances had bolstered savings but there weren't enough enterprising businessmen in Goa to take advantage of this situation and invest in Goa. Here is an extract from something I am writing at the moment: Scarcity had become so dire, by 1943, people started dying of starvation. An entire family in Ponda, being unable to go on, was rumoured to have committed suicide. The government’s response was to crack its authoritarian whip and tighten its controls even further. The Governor instituted draconian penalties for hoarders. A shop-keeper caught hoarding rice had his stock confiscated besides being fined Rs 45 per sack. People who left Goa did not abandon Goa. They were fighting to keep body and soul together. Influenza, typhoid, water and food shortages ravaged Goa in the early half of the 19th century. What were people to do? Those that left did not suddenly discover Eden. Their lives abroad were riddled with the prejudice of racism and angst of separation from their families. They rubbed two sticks together to make a fire and the third stick they sent back to Goa, to their families. To my mind,it is only in the eighties with the world-wide boom, that Goans began leading prosperous lives. Someone said to me the other day, Goans are a community least interested in their history. I think it's true. If we don't know our history, we cannot respect those that contributed to it. Somewhere in Goa there should be a plaque to the Unknown Goan who toiled Overseas. Unfortunately, today we are told that we have no place in Goa or a say in its matters. Best, selma
[Goanet] Goa Liberation Front in London
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com I understand that a Group of Goans in London had got together in the 1950s and started a Goa liberation front or the sort that existed in Kenya headed by J. M Nazareth. If anyone has information about this or knows someone who would, please do contact me. Many thanks, Selma
Re: [Goanet] Portugal and Goa in the 21st Century: Towards an Alliance of the Small
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Constantino H. Xavier wrote: While the second edition is scheduled to be held in Lisbon, in 2009, the Government of Goa has already expressed its willingness to host the third edition, in 2013. This is a bold and visionary expression of intent which has excellent chances to succeed. The Indian-sponsored 2013 edition of the Lusophone Games in Goa would serve as a catalytic force to the development of the four pillars I have proposed. First, by concentrating on sports and the younger generations, the international event would be geared towards the future, and not the past. Constantino, You have always brought a unique perspective to Goanet. Over the past several years, I have enjoyed reading your ideas. To add to this, someone I know also confirmed that you speak well when delivering your thoughts in formal settings. This email of yours itself is also good reading. The only thing I want to point out is that I have observed, time and time again, that there are tons of people available to organize sports events. In the developing world, there also are lots of people ready to donate to sporting events. In Tanzania, there is is no shortage of people willing to donate a cup for a hockey tournament. On the national stage, China just built a stadium for Tanzania that cost $360 million. The question I have is: Don't you think that kind of money would be better spent building a hospital? The Tanzanian capital still depends on a run down facility inherited from the British. Goa's health facilities are slightly better. If anything, Goa needs the health infrastructure that will introduce it to the 21st century. It is a crying shame to see people in Goa dying of diseases such as malaria and dysentery. Diseases can be eliminated by very small budgets, if preventive programs are implemented. Personally, I think that the first priority for public money i.e. taxes paid by hard working people should used to provide help for the weakest segments in a society. First, provide education for all. Then provide health facilities for those that need it. If and when there is surplus, provide the sports facilities for the strongest in the society. Let them challenge the strong of other societies. Providing public funding for stadiums and athletes of other countries is what will ensure that Goa remains small. Very small. Mervyn3.0 __ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca
[Goanet] Daily Grook #278
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Re: [Goanet] Can Kamat clarify?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Kamat has sold Goa and Goa University including the assets of Goa University to the tune of nothing less than 400 Khokas (Crores) All Goanet members in this forum are most welcomed to contest or raise responses or what ever .on this subject only to save GOA. I am ready to contest:-) I will start with 50 p, but wait a minute! What is the contest anyway?? Always good to smile for a while!! hAVE a nICE dAY Seb PS: Will someone tell Kamat Monserrate to be a memeber of Goanet? There seem to be alot of questions for them here!
[Goanet] Goanet Highlights - Nov 9 - 15, 2008
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Goanet Highlights - Nov 9 - 15, 2008 Compiled by: Selma Carvalho Frederick Noronha gave us details of the programmes [1] scheduled for the Semana da Cultura Portuguesa: 1: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083544.html In an interesting article and its sequel, Lionel Messias [2], looks at the questionable financing attributed to renovation of public gardens in Goa: 2: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083446.html http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083849.html Jason Keith Fernandes [3] gives us an insight into text that may have found its way into the Regional Plan, which questions the legitimacy of activists in Goa and may lead to their eventual policing by the State 3: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083453.html In an incisive post titled, Mining and Art?, Hartman de Sousa [4], dwells on the integrity of Art exhibitions that are funded by the mining industry in Goa. The recently Goa Contemporaries exhibition held in London by well know curator Margaret Mascarenhas, is perhaps a case in point. 4: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083489.html Venantius Pinto [5], who himself is an artist, counters that very often artists are unaware of the financial or funding details behind the exhibition. 5: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083497.html In part 3 of Goa Mutations [6], Valmiki Faleira further examines the incompatibility of borrowed or inherited laws with prevailing conditions in Goa. 6: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083513.html Noted historian Dr Teotonio de Sousa [7], sheds light on Naguesh Karmali, the freedom fighter. 7: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083663.html Floriano Lobo of Goa Suraj [8], examines the Obama effect and its parallel in Goa. He writes Goa is not immune to this captivating flavour. The seed for change has been lying dormant for far too long. 8: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083538.html Miguel Braganza [9] posits the role of the State in a rape case even if the complainant later withdraws the case. 9: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083616.html Cecil Pinto [10] makes a case for Goans being More Portuguese than the Portuguese. 10: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083841.html Rabinder Pimenta [11], offers an interesting perspective on the Opinion Poll of Goa, and that credit for the historic outcome of the poll must be shared by several players who were involved at the time. 11: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083636.html Finally, the week was dominated by discussions about the protests by a few freedom fighters [12] against the Portuguese Cultural week held in Goa. While Samir Kelekar was of the opinion that protests were indeed justified and proposed instead a Freedom Fighters' week: 12: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083690.html While Gabriel de Figueiredo [13] gave us his views on the liberation of Goa. 13: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-November/083731.html Send your feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe at: http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org Goanet Highlights http://goanet.org/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=1115
[Goanet] GoaNette
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Isabella (Bella Rebello-Hamm) wrote: So well said! It's one of the reasons I don't write so often on Goanette. People start getting very personal. It is true we Indians or Goans are emotional people, but other people are sensitive too. We should respect their opinions if we want ours to be respected. Sometimes I get this feeling, we have a peg of Fenni and then decide, OK, now I'm going to vent out my unbalanced emmotions. But this is only breeding ignorance!. The best results are only achieved when giving one's opinion without hurting anybody else's feelings. --- Dear Isabella, Being a keen student of the English language I found some of your spellings quaintly interesting. Spelling Fenni with a double 'n' is not unique, but rather rare. I myself prefer 'Feni'. Caju Feni to be exact. Also 'emmotions' with a double 'm' is quite appealing and yes a bit unbalanced. Now considering that all your names, including surnames, contain a double letter combination I am assuming that this is a hereditary trait. A study of your ancestors' names should reveal such a pattern. Your major contribution though to GoaNet in particular and the English language in general is the way you spelled it as Goanette'. The suffix 'ette' brings to mind the dimunitive and the feminine. A small scooter, a small kitchen, a small cigar, a female bachelor, a female major... Maybe a new GoaNette could be created that is small and feminine. Cheers! Cecil P.S. I Googled 'GoaNette' and found no entries. Isabella, that means you have coined a word. Congratulations. =
[Goanet] Libre Knowledge - Monday-muse (17 Nov 08)
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com MONDAY MUSE (17 Nov 2008) LIBRE KNOWLEDGE Yours truly conducted two training workshops at the JCI World Congress held in Delhi from 4 to 9 November. Participants tend to be lavish in their praise if they like the workshop and we, as trainers, endeavour to sift the grain from the chaff so that we can connect to real feedback. The maximum appreciation is reserved for my action of giving away my entire presentation to the participants for free. However, some question the wisdom of sharing knowledge so freely. In fact a couple of trainer friends advised me to stop the “professional hara-kiri” I was committing by sharing training anecdotes in my Monday Muse series. My response is to quote Rabindranath Tagore who wished for a land “where knowledge is free.” It is ironic that in today’s internet driven knowledge world, some people insist on claiming ownership of learning which itself is based on an understanding based on the learning shared by others. Knowledge flourishes only when shared freely. In fact, knowledge is threatened by efforts to confine or control its sharing. Learning needs to be freed of fetters to enhance collaboration and cooperation. The scope for development of knowledge is enhanced when it is allowed to be acquired, interpreted and applied freely. A choice to walk the path of libre-knowledge is very liberating. An individual who shares knowledge freely is considered worthy of not only affection, respect, trust; but also as deserving of greater sharing by others, too. To BE BETTER walking the way of the wise… Choose to share knowledge freely to rise! - Pravin-da 17 November 2008, Goa, India. Since 2004, the MONDAY MUSE series (based on JCI-India’s annual theme) is penned by PRAVIN SABNIS - a life coach with a passion to connect people to their passion potential. He employs creative competencies in theatre trekking in his UNLEARNING UNLIMITED workshops conducted for leading corporate other groups. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
[Goanet] Depression Economics, Goa Too ?
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Click on link, below. OPINION | November 14, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist: Depression Economics Returns By PAUL KRUGMAN - A Washington Public Radio broadcast describes near empty shopping malls around Delhi: locals attribute the business crash to a drop in trade with the West. US numbers for october were beyond the pale, and sent the Dow into a tizzy on friday. Will a december collapse of GM halve the Index again: I saw that prediction on CNBC yesterday. I believe Dubai is in the hock to the tune of fifty billion dollars, and if the squeeze on iron ore and the cruise lines was not enough, we can now expect many of our young workforce to return home to Goa from the Emirates. The world had rebuilt after the First War, and the 'gay twenties' saw New Yorkers and Londoners high-step and boogie on Broadway and the Strand. German reparations financed the Florida railroad, but greed produced the overbuilding, with a financial collapse that would gift the whole world the 'Great Depression'. The hungry in North America lined up at soup kitchens, and an angry Republican named Roosevelt quit his Party and swore never again, to his people. His taxes paid for the Job Corps which hired the likes of Reagan's father: they built the mighty Hoover Dam and other monumental projects. Starving Germans, however, would turn to a demagogue named Adolf, much as anxious Republicans saw hope in the form of an identical wacko, in the 2008 primaries, a funny named evangelist governor, in the South. We rose again from the ashes of the Second War, and one cannot deride our achievements of the last sixty years. The lessons of history are often lost on people and their leaders, however, and I hope we have not set into play the moves that will give us a repeat of the times we had hoped were long behind. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/opinion/14krugman.html?emc=eta1
[Goanet] SACKING MARGARET ALVA BY ANTI-CHRISTIAN CONGRESS
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Dear Goankars, As per e-mail below, The Congress has proved, that they too are ANTI-CHRISTIAN BY SACKING MARGARET ALVA. REGARDS, == Message: 3 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:58:22 +0400 From: Freddy Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Ref: Our Most Enthralling Politicians To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ref: Our Most Enthralling Politicians Margaret Alva in distress over refusal of ticket for her Sanu Baba Alva questions, why her son Nivedith and grand son of former Union minister C K Jaffer Sharief were not given nominations while relatives of two dozen leaders were given tickets in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. And asks,Were my son and Jaffer Sharief's grandson anti-national, terrorists or smugglers ?. Most enthralling !! Isn't it ?
[Goanet] Christian leaders wake up to the plight of the community
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com Dear Goankars On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 peter rodrigues wrote : 16th November, 2008 Friends, Now that it is quite apparent that even the powerful Marathas will be given reservations in government services, the only community being denied government benefits are the Christians. Whilst, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, are all granted government benefits, it is paradoxical that Christians are being refused the same, especially since the latest survey of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) dated 31.3.2007 reveals that the unemployment rate among Christians is higher than that of Hindus and Muslims. The report with data on the status of employment of people belonging to the major religious groups states that in rural areas, the unemployment rate was 4.4% among Christians, 2.3% among Muslims and 1.5% among Hindus. In Urban areas, the unemployment rate of Christians was 8.6% higher than other religious groups, which was 4.4% for Hindus and 4.1% for Muslims. Also, unemployment was highest 14% among Urban Christian women. The Report was an extensive study, covering 1, 24,680 sample households, 79,306 of them in 7,999 villages and the rest in 4,602, urban areas. Although the report is over a year old, no action, and reservations have been given to the Christian community. The UPA Government should stop this discrimination and immediately grant benefits to Christians in the Public sector. It is surprising that no Christian leader has yet made this demand. With best wishes, (DR. J. PETER RODRIGUES) 2, Court Royal, Christ church Road Byculla, Mumbai 400 008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] And Tivim Village GOA
