[Goanet] Panaji Ganeshotsav 2009 Festival programme
JCI St. Inez in association with Shree Mahalaxmi Saunsthan Committee will be organizing its Annual “Panaji Ganeshotsav” festival programme from 26th to 30th August 2009, in the Mahalaxmi Temple Hall premises, Panaji-Goa. The following is the programme schedule: • On the 26th, a Drawing Competition will be held in 2 categories, i.e. : 1) 9 years and below(Any Topic) and 2) 10-15 years(Topic: Creative Ganesha) • On the 27th, a Rangoli Competition will be held in 2 categories, i.e.: 1) 17 years and below, and 2) Ladies above 18 years • On the 28th, a Quiz Competition will be held for children up to 15 years. • On the 29th, a Cooking Competition will be held for ladies. • On the 30th, a Dance Competition will be held for children up to 15 years. Entry forms are available in the Mahalaxmi Temple Hall premises, Panaji-Goa. For more details, you may contact Sandeep Heble(9326129171) or Shekhar Dhume (9822387716). Yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Program co-ordinator
[Goanet] RESVERATROL
- Message: 10 Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:25:17 +1000 From: Con Menezes cmene...@tpg.com.au Subject: [Goanet] Resveratrol attenuates C5a-induced inflammatory responses in vitro and in vivo by inhibiting phospholipase D and sphingosine kinase activities -- Issuree et al. 23 (8): 2412 -- The FASEB Journal Secrets of reservatrol's health Benefits. Con http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/8/2412 G'day Con, A glass and a half of red wine with dinner. Aren't we spoiled with grape and wine varieties? I love Muscatels. Long Live resveratrol! How stunning the weather! Winter pretending to be summer; can't wait for Spring! Have a lovely weekend. ** _ View photos of singles in your area Click Here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D1046138%26r2s%3D1_t=773166090_r=Hotmail_Endtext_m=EXT
[Goanet] Daily Grook #491
DAILY GROOK #491 __ LAZE MALAISE __ by Francis Rodrigues our family crazy no work all year, 'cos our pa lazy but our malaysia! _ puns word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _ http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com available in Panjim at Pedro Fernandes, near GPO; and Furtados, near Mongini's. _ Attention all humans. We are your photos. Free us. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047
Re: [Goanet] Who is REALLY running India?
2009/8/21 Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net 2009/8/20 Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net: While a small army of Goan crabs from politicians to bureaucrats to developers are busy tearing Goa down, people from another Indian state are busy building India up My post made no judgment about Goans or anyone else, and the title I used, while a tad hyperbolic, was not too far off based on the positions achieved by these Keralites on the list. Are the crabs ever going to do something constructive for Goa? Bashing Keralites is not how to do it. RESPONSE: I think it is nigh on time to throw in the hat and declare insanity; you do it or we shall. Check what was written:- Quote While a small army of Goan crabs and then My post made no judgment about Goans! Unquote. Bosco, had stated that the man wrote on Monday what he refuted on Friday. Now we have a contradiction in one piece! Lacking in understanding, plain English, even what he writes, so sad ((:- Still I believe the man, thousands wouldn't! Unashamedly affected by the Moon. Gilbert is waiting in vain for an apology, for aspersions cast. The man has gone on record that he is ever ready to apologize for his mistakes.wait until the cows come home and go out again - no dice. In medieval times the man would have been hanged, quartered and drawn. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
[Goanet] Independence of India!!!!!!!!!!!
T. C. A. Srinivasa Raghavan highlights some important points on a book authored by Mr. Jaswant Singh titled Jinnah India-Partition Independence. To read his comments on India's Independence w.r.t. what Mr. Singh has written, click the link provided here below: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/08/21/stories/2009082150790800.htm Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Fw: Re: A friend sent me this query via Facebook. Could you help?
Mirabilis jalapa also known as: four o' clock, marvel-of-Peru, beauty-of-the-night plant. Family: Nyctaginaceae --- On Fri, 8/21/09, lyrawmn lyra...@yahoo.com wrote: From: lyrawmn lyra...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] A friend sent me this query via Facebook. Could you help? To: fredericknoro...@gmail.com, goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 8:20 PM FN: As referenced in Navhind Times http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2009011852 Shabduli is Mirabilis jalapa I. Nunes --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Frederick FN Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote: From: Frederick FN Noronha f...@goa-india.org Subject: [Goanet] A friend sent me this query via Facebook. Could you help? To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 1:11 PM Frederick, I need English word for 'Shabduli', a little flower which blossoms generally in monsoon evenings and wilts by morning. It has mild fragrance and either deep or light pink petals with lightest yellow stem. The plant is no more than 2 feet high. I have not seen it in the last many many years in this conctrete jungle called Goa. Can you help me? -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/
Re: [Goanet] What Michael Jackson and Goa have in common
Are'nt we overlooking the greatest ever wrought Frankenstein, even now devouring whom he may or not? Osama bin Laden, created nourished by the US of A in their impotent rage vs USSR adventure in Afghanistan...er...Mario... AT Selma Carvalho: A very similar situation is occurring in Goa. For all the time I have been on Goanet at least, I have been crying hoarse about how the fundamentalist groups in Goa will grow to strangle our very democracy. Some months back I was demonised as being a fear-monger and trying to divide the community along communal lines. Now the chickens have come home to roost. They aren't targeting just Muslims or Christians, their targets have turned to respectable members of the Hindu community themselves. The only problem is how do we fell the giant of distortion that we have created in our midst? Response: *Selma* *History is replete with examples of Frankensteins who devoured their creators. Bhindranwala was a creation of Indira Gandhi to split the Akalis. In the end, he was the cause of her death. Prabhakaran of LTTE was supported clandestinely by the Indian govt. In the end, he was the cause of former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s death. The Shiv Sena was a Congress creation to put down the communists. Today the SS has grown to become a monster whom the govt cannot touch.* *Similarly, the RSS/BJP has spawned a number of organizations like HJS, BD, VHP, Ekal Vidyalaya’s, Vidya Bharati’s, Sri Ram Sene’s etc. to do their dirty work so that their hands can be kept clean. Slowly, but surely, these bodies are now going out of control, and are now becoming monsters in their own right. Witness Praveen Togadia thumbing his nose at his bosses.* *The silence of the large majority has a price to pay. When muslims were butchered in Gujarat, there was silence, when Christians were persecuted in Orissa, there was silence. Emboldened, the chickens are now coming home to roost. What is happening is true to the hindutva ideology. The enemies of hindutva in the words of Golwalkar, RSS chief are muslims, Christians, Marxists and secular minded hindus. The hindutvadis have already tried ethnic cleansing with the muslims and Christians. Thay have been having regular clashes with the Marxists, especially in Kerala. It is now the turn of secular minded hindus.* *I am reminded of the words of Rev *Martin Niemöllerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niem%C3%B6ller(1892–1984) * who wrote: “ **First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.* about the inactivity of German intellectuals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectualfollowing the Nazi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group. Regards, Marshall** _ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx
Re: [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY celebrations in GOA ! ................. Serula Arts and Cultural Academy
Goemakars ! Thank you People of Salvador du Mundo - GOA , for joining the thousands of GOANS world wide in expressing your SOLIDARITY - by dedicating the *Pattiochem fest * as a WORLD GOA DAY event in Goa. Mario Fernandes , well done , you are an inspiration to the people of Goa - wherever you may be. TOGETHER we continue to make a difference. We look forward to your continued support and dedication to Global Goan unity in the years to come. God bless Goa and its people. rene barreto WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS - From: ashley fernandes ashleyma...@hotmail.com To: RENE BARRETO goan...@yahoo.co.uk; gemma fernandes gemmama...@hotmail.co.uk Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:07:43 AM Subject: RE: WORLD GOA DAY celebrations in GOA ! Dear rene, We at Salvador du mundo dedicate the First ever Pattiochem fest celebrated on Sunday 16 aug to World Goa Day.The newly formed Serula Arts and Cultural Academy which consist of the villagers of Penha de Franca, Succoro,Salvador du mundo, and Pomburpa were involved inorganising the Eco Friendly at St Sebastian Chapel, Badem, Salvador du mundo. For more info click on http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=intw=allq=patolleom=text cheers mario Happy world goa day Don 't JUST SAY IT CELEBRATE it ! http://www.goanvoice.ca/2009/issue17/peopleplacesthings.htm#ppt_1 Proud to be a GOAN : http://worldgoaday2009.blogspot.com/2009/06/proud-to-be-goan-song_6196.html From Francis Rodrigues -KONKANI SONG BOOK : rene barreto, Overall Coordinator ., WORLD GOA DAY a day set aside by Goans who are proud to be Goans - to CELEBRATE their Goan Cultural Heritage, a day to promise to help the less fortunate in their Goan community: ===
[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Half-marathon fundraiser
Hello everyone, Goa Sudharop volunteers are back again for the third time running/walking at the San Jose, California, Rock Roll Half Marathon on October 4, 2009. A new team is ready for this commitment. Thanks to our past volunteers that ran and walked and inspired this new team in this challenge. Goa Sudharop is a USA volunteer organization which has helped charities, orphanages, battered women groups, environmental groups, and educational institutions in Goa. See www.goasudharop.org. The first year the volunteers raised US $5,146 which went towards projects for the 2007 Year of the Environment projects. Second year the volunteers raised $1,611 for the 2008 Year of Education projects, and for our third year we will attempt to raise any amount possible to support the 2009 Year of the Youth” projects. Thanks to one donor who sent us $250 to get us started. Please donate generously. Any amount is welcome. Donations are tax-deductible for USA residents. If you wish to support this cause, please send a check payable to Goa Sudharop and mail to ACARIA ALMEIDA, Treasurer, P.O. Box 6144, MORAGA, CALIFORNIA, 94570, USA. Phone: 925-324-0513. Or you can donate via PayPal at www.goasudharop.org (click on the DONATE button). Here is your team at work and we hope more will join... Runners: Ria, Kurt, Shilla and Steve Walkers: Joe and Acaria If you wish to join the walk or run please click on http://san-jose.competitor.com/register/ Thanks for all your support! Goa Sudharop www.goasudharop.org
Re: [Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY celebrations in GOA ! ................. Serula Arts and Cultural Academy
Congratulations to the people of Salvador du Mundo, from the Karnataka Goan Association, Bangalore.God bless Louella Sequeira President - KGA On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:40 PM, rene barreto goan...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Goemakars ! Thank you People of Salvador du Mundo - GOA , for joining the thousands of GOANS world wide in expressing your SOLIDARITY - by dedicating the *Pattiochem fest * as a WORLD GOA DAY event in Goa. Mario Fernandes , well done , you are an inspiration to the people of Goa - wherever you may be. TOGETHER we continue to make a difference. We look forward to your continued support and dedication to Global Goan unity in the years to come. God bless Goa and its people. rene barreto WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS - From: ashley fernandes ashleyma...@hotmail.com To: RENE BARRETO goan...@yahoo.co.uk; gemma fernandes gemmama...@hotmail.co.uk Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:07:43 AM Subject: RE: WORLD GOA DAY celebrations in GOA ! Dear rene, We at Salvador du mundo dedicate the First ever Pattiochem fest celebrated on Sunday 16 aug to World Goa Day.The newly formed Serula Arts and Cultural Academy which consist of the villagers of Penha de Franca, Succoro,Salvador du mundo, and Pomburpa were involved inorganising the Eco Friendly at St Sebastian Chapel, Badem, Salvador du mundo. For more info click on http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=intw=allq=patolleom=text cheers mario Happy world goa day Don 't JUST SAY IT CELEBRATE it ! http://www.goanvoice.ca/2009/issue17/peopleplacesthings.htm#ppt_1 Proud to be a GOAN : http://worldgoaday2009.blogspot.com/2009/06/proud-to-be-goan-song_6196.html From Francis Rodrigues -KONKANI SONG BOOK : rene barreto, Overall Coordinator ., WORLD GOA DAY a day set aside by Goans who are proud to be Goans - to CELEBRATE their Goan Cultural Heritage, a day to promise to help the less fortunate in their Goan community: ===
[Goanet] For Gabriel and Albert.
Message: 6 Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:21:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: [Goanet] Arrest warrant against Indian student in Oz - dnaindia.com See also http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25963630-661,00.html and http://www.theage.com.au/national/southbank-crash-police-vow-to-hunt-killer-20090821-est9.html On another topic, foreign students will face greater screening as the (Australian) Government cracks down on visa fraud and scrutinises their (students') ability to finance life in Australia. http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/foreign-students-face-more-stringent-tests-20090820-es2w.html - Original Message From: Ruby Goes rubyg...@bigpond.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, 21 August, 2009 12:56:49 PM Subject: [Goanet] Arrest warrant against Indian student in Oz - dnaindia.com http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_arrest-warrant-against-indian-student-in-oz_1283946 rubygoes Thanks for the links Gabriel. rubygoes Message: 9 Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:10:10 + From: Albert Desouza alizadeso...@hotmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Fight for your right To: Major domo goanet Albert writes:- We have a habbit of buying lots of electrical and electronic and digital gadgets and 98 % of these gadgets sold in the Goa market have defects but the shopkeeper knows very well that all the defective items can be pushed into the goan market. You buy a computer in Mumbai or Bangalore and you buy one in Goa and see the difference. Goans have one dirty habbit. We are over friendly with the person selling goods, and the one who comes to your house for maintainance. Baba re puta re are the adjectives used when the mechanic comes to your door. I too belong to this group. I have learnt much from my friend Tony De Sa. It was the time when consumer's forum had just been started and I had complained to this forum without knowing much about the forum. My complaint was against electricity department. Tony De Sa had a simple case. He was coming down to Goa from Bombay. He was to board the bus at a particular point but at the last moment the bus stop was changed .He had t o take a taxi. Paid Rs. 30 for the same. He filled a case in the consumer's court fought the case and won.His case was not much for gain but to teach people like me how to fight. This was the time I too learnt that I should fight for my right. I had bought IFB washing machine, two years warranty. Within six months the chasis got rusty. They replaced it. Eight days before the expiry of the warranty the timer started giving trouble. The mechanic was a wise person. He took a thread and wound it round and made it work .The timer worked and exactly one month later it stopped to be told that I had to pay for the timer. I approached the consumer's court. I won the case. Got a free IFB and got a cheap publicity also. The result this news of the case came in all the leading newspapers in India. It was a loss for the IFB. They came out with best quality product. Its almost ten years now that I have the IFB God forbid nothing has happened so far. Good on you Albert! Wish I had your patience. rubygoes _ Need a new model in your life? Sell your car fast. http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F866383_t=758314219_r=carpoint_tagline_m=EXT
[Goanet] Gomantak Times editorial
The Editor Gomantak Times Panaji Dear Editor, I applaud your deep sense of fair play and justice. As you so rightly observe in your editorial of Friday 21 August, appropriately weightily titled 'Of freedom of expression and religious sentiment', till date no violent means have been employed by the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) against artist Subodh Kerkar. The HJS, as you so perspicaceously observe, has been restricting itself to a press conference, threatening phone calls and a morcha. Bravo I say! No doubt you will shortly write another equally eloquent editorial demanding that Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane, that fine young Goan statesman, be immediately exonerated in a vile case brought against him by Adv Aires Rodrigues for making a threatening phone call to him. If threats given over a telephone cannot hurt Subodh, why on earth should anyone think they can hurt Aires? Why victimise poor Vishwajeet; he allegedly only made ONE threatening phone call, while the HJS hordes made hundreds to Subodh. I am sure, given your innate commitment to fair play and justice, that you cannot but agree, and will soon set pen to paper (or should I say fingers to keyboard?) to similarly support our great leader Vishwajeet! Yours in admiration, Sayeesh Naik House No: 841B Corte de Real Santa Cruz Ilhas Goa - 403 005 Tel: 9823026348 -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com!
[Goanet] FUND FOR OVERSEAS INDIANS.
-- Message: 4 Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:57:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Eugene Correia gene_corr...@yahoo.com Subject: [Goanet] fund for overseas indians To: goa...@goanet.org Message-ID: 785957.80256...@web112002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Rs.16 mn fund for overseas Indian citizens in distress?? New Delhi: The government Thursday set up a Rs.1.6 crore (Rs.16 million) fund for overseas Indian citizens in 18 countries who might find themselves in distress. The decision to create the India Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) was taken at a cabinet meting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters. Under this, Indian missions in seven countries -- Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Malaysia -- would annually be provided Rs.15 lakh each to meet contingency expenditure incurred by them for carrying out various welfare activities for overseas Indian citizens who are in distress, Soni said. Missions in 11 other countries -- Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand, the Maldives and Iraq -- will annually get Rs.500,000 each. Response: And nothing for distressed Indian Citizens in Australia? Considering how the Indian Press have portrayed Oz I find it odd! Not one rupee for the Indian students? Thanks rubygoes _ View photos of singles in your area Click Here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D1046138%26r2s%3D1_t=773166090_r=Hotmail_Endtext_m=EXT
[Goanet] Konkani song, sounds like batchelor boy.
Here’s a beautiful konkani song that will make your day, for sure! Enjoy. *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zilLWcq4WPk* Sounds like Cliff Richard's batchelor boy:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQRytgGffV4 -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
[Goanet] VOA News - UN: Modern Forms of Slavery are Flourishing
Goanetters, Noticed any of this around you? http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-21-voa49.cfm rubygoes
[Goanet] *** PROUD TO BE A GOAN *** ALEXYZ in GOA
Thank you Alexyz , thank you for keeping up our Goan spirits ! http://worldgoaday2009.blogspot.com/2009/05/world-goa-day-alexyz-cartoons.html rene 00 Courtesy Goanet alexyz fernandes alexyzha...@yahoo.com ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (22Aug09) *** PROUD TO BE A GOAN *** Rene Barreto - Proud to be Goan If you did not celebrate World Goa Day on August 20 Do it Today or Tomorrow or... Viva Goa * Cheers To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org WORLD GOA DAY -Alexyz Cartoons more : http://worldgoaday2009.blogspot.com/2009/05/world-goa-day-alexyz-cartoons.html WORLD GOA DAY - 20.8.2009 - WORLD DAMAN DAY - WORLD KONKANI DAY 00 GOAN VOICE UK : http://us.mg41.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1.rand=1c5kp15uuhjls Goan Voice Canada: http://www.goanvoice.ca/2009/issue17/peopleplacesthings.htm#ppt_1 WORLD GOA DAY : events- reports http://worldgoaday2009.blogspot.com/ rene barreto WORLD GOA DAY is a day set a side by Goans who are proud to be Goans - to CELEBRATE their Goan Cultural Heritage, a day to promise to help the less fortunate in their Goan community:
Re: [Goanet] A friend sent me this query via Facebook. Could you help?
I believe those flowers are known as Four O'Clocks. Here is a link to it. http://www.gardenguides.com/seedcatalog/flowers/fouroclocks-bulk.asp Naguesh Bhatcar sgbhat...@hotmail.com Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:41:52 +0530 From: f...@goa-india.org Frederick, I need English word for 'Shabduli', a little flower which blossoms generally in monsoon evenings and wilts by morning. It has mild fragrance and either deep or light pink petals with lightest yellow stem. The plant is no more than 2 feet high. I have not seen it in the last many many years in this conctrete jungle called Goa. Can you help me?
[Goanet] Right to Freedom of Speech (letter in Herald)
THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH Alfred de Tavares, Sweden; Anand Virgincar, UK; Anil Desai, UK; Augusto Pinto, India; Blasio Fernandes, UAE; Cajetan Alvares, UK; Cecil Pinto, India; Cornel Da Costa, UK; Diana Pinto, India; Eddie Fernandes, UK; Gabe Menezes, UK; Gabriel de Figueiredo, Australia; George Pinto, USA; Ignatius Fernandes, UK; Jose Colaco, Bahamas; Kevin Fernandes, UAE; Louise Fernandes, UAE; Marlon Menezes, USA; Marshall Mendonza, India; Mervyn Lobo, Canada; Roland Francis, Canada; Sandeep Heble, India; Santosh Helekar, USA; Selma Carvalho, UK; Shrikant Barve, India; Uday Barad, India; Venantius Pinto, USA; Vinay Natekar, Kuwait; Wendell Rodricks, India I agree with Samir Kelekar that the Goa Vidhan Sabha has become a comedy show. The conditional threat of imprisonment issued from its chair against him and Peter Fernandes, two private citizens, for speaking their mind in public, just proved this fact. If the conditional threat is carried out, it would be an unwarranted assault on Samir and Peter, and an egregious infringement on their fundamental right to peaceful free speech in their homeland. In my opinion, Samir and Peter have calmly expressed their views on the distressing state of affairs in their beloved Goa. They neither threatened violence nor called upon anyone else to commit any violence or disruption of civic life. Accordingly, any violence on their persons would constitute a gross abuse of power, which would have to be tested at the polls, and in the courts of law. I am willing to spend time in prison with Samir and Peter to defend my right to freely express my opinion in this free democratic country. I ask all Goans to sign on with us in this symbolic stand to affirm the principle that in a free democracy ordinary citizens, individually and collectively, are no less powerful than any branch of their government or any elected representative that serves at their pleasure. http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=26275cid=13 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet] The Right to Freedom of Speech (Letter in Herald)
Thanks to Santosh for this effort to defend free speech in Goa. While Goans are busy singing, dancing, and picnicking without reaching out to help fellow Goans, while Goa degenerates politically, it is good to see people stand for something. George
[Goanet] INDIA: Priest says Hindus, Muslims must end provocations (UCAN News)
INDIA Priest says Hindus, Muslims must end provocations August 20, 2009 | IB07781.1563 | 486 words Text size MANGALORE, India (UCAN) -- A Catholic priest engaged in interreligious dialogue has voiced serious concerns about religiously provocative incidents that have taken place in the Hindu and Muslim communities in Karnataka state. Desecrating Hindu and Muslim religious places has been going on for some time in the southern Indian state, says Father John Fernandes, who manages Samanwaya (harmony), an inter-religious movement in Mangalore, a costal town. The latest in the series of acts has been the expulsion of a Muslim girl student from a Hindu-managed college near Mangalore for wearing a headscarf, said Father Fernandes who chairs the department of Christian Studies in Mangalore University. In that case, some Hindu students demanded permission to wear saffron shawls if the college allowed the girl to wear a headscarf. The principal finally expelled the Muslim girl. In another incident on Aug. 15, India's Independence Day, a rumor spread that a cow's head had been found inside a prominent Hindu temple in Mangalore. Hindus consider the cow a sacred animal. Father Fernandes said that in reality there was only a bone fragment brought in by either a stray dog or someone with vested interests in sowing discord. However, after the rumor spread, Hindu groups surrounded the temple and threatened to create trouble if the culprits were not arrested. The following day, a pig's head was placed inside a mosque in Mandya, a town near Mysore that has experienced communal tensions. Similar actions had led to sectarian violence in several towns in the state this year, the priest said. These are all unfortunate incidents that lead to communal tension in the state, Father Fernandes told UCA News Aug. 20 after he appealed to the two warring communities to maintain peace. The priest said some groups want to divide Muslims and Hindus in the state to consolidate Hindu votes. Karnataka has nearly 53 million people, 83.9 percent of whom are Hindu. Muslims constitute about 12 percent while Christians make up less than 2 percent. It is high time people realized the vested elements' real motive and kept cool, Father Fernandes remarked. He says minority groups are aware of Hindu radicals' motives and have so far refused to be provoked. Father John Fernandes also accused the state government of corrupting young minds. He noted that after last year's terrorist attack in Mumbai, western India, the Karnataka government organized college students in fighting against terrorism that eventually turned out to be a movement to isolate and attack Muslims. Now young minds are polluted with sectarian sentiments, a trend that is dangerous to the core, the 73-year-old priest noted. Father Fernandes said his efforts to foster sectarian harmony and peaceful coexistence in colleges also received a setback after the Karnataka government started promoting the Hindu nation theory among students. Though there are efforts to forge communal harmony in many colleges, we are not able to change the mindset of those who really want to create trouble, he said. http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/20/priest-says-hindus-muslims-must-end-provocations/
[Goanet] Goans lived in misery under Portuguese
Goans lived in misery under Portuguese: Teotonio Written by RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR Friday, 21 August 2009 01:16 NAVHIND TIMES Well-known Goan historian and head of the department of history, at Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon, TEOTONIO R DE SOUZA speaks in an exclusive interview with RAMNATH N PAI RAIKAR about the second edition of his book ‘Medieval Goa: A Socio-Economic History’, which will be released in the city on August 21. What made you write ‘Medieval Goa’ three decades ago? The story, as historians would say, begins during my childhood. I got to hear lot of village stories from my grandfather, who though illiterate was a man of village and popularly known as ‘Lamb Jaco’ (Tall Jaco), as well as my grandmother. My grandfather, who hailed from the village of Moira would be immaculately dressed in a suit when he visited Mapusa town, but always wore a loin cloth once he returned to his village. He would even abundantly use his vocabulary of bad words in Portuguese language to denounce the colonial rule. He, like many others in the village nursed anti-colonial feeling. All these things stayed with me. Many years later, to be precise, during early 1970s, I completed my MA in philosophy in Pune and then returned to Goa. When back, I had lot of time at my disposal to carry out research on Goa as it existed during the 17th century, in the state archives. At that time, the Jesuits in Goa wanted me to do doctorate in philosophy at Rome, which I refused. Unfortunately, I could not receive guidance from the noted Goan historian, Dr Pandurang Pissurlekar as he had already passed away and had to complete my doctorate on my own. The topic of my thesis was ‘Goa in the 17th Century: A Socio-Economic History’. Sadly, there was lot of controversy when it came out in 1979 in the form of a book, ‘Medieval Goa: A Socio-Economic History’. People like Carmo Azavedo said that 17th century was not a medieval period as Europe considered it as an early modern period. However, I am still of the opinion that mode of production in a region or a country at a particular time, decides the period of that region or country. I follow the principal of D D Kosambi that Indian history should not be treated as an episode of colonial history. For me, Goa and India have their own history, independent of Portuguese or British regimes. How is the second edition of this book different from the first one? Have you made certain changes including additions to the second edition, now that more than thirty years have passed since the first edition came out and lot of water passed under the Mandovi Bridge as well as Ponte de 25 Abril? The second edition of the book has certain improvements in it. I have taken into account the outcome of the general historical research – not necessarily linked to Goa - that came up during past 30 years. This historical research has been critically reviewed in the bibliographical essay as well as final bibliography included in the second edition of the book. However, there was no need to change the basic argument in the first edition, though some details were added. The first edition of the book stands well as it is, even after three decades of its publication. Then there is some new information in the footnotes and as I have mentioned, in the bibliographical essay as well as final bibliography, for the benefit of the readers. What was the main reason behind selecting 17th century as a period to put Goa under the scanner? You see, 16th century spoke about the glorious achievements of Portuguese as ‘Heroes of the Sea’ while 17th century saw the decline of the Portuguese empire. I also believed that to take stock of Goa as a colony of Portugal, a century long existence of Portuguese in this region was sufficient. The period was just apt; they were no more the masters of the sea, their trade and commerce was no more profitable, and they were gradually moving to religious orders, with their interest in land growing. The Portuguese rulers, in fact went after the temple lands, as these were the best lands available in Goa. And how was the social life in Goa during the 17th century? As I have mentioned, religion started becoming one of the main aspects of social life during 17th century and the process got completed by the middle of the 17th century. The period saw struggle between white traders and white religious leaders, both of whom managed to reach the villages of Goa. This particular aspect was always neglected by the historians. Fortunately, I managed to study the village council proceedings, which informed me about this aspect. The new cult in Baroque style of religion saw competitions between villages to construct bigger churches, which naturally brought about bankruptcy of the village economy. I have taken Moira village as such classical case in my book. The Hindus were sidelined in this process and their presence was almost nothing. Thus the conservative Hindu families moved out to neighbouring areas, taking
[Goanet] Talking Photos: From our backyard
Talking Photos: From our backyard And who said Watermelons don’t grow in August? Actually, they were hidden to avoid ‘loka Nodor or dixtt’ (Evil eye) but opened for photography purpose. Kaimgam or Kallgam http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/3846430654/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/3846432046/sizes/l/ ‘Dudin’ also seen Tomattam http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/3846434660/sizes/l/ ‘patolle panam’ also seen Popayo? I love it. But I like bigger ones http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/3846433260/sizes/l/ all above pics taken this evening 22/8/09 Pat or Nir Ponnos? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/3825085484/sizes/l/ Bonus (from market) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/3846042743/sizes/o/ Here you find.. Bottatte, Toamttam, Vangim, Gazor, Tidki-midki, Bendde, Piao, Mirsango, Pimentao, Alem, Kirattim, Touxim, Conknno dudi, Onnbim etc etc joego...@yahoo.co.uk 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
Re: [Goanet] The Right to Freedom of Speech (Letter in Herald)
Folks, Watch Out! King of Smears is at work again! Eddie -Original Message- From: George Pinto While Goans are busy singing, dancing, and picnicking without reaching out to help fellow Goans, while Goa degenerates politically, it is good to see people stand for something. George
[Goanet] Conversion and peace can not go together
POOR CHRISTIAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT (PCLM) Office: 74, 1B, Sector–2, Kali Bari Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 Telefax: 0120-4569139 Email: francisp...@yahoo.com www.Dalitchristian.com PRESS RELEASE Conversion and peace can not go together New Delhi, Saturday August. 22. 2009: Poor Christian Liberation movement (PCLM) says that Church leader’s asking for August 23, to be declared Global Day for Peace and harmony is contradicting because it was the day of killing of Swami Laxmananade. The International Day of Peace is celebrated September 21, then why should we have on August 23? It is a Church Leader’s totally show off. Poor Christian Liberation movement (PCLM) says that mostly Dalit Christians were killed in kandhamal, Orissa last year. Of course we must pray for their souls and for the victims also. We must also remember that Dalit Christians are being killed every day. Why you are not paying attention for Dalit Christians who are discriminated socially, economically and politically every day since ever Christianity came to India, especially in South India? We can say that killing is taking place every day in the churches. Why are you closing your eyes and not listing the hue and cry of Dalit Christians who are mentally torture? You yourself are killing your own people, Dalit Christians, internally. Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) President Mr. R. L. Francis says that some of the denominations are very busy in converting the Dalit Hindu into Christianity and collecting huge money from abroad. They have made conversion like a business. If they convert Dalit Hindu by hook and crook, then there will not be a peace in the society. Thus conversion and peace can not go together. Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) says that instead of organizing meetings we should work for rehabilitation and assistance needed for the victims of violence. The work of assistance to the refugees are still incomplete, compensation is inadequate and in many cases not even distributed even after a year. Our goal must be the rehabilitation of the victims. R L Francis President – PCLM
Re: [Goanet] A friend sent me this query via Facebook. Could you help?
FN: As referenced in Navhind Times http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2009011852 Shabduli is Mirabilis jalapa I. Nunes --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Frederick FN Noronha f...@goa-india.org wrote: From: Frederick FN Noronha f...@goa-india.org Subject: [Goanet] A friend sent me this query via Facebook. Could you help? To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 1:11 PM August 20 - WORLD GOA DAY Celebrating the inclusion of Konkani in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution on August 20, 1992 For a list of World Goa Day events see: http://worldgoaday2009.blogspot.com Frederick, I need English word for 'Shabduli', a little flower which blossoms generally in monsoon evenings and wilts by morning. It has mild fragrance and either deep or light pink petals with lightest yellow stem. The plant is no more than 2 feet high. I have not seen it in the last many many years in this conctrete jungle called Goa. Can you help me? -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/
Re: [Goanet] Who is REALLY running India
2009/8/22 Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com BTW, I thought that Goanet was a GOAN forum. I suppose the Mallus have their own forum. It's called Kerala-Thoughts. I'm part of it too, though not as a very active spammer. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerala-thoughts/ I must confess though, nobody has as yet suspected me of being a Goan or told me not to post there :-) One of my friends there V. Sasi Kumar is as much of a Free Software fanatic as I am. Just far, far technologically superior. FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/
Re: [Goanet] Solving the Healthcare crises
In my last post on this thread, I invited Goanetters to post on Fox News blog, like I have started doing. Here are three comments to what I posted there - similar to what I posted on Goanet. As those following this thread know, I post under the pseudonym Rad21. by winstonsmith84 Florida [Aug 22, 2009 6:35:45 AM] rad21: That is the most lucid comment in regards to Healthcare Reform I have ever read, seen or heard to date. --- by rvh2467 North Carolina [Aug 22, 2009 7:55:45 AM] rad21 - good analysis. by katielee4211 [Aug 22, 2009 9:04:48 AM] Rad 21: Excellent! And exactly what I've been trying to say. This Healthcare Reform bill is simply putting a Bandaid on the problem. Thank-you. - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/08/22/new-divides-emerge-health-reform-talks/comments/ Compare the above comments to what we get on Goanet to the same thoughts. Despite what the lone voice of the right-wing fringe says on Goanet, very likely Goanetters will be appreciated and encouraged on Fox News. And that will be very refreshing, compared to Goanet, .:=)) Based on the comments, can we say (tongue-in-cheek) that Goanetters are better informed that Fox News readers/ viewers? Next step an interview with O'Reiley or Hannity - God forbid. Regards, GL
Re: [Goanet] Indian govt discovers it has balls...
Domnic, is it possible that the Saudi sense of what is right or wrong (depiction of gods as images, non-Koranic religious texts) just clashes with the standards of others? If so, whose conceptions should hold valid in Saudi Arabia itself? When I was a young student in West Germany many moons ago, I found that smooching on a train was quite acceptable, but a group of 15 well-pigmented twenty-something-year-olds from various parts of the Third World sharing a hearty joke on the same train caused consternation! We need to remind ourselves that religious tolerance wasn't a given in most parts of the world till the 19th century. I'm impressed by countries like Malaysia and Bangladesh where, for the most, religion is quite a personal matter contrary to the stereotypes we have and often promote about Muslims. (The latter has a fundamentalist problem in pockets, much like India.) I'm sure there must be many other such countries, which one has not visited. But, for some reason -- or is it, for a reason? -- Saudi Arabia is always created into the poster boy when we need to make a whipping boy of The Other! FN 2009/8/22 Domnic Fernandes domval...@hotmail.com: You are right, Rajan. Every non-Muslim is harassed at the Saudi Arabian immigration and customs office, but Hindus are indeed singled out because they think they are 'kaafir' - people without a religion. No idols/religious pictures are allowed into the Kingdom; when found, they are dumped in a trash can right under one's nose. What is shocking is that they don't even respect our Holy Bible. When they come across one, it, too, is sent to the trash can! -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/
[Goanet] If a minister is kicked out of the cabinet for corruption then he should be kicked out of Assembly Membership for the same reason
If a minister is kicked out of the cabinet for corruption then he should be kicked out of the Membership of Legislative Assembly for the same reason. Strange are the laws of the country. btw, who is the dirty corrupt minister? === PANAJI: With the opposition to continuation of two “tainted” ministers in the cabinet led by Mr Digambar Kamat growing in the Congress party, there were indications that they might be dropped from the cabinet soon after Ganesh Chaturthi festivities. According to sources in the Congress party, a senior minister belonging to the party that was accused of demanding a bribe of Rs one crore from the owners of an industrial unit that is located in his constituency to allow them to reopen their closed unit in South Goa has been ordered to be dropped. The sources further said that the central leaders of the party, with whom the complaint was lodged by the management of the unit, have expressed displeasure over the minister’s activities. The central leader s of the party have directed the Chief Minister to remove the minister from his cabinet at the earliest. Sources in the Congress party also said that there was also intense pressure for removal of Transport Minister, Mr Ramkrishna Dhavlikar for his alleged role in going ahead with the controversial decision to implement high security registration number plates for vehicles, which was being opposed by the party as well as the opposition, besides general public. The sources further said that some senior Congress leaders also want action against the two ministers and since the high command has given go ahead for dropping of the ministers, the Chief Minister was likely to not only drop them and bring two Congress leaders to replace them but also reshuffle the portfolios of his cabinet colleagues, an exercise that many feel was long overdue. http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/2279-2-ministers-likely-to-be-dropped-soon joego...@yahoo.co.uk 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 August 23, 2009
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Suspected swine flu death in Goa - Press Trust of India ear-old man suspected to be suffering from swine flu died at a private hospital here today. Shiva Murthy arrived here from ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.ptinews.com/news/242310_Suspected-swine-flu-death-in-Goausg=AFQjCNFeExd8d9rV8z9vV9iKL_HOkgP8jg *** India gripped as supermodel's showbiz... - guardian.co.uk own villa in northern Goa in 2006. Maxwell stayed with Ksha to build a family ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/21/india-ujjawal-raut-sterry-divorceusg=AFQjCNG8cGEWY2eFWC4ytsP9qNIKclN4jA *** Sea Harrier crashes off Goa coast, pi... - Herald Publications eater Sea Harrier aircraft crashed in the Arabian Sea, about 15 miles off the Goa Coast, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=26303cid=10usg=AFQjCNH0hcFqgvoR_j-9gROI__AsTH3fww *** Outgoing Indian Navy chief to drop an... - SINDH TODAY NDH TODAYSpeaking to reporters Friday during his farewell visit to the Goa Naval Area, Mehta said he would like to settle down in Goa once I get my house in the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/43918.htmusg=AFQjCNH5dzKdeEwtsym6IwuNjFly19neQA *** LK stopped Atal from sacking Modi ove... - Times of India iracles-can-save-bjp/505510/usg=AFQjCNGe3zWHGiTU0__QvBm1EaVf1p_qIAJaswant unplugged: 'Advani stopped Vajpayee from acting against ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/LK-stopped-Atal-from-sacking-Modi-over-Guj-riots-Jaswant/articleshow/4923349.cmsusg=AFQjCNFEFn-FQe_-EG9uh502GkldFsORhw *** B'lorean dies of suspected A (H1N1) i... - Deccan Herald ear-old man who travelled here from Bangalore by bus has triggered an A(H1N1) scare in Goa. The government said the man died in a private ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/21152/blorean-dies-suspected-h1n1-goa.htmlusg=AFQjCNHyWODO8EPqhA-2wuLpngmz80Wmtg *** Plans to set up Maritime campuses in ... - SamayLive mayLiveKochi: The Indian Maritime University (IMU) has plans to open its campuses at Orissa, Gujarat, Karnataka and Goa, Vice Chancellor P Vijayan said today. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.samaylive.com/news/plans-to-set-up-maritime-campuses-in-orissaguj-ktk-goa/649996.htmlusg=AFQjCNHOt250ot8tqgbNbiRTqoMGT8QmUw *** Goa: Activist complains Bar Council a... - Indlaw.com ased social activist filed a complaint before Maharashtra and Goa Bar Council against Goa's Advocate General (AG) for allegedly violating ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.indlawnews.com/newsdisplay.aspx?ed006a99-f7c3-405f-89d5-61a6cc2953b3usg=AFQjCNGVvpbvcdOGJmHdfUBv8AOF1ZrD1w *** Arya 2 gets to the floors in Goa - Oneindia LI6WrNoxPM http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/telugu/top-stories/2009/arya-2-shooting-goa-210809.htmlusg=AFQjCNFqKUuUF0nvk1uF0XGrzuAJYzrRjw *** Gera Developments coming up with prem... - Economic Times nd resort village with 224 apartments coupled with amenities like club ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The-Sunday-ET/Property/Gera-Developments-coming-up-with-premium-apartments-in-Goa/articleshow/4923941.cmsusg=AFQjCNEna1V4A9cGydbN5o54fK8DIadgJQ Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 4, Issue 871 Kerkar Ganpati Art
I must congratulate Kerkar and this time the police, for measured well thought out responses and appropriate action! I saw the leader of the Hindu whatever named organisation leader ( we should not give them too much importance and craved publicity) having his say , and read about their opinions and reasons.One being artist's liscence giving an example of western dress denigrating our culture.The example given is showing Ganesh in different unacceptable guises is akin to showing Mahatma Gandhi clothed in a suit. I suppose they are ignorant that Mahatma was a barrister, looking dapper in a suit in UK and Africa where he was studying/practising law? I cannot understand such ignorance and twisted thinking. They stated they will protest within the law.That is their right no one will deny. I MAY DISAGREE WITH WHATEVER YOU SAY, BUT I WILL DIE FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT! Cheers to vibrant Democracy.I only wish it was more educated which the present central government is trying to achieve. --- On Thu, 20/8/09, goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org wrote: From: goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org Subject: Goanet Digest, Vol 4, Issue 871 To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Thursday, 20 August, 2009, 4:17 PM Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local http://in.local.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] G'bye Goa - Goan Emigration-6: HERALD(Goa), Aug 23, 2009
G'BYE GOA: GOAN EMIGRATION-6 By Valmiki Faleiro How far and wide did Goan émigrés reach? It'd be pointless to list the locations within India. Goans are settled all over urban India, save, perhaps, Kashmir and the North East. The CDS study reports that Goans are in 27 States in India, even if 80% of them are concentrated in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi. Proportionate to population, more Goan Catholics held ranks in India's defence services than any other Indian community (Sikhs would take that credit more in file than rank), right from British times. Most such Goans, on retirement, settled around cantonment cities. (My dad, a doc in the then Indian Army Medical Corps, served from Kashmir to Kerala, but returned home at the end of his commission.) Let's pan to where Goans reached across the seven seas and seven continents. Where they worked, and often permanently settled. With a list of nations of the world and my own knowledge/hearsay, which, be fore-cautioned, is limited. The picture is astounding. There would be no place on earth where a Goan didn't piss, if one counts Goan seamen and a former NIO-Goa scientist couple (and others still serving) who lived multiple times in the non-country continent of Antarctica! On a more serious note, I arrived at 91 countries where Goans were, and another 17 where they probably also were. Alphabetically: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria. Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Burma, Burundi. Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus. Denmark, Djibouti. Ecuador, Ethiopia. Fiji, Finland, France. Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau. Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast. Jamaica, Japan, Jordan. Kenya, Kuwait. Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg. Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique. Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway. Oman. Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal. Qatar. São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden. Tanzania (not counting the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar, where once Goans lived in large numbers), Thailand, The Bahamas, The Netherlands. Uganda, UAE, UK, USA, Uruguay. Venezuela. Yemen. Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. And that's not counting several places in the West Indies, like Cayman Islands, where Goans in appreciable numbers today work and live. Considering their presence in the neighbourhood, it's highly probable that Goans reached: Bolivia, Brunei, Chad, Central African Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Gambia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Liberia, Micronesia, Nicaragua, Niger, Senegal, Swaziland, Syria. I'm not aware of Goans in: Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Cuba, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, North Korea, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Santa Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia (save recent Goans taken captive for ransom by pirates off its coast!), Sudan, Suriname, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam. Also not of any in the 1992 cluster of former Soviet Bloc/Balkan states: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia. Robert Newman, the American anthropologist, says (in his Goddess of Dreams, page 89) that Goa's emigration may pro-rata be the highest in the world. If true, the great Goan scatter would rank only next to the Babylonian Exile of Jews in 586 BC. Unwittingly, this dispersal is dubbed the Goan Diaspora - *exiled* from their homeland, as it were, by economic, not racial (read Persian) forces as Jews were. Without doubt, proportionately more Goans live outside India than from any other Indian community. PS: Forget the editor of a local weekly who tells tales of coconut trees with branches and moveable land, the local edition of a national daily told us on Aug 13 that Our Lady of Boa Morte at Candolim is Happy Death of Our Lady. (ENDS) The above article appeared in the Herald, Goa, edition of August 23, 2009
[Goanet] India to take up SRK detention with US -
Floriano Lobo: Shah Rukh Khan is only one of India's most idolized matinee idols. Nothing more, nothing less. But our matinee idols have built their egos as high as heavens and beyond. MY NAME IS KHAN, the way it was delivered could have been the cause of his detention. If I was the concerned immigration official attending to Shah Rukh Khan, I would do worst, because I basically hate inflated egos. Response: Floriano, may I inform you that 'MY NAME IS KHAN' is the name of Shahrukh Khan's new movie which is yet to be released and has nothing to do with what transpired at the US immigration. Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Khan That persons with muslim names are profiled by US immigration is no closed secret. Persons like Azimbhai Premji of Wipro and Habib Khorakiwala of Wockhardt have suffered similar experiences at the hands of US immigration. Anyone who knows Azim Premji will vouch that he is one of the most unassuming persons around. He drives his own car, travels economy and keeps away from media glare and publicity. Regards, Marshall
Re: [Goanet] The Right to Freedom of Speech (Letter in Herald)
Poor Eddie, he never recovered from his fairy tale of 100% of real estate transactions in Goa by British nationals are legal. While sinking, he desperately caught his rope, which unfortunately he had tied around his neck. Not a pretty sight, not a pretty sight at all. Now Eddie must have bought a mirror and is looking closely at it? Smear? Hmm. he seems to have forgotten his Mugabe reference? --- On Sat, 8/22/09, Eddie Fernandes ed...@fernandes.u-net.com wrote: Folks, Watch Out! King of Smears is at work again! Eddie
[Goanet] Ganesh Chathurthi Memories (Photos)
To Goanet - http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/08/22/ganesh-chathurthi-memories Regards, r
[Goanet] Ganesh Chaturthi without Water Supply
WISHING THE CHIEF MINISTER, PWD MINISTER THE BAND OF FORTY .. A HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI WITHOUT WATER SUPPLY TO US IN PORVORIM FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY. This is the first time in my 37 years of residing in Porvorim that we have been dry for Ganesh Chaturthi. No water supply on Christmas Day and Easter is a common phenomena, but now Ganesh Chaturthi. Water situation as per records is excellent so we have fresh constructions of mega projects in the pipeline. Without a valid TCP N.O.C is a hotel project of Marques Hotel Ltd with swimming pool along NH17 and a few others facilitated by the Panchayat authorities even before section 47 B was introduced by a recent amendment. Devashri Gardens and Sapna Habitat are already up.
