[Goanet] Goa news for July 9, 2010

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Pacheco in police custody - The Hindu
eath-case-goa-exminister-arrested/126241-37-64.html">Nadia death
case: Goa ex-minister arrested
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHH2WCvSXKYIvoGahxsxCLTAiJbhg&url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/09/stories/2010070954781100.htm

*** Warhammer Online European Servers Turned Over to EA by GOA -
Softpedia
ythic-takes-over-warhammer-online-in-europe/">BioWare Mythic
takes over Warhammer Online in Europe
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGdUuUi501OfOdxUsmDegXzkIsiPQ&url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Warhammer-Online-European-Servers-Turned-Over-to-EA-by-GOA-146704.shtml

*** Goa court rejects Pacheco's bail plea - NDTV.com
TV.comPTI, Updated: [July 07, 2010]   13:45 IST Panaji: A local
court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of former Goa Tourism
Minister Fransisco Mickky Pacheco in ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNES_Filo2vRyp2IDXuy64SvrNhy1A&url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/goa-court-rejects-pachecos-bail-plea-36110

*** Goa Politician Charged With Raping Russian - The Moscow
Times
tar hotel, Indian media ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFpCPJL6KG7sMPpPwdWbl0pkniX_Q&url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/goa-politician-charged-with-raping-russian/409853.html

*** Probe links of Goa home minister's son to drug trade: BJP -
Sify
JP-demands-ministers-ouster/articleshow/6133110.cms">BJP demands
minister's ouster
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFlV0INEj8gA_lFyERABOhjcNF_sg&url=http://sify.com/news/probe-links-of-goa-home-minister-s-son-to-drug-trade-bjp-news-national-khhsOchajaf.html

*** Ore-starved MSPL forays into iron ore trading - Business
Standard
ining-thriving-in-karnataka-news-default-khiwabhefhh.html">'Illegal
mining thriving in Karnataka'
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfqJzYNBmYokXhpbVQ-qqJggj5VA&url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ore-starved-mspl-forays-into-iron-ore-trading/400775/

*** Two-day meet for CA students - Times of India
mes of IndiaMore than 450 students from Maharashtra, Goa and
Gujarat will be attending the conference hosted by the Baroda
Branch of Western India Regional Council ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrgGduuFlrAml8zEI9rcn_sSmXBg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Vadodara/Two-day-meet-for-CA-students-/articleshow/6144402.cms

*** Goa drug mess turns political? - Times Now.tv
mes Now.tvAfter Goa Tourism Minister was accused of his friend's
death, it's now the Home Minister's tun to land into a
controversy. The BJP has taken on Goa Home ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHTrIzdad68-UaSo214B9GliJyfbg&url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Goa-drug-mess-turns-political/articleshow/4349180.cms

*** GOA: White House Cyber Security Efforts Lacking - IT
Business Edge (blog)
 Business Edge (blog)By date: A report by the Government
Accountability Office found that the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy has so far failed to coordinate
...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH1X7vjxlBpNWzKW3BxHq-d7ty6Zw&url=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/goa-white-house-cyber-security-efforts-lacking/?cs=42119

*** Swedish Goa - Wired (blog)
red (blog)*The likelihood that any Swedes in Stockholm can have
any affect whatsoever on the future of Goa¦ well, it must be
close to minimal, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFURhcgLRZXpYwgNIXUj-jp3qF7WA&url=http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/07/swedish-goa/


Compiled by Goanet News Service
http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php

[Goanet] Traditional Ramponn - A video Clip (and some popular Ramponnkar)

[JoeGoaUk]

A video Clip - Traditional 'Ramponn'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4v57r2oPD4
 
 
We walked from Utorda to Velsao up to Danddear (towards the end of Velsao Beach)
There were some boys, who even walked up to Hollant during raining seaon.
 
Aiz ramponn khuim dovorlia?
Tamdde Rosteakodde, Danddear, Surgam Rukamkodde, 
Pasku-ghe kuddikodde Arxe, Rannu Choleaghe Tullxikodde etc etc 
 
konnaghe ramponn?
I remember some of the well known ramponnkars of my time..
 
Pidade (Tamdde Rosto - Now it's road to Velsao Beach)
Zamllicar or Chamllicar (Cansaulim)
Santan (Near Surgam Rukh/Casuarinas trees - Near Horizon Beach Resort)
Bhurkutti (vascokar)
Indian
Bannalkar
Costao
Pasku
Maplle or Mapdde (Deep sea experts from Karwar)
 
More Ramponn Pics etc were posted earlier – see here
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-June/195120.html

 
related:
'Dolle-bara mati man dolle puroiche?'
'Ghu hachea poddleai - re, Maim Zounnea-cheam do?'
 
Will write more on  'Ramponn' 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] Monumental Love_similar plaster technique used in Goa

[Venantius J Pinto]

(excerpt)
The plaster for repairing the damaged walls alone takes a whole year to
prepare. Gopalji, 80, and his team use mortar mixed with lime, sand, surkhi,
gur (jaggery), guggal and methi (cumin) to make this plaster, which takes a
day to dry. It is then polished inch by inch with small agate stones.
(I believe a similar plater technique was used in Goa, and still is. vjp)

Monumental Love
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main45.asp?filename=hub100710love.asp

++
vjp

Re: [Goanet] "Happiness"

[Placido Menino Fernandes]

interestung.
Placido Fernandes
pangelic...@rediffmail.com

On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:33:34 +0530  wrote
>
> 
>
>''You cant eat happiness
>'You cant buy it.
>'You cant wear it.
>'You cant drive it, or drink it,
>or sell it, or steal it.
>'You cant lock it away.
>'You cant negotiate for it.
>'You cant win it, you can't marry it,
>'you cant inherit it, you can't cheat it.
>'You cant smoke it, or inject it,
>or rent it or borrow it.
>'You cant campaign for it or beg for it,
>or talk other people into giving you theirs.
>You can live happiness.You can create it.
>You can be it.
>You can give it to others.
>You can enjoy it.
>You can share it.
>You can claim it.
>You can have as much as you wish.
>You can enjoy it as much as you want,
>at any time, under any circumstance.
>You can work with it, play with it,
>worship, travel, eat, and sleep with it.
>Happiness is yours to live and yours to give,
>if only you will.
>It comes from the inside,
>and the best way to experience it
>is to get it flowing out.
>Forget about trying and
>striving to get happy.
>Just decide to be happy,
>and happiness is yours.
>Have a nice day.
> 
>Gina Ferns
>
>
>
>

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) and chauvanism versus patriotism debate on Goanet

[Gabe Menezes]

On 8 July 2010 17:54, pinheiro  wrote:

>
> Two observation on these debates:
>
> Are we Goans Pseudointellectual?
>
> Goanet is the only place wherein you can even strip and slap (with words)
> the  Moderator/Admin and you are still not thrown out of the forum.
>
>
> Agnelo Pinheiro
>
>
> QUESTION: That being true; where is our oft quoted M. Goveia? He claims
that he was thrown out by - perhaps, maybe by Viviana? Who dunnit?

He is sweating and having hypertension of the kind Pacheco wishes he had!


-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) and chauvanism versus patriotism debate on Goanet

[Santosh Helekar]

--- On Thu, 7/8/10, pinheiro  wrote:
> 
> Two observation on these debates:
> 
> Are we Goans Pseudointellectual?
> 
> Goanet is the only place wherein you can even strip and
> slap (with words) the  Moderator/Admin and you are
> still not thrown out of the forum. 
> 

My two observations regarding this comment from a new poster. 

Is he claiming that forums with real intellectuals throw people out if they 
verbally slap the moderator? 

BTW, Admin Noronha insists that he is not the moderator of Goanet.

Cheers,

Santosh


 

[Goanet] For those around Delhi... an exhibi tion at the IIC (Paintings by José Pereira)

[Frederick Noronha]

http://www.iicdelhi.nic.in/Forthcoming_Programmes.html

Wednesday 7 - 13

Exhibition  Art Gallery (Annexe) 11:00 – 19:00

Epiphanies of the Hindu God: An exhibition of paintings that endeavour
to interpret some classical themes of Hindu art in a realistic idiom,
an idiom that frees the drama in the themes from the constriction of
iconographic formulas

Paintings by José Pereira
Opening on Tuesday, 6th July at 18:30

NOTE: Please confirm dates. Dr Jose Pereira is expected to be in Delhi
from July 11-13, 2010.

]osé Pereira (1931) is Professor Emeritus of Theology of Fordham
University, New York, where he lectured on History of Religions. He
has taught and done research in various academic institutions in
Lisbon, London and Varanasi, and has published 24 books and 145
articles on theology, history of art and architecture, and on Goan and
Konkani culture, language, literature and music.  Contact: eximirom at
yahoo.com

Frederick Noronha
+91-9822122436
+91-832-2409490

[Goanet] What is it that's hard to break ???

[Gina Fernandes]

 
WHAT is it that's hard to break???
>
>> Diamonds are hard to find but not hard to Break.  
>>What is the hardest thing to break then?   
>>The answer is: HABIT!  
>>If you break the H, you still have A BIT. If you break the A,you still 
>>haveBIT. 
>>If you break the B, you still have IT! 
>>Hey, after you break the T in IT, there is still the 'I'.
>> 
>>And that (I)is the root cause of all the problems. Isn’t it right?!
>> Now you know why HABIT is so hard to break….Its destiny is in its name! 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Moral:We have to respect each other's opinionand view;We just need 
>>to 
>>wait and listen actively to others' point of view!     H 
>>

Re: [Goanet] FW: Our Top Websites - Unique users per month (Revised)

[Eddie Fernandes]

This prompted me to check out www.goanvoice.org.uk and insert the results in
the table provided:


Our Top Websites - Unique users per month
01 daijiworld.com - 3,50,898
02 mangalorean.com - 1,94,016
03 mangaloremithr.com - 7,743
04 www.goacom.com - 7,328
05 www.goancoice.org.uk - 6,971
06 bellevision.com - 3,843
07 kemmannu.com - 3,380
08 goa-world.com - 2,574
09 icarelive.com - 2,434
10 mangaloreanrecipes.com - 902
11 canaraworld.com - 892
12 konkanifriends.com - 826
13 goanet.org - 761
14 churchnewssite.com - 335
15 konkaniworld.com - 274
16 kinnigoli.com - 248
17 konkanuae.com - 229

Top Mangalorean/Goan websites belonging to Konkani people and their unique
users per month

Happy to note that Mangaloreans/Goans have made a mark over the webworld.
We have so many websites that are popular on the net.

I used http://www.websitevaluespy.com/ to check the unique users per
month to these websites
Ancy S. D'Souza, Paladka
E2-139 Diwan Apt III
Vasai Road East
Thane Dist - 401 210
Tel: 0250-2390225
Cell: 9320733213
Email: anc...@gmail.com
 

[Goanet] Law Commission of Goa calls for suggestions on new law on Ownership of Apartments & Flats.

[Goa Desc]

  -
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.
 -
---
Law Commission of Goa calls for suggestions
on new law on Ownership of Apartments & Flats.

Large scale real estate activities including construction of
housing complexes, condominiums, high rise apartments,
group houses, rent back tenements, etc are going on in
the State of Goa.

It has come to the notice of the Law Commission that the
flats, apartments and bungalows are sold along with
undivided share in the properties upon which they are built.

A few unscrupulous developers do not take steps to organize
Co-operative Housing Societies, companies or associations
of owners of flats, apartments, bungalows built on these
areas. It leads to a number of problems regarding management
of common areas and common amenities like water and
power supply, sewage and garbage disposal, parks and
garden, parking lots, etc.

There is no law at the moment making it compulsory for the
developers and real estates owners or the flat owners to
organize entities or administer the common interests of the
dwellers of such flats or bungalows.

Major metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, etc have specific
statutory provisions controlling and regulating promotion
of construction, sale, management and transfer of flats and
apartments having multiple dwelling units.

It is felt that a new law on Ownership of Apartment and
Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale,
Management and Transfer) Act needs to be enacted.

The Government of India have circulated a comprehensive
model Act called “Real Estate Management Bill” which takes
care of issues like the ones pointed out above.

We invite members of public and stake holders to convey
the nature of their grievance and the suggestions and
proposals on above matters on or before 15th of June
*(time extended to 15th July 2010)*
at the following address:

LAW COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT OF GOA,
B/ S I, 3rd FLOOR,
PARAISO DE GOA ,
PORVORIM-GOA 403 521

or e- mail your suggestions at the following
chairman-glc@nic.in
or
rdkha...@rediffmail.com
-
Press Note from the Law Commission, Government of Goa
http://goalawcommission.gov.in
-
 --
GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK
--
promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa
 --
GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601
GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507
mail: *goa...@gmail.com* Visit: *http://goacan.blogspot.com*
**--

[Goanet] Striving with Patience

[Venantius J Pinto]

If you think of the Ama divers of Shirahama they are pearls in their own
right
In the past they dived in the nude, or topless.
http://mermaid-williambond.blogspot.com/2008/01/chapter-seven-ancient-sea-people.html
http://mermaid-williambond.blogspot.com/2008/01/chapter-three-women-divers.html
And unlike men, the women do not have fertility problems.

Then James Bond came looking as also times changed
http://ning.it/9uHBEQ

The Ama still dive. The older ones look awesome too.
http://www.fundoshi-bikini.net/nihon-fundoshi/amafun/amafundoshi.html
(from Nihon no fundoshi site; fundoshi is the traditional undergarment,
Nihon no, means of Japan. Fundoshi are available online. Available online.
Forget firange culottes, etc.). Wendell take a peek.

PS: This is what happens when an Indian bloke goes Japanesa. Hahahahahaha.

venantius j pinto




> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 22:31:44 +0530 (IST)
> From: Gina Fernandes 
> (del)
> Go on striving with patience and you will
> surely be able to win the grace of the Lord
> when the time comes for it.
>

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) and chauvanism versus patriotism debate on Goanet

[Frederick Noronha]

Haha, Agnelo, good one! But I think you're underestimating the
potential of the Goanet reader to understand what lies behind some
debates :-) FN

Frederick Noronha
+91-9822122436
+91-832-2409490


On 8 July 2010 22:24, pinheiro  wrote:
>
> Two observation on these debates:
>
> Are we Goans Pseudointellectual?
>
> Goanet is the only place wherein you can even strip and slap (with words) the 
>  Moderator/Admin and you are still not thrown out of the forum.
>
>
> Agnelo Pinheiro

[Goanet] Goan Chaplaincy UK: Retreat and Healing Services: 10 - 25 July 2010

[Eddie Fernandes]

>From the Goan Chaplain, Fr Francis Rosario: 

The Goan Chaplaincy is organising retreats in England from 10th July to 25th
July this year. Since there were some difficulties with the visas we
couldn't advertise this earlier. Preachers:  Right Rev. Alwyn Fernandes
Barreto Bishop of Sindhudurg Diocese & Rev. John Joseph Santiago Pune
Diocese. 

Locations (with dates in brackets): Swindon (10 -Konkani; 11-English);
Tooting (12); Harrow (16); Southall (17); Wembley (18); Heston (20); Welling
(21); Forest Gate (23); Croydon (24 & 25).  

Main Coordinator: Fr. Francis Rosario, Goan Chaplaincy, 020 86652176
goanchaplai...@yahoo.co.uk

Services Assistant: Ben Vaz 07957271381. 

For details with locations, times and local contacts, go to
http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/gvuk_files/Goan_Chaplaincy_Retreats.pdf

[Goanet] Our Top Websites - Unique users per month (Revised)

[Goa-World.com]

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--- On Tue, 7/6/10, Ancy D'Souza  wrote:


From: Ancy D'Souza 
Subject: Our Top Websites - Unique users per month (Revised)
To: "Cyril G Sequeira - CGS Taccode" , "cgs" 
, "Cyril G Sequeira - CGS Taccode" 
, "Austin DSouza Prabhu" , 
"Bosco Goanet.org" , "gasper almeida goawordcom" 
, "goa world today" , "goa 
world today" , "Fr. Francis Rodrigues, Editor, Raknno" 
, "kutam weekly" , "Dirvem Konkani 
Weekly" , "dirvem konkani weekly editor john monis" 
, "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
, "mc" 
Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 11:51 AM


Our Top Websites - Unique users per month
01 daijiworld.com - 3,50,898
02 mangalorean.com - 1,94,016
03 mangaloremithr.com - 7,743
04 bellevision.com - 3,843
05 kemmannu.com - 3,380
06 goa-world.com - 2,574
07 icarelive.com - 2,434
08 mangaloreanrecipes.com - 902
09 canaraworld.com - 892
10 konkanifriends.com - 826
11 goanet.org - 761
12 churchnewssite.com - 335
13 konkaniworld.com - 274
14 kinnigoli.com - 248
15 konkanuae.com - 229

Top Mangalorean/Goan websites belonging to Konkani people and their unique 
users per month

Happy to note that Mangaloreans/Goans have made a mark over the webworld.
We have so many websites that are popular on the net.

Here is their listing. Their unique users per month and their rank

www.daijiworld.com - 3,50,898 users/month rank: 23,374
www.mangalorean.com - 1,94,016 users/month rank: 64,260
www.mangaloremithr.com - 7,743 users/month rank: 3,20,720
www.bellevision.com - 3,843 users/month rank: 6,83,662
www.kemmannu.com - 3,380 users/month rank: 7,85,476
www.goa-world.com - 2,574 users/month rank: 13,45,917
www.icarelive.com - 2,434 users/month rank: 11,02,421
www.mangaloreanrecipes.com - 902 users/month rank: 19,43,327
www.canaraworld.com - 892 users/month rank: 17,21,985
www.konkanifriends.com - 826 users/month rank: 7,64,657
www.goanet.org - 761 users/month rank: 24,26,618
www.churchnewssite.com - 335 users/month rank: 34,67,983
www.konkaniworld.com - 274 users/month rank: 58,42,974
www.kinnigoli.com - 248 users/month rank: 47,21,890
www.konkanuae.com - 229 users/month rank: 48,60,501

I used http://www.websitevaluespy.com/ to check the unique users per
month to these websites
I used Alexa.com to find their ranking
If you come accross any other mangalorean/goan (i.e. KONKANI) websites fall 
under this category (ie below 50,00,000 Alexa.com rank) then please inform them 
to me. Lets make our popular websites more popular.
Lets help our less popular sites to become popular



Ancy S. D'Souza, Paladka
E2-139 Diwan Apt III
Vasai Road East
Thane Dist - 401 210
Tel: 0250-2390225
Cell: 9320733213
Email: anc...@gmail.com





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[Goanet] WORLD GOA DAY - QUEBEC GOAN ASSOCIATION - 15TH August, 2010

[goanint]

Goenkars !!






Dear QGA Member,


The QGA would like to remind the community that the World Goa day picnic 
will take place at Angrignon Park on August 15th,2010 .  
Below are the details of the event:
 


Warm Regards, 
C. Felix D'Sa
QGA SECRETARY  
Tel: 450-676-8560 
Website: http://felixhabari.piczo.com  

Slide-shows: http://felixhabari.slide.com   
Movies: http://www.youtube.com/fatsut7 



FLYER AT : 
http://worldgoaday2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/quebec-goan-association-world-goa-day.html

 -


renebarreto

Goanworld: http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/

WORLD GOA DAY 20.8.2010 WORLD KONKANI DAY

  WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS 
==

[Goanet] Top Mangalorean/Goan websites belonging to Konkani people

[Ancy D'Souza]

Top Mangalorean/Goan websites belonging to Konkani people and their
unique users per month

Happy to note that Mangaloreans have made a mark over the webworld.
We have so many websites that are popular on the net.

I used http://www.websitevaluespy.com/ to check the popularity of our
websites that come under 50,00,000 rank as per Alexa.com records

Here is their listing. Their users per month and their rank

www.daijiworld.com  - 3,50,898 users/month rank:23,374
www.mangalorean.com - 1,94,016 users/month rank:64,260
www.bellevision.com- 3,843 users/month rank:  6,83,662
www.kemmannu.com   - 3,380 users/month rank:  7,85,476
www.mangaloremithr.com - 7,743 users/month rank:  3,20,720
www.goa-world.com  - 2,574 users/month rank: 13,45,917
www.icarelive.com  - 2,434 users/month rank: 11,02,421
www.goanet.org - 761 users/month rank: 24,26,618
www.churchnewssite.com -   335 users/month rank: 34,67,983
www.konkaniworld.com   -   274 users/month rank: 58,42,974
www.kinnigoli.com  -   248 users/month rank: 47,21,890
www.konkanuae.com  -   229 users/month rank: 48,60,501

Note: These are unique users per month, Ranking calculated as per
Alexa.com records
I checked the status using: http://www.websitevaluespy.com/

If you come accross any other mangalorean/goan (i.e. KONKANI) websites
fall under this category (ie below 50,00,000 Alexa.com rank) then
please submit them here.


-- 
Ancy S. D'Souza, Paladka
E2-139 Diwan Apt III
Vasai Road East
Thane Dist - 401 210
Tel: 0250-2390225
Cell: 9320733213
Email: anc...@gmail.com

[Goanet] FW: Our Top Websites - Unique users per month (Revised)

[Tim de Mello]

Hello Ancy:

 

I have updated your list with the stats of www.goacom.com.

 

Tim de Mello



 





--- On Tue, 7/6/10, Ancy D'Souza  wrote:


From: Ancy D'Souza 
Subject: Our Top Websites - Unique users per month (Revised)
To: "Cyril G Sequeira - CGS Taccode" , "cgs" 
, "Cyril G Sequeira - CGS Taccode" 
, "Austin DSouza Prabhu" , 
"Bosco Goanet.org" , "gasper almeida goawordcom" 
, "goa world today" , "goa 
world today" , "Fr. Francis Rodrigues, Editor, Raknno" 
, "kutam weekly" , "Dirvem Konkani 
Weekly" , "dirvem konkani weekly editor john monis" 
, "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
, "mc" 
Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 11:51 AM


Our Top Websites - Unique users per month
01 daijiworld.com - 3,50,898
02 mangalorean.com - 1,94,016
03 mangaloremithr.com - 7,743
04 www.goacom.com - 7,328
05 bellevision.com - 3,843
06 kemmannu.com - 3,380
07 goa-world.com - 2,574
08 icarelive.com - 2,434
09 mangaloreanrecipes.com - 902
10 canaraworld.com - 892
11 konkanifriends.com - 826
12 goanet.org - 761
13 churchnewssite.com - 335
14 konkaniworld.com - 274
15 kinnigoli.com - 248
16 konkanuae.com - 229

Top Mangalorean/Goan websites belonging to Konkani people and their unique 
users per month

Happy to note that Mangaloreans/Goans have made a mark over the webworld.
We have so many websites that are popular on the net.

Here is their listing. Their unique users per month and their rank

www.daijiworld.com - 3,50,898 users/month rank: 23,374
www.mangalorean.com - 1,94,016 users/month rank: 64,260
www.mangaloremithr.com - 7,743 users/month rank: 3,20,720
www.goacom.com - 7,328 users/month: rank: 2,15,640
www.bellevision.com - 3,843 users/month rank: 6,83,662
www.kemmannu.com - 3,380 users/month rank: 7,85,476
www.goa-world.com - 2,574 users/month rank: 13,45,917
www.icarelive.com - 2,434 users/month rank: 11,02,421
www.mangaloreanrecipes.com - 902 users/month rank: 19,43,327
www.canaraworld.com - 892 users/month rank: 17,21,985
www.konkanifriends.com - 826 users/month rank: 7,64,657
www.goanet.org - 761 users/month rank: 24,26,618
www.churchnewssite.com - 335 users/month rank: 34,67,983
www.konkaniworld.com - 274 users/month rank: 58,42,974
www.kinnigoli.com - 248 users/month rank: 47,21,890
www.konkanuae.com - 229 users/month rank: 48,60,501

I used http://www.websitevaluespy.com/ to check the unique users per
month to these websites
I used Alexa.com to find their ranking
If you come accross any other mangalorean/goan (i.e. KONKANI) websites fall 
under this category (ie below 50,00,000 Alexa.com rank) then please inform them 
to me. Lets make our popular websites more popular.
Lets help our less popular sites to become popular



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[Goanet] new assembly complex

[milind amonkar]

its high time a new assembly complex be built inside aguada prison.soon u will 
find most our MLA's there
 
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:58:07 +0530
> From: melvyn.fer...@gmail.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] Drugs: Goa minister, son exposed by Swedish model
> 
> http://calamities.gaeatimes.com/2010/07/07/probe-links-of-goa-home-ministers-son-to-drug-trade-bjp-34425/
> 
> Thanks Goans for electing such people to rule Goa.
  
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Re: [Goanet] Now, is it Ravi's turn?

[George Pinto]

Set a thief to catch a thief. Hope they destroy each other and Goa is saved in 
the process. The financial rape of Goa through mining and mega-projects and the 
environmental destruction is happening unabated in front of us for several 
years now. What has been the response from Goans: picnics and dances. 

Goa, RIP (rest in peace).

George

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, soter  wrote:

> For over a year now there have been
> clues of how the Digu gang has systematically embarked upon
> a path to eliminate any politician that is inconvenient to
> their undisputed plunder. Four to five politicians, Micky,
> Daya, Ravi, Babush and Churchill, have been singled out for
> deputation to the firing line and what is only required is
> an opportune moment to strike. One wrong  move and they
> had it.

[Goanet] Fw: Re: Goa urbanization

[soter]

Frederick wrote:
The same principle will be used, I hope, when it comes to
Mumbai-for-Mumbaikars or pro-Africanisation arguments. It cannot be one
standard for me, and another standard for someone else. FN

Comments: 
Frederick seems to be battling a crisis of elementary logic.
Comparing Bombay to Goa of everything?
I am yet to hear that Goans who migrated to Mumbai were conciously involved in 
converting Mumbai into a mini Goa by controlling the politics and imposing 
their culture and language. Could the most learned social entrepreneur 
Frederick cite me some authentic information on this negative influence of 
Goans in Mumbai?
Again talking about pro-Africanisation, has Frederick any authentic information 
that Goans were the cause for so much of asian hatred in Africa? Have Goans 
been the cause of asian hatred anywhere in the world? Do Goans abroad continue 
to speak among themselves in marathi, gujarati, tamil and malyalam 
irrrespective of whose comapny they are in? 
What is Frederick's information on the weekend operations of some migrant 
communities in Goa? 
Please get your facts before you take the defence of migrants.

-Soter

[Goanet] Striving with Patience

[Gina Fernandes]

  


If you do not succeed in laying your hands 
on a pearl in one dive do not think that the 
bottom of the sea does not contain pearls. 
Go on striving with patience and you will 
surely be able to win the grace of the Lord 
when the time comes for it. 
 
Have a nice day.
 
Gina Ferns

[Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) and chauvanism versus patriotism debate on Goanet

[pinheiro]

Two observation on these debates:

Are we Goans Pseudointellectual?

Goanet is the only place wherein you can even strip and slap (with words) the  
Moderator/Admin and you are still not thrown out of the forum. 


Agnelo Pinheiro

Re: [Goanet] Sauce for Goose is Sauce for the Gander too

[Gina Fernandes]

Hi Neves,

Thanks a ton and do have a wonderful day.

Gina Ferns





From: Neves Mendes 
To: fg...@rocketmail.com
Sent: Thu, 8 July, 2010 5:12:42 PM
Subject: 

Hi Gina,
Let me just say wow, you are pretty good...
Neves

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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:31:26 +0530 (IST)
From: Gina Fernandes 
To: Olton Leandro Pereira 
Cc: "estb. 1994! Goa's premiere mailing list"
    
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Self Appraisal [Our Ref:EXA12788]
Message-ID: <465416.65423...@web95207.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Hi Leandro Pereira,

Thanks for the appraisal and yes about your question ( wife cheating on her 
husband ) well! I will check in my log book if there is any matter relating to 
this subject and send it across to you. Till than I suggest " if the wife is 
cheating on her husband than the husband should do the vice versa " this is the 
21st century right, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander too.

Have a nice day.

Gina Ferns

?




From: Olton Leandro Pereira 
To: fgina 
Sent: Tue, 6 July, 2010 10:56:36 PM
Subject: Re: Self Appraisal [Our Ref:EXA12788]


Good one !!

Is there a way to find out if the wife is cheating on her husband ??

Have a nice day.

Re: [Goanet] Goa Sudharop: World Cup sweepstake entries....Update

[George Pinto]

A chilled Heineken in the left hand and a chilled San Miguel in the right hand! 
Football wins in the end, that the real celebration of a good tournament. 
Brazil is only 4 years away, hopefully replays allowed by then to counter bad 
referee calls.

George

--- On Thu, 7/8/10, Mervyn Lobo  wrote:

> I cannot think of anything better than to watch the World
> Cup finals on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, with a few hundred of your
> friends and with nothing else to think about other than: Should we break
> out the chilled Heineken's or the San Miguel's in celebration?
> 
> Mervyn

[Goanet] Swedish Goa

[Eddie Fernandes]

Headline: Swedish Goa
By: Bruce Sterling
Source: Wired. 8 July, 2010 at
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/07/swedish-goa/ 

Excerpts:

The likelihood that any Swedes in Stockholm can have any affect whatsoever
on the future of Goa must be close to minimal ... 

In a Call for Applications: Post-graduate course in Architecture and Urban
Planning at Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Goa has been selected as a
study project ... QUOTES:

There must be some Goanese studying in Stockholm or maybe they just like
snow and with-it blonde chicks...  

Goa is the state in India that has most clearly cultivated its own identity
despite almost 500 years of colonialism. Goa has an almost mythical
reputation for being Paradise on earth ... 

What was once a refuge for western wanderers; today Goa has become a weekend
playground for Mumbai's burgeoning middle-class... 

At the same time Goa is experiencing an intense debate concerning its urban
future... Here we find engaged activists battling market-driven building
development. These activists envision an urban system in which villages and
towns intersperse with wild as well as managed landscapes, all growing into
an economic, and physical whole...

Can Goa show the way for the rest of the country in a transformation from a
rural to an urban economy... 

The goal of the course is to formulate an innovative urban planning proposal
for a part of the state of Goa. (((Bet the bhaiyyas who are running the
place can't wait!)))... 

We meet architects, urban planners, systems thinkers, natural and social
scientists, journalists, economists, anthropologists and artists in a
cross-disciplinary discourse. The previous three-year program, Cities and
Energy will provide a basis for further study.

Course applicants should be an architect, landscape architect, urban or
regional planner, designer, engineer, or from another discipline such as;
photographer, filmmaker, artist, writer, journalist or biologist - with a
specific interest in architecture and urban planning issues.

A study, research and workshop trip to Goa is scheduled for the spring term
... Submission deadline: August 16, 2010 ... 

Full text, 1975 words at
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/07/swedish-goa/

[Goanet] Freedom Fighter

[From PAES]

 
 
 
FREEDOM  FIGHTER
 
By: Bennet Paes
 
Having passed through the portals of three Universities, and yet failing to get 
past the freshman’s mark, I stumbled into a selective band  of Goans on the 
Indian side of the border. They prided themselves being called Freedom 
Fighters, (FF’s). That was way back in Bombay, in the 50’s.
 
By and large the FF’s looked  a dejected lot, just as I was, myself. And that 
may be just one reason for having to call ourselves ‘hail-fellows-well-met’. 
However, in a short while I discovered that the most  compelling reason why 
they were on the wrong side of the border, was their hatred for a foreign rule 
in our motherland or rather, the fear of the Portuguese masters themselves. 
Mine too was fear, but it was of an angry father who felt the pinch of 
converting Escudos for six long years, without seeing a single academic title 
on either side of his son’s name.
 
>From the days of Mahatma Gandhi’s tryst with freedom, one prerequisite to be a 
>‘Freedom Fighter’ came to be accepted as a short adventure in an Indian jail. 
>Critics then called it  a picnic in prison. And may be rightly so. In today’s 
>India, too,  people get  into a jail one day, bailed out the next and 
>everything goes hunky-dory thereafter.
 
On the other hand, Portuguese jails were far removed from the romance of a 
Presley’s ‘Jailhouse Rock’. They were exactly what lawbreakers deserved to be 
in. Discipline was what they exacted out of an erring ‘rocker’, and the stick 
did the trick. However, their aversion to the so-called freedom-fighters roused 
them to raise that stick even higher. It’s because they branded them as  
terrorists – the very label that India now puts on Pakistanis marauding across 
the Kashmiri border, but which label Pakistan itself brushes off as ‘freedom 
fighters’. Amazing how pots and kettles can change colours with changing 
situations.
 
Incidentally, some of the freedom loving buddies in Bombay were already known 
to me while in Goa. They were also known for  tampering  with  the  strict  
law  and  order of the  Portuguese 
regime. However, in most cases they found themselves behind bars for offences 
unrelated to freedom or sometimes mistaken for it. For example, one of them, 
sloshed with local ‘feni’ one evening, passed by the Margao ‘quartel’ (police 
quarters) shouting out: “Jakin, Jakin”. In a drunken state he was only calling 
out to his wife to show him the way home. Instead, the officer guarding the 
post showed him the way to a cell right behind. Reason - he thought the man was 
shouting “Jaihind, Jaihind”, a slogan popular with the freedom-fighters of 
those days. Later the man was drained off the hooch, and beaten up to an extent 
that propelled him right on  the other side of the border.
 
Nevertheless, having been influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s struggle for freedom, 
a path hugely accentuated by his courtship with prison-cells, the local machos 
also developed an appetite for  freedom of sorts. But what was under suspicion 
was their determination to fight for it. They tried to emulate the great 
Mahatma in so far as his sit-in’s were concerned. But his fasts- unto-death 
dreaded them as death itself. Particularly, the group that I came to be 
associated with, was hardly of the type that would deny itself a morsel for any 
cause on earth, freedom included.
 
Gandhi’s struggle for freeing a colonized nation  did have a bearing on the 
300-year old British struggle to coalesce that very nation. But ‘satyagraha’ 
was a different kettle of fish for the Portuguese. Such non-violent ploys to 
dislodge them from a 450-year hold on their “Estado da India Portuguesa” were 
in sharp contrast to those deployed by them to retain their supremacy on. They 
had used the sword – not a sit-in, to ward off persistent  rebellions by 
domestic dynasties in the past. The same tactics continued, even while dealing 
with non-violent dissenters. Although much credit goes to those Goans who put 
their lives on the block in their pursuit of freedom, the others merely rode on 
the back of Nehru’s “Operation Vijay” that eventually earned for them a place 
on the roll-of-honour, supposedly dedicated only to Goa’s men of mettle.
 
I was, neither this side, nor that side of the border when the 80,000-strong 
Indian onslaught reversed the history of Goa for good. But, from far away 
Kuwait I said to myself: oh, how I missed watching the grand spectacle from the 
sidelines, and   then declaring myself a Freedom Fighter!
 
--
 
 
 

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) In defense of admin Noronha

[floriano]

Dear Dr. Anil Desai, Sir,

Your being the 'colorectal surgeon with
twenty  five years' experience in this area.' does not cut any ice with me. 
I  do not respect persons who display loose mouths, mouthing derogatory 
names  for an organization which has been painstakingly put together and 
which has over 200 respectable, honorable and far-sighted GENTLEMEN  as its 
patrons, some even more accomplished than mere run of the mill, dime a dozen 
colorectal surgeons like you.


BTW do you rinse your mouth every morning from the rectal flashings from 
your surgery???


You have taken enough time .. i.e from 6 July to 8 July  to re-confirm from 
the sources whom you gave the  Rs. 10,000/-  but trying to show surprise. 
There are enough smart alecs here that you cannot fool with.   I do not 
positively ask alms  for my party from anyone. Besides I hardly know you 
except for two brief sitting-ins with a lot others, that too.


You have not disclosed the mutual person whom you gave the money to. But I 
shall do so. It was Dr. Anessimo Fernandes, the worthy man who has my full 
respect.


The talk that he had with me was that he wanted that the GMAS  anti SEZ 
meeting at Panjim be a success with the Azad Maidan moderately full. "Would 
I help in bringing some people from the hinterland?" was his query.  "If you 
want to finance this as a mini  project - I could arrange a few buses" I had 
said. "It will cost you some". So after a few days he  gives me Rs. 15000/- 
and the project is on. I arrange with my friend Paulo Travel's Marshall 
Pereira to arrange for buses. One was arranged from Tilamol  or somewhere in 
the South (as he knows the Priest there). One was arranged for MOira 
/Nachinola. The Tilamol affair cost almost 8500/- as the people who came had 
to be fed too, being a great distance. In all Rs. 12,000/- odd were spent 
out of the 15000/-  Please ask Dr. Anessimo  to give you the details of the 
RECEIPT  given to him for Rs. 15000/-. In case it is too much trouble for 
him to  trace it, here are the details.


GOA SU-RAJ PARTY
The Beacon For Good Governance
Receipt No. 437
Date: Dec 15 /07
Received with thanks from Dr. Anessimo Fernandes
The sum of Rupees  FIFTEEN THOUSAND ONLY
By/Cheque/Cash/towards  ...GMAS  SEZ  MEET AT AZAD MAIDAN PANJIM
RS 15,000/-
Authorized Signatory
Sd/- Floriano Lobo
For, Goa Su-Raj Party

You want Party accounts given to you? Be the member of the Sewer-Raj Party 
and you will have access to it.


This forward looking party under my leadership spends money on projects. If 
the money is available, the project is on.


Here is a warning to you Dr. Anil Desai.

Goa Su-Raj Party is a Honourable Political Party of Goa unlike  the communal 
trash that  MGP and later your RSS-BJP of your choice has been and IS.
If you get out of line again, you will find yourself in the frying pan that 
will make you and your RSS-BJP loving pals difficult to come out from.


Keep your peace, more importantly, do not run your loose mouth on me or the 
Goa Su-Raj Party.


You want to challenge me or the Party? Fine. Do your homework first.

Do not rely of Gabe Menezes and such like 'urmot mentalities' who jump at 
the first indication of a possible scam, without giving a thought to what 
they are saying.


BTW: Gabe Menezes has been smart to get out of his 'slant' (that made you 
pee in your pants) through a clear CLARIFICATION.


Dr. Anand Virginkar has tried his stupid stunts and has got burnt.


Cheers
floriano Lobo
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org   for scroll up expanded party presentation on the HP. Go
for it GOA. Know something you have never known can happen in Goan Politics

PS1: You are tackling  Floriano Lobo of Goa Su-Raj Party, who has trecked 
around the globe for 25 years, not shackled in a London Hospital cutting up 
rectums.

 Only sewer rats know what sewer is.

PS2: I have seen you giving account of how much money you have spent on 
Social work in Goa. Only guys with inflated egos do that. If I start 
mentionig how much money I have spent on social projects. you 
will find yourself on the operating table. Okay???











- Original Message - 
From: "anil desai" 

To: 
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 3:47 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) In defense of admin Noronha



This interesting post from Floriano Lobo came to my inbox at 1.38 this
morning. As per my usual habit, I read  my e-mails just before leaving for
work at 8am. I have just got back from work and I read another post from
florian claiming that I am taking a long time to reply.

My reply  follows his post.



Dear Anil-bab,


Did you give me (hand over )  the Rs. 10,000/-???
Pls answer this question, sincerely.

In case you have not. Let me have a crystal clear 'apology' from you 
please.


We shall deal with rest of the 'crap' that I am reading, later.

Response:

Floriano,

Your kingdom is sewer-raj and therefore it does not surprise me that you 
see

c... everywhere. For your i

[Goanet] Agitation against Curchorem Tilamol road widening hotting up

[JOAO FERNANDES]

John Fernandes Quepem 
Agitation against Curchorem road widening hotting up 

  Around 300 residents of Kakumoddi turned up on Wednesday at the local chapel 
to oppose the proposed four lane road from Tilamol to Curchorem. This was the 
third such gathering in the Curchorem constituency in the last four days. 

Addressing the gathering Babajan Fernandes stated that as per the calculation 
done by him  presently the  traffic on the road is only 30 vehicles per hour 
compared to the road capacity of 150 trips per hour. He wondered for whose 
gains 
the government is doing the road widening by  spending crores of public money. 
 
Namdev Naik said that the Curchorem politicians who are also mining transport 
contractors do not want by-pass because after the  dedicated mining road comes 
up, the mine owners would stop giving contracts and commissions to them. They 
want transport to continue through populated areas, so that they can arm-twist 
mine owners and extract money. Agust Barreto said that locals must fight the 
evil unitedly. He said that PWD has not done traffic survey before finalizing 
the widening. Tempers ran high as speakers narrated the bluffs of the local 
politicians. 

  Advocate Atrey Kakodkar explained the legal recourses available to the 
aggrieved people. Santan Olivera said that widening means more mining traffic 
and pollution leading to immense hardships to locals. He appealed to the people 
to keep politics and religion aside and join the agitation en-masse. Rajendra 
Kakodkar said that when Curchorem Municipality as well as Xeldem Panchyat have 
passed resolutions disapproving the widening, how can government force it on 
the 
people? he questioned.

Maruti Naik, the Chairperson  of Curchorem Cacora Municipal council, who was 
invited for the meeting, assured the gathering that he and the Municipality 
will 
be with the people in the fight and would do whatever required to get the land 
acquisition de-notified. Mafaldo Fernandes said that government has confirmed 
that agricultural output has reduced due to mining menace. He added that paddy 
reduced 20 percent, cashew and mangoes reduced by over 50 percent. Socorinha 
said that an office for co-ordination will be set up at Bansai. People who are 
not aware can get information and help here. 

  It may be recalled that despite several assurances by the chief minister to 
build separate roads for mining, the people of Curchorem constituency were 
shocked to see notification in media on 2nd July for acquisition of land for 
four lane road from Tilamol to Curchorem. The acquisition entails demolishing 
several houses, compounds, paddy fields and shops. The reduced area of plots 
will  lead to lower FAR at the time of building new structure after present 
structure becomes old. Many plots would become un-usable due to requirement of 
set-off. The present market rate in the area is Rs 3000 to 5000 per sqm, 
whereas 
the government will snatch it at peanuts for the benefit of the miners. 

  The road passes through the centre of a thickly populated area of 
Cacora-Curchorem Municipality , where over 15,000 people reside. In addition 
there are another 15,000 people staying in the areas of Tilamol, Sirvoi, 
Sonfator, Chinchnagar, Tanki, Xeldem, Kakumoddi, Hodar, Sanvordem, Cotarli, 
where air-borne dust flies due to wind. The road widening and allowing mining 
traffic is a nuisance to these 30,000 people. 

  The chief minister in April 2010, after the death of Satish Rivankar, had 
identified twelve mine owners, who transport ore on this road and had put 
traffic restrictions on them and had allowed aggregate 120 trips per hour.  The 
chief minister had also assured separate road for the benefit of these mine 
owners. 

 Earlier, around 500 affected people had come together on Sunday at Bansai and 
vowed to defeat the covert designs of politicians. Similarly, over 200 
aggrieved 
people of Sonfator area met on Monday to oppose the four lane road. In the 
Bansai meeting, Ashish Karmali said, “We prefer no road compared to four lane 
road. See, how nice the road is when there are no mining trucks”. Paresh Bhende 
volunteered to file a PIL in the high court against the acquisition. Advocate 
Mahesh Kudchadkar decried the houses getting raised solely for the benefit of 
mining transport.

[Goanet] "Happiness"

[Gina Fernandes]

 

''You cant eat happiness
'You cant buy it.
'You cant wear it.
'You cant drive it, or drink it,
or sell it, or steal it.
'You cant lock it away.
'You cant negotiate for it.
'You cant win it, you can't marry it,
'you cant inherit it, you can't cheat it.
'You cant smoke it, or inject it,
or rent it or borrow it.
'You cant campaign for it or beg for it,
or talk other people into giving you theirs.
You can live happiness.You can create it.
You can be it.
You can give it to others.
You can enjoy it.
You can share it.
You can claim it.
You can have as much as you wish.
You can enjoy it as much as you want,
at any time, under any circumstance.
You can work with it, play with it,
worship, travel, eat, and sleep with it.
Happiness is yours to live and yours to give,
if only you will.
It comes from the inside,
and the best way to experience it
is to get it flowing out.
Forget about trying and
striving to get happy.
Just decide to be happy,
and happiness is yours.
Have a nice day.
 
Gina Ferns

Re: [Goanet] Time mag apologizes for article on Indian-Americans

[Nascy Caldeira]

I do not understand why an apology was given, if at all. Since when has 'fact 
reporting and comment' become an offence of any sort?

Do these type Indians not know that USA is' western' and  the 'west' that they 
are continually deriding? They should stop bickering.

They have one foot in India always and some have two feet in India all the 
time. Where is their 'loyolty' to USA?

Nascy Caldeira


--- On Thu, 8/7/10, Eugene Correia  wrote:

> From: Eugene Correia 
> Subject: [Goanet] Time mag apologizes for article on Indian-Americans
> By Arun Kumar
> 
> Washington, July 7 (IANS) Time magazine has apologised to
> Indian Americans after some of them took umbrage at a humour
> piece, which they said has racist overtones, about the
> community in Edison, New Jersey, where every fifth resident
> is a native of India.
 
> "We sincerely regret that any of our readers were upset by
> Joel Stein's recent humour column My Own Private India. It
> was in no way intended to cause offence," the prestigious US
> magazine said as the community protest snowballed.
> 
> "I truly feel stomach-sick that I hurt so many people,"
> wrote columnist Stein, who had given his own take on he had
> seen Edison, where he had grown up, change over the years
> with the desi influx.
> 
> "I was trying to explain how, as someone who believes that
> immigration has enriched American life and my hometown in
> particular, I was shocked that I could feel a tiny bit
> uncomfortable with my changing town when I went to visit it.
> If we could understand that reaction, we'd be better
> equipped to debate people on the other side of the
> immigration issue," he wrote.
> 
> The advocacy group South Asian Americans Leading Together
> (SAALT) launched an online petition asking the editors of
> Time to organise a panel discussing the article's impact and
> to dedicate a special space in the magazine's upcoming
> edition to response from the Indian-American community.
> 
> Writing about the changes in his home town, Stein had
> written: "Eventually, there were enough Indians in Edison to
> change the culture. At which point my townsfolk started
> calling the new Edisonians 'dot heads'. One kid I knew in
> high school drove down an Indian-dense street yelling for
> its residents to 'go home to India'," Stein wrote.
> 
> "Sometime after I left, the town became a maze of charmless
> Indian strip malls and housing developments. Whenever I go
> back, I feel what people in Arizona talk about: A sense of
> loss and anomie and disbelief that anyone can eat food that
> spicy."
> 
> "I never knew how a bunch of people half a world away chose
> a random town in New Jersey to populate. Were they from some
> Indian state that got made fun of by all the other Indian
> states and didn't want to give up that feeling? Are the
> malls in India that bad? Did we accidentally keep numbering
> our parkway exits all the way to Mumbai?" Stein wondered. 

Re: [Goanet] Goa Sudharop: World Cup sweepstake entries....Update

[Mervyn Lobo]

Gabe Menezes wrote;

COMMENT: Likewise Glen Furtado and Loreen/Oscar d'Silva will not go home
empty handed!

Spain moved up two gears last night to beat Germany; Barcelona style
football and the winning Goal scored by a Barcelona player. The bookies have
creamed off! the favourites Spain could yet cost them a few bob - Have a
nice weekend everybody and enjoy the semis and the finals. Muggy day today
here in London.

--


Gabe,
500+ Goans from Tanzania will gather for the annual picnic on 11th July here in 
Toronto and we get to watch the finals at the same time.

Sunday promises to be sunny and a moderate 28 degrees.

I cannot think of anything better than to watch the World Cup finals on a 
pleasant Sunday afternoon, with a few hundred of your friends and with nothing 
else to think about other than: Should we break out the chilled Heineken's or 
the San Miguel's in celebration?

Mervyn

Re: [Goanet] Time mag apologizes for article on Indian-Americans

[Eugene Correia]

Fred, did I post my comments to the article? I am not suggesting anything. If 
you have read my piece, Locating Identity at Home and the Diaspora, in the Goan 
International Convention souvenir held in Toronto you will know my views.
I can see the writer's view and his humour, however racial it is. I have seen 
here in Toronto ethnic "ghettos". I see how a new community such as Springdale 
in Brampton has gradually turned into "Singhdale." Similarly, small English 
towns have changed their complexion.
We have here Little Italy, Little Portugual, Little India and Little Punjab.
It is at times painful for many to see some of Goan villages filled with 
"non-Goans". 

Eugene

[Goanet] Pacheco shifted to prisoners ward in Goa Medical College

[Gabe Menezes]

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/pacheco-shifted-to-prisoners-ward-in-goa-medical-college-36341

The man's goose is cooked?

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Goa in the gutter (addendum) In defense of admin Noronha

[J. Colaco < jc>]

On 7 July 2010 18:17, anil desai  wrote:

[1] Incidentally, I really enjoyed Gabe's post of earlier today.
[2] He quite rightly commented on JC's post with a marvellous line
that started with "On a serious note".
[3] I have never read a better put down to his baby write ups.
[4] Do not forget to include the word 'saffron' or special JC
contribution to english language "turmeric'.

COMMENT:

Dear Anilbab,

I too enjoyed Gabe's post.

I agree, he did write "On a serious note" - to distinguish his
comments from my post which was obviously written in jest.

I am glad that you took it as a 'put down'. The beauty (or the beast)
is in the eyes of the beholder.

Sometimes, turmeric does sharpen one's insight, sometimes, however, it
does colour one's vision, especially IF it gets into one's eyes.

I also agree that the comments of those who deal with children - tend
to be "baby"ish. What do they say about those who spend their time in
the colo-rectal region? Would it be right to say that their comments
would be e. asinine?

With the best of wishes

jc

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (8Jul10)

[alexyz fernandes]

"Wedding gifts Mario?!"

"Chinky I warned you about getting married during the World Cup...!"


To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] COLUMN: BJP’s Bharat Bandh. More for publicity then the cause

[Nisser Dias]

BJP’s Bharat Bandh. More for publicity then the cause
By Nisser Dias
nisserdias at gmail.com
SMS to 9422437029


On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) caused a huge loss to the 
country, besides inconveniencing millions of countrymen and others, by 
calling for a nation wide strike to protest against the fuel price hike 
that is having a cascading effect on all other commodities edible or 
otherwise. Yes, everybody is aware of the fact that the prices of 
vegetables, fruits, cereals and other food products have sky rocketed 
for the last two years burning a hole in the pocket of the huge 
population of middle class section. And we can only imagine the plight 
of those living from hand to mouth and worse still of that section of 
our brethren surviving below the poverty line. Moreover, the billion odd 
population of this country is aware of the situation of spiraling prices 
and inflation, so also they are also aware of the coalition government’s 
efforts to curb the same, but the market forces and the turmoil in the 
global market just do not allow the government to subsidize the fuel 
prices any further.


Just like any political party, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led 
by the Congress would not like to dent its vote bank by simply 
increasing the prices of the essential commodities for whims and 
fancies. And especially with noted economist in Dr. Manmohan Singh at 
the helm of affairs of the country as Prime Minister, most Indians like 
myself have the confidence that he has applied his mind to the issue. 
But that it has not translated into decrease in prices is something that 
the government has to be made aware of, but that does not mean crippling 
the entire nation and increasing the hardship of its citizens.


I recall, while on the brink of donning the mantle of prime ministership 
his wife’s Gurusharan Kaur had made only one request of him and that was 
not to raise the price of cooking gas, but couple of months later it was 
hiked. If one introspects on this issue, one can realize that Dr. 
Manmohan Singh took the reigns of the nation from the BJP, during whose 
tenure prices of fuel were also hiked and his better half knew very well 
that another price hike was inevitable.


At that time it was explained to the people of this country that the 
government was not increasing the price but cutting on the subsidies, 
which means that all these years the people of this country have been 
paying only part cost of the gas cylinder and other fuels while the rest 
was borne by the Union government. Thus slowly the government is phasing 
out the subsidies of the “haves” and diverting the money to “have nots’. 
If the NDA was in the governing seat it would have done exactly what UPA 
is doing.


Thus resorting to nationwide bandh the BJP and it allies have done more 
damage to the economy of the country, first it has disrupted a day’s 
revenue to the country to the tune of thousands of crores, it has thrown 
interstate trade off gear thus causing a temporary shortage of 
commodities and worse still the BJP has denied the poor Indian who is 
living from hand to mouth the opportunity to earn his daily bread. Road, 
rail and air traffic was badly effected. Can a developing nation and a 
growing economy like India afford such disruptions. BJP should realize 
that strikes and bandhs are tactics of the past and in the globalized 
world one cannot resort to such gimmicks for sake of publicity.


Instead of putting up a public show of strength of hooligans in its 
party fold who went about ransacking stores, beating up people, pelting 
stones and resorting to violence throughout the country, what the 
intelligentsia in the BJP should have done is try to find a solution 
through a proper debate in the parliament or demanded an all party 
meeting on how to tackle the issue. However, over the past few years we 
have seen the BJP’s disgraceful contribution in the august house, 
disrupting the proceeding in the parliament by rushing to the well of 
the house, hurling missiles at the chair, grabbing documents from the 
table of the Lok Sabha Speaker leading to adjournments, walk-outs and 
casting aspersions on the ruling parties. If they were really interested 
in the hardship of the people of this country, they should have debated 
and forced the government to find a solution to the spiraling prices, 
but no, what the BJP and its allies have done on Monday is more for 
publicity then the cause, otherwise by paralysizing the country have 
they provided solution to the problem. Again no, it has only caused 
hardship to Indians.


This reminds me of a rasta roko, resorted to by the BJP to protest the 
closure of the Zuari bridge for heavy traffic to carry out some repairs. 
At that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt starrer ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ was being 
run in theatres and the BJP tried to imitate his form of protest. 
Gandhigiri was the word in vogue for protest. So the BJP and its cadres 
blocked both th

[Goanet] DKA’S IMPRESSIVE KONKNNI COMPERING WO RKSHOP

[Goa World]

DKA’S IMPRESSIVE KONKNNI COMPERING WORKSHOP


The Konknni Compering Workshop which was conducted by Dalgado Konknni 
Akademi (DKA) recently evoked a good response with 73 participants, most 
of them were youth and college going students.


The Workshop was held in two sessions.

The duties and responsibilities of a compere was impressively spelled 
out by well known compere Dr. Ajay Vaidya. “The duty of a compere is to 
conduct a function in a disciplined manner. That’s why the person who 
has accepted the responsibilty to be compere for any function he or she 
should report on the venue half an hour before the function and leave 
the venue half an hour after the function,” Dr. Vaidya said while 
guiding the participants in the workshop. He urged the participants to 
do the preparation and home work much in advance for the compering of 
any function.


[PHOTO: Dr. Ajay Vaidya seen lighting the traditional lamp to inaugurate 
the Konknni Compering Workshop in the presence of DKA president 
Premanand A. Lotlikar, secretary Jose Salvador Fernandes, Tiatr Akademi 
Goa president Tomazinho Cardozo and speaker Xavier Fernandes].



In the second session, Xavier Fernandes, who has been booked as Master 
of Ceremonies for the next three years shared his various experiences in 
the field of compering. His experiences gave an insight to the 
participants that while compering the functions the compere should be 
ready for any eventuality.


The Workshop was formally inaugurated at the hands of Dr. Ajay Vaidya 
and . Xavier Fernandes in presence of DKA’s president Premanand A. 
Lotlikar and secretary Jose Salvador Fernandes. Due to the demand of 
many more workshops in the field of compering, it was announced that DKA 
will hold its next workshop on compering in Margao very soon.


At the end of the Workshop, certificates were presented to the 
participants at the hands of guests.





Info source & photo:
Jose Salvador Fernandes, Secretary
Dalgado Konknni Akademi (Goa)

Posted by Goa-World.COM

[Goanet] ONE WORLD .... TOGETHER with the YOUTUBE COMMUNITY

[renebarreto]

Goenkars !!



000   0



ONE WORLD !!

TOGETHER with the YOUTUBE COMMUNITY :


   Life in a DAY !!

On JULY 24th help document a single day on earth
http://www.youtube. com/lifeinaday





000   00



 TOGETHER for the GLOBAL GOAN COMMUNITY

OUR GOA  our CommUNITY !!



rene barreto

Goanworld : http://worldgoan. blogspot. com/
WORLD GOA DAY 20.8.2010 WORLD KONKANI DAY

  WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS
 = = = ===

[Goanet] International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

[ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE -MAPUSA - GOA - INDIA - 403507 (0832-2262356-www.xavierscollege-goa.com)]

In a society plagued by drug abuse and other vices, St Xaviers College, 
Mapusa took the initiative to educate students in particular, and people 
in general on the harm full influence of drugs. The N.C.C and N.S.S 
volunteers of the college organized a rally to observe the International 
Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 25 August 2010, the 
theme being ‘Think Health Not Drugs’.


Earlier, the students participated in an interactive session conducted 
by Dr.Jawaharlal Henriques, founder of ‘Saint Anthony’s Hospital’, 
Anjuna. Dr.Henriques narrated his own experiences and urged the students 
to fight against the drug menace to safeguard themselves and their 
future. He exhorted the students not to experiment with drugs as once 
addicted its very difficult to come out of it.


The Principal of the College Dr.(Fr.) Walter  de Sa, flagged off the 
rally and blessed the efforts of all those working for a drug free 
world. The rally which received an overwhelming response with 
participation from the teacher-student community, commenced from the 
college campus wending it’s way up to the Mapusa  bus stand. Students 
carried placards with slogans such as ‘Say No to Drugs”,’Smoking dope 
won’t help you cope’.’You don’t need Heroin to be a hero’, highlighting 
the need to abstain from all drugs.


The rally was coordinated by N.S.S Chief Programme Officer, Ms Ana Sousa 
and N.C.C . Lt.Ms Mumtaz Mendonca.

Re: [Goanet] New Grand Hyatt in Goa (opening Winter 2010)

[Nascy Caldeira]

What is wrong in building and having many good hotels in Goa? 
May be in the future, Goans and others will more and more 'live' in lux hotels' 
rather than in slums like in some parts of Goa and in most of India which is a 
Maha Slum in many ways.

Why are you envious? Is anyone stopping you from investing your money in 
building and living well? Start by becoming a brick layer; dignity of labour! 
It could be supplementory to your camera politics.
I give u the go-ahead, take up the job in earnest.

Nascy Caldeira

--- On Thu, 8/7/10, Rajan P. Parrikar  wrote:
> See -
> 
> Right by the Bambolim beach.
> 
> Note that it is part of the Aldeia de Goa project (the one
> GBA
> made a big hoo-ha about fighting).
> 
> This is merely the trailer.  Tens of new hotel
> projects are
> in the pipeline in Goa.  Prepare for a new concrete
> deluge
> (in addition to the new ghati deluge).  
> 
> Admin Noronha will blame all of it on my telephoto lens.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> r
> 

Re: [Goanet] India the hype

[pcheryl]

Well done Bernado Colaco ! at last you identified yourself.

Cheers man !



From: Bernado Colaco

Sr. Preidente since you responded I decided to recount a story of a 
elite indian educator who was servicing in Macau. It was this bright 
evening on an island where various communities were invited for a dinner 
party. Among the invitees was a another indian, a chap (north indian) 
from the aviation industry? who decided not to sit on the same table as 
the educator (south indian).

[Goanet] Konkani Musical Programme on National Integration

[Tiatr Academy Goa]

Konkani Musical Programme on National Integration


The scheme of Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) namely ‘Production of Musical 
Programmes on Patriotism/ National Integration/ Communal Harmony’ is 
gaining momentum as TAG is receiving more and more applications to stage 
shows on national integration.


Soccoro de Santa Cruz will stage ‘Bharat Amcho Des’ a Konkani Musical 
Show on patriotism and national integration on 8th July 2010 at 3:30 pm 
at Gomant Vidya Niketan, Margao. The show fully supported by TAG will 
also be staged on 12th July 2010 at 6:30 pm at Raju Gandhi Kala Mandir, 
Ponda and 27th July 2010 at 7:00 pm at Kala Academy, Panjim. The aim of 
TAG in supporting the production of such activities is to create love 
towards our country amongst the lovers of tiatr and its music.


The inaugural function of ‘Bharat Amcho Des’ will be held at Gomant 
Vidya Niketan at 3:30 pm on 8th July 2010 (today). Mr. Churchill Alemao, 
Hon’ble Minister for PWD will be the Chief Guest and Mr. Tomazinho 
Cardozo, President of TAG will preside over the function.


‘Bharat Mhozo Des’ a musical show directed by Soccoro de Santa Cruz 
features well known singers of tiatr stage namely Anthony San, Sonia 
Fernandes, Aniceto Lourenco, Andrew D’ Souza, Albert Cabral, Shaik Amir, 
Clarissa Fernandes and others. The music is provided by Louis Cotta and 
the light effects are by Praveen.



Tomazinho Cardozo
 President

Re: [Goanet] Self Appraisal [Our Ref:EXA12788]

[Gina Fernandes]

Hi Leandro Pereira,

Thanks for the appraisal and yes about your question ( wife cheating on her 
husband ) well! I will check in my log book if there is any matter relating to 
this subject and send it across to you. Till than I suggest " if the wife is 
cheating on her husband than the husband should do the vice versa " this is the 
21st century right, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander too.

Have a nice day.

Gina Ferns

 




From: Olton Leandro Pereira 
To: fgina 
Sent: Tue, 6 July, 2010 10:56:36 PM
Subject: Re: Self Appraisal [Our Ref:EXA12788]


Good one !!

Is there a way to find out if the wife is cheating on her husband ??

Have a nice day.

[Goanet] INAUGURAL FUNCTION OF THE N.S.S. UNIT, ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA – A REPORT

[ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE -MAPUSA - GOA - INDIA - 403507 (0832-2262356-www.xavierscollege-goa.com)]

INAUGURAL FUNCTION OF THE N.S.S. UNIT, ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MAPUSA – A 
REPORT


The inaugural function of the N.S.S. unit of St. Xavier’s College, 
Mapusa, was held on 6th July, 2010.  The Chief Guest for the function 
was Fr. Roque da Costa, Parish Priest of Arambol Church.  The theme 
chosen for the academic year is “Together we will make a difference”.


The programme began on an auspicious note by the lighting of the lamp by 
the dignitaries.  The Principal of the College, Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sa, 
welcomed the gathering and stressed on the importance of work.  He 
further gave striking examples of contemporary times wherein young 
social workers are potrayed as important agents of social change.


The N.S.S. Co-ordinator, Ms. Ana Sousa, then briefed the volunteers 
about the activities planned for the current academic year.


The Chief Guest, Fr. Roque da Costa lauded the efforts of the N.S.S. 
Unit and further stressed that both volunteers and Programme Officers 
would make a positive difference if they work together consistently.


The formal inaugural was followed by a variety entertainment programme 
wherein students were provided with a platform to display their talents 
and express themselves creatively.  The items such as skits, songs, 
dances and inspirational clips focused on the idea of selfless service.


The function concluded with a vote of thanks by the General Secretary of 
the N.S.S. Unit, Ms. Janice Fernandes.  The programme was compered by 
Ms. Parimal Pereira and Mr. Mark Pereira.

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (7Jul10)

[alexyz fernandes]

"Goal!"

"This World Cup Mania is too bad...I'm going home to my Mothers!"


To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Amiable Nature...

[Gina Fernandes]

DEVELOP JOYFUL NATURE. ALWAYS KEEP A SMILING AND
 
CHEERFUL FACE. THIS WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD PERSONALITY.
 
PEOPLE WILL LIKE YOU MUCH. HAVE AN AMIABLE NATURE,
 
A MODEST AND UNASSUMING TEMPERAMENT.
 
Have a nice day.
 
Gina Ferns

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Cansaulim Mega-Project

[Rajan P. Parrikar]

To Goanet -

Arwin Mesquita wrote:
>http://www.oheraldo.in/newscategory/Letters/13
>Cansaulim mega-project Nitin Kamat, by email *We need to put an end to it. We 
>have the numbers. Many more are joining, including NRI Goans. Let’s oppose it  
>tooth and nail. Who is Aboobakr Sheik? Why is he hell bent on displacing 
Goans  
>from their land? 


Admin Noronha will now claim that the Hindu Nitin Kamat is a BJP
agent because in the swamp inhabited by Admin Noronha, a Hindu's
concern about a predominantly Catholic village has to be accompanied
by an ulterior agenda.

Apropos of the outsider Aboobakr - ask yourself if this could ever
happen in any other Indian state, where an outsider terrorizes the
locals with such impunity.  It would be impossible in the coastal
villages of Kerala - any outsider who is a menace would have been 
cut up into pieces and thrown into the Arabian Sea. (I do not advocate 
this course of action; just saying what would most likely happen there.)

The fundamental problem lies with us Goans.  When your own house 
is in disarray, when your own are so goddam corrupt, when your own
constantly fight among themselves - why wouldn't the outsider exploit 
the situation?  It would be hard to find as pathetic a people as Goans 
in India today.

Regards,


r

Re: [Goanet] Fw: Re: Goa urbanization

[Frederick Noronha]

On 8 July 2010 13:28, soter  wrote:

>
> comment:
> This should have happened many many years ago. The faster Goa gets negative
> publicity the better will it be for its survival. Negative publicity for Goa
> could be taken as sustainable development. Goa has been exploited
> sufficiently and outsiders know there is nothing left for them. They will
> now move to virgin lands and have to give some excuse.


This is a strange argument -- let's spoil Goa's name so that the "bhailo" is
not attracted to it. Let's quickly shed all our positive attributes  so that
others find us distasteful (and don't come to settle here).

This, to me, would be cutting the nose to spite the face!


> Locals are getting hostile, something natural. It is happening in Manipur,
> Assam, Jharkhand and several other States. Thetre is a limit to hospitality,
> it cannot be taken as a license to colonise. It has already started in
> Australia. . Put it on arrogant goans. The 'bhailo' has always been spurned
> off  but several of them have in time gained acceptability and have
> adjusted. Those who have tried to impose their views and culture continue to
> get kicked.


The same principle will be used, I hope, when it comes to
Mumbai-for-Mumbaikars or pro-Africanisation arguments. It cannot be one
standard for me, and another standard for someone else. FN

Re: [Goanet] Goa Sudharop: World Cup sweepstake entries....Update

[Gabe Menezes]

On 7 July 2010 22:47, George Pinto  wrote:

> And then there were two one country will win the World Cup for the
> first time this Sunday.
>
> Good luck and thanks to all who participated, including Gabe who organized
> the raffle. Kurt Almeida is guaranteed to win $150. First prize winners win
> $100 each, runner-up wins $50 each.
>
> NETHERLANDS - Kurt Almeida; Maju/Glen Furtado
> SPAIN -   Loreen/Oscar d'Silva; Kurt Almeida
>
> George
>

COMMENT: Likewise Glen Furtado and Loreen/Oscar d'Silva will not go home
empty handed!

Spain moved up two gears last night to beat Germany; Barcelona style
football and the winning Goal scored by a Barcelona player. The bookies have
creamed off! the favourites Spain could yet cost them a few bob - Have a
nice weekend everybody and enjoy the semis and the finals. Muggy day today
here in London.



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Mickky subverting process of law: Court

[Gabe Menezes]

  Mickky subverting process of law: CourtTNN, Jul 8, 2010, 02.37am IST
   MARGAO: Former minister Francisco “Mickky” Pacheco’s bail application is
nothing but an “abuse of the process of law”, the additional sessions court
at Margao observed on Wednesday.

Rejecting the application while allowing the crime branch Pacheco’s
custodial interrogation in the Nadia Torrado case, the court also observed
that the accused despite the Supreme Court’s July 1 order did not subject
himself to custodial interrogation. “Therefore the present bail application
is totally premature. The present application of bail is nothing but a
camouflage and to subvert the due process of law and the orders passed by
the high court and the apex court consistently holding that custodial
interrogation of the accused is a must,” it said.

Following the rejection of his anticipatory bail application by the Supreme
Court on July 1, Pacheco had surrendered before the Margao court last
Saturday and moved a petition for bail. At the same time, the crime branch
had sought Pacheco’s custodial interrogation.

Giving crime branch this opportunity, judge P V Kamat stated, “The
investigation officer is at liberty to take the custody of the accused upon
his discharge from hospital, certifying him to be fit to be in jail.”
The court said that there are absolutely no intervening or compelling events
that have cropped up subsequent to the apex court order to alter the
situation.

The court also remarked that his ailments—as detailed in the medical
certificates produced on record and issued by Dr Iona Barreto of Hospicio
hospital, Margao, which “otherwise do not bear the date and suffer from
defects of overwriting and vagueness in report”—cannot be considered as
serious to grant bail. “Therefore, subsequent events projected by the
advocate for the applicant in the nature of sickness do not amount to change
in circumstances,” the court noted.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/-Mickky-subverting-process-of-law-Court/articleshow/6140722.cms



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

[Frederick Noronha]

Before we get caught up in personalities and details here, the wider
point Radha was making is that we could/should be more critical of our
failings and faults. I think this is true both for Goa, the rest of
India... and probably also for many of the adopted homes of Goans
worldwide. FN

Frederick Noronha
+91-9822122436
+91-832-2409490

On 8 July 2010 09:01, Mervyn Lobo  wrote:

> Radharao F.Gracias,
> 1) Rest assured that Santosh Helekar will not deliberately misinterpret
> anything.
> I can confirm this after reading his input here for 15 years.
> 2) His knowledge of the English language is as good as the best writer here.

Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

[Alfred de Tavares]

My young Rico, Santosh & a couple other gagglers...

To me "chauvanisim" sounds like the rule/daddaguiri of
the Chavans in our dear neighbour, Maharashtra.

If our intellectual friends desire to denote quixotic, jingoistic
patriotism it should surely be chauvinism?

Like, Quisling, quite a century latter, Nicholas Chauvin was, a
sychopant of Bonney, reportedly, his veritable licker...

Yours, unquerimoniously,
Chachain a literary mood



> From: fredericknoro...@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:00:43 +0530
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism
> 
> Could we call it a "skin deep diagnosis" then :-) FN
> 
> On 8 July 2010 11:10, Santosh Helekar  wrote:
> 
> > Adv. Gracias' diagnosis of the reasons for a
> > country achieving greatness on the scientific
> > front are also totally wrong-headed from
> > my standpoint.
  
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[Goanet] RecyclingDesignprize Competition 2010, MARTa Museum, Herford, Germany

[Venantius J Pinto]

http://www.recyclingboerse.org/index.php/Recyclingdesignpreis-Allgemein/

++
vjp

[Goanet] BJP’s Bharat Bandh - More for publicit y then the cause

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BJP’s Bharat Bandh -  More for publicity then the cause.
 
    On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) caused a huge loss to 
the country, besides inconveniencing millions of countrymen and others, by 
calling for a nation wide strike to protest against the fuel price hike that is 
having a cascading effect on all other commodities edible or otherwise. Yes, 
everybody is aware of the fact that the prices of vegetables, fruits, cereals 
and other food products have sky rocketed for the last two years burning a hole 
in the pocket of the huge population of middle class section. And we can only 
imagine the plight of those living from hand to mouth and worse still of that 
section of our brethren surviving below the poverty line. Moreover, the billion 
odd population of this country is aware of the situation of spiraling prices 
and inflation, so also they are also aware of the coalition government’s 
efforts to curb the same, but the market forces and the turmoil in the global 
market just do not
 allow the government to subsidize the fuel prices any further.
 
    Just like any political party, the United Progressive Alliance 
(UPA) led by the Congress would not like to dent its vote bank by simply 
increasing the prices of the essential commodities for whims and fancies. And 
especially with noted economist in Dr. Manmohan Singh at the helm of affairs of 
the country as Prime Minister, most Indians like myself have the confidence 
that he has applied his mind to the issue. But that it has not translated into 
decrease in prices is something that the government has to be made aware of, 
but that does not mean crippling the entire nation and increasing the hardship 
of its citizens.
    
    I recall, while on the brink of donning the mantle of prime 
ministership his wife’s Gurusharan Kaur had made only one request of him and 
that was not to raise the price of cooking gas, but couple of months later it 
was hiked. If one introspects on this issue, one can realize that Dr. Manmohan 
Singh took the reigns of the nation from the BJP, during whose tenure prices of 
fuel were also hiked and his better half knew very well that another price hike 
was inevitable.
 
    At that time it was explained to the people of this country that 
the government was not increasing the price but cutting on the subsidies, which 
means that all these years the people of this country have been paying only 
part cost of the gas cylinder and other fuels while the rest was borne by the 
Union government. Thus slowly the government is phasing out the subsidies of 
the “haves” and diverting the money to “have nots’. If the NDA was in the 
governing seat it would have done exactly what UPA is doing. 
 
    Thus resorting to nationwide bandh the BJP and it allies have done 
more damage to the economy of the country, first it has disrupted a day’s 
revenue to the country to the tune of thousands of crores, it has thrown 
interstate trade off gear thus causing a temporary shortage of commodities and 
worse still the BJP has denied the poor Indian who is living from hand to mouth 
the opportunity to earn his daily bread. Road, rail and air traffic was badly 
effected. Can a developing nation and a growing economy like India afford such 
disruptions. BJP should realize that strikes and bandhs are tactics of the past 
and in the globalized world one cannot resort to such gimmicks for sake of 
publicity.
 
    Instead of putting up a public show of strength of hooligans in its 
party fold who went about ransacking stores, beating up people, pelting stones 
and resorting to violence throughout the country, what the intelligentsia in 
the BJP should have done is try to find a solution through a proper debate in 
the parliament or demanded an all party meeting on how to tackle the issue. 
However, over the past few years we have seen the BJP’s disgraceful 
contribution in the august house, disrupting the proceeding in the parliament 
by rushing to the well of the house, hurling missiles at the chair, grabbing 
documents from the table of the Lok Sabha Speaker leading to adjournments, 
walk-outs and casting aspersions on the ruling parties. If they were really 
interested in the hardship of the people of this country, they should have 
debated and forced the government to find a solution to the spiraling prices, 
but no, what the BJP and its allies
 have done on Monday is more for publicity then the cause, otherwise by 
paralysizing the country have they provided solution to the problem. Again no, 
it has only caused hardship to Indians.
 
    This reminds me of a rasta roko, resorted to by the BJP to protest 
the 

[Goanet] DABOLIM OR MOPA AIRPORT A STRATEGIC CHOICE

[bruno.gomes]

 

DABOLIM OR MOPA AIRPORT A STRATEGIC CHOICE

 

My grandfather and my father always told me that Dabolim airport was a
civilian airport .It became a  military airport after India invaded Goa in
1961. The Indian Navy grabbed it after libration. The current airport in Goa
belongs to the Navy, with the Airports Authority of India maintaining a
civil enclave to facilitate operation of flights by commercial
airlines.Nobody know what kind of treaty or agrerement  did the ester Goa
governement signed with the indian Navy. Was it the gift of liberation to
the Indian Navy.??? 

During the election campaign malign Politicians like Churchill Almao, Mr.
Sardinha used Dabolim airport  as a majeur Goan issue  and  played with Goan
sentiments to gain votes

The recent statemet of the Chairman of the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha
Francisco Sardinha has asserted that the Dabolim airport will not be closed
under any circumstances even if Mopa airport becomes a reality.How can he
make such an empty and sensless statement without giving a deep throught to
it

India is of an emerging aerospace market. Those trying to assess its
economic potential could easily miss the mark simply because of the speed
and scale of change .Indian middle class, for instance, now numbering about
50 million people, is forecast to swell to nearly 600 millions by 2025-which
translates into a huge projected increase in air travel demand. Airlines in
India plan to acquire more than 300 aircrafts valued at approximately $35
billions during the coming decade, and it is easy to understand why:
Domestic air traffic is forecast to grow by up to 180 million passengers and
the international traffic is expected to increase by 50 million passengers
annually by 2020-largely a function of that of burgeoning middle class
wanting improved mobility.

 

Goa being a touristic state, airport capacity is a challenge not only for
Goa but to other states as well and also for Indian aviation that may never
go away. With 1.1 billion people and a economy firmly on the road to
development, it is very clear that in coming decades India will need one of
the world’s mightiest system of aviation ground facilities- 12% annual
growth in passengers numbers forecast by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for
the coming decade implies that Indian airport capacity must double every six
years. If the industry grow more that 15%, as it has recently, then the
airport must double every four or five years.

 Goa only airport stand to this trend.

 

Airport investment for next five years will be around $8.5 billion ( 400
billion rupees) around three-quarters of which will be developments financed
by both private and public sectors, according to governement’s committe on
infrastructure. 

 

New Delhi airport  has a capacity of 18 million , and if the trend continue
by 2026 it’s ultimate capacity will be 100 millions. Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport at Mumbai is growing to 40 million from 16 million ,
with a possible stretch to 45 million. 

Governement plan to upgrade 35 so called non metro aeroport which analyst
expect will be served mainly by hub-and spoke connecting to the biggest
facilities

 

Indian Airlines last year produced a combined loss of $2 billion. In the
last fiscal year, with the downturn  has stregthened low cost model. Inspite
of such a huge loss the companies are likely to invest in new planes.
Domestic Airlines are operating arround 400 aircrafts, 150 are with the
governement owned Air India . this number is grown to 305 this year. India
will need 200 -250 regional jets in next decade to feed ist hubs Say
Ebraer`s Luiz Segio Chiessi-

 

Indian Domestic Passenger Airlines Share of Market: King fischer airways
hold indian domestic market to the tune of 22% followed by Jet airways by
19% , Airindia 18%, Indigo 15%, Spicejet 13%, Jetlite  7%, GoAir 5%
Paramount 1%. 

 

With so much of potential in the Indian aviation  market , Goa can set an
example to other states by attracting the industries like  MRO (Maintance,
repair,  and overhaul.) MRO should focus especially  in those areas that are
labour intensive so that the Goan can get jobs in its own land. 

To my opinion there cannot be two airports running parallel to each other at
the radius of  50 km. It is obvious that one airport had to be closed down.
The reason are many such as the capacity, 

Infrastructure,,expansion, the maintance cost  and the huge running cost of
two airports.

Goa being a trouristic state., the need of the hours is either to upgrade
the Dabolin airport or to construct the new one so that Goa remain in indian
streamline of development.

 

Today we witness in Goa that there is a active resistance for Mopa airport.
The mainl reason is the land use. India still remain a largely agrarian
economy “says analyst Ratan Shrivastava of business research and consulting
firm “ Frost and Sullivan” If you are trying to build an airport in a place
with cultivable land then you have a big proble

[Goanet] Fwd: Cansaulim Mega-Project

[Arwin Mesquita]

http://www.oheraldo.in/newscategory/Letters/13
 *Cansaulim mega-project
Nitin Kamat, by email
*We need to put an end to it. We have the numbers. Many more are joining,
including NRI Goans. Let’s oppose it tooth and nail.
Who is Aboobakr Sheik? Why is he hell bent on displacing Goans from their
land? Someone please complain to the IT department about him. We educated
Goans should not be fooled by the gimmicks of this corrupt panchayat and
MLA. Let us go to the courts. They will uphold justice. Not even ‘Mickey
Mouse’ could get bail…
It’s a fight for survival; tomorrow, they may start driving us out of our
own houses. Where is our dear leader of the Ramponkars? Is he also hiding?
Don’t get fooled by the BJP. Did they ever support the fight against mega
projects? Did they oppose Mauvin when he declared in the meeting that he
will go ahead with the mega projects?
Let us take this fight to the logical conclusion, even if we have to knock
the doors of the Supreme Court.

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Please also see below:
1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/
2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/
3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/
4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO:
http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html
5. For the Love of Konkani: http://www.radiogoa.net/
6. Goa's Identity Movement website: http://www.goamag.net/gim
7. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686
8. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/

Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

[Mervyn Lobo]

radharao gracias wrote:
> I fail to understand whether Santosh Helekar is deliberately misinterpreting
> the contents of my article or he lacks knowledge of the English language. 




Radharao F.Gracias,
1) Rest assured that Santosh Helekar will not deliberately misinterpret 
anything.
I can confirm this after reading his input here for 15 years. 


2) His knowledge of the English language is as good as the best writer here.




> Precisely so, I would like my country to be what the US is today.


Surely you would like your country to be better?
  

Mervyn1206Lobo































Vindicated? How convenient it is to move the goal post when caught in a
blatant falsehood! Here is what Adv. Gracias said self-assuredly in his
Herald article:"Our contribution to civilization, (and it cannot be
disputed) is "zero". No pun intended.".Adv. Radharao Gracias And now he
says this:"Santosh Helekar has in his several comments pointed out the names
of Srinivasan Ramanujan, S.N.Bose, P.C.Mahanabolis and C.V.Raman to buttress
his point about the greatness of India. In doing so, he has completely
backed my argument. It is not my case that India per se is bad but, our “way
of life” has made it so. Each of the four individuals mentioned above were
born in the nineteenth century and lived most of their productive lives in
British India.".Adv. Radharao GraciasSo which side of Adv. Gracias'
mouth should we believe? The one which says we Indians have made zero
contribution to civilization, no pun intended. Or the one which claims that
we made our contributions only when the British were ruling over us.What's
worse is he will have to move the goal post again, or this time speak from
his nose or something, because the truth is Indians have continued to make
original scientific contributions in the post-independence era. The reason
Adv. Gracias does not know this is because he has not bothered to find out.
Yes, no Indian working in independent India has yet won the Nobel Prize in
scientific subjects, but that has more to do with the high cost and advanced
state of scientific research today than anything else. As the famous Physics
Nobel Laureate Paul Dirac once remarked, referring to the late 19th and
early 20th centuries (coincident with Adv. Gracias' British times),
contrasting it with modern times, and I paraphrase, it was a glorious time
when a second rate physicist could do first rate work. Whereas, now it is
very difficult for a first rate physicist to do second rate work. But
independent India has continued to produce outstanding indigenous scientists
of high international standing. There have been at least 20 Fellows of the
Royal Society among those who made their original discoveries after
independence. Our own Raghunath Mashelkar, FRS is one of them. The present
day genius of the caliber of S. N. Bose is Ashoke Sen, FRS, a world-renowned
theoretical physicist at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahbad,
who is one of the pioneers of advanced string theory. There have been a few
were unlucky not to win the Nobel Prize, such as G. N. Ramachandran who
discovered the structure of collagen, and contributed to the theory behind
the CAT scan. There are several national institutes such as Indian
Statistical Institute, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, The
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Indian Institute of
Science, The National Centre for Biological Sciences, etc, that are making
steady original contributions to expand the frontiers of science. Of course,
the unsung heroes behind these discoveries would not easily make it on the
evening news. They would also not register on Adv. Gracias' politically
tuned radar because RSS and other Hindu extremists do not care much about
non-Vedic "science", and for his Maoist "saviors", this is capitalist,
western, corporate science.Furthermore, if we follow his revised logic and
Nobel yardstick to compare India with Turkey, his exemplar of an ideally
developed nation, then despite having all the advantages of proximity with
advanced European countries, Turkey has had no Nobel prize winner in
science, economics, or peace, and just one in literature. Portugal has had
one science prize, and Spain two, one of which was for work done in the U.S.
Indeed, the vast majority of science Nobel prizes credited to any country in
the world have been awarded for work done in the U.S. In other words, what
you are hearing from Adv. Gracias in this regard is pure nonsense.However, I
will close by answering his questions.

>* *>* If India is so great why do our people have to go abroad to reach* 
>>*intellectual fulfillment?
*>* *Rather than cast India in jingoistic terms, I would prefer to simply
oppose Indians who denigrate their own country and countrymen out of
ignorance, or for political, ideological or religious reasons. As I have
shown above, intellectual fulfillment can be attained in India. But it is
often difficult to do so because of lack of f

[Goanet] Cansaulim mega-project

[roger dsouza]

The following letter on the  Cansaulim mega-project (Gonsalves-Dias
Gate Mega-Housing Project) is from Herald dated July 8th. This project
has created quite an uproar in Cansaulim and all over Goa.

To answer Nitin Kamat's question Aboobakr Shaikh  alias Babloo is a
Kannadiga Muslim from Londa who's family has settled in Cansaulim and
benefitted from the generosity, kindness and goodness of the villagers
of Cansaulim. That cur bites the very hand that has fed him and shits
and vomits in the plate from which he has been fed. He has the gall to
call Cansaulkars on the Times of India "devious and malicious" after
having benefitted from the milk of kindness that he has always
received from Cansaulim. He is now masquerading as the builder of this
grand project where he is not qualified to put a peg in the ground to
tie his goat! All he is good at is intimidating and harassing the poor
villagers of Cansaulim. He has not spared even a son of  Cansaulim Fr.
Randall Barretto and cut his coconut trees in his ancestral property
to widen an access road which is barely 3 metres wide to this said
project.Not only that he continues his intimidatory tactics
threatening to finish old men and women like Inac-Xavier who
questioned him and stood up to his dada-giri.   He knows that no one
can touch him as he is carrying out the commands of his protectors,
lords and masters!

Aboobakr Shaikh is nothing but a lackey and side-kick of Aggie
Alcacoas and his cousin Mauvin Godinho.

 Soon the truth will be out and Aboobakr Shaikh alias Babloo,
ex-Sarpanch Aggie Alcacoas (Queeny Realty) and that corrupt MLA Mauvin
Godinho of the Power Scam and other Scandals Fame will stand exposed
like Emperors without their clothes. Aboobar Sheikh alias Babloo lets
see how long you can run and hide behind Aggie Alcacaos and Mauvin
Godinho.

Likewise for that stooges of the MLA  - the Cansaulim Sarpanch Jose
Manuel Fernandes and those greedy Panch Members the shrew Martha
Saldanha and Ferwin Saldanha they are nothing but traitors who'll sell
their mothers, Cansaulim and Goa. These people are responsible for the
destruction and damage that's happening to Cansaulim. Soon they'll
pass permission for yet another Hilton project in Cansaulim!

>From the TCP Officer T.A.Diniz and the Directorate of Panchayats all
of them have been giving the villagers of Cansaulim th erun-around.

As for that disgraceful Stuart Gonsalves-Dias and his brother Fr.
Valmiki-Dias (the landlords) less said the better! Shame on them for
what they've done to Cansaulim and putting their family name on this
shameful project! The truth of the matter is that they would betray
their own blood, kith and kin

And to the likes of our CM Digu-Kaka and our gang of 40 thieves you'll
are a disgrace to Goa. Shame on you all!

Below is the letter in today's Herald.
*

Cansaulim mega-project

Nitin Kamat, by email

We need to put an end to it. We have the numbers. Many more are
joining, including NRI Goans. Let’s oppose it tooth and nail.
Who is Aboobakr Sheik? Why is he hell bent on displacing Goans from
their land? Someone please complain to the IT department about him. We
educated Goans should not be fooled by the gimmicks of this corrupt
panchayat and MLA. Let us go to the courts. They will uphold justice.
Not even ‘Mickey Mouse’ could get bail…

It’s a fight for survival; tomorrow, they may start driving us out of
our own houses. Where is our dear leader of the Ramponkars? Is he also
hiding? Don’t get fooled by the BJP. Did they ever support the fight
against mega projects? Did they oppose Mauvin when he declared in the
meeting that he will go ahead with the mega projects?

Let us take this fight to the logical conclusion, even if we have to
knock the doors of the Supreme Court.

Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

[Frederick Noronha]

Could we call it a "skin deep diagnosis" then :-) FN

On 8 July 2010 11:10, Santosh Helekar  wrote:

> Adv. Gracias' diagnosis of the reasons for a
> country achieving greatness on the scientific
> front are also totally wrong-headed from
> my standpoint.

Re: [Goanet] Fw: Re: Goa urbanization

[soter]

The following letter is from a well-known photography expert and an office 
colleague of mine.  He was a great Goa lover and had close relatives in 
Margao.  His recent vists have sparked off such a dislike for it, as is 
expressed in the following letter:


--- Tue, 6/7/10, kishore jothady wrote:

I have severed all emotional ties with Goa. Believe me, it was not
easy. But bitter memories of my last visit have compelled me to do it.
Uncouth, arrogant Goans, 'hate outside tourists' attitude have put me
off. Mention of Goa no more kindle fond memories as before. Recent
press reports of corrupt, shameless rapist politicos have only affirmed
by opinion about my birthplace. Sad.

   K. B. Jothady  APSI

comment:
This should have happened many many years ago. The faster Goa gets negative 
publicity the better will it be for its survival. Negative publicity for Goa 
could be taken as sustainable development. Goa has been exploited 
sufficiently and outsiders know there is nothing left for them. They will 
now move to virgin lands and have to give some excuse. Locals are getting 
hostile, something natural. It is happening in Manipur, Assam, Jharkhand and 
several other States. Thetre is a limit to hospitality, it cannot be taken 
as a license to colonise. It has already started in Australia. . Put it on 
arrogant goans. The 'bhailo' has always been spurned off  but several of 
them have in time gained acceptability and have adjusted. Those who have 
tried to impose their views and culture continue to get kicked.


-Soter 

[Goanet] Billboard Competition Art Moves Festival, Poland

[Venantius J Pinto]

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[Goanet] Apples Superfoods A-Z - iVillage

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Re: [Goanet] chauvanism versus patriotism

[Santosh Helekar]

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, radharao gracias  wrote:
>
>I fail to understand whether Santosh Helekar is deliberately >misinterpreting 
>the contents of my article or he lacks knowledge of the
>English language. In my article, I have stated: "Our contribution to
>civilization, (and it cannot be disputed) is "zero". “No pun intended." I 
>>maintain, reiterate and reconfirm it. It is well known and undisputed >fact 
>that India invented “zero” and it cannot be disputed that it is our
> contribution to World Civilisation and that is why I have put the word 
> >“zero” in inverted commas.
>

As I had predicted in my last post, Adv. Gracias has once again moved the goal 
post, and is now speaking through his nose. To demonstrate this, let me quote 
his concluding remark in the Herald article in its entirety. Here it is:

"Our contribution to civilization, (and it cannot be disputed) is "zero". No 
pun intended. We have become the coelacanth, of civilization. We are not great. 
We have to strive to be great."
.Adv. Radharao Gracias

I do not know what advanced English is taught in colleges of law or spoken in 
Goan courts by advocates, but the English I learned in primary and secondary 
school has equipped me to understand quite well that what he meant in the above 
quotes is not the same as what he meant in his subsequent quotes below:

"Santosh Helekar has in his several comments pointed out the names of
Srinivasan Ramanujan, S.N.Bose, P.C.Mahanabolis and C.V.Raman to
buttress his point about the greatness of India. In doing so, he has
completely backed my argument. It is not my case that India per se is
bad but, our “way of life” has made it so. Each of the four
individuals mentioned above were born in the nineteenth century and
lived most of their productive lives in British India. It is under
British rule that they blossomed and flowered. That is precisely my
point that the British system encouraged intellectual development."
Adv. Radharao Gracias

Ramanujan, Bose, Mahalanobis and Raman did not contribute "zero" to 
civilization. Pun or no pun. Aryabhatta who contributed "zero" to Indian 
civilization did not live any part of his productive life in British India. 
Their contributions, and those of present day Indian scientists like Ashoke Sen 
clearly demonstrate that we are not the coelacanth of civilization, assuming 
that Adv. Gracias is unaware that coelacanth is not exactly an extinct fish. 
The fact that he does not regard that there is any greatness in the invention 
of zero, which was made in the 5th century A.D., or in the contributions of the 
20th century geniuses I mentioned, is clear from the following introductory 
remark from his Herald article:

"There has been no greatness about our country, not in the last two thousand 
years or so."
.Adv. Radharao Gracias

What takes the cake this time, however, is that even after his thoughtless 
assertions having been thoroughly repudiated by facts, this gentleman keeps 
insisting that what I have written in response to his misplaced self-hate, 
vindicates his disproved claims. The truth is that there is absolutely no 
agreement between my conclusions and his. 

Let me quote his already discredited claims verbatim, and show how they 
completely contradict what I have said.

"But it is my case that nothing substantial has been achieved by Indian 
research post independence."
Adv. Radharao Gracias

I have shown that the post-independence work of G. N. Ramachandran and Ashoke 
Sen among several other Fellows of Royal Society and unsung heroes of Indian 
scientific institutions constitute substantial achievements in science.

"If it was not for our “way of life”, we would have dozens of Nobel Prize 
winners."
Adv. Radharao Gracias

I have shown that his own exemplar of a better "way of life" than India, namely 
Turkey has not won a single Nobel prize. I have also stated that Portugal and 
Spain, whose "ways of life", I would bet, are quite agreeable to him, have won 
very few Nobel prizes compared to India. Furthermore, the repeated use of the 
term in quotes, "way of life", is curious. Reading between the lines, it 
strikes me as a subtle and sophisticated version of the crude and churlish 
references of Nascy Caldeira to "eating beef and pork" and "wearing western 
clothes", as being culturally superior to being a "vegetarian" or "eating lamb 
and chicken", and wearing a poodvem and saadee.

Adv. Gracias' diagnosis of the reasons for a country achieving greatness on the 
scientific front are also totally wrong-headed from my standpoint. Please see 
this quote of his, for example:

"Precisely so, I would like my country to be what the US is today. And the
only way we can do it, is by discarding superstitions, jingoism, bigotry and 
the ill founded belief in our greatness."
Adv. Radharao Gracias

He is clearly unaware that the U.S. is one of the most jingoistic of countries, 
much more so than India. Nearly half of the voting population believ

[Goanet] World Cup 2010 - Spain vs. Netherlands

[Antonio Menezes]

On its way to the Grand Final, Spain won 5 games out of 6, having lost to
Switzerland. Scored 7 goals and
conceded only 2 thanks to Iker Casillas . In group H stage, Spain was
second
 Chile being 1st
 In previous World Cup competitionsit had never reached the Final stage.

In comparison, Holland has won all the 6 games  so far, scoring 12 goals and
conceding 5. In group E stage
it was first . In previous World Cup competitions, it reached the final
stage  twice in 1974 and in 1978 and
lost on both occasions.  Will Netherlands be lucky for the third time ? Only
Paul the octopus can foretell.

[Goanet] Swindon goan festival - character of Goans

[Freddy Fernandes]

In response to:

Message: 7

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:02:01 +0530

From: Camillo Fernandes 

To: 

Subject: [Goanet] Swindon goan festival - character of Goans

 

Well said Camilo, but it's sometimes impossible to change the perception of
people with a one track mind on some issues, I am not sure if I am seeing the
fluttering flag of an extremely oil reach country in the Gulf !!!

 

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes


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