[Goanet] Beef ban in Goa.
The leaders whom you have asked to take note are all in it together Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
[Goanet] ITS HIGH TIME THAT FATHER BISMARQUE IS LAID TO REST
Yes its high time that we give a just and proper burial to Father Bismarque, the great Goan activist, who honestly and tirelessly fought against the Goa government, the Goa government that failed to properly investigate his death, and now that the same government has come to power in connivance with the likes of MGP there is no chance at all of justice to Fr. Bismarque for the next five years. May his soul rest in peace. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
[Goanet] KONKNNI. An unnecessary confusion.
Four years ago I had handed my literary work "KONKNNI SYNONYMS" Eka sobdachem dusrem utor to Dalgado Konknni Akademi for publication The then secretary, Mr. Jose Salvador had the book reviewed by Fr. Pratap Naik. After reviewing the same I was informed that most of the konknni spellings were wrong. I was given a book KONKNNI BOROUNCHI PROMANN RIT written by Fr. Pratap Naik and i had to rewrite the whole book, with the new spellings eg. Zai (want) changed to zay, maim (mother) changed to may with circumflex on a. pai (father) changed to pay. bond (close) changed to bon'd etc. After doing all the changes, which was quite time consuming, I handed over my work to Mr. Vincy Quadros, the new secretary of Dalgado Konknni Akademi who had replaced Mr. Jose Salvador. My work was reviewef and corrected by many prominent writers, Mr. Thomazinho Cardoz and Mr. Willi Goes to name a few, Again I was handed over my work for final improvement. The same was done and handed back to Mr. Vincy, but then I was told that Konknni is again undergoing a change as such my work was held back. Dalgado Akademi came up with a new book "ROMI LIPINT KONKNNI BOROVPIANK ANI VACHPIANK SANGATI" Here the older version of Konknni was brought back into use, a good thing in my opinion, as zay, may, pay were creating confusion. YesterdayI happen to come across Goencho Avaz a neespaper edited by Mr. Jose Salvador and what was shocking is that here konknni is written as prescribed by Fr. Pratap Naik now what I have been given to understand is that, that the two konknni pundits namely Fr. Pratap Naik and Mr. S.M. Borges are at loggerheads each presesenting his version of Konknni as the right format. This is detrimental for the future of Konknni my humble request to Konknni writers, academicians professors tiatrists to come together and decide on a proper style of writing Konknni which will not create confusion, all for the betterment of our Mother tongue Konknni.Thanks. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
[Goanet] MINGUEL MHONNTA
Avoi bhaxechem rogot nam dista angant, nator Moratti nachchi nasli amchea angnnant. Michael.
[Goanet] MINGUEL MHONNTA
GOAAMCHO MAIM DES, KONKNNI AMCHI BHAS. AIZ TICHECH PUT TIKA MARUNK SODTAT, MORATTICHO BANDHUN FAS. MICHAEL
[Goanet] minguel mhonnta
goem tankam mellonk nam mhonn, mharaxtravadi zalet bejar. atam nettan fuddem sorleat, konknni korunk kabar.michael.
[Goanet] MINGUEL MHONNTA
Dongranchi sobai, tim pachvim zhaddam. Dongor vinglle korun thoim bandhlim ghoram. Michael.
[Goanet] MINGUEL MHONNTA
ADIM POLLI KORUNK PODER, VAPORTALO KUNDDO. ATAM VOILEAVOIR KUNDDO BHITORLEAN UNDDO.Michael.
[Goanet] MINGUEL MHONNTA
Ami goemkar, fokot dang voddit ravle. Amche fattir choddon, bhaile voir sorle. Michael.
[Goanet] MINGUEL MHONNTA
Chor chorio korunuktte bhonvtat xarant.Pulis tankam sodunkgeleat khoim rannant' Michael/
[Goanet] Minguel mhonnta
Morattechem ghumottMaharaxtrant vazota.Tea ghumttachea sadarGoent ghosu-boil nachota. Michael.
[Goanet] Minguel mhonnta
Adim mudans korun hanga, porot vocho Mumboi,atam dolldire yetat, khompttio bandunk Gõy. Michael.
[Goanet] MINGUEL MHONTA
ATAM KONKNNI, JONKNNI URONK NAM,TI MORATTECHEA CHOPKEAK SAMPODDLEA. ZAG GOENKARA. Michael.
[Goanet] IS MARATHI THE STATE LANGUAGE OF GOA?
On reaching Gujrat, I phoned my friend, his line being busy,an audio message informd me in Gujrati. On my way to Goa via Karnataka, the messages in Karnataka wasloud and clear in kannad.My heart bled when I was in Goa. The messages came not inthe state language, KONKNNI, but the language of our neighbouring state of Maharahtra,Marathi. Is the government sleeping? Are our ministers right from MGP, Congressand the present BJP not aware of this anomaly? Or is Kashmir being repeated in Goa?Where the Pakistani paymasters are pumping in money to separatist groups, tomerge our beloved kashmir to pakistan?Having failed in their endeavour, to merge Goa to Maharashtra,looks like this is a new ploy, change the language of Goa to Marathi, and oncethat is done demand Goa’s merger with Maharashtra, as is being tried in Karnataka,where the villages bordering Maharastraspeak Marathi and Maharashtra is trying to claim them on linguistic basis.zagrut zayat goemkarano.Michael Fernandes
[Goanet] SMILE........................................................... IT'S WEEKEND (27/02/2016)
Three friends of Goan origin, Nicholas, Sonny and Tony, havingan engineering background, but no knowledge of Konkani, decided to set a shopin their ancestral land, Goa. They decided to set up a hi-fi modern garage;Tony came up with a fabulous name, which actually was compiled of their names. Having set the shop, the business was a flop,the name was a disaster, as nobody wanted to service their vehicles at the ‘NISONTONhi-fi garage’Michael Fernandes.
[Goanet] KONKANI OR KONKNNI
Icame across this article on the net and fully support thisHOW PILAR SOCIETY PRIESTS ARE DESTROYING ROMAN SCRIPT KONKANI by Menino FernandesFriday - Nov 23, 2012 The whole mess of our written Roman script Konkani has been made by the Pilar society. These Pilar society priests are out to Indianise Konkani. These priests have no other work. Their only work is to run after money and worldly things. To show the Indians how much they love indianisation of Goa they have made a mess of the spellings of our mother tongue Konkani. They are using very odd spellings and the magazine or the weekly newspaper Vauraddeancho Ixtt is highly dangerous to read as that could misguide Roman Script Konkani lovers and make a mess of Konkani completely.This article is in support for the article by Domnic Fernandes from Anjuna) These Pilar priests are out to destroy Roman script Konkani. It is difficult to even think from where they got all these funny spellings of Konkani. We at Niz Goenkar do take sometimes articles from Vauraddeancho Ixtt but make sure that all the spellings are changed back to original Roman script Konkani. It is certain that the Pilar priest whoever are writing the current rubbish Konkani are out of their minds or are their brains have gone sick. The recent article on Niz Goenkar by Domnic Fernandes from Anjuna itself proves how far those spellings of Konkani have gone. And the Pilar society and its priests are the main culprits behind it and all the blame goes on them. As a child I remember reading Konkani novels (ROMANCES or Romases) as commonly called and written by great Konkani writers who all used the same Roman script that you would find in the Konkani section of Niz Goenkar. Pai Romanxi boroinnacrancho (father of novel writers) Caridade Domaciano Fernandes, Patxea Romanxi boroinnarancho (King of novel writers) Reginaldo Fernandes, Alloysius Affonso, Bonaventure D’Pietro, Elliot de Elly and many others used the proper Roman Script in their novels. Again we had Cine Times, Goa Times, Divtti, Uzvadd, Prakash, Novo Uzvadd etc Konkani news papers which all wrote the proper and always used Roman script Konkani spellings in their printouts. It looks like the Pilar society priests have gone mentally ill to start such an odd Roman Konkani. Wonder from where do all the Goan priests (especially Pilar Society) get all the odd ideas. High time the Goans should stop reading Vauraddeancho Ixtt else your Konkani will be like what is American English spellings today compared to the original British English spellings. What is the intention of the Pilar Priests? To indianise Konkani? It seems that the Goan priests are making more mess of Goa than the normal locals of Goa. At the moment the word priest is written in Konkani as “PADRI” hope the Pilar nuts change it to “PADRY” and this word “Padry” would suit as a better name only for the Pilar Society Priests. We have all the missals and other religious contents in Konkani written neatly in the normal Konkani spellings unlike that the Pilar “PADRY” use to distort whole Konkani Literature. Many Goans as mentioned by Domnic Fernandes in his article are using the letter “y” in all the words replacing the letter “I” have learnt that from reading Vauraddeancho Ixtt. It is also a fact that the Pilar Society is starting a revolution of changing the spellings of Konkani as they like little knowing that their revolution is nothing but garbage and destruction of written Roman script Konkani. I also wonder why none of the priests including their superior Fr. Tony Lopes say anything to them or question this rubbish. We also have the nephew of the great Konkani Tiatrist and “Ace” director of Goa, the king of duets C. Alvares, Fr. Domnic Alvares SFX who should remember that his uncle used the proper spellings which were universal in Roman Script Konkani and try to correct the nuts from his Pilar society out to revolutionise Konkani in their own way, showing them their error.
[Goanet] NO KONKNNI ANNOUNCEMENT AT KTC BUSTAND MARGAO
I happened to be at KTC bus stand Margao on 15th May. There were various announcements made like departures of buses to various destinations, no chewing paan, no smoking and many others, but what was shocking is that not a single announcement was made in Konknni the OFFICIAL STATE LANGUAGE. All announcements were only in Marathi and only Marathi. Be free to personally visit the bus stand and confirm the same. I hope somebody takes up the issue and gives Konknni its right place and show Marathi the door. Zagrut zaiat goenkarano.MOG ASUMMICHAEL FERNANDES..
[Goanet] CONVENT SCHOOLS
I am glad that these Hindu elements do not want tosend their children to convent schools, where we do not teach the children Hinduvalues but Christian values, values that make the convent educated stand out inlife. I am proud that our schools do not teach thechildren to steal milk and curds, instead teach our children the seventhcommandment of God “Thou shall not steal”. I am proud that our convent schools do not teach ourchildren to follow the examples of gods who gratified themselves watching womenand young girls bathing in the rivers and ponds, and also hiding their clothes (for a betterview I believe) but teach our children the tenth commandment of God “ Thoushall not covet thy neighbor’s wife” and further the seventh commandment whichsays “Thou shall not commit adultery” and further still what Jesus said “anyonewho looks at a woman and wants to possess her is guilty of committing adulterywith her in his heart” Mathew 5:27. I am proud that our convent schools do not teach tohave five husbands at a time or to put the wife on the gambling table. I am proud that our convent schools do not teach ourchildren to have sex with bulls. I am proud that our convent schools does not teach our children toworship such lustful gods I am proud that our convent schools teach us to offer theleft cheek if someone hits us on the right cheek, to forgive and forget, to embrace our enemy. I am proud that our convent schools emphasizes on the fourth commandment of God honor thy father and thy mother. I am proud that our convent schools teach our children the christian values of the seventh commandment of God “Thou shall not steal” and the fifth commandment “thou shall not kill”. Miss Dhavalikar I hope the good Hindus surely followyour advice.
[Goanet] (no subject)
CHRISTIANS IN CHRIST I am an Indian, and a Christian am I. My forefathers were Hindus, of the days gone by. I am proud of myself, to the land I belong. But can the same be said, of my forefathers of long? Sometimes I wonder, and think of those men, why did they embrace, Christianity then? Those were the days, in my beloved land; caste system was rampant, Brahmins held upper hand. Then there was this man, a great grandfather of mine. Born may be a Shudra, a low caste of his time. He may have been born, a Bhil or a Gauddi. Or he may have belonged, to the tribe of Phans pardi. He also may have been, a chamar making footwear, For the high caste people, the Brahmins to wear. A mali , a potter, a mahaar, or bhandari, A backward class person, or an adivasi may be. Harijans and dalits, were unheard of then, He could have been, a descendent of them. A low caste Indian, in the Brahmins eye. A frowned upon untouchable, of the days gone by. He couldn't go to the temple, he couldn't ever pray. His shadow couldn't fall on a Brahmin any day. That was the way, this poor man then lived. Taking all in his stride, was his fate he believed. Then there was hope, for this down trodden man. He would shed the caste tag, along with his clan. No more would they be known, as Chamar or Bhandari. But follow Jesus Christ, and Christians they'd be. They would worship one God, Christ Jesus was the way, And as brothers and sisters, all together would pray. So he with his family, this faith did embrace. And Christ as the head, in his home found a place. Slowly the good word, spread far and wide. The high caste and the low caste, prayed side by side. The doors of the temple were shut to this man. But the girija ghar became, his gateway to heav'n. Yes that’s it. We were Hindus, many may be down trodden but since we have embraced Christianity the Hindu tag does not apply to us anymore. Mog asundi. MICHAEL FERNANDES
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 775
A Congress fool said cover the pool to hide the national ful the mouthing of this fool has now given publicity full to the BJP’s symbol the ful. now his party says in the coming days let not the people freely bol stop the democratic opinion poll To what lengths will this congress go and what is the future of India with the likes of BJP.. MICHAEL FERNANDES Message: 10 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 16:17:55 + From: Naguesh Bhatcar sgbhat...@hotmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] India's ruling party seeks opinion poll curbs after gloomy ratings Message-ID: bay167-w910034ffdf259a2501f815b4...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 This from Reuters and Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/indias-ruling-party-seeks-opinion-poll-curbs-gloomy-122854430--business.html Naguesh Bhatcar
[Goanet] paili, khandi
A page from the book “A HISTORICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE CITY OF GOA.1878” BY JOSE NICOLAU DA FONSECA. BORN 1837. PUBLISHED BY THACKER AND COMPANY LIMITED BOMBAY. page 32 https://archive.org/stream/historicalarch00fons#page/32/mode/1up MICHAEL FERNANDES
[Goanet] Old-style measurements... paileo,kudov,khandi
Hi Goanetters please correct me if I am wrong. an’nattiOld measure equal to one-eighth of a liter or four gin’natti. (pl) an’nattio. gin’nattiSolid measure of olden times equal to eighth part of a podd or two solavo or one bot’tisavo. (pl) gin’nattio. khandi(a) Solid weight of the olden times equql to 20 maund (mondd) (b) Solid measure of the olden times equal to 20 kurd (kuddov) (c) Liquid measure of the olden times equal to 20 maund (almude).(pl) khandio kollso/kovsoLiquid measure equal to 18 bottles of 750 ml each. (pl) kollxe/kovxe kumbhSolid weight of the olden times equal to 20 khandi. kuddov/kurdSolid measure of the olden times equal to 2 paili or 8 podd app 6 kgs mondd/maund 1.equal to 40 seers/xer or 24 pounds 12 oz (according to wikipedia) or 15 kgs (Pinto 1994: 220). 2. Asolid weight of the olden times of warying weights (32 pounds for copra, 26 pounds for sugar and bees wax, 24 pounds for onion, garlic, iron etc). 3. Liquid measure of olden times equal to 2 kollxe. (app 27 litres) natti Solid measure of the olden times equal to half podd ordho pavxer equal to 10 tola ordhoxerequal to 40 tola ordnatti equals to one-fourth of podd. paili equal to 4 seers/xer. pavxer equal to 20 tola poddOlden mode of solid measure equal to 2 ordhipodd or 4 an’natti. (app 1.5 kilograms). solavo/solavem Solid measure of olden times equal to half gin’natti. solguemSolid measure of the olden times equal to ordhipodd (app 750 grams). xer/seerequal to eighty tola or 0. 93310 kg or 2 pound 1 oz. map kap’pachi danddistrickle these are the definitions/meanings that are contained in my book ‘THE ENGLISH KONKANI DICTIONARY A - L’ and ‘THE ENGLISH KONKANI DICTIONARY M - Z’ Roman script. Which has been handed over by me to Delgado Konkani Akedemy along with my other book ‘THE KONKANI SYNONYMS’ The books are under review. MICHAEL FERNANDES. Mog assundhi
[Goanet] MOdi eGujaratis
A splendid job done by Modi, a one man show. What our hardworking jawansa and air force personnel could not achieve with all their expertise and resources this one man army achieved it in one day that of saving 15000 Gujrati’s from the jaws of death. No doubt the BJP has projected him as our next Prime Ministerial candidate. India will be safe in his hand against Pakistan and we will not have to even deploy our armed forces. Modi will do it on his own. Let us not raise our glasses to such fake hypocrites, we all know he is very good at faking what with the fake encounters at al. Mr. Lopes should know the difference between rescue (that’s what our army and air force personnel has been doing) and just transporting the rescued people from one safe area to their native place.( which modi has done). What a BJP sorry BIG JOKE. MICHAEL
Re: [Goanet] What Jesus did
Hi Ana Maria Fernandes. I am not a priest nor a good follower of religion nor I am against you. But... I would say if you still have the time then please enrol yourself to be a nun and set an example to all this priest and nun who make wrong use of other people's money and buying expensive cars and take europe tours every year. And if you cannot then please don't pass comments against the religion and the priest/ nun's. if you know any priest's or nun's doing this things... then name them. Don't forget to cc them in your email. If you cannot then just stop passing comments. And waste your time. Instead use your energy in stopping MOPA Airport, mega projects. fight for special status for GOA. I will personally come and thank you. Do good to your brothers and sisters. That is what JESUS said. We just like to pass comments against the priest's and Nun's coz we know it will not back fire us. But Ministers and MLA's (borea munis) GOD BLESS YOU and your intentions. Regards Mike. Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat -Original Message- From: Ana Maria Fernandes amferns_n...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:24:30 To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] What Jesus did Jesus never boasted that he was son of God but called himself as son of man. He lived a simple life. His followers the priests and nuns like to call themselves religious I do not know why. Many of us lay people are fanatics and want to support a priest even after knowing he is out to make money. We feel the church is ours and extrav. donate more than needed which goes to the wrong account. The luxury in which priests are living should be a eye opener for their actions. How can they afford luxurious cars, and eureope tour every year ? I am not talking of those whom the tour operators take.
[Goanet] WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY.
Thanks for defining Christianity, offering candles and flowers is one's way of thanking Jesus or the saints (not the lifeless statues, as you say) for favors received. The priest has not encouraged it because it brings in money. I for one would prefer to put in money in the church boxes instead of the flowers and candles, as the church needs the money for its upkeep. Christianity for me does not mean just loving your brother or sister, it is forgiving my enemy. May Christ forgive you. Michael.
[Goanet] why bharatis want to be goans
Whoever this Bharathi , Mallappa Masmardi, is, who has changed his name to Mark Mascarhenas, his photograph should be published all over Bharat, He could well be a terrorist who wants a Goan identity.
[Goanet] KONKANI VOCABULARY
Dear Goanetters. I happened to come across this site http://www.whatiscalled.com/ by chance. Konkani lovers could make use of this site to learn the meanings of different English terms (vegetables/flowers/fruits/parts of body etc). Many English terms still need to be given Konkani terms .You may chip in. http://www.whatiscalled.com/ MICHAEL FERNANDES.
[Goanet] FW: hai hai
Hi, Good you have to state that the Mining companies should be immediately ordered to start providing funds to rehabilitate the affected people. 35,000 crores is more than enough. RegardsMichael -Original Message-From: Ana Maria Fernandes amferns_n...@hotmail.comDate: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:57:22 To: goanet@lists.goanet.orgSubject: [Goanet] hai hai like the rest I too said that mines should be closed down and punish all those who arelty but suddenly my husband spoke in different manner. In the first instance what would my decission if i was the chief minister . First i said Close all mines and file a police case against x y z. Next day i received a delegation of truck owners, drivers, and barge owners barge crew and other people working and earning their daily bread. They came with their wives and children too to tell me that they are starving. Being a lady I stood up and started to cry and took a u turn. It is easy to talk and make our judgement and accuse ministers but I can understand how difficult it must have been to Parrikar to clean Goa. Let me hear your opinion. The topic is How would i deal the mining problem if I was a chief minister
[Goanet] Birthday wishes Dear Arwin Mesquita (COLVA)
Dear Arwin Mesquita, Many happy returns of the day! May the good Lord shower his choicest blessings on you and may all your dreams come true, especially the vision you have for our beautiful Goa. Thank you for being a true GOAN and always supporting the good cause in Goa. I am very happy to know you in person and I see the passion you have for Goa and the activities you do to protect our identity. It is truly inspiring. God Bless you and may you have the best. Regards Michael Fernandes Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat
[Goanet] MOGAK AXELO - Konkani Song Lyrics (URGENT Please)
Here is the lyrics of the song 'MOG TUZO KITLO AXELOM' sung by a Manglorean artiste. [ do'nt know if its the same song lyrics you are looking out for. MOG TUZO KITLO AXELOM. CHORUS: Mog tuzo kitlo axelom, itlo lagona makam. Porthun hanv zolmant etolom, moga mhunn apovnk tukam. (REPEAT) Mogache abru kaddi, bosson hanv ugddas kaddi. Ugddasan kitem korum, dolleani dukham haddi.(REPEAT) CHORUS (TWICE) Adlo to ugddas kelear, denvtelim dukham pollear. zolmot hanv xembor pavttim, mog tuzo melltta zalear..(REPEAT) CHORUS (TWICE) REPEAT adlo to ugddas kelear Mog asundhi. MICHAEL FERNANDES
[Goanet] Goa Govt. stands exposed!
Looks like the survey clearly suits the Marathi protagonist That this survey is biased can be seen by the way numbers have been added up to show that the people of Goa has rejected English outright. 1. Out of the 905 government primary schools what is the break up of konkani and marathi schools? 2. As for the overall count for entire Goa Out of 61,000 students: 33,000 students opted for regional language (Marathi and Konkani together)why take Marathi and Konkani together? Is it only because, if the count is taken separately then English will clearly be in the lead? The Marathivadis have taken the support of konkani in their count only to defeat English and once that is done konkani too will be dumped for marathivadis to rule over Goa. It will be in the best interest of the Goans to read between the lines and not let these marathivadis to fool us. Michael Fernandes. Education department has completed counting all the feedback forms ptions given by parents from Goa) regarding the choice of medium of instruction at primary level. Final figures, after counting feedback forms from Government primary ls, are as follows: Number of government primary schools 905; Total number of students 31,308; Language wise breakup: Number of students opted for Marathi 25,868; Number of students opted for English 1,679; Number of students opted for Konkani 1,360; Number of students opted for Urdu 1,100; Number of students opted for Kanada 1,488; Number of students opted for Hindi 223; Number of students opted for Telgu 13 (Striking options of Parents: The feedback coming from government primary schools clearly indicates that Marathi is the 1st preferred choice of students, English takes 2nd position while Konkani takes 3rd position, this is followed by demand for Urdu, Kanada, Hindi and Telgu) With this counting, total counting for Goa is over and overall count for entire Goa is as follows: Out of 61,000 students: 33,000 students opted for regional language (Marathi and Konkani together) as their choice for medium of instruction at primary level; balance 28,000 students opted for English as MOI. In terms of percentage (rounded up to nearest percentage): Around 54 % opted for regional language (Marathi and Konkani together - largest percentage share in this figure goes to Marathi language) as MOI while 46 % opted for English as medium of instruction (this 46 % mostly represents the students from schools run by Diocesan Society of Education and Archdiocesan Board of Education - Goa). (All the figures quoted herein above are as reported in today's local daily) Best regards, U. G. Barad
[Goanet] Talking... comics... Africa
Willy is likely to publish the first konksni comic (book) It just cannot be the first konkani comic book as I had read a comic book in my choldhood, in konkani (probably the first) written or may be published by non other than the melody king Shri Alfred Rose. Still all the best to Willy. Mog assum Michael Fernandes Leroy collects comics. Perhaps, Alexyz will still possess some. Willy is likely to publish the first Konkani comic (book). Joel.
[Goanet] CANCER INCURABLE ACCORDING TO WHO
Dear goanetters. I totally disagree with the views of fr. Ivo on cancer being uncurable heres why. In the year 2007 my mother was diagnosed with cancer at Holy Family Hospital at Bandra, Mumbai. We, me and my wife, took her to Tata Memorial Hospital at Parel. After conducting many tests th cancer was confirmed. She had cancer of the duodenum and it was in the final stages. We were refered to the palliative care unit, where we were told that she has only three months to survive we were prepared for her death. We were also told that arrangements would be done to put her in Shanti Avedna Hospital for her final peaceful death. I put my foot down. We brought my frail weak, unable to stand mother home to Mira Road. My wife took it upon herself to tend to my mother in her last days. We celebrated her purported last birthday in july 2007 with all family memberts present. I browsed the internet trying to find cures for cancer. At one site I learnt that mangosteen (bhinddam) juice and carrot juice were very much beneficial. Since mangosteen season was over, We started carrot juice theraphy on her, all her food intake including water was stopped. everyday we bought carrots at wholesale rate from Dadar market and she was just given carrot juice and nothing else, this went on till fifteen days. Also our friends and community people prayed for her. on the fifteenth day as me and my wife were sitting in the hall pondering we were shocked to see my mother come out of the bedroom walking erect without any help, she had also folded her bedding neatly and stacked it aside. The carrot juice theraphy continued of which she was fed up she wanted to eat proper food, by the grace of God, Almighty Father she is still living without any problembs, without any medication. Praise the Lord. MICHAEL FERNANDES
[Goanet] Study finds 'mother of all languages' !
Study finds 'mother of all language : All the world's languages may date back to a single 'mother tongue' spoken in pre-historic Africa, according to new research. Study finds 'mother of all languages' The study suggests that between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago humans spoke in a single dialect that proved the catalyst for human civilisation. The report by Dr Quentin Atkinson from The University of Auckland in New Zealand is based on phonemes - distinct sounds such as vowels and consonants that make up language. He analysed the number of phonemes found in 504 world languages, and hypothesized that languages with the most phonemes were the oldest. Also, the dialects furthest away from the 'mother tongue' were found to be less complicated. The study found that some of Africa's languages (which feature clicks) have over a 100 phonemes, while Hawaiian - spoken on the furthest point on the migration route out of Africa, only has 13. In short, the further away from Africa you get, the fewer phonemes are found. Effectively then, Dr. Atkinson argues that the sub-Saharan region of Africa is the cradle of all human language. This fits with what scientists call the 'Out of Africa' theory - that early humans evolved only in this region, then migrated to the rest of the world around 70,000- 50,000 years ago, the period mentioned in the study. It was the catalyst that spurred the human expansion that we all are a product of, Dr. Atkinson told the Wall Street Journal. what Dr Quentin Atkinson has stumbled upon is nothing but the whole Bible truth in Genisis 11 At first,the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Baylonia and settled there. They said to one another, “come on! let’s make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. They said, “Now let’s build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.” Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which those men had built, and he said, “Now then these are all one people and they speak one language, this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want! Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand one another.” So the Lord scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city. The city was called Babylon, because there the Lord mixed up the languages of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth. Michael Fernandes.
[Goanet] Carmona seeks Ramesh?s support against Rahejas
This is the same Raheja who owns Ramada Plaza Palm Grove Hotel at Juhu Mumbai and Retreat Hotel at Madh island Mumbai. This is rthe same Raheja who retrires his workmen/staff at the age of fifty-five instead of the stipulated sixty years as per the law of Maharashtra and no one not even the law can do anything about it. Beware Goans. Michael Fernandes.
[Goanet] GRA rally on 15th march.
Lets do what the Libyans did. SMS all your friends and ask them to forward the same to all their friends and we shall have a really big rally for the good of Goa. Dev borem korum. Michael fernandes.
Re: [Goanet] Selma carvalho: who the bleep cares about us
kolvont the actual meaning would be kola-vont a female stage actress. Girls dancing in temples was was very much prevalent in olden times The portuguese tried to put an end to it and may be this was one of the reason for not having female stage actors on the (christians) konkani stage. The kola vont became kolvont or one to be jeered upon Michael Fernandes
[Goanet] Subject: Selma Carvalho: Who the Bleep cares about us
I do not know the meaning of randi, or whether it belongs to Konkani. the word randi is the Hindi equivqlent for the Konkani word randd (widow) in Hindi it also means prostitute Michael Fernandes
[Goanet] anti-Portuguese resolution passed
just one more item, let tell these Portuguese bashers to throw their pants out and wear the kaxtt Michael Fernandesi
[Goanet] Saga of the Kunbi sari
it was music to my ears thanks to Wendell Rodricks and his revival of the Kunbi sari.Hope more of my Goan brothers follow suit and showcase Goan culture to the world. Michael Fernandes _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
[Goanet] UGDDAS ALFRED ROSE-ACHO 21/10/2003
UGDDAS ALFRED ROSE-ACHOHem borovp Alfred Rose-acheam kantaranche mathalle vapddun kelam. Tem FOLL GOEMCHEM MATHIECHEM. Ek gostacho APOL. Ek MOGRECHO KOLLO. Bail mhunno taka PITTACHO GULLO. To vortovlo suadik talleacho kantorist, Senor Alfred Rose.EK OSTORI sorry, SAT OSTOREO dhitalim taka RESPED MAN. Zaitim CHEDDVAM zanv ANKVAR VO KAZARI zoxim, CELINA. SANDRA, VILMA, CYNTHIA, JANET ANI LINNET, BEATRICE, LETICIA, MOGACHEM LINA, JULIANA, LOVLY ESTHER, ANGELA, LUZIANA, MONICA ani FATIMA, mhunno taka HANV TUJIM TUM MOZO.JERRY ANI FLORY, JIMMY ANI JENNY,sogleank MOG TUZO Punn taka aslo MOG SOGLEAMCHO. Avchit NORTH SOUTH uprasleo GOZALI. Uzvadd LIGHTHOUSE-acho palovlo. MANDOVIchem UDOK abalar zalem. GOEMKARANCHEM TARUM sambhalpi CAPTAIN, NIZ KONKNNI BHASSecho mog korpi, SANT ANTON SANT FRANCIS tosoch MODDLOLO KHURIS-ak pasun man dhivpi, Alfred Rose, ekvisver Outumbrache 2003 vorsa somplo. Aikon khobor sogleanchea KALLZAK MARLE KHILLE. HAI RE HAI mhunnon sogleani DUKHAM golloilim. Dukhi zalem BHAGARACHEM GOA, GOEMKAR, KUZNER, RENDER, RICKSHAWALA, COMEDIAN, RETIRED TARVOTTI, BHATTKAR ANI MUNDDKAR, DOTOR ANI NURSE, KANTORIST ANI MUZGAM, toxech POTRAM ANI ROMANSI BOROINAR. DHAKTTIM BHURGIM pasun dukhani roddlim.ADEUS KORCHEA VELLAR VOCH RE BABU nhunnon GOODBYE kelo taka.ROZARACHEM KONT ghevn hatan, MOGALL JESU, DOIAL JESU, MAGNNEM MOJEM sasnachem jivit favo kor saiba tachea othmeak.VIVA GOEMKAR, JAI HIND.
[Goanet] god sandwich
definition of sandwich. n. a. Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them. b. A partly split long or round roll containing a filling. c. One slice of bread covered with a filling. In this regard Santosh Helekars patollyo cannot be called a sandwich and of course not a god sandwich Michael Fernandes
[Goanet] god sandwiches
I had a feeling that Santosh Helekar had actually mis-spelt godd in his god sandwiches, but now after going through the many posts on the subject, i realize He deliberately made fun of God. Father forgive them for they know not what they do. Michael fernandes
[Goanet] Common/English names of Konkani/Botanical terms
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel as he climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,882m or 19,298 ft) Make a donation at www.Goanet.org, click on MAKE A DONATION, state Daddy's Home in the Donation comments For more information see: http://bit.ly/SupportDaddysHome --- i've been trying to get the Common/English names of these botanical/Konkani names. can any Goanetter please help me? Aglaia lawii; Konkani name: Burombi.Amaranthus blitum var. oleracea; Konkani name Pokoll bhaji.Amaranthus tenuifolius; Konkani name Gholchi bhaji.Anamiorta coculus; Konkani name Koddu foll, Kakmari.Ancistrocladus heynearus; Konkani name Khardali.Anodendron paniculatum; Konkani name Kiti.Antiaris toxicaria; Konkani name Dhovi dekgol.Aporusa lindleyyana; Konkani name Sala.Baringtonia racemosa; Konkani name Sadphal.Bridelia scandens; Konkani name Fatorfodd.. Deu borem korum Michael
Re: [Goanet] Goa to be ruled by Goans
We are all shut for so many years and we all know that including me, atleast now that we know the facts lets open our eyes and as an individual lets fight for our rights and make it happen. God Bless Goa Thanks Mike From: Bernado Colaco Democracy has not worked for 48 years. Can you give us a date when it will work! Then we will shut up forever! BC Subject: Re: Fw: Goa to be ruled by Goans. We cannot blame DEMOCRACY. We must make it work. Which we are not doing. Cheers floriano * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
[Goanet] INDEPENDENT INDIA: THEN AND NOW
INDIA: THEN AND NOW.It’s 00.00.00.Indian Standard Time. Its midnight . All is calm. A second has just elapsed. Now it is 00.00.01. It’s the start of a new day. Its 15th of August 1947. It’s the independence day of my country. Of India my motherland. The people savor the first fresh air of freedom. Soon they will witness the first dawn of free India . I was born much later. Born a free man. Unlike my father who was born during the British rule. A slave of the whites. Sixty-three years have gone by. “ How lucky I am” I tell my dad. He shakes his head. “My boy are you really proud? You were not there during the raj. You know not anything about it. What you see today, no doubt, is Independent India . People are not forced to work. To keep our country clean. To grow more food. To produce more goods. To make better quality products” “Those were the days. The roads were clean. The footpaths were meant to walk on, not to build huts. Gardens and parks were so very well maintained, not used as urinals. Every one had a proper house. The food we ate was unadulterated, so was medicine. The building material had quality steel. Bridges did not collapse in fourteen years time, like the Mandovi Bridge in Goa . The public servants worked for you and me honestly. No one accepted bribes. Not just human beings but animals too ate well. Money scams and fodder scams were unheard of then. Money spent for animal fodder was not pocketed by hungry government officials. Guns were bought to defend our land not to stash kickbacks in foreign banks. Now tell me son” said he. “Who should be lucky?” Listening to him, I Hang my head in shame. He went on “Son, are we really free? Or are we the slaves of the greed of our very own people? Have we elected our representatives to hoard money? To allow black marketing to flourish? To accept bribes? To allow someone to adulterate our food and medicines? To degenerate law and order and make our country an unsafe place? To make a mockery of our judicial system? What can we accept when the lawless have now become the guardians of our law? When dacoits and criminals, murderers and forgers rule over us. My pride gave way. How could I be proud on this 50th year of Independence ? I closed my eyes and said a prayer. On this fifteenth day of August, my Lord my God God, I pray for my country’s good. To give us Christ like leaders lord, Who will feed the multitude. Who will lead the present misguided youth, Who will fearlessly pursue the truth. Who will not let shoot innocent lives, But heal their bleeding wounds. Without armed guards, who will walk in the crowd, When they come out on their rounds. For the sake of this country, Who will sacrifice their lives, And make every Indian proud. Amen.Michael Fernandes
[Goanet] CWG Scandal
Looks like the Congress Government has not learnt its lessons yet. It has conveniently forgotten the Bofors kickback and the way it was kicked out by the people of this nation..Kalmadi must have mistaken CWG for Congress Will Gain instead of the Common Wealth GamesMichael Fernandes
[Goanet] Caste system in Goa'India
THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN I am an Indian and a Christian am IMy forefathers were Hindus, of the days gone by. I am proud of myself, of the land, that I belong. But can the same be said, of my forefathers of long? Sometimes I wonder, and think of those men, Why did they embrace, Christianity then? Those were the days, in my beloved land, Caste system was rampant, Brahmins held upper hand. Then there was this man, a great grandfather of mine. Born may be a Shudra, a low caste of his time. He may have been born, a Bhil or a Gauddi. Or he may have belonged, to the tribe of Phans pardi. He also may have been, a chamar making footwear, For the high caste people, the Brahmins to wear. A mali , a potter, a mahaar, or bhandari, A backward class person, or an adivasi may be. Harijans and dalits, were unheard of then, He could have been, a descendent of them. A low caste Indian, in the Brahmins eye. A frowned upon untouchable, of the days gone by. He couldn't go to the temple, he couldn't ever pray. His shadow couldn't fall on a Brahmin any day. That was the way, this poor man then lived. Taking all in his stride, was his fate he believed. Then there was hope, for this down trodden man. He would shed the caste tag, along with his clan. No more would they be known, as Chamar or Bhandari. But follow Jesus Christ, and Christians they'd be. They would worship one God, Christ Jesus was the way, And as brothers and sisters, all together would pray. So he with his family, this faith did embrace. And Christ as the head, in his home found a place. Slowly the good word, spread far and wide. The high caste and the low caste, prayed side by side. The doors of the temple were shut to this man. But the girija ghar became, his gateway to heav'n Michael Fernandes
[Goanet] DIXTT
I remember my neighbour also removing distt in the fashion related by Dominic but she also used foddki alum. After the whole process, the foddki was also put in the fire. The foddki melted and took a weird shape. After watching the shape carefully she used to proclaim eka mottea cheddvachi nodor laglea A fat girl has cast her evil eyes. Sometimes it was Eka sunneachi nodor laglea A dog has cast its evil eye, and we blindly believed it. But sure enough the person would be relieved of his illness. May be it was a psychological effect.Michael fernandes * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
[Goanet] Konkani in devnagri or marathi
A report in the Times of India (Mumbai) dated 4 August 2010 under the heading Use Marathi spelling of Bhayandar says sainik The shiv sena now wants the Marathi spelling of Bhayander to be used for official purposes as against the Hindi version which is generally preferred by all.Is this also the case in Goa? In Goa are we using the devnogri script for Konkani or is it the Marathi version? As far as konkani goes a as in agni is seldom used, instead the word o replaces a for example the word for untrustworthy in konkani is ovisvaxi and avisvaxi in Marathi. similarly ontor = antar, otmo = atma, ponos = panas, onond = anand.Now open the purported konkani books written in devnogri script one will be shocked to find that konkani words are not written as it is pronounced in konkani but substituted with Marathi words. Just like the report in TOI is it Konkani in Devnagri script or Devnogrichea nanvan Marathi bhitor kaddchi kelea. Zagrut ravat Goemkarano.Mog assundhi Michael fernandes ' * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
[Goanet] ZAIAT ZAGE
Prince Jacob mhunta ZAIAT ZAGE (wake up). Bhailo lok goem eta ani mhuntat 'AMKAM ZAGE ZAIE (We want land). Amche Goemkar bhau aplezage pordexi lokank vikun zag korinastana ugich bosleat. Atam Goeant je zage (lands) assat te builder-ani adim fuddench gheun dovorleat ani fuddem building-am korun bhaileank viktele. Ani je Goemkar zage (awake) assat te dusreank zagrut korunk tozvit kortat, zantlo ek zaun asa Prince Jacob. Punn Goemcho serkar zago zait gai?Thoddeach vorsamni amchea niz goemkaranchem Goemkarponn nopoit zatelem tedna aiz zoso Maharashtracho Raj Thackray Moratti manoos (munis) ani Moratti bhaxe passot zhuzta toxench Goent amkam zhuzche poddtelem. Punn churchure tedna chodd tard zatolo. Dekun Goemkar bhavam-bhoinnino Prince Jacob-achem sangnnem aikat ani zaiat zage Mog assundhi. Michael. * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
[Goanet] (no subject)
Mr. Albert is perfectly right when he says that the person portrayed as Jesus in the painting The last supper by Leonardo Da Vinci is not the true picture of Jesus but a figmentation of Leonardo's mind or may be baseda model posing as Jesus. like the many paintings of Mother Mary where great artists have used models to depict Mother Mary. * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
[Goanet] SOREAK LAGON: EK KOVITA
SOREAK LAGON Eka disa nesson janot, Vortoulo to aitaracho dis. Gharantlo bhair sorlom hanv, Aikonk vetolom mhunn mis. Dekhlo eka cheddeak adrar, Zo boson thuimsor mago bhik. Dublo gorib also khoro, Punn hath paem tache asle thik. Vinchar taka kelo hanvem, He bhaxen kiteak boslai tor? Utt hangacho lag chalik, Kosli-i punn tum sirvis kor. Tondd dakhtem korun tane, Roddonk laglo dukamni. Bob martai mhunn sangtam tukam, Aik moji hi dukest kanni. Rautalom hanv gharant mojea, Sangatan asson maim ani pai. Sodanch amger zatalim zogddim, Soro pion etoch pai. Marun makam marun maink, Kori to galliancho xinvor. Na zaun chullin uzo torui, Akhea vaddeant zai-i dhunvor. Duddu na mhunn pionk soro, Viklem soglem maimchem bhangar. Viklem soglem ghorchem samon, Tea bhair marunK ei angar. Kitlo teomp mhunn sonsun ravot, Maim ti moji duent zali. Na zaun duddu voktank tichea, Kotta babddi moron geli. Pai subeij pionk laglo, Dakovnk baile-chem zalam mhunn dukh. Itlem korun dadoxi zaunk na, Vikunk laglo moje book. Iskol soddun boslom ghara, Pott bhorlem hanga thuim bhovon. Ghor pinzeor dovorlem pain, Ghorui gelem pai to moron. Pain amchea akhea gharacho, Soreak lagon vibadd kelo. Ghor na, dar na, jeunk na khaunk, Bikek atam bhonvcho poddlo. Aikon tachi dukest kanni, Dolleani heam dukam bhoro. Kitlim ghoram vibadd korunk, Zaun asa karann to soro. Pion munxea poddo nakaim, Bebdeaponnan hanga thuim. Ghor tujem vibaddi nakaim, Soddun dhi ti soreachi sonvoim. * * * Encounter hints (and more) of the Goan life in Zanzibar, Poona, Mombasa, Basra, Dubai, and even Nuvem and Colva, Sanvordem and colonial Goa. Learn of experiences that shaped Goans worldwide. Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* now available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Ask a friend to buy it, before it gets sold out. Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
[Goanet] No beef on menu during Commonwealth Games:
The saying goes When in Rome do as the Romans do So if foreigners come to India for the games and beef is not on the menu I dont think anyone should be hurt. Again I would like to bring to the notice of the authorities that it is not the beef but gomaans or cow meat that one is not supposed to eat. adeusMichael * * * IS YOURS one of the stories of Goans on board the S.S. Dwarka, or at the Strait of Hormuz, Basra or Bahrain, Dubai, Swindon, Mombasa, Poona or Rangoon? Selma Carvalho's new book *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* docks at many other ports. Get your copy from Broadways, Panjim [9822488564] Rs 295. Pp extra. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
