This sounds exciting. Goanetter Tony Fernandes (ex-St Anthony's, Monte
de Guirim) has been putting the finishing touches to his forthcoming
publication of a poetry book entitled Goa - Memories of My Homeland (23
English narrative poems, five English short stories, 150 Konkani
Proverbs,
Anyone knows when the Abbe Faria statue went up in Panjim, and the name of
the 'praca' outside the secretariat was named after him? Was there any
political agenda in assuaging Goan sentiment at that point of time? Just
wondering... FN
Hallo,
Why were my greetings to my husband was rejected?
Please let me know whether your goa clippings going to
send greeting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on his
birthday 31st March. I just want you sent him thru'
goa clippings to send him best wishes on his day. I
hope have positive answer from your
Vivian has resigned from the CEC Hard Core Committee and has been appointed
the Governor of GoaNet by President Pandurang. In a typical
scratch-your-back reaction Governor Vivian has threatened President's Rule
on GoaNet if less than 10% of subscribers qualify to vote by posting
something
Goa's Open Secret
Gilbert Lawrence:
Hi Fred:
Nice to hear from you. I think your last post on this subject was about
some Goans being defensive about their (inquisition) history. To which
my humble response was that the defensiveness was on the part of the
Goan writers who are unaware of the
Vhodd khoxen buddlolo astannam kitench divunk bhasainaka, ani vhodd ragan
buddlolo astannam chitticho zabab korinaka
(In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the
midst of great anger do not answer a mans letter)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anujan/Dhahran, KSA
Subject: Inquisition
Mervyn:
I always get scared when a 'religious' man quotes his religious book,
saying 'this land was given to us by God.' God is not in the business of
giving and taking away land. Historically, it's always been that the
strong take
away the land from the weak. BTW, Jomo
AI, IA airfare to Gulf exhorbitant: Minister
PTI [SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2004]
DUBAI : Slamming national carriers Air India and
Indian Airlines for allegedly fleecing passengers in
the Gulf, visiting Kerala minister for information,
culture and NRIs said his state will join hands with
Punjab and
BRUSH YP YOUR KONKANI (4)
by Basilio Magno (Spain)
Here are some more common phrases in Konkani for your
practice. You must read the Konkani lines loudly. The
purpose is to get you used to the Konkani sound; it also
helps to stick the words in your head.
How do you do?
I was happy to read the contribution of Jews to the development of India.
Thank you Fred, for posting this item:
Many Indian Jews have reached great prominence. For example, the
Sassons after whom the Sasson docks, the Sasson hospital, and two of
Mumbais well known sites- the Jacob
Dear netters,
While the traffic cops are going soft on the 'helmet rule', it was
heartening to read that a young MLA from Margao was seen wearing a helmet
while watching a bullfight at dawn in Benaulim recently. Rding with a helmet
is legal,watching an organized bullfight,with or without helmet,
Dempo hold East Bengal goalless
Last Updated: March 14, 2004 19:12 IST
East Bengal paid for missed chances and ill luck to finish goalless
against Dempo Sports Club, Goa in the clash between the two title
aspirants in the eighth National Football League match in Kolkata on Sunday.
The city
THIS IS from Jose F P Lourenco's *Amazing Goa* set of cards. Jose dipped
into my home-collection of Goa-related books a bit, to scour for some
amazing facts. Incidentally, my Goa-books collection used to be
600-strong, when I stopped counting about a decade back. But I know at
least one
THIS IS from Jose F P Lourenco's *Amazing Goa* set of cards. Jose dipped
into my home-collection of Goa-related books a bit, to scour for some
amazing facts. Incidentally, my Goa-books collection used to be
600-strong, when I stopped counting about a decade back. But I know at
least one
Last week's EXPRESSO weely of Lisbon had it on p.22 that Portugal loses its
saint for Spain, referring to the forthcoming plans for commemorating 500
years of the birth of St. Francis Xavier. Spain is planning large-scale
commemorations of its Navarra-born saint, while there seem to be no clear
Cecil wrote:
| Seb was trying to contact some Merwyn 2.0 regarding the promised Canadian
| Tyre money. Seb is being investigated by the police on a charge of arson
| for lighting firecrackers near a petroleum depot. Sab also said This
| Committe is short staffed. There should be only one E.
Don't
Subject: [Goanet]Caju Feni, Mangoes and Tamarind
Since there is bound to be a run on Caju Feni this
year I am getting my hands on every bottle that I can
find,and brewing some of my own Caju Feni to hoard it
and sell it at a premium. Remember the label Shenzi
Feni which is
Oh brother you are in big trouble! Why do you want to know how to say I
love you' in Portuguese and in so many ways? Seems like you have not learnt
anything from the 'Ogling Goan women' discussion. Now it appears that you
are specially targeting the 1.457% of the Goan girls whose parents speak
--
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Does this mean that Cecil is a foreigner or you mean to say goans(President
Pandurang) cannot speak foreign(or whatever you say that is) English.
Kindly clarify
On behalf of all silent readers!!!
-Seb
- Original Message -
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CONGRATULATION Marcus Vaz. Good achievement.
Ekvottacho Potong sodanch voir ubar.
All the best.
Lino Dourado
(Ganv-bhav)
--- Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To the KGTS founder, Marcus Vaz, and the MBM
Production, all the best for your much awaited tiatr
ALMACHEA
Reuters News Article
Spain says al Qaeda claims bomb blasts
Sun 14 March, 2004 03:58 AM
By Adrian Croft and Emma Ross-Thomas
MADRID (Reuters) - A purported spokesman for al Qaeda has claimed
responsibility in a videotaped statement for a wave of bomb attacks in
Madrid that killed 200
Vincent
This is not fair. Cecil has been contributing a lot of humour on this list
for a long time now. In fact we look forward to messages from him. Cecil
has kept alive the cheer and joy on the forum. Insulting him on the forum
the way you did is just not fair.
It is guys like you who
CECIL
POINT NOTED !!!
BTW COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT WAS ABUSIVE IN MY POST - DONT BOTHER
FINDING OUT DETAILS - YOU WONT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE NOR STAND FOR
THE ELECTIONS - COZ MENTALLY YOU ARE UNDER 18.
GABE TOOK THAT AS AN 'ABUSE'.
POSSIBLY ITS JUST HOW A PERSON INTERPRETS
GOAN WRITERS
00
It gives me great pleasure and pride to announce that Antonio Martin
Barreto , has agreed to be the Overall , World Coordinator of the
* Young Goan International Writers' Workshop * this organization
will be associated to the newly formed * Goan International
Cecil is killing goats about what President Pandurang said.
President Pandurang do not speak foreign English like this what
Cecil speaks.
Cecil wrote:
In a strongly worded statement, with long term ramifications,
President Pandurang today said that the GoaNet Shining campaign
was against all
Hea dissanim ami zaitench vachtaum potrancher ani polletaum TV-cher eka
novea cholchitra vixim zachi dakounn akkea soumsarak suru zali Gobrachea
Budvaradis, Fevrerache 25ver, 2004. Hea cholchitrachem naum Kristachem
Paxaum (Passion of the Christ); cholchitracho director ani taka uzvaddan
The ones who are in the know, say that Cashews,
Mangoes and Tamarind will be in short supply this year
because Dho polla or heavy dew during the flowering
season has damaged the blossoms and fewer fruits have
resulted.
Since there is bound to be a run on Caju Feni this
year I am getting my hands
I eagerly await President Pandurang Fernandes's
pronouncement on the goings on
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Hi, Helga!
Thanx for putting that Portuguese dialogue back on the rails!
Btw, my impression was that Dr Teotonia has never claimed to be a linguist
specialising in the Portuguese language. If I'm not mistaken, he's a
historian of international repute.
Since we're at it, could anyone tell me
To the KGTS founder, Marcus Vaz, and the MBM
Production, all the best for your much awaited tiatr
ALMACHEA DISA.
We have observed from the posting on goanet (quoted
below) that you have assembled a good cast comprising
of KGTS members as well as others.
Good luck.
Gaspar Almeida
the
Maka kednanch eok khuxeal, guirest munis mellonk nam, punn kednaim eok
gorib munis mellla zo guirest zaunk sodinam
(I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met
a poor man who did not want to become a rich man)
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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