[Goanet]'Dual citizenship? NRIs should pay tax too'

2005-02-24 Thread Bosco D'Mello
NEW DELHI: If India gives us citizenship, it should also give NRIs voting rights. And NRIs should accept the tax obligations too, says noted economist Jagdish Bhagwati. In an exclusive interview to Timesofindia.com , Prof Bhgawati, a member of the Democratic Party and University Professor at Colu

[Goanet]Musical Concert

2005-02-24 Thread francis braz
Linda’s “EBONY & IVORY ACADEMY”, with her students, presented their inaugural Musical Extravaganza and Prize Distribution on Sunday, 30th January 2005, on stage, at a Margao School Hall.   The students performed individual and duet piano recitals of famous composers, selections of non-classical

[Goanet]A note of Thanks

2005-02-24 Thread V Fading
Hi all, I would just like to put on record my thanks to Fred Noronha and Cecil Pinto for being reguler contributors to this group. I am in Malaysia and although I do not say much, I do read the messages/news posted. It gives me a comforting feeling to see a constant - u know - its like coming

Re: [Goanet]Re: New research on * Goan MP's in the Portuguese Parliament*

2005-02-24 Thread Bernado Colaco
Teotonio, I wonder what is there to pick and choose from you historical writings. The anti rethoric is the same. I am glad that your colours are now changing. As for 5 centuries of slavery there are many who have contributed to this statement on this list. You have never come forward to defend the

[Goanet]Dear Gilbertbab re: Sins et al

2005-02-24 Thread jose colaco
Dear Gilbertbab I like your SIN view points. I don't agree with them They don't make sense to me But I like them. Why? I don't know. re: your rhetoric questions. Gilbert 1 : Why did Fred and other protests the Goa VCD? JC 1 : I am not entirely sure that Fred protested against the Goa-VCD. If it

Re: [Goanet] Evolution

2005-02-24 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I just read the article you refer to from the ICR. >Unless my understanding of the article is completely >off, I don't think Mr. Morris was making a case for a >2% population growth rate; rather, he was making a >case against the alarm raised by eugen

[Goanet]Lorna

2005-02-24 Thread Francis Rosario
Dear Frederick Noronha, I am of Goan origin presently residing in Canada. During my last visit to Goa I bought a CD of a Goan singer named Lorna.I was fasinated by her voice and the music and I would like to know the names of all the CD she has produced. Could you please help me to get this lis

[Goanet]Voice Of The Exploited (1)

2005-02-24 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
GL responds: Response to Fred's and Sachin's post. The first paragraph of the original post states: it's "the so called FICTIONAL SEXUAL ESCAPADES of a Priest". Hope that answers many of Fred's rhetorical questions. Why did Fred and other protests the Goa VCD? Was it only because it was funded by

[Goanet]RE: Defection: bane of Indian politics

2005-02-24 Thread
Dr. Jose, All your questions will be answered if you go through today's Times of India. Good luck. Read on. Gaspar Almeida www.goa-world.com CM No. 1 A magazine survey rates you as the number one chief minister in the country. Do you deserve it? The ratings are on the basis of my government's

[Goanet]Re: Goans and caste - ? Consensus statement

2005-02-24 Thread George Pinto
All, Gilbert's statement is curious and wrong for the following reasons: 1. The vast, overwhelming consensus is that the caste system is alive and well among some Goan Catholics and in the Goa church. Except for Gilbert, most (all?) of the posts appear to suggest it exists. So I am not sure w

[Goanet]Goans and caste - ? Consensus statement

2005-02-24 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
With so many replies to Cornell, here may be consensus statement around which many Goan Catholics participating in this thread may find acceptable. I do not want to sound a linguist. But at the same time the issue of caste seems to affect our Goan society, judging by the posts it generates on the

[Goanet]Re: Racket by Imigration officials & Goan Voice

2005-02-24 Thread jose colaco
From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The picture is now very crystal clear indeed from the initial hazy portrait that was painted. Could it be that the ' Fernandes' (Travel Agent) and (the) Fernandes who posted his piece on Goanet are one and the same? We are now all clear on the matter

Re: [Goanet]New research on * Goan MP's in the Portuguese Parliament*

2005-02-24 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was approved yesterday and with the highest > qualification an MPhil > dissertation of a Portuguese lady researcher, > Susana Costa Pinho (with MA > in Political Science and working presently as > Journalist) on the > Representatives of

[Goanet]RE: Defection: bane of Indian politics

2005-02-24 Thread jose colaco
From: "<>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> < The members who defect from their parent party should be disqualified irrespective of their strength. A byelection should be ordered in their respective constituencies by the Election Commission. This is the only way to get rid of defection-prone politics.> Dea

[Goanet]Divo Konkani Award

2005-02-24 Thread Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr
THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR B.B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, GOA – 403521 (0832) 2415857, 2415864 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24 February 2005 DIVO SAHITY PUROSKAR 2004 Every year Divo Konkani Weekly from Mumbai gives Divo Literary Award to Konkani writers. For the year 2004 Fr. Pratap Naik,

Re: [Goanet]Racket by Imigration officials

2005-02-24 Thread Gabe Menezes
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:17:45 -, Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > The 4 week max stay restriction for charter tourists was introduced last > year as part of the Open Skies policy! .. > Representations have been made to the authorities since then

[Goanet]Email 101... an old but useful (e)book

2005-02-24 Thread Frederick Noronha
If you're (relatively) new to the Net, or even if you're like me and still need to pick up a lot of things, then this is the book to go for. It's called EMAIL-101 and is available on Project Gutenberg for free download. http://gutenberg.net Or simply google f

[Goanet]Defection: bane of Indian politics

2005-02-24 Thread
Defection: bane of Indian politics The Indian polity has always been marred by defection by opportunistic politicians. The latest victim of the defection game is the tiny coastal state of Goa, which has witnessed a change of guard following the political border-crossing by its state legislato

[Goanet]-Mr Digamber Kamat MLA Margao -- betrays BJP fold enthuses INC led ULA camp

2005-02-24 Thread godfrey gonsalves
Contrary to the normal belief that what is loudly talked about never happens the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Mr Digamber Kamat a Saraswat Brahmin tendered his resignation to the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly this morning at 10.32 am,IST after paying obeisance to the gods at a temple in Que

[Goanet]Charter flights

2005-02-24 Thread David Futers
Afra Dias commented on Dabolim Airport being one which charters land and no other flights land other than internal Indian flights. This was the situation in the UK for a number of years when the regional airports tended to handle the charter traffic and the main London airports handled to schedule

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * Feb 24, 2005 * Digambar ditches BJP, quits seat

2005-02-24 Thread Goanet News Service
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(Corrected) Re: [Goanet] Evolution

2005-02-24 Thread Peter D'Souza
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 From: Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~Did this "evolutionary" "expert" friend get this from ~Henry Morris, the creationist "expert" and founder of ~The Institute of Creation Research, A Christ-Focused ~Creation Ministry? ~His 19

Re: [Goanet]Racket by Imigration officials

2005-02-24 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Folks, The 4 week max stay restriction for charter tourists was introduced last year as part of the Open Skies policy! At the time I wrote that it would inconvenience those who seek to invest in Goa and buy holiday homes or plan to run a business in Goa. There are some who no doubt believe

[Goanet]Jobs...summer placements

2005-02-24 Thread Marjorie Carvalho
Hey Everybody.. I'm a student from St. Xaviers college, and since it is compulsary for us to have summer placements( it's a 100 mark project for us) , i'd really be grateful if anyone could supply me information on placements in Bombay. ANYTHING other than call centres or the usual door to door

[Goanet]RE: Honourable?

2005-02-24 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
(Tony Correia-Afonso wrote: Unless we give up such hyprocrisy and learn to call a spade a spade, we cannot hope for any reform in the system.) Absolutely true and sound logic as always, Mr Correia-Afonso. But can we call a spade a spade? Imagine the consequences if we use the deserving adjectiv

[Goanet]Ga ga Goa, Portufutball.

2005-02-24 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=76971 Goa to have a ball with Portugese soccer trainers: [India News]: Panaji (Goa), Feb 24 : Five centuries after Portugal found the sea route to India, the sub-continent is hoping to harness the southwest European republic'

[Goanet]Catholic Goans and caste

2005-02-24 Thread cornel
Basilio, Many thanks for the clarification you provided. I will immediately accept, from you, that you cannot be rightly placed with Gilbert Lawrence as defending the indefensible on caste. However, I must say that your preference for dealing with caste among the Catholic Goans is intriguing to

Re: [Goanet]Racket by Imigration officials

2005-02-24 Thread Gabe Menezes
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:18:35 -, Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Assis, > > We are grateful to you for this info. However, > > Is it possible to have "legitimate" charter flight tickets for over 4 > weeks? I am under the impression that Indian Government regulations > stip

[Goanet]Catholic Goans and Caste

2005-02-24 Thread cornel
Cecil, In all my many posts on the topic of Catholic Goans and caste, you will find that, it is very unlikely I personally used the term Brahmins upon whom to focus. I always used, in my preferred terminogy, the term-- the "casteists." This is because I am entirely aware that casteism is many

[Goanet]"Democracy by Numbers" (EPW Editorial)

2005-02-24 Thread Philip Thomas
Excerpt from: http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=02&filename=8284&filet ype=html (Economic & Political Weekly, Feb 19, 2005) .. ... ... .. ... ... The Goan crisis brings to the fore once again questions about the nature of the checks and balances, the Constitution ostensibly dev

Re: [Goanet] Evolution

2005-02-24 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have it from an evolutionary "expert" friend of >mine at Harvard (who happened to count the late >eminent evolutionist J. Stephen Gould as a >personal friend and mentor) that by extrapolating >from the population growth rate (approximately 2% per >y

[Goanet]Re: New research on * Goan MP's in the Portuguese Parliament*

2005-02-24 Thread Teotonio R. de Souza
Bernado, thank you for your response. But may I request you to stop choosing only what suits your tastes? It is important to look with equanimity at the positive and the negative sides of any reality. I wish you had the time (and an open mind above all) to read my writings in their totality. Sto

Re: [Goanet] 10,000 vs 15 million

2005-02-24 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- afra dias wrote: > >OLD WORLD MONKEYS AND APES - DID HUMANS EVOLVE? OR >THEY WERE HAND MADE OUT OF CLAY BY GOD. MONKEYS APES >HUMANS WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE, EVOLUTION MY >DEAR.MOSQUITOES BITE HUMANS AS WELL AS APES. > Hi Afra, I like your game. It's fun. So I will play. The card you

[Goanet]RE: [Goanet]Re: [Goanet]Re: London/Delhi £ 99 return - Dep. 11 Jan: 1-4 week stay

2005-02-24 Thread Tony Soares
I am also very sorry Goanet blocked the sender's email address. When I responded to a posting two of my ex High school classmates who I had not been in touch with for 35 years responded. So please Goanet, restore the addresses unless those posting do not want it displayed. Tony Soares -Origin

[Goanet]LATEST NEWS: Goa BJP MLA Digambar Kamat resigns

2005-02-24 Thread <>
Goa BJP MLA Digambar Kamat resigns Press Trust of India/Panaji, February 24|11:52 IST Prominent BJP MLA Digambar Kamat on Friday resigned from his seat just a few days ahead of the Rane Government's confidence vote in Goa Assembly on February 28. Kamat handed over his resignation to Legislatur

[Goanet]Link: Bombay First

2005-02-24 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Bombay First is a network that promotes civic issues in Mumbai. Check http://www.bombayfirst.org Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 8