Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Santosh, you need never apologise to me. Even if you
spell apologise the American way with a 'z'.
Cecil,
Spelling is always important.
This week I had a posting rejected with the
instructions to run a spell check on the posting.
Then the re-posting, with
Did the Pope apologise for the Inquisition as Parrikar claims?
Mr Parrikar stated that Pope John Paul II was truly
pragmatic and understood the changing scenario of
the world. Recognising the deep anguish caused by the
misadventure of inquisition, he further mentioned
that he had the grace to
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G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s APRIL 9, 2005 DATELINE: GOA
Gudi Padwa, Hindu New Year Day
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I wish to invite Goanetters to consult the following link:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1503/news.html
wherein Themistocles D'Silva provides us an interesting bit of information.
Could we know more about it from the informed Goanetters. Perhaps Miguel
Bragança or Nandakumar Kamat
Going great guns at 90
Age is just a number for these young at heart
nonagenarians.express news service
An active life, a go-getters attitude and eternally
young characterises Punes nonagenarians. Even at
their ripe old age, these citizens live a full life.
They share their reminiscences and
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On a related matter: Private messages are meant to be private.
Dear Victorbab,
Thanks for speaking your mind, and expressing your displeasure with my
behavior. I hope you will not mind if I take this as a public reprimand from
you. I am sorry for revealing the
Saturday, 9 April 2005.
To,
The Governor of Goa,
Panaji. Goa.
Your Excellency,
We waited the whole day today for some action from you, the Chief Secretary,
Secretary/Under Secretary of Panchayats, Director of Panchayats, Mamlatdar,
BDO...but none came.
We are getting the same old news:
Hopes and prays for a pope from Bandra
By: Kanika Parab
April 9, 2005
Ivan Cardinal Dias
With speculation rife over who's going to be the next pope, it comes as no
surprise that Bandraiites are also caught up in the guessing game.
Especially since Ivan Cardinal Dias, who was born and brought
Secular = Communal
SAGARIKA GHOSE March 7, 2005
Let's glance at the recent secular events in the life of the Indian
republic. Congress General Secretary Margaret Alva in Panaji, blithely
ignoring the controversial sacking of the BJP government, declaring instead
that it was about time Goa
Dears,
For the last two days there is a gentle knock on the front door of my
apartment. It is the man from one of the two NGOs commissioned by the Mapusa
Municipal Council to collect the garbage. The seggregation at source has not
begun as yet, but it is a great step forward. The dogfights at
COMING SOON on TGF : The bizarre Ribandar Ghuspott !, The Devadasi travesty,
Arre Senhor Matanhy!
New of TGF April 9, 2005
Dung Chow Pong in Dona Paula?
excerpt:
From the Independent Goan Observer, we now learn that:
1. The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has been identified as the
--- Cecil wrote:
After the grand success of our Cecil Pinto On-line
English to Konkani Translation Services we are now
planning Cecil Pinto On-line Konkani ClasseS:
Lino:
WELCOME/SWAGAT/IEVKAR
Cecil:
Trans:
Amchi Translation Service ietle successful zali kiami
chintlem kiteak ami anik
Stylespeak
By Wendell Rodricks
MISPLACED MORALITY
The nation is in a grip of voyeurism. Thanks to a little known, hardly
viewed television channel that should ideally be banned, by not only the
film frat but the public at large.
It all began with the very public airing of a teenager who mobile
On 4/9/05, floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like a Parrikar tootsie is at work here.
It is a fact that Congress, NCP, UGDP, MGP have been and are 'SCREW-BALLS'
But what you don't realise is that the BJP is 'CASTRATED BALLS'.
And you call yourself a Goan?
Floriano
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http://specials.rediff.com/news/2005/apr/07kanch.htm
Not just about F-16s!
The clarification has come from none else than Condoleezza Rice during
her interaction with a group of editorial writers in American
newspapers at Washington, DC on Monday afternoon.
'All that's been asked for, so far,
Friends !!
Message: 2
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 02:29:20 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha (FN)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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IN GOA AND ABROAD
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--- Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If the 'main protagonists' decide to call it off
does that mean the rest of us are supposed to lie down
and die? You have irritated all of us here and
continue to do so with your lame defense of this
whole dragged on debate.
As far as adding nothing to
WHAT WILL MATTER
-Michael Josephson
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an
end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes,
hours or days. All the things you collected,
whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to
someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel
to
A TRIBUTE TO POPE JOHN PAUL II
Be Not Afraid! - Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II passing away was deeply mourned
by multitudes across the globe; his funeral
ceremony was a sight to behold, as I watched it
on TV yesterday. The atmosphere appeared serene
yet fill with innate joy as many
I have heard a couple of grey East African parrots uttering some Konknni
phrases in Goa! But our Goan dogs (domestic and stray ones) have not yet
succeeded in barking a single sound in Konknni. Do they bark at the Konknne
and non-Konknne alike? Which of these pets would be more Goan?
Revolutionary Pope.
Finally, as expected, the Papacy of Pope John Paul II came to an end and in
his death a gigantic and Himalayan personality of this planet bade adieu to
all of us. His Papacy was linked with revolutionary ideas and challenging
decisions of course for the good of the society
Looks like a Parrikar tootsie is at work here.
It is a fact that Congress, NCP, UGDP, MGP have been and are 'SCREW-BALLS'
But what you don't realise is that the BJP is 'CASTRATED BALLS'.
And you call yourself a Goan?
Floriano
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From: Cajetan Rego [EMAIL
Mario Goveia wrote:
In response to your comments shown below, it is
amazing to me that you seem bent on continuing this
line of personal invective, in a discussion in which
you added nothing, and after the main protagonists
have stopped.
Cecil:
If the 'main protagonists' decide to call it off
Dear Victor,
It is always a pleasure to read your rare but relevant postings on GoaNet.
I have often replied privately but have never got a response and thought of
you as being rude. Only recently Margaret Mascarenhas informed me that your
service provider, AOL, does not accept messages from
Give a few, large sized government adverts, throw in a bit of publicity to
those that matter, add a easy-to-do DTP job on a desktop computer, and hire out
a printing job to a newspaper press with excess capacity. What you have is a
new publication, one of those that hits the stands with amazing
George Pinto wrote:
By instinct I support anything Mario Mascarenhas does and what he stands
for. He has fought the
good fight for Goa and Goans and helped Goa Sudharop too. I now see my
first cousin, Maurice
Britto, involved in the Salmona spring issue. I wish to express my
solidarity with all
A realistic potrayal of a truly tough man. Toughness indeed resides in the
mind, and not the size, shape of the muscles.WE GRIEVE HIS PASSING ON, AND
HOPE THAT CATHOLICS AND OTHER MEN AND WOMEN OF GOODWILL FIND IN THE POPES
EXPOSITION ON LABOUR ISSUES,THE PATH TO A MORE JUST WORLD.
TRULY A MAN
I agree with Nasci that being a Goan and fluency are two different issues.
While it is certainly useful for every one in Goa (not just Goans) and
connected to Goa to work towards fluency in the local language, we need to
recognise that there are severe difficulties and hurdles in the way of
Pakistan wins by 106 runs.
PAKISTAN
Salman Butt runout. Dhoni 101
Shahid Afridi c.Dravid b.Nehra17
Shoaib Malikc.Tendulkar b.Sehwag75
Inzamam-ul-Haq c.Pathan b.Nehra23
Yousuf
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On Apr 9, 2005 4:49 AM, Chris Fernandes goanet@goanet.org wrote:
India Hindu Militants Attack Christian School, Burn Effigy In Madhya
Pradesh..The incident happened late Tuesday, April 5, when
supporters of apparently the
Hindu nationalist movement Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
On Apr 9, 2005 12:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...He also observed that most of the government officers
who were employed
on contract or given extensions during the regime of his government,
served specific purpose.Like say, the former sales tax commissioner, Mr
Revolutionary Pope.
Finally, as expected, the Papacy of Pope John Paul II came to an end and in
his death a gigantic and Himalayan personality of this planet bade adieu to
all of us. His Papacy was linked with revolutionary ideas and challenging
decisions of course for the good of the society
Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
Cecil, I give up! Hereby humbly accepting my inaccuracy.
Nevertheless, I will persist in using the same (non)quote as my
signature, since it expresses so well what one of the greatest thinkers
of all time showed through his writings -- one should not take things at
face
HEART 2 HEART - March 20 (Herald)
By Ethel Da Costa
We don't need another brick in the wall
---
Respected Governor,
Please treat this as an SOS.
But firstly, compliments for a sanctity of peace that hangs in the air.
Government servants are actually looking up from their desks at citizens as
While it is true there are differences between men and women, the justification
for barring women
from being priests is not based on anything more than sexism. Regardless of
what fanciful reasons
are given, hiding behind the theological reasons is the belief that women are
second-class and
not
March 10, 2005
Kanchan Gupta - Rediff.com
It is the Congress that has engineered most of the riots... Rajiv
Gandhi failed to protect Harijans and Muslims? Geographical boundaries
of the country were jeopardised by the Congress and Rajiv Gandhi...'
On reading such harsh accusation, such pitiless
Transcript of one side of a phone conversation between Cecil Pinto from
Panjim and his lawyer friend Noel D'Cruz from Margao.
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Hello Noel. Good morning! How's married life treating you? Any good news
for us?
What? Not even on weekends? Throughout Lent? How boring. I'm sure the Good
Lord
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Recently in connection with the implementation of VAT in the country, there
was a controversy about the 4-12% rise in prices in military canteens. In
Times of India (TOI) April 8 there was a Times View /Counter View column
about this.
In the Times View it is necessary for the sake of the
--- Salus Correia goanet@goanet.org wrote:
Well George, you are free like everyone else to your opinions.
Thank you.
Personally I think you do not know much of the Catholic faith from what you
have written.
I do not know much about many things. Personally I think you are being
defensive
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