[Goanet]ROSARY FERNS’ NEW DRAMA.

2005-06-30 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
ROSARY FERNS’ NEW DRAMA. Renowned Goan stage artiste, singer and playwright Rosary Ferns who is the author of writing and staging of highest number of dramas amongst the Goan expatriates artistes will stage his 19th Konkani Drama in Kuwait. The drama titled “ Bhurgim Mai-Paichem Sukh”

Re: [Goanet] George Pinto's patently faux story .....

2005-06-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
Joe Vaz is maliciously mischaracterizing my posts in response to which he plagiarized the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia and Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, by calling them gruesome attacks or vociferous attacks on Christian beliefs. Please see the following links to all my posts on

Re: [Goanet]Trustworthy surnames

2005-06-30 Thread Mario Goveia
--- eric pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stop, Cecil, not even in jest, we should not pick on dear Veronica over pickled english - his is the real thing - Frisian, the Dutch coastal dialect that floated over the Channel to Britain. Near identical to english, its spoken by a quarter of a

[Goanet]Re: Sorry State of the Goan Press

2005-06-30 Thread George Pinto
Cajetan I do not know Sujay Gupta and have met Manohar Parrikar twice. I am a neutral party in this matter. Having said that, I fail to see how Sujay's non-acceptance of YOUR invitation warrants the subject line Sorry State of the Goan Press. Is Sujay the entire Goan press? I think a

Re: [Goanet]Thousands mob beach in 'diamond' rush

2005-06-30 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 30/06/05, Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay folks, I stand corrected: An 'acres of diamonds' story can indeed cause grievous harm to society. Very sincerely, Peter D'Souza Thousands of people have been flocking to a beach in India's financial hub in a manic diamond rush,

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * June 30/29, 2005 * Panic-stricken BJP MLAs air-dash to Bangalore

2005-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
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[Goanet]Making business work for development

2005-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
id21 insights -- http://www.id21.org/insights -- is a publication of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Probably one of those many attempts by the former colonial powers to make amends for having under-developed large areas of the planet through their policies and

[Goanet]Nocturnal Barks - Vixen Melody !

2005-06-30 Thread eric pinto
It would scare us, children then, but i miss the long, almost mournful call of the fox we heard from distant hills when growing up in Assagao. Grandmother did not care for the midnight raids on her chicken coop, but then she did not of the Croydon solution - Annie Lobo, 70, does a twenty minute

[Goanet]Fusion Energy and ITER

2005-06-30 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Hello Goanetters, This has been the headline in most of the world! Nothing on Goanet as yet! The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is to be built and located in the South of France. Six participating nations decided after much deliberations, in Moscow, on the location from the

Re: [Goanet] How did science begin?

2005-06-30 Thread Peter D'Souza
Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fr. Ivo, [...] 2. You conveniently gloss over the fact that the Bible and traditional Christian theology contain beliefs and explanations about natural phenomena that modern science has shown to be

[Goanet]Re: George Pinto's patently faux story .....

2005-06-30 Thread George Pinto
Joe Vaz's post may be the longest ad hominem personal attack in Goan cyberhistory. So he admits he plagarized material without actually saying so and wasting bandwidth. I think he has a serious comprehension deficiency compounded by his religious insecurity. My post on Kenneth's wasted

[Goanet]Re: Antonio's question

2005-06-30 Thread cornel
Hello Antonio, I can offer two responses to the question you posed below: a) yes it is possible for a bamon to become an anti-casteist. b) this may not be terribly likely, especially in Goa, and it is probably what a sceptic would wish to hear! There are examples where people have swung from

Re: [Goanet]Barks from the dark

2005-06-30 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think Helekar is a 'time waster' on this list. I think he is a valuable asset to this list. Mario replies: Though I frequently disagree with Santosh, I have to agree with Cecil. I nominate Santosh as Goanet's Chief of Hoax-Police and Head Fact

[Goanet]Ubuntu Linux Cds Avalable in Goa for Free

2005-06-30 Thread Peter D'Souza
Just a quick word of endorsement regarding Clinton Vaz's Linux CD offer: Ubuntu Linux is one of the finest operating systems around. I have been using Ubuntu Linux as my primary OS and am very pleased--no worries about Windows spyware, Windows viruses and the like. I'd dump Windows altogether if I

Re: [Goanet]Trustworthy surnames

2005-06-30 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A. Veronica Fernandes wrote: The Bhembros, the Mauzos, the Kelekars, the Shivdases and others are not to be trusted anymore. This is my firm opinion. Dear Veronica, 1) Should we stop trusting all people with these surnames? Mario asks: Veronica,

Re: [Goanet]State of Health Infrastructure in Goa - Part 1

2005-06-30 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- GOACAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Director of Health Services, Dr Salelkar attributed the sorry state of affairs of the Sanatorium building to delay in preparing the estimates. Dr. Salelkar, why did you have to wait until the building is near collapse to perform even remedial repairs?

Re: [Goanet]Trustworthy surnames

2005-06-30 Thread eric pinto
Stop, Cecil, not even in jest, we should not pick on dear Veronica over pickled english - his is the real thing - Frisian, the Dutch coastal dialect that floated over the Channel to Britain. Near identical to english, its spoken by a quarter of a million people: the link to Veronica - he was

[Goanet]RE: RE: Trustworthy surnames

2005-06-30 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
(Cecil Pinto wrote: Your attacks on the English language are well appreciated. But surely there must be some better way of advancing the Konkani cause rather than just by attacking English the way you do in your writings.) Cecil, attack is too mild a word in this case. 'Butchering' is more

[Goanet]Lumen Sylvester DeSouza

2005-06-30 Thread rene barreto
=== From: Lumen Sylvester DeSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: Lumen Sylvester DeSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everybody, Thanks so much for all the prayers. The operation went very well and Dad, while still in a lot of pain (which is normal),

[Goanet]Books, bikes... and trains

2005-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Was reading the Hindustan Times (New Delhi) issue of June 27, and a few issues struck me. Delhi has apparently put the brakes on its ill-conceived plan to close down its 40-year-old Darya Ganj book market, says the HT, citing a report in its paper as having helped to propel this decision.

[Goanet]Fw: Goa SEZ and my views............

2005-06-30 Thread Floriano
- Original Message - From: Dr. U. G. Barad (M. Pharm., Ph. D.) To: goasuraj Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Goa SEZ and my views Goa SEZ: Boon or Disaster!! SEZ for Goa can be a boon as well as a total disaster. Goans are already witnessing dying industries

[Goanet]WORLD GOA DAY 2005 - Help and support

2005-06-30 Thread rene barreto
00 Hello Everybody, As part of our World Goa Day program, that includes 5 days, we have a Movie Evening that includes a conference. We wanted to expose problems related with ambient in Goa. I would like to know if anybody has a

[Goanet]FRIDAY BALCAO:Should Goa have a Special Economic Zone (SEZ)

2005-06-30 Thread Goa Desc
-- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO Read the Balcao Synopsis on the website http://www.goadesc.org/balcao/ -- Dear Cybergaokars on GoaNet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 8th July from 4pm. to

[Goanet]Ashes to ashes...

2005-06-30 Thread Cecil Pinto
Alfred Tavares wrote: How would you then explain the admonishment we receive after our carnival orgies, from the Rev. on Ash Wednesday: From ashes thou came; and to ashes shall thou return... - Dear Alfred, Please note that the lines you have quoted above (reminding us of our

[Goanet]Sorry State of the Goan Press

2005-06-30 Thread Cajetan Rego
Here is a post from Rajan Parrikar on http://groups-beta.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian.goa?hl=en A couple of weeks ago I wrote to Shri Sujay Gupta, Editor of Gomantak Times and one of ex-CM Manohar Parrikar's vociferous and strident critics. All these months Shri Gupta's diatribes

[Goanet]Not in my backyard: two villages and a garbage problem

2005-06-30 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet]Dangers posed to the third world countries.

2005-06-30 Thread Sachin Phadte
I am sending the enclosed article to bring to the notice of a peculiar type of danger posed to the third world countries. I have no (repeat no) intention of highlighting the religious analogies used. In fact, I do not know why the author felt the need to do so. I think the author is definitely

[Goanet]Trustworthy surnames

2005-06-30 Thread Cecil Pinto
A. Veronica Fernandes wrote: The Bhembros, the Mauzos, the Kelekars, the Shivdases and others are not to be trusted anymore. This is my firm opinion. -- Dear Veronica, 1) Should we stop trusting all people with these surnames? 2) Can you provide us with a list of surnames that identify

[Goanet]OFFTOPIC: Indias 'world's biggest readers'

2005-06-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
* Indians 'world's biggest readers' * * Indians 'world's biggest readers' * Indians are the world's biggest readers at 10.7 hours a week - twice as long as Americans, a new survey says. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/south_asia/4626857.stm

RE: [Goanet]Willie, a casteist ? What BULL.........!

2005-06-30 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Antonio, From your comments it's crystal clear that you are not a 'Bamon'. So, the next most natural thing to do is bash all the 'Bamons'. Having done that, could you clarify where in the caste hierarchy you belong? Oh yes, you are a 'Catholic' so there are no 'caste-baggage' you carry, but

[Goanet]D'souza set to rock Hollywood

2005-06-30 Thread Edward Verdes
Any Goan connection?...Eddie Verdes D'souza set to rock Hollywood With the music videos of Sukbhir, Silk Route and Bombay Vikings to his credit, music video director Anthony D'souza is now ready to rock Hollywood. He's set to jazz things up a bit for teen popstar Avril Lavigne and guitar maestro

Fwd: [Goanet]Freedom Fighters.

2005-06-30 Thread carlos6143
A. Veronica Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  sadly I was surprised there were no hindus from Goa); . Let it be known to everyone and to everywhere in the Goan World that for the good cause of Goa only the Christians worked and fought hard though the benefits of their hard work and hard