Today's HERALD had an interesting op-ed article by Joseph Zuzarte titled
Changing face of Goa.
He says: .. the state has burgeoned into a sprawling urban settlement with
even tarred roads in the most remote areas.. He adds: The mindsets of the
people however would not seem to have changed
Hello Goanetters,
Its the most wonderful news that Bonaventure D'Pietro, has come out with a
konkani album. I congratulate him for his work. I have been his fan during my
younger days, read most of his books and now I pray that he creates waves in
the music world too. With our konkani music
--- David Futers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am afraid. Yes Afraid, not of bombs in London but
of posting any thing slightly controversial on this
forum.
Mario replies:
Now, now, David. That wasn't a very nice thing to
say. After all, our bombs are only filled with hot
air.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050712/1/3tfgc.html
The article above shows the merciless Islamo-fascism
the Europeans are faced with, after appeasing radical
Muslims for decades. I'd like to see the terrorist
sympathisers Mervyn, Fred, Gabe and Cornel trying to
blame this incident on George Bush or
On 11/07/05, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Besides, putting
an abusive poster on my spam list does not prevent me
from reading their drivel in the archives, or their
most egregious posts being forwarded to me by others.
What a bunch of
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Many Goans, also migrate, not for economic
reasons. Many Doctor's, engineers etc move for
better facilities and better to further themselves
with more insight and the scope to learn more. Many
Goans from the U.K. have moved to Portugal and/or
Mario,
I have not followed the 'economic migrant' debate closely for lack of time.
However, I think that Gabe has a point that, following the political change
in East Africa when Independence became a reality in the early 1960s, most
Goans from there moved out. Some were forced out abruptly,
Good Morning Cecil...!
We must accept the fact that Our Indian Society (Goan Included) thinks as
follows :
1. If a Woman sleeps with TEN Men she is likened to a prostitute (kolvont
mure tem..!,
sogleanim kaloilam mure teka...!)
2. If a Man sleeps with TEN Women he is likened to a Hero (Pezad
--- Louise goanet@goanet.org wrote:
So far, All the messages I have received appear to
be from people venting their aggressions on this
site. I am starting to think I made a mistake by
venturing here. Please tell me I'm wrong and there
are some friendly discussions here.
Mario replies:
--- Joe Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... Nowadays we are forced to accept anything from
Santosh; -- one day he is 'migrant skilled laborer'
another day a 'scientific migrant'.
A migrant scientist like me is a migrant skilled
laborer.
Cheers,
Santosh
Hello Goanetters
Some time back there was discussion on this forum regarding some programs
being held like jazz and there was no much crowd for them, thats when I had
written about this. Its really sad that those with no vehicle even if they
want to go for such programs have to drop the idea
Who is hiding under the bed now ? The Brave Americans show no fear? At
every turn a slam dunk, 17 emails on Goanet in one session, give us a
break man, please.
The following link gives information of the USAF in the Home Counties,
(England) they have huge Air Bases here. They have been given a
Sir,
I am regular reader of your website. I find your website very interesting
and I am glad that I can go through the Goa news.
Sir, I will be thankful if you either give me the details of Archive if
there is any, regarding the caste and the occupation that these caste
community are
Dear Goanetters,
gilbertlaw said to Fred:
'If you are serious about addressing the issue of disparity and victims of
bias, there are better ways. And there are also more productive ways to help
society overcome inequities rather than playing one group against another. No
one has done more
Hello Goanetters
Its high time some decision is taken on this subject. Uloitat tednam sogle
Romani ulloitat, but when it comes to reading why impose the devanagri. In the
end I pray that the Romani wins this tug of war going on in our mankulem goem.
Cheers
Jerry Fernandes
Script issue takes
I am afraid. Yes Afraid, not of bombs in London but of posting any
thing slightly controversial on this forum.
I have always found Goa to be a friendly place. Reading this forum
would not give you that impression.
Its about time you all grew up and acted like responsible citizens and
treat
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 - Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Salus Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well Gabe, the subject and issue aside, I firmly
believe that every Goan who is out of Goa is an
economic migrant, and that includes you, whether you say or believe
otherwise.
--- Salus Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That's some 'higher education'!!!
Please explain yourself.
And why, pray why, did you have to migrate for a
'higher education'?
Because the type of higher education I was seeking was
not available in India.
Eventually, it all ends up in
This is a response to a post allegedly from: Joe Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED].
I do not intend to respond again to this UNLESS Joe Vaz reviews and corrects
what I believe his MisRepresentations.
I am neither interested in ducking and swerving - nor in one-upmanship.
Joe Vaz has accused Santosh
On 11/07/05, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mario replies:
Thus spake the brave alleged RAF ex-serviceman,
RESPONSE: The man has lost it, he confirms that I was an ex serviceman
than in another post he claims he has his doubts!
The man continues to embarrass himself, he has all but
On 11/07/05, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For example, last week he blamed Tony
Blair for the bombings in London and praises London
Mayor's appeasement of the most radical Imams as a
good thing.
RESPONSE: I have never praised Ken Livingston's stance, show me where
I have done this. I
On 11/07/05, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gabe.. blaming any and
everyone but the Islamo-fascists for the cowardly
attack on innocent civilians last week.
RESPONSE: The man continues to persist, in his abuse of the People
belonging to Islam. Fred has shown him his folly,
I joined this group so I could:
a. Learn more about Goa and Goans (Having lived away from Goa most of my life)
b. Meet some nice friendly Goans Male and Female (I'm married and not looking
for U.S. Passport)
c. Have friendly discussions on topics relevant to Goans in Goa and away.
So far, All
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/12/nbbc12.xml
What did my Israeli friend warn about after the London
attacks? Here the left-wing BBC cannot bring itself
to call a spade a spade, joining some of our intrepid
terrorist sympathisers and appeasers on GX. An
excerpt
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apcanada_story.asp?category=1101slug=Border%20Canada%20Terror%20Groups
Bosco,
Click on the link above for a current assessment of
the threat from terrorists in Canada. I hope you
don't think the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
is knocking Canada.
I
--- Seb dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like goanet is being bombarded by people who
have nothing else to do:-)
Just for the records...Today i received quite a
number of emails(lost the count by now)out of
which Mario Goviea had sent...16(-.-)
Mario replies:
Unlike you, honest
--- Bosco D'Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What are you trying to sensationalize now
with an article from December 2002 ?? We don't need
to disparage Stephen Brown as you did Haroon
Siddiquinevertheless ..
Mario replies:
You can try to disparage Stephen Brown, which would
mean
Viviana wrote:
Cecil - as usual you have managed to find humor in any situation. My
only question is this: If caste can be ascertained by name and village,
why is there ever a need to mention it?
-
Dear Viviana,
According to Frederick Noronha, who is very interested in such things,
caste
Luis Rodrigues wrote:
Are you especially against Males only and have a
very corner in your heart for Females? Then why all
your xirap ends with RE???
Would you please specify??
--
Dear Luis,
Interestingly a few months back a rather pro-casteist Cyber Goan wrote to
me rather
A few comments on the new Identification Protocol:
Viviana describes herself as
Viviana
F/??/C/H
MWF
Dear Viviana,
Please mention your surname in future.
Age is compulsory, but cheating on one's age is allowed, and in fact
expected of females. Many of our female subscribers have
---
G o a n e t * News Bytes In Brief * July 12, 2005
---
o Police sub-inspector Jivba Dalvi has been suspended after
his residence was raided by the Anti-Corruption
In Portuguese it is Goeses, Damanenses e Diuenses; in English Goans,
Damanese and Diuese; in our own Konkani Goenkar, Damanvkar ani Diukar.
Does anybody disagree?
Jorge
- Original Message -
From: Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: goanet@goanet.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July
--- Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wish more overseas Goans would relate their
personal experience while, and reasons for,
migrating so we can truly understand the process
and the underlying motives - rather than just
depend on vague generalisations and anonymous
statistics.
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote to Viviana's query:
I would have liked to have responded to your query but did not quite know how.
Since I have never believed in caste, I had to believe that anybody I married
was essentially casteless; the question of whethere I had married outside my
caste
Frederick Noronha wrote:
Vivian(a)'s response to Cecil's post drew my attention to something I
had not noticed earlier on Goanet. Cecil's reference is obvious to my
earlier averment that asking the Where are you *from*? question is
often another way of establishing your caste identity in Catholic
--- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Last night, while doing moderation duties before
going to sleep, I was surprised to find that a
single Goanetter had sent in 17 different
messages for approval!
Please let's take turns in speaking out, even if
e-mail is an asynchronous
Kevin Saldanha wrote:
In the ongoing debate about economic migration and the choice of one's
homeland... I remember the time when I was getting married (to a
childhood sweetheart with whom a mature relationship was rekindled while
she was visiting from Canada ... without resorting to
Luis bab,
Kavlleache XIRAP ghorak lago nant.
lino
*
--- luis rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joe,
Are you especially against Males only and have a
very corner in your heart for Females? Then why
all
your xirap ends with RE???
Would you please
sorry guys, I was to come up with female only Part III , here it is...
TUM ANKVAR URON GO
TUKA NOUREAN SODDUN GO
TUM SAT BHAIMCHEM UDOK PIUNKUCH UROM GO
TUM TOXENCH BIATULL OR BIATIN UROM GO
TUM BIAK UROM GO
TUKA PIXAM SUNNEAN GHANS MARUN MOROM GO
TUKA SASMAIN LISAO XINKOILEA PURO GO
TUM
(FN) wrote:Pereiras, Gonsalves make it to Bollywood
*The Pereiras, Gonsalves in Bandra are mostly East Indians.
There are a few goans, most of them on the western side.
Some of the East Indians can understand n speak konkani as its somewhat
colse to Marathi. East Indians used to come for the
Looks like goanet is being bombarded by people who have nothing else to
do:-)
Just for the records...Today i received quite a number of emails(lost the
count by now)out of which Mario Goviea had sent 16(-.-)
Anyway happy reading...
Seb
PS: Have to use DEL key more often than not.
Her poixe moddunk imteponna korina..Gulfantle Goemcar aple familik,horran
phone kortat, kitleo minuteo zaleo ani kitle poixe zale tem poina...:)
(KSA its RS. 34/- per min - off peak around Rs. 28/- )
Edward Verdes
Chinchinim/KSA
JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Englandkaranchem or Londonkaranchem
Accordingly with the Portuguese dictionary from Porto Editora (2001),
damanense is, I quote: adjectivo 2 generos - referente a Damao, territorio
do antigo Estado Portugues da India; substantivo 2 generos - natural ou
habitante de Damao; (De Damao, top. + -ense) and diuense is, I quote again
Joe,
Are you especially against Males only and have a
very corner in your heart for Females? Then why all
your xirap ends with RE???
Would you please specify??
Regards ani mojoi tuka xirap re,
Luis Rodrigues
Chimbel / Dubai
On 12/07/05, Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another request: please stop a debate after 2 or 3 exchanges, as any
discussion which goes on and on and on tends to disinterest most
readers, and instead could end up irritating them.
Just a request, FN
RESPONSE: I have taken
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Last night, while doing moderation duties before going to sleep, I was
surprised to find that a single Goanetter had sent in 17 different
messages for approval!
Please let's take turns in speaking out, even if e-mail is an
asynchronous mode of communication (meaning, many people can communicate
This noon, while talking to Goa Today editor Vinayak Naik, he mentioned
that he had 'stored' some 400 mobile (and other) phone numbers in his
memory. Numbers of almost anyone related to Goa Today, he told me.
As an owner of an (old) Nokia handset, which complains after the
limit of 124
On Tue Jul 12 00:04:51 2005 wrote:
The article below should be compared with other
propaganda emanating from some of our Canadian
Goanetters who are sympathetic to the Islamo-fascist
cause:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=5007
RESPONSE: What are you trying to
http://www.goa-world.com/goa/smtmem/
SMT. THERESA FERNANDES MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST
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Address: Morning Star, Koppadkere, Dharwad - 580008, Karnataka (India)
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I would be interested to learn more about the Goan branch of the National
Association for the Blind, as mentioned in the Goa Net News Bytes (11 July
2005)
The reason I ask is because I work for a local charity working with blind
adults and children here in Scotland, and I would be most
THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR
B.B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, GOA 403521
* (0832) 2415857, 2415864
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Website:www.tskk.org
July 11, 2005
Sir,
Kindly give publicity to the following press release.
TSKK Roman Orthography
The written tradition of Konkani begins only in the
Our representative
Cuncolim July 11;- government plans to acquire paddy field around the
historical St Francis Xavier chapel at maddicotto , cuncolim bazaar has run
into opposition from residents of the locality , land owners, the St Francis
Xavier chapel committee and the parish priest of our
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