Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: Fred's bluff

2006-03-30 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Someone has at last put some of the larger issues in perspective. And eloquently! Some of us may not like the way India chased out Portugal from Goa in 1961 (like how a lower Army rank was demeaningly told to accept surrender from a higher-ranked Portuguese!) But it's time we realize the grou

Fw: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-30 Thread Chris Vaz
- Original Message - From: "Chris Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily Gilbert-- I don't believe in "raking the past" but in the i

Re: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-30 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on March 29, 2006: > > The original Portuguese name for Goan Hindus was "Cancanos" while for the native Catholics was "Canarins". > I would like to know where Gilbert found a Portuguese reference to "cancanos". As far as I know, they used to call the Hindus "gentios". J

[Goanet] Re: ILUG-Goa: Tech writing, software for libraries...

2006-03-30 Thread Peter D'Souza
Fred, I want to thank you for providing these regular reports from the ILUG meetings. Fritz, whom you referred to in a previous post, deserves all the encouragement he can get. If he's having a hard time trying to find converts to LAMP, he might be able to woo them with Windows-based equivalents (

[Goanet] Re: Goan 'Kokno'

2006-03-30 Thread Oscar & Hazel Lobo
Re: Goan Kokno - *Elizabeth Carvalho* Hello Elizabeth, I have read your interesting comments. I am not sure if you were one of my friends while I was studying in Goa!! We had a lot of friends in the neighbouring Convent schools, however, I cannot recollect your name! Please jog my memory By

[Goanet] Kazara Che Jeon in London

2006-03-30 Thread Eddie Fernandes
A Goan Wedding Feast, Kazara Che Jeon, features at a London restaurant. Price: UK Pounds 40 per head not including service or drinks – the menu is reproduced below. The restaurant is La Porte des Indes, http://www.blueelephant.com/pi/london/index.html I was there last Sunday and met the Goan c

[Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa vs USA

2006-03-30 Thread Peter D'Souza
Marlon Menezes wrote: > ---> > Why don't you tell us what you believe to be the main > motivation for the home school movement in the US? Marlon, My opinion on this issue merely detracts from the bigger argument in favor of homeschooling--freedom to provide better education. That having been sai

[Goanet] FAKE ENGINEER (CIVIL)/ARCHITECT ON THE PROWL ?

2006-03-30 Thread godfrey gonsalves
To undertake Government related civil works registration with the Government authorities is a pre-requisite. However it is now clear that the Government of Goa seldom verifies the credentials of the applicants and genuineness of the testimonials before according such registration. Even at the tim

Re: [Goanet] India sex selection doctor jailed - why bother?

2006-03-30 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
As the mother of a daughter, I find female foeticide reprehensible. Yet, I find it more reprehensible that as a women, under Indian law I am disallowed from finding out the gender of my baby by u/s. What if a parent were to find out that their child will be born handicaped, say with spina bifidia?

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: Goan Women's E-Book

2006-03-30 Thread George Pinto
Dear all, Please view the Goan Women's E-book at www.goasudharop.org. Go to the Home page and click on Women's E-Book (on the left). The book is a tribute to Goan women and a small start. We welcome any comments and additional submissions, and will expand the E-Book accordingly. Goa Sudharop wo

Re: [Goanet] Priest Murder Case: Day 14 - What today's papers say - 30/3/06

2006-03-30 Thread Edward Verdes
A week before the murder a cross was vandalised in Margao...and a priest cassock was hung in the margao gardenwhich meant the next target would be the priests..Did the police find out who the culprits were? News on 29/3 said that police found passport of one of the accused in the priest room..

[Goanet] MISUSE OF IATA LOGO by training academy

2006-03-30 Thread President\(sgpiag\)
30/03/2006 a) Mr Pratapsing Raoji Rane Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa Porvorim - Goa b) Mr Luizinho Faleiro, Hon'ble Minister for Education, Government of Goa, Porvorim -Goa SUB: Recognition of edun. Institutes operating in Goa Sir, Does the Government of Goa have in place a m

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * March 30, 2006 * Tanker with sulphuric acid overturns at Canacona

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[Goanet] India 'cuts HIV infection rate'

2006-03-30 Thread Gabe Menezes
India 'cuts HIV infection rate' HIV infection rates have fallen by a third in the worst hit regions of south India, research suggests. The joint Indian and Canadian team say the figures show safe sex awareness campaigns can have a dramatic impact. The Lancet study tracked HIV infection rates amon

[Goanet] POLICE MATTERS:Cop shoots self in Panjim school

2006-03-30 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > - > Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) > Website: www.goadesc.org Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Press Clippings on the web: > http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ >

Re: [Goanet] Scotland Yard & CBI Investigate al-Qaeda Links of 2 UK Goans

2006-03-30 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I reckon this is an update on an old piece of news - see http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2004-October/018678.html --- Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 30 Mar: Mumbai Mirror. Excerpts: Scotland Yard > sleuths are in India > investigating two Indians found trying to sell > inn

Re: [Goanet] Illegal Portuguese immigrants in Canada

2006-03-30 Thread Mario Goveia
Bernardo, Not exactly. I came from Mumbai by air, like tens of thousands of Indians before and since. And I did so LEGALLY. > However, the irony you failed to grasp, is that the people we were talking about left the "heaven on earth" known as Portugal and were so desperate to do so that they ente

[Goanet] Priest Murder Case: Day 14 - What today's papers say - 30/3/06

2006-03-30 Thread JoeGoaUk
Priest Murder Case: Day 14 - What today's papers say - 30/3/06 2 ALLEGED KILLERS OF FR. FERRAO IDENTIFIED. GT page 2 The Macazana Parish mess boy Sunil Rodrigues yesterday identified the two accused- Manish Shivsagar Dubbey 20, and Amit Laltaprasad Shukla, 28 both from UP. The identification p

Re: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-30 Thread Mario Goveia
I guess that means that you think it is OK to be derogatory towards Hindus, and point to someone else's bad behavior to justify your own? > Mario. > --- Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wish you had known more about the contemprary > state of Goa, before making any comments. >

Re. [Goanet] Portuguese Passports

2006-03-30 Thread Neil Rodrigues
Hi, Apropos Bonefacio's recent post I would like to earnestly second his request for help from other goanetters who are in a position to do so in this matter. We can quite understand Jose's predicament; notwithstanding his good intentions; since he was deluged by 200 odd requests for help. Howeve

[Goanet] *** GOA NEWS: Mar 30/06 - Toxic waste, Alexy's images in museum, Wendell Rodricks, Rise in tourists...

2006-03-30 Thread Goanet News Service
*** GOA NEWS: Mar 30/06 - Toxic waste, Alexy's images in museum, Wendell Rodricks, Rise in tourists... *** Govt trying to put away toxic waste The State Government is trying to make its own arrangements to dispose toxic waste generated by hazardous industries for which the Centre and State w

Re: [Goanet] Re: Portuguese Passports

2006-03-30 Thread Bernado Colaco
but this does not make me an apologist for > Portugese > colonial rule in Goa any more than my love for > English > literature makes me an apologist for British rule in > India. > ---Tony Correia-Afonso. I am no apologist neither. But do you know how to govern? Why are we (Goa) in a 3rd world

Re: [Goanet] Goan 'Kokno' used derogatorily

2006-03-30 Thread Gabe Menezes
> Goanetters, please note that the above claim of false > accusation has been shown to be bogus in another Goan > public forum. An abusive email from "Joy Braganza", > apparently deprecating the same priest whom now the > above poster derogatorily refers to as "defrocked", > has been conclusively s

[Goanet] Tribute to a dancer: Isadora

2006-03-30 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Tribute to a dancer: Isadora Wendell Rodricks' latest resort wear collection, titled Isadora in India, had an ethereal quality to it. It was predominantly white, the designer's signature colour, with splashes of blue and green. We saw lots of crinkled fabrics, satin and pre-washed khadi. There wa

[Goanet] Alexy's images in Bradman museum

2006-03-30 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Alexy's images in Bradman museum NDTV Correspondent Wednesday, March 29, 2006 (Panaji): Goan cartoonist Alexy has put India on the world map of cricket in a different way. His images caught the attention of authorities at Sir Don Bradman Museum down under. Alexy's work on the cricketer's portrai

Re: [Goanet] GOA THEN AND NOW

2006-03-30 Thread Bernado Colaco
--- sunil monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been reading Mario's comments on Portuguese > Passport issue, some > supporting him on this topic well and good. I will > never be able to agree > with him on this topic not because he is against > this issue but because he > is ignorant a

[Goanet] Goa ODI tickets sold out

2006-03-30 Thread Edward Verdes
Goa ODI tickets sold out Panaji: Hundreds of cricket fans who waited in the scorching sun had to return home disappointed, as tickets for the third One-Day International match between India and England to be played at Margao, Goa, on April 3 was sold out. The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has sold

[Goanet] Re: Re: Fred's bluff

2006-03-30 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Forwarded Message From: Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: Re: Fred's bluff Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:28:43 +0530 Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueiredo at yahoo.com.au wrote: > I am indeed guilty of changing t

[Goanet] POLICE MATTERS:Cop shoots self in Panjim school

2006-03-30 Thread goadesc
- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ - --

[Goanet] RE: Hyderabad set for new-look airport

2006-03-30 Thread Philip Thomas
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=122108 GMR now eyes non-aero business PUMMY KAUL HYDERABAD, MARCH 29: With work on the upcoming Rs 1,760-crore new international airport in full swing at Shamshabad - spread across 5,400 acres and about 20 kms off the city - GMR Hy

[Goanet] Printing history - Joao-de-Bestowment set up a wooden printing press in Goa in 1556 AD.

2006-03-30 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Printing history on a calendar Kamal Chopra Thursday, March 30, 2006 Puneet Pal Singh Gill / New Delhi/ Ludhiana March 30, 2006 If the story of printing is the story of civilization itself, then you have it all told in succinct, illustrated form on a 13-page table-top calendar - Printers Calenda