BUDIKABAL (Bud'di-ka-bhal) or 'Matare Kens' in konkani.
Remember that ? during your school time may be ?
I am sure we all do..
But here, I am really not talking about the 'sugar Candy' but real 'budikabal'.
When (abroad) we regularly meet certain Goan people in their 50+ and one day
all of
a
Priest Murder Case : What others Say?
Day 15, nothing reported except two letters to the editors in NT which are
partly
quoted in the end below.
from popular 'Stray Thoughts' columns (http://goanobserver.com/)
HOME MINISTER, POLICE SHOULD COME CLEAN ON THE PRIEST MURDER.
People are not very im
From: "Valmiki Faleiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
second -- perhaps closer -- look at the geographical map of India, for that
matter of South East Asia.>
jc's response:
I agree with Mr. Valmiki Faleiro.
We surely will do well to take a closer look at that map..
Then explain to ourselve
There are some controversies which will never end
and considering the fact that we are still debating the
pros and cons of Goa's liberation/invasion/annexation on
Goanet 45 years after the event, makes it one such controversy.
Since we cannot agree on a political description of the event
Yes you prefer to live in a 3rd world rut with no Passage out except for the
Portuguese citizenship?
BC
- Original Message
From: Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Frederick Noronha(FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, 31 March, 2006
9:50:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: Fre
I wonder if any Goannetter has the contact of Orlando Noronha of Trio Orlando.
His fusion (sitar and table with guitarra) performance of Cancao do Mar was
unheard and excellent.
Regards
BC
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Please note what Bible says:-
Jesus said 'In my Father's house are many mansions: if
it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare
a place for you And if I go and prepare a place for
you I will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am there ye may be also' John 14
So, wh
Comprehensive Pre-Marital Tests
Other diseases can be destructive too?
By Cecil Pinto
With the proposed Mandatory Pre-Marital HIV Test Act being hailed
nation-wide as a landmark legislation, the Goa Government is suddenly 'on a
roll'. Anyone who is anyone in the Government are preening, and pat
[Fred
Noronha]
I was interested in the above points in your discursive post. My questions:
1. Recently HASG complained that 300 acres of land adjacent to Dabolim
airport had been given to Zuari. Was this perhaps a result of the agitation
you mentioned?
2. The large military presence in Goa may n
Mervyn Lobo wrote:
> Peter,
> If I am not mistaken, your govt has laws that decide
> where on earth you are allowed to travel.
>
> Can you explain the moral code behind that one?
Mervyn,
The moral code behind every law cannot be explained quite directly.
Concerning foreign travel, the person u
Many die in Bahrain boat disaster
At least 57 people have died after a crowded pleasure boat capsized in
the Gulf off the coast of Bahrain.
Most of the passengers on board when the two-deck Arabic dhow keeled
over were foreigners from a construction firm enjoying an evening
dinner cruise.
The co
Another Goan great. Wasn't he a contemporary of FN Souza? FN
Gaitonde sets record of $1.5 mn at Christie's
By Indo Asian News Service
New York, March 31 (IANS) Painter Vasudeo S. Gaitonde's large abstract
oil came under the hammer for $1.472 million at Christie's Asia Week
here as record-break
Kudos Elisabeth,
You are on a fast-track to being an ayatollah.
Kind Regards, GL
Elisabeth Carvalho
I hope you are not apologising on my behalf atleast. If you take the word
"Konkno" out of the Konkani vocabulary, I'd be interested to know what you
would replace it by. Hindu? There are many big
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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help others be BETTER INFORMED,
The time is come for the people of Goa
to ORGANISE not AGONISE !!
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The former Portuguese President, Jorge Sampaio, expressed doubts if the
Canadian authorities apply same rules to all illegal immigrants, or are
discriminating against the Portuguese. The local daily PUBLICO also reported
that the Portuguese foreign minister visiting Canada to resolve the crisis
pr
Reliance Mobile: Cuts ISD Rates: To US/Europe/Canada etc Rs.6/minute & to
Gulf/Africa Rs.8
Hope, Idea Celluar also cuts its rate soon (currently up to Rs.16/minute to UK
etc)
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Reliance Info cuts ISD rates by 69%
March 31, 2006 15:56 IST (Rediff)
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Info
Most Goans are well aware of the outflow of many thousands of fellow Goans,
over a long period, seeking economic betterment outside Goa. But did the
outflow include many from those families which owned large tracks of land
and controlled substantial resources accruing from such ownership? I shou
Hi Oscar,
Nice to meet an Aussie Goan here on Goanet. I don't
think we've know each other because I didn't school in
Goa.
If it makes you feel any better,paddy field in Goa are
virtually worthless, unless you are crooked enough to
convert them into construction land, which you don't
strike me as w
Fri 31 Mar 2006
City bikers to earn Goa-faster stripes on 1500-mile trip
GARETH ROSE
TWO bikers are to ride 1500 miles across India after being inspired by
Ewan McGregor's round-the-world bike ride.
Peter McLellan and Millar Graham are to ride from Goa to Varkala on
1960s motorbikes to raise more
A.R. RAHMAN MEGA MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA IN KUWAIT.
7th of April 2006 is the date set for the Musical Show of renowned musicial
maestro A. R. Rahman who is known not only all over India but all over the
world. He is an idol of big populace who are crazy for his musical
performance. And when I s
--- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I fully support the separation of school and
>state. You seem to implicitly convey that the
>government deserves the role of education provider, I
>do not see it as its mandate. It does a fair enough
>job in the USA, but you can't say the same ab
---Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
---Goanetters, please note that the above claim of false accusation has been
shown to be bogus...
The above poster who is known on Goan websites as the "master-truncator" for
his penchant to distort the e-mails of other e-mailers to advance and
pr
From: Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
like learning how to use a catheter, design a toilet with handicap
facilities, etc>
Dear Elizabeth,
I thank you for the courtesy of your response.
I am not sure that lack of an Ultrasound antepartum (before birth) prevented
any parent (of a chil
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the good life and were duly rewarded for loyalty to the Portuguese colonial
regime. The vast majority of the population, however, was illiterate,
economically deprived and largely exploited.>
Dear Tonybab,
Once again, Greetings from here.
Don't mean to be disagreeea
Elizabeth Carvalho wrote:gender specific accommodations, for a child with spina bifidia.>
Dear Elizabeth,
Do forgive my being "thick" this evening (here) but could you please expand
on what you mean by
" undertake gender specific accommodations, for a child with spina bifidia";
assuming that
From: Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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?>
Dear Elizabeth,
I trust you are NOT suggesting that Spina Bifida is "gender specific".
if you think about it Ayatollah wasn't that bad! :))
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Kudos Elisabeth,
> You are on a fast-track to being an ayatollah.
> Kind Regards, GL
>
>
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With reference to "gender specific accommodations", I
meant such things like learning how to use a catheter,
design a toilet with handicap facilities, etc
--- jose colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Dear Elizabeth,
>
> Do forgive my being "thick" this evening (here) but
> could you please expa
Cornel,
I don't have any statistics here but to the best of my
knowledge and my father's recollection, many "Batkars"
left for Portugal, leaving nothing more than a mudkar
to look after their properties. It is at this
juncture, that many Mudkars illegally and aided by the
government's "land to the
Dear Dr Colaco
You wrote:
I trust you are NOT suggesting that Spina Bifida is
> "gender specific".
My sentence and syntax are clear. I said undertake
gender specific accommodations, for a child with spina
bifidia.
You wrote:
1: Physicians who participate in shameful exercises
> e.g. Ultrasound S
Excellent, Fabulous, Great, Laudable, Exhilarating, Mind-Bogling, Superbe,
And finally absolutely and unequivocally Sensible.
Dear Tony,
If I could sit down with the English (Oxford) Dictionary and search for more
appropriate words, I would be happy to just do that to show my appreciation
of th
http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/
RECENT ITEMS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ON GOANET. BY CORNEL DACOSTA
Further to the reported murder of Fr Eusebio and the apprehension of
two suspects, Goanet has had a profusion of reactions to the murder. A
few have wanted to be 'judge, jury and executioner' including "
BC (Goanet's one and only) missed a golden opportunity to brand-name /
trademark the one word for which he is most famous for. Read below for the
rest of the story from Reuters as it appeared on the wire service. Now Bharti
will be really taking over.
Nortel revamps services business to driv
I read your post below with interest.
Without reference to the individual you refer in your post, yet excluding no
one; I wonder why people post supposedly "pious" post.
Are they being smart, manipulative or just plain silly?
Kind Regards, GL
Santosh:
> Goanetters, please note that the above c
Santosh Helekar wrote:
> above poster derogatorily refers to as "defrocked",
> has been conclusively shown to have originated from
> the above poster's IP address.
1. How reliable is proof when the only person offering such proof has
been known to modify quotes (in one instance actually insertin
No problems from the Irish (illegals) I guess since they built your cantonment
in Jabalpur!
BC
- Original Message
From: Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
Sent: Thursday, 30 March, 2006 3:46:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Illegal Portuguese im
Talk about how much immigration is taking place today.
BC
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From: cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Saturday, 1 April, 2006 2:35:06 AM
Subject: [Goanet] How much emigration of the well to do took place from Goa?
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The attitude of those who still hanker for "the
good old times" under Portuguese rule will be well understood
by psychiatrists and psychologists as displaying a "slave mentality".
It is an established fact that many freed slaves would choose to
return to their masters because they preferred
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