Fw: [Goanet] Re: Atheism

2006-04-03 Thread Mario Goveia
Cornel DaCosta writes: Firstly, I regret I need to include below, the full text of my original post re Atheism. This is because on the basis of this post, Mario concluded and stated on Goanet that I am an atheist. Secondly, a little while ago, on Goanet, I had a fulsome and civilized

[Goanet] Ode to the Woe of a Dying Princess (Tony Fernandes)

2006-04-03 Thread Goanet AE
Ode to the Woe of a Dying Princess Tony Fernandes (February 2006) It seems paradoxical that a vessel with a name 'River Princess' gets so little attention while she still lies there motionless, waiting to be salvaged, after being abandoned off Candolim beach for half a decade. So far the

Re: [Goanet] POLICE MATTERS

2006-04-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know policemen working 14 hours a day 7 days a week without leave or relaxation. there needs to be some games room and a place to have a good shower at every police station. Some days the police stations do not even have enough water to

[Goanet] Horticulture schemes for you in goa.

2006-04-03 Thread Miguel Braganza
Making it a Mission: Fruits, Flowers Vegetables. The winds of change are blowing all over the world. More and more people are turning vegetarian, vegan, and even fruitarian, by the day. It is a healthy way to live. It is also the simplest way of ensuring that hormones pumped into animals and

Re: [Goanet] CORPORATIONS SHOULD BE RUN BY PROFESSIONALS

2006-04-03 Thread airesrod
Hi Mario, I am obviously referring to Government owned Corporations. Aires Quoting Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Aires, Are you talking about public or government owned Corporations? How would you legally impose what you are suggesting in any private Corporation? Mario ---

[Goanet] LET THE MARINE DRIVE RAPE CASE BE A PRECEDENT

2006-04-03 Thread airesrod
The former Mumbai Marine Drive police constable Sunil More's conviction within a year of his raping a young girl goes to show that the Indian Judicial system can deliver. Though Judge K.U. Chandiwal was not presiding over a fast track court, he ensured that the trial was meticulously and speedily

[Goanet] Poetugues India banknotes

2006-04-03 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, This link shows bank notes from Portuguese India. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to view them (after the link has been opened.) Mervyn3.0 http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/countries/india.html __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail

[Goanet] Is the term defrocked derogatory?

2006-04-03 Thread gilbertlaw
With all due respects to Peter D'Souza, his explanation to his question is rather lame. Perhaps his question is just exoteric. I am not claiming that Peter made a libelous post; since I do not follow all his or other posters' post. Yet, should the Goanet administration take a stronger stand

[Goanet] NRI Meet in Dubai - My Take -- Part I

2006-04-03 Thread Eugene Correia
The NRI meet in Dubai -- My Take (Part I) by Eugene Correia The reports on the visit of the three-member team from the NRI Facilitation Centre to the Gulf is not flattering. I have no information about the meeting in Abu Dhabi. The Kuwait meeting report by Rabindra Pimenta and The Emirates

Re: [Goanet] Of Portuguese passports, migrants OCI status

2006-04-03 Thread Mario Goveia
--- ralph rau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if considering staying on in India Goans should go ahead and get the Portuguese passport, which is a superior travel document, Mario asks: Wait a minute. Not so fast. Where did you get the idea that a passport from a second rate European

[Goanet] The articles on the TGF Front Page April 4, 2006

2006-04-03 Thread jose colaco
The Goan Forum at http://www.colaco.net invites all readers of this message to review the articles on the site The articles on the TGF Front Page are as follows: Your views are welcome. Please advise IF TGF should NOT use them thanks jc === A Shocker from Chennai ! - Chetan Chauhan,

Re: [Goanet] CORPORATIONS SHOULD BE RUN BY PROFESSIONALS

2006-04-03 Thread Mario Goveia
Aires, Are you talking about public or government owned Corporations? How would you legally impose what you are suggesting in any private Corporation? Mario --- airesrod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Politics today is never a losing proposition. Profit or no profit our MPs and MLAs should not be

Re: [Goanet] Factories charged with dumping toxic waste in Goa

2006-04-03 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
Mario, I'm sure that corporations in India, have undertaken some social projects, like TATAs, etc. What I was comparing them to is Corporate America. No doubt, Corporate America is renowned for its unrelenting greed and pursuit of the greenback. But, they are also very actively involved within

Re: [Goanet] Re: Is the term defrocked derogatory?

2006-04-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 02/04/06, Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Mervyn. The dictionary definition doesn't seem to support your basic contention. While it's not a matter of pride for anyone who's been through it (the process of defrocking), it seems like a purely technical description.

[Goanet] Disgraceful Smear Job

2006-04-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It doesn't matter whether I am reliable or not, since I am not accusing someone of masquerading as someone else--a rather serious allegation. Nonsense. It absolutely matters whether you are reliable or not. You are accusing me of being unreliable, and

[Goanet] Goa's Cricket Test (V M de Malar)

2006-04-03 Thread Goanet News Service
I bought my tickets the straightforward way, by standing in line outside the Syndicate Bank in Mapuca. The windows opened five minutes late, there were already scores of locals and foreigners queued up. A couple of policemen arrived on the scene, also five minutes late, but there wasn't much

Re: [Goanet] Pre and Post 1961 Goa

2006-04-03 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Bonefacio Lopes wrote: Better or worse Mr. Afonso should be happy with his SATYAMEVA JAYATE no quarrel with him on this, while I am happy with the Portuguese rule Pre-1961, happy being in GOA being called a Goenkar and happy being called an Indian too,but i will not be a hypocrite,

Re: [Goanet] TONNY CORREIA AFONSO - PRE AND POST GOA 1961

2006-04-03 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing mythical in the current colonial with give away of billions of our resources to the neo colonials. Mario asks: Bernardo, do you have ANY IDEA what you are talking about? _ Do not post

[Goanet] A page from the Women's e-book

2006-04-03 Thread Miguel Braganza
CHAPTER 6 - GOAN WOMEN HISTORIANS By Dr. Vitor Délio Jacinto de Mendonça FÁTIMA DA SILVA GRACIAS Fátima da Silva Gracias is a Lecturer in the Department of History, Dhempe College, Panjim – Goa. She has M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in History. She is the author of three books - Health Hygiene in

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

2006-04-03 Thread Philip Thomas
I thought it might repay study if we examined the implications of Fred's theme of Navy as Landlord. Let's recap the salient excerpts for this purpose: Fred wrote: As far as the Dabolim airport goes, the Navy -- like any landlord -- is sitting pretty on an asset that few realised the value of

Re: [Goanet] Re: Re: How much emigration of the well to do took place fromGoa?

2006-04-03 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In turn, where we worked and grew up also defined our attitudes towards colonialism, 1961, out-migration, etc, etc. That's why so many East Africander Goans (or Bombay Goans) tend to be less nostalgic about the past, and are more concerned

[Goanet] Wenesday

2006-04-03 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Wednesday this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[Goanet] Goa news for April 4, 2006

2006-04-03 Thread Goanet News Service
(India Express) A scintillating hundred by the flamboyant Yuvraj Singh powered India to a 49-run victory over England in the third match of the series at the Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa on April 3. http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/cricket/20060403-4.html *** India, France hold joint naval

[Goanet] Goan Association (uk) - 1966 -2006

2006-04-03 Thread r.barreto
G.O.A UK - RUBY ANNIVERSARY Thanks to the efforts of Paul de Mendonca , the Legal and Admin Director.of G.O.A. UK , we now have a webiste at www.goauk.com - with details on the Ruby Anniversary events rene 00 The great end of life is not knowledge, but

[Goanet] AMAZING GOA!

2006-04-03 Thread JoeGoaUk
i am missing it too. = AMAZING GOA! Sun Apr 2 23:07:13 PDT 2006 I enjoy reading the Goa news every day, but what I miss the most is Amazing Goa. Why have you stopped this section? Would love to see it again. Thanks for the wonderful job you do. Andrea [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa

RE: [Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Abrilachi 3ri, 2006!

2006-04-03 Thread Meuris Gonsalves
Domnic, That was a v good msg, especially this season of Lent Claude From: domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Abrilachi 3ri, 2006! Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006

[Goanet] NRI meet in Dubai

2006-04-03 Thread Eugene Correia
Here is the full report that appeared in The Emirates Evening Post. I have carried the report as is by Daniel P. George, who is the paper's chief reporter, erred in writing Felicitation instead of Facilitation and misspelled Dourdo instead of Dourado. According to the website, Surlakar is still a

Re: [Goanet] Re: Is the term defrocked derogatory?

2006-04-03 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Mervyn. The dictionary definition doesn't seem to support your basic contention. While it's not a matter of pride for anyone who's been through it (the process of defrocking), it seems like a purely technical description.

Re: [Goanet] Pre and Post 1961 Goa

2006-04-03 Thread tonyca
Dear Mr. Bonefacio Lopes, Thank you for your extended reply to my post on the subject. Believe me when I say that I am equally disgusted with the state of affair regarding law orderin Goa. But we are a full-fedged self-governing State of the Union with our own elected Government. It is up

Re: [Goanet] Name-calling on Goanet...

2006-04-03 Thread Santosh Helekar
Frederick, Unfortunately, I am not a silent netter. But allow me to reiterate what I have said before. Please enforce Goanet rules. This is a moderated list. Please name the people who resort to repeated name-calling and personal abuse, and kick them out after an appropriate number of private and

Re: [Goanet] Name-calling on Goanet...

2006-04-03 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Frederick Noronha wrote: There's so much name-calling on Goanet these days, that one sometimes simply feels embarassed to be part of it. Mario opines: Fred, I assume you are referring to epithets. There is more than mere name-calling going on. There are some who are spreading

[Goanet] All the way from Goa Velha - 'Santa Pursao' of all 30 Saints brought to you live..

2006-04-03 Thread JoeGoaUk
As promissed, here it is 'procession of all 30 saints' which was taken on 3rd April 2006, from 6pm onwards. Soglea Santa-Bhoktani tumcher sogleamcher axirvad galum. 'May all the 30 saints bless you all' Pl forward this to your friends too partucularly from Goa Velha, they will love it. for

[Goanet] Re: Goan makes the mark

2006-04-03 Thread cornel
Gilbert Please do not keep us waiting. Is Mark closely related to you or not? Your answer should be quite easy for you to transmit. Cornel - Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Goa's premiere mailing list,estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org

[Goanet] POLICE MATTERS

2006-04-03 Thread Miguel Braganza
- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:05:24 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Forward of moderated message To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote --

Re: [Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2

2006-04-03 Thread cornel
Gabriel I like your suggestion re the A to Z etc. However, I really would like to see rigorous corruption free driving tests in Goa. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabriel de Figueiredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday,

[Goanet] Re: Goan makes the mark

2006-04-03 Thread George Pinto
Cornel, In response to my question if Mark was his son-in-law, Glibert wrote Hi George and Santosh, Thank you and I will pass on your good wishes and congratulations to our Supurlo Salgaumcar. Gilbert, see Cornel's query below. Regards, George --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George,

[Goanet] Indian Expat Football League

2006-04-03 Thread Gulf International Promotions
SIOLIM UNITED , ST MARYS SHINE ON FIRST DAY UAE INDIAN EXPAT FOOTBALL LEAGUE Siolim United and St Marys boys out played their opponents in the opening round of the First UAE Indian Expat Football League played at the Dubai Club for special sports. Organized by Gulf International

[Goanet] Re: Re: How much emigration of the well to do took place fromGoa?

2006-04-03 Thread Frederick Noronha
Hi Cornel, As usual, you raise interesting and important issues. It's crucial for the Goan community to understand its past and its peculiarities, if it wishes to go ahead in the 21st century, rather than always live looking over its shoulder ... Maybe I oversimplified things by suggesting the

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Abrilachi 4ti, 2006!

2006-04-03 Thread domnic fernandes
Thodde pavtti Dev adar divnk uxir korta amchea bavarthachi porikxea ghevnk ani amchea magnneanchem boll follovnk. (God sometimes delays His help to test our faith and energize our prayers. Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA

[Goanet] Goan Carnival in Melbourne - Melbourne Lord Mayor abdicates his throne for Goan King Momo

2006-04-03 Thread Oscar Hazel Lobo
Melbourne, February 25: It was loads of fun when the Goans in Melbourne got together for the great Carnival-a-la-Goa. The first Goan Carnival Dinner Dance night aptly named the 'Red and Black Nite' was celebrated today at the Kingston City Hall with much fanfare. Intense prudence went into

[Goanet] Name-calling on Goanet...

2006-04-03 Thread Frederick Noronha
There's so much name-calling on Goanet these days, that one sometimes simply feels embarassed to be part of it. One the one hand, we have a bunch of critics who shout censored whenever a post (relevant or otherwise, even if clearly violative of the rules) is rejected. On the other hand, the active

Re: [Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 1

2006-04-03 Thread Edward Verdes
Besides this the driver has to have good road manners. In Saudi/Gulf the driver will stop the vehicle and let the pedestrian cross the road. One cannot see the same in India, and in Goa if you are slow they pass rude comments as Bhattant pasoiek eilam baie? (have u come for a walk).. Rosto

[Goanet] LET THE MARINE LINES RAPE CASE BE A PRECEDENT

2006-04-03 Thread airesrod
The former Mumbai Marine Lines police constable Sunil More's conviction within a year of his raping a young girl goes to show that the Indian Judicial system can deliver. Though Judge K.U. Chandiwal was not presiding over a fast track court, he ensured that the trial was meticulously and speedily

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa's high middle class migratrions (Late 19th-Early20th century)

2006-04-03 Thread cornel
Tetonio Thanks again. You are absolutely right on the point you make below. I had overlooked those well- to-do folks who left Goa for mainland India because of political persecution. Yes, any information (as framed by Tetonio) from Tony Correia-Afonso on the post 1890 election 'massacre'

[Goanet] Air-India Express to start Intl Flights to Manglore

2006-04-03 Thread Edward Verdes
Air India Express Calls Tender for International Flight Handling in Mangalore Civil Aviation Grants Immigration and Customs Facility to Mangalore Airport Mangalore, April 3: A few weeks ago when Air India Express did their ground feasibility study of International flights landing at Mangalore

[Goanet] Fred's Bluff: THE BUZZARD, BAT AND BUMBLEBEE

2006-04-03 Thread Miguel Braganza
- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:02:34 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Forward of moderated message To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fred's Bluff drew some interesting responses from both Gabriel and Fred. In

Re: [Goanet] COUNTDOWN FOR ODI - FATORDA BEGINS

2006-04-03 Thread Edward Verdes
Fake passes mar Goa ODI http://web.mid-day.com/sports/international/2006/april/134454.htm Margao: The Goa police have busted a fake complementary passes scam for the third India-England one-dayer today. In 2001, the Goa Cricket Association came under scanner after a fake ticket scam was

[Goanet] AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP - Abrilachi 3ri, 2006!

2006-04-03 Thread domnic fernandes
Magnneantlean, Dev tuvem sanglelea poros vodik aikota; tuvem maglelea poros ani tuje khoxe poros vodik dita; Devak fokot tujea kallzachi goroz. (Through prayers, God hears more than you say; God answers more than you ask, gives you more than you desire, all God needs is your heart.)