[Goanet]My Quest For Shiva.

2005-03-12 Thread eric pinto
Its pronounced Sheev, said a New York Jew to me, sternly, one does not cross paths with Him who is both creator and destroyer, he continued : my friend is right i think, on all counts. Hindus revere him for much the same reason, and Jews invite friends to 'sit Shiva', a prayer gathering held a we

[Goanet]Language lesson for Francesca !

2005-03-17 Thread eric pinto
We share the word for Heaven - its Svorog in both Russian and Konkanni, but our Valhalla i am convinced is far superior, but when it comes to vodoka it's quite a different matter - we save ours for Cecil's watermelon patch ! Not to worry Ses, promise you a quart of the real thing, soon !! e

[Goanet]In Kosovo, not Goa.

2005-03-24 Thread eric pinto
>From the New York Times, March 24 : Bajram Kosumi was sworn in as Prime Minister, replacing Ramush Haradinaj who has been arrested. Serb general Vinko Pandurevich has been taken into custody by the the Tribunal at the Hague. Since names are a now topic of discussion, i wondered about adding

[Goanet]Boomoi !!

2005-03-25 Thread eric pinto
Urb Prima of India, its the Goan's fond name for his second hometown of two centuries. Mumbadevi has been around for millenia, Bom Baim is now a footnote in history. Governor Pombal had refused to surrender it to King Charles, the new British Governor was held marooned on Anjediva - it took a ye

[Goanet]Bombay Dock Explosion.

2005-04-16 Thread eric pinto
It claimed the lives of a hundred and forty odd firemen, a plaque at the Claire Road firehouse remembers them. A propeller blade, 300 pounds, landed on the hockey ground of St.Xaviers School, two miles as the crow flies - it was mounted on a pedestal and placed on our beloved 'marble' ground, with

Re: [Goanet]Goa's Stealth Transformation - by VM in Herald

2005-04-19 Thread eric pinto
Hi Cecil, sent Steve the article, he said it was 500 rupees, credit to your new account ! They think Rats was the one who poisoned John Paul 1. Eric. --- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Below is the full text of the article by V.M. in > Herald. it has been posted > here with his permi

[Goanet]New Pope.

2005-04-19 Thread eric pinto
No friend of Pe. Jose Vaz !! Feni for George and me, a small quart for Cecil, will beat up on Gibert Lawrence i run into him next in prison town Attica !! eric. __ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! ht

[Goanet]It Was Port Wine !!

2005-04-19 Thread eric pinto
Actually Gilbert, George is just back home from Lisbon, where my cousin Alano treated him to a bunch of home made Porto. Alano is with Nato Intelligence at the Lisboa Naval Base, a three language cypher man, he has all the dope on our friends in Roma !!er

[Goanet]Fishy Habits - Cecil !!

2005-04-26 Thread eric pinto
For Mandovi 'Pescador' Cecil - two pounds of choice North Atlantic bacalao, courtesy of New England Azorenos out of Cape Cod - naturally ! As for male nuns: would be postulants could apprentice with Wendell - an easier makeover of dress 'habits' !! eric. __

[Goanet]Global Warming - It helped, but then - - - -

2005-05-11 Thread eric pinto
The journal Scientific American made a startling claim last month - that grain grows in Europe and North America at present courtesy of the warming that results from human activity, enough for now to neutralize a temperature drop expected just five years into this new ice-age, three degrees centig

[Goanet]Kannan - Canan, Mr. Kannan take note !!

2005-05-16 Thread eric pinto
Kannan is what the Ugariths called the area of upper Egypt that came to seized from the Philistines by Avram's Yoddh bands from Iraq. The name was Anglicised to Cannan a little before Lawrence of Arabia arrived in the neighbourhood to remake geography. The Yodhs were relentless movers: we can ta

[Goanet]NYTimes.com: DNA Study Yields Clues on First Migration of Early Humans

2005-05-19 Thread eric pinto
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SCIENCE | May 13, 2005 DNA Study Yields Clues on First Migration of Early Humans By NICHOLAS WADE By studying the DNA of an ancient people in Malaysia, a team of geneticists says it has illuminated many aspects of how modern humans migrated from A

[Goanet]Free Seed.

2005-05-20 Thread eric pinto
Fruit/Veggies - sign up here. Eric. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

Re: [Goanet](no subject)

2005-05-21 Thread eric pinto
If available here, will mail, send me a list of what you you would like to plant. Eric. --- celes fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > free seed how do i get it? > Pls let me know > > Regards > > > > __ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail w

[Goanet]Free Seed !

2005-05-22 Thread eric pinto
--And pennies from Heaven ! Fred was right - i was cryptic, but dont blame me, i'm from the Bronx ! We do have have the famous Bronx Botanical Garden however, with Palms and banana trees under glass roofs - a Moidecar would be moved to tears ! I have told a few who inquired to send me a list, wi

Re: [Goanet]The "Cecil" Water melon ?!

2005-05-23 Thread eric pinto
. --- V Fading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heya Eric Pinto, > > Dunno much about seeds n stuffbut i can tell u > one thing Goa has enuf > of ?...dats da "Cecil" Watermelonthey package it > Expressively n send it > out to cheer people in and around G

[Goanet]Matthew 13 - Thank you, Cecil !

2005-05-25 Thread eric pinto
Not sure if i should accept the elevation, but mother would have been pleased ! I hope i live long enough, dont go to seed, and do my share of planting in Goa and the rest of India some day. An idea - backyard coffee, and even tea, make sense at our latitude.eric. ___

[Goanet]Learn Tamil, Speak Basque !!

2005-05-25 Thread eric pinto
They call themselves the Uzkhaddi, it is Vasco locally, i have no idea of the Basque word origin, guess we can blame our Cecil again, and as the Spanish would say, Berry good. They have 400 words in common with Tamil, and not one with Sanskrit, so Indo-European eludes them. They are the sole survi

[Goanet]Ismael Merchant Dies.

2005-05-25 Thread eric pinto
At 68, in London. His Shakespearwalla brought the revered Kendalls to India, introduced Sashi Kapoor to his beloved Felicity and made them all Goa lovers and residents. He told us of a big debt to St. Xavier's College in Bombay, wrote a large in New York to prove it. RIP.eric.

[Goanet]Ugharit - Truth in Labelling !!

2005-05-26 Thread eric pinto
Thank you, Alfredo. Since the edict applies to merchandise, i am free to disclaim a connection and tell you my language is called 'Culture', if you get the picture: in much the same vein, the Oxford tome on lexicon claims a "indo-european" origin for precursor words that are so clearly sanskrit.

Re: [Goanet]Ismael Merchant Dies.

2005-05-26 Thread eric pinto
ifer that Sashi Kapoor got married to, I > think, as Jennifer Kendall was still in London in > the > 1980s acting in many a TV role ... > > Cheers, > > Gabriel. > > --- eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 68, in London. His Shakespearwalla brought

[Goanet]NYTimes.com: Ismail Merchant, Producer of Sumptuous and Literate Films, Dies at 68

2005-05-27 Thread eric pinto
By WARREN HOGE Published: May 26, 2005 Ismail Merchant, whose filmmaking collaboration with James Ivory created a genre of films with visually sumptuous settings that told literate tales of individuals trying to adapt to shifting societal values, died yesterday in a London hospital. He was 68

Re: [Goanet]Ismael Merchant Dies - Correction

2005-05-29 Thread eric pinto
- Gabriel de Figueiredo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Eric, > > > > It was Jennifer that Sashi Kapoor got married to, > I > > think, as Jennifer Kendall was still in London in > > the > > 1980s acting in many a TV role ... > > >

[Goanet]For Cecil, Holiday from Hedonland.

2005-06-02 Thread eric pinto
Because of my LARGE returns from an investment in a certain "late evening" business in Nevada, i will send Cecil and family to Kashmir before the rains - unless Mervyn beats my offer before sunset !!eric. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo

Re: [Goanet]Re: For Cecil, Holiday from Hedonland

2005-06-02 Thread eric pinto
his 'nostalgia' postings. Perhaps, in his case, > we should pledge to buy a few copies of his book > when it comes out. > > > --- eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Because of my LARGE returns from an investment in > a > > certain &qu

[Goanet]British Indians.

2005-06-08 Thread eric pinto
That we wuz - until Enoch Powell cried foul !! P and O graciously ferried a million and a half Punjabies to the mother country until 1965 or so, when the Midlands raised Cain and went to war with Harold Wilson. The Caledonia, Circassia and Cilicia sailed out of Bombay's Mole Station every three

Re: [Goanet]A certain Dr Willy!

2005-06-08 Thread eric pinto
I feel your pain, don't get me wrong, but this whole thing is a drag, you do make sense most of the times, but how far does this near Quixotic quest for vindication go, or is it really flagellation: i want to believe otherwise. eric. --- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jose, > I note

[Goanet]NYTimes.com: Jon Idígoras, 69, a Founder of the Herri Batasuna Basque Party, Is Dead

2005-06-08 Thread eric pinto
Hari - Hare - Hurree - Herri !! MADRID, June 5 - Jon Idígoras, a founder of the Basque separatist party that is considered the political arm of the militant group ETA, died Friday at the Vicente San Sebastián de Deusto Clinic in Bilbao, Spain. He was 69, and lived in nearby Amorebieta. The c

[Goanet]NYTimes.com: Sage Advice in Archaeology: Think Like a Neanderthal

2005-06-09 Thread eric pinto
Early evidence, for Cornell !! About three years ago, Dr. Ana Pinto, an archaeologist at Arizona State University, was driving past a natural outcropping in northwest Spain and - screech! - she put the brake to her car. She had just spotted a limestone cave that she sensed might have once b

Re: [Goanet]Engelbert Humperdinck...

2005-06-15 Thread eric pinto
Hello Alfred, Englebert - now 63, born Cecil Darcy i think, aunt a nun who survives in Goa; the Wall Street Journal placed him at 600 million dollars, all i hear is shud up when i sing in the shower ! eric. --- Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been told, on good authori

Re: [Goanet]Is Zubin Mehta really a Goan?

2005-06-16 Thread eric pinto
Zubin then went on to study at St.Xaviers College in Bombay, where he dropped out after the first year. His dad's goal for him was med-school, his public excuse was he disdained dissecting frogs, but it is known that he clashed with a Spanish Jesuit on staff, and has since turned down invitations t

[Goanet]Masons today.

2005-06-17 Thread eric pinto
Always rich, usually older men, into a little bit of fun, to which they are entitled, and a much bigger bit of charity - very quietly, yes, they have come a long way over a thousand years: from a guild of craftsmen, to hired assassins, to Prime Ministers - socialist Attlee was the first 'taverner'

Re: [Goanet]Of Humperdinck, 'Indians' and Hollywood

2005-06-21 Thread eric pinto
Leigh was probably Anglo-Indian, as in let's say, Anglo-Argentinian - there are 100,000 of them in Argentina, full blooded Anglos who were born there. Oberon was Eurasian: her mother could not pass for white, so she told her friends she was her maid, the only way to survive in 1950 America. Marrie

Re: [Goanet]What if Zubin's heart is in Goa?

2005-06-22 Thread eric pinto
The 'Chinese' in Merle Oberon was probably 'Assamese' ! Our North-East was more productive of Eurasians than any other region of India - Calcutta was Britain's first India capital, and Shillong's belles made for a steamy pick of aphrodisia petals and Lipton plantation camellia leaves: okay, Cecil,

Re: [Goanet]Susie a Goan?

2005-06-23 Thread eric pinto
Her late father, who i have met, was with the World Bank in Washington. She is a niece of the Conductor, Caesar Coelho and Prof. Yvette Coelho Aguiar - all Porvorim Nobles. Yvette, 90, founded the Alliance Francaise de Westchester, New York, fifteen years ago. eric. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Goanet]New York Goans.

2005-06-23 Thread eric pinto
Picnicked at a nice beach park last sunday around a large table topped with pulao and sorpotel and Indian treats and feni. There were guitars and old songs and a even a few games. They also elected a new Committee for the year: Peter D'Souza D.Phil. was proposed for President by Ramesh Mehta and

Re: [Goanet]Re: Freedom Fighters.

2005-06-29 Thread eric pinto
The issue here is hate-speech, both Veronica and 'Bernardo' have vaulted that line. There are "Christian" states that would have stripped them of their citizenship, and i suspect Mr. Macao is not one to start with: to borrow from him - innit !! Veronica can worship in an Indian temple, he may no

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 raise

[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 bus

Re: [Goanet]The Old Witch

2005-07-01 Thread eric pinto
Dont panic, folks, Jim was only referring to a NY Goan innovation: we celebrate Halloween twice each year !! eric. --- Jim Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I thought Henry Kissinger was a respectable man > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/nixon_india > > B

[Goanet]Bombay - Bremen Bright Lights !

2005-07-01 Thread eric pinto
Yes Mario, that i was, Bremen's back bay, but only because our Tom cat was out prowling, past Angeles time, and grandmother was firm on that rule !! Care to remember our happy triangle in Bombay - would you believe it was created by a Goan woman: Dr. Myrtle Noronha, a memmber of the City Counc

Re: [Goanet]Wallflowers at a party

2005-07-13 Thread eric pinto
She 'Be' real, Cecil, Viv is from Manhattan's 'Clinton' neighbourhood, and Len Bernstein's role model for Maria in 'West Side Story': and by the way, just as lovely as Rita Moreno !! --- Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ??? > > Cecil, you're beginning to scare me. > > Viviana-GHE/RE/G

Re: [Goanet]RE: Graphic details

2005-07-15 Thread eric pinto
Pickled Prose !! He must treat friends to great tripe - chitterlings here in the US of A.eric. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Radhakrishnan, > > Wow! Are you serious? > Carlos > > -Original Message- > From: Radhakrishnan Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: goanet@goanet.org > Sent: Fri,

Re: [Goanet]A call for ACTION to the leader of World Goa Day, Rene Barretto

2005-07-19 Thread eric pinto
Divisive !! Try Canyon - none of the women in my life - my grandmother, my mother , my aunts, would let you, or Gabe, for that matter, past the front door, even as the men, certainly my dad, would solicit your company and that of Brahmin killjoys, in a taverna: more questions, Gabe ?

Re: [Goanet]A call for ACTION to the leader of World Goa Day, Rene Barretto

2005-07-20 Thread eric pinto
Looking to trade ? make the grade ! --- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19/07/05, eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Divisive !! Try Canyon - none of the women in my > life > > - my grandmother, my mother , my aunts, would let

[Goanet]Re: Re Anti- Village Panchayat (Bernado Colaco)

2005-07-24 Thread eric pinto
Its a crying shame, Gerry, it's incorrigibility, part of the 'paranoid syndrome'. The man lives in 'occupied Macao', but his perverted logic leaves him with no qualms about being ruled by Mao's henchmen ! A European woman now calls the shots in New Delhi, an 'occupier' by his slant on polit

[Goanet]Cecil and Mervyn.

2005-07-25 Thread eric pinto
It was a classic case of Cuban entrappment, and to get even, one of my gas outfits will pay Merv a lower rate at the Calgary well-head, it should show in the august distribution cheque: now will i hear 'Peking duck' from Cecil ! The Adik-Randak range seperates Ney York from Ontario; the Mohakks,

[Goanet]Deek !!

2005-07-25 Thread eric pinto
Sap, in both Konkanni and the Mohawk languages ! The maple tree, for the syrup, could probably be grown in Kashmir. eric. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

RE: [Goanet]Deek !!

2005-07-26 Thread eric pinto
lands --- eric. --- Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org > >To: goanet@goanet.org > >Subject: [Goanet]Deek !! > >Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:47:31 -0700 (PDT) > > > >

Re: [Goanet]Re: Re: Re: britain and immigrants

2005-07-30 Thread eric pinto
Sadly, very sadly, Freds' is a voice in the wilderness. It helps if one learns to laugh at one's self, i hear that frequently in the US, and they do follow that advise a great deal. eric. --- "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rene Barreto wrote: > > > Mr. Nair , > > I bel

[Goanet]Dinesh D'Sousa -- Assagao !!

2005-08-04 Thread eric pinto
Socolvaddo !! Raised in family owned home, Dr. Peter Dias Road, St. Andrews - Bandra, steps from the home of Victor Goveia Pinto, across the street from netter/Sangolda social worker Edwin Pinto. His father Francis proudly displayed the family picture with big Ron, in the Oval Office.

Re: [Goanet]NEWS: Prized solar shrimp hunt begins in Goa (Business Standard)

2005-08-05 Thread eric pinto
Dont mind paying a dollar a kilo ! That piece on Bombay was nice. Bet Marushka has me in a plot to keep you away from her, glad it will hurt her feelings. *Eric. --- Goanet News Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.business-standard.com/smartinvestor/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu6&leftin

[Goanet]Of Shrimp, and a Lobster 'Tale' .

2005-08-05 Thread eric pinto
Apologies in place for the post - it was meant for family. In the late 60's, we dissected lobster tops in college, the extra lab fee for each of them was half a rupee. I took home a bag of intact tails, only to hear my mother announce they were not kosher enough for her kitchen ! Our live in help

[Goanet] Gourdon's Confectionary.

2006-02-28 Thread eric pinto
Its staff entirely Goan, it was a little outpost of our food culture, on Churchgate Street in Bombay. Emile Gourdon was one of a small band of European First War veterans who stayed on in the East, and he used his French culinary skills to cater to an eager British clientele in the gay 30's and 40

[Goanet] A Goan in Havana.

2006-03-26 Thread eric pinto
New Yorker Patricia Pereira, a Newsweek editor, single when her marriage of two decades ended, was on a special assignment to Cuba - interview the island's el Mighty. The story line could not have a more special ending: it's been five years now, and to keep her busy, he found her a very special

[Goanet] Viva Cecil !!

2006-03-29 Thread eric pinto
He did it again !! However, as an early investor in Cecil Inc., i get to keep the royalties !! And on a personal note, my soft corner for the name can be traced to an uncle, Cecil Pinto: his early (1955) act of double 'treason' meant splitting abodes - London and Lisbon. His children went 'P

[Goanet] A "Jumbo" Tale !!

2006-04-04 Thread eric pinto
But first, i wonder if Joe can find me a moon rocket, i can no longer afford my daughter !! Here's a 747 story to swallow: This week, Andhraman "Dr" Paul made the NY Times twice, he claimed he had arranged for asylum in Ethiopia for a nice fellow named Charles Taylor. A self styled evang

[Goanet] New Marine Lines.

2006-04-04 Thread eric pinto
Anyone out there remember the beautiful homes on the stretch from the Mirabelle Hotel to the US Inf. Svc. liabrary -- all replaced by office buildings in the 70's. Netter Gerson DaCunha lived in one of them !! eric.

[Goanet] Re: New Marine Lines.

2006-04-05 Thread eric pinto
lue Nile Nite Club ! Fatima: dinner there for two, or the Goa branch, soon as i find the street no. for Casal Gracias !eric. Herman D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: can u give me more precise info which place u talking about. --- eric pinto wrote:

[Goanet] Portuguese Names.

2006-05-23 Thread eric pinto
I will sound like a broken record to many of you as i harp on Ugarit, again ! That mother of all kingdoms faded into history in 3000 BC, along with it's last kings - Ammit and Ammitappu. It covered what would become the eSyria Levant today, but it drew on the Nile Delta for its early people

[Goanet] Goans Plot In New Jersey.

2005-12-12 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] Cheapest fares London - Goa and back

2006-01-02 Thread Eric Pinto
me ? Wishing all A Happy New Year 2006. Eric Pinto -- |Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | || | Support

[Goanet] Victor Menezes, Retiree !!

2006-01-03 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] NYTimes.com: From Bacteria to Us: What Went Right When Humans Started to Evolve?

2006-01-06 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] NYTimes.com: Milky Way and Neighbor Seen to Merge

2006-01-11 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] NY Times: Curry, Unhurried

2006-01-19 Thread eric pinto
Curry, Unhurried By LESLIE LAND Published: January 19, 2006 Q. I have a young curry leaf tree that I plan to move outdoors in summer and back indoors in fall. Is there a way to keep it small so I don't have to keep giving it larger pots, making it too big to move? A. In this case, good care a

[Goanet] A PLANT NURSERY IN FLORIDA.

2006-02-02 Thread eric pinto
TOPTROPICALS.COM Click on "fruit trees" for interesting pictures of mango trees and the fruit. eric. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[Goanet] Fwd: NYTimes.com: In the Victorian Raj, Some Took Their Gin With Integrity

2006-02-22 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] In the Victorian Raj, Some Took Their Gin With Integrity - NY Times

2006-02-24 Thread eric pinto
In the Victorian Raj, Some Took Their Gin With Integrity - NY Times By WILLIAM GRIMES Published: February 17, 2006 In the palmy days when the sun never set on the British Empire, India was, in Disraeli's famous phrase, the jewel in the crown. Its vast territory, encompassing modern India, Pakis

Re: [Goanet]Goanet Reader: Against the tide, Nalini de Sousa...

2005-09-06 Thread eric pinto
A million Bernados, how do i arrive at a million times zero !! eric. --- halur rasho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Worth more than a million Bernados and Colacos, this > one. > > --- Goanet Reader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > AGAINST THE TIDE: NALINI De SOUSA, WHO EMBARKED ON > A > > R

[Goanet] Dabolim versus Mopa controversy

2005-09-11 Thread Eric Pinto
mechanisation should be a good idea. Eric Pinto

[Goanet] Dabolim versus Mopa controversy

2005-09-11 Thread Eric Pinto
should be a good idea. Eric Pinto

Re: [Goanet] Any Goan in Cape Town?

2005-09-15 Thread eric pinto
20,000 Ratnagiri muslims, fifth generation expats in the Cape, told the 1990 census they spoke konkani. I am willing to bet they have little use for the Roman, Africaanar, Governor Durbao (Durban !!), or any other script that so alters and demeans an historical tongue. eric. --- Valmiki Fa

[Goanet] Agnelo, Tom -- and Goa.

2005-09-16 Thread eric pinto
Agnelo loves people, i know, i have experienced his largesse ! He and Maria have raised six lovely American children, all very accomplished. Agnelo, they would love to edit your prose, you only have to ask ! Tom belongs to the very first group to graduate from the very first College of Enginee

Re: [Goanet] Re; D D Kosambi

2005-09-19 Thread eric pinto
Upsaala - the very original Teutonic heaven, then the original University town in Sweden: Upsala Catholic University of the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, actually closed its doors fifteen years ago. It had served us well, attracting priests from India who arrived there for grduate studies.

[Goanet] 'Lawless IT' only in Goa ?

2005-09-30 Thread Eric Pinto
When the Left CM Bhattarachaya went Far East he allegedly promised indusrty leaders there much more than what Rane is promising our IT companies here. And the Left strike paralysed the poor much more than the rich on 29th September. A poor, sick child headed for Bambolim hospital in a public transp

[Goanet] Boosting cashew production

2005-10-04 Thread Eric Pinto
a machine could till, sow and also reap. I know the land holdings are small, but if the Agriculture Dept could hire out such a machine , I am sure it would boost our agricultural produce. What say, Miguel ? Eric Pinto

Re: [Goanet] Visa Woes

2005-10-04 Thread eric pinto
I believe it is our Embassy in Germany. The reason is probable mischief on the part of the ex-Lisbon group who reside there. India knows the Khalistans, bred and brewed in the West, and are not likely to look the other way. A few a-holes are now responsible for what will affect us all. Think of t

[Goanet] Agnelo Gomes, Good Buddy !!

2005-10-13 Thread eric pinto
I admit to not meeting one more genial than him, and generous to the core, besides. I am baffled by the other side he choses to display, but have decided that he entitled to his eccentricity. I chose to offer a friends counsel, i hope he accets it. India chose a direct solution to the politica

[Goanet] Thank you, George.

2005-10-25 Thread eric pinto
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Re: [Goanet] Re: amazing Goa corrections 2

2005-11-02 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] JCA - Thank you , Theo.

2005-11-09 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] Re: Democracy, China, India etc / Solutions!

2005-11-14 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] Humane Slaughter.

2005-11-17 Thread eric pinto
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RE: [Goanet] Portuguese Names.

2006-05-25 Thread eric pinto
s the company, nice web site.  Best,  Eric.Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Eric,My eldest daughter's name is Alva Maura, but nothing oflevantine origin:We concocted it from Alfred and my wife, Eva.But Maura, my mother's name I believe has.Could you please inform?Alfred>

[Goanet] Our Language Saga, Vowel Wars.

2006-06-07 Thread eric pinto
A Barcelona Jesuit, Pe. Jorda, published a Konkanni-English in the 40's, perhaps a first for the language. He was transferred to Brazil in the 50's, where he served out his teaching career. I want to believe that he conducted Konkanni classes for children there, and he likely did ! Perh

[Goanet] Re: Fr. Jorda and Loyola High School

2006-06-07 Thread eric pinto
Thank you, Teo, much appreciate. 'Last link' Rev. Apolinario Pinto was my father's first cousin, and he may be linked to the School's loss of it's accreditation: all 7000 of us will keep that a secret ! He was a Rachol aluno, but had acquired english at some stage, unlike other priests in

[Goanet] Re: Our Language Saga, Vowel Wars.

2006-06-07 Thread eric pinto
Thank you, Valmiki, have enjoyed your writing too ! I have much regard for Yorrick and irmao, but am not kin. Cardiology for me involves one's that have alas stopped beating - a registry of diseased specimens in jars, of special infection interest. Will try and get you a book on language/

[Goanet] Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: Top Bush Adviser on Medicare Says He'll Return to Louisiana

2003-02-14 Thread eric pinto
Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com --- Begin Message --- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Top Bush Adviser on M

[Goanet] Indian Gov for Louisiana.

2003-02-15 Thread eric pinto
The US state derives its name from the then king of French who had settled the American west. Our friends in Lusitania started life in Morocco as Lazitanees, not sure if they were Phoenician(Afro-Egyptian), or Berber, the Indo-Europeans who carried and still use our Amharic-Brahmi script as far

[Goanet] Iraq's Sanskrit Tombstones.

2003-04-06 Thread eric pinto
For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com In Baghdad, in the North Gate War Cemetery,amidst long rows of regimental tombstones, General Stanley Maudes tombed mausoleum at the center, an obelisk is i

[Goanet]Re. Seminar in Goa.

2003-08-21 Thread eric pinto
To friends who wrote me:i am sorry, but the Research organisation will allot the seats i hope to provide. I did not post the message on Goa net, it does not accept my html afflicted AOL address !! I only wrote Research, and it ended up on the Net, Maria Gracias owes me a very cold beer !!

[Goanet]Tellis a Goan ?

2003-08-28 Thread eric pinto
If he is the Ashley Tellis who went to St. Xaviers School in the 60's, then he is the brother of Viv Tellis the Dentist, and a nephew of the venerable Dr. Stanley Patrao, the man who delivered half of south Bombays Goan babies: only they were dear Mangalorian friends of our family !! Ashley was

[Goanet]Vinegar -- Europe Only ??!!

2003-09-11 Thread eric pinto
WE call it sheergo/sheerko, and it goes by the same label in Persia and Afghanistan. Given our Kandahari origins, i am sure we Saraswats were familiar with the liquid millenia before chef Vasco made port in Calicut !eric. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilde

RE: [Goanet]Vinegar -- Europe Only ??!!

2003-09-13 Thread eric pinto
thousand years, perhaps, but will leave it to the next generation.eric. --- C Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric, > > Could you be kind enough to explain the meaning of > "i am sure we Saraswats" > ? > > With kind regards, > >

[Goanet]NYTIMES - How Planets are Born.

2004-12-21 Thread eric pinto
An interesting article, "Watching as Dusky Disks Slowly Turn into Planets" , NYTIMES.COM , Dec.21st., new abode for Cornel/Marlon !!eric. __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com

[Goanet]Whats in a Name: Take Ten !

2004-02-21 Thread eric pinto
There are nations and towns whose popular but Anglicised names bear no link to what their natives care to label themselves, and so, the first person who tells us what the Finns, Hungarians, Armenians and Moscovites call their homes makes ten US Dollars, cash or ki

Re: [Goanet]Re: Whats in a Name: Take Ten !

2004-02-22 Thread eric pinto
> newspaper from Kerala > manages to pack in so much information at such an > affordable price... so > much for the Goan attitude of looking down on > others.) FN > > > --- eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There are nations and towns whose popul

Re: [Goanet]Whats in a Name: Take Ten !

2004-02-22 Thread eric pinto
A blatant attempt on the part of this no- Angeleno to extort a thousand for Sudharop ! Should we let him get away with it - polls open, you on the line, George! eric, --- eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are nations and towns whose popular but > > Anglicised

[Goanet]On Assimilating Gods.

2004-04-04 Thread eric pinto
Ancient Ugarit, 10,000 BC to 2000 BC, covered what today is Turkey, Syria and much of the Levant. It's last three kings were Ammitamru, Ammit and Ammurapi. Chief god EL shared the skies with Shaddei and Barith, with Baal, Ashera and Yam playing lesser roles. They posed a challenge to the newly

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