[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * July 10, 2005 * Remembering Ermelinda Cardoso, in Hindi films generations ago

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[Goanet]Indian Navy commissions new training unit

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=94918&n_date=20050707&cat=India Indian Navy commissions new training unit:- New Delhi | July 07, 2005 8:43:39 PM IST New Delhi, July 7 : The Indian Navy Thursday commissioned a squadron to train its pilots to fly the Sea Harrier jump jet air

[Goanet][OFFTOPIC] Drumsticks ... via the Internet!

Does Goa have lessons to learn from here? FN Drumstick farmer puts Sinnar on the global map http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Drumstick+puts+Sinnar+on+the+global+map&id=75654Drumstick farmer puts Sinnar on the global map --

[Goanet]Make the Goanet moderators' lives easier...

A request to posters: * Please don't violate the list guidelines and rules while posting [1] * Please don't post in MIME/HTML format, but use plain-text only * Please don't re-post a long section of an already-posted text to Goanet, as this only wasts bandwidth. FN [1] See a copy at http://www

[Goanet][OFFTOPIC] News from/about Portugal..

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/09/content_458736.htm Drought-hit Portugal battles wildfires, homes threatened (Agencies) Updated: 2005-07-09 11:17 Hundreds of firefighters were battling several wildfires in central and northern Portugal which threatened homes and forced the clos

[Goanet]Do you use GNU/Linux? If so, do sign up on the Linux Counter...

Do you feel priviledged to belong to the global community of GNU/Linux users? Would you like to say a 'thank you' to tens of thousands of volunteers who have helped to create this system, in some small way? Please record your gratitude by signing up at the Linux Counter, http://groups.ya

[Goanet]Re: Caste adverts

> GL wrote: Fred's and other's caste-beef appears to be not for caste > but "disparity" in society. This issue of disparity is and will > always be there Dear GL: Are you deliberately/unintentionally misquoting me, or have I expressed myself so poorly, that I've confused my stand over the ma

[Goanet]Re: Goans, GoaNet and caste

Cecil Pinto wrote: > What Frederick Noronha thinks: > Fernandes from Chinchinim? M! Must find out what caste they are. > What Frederick Noronha does: > Opens his indexed database. Enters "Fernandes" and "Chinchinim" and > finds out what caste family your sister-in-laws married into.

[Goanet]July 8, 1497...

Too late for me ;-) because it's already July 9 here. But perhaps on time for those where the dateline works differently... Wikipedia reminds me: Selected anniversaries July 8: 1497 - Vasco da Gama set sail on the first direct European voyage to India. See details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes (In Brief * July 8-9, 2005 *** Sardinha elected Goa Speaker

--- G o a n e t * News Bytes In Brief * July 8-9, 2005 --- July 9, 2005 o Sardinha elected unopposed as Speaker. Victoria is deputy speaker. Election is 'illegal' clai

[Goanet][OFFTOPIC] Water-waste economy - [CSE fortnightly news bulletin - July 7 edition]]

Might be relevant for Goa... Forwarded Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:50:30 +0530 CSE's Fortnightly News Bulletin = An e-bulletin from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India, to our network of friends and prof

[Goanet]Re: How will the left wingers spin this?

From: Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet]How will the left wingers spin this? > ..."Let's see how the BBC, The Guardian, the NYT, the > Toronto Globe & Mail, Toronto Star and others on the > left will spin the outrage in London Tariq Ali is both a left-winger and of Muslim orig

Re: Re: [Goanet]Caste adverts.

obably born with a golden spoon in mouth! So, today, while Christians (including Catholics) continue to face the ravages of having a caste system operating within their society, those who suffer from it are not entitled to any affirmative action as 'scheduled castes'. (They can be categorised as 'other backward classes' though, for lesser benefits.) FN -- Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Independent Journalist

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * July 7, 2005 * A 15-year-old rescues a drowning 3-1.2 year old

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[Goanet]London bombings... some links in cyberspace

Some great links from Wikipedia: * IRA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRA * March 20, 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin_gas_attack_on_the_Tokyo_subway * 1995 Islamist terror bombings in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1

[Goanet]FEATURE: Pereiras, Gonsalves make it to Bollywood

Pereiras, Gonsalves make it to Bollywood By: Ashutosh Shukla June 24, 2005 Amrita Rao Bandra is well-known for housing some of Bollywood’s most famous celebs, but it’s the aspiring

[Goanet]Wikipedia... giving a comprehensive report on London explosions

Wikipedia is covering a number of angles of the London explosions. Just one example below. There's much more! FN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings Economic impact Wikinews Wikinews has news related to this article: Financial markets react to London blasts Economic effects

[Goanet]Timeline of the London bomb blasts...

http://edstrong.blog-city.com/london_bomb_blasts_timeline.htm London Bomb Blasts: Timeline « H » Breaking News ::Everything European ::Islam Challenges The West :: email link A series of coordinated bomb blasts have hit central London today, at the height of the morning rush hour.

[Goanet]Phenomenal woman: Sashikala Govekar

Phenomenal woman: Sashikala Govekar On a search for its Woman of the Year, the Goan newspaper Gomantak Times came across the extraordinary Sashikala Govekar, a fisherwoman who breathes life into Mapusa market, and a sarpanch who is much respected in Nerul http://www.infochangeindia.org/changemake

[Goanet]Re: Re: CYBERMATRIMONIALS

This issue has gone far beyond its original subjectline. Anyway, nice to see a lot of publicity for a venture which one was earlier associated with. Surely, this will bring in a lot more attention to Cybermatrimonials ;-) > From: luis rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't agree to this. The dis

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * July 6, 2005 * Official plans on the Pernem-Canacona 4-lane highway announced

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[Goanet]BUSINESS STANDARD: Goa police to launch digitised mapping

Goa police to launch digitised mapping Mayuresh Pawar / Panaji July 06, 2005 http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=193610 As part of its modernisation plan, the Goa Police will soon have digitised maps of the entire

[Goanet]ONGC simulates offshore oil rigging experience onshore

ONGC simulates offshore oil rigging experience onshore Vasco Da Gama: Oil exploration major, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is bringing onshore the experience of offshore oil rigging. The training vessel, which simulates offshore rigging, is the first of its kind in Asia, and has been buil

[Goanet]CII calls for promoting monsoon tourism strategically

CII calls for promoting monsoon tourism strategically:- New Delhi July 05, 2005 3:58:17 PM IST The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for promoting Monsoon Tourism both in the inbound and the domestic markets, believing that tourism in the rainy season needs an image makeover.

[Goanet]Re: Re. Caste... and all that- especially in Marriages

Hi Neil, Of course we need filters, at all the times, and in different fields of life. (Even if we don't actually install our email filters in place, we all have our attitudes about people we like, and those we don't like. For instance, who's email do you or I give more prominence on Goanet? We hav

[Goanet]Re: Re: 90% of how many voters?

Cecil Pinto wrote: > Did you vote? > FN > Actually I did. And just today discovered that I can vote more than once! > You should allow a person to change his/her vote till the poll is closed, > but not just keep on adding votes. The results right now can be skewed > totally. > Cheers!

[Goanet]Re: CYBERMATRIMONIALS

Do we accept then that there's a difference between affirmative action -- howsoever ineffective, inadequate and incorrectly applied -- and casteism? Or is it all the same? FN > Hues and cries over a poor dame's request for a 'RC > Brahmin", now what would you say for the > advertisements that appe

[Goanet]Sancharnet internet service ***

Below is a letter that might be relevant to Sancharnet subscribers. In hindsight, one forgot to raise the issue of difficulties in renewing Sancharnet accounts too. Often the password codes don't seem to work, one has difficulties in purchasing the renewal coupons (during limited office hours) and

[Goanet]SEZ act unlikely to come into force before Sept 1

SEZ ACT UNLIKELY TO COME INTO FORCE BEFORE SEPT 1 Source: The Hindu Business Line THE Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, is unlikely to come into force before September 1, a top Commerce Ministry official has said. Although the legislation received Presidential assent last month, this Act has so f

[Goanet]Of Lisbon, airports... and winds

http://flyawaysimulation.com/postt7085.html PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:53 pmPost subject: Lisbon Intl. Airport is CRAZY!! Reply with quote Right now in Lisbon the weather is sunny but WINDY!! And I mean it. I live ne

[Goanet]Father Barreto Is First Bishop Of New Diocese In Maharashtra

Father Barreto Is First Bishop Of New Diocese In Maharashtra By SAR NEWS PUNE, Maharashtra (SAR NEWS) -- Pope Benedict XVI today announced the erection of the new Diocese of Sindhudurg out of Poona diocese in Maharashtra and has named its new Bishop. Father Alwyn Barreto of the Poona diocese has b

[Goanet]My (second) love affair with World Space

Having grown up with radio as company has its own implications. In the 'seventies, we in India thought the radio to be a great tool -- one of the few options available in a largely-closed, un-globalised, non-affluent economy. Jetking had their tiny sets costing about Rs 130, which could barely str

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * July 5, 2005 * Goa tells panchayats to plant fruit, other trees

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[Goanet]OFFTOPIC: Mother Teresa Did Not Hail From Peasant Class, Says Albanian-born Scholar (SARNews)

Mother Teresa Did Not Hail From Peasant Class, Says Albanian-born Scholar By SAR NEWS KOLKATA, West Bengal (SAR NEWS) -- In an effort to debunk media propagation that Mother Teresa’s “peasant class” background helped her reach the pinnacle of fame, an Albanian-born research scholar claimed that i

[Goanet]Re: Plain Text and GoaNet

Gabe Menezes said: > RESPONSE: I am more than glad that you have at long last come out and > explained all. I also appreciate your appeal for a donation. No need > to get tetchy though! > I am sure all the hard hitters on this forum will have contributed! If > not, I urge them to come forward. I a

[Goanet]Could Goa gain from a site like this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050702/ap_on_hi_te/belgium_red_tape Belgium Web Site Helps Gov't Cut Red Tape BRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgians suffering under a morass of contradictory, complicated or just plain absurd regulations have for two years had a place to make their complaints known: a Web site

[Goanet]Re: 90% of how many voters?

Cecil Pinto wrote: > I have not been following the 'aviation' related discussions but > would like to know how many people actually participated in the poll that > Phillip Thomas refers to. > Will the GoaNet Admin Team please oblige and give us the number of votes > polled rather than a perc

[Goanet]Caste... and all that

system.) Just a few thoughts that struck me while reading some recent posts.FN -- Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Independent Journalist

[Goanet]Re: Plain Text and GoaNet

Victor Rangel Ribeiro wrote: > While I appreciate your helpful advice, Bosco and Gabe, both of you > have sidestepped the question I posed: Different mailing lists run on diverse mailing-list manager softwares. See a list of the variety involved at http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=mailing

[Goanet]Portuguese-influenced Goan surnames...

This is from a posting at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MangaloreanCatholics/ From: "salusoz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mangalorean/Goan Surnames and Meanings Mangalorean/Goan Surnames and Meanings Abreu - elf's counsel Afonso - noble is ready Aguiar - haunt of eagles Alberto - noble is famo

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes (In Brief) * July 4, 2005 * Margao resident goes to court over poor parking space

--- G o a n e t * News Bytes In Brief * July 4, 2005 --- RAINS IN GOA: Short, sharp spells, but heavy showers too. Obviously the heavy downpour in Guj

[Goanet]What's happening at the Central Right To Information level..

The Department of Personnel and Training has issued circulars to the Department of Information Technology re operationalising some of the mandatory provisions of the RTI Act 2005. These have been scanned and uploaded on to the IT Departments' Website and are really w

[Goanet]Could Goa learn from this?

http://www.leisa.info/index.php?url=article-details.tpl&p[_id]=74519 Performance of SRI in Nepal Average rice yields in Morang district in Nepal are low because farmers use older-generation seeds and cultivation practices are not optimal. Having read about the success of SRI (= System of Rice Inten

[Goanet]Books on Goa

http://firstandsecond.com/ is an online bookplace in Goa. Just searching for books on Goa, I found these are: http://firstandsecond.com/store/books/info/search.asp?styp=tle&tle=Goa Ten pages of search hits listed for "Goa", but not sure how many are really Goa-related, and how reasonable the prizes

[Goanet]Goanet Reader: Plant a fruit tree this monsoon...your grandchildren may be grateful

PLANT A FRUIT TREE THIS MONSOON; YOUR GRANDCHILDREN MAY BE GRATEFUL Compiled by Frederick Noronha This is a compilation of information from various sources and is an attempt to share useful plant-related information with others in Goa. Please send a copy of this (if needed

[Goanet]SAR NEWS: Church initiative on treating labour with dignity

Priests, Nuns Of Asansol Diocese Resolve To Treat Workers With Dignity By SAR NEWS ASANSOL, West Bengal (SAR NEWS) -- Workers of the Church institutions and parishes of Asansol Diocese, cheer. For, the Catholic priests and nuns have vowed to shun flippancy towards their employees and treat them w

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * June 30/29, 2005 * Panic-stricken BJP MLAs air-dash to Bangalore

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[Goanet]Goa Engineering College (Farmaguddi) deploys e-learning environment Moodle...

Forwarded Message Subject: GEC deploys e-learning environment Moodle... Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:21:54 +0530 George Easaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moodle installation in GEC.. Modular Object Ortiented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle, opensource linux installation) has been ins

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * June 30/29, 2005 * Panic-stricken BJP MLAs air-dash to Bangalore

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[Goanet]Making business work for development

.html Xtian Aid Source Niamh Garvey -- Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Independent Journalist

[Goanet]Books, bikes... and trains

Was reading the Hindustan Times (New Delhi) issue of June 27, and a few issues struck me. Delhi has apparently put "the brakes" on its "ill-conceived" plan to close down its 40-year-old Darya Ganj book market, says the HT, citing a report in its paper as having helped to propel this decision. Inci

[Goanet]OFFTOPIC: Indias 'world's biggest readers'

* Indians 'world's biggest readers' * * Indians 'world's biggest readers' * Indians are the world's biggest readers at 10.7 hours a week - twice as long as Americans, a new survey says. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/south_asia/4626857.stm

[Goanet]Just a suggestion: Why not a Goa University Press?

We have a difficulty in getting books on Goa published. There is a dearth of publishers here, who are willing to risk publishing books related to this small market. Why not have a Goa University Press? Last night, was reading on the Net how the Wits University in South Africa grew from a school on

[Goanet]ComputersInGoa: Running software ... off your thumb drive

If you want to get inputs from the world of IT and GNU/Linux in Goa, please check out the lists below: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/csi-goa and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa and http://ilug-goa.swiki.net

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * June 28, 27, 26 * SC declines to stay 2 Goa BJP MLAs disqualification

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[Goanet]Chic Chocolate... from the Usenet newsgroups discussions

This note is from Rajan P Parrikar. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FN, Some weeks ago someone on scig had wondered if any Goan Catholic musician had made it solo as a music composer in Hindi films. Well, turns out that Chic Chocolate did (at least the credits say so). I am attaching two relevant postings f

[Goanet]Weeraratna: Repression of Buddhism in Sri Lanka by Portuguese

See the text below. Mostly quotes Boxer. While the legacy of the Portuguese in Asia (specially in their early days) cannot be denied, some of such scholarship seems to have got caught in present-day intra-religious infighting in South Asia. Or so it seems. --FN http://www.asiantribune.com/show_new

[Goanet]Some links from http://www.consuladoportugalgoa.com/goa_links.html

Some links from http://www.consuladoportugalgoa.com/goa_links.html Goa Link Fundacao Oriente Delegate: Dr. Sérgio Mascarenhas Filipe Neri Road, 175 - Fontainhas Panjim - Goa - India Tel: 00 91 832 2 436108 Fax: 00 91 832 2

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * June 25, 2005 * The case for government grants to English medium primary schools...

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[Goanet]Prof George Coelho

Eugene is obviously referring to Prof George Coelho. I remember meeting him during the early days of the Internet in Goa, sometime in the late 'eighties. After a call from him -- guess because of my news summaries and other involvement on Goanet -- we met up at his or his family's place in Baga. P

[Goanet]INDUSTRY: Sesa Goa up on strong growth forecasts

Sesa Goa up on strong growth forecasts Wednesday, 22 June , 2005, 08:16 http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13878230 Kolkata: The Sesa Goa stock is active on the bourses over the possibility of continuing strong bottomline growth this fiscal also. After last fiscal's impressive performan

[Goanet]... and a scheme to assist "stranded visitors"

This sounds like a real unusual scheme! Whoever thought of it... --FN http://www.citizenchartersofgoa.nic.in/departments/provedoria/visitor.htm SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE TO STRANDED VISITOR A Stranded Visitor to this State, whose belongings are robbed or damaged or who has no means for transport du

[Goanet]Guess who... old-timers on Goanet would remember Ambert Pimenta... (from pressrelease.com)

Dental Tourism in Goa . Dental treatment = Free Holiday to Goa ..see how its done ! Dental Tourism has now come to India. Goa recieves more than 1 million European Tourists a year. Here is how you can make a holiday to Goa almost free by opting for Dental Treatment. /24-7PressRelease/ - Goa,

[Goanet]Living in porn lan*

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1150867.cms Living in porn lan SHWETHA NAIR TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 10:21:19 PM ] 28-year-old Seema Soni (name changed to protect identity) was shocked when she received an email forward titled "Hot Indian chicks get wet and

[Goanet]Telephone woes... for the lack of a phone directory

You still have till Monday to submit an application to the telephone adalat of BSNL-Goa. Please do so, if you have any problems, which you probably will if you're a subscriber. If you could improve on the issues raised below, please do. Also, I'm working on a listing of Internet woes, so please sen

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * June 23, 2005 * Wide choice... if you wish to plant a tree

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[Goanet]Vote for your football club

Here's a chance to vote for your favourite football team: TEAM of the year [ ] Dempo SC [ ] East Bengal Club [ ] Indian National Team [ ] JCT Mills [ ] Sporting Clube de Goa http://www.indianfootball.com/ website or send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! (Everyone can cast only one vote!)

[Goanet]Macs in advertising...

http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2005/06/22/11803.html Macs, or makapaos -- the almost derogatory term that Christians are sometimes referred to in Mumbai (Bombay) -- have long played a fairly prominent role in India's advertising industry. I came across this reference to a young lady, who i

[Goanet]Of power woes in Goa (long)

ill check up. btw, parts of vasco near the police station area have not had power since 7pm last night (almost 24 hrs now) and in the areas where there is power, it goes off every half hour or so for a period of 15 - 20 mins. -- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[E

[Goanet]Patents... and Goa

Stumbled across the page on patents, while reading up on software patents. Found some links to Goa: There are 35 Goa-linked patents mentioned, though some may be false positives http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u= %2Fnetahtml% 2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TE

[Goanet]LANGUAGE: Tongue in a twist (Outlook)

LANGUAGE Tongue In A Twist Kannada or Devanagari? The dialect-rich Konkani sets off furious debate on the choice of script in Karnataka.

[Goanet]Just before the churchbells rang... two unrelated topics

Just before the 5 am churchbells rang my journo colleague Niraj Naik's breaking news service (which also comes in via SMS) beeped silently on my mobile to say, "Lakhs of rupees worth property and important records gutted in fire that broke at Margao Urban Cooperative bank premises in Margao. Fire e

[Goanet]Calgary and Edmonton

Radio Canada from Toronto is reporting flooding in Calgary and the possibility of the same in Edmonton in the next ten hours. Here's wishing all Goanetters there a safe and sound time. We think of you amidst your troubles, as the globe shows increasing signs of extremities of weather. FN

[Goanet]Manorama ... and Higher Education 2005

rchitecture, and even ceramic designing, stockbroking as a career, and being a private detective! If you want to know more about Ivy League universities in the US, here's where to get some information. Then you wonder why we in Goa are so uncompetitive compared to youngsters from other states? -- Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Independent Journalist

[Goanet]Nursing college at Margao

Virginia, In reply to your query: Victor Medical and Research Foundation is launching the College of Nursing at Margao, Goa. It is located on the ground floor at the Apollo Victor Hospital at Malbhat. It offers a four-year B Sc Nursing degree course. Open to those who passed HSSCE/ICSE (XII St

[Goanet]Traffic in Goa

MARG, the (somewhat unusually-named) Movement for Amity towards Roads in Goa, is run by Gurunath Kelekar, whom some would know as the dad of active Goan-in-cyberspace Samir Kelekar. In its April-May 2005 issue, it makes some suggestions on what the Goa government should be doing

[Goanet]NEWS: Robberies Or Threats, Life Has To Go On, Says Pilar Priest Working In Jharkhand

Robberies Or Threats, Life Has To Go On, Says Pilar Priest In Jharkhand By Peter Raposo, SAR NEWS AGHARMA, Jharkhand (SAR NEWS) -- When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Thefts or threats, peace or violence, a young Catholic priest in Gumla Diocese in the northern Indian Jharkhand sta

[Goanet]Quake in California?

National Public Radio is reporting the quake in California yesterday. Hope all our Goan friends are fine out there. FN .. Frederick (FN) Noronha | Freelance Journalist | Mobile +91 9822 122436 Tel +91.832.2409490| http://

[Goanet]OFFTOPIC: Uganda, Church of England, and racism

BBC World Service is reporting that the new Archbishop of York is a Uganda-born member, and the first Black to hold such an important post. What is significant is that this post is the second-most-important post in Church of England, after the slot in Cantebury. BBC says the archbishop was a cr

[Goanet]OFFTOPIC: La Bamba...

Did you know? La Bamba, the 1958 Ritchie Valens version of which sold over a million copies, is a traditional 14th century song. The tune was made popular in Mexico in the 1800s by African slaves singing about their village of Mamamba. http://worldspaceasia.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showC

[Goanet]Malaria, Africa ... and Goa

United Nations Radio in New York is talking about malaria and Africa's attempt to fight the disease. There's some good news from there, and apparently there are chances of attaining some targets under the Roll-Back Malaria Programme. One might be wrong, but in Goa, the issue of malaria

[Goanet]Re: Home is where the heart is

Revisiting this debate again, I don't quite agree with the Goa-is-best argument (or, subtle suggestion). If this were true, the general perception of the Goan Catholic (particularly) wouldn't see such a yawning gap between what we proclaim and what we practice. We wouldn't have had so many peop

[Goanet]Ghazals... on NPR

NPR (National Public Radio, of the US) had this interesting programme with Kiran Ahluwalia on ghazals. Kiran went on to explain the meanings of her Urdu verse, suddenly extending the audience for an ancient form of music that is otherwise known only in north India, Pakistan and maybe Iran. Or a

[Goanet]Going off Goanet

If mail from your inbox is bouncing, you could stop receiving Goanet. This happens because your address is shifted to the 'no-mail' list. If this happens to your address, please write in an tell us -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll switch you back. FN .

Re: Subject: Re: [Goanet]Engelbert Humperdinck - where is Santosh when we need him

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mario, I heard Zubin Mehta also wants to be a Goan. What qualifications are reqd to be a Goan? Carlos Maybe a nanny who was a Goan? At least a school-teacher? What about having had a holiday in Goa three decades ago? After all, ZM is not just about any poverty-strike

[Goanet]One state, one rate...

BPL, the mobile company, is offering local dialling facilities within Maharashtra and Goa regions. So, making a call to anywhere in Maharashtra is just like making a local (mobile) call. While the lower rates are welcome, I guess the slogan it advertises under, 'One State, one rate' is unlikel

[Goanet]Life after...

After actor-politician Sunil Dutt died of a heart-attack, the media in India focussed on how "heart attacks are rising day after stressful day". In a full-page 'big story' by Swati Ali (Indian Express, June 7, 2005, Mumbai edition Page 2), the writer profiles how victims of heart attacks coped

[Goanet]NEWS: Project to Prepare Dictionary of South Asian Christianity Underway

Project to Prepare Dictionary of South Asian Christianity Underway By SAR NEWS GUWAHATI, Assam (SAR News) -- In an effort to document and preserve Christianity's critical role in South Asian history, a major project is underway to prepare a Dictionary on South Asian Christianity (DSAC). The p

[Goanet]Belgaum, water and the water table

The Hindu reported on its issue of June 11, 2005 (Mangalore edition, Page 3) about the drastic fall in the availability of groundwater in Goa's neighbouring district of Belgaum. Says the report by Vijay Kumar Patil: Between 1991-92 and 2004-05, the water table across the (Belgau

[Goanet]Re: Can Goanet become more of a think tank?

Philip Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One day's worth of "early warning" is a good start. Maybe Goanet can evolve into a forum -- a think tank --where far sighted views can be routinely found. The Governor recently suggested that laid back Goa should establish a think tank to look ahead. Perh

[Goanet]Engelbert Humperdinck... and Chennai

Did you know that singer Engelbert Humperdinct was born in Chennai? This factoid resurfaced during his recent three-city tour to India. Apparently, his father was working in the British Army. Incidentally, Alfred and Rita Rose's sons are named Engelbert and Schubert. And the other Indian-born

[Goanet]Christian Institutions Urged To Protect Environment, Promote Bio-diversity

Christian Institutions Urged To Protect Environment, Promote Bio-diversity By SAR NEWS PANAJI, Goa (SAR NEWS) -- The Goa and Daman Archdiocesan Service Centre for Social Action has urged parish priests, heads of all religious and educational institutions to use every possible occasion from June

[Goanet]Goldfinger in Cidade de Goa

There was this unusual item that read like an advertisement on the magazine pages of the Sunday Deccan Herald (June 5, 2005) which is reproduced below: KA CHING! Hit the jackpot at Goldfinger in Cidade de Goa Law Vegas lowers in India can now place their bets on

[Goanet]Expats... and philanthropy

Some years ago, I came across the work of the Kerala expat Abraham M George at a seminar in Bangalore. In May 2005, one came across a review of his book 'India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty' (The Writers Collective, Independent Books for Independent Readers, Cranston, Rhode Isl

[Goanet]One expat's view

Somehow when the Indian media talks about expats, it seldom mentions people of Goan origin. Probably the almost Latino-sounding names (and the preference among quite a few expats not to be connected with India) puts out the wrong signals. Anyway, there was this interview with Shyam Sri

[Goanet]OFFTOPIC: Sowing seeds of dream

This is quite an old story, but inspiring all the same... FN http://www.treesforlife.org/publications/press/nytimes/ THE NEW YORK TIMES * NATIONAL MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1988 Kansas Man Sows Seeds of Dream By WILLIAM ROBBINS Special to The New York Times WICHITA, Kan. -- From an unusual base, Bal

[Goanet]NEWS: An obit, St Tropez crew, Ranbaxy Goa plant, Tehran etc...

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/REPOSITORY/506020309/0/FRONTPAGE OBIT: Jonathan R. Burbank, GOA, India - Yoga instructor attended Exeter High School GOA, India -- Jonathan Ray Burbank, 26, died of heart failure Saturday, May 28, 2005, in Goa, India. A forme

[Goanet]NEWS: Belgaum - Goa road to be included in Golden Quadrilateral

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20050611105631&Page=K&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0 Belgaum - Goa road to be included in Golden Quadrilateral Sunday June 12 2005 00:00 IST BELGAUM: The central government will convert the Belgaum - Goa road in to Golden Quadrilateral at

[Goanet]FOOTBALL: Talent, not nationality, more important

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IES20050611091103&Page=S&Title=Sports&Topic=0 Talent, not nationality, more important Sunday June 12 2005 00:00 IST BANGALORE: The All India Football Federation's executive committee, whether under pressure or not, has shown some foresight in permitti

[Goanet]India's snakebite toll unacceptably high, can be fought with awareness

India's snakebite toll unacceptably high, can be fought with awareness From Frederick Noronha PANAJI (Goa): India has an annual estimated 50,000 deaths, and 250,000 bites a year is a pretty serious figure, says a campaigner who feels that awareness can be the best anti-venom to fight this so

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