[Goanet] From [goaheritage] After the Fest - thoughts and next steps

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[Goanet] gente muito fina..

This is recommended, especially for those tiring of labyrinthine discussions about film festivals, garbage, phantom airports and language scripts. Teotonio de Souza has reviewed in the Economic and Political Weekly (01 October 2005) 'Goa: A Daughter's Story' (Maria Aurora Couto). de Souza has

[Goanet] Rain is not equal to water

We're already seeing the first water shortages of the busy season in the Porvorim area. Municipal water has not flowed for three days and if there isn't any today we're going to see water tankers back on the roads. Contrast this with the fact that the national Met Dept has just issued its

[Goanet] tarballs, beaches and conspiracies

The humour quotient of this list has recently been provided a terrific boost by the considerate poster who sent out the text of an article apparently published by the Navhind Times and written by Nandkumar Kamat, about tarballs, beaches and conspiracies. I advise list subscribers not to miss

[Goanet]Tiresome news reports

Is there a reason for sending out on this list the tiresome quasi-fiction about Goa, masquerading as news, from the Hindu group of publications? Or was that meant to be entertainment? Thanks, Rahul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa, India : +91

[Goanet]Appreciation

A Thank You to the Goanet team for continuing to bring out the news digest and other services through this difficult time in Goa. Despite an atrocious electricity situation, floods, and the several everyday difficulties of looking after families and self through very adverse weather

[Goanet]Motorcycle Pilots

To Domnic Fernandes, Bernardo Colaco, Edward Verdes, Thanks very much for the excellent insights into the world of our intrepid pilots. Ispid dhorchem poddta xembor / Ho slow zavunk carburetor is first-rate stuff!! Certainly the near Macau connection is intriguing, as is the tarvottis'

[Goanet]Motorcycle pilots

This form of public transport seems to me to be unique to Goa - I haven't encountered it anywhere else in India or abroad. Do list members know more about 1) how such transport was formally organised in Goa and when, and 2) why the riders are called 'pilots'? Best, Rahul

[Goanet]Konknni and Roman Script

I'd like to point out, in the otherwise interesting comment on Konknni and the Roman script, that Roman is not used by Chinese and Japanese users to communicate via email. The Japanese can scarcely be expected to use anything other than 'kanji', nor the Chinese any alternate to Mandarin.

[Goanet]Of Humperdinck, 'Indians' and Hollywood

To return to the thread about Humperdinck and the Indian claim (no, indeed, 'aapro' Zubin would not qualify as being a Goenkar, not even if he owned a sumptuous mansion in Arpora). Two names from the talkies are what came to mind - Vivian Leigh and Merle Oberon. Leigh ('Gone With The Wind' and

[Goanet]Goa and electricity

Living and working in Goa and electricity How does the absence of reliable electricity affect your work and life? Can an estimate be made of the economic cost to individual and community because of the dreadful state of electricity generation and distribution in Goa? Can a case be made

[Goanet]Reis Magos.. and that multiplex

Reis Magos (opp Inox) is how one post describes this rather splendid albeit neglected monument in a post about Goa's forts. I am more distressed than amused by this description. The Inox may have become a very recent (somewhat garish) urban landmark, but the effective range of a landmark can

[Goanet]vintage newspapers and old manuscripts

This is ref the post by Cecil Pinto about the bound newspapers. If 40-year-old newspapers are in danger of disintegration (even allowing for their relatively more frequent handling than, say, material that is 100 or 150 years old) then the condition of the older material in the Central Library

[Goanet]Ref: A public archive of old Goan photographs

This is an excellent proposal. The stock of images that are held by the public in Goa (and about Goa) must be enormous and tremendously valuable as a social, historical and cultural resource. I'd like to add to Cecil's note to suggest the inclusion of one category that is at least as important

[Goanet] Re: great value-for-money places to eat out in Goa

For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com Dear Rico, Thanks for a very useful value-for-money eating-out list. Some of those names are new to me, but I find some need amplification and others need