[Goanet]Goa: Waiting for e-governance?

2003-11-09 Thread Eugene Correia
etary Bhalla and advisor Saraf. Will file a big report later. Eugene Correia. __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ## #

[Goanet]Goa:Waiting for e-governance

2003-11-12 Thread Eugene Correia
Singh Bhalla and Francis > 'Babush' D'Souza? > > Viva Goa > Miguel > > Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:34:20 -0800 (PST) > From: Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Goanet]Goa: Waiting for e-governance? > Reply-To: [EMAIL

[Goanet]E-Governance or on-line gambling

2003-11-12 Thread Eugene Correia
Goa to set up NRI cell in Canada, says minister by Eugene Correia The Goa government will set up a Non-Resident Indian cell in Canada, according to Minister of Industries, Francisco D'Souza D'Souza, who also holds the portfolio of Law and Judiciary, said the cell would work to attra

[Goanet]ministers' visit

2003-11-13 Thread Eugene Correia
If Goan Voice guys want photos of ministers' visit, I would be happy to email them. eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ###

[Goanet]Bless You, Aunty

2003-11-17 Thread Eugene Correia
GOD BLESS YOU, AUNTY, WHEREVER YOU ARE by Stanley Pinto for UPPER CRUST Magazine It’s probably impossible for many in today’s Mumbai-that-was-Bombay to envisage a time when there were no ‘wine shops’ or pubs or wine bars or even (ahem!) paeans to Grovers and Chowgules and Mallyas in the hi-falu

[Goanet]Re: M.R. DE SOUZA GOLD CUP - What happened to it ? - Johnny Lobo's article.

2003-11-18 Thread Eugene Correia
This cup is said to have lot of gold content, unlike some other gold cups given away in Bombay. It was very popular tournament. If they failed to recognize it's probably because not many who were associated with women's hockey, like the late Orlando Gomes, are alive. Not sure if women's hockey is

[Goanet]report

2003-11-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Hi, did the report on ministers' visit to canada appear in Herald? I can't access the site. Please send me the link, if possible. eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree #

[Goanet]cricket and tendulkar's star

2005-05-31 Thread Eugene Correia
The International Cricket Council did a ground breaking ceremony to construct a building in dubai. They are going to be located in the Dubai Sports City, which is one of the many "cities" coming up here. Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, the man behind cricket in the gulf, said, "This is a historic event. we

[Goanet]branco

2005-05-31 Thread Eugene Correia
to be from this distance and from reading newspaper reports that Lobo is a non-starter. If he can be a giant-killer, than Lobo would be a political miracle. And miracles is what we need in dear old Goa. Come June 2, we will know. Eugene Correia __

[Goanet]suzie

2005-06-24 Thread Eugene Correia
Suzie Coelho is Goan, and there's no doubt about it. When her father came for the first international goan convention in toronto in 1988, i asked him how suzie was? he was taken aback. he asked me how i knew he was suzie's father. i told him, i know and that's it. later, after his death I said som

[Goanet]suzie...now i remember

2005-06-24 Thread Eugene Correia
I just happen to come across george pinto's name in one of the posts, and, eureka, i got suzie's father's name... GEORGE. I think George was on his way to india (goa) when in London he felt he wasn;t feeling well and he returned to washingotn. he probably knew he was dying, and wanted to die where

[Goanet]zubin and goan

2005-06-24 Thread Eugene Correia
I haven;t followed the thread on zubin mehta thoroughly. he is son of mehli mehta who led the famous string quartet at grand hotel. i write from memory. then it was adrian d'mello who took over. my dad played occasionally with the quartet, but it joe d'souza who is in toronto and a real estate man,

[Goanet]visit to goa

2004-03-10 Thread Eugene Correia
Hi goanetters, I will be in Goa from March 12 for a brief period. I can be reached in Bogmalo at telephone 832-2538004. Would like to meet goanetters. Cheers, Eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com #

Re: [Goanet]We are meeting Bevinda Collaco at India Club - Lonodn UK

2004-03-17 Thread Eugene Correia
is Bevinda Collaco formerly Bevinda Dias who was a journalist in Bombay? eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com ## # Send submissio

[Goanet]meet on friday

2004-03-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Hi Fred, Is Margaret Mascarenhes in Panjim and is she coming for the meet on friday? i wanted to meet her as she and i exchanged some emails long time ago. eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com ###

[Goanet] re: Goa-Internet Connectivity (dial-up)

2004-04-08 Thread Eugene Correia
s and also from those running these internet cafes or booths. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ ###

[Goanet]Goa police

2004-04-09 Thread Eugene Correia
I was in Goa when the Yeram episode broke out and talk of police corruption was in the air. I had a firsthand experience of police corruption when I visited CID police office at Porvorim to get some documentation. When I enquired if I need to pay for the services the police officer took me out of t

[Goanet]goa suraj party

2004-04-09 Thread Eugene Correia
le the party doesn't want to play. But to be invited to the bargaining table, the party must hold key political cards. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.

[Goanet]Aires's Predictions or Predilections?

2004-04-09 Thread Eugene Correia
e like Aires to air his views. He could be consigned to the "letters to the editor" section, where he is a frequent contributor. The article could have been best headlined, Aires's Predictions, Predilections and Predicament. Eugene Correia ___

Re: [Goanet]TitBits - A General Scan of Herald News (8 Apr. 2004)

2004-04-10 Thread Eugene Correia
What Brian Antao says about one publication, which happens to be Goan Observer, is very much true. The writing is often slanderous, malicious and madness. In Goa, I read few issues of GO which I have brought them to Dubai for further reading. But I have not been able to re-read them because of the

[Goanet](Goanet)Re: Goa Su-Raj Party

2004-04-10 Thread Eugene Correia
ke a dent in Goa's political landscape on its own, it going to be tough and very challenging. It also raises the question whether the Goan voters can accommodate another party. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yah

Re: [Goanet]re: Eugene Correia, Aires Rodrigues, Goa Suraj ....... and the rest of us

2004-04-10 Thread Eugene Correia
rewards for Aires. So, let me remind the doctor from Nassau that the reason for Aires to come to Goa could not ONLY be for improving Goa's social and political structure but could be for other reasons. Goa has been Aires's playground and he likes to play ball, as they say in North Americ

Re: [Goanet]re: Eugene Correia, Aires Rodrigues, Goa Suraj ....... and the rest of us

2004-04-11 Thread Eugene Correia
Dear Valmiki, I know it was bit harsh, but then I to show that Aires could have gone to Goa for other reasons than to get involved in public life. You will be surprised to know what he did in Toronto. He was tried to discredit me when I wrote a small item on Churchill Alemao in the Goan Overseas

RE: [Goanet]re: Eugene Correia, Aires Rodrigues, Goa Suraj ....... and the rest of us

2004-04-12 Thread Eugene Correia
ffices. The Goan Observer is doing such a job, though it uses language that is crude and which belongs to the "gutter press." This issue has got enough play and I frankly wish to put an end to it. To Aries, more strength to his elbow in fighting causes which he thinks are worthy and which

[Goanet][Goanet Re: the dilemma of South Goa voters

2004-04-13 Thread Eugene Correia
re flying in the wind like old rags. Are they to be blamed or the Goan electorate? Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://p

[Goanet]su-raj party

2004-04-13 Thread Eugene Correia
Dear Floriano, I must admit I haven't seen your party's constitution and would request you to send it to me via private email, if possible. I would also like to know the names of the eight candidates you said contested the last elections and how they fared. I don't understand when you say that eve

[Goanet] Re: Gaffino -- screwed head or skewed brain

2004-04-21 Thread Eugene Correia
As I said and confirmed by Gabe, Gaffino exists. His hoel is a Mobor. People in England should know him. There's a story behind his building the hotel. Someone like Jerome Mendes, of England, should be able to throw more light on Gaffino. Eugene

[Goanet]goa voting

2004-04-24 Thread Eugene Correia
Now that Aires has decided to cast his vote for Willy and also advises others to do so, i would like to know if Aires trusts Willy who he has called the grandfather of all defections. What guarantee Willy will not defect to the BJP? As it has been pointed out on this forum, Willy has been a stooge

Re: [Goanet]goa voting

2004-04-25 Thread Eugene Correia
--- Tony Luis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the record > > Willy has NO son and could not have obtained one > during the election > campaign > So this allegation is FALSE > Inadvertently wrote son instead of son-in-law. my apologies. eugene

[Goanet]easter nite in kuwait

2004-04-29 Thread Eugene Correia
I didn't know Easter comes so late in Kuwait! The write-up on Francisco Sardinha made him look like he was a film-star. Words such as "tall and handsome". Wow. eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs ht

[Goanet] re: easter nite in kuwait

2004-04-30 Thread Eugene Correia
tenure both as MP and CM. How can I argue with a man who like a kid tells me that it's bad for me not to be present at the Easter Nite. In fact, I am cursing myself for missing the Greatest Show on Earth. Eugene --- mahatta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear Eugene

[Goanet]herald edit

2004-05-05 Thread Eugene Correia
Going through the Herald edit, I was bit amazed to read that both Vajpayee and Gandhi are "two potential prime ministers." Vajpayee is the current prime minister seeking reelection. Sonia Gandhi is not a "novice" but has been at the forefront of national politics for many years and gained a better

Re: [Goanet]RE: World Parliament of Religions to be held in Barcelona this July

2004-05-15 Thread Eugene Correia
Mogall Aristo, Spain-acho gavant asa ek khoro Konknni mogi ani Anglex bhaschen borovpi, Basilion Magno. Tuchi email goanet admisinistor lagim meuteli. Best wishes, Eugene --- "Ariosto J. Coelho, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mogall Ixtt, > > I plan to attend the World Parliament of Relig

Re: [Goanet]Oscar Fernandes ?

2004-05-15 Thread Eugene Correia
He is Mangalorean. eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ ## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL

[Goanet]Chuck review

2004-05-27 Thread Eugene Correia
A few paras have been edited out from the print edition copy as they were of no significance to goanetters. Fatal error fails play that promised much By Eugene Correia A play that promised so much at the start proved to have committed a fatal error when it finally ended. The six-act

[Goanet]Re: [goanet-canada] Digest Number 54

2004-05-31 Thread Eugene Correia
on didn't oblige.John could himself attended the tiatr and covered it. Henceforth, I do want any of my writings to be carried in part or full by goanvoice.ca if they are sent to goanet mailing list or even from any other source. Eugene Correia Konkani Tiatr in Tor

Re: [Goanet] Re: Chukh -- late reply

2004-06-14 Thread Eugene Correia
directing the play and in acting? Also what qualifications the others have in acting/singing? Having given my background, does Romaldo still think I know nothing about tiatrs? Would Joyce and Romaldo care to reply to issues and counter-questions I have raised? Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

[Goanet] Re: Chukh -- bogus maka, ek chukh zali

2004-06-14 Thread Eugene Correia
conspiracy theory", I have thrown the ball in your courts. Forewarning: Failure to reply would invite harsh comments from me. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

[Goanet]again in goa

2004-12-08 Thread Eugene Correia
sical Show at the Chicalim panchayat grounds yesterday. Would like to attend the goanet meet on Dec. 21 and awaiting details of venue, etc. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn

[Goanet]goanetters meet

2004-12-13 Thread Eugene Correia
## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/# # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others #

[Goanet]meet

2004-12-14 Thread Eugene Correia
goanetters meet at clube vasco da gama on dec 21 and provide us -- overseas goans -- with what is happening at the gomant meet. Eugene Correia goa mobile 9890479418 __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

[Goanet]for viviana

2004-12-16 Thread Eugene Correia
## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # #

[Goanet]new moble number

2004-12-29 Thread Eugene Correia
my new mobile number for goa is 9823455159 eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com

[Goanet]pravasi divas

2005-01-11 Thread Eugene Correia
i attended the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Mumbai. Spotted Goa NRI Fecilitation Committee chairman Chandrakant Keni in lineup at the food stall of Goan dishes. Spoke to him briefly. Didn't see the others members of the committee. Special session on Gulf NRIs. Lots of complaints, but overwh

[Goanet]pravasi divas -- gulf nris

2005-01-17 Thread Eugene Correia
Gulf NRIs get special attention by Eugene Correia Mumbai: Indians in the Persian Gulf region were accorded a special session to deal with their issues and problems. Many representatives from this region -- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait -- asked that the government

[Goanet]pbd - more stories

2005-01-17 Thread Eugene Correia
Finance minister assures overseas Indians of easing norms for investing Mumbai: India's Finance Minister, P. Chidambaran, assured overseas Indians that the government would make it easier for them to invest in India. He hinted that the government would further open the media industry to foreign in

[Goanet]pravasi divas -- awardees

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Pitroda, Bhagwati, Shyamalan among awardees by Eugene Correia Mumbai: Fifteen people of Indian origin were honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards on the concluding day of the third Pravasi Divas in Mumbai on Jan. 9. Three of them are based in the United States -- Dr. Sam Pitroda, the

[Goanet]bpd every two years

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas may be held every two years >From Eugene Correia Mumbai: Though there has been no official announcement, the Indian government may hold the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas every two years. The organizers, FICCI and the newly created Ministry for Overseas Indians Affairs, s

[Goanet]pbd--- youth

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Call for youth to join in India’s progress >From Eugene Correia Mumbai: Three young Members of Parliament (MP), with one common characteristic of having studied abroad and worked abroad, B. J. Panda, Milind Deora, and Manvendra Singh, brought their own experiences of living abroad and unvei

[Goanet]pbd -- disaster management

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Use technology for disaster management:Pitroda Eugene Correia Mumbai: Sam Pitroda, in a blunt and forthright manner, said India did very good in meeting post-Tsunami challenge with its available resources but would need better technology to meet any future needs. Speaking at the Disaster

[Goanet]pbd -- entertainment

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Diaspora factor in Indian films viewed in black and white >From Eugene Correia MUMBAI: There no Bollywood glitter at this year’s Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, but Bollywood was very much in focus at the Entertainment : The Diaspora Factor session. Unlike during the past two meets where Bollyw

[Goanet]pbd -- president's speech

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
President says India is happy at prosperity of overseas Indians >From Eugene Correia MUMBAI: The President of India, Dr. APJ Kalam, made a fervent appeal to overseas Indians to financially help India set up a foundation to further the scope of research in India. Making his address at

[Goanet]Maria Aurora Couto's yearend remarks on Goa

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Date:06/01/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/06/stories/2005010604721000.htm Opinion - Leader Page Articles Dangerous currents By Maria Aurora Couto History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions tha

[Goanet]mea culpa

2005-01-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Peter D'Souza rightly pointed my mistake in writing Sanjay Gandhi as PM. It was Rajiv, no doubt. I may have made other errors, and the one I noticed while scrolling through the stories on goanet is that I said "Chair" in the story on entertainment. It should be American Chai. Filing stories for bot

[Goanet]planton faria

2005-01-19 Thread Eugene Correia
Can anyone give me the contact number for Fr. Planton Faria. I have known him for years, and was a guest of mine in Toronto. He had gifted me a small book written by him on Cunculim more than two decades ago. Eugene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mai

[Goanet]vasco bandh

2005-01-19 Thread Eugene Correia
Came to Vasco but found Vasco shops closed, though some were half open to let in shoppers. It's Vasco Bandh as a paper said "mark of respect" to Dr. Vernekar who was a doctor/politician. So much inconvenience to people. So much revenue lost. As a social worker himself, the good old doctor may have

[Goanet]last two stories on pravasi divas

2005-01-19 Thread Eugene Correia
Leading lights from the diaspora show paths to further progress >From Eugene Correia MUMBAI: While European Parliament MP, Nina Gill, thought people of Indian origin have “spiced up the world”, UN Under-Secretary, Shashi Tharoor, felt that the term NRI meant “Never Relinquished India”

[Goanet]remo in dubai

2005-02-13 Thread Eugene Correia
istes, including the Goan singer Hema Sardesai. Wished the Goans here, or at least some Goan entrepreneurs or organizations, had organized a show feasturing both Remo and Hema. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on

[Goanet] candidate for Canadian election

2006-01-09 Thread Eugene Correia
-- | Wishing all Goanetters | | a Prosperous | | and |

[Goanet] re: conservative candidate in canada

2006-01-13 Thread Eugene Correia
oing MPs, one of them was with origin in Parkistan. He is Wajid Khan, who is recontesting from Mississauga-Streetsville in Ontario.   Eugene Correia Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways

[Goanet] canadian elections

2006-01-24 Thread Eugene Correia
waiting, has promised to do away with the Landing Fee of $975 for new immigrants. Hope he keeps his word. Eugene Correia __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

[Goanet] Sonia book reading in Mumbai

2006-02-04 Thread Eugene Correia
GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS Author of the best-selling Shantaram, and Sonia Faleiro will read from the book. on Friday, February 10, at 6.30 p.m. at Oxford Bookstore 3 Dinsha Vachcha Road, Churchgate, Mumbai RSVP Harish Shenoy 98210 14546, Shraddha Chopra 98203 26240 ___

[Goanet] Re: The Clear Stream of Reason

2006-02-12 Thread Eugene Correia
VM de Malar says Hussain was Francis Newton D'Souza's mentor. To the best of my knowledge, Newton and Hussain were part of the Group of 7, that was launched in Mumbai. Newton was later disappointed with Hussain's work, dismissing it as "pop a

[Goanet] re:Clear Stream of Reason

2006-02-12 Thread Eugene Correia
I just happened to read about Francis Newton and Hussain in yesterday's DNA newspaper online. A column on the Progressive Artists Group mentions all those involved in this movement. Ara now lives in Paris. I used to bump into Ara often at the Jehangir Art Gallery and also had a chance once to visit

[Goanet]Margaret's piece

2005-02-17 Thread Eugene Correia
Antao has been published by himself or perhaps jointly with Goan Observer. I don't have the copies of the book in front of me as I am writing from an internet cafe. More of Antao's and Simoes book later. Also will touch on Margaret and her opinion on Silviano's book. Eugene Correia

[Goanet]Lorna

2005-02-17 Thread Eugene Correia
sides, her songs have been sung by other singers on cassettes and CDs. Her voice may not be the same, but that she still commands attention in a crowd field of women singers in Goa speaks greatly in her honour. Are we still crazy to hear the frequet 'repackaging' of Lorna?

[Goanet]bad peter and other tiatr stuff

2005-02-25 Thread Eugene Correia
rs I saw him take part. He survived in the highly-competitive world of Goan theatre. Ophelia, in contrast, was a class by herself. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

[Goanet]Re: airfields

2005-03-18 Thread Eugene Correia
Where is the beach in Dabolime? Perhaps, the writer means Bogmalo beach below the airport. The bar's name is Joet. Eugene Correia __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

[Goanet]re: cybermatrimonials

2005-07-08 Thread Eugene Correia
Can't understand the hullabaloo over mention of caste in cybermatrimonials. If one puts an ad asking for particular caste, the person is within his/her rights. Maybe the person wants to marrying within his/her caste. Banning of adverts requesting that prospective partners meet the requirements is n

[Goanet]Re: cybermatrimonials

2005-07-10 Thread Eugene Correia
Can't understand the hullabaloo over mention of caste in cybermatrimonials. If one puts an ad asking for particular caste, the person is within his/her rights. Maybe the person wants to marrying within his/her caste. Banning of adverts requesting that prospective partners meet the requirements i

[Goanet]re: caste

2005-07-19 Thread Eugene Correia
ther Class (I forget while writing). He also makes funny remarks on his wife, a Hindu. As many may be aware, Simoes's wrote satire, besides his regular job as copywrite at his own company. Eugene Correia Start your day wit

[Goanet]pio gama

2005-07-19 Thread Eugene Correia
Someone (maybe Cornel) mentioned Awaaz magazine from Kenya. A month or so ago I stumbled on the site and found an article on Pio Gama Pinto. Pio's wife lives in Ontario. I met someone who said she was friends with her. Eugene __ Yahoo! Mail f

[Goanet]britain and immigrants

2005-07-26 Thread Eugene Correia
that country. No doubt the immigrant Muslim community, and many others, were disturbed with Tony Blair's support to USA in its War Against Terror, the underlying problem seems immigrant distrust and frustration. The social ills of racial discrimination and prejudice takes its own toll. Sad but tru

[Goanet]diaspora books

2005-07-28 Thread Eugene Correia
Found the book on the net. Want to know from Cornel or other UK goanetters if the book is still available. Eugene Kusoom Vadgama: India in Britain The Indian Contribution to the British Way of Life (Robert Royce Limited, 1984). -- In Diaspora: Theories, Histories, Texts Edited by Makar

Re: [Goanet]Goan experiences Mumbaiites'

2005-08-02 Thread Eugene Correia
shtrians. So, Cornel take heart. Sharon probably wanted to show that she is a brave Goan who weathered the monsoon mayhem and survive to tell a story. Her story is one of the many that may have been heard in those trying -- and crying - monsoon tales. Eugene Correia

[Goanet]re: dinesh d'souza

2005-08-04 Thread Eugene Correia
I think dinesh's name has appeared on this list earlier in a different context. that he is a conservative and anti-immigrant is well-known. he earned his reputation for himself being an immigrant who has attacked "affirmative action." I have read his two books and many articles. I also think I poin

[Goanet]re: niz goenkar

2005-08-04 Thread Eugene Correia
Further to Rene's remark on Niz Goenkar, I just want to add on what I read recently. In his book, Goa, Frank Simoes (which I mentioned earlier re: caste debate), he often calls himself "blue blooded Goan". Maybe he says that for emphatic reasons or satire on his own caste distinction. True, that t

[Goanet]Re: dinesh

2005-08-05 Thread Eugene Correia
e familiar liberal vs conservative fight we continue to see on a much heightened level after the Iraq war, more so with the disclosure that America went to war without the conclusive proof of Iraq having WMD. What we reap now in the form of London bombings, and previous to that Madrid mayhem, is what American foreign policy has brought about. Eugene Correia Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

[Goanet]re: the dinesh debate

2005-08-05 Thread Eugene Correia
on to. In conclusion, let me say i have no intention of bringing dinesh down. Indeed I am happy for him for his success. But ideological I can't be happy on his projection and promotion of the Conservative agenda. Eugene Correia __ Do You Yahoo!?

[Goanet]re: dinesh vs antara link

2005-08-06 Thread Eugene Correia
Here's the link for the dinesh vs antara debate http://www.opendemocracy.net/xhtml/articles/2047.html There's a whole series on My America: Letters to Americans on the site. Eugene Correia Start your day with Yah

[Goanet]re: dinesh profile on websites

2005-08-08 Thread Eugene Correia
hrough the special-skills provisions in the 1965 Immigration Act, fundamentally reconfigured the demography of south Asian America”. Eugene Correia PS: Let's put this issue to rest. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your hom

[Goanet]re: dinesh

2005-08-09 Thread Eugene Correia
ey are the result of state selection whereby the US state, through the special-skills provisions in the 1965 Immigration Act, fundamentally reconfigured the demography of south Asian America”. Eugene Correia Start your day w

[Goanet]re: prashad's essay

2005-08-09 Thread Eugene Correia
Indian magazine Frontline, where I am also a contributing writer. Since he is also founder of Forum of Indian Leftists (FOIL), based in US, his critics could dismiss him as a "commie" or, at best, a "pinkie." Eugene Correia __

[Goanet]re: dinesh and washington

2005-08-10 Thread Eugene Correia
e interested only in having a great time. Maybe when Dinesh is in Goa, goanet could ask him to speak. So, goanet guyas get in touch with Dinesh and ask him when he is visiting his "native" place. Eugene Correia Start

[Goanet]goan journalist passes away

2005-08-15 Thread Eugene Correia
two uncles, Joe and John Crasto (both deceased), the later too having started at the Free Press Journal, and both together at the Times, were sports journalist. His older brother, Ivan, too is a sports journalist, also ex-FPR, and now with Rediff. Euge

[Goanet]re: darryl and hospital bills

2005-08-16 Thread Eugene Correia
didn't query my friend about all this. We were talking about the death and the funeral. But I am told by someone else whose family member was on a heart-lung machine that it cost them Rs 3000 for 15 minutes, just before the person died. Eugene Co

[Goanet]shortage of burial space

2005-08-17 Thread Eugene Correia
from Mumbai Miror --- Bury the coffin! Catholic priests advice against ostentatious funerals and the use of elaborate coffins to promote environmentally clean burials When you drop dead, drop in: reads an invitation to a funeral parlour in Mumbai. But a movement for less ostentatious funerals th

[Goanet]Free Thoughts on World Goa Day

2005-08-20 Thread Eugene Correia
Portuguese colours. For others who have no hangup of the Portuguese regime, the WGD is something of an opportunity to coil up tightly into Mother India's womb. Diaspora Goans must continue to work harder to strengthen the ties that bind to Goa and, at the same time, continue on their quest to occupy

[Goanet] reactions to posts

2005-08-21 Thread Eugene Correia
gthy post. This individual has done the same recently. He is indeed becoming a pest, and need to prescribe medicine for himself to cure him of his nasty habits. As they say, doc heal self! Eugene Correia __ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and prot

[Goanet] Re: Further insights into WGD

2005-08-22 Thread Eugene Correia
s no more relevant to our times, but it's essential that Goans who seek the knowledge of Goan issues as well as opinions of learned Goans on the national, regional and local issues of the day read them. The diaspora associations could come together to sp

[Goanet] Re: Roman script Konkani... in new form

2005-08-25 Thread Eugene Correia
Since the Dalgado Konkani Academy hasn't said anything regarding the new Roman Konkani script, it's fair to assure the body has accepted the script. Like Fred, I too am totally taken by surprise by TSKK's about turn or rather a change in direction, from first pushing from a devnagiri script to now

[Goanet] re: goanet anniversary... and the next steps

2005-08-26 Thread Eugene Correia
nfighting. They should be invited to suggest alternatives, but as far as I can see, the alternatives are few. What goanet is doing and facing is common to many mailing lists. Here's raising a glass of feni to goanet and all those who bring us the news and views each day, rain or shine, Hurricane

[Goanet] Re: Roman script Konkani.... new form

2005-08-27 Thread Eugene Correia
Eugene Correia wrote on 25.08.2005: > Even the late Prof. Lourdino Rodrigues advocated > devnagiri script, and the TSKK published his work in > that script. Jorge: Is it Prof. Lourdino Rodrigues or Prof. Lucio Rodrigues? Eugene: Prof Lourdino Rodrigues from Santa Cruz. To the b

[Goanet] Re: kingfisher airlines ad

2005-08-27 Thread Eugene Correia
article on Goa's tourism in the current issue of Goa Today, but I don't remember reading anything on sex being one of the magnets, rest being sun, sea and feni, attracting tourists, foreign and domestic, to Goa. I would hold rest of my comments

[Goanet] Re: Roman script Konkani....correction

2005-08-27 Thread Eugene Correia
> copy of Konkani Ord Xastra (maybe my spelling is > incorrect) written by Prof. Antonio Fernandes I think the name of the booklet is Konknni Nad Xastra (definitely NOT Ord). I think it means, Rules of Konknni Grammar. Eugene _

[Goanet] Re: Roman script Konkani

2005-08-28 Thread Eugene Correia
be needed as a follow-up action. Eugene Correia Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

[Goanet] re: Konknni ani Romi Lipi..... some opinions

2005-08-30 Thread Eugene Correia
cial rewards, and if the Archdiocese or any government, semi-government or independent organizations can bear the financial burden it would be a big step forward. I understand and appreciate Fr. Naik and all those who are the in the forefront of this new struggle. I want t

[Goanet] re: konknni and romi lipi

2005-08-31 Thread Eugene Correia
This is important correction, though there could be other mistakes. -- In my village I COULD'NT (instead of could) find many houses, including mine, buying Konknni magazines and V. Ixtt, except for one neighbour. I think S.M.Borges raises some pertinent questions, and it would be good if he

[Goanet] goa festival in mumbai

2005-09-04 Thread Eugene Correia
>From Mumbai Mirror Go Goa! Festival vows celebrities with sea food Visitors to Intercontinental The Grand at Sahar on Friday must have been delighted to find the holiday spirit pervading amchi Mumbai. A coconut tree, a hammock, fishing nets, and a huge boat at the entrance greeted those who

[Goanet] re:roman konkani and other languages

2005-09-06 Thread Eugene Correia
Carmo's pointing out to the author and site for the movement of Roman script for Marathi reminds me of a former Indian consul general in Toronto who was studying "artificial intelligence" at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, about an hour's drive from Toronto, which is recognized for its co

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