Re: [Goanet] Women of a lesser God - response to Gilbert

2006-07-07 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
Dear Gilbert, Just wanted to clarify that I never said I was a cafeteria Catholic. Hope all goes well. How is the granddaughter? Elisabeth --- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Elisabeth, I am glad to know that you are a cafeteria Catholic ani full

[Goanet] Who Is Responsible Must Suffer

2006-07-07 Thread John Eric Gomes
EXCERPT FROM ORDER BY NATIONAL COMISSION This case filed in District Forum, Chennai North, case No 838/2003 illustrates how government officials frustrate beneficial schemes to render citizens helpless.Mrs Shripa Sengupta,64 yrs old was accosted by a railway staff member at Chennai Railway

Re: [Goanet] Goa Su-Raj and migrant voting rights/response to Mervyn3.0

2006-07-07 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Floriano Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just one query, though. When you exposed your BELIEFs as above, why did it make you laugh? :-). floriano, It made me laugh because Goa is allowed free elections. The person deemed the best candidate by the electorate in S. Goa is a know extortionist. If

Re: [Goanet] Goa Suraj and migrant voting rights.

2006-07-07 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4. Whether we like to admit it or not, migration of people which is predominantly poor brings with it a criminal element. Do we have resources to deal with this or are we depending on those dogs again? :) Elisabeth, People who migrate do so because

[Goanet] Papad Paneer Fritters Recipe

2006-07-07 Thread kenneth fernandes
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[Goanet] Goa news for July 7, 2006

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Ravikanth and Kiran register another win (The Hindu) HYDERABAD: Defending champions V. Ravikanth Reddy and M. Kiran Reddy recorded their second consecutive win defeating Suresh

Re: [Goanet] Goans in Goa rejoicing with Portugal win?

2006-07-07 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
Hi Gadgil, When I mention a section who retained loyalties to the British, I didn't even remotely mean the Anglo-Indians. Being a community which was part-British and part-Indian, their own dual-loyalties could be well understood. It is nobody's case that Goans are part-Portuguese (except a very

Re: [Goanet] The Booms of Idealism should not die goa suraj --more comments

2006-07-07 Thread Floriano Lobo
- Original Message - From: Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 4:22 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa Suraj -- The Booms of Idealism should not die,Floriano Dear Vivek, With all due respect

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 1, Issue 33

2006-07-07 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 17:18 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] World Cup Kudos, George, you have hit the nail on the head. Ouch! To hell with all this, and let's enjoy the football! Dear FIFA I must protest your sudden change of theme at

[Goanet] Please identify this plant/fruits

2006-07-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
Please identify this plant/fruits I saw this plant after so many years. During my school time, as a child, I remember even eating its fruits (see the pic) as riped ones are sweeter. There was a big tree near my school. Its fruits are first green and when riped it is yellow. There was even

[Goanet] about Goan support for the Portugal Football team Nirad C Chaudhari

2006-07-07 Thread Jose Colaco
In connection with the topic of WHY in 2006, Goans in Goa would still be rejoicing about a Portugal win in a quarter-final match with England, Vidyadhar Gadgil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Yes, there is plenty of Anglophilia in India, witness CHARACTERS like Nirad C. Chaudhuri who made a

[Goanet] Check My New Reservations Policy

2006-07-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
My Reservation Policy – If I were a minister. SC10% (Schedule Caste ) ST 10% (Schedule Tribe ) OBC 10% (Other Backward Class) Some of the above are well off and even dress up to date. They will do anything to show that they are not from backward caste/tribe except when it

Re: [Goanet] On what's good for Goa and Goans/response to Floriano

2006-07-07 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
You would end up polling for opinions which are, in turn, created by lobbies like newspapers (controlled by many groups, including vested interests... we know about the long reality of the mining lobby stranglehold over Goa's press, which thankfully is now declining, only to see the vacuum filled

[Goanet] TRAVEL-GULF: Emirates flight to Bangalore from October

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet News
Emirates flight to Bangalore from October Indo-Asian News Service Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) Emirates Airlines will begin flying into Bangalore from Oct 29. Bangalore will be the eighth airport in the country that we would operate from and we would have eight flights every week, said

[Goanet] Goaaaaaaaaal! But not every hotel and outlet has scored

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet News
Goal! But not every hotel and outlet has scored By Pamela D'Mello The Asian Age Panaji: World cup mania has transalated into a mini business in football loving Goa, but not every watering hole that offered big-screen delights and crowd atmospherics felt they had scored. Across this

[Goanet] EVENTS: Event at Literati, Calangute...

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet News
From: literati goa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/06 Thu PM 03:22:30 GMT+05:30 To: literati group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [literati-goa] Activities for July and August While Literati has been open but rather quiet during the month of June there are a host of activities which I hope

Re: [Goanet] Moral code

2006-07-07 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
On 06/07/06, Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you believe that the Catholic Church I attend has a life sized tapestry of Mahatma Gandhi alongside tapestries of several Christian saints, and a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. alongside one of Mother Theresa? No separate captions,

Re: [Goanet] Elisabeth carvalho and voting rights

2006-07-07 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Vivek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find it amusing and sometimes mildly irritating that people who themselves have availed the hospitality of a alien country as immigrants would now grudge the same opportunities to their fellow citizens, let alone foreigners. I call that hypocrisy.

Re: [Goanet] Goa Suraj and migrant voting rights.

2006-07-07 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
On 05/07/06, Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Fred, I'm glad you've responded because now at last I will find some informed answers (from an intelligent person) to questions that plague me. First of all, let me say that I understand your viewpoint and I am open to it. Let me

[Goanet] Goanet News Bytes * July 7, 2006 * Sand extraction haunts Pernem... Babush leads campaign for Roman script in Cabinet

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[Goanet] ROMI KONKNNI - URGENT NEED.

2006-07-07 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
To Romi Konknni campaigners In Goa, This is Kuwait Konkkni Kendr. Kindly send us immediately email addresses of the President of India, Prime Minister of India, Sonia Gandhi, Margareth Alva and of all the persons and organisations in Delhi that can influence or can do something to support the

Re: [Goanet] Goans in Goa rejoicing with Portugal win?

2006-07-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 07/07/06, Frederick FN Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gadgil, When I mention a section who retained loyalties to the British, I didn't even remotely mean the Anglo-Indians. Being a community which was part-British and part-Indian, their own dual-loyalties could be well understood. It

Re: [Goanet] The rock solid Christian moral code

2006-07-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Humanists cannot reverse all the ills wrought upon this planet by the so-called religious in one generation. It was secular thinking that gave you the life and freedoms you enjoy today and will eventually bring peace to a shrinking world. If left up to religious leaders, we would still have a

[Goanet] IFFI preparations get off to an early start

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet News
By Pamela D'Mello / The Asian Age Panaji, Jun 29: International Film Festival of India preparations have kicked off to an early start this year, with organisers shortlisting three event management agencies to handle the ten day extravaganza. Wizcraft, Brilliant and Times 360 degrees, were

[Goanet] Goencho Ulo uploaded

2006-07-07 Thread leo
Dear Goannetters, The July issue of Goencho Ulo has been uploaded on www.fullerlife.in Long live Konkani. Leo D'Mello. Life a Fuller Life www.fullerlife.in ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org

[Goanet] Goa Su-Raj andmigrantvoting rights- Mervyn3.0

2006-07-07 Thread Floriano Lobo
Must be his rock solid beliefs that have convinced him not to resign..Mervyn3.0 Resign? When one spends crores to get elected? Resignations come from principles. Our democracy is a money making machine. There is no place for principles in it. You invest Rs. 1, you collect Rs. 1 multiplied

Re: [Goanet] Goans in Goa rejoicing with Portugal win?

2006-07-07 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
That's not unexpected. I think Portuguese cultural colonialism was very strong, together with the switch in religion they effected. Add these two facts to the reality that the Portuguese managed to keep the general population very apolitical (and we can't just blame Salazar for that) inspite of

[Goanet] Goa Suraj

2006-07-07 Thread Vivek
Dear Floriano: If I understand your mission clearly i think you are striving to create a Goan party as a safeguard of Goan interests completely controlled by goans. Imagine such a thing does happen and further more imagine such genuinely committed regional outfits come up in every indian state.

[Goanet] Goa SuRaj ani Balkanisation?

2006-07-07 Thread Jose Colaco
Vivek wrote thus to Floriano: Dear Floriano: 1: If I understand your mission clearly i think you are striving to create a Goan party as a safeguard of Goan interests completely controlled by goans. 2: Imagine such a thing does happen and further more imagine such genuinely committed regional

Re: [Goanet] The rock solid Christian moral code

2006-07-07 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Santosh, Thanks for responding to my post and advancing the dialogue by being specific in your responses. Hopefully this dialogue will educate the rest of us, who may be misinformed if not ignorant of atheism or religion. Hope this exchange will educate me and others who may follow this

Re: [Goanet] Goa Suraj and migrant voting rights.

2006-07-07 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: Elisabeth Carvalho I think we've both elucidated our points and we won't bore the Goanet reader anymore. === Folks, I am more than a little surprised at some of the views expressed by Elizabeth and Floriano. My questions: What form of ethnic cleansing

[Goanet] Goans in Goa rejoicing

2006-07-07 Thread richard
I would like to add to what Fred writes apropos the above subject. Religion during the Portuguese rule played a big role in the social and political lives of the people.I say political because many a time the religious head was also a part of the ruling dispensation besides the usual State

Re: [Goanet] Moral code and Mahatma Gandhi

2006-07-07 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Frederick \FN\ Noronha wrote: Mahatma Gandhi tends to be over-rated in the West. Though this is off-topic, do you believe it's because of the media blitz that he's benefitted from globally in the second half of the 20th century? FN PS: Not many realise that while Gandhi had strong

[Goanet] GoanetReader [InVerse] Storm in a World Cup ... Cynthia Gomes James

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Storm in a World Cup The year is 2010, the place is South Africa World Cup fever running high The excitement in India reaches delirium pitch As our team qualifies in a shocking win A chance to bring the trophy home Newspaper headlines shout it out Television anchors already hoarse Biographies of

Re: [Goanet] Women of a lesser God - response to Mario

2006-07-07 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: Dear Mario, Honestly you make it sound like I go around with a scalpel and a neon sign on my head saying Buy one, get one free. I'd like to put a smiley at the end of that statement but abortion is no laughing matter and my heart goes out to all the parents

[Goanet] Green and Stinking in Goa

2006-07-07 Thread goadesc
--- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --- Green and Stinking --- The garbage problem has lingered

Re: [Goanet] The rock solid Christian moral code

2006-07-07 Thread Mario Goveia
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Humanists cannot reverse all the ills wrought upon this planet by the so-called religious in one generation. Mario replies: Forget about secular humanists curing ANY of mankind's ills. The point I made was that the secular humanists are not even in the arena,

Re: [Goanet] Moral code and Mahatma Gandhi

2006-07-07 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
I have to agree with Mario here. One can never over-rate the Mahatma, not only for his enormous contribution to India but to humanity at large. Elisabeth -- --- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Frederick \FN\ Noronha wrote: Mahatma Gandhi tends to be over-rated

[Goanet] Goa news for July 8, 2006

2006-07-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa family turns house into footy museum (NDTV) The Chodankar family in Goa has taken their love of football to a new level by turning their house into a museum in honour of the 2006