[Goanet] The Great Goan Kashti is The Traditional Dress and The National Flag of Goa !

Hi Cornel, We Sashtikars have done extensive research on the traditional dress of the men-folk of Goa and have come to the unanimous conclusion that the KASHTI IS THE TRADITIONAL DRESS OF GOA. I am surprised you did not know about this. Infact in Salcete we even revere the Kashti as the Nationa

Re: [Goanet] Identifying Goan vegetables

Mervyn, Tendlim are called Gerkins in English in the UK as well as in the US and in India. BTW which part of Surrey are you from ? I still have a sister in North Surrey (Sr. Lina at St. Raphael's Hospice). My other sister Leonita Mascarenhas and her family has moved to Florida from Crawley, We

[Goanet] "Coddu Sounsar" (A Bitter World) - In fond rememberance of Minguel Rod

"Coddu Sounsar" (A Bitter World) - In fond rememberance of Minguel Rod The final Curtain - by Basilio de Goa The world is a colossal stage and life but the actor on it playing to the script of Fate from his debut in the mother's arms till the act of breathing the last, whereupon, falls the

Re: [Goanet] Breadfruit is NIRPONOS IN Salcete

Roland, You are mistaken. Nirponos is Breadfruit. Palponos is something different. Even The contents of the 2 fruits are different. Naguesh Bhatcar ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org

[Goanet] article on Calangute Social

CALANGUTE SOCIAL IN CANADA By: Kevin D'Costa The villagers of Calangute joined together on September 23rd, 2006 to celebrate their annual social. However, this year's celebration was a special one, since it was the 15th anniversary of the Calangute Association in Canada. The socia

Re: [Goanet] St. Stanislaus and "The MIDDLE GROUND" in our hockey careers

Hi Cedric, How coincidental ! That was the MIDDLE GROUND on which I first practiced my hockey goalkeeping too after day dreaming and getting lost in thought (and giving up as a midfleilder in hockey and soccer). I played my first ever hockey match as goalie there - It was an inter-class hockey tou

[Goanet] GOANS of KENYA - MOMBASA_newsletter

0 GLOBAL GOANS - GOANS of KENYA - MOMBASA_newsletter = Issue No. 5/2006 Sept. 2006 Dear Members, There was a lull since our last newsletter whilst our Council Members were w

[Goanet] PALPON RE you Bardezkars and your Palponos !

Hi Roland, PALPON RE you Bardezkars and your Palponos ! (see the confusion in the sentence ?) Or do you call them Pathponos, Panponos or what ? where is the Konkani corruption here ? in Bardez or Salcette ? - Now You Tell ! Its already getting very confusing ! I think the Nir in the Sashtika

[Goanet] KALA ACADEMY TIATR COMPETITION 2006 - RESULTS

KALA ACADEMY TIATR COMPETITION 2006 - RESULTS Amchim porbim Diago Fernandes ani Dramatic Troupe of Ribandar-chea tiatr kolakorank tancam poilo in'nam Kala Academy Tiatrachea Spordheak favo zalo hunn. Teach porrim kherit bhaxem amchim porbim Dramatic Troupe of Ribandar-ar hankam zannem sogglea

[Goanet] Goa defeat Macau but its unique Identity is crushed!

Yesterday Goan boys did Goa proud by beating lowly Macau 2-0 in their first international outing after 4 decades at the Macau Science University Stadium. Donald Rocha scored the brace in both halves. Goa looked palid in the first 15 minutes but picked up pace and dominated midfield. The Goan defe

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Let's Go Goa Green (part II)

Talking Photos: Let's Go Goa Green (part II) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/260914679/ Check prev./Part I here Talking Photos: Let's Go Goa Green All greenery you see here is natural.. Check this out.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/223086731/ panjim Church also

Re: [Goanet] Goan Inter-village Football held at Al Nasr Dubai - 30Non Goans playing

Shut up and keep the spirit of the game going. I've played in this tournament before and sometimes it's difficult to field a team because of work / shift commitment. We should praise the Goan organization and support them in whatever way we can. Thanks Luis >From: borg costa > >Dear Joyce, >

Re: [Goanet] Propagation of a falsehood

Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My dear Mario, A few days ago you claimed you do not get to "see" my posts. Now it seems you do. Just in case you did not "see" it the first time, here are some questions I directed your way. > 1) There is no trash section of the Goanet archives. > 2) It w

Re: [Goanet] Breadfruit is NIRPONOS IN Salcete

Dear Roland, I'm sure you know intonation and words change as you go from one village to the other, sometimes even from one vaddo to another. When you cross the two biggest of Goa's rivers from Bardez to Salcete, any surprise that words undergo a major makeover? Palponos (Bardez) = Patponos (Ilha

Re: [Goanet] Happy birthday Goanet service

Hi Everyone, A list of greetings were sent out in September as well as October. I regret that it is not being received. I will however start posting weekly birthday/anniversary messages NOTE: Please send your (or loved ones) greetings details for those who haven't done so far to greetings at g

Re: [Goanet] Today's "latest research"

Hi Gilbert, My replies to your points are interspersed below: --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Should you not have done this in the first place? > Done what? Asked a cancer surgery expert? I had already done that. I have had extensive discussions on the topic of cancer bio

[Goanet] Birthday Greetings - Revised

Dear All, On behalf of Goanetters, wish you a Happy Birthday Message for Dominic & Valene - from Francis Lobo & Family Dear Domnic, Happy birthday Domnic & Valene! We wish you and your daughter, Valene, many happy returns of the day and a very happy birthday on October 4, 2006. May all your

[Goanet] Propagation of a falsehood

Frankly I am yet to figure out what the "falsehood" or "mistakes" or what was "badly written" in the original post. I will admit, I am not a linguist or an English scholar. I may have spent half hour to write the post; with half the time aimed at making the post short, sweet, and easily readab

Re: [Goanet] Frank Moraes on Pakistan

>From: "eric pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > >To: >Subject: [Goanet] Frank Moraes on Pakistan >Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 01:45:32 -0400 > >(A Bombay native, Jinnah later gifted his stately home on Malabar Hill to >his old country, India leases it

[Goanet] Inconvenient Truths (2)

--- Gabe Menezes writes: > I have lived in Singapore, which most people know is a totalitarian state, life was good. I would rather have lived under Saddam, so too, I am sure, would the Chaldean Catholics, than under the present regime. > Mario observes: > Gabe, Almost all the Iraqi Chaldean Cathol

[Goanet] Why Goans will believe any garbage

The following quote is from the Oheraldo, pertaining to the garbage collection issues in Margao. Quote Says an official, “The civic body needs a minimum of 20 more workers for round-the-clock garbage collection, atleast in the heart of the city. The present 47 staff falls short of the requirements

[Goanet] Puppy love, Mummy love & Daddy love

Re-sent Puppy love, Mummy love & Daddy love The only daughter 40, settled in Europe had this beautiful puppy. They loved the puppy so much that when the puppy is sick or stops eating etc it will upset the whole family. One day, while the family car was taken to the garage for servicing, the

[Goanet] Public demand Mummy to CM chair, Mummy for ?action? against Babush too (reply)

Congress leader r too old we need new faces leave Churchill rest all resign they are not giving Goan a Daily bread which Jesus given to 5000 peoples goan leader are evil all r in congress. bring mummy, Nirmala Sawant, Dhavlikar,filpe neri, this are the wise people n people lovers n their will die

Re: [Goanet] Breadfruit is NIRPONOS IN Salcete

ticulturist/ Editor - Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW -- next part -- An HTM

[Goanet] Frankfurt: Mariano Pereira: President of the Bharat Association

Frankfurt: Mariano Pereira: President of the Bharat Association 4 Oct: Frankfurter Rundschau. Mariano Pereira, a civil engineer from Goa has lived in Frankfurt since 1967 - "longer than in Goa." . Pereira is the President of the Bharat Association of Frankfurt with 350 members. Text in German, 60

Re: [Goanet] Propagation of a falsehood

The post appended below sets the record straight. Garbage and misinformation propagated in a public forum must always be exposed. Cheers, Santosh --- Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mario, > 1) Gilbert's original article was extremely badly > written. > 2) A board certified oncologis

Re: [Goanet] Konkani Oldies News ( with update and Pics of Leena)

Konkani Oldies News ( with update and Pics of Leena) The Heroine of the first Konkani Film Leena Fernandes (now Dias) in living in Bombay, Andheri. (not in North Goa as said earlier). Thanks to Isidore Dantas for the update and photo. Check here the Film poster and Pics of Leena http://www.fl

[Goanet] Congratulations to Diago Fernandes' "DENNEM" & Dramatic Troupe of Ribandar - Kala Academy Tiatr Competition 2006

AC Auditorium. For details email [EMAIL PROTECTED] - All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goan

Re: [Goanet] What is Goa's traditional dress?

It is often said that the kunbis are the "original Goans", but pre-Portuguese history says that a group of, I think, 12 families came from the north and settled on the banks of the river Zuari in present-day Cortalim. These families were possibly Aryans, who first came to India from central Asia. O

[Goanet] Today's "latest research"

Hi Santosh, Should you not have done this in the first place? This rather than trying to present yourself as the all-knowing goanet scientist / medical person? In fact as a true scientist you should be saying to yourself, "anything outside neuroscience, I am just a humble 'know-very-little' g

[Goanet] Ek Kovita: Zap Mellot?

Zap Mellot? Ixttagottichea margar Bhorvonxeachim kirnnam Pollounk axelolo Dusmankaeche kallokan Vochun ga Koso xennlo? Boreaponnachea umbrear Panvol dovortana Paianchea tollak Niddukaichi dhull Chittkon urlea Ti khoxi Zhaddun uddoitolo? Tujea ontorskonn-an Ghanneari vost

Re: [Goanet] Is it all over for Goa ?

--- Goa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it all over for Goa? > > Go Antonio Diniz, Fatorda > Herald, Goa's complete online news edition > > The views expressed by Soter D'Souza `Goans and > addiction' give a frightening account of what is in > store for Goans. It is an awakening call to all >

[Goanet] "XENNN" (COW DUNG)

Thank you Domnic bab. I too come from 'Xennachem Ghor' (Late 70s), then switched to Red Cement floor followed by Tiles and finally Marbles. -besides Damor/Tarr, I also remember people using Dry cell/battery powder as mixture (cowdung application) -Like in wall paintings etc, cow dung applicatio

Re: [Goanet] China and Russia

--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This also reminds me that, when I spent three weeks > in Russia in 1969 at the height of the Cold War, > and Russia was definitely a police state, most of > the churches were open to the public and religious > services were plentiful in Moscow, St Peters

[Goanet] Propagation of a falsehood

--- Mervyn Lobo wrote: > > Mario, > 1) Gilbert's original article was extremely badly > written. > 2) A board certified oncologist can make mistakes. > 3) There are people who are capable of pointing out > mistakes that a person is making in another > profession. > Mario responds: > I agree with a

[Goanet] Service

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[Goanet] unemployment in Goa

Folks, A few years ago I happened to work on a telecom project in one of the poorest countries of the world--The Congo (DRC). The capital, Kinshasa resembles a disaster zone. Outside the lone 5 star hotel in the downtown area, there used to be about 100 idle men every morning, awaiting casual work

Re: [Goanet] What is Goa's traditional dress?

Hi Cecil I have always believed that Kunbi dress in Goa is the traditional dress. Are there alternative views? On another point, I did note some time ago, names of famous (mainly English) writers 'attached' to current Goanet wordsmiths and that you came off rather well. I have also enjoyed your

[Goanet] Fatima D'Sa, lawmaker...

Would anyone else also find this boast by former legislator Fatima D'Sa a bit outplaced? "My association with cars and bikes started at a very early age. In fact, I started driving when I was barely 12 years old, by bribing my father's chauffeur to give me driving classes on the quiet. As my father

[Goanet] England's Chris Ross goes to Goa for Chess Championships

The Hunts Post Chris goes to Goa for Chess Championships 04 October 2006 WEB EDITORIAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Huntingdon man is travelling to India to represent Britain in the Visually Impaired World Chess Championships. Chris Ross, who teaches at St Peter's School, in Huntingdon, flies out

[Goanet] 'INS Prahar' captain sacked by Indian Navy

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1811751,000600010004.htm 'INS Prahar' captain sacked by Indian Navy Press Trust of India Mumbai, October 3, 2006 Indian Navy has sacked the captain of the warship INS Prahar for "navigational error" after it sank following a collision with a ship off the G

[Goanet] OFFTOPIC... Riding the Wave of the Future

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34898 ENERGY-PORTUGAL: Riding the Wave of the Future Mario de Queiroz LISBON, Sep 27 (IPS) - Atlantic Ocean waves are to light up 1,500 homes in the north of Portugal. The first 2.25 megawatts of electricity produced from wave power will be brought ashore at

[Goanet] Is it all over for Goa ?

Is it all over for Goa? Go Antonio Diniz, Fatorda Herald, Goa's complete online news edition The views expressed by Soter D'Souza `Goans and addiction' give a frightening account of what is in store for Goans. It is an awakening call to all Goans. His quote " We Goans are hooked by money, power,

[Goanet] AICHEA DISAK CHINTOP - Outubrachi 4ti, 2006!

Dev amchea dispottea-girajak sambar dita punn tachem bazop ami korunk zai. Jem kiteim tum aichea disa bazta, tem khateleank manaolea puro. (God gives us the ingredients for our daily bread but He expects us to do the baking. Whatever you bake today, may it please the ones you serve.) Moi-moga

[Goanet] FW: "Pravasi Bharatiya Divas : 7-9 January 2007 : Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi"

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 7 – 9 January 2007 : Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs , for the first time  in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry and supported by the Government of NCT of Delhi, is once again organising the 5th edition of the Pravasi Bha

Re: [Goanet] DISH TV

Please click on the link below for info on DISHTV. http://www.dishtvindia.in/ Avelino ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone tell me what is the exact total cost for installing DISH TV in Goa (including all the taxes/octroi charges etc,etc)? Thanks & Best Regards, Francis Cardinho ___