Dear Editor would appreciate if my views are aired on your website.
The levelling of the Posh Bunglow owned by the Swiss National at Betalbatim
seems to have created a sense of pride among those who were involved in
Bulldozing it. Wow what a nasty, hasty & evil job done.
I am in
BOMBAY BOYS SPORTS CLUB "THE FIESTA 2006"
The countdown to the much awaited indoor extravaganza The Fiesta 2006
has begun. Come the 26th of October, 2006 and one will witness the splendor
and the magnificence of an evening un-forgettable at the Ramada Hotel,
Riggae, Kuwait . Gracing the
Dear All,
SMILE TRAIN is a New York based charity committed to providing free
treatment to the poor children who have cleft lip and palate. Unlike other
NGO's they fund local hospitals and train local doctors to treat these
patients. Goa had the opportunity to host one of their first internatio
Dear Mario,
I think we are fundamentally on the same page here.
It's true that Nehru led the country on a path to
self-destruction with his socialist agenda, but let me
put his socialism in context. Nehru although a product
of solid western education had a deep suspicion and
dislike for all things
Dear Roland,
There are many myths propagated about Americans by
Indians but none that I dislike more than the one that
assumes intellectual superiority over Americans.
America is home to be best and brightest, and I find
it incredibly hard to believe that Harvard and Yale
students failed IIT entr
Dear Friends
Kindly note the dates of the conference is 27 th to 29 th of october.However
the venueis booked from 26 th october to 30 th of the month.We hope to met
and have a good discussions and time to gather. NATURE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY
AND TRANSFORMATIONS (NEST)
DONGAR GHAR, HILLTOP RES
Kala Academy's Cantaram competition results declared
NT News Desk
Panaji, Oct 16, 2006: The results of Kala Academys cantaram competition
have been declared and accordingly in the Decent category, Agnelo Vaz (solo
male), Livia DSilva (solo female), Conceicao Fernandes and Suzeta Pereir
Further to my earlier post, it was brought to my
notice that Peter Fernandes is the "acting president"
since Salazar Noronha is gone. I must say Peter
"acted" well in the role of the main conspirator in
the GCS's great effort to intimidate and browbeat me.
He stood at a respectable distance when h
Looking better, Cornell ! I have to admit to a earlier allegiance to Bombay
born Tony Brent, and Cliff Richard, of course. The Beatles meant we could
forgive Liverpool for the past, and the cities re-birth makes for another
chapter. An occasional Atlantic flight has one routed overhead, not eno
Manoj Raikar
Dubai
17 October 2006
The President of India
Rashtrapati Bhawan
New Delhi
Subject: Corrupt custom official- Mr. Sahay at Mumbai CST Airport
His Excellency,
After working hard for one year in Dubai, I was returning to India with my
wife on my annual leave and also to celebrate Gan
Hi,
The article mentioned above by Joe Monteiro is well written, but my
compliments end there.
I fail to understand the nostalgia of a ferry and the "disappointment" over
a new bridge in its stead. I'm not sure if the writer is a resident of the
village for I'm sure they will have a different t
Dearest Selma,
Unfortunately, for (scientist) Nandkumar Kamat, Atal Behari Vajpayee of his
revered BJP
is a bachelor and has no hopes in hell of having offsprings inspite of his
knees (or should I say one knee) being very weak. And Advani, inspite of
his having offsprings of his
own, cannot sit
The Save Goa Front (SGF) has demanded the immediate
resignation of Goas Urban Development Minister Mr.
Joaquim Alemao.
After having master-minded the pre-planned attack on
SGF meeting at Cuncolim on October 8th and inview of
the findings of the vigilance Secretary into the
Sonsodo tender multi-cr
Hi,
the information about VIKRANT is incorrect. VIKRANT was a MAJESTIC
class carrier named HMS HERCULES, which was completed for the RN at
the end of WW2 but never used . I served on her as a young Midshipman
in 1964. Can still vividly recall the roar of jets being launched and
recovered on her de
Francis, you are a fountain of creativity, putting this out for 6 months now.
Very impressive.
Also Arnold Noronha's poetic touch is of great caliber. Roland Francis' posts
too. Good additions
to cyberspace. Keep it up.
Regards,
George
--- Francis Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
Tony Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Tony,
> The management of these ships also made it easy on
> the travellers-mainly civil servants whose Class
> Fare was dictated by their grades in the government.
Yes, I got a few emails from people who had to pay for
their own tickets and chose to go
Just found this online link... I think I met Santana some time back...
eager to know more about the film linked to Goa:
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/docuwallahs2/message/1839
Santana Issar graduated in Economics from St Stephen's College in
2005. In the one year since her graduation, she h
Hi Carmo
I am not in the least bit enamoured by a dynastic form of 'favouritism' in
whatever complex way this now works anywhere and especially in democracies.
Indeed, I am thoroughly embarrassed by it. Dynasty goes entirely against the
grain/principle of democracy and this is at least one reaso
New Delhi will be the host to the release of the latest, fast paced book
ABBE FARIA: THE MASTER HYPNOTIST WHO CHARMED NAPOLEON, on 22 October at
Habitat Centre. The author Diogo Mesana Fernandes [who lives in Macau], will
be present in New Delhi. The Governor of Goa, H.E. Shri S C Jamir, will
Dominic has done it again! What a lovely piece on Soiriken Kazar. I
thoroughly enjoyed the posting which included long forgotten songs like
"Dogi Tegi Beatinin Aileot Kumsarac". Dominic's writing and sense of
humor is unique. The posting is especially interesting to my husband and
me since ours
16th October 2006
Press Release
Women resolved to wage a united struggle for gender justice at a meeting held on
14th October at Institute Menezes Braganza Hall, Panjim to mark the 20th
anniversary of Bailancho Saad.
village.
Over 500 women, predominantly from rural areas from all over Goa, ar
> --- "Goa's Pride Goa-World.Com"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > There are numerous examples of this, notable
> > among them being the reasons for the Gandhi
> > family to remain in politics at various times
> > inspite of Rajivs disinterest, Sonias
> > unwillingness and then the childr
Seva Niketan is a Jesuit-run place in Byculla (lots of Goans or POGs,
people of Goan origin, there). The pointer velow is of some related
service, but I guess the contact address would be the same. I'm not
sure if it's a gents-only place, or accomodates families too. --FN
http://www.karmayog.com/n
Hi Borg Costa
Like Clinton, I am inclined to say I feel your pain regarding the working
and living conditions you describe in Dubai. I believe your warning to
people who may be inclined to rush there is timely and helpful. You have
thought about several situations with much care and feeling.
On
Sunith, beware! Mario is beginning to lose his temper. He'll start
foul-mouthing you soon.
-- RKN
>>Mario responds:
>
Sunith,
Since when did you join the fraternity of medical
scientists? Besides, what gives you any more standing
in a cancer debate than a cancer survivor?
>
As a developing schol
Bombay Jesuits... a whole lot of Goan-sounding names. Probably some
are. http://www.bomjesu.org/whoswhere/index.htm
--
--
Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490
http://fredericknoronha.wordpress
Thank you for those kind words Roland..
Will gladly share the verses I composed in 1944 if they are not going to
bore anyone!
Mervyn
- Original Message -
From: "Roland Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:13 AM
Subj
By Khaleejtimes Sports Reporter
DUBAI Defending champions Vanxim Divar beat F.C.
Siolim 3-2 on penalties for a place in the semifinals
of the third All Goa Inter-village Invitation Football
Tournament at the Iranian Club stadium here yesterday.
The regulation period ended at 2-2 with Divar
Hi,
Pls click the below link to view photos of C Alvares,
Shalini Mardolkar, Robin Vaz etc... taken from the
1966 Konkani Film "Nirmon". wait for more
photos..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/borgeee/
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Thanks for this brillant article.
There may be many so called journalists but very very few as daring as you.
I wonder what other journalists on goanet have to say on this..
Thanks once gain
Those who missed it (as I did) may read it here..
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.o
Hi Victor
Many thanks for your post and info. It really is wonderful to pick up this
kind of information via Goanet and about Goan involvement in so many
instances.
Incidentally, there is much to discover about the holocaust perpetrated by
the Germans on the Africans in the then German West Afr
Hi Fred
Is what I see below some kind of joke taken seriously by a quintessentially
narcissist naive poster? Someone who states that his "devastating facts and
logic make further debate impossible" must be a very self indulgent modern
day deity, but who has unfortunately, 'proven' to be, for ma
VINTAGE GABE ... re baba!
AT
>From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
>
>To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
>Subject: Re: [Goanet] Gratuitous distortion
>Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:45:46 +0100
>
>On 13/10/06, Gilbert Lawrence <[E
I happened to be in conversation in Toronto with a Goan father of a
young lad studying at Harvard and he was mentioning thus:
As part of their undergraduate studies, in the third year Harvard,
Yale and in fact some more Ivy League schools are requiring their
business students to spend a year of st
On 16/10/06, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Sunith Velho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mario responds:
> >
> Sunith,
..
> As a developing scholar who fancies himself to have a
> half-way decent command of English but still hasn't
> grasped the difference betwe
Hi Eric
Through your last reply, I think I can now figure out that you live in the
UK! Do let me know where. If Liverpool, I know it reasonably well and had
been there several times until about a year ago.
As far as I can tell, the house where Hitler lived, 1912-13, is not
earmarked in any way
--- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Johnson (Joaozinho) and his Jolly Boys undisputedly
> held the music
> stage in Goa for many years - pre-Potuguese as well
> as after 1961.
And may I add, Johnson (Joaozinho Carvalho) played
alongside Prof. Lourencinho Menezes in the Orquestra
Sinf
--
LPG Consumers Safety Camp at Patrong, Baina, Vasco
--
The Vasco Civic and Consumer Forum in collaboration with
M/s Vasco Gas Service, Vasco is organising a Safety Camp
for the benefit
--- neil rangel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I came across this newsclip:'Plan' to destroy green
> Goa. Scrap Regional Plan, say experts, greens.
>
> Its really sad that Goa is gradually losing all her
> beauty and greenery in settlement zones. Priceless
> trees are being chopped to clear land. A
Here comes the Hundredth VCD
(see updated list below, if printed, it will come out on 14 pages)
VCD No. 100
DEV ZANNA (Jayant Keni Production)
Songs & Jokes
With Joana, Com. Ambe, Agnelo da Costa, Cajetan de Courtorim, Velina,
Sucocorina, Cheryl,
Hortencia etc.
Rs.150
--- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Would I be irrational in asking whether with the
> history and record of the Church in recent times
> suppressing the widespread news of abuse and
> molestation of children and adults under their
> care, if there are among the ranks of the saints
Folks,
Notwithstanding the numerous congratulatory messages and local
newspaper coverage, I Iook forward to the annual Fama with some
trepidation. This is because it causes great local nuisance and
disturbs the common good. Heres the reason why:
1. A huge posse of police is posted everyday for 7 d
--- Pravin Sabnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MONDAY MUSE (16 October 2006)
>
>
>
> SPEAK NOT, ACT!
>
>
>
> There was a man who worked for the rail yard. One
> day as he went into the
> freezer compartment to do his routine work, the door
> accidentally closed and
> he found himself trap
DEAR AUNTY No. 26 - WEEKLY TOP 12:
_
1. DEAR AUNTY,
Why don't you become a mine-owner ? You sound so strong ! Dempo
...
Dear Dempo: Idiot ! You think I'm made of iron ore what ?!
_
Thanx Mervyn for that nostalgic "piece" and on a wider spectrum for
sending some of us ""down memory lane" on these long vacations
taken by East African Goans to Goa in pre-independent Kenya, Uganda,
Tanganyika and Zanzibar. (They all got independence from British
rule in the early sixties).
These
Title: Change detection studies in coastal zone features of Goa by remote
sensing
By Murali, R. M.; Vethamony, P.; Saran, A. K. and Jayakumar, S.
Source: Current Science (ISSN: 0011-3891) Vol. 91 no. 6. Pages: 816-819. 25
September 2006.
Full text at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep252006/816.pdf
Goanet News Headlines:
TUESDAY, OCT 17, 2006:
o Govt to maintain status quo on shacks fees (after threatening hike). (NT)
o Pacheco opposes guidelines on allotment of shacks. (NT)
o Churchill demands special scheme for locals in allotment of shacks. (NT)
o 75% shacks to traditional shack-operator
HIGHWAY ACROSS THE MANDOVI -- FERRY TALES FROM ANOTHER DAY
By Joe A.Monteiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Last year when I was in Khorjuem, my beautiful island in the
sun, I was thoroughly disappointed and utterly depressed when
I took a walk to the ferry wharf. As I gazed across the empty
expanse of water,
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