Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry

2006-11-11 Thread Carvalho
Dear Vivian, This is what I've noticed about casual labour in Goa. It is much cheaper in Vasco than in the rest of Goa. Give it a few more years, the wage rates will depress for the rest of Goa as well. Despite this tight market in certain sectors, working conditions are still far below acceptab

Re: [Goanet] Aguiars Memories

2006-11-11 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 11/11/06, eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Rev. Benny and his brother the Rev. Vernon are Kalina-Santa Cruz East > Indians. Benny is 80 now, but he keeps very active. A very urbane duo, > they are also terribly nice human beings, and i treasure their acquaintance. > Fr. Benny was the

[Goanet] GOACAN to observe Childrens Civic & Consumer Rights Week

2006-11-11 Thread Goadesc
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! --

Re: [Goanet] Justice for Sportspersons

2006-11-11 Thread Floriano
Dear Agnelo, I do what is in my capacity to do. In my time I have met many a persons who vibe for Goa, but I must say that I do not recollect those faces. As I have said umpteen times, I shall not volunteer to roast myself of the hot tarred road as the earth-worm to save Goa. No siree! But

[Goanet] Re Maddel or Caju ? Salcete or Bardez ?

2006-11-11 Thread miguel12
Dear Dr.Carmo, Maddel or coconut feni is a hot favourite in Bardez also. It is a must for Para and Recheiado, specailly of bagddo[Mackeral] or pamplitt [Pomfret. If in Navelim-Salcet [there is also a Navelim in Bicholim!] you have a place called Maddel, we have one just outside Mapusa, towards

Re: [Goanet] Goans VS East indians of Bandra

2006-11-11 Thread Cornel DaCosta
Hi Edwin Many thanks for your very sensible and most welcome reply post to this endless and vacuous debate on Goans vs East Indians etc. I did wonder if those pressing hard on this issue had nothing better to do than promote a kind of unnecessary communalism as you so rightly say. Ethnically,

[Goanet] **DEAR AUNTY No. 29 - WEEKLY HUMOR :-))**

2006-11-11 Thread Francis Rodrigues
**DEAR AUNTY No. 29 - WEEKLY TOP 12** _ 1. DEAR AUNTY, "Karl's Ginza doing well in Vasco!!" But why is his kitchen so noisy?? Sopi .. Dear Sopi:I guess he's making a big 'Karl din !!' (caldin=soup !)* ___

[Goanet] SOIRIKEN KAZAR (Arranged marriage) Part 5

2006-11-11 Thread domnic fernandes
SOIRIKEN KAZAR (Arranged marriage) – Part 5 TAG DANCE (Continued) Once the ‘Tag Dance’ began, the emcee would interrupt the band every now and then and announce – ‘Tag’ – at which the males who had been standing or following the couples on the floor would rush and tap on the back of the male

[Goanet] Banna-halli (Benaulim, Salcete) and the True Goans !

2006-11-11 Thread Miguel Braganza
From: "CARMO DCRUZ" wrote Hi Mario, Well, according to my research (done painstakingly in the mid 80s), Kannadigas were also the indigenous people of Goa along with the Gavdas and the Kunbis. As a relative percentage, there were more Kannadigas in what is now known as Salcette than Gavdas Bard

[Goanet] Maddel or Caju? Salcete or Bardez? A question of impotence

2006-11-11 Thread Cecil Pinto
Dr. Carmo D'Cruz wrote: We Shastikars, who always drink in moderation (to our health of course !) prefer our neat Maddel or with a little soda - The Caju smell lingers longer and that makes many Bardezkars smell like bebdos ! Cecil: It is true that Caju is far more potent, in odour and effect,

[Goanet] Saints As We Do Not Know Them (By Fr. Desmond de Sousa CSsR, SAR NEWS)

2006-11-11 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
poor and downtrodden? This is an aspect of Saints As We Do Not Know Them. -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) Free the airwaves... for India's sake (see the article at the URL below) [http://www.tehelka.com/home/2006/2006.asp?filename=18.jpg

[Goanet] Goanet News Headlines * Nov 11, 2006 * Rane announces austerity measures for Goa .... mining protest reaches hotel

2006-11-11 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
. for India's sake (see the article at the URL below) [http://www.tehelka.com/home/2006/2006.asp?filename=18.jpg] ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org

[Goanet] Spiralling Untruths and Whirling Dervishes - thread closed by self

2006-11-11 Thread Cecil Pinto
As a long time supporter of the GoaNet initiative I have decided to go that extra mile and help the GoaNet Admin Team in their task by indulging in self censorship. Therefore I declare the thread "Spiralling Untruths and Whirling Dervishes" hereby closed as it has been conclusively proved that

[Goanet] UK warns nationals over property deals in Goa

2006-11-11 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://oheraldo.in/node/20378 UK warns nationals over property deals in Goa BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 10 – The UK government has cautioned its nationals visiting Goa against getting involved in property deals that violate provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). "The Government

Re: [Goanet] Lost tribe of Africa, Mestizos

2006-11-11 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was told that Fr. Benny Aguiar is brother of late > Prof. Theophilus Aguiar, who was one of my teachers > at St. Xavier's College. I believed Aguiar was a > Goan, but perhaps I am wrong in my belief. I will > check with Prof. Aquiar's son who li

Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry /re. Disparity

2006-11-11 Thread Aristo
Hi Vivian, I too don't know what Selma is talking about, perhaps its another one of those birds-eye observations of hers. (HA HA, can't help harping on Selma's Achilles heel!) In my limited experiences, I have rarely seen a person working a strict Nine-to-SIX being derided for it. I follow it rel

[Goanet] How smart can we get?

2006-11-11 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Are we here to play gotcha on facts and information? Or are we here to dialogue, outline perspectives and arrive through dialogue to consensus opinions and mutual answers? Some may think this is an intrusion into Selma's thread. Nope! Yet, it is similar. Even more amazing is when one is ch

Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry

2006-11-11 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha
;t regard class/caste/claste markers so strongly? It's a complex situation. You could all it a lose-lose-lose game. High time we acknowledged this and started looking for solutions. Forget about all that official bombast. FN -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) Free

Re: [Goanet] Goans VS East indians of Bandra

2006-11-11 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Hear! Hear!! For God´s sake pray Hear!!! AT From: "Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" To: Subject: [Goanet] Goans VS East indians of Bandra Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:19:50 -0500 Dear Goanetters, This mail is with reference to the spate of

[Goanet] Niz Goenkar

2006-11-11 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
NIZ GOENKAR By Valmiki Faleiro Who are Goans? I spoke of migrant "Ghantkars" (people from across the Ghats, as then locally known) while tracing the roots of Margao’s Dindi fest last week. Those migrants, now in their third or fourth generation, are so assimilated into the local ethos that it

Re: [Goanet] Maddel or Caju ? Salcete or Bardez ?

2006-11-11 Thread Mario Goveia
--- CARMO DCRUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We Shastikars, who always drink in moderation (to > our health of course !) prefer our neat Maddel or > with a little soda - The Caju smell lingers > longer and that makes many Bardezkars smell like > bebdos ! > Mario observes: > Carmo, I'm sure m

Re: [Goanet] Re Maddel or Caju ? Salcete or Bardez ?

2006-11-11 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
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[Goanet] SOGAC VOWS TO TURN IFFI INTO A FIFI

2006-11-11 Thread airesrod
The SAVE OLD GOA (Bainguinim) ACTION COMMITTEE (SOGAC) has today welcomed Panaji MLA and Goa’s Leader of Opposition Mr. Manohar Parrikar’s support in opposing the Corporation of the City of Panaji’s decision to set up its garbage disposal plant in a Panchayat area of Old Goa at Bainguinim. Now wit

[Goanet] Valli - Halli.

2006-11-11 Thread eric pinto
I can go with that mix, but not the Greek and Kanara foul-up over drinks : water to both groups is neera, not respectful at all to our beloved bubbly ! Human settlements may have started life as hallis, but valli - villi - valley - village came out the clear winner in the extended kavkas ( c

[Goanet] 12th November.

2006-11-11 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
TWELTH NOVEMBER. Twelth November will be remembered as one of the momentous dates in the history of Kuwait Goans because on this date in 1990 in Goa at Panjim, Kuwait Goan Evacuees organized a Public Rally and Public Meeting for the cause of Kuwait. Who were the participants in these Public

[Goanet] An Interesting Sweet Potatoe and Lame Duck Pai Recipe

2006-11-11 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, One pleasant Saturday afternoon a few decades ago, I received a phone call from a friend of mine. His first words were, "Where the hell are you?" I had just returned from the Dar es Salaam Institute and was pleased with the world. For those of you who have not been to any of the Institutes

[Goanet] How others deal with diversity/ Re to Gabriel

2006-11-11 Thread Sunith Velho
Dear Gabriel, Have you not seen on Indian news channels, coverage of common people denouncing and burning effigies of government officials every other day. Hyde Park seemed pretty tame to me compared to the anti-Government protests that regularly occur in India. Witness the current ones in Delh

Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry - is that what's happening?

2006-11-11 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If we expect multinationals and huge Indian > companies to employ adequate number of people to > preform required services, we are mistaken. In > fact, Indian companies revel in the fact that they > can gnaw at the inherent insecurity that resides in