[Goanet] Anti genes

2008-02-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do Goans have an "anti-" gene? Can DNA tests be > expanded to confirm this? George > George, Actually, you raise a very serious question. It is well known that opposition to something motivates people to take action much better than support for som

[Goanet] Daily Haiku #10.

2008-02-10 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY HAIKU #10: BLISS a dish arroz refogado, a fish bangdo reichado. __ Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc: http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php __

[Goanet] ABBA, Bob Marley & Gloria Gaynor

2008-02-10 Thread JoeGoaUk
ABBA, Bob Marley & Gloria Gaynor http://youtube.com/watch?v=aPOg3XVz5_c [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa or http://is.rediff.com/profilevisitor.php?mem_id=48419

[Goanet] Of Goans, non-Goans and Ghantis....

2008-02-10 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
This evening, for the fence-sitter that I'm reputed to be, going by the grapevine on Goanet, I made suprisingly provocative set of few points at a Margao function (Grace Church hall, organised by the Goenkarachem Diaz). Someone was upset by my anti-anti-migrant approach, that he went on to inform m

[Goanet] malaika - usha udthup

2008-02-10 Thread aksethi
Sir, I had noticed on this webpage, http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-January/037905.html that you have an mp3/wma of "malaika" by usha udthup. I have been looking for this particular recording for many years, my father had bought it decades ago on tape. Would you be kin

[Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-10 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
Dear Victor, Please buy the book authored by Pamela Mountbatten titled India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbatten's During the Transfer of Power. The book is available in India as well as abroad. You can also order the book online. The book cost just US $ 25.55. Once you read that

Re: [Goanet] The Cabo Raj Niwas

2008-02-10 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Dear Dr. Barad, Two humble corrections. The first structure built at the Cabo was not a monastery, but a medical dispensary -- by Afonso de Albuquerque, to thank the villagers of Taleigao. They had fed him and his troops as they lay anchor in the Mandovi estuary after the brief occupation of Old

Re: [Goanet] Gandhi

2008-02-10 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Dr. Barad, I have no interest in buying Pamela Mountbatten's book. You made a statement that you claim is based on that book. It is up to you to prove the truth of that claim --- if it is based on that book, please cite the exact passage that is relevant. You can quote up to 400 words wi

[Goanet] Road Safety UPDATE:Transport vehicles account for 42.56% mishaps in Goa.

2008-02-10 Thread Goa Desc
Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED ---

[Goanet] Career Expo in Bicholim to benefit 3700 students

2008-02-10 Thread samir umarye
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM FEB 10: The Bicholim Taluka school complex committee in association with the sesa mines has organised a three days 'Trade fair on career guidance 2008' for the school and the college students wherein about 3700 students from Bicholim and sattari would participate. Spea

[Goanet] MPT expansion plans in Goa:MLAs from Mormugao taluka back Mormugao Bachao Abhiyan (MBA)

2008-02-10 Thread Goa Desc
- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED. -

[Goanet] Hindu Gods

2008-02-10 Thread Albert Desouza
Dear Goanetters Some one wrote that some of the hindu gods are nude. I would request our christian goanetters to learn to respect the people created by Almighty God and not to criticise their gods in any way. I am not a historian like some of the goanetters are and so i shall refrain from wr

[Goanet] GOACAN ALERT:Govt.of Goa Group of Ministers to examine the expansion plans of MPT.

2008-02-10 Thread Goa Desc
- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED. - --

[Goanet] MARGAO CARNIVAL FLOATS 08 Video Online

2008-02-10 Thread BM TELEVISION
After the Panjim Carnival Floats, now enjoy the MARGAO CARNIVAL FLOATS 08 Video. Preview at: www.bmtelevision.com/previews.htm or www.youtube.com/bmtelevisiongoa Also added Shigmo 2007 Margao Floats video. Enjoy. !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!

Re: [Goanet] Of Goans, non-Goans and Ghantis....

2008-02-10 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Frederick Noronha wrote: >The post in question is already out on the Goa-Research-Net >and is titled What a DNA test of a Malarkar has revealed - You >may all be born NRI [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net/message/3044] >. >Amazing stuff... >. >If you thought "being" fro

[Goanet] Leopard now on prowl at Lamgao Bicholim

2008-02-10 Thread samir umarye
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM FEB 10: The Leopard has now started making it's presence felt at Lamgao Bicholim even as several dogs from the village are reported missing since last few days. According to the information provided by the Animal Rescue Squad president, Amrut Singh the people from Lamgao

[Goanet] Untamed Goa and Food Park Scams

2008-02-10 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - I spent 4 days last week in the deep south of Goa, in the coastal fishing villages of Betul, Canaguinim and Canacona, and in the interior of Quepem. This part of Goa is not unfamiliar to me but the extended stay was specially for purposes of photography. The coastal region here is wh

[Goanet] Senior Citizens Singing Competition at BPS Sports Club Hall Margao

2008-02-10 Thread godfrey gonsalves
In perhaps the first event of kinds the LionClub of Margao Service Trust - shri Naryan Rajaram Bandekar - Senior Citizens Recreation Centre Perpetual Apartments Pedda in Margao +91 0832 -2700886 or 2736109 +91 9422058741 an unit supported by the Department of Social Welfare Government of Goa or

[Goanet] Goa news for February 10, 2008

2008-02-10 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa alert after militant reveals attack plans - Hindu [Feb 7, 2008] Panaji: Goa may have escaped a major terror attack with a suspected militant revealing plans to strike at the tourist St

[Goanet] question to Fr.Ivo

2008-02-10 Thread Ana Maria Fernandes
Dear Fr.Ivo I admire your writings on the goanet. You make time to reply to the questions put to you .We know you are very busy person yet you make time to get things clear to the goanetters. I have some few questions to ask you. No1. Believers or protestants as we call them are also christians

[Goanet] Facts v/s Hearsay

2008-02-10 Thread anand virgincar
Dear Goanetters, Dotor Jose-bab Colaco made a very important comment in a recent posting . He says : " Wish they would not repost propaganda from blatantly prejudiced sites - without checking for possible veracity or possibility...of what is hearsay " Now, pl

[Goanet] Religion and science

2008-02-10 Thread Albert Desouza
God created the earth, and everything that it contained. Gradually as man saw various objects like the sun, stars, rain etc he began to think about the same and found these objects as some thing above the power of man and so he called it god. so we had the sun god. Even today many people worsh

Re: [Goanet] Closing of thread

2008-02-10 Thread yogesh
Hi! Bosco, better late then never. -Yogesh >The following thread and its variants is now CLOSED. > >"Hindu janajagruti pamphlet- protesting against M F Hussain" > >Thank you - Bosco >Goanet Admin >http://www.goanet.org > >

Re: [Goanet] (Goanet) Gandhi

2008-02-10 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
That's a nice duck, dotor! :-) -- RKN <

Re: [Goanet] Hindu Gods

2008-02-10 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
Albert, thank you for the first part of your post. I was informed the thread had been closed, so six of my comments to 6 posts were rejected because I had either changed the heading on the subject line, or it was inappropriate, or for other reasons, all explained to me. But of course I am

[Goanet] Chug along in luxury

2008-02-10 Thread Goanet News Service
Chug along in luxury Raisa Simula Karnataka's latest luxury train - The Golden Chariot will ply between Bangalore and Goa. Find out what kind of a train costs Rs 38 crores. From the outside, the purple and gold coaches of The Golden Chariot don't really do justice to the plush interior of th

Re: [Goanet] Hindu Gods

2008-02-10 Thread Carvalho
--- Albert Desouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Goanetters > > > Some one wrote that some of the hindu gods are nude. RESPONSE: Albert, if you are not properly following discussions, then do not distort them later on. No one on this forum has said what you have written. The majority of Ca

[Goanet] Chris Perry, Lorna and the Bombay Goan Music scene - Part I

2008-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
This article in Man's World of July 2003 appeared in Goanet at that time followed by a lively discussion. It's been 5 years since that time and thought that it would happily transport some new readers down memory lane. Part II follows soon. Roland. Chris & Lorna - Love and Longing in Mumbai's

Re: [Goanet] Of Goans, non-Goans and Ghantis....

2008-02-10 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
Frederick Noronha wrote: 1: The post in question is already out on the Goa-Research-Net and is titled What a DNA test of a Malarkar has revealed - You may all be born NRI http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-research-net/message/3044] 2: Amazing stuff... == Rajan P. Parrikar wrote: 3: Gee, FN, y

[Goanet] Cabo Raj Niwas

2008-02-10 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
I must thank Valmiki Faleiro for suggesting two corrections to my post on Cabo Raj Niwas. I had collected the historical information on Cabo Raj Niwas through my contacts from Directorate of Information, of course unofficially and not through RTI. I realized Valmiki is more right than the informati

[Goanet] The US dollar, gold and you

2008-02-10 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, I am writing this because I have been requested to. I will be brief as I can because I am not sure this topic will be "allowed" since it is not Goa centric. It may be of use to dollar earning Goans though. The main objective of European Central Bank is to curtail inflation. The US Fed ha

Re: [Goanet] Of Goans, non-Goans and Ghantis....

2008-02-10 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Raj(an) Parrikar, I think you're missing the point... or choosing not to see it. DNA testing isn't new. But thanks to VM's post on Goa-Research-Net, this indeed is the first test I've seen with all its details, elaborating on where the ancestors of a specific Goan have come from. Despite all the

[Goanet] NERO’S GUESTS monday-muse (4 Feb 08 )

2008-02-10 Thread Pravin Sabnis
MONDAY MUSE (4 Feb 2008) NERO’S GUESTS Nero fiddled while Rome burned – is an oft quoted statement that is not based on historical reality. However, the real fact of what happened after the burning of Rome remains out of our information. That dark incident was exposed by Magsaysay award winner

Re: [Goanet] Of Goans, non-Goans and Ghantis....

2008-02-10 Thread Eddie Fernandes
RE >This test for DNA has been commercially >available in America for at least 2 years now. >From Goan Voice UK of 22 Sept 2005 at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2005/Sept/issue4/ Trace Your Heritage Back Through Thousands of Years for £300 18 Sep. 2005: The Observer. Private DNA tests

[Goanet] Panjim will soon become like Vasco

2008-02-10 Thread edward desilva
Hi Goanetters, 'WOE BETIDE INDEED' - if BJP wins Goa Elections. Last time they had a stint, the poor ended up not being able to afford onions and potatoes. Result? They got kicked out (not without reason). Only the affluent in Panjim and Mapuca vote for BJP. The rest of Goa vote with the

[Goanet] NRIS/NRGS- Can they help Goa?

2008-02-10 Thread anesimo56
Dear goanet Readers. Goans look at NRI/NRG as one who comes to Goa for a short while, have a good time, and criticize everything and everybody. " If you care so much about Goa,why not come and help.”I have heard these sentiments often enough and I feel some of them are genuine, while others n

[Goanet] OBITUARY - RALPH GONSALVES (Calata-Majorda/Ex-Student of UIS-Kuwait)

2008-02-10 Thread goa world
RALPH GONSALVES Calata-Majorda, Goa (Ex-Student of United Indian School Abbasiya-Kuwait) Born: 11th JULY 1987 Expired: 10th February 2008 in Pune under tragic circumstances Beloved son of ROQUE (National Bank of Kuwait) and JOYCE GONSALVES, Brother/Brother-in-Law of JENESSA (WP Engineering Co

[Goanet] Hindu Gods

2008-02-10 Thread Venantius Pinto
Albert, to my reading does not stray, nor stay at the edges, but is rather precise and maintains context. From observation, and having studied my own rejections; the moderators reject when they see something that the Net cannot condone or support; as well as when the volatile masquerades as angst a

Re: [Goanet] Facts v/s Hearsay

2008-02-10 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
anand virgincar wrote: Now, please have another look at a document titled "Broken peace " http://www.sacw.net/DC/CommunalismCollection/ArticlesArchive/brpeace.pdf My first question is , can any document of such sensitive nature be factual and objective if it contains " hearsay " statements like

Re: [Goanet] Of Goans, non-Goans and Ghantis....

2008-02-10 Thread Carvalho
--- "J. Colaco < jc>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frederick Noronha wrote: > > 1: The post in question is already out on the > Goa-Research-Net and is > titled What a DNA test of a Malarkar has revealed - > You may all be > born NRI - Dear FN, Although I greatly

[Goanet] GOA AND CORRUPTION

2008-02-10 Thread airesrod
Besides its beaches, Goa is now also known for rampant corruption. With everyone racing to buy land in Goa, unscrupulous land deals come as no surprise. The Government has placed under suspension a Civil –cum - sub registrar Mr. Vithal Durga Talwar for alleged large scale corruption, financial irre

[Goanet] Bomb scare at Mumbai college

2008-02-10 Thread Goanet News Service
Bomb scare at Mumbai college MUMBAI: Police were conducting a search at the St Xavier's College following a phone call on Monday morning saying that a bomb has been planted in its campus. An unidentified person called up the college at around 10:20 am, claiming that a bomb has been placed in