Pomburpa initiatives... what villages and expats can do
This goes to show what a village can do, when it gets its act
together. Pomburpa is a small village along the riverfront, in the Goa
(India) subdistrict of Bardez. The video was made available by Mario
Fernandes.
Dear departed
Georgina Maddox
The late F N Souza is making big bucks but his museum still a dream
The late Francis Newton Souza, founder of the Bombay Progressives, is an artist
who yet again affirms the cliché: A good artist is a dead one. Before one is
sued for libel one must allow room
To Goanet -
The schedule has been revised. The
show now begins on Wednesday, May 21,
and runs for 4 days.
The Rape of Goa - a photo documentary
by
Rajan P. Parrikar
Where: Institute Menezes Braganza Art Gallery, Panjim
When: May 21, 22, 23 24, 2008 from 10 am - 6 pm
Open to the public.
--- Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking at this renowned author, would suggest
we-goanetters tend to look at issues, at best in a
superficial way and at worst by demagoging the
facts.
On reading the answers given by Dinesh D'Souza to two
very reasonable and sober questions posed
Though these articles are not for some reason available on the
traditional interface, they can be salvaged from the TOI epaper.
-
TOI, 13/5/08
Govt, gram sabhas on collision course
Projects already okayed can’t be opposed: Minister
Sanjay Banerjee Raju Nayak | TNN
Margao/Panaji: The state
From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have simply shown that the Cardinal seems to believe
in a God who is NOT a fact in the world nor an idea
nor a hypothesis that can be proved or disproved - a
God who is a mystery that cannot be conceptually
... the Rs 3500/- paperweight Dattaraj Salgaocar is
having Amitabh Bachchan release this evening at
Goa Marriott.
See -
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/borga-mine-tele.jpg
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/borga-mine-wide.jpg
If it makes you feel good, think of it all as artwork
Aires Rodrigues wrote on Goanet:
Panaji's Deputy Mayor, Mr. Yatin Parekh may be the only one, of the hordes
to have made official trips abroad, to make some observations on his trip.
With modern technology all these foreign trips are a wasteful expenditure as
all information and knowledge one
To Goanet -
I grew up around these parts. Sometimes this
feels like a bad dream, the Dona Paula I knew
in my younger days and what has become of
it now. The villagers of Taleigao, egged on by
Monserrate, threw a fit over the IT Habitat but
they don't say boo to this -
A long view -
From: CORNEL DACOSTA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Fr Ivo
Apropos this discussion, your explanation for the
existence of a God is perfectly understandable as from
a sincere clergyman. To me, much such explanation is
akin to mysticism that one tends to either accept or
reject.
Often, my dear Fr Ivo,
MLM scams in Goa
Cyril P D'Souza, Calangute
Sandeep Heble's letter regarding MLM (Herald, 8 May) refers to
'Salient Online'. I wish to tell Goan readers that we are not vigilant
enough and very gullible. A few years back, there was a big scam
perpetrated on Goans by one Vasant Pandit from Mumbai,
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
COMMENT: I understand and share Rajan's frustration,
and Gadgil's and Floriano's and everyone else.
-
Dear Mario and Floriano,
Let me try to respond to both your queries in this
post.
Mario, Rajan plainly posed
I tried reading the full text of the Cardinal's speech that was kindly
web-linked as well as the abstracts that were posted.
The writings were Latin to me with some Greek philosophy.
Aum supurlo Goenkar murree.
The discussion on Goanet is a classical example of:
The eyes see and the brain reads
Do State politicians live to eat?
Making a meal of it –1
Study your politicians' food-spend sheet (the second in the series) and you
are made to believe they have dedicated their lives to literally perform
between gourmet meals while working up an appetite for the next, all for the
sake of
2008/5/13 Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
To Goanet -
I grew up around these parts. Sometimes this
feels like a bad dream, the Dona Paula I knew
in my younger days and what has become of
it now. The villagers of Taleigao, egged on by
Monserrate, threw a fit over the IT Habitat
The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution was intended to be the culminating point
of the evolutionary process of the decentralisation of democratic power. The
Amendment has provisions which are of great significance that relate to socio-
economic planning. These include preparation of development
To Goanet -
But not for the Majorda-kars. Only if you are
a bhailo flush with cash.
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/majorda-1.jpg
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/majorda-2.jpg
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/majorda-3.jpg
It is learnt that a new hotel project (by a
Looking for a data entry female on fathers /husband visa who has knowledge
of adobe frame maker
write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Best of the Web: Your Eye on the World
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Join me on You Tube to listen to music videos
http://www.youtube.com/edwardlopes7
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Authoritarian separatist Marxist rule is also
non-existent in Goa, but I don't see you objecting
to
the emotional, frustrated calls for that kind of
nonsense.
---
Dear Mario,
I'll leave you to prattle on about zoning
It's a good thought on this photo documentary , but i think if we title it GOAN
RAPISTS rather than rape of goa, we have read that Goa is being raped over and
over again but never really hit out the names of those who rape Goa, be it by
real estate, mining mafia's or be it with the help of
To Goanet -
What is the fellow doing in Korgaon in the first
place? The vermin has infected even the most
rural peaceful parts of Goa now.
*
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3908cid=26
PERNEM, MAY 12 –A native of Delhi but residing at Korgao-Pernem
was arrested on charges of
http://www.savemylanguage.org/
Tags: Konkani Dictionary, Learn Konkani Language
The best way to learn a new language, is to use word lists that have
words from a specific category.
This makes it easier to learn new words, as they are all related.
I have found this set of
I thought this item would interest us all.
Sachin Phadte
Indians greenest citizens of the world!
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/09green.htm
May 09, 2008
Indian and Brazilian have the most environmentally-friendly lifestyles,
according to a new global survey.
American customers scored
Will someone care to explain why Goa does not name roads, gardens etc
after a few of our sprinkling artists both visual and musicians? We
have names of some Endian figures who have no meaning nor relevance to
our life for crying out loud! Gandhi, Nehru could well be some cheezy
Bollywood heros for
TECHNOLOGY CANNOT SUBSTITUTE THE ACT OF MARITAL LOVE
VATICAN CITY, 10 MAY 2008 (VIS) - Benedict XVI received participants in an
international congress being promoted by the Pontifical Lateran University in
Rome to mark the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of the Encyclical
Humanae
To Goanet -
Just found out about this. See -
http://www.richmondepark.com/siteplan.html
and
http://www.richmondepark.com/richmonde.html
I got to it quite by accident through this
architect's website -
http://ritamody.com/project-richmonde.html
I looked up this architect because her name
is
Special Coaching Programme by Purushottam
Shri.Purushothaman Thirumalai (ELO Rating 2290) will
be at Taleigao Chess Academy from May 28 for a week.
Young 20 year old Purushottam is a B.Com student. He
is a International Master norm-holder.
He stood 6th in Asian Championship Under20, 2007 and
Pablo Picasso, a renowned artist said, Art is never chaste. It ought
to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with
those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is
chaste, it is not art.
Read the complete judgment at the link
Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] asks: What is the fellow
doing in Korgaon in the first place? The vermin has infected even the
most rural peaceful parts of Goa now.
==
jc's response:
I have a few thoughts on the matter.
1: As an Indian citizen, does this 'Dilliwallah' not have a right
Greetings all, here is an interesting story from six Peruvian villages
in the Andes (to my understanding, my French is limited to impressing
my Karwar-side relatives) who have growing 1000 varieties of potatoes
that provide all round nutrition. I know Goa's folklore has stories of
enginer de
As a follow up to the Potato Park, here are some flickr
pictures...unfortunately no potato pictures.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%22Parque+de+la+papa%22
Here is an interesting book (refered to by the intervieuee), the
Potatoe Treasure of the Andes,
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:00:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Obviously you are unaware that hundreds of laws exist
in India and in Goa, but the problem is none of these
are adhered.
Mario responds:
I'm not sure whom you think you are helping with yet
another dismissive statement
Dears,
Section 6, sub-section 4 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 makes the
resolutions of the Gram Sabha [that are not contrary to the Constitution of
India] BINDING on the Village Panchayat.
Thje right to give CONSTRUCTION LICENCE and/or OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE is
vested on the
Rajan P. Parrikar wrote:
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/borga-mine-tele.jpg
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/borga-mine-wide.jpg
If it makes you feel good, think of it all as artwork on a hill.
Rajan, thanks for the pictures and pointers to the public companies mining in
http://www.igovernment.in/site/tiff-delays-gbbn-project/
Tiff delays Goa broadband project
May 13, 2008
By Pravin Prashant
New Delhi: A major tiff between the Goa administration and the United
Telecom Ltd (UTL) over last mile connectivity was hampering
commissioning of services to citizens.
__
DAILY QUOTE #22:
__
Nobody can stop us, foolish Goans! We have all the
licences and political clout possible - and as for
money, we can go on All-night and All-day,yaar!
Aldeia De Goa - ecological disaster on Bambolim coastline.
_
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is too much money to be made in Goa right now
for the developers to be rational. They are in
the
business of making money, not in the business of
being
rational. The ugly results are there for everyone
to see through the lens of Rajan
Just as a matter of debate... should public figures take everything
that comes their way which happens to be entirely sponsored and in
no way a burden on the Goan taxpayer? Lots of diverse things come in
such packages.
FN
2008/5/13 Sandeep Heble [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Aires Rodrigues wrote on
Dear Friends
For so many days I have been reading what cardinal said what Fr.Ivo said
--- and what the readers said.--- Why do you wash the linen on this goanet?
Cardinals are there to give speeches which people like me have to read smile
and go to sleep because it contains bombastic
- Original message -
From: floriano [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
I have written about the concept of TDR (Transfer Development
Rights). Is
this concept feasible at all? If no. Why? If Yes, what sort of
restructuring
of the
Nutritious, tastier, a six month shelf life, all make for a perfect
alternative. A wealth of information available on the web, google the word
yams. eric.
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF GOA c/o Dhempe
College, Miramar-Panaji
KONKAN FRUIT FEST 2008
The 5th annual KONKAN FRUIT FEST will be held from 16 to 18 MAY, 2008, at the
Promenade, D B Bandodkar
Pomburpa initiatives... what villages and expats can do
This goes to show what a village can do, when it gets its act
together. Pomburpa is a small village along the riverfront, in the Goa
(India) subdistrict of Bardez. The video was made available by Mario
Fernandes.
Dears,
A few years back a columnist in the Mumbai Mid Day wrote thus:There are two
types of people in this world: those who love mangoes, and those who are
slightly touched!
Those who love mangoes might have heard of the varieties listed below. If any
one of you has seen the fruits
To Goanet -
In Chorao -
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/sunset-chorao-1.jpg
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/sunset-chorao-2.jpg
In Divar -
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/sunset-divar-1.jpg
http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/sunset-divar-2.jpg
Warm regards,
r
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Rajasthan Royals to chill in Goa - Herald Publications
[19 hours ago] Some of the Rajasthan Royals, including coach
cum captain Shane Warne and Goas pride, Swapnil Asnodkar,
arrived in
Date: 13/05/2008
Dear Friends,
Dept of Political Science Goa University in collaboration with the North Goa
Legal Services Authority, Panaji, and Institute Menezes Braganza is
organising a lecture titled Religion and Human Rights, by Ms Sheela Barse,
award winning journalist and celebrated
13 May: British Expats Goa Forum. To the Goa State Government: Please allow
me to sell my property . There is no longer any binding reason why I should
wish to continue to struggle to stay in your increasingly filthy and
dangerous self deluded paradise at the mercy of your degenerate
politicians,
Very interesting indeed.
With due respect to Fr. Ivo, and not in the least intending to be anything
but genuinely concerned, I belive that what is going around in the the name
of God is nothing but a 'MLM' (multi-level-marketing) marketing GOD
left-right and center, one more lucrative than
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is too much money to be made in Goa right now
for the developers to be rational. They are in
the business of making money, not in the business of
being rational. The ugly results are there for
everyone to see through the lens of Rajan
Dear Editor,
Media reports indicate that some Bollywood film director is
planning to make a film on the late British teenager Scarlet Keeling, whose
corpse was discovered on the Anjuna Beach a few months go.This death has
grabbed the attention of the media world-wide because of
Dear All,
I was reading a msg. from Stephen Fernandes on the goanet and I think if
Indian Airlines think that they do not have enough passengers to Goa direc
then they can go via Muscat since UAE is closer to Muscat and help the Goans
out there as well...
I am having a doubt on IC ..they
Vanita I am totally with you I wish I was in Goa I really pity
Scarlett's mother who is going thru hell. It is shame on our Goan
Police and Govt. to cover up the case. At least there are some of us to
have a negative opinion in this case I had replied to Jane too. Keep in
touch and let this
Gabe Menezes wrote:
For tips, we are still awaiting our dear, dear friend Mervyn to start up :-))
Gabe,
There already are a number of Goanet members exchanging tips on an er,
irregular basis. Dr. Eric Pinto has dropped some invaluable ones. If you or
anyone else here is interested in
In my e-mail box was a post that perhaps may answer the following dilemma.
-- Carvalho
Take for instance Mario's suggestions. They are certainly solid suggestions
from a western democracy point of view. I agree with a lot he has to say and I
myself have thought along similar
GOAN EMIGRANTS MONITORING STUDY
This study on Goa's emigrants abroad seems on the face of it,
To be, with due respect one would like to submit,
One that has no real teeth.
In fact it seems that underneath
It is just another exercise that will not at all our needs fit.
The problems under
Demands that Navy furnishes land documents on Dabolim Airport
PANJIM, MAY 12 - Claiming that the Navy is holding an illegal possession of
land at Dabolim airport, Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik today said that the
land in possession needs to be reviewed.
Mr Naik addressing the press, insisted
I agree with the argument of the poster here, FN's should be allowed to
sell their properties and move on. Many of them, bought these places
because of wrong advice of friends, developers and advocates, who did
not have proper understanding the FEMA rules.
No point in closing register books or
Recently the Lady from Spadina Avenue, Toronto decided to take a swipe at me
because of a typo error. He was joined by the back foot cricket player from the
the same region. Goanet has a few clowns mainly in the region of the Northern
Hemisphere. One of the them is President Pandurang. Some of
Sheikh Saad Al-Sabah of Kuwait passes away
Kuwait: Sheikh Saad Abdullah Al-Sabah, briefly the Emir of Kuwait, died
after a long illness, the royal court announced Tuesday evening in a
statement broadcast by State television. The Sheikh was 78.
Sheikh Saad was already ailing when he succeeded
Cedric da Costa of Dubai asks: Wonder why the man who destroyed Zuwarkar --
Manohar porrikar and his business enterprise the BJP is silent at this? Has
Porrikar's pockets been filled to kep mum?
Is not the comment of filling the pockets unnecessary?
Sachin Phadte
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