May 2007 post (ran into it today, but still relevant):
http://communalism.blogspot.com/2007/05/reconversion-games-in-goa.html
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--- On Wed, 10/29/08, Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To me (a conservative), the Republicans would be better off making the case of
where in the federal budget to cut; rather than whom not / to tax. I would
rather see Americans taxed; instead of borrowing the money from the Ch
... that attracted more views than others:
Mangueshi temple
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/100037085/
An old style bus from Goa (Photo AGE Coutinho)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/2642196864/
'Reconversions' in Goa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/481231710/
Taxi fares from Dabolim
--- On Wed, 10/29/08, Amita Kanekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
'Maharvaddo' i.e.the settlement of the Mahars!
Gaanv thayn maharvaddo or some such -- where there is a village, there will
be a maharvaddo...
Had heard something similar in Marathi too.
It is 'mardunngo' when written by cath
Thanks guys for your interest.
Why not you all watch this clip?
It actualy says there... no need to freeze frames etc
to be precise.. 1.39 & 3.27
Didn’t I say JoeGoaUk is more into bollywood than hollywood?
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Axw29CN4Pcg
you can even sing along - song lyrics also giv
Check this Wikitravel site on Goa, and please contribute to it:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Goa
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Ref: Why Step-Motherly Treatment for Christians in India ?
It is indeed very sad, that innocent lives are lost to anarchist ideologies, two
innocent souls lost to the malevolence of politics.
Watching news on the different channels, for a moment I thought probably, they
were related to the
Are you on Facebook? If so, please link up there:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502514643&ref=name
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Hi,
And how much do you earn in America? And is the service available easily and
commonly? And how much does an ordinary worker earn in India?
And by the way most of the barbers found in Goa today are not Goans. Only
stating a fact.
Have a nice day!
Richard Cabral
"Vivian A. DSouza" <[EMAIL
Thats the best solution, Freddy
Let it be done!
If required , we can sponsor ALL of time, anytime.
We wish them everlasting HONEYMOON.
Message: 2Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:16:03 +0400From: "Freddy Fernandes" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>Subject: [Goanet] Ref: Fly them to the MoonTo: <[EMAIL
PROTECTE
Hi JoeGoaUK, very nice ones! Time to think of coming out with some of
your collected writing (and photographs). FN
2008/10/30 JoeGoaUk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> [Goanet] A few of my photos...
> Thanks FN,
> I think, my most popular is this one (over 2150)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/2134
I did NOT say there was no corruption in Goa...Can you name any place in the
world where there is NO corruption?
We are discussing about a particular topic..why does it interest you from
which part of Goa I come...I am a GOAN..believe it or not..its your
prerogative. What I do in my private life i
Mother of German 'rape victim' to take minister to court
October 30th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) The mother of a 14-year-old German girl who was
allegedly raped by the kin of Goan politicians will move court against
minister Churchill Alemao for slandering the reputation o
[Goanet] A few of my photos...
Thanks FN,
I think, my most popular is this one (over 2150)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/213413960/sizes/l/
the same with names etc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/213413960/
Note:
In youtube, if you view the same clip 100 times, it adds 100 mo
Frederick says: http://www.radiogoa.net "Hacked by ahmadbady" ... but
can tune in to it via BMPx. Listening to Mohd. Rafi-Lorna "Maria".
Another era!
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I happened to read one article, rather it's a book review, and since it
speak about Portuguese in Goa and India, I thought I must send this across
to Goa net members.
Please thrash the views expressed in this book to pieces, as we always do!
Click the link provided here below:
http
To,
The Editor
Herald
Panjim - Goa
* LETTER TO THE EDITOR
*Dear Sir,
This is with reference to the extreme bashing and lashing meted out to the
Education Minister by his opposition headed by Adv.Aires Rodrigues and
prompted and instigated from the
Survey gives Goa’s schools thumbs up
30 Oct 2008, 0423 hrs IST, Gauree Malkarnekar, TNN
PANAJI: Even as the educational system in the state has come under harsh
criticism for lack of infrastructural facilities, a national survey ranks
school level infrastructure in
Hi mario
what you say is entirely true, i cant speak for most of the goan net members
but for me I wouldnt trade any of my certificates for any of babush's wealth,
and believe me it wasn't a WASTE OF TIME as you say. Im sure money can buy a
lot of things, including degree's but not "TRUE" respe
Like my one-time classmate Richard Cabral, I guess it would last as
long as we here in Goa (and the rest of India) earn a tiny fraction of
what exchange rates make the Mighty Dollar into! Never mind that the
dollar is still rising against the rupee, though we all know of the
economic crisis and the
Dr. U. G. Barad wrote:
What's this going on? What does the writer mean by saying - Adoption- What
is this adoption all about? And why such adoption is done or undertaken? Can
the writer of Goanet members through some light on this issue and questions
asked.
Comment:
Please approach a lawyer neares
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:13:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Your faith in the system in Goa is so touching,...
>
Mario responds:
>
I'm touched that you are touched, because you seem to support the system
selectively. I am appalled that you have so little respect for the syste
Want German girl to undergo test or Aires to apologise
Oheraldo.in - MARGAO, OCT 29
Women and youth on Wednesday expressed their solidarity with Warren Alemao and
charged social activist Aires Rodrigues for dragging the younger Alemao in a
rape case with the sole intention to target and mali
I too enjoyed Tony De Sa's excellent piece on this subject.Took me back to
my own holidays in Goa when the village barber
(a Hindu by the name of Onnon(spelling?could it be Vonon?) from neighbouring
Ecoxim, used to come to our house to give us our 'regular' hair cut-armed
with nothing else than a p
re :
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/mother-of-german-rape-victim-to-take-minister-to-court_100113069.html
re the above news item, a number of questions arise. A few are
attached herewith. These questions actually question the 'ghuspott'
which may or may not be going on. It appears (
In drafting the Indian Constitution, the Founding Fathers had hoped that the
country would be Secular. Yes, indeed it is. The 13th October assault on
Prajal Sakardande and me was very secular indeed. Mooted by a Catholic,
arranged by a Hindu, and executed by Muslims. It all went wrong when the God
1.Santosh wrote;
Any reasonable person would note that it is pointless to respond to writers who
cannot defend themselves in this forum.
Comment:
Santosh contradicts himself as he commented on Ingrid Albuquerque's article
even though she was not able to respond on this forum. Refer:
http://www.g
Dr UG Barad wrote:
In the name of religion & just because freedom of religion is granted by our
Indian Constitution, various religious outfits are playing a dangerous game
and yet trying to fish in troubled waters!!
Comment:
First and foremost and top of the list is the party and organisation for
This is in reply to Message: 10, Dated: Thu, 30 Oct 2008, From: Frederick
[FN] Noronha on above subject.
FN writes: - Dr Barad, You're shifting the issue from *communalism* to
*religion*!
My response: When you Mr. FN can shift from on end to another end like
monkey jumps why should I not shift
This is in response to Message: 11, dated Wed, 29 Oct 2008, from: Mervyn
Lobo under Subject titled as above.
My response: Mervyn's reply is too apt
Best regards,
Dr. U. G. Barad
Marvyn's message:
Bosco,
Goanet? should be a mine relating to all things Goan. We have 10,000
readers?but only 5
"Gabe Menezes" wrote:
>
> Mon Cherie is French for:-
>
> It means something like "my sweetheart" or "my love", said to a guy.
> To a girl, it would be "ma cherie" (pronounced in a VERY similar way).
>
> It is patronising and downright rude to use it in a public,
> conservative internet forum.
>
20
I have just received an email forwarded by a friend reporting the death of Fr
Bernard Digal who was severely beaten up during the Orissa carnage. He
succumbed to his injuries after nearly two months. Please remember him as well
as all the other Orissa victims in your prayers.
Regards,
Marshall
POLITICALLY INCORRECT
Me, Marathi
17 Feb 2008, 0031 hrs IST, Shobhaa De
Correct me if I am wrong, Raj... but I consider myself an assal Marathi
manoos. Born in Maharashtra
to Maharashtrian parents etc. Proud to be
Marathi (even though my language skills in my mother tongue are
embarrassingly
Hi,
A huge plot of beach-side property in Calangute which includes two large
sand-dunes, purchased by Dr Prannoy and Radhika Roy has courted controversy
in Goa.
While villagers claim Dr Roy has plans to construct a studio, the NDTV boss
in a response to a Pen Pricks questionnaire claims "if we buil
thaks a lot
silvia
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:02:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
I have no problems pointing out personal attacks. I have no problems getting
ten people to write to the Goanet Administration pointing out?each personal
attacks.
>
The real value of moderation is when readers are
"jane gillian rodrigues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"jane gillian rodrigues" Said
1. Which school does this 14-yrs old German Girl attend, after all, this child
should be in school right now. If not, then her mother should tell us why her
daughter is not in school?
Reply: Do you mean that was the reas
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Goa rape case: Anti-Rodrigues ad published in local daily -
Hindu
[Oct 28, 2008] Rodrigues, who is a lawyer of the German
mother, who has accused son and nephew of two Goa ministers of
rap
Internet technology arrived in Goa in the last decade of the twentieth
century at a time when most of us in Goa were struggling to get a telephone
connection and computers were not quite that common place as they have
become today. Mind you, we had to struggle with dial-up connections then.
Many pl
"Roland Francis" said there is a Goa's Goonda List
Subject: [Goanet] Goa's Goonda List
I need to ask:
What kind of democracy prevails in a country that has no laws to
prevent individuals who are on a police "goonda list" from becoming
ministers?
I salute the courage of the police officer who compil
Riza, 10, has been practising at the Mapusa market (and at her
friends') with this 5 megapixels Nikon that is available online for
approx Rs 4k. Please see some of her work here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157608397774280/
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Language Oct 2008 Try, adjust this for Indian languages.
Marathi Oct 2008 Monthly trial using Roman script (lipi)
symbols on devices for English, if usual script devices are
absent. Also, to teach Marathi to students unfamiliar with
its lipi. Usual lip
I am Sorry..., but that is why my parents condemned Goa, and yet, Goa is not
necessarily as bad or worse than many innocent lives lost in the so-called
western democracies. I say, keep up your activities, for the pen just may be
mightier than the sword!!. One Day, your children, if not in your lif
Yet again I see Goa's parochial views come to the fore, as if to prove to the
world that we live in the back of beyond. Everytime the victim or alleged
victim is a young women, Goans seem bent on questioning the parenting skills of
these unfortunate girls.
Goans, please don't wear your hypocri
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:23:57 +0530
From: "Dr. U. G. Barad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
I request Goanet Owner as well as Moderators of Goanet to STOP the thread on
USA election...The thread under discussion is not at all relevant to GOA.
>
May I request, Goanet Owner as well as Moderators of Goanet
Mario Goveia wrote:
>
> As you well know, I am not the ombudsman for Goanet. If you and the
> other moderators see an obvious falsehood, don't you think you should
> flag those posts and return them for re-consideration?
>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:31:51 -0400
From: "Bosco - Goanet Volunteer" <[
I kindly request to stop any more discussion on this subject. Let
history decide about Bush and his legacy. His successor's actions will
be proof enough. Wait till then.
We have more pressing issues in Goa and let us discuss about them, be
it the language, history, art, craft. I was so sad to
"Michael Gracias' name will be written in Gold Among those who resurrected
'ROMI KONKANI'"
Deo Borem Korunc
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