[Goanet] Edna Vaz & Krupali Naik

2008-12-27 Thread Venantius Pinto
Dear Miguel, If it was my mother who got raped at 55, I would have been 24 years old. Can you imagine that? If this woman has children,they would perhaps be much older. I understand a lot about appetites and sexuality, but do I really? Age and looks do not matter. Its something more feral. Do we t

[Goanet] Photo(s): Naval Aviation Museum, Dabolim - Goa [ Part - I ]

2008-12-27 Thread Goa Observer
The Naval Aviation Museum is one of the most popular museums in Goa. The Naval Aviation Museum in Goa is the first naval museum that was set up in Asia. The Naval Aviation Museum is located on the Vasco-Bogmalo road in Dabolim, 6 kilometers from Vasco da Gama. The museum was set up in 1998 and ha

[Goanet] Govt has damaged state's economy, says Manohar Parrikar

2008-12-27 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
http://www.goa-world.com   All About Goa & Goans Worldwide                  GULF-GOANS E-NEWSLETTER (SINCE 1994) Govt has damaged state's economy, says Parrikar NT NETWORK   www.navhindtimes.com Posted on 2008-12-28     PANAJI- Stating that the government is actin

[Goanet] Three Christians three orations (1522-2008)

2008-12-27 Thread Venantius Pinto
Here are three orations by three Christians who have put out a range of ideas in their messages. The first is the Christmas sermon given by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury on Dec 25, 2008, the second is an address on Bernard of Clairvaux by Benedict XVI delivered on Aug 21, 2006, and the t

[Goanet] Kuveittchi 'Gulab Vavurpi Somiti' Jikhli vo Harli?

2008-12-27 Thread lino dourado
Kuveittchi ‘Gulab Vavurpi Somiti’ Jikhli vo Harli?     Tannem itlench korchem. Vell nam, mell nam ani khell nam. Khoinchea-i vellar fon khorun mhaka sotavchem. Ek-ek pavttim sangun distalem. Tujea lagim zainam zalear hem vozem khanddar kiteak gheunchem? Punn……….?

[Goanet] God sucks

2008-12-27 Thread Sandeep Heble
Mario writes: "Perhaps you have misunderstood how a forum works. Samir gets to say whatever he wants. Others then get to say whatever they want." - My response: Exactly! But constant crying and c

[Goanet] Fr. Ivo please Enlighten me

2008-12-27 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
While wishing you happy New Year 2009 I would like to thank you for your response on the subject: Right to convert. Your response was so apt that I just could not respond. I am with you. I like your logic and your scientific explanation(s) on varied subjects that ring Goanet. Fr. Ivo I have als

[Goanet] Goa-na (Reminiscences)

2008-12-27 Thread Antonio Menezes
When I first came to Goa from East Africa at the age of five, I joined the Primeira Classe in our village Escola Primaria. I was familiar with English words but Portuguese was a strange language to my ears. So when our Porfessora started her class she said : O cavalo tem quatro pes ".. I raised

Re: [Goanet] The Right to Convert

2008-12-27 Thread Fr. Ivo C da Souza
From: "julian Gonsalves" I am shocked, saddened and very bothered by these exchanges between Barad and Fr Ivo. ***To correct misunderstandings on religion and conversions is not to "stoop so low". I cant imagine that whatever religion we are we can stoop so low. ***You must be used to hear w

Re: [Goanet] .... has never been communal

2008-12-27 Thread Sandeep Heble
--- On Sat, 12/27/08, Miguel Braganza wrote: > > I am with you on this one. Dr. Samir Kelekar seems to have > been wrongly certified "secular" by Dr. Selma > Carvalho, a communal practitioner herself. Dr Santosh Helekar wrote: "In my opinion neither Samir nor Selma are communal. What we are seein

[Goanet] song with mog

2008-12-27 Thread JANE ALPHONSO
Hi Guys This is some party songs that you have asked for. I will be putting some more in the coming days so that you can play  them for your new year party i hope that you will like this ones and enjoy yourself hope you all have a good time. mog from jane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29WtO6EK

Re: [Goanet] Contact info

2008-12-27 Thread Frederick "FN" Noronha
Is this the Roy Patrao you're looking for? Or are there more persons sharing the name? Lots of online links, but no contact details: http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Roy+Patrao&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a 2008/12/27 angela beatrice alvares : > Can't mak

Re: [Goanet] God sucks

2008-12-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- In goenchimxapo...@yahoogroups.com, "Sandeep Heble" wrote: > > So what's the problem in that? Those who propagate religious > ideologies constantly hurt the scientific and rational sentiments >of the atheists and the non-believers. Will the preachers stop > propagating their beliefs on a Scien

[Goanet] Goanet] God sucks

2008-12-27 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Sandeep, Thank you for the praise showered on me. Please consider the possibility that I be entirely unworthy of such praise. Steven Weinberg is not subscribed to Goanet and hence not bound by its rules. You are, and so is Samir Kelekar, Ph.D. Abuse is forbidden on Goanet ... or so we ar

[Goanet] Edna Vaz & Krupali Naik

2008-12-27 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Venantius, Goa Government cares not for the poor. whether it is Edna Vaz & Krupali Naik or a 55 year old married woman gang-raped on the beach. How else does one these acts this week: 1. There is a security alert and the Goa Police [Tourist Police, Coastal Police,Goa Reserve Police, and

[Goanet] Goa news for December 28, 2008

2008-12-27 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa is safe, no need to worry, says Jaiswal - Times of India [Dec 24, 2008] PANAJI: Goa is completely safe andsecure and there are no inputs of any terror threat to the state, minister of

Re: [Goanet] God sucks

2008-12-27 Thread Bosco D'Mello
We have had several responses on this thread, sometimes from the same individuals, some articulating their thoughts lucidly, others unintelligibly. While I have no intention to enter the discussion per se, it is often observed that issues/comments/reports regarding religion and/or God strike a

[Goanet] Goan surnames: HERALD(Goa), Dec 28, 2008

2008-12-27 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
GOAN SURNAMES By Valmiki Faleiro Let’s take the topic in two parts: Catholic and Hindu surnames. Catholic surnames are rooted in the Iberian Peninsula. Because they came from European priests, who baptized Goa’s first converts. Iberian surnames are, among other things, after animals, birds,

[Goanet] Tasers: First in the US_Now in the UK_sooner than later in India

2008-12-27 Thread Venantius Pinto
Tasers: First in the US, now in the UK, and sooner than later in India. The unwashed masses and those who object too much (for just rights) have to be kept in line. It could be you, it could me me. Aiz maca faleam tuca could have a different connotation. I hope I am wrong about this. http://www.al

[Goanet] Goa photos

2008-12-27 Thread Frederick "FN" Noronha
Lovely Goa pictures here, from Flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Goa&w=all -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490

[Goanet] Social awareness_Alexyz honoured with Xennoi Goembab 2008 Puroskar_V'Ixtt 75th

2008-12-27 Thread Venantius Pinto
Congratulations Alexyz. Congratulations Siolcars. Congratulations Goa. You have made Goans proud, and hopefully even many of those who have felt your prod. Mind you I did not say "those you take digs at" -- big difference there. If in your winning the Xennoi Goembab 2008 Puroskar, it would encoura

[Goanet] Youth leaving Goa for better prospects

2008-12-27 Thread Goanet News Service
Youth leaving Goa for better prospects by Alishya Carvalho There are a number of jobs available in Goa, but youth from Goa prefer working in metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Bangalore or rather go abroad and even onboard cruise liners, rather then stay on in the state. The reasons being, t

Re: [Goanet] .... has never been communal

2008-12-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sat, 12/27/08, Miguel Braganza wrote: > > I am with you on this one. Dr. Samir Kelekar seems to have > been wrongly certified "secular" by Dr. Selma > Carvalho, a communal practitioner herself. > > The Khandhamal-Orissa issue is more about the fight for the > ST tag by a SC community that

[Goanet] Home Garden Competition

2008-12-27 Thread Goanet Events
Organized by Botanical Society of Goa and Dhempe College of Arts and Science on January 18 & 25, 2009 Last Date for registrations: January 5, 2009 ww.goanet.org http://tinyurl.com/Goanet-Calendar

Re: [Goanet] Deflections To The Right

2008-12-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
It looks like attempts are being made in this forum to show Hindu NRIs in bad light by picking and choosing articles and excerpts from the internet, and creating the impression that facts are being reported when no independent responsible organizations have confirmed any of the hyperbolic charge

[Goanet] The Right to Convert

2008-12-27 Thread edward desilva
The Right to Convert Fri Dec 26 13:57:13 PST 2008 By MD.   Hi, Maurice D'Mello's article above (which I do not wish to repeat) is brilliantly written. The question to be asked is - has it or will it suffice to convince some, 'the great big thinkers on goanet?'. They say there is shor

[Goanet] God sucks

2008-12-27 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario writes: > "Nice try, Sandeep. After calling him some kind of > moron, now you want to make up presumptions out of whole cloth to get > him off the hook:-))" Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:43:31 +0530 From: "Sandeep Heble" Wrong. I have made my presumptions on the basis of what he has consiste

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: What Goans Have for Breakfast (by Augusto Pinto, first published 1996)

2008-12-27 Thread Amita Kanekar
Fascinating article, thanks! What Goans Have for Breakfast By Augusto Pinto "History is the most dangerous of all the products of the chemical laboratory of our mind. It stimulates dreaming, it intoxicates nations, it generates in them false

Re: [Goanet] Samir has never been communal

2008-12-27 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Dr. Jose Colaco, I tried your prescription of cold water and cold shower, but the comment still sucks. ;-) Believing that your paediatric prescription to be for kids, I tried it with a Bloody Mary and cold shower and ... oh God! it still sucks. May be I should try some "alternate" medicine

[Goanet] MIgration impact on Goan demography

2008-12-27 Thread Goa Observer
Migration impact on Goan demography Migrants have become a significant contender in Goa’s socio-economic scenario. They can be loosely classified into the poverty-stricken immigrant and their affluent counterparts. The poor form the majority of the non-Goans that are found begging and loiterin

[Goanet] Contact info

2008-12-27 Thread angela beatrice alvares
Can't make it to your do's becauseI have moved to Coonoor , Nilgiris. Can you please email me the email address of Roy Patrao at Camurlim thereabouts and also his phone number. Thanking you and wishing you all the best for the year 2009 ANGELA ALVARES -

[Goanet] Fwd: Swindon Syndrome

2008-12-27 Thread Antonio Menezes
-- Forwarded message -- From: Antonio Menezes Date: Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:52 PM Subject: Swindon Syndrome To: Antonio Menezes Paulo, many thanks for your response and correction re: Swindon's geographical location You did mention Goans being successful in the former British

[Goanet] Talking Photo: Neurio, Dodol, Bebinca, Korbolam etc

2008-12-27 Thread JoeGoaUk
New: Neurio, Dodol, Bebinca, Korbolam etc http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3140313087/sizes/o/ Rest of the Goan Delicacies – Check out here http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=50MSg0wjvRA Bebic, Gons, Dodol, Pinagr, dos, Ale-bele, Madare, Corbolam. Neurio. Bol, Batk, San’nas, Perad, Patoyo, L

[Goanet] Deflections To The Right

2008-12-27 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Here is an interesting article on funding of organisations in India engaged in violence by Indian expatriates: Excerpts: "Rekhi, global chairman of The IndUS Entrepreneurs, an organisation of South Asian businesspeople, claimed that money collected by Indian Hindus in America and sent to religiou

[Goanet] .... has never been communal

2008-12-27 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dear Dr. U.G. Barad, I am with you on this one. Dr. Samir Kelekar seems to have been wrongly certified "secular" by Dr. Selma Carvalho, a communal practitioner herself. The Khandhamal-Orissa issue is more about the fight for the ST tag by a SC community that has converted to Christianity and lo

[Goanet] God sucks

2008-12-27 Thread Sandeep Heble
Most of the problems in this world have been caused by people who have committed the fundamental sin of "Radical Interpretations", whether it is in respect of passages or Gods as portrayed in our scriptures, or Hussain's paintings, or Novels, Cartoons, etc. As a writer who has liberally played aro

[Goanet] Buyao releases Christmas carols CD "Khuxalborit Natalam"

2008-12-27 Thread Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com
http://www.goa-world.com   All About Goa & Goans Worldwide                  GULF-GOANS E-NEWSLETTER (SINCE 1994)     Buyao releases Christmas carols CD "Khuxalborit Natalam"       BJP’s Cultural Cell has released a CD of Christmas carols “Khuxalbhorit Natalam”.   T

[Goanet] Cheers Dears: Honeyman Struck Again

2008-12-27 Thread augusto pinto
Cheers Dears By Augusto Pinto Honeyman Struck Again Dears, Last Sunday, just as Fr. Bernard was about to start his sermon, Flory whispered to Concy, "Honeyman struck again." Concy replied in horror,"Oh my God! Don't tell me! Not again! Who this time?" "The woman who lives alone in the house