Re: [Goanet] Girann (eclipse)

2009-07-21 Thread Frederick Noronha
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Living in lament: Goa in the 21st century (FN)

2009-07-21 Thread joseph dsouza
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

[Goanet] Fr. Cedric Prakash

2009-07-21 Thread Samir Kelekar
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

Re: [Goanet] Snake bites

2009-07-21 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

[Goanet] Snake bites

2009-07-21 Thread Bernado Colaco
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

[Goanet] Anil-Olga's Tiatr - A trailer

2009-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

Re: [Goanet] Girann (eclipse)

2009-07-21 Thread Mervyn Lobo
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

[Goanet] Valankinni by Luxury KTC

2009-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs. Sangath is looking to

[Goanet] 4 more VCDs/DVD - Antacheo sunom, Farikponn, Ekuch Mati, Hans anik hans

2009-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
yesterday, bought 4 more new VCDs/DVD.   Check this out..     VCD N0: 259 ATANCHEO SUNOM by C Alvares/.Capucina (more info or pic not available for public due to producer's objections) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk-tiatr2/3745037642/   VCD No: 260 HANS ANIK HANS by Com. Ambe (12 superhit c

[Goanet] Goenkarancheo Dhirio- Which Team will grab the next 3 points??

2009-07-21 Thread renebarreto
Goemkars ! Dar es Salaam Niz Goemkars continue their month long Cultural and sporting events - here are their updates : rene - Forwarded Message From: Savio Fernandes To: undisclosed-recipi...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:39

[Goanet] Save the last jewel in the crown of Bharat mata

2009-07-21 Thread bill Hothi
Dear Goa net, I am sitting in Sanfrasisco and only hope that you guys are in a position to handle your affairs as I have quiet the scene since long. I would like to tell you that when I came to Goa in 1969, I was impressed by the state and the administration that reading about files, hurts me.

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (22Jul09)

2009-07-21 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** Total Eclipse in Goa of Green Goa! *** ...By Corrupt Politicians...Greedy Goans...Care-A-Damn Mine Owners...Builders...Etc To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] ANJUNA LOCALS IRKED OVER ERRATIC POWER BILLS (Herald)

2009-07-21 Thread Domnic Fernandes
ANJUNA LOCALS IRKED OVER ERRATIC POWER BILLS Herald Correspondent Calangute, July 20 Residents of Anjuna have complained of irregular issue of electricity bills. According to residents, they are being billed exorbitantly due to non-issue of electricity bills on regular basis, monthly or bi-month

[Goanet] Hindi Coures

2009-07-21 Thread Communicare Trust
Hi, Communicare Cultural Center will conduct a Basic & Intermediate Hindi language Course from August 2009. The duration of the course will be 3 months. 3X a week, 1 hr class. Interested students please contact on 9767504770 / 2903089 Thank you Glancy Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Living in lament: Goa in the 21st century (FN)

2009-07-21 Thread Alex Pascoal Silveira
Very true FN ! This is what Goa & goans need: a shot in the arm, every now & then, to invigorate the susegad goenkar !! . Well done, again. Rgds, Alex Silveira On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Goanet Reader wrote: Living in lament: Goa in the 21st century DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/ Frederick No

[Goanet] Goanet] FEATURE: Awaiting Trindade's homecoming (Pamela D'Mello, The Asian Age)

2009-07-21 Thread Venantius Pinto
Thanks Pamela D'Mello, for posting your feature piece. It would have been great to hear from Luso Goans on the exhibition. Mas… tal é vida, e tempo. Catalog available at: http://www.foriente.pt/106/catalogo-de-exposicoes.htm Um pintor de Goa. A tiny video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewaIV1

[Goanet] Inaugural of the N.S.S. Unit at St. Xavier's College

2009-07-21 Thread St. Xavier's College - Mapusa - Goa - India - 403507 (TEL: 0832-2262356 WEBSITE: www.xavierscollege-goa.com)
Inaugural of the N.S.S. Unit at St. Xavier's College The N.S.S. unit of St. Xavier's College, Mapsua, Goa, was inaugurated on the 8th of July, 2009, by the Chief Guest of the function, Sr. Mary Jane Pinto, the Co-ordinator of the Prison Ministry of Goa by lighting the traditional lamp. The

[Goanet] Sunrise in Siolim

2009-07-21 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/07/21/sunrise-in-siolim/ More at - http://www.parrikar.com/blog r

[Goanet] Goa news for July 22, 2009

2009-07-21 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** \'Casinos are destroying families in Goa\' - Press Trust of India hore casinos at the cost of local population. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http://ptinews.com/news/184

[Goanet] Daily Grook #473

2009-07-21 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #473 __ WED DREAD __ by Francis Rodrigues giddy honeymoooner husbands and wives, stumbling thru the daze of our lives! _ puns & word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _ http://www.KonkaniSong

[Goanet] Re- Perspective on Migrants in Goa

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:19:15 +0400 From: Arwin Mesquita Mario pls stop changing the Goalposts, Mario responds: The goalposts are still the same. The UAE, US, UK etc. are countries. Goa is a state. You don't seem to know the difference. ARwin wrote: your specific query was how can I be

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] DEVIL'S ADVOCATE -- Ulrike's comments for GoaNet

2009-07-21 Thread Ulrike Rodrigues
Hi Frederick, I enjoyed this very much and whole-heartedly agree. As I work here in Canada to promote tourism in our natural beauty, I can't help but think of Goa, and how it has an inferiority complex when it comes to its own natural assets! Perhaps that is why I was so adamant about sharing my

[Goanet] Fr Cedric Prakash

2009-07-21 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
[1] Fr Ivo Souza wrote wrt Cedric Prakash: 'His social and political ministry is authorized by the Bishops of India' [2] Santosh Helekar responded: Sorry to note that mixing of religion with politics has official authorization. I hope those who want to promote secularism in India would speak out

[Goanet] 2009 CALANGUTE SOCIAL IN CANADA

2009-07-21 Thread Antonio Mascarenhas
2009 CALANGUTE SOCIAL IN CANADA Monday, 20 July 2009 10:01 By: Kevin D'Costa The Villagers of Calangute joined together on July 19th, 2009 to celebrate their 18th Anniversary Social and the Feast Of Patron St. Alex. The Social was held at Europa Conven

[Goanet] FEATURE: Awaiting Trindade's homecoming (Pamela D'Mello, The Asian Age)

2009-07-21 Thread Goanet News
A w a i t i n g T r i n d a d e ' s h o m e c o m i n g FOCUS/Pamela D'Mello dmello.pam...@gmail.com THERE IS something lamentable in the long , yet unfinished sage of Antonio Xavier Trindade's extant art-works, as they continue to await a homecoming. One calls it a homecoming, because the co

Re: [Goanet] Fr Cedric Prakash

2009-07-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 7/20/09, isouza wrote: > >His social and political ministry is authorized by the Bishops of India. > Sorry to note that mixing of religion with politics has official authorization. I hope those who want to promote secularism in India would speak out against it. Cheers, Santosh

[Goanet] cedric prakash

2009-07-21 Thread Rajiv Desai
i have observed with keen interest the back and forth on the activities of cedric prakash. nothing i have read so far convinces me that he stands for a positive cause. all his platitudes about human rights and social justice are planks in a long discredited platform, especially in the age of gen

[Goanet] Fw: Kudzu.

2009-07-21 Thread eric pinto
States in the US south pay persons who herd goats that make short work of the pestilence.  We do not attempt to cook American goat meat : the odour reaches the heavens.  The UD Dept.of Agriculture imported twenty thousand Indian pygmy goats from Durban, thirty years ago.  They were gifte

[Goanet] Re- Perspective on Migrants in Goa

2009-07-21 Thread Arwin Mesquita
From: Mario Goveia ARWIN’S LATEST REPLY TO MARIO ARWIN: I will work and leave the region.. Here in the Gulf whatever happens the local political power,rights.land is protected. No Guarantee migrants will do the same in Goa. Will the USA should open doors to everyone who wants to support their

[Goanet] DEVIL'S ADVOCATE: Living in lament: Goa in the 21st century (FN)

2009-07-21 Thread Goanet News
Living in lament: Goa in the 21st century For DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/ Frederick Noronha A German friend, married to a Goan, agrees with the view that Goans can indeed be quite "melancholic" about their present. It's surprising how pessimistic and lament-prone a people we can be. Even though we have po

[Goanet] Talking Photos: What is ‘NO PARKING ’?

2009-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: What is ‘NO PARKING’?   What is ‘NO Parking’?   In Goa, it means ‘YES Parking’   New Panjim Market (Main entrance) with SBI mobile ATM http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3741968411/sizes/l/   Opp Goa Mariott, Miramar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3

[Goanet] GOENCHE.COM: Latest Businesses, Classifieds & Services in Goa

2009-07-21 Thread Webmaster
Visit Goenche.com : Goa's Biggest Business Search Engine. Search from Local Vendors to Industrial Giants. you will need an HTML compatible email client to view this mailer. WWW.GOENCHE.COM Features include - Provide New Business Listings - SMS to vendor direct for free - Email to vendor - Mu

Re: [Goanet] Fr Cedric Prakash

2009-07-21 Thread isouza
From: "Santosh Helekar" --- On Sun, 7/19/09, Marshall Mendonza wrote: Persons like Fr Cedric Prakash or Medha Patkar are a rarity.They prefer to light a candle to banish the darkness >rather than play politics or preach or just criticise. > This is a very disingenuous assertion. Fr

[Goanet] Solar eclipse pits superstition against science

2009-07-21 Thread Cajetan Alvares
Hi Seb, A few corrections if I may? 1. In Hindu mythology, the two demons Rahu and Ketu are said to "swallow" the sun during eclipses, snuffing out its life-giving light and causing food to become inedible and water undrinkable. Gods being gods, they win the battle against the demons. 2. Shi

Re: [Goanet] Best way to protect migrant labor kids from

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario wrote: > Not only cynical, but pretty callous as well. > > In the context of Sapna's question, your response says more about how > the politically left of center think about their fellow human beings, > while pretending to be concerned about them, than anything else you > could have writ

[Goanet] Re- Perspective on Migrants in Goa

2009-07-21 Thread mgoveia
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:19:34 -0400 From: "J. Colaco  < jc>" ALL Indian citizens including Kashmiris can come and settle in Goa as they wish.and by right. Mario asks: Just as Goans can go and settle anywhere in India.  That is what a country means, folks, its a place for ALL its cit

Re: [Goanet] Valankinni by Luxury KTC

2009-07-21 Thread Domnic Fernandes
Joe, you don't look for comforts when you are on a pilgrimage trip. Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna, Goa Mob: 9420979201 We had to abandon during the night, the one we already booked for Rs.300 as it was not up to our expectation. Dirty, stinking, No hot water, electricity fails, mosquit

[Goanet] Mario Menezes at Khell Tiatr Festival created a huge hungama

2009-07-21 Thread Venantius Pinto
Dear JoeGoaUk, It is really good to read your reconsidered perspective. This is truly the way to do things. Earlier, I wanted to say something but held off. You note now allows me to put up a few points. We have to develop better forms of interaction. No videographer/photographer can simply walk

[Goanet] Fw: THE DIVAR ASSOCIATION WILL BE CELEBRATING GOA DAY 2009 AND THE BONDERAM FESTIVAL ON AUGUST 23, 2009, AT 3012 ARVIDA CIRCLE, MISSISSAUGA

2009-07-21 Thread renebarreto
Goemkars ! It is with great pleasure that i share - a post I received from Maurice Coutinho an exKarachi Goan - now based in Canada. Maurice tells us - that The Divar Association in Canada will be celebrating its VILLAGE CULTURAL HERITAGE Feast - THE BONDERAM FESTIVAL in

Re: [Goanet] Valankinni by Luxury KTC

2009-07-21 Thread Seb dc
Joe, time has changed and now you can get deluxe accd. in and around the shrine as many Hotels have come up. I was there in April this year, stayed at Hotel Sea Gate (www.hotelseagate.co.in) you can also drop in a mail and see if you can get a reply @ hotelseagate at gmail.com, the phone nos.

[Goanet] COOJ Fundraiser - Monsoon Mania

2009-07-21 Thread peter castelino
Dear Friends, Once again COOJ is going bananas this August with its fundraising event 'Monsoon Mania' on 9th and 15th August. All details are on the attachment. We would be grateful if you can please forward this mail to everyone on your contact list. Food coupons for the goan tradition

[Goanet] Goa's New Chief Secretary HH is now transfered. Why and by whom?

2009-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
And the new Chief Secretary (HH) joined Goa in April 2009, is now transferred!   Why?   Who are the people/ministers etc responsible for his transfer?   Can we get any  answers to above?   Mewspapers/Media. Any chance?   Quote:   I   Thank you Mr. Chief Secretary, Welcome to Goa. Files in Mamlatd

[Goanet] Difference: Gulf Non Resident Goans vs. & Goa?s

2009-07-21 Thread Freddy Fernandes
In response to: Message: 9 Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:04:10 +0530 From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * http://f5mail.rediff.com/prism/writemail?&mode=mail_to_individual&email=frederi cknoro...@gmail.com&els=9f5ea88d6dc59972bc746e8b2a84b40a> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Difference: Gulf No

Re: [Goanet] Mario Menezes at Khell Tiatr Festival created a huge hungama

2009-07-21 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
Rather than the media "staying away", I think they should ask permission. Even non-consentual sex can be rape! TV/satellite channels would obviously be expected to pay, because they are primarily for-profit organisations. There is a chance that their telecasts could directly cut into tiatr audienc

[Goanet] Girann (eclipse)

2009-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
Girann (eclipse)   There is one tomorrow morning  i.e. 22nd july 2009, starts 6.21am till around 8am)   We were told when young, during the ‘Girann’ one can see moon and the sun fighting with swords (Chodrim ani Vell/surya torsadini zogoddtat). To watch it, one had the darken a glass in order to

Re: [Goanet] British Citizens buying property etc....

2009-07-21 Thread Patrice Riemens
Noting the unending flood of posts on the subject (but having stopped reading 'm) I suggest interested parties look at the mess that has resulted in Northern Cyprus from Britons pathological craze for 'real estate'. Lured by sun, sea, and low prices - caused by the dicey international situation an

[Goanet] Valankinni by Luxury KTC

2009-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
Valankinni by Luxury KTC   KTC will organise  luxury bus  to Valankinni in Tamil Nadu to attend the fama and Novena of the feast of  O/L of Vailankinni in September. Bus will leave on 27th Aug and back on 1st Sept Fare per head Rs.2,400. (group booking of more than 5 pay Rs.120 less per head) Cont

Re: [Goanet] Best way to protect migrant labor kids from snakes

2009-07-21 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक न ोरोन्या
One of Rahul Alvares' book (I think, The Call of the Snakes) has a bizarre account of how he and a friend took the slow scooter all the way to the Goa Medical College after he was bitten for a snake. On the way, they even stopped at Rahul's parents' office to search for anti-snake venom, if I recal