[Goanet] Daily Grook #641

DAILY GROOK #641 === SLAMMER GRAMMAR === by Francis Rodrigues a judge that yaks on at the defense - one only expects a long sentence! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics

[Goanet] A Repugnant Suggestion By The Chief Justice Of India

A Repugnant Suggestion By The Chief Justice Of India As I was browsing through the news papers on the net, on Women's day, one of the articles on TOI did attract my attention in particular, the statement made by the Hon. Chief Justice of India, Justice K G Balakrishnan, that "due regard must

Re: [Goanet] Dr Oscar Rebello's question to God

Kitem korum-ia Selma-bai? Thodde dangamni vo paimamni vaddtat, monan nhoi. Mog asum, SALU On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Carvalho wrote: > Dear Mervyn and Bosco, > > Sheeh, kitem re saiba, one doesn't know the meaning of budday and the other > wants to avoid phattys I am attending :-) > > I r

[Goanet] * Money * Scams Online banking fraud losses rise 14%

And you thought, people don't get caught out! Full read @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/mar/10/online-banking-fraud-loses-rise -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] The Cook and the Pomfret

Dear Goanetters, Here is a delighful story sent to me by Mel D'Souza. Enjoy!! -- By Mel D’Souza (from conversations with Martin, son of Sebastião Rodrigues). During the era when Britannia ruled the waves, Goan cooks were always in demand in India, the jewel of the then migh

[Goanet] Please sign this mining petition to save Goa

This appeared in www.goanvoice.org.uk Please Sign The Mining Petition Click to enlarge 9 Mar: Carmen Miranda together with Claude Alvares from Goa Foundation and other activists in Goa, were instrumental in getting the Indian Central Govt. to impose a temporary ban on new m

[Goanet] Goa For sale Advertisement

I got this in my inbox - a advertisment by some shark to sell me goa. What got to me is the statement "Goa Is a Money Generating Machine For Investor" Below is the full advertisement as received Thank you, Remy Hello, Sir/Madam We are dealing property business in Goa. If You Are Interested To

[Goanet] The Ship That Ran Aground in Goa

The Ship That Ran Aground in Goa By BHARAT JOSHI Which view would you prefer from your five star hotel room: Pool, beach, or perhaps a nuclear power plant? Pardon the exaggeration, but I

[Goanet] Tuberculosis and air travel: a systematic review a... [Lancet Infect Dis. 2010] - PubMed result

Tuberculosis & air travel..link? >From "PubMed.com" more here. C http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20185096?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1

Re: [Goanet] Open letter to J. C. & Selma

Dr. U. G. Barad wrote: 1: Oaky J. Colaco you tried your best without any success to give me the surname oif Jesus Christ. 2: My next question to you and SELMA: 3: How come our Goan Christians got their SURNAMEs? 4:I'm equally inquisitive to know the factual reality RESPONSE: Dear Dr. U. G. Ba

[Goanet] Open letter to J. C and Selma

Dear Barad, Thank you for another Baradesque question. I don't know how Goan Christians got their surnames but I do know how I got mine. Many, many centuries ago in Shiroda, my Hindu great-great-grand-father suffered from a chronic heart problem. He was always saying to my great-great-grand-mot

[Goanet] Dev Borem Korum (MAGNNEM)

Deva, 2010 Prachit Khal (Korezm) Tujea Nanvan, Goa-Net-ar Ghazlem. Somestamni Borem Asa Tem Dinvchem. Zoxem Hanv Mhojem MAGNNEM Ditam    MAGNNEM   Jezu! Tujea povitr mondirant Magnnem korunk Bhitor sortana Vatteruch Mhozo dusman gavlo Tuzo updes Dusmanank maf korcho Ani hanvem toxem kele

[Goanet] Viva Carnival! or Carnaval as the Goans call it

http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/india/100220/viva-carnival-or-carnaval-the-goans-call-it Viva Carnival! or Carnaval as the Goans call it It wasn't entirely unlike anything I've experienced in India, whe

[Goanet] Diabetes Drug Avandia Harms the Heart, Studies Find - NYTimes.com

Studies find this Diabetes drug with problems." New York Times" C http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/health/policy/20avandia.html?th&emc=th

[Goanet] The Untold Story of Kishorilal (Sharma) alias Amarik Singh alias Saleem, an Indian Spy in Pakistan

>From Lancer Publishers: “To a prisoner like me and others, death seems to be the deliverance. They torture you in every manner and at that stage you would like to die — but they won't let you. But if you escape death and are sent back to your country, you die a slow death as nobody comes forward t

[Goanet] SEBY D'SOUZA no more!

SEBY D'SOUZA no more! This morning I learned that our dear Seby D’Souza, one of the heroes of NIRMONN and hero of KORTUBANCHO SONVSAR, passed away in Goa, unexpectedly, on March 4, 2010. I had briefly met him just two days before his passing; he was fine. He died of a heart attack. Though I l

[Goanet] MOG TUZO KITLO AXELOM – A tribute to W ilfy Rebimbus

MOG TUZO KITLO AXELOM – A tribute to Wilfy Rebimbus   A beautiful love song With touching lyrics.   a video/tribute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyLmnxmDWyg   ‘If I could get your love I would re-born 100 times’   Good old memories from 70s/80s Akashvanni Ponnje (All India Radio, Panjim)   Sadly

[Goanet] Kaiga: question mark over nuclear safety (Praful Bidwai in Rediff)

KAIGA: QUESTION MARK OVER NUCLEAR SAFETY To investigate the Kaiga episode, we need an independent committee, composed of external experts, radiation biologists, safety specialists and representatives of workers. We cannot afford to be cavalier about nuclear safety, writes Praful Bidwai. The poiso

[Goanet] Maulana Azad National Research Fellowship for Minority Students

Maulana Azad National Research Fellowship for Minority Students Applications are invited for the award of the above fellowships from minority students to pursue research leading to regular & full time M.Phil, PhD or equivalent research degrees in Univs/Institutions recognised by the UGC. For detail

[Goanet] Your chance to be a part of Goan history ......

Konkani filmbook: Seeking sponsors Hurry, deadline is this Friday, March 12, 2010 You can donate in memory of a loved one Thank you to all the sponsors who have generously come forward to date to help Goan journalist/writer Isidore Dantas publish a book in Romi Konkani script on Konkani fil

[Goanet] Prof Newman Fernandes – A Visionary

Prof Newman Fernandes – A Visionary A Tribute to Prof. Newman Fernandes on his 60th Birthday on 11th March, 2010 By Tomazinho Cardozo Professor Newman Fernandes, a former Principal of Rosary College of Commerce and Arts and of St. Xavier’s College Mapusa is an educationist par excellence. His

[Goanet] CONDOLENCES TO THE REMIMBUS FAMILY

CONDOLENCES The Chairman, President, Members and the Managing Committee of Goan Cultural Centre - Kuwait conveys their deep sorrow on the passing away of Wilfy Remimbus. Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. The world has lost of one the great contributor of Konkani music and s

Re: [Goanet] VIEW FROM KARACHI: The magic of Goa cannot be takenaway (Menin Rodrigues)

Well said Menin. Fully agree. Thanks for your thoughts. Best regards, Albert -Original Message- From: Goanet Reader The magic of Goa cannot be taken away by a few steamy stories! Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet

[Goanet] March 2010 issue of Gulab hits news-stands

GULAB - Mars 2010 ank http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xM3C8xQ90se2StPXefGShg?feat=directlink March issue of Gulab hits the news stands The March 2010 issue of Goa’s only illustrated Konkani monthly GULAB is out on the stands. The main feature of the issue being Rahul Gandhi and Future

Re: [Goanet] Dr Oscar Rebello's question to God

On 10 March 2010 08:30, Mervyn Lobo > Right now, Goa has regressed to voting based on religious > groupings. Right now? When was that different? AFAIK, this was the situation since the first assembly elections of 1963. Together with religion, caste was also a factor. Even in colonial times, Goa

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (11Mar10)

*** Womens Res. Bill makes History *** "Calls for a New word in the Dictionary...HerStory!" To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Oscar Rebello's question to God

EnglisH: Thank you, God Konkani: Saiba, tuzo vol-llo upkar José Pereira

[Goanet] Goan community in Qatar football selection trials

Goan community in Qatar football selection trials Goan community in Qatar will hold selection trials to select age-group football teams, the date, time and venue which will be announced shortly after the end of the ongoing school exams. Accordingly selected players will be assigned to the Und

[Goanet] “Women’s Work” (NYC)

There are Goan Domestic Workers Too in NY. (vjp) + “Women’s Work” Ending the Exploitation and Abuse of Domestic Workers Film screening and panel discussion in conjunction with the ACLU and the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Re: [Goanet] Jewish Surname

There is also the Tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh (of the House of Joseph) were descendants of a son of Joseph (son of Jacob and Rachel). The Jews in Mizoram in northeast India, more correctly Mizo Jews claim to descend from Manasseh. Reading further into this matter will take you into an interesting s

[Goanet] Konkani music... online!

Konkani music... Music from Goa - Made in Bombay With an information booklet (liner notes): http://www.trikont.de/basics/cgi-tdb/basics.prg?session=3b605c114b9792b0_599350&a_no=3039&suchbegriff=Konkani&r_index=14.3 -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: phot

Re: [Goanet] Dr Oscar Rebello's question to God

>> Right now, Goa has regressed to voting based on religious groupings. Frederick Noronha replied: > Right now? When was that different? > AFAIK, this was the situation since the first assembly elections of > 1963. Together with religion, caste was also a factor. > Even in colonial times, Goans m

[Goanet] Goan Abroad! #7 - "Passpott Ghusspott!"

GOAN ABROAD! weekly humor [If you joined us late - Langoti "Long" John Silva is a globe-trotting Goencar, always accompanied by his foul-mouthed parrot Cocky] EPISODE #7: "Passpott Ghuspott!!" 11 am. The blue light on my compu

[Goanet] Renal failure among young on the rise in Goa

'Renal failure among young on the rise in Goa' TNN, Mar 11, 2010, 02.46am IST PANAJI: Renal failure is increasingly being reported among the young — those in their twenties and late thirties — thanks to the drastically changing lifestyle, say doctors in Goa. The reasons are attributed to hyper

[Goanet] Who is the liar, the journalist or the minister?

http://www.topnews.in/files/Mickky-Pacheco3.jpg     Re-sent   Who is the liar, the journalist or the minister?   On 7th March 2010, after ZP elections, a Photo-journalist alleged that Minister Mickky  Pacheco had manhandled him by catching hold of his shirt and asking him why he took his  p

[Goanet] SMILE.............. IT'S WEEKEND (11/03/2010)

IS THIS……. A man (Alu) dials his home and a strange woman answers. Alu: Who is this? Filsu: This is Filsu, the maid of this house. Alu: We don't have a maid. Filsu: I was hired this morning by the woman of the house. Alu: Well, this is her husband. Is she there? Filsu: She is upstairs in t

[Goanet] StyleSpeak: The Art of Noise

StyleSpeak: The Art of Noise By Wendell Rodricks It is easy to contemplate on noise here in Grenada. We arrived last night after a seventy hour journey, passing Abu Dhabi in transit for four hours and a freezing New York for ten hours. When we left New York, the runway at JFK airport was cove

Re: [Goanet] Who is the liar, the journalist or the minister?

Possibly nobody is a "liar" (or LIAR, as JC would write)... but they are just intrepreting their "facts" differently! This is the reason why when you read four reports of an accident in four different newspapers, you sometimes feel that the reporters are describing different accidents! (1) From m