[Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Konkani, Portuguese? This is a mando... (by Selma Carvalho)

2010-03-17 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho se...@goanet.org R. Benedito Ferrao in an essay titled 'Goan Kenyans and the Crisis of Identity', examines the identity crisis of Goans who grew up in Kenya. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-March/191005.html One of the most incisive

Re: [Goanet] Norman Cardoz, Lorna ani Pak Pak

2010-03-17 Thread Edward Verdes
Selma, The original song is sung by Lorna...and the song title is Kantaram Kortam from the album Unforgettable Hits of Lorna. The voice in the video is not Lorna . I have mailed the original song of Lorna for you. Check it out. Edward Verdes - Original Message - From: Carvalho To:

Re: [Goanet] wedding cakes

2010-03-17 Thread reena.martins
Pandu kaka, I thought I'd find my answer amidst the rant. Still waiting.:-) Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. The mail is intended only for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed.

Re: [Goanet] Dev borem korum

2010-03-17 Thread Sebastian Borges
Dear friends, Many thanks for your several responses which only go to prove the point that I wanted to make: that Konkani has many words and expressions for expressing gratitude without expressly invoking God and that the hackneyed expression can sometimes go to ridiculous limits like if we

Re: [Goanet] Internet Hindu, Talk show-radio American and tabloid Brit

2010-03-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: They are never eliminated, the only counter is to have their power neutered by counter-propaganda. They need to be countered by providing cold hard facts and by educating the public, not by engaging in counter-propaganda. Propaganda

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (17Mar10)

2010-03-17 Thread alexyz fernandes
The Womens/Quota within quota bill is good...if there is only one seat per family! Or... We'll have the likes of Gandhi's...Rane's...Alemao's, Dhavlikars hoist their own Dynastic Rule! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Panjim's ruin

2010-03-17 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Two years ago I had a testy exchange with a Bengali dweeb at a meeting called by the Chief Secretary to enforce the High Court directives issued in the Panjim PIL ruling. This Bengali was the secretary in one of the concerned departments and he was babbling, in effect telling me why

[Goanet] Dev Borem Korum

2010-03-17 Thread lino dourado
Chalu vorsachea 'prachit khallar' Goanet-ar Devachem nanv motean gazot asa. Hi ek khuxechi gozal. Prithum Rochtolea Bapa-chi tust ani zoy-zoy kortoleank, Isvoran odik bholayken samballche. Lino Dourado http://aitaracheokaskuleo.blogspot.com/

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 5, Issue 285 (Secret Ballot)

2010-03-17 Thread John Gomes
OH yes,it has happened ! Corruption is endemic in our system.(Police,people,everyone is corrupted by monetary or for political reasons) Those manning/operating chosen from amongst government officials,and powerful ministers control. It can happen during counting or at leisure anytime

[Goanet] Daily Grook #648

2010-03-17 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #648 NEAT-WIT by Francis Rodrigues a-maize-ing puns oft sound pretty, tho' corn'y ones sure are wheat'y! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great

[Goanet] Deu borem korun

2010-03-17 Thread Mervyn Elsie Maciel
Whenever I've used Deu borem korun or Deu boro dis dium in the past, I've always heard the response, tuka-i-dium. Doesn't kurpa refer more to grace- in the religious sort of sense? -- Mervyn Maciel

[Goanet] A lift proves deadly for 3 in Bicholim

2010-03-17 Thread samir umarye
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM, MARCH 16 Hitching a lift proved costly for three persons who died on the spot, while two drivers were injured when two trucks collided with each other at Vagus-Pali in Bicholim on Tuesday. According to Bicholim police, the incident occurred at 4.10 pm when a mining

[Goanet] jesus fest

2010-03-17 Thread AGNELO RODRIGUES
JesusFest - 26th of Mar'10 - celebrating 25 years of World Youth Day. Gospel music and a candle light way of the cross, 7.30 pm onwards, at Mount Carmel Church, bandra w. entry free.

[Goanet] TRAPS STILL BEING LAID AT NANODA; FOREST DEPT FAILS TO KEEP CHECK

2010-03-17 Thread samir umarye
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM MARCH 16: Even as many villagers from Pistewada Nanoda Bicholim, where the a leopard had attacked a person while another was killed, have preferred to keep tight-lipped, when Herald tried to investigate have found traps still being laid in the jungle. It may be recalled

[Goanet] Lorna's Pak Pak

2010-03-17 Thread Carvalho
Dear Eddi, I've just listened to Lorna's version of the song. It's absolutely brilliant. Thanks so much for sharing. Thanks also to Jesus and JoeGoaUK. Best, Selma

[Goanet] Internet Hindu, talk-show radio American and tabloid Brit

2010-03-17 Thread Carvalho
Dear Santosh, Yes, I agree with what you have written. I used the word counter-propaganda inappropriatedly. I meant they need to be countered. Best, selma

[Goanet] ‘Of Camels and Trucks’ Subodh Kerka r’s new work

2010-03-17 Thread Subodh Kerkar
Kerkar Art Complex Holiday Street Gaurawado, Calangute Bardez, Goa - 403516 India. Tel: 0091 - 832 - 2276017 Fax: 0091 - 832 - 2276509 Email: *kerkar...@gmail.com* / *subodhker...@satyam.net.in* Website: www.subodhkerkar.com *‘Of Camels and Trucks’* Trucks and camel carts ply on

[Goanet] M F Hussain, saint or sinner

2010-03-17 Thread Edward Verdes
Dotor bab, I had asked yo the question because I was sure that you did not hear the songs..If you had really heard all the songs you would not come to the wrong conclusion...the meaning of Bodmass itself says a lot about Calvert. Fyi, there are 14 songs on this CD and of these 5 songs are

[Goanet] On the Calvert/Micky issue.

2010-03-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
I had attended Christmas morning mass at the Church in Colva - very nice choir - English Mass. I was more than perturbed to hear the priest pronounce that Micky was a contributor to the Church Funds. Does the Colva Church accept money without so much as a question from doggy persons? By accepting

Re: [Goanet] On the Calvert/Micky issue.

2010-03-17 Thread J. Colaco jc
Gabe Menezes wrote: I had attended Christmas morning mass at the Church in Colva - very nice choir - English Mass. I was more than perturbed to hear the priest pronounce that Micky was a contributor to the Church Funds. [1] Does the Colva Church accept money without so much as a question from

[Goanet] When the fringe benefits (Hindustan T imes)... Was: Re: Don’t block the ‘Internet Hindus’ by Kanchan Gupta

2010-03-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
Another point of view here: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/columnsothers/When-the-fringe-benefits/Article1-516263.aspx Why are these Internet Hindus worthy of notice at all? There are three reasons. First, a collective of the intellectually inadequate, the professionally frustrated and

[Goanet] Ugly Goans and hooligan migrants

2010-03-17 Thread soter
Frederick Noronha now sees Goans as ugly in his article published by himself in Herald today. That is definitely a compliment for all Goans who have now realised how they are being taken for granted by the rampaging ghattis. Let us hope the migrants keep away from Goa now that Frederick's

[Goanet] Internet Hindu, talk-show radio American and tabloid Brit

2010-03-17 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
One general slogan is there if character is lost everything is lost I have met M F Hussain in person in 90's at least twice. I feel he has given Neutron Bomb to insult Hinduism. He is in association with 'D' company and enjoying the fruits in his new found land 'Kuwait'. Similar stories

[Goanet] Selective quotesmeister

2010-03-17 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - That would be Frederick Noronha (allegedly a journo). Today he quotes Ashok Malik to buttress his point (although nobody quite knows what his point is). Now two can play this game. Here is Ashok Malik paying a glowing tribute to Veer Savarkar, the personification of Hindutva -

[Goanet] GOANS TO CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAY QUEEN BALL

2010-03-17 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
GOANS TO CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAY QUEEN BALL The Goan Welfare Association (GWA), Qatar is all set to organize the tenth anniversary of May Queen Ball (a dinner dance) the most successful and colourful social annual gathering promises to be fun filled event on 6th May 2010 at the

[Goanet] Internet Hindu, talk-show radio American and tabloid Brit

2010-03-17 Thread Carvalho
Shrikant Barve wrote: I feel he has given Neutron Bomb to insult Hinduism. He is in association with 'D' company and enjoying the fruits in his new found land 'Kuwait'. -- First of all Mr Barve, Kuwait is not Qatar. They are two separate states. So let's at

[Goanet] ST JOSEPH'S FEAST

2010-03-17 Thread manuel tavares
March 19 is the feast of St Joseph. St Joseph was the patron Saint of the Dr. Ribeiro Goan School in Nairobi Kenya. The School was a pioneer and principal centre of learning in Kenya for Goans of every strata of life. It churned out many Goan personalities in various fields and was an

[Goanet] Goanet highlights: Konkani, Portuguese? This is a mando... (by Selma Carvalho)

2010-03-17 Thread Goanet News
Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho se...@goanet.org R. Benedito Ferrao in an essay titled 'Goan Kenyans and the Crisis of Identity', examines the identity crisis of Goans who grew up in Kenya. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-March/191005.html One of the most incisive

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

2010-03-17 Thread manuel tavares
I agree that Rape is Rape and a serious criminal offence which should not be taken lightly nor must the punishment be diluted because the victim has agreed to marry the perpetrator. We know that our principles and religious beliefs sometimes force our young women caught up in this dilemma

[Goanet] But he did not have a shirt (tribute to S.K. Banerji, hardnewsmedia.com)

2010-03-17 Thread Goanet News
http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2010/03/3467 But he did not have a shirt Sanjay Kapoor I have been seeing him for so many years; he would slip out of his car and slowly walk towards Delhi's India International Centre's well-stacked library. One of the last surviving Indian Civil Services (ICS)

[Goanet] Cruise Chronicle: You need visa power (Wendell Rodricks)

2010-03-17 Thread Goanet Reader
Cruise Chronicle | Wendell Rodricks wendellrodri...@gmail.com You need visa power Ahead of a 51-day cruise around South America, the merry-go-round begins at home. Say Gren-a (as in hey)-daa. It is not Gran-aa-daa. That's in Spain, I am told by local Grenadians, who are justifiably proud of

[Goanet] Loot of Goan Artefacts

2010-03-17 Thread ignatius fernandes
Is there anyone who has made any inventory of the of the loss of Goan artefacts looted by the Delhi appointed Governors of Goa which graced the Governors palace in Altinho. Will my query stir up a hornets nest? Regards Ignatius Fernandes.

Re: [Goanet] On the Calvert/Micky issue.

2010-03-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 17 March 2010 16:39, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Gabe, Do you remember the story of the woman who was about to be stoned for her sins .when Jesus is said to have intervened? Are we the final judges of dodgy persons? Does the giving of donations translate into

[Goanet] Goanet] 'Khawateen cant discard purdah for politics'

2010-03-17 Thread manuel tavares
This is atrocious. Why cannot Women have the same rights as men? This is tantamount to likening Women to Animals who are kept on a leash and are subject to the wills of their masters. Even animals have rights and under the Muslim system, it would appear that women do not have any rights

Re: [Goanet] Internet Hindu, talk-show radio American and tabloid Brit

2010-03-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 17 March 2010 19:15, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: First of all Mr Barve, Kuwait is not Qatar. They are two separate states. So let's at least get our geography right, if we can't get our historical heritage quite right. I've been to Qatar. One desolate, God forsaken corner of

Re: [Goanet] Internet Hindu, Talk show-radio American and tabloid Brit

2010-03-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
On 17 March 2010 11:16, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: Propaganda always involves deception and blowing things out of proportion. It is evident at both extremes of the political spectrum. Always? Propaganda as a term is not pejorative in origin. It comes from the Latin

Re: [Goanet] Cruise Chronicle: You need visa power (Wendell Rodricks)

2010-03-17 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Wendell Rodricks wrote: You need visa power On this island, with its light muscovado beaches and cinnamon-scented fields, it makes perfect sense to sit on the beach, local rum punch in hand, and watch as the sailboats of the annual Grenada Sailing Festival flutter by. The adventurer can trek to

[Goanet] Sleep habits linked to fat gain in younger adults | Reuters

2010-03-17 Thread Con Menezes
Does insufficient sleep promotes weight gain?? From' Reuters' Find out more. C http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62059F20100301?feedType=RSSfeedName=healthNewsutm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+(News+%2F+US+%2F+Health+News)

[Goanet] Alfred Rose Songs - Musical Show held at Margao today

2010-03-17 Thread JoeGoaUk
Alfred Rose Songs - Musical Show held at Margao today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XalQgqjBByk   Presented by Aniceto Lourenco in association with TAG   Band: Luis Cotta a Pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr4/4441143455/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info...

[Goanet] Why Should We Shut Up?

2010-03-17 Thread Marshall Mendonza
A reponse in the Times of India to the letter written by Hilda Raja doing the internet rounds. Refer link below. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Why-Should-We-Shut-Up/articleshow/5687175.cms

[Goanet] Goa news for March 18, 2010

2010-03-17 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Offshore Patrol Vessel inducted into Coast Guard - The Hindu f-the-art new generation Offshore ...

[Goanet] Dev borem korum

2010-03-17 Thread Domnic Fernandes
We grew up using the Konkani greeting wishing people in the morning thus: Dev boro dis dium (May God grant you a good day.) The reply to the above greeting is: “Jezu kurpa dium [tuzo dis boro zavnk.]” (May Jesus grant you grace [to make your day good.]) In the afternoon, evening and at

[Goanet] A Perfect Lesson For Us All

2010-03-17 Thread Freddy Fernandes
A Perfect Lesson For Us All http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/randomaccess/entry/a-humane-tigress-and -heartless The above article once again reminds us that we should not mess with nature and nature's natural progression. We all agree that nature by all means is beautiful, even

[Goanet] G.O.A. (U.K.) Ltd: Big Faux Pas: Paul De Mendonca.....

2010-03-17 Thread Gabe Menezes
Legal and Admin Director wrote to me, letter received 12th December 2009, rejecting my resignation, furthermore giving me an ultimatum - might as well call him 'De Mendonca, the ultimatum man!' This was when the G.O.A. Board were fully aware that I was away on vacation. I arrived back in the

Re: [Goanet] On the Calvert/Micky issue.

2010-03-17 Thread J. Colaco jc
Gabe Menezes wrote: He that is without sin *among you*, *let* him *first cast* a *stone* at her. *.. [1] Can we then apply the same yard stick to our present day 'stalwarts' - I think not. [2] The announcement made regarding the donation gives the donor some sort of status, don't you think so?

[Goanet] Matano Gracias retires after 37 years career with U.S. Army in Europe

2010-03-17 Thread Mariano Pereira
409th CSB civilian retires after 37 years of service Story by Sgt. Fay Conroy, 21st TSC Public Affairs http://www.21tsc.army.mil/21tsc/Articles/2010/2010-03-15-054_409civilianretireswith37years.htm KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Napoleon Bonaparte said that an army marches on its stomach, which

[Goanet] Internet Hindu, talk-show radio American and tabloid Brit

2010-03-17 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
First of all Mr Barve, Kuwait is not Qatar. Madam Selma, Thanks for correcting me. Shrikant Vinayak Barve The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: Nominate a volunteer

2010-03-17 Thread George Pinto
Goa Sudharop is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year and our theme for 2010 is “YEAR OF THE GOAN VOLUNTEER SPIRIT”. A team of mostly High School volunteers in the San Francisco Bay Area are currently working on putting together a Volunteer E-book that will be on our website at

[Goanet] F.M. Hussain

2010-03-17 Thread manuel tavares
India's Banishment of Hussain is a tragic affair motivated more politically than anything else. Hussain is an artist and just like many well known artists has produced nude portraits of various subjects. The Roman were not offended to see their gods in the nude and which one of us was born

[Goanet] The Natural Advocate - Best Self USA/Health: Remarkable Paper in British Medical Journal - vitamin D

2010-03-17 Thread Con Menezes
+Vitamin D an important factor in our well being. Read more..from The Natural Advocate C http://thenaturaladvocate.blogspot.com/2010/02/remarkable-paper-in-british-medical.html

Re: [Goanet] wedding cakes

2010-03-17 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Pandu Lampiao wrote: A question to folks out theredo you think they use real butter in the cakes (example, phamous Goichi plum cakes) or is it mar-ga-rin?   Punda, Ghee, that is what they use in those cakes. I will send you the recipe. Some use the same to comb up their toupee. Just

[Goanet] Omega-3-rich meals have blood vessel benefits: Study

2010-03-17 Thread Con Menezes
Omega-3 Benefits Nutra Open this link.. C http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Omega-3-rich-meals-have-blood-vessel-benefits-Study/?c=KlYnp4hkqTA3F0bMRP9b6Q%3D%3Dutm_source=Newsletter_Subjectutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Newsletter%2BSubject