[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (20May10)

2010-05-20 Thread alexyz fernandes
If questionable Politicians without question retire the Noble Profession of Teachers at age 58/60...Politicians with dignity should do the same... - Swami Vidya-Ananda To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Digu to Goans - Get lost, I don't need you

2010-05-20 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Is anyone surprised at Digu asking you Goans to vamoose? Why? Many moons ago I had reported here how the Deputy Mayor of Panjim (of Gujju extraction) had told Goans to go take a hike. He was effectively telling us that we are politically irrelevant to him. Later when I was

[Goanet] Goan stars from Kuwait to tour Portugal, Germany, England and Canada

2010-05-20 Thread gaspersWorld ®
Goan stars from Kuwait to tour Europe Canada :::By Gasper Crasto - www.goa-world.com/ ::: Kuwait: Famous Goan stage artiste Cajetan de Sanvordem and musician Shahu Almeida based in Kuwait are selected to perform in Mariano Fernandes’ latest Konkani tiatr ‘Soglleank Nomoskar’ going on tour to

[Goanet] SMILE................... IT'S WEEKEND (20/05/2010)

2010-05-20 Thread CAJETAN DE
THERE YOU ARE….   Marcus and Milagrina were celebrating their Silver Wedding Anniversary. There were several guests at the reception at LAKA-BUKA 5 stars Hotel. While sipping drinks, a group of men and women started a friendly discussion which turns to an argument. The discussion was… Who are

[Goanet] Churchill backs Raheja's project

2010-05-20 Thread Freddy Fernandes
http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Local%20News/Churchill-backs-Raheja-rsquo-s-project/ 37006.html Reference to the article Churchill backs Raheja's project on Herald 20th May'10. It isn't a surprise at all, it's common knowledge that all our Ministers and MLA have been licking the boots of either

[Goanet] Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani

2010-05-20 Thread Camillo Fernandes
Sebastian Borges, a Goan very surprisingly is advocating Konkani in Devanagri script which is a definite way of killing Konkani. If he is so happy and interested in the Devanagri script I hope he practices what he preaches. It would nice to know whether he and his family members are

Re: [Goanet] Goa...Going...Gone? Rechristening of Goa

2010-05-20 Thread Tony de Sa
Moira takes the lead from the front in changing names. Some twenty five years ago, some guys in the Comunidade to please their political bosses or to gain favour donated land for a twenty-point colony. The locals christened it Fukat Nagar. Irony is that the dwellings which were supposed to be one

[Goanet] Godfrey Pereira's letter to bleddy Goans

2010-05-20 Thread Camillo Fernandes
Godfrey Pereira's letter about Bleddy Goans may be hard hitting but surely was not anti Goan. In fact in his humorous way he has tried to make Goans aware (not that they are not) and to be awake and be more active rather than being silent spectators.Maybe the fault in the article, if

[Goanet] Community Announcement - Goan Welfare Society- Kuwait, Announces Scholarship

2010-05-20 Thread CAJETAN DE
Goan Welfare Society Announces Scholarship   The GWS Annual scholarship Awards for top ranking Goan students, enrolled in Indian Schools in Kuwait during the academic year 2009 -2010, will be awarded to three students who secure the highest aggregate marks in Standard XII, one in each stream –

[Goanet] Man goes ... Goa goes ... mangoes (Miguel Braganza, Herald)

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
Man goes ... Goa goes ... mangoes Tips to take care of a tree yielding delightful fruit By Miguel Braganza braganza.mig...@gmail.com THE FLAVOUR of the season is mango. Even the Amul ice-cream we ate to celebrate my father's birthday was of fresh 'Alphonso Mango' pulp. My friends,

[Goanet] Churchill backs Raheja's project

2010-05-20 Thread anil desai
Freddy Fernandes wrote: Reference to the article Churchill backs Raheja's project on Herald 20th May'10. It isn't a surprise at all, it's common knowledge that all our Ministers and MLA have been licking the boots of either the builders or the miners or both, depending upon the amount and the

Re: [Goanet] Goa...Going...Gone? Rechristening of Goa

2010-05-20 Thread floriano
It is said that Dayanand Bandokkar summoned the esteemed el presidente of the Moira Communidade at his Secretariate (Adilshah Palace), flushed/pampered him with cups of 'chai' Bisquits' and asked him to sign on the dotted line. In the bargain, the entire prestigious Moira hillock overlooking

[Goanet] LET THEM EAT CAKE

2010-05-20 Thread floriano
When Goa Su-Raj Party established its website in early 2001, it put the prominent slogan on the home page The Revolution has just begun - Don't be left out Because, in all essense, this Party was built on revolutionary ideas and ideals and it is a Revolutionary Political Party. Its

[Goanet] Dalits - Saraswats and Goans!

2010-05-20 Thread xembuh Moidekar
Hello Goanetters! I thought this would be interestng for you to read. Goa is controlled by Bollywodies, Samajwadies and Ganttis...WAKE UP. Enough is enough! Get a PPS and start pasting and also acting. x.b.Moidekar   Mr. Bachchan, caste and being an Indian first   By Joseph D’souza   May 19, 2010

Re: [Goanet] ResearchLink: History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics (Marian Josephine Gracias)

2010-05-20 Thread philip pereira
It is just amazing the vast differences among human beings. I have never and would never delve into such issues because we are all part of this massive complexity called the earth and the universe who have just a short time on earth and then have to spend the rest of our existence in Eternity

[Goanet] Whither thou goest...Goa Goans

2010-05-20 Thread Gabe Menezes
Well it has not taken long, before Goans are made to realise that they are second class in their own State - outsiders now rule! Sold out by the Politicians - why are Goans allowing themselves to be shafted? Time to vote in pukka Goans and out with the Judas's. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] While researching Kenya, she found shocking truths about the British empire

2010-05-20 Thread Frederick Noronha
Just curious... how many Goans lived through the Mau Mau days in East Africa? Any memories? FN PS: There is a Goan connection with this story. Any guess? http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2006/07/03/secrets__lies/ While researching Kenya, she found shocking truths about the British empire

[Goanet] The Smooth Operators

2010-05-20 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - It is not uncommon to encounter people in Goa who tell you - Goa must change, it cannot remain the same as before - or some variation of it. (Yeah, but who gave YOU the mandate to change Goa?) The first thing to realize upon encountering this line is that the utterer has a bridge

Re: [Goanet] Churchill backs Raheja's project

2010-05-20 Thread floriano
Anil couldn't have said it better. when he says Mantra is: *Corruption is better than communalism.* And the propagator of this matra is the Church of Goa. Why then will Digu-bab not be emboldened to tell the people that he does not depend on their votes? He very well knows that the Sunday

[Goanet] Day-After Effects of Sleep Aids

2010-05-20 Thread Con Menezes
Are you taking pills to help you sleep? Read about the after-effects of such aids. 'Health Sciences Institute' Con http://hsibaltimore.com/2006/10/12/day-after-effects-of-sleep-aids/

[Goanet] Famous last words I don't depend on your votes!

2010-05-20 Thread roger dsouza
Famous last words and now its Digambar’s turn “I don’t depend on your votes”. This will go down in the annals of Goan History and every child will learn about this and remember Digambar’s famous last words for all time to come! The Goan people have been taken for granted for too long! Digambar

[Goanet] Goa ups fee for technical education by 10-20% (ToI)

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
Goa ups fee for technical education by 10-20% TNN, May 18, 2010, 01.37am IST PANAJI: The fees for professional courses—medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, architecture, engineering, and homeopathy—in the state will go up by 10-20% from the new academic year starting June, director for technical

[Goanet] An East-Indian's song about Goa

2010-05-20 Thread Jazz Goa
Ernie Flanagan can easily be counted amoung the world's finest songwriters. An East-Indian, born and brought up in Mumbai, Ernie's love for Goa led him to buy a second home in Benaulim where he spends relaxed moments with his lovely wife and two daughters. The more time he spends here the more

[Goanet] Pune connection in Goa blast chargesheet (Indian Express)

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
Pune connection in Goa blast chargesheet Pune The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet in the Goa blast case has again brought to fore a Pune link. Among the 11 Sanatan Sanstha members named — they include the two who died in the pre-Diwali explosion in Goa on October 16, 2009 — is

[Goanet] Goa tops region in CBSE Class XII results (ToI)

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
Goa tops region in CBSE Class XII results TNN, May 20, 2010, 03.54am IST PANAJI: For the second year in succession, Goa has topped the Chennai region in the standard XII results of the Central Board of Secondary Education. Goa topped the list of ten states and Union territories registering a

Re: [Goanet] ResearchLink: History and the (un)making of identifications in literary representations of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics (Marian Josephine Gracias)

2010-05-20 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 20 May 2010 05:28, philip pereira philpereira2...@yahoo.ca wrote: .Concerning Anglo-Indians, a lot of them were the product of some British Tommy who became intoxicated, had sexual relations with his maid-servant and this intimacy brought forth an Anglo-Indian. Philip.

Re: [Goanet] Digu to Goans - Get lost, I don't need you

2010-05-20 Thread George Pinto
Goa, RIP (Rest in peace). George --- On Wed, 5/19/10, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com wrote: Is anyone surprised at Digu asking you Goans to vamoose?  Why? Many moons ago I had reported here how the Deputy Mayor of Panjim (of Gujju extraction) had told Goans to go take a hike.  He

[Goanet] I don't depend on your votes.

2010-05-20 Thread Francisco Floriano Fernandes
   I DON'T DEPEND ON YOUR VOTES The 17th May 2010 incident that took place inside the C.M. Cabin at Secretariat Porvorim will surprise many but for me it is just the  first begining salvo thrown by our Digubab the so called chief

Re: [Goanet] While researching Kenya, she found shocking truths about the British empire

2010-05-20 Thread Eddie Fernandes
From: Frederick Noronha PS: There is a Goan connection with this story. Any guess? [Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_Remedios_Santana_de_Souza] Response: Heard about Pio Gama Pinto? His links to the Mau Mau were far greater than any other

[Goanet] New hope for depression sufferers

2010-05-20 Thread Con Menezes
Hew hope for depression sufferers. 'Healthier Talk' Con http://www.healthiertalk.com/new-hope-depression-sufferers-1787

[Goanet] Natural Ways to Treat Gout

2010-05-20 Thread Con Menezes
Gout sufferersnatural ways to treat this. 'Health Sciences Institute' Con http://hsibaltimore.com/2005/05/09/natural-ways-to-treat-gout/

Re: [Goanet] Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani

2010-05-20 Thread Tony de Sa
Re: Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani (Camillo Fernandes) Konkani in the Devnagri/ Romi script has evoked strong emotions among the Goanetters. There is a need to look at the whole issue in a balanced manner. It would nice to know whether he and his family members are learning

[Goanet] Debate soddun...

2010-05-20 Thread Peter Fernandes
Ref :Debate' Soddun Konn Pollon Ghelo? Hanv vo Borges Message-ID: 4bf3c718.7050...@gmail.com Mogall Tomazin ani Borges babano Mhaka dista sozmikai gheun hatak suseg diuncho mhonn. Konknichea moga khatir Peter Fernandes

[Goanet] Goa net and me

2010-05-20 Thread Albert Desouza
SirIt looks people are not interested in connecting me to the goanet. For a long time I am cut off from the list of goanet and even after giving another id it has not improved. well if you do not want me I will remain out. Thanks for your co operation albert

[Goanet] OPINION: Goa chargesheet is a wake-up call (Deccan Chronicle)

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
Goa chargesheet is a wake-up call May 20th, 2010 The chargesheeting of 11 members persons of the Sanatan Sanstha for last October’s Goa bomb blast case by the National Investigating Agency recently should serve as a warning that particular religions should not be associated with acts of terror.

[Goanet] Sesa Goa tumbles as Govt reverses earlier nod

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
Sesa Goa tumbles as Govt reverses earlier nod Equity increase seen as earnings-dilutive Brakes: Less than a week after Vedanta University's environmental clearance was put onhold, the Centre has suspended the environmental clearance issued to another Vedantagroup company for an iron ore mine in

[Goanet] Goa news for May 21, 2010

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Pune connection in Goa blast chargesheet - Expressindia.com ovt-refuses-ban-on-sanstha-till-home-ministry-examines-charge-sheet_1384676usg=AFQjCNEFVKgkt-jwAkPLe3JULSHU5Hv__AGoa govt

[Goanet] Rechristening of Goa (Andrew Pereira, ToI)

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
Rechristening of Goa Andrew Pereira, TNN, May 20, 2010, 03.49am IST PANAJI: The names they are a changin’. In a reflection of the demographic changes the state is undergoing, new colonies and wards being carved out in Goa’s towns and villages are more likely to call themselves some nagar or the

Re: [Goanet] While researching Kenya, she found shocking truths about the British empire

2010-05-20 Thread Frederick Noronha
Any other Goans with links to the Mau Mau? Just curious... FN PS: I have a photocopy of the book(let) on Independent Kenya's First Martyr, i.e. Pio, with me. On 20 May 2010 19:45, Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote: From: Frederick Noronha PS: There is a Goan connection with this

[Goanet] CM of Migrants

2010-05-20 Thread Arwin Mesquita
It is not a surprise that Goa's Migrants Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat would say that he does not need the votes of Goan Villagers. Perhaps he and the Migrants should be sent back to the original places of the Migrants and he can take better care of them, in those places. We need a Chief

Re: [Goanet] Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani

2010-05-20 Thread floriano
Wake up you guys. Let Konkani be included in the Official Language Act without any reference to script if you really want Unity among Goans. Goa su-Raj Party will move immediately to remove Devnagiri specific clause from the Official Language of the State of Goa. It is the most sensible

[Goanet] Goa gone?

2010-05-20 Thread Peter Fernandes
Ref: Goa...Going...Gone? Rechristening of Goa Message-ID: aanlktikcf5twiossjpis27kr3bbjjsaqu4tfobjpc...@mail.gmail.com This all happens because Bitorle Bhedi Bhaile Chor. You and me bring them to power and they enjoy. The Panchayat Members the MLA's they all get their share - whose father

[Goanet] BORGES BAB PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ZALO?

2010-05-20 Thread tomazinho cardozo
BORGES BAB ‘PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’ ZALO? ( May 14, 2010 hea disa GOA Net hacher ailole Borges babachea zabab-ak poilo “DEBATE’ hache vixim zabab dila. Teach borovpant anik bogllanttam aslim tacher ilo uzvadd ghaltam) Borges bab boroita, “ Survatek savn Sekretar aslolea Tomazinho baban oslem

[Goanet] I don't depend on your votes- video

2010-05-20 Thread Melvyn Ferrao
http://www.youtube.com/user/navhindmultimedia#p/u/5/km-B_kRBFjk Watch the reaction of the MLAs from the aam aadmi govt.

Re: [Goanet] Digu to Goans - Get lost, I don't need you

2010-05-20 Thread Venantius J Pinto
We have verbs that arose from place names--as in Sodomized, Shanghaied and also Bangalored. The latter is expressed in a neat piece by Michael Quinion on his World Wide Words site. So, will we soon have Goa the place lending itself to a verb construct. If so will it be Goaized, or Goaed. Or

[Goanet] BONDERAM FESTIVAL AND WORLD GOA DAY - 22.8 - 2010 - CANADA

2010-05-20 Thread goanint
Goenkars ! I share a post from Maurice Coutinho, one of the Coordinators of World Goa Day - and President of Divar Association of TORONTO , CANADA rene From: MauriceandClarina

Re: [Goanet] While researching Kenya, she found shocking truths about the British empire

2010-05-20 Thread Tony de Sa
F.N. Just curious... how many Goans lived through the Mau Mau days in East Africa? Any memories? FN Hi Rico, The time setting for this scene is somewhere in the mid fifties to circa 1961. I was a toto then and we lived in Moshi, at the foothills of the Mt. Kilimanjaro. Moshi was very close to the

[Goanet] 'Springs, fields will die if Chiunim Dongor is mined' (Joaquim Fernandes, ToI)

2010-05-20 Thread Goanet News
'Springs, fields will die if Chiunim Dongor is mined' Joaquim Fernandes, TNN, May 20, 2010, 03.39am IST PANAJI: The famous Taka-zhor spring and numerous other perennial water sources of Chiunim Dongor in Rivona, Sanguem, will dry up, destroying the orchards, agricultural fields and livelihoods of

Re: [Goanet] I don't depend on your votes.

2010-05-20 Thread floriano
Dear Francisco Fernandes, Sir, Goans do not require the corrupt Congress of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi to come to the rescue of Goans. Goans have enough self-respect to resurrect themselves from this Congress depravity. Cheers floriano.l...@gmail.com from PPS to PPS The Battle at Kruger

Re: [Goanet] Konkani in Devnagiri script will kill Konkani

2010-05-20 Thread Ariosto Coelho
Hi Tony, I'm not sure if I have met you. I enjoyed reading your insight and want to support it. I speak Konkani, the Romi way. I can read Konkani in the Devanagari script. I agree with you when you write Wake up you guys. Let Konkani be included in the Official Language Act without any