Thoughtful valid self-criticism is always welcome. Indeed it is essential for
any kind of progress to occur. It is a hallmark of rational thought and
scientific inquiry. But the article in question has very little to offer in
this vein.
On the contrary, as Amita Kanekar so nicely pointed out,
I compliment Inacio D'Silva on his Beautifully expressed letter in Goanet
dated 29th June.
Already the ecology, groundwater, fauna and flora are messed up, hills are
concreted, culture is commercialised (where is the true spirit of the Carnival,
St. John's feast that we knew in those days
On 30 June 2010 01:01, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote:
Bernice is making the same valid point that Rajan
Parrikar has been making.
i.e. With the existing laws ..
[1] Prosecute those who squat on property not theirs
[2] Prosecute those who filthy up the place
I was returning with
My response
My stand ever since I attended GGC in Jan 2007 at Cidade de Goa is that this
forum is nothing but a big farce in the name of NRG's. It is just a
networking forum and nothing has come out of it. The Action Taken Reports
which NRI Commissioner is boasting can be handle by a NRG
Agnelo,
I have the RTI expense report from the NRI Commisioner's office.
It is infact mindless extravaganza. 'Song and Dance' is the most appropriate
word for it.
Timblo i.e. Cidade de Goa has made money on the affair.
Aires Rodrigues was right in making noise about this surface noise.
Cheers
Manuel, Can't the same be said for other fields too? What about the
economic value of in-migration into Goa? Or of corruption (can we
forget the value-add of the robber barons of the USA of another day)?
Of now-legalised casinos (but no betting on football or commonman's
matka, of course!) Of sex
Did you know that... the British ran some concentration and internment
camps in colonial India during both the World Wars. See list below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concentration_and_internment_camps#British-India
British-India
During both wars the British interned enemy nationals
Talking Photos: Panjim, Campal, Miramar, Goa Mariott
Old Tyre on the beach
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtypanjim4/4746507199/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtypanjim4/4746507831/sizes/l/
Water logging ot Panjim promenade (with water reflections)
On 30 June 2010 01:38, Arwin Mesquita arwinmesqu...@gmail.com wrote:
FN, Surely you apprectiate that others mostly allow outsiders to a POINT that it
does not dilute their exisiting culture/customs/language etc
COMMENT:
a: It appears that Arwin has not been to the UK and the US, esp cities
like
Con,
I regularly make my own dark chocolate at home from the genuine cocoa nibs.
But when the wifey is too busy to melt some non chocolate tasting chocolate,
I buy semi-sweet chocolate bars (1 kg each) from the shelf of 'Ajay
Supermarket' at Mapusa @300/- per kg.
And I have become a dark
They came by air, they saw lions and other wild animals and returned home
laden with curios to
adorn their cosy living rooms.
From France: Thierry Henry, Nicholas Anelka, Franck Ribery, Florent
Malouda, Eric Abidal and
William Gallas.
Italy: Gillardino, Camoranesi, Gattuso, Pirlo , Zambrotta,
Talking Photos: Palolem Beach during Monsoon
28.6.10
To the right
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk27/4747243556/sizes/l/
Towards left
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk27/4747245298/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk27/4747244790/sizes/l/
IFRA Annual General Body Meeting
The 29th Annual General Body Meeting of the Indian Football Referees’
Association (IFRA) – Kuwait, will be held on Friday, 2nd July 2010 at
10.00 a.m. at the Winners Restaurant, Salmiya, and will be preceeded by
the Thanksgiving Mass at 8.30 a.m. the same
Now you can Watch your World Cup without getting Excited...and I can
catch some Sleep!
To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
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QUEBEC GOAN ASSOCIATON
CANADA DAY PARADE
OUR GOAN FLOAT
JULY 1, 2010
Dear Members,
We are in the final preparation for our Goan Float in the parade and
we are so proud of our members for their support in funds, decorations
and their talent and time in bringing all of this together.
The
Hi,
My wife and I are planning to visit Belgium in August and we shall
definitely make it to the Beaux Arts museum in Brussels for the viewing...
BF Menezes
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Read all Goanet messages at:
Viva Espana! Viva Portugal! Viva Goa! Viva Australia!
Nascy.
--- On Wed, 30/6/10, Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com wrote:
Poor thing wasn't given the free
kicks he was looking for; Well, well his
reputation preceeded him and the Ref would have none of it.
Got away with it
at Man. U -
Arwin has very little credibility in this matter:
1) He lives in the Gulf and wants to prevent people from other parts of India
to move to Goa.
2) Unlike Goa, the expat populations in the Gulf far outnumber the local Arab
populations.
While so called Goan patriots such as Arvin call for the
Hey Tourism Department etc,wake up yo,
here is a wonderful event which would be great to show case Goan
traditional music and in turn attract tourist and who knows what else.
The festival attracts a lot of folks, attention and as well the
environment-friendly aspect of such festivals.
The
Incidentally, one of the groups performing this year Mondial des
Cultures in Drummonville,Quebec is Portuguese Lavradeiras da Meadela
(a group started apparently in 1934).
Take a listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNAfttQARgfeature=PlayListp=C68DB37B2D96AD7Bplaynext_from=PLplaynext=1index=84
If not GoaNetters, there would be at least a few Goans in there.
Overall, the place is full of Indians where you might even find a few
Indians baking cow dung cakes for fuel in their yard!
On a side note, a person of Indian origin from that area (Old Bridge),
was murdered by three American
Fred,
I read this article in the print version of Time magazine, before reading it
online.
There are lots of Goans in Edison, NJ but not sure of any Goanetters.
Many Goans, mostly alumni of Pharmacy College, moved to New Jersey in the 70s.
I must say that this article was a bit
First BLINDFOLD CHESS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP will be organized by Chess
Activity Centre in the month of July/Aug 2010. Its a team event of 3
players
Demonstration Game of Visualisation (BLINDFOLD CHESS Team event )will be
held on Sat. July 3, 2010 between 4 to 6 pm at The International Centre
Excellent Khotkhottem available in Panjim at Navtara Restaurant at
their pastry counter.
Rs. 15/- for a small packet of about 100 grams.
Cheers!
Cecil
===
Frederick Noronha wrote :
Does the low payment come about due to the names called? Are the
low-status jobs the only ones which draw low payment? Or, is this a
wholly separate issue, quite different from (but running parallel to)
the issue of low payment for labour? FN
Frederick,
All I
Heads you win, tails I lose!
You seem to be defining the situation in a way that somehow makes your
side to be the victim! By (i) choosing other large areas, and
suggesting that Goans haven't swamped them -- why not choose say a
Byculla or a Bandra or a Santa Cruz or a Mangalore and study the
The answer is peroxide my friend.
Instead of being bhailes, one instantly changes to 'inside', like
instant coffee.
Wish I could post my picture with my blond curly hair..
Errr.don't forget the eyebrowsperoxide them that is if
not,you may look like you walked off a Charlie Chaplin
To Goanet -
Yesterday during my train ride from Mumbai to Goa, I saw
on the adjacent track a freight carriage with what looked
like stacked Tata Nanos. The train I was on had ghatis
coming out of its wazoo, all bound for Goa. Tata is now
thinking of shipping Nanos to Goa stuffed with 4 ghatis
Ten years after it ran aground at Candolim beach, and after several broken
promises and
failed removal attempts, the Attorney General of Goa tells the High Court that
the tender for removal of the ill fated ship, the River Princesswill be
awarded soon.
Yeah ! How many times have we heard
OK, now everyone run to Ajays or wherever and buy and consume a lot of dark
chocolate to
prevent a stroke. You wont die of a stroke but you will become nice and rotund
like a
squealing pig with all the extra calories you will consume. A sure fire way of
going 6 foot down in a hurry. Any
JC has put it very well-
I believe that as long as .. Panchayats (Oh those fine local govt
entities) and the Sir Paunches are lured by the 33 pieces of silver,
and as long as there are corrupt lawyers (e.g. the ones who dump their
plaintiff clients and go with the other party AFTER
*Anti-Castist leaders met Chidambaram*
*New Delhi, 30 June 2010 :* A delegation of *‘Meri Jaati
Hindustani’*Movement met the Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram today
in the leadership
of Dr. V.P. Vaidik, the National Convener of ‘Sabal Bharat’.
Dr. Vaidik argued
Con Menezes asks - what is in your toothpase ? In Goa it is Ratol, man,
dontchya know that by now ?
On 30 June 2010 13:15, Nascy Caldeira nascy...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Viva Espana! Viva Portugal! Viva Goa! Viva Australia!
Australia is one of the most racist Countries in the World so I am told it
this correct?
Nascy.
DEV BOREM KORUM
Gabe Menezes.
Frederick Noronha wrote after Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote:
Bernice is making the same valid point that Rajan
Parrikar has been making.
i.e. With the existing laws ..
[1] Prosecute those who squat on property not theirs
[2] Prosecute those who filthy up the place
I was returning
Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com wrote
Australia is one of the most racist Countries in the World so I am told it
this correct?
ANSWER: If you accept that the caste system exists, the answer to the
above question is NO
jc
Marlon:
-Perhaps you are deliberately ignorant of the fact that Goan Migrants do not
get Citizenship, neither do they influence the Politics as they dont have
voting rights
- Perhaps you are even more Ignorant of the fact that Arab Government are
slowly but surely adopting measure to protect thier
:-)
Going down six foot laughing rather than paralysed and miserable is somewhat
better. Init?
Dark chocolate is believed to generate Nitric Oxide in the bloodstream which
keeps the constricted portion of the arteries dilated like a baloon, thereby
preventing strokes.
Truth or not, dark
Vivian...this is in very horrible tastePlease take my
outspoken zupatti the spirit it is meant.
Before you scowl: How the hell this concerns you, I
hasten to clarify.
Poor Nadia's family is almost my next-door neihbours
I have known the two sibblings since infants: Nadia Romel
Her
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.
*** Ex Goa minister Pacheco applies for bail before Supreme
Court - Oneindia
oves-SC-for-anticipatory-bail/H1-Article1-565289.aspxFormer
Goa minister Pacheco moves SC for anticipatory bail
[A] Frederick Noronha wrote:
I was returning with a Goanetter from Chorao island last evening, and we
were waiting for the ferry to take us over to the Pomburpa end.
Thank goodness JoeGoaUk or Rajan Parrikar isn't around, the Goanetter
said, as he re-zipped his fly!
[B] Augusto Pinto wrote:
I was returning with a Goanetter from Chorao island last evening, and
we were waiting for the ferry to take us over to the Pomburpa end.
Thank goodness JoeGoaUk or Rajan Parrikar isn't around, the
Goanetter said, as he re-zipped his fly!
It took me a second or two to comprehend what the heck he
A recent revelation, sugar beets are a better source of nitrous oxide, fat
free and low calorie, despite the name. eric.
From: floriano floriano.l...@gmail.com
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Wed, June 30, 2010
Ho ‘Mickey Mouse’ kedna golintlo bhair sortolo gai?
When will this mouse come out from its burrow?
To EC (Election commissioner)
How long can an elected representative go into hiding and
he/she still deemed as an MLA or MP?
One week? One month? One Year?
Is there any law or a rule in People
I don't give much importance to the invention of zero by an ancient
Indian to arithmetic. If the decimal numbering system was the only
system humans used, maybe one could argue on it's importance.
The entire field of electronics and computer science uses binary,
octal or hexa-decimal
What a superb , well thought, balances and truthfully analytic portrayal of
ourselves. People across the whole Political, Social and Cultural spectrum of
Indian society ought to read this and draw inspiration from the pearls of
wisdom which are thrown here as a challenge to Indians one and all
The Muslim community in South Goa has been asking for a burial ground
for over a decade. During the same decade thousand of hectares of land
has changed hands, be it for Mega projects or mining or SEZ. I don't
see the government is doing any service to the people of Goa, but then
do not do
THE FIRST WORLD KONKANI CULTURAL CONVENTION – Step-by-step, towards the
Convention…
GOAN DEVELOPMENTS:
1. Press Conference:
A Press Conference, to announce the World Cultural Convention and to seek the
participation of the Goan troupes and the Goan public, was organized
To Goanet -
GOA news service -
Panaji: According to a news report in NT, an outsider, Mr Patidar, was
arrested
yesterday by the Vigilance bureau for accepting Rs 15,000 (fifteen thousand
rupees only)
in bribes, an amount that was deemed too low by the standards acceptable to Goa
and
Goans.
PORTUGAL, AGAIN
For Portugal, Shakira’s: “Vaka,Vaka“ might have ended, but the melody will
linger on.
A nation of 10 million “herois do mar” that sailed the seas and spread the
fever of football among nations bigger in size than its own, and produced the
world’s most expensive exponent of the
(excerpt)
Writer Naresh Fernandes has brought that period to life in a series of
landmark essays. He writes:
*Until the 1980s, India had no pop music save for Hindi film songs. Millions
memorized and hummed the compositions of C Ramachandra, Shankar and
Jaikishan, Laxmikant and Pyarelal and SD
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