Re: [Goanet] Respect our right to Identity

2010-12-15 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
The comment "a Goan can never be an IGP of Goa" was made to me by a prominent DySP of South Goa for reasons mentioned earlier.  PS may have been in an acting position, but then I may be completely incorrect in this supposition. Gabriel. - Original Message > From: "J. Colaco < jc>" >

[Goanet] Neo-Brahminist

2010-12-15 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Alternative title: Ambien, meet Selma Carvalho. O berther, what is the world coming to? More bad news for India and the world, these brahminists! http://neobrahminist.blogspot.com/2010/12/arise-ye-brahminists-or-word-to-readers.html Regards, r

[Goanet] SMILE............................ IT'S WEEKEND (16/12/2010)

2010-12-15 Thread CAJETAN DE
OYE TERI..   An Englishman (John Clerk), an American (Mark Hayden) and an Indian Sadarji (Harbeet Singh) are called upon to test a lie detector.   The Englishman says:-   John Clerk: I think within 30 minutes I can empty 40 cans of beer.   BUZZ, goes the lie detector. John Clerk: “OK”

[Goanet] Not so right? Elite schools find fault with RTE as reported in TOI

2010-12-15 Thread U. G. Barad
NEW DELHI: Private and boarding schools' opposition to the Right to Education (RTE) Act is finally out in the open. The Indian Public Schools Conference (IPSC) - a body representing 78 elite schools - has mocked key provisions of the law, citing issues like "social adjustment" and "psychological im

Re: [Goanet] PATRIOTISM IN ACTION:

2010-12-15 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Doutor-bab, Thank you for the kind words. As regards our good ole Ole Xac, a.k.a. Bernado Colaco, I shall answer his posers only if he raises them AFTER he has read the book. I am not on the politics of 1961. I am on the exceptional acts of gallantry, leadership and administrative skills, and th

[Goanet] Fwd: Avoi Duyechim Zogdim

2010-12-15 Thread Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Avoi Duvechim Zogdim Mhoji bolaiki bigodlea dekun dotoranni maka gymant nam vochpacho hukum ghatla ani zata titlem cholunk sanglam taka lagon hanv sokalcho ani sanjezcho ordem or taktiken choltam (brisk walking), hanv Karamachea ek pontar rautam ani mhoje offisantanlo, zanche motoran hanv kamak v

[Goanet] Goa's rootless culture

2010-12-15 Thread Bernado Colaco
A chicken may cluck and a dog may bark but please follow this link to the reality of Goa's culture http://www.historycooperative.org/proceedings/interactions/brummett.html Going Beyond Nation and the "East-West" Divide Best wishes from BC

[Goanet] Patriotism in action

2010-12-15 Thread Bernado Colaco
I am to sure what frothy views you are talking about? Why did the author not name the book indian patritoism in action? What do Goans have to do with wars in Jullunder, Sialkot or elsewhere which are beyond our shores? Do we have to continue being gullible and stupidos and bow our heads to the

[Goanet] Raja's courtiers? Ex-IFS officer, scribe & a priest (ToI)

2010-12-15 Thread rajendra kakodkar
  CHENNAI: The CBI on Wednesday raided a brother of A Raja, who had once been 'conferred' an Indian Forest Service post, his sister who is a school headmistress, a pro-DMK journalist and a Left-leaning Christian priest. Teams of the CBI fanned out across the state and knocked on more than 20 a

[Goanet] Eight Congress MLAs warn High Command: Goa's new G-8?

2010-12-15 Thread rajendra kakodkar
Eight MLAs met yesterday in a show of solidarity of the group and to warn the high command not to drop any present ministers, especially the NCP ministers. The under currents for this action is not difficult to read.    Recent times saw many a news (rumours?) of mid-term legislative assembly ele

[Goanet] Natural-isation_Mui zaun sakor khavunk zai

2010-12-15 Thread Venantius J Pinto
My mother always said Mui zaun sakor khavunk zai. (One must become an ant to eat sugar.) Ever since I was a child America has always fascinated me. ‘A beacon of possibilities,’ as the sailors would say while sharing gifts. But today, it is time to fess up, to dispel distractions and accept the side

[Goanet] Saligao Notes.

2010-12-15 Thread eric pinto
http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/12/05/what-are-goa%E2%80%99s-villages-famous-for/ > > >> >

Re: [Goanet] Respect our right to Identity

2010-12-15 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
 Gabriel de Figueiredo  wrote: Therefore, a Goan can never be a Governor or an IGP of Goa. Prabhakar Sinari? jc

Re: [Goanet] Now, Goa takes a step into 'm-governance'

2010-12-15 Thread soter
We can add one more s-governance (sulabh governance) to the list of Goa's acheivement on the 49th Anniversary of Goa's Libertirisation. -Soter

Re: [Goanet] Now, Goa takes a step into 'm-governance'

2010-12-15 Thread Nascy Caldeira
dear Soter, I am enjoying all of your comments and other input on Goanet. You are truly a concerned Goan to the core. Do keep it up, until some real solution come into play. Nascy Caldeira --- On Wed, 15/12/10, soter wrote: > Digambar Kamat is taking Goans down > the steps to doom rather rapid

[Goanet] Deteriorating Benaulim

2010-12-15 Thread Arwin Mesquita
For the last so many elections; even going back into the previous decades, Benaulim has elected (and re-elected) MLA's who have only made the constituency worse. It appears that there is one sure way of winning the Benaulim seat again & again i.e. have the most amount of cash, entice/buy the gullib

Re: [Goanet] Respect our right to Identity

2010-12-15 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
A native can never be a governor of his native place. Nor can a native be an IGP. For obvious reasons (ie prevent possible "coup-de etat" or its equivalent). Only exception to the above convention was when a Goan, Bernardo Peres da Silva was made a Prefect (Prefeito do Estado da India) rather

[Goanet] On Paranoia.

2010-12-15 Thread eric pinto
It exists both within and outside the bounds of medical psychosis. We have seen it manifest on the list, relentlessly, for a decade.  We no longer live in a world that labels humans who exercise the freedom to choose a personal lifestyle: hence gay does not constitute 'lewd.'  Legally speaking

[Goanet] Talking photos: Season's special - Bebinca

2010-12-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Bebinca   We call is ‘bebic’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5264272742/sizes/l/   cut pieces look little rough because i used butter knife http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk34/5264255922/sizes/l/   Now. Watch this.. (for the rest of the Goan delicacies) It’s X’Mas time http://www.youtub

[Goanet] Fwd: Celebrations for 50th year of liberation

2010-12-15 Thread Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Celebrations for 50th year of liberation Today, I suddenly remembered about Mohd. Jinnah, the man responsible for the division of India, along with Nehru, who, has also been the chief architect of the prevailing misery in Goa. During my college days way back in the late 70’s I read about Jinnah who

Re: [Goanet] Renationalisation in a Flat World-IV

2010-12-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
Can someone please rebut, if possible, the statements quoted from the historians M. N. Pearson and J. N. Fonseca in the following article by Nandkumar? Cheers, Santosh > > BY NANDKUMAR KAMAT > UNLIKE some slavish neo-Salazarist and culturally rootless > and confused > Goans, the Portuguese who f

[Goanet] Professor Avinash Dixit

2010-12-15 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - You won't find the name in an India Abroad "Indians of the Year" list, or in the bozo chain emails Indians pass around. He is 'unknown' except to those in the know. And unlike that imposter Amartya Sen, this is the real deal. Ladies & Gentlemen, Professor Dixit - http://www.imf.org

[Goanet] Goa news for December 16, 2010

2010-12-15 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Demand for hotel rooms in city to double by 2013: report - Indian Express o-get-more-star-hotels/Article1-638993.aspx">City to get more star hotels http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R

[Goanet] Now, Goa takes a step into 'm-governance'

2010-12-15 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Soter wrote : <(sex governance) and c-governance (casino governance). But there is no sign of p-goverance (political governance) anywhere.-Soter>>> COMMENT : You could add some more obvious governance: h-governanc

Re: [Goanet] PATRIOTISM IN ACTION:

2010-12-15 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
re: The Goan Officer, with fine attributes of courage, loyalty, professionalism and an espirit de corps built himself into an institution with a reputation for dependability and fair play. Across its 344 B&W and full-colour pages, this book celebrates that Goan Officer. Bernado Colaco wrote: Patr

[Goanet] POLITICAL OPTIONS FOR GOANS - This beggar is a Sarpanch

2010-12-15 Thread soter
Manjari Mishra, TNN Lucknow: Begging, confides Narayan Nat, may not be a highly rated career choice but he won't swap it for anything else under the sun. Not even for the gaddi of village pradhan that he has come to occupy now. The 50-year-old widower, has been a professional, beggar since the

[Goanet] NEWS: SVM slams Babu Kavlekar's statement on land allotment for SEZs

2010-12-15 Thread Goanet News
SVM slams Babu Kavlekar's statement on land allotment for SEZs TNN, Dec 15, 2010, 05.12am IST MARGAO: The SEZ Virodhi Manch (SVM) has condemned the statement of the Goa Industrial Development Corporation chairman, Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar, that land was allotted to SEZ promoters based on the ce

[Goanet] NEWS: Ex-MPT boss complains to CVC against Digambar

2010-12-15 Thread Goanet News
Ex-MPT boss complains to CVC against Digambar TNN, Dec 15, 2010, 05.27am IST PANAJI: Former Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) chairman Praveen Agarwal has alleged in separate letters to the chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) and secretary, Union shipping ministry, that officials of the Goa government have

[Goanet] Now, Goa takes a step into 'm-governance'

2010-12-15 Thread soter
Digambar Kamat is taking Goans down the steps to doom rather rapidly. >From e-governance to m-governance. Goa had already graduated to s-governance (sex governance) and c-governance (casino governance). But there is no sign of p-goverance (political governance) anywhere. -Soter

[Goanet] Hmmm, do not grab Hamish by the horns...

2010-12-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/6439733/Sign-Language-Special-Countryside.html?image=13 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Press Note-TAG (11 tiatr veterans honoured)

2010-12-15 Thread Tiatr Academy Goa
*Press Note* For Favour of Publication *11 Tiatr veterans honoured* 11 tiatr artistes of yester years were felicitated by Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) at the hands of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri.Digamber Kamat in a special function held on the occasion of birth anniversary of Pai Tiatrist Joao

[Goanet] NEWS: Visa-on-arrival to woo Japanese tourists

2010-12-15 Thread Goanet News
Visa-on-arrival to woo Japanese tourists TNN, Dec 15, 2010, 05.13am IST Tags:Swapnil Naik|Sakhardande|Fr Henry Heras|Ellora caves PANAJI: Sushi could soon be common fare served at beach shacks, restaurants and hotels with the Goa tourism excited about a potential deluge of Japanese tourists in the

[Goanet] Bridegroom wanted..

2010-12-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
Bridegroom wanted.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnzTogz611o joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] Goa book club.. meeting on Dec 16

2010-12-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
Just to say that the monthly Third Thursday Goa Book Club meets at Broadway Book Centre on Dec 16, 2010 at 5 pm (the third Thursday of the month). Do come if you can make it, and bring along a Goa book to discuss too! FN PS: The next meeting will be on Jan 20, 2011. Other Third Thursdays in 2011 a

[Goanet] NEWS: Now, Goa takes a step into 'm-governance'

2010-12-15 Thread Goanet News
Now, Goa takes a step into 'm-governance' TNN, Dec 15, 2010, 05.25am IST PANAJI: From e-governance (electronic governance), Goa stepped into the realm of m-governance (mobile governance) on Tuesday as chief minister Digambar Kamat launched 'e-SMS Goa Mobile Governance', an exclusive project of the

[Goanet] Dettifoss

2010-12-15 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/12/15/dettifoss/ Regards, r

[Goanet] Saree for the inconvenience-Times Crest

2010-12-15 Thread Vasant Baliga
http://www.timescrest.com/world/saree-for-the-inconvenience-4267 AMERICAN IDYLL Saree for the inconvenience Chidanand Rajghatta | December 11, 2010 Expect the Indian chatterati to be foaming at the mouth over the next few days over the reported slight/humiliation/dishonour (depending on how much

[Goanet] Catholic priest Fr. jegath Gasper raided by CBI

2010-12-15 Thread soter
According to news reports, the CBI raid on catholic priest Fr. Jegath Gasper Raj founder of an NGO 'Tamil Maiyam' in connection with the 2-G Spectrum scam for his closeness to Kanimozhi of DMK. This must serve as a warning to religious leaders in Goa who take donations from ministers for various

[Goanet] Press Note-TAG

2010-12-15 Thread Tiatr Academy Goa
*Press Note * *For Favour of Publication* *‘Improving the writing of scripts’ – workshop held* “If we wish to take tiatr to greater heights, then the writers/directors of tiatr should not continue to give the audience what the audience wants. Doing things differently and giving the audienc

Re: [Goanet] One Of These Days - The Paradox of Our Times

2010-12-15 Thread soter
To my knowledge these words are from the writings 'Paradox of our times' by His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV and are not the work of any anonymous person. -Soter

[Goanet] The Canadian Dream

2010-12-15 Thread Mervyn & Elsie Maciel
Selma, How I enjoyed your comments to Roland. Your mention of a young girl trying to teach you(a highly educated individual) how to send faxes (and perhaps make coffee !!)reminded me of something I experienced at my first job in London. My colleagues and I shared a Dictaphone and were expected to d

Re: [Goanet] Renationalisation in a Flat World-IV

2010-12-15 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
U. G. Barad FWDed an article Published in NT on: December 12, 2010 BY NANDKUMAR KAMAT UNLIKE some slavish neo-Salazarist and culturally rootless and confused Goans ...etc == COMMENT: While the purification and froth continues, it might be worth visiting the land of the members of our 'vote

[Goanet] Song for the day.

2010-12-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
Engelbert - am I that easy to forget. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROkFbJVp_vQ -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] PATRIOTISM IN ACTION:

2010-12-15 Thread Bernado Colaco
Patriotism or just doing a job? Patriots are those who saved Goa from the ill fated merger in 67. If not we would have been Patriots in Action from Sawantwadi! I dont't understand this outside  people wanting to link Goa to their stories.   BC   Goans in India?s Defence Services is a first ever

[Goanet] Congratulations to Valmiki Faleiro

2010-12-15 Thread Carvalho
and Goa, 1556 on the publication of the book Patriotism in Action.   Not only is Valmiki a prolific, insightful and long-established writer with a style that flows as easily as his humour, but he is also genuinely a nice person. A conversation with Valmiki can keep you enthralled for hours and fl