Re: [Goanet] Conspiracy theorists....

--- On Tue, 5/3/11, Gabe Menezes wrote: > > Do we have the same, sometimes here on this forum? > The answer is yes. I have pointed this out on several occasions. All one has to do is go through the archives. Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 5/3/11, Gabe Menezes wrote: > > Pakistan, for one, is

[Goanet] WHOM WILL YOU HANG, MR CHIEF MINISTER?

The current rampant illegal mining is the biggest critical threat facing this once beautiful Goa. During the recent session of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Speaker Pratapsingh Rane thundered that illegal mining was a rape of Goa. Curiously he has been silent all this while, merrily witnessing, if

[Goanet] A Clarification

The season of Goan wild fruits kannttam and churnam is coming to an end. Speaking of these fruits, there is a confusion as far as the written Konkani names of these fruits are concerned. Kannttam come from a thorny plant "kannot." Since it comes from a plant full of kanntte or thorns, I writ

[Goanet] Odes to Sorpotel

Dear Sir, All this exchange of recipes on Sorpotel on the Goanet, must surely have whetted every true blue Goan's appetite. Here are some unique odes to the Nectar of the Gods! I'm sure the readers will just lap them up...slurp Edwin Fernandes Juhu - Mumbai __

[Goanet] Aryan Goa !

Fred: Dashrat's arrow (ban) garnered this corner of the coast for our folk !  Banvalle is now under notice from rising tides, as is Britona and the Bastora creek.   Three quarters of our frontier is with the Dravid Carnatic. They amble across with abandon, then procure voter cards with the sam

[Goanet] Prevent Sudden Death with this Mineral

http://www.healthiertalk.com/prevent-sudden-death-mineral-3862

[Goanet] Village life - Memories (Pics and Video)

Village life memories   Harvesting http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk39/5685497334/sizes/l/in/photostream/   Winnowing http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk39/5685499698/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk39/5684917673/in/photostream   Birds (Herons) in the fields http://ww

[Goanet] Daily Grook #941

DAILY GROOK #941 === SOUND HOUND === by Francis Rodrigues rock music they say my ears will pound, yet by the next day i still feel sound! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyri

[Goanet] A documentary: Parking Scam exposed> (Margao MMC garden)

A documentary: Margao MMC Garden Parking Scam exposed?   Video documentary http://youtu.be/yniKv_8m0s8 or http://youtu.be/yniKv_8m0s8?hd=1 HD   Pics from archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk33/5286551924/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk33/5285961759/ http://www.flickr.com/photo

[Goanet] Goa Museum of Christian Art . . .

Many will be aware that this fairly recent facility is housed in Mater Dei Convent, Old Goa. Today's Herald (Upcoming Events Column) has the interesting invitation to 'celebrate Collectors Day', on Sunday 15 th Inst. One can 'register' by emailing museumofchristianart (AT) gmail.com. I'm not a

[Goanet] GOA-MAY 8: Celebrating Tagore, International Centre

Date: Sunday, May 8th 2011 Venue: ICG (International Centre Goa) Celebrating Tagore’s 150th Birth Anniversary: Reading from GITANJALI by Rabindranath Tagore ‘Song Offerings’ - A collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali with an introduction by W B YEATS. Reading

[Goanet] Song for the day.

Jimmy Clanton - Venus In Blue Jeans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X0zYBNe-1E&feature=related -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] The timely response - watch it in it's entirety!

*ABSOLUTELY SUPERB! - WHY I LURVE THIS MAN!!* Here’s what President Obama had to say to Donald Trump’s “birth certificate” issue: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8TwRmX6zs4* -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goa's Know Goa programme

It's a shame for both the Toronto-based Goan Overseas Association (GOA) that it should organize a Know Goa programme for its members and for those who may be attending it. There are hundreds of books on Goa available for purchase via the Internet for those interest in the history, be it social, cul

Re: [Goanet] Goanet April Stats: Top 21 make 84.2% of the total posts

On Mon, 2 May 2011 20:05:29 +0530 Frederick Noronha wrote: << I echo Bosco here. JoeGoaUk, could you also give us some stats on: (i) how many different names post to Goanet? (ii) gender breakup (I know this is badly skewed) (iii) first-time posters (iv) poster whose comment drew the most response

[Goanet] Goa news for May 4, 2011

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa mines sans environmental clearances face closure - Moneycontrol.com neycontrol.comPublished on Tue, [May 03, 2011] at 14:41 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE2H28v

Re: [Goanet] Konkani before 1961

My family in 2010. to the Udentichem Noketr and the word Konkani used there was "Concanim". Many Mumbai-based newspapers also used the word "Concani". It is with the graduation staandardization of the language that the word "Konkani" is used. Isn't "Konknni" used too? The word "Goem" was used earl

Re: [Goanet] Some fall, some hang on -- Indo-Canadian MPs

Eugene Correia wrote: > In Toronto's Don Valley East, Liberal Yasmin Ratansi > (an Ismaili), lost her seat to Conservativce Joe Daniel. > She got 13552 votes while Daniel got 4421 votes. Folks, Let me assure everyone here that the above is just a typo. In Canada, the person who gets the highe

Re: [Goanet] Indo-Canadian MPs

In my last post, I said that Sukh Dhaliwal lost to Jinny Sinns of the NDP. It is learnt that the Sinns is a Sikh woman whose original name is Joginder Kaur. In the current parliament there are are eight Indo-Canadian MPs, one less that in the previous one. I hope that Deepak Obhrai gets a ministeri

[Goanet] Doha Goans Mayball dance today at Ramada plaza

http://goansinqatar.blogspot.com/2011/05/doha-goans-mayball-dance-today-may-5-at.html

Re: [Goanet] Aryan Goa !

Dear Eric, With a melting pot like Goa, I wonder how we can be serious about "purity" of language and "race". Anyway, who defines "folks who resemble us"? We're we all migrants and/or invaders in our times? FN On 4 May 2011 17:55, eric pinto wrote: > Fred: Dashrat's arrow (ban) garnered this cor

Re: [Goanet] Odes to Sorpotel

Wasn't this written by Joseph Furtado [http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175924.html], one of the early writers in English in India? FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa

Re: [Goanet] "Konkani" before 1961

--- On Tue, 5/3/11, Frederick Noronha wrote: > > Konkani is an "Indo-Aryan" language. I guess you guys should take your >logic > one step further and also work to banish all non-Indo-Aryans > out of Goa! If not, why not? FN > It would be hard to locate any non-Indo-Aryans in Goa. Almost everybo

[Goanet] FFs: Stop raising issues

I refer Jonas *Correia’s letter, FFs: Stop raising issues *in Oheraldo dated 4th May 2011 and would like to know from the LOO Manohar Parrikar to come out clean of the correct ages of the people who are claiming themselves as FFs since he too graciously extended the privileges to these unknown peop

[Goanet] Black Slades on arrival at the Doha International Airport

http://goansinqatar.blogspot.com/2011/05/all-set-for-may-ball-dance-in-qatar-on.html Indian band Black Slades on arrival at the Doha International Airport in Doha on Wednesday morning. The Delhi-based musicians are in Doha to perform at the Mayball dine and dance event of Doha Goans Sports Club

[Goanet] Automatic Promotion

No examination Policy As students, we were bombarded with examinations in the school, college, university. We could learn a lot from the examination, perhaps it was the beginning of knowledge. One of our professors called it “inevitable evil”, another one said it was “a formality”. But I am conv

[Goanet] (no subject)

On 1 May 2011 08:05, Carvalho wrote: > Sunday Column > Text: GoanVoice UK Newsletter Sunday 1 May 2011 > > This year > we commemorate 50 years of Goa?s liberation. The real question is, what > does > freedom mean to us Goans if we refuse to grow-up as responsible human > beings? > COMMENT: I w

[Goanet] Messi -- is he the greatest?

There is a talk in football circles whether Messi is the greatest football star ever, better than Pele and Diego Maradona. I saw his recent performances for Bacelona against Real Madrid, scoring two goals in the first semi-final of the Champions League and creating havoc in the second meeting. He o

Re: [Goanet] "Konkani" before 1961

[1] Frederick Noronha wrote: Konkani is an "Indo-Aryan" language. RESPONSE: That 'thing' which is being bandied about, especially in the Catholic churches, as "Konkani" is NOT a language - it is a awful sounding nasal dialect of Marathi. [2] Santosh Helekar wrote: It would be hard to locate any