[Goanet] Some glimpses of the Portuguese rule in 1950s

2011-07-02 Thread Antonio Menezes
Ignatius Fernandes asks Gabe Menezes if the latter had experienced Portugese rule in Goa , since both these gentlemen were presumably born and brought up in Nairobi, Kenya. (Oh! what a glorious life, wasn't it? ) Let us start with the powerful village Padre Vigario. Approach him for anything, the

[Goanet] Tourist paradise? Beaches in Goa unsafe for bathing

2011-07-02 Thread Bruno Gomes
Dear editor Please publish this articles Thank you Bruno gomes switzerland Tourist paradise? Beaches in Goa unsafe for bathing PANAJI: Here's a note of caution for tourists who head to Goa annually for a bit of sun and a splash in the sea, marine scientists have said the waters off the

[Goanet] Resistance Training Can Reverse the Effects of Aging on Muscles | Peak Health Advocate

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.peakhealthadvocate.com:80/1595/resistance-training-can-reverse-effects-of-aging-on-muscles/?sid=YS4291cp=PKHLct=20110630cc=eletteren=3626698

[Goanet] Daily Grook #985

2011-07-02 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #985 === SECT REJECT === by Francis Rodrigues flies in church pause over religious tracts, their views differ cos they are all in sects! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com

Re: [Goanet] Bring back the British!

2011-07-02 Thread J. Colaco jc
Nascy Caldeira wrote: Let the Chinese in! They will certainly eradicate..idiosyncracies, like female infanticide, RESPONSE: Baba Nascy, It is possible that you too need to read a wee bit more and then post a correction. BTW: You may also have mis-comprehended the term 'INFANT' and

[Goanet] A secular Governance?

2011-07-02 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
India can never have a secular governance. Communalism is in their blood for generations, and being passed forward to the next generation. Incidents of Communal attacks act like fertilisers for the communal minds and that is how sporadic attacks occur elsewhere. Goans lived in communal harmony,

[Goanet] Friday Night Jazz!

2011-07-02 Thread Jazz Goa
The Goa Marriott Resort launches 'Friday Night Jazz' from the 8th of July 2011 8pm, onwards, at the cool, ambient lounge bar AZ U.R. This regular weekend stressbuster will feature Goa's premier jazz ensemble 'Jazz Junction' along with visiting guest artistes from all over the world. There

[Goanet] Health alert for men

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/health-alert-men-4201

Re: [Goanet] Friday Night Jazz!

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[Goanet] Song for the day.

2011-07-02 Thread Gabe Menezes
Elvis Presleyhttp://www.youtube.com/artist/Elvis_Presley?feature=watch_video_title - Snowbird http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhEGz7CsOVcfeature=related -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] A secular Governance?

2011-07-02 Thread floriano
Dr. Ferdinand, Ask me about communalism in GOA. I lived with the Portuguese as well as I live in the so called liberated GOA with the moral and ideological corrupters from outside GOA. Communalism was in the blood of Goan Hindus, for I have witnessed it in the raw. I could write a whole book

[Goanet] Synchronized Circadian Rhythms: Nature’s Cancer Fighter

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/synchronized-circadian-rhythms-nature-s-cancer-fighter-4206

[Goanet] Many Colva Establishments yet to Comply with GSPCB Directions

2011-07-02 Thread Arwin Mesquita
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=603boxid=25858843uid=dat=7/2/2011 -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. Rape of Goa :

[Goanet] INTERVIEW WITH SUNIL CHHETRI

2011-07-02 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
Youngsters are ready for the Challenge: Sunil Team India striker Sunil Chhetri has always been burdened by expectations. The star striker, who has a new partner upfront in Jeje Lalpeklua feels National Coach Armando Colaco has chosen the right set of players for the National Camp. In a

[Goanet] Pics taken from the net with no credit given

2011-07-02 Thread JoeGoaUk
Pics taken from the net with no credit given   This could be a latest example – Press TV Channel See links within – Matching similarities re. Campal stadium and Ratol http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/5892885973/   I also get lot of emails since 2009 ( some saying I make lot of

Re: [Goanet] Bring back the British!

2011-07-02 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Dear Dr Jose, and all goanetters,   Actually  meant to write: 'female foetus-icide' instead of infanticide. But realised my silly mistake after posting it. Just wanted to say that this anti female norms now and in the old days, in Indian Culture, is deep rooted in the Indian Psyche! Hence the

[Goanet] Pressure mounts to drop charges against non-violent protesters

2011-07-02 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/pressure-mounts-to-drop-charges-against-nonviolent-protesters-2305587.html COMMENT: Common sense to prevail. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Lower your colon tumor risk with vitamin B

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/lower-your-colon-tumor-risk-vitamin-b-4207

[Goanet] Top Tips For Overcoming Stress and Depression

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
Watch this short 8 minute video on tips to overcome depression. http://www.healthiertalk.com/top-tips-overcoming-stress-and-depression

[Goanet] MOI controversy - All about anti- Congress politics?

2011-07-02 Thread SOTER
Now with the GPCC declaring its support for government grants to English medium schools at the primary level, there can be no doubt that the anti-Congress league will be left with no choice but to oppose and discredit the policy. As the konkani saying goes, Bhikareak khoim bhikareachi nosai. So

[Goanet] Campal Stadium - Give us what is rightfully ours!

2011-07-02 Thread hilary fernandes
I am a former football player who played at the erstwhile Dayanand Bandodkar Football ground at Campal. I was a goalkeeper and played many first division matches there. The stadium was demolished in 2002 for creating a temporary Convention Centre for 'IFFI', which was a wrong decision by the then

[Goanet] Dhond memorial Badminton: Varad, pranjal win maiden titles

2011-07-02 Thread Sandeep Heble
Varad Karekar continued his fine run to shock his higher ranked oponent Sanath Kamat and clinch the Boys Under 15 Singles title at the Dhond Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organised by Goa Badminton Association. In an exciting Finals played at the Indoor Stadium, Campal, Varad

Re: [Goanet] A secular Governance?

2011-07-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
Boorish religious chauvinism, sectarianism and communalism, combined with crackpot nascimentality, have always existed in Goa in equal measure among the Hindus and the Catholics for as long as I can remember. These traits are especially prominent among politicians and political activists, a

[Goanet] Goa news for July 3, 2011

2011-07-02 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sewage pollution warning hits Goa - Scotland on Sunday among the most popular in India - are unfit for swimming and fishing because of high-levels of sewage, scientists have warned. They

Re: [Goanet] A secular Governance?

2011-07-02 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:15:15 -0700, Santosh Helekar wrote: Boorish religious chauvinism, sectarianism and communalism, combined with crackpot nascimentality, have always existed in Goa in equal measure among the Hindus and the Catholics for as long as I can remember. These traits are especially

[Goanet] A secular Governance?

2011-07-02 Thread Carvalho
Over the past nearly six years, I have seen Goanet become more and more polarised. I remember a time when the good olde battles on Goanet were about atheism versus theism. Today, they are about my imaginary friend is better than your imaginary friend. These of course take place in many forms

[Goanet] PARENTS - HAVE SPOKEN - Floriano

2011-07-02 Thread Elvino Rodrigues
On behalf of Kuwait Konknni Kendr, We too join you, Floriano in congratulating the Solitary Parent/s who very proudly opted for KONKANI as MoI. It is very difficult to make the others understand the real dept of this subject. I am sure this Parent/s fully understood what he chose and why. I

[Goanet] BBC News - Eating nuts can lower cholesterol, say experts

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8673208.stm

[Goanet] Film BOGLANTT now officially available on DVD

2011-07-02 Thread JoeGoaUk
Film BOGLANTT now officially available on DVD   It’s 1975 bw Konkani film by Das. Music by Alfred Rose. Cast: Prem Kumar, Rita Rose, Alfred Rose, Seby Coutinho, Paul Romy, Joe Rose, Ophelia Cabral, Souza Ferrao, Felix Mendes, Betty Girl, Hellen, Bella Coutinha, Tony Bento, Philomena Fernandes

Re: [Goanet] Canada Day - Celebrating 144 years

2011-07-02 Thread Mervyn Lobo
MD wrote: This year Canada day has an added glitter as Royalty The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge, HRH Prince William and his bride Catherine Middleton, who are on a Royal tour of Canada will be joining the Canada day celebrations In Scarborough, one of the suburbs of Toronto, free pancake

Re: [Goanet] Bring back the British!

2011-07-02 Thread lyrawmn
Dear Nascy  Caldeira: ' foetus-icide' is referred to as abortion.  Sex selected (or other genetic traits ) determined  while  in utero, and deemed unwanted.  Infanticide is killing infants, male or female after birth. Both occur/occurred  in China,  as in countries where women are

[Goanet] A secular Governance?

2011-07-02 Thread SOTER
Floriano wrote: Communalism was in the blood of Goan Hindus, for I have witnessed it in the raw. I could write a whole book on the subject. The only factor that kept it subdued was the unmitigating 'disciplined' rule of the Portuguese. That gone, communalism got to budding afresh. Opinion: I

Re: [Goanet] Goan awakening in London - Global Goans convention

2011-07-02 Thread Tony de Sa
Camillo Fernandes camillofernan...@hotmail.com Wrote: Comments in response to Selma's below mail : I had a hearty laugh when I read Selma's below mail but like to say that all Indians are not dirty but the majority are. Indians in India treat their country as an open air toilet and think it is

[Goanet] The Political Economy of Hatred

2011-07-02 Thread Santosh Helekar
Edward Glaeser, a famous Harvard economist wrote the following scholarly paper called The Political Economy of Hatred, several years ago to explain why politicians and political activists hate and/or promote hatred against people of other religions, cultures and races:

[Goanet] Syndrome-X: Is It Silently Killing You?

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
If you dont know the meanining of 'Syndrome X' read this. http://www.healthiertalk.com/syndrome-x-it-silently-killing-you-4213

[Goanet] Is Bharati Chawan of NCP a Goan parent?

2011-07-02 Thread SOTER
TEAM HERALD teamher...@herald-goa.com PANJIM: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has reiterated its demand that Digambar Kamat-led Government should reverse its decision on Medium of Instruction (MoI). The party, however, has said that the issue would not be entangled with their stand on Rajya

[Goanet] section 497 of the Constitution, concerning adultery, does it need an amendement

2011-07-02 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
The Bombay High Court has just ruled that it is not moving section 497 of the Constitution, concerning adultery, after a businessman who was caught having an affair with a married woman filed a petition. A few issues are of particular importance: The value of marriage and family in Indian

[Goanet] Do Goans need a Tarun Vijay of BJP to lecture Goans on foods?

2011-07-02 Thread SOTER
Cong decision on MoI direct attack on culture, tradition: BJP TEAM HERALD teamher...@herald-goa.com PANJIM: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that giving elementary education in English is like 'replacing mother's milk with chicken soup and fish.' Tarun Vijay, veteran

[Goanet] Fw: Summer fun that’s secretly good for you

2011-07-02 Thread Con Menezes
Subject: Summer fun that’s secretly good for you.sleep and the way it benefits you. July 2, 2011 Three Fun and Easy Ways to Boost Your Health

[Goanet] No Chicken Soup and fish - Hitler's soup recommended?

2011-07-02 Thread SOTER
The irony of the situation is that every damn descending political Indian dares to dictate policies and lecture Goans on what is good for them. A Maharashtrian NCP leader Chawan is repeatedly dictating policy on the medium of instruction and is emboldened to do so repeatedly due to lack of

Re: [Goanet] Bring back the British!

2011-07-02 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Lyrawmn? Hmmm?   So you mean you are happy to live with this, because in China it is worse?   Where is your conscience gone man? In China there is no Ban on Cow Slaughter, No full democracy, no false gods either! The proper thing to do, is to give a 'lead' in reform and then show the world,

[Goanet] WELL DONE LONDON GOANS - CAN THIS BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER OVERSEAS GOANS?

2011-07-02 Thread Arwin Mesquita
-- Forwarded message -- From: Carmen Miranda carmitamira...@gmail.com Date: 3 July 2011 07:19 Subject: News of or campaign To: Arwin Mesquita arwinmesqu...@gmail.com Hi Arwin FYI Our Save Goa Campaign UK seems to be gaining some publicity. See links below.