Re: [Goanet] AISI: Join Goa Police where job security is guaranteed come what may ..

why our state of india  don't do this idea, all our Goa Police have to send other state, Other state police have to be in goa.  i hope it will be the best idea to improve the police services in state of India. how dgp coming ro goa .can any one comment to my idea home minister need t

[Goanet] 3 D Printing - Amazing!

Advancement in Technology!!"Three- dimensional printing makes it as cheap to create single items as it is to produce thousands and thus undermines economies of scale. It may have as profound an impact on the world as the coming of the factory didJust as nobody could have predicted the impa

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Oscar Rebello's Reaction on Dog Menace in Panaji.

Dr. Anjali Mohan Rao: Dogs dont randomly bite. They bark when threatened, or they chase, when angered. But they dont randomly bite people on the road or shopping in fish markets. COMMENT: Dr. Rao, I have in my village pet dogs as well as stray dogs that chase scooters, snapping at the feet of t

[Goanet] Thank You (Life is too short)

Thank You (Life is too short)   Well, believe me or not, I wanted to say it for the last 2 years but somehow kept on postponing it until tomorrow.   Who has seen tomorrow ham?   Yes, ‘life is too short’ and I strongly believe that. So, why ‘Tomorrow’ when you can do it ‘Today’?   So, here I a

[Goanet] Daily Grook #998

DAILY GROOK #998 = SALE TALE = by Francis Rodrigues chinese signs tell a full tale, eg these lines - "boat for sail!" *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com sheet-music,tab,lyrics,chords of great Kon

[Goanet] V-Ixtt (Vachpi Boroitat)

MoI boball kednam somptolo? Ogrlekh mon lavun vachlo. Khorem mhonnlear je Montribab thoddem xikleat te MoI fattlean dhanvun, khup huxar tharleat. Pise te xiklole motdar. Gõy lutt'telea chorank motdaramni portun-portun nivddun haddtat, xikun-ui te nennar mhunn dakhoitat. Xikunk nasloleanch

[Goanet] COLUMN: StyleSpeak: Medium of Vote-Acquisition

StyleSpeak: Medium of Vote-Acquisition By Wendell Rodricks In the face of all that plagues Goa and numerous matters of far more urgent attention, Shashikala Kakodkar opened a can of worms that may just end up being her own embarrassing Pandora’s box. Top on everyone’s mind is why a person of

Re: [Goanet] Full moon... heavy rains

Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão wrote: > Eric, the moon’s gravitational force has a lot of physical effect on > the blood supply to the brain; specially when it is directly above you. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão, This one is too funny. I have been around for five decades and this is the fi

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc?o over-reaction on Dr. Ocar's opinion???

To Goanet Administrator Respected Sir, With great dismay, I would like to mention here that respected Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falc?o has taken my suggestions on Dr. Oscar Rebello's posting in an offesive manner. I am an ordinary teacher and do not claim any match to a medical pratitioner of the sta

[Goanet] A golden moment

Folks, As gold hits yet another record price, the news from the financial world just keeps on getting weirder. For example, those who lend money to governments are now demanding that central banks increase their gold reserves. In other words, the days of cutting down ten trees, printing the q

[Goanet] Cheddvank 'Dhan Laxmi' korunk sorkaracho proytn

Cheddvank 'Dhan Laxmi' korunk sorkaracho proytn Ponnje: Fuddarak Gõyant zolmol'lem cheddum bhurgem duddvanchem dhoni zatolem mhonn khuxechi khobor mukhel montri Digambar Kamatachea lagxilea sutram koddlean gomun ailam. 6 vorsam pirayechea cheddum bhurgeanchem promann Gõyant borench denvlam, ta

Re: [Goanet] Peter Nazareth Goans... among Asian writers in East Africa

Nice article, but ... work for you Fred! The Wikipedia entry on him is a disaster! His plays are not even mentionned (and I doubt he was a 'senior' bureaucrat under 'the last King of Scotland' ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nazareth Cheers, 'Chief' & Diiinooos! > Peter Nazareth, Eas

Re: [Goanet] Konkani Word A Day: Nag, nagddeponn, nagddo...

NAGDDO ZAUNC to strip of clothes, to lose one's possessions it could also be to loose one's dignity no? I also sadly missed the Nagddo nachunc :-D - Read my thoughts at www.dervishnotes.blogspot.com ---

[Goanet] (no subject)

Hello Joe, You are a busy guy! On the go to provide us Goanet subscribers with lovely pictures of our beautiful Goa. I love the 'Bluish passage through the woods at dawn' shot. Deu borem corum tuca, Joe. Con

Re: [Goanet] The challenge of Child Abuse and the enigma of bogus confessions

Doc, How about the following links that I received today? And to the organizers of the Goan London meet, perhaps it is not too late to open the eyes of those who do not know or do not want to accept what is currently happening in Goa. Mervyn1604Lobo

[Goanet] World Goa Day - Saturday 27 August 2011- Goan Friends & Family Day at the Friars, Aylesford, Kent

From: LARA PEREIRA Celebrate with our Goan Friends & Family Day at The Friars, Aylesford, Kent- Please arrive at 10am To: Hi Everyone On behalf of the World Goa Day Planning Committee in the UK, I'm pleased to invite you to come and join us at our Goan Friends & Family Day at the Friars,

[Goanet] Goa news for July 19, 2011

rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-yeh-dosti-responses-we-did-goa-in-rs-1800/20110718.htm *** DGP returns to Goa on govt instructions - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: DGP Aditya Arya, who was out of station returned to Goa on Monday evening after the government directed him to do

[Goanet] Goan Community

Dear Editor I attach an article in which I have expressed my views on the kind of organisation that might best serve an overseas Goan community. It may be of interest to your readers and, in particular, to those attending the forthcoming Global Goans Convention in London from 22 July. Your

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

On 18 July 2011 13:58, Carvalho wrote: > > You no doubt are waiting on tenterhooks to trip me up. That is a very time > and > energy consuming exercise. And all for what? Because I'm a member of the > Goan > Association (UK) ? Come on Gabe. I'd expected better of you. > > Best, > Selma > RESPONS

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Oscar Rebello's Reaction on Dog Menace in Panaji.

On Mon Jul 18 08:25:09 PDT 2011, Dr. Anjali Mohan Rao indologygoa at gmail.com, wrote:_ 1- The whole idea of ARV is that the stray dogs will not catch rabies, that their titre values will be high, thus saving them after a dog bite. 2- Infact research done by independent bodies which donot promot

[Goanet] NEWS: People of Saligao facing serious health hazard

People of Saligao facing serious health hazard SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Garbage from Calangute beach being dumped on hill top In Saligao, coastal village in north Goa's tourism belt, particularly in places such as Salmona-Arrarim, things are getting worse by the day as people of the villages are in

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

re: I am seeing it relative to the London convention. (Kuwait is in a class of its own). Gabe Menezes wrote: In plain English, qualify what you have written or piss off okay! RESPONSE: What happened? Rupert an Rebekah have appointed a paranoid person as their new COO? If not, Why does anyone

Re: [Goanet] English - an Indian language (Take 2)

To Goanet - After talking through his hat on the Goan language issue, Rajiv Desai ends his post with the following: >Curiously, today’s chauvinists who protest the use of English reserve  >their worst for those who celebrate it as a dynamic Indian language.  >They call us the children of Macaulay

[Goanet] On a Goan Feast celebrated in London...

Yesterday, I attended a Village feast function - first one this year! People were wondering what had happened to me, as I am a regular at many functions. The occasion was good, the food tasty and the D.J. played some good danceable numbers. We had another couple on our table, who tagged along thei

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Oscar Rebello's Reaction on Dog Menace in Panaji.

 Dr. Anjali Mohan Rao wrote: Dear Dr. Rebello .'I dont think you can claim flaccid paralysis to be rabies' COMMENT: May not be Rabies per se but certainly Rabies related. Is it not known that patients with rabies develop flaccid paralysis (FP)?; the higher incidence of post-exposure va

[Goanet] : 2011 CALANGUTE SOCIAL IN CANADA

2011 CALANGUTE SOCIAL IN CANADA Monday, 18th July 2011 By: Bertilla De Souza The Villagers of Calangute joined together on July 17th, 2011 to celebrate their Twentieth Anniversary and the Feast of Patron St. Alex. The Social was held at Europa Convention Centre, Mississauga, On

Re: [Goanet] Background and context of the Historical Archive of Goa. Cyril A Hromnik, Syracuse Univ.

Compliments.   Other two might be of interest. I. Nunes If you can access this paper, kindly send me a copy offline. http://www.jstor.org/pss/3171501 Background and context of the Historical Archive of Goa. Cyril A Hromnik, Syracuse Univ. QUOTE "Although barely known to the community of moder

[Goanet] CONDOLENCES: Sushila D'Souza, wife of Placido D'Souza

Just learnt that  Sushila D'Souza, wife of former Indian ambassador (and Goanetter) Placido D'Souza of Anjuna/Poona, passed away yesterday, July 17, in a New York hospital, after a brief illness. An announcement said the funeral will be tomorrow. The family will receive friends at Frank E. Campbel

[Goanet] Dr. Oscar Rebello's Reaction on Dog Menace in Panaji.

Dear Dr. Rebello, You are very much right about your realistic view on the situation of 'dog menace' in Panaji, with reference to your personal experience while on a visit to a patient. My friend Smita Joshi working on this issue since 1998 has given her opinion, which I am pasting below. May be, w

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation at Swindon

Yes Fredji, your point is the same as my point -- that the Swindon Goans are not any different. There have to be fights and other issues. But this applies to all communities, like the hackneyed joke about Goans being like crabs in a basket and pulling a Goan down when he tries to climb up. The so-c

[Goanet] The challenge of Child Abuse and the enigma of bogus confessions

Preface: I must concede that working, albeit pro bono, with cases of allegedly abused children has been heartbreaking for me.  After a number of years, I was too drained to continue. That, and the fact that I believed that all lawyers were mean and unscrupulous individuals. Fast forward a decade,

[Goanet] GVM's All India Junior Ranking Badminton - Finals Report

The curtains came down on the G.V.M's A.J. de Almeida High School Centennial All India Junior Ranking Badminton Championship, organized by the School Committee in association with Goa Badminton Association and supported by the Directorate of Sports and Youth affairs and the SAG. The Championship fi

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon.

The Rt. Honourable Eugene Correia indeed has a point! Unfortunately, I lost my brief :-) The "client" has found a better advocate :-) Hence please don't expect me to play Devil's Advocate on this topic. And, more seriously, let me resort to asking questions (as JC does... but may I confess that I'

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

Gabe, I'm not quite sure what you were trying to prove by posting a link to my article. I don't see anything disparaging written about Goans in Swindon in that article. I have written far more poignantly about the realities of living in the Gulf than Swindon; the conditions in the Gulf being

Re: [Goanet] Konkani Verse

Guys, you are missing my point! While you go about standardising, do you have to make a guinea pig of my seven-year-old who is supposed to understand and study all these little used words! Think of my plight -- I have to teach him too (and learn myself) just because some mineowners/freedom fighter

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

You guys are embarassing me now! Obviously Cyprian hasn't know enough of me. I'm nice from far, but far from nice :-) You're more than welcome to meet up when here, of course. Anytime after 2 pm works best. FN On 18 July 2011 12:41, Cyprian Fernandes wrote: > Thank you Fred, I must say that I am

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

Arrey patrao! You were offering to play peace-maker a few hours ago, and now seem to be stirring the pot! However justified all sides in the dispute might feel, this seems like a typical Goan 'kestanv' to me! And all the rest of us are typical Goenkars just "enjoying the fun" :-) FN PS: What we re

[Goanet] Konkani Word A Day: Nag, nagddeponn, nagddo...

Learn one or more Konkani word a day: NAG m cobra snake NAGDDEPONN n nakedness NAGDDO, -I, -EM naked NAGDDO CORUNC to strip one's clothes, to make naked NAGDDO ZAUNC to strip of clothes, to lose one's possessions NAGONN f robbery, plunder NAGOULOLO ZAUNC to feel keenly one's disappointments

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon.

Dear Fred, it beats me that you think I am pouring fuel into raging fires from a place far from Swindon. As the Devil's Advocate, you should know better how to analyze situations The Swindon case is one example how how Goans fight for prestige and personal ego. It is a test case also of how Goan as

[Goanet] Background and context of the Historical Archive of Goa. Cyril A Hromnik, Syracuse Univ.

If you can access this paper, kindly send me a copy offline. http://www.jstor.org/pss/3171501 Background and context of the Historical Archive of Goa. Cyril A Hromnik, Syracuse Univ. QUOTE "Although barely known to the community of modern historians, the Historical Archives of Goa are probably t

Re: [Goanet] Konkani Verse

Sebastian: >to my grandmother I was her 'mhalvot natu' COMMENT: In the Konkani used in the Catholic Church gospels and readings, I have heard the expression 'mhalgodo put' with the appropriate translation. I think the reference was to Isaac the son of Abraham. Is mhalgodo the same as mhalvot? Or

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] 90

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, '90' My father, Motilal Parrikar, completed 90 years a few days back on July 9. He was born in the village of Parra in Goa, in the ward known as Salisvaddo. The house he was born in today lies in ruins (*). Our last name takes after our villag

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

On 18 July 2011 00:13, Carvalho wrote: > > Response: > Why is Eugene asking me to take note? Anyone reading this will think I have > joined the British Police force or the Swindon patrol. Or am I now the > Chief > Operating Officer of all Goan Associations in the Diaspora? > > Incidentally, I mee

Re: [Goanet] Goa Day cancellation in Swindon

Thank you Fred, I must say that I am in complete awe of your writing. I hope to be in Goa for a short while,around 10 days, and would deem it an honour if we were to meet. I prefer to say things to people when they are alive rather than when they are dead and can't hear me. So, my admiration f

[Goanet] Song for the day.

HELEN SHAPIRO - YOU DON'T KNOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2cG-ed6hw&feature=related -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] St Swithin got it right: Rain, rain and more rain for this week....

In Go and in the U.K.! Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015738/St-Swithin-got-right-Rain-rain-rain-week.html#ixzz1SRHQitV -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Your contacts

Dear all: Finally, I'm undertaking a long-overdue updating of my phone book. If you'd like to stay in touch pls send me your landline, mobile and other contacts so that I could add your details here. Mine are as below (feel free to share). Many thanks, FN PS: Also consider including your contacts

Re: [Goanet] Goans... among Asian writers in East Africa

Dear Anthony, You forgot to mention two designations that I hold very dear to my work and achievements -- creative cut-and-paste artiste and ethical spammer :-) Okay, thank you for your kind (and quite undeserved) comment. My goals are far more modest... and include trying to build the 'broken lin

[Goanet] Singing sensations Lorna and Angelo at the Goan Festival

This year singing sensation Lorna and Alfred-Rose sing-alike, Agnelo will be entertaining at the Goan Festival on 24th July, 2011 at Cranford Community college, which follows the two days of the Global Goans Convention. Plus: Presentation on Environmental Issues by Carmen Miranda Screening of O