[Goanet-News] Goa news for October 1, 2011

2011-10-01 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa politicians part of thriving mining trade - Hindustan Times od9XGxv-t3rQ3owGDJlPtD9HQ

[Goanet-News] She cremated her hubby on her land to thwart Goa’s miners

2011-10-01 Thread Goanet News Service
She cremated her hubby on her land to thwart Goa’s miners Raman Kirpal Sep 28, 2011 Goa’s illegal miners have been challenged by scores of intrepid citizens. This is the story of Cheryl D’Souza, who has sustained a fight against illegal miners, including a minister in the Digambar Kamat

[Goanet-News] Goa news for October 2, 2011

2011-10-01 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Navy sights suspicious boats off Goa - Times of India o-upgrade-sea-king-and-kamov-also-seeking-successor_1593974Navy to upgrade Sea-king and Kamov, also seeking successor

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Súgandafjörður

2011-10-01 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Súgandafjörður' Súgandafjörður in the Westfjords of Iceland is a narrow but exceedingly beautiful fjord. The images featured in this post were made on a moody afternoon with low clouds - just the kind of atmosphere I love most! I shall have

[Goanet] : DHOBHITALAO---MY BELOVED HOME --BOMBAY

2011-10-01 Thread eric pinto
      In a certain generation not too long ago, if you said Dhobitalao, you meant Little Goa. In Toronto, Canada where I live, there is little Italy, little Greece, little Portugal, little India and even, just outside

[Goanet] Air pollution is stunting India's monsoon - environment - 30 September 2011 - New Scientist

2011-10-01 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20987-air-pollution-is-stunting-indias-monsoon.html

[Goanet] INJUSTICE TO THE YOUTH

2011-10-01 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The Government for vested and petty political gains raised the retirement age of government servants from 58 to 60. It has been a grave injustice to the unemployed aspiring to join the government service and to those officers awaiting promotion. The indiscriminate extensions in service and

[Goanet] Vanxekars want development

2011-10-01 Thread vivek araujo
Dear Goenkars near and Far, The below article is an eyeopener where you see a lot of plastic surgery being done be it Panjim , Margao, Vasco and other cities be it for poliltical interest/vote bank , for the self glorifications of the politicians and so forth . Divar and Vanxim have a lot to

[Goanet] Streets of Mumbai - YouTube

2011-10-01 Thread Con Menezes
Get to know the street life in Mumbai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtLYsN_uJngfeature=related

[Goanet] Learning what BJP never tells you

2011-10-01 Thread soter
Understanding the politics behind the Medium of Instruction issue in Goa. http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/06/29/church-schools-complain-of-harassment/

[Goanet] Millstone Around Our Necks

2011-10-01 Thread John Gomes
1.Creating government jobs- The Parrikar period pre employment training scheme people were jobless after training! As it is,the army of bureaucrats need to be drastically pruned. High salaries,perks and pensions, not to mention strikes and unnecessary creation of work increases corruption and

Re: [Goanet] : DHOBHITALAO---MY BELOVED HOME --BOMBAY

2011-10-01 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 30 September 2011 15:21, eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com wrote: In a certain generation not too long ago, if you said Dhobitalao, you meant Little Goa. In Toronto, Canada where I live, there is little

[Goanet] Ancestral land

2011-10-01 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
I agree with Soter about Goans selling their ancestral properties.  When one does that, one is cutting his ties to his ancestral land, and makes it easier for Bhaille mostly rootless Delhi-wallahs to take up residence in Goa.  Unless one is desperate for a few pieces of silver,   it would be

[Goanet] Song for the day

2011-10-01 Thread Gabe Menezes
All of me (with lyrics) michael buble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCyLX0CSrYE -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Desiderata

2011-10-01 Thread Con Menezes
I am sure that most of our Goanetters have come across Desiderata For othersread below.

[Goanet] Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! from MARY POPPINS on Broadway - YouTube

2011-10-01 Thread Con Menezes
Week-end Entertainment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkHV6THFoDs

[Goanet] To MD

2011-10-01 Thread JoeGoaUk
  This is in repsose to MD's mail on Goanet. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2011-September/213910.html Hope you MD is the same as Maurice D'Mello of Toronto. Whose email ID was mmdme...@yahoo.ca  because I could not find any post in my Archive under MD You were with our

[Goanet] : agragrain reforms

2011-10-01 Thread Nelson Lopes
 Agragrain Reforms The much talked about  the fallow rice fields of tenants to be leased in salcette are still in the process of finalisations, Accordingly the tenants will not lose their tenancy for subletting them The acute labour shortage, lifestyle changes and costs of final products makes

[Goanet] Chief Minister of Maharashtra (India): Release Ferreira, he's innocent!

2011-10-01 Thread Reggie Gomes
Hey, I just signed the petition Chief Minister of Maharashtra (India): Release Ferreira, he's innocent! and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Our goal is to reach 1,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:

[Goanet] Desiderata

2011-10-01 Thread Con Menezes
My sincere apologies.internet gremlins put a spanner in the workds of .Desiderata. Here it is now http://www.healtalk.com/dl/desiderata.pdf

[Goanet] Salgaocar down East Bengal to win Federation Cup - goanvoice.org.uk

2011-10-01 Thread Camillo Fernandes
Salgaocar down East Bengal to win Federation Cup September 29, 2011 21:03 IST Salgaocar Goa dashed East Bengal's hopes of a hat-trick of titles with a 3-1 victory in the final of the 33rd Federation Cup football tournament in Kolkata on Thursday. Edeh Chidi (fifth minute) and Francis

[Goanet] MIistry wins award

2011-10-01 Thread Eugene Correia
Nice to learn that Toronto-based writer Rohinton Mistry has won the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. The Bombay-born, St. Xavier's college-educated writer has some Christian characters (assuming Goans as Mistry was familiar with them) in his books. His first novel, Such A Long

Re: [Goanet] Happy Birthday George.

2011-10-01 Thread Tony de Sa
Hi George, So sorry if I am late at the party. Belated birthday greetings. The broad band in these hyar parts has gone on a blink for the last two days and no solution in sight over the week end. Hope you had a great day and an even brighter future 364 days ahead. -- Tony de Sa tonydesa at

Re: [Goanet] Just Matata* - Sin, Saints and Settlers

2011-10-01 Thread roland . francis
Hi Braz, We are not acquainted, but met at the Curtorim-Raia-Loutulim social recently when you came on the table, told all of us you were the author of Just Matata, gave us a synopsis of your novel and quickly left without giving me a chance to introduce myself and ask you more about the book.

[Goanet] Goa news for October 2, 2011

2011-10-01 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Navy sights suspicious boats off Goa - Times of India o-upgrade-sea-king-and-kamov-also-seeking-successor_1593974Navy to upgrade Sea-king and Kamov, also seeking successor

[Goanet] Song for the day

2011-10-01 Thread Gabe Menezes
Be my baby - The Ronetteshttp://www.youtube.com/artist/The_Ronettes?feature=watch_video_title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhbGaCwBzsNR=1 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] COLUMN: Coast with the most

2011-10-01 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
Coast with the most By Vivek Menezes Dive right in Ajey Patil’s love affair with the ocean began when he first ventured underseas, back in 1992. An experienced, PADI-certified diving instructor, Patil spent several years in the Andamans before returning to Goa, where he and his sister Amruta

[Goanet] Rebuttal

2011-10-01 Thread MD
Dear M.D. It has indeed come as shock that you have been threatened; I always maintain there are two sides to the story, so I await the rebuttal. I do not believe the saying that what goes around comes around...happens infrequently, if at all. If it were true, we would not have a multitude of

[Goanet] Which of these foods have you tasted?

2011-10-01 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Hyderabadi Rayalseema Sarkari (Andhra Pradesh) Konkani Malvani Saoji Saraswat Varadi Punjabi Mughlai Awadhi Lucknowi Himachali Mithila Magadhi Bhojpuri Kumauni Gharwali Chennai Chettinad South TN (Madurai, Tirnelveli) Kerala Mangalorian Coorgi Udipi Rajasthani Gujarati Jain Kachchi Sindhi Goan

Re: [Goanet] Ancestral land

2011-10-01 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:39:02 -0700, Vivian A. DSouza wrote: I agree with Soter about Goans selling their ancestral properties. When one does that, one is cutting his ties to his ancestral land, and makes it easier for Bhaille mostly rootless Delhi-wallahs to take up residence in Goa. Unless

[Goanet] AADHAAR your permanent proof of Identity - Have your applied yet?

2011-10-01 Thread Tony de Sa
joego...@yahoo.co.uk Passport, PANcard, Ration Card, Election Card, Driving License, Photo Bank ATM or CreditCard, ?Recognised School ID card, Goverment Photo ID card etc etc (truncated) Proof of ID containing you Name and Address (BB)?

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Aksidentank Kharan Dinakat

2011-10-01 Thread lino dourado
Aksidentank Kharan Dinakat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/35837 Ticho ghorkar eka sumanachi 'emergency leave' ghevn Gõyam ghel’lo to, aiz portean Kuveitt panvcho aslo. Gaddi spidir dhanvtali. Ghaddi choloytana tika mobile fonar ulovnk zai aslem. Fonar uloitam-uloitam keddnam

[Goanet] BBSM to support BJP morcha - What does it tell you?

2011-10-01 Thread SOTER
A news report in the Herald mentions that BBSM will particpate in the BJP morcha to protest against corruption in education. Just like 'the term 'caste discrimination' has to be linked to any issue to gain sympathy, now affixing the term 'corruption' to every problem has becomne a convenient

Re: [Goanet] Which of these foods have you tasted?

2011-10-01 Thread George Pinto
In a Goan slum today, a little homeless street girl said she only has eaten chappati and dal in her life, and that too occasionally, sometimes not at the same time. She said she cannot relate to Frederick's list of middle and upper-class food values and categories below. So her category would

[Goanet] Hakuna Matata(English) - YouTube

2011-10-01 Thread Con Menezes
Matata ? Hakuna Matata! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU