[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goa's golden jubilee (Vivek Menezes, in The Caravan)

2011-12-01 Thread Goanet Reader
Politics Goa's golden jubilee On the 50th anniversary of India's annexation of Goa, a few existential anxieties still preoccupy the locals By VIVEK MENEZES Published :1 December 2011 PHOTO: Portuguese prisoners of war, captured during the invasion of Goa by Indian military forces, are lined up

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

2011-12-01 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Shetgaonkar worried that Goans may disown Iffi - Times of India and-of-politicos-babus-killing-films-goa-director.htmlBand of politicos, babus killing films: Goa director

[Goanet] Song for the day

2011-12-01 Thread Gabe Menezes
Diana Ross and The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (alternate vocal) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLb7U030SbQfeature=related -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty

[Goanet] MOI - will Kangress dare put their preference for English in the election manifesto?

2011-12-01 Thread anil desai
Dear all, In response to my post, Frederick Noronha, otherwise known as Admin Noronha wrote the following: (1) It is not a Goan Catholic desire. The desire is near universal, and widely seen all over Goa, regardless of religion or class and caste, not excluding the Anil Desais. In another post

Re: [Goanet] To add to the debate on English

2011-12-01 Thread J. Colaco jc
Gabe Menezes stated: Okay he (Santosh Helekar) did not write anything of the kind; so I take back what I wrote. Earlier, Gabe Menezes had asked Santosh Helekar if he was 'plain thick or what?' COMMENT: I know that there was a 24 hour strike in the UK . Was that also a strike from

[Goanet] Swearing is good for you (unless you're like Gordon)

2011-12-01 Thread Gabe Menezes
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/swearing-is-good-for-you-unless-youre-like-gordon-6270250.html -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support

[Goanet] It will be CHRISTmas soon... Whatsoever you do to the least...

2011-12-01 Thread The CSF
from: The Catholic - Christian Secular Forum (CSF) csfp...@gmail.com  This email was sent to goa...@goanet.org. Unsubscribe http://ch.spinnakerpro.com/run/OO.aspx?x=8183953-48-260 |  Tell A Friend http://ch.spinnakerpro.com/run/tafn.aspx?x=8183953-48-260

[Goanet] Prostate Problem Warning Signs - Mens Health: Health and Medical Information About Mens Health Issues on MedicineNet.com

2011-12-01 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=21562 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at:

[Goanet] Lies and video-tape by our Goans

2011-12-01 Thread Carvalho
Melvyn Fernandes wrote: Then going back to the Global Goan Convention 2011 held in London, United kingdom. I am reliably informed that the excellent, informative book The Sixth Night by Silvano Barbosa was put out of sight by Selma (was this you?) from the visiting dignitaries from Goa in

[Goanet] On Bombay : Tushar Gandhi ( the grandson)

2011-12-01 Thread eric pinto
  *WHO BUILT BOMBAY?*  *According to ancient history, a grouping of seven islands comprising Colaba, Mazagaon, Old Woman's Island, Wadala, Mahim, Parel, and Matunga-Sion formed a part of the kingdom of Ashoka the Great of Magadh, ironically in North India . The Bhaiyas and Biharis whom the

[Goanet] CSJP rejects RP-2021

2011-12-01 Thread SOTER
PRESS RELEASE The Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), after wide consultations with Citizens and qualified and competent professionals, cannot accept the Regional Plan 2021 in its present form. The CSJP is convinced that the failure on the part of the Government to comply with the

Re: [Goanet] Lies and video-tape by our Goans

2011-12-01 Thread J. Colaco jc
Melvyn Fernandes wrote: I am reliably informed that the excellent, informative book The Sixth Night by Silvano Barbosa was put out of sight by Selma ... from the visiting dignitaries from Goa in favour of books by other authors. Selma Carvalho wrote: If your so-called reliable witness was so

Re: [Goanet] To add to the debate on English

2011-12-01 Thread Santosh Helekar
Admin Noronha had told me in the Secular Goa forum that his first name was not Admin. So I switched to calling him FN Noronha in that forum. But he is an Admin on Goanet, and has never disavowed that appellation here. He deserves that honorific title in this forum. I have no idea why Gabe chose

Re: [Goanet] To add to the debate on English

2011-12-01 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
This is a good duck doc! You were eloquent in your reluctance to answer... FN On 1 December 2011 04:34, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: re #2: While I try not to involve anyone else's children or grandchildren (or spouse) in GN discussions - unless they are public figures, I will

Re: [Goanet] MOI - will Kangress dare put their preference for English in the election manifesto?

2011-12-01 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
Dear Dr Desai, While ignoring the flame-baits and all attempts to personalise the debate, I would like point to the politics of your language. * Pseudo-secularist has been effectively used as a cover for communalism by the majoritarian party which is today blocking dissent space by claiming to be

[Goanet] 4TH KNOW GOA PROGRAME

2011-12-01 Thread godfrey gonsalves
The youth (6 females   5 males between 18 to 23 years)  participants  of the 4th Know Goa Programme currently underway from 27.11.2011 to 6.12.2011 hailing from USA Canada  Kenya Tanzania UK New Zealand visited post lunch session today 1st December,2011 the over 140 year old House of Pai

[Goanet] Lies and video-tape by our Goans

2011-12-01 Thread Mervyn Elsie Maciel
My late friend Cornel D'Costa was the one who introduced me to goanet, and while my own contributions on the net have been negligible- virtually nil, I have previously quite enjoyed some of the posts on the forum -they were healthy. Of late, however, some of the posts appearing on the net have

[Goanet] Unique protest over corruption!

2011-12-01 Thread Naguesh Bhatcar
Upset over bribe demand, man dumps snakes in revenue office http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Upset-over-bribe-demand-man-dumps-snakes-in-revenue-office/articleshow/10936929.cms A video of the incident is also available on the Times of India website. BASTI (UP): Frustrated over alleged

Re: [Goanet] To add to the debate on English

2011-12-01 Thread J. Colaco jc
Frederick Noronha wrote thus to me: 'This is a good duck doc! You were eloquent in your reluctance to answer...' Clarification sought: 1: Why did you conclude that my answer is reluctant? 2: Did you not get the information you sought from my answer ? 3: What else did you seek to ask .and

[Goanet] China dictates to India

2011-12-01 Thread Nelson Lopes
China dictates to India The Govt of China has the audacity to ask the Governor of West Bengal not to attend the meet of Dalai lama ,The Governor rightly rebuffed by attending andgiving a clear message of Sovereignty Obama also faced with similar predicament the USA ignored the threat by China

[Goanet] The Cross on the Maidan - Bombay.

2011-12-01 Thread eric pinto
    It stands on the Esplanade Grounds, by the reclaimed Marine Lines.  Writing for 'The Examiner' in 1983, Owen Kail  reports it stands on the site of the 'second' Esperenca church. The first was built in the Fort area soon after Portugal acquired the city from Bahadur Shah in  1534.    Bombay

[Goanet] Lies and video-tape by our Goans

2011-12-01 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Selma bai Thank you for your detailed acknowledgement to my post. Inspite of your explanation, my reputation stands by what I have said. I had the opportunity to read Silviano Barbosa 'Sixth Night' end to end and had to read it twice to understand it as it actually portrays our community as

[Goanet] Church wary of government assurance on IFFI scheduling

2011-12-01 Thread MD
Church wary of government assurance on IFFI scheduling Filed under Church, Goa, Government, India, National, newsletter-India Goa, November 29, 2011: Despite assurance from the ruling Congress-led coalition in Goa that the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) next year will not coincide

Re: [Goanet] For Goans born abroad - Our MPs response.

2011-12-01 Thread Tony de Sa
I had earlier written to this forum about the difficulty faced by Goans who were born abroad in getting passports. I was given to understand that the matter could be solved in Delhi. So I thought to my self we have three MPs from Goa warming the benches in parliament and living in royal style at

[Goanet] FW: MOI - will Kangress dare put their preference for English in the election manifesto?

2011-12-01 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Rico, did I make some sending mistake...or am I a discarded quotient? Several of such recent posts, albeit as inocuous, have apparently failed to secure Your Imprimatur. AdeT. OBS: BTW no problem at all...no agrievemennt...just in toto idle curiosity...hardly enough to harm any feline however

[Goanet] A brave Remo - I am thankful that GFA did not invite ministers for football match -www.nizgoenkar.net

2011-12-01 Thread Camillo Fernandes
A BRAVE REMO: I AM THANKFUL THAT GFA DID NOT INVITE MINISTERS FOR MATCH AT FATORDAThursday - Dec 1, 2011PANJIM: A diplomat is one who chooses right words and more importantly right platform to express his views, if he has any, otherwise however good, likeable or outspoken he may be—he always

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goa's golden jubilee (Vivek Menezes, in The Caravan)

2011-12-01 Thread Goanet Reader
Politics Goa's golden jubilee On the 50th anniversary of India's annexation of Goa, a few existential anxieties still preoccupy the locals By VIVEK MENEZES Published :1 December 2011 PHOTO: Portuguese prisoners of war, captured during the invasion of Goa by Indian military forces, are lined up

Re: [Goanet] For Goans born abroad - Our MPs response.

2011-12-01 Thread Suresh Naik
Hi Tony I read urs contents. U try to contact Mr. Ullas Kamat M.D. and u can mention my name Suresh Naik from Kuwait. This issue of residence Mr Eduardo Faleiro solved in the year 1990, when he was Ext. Minister. During that period lot of Goans took chance of registration names in Goa as well as

Re: [Goanet] The Happy Couple that. . . Cecil Pinto---Comment by Driscoll.

2011-12-01 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Dan, Violet was Bemvinda`s sister, not her cousin, and either my classmate or a year behind at St. Xavier`s College in Bombay in the 1940s. Regards, Victor. From: DAN DRISCOLL driscoll@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent:

[Goanet] Unique protest over corruption!

2011-12-01 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Good one for now. The system will catch up and shoot in the future.*** Another option would be letting loose canines who bugger the pants off our Niz Ende (idiots). Think on that. Helps relieve helplessness. The laughter I mean. Particularly on our Goan mavericks (see meaning). Shit may stop

[Goanet] Goa news for December 2, 2011

2011-12-01 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Shetgaonkar worried that Goans may disown Iffi - Times of India and-of-politicos-babus-killing-films-goa-director.htmlBand of politicos, babus killing films: Goa director

[Goanet] [Los Angeles GOA] Christmas Dance: Still not too late! | Goa Sudharop Youth Project

2011-12-01 Thread Kyle Lobo
Hello everyone, *Reminder: It is not too late to buy your tickets. We still have spots left. * *Goa Sudharop Youth Project : Flip Flop Campaign* If you are attending the Los Angeles Goa Holiday Party, look out for the Flip Flop Drive Table and please consider supporting this drive by dropping

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Singing to the Birds

2011-12-01 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Singing to the Birds' We were driving towards the village of Þingeyri in the Westfjords of Iceland when my friend and guide Börkur Hrólfsson descried a faint movement on the route ahead. Fortunately, he decided to stop and take a look, for

[Goanet] Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di- The Biennale Song Sung by JohnyML

2011-12-01 Thread Venantius J Pinto
http://johnyml.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-this-kolaveri-kolaveri-kolaveri-di.html ++ vjp --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at:

Re: [Goanet] For Goans born abroad - Our MPs response.

2011-12-01 Thread J. Colaco jc
Suresh Naik naik.sures...@gmail.com wrote: This issue of residence Mr Eduardo Faleiro solved in the year 1990, when he was Ext. Minister. During that period lot of Goans took chance of registration names in Goa as well as my daughter. COMMENT: Dear Mr. Kamat, Like I did to Prof DeSa, I thank

[Goanet] BOOK REVIEW: Taj Mahal Foxtrot (Naresh Fernandes) - reviewed by Sanjay Iyer

2011-12-01 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
Hot Music In a Bombay Hotel A book that delights in how jazz—both as music and worldview—once infiltrated the emerging, cosmopolitan metropolis of Bombay By SANJAY IYER Published: 1 December 2011 On the evening of 14 August 1947, in the last moments before the stroke of midnight, while

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (02Dec11)

2011-12-01 Thread alexyz fernandes
*** AIDS DAY *** It's time your dept issues a Warning 'Having Fun 365 can be injurious to Living 365... To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org ---