[Goanet] SMILE............................... IT'S WEEKEND (16/02/2012)

2012-02-16 Thread CAJETAN DE
ALL OVER... An old man (Andru) in his late seventies was summoned by the Auditor of tax department for investigation. Andru showed up with his Attorney: Auditor: Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no  employment, Which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. But we

[Goanet] Mathany and BJP -the greening of Goa

2012-02-16 Thread Carvalho
  Pandu lampioa wrote: The 'greening' of Goa has reached a point of no return and what you said in your post is right there for all to see. Nothing against any community but a mass influx is unhealthy.   Dear Pandu, If it comes as a surpr

Re: [Goanet] Mathany and BJP

2012-02-16 Thread Eugene Correia
Mathany's choice to official join BJP is perhaps because, if he wins, he can be an important part of the government. As a UDGP representative, Mathany was an outsider. No doubt he paid the price by losing his seat, though narrowly. Raymond Desa (SGF) probably took away his votes, as both UDGP and S

[Goanet] Between the Lines @ Gallery Gitanjali , Ssn.2:"Revisiting History through the Historical Sagas of Amitav Ghosh "- The Glass Palace

2012-02-16 Thread Gitanjali Gallery
Gallery Gitanjali invites you to the second session of "Between the Lines" - A Forum to explore words and verse at Gallery Gitanjali to be held on 2ndMarch, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. The first session of the series 'Revisiting History through the Historical Sagas of Amitav Ghosh’, had facilitator Jugneeta

Re: [Goanet] Art Exhibition: DIFFERENT (Curtorim, Goa)

2012-02-16 Thread Lavina D'costa
Thanks for the forward Lavina Dcosta -Original Message- From: Goanet A-C-E! [mailto:goa...@goanet.org] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:29 AM To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: Art Exhibition: DIFFERENT (Curtorim, Goa) DIFFERENT, 'An art exhibition with a difference' was inaugurated on

[Goanet] Goa leader's pals: Russian mafia

2012-02-16 Thread Sandeep Heble
Goa leader's pals: Russian mafia ibnlive.in.com CNN-IBN has bared the nexus between former Goan minister, Babush Monserrate and the Russian land mafia. http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/41610/goa-leaders-pals-russian-mafia.html This is an old video. The issue was simply swept under the carpet. No act

[Goanet] Rutuj bags 'Jyothi Panvelkar Memorial Award'

2012-02-16 Thread Sandeep Heble
The 'Jyothi Panvelkar Memorial Award, an award instituted by Panjim Table Tennis Club in the fond memory of former Table Tennis Player Jyothi Panvelkar, was won by Rutuj Sonawane, a promising youngster who is currently a State seeded player in the cadets category. The Award was presented to him by

[Goanet] The Good Days for Panjim are coming.

2012-02-16 Thread Sandeep Heble
CCP Mayor Yatin Parekh is contesting the elections from the Panjim constituency. This is excellent news. This means at least for the next 20 days, he will be busy with his campaign and will no longer be controlling the administration of the CCP. After a gap of almost a year of misrule and scams, ir

[Goanet] Case filed against Valanka - OHeraldo Today

2012-02-16 Thread Arwin Mesquita
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=3450&boxid=25116218&uid=&dat=2/16/2012 *Case filed against Valanka * MARGAO: Margao police has registered a non- cognizable case against Valanka Alemao following a complaint lodged by the Editor- in- Chief of GoaChronicle. com. A case under section 5

Re: [Goanet] Mathany and BJP

2012-02-16 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
Eugene Correia wrote: 1: I doubt Mathany subscribed to the BJP ideology but has embraced the party as a POLITICAL NECESSITY 2: The Christians who are FIGHTING on the BJP tickets cannot be termed pointblank as "saffronites." . COMMENT: Is Eugene Correia stating then that Matanhy Saldanha is doi

Re: [Goanet] The Gospel provides powerful hope for India's temple prostitutes | The CSF

2012-02-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
Those who are puzzled as to why Marshall is now abusing me and bearing false witness against me, let me assure you that it is because he has realized that he cannot refute the evidence that I have provided for the fact that the Catholic-Christian Secular Forum is not a secular forum at all, but

[Goanet] Dan Driscoll on colds

2012-02-16 Thread Bernice Pereira
.  I  suffered from persistent colds for years with - as you describe - that yucky mucus(y) feeling in the throat and constant well-meaning instructions by all and sundry "No chilled drinks, no icecreams" etc etc.  Some months ago I was visiting my son in Dubai and his domestic help sa

Re: [Goanet] Mathany and BJP

2012-02-16 Thread floriano
Well, I should think that all this is plain and simple logic that even a primary school kid will know. Cheers floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: "Eugene Correia" To: Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Mathany and BJP Mathany's choice to off

[Goanet] KONANK AMI HAD'DEA NIVDUM?

2012-02-16 Thread Joel Moraes
KONANK AMI HAD'DEA NIVDUM? Rochnar bapan sobit-sundorGoem hadllem rochun, Bore torem rakhonn tachi korpak mhaka-thuka dilo dad’dun, Goenche bore torem seve khatir ami amcho serkar hadlo goddun, Godlelea serkaran xetam-battam hadllim borum, Panchve dongor minachea navan udoille kapun, Ranam,zaddam-p

[Goanet] Plight Of The Goan Voter

2012-02-16 Thread Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
The plight of the Goan Voter Since the first elections in 1963, the quality of Goan polity has only deteriorated and at present it is at its worse. Goans are frustrated with all that is happening and most of them have finally realized that they themselves are to be blamed for the plight of Goa and

[Goanet] Goa elections 2012 - Results (Predictions)

2012-02-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
As of now (16.2.12), the predictions are like this BJP 17 Cong 13 MGP 2 NCP 2 GVP 2 IND 3 Others 1 BJP likely to form govt with MGP 2 and IND 2 making total strength 21 Next update by 24th Feb Last year, the results were like this INC 16 BJP 14 NCP 03 MGP 02 SGF 02 UGDP 01 IND 02

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Bridge collapsed along with 5 loaded trucks

2012-02-16 Thread JoeGoaUk
Bridge collapsed at Codli mines 4 year old Bailey Bridge collapsed with five loaded mining trucks. The bridge was meant for used one truck at a time but it appears Safety norms were not followed and the bridge caved in due to Overload (upto 5 times more than permissible load) Codli, Dabal, Ponda

[Goanet] Hindutva Lab 2.0 ... (Tehelka on Karnataka)

2012-02-16 Thread Goanet Reader
Hindutva Lab 2.0 BJP-ruled Karnataka is on a dangerous path of radicalisation.  Rana Ayyub traces the scary distortion of an entire society PHOTO: Long march RSS members take part in the Hindu Shakti Sangama in Hubli Photo: Karnataka News Images problems IS KARNATAKA the new Gujarat, the second

[Goanet] final list of candidates

2012-02-16 Thread Eugene Correia
Taking a quick look at the Heraldo and Navhind Times report, I saw two errors. Herald says MGP has seven and Nahind says it has 5 but Navhind mentionas that the BJP-MGP alliance will contest in 35 constituencies. So, the Navhind report made an error, instead of 7 it said 5. Herald puts Su-raj part

[Goanet] Goa news for February 17, 2012

2012-02-16 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** 215 candidates in vie for 40 seats in Goa - Deccan Herald CP alliance will contest all the 40 seats with their main rivals the BJP and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak ... http://news.google.com/ne

Re: [Goanet] Mathany and BJP

2012-02-16 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Pandu-bab, Which quote of mine are you referring to?  As you surely know, I have more than a few quotes on the subject. You see, there was Goa, this tiny dot on the Indian map.  And they couldn't leave it untouched.  They had to come in and muck it up and bring the blight of Bihar, U

Re: [Goanet] final list of candidates

2012-02-16 Thread floriano
I just love to needle you some, Eugine dear. Because you react in the manner that I expect you to react. And No. Su-Raj does not rise (yet) in the WEST nor in the North and neither in the South, and of course definately not in the EAST. It has left that sector for the Bengal Tigress who is assis

[Goanet] Arrival of mortal remains of Cypriano Fernandes & funeral announcement‏

2012-02-16 Thread Domnic Fernandes
This is to inform everyone that the mortal remains of Cypriano Fernandes reached his home in Dongorim, Nuvem this morning, Friday, February 17, 2012. Funeral cortege will leave his residence for Jesus, Mary, Joseph Church, Nuvem on Saturday, February 18, at 3:30 pm. Moi-mogan, Domnic Ferna

Re: [Goanet] Mathany and BJP -the greening of Goa

2012-02-16 Thread floriano
Is that why no Goan is interested in working for SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA and ultimately, when the slumifying India starts disintegrating, to make Goa an independent NATION?? All hands are up??? Cheers floriano goasuraj - Original Message - From: "Carvalho" To: Sent: Thursday, Febr

Re: [Goanet] Modern medicine

2012-02-16 Thread Mervyn Lobo
J. Colaco responded to: > 3) (a) Rest assured that when a new drug is approved, it will  > work better than any existing drug.  (b)  Drug approval can,  > and will be withdrawn when the drug use results in unnecessary  > deaths. RESPONSE: My dear Mervyn, [1] Except for # 3(a) above, I agree with y

[Goanet] TAG Book Releases

2012-02-16 Thread joelds
TAG Konkani Book Releases The Tiatr Academy of Goa released three Konkani books at the hands of Fr Manuel Gomes at their conference hall on February 16, 2012. The books include "Oxem Ghoddlem" by Daniel F de Souza, "Mummy, Mhaka Tuje Vengent Dhor" (a Tiatr) by Albert Leo de Souza and "Lokam Khell"

Re: [Goanet] The Gospel provides powerful hope for India's temple prostitutes | The CSF

2012-02-16 Thread marlon menezes
I am surprised that Marshall did not accuse me of being a hinduvta apologist - after all, my opinions were in line with those of Santosh's. I think we can all agree that the CSF is a communal organization that seeks to promote what it sees as a christian point of view by projecting its views as