[Goanet] Goa news for February 25, 2012

2012-02-24 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sterlite, Sesa Goa look at restructuring, merger - Times of India tandard.com/india/news/vedanta-plans-new-holding-company/465819/">Vedanta plans new holding company http://news.google.com/

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Who or what is Quinta? (Augusto Pinto reviews Savia Viegas' latest book)

2012-02-24 Thread Goanet Reader
Who or what is Quinta? - Let me tell you about Quinta By Savia Viegas Penguin Books, India, 2011. - Reviewed by Augusto Pinto Who or what is Quinta? Although it means farmhouse in Portuguese, that doesn't tell much. To understand its signif

[Goanet] 'Carnaval Khell' of yester years

2012-02-24 Thread JoeGoaUk
'Carnaval Khell' of yester years Carnaval KHELL was a popular form of folk art during the 3 day Carnival and again 40 days later i.e. during Easter . More popular in South Goa, particularly in Salcette, Sanguem, Quepem and Mormugao Khell is a sort of musical street folk play. KHELL may also be

[Goanet] [Goanet-News] DOCUMENT: Goa elections 2012, manifesto Congress Party

2012-02-24 Thread Peter Fernandes
Goa Legislative Assembly Elections 2012 Manifesto Goa Pradesh Congress Committee manifesto is nothing but FOKANN dharu naslole FOZNE. Congress is in power for past few terms and nothing has been done but only corruption. For Government employment a candidate had to pocket the Ministers thru their d

Re: [Goanet] Relgious Extremism in North Easteastern States of India (Santosh Helekar & Ors)

2012-02-24 Thread Santosh Helekar
It is good that Gerry has added some additional important factors that have contributed to the violence in the Northeast, and I am especially thankful that he has expressed utmost respect for the views of others in this forum. But I also noticed that two of the three factors he has added have relig

[Goanet] Relgious Extremism in North Easteastern States of India (Santosh Helekar & Ors)

2012-02-24 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Dear Gerry, ** ** I am happy to note that you have re-confirmed exactly what I have been repeatedly saying. Unfortunately, the hindutva forces and their apologists / sympathisers have been spreading the canard that the conflict in the North East was mainly due to the region being predominantl

[Goanet] 'Sponsoring holy trips will not wipe off misdeeds'

2012-02-24 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
OLD GOA: Unleashing a mass of facts to prove that almost 70% of Goa has been finished in the last 50 years by Goa's 'corrupt politicians', Fr Eremita Rebello has cautioned all baptized Catholics, asking them not to associate themselves with such elements by going with them from house to house seeki

[Goanet] Fwd: Fw: HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DECOMPOSE !!!!!

2012-02-24 Thread Bernice Pereira
-- y 24, 2012 Subject: Fw: HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DECOMPOSE ! To: HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DECOMPOSE ! Just think about the below list before you are throwing something to the soil. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DECOMPOSE Paper Towel - 2-4 weeks Banana Peel - 3-4 weeks Paper Bag -

[Goanet] NIC Member Navaid Hamid writes on Sharia4Hind to Home Minister | Beyond Headlines

2012-02-24 Thread Con Menezes
Is this the thin end of the wedge for India??? http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/02/nic-member-navaid-hamid-writes-on-sharia4hind-to-home-minister/ --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Supp

[Goanet] Has the battery run out on India's $35 tablet computer? | Reuters

2012-02-24 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/22/us-india-tablet-idUSTRE81L0G320120222 --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http:

Re: [Goanet] Is FORCE an Congress agent?

2012-02-24 Thread Tony de Sa
Joel Moraes >>> 1. Is FORCE an Congress agent? 2. Who originally accepted Konkani as a MOI at the primary level? If the so called Congress really supporting parents choice with regard to MOI, what exactly they did in favour of the same as they were in Power? 3.I am full swing for Parents choice

[Goanet] DOCUMENT: Goa elections 2012, manifesto Congress Party

2012-02-24 Thread Marshall Mendonza
*Gabriel de Figueiredo*** *From what I understand, in India, a local can never be a Governor of the state they were born in Something to do with prevention of secession as I was told. * * * Response: It is pure convention or tradition. Nothing to do with secession. Governors have minimu

[Goanet] NEWS: Catholics’ dilemma: Demoralised with Congress, wary of BJP (Devika Sequeira, Deccan Herald)

2012-02-24 Thread Goanet News
Catholics’ dilemma: Demoralised with Congress, wary of BJP Devika Sequeira Margao/ Navelim, Feb 23, 2012, DHNS No one puts it better than cardiologist Francisco Colaço. “People are demoralised with the Congress. If we bring them back to power, it’s like giving them carte blanche to carry on with c

[Goanet] COMMUNITY AUDIO: Fr Vasco Rego, TV in Goa, the Lea Memorial Concert, Philo de Pilerne, three tiatr books, SPACE, writing in Portuguese... Just Matata

2012-02-24 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Fr Vasco Rego, Konkani and the liturgy (Goa) Fr Vasco Rego, a senior Catholic priest in Goa, talks (in Konkani or Konknni) about his many attempts to build resources in that small language from western coastal India, specially in the Church itself. Fr Rego is considered a pioneer in this field. Thi

[Goanet] Help need in Vancouver

2012-02-24 Thread Eugene Correia
A friend of mine is moving from Dubai to Vancouver in May. He, his wife and a baby. They would like to know if any Goan/Manglorean family would rent out their basement in Richmond. He would also looking for a job in marine-related field (onshore) and his wife is looking for a job in logistics/purch

[Goanet] Shilo Shiv Suleman: Using tech to enable dreaming | Video on TED.com

2012-02-24 Thread Con Menezes
Listen to this young Indians story.. http://www.ted.com/talks/shilo_shiv_suleman_using_tech_to_enable_dreaming.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2012-02-23&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email ---

[Goanet] Doc1_

2012-02-24 Thread Con Menezes
India's destiny not caste in stone André Béteille Share  ·   Comment (47)   printT+ THE HINDU Outside politics, there are other areas of life in which caste consciousness has been dying down. Those who try to keep up with discussions on current affairs in the newspapers and on television may be

[Goanet] Walking with the corrupt is walking with the Devil

2012-02-24 Thread JoeGoaUk
Imp. message from the pulpit.. Rs. 5000 per vote Sarees, Tiatr, trip to Shirdi, Vailankini Tarvotti, divorce, corruption, devil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr3K_-wma5Y joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http

[Goanet] ALERT: Magisterial inquiry into tragic incident of 18th Feb at Carona / Calvim Ferry Point.

2012-02-24 Thread Goa Desc
- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --- -

[Goanet] Relgious Extremism in North Easteastern States of India (Santosh Helekar & Ors)

2012-02-24 Thread Gerald Fernandes
1.With utmost respect to the views expressed on this Forum by various contributors, as an Indian Citizen who has an abiding interest in the North eastern States of India, may I point out that the people comprisng the current North Eastern States of India are TRIBAL POPULATIONS, wherein each Trib

[Goanet] Piddeamcho Khuris - Feast Old Goa (video)

2012-02-24 Thread JoeGoaUk
With Pez or Canji serving, Se Cathedral and it's 14 chapels / Altars etc Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlyRzUqyBPQ blog for pics etc blog http://joegoauk.blogspot.com/2012/02/feast-of-miraculous-cross-piddeam.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yaho

Re: [Goanet] THE ANIMIST MANIFESTO : GRAHAM HARVEY

2012-02-24 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Gerald Fernandes posted: All that exists lives -- Gerald, This is one of the most bizarre posts I have ever seen. It is also a pretty shallow opening for anyone's manifesto. A bar of gold, for example, exists, yet it does not live. Even though, I am waiting for

[Goanet] BJP''s "model state"

2012-02-24 Thread Eugene Correia
How come Rajnath does not know that Goa is already a "model state". So many models, filmstars, businessmen and top-notch writers have made Goa their home because it is a "model" in terms of fun, sun and and "beach bun".Oh, I get it. He wants to make it "model" in other terms, or rather on BJP's ter