[Goanet] Goa news for November 14, 2012

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa get three points from drawn match against Jammu and Kashmir - Times of India rm spinner Shadab Jakati grabbing four wickets, before settling for a draw and three points on the basis of

Re: [Goanet] Never a dull moment

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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Festival of Lights

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Festival of Lights' My Diwali night near the Arctic Circle. Greetings to all on the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. Fittingly, I got to experience quite a show last night in cold, icy Mývatn in north Iceland. You ma

[Goanet] Goa's First Revolt against the Portuguese - Armstrong Vaz.

  OhMyNews 2012.11.6 Goa's First Revolt Against the Portuguese India's forgotten 1583 uprising in Cuncolim Armstrong Vaz   Jhansi, a small city in the northern Indian Uttar Pradesh, is gearing up to celebrate the 150th anniversary of India's "firs

Re: [Goanet] Food for Thought

On Nov 13, 2012, at 1:37 AM, PAES wrote: > FOOD FOR THOUGHT > Portuguese occupation of Goa was wrong. > Forced conversions to Christianity were wrong. > Now, ask any Goan whose ancestors were converted: ‘Do you repent you are now > a Christian as a result? > The resounding answer (in my opinio

Re: [Goanet] Gonzaga Coutinho - Rajan and Prema

Allow me to paraphrase a new-testament quote: You, Jose Colaco, believe because you have been there and seen; blessed are those that have not seen, yet believe. For the rest, it is a myth or individual imagination.   (Try explaining that you have flown in an aeroplane to one who has never heard

Re: [Goanet] Kedna - Gonzaga Coutinho

Thanks for the lyrics Edward. I shall encourage Toronto bands like the Goa Amigos to include this in their Konkani music repertoire. What a pleasure to sing or dance to it. Roland.Edward Verdes wrote:I think this is a new dulpod as I too have not heard it before, As you can also see in the lyr

[Goanet] mea culpa

Dumping Cruz de Milagres 20 crore project on goans is nothing but murder of freedom. We christians are really fanatics or nana boil. tokli halloi re boila, halloitam saiba. How much will our priests and religious contribute ? Mea culpa somia 

[Goanet] This 'iffi hangar' vry expensive o what?

Satus: 6th Nov http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk62/8181692782/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk62/8181693314/sizes/l/in/photostream/ erected at a cost of Rs.123 lakhs ? And the cost likely to go higher upon completion as in many other govt. projects. Hangar likely

[Goanet] Food for Thought

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Portuguese occupation of Goa was wrong. Forced conversions to Christianity were wrong. Now, ask any Goan whose ancestors were converted: ‘Do you repent you are now a Christian as a result? The resounding answer (in my opinion) will be “NO”. If that be so, two ‘wrongs’ did lead t

[Goanet] Dempo college tops music charts!

Dempo college festival's theme song produced by Jazz Goa, enters world latin charts at No.1 http://www.soundclick.com/genres/charts.cfm?genre=Latin&subgenreID=221¤tpage=1

Re: [Goanet] Gonzaga Coutinho - Rajan and Prema

Frederick FN Noronha wrote: Episodic evidence (experiences with the GMC, for instance) are hardly what we can base our arguments on. For instance, I almost died of DIPHTHERIA in the Goa Medical College (shortly after its Escola Medica) days in the mid-1960s. My kid had his tongue neatly heal