[Goanet] KALZANT'LEAN KONKANNI KONACHI -COMMENTS

2013-10-27 Thread floriano lobo
KALZANT'LEAN KONKANNI KONACHI -COMMENTS http://www.goasu-raj.org/gen/news/3227.asp PPS: PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL SANITY PS: If the people refuse to become politically 'SANE', politics will remain dirty + more. ONLY DABOLIM - NAV

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Konkanni Konnachi? (Dr Oscar Rebello)

2013-10-27 Thread Goanet Reader
KONKANNI KONNACHI? By Dr Oscar Rebello campalhealthservi...@gmail.com The language "Narkasur" has raised its ugly head, yet again, on the eve of the Festival of Lights. (If only we could be enlightened!) It is dismaying and totally disheartening to see otherwise perfectly decent and honorable me

[Goanet] SUNDAY SPECIAL: The "Good" Indians of Kampala (Daryl Martyris, Goanet Reader)

2013-10-27 Thread Goanet Reader
The "Good" Indians of Kampala By Daryl Martyris dmarty...@post.harvard.edu When I first arrived in Uganda, on hearing that my family was from Goa, one of my Ugandan colleagues surprised me by exclaiming, "So you are a good Indian!" He explained that the Goans who came to Uganda in colonial times

[Goanet] 12 Goans in the Lusosphere, from Brazil to Timor

2013-10-27 Thread Bernado Colaco
A very interesting compilation of Goan success, given the fact of the utter failure of the governance in post 61 Goa to hold the Lusofonia games on time.   BC     Bom dia, Today, in the special Semana da Cultura Indo-Portuguesa supplement for the Herald, I offer a review of 12 Portuguese-speaking

Re: [Goanet] : Old-style measurements... paileo,kudov, khandi

2013-10-27 Thread Sebastian Borges
Re: [Goanet] Subject:  Old-style measurements... paileo,kudov, khandi Has chacha made a mistake or do some terms have different meanings in different villages? In my village (Velim) gin'nattem x2 = 1 an'nattem. Paili x 2 = 1 kuddov.  Kuddov x 20 = 1 khanddi. Khanddi x 20 = 1 kumbh. Hence, 1 kumbh

[Goanet] De Souza Khot Famly

2013-10-27 Thread augusto pinto
I am trying to locate a Vincent (Gabru) de Souza Khot or Jose (Forsu) Francisco de Souza. They would be relatives of Isaac de Souza Khot, a bandmaster in the Zanzibar Sultan's Goan band. It is likely they came from a Bardezi village. Thankfully yours, Augusto -- \\ Augusto Pinto 40, N

[Goanet] remembering the departed

2013-10-27 Thread Nelson Lopes
Catholics remember their dead Catholic traditions to remember their dead arises out of religious beliefs and also may be due to fear and guilt complex. There are elaborate rituals before and after the burial. At times the funeral arrangements are expensive to show our love. The number of invited

[Goanet] Old style measurements

2013-10-27 Thread rcabral
I'm surprised that some people like Frederick did not know that we had a good system of measurement in Goa not only before the arrival of the Portuguese but even duringt heir rule. Paili, kuddov, khanddi, an'nattem, podd, etc were measurement of weight. There were measurements of area like hat,v

Re: [Goanet] Subject: Old-style measurements... paileo, kudov, khandi

2013-10-27 Thread Joel DS
Very interesting, Chacha. I remember Victor Hugo Gomes (Chitra) mentioning that the "podd" had two versions - "divpachi podd" (thick bottom) and "ghevpachi podd" (thin/deep bottom). Cheers. On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Alfred de Tavares < alfredtava...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Good... you guys

[Goanet] RECKLESSLY BLEEDING THE STATE EXCHEQUER

2013-10-27 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Goa despite being the smallest state is not only hosting India's highest paid Advocate General but the country's highest paid public servant. The President of India is paid only Rs 1,50,000 a month, the Chief Justice of India Rs 1,00,000, a High Court Judge Rs 80,000 and the Attorney General of