[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Battle of the Konkanis: Separating Wolves from the Lambs (Fernandes, Menezes, roundtableindia.co.in)

2013-10-28 Thread Goanet Reader
The Battle of the Konkanis: Separating Wolves from the Lambs Jason Keith Fernandes | Dale Luis Menezes Context In 1987 subsequent to mass demonstrations composed overwhelmingly of bahujan Catholics, the legislature of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and

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

2013-10-28 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Prossor Bostaum Bab: Moi Mogan ani Man'nan Tumcho nomam kortam. Thanks for the emendations. That's precisely the help I requested for in compiling the list of our nearly-erstwhile weights measures. I have been away from Goa since 1968. That -- long absence -- plus mymounting ailments, along

[Goanet] Ugandan Goans: we must tell it like it was then.......

2013-10-28 Thread Anthony Fernandes
and yes, like when the Kenyans, too, disliked the Hindu-Indians, but welcomed the Goan-Christians; like when the British masters treated the Goan slaves in a friendly and decent manner, but disliked the conduct and ways of the other Indians; like when what happened in 1963 was not a

[Goanet] The Battle of the Konkanis: Separating Wolves from the Lambs

2013-10-28 Thread dale luis menezes
In response to Prabhakar Timble's article in NT: http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_contentamp;view=articleamp;id=7008%3Athe-battle-of-the-konkanis-separating-wolves-from-the-lambsamp;catid=129amp;Itemid=195 Dale www.daleluismenezes.blogspot.com ---

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

2013-10-28 Thread Domnic Fernandes
Gui'natti/gui'natem X 4, equals 1 anna'tti (ten) X 4, equals 1 podd' x 4, equals i paili You guys have missed out one of the measures SOLGEM, and I think the first two measures are interchanged. So, the above should read as follows: 2 (two) An’natteo equals 1 (one) gin’natti 2 (two) gin’natteo

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

2013-10-28 Thread floriano lobo
- Original Message - From: Goanet Reader goanetrea...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:53 PM Subject: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Konkanni Konnachi? (Dr Oscar Rebello) KONKANNI KONNACHI? By Dr Oscar Rebello

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 31st Sunday of the Year in Ordinary Time

2013-10-28 Thread Jude Botelho
26-Oct-2013 Dear Friend, There are some things we desire so much in life that we are ready to take a risk and sometimes pay any price to acquire what we desire. Sometimes these things might appear insignificant to others: like getting a movie ticket, a particular dress or suit, a particular

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day…..

2013-10-28 Thread Gabe Menezes
Gipsy Kingshttp://www.youtube.com/artist/gipsy-kings?feature=watch_video_title - Bamboleo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCq3CMbqYNo g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Some City News in pics

2013-10-28 Thread JoeGoaUk
Bus stops away from bus stop D B Road, near Bal Bhavan, opp Campal grounds New rule eff. Aug 2013 'Private buses if caught making unscheduled stops within city limits will be charged a fine of up to 2,000' But Police take no action, when asked, they say 'no enough manpower' Actually their

[Goanet] News about “India and the Lusophone Market” International Congress, January 14 and 15, 2014 – Goa, India

2013-10-28 Thread LSG
*Texto em português mais em baixo* * * Dear reader * * We present here the news that the Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG) has chosen for you. Kind regards Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG) - Sociedade Lusófona de Goa i...@lusophonegoa.org www.lusophonegoa.org *“India and the Lusophone

[Goanet] 28th October to 2nd November is Vigilance Awareness Week

2013-10-28 Thread Goa Desc
--- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help CONSUMERS to be better informed about the impact of SOCIAL ISSUES on their lives.

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Smile

2013-10-28 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'The Smile' Vilasini Ravul was working the paddy field in the village of Talarna in north Goa when I asked her to pose for a portrait. These are rural folk, not accustomed to having a lens pointed at them, and she was understandably shy and

[Goanet] Forum backs sports quota in educational institutes and jobs

2013-10-28 Thread Sandeep Heble
Forum backs sports quota in educational institutes and jobs In its recommendations to the State government seeking revision of Sports Policy Goa-2009, which was implemented to encourage young children to pursue sports alongside academics, the Goa RTI Forum’s Sports section on Saturday suggested

[Goanet] Camoens de Goa (by Landeg White)

2013-10-28 Thread vmingoa
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=11836boxid=144058421uid=dat=10%2f26%2f2013 Camoens de Goa by Landeg White The picture used as the cover of my Collected Lyric Poems of Luís de Camões (Princeton University Press, 2008) was discovered as recently as 1972. It shows him jailed in Goa,

[Goanet] Global Goa: India's Window to the Lusosphere (Times of India)

2013-10-28 Thread vmingoa
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-26/goa/43414855_1_indian-union-independent-india-goan-soil Global Goa: India's window to the Lusosphere Vivek Menezes, TNN Oct 26, 2013, 06.31AM IST PANAJI: Now well into the 21's century, Goa is the only part of country still denied a

[Goanet] Gram Sabha in Moira on 10 November 2012

2013-10-28 Thread augusto pinto
There is a Gram Sabha in Moira on 10 November 2012. In the agenda are various development proposals, rent of shops in the Panchayat building, etc. The meeting is scheduled for 10 am but if there is no quorum at that hour it will be adjourned for an hour. So effectively it will start at 11 am, I

[Goanet] DOGS SHOW AT DONA PAULA CIRCLE

2013-10-28 Thread Stephen Dias
To, The Editor Mr Amitabh Dasgupta Gomantak Times Panjim Kindly publish this letter in the letters to the Editor column. Kind regards, Stephen Dias D.Paula Mob: 9422443110 Date: 28.10.2013 DOGS SHOW AROUND NIO DONA PAULA CIRCLE By Stephen Dias,

[Goanet] NYT Editorial on Narendra Modi - COMMENTS

2013-10-28 Thread floriano lobo
NYT Editorial on Narendra Modi - COMMENTS http://www.goasu-raj.org/gen/news/3229.asp PPS: PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL SANITY PS: If the people refuse to become politically 'SANE', politics will remain dirty + more. ONLY DABOLIM -

[Goanet] FW: NYT Edit on Modi

2013-10-28 Thread Alfred de Tavares
What a future looming over India Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:20:44 +0530 Subject: Fwd: NYT Edit on Modi From: devikaseque...@gmail.com To: carol.frie...@gmail.com; elisabeth_...@yahoo.com; manohar@gmail.com; wendellrodri...@gmail.com; alfredtava...@hotmail.com; tablic.vel...@gmail.com New

[Goanet] Goa news for October 28, 2013

2013-10-28 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa illegal mining case: FIR names former Chief Ministers Kamat, Rane - The Hindu kgtUz1yz-04HxdmUji9tA

Re: [Goanet] Global Goa: India's Window to the Lusosphere (Times of India)

2013-10-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
 vmingoa wrote:   http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-26/goa/43414855_1_indian-union-independent-india-goan-soil Global Goa: Indiaapos;s window to the Lusosphere Vivek Menezes, TNN Oct 26, 2013, 06.31AM IST PANAJI: Now well into the 21apos;s century, Goa is the only part

[Goanet] Interview with Enclidas de Elly

2013-10-28 Thread walter menezes
To, The Moderator, Goanet.   Sir,   Dalgado Konknni Akademi is organizing Borovpeak Bhett ( Meet the Writer ) Programme on Wednesday, 30th October 2013 at TAG Hall, Campal, Panaji, Goa at 4.30 pm.   The personality for the Borovpeak Bhett is Enclidas de Elly, publisher and editor of Cine Times, a

Re: [Goanet] DOGS SHOW AT DONA PAULA CIRCLE

2013-10-28 Thread floriano lobo
Dear Stephen Dias, You are a genuine Dick who believes in the rule of Law. Yes. We badly need to shoot the dogs and rescue the pigs. The dogs that I am talking about are the two legged variety who are protected by politics in their high offices. Hopefully some day some dog shooter will come by

Re: [Goanet] The Joy of the Journey

2013-10-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:36:34 PM, Roland Francis wrote: Tigers in Canada? - Tim de Mello and Mervyn Lobo. Chinese laborers were indeed attacked by tigers, mountain lynx and  other big cats and wolves. Read J M Gibbonapos;s Steel of Empire - A  Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific,

[Goanet] Awaiting Goanet (tel...@qp.com.qa)

2013-10-28 Thread Goanet Reformat
Dear Sir, Pls. continue sending me Goanet. I have not been receiving any of late. Regards, Leo Tellis tel...@qp.com.qa

Re: [Goanet] Old-style measurements... paileo, kudov, khandi (bmviega...@yahoo.com)

2013-10-28 Thread Goanet Reformat
Where is the picture of khandi ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk27/4746475517 http://goabooks.wordpress.com

[Goanet] Language controversy

2013-10-28 Thread Cyrus Sanches
Have these guys lost it. This seems to be an outpouring of frustration and anger, tapping into the so called anti Bammon feeling. This article works very hard to create a divide in the Catholic community. Certain sections know the stalwarts and pillars of Konkani are in the south, what better

[Goanet] Goanet Reader: The Battle of the Konkanis: Separating Wolves from the Lambs (Fernandes, Menezes, roundtableindia.co.in)

2013-10-28 Thread Goanet Reader
The Battle of the Konkanis: Separating Wolves from the Lambs Jason Keith Fernandes | Dale Luis Menezes Context In 1987 subsequent to mass demonstrations composed overwhelmingly of bahujan Catholics, the legislature of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and

[Goanet] Goa news for October 29, 2013

2013-10-28 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa illegal mining case: FIR names former Chief Ministers Kamat, Rane - The Hindu egislative-assembly-session-begins-today/articleshow/23755904.cms?cfmid=1100Goa legislative assembly

[Goanet] A VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT

2013-10-28 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Filing a Public Interest litigation is no easy task. You have to be ready to endure the backlash and tirade of those in power. This should however never ever deter citizens from using this channel to highlight issues of public concern and expose the illegalities. In 2001 during his first stint

Re: [Goanet] The Joy of the Journey

2013-10-28 Thread Roland Francis
Oops! I must have struck the gold expert's raw nerve by asking about the collapsing US economy, the global flight from the US Dollar and the rising gold prices. It won't be long before that that entity talks about the teetering Deutschland economy, the imminent downfall of Europe and asks us to

[Goanet] DATE POSTPONED AT BLUES ALLEY FOR VOCALIST LORI JENAIRE UNTIL FEB. 18, 2013

2013-10-28 Thread THE JAZZ NETWORK WORLDWIDE A GREAT PLACE TO HANG
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[Goanet] OBITUARIES: Goan who built bridges with Portugal, Dr Jorge Rento Fernandes ...

2013-10-28 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
GOAN WHO BUILT BRIDGES WITH PORTUGAL: Dr Jorge Renato Fernandes. Grande-Official da Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique. Delegado da Fundacao Cidade de Lisboa em Goa. Membro Fundador da Indo-Portuguese Friendship Society, Goa. Hisband of

Re: [Goanet] Goanet - the joy of the journey

2013-10-28 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
Come on Merv. I am on Roland's side on this issue. Way before you set foot in Canada, in the Ice Age, when the North American continent was connected to Siberia, Siberian tigers roamed what is now Canada. It is rumored that the Asian coolies hired to build the Canadian railway, having a

[Goanet] Camoes

2013-10-28 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
Thanks Vivek for an eloquent and very informative post about the poet Camoes. I was enlightened and educated by the article. I had heard about Camoes and saw his grave and statue in Lisbon, but knew precious little about him. You have done us a great favor by posting this article.

Re: [Goanet] Language controversy

2013-10-28 Thread Jose Colaco
On Oct 23, 2013, at 1:52 AM, Cyrus Sanches wrote: 'Have these guys lost it. This seems to be an outpouring of frustration and anger, tapping into the so called anti Bammon feeling. This article works very hard to create a divide in the Catholic community' COMMENT: 1: One can only lose what

[Goanet] 2014 Decennial Exposition of St Francis Xavier

2013-10-28 Thread Dom Martin
Against the backdrop of the 2014 Decennial is this jarring insinuation in Wikipedia: . . . The body of Francis Xavier was first taken to Portuguese Malacca and two years later shipped back to Goa. It is said that the saint's body was as fresh as the day it was buried. Although some critics