[Goanet-News] Trial by media? No problem for Goa (VM, ToI)

2013-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Trial by media? No problem for Goa Vivek Menezes | Dec 15, 2013, 12.44 AM IST The proof of the bebinca, one might say, is in the eating. When it comes to Goa's reputation, we see that a storm of gleefully sensationalist media coverage around India and abroad has not prevented another

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day…..

2013-12-15 Thread Gabe Menezes
Dusty Springfieldhttp://www.youtube.com/artist/dusty-springfield?feature=watch_video_title - i just don't know what to do with myself (HQ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuPOwe-2EYA -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goa news for December 15, 2013

2013-12-15 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Jackpot: Not Sunny enough in Goa - The Hindu eview-noir-also-needs-a-controlled-script/439497-47-77.html'Jackpot' review: Noir also needs a controlled script

[Goanet] SORROWING LIES OUR GOA WITH A BLUFF MASTER AS THE CM

2013-12-15 Thread Aires Rodrigues
By now besides his U turns, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is also well known for his notorious double talk and bluffs. If Caitu and Ticlo were Congress MLAs we can imagine the ruckus that Manohar Parrikar would have created while gunning for their blood. On Parrikar’s birthday, a

[Goanet] India's Gay Rights

2013-12-15 Thread roland.francis
It's a pity that the Supreme Court has passed a ruling that is extremely regressive putting the onus on Parliament to change the law. Wonder how Goa Police are going to act on it. If they are a responsible force they will avoid implementation  unless the law is openly flouted in public view or

[Goanet] Inheritance thieves in Goa - thegoan.net

2013-12-15 Thread Camillo Fernandes
http://www.thegoan.net/Goa/Big-Story/INHERITANCE-THIEVES/06896.html

[Goanet] FW: BEWARE OF THE NAZI (UNITY) RUN IN GOA/INDIA

2013-12-15 Thread Alfred de Tavares
GOAN YOUTH TO RUN TOWARDS HITLERIAN PARANOIA? The potentially dangerous clarion call given by Goa's saffron souled BJP Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, for the, so called, Run for Unity smacks not so much as any civil or national unity but, far more so, as the fascist unity as envisaged by

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese citizenship

2013-12-15 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I couldn#39;t have put it better.

[Goanet] Cold here, cold there.

2013-12-15 Thread roland.francis
Goans in Canada from Bombay or Goa must be supressing a smile at reading that temperatures in Goa have dipped to 16C, the coldest in 5 years which must seem to us balmy short sleeves or bush shirt weather. Ontario, Toronto included, is experiencing right now about minus 20 with shin-deep snow

[Goanet] Colours of life, at Gallery Gitanjali from the 20th to the 22nd of December, 2013

2013-12-15 Thread Gitanjali Gallery
* Colours of life* ,an exhibition of paintings by Dr. Vijay Sahgal at Gallery Gitanjali from the 20th to the 22nd of December,2013. *The exhibition will be opened on 20th December 2013 at 6.30pm by Sir Mark Tully, **the **former Bureau Chief of BBC, New Delhi.* Thanks Regards Aisha Khalifa

[Goanet] Trial by media? No problem for Goa (VM, ToI)

2013-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Trial by media? No problem for Goa Vivek Menezes | Dec 15, 2013, 12.44 AM IST The proof of the bebinca, one might say, is in the eating. When it comes to Goa's reputation, we see that a storm of gleefully sensationalist media coverage around India and abroad has not prevented another

Re: [Goanet] India's Gay Rights

2013-12-15 Thread J. Colaco jc
On Dec 14, 2013, at 5:45 PM, roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com wrote: It's a pity that the Supreme Court has passed a ruling that is extremely regressive putting the onus on Parliament to change the law. Dear Roland, I do not know what you mean by the [hrase extremely regressive. The

[Goanet] Churchill speaks to the goan - thegoan.net

2013-12-15 Thread Camillo Fernandes
http://www.thegoan.net/Goa/News/Churchill-speaks-to-The-Goan-My-family-registered-to-get-Portuguese-passports/06881.html

[Goanet] Dabolim has more in it that MOPA - thegoan.net

2013-12-15 Thread Camillo Fernandes
http://www.thegoan.net/Goa/News/Dabolim-still-has-more-in-it-than-Mopa/06826.html

Re: [Goanet] Trial by media? No problem for Goa (VM, ToI)

2013-12-15 Thread J. Colaco jc
On Dec 15, 2013, Goanet Reader posted the following from VM: Just this week, an endlessly shameless gossip columnist titled a typical throw-away column, 'We know what you did in Goa', that claimed, Throw in feni, the sun, the sea, and boom! Men's libidos explode. COMMENT: 1: Finally, a word

[Goanet] TAG honoured Wilmix, Young Chico, Osvy, Babush, S Lemos, Anil Kumar, Tony King, Bonifacio etc

2013-12-15 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Tiatr Academy honoured 13 senior tiatrist 14.12.13 Every year, on the occasion of Pai Tiatrist Birth Anniversay i.e 14th December, Tiatr Academy honours eminent tiatrists for their lifetime contribution in the field of Tiatr. This year, 14th December 2013,  thirteen serior tiatrist were

[Goanet] O Holy Night

2013-12-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, Those of you with an E. African connection may reminiscence at this time of the year, like I usually do, of carols being sung in Swahili. Most of the performances of carols that were translated from various languages into Kiswahili, paled when compared to carols composed by the locals.

Re: [Goanet] FW: BEWARE OF THE NAZI (UNITY) RUN IN GOA/INDIA

2013-12-15 Thread floriano lobo
The GOA-Hitler'ian dream/s to be shattered by the AAP 'sling' and the GSRP 'shots' first in the soon to come LS Elections and later to come in 2017 GLA Elections. The combination could be unbeatable for GOA and GOANS. Cheers goasuraj - Original Message - From: Alfred de Tavares

Re: [Goanet] Dabolim has more in it that MOPA - thegoan.net

2013-12-15 Thread floriano lobo
The Goa Su-Raj Party , more specifically it's Gen. Secretary Mr. Floriano Lobo has this to say on the MOPA initiative. MOPA was the baby of the Congress Party in Goa. Churchill Alemao exited Congress to float SGF on the anti-Mopa agenda. He succeeded in getting himself and Reginald Alex

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese citizenship

2013-12-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
I would like to thank Falcao for recognizing his Indian ethnicity and heritage. However, he did not tell me what his nationality was. Is he presently a citizen of India or not? As far as I know, most people who reside in Goa presently have Indian nationality i.e. they are citizens of India. So

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day…..

2013-12-15 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Thanks Gabe. Sharing on FB. Venantius J Pinto On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.comwrote: Connie Francis - I Will Wait For You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZnfoqxPSDs g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goa news for December 16, 2013

2013-12-15 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Tehelka rape case: Goa to probe Meenakshi Lekhi's 'gaffe' leaking scribe's name - Times of India ase-goa-cops-seek-screenshot-of-lekhis-tweet/1208099/Tehelka case: Goa cops seek screenshot

[Goanet] Peter O'Toole - Irish Goan

2013-12-15 Thread roland.francis
Dead at 81, O'Toole's name in a film that was currently showing would bring us teens rushing with our dates to Metro, Regal or New Empire in Bombay's downtown. Too young for hotels and too old for Irani restaurant family rooms these theatres were our romantic haunts. His Lawrence of Arabia,

[Goanet] LGBT in India.

2013-12-15 Thread roland.francis
While during the last decade or two, there has been much acceptance of gays and lesbians in urban and rural areas in India, acceptance that has come not from within but from global trends, the bisexual and transgender communities still have stigma attached to them. Though transgenders have