[Goanet] WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LANGUAGE?

2015-08-02 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LANGUAGE? With the MOI issue popping up its ugly head ever so frequently it might be a good idea to take a closer look at the one-eyed monster: language. For most politicians it appears to be no more than a political issue in search of a political solution. No more, no less,

[Goanet] Demystifying Caste: a New Book

2015-08-02 Thread Con Menezes
An insight. http://www.frontline.in/books/demystifying-caste/article7447502.ece?homepage=true --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

[Goanet] Easy listening selection........Ray Adams

2015-08-02 Thread Con Menezes
another oldie..’Hear my song Violetta” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKKjEOl74F4 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

[Goanet] Rich Indian Kids..........The Inheritors

2015-08-02 Thread Con Menezes
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/video/the-inheritors-india-incs-top-20-rich-kids/1/455566.html --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

[Goanet] Goa news for August 2, 2015

2015-08-02 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Catch hold of Louis Berger 'rascals', says Cong, defends former Goa CM Kamat - Firstpost ased company confessed in a court in that country that they had paid bribe to an Indian minister to

[Goanet] POLITICAL PROSTITUTION BY MAUVIN GODINHO

2015-08-02 Thread Aires Rodrigues
While loud preaching and vowing of Zero Tolerance to corruption, the BJP government has appointed as Chairman of the South Goa Planning and Development Authority the awfully tainted Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho who is the prime accused in the infamous multi crore Power scam case now pending in the

Re: [Goanet] WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LANGUAGE?

2015-08-02 Thread Jose
On Aug 2, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Joao Barros-Pereira joaobarrospere...@gmail.com wrote: When the Roman Catholic Church swayed in favor of the BJP prior to the election in Goa no one accused the Church of communalism then for obvious reasons COMMENT: Once againWeird logic from JBP

[Goanet] SEEKING YOUR VIEWS ON MICKKY PACHECO'S PLEA FOR PARDON

2015-08-02 Thread Aires Rodrigues
My Dear friends, Our democracy is faltering on account of our lack of participation in expressing our views on the functioning of the government. Every government needs to be supported in any good it does, but needs to be also mercilessly flogged when it acts overbearingly in abuse of power.