[Goanet] Vote wisely

2022-02-10 Thread Nelson Lopes
Vote wisely It means to select the lesser evil and not have faith in a known devil better than unknown saint.Do not be lured by petty considerations and extend another term with false hopes.Guard against motivated ,inspired ,propaganda and grandiose manifestos. Beware of old wines in new

[Goanet] Goa is facing the issue of sonic booms

2022-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
Just a couple of days ago, there were some loud noises which could be heard all over Goa. Suddenly, WhatsApp groups started wondering what exactly was happening. There were people saying they had heard the loud bangs, and their doors, windows (even some walls) had shaken with the noise. "I thought

[Goanet] Pio Gama Pinto... remembered by the young African Left, even today

2022-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
Pio was an interesting person. He was working to see that a new (Black African) elite simply didn't take over from where colonialism left off. He was assassinated. Here's an interesting discussion on why it happened and more.

Re: [Goanet] Italian POWs in India

2022-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
The construction of the church started in 1954 and was completed in 1957. It was quite possible that Fr. Maschio brought in some Italian construction people for the work. The architecture, design and look definitely reflects a native Italian concept, but it would not have been the Italian POWs

[Goanet] The Newest India Saint

2022-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
Devasahayam Pillai from Madras and the erstwhile Travancore State. Perhaps the Pope has to now focus on Blessed Agnelo Fernandes. Explained: Who is Devasahayam, the first Indian layman to be conferred sainthood? | Explained News,The Indian Express

[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} Oil man and mathematical enigma

2022-02-10 Thread Dilip D'Souza
Feb 10 And maybe this column isn't really about mathematics - except that I was just so captivated by the story of a oil tycoon called James Vaughn. He seems to have funded research into Fermat's Last Theorem over many decades, until Andrew Wiles proved it in the mid-1990s. (And then Vaughn's

[Goanet] Holy Mackerel, Where’d You Go? | Hakai Magazine

2022-02-10 Thread ymirconsulting
Some news that should drive Goan hearts to despair! Alas for the Holy Mackerel! https://hakaimagazine.com/features/holy-mackerel-whered-you-go/ Sent from my iPhone

[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} Making a case for Wednesday the 31st,

2022-02-10 Thread Dilip D'Souza
February 10 For no reason I can offer, I've slipped way behind (still again) with sending out my columns here. I have a backlog of three over the last month, and if I don't send this out before tomorrow, that will become four. So: this column appeared in January, on Friday the 14th. Near miss

Re: [Goanet] The Hijab Controversy - A College Professor Writes

2022-02-10 Thread Venantius J Pinto
A full hijab?! Were those wearing hijabs covering their faces? Covering the hair is a whole other thing, and likewise not revealing the contours of the body. That goes if need be for any woman. And I am beyond radical. Someone should write on purdah which was common with aristocratic and even

[Goanet] THE EXIT DOOR BECKONS FOR THE MONSERRATES

2022-02-10 Thread Aires Rodrigues
It is overwhelming to see the dedicated commitment and enthusiasm in which the people of Taleigao and Panaji are all through a silent revolution gearing up to end the misrule of the Monserrates which has totally ruined Panaji and the neighborhood of Taleigao. Ending their jungle is the best thing

Re: [Goanet] Italian POWs in India

2022-02-10 Thread Venantius J Pinto
I heard that they helped build the Shrine of Don Bosco in Matunga. I believe Fr. Maschio gave each of them-a packet of cigarettes, daily. -Venantius j pinto On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 11:14 AM Roland Francis wrote: > A post from Patrice which was probably wrongly addressed to Goanet Lists. > >

[Goanet] Schedule for Friday 11th February 2022

2022-02-10 Thread CCR TV
CCR TV GOA Channel of God's love You can also watch CCR TV live on your smartphone via the CCR TV App Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform. Click the link below. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 Email ID: ccrgoame...@gmail.com Schedule for Friday 11th

[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} Are we inventors or discoverers?

2022-02-10 Thread Dilip D'Souza
Feb 10 Much like the nature vs nurture debate that has raged forever in psychology (and maybe elsewhere), mathematicians have long wondered: did we invent mathematics? Or discover it? It goes to the heart of what mathematics is, and how we look at it. I won't say more. This is what I tried to

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[Goanet] The Hijab Controversy - A College Professor Writes

2022-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
I taught in a premier women's college in Bangalore for most of my teaching career. In my classroom, there were Hindu girls who wore their bindis, sacred ash, holy threads on their wrists etc. There were also Hindu girls in Western clothing who came out in all their ethnic beauty for Ethnic Day

[Goanet] Cheap Chicken Comes At A High Cost

2022-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
Who really is to blame? The ever increasing population of the world or the ruthless corporations that employ any undesirable practices within their means to fill the need of growing hunger in the planet. Whichever it is, nature has its own ways of hitting back. Opinion | The Cost of Cheap

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Goan Morning

2022-02-10 Thread Rajan Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'The Goan Morning' A slow start, as usual. Morning in Goa, its rhythms. You may view the latest post at https://blog.parrikar.com/2022/02/10/the-goan-morning/ Warm regards, Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar ra...@parrikar.com

Re: [Goanet] Italian POWs in India

2022-02-10 Thread Roland Francis
A post from Patrice which was probably wrongly addressed to Goanet Lists. > On Feb 10, 2022, at 5:53 AM, patrice riemens wrote: > > >> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:33:34 -0500 >> From: Roland Francis >> To: goa...@goanet.org >> Cc: Dr Eric Pinto >> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Italian POWs in India >>

[Goanet] The political race had begun

2022-02-10 Thread Nelson Lopes
POLITICAL RACE HAS BEGUN Various political party's are in the race, At temple, churches ,mosques , pleading for grace, God's are confused as whom to embrace, Fears of being cursed hounded, trashed in disgrace. Gods all wisely decided to remain quiet, To let the devils amongst themselves

[Goanet] Slow and Snowy

2022-02-10 Thread Joao Barros-Pereira
My car moves slowly s slowly it's snowing and snowing and snowing am I going to be late for class? I wonder and smile what does joao want to say?