[Goanet] Rane wants to deport NGO's.

2019-07-31 Thread eric pinto
He labeled them anti-national. Ne needs to put the Supreme Court in the same category.It had agreed with Goa Foundation in the matter of the felonious diversion of thirty thousandcrores to foreign shores. I suppose the banks in Singapore and Zurich are national territory,viz the Northern Areas i

[Goanet] Bihar trains to Goa

2019-07-31 Thread eric pinto
         Were a thousand fares collected, no such luck. If the motive was jobs alone, a Goan group     would likely have been involved. None have come forward to explain. I will stop short at      calling it a social experiment, but in my heart I fear it was extreme mischief, a dubious attempt 

[Goanet] I will not enter, she hollers

2019-07-28 Thread eric pinto
several times, with why not m for a  follow up, also several times. The college grad had been treated to a nice Calangute meal hours earlier. She stomps off to the auto that had ferried her.   Perhaps her dilemma was real, she faced a choice of six entrance doors to the residence.   I did not le

[Goanet] The gas cylinder scam

2019-07-18 Thread eric pinto
       I could pick one up for a decade, just barely: now I cannot. I think one can guess the reason why. Goa residents   will remember explosion episode involving the syphoning of a container by an employee of Bharat Gas. The difference    was the extraction of a third of the reported contents.

[Goanet] Iron ore up

2019-07-18 Thread eric pinto
$130 a ton from $40 in 2016.

[Goanet] Belly-up Foofoo claim

2019-07-13 Thread eric pinto
      The Rockefeller Fund uncovered how the same Tobacco Institute goons who used to spin off 'science' papers for the industry  at hundred dollars a piece were now running the show for the Koch Bros duo  psychopaths who are behind the 'no climate change fantasy spectacle.' Hope Fidooboo picks

[Goanet] Fluid spirits.

2019-07-12 Thread eric pinto
  Poor mix, Rum Bacardi and hallowed Sapphire Gin. But then Rahul Pinto was in Sweden bidding forAbsolute Vodka on behalf of Bacardi. He walked when the call hit two billion, and the French champagnemob took it for four !  We are the silly ones when we pay up for the brands.

[Goanet] Fluid spirits.

2019-07-12 Thread eric pinto
  Poor mix, Rum Bacardi and hallowed Sapphire Gin. But then Rahul Pinto was in Sweden bidding forAbsolute Vodka on behalf of Bacardi. He walked when the call hit two billion, and the French champagnemob took it for four !  We are the silly ones when we pay up for the brands.

[Goanet] A Turkish PM for Britain?

2019-07-08 Thread eric pinto
At this time a century ago, the Interior Minister of Turkey was Ali Kemal Bey, who had established the Anglophile Society, advocating that Turkey become a British protectorate (like Kuwait, Qatar and Johor were at that time). He was hopelessly on the wrong side of history! When Atatürk complete

[Goanet] Hansop ek okhod- Dr. Bicaji Ganecar (free copy,)

2019-06-18 Thread eric pinto
   Delightful collection of vignettes, vintage Ganecar.  Mailed to you anywhere | |    Found at Literatti, Candolim | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |         | | | | | | | . __,_._,___#yiv419889 #yiv

[Goanet] Coffee plants.

2019-06-09 Thread Eric Pinto
A plant in a pot in NY bore profusely. It had to remain indoors. I dry roasted the beans on a skillet. They were in a red and pretty outer jacket. Guatemala is on the same latitude as Goa, 17 North, they grow the world's priciest coffee. On Mon, Jun 10, 2019, 2:43 AM Mervyn Maciel < mervyn

[Goanet] Coffee in Goa

2019-06-08 Thread Eric Pinto
Perhaps mine was the only one in Goa , until it died. We never saw a bean: birds ate the pretty white blossoms at sunrise. On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 8:30 PM Gabe Menezes wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 12:37, Patrice Riemens wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > Feed the pests on coffee beans & recuperat

[Goanet] Vultures gaze on Goa

2019-06-07 Thread eric pinto
A recent news article has this to say:    The Gujerat model with it's lust for individual wealth above everything, including God and country, has nearly killed New Delhi and has left two sacred Rivers in a pitiable state. Now their gaze falls on Goa, but vultures cannot enjoy what is alive, they

[Goanet] Goan Catholics

2019-06-07 Thread eric pinto
Thanks to Fabian Correia. #yiv0667097115 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}  Goan Catholics  This is a good read on understanding the history, culture and customs of Goan Catholics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goan_Catholics

[Goanet] Civet cat menace

2019-06-06 Thread Eric Pinto
I believe the katandors have proliferated One chewed off a chunk of my cat's jaw. My man Vijay promptly cornered it in the rafters and feasted on it. A young kit dropped from my high roof and was killed. An adult had killed a kitten a little earlier, so we were even. The civet is only f

[Goanet] To list

2019-05-30 Thread eric pinto
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[Goanet] On this day: in history

2019-05-30 Thread eric pinto
Joan of Arc burned at the stake, Henry marries Jayne Seymour, a third try, and a thousand Brit bombers hit Cologne in a one minute raid. #yiv2957155585 .yiv2957155585cs-button-block{}#yiv2957155585 .yiv2957155585apple-link a{color:#333!important;text-decoration:none!important;}#yiv2957155585

[Goanet] Fw: The results of your email commands

2019-05-29 Thread eric pinto
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android - Forwarded Message - From: "goanet-ow...@lists.goanet.org" To: "ericpin...@yahoo.com" Cc: Sent: Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:17 AM Subject: The results of your email commands The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your o

[Goanet] Goan Club , non member access.

2019-05-18 Thread eric pinto
      I believe security concerns would weigh    On management when it considers an applicant. ___ A person of Goan origin would like to stay in Mumbai by joining a KUDD, (club).  He would like to know if there is any goan club which would welcome goan

[Goanet] Our folk in Kenya, 1960 and earlier.

2019-05-08 Thread eric pinto
Sally Mendes, MBE. had returned to Goa in 1963 from Kisumu, and passed away in 1970.I retrieved some Holy Pictures from the home and would love to send them along to the families listed.    J F Antao celebrated a Church Feast  in Kisumu Dec 1957.   Sarah Fernandes First Communion in Kisumu 1955.

[Goanet] Dudhsagar... to Sinkiang:

2019-04-14 Thread eric pinto
  A thirty foot tunnel excavated below ground will channel the entire glacier to Sinkiang, six hundred  miles north. All three Himalayan Rivers will shrivel.               __ Ifhe holy Ganges is kept so filthy, what hope is there? Bernice Pereira > On 11

[Goanet] Bounty for an early Goa book.

2019-04-05 Thread eric pinto
By the Rev. Francisco Xav. Pinto, it was meant as a guide for priests and held a collection of Sermons for each day of the year, all 365.   Ten thousand offered if you produce a copy.

[Goanet] Belgaum salami opportunities

2019-04-02 Thread eric pinto
I watched several teens grab feral pigs in the market. I was told they were destined for Goa stores. The Times once reported the shooting of five thousand of them by the town.--

[Goanet] George The Socialist !!

2019-01-30 Thread eric pinto
    Thank you, Roland.  For a better perspective, he was not aware of the boundary between the socialism espoused by thatCoptic carpenter named Gesu and the garbage pushed by the latter day Copt named Marx.   He gave IBM and Coke India the heave, and deprived us of MGM and FOX entertainment. He

[Goanet] German WWII Ships in Goa

2019-01-26 Thread eric pinto
     My brother praises the shrimp coconut curry of Recife, in Bahia.   --- From: Carlos Peres da Costa < Hi Eric      Regarding the German ships sunk in

[Goanet] Best German, a dead German.

2019-01-22 Thread eric pinto
      Emotions ran high then, I am inclined to believe the Brits considered the killings business best not  left unfinished. The poverty era Ports were probably on the take at both ends. Salazar collected a  neutrality bounty, we know that, and the German captains kept the sausage and beer flow

[Goanet] German ships sunk in 1943.- a tidbit

2019-01-21 Thread eric pinto
        The espionage disposal. They were not in uniform and faked merchant mariners on   vessels meant to pass as such. -.The captains disappeared immediately after th

[Goanet] Jesuit deaths: past India service.

2019-01-13 Thread eric pinto
Richard McHugh at 90. Spiritual Father for Theologians at DeNobili College, Poona,Asst. Director at St. Stanislaus Villa Khandala.   ( We then kids loved our summer stay there, swimming pool a big attraction )  Edward McGrath at 93.  Helped start the  Jesuit Province of Jamshedpur in 1949,Loyola

[Goanet] TRAVELLING IN, TRAVELLING OUT - Konkan.

2019-01-12 Thread eric pinto
From: Satish Joglekar

[Goanet] The select of Goa visitors have vanished.

2019-01-06 Thread eric pinto
    The Brits are giving up on us, and the trade had survived on Russian charter arrivals. There may be a   reason for their abrupt  departure from the scene: little happens in that 'monarchy' without the approval  of the current 'czar' Putin.  The cementing of Modi military ties with Trump has

[Goanet] Origins !!

2019-01-04 Thread eric pinto
From: Satish Joglekar

[Goanet] I can send you the links if you write me. Ecclesiastical Goa – 16th and

2019-01-04 Thread Eric Pinto
On 1/3/19, eric pinto wrote: > > > https://www.navhindtimes.in/ecclesiastical-goa-revelations-in-architecture/ > > | Ecclesiastical Goa – Revelations in architecture | The Navhind TimesA fine > arts documentary photography exh > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2uPIw7dwj4 > > > > > > > > >

[Goanet] Ecclesiastical Goa – 16th and 17th Century Churches’ by Payal Kakkar

2019-01-03 Thread eric pinto
https://www.navhindtimes.in/ecclesiastical-goa-revelations-in-architecture/ | Ecclesiastical Goa – Revelations in architecture | The Navhind TimesA fine arts documentary photography exhibition ‘Ecclesiastical Goa – 16th and 17th Century Churches’ by Payal Kakkar is set to be held from Decembe

[Goanet] Anyone near Oradell, NJ?

2018-12-30 Thread eric pinto
      I lived in Oradell for a year. Ramapo in the same county ! Frank DSoza run Cognizant in the    next town. I will trace him using the the address and cards.-- A purse

[Goanet] Australian lamb, and now goat !

2018-12-09 Thread eric pinto
   Their lamb in enjoyed all over, but they now make way for goat. A business group decided that feral goats could displace kangaroos considered a nuisance that deserve to be shot. The idea succeeded and they now cull the outback flocks very profitably. Stores in the US stock packages labeled Au

[Goanet] Trip.com Very low fares.

2018-12-03 Thread eric pinto
  A few days ago, stuff like $140 return,  BOM - Singapore.,  200 one way, Bom-Johannesburg.

[Goanet] Friends of St. Francis Xavier Feast Celebration in Greater Toronto Area

2018-12-01 Thread eric pinto
      A soulful thank you to John for keeping us informed of Canada developments and one is heartened  to know the community is active  and thriving in Toronto.   eric. On Saturday, December 1, 2018, 3:18:33 AM EST, John J. D'Souza wrote: Friends of St. Francis Xavier Feast Celebratio

[Goanet] So what's new, Hannity is a male hooker.

2018-12-01 Thread eric pinto
      Much like the Tobacco Institute experts who were paid 200 dollars to pen 'scientific' papers on  the safety of tobacco, and have now sold their services to the global warming piccos.---

[Goanet] Nostalgic Echoes of Belgaum ( edited )

2018-11-05 Thread eric pinto
Marcos Gomes Catao Nostalgic Echoes of Belgaum       I attended St. Paul'sbetween 1942-46 when St. Paul's was in its halcyon days, at  its apogee with a student body that was theenvy of the town, 'crème de la crème (everyone has the right to extol his time,doesn't he? The Brazili

[Goanet] Braganza Indian Rupees, once.

2018-10-22 Thread Eric Pinto
Not likely, Viv. It would rub BJP frayed nerves, no to a 'Christian' currency. About twenty years ago, American Banknote, run by Tony Braganza of Betalbatim, did a fifty million job for the Reserve Bank. I would demand 'free samples' from him ! He had invested in a new mint, but new orde

[Goanet] the Rename Game

2018-10-22 Thread eric pinto
    Panji - Punnjee - Ponnje  make sense, Panaji does not if you familiar with the Semitic. I have written often of the alphabetic-syllabic divide, but trip over it myself, as with the  failure to compress as many of the initial letters of a word as possible : think coptic Mo-ni-ca and the angl

[Goanet] Care Home Frolics in England.

2018-10-18 Thread eric pinto
    Not a party pooper, but with coffers depleted, children now go hungry in Britain. Glad the  senior subsidy survives. Many a youthful paycheck had once melted away in Malta, Minorca and sunny Cyprus.

[Goanet] Goan featured in " Out of Africa "

2018-10-14 Thread eric pinto
   The bestseller by Isak Dinesen was first published in 1938.  Born in Denmark, she died in 1962.                                                          The Native Hospital of Nairobi lies on the hill just before you drive down into the town. It was dark andseemed peaceful. We had to wake the

[Goanet] Birds of a feather, and the scantily clad of Pattaya.

2018-10-10 Thread eric pinto
    From the ridiculous to the sublime, but then you have never been consumed by the mundane need for grocery shopping or utility bills.  On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 3:17:42 AM EDT, Charles Borges wrote: Birds of a feather? They cannot leave each other’s company. I spent the night at

[Goanet] Getting straight to fishy Pattaya

2018-10-04 Thread eric pinto
Where, I am told, Assumption acquires a fishy odour. They would find the lady useful in Burma, we could use a preacher or two in Bastora. On Thursday, October 4, 2018, 2:21:40 AM EDT, Charles Borges wrote:  But it made a lovely scene. Of a Sister from Myanmar feeding Thai-reared fish

[Goanet] Shared from BBC News

2018-10-02 Thread Eric Pinto
Petroglyphs from 10,000 years ago found in the Konkan in Maharashtra. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45559300

[Goanet] On language.

2018-09-29 Thread eric pinto
The late Shashi Kapur was married to Jennifer Kendal and they had acquired a home in Baga.  He said this to his Juhu, Bombay neighbour Joe Nazareth twenty five years ago :  you are good people but you do not getjobs from being seen as English speaking people. - http://thegoaspotlight.com/in-

[Goanet] Jesuit output.

2018-09-27 Thread eric pinto
      We ultramars send millions to their institutions. Their products then yearn for the LIFE. ---My two travelling companions are agitatingfor Brazil,

[Goanet] Republican Party Declares Moral Bankruptcy

2018-09-27 Thread eric pinto
  Republican Party Declares Moral Bankruptcy WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The Republican Party officially filed for moral bankruptcy on Tuesday morning, a move that many in the nation considered long overdue. In filing for moral bankruptcy, the Republicans will formally attest tha

[Goanet] British self-immolation

2018-09-24 Thread eric pinto
Was trying to goad one of them with implied Mayfair/Belgravia Brit pimpery.    Not yet….. Subject: Re: British self-immolation All quite true.  But if this lucre ever returned to India it would undoubtedly and near instantly rush right back out to numbered vaults in Switzerland or Lichten

[Goanet] The jig.

2018-09-24 Thread eric pinto
From: "Geeta Doctor" < A recent report in _The Times_ on the drinking habits of British MPs concludes with this anecdote...George Brown, foreign secretary under Harold Wilson, was famed for his drinking, with perhaps the most well-known session occurring at a reception on an official visit

[Goanet] The North Indian invasion of Goa

2018-09-22 Thread eric pinto
The North Indian invasion of Goa. *https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/desis-in-goa/cid/1668760 * *  - - -  

[Goanet] : Dark history: How Indian opium traders from Bombay helped the British Raj wreck China’s economy

2018-09-18 Thread eric pinto
https://scroll.in/article/894050/dark-history-how-indian-opium-traders-from-bombay-helped-the-british-raj-destroy-chinas-economy

[Goanet] When a storage tank overflows.

2018-09-15 Thread eric pinto
    Plumbers were of no help, when I turned to an engineer for advice. I discovered that the  old fashioned round float valve did a poor job of control.  He picked up a paddle valve that cost very little.   The metal arm that connects to the paddle has a life of about five years before corroding

[Goanet] The Reverand proclaims.

2018-09-14 Thread eric pinto
      He could have opted, over the years, to give us the benefit of his vast store of knowledge of Goa history   and related church affairs. He is a prolific publisher and much acclaimed public speaker. On Friday, September 14, 2018, 11:32:00 AM EDT, Charles Borges wrote:  So many peop

[Goanet] CM's medical status.

2018-09-13 Thread eric pinto
We should now observe a moratorium on personal observations.( coptic/habru mort, mortuary, postmortem, our own swati morr, to the deadly halt of a moratorium. )

[Goanet] Thank Vivian Socorro (!) for the info.

2018-09-03 Thread eric pinto
From: Vivian A. DSouza < Never say die !  There is another alliteration of International Goan Organization(IGO) WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GOAN OVERSEAS ASSOCIATIONS (WAGOA) which made its appearance in 2007, and under its auspices celebrated the very successful  Dinner Dance at the MandoviRi

[Goanet] "Indo-European" airspace.

2018-09-01 Thread eric pinto
Air Control zones over Scandinavia and Eastern Europe of a United flight to India:Lidna, Risem, Komek, Garsi, Aluti, Andat, Magdu, Alta, Aamdar, Vasla. They are short air traffic controllers in the US, probably need Trump citizenship.The Vaughn School offers the course in New York.

[Goanet] NYTimes.com: In the Azores, the Menu Includes Coffee, Tea and Tradition

2018-08-30 Thread eric pinto
In the Azores, the Menu Includes Coffee, Tea and Tradition There’s wine and cheese too, in these remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Here’s where to get a taste of the past — and present. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/travel/azores-coffee-tea-wine.html

[Goanet] FN on Goan diaspora.

2018-08-29 Thread eric pinto
From: Frederick Noronha  The Goan community across the globe is scattered and out-of-touch with one another. Everyone is busy with the struggle of their own lives. For whatever reason, the hub that Goa should have been for its diaspora is not playing its role. (The NRI Commission is in a stat

[Goanet] Goan Community in Canada

2018-08-29 Thread eric pinto
 Where are the new generations of Canadian Goans and what do they feel and do for Goa they presumably cherish?  ( A sentiment from a forum. Rolly, Merv, John D., Bosco,  Cyp, even Gabe care to comment ) __._,_.___ . __,_._,___

[Goanet] Karachi Goans are Sindhis !

2018-08-22 Thread eric pinto
          Lesseps Pinto was my mother's uncle and he managed the Karachi business of Overseas Cable of London.   He lived in Sangolda in retirement.  Her cousin Edwin Britto of Porvorim/Sangolda returned from Karachi and lived     out his life in Cox Town, Bangalore.         I enjoy hurting feeli

[Goanet] Toilet norms.

2018-08-21 Thread eric pinto
  A BJP governor of Tamil Nad refused to use palace fixtures and scouted the  grounds, holy 'lotta'in hands.  A girl's school insisted the septic tank could not handle two hundred flush hits out of a commode, a day. It took my stockist half a day to track down two old fashioned squats.  Special

[Goanet] The History of Marine Drive, Bombay.

2018-08-21 Thread eric pinto
The Making of Marine Drive - The Indian Quarterly Beirut has its Corniche, Havana its Malecon, Cannes its Croisette; but none of these celebrated bayside boulevards is as heart-stirring as Mumbai’s majestic Marine Drive.

Re: [Goanet] [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s olfactory skills, study finds.

2018-08-13 Thread Eric Pinto
Yes. Our water bodies including rivers have become highly polluted. Many anglers complain that what they once caught is not available anymore. On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 23:27 Themistocles D'Silva, wrote: > Recently, there has been lots of publicity on fish treated with > formaldehyde. > > There are

[Goanet] Francis DSouza, CEO Illumina, USA.

2018-08-06 Thread eric pinto
 A Dubai Goan/Mangaloreian in San Diego who attended MIT at age 16.The publicly listed company is involved in the science of gene sequencing.His salary last year was disclosed to be 8 million

[Goanet] Our folk at maitenance

2018-08-06 Thread eric pinto
    One speaks about the dignity of labour. I used to rake a City yard for an older Hispanic wench, got  treated to beans and rice.    I actually encountered two of our young ones when in transit at Heathrow. The Punjabi women are gone now, I used to give them a pound for the fresh towels: they

[Goanet] Dick, in the US of A.

2018-08-03 Thread eric pinto
       I entered 'cock' when zero was called for on the tax form line: it was cost basis for capital gain.     The revenue agency was not amused.---

[Goanet] AN APPEAL YO YOU ALL

2018-08-01 Thread eric pinto
      We watched as one half of a large sum gifted by three non-citizens evaporated from a very  essential town project. One Sertorio Rodrigues and his fabrica told the incoming vicar they had   'lost' all relevant account documents. The group was disbanded. The present committee now   posts de

[Goanet] Death - Out of reach for many.

2018-07-28 Thread eric pinto
    How are caskets priced ?   Reinforced cardboard would be right for the poor and ecofriendly besides. Potter Field  affairs in the US once involved five dollar rentals for the 'occasion.'   A Bombay parish insists on a shroud. I will insist on one.   Our grave digger also sells me pork. I pl

[Goanet] When a widow moves on.

2018-07-23 Thread eric pinto
    ( Calcutta Anglo, probably La Martiniere prose )   Thank you  for 'walking ' with us on this journey during August's battle with this illness. August made sure his end of the journey did not define his life.  Always one to think outside the square, he was exceptional.  He always focused on

[Goanet] Donald and Hassan and Rolly !

2018-07-23 Thread eric pinto
  There are a few hundred 'sleeper cells' across the West that would swing into action - truck bombs would take outbridges, tunnels and skyscrapers.     The Arab world needs a Shia elimination more than we do. If we think the price is right, they have to be dismembered.Broken off from the empir

[Goanet] Seeking a Marathi teacher, prefer Sawantwadi Goan.

2018-07-21 Thread eric pinto
    The person would expose a manageable group of tots to the language using music and conversation. 3/4 sessions a week. Compensated well. Prefer urban area.     Goa contact in January.

[Goanet] Sonapur church, Marine Lines.

2018-07-20 Thread eric pinto
Fading away. May fold and the parish merged with Dabul which has also depleted, now down tofour thousand. C DSouza cafe once hosted the mini Dolours'  Mass overflow ! That was then.--

[Goanet] Uzbeg colonists.

2018-07-19 Thread eric pinto
  Controlled India.  They were descended from the Great Khan, Chengiz, conqueror and scourgeof much of the known world. I question the validity of their Islam, it provided them with a more recent validity to an innate capacity for debauchery. They had little reason to massacre almostevery last

[Goanet] Thank you, Rolly.

2018-07-19 Thread eric pinto
  It was moving, actually, but not eight hours !   She did give me her wine and dessert.    e.-- In Parsi Gujarati that means; “What a nice son you

[Goanet] Airplane tales.

2018-07-18 Thread eric pinto
     I reluctantly surrendered my aisle spot to an eighty year old, then trembled over the next  eight hours as she clutched my wrist and cooed 'ketlo saaro betho Arik.'    eric. -

[Goanet] Maciel Bothers.

2018-07-18 Thread eric pinto
       Fr. Joe was also on staff at St. Mary's.  Another brother had retired from Kenya Customs, but continued to meet every passenger liner that sailed into Mombasa from India.    Crews treated him like a mascot. He spotted the alien in me on the quay and reached outwith advice and words of co

[Goanet] Jesus be my Guide, the Way of the Cross.

2018-07-11 Thread eric pinto
AP tells the world she had seen thirty countries by the 30th birthday milestone. Her mother needs to take in two countries each year: the family got by on a five hundred rupee pension after she turned eight in 1965. Both women are hero worshiped by the mob. Last month a convent

[Goanet] When couture can camouflage.

2018-07-08 Thread eric pinto
JM is well past fifty but has never been gainfully employed. He has gone from being the ward of parents to that of siblings. A specially severe case of schizo-affective disorder, his early years were marked by extreme personal and social misconduct. He now benefits from a small retainer ea

[Goanet] American: Tobacco, Barbecua, Harricua (hurricane)

2018-07-05 Thread eric pinto
Amused when we call mansions a bungalow, the term reserved for a one floor level place: ranch home to Americans. It was Coptic-Habru that made its way to Aleppo, turning into Turkish Sanskrit which the Persians carried into India. Today's Persian has its roots in Armenia/Georgia.

[Goanet] TIME FOR UPGRADATION IN EDUCATION POLICY

2018-06-30 Thread eric pinto
By Eduardo Faleiro. > The > fundamental right to education of all children up to the age > of 14 years is > enshrined in our Constitution. The State Government must > provide the required > facilities to the students so that they can exercise this > Fundamental Right.. > Free Education means not

[Goanet] And so shall we 'catch'

2018-06-09 Thread eric pinto
Untreated waste from the Karachi twenty million has wiped out the Arabian Sea's plankton. One can Google to know what that means to sea life, people who fish for a living know it the hard way.  __  the sensational headline:   "and now raping the Deep

[Goanet] Hooker in the White House - Not funny.

2018-04-09 Thread eric pinto
The coming rebellion will see Koch brother taxes go to 70%. Wait and watch.- what a joke! https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04100-9 Rebellion against

[Goanet] WE WERE THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

2018-04-02 Thread eric pinto
   It includes the likes of Rolly and me, offspring of the Byculla Mechanics culture where we picked many  of the traits we carry today. That Anglo dominated clubhouse was the scene of year long parties and  music shows.  It is nice to reminesce. https://youtu.be/qdUpmu7P95A Roland Francis Toro

[Goanet] Fwd: Do you remember the Bombay that was?

2018-03-31 Thread eric pinto
A nostalgic look back at what was Bombay, and now is an embarrassment called Mumbai . . . written by a master of the art. _ Decline of a great city > > GERSON DA CUNHA > > IN the fifties, into the sixties, they all came back to Bombay, those who

[Goanet] Goans in Karachi

2018-03-31 Thread Eric Pinto
The Goans of Karachi, have a history of their own. With the East India Company consolidating themselves in India and with the occupation of Sind by Sir Charles Napier in 1843, many Goans did not want to live under the Portuguese and very many wanted to improve their lot. So they moved first to Bom

[Goanet] Fire ants

2018-03-30 Thread eric pinto
   They mean business when they flag wave that butt- end. A sharp spine inflicts a dose of a mean toxin that has   a limb feel like it is on fire. Swollen lips and a glottis choke call for a quick dose of Benadryl which may need to   repeated several times. Asthmatics who are immune compromised

[Goanet] The Lonar Enigma - Meteor strikes India.

2018-03-27 Thread eric pinto
THE LONAR ENIGMA   There was atime, many millenniums ago when planet Earth was one huge 'Jurassic Park' wheredinosaurs roamed and ruled the land. One fine day, it is said that a huge meteorite came hurtling through space and rammedinto our planet. So great was the impact, that the a

[Goanet] Perth to London: 17 hours.

2018-03-24 Thread eric pinto
  Just taking off, a Quantas 787 will be making a historic flight before landing at Heathrow.  PandO  needed 40 days to do it in steamship times, which kept our men well employed in good times. Those nice village houses started appearing in Goa when the first of them retired in the early thirtie

[Goanet] As you sow, so shall yee reap !

2018-03-21 Thread eric pinto
 Literally, the paddy will match the seed (bim) Dear Frederick, Lovely photos! btw, what does Bim Toxem Bat mean? Bina > https://photos.app.goo.gl/fxXrOs7Genu06OQI3 > _/ > _ >

[Goanet] The fort at Daulatabad

2018-03-15 Thread eric pinto
THE FORT AT DAULATABAD  There are countless forts to be seen acrossIndia. How is this one here in Daulatabad different from the others?  Well, basically the forts come into threebroad categories:- Forts representing the seat of power; traders forts andmilitary forts. The Daulatabad fort comes

[Goanet] Not so royal conclusions.

2018-03-12 Thread eric pinto
The last king of Burma was transported to Ratnagiri where he lived to the end  in abject poverty.   Aibert, Prince of Wales and heir was confined to an abandoned Scottish palace and starved to death.    His remains were placed in a vault behind the family dining room on the third floor

[Goanet] whats with cabbage !

2018-03-08 Thread eric pinto
  Filipe will not feed mine to his hogs, and hands down from the Damu cow.   Beans and okra are a Sunday treat.

Re: [Goanet] OUR WORLD: Indo-Anglians the newest and fastest growing caste in India.

2018-03-05 Thread eric pinto
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Con Menezes wrote:                                                                 https://scroll.in/magazine/867130/indo-anglians-the-newest-and-fastest-growing-caste-in-india --- This email has been checked for viruses by

[Goanet] Song in your heart

2018-02-28 Thread eric pinto
| | | | Hi while we were eating, Bruce asked for a fun way to keep his “ticker” in good shape. So, I pointed to the karaoke machine I noticed sitting over in the corner… And said: “Singing!” You know the old saying, right? “Sing your heart out.” Well, it should really be, “Sing

[Goanet] Goat meat

2018-02-21 Thread eric pinto
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:38 PM, Carlos Peres da Costa wrote: Hi Eric              Saw your posting on Goanet regarding goat meat. Here in north east of Brazil where I live we get lamb as well as goat meat. Generally lamb meat (carne de Cordeiro) comes from the South of Brazil, Uruguay a

[Goanet] ] Mutton Not Popular in North America

2018-02-20 Thread eric pinto
N American goat for pet trade only. The flesh stinks. The US Agriculture Dep  shipped 20k India goats from Cape Town fifty years ago and gifted a pair to each farm that applied. Goat meat made popular by Caribbean communities is now the meat most in demand. The flesh is lean because they

[Goanet] The Legend of India’s Only Catholic Queen!

2018-02-17 Thread Eric Pinto
From: *Stanley Pinto* < This is a fascinating story about a convert to Catholicism who ruled India. Hence the only Catholic ruler of India! https://indiancatholicmatters. org/the-story-of-an-indian-cat holic-queen/

[Goanet] Notice: Name Change

2018-02-15 Thread eric pinto
    Today -  Maria Immaculada Noronha wants to be known as Mariam Bi Khan.  Will it then be old fashioned Mari !

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